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f" o w 41 rie ng I, tit Ply SP:i INDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1844. In the House of Li:Ai the new " Knackers' Bill" Nri% l read a second time, and adered to be committed ori Monday. This wa-, done on the motion of Lord i ° BEAUMONT, and he was followed by the Bishop of LONDON, who presented petitions from Sir HAR- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, ATJG TT Sil l 3, 1844. SHEPTON MALLET, SOMERSETSHIRE. p r i ALFORD returns his grateful thanks to the JL numerous Families who have honoured him with their pa tronage, and to his Commercial Friends and the Public generally, for the kind support which he has received from them daring the eight years that he has occupied the George Commercial Inn ; and begs to inform them that he has taken and entered on the HARE and ROUNDS COMMERCIAL HOTEL and POSTING HOUSE, which he has newly fitted up for their convenience. T. A. assures his friends that nothing shall be wanted on his part that can conduce to their comfort and accommodation. He trusts that strict attention, combined with moderate charges, will secure him a continuance of their favours. Excellent Stall Stabling, Lock-up Coach-houses, &c. &c. The Posting establishment conducted on the usual moderate terms. Good Post-horses and carefhl drivers. Coaches to and from London leave the above Inn daily, Sundays excepted. Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., 21s. bound, A WINTEI. IN By Mrs. ASHTON YATES. ITALY. Also just published, by the same Author, AN AUTUMN IN SWITZERLAND. SECOND EDITION, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NELSON DINNER. •' PRAND ILTM"—PUBLIC NOTICE.—TIRAND-ED. The Operatives of the metropolis, the people, &c., are requested to bear in mind the fact that prior to George the Third's reign all the Parliamentary enactments, &c., as recorded, were in the Latin language, the which, jesuitically admits of two interpretations, namely, an English and Latin signification " fair to the ear, but false to the eye*" From which circumstance, the unremunerated Masons of the " Strike," will now learn (vide undersigned letter in "Morning Advertiser" in reference), also that the free land allotted on which Nelson's pillar stands, was granted by the present Greenwich unaudited and irresponsible trust over 3,000,000 sterling . . yearly, tYom (in their possession) all the charities of England* fer the relief of the "sick, hurt, and maimed" in conformity with this Act, appertaining by its verbiage to the " trade, navigation, and naval strength of Great Britain" as proclaimed under the 2d Queen Anne, This Act of 1703 provides, under its Commission, that " a refreshing Prandium, genus zonte," as the girdle of yearly investigation, should have place by free Representation Parliament, as the " refreshing at noon-day ;" not as belly cheer for the groSs body, but as food for the mind's eye of posterity. Thus ! the discerning will view the hypocritcal intent, " Dinner-prandi" of the Greenwich pensioners friends disposed of, as further made apparent by the " statue" pence, collected as a Prandium, otherwise " doticum est mane" mark, or nuptial grace endowry, as footing money, received by those pensioners deputed by the " trust fit to bring in the monies" as the " Com mission decrees," and the said dinner humbug defines under the fol lowing, as in 1753 scratched on the base of the effigy in St. Paul's Churchyard : " Queen Anne she's gone, and left us in the lurch, Her face against the Brand Ey'rie-shop,t her back against the church." The aforesaid, explains the reason for the undersigned demanding, on the part of the public, if the word DINNER was to be understood in the knife and fork acceptation of the term, or the Latin significa tion. The Chairman Sir Edward Codrington was dumb-foundered, and hence " the disturbance to the clique" in a cleft-stick, men tioned in yesterday's London papers. August 3, 1844. CHARLES H. ACKERLEY, 5, Swallow-street, Quadrant. Author of the:Wonderful " Lamp of Life" in this, our day, as the ALLAH-Donative. • The charities of Ireland in "Kilmainham Hospital "—those of Scotland in the " MAinen Hospital" Edinburgh —tin-audited now 140 years, &c., consisting of several millions sterling. t The letter (P, mutata in B as lib. co'nate to the Metro-pole Ey're "four de Justice ambulante"—or ancient justice-shop of the Charing-cross array, as the " Ap!-pny-de-DOme" Square! HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING AUG. 3, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled DON PASQUALE, Norina, Madame Grisi ; Ernesto, Signor Mario; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fornasari ; and Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. Between the Acts, a Divertissement, in which will be introduced the admired Pas de Deux from " Les Houris," by Mdlle. Cerito and Lq. St. Leon. To conclude with LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny Eissier ; Phoebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringeire, M Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sig. MARIO respectfully informs the Nobility, Patron; to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place ON THURSDAY NEXT, AUG. 8, When will be performed (by desire) Bellini's ipera of I PURITAN'. Elvira, Madame Grisi ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache; Ai Gut,, Signor Mario; and Riccardo, Signor Fernasari. To be followed by a Divertissement in which Mdlle. Cerito will ppear. In the course of the Evening, Selections from a Favourite Opera, iti which Madame Persiani and Sig. Mario will appear. To c nclude with LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdile. Fanny Eissier ; Phoebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringoire, M. Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE PRESENT' SEASON THIS EVENING, AUG. 3, Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; Charles Surface, IVIr H. Holl ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett. In he ceurae of the .Et ening, Mr. John Parry will sing " Fayre Bosamonde." 'Fe be followed by the new Farce, entitled THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. Buckstone ; Mr. Pennywlg, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WEBSTER, LESSEE, And Last Night of the Sea'on. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone ; Christopher Sly, Mr. Strickland; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett; Bianca, Miss Julia Bennett. In the course of the Evening Mr. Webster will deliver a Farewell Address. Atter which, THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Polka. Phillipot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polka. Mr. John Parry will sing oue of his celebrated Buffo Scenes. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. FOR THIS NIGHT ONLY. V'OR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHORAL AUG DEPARTMENT. THIS EVENING, . 3, Will be performed Donisetta's Opera of DON PASQUALE. Principal Characters by Mr. Allen, Mr. Burdmi, Paul Bedford and :Miss Grant. After which, A GRAND CONCERT. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WONDERFUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar " Mr. Paul Bedford ; Aladdin. Mr. Wright ; Princess Badrouladour, Miss E. Stanley. .• THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. The" Adventure' of " Martin Chuzzlewit" having, on each repre sentation, ueen received with every possible mark of public appro bation by the most fashionable and crowded audiences, and having been pronounced by the unanimous voice of the publie press to be one of the most interesting Dramas ever produced from the works of the celebrated Author, a repetition of its performance will take place every evening TH till further notice. IS EVENING, AUG. 3, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN C HUZZLE WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. nlathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, 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 be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKAMANIA. Characters ./ Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, J. W. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Great success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and New Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, AUG. 3, Will be repeated an entire new Equestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, lltesses, Appointments, &c., to realise the recent triumphs of En3land's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. Dance of the POLK A, by Mdlle. Cushnie and Sig. Milano. New and unequalled Scenes of the Circ e—Extraordinary Feats of Horsemanship by Monsieur Louis Tournaire, Sig. 6ermani, La Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, Btc. ; with Mr. It. Smith's highly trained Steels. After which, the old English pageant o! THE SUMMER'S MORN of 1686; or, the White Wreath and Flitch of Bacon. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE ; or, Eng land's airvest Home. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AUG. 3. The Grand O i sera and splendid Spectacle have attracted the greatest overflow ever remembered, increasing nightly. Last Week but three of the Opera Season, commencing with FRA DI AVOLO. Powerful Operatic Company—Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss Pearson, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. Leffler, Mr. E. L. }lime. Mr. S. Cowell, and Mr. G. Stansbury, conductor. Increased Band and effi cient Chorus from the Theatres Royal To conclude with an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA RACT ; or, The Enchanter's Spell. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME Painted by Danson and Telhin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production Is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea. Lion, and Are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle tor the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in 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 Mondays, Tues. days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays concucted uy Mr. Godfrey. are up - n a scale oemore than usual excellence; fait words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its fearful characteristics are truthfully 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 cr owd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that I:outbby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, dud combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attraritive lounge in or near the metropolis. Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. OXI , I SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collactlon o f Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hat e been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost Of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum as been visited often, daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prtetrbr has recently been able to in as ease, by several very fine pictures, he.' his previous almost Inc:edible number and varie t y of MSS., Woe s of Art, and a multitude if valuable Relic, and other curiosities, in 01.3 most aisiructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a Natio2al Museum. Is thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS el the PHI3LIC PRESS have stated that It °ugh' to be'seen by every one. The price of admis- Mon is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to bo seen only at the "Egyptian 'pa" Piccadilly. daily em Ten till T, usk. THE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, Aua. 3. r i namosiETEß, Lowest, 53 ; Highest, 68; Noon, 61. BAROMETER, 29. C.—WEND,.—WEND, S.W. N o va„--The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the tree i ng point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is Q u ally ptaced opposite 30, and rain at 29. ICIII WATER AT LONDO N-B RIDGE TUTS DAY Aforning 48 minutes after 4 I Evening 6 minutes after. 5 ..- SECOND EDITION: COURT LEES and others against the repeal of the penal laws relating to Catholics. What misery mad Orangemen and Jesuitical Bishops cause in this country ! Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Lord DUNDONALD, stating that he possessed a secret for a destructive engine, surpassing any of the implements of war known, and prayed to be admitted into compe tition with other inventors. The Metropolitan Buildings Bill was passed. In answer to a question from Lord BEAUMONT, relative to the execution of a Maltese at Tunis, Lord ABERDEEN said that person had been guilty of two murders. On reference being made to him by the Tunisian Government, he said he could not interfere ; and if it had been left to him to say whether the law should have its course, he would have answered in the affirmative. On the order of the day being read for the third reading of the Railways Bill, the Bishop of LONDON moved an amendment on the sixth clause, in order to prevent third-class trains travelling on Sundays, Good Fridays, and Christmas-days. This horrible motion was justly condemned by Lord BROUGHAM, Lord MONTEAGLE, and the Marquis of CLANRICARDE; and the Duke of WELLINGTON, seeing the state of affairs, made a retreat, and moved that the debate be adjourned till Monday. It was accordingly ad journed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of the Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill. This led to some discussion, in the course of which Lord CAMPBELL made this just remark :—" The Catholics and Protestants of Ireland should be put on an equality, and until they were so, there would be no lasting peace or tranquillity in Ireland." The Bill was then read a third time, and the House adjourned at Half-past Ten o'clock. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock, when several Bills were passed. A new writ was moved for Dudley in the room of Mr. HAWKES, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The House went into Committee on the Insolvent Debtors Bill. Several Members previously had objected to the Bill being brought forward at such a late period of the session, but the opinion of the House was against them. Nearly all the clauses were agreed to, the report was received, and the Bill was ordered to be reprinted and recommitted on Mon day, to enable the Government to make alterations in accordance with the suggestions of some Members. The Art-Unions Bill was read a third time and passed. After some other business of little import ance, the House adjourned at Half-past Seven. The spirit which animates the Bishop of LONDON will be the death of his order. There is no redemp tion for the bigoted and selfish race which he repre sents. At the crisis of the Reform Bill, the Episcopal Bench was all but overturned, the men with lawn sleeves and black aprons scarcely dared to appear in the streets, and were hooted even in sacred temples by the religious people of England. They succumbed for the time, but when the storm was over they ap peared in their true colours. Whenever any benefit was to be conferred on the working-classes, when education for the million was proposed and measures for the relief of Dissenters were introduced into Parliament, the Sacred Bench • was crowded to excess . to advocate bigotry, and trample upon the rights of one half of the nation. They are the most selfish and intolerant class in the whole community. Merchants and traders, and men of experience in every other rank of life, listen to reason, and submit patiently to the plans of Go vernment, however injurious to their individual in terests, because they know everything would be thrown into confusion if they rebelled against the decisions of Parliament. The Bishops, however, take higher ground. They set Parliament at defi ance, and rest on what they call their divine autho rity.. The Railways Bill affords a remarkable instance of the presumption and despotic character of the Church. A clause allowing trains with third class carriages to travel on Sunday, WAS carried in the Commons by a large majority; the Bill was sent up to the House of Lords, with that clause, and the Bishops without a moment's delay put their heads together to oppress the poor man. The Bishop of LONDON last night moved the rejection of that clause. In his usual Jesuitical manner he professed that he did not wish to prevent railway companies from carrying third class passen gers;; all he wanted was to release:the Government of this Christian country from the necessity of enforcing travelling on the Lord's-day. The conduct of this man is beyond endurance. If it is a sin for the poor man to travel on a Sunday by railway, is it not a still greater sin to allow the rich to go by what the Bishop, we suppose, would call a sa cred train ? The first and second class carriages may be filled to overflowing, they are to be allowed to pass ; but the third class is prohibited because it is the Lord's-day. The nobles, the wealthy mer chants, the squires of England, and the whole bench of Bishops, may travel by railway on Sunday ; but the poor man must remain at home; he must not enter a third class carriage, because he would bring down upon the land Divine judgment by such an outrageous profanation of the Sabbath. Though he is pent up all the week in some noxious cell ; though he is anxious to see his friends on the only day that he can spare from his heavy toil ; though he has no other means (with the exception of steam-boats, and these the Bishop would also forbid) for inhaling the fresh country breeze, he is to be debarred from this harmless and healthful re creation, on the plea that the Sabbath would be pro faned. We say, Down with these hypocrites—these oppressors of the poor—these men who, in the words of our Saviour, " Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel." The rich have all the seven days of the week for travelling or amusement ; the poor man has only one ; and, though he should be as pious as the Bishop of LosiD6N, and go to church in the forenoon, like a good Christian, he must be chained to his house for the rest of the day, and look forward in gloomy anticipation to the renewal of his labours on Monday. His family too are to be chained with him. His wife and his children, who we know, if the Bishop does not, submit to many