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Also just published; by the same Author, AN AUTUMN IN SWITZERLAND. SECOND EDITION, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marl4oroinh-street. HER MAJES TY 'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING AUG. 3. Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled DuN PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grisi ; Ernesto, Signor Mario; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fornasari ; and Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. Between the Acts, a Divertissement, in which will be introduced the admired Pas de Deux from " Les Hour's," by Mdlle. Ccrito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, ,Mdlle. Fanny Elssler; Phoebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringeire, M Perrot. A pplicatlans for Boxes, and Tickets to be made at the Box Clfice, Opera Colonnade. HER M 4.IES ['VS THEATRE. Sig. MARIO respectfully informs the Nobility. Patron . ; to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEI I will take pkcc ON THURSDAY NEXT, AUG. 8, When will be performed (by desite) Bellini's i•cra of I PURITAN'. Elvira, Madame Grisi ; Giorgio, Si g n or Lablache; 11, ht. c, Signor Mario; and Riccardo, Signor Fernasari. To be followed by a Divertissement in which Al d:l2. Cerito will ppear. In the course of the Evening, Selections from a Favourite eperi, I R wliich M.idame I'ersi ,ni and Sig Mario will a .pear. To c mind° I.A ESMERALDA. L:► Esmeralda, ',grille. Fanny Elssler; Phcebus de Chat,aupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringoire, M. Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKFT MIL RENJ A :SI N Wt.:TINTER, I FSS' E LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE PRESENT' SEASON THIS It' ENING, AUG. 3, Will be performe l Sheridan's Comedy of THE 4 CHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farrcn ; Charles Surface, Mr H. Holl; Lady Teazle, Mrs Ntsbe t. In he e , tur4o of toe Es,•uinr, Mr. John Parry will sing " Fayre Rosamonde." T. 3 he followed by t'.e new Farce, entitled THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Sq 4 cinion Sparkes, Mr ruckstone; Mr. Pennywig, Mr. , itr'ckland ; Fa&aiy Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby. To conc:ude with A KISS IN THE DARK. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF' MR. WEBSTER, LESSEE, Ansi Last bight of the Sea on. WEDNESDAY E‘ ENING, AUGUST 7, Will be performed Sbaks eare's Cowed) , of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Netrucio, Mr Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; Christopher Sly, Mr. StricklandOtiatharina, Mrs. Nisbett; Bianca, Miss Julia Bennett. Jo the course of the Evening Mr. Webster will deliver a Farewel Address. Atter which, THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Loy: and the Polka. Phihi pot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the c,:lebrated Polka. Mi. John Parry wi I sing one of his celebrated Buffo Scores. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STlikk.T. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. FOR THIS NIGHT ONLY. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHORAL IMPARTMENT. THIS EVENING. AUG. 3, WM be performed Donizetta's Opera of I;ON PASQUALE. Tripeinal Characters by Mr. Allen, Mr. tiurdmi, Paul Bedford and Mist Grant. After which, A GRAND CONCERT. To conclt•de with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WONDERFUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Absnazar; li r. Paul Bedfcrd; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanky. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, I ATE ENGLISH OPERA_ HOUSE. Un ler the Management of Mts. KEELEY. The " Advent,ires of " Martin Chuzzlewit" having, on each repre sentation, 'cell received with every possible mark of public appro. bation by the most fashionable and crowded audiences, and having been pronto:teed by the unanimous voice of the publie press to be one of the oast interesting Dramas ever produced from the works of the rclebr ited Author, a repetition of its performance will take place every evening till further nrptice. THIS EVENING, AUG. 3, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, t. Vining, Emery, F. tathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sai,ders, and Keeley; Miss For. tescue, Miss Wool g ar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Gtoves, Mrs. Usher, Miss 1 tuner, and Mrs h eeley. To be fo l,wetl by an Apropos Bagatelle. called POLKA MANIA. Characters y Mr. F. Matthews, Rr. Wigan, Mr. Eeeley, Mist Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeler. To conclude with a New Dornesti7 Drama, entitled THE MO MEN fOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, J. %V. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. ASTLnY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS Prorrictor a d Manager, Mr. BATTY. Great success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and New Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, AUG. 3, Will be repeated an c ntire new E luestrian, Milital. and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Sceocry, Diesses, Appointments &c., - to realise the rs cent isiumplis of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 2.",() Lanterns. Dance of the POLK A. i y Mdlle. Cushnie and Sig. Milano. New and unequalled Scenes oh toe Circ e---Extraordinaty Feat, of Horsemaii,hip by monsieur I ouis Tournaire, Sg, tiermani, La Petit ►sabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c.; ,sith Mr. R. Smith's highly trained - teeJs. After •vgich, the old English pageant o' THE SUMMER't- MORN of IfiSti; or, the White Wreath ant Flitch of Bacon. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eng land's H sweat Home. Acting and stage-in-wager, Mr. W. D Broadfoot. DAVIDGICS ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AUG. 3. The Grand o...era and sp endid Spectacle have attracted the greatest overflow ever remembered, increasing nightly. Last Week hut three of the Opera Season, commencing with PRA DI A VOLO Powerful Operatic Comp inv— , diss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss Pearson Mr. W. King, Mr Leffler, Mr E. L. Rime, Mr S. Cowe I, and Pearson, G Stansb ry, conducto , . Increased Band and efli. eient horns from 'I Inzatres .1 , yal To conclude with an entirely n-sv A9uatic .ipectacle, introducing Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled IHE .iIOUNTAIN CATA. RACT ; or, The Enchanter's Spe'l. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven , o Four. ROY AL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Davligh: View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME Painted by Danson and Tenni'. The sensation caused by this thinvalled pro inction is beyond all former ~ , cedent; the artist, th e amateur, th e casua l observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea ro unanimous in prohouncing it the roost wonderful ex. hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle I-sr the terrific disp!ay at husk is unjust; it should be seen.n the calm stillness 01 the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mon - ays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays concucted u, Me. Godfrey, are up n a ticale more than usual excellence; 'int north fail n. doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LttNDON. Its fearful ch :racteristics are truthfully pourtraied,l;ut at the same time so oeateifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, ri.at delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightiv crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that L'ortl , 6y, Ahc Unrivalled Pyretechnist has ai.hieved a matchless triumph. The ii.ndens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, combining so rainy and interesting features, are by far tte most et' rs , :tive lounge in or near the iretroooli . Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. EM PORTANT NOTICE. UN E SI!LLING Admission to 'l'll E NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collaotirn of Histo rical Curioßlties and Works of Art ev( r known to hive been formed Dy Uric Person, during Twenty-five years of daborate. research, at a eost of .io,non guineas, and to completely illustrate, In U.e most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean histor) , viz. —CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROSI WELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE and the EMPEROR ::Al'Or , Eo3, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the las` and rresent year, by the Loyal Family, the Duke of Wellington. the Pardo Prince's, Ambissal Ws, and their Ladles. also, many diousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to ir—.;tesse, by several very fine pictures, &7.. his previous ahnost in, re lible number and variety of Itss., Work" et Art, slid m multitude - n valuable Relic', and other irt this most ~. •ructive snit as hundreds have said it o tzlit t i be, a Nations 31 iseum. ti< y thonsand have inspected it, 1041 THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS *f the MIMIC PRESS have stated ha' it rugh 'o he seen by every one. The price of admits • lion is reduce,' t) ONE SHILLING The NA POLE ON NIUS E U3l is to seen only at the Egyptian Picca.bllv dai'v h om Ten t'll Uus'r. TILE WEATHER.