The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-09 00:00:00

.7Nliti6t-Kalibttz.• - The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of yes terday Evening contained— The Latest Prices of Shares from the Official List. The Latest Sporting Intelligence. The Conclusion of the Day's Proceedings before the Railway Committees of the Lords and Commons. The Weekly Return of the Circulation of the Bank of England. The List of Appointments, Bankrupts, &c. from the Landon Gazette. The Latest Market Intelligence. Parliamentary Intelligence of the 'Evening, being a full Report of the Proceedings in the Hous; of Lords up to the hour of adjournment, and of the House of Commons up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. RAILWAY NEWS. gubseribers and others tnterested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMIT TEES in the EDI2JUN of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE o; EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES is BOTH HOUSES qt PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY "SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGEN( by EXPRESS, and_ail other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. 0 - aDER the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE NOUNS in ADVANCE. Sri, -„ thine. 12. Strit,,,i. Now READY, in 1 vol. Bvo. (comprising as mucii matter as twenty ordinary volumes), with New Engravings o the Arms, &c., price 335. bound, B UktKE'S PEERAGE and BARON ETAGE. AN ENTIRELY NEW EDITION for 1845; materially improved throughout, from the Personal Communications of tre Nob lity, &c. AND CONTAINING ALL THE NEW CREATIONS. N+•nry oolhorn, Publimher, 13, Great Marlborough--trect. ~ , w w ready, with ror[rait, bs. bound, THE FOUR VOLUAIE of M. TRIERS' HISTORY of the CONSCLATE;andEMPIRE, A Sequel to his " History of the French Revolution." Translated by 1). FORRES CAMPIIKI.L, Esq. With the sanction and approval of the Author. The present volume ..ornp lses, among other important and inter esting topics, the Rupture of the Peace of Amiens—The Camp and Flotilla of Boulogne and Threatened Invasion of rnglaud—The Con spiracy of Georges—The Death of the Due D'Eughien, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mariborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's Opera LA SONNAMBULA. Amino, Madame A. Castellon; Terese. Madame Bellini ; Lisa, 3ldlle. A. Rosetti; Count Rodolfo, Sig. F. LablAche ; Alessio, Sig. Giubilei; Elvin°, Si'.. Mario. In the course of the Evening a Divertissement, in which 3fdlle. Grahn win ap ,par. To conclude with he admired Ballet of ALMA; ou, La Fille de Feu. Per phite ' ai. verrot Balfegor, M. Gossehn ; Emazor, M. St. Leon ; Alma, 31dlle. Cerito. AppliCatiMlS 'or Boxes. Stalls, Ind Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-office, 0 vra-Cotonnade, . _ Doors open at Seven; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. 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 BUT TWO OF THE SEASON, When will be presented Mozart's chef d'oeuvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi; Donna Elvira, Madame itosetti ; Zerlina, Madame Anaide Castellan. Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari ; Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; 11 Coinmandatore, Sig. Botelli; Masetto, Sig. 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 " t'as de Fascination " _ - - Selection front the Ballet of ONDINE, including the " Tarantella,' by the Corps de Ballet, and the celebrated " Vas de L'Ombre" by Cerito. In the course of the Evening " La Castellana," by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Perrot. A Selection from the Ballet of BOSIDA; ou, Les Mines de Syra cuse. Comprising "La Sicilienue." and the admired Pas by Mdile. Cerito and M. St. Leon, and an entirely New Pas by Mdile. Gratin and M. Perrot. To co.icludc with the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS Q,UATORZE, in which Mdlle. Lucile tirahn will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of Louis XIV., and will dance with Mdlle. 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 Bos e ia-c, ' Tara Colonnade. Doors oven at Sevell , to COMMe.iee at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, stR. B. WEBSTER. TIPS EVENING Will be repeated Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. W. t'anen ; C.ptain Abs,•lute, Mr. H. Holl ; Faulkland, Mr. Stuart; res, Mr, Webster; Sir Lucius O'Trigger. Mr. Hudson; David, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Ghbver Lydia La , nmish, Julia Bennett ; Julia, Mrs. Edwin Yarrold. • The celebrated Pianist, Leopold de Meyer, for Sevin N'ghts more, and wilt pea°, in this Evening, after the Comedy, ',themes from '•Lu..tczia Borgia." To be teltowed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster; Wurzel, Air. J. Bland; mary, aims Julia is,onett; Lady Clutter buck, Miss Carre. After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAU, >LE'S CURTAIN LE, .I.IRES ; or, Matrimonial Chap ters. Mr. Candle. Mr. Bueksione ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. • IHEATi ROYAL, ADELPIII uNDER THli: DIRECTION OF MADAME CELEST Tilts EVENING Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Luceßes, Esq., Mr. Howe ; John Itawdon, Esq., Mr. 0. SmPla ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Wright ; Marie Ducange, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled DRAstATic COORERY; or, HOW TO DISH UP A FARCE. Pythias Fizzwit, Mr. Selby; Sam Smear, Mr. Wright; Eliza, Miss Taylor; Diana, Mrs. Laws. Alter which, all Original Terpsich..rean flialetta, called POWDER AND BALL; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert; Captain Kldglove, Mr. sclby ; Jacob ilerkin, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgoinerie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobby, WiCEUM. UN , 'ER ME MANAGEMENT OF MKS. KEELEY TillB KVL:\ IN( Wili be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entir. ly New scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Kee ey. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, iss Dawson and Mrs. Keeley. Alter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LEd FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To be fbllowed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. To which will be added an apropos ►iagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'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. Keep', Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr, I. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Viliars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs, woollkige, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &.c PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspc lire's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Jaiques, Mr. Wallack ; Amiens, Mr. Allen; Orlando, Mr. Walter Lacy : Touchstone. Mr. Compton ; Rosalind, Mrs. Stirling. Mr. HENRY RUSSELL will sing his popular comp talons. To which will b. added A coma BALL IN 1740. In which will he introduced the Dances as perMrmed at her Majesty's Bai Cos tume, with the Oritrinal Music. After which. THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Ph nipo, Mr. C. l'o<. • aiy Emily Delaney, Mrs. Prmgham; Isabel], f:`,, S ask,. t•A. a . E. PROPRIETOR, MR. W.BATT Y. .a1:1 - a. • ING Will be performed an entirely New Grand National Spectacl-, 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, Extraordinary Feats in the Circle. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi litary Manoeuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, Including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and sur prising Leap of the Horse Beda over the groken and Flaming Bridge, celled IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog 3f the Chateau. Box-oflice open from Eleven till Five, DAVIDGE'SROYAL dllitHEY THEA t THIS EVENING FOR rHE BENEFIT OF MR. BARKER. And the Last ~gut of the 4ipera Company. TO-bIORROW EVENING Will he performed :tuber's Grand Opera of MASSA.NIBLLO. 3lassaniello, Mr. Barker. (.RAND CONCERT, with a Selection from THE BOHEMIAN CI • After wfitch, MRS. C tIYDLE WILL DELIVER HER LECTURES. C.avile, Mr. s. A )1,1 to which, THE cIiIA.RINI FAMILY bn ilia Tight Rope, :and P. LK de Cocoas.. To be .ucceect.d by the .ccond Act of CINDERELLA. To , onclude with GIOVANNI IN LONDON. Don Giovanni, Miss Louisa Lyons. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFILRENT• 6UBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE, COLOiSAL MODELLED REPRESr.NTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scen'c Motion. The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eight. Ind on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND 'CONCERTS IfETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. riptiltzt the Caraivrra at Half-past Five.; Pelicans and Polar Bean. , at AL, ; rottc,ert tt half-part Si' ; and rireworks at Half-part Nine 'OH RAPER Al' I,'NDON-RRII►43E THIS DAY Morning .. 9 ...inates after 5 Evening .. 