deprivations during the week for one day of re taxation, must be confined to the smoke of London, while the Archbishop of CANTERBURY and the Bishop of LONDON are travelling in their chariots, or regaling themselves and their friends at country seats, provided for them by the very people whom they would crush to the dust. The public cannot submit to this glaring tyranny, this mockery of religion. The Duke of WELLINGTON, as will be seen from the Parliamentary report, took time to consider. Why did he not ehow his usual decision ? Why did the Hero, who fought the battle of Waterloo on a Sunday, not act in accor dance with his own unbiassed opinions, and set his face, like a good and a great man, against the en croachments of the Church and the oppressions of the poor ? *OW We have devoted a considerable space to our report of the proceedings yesterday at the Westminster Court of Sewers, which we think will amply repay our readers for the time it may occupy in its perusal. The subject, it will be seen, relates to the large sum of 41,6491., the amount of work done by the contractors for the Eastern and Western divisions of the Westminster Sewers since Michaelmas, 1841. Mr. LESLIE, one of the Commissioners, declared that a gross fraud had been committed on the public, and that Mr. BENNETT, whose tender was ac cepted by the Court of Sewers in July, 1841, as the lowest tender, was not so in reality. He made the surveyors read over various items from the rejected tender of Messrs. BIRDS, comparing each item with BENNETTS', in which it was shown in every case cited, that the public has by the manoeuvre been compelled to pay an increase of price, varying from five to ten, twenty, fifty, sixty, and even one hundred per cent. more than they should have done ! The con clusion of the scene was probably unparalleled in any Court in this country, for after such documentary evi dence, which cannot err, had been read, the Court re solved that Mr. LESLIE had not proved his case ! We may safely affirm, that not a single reader will coincide with the Court—the case is made out beyond the shadow of a doubt, and we who are rate-payers in the districts think and feel that a Court so exhibit ing itself ought to be buried in one of its own sewers. Surely it is an augury that we have fallen upon evil days, when it is impossible, in our opulent and magnificent metropolis—to say nothing of the empire at large—to raise a subscription fund of sufficient extent to defray the expenses of a monument to the memory of NELSON. The whole range of our heroic history does not present one name, perhaps, asso ciated with more chivalrous daring, more tran scendent success, or more signal achievements in the service of his country, than that of our "great Admiral." At a time when our military pretensions were humble, indeed, by the side of those of continental Powers, whose armies, under the chief command, as it may be said, of a single captain, occupied the entire Continent in mili tary possession ; when the moral impression and phy sical efficiency of our soldiery abroad were, as yet, in an inverse ratio to the enthusiasm and energy of the warlike spirit excited by the common danger in all ranks of our people at home ; NELSON was the greatest among the great commanders who vied in elevating our naval renown to a point of unapproached supremacy. In 1798 he dealt, on the Bay of Aboukir, a mortal blow to the naval power of Republican France. In 1801 his consum mate conduct and impetuous bravery annihilated the navy of the most formidable competitor we could have grappled with for maritime empire,— namely, Denmark. In 1805 he closed his mortal career, a career of daring intrepidity and successive triumphs—by extinguishing, in a single action, the combined fleets of Imperial France and of Spain. We select these three epochs of the brilliant story of his eventful life, (crowded as that is with a hundred episodes of stirring interest, not less glo rious to the dauntless bravery of this wonderful man,) because they mark the periods at which the British nation was most indebted, under Providence, to his genius and his valour, for its escape from the degraded fate of all the other kingdoms of Europe. If NAPOLEON could have wielded, with the military resources, the naval armaments, also, of the great Powers of the north and south, whom he successively conquered, and rendered subservient to his own policy of aggrandising France at the ex pense of all her allies; Great Britain must have become a mere tributary—a province—a dependency of the new empire which he founded in defiance of every obstacle. At this time of day it can scarcely be necessary to expatiate on the irretrievable calami ties—social, moral, and political—the ineffaceable disgrace—the irreparable injury to an ancient Power of the first rank, and force, and dignity, if it fall into the rear of Euro pean nations, and be blotted out from the list of independent and permanent sovereignties. And if this be true of any State, with how much force does the reflection apply to the case of Great Britain, which, even forty or fifty years ago, had a larger inheritance of renown and strength, of wealth and power, of sacred recollections and brilliant des tithes to forfeit, than any other independent Power in existence ? Associating these considerations with the name of NELSON, we have, from time to time, expressed our sorrow and astonishment at the apathy—not to say the ingratitude—of the public in permitting the progress of such a memorial as that which has been erected to his honour in Trafalgar-square to languish for the want of pecuniary aid. We have lived to see the funds raised for so sacred a purpose indebted mainly for even their present amount to the munificence of a FOREIGN Potentate ! We have lived to see the hand— and we will not shrink from doing it all honour for its liberality on this occasion, of the Autocrat of RUSSIA opened heartily and generously in the work of con tributing to an imperishable record of the great hero and the saviour of this country. We have lived to blush for the unpatriotic parsimony of those in high station—the royal and the noble favour ites of fortune, who, from their abundance, could not spare so much to this offering in honour of British heroism as probably the cost of the jewelled souvenirs lavished by them on some ridiculous freak of nature like an American dwarf. Nay, while the palaces of royalty and the saloons of our ducal aristocracy have been freely opened to receptions of unbounded hospitality and gracious courtesy to the Yankee mi crocosm, her MAJESTY'S Ministers deny even the use of the mere area of Trafalgar-square to the truly na tional purpose of giving a banquet—not at the public expense, not at any charge to the Crown, or to the Government—to the few gallant veterans, the surviving comrades of the great NELSON, who fought and bled with him in the estuary of the Nile, at the entrance of the Baltic, on the rocky shores of Teneriffe, or in the tempestuous sea that breaks upon the Cape of Trafalgar ! We can scarcely believe the evidence of our own eyes, or suppress the expression of our indignation, when we read the statements de livered at a meeting of the " subscribers to the fund for the dinner which was to have taken place in Trafalgar-square," held on Thursday, at Willis's Rooms, Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON in the chair. The whole affair of the column which is, and the banquet which is not, has been throughout an insult to the illustrious dead ; a disgrace to the nation ; an insufferable slight upon the veteran pensioners who were to have paid, in the manner proposed, their last public homage to the immortal commander whom they served ; which will associate mingled emotions of anger and contempt with the name of the present Government in the bosom of future generations, to whom the glory of NELSON will be as a sacred relic of an age of heroes. In the first place the beautiful shaft of the Corinthian column was actually robbed of twenty feet of its length, in order to dissipate the fears of Lord MONTEAGLE, and other abettors of Mr. WILKINs'S monstrosity—the National Gallery—that it would give an effect of in significance to the elevation of that edifice. As if anything could elaborate the meanness, or exaggerate the ugliness of that disgraceful enormity. In the second Sir ROBERT PEEL, the other night, stood sponsor for this inconceivable violence on the beautiful design supplied for the shaft (by Mr. REPTON we believe), by quoting the sagacious opinion of some professional authorities whom Government had consulted, "that if the pillar was built of the intended height, it would be dangerous." How exalted an idea this ex-officio arbiter of art—this presiding genius of all Committees for building, decorating, and painting all kinds of public works—must have of the the masonic skill of our builders—of the experience of our contractors—of the strength of stone, and the endurance of bricks and mortar—to be coaxed into a fear, that in a city which has boasted for 170 years of such a column as the Monument, 160 feet above its pedestal of 42 feet—a column so much lighter and shorter as