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THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., V V IC T OR Y; Oil, THE; WARD-ROOM MESS. By M. 11. BARKER, Esq., "THE OLD SAILOR.' Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TILE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, id 3 Vols. P ARSONS and WI DOWS. BY THE AUTHOR of PETER PRIGGINS," &c. " Parsons and Widows' well sustains the reputation of the author of ' Peter Priggins.' It certainly Is the most sparkling and life-like book of the season."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that i ONE ven FAREWELL NIGHT will be g THIS EVENING, AUG. 20, When will be performed Rossini's Opera (compressed into One Act), IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Characters by Madame Grisl, Signor Corelli, Signor Lablache, Sig_ or F. Lablache, and Signor Fornasari. In the course of the Evening, UNE BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV. In which Mdlle. Fanny Elsaler will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of Louis XIV., and will dance with Mdlle. Cerito the celebrated Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte." To be followed by the Last Scene from Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgardo. Signor Moriani. To which will be added, Selections from LA. ESMER.ALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny . Elssler ; Phcebus de Chateaupers, M, St. Leon; Pierre Grinsetre, M. Perrot!" After which.4lh, Last Act of Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. La Cenerentola, Mdlle. Favanti ; Don Ramiro, Sig. Corelli ; Dandini, Sig. Fornasari; and Don Magnifico, Sig. Lablache. 'the National Anthem wilt be sung by the whole strength of the Operatic Force of the Company. To be followed by a Selection from the Ba'let of ONDINE. Ondine, Mdlle. Cerito. To conclude with the celebrated Ball Scene from ALMA. Principal Dancers—Mdlles. Cando, Barville, and Ferdinand. opplications for Boxes, Stalls, o pen c to, be made at the Box. ca. Opera- el Doors at S even; the Opera will corn snence at Half -past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant !!1 To attempt to eu!ogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage a nent, therefore, contents itself by simp l y stating that it wiU be repeated every Evening! THIS EVENING, AUG. 21„ Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN C HUZ ZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. IL Younge, T. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, 1. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For. rescue, Stant on, 'Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Pale, in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive Ne., Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli I ge, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi s James, Miss Carson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes, 4:.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s.'• ' Gallery, 6cl. Second Price;-Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; tipper Boxes, is tid.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Itale.my Tier (holding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Iler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a. Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guir ea. The Box. dice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec. Con of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Powerful Attraction at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. First Week of the Esigagensent of the celebrated Mr. Carter, the Lion King, with his splendid Collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, k m —Chinese War—Corps of French Equestrian Artistes—Mr. Batty's b autiful Stud of Trained Horses—New Scenes in the Circle. forming a Combination of Novelties unequAled in one Evening. THIS EVENING. AUG. 20, Will be repeated the Eastern Spectacle of MUNGO PARK; or, The Lion 'tamer of the Niger. Karfa, the Arab, Mr. Carter, whrrein he will introduce his beautiful performance with his trained animal. lions, tigers, &c., in the cage, and en the open stage drive a lio 1 in harness. Combats with the monarch of the forest, and other aew extraordin ry feats. New Scenes in the Circle by the British and Foreign Equestrians, Heline, tne French rider. trained steeds, &c. Teconclude with an entire new E luestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle. entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery , Dres s e s, Appointments..m. to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of '250 Lanterns. Acting and stane.m inager, Mr. W. D Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till F,ve. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Posit:vely the last Eleven Nights of the Opera Season. THIS EVENING AUG. 20, Will be performed Belli ni ' s beautiful Opera of LA SONNAM. BULA.; or, The Village I hantom. Count Bodoipho, Mr. Leffler; Elrino, Mr. D. %V. King; Amina, Miss Romer; Lisa, Miss Betts. After which,' a New Operetta, written by J. B. Buckstone, Esq., and compowil by E. I'itzwilliam, Esq., entitled a SUMMER NIGHT'S LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists. To conclude with Tti EINAR LOC K OF THE GLEN. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box cake, from Eleven to Four. STRAND THEATRE'. fHIS EVENING, AUG. 20, Will be perfoimsd MA RTIN CHUZZLEWI P. Young Martin C&iuzzlewit. NM\ Rinoe; Old Martin Chuzzlexit, Mr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlewit; .Mc A ttwood; Montague Ting, Mr. Roberts; Torn Pinch. Ms. Biddies; Mr. Pecksnifl; and Mrs. Sairey Mr. IL Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON. DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, bein4 an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; l'rincess Radroulbadour, Miss E. Stanby. To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN, Bobby Ereakwindlii, Mr. Attwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL ti ARDEN& On "MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and T URSDAY, throughout the Season, the Getdens will open with the following attractiv. Novelties : THE PICTURESSIE GROUVDS—FREDING OF THE ANIMALS-lUNRIVAILED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VF.NICE and LONDON id the OLDEN TINE, Painted by Danson and The sensation caused by this unrivalled pro auction Is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer sire all struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea tion...at re unanimous in propouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the tersitic %splay I ! ...11.isk is oniust ; it should be seenin the calm sttunesa of s ur,..t Lpf,...wy top, Ctorwanc rs.APrtPd in the spa- The Evening PROMENADE ( ONCERTS on Mon,!ays, Tues. days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays cont.ucted uy Mr. Godfrey, are urn a scale of more than usual excellence; tin; words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LoNDON. Its fearful •:,h tracteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so ireaulifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art,►Pa' delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that fouthbv, :he Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The Ittrdens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far ahe most attrrotlve lounge in or near the tretrosoli.. - Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at Half-past Four— Concert at Half-past Five.—Conflagration at Dusk. AliMitianCe, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. _ ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro peau history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1 ; 821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke cf Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to Inc; case, by several very fine pictures, &e., his previous almost incre libie number and variety of M 58., Works of Art, and a multitude valuable Reiter. and other curiosities, in this most nistructive and. as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Mdseum. M . try thousand have Inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC,' PRESS bare stated that it cugh to be seen by every wie. The price of adalld - ISOn is reduced to ONE SHELLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the .• Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly. daily h out Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Auc. 19. TrfERMOMETER, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 66; Noon, 63. BAROKETNII, 30.2.—W1ND, W. Norx.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is agually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIOII WATER AT LONDON-IFIRIDGE TUTS") ilarning ... 42 minutes after 5 I Evening ... 