The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-15 00:00:00

~~• meantime he hoped a little reflection in prison would alter her intentions. If not, he should commit her to Newgate for robbing her father, when she would be sent to sea in a different manner to what she expected. The prisoner, who displayed the utmost indifference during the examination, was then removed. WORSHIP-STREET. Charles Salmon, a watch finisher (who was stated to be a capital workman, but a very dishonest one), was brought up for re-examination upon various charges of robbery. In November, 1841, he was engaged to work on the premises of Mr. Church, watchmaker, in the Westminster-road, and was placed in an upper work shop, as he requested that he might not be put in the sale shop, within sight of the street. On the 11th of November a very valuable gold watch (maker's name Brocklebank) and another watch movement were handed to him for some slight repair, but, instead of taking them up to his workshop, he went through the private door and absconded. Handbills were printed, offering a reward for his apprehension, but it appears he went to Germany, and only returned to England a short time back. Lately he took lodgings in the house of Mr. Evans, in Stafford-place, Pimlico, stating that he had just arrived from Guernsey, and expected his luggage by the Southampton Railway. In a few days he absconded, and it was discovered that he had stripped the lodging of everything portable. At the beginning of last week he applied for work to Mr. Turpin, a watchmaker, in Banner-street, from whom he received a valuable movement to repair, but he pawned it immediately afterwards, and it was as certained that he had served other tradesmen in the same manner. At length Sergeant Brannan, 20 G, who had been on the look out.for him since 1841, got bold of him, and brought proof of the several charges against him. Mr. BROUGHTON said he thought he knew the pri soner, and had committed him before. Sergeant Brannan said the Magistrate had com mitted him twice before. Four years ago he was summarily convicted for making away with a watch movement belonging to a tradesman in Cornhill. On the other occasion he was committed to Newgate for trial for stealing a gold watch belonging to Caspar, the watchmaker, who was one of the parties impli cated in the famous gold dust robbery some years back ; but he was acquitted of that, as it turned out that the prosecutor had attempted to compromise the matter with him. _ _ The prisoner was then committed on three charges, and the sergeant stated that he had several others against him. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Augustus Jamas John Larouche, a youth of seventeen, in the garb of a sailor, and Edmund, a little fellow of eleven years of age , were placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, on a charge of stealing a large quantity of stays, the property of Mr. Moss, a wholesale stay manufacturer, of 112, High-street, Whitechapel. From the evidence it appeared that the younger prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Moss for some days, as an errand boy, and through him his brother ascertained where a number of the workpeople of his master resided. He also got a number of Mr. Moss's cards, upon which he had written orders, and by this means, and representing he had come by Mr. Moss's desire, he had obtained several dozens of pairs of stays , which he took, some to the house of a Miss Jackson, and more to the residence of Miss Mary Ann Owen, to both of whom he had been " paying his addresses." Some of the stays were in an unfinished state, and to complete them he had applied to a young woman named Vaughan, with whom he had " kept company." Miss Vaughan, while giving her evidence, handed in a note which she received from the prisoner, of which the following is a copy : " West-street, August 13, Six o'clock. " Dear Mary,—l send these things by my brother, as I cannot come quite so soon, but I will in about two hours, and bring some more pieces. Finish the white ones as soon as you can, and believe me to be, for the present, yours affectionately. " AUGUST - US L. R. " Miss Mary Ann Vaughan." While arranging the finishing of the stays, a cir cumstance :occurred which led to his unexpected and immediate apprehension. Mrs. Myers, a young mar ried female, called upon Miss Jackson, and the elder prisoner, in accounting for the stays, said that they had been sent to him from Essex, and that the young woman to whom they had originally belonged had been transported. At the request of Mrs. Myers, he agreed to let her have a couple of pair of the stays at 2s. each. Mrs. Myers selected two pair from the lot, and before closing the bargain she took them to the shop of Mr. Moss, their actual owner, for the pur pose of ascertaining what they were really worth, and what it would take to flash them. The young woman in the shop at once recognised them as her master's property, and knowing they could not have been sold in such a state, she informed Mr. Moss of the circumstance, and this led to the apprehension of the prisoners. The greater portion of the property has been recovered, and the prisoners were remanded IL• ..,••• . . I • • ••• • •.• •••••••4 eCtrs6a ILY witnesses, and also to enable the officers to trace the missing property. THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN. (From the Dublin Evening Packet.) Mr. Farren, Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. Seymour, made their second appearance on Thursday night, in the comedy of the Clandestine Marriage, when their joint efforts were crowned with the most complete success. Perhaps in the whole wide range of modern comedy there is not a more highly finished or perfect piece of acting than the Lord Ogleby of William Farren. From the first inimitable scene of the making up of the old beau to the falling of the curtain, all is perfect. In fact he iden tifies himself so entirely with the character that the spec tator at times fancies he beholds a scene from actual life, not its mimic representation. Several of our readers, smitten with the charms and delighted with the acting of Mrs. Seymour, have written to us, asking can it be possible that such beauty, possess ing so great an amount of talent, has hitherto been to " fortune and to fame unknown ?" Do those inquisi tive gentlemen remember an exceedingly pretty girl, al most a child, in sooth, with long silken fair hair and d( ve-like eyes, who excited the astonishment of our fellow-citizens some eight or ten years since, by the grace and feeling of her performance in The Bridal? The piece was brought out for Macready, and (we believe) Montague Stanley, and had a run of several nights. The young lady was then called Miss Allison, and was a protegee of Miss Barry, for many years most deservedly a prime favourite on Hawkins% street boards. Since the death of that lamented lady we have lost sight of Mrs. Seymour, nee Miss Allison, until now, in the full bloom of that beauty promised in her early years, and in the mat urit y of those talents visible in her youthful efforts, she has taken all hearts by storm and achieved greatness here by twonight's performances. Thus, as Richard Swiveller would say, " may genius and loveliness ever meet their reward." Talking of rewards, Mr. Joy, the most efficient and gentlemanlike box-keeper that ever asked for public patronage, has announced his benefit for Tuesday next, when the performances will be of the most attractive character. My. Joy's uniform courtesy in the discharge of his arduous duties has won the approval of every visitor of our theatre and we are sure the public will feel rejoiced to have an opportun:ty, on the occasion of his benefit, of repaying in some degree his friendly politeness. Should past attentions, however, prove like " eaten bread," and a " lively sense of future favours," take precedence of gratitude, we may just hint that the ensuing season will open with the Italian company, com prising Grisi, Mario, the Lablaches, and Favanti ; and that Fanny Elssler, with a first rate ballet company, will succeed them. Verb sap. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, allowing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 10th of August, 1 844 ." The Table is issued from the Office Of the Registrar-General: — Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five years. Epidemic,Eudemic,and Contagions Diseases 288 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 95 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 153 157 Disease& of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Disease& of the Heart and Blood-vessels 2O 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .. Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 4 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 6 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes specified... .............. 927 942 Deaths from all Caus es ...... . DEATHS FROM THE rRANCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE Total. 'Weekly Average Consumption 132 of Five Years. Scarlatina BO 147 Pneumonia . .. ••• Dropsy ••• •• •• ............ Hooping Cough ..........• .. 