the NELSON pillar, as ori ginally designed, could not be erected with safety to the vicinity ! Apprehensions, these, consistent enough in the patrons of Sir JouN SoANE's uphol ntery-liitc arailiceLute, or oh itmez... less and monotonous copies of the most tame and in sipid Greek examples yet extant. But to the business of Thursday. The ancient friend and comrade of NELSON, Sir E. CODRINGTON, apprised " a very thin meeting" that the permission originally accorded by the Woods and Forests to employ the area of Trafalgar-square for the projected dinner having been withdrawn, all that remained for the Committee to do was to explain the reasons of their failure to carry out the design of their appoint ment, and to dispose of the subscriptions. In the outset of the arrangements, Sir ROBERT STOPFORD, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, had given per mission for the attendance of the Trafalgar men ; and Lord LINCOLN, on the part of the Woods and Forests, had granted the use of the square. This last had since been, after various postponements to the anni versaries of the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen, &c. withdrawn by Lord LINCOLN, who apprised the Chairman that his reason was the fear of the walks, terraces, &c. sustaining injury. But the contractor for the works himself offered to make good any damage they might sustain; (trumpery specimens of unsightly asphalte as they are after all.) Then followed the usual, well-understood, official trick of bandying the Committee from one department to another, between the Earl of HADDINGTON and the Earl of LINCOLN ; the former, at least, having the ; 11 ' d r id ela n ti o o t n in t t o en s d o f o ra i c n e te t r o fe d re e . c , l , areotvhbaty t s h h e o A ul d d m t i h r e a y l t — y dead E L e r l v N a c n o tf i, N at his l a s t o u r n e t i r t y e as rated ?)a rated his refusal, not thinking " Trafalgar-square a suitable place for such an entertainment—on account of the beingsituated metropolis, where i n sucks some a o m e de d n i s s e tu ly populated rbancesm part igh of might be be likely to ensue." " Trafalgar-square not suited," indeed, for a commemoration of NELSON ! What are this egregious young Lord's notions of suitableness and appropriate adaptation ? And the vicinity is too " densely peopled," is it ? Would this profound Com missioner have the companions of NELSON regaled in holes and corners, as if it were some paltry, petty, shuffling affair of managing a sham election for a ducal pocket borough ? Densely peopled ! "In GOD'S name," we say, " would that such a banquet could be given in the presence of ten millions of his and our fellow countrymen, that they might impress their children and their connexions with the honour rendered to one of the most devoted and disinterested champions of their country's greatness ! And, finally, this Lord of a peaceful bureau in Whitehall-place is afraid of " dis turbances ensuing" among the people, should these gallant tars be assembled at a banquet to toast the memory of NELSON. Well there might be popular manifestations of scorn, and displeasure, and disgust, at the unaccountable possession of power by a Go vernment which can be thus oblivious of the undying claims of NELSON'S renown upon his country's grati tude, and thus impertinently offensive in disparaging, by anticipation, the conduct of those whom he had so often led to victory and honour. But if they had arisen, they might have been changed to merriment by the mere mention of these freaks of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S cautious Government, and poor Lord LIN COLN'S cautious Commissionership. We have only patience to add that, of the 4081. subscribed for the dinner, the balance in hand, after deducting expenses, cost of medals, &c. (a balance of 347/.) was ordered to be divided among the Pensioners, their widows, &c., to whom the dinner was to have been given. Whilst our French neighbours, under one of those accesses of political credulity which so frequently betray them into apprehensions very alarming to themselves, but very amusing to all the rest of the world, are endeavouring to inflate the Otaheite question into one of meditated universal empire, on our parts, in the southern hemisphere ; we propose to say a few words on a subject somewhat more grave, but considerably less palatable, we suspect, to their vicious appetite for Anglo-denunciation. O u r Parisian Contemporaries are so very earnest in their invectives, that we suppose ourselves bound, in courtesy, to assume that they really believe what they say,—and attach a bona fide meaning to what they write—touching the Society Islands. On this principle we collect that they imagine our con nexion with the affairs of Otaheite to subsist and be maintained for no other purpose but gradually to assume possession of the island, and to provide its government. That our interposition to protect the unfortunate POMARE from thebrutality of some obscure French officers, whose acts have been substantially dis avowed by their own Government, was but the cloak for a deeply formed plan for getting her into our own power, and dictating our own terms for her compulsory ac ceptance, under the hopeless restraint of our superior strength. That Mr. PRITCHARD, our Consul, in re ceiving and consoling the unhappy QUEEN, and re moving her under the safeguard of the British flag, and entering his Consular protest against the proceed ings of the French authorities, as contrary to the law of nations and derogatory to British bonour—was really animated by the desire imputed to him, of " raising a general insurrection in the island, for the extermination of all the French subjects inha biting it." That this gentleman (for whose imprisonment, in spite of all Lord ABERDEEN'S coaxable facility in bolting diplomatic apologies, we must yet have ample, express, and measured explanations or satis faction), was really exhibiting, in his own person a bad copy of " John of Procida," and getting up a miniature " Sicilian Vespers" among the tattooed aborigines of Otaheite. We must be content for the present to leave these lively fancies undisturbed ; for we are about to turn from this tiny speck on the great waste of the Southern Ocean, to which an accident, or the caprice of the French public, has attached so exaggerated an importance ; to the contempla tion of the present affairs of a magnificent empire in the East, held by this country in undisputed pos session, and impinging largely, with its boundary lines, on the vast continent and seas of Asia. An inspection of the " Accounts respecting the Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements of the East India Company, for three years, 1839-40, 1840-41, 1841-42" (ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on the 16th of July), would go far, we con ceive, to disabuse the most determined enemy of per fidious Albion, in the Paris journals, on the subject of our interested attentions to the successor of TA MEHAMEA It would be quite out of place to enter, here, into any recapitulation, however brief, of the geographical position, extent, natural and political resources, pro ductions, population, &c. &c., of the several countries and nations comprehended under the jurisdiction of each of our Indian Presidencies. The very best test among practical men—of colonial possession and authority, is identified with the actual receipt and disbursement of enormous revenues. In our Presidency of Bengal, for instance, these are derived, mainly, from such undoubted evidences of paramount sovereignty and established power, as post office collections, stamp, mint, customs and excise duties, and the yield of particular branches uties that are farmed, such as land of revenue rev enu ; e those from the sales of salt and opium. To these may be added the equally significant attesta tions of political supremacy, furnished by ter ritorial receipts, as those from the "territory ceded by the Burmese ; subsidies received from the Nagpore Government; tributes from the Nizam, Rajhpoot, and other states ;" also the " charges" on the other side, including military, war, and marine charges. The same items, to a great extent, supply the ele ments of the return for the " North Western Provinces," late the Agra Presidency ; and in the accounts for " Madras," are added, among " revenues," " Subsidies from Mysore, Travancore, and Cochin." In the statement for the "Bombay" Presidency, we find the addition of " Subsidy from the Cutch Govern ment ;" and among the charges—for the Indian navy and marine alone, no less than 13,26,857 rupees. But what are the more striking results of this elaborate exposition of the affairs of this more than Imperial domination, mainly administered by a score of British merchants at home, and their confidential servants in the East, civil, political, and military, with civil, j udicial, and military staffs, invincible armies, com manded by some of the ablest officers in the world, and an admirable marine to uphold and vindicate their power ? In the first place, let us take " Charges defrayed in England, on account of the Indian terri tories in each of the four