6 mlnutes after 6 . , 444 P 1 4 1 'A'r•mo%' 241011 ,earn litonting LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1844. The Herald of Saturday, in reply to some stric tures of a Whig Morning Journal on the versatile and fluctuating policy of Government, insists on the uniform consistency of Ministers and their Conser vative supporters, and clinches its arguments by the oracular declaration' that " Sir ROBERT PEEL, when Secretary of State under Lord LIVERPOOL, twenty years since, was as good a Reformer as he is now !" Were our Contemporary, instead of being of an ar gumentative and didactic turn of temperament, at all addicted to the jocular, we should conclude, by the above remark, that he was passing off a harmless quiz on his readers ; but the undeviating staidness and so briety of his conduct forbids the hasty hypothesis. He is evidently impressed with a weighty sense of the truth of what he writes, and really believes that the PEEL of 1824—the staunch supporter of the LIVERPOOI sys tesys- temof Wien and the recognised leader of that more bigoted section cif the Tory Cabinet which objected to Mr. CANNING and his party that they were too liberal, and were going too far a-head—was just as vigorous a Reformer as the PEEL of l 844, who, like Mr. BAKING, the rejected of London, professes him self a free-trader " in the abstr ac t ; " i s regar d e d with hope and confidence by Mr. COBDEN and the Leaguers; and is engaged in a continual squabble with his Conservative subordinates, who accuse hi m of being much too Whiggish in his views of improvement. Now, for our own part, w e cannot see the slightest resemblance between the Pam, of the present day and the PEEL of twenty years since, e xcept indeed that the same specio us, guarded, evasive course of conduct that in earlier times characterised the one, still continues to cha racterise the other. In 1824 the Home Secretary was the upholder of Toryisin in its most unmitigated form. Tie was the sworn opponent of the Dissenters —the sworn opponent of the Catholics—tile sworn opponent of Parliamentary Reform, so much so in deed, that he could not reconcile it to his political conscience to grant even so niggardly a boon as the extension of the forfeited franchise of Esst Retford to Manchester or Birmingham. In 1844, .he same man, now Premier, carries on the G overnment on principles not one of which 4 t . d iametrically opposed to those which he main tained when acting under Lord LI VERPOOL ! He ' tampers with ecclesiastical Reform, so abhorrent to the Toryism of his youth and manhood, and which he would no more have dreamed of meddling with in the days when he was Home Secretary, than he would dream of taking the air at midnight on a witch's broomstick; he repudiates, in theory at least, the darling Tory doctrine of monopoly ; relaxes the accursed corn laws ; alters the tariff to such an extent as to set all the agriculturists howling like so many furious wolves ; gives up his Education Bill at the first frown of the Dissenters, of whom he was so long the determined enemy ; throws out from time to time significant intimations to the Whigs that he is by no means so averse to their policy as they may imagine, but is merely biding his time to make a move in their direction that will electrify them ; and, finally, to complete the metamorphosis—more entire than any recorded in OVlD—takes into his Cabinet, and to a certain extent, therefore, into kis confidence, a man who was once " a Whig and something more," who for the earlier and better years of his life was the uncompromising foe of Toryism, no matter how latitudinarian might be the complexion it as sumed, and who still boasts that he has not changed his principles, but is just as much devoted to Whig gery as ever ! We do not speak of these startling changes of opinion in Sir ROBERT PEEL in the way of reprobation ; far otherwise—we merely mention them, in order to show the utter fallacy of the Herald's ex-cathedra dogma that he was just as vigorous a Re former in 1824, as he is in 1844. The truth is, at both, periods of his life he has been guided by expediency and by expediency only, and he will so continue to be guided to his dying day. Of political principle, in the earnest, conscientious, pertinacious sense of the term—in that sense which makes martyrs and patriots —he has not one atom in his composition ; and, like Sir ROBERT WALPOLE, whom he resembles in his cautious and temporising policy, though he lacks the higher qualities of that most far-sighted of statesmen, he evinces a strong disposition to doubt their existence in others. In a word, he is just what the temper and complexion of the times make him, and nothing more. His is not the resolute master-spirit that guides, controls, and bends events to its will, but the dexterous supple nature that yields to their force, changes as they change, and adapts its policy to the caprice or the emergency of the passing hour. As the cameleon is said to take its hue from the leaf on which it feeds, so Sir ROBERT PEEL takes his opinions from the circumstances by which he is surrounded. The Government are disposed, we think, to take an important step, in reference to the great interests of trade and navigation, in the right direction. We perceive that the Treasury authorities have called for returns of the dues and charges, of all kinds, levied on shipping, " in each port, harbour, or creek in the United Kingdom, stating the rate of the several dues levied per ton on each vessel, whether under autho rity of Acts of Parliament, and what Acts—by orders of municipal corporations, and of what date, or by charter, consent, prescription, or any other autho rity, so as to exhibit the entire charges of every kind on vessels at each of the harbours, ports, and creeks of the United Kingdom, distinguishing the several charges upon vessels taking refuge in the harbour only, from those upon vessels delivering the cargo in whole or in part ; and also on vessels in the coasting or in the foreign trade ; distinguishing also the charges levied for local lights and beacons in each port (exclusive of those of the Trinity House, the Irish Ballast Board, and the Commissioners of the Northern Lights), the charges for pilotage into and out of each harbour, and the charge for ballast,' and whether under any and what board the same are levied." The beneficial scope and tendency of such minute and necessarily voluminous returns as these may not be obvious, at first sight, to those who are accustomed to the common, but very absurd notion that "harbour dues" can possess but little general relation to the great interests of commerce. It will be obvious to a moment's serious reflection, however, that the numerous, and, in many instances, exorbitant and oppressive charges which are levied under this general title, from our own coasting vessels, as well as from foreign shipping, truol. s , 1...0 a direct tendency to diminish and destroy the profits -0 -11 .-• , ,11-11 intcic,t,• ••• • verest sufferer by them ; but his liabilities re-act, in the increased rate of freight, &c., on the merchant and the producer, and finally, through these, on the consumer, abroad or at home. Among the many good services rendered by Mr. HumE in the course of his long and indefatigable Parliamentary career, in defianze of all discouragement, and disregard of the entreaties of friends as well as foes (having a com munity of interest in keeping up the destructive pres sure of these imports), none have been more earnestly performed by him, and at one period with so little ap parent chance of success, as his periodical motions for returns connected with the receipts of light-houses, harbour-lights, &c., by private individuals and cor porate bodies at different points of the United Kingdom. For a long time all such information was steadily re fused ; but the Hon. Member returned to the attack with that " dogged perseverance," as his political an tagonists have designated it, which is so characteristic of his public energy ; and, by degrees, returns oozed forth, slowly and reluctantly indeed, from the sealed vessels of a few among those hereditary and mis chievous monopolies. The principle once conceded was sure to be carried out to its legitimate extent. We hear no more now of " the scandalous interference with vested proprietory tights," which used to be the mildest terms applied to any proposal for ascertaining how much was an nually charged upon the trade and shipping of the country, in the shape of dues for lights inefficiently maintained, or for impracticable harbours, - the shelter of which no wise or prudent mariner would dream of seeking, though the track of his voyage might neces sarily compel him to run within their Parliamentary jurisdiction. Government having taken up the whole of this extensive and complicated sub ject, the most unreasonable cavillers at the views of the Hon. Gentlemen in past years, will doubtless discover now, that the institution of inquries such as these bespeaks, on the part of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, a vigilant and intelligent atten tion to the welfare and the protection of our national commerce. We have no desire to depreciate the merits of the Treasury, but we are anxious to re claim for Mr. Huata that just proportion of the praise which is due to him who first pointed out the direction in which the powers of the Legislature might be advantageously exercised for the remedy of a crying evil of almost unsuspected magnitude. In an early period of the ensuing session we hope that some Member of Parliament will move for papers calculated to exhibit an estimate of the probable amount to which these multifarious imports have di minished the sum of that trade which foreign shipping would, under this partial