33 Typhus Small Pox 46 15 Disease of the Heart Measles ... Apoplexy .......... ... Diseases of the Brain ...... Diarrhoea.. - ........ ....• 12 Sudden Deaths ..•.•.•••..•••••• 1 15 DISTRICTS. ------- . 121 138 West ......... ..... 197 171 North Central East . 209 242 228 South Total ...... . ..... 934 • Grazxoet:-=Wednetday night, a small boat was ~ hired at the Mi4r* uay by two gentlemen, who were a (A. little intoxicated , r the purpose of taking them to pelensburgh. Thp arty started, and yesterday morn- Int th e boat W6'3, - , f ound floating, bottom up, with the lug-sail sot, about;,, mile and a half from Helensburgh. \ The two boatmen and the two gentlemen have, doubt. lens beeppav,p(l. Greenock Advertiser. 13, Great Marlborough-street. N EW BOOKS OF THE SEASON, PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN. 1. Revelations of Russia and the Emperor. 2 Vols. 2. Mr. D'lsraeli's Coningsby. Third Edition. 3. A Winter in Italy. By Mrs. Ashton Yates. 4. Parsons and Widows. By the Author of " Peter Prigglns." 5. Townsend's Memoirs of the House of Commons. Vol. IL 6. Hon. G. S. Smythe's historic Fancies. Second Edition. 7. Marchioness of Londonderry's TravelS. 1 Vol. • 8. Memoirs of the Babylonian Princess. 9. Miss Strickland's Queens of England. Vol. VII. 10. The Wilfulness of Woma n. By the Author of " The Flirt." Also, just ready, 11. Arthur Arundel. A Tale of the English Revolution. By the Author of " Brambletyeouse." 12. The Victory. By " The Old Sailor." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE SEASON. Madame PERSIAN! respectfully Informs the Nobility, Subscriber' to the Opera, her Friends, and the Public, that HEFI BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, A UO. 15, When will be performed Mozart's chef d'oeuvre IL DON GIOVANNI, Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Favanti, and Madame Persiani ; Signori Fornasari, Lablache, F. Lablache, Galli, and Mario. After which, Selections from the new Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE, Litrolucing the Redowa ; or Original Polka of Bohemia, by Aldlle. Cerito and AL St. Leon. To he followed by the Last Scene from Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgard°, Signor Moriani. To conclude with (last time) LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler; Phcebus de Chateaupers, AL St. Leon ; Pierre Gringoire, DI Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will com mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management et Mrs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement! Successfully Triumrhant !! To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the hew Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it will be repeated every Evening ! THIS EVENING, AUG. 15. Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For tescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabi Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, Sic. Principal cha lacters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Mist Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli lee, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi a James, Miss Carson, bliss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Foxes. 4:.; Upper Boxes, Ss.; Pit, 2s:; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the it twiny Tier (holding eight persons). Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalE Private Boxes on the Pit Iler (holding six persons), One Guir ea. The Box..ittlce is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di roc don of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Under the especial Patronage of h.r Majesty the Queen and Prince Allsert, and honourd by the presence of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Mecklenburgh Styelitz, and distin guished assemblage of Nobility. Triumphant Success of ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, AUG. 15, Will be repeated an entire new Evestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments. &c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. Solendid acts of Horsemanship.—The Dance of the Polka. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eag. land's Ilirvest Home. Mr. BATTY respectfully acquaints the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that having just returned from the Continent ; and, notwith standing his present unprecedented success and overflowing houses, he is ever anxious to produce novelty, to render this Establishment pre-ensinent, and the first in Europe for its unequalled and extra ordinary productions, he has succeeded in forming arrangements with the following first-rate French Artistes, in addition to his present Falented Corps of British and Foreign Equestrians :—Madame Leaette, Madame Heline, Madame Philips, M. Pierre, M. Georges, and M. Ferdinand Scmidt, from the Circle Olympique, Paris, Ham burgh, &c , and who will appear in their various and novel Scenes of Equitation. Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Eve. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Nine Nights of the Grand Opera Company—Second Week of Cinderella, and an entirely New Piece. THIS EVENING, AUG. 15, Will be performed Rossini's Fairy Opera of CINDERELLA ; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss E. Terry, Miss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, Leffler, E. L. Mine, S. Cowell, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double Band and Chorus. .... To conclude with an entirely New Drain', entitled GRAM A CH REE MOLLY. Embracing the whole strength of the Company. Places and Pnvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AUG. 15, Will be performed MARTIN CH LIZZLEWI r. Young Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ranoe; Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr. Attwood; Montague Ting, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mx. Biddle,; Mr. Pecksniff, and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. H. Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON. DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin. Mr. Wright ; Princeu Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwindow. Mr. Attwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and T.-IURS DA Y, throughout the Season, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS—FEEDING OF THE ANIMALSLUNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Danson and Telbni. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea.. tion,uud +re unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderttil ex. hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen is the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mondays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays connucted uy Mr. Godfrey. are up-n a scale of more than usual excellence; ntit words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its fearful 3 racterinic.k. AM' fl'J'Tiroiii.reli - at' Elie Pyrotechnic m i Art, at delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Soutl,by, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The lindens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far tke most attractive lounge in or near the reetroisolis. Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU iEI.I3I, the most magnificent and extensive Cellection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CUARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR I..VPOLEON, In 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, luring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke o+ Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, s.nd their Ladles, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to inzrease, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety 01 ktss., Works of Art, and a multitude 11 valuable Relic , , and other curiosities, in this most uistructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a Nationai Maseum. Mary thousand have Inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ongh` to be, seen by every one. The price of admis lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is be seen only at the "Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly. daily h mu Tea till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SAN OFFICE, Auc. 15. rIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 60; Noon, 60, BAROMETER, 29,67.—Wun, N.W. . , NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair bi usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Horning 37 minutes after t Evening —. 