—SITN OFFICE. AUG. 3. ritimmoltrrice., Lowest, 53: Highest, 68; Noon, 61. BAROMETER, 29.6.—W0M, S.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barorneteas fair is „ A IN , placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. lINNIXIMMW 'Oll WATER AT LON DON -BRIDGE TMN DAY. Morning ... 46 ininntes after 4 Evening ... 6 minutes after 5 SHEPTON MALLET, SOMERSETSHIRE. rip ALFORD returns his grateful thanks to the ji. • numerous Families who have honoured him with thair pa tronage, and to his Commercial Friends and the . Public generally, for . the kind support which he has received from them during the eight years that he has occu pi e d th e Geo r g e Commercial Inn ; and begs to inform then that he has taken and entered on- the HARE and HOUNDS COMMERCIAL HOTEL and POSTING HOUSE, which he has newly fitted up for their convenience. T. A. assures his friends that nothing shall be wanted on his part thatean conduce to their comfort and accommodation. lle trusts that strict attention, combined with moderate charges, will secure him a continuance of their favours. Excellent Stall Stabling, Lock-up Coach-houses, &c. &c. The Posting establishment conducted on the usual moderate terms. Good Poit-horses and careful drivers. Coaches to and tYorn London leave the above Inn daily, Sundays excepted. Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., 21s. bound, A WINTER IN By Mrs. ASIITO'• YATES. NELSON.DINNER. "PRAND II7M"—PUBLIC NOTICE.—BR A ND-E D. The Operatives of the metropolis, the people, &c., are requested to hear in mind the fact that prior to George the Third's reign all the Parliamentary enactments, &c., as recorded, were In the Latin language, the which, jesuitically admits of two interpretations, namely, an English and Latin signification " fair to the ear, but false to the eye" From which circumstance, the unremunerated Masons of the " Strike," will now learn (vide undersigned letter in the " Morning Advertiser" i❑ reference), also that the free land allotted on which Nelson's pillar stands, was granted by the present Greenwich unaudited and irresponsible trust over 3,000,000 sterling yearly, from (in their possession) all tlie charities of England* for the relief of the "sick, hurt, and maimed" in coutiirmity with this Act, appertaining by its verbiage to the " trade, navigation, and naval strength of Great Britain" as proclaimed under the 2d Queen Anne, This Act of 1703 provides, under its Commission, that " a refreshing Prandium, genus zonce," as the girdle of yearly investigation, should have place by free Representation Parliament, as the " refreshing at noon-day ;" not as belly cheer for the gross body, but as food for the mind's eye of posterity. Thus the discerning will view the hypocritcal intent, " Dinner-proml" of the Greenwich pensioners friends disposed of, as further made apparent by the " statua" pence, collected as a Prandium, otherwise " doticum est mane" mark, or nuptial grace endowry, as footing money, received by those pensioners deputed by the " trust lit to bring in the monies" as the " Com mission decrees," and the said dinner humbug defines under the fol lowing, as in 1733 scratched on the base of the effigy in St. Paul's Churchyard : " Queen Anne she's gone, and left us in the lurch, Her face against the Brand Ey'rie-shop,t her back against the church." The aforesaid, explains the reason for the undersigned demanding, on the part of the public, if the word DINNER was to be understood in the knife and fork acceptation of the term, or the Latin significa tion. The Chairman Sir Edward Codrington was dumb-foundered, and hence " the disturbance to the clique" in a cleft-stick, men tioned in yesterday's London papers. August 3, 1841. CHARLES H. ACKERLEY, 3, Swallow-street, Quadrant. Author of the:Wonderful " Lamp of Life" in this, our day, as the ALLAn-DoNatAre. * The charities of Ireland in " Kilmainham Hospital "—these of Scotland in the " MAinen Hospital" Edinburgh—un-audited now 140 years, &c., consisting of several millions sterling. t The letter (I', mutata in B as lib. co'nate to the Metro-pole Ey're " Cour de Justice ambulante"—or ancient justice-shop of the Charing-cross array, as the " Ap l-puy-de-Dome" Square ! ------- ''''" - 1 ' 4PI . 4 - . V. 4 ' A f . ' rF, ... 4 . ~...., --- 4, , ,c_G s ,_ 4,, p . p. • ~ ~ ~'• ~ b /10 T lii.l„,--4"1.114 ~ 40 0 .^,t ,, :,. l '''' ° „,1"- • . ;, .., ..,- ~ I, 1 . . t Ar m''llloK 1, SECOND EDITION.. ebieltill_C .:)111t LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1844. In the House of Lords the new " Knackers' Bill" was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. This was done on the motion of Lord BEAUMONT, and he was followed by the Bishop of Lospor, who presented petitions from Sir HAR- ance, the House adjourned at Half-past Seven. The spirit which animates the Bishop of LONDON will be the death of his order. There is no redemp tion for the bigoted and selfish race which he repre sents. At the crisis of the Reform Bill, the Episcopal Bench was all but overturned, the men with lawn sleeves and black aprons scarcely dared to appear in the streets, and were hooted even in sacred temples by the religiaus people of England. They succumbed for the time, but when the storm was over they ap peared in their true colours. Whenever any benefit was to be conferred on the working-classes, when education for the million was proposed and measures for the relief of Dissenters were introduced into Parliament, the Sacred Bench was crowded to excess to advocate bigotry, and trample upon the rights of one half of the nation. They are the most selfish and intolerant class in the whole community. Merchants and traders, and men of experience in every other rank of life, listen to reason, and submit patiently to the plans of Go vernment, however injurious to their individual in terests, because they know everything would be thrown into confusion if they rebelled against the lecisions of Parliament. The Bishops, however, :ake higher ground. They set Parliament at defi ance, and rest on what they call their divine autho rity. The Railways Bill affords a remarkable instance of the presumption and despotic character of the Church. A clause allowing trains with third class carriages to travel on Sunday, was carried in the Commons by a large majority; the Bill was sent up to the House of Lords, that clause, and the Bishops without a moment's delay put their heads together to oppress the poor man. The Bishop of LONDON last night moved the rejection of that clause. In his usual Jesuitical manner he professed that he did not wish to prevent railway companies from carrying third class passen 4ers:; all he wanted was to release:the Government of this Christian country from the necessity of enforcing travelling on the Lord's-day. The conduct of this man is beyond endurance. If it is a sin for the poor ,nan to travel on a Sunday by railway, is it not a still greater sin to allow the rich to go by what the Bishop, we suppose, would call a sa cred train ? The first and second class carriages may be filled to overflowing,. they are to be allowed to pass; but the third class is prohibited because it is the Lord's-day. The nobles, the wealthy mer chants, the squires of England, and the whole bench of Bishops, may travel by railway on Sunday ; but the poor man must remain at home; he must not enter a third class carriage, because he would bring down upon the land Divine judgment by such an outrageous profanation of the Sabbath. Though he is pent up all the week in some noxious cell ; though he is anxious to see his friends on the only day that he can spare from his heavy toil ; though he has no other means (with the exception if steam-boats, and these the Bishop would also :brbid) for inhaling the fresh country breeze, he is to be debarred from this harmless and healthful re creation, on the plea that the Sabbath would be pro caned. We say, Down with these hypocrites—these ppre-sors of the poor—these men who, in the word f our Saviour, " Strain at a gnat and swallow a jam e 1 ." The rich have all the seven days of the week fur travelling or amusement ; the poor man ha , )nly one ; and, though he should be as Pious as the Bishop of LONDON, and go to church in the forenoon, ike a good Christian, he must be chained to his house for the rest of the day, and look forward in 41oomy anticipation to the renewal of his labours on Monday. His family too are to be chained with him. His wife and his children, who we know, if the Bishop does not, submit to many deprivations during the week for one day of re laxation, must be confined to the smoke of London, while the Archbishop of CANTERBURY and the Bishop of LONDON are travelling in their chariots, or regaling themselves and their friends at country seats, provided for them by the very people whom they would crush to the dust. The public cannot submit to this glaring tyranny, this mockery of religion. The Duke of WELLINGTON, as will be seen from the Parliamentary report, took time to consider. Why did he not show his thual decision ? Why did the Hero, who fought the battle of Waterloo on a Sunday, not act in accor• dance with his own unbiassed opinions, and set his face, like a good and a great man, against the en croachments of the Church and the oppressions of the poor ? We have devoted a considerable space to our report of the proceedings yesterday at the Westminster Court of Sewer:, which we think will amply repay our readers for the time it may occupy in its perusal. The subject, it will be seen, relates to the large sum of 41,6491., the amount of work done by the contractors for the Eastern and Western divisions of the Westminster Sewers since Michaelmas, 1841. Mr. LESLIE, one of the Commissioners, declared that a gross fraud had been committed on the _public, and that Mr. BENNETT, whose tender was ac cepted by the Court of Sewers in July, 1841, as the lowest tender, was not so in reality. lie made the surveyors read over various items from the rejected tender of Messrs. BIRDS, comparing each item with BENNETTS', in which it was shown in every case cited, that the public has by the manoeuvre been compelled to pay an increase of price, varying from five to ten, twenty, fifty, sixty, and even one hundred per cent. more than they should have done ! The con clusion of the scene was probably unparalleled in any Court in this country, for after such documentary evi dence, which cannot err, had been read, the Court re solved that Mr. LESLIE had not proved his case ! We may safely affirm, that not a single reader will coincide with the Court—the case is made out beyond the shadow of a doubt, and we who are rate-payers in the districts think and feel that a Court so exhibit ing itself ought to be buried in one of its own Sewers. Surely it is an augury that we have fallen upon evil days, when it is impossible, in our opulent and magnificent metropolis —to say nothing of the empire COURT LEES and others against the repeal of the penal laws relating to Catholics. What misery mad Orangemen and Jesuitical Bishops cause in this country ! _ _ _ Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Lord DUNDONALD, stating that he possessed a secret for a destructive engine, surpassing any of the implements of war known, and prayed to be admitted into cornpe titiori with other inventors. The Metropolitan Buildings Bill was passed. In answer to a question from Lord BEAUMONT, relative to the execution of a Maltese at Tunis, Lord ABERDEEN said that person had been guilty of two murders. On reference being made to him by the Tunisian Government, he said he could not interfere ; and if it had been left to him to say whether the law should have its course, hu would have answered in the affirmative. On the order of the day being read for the third reading of the RaiNays Bill, the Bishop of LONDON moved an amendment-on the sixth clause, in order to prevent third-class trains travelling on Sundays, Good Fridays, and Christmas-days. This horrible motion was justly condemned by Lord BROUGHAM, Lord MONTE AGLE, and the Marquis of CLANRICARDE and the Duke of WELLINGTON, seeing the state of affairs, made a retreat, and moved that the debate be adjourned till Monday. It was accordingly ad journed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill. This led to some discussion, in the course of which Lord CAMPBELL made this just remark :—" The Catholics and Protestants of Ireland should be put on an equality, and until they were so, there would be no lasting peace or tranquillity in Ireland." The Bill was then read a third time, and the House adjourned at Half-past Ten o'clock. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock, when several Bills were passed. A new writ was moved for Dudley in the room of Mr. HAwx.Es, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The House went into Committee on the Insolvent Debtors Bill. Several Members previously had objected to the Bill being brought forward at such a late period of the session, but the opinion of the House was against them. Nearly all the clauses were agreed to, the report was received, and the Bill was ordered to be reprinted and recommitted on Mon day, to enable the Government to make alterations in accordance with the suggestions of some Members. The Art-Unions Bill was read a third time and passed. After some other business of little import- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1814. at large—to raise a subscription fund of sufficient extent to defray the expenses of a monument to the memory of NELSON. The whole range of our heroic history does not present one name, perhaps, asso ciated with more chivalrous daring, more tran scendent success, or more signal achievements in the service of his country, than that of our "great Admiral." At a time when our military pretensions were humble, indeed, by the side of those of continental Powers, whose armies, under the chief command, as it may be said, of a single captain, occupied the entire Continent in mili tary possession; when the moral impression and phy sical efficiency of our soldiery abroad were, as yet, in an inverse ratio to the enthusiasm and energy of the warlike spirit excited by the common danger in all ranks of our people at home; NELSON was the greatest among the great commanders who vied in elevating our naval renown to a point of unapproached supremacy. In 1798 he dealt, on the Bay of Aboukir, a mortal blow to the naval power of Republican France. In 1801 his consum mate conduct and impetuous bravery annihilated the navy of the most formidable competitor we could have grappled with for maritime empire,— namely, Denmark. In 1805 he closed his mortal career, a career of daring intrepidity and successive triumphs—by extinguishing, in a single action, the combined fleets of Imperial France and of Spain. We select these three epochs of the brilliant story of his eventful life, (crowded as that is with a hundred episodes of stirring interest, not less glo rious to the dauntless bravery of this wonderful man,) because they mark the periods at which the British nation was most indebted, under Providence, to his genius and his valour, for its escape from the degraded fate of all the other kingdoms of Europe. If NAPOLEON could have wielded, with the military resources, the naval armaments, also, of the great Powers of the north and south, whom he successively conquered, and rendered subservient to his own policy of aggrandising France at the ex pense of all her allies; Great Britain must have become a mere tributary—a province —a dependency of the new empire which he founded in defiance of every obstacle. At this time of day it can scarcely be necessary to expatiate on the irretrievable calami ties—social, moral, and political—the ineffaceable disgrace—the irreparable injury to an ancient Power of the first rank, and force, and dignity, if it fall into the rear of Euro pean nations, and be blotted out from the list of independent and permanent sovereignties. And if this be true of any State, with how much farce does the reflection apply to the case of Great Britain, which, even forty or fifty years ago, had a larger inheritance of renown and strength, of wealth and power, of sacred recollections and brilliant des tinies to forfeit, than any other independent Power in existence ? Associating these considerations with the name of NELSON, we have, from time to time, expressed our sorrow and astonishment at the apathy—not to say the ingratitude—of the public in permitting the progress of such a memorial as that hich has been erected to his honour in Trafalgar-square to languish for the want of pecuniary aid. We have lived to see the funds raised for so sacred a purpose indebted mainly for even their present amount to the munificence of a FOREIGN Potentate ! We have lived to see the hand— and we will not shrink from doing it all honour for its liberality on this occasion, of the Autocrat of RUSSIA opened heartily and generously in the work of con tributing to an imperishable record of the great hero and the saviour of this country. We have lived to blush for the unpatriotic parsimony of those in high station—the royal and the noble favour ites of fortune, who, from their abundance, could not spare so much to this offering in honour of British heroism as probably the cost of the jewelled souvenirs lavished by them on some ridiculous freak of nature like an American dwarf. Nay, while the palaces of royalty and the saloons of our ducal aristocracy have been freely opened to receptions of unbounded hospitality and gracious courtesy to the Yankee mi crocosm, her MAJESTY'S Ministers deny even the use of the mere area of Trafalgar-square to the truly na tional purpose of giving a banquet—not at the public expense, not at any charge to the Crown, or to the Government—to the few gallant veterans, the surviving comrades of the great NELSON, who fought and bled with him in the estuary of the Nile, at the entrance of the Baltic, on the rocky shores of Teneriffe, or in the tempestuous sea that breaks upon the Cape of Trafalgar ! We can scarcely believe the evidence of our own eyes, or suppress the expression of our indignation, when we read the statements de livered at a meeting of the " subscribers to the fund for the dinner which was to have taken place in Trafalgar-square," held on Thursday, at Willis's Rooms, Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON in the chair. The whole affair of the column which is, and the banquet which is not, has been throughout an insult to the illustrious dead ; a disgrace to the nation ; an insufferable slight upon the veteran