The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL LYCF:UM, I ATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mts. KEELEY. I I Another great Achievement Successfully Triumrhant I !1 To att.uii t to eu'ogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganaa 01 " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Imes," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it will be repeated every Evening! THIS EVENING, AUG. 27, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLF WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, Ir. Vining, Fanery, F. , lathews, A. Wigan. Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For. rescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss 1 urner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than b/In., Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Pale, in the Arabian Niih , s' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON- Dk.RFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive Ne Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha sacters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. 8%. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli lge, bliss K Chaplin, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, MI a James, Miss Carson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF A 51 I n%lol 4 L—Balcony Poxes, 4t. ; Upper Boxes, Ss.; nt, 25."; f4l. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, is ltd. ; V. Private Boxes on the it my Tier (holding eight persons). Tao guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Der (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.lialf. Private Poxes on the t'it Tier (holding six persons), One Gun ea. I'he Box. dice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, un.!cr the direr. tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. barren an, es. A due regard for the wel fare of the e. nianciPa ' .ed blacks is alone sufficient to guarantee the ( 'olonif .!s against the indulgence of a dis position so detri tnetatal to their interests." But there are other reasons, of high political expediency, which will very obviot' tly preclude our Government from any notion of tl - . routing up that footing we have so long possessed 0 n the Antilles and on the American main. We cam JOt afford, were the former to become a chain of barLYn. rocks to-morrow, to relinquish a chain of island. pc ists from whence we in some sort command the Gialf of Mexico, the coasts of the United States, an d no inconsiderable portion of the seaboard of South America. To abandon Trinidad would be to sari ifice one of the most fertile and im portant of thescs posts. If this alternative, then, is to be dismissed wi:thout being dwelt upon for a moment, it will be for Government to devise some remedy— efficient, extensive, and immediate—for a condition of things the more discouraging, inasmuch as it is thus simply and fairly stated by a journalist resident on the spot. The evil, which is felt to be so near at hand, is the more appalling, inasmuch as it is not to be treated as if it might prove only a temporary visita tion, and one, therefore, to be endured under some reasonable assurance of being speedily withdrawn. If the cultivation of Trinidad, or any other of these important colonies, be once allowed to run out, and the soil to return to fallow, it is certain, from the eix hausting nature of the crops it has been made, during so many years, and under such powerful and forcing pro cesses, to raise, that a protracted and ruinous interval must elapse before it could be put again in heart, again reclaimed from its original tendency to the rank exuberance of useless vegetation, or again sufficiently cleansed and turned to be fitted for the usual course of its tropical husbandry. These con siderations, too, are wholly irrespective of the enor mous amount of waste, decay, or deterioration of machinery, mills, boiling-houses, &c., &c., from which the enormous capitals now invested in them can reap any returns only through the sustained activity of their operations. The remedy required, as we con ceive, is that which we have so often pressed upon her MAJESTY'S Ministers, the solemn duty of extend ing to our West Indian colonies, without those illi beral, coarse, nay, fatal drawbacks, which have hitherto formed the subject of complaints at once so well founded and so unnecessary. Let the immigra tion of free labour from any quarters, so that it be efficient, be encouraged, under some plain, unvexa tious, intelligible, system of control and appropriation. Give to the Coolies of Bengal and others, who are anxious to carry their labour and their industry thither, the amplest and most facile means for doing so. To the colonists leave the fullest benefit of that market of coloured free labour, in which, as in all other markets, competition will determine the legiti mate wages of labour. The lands will be cultivated, the crops raised and collected, prepared and exported on terms far lower than those which the planters are now compelled to provide for, whom we have righteously denuded of all compulsory authority over prwt - lial labour, without providing any means, hitherto, commensurate with the deficiency our own act has thus occasioned, of voluntary or emancipated labour. By giving expansion and protection to some such improved scheme of immigration, we doubt not that the just interests of the planters might be con sulted and improved, without compromising the title of the home consumer to cheaper prices ; and without infringing, by one line's breadth, on that sacred circle of emancipation, which the British Legislature has traced around the expatriated and heretofore enslaved races of negro labourers throughout the wide circuit of her transatlantic possessions. ASTI. EY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OY ARTS Proprietor a. d Manager, Mr. BATTY. Nightly overflows o the wonders to the wonders of Mr. Carter, the Lion sing—Mr. Batty and Trained Steed Beda. tits EVENING. AUG. 27. Will he re: eated the Eastern Specta:le of MUNGO PARK; or, The Lion Tamer of the Niger Karla, the Arab, Mr. Carter, wh rein he will introduce his beautitu Ip romance with his trained animals, ns, tige.,&c., in the rag, and on the open stage drive a ho In harness. Combats w.th the monarch of the foreq, and other new extrab.t:in ry teats. I'ntire Ch. nge of the scenes in the Circle. To conclude Pith an entire new E tuestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitles THE CHINESE WAR. or, The Conquests of Amoy by British A. , ms. New Scenery, Dictses, Appointments. Arc' , to realise the recent la itimplts of England's Army and Navy. Feast et 2:;(1 Lanterns. Acting and stalk e.Tn inager, Mr. W I) Broadfoot. Box.ottice open from Eleven till F.ve. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. It. Smith. DAVIOGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Nights of the Opera Company. THIS EVENING, AUG. 27, Will he performed FRA DIAVOLO; or, The Inn of Terracma. Ira Diavolo, Mr. D. W. King; Lord Allcash, Mr. S. Cowell; t °- rens.). Mr. E. L Rime; Giacomo, Mr. LcflLr ; Lady Allcash, Miss Betts; Zerlina, Miss Ramer. Alter which, a New Operetta, written by J. B. Buckstone,Esq., d comps ed by E. ritzwilliain, Esq., entitled a SUMMER LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists. To cocclude with THE WARLOCK OF GLEN. Places ~ n d Private Boxes to be hat of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. office, from Eleven to Four. STRAND THEATRE. run EVENING, AUG. ‘.7, Wlll be pet:ormed MARTIN CHUZZLEWIr. Young Martin Chusslewit. ts:r. R.inoe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlevo it, Mr AttwoOdi Montague Tie& Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mr. „Biddies; Mr. Pecksniff, and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. H. Hall; Mar,' Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. To be followed by THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. Mr. SiMMOLB, Mr. Wright; Adele, Mrs. Montgomerie. ♦Rer whiA), a New-and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, bein; an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, %Ir. Paul Bedford; Aladdin. Mr. Wright; rnncess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Two entirely New Pieces, and numerous additions made to the Company, including Mr. J. Hudsfm Kirby, Mr, Singe, Mr. T. H. Lacy, Mr. Aldridg, Mrs. &c.,kc TH e IS EVENING, AUGUST 27, Will be performed a New rperatic Romance, entitled LA CATARINA ; or, The Diamonds of the Crown. Hentiquer. Mr. T. H. Lacy; Rebelledo, Mr. Dale; Mugnoso, Mr. Aldridge; Diana, Miss Hamilton; Catarina, Miss vincent. After which, the laughable Farce of NO. Sir J. Drubtful, Mr. Seaman • Hurricane. Mr. James; Frederick, Mr. Binge; Lady Doubtful. Mis. W. West. To conclude with JACK AND THE BE AN.STAL.K ; _or, The Lad that knew how many Beane made Five. Joiliburfa, Mr John Herbert ; Jack, Miss Vincent. Private Family Boxes, £1 Is. Od. and £ I lls. 6d. IN CELEBRATION OF PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTHDAY. LICE•SE') VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL. PATRONESS—HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. THE GOVERNOR and COMMITTEE beg to announce that they have engaged that highly po: ular place of public resort, THE ROY AL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, FOR THIS DAY, AUGUST 27. In addition to the usual a tr .ctions of the Gardens, including