The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-29 00:00:00

WITS ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH AND ALFRED CROWQUILL, And a Portrait of BEAU BRUMMELL, from an Original Miniature. BThe SEPTEMBER NUMBER. Price I l f-a-Crown, of ENTLEY'S MISC a ELLAN Y, Will ain : THE FORTUNES OF THE Cont SCATTERGOOD FAMILY, By ALBERT SMITH. With an Illustration by Leech. Chap. XXll.—Vincent meets with some oldfriends,underunpleasant circumstances. Chap. XXl.—The Release and the Flight. Chap. XXXL—Mrs. Chicksand and Clara Scattergood are each alarmed by an unexpected visitor. Choice Fruit ; or, The Balanced Account. By Hilary Hypbane. Waterloo Liggins—The Bloodstained Conscience—The Brotherhood of Crime—The Gaol Chaplain ; or, a Dark Page from Life's Volume. The Legend of the Lamp. By William Collier. Baron Von Pfaffenberg. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill, with two Portraits in Glyphography. Farewell, and think of me. The Philosophy of Delusion. By the Irish Whiskey Drinker. The Blue Spinster. The Creation, a fragment. By W. B. Selwyn, Walpole, and Brummell. With a Portrait of George Brum men, from au Original Miniature. A Few Page. from my Journal In Greece, Turkey, and on the Danube. By C. F. Eyries Clinton. A Lonely Night on the Feldberg. The Physiology of London Life—London Fancies—The Fourth Estate—Sights of the Streets. By J. Fisher Murray, author o f " The World of London." The Man in Difficulties. By H. R. Addison. Thou art like the Lily's fragrant Bell. By 11. B. K. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOU'SE. Under the Management ot s. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant !! I To attempt to eu'ogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps fur Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, con t en t s i t se lf b y simply stating that it will Le repeated every Evening ! THIS EVENING, AUG. 29. Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinlocb, Turner, Stanton,Yarn o ld, J. W. Collier, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For teseue. 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. vaginas' founded on the celebr a t e d E astern P a l e, i n the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha tacters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier. and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli fge Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mi ss T urner, M i s J ames, Miss Carson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reeds, &c., &c. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes. 4 - Upper Boxes, 35.; Pd, 2.5.'; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony B o nes, es. ; Upper Boxes, Is 644 - . ; Pit. Is. Private Boxes on the B sle•my Tier (holding eight p ersons ) , Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit "rier (holding six persons), One Guinea. The Box_ iftice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec. Lion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent garden Theatre. sof the objects to be more particularly examined in its course ; the rapidity of his movements ; and his careful economy of time—we cannot forbear from remarking that the Prince of PRUSSIA worthily emulates the example of the numerous Royal and Im perial visitors who have lately, from so many parts of Europe, paid their respects to her Majesty the QUEEN, and been introduced to some of the most notable portions of her MAJESTY'S dominions. Let us censure as we will the too frequent apathy of Sovereigns, and the profound ignorance in which, till the close of the last century, the scions of Royal Houses were too generally brought up—it must be allowed, to the credit of most of the Illustrious Princes and Royal personages who have lately re paired to this country in such numbers, for the grati fication of a laudable, and perhaps we might add, a respectful curiosity, that, whilst their intellectual abili ties and attainments have been at least equal to the average of those possessed by the individuals com posing the distinguished circles which have received them here, their physical energies, endurance of fatigue, and bodily activity, appear to have been greatly superior to those of their most Illustrious hosts. But we advert to the Prince of PRUSSIA'S visit to Liverpool for the purpose of congratulating his Royal Highness that he has thus been enabled to compre hend, at his leisure, one of the broadest and most en during bases on which is raised the stupendous struc ture of English greatness. To have recalled to the Prince's memory the military prowess and renown of England.would have been a work of supererogation in deed. The triumphs of Prussia and England in al liance could not be forgotten by the immediate de scendant of FREDERICK WILLIAM—of the Sovereign of BLUCHER and the friend of WELLINGTON—were there no more recent voices to proclaim it in thunder from the mountainous recesses of Central Asia, or the shores of Syria or of China—prolonging the echoes of its mighty victories on the plains of Hindostan, or its yet more signal successes in the heart of France, on the fertile soil of Belgium, in the wide territories of Spain, amidst the fastnesses of Portugal, or the plains of Italy. To have detained the Prince by the preparation and parade of military reviews would have been to regale him with anything but novelty ; and the precision of tactics achieved by the soldiery of his own country, had left little to be surpassed, perhaps equalled, among that of our own. To the presumptive heir, however, of a Continental Monarchy, essentially and inevitably a military State, in the strictest sense of the term, such an exhibition as he has witnessed at Liverpool of the resources of peace, accumulated in a single outport of that kingdom which has established itself in the foremost rank of nations as pre-eminent in naval and military strength and success, must have been a noble and an instruc tive spectacle. From that boundless commerce which visits every habitable region of the globe, and in its dealings with all the families of the human race that are adjacent to any ocean shore, at once supplies the wants, and civilises the manners, and ameliorates the existence of the most miserable denizens of unre claimed barbarism, England derives the opulence that has enriched without corrupting her, and main tains the spirit of that never-ceasing energy, and re news the energies of that never-relaxing industry, which render innoxieus and immeasurably beneficial to her the wealth, the luxury, the grandeur, which to natives of more voluptuous or less healthful tem peraments have been speedily and signally destruc tive. This physical activity reacts upon the moral character of her social system and its institutions. These do not stagnate, or retrograde, as in less for tunate countries, but are impressed with the same tendencies to a salutary and sustained onward move ment—not to wild and destructive impulses, the course of which no man can calculate. Capital, and the proneness to accumulate it, have done much of their evil work among us, as they have done among other nations ; but they have also produced more good, more happiness, more stability for institutions and laws, than they can be shown to have accom plished in any other case recorded in history. The same causes, that in their operation have raised us to our present greatness, in their per manency will advance us yet further and further on the march of national prosperity. The same effects which, so wonderfully developed in our fortunes and position, are at this moment inciting so large a mass of the French people to the most extravagant and pitiable indications of jealousy and envy and resent ment, will continue to accumulate, in peace, our re sources for the demands of war, Be that disastrous casualty (we pray) far distant ; but come when it may, those foolish and incendiary spirits who find it so easy a task to sound the tocsin in Paris for a general outbreak into hostilities with Britain, will find that they have invoked a slumbering giant, who may not be disposed, on the occasion of a wanton and reckless experiment on his repose and his dignity, to repeat the ill-remembered, and worse requited, forbearance and generosity which he manifested for a beaten, though valiant foe, when twice within one twelve month the event of war had placed the capital and the national independence of that foe at his mercy. But it is lost time, we fear, to reason with that unprincipled and extensive party which is doing its utmost to pre cipitate France into acts of insult and aggression which can only terminate in her own chastisement. It is not a fidgetty young Admiral's bootless bombard ment of the ruined walls of one African fortress, or his still more questionable "destruction" of another, accomplished, we have reason to believe, in a manner not the least " lubberly" (as the sailors would say), on the records of naval expeditions—which is to justify us in assuming that a whole nation, at his back, can be so weak, or so absurd, or so flagitious, as to daily with his passion for anti-Anglo notoriety, by involving the peace of Europe in a war between France and England. But we really see so much childish excitability on these matters about some of the French journals, professedly