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THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 yob., TH E V I C T OR Y; OR, THE WARD-ROOM MESS. " THE OLD SAILOR." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 Vols., PARSONS and WIDOWS. 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."—Woekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced ] that given ONE FAREWELL NIGHT wil be THIS EVENING, AUG. 20, When will be performed Rossini's Opera (compressed into One Act), IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Characters by Madame Grist, 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 Rimier 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 Donicetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgardo, Signor Moriani. To which will be added, Selections from LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler • Phcebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringoire, M. Perrot. After which, the Last Act of Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. 'La Conerentola, Mdlle. Favanti ; Don Ramiro, Sig. Corelli ; Dandini, Sig. Fornasari ; and Don Magnifico, Lablache. The National Anthem will be sung by the whole strength of the Operatic Force of the Company. To be followed by a Selrction from the Ba'let of ONDINE. Ondine, Mdlle. Cerito. To conclude with the celebrated Ball. Scene from ALMA. Principal Dancers—Mdllos. Cerito, Barville, and Ferdinand. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to. be made at the Box. office, Operaxelannade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will com mence at Half-past Seven. TNEATRE ROYAL Lycgum, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant ! To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza 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 s im p l y stating that it wilt be repeated efery Evening ! THIS EVENING, AUG. 24, Will he repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinlocb, Turner, Stanton J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For tescue, 'Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much bater than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vagansa, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALAI/DIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha sactert by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli Ige Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner , M i r James, Miss &mon, Mi Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF AllMli SlON.—Balcony Boxes. 4 Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 28 Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit. Is. Private Boxes on the it sic my Tier (holding eight persons). Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Gulf ea. The Box..Stee is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec. Sion of Mr. Grogan, late of Corent-garden Theatre. Powerful Attraction at ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY First Week of the Eagagereent of the celebrated Mr. Carter, the Litn King, with his sp'endid Collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, km—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 unequ lied in one Evening. THIS EVENING. AUG. 20, Will be repeated the Eastern Spectacle of MUNGO PARK; or, The Lion Tamer of the Niger. Karla, the Arab, Mr. Carter, wb rre.n he wilt introduce his beautiful performance with his trained animal .lions, tigers, &c., in the cage, and en the open stage drive a Hon in harness. Combats w.th the monarch of the forest, ar.d other New extraordin ry feats. N w Scents in the Circle by the British and Foreign Equestrians, bi lle Heline, toe French rider. ttaincii steeds, &c. To conclude with an entire new Eluestrian, Milani! and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Lhei.ses, Appointments, &c., to realise the rL cent triumphs of Erviand's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. acting and stnee:n trigger. Mr. W Ii Broadfoot. Box-otHce open fro.n Eleven till F.ve. Lessons in the Art of Riding by ?Jr. It. Smith. D VID(IE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Ponti rely the last Eleven Nights of the Opera Season. THIS EVENING. AUG. '2O, Will b performed liellini's beautiful Opera of LA SONN AM. BU LA ; or, The Village hantom. Cuint odolpho, Mr. Leffler ; Elvino, Mr. I). W. Katy ; Amina Miss Rom ß er • Lisa, Miss Betts. After which. a N,2.w Operetta, written by J. It. Ruckstone, EFq., d comp) ed by E. i• itzw,biam, E , q., entitled a SUMMEtt NltlHT'S LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists. To conclude with l',i E WA itLOCK OF I HE GLEN. Places :Lid Priv.ite Boxes to or had of Mr. Ktrachner, at the Box_ office, fro n Eleven to Four. SFRAND TREAT' PHIS EVENING, AUG. Will bo perfornard MARTIN CH UZZ LEWI I'. Young Martin Ihuzzlewit. llr. Hance; Old Martin ChuzzleA it, Nlr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr At!wond , Montagne "fig;, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mr. Bidtdes; Mr Pecksniff, and Mrs. Sair , yr Gamp, Mr. U. Hall; Mary Graam, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After whi •h, a New and Original Burlesque, entitle,' THE WON DERF(J L LA MP, in a New Light, heirs; an Illustritcd Version of Aladdin. Abar.azar, Mr, Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Mis. E. Still y. To conclude with elhy's Face of THii: NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Ire_kwind iw, Mr. Aitwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter. 110 YA P. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL (-lAIIDENS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDN F:SDAY, and 1' URSDAY, throughout the Seaoui, the GArdens will open with the following attractive Novettiei : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS—FtEDf NG OF TILE ANIM4LS--UNRIVA I LED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and (A)NDt)N in the OLDEN TIME. Painted by Danson and Teltiln. The sensation caused by this u:irivalled protoction is beyond all former pi eeedent ; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all stri.e with its extraordinay beauty Alla fidelity of delitica unanimous in rmi.ouncing it the moot wonderful ex- Is ition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle vor the terrific display a , Dusk is unjust ; it should be seenin the calm stillness of the qu:et Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa clews Lake, to be fully appreciated, The Evening PROMENADE ONCERTS on Mon - ays, Tues gays, Wednesdays, an: Thursdays contucted iry Mr. Godfrey, are up ti a stale of moro than usual excellence; it nerds fail in doing justice to the awful representation et THS GREAT FIRE OF L';NDON. Its fearful th ‘raateeistics are truthfully tiourtrayed, but at the same time so beau'itislly blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, rest delis lit is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly o owd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit . that z'outhhy, Jic Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The (lindens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and oyenhining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attraltive lounge in or near the it etro,.oli.. Doors open at Nine—Feedin , ot the Animals at Half-past Four— Concert at Half-past F i ve.—Lonflagration at Dusk. AdmittanCe, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONii SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collsction 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 Coat of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro history, viz. — CLI AELES 1. , OLIVER CRO3IWELL, and 10 9 tIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGIkII 1., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, In 1821. This unique MuseuM has been vi4lted often, during the last and present year, by the Itoyal Family, the Duke of Wellington. the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an.l 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, Etc., his previous almost increilble number and variety of SESS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relict. and other enriositles, in this most instructive and. as hundreds have said it neght to be, a Nationa: Museum. Mary thousand have inspected it, sal THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that It ough' to be seen by every one. The price of admis- Uan is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the ...Egyptian Nall." Piccadilly. daily fi om Ton till Dusk. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The details given in a letter by a Correspondent, relative to a police case heard and decided on the 18th of last month, are no doubt of a very painful character, and must excite general sympathy for the unfortunate woman, but it is difficult to give advice in such matters. If she really is afraid of violence, however, from the party when he is released from prison, let her appear before a magistrate and make oath to the fact, and ho will protect her. The decision of which he complains, strange to say, is of very common occurrence, while many persons are transported for much smaller crimes. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Auc. 20. LIERMOMETER, Lowest, 60; Highest, 71; Noon, BAROMETER, 29.95.—W1ND, W. --- - Nam—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the reezing point, and 55 temperrte. In Barometers fair is tumally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. 111011 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS D % Y. Morning ... d minutes after 5 I Evening ... 6 minutes after 6 ,4„. . s t, 1 , .' , i, • . 1 q e, •k , ' '. 00.4111.M.4 1 i ..f , t ..- SECOND EDITION.. mi.. ittitill LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1844. A Morning Contemporary observes, with reference to the game-laws—" There is every reason to believe that anober session will not pass without a complete revision of these laws. We may also add, that since .Sir JAMES GuAnAm has been at the head of the Nome Department, the evidence on which committals and convictions for poaching have been founded has, in every case of alleged severity, been required by him from the convicting- and committing magistrates. On every account it is most desirable that the admi nistration of the game-laws, during the approaching autumn and winter months, should temper mercy with justice; and a broad distinction be taken by magistrates ketween poachers from necessity, and poachers from idleness and confirmed vicious habits." There is both good sense and good feelingint.hislast remark of our Tory Contemporary, though me doubt lnuch whether his suggestion will be acted on by our provincial magistrates, many of whom—if not the majority—are ardent sportsmen, and, regarding poachers as criminals of the blackest die, look on them with the same sort of shuddering horror with 'which ST. DUNSTAN as the old legend tells us— koked on the Devil. We must confess also that we entertain strong doubts as to the probability of the same-laws being subjected to a searching revision in the course of the next session. That their exceeding rigor may be partially relaxed, and the amount of their notorious injustice be diminished, is likely enough ; but when we bear in mind of what class of men the majo-, portion of the House of Commons is composed, and consider the power which they have in their hands, when united in a body—as they would probably be on this question—we are far indeed from anticipating that any very important altera tion will be made in the game-laws. At least two-thirds of the country-gentlemen in Parliament—who, whatever other good qualities they may be endowed with, are by no means remark able for the possession of " absolute wisdom''—at least two-thirds of this non-sapient fraternity, cling to the despotic, feudal laws which regulate game, with the same desperate tenacity with which they cling to the laws which regulate the price of corn. In their partial eyes, each of these oppressive statutes is a miracle of senatorial sagacity—the most glorious monument of the wisdom of our ancestors ; and to subject either to a process of sweeping revision, they would look on as one of the most unconstitutional acts possible—an act calculated to draw down the vengeance of Heaven on this offending country, and make it a byeword and a mockery among nations. As a parson sticks to his tithes, and a placeman to his sinecure, so does a sporting country gentleman stick to his game-laws. He thinks of his preserves and plantations—his moors, his marshes, and his stubbles—and is impressed with a sickening apprehen sion that all would be rendered wholly valueless, whether for the purposes of profit or amusement, were the present statutes which regulate game once to be subjected to a rigorous process of amendment. We anticipate, therefore, a fierce opposition in Parlia ment to any measure which Ministers may bring forward for an alteration in the game-laws--unless, indeed, it be of a tame, inefficient, milk-and-water character; but we trust that they will not allow themselves to be brow-beaten by the interested hos tility of sporting members, but carry out their scheme in a bold, independent, impartial spirit, such as the importance and necessity of the subject demand. Few things indeed require the prompt and serious attention of the Legislature more than the game-laws. They are the origin of half the crimes that are perpetrated in the agricultural districts ; they sow the seeds of ill-will between the landholder and his tenant-farmers; they fill our poor-houses with paupers, and our gaols with criminals ; they people our convict-ships, and send constant supplies of wretched victims to our penal settlements ; and finally, they put the torch into the hand of Swing, and light up county after county in a broad, destructive conflagration. How many a poor, simple-minded peasant who might otherwise have been a useful and creditable mem ber of society, may lay his utter ruin at the door of the game-laws—laws the justice and common sense of which, he, in common with thou sands of other people, could never be brought to com prehend! If the Legislature had always been as scrupulously attentive in providing for the amuse ments of the poor, as it has been in providing for those of the rich; if the peasant's common land had always been as jealously guarded from invasion as the nobleman's or squire's preserves, we should not now have witnessed the ill-omened spectacle of a sullen, discontented, alienated peasantry, who, instead of regarding their superiors as their benefactors, re gard them only as their oppressors. 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 ea^h 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, trading to our coasts, have a direct tendency to diminish and destroy the profits of all maritime interests. The shipowner is the se 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. Hums in the course of his long and indefatigable Parliamentary career, in defiance 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 rights," 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 cavilers 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. Hume 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. B u t th ere i s a l arge num b er o f po i n t s on o ur d toe e deficiency da ngerous shores where these gu i des an d b ea - o wan en d n e ; ers on the seas" are still want ngi fornupon the h uman i ty and policy of' the of which is an actual e nipir r e e_p reproach iti 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 ,f - lighthouses and harbour dues, w hi c h 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 possible, by that process, extinguished. 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 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 hands 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. Madrid journals of the 12th inst. have been re ceived. Their contents are not without importance. In one of them, the Eco del Cornercio, we find some explanation of the mysterious concealment of the pro ceedings previous to the bombardment of Tangiers. Mr. HAY, the British Consul, had made an arrange ment with the Emperor of MOROCCO, but that did not satisfy Marshal BUGUAIJD and the young Prince. The following is from a correspondent of that journal, dated Gibraltar, the 7th inst.:— " The Emperor Muley Abderhaman had accepted the proposals conveyed by Mr. Hay, the English Consul at Tangiers, and consequently the differences between the Courts of Spain and France and Morocco were consi dered as adjusted, but, yesterday, in virtue of orders re ceived from Marshal Bugeaud, and even before Mr. Hay had returned from Mogadore, the Prince de Joinville opened the fire against Tangiers, and effected with his whole squadron a bombardment which lasted some hours. After a vigorous defence, the batteries of the town were completely destroyed by the French squadron. The other squadrons took no part in the bombardment. It is affirmed that the Belle Poule frigate has rather se verely suffered, and that the crew was saved in the boats of the other ships. At half a