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i AVIIIN'E'Y VALLEY AND GREAT YARMOUTH RAILWAY. WITH A BRANCH TO HALES WORTH. Capital 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. (Rigfstered . provisioasily, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) COILUITTEE OF SIANAGEXENT. :lon. Colonel George Anson, M.P., 25, 1111 i-street, Berkeley-square, London Wilhgm Back, .Esq., Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk Calver!ey Richard Bewicke, Esq., Barsham House, Suffolk Emanuel Cooper, Esq., Southwark W. J. Crowfoot, Esq., M.D., Beetles itlzhard Hammond, Esq., Great Yarmouth Swynfen Jervis, Esq., Whitehall-place, London, and Darlaston Hall, Staffordshire John 31'Itae, Esq., Page Greenhouse, Tottenhaim Hezekiah Martin, Esq., Great Yarmouth Samuel Paget, Esq., Great Yarmouth George Danby Palmer, Esq., Great Yarmouth William Richardson, Esq., Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, London William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodberry Down, Middlesex William lililshere, Esq., M.P. for Great Yarmouth, Hermitage, Hitchin, Herta ENovaEB.--Joseph Locke, Esq. Messrs. Fisher, Lucas, and Steward,/ Great Yarmouth Samuel Palmer, Esq. Messrs. Margitson and Hartcup, Bungay Josiah Wilkinson, Esq., London 13.1.1axas—London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London, and . its branches. SECRETARY.—M. E. Daniel, Esq. - A direct communication from Yarmouth to the Metropolis is of the utmost importance to the port and trade of Yarmouth. The pre sent route by the Norwich and Yarmouth and Norwich and Brandon Railways, now called the Norfolk Railway, conveys the Yarmouth traffic to London round by Brandon, Ely, and Cambridge, to join the Northern and Eastern Railway —a distance of 146 miles. The ter rnmus of the Norfolk Railway at Yarmouth is acknowledged to be most inconvenient for the London trade, and the claims which it has upon Yarmouth are confined to the communication with Norwich and t e western and north-western districts. A very large traffic axis's between Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Beccies, Bungay, Halesworth, Ilarlestone, and Diss ; and also between all those important towns I and Bury St. Edmund's, Stowmarket, Ipswich, and London. To supply the wants of these districts the Waveney Valley and Yar mouth Rabway is designed ; and it will shorten the distance between Yarmouth and London twenty-four miles. It is intended to construct the terminus upon the best site as near to Yarmouth-bridge as practictble. The line will communicate with tte quays, so as to take goods ftom the vessels on the river without anshipa,erit or immediate carriage, thus saving considerable ex pen,e. This railway will run to the town of Beccles, thence to Bun gay (with a branch to Halesworth), to Harleston, and Dias, commu nicating there with the Eastern Union Extension Railway, and by means of that line to Stowmarket, Bury, Ipswich, Colchester, Chelms ford, and London. At Dias the railway will to within three miles of tne important market town of Eye, to which a branch may be ad vantageously constructed. In its course to Beccles it will cross the Lowestoft and Reedham line, and will afford the shortest communi cation torn Lowestoft to London. The whole length of the main line will not exceed thirty-three miles, and the branch to Hales worth will be ab-ut nine miles. The population of the district through which it runs, taking the parishes within three miles of the line, is upwards of 100,000, according to the last census. The valley is one of the richest agricultural districts in England; it produces large crops of grain, and abounds with rich pasturage, a very large portion of the barley is malted at Harlestone, Halesworth, Bungey, and Beccles, and supplied to the large London brewers. The export of corn and flour from Yarmouth exceeds that of any port in the kingdom,, the average being yearly 435,690 quarters. 70, 00 tons of goods and 173,465 tons of coals are annually im ported into Yarmouth to supply the wants of the district. There era 574 registered vessels, comprising a tonnage of 60,375, bel aging to Great Yarmouth, and 3,400 ships yearly enter that port. Upwards of 100 vessels are employed in the mackerel fishery, and 200 to the herring fishery ; the capital employed in these trades ex ceeds half a million of money. In addition to the above, very many other fishing craft are em ployed in catching turbot, soles, cod, haddock, whitings, shrimps, &c., t to greatts part of which are sent to London ; and, as the fishing banks of the North Sea present an inexhaustible supply of these com modities, and the metropolis an almost boundless market for cheap and go , d fish, it may confidently be expected that the immediate and permanent effect of a quick transit between the two places will t^ at vast Increase in this branch of traffic ; and it is anticipated that l,!rge quantities of Scotch s4lmoa will be landed at Yarmouth, to vold th, tedious passage between this part of the coast and the metro}, Ps. . An immense quantity of live stock is sent from the district of this railway to London, which, in the event of this line being made, must ;:ass upon it. Yarmouth is increasing extensively as the watering-place of the eastern coast. A great numoer of houses have recently been erected, to accommodate the requirements of visitors during the season, and malty others of a first class are now in course of building. The traffic on this line of road has been taken, and is estimated to prod tre, independently of the fish carriage, a return of £39,483 0 0 To this add tor fish traffic from Lowestoft, according to the present quantity supplied to the London market, calculated at a low rate 3,727 0 0 And for fiih traffic from Yarmouth, according to the /Jame (tuft 9,500 0 0 Making . . Deduct 40 per cent. for working expenses...... £52,710 0 0 21,084 0 0 Leaving a net revenue of.. •. •... ••. • . • £31,626 0 0 which upon the capital of 400,0001. will make a return of eight per € en t The distances will he as follows : From Yarmouth to Diss . . 21 , Stowmarket ..... 43 „ Bury St. Edmund's •. • • 54 , Ipswich II • Colchester .... •...• • • • 71 „ Chelmsford . L0nd0n..............12 „ being twenty-four miles shorter than the route by the present Norfolk Railway. The traffic has been taken very moderately, and it array be fairly calculated that the amount will be very considerably increased by increased trade (particularly in fish, cattle, and grain), when the road is opened, and the facilities which railways afford are developed to a country hitherto unaccommodated with such ad vantages. T..^ W,e has been carefully surveyed, and no engineering difficulty pres,nts itself. It may be constructed very cheaply and speedily. The Waveney Valley forms a natural level channel without a single impediment ; and where the line leaves the valley the cuttings are not heavy, and are required far the necessary embankments in the I,,wsr This railway is brought forward with the general concurrence and apprlval of the country and towns through which it passes. It is the univers it opinion that this line is absolutely required by the an that \AlthULt it the trade ot this portion of the couxtry will materially suffer, and consequently the value of property be depreciated by the competition of those neighbouring towns to which :he great advantages of railway communication have been granted. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LEsSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. The Last Night but One of the Company's performing this Season. THIS EVENING, WM be performed DON CfESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana; Miss Stanley. Itydlleafons for Shares to be made to the Committee of Manage- To which will bz. added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will m. la, at the (Aloes of the Company, No. 2. Nicholas-lane, Lout- 5e introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos bard-s ret and Mr. J. W. Scott, share-broker, &c., 3, Bartholo- turne,with the Original Music. niew.l.lne. Lowl , m ;to Messrs. Fisher, Lucas, and Steward, and To be followed by THE BRIGAND. Alessandro Massaroni, Mr. 11r. Samuel l'alincr, of Great Yarmouth ; and to Messrs. Margit- Wallack ; Rubaldo, Mr. Ranoe; Ottavia, Miss Grey ; Mena Grazie. Provision will he taken in the Act to allow four per cent. interest on the deposit and calls until the line is constructed. Powers will he ia!:en in the Act to drain the marsh lands of the valley throuth which the line passes. Great Yarmouth Railway Company, Gentlemen,-1 r‘quest you will allot to me Shims of 201. (itch in the above Company, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less number, and to pay the deposit of 2/. per Share, and en- i,go to sign the Par;iainentary l ontract and Subscribers' Agree- Vie..:t In r,spect of the some, when required. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full .. ... Dorription .• . • Place of business ....... . Reference....... ..... .. Address of Reference ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHLATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Last Week of the Summer Season—Last Week of the Grand Military spectacle. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely New Grand National Spectacle, em bracing the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India, called TILL; CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. The Scenes in the Circle will be more than usually attractive, con sisting of. the choicest chef d'osuvres of the unrivalled French Equestrians. To coucluae with THE WEAVER OF LYONS. Boa-office open from Eleven till rive. lita; LONDON AND EXETER RAIL WAY CO)IPANY. With extensien hereafter to Falmouth and Penzance, through Hammersmith, rurnhant-green, Brentford, Isieworth, Hounslow, Staines, Egham, Bagshot, Ascot, Bracknell, Bentleld, Wokingham, K nviciere, Andover, Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Sherbourne, Yeovil, ewkerne, Axminster (with branch to Cranbourne, Blandford. Dor ci.ester, Bridport, Axminster), and lioniton, to Exeter. Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Deposit 11. 