55 minutes ..titer of the lowliest peasant ;—we pass by these incidents in his chequered career, replete though they are with the wildest romance; but had any one told him, at that disastrous period of his life when he was sitting by the humble hearth of his Norwegian friend, M. BURY, that he would one day, not only regain all his lost wealth and titles, but ascend the throne of France through the instru mentality of that very class of society which had been so ready to banish and persecute him, assuredly the " traveller MULLER" would have regarded such a man as a lunatic, and treated his predictions with infinite contempt ; for everything at that period tended to show the utter absurdity of such a vaticination ; and for years afterwards it seemed daily more unlikely that it could ever be realised. First, there was the French Republic op posed as a barrier to its fulfilment; and when this was removed, then came the Empire, with NAPO LEON'S dazzling series of triumphs, which placed all Europe at his mercy ; when this, too—rather by the interposition of the elements than by the force of man—was swept away, then there was the Restora tion of the elder branch of the BOURBONS, which left " the traveller MULLER ' S" chance more remote than ever. Events, however, soon conspired to favour him. That which had so long appeared impossible, began gradually to assume an aspect of proba- bility ; and at length, by the incredible fatuity of his Royal kinsman, ho was raised to the French throne with the unanimous approbation of those very classes of society—the middle and lower orders—whose fathers, forty-nine years i before, had been foremost to consent to his banishment To complete this extraordinary "romance of real life," Louis PHILLIPE—Iong after the majority of his manhood's friends have passed into the grave—finds his old Nor wegian host still living at the patriarchal age of eighty two, and repays as KING of the FRENCH the hospitality he received from him as the " traveller MULLET 1 " There is nothing in the wildest fictions of the nove lists more startling than the leading incidents in the career of Louis PIIILLIPPE ; who, it would almost seem, had been purposely chastened by Providence in his youth, in order that France and Europe might receive, in his old age, the benefits of that tempered and enlarged sagacity which, in strong minds, is the inevitable result of early trials and vicissitudes. Madrid journals of the 7th instant have been re ceived, but they bring no intelligence of the slightest interest. The Three per Cents. were done at 27i for cash, and 27i at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 203 for the 23d of August. The French Government on Tuesday received the following unexpected communication from Egypt : TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 27. "His Highness the Vicuitox has just abruptly left Alexandria, declaring that he renounces for ever Egypt and public affairs, and that he means to retire to Mecca. " IBRAHIM PACHA ig at Alexandria—the city is quiet." _ _ _ No reason is assigned for this sudden resolve, and few imagined that the veteran warrior, so fond of power sad so anxious to raise Egyptto a distinguished rank, would have resigned all into the hands of his son. He is now in the 75th year of his age, however, and possibly weary of the turmoils of Governmen', and desirous to see how his system will work under his successor, he proposes to survey the scene in the quiet retreats of the Holy City. The Otaheite affair still furnishes topics for leading articles, but they are now confined to the Opposition journals. The Gonstitutionnel, M. TIIIERS' paper, persists in stating that Mr. PRITCHARD was one of the instigators of the revolt, but as far as evidence has yet been produced without any foundation for the assertion. In commenting on the letters from Ota-. heite published by the London Missionary Society, it says—" This correspondence proves that the reverend brethren of M. PRITCHARD were not strangers to his intrigues ; in fact, it may be seen by these letters that the assembly presided over by the missionaries at Hidiaa was suddenly transformed into a meeting of armed men, engaged in conflict with our troops ; that the Rev. Mr. JOHNSTON, a Missionary at Teirabou, the smallest, but also the most factious of the two nPnintliinu pected of having excited his hearers to rejoin their brethren at Hidiaa, that the Governor considered it his duty to interdict his return to Teirabou, after he had once come to the great peninsula. We may be sides remark in his first letter the naive phrase : Until a final answer comes from England.' He be trayed all the hopes that ,Mr. PRITCHARD had not feared to encourage, and in consequence of which the unfortunate inhabitants of Otaheite were excited to revolt. ' The consequences of this affair will be awful,' adds the second correspondent. Awful for our soldiers it perhaps may be, for it was at the moment when they were in danger that the strength and confidence of their enemies was to be raised by the recal of Admiral DI:PETIT THOUARS. For the proper understanding of this correspondence it must be borne in mind that Otaheite is divided into two peninsulas, separated by a narrow isthmus called Taravao. The battery established on the isthmus cuts the communication between the two peninsulas, and prevents the insurgents of Teirabou from joining those of Hidiaa." The Presse has a long dissertation on the primary cause of dispute between the French and the Ota heitans, and attributes it entirely to the expulsion of two French missionaries at the suggestion of Mr. PRITCHARD. But the public begin to be weary of these vain discussions, which only tend to perplex the question. We find something of a more amusing character in one of the war journals, the National, and we therefore give it at length. Alas ! for old England. If Louis PUILIPPE, instead of igno• miniously bending to the British Government, and visiting in peace the cliffs of " perfidious Albion," would only muster a little courage and present himself on board a hostile fleet either at Portsmouth or the Nore, he would "cut England to the heart, and reduce her to the rank of a third maritime power." These aro the warlike strains of this silly and contemptible boaster:— " England has 90 ships of war ready to put to sea after some preparation more or less considerable, but it must be remembered that half of these are old 74 and 60- gun ships, which, although well preserved, are not so strong nor such good sailers as modern ships, which are at the same time more powerful in their artillery in every respect. We, it is true, possess only 24, but all of them are able to contend with the best of the British navy. We are, therefore, obliged to confess, done as the English assert, that we are no longer able to send 40 ships into the Channel, but we could send 24, t w o l o i c c h o would could be be w e within former l i w th o h r l yh tw f o or ni ty on o t fhs,andbefore dbaeysr.e Eng land could assemble an equal number, because the se curity inspired by her numbers of seamen and habits of routine make her forget to keep these sailors in a state of organisation, and as she herself acknowledges, the system of pressing men for her fleets is a most detest able mode of recruitment. Thanks to our admirable system of classes of recruitment, which she envies us, and has long w ished to copy, all our mariner s bein g wholly at the disposal of Government, crews are obtained in France without any difficulty, and in the shortest pos sible space of t ime. It has been, and still is seen, that ships in England are several months in completing their complements, not for war, but fir mere parade. Now, it appears to us that the twenty-four ships which we could promptly assemble in the Channel might easily intercept its navigation, prevent for some time the junction of the scattered ships of England, burn some of her dock-yards, destroy some of her arsenals, and effect even some sud den landin gs , w hi c h, from not having been l on g meditated and noisily announced, would be the more likely to be successful. The gunners who served these ships in 1840 have not yet forgotten their business. These are the results which we might expect from a war undertaken immediately, conducted with prudence and skill, and carried on with vigour. This would at once be some thing. But putting aside the possible landing, which alone would be a final stroke, and which, cutting Eng land to the heart, would reduce her to the rank of a third maritime Power, would a first victory, dearly bought, exhaust our struggle, and leave us without de fence, as the P r in c e de Joinville has assumed ? We have upon the stocks 23 magnificent ships, all well ad vanced, and some nearly finished. With a patriotic effort, which it would certainly cost us little to make, since its object would be to inflict upon the odious aristocracy of Britain the chastisement it de serves--with a patriotic effort, in sending to our ports thousands of workmen out of employ, all these ships might Us ready for sea in six months. For such a national war money would be no more wanting than hands. Our magazines would be come filled with materials ; not even m asts would b e wanting, because topmasts may now be made of several pieces, and be rendered quite as go od as the others. To this let us add another important remark. The value of Tn. sailors in combats hand to hand is well known ; their superiority i n th e use o f the cutlass is such that any English ship they may succeed in boarding must at once give herself up as lost. The difficulties which formerly attended our ships in boarding no longer exist. Moat of TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1844. , t, i - s t ( I. et, - %it ~ ,,-6 . 61 11.14,, ' di" :k e k%4l. ' ...y.,,fa„„. A s, ? i tt , " , - - : 114,-",, a r ' . ...__ ,-,11';,.• '..1:111,411.)011 , ,- Y•** .. aai e tz itc ..'WAT7 k 7i. ',, ~ • 320.0 vo, a...P al . : , , 't1.41...