league from the place 12,000 Bedouins awaited the landing of the French troops, but it did not take place yesterday. Mr. Hay arrived hither last night, at eleven o'clock, in the Eng lish steamer, the Vesuvius." Letters from Cadiz state, that after the bombard ment of Tangiers, the squadron under the command of the Prince DB JOINVILLE proceeded to Cadiz, where they arrived on the 7th, in order to repair the damage they sustained; but they were soon to bom bard the other towns on the coast of Morocco. There had been some disturbances at Madrid, but they were speedily put down. The Three per Cents. were done at 27 13-16 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 19k. It is a singular circumstance in the policy of the French Government with regard to Morocco, that though accounts are published of the attack on Tan giers, of the destruction of the forts, and of the small loss sustained by the French, only two boys having been killed, that the public have received no information on authority relative to the conditions of the ultimatum and the reply of the EMPEROR. There is a total blank between peaceful negotiation and the bombardment of one of the principal seaports—all that the French authorities deign to communicate is, that the answer was not satisfactory. The French justly complain of this hiatus; but the English have more reason, for on the nature of the negotiations and the terms proposed and rejected, rests the important question—on what grounds did the Prince de JOIN viLLE make such a sudden and destructive attack upon a town belonging to a Power in intimate alli ance with England? The Opposition papers espe cially reprobate this strange course of proceeding. " While every bulletin," says one of them, "from the army of BUGISAUD, however long or unimportant, have been given at length in the Monitour, the circum stances which. .preceded and accompanied the bom bardment of Tangiers are most briefly mentioned." " Many things," says the National, " remain to be explained, in order to render the preceding dispatches intelligible, and to account for so prompt a transition from peace to war, and it is natural that the public should be anxious to know the exact amount of our loss, and what measures were adopted towards the town after the bombardment." The Constitutionnel makes similar remarks, and adds, " there are many families waiting with anxiety the return of the casualties and rumours of all sorts, which the silence of the Government unfortunately tends to confirm.' The only article put forth by a Ministerial paper, to clear up the mystery, appears in the Globe ; but it, in fact, gives no information whatever, while it accuses the EMPEROR of a design to protract the negotiations till the French fleet should be driven off the coast by the equinoxial gales; but this is mere conjecture, and the public will not believe one word of it while the full details are withheld. These are the remarks of the Ministerial journal:— • " It was evident that the Emperor of Morocco wished to gain a month more, and reach the season of the equi nox, when it would be impossible for the French squad ron to remain on the coast of Morocco. The Prince perceived the snare, particularly when he found that an evasive answer was returned to two important points in thv ultimatum—namely, the dissolution of the body of trollops stationed on the Algerian frontier, and the settle ment of the boundary question. The discussion relative to Abd-el-Kader, and the objections made by the Em peror with regard to the place of his banishment, con vinced M. de Nion that he was not in earnest. How do you wish me to expel the Emir,' observed that Sovereign to the French negotiator, when you found it so difficult yourselves to drive him out of Algeria ?' " In the meantime the greatest preparations are in progress for continuing the war with vigour. Several vessels in the harbour of Brest are to be put in requi sition, and in a very short period there will be a French force on the coast of Morocco sufficient to put a atop to all commerce. The Constitutionnel says the next place to be attacked is Mogadore : "After the operations against Tangiers the squadron was to have proceeded to other ports as far as Mogadore. At the latter point the difficulty of attacking will be greater than at Tangiers. The pass which leads into the roads has, it appears, not depth of water enough for ships beyond the size of brigs. It is probably owing to this circumstance that the port of Brest has been ordered to hasten the arming of the three gun-brigs, La Vigie, L'Alonette, and La Tactique. A corvette de charge is very shortly to leave Toulon, and join the squadron, with war ammunition, to replace that which has been ex pended in the bombardment of Tangiers. Two more steamers, one of 320 and the other of 220 horse power, have also been sent to the Prince de Joinville, and it is also said that the steam-frigate Montezuma, which is coming from Rochefurt, will join his squadron." The French funds, in consequence of the alarming state of affairs, still continue depressed. On Sunday the Three per Cents. were quoted at 80f. 70c. It appears that the Government have at length re solved to curb the restless and mutinous boys of the Polytechnic school. Their last offence was refusing to be examined by a professor of the name of DUHAMEL on the ground that his appointment was not regular. The KING has, therefore, by the follow ing decree, dissolved the school : " On the report of our Minister the Secretary of State for the Department of Marine and Colonies, act ing ad interim as Minister of War, and considering th e acts of disobedience and disorder which have lately taken place in the Polytechnic School, we have decreed as follows : " Article 1. The Polytechnic School is dissolved. "2. The chiefs, administratons, professors, exa miners, and officers of the school, will preserve their titles and emoluments. " 3. An ulterior ordinance will regulate the reorga nisation of the school. " 4. Our Minister the Secretary of State ;for the De partment of the Marine and Colonies, directing ad interim the War Department, is charged with the execu tion of the present ordinance. " Given at Neuilly, on the ' 17 th of August, 1844. "LOUIS PHILIPPE.' BinGISTON, MONDAY.—The Baron and Baroness Seebach and Count Dmitry Nesselrode arrived last night by the last train from London, on a visit to Count Nessel rode, at Pegg's Royal York Hotel. Baron Seebach took leave of the Baroness and his father-in-law this morning, and proceeded by the nine o'clock train to Dover, on :his return to the Continent. The Baroness will commence sea-bathing forthwith, and, He understand that Dr. Franz has also recommended her to take equestrian ex ercise on the Downs. Count Nesselrode rode to the Dyke on horseback on Saturday, and in the evening Dr. Franz dined with him arthe hotel. The Magnet steamer arrived at the Chain-pier this morning, about one o'clock, from Dieppe. Among the passengers was M. Kesseleff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires at Paris, who imme diately proceeded to the York Hotel on a visit to Count Nesselrode, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST'' 20, 1844 THIS DAY S NEWS. CRIMINAL COURT.-,(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR T (Before the RECORDER.) Edward Brown, a young man respectably connected, was indicted for obtaining, under false pretences, on the 17th of April last, a sum of 3501. from a gentleman of the name of Harding, a solicitor, of Gray's Inn. The prisoner, who was out on bail, surrendered this day. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantyne conducted the pro secution, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Chambers appeared for the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON having addressed the jury on the part of the prosecution, called the followitg witnesses : Richard Harding was a solicitor in Gray's Inn-square. On tho 13th of March last was introduced to the de fendant by a person of the name of Morgan. Had pecu niary transactions with him. On the 17th of April the defendant called upon him and produced a bill for 978/. 