of very extensive circulation and influence, that we may not reason on the improbability —still less the impossibility—of a rupture, because of either its wanton recklessness or its infinite folly. In this feeling we would beg to direct the attention of our own Go vernment, and their official authorities, to the ,trong representations which some of our letters from the outports make as to the utterly defenceless con dition in which Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Sheer ness will be left, if, on the withdrawal of the present guard-ships, whether by putting them in active com mission or otherwise, they be not immediately re placed by powerful line-of-battle ships. There is a crisis at which every dictate of common prudence and sound policy suggests that the most ample and effi cient provision for the protection of our shores, espe cially at these points, against any hostile surprise, should be made. Men of all parties will vindicate and confirm any indispensable expense such provision may entail. Good faith, as a natural security, in dealing with some of the spirits arrayed against British great ness, is less to be depended on than ropes of sand or roofs of brown paper. Besides, though the mischief which may be committed, may be very little in amount, there is no reason why we should not be spared the expense, through merely assuming that attitude of preparation we ought never to abandon till something more of fair dealing, of common honesty, and of ' —not wordy and conventional—honour, shall ,way the councils of France and its public mind, if ,hat is to be collected from its journals. Let us be thus prepared, and we may safely predict no such at tempts will be made by our blustering neighbours, ven if the whole French press teemed with such in conceivable rhodomontade and schoolboy little com mon-places, to foreshadow the downfal of England —derived from a course of precedents gravely commenced with " SOLOMON and SESOSTRIS," and continued to "Louts XIV. and NAPOLEON," such as we have just been laughing over in the columns of the Gazette de France. The article would read like a squib from our facetious friend Punch, if it had only the ingredients of a good purpose, and a clever, spirited execution. In a word, the Parisians, at any rate, are fairly earning the application of TALLEY.. SAND'S caustic reflection of their own infatuated BounnoNs—" They have learned nothing, and they have forgotten nothing." For her own welfare and honour, and h er ran k among the nations, France must b oth forget her past reverses (they were of her own seeking), and leatrhnto).avoid them in f u t ure ( s h e i s now challenging em ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor ard Manager. Mr. BAT FY. Nightly overflows o the wonders to the wonders of Mr. Carter, the Lion King—Mr. Batty and Trained Saved Beda. THIS EVENING. AUG. 29, Will be repeated the Eastern Spectacle of MUNGO PARK; or, The Lion Tamer of the Niger. Karfa, the Arab, Mr. Carter, wh rein he will introduce his beautifu Iperformance with his trained animals, lions, tigers, Fsc., in the cage, and on the open stage drive a Boa in harness. Combats with the monarch of the forest, and other new extraordin ry feats. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with 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 rccent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. Acting and stage.m mager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box.ollice open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Nights of the Opera Corn pany. THIS EVENING, AUG. 29 Will be performed Ro ss i n i' s F a i ry Opera of CINDERELLA; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Alias Romer Miss Betts, Miss B. Terry, Miss Pe arson , M essrs. D. W. King, Leffler, E. L Rime. S. Cowe'l, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double Band and Chorus. After which, a New Operetta, written by J. B. Buckstone, and comps•ed by E. kitzw i lliam, E sq ., entit l e d a SUMMER N 14;1-IT'S LOV E, supported by all the Vocalists. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF THE GLEN. Places end Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. STRAND THEAT , IF. THIS , AUG. C 9, Will be performed MARTINE VENING CHUZZLEWI f. Young Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Rinoe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. AylifFe; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr A ttwood , Montague Fin, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mi. Biddies; Mr. PecksnilF, and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. H. Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. To be followed by THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. Mr. Mamma, Mr. Wright; Adele, Mrs. Montgomerie. After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, bein an Illustrated Version of Aladdin Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Pnneess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Two entirely New Pieces, and numerous additions made to the Company, including Mr. J. Hudson Kirby, Mr. Binge, Mr. T. IL Lacy, Mr. Aldridge, Mrs. W. West, &c., &c THIS EVENING, AUGUST :19. Will be performed a New uperatic Romance, entitled LA CATARINA or, The Diamonds of the Crown. H enr i ques , M r. T. H. Lacy; Rebelledo, Mr. Dale; Mugnoso, Mr. Aldridge; Diana, Min Hamilton; Catarina, Miss Vincent. After which, the laughable Farce of NO. Sir J. Doubtful, Mr. Seeman; Hurricane, Mr. James; Frederick, Mr. Binge; Lady Doubtful, Mn,s W. West. To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK ; or, The Lad that knew how many Beans made Five. Jollibuffa, Mr John Herbert ; Jack, Miss Vincent. Private Family Boxes, .£1 Is. Od. and Al Ili. 6d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and T l UftS DAY. throughout the Season, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS—FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS—UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Danson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled pro auction Is beyond all farmer precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea tion,....4 •re unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex. hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust; it should be seen :n 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 Mon 'ays, Tues days, Wednesdays. and Thursdays cormucted uy Mr. Godfrey, are upon a scale of snore than usual excellence; I.izt words fail In doing justice to the awful renresentation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its fearful ;:haracteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, that delight is predominant over terror; and the thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Soutbby, :he 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 rretro;solis. Doors open at Nine—Feeding ol the Animals at H4f.past Four— Concert at Half.past Five.—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. ONE SHILLING IMPORTANT NOTICE. Admission to TIIE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collaction of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, iii 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 has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Amba.ssaibrs, and their Ladies, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &e., his previous altnost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude it valuable Rata, and other curiosities, in this most •rstructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a Nationa: Museum. Mary thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS 01 the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ough to be seen by every oae. The price of Raab- Hon is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only At the "Egyptian Bell." Piccadilly, daily horn Tea till Dusk. THE WEATHER—Sum OFFICE, Ara. 29. TrizamonEETEß, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 65; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 30.2.—Wrim, S.E. Narn.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is sally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. P inning 33 minutes after 2 Evening ... 