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unaishes her members with good reasons for thoroughly re ceiving them. Nothing, it will be seen, was- further from my intention than so tP speak; I meant merely to say that, whereas the English Church professes belief in these creeds, there was a very good ground afforded me for calling on Eng lish Churchmen to aim at realising and appropriating the verities contained in them. But I did not conceal my belief, that in proportion as they did so, they would learn to be dissa tisfied with their Church's formularies as a whole, and dis trustful of her authority. Nor should it be forgotten, that I maintained in my work that the true doctrine on " justifica tion" is in one sense more at the foundation of orthodoxy than any other whatever ; and, moreover, that the most formally dogmatic statement on that subject put forth by the English Church, unless under a very "non-natural" interpretation, asserts the contradictory of that doctrine. In thus disparaging the authority of the English Church, am not at all forgetting, that in arightly disciplined mind there will be an inward response, which tends more and more, if exercised, to afford conviction on certain doctrines, irrespec tive of the authority on which they were originally received ; and a Christian would indeed be pursuing a mad course if he were to allow his faith in these doctrines to waver, even though fee a time (from whatever cause) he were unable to see his way, to bow before some other external authority. But it would be foreign to my purpose to pursue this subject further. Bet by far the mast prevailing argument of which I have heard, in opposition to the views maintained in my letter, is grounded on the notes of life and sanctity within the English Church. "We who are in that Church, " it is said, "have the plainest proof before us that the sudden revival of strietnees aid orthodoxy has been from within, not by the in fluence of an external body; and the communion wherein God so visibly works, must he a home of His in which it is safe for us to abide." Nay, many seem to have thought that I myself advocated this view in the " Ideal," and that my own arguments might be employed against myself. I trust that, in what I have already said, I have shown my self to be not unwilling to retract an opinion, merely be cause I have once expressed it. But I really have never myself seen the sufficiency of this argument. Surely it is quite conceivable that God should stir, from within, a schis matical body, in order to reinforce His Church; He may work mightily, in such a body, not in order to establish it, but in order gradually to dissolve it. And whether of these two be His will, must be gathered from further consideration. The arguments on which I formerly based the (supposed) duty of adhesion to the English Church (arguments, as I have said, which I do not now think valid), were as follows:—We cannot doubt of the vitality of the English Church, not only when we observe the sanctity which has been the witnessed fruit of her ordinances, but also when we think of the re markable manner in which doctrines handed down for two or three hundred years, has now germinated, and is so abundantly germinating, into " the whole cycle of Roman doctrine." First, So long as we are allowed free scope in our Church so to develop the doctrines we have learned from that Church, she is surely our natural and legitimate home, the doctrines, which might be considered a cause for leaving her, are the offspring of what we have learned from herself, and are permitted, without authoritative check, within her pale : and second, in proportion as those who were molested with doubts, have lived a stricter life, and rested a greater weight on the ordinances of their Church, their con& dence in their position has been increased. Now, as I say in my letter, both th , se reasons for remaining in the English Church have now ceased to exist :,Ist, the free spread of Roman doctrine in our Church has been authoritatively checked ; and, 2d, it is no longer true, as is now very generally known, that a stricter life in our communion has lessened doubts in the quar ter where doubts have been acutely felt. Those, then, who thought the arguments adduced in my work in defence of our position satisfactory (as I do not think them), cannot any longer rest upon them ; for whatever force they once had is come to an end. i%ly present intention, then, implies no denial, nor could I honestly attempt. any denial, of the undoubted fact that there has been of late years a remarkable gush of life from within the English aurch. Nor, indeed, considering the great be nefit I humbly hope to have derived from agencies at work within her, could I bring myself to separate from her commu nion without eareful thought and deliberation. But such tbought and deliboration have not, I hope, been wanting. Even now I trust I may never forget how much I owe of those very convicti ,, ns, which have caused my present resolu tion, to teaching administered in the name of the English Church : and I most earnestly hope to see the time when I may again be united in the same communion with, and be enabled to profit by, the closer example of those many admir able persons, whom I am quite unable to follow in regardi n g the English Church as a safe hone for the Catholic-minded Christian.