pensioners who were to have paid, in the manner propo*ed, their last pudic homage to the immortal commander whom they served ; which will associate mingled emotions of anger and contempt with the name of the present Government in the bosom of future generations, to whom the glory of NELSON will be as a sacred relic of an age of heroes. In the first place the beautiful shaft of the Corinthian column was actually robbed of twenty feet of its length, in order to dissipate the fears of Lord MONTEAGLE, and other abettors of Mr. WILKINs's monstrosity—the National Gallery—that it would give an effect of in significance to the elevation of that edifice. As if anything could elaborate the meanness, or exaggerate the ugliness of that disgraceful enormity. In the second Sir ROBERT PEEL, the other night, stood sponsor for this inconceivable violence on the beautiful design supplied for the shaft (by Mr. REPTON we believe), by quoting the sagacious opinion of ,onae professional authorities whom Government had consulted, "that if the pillar was built of the intended height, it would be dangerous." How exalted an idea this ex-officio arbiter of art—thi s p res idi ng genius of all Committees for building, decorating, and painting all kinds of public works—must have of the the masonic skill of our builders—of the experience of our contractors--of the strength of stone, and the endurance of bricks and mortar—to be coaxed into a fear, that in a city which has boasted for 170 years of such a column as the Monument, 160 feet above its pedestal of 42 feet—a column so much lighter and shorter as the NELSON pillar, as ori ginally designed, could not be erected with safety to the vicinity ! Apprehensions, these, consistent enough in the patrons of Sir JoaN SOANE'S uphol stery-like architecture, or Sir RouEur SMIRRE'S end less and monotonous copies of the most tame and in sipid Greek examples yet extant. But to the business of Thursday. The ancient friend and comrade of NELSON, Sir E. CODRINGTON, apprised " a very thin meeting" that the permission originally accorded by the Woods and Forests to employ the area of Trafalgar-square for the projected dinner having been withdrawn, all that remained for the Committee to do was to explain the reasons of their failure to carry out the design of their appoint ment, and to dispose of the subscriptions. In the outset of the arrangements, Sir ROBERT STOPFORD, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, had given per mission for the attendance of the Trafalgar men; and Lord LINCOLN, on the part of the Woods and Forests, had granted the use of the square. This last had since been, after various postponements to the anni versaries of the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen, &c. withdrawn by Lord LINCOLN, who apprised the Chairman that his reason was the fear of the walks, terraces, &c. sustaining injury. But the contractor for the works himself offered to make good any damage they might sustain; (trumpery specimens of unsightly asphalte as they are after all.) Then followed the usual, well-understood, official trick of bandying the Committee from one department to another, between the Earl of HADDINGTON and the Earl of LINCOLN ; the former, at least, having the grace to declare that the Admiralty "did not intend to interfere." (Why should they—in relation to so insignificant a dead servant of his country, as NELSON ?), Lord LINCOLN, at last, reite rated his refusal, not thinking " Trafalgar-square a suitable place for such an entertainment--on account of being situated in such a densely populated part of the metropolis, where some disturbances might be lik ely to - ensue." " Trafalgar-square not suited," ndeed, for a commemoration of NELSON ! What are his egregious young Lord's notions of suitableness and appropriate adaptation ? And the vicinity is too " densely peopled," is it ? Would this profound Com missioner have the companions of NELSON regaled in holes and corners, as if it were some paltry, petty, shuffling affair of managing a sham election for a ducal poeket borough ? Densely peopled! "In GOD'S name," we say, " would that such a banquet could be given in the presence of ten millions of his and our fellow countrymen, that they might impress their children and their connexions wit's the honour rendered to one of the most devoted and disinterested champions of their country's greatness 1 And, finally, this Lord of a peaceful bureauin Whitehall-place is afraid of " dis turbances ensuing" among the people, should these gallant tars be assembled at a banquet to toast the memory of NELSON. Well there might be popular manifestations of scorn, and displeasure, and disgust, at the unaccountable possession of power by a Go vernment which can be thus oblivious of the undying claims of NELSON'S renoNn upon his country's grati tude, and thus impertinently offensive in disparaging, by anticipation, the conduct of those whom he had so often led to victory and honour. But if they had arisen, they might have been changed to merriment by the mere mention of these freaks of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S cautious Government, and poor Lord LIN COLN'S cautious Commissionership. We have only patience to add that, of the 4081. subscribed for the dinner, the balance in hand, after deducting expenses, to be divided am ong t h e P ens i oners, the i r w id ows , cost of medals, sze. (a balance of 3471.) was ordered &c., to whom the dinner was to have been given. Whilst our French neighbours, under one of those accesses of political credulity which so frequently betray them into apprehensions very alarming to themselves, but very amusing to all the rest of the world, are endeavouriug to inflate the Otaheite question into one of meditated universal empire, on our parts, in the southern hemisphere ; we propose to say a few words On a subject somewhat more grave, but considerably less pal a t a bl e , we suspec t , to t h e i r vicious appetite for Anglo-denunciation. Our Parisian Contemporaries are so very earnest in their invective, that we suppose ourselves bound, in courtesy, to assume that they really believe what they say,—and attach a bonii fide meaning to what they write—touching the Society Islands. Qn this principle we collect that they imagine our .-;on flexion with the affairs of Otaheite to subsist and be maintained for no other purpose but gradually to assume possession of the island, and to provide its government. That our interposition to protect the unfortunate PomARE from thebrutality of some obscure French officers, whose acts have been substantially dis avowed by their own Government, was but the cloak for a deeply formed plan for getting her into our own power, and dictating our . own terms for her compulsory ac ceptance, under the hopeless restraint of our superior strength. That Mr. PRITCHARD, our Consul, in re ceiving and consoling the unhappy QUEEN, and re moving her under the safeguard of the British flag, and entering his Consular protest against the proceed ings of the French authorities, as contrary to the law of nations and derogatory to British honour—was really animated by the desire imputed to him, of " raising a general insurrection in the island, for the extermination of all the French subjects inha bitingit." That this gentleinan(for whose impris omnent, in spite o f all L or d A BERDEEN ' S coaxa bl e facility in bolting diplomatic apologies, we must yet have ample, express, and measured explanations or satis faction), was really exhibiting, in his own person a bad copy of " John of Procida," and getting up a miniature " Sicilian Vespers" among the tattooed aborigines of Otaheite. We must be content for the • resent to leave these lively fancies undisturbed; for we are about to turn from this tiny speck on the great waste of the Southern Ocean, to which an accident, or the caprice of the French public, has attached so exaggerated an importance ; to the contempla tion of the present affairs of a magnificent empire in the East, held by this country in undisputed pos session, and impinging largely, with its boundary lines, on the vast continent and seas of Asia. An inspection of the " Accounts respecting the Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements of the East India Company, for three years, 1839-40, 1840-41, 1841-42 " (ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on the 16th of July), would go far, we con ceive, to disabuse the most determined enemy of per fidious Albion, in the Paris journals, on the subject of our interested attentions to the successor of TA' METIAMEA It would be quite out of place to enter, here, into any recapitulation, however brief, of the geographical position, extent, natural and political resources, pro ductions, population, &c. &c., of the several countries and nations comprehended under the jurisdiction 43! each of our Indian Presidencies. The very best test —among practical men— o f colonial possession and authority, is identified with the actual receipt and disbursement of enormous revenues. In our Presidency of Bengal, for instance, these are derived, mainly, from such undoubted evidences of paramount sovereignty and established power, as post office collections, stamp, mint, customs and excise duties, land revenue ; and the yield of particular branches of revenue that are