50 minutes after 2 Aug. 12." All the Spanish vessels of war, except one, had, in consequence of this arrangement, left Ceuta for Algesiras. The QUEEN, accompanied by her mother and sis ter, made her entry into Madrid at four o'clock on ;he morning of the 21st. The Three per Cents. were done at 27i at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20 at 48 days. The Paris papers, and especially those of the Op position, are loud in their praises of the bravery and skill displayed by the Prince DR JOINVILLE at Moga dore. The affair has caused quite a sensation through out France, and even Republican and Legitimatist journals begin to regard the Orleans dynasty in a more favourable light. There is no accounting for tastes, but really we cannot see what great cause there is for rejoicing. The Moors had no more chance against the French than the Chinese against the English. These primitive people are unable to contend against the skill and discipline of European warfare, and victories obtained over such contemptible opponents cannot furnish any test of military genius or real bravery. They are to be regarded with satis faction only as far as they contribute to peace, and the civilisation of barbarians. That was the light in which we viewed our successes in China, though England was contending with an empire containing a population of three hundred millions. France has attacked successfully a little empire containing a population of a few millions, yet the writers in the journals make as much noise about the affair as if the best troops of Europe had been conquered by a handful of Frenchmen. One of the Ministerial journals, it is true, is silent on the subject, but the other, the Globe, breaks forth in these strains : " There cannot be a heart unmoved at the multiplied recitals of the feats of arms of our soldiers and seamen. Three victories in nine days! On the 6th, Tangiers bombarded ; the 14th, 20,000 Moors beaten ; and on the 15th, Mogadore ruined and taken Such are the humiliations of France during the month of August. Let no one imdgine, however, that this will change a word in the language of the Opposition journals Their business is to have it believed that the Govern SECOND EDITION. ,norai ment is sacrificing the dignity of the country, and they will say so unceasingly. What do parties care about falsehood ? Dolus an virtus, quis in poste re quirat Such is their morality. These journals, too, are truly unfortunate in their predictions. They declared that England had forbidden our fleet to meddle with Tangiers, and it was there that it com- menced its operations. They said that England had interdicted the landing of a single man at Mogadore, and, lo! it is occupied ! As to the English press, it will allow, we hope, that our gunners have improved from the 6th to the 15th ; that, for ignoramuses, our pointers do not aim too ill ; and that, for cowards, our officers come close enough to the enemy." The Constitutionnel expresses equal satisfaction, and rejoices that the imputations cast on the naval tactics of th It is no very encouraging sign of the times when the memory of those w h o have suffered in the cause of freedom fails to excite a lively feeling of respect and gratitude in the mind of the community at large.-- The Scottish Reform martyrs—for it is to their case Le young Prince and his officers have received such a speedy and triumphant refutation. " This new feat of arms," says M. TRIERS'S journal, " ac complished by the Panics and our seamen, will im- pose silence, we hope, on the shameless correspon dents of the Times—on those malignets, full of envy and ignorance, whose gross invectives are disavowed by all honourable men. It is not probable that the bombardment of Mogadore will cause any satisfaction in England; but it will at least command, with re spect to our navy, that courtesy on which well-bred men of all countries pride themselves in similar cir cumstances. France will rejoice that at both extre mities of Morocco our brave men have entered on a struggle of honour and courage. Whilst Marshal BUGEAUD, with 8,000 brave followers, put 24,000 cavalry to the route, the Prince DE JOINVILLE was placing his foot on the soil of Africa, and battering down the old city of the pirates." " The bombardment of Mogadore," says the National, " was the necessary consequence of that of Tangiers, and the means of obtaining satisfaction could only be rendered efficacious by taking posses. sion of one or several points of the coast. We con gratulate the French authorities, whoever they may be, to whom the initiative of this resolution belonged, and we wait tranquilly fur the opinion of the English journals on this new feat of arms, which has added honour to our navy. There is, however, something in the dispatch that requires explanation. The Ad miral says that he has taken possession of the port, but he states afterwards that he has placed the port in a state of blockade. This appears to us to be a contradiction, for we do not understand why a port is to be blockaded when we are in possession of it." We give the following extract from the same jour nal, to inform our readers of the vast preparations made by England for a war with France We know not whether a war between France and England will or will not arise out of the present difficul ties between the two countries, but we cannot but think that it is high time to prepare for it. England is making the most active preparations, and the farce played off by the Whig orators in the House of Commons about the enfeebled state of the British navy must not be allowed to lull us into an insecure supineness. It is certain that England is actively arming and putting herself in a posi tion both to attack vigorously and to protect her foreign possessions. The fleet of Admiral Owen in the Mediter ranean is daily augmenting, and has now equalled in strength the squadron under the Prince de Joinville ; and, since the latter has received reinforcements, the English Admiral has applied to his Government, and two sail of the line have been ordered out. Besides this, we see from the accounts in the English papers that the most active preparations are making in all the English dockyards in bringing forward ships, and in a very few days several vessels of large size will be ready for commission. " For the last two months the Collingwood has been lying at anchor at Spith ea d, un d er or d ers f or t h e P ac ifi c, but Admiral Seymour still waits for orders, and it is more than probable that her destination will be changed, and that she will be sent to the Mediterranean. In addition to all these preparations for attack, the most diligent attention is being paid to those of defence. A com mittee has been appointed to inspect and report on the state of the defences of the coast, and orders hare also been dispatched to the colonies to urge on the authorities there the necessity of improving the state of their de fences, and in using every endeavour to prepare them selves for any event which may arise. The militia at Jamaica are also ordered to be called out, and go through a regular drilling, as w as done in time of war. " At Malta, which is considered impregnable, the Governor has issued orders with regard to the fortifica tions of the island. " According; to a morning paper, the Government has also come to an arrangement with Captain Warner for providing him with the means of testing his terrible dis covery. " When all these facts are brought together, we think we may, without rashness, conclude that the disposition of the English Government is anything but pacific. From 1830 to 1840, no instance of like activity was ever witnessed with our neighbours, and at the very time when England was at war in India, in China, and when the Eastern question was in agitation, preparations to such an extent were never made. England, it is there fore clear, anticipates war, and, if she anticipates it, it is clear she wishes for it ; and it will break out unless France is prepared to empty to its very dregs the cup of bitterness held out to her by her neighbour." A letter from Oran of the 17th gives the following details of the battle of Isly : "On the 14th Marshal Bugeaud, having no longer any hope of bringing the negotiations with Morocco to a friendly termination, and seeing the army, under the orders of the son of the Emperor, was augmenting daily, resolved to attack the Morocco camp, which had besides, on the 11th, sent some hundred sharpshooters to fire upon our outposts. As soon as his movement commenced the Morocco army deployed, and in a short time our, little army was surrounded by more than 25,000 cavalry. The action commenced in pretty good order, and the artillery of the two camps opened the combat. The artillery of the Moors, which was much more numerous than ours, was pretty well pointed. The affair being undecided, the Marshal ordered a general charge of cavalry, and in a few minutes our horsemen arrived close to the guns of the enemy, which are said to have been more than forty in number. Eleven re mained in our hands. The infantry came up in double quick time, and the victory declared itself on our side. The Moors were completely routed, and only sought safety in flight. The French had about 200 put hors de combat. Amongst the killed and wounded were seve ral officers. It was in the evening of the 10th that Mar shal Bugeaud was informed of the bombardment of Tangiers. We learn from the frontier that the people of Morocco, encamped not far from the army, have abandoned their territory, leaving the ground covered with rich crops." we are alluding—were men who, in days when Government was but another term for despotism, and prerogative was pushed beyond the limits of the Constitution, made a bold, unhesitating stand against the encroachments of authority and freely sacrificed their all in the patriotic, but unsuccessful endeavour to maintain the rights of the people unimpaired. Though beset by spies, and encompassed on all sides by dangers of the most alarming kind, their high moral courage never once deserted them ; and though they failed in their attempts to rouse public spirit to such a degree as might enable it to shake off the PITT and DUNDAS yoke, which then pressed so heavily on the best ener gies of the country, yet the example they set of pa triotic resistance to arbitrary power was not barren of good results, for it served in some degree to keep alive the flame of liberty which otherwise might have been wholly extinguished, and paved the way for that measure of Reform which was wrung from a reluctant aristocracy in the memorable year 1832. The memory of such men, there fore, should be held in profound reverence by their posterity, and it is, we repeat, no very aus picious sign of the times when a proposal to erect a public monument in their honour is received with comparative indifference. Such, unfortunately, ap pears to be the case at present as regards the Scottish Reform martyrs ; for though Mr. HUMS and those who think with him have been laudably zealous in their endeavours to awaken a proper feeling of grati tude in the public mind, yet we fear we must confess that they have hitherto failed of success, and admit with the Morning Post, that " the position in which the Martyrs' Committee find themselves placed is due mainly to the deficient sympathy of the people in their cause." Our Tory Contemporary, of course, chuckles hugely over this fact, but for our own part we regard it with no ordinary degree of apprehenssion. When public spirit is boldly and actively on the alert, there need be no great cause to dread the encroach ments of authority; it is only when it is tame and apathetic that results may be anticipated unfa vourable to constitutional liberty. 