mitigation or their removal, have carried on with this country; Besides numerous other lights, beacons, &c., the claims of which are imperfectly or not at all recognised by custom, common law, or Act of Par liament, there are forty-two lighthouses of England (if we remember rightly) that compose the list of those for which dues are or have been demanded. Of these, fifteen are ;on the eastern coast of England, thirteen in the English Channel, and fourteen in the Irish Channel. On the coasts of Ireland there are twenty-six lighthouses ; on the Scotch coasts, seven teen. But there is a large number of points on our very dangerous shores where these guides and bea cons for the " wanderers On the seas" are still want ing, and the deficiency of which is an actual reproach upon the humanity and policy of the empire—miti gated only by the consideration of the pecuniary bur den their erection must impose on the country. In offering these remarks we are so far from undervaluing the plea asserted on behalf of vested interests, that we very sincerely hope the Government:may devise some large scheme of con solidation, control, and management, in respect of lighthouses and harbour dues, which may, wherever private rights are involved in the title to these, be based on a sacred principle of compensation ; but we do hope that: such vested interests may be as speedily as possibl e , 'b y t h at process, ext i ngu i s h e d . Where private capital has aided the views of sagacity or benevolence in constructing these most valuable public works, which the Government of the country had either neglected or never been enabled to provide, it is most fit that the capital so advanced, with an equivalent for a fair average of all subsequent re turns produced by it, should be reimbursed to its legal representative or owner. But it is- not fitting THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20,1844. that the amount of the tolls or dues levied for the support and maintenance of such works should be determined by the judgments—to say nothing of the caprices—of parties whose interested relation to them must make them, with the public, very suspicious authorities on such subjects. We hope, in short, to see the day when the Government—taking all these concerns into its own bands and control— shall devise a scheme of dues and tolls, which, being fully commensurate with the actual expenditure in curred by or required for the establishments in question, shall be limited by that demand only, instead of being extended to the creation of mighty incomes for private owners. In the returns moved for by the Treasury officers, the germ of a system appears to develop itself, destined to extend, multiply, and give the greatest practicable efficiency to those noble aids to trade and navigation, at greatly diminished, infinitely less vexatious, and definite rates of contri bution from the shipowner and merchant. We have received the Madrid journals of the 10th. They contain accounts relative to the pro ceedings of the French naval force off Tangiers, but they are all anterior to the date of the telegraphic dispatch, and possess no other interest than in the announcement that most of the European families, with a considerable number of Jews, had been able to take refuge in the ships off the coast previously to the bombardment. There is no Spanish news of any importance. A Barcelona letter .states that a serious accident had happened there while the guns of the fort were answering the salute of a French man-of-war. An explosion had taken place, by which several of the artillerymen had been very seriously wounded. Madrid Bourse on the 10th—Three per Cents. for cash and for account, 281 ; Five per Cents. not quoted; Debt without interest, 6 1-16 60 days. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday. The Evening Ministerial paper contains a resume of the intelligence brought by the courier, who arrived in Paris on Friday, with dispatches from the Prince DE JOINVILLE. From this we learn one new fact — namely, that the Pacha of LARACUE stipulated in his answer to the ultimatum of the French Government that Marshal BUGEAUD should be recalled. The Moniteur Parisien states, that " the Govern ment has received news from Tangiers of the 7th inst., respecting facts announced by the telegraphic dis patch given in the Moniteur of Thursday last. On the 4th the answer arrived which the Pacha of La rache, SIDI BOUSELEM, had made to the ultimatum of France. That reply was not satisfactory : it said no thing of the intended dissolution of the bodies of troops collected on our frontier of Algeria, the num bers of which would be augmented by the arrival of the Hereditary Prince with 20,000 or 25,000 men. The answer renewed the promise that exemplary pu nishment should be inflicted on the Moorish chiefs guilty of the aggression upon our frontier, but making it a condition that Marshal BUGEAUD should be recalled. " In fine, the part of the letter relative to ADD EL-KADER appeared in truth more satisfactory than what we had hitherto obtained, but the style of it was vague, obscure, embarrassed, and full of restrictions. " His Royal Highness the Prince DE JOINVILLE, and M. DE now, Charge d'Affaires to his Majesty, could not regard this reply as acceptable, which ap peared to have no object but to gain time. His Royal Highness, conformably to the instructions of the King's Government, determined to attack the fortifi cations of Tangiers. " The following facts appear to result from the report addressed to the Minister of Marine:— , "It wa - on Tuesday, the 6th instant, about half past eight o'clock in the morning, that the squadron under the orders of the Prince, at anchor under the walls of Tangiers, opened its fire with shouts of ' Long live the KING.' In one hour the fire of the place was extinguished, the batteries were dismantled, and the guns dismounted. On our side the loss was not considerable. " Notwithstanding the difficulty of the ground, the squadron took its position in a most successful man ner. The ship Suffren, commanded by the Prince, `anchored iri six fathoms and a half, with a rocky bot tom, and the by the Admiral. " The fire, which commenced at half-pdst eight, was not entirely discontinued until towards eleven o'clock. It continued during this time with order which did not exclude for one moment that steadiness and precision necessary for taking good aim. It was to the accuracy of the firing, as much as to the posi tion chosen by the Prince, that the rapid success is to be attributed. " The example given by the Suffren was followed by each of the ships of the squadron. Everywhere on this occasion did officers, seamen, and soldiers, rival each other in ardour and steadiness. The re sistance was much more vigorous than was gene rally imagined ; several of the guns on the ramparts (lid not cease their fire until they were destroyed by our shot. "Mr. HAT arrived during the action in the Vesu vius, coining from Mogadore. . In the evening he waited on his Royal Highness the Prince de JoIN VILLE, who had an interview with him. The Spanish division, a British man-of- war and frigate, some Sardinian ships, as well as some Swedish and American ships, were present at this brilliant exploit. " According to measures adopted during the day of the 7th, the fleet would be ready on the following day to proceed to sea." It would appear that the unfavourable impression which had produced a fall of 75c. on the Bourse during the day continued. The Three per Cents. were done at nine o'clock on Saturday night at 80f. 45f. It was reported at TORTONI'S, that the Prince DE JOINVILLE had landed and taken possession of Tan giers, and that Mr. DRUMMOND HAY had taken re fuge on board an American ship. This latter portion at least of the rumour seems entirely incredible, and the fact of the landing is probably only a fiction of the stock-jobbers. The Constitutionnel says that the Prince is at once to attack Zetuan and Lambe. On the subject of, the dispatches the Constilutionnel makes the following remarks:— "The telegraphic dispatch, announcing the attack upon Tangiers, was delivered to the King about half-past seven in the evening of Wednesday, during the dinner given at Neuilly, on the occasion of the christening of the new-born daughter of the Prince de Joinville. His Majesty, after reading it, put it into his pocket, saying C'est Bien , and did not make the contents known till a later period in the evening." The same journal says— "It is beyond all doubt that the report from the Prince de Joinville, of his attack upon Tangiers, arrived at Port Vendres in the a ft ernoon of Tuesday, and reached Paris yesterday morning. It was talked of last evening as a document seen by several persons, and it was said to state that we had two sailors killed, end twenty-five wounded. It was further asserted that the Prince directed the attack in person, and took up the position in which there was the greatest danger. It was likewiie added that, on the 7th, he had taken his departure for Mogadore, a fact Which could only have been known by a subsequent dispatch. We shall add, in order to complete the rumours of the day, that it was stated that orders bad been sent to Marshal Bugeaud to march direct upon Fez. We cannot but praise the