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THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 Vols., ARSONS and WIDOWS By, TUE AUTHOR of " PETER PRIGGINS," &c. Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3_vols. post /Ivo., TH E VOYAGE of LIFE A STORY OF THE LAND AND THE OCEAN. By GEORGIANA C. MUNRO. Author of " The Adventtlres of a Legatee." Richard Bentley, New• Burlington-street. NOW READY, THE SECOND VOLUME OF MEMOIRS OF TAR :ROUSE OF COMMONS, By W. C. TOWNSEND, Esq., M.A. DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. " This work is intended to give a popular history of the Commons' House of Parliament. It comprehends the Lives of the Speakers, of the Lawyers, Orators, and Statesmen, who have been most distin guished in its annals ; a review of the privileges once enjoyed by Itlembers, and their hard-won right to personal and deliberative reedom ; a record of the vindictive powers exercised by the House over their own body and strangers ; a narrative of the internal economy of St. Stephen's Chapel; the changes in the habits, man ners,' and character, of the constituency—in the decorum and method of proceedings—in the tone and• temper of discussion, and in the pro gress of intelligence and refinemest." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHEAP LIGHT.--EDWARD PRICE and CO., patentees and solo manufacturers of the COMPOSITE CANDLES, respectfully eall the attention of the Public to the fact, that, although the price of these is somewhat higher than that of ordinary mould candles, they ate in reality much cheaper than these latter ; one real Composite Candle giving the same quantity of light as two of the moulds. They require no snuffing, and burn more brilliantly than the best wax. The purposes of economy and luxury are therefore both served at the same time by the use of these candles. Parties intending to try them for the first time, are earnestly requested to take care that they are served in the shops with " Price's Patent Candles ;" the reason for this caution is given else where. They are sold by most of the respectable tallow chandlers throughout the kingdom, and wholesale to the trade by Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; and by Palmer and Co., Sutton street, Clerkonwell. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING AUG. 12 W1:1 be presented (for the second time in this c untril Ricci's New Os era, en Vect CORRADO D'ALTAMU A. D,lizia, Mdle. Grisi ; hab(lla Madame dellini ; Margarita, Madame Oai Fiori • Ponello, Mdllb. Favanti ; Roggero, Sig. Mario ; 13 Cancelliere, Sig. .i Fiori ; Gifted°, Sig. A. Giubilei ; Corrado, Sig Between the Acts a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Fanny Mader will appear. To conclude with the revived admired Ballet, arranged by Mdlle Cerito, LE LAC DES FEES. The prin-ipal Characters by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlles. Ferdinand, Barvill e , Madame Copere, M. Gooselin, and M. St Leon. A pplicatlona for Boxes, Stalls, snd Tickets to be made at the Box (-Mee, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LASE* NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE SEASON. Madame PERSIAN[ respectfully Informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEt IT will take place ON THURSDAY NEXT, AUG. IS, When will be performed Mozart's chef d'oeuvre IL DON GIOVANNI, Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Favantl and Madame Persians ; Signori ornasari, Lablache, F. Lablache, Galli, and Mario. In the cour=e of the Evening the Last Scene from Donizetti's Opera. LUCIA DI (LAMMERMOOR. Edgardo, Signor Moriani. And other Entertainments, In which Mdlle. Fanny Elssler, Mdlle. Cerito, MM. Perrot and St. Leon will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be modest the Box ottic••, Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will corn. mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Un tar the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement! • Successfully Triumphant !! To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava germ of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps fer Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage. ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that It will be epeated every Evening ! THIS EVENING, AUG. 12, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan. Meadows, Kinloch Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For. escue. Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New,Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern rale, in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALAI/DIN AND THE WON. nr.RFuL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive Ne, Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha ',tete!, by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier. and Keeley ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli ige, Miss E Chaplin, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, MI s James, Miss Carson, lilies Hunt, Miss Reeds, &c., Src. PRICES OF ADMISt.IION.—BaIcony Foxes. 4 • Upper Boxes, tis.; P,t, 2i.'; Gallery, tad . Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the it tie. my Tier (holding eight persons). Tao tluineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Halt Private Boxes on the Pit rier (holding six persons), One flub en The Box. dice is open front Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Coventi,arden Theatre. Under the especial Patron ag of h r Majesty the Queen, and Prince Albert, ant honount by the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Mecklenburgh St: Blitz, and distin— guished assemblage of Nobility. Triumphant Success of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AM.PHII HEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor arid Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, AUG. 12, Will be repeated an entire new Etuestrian, !glittery and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR, or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments. &c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 230 Lanterns. _ _ ..... .icta of Horsemanship.—The Dance of the Polka. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eag. land's H trreia Hume. Mr. BATTY respectfully aequaints the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that having just returned from the Continent ; and, notwith standing his present unprecedented succes , , and overflow ng houses, he is ever anxiou to produce novelty, to render th.s Establishment pre-eminent, and the first in Europe for its unequalled and extra ordiniry productions, he his succeeded in forming arrangements with the following first-rate French Artistes, in addition to his present 'Fainted Corps of Brit sh and Forei4n Fquestrians :—Madame Lesette, 3Lidam..! Reline, Madame Philipe, M. Pierre, M. Georges, and M. Ferdinand Scmidt, from the Circle Olymp que, Paris, Ham. burgh, &c , and who will make their first appearance in England in their various and novel Scenesigi,mPtation. feting ano stage-io inager,Mr. W. D Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till F.ve. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. It. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY :I'HEATRE. Last Twelve Nights of tiieGranilTOpera6rinianyrst Week of Cinderella, and an entirely New Piece. THIS EVENING, - AUG. 2 Will be performed RossinPsTal;'y 'Opel a of CINDERELLA ; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Romer Miss Betts, Miss 1.1 Terry, Miss Pearson , Messrs. D. W. King, Lefler,. E. L. Hime, S. Cowe 1, R. Donner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double Band and Chorus. -- 1. conclude with du A KER. Lubin, Mr. E.. L. Hime ; Steady, Mr Leffler; Miss Betts. Places inn Private Boxes to De had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.. office. fro n Eleven to Four. ' ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and TA URSDAY, throughout the Sea-oa, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS-FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS-UNRIVA I LED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and t.t)NDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Damon and Telbtn. The sensation caused by this unrivalled pro tuction is beyond all former inecedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are tel struck with its extraerdinay beauty _aid fidelity of deim_ tion,...it re unanimous in protiouncing it the most wonderftil ex. hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific disp'ay 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 cont.ucted uy Mr. Godfrey. are up' n a scale oirnore than usual excellence; hut words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF Lt)N DON. Its feartlll :haraeteristics are truthfully nourtrayed, but at the same time so oeautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, r , ilt delight is predominant over terror; and the thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Southbv, - .he Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The hardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, And combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attra•'tive lounge in or ncirthe Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. UNPARALLELLED IN THE. ANNALS OF EXHIBITION 1 INHONOUR OF HER 31AJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S ROYAL SURREY .ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TO-MORROW and WEDNESDAY, August 13th and 14th, 1844, a GRAND FETE and FANCY SALE, for the BENEFIT of the SAINT ANN'S SOCIETY SCI100I„ will take place in these Gardens. The unequalled Menagerie ; Grand Modelled View of London in the Olden Time ; celebrated Russian Family Kantrowitz, from St. Petersburgh, in characteristic costume, will sing a selection of their national airs. The FANCY SALE, arranged In a beautlftil Marquee, at which aoreral Ladies of Distinction will preside. Blight's admired brass hand. Herr Meyer, the Magic Sifileur, will go through his wonderful perftyrlllTnices. The beautiffil Model of Venice. The Promenade Concerti., with tt antst unique selection. The whole to conclude with the unrivalled representation of the Fire of London, with additional and electrifying effects. Doors open at One o'clock, announced by a Royal Salute, and the National Anthem. Kantrowits Farrilly,Three and Five. Herr Meyer, at intervals. Promenade Concerts, at Six. Conflagration, at Dusk. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTJAN HALL. PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collactlen of Histo- rical Carla'tties and Works of Art eve r known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-flve years of .I.,ilaorate research, at a cost 01'10,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pe.an history. viz.—CHARLES 1., CLIVEIL CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, daring the lest and present year, by the Royal Famry, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes,. Anibass.,dors, ant their Ladles, also, many I,hottsands of the. Nobility a:id Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been aide to :a:Jesse, by several very fine pictures, &c.. his previous almost inc7e lible number and variety of V SS., Works of Art, and t inhltitude valliable Relic', and other cariositins, Is this nsest s ractive I.nd. as hundreds have said it olght•t, be, s Natioua' _M..senm. Y &'y thousand have inspected it, and TIIILTT PRINCL*AL EDITORS of the PUBLIC; PRESS have stated 'hat it °ugh 'o be seen by every (me. The prtca of adults tion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. Tho NA POLEON MUSEUM .isio seen only at the' Egyptian Ball." Picea , ' illy. dal! y h om Ten VII. Lusk. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUG. 12. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 69: :loon, 67. BAROMETER, 29.48.—Wnin, W. Ncrtg.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is a;nally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. 11101 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS 14 , rnIng ... 31 minutes after 0 1 4 Evening ... 1 minut e ..,fter 1 ,A4V.A.. .‘ z, , It ttif it 44'v C '• 4 - . „; 1 4. , - -- It.t .- z ,:\ - ..; i,:. a tototr. - (1 ~, , . ••• zz oSv ,/„ ;,:..i,,'' l2llO 11 • k‘' ""."; - : , _' - •-', ....., r? , , ~ t ."...' , 401111, i ...,, SECOND EDITION. trittlidits LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1844. Accounts have been received from Tangiers which leave little doubt that the war between France and Morocco is at an end. This will be a terrible blow to the fire-eaters in Paris. They calculated upon serious results from the march of Marshal Boos Ann into the territory of the Moors. They repudiated the interference of the English, and would be satisfied with nothing less than some important station oppo site to Gibraltar. They . knew well that England could not stand by quietly and allow any maritime power to establish itself. on the Straits, and they cheered on therefore BUGEAUD and JOINVILLE to act with decision, have they been disappointed, and furiouiv will be their outcry age,lnst M. Guizor for Buffering the English Consul to have one word to say in the matter. There is no chance of war then in that quarter, and they must fall back upon the Pacific for some more substantial ground of quarrel. There must be no compromise then. " One PRITCHARD" excited the Otaheitans to rebellion against their protectors. PRITCHARD must be sacrified, and BRUAT and D'AUBIGNY exalted to the rank of patriots, and if their Foreign Minister acts with common justice and common honesty, he will be denounced as a traitor to his country. No man who has attended to the spirit which animates the Op position journals of Paris for some time can fail to see that their object is war—war without rhyme or reason against England and LOMB PHILIPPE. We believe, however, that these rabid journals do not re present the feelings of the French nation. There are many good and great men in that country who know that war could not benefit France, that England wishes to live at peace, that they have gained much under the administration of the present Sovereign, and that before they risk a collision between the two greatest nations in the world there must be some other casus belli than a miserable squabble about a petty island on the other side of the globe. The Morning Herald of Saturday last came out with a desperate rebuke to the Anti-Corn-law League, en masse, and a censure (meant to be extremely dig nified) for Mr. COBDEN, in special. The exhibition, as usually happens to very angry remonstrants, is a most unfortunate one for our Contemporary "at her time of life"—for Mr. COBDEN, it seems, has now lent his authority to the vague rumours that have long prevailed as to the sex and senility of the complainant. People should not permit themselves to be betrayed into such a pucker about what she calls " Mr. COBDEN'S impertinences." The very exclamation one might have anticipated from ancient and somewhat irritable prudery! But we did not expect to find our doubting question of Friday last, so speedily justified, as well as an swered. " What will be thought in Shoe-lane," we then inquired, " of the license which Mr. COBDEN allows himself in toying, in Covent-garden Theatre, with such disreputable topics as political economy ?" And, lo! on Saturday, the lady of that manor repu- diates all Mr. COBDEN'S good-humoured pleasantries (delivered, too, in such a place and neighbourhood) as " impertinences," and, with a sad lack of temper, asks—" What is to be expected from uneducated persons, placed by circumstances in a posi tion for which they are ludicrously un fitted." Mr. ConDEN, for whom this is palpa bly intended, needs no vindication at our hands— nor from any others. He is so well able to vindi cate himself, that we are sure it will never occur to him that this is matter which should call upon him for any notice of a feeble—scolding! Besides, his sobriquet has attributed a certain age to the party. " Hinc illae lacrymre." He can scarcely have a right to complain of any resentment exhibited at such an affront. Yet let it be permitted us to remind the Morning Herald that the facts attend ing Mr. COBDEN'S attainment of the "position" he occupies supplies the best proof that he is eminently " fitted" for it. To have been the rallying point of the League ; the inexhaustible, indefatigable, in vincible, expositor of its " great argument," within the walls of Parliament, and without it in a hundred different parts of the kingdom,—to have faced all op position, courted all discussion, challenged all anta gonists,—to have achieved, in these combats, so many victories, acquired so many supporters, conciliated so many enemies—all this bespeaks, surely, the posses sion of no ordinary average of intelleet—no every-day amount of moral and physical energy. We say nothing of the discoUragements and difficulties under which he has obtained the respect of both parties in the House of Commons, and a high degree of consideration even among those classes of the community—(they are few, indeed) — who are still opposed to his doctrines of free-trade, or that much larger portion of the public who still resist his doctrine of low prices. But the Herald, of all papers under the sun, we should have expected to find among the most eulogistic admirers—or enviers—of a man, through the instrumentality of whose extra ordinafy tact and unremitting perseverance, a fund of 50,0001. in one year, and of 100,0001. in another, has been subscribeed towards the purposes of the League. But the Herald, with the report of last week's League meeting in Jalack and white before it, is so infirm or so jaundiced of vision, that it believes the Association's'," influence, consideration, and respecta bility (if it ever possessed any) have disappeared." There are certain ages, and certain social relations— that the Herald is supposed to know something about—which require artificial aids for the cor rection of natural infirmities. Where were its spectacles when this was written ? Or could nobody be found to read its own report aloud? But in what follows there is something which implies so great a hardihood in an ancient lady—who should, in all things, discous age the habit of speaking untruths— that we almost blush for our friend. " In good truth the life or death of the Anti-Corn law League, considering the quantity of influence it has had on public opinion, is a matter of the greatest indif ference, except inasmuch as it is to be lamented that con federations for the extortion of money have become so frequent as to be springing up and disappearing almost annually. Whether the League be a t present dead,' or merely in a swoon, we do not possess sufficient skill to decide. If it be only the latter, however, its managers would do well to look that the public be not deceived by its quietness, and bury it in oblivion by general consent." Fie! fie ! If the life or death of the