The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-14 00:00:00

NEW WORK BY MRS. GORE. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo. T" POPULAR MEMBER. By Mrs. GORE, Author of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Dowager," " The Ambassador's Wife," &c. Richard Bentley, New BUrlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE SEASON. Madame PERSIAN! respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING. AUG. 15, When will be performed Mozart's chef crceuvre IL DON GIOVANNI, Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Favanti and Madame Persiani ; Signori Fornasari, Lablache, F. Lablache, Galli, and Mario. After which, Selections from the new Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE, i.itroducing the Redowa or Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To be followed by the Last Scene from Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgard°, Signor \loriani. To conclude with (last time) LA ESM ER A LDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler; Phcebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon ; Pierre Gringoire, 51 Perrot. Applications for Boxes, StalLs, and Tickets to be made at the Box. office, Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will com mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE __ _____ ___ Under the Management of Mu. KEELEY. Another great Achievement I Successfully Triumphant !! To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava gauze of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would he a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that It will be repeated every Evening! THIS EVENING, AUG. 14, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, tanten, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For escue, Miss Woolear, 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 celebrat e d Eastern Pale, in the Arabi , n Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON. DERFUL LAMP ; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha acters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Misi Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wi gan , Mis s Turner, s James, Miss Carson, Mirs Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES Of ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 4%; Upper Boxes, 38.; Pit, 28.*; Gallery Ed. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2e. ; Upper Boxes, is Rd. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the 11 ile , my Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalE Private Boxes on the Pit her (holding six persons), One Guirea • The Box.office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec. tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Under the especial Patronage of h.r Majesty the Queen, and Princ• Albert, sad honourd by the presence of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Mecklenburgh St!elits, and distin• guisheil assemblage of Nobility. Triumphant Suecess of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, AUG. 14, Will be repeated an entire new Eiuestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c., to realise the rccent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. Splendid acts of Horsemanship.—The Dance of the Polka. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eag. land's H srvest Home. Mr. BATTY respectfully acquaints the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that having just returned from the Continent • and, notwith. standing his present unprecedented success and overflowing houses, be is ever anxious to produce novelty, to render th.s Establishment pre.entinent, and the first in Europe for its unequalled and extra ordinary productions, he has succeeded in forming arrangements with the following first-rate French Artistes, in addition to his present Talented Corps of British and Foreign Equestrians :—Madame Lezette, Madame Heline, Madame Philipe, M. Pierre, M. Georges, and M. Ferdinand Scmidt, from the Circle Olymp'que, Paris, Ham. burgh, sc., and who will appear in their various and novel Scenes of Equitation. Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D.Broadfoot. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. lest Ten Nights of the Grand Opera Company—Second Week of Cinderella, and an entirely New Piece. THIS EVENING, AUG. 14, Will be performed Rossini's Fairy Opera of CINDERELLA ; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss E. Terry, Miss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, Lefler, E. L Rime, S. Cowell, R. Horner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double Band and Chorus. Te conclude with THE QUAKER. Lubin, Mr. E. L. Hime ; Steady, Mr Leffler ; Gilii iv, Miss Betts. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box ()Mee, from. Eleven to Four. STRAND THEATRF. THIS EVENING, AUG 14, Will be perfbrmed MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Young Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ranoe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuszlewit, Mr Attwood; Montague Tigg, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mr. Biddies; Mr. Pecksniff; and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. H. Hall,• Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, bein{ an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Aladdin, Mr. Wright ; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwindow, Mr. Attwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter. tNPARALLELLED IN THE ANNALS OF EXHIBITION! IN HONOUR OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S BIRTH-DAY. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS THIS DAY, August 14th, 1844, a GRAND FETE and FANCY SALE, for the BENEFIT of the SAINT ANN'S SOCIETY SCHOOL, will take place in these Gardens. :The unequalled Menagerie ; Grand Modelled View of London in the Olden Time ; celebrated Russian Family Kantrowitz, from St. Potersburgh, in characteristic costume, will sing a selection of their national airs. The FANCY SALE, arranged in a beautiful Marquee, at which Several Ladies of Distinction will preside. Blight's admired brass band. Herr Meyer, the Magic Siftleur, will go through his wonderful perfermances. The beautiful Model of Venice. The Promenade Concerts, with a most unique selection. The whole to conclude with the unrivalled representation of the Fire of London, with additional and electrifying effects. Doors open at One o'clock, announced by a Royal Salute, and the National Anthem. Kantrowits Family, Three and Five. Herr Meyer, at intorrals. Promenade Concerts, at Six. Conflagration, at Dusk. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to TIIE 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 1 10,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in &tractive and Interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON. in 1821. This unique Museum as been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke o: Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambst:sarlors, and their Ladies, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, Sec., his previous almost lucre liblo number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude ri valuable Relic', and other curiosities, in this most utstructive and. as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Mary thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that It eugh' to be seen by every one. The price of admts lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Hall." Piccadilly, daily fi OM Ten till Dus%. THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, Aua. 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest, 67; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 29.7.—W0rn, W. Nara.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is aurally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 1 minutes after 2 I Evening ... 19 minutes 'titer 2 ~ ^ UTh LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1844. In an address delivered last week to the grand jury of the county of Suffolk, Baron ALDERSON made the following remarks, which we quote for the purpose of offering a few comments on them :—" In a neigh bouring county which I passed through on the cir cuit this time," observed his Lordship, " I had, what I am afraid I shall not have here—a day of rest; and I went out into the country and had the pleasure of seeing a match of cricket, in which a Noble Earl, the Lord-Lieutenant of his county, was playing with the tradesmen, the labourers, and all around him; and I believe he lost no respect from that course ; they loved him better, but they did not respect him less. I believe that if the nobility and gentry associated more with the lower classes of society, the kingdom of England would be in a far safer, and society in a far sounder, condition. I wish I could put it into the minds of all to think so, because I am persuaded it is true." 