39 ~ intites after 5. Tai ti k I ()F Ir ICE, AUGUST 8 rut' Ryf:PMETER, LOWe,it. 47 ; Ilighost 64 Noon. 65. iA nOlll ETER, 29 93. - D, NV .N. W. NOTX ripe figureA which kinew the work:. " Lowest" ar d hi it" denote the . lowest and highest tat or the l'hetom"seter during the preceding twenty-four hours. All thA r.r observations are made qt noon Thrniig 1111 t, LONDON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 9, 1845. The Lords met at two, and judgment was given in several outstanding Appeal Cases. At four, the Royal assent was given by commission to several public and private Bills. The Appropriation Bill was read a third time, and their Lordships adjourned. The Commons met shortly before Four o'clock, and proceeded to the Bar of the House of Lords to hear th.. Royal assent given by Commission to several Bilk. New writs were ordered for Belfast, in the room of Mr. - EMagoN TENNJNT, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds ; for Cirencester, in the room of Mr. CRIPPB, who has been appointed a Lord of the Treasury ; for Linlitheow, in the room of the Honourable CHARLES HOPE, appointed Governor of the Isle of Man ; for Warwick, in the room of Sir C. Dotn.ts, appointed a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital and for Sunderland, in the room of Lord Howics, who has been called up to the House of Pcers. The Silk Weavers' Bill was read a third time and pissed. _ Lord PALMERSTON presented a petition against the use of propelling engines on railways, and urged the House to adopt some legislative enactment on the subject. Lord COURTENAT brought up the report £f the Com mittee on Group X, recommending the postponement of the Hertford and Biggleswade, the Swinton and Lin coln, the Lincoln and Ely, acid the York and North Midland, and Doncaster Extension Railway Bills. Mr. HOPE brought in a Bill for the improvement of the waste lands in Australia. Lord PALMERSTON then rose and, in a speech of con siderable length, directed the attention of the House 1( the affairs of Syria. Sir R. PEEL commenced a reply to the Noble Lord but an Hon. Member moved that the House be cnuntrd and there being only - 25 Members present, the HouA. adjourned. ` ln the rapid but clever review which Lord JOHN RES'. SELL took, on Tuesday night last, of the labours of the ' session that will close on Saturday next, there were two ' omissions, upon which we deem it of more immediate importance to offer a few remarks than to follow the Noble Lord through his observations on the stateee ' affairs in Ireland, and the condition of our foreign rela tions. The omissions to which we allude were, the over whelming difficulties attending the present mode of con ducting railway Bills through Parliament, and the very unsatisfactory aspect of our monetary system, considered in its general bearings, and in reference to the inevitable influence Vacctimulated railway projects more especially. With regard to railway Bills, and the method in 'which the projects for their construction are diseu-eed, examined, and adjudicated upon, before Committees of either Heu-e, it is impossible to deny that nothing can be more unsutisfa•ttory than the conrse adopted since the eommencement of Committee business this session. It is not only that, from the vast accumulation of projects, all pressing for speedy investigation and report, the number and extent of the preliminary inquiries to in instituted far exceeds the capacit) of all the physical energies and business application of the individuals before whom the merits of every such scheme are, in the first instance, to be tested, but that the confused, slo verily, and hurried character of these investie a ' tions gives rise to contingent abuses, as well as to immediate evils that largely involve the interests of capital and the rights of property. A few designing sp , culators can readily ascertain the fact that. Group X or Y occupies the S, lect Committee charged with the railway business coming under that classification much more incessantly and laboriously than Group B and C respectively absorb the attention of their Committees, On this discovery, such parties speedily concoct all kinds of ingenious frauds in the nature of factitious evidence to bolster up unlikely or suspected lines, to tamper with the share appropriation lists, &c. How vast a proportion of the time of Railway Committees may be, and constantly is, occupied by matters foreign to the ques tion of the merits of the line under their consideratiom— its expediency and practicability, probable advantages to the public, and chance of profitable returns to its proprietary—foreign to everything, in short, that it is the main object of their appointment to ascertain—our readers cannot have faded to observe, in the long and searching investigations which the " Great Western, Ireland," alias the Dublin and Galway Line Committee, were compelled to institute into the frauds which had been practised upon, and the gross unfairness com mitted by, its management in the appropriation of the Company's shares. In the meanwhile, he must be gifted with a large excess of credulous simplicity, who can be per suaded that, amidst all the variety of inqui ries—all these various classes of * witnesses, these conflicts of evidence, these organised deceptions, and concocted lists, traffic tables, vouchers, &c., the real justice of the case is often satisfied by the selection of the best line, or the reception of the soundest evidence, or the recognition of the most genuine documentary pieces. The truth, we suspsct, lies much more the other way. The interests of the public, the convenience of the residents in large districts, and enormous amounts of private capital, are much more frequently put in immi nent jeopardy, or positively sacrificed, by the decisions of Railway Committees, than duly consulted, or perma nently guaranteed. This result may be still more posi tively predicated of those cases in which there happen to be one or more competing lines of railroad between the same given extreme points. how is it pos sible, that when sixty, seventy, or an hundred new lines are brought into Parliament in a single session, any num ber of Members of the Select Committees can find time enough—not to spare for their leistire or their own busi 'Jess, fer that they are no longer permiled to retain— but from their other Parliamentety duties, to investigate, sufficiently and properly, the surveys, reports, maps, gradients, plans, and sections of the engineers, the con sents and dissents of proprietors, &c ; the contracts put in, the calculations and estimates proposed for their in spection, and the proofs by which they are to be sup ported? How are ,hey to make themselves masters of the reasons for and against every such undertaking, as developed in the arguments ef counsel, and the evidence of witnesses ? How are they to form their own judgment between the very different conclusions ex pressed by those arguments, and the conflicting character of the allegations made by the witnesses produced on be half of the supporters. as compared with the evidence of the witnesses for the opponents of the line under consi deration ? And if these be grave difficulties at any pe riod of the session, however early, how much are they enhanced as it progresses towards its expiration ? Cal culations must be sworn to by the sheet—surveys affirmed by the hundred weight—witnesses examined by the gross—notes to guide the decisions of the Members taken by steam power, to enable the Select Committees for the various groups to keep pace with the running out the term of the session's existence. Now this slovenly and mischievous mode of transacting such important busines. ha., never been so Agilely illustrated as in the course of the pr►sent y• ar. We lament to find that it has not elicited the marked animadversion of Lord JOHN Rus- BELL. We willingly concur in the well-merited tribute which the Noble Lord paid to the pains-taking industry of Hon. Members on these Committees, and to the devotion which they hsd shown to the public service. in addressing themselves to such painful labours so much in earnest. But the Noble Lord, we submit to him, with all respect, should have denounced the viciousness of a ay etc which mischievously professes to do what it is beyond the reach of any available or working portion of the 658 Members of the House of Commons to accomplish, in addition to their other duties. "Do not tell me," said Mr. BROUGHAM, in a debate on the Bankruptcy Juris diction; in May, 1827, "do not tell me that the system is in fault when the men are in fault." But in this in stance of Railway Committees, not the men, but the system fails. " Mr. Shadwell, when he was asked it three men could get through the business of the Court of Chancery, replied, No ; nor three angels." How many would be required, on this doctrine of the present Vice-Chancellor of England, to dispose of all the pending projects in the " railway jurisdiction ' of Parliament is a problem we will as little undertake to solve as .to point out—(though we have an opinion on the matter)—what should be the better scheme of deal ing with this department of business, which we think it quite possible that the Legislature might adopt. We only remark, in reference to the enormous dissatisfae gtven by the defunct Board of Trade Committee on Railways, that Lord Joust RUSSELL'S silence un the st.ll defective nature of the tribunals before which the) are brought up, as it were, by mixed trains, and stowed, ticketed, and dispatched, to extinction or construction, as the merest accident may decree—seems to be a capital orni,sion in a speech otherwise remarkable for its ana lytical and critical synopsis of the session's "sins of omission and commission." But his Lordship's utter sil4-nee on the currency question we hold to be matter still more sincerely to be deplored among those who, instructed by the fatal experience of the past, look with well-founded and trembling apprehension to the future. The gambling in railway shares during the last twelve mouths has been only more reckless, and more infatuated, but not more guilty, more mischievous, nor more ruin fraught, than Sir ROBERT PEEL'S gambling with his currency "counters" of 1819 and 1844, against the real wealth and latent resources of the people of England, But only too many occasions will offer, we are con vinced, and in a succession but too rapid, l'or at once confirming and illustrating our anticipations as to the results of a coming crisis, which already "casts" its por tentous " shadow before." The Observateur du Rhin, published at Coigne, and the Weser Gazette, issued at Bremen, have been inter dicted in Bavaria. The Observateur is said to be pro hibited f)r defending Protestantism in Bavaria, which, being in the minority, is the object of the must violent attacks from the ultra-Catholic press, towards which the censorship is more lenient than towards the Protestant journals. The Weser Gazette is supposed to tie excluded because it is the zealous organ of the schism with which the Catholic Church in Germany is agitated. Letters from Wiesbaden state that the Duke of NAs- S.A.O is about to start for Italy, where he will meet