Mi nistry for this resolution, for, under such circum stances, half measures are bad." The most intense interest prevails in all classes of Parisian society to ascertain what are to be the further operations of the Prince DB JOINVILLB, and to learn if Marshal BUGEAUD is to advance on Fez. Rumour says that the Prince, after debarking a sufficient force to occupy Tangiers, has gone on with the squadron to act against Mogadore, and that firing has been heard at Oran, in the direction of Lalla Megrena, to indicate that the Marshal was either attacking or attacked. It is also said that an aid•de-camp of the Prince has arrived with dispatches, but no official communication had appeared. It was reported that letters of the 7th, written on board the flag-ship of the Prince DE JOINVILLN had been received at Paris on Friday, announcing that the fleet was then getting under weigh for Mogadore, which place the Prince had orders to bombard. We also find that two more ships of the line had been ordered by telegraph from Toulon to reinforce his squadron. From the Moniteur Algerien we learn the submis sion to the Duke D'AUMALE of the tribe of OULED ZESAN, one of the most important of the district of the Aures. A grand dinner was given in honour of the Prince at Constantine, on the 29th ult., by the garri son. His Royal Highness was present, and addressed the officers, congratulating them on the cheice they had made of the anniversary of the revolution of July for their file. THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, AUGUST 17. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five perC3nts 120 75 .. 120 75 .. 120 45 .. 120 45 Four-and-a-Half 112 75 112 75 .. 112 75 112 75 Three per Cents.• • Bl 10 • • 81 10 • • 80 50 • • 80 50 Bank of France••••.••3o4o .3040 .:3000 .. 3040 Belgian Fives, 1831. 107 : 1 1 0 03 1 1 Spanish Tbree8 1 1 8 0. 4 4. 0 2 - • 1 1 00 3 47 2 11 1 10 037 4 2 1 4 10 3 4 2 1 4 104 3 1 24 Threes •••••• • • • • • • 76 50 •• 76 50 • • 76 60 • • 76 50 Active BO4 .. 801 .. 30 .. 30 Passive . . 51 .. 51 •• 5: Portuguese Five per Cents.. 431 .. 44 43; • • 44 Dutch Two and-a-Half .• •• . 61 .. 61 .. 61 . 61 Neapolitan. ....... 98 15 .. 98 15 .. 98 .. 58 Roman . . RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.. 367 50 .. 367 50 •• 367 50 367 50 L.B•• •• •• •••• .• 230 .. 230 .. 225 .. 225 Rouen••..•••• Rouen to Havre•••• Orleans .... • • .•• •• •• •• •• Strasburg to Bale• ••••• •• • 235 .. 236 25 .. 235 •• 235 Avignon to Marseilles.• •• •• 750 .. 750 . 750 .. 750 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15TH OF AUGUST. St. Germain 880 .. 880 .. 880 .. 880 Versailles, R.B. •••••• • • • • • . 370 .. 370 .. 370 .. 370 L.B.•••• •• • 227 50 .. 227 50 .• 227 50 .. 227 60 Rouen •• •• •••••••••• •• •• •• 965 .. 967 50 .. 952 50 .. 952 50 Rouen to Havre•• •• • 740 •• 740 .. 735 •• 735 Orleans ..... •• •• •• •• 961 25 .• 961 25 .. 947 50 .. 947 50 Strasburg to Bale• ••• •••• .. 236 25 .. 237 50 .. 236 25 . 237 50 DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE ROYAL OF PRUSSIA. —His Royal Highness the Prince Royal of Prussia, attended by a numerous suite, arrived at an early hour yesterday at the Vauxhall terminus of the South Western Railway, and took his departure by the ordinary train for Gosport, en route for the Royal Dock-yard at Portsmouth. His Royal Highness, after inspecting the royal arsenal, will proceed to the Duke of Wellington's seat at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. RUMOURED OCCUPATION OF TANGIERS BY THE FRENCH. The Patrie, Paris journal, of Saturday evening, has the following article : " Rumours of the highest importance were circu lated to-day at the Bourse. it was said that the Prince de Joinville had landed, and had taken posses sion of Tangiers, where the tri-coloured flag was waving at the present moment. " It was added, that the English Consul had imme diately protested against this measure. " The complication of these events, the strange si lence on the part of Government—all this has caused a real panic, which has produced a considerable fall in the prices of public securities, as will be seen in our report below, that the Three per Cents. fell 75 centimes and the Fives lf. 10c. " There were other reports mentioned, besides these. It would appear that the King received the important news we have just mentioned, last evening, at the moment he was going to dinner, and the Ministers were instantly sent for to meet in council, over which his Majesty presided. After the council, extraordinary couriers were dispatched in all di- rections. " Finally, persons who pretend to be well informed assert that Tangiers, immediately after the bombard ment, had been pillaged, plundered, and laid waste by the Moors themselves. Some exaggeration there may be in these rumours; but public anxiety is extreme and for the Government to remain silent longer would be an unpardonable fault." FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS. BRUSSELS, A uo. 16.—Lord and Lady Palmerston arrived here on Wednesday evening from London. On Thursday his Lordship was visited by the Count d'Arschot, and afterwards Visited by the:Ministers of Fo reign Affairs and the Interior, and Mr. Waller, the Secretary to the English Legation. The continuance of the unfavourable weather does considerable injury to the corn, which is still standing. In the district of Nivelles, for instance, the wheat is not got in, and begins to sprout. In several parts on the banks of the Seine measures have been taken to guard against the the effects of inundation. The Moniteur contains a long report of Mr. Nothomb on the population of Belgium in 1841 and 1842, from which it appears that it was estimated for the latter year at 4,172,706 inhabitants. The Minister, however, is of opinion that the statement is one-tenth below the truth, and that a new census is absolutely necessary. ROTTERDAM, Atm. 14.—Yesterday an interesting ceremony took place on board the English steamer, the Columbine, Captain F. Norwood. This captain on leaving the Maese on the 4th of this month, had the good fortune to have the crew of the Papenburg ship, the Brame ' Captain B. E. Schneders, coming with a cargo of corn from Window, which was stranded near the mouth of the Maese ; the captain took the crew on board who were in the utmost danger of landing them at the Brielle. The Director of the South Holland Society for the preservation of shipwrecked persons, went yesterday on board the steamer, and in the presence of several gentle men made an impressive speech, and in the name of the So ciety presented to Captain Norwood (who, on a former occasion received a reward from the Society for a simi lar act; of humanity) the large silver medal and a document reciting the circumstances of the rescue to J. Lawe, and four sailors, the crew of the boat by whom it was effected ; a small silver medal to J. Brittain, the mail master, for his assistance ; the same recompense as to the four sailors ; and, lastly, to Captain Norwood, a sum to be divided among the rest of the crew. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING, The English Stock market leaves off a little firmer, Consols being 984 k. None of the heavy securities underwent any alteration. India Stock for Acc..unt was at 282. The Committee of Spanish Bondholders agreed this afternoon to address the Finance Minister at Madrid upon the subject of the claims of the Active and Passive stockholders ; also, to obtain a statement of the sales of national property since March last. Spanish Actives were 221 :} ; and the Three per Cents. 33 to 331. Bra zilian were 84 to 84.. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 61ji to 61i. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Exeter were 10 ; Great Western, ex. dir., 611 to 601; Ditto Half, 321; Lancaster and Carlisle, 1; South-Western, 45k; Croydon, 5 1 ; Lynn and Ely, 3*; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 8; ; Mid land, .9.1 to 10 ; North British, Ito il ; Norwich and Brandon, 94 to 10; Yarmouth and Norwich, 104; York and North Midland, Half, 181; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux,l; Paris and Lyons, 1; Paris and Rouen, 17 to 171; and Rouen and Havre, 84 premium. Black wall have been 74; Greenwich, 4* to 3Z-; Midland and Birmingham and Derby, 18k; and Thames and Medway, 91 to 8i discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was no alteration in Cotton at Liverpool on Sa turday. A. moderate trade demand was experienced, and the total sales were 3,500 bales.