- , —? .. , 9 '-...Z•= . ' r, SECOND EDITION: 'l4 lbruin LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1844. The aspect of affairs in Italy is calculated to arouse the liveliest emotions of regret, the profoundest sentiments of indignation, in every European bosom, whose pulses still throb to the recollections of Italian greatness. It is not enough, it seems, that she should have expiated, by the political humiliation and moral debasement of ages, the magnificent crime of having usurped in the Roman Empire the dominion of the known world, and for many years maintained it against all antagonists. It is not enough that she who, for centuries, marched at the head of civilisation, letters, and refinement, should in these latter times have fallen far into the rear of that social progress which in more northern kingdoms is so rapidly extending itself. Italy is parcelled out into territorial sections, one only of which, Tuscany, is blessed with anything like sound political institutions and guarantees for life and property. In all the others, she is once more exposed to the same sanguinary and vindictive tyranny which desolated her fairest provinces through out the eventful struggles of the Middle Ages; that is to say, to the supersession of the laws by the arbi trary mandate of the Sovereign—not palliated, but rendered more intolerable, by the intervention of arbi trary Commissions, whose functions, for the most part, are limited to the mockery of passing sen tences on political offenders, always in servile confor mity with the will of the powers from whence the ju risdiction is derived, and to the recording their own decrees, always irregular, generally iniquitous. But with the tyrannous excesses, the various communities of unhappy Italy inherit nothing of the chivalrous grandeur, derive none of the political advantages, of the conflicts that distinguished the Middle Ages. For if these latter too often affirmed the power, and con solidated :the ill-gotten acquisitions of her petty Princes and her brigand Barons—her BORGIAS, her MANFREDS, her CAST privileges R or re t Z e ll m lS u — ni t c h i e p y al g d ra e d m u o a c l r ly ac e ie x s: d t e e n v d e l e o d p t e h d e the resources of industry, cherished and rewarded mercantile enterprise, and finally influen e c l e eva a t n e d d to the highest pinnacle of political authority, that mercantile opulence whose great ness was destined so soon to absorb their own. Under the protection of such commercial Republics as Genoa, Venice, and Florence, the Italian Commons, at least, were taught the secret of their own strength; and the popular voice in the councils of those States, on the most memorable occasions of domestic interest, was usually raised to temper the ferocious cruelty of their oligarchical members. In the same spirit, the general policy of these Republics was usually to mitigate the savage resentments of their allies—such as the Dukes of MILAN, FERRARA, &c. But since the Spanish line of the BOURBONS was installed after the execution of JOACHIM MURAT, in its hereditary throne of Naples—and from the moment that the Papalty, after the close of the last war, was reinstated in the full sovereignty of the " States of the Church," those fair and beautiful portions of Italy have once more become a prey to those imbecile and lawless schemes of Government which seem to be the destined scourge of the land. The dominion of Austria over her Milanese and Lombard territories, however open to objection on the score of its arbitrary pretensions and its obnoxiousness to the wishes and nationality of a vast section of her Italian subjects, is yet, upon the whole, under the Emperor FERDINAND, exercised in a mild and paternal spirit. The Imperial Government has repeatedly remon strated with the Government of his Holiness on the dangerous and impolitic system of persecution and intolerance, religious and political, enforced in the Papal States by the Ministers of his Holiness. These remonstrances have been disregarded, but the political troubles to which it was foreseen, in Vienna, the perse verance in such a system must inevitably lead, have long since broken out. The Papal Government, instead of dispassionately inquiring into the political, municipal, and social grievances, which have for years so cruelly harassed and insulted its subjects, seems occupied with no other schemes than those which may aid it in the accomplishment of the most bloody and unchristian vengeance against the unhappy Italians who have been induced to attempt an insurrection against its autho rity. A handful of these unfortunates (for we at once avow that we cannot altogether withhold our sympathy from men whom rank and obsti nate and bigoted misgovernment has driven to desperate courses) having made at Corfu some ill-matured arrangements for their meditated move ment, landed on the coast of Calabria, under circum stances marked by so much disorder, precipitation, and temerity, that it is almost impossible to avoid the suspicion of treachery on the part of those who in vited, or who conducted them thither. With the Calabrese, on whom they appear to have anticipated that they should make a proselyting impression, they had no time for even communicating. In an instant, as it were, like the dissipation of a dream, the insur gent movement was made, met, defeated, terminated. Before all their party had disembarked, some were wounded—all were prisoners. They were taken by the forces of a Government perfectly prepared for their attempt. The discomfited, disarmed, unresisting prisoners, consisted, for the most part, of men (says the Morning Herald) "of birth, fortune, and educa tion; two of them sons of that Admiral BANDEIRA who commanded the Austrian squadron which as sisted the English fleet on the coast of Syria in 1840." Such men had given, at any rate, an earnest of their sincerity and good faith in this abortive effort to rescue their countrymen from the thraldom of their political misery and debasement, by the greatness of the stake which they were content to sacrifice on the very threshold of the enterprise. Of the whole band, some 17 or 19 strong, nine were presently shot, like dogs, in cold blood, by order of the Neapolitan Government. Another confederate, one GIUsEPPE GARDINGRI, having escaped from Bologna, took refuge in the territories of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY. The Minister of the POPE demanded his extradition ; and this demand, though at first strenu ously resisted, was at length acceded to by the Tuscan Government, but not without the express condition, agreed to on the part of the POPE, that his life should be spared. But, alas ! this condition was made in a bad faith, which history associates instinctively with Papal diplomacy. GARDINGHI was re-conducted to Bologna ; tried there, and shot ! We must refer to the accounts we have given of the barbarous cruelty which the PorE has manifested towards VIOLA and MINILLI (other two State offen ders) for proof of the hopeless and sanguinary into lerance with which his holiness (1) pursues the victims of their political opposition to his mode of governing Bologna and the Legations. In the meanwhile, we • •1 etla, e- cast and sagacity which distinguish the Cabinet of Vienna, and in consideration of the deeply endangered interests of his own Italian dominions, the Emperor of AUSTRIA may be induced to interpose for the future pacification and tranquillity of the whole Italian penin sula. Let his Imperial Majesty, by vigorous and emphatic negotiations, restrain this prurient appetite of the King of NAPLES and the POPE for the blood of political mal-contents. Let the EMPEROR'S powerful influence be exerted to secure the adoption, by these weak and arbitrary Princes, of institutions more conformable to the mild and tolerant spirit of the age, of his own reign, and of European Govern ments in general, in the place of the antiquated, un certain, undefined, and despotic pretensions which they would uphold with the reckless violence of the darkest ages of tyranny and superstition. Into the strange, but startling theory, of these insurrectionary movements in Italy having been fomented by a Russian intrigue for erecting a new Italian monarchy for the Prince DE LEDCDTENEURG, the Roman Catholic son-in-law of NICHOLAS, and son of the late Viceroy of Italy, EUGENE, we do not enter. The story rests on the asserted purport of an intercepted letter from EMILIO, one of the noble brothers BANDEIRA, who has just been shot at Cosenza. Should the letter again come under public notice, and in some better authenticated manner, we may probably recur to it. In a morning Contemporary of this day appears the following interesting paragraph relative to Louis PHILIPPE, which is taken from a Swedish journal : "On the 2d inst., Vice-Consul Buaic celebrated the eighty-second anniversary of his birth-day. On the same day he received a letter from the King of the FRENCH written with his own hand, and accompanied by a gold medal. The letter which was dated from Neuilly, was in these words :—‘ It is always agreeable to me to find that the traveller MULLXIt has not been forgotten in a country which he visited in simple guise and unknown ; and I always recal with plea sure this journey to my mind. Among my