the Grand Duchess HELENA of Russia. The arrangements for the marriage of the Duke with one of the daughters of the Grand Duchess HELENA have been completed. The Duke of Lisette 141 offered Qom Vic Toni. the use of his palace at Biberich, and also of his residence near Mayenee. The King of PRUSSIA is giving as much éclat as possible to his visit to the banks of the Riiine, and superintends in person the preparations for the re ception of the Queen of ENGLAND. It is said th it he is rather hurt that neither the King of HOLLAND nor the King of the BELGIANS has hitherto intimated any intention of visiting him during the time Queen VICTORIA will be his guest. The papers have an• flounced that Prince METTERNICH has had an attack of paralysis ; but there is no truth in the statement. His Highness is at his castle of Johannisberg in his ordinary health, where the Count MUNCH 'BELLINGHAUSEN is on a visit to him. It is stated by the Magdeburgh Gazdte that the King of PRUSSIA has charged Prince de NRUWEID with the task of drawing up a constitution, the project of M. de Cutlrrz having been fotind to be attended with in surmountable difficulties. We hare received the Paris papers of Wednesday. They all give lengthened accounts of the late tire in the Toulon dockyari. The value of the property destroyed is estimated very differently in the accounts published in the .Paris journals, some taking it as high as 20 mil lions, and others 15 and 10. We subjoin an extract from the ConAtitli ionnel on this point, as giving the most moderate calculation of the loss that we can meet with, after the Government journals, which declare it to by 3,000,000f.:—" The loss sustained by the naval depart ment is much more considerable than the Government is willing to acknowledge. The timbers in the sheds were of the finest description for ship•building, and 14,000 stores (about as many cubic yards) are certainly worth more than 3,000.000 f.; and to this sum must be added the value of the roofs, which is put down in the inventory of the marine at 800,000 E, but which cant:ot be replaced fur less than 1,500,000 f. B.- sides, the mere value of the timber burnt give s no exact idea off the loss sustained, for there must also be taken into acci.?unt the time, ditficulti•s, and expenditure required to replace n store so precious" There seems to be little reason to doubt the fact that the fire was the work of the convicts, who were dissatis fied with the treatment they received. The Commerce states that a fresh creation of Peers is about to take placu. The following appears us La France : We have been assured that the Dictatorship of M. Bugeaud in Algeria is drawing to a close. The journal of his department announces the Duke of Isly has obtained leave of absence to visit his estate of Excideuil. This leave is considered as the forerunner of the retirement of the Mar shal. It is certain that M. Bugeaud has become too un wieldy and too restive an instrument in the debilitated hand of Marshal Soult. That quasi vice-royalty of the pos sessions of Africa does not sound well in the cars of the Minister of War, who finds his ascendancy and power sadly contemned." All these papers contain accounts from Algiers of successful " razzias." Private letters state that it is probable Queen Vic- TORIA will visit the French Court on her return from Germany, and that the Palace of Petit Trianon is being prepared for her MAJESTY'S reception. The French Funds rose somewhat considerably on Wednesday. Shares fluctuated, but, generally speaking, the market was firm : The Three per Cents. closed on the Bourse on that day at 841: 25c. ; the Five per Cents. at 122 C 40c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,290 f. ; Rouen, 1,085 f.; Vierzon, 795 f. ; Havre, 905 f. ; Avignon, 1,075 f. ; Basle, 281 f. 25c ; Spanish Three per Cents, 38; ditto Passives, 6%. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- Orleans and Bordeaux, 1851. 'premium • Boulogne, 130 f. ditto, Troyes and hlontereau, 50f. ; iaris and Lyons, (Laffitte), 31f. 25c.; ditto (Calon), par; ditte (Ganneron), Of. 50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 45f. ; ditto (Rosa mel), 14f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 5f.; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 17f. 50c.; ditto (Talabot), 36f. 25c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 7f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 16f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 11f. 25e.; Dijon and Mulhausen, par; Dieppe, 20. LYONS, AUG. 2.-Avignon and Marseilles, 1,0221., for the 15th inst. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,230 f. ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,065 f. end of August; Orleans and Vierzon, 773 f. ditto ; Nistries and Montpelier, 5601. ditto ; Montereau, 522 f. ditto. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 7. Boulogne and Amiens 'Over Yssel ......... 1 p Bordeaux &Mediterran Paris& Lyons (Latitte) Bordeaux and Toulouse Ditto (Ganneron's). Do. and Cette 2 Ditto (Calon's).... - Dutch Rhenish ... .. . Dendre Valley ...... Paris and Rouen Dieppe & Paris J tura. , Paris & Strsburg (Gan- Dijon and Mulhouse ... I nerun's) East Indian ....- ........ ;Do. (Compte de L'Est) Grt Northern of France :Paris and St. Quentin. (Laffitte's) Ditto (Rosamel's) 2% Royal North of Spain. 2% Great Paris and Lyons. Sambre and Meus..: Jamaica Juno io , . .Strasbourg and Basle . Do. South - Aid] nd uric. , Tour, & N ants( M'Ken- Louvain and Jerneppe 4%1 zie's). :.eons and Avignon. I Do. (Lefebvre's) Namur and Liege sXlVerona and Ancona.... 3% Orleans and Vierzon .. 17 West Flanders 4% Orleans and Bordeaux 1114 Madrid papers of the Ist inst. have arrived. Several arrests had taken place on the morning of the 31;4 ult. Among those smsted are M. SAGUSTI, who, during the regency of EsPeaTEao, held the office of Political Chief of Madrid ; General CRESPO, lately second in command with General ALCALA in Manilla, and the Commandant and Captain in command of the guard at barracks of the regiment of Gallicia. We learn from El Herald() that the public prosecutor baddemanded the penalty of death against several of the Malaga conspirators. Several arrests had taken place in Grenada. Letters from Saragossa, published in the same journal, state that the Ayuntateiento of that city are extremely dissatisfied with the Minister of Finance for his retusal to modify his new system of contributions. According to El Castellano the Cortes will meet on the 10th October, and be immediately afterwards d.e. solved, when the Senatus will be nominated in accord anc6'with the provisions of the new constitution. corre‘potident of the Espectador mentions that General the t:aptai►e General of Seville, had whipped an inhabitant of that city publicly in the Alar ket• place, whose only crime was that he had called out " Liberty fel. r ver." The QUEEN, who was at San Sebastian on the 3d, had been well received throughout her journey. The inhabitants, however, occasionally display their feelings on the subject of their fiteros, and the authorities are about to petition the QUEEN for their restoration. Colonel AGUIRRE and 100 prisoners of the insurgents entered Barcelona on the 20th, escorted by a battalion and a squadron of cavalry. - There was a decline in the Three per Cents., and a ise in the Fives ; the former being quoted at 291 cash, and 30* at 60 days ; 28,800,000 done ; the latter at 221 cash, and 22 at 60 days. After two o'clock matters were reversed—the Threes rose a trifle, and the Fives declined. FLANDERS and HAMBURGEI MAIL. BRUSSELS, A uo. 6. —The Monilevr Beige of this date pub lishes the statutes (with his Majesty's approbation of them) of the Joint Stock Company of the iron railways from Tournay to lmbine. 'I he capital is fixed at 12,500,000 francs, which may be increased for executing branches. The capital is divided into X 5,000 shares of 500 francs each. The Company is to be governed by a board of nine members. For the first time they are—Messrs. Robert and William Kinnard, Paterson, Gladlino. Mosley, Mackenzie, Barry, Bullot, Tereelan Sigart, and Bruneau, who have taken for themselves and others the whole 25.000 shares, excepting 1 000 shares taken by Mr. Jobri Pierce Kinnard, and 100 by Mr. Thomas Rhodes. The King presided yesterday in a Council of Ministers. Her Royal Highness the Duchesi, who left Vienna on the 29th to proceed to the Rhine, is accompanied by the Archduke Frederick, who goes to compliment Queen Victoria, in the name of the Emperor, on her arrival in Germany. BRUSSELS. Auc. 5.—M. Nothomb will return to Brussels at the end of this week He has passed the principal part of his absence in LuxembOurg with his family. It is believed that he will shortly go to Germany as his Majesty's repre sentative at the Court of Berlin. THE BRAZILIAN PIRATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Satz,—l believe it is not, usual to try the crew of a vessel captured for an offence against the laws for the suppression of the slave trade for piracy. Had Lieutenant Palmer taken the Pelicidade into Sierra Leone, would not the captain and crew have been discharged without any trial—the vessel itself being merely condemned and forfeited as a prize? If se, why was a count entered in the indictment on which the Brazilian pri soners were tried at Exeter for the offence of piracy ? If the offence of carrying ~n the .lave tiede be piracy, every crew taken should be put on trial : the Crown may show mercy on conviction, and pardon the offenders—the Crown has no power to exempt from trial; conviction must first take place, then pardon afterwards. If the Brazilians were legally convicted of piracy at Exeter, then those crews who have been captured (and had their vessels condemned at Sierra Leone), and been released without trial for piracy, must have been illegally pardoned, as the royal clemency cannot legally be exercised before trial and convic tion.