7s. 6d. per share. With power to raise 1,000,0001. more, if necessary. (Prov: atonally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vie., e. 110.) oi,Fic ES, No. 52, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, Adjoining, the County Fire Othce. ' PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right ion. the Earl of Mexborough, Dover-street, Piccadilly, Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway. The Bight Hon. Viscount Sidmouth, Upper Ottery, Devon lord Henry Loftus, lielgrave-square Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, Bart., Montague-square, and Down-hill, Londonderry Sir George Rich, 43, Lowndee-street, Belgrave-square J. R. Phillimore, Esq., LL.D., 42, Clarges-street, Chancellor of Salis bury Jno. David Chambers, Esq., Recorder of Salisbury Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, 19, Clifford-street The Lion. A. Capel, Theyden House, Essex, and Park-street, Groin's- nor-square Charles William Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square G. 'Thompson Jacob, Esq , Blandford, Magistrate,' and Deputy Lieu tenant fur Dorset W. F. A. Delane, Esq., Bracknell H. H. Hungerford, Esq., Dingley Park, Market Harborough, and Dover-street, Piccadilly, Director ‘ of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Francis Dawson, Esq., Grosvenor-street Richard Francis Power, Esq., 73, Eceleston-square, and Long- Orchard, Tipperary Lieutenant-Colonel P. W. Pedlar, Mutley House, Devon Thomas Dowgiasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood, Di rector of Great Eastern and Western, and Manchester and Birken head Continuation Company The Hon. Henry Savile, Dover-street A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of the OxfOrd, South ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Company George Evans, Esq., Mllbury-terrace, Regent's Park Francis Lloyd, Esq., Temple, London, and 13ingley House, Bir mingham Willlani Thomas Davies Lhoyd, Esq., Anglesey E. S. /31undell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street John Allen, Esq., Gloucester-terrace, Kensington. Willlatm Birmingham Costello, Esq., M.D., Wyke House, Brentfbrd COMMITTEE or MANAGEMENT. John Allen, Esq.,•Gloucester-terrace, Kensington Thomas Dowgla-sse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood; Di rector of Great Eastern and Western, and Manchester and Birken head Con Linn Ation Company Geor:e Evan, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's Park A. W. Hillary. Esq., 66, Cadoean-place W. 1.. Pop-, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of the Oxford, South ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Company Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, 19, Clifford-street, Director in the County Fire office _ . . --, --...--. ... ChMles Wllii.an Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square H. H. flungerford, . sq., Dingley Park, Market Harborough, Director of the Le•cester and Bedford Railway (With limited power to add to their number.) EroxxzES--John Braithwaite, Esq., 4, Trafalgar-squire. Engineer of the Eastern Counties Railway BANEERS-31cssrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill SoLICITott—D. E. Columbine, Esq., 8, Carlton Chambers, Regent-street The applications fur .hares being so numerous, the Committee do not think it necessary to daily advei tise the full Prospectus, but they , tos' rc t.) state that they intend to convey heavy goods, such as iron, coals, &c., from place to place, for which separate trains will be al -14:5te-41. _ I'r6spo , Mies and Hans of the line, with forms of applications for L.res, may be had at the offices of the company as above, and of the stock and sharebiokers—viz: Sutton, Gribbis, kald Sutton, Royal Exchange, London, also Sohn Langworthy, Exeter; J: B. Munday, Bath; Potter and Co., and Ridsdale and Co., Leeds ; Wm, Moore and Co., Huddersfield ; Eyre and Sbaw, Derby ; Sibary and Simpson, Hull; Grayston and Earle, York ; Henry Billingham, Wakefield; Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth; Hall, Brothers and Co., Cheltenham ; W. W. Dickinson, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Myers and Birkbeck, Win. Marshall, and Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Muurd and Co., Edinburgh ; Joim R. Mann and Son, Norwich; A. W. Moffatt, Edinburgh ; Luke Arnold, Bristol ; John Thomas Holland, Coventry; James Watson, and Thomas Gray. Glasgow ; Rowortb and Shepperly, Nottingham ; and Thomas Crewdson, Liverpool. The foLowing gentlemen are among those appointed as Local Agents, in furtherance of the interests of the company, from whom prospectuses and applications far shares may also be obtained : Eghatn Thomas Harvey, Esq. Sherbourne and Yeovil—George Bagshot—John Mears, Esq. ' Hancock, Esi. Bracknell--Charles Chve, Esq. Crewkeme—Robt.Lowman, Esq. Wo !AI a Lit —F ru cis Soames,F:sq. Itland lord -George Uooue, Esq. ;ail* hury—lleury Cnoper, Esq. and Dorchester—Geo. Cull, jun , Esq. Foot and Radcliffe Bridport—S. H. Gummer, Esq. iirthoa—Dyne and ion and Henry B. Fox, Esq. FORM A.PPLICAI'ION FOR SHARES. co tits 1";ovlsional Committee of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Company. I request that you will a ll o t me Gentlenteilf -- Shares, of 2M. each, in the 4bove Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or such less num ber pa you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Conipall,Y, also to sign the necessary legal docu ments. and to pay, when 1.!‘21/11 - ed, the deposit thereof of 11. 7s. fal per share Name in full .............• •• • ....... Profession (if ally) and profesi!olaal residence in MU, Residence in full Reference.. •••• • • • • Date . . . Signature of applicant Witness •• • ..... •• • • DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY. Capital 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 11. 7s. 6d. per Share. Provisionally Registered 16th of June, 1845. An advert cement having appeared of a Company, bearing Abe de :gnation of the London, Bath, and Bridgewater and Direct Western alway, the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway .1g to announce that they are totally unconnected with the above • hems. • Application for shares in the Direct Western Railway continue to received by Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, 9, Bow Church-yard, London. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Nightly Overflow—Re-engagement of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Matthews—First Night of the Fatly Extravaganza of " Beauty and the Beast"—Re-engagement of sir. D. W. King. TIIIB EVENING Will be performed USED UP. Supported by Messrs. ;":". Matthews, R. Homer, Neville, Heslop, Lewis, Fredericks, Mrs. R. Homier, and Miss Martin. After which, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris; Beast, Mr. D. W. King ; John Qt.ill, Mr. C. Mathews. To concluue with THE DREAM AT SEA. Places abd Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Your. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Finale exceeds all imagination! The Day-light View of the Colossal Pictorial Representation, suggested By HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, Is hailed with Universal Approbation. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ON 310NDAYS, TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS, Will be presented a Magnificest MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen. THE MAGNIFICEN T MODEL OF VENICE. THE PROMENADE CONCERTS, By the unrivalled Band ofthe Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. At Dnsk will take place the most extraordinary EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS. EVER ATTEMPTED, And, as a Finale, a Grand, Royal, and Patriotic AQUATIC TABLEAU, Fifty-two feet In height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake The PORTRAITS of IIER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT, Unmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and Other Devices will be introduced. This, combined with the Feux D'Artifice, the Salute and Disch rge of Rockets from the Castle and surrounding H eights will form the most BRILLIANT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY EVER WITNESSED. The Tableau de.signed and executed by Mr. Danson. Pyrotechnist, Mr. Southby. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding the Carnivora at Five ; Pelicans, &c., at Half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; and Pyrotechnic Display at Nine. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The communication of Mr. D. D. Keane is an adver. tisement. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Auo. 28. THERBIONETER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 64 ; Noon, 63. . . BAROMETER, 30.3. WIND N.E., fresh breeze, and cloudy. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 27 minutes after 10 j Evening .. 5 minutes after 11 cti l A ., 6 rig- : , • t r f••• - 411114 4 '%' 4:(* '"' • • "°' , ' 4 "ActugkOr f w•i v 77-7,2 SECOND EDITION. ,gi n ~ tTitfl ü LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1845. In these times of Colonial mismanagement, the hard fate of our distant, but noble transmarine possessions, at all times harshly used, if not absolutely neg lected, is peculiarly cruel. It seems to be the condition of Lord STANLEY'S continuance in office that such of those dominions as, prior to his in cumbency of the Colonial Secretaryship, had made large and rapid advances in commercial, and conse quently in financial, prosperity, should retrograde in both respects from the moment of his Lordship's in auspicious advent to power. The West Indies, the Canadas, the Australian Colonies, New Zealand, all seem to be on the same tale. Vexatious imposts are levied (like the pasturing licences for New South Wales) on the domestic community of the Colonists, or their trade is harassed and diminished to a fearful extent by injudicious duties on all imported commodities. In every case the complaints of the colonists resolve them selves into this allegation, that the interference of Down ing-street is exercised to their absolute prejudice, and under circumstances of obtrusiveness and annoyance, for the most part as distasteful to the local authorities as to the people placed under their charge. Some day, it is to be expected, the country will be informed, in the usual course of Parliamentary disclosures, how it can have happened that results so discouraging and so little cre ditable to the administrative talents of the chief, within whose official jurisdiction, as it were, they have occurred, can have been produced. Here we have the graziers— there the sugar-growers,—in one island the coffee planters,—in another the hide-curers,—to-day the fishers of Newfoundland, to-morrow the producers of IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUND'S RAILWAY COMPANY. cotton, and, all the year round, British emigrants, v i settlers, planters, farmers, cultivators in both hemi- ( spheres, north, south, east, and west, remonstrating against what may be called organic grievances in the political or