-1 remain, Sir, your faithful servant, W. G. WARD. Rose-hill, Oxford, Aug. 26, 18-15. THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS The, following is a summary of the recent operation, or the Russians in the mountains of Circassia. We have drawn it up from un article in the Journal des Debot , which c r taias, be,icles the official news last 'lc .ived at St. P. ter:burl:, certain important details extractel fron sour. private let e - s pedi;iGn of the General-in-Chief, Count Wo ronzoff; seems to amount to this, that, starting iron. a point of the line of the advanced Ru siau ports north of the Caucasu-, he has described in his march an are of a circle acz.as the In' quitains,ukialately falling baA;:n *mother point of tile said line. The campaign lasted af tog, ther six weeks. The southernmo,t point of the carved line described seem ; to have Leen Dargo, the residence of the line= Schamil (who may he considered as the .bbd-el. Kader of the Caucasus). Between Andy (the point at which the previous intelligence last left the Count and his expeditionary force) and Dargo, the Russians had to encounter the greatest difficulties. After crossing the great chain of mountains called Retchel, they descended by abrupt and deep ravines into the thick forests of itschkery, which they traversed by paths scarcely prac .ti.cable, the expeditionary force occupying a breadth of t v , - e.nty vests. The Circassians had raised barricades, coni/truettd of felled trees, everywhere across the valley men cied by the forest. The Russians had to dislodge the mountaineers at thy point of t`he bayonet from every one of these barricades, which were 26 in number, dispo.c_ed, one after the other. over a length of eight leagues (something more than 20 tulles). The losses of the Russians are described as enormous, whilst ti:eir enemy, firing from behind cover, left behind them scarcely any dead. At length the Rus sians reached Dargo, which akey destroyed, the Imam', himself havit:g previously sst flits to it. The place is de scribed in the Russian account as the great rampart of b'ehamil's power, hut other accounts represent it as a vil lage composed merely of a collection of mud edifices, sod situated on a height overlooking a deep gorge. It is 20 leagues south of the line of the Terek, and about c qui• distant from the Caspian and Black Seas. At Dargo the Russians halted, but the mountaineers were not idle. A convoy of provisions (of which the invaders were much in want) and munitions of war, had been dispatched from Andy. Count Woronzoff detached, from his main force at Dargo, Lieutenant-General Klucke of Klunegan, with a cultunn of six battalions, four pieces of mountain artil lery, and some cavalry, to go and meet this convoy already escorted by a strong column. The troops, both in going to meet the convoy and in coming back with it, had to encounter the most obstinate resistance in the forest. It was the very line just traversed by the Russian army, but already the Circassians had returned in numbers, and con structed fresh barricades. On the 23d of July, especially, on their return to Dargo, the Russians had to sustain a most long, obstinate, and furious encounter. More than 400 Circassians were left dead on the field. But the loss of the Russians was very great. Two of their Major-Generals (p ass ok and Viktoroti) were killed. The mountaineers succeeded' in capturing 300 mules loaded with provisions. Their a mmunition failing them, they drew their poniards and rushed upon the Russians, endeavouring to pierce their ranks and to convert the fighting into so many single combats. It was chiefly the officers that they singled out for !heir fury. Ultimately the scanty rem nants of the convoy reached Woronzoff: But, mean while, he had i:imself been most unexpectedly attacked on all sides by an enemy, which he imagined to b e dispersed. It was at the very moment that Te Deum was being sprig, by his orders, in honour of the fête of the Empress. The object of the Circassians was to divert him, whilst the convoy was being attacked. When Woronzoff at length left Dargo, it was to return to the li ne o f t h e a d vancd forts. This return would seem to be voluntary according to the Russian accounts, as if the great object of the expedition had been secured by the capture and destruction of Dargo. But the private letters describe Woronzoff