the unequalled and far-famed MENAGERIE, The BU RNING of LO N. DON, PROMENADE CONCERT'S in Two Parts, the Splendid Band of the Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, The cele brated RUSSIAN FAMILY KAN CROW' I Z, in full Costume, winging a variety of their Natioial Melodies, Ht RR MAYER, the Magic Siffleur, B,illiant DISPLAY of FIRE-WORKS, &c., a GRAND FETE and FANCY FAIR will be held on each day, and a Series of Entertainments will be provided for the numerous Com pany anticipated, which cannot fail to ensure the sum opt of the Sub scribers to the Institution and the Public generally. The beautiful MODEL of VENICE will be exhibited free of extra charge. The children of the Schooi will attend on boas days of the Fete. An extra Military Band is engaged. Tickets, One Shilling each (which will be admitted on either day), may be had of the Gov rnor and Committee, of - the pact Trustees and Committee, at the School-house, Kennington-lane, and at the Office, 1.7, klect.street. The Gardens will be o ened at One o'c'ock on each diy with a Royal Salute and the National Anthem. GRAND ARCHERY FETE and BALL-PLAY by the lOW AY INDIANS, at LORD'S CRICKET-GROUND. Trial of Skill by the Children of the American Forest and Prairie for several Prizes. First Time of Indians Encamping in Europe. During the Ball-play of the loway Indians, when encamped at Hoboken, oppOsite New York, 2G,000 persons visited them in one day. The public are so• Belled not to crowd too close to the players during this interesting game, as a large arena is necessary to give it due effect. The In dians will arrive at Two and depart at Six precisely, THIS DAY, AUGUST 27, and four following days. - The Squaws wilrerect the Wigwams Immediately after their arrival. The Exhibition (except ing the Ball-play and Archery Fete) will be on an elevated platform. —Admission, Is. No re-admission. In the press of other matters claiming our early attention, we have found but little time, hitherto, for the perusal in detail of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S Bill " for the better regulation of Medical Practice throughout the United Kingdom." But we have mastered its contents sufficiently, to pronounce an opinion upon its general bearings, and to be enabled to indicate some features of palpable inconsistency, unfairness, and inexpediency. The Bill, in its pre sent form, is certainly one of the worst specimens of the excess to which the genius of central legislation may carry its advocates. In their laudable endea vours to abolish the evils of that partial, interrupted, and local law-making, which has so much marred many institutions derived from our ancestors, that were of the very wisest kind in princi ple, they are apt to produce a species of mischief at the least as much to be de prpaall,l_ from .12 dr.cl2.,"te, • 1 6 - • ~--. ber of its jurisdictions or the conflicting character of the powers which these exercise, they are prone to pass to a system, more or less impracticable from the linii tation of its faculties, to a range of operation by . no means co-extensive with the multiplied and varyillg demands on their exercise, and only to be set in mo tion from a single centre. The result of these sacii fices to the one element of consolidation may be 4_ fined, in a word, as a defect of adaptation. There *e infinitely more demands, or more classes of demands to be met and satisfied than machinery, of this centra lised character, can adequately treat. But the Bill in question has more specific vices, besides this 0- neric one. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Col'set:cm of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a east of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, thB Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, amt their Ladies, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to Inn ease, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost lucre lible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and A multitude of valuable Roller, and other curiosities, in this most meructive and. as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Mary thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that It ongh' to be seen by every one. The price of admis tion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON 111 USE 1731 la to be seen only at the "• TILE WEAIIIER.—SIIN OFFICE, Auo. 27. T LERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 64; Noon, 63 BAROMETER, 30.14.—Wntn, N.W. Tors.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is nmally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. • Kerning ... 6 minutes after I I Evening minutes after 1 Its enactments are tyrannous as well as invidiotis, They throw a degree of imputation on the skill, competency, and character of vast bodies of a liberal profession, who will vainly plead against the requi sitions of some of the clauses before us, touching pro bationary examinations in some cases, certificates in others, &c., &c.; the best of testimonials, supplied ley the terms of their professional experience and praa tice, and the esteem and confidence wherewith thefr From articles published in the Trinidad Standard, caaitre..ai .error of the Bill a pp ears t o us t o b e this— that gloomy apprehensions are entertained by our dby th e i r pa ti ent& and connexions. The that and other colo n ial papers, we perceive, with regret, it prop oses , f or t h e future, to treat with indifferi colonists with regard to the prospects that open to ence, or abs o l u t e l y t o re j ect, the positive evidence et m them, in connexion With those reductions of the merit and, th eoret i ca l knowledge, implied by the previously-paced exam i nation of the successful cats duties on foreign free-grown segar and coff ee , which are to take effisct in the month of No vem b er next. didate fora dipl oma or pro f ess i ona l status i n med ii - When Mr, Miees's proposition for a countervailines erne, or surgery, (under the practice which reduction on the import duties on our own West has for many years past obtained in London); it India sugars, &c., was under the cons id erat i on of the and to substitut e i n p l ace o f t hi s qua lif y i ng t i tle Leg:slature, we discussed the genera l po li cy of the new species of ce r tifi ca t e o f reg i strat i on, to b e grante by the clumsily- con t r i ve d counc il s, t h e creat i on of whic h exec client for us again to treat o f it. B ut we cannot Ministerial measure too larg e ly t o ren d er it would appear to be the real a n d p aramount, t h oug h shut our eyes to the grave consequences of but incidentally avowe d, o bj ect o f t hi s Bill. Front any legislation, however sound in principle, or one or two circumstances of prima facie suggestionl, just to the fair claim s o f th e British consumer,as the Bill is pri n t e d, we s h ou l d i nfer that Sir Jame 6 GRAHAM must promi se hi mse lf a l ong tenure of office'. which are to flew from an A c t o f th e I mper i al Legis- Thus, it is carefully stip u l a t e d th a t " t h e Secretar y future in this instance, if the Trinidad Standard be o right, to our possessions i n th e W es t I n di es. The of State for the Home D e p ar t men t s h a ll b e Preside n t " " Trinidad journal cert a i n ly compresses a very serious of the new Council ; and again, that he shall b e dilemma into the follo w i ng o b serva ti ons: —" Allowing,mpowered, from time to tim e , t o nom i na t e one o f t h e always, for his, perh a p s , no t ye t established presume- members of the Coun c il a pp o i n t e d, as a f oresa id , b e f Lion that, in ord er t o ena bl e our own colonial pro- her MAJESTY, to be Vice-P res id en t o f th e C ounc il . " Here are two of th e f avour it e , b ese tti ng , a i ms o f a l l duce to compete in the E ng li s h an d ot h er markets Sir JAMES'S measure s i n hi s official capacity, developing with foreign produce, favo ure d b y thci,e - reduced themselves even in thi s em b ryo o f a L eg i s l at i ve A ct ; rates of duty, it mu s t ab so l u t e ly b e produced bv our planters at a cost considerably les s th an th a t w hi c h it which cannot be born till n ex t sess i on . Si r J AMES ' O van:tyatul love ofpowerare to be tickled by the c ccu p a -i now incurs." But her e is the dil emma . Th e cost o f production less be e n a l rea dy l owere d t o it s m i tion of the President's chair; his love o f p a t ronage to be. innunn gratified by the nomination of som e t oa d y , pro b a bl y under the existing sca l e o f pro t ect i ng an d dis c rinii: whose hand even now perhaps is dimly traceable in,Tinting duty. Red uce thi s sca l e o f d u t y on the concoction of the Bill—to that of Vice-PresidentS the competing of foreign produce, and it I What business with, or relation to, or affinity for, the, will require, to realise any profit whatever presidency of a medical board (unless it be an inclo-' on the British, that the expense of producing mitable passion for opening letters) a Home Secretary . it should be materially lessened. Put if the tei • of State can find in himself, we are qui'e at a loss to . rate of remuneration for which the needful labour u'inunt i determine. The preceding clause, 9, may perhaps , can be got, in Trinidad, for exam le been , has already es t a bli shed and acted upon, Te r ; less rate of furnish some clue to this puzzle in cla use wages will fail to command amount that , o f lab our 10. By clause 9, the