social condition to which the Colonial journeyman tailor, was shot outide the Toledo gate, having been sentenced to death 17 the court-martial, for stabbing an officer during the ckturbances. The tran quillity of the city had reinaaed undisturbed. The shops were in the same state as on the previous day— the doors being only half open This plan of passive resistance was spreading. Sevcal provincial towns had followed the example of Madtd, and the conductors of the Andalusian diligence cmplain that it is im possible to purchase anyting along the road. According to the Tiempo, several eminent com mercial men had given official notice to the Chamber of Commerce of teir intention to retire from business. The municipa authorities have laid in large stores of provisions, so tlkt the inhabitants may not wait for food by the closing of he provision shops. The Minister of the Interior had olposed a proposition made in the Council to declare Madrd under martial law, and it had been accordingly rejecttl. The coachmen of Madrid ton the 20th to petition against the tax of six dollars yearly imposed on them by M. MoN. • Notice is hereby given, that the FIRST ORDINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, Brook-street, IPSWICH, on Fatnar, the 12th day of September nest, at one o'clock in the afternoon prec:icl,y, for the general purposes of business. And notice is hereby given, that such meeting will also be held fbr the special purp,,se of increasing the number of Directors named In the Act of Incouporation to the number of fifteen, and for that purpose to elect Two Directors, and to determine the order of rota tion in which such increased number shall go out of office; and also for the special purpose of authorising the Directors to apply to Par liament in the ensuing session for an Act or Acts of Parliament enabling this Company to construct a Railway to Norwich, diverging from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at, or near to, Stowmarket, with or without Branches therefrom ; and also of authorising the Directors to apply to Parliament in the ensuing session for an Act or Acts of Parliament enabling this Company to construct a Railway, in continua tion of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway, from Bury, to join the Northern and Eastern Railway at or near to Cambridge, with or without branches therefrom ; and also of authorising the Directors, on behalf of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway - Company, to execute the necessary Parliamentary deeds for the several purposes aforesaid, and to issue such scrip, and to adopt such measures, and make and enter into such terms and agreements, and take such steps in reference thereto, and in furtherance thereof, as they may deem necessary or expedient. Four of the Directors will, under the Act of Parliament, go out of office at the above meeting, but being eligible for re-election, will offer themselves accordingly. For the oonvenience of Shareholders in London, it has been deter mined to receive scrip to be registered at No. 53, Parliament-street, as well as at Ipswich, if the party sending it writes across each cer tificate his name and address, with the application for registry and conversion, as advertised on the 2d inst. JOHN CHEVALLIER COBBOLD, Chairman. By order of the Board, JAMES F. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Brook-street, Ipswich, 20th Aug., 1845. Government of the Noble Lord has reduced—or which, if it found, so it will also leave them. Fur our own part, readily conceding to Lord STANLEY the possession of great powers, of signal talents and (the more homely but very important praise of) good inten tions, we are at a loss to account for the discrepancy that is thus fatally palpable between his capacity and bia acts ; for aptitude for business, and his ingenuity in managing it. Jamaica protests against him as the author of her apprehended ruin ; and cries, loud and deep, are wafted hither from the Southern Ocean and the Pacific in deprecation of his measures. He, himself, seems to be at once the child and champion of incon sistency. He represents the true secret of West India depression to be, the increasing deficiency of agrastic labour, consequent on the great measure of 1834, for Negro Emancipation. Yet his vir tual reprobation of, or cold assent to, the importa tion of free Coolie labour from Bengal into Jamaica and other islands, has left them in a state which has already paralyzed their trade, and threatens at no distant day to destroy the entire property invested there in the land and its cultivation. The same Noble Lord spoke and wrote of New Zealand, as if, after having stipulated for and established certain conditions on behalf of the tights and authority of the Home Government, he meant to take it under his peculiar protection and patronage. But New Zealand had twice already nearly expired under his embraces, when, as if disgusted with his pro tegee, he handed her over to the persecutions of the na tive chiefs, and the barbarous impetuosity of JOHN HEEL Just before the rising of Parliament for the rt cess— that is to say, on the Bth of this month, a Bill was brought into the House of Commons by his Lordship's " Man-Friday," Mr. G. W. HOPE, entitled " a Bill to amend an Act fof regulating the Sale of Waste Land, belonging to the Crown, in the Australian Colonies, and to make further provision for the management thereof," PRICE . DUTY. • The Three per Cents. were (one at 311 cash, and 31 at 60 days ; 8,800,000 done. °illy four operations. The other securities are not quoted We have received the Parispapers of Tuesday. WEST OF SCOTLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY. The National states that ' on Sunday evening, at seven o'clock, was signed a treaty of fusion between the Company Decan-Lebeuf and he five other .companies already united. For price of the abdication the ci-devatd company receives 41,000 share:, or 20,500,000 f." Tuesday was the last day 'or submitting tenders for the concession of the northern line, and no tender had been received except from Ba.on ROTHSCHILD, the re presentative of the coalesced companies. According to the Constitatintnel the treaty concluded between France and New Greiada, on the 29th October last, has been ratified by the RING. It is announced in the Setnyhore de Marseilles of the 11th, that the squadron of evolution, commanded by Aimiral PARCEVAL DESCHENZS, which was then lying off the Ilieres Islands, would slit for Marseilles towards the close of the month. The squadron consisted of the three-decker Ocean, bearing the Admiral's flag, the ships of the line-Inflexible, Triton, Diademe, Jemmapes, Neptune, and Alger, and the steam-frigate Asmodee. Little business was jdone in the Stock and Share Market of Paris on Tuesday ; but the promises of the new lines had been in considerable demand. The Three per Cents. closed at 841. 25c. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 70c.: Orleans Railroad shares, 1,3131. 75e. ; Rouen, 1,120 f. ; Nrerzon, 817 f. 50c. ; Havre, 9151. ; Avignon, 1,077 f. 50c. ; Basle, 283 f. 75c ; Spanish Active, 36% ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38 3 %. The following are tae quotations for the new lines :- Orleans and Bordeaux, 222 f. 50c. premium ; Boulogne, 140 f. premium ; Troyes anontereau, 52f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, (Laffitte), 37f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), 10f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 17f. 500. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 80f. ; ditto (Rosa mei), 37f. 50c. ; ditto (?epin), 25f. ; ditto (Decan), 32f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes I Mackenzie), 20f. ; ditto (Drouil lard), 31. ; ditto (0'eill), 10f. ; ditto acques Lefevre) 4f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 22f. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot), 451. ; ditto :Compagnie Meridionale), 131. 50c. ; Bordeaux (Mackenzie), 2f. 50c.; ditto and Cette (Espe leta), 15f. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 6f. 50c. ; ditto (Carette), 9f. ; ditto (Colbert), 2f. ; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 151. ; ditto (Bechet), 6f. 50e. ; ditto (Hinguerlot), 17f. 50e. ; Dijon and Mulhausen, par; Dieppe, 42f. 50c. ; Charleroy, 601. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE _ LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 27. The Committee are ready to receive APPLICATIONS for the office of MANAGER of this Company. As it is necessary to secure the services of a party fully qualified to fill the responsible situation, the salary will be sufficiently liberal to render the office an object of attention. Of course all applications will be considered as strictly confidential. Applications, with references, either personally or In writing, may be made to GEORGE BOWMAN LEECH, 133, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, Interim Secretary. Glasgow, August 21, 1845. THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE for SEPTEMBER contains upwards of One Hundred Illustra tions and Initial Letters. The Dead Guest, from the German of Zschokke—The Boy of the Mountain—Sketches of Indian Sport— Whom the World Understood hot—The Life and Adventures of Bob Thin—The Recreations of Mr. Zigzag the Elder—Zara, the Rich Man's Daughter—A Warning—Popular Rationale of Ghosts—Past, Present, and Possible—Fates—Reviews of Books. Price Eighteen pence. Joseph Clayton, 320, Strand. CAUSES of RAILWAY ACUIDiN'I'S accurately described and illustrated in the PICTORIAL TIMES of SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 ; Twenty other splendid En gravings, illustrating the Queen's Visit to Germany ; the King of the French teaching the infant Compte de Paris the Art of War, &c. &c. ; all the News of the Week, Railway Lists, Stocks, &c. &c. To be had of all Booksellers and News Agents. Price Sixpence, stamped. Offic, 153, Strand. which does not solve the problem we have above al luded to—the discrepancy between the capacity to do and the mode of doing—so remarkable in his Lordship's official career, but further illustrates the singular notions which the Noble Secretary appears to entertain of the means most available for developing and cherishing the native resources of a valuable dependency. The reason or exigency for the Bill is declared to be that— NEW NOVEL, BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., L 0 V E and MESMERISM. BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ., Author of "Brambletye House," tce. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. " Doubts have arisen whether, under that Act, her Majesty, or any person acting in the name and on behalf of her Majesty, can convey of alienate any waste lands of the Crown in any such colony by lease or demise, reserving an annual rent or payment for the same." THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An- thony Absolute, Mr. W. Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H. Holl ; Faulkland, Mr. Stuart; Acres, Mr. Webster; Sir Lucius o"rrig,ger, Mr. Hudson ; David, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover ; Lydia Languish, Miss Julia Bennett; Julia, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold. In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing his New Song of " Young England." To be followed by HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr. Hudson ; Rivers, Mr. Tilbury ; Charles Rivers, Mr. H. Holl ; Mrs. Montague, Mrs. W. Clifford. After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES ; or, Matrimonial Chap ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and vne Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. Archer at the Box-office, rom Ten till Five o'clock. And it is in the first clause declared that as to the 5 and 6 VICTORIA, C. 36 " Nothing in the said recited Act contained shall extend or be , zonstrued to extend to prevent her Majesty, or any such per. son acting in the name and on the behalf of her hlajesty, as aforesaid, from demising for a term of not more than seven years, any waste lands of the Crown in any such colony, at an annusl rent payable to her Majesty by the lessee for and in re spect of such lands. Provided always, that all leases so to be made and granted shall contain clauses of forfeiture and pro visoes for re-entry for non-payment of such rent, or for under letting or assignment of the whole or any portion of such lands by such lessee without licence in that behalf first obtained from her Majesty, or such person acting in the name and on the be half of her Majesty as aforesaid, and shall be offered by public auction to the highest bidder for the same, after due notice of such public auction given as in the said recited Act is directed, together with a specification of the lands intended to be de mised, and of the duration of the proposed term. And pro vided also, that during the continuance of any such lease it shall not be lawful for her Majesty, or any such person acting as aforesaid, to sell the reversionary estate expectant upon the determination of such lease, without the consent in writing of the lessee or other party to whom the lease may then belong." The limitation of these Crown leases to seven years is very good; but surely the disabling Crown tenants to underlet, without such licence, is at once an arbitrary and a most impolitic restriction. Arbitrary, because one can readily imagine bow small a chance a tenant of the Crown, who may have seen reason to oppose the measures of the colonial authorities, will possess of pro curing such a licence, however advantageous a contract he may have entered into with third parties for under letting his lauds. Impolitic, because if it be his interest to transfer, or rather delegate, his holding, it is not less that of the colony and the Colonial Government ; THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELLSTI, THIS EVENING Will be perforated SWEETHEARTS and WIVES. Billy Lacka!ay Mr. Munyard; Eugenia, Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar. After which, will be produced, THE ,Y KING; or, Petite Peccadillos. Louis XV., Madame Celeste; De Lauzum, %liss Wool gar. In the eourse of the piece, Grand Review of the Infantile Infantry. Boulogne and Amiens 11 Bordeaux &Mediterran Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. and Cette Central of Spain .. l l/ Dutch Rhenish Dendre Valley ..... 214 Dieppe & Paris Junct. Dijon and Mulhouse East Indian Grt Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux 12 1 4 Over Yssel IParis & Lyons (Lafitte) I Ditto (Ganneron's). Ditto (Calon's) —2 LA .Paris and Orleans.-- Paris and Rouen 42 V 3 !Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's)... Do. (Compte de L'Est) 3 Paris and St. Quentin. To be followed by a farce. in One Act, called MRS. CAUDLE ABROAD AND AT HOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Wilkinson; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Wright. To conclude with Pollio, Miss Woolgar ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright ; Oroveso, Miss Reynolds, Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. (Laftitte's) Ditto (Rosamel's) Great Paris and Lyons 2 14 Jamaica Junction 5 Do. North Midland 3 IA Louvain and Jemeppe 5 Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourgh.. Namur and Liege ... 7 Orleans and Vierzon .. 22 I Peppin le Halleur 4% Rouen and Havre— 31 Royal North of Spain. 2% Sambre and Meuse 8 Strasbourg and Basle . Tours and Nantes (M‘Klenzie's) 2% Do. (Lefebvre's) Verona and Ancona 3 1,4 West Flanders THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. BY ROYAL COMMAND. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Farce, entitled ENQUIRE WITHIN. Principal Characters by Mr. Meadows, Mr. Emery, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To which will be added a Comic Drama, in Three Acts, BY ROY AL COMMAND. Principal characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. Vining, %Ir. Emery, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bender, and Mr. Meadows; Miss Fair , bro ther, Mrs. Woollidge, and Mrs. Keeley. _ . After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, ,ties Dawson, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Meadows, Wigan, Turner, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FOIIBLANQUE.) IN RE ALDBURY.—IMPORTANT. the natural presumption being that he underlets at an advanced rent ; and that his sub-tenant paying more for the rent, will invest more in the cultivation or im provement of the property. The Crown officers cannot— This insolvent carried on business as a butcher, at River Head, Kent, and was opposed on behalf of Mr. Moyce, a butcher. if even they be disposed to do so—exercise as much vigi lance and caution in imparting this beneficial character to original Crown leases. The same spirit of interference produced all that mischief, and that long depression of the natural energies of Canada, which the home Go vernment itself has repeatedly denounced as cons, quent on the absurd incumbrances of the " Clergy reserves blocks of land whose tardy reclamation long prevented tuey were situated. In our colonies, the primary element of improved value in every property is the im• provement (the clearing or the cultivation as the case may be) of the adjoining lands. Clause 2, which reserves to the Crown, or rather authorises the reservation to it, of all minerals in any such leases of waste land in Australia, is also, in our judgment, very unwise, and behind the enlightened spirit or English legislation generally on these points. We all know how many years had elapsed be fore the Crown either discovered or dreamed of improving any former discovery of metalliferous districts in New South Wales. We have only to con trast the recent accounts received of the astonishing success and extent to which mining operations have been pushed by private British capitalists in the colony, or resident British agents there, to sae all the short sighted fully of the Crown's proposed reservation of The insolvent was examined as to whether he had not re ceived a large snm of money from Lord Holmsdale, and had not increased the debt to the opposing creditor, by promising to pay that amount over. He admitted having received some money, but could not tell how much or when. The Learned CoustisslorrEa said, the insolvent's answers were very unsatisfactory, and if he did not give more definite ai.swers he would commit him for a month to refresh his memory. On being questioned as to his profits, he said he did not make 10s. a week. The prof. t was only 11. on a • ~to was a ram pront on a bul lock, and insolvent killed one a week, besides sheep and calves.; The Learned ComMIsSIONER said the case was anything but satisfactory. The insolvent must pay 10/. in six months, and he should adjourn the final order from time to time, to ensure future payments. BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY) Lydia Gillard was charged with stealing a trinket-box, a pin cu,hion, and other articles, from the stall of Mr. Samson, :in the Lowther-arcade. James Ellard, a lad employed by Mr. Samson, said that he was standing outside one of his employer's shops the previous night, and saw the prisoner looking at some goods. After taking some things up an d laying them down several times, she put something under her shawl. He then called to the beadle of the Arcade, and gave the prisoner in charge to him. He identified the goods found on the prisoner as belonging to Mr. Samson. James Hitchcock, the beadle of the Arcade, corroborated part of the last witness's evidence. John Turner, F 156, was on duty as gaoler, at the station house, when the prisoner was brought there by the last witness. He saw her take the pincushion produced, from her pocket, and put it behind a bench whieh is there for the prisoners to sit upon. She was then searched, and the other articles produced were found upon her. He heard her s , y that she took them from a stall in the Arcade, and that she was starving. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. JARDINE committed the prisoner for trial, at the ensuing sessions, for larceny. . . mineral rights. Lead, silver, copper, are now largely added to the coal treasures of our Australian pos sessions. • What more legitimate or reasonable course can be taken with the private adventurers who find and work the veins, or smelt the ores that contain them, than to give them every benefit which they have merited by their industry, skill, and spirit. The Crown or the public is sufficiently enriched by the indirect advantage derived from the realising so large an accession to the MARLBOROUGH -STREET. (THIS DAY.) DARING ROBBRRY.-George Morton alias Morgan, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged with steal ing several rolls of cloth, of the value of between 201. and 30/., from the shop of Mr. James Cooper, of No. 23, New Bond. street, tailor. capital and the staples of the colony. To the power given by clause 4 to the Governor, to grant licences for the occupation of waste lands, we do not object ; but the terms of clause 5, inflicting penalties fur the un- authorised possession of Crown lands, are much too It appeared that, between seven and eight o'clock this morn ing, the prisoner deliberately walked into the prosecutor's shop, and seizing hold of the cloth from off the counter was running, as fast as he could, away with it, when he was espied by one of the shopmen who pursued and overt oo k hi m w i t h the stolen property in his possession. Mr. HARDWICK asked the prisoner if he wished to say any thing in his defence ?