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THE,!NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 Vols., PARSONS and WIDOWS. BY THE AUTHOR of " PETER PRIGGINS," &cc. Henry Colburn, Publ!sher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE VOYAGE of LIFE. A STORY OF THE LAND AND THE OCEAN. By GEORGIANA C. 31UNRO, Author of " The Adventures of a Legatee." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NOW READY, THE SECOND VOLUME OF MEMOIRS OF TUB HOUSE OF COMMONS, By W. C. TOWNSEND, Esq., ILA. DEDICATEE; BY PERMISSION TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. " This work is Intended to give a popular history of the Commons' House of Parliament. It comprehends the Lives of the Speakers, of the Lawyers, Orators, and Statesmen, who have been most distin guished in its annals ; a review of the privileges once enjoyed by Members, and their hard-won right to personal and deliberative reedom ; a record of the vindictive powers exercised by the House over their own body and strangers ; a narrative of the internal economy of St. Stephen's Chapel; the changes in the habits, man ners, and character, of the constituency—in the decorum and method crimoceedings--in the tone and temper of discussion, and in the pro gross of intelligence and refinement." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHEAP LIGHT.—EDWARD PRICE and CO., patentees and sole manafactercre of the COMPOSITE CANDLES, respectfully call the attention of the Public to the fact, that, although the price of these is somewhat higher than that of ordinary mould candles, they are in reality much cheaper than these latter ; one real Composite Candle giving the same quantity of light as two of the moulds. They require no snuffing, and burn more brilliantly than the best wax. The purposes of economy and luxury are therefore both served at the same time by the use of these candles. Parties intending to try them for the first time, are earnestly requested to take care that they are served in the shops with " Frice's Patent Candles ;" the reason for this caution is given else.. where. They are sold by most of the respectable tallow chandlers throughout the kingdom, and wholesale to the trade by Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; and by Palmer and Co., Sutton street, Clerkenwell, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING. AUG. 19 W1:1 be presented (for the second time in this country) Ricei's New Opera, en , itled CORRADO D'ALTAMU A. Delizia, Mdlle. Grist; habella. Madame Benin'; Margarita. Madame MI Fiori ; Bonen°, Mdlle. Favanti ; Reggero, Sig. Mario; Cancelliere, Sig. Dai Fiori ; Oiffredo, Sig. A. Giubilei ; Corrado, Sig Fnrnasarl. Between the Acts a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Fanny Elseler will appear. To conclude with the revived admired Ballet, arranged by Mdlle . Cerito, LE LAC DES FEES. The prin , ipal Characters by bidlle. Cerito, Mdlles. Ferdinand, Batville, Madame Copere, M. Gostelin, and M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE SEASON. Madame PERSIANI respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place ON THURSDAY NEXT, AUG. IS, When will be performed Mozart's chef d'ceuvre IL DON GIOVANNI, Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Favanti, and Madame Persianl; Signori ornasari, Lablache, F. Lablache, Galli, and Mario. In the course of the Evening the Last Scene from Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI !LAMMERMOOR. Edgaado, Signor Moriani. And other Entertainments, in which Mdlle. Fanny Elssler, Mdlle. Cerito, MM. Perrot and St. Leon will appear. 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 Mrs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement ! Successfully Triumehant !! To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava. 'arise of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it will be epested every Evening THIS EVENING, AUG. 12. 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, ' Stanton J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For escue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern 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 :meters 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, Mi s James, Miss Cason, lifiss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF ADAIISsION.—BaIcony Boxes. de.; Upper Boxes, 3s. • Pit, 2s .'; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2a. ; Upper Bo x es , Is. ed.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the linle•my Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (bolding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit flee (holding six persons), One Guiren. The Box-oftice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec- Wm of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Under the especial Patronage of h:r Majesty the Queen, and Prince Albert, and honourd by the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and distin guished assemblage of Nobility. Triumphant Success of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING. AUG. 12, Will be repeated an entire new Eluestrian, Military and Naval spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, /sc., to realise the recent 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, Eng land's H wrest Home. Mr. BATTY respectfully aequaints the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that having just returned from the Continent ; and, notwith standing his present unprecedented success and overfiowing houses, he is ever anziour to produce novelty, to render thra Establishment pre-eminent, 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 Reline, Madame Philipe, M. Pierre, M. Georges, and M. Ferdinand Scmidt, from the Circle Olymp'que, Paris, Ham. burgh, &c , and who will make their first appearance in England in their various and novel Scenes of Equitation. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Fore. Lessons in the Art of Riding 'by Mr. R. &rah. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Twelve Nights of the Grand Opera Company—First Week of Cirplerelia, and an entirely New Piece. THIS EVENING, AUG. 2 Will be performed Rossini's Fairy Opera of CINDERELLA ; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss B. Terry, Miss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, Leffler, E. L. Mime. S. Cowell, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double Band and Chorus. Ts conclude with THE QUAKER Lubin, Mr. E.. L. Rime; Steady, Mr Leffler; Galin), Miss Betts. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box °face, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and TrIURSDAY. throughout the Season, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GRGUNDS—FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS—UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Danson and Telbla. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all *rimer precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraerdinay beauty and fidelity of delinea tionoA re unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderflal ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seenie the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mondays, Tues. days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays conuucted uy Mr. Godfrey. are urn a scale of more than usual excellence; Gut words fail In doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its fearhil r.haracterlstics are truthAilly pourtrayed, but at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, mat delight is predominant over terror; and the thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Soutliby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attractive lounge in or near the metropolis. Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. LINPARALLF,LLED IN THE ANNALS OF EXHIBITION ! IN HONOUR OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S _ _ BIRTH-DAT. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TO-MORROW and WEDNESDAY, August 13th and 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 Kantrowits, from St. Yetersburgh, in characteristic costume, will sing a selection of their national airs. The FANCY SALE, arranged in a beautifld Marquee, at which Several Ladies of Distinction will preside. Blight's admired brass band. Herr Meyer, the Magic Sifilenr, will go through his wonderful performances. The beautlild Model of Venice. The Promenade Concerts, with a mast 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. Kantrowite Family, Throe and Five. Herr Meyer, at intervals. Promenade Concerts, at Six. Conflagration, at Dusk. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. OW SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo- Ideal Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person. during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, lit the most in 'tractive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, via.