salaries of the mem- - without whi c h thi s produce cannot be raised at all. bers of council and other officers are to be, Again, if under the present minimum rate of e ,e determined by the Tr easur y. Qy. ? Will th e the crops realise price s w hi c h barely suffice to a k es eep , 1 president rank as a memb er o f th e counc il ? Will the planters going, a high er scale of wages would so the Treasury, in that case, oveelo o k th e " equ't a bl e claim" of their good collea gue , th e H ome S ecre t ary ? absorb all profit, or rather, so certainly entail th e loss of the capital engaged in the tra nsact i on, that the i The author of " Corn an d C urrency " mus t h ave fretted his very soul out, under the compulsory though lands themselves will be allowed to run out of cUlti silent sanction he was compelled to give to the vation. This is shortly the argume n t o f t h e colonists. Premier's monst er -bl un d er , his Bank Charter Bill. The Trinidad Standard says— "lt is to be presumed that hitherto the employers In the cours e o f hi s new me di ca l s t u di es, poss ibl y t h e • have never given higher wages than they c ou ld possibly notion of a presidential salary may have flitted before help—that the rate of wages is reduced t 1 the low est the forecasting mind of Sir JAMES in the type of an it under the existing " emolli en t l en i t i ve. " But we will not travel further, figure to which they could bring circumstances of the colony. If ow the prop.)sed retitle- ! then of expenditure is to be effect° i, therefore, we cannot on the present occasion, into the detail of the clauses. conceive, unless it be made to pings on the alternative of A medical friend complains to us, with much show abandonment of c u l t s imother, or aOme other of reason, that the general scope of the preamble it ercive measure. IVe fear that the painful alternative re- ' self is distinctly and most iniquitously favourable to feared to wilt unhappily force itself upon not a few from ! • the success of medical empiricism and quackery, and the pressure of circumstances and the total impossibility . ..\ l'AtEviajWiakhe ruinous competition to which they will , is signally calculated:for the discouragement of r ' es gu- I lady educated and duly - -- ::„ - -,,nerbarevo d." . qualified practitioners. It yokiV roe with the City Correspondent of a ; withdraws the protection hitherto afforded to the . e se itoitiitiet 'ate porary, that "it cannot be supposed public from the reckless audacity, the mischievous - thafr norance, and the unhesitatin • t would wittingly go the length of ig g presumption of the 77#1agbetc fAusrr's West India possessions into 1 form former class of medical "professom." By re .1• pe w .i ng, SECOND EDITION. k i . 4 . 1 ., -.. 4 , ~....i ... ..: ~; ~, 1. , ~t , . ~. i , ... ~ ,T IV. • 14, 4 '4l . k ...:-', .... • A ........ 1 - , qb,.. ,, 01141 W% .. 4. ' ‘.. ' ' - - ''' ,7) ,' ,:." V91, 1 1W ... - - . r , • ' -, 4 \ 40 , 4 - • ''."' ' -..• A. r ' • ' ;$O, L ,.... ...,,,, ,... 4.6 '''" • ,u,' ... DI 8 v .'i , , , •M 0 1 4 ),„ 5 , ~....,.' --. hit olt Y . ', ',,',. _ eti 01lirt_t LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1844. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST F 47, 1844 We have received Madrid journals of the 19th inst. The QUEEN, with her mother and sister, was ex pected to enter the capital on the 20th. According to the Heraldo, the Moors were busily engaged in repairing the fortifications of Tangiers, which were said to be defended by fifteen hundred infantry, while there were four thousand cavalry around the town. The English Consul had returned from Gib raltar and resumed his official duties. The Three per Cents. were done at 27 1-16 for cash, and 271 at sixty days; and the Five per Cents. at 20i at sixty days. We regret to find, from the Paris papers, that the same hostile feeling towards this country still pre vails, with little prospect of abatement. On the pre- I sent occasion we admit that the French have grounds of complaint, but they ought not to confound the feelings of one anonymous and indiscreet writer with those of the whole English nation. To impute any thing like cowardice to the French people, only shows a want of common honesty, a wilful departure from truth, and a malevolent spirit. Ninety-nine Eng lishmen out of a hundred admit the bravery of the French to the utmost extent; and, if proofs were wanting, it is ;only necessary to look back to the great victories gained by their armies, not under NA POLEON only, but under every French General, over the best troops of almost every Continental State. The editors of French papers have no occasion to re but the charge, and they would have acted wisely had they treated it, as it deserved, with contempt. The details given in the telegraphic dispatch from Marshal BUGEAUD are very meagre. He states that 800 of the Moors were killed on the field of battle, but does not give the number of the French killed, nor any idea of the forces under his command. This battle, unfortunately, will only render peace more diffi cult. It will make the French desirous of further suc cess, and exasperate the fanatical Moors. No addi tional intelligence had been received from the French squadron, though accounts from the south of Spain announce that the firing of cannon had been heard in the direction of the Straits of Gibraltar, and that Larache, and some other small places along the coast, had been bombarded. A letter which ap peared in a morning Contemporary, stating that the Emperor of Morocco had acceded to all the de mands of the French when the Prince de JOINVILLE commenced the attack on Tangiers, has called forth remarks from several of the papers. The Journal dcs Debats which has access to authentic information denies the statement. " We know not," says that journal, " if this letter be authentic, but in any case it is a tissue of errors more evident the one than the other. Every one now is aware that the EMPEROR refused four out of the seven conditions submitted by Spain; and as to what concerns the reclamation of France, it is only neces sary to remind the reader that he demand pa the dig missal of Marshal BuoEAun, whose presence on the frontier no tleubt was very galling to him. There- "ore, either the letter in question is apocryphal, or the person who wrote it was singularly misinformed. We have reason, on the contrary, to believe, that the reports of the English Consul himself contain conclu- sions quite opposed to him, and it was only after being convinced the EmrEßoa was seeking merely to gain time, that the Prince de JOINVILLE resorted to sum mary measures. It is also right to observe, that the news received a short time previous to the action of the 6th, announcing as certain the conclusion of an accommodation, was communicated to the French Consul at Gibraltar by the English Governor, and thus transmitted to the Frynch Government; and, nevertheless, the news did not emanate either from the Commander of the French squadron, from the Consul-General of France, nor, as we believe, from the English Consul-General." The French Funds were more firm on Sunday. At TORTom's con - iiderable business was done, when the Three per Cents. were quoted at 80f. 70c., Laving risen about 35 centimes since Saturday. A 11.NOTIIRR MONSTER TRAIN.— The cheap Sunday excursion train on the Loudon and Brighton Railway, on Sunday last, exceeded in magnitude all the other monsters with which this railway has of late teemed. No less than 78 carriages, containing 2,123 passengers, left London-bridge in the morning, and after spending the day in Brighton, returned in the evening. In order, however, to avoid the inconvenience experienced on former occasions from the delay in providing a large number of passengers with accommodation, the train was divided into three portions, each of which was dis patched as soon as full. By this arrangement the earlier part of the train was in Brighton before the time an nounced, while the rest were not more than half an hour behind time ; whereas, on the previous Sunday, the whole -ntimher were, delayed upwards of two -hours and a half. The . passengers 'spoke highly of this ar• rangement. at one swoop, all the salutary restrictions heretofore im posed upon them, inadequate as even they have proved for the purposes of a sufficiently stringent control— the health and lives of the public have been set up as a free mark, as it were, for their fatal experiments. But Sir Jesuss (who certainly has no reason to be well pleased with his present standing in their estima tion) distinguishes between the public and the public servants. The "gentle public" are to supply open, un restricted, moor-shooting to these unqualified gentry, who may wound, or bag, or scare, or destroy just as many victims as they please. But the army, the navy, the East India service—public hospitals, infirmaries for the poor, &c.,—these are street preserves, into which the empirics, who are thus let loose on society at large, may by no means trespass. Enough for them, we should suppose, that they are left, by implication, the honour of being doctors of the public! What guarantees are to be exacted from those gra duates who, under subsequent clauses, are to qualify before the new board, as licentiates in medicine and surgery, or as surgeons, after rigorous examination, we find shadowed out in clauses 13, 14, 15, 16, &c. But they who are still to be authorised to practise —on the