—Railway Shares were quoted thus: —Birmingham and Gloucester, 113 ; Eastern Counties Perpetual, No. 2, 11. Os. 6d.; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 124; Liverpool and Manchester, 201 ; Ditto Quarter, 49 4- ; London and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 26:1 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 53i; Sheffield and Manchester, 841 ; South-Eastern, 381. The extreme fineness of the weather that has pre vailed for the last four days, has had a most beneficial effect upon the wholesale and retail trades of the me tropolis. " Goods (to use the language of a partner of a large City firm) have moved off like lightning," and with a full harvest, most certainly there will be a large and beneficial " fall" trade down. The accounts received this morning from the provinces are most satisfactory as to the expectations of the farmers, and of the manufacturing districts. There are Buenos Ayres letters and papers this morn ing to a much later date than those previously received. As to the demand for British manufactured goods, the advices are not very .satisfactory. There were surplus stocks of many descriptions of goods. The dates reach down to the 15th of June. There are no political ad vices of impedance. The affairs of Monte Video re mained still'in an unsettled condition. A dull market has prevailed for the British Funds to day. Consols for the Account have been sold at 98*, and the same for Money. A better feeling now exists in the price for the account being 984, and for transfer to morrow 98k. The Commissioners only took 5,0001. Consols to•tlay. The variations in the other stocks have been slight. Business has been brisk in the Foreign Funds to day. The Portuguese Converted has reached 44 ; 'Spanish Actives 22* 4, and the -Three , per Cents. 33 and 1. The Dutch, tile Belgian, and most of the other foreign stocks, were a shade lower than yesterday. In the Railway Share Market a good deal has been issnevaock . done this morning. The fluctuations have been fre t quent, as our corrected list of prices will show. !From lila Official List.) ', rßlCEsdter BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. S pe: Cent. Reduced AnnifftiEr::::::::::::::::::' 544 3 per Ce;:q..ConsoLs. Annuities. .... „.............. 88 3 ' Ts N ew 33i per ce ,:t. Annuities.......... ...... % N per Cent." Reduced Annuities I I; A ve Long Annuities, Exp:!e sth Jan. 18 6 0.......• South Sea Stock. ...... ~....... — Ditto New Annuities C on sols for Account ...........„. ~ 98%%%1i I n dia Stock ........ ..................=".........."`," 21/../ Exchequer Bills, I%d. PO: I OW. ••••••••••••••••••••• 43 VI DittoVnair......"'"" ••••••••••••• 7 5 . 73 pm. Account Ditto Advertised:Z . = : ""''''.:" 73 Pre. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 10354 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ......„ 35 Columbian Bonds. .. 13 . Mexican Bonds, 18.77.1.1;;"anT ......."..“.... - 5 per Cent...« ... „...• 95 Ditto for the Account 35 % tßones,heConcerted 43% 44 44 Spanish- Bonds. Five per Cent 1810 Portuguese D r Ditto t o Ditto for the Account .. _ „ ..... ........" 22 — %% Ditto Passive Bonds. . ... *** *“......... Ditto Three per Cent." . .." ....... .............""" Ditto for the Account .7 7 " '''''''"*"....." '' 93 4 1' 33 ' Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent" ......... " Ditto Deferred . . ..... Dutch 2% per Cents . ,.... 31 %%%% Ditto for the Acc0unt:" ............ .......... " Dutch 5 Per Cent 5......„ .. „ ............. 106% % N ew Lean. 5 per Cent s , 0 . 83 . 7) * PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. pa„.„, RAILWAYS. PAIL Pea SNARL Birmingham and Gloucester lOO 1143(, ...... to 11236 Ditto New 17% • a . ..... to Chester and H01yhead.....".. Dublin and Ca51ie1....... ........ . .. 2 •L 644% ... to Eastern Counties .. ......" - 2 5'• l ig to 12 Ditto New Regist;red....:U. . . 64 . 0,1""*" l4 .... .......... to -- Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ......... 65% to Grea t North of England, lOO ..... .... 112%...... to G re at Western Ditto 34 Shares Ditto Fifths Lancaster and Carlisle. Loudon and Birmingham..."..... 100 .221 to London and Brighton ............ 50 ......... 47 to Londonon a nd Gree nw ich a nd G ree nwich .."'"' "" 12 (Preference) 18% „..... 21%.„ to 22 1 Lynn and Ely l% .. 4 7431... to Manchester and Leeds. ....... ..... . '7O Ditto % 5hare5..„.„,,,,„........ 30 .. 5134 Dit 0',4 Shares 2 .. 10%.„ to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 .. .. . ..... 55 . Midland Counties . . ... .........„ .... 100 ... . 109)4"• to 1 " gi rm iughaM and Derby.. . .... 100 80 81 Newcastle and Darlington .. .llu . n .. ct. 21 ~»..... 49 O to 49t - A 34 - to 45' o o rt i h t e o r u nandste ta Ea re5.. r . n ... ................ wich and Ilrandon ..... 4 ..... 15% to South - •-vka !tern and Dover .•••••... 32% •••••. 3536% ••• . to Ditto Nei ` .!...........».».»....».. 4 ..... 12% Thames and Me AY Trent Va11ey..«....«. . ` ......_.._.•••••• Yarmouth and Norwich lß P 3614 P a ar r i i s s a a n n d d ttoto° 37 Rouen and Havre 1 7.—There MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. • ' has been no perceptible change in our market to-cia., fair business has been done.—Blackburn and Preston, 7* ; Eastern Counties, 12* ex div. ; London and Brigh ton, Eighths, prem. ; Lynn and Ely, 4 1-16 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 544 ; Ditto, Quarters, 5.1 e ; Manchester and Buxton, 375. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. -- - --- .. ---. Back Stock 11.9 Indian Stock - 3 per Cent. Red 99 Ditto Bonds ............... - pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. ... ...... - 2% per Cont. Red .... ..... New 3% per Cent. ..... New 5 per Cent......, - -Ditto 5001. .......... ..... pin. Long Annuities to. expire Ditto Small.. ... -........ 73 pm. Jan 1860 • ... l2 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... - Oct. 1859 Consols for - Act.......... 98% Jan. 1860 12 14 (India Stock for Acct.... 282 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austria", 5 per Cent..„.„ , . - 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent - Belgian, 5 per Cent". .. . 103% Ditto, New Ditto Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... - Brazilian fronds . ...."...."... 84)6 Prussian, 5 per Cent - Buenos Ayres, 6p e 7 Cent... - 'Russian, 5 per Cent - Chllian, 6 per Cent - 'Ditto, Metallic - 13% Spanish, 5 per Cent - Ditto, 1824 .... ... Greek, 1845, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 Mexican, 5 per Cent .. _ Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... ........ 33 % - 'Exchange ................. -f. -c. Cuba Bonds, riper Cent - !Ditto, Deferred.................. 12% Danish, 3 per Cent. , ...:.: - 'French, 5 per Cent....... -2. -c. .. . Deitch, 2% per Cent...-. 61% Per Cent ,1837 - Peruvian, 1825, fiper Cent - %Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES.. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) Bl Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid ..... ...... B2 Ditto Firths. 12 paid Lancaster and, Carlisle, S paid 5 16 London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 754 Lnndon and Greenwich (121. 15s. 4d. paid) 9% Diito, Preference or Privilege, £lB 17s 2cl paid 21 y, Londora and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) 8654 Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) 19 London and C;oydon (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid) log Midland Counties (100 paid)......................... North British, 2% paid 2% Northern and Eastern (45 Paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (12g paid) Norwich arid Brandon, 4 paid ... ............ South Eastern and Dover (33 25 4d paid) Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Theme; and Medway, ZI9 51 Sd paid ln% Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) ........- 93 N, York and North Midland (50 paid) Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) York and Scarborough Branch (2% paid) ..» - Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeauz. I Paid •••••••••••• I 1( Paris and Rouen, 20 paid ....... .......... ***"*"*""*" 375 , Rouen and Havre, 10 paid 18% KILMARNOOL:—We can state upon undoubted authority, that Mr. Prinsep, who was recently appointed to a situation on an English railway, is not the Mr. IL T. Prinsep who contested the Kilmarnock burghs. The latter gentletnan is a man of independent fortune.— Glasgow Herald. • LEICESTER.- - -S TA TE OF TRADE.—The d anand is good, and all hands are fully employed. Wools and yarns are firm, and in some sorts more difficult to buy ; the season for the Leicester trade may now be consi dered as set in, aid from this time till the middle of November a fair 'demand is anticipated.—Leicestershire Mercury. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Her Majesty and the infant Prince continue going on well. His Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected the Scots Fusilier Guards in garrison this morning, in the Great Park. Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, attended his Royal Highness. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken a carriage airing in the forenoon, and the Princess Royal went out on a pony. The Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting, took her departure to-day froM the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie and Mr. G. E. Anson, went to Virginia Water, fishing, this afternoon. His Royal Highness and suite went from the Castle in a car riage. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the Castle in the evening, from her residence, Frogmore Lodge, and dined with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia left the residence of the Prussian Legation yesterday morning, at half-pact six o'clock, for the terminus of the South-Western Railway, at Nine Elms, and took his departure, attended by his suite, for Ports emeoeuth wasrsrthrePhrfiieniedesayeon a v afterwaistto h r i ns expteee Duke teatop ro d io at of Wellington. THE D UCHESS OF KENT'S BIRTHDAY.