as in fact interrupting the course of his ope rations, when he thus turned round on his return north ward to the line of observation. They represent him as yiddisig to necessity, because his troop s were so deci mated end beral sed, and in such want of provisions, that he could undertake nothing more with them. On his new route Woronzoff had to carry the fortified heights of Tsenhery, which were occupied by the troops of Salami!, and, descending along the left bank of the river Aksai, he reached Chougal-Berdy, where he halted having traversed a road that was all along bristling with intrenchments, from each and every one of which he had to dislodge the mountaineers. The fighting seems to have been incessant Meantime Major-Gene ral Freitag having assembled in all haste seven battalions and a half, together with 300 Cossacks and 13 pieces of artillery, advanced from the line of forts, to meet the General-in-Chief. When Woronzoff heard that Freitag had reached Miskit, he left Chougal-Berdy, and, after some further fighting with the enemy, succeeded i n ef fecting a junction with the division that had thus come to his assistance. Finally, on the Ist of August, the two united bodies of Russians arrived at Guerzel-foul, on the line of advanced forts. A studied obscurity pre veils throughout the official report in the Jaurnal of St. Petersburg, and without the assistance of the news in the private letters it would be difficult to understand the operations. The St. Peters burg J o u rna l a ff ects to cons id er t h at grea t thi ngs h ave been accomplished by the expedition, but the Debuts asserts that Woronzoff with his military talents and the -largo force at his disposal, has completely fai:ed in his efforts to subjugate the mountaineers, and that it is proved by his falling back, after his success at Dargo, ,on his line of operations, which he was not even able to reach without the assistance of General Freitag. It was considered (says the Debuts) that a groat disaster would have befallen him, but f i r the adva!,:ca of Freitag, for he was blockaded by the inountainecrst and without provisions. Altogether the campaign is hehl to be one without any result, so far as the progress of Russian domination in the interior of Circassia is enncerued. Prince Alexander of Hesse, who was serving in the army of the Caucasus, ha's given it up, and is on his return to St. Petersburg. Finally, Woronzoff has dispersed his troops throughout the gar- Algona and cantonments on hi line of observation. ITALIAN INSURGENTS. ---•• Letters from ti e lonian Islands make mention, that, on tLe 25th of July, th e first an niversary of the lamented death of the small band under the bro,thers Bandeira, a funeral service was performed in the Latin church of Cephalonia in memory of the deceased. The death bell tolled, the sacred edifice was hung with black dra pery, and in the centre of the aisle was erected a ma.nifieent cteafalique,'sufrnounted by a crown of palm leaves, symbolical of martyrdom. Yo s .roll or inscription indicated the na mes o f , , or on what ocea , sion the deluded victims surrendered their lives, but two grot:ps of Italian ladies at opposite angles, and other two groups 41t . Italian gentlemen at the other angles, attired in deep mourning, kneeling and shedding tears, marked out plainly the event. After the performance of high mass, and the offering up of a solemn prayer to the Almighty for the souls of the illustrious dead, a funeral dirge, printed in gold on black-edged paper, was distributed to all the de- I Tout assistini at this melancholy ceremony. *MAN CHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, and MIDLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY. Conipany's Offices, George-street, Manchester, August 28, 1845. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of informing their Shareholders that, under the advice and active direction of Mr. George Stephenson, the survey of their intended Railway is proceed ing most satisfactorily, and that the line, as determined upon, will be, with reference to the country traversed, very favourable iu its engi neering features, and of a character to satisfy the wishes and con ciliate the support of the landed proprietary. It is intended that the main line shall commence at Stockport, thus increasing the length of the road to be constructed, but diminishing materially the distance between Manchester and Derby, and improving the general charac ter of the workt. The Committee have also directed their attention to the best means of giving complete development by branch lines to the rich mineral resources of Derbyshire, and of connecting them more completely with the contiguous manufacturing districts of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire. One of the extensions already determined upon, and having this object in view, will be through