public—minus the honours, advantages, and emoluments accruing from the registered certificates of which they will be deficient, for aught that we can see to the contrary, will not be troubled for any guarantees at all as to their education, skill, or proficiency ! They may deal with the most complicated diseases of the digestive organs, although the previous extent of their medical or pharmaceutical education may have been limited to ascertaining the different intensities of a solution of an ounce of Epsom salts and an ounce ':of jalap ; their experience of cerebral sensitiveness, to the vary ing effects of an ordinary narcotic draught, and a concentrated preparation of morphine. The utmost amount of their physiological researches may not have possessed them of the important distinctions be tween muscular contraction and vascular irritation ; but they will deal, at a moment's notice, with cases of organic derangement that may require all the patho logical learning of a second lIUNTER to detect, or all the surgical skill and precision of a BRODIE or a LAWRENCE to operate upon. Now it is very certain that nothing has more tended to improve and advance the medical sciences—to extend the range and instruct the enterprise of opera tive surgery--than those more modern restrictive Acts which have been passed during the last seven or eight reigns with the avowed and wholesome purpose of dis couraging the irresponsible practice of incompetent empirics. The education which it was, by reason of those Acts, incumbent on the regular practitioner to acquire, has necessarily become a very expensive and elaborate one. The vast amount of talent, care, and research which has been devoted, year after year, to perfect this scheme of edu cation, has prodigiously facilitated the most re markable and precious discoveries of modern days, in all the higher branches of chemistry, of anatomy, physiology, and surgery, and therefore, in the appli cation of therapeutical agents. But in exact propor• tion to, and coincidently with these advances in the great march of all medical science, have been the increased sacrifices of time, money, and application, the additional severity of intellectual discipline and ex tensive study, which medical students in all classes have made and given to the completion of their curriculum. By what magical sympathy is Sir JAMES GRAHAM induced to give to quacks,—who have little or nothing of this preparation, these qualifications, that knowledge, those laborious studies—to justify their empirical practice—the advantages, the legitimate advantages, that should justly and exclusively remain with men who have adequately prepared themselves for the able and conscientious discharge of the in valuable and most responsible duties to society, which it is the honourable privilege of their profession to render ? Last week a white swallow was shot by a young gen tleman at Innerleithen. It was observed playing about with some common swallows, and had attracted the at tention of several persons by its conspicuous dress. It was stuffed as a curiosity. THIS DAY'S NEWS. BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT BANISTER. In this ease, which has been so prominently before the public, it may be remembered that the bankrupt had carried on an extensive business as a draper in Portsea, and who had absconded, after disposing of the greater part of his stock below cost price. This day a Mr. Coleman was examined touching the receipt of certain moneys which he was alleged to have received from the bankrupt. The COURT seemed to consider that the publication of the evidence would tend to injure the interests of the body of the creditors. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron G URNEY and Mr. Justice WIG HTMAN.) William Windley, 20, a labourer, was charged with a rape on the person of Hannah Hale, a widow, at Leyton stone, and John Harknett, a labourer ; Jeremiah Wake ling, a baker ; William Scarborough, Henry William Watts Irving, Edward Lingard, and James Windley, were indicted with being present and aiding and assist ing in the commission of the crime. The facts of the case and its atrocity will be in the recollection of our readers. The prosecutrix swore, most positively, that all the prisoners committed the crime. Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution. Mr. Pren dergast defended Wakeling and Hartnett ; and Mr. Charnock Scarborough, Ashford, Lingard, and Watts. Windley was undefended. The facts of the case are totally unfit for publication. Windley, in his defence, denied the committal of the offence, and stated the prosecutrix was rolling drunk on the day when it was alleged the offence was committed. Mr. PRENDERGAST, at the suggestion of the Court, declined addressing the jury on behalf of John Harknett and Jeremiah Wakeling, and the Jury, under the direc tions of Mr. Baron Gurney, acquitted them both. Mr. CITARNCCK then addressed the Jury for all the pri soners, except Windley. The Learned Counsel also called several witnesses who deposed to the prosecutrix being very drunk on the day in question, and one wit ness spoke to seeing her and Windley together in rather an equivocal position. Mr. BALLANTYNE addressed the jury in reply. Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up. Tho ;111.‘ , .1.-13 tented them all to transportation - for life. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) MA NSLATIGRTER. --- James Briggen, milkman, was placed at the bar, charged with unlawfully causing the death of Anne Jones, by criminal negligence in driving a horse and cart. Mr. Horry conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was coming, on the 9th of July, from Stepney, in the direc tion of Whitechapel. She was walking on the road, it being more smooth that the foot-path. The prisoner was coining in the same direction, driving a cart at the rate of ten or twelve miles an hour, and the left wheel of the cart struck the deceased on the shoulder, which threw her down, and killed her almost immediately. It was proved .that the prisoner was drunk when the accident took place. It appeared that the deceased was a respectable young woman and recently married. Several respectable witnesses gave the prisoner a good character for sobriety, honesty, industry, and inoffensive ness. The RECORDER said that this was a very serious case, and the Court would have felt called upon to sentence the prisoner to transportation were it not that his neigh bours flocked round him in the hour of need, and gave him the very best character. But it was a duty which he owed to the public safety to visit the prisoner with an imprisonment which would be an example to others. The sentence upon the prisoner was, that he be im prisoned in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour for nine calendar months. GUILDHALL. -(THIS DAY. A working-looking man was placed at the bar charged with having stolen a quantity of potatoes, the property of a market gardener named Hyde, residing at Croydon, but who keeps a stall in Farringdon market. The complainant said that he left his stall for a couple of hours on Tuesday last, and on his return found that a sieve containinn , the potatoes in question had been walked off. He afterwards discovered them in Field lane, in the shop of a Mr. Fenton, who had bought them from the prisoner. Mr. Fenton, eating-house-keeper, proved having bought them from the prisoner. Mr. Alderman BROWN —This looks bad against you. What can you say for yourself ? Prisoner—l bought them from another man, quite promiscuous in Farring don-street, and am as innocent as a blessed baby. Mr. Alderman BROWN did not give implicit credit to the prisoner's statement, and sent him therefore to Newgate. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A tall able-bodied man named Robert Holloway and Margaret flag were placed at the bar charged with committing a violent and unprovoked assault on Mrs. Anne Bennet, The complainant stated that she with her husband and cousin went into a public-house in St. Martin's-lane last night, and while standing at the bar the prisoners came in. They were intoxicated, and they had not been in the house many minutes before the female fell upon the prcsecutrix and knocked her down with a large key, which cut her eye severer•. While she was down, the male prisoner struck her with a stick on the head. The prosecutrix bad never seen them before in her life. The prisoners did not attempt to palliate the offence, and, Mr. TWYFORD committed them to the sessions for ,rial. UNION-lIALL.