10s. and upwards, drawn by Potts, Baxter, and Brown, and accepted by a person named Roberts, which he asked witness to discount. Witness said he was not in the habit of discounting bills, and disliked them. He said, further, that he knew nothing of the parties. Witness asked him several questions, to which the de fendant replied that the acceptor, Roberts, was a wool broker at Liverpool, very respectably connected, and had dealings with their house of Potts, Baxter, and Brown. To another inquiry the defendant stated the bill was a good bill, taken in the course of business, that a bona fide consideration had been given for it, and it would be sure to be paid when due. Ho said also that he had a large sum in the house of Potts, Baxter, and Brown, of which he was a partner. He said, further, that his own connexions and those of his wife were highly respectable. He said ho possessed a good property, that he had a free hold property, was possessed of ample means, and was in good circumstances. He said the house of which ho was a partner was extensively connected ; that they frequently required advances. When witness asked him whether it was worth their while to obtain money in the way proposed, he said that - he got 30 per cent. for sending goods to Valparaiso, and that it was an object, therefore, to obtain money in the way he required. Wit ness subsequently gave him a cheque for 3501. on the faith of the truth of his respectability. The bill for 9701. was then handed over to witness, and subsequently ano ther 3501. was advanced upon it. The whole of the re presentations of the defendant turned out to be false, and the bill was dishonoured when due. Cross•exaimined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—WAS not bound by recognisances to prosecute before he went before the grand jury. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL submitted that this was fatal to the indictment ; added to this, the offence was laid in the indictment as having been committed in London, while, in fact, it took place in Middlesex. Mr. CLARKSON at once consented to the indictment being bad. Some discussion then took place as to whether the in dictment should be quashed or the defendant acquitted, the Solicitor-General and Mr. Chambers contending that he ought to be Requited, as he had been given in c har g e to the jury, and pleaded not guilty. TYNE submitted that Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. BALLIN the verdict must be quashed. The RECORDER held that the jury must find the de fendant not guilty. The jury then acquitted the defendant. Wm. Butcher pleaded guilty to an indictment charg ing him with stealing a load of manure, and was sen tenced by the Court to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. Win. Hickey pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing one pound weight of tea, the property of the St. Katherine's Dock Company, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The grand jury this morning brought in a true bill for murder against James Cockburn Belaney, the surgeon. NEW COURT. Awell-dressed young man, named George Jessop, aged 23, described as a plumber, was indicted for stealing two silver table spoons, and several tea spoons, the property of James Last, a publican and horsedealer, residing at Yarmouth. The prisoner lodged in the prosecutor's house, and while the prosecutor was out attending a fair, the pri soner took that opportunity of running away with his wife, who carried with her the spoons in question. These spoons were engraved with the maiden name of the wife, and were her property before her marriage. The pri soner and the woman came to London together, and the prosecutor, having followed them, found them in bed together, at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey. The prosecutor immediately gave the prisoner into custody, it having been discovered that he, in company with the woman, had sold some spoons to a silversmith on Ludgate-hill. Several witnesses deposed to these facts, and in the course of cross-examination it appeared that the prose-- cutor had taken his wife back again. He also admitted having had several children by other women. Mr. PRENDERGAST, who defended the prisoner, sub mitted that there was no case to go to the jury. The COMMON- SERGEANT said he thought there was a case for the jury, inasmuch as it was in evidence that the prisoner had sold the spoons. Mr. PRENDERGAST submitted that there was no proof of identity with respect to the spoons. The CoNatoN SERGEANT said that was a question for the jury. Mr. PRENDERGAST again submitted that there was no case for the jury, and, in support of his opinion, referred to the case of ltosenburg and Bohain, in which case the Learned Judges gave it as their opinion that the qUestion ought never to have been sent for trial. The Comm oN SERGEANT said the present case differed widely from that one. In Rosenburg's case the woman left her husband's house, and went to the defendant's lodgings. There could not, therefore, be any felony in such a case as that. In the present case the prisoner was living in the prosecutor's house, and left the house with the wife. Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that this was a case which ought never to have been brought before them. Had such a case been brought before them apart from the adultery, there could be no doubt whatever that a ver dict of not guilty would have been immediately returned. He thought it was evident that the prisoner had no felo nious intention whatever when he sold these spoons, for the prisoner believed that they were the property of the wife. The CommoN SERGEANT summed up the evidence, and said the only question the jury had to decide was, whether the spoons sold by the prisoner were the same spoons which the prosecutor had lost. If they were satisfied that they were the same spoons, then a larceny had been clearly committed. The jury retired, and had not returned into Court when our report left. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) lad Y, alias Blaeklemore, well-dressed and nn aiesharp-looking,dildGen was ° charged under the following circumstances : The prisoner, who is hardly more than fourteen years of age, has been repeatedly convicted before at police courts, and has not been three months out of prison during the last twelve. Last night Baker, police-con stable 108 G, observed him walking along Russell. square and Charlotte-street, and trying several doors with skeleton keys. It was about twelve o'clock. After inspecting the area, windows, and gate of a house in Charlotte-street, he put the key in the door, and was just turning the bolt when Baker pounced upon him. The prisoner struggled most resolutely to escape, and brought a crowd to the place by his cries. He told the mob that the constable had put the key in his pocket for the purpose of having him convicted, and the policemen were obliged to carry him to the station-house. The prisoner boldly asserted that Baker put the key in his pocket, but a person, who chanced to be in Court, came forward and deposed that this had been the pri soner's defence upon two previous occasions at police- courts. Mr. BROUGHTON said he regretted he had not the power of transporting him, and sent him to prison for three months. UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Amelia Smyler, a well-dressed young female, was charged with attempting to commit suicide on the pre ceding night. A policeman on duty near Lambeth-stairs had his at tention arrested by seeing a young female walking along crying and wringing her hands. He went up to her and asked her what was the matter, but she made him no reply, but quickened her pace and went towards the river. Before he had time to get up to her she plunged head foremost into the river, and he instantly- jumped into a wherry alongside the bank, and with difficulty succeeded in dragging her out, and brought her ashore to the station house. From subsequent inquiries, it was ascer tained that the defendant lived with her uncle and aunt, in the neighbourhood, with the latter of whom she had a quarrel, which induced her to make the above attempt upon her life. Mr. Mali', said that it was surprising the slight causes that often led young women to commit suicide ; that the present was a very determined attempt of the kind, and he should, therefore, call on the defendant to find bail not to repeat the offence, and, in default, com mit her to gaol. MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) William Cooper, a ferocious -looking young fellow, was charged with an aggravated and unprovoked assault. An itinerant Scotch piper, named Alexander Hay, whose face was covered with bruises, both his eyes were black and swollen, one of them was dreadfully- lacerated, and it is doubtful whether he will ever regain the use of it. The old man said he had takeu a little to drink, and because he could not play all the tunes a host of black guards wanted, they assaulted him, but it appeared that the defendant threw him down, and brutally ill-treated him. A Mr. Cleasby, who witnessed the assault, corrobo rated his statement, as also did the police. The poor old man could not see for some time after ho was maltreated. He, however, told the Magistrate that he did not mind his ill-usage so much us the loss he should sustain from the injury which had been done to his pipes. He said 2s. 6d. would repair them. Mr. RAWLIVSON ordered the defendant to pay Hay 10s. A HOPEFUL FamiLY.