'We cordially concur in the justice of the above reflections, and are pleased to find that Baron ALDERSON has not thought it beneath his official dignity to draw public attention to the fact that a nobleman high in rank was detected by him the other day playing a game of cricket—that manly old English pastime—with the humbler classes of his neighbourhood. The circumstance, though an appa rently trivial, is in reality an important, one, ex hibiting, as it does, a kindly and healthy feeling on the part of the Noble Earl in question, which if it were generally followed up by the hi g her orders o ! s ociety, would soon work a most beneficial revolution in the sentiments of the peasantry, who, if they now are—as is undoubtedly the fact—a prey to sullen, ill disguised discontent, are so, principally because they find themselves neglected by those who once were, and ought alw ays to have continued to be, their friends and protect ors. The aristocracy and gentry of this country have much, very much in their power. Wealth is theirs and station, together with the im mense moral influence that these advantages, when turned to a proper account, can always command; but if they will not snake a right use of this influence, but will persist in expending their wealth, not to , benefit their dependents, but to annoy and impoverish them, by filching from them from time to time parcels of their common-lands, and shutting up the field paths over which they have for years been taught to consider they have a right of way ; if, moreo ver , th ey will persist in making their station felt, solely by adopting a system of haughty, jealous, exclusive ness and isolation ;—if, we say, our nobility a n d gentry will persevere in this offensive course of pro. ceeding, what can they expect but that those who should look up to them with respect and deference, will regard them with distrust and aversion, and become daily more and more alienated from them? The English peasantry were once a fine, noble, simple, iadependent race; and still would be so—for with all their faults the elements of good preponderate in their character—were they but treated with proper consideration and courtesy by their superiors ; but in far too many cases their only portion is neglect; those who should keep a kindly and watchful eye over their interests, never trouble their heads about the matter; and the consequence is that feelings of bitter discon tent, all the deeper from being stifled, are slowly but surely engendered in the minds of the peasantry, and in this situation, their reason perverted by their pas sions, they fall an easy prey to the inflammatory arts of designing demagogues, who prevail on them to espouse the wild principles of the Charter as being the readiest means by which they may work out their own redemption, and bring their negligent superiors to something like a sense of justice and consideration. It is the fashion now-a-days to attribute all the vices of the lower orders to their poverty, and many touch ing, clap-trap speeches, are annually made in Parlia ment on this tempting theme ; but it is not so much their poverty—for poor they have always been, and poor in the very nature of things they must still con tinue to be—that is the cause of their present sullen ness and dissatisfaction, as the aristocratic hauteur with which they are far too often treated by those who should know better than to indulge in such ab surd airs of superiority, which are the unerring indi cations of a petty and narrow mind. Treat the poor and the lowly with kindness and forbearance; take a direct personal interest in their humble wants and wishes ; sympathise in their mirth, and be a friend to them in their sorrows ; exchange the haughty glance for the winning smile of courtesy ;—in a word, convince them by acts, as well as words, that you feel that they, like yourself, belong to the great family of human nature ;—pursue this course of conduct to wards the lower orders, and you will do more to re concile them to their position, elevate them in the social scale, and imbue them with principles of order and subordination, than if you were to remit taxes by the score, and surrender to them uncondition ally the entire five points of the Charter. Poverty may be borne, and borne too, without a murmur, for it is the lot of the majority of every kingdom in the world ; but it is difficult—a proud and generous mind finds it impossible—to bear unrepiningly the con tempt, indifference, and supercilious exclusiveness of those who are placed in authority over us from no merit of their own, but merely by the accidents of birth and luck ! Railroads are undoubtedly among the most ori ginal and characteristic features of the material eco nomy of our times. Their uses and relations are so multiplied, so intimately mixed up with the business and interests of all classes of the community—they form so indispensable and prominent an element in the scheme of modern European society—they are so obviously the high roads of moral as well as physical intercommunication between the remotest localities of empires —and, in this country, the vastness of their design, the magnificence of their execution, and the perfect system of their administration are so far superior to those of any other State, that there are no public works in the management and welfare of which the solicitude of the English people is so universally manifested. The proverbial passion of ,our active races for travel is gratified by railway locomotion, though within the circumscribed limits of their own islands, with a facility which appears to be absolutely magical, and with a velocity of transition that more than realises the demands of e►en our unreasonable appetite for speed. No wonder that the progress and manage ment of undertakings so closely identified with the constitutional temperament of the people have been watched by that people with an incessant and scrutinising jealousy. All kind of hard things (it must be confessed) have been suspicted—and not a few have been openly said—about the overwhelming monopoly, and reck less selfishness, and unprincipled extension of profits, which, alone, railway companies it was supposed would consult, in comparative indifference to the great interests of the community, and utter disregard of the wants, the wishes, and the limited means of the poorer classes, who might, whether for business, or health, or relaxation, be solicitous of journeying by the only conveyances, with few exceptions, now avail able for such a purpose. It is not necessary for us to inquire whether the disposition manifested, and the conduct and proceed ings adopted, by particular railway companies in the first years of their operations, justified to any—or to what—extent, these fears and anticipations. It would be, moreover, ungracious in us to ask, in what de gree the active part recently taken by Parliament, in combining a series of carefully considered enactments for the general regulation of rail roads and their affairs, may have quickened the tendency of Boards of Directors to give a liberal and humane consideration, to the exigencies of that numerous body, to which we allude, who with the most inadequate means for paying highly for railway accommodation, have the most need for its facilities of occasional transport from the metropolis, and other swarming marts of long-continued and all but incessantly-plied toil, in their brief and scanty intervals of leisure. Much more to our purpose and our taste, it is to express the feeling of unfeigned satisfaction with which we regard the liberal and ever generous spirit in which, month after month, the great Railway Companies come forward to announce the arrangements they have made for procuring the most valuable, healthful, and instructive of all recreations to the sons and daughters of industrial labour, at a cost cheaper than we had really supposed it could ever be afforded. The second and third-class passengers, the latter more especially, are the objects of these excellent arrangements. The London and Birmingham, Great Western, London and Dover, London and Brighton, and Eastern Counties Railway Companies, we most particularly notice as en titled to the best thanks of the public for the efforts they have made in this direction. They have reduced the charge per head on the several pleasure or holiday excursions, which they have opened to the enjoyment of hundreds—of thousands, rather—who, but for such manifestations of a kindly spirit in these bodies, might never have come within sight of the chance of such enjoyments, to a point which cannot reimburse their expenditure, unless the numbers who avail themselves of their offers be immoderatelygreat ; but which, in that case, must yield a corresponding profit to which their spirited liberality establishes in these companies, the most legitimate of claims. Who that remembers a Sunday in Manchester, but twelve years ago, with the gin-shops swarming, as we have seen them, with whole families of artisans, well behaved, indeed, and attired in their best, but compelled, as it were, to make out their day of rest in such unfitting quarters, from the utter lopelessness of penetrating into th e country— were ILey ever so disposed—by dragging their ex hausted limbs, say through the dreary length of the brick-and-mortar suburb of Oldham, for example, a weary four or five miles, unreclaimed by an open s p ac e half as big as Kennington-common ;—who that has seen, on Sundays, the suburbs inhabited by the poorest