years, 1839-40 to 1842-43 inclusive." The " Dividends to proprietors of East India Stock " varied little ; the amount ranging from 625,8851. to 626,4771. per annum ; the value of " stores" consigned to India from 290,6771. to 333,0891. Steam-vessels (purchase and equipping) in the first year of this term cost 192,8291. in the last, 50,0091. Furlough and retired pay to military and marine officers, 488,7011. to 535,6081. per annum. Payments on account of her MAJESTY'S troops serving in India, from 150,0001. to 400,0001. a year. General charges from 514,6721. to 533,6971., &c. &c. The total for 1842-3 was 2,458,1931. The preceding year it was nearly 400,000/. more. In the second place, we take the " General Ab stract of the Revenues and Charges of India." The "revenues " of all the presidencies and provinces was for the last years 1842-3, no less than 17,164,8361. And notwithstanding the enormous outlay in cident on our operations and position in the countries north and west of the Indus, the total expenses, including the total of war; charges, were only 912,223/. in excess of revenue. This result may be considered as an irrefragible proof of the elasticity of the general Indian revenue, and the economy of its present arrangement. But when we take into account the almost inestimable value of the abso solute stock and plant of the East India Com pany in England, and in its Asiatic do minions, shipping, public buildings, warehouses, merchandise, munitions of war, &c., &c., and find that the " public debt for all the Presidencies bearing interest, on the 30th April, 1842, stood only at 34,378,288/., paying imerest, varying with its various classes, from 4/. to 61. per cent. (but on a small amount 0f17,000/., transferred from Fort Marlborough, paying 10 per cent.) and that the aggregate of this interest does not exceed 1,628,5251. per annum; we may well marvel at the grandeur and opulence of these vast establishments. Hers are their proprietary dividends regularly paid in England, t o the amount of 630,000/. and upwards per annum, a yearly charge of interest of little more than a million and a lalf; and a yearly revenue of 17,000,000/. and upwards—in the " charges" against which this interest and all the inconceivable burden of such armies in such a country, maintained on a war establishment are comprised ! Truly we may let the Parisian journalists amuse themselves with big words about Otaheite ! The Madrid journals of the 26th ult. all advert to what some of them call an attempted revolution. The lieraldo, a Government paper, thus describes the plot : "According to accounts which have reached us, Provi dence has just saved us from a frightful catastrophe—the plan said to have been in agitation was nothing less than to have set fire to the barracks, and, under favour of the first moment of confusion, to have assassinated the officers and the chiefs, and to have delivered up the city to all the horrors of a pillage. These horrible schemes have, however, been de feated by the zeal and activity of our military and political authorities, and the admirable fidelity of the troops. Amongst the persons arrested, is a nephew of Don Alonzo Cardera. " It appears nearly certain from all accounts, that the Exaltados had an idea of making some manifestation. They had made overtures to the sergeants of some of the regiments, and given them money ; but after they had got possession of the secret, and received the bribe, these men, faithful to their duty, communicated the affair to their officers, and thus pre vented the contemplated outbreak. Every precaution con tinues to be taken." The Castellano, another Government paper, doubts the story, but at the same time admits that the " entire population is in the deepest anxiety." And why ? Because they fear it is a scheme got up by NARvA.Ez, for the purpose of making further inroads on liberty. The editor of the ilionarquia has been found guilty of a libel on the Government. The ver dict against him was to this effect : " Guilty, with extenuating circumstances, and the editor is declared incapable of accepting a situation in the public service, and condemned to a fine of of 3,.500 reals." The Prince de JoINvILLE again sailed from Cadiz on the 23d, for Tangiers. On the 26th the Three per Cents. were quoted at 264- for 60 days. Ths intelligence from Otaheite has caused some sensation at Paris. Several of the journals publish the documents at length, and most of them have ar ticles on the subject. In general they infer that Mr. PRITCHARD was in the wrong, and consequently justify the French authorities. Even the Journal des Debats, the Government paper, takes that view of the affair, and we presume thus speaks the sentiments of M. GulzoT :—" It appears that immediately after the declaration of taking possession of the island was made by Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, Mr. PRITCHARD protested against it, and prevailed on Queen POMARR to take refuge on board an English vessel. Up to that time the British Consul acted within the line of his duty; but after he had protested, he should have waited for instructions from his Government. It appears, on the contrary, that Mr. PRITCHARD set about organising an insurrection against the autho rities which had been established ; that under his authority incendiary proclamations had been cir culated through the islands, and a party of the natives incited to take up arms. Acc()rding to the same accounts, M. D'AuEIGNY had declared martial law in the place, and taken every measure necesssary to repress the insurrection. The English correspond ence pretends that Mr. PRITCHARD had been guilty of no act of aggression, and had merely offered Queen POMARE an asylum on board a vessel of his nation. This is what we wish to see cleared up. One thing appears certain, that the French authori ties had arrested Mr. PRITCHARD for inciting the nation to disorder, and that he was only released on the application of the Captain of the Cormorant steam-frigate, who promised that he should not again land in the island. The Cormorant then sailed for Valparaiso, from which place Mr. PRITCHARD took his passage in the Vindictive. It is through Mr. PRITCHARD himself, no doubt, that the news given by the English journals has been communicated; and, consequently, it may be very well believed that the facts in question are exaggerated, or denaturalised. Besides, if it be true that Mr. PRITCHARD, after the taking possession was declared by the French Admi ral, organised an insurrection against the new autho rity, his incarceration and expulsion were perfectly consistent with: the laws of nations ; and from his known previous conduct, it is difficult for us to be lieve that he has maintained the neutrality which is attributed to him by the English press." The National, as a matter of course, highly com mends the spirit shown by Captain BRUAT in curbing the insolence and overbearing airs of English agents. The writer commences with apparent fairness and moderation, and ends with a malignant attack on England. The following extract shows the spirit which animates a journal that nothing short of war with this country will satisfy : " We admit assuredly as the first of the principles which govern international relations the inviolability of consular and diplomatic agents. Without this principle there would be no more security in those relations, and we should fall back into a state of barbarism. There is, however, a principle no less incontestible—it is, that diplomatic agents should respect the sovereignty of the power that receives them, shonld recognise its rights, and refrain from meddling with anything which may compromise the security of the State. These ideas are elementary, and certainly Captain Brunt and Admiral Dupetit Thouars havenot forgotten them. To pretend, as the English journals insinuate, that the Consul Pritchard was arrested, put into prison, and compelled to leave the island, without the most imperious necessity calling for such a measure, is to insult good sense, and mock at realities. It is evident that he had recommenced his attempts on the inhabitants, shame fully taking advantage of their ignorance, and persuading them that France, a poor country of the third rank, had no means of maintaining her rights; lie, in fact, persuaded the poor devils to take up arms to attack us. If such insolence be permitted, the treaties which unite nations may as well be torn up. Our representatives at Tahiti have acted as they should have done. They arrested this Pritchard, and they were right in so doing, they prevented his doing more mis chief by first arresting him, and then sending him off. These perpetual overbearing airs which are assumed by the Eng. lash agents towards us should at length meet their punish ment. The French do not go on their territory to defy their power, contest their possession, and oppose their conquests in all parts of the globe. We respect them where they are; let them in their turn respect us." The Presse calls Mr. PRITCHARD " a Figaro dis guised as a missionary," and the Constitutionnel eagerly seizes the opportunity for making an attack on M. GUIZOT " What will M. Guizot now