—At the last Wells Assizes a most notorious character, named George CulHord, of Ilchester, was tried on four indictments, three for bur s. The judge, in pa bur glary and one f or sacr il ege , and transporte d for the t er m of his natur a l lif e , jilaving only been liberated from g aol about five days, duling which period he committed all these offence if the law had no t b een a lt e red, he would m ost assuredly, have left him f or execu ti on , which would ha ve been car riedinto effect. This makes seven of this family in a short period that have been sent out at Government ex pense.— Western Flying Post. SOUTHWARK COURT OF RE QUESTS-(THIS DAY.) DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS IN EXECUTION UPON JUDG MENTS FROM THIS COURT UNDER LORD BROUGHAM'S BILL. This morning a very full attendance of the Commission ers of this Court was held in the Committee-room, for the first time since Lord Brougham's Act for the Amend ment of the Laws relating to Insolvency, Bankruptcy, and Execution, came into operation, to take into consi deration the powers vested in the Commissioners by the provisions of the Act to discharge persons under execu tion upon judgments from that Court, and also to con sider the various applications for discharge by prisoners in custody upon such executions in Horsemonger•lane and the Borough Clink prisons. After considerable de liberation, the Commissioners, acting under the advice of their clerks, Messrs. Drew and Meymott, determined to grant the applications in all the cases in which the petitions presented had been accompanied by a certificate of the gaoler that the petition was the petition of the party presenting it, and had been duly signed ; in seven cases orders of dis charge were made without any fee, and in the other cases the petitions were sent back to be amended. Mr. Keene, the humane Governor of Horsemonger-lane Prison, was in attendance, and, with a kindness and ala crity characteristic of this gentleman, undertook to ob tain the evidence required, and enable the whole of the applicants to be discharged in the course of the day. 'The Commissioners also determined that all applications for discharge under the Act should be made by petition, to be presented on a Court day, e., on Tuesday or Friday, stating the amount for which the prisoner was in custody, and at whose suit, accompanied by the certificate or attestation of the gaoler, that the petition was the voluntary peti tion of the prisoner, and had been duly signed by him or her ; the reason for so doing was, we understood, that in several instances, at other Courts, petitions have been presented in the name of, and against the wishes of persons who had been in prison nearly the whole of the time deemed sufficient to satisfy the debt ; ' the consequence of which will be that the plaintiff, after incarcerating his debtor for a number of days, can now issue an execution against his goods. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday, the sales being 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for export, prices being rather in favour of buyers. —There was a dull market for Shares, and in some in stances at rather lower rates. Birmingham and Glou cester, 113 f ; Caledonian, 4 ; Chester and Holyhead, 61 ; Dublin and Cashel, 61 ; Grand Junction, 2191 ; Ditto, Quarters, 541 ; Great "Western, Fifths, 244 ex div. ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 104 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halv,es, 991 ; London and Birmingham, 321. shares, 38 ; Lynn and Ely, 4/ ; Midland Counties, 109 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 84 ; South-Eastern, 124 ; Trent Valley, 10 ; Ulster, 374 ; Paris and Lyons, 21 ; Paris and Orleans, 37/. ; Rouen and Havre, 184 ; Or leans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 30s. The dates from Jamaica are to the 24th July. The subject of obtaining a full supply of hill-coolies con tinues to attract, it would appear, very general interest. An authorisation to raise a loan of 500,000/. for this great object has, we believe, been resumed. The Corn wall Courier, of the 18th July, received at the Jamaica Coffee-house this morning, upon this subject states Were this island (Jamaica) peopled in proportion to its extent, prosperity would attend every effort that is made to improve its culture, labour would be at com mand at a moderate rate, and an increased ',demand would exist for the luxuries as well as the necessaries of life. There would be also an increased consumption of British manufacture, as well as of American goods." No doubt any step in the right direction to render labour adequate to the wants of the planters would be most beneficial ; but without the sanction of the home Government, and, indeed, its guarantee for re payment, it is questionable if so large a boon as half a million could be raised here upon the security of any of the West India Colonies. The HOMO of Assembly had been prorogued to the 20th of this month. Meetings continued to be held in the Colo nies to protest against the Government measures connected with the reduction of the duties on foreign sugars produced by free labour. The quotations of sugar in Jamaica and other colonies had advanced, more rain having fallen than was required in moist districts. A strong phillippic is inserted in the Falmouth Post at the mode in which too many of the planters and over seers lived. " If," says our authority, " they were to commit their houses to the keeping of vir tuous wives, instead of profligates, we should soon see the effects of so desirable a change by the in crease of respectable families, who would then be iden tified with the interests of the colony—equal, at no dis tant period, in wealth, intelligence, and happy contened ness, with the farmers of Great Britain." There are accounts from Hayti of an unfavourable tenour. The island was in a most disorganised condi tion, and it is asserted that French vessels of war were hovering about to take the people under the protection of the King of France. The Ilaytians are said to hate the French. The Victoria left the SL Katherine's Dock for New York yesterday afternoon with 50 cabin and 150 steerage passengers, and a fair cargo. On Saturday a dinner was given to Mr. Voy, pilot, by the captains of the London line of packet ships, and presented him with a service of plate, value 50 guineas, as a tribute of respect for his good conduct, having piloted their ships for the last 24 years successfully. The Funds have been pretty steady this morning. Consols, for money, have been sold at 984 to 4 ; for the account at 984 only. The Commissioners took 5,000/. Consols at 984. Exchequer Bills, Canadian De bentures, and the other Securities, were ratherihigher than yesterday. The Foreign market has been in a quiescent state to day. Spanish Actives are at 224, and French Three per Cents. at 80f. 25c., a fall of about 4 per cent. The only alteration in the other Foreign Bonds is an improvement in Brazilian, which opened at 834, and are now at 844. The tendency of the Railway Share Market has been upwards, but the variations were but slight. Provincial Bank of Ireland are at 201 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL (From the Official List.) Exchequer Bills, I%d. I%cl 1,0001...».«.«.«.«.».».. •••••••••••• 73 14 pm. 75 74 pm. Ditto Small. 0000 ..• - ...•• ••..... 000 0 0 73 '75 pm. Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 82% Mexican 80nd5,1837, 5 per Cent. ....... 0000 Ditto for the Account 3SV, % Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 ..... .......... Ditto for the Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent Exchange 2sf. 50c. Dutch 234 per Cents 61%%% Ditto for the Account. .. Dutch 5 per Cents ..... 100 S% New Loan, 5 per Cents. (1837) .......... ........... 100 A PRICES OF SHARES.THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS, PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .....„..112'4 Bristol and Exeter 7O .... ..... 79% ... to 80 Bristol and Gloucester So Caledonian Eastern Counties ........ ..... .... 23 ........ 