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MEETING of the SOCIE FY for the EMAN CIPATION 'of INDUSTRY was held at Exeter Hall on Tereaday, July 1, ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., in the Chair, 4 1 Cwhich the following resolutions were moved and carried ; ResoPeed,—First—That this Society cannot refrain from expressing Its surprise and disappointment at the very unsatisfactory resolutions introduced by Lord John Russell in the House of Commons On the 26th of May, for the professed purpose of ameliorating the condition CT the working classes of the United Kingdom, and of correcting the alarming evil for which his Lordship did not account, that while " the rich are growing richer, the Door are growing poorer;"—and this meeting considers that no professions of sympathy for the dis tresiind condition of the labouring classes can avail anything, or be satisfactory to the country at large, so long as those classes are compelled to provide for a heavy taxation on articles of consumption in a money artificially made scarce—a regulation which confers an undue and unnatural advantage upon capital over industry. Second,—That it is the opinion of this Society that the state of actual destitution and suffering under which it is acknowledged the labouring classes in this kingdom are now so largely suffering, in the midst of superabundant wealth, and the inexhaustible means of producing that wealth, is not owing to any fault of their own, nor to any express dispensation of Providence, but is attributable to in judicious legislation, of which the most striking example is the per • nidons currency law of 1819—a measure which Sir James Graham truly and emphatically denounced as a " delusion and a fraud." Third,—That the objeot of the currency law of 1819 and of the monetary measures of 1844 and 1845 is to reduce the prices of pro duction to the level of gold prices, while the object of corn laws, and of all protective laws, is to raise prices above the level of gold, in order to compensate for heavy taxation ; and thus the one object is inconsistent with, and contradictory to, the other.—That it is the intention of the Legislature, in levying taxes on commodities, to secure that those taxes should be paid by the consumers generally in a rise of prices; but the effect of the monetary measures before re ferred to is to prevent a rise of prices, and thus to defeat that inten tion.—That by these means a grievous wrong is inflicted on the pro. dueing classes, the effects of which are observable in the wide-spread pauperism described by Sir James Graham as already amounting in England to full one-tenth of the population, and in the alarming de pression of the prices of agricultural produce, in consequence of which the wages of the labourer are reuuced to their present low and in.suril aient rate. Fourth,—That this Society contends that the high scale of indirect taxation in this country demands a corresponding scale of prices both of labour and of the produce of labour ; and that such scale of prices is incompatible with the preOnt low fixed price of gold, which has the effect, not only of throwing upon the producers the burden of that taxation which ought to be paid by the consumers, but of perni ciously restricting the circulating medium of the country, by making it dependent on the quantity of gold in the Bank of England. Flfth,—That if gold were allowed to find its market price in the currency of the country, like all other commodities, and in obedience to the law of slimly and demand, prices in the home trade would rise to a remunerating level, without affecting the prices of our foreign trade, which are now, and always must be, regulated by the market price of gold. That competition would prevent home prices from rising in such a circulating medium beyond the level that indi rect taxation justified ; a level below which it is as unjust to the pro ducer as it is dangerous to the public ereditor to reduce them.—That the Government money (or Exchequer-bills) now issued for taxes in a shape and in amounts exclusively useful to the monied class, should be issued in amounts convenient for all classes—namely, in notes of one pound and upwards that these notes being necessarily confined within the amount of annual taxation, would be founded on and re present that property which the Government annually draws from the people in taxes, and would form the legal-tender money of the nation.—That labour would then receive its fair and reasonable re ward, while the commerce and industry of the country would be freed from their present unnecessary and injurious dependence upon foreign exchanges. Sixth,—That this Society views with horror the monstrous doc trine attributed to Sir Robert Peel in the debate on Mr. Villiers's motion upon the 10th of June, that the increasing impoverishment of the industrious classes is without remedy; ;hat "great wealth being fount side by side with great poverty" "inseparable from civilisation, and that civilisation in itself increases the tendency in a.country towards them,"—a doctrine which would consign a large portion of our countrymen to irremediable poverty. That this Society is prepared to prove before a Committee of either House of Patti iment that such a social anomaly is mainly attributable to mis taken views of the nature and uses of money, and of the laws governing the distribution of wealth; and they cannot but ascribe it to the deepest and most deplorable delusion, that in the recent dis cussions on the subject of the Corn-laws and Banking, the National Debt and Taxation, which form essential elements in both questions, have been studiously excluded. Seventh,—That petitions, representing the substance of the reso . utions of this meeting, and praying for legislative inquiry into the effect of currency on prices, and on the wages of labour, be now prepared and signed by the Chairman of the Society, and be presented to the House of Lords and the House of Commons ; and that the Provisional Committee formed for the convening of this meeting be requested to place the petitions in suitable hands for presentation and support. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. THIS EVENING Will be performed Mercadante's Opera IL GIURAMENTO. Eloise, Madame Grist ; Isaura, Madame Bernal. ; Bianca, 3ldlle. Brambilla ; Manfred°, Sig. Fornasari ; Viscardo, Sig. Moriani. In the couree of the Evening a Divertissement from the Ballet of " Eloine." Eoline, Mdlle. L. Grahn, comprising the admired Pas de Dryades. To conclude with the admired Ballet of ALMA ; on, La Fille de Fen. Perphite, M. Perrot , Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Emazor, M. St. Leon ; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. Applications tor Boxes. Stens, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-office, 0, era• Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. CERITO respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that HER BENEFIT will take place ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, BEING THE LAST NIGHT BIT TWO OF THE SEASON, will be presented Mozart's chef d'oeuvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Rosetti ; Zerlina, Madame Anaide Castellan. Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari ; Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; II Commandatore, Sig. Botelli ; Masetto, F. Lablache ; and Leporello, Sig. Lablache. To be followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, comprising a SELECTION from the Ballet of ALMA, with the celebrated " Pas de Fascination " Selection from the Ballet of ONDINE, including the " Tarantella,' by the Corps de Ballet, and the celebrated " Pas de L'Ombre" by Mdlle. Cerito. In the course of the Evening " La Castellana," by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Perrot. A Selection from the Ballet of ROSIDA; on, Les Mines de Syra cuse. Comprising "La Sicilienue," and the admired Pas by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, and an entirely New Pas by Mdlle. Grahn and M. Perrot. _ • _ To conclude with the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS QUATORZE, in whicb Mdlle. Lucile Grahn will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of Louis XIV., and will dance with Mdllo. Cerito', in Costume of the same Court, the celebrated " Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte." _ _ _ Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box er ilpe, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven , to commence at Half-past Seven o.Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, UR. B. WEBSTER. TILTS EVENING Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER , or, The Mis takes of a Night. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Marlow, Mr. H. Holt; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett. The celebrated Pianist, Leopold de Meyer, for Five Nights more, and will perform this Evening, after the Comedy, Variations on the Pennine Tb.3mo. of " C 411,131,41 of Ver./a," In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing " Young England." After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, Matrimonial Chap ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Candle, Mrs. W. Clifford. To conclude with the Comedy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK ; or, an Irishman's Fortune. Pandeen O'Rafferty, Mr. Hudson ; Nina, Miss P. Horton . Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and idaces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI . THIS EVENING Will be performed SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lacka day, Mr. Wright; Eugenia, Mrs. - Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled DRAMATIC COOKERY; or, HOW TO DISH UP A FARCE. Pythias Fizzwit, Mr. Selby; Sam Smear, Mr. Wright; Eliza, Miss Taylor; Diana, Mrs. Laws. After which, an Original Terpsichorean litaletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidgloye, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; Airs. Montgoinerie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with RINKS THE BAGMAN. Binks, Mr. Wright. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt Leader of the "land, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. ITICDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Splendid Reception of " The Governor's Wife"—Roars of laughter at " An Object of Interest" and " Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures" —Continued Success of " Les Danseuses Anglaises," and undimi- Milled Attraction of " Cinderella." THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Kee'ey. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, dies Dawson. and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Dansetises Angleises will appear. To be followed by a Now Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. To ,n Inch will be added an apropos Itagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. C ACME'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic. Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel , y, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. W. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Vinare, Miss lairbrother, Mrs. NVoollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. PRINCESS'S TREA.TRE. OXFORD-STREET. LErSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. TREASURER'S NIGHT. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood. Mr. Wallaek ; Bullfrog, Mr. Compton; Rachel Heywood, Miss Emma Stanley. To which will b 3 added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos iurne,with the Original Music. To he suczeeded by a Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BYREN. The Duke do Popoli, Mr. Walton; Scipio, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Balbaya, Mr. Leffler; Marco Tempesta, Mr. Allen ; Mathes, Fearon; Zerlina, Miss Georgiana Smithson. After which, A CONCERT. Mr. HENRY RUSSELL will sing his popular composition, " The Waninc." After which, THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Ple ripe, Mr. Collins; Lady Emily Delaney, Mrs. Brougham; Isabella, Mies Emma Stanley. To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberry. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; lunch:ann. Mt. Edmund Bradwell. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIFATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. First Week of Mr. T. Thompson, the unrivalled Paatornimist— Lait Wee c but One of the Engagement of the French r;questrians —Continued Success of the New 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 THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. After which, a variety of New and Surprising Feats of Horseman ship by the French Equestrians. To conclude with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER ; or, Thu Factory Murder and the Felon Heir. Tom, the Dumb Man, adr. T. Thompson. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense Attraction—First Week of Madame Vestrii and Mr. C. Mattl , ews. THIS EVENING Will be performed U 4 F,I) UP. Supported by Messrs. C. Matthews, P. Homier, Neville, Heslop, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. R. Honner, and Ills* Martin. After which, LOAN OF A LOVER. Gertrude, Madame Vestris reter - Spyk, Mr. C. Matthews. To be succeeded by PATTER versus CLATTER. Captain Patter, of r. C. Matthews. To conclude with THE LADY OF THE LAKE. I'laces slid Private isosee to be bad of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box' oilice, from -Eleven to our. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL. GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON, COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRES , iNTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Illusion. The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eight. And on MulsipA IS, TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MA.GNIFICENTT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. Fading the Carmivora Half-past Five; Pelicans and Polar Be s it ` 4 lx ; Couce:t at Half- p art Six ; and Fireworks at Half- p ast Nin : In konour of the Birthday of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Ta-morrow, Aug. 13, the Boys of the Royal Midtiry Asylum, accom panied by their Juvenile Band, will pay their Annual Visit to these hardens. On Mcnli!ay and Tuesday, Aug. 25 and 26, a Magnificent Fete Champetre, to conunemoree the Birthday of 11.R.H. Prince Albert. KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE ELECTION.—The nomina tion is fixed for Friday the 15th curt. As yet no candidate ba_ 1 aPPesTiltgcontest the electiou with Mr. Ma xwell.— aeotentan, - itr'r , ll Lord . accompanied by Mr. Leader , 11. P. for WiOter„,, d a Frencht. cbleman, are now stay ) Z isg fora shot* WO:. lit rougham Hall, near Penrith.—Pres. tos arenicia. , I e''. . .. Z ' ---- : k :' ' '1;. : --. •i" = ' I -- iN' A. ,„, 4 a s• \\\\A HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 'corning . 40 minutes after 7 I Evening .. 16 minutes after 8. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 12 TtD , RMOMETER, Lowest, 53 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon, 58. BAROMETER, 29.97.—W1ND, N.W. Num.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the aiermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. t r~ 0 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1845. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and STOUR VALLEY RAILWAY. The course which it is proposed that this line of railway shall take is along or near the banks of the Birmingham Canal to Wolver hampton, with a branch to Dudley. It is further proposed to carry a line from the above-mentioned near Smethwick, by way ot Httlesoweo, Cradley, Stourbridge, an.l Kidderminster, down the whole length of the Valley of the Stour, to its junction with the Severn. These lines of railway will afford to the vast population, and varied produce and manufactures of the districts throtOt which they will pass, the cheapest and shortest communication with the ports of London, Hull, and Liverpool, as well as with the large and important districts occupied by the Midland Railways and the North of England. The line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton will form a portion of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, with the existing Com pany for the formation of which satisfactory arrangements have been made. The object of the parties proposing this scheme of railways is to present to the most important manufacturing interest of South Staf fordshire and Worcestershire the greatest facility for the conveyance of their goods to and along the various trunk railways of the king dom at the least possible cost, and no effort will be spared to secure so desirable a result. The Birmingham Canal Company and the London and Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Companies have con curred to furnish the means of effecting this undertaking ; and the Stourbridge, Dudley, and Birmingham Railway Company, with their strong local influence, have united their intesests to those of this Compaiv. Apdlication will be made to Parliament in the next session for an Act to effect the above purposes. Information may be obtained by applying at the office of the Canal Company in Birmingham, or to Messrs. INGLEBY, WRAGGE, and COPE, Solicitors, and Birmingham. Mr. SAMUEL CARTER, SOUTH DEVON.-ON THE DART. A most delightful Freehold Residence, offering peculiar attract' ,ns to a member of the Yacht Club or Valetudinarian. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to SELL or LET FURNISHED until the spring, one of the most agreeable residences on the BEAUTIFUL RIVER DART, pleasantly removed from the town, and in immediate proximity with the mouth of the river, and best anchorage for yachts. STOKE CLIFF HOUSE is In a sheltered position, nestling itself, as it were, under the hill ; it has been rendered, at very considerable cost, the most per. feet abode in this admired spot, and whether to a gentleman in clined to yachting, or a family requiring the mild and genial in fluence of the southern sera air, a more attractive, and at the same time inexpensive residence, cannot be conceived. The internal arrangements for a family are ample and very complete, the atten tion of the present owner having been devoted to secure all that comes within the comprehensive word " comfort," the principal chambers commanding extensive views of the beautiful scenery extending in all directions ; excellent offices, coach.house, stabl ing, &c. THE PLEASURE-GARDENS OF THREE ACRES are on an acclivity, disposed in terrace-walks, carriage-drive, and slopes, extending to the river, adorned by luxuriant shrubs, which here brave the winter's wind, considerable ingenuity, aided by the natural beauty and inequality of the ground having accom plished an apparently interminable extent of walk, and leading by a sub.way to the lower grounds, where THE FORTS, BOAT-HOUSE, SEA BATH, AND QUAY, present prominent features, and offer irresistible attractions to those dispOsed to aquatic pursuits. . . . . . The property is freehold, and early possession may be had, with the option of purchasing the appropriate furniture, as it will be let furnished until the spring, and every particular ottained from Messrs. Bray, Warren, and Harding, solicitors, Great Russell. street, and of Mr. George Robins, Covent•garden. 