—The Duchess of Kent having most liberally presented a fat buck to the stewards of the dinner, annually held by her Royal Highness's London tradesmen, in honour of the birthday of the Royal Duchess, the tradesmen assembled yesterday (instead of Saturday), at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington, Mr. Gabriel in t h e chair. The company were agreeably entertained by the - ,: , cal abilities of Mr. Ransford and hi s p ar ty. Ca T m h b e r i i r dg it e and°Yl .0 finesses the Duke and Duchess of thd Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck, left Kew yesterday morning, to honour the Earl of Shrewsbury with a visit, at his seat, Alton Towers, Staffordshire. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar arrived in town on Sunday, from Bushy House, Bushy Park, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. In the evening the Prince left town for Scotland. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, trans acted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, and for the Governors of the other North American provinces, were sent off last evening, from the Colonial-office. The Earl of Westmoreland and the Earl of Had dington transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI THEATRE. Mr. Carter, the Lion King, made his first appear ance for the season at this theatre last evening, with his celebrated trained animals, in Bayle Bernard's melodrama of Mungo Park. The performances of Mr. Carter are truly astonishing. All that Eugene , Sue has imagined of the power of Morok, the brute tamer, over the most ferocious animals is more than realised by the performances of Mr. Carter. Not only does he exhibit his perfect command over his ferocious animals, by entering their den, and making them perform every variety of trick, but he actually has trained a tiger to play with him as though it were a lap-dog, and appears in a car drawn by a lion. So completely has Mr. Carter subdued the natural ferocity of the monarch of the forest, that he actually puts a bit into his mouth, curbs, checks, and guides him, as he would a horse. The house was crowded, and Mr. Carter was vehemently applauded throughout • of his performances. the it.. MONUMENI -1 TO THE POLITICAL MARI -vnS. We understand that Sir Jam es ai bson Craig has s consented to preside at the dinn er o f th e ste . cards on Wednesday next, after the foundation of the mom. ment is laid to the political martyrs of Scotland in 1793-94. It is with peculiar propriety that a part of the proceedings on that occasion is to be under the direction of this distinguished veteran in the cause of freedom, who not only felt keenly the injustice of the sentences at the time they were pronounced, but made strenuous exertions, both personal and professional, to stay and avert their execution. No man now de fends these proceedings, and the Tories themselves were so ashamed of them, that they procu re d, even from an unreformed Parliament, statutes entirely abrogating -in future the powers under which the Court of Justiciary was enabled to pass such sen tences. But, nevertheless, it is fit that a suitable testimonial should be •erected amidst the numerous monumental structures of this city to mark the repro bation of the sentences by the public in the present age, and to record their high re spect for the virtuous resolution and forti tude displayed , by the injured men in bearing the heavy s u fferings •to which they were subjected. Sir James Gibson Craig, who is now almost the only survivor of the shall but able band of patriots who opposed the dominant party so powerfully in 1793, can well explain the grounds on which he and the late Lord Holland, and other friends, became early subscribers to this monument. We are happy that he is still in health and vigour to do so; we have no doubt that he will be able to do full justice to the memory of the persecuted Reformers, without any unnecessary mixture of acrimonius or vindictive feel ing towards the actors in these lamentable proceed ings, who may now be safely left to the judgment of impartial posterity,--Scotsnzun. THE RAILWAYS AND CANALS TO BIRMINGHAM AND LIVERPOOL.-It was stated by Captain Huish, in his evidence before the Railway Committee, while explain ing why the Grand . Junction Railway was exposed to greater canal competition than the London and Birming ham, that the canal which competes with the latter is 149 miles in length, and has no fewer than 172 locks, whereas the Grand Junction Railway is situated between two canals, one of which is sharter than the railway, a nd has only 66 locks. The other canal is 18 or 19 miles longer than the railway. The two canals compete with each other and the railway.—Railway Record. SUMMARY OF NEWS AN;. tittbitr Opt ton. " Wiz') 1-.t7i.s may read.' FOREIGN. On Thursday evening their Majesties (the King and Queen of the French) received the Neapolitan Ambassa dor, the Wurtemberg and Chilian Ministers, the Bel gian and Swiss Chargis d'Affaires, the Ministers of Fo reign Affairs and the Marine, the Duke de Marmier, Count d'Argout, Generals Gourgaud, Hecquet, Boileau, and St. Yon, Admirals Ilugon and de Bougainville, Baron de Vendenvre, and M. de Lesseps. Several journals state that the Duke de Bordeaux is to be married to the younger daughter of the King of Saxony. Prince Louis Bonaparte has addressed a letter from Ham to the Constitutionnel, complaining of the manner in which that journal has spoken of him, in an article written on the occasion of the death of the late ex-King of Spain. The principal points of Prince Louis's letter are a denial that his conduct had caused the mainte nance of the law enforcing the banishment of the Bona parte family ; and, next, a denial that his uncle was hostile to the motives which produced the Prince's at • tempts at Strasburg and Boulogne. The Constitutionnel, in remarking on this letter, says, that, notwithstanding the assertions of Prince Louis, it retains its opinion that his uncle was altogether opposed to his nephew's conduct on both occasions. The Liberal du Nord gives an account of serious dis turbances which had just taken place at Somain. The populace assembled with pickaxes, spades, and weapons of all kinds, and riotously took up the rails and levelled the embankments of the railroad constructing in the ar rondissement of Douai, on account, it is said, of the in demnities for the land expropriated not having been paid. It required the presence of the Procureur du Roi, with brigades of gendarmery from Douai, Marchiennes, and Orchies, to restore order. _ _ _ The new Game-law Bill, notwithstanding its severity, continues to be infringed. On Wednesday a man was apprehended in the forest of Bondy, in the act of placing snares. The same day another individual was taken up for firing at small birds on the Boulevard Mont Parnasse. A man was also discovered, yesterday,, in the act of in troducing into Paris three quails and two partridges. All these birds were sent to the Hotel Dieu, to be given to the convalescent patients. For two or three days past many sailors, and several midshipmen ' had been seen about Paris. They are on their way from Cherbourg to Toulon, where, says the Constitutionntl, four ships of the line and two frigates are ordered to be fitted for sea, and armed without loss of time. Speaking of the late meeting at Exeter-hall on the subject of Otaheite, the Journal des Debats says—" The speeches will give an idea of the incredible intollerance to which the religious passions of a portion of the English people carry them. In reading these furious sallies against Papism and scarlet Babylon, we might imagine ourselves transported to another age. We doubt, how ever, whether the effect of these demonstrations will be such as is expected from them." Almost all the other Paris papers contain articles commenting on the meeting in a similar spirit. The Gazette des Tribunaux gives the following : " All the pupils of the Ecole Polytechnique quitted the school yesterday. Five pupils were to have presented themselves yesterday morning to be examined by M. Duhamel, the Director of Studies. These five pupils refused to be examined by M. Duhamel, declaring that he had not been appointed conformable to the established regulations. A. report was made of this refusal to the Commandant-General of the school, who ordered the five pupils to leave. A: deputation of the scho3l waited upon hun, and inquired whether this order amounted to expulsion. The general having replied af firmatively, the pupils declared that the entire school identified itself with the resistance of the pupils, who had been designated by lot to pass their examination yesterday, and that they would all leave with their com rades who were expelled. The pupils then quitted en masse, and the school is now empty." According to an article in one of the Opposition journals, the irregularity complained of in the appointment of M. Duhamel consists in the Minister of War having this year required the Academy of Sciences to give in a list of three candi dates for the office of Examiner, reserving to himself the right of selecting one, instead of, as hitherto, taking one of the two candidates proposed by the