—The prisoner said he supposed it was no use his saying anything. Mr. HA anwicic asked if he was known? Police-Sergeant West, No. 106, of the F division, said he was a well-known thief, and had only come out of prison a week or two ago. The last time he was convicted was at the Central Criminal Court, for robbing a shop in the Strand ; and he was then sentenced to six months' imprisonmeot to hard labour.--He was fully committed for trial. srs eeping. _Great tenderness should alnays be extended to the hard-earned homes upon the waste acquired by the enterprising " squatters" of the colony, against whom this clause is as much directed as if they were mere vagrants or bush-rangers. We have other remarks to submit on the remaining clauses of the Bill, but these we reserve to a future paper. Accounts from Constantinople of the 7th have been received. These accounts announce a most important change in the Turkish Ministry. The Seraskier, RIZA PACHA, who for five years has been all-powerful at the Turkish Court, has been dismissed, and SULEYMAN PACHA has been appointed Grand Vizier in his room. This is a change with which all the friends of progress and civilisation must be delighted. RIZA PecE♦ was a bigot ; SULEYDIAN is a man of education and liberal views. He was President of the Council of Justice, and has recently proposed the adoption of a scheme of public education, and the establishment of something like re presentative government by the convocation of delegates from the provinces at Constantinople. The change is attributed to the advice of Sir STRATFORD CANNING and M. DE BOURQUENY. The following is the substance of the note on the affairs of Lebanon, which the Porte has presented to the ambassadors of the five Powers, as stated in our impression of yesterday. It an nounces in this note that, in order, if necessary, to enforce the execution of its orders, and to re-establish a peace promptly, the commander of the army of Arabia, Namick Pacha, will quit the neighbourhood of Aleppo, where he is encamped, and advance towards the mountain with a force sufficient to keep down the contending parties. The note then proceeds to fix the internal government of the Lebanon, by confiding it, as has already been stated, to two Vekils, viz., one Druse, the other Maronite, for each district, and a Moukotadji, who is specially charged with the interests of the government, and is to serve as the medium be tween the district and the authority of the Porte. The superior authority is represented by two Turkish functionaries, viz., the Caimacans. By this last note it is decided that the Maronite Vekil shall be the judge in all contestations between Maronites, and the Druse Vekil the judge between the Druses. Differ ences between a Druse and a Maronite are to be decided con jointly by the two Vekils, with the right of appeal to the two Camaicans. The Moukotadjis are exclusively charged with the police and the general administration of affairs. The Porte has called upon the ambassadors to communicate to it the in structions which they are to send to the consuls of their respec tive nations in Syria. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,—ln the report of the trial of a cause of Furneau v. Smith, which appears in your paper of yesterday evening, it is stated on the authority of Mr. Thomas, a barrister , that the defendant NI as a partner in the fi rm of Payne and Smith's, bankers. We are desired by Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith's, to inform you that this statement, as applying to any member of their firm, is wholly without foundation, and to require that the report may be contradicted in your next publication.—We are, Sir, your obedient servants, _ C. and H. FRESHFIELD. New Bank-buildings, Aug. '28,1845. AFFRAY WITH P OACHERS.—Nine of Lord Fores ter's keepers and watchers at Willey had a serious affray on Wednesday night with poachers. The keepers had gone out to watch his Lordship's preserves at Barrow-lane, where they had been but a short time when a large gang of poachers casee up, and began to set the gates and hedges with nets. A hard fight ensued, the two parties being armed with sticks. The poachers, finding that they were getting the worst of it, took to their heels ; three of them, named John Bowdler, an en gineer from Madeley ; Thomas Turner, an engineer from the same place ; and Thomas Gough, a collier from Wenlock, were subsequently arrested by :police-officer Dovey. After an examination before the magistrates they were committed for trial at the assizes. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. POST -OFFICE NOTlCE.—Yesterday a notice was posted at the chief office and principal receiving -houses that the Duke of Cornwall would sail from Southampton with the mails of the morning of the 3d of September, fer India, Egypt, the Mediterranean, Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands ; and that the next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India and China, vid Marseilles, would be de spatched on the evening of the Bth of September. A BRIDGE WITHOUT ITS PIER IN ENGLAND.--The report that Westminster -bridge is to be pullet , down rests, we regret to say, upon the slightest foundation. Many people de clare that the bridge is no better than the report.—Punch. g THE ‘VEATIIER AND THE CROPS.—We have es yet had no encouraging prosp,cts of harvest. They are gloomy as the weather, and must always be in matters ever the des tinies of which the weather presides. The past week has been a most disheartening one to all, except, perhaps, the dealers in corn and meal, who have taken advantage of it and the pre ceding dull days to raise the price of these commodities. In our last, we mentioned that the barley harvest had commenced in the Enzie, and ere now, bad we had ordinarily fair weather, some fields would have been ready for the sickle in this neigh bourhood, which is none of the earliest. Those, however, that were the most autumnal-looking here have made but very little progress in the deepening or rather lightening their hues during several days past. A week's dry weather now would see harvest begin with us.—Aberdeen Herald. COURT-MARTJAL AT LimErticx.—The sentence of the court-martial assembled in this garrion last June, for the trial of Lieutenant John M'Court, depot Ist battalion Royals, on a charge of embezzlement, preferred by Major Deane, was dismissal from the service, and which sentence has been con firmed by her Majesty; but, in consequence of his long services and good character, that officer will be allowed to receive the regulation sale price of his commission. Mr. M'Court did not purch o a f speaaynmyasstteep in h r a nd t qu e ar a t r e m rm y' aste Ar. M'Court quartermaster, as su c h h e ldthe was pro v i d o situa tionr e of supplies to the depot at Tralee, and subsequently at - Clare Castle. We learn from the New Zurich Gazette, of the 23d instant, that the Session of the Diet bad been brought to a close on the proceeding day. The following is the President's Speech : " Gentlemen,---The business of the ordinary Diet for this year is terminated. As far as regards the Government and the care of the ordinary affairs of the Confederation it has fulfilled its task, and has done all that it was possible for it to do in its position. There remains much yet to be done, for in an assem blage of so many independent states it is impossible to proceed rapidly. Several questions, therefore, remain undecided, and cause uneasiness to the public mind ; but this has been unavoid able from the state and circum.tances of the country. Let all friends of the country, and particularly the magistracy, occupy themselves energetically to accomplish this duty, which will alone give strength to the confederation." Intelligence has been received from Madrid to the 21sfins4 At eleven o'clock that morning MANUEL Gu, a young TH,E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 11145. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Weck ended Ang. 23, 1845, made up from the Returns of th Inspectors in the diderent Cities and Towns ra England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 129 sI 29s BARLEY.'22s OATS. I 3RTE. I 4ls BEANS. I 3Bs 1 PEAS. 57s Od 9,1 8(1 3s 4d 8d ld 18s Od 9s Od 65 Cd 9* 6d 2i 6d 3s 6d MARKE NE WS -(THIS DAY HAY MAIZZ.ZT.S. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/18s ; ful ditto, 51 to Si 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 103 to 5/ 15s Clover Hay, 4112 s to 61 68 ; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 11 18s Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 is per load. Supply but mode• rate, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/18s to 4118 s ; use ful ditto, 51 to 5/ 10s; fine Upland ditto, Si 12s to 5/ 17s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1117 s to 11193 ; Wheat Straw, 21 to 212 s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 153 to 4/ 183; useful ditto, Si to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5116 s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 12s to 6/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1118 s Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 21 per load. Trade steady, at the above quotations. New Meadow Hay 3/ lOs to 4/ 12s 6(4, and New Clover 4/ to 512 s per load. MEAT MARIEETS. SOUTHALL, AUG. 27.—Although the supplies of stock on offer to-day were by no means extensive, die demand was in a sluggish state, at barely last week's quotations : Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 8d per 81bs. ROMFORD, AUG. 27.—Prime old Downs sold freely, other kinds of stock slowly, at late rates :—Beef, from Ss to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 23s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mild) Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 181 15s each. LEWES, AUG 26.—Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; and Pork,3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL. We had a fair average supply of each kind of meat on offer this morning. Generally speaking, the demand ruled heavy :—Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; lamb, 4s Sd to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 2s 8d to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 17s ; Carr's Hartley, 17s ; Chester Main, 15s 6d : Hasting's Hartley, 16s 6d ; Holywell Main, 168 6d ; Nelson's West Hartley, 17s ; New Tanfield, 14s ; Ord's Red heugh, 14s; .Ravensworth's West Hartley, 17s; Tanfield Moor, 16s; Townley, 15s ; West Hartley, 17s 9d ; Walls End Hilda, 17s; Walls End Killingworth, 17s; Walls End Riddell's, 17s 3d; Walls End Urpeth, 14s 6d; Walls End Walker, 17; Eden Main, 17s 6d; Walls End Braddyll's Hetton, 18s 6d ; Walls End East Hetton, 17s 3d ; Walls End Haswell, 18s 9d; Walls End Hetton, 18s 6d; Walls End Lambton, 18s 6d ; Walls End Pemberton, 17s ; Walls End Russell's Hetton, 17s 9d ; Walls End Scarboro', 17s 6d ; Walls End Stewart's, 18s 6d; Walls End Caradoc, 18s; Walls End Hartlepool, 18s Gd ; Walls End Heugh Hall, 17s 6d ; Walls End Thornley, 16s 9d ; Walls End Adelaide Tees, 18s; Walls End Richardson's Tees, 16s 9d; Walls End Tees, 18s; and Sidney's Hartley, 17s. Arrivals since last day, 41. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL THE HAGUE, AUG. 24 —The following particulars are sent us from Bois-le-Duc :—" We have received here further details of the ravages caused at Zevenberger, by the dreadful hurricane on the 19th of this month. The roof of the new church fell in, and in its fall carried away the ceiling. Eleven houses are wholly destroyed, 66 very much injured, and 60 others damaged, though in a less degree. Three persons lost their lives ; the da mage done to effects and furniture, and to the front of the Castle is very great. GRONINGEN, AUG. 21.—We learn that orders have beeit given by his Majesty's Governmentto purchase in foreign countries large quantities of potatoes,and tc distribute them for sale in the kingdom at a certain fixed price, in order to alleviate as much as possible the distress arising from the failure of that product. BRUSSELS ' Am. 24.—Colonel Fitch, and Mr. G. L. Taylor, architect and civil engineer of London, have had an audience of the Minister of Public Works, as repre sentatives of an English Company which proposes to make a railway from Termonde to Chatelet. We have much pleasure in stating that accounts from different parts of the kingdom agree in announcing that, in spite of the long continued rains, the appearance of the crops is satiLfactory ; the corn has not suffered much, and tine weather having set in, the farmers have hastened to profit by it, and expect that the harvest will be fine and abundant. Effectual remedies have been employed to check the disorder in the potatoes, and they, too, pro mise to be abundant. BRUSSELS, AUG. 25,—Our journals contains long ac counts of the fetes at Cobourg, in honour of Queen Victoria, who, as some of them say, is expected to pro long her visit to September 30. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEEDAM, Aco. 25. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. • • • • • • 63% 64 kitto, 3 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent.... • Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent ••••• • • • • • 99% 100 1 4 Ditto, 3% per Cent.... • • Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • . 167% 168% East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... Exchangeon London, at sight Two m0nth5....... 12 15 On Hamburg!), at sight .... Two months On Paris Tw0m0nth5........... • ... 57 50 .... 57 12 —Dutch Papers, Aug. 26. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussnts, Atm. 26. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .• • ••••• Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent-... nitto rhirty-seven illllions, unto ...... Ditto, ditto, 1340. 101% Ditto, ditto, 1842. 101% Ditto of the City, 1832 Ditto, 1843 . ..... .......... • • • . • • 101% Bank ofßelgium —Brussels Papers, Aug. 26. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Ana. 22. 5 per Cent. Metalliques •.. ........... 112% 4 per Cent. ditto. . . . 3 per Cent. ditto.. .............. 781 I Loan, 1834 .............. • • • • ••• • • • • • • . 159% Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares Esterhazy's Loan • —Allgemelne Zeitung, Aug. 23 CHARING-CROSS lIRIDGE COM PANY.—(THIS DAY.) The Half-yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held this day, at their office, 9, Villiers -street, Hungerford-market. ildr. 'William Hawes, Chairman of the Company, presided. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, the Secretary read the report, of which the follow ing is an abstract : The Directors propose the payment of a dividend, for the last three months, of nine shillings per share, being at the rate of seven per cent. per annum on the capital of the Company, and also to retain a surplus of 435/. 4s. I Id, to be carried for ward to assist the next or winter half-year. The Directors desire to call the attention of the Share. holders to the loan of 26,0007., which was obtained in 1842, by the mortgage of all the Company's property to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, and a portion of which (7701.) by the condition of the agreement is to be paid off next year; but as there can be no doubt that a loan may now be raised at a much lower rate of interest than five per cent. per annum, they propose to advertise for loans on debentures, to be issued under the provisions of the new Act, for five, seven, or ten years, the interest thereon to be secured on the t o ll s of the bridge; and resolutions authorising the issue of such deben tures will be submitted to the meeting. Your Directors were anxious to have closed the capital ac count by this meeting, but not having been able to accomplish this, they can now only repeat that which they have stated on farmer occasions, that the estimate published in the prospectus of 1838, will be as nearly as possible correct. On the other hand, it is also very satisfactory to your Directors to find the traffic far exceeds the expectations of the original projectors of this beautiful structure ; for in the prospectus above referred to, the daily traffic was estimated at td,ooo persons, whereas, during the period the bridge has been opened, nearly 14,000 persons daily have used the bridge. Your Directors cannot conclude this report without calling the attention of the shareholders to the increasing desire of the public to concentrate the railway traffic of the metropolis in the neighbourhood of this bridge. It is also stated in the report that the purchase of property for making approaches is deferred until something certain shall be known about the proposed railway schemes, and that the directors have not been able to come to any agreement with the Hungerford Market Company. The CHAIRMAN, in a short address, adverted to the state ments embodied in the report, and added that he had that morning had an interview with the Provisional Committee of the Central Terminus Railway Company, and they offered for the consideration of the shareholders in the Charing-cross Sus pension-bridge to lease it for a number of years at 160,0001., being double the amount originally subscribed, and also to advance 26,000/. for the liquidation of the debt due to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, reserving the rights of the market, and also allowing the bridge shareholders to take in the proposed arrangement a moiety in shares and a moiety in money. This arrangement was, however, contingent upon the Central Terminus Railway Company receiving their Bill, and the approval of the present meeting. He should not detain them further, but proceed at once to move that the report be received. The motion being seconded, was unanimously carried. Resolutions were then read and agreed to—" That a dividend of 9s. a share for the last three months be declared, being at the rate of 7 per cent. on the capital of the company, and that the same be paid on the 11th of September next." 6' That the Directors be authorised, when they see proper, to raise an additional capital of 10,00 a, in 3,200 shares of 3/. 2s. 6d. each, to form approaches to the bridge ; and also that the Directors be authorised and empowered to take such steps as they might think necessary to complete the arrange ments with the Central Terminus Railway Company for the lease of the bridge for a number of years, reserving the rights of the market and of the Shareholders." Thanks were then voted to the Directors, and the meeting adjourned. CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—lhe driver and conductor of an omnibus were on Wednesday fined 40s. each, at Marl borough -street Police-court, for cruelly treating a horse in their omnibus. They beat the horse over the legs and knees with the head of the whip to make it go on. A witness whom they called, an outside passenger, who said he " knew all about horses," declared that they beat the animal no more than was necessary to make it go on, for the horse was unwell! MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGH TER.—During the whole of yesterday a feeling of regret pre vailed in the neighbourhood of Clapham at a fatal accident which happened to a daughter of the Rev: Benjamin Hoe, of Cure-lane. It appears that at the back of the house is a small fish-pond, and after dinner the children were usually taken to play in the garden, and the deceased among them. On this occasion the deceased child got away from the servant, and whilst running on the bank of the pond, unfortunately stepped into it. The servant used every means to get the child out, which she succeeded in doing in a tew minutes, and conveyed it to the house, when a surgeon was sent for, who promptly at tended. Every means were used to restore animation, but, as the child had been in a sickly state of health, all his efforts were useless. The Rev. Mr. Hoe was at York at the time, but was expected home last night. AN ALDERMAW . FINED FOR BEING DRUNK.—The Liverpool Mercury says—" Yesterday Mr. Alderman R. S. Crook, a member of the Town Council and of the Et!ticatiou Committee, was charged with being drunk on Wednesday evening, and assaulting police-officer No. 271. He was fined 10s. and costs." Colonial . LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Auo. 28.—Wind N. by W., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, Auo. 27.—Wind N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Pales tine, Sim, Sydney; Princess Charlotte, Haugh, Coast of Africa; Prince George, Saldanha Bay; St. George, ditto; Planet, Booth, Jamaica ; Howard, Paulser, New York. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Prince of Wales, Hopkins, Calcutta; Resource, Tasker, St. John's, New Brunswick Lady Kumaway, Avery, Madras. Sid. Gratitude, Laun ceston; Elvera, Bombay ; Amelia, Mulholla n d, M aur i t i us; Parrock Hall, St. Kitts; Duke of Norfolk, Jamaica; St. Clare, St. John's. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 27.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Whitehaven, Bradley, Antigua; Freeman, Jamaica; Speed, Brewer, Jamaica ; Nymph, Nassau ; Laplander, Natches ; Ashburton, Howland, New York ; Union, St. Stephens, N.B. ; Hebbert, Montreal; Matilda, Montreal. 26. Sld. Wave, Smallman, St. Andrew's; N.B. ; Souter Johnny, Little, Mon treal. 27. Off port, Belle. The Eli, Chapman, fur Oahee, is at anchor near the Ruck. CLYDE, AUG. 26.—Arrcl. Lucia Carey, Watson, Halifax; Favourite, Crawford, Saldanha Bay ; Alan Kerr, Gray, Que bec. 25. Ski. Arrow. Guthrie, Tobago; 26. Scotchinan, Turnbull, Demerara; Nancy Munro, Cochrane, St. Thomas. PERCUSSION LOCKS AND TUBES APPLIED TO THE SERVICE or FIELD GUNS.—At the general muster of the Hon. Artillery Company, which took place at their ground in Finsbury-square, to celebrate the birth-day of his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the double royal salute was thus fired for the first time by the Artillery division, commanded by Captain Iselin, when the superiority of this me:hod, and the precision and rapidity of the explosions, as compared with the effect of the old port fires and tubes, were very manifect to all who wit nessed the service. The brass guns of the Artillery Com pany were cast about the year 1804, and have been recently examined, bouched, and fitted with percussion locks at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. We are informed that no railway in the country exhibits so large an increase of traffic as the Manchester and Birmingham line. The receipts of the last two weeks, as com pared with the corresponding period of last year, are as fol lows: 1845. 1844. ----- Week ending August 8 £4,453 £3,035 4,216 3,332 TUNBRIDGE.—A gentleman fishing fur " . "),,etr,” in a small stream near this town, one day last weak, took a fi„i ; 24 inches long, and on cutting it open, a chub, 11 inches long, was found in its stomach. —Maidstone Jour no/. Mr. C. Green r4i,:in ase nded ott Wednesday af,, er oonn from Cremorne- gardens, Chelse a , in his coroaat i oi. balloon, accompanied by the Hon. G. atrisn tat t, the oept, e% ( „i Lord Bexley. The balloon took a south-easterly direction, and descended, after being in the air about twenty minutes, in Beddington Park, near Croydon. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6.000 bags, including 1,000 American on speculation. Prices were stea dily supported. A large business was done in—shares,__and_ they were very good. The following is an extract from the mercantile report of a firm connected with the foreign produce markets : The greatly improved state of the weather, and as a con sequence the brightened prospects of the country relative to the harvest, are everywhere producing congratulations and thankfulness. But a short time ago all was doubt, and in some quarters despondency, but the change has already brought back confidence, and inspired a cheerful hope that all will yet be well. Had our fears of a decidedly bad har vest been realised, there cannot be a doubt that misery and ruin would have been spread from one end of the kingdom to the other. Our trade and commerce would have suffered an awful derangement, and the working-classes would have become distressed in propor tion as they have for some time been prosperous. But can it be wise to perpetuate laws which absolutely prevent us from protecting ourselves when we are able to do so, against the perplexities and casualties to which we must ever be liable, from ui'avourable seasons and defective harvests. That the present corn-laws do this no man can deny, and that they must ultimately be entirely abolished all rea sonable men now fully believe. The last months have done more to open the eyes of the public to their inexpediency, if not their injustice, than all other labours for the last two years ; but the patience and power of the British people are such, that with no material change for the worse in our present trading and manufacturing relations during the coming winter, it is possible that they will let their voice be so feebly heard against those laws in the next session of Parliament, as to allow them still to disgrace the statute book, and to be a curse to themselves. We hope it will not be so, for past experience suffers us not to believe that the spirit of reform in Governments will ever advance any further than it is pressed forwards by the three of the governed." The advices by the Ashburton, from New York, reports good weather for the crops, and an active market for cotton. The improved state of feeling here, in reference to Ameri can Securities, there is reason to hope, from the tenor of our accounts, will stimulate eventually the less honest States in making some exertions to pay their debts. There have been sales of money stock this morning, and the quotations have given way a little, Consols having re ceded to 99% and 98%. Time bargains have been made upon barely the previous terms-99% to %. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 51s. to 485., and India Bonds have been 665. to 68s. Bank Stock has been very firm again at 212 to 212 1 / 2 . India Stock is rather heavy, however, at 271. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 102% %, and the Three per Cents. 99 3 / 4 %. The Foreign Securities have been steady, but there has been scarcely any business doing in them. Spanish Three per Cents. have improved a trifle, being 38 1 / 2 5 / 8 ; Portu guese Four per Cents, are 64 3 / 4 ; Mexican continue flat at 34 1 ' ; Belgian Two. and-a-Half per Cents. are 62%. In Railway Shares there is a good deal of activity again, and the scrips are very buoyant. The old lines have been quiet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 212% _ . . . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 S 3 / 4 % 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 99 984 New 3 1 4 per Cont. Annuties 10 25 % _ Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 ll 7-16% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 11 3-16 India Stock 271 India Bonds I,OOW CS 66 Ditto under 1.0001 66 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1,0001. 500/. ........ Ditto Small 54 51 53 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds. l B l4 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 34% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent llB% Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account. Belgian Scrip, 2 1 / 2 per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 99 1 4 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Prat SHARE. Aberdeen ... 2 1 / 3l ...... to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 13 21 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 11 % Pirect Northeni ... ......... .. 2% 2l to Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 / 2 8 Dublin and Galway 2ll Eastern Counties Do. New 4/. 16s 6% p... to Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 61.13 s 4d IU.. ... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union Ditto Extension Great South and W. (Irish)... 15 Great Western Ditto Fifths Hull and Selby . ... 50 lO 4 Ditto, Half Shares Leicester and Bedford 22s. 2 3/ 34 to 2% p London and Birmingham lOO ......225 222... to 224 Ditto Quarters ...... London and Blackwall 16%...... 10%72% to London and Brighton London and Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. 26 1 / 2 % to 26 Do. New London and South Western.. 41% 774 ... to 76% Ditto New .. London and Y0rk............... 2% 6%%... to 6 3 / 4 London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 2% to Lon. & Manch. (Remington's) Lynn and Ely llittalffilfStires • - Si . ...... 99 to Ditto q Shares 11anchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Ditto New Quarters......... 2 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 228 Midland Ditto New 2 25% 26 25 to 26% Midld. Great Western (Irish) 2% Newcastle &Darlington junc. 25 ...... 54 Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle, Durham, and Lan. cashire Junction ... . 1% North British North Kent Direct & Dover 23 North Staffordshire ...... 22 s . ... 4% p..... to 4% North Wales ll4 Oxford and Worcester 2% 7% to 7% Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Richmond Rugby. Worcester, and Tring 1 Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 21 / 2 6 % 34— to 6% Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 22 5 . ... Shrews., Herefrd &N. Wales 2 3 / q 4 l , to South Devon South Midland South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 ,x Ditto New, No. 3 2% ...... 8% to Staines and Richmond........ 1 South Wales Trent Val. & Holyhead Junc. 1% 2% to Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin Welch Midland Wrster, Shrews., & Crewe Un. 1%...... 4% to 4 Fork and North Midland ... 50 .—.. 106 Dittoilialf Shares 25 .. . 524 to Di tt o Scarboro' Bran ch Ditto Selby Ditto, Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 6 .. ... 43 11 1 ' to 11 Dendre Valley Dutch Rhenish 3 .. 94 to East Indian Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... ... 2 Lyons and Avignon Luxembourgh Namur and Liege... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 4 ...... 12 A t li.. to 11% saris and Lyons ( Laffitte) ... 2 Parsand Lyons(Garineron's) 2 ... .. 2% to 2% Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . ... 24i to 2% Paris and Orleans... ......... ... 20 Paris and Rouen Royal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse West Flanders MINE. Real del Monte,Unregistered JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25 SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. 