weavers of Glasgow, or the operatives of Huddersfield, but must rejoice at the light and easy terms on which the Act of the Legislature has now secured, to such as are desirous to avail themselves of it, the privilege of being conveyed, for a few happy and refreshing hours, once in every week, through the purer air, and cheerful inspiration of large tracts of open country—over moors and through vallies and round the bases of breezy hills, or near the banks of fresh and sparkling rivers—far away from the polluted atmosphere, and oppressive monotony of the town in which they have to earn their hard subsistence ? After excitement and gratification like those of the the "railway trip," we may be sure they return with kindlier feelings to all the world—increased self respect, and augmented alacrity. The prospect of re newing at short intervals their glimpses of " the world" beyond the dingy streets of mills and factories, in which they have been so long over-wearied denizens, will lighten the toils of the week, strengthen the re lations and good understanding between the manu facturer and the operative, the master and the ser vant, and gra d ua ll y ext i ngu i sh that painful sense of virtual exclusion from the enjoyments common to all classes above th em wh i ch has too long, and most un wisely, been permitted both by the Government and the capitalist, to pre-occupy and poison the mind of the labouring artisans. The Legislature has done nobly in providing that there shall be on all the great lines of railway, where passenger -trains of any class are run on Sundays, third-class trains—and in spirit, energy, and liberality, we must say the Rail way Directors have gone ahead even of the Legis- lature. Witness the last announcement of the Brighton Railway Company. At what angle of elevation the Bishop of LoiinoN up-turns his episcopal eyes at monster trains of forty carriages of all classes, running down "at early dawn" to Dover or Brighton on a Sunday —a delicious, holy, sunny Sabbath, in its truest' and most sacred sense ; a Sabbath of calm and innocent enjoyment, and, therefore, of inward thankfulness and praise to the vast majority of those who participate in its pleasures—with what emotion the mitred master of the palace at Fulham reflects, on his river terrace, or amidst the luxurious repose of his saloons in St. James's-square, on the abomination of 1,000 people—of the middling and lower classes—(for this meekest of Christian prelates never objected to the Sunday travelling of the rich, in their own carriages, nor even to the vicarious of fences of railway carriages in locomotion on that day, provided always they were " first-class" passen gers who were to be carried, his Lordship's repu diated amendment having been levelled at third-class trains)—we know not; but we do care. We are anxious that he should practically learn "the luxury of doing good," by contemplating, on a Sunday, the happy faces assembled at a railway station. We strongly advise him to book a place in the next " railway excursion" at reduced fares, taking care to secure himself a "return" ticket by a train that shall bring him up in good time on that day se'nnight, for the service at the Chapel Royal, or any other equally courtly duty. We have given elsewhere a short article from the Times, relative to the announcement of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, that it was not the intention of the Government in future to furnish a return of the stamps issued to each individual newspaper, but merely the aggregate of those used by all. Our Contemporary justly admits the fairness of this re turn to the old custom, and, we may add, in a hand some manner, willingly gives up any advantage that may be derived to the proprietors of the journal by a publication of the returns. As regards ourselves it is a matter of indifference whether they are pub lished or not; but it is not'so with newly-established papers, or with those which, from some temporary circumstances, or unforeseen accidents, may have fallen off in their circulation. To the proprietors of such papers, the quarterly returns caused great in jury—the country papers, in particular, suffered severely from the practice ; and we are, therefore, glad that Mr. GOULBURN has admitted the evils of the system, and resolved to abate them. Madrid journals of the sth have been received, but they contain no news. The Court was not expected to return from Barcelona till the 22d instant. The Three per Cents. were done at 271 at 60 days and the Five per Cents. at 20. On Sunday the French Government received the following telegraphic dispatches : "TANGIERS, Aua. 2. " The EmrEnoß, who is coming from Rabat, is ex pected at Alkazar, within a march of a day ands half from Tangiers. It is said that Mr. HAT is with him." " TANGIERS, AUG. 3. " The Governor of Larrache has received from the EMPEROR full powers to negotiate. The Prince DE JOINVILLE has delegated, on his side, M. DE Iron. All hostilities are suspended, and a pacific solution is anticipated." In addition to this intelligence we learn that on the Bth inst., a telegraphic dispatch from Paris reached Toulon, ordering the immediate departure of three ships of the line, the Ocean, Inflexible, and Neptune. These vessels were to put to sea next morning, and sail without delay to Tangiers. The object in ordering ,this reinforcement to the squadron under the Prince DH JOINVILLE, is probably to give'more effect to the negotiations and bring the affair to a speedy conclusion. Most of the Paris journals make fresh comments on the discussions in Parliament relative to Otaheite and, we are glad to find, in a more peaceable tone' The Siecle, though it cannot conceal its hostile feel- , ing to England, thus adverts to the awful conse- „,,, ,;;;;*, ..f".s.t, • • • • ....,,ts,;lt.,,wa. N .... • . 41,11 , y ' • . .4- zi• • mos : •-.‘ o , d.z.cznrok-- -... lA` . 0 1R a rl\ ,4,0.: '•• • ... Of 0” 1, .. ~.„ , • , quences of a war :—" When one reflects on the ad mirable progress made by our manufacturers since the re-establishment of peace, on the frightful misery which would oppress our operatives if our manufac tories weiw by war, on the enormous amount of sums voted for railroads, on the difficulties and em barrassmeats which make A regency to be feared, ono, is certainly disposed to wish for the maintenance of peace. For these reasons we are far from reproach ing our Government for sincerely endeavouring to ac complish that object. But we cannot without pain see the continual sacrifices in vain made by France. It is a singular fact, that whilst we are told that England is our only ally in Europe, it is with her we are continually quarrelling—on the question of the Marquesas Islands, on Otaheite, on Algiers, on the right of search, on Egypt, on Syria, and on Spain. To pretend, therefore, that between her and us there exists a cordial understanding is a real derision." The Journal des Debuts expresses satisfaction with the reserve manifested by Si; ROBERT PEEL and the Earl of ABERDEEN, and confidently hopes that, the exertions of the two Governments to preserve peace will be successful. " Sir ROBERT PEEL," it says, " following the wise advice which he gave to Lord PALMERSTON—that second thoughts are best—re- fused to enter into any discussion relative to a sub ject which requires the utmost reserve. Lord ABER DEEN, in the House of Lords, was similarly discreet. It may be permitted to us to believe that the example given by M. GuizoT in the French Chambers was not unconnected with the change effected in the atti tude and language of the British Ministers. We cannot but congratulate the two Governments on this fact. There existed already lo much cause of irritation between the two countries that it became necessary for the men who wercl i to direct public affairs scrupulously to watch their words. Lord ABERDEEN expressed a hope that' the moderation of the two Governments would still frustrate the designs of the enemies of peace, foreign and domestic. The reproach made against the Conservative Governments is, that the good harmony existing between the two countries has been compromised by the mutual con cessions made. In truth, we admire the patriotism of the Opposition, whether in France or in England. Their efforts appear to be directed each to sacrifice the honour and dignity of their country, and to see which of them shall represent it as the most humi liated, the most sacrificed, or the most dishonoured. Fortunately these accusations, as absurd as odious neutralise each other. Let the two Governments,' which, in the midst of so many critical circumstances, have succeeded in maintaining peace, so gravely com promised, continue advantageously their exertions, and they will be supported, we are certain, by the great majority of the two nations." Even the Courrier Francais has become pacific : The maintenance of the dignity of the country is not to be found in war. In spite of the management of M. Guizot and his colleagues, France is not yet fallen so low as to require a remedy so heroic. War no longer enters into her manners nor her ideas, and peace is no more threatened by the party which has exposed M. Guizot than it is maintained by the eloquent theories and the problematic capacity of that orator Minister. Thanks to the diffusion of wholesome democratic ideas, to the conquest of the civilising over the brutal and war like element, war has ceased to be popular, and will not break out unless English arrogance has the madness to place us in the alternative to draw the sword or to submit to insult." The Commerce announces that three telegraphs are now being constructed at Paris which are to be placed on three ships, which will be stationed between Dover and Calais, during the KING'S stay in England. By this means the London telegraph will directly com municate with that of the Home Department at Paris. At TORTONI'S on Sunday the Three per Cents. were quoted at 81f. 55c. WEST INDIA PINES.