farmed, such as those from the sales of salt and opium. To these may be added the equally significant attesta tions of political supremacy, furnished by ter ritorial receipts, as those from the "territory ceded by the Burmese ; subsidies received from the Nagpore Giivernment ; tributes from the Nizam, Rajhpoot, and other states ;" also the " charges" on the other side, including military, war, and marine charges The same.items, to a great extent, supply the ele ments of the return for the " North Western Provinces," late the Agra Presidency ; and in the accounts for " Madras," are added, among " revenues," "Subsidies from Mysore, Travancore, and Cochin." In the statement for the "Bombay" Presidency, we find the addition of " Subsidy from the Cutch Govern inent ;" and among the charges—for the Indian navy and marine alone, no less than 13,26,857 rupees. But what are the more striking results of this elaborate exposition of the affairs of this more than Imperial domination, mainly administered by a score of British merchants at home, and their confidential servants in the East, civil, political, and military, with civil,j udicial, and military staffs, invincible armies,cJm manded by some of the ablest officers in the world, and an admirable marine to uphold and vindicate their power ? In the first place, let us take " Charges defrayed in England, on account of the Indian terri tories in each of the four years, 1839-40 to 1842-43 inclusive." The " Dividends to proprietors of East India Stock " varied little; the amount ranging from 625,885/. to 626,477/. per annum ; the value of " stores" consigned to India from 290,677/. to 333,089/. Steam-vessels (purchase and equipping) in the first year of this term cost 192,829/. ; in the last, 50,0091. Furlough and retired pay to military and marine officers, 488,7011. to 535,608/. per annum. Payments on account_ of her MAJESTY'S troops serving in India, from 150,000/. to 400,000 , . a year. General charges from 514,6721. to 533,6971., &c. &c. The total for 1842-3 was 2,458,1931. The preceding year it was nearly 400,0001. more. In the second place, we take the " General Ab stract of the Revenues and Charges of India." The "revenues" of all the presidenCies and provinces was for the last years 1842-3, no less than 17,164,836/, And notwithstanding the enormous outlay in cident on our operations and position in the countries north and west of the Indus, the total expenses, including the total of war; charges, were only 912,2231. in excess of revenue. This result may be considered as an irrefragible proof of the elasticity of the general Indian revenue, and the economy of its present arrangement. But when we take into account the almost inestimable value of the abso- solute stock and plant of the East India Com pa:ly in England, and in its Asiatic do minions, shipping, public buildings, warehouses, merchandise, munitions of war, &c., &C., and find that the " public debt for all the Presidencies bearing interest, on the 30th April, 1842, stood only at 34,378,288/., paying interest, varying with its various classes, from 41. to 6/. per cent. (but on a small amount 0f17,000/., transferred from Fort Marlborough, paying 10 per cent.) and that the aggregate of this interest does not exceed 1,628,5251. per annum ; we may well marvel at the grandeur and opulence of these vast establishments. Here are their proprietary dividends regularly paid in England, to the amount of 620,0001. and upwards per annum, a yearly c h arge o f interest of little m ore than a milli on and a half; and a yearly revenue of 17,000,000/. and upwards—in the " charges" against which this interest and all the inconceivable burden of such armies in such a country, maintained on a war establishment are comprised! Truly we may let the Parisian journalists amuse themselves with big words about Otaheite! The Madrid journals of the 26th ult. all advert to what some of them call an attempted revolution. The Heraldo, a Government paper, thus describes the plot : "According to accounts which have reached us, Provi dence liSs just saved us from a frightful catastrophe—the plan said to have been in agitation was nothing less than to have set fire to the barracks; and, under favour of the first moment of confusion, to have assassinated the officers and the chiefs, and to have delivered up the city to all the horrors of a pillage. These horrible schemes have, however, been de feated by the zeal and activity of our military and political authorities, and the admirable fidelity of the troops. Amongst the persons arrested, is a nephew of Don Alonzo Cardera. "It appears nearly certain from all accounts, that the Exaltados had an idea of making some manifestation. They had made overtures to the sergeants of some of the regiments, and given them money; but after they had got possession of the secret, and received the bribe, these men, faithful to their duty, communicated the affair to their officers, and thus pre vented the contemplated outbreak. Every precaution con tinues to be taken." The Castellano, another Government paper, doubts the story, but at the same time admits that the " entire population is in the deepest anxiety." And why ? Because they fear it is a scheme got up by ICARVAEZ, for the purpose of making further inroads on liberty. The editor of the Monarquia has been found guilty of a libel on the Government. The ver dict against him was to this effect : " Guilty, with extenuating circumstances, and the editor is declared incapable of accepting a situation in the public service, and condemned to a fine of of 3,500 reals." The Prince de JOINVILLE again sailed from Cadiz on the 23d, for Tangiers. On the 26th the Three per Cents. were quoted 261 for 60 days. Ths intelligence from Otaheite has caused some sensation at Paris. Several of the journals publish the documents at length, and most of them have ar ticles on the subject. In general they infer that Mr. PRITCHARD was in the wrong, and consequently justify the French authorities. Even the Journal des Debuts, the Government paper, takes that view of the affair, and we presume thus speaks the sentiments of M. GUIZOT :—" It appears that immediately after the declaration of taking possession of the island was made by Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, Mr. PRITCHARD protested against it, and prevailed on Queen POMARE to take refuge on board an English vessel. Up to that time the British Consul acted within the line of his duty; but after he had protested, he should have waited for instructions from his Government. It appears, on the contrary, that Mr. PRITCHARD set about organising an insurrection against the autho rities which had been established; that under his authority incendiary proclamations had been cir culated through the islands, and a party of the natives incited to take up arms. Ace , rding to the same accounts, M. D'AUBIGNY had declared martial law in the place, and taken every measure necesssary to repress the insurrection. The English correspond ence pretends that Mr. PRITCHARD had been guilty of no act of aggression, and had merely 'offered Queen POMARE an asylum on board a vessel of his nation. This is what we wish to see cleared up. One thing appears certain, that the French authori :ies had arrested Mr. PRITCHARD for inciting the nation to disorder, and that be was only released on the application of the Captain of the Cormorant steam-frigate, who promised that he should not again land in the island. The Cormorant then sailed for Valparaiso, from which place Mr. PRITCHARD took ais passage in the Vindictive. It is through Mr. PRITCHARD himself, no doubt, that the news given by the English journals has been communicated ; and, consequently, it may be very well believed that the facts in question are exaggerated, or denaturalised. Beiidei, if it be true that Mr. PRITCHARD, after the taking possession was declared by the French Admi ral, organised an insurrection against the new autho rity, his incarceration and expulsion were perfectly consistent with: the laws of nations ; and from his known previous conduct, it is difficult for us to be lieve that he has maintained the neutrality which is attributed to him by the English press." The National, as a matter of course, highly com mends the spirit shown by Captain BRUAT in curbing the insolence and overbearing airs of English agents. The writer commences with apparent fairness 'and moderation, and ends with a malignant attack on England. The following extract shows the spirit whic s il animates a journal that nothing short of war with this country will satisfy : " We admit assuredly as the first of the principles which govern international relations the inviolability of consular and diplomatic agents. Without this principle there would be no more security in those relations, and we should fall back into a state of barbarism. There is, however, a principle no less incontestible—it is, that diplomatic agents should respect the sovereignty of the power that receives them, shonld recognise its rights, and refrain from meddling with anything which may compromise the security of the State. These ideas are elementary, and certainly Captain Bruat and Admiral Dupetit fhouars havenot forgotten them. To pretend, as the English journals insinuate, that the Consul Pritchard was arrested, put