do ? The disavowal of the conduct of Admiral Dupetit Thouars must be by this time known at Otaheite. What effect will be produced on the natives, again, perhaps, in insurrection, or recently brought under subjection, by the news of our obedience to the injunc tions of England? Will not the predictions of Pritchard be accomplished in their eyes? Who will henceforward answer for the tranquillity of the Society Islands? Is not our authority there for ever lost? It is stated that Admiral Hamelin, who is to supersede Admiral Dupetit Thouars, has sailed in the Virginia. What joy and triumph for Com modore Nicholas, and for the English officers who have taken part against the French Admiral, to see him replaced at the very moment of their menaces, and amidst the insults of the entire EnOish press! And what a ridiculous and impossible mission is not M. Bruat charged to accomplish, if lie must reinstate the Queen, after the vigorous blow which has just been struck ! He is pub licly involved in the responsibility of the acts of Admiral Dupetit Thouars, which he has followed up and exceeded. The disavowal falls with still greater force on him. M. Guizot, the taker of islands, has been as unfortunate in his enterprises as in his concessions. He has wished to make himself a conqueror, and he has not dared to lay his hand, altogether and without reserve, on some islands of savages. He has again become pacific, and his complaisance has raised a fresh cause of division between France and England. We do not possess Tahiti, and yet we are at war there ; we have disavowed the acts of our Admiral, and the English are about to demand reparations from us ; we have humbled our marine and yet that za not enough. It is certainly impossible for a Government to act with more skill, good fortune, and glory !" The English papers containing Sir ROBERT PEEL'S words, " a gross outrage, accompanied by a gross indignity," will make some stir among these advo cates for war. In the Chamber of Peers, Viscount DUBOUCIIAGE, one of that party complained of the little attention paid by the Government to the public feeling on various points of foreign policy—such as the disavowal at Otaheite, the affairs of New Zealand and La Plata, and the right of search. He also re ferred to the case of the English Consul at Algiers not having yet demanded his exequatur. Count DE ROSSIERES thought it childish to raise a question of dispute or discussion about the exequatur, when the country to which that Consul belonged had acknowledged the right of France to her conquests in Africa. He adduced the case of the establishment of Belgium as an independent kingdom in 1832, when the French Government, though certainly well inclined towards that country, never thought of renewing the authority by which her consular agents were acting there. He would state another remarkable example. In 1828, when Don MIGUEL went to Portugal to espouse his niece, the French Government refused to recognise him ; but at the same time, not wishing to let the interests of the French people suffer from this state of things, it sent a Consul-General (M. DE LESSEPS) to Portugal, to watch over these interests, and this agent regularly performed his mission, in spite of the non-recognition of Don MIGUEL. Therefore, he would maintain that, as the two cases were precisely similar, there was no necessity for the English Consul at Algiers to be provided with the exequatur of the French Govern ment. It was understood that the business of the session would close at the end of the week, and the prorogation take place on Monday. THE BOURSE—THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cznts ...• .. 121 45 .. 121 45 .. 121 30 .. 121 30 Four per Cents. • .... 106 50 .. 106 50 •• 106 50 .. 106 50 Three per Cents..... 81 70 .. 82 .. 81 65 . • 82 Bank of France 3115 ..3115 3115 ..3115 Lafiltte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o • • 1120 ..1115 .. 1115 Belgian Fives,lß3l.. 1840 105 f • • 105; .. .. 105 f 1842 •• 108 i .. Ingf .. 108 f .. 108 f Spanish Threes Portuguese Five per Cents • • 431 .. 431 .. 43i • • 431 Neap01itan............ • Roman . 1031 .. 104 .. 1051 .. 104 RAILWAY SHARES. 243 75 .. 243 75 .. 242 50 .. 242 50 Uonen to Havre— ..... •• 760 .. 760 .. 757 50 .. 757 50 Orleans ............. 9BO .. 980 .. 978 75 .. 988 75 Strasburg to 8a1e...... Avignon to Marseilles.. 765 765 . 765 .. 765 RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, 2n OF AUGUST. St. Germain Versailles, L. 8............ 242 50 .. 242 50 .. 242 50 .. 242 50 Rouen to Havre.......... 760 .. 760 .. 757 50 .. 757 50 Orleans' .. 978 75 .. 980 .. 977 50 .. 977 50 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 238 75 .. 238 75 .. 237 50 . 237 50 Avignon to Marseilles.-- 766 25 '.. 767 50 .. 765 .. 765 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15Th OF AUGUST. Versailles,L.B.. ...... 243 75 .. 243 75 .. 242 50 .. 243 75 Orleans ..... .......... 985 .. 985 .. 985 .. 985 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 238 75 .. 238 75 .. 238 75 .. 238 75 ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. HAMBURGIL JULY 30.—The Berlin Papers bring more particulars relative to the attempt on the life of the King of Prussia. Their Majesties arrived about noon on the 26th at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, where they stopped for a short time, and arrived in the evening at Christianstadt, and at seven in the morning of the 27th proceeded on their journey to Erdmansdorff. We learn from a letter of the King's own band, dated Frankfort, that his Majesty was perfectly u ell, and we have the more pleasure in communicating this intelligence since it appears that his Majesty was actually struck by one of the balls, which, thanks to God, only grazed his breast, where it has left a red spot. When the inhabit ants of Frankfort were informed of the King's providen tial escape, they assembled in crowds to welcome him, and resolved to offer thanksgiving , in the church. The Queen. too, was well, though deeply affected. The Prussian Gazette publishes in its official part, two addresses to the King, dated the same day on which the atrocious attempt on his life was made. One is from the Chief Burgomaster , the Burgomasters, and Mu nicipal Council ; the other from the other Magistrates. They both express in the warmest terms their abhorence of a crime of which the Prussian territory offers no pre vious instances ; their joy at their Majesties safety, and the grateful feelings towards Divine Providence for its manifest interposition. His Majesty, who appears to be in the most perfect health, and in good spirits, received the deputations from his loyal" capital with the Queen at his side, in the most gracious manner, and replied with visible emotion to the address of the Burgomaster in pre senting the address. The concluding words of his Ma jesty's answer were remarkable, and will be deeply im pressed in the heart of every Prussian :—" Nothing can shake my confidence in my people, and, least of all, such an attempt. My relation to my people remains as before. I lay my head without apprehension in the lap of any individual." The person who presented the petition to the Queen is the daughter of the assassin. THIS DAY S NEWS. UNION-HALL.--(THIS DAY.) The night charges were more than unusually numerous this morning, and occupied the attention of the magistrate, Mr. Trail!, a considerable period. The charges consisted of drunkenness, rioting, and abusive language. Mr. Trail, in most cases, inflicted fines, varying in amount from 40s. to 55., or, in default of payment, from seven to fourteen days' impri sonment. Robert Skinner, a most expert thief, and a character well known to the police as a professor of teaching juvenile thieves in the art and mystery of diving into gentlemen's pockets, was brought up in the custody of police-constable M 101, for exercising his calling in the High-street, Borough, and " sounding" the pockets of several gentlemen. The po liceman informed the magistrate that, knowing what a skil ful and experienced character he had to deal with, he -watched his motions for a length of time, and at length caught him in the act of lifting up the tails of a gentleman's coat. Mr. Them, informed the prisoner that he was in a fair way as a candidate either for the gallows or the penal settlements, and sentenced the prisoner to fourteen days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. Ann Harris., a prostitute, residing in a common brothel of the lowest description, in Vine-court, Tooley-street, Borough, was committed for twenty-one days to the House of Correction, for robbing a sailor of his jacket. " Jack" informed the magistrate that now he had not got a shot in the locker, and he must go to sea again. James Sadler, a news-boy, in the employ of Mr. James Norris, bookseller and newsvender, of High-street, Camber well, was charged with embezzling various sums of money, received from different customers. Mr. Norris, in answer to a question from the magistrate, said he did not wish to carry the case to the sessions. The prisoner was dismissed with an admonition from the magistrate. r........._...- -- _____- .., , / - - • 4: .