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nleantime he hoped a little reflection in prison would Der her intentions. If not, he should commit her to Nev Tate for robbing her father, when she would be sent to sea in a different manner to what she expected. The prisoner, who displayed the utmost indifference during the examination, was then removed. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. BROUGHTON said he thought he knew the pr: soner, and had committed him before. LAMBETH-STREET. " Miss Mary Ann Vaughan." While arranging the finishing of the stays, a cir .nirnstance occurred which led to his unexpected and immediate apprehension. Mrs. Myers, a young mar ii, 11 female, called upon Miss Jackson, and the elder prisoner, in accounting for the stays, said that they had been sent to him from Essex, and that the young woman to whom they had originally belonged had been transported. At the request of Mrs. Myers, he agreed to let her have a couple of pair of the stays at 2s. each. Mrs. Myers selected two pair from the lot, and before closing the bargain she took them to the shop of Mr. Moss, their actual owner, for the pur pose of ascertaining what they were really worth, and what it would take to fit ish them. The young woman in the shop at once recognised them as her master's property, and knowing they could not have been sold in such a state, she informed Mr. Moss of th'± circumstance, and this led to the apprehension of the prisoners. The greater portion of the property 11a3 bcen'recovered, and the prisoners were remanded, to give time for the attendance of other and necessary witnesses, and also to enable the officers to trace the missing property. THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN. (From the Dublin Evening Pachet.) Mr. Farren, Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. Seymour, made their second appearance on Thursday night, in the comedy of the Clandestine Marriage, when their joint erforts were crowned with the most complete success. Perhaps in the whole wide range of modern comedy there is not a more highly finished or perfect piece of acting than the Lord Ogleby of William Farren. From the first inimitable scene of the making up of the old beau to the falling of the curtain, all is perfect. In fact he iden tities himself so entirely with the character that the spec tator at times fancies he beholds a scene from actual life, not its mimic representation. Several of our readeri, smitten with the charms and delighted with the acting of Mrs. Seymour, have written to us, asking can it be possible that such beauty, possess ing so great an amount of talent, has hitherto been to " fortune and to fame unknown ?"' Do those inquisi tive gentlemen remember an exceedingly pretty girl, al most a child, in sooth, with long silken fair hair and cl• ye- like eyes, who excited the astonishment of our fellow•citizens some eight or ten years since, by the grace and feeling of her performance in The Bridal? The pie ce was brought out for Macready, and (we believe) Montague Stanley, and had a run of several nights. The young lady was then called Miss Allison, and was a protegee of Miss Barry, for many years most deservedly a prime favourite on Hawkins'- street boards. Since the death of that lamented lady we hive lust sight of Mrs. Seymour, nee Miss Allison, until now, in the full bloom of that beauty promised in her early years, and in the maturity of those talents visible in leer youthful efforts, she has taken all hearts by storm and achieved greatness here by two night's performances. Thus, as Richard Swiveller would say, "may genius and loveliness ever meet their reward." T-Ilking of rewards, Mr. Joy, the most efficient and g. , ntlernanlike box-keeper that ever asked for public patronage, has announced his benefit for Tuesday next, 11.,n the performances will be of the most attractive character. Mr. Joy's uniform courtesy in the discharge of his arduous duties has won the approval of every visitor of our theatre ; and we are sure the public will feel rejoiced to have an opportunity, on the occasion of his benefit, of repaying in some degree his friendly politeness. Should past attentions, however, prove like eaten bread," and a " lively sense of future favours," take precedence of gratitude, we may just hi n t t h at t h e ensuing season will open with the Italian company, com prising Grisi, Mario, the Lablaches, and Favanti ; and that Fanny Elssler, with a first rate ballet company, will succeed them. Verb sap. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 10th of August, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General : Weekly Total. Average of Five years. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 288 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 95 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 153 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of liaspiration 2ll 286 Dista6es of the Heart and Blood-vessels 2O 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .. Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 4 5 Childbirth, Diseases of .the Uterus, &c. 6 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, o r Natural Decay 7By Violence, P r i vat i on 1 , or Intemp 4 erance 26 Deaths from all C ... Causes specified... ..........auses ...... . ............ 927 942 934 946 mants Fitom TUE PRINCIPAL DISEASES LNCLUDED UNDER TUE ABOVS READS. CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Weekly Average Consumption ...... 132 •of Five Years, Scarlatina BO 147 Pnzumonia ... 36 34 79 Dropsy .. ... .. .. ............ limping Cough .... ....... .. Typhus Small Pox Disease of the Heart Measles ... • 14 28 Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain 8 9 Diarrhoea.. .. ••• — 64 12 Sudden Deaths ..• 1 15 DIgTRICTS. __. West 122 133 North Central East 9 09 207 South.. Total ...... ....... ..... 934 EWS T ' E a r th s.— fid Wednesday night, a small boat was y ti l i 3 e y two u g s entle f m t e u n i , c who th we ni re tu a littie intoxi ° eated, ( t u r a "ilielensburgh. The party s p ta i rTe o d, e an n d yest i e n r g day m e orn -, ;tlg the boat was fotmd . floating, bottom up, w i th the .turr-sail set, bou. a mile and a half from Helensburgh. Tk7e two ' a 16,, beendro b oat men and the two gentlemen have, doubt. ed.---Greenock Advertiser. 946 Charles Salmon, a watch finisher (who was stated to be a capital workman, but a very dishonest one), was brought up for re-examination upon various charges of robbery. In November, 1841, he was engaged to work on the premises of Air. Church, watchmaker, in the Westminster-road, and was placed in an upper work shop, as he requested that he might not be put in the sale shop, within sight of the street. On the 11th of November a very valuable gold watch (maker's name Brocklebank) and another watch movement were Irm(led to him for some slight repair, but, instead of taking them up to his workshop, he went through the private door and absconded. Handbills were printed, offering a reward for his apprehension, but it appears he went to Germany, and only returned to England a short time back. Lately he took lodgings in the house of Mr. Evans, in Stafford-place, Pimlico, stating that he had just arrived from Guernsey, and ,xpected his luggage by the Southampton Railway. .in a few days he absconded, and it was discovered that he had stripped the lodging of everything portable. At the beginning of last week he applied for work to Mr. Turpin, a watchmaker, in Banner-street, from whom he received a valuable movement to repair, but IL; pawned it immediately afterwards, and it was as certained that he had served other tradesmen in the same manner. At length Sergeant Brannan, 20 G, who had been on the look out for him since 1841, got hold of him, and brought proof of the several charges against him. Sergeant Brannan said the Magistrate had com mitted him twice before. Four years ago he was summarily convicted for making away with a watch movement belonging to a tradesman in Cornhill. On the other occasion he was committed to Newgate for trial for stealing a gold watch belonging to Caspar, the watchmaker, who was one of the parties impli cated in the famous gold dust robbery some years back ; but he was acquitted of that, as it turned out that the prosecutor had attempted to compromise the matter with him. The prisoner was then committed on three charges, and the sergeant stated that he had several others against him. _ Yesterday Augustus Jamas John Larouche, a youth of seventeen, in the garb of a sailor, and Edmund, a little fellow of eleven years of age, were placed at the bar be.bre Mr. Norton, on a charge of stealing a large quantity of stays, the property of Mr. Moss, a wholesale stay manufacturer, of 112, High-street, 1V hi techapel. From the evidence it appeared that the younger prisoner had been in the service of Mr. MOS 3 for some days, as an errand boy, and through him his brother ascertained where a number of the workpeople of his mater resided. He also got a number of Mr. Moss's cards, upon which he had written orders, and by this xne:ins, and representing he had come by Mr. Moss's -'e,ire ' he had obtained several dozens of pairs of stays, which he took, some to the house of a Miss Jackson, and more to the residence 0f... Miss Mary Ann Owen, to both of whom he had been " paying his addresses." Some of the stays were in an unfinished state, and to complete them he had applied to a young woman named Vaughan, with whom he had " kept company. - Miss Vaughan, while giving her evidence, handed in a note which she received from the prisoner, of which the following is a copy:— " West-street, August 13, Six o'clock. " Dear Mary,—l send these things by my brother, a cannot come quite so soon, but I will in about two hours, and bring some more pieces. Finish the white ones as soon as you can, and believe me to.be, for the present, yours affectionately. " AUGUSTUS L. R. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. 13IPORTANT NOTICE. °NE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU EUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collodion of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art eve r known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a ,:ost of 60,400 guineas, and to completely illustrate, iii the most in itructive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROM WELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., an the EMPEROR :.`•POLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, luring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, tiso, many thousands of thu Nobility and Public; and the Pro irietor has recently been able to inzi ease, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost lucre liblo number lull variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude t 1 valuable Relief, and other curiosities, in this most .itvructive end, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a Nationa' Museum. 3, 5 .may thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it cugh to heseen by every oae. The price of admis 'ion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to Ide seen only at the '• Egyptian Eta," Piccadilly, daily h con Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Atic. 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 60; Noon, 60. BARomETER, 29.61 —Wire, N.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is vually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HlGii WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TLIIS DAY. Homing ... 37 minutes after 2 1 Evening ... 55 minutes liter 2 i~( o `. , , 4. 1 0 *. 7:•., _ , ~,, j Y .. 4 r, .6 Y ..., .. ~.... ' 42 ♦ . 4IFW" 4111 0 . , gf --' r, ~ RA , ~ • I ~-. ..,.. - 111 k ,r,C •‘`bli , 7 % „ - ~_ , .f , ll, .1 , t ' '. 5:57.1' 7. ' -.• '. ~ ,1, ,0 6, ~..,4,,g - ..' R 0 I T , 1 ': . , r. 4,;.:-,n 4iNli,,. _ ~ %Pt SECOND EDITION. TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1944. Commons, at least, were taught the secret of their of the lowliest peasant ;—we pass by these incid?nts own strength ; and the popular voice in the councils in his chequered career, replete though they of those States, on the most memorable occasions of are with the wildest romance; but had any domestic interest, was usually raised to temper the one told him, at that disastrous period ce ferocious cruelty of their oligarchical members. In his life when he was sitting by the humble hearth the same spirit, the general policy of these Republics of his Norwegian friend, M. BURS, that he would was usually to mitigate the savage resentments of one day, not only regain all his lost wealth and titles, their allies—such as the Dukes of MILAN, FERRARA, but ascend the throne of France through the instru &c. But since the Spanish line of the BOURBONS mentality of that very class of society which had been was installed after the execution of JOACHIM MURAT, so ready to banish and persecut e him, assuredly the in its hereditary throne of Naples—and from the "traveller MuLemt" would have regarded such a man moment that the Papalty, after the close of the as a lunatic, and treated his predictions with infinite last war, was reinstated in the full sovereignty contempt ; for everything at that period tended to of the " States of the Church," those fair i show the utter absurdity of such a vaticination ; and beautiful portions of Italy have once and for years afterwards it seemed daily more more become a prey to those imbecile and I unlikely that it could ever be realised. lawless schemes of Government which seem to be the First, there was the French Republic op. destined scourge of the land. The dominion of posed as a barrier to its fulfilment; and when this Austria over her Milanese and Lombard territories, was removed, then came the Empire, with Napo however open to objection on the score of its LEON'S dazzling series of triumphs, which placed all arbitrary pretensions and its obnoxiousness to the Europe at his mercy ; when this, too—rather by the wishes and nationality of a vast section of her Italian interposition of the elements than by the force of subjects, is yet, upon the whole, under the Emperor man—was swept away, then there was the Restore- FERDINAND, exercised in a mild and paternal spirit. tion of the elder branch of the BOURBONS, which The Imperial Government has repeatedly remon- left "the traveller MULLER'S" chance more remote strated with the Government of his Holiness on the th an ever. Events, however, soon conspired to favour dangerous and impolitic system of persecution and him. That which had so long appeared impossible, intolerance, religious and political, enforced in the be g an gradually to assun:e an aspect of probe Papal States by the Ministers of his Holiness. These hility ; and at length, by the incredible fatuity remonstrances have been disregarded, but the political of his Royal kinsman, he was raised to the troubles to which it was foreseen, in Vienna, the perse- French throne with the unanimous approbation of verance in such a system must inevitably lead, have long those very classes of society—the middle and lower since broken out. The Papal Government, instead of orders—whose fathers, forty-nineyears i before,had been dispassionately inquiring into the political, municipal, foremost to con.ent to his banishment ! To complete and social grievances, which have for years so cruelly thi s extraordinary "romance of real life," Louis harassed and insulted its subjects, seems occupied with Piunmee—long after the majority of his manhood', no other schemes than those which may aid it in the friends have pas,ed into the grave—finds his old .1N or accomplishment of the most bloody and unchristian weg i an h os t still living at the patriarchal age of eighty vengeance against the unhappy Italians who have been two, and repays as KING of the FRENCH the hospitalit3 induced to attempt an insurrection against its autho- he received from him as the "traveller AIULLER ! rity. A handful of these unfortunates (for we at There is nothing in the wildest fictions of the nove once avow that we cannot altogether withhold our lists more startling than the leading incidents in the sympathy from men whom rank and obsti- career of Louis PHILLIPPK ; w ho, it would almost nate and bigoted misgovernment has driven to seem, had been purposely chastened by Providence desperate courses) having made at Corfu some in his youth, in order that France and Europe ill-matured arrangements for their meditated move- might receive, in his old age, the benefits of that ment, landed on the coas t of Calabria, under circum- tempered and enlarged sagacity which, in strong stances marked by so m uc h disorder, precipitation, minds, is the inevitable result of early trials and and temerity, that it is almost impossible to avoid the vicissitudes. suspicion of treachery on the part of those who in vited, or who conducted them thither. With the Calabrese, on whom they appear to have anticipated that they should make a proselyting impression, they had no time for even communicating. In an instant, as it were, like the dissipation of a dream, the insur gent movement was made, met, defeated, terminated. Before all their party had disembarked, some were wounded—all were prisoners. They were taken by the forces of a Government perfectly prepared for their attempt. The discomfited, disarmed, unresisting prisoners, consisted, for the most part, of men (says the Morning Herald) "of birth, fortune, and educa tion; two of them sons of that Admiral BANDEIRA who commanded the Austrian squadron which as sisted the English fleet on the coast of Syria in 1840." Such men had given, at any rate, an earnest of their sincerity and good faith in this abortive effort to rescue their countrymen from the thraldom of their political misery and debasement, by the greatness of the stake which they were content to sacrifice on the very threshold of the enterprise. Of the whole band, some 17 or 19 strong, nine were presently shot, like dogs, in cold blood, by order of the Neapolitan Government. Another confederate, one GIUSEPPE GARDINGHI, having escaped from Bologna, took refuge in the territories of 'the Grand Duke of TUSCANY. The Minister of the POPE demanded his extradition; and this demand, though at first strenu ously resisted, was at length acceded to by the Tuscan Government, but not without the express condition, agreed to on the part of the POPE, that his life should be spared. But, alas ! this condition was made in a bad faith, which history associates instinctively with Papal diplomacy. GARDINGRI was re-conducted to Bologna ; tried there, and shot ! M idrid journals of the ith instant have been re• ceived, but they bring no intelligence of the slightes . interest. The Three per Cents. were done at 271 for cash and 278 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 20/ for the 23d of August. The French Government on Tuesday received the following unexpected