-1 am, Sir, yours, &v., Ilfracombe, Aug. 6. B. W. D. FOLKESTONE STEA RS- To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SM....The insertion in The Sun of the subjoined prompt and attentive reply, which I have received to a note complain ing of the annoyance that myself and other passi•ngers by these steamers are exposed to from the demand of " remem brances" by the stewards. is, I conceive, the most natural channel of communicating the information to others cro , sing by these vesels, that the stewards are not authorized to make any such demand. Your obedient servant, August 6. SENEX. " Seuth-Eastern Railway, Superintendent's-office, London Terminus, Aug. 5. " Sir,—ln reply to your note addressed to Captain O'Brien, I beg to inform you that the stewards on board the steam packets conneeted with this Company are not authorivd to demand fees. I have written to Mr. Hay war d, t h e manager of these packets, requesting he will at !ince put a stop to this practice. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, E. G. SHARLWOOD." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a grid market for Cotton at Liverpool yester day. Sales, 5,000 bags, incluaing 500 on speculation, and 500 for exprt. There was no change in prices. Shares were rather flat, and with less doing. There are same few later accounts to-day by a transit ship from New Zealand, flont which we learn that the colonists were in a somewhat beter situation, business having im proved. The rains continue to excite a considerable degree of anxiety among the Bull speculators in the Funds, but prices have not altered much on the Stock Exchange to-day. It is to bs hoped after all that the damage said to have been done to the crops is much less than has been reported. Consols have advanced for the Account from 99 to 99k, and lee Money from 9834 to 99 1 / 4 . One or two bargains have been made at 102% >4, in South Sea Stock at 113, and in Ex chequer-bills at 495. premium. 'ln the Foreign Stocks a slight increase of business has to be noticed. Spanish Consols have receded to 26% 74, and the Three per Cents. to 3S For Austrian Bonds 117 ha, been the value to-day. Portuguese Converted are a shcde lower. The other Foreign Stocks have remained much the same its yesterday. The Railway Share Market is in a firm state. The prin cipal rise bas been in the London and Birminghams, which have advanced from 14R to 152 premium. Manchester and Leeds are up to 205 (with 761. p a id) , an d t h e G reat N ort h ern of France to 2 1 / 4 premium. These have been the greatest. changes this morning. The market is firm on the whole. ONE CLOSINc, PRICES OF BRITISH FUND . O'CLOCK. Loc PRICES' per'ecnt. Reduced 99% 1A 2 34 99 3 % 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9`.4 Sew 3 1 A per Cents lO 2 l / 2% 102 1 ; ', Long Annuities toexni reJan.lB6o 11% 1 / 2 11i , Ditto 30 year., Jan. 5, 1860 272% 113 99 1 A, 99 pm. 51 pm. 49 pin. 54 India Stock .. Aotith Sea Stock Ditto Old Annu , tieß Consols for Account — 991 A 1 4 e - lxchequer Bills, 1,000/., DAd 49 Ditto 500/. .. 49 Ditto Small ONE StICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Austrian, 5 per Cent .........117 Braziliai Bonds .• ..... Columbinn Bonds. ex Vo)eztiebt. 1714 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cen.. ;0 1 , 4 7 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18 7 37....... . Ditto, Account 3 ' 3 /4 Ditto, Deferred 1 9 17 /2 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted 64 atto Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent CLOSINti PRIC ES. 117 881", 17 1 90q- 3714, 64 64');; 64 Ditto, Account —6 4l Sparush 5 per Cent. 1840 I )itto 3 per Cent. — 38 ,-, Ditto, Account ...... ............ 38 38 1 / Dutch, 2 1 % par C 'nt . Ditto, 4 per CAit. Certific 99% 99% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ISAILWAY SHARES AT ONE; O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen / . 2 - _ 31/ Aylesbury and Thame.. 1 7 3 tiristoi and Exeter Do. New .... . ......... 2 ,!aleaonian • Ditto Extension - 212..... 2e l Oaen bridge and Lincoln 1 . 1 ...... 3 /2 ti t Chester and Holyhead... 15 Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. _ _. and Leicester 1 Cornwall f)t rect Northern Dublin and BelfastJunc. 214 B l /21% Dublin and Galway... . 2 1 / 2 — E•otern Counties 141. 165...... 2 1i% Ditto New 4/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, Nu. 2. l3s. 4d. 0% , :astern Union l5 .. .. 25 .. Ditto Extension ... 11,4 3 t l / 2.- Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 4...... 21 . . Ditto New 4 Shares... 2% l O l/ Edinburgh & Northern.. 1 1 / 4 — ... .. Great South. and West. (Ireland) 4reat North of England..loo ...220 217% 22 1 20 Ditto New 5 55 Ditto New 2 .great Western BO Ditto, Fifths , . 20 Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares Leicester and Bedford... 225. 2% p Limerick and Waterford 2% London and Birmingnm. (Stock) 252 Do. New Thirds Do. Quarters. 2 8 q; 9 1 1? e. 3 iof 22 3% 1 3 / 4 3 2) 81 /i 2% 20 3 / 4 P Ol it p 30 225 491 A 108 26 1 , 2 2% London and Blackwell. 16/: 13s. 4d. 114 London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. Id . 244... ......... . Do. New l3s 4d l 3 /4 ....... ... .. Loud. & S. Western 411 6s 10d B3 Lso. Consolidated Bths 12 — Do. New - " 2% — London and York 2h. 5 l /a 5 % .- London, Salisbury, and .Yeovil - 2%..... 2% 3 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham lsy, 4% ilanchester and Leeds... 76 205 Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 22s . .... 574 % 61 / 2 1 /0/4 Midland iO4l lBO 178 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derhy...loo 1.18 1 / a Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 55 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 4 25 % 34 25 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 ,4 ..„. 3 North British - 30 ... ...... ..... Do. New North Kent North Staffordshire 22s. .... nt4 p North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 14 Do~ New Oxford and Worcester... 21( 2 _ i-erth and Inverness ... 2% Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ...... Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l%, ... Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and firm 2 l / 2, .... 4% Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union 22s. Shrewsbury, Hereford, and,:Plorth Wales 234 — South Midland... 22- - 4' 11 1 A 79 24 1 / 1 I%} 82t. 30 3 / 14% r 3 A 5.. 65 1 6 3 / 4 p 177 27 3 4 133 55 24% _idland A. soak Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d 47 46% Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond 1 SoUth Wales ..... ...... ••• 91 / 2 538 Trent Valley •• 9 ...... •••••• .. Trent Valley and Holy head Junction % 8 2* Witerford and Kilkenny 1 .., 9 % Welch Midland Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union ... .. 1%..... 3% orl: and N.o s la 111Mland 50 llO Do. 1 /, Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens—. 6 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and. Cet te Dutch Rhenish Great North. of France 5 4. 3"A 35 110 (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2% 1 Jamaica Junction........ 1% 6:r t Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 .......1714a Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 Over Yssel 413 s 4d — ..... ... I aria & Lyons. Laflitte's 4 Paris and Orleans Pans and Rouen . 2O ...... 413/0/ 2 Paris and Strasbourg ( Ganneron's) 2 ...... 2 1 4 .Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 ..... . 2 5 ,i Rouen and Havre ...... 16 ..... 31 1 / 2 Royal North of Spain ... 2 ..... . 2 1 / 4 .... ... . Sambre and Meuse .... 4 ...... Verona atid Amon t...... 3 ...... 4% West yJanders 2 ...... JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 50 — Co:nmercial of London 20 54 251/i 2 1 4, 8,A4 2 2A 31 1 / 2% 491' 24 RETIRENIENT OP SIR EDWARD LEER FROM THE • GENERAL PosT-orriez.—This event. which has been antici pated for some time past, owing 'to the delicate state of Sir Edward's health, has at length taken place ; and we need hardly say that fe.v public servants retire into private life more univer sally respected. To the press, and the inhabitants of Edinburgh generally, his courtesy and affability have long been well known ; and there are few, if any, who have had occasion to transact business with him but will bear ample testimony to his zeal and anxiety in discharging his official duties. In no case, we be. lieve, has a complaint been made to Sir Edward Lees of an irregularity in the dispatch or arrival of mails, &c., but the molt strict and thorough investigation has taken place to remedy the evil. Sir Edward Lees is succeeded by Francis Abbott, Esq., from the Secretary's office in London. — Caledonian Mercury. THE STORY OF A ROYAL FAVOTTRITE.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn. of Great Marlborough. st eet, has this day published " TEE STOAT OF A ROYAL FAVOURITE," by Mrs. Gore, in 3 vols. po=t Bvo., which can new be had at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following new novels :.-2. Count Koningamark, by Captain Frederick Chamier, R.N. 3. The White Slave and the Russian Prince. by the author of " Revelations of Russia." 4. Self; or, The World as it Goes, by the author of " Cecil." 5. Maids of Honour, a Tale of the Court of George I. 6. Jonathan Sharp ; or, The Adventures of a K , nruckian : and 7. De Rohan ; or, The Court Conspirator, by M. Eugene Sue, author of " The Mysteries of Paris," &c. CoUNT ICONIG'IKA.RIC, AN HISToRICAL ROMANCE, BY CAPTAIN CHAMIER, R.N.—Captain Chancier is an adept at choosing a subject, but he has never before pitched upon a more happy o ne than in that of" Count Konigemark." Not withstanding Konigsmark's many bad qualities, and the;personal vanity which was the leading feature of his character, and which and a temptedmhai man m wh intot generous e h ro is us e i r m ro p r u s ke an s. d crimes, he was a man of courag e , a ga ll ant soldier, a gent l eman b y bi rt h and bearing high aspiring., and a most active and fertile imagination. All these are excellent materials of which to make a hero of romance. and Captain Chamier has very happily and skilfully availed himself of them blending th m also with many of the actual scenes anti circum stances in which his hero was engaged during his eventful life, and calling to his aid his own fertile fancy, when needed, to heighten by fiction the facts of history. There is an easy, off hand manner about everything Captain Chamier does, which falls in very well with the tone and spirit of reckless adventure and exuberant life depicted in this novel, which is by far the best of all the author's works which do not treat of nautical life.