- -:•::.,. , ..,• 4 („i i . ••••• 4,, ,-% %. 1 , •• 1 ,, „,.,..•.A 4 „,/, .. •*.i. flor'''' , 411 LI II ! * . 7 '-' .L . ‘,.. t' - q Nu r , - s - 1 " ' ' big V , 14. Z. • *v.'. , Ir. I. 01/4. MONE W AND COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A large amount of business was done in Cotton at Liver pool yesterday at fully previous rates. Sales 7,000 bales. Shares were very good, especially for Midland Counties. Eastern Counties were again heavy. Birmingham and Gloucester, 111 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 56i ; Chester and Holy head, 5i ; Dublin and Cashel, 5i ; Eastern Counties Perpetual, 11. 14s. 4d. ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven, 121. 3s. 9d. ; Grand Junction, 2201 ex-div. ; Ditto, Half, 111* ; Great Western, 138 ; Ditto, One-Fifth, 25 ; Liverpool and Man chester, 115 ; Ditto Quarter, 57 ; London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 384; Ditto Quarter Shares, 27 ; Ditto and South Western, 87a ; Midland Counties, 1091 ; North Union, ex div., 134; Sheffield and Manchester, 82; South-Eastern, 38* ; Ditto New, 9i ; Trent Valley, 9i; Lyons and Avignon, IL 18s. ; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 14s. There are but one or two arrivals, and these bring nothing of general interest The following is an analysis of the circulation returns made up in last night's Gazette, for the four weeks from June 22 to the 20th ult. : ENGLAND. Bank of England, Now £21,448,000 Last time 20,634,000 Increase Private Banks, Last time...... 4,743,057 Now Decrease Joint-stock Banks, Last time ... .............. Now Decrease 324,778 SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private and Joint-stock -Banks, Last time Now 2,903,322 Decrease . 214,666 IRELAND, Bank of Ireland, Last time Now 3,488,300 3,440,700 Decrease Private and Joint-stock Banks, Last time 2,080,277 Now 1,974,284 Decrease . ... 105,993 Bullion, Last time 15,898,000 Now Decrease . £413,000 Stocks are quiet again to-day. Consols 991 99*, i and Ex chequer Bill s 76 5. t o 78 s. premium . B an k Stock s 1994 to 200*, and India Stock 285. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realise 101 i to 102. Spanish droop still. The Five per Cents. are 22i 24, and the Three per Cents. 33* to 33g. Mexican bring 36*, Colombian 13i, and Brazilian 84 to 84i, being dull. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 61i. Shares are very steady, except the French lines, which are rather flat. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) • Bank Stock, ... ...... ..... s 199% 200 m S per Cent. Reduced . Annuitie 100% 100 3 pez Cent. Consols. Annuities 99a/ 1 4 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities 10 3' '102% New 33i, per Cent. Annuities ....... 101% 102 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 ....... 12% 9-16 India Stock South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Exchequer Bills, I%cl. 134 d 1 0004..«.«.»..76 7B pm. 1001.. ! ..„ ..... .. .. ..... 76 78 pm. . Ditto .......... „.. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 103% Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Dondo, 6 per Cent lo4)u Columbian Bonds Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 363( Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. • Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account 443 f1 Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840. ........ ....- Ditto for the Account ........... ...».......... Ditto Three per Cent. ........ •••••••••••••••••••••• Ditto for the Account 2 3%% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 Dutch 23y per Cents 61% Dutch 5 per Cents.. ....... .. .... -....»... ..... ......." MI %%% New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1837) PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester Dublin and Casbel..-... ........ ...... 236 5% to 6 Eastern Counties ••••••••••••••••••••• 23 •... ..... 12% to Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. 8d...».. 13%% ... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 65 to Great Western ..»....».».»........ 75 Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths l2 25% to Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham. Dit o 4 Shares 2,7« ..... 27% ... to London and Blackwall 1574 ••.... 750.7••• to London and Greenwich (Prefetence) 18% London and South Western 41% B9 ....... to 88 Ditto Eighths 3 London and Croydon a % ..» ti % to Ditto Scrip lO Manchester and Leeds 7O — ..- ..... to Ditto % Shares 3O ........ 51 Ditto % Shares '2 Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Ditto % Stares Midland Counties Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 North British 234 Northern and Eastern 45 60 to Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover ......... 3254 38% to Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland .....».. 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ...... ... 2% to— Paris and Orleans. 2O. 9B 4% Paris and Rouen 2O ..... .... 38%34 ... to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 2.—There has been but little business done to-day, though late prices are, well maintained, and the market closes firmer. London and Birmingham, 231 • Manchester and Leeds Half Sh ares , 49 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 54i ; Manchester and Buxton, 365. 6d. to 375. ; Preston and Wyre, Five per Cent. guaranteed, 24k; Ditto, and Dividends, 37k. FRENCH RAILWAYS.—The Courrier du Nord states that the transit trade of the north of France has already begun to benefit by the system of international railroads. Large quantities of goods have already arrived at the Valen ciennes station from Germany, en route for Havre, for ship ment for America. One train alone lately brought silk goods for that country to the amount of more than 600,000 f. Pre viously to the opening of the railway these goods were for vfarded via ~Tolld, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'Clock. PRIVATE BILLS. Sir J. YARD E BULLER, in the absence of Mr. Escott, moved that there be laid before this House:a re' turn of the private Bills which in the present session have been treated as opposed Bills, together with the number of days which the Committee on each such Bill has sat, the names of the Members selected, and th e number of days on which each selected Member has served on such Committee, number of petitions for Bale presented in conformity with the sessional orders, num" ber of petitions for leave to present a petition, nunalg t of petitions referred to the Standing Orders Committee, number of cases in which the parties were alloived to proceed with the Bill, number of Bills read a first time' number of Bills read a second time and committed, e n nuffiber of Bills reported.—Ordered. The Marriages (Ireland) Bill was read a third ti me and passed. The House then went into Committee on the Insol vent Debtors Bill. The compensation clauses we'' .. brought up and agreed to, and the House having sumed,•the report was ordered to be brought uP 0° Monday. The Arms (Ireland) Bill was read a third time fir) passed. The report on the Transfer of Property Bill w 59 brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday at Twelve o'clock. t , The report on the Charitable Donations an d Beque e Z (Ireland) Bill was also brought up and agreed to, yfteu several verbal amendments had been made. The Bt was ordered to be read a third time on Monday Twelve o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord Villiers, introduced by Mr. G. W. Hope and Mr. Cripps, appeared at the bar of the House, baring been returned for the borough of Cirencester. .- 111 ., Noble Lord came to the table, but he was not sworn,'" he had omitted to bring with him the necessary doer meats respecting his return. He did not, therefore/ take his seat, but will do so probably on Monday. The House adjourned at twenty minutes past Two" o'clock. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-G.B.u.DEN. The supplies of both fruit and ve ge t a bl es o f h om e grar t ' b were very extensive; while the import s f rom France, liCh land, &c., have been unusually extensive. Generallf speaking, the trade was steady at the followi n g prices: 6 " d New Potatoes, from 4s to 6s 6d per cwt ; Onions, 1s , e to 2s 6d ; Turnips, 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; and Carrots, 4s 6d to ; per dozen bunches ; Walnuts, for pickling, is 9a 3s; Spinach, 6d to Is ; Gooseberries, is Gd to 3e 3 1; Currants, 2s to 4s ; Plums, 2s to 6s; Broad Beans, Is 0 , is 9d; Peas, is 6d to 3s 6d; Apples and Pears, to 3s ; and French Beans, 2s to 3s per half sie, l o Oranges and Lemons, 8s to 14s per 100; Pine APP . !..,d (English) 4s to 7s ; Hot-house Grapes, ls'6d to ss; Cherries, 2d to 6d per lb ; Pine Apples (Foreign and Colouj!".; 6d to 4s ; and Melons, 2s to 5s each ; Peaches and lw". tarines, 6s to 12s ; and Cabbages, 6d to is per doze s ; Strawberries, 3d to 8d; and Raspberries, 4d to Sd P 25 pottle ; Cucumbers, 2d to 8d per brace. Horse-radish, 9,1 to 6s per bundle ; Small Salad, 2d ; and Mushroolusw to is per punnet; Radishes, 4d . to 8d per dozen hands; Lettuces, is 2d to Is 6d per score. HUNGERPORD. did Our market was tolerably well, but not heavily suPr i d with fruit, meat, vegetables, &c. ; while the general deffl,,g was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to those ro r " in the other metropolitan markets. NEVTGATE AND MEADENSAZZ. pt , Although the supplies were good, most kinds of meat C O manded a ready sale, at fully previous rates :—Beef, froT s j, 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s to ss; 1 e 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 10d per 81b5 carcase. There was only a limited business doing in Poilii 4 v 3; here, at barely late rates. Chickens sold at from 2s 9d Wm; Ducklings, 2s to 3s; Goslings, 4s to 6s; Pigeons, 3d to lv"" and Rabbits, 10d to is 6d each. NEWPORT. Prime Mutton was in active demand a t full pric „A. 4 4; otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef from 2s 4d to 3 . 