League be so indifferent to you, why so angry at its proceed ings and its leaders' speeches? If you suppose it dead, why denounce in the intemperate terms that crowd the article before us, the vehicle of a " screamer," as brother Jonathan has it, against Mr. COBDEN, Mr. BRIGHT, and all Radicals,—against Mr. D'IsRAELI, and all others of Young England or Old, who are opposed to the policy of your hard task master, Sir ROBERT POL ? If you believe that the League is only slumbering, why in such haste to pronounce a parting denunciation against it ? Another time, our fair (?) Contemporary will do well to be less angry or more artificial. She defeats her own object of misrepresenting, by exaggeration and inconsistency. VituPeration is not the language of indifference. To be believed in charging Mr. COBDEN or any other Member of the League with " scurrility and abuse," the Herald should not recriminate in language precisely of that quality. But if it thought the League, indeed " a ricketty speculation," how came it to devote a very conspicuous article to its at tack ? It ought to have fallen, of its own accord. On the contrary, it will live to quiz the Herald again next year, and to the tune, we suspect, of " money in both pockets." Returning to the "Report of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry," to which we directed public at tention on Saturday last, we shall again address our selves to some of its more remarkable features. We have no doubt that all who have perused the "report" itself, will have arrived at the same conclusion with ourselves ; namely, that for many years past the revenue of customs has been annually defrauded of hundreds of thousands of pounds, through the com bination or conspiracy of certain officers of the Crown • this department of its service, with private importers or their agents. It is to be ob served that whatever the meagre extent of the knowledge which thepublic, as yet, possesses of the evidence which has been taken by three examining parties—(namely, the Board of Customs itself --sub ordinate officers, under them, delegated to conduct particular investigations and to report the results thereof to that Board ;—and this Commission of Revenue Inquiry)—that evidence clearly implicates to a vaguely surmised, but formidable extent, many parties who had not yet been subjected to interroga tion, and many more who have been dismissed some time since, but against whom the witnesses produced before the Commisioners of Inquiry seem to be capable of affording cumulative evidence. The Commissioners of Inquiry after setting forth their desire "to inquire farther into the manner of conduct ing that part of the business of the Customs more im mediately in connexion with the two first heads of fraud, which are therein described, and which is con ducted by the Searchers' Department,' " remark that their previous Report (of 22d May last) was de voted exclusively to the subject of fraudulent impor , melancholy tationsol sil e k n , n l f a e c s e sn , i g i oves, and fancy goods. It is a which they are called upon to make—that sufficient- disclosures had been already made to them, to prove that paid officers of the Go vernment had been ea s il y i nduced to facili tate the designs .of #l4.‘, fraudulent trad er i n his attempts to - cheat the Revenue, "by TILE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGITST 12. 1844. every mode of deceit, and every description of falsehood." .The Commission were forced, " very early in their inquiries, to feel a distrust of the in tegrity of the officers and of the efficiency of the system. The previous high character and estima tion of an officer appeared to be no guarantee for his honour and integrity." They had ample reason to arrive at these conclusions. In turning their atten tion to the "Gauging Department and the system pursued at the dock warehouses," they deemed it highly probable, from some remarkable evidence brought before them, that " the practice of serious frauds in regard to spirits and wines" was continued, and the admission (in a particu lar case detailed in their former report) of cigars as marble, in St. Katherine's Docks, " demonstrated that the revenue was liable to fraud in the docks as elsewhere." To show the wholesale character of the frauds so successfully practised— with the aid of the Custom-house officers—on the revenue, we will now briefly note a few instances. JOHN WYCHERLEY (whose case we noticed on Mon day) being on duty as a weigher on the Custom house-quay, in May, 1840, was employed under Mr. LANG, a landing-waiter (since dismissed), in opening the outward case of what was apparently an article of furniture. On a landing-surveyor's coming up, LANG told him there was nothing in the asserted book-case ; but after his departure, the case was opened in LANG'S presence, and iby his desire. There were in it fifteen packages,—" sixteen or eighteen inches in length, of proportionate depth and breadth ; and they were subsequently placed in five or six baskets with locks. WYCHERLEY, who watched them until after office hours, feared to seize them without orders from LANG, though he suspected something wrong. On the following morning they •had disappeared, and were never brought to charge. It has been subsequently ad mitted by LANG himself, " that these goods were clandestinely introduced with his aid on that occa sion, and Mr.SIDNEY HARRIS, his near connexion, and then a landing-waiter, though now superseded," confirmed this statement. Now, this middle state of condemnation, this purgatory between the two extremes of un questioned tenure of office, and penal dis missal from it, we cannot understand. On what principle do the Custom-house authorities pro ceed in such matters ? To us it appears a clear ques tion of "guilty or •not guilty," which they have to determine with regard to such offenders. If the offence be established against them, turn them off, at least, finally and distinctly. If the offence be not established, the accused parties ought not to be sub jected to the disgrace of suspension. At the end of April last, " Two men in the employ of Messrs. Hall, warehouse men on Custom-house Quay, gave information, on oath, before the Surveyors-general, of numerous transactions in which, with the aid of the officers, the revenue had been defrauded for several years preceding. In conse quence of this, several officers were suspended early in May, including Messrs. Sidney Harris and Grayson, landing-waiters,.. the former in the receipt of a salary of 3501., the latter , of 250/. per annum. After being sus pended five or six weeks, withont admitting their guilt, these last-mentioned officers, on the 13th of June, and subsequently, fully 'Confessed it, and detailed, on oath, a long series of fraudulent proceedings, in which they and other officers had been concerned." GRAYsois, it seems, lays on COTES, a landing waiter (one of the discharged), the having first tempted him to pass goods improperly; but fully ad mitting his own culpability, he claims the merit of " not having carried to a greater extent his roguery." And with some reason, as the Com mission think, seeing that "from his peculiar situation, and the confidence reposed in him by his superior officers, there was little limit to the frauds which he might have committed. It would appear, however, from the declarations of one of the Messrs. HALL'S men, that IN MANY HUNDRED INSTANCES packages of goods were taken away without payment of duty, and without knowledge of the officers." We must refer the reader to the extracts from the " Report," which we shall publish, for the mystery of the enor mous frauds perpetrated by means of " dummies" as they,are termed,—some of the packages from their magnitude called " cottages," being as large as a waggon could hold. " Lace, gloves and silk were most frequently the con tents of the packages thus fraudulently introduced. Broady, however, was done ;' and a joint-stock com pany was formed by:subscription, for the purpose of frau dulently importing tobacco from Rotterdam ; and three h"gsheada, nt, the early part of 1841 (about 3,400 lbs. weight), were passed as cheese, though they were examined by a landing-surveyor, one or two rows of cheese being placed at the top of the cask. The sub scribers to this project cleared about 501. each ; but the undertaking was stopped, from the jealousy of other traders, who found it might interfere with their own illegal importations. But, ho adds, after this case, they deemed their operations quite a certainty.' " Clock faces, the duty upon which is 20 per cent. ad valorem, were passed under entry at half the real num bers in the packages or case, as 200, for instance, instead of 1,000. FooTB, a landing-waiter, now dismissed, is accused of having, while on duty at St. Katherine's Docks, "purloined thousands of cigars, distributing them amongst his friends, and amongst the Custom-house officers, with great liberality." Another delinquent got into the clutches of one of the fraudulent traders thus :—A bacon dealer lent GRAYSON 701., and having him thus in his power, forthwith made arrangements with him for fraudulent importations through his connivance. A person was dispatched to Hamburgh, who sent over a large quantity of the drug, coculus indicus, in 49 packages, purporting to be, all of them, flax. In reality seven only were flax ; and all were successfully passed as flax, at the duty of ld. per cwt. on flax, instead of 2s. '6d. per lb. on the coculus indicus. The