communication from Egs pt : TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 27. "His Highness the VICEROY has just abruptly left Alexandria, declaring that he renounces for ever Egypt and public affairs, and that he means to retire to Mecca. " IBRAHIM PACIIA is at Alexandria—the city ip quiet." No reason is assigned for this sudden resolve, and rew imagined that the veteran warrior, so fond of power and so anxious to raise Egyptto a distinguished rank, would have resigned all into the hands of his son. He is now in the 75th year of his age, however, and possibly weary of the turmoils of Government, and desirous to see how his system will work uncle! his successor, he proposes to survey the scene in the quiet retreats of the Holy City. The Otaheite affair still furnishes topics for leading articles, but they are now confined to the Opposition journals. The (?onstitutionnel, M. TRIERS' paper, persists in stating that Mr. PRITCHARD was one of the instigators of the revolt, hut as far as evidence has yet been produced without any foundation for the assertion. In commenting on the letters from Ota heite published by the London Missionary Society, it says—" This correspondence proves that the reverend brethren of M. PRITCHARD were not strangers to his intrigues ; in fact, it may be seen by these letters that the assembly presided over by the missionaries at Hidiaa was suddenly transformed into a meeting of armed men, engaged in conflict with our troops; that the Rev. Mr. JonissTox, a Missionary at Teirabou, the smallest, but also the most factious of the two peninsulas of Otaheite, was so strongly sus pected of having excited his hearers to rejoin their brethren at Hidiaa, that the Governor considered it his duty to interdict his return to Teirabou, after he had once come to the great peninsula. We may be sides remark in his first letter the naive phrase : Until a final answer comes from England.' He be trayed all the hopes that Mr. PRITCHARD had not feared to encourage, and in consequence of which the unfortunate inhabitants of Otaheite were excited to e s rein revolt. The consequences of this affair will be mayd danger e r fo t r i m i t t awful,' adds the second correspondent. Awful for tophfeeryit i h a e p. ir enemies was to be raised by aomnuodrmsceoonlndtfii eldlrehsnecintethveasstr a e t ng th tl ( l . the recal of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS. For the proper understanding of this correspondence it must be borne in mind that Otaheite is divided into two peninsulas, separated by a narrow isthmus called Taravao. The battery established on the isthmus cuts the communication between the two peninsulas, and prevents the insurgents of Teirabou from joining those of Hidiaa." The Presse has a long dissertation on the primary cause of dispute between the French and the Ota heitans, and attributes it entirely to the expulsion of two French missionaries at the suggestion of Mr. PRITCHARD. But the public begin to be weary of these vain discussions, which only tend to perplex the question. We find something of a more amusing character in one of the war journals, the National, and we therefore give it at length. Alas! for old England. If Louis PHILIPPE, instead of igno miniously bending to the British Government, and visiting in peace the cliff's of "perfidious Albion," would only muster a little courage and present himself on board a hostile fleet either at Portsmouth or the Nore, he would "cut England to the heart, and reduce her to the rank of a third maritime power." These are the warlike strains of this silly and contemptible boaster:— We must refer to the accounts we have given of the barbarous cruelty which the POPE has manifested towards VIOLA and thrum.' (other two State offen ders) for proof of the hopeless and sanguinary into lerance with which his Holiness (!) pursues the victims of their political opposition to his mode of governing Bologna and the Legations. In the meanwhile, we cannot help expressing our hope, that with that fore ast and sagacity which distinguish the Cabinet of Vienna, and in consideration of the deeply endangered interests of his own Italian dominions, the Emperor of AUSTRIA may be induced to interpose for the future pacification and tranquillity of the whole Italian penin t,ula. Let his Imperial Majesty, by vigorous and emphatic negotiations, restrain this prurient appetite of the King of NAPLES and the POPE for the blood of mal-contents. Let the EMPEROR'S powerful influence be exerted to secure the adoption, by these weak and arbitrary Princes, cf institutions more conformable to the mild and tolerant spirit of the age, of his own reign, and of European Govern ments in general, in the place of the antiquated, un certain, undefined, and despotic pretensions which they would uphold with the reckless violence of the darkest ages of tyranny and superstition. Into the strange, but , tartling theory, of these insurrectionary movements In Italy having been fomented by a Russian intrigue for erecting a new Italian monarchy for the Prince DE LEUCHTENBURG, the Roman Catholic son-in-law of NICHOLAS, and son of the late Viceroy of Italy, EUGENE, we do not enter. The story rests on the :tsserted purport of an intercepted letter from Emudo, one of the noble brothers BANDEIRA, who has just been shot at Cosenza. Should the letter again come under public notice, and in some better authenticated manner, we may probably recur to it. In a morning Contemporary of this day appears the following interesting paragraph relative to Louis PHILIPPE, which is taken from a Swedish journal : "On the 2d inst., Vice-Consul BURK celebrated the eighty-second anniversary of his birth-day. On the same day he received a letter from the King of the FRENCH written with his own hand, and accompanied by a gold medal. The letter which was dated from Neuilly, was in these words It is always agreeable to me to find that the traveller MULLER has not been forgotten in a country which he visited in simple guise and unknown; and I always recal with plea sure this journey to my mind. Among my recollec tions, I give the first place to the hospitality so frankly and cordially granted me, a stranger, throughout Norway, and particularly in Norland and Finmark ; and at this moment when elapse of forty-nine years since I made this journey into Norway, has left me but few of my old hosts remaining, it is gratifying to me to be able to express to all, in your person, what grateful feelings I still entertain.' " In the absence of themes of more immediate political interest, we may perhaps be excused if we venture to make a few re marks on the above passage, which is suggestive of an infinite number of deeply interesting historical recollections. At the time the "traveller MULLER"— now the KING of the FRENCH, and the preserver of the peace of Europe—made the journey to which he here so simply and feelingly alludes, he was an exile, friendless and almost pennyless, from his native coun- try; his father was in a prison which he was destined never to quit hut for the scaffold; all his nearest and dearest relations were on the list of the proscribed; and he himself, notwithstanding that but a year or two previously he had fought with signal skill and success under the Republican banner at Jemappes and Valmy, was hunted in all his wanderings by the agents of the Convention, and from one hour to an other could never call his life his own. Like CHARLES STUART, after his flight from Culloden, the disguised, humble, sorrow-stricken, and persecuted " traveller MULLER"—he whose childhood had been passed in the palaces of Royalty—was glad to take refuge in the meanest peasant's hovel ; to eat of the coarsest viands ; associate with the humblest classes ; and accept the smallest alms offered him by the hand of Pity. It was at this period of his life that he encountered the gentleman wh)m, after the lapse of forty-nine years, he remembers with such grateful vividness. Startling as had then been the vicissitudes of his lot, how many more startling changes was he to witness ere the cycle of his for tunes was finally completed ! We say nothing of his subsequent wanderings, and unexpected re-union with his brothers, in America—of his providential escape from a French cruiser on his return to Europe—of his residence in Switzerland, where he picked up a scanty subsistence as a teacher of mathematics—or of his strange adventures in Italy, where he was at one time the companion of Royalty, and at another, the English ships boarded by ours have escaped from •air grasp, and owed their safety to a fault in the con• ,truction ; but thanks to the more wall-sided build (Sour nodern ships, the passaga of the deck of one to that of ,he other may be effected with extreme facility, our sailors making but little account of the pe=rsonal resist ance of their adversaries. Our sailorshave not forgotten their former brilliant victories, neither have they for gotten their glorious defeats, the causes for which no winger exist, and which they keep in remembrance only that they may avenge them. We shall see whether they have in rain n.mrishod in their hearts a hatred fur England." THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, AUGUST 13. First Highest Lowest FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. TEE lleouE, AUG. 12.