12 ... to Ditto New Registered — 81. 6s. Bd . . ...... 13S _ ___to 14 . .... -,. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O f,6% EL Great North of England lOO ..... .... 112 to Great Western ........ ........... ..... '75 135 Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths... ........ ........... ..... 12 Hull and Selby Loudon and Birmingham. lOO 223% Ditto New Thirds 2 38% ..... to London and Blackwall 16% 7%% ... to London and Brighton SO London and Greenwich London and South Western ...... 41% Ditto Eighths As 4 — 3)4% ... to London and Croydon Lynn and Ely l% 4s 4 Manchester and Leeds '7o 124 Ditto % Shares 3O 52% to Dit o % Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 54% to Ditto % Share" 2 gs% to Midland Counties lOO llO to 109 Birmingham and Derby ..... ......'.lOO ......... 81 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 North British Norwich and Brandon South Devon ••• 5 South Eastern and Dover ..... .... 923. E Ditto New ......... ....... ...... ..... 4 Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland ......... 50 .........108 Ditto 34 Shares 25 Orleans. Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O 37% to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland. Union of London lO MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 19.—We have had a good market to-day, and a considerable busi ness has been done. Blackburn, Burnley,:and Accring ton, 2 ; Churnet Valley, 3s. prem. ' • Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. ; London and Brighton, Eighths, 13s. 9d. to 12s. 6d. prem. ; Lynn and Ely, 41. 19s. to 51. ; Manchester and Leeds, 122 ; Ditto Half Shares, 313 .; Manchester and Birmingham, 541 ; Ditto, Quar ters, 54 ; North British, 2 15-16 to ; Trent Valley, 10. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock 11;9 'lndian Stock — 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds — Pin • 3 per Cent. Cons. 234 per Cent. Red lO2 Ditto New Annuities ... 97% New 3)4 per Cent. lOl Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 134 d ... 74 pm. New 5 per Cent. - Ditto 500/. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 75 pm. Jan 1860 l2 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1359 — Consols for Act. 9814 Jan. IP6O 1 2 14 India Stock for Acct.... 29234 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian s 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian 1, 5 per Cent Ditto New Ditto — Brazilia n Bonds ......... ...... 8414 Prussian, 5 per Cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent — China!), 11 per Cent Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 13% Spanish, 5 per Cent ,-: 7 ; 1,6 Ditto, 11324 !Ditto, 3 per Cent ..-.. ....... .. Cuba Bc In Is, 6 per Cent ;Ditto, Deferred Danish,:3 j ,er Cent ....... ..... 'French, 5 per Cent....... —t —c. Greek, l 8: :5, 5 per Cent — Exchange ... ........... .... —f. —c. Mexican,: 5 per Cent Ditto, 6la T Cent., 1837 — ;Dutch, 234 per Cent...... 61 1 4 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES. Birr aingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 11234 D itto, New Shares, 173,', paid Iris .tol and Gloucester, 30 paid Chet ;ter and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 1) ut 4in and Cashel, 234 paid F astern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s 4d. paid,No. 1 Ditto ditto, paid, No 2 E. Enhurgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Ditto Quarter Shares (12.4 paid) H: zll and Selby, 50 paid 6 6 14 Lc riclon and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid Lo radon and Brighton (50 p a id) . . A 1 )itto Loan Notes, 10 pail! ' 11' 7 19 Loi I don and Greenwich (12t. lf.s. 4d. paid) 9 Et ;ito, Preference or Privilege, £lB 17s i:d paid :2 1 4 Man chester and Leeds (70 paid) D itto New Quarters ( 2 paid) Mar ,chester and Birmingham r.... itto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) N, trthern and Eastern (45 paid) Soi ith Eastern and Dover 2s 4d paid) Vat in outh and Norwich ( 1 paid) Yorlk and North Midland (50 paid) lO7 Diit to Half Shares (25 paid) Orrten; as, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid Par is :and Orleans (20 paid) ' Par is and Rouen, 20 paid ' Hon ill and Havre, 10 paid ... IS3 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 20.—Wind N.W., light breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, AUG. 19.—A.M. Wind, N.W. P.M. N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Liverpool, Halifax. Sld. Cygnet, Port Phillip ; Mary Taylor, Ichaboe ; Coquette, St. Helena; William and Alfred, Antigua; and the outward bound, except Norma, Malay, Minerva, York, Amiza, and Launceston. OFF BEACHY HEAD,' AUG 18.—Triton, Bahia. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Tudor, London, for Calcutta ; Northumberland, ditto, for the Cape and Madeira. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 19.—Arrd. Friends, Ray, Quebec; Dee (steamer), Hemsley, West Indies, left Demerara July 20, Jamaica 24th, Barbadoes 24th, Grenada 25th, and St. Thomas's 30th. Sld. Blucher, Bombay. OFF WEYMOUTH, Atm. 19.—Escalus, Rogers, Bahia. OFF DARTMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Ruby and Lady Corn bermere, Quebec. CowEs, AUa. 19.—The Nancy, from Stockholm co New York, which put in here yesterday, is not leaky, as reported. Her rudder is supposed to be damaged, and part of her cargo is shifted, and will have to be landed. LIVERPOOL, Auo. 19.—Wind N.N.W. to W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Treasure, Frizo, Jamaica ; Remittance, Kilsby, New Orleans ; Sherrandoch, West, Philadelpia ; Joseph Porter, Wilson, St. Stephen's ; Indus, Quebec. A quantity of deals, apparently not long in the water, were passed on the 13th inst. by the Joseph Porter and Dee. WORKINGTON, AUG. 18.—The Favourite, from Derry to this port, struck on a bank near Roben Rigg on the 16th instant, and sank ; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, AUG. 18.—Arrd. Charlotte, Fishenow, with loss of bowsprit, sails, &c. Hum., AUG. 19.—Arrd. Wallace, Miramichi, St. John's, Quebec. CARDIFF, AUG. 17.—The Farmers' Increase, from Gloucester to London, struck on Lavenock Point yes terday, and sank ; crew saved. PWLLHELI, AUG. 17.—Part of the cargo of the Pilot, from Liverpool to Aberystwith, ashore near here, has been saved in a damaged state. GALWAY, AUG. 16.—The Confidence, Davidson, in leaving the south sound of Arran, struck on the Frenish Rock, but came off, and was assisted in here, leaky. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 19.—Wind variable.—The Forth, ashore on the Batten, has been got off, strained, and makes much water. SWANSEA, Ave'. 18.—S1d. Cubans and Alderman Thompson, Cuba. FALMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Arrd. Wassacunicon, a vannah for Hamburgh ; Hazeligg, Miramichi, sailed H for Southampton. OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, AUG. 16.—Elinina, Bonny, ;Or Amsterdam. MARKET . NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) RAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/15s to 414 s ; Useful ditto, 416 s to 4112 s ; fine Upland ditto, 4l 14s to 51; Clover Hay, 41 108 to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 416 s ; Useful ditto, 418 s to 41 14s; fine Upland ditto, 4115 a to 5/; Clover Hay, 4115 s to 61; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1/ 10s; Wheat Straw, 1110 s to 11 12s per load. Supply mode rately good, and trade rather dull.: HITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/10s to 4148 ; Useful ditto, 41 5s to 41 15s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 16s to 51; Clover Hay, 5/ to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. Each kind of Hay sold readily, at full prices, but in Straw, exceedingly little was doing. New Meadow Hay pro duced from 31 to 414 s ; and New Clover, 41 to 51 5s per load. COLONZAM SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is without alteration. About 400 hhds have been sold at previous prices. The public sales have consisted of 10,148 bags Mauritius, and 3,270 bags Bengal. All the Mau ritius found buyers (excepting about 1,000 bags which were withdrawn), but went off without spirit, and in some instances 6d cheaper ; very low to fine brown brought 41s 6d to 545, and low to fine yellow 54s 6d to 63s 6d. Nearly all the Bengal likewise sold, but at a decline of fully Gd upon the lower sorts, whilst the fine qualities brought extreme prices —viz., 56s to 69s for fine soft yellow to fine white Benares. 500 to 600 cases • of Bahia have sold privately at 22s 6d for white, and 18s 3d for brown. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 537 hhds, 29 tierces, 174 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,244 hhds, 155 tierces, 273 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,041 hhds, 1,788 tierces, 2,837 barrels. COFFEE.-4,809 bags East India (chiefly Padang) at auction; nearly all the sound was taken in at 30s for Padang; a small portion good ord pale Batavia or Ma nilla found buyers at 37s to 38s 6d; about 1,200 bags first and second class damaged sold at 25s to 26s 6d, and a few lots at 275, being comparatively cheap. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 644 puns 124 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 110 puns 27 hhds; and ex ported 115 puns 4 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,240 puns. 2,121 hhds. RICE.-2,148 bags and 900 pockets Bengal Rice was chiefly disposed of at lOs to 12s for low yellowish small and broken to good bold white, which are fully previous prices. SALTPETRE.-1,142 bags Bengal sold at 24s Gd to 25s for 10 per cent refraction, and 2 per cent ditto, at 275, being a shade dearer. SPICEs.—Of 2,777 bags of Pepper at auction, only about one-half found buyers at the former value, viz., 2id to 2id for fair Penang ; the remainder was taken in at 2-ad for ord to good black Sumatra. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is firm, at 41s to 42s per cwt, and town 43s 6d per cwt. TEA, --The Tea market is steady. PORTUGAL. We have received advice 3 from Lisbon to the 14th. A series of illegal acts on the part of the Govern ment prepared the way for the promulgation of an ordonnance on the 9th inst., signed by the Queen, and countersigned by the Ministers, which is thus characterised by an ex-Minister of Portugal, the Viscount Sada Bandeira. :—" This decree, abrogat ing the constitutional charter, places the nation in a similar situation to that in which it stood in 1828, in consequence of the destruction of the fundamental law of the state." Senor Cabral has thus openly, it would appear, assumed the legislative attributes of the Cortes—the power of making and revoking laws; and it re mains to be seen whether the Sovereign of Portugal will continue to sanction her Minister's assumption of the whole powers of the State in his person, or whether the representatives of the people may not assemble, and proclaim her Majesty's unfaithful Minister an usurper.—Chronicle. CLOSE OF TIIE PITMEN'S STRIKE.—NEWCASTLE. UPON-TYNE, SATURDAY.—The strike of the pitmen in the counties of Northumberland and Durham is now at an end, the whole of the collieries, with very unimportant exceptions, having. engaged all the workmen they re quire on the terms and conditions offered by the coal-owners previous to the sth of April, when the strike commenced. The Durham pitmen were the first to give way, and several collieries on the Wear and Tees resumed work early in the week. The Tyne pitmen seemed inclined to hold out longer, but the determination of the owners to engage other men if their old workmen held out longer than yesterday, of which due intimation had been given by , placards plentifully posted in the district, at once de cided the struggle in their favour. The coal committee, which has sat weekly in Newcastle during the progress of the strike, have called for returns from each col liery, showing the number of hewers employed before the strike commenced, the number intended to be employed this year, the number of men now engaged who had been previously employed as hewers in these counties, the number of strangers employed who had previously resided in the district, and the number introduced from a distance. These returns will be not only interesting, but exceedingly valuable, from the practical illustration they are calculated to afford of the impolicy of strikes, and the injury they inflict even on the men themselves. After the men had signed the monthly bond, orders were immediately given by the colliery agents to replace their furniture in the h . ouses they had previously occupie d, and such a " fting" has perhaps never been witnessed before in this or any other part of the country- It is to be hoped this prac tical lesson will not b e lost or disregarded in future years. lIIGR TIDES.—On ganday evening there *was a very lofty spring tide. The Fulham " lemmas land" was flooded, and at the Waterside, Wandsworth, the tide poured into the fi.sherman's houses, putting the basement floors of these miserable dwellings, in some instances, nearly two ftoet under water. The Wandle overflowed its banks, and. the waters reached the station house, which is situated on the further side of the plain. At Putney, the towing-path, from that place to Ham mersmith, was impassable to horses, and the Lightning steam-boat, with her chimney down, was, with great difficulty, got through Putney-bridge. It is high time that this, and the other clumsy structure, Battersea, bridge, were taken down, for more lives have been lost, and more accidents have occurred, at these two bridges, than all the others put together. It has, we understand, been determined by the Battersea - bridge proprietors to throw the five centre arches of that bridge into three, and the alteration is to commence immediately. BOULOGNE AND CALAIS.—The number of persons who passed to and from France, via Boulogne, during the week ending last Thursday, was 3,208, and via Calais 592. he numbers in the corresponding week of last year were, Boulogne 2,783, Calais 584. NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY.—The works on this railway are now in full progress, a great number of hands having bee n set on at different parts of the line, particularly at Ketteriughiuu, Wymondham, Attleburgh, and Eccles. The cuttings for crossing the turnpike-road near Harford bridges have been begun ; and the bridge over the Wensum, at Carrow, has been commenced.— Ipswich Express. ROGERS, TIIE JOCKEY.—During the Goodwood races Sam Rogers rode in no less than twenty-one races, all being for the Duke of Richmond and Lord George Bentinck, of which lie won eight, ran one dead heat, and walked over for one, This was a good week's work. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt eptition. " Who runs may read." POREIGEN On Saturday the King of the French, accompanied by Count Montalivet and three Generals, left Neuilly for Versailles, and returned in the evening, when his Ma jesty received at dinner the Grand Duke of Hesse, Baron Pasquier, and the Ministers of Sardinia, Sweden, Por tugal, and Saxony. The King, by royal ordonnance, has dissolved the Polytechnic School. By another ordonnance, of the same date, the Minister of the Navy and Colonies, Ad miral de Mackay, is entrusted, ad interim, with the de partment of War. The Government, it was said, had received fresh newt by telegraph. Marshal Bugeaud has left Sala Magranfat for Fez, which he will slowly approach. The Prince de Joinville has orders to bombard all the towns on the coast, but not to remain before any of them longer than two days. It was reported at Oran that Abd-el-Kadei had left the Moorish army, and had gone to the western part of the Moorish territory. The Constitutionnel mentions a report that a part of the Moorish troops had entered the town of Tangier as soon as the French cannonade commenced, and destroyed the houses of the consuls, besides committing other el. cesses • but the report was not believed. The Madrid Gazette, of the 12th, states that the Bank. of San Fernando was only to advance 50,000,000 o f reals for August, because the Minister of Finance had considered that sum sufficient for the wants of the Government, and that the proceeds of the taxes collected by the Bank in July last, bad amounted to 57,546,085 reals. LAW AND POLICE. There were fifteen cases heard yesterday in tho Court of Bankruptcy, before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque . In one of them the bankrupt was opposed on the ground of having vexatiously defended an action. In the course of his (the bankrupt's) cross-examination, it appeared that the Learned Counsel, who was severely, pressing him, had actually signed the plea on which the defence was mainly grounded. The Commissioner smiled, the Counsel blushed, and, ultimately, the bankrupt was passed. The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittings, and, the Recorder having addressed the grand jury, pro ceeded to dispose of some cases of misdemeanour. John Richard Downes, for embezzling money, the property of his master,was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. In the New Court, William Warmington, a soldier, was indicted for a felonious assault on Catherine Webb. He was convicted of a common assault, and sentenced to be imprisoned a month. Charles Daniels, for stealing three halfpence, having been previously convicted of felony, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Maria Lewis and Harriet Smith were indicted for stealing six yards of printed cotton, value 51., the Rro perty of W. Webb. The evidence was conclusive against both prisoners, and they were pronounced Guilt) . * It was then proved that Lewis was convicted of felon/ in this Court last April, heßce she was now sentenced 0 seven years' transportation ; and the other prisoner to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction: The Middlesex Sessions commenced yesterday before Mr. Serjeant Adams, the newly appointed assistant" judge. This was the first Session under the new Act for the better administration of eri a minal justice in MiddleseS' The calendar was exceedingly light ; it contained, the names of twenty-four prisoners for trial, sixteen of witcl b . 