the important localities of New Mills, Hayfield, Mottram, and Marple, to Hyde and Dukenfield ; thus accommodating the populous districts tra versed by the Manchester and Huddersfield and the Manchester and Sheffield Railways. The pecuniary arrangements by which these objects will be effected are under the consideration of the Committee, and will be announced without delay. F. A. WRAGGE, Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Hudson ; Frank Oatland, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessy Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing his New Song of " Young England." To be followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E. Yarnold ; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with the Comedy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK ; or, au Irishman's Fortune. Pandeen O'Rafferty, Mr. Hudson ; Ninel Miss P. Horton. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and Oise Guinea and a-Halt . each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Last Five Nights of Mr. John Parry, the celebrated English Buffo Singer. Great success of the revival of HIS LA.,T LEGS, which will be repeated To-morrow, and on Friday. MRS. CAUDLE'S LECTURES ; or, A Matrimonial Chapter, every Evening (To-night excepted). To-morrow, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER ; and, on Thursday, will be revived PAST AND PRESENT. Sept. 2. J. T. ARCHER, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled CLA.RISSE ; or, The Merchant's Daughter. Martial, Mr. Webster ; John Cabot, Mr. Munyard ; Barbillon, Mr. Wright ; Galon, Mr. Paul Bedford; Clarisse, Madame Celeste; Milanie, Miss Woolgar. After which, will be repeated, THE BOY KING; or, Petite Peccadillos. Louis XY., Madame Celeste; De Lauzum, Slise Wool gar. In the eourse of the piece, Grand Review of the Infantine Infantry. To be followed by a farce. in ORGI Act, called MRS. CAUDLE ABROAD AND AT HOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Wilkinson; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Wright. , Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT or MRS. KEELEY. Eighth Night of Two ,New Dramas, and Last Five Nights of " Les Fees." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Farce, entitled ENQUIRE WITHIN. Principal Characters by Mr. Meadows, Mr. Emery, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To which will be added a Comic Drama, in Three Acts, BY ROYAL COMMAND. Principal chaiscters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. Vining, fir. Emery, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bender, and Mr. Meadows; Miss Fairbro ther, Mrs. Wuollidge, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE ,;OVERNOIt'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Xppurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, Mss Dawson, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Meadows, Wigan, Turner, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan rom Ten till Four. .E-OPENING OF ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE FOR THE WINTER SEASON. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. Immense Novelty, Re-engagement of the unequal! d French `roop. First Wok of the New Grand Egyptian Spectacle, entitled i'llE BRIDE OF THE NILE; or, The Oracle of Latona, in which lie celebrated Mr. Denvil will perform. Stupendous Effects—New , fagnificent Scenery—Combination of Stage and Circle at one time ; die whole arranged in twenty Tableaux ; the Scenes of the Arena rill comprise new and popular acts of Equestrianism. The whole ott,ltiding with a Pleasing Aftcrpiece. Ful particulars w.ll be given in the daily programmes. Box-Citric:: open from Eleven till live. Equestrian Tuition given s usual. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. rightly Overflow—Re-engagement of Madame Vesirioand Mr. C. Mathew:, Miss Collett and Mr. D. W. King—Second Night of "The Captain of the Watch." THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CAPTAIN OF' THE WATCH. Viscount le Ligny, Mr. C. Mathews; Baron Vanderpotter, Ur. Neville ; Kris tina, Mrs. H. Hughes; Katryn, Miss Martin. After which, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Maclaine Voctris; Beast, \lr. I). W. King; John Quill, Mr. C. Mathews. To be followed by PATTER versus CLATTER. Captain Patter, Ar. Charles Mathews. To coin:1111e with DARNLEY' ; or, The Keep of Castle 11111. Lord Darnley, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Will Elliott, Mr. Heslop ; I.llen Todd, Hrs. 11. Hughes. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Bom a ree, from Eleven to lour. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON, SECOND WEEK OF THE COMET. The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Finale exceeds all imagination! The Day-light View of the Colossal Pictorial Representation, suggested By HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, Is hailed with Universal Approbation. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS, Will be presented a Magnificeit MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen. The Unequalled Menagerie—Giraffe and Chimpanzee. THE MAGNIFICEN C MODEL OF VENICE, Shewing with the gnatest accuracy every portion of that far-famed City ; this wonderthl Work of Art occupied seven years in completion, and cost 2,0001. THE PROMENADE CONCERTS, By the unrivalled Band of th e Estataihmen t, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS EVER ATTEMPTED, Introdncing a Reprcsentation of the COMET, which takes its Arial Hight from the extreme height of the Gigantic Model; And, as a Finale, u Grand, Royal, and Patriotic AQUATIC TABLEAU, Fifty-two feet in height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake ; The PORTRAITS of HER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT, Surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and Other Devices will he introduced. This, combined with the Feux D'Artitice, the Salute and Dischirge of Rockets from the Castle and surrounding ITeights will form the most tiRILLIANT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY 'EVER WITNESSED. The Tableau deigned and executed by Mr. Danson. Pyrotechnist, Mr. Southby. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding the Carnivore at Half-past Four ; Pelicans, &e., at Five ; Concert at Half-past Five ; and Pyrotechnic Display at Half past Eight. THE WEATHER.—,SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48; Highest, 69; Noon, 57. BAROMETER, 30.29. WIND E., morning, light breeze, and hazy ; afternoon, fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 8 minutes after 2 I Evening .. 26 minutes after 2. o,zil • - , . ti db i ' v ir.. i?rN ,106.; I. lit SECOND EDITION. 'liltlithlS :-,,'-' TM LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1845, The letter of the Rev. W. G. WARD, with its appen dix, will be regarded by many as a singular document ; but those who know the Puseyites will consider nothing really singular which proceeds from such a source. They seem to us to confound right and wrong, truth and error, and not a few of the other moral principles which have been regarded by the good in all ages as the surest guides for a virtuous and useful life. They re ject private judgment they reject even the Bible as an instructor, and overleap at one bound all the strong bulwarks of the Protestant faith, and denounce the greatest blessing of modern times— the Reformation—as a great crime. That we may not be charged with misrepresenting their tenets, we quote Mr. WARD'S own words. " Those," says he, " who care to know my reasons for thinking that the English Church, whether her voice be listened for in her formularies, or in her practical teaching, is no trust worthy guide (and, I may add, for thinking that neither the Bible nor antiquity, interpreted by private judgment, are any trustworthy guides either); I must refer to my large work, and to my Address to Members of Convo. cation,' where they will find those questions treated at length. An objection has lately been made to me in private against what has just been said, as fol lows :—lt has been objected that the English Church does teach with divine authority the creeds; because, so far as they are concerned, she speaks not as the English Church, but as conveying to us the faith of the Catholic Church, such as it was from the begin ning.' But let me ask—how do we km that these creeds contain the faith of the Catholic Church such as it was from the beginning ? If by our own private re searches into antiquity, then our rule of faith is not the English Church, but: antiquity interpreted by private judgment, which is altogether a different matter." These are startling assertions, coming from a member of the En g lish Church, and they become the more alarming when it is known that a very large proportion of the men calling ;themselves Protestant clergymen enter tain the same Catholic doctrines. Should England ever have the misfortune to fall under the keeping of such men in regard to religious matters, she would speedily lose most of the numerous and inestimable advantages conferred by the Reformation, she would resign that spirit of free inquiry which has distinguished her from most nations for centuries, and revert to a condition little better than that with which she aas cursed during the darkest ages of Popery. If man is not to be guided b y the Bible and his own judgment, the question comes —who or what is to be his guide ? Mr. mysterious WARD and hi s party will el us influence the priests, the men who h a v e b y some ree t e i i t;( e d d a rni-sion fr om on hi gh, and who onlyare to point out and ex pl a i n the will of the ALmern In other words, t h e p hil osophers of the day, th