—On Monday afternoon there was a last sale for the season at Monument : yard, of 5,000 pine apples from the Bahamas. The fruit was of excellent quality, and the prices averaged from is. 6d. to ss. each. The pine season in the West Indies is now over, but it is probable, judging from the success of the present speculation, that there will be a very large im portation of this esteemed fruit in future years. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—On Sunday last, an excursion cheap train to Brighton and back (being the first of a series of four) left London with thirty-three carriages and about one thousand persons, arriving at Brighton in time to enjoy the entire day there, and returning in the evening to London. The journey both ways was performed with perfect safety, and the arrangements made by the eompany appeared to give every satisfrction. it is worthy of remark that the utmost order and decorum was observed by this large concourse of persons at Brighton and during their transit, AMERICAN NEWS (EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL:, LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING, We have received by the Royal Mail Steamer Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, at an early hour this morn ing, Boston papers to the Ist, New York to 31st, and Halifax to the 3d inst. The Hibernia brought 85 passengers. There had been a very extensive fire at Brooklyn, opposite to New York, by which twenty-six houses were burnt down. The following are the particulars given in the New York Sun:— DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BROOKLTN.—About three o'clock this morning a terrible conflagration occurred in our sister city, commencing in the engineer's de partment of the extensive steam carpet factory situated on the corner of Brilge and Tallman-streets, which, together with its valuable machinery, and about twenty-five frame dwelling-houses on York, Bridge, and Tallman-streets, was entirely consumed. The factory was owned by Mr. Cornell, of Brooklyn, and occupied by A. and E. S. Higgins, of this city, who had it in active operation, and employed above two hundred persons, who by this calamity are deprived of means to support their families. The want of water, and the combustible materials with which the neighbour ing buildings were composed, caused the fire to spread with great rapidity, barely giving the unfortunate sufferers time to save the few articles of furniture they possessed. We have not been able to ascertain the value of the property destroyed, or the amount of in surance effected on it; but from information derived from various sources, and a view of the ruins, we think the total loss may be safely estimated at one hundred thousand dollars, without including the da mage suffered by the poor tenants. We believe no accident occurred, but understand that the two watch men in the factory had hardly time to escape with their lives. The Brooklyn fire department and citizens had most efficient aid from the firemen of this city, no less than twelve companies having crossed the river, under the direction of the able chief engineer, Mr. C. V. Anderson. A number of our Philadelphia visitors also took an active part in subduing the conflagration. LATER FROM MEXICO.—The revenue cutter Wood i bury arrived here from Vera Cruz, bringing dis ' patches from the United States Chargé d'Affaires at the city of Mexico, to our Government. The 'Wood bury left Vera Cruz on the 12th instant, whither she had been dispatched to receive and bring to this port the fourth instalment of the Mexican indemnity, but having waited one month, and receiving official in formation that there was no prospect of its being paid for a long time, Captain P. deemed it proper and pru dent to return. The Woodbury brought no papers. The Mier prisoners at Perote celebrated the 4th, and day and night were spent in frolic and fun, the garrison officers voluntarily supplying them with abundance of cheer for the occasion. One of the re leased prison ers , M r . St app (f ormer ly of Kentucky), applied for, and was g i ven a passage here in. the Woodbury. Official reports of the shooting of thirty-seven more of the followers of Sentmanat, in the square of Tobasco, had been received at Vera Cruz. The British and other Consuls had interceded for their countrymen, engaged in the affair, but without success. The Government, in refusing, told them, " it would have been much more friendly towards Mexico, and better for the individuals, had their agents in New Orleans prevented their joining in a scheme against the peace of a friendly power, and which was notoriously public. News of the rejection of the treaty by the United States Senate was received at Vera Cruz, viii Cam peachy, on the 10th instant, which the Governor im mediately forwarded by express to Mexico. The news gave great joy a Vera Cruz, and a revival of American business was expected from it. The vomit() was raging at Vera Cruz, but con sidered of milder type than for many summers pre vious, attributed to the early heavy rains, which were incessant every night during the month of June. The Mexicans are building a new custom house, repairing (substantially) the mole of the port, and beautifying the city buildings, &c. The navy in port, consisting of three brigs, four or five schooners, and two new gun boats, are lying in active and mostly in ordinary, though said to be pre paring for active operations. general Santa Anna's order for all officers, on leave, to port immediately for active duty, on pain of dis missal,had been published. The requisition of General Santa Anna for 10,000 troops and four millions of dollars had been granted, after some tardy but warm discussion in the Congress.—New Orleans Tropic, July 22. IMPORTANT PROM HAITI.—The Osceola, Sylves ter, has just arrived from St. Domingo, with advices to the 15th of July. There appears to have been an other revolution in Hayti. A black philosopher, named Santa Anna, had been proclaimed President on the 10th. It was his intention to discharge all the new officers and reinstate the old ones—those, pro bably, who served under Boyer. Polydillia had been appointed Vice-President. LATE FROM HA VANNA 11.—Her Britannic Majesty's mail steamer Tay, which ran ashore on the Colorado Reef; coast of Cuba, on Monday, Bth inst., and lay ashore several days, arrived at Havannah on Wednes day, 17th. She was supposed to be much injured. Her Britannic Majesty's frigate Illustrious sailed on the morning of the 17th inst. for Bermuda and Hali faxiN.S. UNITED STATES CUTTER LEGARE AND THE GREAT WESTERN. — The most celebrated of the European steamers has been again beaten. The little iron cutter Legare, just built in this city, being under orders for Norfolk, and the departure of the Great Western being advertised for Saturday after noon, Captain Howard was unwilling to lose so ex cellent an opportunity of testing the speed of the new craft. The race came off between three and five o'clock. The Great Western was in excellent trim and the Legare fully equipped for the sea, with water and provision for three months, and her coal bunks completely filled. At 3h. 38m. the Legare started from the battery under bare poles ; the Great Western being full three-quarters of a mile ahead run ning before a fair wind, with five of her principal sails set. At 4h. 40m. the Legare passed the Great 'Western, and at sh. 5m., one hour and twenty-seven minutes after leaving the battery, was abreast Sandy I-look lighthouse, leaving the Great Western half a mile astern, the Legare not carrying an inch of canvas during the whole run. The last departure of the Great Western from our port was noticeable on account of her race with the United States steamer Princeton ; the trial of Satur day will be equally memorable. It confirms the re sult which the success of the Princeton led us to an- ticipate in re g ard to the n ew mo d e of propulsion We can now entertain but little doubt that the paddle. wheel will soon be superseded by the propeller in al. sea-going steamers. _ New York Herald says :—This country exhi bits at present, on all hands, evidences of a degree of prosperity never surpassed in the history of the Re public. Business, in all its infinite ramifications, is steadily increasing—our commerce with foreign coun tries is rapidly augmentiug—and the entire Union presents the cheering and hopeful aspect, of one vast harvest-field of successful enterprise, industry, and