recollec tions, I give the first place to the hospitality so frankly and cordially granted me, a stranger, throughout Norway, and particularly in Norland and Finmark ; and at this moment when a lapse of forty-nine years since I made this journey into Norway, has left me but few of my old hosts remaining, it is gratifying to me to be able to express to all, in your person, what grateful feelings I still entertain.'" In the absence of themes of more immediate political interest, we may perhaps be excused if we venture to make a few re marks on the above passage, which is suggestive of in infinite number of deeply interesting historical recollections. At the time the " traveller MULLER" 'low the KING of the FRENCH, and the preserver )f the peace of Europe—made the journey to which he here so simply and feelingly alludes, he was an exile, friendless and almost pennyless, from his native coun try; his father was in a prison which he was destined never to quit but for the scaffold; all his nearest and dearest relations were on the list of the proscribed; and he himself, notwithstanding that but a year or two previously he had fought with signal skill and success under the Republican banner at Jemappes and Valmy, was hunted ,in all his wanderings by the agents of the Convention, and from one hour to an other could never call his life his own. Like CHARLES STUART, after his flight from Culloden, the lisguised, humble, sorrow-stricken, and persecuted traveller MuLLEa"—he whose childhood had been passed in the palaces of Royalty—was glad to take refuge in the meanest peasant's hovel; to eat of the coarsest viands; associate with the humblest classes ; and accept the smallest alms offered him by the hand of Pity. It was at this period of his life that he encountered the gentleman whom, after the lapse of forty-nine years, he remembers with such grateful vividness. Startling as had then been the vicissitudes of his lot, how many more startling changes was he to witness ere the cycle of his for tunes was finally completed! We say nothing of his subsequent wanderings, and unexpected re-union with his brothers, in America—of his providential escape from a French cruiser on his return to Europe—of his residence in Switzerland, where he picked up a scanty subsistence as a teacher of mathematics—or of his strange adventures in Italy, where he was at one time the companion of Royalty, and at another► the English ships boarded by ours have escaped from our grasp, and owed their safety to a fault in the con. struction ; but thanks to the more wall-sided build of our modern ships, the passage of the deck of one to that of the other may be effected with extreme facility, our sailors making but little account of the personal resist ance of their adversaries. Our sailors have not forgotten their former brilliant victories, neither have they for gotten their glorious defeat., the causes for which no longer exist, and which they keep in remembrance only that they may avenge them. We shall see whether they have in rain nourished in their hearts a hatred for England." THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, AUGUST 13. _ First Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cults...... 121 30 .. 121 40 .. 121 25 .• 121 40 Four-and-a-Half • • 113 .. 113 .• 113 .. 113 Three per Cents..... 81 60 .. 81 63 .. 81 60 .. 81 65 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslloo ..1100 .. 1100 ..1100 5,000 f. Sharesso6s .. 5065 —5665 —5665 Belgian Bank .............. 665 .. 665 .. 663 .. 665 Belgian Fives,lß3l. 1840 Dutch Two and-a-Half 611 .. GU • • 611 . 6 1 1 -Ipanish Active 3Ol .. 301 .. 30 .. 30 Threes 321 .. 32: .. 321 .. 321 geapolitan 9B 35 .. 99 .. 98 35 .. 99 Roman ....... • . 1031 • • 1031 .. 105: .. 1031 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain .............. 887 50 .. 887 50 .. 887 50 .. 887 50 Versailles, L.B. • • . • • • • • 235 .. 236 25 .. 235 .. 235 Rouen •• •• •• • ..... •• •• •••• 980 .. 982 50 .. 980 .. 982 58 Rouen to Havre.. ..... 747 50 .. 747 50 .. 747 50 .. 747 50 0r1ean5...................969 75 .. 970 .. 968 75 .. 970 Strasburg to 8a1e.... RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15tH OF AUGUST. Versailles,L.B.•• •••• •••• 235 .. 237 50 .. 237 50 .. 237 50 Rouen••••• 9BO .. 982 50 .. 980 .. 982 50 Rouen to Havre. 730 .. 750 .. 747 50 .. 747 50 Orleans ••••• •••• •• • •• •• 968 75 .. 971 25 .. 967 50 .. 971 25 Strasburg to Bale-- •••• •• 237 50 •• 237 50 .. 237 50 . 237 50 MORTALITY DI THE METROPOLIS.—There has been a considerable decrease in the number of deaths during the last week. The total number was 934 previous week 1,014 ; average of five summers, 900. The excess over the average is chiefly attributable to small-pox, scarlatina, diarrheea, and typhus, which, taken together, exceed the average by 118, the num bers being 227 and 109. In consumption, inflamma tion of the lungs, and old age, there is a considerable decrease. The following is the analysis of the lists of violent deaths :—Fracture or contusion, five cases, of which three were by falls ; dislocation, one case ; wound, two cases, of which one was suicide; drown ing, four cases ; poison, two cases, of which one was suicide ; and murder, one case. Tutal, eight males and seven females. The thermometer was highest on Tuesday 68, and lowest on Saturday 48 deg. The barometer had ranged low during the whole, the average being about 29.5, and the rain in inches 0.44. THIS DAY'S NEWS. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) William Boultle, a hair-dresser, was brought up, charged with having, in June last, while in the service of Mrs. Taylor, of Craven -street, stolen a quantity of articles, her property. Mr. Henry Henshall, the superintendent of police at Bury, in Lancashire, stated that the prisoner applied to him for relief on Saturday last. He said that he had a statement to make as he was very uneasy in his mind. He said that in June last he was in the service of Mrs. Anne Taylor, of Craven-street, Strand, as hair-dresser, that on• Sunday, in the month of June, he remained out all night drinking, and on the following morning, before any person got up, he went to his mistress' house, and stole a quantity of razors, fourteen or fifteen in number, a quantity of hair-brushes, combs, &c., two boxes, and sundry other articles. Several of the razors belonged to Mr. Chiffney the jockey, who had left them to be set. He went to Liverpool from London, and on his road sold the razors for drink at various public-houses, that he was in great distress, and had come to the determination of giving himself up to justice. After the prisoner had made this statement, the witness said he should detain him on a charge of felony. Mr. HILL committed the prisoner for trial. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) An elderly man, decently attired, and of demure look, was charged with stealing a newspaper and other articles from the Lady Owen's Arms, in Goswell-street. The prisoner went into the tap-room on the previous evening, called for a glass of ale, and, whilst drinking it, pocketed the evening paper, snuffers and stand, and everything else that was capable of concealment on his person. The potman followed and arrested him, and the prisoner offered him a sum of money to allow him to escape; but a police-constable came up and secured him. He was committee' for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) John Williams, who refused to give his address, was charged with having the care and management of a certain common gambling house, at No. 2, Bennett street, St. George, Hanover-square, and (so entered on the police charge sheet), Thomas Watson, of Northamp ton, currier, Williom Brown, of No. 2, Bennett-street. St. James's, wine -merchant, John Thompson, of Charles street, Euston-square (no occupation), and Charles Crayen, of No. 1, Great London-road, tobacconist, with being found in the same without lawful excuse. In pursuance of the very laudable intention of the Commissioners of Police to put down all gambling houses, an entrance to one of those dens, No. 30i, LT. Ts. es inienf two a Pfrprtwi afternoon, between five and six o'clock. The parties had, no doubt, received information, by some means, of the intended visit, and consequently no person or gambling implement 3 were found within. Superintendent Hughes, of the D division, produced the order he had received, signed by one of the Police Commissioners, to enter the house, No. 2, Bennett-street. He went there, accompanied by Superintendent Beres ford, of the C division. Mr. Beresford rung the bell, and it was answered by Williams. Beresford then asked if there would be any play that night. Williams said "No." The police then entered:the house. In the:parlour a gas light was binning. A door on the stair-case, leading to the first floor and the upper part of the house, was found to be locked. Beresford asked him how he was to open it, and Williams produced the key. The other defendants were found in different apartments of the house. There were not any gambling tables or im plements on the premises. Superintendent Beresford said that there was a tele graphic communication by means of bell wire with the outer-door, and they only played hazard now, and it was easy on the slighte s t a l arm to " p l ant away " t h e b ox and dice used in the game. The house had been en tered before and the defendants were the known fre quenters of such places and the associates of common gamblers. Mr. HARDWICK said there could be no moral doubt as to the character of the house in question, but there was not the legal proof necessary for a conviction ; the de fendants must, therefore, be discharged. LLOYD'S SFIIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 15.