11assinger's Fatal Dowry (his cliff e according to some critics, one of his greatest works according to all) was revived here last evening, with all that attention to the mire en scene which has so favourably distin guished the managemeet of Mrs. Warner and Phelps at this theatre. This play is the joint production of Mes singer and Nat Field, the actor—to the latter, however, we are not disposed to award any large portion of the drama, and we think that even Mr. Gifford allows too much to him. That Massinger, a poor author, was glad to avail himself of the name of Field, the popular actor, and was thus led to announce him to the world as his collaboiateur, there can be no doubt. That Field may have given him hints as to his stage eff,cts, &c., and that after the book was delivered at the theatre, and during the course of the rehearsals he may have " gagged" the play in various parts, we can readily believe; but there is such a perfect unity, not only of construction but of thought and language, about the tragedy that we can not bring ourselves to think that it aas the work of more than one mind. One or two of the comedy scenes, indeed, we are disposed to assign to Field, because they are so disgusting to good taste that we feel intuitively that they are interpolations; that Massinger, although he might have tolerated, could not have written them, and it is only because Massinger could not have written them that we assign them to Field. These were of course all rigidity excised last evening, and we do not believe that in the Fatal Dowro, as it is acted at Sadler's Wells, there is one line of Field's, except, perhaps, the open ing scene of the second act, between Beaumelle, Bella pert, and Florimel. The Fatal Dowry was a stock play from the time of its production to the time of the great rebellion, when plays and players were proscribed, as well as thrones and kings. For royalty there was a restoration—for the drama a revolution. The works of the manly, rough, vigorous poet dramatists of the preceding age—works which were thoroughly and in tensely English, and thoroughly and intensely dramatic, were utterly neglected for the heavy heroics of Dryden, or the digesting filth of Mrs. Aphra Behn. Poor Messinger was more vilely treated than any of his contemporaries. They were suffered to rest in oblivion—he was first plundered and then abused. Rowe, having stolen a great portion of the language and plot of the Fatal Dowry, diluted down the proceeds of his theft with a sufficient quantity of maudlin sentimen tality to suit the vitiated taste of his time, and produced The Fair Penitent. Its success was complete—so complete that Rowe found it to his interest to represent Massinger as an author not worth the attention of any critic or scholar more than a century. For the " Fair Penitent," the most " wishy-washy" and most immoral of dramas, kept possession of the stage, to the exclusion of the Fatal Dowry, one of the most nervous and the most moral. Even Dr. Johnson, sturdy old moralist as he has been somewhat inappropriately called (bigoted old conventionalist better describes the cha racter of the man)—even Dr. Johnson penned a heavy eulogium on the Fair Penitent. At length, in the year 1786, Cumberland wrote three papers in his periodical (the " Observer ") for the purpose of drawing a comparison between the Fatal Dowry and the Fair Penitent ; and when Massin ger and Rowe were thus placed in juxtaposition, the superiority of the elder writer was at once apparent. Shortly afterwards Gifford undertook his edition of Mas. singer ; and from that time justice has been done to the genius of this " mighty master." This play, the Fatal Dowry, was produced at Drury-lane some few years since, when Wallack appeared as Charalois. The version then produced is the one followed at Sadler's Wells. The following was the cast of last night Rochfort, Mr. G. Bennett ; Novall, Mr. H. Mellon Charalois, Mr. Henry Marston ; Young Novall, Mr. Buckingham ; Romont, Mr. Phelps ; Beaumelle, Miss Cooper ; Bellapert, Miss Lebatt ; Florimel, Mies liuddart. In this version the first act and the commencement of the second are given nearly as they were written by Massinger. There is a slight alteration at the conclusion of, the second act, which is also an improvement. In the scene in which Charalois accompanies his father's funeral to the gates of the prison, and is there stopped by his re morseless creditors—the procession is interrupted by the appearance of Rochfort and Beaumelle—and Rochfort, overcome by his admiration of Charalois' virtue, re leases him by paying his father's debts, and at the same time gives him his daughter. This not only gives all effective concluding scene, but avoids the awkwardness of the marraige procession following directly upon th e funeral one. The manner in which the guilt of Beautriell e is discovered is necessarily altered. In the original the dis covery takes place in a manner too gross to be tolerated in these modern days. Charalois having found a letter from young Novall to B eaume ll e , appo i nt i ng a n assigna tion. meets th e iruiltv n a i r . an d kill s N ova ll. This alteration is also j u di c i ous , b ut we could wish that the adaptor had left the catastrophe, as far as it re lates to Beaumelle, in the same state in which he found it. It is a magnificent scene—is that in the ori• ginal, in which Charalois, calling upon old Rochfort to resume once more the functions of a judge, produces before him his own daughter as the criminal ; beautiful' too, is the repentance of Beaumelle, which invests her character with an interest which it is impossible to feel for her as represented in the adaptation ; and when the father sentences her solemnly to death, and seeing that sentence so unexpectedly executed by Charalois, throws himself upon the body of his dying daughter in an agony grief, a climax has been attained perhaps the most heartrending in the course of the drama. In ,tead of this, however, Charalois appoints Roch rOrt to meet him at the tomb of his father—there brings forward his accusation, and when the old man has devoted his daughter to death shows her corpse to him and tells him judgment has been already executed. Here we have indeed the fine passionate Burst of paternal anguish from Rochfort, but it is neither so natural nor so effectively delivered over the dead as over the dying daughter. The piece was admirably acted. Phelps never appeared to greater advantage than as the rough, honest, plain-speaking, bold Romont. It is one of those characters full of vigour, energy, and power, with an occasional dash of sentiment which is exactly suited to the effective, but somewhat coarse style of Phelps. The scene in which he frightens young Novall (most amusingly represented -)y Mr. Buckingham) into confession, and extorts from trim a written promise to see Beaumelle no more,was ad mirable. G. Bennett, as Rochfort, was sedate, yet , ffective. His last scene was beautiful. The lugubrious voice of Mr. Marston was rather advantageous to him than otherwise in his delineation of Charalois. He 'tad evidently studied the character well, and thoroughly understood his author's meaning. As a whole his haralois was a pathetic and scholar-like performance, out he must beware of an occasional tendency to rant. The other characters were all well supported. The ouse was crowded to excess, and the audience were en thusiastic in their applause. CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Tuesday erening, an inquest was held at the Queen's Head, Chatham, by Mr. J. !Thule, Coroner, on the body of Mr. Lackett Coker, a Custom House officer, belonging to the port of Rochester, who received a blow on the had from a boom, while on duty on board her Majesty's ship Aigle, 24, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, the effect of which injury was to cause almost immediate death. After examining several witnesses, whose testimony went to prove that the deceased met his death by his own carelessness in not getting away from under the boom while it was being lowered, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." THE GALLANT CAPTURE or A PIRATE SLAVES BY THE PANTALOON.—Dispatches have been received by the Government, officially confirming the accounts of the gallant capture of a pirate slaver, by the boats of her Majesty's ship Pantaloon, Captain Wilison, which appeared in yesterday's Sus The Pantaloon had two men killed, and seven wounded. The pirate had seven men killed, and two wounded. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.—A Chinese " pro fessor" has been engaged at the Collegiate Institution, Liver. p,ol, for the purpose of teaching the pupils the Chinese tongue, which now forms a part of the curriculum of studies. 6. Pro.. fessor Hoo Sienseng," we are told, speaks the " Court dialect' of his country. FAMINE AT SHOREHAM.—This town was deluged on Saturday by some 2,000 visitants from the metropolis, who, during their stay, consumed all the " breadstuffs" in the town, and, on their departure, the inhabitants were literally going about begging for bread. It is stated that, contrary to the general practice, refreshments were distributed to the hungry Cockneys at the usual prices. —Sussex Paper. SOMEWHAT NOVEL (IF TRUE.)-1t is currently rumoured at Malta, that a gallant officer of that distinguished corps, the 42d Royal Highlanders, is about retiring from the pomp and vanity of a military life, and seeking retirement and seclusion in the cloister, under the unassuming garb of a The.. sian or barefooted Carmelite. UAIOURED AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—LPtIeF3 from Malta of the 15th inst. make mention of a rumour having been Tread, skortly after the arrival of the packet from the lonian Islands, that a hostile meeting had taken place at Corfu be tween two officers of the Rifle,, in which affair one had been so seriously wounded as to render it expedient for his antago• nist and the second to keep out of the way ; but, as neither names nor dates are mentioned, there may be no truth in the story. S PATE OF TRADE.—The unfavourable weather continues to affect the demand for goods, and the market con tinues quiet, without any sensible change in prices. The yarn market is still very firm, and the spinners are generally under contract for some time to come.—ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Acct. 25.—0 n account of the wakes and races last wek, few pieces have been brought to market to-day, but those few have been eagerly bought up at good prices. The wool market has undergone little change ; prices remain much tie same, but low wools are very scarce. Manchester Guardian. CHESTERFIELD RACES.—The Duke of Devonshire has been induced to renew the support, so long rfforded by his aucesters and himself, to the ancient races of Chesterfield, and his Grace proposes to give a 501. plate to these races.—Derby paper. RACES.—We understand thlit , ur race= are fixed for Tuesday and Wednesday, the 14th and 15th of Octo 'or. From the very strong iceitng existing in tavour of re-es tablishing these races, no doubt they will be very well sup ported. The time fixed is undoubtedly late, but it is intended to hold there earlier in future years.—Deck Mercury. A L"ish EiißP b °l : l : li P t, ,ht the 6th in ta that eit) "as quiet. %Press, a n A 41 Platio r • h' end a t r:::1 nr:IAI:grlaieri:111::'l ° had em th e ~.. 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