'We do not say that the PEEL Ministry entertain the slightest notion of in vading the acknowledged rights of the people, but were they inclined to do so, we fear that the temper ofthe times is such that they would meet with but a languid re sistance. For months past scarcely any stir or energy has been exhibited, whether within or without the walls of Parliament. The conflict of principles seems to be at an end, and the public mind has become as stagnant as the waters of a Dutch canal. The consequence has been, that during the session Ministers have carried everything their own way ; and judging from the cold, sluggish feeling manifested by the people for the last six months, we do verily believe that if Sir R. PEEL, was to come forward next year with a proposition for increasing the pressure of the income-tax, a few faint growls of dissatisfaction would be the utmost amount of hostility that would be brought to bear against him. If this political apathy on the part of the public were the result of a general and fast increasing state of prosperity, there would not be so much cause to deprecate it; but it is the result, rather, of distrust—of doubt--we might almost add—of despondency. Dissatisfied with the present condition of things, and bewildered with the extraordinary confusion, incertitude, and inconsist ency prevailing among parties, the people know not how to act, on whom to rely, or in what direction to make a decided move. They see Tories professing Whig principles, and Whigs every now and then ex hibiting a sneaking predilection for Toryism ; they see Radicals tame and acquiescent, and Chartists quitting one by one the field of political controversy ;—and seeing these strange things, they are naturally filled 'with distrust of all public men, a feeling to which must be attri buted their present state of lethargy, and calm and half contemptuous indifference. But it is not in the nature of things that this drowsiness should be of much longer continuance. A reaction must inevitably take place ere many months have elapsed, and when it does, 'Sir R. PEEL and his obsequious supporters will find that the time is come when they must abandon the system of expediency, and advocate something like a principle, if they would hope to maintain their station at the helm. Accounts from Madrid of the 21st inst. announce that the Emperor of Mozocco had yielded to all the demands of Spain, and that peace had been established between the two countries. Spain is to receive a compensation for the wrongs of which she complains, all the expenses are to be paid, and also an extension of territory on the side of Ceuta. The following letter announcing the fact appears in a Madrid jour nal. It is addressed by the Spanish Consul at Tetuan to the Governor of Ceuta : " Consular Agency of Spain at Tetuan. "I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the Pacha Sidi Ashash has had a conference with the agents and Vice-Consuls residing in this town, at which he communicated to them a letter from his Imperial Ma jesty of a very recent date, in which he congratulates himself in the most expressive terms on the perfect and sincere reconciliation that has taken place between Mo rocco and all other nations, except France. His Im perial Majesty expressly recommends to all the Go vernors and public functionaries to give every assistance and protection to the agents and subjects of those nations. The Pacha has invited me to communicate to you those tidings without delay, and to inform the captains of the feluccas of Ceuta that they may come to Tetuan in all safety. " ABNO itAPAN. The French Funds again fell on Tuesday about 35 centimes. The Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 25c., and the Fives at 120 f. 30c. THE e BOURSE -TUESDAY, Four AUGUST 27. First 120 50 .. 120 55 • 120 30 .. 120 40 Hi ghest Lowest Last Price. Pric e . Price. Price. 104 45 •• 10 4 45 • 104 45 .. 104 45 Three per Cents.•• 80 50 •.80 55 • 80 30 • • 80 30 Bank of France •. 3020 • • 3020 • 3020 .. 3020 Belgian Bank .. • • • • • • • • • • ... 660 .. 660 • 660 .• 660 French F r iv p p er erC Ctn nt. Belgian Fives, 1840. lO4 •• 1041 • 104 .. 104 i •• 1061 • . 1061 .. 1061 Spanish Active l . B . 4 . 2 . •••• :: :: :.• 1 ,;? •• 30 .30 •• 30 Threes ••• • • • ...... " • • 33 • 33 .. 33 Passive. •••••• • • • ** 61 '• 44 .. 5 1 • Of • • 5: Portuguese Five per Cents • • 44 .. 44 . • 44 Neapolitan .. Roman • • 104 8 •• 1041 .. 104 _ . _ ...._ ii •• 104 RAILWAY BILI REQ. St. Germain . Versailles, R. 8... .......... :7 3 0 2 80 .... 7 3 3 7 2 0 50 .... 730 .... 7303 L. 8.• •• 236 25 .. 235 .. 235 Rouen •..... . ..... .. •• •••• 950 •• 950 .. 950 .. 950 Rouen to Havre Orleans .... ..... •• •• -• •• •• 955 , •• 955 .. 946 25 .. 9 47 50 Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• •• •• 238 15 .. 238 75 .• 236 25 .. 237 50 Avignon to Marseilles•• •• RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF AUGUST. St. Germain •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 8 . 90 •• 890 .. 885 .. 885 Yersailles,R.B.•• •••• •• •• •• 3 7 0 •• 370 .• 370 .. 370 237 50 .• 237 50 .. 232 50 .. 232 50 Rouen . ••• Rouen to Havre•• ••••• • • • " 1 30 • • 730 . • 727 50 .. 727 50 Orleans ... .. •• •••• •• •• •• 955 •• 55 .. 947 50 .. 947 50 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 240 • .. 240 . 237 50 .. 237 50 Avignon to Marseilles ••• • • . 740 .. 740 .• 740 .. 740 MORTALITY IN THE MIIT ROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the last week was not above the average, though the deaths caused by certain diseases still exceed those of the last five years. The increase is chiefly in small-pox, scarlatina, and typhus. In the list of deaths from consumption there is a consider able decrease, the average being 146, while last week it was only 116. The number of deaths by small-pox is stated to be 47, being 36 above the average, but we have no return of the numbers that were vaccinated, and the mortality table for the last week, and also the preceding week, is very defective in reference to the most terrible disease that ever afflicted the human race. The deaths from violence are thus stated : Fracture or contusion, 8 cases, of which 6 were by falls ; drowning, 5 cases ; poison, 1 case ; hanging, 3 cases ; suffocation, 2 cases ; ,and burns, 1 case. Total, 15 males, and 6 femal es . Th e state of the barometer and thermometer require no notice, as we have given the daily observations in The Sun. According to the observations made at Greenwich, not a drop of rain had fallen during the last week. A YOUTH SHOT AT BATTERSEA-FIELDS.- -- On Saturday last, as a youth, named Daniel Evans, in the employ of Mr. Wetness, a distiller, was driving a horse and cart i n th e road near Battersea-fields, he suddenly received in hi s l e f t cheek and jaw the contents (shot) of a fowling-piece, discharged by a man who stood in the adjacent field, about twenty yards off. The youth was conveyed to Westminster Hospital, where Mr. Bowman, the house surgeon, succeeded in extracting the shot, and he is going on as favourably as can be expected. The lad states that he believes the individual to have aimed at a stray pigeon which had escaped from the pigeon shooting arena belonging to the Bed House Tavern ; and as soon as he perceived the mischief he had done, he eff ec t e d hi s escape through the arches of the South ampton railway, w hi c h h e was only a few yards from. A descripti on of him has been forwarded to the pol i ce. DETEEMI NED S UICIDE OF A FEDlALE. —Y es t er d a y Wakley, m.p., h e ld an i nquest a t the Yorkshire Grey, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, on the body of Louisa Stonor, aged 22, an unmarried woman. From the evi dence of the witnesses examined, it appeared that on Sunday ni g h t l ast deceased was standing with her ille gitimate child in her arms, near the river side, and was talking cheerfully with several of her acquaintances, amongst them being the reputed father of the child. She parted with them at twelve o'clock, bade them geod night, and said she was going home, but in a few minutes she asked a boy to hold her baby, whilst she went on. The boy did as he was requested, and while holding the child he heard her - raise a loud laugh, and then saw her rush to the extremity of the pier, and plunge into the water. A man in the barge saw her sink, and with assistance endeavoured to save her. Owing, however, to the darkness of the night, she was not seen to rise, and her body was not found until the next morning. None of the witnesses could give any reason for the deceased's suicide, as she was always of a cheerful disposition, did not suffer want, and had never shown signs of insanity. The Coroner, in summing up, asked the jury whether they could say, from the evidence they had heard, that the deceased had destroyed herself whilst in a state of insanity. The jury were of opinion that the evidence was not satisfactory upon that point, and returned a ver dict that the deceased destroyed herself, but i n what state of mind there was no evidence to show. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, X 844. MONEY AND COMMERCIALNE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was more business doing yesterday in the Liver pool Cotton market, and full prices were realised. Sales 8,000 bales, of which about 1,500 are for export, com prising 300 Surat, and 1,200 American. The total sale: were 400 Egyptian, at 6d to 9d ; 150 Bahia, at fid ; 350 Maranham, at 4id to skd; 200 Pernam, at 6d to 5-g; 600 Surat, 3d to 34d; and the rest American, at 3+ci to 51d per lb.—Shares were rather dull. Chester and Holyhead, 6j-; Eastern Counties, Registered, 1311; Glasgow and Ayr, 58 ; Grand Junction, 218 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 36i ; Birmingham, 2181 ; Lynn and Ely, 3 1 } ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 51. Bs. 9d. ; Midland, 106 ; North British, 3i ; South-Eastern, 38 1 ; Ditto, New, 12+ ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 7s. 6d. ; Paris and Rouen, 37+. A decision, given by the Commissioner of the Bir mingham District Court of Bankruptcy recently, demands peculiar attention, as it is the first time, we believe, that the law has been so settled upon the point raised. An insolvent, named Wood, having filed his petition, it was dismissed by the Learned Commissioner, on these grounds :—Firstly, that the insolvent had not resided for twelve months immediately preceding the filing of his petition ; and, secondly, that his domicile was not situated in the district of the Court ; for though he had himself been residing in England some time, his wife and family were now in France, and he had come over expressly to take the benefit of the Act. This was held to be contrary to the intention of the Legislature, and therefore the petition was dis missed. If this principle is held to be generally good, a great number of individuals who have been compelled to live abroad, will be debarred the privileges which the recent changes in the law hold out to insolvents. We are entirely without arrivals from the colones to-day of later dates than those before obtained. The Funds have been very heavy this morning owing principally to the settlement of the Consol Account now in progress. Stock has been borrowed, and the continuation is at one-sixteenth per cent. For Money the value of Consols has fallen from 98+ to 98i, and for Account from 98+ to 981. This afternoon the New Three-and-a-Halt per Cents. will close for the calcula tions of the dividends, as well as the Three-and a-Half per Cents. Reduced. The Government brokers bought 5,0001 Reduced Three per Cents. at 991 The premium upon Exchequer Bills has fallen to 745., and Bank Stock is lower by per cent. than it was yesterday. In the Foreign Funds the business done to-day has been very trifling. Spanish Bonds are rather higher, the Actives being quoted at 22i- f. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., however, fluctuated from 61k to 61 Belgian Bonds are heavy at 1024. Mexican are at 35 and Colombian at 13i. An improvement has taken place in the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Shares, in the Great Western Half Shares, and in the London and Birmingham. The other shares are generally rather lower than yesterday. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 199 . l 193 99%; g 8 101%% 97%)4 1024 toi%N 100%at ter% 112% '7-16 281% Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 S per Cent. Annuities, 1726 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuitie5.......,.... 101%4 Long Annuities, Expire sta Jan. 1860 India Stock India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, I%d. I%d 1,0001. ..... ..„...„ 00000 .•„.. •••••••••••• 75 ;4 pm. 5001 .......... 75 76 pm. Ditto Small ...... ...... 75 77 pm. Ditto Advertised ••••••• ... .. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 102% Columbian Bonds Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B9 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent _.... ........ „ 35% Spanish Bonds. Five p er Cent 1840 22%% Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Three per Cent.......... .......... ...... Dutch 2% per Cents 6 n4 1 /6%% Dutch 5 per Cents 100%% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .... ..... 110 to 109 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 5 6%% ... to Dublin and Cashel ... 2% 7% to Eastern Counties Great Western ......... ............ .. 75 137% to Ditto % Shares . .......... .......... 50 Ditto Fifths London and Birmingham. lOO 2.9 Dit o 4 Shares London and Brighton London and Greenwich London and South Western 41% ...... 81% ...,„ to Lynn and Ely... .1!4 .. 3%% ... to Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 Norwich and Brandon South Devon ... York and North Midland Ditto Selby Scrip Paris and Orleans 2O 36% ...... to Paris and Rouen 2O 37% to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 28.—We have had a dull market ; prices generally are lower, and little business done. Barnsley Junction, 3* ; Lecds. Dewsbury, and Manchester, li prem. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 52 to 52 ; Ditto, Quarters, 5 4 1 - ; South- Eastern New, 11i ; Trent Valley, 98. I.4im Iva 9ssi% MARKET NE WS.—( THIS DAY.) MAI!" IItaItZEET'S. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 41; Useful ditto, 41 4s to 4/12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s to 51; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to I/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. A full average supply. and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3115 s to 414 s ; Useful ditto, 4/6s to 41 14s; fine Upland ditto, 41 15s to 5/ 3s ; Clover Hay, 4110 s to 61; Oat Straw, 117 s to I/ 9s; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WiIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/15s to 4/4s ; Useful ditto, 416 s to 4l 12 s ; fi ne U p l an d ditto, 4/ 14s to 51; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 6/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at the above quotations. New Meadow Hay sold at from 31 t 9 41; and New Clover, 41 to 515 s per load. MEAT MAEZETS. SOUTHALL, AUGUST 28.—The supply of each kind of fat stock on offer here to-day was, the time-of .year con sidered, good. Prime old Downs commanded a steady sale at fully last week's prices,: but otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 2s fid to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per Slbs. to sink the offal. Supply :—Beasts, 51 ; Sheep and Lambs, 3,412 ; Calves, 50 ; - Pigs, 60. Romroun, AUGUST 28.—Although the supply of stock this morning was rather limited, the general demand ruled inactive on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 35 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, Ss 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s Gd to 3s 8d per 81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 32s ; quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 20a; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. LEWES, AUGUST 27.—Beef, from 23 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 33 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 2s Gd to 3s 6d per Blbs. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended August 24, H 44, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat sos 44. Oats ......... 20s. 4d. Beano 3ss. 104 i 339. 3d. Rye I ...... 365. id Pease." 34s. Od AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WHEYS. Weeks ending IWHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I r RAM. ----.--_,—.1.._ July ?O.— 54 1, 34 5 21 536 437 7 37 3 27 '521P342201033 9 37 1 37 4 Aug. 3 5l 0 34 'tio 20 3 37 6134 7 36 5 10 4B 10 34 '6 ',O 1 35 9135 0 34 2 17 . ...... 24 5O 4 33 3 20 4 36 8 35 10 34 0 IMPERIAL AGORIGATX AVERAGES OF THE FIR WEEKS Wheat.... 51s. Cd 1 Oats bar1ey......... 341. 2d I Rye DUTIRR ON FORHIGN CORN. Wheat les Odd Oats • 7.. 6d. Barley .......... 41. Oct. j Rye ..... LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 2 9.—Wind, S.E., fresh breeze, and fine. DEAL, AUG. 2 8.—Wind, A.M. N.N.W. to E.N.E., P.M. E.S.E.