—Wind N.W., light breeze, and cloudy. CLYDE, Auc. 11.—Arrd. Commerce, Pugwash. Sld. Chusan, Hong Kong. DEAL, Ara. 14, A.m.—Wind W.S.W., P.nr. N.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Cyrus, Spartly, South Seas ; Senator, Varty, Batavia ; Catherine, Brown, Cape of Good Hope; Duke of Norfolk, Wilson, Tobago, experienced dreadful weather in the Chops of the Channel, and in the passage homeward ; William Foster, Killick, Nassau. Sld. Wel lington, Madras; Carlos, Boston; Coramandel, Calcutta; Woolsington, Antigua ; Farah, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Ganges, Quebec ; Eleanor, Quebec. Put back, Fanny, for Mauritius ; Mary Hay, for Launceston. COWES, AUG. 14.—Arrd. Ann, Adair, Rio Janeiro ; Conner, Thomson, Bahia. PLYMOUTH, Auc. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Florence, Bunnage, Quebec. The Elizabeth Maynooth, from Li verpool to Naples, dismasted, and in tow of the Dutch schooner Telegraph, was passed, 12th inst., lat. 45, by the Florence, arrived here. FALMOUTH, Am 14.--Wind N.W., strong gales, with violent squalls.—Arrd. Latrobe, Allen, Pernambuco, Bth ult. ; Edward and James, Maldin to Lestrom, with damage, having been in contact last night with a schooner off the Lizard ; West Indian, Wodnett, Ichaboe. Sld. Harrings, Quebec. Off, Frederick, Stormer, Bahia, and sailed for London. LIVERPOOL, Aun. 14.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Dia• mond, Fowler, Sydney; Maypo, Callao; Eleanor, Kew ley, Rio Grande; Annabella, Cleland, Jamaica ; Alyth, Walker, Honduras; Ontario, Barstow, New Orleans; John Canning, Savannah; Emanuel and Memphis, New York; Orbit, Lacken, St. John's, New Brunswick; Pau lina, Miramichi. Sid. Celt. Cape of Good Hope; Hero, Rio; Reis Effendi, St. Thomas; Sophia, Jamaica; Maitland, Yarmouth, United States; Gartshane, Quebec. Off, Mary Lloyd, (supposed) Port Philip; Stewart, Per nambuco; Cheshire, (supposed) Barbadoes ; Henry Bliss, (supposed) New York. Ship Themis, and a barque, with loss of fore-topmast, put back, W. Bennett, late Halsey, for Charleston, the master having been killed by the cook, Bth inst., lat. 46, lon. 10. CORK, Ana. 12:—S1d. Lady Douglas, Ichaboe; Grind ley, London. "SLIGO, Aua. 13.—The Pomona, from Quebec to this port, which was aground on the Oyster Island, 31st ult., has been got off, after discharging part of her cargo, and beached. HARWICH, Atm. 14.—The Caroline, from Danzic to London, ran aground in Languard Fort, in nearing the harbour, and remains. DEPARTURE OF THE RUSSIAN FRIGATE AURORA.— On the turn of the tide on Tuesday forenoon, this fine ship weighed anchor and left Gravesend, where she has been lying for nearly a month, on her return to St. Pe tersburg'', with dispatches for the Emperor. On Friday last a splendid fete was given to the Admiral, Captain, and her officers, by G. Combes, Lq., the town clerk of Gravesend. Th ere were a l so present Commander Flew inz and the officers of her Majesty's ship Ocean, lying off Sheerness ; Major Harold and officers of the 76th Regiment, Major Kelly and officers from Tilbury Fort, the members of the corporation, and about 150 of the neighbouring gentry and their ladies. The lawn and gardens attached to Mr. Combe's residence were in the evening most brilliantly illuminated with variegated lamps, and altogether the entertainment was one of the most brilliant affairs that has taken place in Gravesend for a considerable period. Dancing was kept up till a late hour, and on retiring, the officers of the Aurora expressed themselves in a very warm and grateful man ner for the attention and hospitality shown them. THE DUKE or DEVONSHIRE.—It is entirely with out foundation that the Noble Duke contemplates dis posing of his Lismore estates. From that property being entailed, his Grace has not the power of sale ; which is the best refutation we need give of the several misstate meats that have gained circulation. Last FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, Aua. 12.—The official account of the revenue in the first six months or 1844, is now pub lished, compared with that in the first six months of 1843. It was in 1843 25,688,877f. 1844 25,373,504f. Loss in 1844 315.373 f. The diminution is chiefly in the duties on importation and exportation, amounting to 221,484 florins, and in the taxes and registration stamp:, 546,050 florins. The diminution in the import, duties is chiefly owing to tho circumstance that a smaller quantity of foreign corn was disposed of for home consumption. With re spect to the stamp, &c. duties, they are only 70,000 flo rins less than in the first six months of 1842. In the excise there is an increase of nearly half a million in 1844. BRUSSELS, Atm. 20.—1 n the space of twenty-six months the French railways have cost the lives of 289 persons, and 457 individuals have been wounded in con sequence of accidents. The victims of the fatal catas trophe of the Bth of May are included' in this statement. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAT.) DEVON AND EXETER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Devonshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second horse to save his stake. Once round. Sir S. Spry's Subduer, 4 yrs (Pegg) 1 Mr. W. Ley's Fairplay, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Parker's bf, by Jack-in-the-Green—Eliza, 3 yrs 3 The First Class Home Stakes of 10 &yrs, each, 3 ft, with 25 added. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Downe's Usurper, aged (Owner) 1 Mr. Reed's Mona, 5 yrs The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 10 added, 12st each, mile and distance, over four hurdles (6 Subs), gentlemen xiders, were won cleverly by Mr. Golds worthy's Fair Penitent, aged (Mr. Luke), beating Cap tain Hamilton's Remus, Mr. Graham's Charlatan (bolted), and Mr. H. Sweet's Emperor (bolted). The Ladies' Purse of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft., Gentlemen riders, one mile (4 Subs.), was won by Mr. King's c by Hornsea, dam by Sooth sayer, 3 yrs (Mr. Scobell), beating Mr. Crofton's Corno peen, 4 yrs (short of weight), and Mr. Graham's Alice Lowe, 3 yrs. MA RLO W R A CES.—WEDNESDAY. The Ladies' Purse of 301., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each ; three yrs, 7st 41b ; four yrs, Bst Sib ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged, 9st 41b. Mares and geldings and maiden horses allowed 31b. Winner to be sold for 1001, &c. Heats, twice round. Mr. W. Dixon's Foxhunter, aged ...(Lisesey) 0 1 1 Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, 6 yrs 1 3 2 Mr. Knowles' Farce, 4 yrs Two others ran. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added (5 Subs.), once round, were won in two heats by Mr. Lamb's Donald Caird, aged (Clark), beating Luck's-all, The Knight, Falmmon, and Hilda. TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Eridge Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs.,l ft and 2 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second saves his stakes. One mile and a half. (15 Subs.) Mr. Balchin's Dahlia, aged (W. Balchin) 1 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Young Lochinvar, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Coleman's The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Werninck's Patchwork, 5 yrs ; Mr. Anderson's Chance, aged, and Mr. Hardy's Fairplay, aged. The Ladies' Plate of 251., added to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 601., &c., one mile and a dis., was won in three heats by Mr. Werrall's Rondo, 3 yrs (Esling), beating Mr. French's Argos, aged (won first heat), Mr. Abdell's Bother'em, 4 yrs, Mr. E. R. Clark's Sir Edward, and Mr. Wiltshire's Ascot, 6 yrs. The Visitors' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 35 added, the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 1001., one mile and a half, were won in three wed contested heats, by Mr. Wilson's Dart, 5 yrs (Hardy), beating Mr. Moul named Devil-among the-Tailors, 5 yrs (won first heat), Mr. Sare's Discretion, 3 yrs, and Mr. Coleman's Lufra, 3 yrs. WOLVERHAMTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Wrottesley Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added, for three and four year olds. Once round. Mr. Speed's Everton, 4 yrs (G. Whitehouse) 1 Mr. I). Cook's What, 4 yrs 2 Captain Vaughan's Extempore, 4 yrs 3 A good race. The Holyoake Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added, the second to save his stake. Twice round and a dis. Colonel Anson's Marquise, 4 yrs (Abdale) 1 Mr. Ongley's Roderick, 5 yrs Mr. Payne's Johnny, aged Mr. Quarterman's Discount, 6 yrs, and Mr. William son's Mavourneen, 5 yrs, also started. Won by two lengths easily. The Consolation Plate of 50L for the beaten horses ; three-yrs-old, 6st lolb ; four-yrs, Bst ; five-yrs, Bst 91b ; six-yrs and aged, Bst 121 b. Winners extra, &c. Heats, once round and a dis. Lord Warwick's The Mule, 4 yrs (Arthur) 0 1 1 Mr. Cooke's What, 4 yrs Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 4 yrs Mr. E. Peers Cane, 4 yrs... Won in a canter. ST. LEGER BETTING. 