— Cour t.hurnal. BRIGHT .N, AUGUST 8.--ThP steamer Magnet ar rived last night from Dieppe, bringing over several families of distinction, and the Prince de Castelcicala and Captain Corhet, FAILURE ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE, LIVERPOOL. —Thursday a broker on the Liverpool Stock Exchange failed. The liabilities are stated at 0,0001. - .1 1" - • ' • 4-I i ' ifit l lt s . '*PA 7 sl.: • . 1 57. ' / 4 . 1 ` I N - 7 7 :_: 47 ,0 . r' ... , - tidal., • - .. ,544.0. -7( .4,i /A . ~. ' - ~ 1 ,Afir" 4 1,3100.* • iir, COURT t C1.!1.A. . The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite, left Osborne H..use at nine o'clock yesterday morning, em barked in the Fairy steam-packet fo" Gosport, and quitted Gos port at twenty minutes past ten o'cloek by a special trsin on the South Western Railway On arriving at the Nine Elms ter minus the Royal party entered two carriages and four, the Queen, Prince Allsert, and the Countess 4.f Charlemont, Lady in Waiting, being in the first carriage, and Colonel Bos+les, Master of the Household, Lerd Charles Welles'ey, (Clerk Mar shall) Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel CV3 I, le, Equerry to Prince Albert, were in the second carriage. A party of the 4th Light Dragoons formed the escort from Nine Elms to Buckingham Palace, where her Majesty and her Royal Consort arrived at five minutes before one o'clock. The Queen and the Prince were received at the Palace by the Lord Cliambeilain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice. Charobei lain, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, the Earl of Warwick, Lord in Waiting, Lord George Lennox, Lord 'n Waiting to Prince Albert, and Captain Me)nell, Groom in Waiting to the Queen. Her ,Majesty held a Court and Privy Couricii at -half-past two o'clock. At the. Court Baron du Huge;, Envoy Extraor dinary and Alinister Plenipotentiary from hts Alejcsty the Kaige of kVurtemberg, had an audience o. the Queen on his return from leave of absence. Mr. Everett, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary from the Th.ited States of America had an audience of i.er :Majesty to deliv-r his letters if recal. Mr. Louis 31‘Larte, the new Envoy Extraordinary and Mi nister Plenipotentiary from the United States, had an audience of her Majesty, to deliver his credentials. Baron de Gersiiiirff Minister Resident from his Majesty the King of Saxony, had an audience of the Queen, to deliver his letters of regal. Their E?tc,lionfies were respectively introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen, K. T., her 3.lajesty's Seeretaty cri State Foreign Atnirs, and conducted by Sir Robert. Chester, Mater t , f the Ceremonies. Mr. Fitzroy Keliy had an audience of the Queen in the Rwial C:oiet, and had the honour to kiss hands on being ap pointed her Maj, sty's Sclicitor. Genet al. Mr. Emerson Tentient had an audience of her Maje , ty,‘and had ;he honour to kiss hands on being appointed Culotoal secretary at Ce;lon. The Citeen held a Privy Council, It was attended by his Royal Highne.as Prii.ce Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, Cite Commanderrio-Chief, the First Lord of the Treasury. the Secretaries of State for the Home. Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the A ;miralty, the President of the Board of Control, the t:hanct llor of the Da- by of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner of the Woeds and Forests, the Secretary at Wrr, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamb •slain, the Master of the Hor..e, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. John Earl of Somers to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Hereford, his Lordship took the customary oaths ap pointed to be taken. The Queen's speech, on closing the cession of Parl antent this day, was arranged and agreed upon. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the closet in Wasting. flex Majesty gave audiences to Lord Granville Somerset (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster), also to the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Lord Wharncliffe, and Sir It. Peel. The Court was attended by the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Vice Chamberlain, the Earl of War wick, Lord in Waiting ; and Captain Aleynell, Groom in Waiting. The royal carriages of the Queen's state procession have beet. ordered at Buckingham Palace at one o'clock, instead of the u9ual time of half-past one o'clock. THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS.—His Excellency Baron Dedcl visited his Majesty yesterday morning, at Mivart's Hotel. The King honoured General Sir George Murray, Master- General of the Ordnance, with -a visit in the forenoon, at his residence in Belgrave-square. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward AFIS'4I, arrived at Mivart's Hot. I, soon after one o'clock, to pay a visit to the King. The Prince took leave of his Majesty. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge v:sited arid took leave of the King. In the afternoon his Majesty left Mivart's Hotel for the residence of Baron Dedel, in Wilton Crescent. His Excel. lency, M. Boud. Minister of the Colonies ; Viscount HatNar den' Lord in Waiting ; Cou n t Bylandt, his M a j esty ' s Cham berlain; and Captain the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood, Groom in Waiting, attended the King. Colonel Baron Coe. hoorn. his M.tj-st y's Aide de Camp, had proceeded to Woolwich. A drjeuni was served at Baron Dedel" .3, soon after the ar rival of lits Majesty and suite. The following had the honour of meeting the King :—His Excellency Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, and Lord Adol phus Fitzelarence. At half-past three o'clock the King, having taken leave of Lord Fitzroy Somerset. air: Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence en • tered one of the Queen's carriages and four, attended by his Excellency Baron Dedel and Viscount Hawarden, and It ft Wilton-crescent, for Woolwich, followed by Baron de Brunnow, M. Boud, Count Bylandt, and the Hon. - Captain Hood in an other royal carriage and four. On arriving at Woolwich, the King was loudly sheared by a numerous assemblage of spectators, and was received by Sir Francis Collier, Superintendent of the Dock-yard, and Lieut.- General Lord Bloomfield, Commandant of the garrison. His Majesty embarked in the Cyclop, conducted by Baron Dedel, Baron de Brunnow, Viscount Hawarden, Sir F. Collier, Lord Bloomfield, the Hon. Captain Hitod, and Mr. May, Con sul-General of the Netherlands. The King took leave of Baron Dedel, his Majesty's repreSPll_ tative at the Brdish Court, on board the Cyelop, the other noblemen and gentlemen having also taken leave of his Majesty. After the departure of his Majesty, their Excellencies Baron Dedel and Baron de Brunnow returned to town in one of the royal carriages. Viscount Hawarden and the Hon. Captain Hood, the Lord and Groom in Waiting, also returned to town, the Noble Viscount proceeding to Buckingham Palace The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday His Excel'ency Louis APLaine, the new Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, was presented to the Earl of Aberdeen, en Tuesday last, and de livered hin credentials to her Majesty at an audience yesterday. Mr. S. Solomon, from St. Helena, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. A deputation from the Operative Tailors in London attended at the Board of Trade yesterday, for the purpose of further ex plaining their grievances set forth in a Memorial presented on the 2341 of July. The deputation were very courteously re cei% ed, and were patiently heard. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ely, the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Hon John Nichol), Messrs. Spottiswoode, Hunt, Ellicombe. Hall, Hope, Weems, Dunlop, and Pritt, had an interview with the Earl of Dal housie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. THE NAVY. DEATH 0/, A VICE- ADMIRAL —Vice-Admiral of the Red George James Shirley died at Bath, on the 2d inst., aged 77. The dates of his commissions are--Lieutenant. Nov. 20, 1790; Commander, Sept. 11, 1797 ; Captain, April 26, 1796 ; Rear- Admiral, June 2, 1825 ; and Viee- Admiral, Nov. 12, 1840. He was on the half-pay of a Rear- Admiral. Peomonos. —Mr. G. H. Thain, acting-master, command ing the Fairy, royal yacht tender, has been promoted by the Admiralty to the rack of master. Alr. Thain was next in command to Lieutenant De Courcy on boars: the Charybdis, IL brigantine, e hen engaged with the federal squadron of Columbia, on the loth December, 1841, which ended in its defeat and surrender, and the subsequent liberatien of that country. Mr. Thaires conduct in this si uatton as well as when he was employed on -lupe, le -wetting the Bri tish Con-nlate at Carthagena. during the siege of that city, te as very favourably reported by his commanding offieer, who was hi mse lf p r omoted by the Admiralty fur his gallant conduct on those a ccasii:ns. The ineideetal mention of the affair between the Charybdis and the Colombian squadron leads to a brief account of thu particulars. Althouith their recital is not requisite as a spur to the gallantry of British officers or seamen, it may be never theless cited a. a glorious example of what has been accom• phshed in modern times, as aff , rding a salutary lessen to petty insolence of what the smallest representative of the English fleet can do against even confident odds. We believe the Colombian squadron had plundere..i two or three merchatit vessels, and had incarcerated some British subjects. An application was matte to the Government for their release by the British