13, Great Marlborough-street. T HIRD EDITION of "SYBIL; OR, THE TWO NATIONS." By B. D'ISRAELI, Esq., 31. P. NOW READY' Henry Colburn, Publish'er, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 3, V •- • v•mAA 4 t -3 de; 4 .1) E afwerA , " , :‘ - ktirmins LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1845. From two of the Spanish journals (the Globo and the Tiempo) we quoted, a few days ago, a significant recom - mendation addressed to the Government of NARVAEZ by the editors of those periodicals respectively. They urge the Spanish Ministry to follow the example of that of Brazil, and retaliate on England for the exclusion of Spanish sugars contrary to the urgent appeals and recla mations of the Duke of SOTOMAYOR. Although we continue to look upon the responsive case affirmed by the Earl of ABERDEEN as unanswerable and decisive against those reclamations, we do not found the remarks we are about to offer on the suggestion of the Spanish journals upon the views we have formed of these de mands of Spain. Leaving the determination upon them to which the British Cabinet has eome an open ques tion, or an untouched one, for our present purpose, we would simply address ourselves to the alternative which it will oenove LUIS country to nOopt in the event of Spam being induced to imitate " the example of Brazil." In the very first statement of such a proposition, the consideration of the nature of the previous and existing relations between the two countries necessarily forces itself upon our consideration. The history of modern Europe certainly presents no parellel to that alliance into which Great Britain, from 1809.10, received Spain, enfeebled, distracted, deserted, as the latter was, with a vacated throne, an imbecile monarch, and a cor rupted executive—on terms of the most generous and even magnanimous equality. Spain owes, in fine, to Great Britain an enormous debt of national gratitude for the promptness of our disinterested interference, in her behalf; against foreign invasion, and in the cause of her independence and her institutions. Millions upon millions of British treasure were unhesitatingly lavished on that memorable vindication of Spanish interests, not one farthing of which has ever been repaid to us. In subsequent years, long after that foreign invasion was repressed, and its great mover extirpated—when the still more bitter harvest of intestine disorganisation and convulsion was to be reaped, which had been sown by the ungrateful poltroon for whom the Spanish nation had nobly, but thanklessly, shed their blood ; there was no lack of British enterprise, valour, and devotion, to aid regenerated Spain in an nouncing and consolidating her constitutional rights. Again the Spanish nation succeeded in its object, and again—mainly through British aid. Even in violation of the general law it had prescribed to itself, at the close of the general war in 1814-15, to abjure all future intervention in the domestic or internal affairs of foreign states, the English Government (although reasons of unimpeachable state policy had precluded it from interfering in the civil war then raging on the Peninsula to the extent of permitting the participation in it of its regular army and navy) did yet, on more than one memorable occasion, efficiently interpose the pro tection of its flag to avert from a large Spanish constitutional force the impending destruction that an overwhelming Carlist or Absolutist army must otherwise have visited upon it. For the immense ad vance in military stores, arms, equipments, &e., which we made to the Regency of Spain during the period of Lord PALMERSTON'S last tenure of the seals of the Foreign Department, we are curious to learn (by the way) what repayments have yet been made by the Constitutional Government, in its " Camarilla "-nominated successors? It consists not, then, either with the past obligations of Spain to this country or her own present condition of political dismantlement, to affect that tone of high headedness and hard dealing whicb, had it not ex hibited in its own deportment, its creatures and depend ents would hardly have ventured on assuming. But since NARVAEZ, like most soldiers of fortune, may be but little erupuluus in the courses he resorts to, in order to gratify the wishes of any party or parties whose support he may desire to secure, or whose good-will he may be bent on propitiating, it may be well to consider beforehand, by what kind of counter policy any such course of offensive procedure may be counteracted. But when, independently of these national objections on the part of Spain for national services at the hands of Great Britain, we remember that the public faith o f Sp a i n i s solemnly, and distinctly, and repeatedly pledged to private British capitalists for the due satisfaction of their immense advances to the Spanish Crown, on the faith of Spanish royal decrees, Legislative securities, and spe et fic compacts, conventions, and assignments, we must feel that the necessity for acme immediate and equitable satisfaction of the claims vesting in the Go vernment of Great Britain, and in individual subjects of the British Crown, is imperatively demanded. Spain must take some positive and intelligible steps in the dis charge of her most solemnly recorded liabilities to us in the liquidation in part at least of the demands of right snd justice, she must give some tangible evidence of her intention to act up to at least the spirit of her own ode. tracts, before she can be in any condition t . o stand upon doubtful exceptions to the manner i n which we have dealt with the letter of ur own to her. Nov v we per ceive with a degree of indignation, participatedin, we feel assured, by at least nine-tenths of our countrymen, that the dividends on the Spanish Loans, or the interest on the Bonds, aft er a ll th e l eger d ema in and thimble rigging of converting intelligible classes of security to new fangled and hitherto nondescript varieties of stock — bonds of all kinds, into coupons, representing scrip of Active, Passive Deferred, and Commuted Debt, (Sac. — are still subject to terms of periodical abeyance of pay ment,under prospects more or less proximate of ultimate insolvency on the part of the Spanish Government. The time cannot be far distant at which our own Cabinet will be called upon to adopt some energetic measures to compel the discharge of these righteous and long-de ferred demands. It occurs to us that we can find out a means, not only most unexceptionable in itself, of enabling the Spanish Government to defray in part or in whole, the various financial liabilities and political cbligations in question ; but a means that would remove all question of its sin cerity and good faith in the cause of slave•trade sup pression by withdrawing from the control of its venal and unprincipled authorities, such as the Governor, O'DONNEL, for example, a position at once the most important and the most tempting to the con tinuance of the atrocious traffic in negro slaves. By the time that NARVAEZ has run out the full length of his tether he may have some such uncomely questions to deal with as a proposition more distasteful even than that of France for the purchase of the Belearic Islands in the Mediterranean. The cession or exchange of Cuba, if we mistake not, would be a question not en tirely new to the Spanish SOVEREIGN'S " Council of the Indies ;" and would now be urged by us with tenfold earnestness, as securing to us a possession that would supply one of the few tangible guarantees for the grz.dttal extirpation of the slave trade between Western Africa and the Foreign West India Islands that could now be relied upon by great Britain in her further nego tiations with Spain. Swiss papers of the sth have been received. The Gaulle Nationale Suisse of that date gives an account of an emeute which had occurred in the city of Bale on the day before. Dr. BRENNER, the editor of that journal, having been imprisoned on account of an article which he had written on the subject of the new caps for the artillery of the canton, the corps of artillery —3% stro.ig—marched through the city, preceded by their band, playing martial airs, to the prison. The Burgomaster BURCKHARDT having declared that he would not surrender except to force, they forced the court yard of the prison, and finding the Burgomaster there at the head of his gendarmerie entered into parley with him, offering responsible bail for BRENNER. This was refused. The cell of BRENNER was broken open, and he was carried in triumph to the artillery barracks at Klin gental. In the afternoon the Council called out the Landwehr for their protection. Nothing fresh had oc curred on the sth, but BRENNER was still at liberty. News from Greece has been received by way of Trieste to the 20th of July. The disorders on the frontiers of Greece and Twice.) still continued. At Athens it was considered probable that a coalition would take place between METAXA and NIAVROCORDATO, before which COLETTI would be forced to give way. Seraskier PACIIA. was carrying on his campaign in Upper Albania with success. Intelligence has been received from Madrid to the 4th. The Gazette contains a royal ordonnance dissolving the Senate, and directing that " the Council of Ministers shall proceed immediately to propose the names of per sons who, conformably to the Constitution, shrill com pose the new Senate." The Council of War at Malaga has closed its deliberations by condemning to death tw., sergeants, and to various degrees of punishment several inhabitants of Malaga more or less compromised in the late conspiracy. The decision has greatly displeased the Government, who were looking forward to a whole sale butchery, and General CAMINERO, the Cap tain-Gcneral, has not only refused to confirm the sentence, but has arrested four of the members of the Court, and sent them as prisoners of war to Grenada, to be dealt with as General SANZ may direct. The case has been referred to the Supreme Court of War and Marine at Madrid. From all the circumstances of the case we should be much inclined to doubt the existence of any plot at all except it be a plot on the part of the unscrupulous agents of an unscrupulous Government to sacrifice the lives and confiscate the properties of their political opponents. Letters from St. Sebastian state that the QUEEN is delighted with the city, and will most probably prolong her stay there. MADRID BOURSE.—Three per Cents., for Cash, 30 ; for Account, 30g. Five per Cents., not quoted. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Journal des Debats says that the inquiry into the cause of the fire at Toulon still continues, that the dis covery of matches, &c., prepared for lighting, prove that it was the work of incendiaries, but that no clue had as yet been discovered which was likely to lead to the dis covery of the guilty. In speaking of the visit of Queen VICTORIA to the Rhine the same journal says—" The face which will takeplace will not prevent the assembled diplomatists from consi dering several most important questions. The affairs of Spain and those of Greece will come under consideration, also the subject of the new Prussian Constitution, and the movement in favour of a religious reformation which 6.3 recently manifested itself amongst the German Catholics. and which excites the greatest interest iu the minds of the statesmen of Germany." The Debats like wise contains the commercial treaty recently concluded between France and Naples. The Constitutionnel states that the Jesuits of Paris had the day before, quitted the houses where they re sided in common, and had retired to private residences. According to the same paper, negotiations are still going. on with the Court of Rome. The French Government is desirous of obtaining from the POPE an express de claration on the subject of the Jesuits, and at the same time a circular letter from his Holiness to the French bishops desiring them to abstain from meddling in po litics, and to moderate their opposition to the university. On these conditions the French Government promises to make certain concessions on the subject of the liberty of teaching. The Commerce gives an extract from a letter, dated Algiers, 30th July, which states that Marshal Bu- GEAUD was expected to return immediately, as he merely intended at present to chastise the tribe of Beni Salem, but that it was certain that the grand expedition would take place in October, when the columns of Generals GENTIL, D'ARBOUVILLE, and MARY would undertake a series of combined operations in Kabylia, for the pur pose of cutting off all communications between the Ka byles and ABD.EL-KADER, who was preparing to come to their assistance at the head of an army. It was said that the Erair intended to leave his family in Mo r o cco , and to join the Kabyles with all his diposable troops. The Moniteur Beige of the 7th of August announces officially the appointment of M. NOTHOMB as Belgian Minister at Berlin. The holders of Spanish Bonds in Paris had met, and had refused to accept the new conversion of the debt pro posed by M. MoN. Several of the journeymen carpenters of Paris, who are out on strike, have been summoned before the Tri bunal de Police Correctionelle, charged with conspiracy violence, and making use of menaces. There was nothing doing in the Funds on Sunday. The following are the quotations for the new lines MARSEILLES, AUG. 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,035 f. ; Boulogne, 630 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 680 f. ; Vierzon, 770 f. LYONS, AUG. 7.—Avignon and Marseilles, 1,067 f., end of August ; Paris and Orleans, 1,255 f. ditto ; Paris and Rouen, 1,065 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 777 f. ditto; Orleans and Bordeaux, 682 f. ; Montereau, 533 f. ditto. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 11. Boulogne and Amiens 114 Bordeaux &Mediterran Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. and Cette 2 1 (8 Dutch Rhenish ... Bl Dendre Valley ...... 1 Dieppe & Paris Junct. Dijon and Mulhouse East Indian Grt Northern of France (Laffitte's) Ditto (Rosamel's) Great Paris and Lyons — Jamaica Junction Do. South Mdlnd June — Louvain and Jemeppe 413 Lyons and Avignon 2% Luxembourgh.. 2% Namur and Liege 5% Orleans and Vierzon .. 17 Orleans and Bordeaux 11 1 Over Yssel iParts & Lyons (Lafitte) 3% Ditto ( Gan n eron's). 2% Ditto (Calon's).... :Paris and Orleans 50% iParis and Rouen 42 IParis and Strasburg (Ganneron's) ... 2% Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 3 A ;Paris and St. Quentin. Rouen and Havre._ IRoyal North of Spain. 2 1 A Sambre and Meuse 6% !Strasbourg and Basle — Tours and Nantes (Al‘Kenzie's) 2 3 /4 Do. (Lefebvre's) Verona and Ancona 3% West Flanders 4 IA • SEDUCTION AND RFMORSE.—On Saturday evening, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Cooper's Arms, High-street, Poplar, on the body of George Jamieson Fergusson, aged 26 years, an engine cleaner, who resided in Regent-street North, Poplar. On Wednesday evening last, he came home from work, and whilst his sister-in-law was making tea, he went up stairs and locking the door, suspended himself by a silk hand kerchief from the bed-post. He was found in a kneeling posi tion, and quite dead. In his pocket was found a letter from a female who lives at Stockton-on-Tees, complaining bf bis not having paid anything towards the support of a child ten months old, or which he was the father, and upbraided him with his unjust conduct, saying that her friends refused to support her any longer, unless she compelled him by law to contribute to the maintenance of the child. Since the receipt of this letter, deceased had been very low spirited. 7he jury returned a verdict of " Temporary derangement." REFORM OF TIIE BAR.—We are happy to state that the barristers of the Oxford Circuit have at length resolved to vindicate the dignity of the Bar, and to show a bright example to the whole of their silver-tongued and uni•ophisticated bre thren. They have come to an expressed resolution that it is beneath the character of any of them " to report law proceed ings for the press." And followitig up this beginnitig in the right path, they have also resolved, that if it shall happen that any counsel receive a retaining fee to conduct a ease which, from a press of business, ho shall be unable to advocate, it will henceforth be considered a breach a the merest every-day honesty not to return the money. Indeed, it is said that this resolution is to have a retrospective effect, in which case con siderable sums must be paid back. We shall be happy to ad vertise the day on which learned gentlemen propose to dis gorge.—Punch. Several persons were fined 40s. each at Manchester Borough-court, on Thursday, for not consuming the smoke of their steam-engine furnaces. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool yester day. Sales 5,000 bales, all to the trade, and at full prices. Shares were not so active and buoyant as of late. HULL, AUGUST 11.—Although our Exchange is closed, there is a fair amount of business passing. Hull and Selby Halves flat at 251. to 26L • London and Brighton,79l. ; South Midlands, Si. prem ; Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton, 9/. ss. ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 111. ; North British New, 91. 10s. The state of the atmosphere has been anything but pre possessing this morning, and there is a disposition to specu late for a fall in the prices of stock. So abundant is the amount of the precious metals in the possession of the Bank of England, that the last remittances of Sycee silver received from Canton have been advertised for public sale. A notice to this effect was made public late yesterday afternoon. The notification is as follows : " This is to give notice, that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury will be ready to dispose of the Sycee silver bullion, lately received by her Majesty's ship Colom bian, of the value of about 2,0C , 0,000 dollars ; and that tenders for the purchase of the same, addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, with the words "fender for Sy cee Silver,' written on the outside, will be received at the Treasury at any time previously to one o'clock in the afternoon on Friday next, the 15th inst. ,' The tenders must state at length the price proposed to be paid per ounce standard for the Sycee silver, the gold exceed ing five grains per pound troy to be paid fur at the rate of 775. 9d. per ounce standard. " No tender will be received for any quantity less than 100,000 ounces. " 't he delivery of the silver from her Majesty's Mint will commence on the 20th August, and will be continued weekly until the 27th day of September, within which period the whole quantity will be delivered. " Payment to be made on delivery. " The deliveries will be made pre rata, should there be more than one purchaser. " August 11, 1845." The Money market is steady to-day. Consols have been quoted only at 99%, and the same for the account. India Stock has fluctuated from 270 to 272 ; Bank Stock has im proved from 210 1 / 2 to 211%. The market is, generally speaking, firm. There has not been much done in the Foreign Funds to day. Spanish Three per Cents. have been bought at 38 1 ; the Dutch Four per Cents. at 100% % ; Russian, at 118 ; and Mexican, at 34% 35. In the Railway Shares a considerable amount of business has been done to-day. Great Westerns and Birminghams have fallen. The French lines are in request. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 21 0 1, 12 211 1 % 211 1 4 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99% 99% New 3% per Cents 102 A %s i i 4 102% Long Annuities toexnireJan.lB6o 11 1 / 2 7-16 11 7-16% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Account . ....... Exchequer Bills, 1,000!., I%d 49 51 pm. 51 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ... 51 53 pm. 53 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... . . ..... 103 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 90% 90% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 34% 35 35 Ditto, Account 3 4 1 /2 34 35% 35% Ditto. Deterred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 4O 41 41 Ditto Account Russian Bonds .. 118 118 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. ... .. 3 8 1,1 381,1 2 Ditto, Account •••• 38 11 / 2 38% Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific IOO I A I /4 100% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING R AMWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto % Shares Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and Exeter Do. New .... . ......... 2 ...... 11% 11% Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1%....•• 3 eifi 3% Chester and Holyhead... 15 Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester 1 ...-. l'' Direct Northern I Lublin and Belfast June 2 1 / 8 4 7•3i Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 20 1 ,E 20% Ditto New 4/. 163. Eastern Union l5 ..... . Ditto Extension . ... 1% 34 3 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto New 1 4 Shares._ 2% l l 3/ 1 1 34 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of Scotland 2%...... Great Northof England..100 Ditto New Great Western Ditto Half Shares 5O 124 123 123 Ditto Fifths Leicester and Bedford... 