—The official account of the revenue in the first six months of 1844, is now pub lished, compared with that in the first six months of 1843. It was in 1843 25,688,877f. 1844 25,373,504f. Loss in 1844 The diminution is chiefly in the duties on importation and exportation, amounting to 221,484 florins, and in the taxes and registration stamps, 546,059 florins. The diminution in the import duties is chiefly owing to the circumstance that a smaller quantity of foreign corn was disposed of for home consumption. With re spect to the stamp, &c: duties, they are only 70,000 flo rins less than in the first six months of 1842. In the excise there is an increase of nearly half a million in 1844. Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five pere:nts 121 30 .. 121 40 .. 121 25 .. 121 40 Four-and-a-Half.,.• 113 .. 113 .. 113 . • 113 Three per Cents... 81 60 .. 81 65 .. 81 60 .. 81 65 Laffitto Bank, I,ooof. Shareslloo ..1100 .. 1100 • • 1100 5,000 f. Sharesso6i —5065 —5065 ..5065 Belgian Bank ...... 665 .. 665 .. 665 .. 665 Belgian 1ive5,1631......... 104 .. 104 .. 104 .. 104 1840 ........ 1041 1041 1041 1041 Dutch Two and-a-Ha1f..... 611 .. 611 .. 611 . 611 ipanish Active ..... 304 .. 301 .. 30 .. 30 Threes 321 .. 321 .. 321 .. 321 geapolitan•••••••••••• • .. 98 35 .. 99 .. 98 35 .. 99 Roman ...... ......•.... 1031 .. 1031 .. 1001 .. 1031 RAILWAY SHARES. it. Germain Versmlle,s,L.B. ...... 235 .. 236 25 .. 235 .. 235 Rouen Rouen to Havre. Orleans Strasburg to 8a1e...... •• 236 25 .. 237 50 .. 236 25 .. 237 50 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15Th OF AUGUST. Versailles, L.B. ..... Rouen.. •••••••••••• 980 .. 982 50 .. 980 .. 982 50 Rouen to Havre.-- .• • • 750 .. 750 .. 747 50 .. 747 50 kleans • •••• •• 968 75 .. 971 25 .. 967 50 .. 971 25 Strasburg to Bale 237 50 .. 237 50 .. 237 50 . 237 50 BRUSSELS, AUG. 20.—1 n the space of twenty-six months the French railways have cost the lives of 289 persons, and 457 individuals have been wounded in con sequence of accidents. The victims of the fatal catas trophe of the Bth of May are included in this statement. SPORTING INTELLIG-ENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) DEVON AND EXETER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Devonshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second horse, to save his stake. Once round. Sir S. Spry's Subduer, 4 yrs (Pegg) 1 Mr. W. Ley's Fairplay, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Parker s b f, by Jack-in-the-Green—Eli za , 3 yrs 3 The First Class Home Stakes of 10 sovs, each, 3 ft, with 25 added. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Downe's Usurper, aged (Owner) 1 Mr. Reed's Mona, 5 yrs The Hurdle Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 10 added, 12st each, mile and distance, over four hurdles (6 Subs), gentlemen riders, were won cleverly by Mr. Golds worthy's Fair Penitent, aged (Mr. Luke), beating Cap tain Hamilton's Remus, Mr. Graham's Charlatan (bolted), and Mr. H. Sweet's Emperor (bolted). The Ladies' Purse of 254 added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft., Gentlemen riders, one mile (4 Subs.), was won by Mr. King's c by Hornsea, dam by Sooth sayer, 3 yrs (Mr. Scobell), beatins , Mr. Crofton's Corno pean, 4 yrs (short o f we i g ht), and Mr. Graham's Alice Lowe, 3 yrs. MARLOW RACES.—WEDNESDAY: The Ladies' Purse of 30/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each ; three yrs, 7st 41b ; four yrs, Bst sib ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged, 9st 41b. Mares and geldings and maiden horses allowed 31b. Winner to be sold for 1001., &c. Heats, twice round. Mr. W. Dixon's Foxhunter, aged ...(Livesey) 0 l 1 Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, 6 yrs 1 3 2 Mr. Knowles' Farce, 4 yrs Two others ran. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added (s.Subs.), once round, were won in two heats by Mr. Lamb's Donald Caird, aged (Clark), beating Luck's-all, The Knight, ralminon, and Hilda. TUNBRIDGE;: WELLS RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Eridge Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs., h ft and 2 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second saves his stakes. One mile and a half. (15 Subs.) Mr. Balchin's Dahlia, aged (W. Balchin) 1 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Young Lochinvar, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Coleman's The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs 3 The following also start, d, but were not placed:— Mr. Werninck's Patchwork, 5 yrs ; Mr. Anderson's Chance, aged, and Mr. Hardy's Fairplay, aged. The Ladies' Plate of 254 added to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 60/., &c., one mile and a dis., was won in three heats by Mr. Werrali's Rondo, 3 yrs (Esling), beating Mr. French's Argos, aged (won first heat), Mr. Abdell's Bother'em, 4 yrs, Mr. E. R. Clark's Sir Edward, and Mr. Wiltshire's Ascot, 6 yrs. The Visitors' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 35 adeed, the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 1001, one mile and a half, were won in three well contested heats, by Mr. Wilson's Dart, 5 yrs (Hardy). beating Mr. Moul named Devil-among the-Tailors, 5 yrs (won first heat), Mr. Sare's Discretion, 3 yrs, and Mr. Coleman's Lufra, 3 yrs. - WOLVERHAM TON RACES. —WEDNESDAY. The Wrottesley Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added, for three and four year olds. Once round. Mr. Speed's Everton, 4 yrs (G. Whitehouse) 1 Mr. 1). Cook's What, 4 yrs 2 Captain Vaughan's Extempore, 4 .yrs 3 A good race. The Holyoake Stakes of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added, the second to save his stake. Twice round and a dis. Colonel Anson's Marquise, 4 yrs (Abdale) 1 Mr. Ongley's Roderick, 5 yrs Mr. Payne's Johnny, aged 3 Mr. Quarterman's Discount, 6 yrs, and Mr. William son's Mavourneen, 5 yr s , a l so starte d. Won by two lengths easily. The Consolation Plate of 501 for the beaten horses ; three-yrs-old, 6st 101 b ; four-yrs, Bst ; five-yrs, Bst 91b ; six-yrs and aged, Bst 121 b. Winners extra, &c. Heats, once round and a dis. Lord Warwick's The Mule, 4 yrs ... (Arthur) 0 1 1 Mr. Cooke's What, 4 yrs MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—There has been a considerable decrease in the number of deaths luring the last week. The total number was 934-- previous week 1,014 ; average of five summers, 900. rhe excess over the average is chiefly attributable to small-pox, scarlatina, diarrhoea, and typhus, which, taken together, exceed the average by 118, the num bers being 227 and 109. In consumption, inflamma tion of the lungs, and old age, there is a considerable decrease. The following is the analysis of the lists of violent deaths :—Fracture or contusion, five cases, of which three were by falls ; dislocation, one case ; wound, two cases, of which one was suicide; drown ing, four cases; poison, two cases, of which one was suicide ; and murder, one case. Total, eight males .md seven females. The th ermome t er was hi g h est on Tuesday 68, and lowest on Saturday 48 deg. The barometer had ranged low during the whole, the average being about 29.5, and the rain in inches 0.44. Fins DAY'S NEWS BOW•STREET.-(THIS DAY.) William l3oultle, a hair-dresser, was brought up, charged with bovine-, in June last, while i n th e serv i ce Mrs. Taylor, of Craven-street, stolen a quantity of erticles, her property. Mr. Henry Benshall, the superintendent of police at Bury, in Lancashire, stated that the prisoner applied to him for relief on Saturday last. He said that he had a statement to make as he was very uneasy in his mind. -le said that in June last he was in the service of Mrs. .lone Taylor, of Craven-street, Strand, us hair-dresser, ;hat one Sunday, in the month of June, he remained out all night drinking, and on the following morning, before any person got up, he went to his mistress' house, and stole a quantity of razors, fourteen or fifteen in number, a quantity of hair-brushes, combs, &c., two boxes, and ,undry other articles. Several of the razors belonged to Mr. Chiffney the jockey, who had left them to be set. He went to Liverpool from London, and on his road sold the razors for drink at various public-houses, that he was in great distress, and had come to the determination of 4iving himself up to justice. After the prisoner had made this statement, the witness said he should detain him on a charge of felony. Mr. HALL committed the prisoner for trial. Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, 4 yrs Mr. E. Peel's Cane, 4 yrs.... Wen in a canter. ST. LEGER BETTING. 9 to 2 agst Ithuriel 12 to 1 agst U g ly B uc k I Bto 1 agst Bay Momus l4 to 1 agst The Princess CRICKET.—CANTERBURY, AUG. This grand match, Kent against England, was to have been com menced on the East Kent ground, at Canterbury, but the wetness of the weather was such as to prevent all possi bility of play. The parties remained upon the _round until nearly three o'clock, when it was determined to postpone the match until this morning. The match was accordingly begun, " England" going in first. The weather, however, was but little more favourable for the sport than on the preceding day, for not only did the rain compel the players to desist from their operations, and to quit the ground, but just as their side had brought their hands to a conclusion, the rain set in apparently for the afternoon. Notwithstanding the inauspicious appearance of the early part of the day, the ground was very numerously and fashionably attended, nearly all the leading families of that part of the county being pre sent. The score was 96 for England when the stumps were raised. LONDON TO BRUSSELS IN A DAY.