consul, but failing in his endeavours to procure their libe rat i on , b e comm unicated the particulars to Li e ut enant De County, commanding the Charybdis, 3, brigantine, in the neigh bourhood, on board of which were forty-two officers and men, ten boys, and eight marines. Lieutenant De Courcy dispatched an officer with a letter to the Commodore of the Colombian squadron which was lying at anchor in the port of Carthagena, consisting of a corvette, a brig, and three schooners, demanding the surrender of the British sub jects, but that worthy, gushed with conscious superiority of force, dared to treat both ietter and its bearer with contempt. The gallant commander of the little brigantin e' determin e d at all hazards to maintain the honour o f th e dog, immediately entered the port, but while proceeding to an anchorage a shot from the commodore's corvette carried away his forestay and precipitated the crisis the results of which have been before related. The corvette, the brig, and the three schooners were engaged with the Charybdis, little estimating the bravery arid endurance of the gallant little band with which they had to deal. A very short spare of time had elapsed when the corvette had struck, the com modore and twenty-five of his men being numbered with the dead. In five minutes after the Chan bdis brought her guns to bear on the lei; she had vanished beneath the waters, and the schooners, diseovering their mistake, had surrendered at discretion. The gallant De Courcy was immediately pro moted, and is now an inspecting commander of the coast gaard ; and we are glad to find that the services of his second in com mand have met with just reward. A proiNTmENT.— , econd Master Robert W. Roberts (1838), of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, an active and experienced steam officer, has been appointed acting master coma ander of the Fairy, Royal yacht tender, vice Thai'', pro moted. The Board of Admiralty did not proceed to Chatham and Sheerness on Tuesday, on the annual Admiralty inspection, as intend.d. Their Lordships will leave town to inspect the es tablishments at those porta on Monday next. The Admiralty yacht, the Black Eagle, Master Commander Cook, after land ing Colonel Wylde and Air. Hanson at Antwerp, will return and wait the pleasure of the Beard of Admiralty. THE EXPERIMENTAL FLEET.—The following report is in circulation at Poi tsmouth, but we attach no credit to it. It is possible, however, that it may have some foundation. No ac counts have been received at head-quarter :—" The Queen had the advawage of all the ships, except the old Canopus, which vessel had beaten the whole fleet."— Herald. The Cambrian, 38, Commodore Chads, C. 8., will be paid eff at Portsmouth on Saturday. The Crocodile, 26, Captain Maxwell, at Sheerness, will be ready for sea on the 19th inst. The Ferret, 10, Commander Josiah Oake, will be paid off at Sheerness this day The Scout, 18, Commander the Hon. Henry Drummond, will be paid off at Cha ham to-morrow. The Rapid, 10, at Devunport, will not be ready for commis sioning before Cie 30th instant. The Heroine, 6, at Devonport, will be ready for commis sioning on the 18 , h instant. The Victoria and Albert, Royal steam-yacht, Captain Lord A. Fitz larence, lett Portsmouth at six, v.ai., on Tuesday evening, and arrived at Woolwich yesterday afternoon. The Porcupine stearn-surveying vessel, Captain Bullock, has arrived at Woolwich to attend on the Royal yacht on her voyage to Antwerp. The Fairy, Royal yacht•-tender, Commander Crispin, arrived at Portsmouth on Tuesday evening, after conveying Prince Albert to Cowes, on the return of his Royal Highness from accompanying the King of the Netherlands. IEPrE, AuG. 7.—The Prince Castelcicala at .d Captain Corbet, R.N., left for Brighton this day in the General Steam Navigation Company's steam .packet Magnet. Great nuinisers of tourists daily p.ss. throwzn UI. verstou from Barrlsea, where they arrive by the steamers from the south. The new steamer, the Lady of the Lake. cont i outs a source of great attraction atWitidermere;and calms numbers of tourists to bend their steps in that direction,— Cumberland Pacquet. SPORTING iNT EL LIGEN CE. HORWICH PACES —THURSDAY. The Ladies Pinse of 3 sovs each, with 15 sors. added, for horses that never won previous to the day of entry. Heats, abut e mile and a half. The winner to be sold for 401., in the usual way. Mr. S. Dawson's S:,n of a Saint...(Hon. S. Erskine) 1 dis. Mr. Palni.-r's Donkey Mr. Young's Carton Mr. Hobsoo':3 ViUebrcque Mr. Graham's Mr. liornby':i gby Stump , 0 dr. fby lid off, was soon pursued by Son of a Saint, who wen easy. Second heat—Son of a Saint led off. Villebecque second. Donkey headed him at blue act raced with Son of a Saint in straight run. At distance s o of a Saint crossed Dnkey, and was disqualified in con, pence. Third heat—Cat ton to , k the lead, and beaded. Mr. Holt,on withdrew front the fourth heat under protest. Catti , ii walked over. A Cup, value n) guhle. lluxbwy -park, a'. Mr. Collett's Coraillat 'AI,. A. Joihnsb,izt , 's Sir ti' ut‘ The following al o started :—Susan., ham, and 1 lainingo. Lara went off at a rattling pace, kept it. to :he turn into the straight, run, where he wasp headed by Coranna, who Ca tM , in an ~s Sy Wilmer by at least eight lengths. A goon race sec Lara inn! Sir Henry. The Stliing Sia!;es of 5 ,tvs. each, with 20 sous. atldei•. lleat , , one utile and a half. Mr. Palmer'sn Betsy Bird Mr. S. Waring's Saul 8 started tbr the fir6t heat, 6 for the second, and 5 for the third. 'as never the gift of W. S. Standish, Esq., of t t , a sweepstakes of five sov , . each. ...Plurpby I NEWPORT RACES.—TUESDAY. The Newport Handicap Stakes of 100 sous. each, with 50 aided. Two miles. Mr. Morris's Evelina, 4 yrs (Denman) 1 Mr. Stokes na ch g by Dick. 3 yrs Mr. Tempe,t's b g T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs .... 3 The following also started but were not placed:—Mr. Hankin's Nix-my-I/My, 6 yrs—Mr. Careless's b h Arung sehe, 5 yrs—Mr. C,urt's ch h Delam9re, 5 yrs—Mr. D,VICS'i b f by Advance. 3 yrs. The Cavalry Cup, gives by the Officers, for horses belonging to mew!,ers of , he Sutherland troop of Yeomanry, one mile and a half, was won in two h,ats by Mr. H.tynes's eh g Newp , rt, by Old Port (h b), 4 yrs, 1 Ist 41b, beating Mr. Phillips's ch g Lilleshall, aged, 12st 121h—Mr. J Phillips's br g by Sir &Amens : dam Arbuta, 5 yrs, 12st —Mr. Boycott's b m Laures tins, aged, list—Mr. J. Pearce's br m Park Lady, 5 yrs, list 61b The Selling Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 20 added. The winner to be sold for 801., if demandod ; if entered to be sold for 601., allowed slb ; if fur 40/., 101 b ; ii fur 20/. 141 b. Heats, once round (4 Subs. ) Mr. W. Jones's The Pe: sian Lady,4 yrs (Copeland) 1 2 1 Mr. Court' cli h Delamere (401.), 5 yrs %Ir., Batson's b g The Bird (60/. ), 6 yrs Mr. Stokcsndch Iby Eb:.rs , n—lilue Bell (401.) 4 yrs 3 dr NV EDNES'DA Y The Stand Purse of 20 toys. each, added to a Sweeps►akes of 5 tors. each. The whiner to be sold for 1501., if demanded ; but if entered to be 601 l for 100 L, allowed Sib ; if for 501., 10ib. Heats, on, nine and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. Fontoff's hr m The 1111,ne, by Cain (100/. ), 5 yrs 1 1 Mr. Palmc r's bm by Womb i—Maid of the Mist (501.) 2 2 Mr. Thompson's b g Sinbad, 5 yrs The Aqualate Stakes of 5 •ovs. each. with 20 ad.►ed. Heats one mil. , and three-quarters. (4 Subs.) Mr. Phillips' b gily-ho h) 4 yrs (Mr. Spencer) 2 1 1 ?dr. Mayne.' b e Newport (hb) 4 yrs .. 1 2 2 Mr. J. Phillip,'s bn gby Rubella, out of Arbuta 5 yrs 3 dr The Farmer.' Purse of 20 sous., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each—the wiener to be sold for 120!., one mile, was won in three heats, by Mr. Skerratt's b m Nliss Holbrook ( l'asker )' beating Mr. Court's Delamere, Mr. Flititon The Elbe, and Mr. Warman's The Sailor. The Cavalry Handicap Plate for beaten horses for the Cup once round and a distance, was won in two heat., by :Mr., Phillips' eh g Lilleshall, beating :Ur. J. Phillips' br g by Sir Rubens out of Arbuta, and Mr. Boycott's b m Laurestina, t3LACKLEY BA( ES.—TUESDAY. The Blackley Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 10 added, three times round, were won in two heals by Mr. Griffi•hs' b f Lucy, 4 vrs (Holehouse), beating %Ir. Skelton's ch g Father Mathew. The Crtunpsall Stakes of I sov. each, with 5 added. twice round and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Himile)'s Yorkshire Lad, aged. beating Mr. Hornby's Blatikey Lass ( late Irish Lassie). WED N ESDA Y. Match of 10 sovs. each, one.. round and a distance, vas wo n by Mr. Whitt:head's Miss .onLileton, beating Mr. Heidi.. e's Charley. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 s 'vs. each, with 10 added, Mr. J. Griffiths' b I Lucy, 4 yrs, walked over. Tie Barrie. Green Stakes of I sov. each, with 5 added, wer. won in Iwo heats by Mr. Ilornby's Mackey Lass, beating Mr E. Foulks's Sally. The lankeept-r's Piate,.of 101 , added to a sweepstakes of 1 soy. each, wasdivided between Mr. Skelton" Father Mathew and Mr. Duckworth's Clean-tie-Kitchen, after each had Won a heat, and ran a dead heat. BRIGG RACES.—WEDNESDAY. _ The Sweepstakes oft snv. each, with 10 added, were won in two heats, by Mr. Gib:on's Eros, 5 yrs ( Brook ), beating Mr. Riehardson'a Diana, and Mr. Holmes' Mrs. Caudle. The Eluntin?.. Saddle anti Sweeps were won it, two heats by Mr. Davy's LJtny Ellen. The Hurdle S akes by Mr. J. Marshall's Mayflower. The Pony' races - . was won by Mr. Richardson's Little Countess. MARLOW RACES.