225. London and Birmingtim (Stock) 245 Do. New Thirds Do. Quarters London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 10% 3 4 lO4 London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 24 1 4 25 . . 24 Do. New l3s 4d l lh ....... ..... 1 1 % p Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. Loud. & S.Western 411 6s 10d B3 82 L.v. ConsolhhaeLl BLhs 20 Do. New London and York 2% 4% % 4% Londonderry &Coleraine 21% Lynn and Ely Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 225....... 6 3 4% 7 6 3 4 6 3 4 p Midland 100 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby... 100 Newcasilt. and Berwick 11/ 2434% 23% ... 23 1 % Newark and SLeffield .. 1% 2 % 14 ••• 2 1 4 North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent North \Vales Norwich and Brandon... 14 ' Do. New Oxford and Worcestcr... 21/,,_ ___ 1- erth and Inverness ... 21,4 Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Richmond 1 Rugby, Worstr, & 'ring 1 Scottish Central - 3 4 7 12 Scottish Midland l%, Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and 13irm 2%. .. . 4 1 ,4 4% Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2 3 /4 35/14 312 South Devon... South Midland 225. south Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d 4 61 1. ... ......... ... 45 3 / 4 Do., No. 1 8 D0., No. 2. Do., No. 3 South Wales 2 l /2 5 1,4 Trent Valley 2 ..... — 54% 19% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Welch Midland WestLondon,Old Shares 20 \\Tilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union ..... 1% v i a 4% York and North Midland 50 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 6 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2% Dutch Rhenish 3 . ... 8% 7% 8 Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 32% 234 Great Paris anti Lyons 2 ...... 1% ••• 1% Jamaica Junction........ 1% 6 IA 6 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 4 3 / 4 45 Luxenbourgh Orleans and Vierzon ... i; ......- Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 Faris & Lyons, Laffitte's 4 _ Paris and Lyons, Gan- • neronTs, .. .. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 ...... 2M% 2% Royal North of Spew' ... 2 .•• .••• ••• • 2% Sambre and Me use ~... 4 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. National Prov. of E ng d. 35 37 _Alga. 13 1 / 2 Union of London... lO LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY) LONDON, AUG. 12.—Wind N.W., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, Aua. 11.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Hebe, Anderson, Falkland Islands; Fairy Queen, Owen, Saldanha Bay ; Marshal Bennett, Walters, Quebec. Sld. Westmore land, Ceylon and Madras ; Tasmania, Dublin and Hobart Town ; Tweed, Cape Coast Castle ; Orion, Buenos Ayres; Quebec, New York ; Argyle, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Lady Am herst, China. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 9.—Sid. Port Glasgow, Quebec. FALMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Sid. Swift packet, Brazils. Oft; Dowson, Miramichi; Plumstead, Falconer. Algoa Bay ; Spar tan, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Triumvirate, Newfound. land ; Ceylon, Leslie, Calcutta, and sailed for Hull ; Arid, Ma ntineya, Matanzas, and sailed for Antwerp. SWANSEA, AUG. 10.—Arrd. Mary Ellen, Wake, Cuba. LiyEßPool, AUG. 10.—Arrd. Parthenon, Virginia ; Fi delia, New York, sailed 16th ult. ; Exporter, Miramichi ; Harmony and Laurel. Quebec. Sld. William Rathbone, Robert f l ukford, Calcutta ; Mary Ann Webb, Shanghae ; Courier, Lima ; York, Anderson, Vera Cruz ; Ark, Virginia ; Bengal, Philadelphia; Rochester, and Shakspeare, New York ; Suldan, Boston ; Britannia, Montreal; Esk, New foundland. Off, Triton, Africa ; Corsair, Halifax ; Rosa lama, Harrison, Chilton ; Pandora and Elizabeth and Ann, —. W lIITEHAVEN, Ana. 10.—And. Hannah, Quebec. CLYDE, Ana. B.—Arrd. Cambria, Quebec. DUBLIN, AUG. 9—Arrd. Leida, M‘Donough, Quebec. WATERFORD, AUG. 9.—Sld. Lady Mary Fox, and Mar garet, North America. LIMERICK, Aua. 9.—Arrd, Borneo, Quebec. SBIELDS, AUG. 9.—Sld. M. Sophie, Bordeaux and East Indies. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 10.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Miramichi ; Admiral Aiken, Gem, Falcon, Orb, and Maria and Elizabeth, Quebec. MIDDLESBOROUGH.—Arrd. Remden, 574, and Pactolus, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Aua. 11:—Part of the specie has been saved Tom the I,l ll swater,ifrornMazatlan, on shore on West Hoyle. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) ulor ATELIMXSTS. SMITH FlN.LD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 4118 s; useful do., 51 to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland do., 5/ lOs to 5/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/10s ; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 18s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. Supply moderate, and trade tolerably firm. Cumis ERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 5/ ; useful ditto, 5/5s to 5/ 103; fine Upland ditto, 5112 s to 5116 ; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 6/ 6s; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Trade steady, at the above quotations. WHrrEcnArtm.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 17s to 41183; useful ditto, 5/ to 5/ 103 ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 12s to 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4114 s to 6/12s ; Oat Straw„l/16s tol/18s , Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2l per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. New Meadow Hay 3l lOs to 4/ 15s, and New Clover 41 to Si per load. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is firm, and about 900 hhds have been sold at rather higher prices. A large business has also been done privately in other parcels, out of the hands of the importers, and likewise in brown and yellow Bengal. 1,395 bags Bengal at auction sold rather dearer, viz. at sls to 59s Mr low to fine white Benares. The only transactions which have taken place privately worth reporting consist of a cargo of white Alaceio, which has been sold afloat at 30s 9d, deliverable at Trieste, and two cargoes of Porto If ice also afloat, but the exact particulars have not transpired. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 3,491 hhds, 228 tierces, 769 barrels; and there were taken for home con sumption 2,003 hhds, 222 tierces, 313 barrels. The stock in the same places is 14,665 hhds, 1,521 tierces, 2,423 barrels. Corr - Ex.-988 bags Ceylon (chiefly British Plantation kinds), and 430 bags Java (imported rid the Cape of Good Hope), mostly found buyers at 45s to 47s 6d for very good to very fine ord. Ceylon 62s' 6d to 67s for fine ord to mid celery British Plantation kind, and 50s to 58s 6d for f. fine ord even palish to f. fine ord celery, being for the Ceylon rather dearer. Coco A.-1,310 bags Para sold briskly at 35s to 40s for ord grey to good red. Rust.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 678 puns, 25 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 179 puns, 50 hhds, and exported 67 puns, 4 hhds. The stock in the same place is !0,171 puns, 1,706 hhds. A Government contract fiu. 100,000 gallons has b, en taken at is 9id per gallon tor proof strength ; not less than one• half to be from British possessions in America. RICE.-1,400 bags, 1,545 pockets Bengal at auction was all disposed of, and went off with much spirit at 13s to 13s 6d for mid white, and small broken at Ils 6d, being fully 6d dearer. Since these sales the market has become even firmer, and for good and fine Bengal 15s to 16s per cwt has been paid. SALTPETRE.-358 bags (chiefly Madras) sold at 25s 6d for 5} and 5 per cent. refraction. SPICES.-709 bags Pepper sold at 2id to 23d for ord to mid black Sumatra, which are previous rates. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 40s 3d to 40s 6.1 per cwt on the spot, and Town 42s per cwt. TEA.—The market is quiet, but consumption goes on well. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 13s 9d ; Bates Hartley, Ise; Buddle's West Hartley, 15s 9d ; Carr's Hartley, 16s; Chester Main, 15s; Dean's Primrose, 14s 6d ; Fenhain Hartley, 13s; Hasting's Hartley, 15* 6d ; Holywell Main, 163; Nelson's West Hartley, 163; Original Tanfield, 133 6d ; Old Pontop, 13s 6d; Ord's Redheugh, 13s 6d; Ravensworth's West Hartley, 15s 6d; Stewart's Hartley, 14s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley, 153; Tanfield Moor, 16s ; Wylam, 14s 9d ; Wall's-end, Bewicke and Co , 17s ; Gibson and North Durham mixed, 15s 6d ; Gosforth, 16s 6d ; Heaton, 16s 6d ; Killingworth, I6s ; Walker, 16s; Whcrn clifle, 16s 6d; Eden Main, 17s; Eden Main ( re-shipped), 16s; Braddyll's Hetton, 17s 9d; East Hetton, 16a 6d; Has well, 18s; Hetton, 17s 9d ; Lambton, 17s 6d; Pemberton, 16s 6d ; Russell's Hetton, 17s 3d ; Scarborough, 17s ; Stewart's, 17s 6d ; Caradoc, 17s 6d ; Heugh Hall, 17s 3d ; Kelloe, 17s 6d ; Adelaide Tees, 17s 6d ; Barrington Tees, 15s 9d ; Evenwood, 16s ; Richardson's Tees, 16s ; Seymour Tees, 17s ; Tees, 17s 9d ; Cowpen Hartley, 16s 6d ; Hartley, 15s ; West Hartley Netherton, 165.—Ships arrived, 133. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE LORD HUNTINGTOWER. Mr. LEWIS applied in this case for a day to be fixed, ever so distant, so that his Lordship should be able to get protection, as he was " harrassed and hunted" in a most distressing manner. The COMMISSIONER said no difference could be made be tween the case of his Lordship and a tradesman who did not deserve protection. The order was therefore refused. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Bu HELL. ) HAZARD AND ANOTHER V. NIMBER. • The plaintiffs in this action are the well-known brewers at Brentford, and the defendant is a tailor and beer shop keeper at Walcot-place, Lambeth. The claim was for 181. 