y, e most celebrated ch aracters i n literature, arts, and sciences, the bright es t di v i nes of the Pro:44ra Church, and the able expositors of the only true rule of faith are to give up their judgment, and bow before those divine personages, who, forsooth, are commissioned by the highest authority to teach the ways of ' righteousness to erring man. This is the consum mation so devoutly prayed for by these renegade Churchmen. They would assume all power and all authority to themselves, they would in time become even a more frightful race of priests than the sangui nary and despotic Druids, and sanction every cruelty and every crime that could possibly exalt them above their fellow-creatures. Were opinions of this cast put forth by the Puseyites as simple individuals, and in the shape of theories to which they wished to attract public attention, we should regard them as vagaries like those practised by JOANNA SOUTHCuT, or the founder of the " unknown tongues;" but when we find these reli gionists making use of their sacred functions, wielding the power given to them by their position in the Church, and traitorously combining against Protestantism, which they had sworn to maintain and defend, we can find no language sufficiently strong to describe such want of honour, such breach of sacred oaths, and such a total disregard of those ties which bind together civilised society. These men remained in the Church solely to undermine it, and now begin to drop off when the law and public opinion have affixed a condign stigma on their Jesuitical plots. The following sentence from Mr. WARD'S book fully bears out the charge that his object was to make use of his position in destroying Protestantism, and in bringing back the dis ciples of the Reformation to the doctrines and communion of Rome :—" The progress from error to truth can not be made in one leap : persons cannot, on the mere word of an external authority, em brace at once a whole class of new doctrines, fo reign, and at first even repugnant, to their moral nature. The doctrines, again, to which I allude, are but accessories to the central verities of the Gospel—not those verities themselves ; and will follow in due time, in proportion as those verities are rightly believed, hear tily embraced, and fed on by prayer and contemplation. The English Church then at present, witnessing as it does those truths in its formularies, but silent, to say the least, on these accessories, does seem a providential ordinance adapted to prepare minds by degrees for the doctrine and communion of Rome." Let us be thankful therefore that the plot has been discovered (we hope in time), and that the voice of the country, which has already done so much, will compel the rest of the class to follow Mr. WARD, and join those whose tenets they profess. Mr. WARD has retired, it is true, but, in doing so, he has only shown more clearly the dangerous principles by which he was actuated. He remained in the English Church, according to his own showing, because, he says, there is nothing in that Church to hinder any one from holding all Roman doctrine, and because all those who being in doubt of her claims, and resolving on living a stricter life in her com munion (meaning thereby Romanism) had found an ever-increasing confidence in their position. These circumstances, he adds, have ceased to exist. In short, he cannot enjoy the emoluments of Protestantism, and , at the same time, profess Popery, so he makes a virtue of necessity, and walks out, that he may not be forcibly expelled. The report of the Commissioners on Tidal Harbours, the concluding passages of whic4 we published in our edition of Monday, will be hailed, we are confident, by all our readers, as one of the most valuable and im portant results of the labours of the last session of Par liament. We can imagine no subjects better entitled to the most careful investigation of a well-composed Com mission than the present condition of these harbours ; the nature and extent of works, in progress or corn. pleted, for the removal of obstructions, the deepening of their channels, the security of their entrances, and their general maintenance. With regard to the harbours, as well as to so many other of her natural resources and geographical capa cities, it may be said that the progress of this country in strengthening her position and defences, has hitherto been, not on account of their development, but in despite of them. No kingdom ever made such vast and rapid advances in all power, devoticg at the same time so little, comparatively speaking, of the same energy and the same wealth to the consolidation of the advantages which the outline of her coasts affords to her. It may be that this neglect is attributable to a generous confidence on the part of the people and of their rulers in the national spirit and intrepidity ; in that love