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Stephens was charged, before Mr. Trail, under the fallowing circumstances. On the preceding night the prisoner was observed, by a young man named Miller, to approach the shop of a Fheesemonger, at Walworth, and take a piece of bacon, with which he walked away. The witness Miller went after the prisoner, and accused him of the theft, and at the same time attempted to secure him. The prisoner, however, resisted the attempt, and, taking aim at the witness's head, threw the bacon, with all his force, at him, and struck him with such violence as to lay him prostrate on the ground ; and he then endeavoured to escape, but was secured by another person, after a sharp pursuit. The witness exhibited a swollen and black eye, from the effects of being struck with the bacon. The prisoner was remanded. Sarah Smith was charged with robbing children of their clothes. The prisoner was seen lurking about a court in which a number of children were playing, and when a favour able opportunity presented itself she took up a child in her arms and having taken it into the dark passage of a house, took off its shoes and stockings and was pro ceeding to divest it of all its clothing when she was secured. The prisoner, being suspected of robbing a great number of other children, was remanded. The Earl of Haddington and the other Lords of the Admiralty are expected to leave town to-day, for Portsmouth, in order to commence their annual tour of inspection. Lady Tnnes, wife of the late and mother of the pre sent Sir James Innes, died at Edingight House, Banff shire, on Friday last. guished tourists to the Cumberland and Westmorland lakes. Their Lordships enjoyed a few days' sport on the moors near Brough, when on a visit to the Rev. Mr. Barham, M.A., at Appleby Castle. Viscount Sandon and family are at present staying at Burnt Norton, near Chipping Campden, Gloucester shire. Colonel and Baroness North and Miss Doyle have re turned to Arlington-street, from their villa at Putney hill, where her Ladyship has been residing for the last three weeks. The Baroness and family will leave their mansion in Arlington-street this week, for Wroxton Abbey, where extensive alterations are going on. Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., M.P., and Lady Kerrison are surrounded by a select family circle at Oakley Park, the Gallant B tronet's seat, near Eye. The Earl and Countess of Meath have left town for the Continent, intending to pass the winter abroad. Viscountess Ashbrooke and the Hon. Miss Flower left town on Wednesday last for a tour in Germany. MISCELLANEOUS. On Sunday, in Smithfield market, between four and eight o'clock in the eTening, there were no fewer than 37 preachers haranguing large mobs of persons, some of whom attentively listened, but by far the greater num ber reviled. A Parliamentary return has been published, showing the number of schoolmasters in Scotland who have vacated their berths in consequence of the late secession. The amount is stated to be 92, and several are still tin der suspension for having joined the seceders. The number, it may be observed, is very small, considering that there are 12,000 parishes in Scotland, with each one schoolmaster at least, and many of them two. It appears from a Parliamentary return, that for the half-year ending the sth of July last, the total quantity of refined sugar exported from the United Kingdom as merchandise was 112,242 cwts., and the amount shipped as stores 4',853 cwts. The exportation as merchandise in the six months was, from London, 92,328 cwts. ; 19,752 cwts. from Liverpool ; 41 cwts. from ports on the Clyde ; and from other outports 121 cwts., making the total 112,242. The Earl of Stradbroke has been appointed Vice- Admiral of the coast of Suffolk, an office which was pre viously held by the late Marquis of Hertford. The Noble Earl is visiting his estates in Ireland. The Palace of Holyrood is now to be thrown open to all visitors, on payment of a small fee, namely, one shil ling for a party of six. This is not by way of admission money ; but merely to remunerate the servants for their trouble in showing the different apartments A model farm has been established at Berry Pomeroy, on the estate of the Duke of Somerset. General Goldie having resigned the Speakership of the House of Keys, at the Isle of Man, last week, Lieu tenant Taubman was chosen to the office. The 72d Regiment, stationed in the county of Lime rick, are daily expecting the route for Cove, to embark for Gibraltar. Exchequer Bills, 130. 134 d. 40004 •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••• 74 16 pm. 74 7ti pm. Ditto 0 .... 7.7.. 74 76 pm. Ditto Advertised......... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. . . . . - -- --- Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent 11434 Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent.......... ....... .. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ...... ...... Ditto Deferred Stock 1514 Ditto Debentures ... ll Portuguese Bonds ' 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 43% Ditto for the Account .. ....... ....... .. Spanish, Bonds, Five per Cent 18 . 40 2214 Ditto for the Account ...ow ...... ••••••••••••• 22% Ditto Three per Cent. .....„ — Ditto for the Account. . 83% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 .... Ditto Deferred......... l2 French Rentes, 3 per Cent Exchange 2sf. 50c. Dutch 2% per Cents 61 % 1% Dutch 5 per Cents. 0000 •••"...-........... ... 00000 •••••• 100%% New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1837) PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER XII A RE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .... 00000 109 to -- Chester and Holyhead ......... 5 ......... 6% 3 4 ... to Dublin and Cube/. Eastern Counties .. ....»..... . .».. 23 ....... 11% to Ditto New Regist e r ed ...... 81. 6s. 8d........ 13% % Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto_% Stares 16%.......... to Great Western oo . - 00000 •••••....... 75 Lancaster and Carlisle 5 • 6% to London and Birmingham. lOO .. 0000 ..2:8 Ditto New Thirds 2 ..... .... 36 to Dit o % Shares London and Blackwall London and Brighton 5O . .... .... 48% u... to London and Greenwich 12% London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% London and South Western ...... 41% Ditto Eighths Lynn and Ely 1 % ... 3% Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ......... .... Ditto % Share= 2 ..... ..•• 5 Midland Counties lOO ..-... 105. ... to 106 Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct 2l ... ..... . 48%14 ... to North British 2% Trent Valley 2 ..... •••• 9% York and North Midland ••••••••• 50 .........104 to Ditto % Shares 23 Paris and Orleans 2O 171. to - - _ Paris and Rouen 2O ....... 371 i to Rouen and Havre. MANCHESTER STOCR EXCHANGE, AUG. 26.—There is no material change is prices, but stock is more freely offered.—Bristol and Gloucester, 544 ; Blackburn, Burn ley, and Accrington, 2 9-16 ; Bristol and Exeter, 804 ; Churnet Valley, 3s. prem. ; Huddersfield and Manches ter, 24 7-16 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 14 prem. • London and Brighton, Eighths, I I s . 3d. p rem . ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 5 7-16 4; Manchester and Birmingham, 634 • CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. - - ____ ~.,........„ Bank Stock ...... ............. .. 1591,4 Indian Stock 3 per Cent. Red ...... ......... 99% Ditto Ronda 3 per Cent. Cons. 3 per Cent. Red New 3% per Cent. 101 3 ,4 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1 1 ,6 d .-- 7c ".."‘ ..... L011....1 ...~... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 75 pm. Jan :18f*/ 1234 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2 3.16 !India Stock for Acct . ••• 282 --- --- . FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent ...... ... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent — Chllian, 1; per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 33% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred... ........... ... Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18-5, 5 per Cent — Exchange .. .......... ...... —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837. — Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 611 A Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent .......100% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) /08% Ditto, New Shares, 17% paid 27% Chester and Holyhead ( a paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid .... . .. Great Western (75 paid ; - Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid.......« ...... .. ' 83% London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 7 14 Lonion and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (12t. li.s. 4d. paid) B% Dili°, Preference or Privilege, X.B 17s :Id paid :2% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) B5 London and Croydon (Trunk) Ditto, Scrip, 10 paid .... IS yi Manchester and Leeds (0 paid - 122 Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) Manchester and Birmingham Ditto New Quarters ( > paid) 4% Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid 49% South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ... Ditto New shares, 4 paid York end North Midland (50 paid) lO5 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) MARKET NEWS —(THIS DAY. NAY reteutztETs. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow I tay, 3/15s to 414 s ; Useful ditto, 41 Gs to 4/12s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 14s to 51; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 83 ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply rather limited, and trade on the whole, dull. CUNBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 4/ 6s ; Useful ditto,. 4/ 8s to 4/ 14s; fine Upland ditto, 41 15s to 5/ ; Clover flay, 4/ 12s to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 9s; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 12s per load. The best Meadov Hay sold steadily, at full prices ; but, other wise, the demand was extremely inactive. MUTECHAPEL.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 3115 s to 4143 ; Useful ditto, 415 s to 4/ 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 14s to 51; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. New Meadow Hay sold at from 31 to 4/ 4s; and New Clover, 4/ to 51 5s per load. COLONIAL Si:GAIL—The market for British Plantation has been without change, about 400 hhds having been sold at previous prices. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 290 bushels, Java, which sold at lis to 225, for good brown to mid white, being comparatively chef p, but so small a parcel affords little guide to the market gene rally. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 729 hhds, 97 tierces, 103 barrels ; and there were taken for home consumption 1,139 hhds, 153 tierces, 919 barrels. The stock in the same places is 11,631 hhds, 1,732 tierces, 2,021 barrels. • COFFEE.-665 bags Ceylon, British Plantation kind, 168 bales Mocha, and 327 bags Rio, were offered by auction ; the Ceylon and Mocha were chiefly taken in, the former at 71s to 80s for fine ord to mid colory, British Plantation kind. The Mocha was withdrawn. Only part of the Rio was disposed of at 30s for com mon mixed good ord quality. Rtr - m.—Thc quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 308 puns, 55 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 243 puns, 16 hhds, and exported 211 puns, 77 hinds. The stock in the same places is 10,134 puns, 2,089 hinds, . SALTPETRE.-1,126 bags were mostly taken in above :he value, viz., at 26s 6(1 for 5 per cent. refraction ; 12* )er cent. refraction sold at 24s (and one lot 24s 6d), )einc , previous rates. SPICES —1,150 chests Cassia Lignea, and 514 Pepper, all the former found buyers, but at very low prices, viz., at 50. 6d to 61s for mid coarse to good mid quality, partly in large bundles, being a decline of fully 2s. The latter was taken in at 2id for mid to good black Sumatra. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is firm at 41s 3d to 42s per cwt on the spot, :Ind Town 43s 6d cwt. TEA.—The market is steady, prices not undergoing any fluctuation. COTTON.—There have been one or two private sales at steady rates. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.—(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, Auc. 27.—Wind, N.W., fresh breeze, and Sne. DEAL, AUG. 2G.—Wind, A.m. ' W.N.W. P.M., N.W. to N.N.W.—A rrd. Auguste, Block, Havannah, f or Bremen. Sid. Cornwall, Cork and Bombay; Fair Aca dian, Ichaboe ; Elizabeth, Miramichi. OFF DOVER, AUG.25.--Rotterdam, Nova Zetnbla, Princess Sophia, and Graef van Hogendorp, all from Rotterdam, for Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, Auc. N.W.—Sld. Vernon, Madras; Ann Elizabeth, Surinam; Findon, Quebec. COWES, AUG. 26.—Arrd. Whig, Baldwin, llavannah and Baltimore; Sarah, Foster, :Matanzas. ABERYSTIVITH, AUG. 24.—The 'Spencer Wynne, Parry, in leaving the harbour on the 22d instant, strut k on the rocks of the Marine-terrace, and became a total wreck. Crew and part of materials saved. MONEY AND COMMERCIALNEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The prices of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday did not undergo any alteration, and a fair business was done. Exporters took 1,000 bales, and the total sales were 6,ooo—viz., 600 Surat at 2. to 3id.; 150 Pernam, sid. to 6d.; 100 Maranham, sd. to 50. ; 200 Egyptian, 6 4 d. to 7.0.; and the rest American, 31d. to 50. French Railways were more in demand, but Birmingham, Mid land Counties, and Eastern Counties were d u ll. Bir mingham and Gloucester, 101; Chester and Birken head, 31i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 67; Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 17; Great Western, Half, 83 ; Lancaster and Preston, 39; Liverpool and Manchester, Half, 53 •, Ditto, Quarter, 35; London and Bi rm i ng h am , 220; Midland unties, 106; Preston and Wyre, New, 37; Sheffield and Manchester, 84-; Lyons and Avignon, 11. 18s.; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 11. 165.; Lynn and Ely, 3i. A plan for the formation of a railw?,y to connect the metropolis with Richmond has been announced, and at a meeting of the principal tradesmen of the latter, held a clay or two since, it was unanimously agreed that the line would be highly advantageous to the town, as well as to those places through or near which it will pass, such as Barnes, Wandsworth, Putney, &c. It is intended that the railway shall be formed on the Surrey side of the river, and to be connected with the Hunger fordfSuspension-bridge. A most easy and rapid com munication will thus be formed between the west end and that delightful and favourite place of resort. There is not a single colonial arrival of any importance to announce this morning. The Stock Market has been in a very active condition this morning. Consols for Money and the Account have reached 98f, but are now a shade lower. The Commissioners bought 5,000/. Reduced Three per Cents. at within * per cent. of par. Money is more plentiful, and the premium upon Exchequer Bills has advanced to 765. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. hare been in good request. A fall in Belgian Bonds to 102:1 has just occurred. Dutch Stock is rather heavy. French Three per Cents. have advanced a trifle, but Portuguese Stocks are cheaper than yesterday. Spanish Consols remain at about 22i ; the Three per Cents. at 33f ; and Mexican at 35i h. There was a fall in the London and Birmingham, in the Birmingham and Gloucester, in the Brighton, and most of the other Railway Shares this morning. A good deal of business has been done. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock." ..... 199% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99% 98% 3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 98% 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1024%56 New 35 per Cent. Annuities 101%3, Long Annuities, Expire Ste Jan. 1860 l2 9-16% Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1660. India 80nd5,1,000.................. ..... 93 Ditto under 1,000 93 Consols for Account 99% 99 India Stock SUMMARY OF NEWS AND %MIME Optttion. " Who runs may read." VOILEIGN. The Court of France has gone into mourning for eight days for her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Alexandra of Russia, whose mortal remains were to have been deposited in the Imperial family vault on the 16th inst. Accounts from Gibraltar announce that a heavy can nonading was heard on the coast of Africa on the 12th, which was supposed to be the Prince de Joinville bom barding Azzila ; and more cannonading was heard at Cadiz, in the same direction, on the 14th. According to letters from Constantinople of the 7th inst., Sir Stratford Canning has obtained satisfaction for the insult offered by a Russian pilot to the British flag. The pilot is to be punished in an exemplary manner. Letters have been received from Athens of the 10th, when Greece was perfectly tranquil. An amnesty had been granted to all those who were engaged in the in surrections during the months of May and June last, with the exception of General Grivas and eight others. The elections were still going on. According to the Paris Rrforme, officers of engineers and of the artillery had been sent to inspect the bat teries along the coast, and place them in a proper state of defence. The Grand Duke of Hesse has issued an ordonnance, declaring that in future the Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse is to have the title of Royal Highness. An article in the Journal des Debats announces that, notwithstanding the bad weather, the crops have pre served a good appearance throughout Normandy, and promise an abundant produce. The Queen of Wirtemberg arrived at Frankfort on the 20th, and left on the following day for the banks of the Rhine. The King and Queen of the Netherlands were expected to arrive on the 23d, on their way to Weimar, to be present at the baptism of the son of their daughter, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar. The reigning Duke of Saxe Meiningen is amongst the last arrivals at Frankfort. The Imperial Court of Russia has gone into mourning for three months, for the late Grand Duchess Alexandra. Great preparations are at present making at Milan for the forthcoming meeting of the Italian scientific con gress, which it was feared, owing to the recent political movements in Italy, would not take place ; but the Pre sident, Count Borromeo, has just issued his official an nouncement, stating that the opening is fixed for the 12th of September, and is to take place this year at Milan. The savans will hold their morning sittings at the Palace Brera, and for ,their evening meetings the Palace del Marino has been put in readiness. The re union is to continue until the 27th of next month. The opening of La Scala was postponed from the 17th to the 21st instant. LAW AND POLICE. At the Central - Criminal Court, Henry Brown, 41, Emma Brown, 16, and Elizabeth Jones, 23, were in dicted for feloniously making counterfeit shillings and sixpences, and also for having in their possession moulds calculated to make counterfeit coin. They were all con victed, and Mr. Baron Gurney sentenced the male pri soner and Elizabeth Jones to be transported for twelve years ; and Emma Brown was ordered to be kept to hard labour for six months. Thomas Corby was indicted for feloniously forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange for 6/., with intent to defraud William Franks. The jury found him not guilty, as it appeared that the acceptor had authorised the prisoner to use his name, and the acceptor's wife had received a portion of the proceeds of the bill. The Recorder sat in the New