loss to the revenue by this little ope ration was .529 t— In 1841, barrels of snuff were passed by GRAYSON and FOOTE, in league, as barrels of pork. The loss to the revenue may be inferred from the fact that these two worthies received 1201. between them from the importers —men, doubtless, claiming for themselves the character of "highly re spectable" tradesmen. But FOOTE, and B waxy (another landing-waiter), are said to have netted by a few similar operations, in part of 1842, in warehouses and on quays on the north side of the river, between 5001. and 1,000/. In most of these cases it was pretty certain that if the packages had been tested by the " spit," the fraud would have been detected. But the Austrian .sentinel, in Tekeli, does not more carefully abstain from thrusting his bayonet into the miller's sack which contains the melo-dra matic hero, than the " weighers " seem to have eschewed the notion of passing the spit into bales end packages belonging to their friends. HARRIS, another officer, admits to have accomplished in six or eight months of •1840, frauds on the revenue to the amount of 5001., by passing wines and spirits either short or under improper descriptions of quality— tobacco as marble, and silk as specimens of natural history (!) He received for his own services 801., and was enabled to carry on this system of deception through the remissness of the landing surveyors ; for in three months he was not visited by one of these functionaries more than twice I In 1841 and 1842 this same adroit gentleman "passed improperly to a large amount, and for ample remuneration, stained paper, damask curtains, silks, and wines, either by aid of the rough book system, or by omission of entry of small boxes, either large ones or by short entries, or by omitting any examination whatever," of the packages passed. Here, for the present, we once more pause ; much marvelling what the system can have been,—how worked and looked after by local and other subordi nates,—how checked, controlled, or investigated by the superior authorities, under whose general juris diction it has been placed—which could be thus easily, perpetually, impudently, and notoriously per verted to the robbery and spoliation of that revenue, which its multiferious and very expensive machinery was devised to protect and extend. The Journal of the Two Sicilies of the 27th ult. publishes the second judgment of the military court, sitting at Cocenza, was pronounced on the 24th. This sentence includes the foreign refugees who embarked in Calabria on the 16th of June last. Seventeen have been condemned to death. The KING ordered the sentence to be put in execution regarding the most guilty parties; consequently nine were executed on the 28th. The following are the names :—Don AT TALIO BANDBXRA, D. EMILIA BANDEIRA, D. NICOLA. RICCIOTTI, D. ANACARSI NARDI, D. DOMENICO MoRO, GIOVANNI — ITENERUCCI, GIACOMO ROCCA, FRANCESCO BARTi, DOMENICO LUPATELLI." Fifteen executions have now taken place on ac count of the Calibrian revolt, several of whom be- longed to the higher ranks in society. Three were Venetian noblemen. The two brothers, BANDEIRA and Mono, were lieutenants in the Austrian navy ; M. NARDI was an advocate from Modena, and Ric crom was an officer in the army, who had distin guished himself in the Peninsular war. Madrid journals of the 4th have been received. Three arrests had taken place, and executions also were anticipated. Discontent had begun to appear among the troops, and eleven officers of one regiment had been discharged from the service. Though the capital apparently was tranquil, great despondency and uncertainty as to the intentions of the Govern ment prevailed. The Finance Minister, Senor Mom, had arrived from Barceltina, and made an arrange ment with the Bank of San Fernando for another ad vance of money for the month of August. The Three per Cents. were done at 27; at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 20 .9-16 for cash, and 19f at 60 days. The debate in the House of Lords on Lord Murro's motion, respecting the navy, furnished a fruitful topic for discussion in the Paris papers, which turns chiefly, however, on the Otaheite affair. The Opposition journals, as well as those of the Go vernment, have, from what occurred in the House, found out the error into which they had been led by a Tory London paper. The remarks of the Duke of WELLINGTON and Lord ABERDEEN leave no doubt that reparation must be made for the outrage com mitted on Mr. PRITCHARD. The Siecle thus com ments on the debate :—" Every word spoken this sit ting contains a proof of the of England to wards France, and a design to humiliate us, whether in peace er in war. Under an appearance of modera tion, Lord HADDINGTON makes it clearly understood that he watches us, and that he is ready for whatever may arise. As to the Duke of WELLINGTON, he speaks as if he were always assured of having a Spanish army under his command, or a Prussian army on our flank to change our victory at Waterloo into a sanguinary defeat. This ardent rivalry of the two first nations of the world could have been pre vented, but by a deplorable system of foreign policy, interests have been brought together which ought to have been kept apart, and the maintenance of a peace equally desirable for the two nations, will become every day more difficult. The bending of the knee of M. GUIZOT will only render snore intolerable the pride of the British aristocracy." The Commerce regards the misunderstanding be tween England and France in a very serious light, and justly asserts that as a hostile feeling prevails on both sides, the least spark will cause a terrible con flagration. Now, we ask who is to blame for this bad feeling? Is is not the Opposition journals of Paris, who at intervals for the last threeor four years heaped every abuse en "Perfidious Albion," and even that abuse made little impression on the people of England till the late outrage committed on an Englsh subject at Otaheite. "The English . Ministers," says the Commerce, " seek as much as they can to calm public opinion indirectly by their journals; but as far as they are directly and personally engaged themselves, they are compelled to obey it. This is a novel situa tion which merits to be studied with the greatest care, and which ought to be well understood. For the first time since 1830 it is not only the two Go vesnments, but the two nations which are opposed to each other. The two Governments, it is true, still take each other by the hand, but the two people cast looks of defiance and anger at each oth er . S uc h a state of things is assuredly very serious. When a mis understanding arises between Governments, the changing-a Minister often suffices to restore harmony; but when that misunderstanding has made its way into the hearts of the people, no one can foresee the issue of it. Although on former occasions, important subjects of dispute have net led to collision between the English and us, no one can deny that war might not arise out of the most insignificant affair. This new state of public feeling 'in England is, in our opi nion, the most important feature of the case. Although it is only now in its infancy, - and is only shown by trifling circumstances, it is nevertheless very visible to those who are acquainted with the country, and attentively watch what is going on. France must be acquainted with , this, in order not to be taken un prepared. Our duty is to point it out to her." The Ministerial journals take a more favourable view of the affair, and one of them seems to infer that our Government is inclined, for what reason we cannot see, to throw the blame on Mr. PRITCHARD. " We find ourselves," says the Journal des Debats, " called upon to declare that we attach no impor tance to this debate, in which Lord ABERDEEN, the natural organ of the English Government in what relates to foreign affairs, took no part. The Duke of WELLINGTON, who did make some observations, would perhaps have done better had he abstained from speaking. He declared that he would not enter upon the question, whether Mr PRITCHARD had or had not merited the treatment he had received. Un fortunately this is the whole question, and until this is decided, until we know from which side the eccen tricities came, we confess we cannot judge of the right claimed by England to a reparation. Lord HADDINGTON, the First Lord of the Admiralty, seems to us to have taken a much better view of the matter, in saying that when agents of a foreign Go vernment go beyond their instructions, recourse ought to be had to their Sovereigns ; but the right of intervention did not belong to the agents of any Go vernment, who would in such case have the faculty of engaging their country in wars, the consequences of which could not be foreseen. We conceive that imply a condemnation of Mr. PRITCHARD and his eccentriciti cs ." these words clearly The same journal gives the following amusing description of the Opposition press of the two coun tries : " Both Lord Aberdeen in England and M. Guizot in France are accused and convicted of having sacrificed the honour of their respective countries. To gratify M. Guizot, Lord Aberdeen sinks England deep in hu miliation, and M. Guizot, who is resolved not to owe anything to his Lordship, passes his life in dishonouring France.. Lord Aberdeen faints with fear at the very name of Prance, and M. Guizot hides his head with the same feeling, if England puts on the slightest frown. Lord Aberdeen