9to 2 agst Ithuriel I 12 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 8 to 1 agst Bay Momus 14 to 1 Th. P..; n4.--se CRICKET.—CANTEREURT, Arc. 13.—This grand match, Kent against England, was to have been com menced on the East Kent ground, at Canterbury, but the wetness of the weather was such as to prevent all possi bility of play. The parties remained upon the ground until nearly three o'clock, when it was determined to postpone the match until this morning. The match was accordingly begun, " England" going in first. The weather, however, was but little more favourable for the sport than on the preceding day, for not only did the rain compel the players to desist from their operations, and to quit the ground, but just as their side had brought their hands to a conclusion, the rain set in apparently for the afternoon. Notwithstanding the inauspicious appearance of the early part of the day, the ground was very numerously and fashionably attended, nearly all the leading families of that part of the county being pre sent. The score was 96 for England when the stumps were raised. LONDON TO BRUSSELS IN A DAY.—It may be in teresting to some of our readers to know that the journey from London to Brussels can be accomplished regularly in one day. The arrangements for this great object commenced on Sunday last. The train left London for Dover at half-past 5 A.M., arrived at Dover at 9 ; the embarkation on board the Princess Mary, belonging to the Dover Railway Company, took place immediately, and the voyage to Ostend was performed in little more than four hours and a half. The passengers left Ostend at a quarter-past 4 o'clock, and arrived in Brussels at a quarter past 9 the same evening, the whole distance (238 miles) having been accomplished in 15i hours. The stoppages in Ostend exceeded two hours. C‘"TIS DISTANCE LENDS ENCHANTMENT," &C.- - We propose that Captain W arner b e a ll owe d to try the virtues of his " long range " on the " Mauvais " comet, as being the object furthest off ; or, as the insurance offices might object to this, what does Sir Robert Peel say to the Captain being allowed to have a shy at the repeal of the income-tax ? It is the most remote object any " long range" could reach ; and, if " Captain Warner" can only bring it down, we are sure the nation will willingly award him the 400,0001. he modestly asks for the experiment.—Punch. SURVEY OF THE MERSEY CHANNELS.—The sur vey of the entrances to the channels of the Mersey, by the Dock Committee, to ascertain their exact state, pre viously to the commencement of the operations for the intended docks in Wallasey Pool, commenced, we believe, on Monday last. They are being made by Lieutenant Lord, R.N., marine surveyor to the Dock Committee, under the direction of Mr. Jessie Hartley, and are to be of a most minute character. The ultimate object is to ascertain the effect of the new works upon the Victoria Bar. Annual surveys of a similar character will be made for the next seven years, the results of which will be duly reported.—Liverpool Paper. EXEMPTION OF JURORS.—It may- not be known generally, that this is the proper time for parties wishing to claim exemption from serving on juries, under the Act of George IV., cap. 50, sec. 9, which states that persons claiming exemption shall apply to the overseers and churchwardens of their respective parishes, to have their names struck out of the list previous to being pub lished. The first three Sundays in the next month being the time for exhibiting the lists of persons qualified to serve as jurors during the ensuing year, if exemption is not claimed during this month, they will be obliged to appear at the sessions. COUNT NESSELRODE.—BRIGHTON, AUG. 14.—The weather was so unfavourable yesterday that the Count was confined nearly the whole of the day to his apart ments. In the afternoon he received a visit from his son, who arrived by the half-past twelve o'clock train from London, and having dined at the hotel with his father, took his departure by the last train on his return to the metropolis. The Count, notwithstanding the continuance of stormy weather, visited the G erman S pa again this morning, accompanied by Dr. Franz. He drank of the waters, but he does not intend, we believe, to follow up a course of them. He commenced taking salt water baths this afternoon. To-morrow afternoon he will go to town for the purpose, we believe, of bring ing his daughter, who has just arrived in London, to Brighton on the following morni ng , h er p h ys i c i an i n S t . Petersburgh having recommended her to try sea-bathing. Baron Bruanow will, we understand, accompany the Count on his return to Brighton. REMOVAL OF A CHURCHYARD.--In the execution of the improvements in the formation of the new street from the Bank to the Post-office, the contents of the burial-ground of St. John Zachary, one of the churches destroyed at the great fire, situate at the end of Maiden lane, and just at the rear of the Post-office, are being re moved prior to the ground being thrown into the new street. The churchyard is carefully boarded up, so as to prevent inspection; but a large vault is in the course of excavation at the rear of the ground, in which the remains from the graves will be deposited. The earth is being taken to the new Bunhill-fields burial-ground, in Golden-lane, and is removed in carts only between five and eight o'clock in the morning. This ground con tained some very old monuments, but the interments have been rare the last few years. Yesterday the ma terials of six houses, being nearly the whole south s id e o f Maiden-lane, were sold , prior to being pulled down for the improvements. THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.—During the last few days considerable progress has been made towards the completion of the New Royal Exchange by the con tractor. The frame-work is now being placed in the tower for the bells, of which there will be fifteen. In a few weeks this magnificent edifice will be cleared of the scaffolding. MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS! CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The aspect of the Cotton market was unchanged st Liverpool yesterday, the sales being 5,000 bales, in eluding 1,000 f•r export. Pries wore stationary. The sales included 600 Surat at 3d. to 3 id., 400 Egyptian at 6d. to 74d., 100 Maranham at sd. to 5P., and the rest American at aid. to 64d. per lb. A good business Iva* done in Railway Shares, and the market looked better: —Birmingham and Gloucester, 131 ; Chester and Holy head, Si. Bs. 9d. ; Dublin and Cashel, 6L 6s. 3d. ; Eastern Counties, 12+ ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 1, 545. 4d.; Glasgowand Greenock, Half Shares, 61.35. 9d.; Grand Junction, 218 ; Lancaster and Preston, 24+; Liverpool and Manchester, 200 ; Ditto, Halves, New, 34 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 54 ; Manches ter, Bolton, and Bury, 115 ; Midland Counties, 109 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 83+ ; South Eastern, 38+ ; Lyons and Avignon, 395. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bor deaux, 355. _ _ In referring yesterday to the position of the holders of State Securities, one sentence had the word " not', omitted. It should have run thus :—" Great sacrifices we could not at this time recommend, as those who have so long waited, may as well have the benefit of, the its' proving prospects." We have accounts from the Cape of Good Hope this morning, to the 31st May. We regret to find that the cutter belonging to her Majesty's brig Bittern has bees capsized on the bnr, and the midshipman, Mr. Radcliffe, and two of the crew were drowned. Through the promptitude of Mr. Lowe, who manned the gig itnnie' diately, seven men were saved from certain death, had not prompt aid been rendered. Among the improve ments in the colony was the erection of a break water in Table Bay, and the erection of a light-house on Cape AgulhiS. Not an unimportant feature in the com mercial advices by the present arrival is, that the abolie tion of the port dues on foreign oils, beef, pork, and fish, &c., had been productive of the greatest advantage to the colonists and to the British shipping. The pre' duce markets at the Cape were in a firm and generally healthy condition. From Graham's Town the advices are to the 30th of May. An agricultural association was in course of formation in this part of the colony. The total value of exports from the port of Elizabeth from Ist January to the 30th May was 35,6541., and of direct importations 38,7301. In Table Bay there were at the latest dates three British vessels of war, and a full complement of the mercantile marine. There are dates from Port Natal also to a later dlt_ i t e than those before received. There is no t any politica' news. The state of trade is spoken well of. There w ere hopes of an extension of commercial intercourse with the interior of Africa. A complete rush was made this morning, to supply the Government brokers with the amount of Stock they were authorised to contract for. The total amount taken was 10,000/. Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities at 99i There was in fact as much eagerness to supply the stoa as when infinitely larger amounts were taken, in three gone by, in aid of the Sinking Fund. The retirement of Mehemet Ali from power and influence had been a partial influence on the prices of the Funds. The value of Consols for Money has receded from 991 to 99, but for the Account the current quotation has bees 99*. Bank Stock has fallen to 1994. Exchequer Bills are heavy at 735. preminm. South Sea Stock has re covered to 1151. East India Stock has fluctuated be' tweed 2824 and 2831-, and the Three-and-a-Half Per Cents. Reduced have remained firm at 1021- 1021. The market for the Foreign Securities have been dell this morning. Spanish, however, may be quoted is fraction in advance, the current prices of the Three per Cents. being 33* and of the Actives 221. Th e Dutch Funds are a shade better than yesterday, the cow' version plan as respects the old Five per Cents. being considered satisfactory. Brazil Bonds opened at 84' but they have just been sold at 84. Colombian Stock is tr:fle higher, and Mexican rather lower, than yester• day afternoon. The transactions in the Railway Shares were not Teri numerous to-day. The Great North of England, th e London and Brighton, and the Lynn and Ely, have jes" proved a shade. The London and .Birmingham shares have fallen from 134 to 126 premium. There were 1 1( ? any fresh quotations for the Joint-stock banks tl morning. BItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank 5t0ck.........................................„ 199% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . ....... 99%% 8 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 994 ,9 9 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities ............ New 3% per Cent. Annuities 101%306 Long Annuities, Expire 54h Jan. 1860 12% Ditto 90 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 11 , 60. India Stock South Sea Stock 115% Bank Stock for Account .... I9M% Consols for Account ........." ....... •••••••••••••••• 29% Exchequer Bills, I%d. i yyd. 10001. ..... "•.............. -- ............ 75 73 pal. 5004.... .... 75 73 pm. Ditto Small:"... ..... .... ......... 74 75 pm. Ditto Advertised......... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE• Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ........ Columbian Bonds. 13140 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .... ........ Spanish Bonds ,, Five per Cent 1840 21% Ditto Passive 80nd5..... .......».. ........ Ditto Deferred 12%, Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account 334i, Dutch 2% per Cents 6ll r. Dutch 5 poi Cents... ..... .. .... .......... ..... New Loan. 5 per Cents. (11MI7) . ..... ......... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz SHARI.. Birmingham and Gloucester l 171n0 riew * S Bristol and Gloucester 30%•..•...• 5:. •••.... to •••• Eastern Counties - Ditto New Registered...—. SI. Ss. Rd. Great North of England Great Western ..13535 to iT 2',6 Ditto 3i Shares Ditto I. ifths l2 24 u% ... to -- Hull and Selby - London and Birmingham. lOO .....:..•226 London and Brighton ... ........ ... 58 ......... 48 1 g London and Greenwich l2 ...... Bh% ... to London and Greenwich (Preference) 18Fi - Lynn and Ely 1 14 1% Midland Counties Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 21 - North British 2% - Northern and Eastern 45 .... ..... 59 - South Eastern and Dover ......... 32% 3, X%% to *-- Ditto New .... ................. ...... 4 Trent Valley York and North Midland . ...... .. 50 .... ..... 109 •....»•• to -- Ditto % Shares 25 - Ditto Scarbore' Branch - Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux I ..... to Parisand Rouen 2O 36 % ••• to MANCHESTER MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHAN GE , A UG . 14.— T r e been considerable activity i n our mar k e t t o -day, $ .1) „ the quotations are—Blackburn and Preston, 7 9' 16 ,; Dublin and Drogheda, 74} ; Lancaster ula Three-quarter Shares, 251- ; Manchesterand Leech Half Shares, 504 • Ditto, Quarters, 9i ; M anc h e ster lit Birmingham, 54f ; Ditto, Quarters, 5i ; North Britisi" 28 to ; Scottish Central, 2 ; Sheffield and Manchester' 841 ; Trent Valley, 91 ; Lancaster Canal, 391. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF ORITISIi COV 4 ' of For the Week ended August 10.1844, made up trodthe Return ) the Inspectors in the uitlerent Cities and 'for,ns in Englal4 .4 *- Wales, per Imperial Quarter ._ OA. Wheat......... 416. 10d.1 Oats Ns 16.1 8ean5..........': pi Barley 24. 6d. 1 Rye .. ...... f!..:rs. 9d 1 Pea5e......... 3 ." AVIMAGEs OF T1?1 LAST SLI WEEKS. o p& Weeks ending ,wimAT. eaatary.l OATS. AYE. BEANS. 1 1 1 ....... ...0 .... .................—......_. ..,-,......... .....,,-...... ~........... I July 6...... ... 55 8, 34 5 24 11 (35 0 33 2 ~5 6 3 13 64 10 134 10 22 3 : 4 2 27 0 ,V. i 20 54 1 134 5 21 5 36 4 3 7 7 4 2so .../`" Aug. 3 ...... 10 ..... IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVER A G ES OF THE SIE 11 _5' . gi Wheat 52110 d. I Oats Barley 341 5d 1 Rye .......... 355. 5d.1 Pea5e.........w. DUTIIS ON TORAIGN coax. - Wheat • lss. Od. Oats 6s. Od .1 fit Barley •...•...•• 4. 1 Od. Rye ..... '7g. Pease wo• MARKET INE WS.-( THIS DAY•) SAY MARKETS. SmnwriELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/10s to 4/45 tc! Useful ditto, 4/ 6s to 4/12s ; fine Upland ditto, 411 4 s j i 5/ ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 11 65 W p if 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lO s p er l oa d. Sul ) tolerably good, and trade rather dull. ~ 50 ; CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3115 s to 4 ' to Useful ditto, 416 s to 411.55; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 1 65 00 51 ss; Clover Hay, 4115 s to 6/ ; O a t S traw, 1 1 8 s to 11 . Wheat Straw, 1/10s to 1/ 12s per load. A fair aVersb supply, and a steady demand. to 1 6° WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 311,,s -- 4 4 , 10 Useful ditto, 418 s to 41 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 I"" to 51; Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 116P0 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s t o 11 lO s p er l oa d. o. Hay and Straw sold slowly, at th e a b ove quotatii&of New Meadow Hay sold at fro m 31 t o 414 s ; a nd Clover, 41 to 515 s per load. MEAT MARKETS. klDd SOUTIIALL, AUGUST 14.—Th e supp l y o f ea ch t he of fat Stock on sale here was only moderate, wh e l.olo general demand was st ea dy a t f u ll prices. 8e9 4 d t°, 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s ", 8o 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d t o 4s ; an d Pork, 2s 6d t....„ n ° - 139, per ilbs. Supply :—Beasts, 40 ; Sheep and 2,960 ; Calves, 61 ; Pigs, 38. 001 3 ROMFORD, AUGUST 14.—Prime b eas t s an d sheep s py briskly at full prices. In other kinds of stock co t oP tto of Lively little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d to 45 ; to 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 3 g o i f W est 4s ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d p er 81b s . S uc king ell 18s to 32s ; quarter-old Store figs, 16s to 20s; 0 " Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 19/ each. ; 4 !1_ ; LEWES, AUGUST 13.—Beef, from 2s 6-, tO Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s B",bs.; 3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per 8$ moderate supply and a steady demand. STATUE OF WILLIAM IV.—Yesterday IffneD WOr , - - th e were actively engaged in excavating the g-t•oued at o f top of King William stre e t, City, p r i or to the buil di tg the foundation for the s t a t ue o f hi s late Majesty Icloo. William IV. that is to ado rn thi s part of the new Lon to ji bridge approaches. Tile pedestal is composed of Du granite, and the statue is to face the bridge. Hi g h' BADMENTON.—During the stay of his Rova . ke "" ness the Prince of P russ i a i n E ng l nd, he wil a' t he extended tour throughout the country, visiting bis principal seats of th e N o bility and Gentry uPtion route. His loyal Highness has accepted an Inw; lo ce from the D u k e o f B eau f or t, and will honour his ` - ' d of with his company at Badminton about the latter en ,§ next week. The Prince will probably remain tW..„ 9 .. iy at this magnificent se a t, v i s iting during that pe riod ,1,,„. tol, Bath, and a ll th e objects of interest in the loe_sf/.1 A distinguished circle will be invited to m eet his Highness. ExEcuTioN.—George IV. Thompson, of Catherine Hanlin, was executed at Lower SancLuri i ' e on the 12th instant. He died a hard death, as after i c ,„ b ° had been suspended twenty minutes his po.-- -Du la , a fer h re i T a e r r k ini s, e, b u a t nd n_o t t o hi w n the nitircle u re c ,: distinctly counted. When tin the gallows he made fo r &C. Thompson committed the murder some taken, previous to his ignominioßl end.—ffeta ago, and once or twice escaped from end. - and asy#;:i nothing more o o r t e h e t rhea than against n e s x t Psriefi arts:oror;erietisrse°' Journal.