Academy and the Council of Schools, or in the event of their agreeing on the same candidate, taking him as a matter of course. The Academy having refused to comply with the desire of the Minister, he re appointed M. Duhamel, who had been previously named Director of Studies. The Constitutionnel says it is assured that all the pro fessors of the Polytechnic School, and a considerable number of members of the Academy of Sciences, intend to protest against the decision of the Minister of War, 1 and to bring forward strong arguments in favour of the pupils. A letter from Ischl states that the King and Queen of Prussia had arrived there on the 19th. The Archdukes John and Louis had gone to meet them as far as Eben see. The whole population was on foot, and the greatest enthusiasm was manifested. The King was to set off off next day for Vienna. The Augsburgh Gazette of the 12th nates that it has e. INktm.A. obus camiuLmulus but the Emperor Nicholas, yielding to the Ottoman Porte, has granted permission to the two primates of Servia to return to their own country. A letter from Ems states that Count Duchatel, Mar shal Sebastiani, General Jacqueminot, and the Duchess de Saxe-Meiningen, are amongst the visitors at present taking the waters there. A letter from Madrid announces the death of Don Nucteo Miguel Ayllon, who was Minister of Finances in the Lopez Cabinet. At Tarragona, on the 10th inst., the following serious accident happened. The I'alinure, French brig of war, comin g into the harbour, fired a salute, which was re turned by the citadel, in doing which a spark caught a barrel of gunpowder, placed imprudently too near, and an explosion took place, by which five artillerymen were killed, and seventeen more or less seriously wounded. It appears from a ric:nt statistical account in the German papers that the population of Hungary now amounts to 12,179,140. The Journal de Constantinople, of the 26th July, states that disturbances having occurred at Slissoul on 26th June in which a Dominican friar was wounded, and the French Consul struck with a stone. The Porte on re ceiving the news sent to the French Ambassador to ex press its regret and to tender satisfaction. The satisfac tion which was accepted is to be the punishment of the guilty and the reparation of the Dominican Convent, which had been damaged duriarr the disturbance. A letter from Constantinople of the 27th ult. says— " On the evening of the 19th we had a tremendous fire, which made a great hole in the town of Beglos Bey, on the Bosphorus. Besides numerous other building 4, houses, and shops, abaut fifty splendid mansions, the residences of persons of distinction, were reduced to ashes. The palace at which the Sultan was then re siding being closely menaced, great exertions were made by the soldiery collected there to prevent the flames from spreading, and one officer and two or three men perished. The Sultan has since removed to Chiraghan." LAW AND POLICE. In the Sheriff's Court of London, Mr, Donohue, a greengrocer, recovered 61 from Mr, Draper, a publican, for the hire of a van to Epsom on the last Derby day : the details of the case, which will be found in another part of the paper, are sufficienttly amusing. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, in the Bankruptcy Court, gave ,judgment in the ease of D, Ito4s r a com Mi ssion-agent, in Love-lane, in the City. The bankrept applied for his certificate, which the Learned Commis sioner withheld for a year and a half, for gross raison, duct and for vexatiously defending certain actions, The ease of Newton v. Holford and others, was tried at Gloucester before Lord Chief Justice Tindal. The plaintiff was Mr. Augustus Newton, the barrister, whose name has been so frequently before the public, and the defendants were the sheriff of Gloucestershire, and one of his officers, in the action for trespass and assault, in wrongfully arresting the plaintiff. The defendants paid forty shillings into Court. This the jury thought suffi cient, and returned the verdict, for the defendants ac cordingly. James Morgan convicted at the same Assizes, of bur glary, was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. John G. Didcote and G. Weldon, two youths, for 4., kreing an extrance into the house of Richard Wood, ling money, in gold and silver, and a 5/. Glou and Ste: - `to tht. amount of 13/. to 151. were sen cester bank-now, ' for seven years. *need to be transporteu . 1 ; look ing person, Francis Augustus Cox, a ratii,77 ent , e 9 who had been brought up from Bristol L' s writ of habeas, was charged with stealing at Bristol, on the 15th May, an order for the payment of 291. I Is., the property of the Postmaster-General. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. In the case of Pitt v. Ba.dham and another, which wag an action against an officer of the Birmingham Bank ruptcy Court and a petitioning creditor, for an illegal seizure, the jury found for plaintiff—damages 751. The Liverpool Assizes commenced on Friday. The Lord Chief Baron presided in the Criminal Court, and Mr. Justice Cresswell sat at Nisi Prius. On Friday, the Lord Chief Baron tried three cases, in each of which the parties accused were convicted of assaults, and the sen tences were deferred. On Saturday, Joseph Farrell was indicted for the manslaughter of Amelia Farrell, at Manchester, by striking and beating her, was found guilty, and Edward Mapett, indicted for the man slaughter of Thomas 0 Donnell, at Manchester, by pushing him into the canal, was acquitted. On the Civil Side, Sir Oswald Mosley, Lord of the Manor of Manches ter, recovered verdicts against several parties for selling meat in shops in their own houses, in place of the market, whereby the parties escaped the supervision of the clerics of the marker, and Sir Oswald was deprived of certain market tolls, to which he, as lord of the manor, was lawfully entitled. The 118th session of the Central Criminal Court began yesterday—the judges being Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justide Coleridge, and Mr. Justice Erskine. The calendar contains the names of 330 prisoners, am ong whom is James Cockburn Belaney, the surgeon, who stands charged with poisoning his wife. comm-PABEIONAIII4I. Prince Radzivill arrived at Ilivart's Hotel on Satur day night. from Paris, where the Princess is for the present remaining. The Duchess of Leeds has arrived at the Noble Duke's shooting-box at Braemar, from Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. The Vice-Chancellor of England, Sir Lancelot Shad well, is on a visit at Studley Hall, Ripon. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com mons has gone to Scotland fur grouse shooting. His Grace the Archbishop of Armagh has gone to the north on § tour 9f yiliti. lii* Grace left charles- street 'ast w ek. The Hon E. and Mrs. Kenyon It . been among the fashionable visi Lo r s a t Matlock, 'Dem shire. Hugh H. Campbell, Bart., M.P., and Lady C s° be' , hav •a , rkved at Marchmout Hotel, Berwic k, fr ° town. Lady FiCer and Lady Floyd shortly procev tn,lt , e.it. The Earl and Countess of fi arr i ng t o n and fs° l 2l have lefi, Whitehall-gar2ens fur Elyarton Hall, shire. .At The Earl and Countess of B e cti ve have arriv e. . Underley mil, Westmorland, the seat of the Coulln father, Alderman Thompson, from the Marquis of Pe ll ' fort's family seat in Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Manvers and the 1 ,11 1 Pierrepont have arrived at M r . an d L a dy Frances : 0 e phens's seat, in Devon, from Thoresby, Hall, Not hamshire. Count Pollon, the Sardinian resident Ministerw. left Grosvenor-street for th e Co n ti nen t, on leave °' sence, leaving Count Revel as Chargt d'Affaires. Colonel arid Lady Alice Peel are passing the sum at Dover, where they have taken a marine residense:A, The Earl and Countess of Wicklow and the Or e , Howard, who are residing at their mansion at Stang' shortly go to Brighton. The Earl of Uxbridge and the Ladies Paget ii l3 s within the last week, left the family residence in 1 1 0 for Scotland, and intend visiting th e D u k e a nd Due of Richmond, at Gordon Castle. The Earl of Burlington and family, who have, b !d staying with the Earl and Countess of C ar lisle, aid'? Howard, Yorkshire, have arrived at Holkar Milnethorpe. The Earl of Mansfield left town last week for 5 641 Palace, Perthshire. .91 The Dowager Lady Holland returned to town o n turday, from visiting Earl and Countess Cowper, a t t ti Sanger, Herts, and in the course of the week wi ll Norman Court, Hants, on a visit to Mr. B. Wall, ° 4 %01 Lady Elizabeth Fielding and Miss Fielding hav e town for Laycock Abbey, Wilts, for the season. of Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere and Miss Hope Veil left Park lane for Brighton. Lord William Lennox arrived in town on ?ride to attend the entertainment given by the Prusslgl°4l nister to the Prince William of Prussia. His Lor'' has since left town on a tour. The Duke of Wellington gave a magnifi e l cent i n o p ter tainruent to the Prince of Prussia, on Saturday eye at Apsley House. Chir l° The Duke of Wellington, and Lord and Lady - I ,6elif Wellesley, left Apsley House on SUnday for Str a ti stye, Hants, where the Noble Duke received hi p grast Highness the Prince of Prussia as a