-THURSDAY. The Quarry Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added (once round) were won easily, in two hews, by Mr. Lamb's chm Lady Flora (Livesey), beating Mr. Hardy's Fair P!ay, Mr. Wiltshire's Freystrop, Mr. Stuckey's The Lord lit-rule, Mr. Gib%on's Concealment, 111 r. Whittington's Miss Robinson (late Crocus), Mr. Wood's Sitteuham, and Mr. Smith's Five times Five. The Ring Stakes cf 2 'toys. each, with 20 added (twice round) were won, in two hcats ' by Mr. Whittington's Miss Robinson (H ar dy) h eal i ng Mr. Wesley's Jessy Hammond. Mr. Woetifield's St. Michael, Mr. Hobbs's Bavarian, and .11r. Fane's The Mile. The first heat was won by two lengths. The winner was objected to, and the stakes are withheld. The Hurdie Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added (once round, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Bladon's Palernon (Livesey), beating Mr. Hornsby's Donald Caird, Mr. Hardy's Little Dan, and Mr. Fowler's The Ranger. by a length. BRIG HT! )N RACES —FRIDAY. Sweepstakes at 3 sovs. each, with 30 added ; heats. _1 mile: the winner to ..11 15.0). .r Etb. ; any horse en , ering to be sold for 1201. allowed 41b; for 1004, 71b; 8t)/ 121 b; (8 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's br c by Mus, nut of Belvidere (801. )3 firs, 6st 3 .( Kitchener) 4 1 1 Mr. Berestord's Rest :tower. 4 yrs, Bst 81h 1 4 2 Mr. Mathews' Tub Thumper ( . -t)i. ) ae - eti, Bst 311) Mr. B. Smith's Beggar Girl (8 1. ), 5 yrs, 7st 81b 2 3 cr Betting, 2to 1 agst colt by Mus ; 5 to 2 awst Tub Thum per: and 3to 1 agst Beggar Girl. The first and a , cond heats were each won by a length, and the third by three lengths. The South Down Stakes of 2 sovs. added to a aw' epstake of 10 sovs. each, sft for three years obi and upwards. Heats. New Course ; getitl-.men riders. (7 Subs.) Lord George Bentirick's Naworth, aged. last Mr. Brook named Alice Grey, 6 yrs, lOst Betting-10 to 1 agst Naworth. The first heat was won by a neck. In the second heat Alice Grey ran no the wrong side of the post, and was pulled up. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sons. each, tor horses belonging to officers of the 17th Lancers; llst 71b each. Mibe and a quarter. ( 5 Subs ) sir. Dod well's Cr. m Chance . Mr. E. Haworth's Marengo Captain Scobell's b rn Aleti,tra Nlr. Reit Won rasv by two 1. , ; ethq. ST. LF.GEP BETTING ON THE COURSE. 4to 1 ag•t We4l-o.rhit—ta II to 1 agst Old Engrand—t. 7 to 1 ags. Mentor—taken 30 to I az. , t The Pacha--t. 10 to 1 agst M. Monarch—ta. 49 to 1 agst Idas—taken 10 to 1 apt Sting DER BY. 20 to 1 agst Arkwright CR IC' T. KENT V. ALL ENGLAND.—This match sirs renewed and concluded on Wednes,tay, at Canterbury. A finer display of scientific bowling and hitting has not been withessetlthrough out the season than has been exhibited during this contest, and the result has again proved that the slow bowling is net only not to be laughed at, but that it can and has won another match, even when brought in opposition to the best hitters the kinguom will allbrd. The match terminated in favoui of England, as will be seen by the score, by a majority of 31 runs., ALL ENGLAND. Lillywhite,bflyer 0 b. Mynn . Marker, s. Dorrinton, b. Hillyer 16 b. Adams . Box, ls. Alynn C. G.Tayl.4r. Esq., b Mynn ll c. Adams, b. Wynn 40 Guy, b. Hillyer ...... ............. Sewell, b. Hillyer ... ... . 3 Not out 3O Martingell, s. Dorrintop, b. Hi Oyer 1 c Dorno ton 4l Ilainmond, b. Hillyer ____ lO b. Hillyer Clark, b. 111ynn F. Pearson, Esq., run out 9 b. +Myer Dean, not oat ... Byes 8, wine (Mynn) 1 . (11 ,- mi 2, Afhi n :, 1, Hillyer 1), 4... 20 65 KENT. W. Mynn, Esq., b. wk. b. Dean 3 Not out ... 2 Marti , b. Clark Adams, b. Clark Pilch, b. Clark N. Felix, Esq., b Taylor__ A. Mynn, Esq., c. Box, b. Clark 36 c. and b. Clark ... 0 Dorringt, , n, b. Dean 33 c. Guy, b. Clark ... 0 E. Banks. Esq., run out .. Ilillyer, b. Clark C. G. Whittaker, Esq., run out. 0 c. Pearson, b Clark 3 E. Swann, Esq., not out Bye. , 1, wide ( M a rtingal=22, Dear, 1) 3, no ball (Clark) 1 ...... 5 Byes 109 87 The Gentlemen of Kent V. the Gentlemen of England w•as to commence on Thursday. • STATIONERS AND PAPER-MANUFACTURERS' PRO. VIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual dinner of the Stationers' and Paper-manufacturers' Provident Society took place at Love grove's West India Dock Tavern, on Wednesday last. The chair was taken by Mr. E Wigeins, who was : , upported by Mr. Dickenson. Mr. G. Yertat.b-s, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Towgood, Mr. Wilmont, Mr. Tyler, Mr. Gaussvn, Mr. Wal ter, and about. 90 other members of the trade. After the ustud loyal toasts were drank, Mr. E. Co iper, the Honorary Secretary, read a report of the proceedings of the Society during he past year, from which it appeared that the balance in hand last year was 4,7071., and that there had been since received the sum of 7711. 18 , . 6d., making 5,478/. 184. 6d., and, upon deduction of the expenses of the S , ,eiety during the year, a balance was left in favour of the Society of 3►+l. 12s 6d, making a total of 5.4401. 6s. 6d., of which there was invested with the Commissio , ,ers of the Na tional Debt, at interest, 5,2951. 7s. Id. The report alluded to the benefit derived by the Society from the interest allowed by the Commissioners, which being added each half-year, by way of compoued interest, was rapidly increasing the funds; and whilst the expenses of the Society were kept at their resent moderate scale, the ultiinate attainment of the objects of the Society was rendered a matter of eertakty. The toast of " Prosperity to the Charity " followed the report, and was succeeded by the " Health of the President, Sir James Wil liams," who was prevented by illness from attending the meet ing. Mr. Dickenson then proposed the '4 Health of the Chair man," which toast was succeeded by that of " Mr. Gaussen," and the " other Vice-Presidents and officers of the charity." Mr. Gaussen, in returning thanks, urged most forcibly the strong claims of the Institution upon the trade at large, arri hoped that, as the report was so favourable, the meeting would not separate until they should make up the funds to 6,0001., to wards which he begged to contribute fifty guineas. —( Cheers.) The liberal example thus set was followed by other contr.: u tions, and the sum of 250!. was speedily added to the former sum. The whole of the proceedings gave the utmost satis • faction. ALV „.S, MORE CUSTO3T-HOLTSE F 6,4 At the 'I hames Police-court yesterday. Mr. , L 0 ° 13 ,1 0 0 to the Solicitor of Customs, accompanied by Ale. trialer of Accounts in the Customs departmeat of therite or Dock, came Mole Balantine in great haste, for °eel Hopper,,_tor pose of obtaining a warrant to apprehend ono person , , 0 0, ci tY aaerchant in the City, the other a clerk in the Cvstonat; fr r conspiracy and traud. Mr. Hopper said, that it had just been discovereie Cr .au had been defrauded of ditties to tt c onslder eb .int ett' by the connivance of a clerk and the facts were s.`-'er t ,!,, i ,,sty —The outy was paid upon 1041 b,, of n utmegs at the no house by the owner and sellll . of the preperty. and that tity only ought to have been delivered. but a warrant I l a r dtii' delivery 1,1291b5. had been made out by the clerk , !te, 0 0 Crown had consequently brit: defrauded itf 1.0 - 25Ibs of nutmegs, mounting to 135/. 15a. " ; brought with him Mr. Cole, the Comptroller of Ace °°°. f the the purehaseranod whose depaianient the clerk bel,inetl ; the o f t e ` l o ,l t bt nutmegs, v.ho h d received fr-m 'he , vendor I.l'29:" lit arot clt k who computed the duty at 104!b 3 T he stance' !A Cis-toms had directed him to apply, iii the rSt the Lord ,ayor, ant he had do e Si; b u t his Lord,slasrlie not interfere, as the offence was committed ou t of himshie forth' thin. He raquired a warrant that the parties 'night en 1131 with apprehendod and brought before his Worship ch Ai g r. }eglantine had recollection of a similar OP es t having been made to him before. Assuming the facts °reel' by Air. Hopper to be correc', a serious offence heti b ee- vol t mitred by a servant of the Crown. but he ahouli t° in possessn of more el the case before he interfered. Mr. Hopper said there could be no doubt •lte eattleebell conspired together, and he would explain the way To the fraud had been committed. The merchant wen.,:iapol" long room of the Custom-house, and applied fir fiatauseCte warrant for 1041bs. of nutmegs. The duty nu 7,0,0 was computed by the clerk and paid, and the nterchant 0 ) 4 a duty-paid warrant, which he took to the clerk in thtueL, a tro ier's accoura-office in the London Dock, and ' n i v e sto s course of business ho ought to have signed a deli/eg o* for 104Ibt. of nutmegs, but he made out one for 1,10 flan Mr. Ballantine asked for the documents, and A ff ' li ot handed to him a memorandum written by the rne r , ° ,3 ifttla i r o.: nee of the goods, requesting a duty-paid warrsilt """ nutniegs, sadderwarehoue b Currie and CA., and fre ro posse-sions. and also very warrant, to which, t n oori r quent clerk's signature was attached in red ink. I t tt etadle the delivery of I,la9lbs. of nutmegs . Mr. Ballantine wished to know to whom the 11l 00* dum was delivered ? Mr. Hopper—The owner of th e !old!, paid it to the collector in the long room, and he cenr g eso' duties on 1041bs. of nutmegs, which was paid , 11°- duty-paid w , rrant. Mr. Ballantine—Where is the duty-paid Z awe-entre? ye Hopper—That has been made away with, for the i l;`,,fe t, carrying on this fraud. It c a nn o t be found, bit' eat!' proper officer in attendance to prove that the duty tflaj ti ot nutmegs only. oft ° Mr. Ballantine—And who made out the delived ;toile°, Mr. Hopper—The clerk in the office of the ctir:li i e 4° . ; 1 ; auounts of whom I complain. On the receipt 0 ..,de 0 7, t 0 t paid warrant, it was the duty of the clerk to have ' - aa delivery warrant for 1041bs. of nutmegs, but he te e ,:fet at l, tor 1,1291b5. Mr. Hopper then submitted that ro defraud the Crown, and he asked for a warfe a r it „,.; arid' bend the parties . forthwith. and there was priviaja— asittei against them of fraud and conspiracy. a aa, onto-aibt Mr. Ballantine said the parties had prime/ 7 14 1 - , soy I ,` an indictable offence, but the question wag, h ad '; hati the to interpose in the way now sought ? If a fe l°l3 ' c harg e 0 0 committed, or if the Board of Customs intended to a to d o Po A arties with a felony, al the licitnr of Customs %L, to order the parties into l so the custody of a policeiern hot -, e constalee had the power of arresting a man for "'" 0 0 a warrant. o te Alr. Hopper was aware of that, but the solicitor etasaefe;,, had instructed him to apply for a warrant, which he aist „e, the most regular course. There were other ca5e 5 , 44 ,1 - 00e%e same parties, but it was only necessary to preeee a "tael k i a He held in his hand a delivery warrant, signed b) ff° o , clerk, for the delivery of upwards of 3,0001b5. a p 1 , 01 ,1 the London Dock. The pepper beloneed to the 1„,,J owned the nutmegs. The difference between the ' L eo eP tj pepper deli ve red and that on which the duty he seo° was 2,0001b5. Mr. Hopper was about to hand i•P e Aft connected with this fraud to the magistrate, when a telno Mr. Ballantine said he would first dispose of tn e .i , oei o r and that ease was bad enough. Had Mr. Bonn er 1 elf• P attendance to 'stove the handwriting of the clerk A be ° per--Yes, Sir; Mr. Cole can do that. fir. Ballantine- Yau can recover the duties , - ro ae penalties too, in the Court of Exchequer. tO llopper—Y es. Sir; but we wish the part too it (1 their . Ci; pearanee iri a Criminal Coust. 