—It may be in teresting to some of our readers to know that the journey from London to Brussels can be accomplished regularly in one day. The arrangements for this great object commenced on Sunday last. The train left London for Dover at half-past 5 A.M., arrived at Dover at 9 ; the e.nbarkation on board the Princess Mary, belonging to the Dover Railway Company, took place immediately, and the voyage to Ostend was performed in little more than four hours and a half. The passengers left Ostend at a quarter-past 4 o'clock, and arrived in Brussels at a quarter past 9 the same evening, the whole distance (238 miles) havingbeen accomplished in lsi hours. The stoppages in Ostend exceeded two hours. " 'Ls DISTANCE LENDS ENCHANTMENT," &c.- We propose that Captain Warner be allowed to try the virtues of his " long range " on the " Mauvais " comet, as being the object furthest off ; or, as the insuranee offices might object to this, what does Sir Robert Pe el say to the Captain being allowed to have a shy at the repeal of the income-tax ? It is the most remote object any "long range" could reach ; and, if " Captain Warner" can only bring it down, we are sure the nation will willingly award him the 400,0001. he modestly asks for the experiment.—Punch. SURVEY OF TME MERSEY CHANNELS.—The sur vey of the entrances to the channels of the Mersey, by the Dock Committee, to ascertain their exact state, pre viously to the commencement of the operations for the intended docks in Wallasey Pool, commenced, we believe, on Monday last. They are being made by Lieutenant Lord, R.N. marine survey or t o t h e D oc k C omm i ttee, under the direction of Mr. Jessie Hartley, and are to be of a most minute character. The ultimate object is to ascertain the effect of the new works upon the Victoria Bar. Annual surveys of a similar character will be made for the next seven years, the results of which will be duly reported.—Liverpool Paper. EXEMPTION OF JURORS.—It may not be known generally, that this is the proper time for parties wishing to claim exemption from serving on juries, under the Act of George IV., cap. 50, sec. 9, which states that persons claiming exemption shall apply to the overseers and churchwardens of their respective parishes, to have their names struck out of the list previous to being pub lished. The first three Sundays in the next month being the time for exhibiting the lists of persons qualified to serve as jurors during the ensuing year, if exemption is not claimed during this month, they will be obliged to appear at the sessions. COUNT NESSELRODE.—BRIGHTON, AUG. 14.—The weather was so unfavourable yesterday that the Count was confined nearly the whole of the day to his apart ments. In the afternoon he received a visit from his son, who arrived by the half-past twelve o'clock train from London, and having dined at the hotel with his father, took his departure by the last train on his return to the metropolis. The Count, notwithstanding the continuance of stormy weather, visited the German Spa again this morning, accompanied by Dr. Franz. He drank of the waters, but he does not intend, we believe, to follow up a course of them. He commenced taking salt water baths this afternoon. To-morrow afternoon he will go to town for the purpose, we believe, of bring ing his daughter, who has just arrived in London, to Brighton on the following morning, her physician in Sr. Petersburg!' having recommended her to try sea-bathing. Baron Bruanow will, we understand, accompany the Count on his return to Brighton. REMOVAL OF A CHURCHYARD.--In the execution of the improvements in the formation of the new street from the Bank to the Post-office, the contents of the burial-ground of St. John Zachary, one of the churches destroyed at the great fire, situate at the end of Maiden lane, and just at the rear of the Post-office, are being re moved prior to the ground being thrown into the new street. The churchyard is carefully boarded up, so as to prevent inpection; but a large vault is in the course of excavation at the rear of the ground, in u hich the 1 remains from the graves will be deposited. The earth is being taken to the new Bunhill-fields burial-ground, in Golden-lane, and is removed in carts only between five and eight o'clock in the morning. This ground con tained some very old monuments, but the interments have been rare the last few years. Yesterday the ma terials of six houses, being nearly the whole south side of Maiden-lane, were sold, prior to being pulled down for the improvements. THE NEW ROYAL E XCHANGE. - -During the last few days considerable progress has been made towards the completion of the New Royal Exchange by the con tractor. The frame-work is now being placed in the tower for the bells, of which there will be fifteen. In a few weeks this magnificent edifice will be cleared of the scaffolding. 13, Great Marlborough-street. STEW BOOKS OF THE SEASON, PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN. 1. Revelations of Russia and the Emperor. 2 Vols. 2. Mr. D'lsraeli's Coningsby. Third Edition. 3. A Winter in Italy. By Mrs. Ashton Yates. 4. Parsons and Widows. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." 5. Townsend's Memoirs of the House of Commons. Vol. 11. 6. Hon. G. S. Smythe's Historic Fancies. Second Edition. 7. Marchioness of Londonderry's Travels. 1 Vol. 8. Memoirs of the Babylonian Princess. 9. Miss Strickland's Queens of England. Vol. VII. 10. The Wilfulness of Woman. By the Author of " The Flirt." Also, just ready, 11. Arthur Arundel. A Talc of the English Revolution. By the Author of " Brambletye House." 12. The Victory. By " The Old Sailor." Henry Colburn, Publigher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER. M AJESTY'S THEATER. LAS!' NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE SEASON. Madame PERSIA N I respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, her Friends, and the Public, that HEE BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, AUG. 15, When will be performed Mozart's chef d'ceuvre IL DON GIOVANNI, Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Favanti. and Madame Persiani ; Signori Foruasari, Lablache, F. Lablache, Ga'li, and Mario. After whio.h, Selections from the new Divertissement, entitled LA VIV ANDIERE, i:►tr''lucing the Redowa or Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. cerito and M. St. 1 eon. To be followed by the Last Scene from Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edeardo, S gnor Moriani. To conclude with (last time) LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Millie. Fanny Els Aler; Pl rebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringaire, 31 Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to he made at the Box office, Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will corn. mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, I ATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE Under the Management of Airs. KEELEY Another great Achievement! Successfully TriumFhant To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Larno, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, content s it se lf by s i mp l y s t a ti ng that it will be repeated every Evening! THIS EVENING, AUG. 15. Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, P. Vining, Emery, F. lathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For. tescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much tter than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesqre Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arab, +ll Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive Nevi Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha • iacters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli , ge Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Ali s James, Miss earson, Miss Hunt, Miss Recite, &c., &c. PRICES OF ADMlF.!•:loN.—Balcony Poxes. 4 Upper Boxes, its.; 28.'; Gene:l,6d. Second Price—Balcony B ogies, 2s. ; Upper B , xes, Is ttd.; I'it, R. Private Boxes on the it my lier (holding eight persons). Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalE Private Boxes on the Pit Pier (holding six persons), One Guir ea The Box. dice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di ree t ion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Under the especial Patronaga of h r Majesty the Queen and Prince Alpert, aryl honourd by the presence of kris Roy a l Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Mecklenburgh St:elitz, and distin— guished assemblage of Nobility. Triumphant Success of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, AUG. 15, Will be repeated an entire new Eluestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Messes, Appointments, &c., to realise the rccent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. Sdlendid acts of Horsemanship —The Dance of the Polka. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eag. land's H irvest Home. Mr. BATTY respectfully acquaints the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that hav►ng just returned from the Continent ; and, notwith. standing his pre s ent unprecedented succes+ and overflowng houses, he ib ever anxiou to produce novelty, to render th,s Establishment pre-eminent, and the first in Europe for its unequalled and extra ordinary productions, he has succeeded in forming arrangements with the following first-rate French Artistes, in addition to his present . t'alented Corps of British and Foreign Equestrians:—Madame Lexette, Madam.: Ileline, Madame Philipe, M. Pierre, M. Georges, and M. Ferdinand Scmidt, from the Circle Olyinp'que, Paris, Ham. burgh, &c , and who will appear in their various and novel Scenes of Equitation. Acting and stage.m inager. Mr. W. D Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till F,ve. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Last Nine Nights of the Grand Op7a . Company—Second Week of Cinderella, arid an entirely New Piece. THIS EVENING, AUG. 15, Will be performed Rossini's Fai'y Opera of CINDERELLA ; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Nliss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss E. Terry, Miss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, Leffler, E. L Hime, S. Cowe'l, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double Band and Chorus. To conclude with an entirely New Dram; entitled GRAM A CH BEE MOLLY. Embracing the whole strength of the Company. Places and Private Boxes to ne had of Mr. Kerschner, a 7 the dox. office, from Eleven to Four. STRAND THEATiF, PHIS EVENING, AUG. 15, Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZLEWI P. Young Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Binoe; Old* Martin Chuzzlewit, Sir. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr Attwood, Montague flag, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mr. Biddies; Mr. Pecksniff; and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, 31r. H. Hall,- Mary Graham, Sirs. Coleman P o p e . Atter which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stinky. To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwinchw, Mr. Attwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ----- On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and T URSDAY. throughout the Season, the Gardens will open .with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS-FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS-UNRIVAI LED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Danson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraerdinay beauty and fidelity of delinea. firm...it re unanimous in prokouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at husk is unjust; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mon 'ay', Tues days. Wednesdays, and Thursdays concucted oy Mr. Godfrey. are up n a scale of more than usual excellence; , na words fail In doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF L')NDON. Its fearful Iracteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, hut at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, rust delight is predominant over terror: and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that :.:t.utl,by, :he Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. _ _ . The gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, aud combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attraltive lounge in or near the iretro,.oli,. Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration 4 Dusk. A I Imitt ance, One Shilling. 41 .11,11 t, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1844. The aspect of affiiirs in Italy is calculated to arouse the liveliest emotions of regret, the profoundest sentiments of indignation, in every European bosom, whose pulses still throb to the recollections of Italian greatness. It is not enough, it seems, that she should have expiated, by the political humiliation and moral debasement of ages, the magnificent crime of having usurped in the Roman Empire the dominion of the known world, and for many years maintained it against all antagonists. It is not enough that she who, for centuries, marched at the head of civilisation, letters, and refinement, should in these latter times have fallen far into the rear of that social progress which in more northern kingdoms is so rapidly extending itself. Italy is parcelled out into territorial sections, one only of which, Tuscany, is blessed with anything like sound political institutions and guarantees for life and property. In all the others, she is once more exposed to the same sanguinary and vindictive tyranny which desolated her fairest provinces through. out the eventful struggles of the Middle Ages ; thai is to say, to the supersession of the laws by the arbi. trary mandate of the Sovereign—not palliated, but rendered more intolerable, by the intervention of arbi trary Commissions, whose functions, for the moss part, are limited to the mockery of passing 'sen tences on political offenders, always in servile confor mity with the will of the powers from whence the ju risdiction is derived, and to the recording their own decrees, always irregular, generally iniquitous. But with the tyrannous excesses, the various communities of unhappy Italy inherit nothing of the chivalrous grandeur, derive none of the political advantages, of the conflicts that distinguished the Middle Ages. For if these latter too often affirmed the power, and con solidated the ill-gotten acquisitions of her petty Princes and her brigand Barons—her BORGIAS, her MANFREDS, her CASTR UCCANIS—they gradually ex tended privileg es of Cie municipal d emocrac i es , developed the resour ces of industry, cherished and the rewarded mercantile enterprise, and finally elevated to the highest pinnacle of political influence and authority, that mercantile opulence whose great ness was destined so soon to absorb their own. Under the protection of such commercial Republics as Genoa, Venice, and Florence, the Italian CLERKENIVELL.--(THIS DAY. An elderly man, decently attired, and of demure loOk, was charged with stealing a newspaper and other articles from the Lady Owen's Arms, in Goswell• street. The prisoner went into the tap-room on the previous evening, called for a glass of ale, and, whilst drinking it, ,)ocketed the evening paper, snuffers and stand, and everything else that was capable of concealment on his person. The potman followed and arrested him, and the prisoner offered him a sum , of money to allow him to escape; but a police-constable came up and secured him. He was committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) John Williams, who refused to give his address, was charged with having the care and management of a certain common gambling house, at No. 2, Bennett .treet, St. George, Hanover-square, and (so entered on the police charge sheet), Thomas Watson, of Northamp on, currier, B'iliiom Brown , of No. 2, Bennett-street, St. James's, wine -merchant, Thompson, of Charles street, Euston-square (no occupation), and Choy les Crayen, of No. 1, Great London-road, tobacconist, with being found in the same without lawful excnse. In pursuance of the V( ry laudable intention of the Commissioners of Police to put down all gambling nouses, an entrance to one of those dens, No. 30i, Coventry-street, Haymarket, was effected yesterday afternoon, between five and six o'clock. The parties had, no doubt, received information, by some means, of he intended visit, acid consequently no person or ;ambling implements were !blind within. Superintendant Hughes, of the 1) division, produced the order he had received, signed by one of the Police :onunissioners, to enter the ho — use, NO. 2, Bennett-6tree He went there, accompanied by Superintendent Beres ford, of the C division. Mr. Beresford rung the bell, and it was answered by Williams. Beresford then asked if there would be any play that night. Williams said "No." The police then entered:the house. In the:parlour a gas tight was burning. A door on the stair-case, leading to the first floor and the upper part of the house, was 'uund to be locked. Beresford asked him how he was to open it, and Williams produced the key. The other defendants were found in different apartments of the house. There were not any gambling tables or im plements on the premises. Superintendent Beresford said that there was a tele graphic communication by means of bell wire with the uter-door, and they only played hazard now, and it was easy on the sli g h test alarm to " p l ant away " the b ox and dice used in the game. The house had been en tered before and the defendants were the known fre quenters of such places and the associates of common gamblers. Mr. HARDWICK said there could be no moral doubt as to the character of the house in question, but there was not the legal proof necessary for a conviction ; the de fendants must, therefore, be discharged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING..—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 15.—Wind N.W., light breeze, and cloudy. CLYDE, Auc. 11.—Arrd. Commerce, Pugwash. Sld. Chusan, Hong Kong. DEAL, Aua. 14, A.m.—Wind W.S.W., P.M. N.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Cyrus, Spartly, South Seas ; Senator, Party, Batavia ; Catherine, Brown, Cape of Good Hope; Duke of Norfolk, Wilson, Tobago, experienced dreadful weather in the Chops of the Channel, and in the passage homeward ; William Foster, Killick, Nassau. Sid. Wel lington, Madras; Carlos, Boston; Coramandel, Calcutta; Woolsington, Antigua ; Sarah, St. John's, New Bruns;. wick ; Ganges, Quebec ; Eleanor, Quebec. Put back, Fanny, for Mauritius ; Mary Hay, for Launceston. COWES, Atm. 14.—Arrd. Ann, Adair, Rio Janeiro ; Connor, Thomson, Bahia. PLYMOUTH, Auc. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Florence, Bunnage, Quebec. The Elizabeth Maynooth, from Li verpool to Naples, dismasted, and in tow of the Dutch schooner Telegraph, was passed, 12th inst., lat. 45, by the Florence, arrived here. FALMOUTH, AUG. 14.