into prison, and compelled to leave the island, without the most imperious necessity calling for such a measure, is to insult good sense, and mock at realities. It is evident that he had recommenced his attempts on the inhabitants, shame fully taking advantage of their ignorance, and persuading them that France, a poor country of the third rank, had no means of maintaining her rights; he, in fact, persuaded the poor devils to take up arms to attack us. If such insolence be permitted, the treaties which unite nations may as well be torn up. Our representatives at Tahiti have acted as they should have done. They arrested this Pritchard, and they were right in so doing, they prevented his doing more mis chief by first arresting him, and then sending him off. These perpetual overbearing airs which are assumed by the Eng fish agents towards us should at length meet their punish ment. The French do not go on their territory to defy their power, contest their possession, and oppose their conquests in all parts of the globe. We respect them where they are; let them in their turn respect us." The Presse calls Mr. PRITCHARD " a Figaro dis guised as a missionary," and the Constitutionnel eagerly seizes the opportunity for making an attack on M. GUIZOT " What will M. Guizot now do P The disavowal of the conduct of Admiral Dupetit Thouars must be by this time known at Otaheite. What effect will be produced on the natives, again, perhaps, in insurrection, or recently brought under subjection, by the news of our obedience to the injunc tions of England ? Will not the predictions of Pritchard be accomplished in their eyes? Who will henceforward answer for the tranquillity of the Society Islands? Is not our authority there for ever lost? It is stated that Admiral Hamelin, who is to supersede Admiral Dupetit Thouars, has sailed in the Virginia. What joy and triumph for Com modore Nicholas, and for the English officers who have taken part against the French Admiral, to see him replaced at the very moment of their menaces, and amidst the insults of the entire English press! And what a ridiculous and impossible mission is not M. Bruat charged to accomplish, if he must reinstate the Queen, after the vigorous blow which has just been struck! He is pub.. licly involved in the responsibility of the acts of Admiral Dupetit Thouars, which he has followed up and exceeded. The disavowal falls with still greater force on him. M. Guizot, the taker of islands, has been as unfortunate in his enterprises as in his concessions. He has wished to make himself a conqueror, and he has not dared to lay his hand, altogether and without reserve, on some islands of savages. He has again become pacific, and his complaisance has raised a fresh cause of division between France and England. We do not possess Tahiti, and yet we are at war there; we have disavowed the acts of our Admiral, and the English are about to demand reparations from us ; we have humbled our marine and yet that is not enough. It is certainly impossible for a Government to act with more skill, good fortune, and glory !" The English papers containing Sir ROBERT PEEL'S words, "a gross outrage, accompanied by a gross indignity," will make some stir among these advo cates for war. In the Chamber of Peers, Viscount DUHOUCHAGE, one of that party complained of the little attention paid by the Government to the public feeling on various points of foreign policy —such as the disavowal at Otaheite, the affairs of New Zealand and La Plata, and the right of search. He also re ferred to the case of the English Consul at Algiers not having yet demanded his exequatur. Count DE BUSSIERES thought it childish to raise a question of dispute or discussion about the exequatur, when the country to which that Consul belonged had acknowledged the right of France to her conquests in Africa. He adduced the case of the establishment of Belgium as an independent kingdom in 1832, when the French Government, though certainly well inclined towards that country, never thought of renewing the authority by which her consular agents were acting there. He would state another remarkable example. In 1828, when Don MIGUEL went to Portugal to espouse his niece, the French Government refused to recognise him ; but at the same time, nut wishing to let the interests of the French people suffer from this state of things, it sent a Consul-General (M. DE LESSEPS) to Portugal, to watch over these interests, and this agent regularly performed his mission, in spite of the non-recognition of Don MIGUEL. Therefore, he would maintain that, as the two cases were precisely similar, there was no necessity for the English Consul at Algiers to be provided with the exequatur of the French Govern ment. It was understood that the business of the session would close at the end of the week, and the prorogation take place on Monday. THE BOURSE—THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five peremta•• •• .• 121 45 .. 121 45 121 30 .. 121 30 Four per Cents. ••.• • 106 50 .. 106 50 .. 106 50 .. 106 50 Three per Cents..... 81 70 .. 82 .. 81 65 .. 82 Bank of France 3115 ..3115 . 3115 ..3115 Latlitte Bank, I,ooof Sharesll2o • • 1120 .. 1115 .. 1115 Belgian Fives, 1831 ... • ... 104 .. 104 • • 101 .. 104 1840 ....,•.. 105.: 1051 .. 105 i 104 1842 •••• •• 108 t •• 1086 •• 1081 •• 101 Spanish Threes ... 33 .• 33 .. 3:3 .. 33 e Portuguese Five per Cents• • 431 .. 43; • • 43 •• 431 Neap01itan.........• •• . • • 98 90 .. 98 90 .. 98 80 •. 98 90 Roman . RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L. 11....... •••• .. 243 75 • • 243 75 242 50 .. 242 50 Rotten to Havre • • Orleans ••••••••••• ••- • •• 980 .. 980 • • 978 75 988 75 Strasburg to Bale- • •• • • 238 75 .• 238 75 .. 217 50 • • 238 75 Avignon to Marseilles• • • • 765 •• 765 . 765 .. 765 RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, 2n OF AUGUST. St. Germain • • •5.... •• • • 885 .. 685 • • • 885 . • 885 Versailles, L.ll. 242 50 .• 242 50 .. 242 50 .. 242 50 Rouen to Havre. • • ... • • 760 • 760 • 757 50 • • 757 50 Orleans ....... ..... ...• • . 978 75 .• 080 .. 977 50 .. 977 50 Strasburg to 8a1e...—. •• • • 238 75 .• 238 75 .• 237 50 . 237 50 Avignon to Marseilles. : RAILWAY" SIIARES FOR TILE ACCOUNT, 15Tu OF AUGUST. Versailles, L.B 243 75 .. 243 75 242 50 .. 213 75 Orleans • Strasburg to Bale •238 75 .. 238 75 .. 2:38 75 .. 238 75 ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. iinivintritmr, JULY 30.—The Berlin Papers bring more particulars relative to the attempt on the life of the King of Prussia. Their Majesties arrived about noon on the 26th at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, where they stopped for a short time, and arrived iu the evening at Christianstadt, and at seven in the morning of Ihe 27th proceeded on their journey to Erdmansdortf. We learn from a letter of the King's own hand, dated Frankfort, that his Majesty was perfectly mei', and we have the more pleasure in communicating this intelligence since it appears that his Majesty was actually struck by one of the balls, which, thanks to God, only grazed his breast, where it has left a red spot. When the inhabit ants of Frankfort were informed of the King's providen tial escape, they assembled in crowds to welcome him, and resolved to offer thanksgiving in the church. The Queen, too, was well, though deeply affected. The Prussian Gazette publishes in its official part, two addresses to the King, dated the same day on which the atrocious attempt on his life was made. One is from the Chief Burgomaster, the Burgomasters, and Mu nicipal Council ; the other froth the other Magistrates. They both express in the warmest terms their abhorence of a crime of which the Prussian territory offers no pre vious instances ; their joy at their' Majesties safety, and the grateful feelings towards Divine Providence thr its manifest interposition. His Majesty, who appears to be in the most perfect health, and in good spirits, received the deputations from his loyal capital with the Queen at his side, in the most gracious manner, and replied with visible emotion to the address of the Burgomaster in pre senting the address. The concluding words of his Ma jesty's answer were remarkable, and will be deeply im pressed in the heart of every Prussian :—" Nothing can shake my confidence in my people, and, least of all, such an attempt. My relation to my people remains as before. I lay my head without apprehension in the lap of any individual." The person who presented the petition to the Queen is the daughter of the assassin. THIS DAY S NEWS. UNION-ITALL.