—CIIA.RLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, In 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, ant their Ladies, also, mazy thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to inci ease, by several very fine pictures, Scc.. his previous almost incTollble number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude 'if valuable Roller. and other curiosities, in this most , Jtstructive and. as hundreds have said it ought to be, a Nationa! Mascara. Mary thousand have Inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCI:AL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that It ought to be seen by every oae. The prico of adnais lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the .• Egyptian Hall." Piccadilly. daily ft on Tea till Dusk. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Aua. 12. Tinitmomurrz R, Lowest, 47; Highest, 69; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 29.48.—W1ND, W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is psi:Lally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. 2 , HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS, . — " b ing •-• 3 minutes after 0 I Evening ... 1 minut es a fter 1 ,„ • _ 4 , • .4, 20,4 01 w, , F 10 4101 b - a. ••is • • 4 ' • 4 • Iwo 4 , •• _ • —••••-• •• • 3 4 • A° R 011 n • 'SW* SECOND EDITION. 11 4‘ sltit LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1844. Accounts have been received from Tangiers which leave little doubt that the war between France and Morocco is at an end. This will be a terrible blow to the fire-eaters in Paris. They calculated upon serious results from the march of Marshal BUGBAUD into the territory of the Moors. They repudiated the interference of the English, and would be satisfied with nothing less than some important station oppo site to Gibraltar. They knew well that England could not stand by quietly and allow any maritime power to establish itself on the Straits, and they cheered on therefore BUGEAUD and JOINVILLE to act with decision. Wofully have they been disappointed, and furious will be their outcry against M. Gr. OT for suffering the English Consul to have one word to say in the matter. There is no chance of war then in that quarter, and they must fall back upon the Pacific for some more substantial ground of quarrel. There must be no compromise then. " One PRITCHARD" excited the Otaheitans to rebellion against their protectors. PRITCHARD must be sacrified, and BRUAT and D'AUBIGNY exalted to the rank of patriots, and if their Foreign Minister acts with common justice and common honesty, he will be denounced as a traitor to his country. No man who has attended to the spirit which animates the Op position journals of Paris for some time can fail to see that their object is war—war without rhyme or reason against England and Louis PiiirarrE. We believe, however, that these rabid journals do not re present the feelings of the French nation. There are many good and great men i:i that country who know that war could not benefit France, that England wishes to live at peace, that they have gained much under the administration of the present Sovereign, and that before they risk a collision between the two greatest nations in the world there must be some other cam Belli than a miserable squabble about a petty island on the other side of the globe. The Morning Herald of Saturday last came out with a desperate rebuke to the Anti-Corn-law League, en masse, and a censure (meant to be extremely dig nified) for Mr. COBDEN, in special. The exhibition, as usually happens to very angry remonstrants, is a most unfortunate one for our . Contemporary "at her time of life"—for Mr. COBDEN, it seems, has now lent his authority to the vague rumours that have long prevailed as to the sex and senility of the complainant. People should not permit themselves to be betrayed into such a pucker about what she calls " Mr. COBDEN'S impertinences." The very exclamation one might have anticipated from ancient and somewhat irritable prudery! But we did not expect to find our doubting question of Friday last, so speedily justified, as well as an swered. " What will be thought in Shoe-lane," we then inquired, " of the license which Mr. COBDEN allows himself in toying, in Covent-garden Theatre, with such disreputable topics as political economy ?" And, lo! on Saturday, the lady of that manor repu diates all Mr. COBDEN'S good-humoured pleasantries (delivered, too, in such a place and neighbourhood) as " impertinences," and, with a sad lack of temper, asks—" What is to be expected from uneducated persons, placed by circumstances in a posi tion for which they are ludicrously un fitted." Mr. COBDEN, for whom this is palpa bly intended, needs no vindication at our hands — nor from any others. He is so well able to vindi cate himself, that we are sure it will never occur to him that this is matter which should call upon him for any notice of a feeble—scolding ! Besides, his sobriquet has attributed a certain uge to the party. " Hine Ulm lacrymee." He can scarcely have a right to complain of any resentment exhibited at such an affront. Yet let it be permitted us to remind the Morning Herald that the facts attend ing Mr. COBDEN'S attainment of the "position" he occupies supplies the best proof that he is eminently " fitted " for it. To have been the rallying point of the League, the inexhaustible, indefatigable, in vincible, expositor of its " great argument," within the walls of Parliament, and without it in a hundred different parts of the kingdom,—to have faced all op position, courted all discussion, challenged all anta gonists,—to have achieved, in these combats, so many victories, acquired so many supporters, conciliated so many enemies—all this bespeaks, surely, the posses- / sion of no ordinary average of intelleet—no every-day amount of moral and physical energy. We say nothing of the discouragements and difficulties under which he has obtained the respect of both parties in the House of Commons, and a high degree of consideration even among those classes of the community—(they are few, indeed) — who are still opposed to his doctrines of free-trade, or that much larger portion of the public who still resist his doctrine of low prices. But the Herald, of all papers under the sun, we should have expected to find among the most eulogistic admirers—or enviers—of a man, through the instrumentality of whose extra ordinary tact and unremitting perseverance, a fund of 50,0001. in one year, and of 100,0001. in another, has been subscribeed towards the purposes of the League. But the Herald, with the report of last week's League meeting in black and white before it, is so infirm or so jaundiced of vision, that it believes the Association's:" influence, consideration, and respecta bility (if it ever possessed any) have disappeared." There are certain ages, and certain social relations — that the Herald is supposed to know something about—which require artificial aids for the cor rection of natural infirmities. Where were its spectacles when this was written ? Or could nobody be found to read its own report aloud ? But in what follows there is something which implies so great a hardihood in an ancient lady—who should, in all things, discourage the habit of speaking untruths — that we almost blush for our friend. " In good truth the life or death of the Anti-Corn law League, considering the quantity of influence it has had on public opinion, is a matter of the greatest indif ference, except inasmuch as it is to be lamented that con federations for the extortion of money have become so frequent as to be springing up and disappearing almost a nnually. Whether the League be at present dead,' or merely in a swoon, we do not possess sufficient skill to decide. If it be only the latter, however, its managers would do well to look that the public be not deceived by its quietness, and bury it in oblivion by gen era l consent." Fie ! fie ! If the life or death of the League be so indifferent to you, why so angry at its proceed ings and its leaders' speeches ? If you suppose it dead, why denounce in the intemperate terms that crowd the article before us, the vehicle of a " screamer," as brother Jonathan has it, against Mr. COBDEN, Mr. BRIGHT, and all Radicals,—against Mr. D'ISRAELI, and all others of Young England or Old, who are opposed to the policy of your hard task master, Sir RoART PEEL ? If you believe that the League is only slumbering, why in such haste to pronounce a parting denunciation against it ? Another time, our fair (?) Contemporary will do well to be less angry or more artificial. She defeats her own object of misrepresenting, by exaggeration and inconsistency. Vituperation is not the language of indifference. To be believed in charging Mr. Conning or any other Member of the League with " scurrility and abuse," the Herald should not recriminate in language precisely of that quality. But if it thought the League, indeed " a ricketty speculation," how came it to devote a very conspicuous article to its at tack ? It ought to have fallen, of its own accord. On the contrary, it will live to quiz the Herald again next year, and to the tune, we suspect, of "money in both pockets." Returning to the " Report of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry," to wl‘zh we directed