—Arrd. Castle Lacklan, Bruce, Jamaica ; Eliza beth, Dinnel, Ballina ; Percival Foster, Hall, Memel ; Olive, Brown, Cuba. Arrd. from the River and sld. Elizabeth and Antoinnette, Batavia; Prince of Wales, Hopkins, Calcutta ; Oscar, Wrangles, and Mary Rowe, Gable, Ichaboe ; Emma Searle, Chambers, Prince Ed ward's Island. FALMOUTH, AUG. 28.—Wind, variable airs and light.— Off port 27th, Stag, Pearson, Matanzas; Sir John Mar shall, Paysheep, Virginia. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 28.—Wind, N.W, light.—Arrd. Leviathan, Weale, Galveston; Mary, Laing, Honduras. Ski. Hashemy, Calcutta ; Mary Cousin, Ichaboe ; George Glen, Arthur, Ichaboe ; lona, Morrison, Ichaboe ; Ga zelle, Westerburg, Brazil ; Susan Drew, P age , M o bil e ; Herries, Brown, St. John's New Brunswick ; R o y a li st, Lawson, St. John' s , New Brunswick ; Commerce, Man sell Richebuato ; Orbit, Larkin, and Ottawa, Dryman, Quebec ; Margaret Ann, Cole, Newfoundland. DUBLIN, AUG. 26 . —Sailed Antelope, Casey, Prince Edward's Island. WATERFORD, AUG. 26.- —Arrd. James, Reiley, Quebec. RAMSGATE, AUG. 28.—Sid. La Piedad, Riva de Sella. COWES, AUG. 28.—Arrd. Thames, Prince, Havannah ; Astrachan, Porter, New Orleans. OFF SALCOMBE; AUG. 27.—Murat, Boling, New York, for Amsterdam. SWANSEA, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Jessie Anderson, Mor rison, Valparaiso. Sld. Appleton, Cuba. LEITH, AuG.27.—Arrd. Conqueror, Gleig, M on t rea l . MILFORD, AuG. 27.—Th e Friendship, from Aber dovery to Newport, which was run ashore in Martin's Haven, 25th inst., got off last night, and has been brought here, with part of forefoot knocked away. OFF MARGATE, AUG. 27 .—Cordelia, Havanna!). NEWPORT, AUG. 27.—S1d. James Edward, Charles ton; Lord Althorp, Miramichi. SALCOMBE, AUG. 27.—The Eliza and Mary, of Poole, Lock, is ashore at Newfoundland. HULL, AUG. 28.—Sld. Julie, Bruscovitz, China. ALDBOROUGII, AUG . 28.—The Neptune, from Dantzic, full of water and abandoned, was passed, 22d inst., by the Brant, arrived Off. KINGSTON, NEAR ARUNDEL, AUG. 26.—A bottle, con taining a paper with the following information upon it, as picked up off this yesterday :—" On a raft off the Bermudas, made from the wreck of the Thunder, of Ply mouth, caught in a gale on the 22d of June last ; aban doned on the 25th ; two hands lost and one child pas senger. Pity us unfortunate souls." This is addressed to Mr. Edmunds, 52, Crawford-street, London. A GOOD SHOT.—On the first day of the grouse shooting season, 0. A. Baker Cresswell, Esq., shot, on the Altyre Moors, Inverness-shire, the property of Sir Ww. Gordon Cuintnin,c , Bart., fifty-five brat., the next day, forty brace, and the third day, thirty-three brace ; making, in an, two hundred and fifty-sib birds.—Tyne Mercury. , , -,.., pr••,,,t , •!•••.,,,•••• 1 •,. i ( , 4 1 4 V I .. , "" s og•T aV I • !A i . j. ad * ‘.•;'•''' ' '..t..1r •• 1 . -"r: 4** ..;-",",:- .... s..s - Amilk. V o w. 7 ..if.,4`l,llll■EL li - _' . 4? vr' A. o ,* „;.;,.: bit° T ' 1 7 .! ' , . -- ' -., Ninn',' - 'l....litlailiki;i , ~, ,t c).,...,,:1 : :.„. • I'''''' ~., -• • , ..,....... C Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1844, The Prince of PRUSSIA, we perceive, has been highly gratified by his visit to Liverpool. It was almost impossible that a personage of so intelligen and cultivated a mind should be otherwise than de. lighted by the majestic public works, and the match less commercial marine—their noblest ornament— which on all sides meet the eye in that great em porium of our foreign trade. Having gone every where, and carefully inspected everything (so far as his limited "means "—of time—would allow him) which he could get at, en route, between London and Liverpool, he examined the unrivalled docks the next morning after his arrival in the latter town. His Royal Highness seems to have fully participated in the astonishment experienced by all foreigners at the im posing spectacle of an unbroken line of between seven and nine miles of docks—not simply crowded, but swarmi ng , w i th shipping, which have brought from the remotest shores upon the surface of our globe the products of other climates, the wealth of another hemisphere. Impressed with the remarkable character of this spectacle, in the details which had come more immediately under his observation, the Prince embarked in a Government steamer (aptly named the Britannia) to obtain a general view of the town, the shipping, and the banks of the Merse y. We are told that " the river and d oc k s were crowde d with vessels, which, in honour of hi s Royal High ness, displayed from their mast-heads flag s o f all nations, the Prussian standard predominating." The Prince, on disembarking again, was greeted with the same enthusiastic welcome on shore, which had just hailed him on the water; and found the Town-hall and the Exchange to be edifices laid out on a scale of grandeur commensurate with the vast extent of that trade, the marvels of whose activity and extent he had just been contemplating. For his further pro gress, and his reception by Sir ROBERT PEEL at Drayton Manor, we may refer the reader to the par ticulars we have given in another column : but j apropos to the well digested route through so many of the most interesting districts in England which his Royal Highness has hitherto taken ; the selection Til IS DAY'S NEWS. THE AFFAIRS OF EGYPT TRIESTE, AUG. 18.—A letter from Alexandria, of the Gth of this month, gives the following particulars of the secret events in Egypt : " Several governors of the provinces and district ma gistrates (Scheckßeleh) have made representations, both in Cairo and Alexandria, of the miserable condition of the Fellahs ; and the Consul of Cairo reported to Ibrahim Pacha, at Alexandria,—First, that the Fel labs in all the villages were in the most wretched con dition. Second—That the public works for which the people were not paid, and received no food, have in creased their misery in the most frightful manner, and have caused emigration. Third—That the land can not be cultivated, and the harvest be got in, if the Fel labs are driven from village to village, and we are to pay penalties, &c. Fourth—That the governors and sheiks are no longer able to check the evil, and, there fore, require that a report be made to the Viceroy, and that the debt of 75,000 f rancs , d ue b y the villages, shall be remitted them." The Consul of Alexandria hesitated to lay this melan choly account before the Pacha, who had but lately recovered from an indisposition. On a visit which Mehemet Ali paid to his daughter, she ventured to speak to him on this subject. On this he saw nothing but treachery around him, resolved to abdicate, to make a pilgrimag - • to Mecca, and declared he would have the head of the traitor, whom he did not name. On the 26th of July he went to the country seat of Moharran Bey, where he refused to see anybody, even his children and grandchildren, and when Sami Pacha, appeared be fore him with a request that he would admit Ibrahim Pacha, he fell into a rage, and drove him away in such a manner that he trembled all over for twenty-four hours after. On the 27th he set out for Cairo, accompa nied by his physician. On the whole way he spoke little ; at Cairo he could see nobody, and frequently uttered the word " traitor." The Consuls of the Five Great Powers presented a note to Artim Bey, inquiring to whom the Viceroy had confided the Go vernment during his pilgrimage, to which only a verbal answer was given. The Viceroy is said to be now more calm at Cairo, and to receive everybody. He has sum moned Ibrahim Pacha and several great men to delibe rate on the state of the country. Ibrahim Pacha set out on Friday, and ought to have arrived in Cairo on Sunday, or yesterday, but the mail from Alexandria, which was impatiently looked for, brought word that he had not arrived at Cairo on Sunday evening. One of the Consuls, not satisfied with Artim Bey's verbal an swer, demanded one in writing, on which Artim Bey declared in a note that the health of his Majesty, which required his journey to Cairo, was re-established, and the Viceroy himself again directed the affairs of the Government. I " All seems to be over, but we cannot be quite easy till we know the result of the deliberations at Cairo. Mehemet Ali, by his mad conduct, has greatly exposed himself, and thrown great discredit on this part of his life. The Consuls of the Great Powers have acted with energy. They have sent for ships of war to protect the Europeans at Alexandria. An English corvette has al ready arrived. The Viceroy must be convinced that the Powers will not look on with indifference if he en dangers the tranquillity and safety of the country. He. is old, and his intellectual faculties are much impaired. The best thing he could do would be to resign the go vernment to his son Ibrahim." orREAT PUGILISTIC CONTEST FOR 200/.