—Wind N.W., strong gales, with violent squalls.—Arrd.Latrobe, Allen, Pernambuco, Bth ult. ; Edward and James, Maldin to Lestrom, with damage, having been in contact last night with a schooner off the Lizard ; West Indian, Wodnett, Ichaboe. Sld. Harrings, Quebec. Off, Frederick, Stormer, Bahia, and sailed for London. LIVERPOOL, Ave. 14.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Dia mond, Fowler, Sydney; Maypo, Callao; Eleanor, Kew ley, Rio Grande; Annabella, Cleland, Jamaica ; Alyth, Walker, Honduras; Ontario, Barstow, New Orleans; John Canning , Savannah; Emanu e l an d M emp hi s, New York; Orbit, Lacken, St. John's, New Brunswick; Pau lina, Miramichi. Sld. Celt. Cape of Good Hope; Hero, Rio; Reis Effendi, St. Thomas; Sophia, Jamaica; ' Maitland, Yarmouth, United Sta! es; Gartshane, Quebec. Off, Mary Lloyd, (supposed) Port Philip; Stewart, Per nambuco; Cheshire, (supposed) Barbadoes; Henry Bliss, (supposed) New York. Ship Thea.is, and a barque, with loss of fore-topmast, put back, W. Bennett, late Halsey, for Charleston, the master having been killed by the cook, Bth inst., lat. 46, lon. 10. Conic, AUG. 12.—Sld. Lady Douglas, Ichaboe; Grind ley, London. SLIGO, AUG. 13.—The Pomona, from Quebec to this port, which was aground on the Oyster Island, 31st ult., has been got off, after discharging part of her cargo, and beached. HARWICH, AUG. 14.—The Caroline, from Danzic to London, ran aground in Languard Fort, in nearing the harbour, and remains. " England has 90 ships of war ready to put to sea after some preparation more or less considerable, but it must be remembered that half of these are old 74 and 80- gun ships, which, although well preserved, are not so strong nor such good sailers as modern ships, which are at the same time more powerful in their artillery in every respect. "We, it is true, possess only 24, but all of them are able to contend with the best of the British navy. We are, therefore, obliged to confess, as the English assert, that we are no longer able to send 40 ships into the Channel, but we could send 24, which would be well worth forty of former days. This, too, could be done within two months, and before Eng land could assemble an equal number, because the se curity inspired by her numbers of seamen and habits of routine make her forget to keep these sailors in a state of organisation, and as she herself acknowledges, the system of pressing men for her fleets is a most detest able mode of recruitment. Thanks to our admirable system of classes of recruitment, which she envies us, and has long wished to copy, all our mariners being wholly at the disposal of Government, crews are obtained in France without any difficulty, and in the shortest pos sible space of time. It has been, and still is seen, that ships in England are several months in completing their complements, not for war, but for mere parade. Now, it appears to us that the twenty-four ships which we could ps omptly assemble in the Channel might easily intercept its navigation, prevent for some time the junction of the scattered ships of England, burn some of her dock-yards, destroy seine of her arsenals, and effect even some sud den landings, which, from not having been long meditated and noisily announced, would be the more likely to be successful. The gunners who served these ships in 1840 have not yet forgotten their business. These are the seeesesses results which we might expect from a war undertaken --- immediately, conducted with prudence and skill, and DEPARTURE OF THE RUSSIAN FRIGATE AURORA.— carriOd on with vigour. This would at once be some- On the turn of the tide on Tuesday forenoon, this tine thing. But putting aside the possible landing, which ship weighed anchor and left Gravesend, where she has alone would be a final stroke, and which, cutting Eng- been lying for nearly a month, on her return to sst. Fe land to the heart, would reduce her to the rank of a tersburgh, with dispatches for the Emperor. On Friday third maritime Power, would a first victory, d ear l y last a splendid fete was given to the Admiral, Captain, bought, exhaust our struggle, and leave us without de - and her officers, by G. Combes, Eel the town clerk o f fence, as th e P r i nce d e Joinville has assumed ? We Gravesend. The re were also present Commander Flem have upon the stocks 23 magnificent ships, all well a d. ing and the officers of her Majesty's ship Ocean, lying vanced, and some nearly finished. With a patrioti c off Sheerness ; Majo r flarold and officer s o f t h e 76th effort, whi c h it wou ld cer t a inly cost us little to Regiment, Major Kelly and officers from Tilbury Fort. make, sinc e i ts obj e ct w ould be to inflict upon the th e members of the corporation, and about 150 o f the odious ari s t ocracy of Britain the chastis ement it de- nei g hbourin g g entr y and their ladies. The lawn a nd serves—with a yening most brilli ant l y ill uminated with ' variegated patriotic effort, in sending to our gardens attached t o M r. Combo's residen ce were i n t h e ports thous an d s o f wor k men out of employ, all these ship s m i g h t b e rea dy for sea in six limps, and altogether the entertainment was one of the months. For such a national war money would he no most brilliant affairs that has taken place in Gravesend more wanting than hands. Our magazines would b e - for a considerable period. Dancing was kept up till a come filled with materials ; not even masts would be late hour, and on retiring-, the officers of the Aurora wanting, because topmasts may now be made of several expressed themselves in a very warm and grateful man pieces, and be rendered quite as good as the others. To nor for the attention and hospitality shown them. this let us add another important remark. The value THE DUKE OF DEVONSIIIRE.—It is entirely with of our sailors in combats hand to hand is well known ; out foundation that the Noble Duke contemplates dis their superiority in the use of the cutlass is such that any losing of his Lismore estates. From that property being English ship they may succee d in boarding must at once entailed, his Grace has not the power of s a l e ; which is give herselt up as lost. The difficulties which formerly the best refutation we need give of the several mis-state attended our ships in boarding no longer exist, Most of l meats that have gained circulation. MUNE YANA) CoIVIMERCIAL NE - W' CITY, QUARTER TO VIN O. _ The aspect of the C o tt o n mar k e t w as unchan" it , Liverpool yesterday, the sales being 5,000 hale s ' Ty eluding 1,000 for export. Prices were stationary. sales included 600 S ura t a t 3d. t o 3 id., 400 EgYPP SI3 O , 6d. to 74d., 100 Maranham at sd. to 5 1 d., and we „, American at 34-d. to 64d. per lb. A good business 7; done in Railway Shares, and the market looked bea r —Birmingham and GlouceSter, 13f,; Chester and ii head, 51. Bs. 9d. ; Dublin and Cashel, 6/ 6.!,. Eastern Counties, 121 ; Di t t o , P er p e tual, l' s° ' 545. 4d. ; Glasgow and Greenock, Half Shares, 61. 35 ' 4 4: Grand Junction, 218 ; L ancaster an d Preston , ;:, Liverpool and Manchester, 200 ; Ditto, o ,b e r New, 34 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 54 ; Ma n ee ? ter, Bolton, and B ur y, 115 ; M i dl an d C ou nties, 1 , ; Sheffield and Manchester, 833 ; S ou th Eastern , 3 r Lyons and Avignon, 395. ; Orleans, Tours, an d deaux, 355. In referring yesterd a y t o th e p os iti on o f the 13°11 -4 of State Securities, one sen t ence h a d th e word . 11 6 : ? omitted. It should have run thus :—" Great sae bee we could not at this time recommend, as those wb ° so long waited, may as well have the benefit of th e proving prospects. morning, to We have accounts f rom th e Cape of Good o°P' t to the 31st May. W e regret to find th6 bec cutter belonging to her Majesty's brig Bittern capsized on the bnr, and the midshipman, Mr. IW,, t y and • two of the crew were drowned. Throng!' promptitude of Mr. Lowe, who manned the gig IID V diately, seven men were saved from cer t a in deat"' ef r not prompt aid been rendered. A mong the rnents in the colony was the erection of a 11 5 S; water in Table Bay, and the erection of a light W o e Cape Agulhas. Not an unimportant feature in t he bilr' o ,' mercial advices by the present arrival is, that the s tion of the port dues on foreign oils, beef, pal ( ' o f fish, &c., had been pi oductive of the greatest atl . r an ye to the colonists ar4 to the British shipping. ' 144 0t duce markets at the Cape wer e in a fi rm and gen" , , healthy condition. From Graham's Town the advices are to the 30a J May. An agricultural association was in coll, l ; e fi formation in this part of the colony. The total o', exports from the port of-Eliz a b e th f rom I s t Jautl ar t l oo the 30th May was 35,6541., and of direct importsio 38,7302 In Table Bay there were at the latest t i three British vessels of war, and a full complete° the mercantile marine. f ls li There are dates from Port Nat a l a l so t o a la_„t e l than those before received. Th ere i s no t an y 1"'",/ ne xs. The state of trade is sp,k( n well of. The ve : tY hopes of an extension of commercial intercourse wi t interior of Africa. ~tll A complete rush was made this morning. to suPP l ce Government brokers with the amount of Stock Ebel 04, authorised to contract for. The total amount take" t e I 0,000/. Three per Cent. Cons o lidated Annuities $ There was in fact as much eagernes s to supply th es o 4 as when infinitely larger amounts were taken, to gone by; in aid of the Sinking Fund. - The retisO of Mehemet Ali from power an d i n fl ue nce 1 1 $" 0 1 a influence on the prices of the Funds. „ 9 1$ value of Consuls for Money has receded froth pe . 