1111 sti Mr. Bailainise ob-erved, that in cases of enntutict,t r ot le en the practice to go bet. re the grand jury, and j° tae, if a true was iourd, tat obtain a bench wafte 3l ;'o:l ot Aale tire parties. Whether this was a case of frstau, c atv statute he would not undertake to say until he h ad dpt . os the matter seiousl. After some r furth y er discus-ion relating to the fact calf, which Mr. Hopper said he had had no time to preP rt " l Irsti is having only been discovered that fternoon.el 01 Air. Ball a ntine consulted with Mr.Sy a moiot the c hief oul and said before he discussed the matter further h e f - gree t c 'bil to see the Customs solicitor. Ihe case was °e t : waY °„, the pertance, and there were some difficulties in t r a diett e c u P inter fereoee ; but there were none in the Watlbse°lo. subject of the parties for conspiracy, or proceeding against ot Exchequer. Mr. Hopper could mention the I' solicitor of Customs, and he could apply aftettl% or of c u sto ire jta k Mr. Hopper said that Mr. Walford, tne so lic . t nd then ret would most probably wait upon the magistrate, with the geneemen who accompanied hint- r late of Se The will ttf the lion. Amelia Qu in ' R i c hard u r gelia worth Lodge, Southampton, widow of the 800. runes o il Quin, has just been proved by the executor%;.D. be Pyle, E-q , and John Reynolds Beddorne, St o . p eqnur nerous ate under 25,0001. The bequests are - ve n, 1 34 ' she left her carriage and horses to ihe Earl of Dun ellery tom, husband's brother, and a specific bequest of Pe' st e Countess. Other articles of jewellery and ornamene, 0.601,4 posed of separately to her friends Pecuniary beq o :nob ye to her brother, Sir John W ',More Smith, and to bet suet and nieces, and to her god-d a ughters, and Sir Willie/ 1 0 de Gallwey and his family, and Lieut.-. General Sir Ale„ . tor, Woodford and others of her acquaintance. Directs br . i e d s°„ l invested in Government security, the interest expe!,, s , s", nually for ever in providing medicine and attends%estr, clothing for the poor of Chilworth. Leaves 1,0 00 . 1f,t; 1 ,01 r o l trddene, and tisa ,esidue of Der Pl;rbree he equally divided between ber other executor and; ors her nephews. Leaves to her own maid 6001• an bolts, 17i; robe, and annuities and legacies to all her others erool3 sides a year's wages and mourning. The will %solo, D•Teraber. 16.13, and a codicil, dated 29 - h of Mel, b_utcheb CANIIIRIDGE CANVASSING Carnbridg, e ,,.,. 69 ° , 4 ",0 being canvassed during the late contest for Mr. Acw o f' 0 1 : 0 of that gentleman's friends, he pointed to a l e g. i ; hanging in the shop and said, "That's a fine leg, s it ,i e ras° o , it is," was the reply. '• It weighs 101b5.," added t d t he blue, " and its price is 51. a pound." " Then, sli vasser, "it will snit Mr. Kelly's appetite better Adair's," and left the shop. „ o °s SING LILAR ACCIDENT IN THE c so road -Thursday morning, at about half-past ell !he ~d cident occurred, which, though happily unattend tear; Las of human life, was of a somewhat unusual and of char.cter. It arose from a man who had cha r g e s f , O which was delivering rough ice at the Cross KeY br i c ile; s Blacktriars-road, incautiously taking off the horses .ect give him form The animal bri,.g startled by some obt sti edi f ;, road. sbook himself free from the man's hold, notwit'd , his strtntgles to retain him, and started off at full sr e c j i ais_,l, st. A obstacle with wch he came in contact was to e ,esw: t tire. Wood, of Illaekheath, in which a groom w as t o gool, vva.ting for his mistress, ash° was making some „,Pu, re cbs i the shop a Messrs. While and Greenwell. ~"° ow n ' was overturned a•td broken to pieces by the and the groom thrown out. The author of the od9c f checked in leis wild career, then ran amongst a flock 0 00 1 se that was being driven home fr. m Smithfield, injuring s e Ai ,telf' severely that i.hey were obliged to be slaughtered ii lso s pri t and was at. length stopped by the wheel of the e ar- Wave ° against a lamp-post. which threw him down. bill' co sis°' horse, as soon as he recovered from the effects of the °ll also galloped away, kicking and plunging deeperateil e ." - e .t a b irPl rema ns of the broken chaise at his heels, to the inOrlitd blo' of the numerous pa,sengerp, but wa. fortunately secure 10011, he had cone much damage. The groom escaped Mirarcerateti with no fur, her injury than a few bruises and Ja hand. „ r atiisi ft:lm.: Flo fIT FOR FIFTY PoUNDS —On I ' l , -- pete r ft l 11, e ~t.6;istle ntest between Carley George 99" Gres Stevan, came oil. . The parties started by a train of the 'Western Railway. and proceeded to the appoio re n,,paldt Stews,' was waited upon by Jemmy Shaw and 0 1 .1; DO' and Driscoll-and Turner did the needful for George. " was opened by Stevens, who showed his superiority in 9 0 4 anti had winning certain, his antagonist receiving some rota blows without returning the compliment. Stevens og r ior o severely upon his opponent for thirty-five minutes , his other think,ng his winning a certainty. After fighting 1040 e round, ;tad ta, the surprise of all resent, he refused to coo j. the contest, and in this way the affair abruptly ternsio a Latium s —l ' V*Teretly morning, net Ween seven, a daring burglaiy was committed on the ra' l3 :bieve. John H. Screed, Esq., in the Kennington-road. Tb e e kfist' ffected an entrance during the night by forcing the n i s to, lour window fastenings, and carried off a quantity ofsilvef „raja/ consisting of spoons and forks, a gold watch, and several .-0000 of wearing apparel. They also regaled themselves with k t oo cold roast b. of and the remains of a currant pie, and d,r in bsa rd• bottles of sherry, , vhich they found on the parlour side-ibs The page, who slept in the pantry, was not disturbea bf slightest noise. DeisTitt C 1 to:e OF PORTMAN HAY MARK. - 0 , 0 Fii(E.—Last evening, between the hours of six and g e t the fire, ost lamentably destructive in its results, broke out I,7rfii. premises known as Portman-market, Marylebone. rtv of nated in a large shed, used as a straw depot, the pr op A sp a Mrs. Ellis. This building was filled with straw, and rs pi , once in flames the fire travelled with more than usolYhold dity. From this pm tion of the premises the fire low. the of the roof of the market, and in less than half an Wl' we whole was in flames, which rose a considerable distance . ..f e y the air, causing the most lively apprehensions for the w ere of the contiguous property. At this period there f • standing in the market, and beneath the flaming roc " large number of waggons, loaded with hay and straw. tor save them the inhabitants rushed forth, and were in t he mental in rescuing a deal of the property contained isfrof mat 10-t, consisting of straw, bay, fowls, and pigs, a s s od as the horses. The different engines of the parish ~ty London Brigade promptly attended, and those of the Cuth'oty and West of England Companies. There being P w le oritr of water at hard several engines were set to I , le but by the period that eould be accomplished the tifge of the hay-market, from 300 to 400 feet long, with ala quantity of the stock, was blazing most furiously. Th e A t he ferent engines took up the most commanding positions , an ' re . water being brought to bear upon the flames, t h e y were P eat vented from extending to the opposite houses. Th e P a t t ad spreader was attached to the branch of the West of Eng's t, engine, which had the effect of causing the water to be sg e b tered over a large surface of burning hay and straw, damped the flames very considerably. Owing to the e xertio • of the firemen the conflagration at length began to ass°l o , less ft ightful aspect, and by nine o'clock it was safely es '0 guished, By that period the whole of the haymarket with the exception of an office at one end) was nearly . cons ra t 7, The total loss must be very considerable. The origin 0f,., fire cannot b e accounted for, but it is the opinion of the issuri-a bitants that it was caused by a man smoking in the marke t s ",„„ some of the partly-consumed tobacco falliog amongst the atr s The marker was the property of Lord Portman, and is belie' if to be insured. Six houses in Hantsworth-terrace are s evere ' damaged. PREMATURE BIRTH IN A STREET CAR•-•• 11)11 „ 1. 4. 5 a . day morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, Mrs. ...„ beth Seagrave, a married woman, the wife of a ca binet-1 0 0 residing in Dean-street, Oxford-street, having been out 7... business for *ber husband, at Knightsbridge, was, nn ber retoi.r; home, suddenly taken ill in l'iccadilty, and sat down olt t " 3 , step of a door. Finding herself growing worse, a ea t ' vi or called, into which she wa, put, ace ,, uipt.led by a rt,srecl4 elderly lady ; but before they arrived at her 'residence sbe...W„ delivered of a male infant. She was carried into the h°l4, - and immediately put to bed. Medical assistance .was pros3P rendered, and the mother and infant are doing wall. THE S N, 1.4_0N DON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9 1845.