9 + ,49 Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 4s t o s s; V ea l, 3 3 4d 4d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81bs. nxLmnirGSGATE. ale Oa Although we had a large supply of fish on s trade was somewhat active :—Turbots, 8s to 15s ; Cod te r* Is 6d to 4s ; Haddocks, 2d to 6d ; Brill, ls to 3 8 6d ; Lobs 2 j ; 6d to 3s 3d; Whitings, 2d to 4d; Scate, 6d to IS f o; Plaice, 4d to 9d; Mackarel, 4d to 8d; Salmon, 6,z1 to Per and Eels, 4d to 8d per lb. Red Herrings, 16s to 2 43 barrel. WHITECHAPEL. .re g We had only a limited demand here, yet prices 0 0.• nerally supported. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, or gy to 38 8d ; Lamb, 4s to 5s ; Veal,:ps 4d to 48 4d ; and' . 2s 4d to 3s 10d per 81bs. BREAD. 0 1;1 The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis tal 7d to 8d; of Household ditto, 6d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDE MARKET. 1 ,6(0 Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and 5s 4d to 5s 10d; middling hides, 4s 6d to 5s 2d; i n f er ior 03 6 48 to 4s 4d. She e p an d C a lf Ski ns , a t p er skin—lt, j ogy Calf, 6s 6d to 8s 641; shearlings, 8d to is 4d ; and Lamb is 2d to is 6d each. HAY MARILETS. 47 tlO r SMTI7IFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 3 ,-0 , ful ditto, 41 4s to 41 Ss ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ lOs to 4 ,; Sg; Clover Hay, 515 s to 6/ 6s; Oat Straw, 11 6s to ".41, Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 108 per load. A moderate sorr and a steady demand, at full prices. 0 1 CUMBERLAND.-Coarse Meadow Hay 3/ 18s to 4140 ; 4 ful ditto, 4/ 5s to 4/ 12s •, fine Upland ditto, 4 / 1 ' to es Clover Hay, 4115 s to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 11 91; 0 1 Straw, 1110 s to 1/ 12s p er l oa d. S upp l y tolerably g°6l trade firm. WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3115 s to 4 1111; ful ditto, 414 s to 4l 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 41100 to 1 1 01 ' Clover Hay, 5/ to 61 108 • Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to and Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Both bB. straw moved off freely, at our quotations. CV er New Meadow Hay sold at f rom 3/ t o 41 ; an d New 3118 s to 51 per load. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDO The Wheat trade still remains very inanimate ; the So! are firm in demanding last week's prices, but where sa l r e 0 effected a small reduction has to be submitted to. The" no material alteration in the value or demand of other des of the trade. Per qr. of 60Ib. to the b usiel tli lf :il Errs*. 4 90'14 Wheat Suffolk, ESseX, and Kent Red....... —to a 61 ig Ditto ditto White... 5 7 .il it Norfolk. ...... .......,.......- Ditto ditto . ... ..... White 5 3 46 4 Lincolnshire and Cambridge ... Red__ 49 4 9 4 9 Ditto ditto White....- 52 4 1 t i Yorkshire........ . . ......... .... Ditto ditto White... 53 41 g F0r•ign•................--- Ditto ditt0............ White —s4 10 /0 0 33 Per quarter 0 30 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ..... .......... ............ Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ai 0 11 Grinding ..... 50 p el: Foreign ..... 0000000 0000000 $2 Per qr. f 631 b. tot. Beans, Small fine 00000000 •••••••••••••• 00000 •••••••••••••••••• 57 # Ticks 36 Foreign Oats, Potaio and Poland —s s wstoef j : Ild. to 1230., Fcrcign —d, to .—d. Pe; LC J Sholling • 6s. to —, Od. Pe; I ,co, Malt ..... „ ......... . 403. fine 431. Pe lt Rapeseed.... ............ 271.05. '2Bl. Os. —l. 01. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS Des LONDON, AUG. 3.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze, Wlt rain at times. DEAL, AUG. 2. A.M.—Wind W.N.W., fresh and s c ljilr et W.N.W. to W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Apollo , Grenada; Somersetshire, Quebec. Sld. her MajestY's s tead Rhadamanthus, Newport. Ir ~ 0 . PonTsmouru Auo.2.—Wind W.N.W. to WS. •• wit ,1 Stadt Groolle, Surinam for Amsterdam, leaky, and of sails and bulwarks ; Truant, Lewes, Montre s ' o n Monarch, Calcutta. The Vittoria, from Quebec, i n , 1 0 into the harbour to-day, ran foul of the steamer Bru n' fot and carried away the latter's bowsprit, &c. W•l.lg. • BUDE, AUG. 2.—lt has been blowing a gale at the last day or two. 1 1 GLOUCESTER, AUG. 2.—Arrd. New Eagle, St. Job il* Sid. Collina, Quebec. SWANSEA, AUG. I.—Arrd. Underley, Bouden, Cnu7 11111.Fonr), AUG. l.—Arrd. Maria, Corragal, r jt OFF EASTBOURNE.—Thomas Jones, Hamilton, 3 . 1 , 8 "4. OFF WEynounr.—Wel li ngton Chadwick, NeW teh' OFF DARTMOUTH, AUG. I.—A' Dutch bark, roun d and deeply laden. FALMOUTH, AUG. 2.—Wind W. S.W., m odera , — fr is,,, her Majesty's ship Crane, Plymouth. Sld. P Island; Vulture, Newfoundland. Off, Diana, W l ' l ot vannah, and proceeded for Antwerp. d • BRISTOL, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Feliza, Pike, Trinida (re st. Rowe, Quebec. Sld. Ellen Scott and British Que ell 'Artcl LrvEupoor, AUG. 2.—Wind W.N.W., fresb.- - pryS i o r Petersburgh, Wary end, New Orleans : Ottawa , Mobile ; Virginian, Allen, New York ; Cairo, gur"r a lce'o ton ; Teazer, James, Richebucto. Sld. Achilles , ,2 00 6 Christina, Ceylon ; Lady D oug l as , I c h a b oe ; Boston,Arr° 6- r f i y e• York ; Lama, China ; Countess Duch/01.'0e George, Queen of the Ocean, and Prince Charle s ' „eG Off, Adelaide and Horatio. an d U„. et 12 4 1 SP DUBLIN,AUG. I.—Sld. Transit, Nelson, and I SUNDERLAND, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Symmetry deny Quebec. yoly Hum., Aua.2.—Wind W.S.W., light.—Arrd. st. Dodd, St. Andrew's ; Brown, Quebec ; Jane, Gree ll ode" i d, CLYDE, JULY 31.—S1d. Ismatur, Calcutta ; G er ! 0 0 Stephen's ; Messenger and Lord Sidmouth, Quebec' Miramichi ; Asia and Pomona, Newfoundland. • pi, OFF CORK, JULY Pomona, 3l.—lodi Rae, Qtl the Bathurst. te f SLIGO, JULY 31.—Arrd. 0 1 5 ,q6e Clarendon, Quebec. The Pomona is ashore on te d co , grounds; assistance has been sent, and she is e%l 3ec night, aft EMOUTH, JULY er lightening. oie• GRAN 31.—Sld. Miramichi, D 3l-11°° 11 FUNERAL OF THE LATE SAMUEL FAI ST- 0 0 ' 1 09 k OF RICHMOND, SURREY.—OR Thursday last the,„, were a t e , the above lamented and much-esteemed gentlen'd„ 0 1 ;09 terred in a vault of the parish Church of Bichrin t he ! ° t ie. 4 , respect shown to his memory by the inhabitants c `,, t he e v l ,e4 in which he had so long resided and had discharge"st j usr 4 ,l of a faithful and active magistrate, was of the 111° , 0 dy e & and impressive character. The principal tradestourtoot their shops, and at their own request attended as — OO W1.',3 They, on foot, preceded the funeral procession ° P AM Id they considered to have been the benefactor an : t heY tc o of the poor ; and whom for a long series of .Yea r i s upe j . o o known to be among the most constant and liher3ef Ora , t ha of their various local charities. Mr. Paynter died tene d tbr rr with a serious attack of which he had been th rea a t s llsb t P last eighteen months; he had experienced sever, destli• se ceding attacks before that which terminated in jos We are glad to see that at last the ga-wethe°,!fl excited a very general and strong feeling aga li r t o f ht es tl3 o parts of the country. It is seen that the suPil`l ig p iooofis'a kept up, not for the landlord's sport, bi. 7.1, for 1; brole r• bee p, bares been fed at the expense of tha tenaut", as $ a ka hares, it is well known, consume as much 10011 e th e dnig. whei: uetw eell and we know of an instance ' in this county done to one piece of wheat only is estimated at u and 501.—Brighton Herald. 4 Sl' o 4 ali t TERMINATION OF THE PITME N tO ) DURHAM, AUG. 1.-..-( FROM A CORRESPONDS w rO , o -, itt exceedingly happy to inform you that sinc gol boo pitmen's strike seems to be at an end. The Senai je , en a he in numbers, and I have no doubt, f ro m what best authority, that in another week all tie col/m ti° in full operation.—Sleipping G gz ert Atli All the bathing' Western c°4l Qf 1 7: 1 .:ia are mull - of yi3itors. ';',:nces on the su _...*--..--•-• Ac e Ack er sail fc for M The mo mma ther Th Loui; seat i cf . th -Lo ret - ar lion. Th from Rich tow n in or at A to to near Drab 1001. Eari hay deca ston ensu is to hav i shire earl pro) wi n in? fiv e Las Egt tar] tiee( Il e fie all ate on WE, off Pr Ist; 14;