Court, where John Mullett, convicted of horse stealing, was sentenced to be transported for ten years. A domestic servant, named Elizabeth Hughes, was convicted of robbing her master, and sentenced to be imprisoned for a year. In passing sentence, the Re corder remarked upon the great number of cases of rob bery by domestic servants in the calendar, a crime which must be suppressed by the intervention of th e l aw . William Fisher, convicted of stealing a pipe of port wine, the property of his employer, was sentenced to fif teen years' trankportation. John Riley, a lighterman, aged 20, for stealing 38 gal lons of brandy, on the sth of August instant, the property of the East and West India Company, was sentenced to be transported for ten years. A the evening sittings, before Mr. Commissioner Bullock, Mary Ann Smith, aged 20, and Charlotte Wil liams, alias Mary Ann Smith, were convicted of stealing 35 handkerchiefs, value 405., the property of Elizabeth Knox, there being a former conviction against Williams. The jury found them guilty, and the Court ordered Smith to be confined for six month, and Williams, other wise Smith, to be transported for seven years. Harriet Thomas, a young woman who has frequen t ly been in custody, was committed from Guildhall by Mr. Alder man Brown, charged with stealing a diamond pin from Mr. Gray, a merchant, of Dublin. She had snatched the pin from his breast on Ludgate-hill. Mr. Gray wished her to be summarily punished, but the Magistrate re fused, and bound Mr. Gray over to prosecute. A very respectably-dressed man, habited in full blaCk, and white cravat, and who gave the name of Frederick Grosjean, a tailor and draper, living at 99, Quadrant, was brought before Mr. Hall, the chief magistrate, at Bow-street, charged with having caused an obstruction in front of St. Paul's church, Covent-garden, by collect. ing a crowd, and refusing to withdraw when requested by the police. The defendant, who had attracted a crowd by preaching in front of the church, was admonished WWII ta ; c etis J ail Smith was convicted from Clerkenwell on seve ral charges of robbing furnished lodgings. At Queen-square, John Jones, a labouring man, was charged with wilfully b rea ki ng one o f t h e gas lamps in Marsham street, Westminster. The defendant, who had been refused a night's lodging at the station-house and ' at the workhouse, said he was two hundred miles from home, and had not tasted food for two days, and being unab'e longer to walk the streets, had broken the lamps in the constable's presence, in order to be taken up. Mr. Burrell said that persons could not be allowed, because they were in distress, to destroy the property of the parish contractor, which offence subjected him to a penalty of 51. Defendant must pay 7s. 6d., the amount of damage, or be imprisone I fur ten days. The man apea red very thankful, and was locked up. Several vendors of fruit and toys were fined for ob structing the Knightsbridge foot pavement, by placing their baskets thereon. Mary Anne Jones was remanded from Marylebone, on a charge of having " stolen" a silk umbrella, the property of Miss Maria Louisa Riviere, the proprietress of a school for young ladies, at 25, George-street, Camden town. The prisoner had called at the school on a rainy day, and stated her intention of placing two young ladies there, and on her departure had borrowed an umbrella, which, it is needless to say, Was never returned, and the address which she had given Miss Riviere could not be found. John Blake, John Rogers, and Sarah Smith, charged with having been concerned in stealing furniture, &c., to a considerable amount, the property of Mr. John Dyke, Park-place, Padding -ton-green, were remanded. At Lambeth-street, Saul Fichell, a German Jew, was charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Adolphus Lip man, outfitter, 86, Pearson -street, Ratcliff highway, of one gold and nine silver watches, value 351. The pri soner owned having taken . the watches, and said he was instigated to it by a person who was a notorious coiner, in Rosemary-lane. lie was remanded to give time for the apprehension of his accomplice. A respectable-looking man, who gave his name Chas. Stevens, but which, it is known, is a fictitious name, was committed, from Worship -street, for one month, . for having deserted his wife. At s r s. Taylor James Cheek, and co. vinegar in makers,the o e f inPl Long-lane, o3Uneion nt B of Me serimondsey, was charged with em bezzling several sums of money from his employers, and was remanded. George Bonchee, a member of the swell mob, was charged before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Office, with assaulting Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, a lady residing at Mus well-hill, Hornsey, with intent to commit a felony. The prisoner had attempted to pick her pocket on board one of the railway Gravesend steamers. A policeman said that robberies had been very frequent among the pas sengers in the steamers between London and Gravesend, and the swell mob took advantage of the crowded state of those vessels occasioned by the cheap fares. He was committed. CO trILT-r.asasorcem Zan. The Prince of Prussia, upon his visit to the York race course on Thursday, was received at the Grand Stand by the Marquis of Normanby, vs.'lio accompanied his Royal Highness on to the course, and subsequently partook of a dejoiner with the Prince, at the residence of General Brotherton, the commanding officer of the troops sta tioned in that city. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have been entertain ing during the past fortnight a distinguished party at their villa residence, Binstead, near Ryde, amongst whom may be mentioned the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Duke and Duchess of Beau fort, and Lady Augusta Somerset, Baron Nieumann, Lord and Lsdy Robert Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Ash ley, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers, Lord Charles Manners, &c. The Noble Earl and Countess are going to Bad minton next week on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, to meet the Prince of Prussia and a select party. The Earl of Yarborough and the loading members of the Yacht Squadron have arrived at Plymouth from Cowes, and proceed on a cruise to other western ports. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton have arrived at Buxton, on a visit to Lady Charlotte Greying, from Worsley Hall, Lancashire. The Austrian Count Anersperg and his son have re turned to the Clarendon Hotel, from York races. The Marquis of Douglas, accompanied by the Marchioness (Princess Mary of Baden), has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, Leamington Spa, where they pur pose remaining for a few days, and thence proceeding to Hamilton Palace, North Britain. The Earl of Bessborough and Ladies Ponsonby have arrived at Bessborough House, Kilkenny, from Caven dish-square, at which seat the Noble Earl and family have made arrangements to pass the autumn. The ar rival of his Lordship at his paternal estates was welcomed by his tenantry with every possible mark of esteem. Count Nesselrode, and his daughter the Baroness Seebacb, accompanied by the Countess of Stockelberg, proceeded from Brighton on Saturday on a short visit to the Duke of Norfolk. M. Kisseleff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires at Paris, left Brighton on Saturday for Dieppe. The Marquis of Conyngham -arrived in Harwich harbour last week, from the lale of Wight, in his splendid yacht the Flower of Yarrow. Lords Cranstoun and Gardner are among the distin- _ ; HAMBURGH MAIL. " (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) ST. PI TEE BBURGH, AUG. 13.—.-The announce d to his people the lamented desw daughter in the following manifesto:— "By the inscrutable decree of God our 1 5. heart has been visited with a severe aft3ieti,,e n ' s , dearly beloved the Gra n d D uc h e ss Al Nicotajewne, consort of Prince Frederick (3 ' t Cassel, after a long and severe ill ness , was Preq, delivered on the 29th of J u ly (Aug. 10) of a who was baptised by the name of Williaroll soon afterwards. Our beloved d aug hter die d. afterwards, with deep sorrow, yet humbly re, the mysterious will of Divine Pr ov id e nce. I, e f not that all our faithful subjects, w ho so lateV o fested sich cordial participation in our Joy . 0 marriage of our beloved daughter will now na us in feelings of grief and in prayer to the A l , for' the repose of her pur e an d , gentle s°l'D eternal mansions of the virtuous.' On the day of the death of the Princess I"' went into mourning for several weeks. de li , ST. PETERSUURGH, AU G . 13.—After the the Princess felt herself relieved, and cotin n . considerable time with her beloved parents+ 4o and sister, and other relatives, who were all! ; f 6, round her in the last hours of h e r life. ./"d the afternoon she took an affectionate leave ii all, and fell into a tranquil sleep fr o m which 3 awoke here below. She expired at a quarter e five. The body of the Grand Duchess, as m that of the Prince, were embalmed yester' will be conveyed to-night without pomp from jesela to the cathedral of St. Peter and St' Hamburgh papers, Aug. 23. ST. PETERSBURGII, AUG. 16.