18s. 6d. for beer supplied to the defendant, who pleaded that he never was indebted. The solicitor for the plaintiffs said that, although the plea was a sham plea, and the defendant did not attend to support it, it would be necessary to call the several draymen and clerks who knew anything about the matter. The several witnesses were called, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed. The UNDER-SHERIFF remarked that by this plea the plain tiffs had been put to great inconvenience and unnecessary expense. PINK V. MONTAGU. The plaintiff resides at Notting-hill, and the defendant at Colonel Montagu's, of Montagu-house, Montagu-square, and of Hazlewood, near Watford. The action was brought to recover the stun of 10 guineas for turf supplied at the latter place by order of the defendant. The defendant had paid 81. 10s. on account, and disputed the difference, on the ground that more had been charged for than delivered. The particulars set forth that there were 60 tons at 3s. 6d. per load. Several witnesses who dug and carried the turf mere called to prove the weight ; they all agreed that there were 54 cart-loads, and they all came to the conclusion that not one weighed less than a ton and a half, but it efts all guess-work. The whole were put on eleven railway trucks at the Shepherd's Bush station of the new Junction Bailway, and conveyed to the Langley station of the Birmingham line. One witness said he had put six loads and a half on one truck, and had done so merely from curiosity to see how much it would take. Another said he loaded four others to the same extent; he did so because he had a spite against railways, and wanted to break the bottoms of the trucks through. No evidence could be given as to the weight of the rest. For the deiendant it was urged that the claim was an over • charge, and that plaintiff had agreed to be bound by the railway weight, and that that only amounted to 49 tone. Two of the defendant's servants were called who proved that after the turf was sent plaintiff called at Hazlewood and Mon tagu house, and in conversation it was agreed that they should be bound by the railway weight. 11r. James Tyas, clerk of the luggage department of the London and Birmingham Railway at Camden -town, deposed that in the early part of May instructions were given that an average truck of turf should be brought to be weighed at the permanent weights. It weighed 4 tons ll cwt. The usual weight carried in them was 4 tons. Gravel would weigh that, and be level at the top. Turf was an unusual thing to carry. Plaintiff afterwards called, and said he ci , nsidered that there was 60 tons, and suggested that the plaintiff should be charged carriage on that amount. Witness said he did not see how there could be such a difference in the weight, and was satisfied with their weight. The colonel was charged for 50 tons. A servant of the defendant, who fetched the turf in one of the colonel's carts, had one load weighed by his orders. It weighed 1 ton 8 cwt. For the plaintiff it was urged, in reply, that the mode of weighing was not satisfactory, and further, that the plaintiff, if he delivered the full quantity at the railway, was not responsible for .any diminution in the transit. The UNDER-SHERIFF held that this was strict law. The question, therefore, vi as, first, whether the plaintiff had agreed to abide by the railway weight, and next, whether that had been ascertained so as to satisfy the jury. If the plaintiff had agreed it would have been better for him not to have gone to t h e railway at all, or if so to have required other trucks to be weighed. The clerk, however, con sidered justice was done to the Company, and it could hardly be considered they would lend themselves to any fraud on the defendant. It was singular, too, that if he (defendant) had considered the conversation binding, he should have sent a load to be weighed. This dispute would, in all probability have been avoided, had there been a weighing machine at other stations than Camden-town. The jury, after five minutes' deliberation, gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. FOOT RACE.—Yesterday the one mile race be tween Gazeley, of Greenwich, and Williams, of Shepherd's Bush, came off near the Three Cats public-house, at Acton Bottom. The men were matched for 101. a side, Gazeley re ceiving twenty yards at the start. Gazeley went away with the lead for half a mile, when his opponent came up to him ; after a desperate struggle Gazeley succeeded in coming in the winner by ten yards. The one mile of road was covered by the winner in five minutes and forty-four seconds. DESCENT OF THE BALLOON.—About twenty minutes to eight o'clock Mr. C. Green (who had ascended from the Albert Saloon about half-past six o'clock), having reached an elevation of about 3,000 feet, made preparations for his descent in the usual way, by allowing the escape of gas through the upper valve of the balloon. Finding as he approached the earth that he was about to alight on a corn-field, he flung out some ballast, when he cleared it. By this time a number of the inhabitants, upon seeing the position of the aeronaut, afforded simultaneously their assistance, and laid hold of the rope to which the grappling-iron was attached, when it was safely brought to terra firma on a grass field in a hamlet called Kidderborough, between the rear of Mordon College and Woolwich common, the property of Mr. Pope, the eatensive coal-merchant, and who is a farmer, residing there. An ex press pigeon being dispatched (and which arrived at the Albert Saloon in about halt an hour), the balloon was released of its gas, when Mr. Green, w ith M r . an d Mrs. Brading, were in vited to the residence of Mr. Pope, where they were bounti fully regaled, he having also offered to forward the balloon to Vauxhall Gardens, where Mr. Green ascends this day. Mr. Green and Mr. and Mrs. Brading reached the Royal Albert Saloon about half-past ten o'clock, where they were received with loud cheers. Subsequently Mrs. Brading delivered a poetic address upon her retirement from the stage, in which she alluded to her first appearance as an aeronaut. WILFUL FIRING OF THE WHITE HART INN, AT Hamprox-WICK.—At Staines Petty Sessions, yesterday, John Henry Davidson, a young man, about twenty years of age ostler at the White Hart Inn, Hampton-wick, was charged with having wilfully set fire to his master's premises. Mr. John Baker deposed that he kept the White Hart Inn at Hampton wick, and the prisoner was in his service as hostler. On the evening of Saturday, the 2d instant, about nine o'clock, witness was in his bar, when he heard the back door opened, and on looking towards that door, saw some person going out. Wit ness immediately called to a boy in the passage, and inquired who it was going out, when the boy replied that it was John the , ostler. Witness then told the boy to go out and see who it was, but witness had to repeat the order three times before the boy did so. He. however, then went out, and edgiest itnmed - iately returned, and called out, "Master the loft! is on fire." Witness instantly ran into the parlour and told the customers, who ran out with him and assisted him in putjing out the flames. On afterwards examining the loft, witness found that it had been on fire in two places. On the pr6ious Tue , tday, a most determined attempt had been made to set fire to the inn itself, by setting fire to the beds in two separate bed-rooms, which witness fortunately succeeded in extinguishing. On Sunday, the 3d inst., witness, with a policeman, again examined the loft, and discovered, tucked int 4 a hole in the feather-edged boarding, a small whisp of straw, containing lucifer matches, and a small whisp of straw placed on the inside against it. Other witnesses were exa mined, whose evidence corroborated that of Mr. Baker, and tending in some degree to criminate the prisoner, though his attorney strongly contended that there was no case against him. The magistrates, however, thought the circumstances sufficiently suspicious to warrant their sending him to prison for trial. FISIIING.—The fishing in the lochs and estuaries of the Clyde promises to be exceedingly successful this season. —,Edinburgh Evenisg-13434-• AMERICAN NEWS. DECLARATION OF WAR BY MEXICO. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. By the arrival of the Fidelia, Captain Iloskstoff, we have New York papers of the 16th, which is one day later than those brought by the steam-ship Acadia. The only item of interest in this paper relates to the Annexation question. Don Manuel Rincon, General of Division and Constitutional Governor of the department of Mexico, has published the following proclamation : The Minister of Foreign Affairs has communicated to me the following decree:— " Jose Joaquin de Herrera, General of Division and President ad interim of the Mexican Republic, to the citizens thereof. " Be it known, that the General Congress has decreed, and the Executive sanctioned the following : " The National Congress of the Mexican Republic, consi dering— " That the Congress of the United States of the North has, by a decree, which its Executive has sanctioned, resolved to incorporate the territory of Texas with the American Union : " That this manner of appropriating to itself territories upon which other nations have rights introduces a monstrous no vel y, the peace of the world, and violating the sovereignty of nations: " That this usurpation, now consummated to the prejudice of Mexico, has been in insidious preparation for a long time ; at the same time that the most cordial friendship was pro claimed, and that, on the part of this Republic, the existing treaties between it and those States were respected scrupulously and legally : ."1 hat the said annexation of Texas to the United States tramples on the Conservative principles of society, attacks all the rights that Mexico has to that territory, is an insult to her dignity as a sovereign nation, ' and threatens her independence and political existence : " That the law of thfUni:ed States, in reference to the annexation of Texas to the United States, does in no wise destroy the rights that Mexico has, and will enforce, upon that department : " That the United States having trampled on the principles which served as a basis to the treaties of friendship, commerce, and navigation, and more especially to those of boundaries fixed with precision, even previous to 1832, they are considered as violated by that nation " And, finally, that the unjust spoliation of which they wish to make the Mexican nation the