has caused Lieutenant Gray to be con demned by a court-martial, and the whole English navy shudders with indignation. M. Guizot will disavow Cap tain D'Aubigny, and in the meantime the French press hastens to throw a veil of mourning over the tricoloured flag. Lord Aberdeen is rampant and imbecile —M. Guizot a coward and a traitor. The first receives de grading kicks without a word, and thinks only of satis fying the outcry of the French, and the second is ready to deliver up to England both Calais and Havre. This is textually what is issued on both sides of the Channel, to the great satisfaction of the English and French patriots." The Ministerial journals consider the intelligence from Morocco of a very favourable character, as far as regards the dispositions of the EMPEROR, but hare doubts of his abilility to carry them into effect. The disposal of AED-EL-KADER forms the great difficulty. If we are to believe some of the papers, he has been already disposed of. " The son of the EMPEROR," says the Journal de Paris, " irritated at ABD-BL KADEa'S resistance to the orders of his father, and alarmed at the ascendancy that Arab chief was ob taining over the people, is said to have dispatched to him an emissary, wh• has shot him point blank This news, strange as it appears, has obtained some credence. It is said to hare been communicated bya letter from Algesiras." Accounts from Lalla Magrina announce that Mar shal. BUGBAUD had quitted. the' army on that station, and given the command to General LAMOBICIERE. The greatest activity prevailed there, and other places along the coast, for carrying on the war with vigour, The Marshal evidently puts little faith in the peace able dispositions of the EMPEROR. Preparations were also in progress at Toulon for reinforcing the squadron under the Prince DE JOINVILLE. THE BOURSE-SATURDAY, AI7GI7BT 10. First Highest Lowest Last . Price. Price. ce. French Five peresnts • . Four per Came. lO5 75 105 75 .. 105 75 •• 105 75 Thtee per Cents... 81 65 .• - 81 75 .. 81 50 .. 81 60 Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslloo . • 1100 ..1100 ..1100 Belgian Fives,lB3l lO4 .. 104 .. 104 • • 104 1840 1842 ........ 1081 .. 1081 .. 108 k 1081 Spanish Passive • •.. bf • • 61 .• 5f .. bf Portuguese Five per Cents • • 43 •• 431 • • 43 • • 431 Neapolitau ..... ........ 98 05 .. 98 20 .. 98 05 .. 98 20 Roman RAILWAY SHARER. St. Germain . Versailles, 380 .. 380 .. 380 .. 380 L. 8....... •..... 237 50 .. 237 50 •• 235 •• 235 Rouen • ,••,••• 975 .. 975 .. 975 .. 975 Rouen to Havre 752 50 .. 752 50 .. 750 730 Orleans ......,....•.• 972 50 .. 972 50 • • 970 .. 970 Strasburg to 8a1e.......• 238 75 •• 238 75 237 30 •• 237 50 Avignon to Marseilleo.• •• .• 760 .. 760 . 760 •• 760 RAILWAY SHARES FOB THE ACCOUNT, 15rn OF AUGUST. Versailles. 8.8..: •• • . 380 .. 380 .. 380 •• 380 Rotten .. 975 ... 975 .. 975 •• 975 Roma to Hans • • 753 75 .. 753 75 .. 748 75 •• 740 75 °Tle ans •••••• •••• •• ...... 173 50 .. 973 85 .. 964 76 .. 968 76 Straaburs to Bale.• •••• .... 237 50 .. 235 75 .. 236 25 L . 237 50 THIS DAY'S NEWS. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Sales to a moderate extent were effected in Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, and there was a steady feeling. 4,000 bales changed hands at previous rates. On the whole business was rather heavier in Shares, but Birmingham were in demand, and French were in rather better request. Birmingham and Gloucester, 112; Dublin and Cashel, 68 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter, lfit ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarter, 1i ; Liierpool and Manchester, 234; London and Birmingham, 232; Ditto, Quarter, 274 ; Midland Counties, 1084; Sheffield and Manchester, 86; South Eastern, 39; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 2. There are no arrivals today. The Funds have opened to-day rather flatly, and in the absence of any activity. The wet weather, of which a continuance might damage the condition of the crops, is assigned as the cause of the heaviness ; but, at the same time, the Otaheite business is another. Consols for Transfer have been 984 to 995, and forTinao -99 to 4, there having been one or two bona fide sales of Stock. The Commissioners have taken 10,0001. at 99f. Bank Stock is w or th 200 t o 2004 . Nothing has been done in India Stock. Exchequer Bills have been at a decline to 755. and 745. premium, indicating a slight increase in the demand for money. East India Bonds have been steady at 96 prem. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. hive been worth 1014 to 1014, and the Reduced to 1024 1024. The Three per Cents. have been 994 to 994. A quiet business has been done in a few of the Foreign Bonds at about Saturday's quotations. The advices from Madrid are of rather a more satisfactory character in re spect to the bank of San Fernando continuing its advances, but there is no change in prices. The Three per Cents. are 33, and the Five per Cents. 224. Portuguese Converted are dull at 434. Mexican Bonds realise 354 to 36, Colombian 131 to 4, and Bra zilian 844. Belgian are steady a t 1034, Z uss i an at 1205, and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 614 to 4. There has been very little doing in Railway Shares, but the quotations generally are about the same, being supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock ..- .... ....................«... 20034 200 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ............. 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities... ..... ........... 99% 98% DIN 356 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... ..... 102%% Ndw 3% per Cent. Annuities.......... ....... 1015 4 %%34 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 1234 India Bonds ,l , ooo 96 Ditto under 1,000........... ........ 21)0 Consols Stock '2co Consols for Account •.......... .......„.»....„.„ 903 y Exchequer Bills, Md. 134 d 1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• .... •......».. 75 76 pm. 0uui........... • .......... •••••••••••• 77 74 pm. Ditto 5ma11................ ..... ...... 74 76 pia. Ditto Advertised..„.,.,. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ' 103 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. - - — B4g Columbian Bonds. 13%34 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ...•.. -- Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted 4 -334 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent l2O Spanish{ Bonds,. Five per Cent 1840 — Ditto for the Account ••. ..... ••••••••••••••••.•• 29 1 4 Ditto Three per Cent. ...................• 33 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4134 Dutch 23 per Cents 613 { 1,04 Dutch 5 per Cents ......... . .... .....• lOl% 101 New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1837) ..... ........ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ..»..... 11334... to Bristol and Gloucester 3O .... ..... 5:34 ... to Chester and Holyhead."... ...... 5 ..... ... 5 ... to Dublin and Ca5he1,.„.„,...,.,.. 234 63 434% %..to Eastern Counties ....•... ........ ... 23 • l2l .• ... to Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. Bcl . . Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent l3s. 4d.... --._ ..... to Ditto Ditto (No. 2)...• Edinburgh and Glasgow •••••••••••• 50 ..... •••• 65 to Great North of Eng1and........... 100 Great Western 75 to Ditto }i Shares Lancaster and Carlisle London and Birmingham. IOO London and Blackwall 1636 London and Brighton 5O 48% ...... to London and Greenwich London and Croydon Midland Counties Birmingham and Derby 100 .. Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover 32% 3810 4 ... to Ditto New .......... . . ..... ..... .. 4 York and North Midland ...... ... 50 llO Paris and Orleans 2O Parisand Rouen ..... ......... ........ 20 Rouen and Havre. ••••......»........ 110 0•••••••• 19% •..« to JOINT STOCK RANKS. London Joint Stock London and Westminster 2O PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Am. 10. 3 per Cent. Consols 993 Throe and a Half Stock Ditto New, 1830 lO2 334 per Cent. Debentures • ,94 Bank Stock Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Royal Canal Stock — 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures.... inic 4 per Cent. City Debentures ..... . '" LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHARE. Dublin and K. Road Drogheda'D itt0..... 6O 74% Dublin and Cashel ditto .6 Hibernian Bank 253 Royal Bank National Insurance 25 313 Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Irel a nd.. .. 7 Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company ...... 100 Di tto Ditto 5O 5l Ditto Difto, 1836 ... . 5O 5O British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Steam Ship Building Company l5O .... 5134 • MANtmEsiltit STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 9.—We have had a firm market, and a good inquiry for stock. Barnsley Junc tion, 655. 6d.; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 1 13-16 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 31* ex div. ; Ditto, Half Shares, 15* to *; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. ; Man chester and Leeds, Half Shares, 50; Manchester and Bir mingham, 54i to i ; Manchester and Buxton, 375.; South- Eastern, New, 12g. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THISDAY.) LONDON, AUG. 12.—Wind W. to S.W., light breeze, with heavy rain at times. DEAL, AUG. 10.—P.M. Wind E.S.t. to E.-11. A.M., S.E. to N.E., light ; P.M. S.W. moderate.