visitor yest 74 The domestic establishment left town early on morning for Hants. On Saturday the Earl of Mulgrave, eldest son e fiY , Marquis of Normanby, was married to Miss Laura So sell, niece of the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland• 00 $ marriage took place at Burneston Church, near r te • 1 House, Bedale, the seat of her Grace. The IDa ceremony was performed by the Hon. and Rev. A n g e 9. Phipps, and the bridemaids were Miss Millballicepi Miss Anderson. The whole party having reture. Newton House partook of a most sumptuous del after which the happy couple set out in a beaut if ' carriage and four post horses, for Mulgrave Castle. DEIESCILLMANIIOI7III. ,s 01 4: On Saturday a Parliamentary return, which was we for by Mr. Gladstone was printed, showing the d.e e Aol value of furniture exported from the United in the years 1840, 1841, 1842,1843, and 1844, t° bisi l last. In 1840 the declared amount of British cs,,,p/ and upholstery wares exported from the United P l y was 78,1241. ; in 1841, 76,5481 ; 1842, 75,3441 ; 80,5251 ; and in 1844, to July last, the swoo n 35,1591. tri 4l J On Saturday morning, at eight o'clock, the es ifor sentence of the law was carried into effect at the tll,id county gaol on William Beards, who was convic:4,o the last assizes of the murder of Elizabeth GOP — the village of Wednesbury, in March last. Madame Balfe is engaged by Mr. Bunn for the; suing season at Drury-lane, and will, it is said' 11* her debut in Anna Bulena. - ' Madame Cinti Daworeau and M. Artot hav e i/ 10`" at Havre from their professional tour in America , was highly successful. o f f It 0 g l It appears that the accounts, which have .ee cuO, in several of the journals, of the death of tb e e de Merino, is erroneous ; he is at present in e/(- health at Alencon. a aor Mr. Sheil has purchased a house in Ecelestoll'" for his future town residence. 4 its m The river, on Saturday and Sunday, presente d''olv, remarkable and unusal appearance, in consequencs, op tide, which was so low at one period as to cl or a greatest difficulty among the steamboats vessels in navigating the river, particularly riocl London-bridge and Chelsea. At Waterloo and $1,:4 friars, the river had more the appearance of a caheioir, might have been easily waded through. Th e " 0 6 at Blackfriars pier NN as considerably impeded ia e s , ing . and landing the passengers who were cell arriving by the various boats. be The comet discovered by M. Mauvais with the naked eye in the direction of the eas t- r e 4 appears to be about one foot long, ar,d its ligh t il i ol o , dim. Round the comet is a circle similar to ths off surrounds the moon when the weather is about to eeriKi We understand that Mr. Dyce Sombre, whose b ed markable case was only a few days back the • au '40,14 discussion in the Court of Chancery, has a ser ip h offooted eaeape from the persons appointa l '- after him. BANQUET TO HIS ROYAL niaFT NES s THE V ftr ' OF PRUSSIA AT APSLEY HOUSE.—On Saturday :st,;l' ing the Duke of Wellington gave a magnitle e ,, ° „ t e - 0'; tainment at Apsley House to his Royal Higrve , Prince of Prussia. Their Royal Highnesses n' t e tu rro., ess of Gloucester (attended by Lady Caroline lien, and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by ti r bo 6 ; ditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meek; e :4lr,, Strelitz, and attended by Baron Knesebeck, nr r %, v i i recl,',," Kew at six o'clock, the Royal vi s ito rs being re c t ' eefi e `? the Noble and Gallant host and Lord Charles l' e e d in . 'l. The band of the Grenadier Gu a rds was station s e I' . ,' . vestibule, and welcom e d the Roy a l party wi th ,,,bri` l '; nours. His Royal Highness the Duke of 1 -''Weii i3 ,. and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe est i':: came shortly afterwards. His Royal WO: g ,a Prince of Prussia and suite, in r /li er,o the Queen's carriages, arrived at O i hott rr i 'v past six, the Duke welcoming the ', ' Prince as he alighted from his earring e. s royal party and the guests invited to the ente r a t 'oit '. assembled ill the Waterloo Gallery, and at bil""tero' ) :: , the distinguished circle passed from the gallery 1 0 :ri the range of saloons to the grand dining-rooto• 0, tl', 4 dition to the Noble Duke and his august o.,, i ' e d i c e ,;:il were present their Royal Highnesses the ' - '°Viel ','v Duchess of Cambridge, Duchene of cilottoesP'f !P i o Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand DuPh e , °. dd b' lenburgh Strelitz, his Serene Highness Pfal g- f refi , doi of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency Chevalier 1 0- 1 7, 0 0T, 1 Excellency M. Dedel, his Excellency Baron Brlrpsitit Lord Chancellor, the Earl and Countess 01 ot , i ff.:p land, Sir Robert and Lady Sale and Mrs. S ir B u nt ' George Murray, Sir Willoughby Gordon', „ CO. Macdonald, Lord and Lady Charles. Wellesl e Alei lll a 0 . Konigsmark, Count Herrman Puckler. Baron 1311 0- I , o e Baron de Thile, Lieutenant Thile, Mr. &in s :oo l .' l ,i Captain Meynell, R.N., Baron Knesebeck, La ~ ho li ' I Murray, &c. Shortly after eight o'clock the f l ' o t l" the party proceeded to witnee ;3 -, , a ocei --c., MP rprior , MaPst'Y'S ThPatod, AP , APTION,—The public must be on their te rre ', ; .l ' against a gang of scamps, who, under the P re i oil,' ,;, being tradesmen, advertise for the loan of sm ell 5 n3 , money for short periods, offering at the same, 11- 4 to P - re t rity to double the value. It is almost usele g- f , pe r ; ; that whenever they meet with success, they ' i c ",,ri1,,,, - afterwards heard of, and that the supposed se d 11 " i t nomparatively worthless. The gang consistsbelrbOro, members, with a well known man of capital at t e j to r We understand that measures are being acluo t Ol secute the lot for con s pi rac y. iii n o i v ROYAL MATRIMON IAL I NTRIGUES . —" 1 ! 0 01, wi !,, ', 4 daughter of the King o f S axon y, as we stated. e jot r/ Revue de Paris, "b u t th e d aug ht er of Pri lle rv i: o o or Saxony, brother to King Frederick Augustus,t foal t he Duke of Bordeaux had asked in marriage ; b u L tha t Ig' private information, we have reason to suPP?:, c oe`, • Legitimatist party will again be deceived la ' t yart); l r for ths t tion. The marriage of the Duke is, re' ect e f source of considerable anxiety and a Lonsta.nbt P e o ol / 0 , pation. A few months ago they were on ' e o f P a l tiO marrying the Pretender to a sister of the Ning o a 0 i old They artfully profited by a temporary irriT hies, 0, Neapolitan Majesty. The King of the Tw° ic eelli i io jso her had hitherto refused to recognise Que en dos t ° "i 4 suddenly determined on sending an ambass°- etes r las' i consequence of being flattered with the hOPf ° s e er:, at Count Trapani with the young Queen. Tn e l. aPP - ,1 r p a E Ambassador is still at Madrid, and Count . i Igii •,:, Naples. King Ferdinand also hoped tha,,t 411rggie sister would espouse a French Prince. . 1 7 pout o p hi 4 way to Africa ? touched at the Gulf c ' e ` ii .oir de. the young Princess to whom he Was to PP PI ciPi n d a eo ev departod, It was then the I.4itimatist P a r_ IV ' ,ping the hand of' tho Princess for the Mk° near nin which was assented to. The alliance Yi li '. _e e eferr.e ,o concluded, when the Duke de Montebello o)`_evoti.,„l Tee D , 0%, the name of the French Government. has" ,.,e was broken off, and M. de Montebello, wil o bt , pee%),,' At Naples for the purpose of e spousiq n ,4 4 perll ro te Queen's sieter, was illvited to take DO 1 11 1 141 t iarli ati THE STRIKE IN TUE ComsgiEol.-- ettar le li , ' boo r ue t Newcastle that a number of the pitmen 1 coati ° Oil their employment. But thousands s s til,..._ rin.g. se fe ht ig " strike," and the entire district is Ile u that ougii• through the withdrawal of the mere waft of w oe 0 7 0 0 , be earned and spent bY this 14rge r 4l °l en out °I eta calculated that more than 80,000 hav e e a „bout tvi , 11 10 The earnings of these men have averaie ntag es, . 1 9,. e a• shillings in money, and their general 0 ,"7, 9 ,. o olitU l _f t ot way of cottages, gardens, and other atMl. The gre: o e eies, have amounted to as much Wor e ' % m e tteri (Pb ' alarm prevails through the whole district. re — ma iee in almost worse than if all the workmen 1) “ betwee n tare ia. stinate, fur the quarrels and fighting „k e it, employment and the men who w ill not LP deat h descant and unmanageable , t of tb e 0 3 We are sorry to see an announcement sc e o la% tiot i of Mr. Cary. Ile was a most a ccomplisp e „ Tral o 'li' w er an d " V" o a f m D o a s n t amiable te,, is executedk in d hearted with sustainedni a n I P i c , ls o of theote city. It is the Silva in the languag, un" h oly 10'00 It wiii pro. a l t the g , translations in any guage. a s long 8 ' st 1 15 ' his name with our English literature , .., o olong Florentine's works have honour and pun; 3 ' 3 Examiner. da y for 11 1 .0 118 ; 00 , BIRKENHEAD Docics.--The s fio d for tii o, , foundation-stone of the above worksri.u_ny no , yit September, instead of the 11, as 0 1 3 iy the birth of the Emperor Napoleon , 8 , t which au NAPOLEON. -Yesterday bolag th in e ss e s.i t ,.s,...iii n - spe e y r on e , in the Church of the Invalided, a ~,,s ys of his army attended.—Galignani of x Ea%