4 99, but for the Account the current quotation has 0111 99k. Bank Stock has fallen to 1991. Exchequ er , f are heavy at 7:35. preouintn. South Sea Stock 1 1 11 , 1 Y covered to 1151. East India Stock has fluctuat7 ? of tweed 2821 and 283 i, and the Threc-and-a-gt Cults. Reduced have remained firm at 102110 2 P ( 10 , The market for the Foreign Securities have beeot7l`ol this morning. Spanish, however, may be fl u fraction in advance, the current prices of the TO Cents. being 33k I, and of the Actives 221' cc's Dutch Funds are a shade better than yesterday, t" version plan as respects the old Five per Cent' t .:onsidered satisfactory. Brazil Bonds opened ! oc ics but they have just been sold at 84. Colombian t es ter a tr.fle higher, and Mexican rather lower, than day afternoon. 10. The transactions in the Railway Shares were e ( "a , numerous to-day. The Great - North of Engla n ,iff London and Brighton, and the Lynn and Ely, b li s i", proved a shade. The London and Birmingliell i p ' have fallen from 134 to 126 premium. There peg ll tV any, fresh quotati o ns for the Joint-stock bse' morning. LOC* BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 • ••• r - (From the Official List.) Bank Stock •..............«. 199 S 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ................... 03 9 ,j99 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 10' 2 gs 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities .....-...... • New 3% per Cent. Annuities ......... .............• i e Long Annuities, Expire Ws Jan. 1860 § Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 .. ,‘,/ w- e 12' Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.... .. ....... 4 3 215 India Stock South Sea Stock .............«....«... ....4 Bank Stock for Account ..... ..... 1 1 7, Consols for Account •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Exchequer Bills, Ijid. 114 d. 0 1,0001. ...,...•«.».«.«•»•• ..... ••••• .... 75 : 3 9 ry ' Ditto 5mair........„........ ............ 74 75 Ps' Ditto Advertised. I. oc FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE (K ai Of Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........ ................ ; 0 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ........ 13 4 4 Columbian Bonds. ..... ..... ....... ...................... to Mexican Bonds, '837, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds„ Five per Cent 18.10.. ...... Ditto Passive Bonds. r 4 Ditto Deferred ... ...... .fi Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account ..«..... . .... 6l Dutch 2% per Cents ...... ........... ....... ........-*. t o Dutch 5 pet Cents ......... .....................••••-•••'' 101 New Loan. 5 per Cents. (1837) ... ........... ••,;: n '' my, PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY A. sus. RAILWAYS. Pam F•s il • ...... CO o' Birmingham and Gloucester ......... 100 ......... _ to -' Ditto New 17% ........ - . . to Bristol and Gloucester 3, •... ..... 5 .- ..... • - ..0 Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered Si. 6s. Rd . ...... 14% •••••' : ii° EnglGreat North of .....».».».» «.».. and Great We5ter .....».».».».«.».. 75 -. /3 57s ••"*. to .. Ditto N Shares Ditto I. ifth5........- .. ........ 12 .....«.. NU% •••• to o.' Hull and Selby to ~, .... , London and Birmingham...-..... 100 ... • 226 •••• . .to " London and Brighton ............. 50 .... London and Greenwich * London and Greenwich (Preference) 18% -••• 21 34 7 to " Lynn and Ey. Midland Counties lOO , 109. .... ... to .0 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. :.:1 ... 4214 ••••'. to 0. North Briti.,ll Northern and Eastern 45 59 ....... to .., South Eastern and Dover SS% -1414 %. to '" Ditto New Trent Valley York and North Midland ......... 50 lO9 ..... "' .to •"'' Ditto 14 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 Paris and Rouen 2O ......... CR% % " 1 11 j 1.1. --- di MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. AUG. - , o r t , has been considerable acthity in our market to - ", ' 9 .1 6 . ; the quotations are—Blackburn and Preston, ",-, 0 31 0 ' Dublin and Drogheda, 74i ; Lancaster 5 8(1 , 1 ; 1,0'1 Three-quarter Shares, 254 ; Manchester an d f erfl i Half Shares, 504 ; .Ditto, Quarters, 94 ; Mane l yo; , e 0 Birmingham, 544 ; Ditto, Quarters, 5i- ; Nor th „ e be.i. 2i to 4 ; Scottish Central, 2 ; Sheffield and M a " 841; Trent Valley, 91 ; Lancaster Canal, 394. CORN AVERAGES. 0( , ,„„ co r o GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF tißlll._.., getw For the Week ended August 10,1E41. made up from int.,, g lair the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Ql Wales, per Imperial Quarter 5 5 ' s ' Wheat......... 48,. 10,1.1 Oats ..« 294. ld.l 8ean,......': 33 1 ). 5ar1ey......... 345. 6d. 1 Rye .. 3ss. 9d 1 P e ase.....o' AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIE WKEICS. o'7 Weeks ending :WHEAT. Barium' oars. RYE. B EA:4 _, '*"A S July 6. 55 3 34 5 11 35 0 3 34 g 13 ..... 54 10 ~ 34 10 22 3 4 2 20..«..... 51 1 3s 5 21 5I 36 4 3 7 29 52 9 34 2 2,/ 1 ,, 33 9 3, / Aug. 3 ..... 10 4B 10 34 6 20 1 35 9. 35 0 0% gi IMPERIAL atiOultoaTlC AVERAGES OF THE fl" Wheat 52s 10d. i Oats ..... 21s. 4d.1 Rean5....":364. 34a• 53 1 Rye ......... 355. 5d.1 Pease.•. , ." , ( .4 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 6 - Wheat .. 19,. Os.l Oats ..«.«..Od.i Barley 44. Od. I Rye 7s. 64 . 1 Pease -ra A •/ MARKET -NE WS.--( THIS m - 4 1 " 1 nair Iit.IIRICETS. tO Sstrruntm—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/1 05 '414 5 ji Useful ditto, 416 s to 4112 s ; fine Upland ditto, 1 4 6 , to I ', 51; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6 / 6 s ; Oat Straw s t ir 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. 41 5° tolerably good, and trade rather dull. to - CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 1-5 410 A 4; Useful ditto, 416 s to 41155; fine Upland ditto, - 5155; Clover Hay, 4115 s to 6/; Oat Straw, 118 5 : tu v ecog Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12 s p er l oa d. A 11A°- 41 61 ' supply, and a steady de man d. „ to to WHITECHAFEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31105 4/ 1 55 , to Useful ditto, 41 8s to 41 12s ; fin e Upland ditt° , 1/ 0 ,1 1 51; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 61 lOs ; Oat SW , " 13e, 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per loa' t giti, l3 o ( Hay and Straw sold slowly, at the above que'd , New Meadow H a y so ld a t f rom 31 to 4 1 4 s ;s o Clover, 41 to 515 s per load. o °3 lbl uG SOUTHALL, A rak us.7l4 lllA .--I t h lCS e supply e l, ivb-efroo t he of fat Stock on sa l e h ere was only mo d e ratet rte ef, s d to general demand was steady at full prices i :* - 3 6 Sa 2s 6d to 4s ; M u tt on , 2 s 6 d to 4s ; tombs, 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4(1 to 4s ; and Pork, 25a per Sibs. Supply :—Beasts, 40 ; Sheep 11 ' . sol 3 2,960 ; Calves, 61 ; ri gs , 38. d oeer ROMFORD, AUGUST 14.—P r i me b e asts a° k &ap briskly at full praces. In other kinds of st °e . M u tt to ti% ely little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4 1 : 60 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4 s 10d • I re ti n g C ld i f i L eb 4s ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d p er Sibs.' Suck old 18s to 32s ; quarter-old Store figs, 16s to 2o1" 45; Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each' 6 d LEWES, AUGUST 13.—Beef, from 2s , , gds' Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s Lamb, 3s 6d to, gibs. 3s 4d to 4s ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s So 1 3 ' moderate supply and a steady demand. Williamt h9pe f4 STATUE t were of actively uarilpdi npagrti engaged ira approaches. es . The pedestal is IV. that is to t h e groo'.dipic 0 r rat h L . u i A n m exc l it V v . a --- . tinigresterday W A ° at t he e p n r e i s n s e t i p h a e l bridge e street, asl: rtnuCet this t oi 3 sf -, pb p ai r rs i o t 0 y o thust iv l ie s b we a l t ' fy ' opil i cia i. o s com ped ° granite, and the statue is to face the bridge. 1 o i g lr . 13Anmprort.—During the stay of his 11° Y 9 oce Sp extended tour throughout the country, visiting on hip l s ' e r a in t c s e o o f f PthreussNiaobiniii:galnadnd, he will; m ay t he route. His Royal Highness has a ccep G te e d litell° li b l i lli s i G tiL r t s i l f: um the Duke of Beaufort, and y% ill hono latter ep a 0 with his company at Badininton about the i __ d a ys next week. The Prince will probably renlait;r.7l3ris' at this magnificent seat, visiting during that P l oca jitY; tol, Bath, and all the objects of interest in iIT,, n0Y 9 . 1 A distinguished circle will be invited to meet In' urjecer Highness. tr ' ExEcuneorge W. Thompson, the_ _ ius i,y, of th,therine 11 mlin, was executed at Lower ba": eter , be on the 12th instant He died a hard death, 0 e u ` id be mad il for had been suspended ' twenty minutes his puls e c° few distinctly counted. When on the gallows he rrow remarks, but nothing more than to expr.es. s r % f f el ices , his crime, and to warn others against oast _ ‘ , O Ol &c. Thompson committed the murders o!ne_o7vitirs re: ago, and once or twice escaped from gaol , a ffi , a v Yel l ` taken, previous to his ignominious end. Journal.