-----Yesterday the ham) and long-pending fight between Si mmonds (of Birming- Smith (the Chequer lad) came off below Gravesend. These men met on a previous occasion, with a view of settling their differences, but were com pelled to make retreat in consequence of magisterial in terference ; on this occasion, a steamer was provided for conveying the combatants and their respective friends to the locality selected for the fight, and which left Hunger ford-market completely crowded with the sporting fancy. These men had acquired considerable merit as pugilists, and from the amount of stakes and the heavy betting, great excitement was created in the sporting arena. Smith received from his opponent 201. for allowing choice of ground ; and the parties having arrived at their desti nation, a ring was roped and staked (at this time there was about four thousand spectators), and betting to a very considerable amount took place between the Birmingham and London fancy, Simmonds being the favourite. All preliminaries being arranged, the men made their ap pearance in the ring and shook hands together, testifying there was no ill-feeling between them beyond the pos session of the stakes, and then putting themselves into a fighting position, they immediately commenced war, with much severity, and displaying great courage and science. When 40 minutes had elapsed, it was quite manifest that Simmonds had an advantage over his op ponent ; they kept up the encounter for 1 hour and 34 minutes, when the friends of Smith, despairing of any chance of winning, withdrew their man from the contest, and Simmonds was declared the victor. The weight of the combatants w as (upon going to scale) 9st. 101 b. eac h ; muscular they appeared in fine condition, a n d ex hibi ted great form. Large sums of money were transferred to Birmingham on this occasion. THE IRISH STATE TRIALS.. --MEETING OF THE o'cIocJUDGES. (THIS DAY.) Thi s morning at twelve k, being the hour appointed for the assembling of the Twelve Judges of England, to consider privately their views and opinions upon the writ of error brought by Mr. O'Connell and others, in the House of Lords, a few minutes before that hour the several Judges, with their usual characteristic punctuality, began to arrive at the residence of the Lord Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, No, 43, Bedford square. The first to arrive was Chief Baron Sir F. Pollock, who was immediately afterwards follow ed by Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Alderson, and the whole of the other Judges of the Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer. The consultation of the Learned Per sonages, it was understood, was immediately entered upon, and none of the Judges had taken their departure at the hour of writing (one o'clock). THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—AI' the provin cial papers, received this morning, give most favourable accounts of the prospect of the harvest. The weather everywhere is most propitious. ORT.II BRITISH Itamwar.—The contractors broke ground at Marshall Meadows, on Monday, in large force, and were visited by numerous persons from Berwick.— Tyne Mercury. BANKRUPTCY - .-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner PANE.) There were a considerable number of cases of insol vents for hearing before his Honour, but as they were all unopposed, nothing of interest was elicited in the course of the proceedings. In the case of an application in the matter of Adams, an insolvent, the solicitor for the creditors stated, that the official assignee had refused to take pos session of the insolvent's furniture, and he therefore hoped that his Honour would allow a creditors' assignee to be appointed. Mr. Commissioner PANE said he did not wish to inter fere with the duties of the official assignees, for they were not, in such cases, remunerated for their labours, and he had no power of ordering such remuneration to be granted them. If it happened, also, that the official assignee had creatad a difficulty by taking property not belonging to the insolvent, he (the Commissioner) could not afford protection from the consequences of the error. He therefore, in such cases, allowed them to act for themselves. The Solicitor said that he wished merely that his Honour would allow a creditor's assignee to be ap pointed. Mr. Commissioner PANE had mistaken the appli cant. He thought the application was that he (the Commissioner) should give certain instructions to the official assignee. The late Act was so indefinite upon the subject, indeed, lie might say, so apparently opposed to reason and to common sense, that he had considerable difficulty in explaining it. It stated that the creditor's assignee was to be appointed after the passing of the final order, so that, in effect, the persons who ought to watch over and conduct the proceedings for the benefit of the creditors was only to be appointed after the busi ness was over. He (Mr. Commissioner Yale) had no objection to name a day for appointing an assignee, but there were so many Acts now bearing on the subject that it was exceedingly difficult to steer between them. The Solicitor suggested that his Honourmight rescind the final The HON. COMMISSIONER said the process was tedious and unsatisfactory. He would, however, appoint a day for the naming of a creditors' assignee, but they must adhere as closely as possible to the forms and practice of the Court of Bankruptcy. The subject then dropped. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque did not sit till a late hour. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY). A young man, dressed like a drover, who gave the name of William Franklin, 3, M'llowall-place, White more road, Hoxton, wrs placed before Mr. Alderman Hunter, on a charge of stealing from the person of James Ward, an Irish pig dealer, the sum of 74/. 103. The prosecutor said that he was a pig dealer, from Drogheda, and had sold in Leighton Market, on Tues day last, a lot of pigs, for 75/. 14s. 6d. He met the pri soner there, and was persuaded by him to come as far as Watford by the railway. They there got drinking, and commenced to walk up towards London. They over took a wag gon , an d the prisoner said they were red, and asked if they might ride. The waggoner consented, and the prosecutor and prisoner stepped inside, the driver sitting on the outside. The prosecutor fell asleep, and awakened at a few minutes before six in the waggon, which had arrived at the Ram yard, in Smithfield, between one and two that same morning. He found the prisoner gone, and his money, amounting he thought to 741. 10s., gone also. The money was in two purses ; one contained a 101. note, three Si. notes, and a sum in gold. The other purse contained the silver. He could not say how much gold or silver there was. He gave information of the robbery to po lice-constable 215, and described the prisoner, who, within half an hour, was taken by that officer. City police-constable, 215, said that he observed the prisoner walking across Smithfield towards the "Ram," and took him into custody. When searched, he had in a purse 341. in gold, and 2/. Bs. 6d. in silver. He gave his proper address at the station-house, and witness afterwards ascertained that he had been home, leaving the prosecutor asleep in the waggon. There was a key found upon him which, he said, opened his trunk. He also stated that he had left it in some public-house in Hoxton, but could not say where. The trunk, he ad mitted, contained a large sum of money. Alderman HUNTER said he should remand the case till Wednesday, and directed the constable to look after the waggoner, and, if possible, find out the trunk de scribed by the prisoner. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EGHAM RACES—YESTERDAY. 0 The last day at Egham, w ith t l e Q ueen 's Plate oading feature, has usually cl , lghted in that re; abused adjecti v e " gran d," an d hi t h erto h as beetl e ,ively pal ronised by " the million." We cannot sat such was the case yesterday ; by an alteration 0 . 4 customary order of running, the Q ueen ' s Plate sli a u t ) Surrey :.nd Middlesex St a k es c h ange d d a ys, tu atter, owing to some un t owar d an d unlocked circumstances, having proved an entire failure, then ' ) nothing in the list at a ll ca l cu l a t e d to attrac t 600_ 0 ,portirg or " mi sce ll aneous " pu bli c. I n consecle e ro the attendance was not muc h more nur ne o than on Tuesday ; the sport was inferior; the betting flat beyond parallel. In justly; the managers, we sho u ld a dd, th a t th e y 01 `,„4 they could to make sport, and if they did nut ali co the extent of th e i r wi s h es , they have the satisf aco , Hof knowing that their exer ti ons were ap p r eciatq ll those on whose behalf they officiated ; as an add ict proof we may menti on th a t t h e stewar d s hip for 9 year has been accepted by Sir Charles Slingsbl9.o Fe x Booth,Esq., 00 and James Ram s b o tt am , and veral names are do wn f or th e h an di cap. The , of :ommenced at two o'clock, an d, by a little helps ervance of time than marked th e proceedings ell day, was got through by five. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added by County Members. The winnerto be sold for 20 0 ° &c. Heats, one mile. (6 Subscibers.) Mr. Coleman's Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs, 1 Bst Illb (Coleman) 2 „ Mr. Belchin's Epaulette, 5 yrs, Bst I llb 1 Mr. M`Ghie's Arethusa, 3 yrs, 6st 91b 3 5 Lord G. Bentinck's Alva, 3 yrs, Est 91b The first heat was one by a l engt h, t h e s econd three, and the third by two. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, of 25 soli. ,ro 15 ft, and 5 only if d ec l are d ; w i t h 50 added. 'd,) miles and a distan ce . (16 Subs., 12 of whom decla re Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Be ll) 1 Mr. S. Scott's The Whaler, 4 yrs, ist 4lb ............... 