of country and that irrepressible maritime enterprise, which never find us content to await the attack of an insulting enemy within our own boundaries, but make us always eager to be first a-field, by sea or by land, and urging on offensive operations. This plea may be available, perhaps, to excuse the neglect of simply defensive positions. But it cannot satisfy the complaints of humanity. Our utter deficiency of harbours of refuge throughout the long period of five hundred years, for which our commerce has been gradually expanding itself from its incipient trade in the wool staple to its present enormous dimen sions, is a moral and social, as well as a political anomaly, for which it would be as difficult to as sign any valid excuse as it would be to devise any adequate explanation. The simple ground of expense on which Sir R. PEEL and Mr. GouLnurue have hereto fore attempted to justify their disregard of the earnest re commendations of the Committee on Harbours of Refuge, before which the Duke of WELLINGTON himself—as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports—had made out, in his evidence, a case of such urgent and imperative ne cessity for the immediate construction of these works at different points upon our shores— that ground of " expense" on which it is so convenient fur First Lords of the Treasury and Chancellors of the Exchequer to fall back when they are reluctant to comply with the wishes of Parliament, and which they find it so convenient to forget or lose sight of when they have some favourite objects of their own to carry—this ground cannot be sustained. A country whose annual expenditure is up wards of 50,000,0001, per annum, whereof a considerable proportion is absorbed by civil establishments, paid on the most extravagant scale, and civil pensions and pen sions allotted by the Crown (but paid by the public), for mere personal services or considerations of personal favouritism; such a countrycannot be truly said to beun. able with safety to incur one charge of four or five or even six millions for the construction of permanent harbours of refuge for our swarming merchant vessels running down our dangerous coasts, or the fortifying new posts, or repairing old works already established, for the better protection of our trade and our stores, our coast towns, dockyards, creeks, mouths of rivers, &c. If the Premier can bring hitt:ltself to persist, year after year, in a period of peace, to levy the most odious of peace taxes, though it may be the most justifiable of our imposts ; if the Chancellor of the Exchequer insist on maintain ing this oppressive property-tax, in order that he may chuckle over. his "surplus revenue " of 3,000,000/. (ex isting only in virtue of the 5,000,0001. and more realised by this single tax), shall we be told that Dungeness and Seaford can not be made harbours, nor the ports of Hythe and Rye be routored, nor Harwich improved, nor Dover deepened, nor less promising positions on the west coast of England, as - well as on the south and east, be improved into available " refuges" for our tempest-tossed merchant men and our gtallant navy ? With the welfare of both of these services, t he main interests, the lasting prosperity of this mighty emj Are are intimately and indissolubly bound up. How long , then; are exigences of finance (fictitious exigencies aftet r all, and not necessarily attaching to a more economise al or better digested system than that upon which our finances are administered) to be thus per mitted to outwts igh the sacred claims with regard to the security of hum an life, and of the great arm of our na tional force, th e navy? But we trust that the good sense of Parliament \; ill vindicate the force of those claims by an expression t)f opinions so complete, as regards both this view of the case and the demands of a torecastiug and intelligent regard to the aspect of our foreign rela tions, as shall compel the adoption by Government of the views it has stailemnly recorded in the report in question. In connexiot ► with, these and a powerful auxiliary in giving to them all the effect which they ought to have, will now be tal .en the report on tidal harbours. The Conamissione rt I are men well entitled to the confidence of the Legisl tature and the country by scientific acquire ments or pro fissional experience ; as official functiona• ries, or as pr a vetical men of business, and Members of Par liament. R !tar-Admiral BOWLES, M.P., is the Chairman. The other C ommissioners are Captains GORDON BREMER and J. WAS. SINGTON, R.N., Mr. BEAUFORT, hydrogra pher, isor AIRY, the astronomer royal, Messrs. JOSEPH Iliz.3lE, M.P., AARON CHAPMAN, M.P., ED WARD RICE, TI 1.P., THOMAS BARING, M.P., and RICHARD GODSON, M. E . They do not adopt any halting, compro mising tone in setting out their recommendations ; and we rejoice t o see that there is no mock