-(THIS DAY.) The night charges were more than unusually numerous this morning, and occupied the attention of the magistrate, Mr. Traill, a considerable period. - The charges consisted of drunkenness, rioting, and abusive language. Mr. Traill, in most cases, inflicted fines, varying in amount from 40s. to 55., or, in default of payment, from seven to fourteen days' impri sonment. Robert Skinner, a most expert thief, and a character well known to the police as a professor of teaching juvenile thieves in the art and mystery of diving into gentlemen's pockets, was brought up in the custody of police-constable M 101, for exercising his calling in the nigh -street, Borough, and " sounding" the pockets of several gentlemen. The po liceman informed the magistrate that, knowing what a skil ful and experienced character he had to deal with, he watched his 'motions fora length of time, and at length caught him in the act of lifting up the tails of a gentleman's coat. Mr. Timid. informed the prisoner that he was in a fair way as a candidate either for the gallows or the penal settlements, and sentenced the prisoner to fourteen days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. Ann Harris, a prostitute, residing in a common brothel of the lowest description, in Vine-court, Toole:,—street, Borough, was committed for twenty-one days to the House of Correction, for robbing a sailor of his jacket. " Jack" informed the magistrate that now he had not got a shot in the locker, and he'must go to sea again. James Sadler, a news-boy, in the employ of Mr. James Norris, bookseller and newsvender, of High-street, Camber well, was charred with embezzling various sums of money, received from different customers. Mr. Norris, in answer to a question from the magistrate, said he did not wish to carry the case to the sessions. The prisoner was dismissed with an admonition from the magistrate. MONE WAND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A large amount of business was done in Cotton at Liver pool yesterday at fully previous rates. Sales 7,000 bales. Shares were very good, especially. for Midland Counties. Eastern Counties were again heavy. Birmingham and Gloucester, 1 1 1 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 56i ;Chester and Holy head, 52; Dublin and Cashel, 5i ; Eastern Counties Perpetual, 1/.,145. 4d. ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven, 121. 3s. 9d. ; Grand Junction, 220 a ex-div. ; Ditto, Half, 1111; Great Western, 138 ; Ditto, One-Fifth, 25 ; Liverpool and Man chester, 115 ; Ditto Quarter, 57 ; London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 38i; Ditto Quarter Shares, 27 ; Ditto ' , oil South Western, 87A ; Midland Counties, 1091 ; 1 orth Union, ex div., 1311; Sheffield and Manchester, 82; South-Eastern, 38 ; Ditto New, 91 ; Trent Valley, 91 ; Lyons and Avignon, IL 18s.; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 14s. There are but one or two arrivals, and these bring nothing of general interest The following is an analysis of the circulation returns made up in last nig!: t's Gazette, for the four weeks from June 22 to the 20th ult. : ENGLAND. Rink of England, Now --- Last time.. £21,448,000 20,634,000 Increase Private Banks, Last time , Now Joint-stock Banks, Last time Now 814,000 4,743,057 4,624,179 118,878 3,665,104 3,340;326 Decrease 324,778 SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private and Joint-stock Banks, Last time Now 2,903,322 Decrease . 214,666 IRELAND Bank of Ireland, Last time Now 3,488,300 3,440,700 Decrease . Private and Joint-stock Banks, Last time... Now ... ...... 47,600 2,080,277 1,974,284 Decrease . 105,993 15,898,000 15,485,000 Bullion, Last time Now. Decrease Stocks are quiet again to-day. Consols 99i 994, and Ex chequer Bills 765. to 78s. premium. Bank Stock is 1994 to 2004, and India Stock 285. The New Three -and-a-Half per Cents. realise 1018 to 102. Spanish droop still. The Five per Cents. are 224 221, and the Three per Cents. 334 to 33g. Mexican bring 364, Colombian 13i, and Brazilian 84 to 841, being dull. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 61j. Shares are very steady, except the French lines, which are rather flat. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK., (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 189% 2604 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ....... 100 34 100 ..... .... 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9 0% 64 334 per Cent. Reduc e d A nnuities lO3 102( New 3% per Cent. Annuities lOl% 102 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 9-16 India Stock 285 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Exchequer Bills, I%d. I )4d 1,0001. ........ ..•.....•.. ..... 00000 ..•.... 76 78 pm. 5001.•• •.....• 00000 ... 00000 ... —••-•..•..•• 76 78 pm. Ditto 51a11.................. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 10334 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 1043" Columbian Bonds. 13% Mexican Bonds, 1 837,5 per Cent. ... 00000000 Ditto for the Account 364 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 444 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1 8 4 0 — Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. ........ .. ..... Ditto for the Account 33U% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 Dutch 2 34 per Cents Dutch 5 per Cents. lOl4 %4 New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1E37) ... .. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. Psi Stuns. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ..... .... 11234... to Ili Dublin and Cashel ... 2 34 534 Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. Bd. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... .... C 5 Great Western - Ditto 3{ Shares Ditto }Mrs Lancaster and Carlisle 5 London and Birmingham. lOO ... ... 232 to 233 Dit o 4 Shares London and Blackwall 1634 ...... 7% . % ~, to London and Greenwich (Preference) 18%., 20%... to London and South Western Ditto Eighths London and Croydon Ditto Scrip Manchester and Leeds 7O Ditto 34 Shares 3O ....... . 51 Ditto 14 Share- ... 2 Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Ditto 4 Shares o Midland Counties - 100 9 110... to 108% Newcastle and Darlington Junct. t.l North British Northern and Eastern 45 Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover 32% 38% to Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 Paris :nd Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O V.8%%. ... to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 2 —There has been but little business done to-day, though late prices are well maintained, and the market closes firmer. London and Birmingham, 231 , • Manchester and Leeds Half Sh ares, 49 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 541 ; Manchester and Buxton, 365. 6d. to 375.; Preston and Wyre, Five per Cent. guaranteed, 24k; Ditto, and Dividends, 374. FRENCH RAILWAYS. — The Cuurrier du Nord states that the transit trade of the north of France has already begun to benefit by the system of international railroads. Large quantities of goods have already arrived at the Valen ciennes station from Germany, en route for llavre, for ship ment for America. One train alone lately brought silk goods for that country to the amount of more than 600,000 f. Pre viously to the opening of the railway these goods were for warded via Holland. Decrease IMPERIAL PARLIAMJN I (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve &Cluck' PRIVATE BILLS. Sir J. YARDE BULLER, in the absence of Escott, moved that there be laid before this Iluese.:; : turn of the private Bill s w hi c h i n the present se: o have been treated as opposed Bills, together wit 4 number of days which th e C omm ittee on each Suri' d o has sat, th e n ames o f t h e M em b ers se l e cted, . 1 u ; number of days on which each selected !Meraberl served on such Committee, number of p e titions ibr:ol presented in conf orm ity . w i t h - t h e sessional o rders' fl h tier of petitions for l eave t o p resen t a petition, n of petitions referr e d t o th e S tan di ng Orders Cot e rr l ;o; number of ca s es i n w hi c h th e parties were allO t it. proceed with the Bill, nu mb er o f Bill s rea d a first number of Bills read a second time and committed, number of Bills reported.—Ordered. A The Marriages (Irel an d) Bill was rea d a thi...- irnd passed. The House then went into Committee on the vent Debtors Bill. The compensation clauses, broug!it up and agreed to, and the House hav` fi n ; , surned, the report was ordered to be brought ' Monday. The Arms (Ireland) Bill was read a third tiwe passed. The report on the Transfer of Property - 1 to l. brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered read a third time on Monday at Twelve o'clock.„, n oti 'The report on the Chari ta bl e D onat i ons and 9 ",tt' (Ireland) Bill was also brought up and agreed to e several verbal amendment s h a d b een ma de.li di e f t was ordered to be read a thi r d t i me on ° Twelve o'clock. NEW MEMBER. e ‘ fr; Lord Villiers, int ro d uce d b y M r . G. W. Mr. Cripps, appeared at the bar of the House, been returned for the borough of Cirencester . o ,o Noble Lord came t o th e t a bl e , b ut h e was n ot o ° Jo ef he had omitted to Lring with him the necessarYreo ments respecting his r e tur n . H e did n ot, the re take his seat, but will do so probably on MondaP To l 4 The House adjourned at twenty minutes past o'clock. -- • - - - AY.) MARKET NEWS.—(THIS D COVENT-GARDEN. e g l° The supplies of both f ru it an d vegeta bl es o f horn si were very extensive ; while the imports from Fro,n cet e rpt land, &c., have b een unusua ll y . extens i ve . " ea ; c es speaking, the trade was steady at the following. P r ' pt, .New Potatoes, from 4s t o 6 s 6d per cwt ; Onlol'a 9 ' d to: to 2s 6d ; Turnips, 2s 3d to 3s 6(1 ; and Carrots, 4s per dozen bunches ; Walnuts, for pi c kli n g, ' 5 3 .1° :3s ; Spinach, 6d t o is ; G oose b err i es, i s 6 d to ' l ,O Currants, 2s to 4s ; Plums, 2s to 6s; Broad 1.30 05 ; 0 ,- 1 Is 9d; Peas, Is 6d to 3s 6d; Apples and r i e j . 