public at tention on Saturday last, we shall again address our selves to some of its more remarkable features. We have no doubt that all who have perused the " report" itself, will have arrived at the same conclusion with ourselves ; namely, that for many years past the revenue of customs has been annually defrauded of hundreds of thousands of pounds, through the com bination or conspiracy of certain officers of the Crown this department of its service, with private importers or their agents. It is to be ob served that whatever the meagre extent of the knowledge which the public, as yet, possesses of the evidence which has been taken by three examining parties—(namely, the Board of Customs itself—sub ordinate officers, under them, delegated to conduct particular investigations and to report th• results thereof to that Board ; and this Commission of Revenue Inquiry)—that evidence clearly implicates to a vaguely surmised, but formidable extent, many parties who had not yet been subjected to interroga tion, and many more who have been dismissed some time since, but against whom the witnesses produced before the Commisioners of Inquiry seem to be capable of affording cumulative evidence. The Commissioners of Inquiry after setting forth their desire "to inquirer urther into the manner of conduct ing that part of the business of the Customs more im mediately in connexion with the two first heads of fraud, which are therein described, and which is con ducted by the Searchers' Department,' " remark that their previous Report (of 22d May last) was de voted exclusively to the subject of fraudulent impor tations of silk, lace, gloves, and fancy goods. It is a melancholy confession which they are called upon to make—that sufficient disclosures had been already made to thorn, to prove that paid officers of the Go vernment had been easily induced to facili tate the designs of the fraudulent trader in his attempts to cheat the Revenue, by every mode of deceit, and every description of falsehood." The Commission were forced, " very early in their inquiries, to feel a distrust of the in tegrity of the officers and of the efficiency of the system. The previous high character and estima tion of an officer appeared to be no guarantee for his honour and integrity." They had ample reason to arrive at these conclusions. In turning their atten tion to the " Gauging Department and the system pursued at the dock warehouses," they deemed it highly probable, from some remarkable evidence brought before them, that " the practice of serious frauds in regard to spirits and wines" was continued, and the admission (in a particu lar case detailed in their former report) of cigars as marble, in St. Katherine's Docks, " demonstrated that the revenue was liable to fraud in the docks as elsewhere." To show the wholesale character of the frauds so successfully practised— with the aid of the Custom-house officers—on the revenue, we will now briefly note a few instances. JOHN ITYCHERLEY (whose case we noticed on Mon day) being on duty as a weigher on the Custom house-quay, in May, 1840, was employed under Mr. LANG, a landing-waiter (since dismissed), in opening the outward case of what was apparently an article of furniture. On a landing-surveyor's coming up, LANG told him there was nothing in the asserted book-case ; but after his departure, the case was opened in LANG'S presence, and ,by his desire. There were in it fifteen packages,—" sixteen or eighteen inches in length, of proportionate depth and breadth ; and they were subsequently placed in five or six baskets with locks. WYCKERLEY, who watched them until after office hours, feared to seize them without orders from LANG, though he suspected something wrong. On the following morning they had disappeared, and were never brought to charge. It has been subsequently ad mitted by LANG himself, " that these goods were clandestinely introduced with his aid on that occa sion, and Mr.SIDNEY Moms, his near connexion, and then a landing-waiter, though now superseded," confirmed this statement. Now, this middle state of condemnation, this purgatory between the two extremes of un questioned tenure of office, and penal dis missal from it, we cannot understand. On what principle do the Custom-house authorities pro ceed in such matters ? To us it appears a clear ques tion of " guilty or not guilty," which they have to determine with regard to such offenders. If the offence be established against them, turn them off, a: least, finally and distinctly. If the offence be not established, the accused parties ought not to be sub jected to the disgrace of suspension. At the end of April last, " Two men in the employ of Messrs. Hall, warehouse men on Custom-house Quay, gave information, on oath, before the Surveyors-general, of numerous transactions in which, with the aid of the officers, the revenue had been defrauded for several years preceding. In conse quence of this, several officers were suspended early in May, including Messrs. Sidney Harris and Grayson, landing-waiters, the former in the receipt of a salary of 3501., the latter of 2501. per annum. After being sus pended five or six weeks, withont admitting their guilt, these last-mentioned officers, on the 13th of June, and subsequently, fully confessed it, and detailed, on oath, a long series of fraudulent proceedings, in which they and other officers had been concerned." GRAYSON, it seems, lays on COTES, a landing waiter (one of the discharged), the having first tempted him to pass goods improperly; but fully ad mitting his own culpability, he claims the merit of " not having carried to a greater extent his roguery." And with some reason, as the Com mission think, seeing that "from his peculiar situation, and the confidence reposed in him by his superior officers, there was little limit to the frauds which he might have committed. It would appear, however, from the declarations of one of the Messrs. HALL'S men, that IN MANY HUNDRED INSTANCES packages of goods were taken away without payment of duty, and without knowledge of the officers." We must refer the reader to the extracts from the " Report," which we shall publish, for the my.tery of the enor mous frauds perpetrated by means of " dummies" as they are termed,—some of the packages from their magnitude called " cottages," being as large as a waggon could hold. "Lace, gloves and silk were most frequently the con tents of the packages thus fraudulently introduced. Brandy, however, was ' done e and a joint-stock com pany was formed by subscription, for the purpose of frau dulently importing tobacco from Rotterdam ; and three hogsheads, in the early part of 1841 (about 3,400 lbs. weight), were passed as cheese, though they were examined by a landing-surveyor, one or two rows of cheese being placed at the top of the cask. The sub scribers to this project cleared about 501. each ; but the undertaking was stopped, from the jealousy of other traders, who found it might interfere with their own illegal importations. But, he adds, after this case, they deemed their operations quite a certainty.' " Clock faces, the duty upon which is 20 per cent. ad valorem, were passed under entry at half the real num bers in the packages or case, as 200, for instance, instead of 1,000. FoOTE, a landing-waiter, now dismissed, is accused of having, while on duty at St. Katherine's Docks, " purloined thousands of cigars, distributing them amongst his friends, and amongst the Custom-house officers, with great liberality." Another delinquent got into the clutches of one of the fraudulent traders thus :—A bacon dealer lent GRAYSON 701., and having him thus in his power, forthwith made arrangements with him for fraudulent importations through his connivance. A person was dispatched to ITamburgh, who sent over a large quantity of the drug, coculus indicus, in 49 packages, purporting to be, all of them, flax. In reality seven only were flax ; and all were successfully passed as flax, at the duty of Id. per cwt. on flax, instead of 2s. 6d. per lb. on the coculus indicus. The loss to the revenue by this little ope ration was 5291. In 1841, barrels of snuff were passed by GRAYSON and FOOTE, in league, as barrels of pork. The loss to the revenue may be inferred from the fact that these two worthies received 1201. between them from the importers —men, doubtless, claiming for themselves the character of "highly re spectable" tradesmen. But FOOTE, and BULLET (another landing-waiter), are said to have netted by a few similar operations, in part of 1842, in warehouses and on quays on the north side of the river, between 5001. and 1,0001. In most of these cases it was pretty certain that if the packages had been tested by the " spit," the fraud would have been detected. But the Austrian ,sentinel, in Tekeli, does not more carefully abstain from thrusting his bayonet into the miller's sack which contains the melodra matic hero, than the " weighers" seem to have eschewed the notion of passing the spit into bales and packages belonging to their friends. HARMS, another officer, admits to have accomplished in six or eight months of 1840, frauds on the revenue