6 to 4 cn Pine Apple, who waited on the light 010 and after a show of a race f or a f ew str i des won hy,, length. The Whal er ran out a li tt l e near the ellu'di The Egham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added; S o l o a, ist ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yr s , B s t 101 b ; 6 yrs and t o , 9st Ilb. Mares, &c., allowed 31b. Ho rses that P r y started twice and not won, allowed 51b. Winners of Heats, one mile and a half. (8 Subs.) Mr. o,baldestone's Esrick, 3 yrs (Pigott) 1 Mr. Thompson's g by Hindoo, 5 yrs 0 Mr. Rush's ch gby Plenipo, 4 yrs 2 4 d Lord G. Bentinck's Pro o f P r i nt , 5 yrs ,s Mr. C. Brooke's Dean S w ift, 6 yrs 0 4 Lord Verulum's fby Economist, out of Co rumbia, 3 yrs 0 4 (11 Tke first heat was won in a cant er by two l e ngl 1 the Corumbia filly a bad third. The second heat i won cleverly by a lengo ; Hindoo a respectable third' s o The Royal Duke Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, wit?, added for the b e at en h orses , G a p er , H as h e d and Red Deer, were handicapped, but the filly's r ll having declined to run, the race was off. The Runnymede Stakes on Tuesday was divided bj Messrs. King and Coleman. No change in the St. Leger betting. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) HUNTINGDON RACES—WEDNESDAY. Ai The Cup Stakes of 10 so vs . eac h, th e w i nner t o be 7 for 4001., &c. Once round and the mile. (9 Subi‘ ) l Ld. Sandwich's b c by Li ver p oo l, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Niid Lord Exeter's Pergolaria, 3 yrs, ist 5 Mr. Booth's Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, Bst 91b .......... e a ; The Huntingdon Stakes of 5 sovs . eac h, w i t h 20 auto heats, last mile. Winner to be sold f or 1504 (8 Subs.) , Colonel Peel's Seaweed, 3 y rs , 7 s t 101 b (N a t) ; g Ld Miltown's Bourra T omac h a , 4 y rs , B st 51b ' l , S Mr. Fellowes nd c h g b y Gl aucus, 4 yrs, Bst s lb dr Mr. Thornhill nd fby Achmet, 3 yrs, ist 71b Mr. Ongley's F a m a , 6 y rs , 9 st 31b 3 The winner was claimed. The Members' Plate of 501. Winner to be sold for 2 5°4 &c. Heats, once round. 1 1 Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 y rs , 9 s t 5 1b ... (B ut l er ) 3 ; t it Lord W. Powlett' s E c l ogue, 3 yrs, Est 131 b... 1 Mr. Phillimore's Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 9st ...... 2 Mr. Wesley's Garomna, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 4 k,O The Polka Stake s o f 3 sovs . each, with 30 added , v o , mile, were won in t wo h ea t s b y C o l . P ee l' s H ar tsho 5 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Nat), beating Mr. Booth's Repeal er, yrs, 7st 21b. THE SPBYNX BOAT-RACE. e te The gentlemen of this highly respectable club fe", day rowed a ver y pretty scullers' 1 ,11 race, for a `; 40 0 silver challeng e scu ll s an d a very handsome presento"o bijou. The wat er se l ecte d f or the contest Was 1 " - s$ Chiswick Eyot to Kew-bridge ; and the ge ntlemen., an early hour in th e a f ternoon, l e f t the Messrs. Ses r t bet accompanied by their e i g ht- oare d cutter and some °,,es boats, for the starti ng -pl ace . S u bj o i ned are the 01;),—ei of the comp e tit ors , w i t h t h e order in which " came in : Messrs. Muxworthy 1 Fencham Reid Adams 4 The start was well effected, and the whole of the Pa" went off prettily together; Mr. Muxworthy t oo k the le a and retain e d i t th roug h out, w i nning by about 38 see ol3as o 0 Mr. Fencha m was secon d at the start, and hel d i t for 1, , first mile and a half, sharply pressed by Mr. Adta c they then bec ame scu ll an d scu ll f or a f ew stro k e s, whe y Mr. Adams led him by half a length for a minute or S. but was unable to maintain it, and Mr. Fencham aga r took up the second place, which he kept. Mr. Ado ° 2, shortly afterwards fell as t ern , Mr. Reidrowing by h i ': Adams rowed in the out-rigged wherry, which, We e derstand, in other r es p ec t s , i s di ss i m i lar to the Ner'cli/ . men's its construction. CITY CHAMBERLAIN. TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDEN T LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN,—A vacancy having occurred in the' ll!: portant and honourable office of Chamberlain of this City, I venture to announce myself a candidate for you r favour, when you s h a ll b e called upon to exercise rod franchise in the election of a successor to my 1000 friend, the late Sir William Heygate, Bart. In earnestly soliciting your support at the ensuing election, I b eg l eave respectfully to state that I W Liveryman o f thi s , my nat i ve City ; the son, also t I je grandson of Liverymen—that within this City I 11 . 0 trained to the labori ous an d h onoura bl e pro f es sion 1 which I am engage d— t h at f or upwards of forty yeah I have been a member of your ancient Corpora tic te and during twenty- three years of th a t p er i o d a Magitir of London—and that, having served the offices of Sfi'' 1 and Lord Mayo r , I am now , w i t h the except i on Of ,1131,0 esteemed .friend, Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, SENIOR member of the Court of Aldermen. Thus long and inti ma t e l y connecte d w i th you , I myself upon your kind consideration, gratified by the r e s i Election that the office which I solicit involves no politic 0 question, and while respectfully adverting to L o il punctuality, diligen ce , an d i mpart i a li ty w i th w hic h has been my constant endeavour to discharge rof 33 1 ? gisterial duties, b eg t o assure you, that shou ld 1 1: your suffrages be e l eva t e d to t h e stat i on to whic I aspire, I shall re li nqu i s h my pro f es siona l ) pursuits, in order that my energies may be en tir ,,, l o devoted to your s erv i ce .—Wi t h much respect, I haY e th e honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and devoted servant, ANTHONY BROWN' Mincing-lane, Aug. 29, 1844. BRUSSELS, AUG. 26.—The progressive increase e railway rec e ipt s , w hi c h h as been observed since t' h beginning of this year, has not stopped in the Inc ri o of July. Th e tota l rece i pt, which in June to 983,000 francs, r ose i n J u l y to 1,092,023 francs, and " b for the unfavourable weather which prevailed throtigii the whole month, the increase would have been set of greater. The t o t a l rece i pt i n t h e f i rst seven months of 1843 was 4,419,142 fran cs ; i n t h e fi rst seven mon ths 1844, 6,050,595 f ra n cs . Th e num b er of travellers in the same period was, in 1843, 1,599 , 0 00 ; i n 1844, 1,899•0 4. The quantity of goo d s conveye d was, i n 18 43, 134,583,536 kilogrammes ; in 1844, 274,110,278 grammes. SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF SMUGGLED SPllti.'' rolle ROCEESTER, AUG. 26.—At th e R oc h ester P o li c e.-- this day, Mr. Francis Higginson, Lieutenant, 8.N., $-• chief officer of the coast-guard stationed at this porfpn peared before the M ayor o f t hi s c i ty, Mr. Larkin Ithbi; to prefer a c h arge o f smuggl i ng against Robert if° r , Russell, a wate rman o f Ch at h am, under the Act o f Fl‘ c liament 3 and 4 William IV ., cap. 53, sec. 51—an 66 for the Preventi on o f S muggl i ng. The prisoner who ". brought up from th e s t at i on -h ouse, having beenLecn an . . fined sinc e S atur d ay n i g h t, was taken by Peter Doll a boatman of the coast guard, about eleven o'elo e bo % night of the 24th i ns t ant, h av i ng i n his possession t ti t and two ha m p ers , w hi c h b e was landing from a b°B d by the Sun-ha r d, Ch at h am. T he property was seen", t he the coast guardsman, and locked up in a room b a,,,p Sun-hotel, an d th e pr i soner was taken ewej Lieutenant Ei gg i nson , w h en that officer ti - e( 1 the prisoner if the hamper and box contal o , spirits ; if they did not, he should not detain as he was bound to be very jealous of the lin ia t of the subject. The prisoner said he did not know wtbe they contained, as he had brought them ashore from ee Hussar hulk, he having been induced to do so by cl er of Dr. Furrier, and the gun-room steward Of ~.ob M'ajesty's ship Thunder, Commander E. Barnett, lvu l d . ship was lying alongside the Hussar, off the Decifri r ry The prisoner, on being informed by Lieutenant Bl o b son that he must be detained, made a statement Iv o n induced Mr. Higginson, on Sunday morning, t° g°o - the Thunder, and see the commander o n the s e. ject, and the prisoner was confined at the station-hc,Zd On board the Thunder, the gun-room steward ado,"_!, giving the prisoner the box containing twelve bottles foreign Geneva, and hampers containing thi ll Y h i c h bottles of port wine and sherry, to take on shore, a had been given to him by the doctor of the ship b ut the doct or admitted giving the same to the stewa rd, denied knowing anything of the box and h al l n e ff rs , leaving the vessel. The property, on Sunday ano u rri f f was deposited i n th e C us t om -h ouse o f this city. o f prisoner, who is a married man, and has a fanli t he children, was remand e d till Friday next ; and , _ ln de d to meantime, the depositions taken are to be for o r . the Board r of Customs in London for their decision.. TILE MURDER AT HIGH duals, Jeff e r s o n an d Fl ec k, w h o , were witnesses o n th e i nq ue s t on the abov e __, 30 ... now in custody, c h arge d w ith the murder of Tyne Mercury , it will ce-rilelnw en2berared; t k , Ni w k tit