0 0 1 to 3s ; and French Beans, 2s to 3s per lliw A plt . , l Oranges and Lemo ns , 8 s t o 14 s per 100 ; Pine . (English) 4s to 7s ; Hot-house Grapes, is 6d to 1 0 ' 0, 0 Cherries, 2d to 6d per lb ; Pine Apples (Foreign and C ° l 6d to 4s ; and Melons, 2s to 5s each ; Peaches 0 01 1 ; tarines, 6s to 12s ; and Cabbages, 6d to is Pe r sir,, Strawberries, 3d to 8d ; and Raspberries, pottle ; Cucumbers, 2d to 8d per brace. Horse - ra ,„$ to 6s per bundle ; Small Salad, 2d ; and Mushroom to is per punnet ; Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen Ilan Lettuces, Is 2d to is 6d per score. HUNGERPORD. OP Li e Our market was tolerably well, but not heav i l y de c i. with fruit, meat, vegetables, &c. ; while the gener a ' rll l7 was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to those in the other metropolitan markets. NEWGATE AND LEADENlCiattco f ,,' Although the supplies were good, most kinds of 111 , -- froaLl: manded a ready sale, at fully previous rates :—Be e ", 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s to ws' k ci , ' 4d todisN 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 10d per 8 11)5 y o ulti!: carcase. There was only a li m it e d b us i ness d o ing in nd here, at barely late ra t es . Chi c k ens so ld at f rom ; 0 1( Ducklings, 2s to 3 s; G os li ngs, 4 s to 6s; Pi geons , ;.Y.` . . and Rabbits, 10d to is 6d each. NEWPORT. ,4 , col l° ' Prime Mutton w a s i n ac ti ve d eman d at f u ll otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef from 2s 4d to , vies .14u Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s Bc3 ; Lamb, 4s to 5s ; Veal, 4d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. - oler Although we had a lae sul of fish on trade was somewhat active—Turbots, 8s to 155 ; ;46' ; Is 6d to 4s ; Haddocks, 2d to 6d ; Brill, is to 3s 6d ; 6d to 3s 3d'; Whitings, 2d to 4d ; Scate, 61.1 to Plaice, 4d to 9d ; Mackarel, 4d to 8d ; Salmon, 6u 0 4,5 and Eels, 4d to 8d per lb. Red Herrings, 16s to barrel. WHITECHAPEL. . 4 0 g f i4 We had only a li m it e d d eman d h ere, yet prices" nerally supported. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s Mut 4cl; Op t ,3 . l A ra• to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 4 s to 5 s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; 2i 4d to 3s 10:k1 per 81bs. ft The prices of Wheaten ßßEAD Bread in the metropolis s• 7d to 8d; of Household ditto, 6d to 61jd per 41b loaL '- HIDE MARKET. • d bee Raw Hides, at p er s t one o f 1 4 1b s —B est steers 101, jars' 5s 4d to 5s 10d ; m iddli ng h i des, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; 4s to 4s 4d. Sh eep and Calf Skins, at per skin-107 Calf, 6s 6d to 8s 6 , 1; shearlings, 8d to ls 4d ; and 1 ,011 Is 2d to is 6d each. • HAT MARKETS. e SairruFmn.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/ IL:. ful ditto, 41 4s to 4/ Ss; fine Upland ditto, 41 10e to I/ Clover Hay, 5/ 5s to 61 6s ; Oat Straw, I/ 6s t c ' Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate and a steady lemand, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 3/ 18s tog,4ls:te ziay ful ditto, 41 5 s t o 4/ 12 s ; fine nd Upland dittos 41 Clover Hay, 4/ Iss to 61; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 11 9 5 ; 06 4,V Straw, 11 108 to 11 12s per load. Supply tolerably g trade firm. u. Vi r itW;c;narEr...—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31155 ful ditto, 414 s to 4/ 8s ' • fine Upland ditto, 41 105 to Clover Hay, 51 to 61 10s; Oat Straw, 11 6s 1 2.,. Wheat Straw, 11 8 s t o 1/ 10 8 per load. Both Jr- straw moved off freely, at our quotations. • GW New Meadow Hay sold at from 3/ to 41; and Sely . ; 31 18s to Si per load. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIP' 4 I:IO The Wheat trade still remains very inanimate; the le3l' are firm in demanding la s t wee k' s pr i ces, b ut w here r roe r eficted a small reduction h as t o b e su b m i tte d to. '" no material alterati on i n th e va l ue or demand of otu—,„, cles of the trade. iloi Wneat Suffelk, Essex, and Kent Ditto ditto Norfolk Per Rw ci ed r h . i o t f e. 6o .. I__ElixttrooltAsst,?e I ,00. 9: Red Ditto ditto Whi te... —5 3 4 6 ig . 8 Lincolnshire and Cambrid ge Red....... 4 9 49. i' Ditto ditto White... 5 9 1 7 ' ti Yorkshire Red....... 50 , 49 A t Ditto ditto Whit e ... 5.' V Y Foreigi tied 49 48 4 ,•1 Ditto ditto White... 54 ~iv 9 r , Barley, Norfolk and Per quart Suffolk Yorkshire aid Lincolnshire — 3 4 041 Grinding Foreig, - 32 bC Per qr. cf 651 b. t. - t - 5 4 . Beans, Small , o r . Ticks ,I Foreign. ..- Oats, i , tat. a . .d Pole d.. .. . - •-•., . Per Stc si• i k M.;annv..... lld to 12%d , Fen ign —d to —d- P:, fr 4 Si , lling • 61. t. —, Od. l' . _:,. 1. , t , M A I L - P e ifi R ioesced , . .4 1 f , LLOYD's SHIPPINb.—( T HIS Pl;off • LONDON, AUG. 3.—Wind S.W., f res h b reeze , w i th • rain at times.Blll'' e s DEAL, AUG. 2. A.m.—Wi n d W.N . W ., f res h a nd sall 0 11 , P.M. W.N.W. to W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Apollo, tor Grenada; Somersetshire, Quebec, Ski. her Majesty's 5 Rhadatnanthus, Newport. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 2.—Wind W.N.W. to W.a. - Stadt Groolle, Surinam for Amsterdam, leaky, and of sails and bulwarks ; Truant, Lewes, Montrcal e ali Monarch, Calcutta. The Vittoria, from Quebec' in 0 -fi c into the harbour to-d a y, ran f ou l o f t h e stea merl 3ll and carried away the latter's bowsprit, .Cc. BUDE, AUG. 2.—lt has been blowing a gale at W.` 4, the last day or two. GLOUCESTER, AUG. 2.—Arrd. New Eagle, St. Jod i 4 ' Sid. Collina, Quebec. SWANSEA, AUG. I.—Arrd. Underley, Bouden, Cuba . MILFORD, AUG. I.—Arrd. Maria, Corragal, Quebec.r.tiO OFF FASTBOURNE.—Thomas Jones, Hamilton, 3.1 31 4 1 , OFF WEYMOUTlL—Wellington, Chadwick, New Ic e ' A V OFF DARTMOUTH, A UG . 1.-A Dutch bark, roan" and deeply laden. ,„ FALMOUTH, AUG. 2.—Wind W. S. W. moderaw.,,,,-;ir j. her Majesty's ship C rane , Pl ymout h . Sld. Island; Vulture, Newfoundland. Off, Diana, ~ l i s A vannali, and proceeded f or A n t werp. BRISTOL, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Feliza, Pike, Trinidad; u e Rowe, Quebec. Sid. Ell en S cott and British Queen,,s, LIVERPOOL , AUG.AuG. 2.—Wind W.N.W . , fresh--1),1: Petersburgh, Warvend, New O r l eans: Ott a wa, 1 3° ' , docb' it , ' Mobile ; Virginian, Allen, New York ; Cairo, Isl lo -, d iett: ft ton; Teazer, James, Richebucto. Sid. Achilles , t'„ , P e . 4 Christina, Ceylon; Lady Douglas, Ichaboe ; Arrogn , f . „l o '. York ; Lama, Boston, China ; ountess Duchanr , Quer'' George, Queen of the Ocean, and Prince Charles , be e ' Off, Aelaide and Horatio. CMOB , I.—Sld. Transit, Nelson, and ilen r) ,:,l DUBLIN, AUG. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Symmetry and . 14- o, QueHUec. I , e' f b LL, AUG. 2.—Wind W.S . W ., light.—Arrd. Ja e l A ad• st. Dodd, St. Andrew's ; B rown, Q ue b ec; Jane, Green ly de' CLYDE, JULY 31.—S1d. I smatur, C a l cutta; Ger. 05' Stephen's; Messenger and Lord Sidmouth, Quebec; Miramichi ; Asia and Pomona, Newfoundland. .Cl d ‘ OFF CORK . , JULY 31.—Iodin e , B a th urs t. bee' 0 9 °' SLIGO, JULY 31.—Arrd. Pom ona , Rae, Qu e ,, ( co' Clarendon, Quebec. The Pom ona i s as h ore " ,e t ' e doa grounds; assistance has been sent, and she is exPe e ` night, after lightening. GRANGEMOUTH, JULY 31.—Sid. Miramichi, „va ihoasie. FUNERAL OF THE LATE SAMUEL PAV' TE sibs OF RICHMOND, SURREY.—On Thursday last the it ` were, t he the above lamented and much-esteemed gentlern3d, sna t o, terred in a vault of the parish Church of Richni t he I° oo respect shown to his memory by the inhabitants ( i t o dn o t in which he had so long resided and had dischargeust 010, 1- 05 61 of a faithful and active magistrate, was of the InL it v er s , and impressive character. The principal trades '; 0 1040 their shops, and at their own request attended as oo Yo.' o o They, on foot, prec e d e d th e f unera l process i o n of, t he fr i t ,ol they considered to h ave b een th e b ene f ac tor an' t he)? i' e r3 of the poor; and whom for a long series of Yell s upPef tl is known to be among the most constant and liber,a, f D ata •ipa of their various local charities. Mr. Paynter dieu te v oe d for to . with a serious attack of which lie had been thre a i s tigh t j last eighteen months ;he had experienced severs ea t de at Lave ceding attacks before that which terminated i 1 l a •5 $ll We are glad to see that at last the gamr the al s „ ° , is excited a very general and strong feeling agailr' t he parts of the country. It is seen that the sun. o rtatit , fie kept up, not for the landlord's sport, but for „`_' ll ;.,er. , , ee p, hares been fed at the expense of the tenant-Tas rt o og e hares, it is well known, consume as much Ip oil 03 0 0 1 . and we know of an instance in this county Wh e "' be twee ll done to one piece of wheat only is estimated at• and 501.—Brighton Herald. TERMINATION OF THE P1TME 5'5 „,... 1. ) 111 4:11 1 DUIIIIAM, AUG. I.—(FROM A CORIZESPOest 14 •7., exceedingly happy to inform you that sine g roe pitmen's strike seems to be at an end. The I bear, ° A II in numbers, and I have no doubt, from whaco,ries best authority, that in another week all the 11 ' in full operation. —Shipping Gazette. n AtlaP tie ' All the bathing places on the Ilrester coast of Ireland are full of visitors. I ea Pr wi