3/ were indicted for felony, and the remainder for as sania• and misdemeanours. A fisherman, named James White, was comet itte i from Brentford for a gross outrage on two children. At Bow-street, Michael Read and Jane Forphy We' brought before Mr. Hall, the former charged with 04 riously and cruelly stabbing James O'Flaherty, with' pair, of scissors, and the latter with being in his comp ani t aiding and abetting him. Read was remanded, in orde to give the prosecutor, who is severely injured, an ?P . ' portunity of recovering sufficiently to appear against 1 01 :a Patrick Larkin, a letter-carrier, was fully coronitt for stealing 7801. from letters at the Post-oitce, Mrs. Pelham, accompanied by her legal adviser,w sl '„ on Mr. Burrell, at Queen. square , for the purpose of 0:1"; tradicting the statement made by a Mrs. Bird, on SO day, to the effect that Wilson Pelham, who had all passed as Mrs. Pelham's son, was, in feet, the sof ty, Mrs. Bird, who had been kidnapped from her. Of; Pelham distinctly denied the truth of Mrs. Bird's 50' went. 1009* John Merry, charged with stealing two silver sp was remanded for a fortnight. Mr. Maltby, the Magistrate at Marlborougb-st re fit u fined Isaac Sorrell, a coachman, 31., for having, ' 11 ,.. 1 " driving a carriage up Oxford - street, assaulted two V' tlemen, by striking them with a whip. 00 , Three women, named Buckley, Pierce, and Thor n r s 0 , were charged at Lambeth-street, before Mr. Nortow with robbing a captain of a vessel of a 51. no t e and We se sovereigns. The robbery had been committed in a h ° 0 11 % .. of ill-fame. After a considerable time having been t o pended in the investigation of the case, the Magis,9l„ committed Buckley and Thompson to the House of T h e rection for two months, and Pierce was discharged. note was returned to the captain, the Magistrate obser ing he richly deserved to lose it. A coarse vulgar-looking woman named Elisa Wilifsl, was charged at Worship - street, with robbing Pe Henry Barnes. The prisoner had stopped the po s . 6 cutor in Shoreditch under pretence of asking her 11 7 1 , - ; and accompanied him a short distance until she 1 o `1 " tall man to whom she said all right and bolted. 1/13: prosecutor was then attacked by the man who m r shook off ; and starting in pursuit of the priso ner, o f tured her. She was remanded in order to give lira° the capture of her accomplice. tr ate A gentleman named Walker applied to the rnagis-dr for assistance, in procuring the enlargement of a ge h ll be man named White from a lunatic asylum, in whie",„l.- had been incarcerated by the authorities at the Char to house. Certificates from various medical men wer e The duced, testifying to Mr. White's perfect sanity. magistrate told him he must sue out a writ of habeas.lb William Postlethwayte charged at Union - h all,, t attempting to violate Mrs. Eliza Augusta Towns end ' remanded. 6rt ii At the Thames-office, Mr. Kennedy, clerk to the of Ditchburn and Mare, iron steam-boat builder3o.. Blackwall, made application to Mr. Broderip for s rant to apprehend ten apprentices who had shseliwtir themselves from their employ without leave. The rants were granted. COlTE,T—rasuxoN.aziai. Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley left to wn on *P' o o day by the two o'clock train, for the Reading saris')ja the Great Western railway, for Strathfieldsay, of the distinguished circle invited to meet the Dine' Prussia. oaf Viscount Sandon and family with a party of frinjetk have arrived at Burnt Norton, near Chippen Csn3r where they intend staying a month or two, The Prince and Princess Radzivill and suite arrilior the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the tinent. e The Marquis of Worcester is expected to aril town to-day from W Countess of Orford are resi ding' Wiesbaden for the summer. a nt and Viscountess Emlyn have si-ed Cawdor Castle, North Britain, on a visit to 1 0 Lady Cawdor, from St. Leonard's, near Windsor. t er The arrivals at Leamington Spa have lately be e : a s numerous, and comprise many families of rs l . l sT oris ffl auence. Among the most recent are Viscount "Vpi M.P., and Viscountess Newry, Lord and LOY 'I ' f Co Lord Calthorp, Lord Blayne, Lady Montagu tharine Tollemache, Lady Wenlock, Lady , ` N,!hisolh Lady Farquhar, llon. Airs. Sneyd, W. B. Wr i gOte Esq., M.P., Colonel Fielding, Colonel Maxwell' se• Best, Captain D'Eyncourt, R.N., Sir Richard °Wel' MISCELLANEOUS. lea f" 131 0 The Great Western steam - ship, which Pi- - ti t 1 4 Liverpool on Saturday for New York , carries ° passengers. 1 ,„ 10 11 : On Saturday afternoon the Prince of Witilage with steamer, Captain John Stevens, on her 139;:b London, while coming into Greenwich, ran 'ev is h:, ere; siderable force against the pier, when one a t.;00, who was holding out the tender to prevent the _ to tb of . the concussion, was thrown off the v essel % i d fr, c ; pier with such force, that he received a con3P° ll ip, 1 1, ture of the thigh. The paddle-box was steely rase wheel doubled up, and the shaft and machineri. ss damaged. / OW v ero Camberwell fair commenced yesterday o r a r , a finer day for the amusement of the holidald'of was never seen. The shows were numerous si!osityd,to first-rate order, embracing every natural es r !,,,,i tween the torrid and frigid zones. " Or i F„ l- 6ne ro Thumbs," and " Unquestionable Ojibbewar , .": to rs i v , e 3e r servation," are in great abundance. The vis b i 0 4 or very numerous, and throughout the day the vo prevailed. The Local Committee of the British issued circulars from the " Museum, York,'' l'fol the forthcoming meeting of the Association, Iva, in that city, commencing on the 26th Septernulot is six weeks later than the time appointed for b e es meeting. (t ying 0 0' The Governorship of Dumbarton Castlo p .O l , o t abolished upon the demise of General L° the 'wart? the governor's house and premises fall into t V P Ordnance ; and the intention is there to est°' •1111 litary prison for North Britain. re ach f The Bishop of London has conferred the P re D it ogh , of the Charter-house on the Rev. Folliett Ilford; and the Rev. S. Waldegrave, c urate ot jilo , parish, Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls College', to succeed Mr. Baugh at Ilford. Associttatialionotigcixe oserid l zio t nda w ,r i y l c, l im be e Pligeetra. heard with that " a Graceb o a t that tlehse Sunday, with a lit of deafness, o f so 5 _ . ,..0 among srl c a ill(:.a ), more characterbeieinnmassioldbtjjoae immediately 3 r m, o a d ob u roe c tic or s h o i n is i e p e s setrusntoe_o;ii gifitiii attacks this kind, which he accounted for 11°82:00 supposed tho roar of the artillery in hi s lib r co had deranged or impaired thews uricular D e l oos himcompletely deaf ; and although he went to hi 3 t r i i3 the horse Guards, and attended the Cabinet, an" et at p? s neral health appeared altogether unimpnireed,i'eLge' 11l advanced age the slightest synaptsoM 0' " c " lier ment cannot but be regarded with uneasiness.---- he ham Looker-on. la tell Mackerel have been so abundant at Brighton irig. that some vcry fine fish were retailed at twelve a sha llo w WEST INDIA PINE APPLES.—Yesterday, t o t of sand more of this fruit were sold by Mr. A damsic.. Pudding-lane, Monument -yard. The fruit Was of T e lia cellent quality and realised from 2s, to ~~• each.c (hi; pine apple season in the Bahamas, from vill°,111;00 fruit was brought, continues from June till SePtem'ascp that further importations may be expecOd I~►tg °e I 1