to the amount of 5001., by passing wines and spirits either short or under improper descriptions of quality— tobacco as marble, and silk as specimens of natural history (!) He received for his own services 801., and was enabled to carry on this system of deception through the remissness of the landing surveyors ; for in three months he was not visited by one of these functionaries more than twice ! In 1841 and 1842 this same adroit gentleman "passed improperly to a large amount, and for ample remuneration, stained paper, damask curtains, silks, and wines, either by aid of the rough book system, or by omission of entry of small boxes, either large ones or by short entries, or by omitting any examination whatever," of the packages passed. Here, for the present, we once more pause ; much marvelling what the system can have been,—how worked and looked after by local and other subordi nates,—how checked, controlled, or investigated by the superior authorities, under whose general juris diction it has been placed—which could be thus easily, perpetually, impudently, and notoriously per verted to the robbery and spoliation of that revenue, which its multiferious and very expensive machinery was devised to protect and extend. The Journal of the Two Sicilies of the 27th ult. publishes the second judgment of the military court, sitting at Cocenza, was pronounced on the 24th. This sentence includes the foreign refugees who embarked in Calabria on the 16th of June last. Seventeen have been condemned to death. The KING ordered the sentence to be put in execution regarding the most guilty parties; consequently nine were executed on the 28th. The following are the names :—Don AT TALIO BANDEIRA, D. EMILIA BANDEIRA, D..NICOLA RICCIOTTI, D. ANACARSI NARDI, D. DOMENICO MORO, GIOVANNI VENEXUCCI, GIACOMO ROCCA, FRANCESCO BARTI, DOAIENICO LUEATELLI." Fifteen executions have now taken place on ac count of the Calabrian revolt, several of whom be longed to the higher ranks in society. Three were Venetian noblemen. The two brothers, BANDEIRA and Moao, were lieutenants in the Austrian navy ; M. Matra was an advocate from Modena, and RIC CIOTTI was an officer in the army, who had distin guished himself in the Peninsular war. Madrid journals of the 4th have been received. Three arrests had taken place, and executions also were anticipated. Discontent had begun to appear among the troops, and eleven officers of one regiment had been discharged from the service. Though the capital apparently was tranquil, great despondency and uncertainty as to the intentions of the Govern ment prevailed. The Finance Minister, Senor MoN, had arrived from Barcelona, and made an arrange ment with the Bank of San Fernando for another ad vance of money for the month of August. The Three per Cents. were done at 27/ at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 20 9-16 for cash, and 19i at 60 days. The debate in the House of Lords on Lord MINTo's motion, respecting the navy, furnished a fruitful topic for discussion in the Paris papers, which turns chiefly, however, on the Otaheite affair. The Opposition journals, as well as those of the Go vernment, have, from what occurred in the House, found out the error into which they had been led by a Tory London paper. The remarks of the Duke of WELLINGTON and Lord ABERDEEN leave no doubt that reparation Must be made for the outrage com mitted on Mr. PRITCHARD. The Siecle thus com ments on the debate :—" Every word spoken this sit ting contains a proof of the of England to wards France, and a design to humiliate us, whether in peace sr in war. Under an appearance of modera tion, Lord HADDINGTON makes it clearly understood that he watches us, and that he is ready for whatever may arise. As to the Duke of WELLINGTON, he speaks as if he were always assured of having a Spanish army under his command, or a Prussian army on our flank to change our victory at Waterloo into a sanguinary defeat. This ardent rivalry of the two first nations of the world could have been pre vented, but by a deplorable system of foreign policy, interests have been brought together which ought to have been kept apart, and the maintenance of a peace equally desirable for the two nations, will become every day more difficult. The bending of the knee of M. GUIZOT will only render more intolerable the pride of the British aristocracy." The Commerce regards the misunderstanding be tween England and France in a very serious light, and justly asserts that as a hostile feeling prevails on both aides, the least spark will cause a terrible con flagration. Now, we ask who is to blame for this bad feeling ? Is is not the Opposition journals of Paris, who at intervals for the last threeor four years heaped every abuse en "Perfidious Albion," and even that abuse made little impression on the people of England till the late outrage committed on an Englsh subject at Otaheite. "The English Ministers," says the Commerce, " seek as much as they can to calm public opinion indirectly by their journals; but as far as they are directly and personally engaged themselves, they are compelled to obey it. This is a novel situa tion which merits to be studied with the greatest care, and which ought to be well understood. For the first time since 1830 it is not only the two Go vesnmente, but the two nations which are opposed to each other. The two Governments, it is true, still take each other by the hand, but the two people cast looks of defiance and anger at each other. Such a state of things is assuredly very serious. When a mis understanding arises between Governments, the changing a Minister often suffices torestore harmony; but when that misunderstanding has made its way into the hearts of the people, no one can foresee the issue of it. Although on former occasions, important subjects of dispute have net led to collision between the English and us, no one can deny that war might not arise out of the most insignificant affair. This new state of public feeling in England is, in our opi nion, the most important feature of the case. Although it is only now in its infancy, and is only shown by trifling circumstances, it is nevertheless very visible to those who are acquainted with the country, and attentively watch what is going on. France must be acquainted with this, in order not to be taken un prepared. Our duty is to point it out to her." The Ministerial journals take a more favourable view of the affair, and one of them seams to infer that our Government is inclined, for what reason we cannot see, to throw the blame on Mr. PRITCHARD. " We find ourselves," says the Journal des Debats, " called upon to declare that we attach no impor tance to this debate, in which Lord ABERDEEN, the natural organ of the English Government in what relates to foreign affairs, took no part. The Duke of WELLINGTON, who did make some observations, would perhaps have done better had he abstained from speaking. He declared that he would not enter upon the question, whether Mr PRITCHARD had or had not merited the treatment he had received. Un fortunately this is the whole question, and until this is decided, until we know from which side the eccen tricities came, we confess we cannot judge of the right claimed by England to a reparation. Lord HADDINGTON, the First Lord of the Admiralty, seems to us to have taken a much better view of the that when agen t s o f a f ore i g n Go matter, in saying vernment go beyond their instructions, recourse ought to be had to their Sovereigns ; but the right of intervention did not belong to the agents of any Go vernment, who would in such case have the faculty of engaging their country in wars, the consequences of which could not be foreseen. We conceive that these words clearly imply a condemnation of Mr. PRITCHARD and his eccentricitics." The same journal gives the following amusing description of the Opposition press of the two coun tries : " Both Lord Aberdeen in England and M. Guizot in France arc accused and convicted of having sacrificed the honour of their respective countries. To gratify M. Guizot, Lord Aberdeen sinks England deep in hu miliation, and M. Guizot, who is resolved not to owe anything to his Lordship, passes his life in dishonouring France. Lord Aberdeen faints with fear at the very name of France, and M. Guizot hides his head with the same feeling, if England puts on the slightest frown. Lord Aberdeen has caused Lieutenant Gray to be con demned by a court-martial, and the whole English navy shudders with indignation. M. Guizot will disavow Cap tain D'Aubigny, and in the meantime the French press hastens to throw a veil of mourning over the tricoloured flag. Lord Aberdeen is rampant and imbecile —M. Guizot a coward and a traitor. The first receives de grading kicks without a word, and thinks only of satis fying the outcry of the French, and the second is ready to deliver up to England both Calais and Havre. This is textually what is issued on both sides of tho Channel, to the great satisfaction of the English and French patriots." The Ministerial journals consider the intelligence from Morocco of a very favourable character, as far as regards the dispositions of the EMPEROR, but have doubts of his abilility to carry them into effect. The disposal of ABD-EL-KADER forms the great difficulty. If we are to believe some of the papers, he has been already disposed of. " The son of the EMPEROR," Says the Journal de Paris, " irritated at ABI.EL KADER'S resistance to the orders of his father, and alarmed at the ascendancy that Arab chief was ob taining over the people, is said to have dispatched to him an emissary, who has shot him point blank. This news, strange as it appears, has obtained some credence. It is said to have been communicated by a letter from Algesiras." Accounts from Lalla Magrina announce that Mar shal BUCEAUD had quitted the army on that station, and given the command to General LAMORICIERE. The greatest activity prevailed there, and other places along the coast, for carrying on the war with vigour. The Marshal evidently puts little faith in the peace able dispositions of the EMPEROR. Preparations were also in progress at Toulon for reinforcing the squadron under the Prince DB JOINVILLE. - - TIIE BOURSE--SATURDAY, AUGUST 10. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. p r i m. French Five per Cults l2l 20 121 30 .. 121 10 .• 121 10 Four per Cen0....•• 105 75 105 75 .. 105 75 •• 105 75 Three per Cents.•• •• 81 65 .• 81 75 .. 81 50 •• 81 60 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Bhareslloo ..1100 •• 1100 • • 1100 Belgian Five 5,1831.....• 1840 1842 1 5 .. 1081 •• 1081 Spanish Passive...." •• • • tif •• 5 : • • •1 • • 5 Portuguese Five per Cents 43 .. 431 • • 43 431 Neapolitan ............. 05 .. 148 20 • • 98 05 • • ( .. , 8 20 Roam 1031 .. 1031 • • 104 • • 1031 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, RI . 380 380 .. 380 • • 880 237 50 .. 237 50 .• 235 .. 235 Rotten • Rouen to Havre. Orleans 972 50 •• 972 • .• 97 0 •• 970 Stra.sbnrg to Bale 238 75 238 75 .• 237 58 .• 2 37 50 Avignon to 3iarseilles• 760 .• 760 • 760 •• 760 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15T/T OF AUGUST. Versailks, R. 8.. 380 .. 350 • • 380 • • 380 Rouen • 975 .. 975 .. 975 •• 975 Rouen to Havre 753 T 5 .. 753 T 5 .. 743 75 .. 748 7 5 °rlean5 ••••••• •• 972 50 .. 971 ED .. 968 75 •• 968 75 Strasburg to Balc . 237 50 •• 238 75 .• 236 25 • 237 50 THIS DAY'S NEWS. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Sales to a moderate extent were effected in Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, and there was a steady feeling. 4,000 bales changed hands at previous rates. On the whole business was rather heavier in Shares, but Birmingham were in demand, and French were in rather better request. Birmingham and Gloucester, 112; Dublin and Cashel, 6 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter, 16:4 ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarter, 1 N ; Liverpool and Manchester, 234; London and Birmingham, 232; Ditto, Quarter, ; Midland Counties, 108 i; Sheffield and Manchester, 86; South Eastern, 39; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 2. There are no arrivals to-day. The Funds have opened to-day rather flatly, and in the absence of any activity. The wet weather, of which a continuance might damage the condition of the crops, is assigned as the cause of the heaviness ; but, at the same time, the Otaheite business is another. Consols for Transfer have been 98k to 99,i, and fur Time 99 to there having been one or two bo»a fide sales of Stock. The Commissioners have taken 10,0001. at 99i. Bank Stock is worth 200 to 2001. Nothing has been done in India Stock. Exchequer Bills have been at a decline to 755. and 745. premium, indicating a slight increase in the demand for money. East India Bonds have been steady at 96 prem. The New Three -and-a-Half per Cents. hare been worth 101 k to 101 i, and the Reduced to 1021 1021. The Three per Cents. have been 99i to 994. A quiet business has been done in a few of the Foreign Bonds at about Saturday's quotations. The advices from Madrid are of rather a more satisfactory character in re spect to the bank of San Fernando continuing its advances, bat there is no change in prices. The Three per Cents. are 33, and the Five per Cents. 221. Portuguese Converted are dull at 431. Mexican Bonds realise 35i to 36, Colombian 131 to I, and Bra zilian 84i. Belgian are steady at 1034, Russian at 120 i, and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 61i to There has been very little doing in Railway Shares, but the quotations generally are about the same, being supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock... 200% 200 ........ 0000000 . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...........- ........ 99% 3 per Cent. Console. Annuities 99% 98F4 9954 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities 102%% New 3% per Cent. Annuities lOl3 %%% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 1234 India 80nd5,1,000.......... ...... • Ditto under 1,000............. ............. Bank Stock 2CO Consols for Account .............. ..... „ ....... Exchequer Bills, I%d. 1 Yid 1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• ..... 1.101100 75 '76 pm. 5001 — ............ 57 74 pm. Ditto Small...—. ..... Ditto Advertised FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCR. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 103% Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. 1 3%54 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account 36 W..% Portuguese Bongs ' 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 4 3 1,4 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 1205 %s Spanish, Bonds,. Five per Cent 1840.... ....... Ditte for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. ..... -............... Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4131 Dutch 234 per Cents 61%)4% Dutch 5 per Cents lOl% 101 New Loan, 5 per Cents. (1837)' 10 1 1,04 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Pain. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester IOO Bristol and Gloucester Chester and Holyhead 5 5104 ... to Dublin and Cashel. 234 6 14,1 ... to Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. Sd. Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent l3s. 4d.... _ Ditto Ditto (No. 2) — . % to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .... ..... 65 Great North of England Great Western Ditto 54 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle b London and Birmingham. London and 81ackwa11...... ......... 1634 Landon and Brighton 5O 48% ...... to London and Greenwich London and Croydon Midland Counties Birmingham and Derby 100 .. Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover ..... ... 323( Ditto New York and North Midland ..... .... 50 .........110 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre. JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock London and Westminster 2O PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Ava. 10. 3 per Cent. Consols 99% Throe and a Half Stock ....... Ditto New, 1830 334 per Cent. Debenture' Bank Stock --- Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Royal Canal Stock — 4 per Cent. Ballast Office Debentures.... P934 4 per Cent. City Debentures LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SRAM Dublin and K. Road Drogheda'Ditto 6O 74% Dublin and Cashel ditto Hibernian Bank 25% Royal Bank ...... National Insurance 25 Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland 7 Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company 100 Ditto Ditto 5O Ditto Difto, 1836 British and Iri s h Steam Company ... 50 Steam Ship Building Company MANCHESTICE STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 9.—We have had a firm market, and a good inquiry for stock. Barnsley Junc tion, 655. 6d. ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 1 13-16 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 31h ex div. ; Ditto, HalrShares, 15i to 4; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 205.; Man chester and Leeds, Half Shares, 50; Manchester and Bir mingham, 54i to 4 ; Manchester and Buxton, 378.; South- Eastern, New, 12i. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, Arc. 12.—Wind W. to S.W., light breeze, with hoary rain at times. DEAL, - AuG. 10.—P.M. Wind E.S.E. to E.-11. A.m., S.E. to N.E., light ; P.M. S.W. moderate.—Sld, Sarah Nicholson, Cuba ; St. Vincent's Planter, Ichaboe ; Ajax and City of Rochester, Quebec ; and the whole of the outward bound, except Eliza Ann, for Brazil . &mums, Attic. 9.—The Minerva, from Inverness, came off the Herd last night without damage. YARMOUTH, AUG. 9.—The Providence Goodwill has been brought into the harbour, and lies in the mud full of water. HAYLE, Am. B.—The Navarino, Paynter, the Joseph, Williams, and the Prince Regent, Husband, are reported to be missing, and very little hopes are entertained of their safety. . MARYPORT, AUG. B.—The Miranda, Can, of and from Belfast, is ashore in Silloth Bay, and has sustained a good deal of damage to her bottom. PORT MADOC, AUG. 9.—The Druid, from Strangford, was struck by a sea 6th inst., which split her stern, shifted her ballast, &e. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Wind N.N.W. to S.W.— Sld. Diana and Severn, Ichaboe ; Tecumseh, New York; Candia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; London, Mauri tius ; Thomas, Jamaica. Arrd. Quebec, London for New York. R►aISGATE, AUG. 11.—S1d.! Shanim, Cape of Good Hope. The Malta, of Aberdeen, from Grangemouth for Rotterdam, was abandoned Bth inst., off the Tempi, in a sinking state ; crew saved. TORBAY, AUG. 9.—Sld. Juliana, Singapore. LIYERPOOL, Auc. 10.—Wi n d N.W ., f res h . - 11. S ., moderate.—Arrd. Jamefie, Jack, and Norfolk, Elliott, New Orleans ; Sovereign, Bunhead, Quebec. Sld. 10th, Sarah Birkett, Sydney, New South Wales ; Victoria, Batavia ' • Fire Queen (s.), C a l cutta ; Anpl Bahia ; Cum berland,Pernambuco ; Orinoco, Augustina, John Ganow, Jamaica ; Flancio and Serafin, Havannah ; Colupus, Columbia ; Great Britain, Nichol as Biddl e, and Rochester, New York ; Manteo, Boston ; City of Waterford, Magnet, and Souter Johnny, Montreal ; Colombus, Duke of Cornwall, Lady Milton, Pallas, Royal Albert, and Victory, Quebec ; Jim Crow and Ocean Queen, Newfoundland ; Martin Luther and Susan, Cal cutta ; Mail, Bombay ; Fencer and Parsee, Mer chant, Ichaboe ; Imaume, Lathorn, Ireland ; Isabella, Rio Grande ; Anglesea, Columbia ; Agnes packet, Africa; Gossypiam, New Orleans; American, Savannah ; Jupiter, Charleston ; Powhattam, Balti more ; Cli nton and T. P. Cope, Philadelphia ; Mayflower and Zazoo, New York ; Glasgow, and George Davis, Boston ; Christopher Humberstone, St. John's, N.B. ; Emerald, Pugwash ; Wellington, Princ© Edward's Island, Alex ander Grant, Hannibal, Hero of Acre, John, Marquis of Normanby, Peel's One,, and Pollock, Quebec. CLYDE, AUG. B.—Arrd. Diana, Greig, Barbadoes. Sid. Favourite, Montreal ; Lady of the Lake, Quebec ; Juno, Newfoundland. DUBLIN, AUG. 9.—Arrd. Sir J. Kempt, Quebec. Sid. Bridget and Wanderer, Quebec. Coat, AUG. 9.—Sid. Ursula, Bombay. Off, Moslem, Vale, Hayti; Mathesis, Sierra Leone; Champion, Steele, Antigua. PETERHEAD, AUG. B.—Arrd. Union, Ogoton, Green land, four fish, 30 tuns, left the grounds 20th ult. BRISTOL, AUG. 11.—S1d. Edward Colston, Africa ; Maria, Demerara ; Mary Jane, Prince Edward's Island ; Collins, Quebec. FALB! . 0 - UTE, Auc. 11.—Some large pine timber and some spruce battens were passed sth inst., lat. 49, lon. 20, by the Brome, arrived here. BUDE, AUG. 10.—A pair of fancy bellows, with brass nose, and initials " J. W." cut in them, have been washed ashore at Hartland, with a ship's box, containing some candles, &c. CASTLETOWN, AUG. 7.—Her Majesty's steamer Strom boli, in leaving the inside anchorage at Bantry, got on the bar of the Horse Island, and remains, but is expected off next spring tides, after being lightened. She does not appear at present to have received much damage. LONDONDERRY, AUG. 9.—The Thomas Galston, of and from Belfast for Quebec, was abandoned 3d inst., let. 55, lon. 26, disnaasted. Arrd. Brilliant, Piercy, Antigua. PORTSMOUTH REGATTA, AUG. 9.—Portsmouth Harbour Regatta was continued yesterday, in defiance of thunder, wind, and heavy rain, which occurred fre quently during the day. The sailing matches were ad mirably contested, and the sailing-boats managed in very superior style, especially the wherries. The Rear-Ad miral Superintendent kindly allowed the Portsmouth and Fanny tenders, and the Echo steamer, decorated with flags, to be moored near the starting vessel, for the ac commodation of the public. The regimental bands w e r e in attendance, but owing to the unsettled state of the weather the spectators were not so numerous as hereto fore, though the prizes:and matches were admirably arranged by the steward, Mr. Vandenbourg. We regret to learn, from accounts received in town on Saturday, that Lord Keane is suffering from severe indisposition, at his Lordship's residence in Hants. The Chevalier Bunsen embarked yesterday morn ing on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship, Earl of Liverpool, for Ostend. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During the past week the arrivals of English Wheat were on a very limited scale, but those of most other kinds of grain were seasonably extensive, and of very superior quality. Fresh up we received about 200 quarters of new Wheat, chiefly from Essex and Kent Of old English Wheat, the supply was very small. The demand was certainly active, but not to the extent expected, and prices advanced upon those obtained on Monday last of from is to 2s per quarter, at which a good clearance was effected. The quantity of Foreign Wheat on offer was good, while the sale for it was steady, at an advance of is per quarter. No English Barley at market ; but of Foreign the quantity was rather extensive. There was more doing in grinding sorts, the value of which was a trifle dearer ; but malting and distilling parcels were heavy. In Malt very little was doing, at late rates. The quan tity of fresh Oats was not very extensive, while the de mand was steady, at full prices. Beans, Peas, and Flour ruled about stationary. The seed market was dull, but we hare no material alteration to notice in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. iiVii EAT—Essex & Kent, !Maur—Chevalier... ..... • 633 to red ....... ....• 42s to 52s OATS—Yoikshire and Ditto, white ..... .... 49s to 575! Lincolneh., feed 2.3s to Norfolk and Lin- i Potatoe coin, red ...... ...... 30s to 4C3 Youghall and Cork, Ditto wh itc 44)s to 53s black 17s to Ifs • Irish, red 47s to 50s I Cork, white Ditto white aVE—ohi New 36s to 3.ss Pigeons BARLEY—Grinding Vs to 273 PEAS— Grey 3os to 325 Malting 134 to 365: Map!a Chevalier 32s to 355; White 3os to 34s MALT—Suffolk and Nor. I Boilers 32s to 3se folk 583 to 62s FLOUR—Town made ... 44s to 4Ga Brown sos to SO Suflo k 34s to 3Ss Kingston and Ware 58s to 02sJ Stockton & Norfolk 33$ to 361 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. . __ ...... 4'23 to Ms:BEANS Hamhurgh 36s to 40s PE*s 23s to 27. BARLEY 3os to 33. Flom—American OATS—New Feed l4s to 16s sivirrxicrxELD. - - Although the supply of Beasts on offer was less than that exhibited on this day se'nnight, it proved tolerably good for the time of year, both as regards number and quality. The attendance of both town and country buyers being numerous, a decided improvement was noticed in the Beef trade, and an advance of quite 2d per 81b was readily paid for all descriptions. In some in stances the primest Scots were disposed of at 4s 2d per 81b, but the more general quotation did not exceed 4s per Blb. A falling off was observed in the number of Sheep, yet they were quite equal to meet the wants of the trade. The Mutton trade was firm, and last week's quotations were steadily supported, the best old Downs producing 4s per 8 lbs. Lambs, the supply of which was good, commanded a steady inquiry, at full prices. The demand for veal was rather active, yet no further improvement can be noticed in prices. In Pigs very little was doing, and the rates remained about stationary. Per Sibs. to sink the wild. a d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior . Besuits 2 6 2 0 Second qualityiltto... 3 4 3 0 Second quality ditto 2lO 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 0 Southdown Wethers 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs 3 2 3 11 Prime small ditto 4 I 4 0 Small Porkers 3lO 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 10 0 34 0 Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep - 6 3 2 Lambs 3 5 4 8 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I 1 Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 2,741 21,860 I 152 233 ZirMIXTGILTE AND LEADIENHALL. Rather extensive supplies of country•killed meat have been received up to these markets in fair condition. For prime Mutton, as well as for Veal, we have a very steady depend at prices quite equal to those obtained on this day se'ennight. Otherwise the trade has been is a very sluggish state, and the quotations have been with diffi culty supported. At per atone, ty tha Carcase. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUG-UST 1L 1844. 3 a. d, to ;I v a s. d. to S. d Beef, ..... 2 2 24 I Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 2 - middling.....„.. 2 . 8 28- middling I --prime large, 210 S 0 prime — 3 4 3 8 —prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, large 2 4 3 4 Veal ..... .............. ..... 3 4 4 4 —small ......... Lamb, 3s 8d to 44 Bd. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves.. Pigs. 200 60 180 120 60 30 Scotland Yorkshire Norfolk Suffblk Cambridgeshire, Essex Surrey Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts 16 85 40 20 100 90 70 18 200 250 280 40 40 40 14 260 91 120 10 100 100 60 Total 7B Previous week's arrival 1,205 575 570 820 340 76 Difference since ourlast l2 630 230 _ BOROUGH AND SPITAMPIELDS. As yet our supplies of new Potatoes, which are abun dant, are derived from the neighbourhood of the metro polis. The best kinds are selling steadily at from 51 to 61; other qualities 41 to 41 18s per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The accounts from all quarters, except those from East Kent, continue unfavourable. The late gales, together with the appearance of moulds have much deteriorated the bine, owing to which the duty has fallen —it being now estimated at only from 130,0001. to 135,000/. Some large sales have been made in Wealds and Sussex, on higher terms. WOOL MARKET. The public sales of Wool have at length been brought to a close. Notwithstanding the large quantities brought forward, nearly the whole have found buyers, at prices quite equal to those obtained at the previous auctions. By private contract we have still to report a fair inquiry at full quotations. During the week the imports have amounted to about 2,600 packages. TALLOW MARKET. The deliveries fall off, principally from the apathy shown by the trade ; they appear determined not to purchase until their wants absolatcly require it In the meantime the holders here and the Russians seem in clined to look on. The shipments from St. Petersburgh to the United Kingdom bear a very small proportion to former years. Town Tallow 40s 6d nett cash. HAMBURGH MAIL. OFFICIAL. BERLIN, AUG. 9.—"1 cannot quit the soil of my coun try, though only for a short time, without publicly ex pressing in my own name and that of the Queen the deeply felt gratitude which fills our hearts ; it is excited by the innumerable proofs of affection to us, both verbal and in writing,-which we have received, and were called forth by the attempt of the 26th of July ; that affection which loudly greeted us at the instant of the crime, when the hand of the Almighty averted the deadly shot from my breast. Looking up to my heavenly Preserver, I proceed with fresh courage to my daily work, to com plete what is begun, to carry into execution what is pre pared, to combat evil with increased certainty of victory, and to be to my people everything that my high vocation lays upou me as a duty, and which the love of my people deserves. (Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM. "Erdmansdorff, Aug. 5, 1844." Accounts from Erdmansdorff of the sth say that their Majesties the King and Queen were perfectly well, and intended to set out on the 6th, in the morning, for Ishel. The Queen will remain there for some time, but the King, after stopping only one day, intends going to Vienna, and to be back at Erdmansdorff on the 17th of this month. QUEEN-SQUARE.--(THIS DAY.) A respectably-dressed young man was placed at the bar before Mr. Burrell on the following charge:— Sergeant Parkinson, of the Honourable East India Company's service, said the defendant enlisted into one of the artillery regiments of the East India Company on Friday last, and the whole of the routine business in respect to recruits was gone through, and he was brought to that office on Saturday to have the oath of allegiance administered to him. Whilst the Magistrate was affixing his name to the docu ments, and the usher of the Court had read the oath to him, he suddenly threw down the book, and refused to be swore. The Sergeant further said the man was an attested recruit, and that, according to the Act of Parlia ment relating to the enlisting of recruits, he was a bona fide soldier. Mr. BURRELL differed in opinion. The Act gave magistrates the power of discharging persons who had hastily enlisted, if they had not taken the oath of alle giance, 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. Was the young man willing to pay the usual smart money? The young man said he was willing to pay it. Sergeant Parkinson begged to call the Magistrate's attention to that portion of the Act which said, " that if ho (the recruit) will not take the oath of allegiance, he is to be detained until he will do so." Mr. BURRELL said that rested with those under whom the sergeant acted. He could not detain him. He was willing to give the subject mature consideration, and to hear the question, with any new arguments in support of the view taken of it by the sergeant, or by his supe rior officer, at a future day. The parties then left the Court. COLONEL DENDAS.—It may be remembered that some months since Colonel Dundas, whilst at the dinner table of a Noble Lord, and no doubt somewhat heated with wine, was guilty of uttering some very disrespectful observations of her Majesty the Queen, and for which he was dismissed the service. We are happy to be able to record the pleasing fact—pleasing alike as showing that the momentary indiscretion of the offender has not been visited too harshly, and pleasing as exhibiting a most gracious and forgiving temper on the part of her Majesty even when personally insulted—we are happy, we say, to record the fact of Colonel Dundas's restoration to active service, and we trust he will prove that the letsity shown him has not been misplaced.—Hampshire paper. TIIE CAMERONIANS.—The arms, accoutrements, &c., of this distinguished corps were inspected on Wed nesday by Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.8., commander of the fore, sin Scotland. It was intended to have paraded the regfirent in Bruntsfield Links for this purpose, but in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather in the morning, the inspection took place within the Castle. The weather having cleared betwixt twehe and one o'clock, numerous parties proceeded to the Links, but were disappointed.—Scotsmun. A new corvette has been ordered to be built at Chatham, upon the plan of the Earl of Dundonald, to be called the Challenger. Length 134 feet, breadth 37 feet 6 inches, depth 17 feet 6 inches, tonnage 810 tons. Below the water line she is to resemble the Janus war steamer (also built upon the plan of Lord Dundonald), that is, both ends perpendicular and alike. This is to try the effect upon a sailing vessel, as well as up on steam. The Janus has not yet been tried.—United Service Gazette. Lieut. Munro, who shot Colonel Fawcett in a duel, refused to give himself vp to justice, and was, as our readers remember, cashiered in consequence, is at pre sent residing in Hamburgh, with his wife and family. VISIT OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH TO HER MAJESTY. The 7th or 9th of September were the periods whiels had been arranged a fortnight ago for the arrival. of his Majesty the King of the French in thts, country, upon a visit to the Queen. The visit 0, his Majesty will now take place a week late r thou, the time originally fixed upon, in consequence of the accouchement of our beloved Sovereign not Navin occurred so early as had been confidently anticipate& at the period of the original arrangement being made.. The French Monarch, who will embark, it is e) . : - petted, at Dieppe, in a French man-of-war, and all be accompanied by another 7 4- gun ship and a steel fleet of steamers, will land at Portsmouth, and travel 11 the South Western Railway en route to Windsor Castl*" , to the Farnborough station, where the royal carring e* will be in waiting to convey his Majesty and suite , t ° Windsor. The same apartments (and also some a dditioel l state rooms) at the Castle, which were occup ied. by the King of Prussia, at the christening of the Prince of Wales, and the Emperor of Russia, during the .As o ° race-week, will be prepared fur the reception of the King cie the French and his Majesty's numerous suite. Th e y will be most magnificently furnished and embellished ;( ndeed, no pains or expense will be spared at the Palace .° the English Sovereign to receive the King of the Frencla 111 at manner worthy of the Queen of this mighty empire-- worthy, alike, of her Majesty's Royal and Illustrice o guest. A review, upon a grand and imposing scale, during tba King's shot visit at Windsor (which is not expected t be prolonged beyond a week or ten days), to take plac e in the Great Park, has already been spoken of. It is nes, rumoured that several infantry regiments will be enca m p in the Park, and that not less than from 15 to 20 Cavalry and infantry regiments, with a park of artillery and fie batteries, will be present at this intended magnifies? D. military spectacle. Splendid banquets will take place 11 St. George' Hall and the Weterloo Chamber, to be follow‘"0 by state balls and grand evening parties. Preparatio ns have already been commenced at the Roman Catholl° chapel, at Clewer, about a mile from Windsor, for the ss commodation of his Majesty and suite. It was at first at" ranged for pews to be constructed for the King and suite but it is now, we understand, contemplated to add ° n'ing to the edifice, open to one side of the interior of t Chapel, and to be appropriated, exclusively, for the ac commodation of his Majesty and attendants. This Pl° will be carried into effect in the event of there b eing sufficient time to complete it before the arrival of Lb ° royal visitor to the Queen. There is very little doubt that the christening of: PI Infant Prince will take place during his Majesty's 51 ' 1 at Vbrindsor. Indeed, it has been stated that the King °.. r . the Frea:ch will be one of the sponsors (it is suvposed , :, so, by prow,'. his Majesty being a Roman Catholic) the last born feince of the House of Brunswick. It is not expected that 1 1 is Majesty will visit the metro" during his short stay ;:t England, but remain the wbOP time at the royal residence at Windsor. - - UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, AUG. 10,—At the annizal visitation and eke' tion at Abingdon School, founded by Mr. John Royce' the following gentlemen of that schcol were elem.' Scholars of Pembroke College:— Edward Duncan Hall, son of the late M as ter of te College; Frederick Goodenough, son of Dr. Goodenoue of Bristol, and founder's kin ; Henry Swabey, son of P . Swabey, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. The Earl of Wilton has presented the Rev. Rob es Fletcher, of Brasenose College, to the Perpetual Ctul l of St. Thomas, Radcliffe, Lancashire , value 1001. r, annum. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Willies Y. Smithies, of Trinity College, to the Rectory of Oil' bottle, Northumberland, value 222/. per annum. Sir R. Peel, Bart., has presented the Rev. R. K. Ball of New Inn Hall, to the Incumbency of the ne w of St. Paul's, Hull. The Rev. F. Cooke, of Balliol College, has been sr pointed to the Curacy of Torres, Devon. trio The Rev. G. G. Parry, Fellow of Lincoln College, - been appointed to the Curacy of Dongresbury, Somers; The Rev. J. E. Cox, of University College, ha s be appointed to the Curacy of St. David's, St e p pe,' Middlesex. The Mayor and Corporation of Warwick have p re' sented the Rev. Henry White to the Vicarage of T brook, Warwickshire, value 3.;41. per annum. bees The following members of this - University hav e - ordained by the Lord Bishop of Worc:ster:— 1.. ; Deacons—Thomas Bearcroft, of Queen's C o-p Charles Alit n of Brasenose College. Priests—The Rev. William Lea, of Brasenose Collect, the Rev. John Merry, of Queen's College ; the I°o, C. C. Adams, of Merton College ; the Rev. G. S. 0141 of Trinity College ; the Rev. C. B. Turner, of 1 35 '!.. ; College ; the Rev. W. G. Bradley, of Brasenose Colletro the Rev. Josh. Bickerdike, of St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. A. T. Wilmshurst, of Magdalen Hall. DUBLIN, AuG. 10.—The Michaelmas Term Exana in v iv Lions in Trinity College are fixed as follows —Senor Sophisters, Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 14 and 15 ; Sophisters, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 17 and 18 ; SCN4; Freshmen, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 23 and 229• Junior Freshmen, Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 28 aP", 4 O The examination for Moderatorships in Matheson, and Physics, commences on Thursday, Oct. 17 ; Classics, on Monday, Oct. 18 ; in Logics and Ethics" Monday, Oct. 21. E• f( • n the Junior Classett'er examinations for prizes i. Monday, Oct. 21, Junior Sophisters in Science ; day, Oct. 22, Junior Sophisters in Classics ; T l3ll , ll .. a sh j : Oct. 31, Senior Freshmen in Science, and Junior x l it Fn in Classics ;_ Friday, Nov. _l,Senior Freshr°9 Classics, and Junior Freshmen, in'ScienCe. ..., CatecheticalExaminations are appointed as follow : o r For Senior Freshmen, Saturday, Oct. 26 ; for Ji'lw Freshmen, Wednesday, Oct. 30. The next public entrance-day will be Friday , Oct' 0 ' THE ABOLITION OF IMFRISONMENT FOR DEB T p The above Act, which received the Royal assent Friday by commission, came into operation on Saturcrio, when a number of debtors who had been imprisonet,L, the different metropolitan prisons for debts under fi t i were liberated, and the same course will be adopteeio all the other gaols for debt throughout the country, f o r the exception of those persons who stand committeo,v, penalties due to the Crown. At the same time, sheriffs of London and Middlesex, as well as Of surijo have given directions to the keepers of the resPe e ,, e st gaols in that county not to take in any With some is under the sum stated in the Act. With some ° vs keepers a difficulty has arisen as to whether the ,c, a means the amount to consist of the bona fide cinlie whether it is to include costs. If the latter wer e lo gif case the benefit would be but slight, as, for ins`ailf some two or three thousand actions are sun " brought in the Palace Court, Sheriffs' Court. re, Secondaries' Court of London, Middlesex, and S af eet in which, but with few exceptions, the debt these amounts to 201, but the costs in none of ;00 courts are ever less than 151. By the oPfea 01 of this Act one of the gaols will be entirely abolisu edge the same time effecting a saving to the City a %o' of between 4001. and 5001 a year. The prison a off to is the Borough Compter, situate in M i ll of Tooley-street, the establishment of which consisia 000 chaplain, governor, matron and turnkeys, while thetiol of persons committed were those taken in ae e . ts under process from the Borough Court of Roi tle ,: o tally bills. Strange as it may appear, yet it is 01/ true, that within the last seven years there 1135 , the been three persons confined within the wa gs 0 of above prison whose debt, on which the arres!.,,oo founded, exceeded 20/. ; and by Wednesday the 13°I'''etooft Compter will be uninhabited, except by the gees of and matron. Similar results will attend the C° l3 be r ( 7 ; Requests. As an instance of the immense no, ra , l es?, persons summoned to these minor courts, some Jul ie tiv_ i r be formed when it is stated that the fees to t clerks of the Borough Court of Requests e xceed je btOr' annually, and which is paid by the unfortunate u s will+ As the law of arrest is thus abolished, surrinion se e , hol of course decrease. It is said that those pers° lls ,. iote, A l ! vested rights have been ;injured by the new Ac k ! on di' to apply, as the town clerks of the old corporoloo, on the passing of the Reform Act, for compenst i a dd LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP GORGoN.---A-1, tion to the brief account of the loss of this vers e frcoo ready published, the following extract of a letter,, g. 4 an officer on board will be read with i n teresti --- Video (on shore), May 24.—1 write at once to, lest yolt you of the particulars of the loss of the Gorgon, oth A o may be unduly alarmed for our safety. On the a nd blew rather hard; it soon began to blow harder► fe ass . , veered a little. The wind still growing higher,®berL down our yards and topmasts. The next day ": 1 to drive, so we let go our small bowers, and Ye 7; 1;1 0 little while after we parted it, and slipped t oss i F bower, intending to go to sea, but we found it inf er , or to do so, as we could not get her head to the v i n s t oa d ,O j e • we got well up to windward, and let go our spittle Plot and veered on it. We parted that after ": I ; e lsw on sr We then let go the stream, and backed with " - A d no t kedge ; but we drove still, and went on shore, ore t e we are high and dry on the sand. But w,, er e,Sv t . • alone; there are nine other vessels driven on e" t of, e e r• of them on top of the others. Fortunately Nve,r e fr. s o reef of rocks, which now lies between us ancl i S o febio. If we had struck on the reef, we certainly - shea'..aye a lif, dashed to pieces. General Oribe has offered us a' o f to lies lY ante in his power, and sent us large suPP,,, tf o 0 11 ,,- o ve with a profusion of vegetables. Indeed, we I;i e to t' oe d mention our wants, and he spares no trot' s c ents t o them instantly supplied. Nor is his kincin ea o ding to the officers •, he is equally generous in at dent. ' f ew the comforts of the ship's company. Th e 10 ,ne tt tossed about like a top, losing her haminoe h i t s ide. fik, y, &c. A large hole has been knocked in d. 1/ 0 0, part of her taffrail has been entirely destroy e_ ~,e to x which was anchored close to the point 0 1 0 1 ; e r, a 0 13 0 ,4" 9 parted both her cables just as we let go our te m iv. lt fo r drifting on shore, went to pieces iminecl il ' t g out p at lucky for us we did not follow her. could n° sta r boilers, and full power on the engines, w o out t should o s u e l a d , a u v t e if be we once allonc e ri h g andt.South had our h"eaed to the W slotOr Mr. Fleming, formerly Member for 11 °P shire, died at Athens on the 19th of J° l 3 % t ar o ..- 11 Lord Brougham arrived Brouogn ) I • S l tl is nd L a o y rd h s s h t iP tti e 'c n i lock, on Wednesday, and the bar yesterday it' t i e s r i t n ain ti c ie d etnhjeoycnihe ielf! ot $l 3 —Cal lisle Patriot. oW lY in 6 F The Collingwood, eighty guns, n 1 si r joss head, bearing the Bag of hear-Admirn rtent " 1 5 01 0 incur, G.O who is in town on in , l 3° tier , to , cite . s ta Ott° connected with the state of bffiirs at the diat cly t° d tha t he is appointed in chief, will sail immediate) hose hear,„,, for THE GRESHAM COMMITTEE. yi tion once this public body, commiserating • the deitt din e ft the losses they sustained hy ..,theee be , ir tenE. le . b l ' e jj ls t° the f t rs Royal Exchange by fire, and erection o tuk the nience they have suffered during 0 t h e first i 3 „ /, the it Be of r n e e, ITSeirihrtaFriis.ll. building, have determined to foreg e to fit tune various This will give the tenants various places in a suitable Planner. viith the,. 1 ftr..., reee uitic th e bul brui soh app,, Jest has' ann. 5,0( "hi Jur.' 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