—Sld, Sarah Nicholson, Cuba ; St. Vincent's Planter, Ichaboe ; Ajax and City of Rochester, Quebec ; and the whole of the outward bound, except Eliza Ann, for Brazil SHIELDS, AUG. 9.—The Minerva, from Inverness, came off the Herd last night without damage. YARMOUTH, AUG. 9.—The Providence Goodwill has been brought into the harbour, and lies in the-mud full of water. HAYLE, Aua. B.—The Navarino, Paynter, the Joseph, Williams, and the Prince Regent, Husband, are reported to be missing, and very little hopes are entertained of their safety. MARYPORT, AuG. B.—The Miranda, Can, of and from Belfast, is ashore in Silloth Bay, and has sustained a good deal of damage to her bottom. PORT MADOC, Auc. 9.—The Druid, from Strangford, was struck by a sea 6th inst., which split her stern, shifted her ballast, &c. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Wind N.N.W. to S.W.— Sid. Diana and Severn, Ichaboe ; Tecumseh, New York; Candia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; London, Mauri tius ; Thomas, J ama i ca . Arrd. Quebec, London for New York. RAMSGATE, AUG. 11.—S1d; Shanim, Cape of Good Hope. The Malta, of Aberdeen, from Grangemouth for Rotterdam, was abandoned Bth inst., off the Texel, in a sinking state ; crew saved. TORBAY, AUG. 9.—Sld. Juliana, Singapore. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 10.—Wind N.W., fresh.-11. S., moderate.—Arrd. Jamefie, Jack, and N or f o lk, Elliott, New Orleans ; Sovereign,Bunhead, Quebec. Ski. 10th, Sarah Birkett, Sydney, New South Wales ; Victoria, Batavia •, Fire Queen (s.), Calcutta ; Ann, Bahia ; Cum berland, Pernambuco ; Orinoco, Augustine, John Ganow, Jamaica ; Flancio and Serafin, Havannah ; Colupus, Columbia ; Great Britain, Nicholas Biddle, and Rochester, New York ; Manteo, Boston ; City of Waterford, Magnet, and Souter Johnny, Montreal f Colombus, Duke of Cornwall, Lady Milton, Pallas, Royal Albert, and Victory, Quebec ; Jim Crow and Ocean Queen, Newfoundland ; Martin Luther and Susan, Cal cutta ; Mail, Bombay ; Fencer and Parsee, Mer chant, Icbaboe ; Imaume, Lathorn, Ireland ; liabella, Rio Grande ; Anglesea, C o l um bi a ; Agnes packet, Africa; Gossypiam, New Orleans; American, Savannah ; Jupiter, Charleston ; Powhattam, Baltimore ; Clinton and T. P. Cope, Philadelphia ; Mayflower and Zazoo, New York ; Glasgow, and George Davis, Boston ; Christopher Humberstone, St. John's, N.B. ; Emer a ld, Pugwash ; Wellington, Prince Edward's Island, Alex ander Grant, Hannibal, Hero of Acre, John, Mar qu i s of Normanby, Peel's One, and Pollock, Quebec. CLYDE, AUG. B.—Arrd. Diana, Greig, Barbad oes . Sid. Favourite, Montreal ;. Lady f the Lake, Quebec ; Juno, Newfoundland. DUBLIN, AuG. 9.—Arrd. Sir J. Kempt, Quebec. Sld. Bridget and IVanderer, Quebec. CORK, AUG. 9.—Sld. Ursula, Bombay. Off, Moslem, Vale, Hayti; Mathesis, Sierra Leone; Champion, Steele, Antigua. PETERHEAD, Atm B.—Arrd. Union, Ogoton, Green land, four fish, 30 tuns, left the grounds 20th ult. BRISTOL, AUG. 11.—Sld. Edward Colston, Africa ; Maria, Demerara ; Mary Jane, Prince Edward's Island ; Collins, Quebec. FALMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Some large pine timber and some spruce battens were passed sth inst., lat. 49, lon. 20, by the Brome, arrived here. BUDE, AuG. 10.—A pair of fancy bellows, with brass nose, and initials " J. W." cut in them, have been washed ashore at Hartland, with a ship's box, containing some candles, &c. CASTLETOWN, AUG. 7.—Her Majesty's steamer Strom boli, in leaving the inside anchorage at Bantry, got on the bar of the Horse Island, and remains, but is expected off next spring tides, after being lightened. She does not appear at present to have received much damage: LONDONDERRY, AUG. 9.—The Thomas Galston, of and from Belfast for Quebec, was abandoned 3d inst., lat. 55, lon. 26, dismasted. Arrd. Brilliant, Piercy, Antigua. PORTSMOUTH REGATTA, AUG. 9.—Portsmouth Harbour Regatta was continued yesterday, in defiance of thunder, wind, and heavy rain, which occurred fre quently during the day. The sailing matches were ad mirably contested, and the sailing-boats managed in very superior style, especially the wherries. The,Rear-Ad miral Superintendent kindly allowed the Portsmouth and Fanny tenders, and the Echo steamer, decorated with flags, to he moored near the starting vessel, for the ac commodation of the public. The regimental bands were in attendance, but owing to the unsettled state of the weather the spectators were not so numerous as hereto fore, though the prizes:and matches were admirably arranged by the steward, Mr. Vandenbourg. We regret to learn, from accounts received in town on Saturday, that Lord Keane is suffering from severe indisposition, at his Lordship's residence in Hants. The Chevalier Bunsen embarked yesterday morn ing on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship, Earl of Liverpool, for Ostend, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-AIONDAY. During the past week the arrivals of English Wheat were on a very limited scale, but those of most other kinds of grain were seasonably extensive, and of very superior quality. Fresh up we received about 200 quarters of new Wheat, chiefly from Essex and Kent. Of old English Wheat, the supply was very small. The demand was certainly active, but not to the extent expected, and prices advanced upon those obtained on Monday last of from is to 2s per quarter, at which a good clearance was effected. The quantity of Foreign Wheat on offer was good, while the sale for it was steady, at en advance of is per quarter. No English Barley at market ; but of Foreign the quantity was rather extensive. There was more doing in grinding sorts, the value of which was a trifle dearer ; but malting and distilling parcels were heavy. In Malt very little was doing, at late rates. The quan tity of fresh Oats was not very extensive, while the de mand was steady, at full prices. Beans, Peas, and Flour ruled about stationary. The seed market was dull, but we have no material alteration to notice in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—Essen & I MALT—Chevalier... ..... 635 to red., '42. to 52s Ditto, white ... ..... 491 to 571 Norfolk and Lin coln, red 391 to 46s Ditto white 4os to 53s Irish, red 471 to 50s Ditto, white Rirs—Old .... ........... New 363 to 38s! BARLEY—Grinding 23s to 27.' Melting Chevalier........_ 328 to 35e MALT—Suffblk and Nor- Gars—Yorkshire and Lincointh., feed 231 to Potatoe ...... 25s to Youghall and Cork, black Cork, white Scotch, feed ..... 21s to 23. BEANS—Tick..,.." 2ss to 29s Pigeons Ws to 391 PEAS— Grey . ....... 303 to 32. Maple 27s to 32, White 30s to 34s Boilers ... 32s to 38s folk s6s to 62s Brown sos to Ms Kingston and Ware 56a to 62s FOREIGN GRAIN Ab Wnerr—Dantzic Hamburgh ....... 361 to 40a BARLEY BOB to 335, OATS—New Feed l4a to 16., SMITHFIELD. Although the supply of Beasts on offer was less than that exhibited on this day se'nnight, it proved tolerably good for the time of year, both as regards number and quality. The attendance of both town and country buyers being numerous, a decided improvement was noticed in the Beef trade, and an advance of quite 2d per 81b was readily paid for all descriptions. In some in stances the primest Scots were disposed of at 4s 2d per 81b, but the more general quotation did not exceed 4s per 81b. A falling off was observed in the number of Sheep, yet they were quite equal to meet the wants of the trade. The Mutton trade was firm, and last week's quotations were steadily supported, the best old Downs producing 4s per 8 lbs. Lambs, the supply of which was good, commanded a steady inquiry, at full prices. The demand for real was rather active, yet no further improvement can be noticed in prices. In Pigs very little was doing, and the rates remained about stationary. Per alba. to sink the offal. 32s to FLOUR—Town made Suflo'k ...... 34s to 3135 Stockton &Vorfolt 333 to 3t3 ID FLOUR IN BOND. 'BEANS 2os to 2134 PR•B ...... FLOUR—American 23s to 2.5 s Baltic s d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Second qualityslltte... 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 2lO 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen 3 4 S 8 Southdown Wethers 810 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. - large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs 3 2 5 11 Prime small ditto 4 8 4 6 Small Porkers 3lO 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 34 0 Quarter old Pigs,eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. j Calves. I Pi gs . 2;741 31,860 f 159 239 NEVTGALTZ AND LEADENEcts.x.x.. Rather extensive supplies of country killed meat have been received up to these markets in fair condition. For prime Mutton, as well as for Veal, we have a very steady demand at prices quite equal to those obtained on this day se'ennight. Otherwise the trade has been in a very sluggish state, and the quotations have been with diffi culty supported. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to e. d. is d. to s. d Reef, inferior...—. 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 4 2 6 middling 2 6 28 middling 2 8 3 2 —. prime 1arge...... 210 3 0 prime 3 4 3 8 prime small ...... 3 2 3 4 Pork, large 2 4 2 4 Veal ..... •••••••••••••• 00000 3 4 4 4 —small „„....„ 3 6 310 Lamb, 33 3d to 4a Bd. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. Scotland 2OO GO Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk 3() Cambridgeshire . Essex Surrey lB 200 250 . 