victim, gives her the clear right to use all her resources and power to resist, to the last moment, said annexation : " It is decreed— " 1. The Mexican nation calls upon all her children to the defence of her national independence, threatened by the usur pation of Texas, which is intended to be realised by the decree of annexation passed by the Congress, and sanctioned by the President of the United States of the North. "2. In consequence, the Government will call to arms all the forces of the army, according to the authority granted it by the existing laws ; and, for the preservation of public order, for the support of her institutions, and, in ease of necessity, to serve as a reserve to the army, the Government, according to the powers given to it on the 9th of December, 1844, will raise the corps specified by said decree, under the name of ' Defenders of the Independence and of the Laws.' " MIGUEL ARTISTAN, President of the Deputies. "FRANCISCO CALDERON, President of the Senate. " Approved, and ordered to be printed and published, " JOSE JOAQUIN DE HERRERA. " A. D. Luis G. Cuevas. " Palace of the National Government, city of Mexico, June 4." Gen. Bustamente arrived at Vera on June 17, and offered his services to the Government, in sustaining what it is pleased to term the integrity of the Mexican territory and the dignity of the,Republic. He was rather coolly icceived, and it was reported that he refused the military honours that were tendered him. It was thought that he was not recalled by any party. The people generally were not alarmed, notwithstand ing the cries for war made by the Federalists and by the partizans of Santa Anna, who blame the Government for want of energy. The finances of the Government were in an embarrassing condition, so much so that the officers employed under Governal'ent had difficulty in obtaining one-fourth of their pay. Busines was dull. The publication of the new tariff was shortly expected. The French barque of war La Perouse and two brigs, and the British brig of war Persian, were at Vera Cruz on the 24th. A United States war schooner came into port on the evening of the 22d (name unknown), said to be from Carthagena, and sailed before sunrise on the 23d, said to be bound for Pensacola. An order had been given by the Mexican Government for the better security of their steamships, that they be taken into the river Alvarado, out of reach Of an enemy. The yellow fever was prevailing to a very aggravated extent at Vera Cruz. The French sloop of war La Bemuse arrived at Vera Cruz on the 24th, from Galvestou, with intelligence of the action of the Texan Congress on the Annexation question. TEXAS.—Congress was to adjourn on the 28th ult. We learn verbally that President Jones had s igned the resolutions accepting the propositions of the United States for annexation. The Bill for the reinstation of Commodore Moore had not been returned, and it was thought would be pocketed. —New Orleans Bee, 7th instant. RESIGNATION OF MR. BUCHANAN. —Gentlemen from Washington state with confidence that the Hon. James Bu chanan has resigned the Secretaryship of State, and that the President has selected Andrew Stephenson, of Virginia, to fill the place. Differeriees'a opinion as to the Oregon nego tiation have induced this - step'On the part of Mr. Buchanan.-_ Philadelphia Gazette. RICHMOND RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of this Company since receiving the Act of Incorporation was held this day in the London Tavern, Bishopsgate•strcet. Mr. Chadwick, Chairman of the Directors, presided. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read by Mr. MEADE, the Secretary, The CHAIRMAN said that he begged to congratulate the shareholders on their present position. He would not then enter into details, but call upon the Secretary at once to read the report, and afterwards he should be happy to give any explanation that might be required of him. The SECRETARY then read the report, of which the following is the substance : The Directors have much pleasure in informing the Share holders that arrangements have been made with almost all the large proprietors upon fair and equitable terms, which will pre vent that delay in the commencement of the works of this line, which is so often experienced in similar undertakings. A satisfactory arrangement having been made with the South-Western Company by the Proprietors of the Rich mond Railway, whereby that Company have undertaken to work the railway, and have secured to the Richmond Railway Company the right of using the proposed Extension line from Nine Elms to the neighbourhood of Hungerford-bridge, as well as a portion of their present line from Battersea to Nine Elms. W. J. Chaplin, Esq., and the Count Eyre, Directors of the South-Western Company, have taken their seats at this Board, and the vacancy caused by the decease of Ambrose Humphrys, Esq., the other Director of the South- Western Company, who was appointed a member of the Board by the Act of Incorporation, has been filled by the appoint ment of J. B. Boothby, Esq., also a Director of that Company. The Directors refer with pleasure to the success which has attended the efforts of the South- Western Company in obtain ing the Act authorising the construction of their branch to the neighbourhood of the Hungerford-bridge. The works, how ever, on that part of the South-Western Railway being of a most extensive character, the Directors have made arrange ments with that Company which will enable them to open the line to Nine Elms without any unnecessary delay. They are happy to be able to observe that in no instance have the Provisional Directors been compelled to adopt the ruinous practice of paying off opposition, or ever to make con ditional rrai,gements for the purchase of property at a price . more than was reasonable•tor the land required. The whole of the preliminary cost, in establishing the Com pany and obtaining the Act of Incorporation has not amounted to 4,0001. The works will be commenced without delay. The Di rec ors are happy to say, that the line is now staked out, and the whole of the works will be under contract in the course of a month. To facilitate the immediate commencement of the works, the Directors have made a call of 41. per share on the Pro prietors, payable on or before the 30th day of August inst. ; and as there is every reason to believe that the whole of the line will be completed in a short space of time, they give notice that they purpose making a further call of 51. per share early in the month of December next. The Directors are desirous of co-operating with the promo.. ters of the Staines and Richmond Junction Railway in the con struction of that line, the traffic of which will of course be an additional source of profit to the Shareholders of this Company. The Directors beg to intimate, that they are turning their attention to the best means of affording railway accommoda tion to the populous districts of Brentlord and Hounslow, in connexion with this line. _ A proposal for the formation of a central terminus, in the vicinity of Charing-cross, has been attentively considered by your Directors. And atter mature deliberation the Directors recommend that you empower them to subscribe a portion of the 'capital of the proposed General Central Railway Terminus Company, and to make Such arrangements as will secure to the Richmond hallway the use of this Terminus in the most thickly populated and central part of the Metropolis. The CHAIRMAN said that he had but a few remarks to make with reference to the report. Gentlemen would observe that they proposed encouraging branch lines to run into their main line, and they (lid so from obvious reasons, one of which was, that there were already, or about to be projected, evrthin line, running towards Windsor, while it was their opinion that these lines would injure their traffic. The Rich mond itself feared no competing line, because no line on the north side of the river amid possibly take 110 any of their traffic, but still they thought it desirable encourage branches from the populous districts of Bar net, Staines, and Hounslow. He had nothing further to add, but should be happy to give any explanation that proprietors might ri quire. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether a Kew line was not under consideration? The CHAIRMAN answered in the affirmative. The report was then put and carried. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the Beard of Directors were confirmed in their offices. Mr. John Jackson, accountant, of Cloudesley-squar e ' an , l Mr. lienjimin Edgington, Duke-street, Southwark, were appointed auditors. A resolution was then proposed empowering the Di rectors to teke such steps as they might think necessary for carrying out or encouraging lines to Staines, &e•Y which was also carried. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that 30,0001. be sulr Fcribed on behalf of the Richmond Company towards the Central Railway Terminus at Charing-cross. Ne thought this would be an object of the highest impor tacc.., to their line as affording one of the best points ill town for a useful terminus. Seconded and agreed to. Mr. HARE afterwards proposed that 7004 be laid aside in the hands of the Directors for the purpose of a fend to defray recossary expenses incurred on behalf of the railway. Thanks were then given to the Chairman And Direc tors, and the meeting adjourned. A RECAPTURE WITHOUT MURDER. It was on the 4th July, 1837, when a West India!' day had just dawned, or as Quamino has it, "open hie, eye, Massa," that on a tranquil sea in the Gulf o'• Mexico, with an horizon bounded by sea and sky, nought aas to be observed but two vessels, one of which wt° her Majesty's packet from Tampico, bound to Havanna b t steering by the wind—the other, a clipper-like l ooking schooner to windward and ahead of the packet, running about two points free towards her. Now, sap Jack to his watch-mate on the forecsstle, what does tn; sea- sarpant want ? At noon she was within hail, wile the commander of the packet, whose broad British eV sign had long been displayed, hailed the stranger t° know why he did not show his colours, and was !A n. swered that he was in distress and had no colours on bon"P he ' then rounded to and backed his topsail, waiting for he' then boat to come alongside. The officer, on retie"' ing the deck, found four men with three white and al: negro; the whites were armed to the teeth, each hasinn_ buckled round him a brace of pistols and a cutlass' ° f Their tale was brief : she was an American schooner, °4 New Orleans, that had been detained four days before OP the port of Matamoris, by a French sloop-of-war, for ti breach of blockade; a Lieutenant and 8 seamen wer e P u e on board, with orders to take her to Vera Cruz, where th French Admiral then was; that at midnight of this dsl the three whites, who were the master of the schooner; his mate, and a Mexican passenger, had, as soon es ti e of the four Frenchmen of the watch had gone below', ele/o to the officer in the cabin, and the other to the seat° under the forecastle, to cad their relief, rushed to the , co where the arms were concealed, seized them, put t. 70 hatches over, secured the man at the helm, thrust 111 . • below to acquaint his shipmates how much safer itt," ; for them there than it would be OR deck, and then ltr„ rating the French negro sailor, on condition of assis tw ; to work the vessel, they found themselves once I n % uncontrolled masters of her. The American csiltil-0 stated that the share he held in the vessel was all t'br, property he had in the world, and to let so good an oPP, ° ,6 tunity slip of regaining it, was more than his calcule ° of v,ew of things ever thought of; however, in the m idst: • their success, they were without water, which unde4 hot sun is intolerable—the packet therefore suPP I/ for them with about thirty gallons; and whilst waiting b , the supply, it was not a little amusing to see the Fr ene ep men summoned one by one on deck, pinioned, and t! j j, secured below. The water being received on board , l e •• the prisoners properly secured, sail was made, and ,: e0 vessel arrived at New Orleans three days after, I fr t be the French officer put in his claim for the prize, but hod authorities thought the master and part owner, wil ° ;,,st so gallantly and bloodlessly recaptured her, had the "" title, and therefore gave her up to him. [The above has been forwarded by a naval offietil as a c -ntrast to the wretched affair which has reee ° occupied so much attention.] —Devonport TeleyraPli" Oil - THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY..-....This line Of • te , way is proceeding, not w ith s t an di ng the numerous et:in ments which have been from time to time set afi° l ' r O , reference to it; and from all we hear, the works in P os t gross are going on steadily and satisfactorily, sn wto e the opening of the line b e tween Exeter and S e ", u tis may be looked for within a very few months.—rois -7 idles. of A CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST THE REV. Je e 9 PEARSON.—At Rochester, on Friday, the Rev. J a t : t eb Pearson, vicar of Stoke, appeared before the magis i tr ot ty to answer an information charging him with vio n3 o o. assaulting and ill-treating Thomas Rook, his g r° oo o The complainant it appears was on Friday afterOdeo, last eiearing some rubbish out of his master's gs. r so h and his master was engaged pulling up some 51 3 , 111 0 seed at that time, when his master called hi f , 61 0 , 0 • poor gardener, and said that he was lazy. plainant said, " I have never b, en told that before ,Lity farmer or gentleman." Th e d e f en dant relll : t e ig " Yes, you ai 0 1...zy, for you run to Mr. Mist i e n to thrash some seed for hi m when you ought to have b e er here.' Complainant replied, "You are no gen tleman eO . mentioning such a trifling thin g ." With th a t the rev. if ito tleman seized him by his shoulders and nearly threw backwards, and also kicked him across his shin. C i l ite plainant complained to the defendant of his kicking n' o f when his master said it was a lie, and walked o ,', into some of his fields, and on his master ret n " e 'd ing, which was about an hour afterwards, he sh ofi so . his master his leg, which was bruised, and his ta dia ter called him a lying scoundrel, for that he 0 0 not do it. Mr. Prall addressed the benc h t ile behalf of the defendant, and appealed to n of bench whether they could believe that a clergrn a "„er the Church of England could have acted in the toen." oo , described, without receiving some strong provoenr of t The magistrates retired for a few moments, an d t he their return into Court the Chairman observed, tha t magistrates had unanimously come to a conclusion r to . an assault had been committed, and, however pain fli ft wards the Rev. defendant it might be, the C°n' for e ' bound to convict. The sentence of the Court, the- e t he was, that the Rev. defendant pay a fine of 21. for To assault, and the expenses, amounting to 11. ss. a ecl , Rev. individual paid the money and was dischfi r o The Court was crowded. PIRATES.—Mr. Saunders, of the St. Vincen t, by rived at Bristol from Jamaica, reports having been spoke tt 04 a brig and a schooner, under "panish colours, in lat. 4 0 3 , 8 4 y a the 24th ult. ; and from every appearance, corroborate° . wo, man sent into the foretop for observation, they were not and would no doubt have attacked the St. Vincent bad P ool large American ship hove in sight at the time, whe n 0. hauled their wind and were soon lost sight of.— Shipping zette. icpc l4 PLATE ROBBERY. —Between nine and eleven 0 d o me on Friday morning, the last day of the Brighton racest eo ce thief entered the area of No. 11, Cavendish-place, the reslho of Mrs. Cormoux, and carried off the plate basket, whi e f ool been incautiously left by the butler in a window visible „ l e the street. It is supposed that some loitering thief naustesr, caught sight of the prize, and, descending the area stet , ' , 1' , 0 4 Fled it off unperceived. The plate consisted of sPo ng us esi forks, silver goblets, toast racks, gravy spoons, and the 5pL table furniture, and was valued at considerably more th an No trace of the thief has yet been discovered. ~!„„ stilt DESTRUCTION OF DOGS.—The dog persecutio n r i o g goes on in Leeds. About ICO dogs have been destroyed ' 4 0 40 the past week ; and the total number of the canine race l e o fired within the last month is between 300 and 40 0 - Intelligencer. nI nGO.I LEAP FROM HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION-8.. t oo- At an early hour yesterday morning considerable elcite coo, prevailed in the neighbourhood of Hungerford-market in t he sequence of its being known that Mr. H. KenworthYtsor teacher f u swimming, had undertaken for a wager of t en sod reigns to jmp from the battlement of the above briclgeotes swim to Black friars-bridge in the short apace of ten mien by (with tide.) At six o'clock Mr. Kenworthy, accomPa n i to rtlf several friends, made his appearance at the bridge, an d 5 B' afterwards plunged from the centre of it into the water; rt oe mediately afterwards he was seen striking out manfully l o eo of goal, which he attained within th e ti me , amidst the e he the spectators. 4 . S t 'at 1 95 " s. SPLENDID METEOR.—On Saturday nl o , ou eleven o'clock, a meteor of resplendent brightness wa s it served by some persons near the Queen's Bench prison It moved through about sixty degrees towards the south-west'oe the appeared like a disc of white light of about two-thirds.., is apparent diameter of the moon, which it much reseraill!:ity colour and effulgence when clearest and brightest. Its ;deity at the f was very great, about that of a shooting star, and ~.o leo 0 mination of its course it was broken into seeming O'T o ole various-coloured light, not much unlike a rocket. It' to the was inclined downwards at an angle of about 25 degrees hori W zon A , and was in a right line. tbe Se WARWICK AI)N JONES.—The race between icere pedestrians cane off ye s terday, at Acton Bottom. TheY es,ro; matched for 201., to contend over 200 yards of g round• stag , wick is well known under the cognomen of " the Epsom„ J o nes was the f a vourit e i n b e tting, at 6to 4. At the 5ta.1„..70,10, obtained an advantage, and went away at a lead for . 10 2 0 0, when his adversary came alongside , and, after a sp irited Jones came in by half a yard the winner. 8 FlRE.—Last evening, shortly after seveen fire broke out:upen the premises belotiging „I gt A f o rd , Holliday, known as the Three Cups Tavern, in De s " ro le Ste ec t, hid bien-sti eat, Holborn. The discovc ryw e e.,, ir of by some of the inhabitants, iu the mews at th the house, noticing flames raging in the second fi?,_"_ ster jea Occupied as a sleeping spat ttnent. Mr. Holliday Jr ever y. tip to render assistance, when he found alln°sb_„,,iriee thing in the room in a generel blaze. The two 7 e 7 a hle promptly attetali d, and the fireman after con,-4_ Dot trouble, succeeded in xtitiguishing the flarnes, "` wee before e‘e r y article of furniture in the apartn? ~t 00e destroyed. Tun cause of the • fire could not cent, ted for. l A A/ rge 11 EXORBITANT CosTs.—A man named —no . e N. low e r , with °noresiding, Lear Meopbain, appeared onFriday bench of county magistrates at Rochester, chahreg having, on the 2d inst., damaged underwood to t of ore penny, belonging to William Mestere m Stn_ro tv 0 03 of Camer, and one of the county magistra tes ? wa : " cle- te the beech. It appeared that the defenda nt 0 f ./r, cutting and damaging the underwood by a se e rvg n - g o f th b a; Smith's abL , ut halt-past eight o'clock in the e v e ' cha ge, t „, day ; and as tLe defendant did not deny th tor% elect), consisting of six magistrates, adjudged,r op . to 0 4 for the damege he had committed, antoT'do'fatilt penny, together with the costs, 169., and 113 _ ca lenu'" was sent to the House of Correction fo r one ; n ee in , nth. official a 554 NICE CALcur.ATloN.—One of the ou=e ••- d eals, ed two al% at the Bankruptcy Court has lately declar , of &eve' s ad upon an estate, the first being to the anlaull; _ fothil teen the of a - pettay in the pound, and the l acono 6 ,' half-farthhig in the riund. ~~ ~\ tolb„ 11 1 4 ; ‘ Kitt t 1 4i 04 , 10 ?,1q1;“ - NUN 1 146 1 V ttti t . l 1 1, t!li s 119, 4 "' - 4 " t e Of tk , ktlt„t