toil. The excitement produced by the riots in Philadel phia has ceased, and there are gratifying indi cations that the lessons, so impressively en forced by these melancholy and disgraceful out breaks, have not been disregarded. Public sen timent has acquired a healthier and sounder tone with respect to the terrible evils of religious animosities when allowed to mingle with the affairs and duties of citizenship ; and the danger of delaying for one instant to crush the slightest manifestations of mobocracy, has been rendered so fully apparent, that there is little danger in future of lawless popular violence being permitted to exercise even momentary sway. The legal investigations in Philadelphia, and the consequent arrests of ringleaders of the mob, have produced a salutary effect, and there is a very perceptible improvement in the tone and conduct of the organs of the " native" party there. In Illinois the anti-Mormon party appear with the blood they have already shed, and although a great deal of ex asperated feeling still prevails in that region, we do not apprehend any outbreak. MONEY MARKET, JULY 31. Stocks were a little better to-day. There was very little alteration in quotations, but that little shows an improvement. At the old Board, Long Island went up 1 per cent., Canton Norwich and Worcester !, Stonington I, and Reading Railroad I, Farmers' Trust Indiana Vicksburg, Paterson, and Ohio 6's closed firm at yesterday's prices ; Pennsylvania s's fell off 4, Illinois At the new Board, Long Island advanced Canton -I, Norwich and Worcester 1, Farmers' Trust Illinois / I; United States Bank, Ohio 6's, and North American Trust closed at yes terday's prices • Vicksburg fell off 3-, and Morris Canal 41 sin c e fast sale. The rate of exchange 91 to 9! premium on London, with a moderate business doing. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET, JULY 31. Upland and Fl or id a .—C urrent P r i ces —l n f er i or , 5 to 5: 4 1, good suppl y , sma ll i nqu i ry; O r di nar y, 5' to 64, do. do. ; Middli ng, 6 1 to 7, good supply, deman d ; Middli ng Fair, 71 to Bi, f a i r supply, ditto; Fair, 7 4 to 8, small supply, d eman d ; Good Fair, 81 to 9, scarce, small in quiry; Fi ne none, ditto, ditto. , New O r l eans and Mobile.—Current Prices—lnferior, Ji to 54, good supply, small inquiry; Ordinary, 6 to 6k do. do.; Middling, 6i- to 7-1, good supply, demand; Mid dling Fair, 73- to 7i, fair supply, ditto; Fair, 81 to 83-, small supply, di tto; Good Fair, 9 to 93-, scarce, small inquiry; Fine, 10 to 11 very scarce, s mall inquiry. By the " N ew York' Classification," we quote, Up lands, Tory ordinary to middling, 5i a Sic. per lb.; fair to good fair and good. 7,1 to 8 a 9ic. per lb. ; Tennes sees and Alaba=s, 6 to Bi-c. ; Mobile's and Louisi ana's, &c., ordinary to middling, 6 a 7 cents per lb., fair to good fair 8 to B, l i to 9c.; good and fine, 9); to 10 a 11 cents. Exports from the United States to Great Britain since Ist Sept., 1843, 1,161,52.5 ; same time, 1842, 1,453,356 ; ditto, 1841, 922,762. Total exports from the United States since the Ist September, 1843, 1,568,470 ; ditto, 1842, 4,981,166 ; ditto, 1841, 1,433,859. Receipts at all the principal ports of the United States since September Ist, 1843, 2,000,890 ; same time last year, 2,365,253 ; ditto year before, 1,660,411. EXECUTION OF THE PIRATES OF THE SALADIN. (From a Halifax paper of the 3d inst.) Jones, Hazelton, Anderson, and Trevaskias, were executed on the Common on Tuesday morning last, in the presence of a large concourse of people, the gallows having been erected on a hill in the rear of the Catholic Cemetery. A company of the 52d Regiment were early on the ground, and formed a circle round the scaffold, keep ing the spectators at a proper distance. At about ten o'clock, A.M., the prisoners arrived at the spot from whence they were to take their last look upon the world, and end their mortal career in ignominy. They were coaveyed in two close car riages from the Penitentiary, preceded by the Sheriff in a gig, and strongly guarded by a body of the First Royals, with fixed bayonets. They ap peared much more debilitated than when we last saw them ; but their countenances wore a more placid expression. They ascended the stepa of the scaffold, and took their stand upon the fatal drop, with great firmness. For some time after they ascended the scaffold, and with the ropes about their necks, they were engaged in prayer, the different clergymen appearing unremitting in their attention to these unfortunate beings in the last moments of their existence. The Swede alone seemed at all indif ferent to his awful situation. He stood perfectly erect, and gazed around on the vast assemblage, on the green fields, the blue sky, and the ocean before him— far, far beyond which dwelt those who were dear to him, whom he should never more see, and whose cheeks would mantle with shame for the de gradation of their lost son. It is hard to tell what may have been the secret thought of that doomed boy, while standing on the verge of his own grave, with his coffin beneath his feet. His aged parents with their silvered locks—his brothers and sisters, who but a little while since shared his youth ful joys and sorrows, may have risen up before his imagination at the moment and rendered him regard less of his real state, or, it may be, that his apparent indifference was the result of education--of the diffi culty under which he laboured to understand the language of consolation addressed to him --of na tional pride, which prompted him to die as it became a Swede ; yet his rigidity of countenance may have been a token of resignation—of reliance on the atoning blood of the Saviour for salvation. We believe he was really penitent. It was a melancholy sight to see four young fellows, the'oldest not over twenty-three years, close their mortal career just as they were entering manhood, on the scaffold. Circumstances alone made them pirates and murderers. We have authority for believing that they were not habitually vicious. It is quite possible, had they not embarked on board the Saladin—or had never met Fielding—or knew of the existence of the wealth in that vessel, they might have escaped so ig nominious an end. 1 Before the executioner adjusted the ropes through the rings of the scaffold, and prepared them for the drop, the prisoners shook hands, and bade each other farewell, Jones kissing his comrades affectionately on the cheek. Before the caps were put on them, Jones addressed a few words to the spectators, stating that he was an Irishman, and from Clare. He expressed his deep sorrow for the deed he had committed, and hoped for pardon from God. Hazleton and Jones handed papers to the Rev. Mr. O'Brien, containing confessions of their guilt—but alleging that they were innocent of the death of Fielding and his son. The caps were then pulled over the features of the prisoners, and the clergymen on the scaffold took leave of them. The Rev. Messrs. O'Brien, Connolly, and Quinan, knelt in prayer, when the bar which supported the drop was re moved, and the unfortunate men were launched into eternity. Treveskiss alone struggled a moment, and not violently. The bodies, after having been sus pended for three-quarters of an hour, were cut down. Those of Hazleton and Jones were conveyed to the Catholic Cemetery, preceded by the clergy in attend ance, and followed by a large number of people, and deposited in the little chapel, where prayers were offered ap. Those of Anderson and Trevaskiss were taken to the poor-house burial ground, and, we be lieve, interred. Thus ended this melancholy and hogrible tragedy. The following are the confessions made by Jones and Hazleton : I, George Jones, at this my list moment, acknowledge butthe guil tl w do hich el i are have tbep e re o s n e f u e c ssed and for in w ,bo h i l s ch ab l ou d ; tie to judge me, that I had no part whatever in the d ea th o f the boy George, commonly supposed to be Fielding's neithor oounaelled the boy'o death, nor arpro+-cd of it, subsequently. I furthermore declare, I would have prevented the murder had I been able at the moment to do so. I believe that no man on board, unless the immediate perpetrators of the deed, counselled the murder of the boy. It may be an act of justice to remark, that on the awful night of the mur tiers, Fielding appeared desirous of deferring the execution of the project until the ship should have proceeded further on her course ; on the occasion of manifesting this desire he was strongly opposed by Johnston. I think these declarations necessary from some mistaken views, given by the judge in passing sen tence and from a desire to do justice to my own memory already sufficiently blackened by my real offences. I offer my life as a sacrifice for my misdeeds, and expect mercy through the death and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I die in peace and charity with all mankind, and may God have mercy on my soul. His GEORGE k JONES, 11Lark. I, John Hazleton, do penitently acknowledge my former confession and the justice of my death—but at this my final hour, do declare in the presence of God, who will judge me, that I had no part whatever in Cap tain Fielding's death. I furthermore declare, that I advised and desired his preservation ; although I peni tently confess that 1 appeared to approve his death. I did no act, however to co-operate in it. I also pro test most solemnly that I had no part whatever in the death of the boy commonly called George, and supposed to be Fielding's son. I did not advise it before, nor did I sub sequent l y approve it. I op posed it by crying out whenthe;act w as b e i ng d one an d I had been aware of it. I think these declarations only in justice to my memory already sufficiently darkened by my sins, and that they are moreover called for by some mistaken observations of the judge in passing sen tence. I die in peace with all men, and expecting for giveness and salvation through th e mer i ts of my Lord and Saviour, who died for the sins of the whole world. His JOIIN HAZLETO.N, Mark. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—It is expected that the fancy fair for the benefit of this institution— fixed for the 26th and 27th instant, at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens—will be the most interesting and attractive manifestation of the kind that this season has yet witnessed in or near the metropolis. In ad dition to the usual attractions of the Gardens—already the theme of general admiration —there are in prepara tion a number of other objects of interest and amuse ment, by means of which the young and the gay may give scope to their natural buoyancy of spirit, the aged and the grave be beguiled for the moment of their cares, and both indulge in the gratifying reflection that in their enjoyment and pastime they are materially aiding an institution whose special mission is the rescue of young and unprotected children, of both sexes, from suffering, ignorance, and crime, and by education and fostering care to enable them to become useful and valu able members of the community. We envy not the party whose efforts in such a cause would need the sti mulant of any appeal. The 26th being the birth-day of Prince Albert, and her most gracious and beloved Ma jesty being the patroness of the institution, the day is alike favourable to the exhibition of loyalty and charity. It would not be easy to say how a holiday could be better passed ; and it is gratifying to add, that from the nu merous applications for tickets, and other evidences, the occasion is appreciated. DEATH Or VISCOUNT P OWERSCOURT.-IVe have to announce the death of Richard Viscount Powerscourt, which took place on Sunday morning, the 11th instant, at the Crown Hotel, Rochester. The Noble Viscount arrived there the previous evening, accompanied by Lady Powerscourt and the Countess of Roden, in two car riages and four, en route from Dover to London, with their several d omest i cs . On their alighting from the carriage, a considerable alteration in the looks of deceased nobleman was observed, causing considerable anxiety to his noble relative* around hint. Mr. Bell, surgeon, of Rochester, was sent for, and found his noble patient in th e last stage of ematutiptiati. Dr. Smith, the chief medical officer o the establishment at Fort Pitt, having also been sent for, pronounced the Noble Vis count to be in a dying state, and he elpired shortly after ten o'clock the next morning. The Earl of Roden met the family at Dover, who had come from Rome, where the decea se d h a d been tor thtl benefit cc his health, nol proceeded to London by railway, taking the children of the deceased with him. The Earl of Roden returned again into Kent, and arrived at Rochester at tour o'clock on Sunday morning, in a carriage with four Most horses. The deceased is the sixth Viscount—ltichara vv inggeld, Viscount Powerscourt, of Powerscourt, county of Wicklow, and Baron Wingfield, of Wingfield, county of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland. He was born January 20, 1815, succeeded to the title August 9, 1823, and was married on the 20th of January, 183 G, to Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte Jocelyn, eldest daughter of the Eli.' of Roden, born on the 13th of December, 1818, and has issue three children. The deceased was twenty-nine years of age. Mr. John Batten, undertaker, of Rochester, was sent for, who made the coffin for the deceased, and he was conveyed privately to London this morning, and thence to Dublin, to be interred in the family vault. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutatt Optition. " Who runs may read." rORZIGN. On Saturday a grand dinner was given at the Palace of Neuilly, in celebration of the fourteenth anniversary of the day on which Louis Philippe took possession of the throne, after making oath to the charter of 1830, in presence of the two Chambers. The Ministers, Ambas sadors-, grand dignitaries of the State, and a large number of general officers, attended the banquet. The Journal des Debats confirms the account of the executions in Calabria in these words :—" Very, very sad news has been received to-day from Naples. The late mad attempt wade in the month of June last on the Calabrian coast by a band of refugees from Corfu, has hai l , a melancholy result. Of 19 male prisoners, 17 were con d erni ;ed to death. Of this number nine were shot on the 25th Juii: Among those to whom pardon was not extended were tti: two sons of Admiral Bandeira, who commanded in 1840 the Austrian squadron in the Levant. The Semaphore de of the Bth inst., an nounces the arrival, on the prtceding day, of the steamer Redschid, having on board the two Egyptian Princes, Hussein Bey, son of Mehemet Ali, a id Ahmet Bey, hitt grandson. Thirty-six young men, belonging to the first families of Egypt, sent to France at the expense of the Viceroy, to receive an European education, accozapanied the young Princes. The King of Saxony landed at Hamburgh on the 'jai inst. Notwithstanding a strong head wind and tide, the steamer passed Stade at half-past ten o'clock A.m., where the Hanoverian guardship fired a Royal salute, and upon reaching Altona and Hamburgh, at one o'clock P.M., the same honours were paid to his Majesty by the Danish man-of-war stationed at Altona, as well as by the bat teries on the shore. Upon landing the King was re ceived by a deputation from the Senate and corporation, who escorted his Majesty to the principal hotel, where apartments had been prepared for him. The Prince de Joinville will accomplish, on the 14th inst.,. his 27th year, being born at Neuilly on the 14th of August, 1818. He will be promoted to the rank of Vice• Admiral on his return from the expedition against Morocco. Two hundred and twenty Spanish refugee priests, from different parts of France, passed through Bayonne last week, on their way to Spain ; hundreds of others from Italy have also entered Catalonia by Perpignan, and landed along the costs of Valencia and Andalusia by the Marseilles steamers—A proof that they expect some thing. The receipts of the Customs of Marseilles in July last amounted to 4,283,307 francs, showing an increase, as compared with those of the correspondin,s , month of 1843, of 1,476,991 francs. MAW AND POLICE. At the Court of Bankruptcy, on Monday, the Investiga tion into the affairs of the Romford Bank was resumed. The bankrupt, Alderman Thomas Johnson, underwent a long and searching examination by Mr. James, the re sult of which was anything but satisfactory. The case was adjourned to the 4th November, the assignees re fusing to make any allowance to Mr. Johnson, but con tinning the allowance to Mr. Mann. At Harwich, in the case of Mason v. Simmons, which was an action against an insurance office, to recover damages for loss by fire, the jury found for the de fendant. At Appleby, the case of Webster v. Wilson was tried. The defendant was late mayor for the borough of Kendal, and the action, which was for assault, arose out of the proceedings at the late election for town councillor for that borough. The jury retired, and were absent some considerable time. When they returned into Court the foreman said they found their verdict for the defendant, and that each party should pay their own costs, and that the regulations for the election were not proper. The Judge then took the verdict in the words in which it was delivered, leaving it to the parties to apply, if they thought fit, to the Court above to enter the verdict as the Court should think at. At the Mansion-house, a young man, who stated his name to be William Charles Prince, was brought before Sir John Pirie charged with having robbed Mr. Kip ling, hosier, of Cheapside, of a diamond pin, at Don caster, nearly two years ago. The prisoner was appre hended in King William-street. Sir John Pirie was quite satisfied with the evidence, and directed that the prisoner should be delivered up to the constable from Doncaster. At Guildhall, John Bampton, who was described as a coal-merchant, &c., residing in Brackley-street, Barbi can, was charged with having left his wife chargeable to the parish of St. Giles Without, Cripplegate, and was committed to Bridewell for a month. At Bow-street, Patrick Larkins, a supernumerary letter carrier in the General Post-office, was charged with stealing two letters, containing 700 L and upwards, the property of the Post