280 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts Total 7B 1,205 570 820 Previous week's arrival Difference since curled l2 630 280 60 BOROUGH AND SPITA.LPIELDS. As yet our supplies of new Potatoes, which are abun dant, are derived from the neighbourhood of the metro polis. The best kinds are selling steadily at from 5/ to 6/ ; other qualities 41 to 41 18s per ton. BOROUGH BOP MARKET. The accounts from all quarters, except those from East Kent,- continue unfavourable. The late gales, together with the appearance of 'moulds have much deteriorated the bine, owing to which thd duty has fallen —it being now estimated at only from 130,0001. to 135,000/. Some large sales have been made in Wealds and Sussex, on higher terms. WOOL MARKET. The public sales of Wool have at length been brought to a close. Notwithstanding the large quantities brought forward, nearly the whole have found buyers, at prices quite equal to those obtained at the previous auctions. By private contract we have still to report a fair inquiry at full quotations. During the week the imports have amounted to about 2,600 packages. TALLOW MARKET. The deliveries fall off, principally from the apathy shown by the trade ; they appear determined not to purchase until their wants absolutely require it In the meantime the holders here and the Russians seem in clined to look on. The shipments from St. Petersburgh to the United Kingdom bear a ♦ery small proportion to former years. Town Tallow 40s 6d nett cash. HAMBURGH MAIL. OFFICIAL. BERLIN, Auc. 9.—"1 cannot quit the soil of my coun try, though only for a short time, without publicly ex pressing in my own name and that of the Queen the deeply felt gratitude which fills our hearts ; it is excited by the innumerable proofs of affection to us, both verbal and in writing, which we have received, and were called forth by the attempt of the 26th of July ; that affection which loudly greeted us at the instant of the crime, when the hand of the Almighty averted the deadly shot from my breast. Looking up to my heavenly Preserver, I proceed with fresh courage to my daily work, to com plete what is begun, to carry into execution what is pre pared, to combat evil with increased certainty of victory, and to be to my people everything that my high vocation lays upon me as a duty, and which the love of my people deserves. (Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM. "Erdmansdorff, Aug. 5, 1844." Accounts from Erdmansdorff of the sth say that their Majesties the King and Queen were perfectly well, and intended to sot out on the 6th, in the morning, for Ishel. The Queen will remain there for some time, but the King, after stopping only one day, intends going to Vienna, and to be back at Erdmansdorff on the 17th of this month. QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.) A respectably-dressed young man was placed at . the bar before Mr. Burrell on the following charge:-.. Sergeant Parkinson, of the Honourable East India Company's service, said the defendant enlisted into one of the artillery regiments of the East India Company on Friday last, aid the whole of the routine business in respect to recruits was gone through, and he was brought to that office on Saturday to have the oath of allegiance administered to him. Whilst the Magistrate was affixing his name to the docu ments, and the usher of the Court had read the oath to him, he suddenly threw down the book, and refused to be swore. The Sergeant further said the man was an attested recruit, and that, according to the Act of Parlia ment relating to the enlisting of recruits, he was a bona fide soldier. _ _ MI:. BURRELL differed in opinion. The Act gave magistrates the power of discharging persons who had hastily enlisted, if they had not taken the oath of alle giance, and made application to him to be released from the obligations into which they had entered within four days from the date of their enlisting. Was the young man willing to pay the usual smart money? The young man said he was willing to pay it. Sergeant Parkinson begged to call the Magistrate's attention to that portion of the Act which said, "that if he (the recruit) will not take the oath of allegiance, he is to be detained until he will do so." Mr. BURRELL said that rested with those under whom the sergeant acted. He could not detain him. Ho was willing to give the subject mature consideration, and to hear the question, with any new arguments in support of the view taken of it by the sergeant, or by his supe rior officer, at a future day. The parties then left the Court. COLONEL DENDAS.—It may be remembered that some months since Colonel Dundas, whilst at the dinner table of a Noble Lord, and no doubt somewhat heated with wine, was guilty of uttering some very disrespectful observations of her Majesty the Queen, and for which he was dismissed the service. We are happy to be able to record the pleasing fact—pleasing alike as showing that the momentary indiscretion of the offender has not been visited too harshly, and pleasing as exhibiting a most gracious and forgiving temper on the part of her Majesty even.when personally insulted—we are happy, we say, to reciV the fact of Colonel Dundas's restoration to active servige, and we trust he will prove that the lenity shown him has not been misplaced.—Humpslsire paper. THE CAMERONIANS.---The arms, accoutrements, &c., of this distinguished corps were inspected on Wed nesday by Major-General Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.8., commander of the fore(' in Scotland. It was intended to have paraded the regiment in Bruntsficld Links for this purpose, but in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather in the morning, the inspection took place within the Castle. The weather having cleared betwixt twelve and ons o'clock, numerous parties proceeded to the Links, but were disappointed.—Scotsman. A new corvette has been ordered to be built at Chatham, upon the plan of the Earl of Dundonald, to be called the Challenger. Length 134 feet, breadth 37 feet 6 inches, depth 17 feet 6 inches, tonnage 810 tons. Below the water line she is to resemble the Janus war steamer (also built upon the plan of Lord Dundonald), that is, both ends perpendicular and alike. This is to try the effect upon a sailing-vessel, as well as upon steam. The Janus has not yet been tried.—United Service Gazette. _ Lieut. Munro, who shot Colonel Fawcett in a duel, refused to give himself up to justi ce , an d was, as our readers remember, cashiered in consequence, is at pre. sent residing in Hamburgh, with his wife and family. I VISIT OF THE KING OF THE r FRENCH TO HER MAJESTY. The 7th or 9th of September were the periods W llle had been arranged a f or t n i g ht ag o f o r the ortl lg of his Majesty the King of the French in t '",( country, upon a risit to the Q ue en. The visit, his Majesty will now take pla c e a week later te''i the time originally fixed upon, in consequence the accouchement of our beloved Sovereign not ke/0 occurred so early as had been confidently anticips .* at the period of the origin a l a r r angemen t being . tns ~ The French Monarch, who will embark, it is : r ill I,ected, at Dieppe, in a French man-of-war, and 0 be accompanied by another 74-gun ship and esr „, fleet of steamers, will land at Portsmouth, and travel,., the South Western Railway en route to Windsor CS." to the Farnborough station, where the royal Wrist:: will be in waiting to convey hi s M a j es ty and std"' i l Windsor. The same apartments (and also some additi fi e j state rooms) at the Castle, which were ncet l P: c e by the King of Prussia, at the christening of the Prl d i of Wales, and the Emperor of Russia, during the 1 1 , 4 race-week, will be prepared f u r the rec e pti o n of the,,,n of the French and his Maje s ty' s numerous su ite. j - _,7 will be most magnifi cen tly f urn i s h e d an d em belliskos' o i indeed, no pains or expense will be spared at the Psis c , 9 , o the English Sovereign to recei ve th e Ki ng o f th e Frenc a manner worthy of the Queen of thi s m ighty einP ir.„ " ,; worthy, alike, of her Majesty's Roy a l an d 11111 34. .0 1 guest. to A review, upon a grand and i m p os i ng sca l e , during t o King's short visit at Windsor (which is not expect7 o 4 be prolonged beyond a we e k or t en d a y s ), t o take P' o4 o i in the Great Park, has already b een s p o k en of. It' v ° rumoured that several infantry regiment s w ill be 010 111 in the Park, and that not l ess th an f rom 15 t o 20 es/ A A and infantry regiments, with a park o f ar till e ry sotto; batteries, will be present at this int en d e d magnu'"'d military spectacle. Splendid banquets will take plit c ' e i St. George' Hall and the Weterloo Ch am b er , t o be follo S OP by state balls and grand evening parties. Prepars„tio have already been commenced at th e R om an Getu" o . chapel, at Clewer, about a mile from Windsor, for th e sr commodation of his Majesty and suite. It was at fill S . , ranged for pews to be constructed for th e Ki n g a nd said . but it is now, we understand, contemplated to no wing to the edifice, open to one side of the interior 0 ' .g , Chapel, and to be appropriated, exclu s i ve ly, for the i ' ll , commodation of his Majesty and attend a nts. This r ot will be carried into effect in the event of there b a t h. sufficient time to complete it before the arrival of royal visitor to the Queen. f tii° There is very little doubt that the c hri s t e ning 0- o il Infant Prince will t a k e pl ace d ur i ng hi s Majesty's ' d at Windsor. Indeed, it has been stated that the Nil if, the French will be one of th e s p onsors (i t i s suplinsc e pi so, by proxy, his Majesty being a Roman Catholic) ij the last born Prince of the House of Brunswick. °lii not expected that his Majesty will visit the metroro during his short stay in England, but remain the 0o time at the royal residence at Windsor. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENC S ' OXFORD, AUG. 10,—At the annual visitation and elf , tion at Abingdon School, founded by Mr. John RoU the following gentlemen o f that sc h oo l we re elev" Scholars of Pembroke College:— Edward Duncan Hall, son of the late Master of ~b, College; Frederick Goodenough, son of Dr. Goodehe r l if, of Bristol, and founder' s ki n ; H enr y S wa b e y, son °' Swabey, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. la be- 14 The Earl of Wilton has presented the Rev...-,e Fletcher, of Brasenose College, to the P e rpetual of St. Thomas, Radcliffe, Lancashire, value 10Puk annum. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. 11 , "41. Y. Smithies, of Trinity Coll ege , to th e R ec tory " bottle, Northumberland, value 222/. per annum. a io B Sir R. Peel, Bart., has presented the Rev. R. X. of New Inn Hall, to the Incumbency of the new P"" of St. Paul's, Hull. •r The Rev. F. Cooke, of Balliol College, has been pointed to the Curacy of Torres, Devon. itsf The Rev. G. G. Parry, Fellow of Lincoln Collegetot, been appointed to the Curacy of Dongresbury, Sol ee b e ell The Rev. J. E. Cox, of University College, has ~,n e ft appointed to the C urac y o f St. D av id' s , Ste p Middlesex. pfr The Mayor and Corporation of War w ick hav e e -dol' scnted the Rev. Henry Whit e t o th e Vi ca rage 0' brook, Warwickshire, value 3541. per annum. heel ! The following members of this University have ordained by the Lord Bishop of Worcester:— g e; Deacons—Thomas Bearcroft, of Queen's C°" e ' Charles Alb n, of lia Brasenose College. eg ; Priests—The Rev. Wilm Lea, o f Brasenose C °-l1 the Rev. John Merry, of Queen's College ; thei do y ; C. C. Adams, of Merton Colleg e ; the Rev. G. S. of Trinity Coll e g e ; th e R ev . C. B. T urne r, of 0 "',,, j el College ; the Rev. W. G. Bradley, of Br a senose Coni the Rev. Josh. Bickerdike, of St. Edmund that; Rev. A. T. Wilmshurst, of Magdalen Hall. i niOr DUBLIN, AUG. 10.—The Michaelmas Term EXit n iOr tions in Trinity College are fixed as follows Sophisters, Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 14 and 15 ; Lo ior Sophisters, Thursday and Frid a y, O c t. 17 and 18 ; Freshmen, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 23 all'A Junior Freshmen, Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 28 0 13 7. t ieJ The examination for Moderatorships in Matilentl' and Physics, commences on Thursday, Oct. 17 sL# Classics, on Monday, Oct. 18 ; in Logics and Ethi c Monday, Oct. 21. Examinations for prizes in the Junior Class*V e r Monday, Oct. 21, Junior Sophisters in Science ; del, day, Oct. 22, Junior Sophisters is Classics ; Tht; e s ir Oct. 31 ' Senior Freshmen in Sci e nce, a nd JuoiL i r n men in Classics ; Friday, N ov . 1 , S en i or Freau —e Classics, and Junior Freshmen, in Science. Catechetical Examinations are appointed aS For Senior Freshmen, Saturday, Oct. 26 ; ibr " - Freshn, Wednesday, Oct. 30. 1 1 . The n me ext public entrance-day will be Friday, Oct- Mg ABOLITION OF IMFRISONMENT FOR Lin, The above Act, which rec e i v ed the Royal asse n t 1, Friday by commission, came into operation on Sstufi iv when a number of debtors who had been imprison 2 0, the different metrop o lit an p r i sons f or d e bts under .; ip were liberated, and th e same course w ill be aduPt w ish all the other gaol s f or d e b t t h roug h out t h e c ountrY' A for the exception of those persons who stand committeeto penalties due to the Crown. At the same time , r i, sheriffs of London an d Middl esex, as we ll as of toe have given directions to the keepers of the I. °r - deb / gaols in that county not to take in any person whoe f $ lO is under the sum s t a t e d i n th e A ct. Wi t h so me ' 3 l O O keepers a difficulty h as ar i sen as to w h et h er the h e t, or means the amount to consi s t o f th e b ona fide d e ; th e whether it is t o i nc l u d e cos t s . If t h e l at ter Wer, o o, case the benefit wou ld b e b u t s li g ht, as , for insi ti o llf, some two or three thousand actions are O P see brought in the Palace Court, Sheriffs' Court: oo p Secondaries' Court of London, Middlesex, and S set in which, but with f e w exce pti ons , th e debt e - wee amounts to 20/, but the costs in none 0 , tine courts are ever less than 151. By the oper:sl, ei of this Act one of th e gao l s w ill b e en ti re ly a bohe r k doll the same time effectin g a sav i ng t o th e City of Sole' of between 4001. and 500/. a year. The prison i r o pett to is the Borough C om pt er , s it ua t e i n O. lL : s ef! Tooley-street, the es t a bli s h men t o f w hi c h cons's"' e ls." chaplain, governor, matron and turnkeys, while th e et ioe of persons committed were those taken in 0 4 oe under process from the Borough Court of Begot, Rol tally bills. Strange as it may appear, yet it 19 !. 1 . - 0 11 true, that within the last seven years there in the been three persons confined within the walls f t o, a , above prison whose debt, on which the arr, e n " r ear, founded, exceeded 201. ; and by Wednesday the n e e Compter will be uninhabited, except by the ge' ts of and matron. Similar results will attend the Coef or Requests. As an inst a nc e o f th e i mme nse pini, of persons summon e d t o th ese m i nor cour t s , so me lut e tel be formed when it is stated th a t th e fees to r' 'OOP clerks of the Borough C our t o f R eques t s exceed L , hte r , annually, and which is paid by the unfortunate avoid As the law of arre s t i s th us a b o li s h e d, summon ses of course decrea se . It i s sa id th a t t h ose persons . o tor vested rights have been ;injured by the new A e ,, C ,., 0 to apply, as the town clerks of the old corporan.-r„ on the passing of the Reform Act, for compenet i° ,lrir LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP GORGOII.---w- 1" tion to the brief acco un t o f th e l oss o f this vessefrod ready published, the following extract of a letterote 4, ivy , an officer on board will be read with interest l ore' Video (on shore), May 24.—1 wr i te a t o nce to, before' yo you of the parti cu l ars o f t h e l oss o f t h e G o rgon, le otb may be unduly alarmed for our safety. On the ol d wi blew rather hard ; it soon b egan t o bl ow harder, pee veered a little. The wind still growing higher, 19 ^ bee: down our yards and topmast s . Th e next day w,. 0 1. to drive, so we let go our small bowers, and Y ee ,', bee,, little while after we parted it, and slipped bower, intending to go t o sea , b u t we f oun d itf - fte 'r. to do so, as we cou ld no t get h er h ea d to the seei'v t we got well up to windward, and let go our °b rae ti t lli ss * and veered on it. W e parte d t h at after it Jeri/ 0 We then let go th e stream, an d b ac k e d w ith t".„ e d $ kedge ; but we dr ove st ill, an d went on s hore, _'"" ar e e v e we are high and d r y on t h e san d. But we , t, scre o alone; there are ni ne o th er vesse l s d r i ven on ehe'toyer, of them on top of the others. Fortunately wer e ete..,,t e 7 l reef of rocks, which now lies between us and 'e e c- t. If we had struck on the reef, we certainly shouldersy dashed to pieces. General Oribe has offered us er of ve to ante in his power, and s en t us l ar ge siPPl ieg e on ly with a profusion of vege t a bl es . I n d e ed, we he' Y to he e d mention our wants, and he spares no troublecontioeto them instantly supplied. Nor is his kindnes e . en dieg to the officers he is equally generous in sr` Aen t the comforts of the ship's company. The M .- 0 0111 tossed about like a top, losing her haminoc s ' s ide ; 11 ,. &c. A large hole has been knocked in D e ]: ;V,: part of her taffrail has been entirely destroytithe to o d, which was anchored close to the point 01 ,, ic er, I ' l3 o parted both ber cables just as we let go our l over, Wo_ drifting on shore, went to pieces immediately our fo t : t lucky for us we did not follow her . W r g ui d n ot P oo boilers, and full power on the engines , we c° the date out. to sea but if we once had had our head to we should ' have been all right." South 1111/51' Mr. Flemin g , f ormer l y M e mber for Sou shire, died at Athens on the 19th of July. gall ° L. II , Lord Brougham arrived at Brougham ot heat?, Sunday last, and is in the enjoyment Baron, ,11 day' Ilis Lordship entertained the Chief m o il lock, on Wednesday, and the bar yesterday ( t SP "' —Carlisle Patriot. lying' at mess head, Collingwood, eighty guns, now .1. F. es head, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral r S t l an u t i bus kn ict : mour, G.C.8., who is in town on important to el a ite . connected with the state of affairs at the sta , ota he immediately tha t he is appointed in chief, will sail ill:tied' of F. _ hear f o r w have , v THE GRESHAM COMMITTEE. -- " • this public body, commiserating destruction , w on the losses they sustained by the thenea oe, Royal Exchange by fire, and the long of t he - the e rection _ o te_ nience they have suffered during the first t b e tt building, have determined to forego. e to 1111 rent. This will give the tenants tim various places in a suitable manner. ith their. teonfentfi-eijia,!