—The of the Grand Duchess Alexandra are deposit in the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. The Military Governor of St. Petersburg v h ceived, this morning, the f o ll ow i ng I m perial P is in his Majesty's own hand, and hastens to ' cats it to the inhabitants of the capital. ~ " After following the mortal remains 0' loved daughter to their final re s ti ng pl ace , the ... ito r my heart is to desire you to announce to t7 c ' l l tants of the capital how deeply all ou r hear ' e p fected by the gener a l i n t eres t w hi c h th e y W I fested, as well during the lung and mortal l b; our beloved daughter, as lik ew i se on h e r des' lastly, on this night. These expressions of th. feeling are, indeed, not new to me ; have been displayed only in days of j o y, but j i has pleased God to try us by the most Ps'it We submit to his unsearchable will, and liot be more consolatory to Atir,paternal heart affecting proofs that our soul's, - is the univern of the whole people entrusted to us by 15 7 thank them for this affection which is' our co and gives me strength"to proceed •in lel course. May those mortal feelings be the • the future happiness." . ALARMING FIRE IN ST. GILES'S—(TO IS t i e e, About eleven o'clock in the f orenoon a fire lt,'Y a narrow street called Maynard-street, off J?:d street, in the very heart of all that now rertiteYigi once noted " Rookery." A portion of the pre ° , in the possession of Messrs. Bridge and Co., the of , cork-cutters and manufacturers of No. 29, fl i ,gof' St. Giles's, who deposited there a large quae t ti.vbi nufactured and raw stock in c o n seque nce el e i s 0 , utmost consternation and alarm p e rvaded 'od neighbourhood. An area o f only a bout one-ten /j original size of the " Rookery" now stands 4t e quence of the new line of street, f ro m Oxford ' s Holborn, and in this small, and more particelrh nard and Buckridgc-streets, a large portion 01 l ej possessed inhabitants had crammed theniselves'ott when the first alarm of fire was given, the gri s ttjt fusion prevailed in consequence of the efforts ° so i people to save their furniture. Fortunatell , ,,,S the fire having broken out in the day time, it iv' discovered, and information forwarded to the t ist i Fire Brigade stations. In a short time no les s io ' engines were upon the spot, arid a plentiful 0 water being at hand, the flames were speedill o O: without doing any considerable damage. 0 1, jai" ) , number of thieves and daring characters whic h neighbourhood, it was necessary to have a str'" police to keep order. ASTLEY'S THEATRE.—After the various S etg e d antes which at thil -theatre generally precede 0 trian feats of the circus, and after Me. Car ter f Lion Tamer of theiNiger) has e x hibit e d his exil o tti power over the =lions, tigers, and panthers, ei ) . ll cage and on the stage, a miniature horse was Olf's in the circus. This wonderful little aaiule",4 o , called Tom Thumb, is well made, and soma' 0 14 Shetland pony, though not so shaggy s he %he') twenty-five inches high, and weighs but ' 0 0,/ presented to Mr. Batty by the celebrated V i et Mr. Wells, and has not hi s equa l i n the three 1 , 4 6 Tom Thumb (the original) will appear in thell;iol's Astley's, we are told, during the week in t r . 131 carriage, which has been built for him by - th ii ,' of Soho-square, and which will be drawn hY . in:, horse. Man, carriage, and horse will all then ; c f portion, and such another equipage is only V' probably, in the description of fairies. r thiS fi d LEICESTER -SQUARE.—The encl os ure 0 f - pi is at present in a very dilapidated and disgraceacei dition. The iron railings h ave i n many 11 l 0 tli r taken away, and, until th e l ast f ew dap, wm e tec tic!) habitants have placed a constable for its Pr °7 oo r , . has day and n i g ht b een a scene o f most cil ia " conduct. The title of the property to the enc^ distuted. gg GG Two THOUSAN D Y EARS OLD.'"--4-"-An e ll brought the other day from the island of Ichahe e t ' a 0 master of the Eliza Kincaid, to Leith, which at a depth of twenty-five feet from the su rf s r) ,11 0 must, therefore, according to the best calculat e t been upwards of 2,000 years old. It is noW,t e s 0 at the National office, in Argyle-street. — G & `` i ; tionaL 0 n rR ins' de' SUICIDE AT CHELSEA.—Yesterday n 3 .,--- 8 , %o? a quarter to one o'clock, Mr. Jerome, of r" e ' s te, '' s s street, Chelsea, was passing along Cheyne - win e s cfoi he observed a woman walk down the floating :00 0 , site to Manor-street, and precipitate heren o ss 4 , o , water. He raised an alarm, and drags were t. a ss ot i staetly in use, but the unf or t una t e wom an, Wu ° os mediately, was not recovered. n / 101 11 1 1 rp DAILY . MAILS TO AND FROM Lai- a 0 -r, following notice has b een issue d b y comma ° i stig 4 i Post-Master-General:—" General Post office' ist' e A 1844.—The Belgian Government having elit e o h l contract for the conveyance of mails twice in 1 09 betw: en Dover and Ostend, in addition to t u e lselg t oi communication by British packets, mails fe r mi . illi , will in future be made up at this o ffi ce ever): iiiee Y g s week (Sundays excepted), and return we° iil:e gium will be due in London daily, with th e J ception." ricer of b a f " e o PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterdav the p..--- 5 „ jo , r fell generally iu the metroplis id. per quarteL"fic e ,,,,e account of the abundant harvest. The gear s '', le now 7d., although at many of the underselol* if it is 6d. it t 0 1 We believe that in the be g i nn i ng o f Oct° b be at' i s d intended to call out the pensioners for training' 0 11 0 only two days, instead of fi ve , w ill thi s y e ar be e Of, sel i for that purpose. v e s 07 BRIGHTON, SAT URDAY E VENING .—The xs - s , win Harty, arriv e d f rom Di eppe t hi s a fterne e T e sge); hours and three quarters, with fifty-five P' qs i„ s P e te r among whom were Lady Hotham, the Ma r l,' fib ' 1 43 Granja, the Marquis De la Caltovar, Mrs. B ` .sass v- Or o s vis and family, &e. About one-third of the i' 10 .1s1.: 0 1 were enabled to clear their baggage at the Clist e rt o fri,o and proceed to London by the last regular t r s, ! o p here, at hali-past six ; the rest of the passengeefest , Were desirous of proceeding to London this .v 0 1 ; were forwarded by a special train, the Rel'r -- i ; to * c i c t pany always affording this greed accommodstie nod packet passengers, arriving from Dieppe or 110Yre' te similar circumstances. 0, On Friday afternoon last, between four % fi g; o'cTtiClT as Captain Alexander Seton, of the 7 , 4 . n t 0 , f o e rnent, was riding his horse on Chatham - 191 ,7 e ted„'d animal, on passing the stands about being e r ' d 170,s'' the accommodation of visitors, took fright ' l , ll he di"„ f e across the lines at a tremendous pace, taking ',, t o 1 1 ' 10 tion of New Brompton. The Captain seen)" tins c lost all control over the animal, which, in atterePre.to°j clear the fence round the lines, caught with itsni te e the top rail, and thereby the horse and rider t e cic s 0 0 violently to the ground, Captain Seton being t i r l/ hittb i horse. He was conveyed to his, quaiters to ,„. Barracks, where he lies in a very precarious stat e ' i s.f , : ip IMPORTANT TO CLERKS, COMMERCIAL Tl" .l c; r iC4 4 ) &c.--In the case of Kynaston v. Crouch (r e P, lic s s el . • our Bristol assize intelligence), a judgment Was i l e elv,; which, if confirmed, will prejudicially affect e ',, s s ' e of confidential servants, and must tend to place ' - , s ets: of continual insecurity numbers of most L s rJO ; d individuals. It was ruled by his Lordship (u r ,',c b c :3 Patteson), that in case of any act of bankruPr i ls •r f ;e committed by any person or persons, the ei g ' fi s Ic a , confidential servants of the said person or r rs° e SIJ- f liable to be called upon, by the assignees of O v e rs e e ' ' for all sums paid by them after the act of bt u :, it .5a although they did not, or could not, know v''''` s O h o committed ! His Lordship admitted the hardn es w a '4 law, and hoped he was arcing in its interpret% 0 1 4 directed a verdict to b e recorded for the Phd liti date 4 / ' leave to move to enter a nonsuit, or to reduce the Aire ct to such au amount as th e C ourt a b ove might "" se t ' Bristol Mercury. 1 te 0 id ol WOOD PAVEMENTS AND FEVER.—At a . 3- c o pk ihe ing of the Westminster Medical Society, P r ' iu 4 1- drew attention to the probable extension of fever fin metropolis from the extension of wood pavetoen.'o%o;l his statement it appeared that, when wood P avi sec e 1 taken up for repairs, there might be observed for r ef ` inches below the surface, the pores of the wood s et i tl e se .h ir o with black matters, from the decomposing org li th stances which are carried d own an d absorb ored water. These, on f ur th er d ecompos i t i on , we ll ' fore very likely to e va p ora t e , producing some subtic o sin, atmospheric impurity, besid es w hi c h, they woul d . . 1: 0 ts:', 1?) , the water employed in watering the streets , i lk ej ing from ruin. These he considered would gr e ets phe l tend and prolong the influence of that low form 0 ," bhe feVer, which, has been common in the metropch .u s ' 0 0 is" rot Her Majesty's steam-frigate Blazer is n°'',„, 3 y ' coast of Scarborongh, engaged in making a st " the Admiralty.— Yorkshire Gctzettt4L' . 1: CATCH OF WHALES—LERIVICR, ,e4"l/ -T °' Tuesday, at West Woe, S am h urg li, aiot 30t . t e h e loa dli, sters of the deep m a d e th e i r appearitai 3 -10 s ' lc, attack was made upon them brttO - itilets, " fr el fL ceeded in capturing 79. The blubber sold I"' 101 Ns. par tom—Scotch Itqfortners' Glaootte.