Di:ector-General. He was re manded. George Edwards, alias Johnson, I; notorious " cracks man," was committed. for trial from the Marylebone Police-court charged with burglary. At Queen-square, on Monday, in the case of a :ecruit who refused to take the oath of allegiance, Mr. Burrt'll stated that the Act of Parliament gave magistrates the power of discharging persons who had hastily enlisted, if they had not taken the oath of allegiance, and made application to him to be released from the obligations into which they had entered within four days from the date of their enlisting. The Magistrate refused to detain the recruit. Several persons were committed for fourteea days from elerkenwell for destroying their clothes in the Holborn Union workhouse. At Worship-street, on Monday, a middle-aged man, of very respectable appearance and good address, who gave the somewhat doubtful name of John Tompkins, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with assaulting Eliza Quin, a child five years of age, in a second-class carriage of the Eastern-Counties Railway. He was called upon to find bail. At Lambeth-street, Charles Wallen, a fish-porter, or assistant, at Billingsgate, was charged before Mr. Norton, with stealing sundry printed lists, containing the names of those persons qualified to vote, and also those claim ing to vote in the parish of Whitechapel, from the door of the Baptist chapel in Little Alie-street, Goodman's fields. The prisoner was discharged on the ground that the second Sunday. in August, the time prescribed for their being up, had expired before he took them down. On his leaving the dock Mr. Norton adverted to a gross blunder in the Reform Act, which gives a magistrate the power of convicting parties guilty of the offence of de stroying or carrying away these lists in a penalty not exceeding 40s. or not less than 10s., but prescribes no mode by which the penalty is recoverable. COURT-PASUIONAPIXaI. Yesterday was:the birthday of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, who completes her 52d year. Lady Augusta Somerset, daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, who for some time had held the appointment of Lady of the Bedchamber to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, has recently resigned that situa tion in the Royal establishment. Lord and Lady Stuart de Rothesay arrived in town at the close of the last week, from their seat, near Christ church. His Lordship is still in a very indifferent state of health, which is a source of uneasiness to his family. Amongst the fashionables who have been staying lately at Worthing, are the Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett, Lady Elizabeth Dullin, Viscount and Viscountess Andover, Countess of Beauchamp, Mr. and Mrs. Peyton, William Conyngham Burton, Esq., &c. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, with Lord Alan and Lady Louisa Churchill, have arrived at Arsaig, the Noble Duke's shooting quarters in Perthshire. The Earl of Digby has arrived at Sherborne Castle, from London. The church bells rang a merry peal on the occasion. _ _ The Earl of Lonsdale, the Postmaster-General, ar rived at Lowther Castle, Westmoreland, on Saturday evening last. The Hon. Colonel Lowther arrived at Lowther Castle on Thursday last, where the Hon. Gen tleman will remain during the greater part of the shoot ing season. The gallant Colonel, in the course of a few days, will be joined by se:ral distinguished visitors. 5 :1 suite have left the Count and Countess Zichy Clarendon Hotel for their chateau the vicinity of Presburg. rasseELLarincous. The fourth meeting of the Isle of Man Agricultural Society was held, on Thursday last, at Peel. The show ofcattle was excellent, many of the animals being spoken of with admiration by the judges. The horses, however, were not generally good. In the evening the members and friends of the Society partook of a sumptuous din ner provided by Mr. Frizelle, of the Peel Castle Hotel. The sale of the third part of the library of the late Duke of Sussex, consisting of books on English, Scotch, and Irish history, English and foreign topography, voyages and travels, was commenced on Monday by Messrs. Evans, Pall-mall. The sale of this part will ex tend over six days, and no further portion of the library will be sold till November next. The Act fur facilitating arrangements between deb tors and creditors will come into operation on the Ist of September next. It contains 16 sections, which, with rules, &c., are to be worked out by the Court of Bank ruptcy, in addition to the other branches of judicature on the law of debtor and creditor. The object of this Act is to enable non-traders to apply to the Court of Bankruptcy to petition, making a full disclosure of their affairs with a proposal to pay their creditors, on which a protection from arrest can be obtained. Another meeting of the Directors of the Caledonian Asylum was held on Monday at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of receiving a report of the Directors relative to the appointment of officers. The proceedings, in consequence of a discussion being likely to take place between the members of the Established Church belonging to the Institution, and the subscribers professing Free Church doctrines, excited considerable interest. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch presided, Lind there were_ present the Marquis of Bute, P. M. St*wart, Esq., M.P., Hector _Rose, Esq., the Chisholm, the Rev, Mr. Cumming, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Nisbet, &c. An attempt was again made to force upon the Institution a clergyman of Free Church principles, bllt it totally failed. As proof of the respect in which Mr. Duncombe is held even by his political opponents, it may be necessary to state that ardthligst the subscribers to the Testimonial Fund, are Mr. D'lsraeli, M.P., and Mr. Busfield Ferrand, M.P. The former subscribed 10 guineas, and the latter 11. William Nicholson, Esq., is a subscriber of 26 guineas. It is understood that no discharge has yet been ob tained under the 201. clause of the New Insolvent Act by persons in custody, from the simple reason tbat a copy of the statute could not be procared, and of course no judge would proceed on hearsay evidence. BARMOUTH, AUG. 10.—The Desire, Jones, from Beau mario, is ashore in here, without much damage. MONE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS• CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. At the close of business Consols were steady, but not quite so buoyant, being 99+ to I. The heavy loved* ments continued high, and in the Reduced Three ler Cents. there were a good many transfers at 99+ to par. There were one or two bargains in Spanish Active Bonds at 22+, and in the Three per Cents. at 33 to 33 Mexican were 35+ to 36; Peruvian realised 24 to +; and Brazilian, 84. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 12 ; Dublin and Cashel, 3i ; Great Western, soi to 62; South Western Eighths, 3i; Croydon, 5+L to si; Lynn and Ely, 11; Manchester and Birmingham, 14 to 15; Norwich and Brandon, 10i; South-Eastern, si; Trent Valley, 74 to 7i; Yarmouth and Norwich, 12+; Ditto New, 12; York and North Midland, 60; and Paris old Rouen, 18+ remium. Eastern Counties have been' 111 Brighton, 1 1; and Greenwich, 5* to 4+ discount. The rate of exchange on Amsterdam and Frankton was the same as on Friday, but Antwerp, Hamburgrly Paris, and Trieste, were barely so good. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London, for the week ending Thursday last:— Silver Coin to China Rotterdam . 40,000 „ 71 Ham burgh Mauritius Silver Bars to Hamburgh Gold Coin to Mauritius „ Bars to Rotterdam (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was nit much spirit in the Cotton Market et Liverpool yesterday, and prices only maintained their crevious position. Sales to a fair extent took place.. Exporters bought 1,000 bales, and the entire transactions; were G. bales, viz., 1,000 Surat, at 3d. to 3+11.; 400' Egyptian, ;it 6d. to 12+d; 200 Pernam, at 54d. to 64di 120 Maranhai.?, at 4+d. to 50.; and the rest American,. at 3+d. to 54d. pin. lb. Shares were not so good as on Saturday. Birmingham and Gloucester, Quarter, 28 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 31+; Dublin and Cashel, 6+; Eastern Counties Perpetual, 2/. 14s. Id.; Glasgow and Ayr, 59} ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock , 12/. 6s. 3d.; Great Western, Eighths, 12+; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 38 3 ; London and South - Western ' 86; Midland Counties, 109; North British, 2+; Sheffield and Manchester , 85+ ; South•East.ern New, 12+; Paris and Lyons, 2+; Paris and Orleans, 381; Paris and Rouen, 33+. The following are some statistics refaave to the trade of St. John's, New Brunswick : Imports in 1842, 437,705/. ; in 1843, 60.5,1151. ; in crease in 1843, 167,410/. Exports in 1842, .344,3821 ; in 1843, 464,7211 ; increase in 1843, 120,3391. Total import in 1843, 605,1151. Ditto exports in 1843' 464,7211. Excess of imports over exports, 140,394 L By another return it appears that there entered is 1843, at that port, 287 vessels, of 127,060 tons burden, and manned by 9,792 men ; and that the number of ships cleared was 369, of 149,753 tons burden, and manned by 9,473 men. New vessels registered in 1843 At S. John's 4O vessels, 8,745 tons. At Miramichi For owners in the United Kingdom 5 „ 2,206 ~ Total Emigonts arrived at St. John's, from Great BritaiD, in 1843-77 . Adults ; 43 under 14 ; 0 under 7. Frost Ireland-490 adults ; 104 under 14 ; 57 under 7. Total —567 adults ; 147 'lacier 14 • 57 under 7. There is nothing new in the City to-day, but Alder man Johnson's case has afforded a subject for much dis cussion among all classes. The produce markets are brisk, and business in ge neral is good ; but the weather excites some uneasiness , and a good deal of money has within the last fortnight been paid for duty on foreign corn. The Funds are more buoyant to-day upon the news or the Morocco peace, and there bas been some animation. A few of the jobbers were inclined to depress the market , but the effort has proved unsuccessful. Consols for Dn.- mediate transfer have been marked 99* to 99k, and for time 994 to 11. The Commissioners obtained their stock at 99+. Bank Stock has been firm at 200, but India, Stock rather flat at 283. The New Three and-a-110 11 per Cents. have been 1011 to ; the Reduced, 1021 to i; and the Three per Cents., 99Z- to 1001 ; Exchequer Bib s have been supported at 745. to 725. premium. Souto, Sea Stock is steady at 115 ; Long Annuities are 1 3 1 to 9-16ths. The Foreign Securities offer not the slightest feature. Spanish are completely nominal, the Five per Cents. SC 221, and the Three per Cents. at 33. Portuguese Con' verted obtain 434 to 44. Mexican are supported at 3 6, and Colombian at 134 f. Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents. obtain 61?- 3 to f Shares are very steady, and there is a moderate de" mand. Greenwich look better, owing to the expectatiop • that at the meeting now on, the report will be favour' able. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Ottldol List.) Bank Stock .... ... .a . - ................«.......„....„ 200 , 0 94 3 per Cent. R ed uced Annuities lOO 99% . 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99%% 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO2% Ni New 3% per Cent. Annuities- a ." .........,....a 101%% Long Annuities. Expire sth Jan. 1860.... ...... Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 ..... Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. l2 3-16 India Stock .... 2 8 3 South Sea Stock . 115 L ' .. lnk Stock 2CO c en Os for Account ••••••• ....... “•••••••••••• 9 9%% eq ,Ler Bills, Each 15(71 . . 1 %d. 1,0004 ...•"•...............• •........... 74 73 pm. 5001.. . a ......."......... ..... ••......... 72 pin. Ditto Small..-...---.—. ....... ..... 75 72 pat. Ditto Advertisec- PRICER OF FOREIGN FI.:NDI AT ONE O'CLOCK' Columbian Bonds. 1314% Mexican Bonds, !837, 5 per Cent. ~.. ........ ~....• 58 Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. - Ditto Converted 44 Ditto for the Account 43% Spanishl Bonds, . Five per Cent 1840 — Ditto Defer red Dutch 2% per Cents 6l I% Ditto for the Account. 101 Dutch 5 per Cents ....... ......................" lO ~ New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1837) - lOl 51 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARI. ."'" Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ••••••••• 113%.•. tO ... Bristol and Gloucester 3O - -' Cheater and Holyhead ...... ••••••••• 5 .•.. ..... 53( Eastern Counties ......... .. ........ 23 ......... 12%% " to- -"" Ditto New Registered....... 81. Os. Bd. ..... 14 ....." to Grand Junction lOO ......, ,.211 ......, ,.211 . M1 tO -" Great Western Ditto N Shares Ditto kMN l2 24 ...... to --- Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle 5 .... ..... 5 -1 London and Birmingham. lOO .....».. 230 to -.• Ditto New Thirds 2 39% ...... to .." Ditto % Share London and Blackwall 16% London and Brighton 5O ..«,„,. 48% London and Greenwich London and South Western ...... 41% - Manchester and Leeds 'T --..... 119 ..... .... to --" Dit o 4 Shares Manchester and Birmingham - Ditto % Stares Midland Counties lOO lOB% 109 to 106 Birmingham and Derby lOO .. 51% Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 91 ......... 42 ... North British Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover 32% 39% to 3 071 Ditto New . " ... . . —.." ...... ..... 4 York and North Midland Ditto % Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch Paris ai;. 4 Orleans 37 Paris and to i;ouen JOINT BOCK BIN" --• Commercial of 1,-Id.on London and Westmi..7ster ltiM MANCHESTER STOCK i:XEIRANGE, AUG. 12.—The ro. ,a,... continues firm and a steady business has been done.-1 31 °[ ti o burn and Preston, n ; Eastern Counties, Registered, 14 1 o tt div. ; Huddersfield and Manchesi:!m*, 21 ; Manchesterlo,. Leeds, Half Shares, 50-i s') ; Ditto, Quarter, 9i ; ° vice chester and Birmingham, 5 1 4 ; PrestOn and Wyre, " . „„ s . per Cent. and divs., ni ; Trent Valley, 9-4 ; Paris and LS 495. ; Peak Forest Canal, 39k. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. V B3 Bank Stock 200% Indian Stock. .... .., eft' . 3 per Cent. Red lOO Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons ..... 3% per Cent. Red 102% Ditto New Annuities ... ,a pllfr New 3% per Cent. lOl% Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 13 cl ... 7. eft' New 5 per Cent...—. Long Annuities to expire I Ditto 5ma11.......... ... Jan IWO l2 9-16 !Bank Stock for Acct.; NZ% Oct. 1859 12% ,Co nso l s f or Act. ..... .... '" Jan. 1860... ...... - FOREIGN FUNDS. „... Austrian, 5 per Cent — , Portuguese,s per Cent ...... Belgian, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Ditto.... ...... ..... „. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent.....-••••• ... 8L ',Prussian , 5 per Cent ..... ...• ~... Chllian t (3 per Cent ...... n olombian, 6 per Cent .- 6 per Cent 13% Spanish, 5 per Cent.......••••• 53, D i tto 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent ........»••••' WO Cuba 'Boi.." l s , Ditto, Deferred ........... ...*•• ...c. .. littlish, 3 per .. ent Greek, 18 _ 5 5 per Cent — ,Exchange ... ........... ..... ...G• Mexican, 5 per Cent ..., 6 'French, 3 per Cent.... ..... ,`. t Ditto. 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent...... ,% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent .... . •," SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) P 2 Ci Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid ..... ......... Eastern Counties (23 paid) ~ Great Western (75 paid, Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid B3 Ditto Firths, 12 paid 491 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (121. las. 4d. paid) 2t i - Landon and South Western (411. Ss. 10d. paid) .., 9 6 ^' Ditto - Eighths (15s. paid) ....- Londodana Croydon (Trunk) Ditto, Scrip, 10 pair? 5 4 t Manchester and Bitalingham 14 Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid _ 58 ii - ciiiiii•L;t; - -n - ,ii, - abo;er. - (33 25 4d paid) .......« i . Ditto New sll;ree 4 palit Trent Valley, 2 paid 6... v . (18 ,id` Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) ....... ............ l2 Ditto New Shares ( paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) 564 f.) Paris and Rouen. 20 paid ........., pp, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YEST ....- Amsterdam CF. 12 4i Gibraltar ........•••••" , i n Bco . Ditto, at sight ..... ... 12 2 Leghorn ............... "A 8 , Rotterdam 2U.12 5 Genoa ................. • - Antwerp .... 25 90 Milan ................... 4,.. Hamburgh IV.B. 13 13t Venice ..... „.. ......... :L. Altona l3 14 Naples ................... i•;;I Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Palermo, per oZ ..... 54i Ditto, 3 iaonths 25 85 Lisbon .................. f,l Marseilles ....., Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro ............ r.,; Frankfort on gains.. 121 Bahia ................... .......H4' Petersburgh, 3 Us.. 37 Buenos AyT ....... i i 't ••••• Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldyssig .....„, Vienna, effec. fl. 3IL 952 Philadelphia ......... rot oi' Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Foreign Gold, b: iii * 3 17 0 Cadiz ~37 l'ortegal Gold CoL__ Bilbao '6 New Dou bl oo ns.-- ' 1 0 l ei Barcelona ... ........ •••••"" 0 l4 n lle 4 1 Sevi .. Silver in Bars ...... - ---------- .-- th list ImPROVENIEiTS AT BANKSIDE During -- e at. few days extenive alterations have been goinfn eland' Bankside, Sothwark, from the east end of ge street, exteneng as far as Messrs. Barclays brelvii°,,vieg Bank-end. "he principal portion of the roadwsft vv".,.oc has been in a most dangerous state for owe Ye:o. has been ne;ly laid down on the most imp been stem' In some pats facing the river the road-waY the flood raised thre feet, chiefly as a protection afsin st t ' e r iver tides, whia frequently inundate this portion of the _ tis side to iv alarming extent, causing the raost saw destructig Of property. e Peii Hi "30111 heie. Ti the the i /VAP, 1 Tl ie 1] ( afi r . C I .o;cl ‘ ' tiOrd Tll., of , 4 1r 1 r : 1 k r . kr • t , kr, 1 Th e 'dire kr. ( fir, Lord Alr. XL 0 3 e11' Wh Tee s ui 1 4 1 . 141 i44 Tekti 414 tt A UN, LO DNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1844. ..,.