delicacy, no "nolo Epim vpari" fencing with the high and re sponsible functions which they have been willing 'to take upon t emselves. They recommend that " their Board show Id have summary jurisdiction over the waters of ;he tidal harbours and navigable rivers with a reser% 'ation, only, of private rights under charter, and the continuation of local boards where this Com mission may 1 ibink fit. That this Commission have full powers, by th o assistance of engineers and surveyors, to ascertain the els.tent of all nuisances and obstructions in such tidal ha; ! i,' , ours and rivers, and to summons jurors of the neigh') ourhood to inquire into and report upon the same, to be thereupon dealt with by the Commis- sinners, whey e such nuisance, &c., shall be found to have exited for a period of . . . . years. That the Board divide all th coasts of the kingdom into a car tam number of sections, each of these being placed under the sq. riateadeuce of a competent person, who ' shall visit, at least once a year, every port, river, har bour, and creek within his district, and report the state of the same, and the progress of any works carrying on there; and that the Board may enforce the appointment of a resident engineer or harbour-master wherever the port, harbour, &c., may seem of sufficient importance to call for such appointment. That the accounts of' all trusts of harbours or navigable rivers be prepared and sent into this Board, made up to the 31st December previously, on or before the 31st of March in each year. That all works, public or private, commenced or proceeded with without the consent of this Board, that shalt be within the high-water mark of ordinary spring tides, shall be stopped by this Board's order, and, if necessary, be removed at the expense of the parties who have con structed them." Other recommendations which follow regard the provision to be made for securing accurate registers and reports of the state of the harbour grounds from time to time, registers of meteorological, tidal, and barometrical observations, &c. The concluding para graph is so directly to the purpose of these observations, and similar comments which we have on other occasions submitted on this very important topic to the public, that we hope to be excused for quoting some part of it in this place : " And when they consider the great want of accessible har bours along the whole of the coasts of your Majesty's dominions —more especially when the extended use of steam-navigation points to such great changes in maritime affairs, whereby every sheltered creek is likely to become of value—and when they consider that by the improvement of our tidal harbours your Majesty's beneficient intentions for the preservation of the lives and property of a large class of your Majesty's sub jects may be fulfilled, they confidently trust that no minor considerations may be allowed to impede the accomplishment of objects of such national importance." These are words of weight and wisdom. Let us hope they will be not only remembered, but promptly acted upon by the Government, who ought to feel by this time that harbours of refuge, the better mainten ance of all works connected with the conservancy of rivers and existing harbours, and the adequate fortifica tions of our exposed coasts, are national objects of far higher interest and importance than struggles for main taining the ascendancy of their own party, or for the propagation of their own political opinions. Madrid journals of the 25th ult. have been received, but they contain no intelligence of the slightest interest. A new list of senators, chiefly selected from members of the liberal professions and the wealthier classes of civilians, was to be published in a few days. On the 25th the Three per Cents. closed at 314 for cash, and 311 for the 30th of August ; and the Five per Cents. at 22i at 60 days. The Paris Moniteur contains dispatches from Otaheite up to the 28th of April. At that period no fresh act of disturbance on the part of the natives had taken place in that settlement, but some of them still continued in the entrenched camps of Panavia and Papenao. At the Marquesas Islands a tribe of Nouka-Hiva, discontented with a fine inflicted on it for having plundered some flocks, assassinated, on the 28th of January, five sol diers of the garrison. A detachment sent against the tribe pursued and dispersed it. All the other tribes made common cause with the garrison. The principal assas sins were apprehended. Their chief, PAKOKO, was con demned to death and executed. The others were trans ported. Tranquillity had not been since disturbed. The sanitary state and situation of the establishments at Taioahe and Vaitahu were satisfactory. The same official journal contradicts the report that had appeared in some of the papers stating that Admiral CECILI.E had taken possession of Bassilan, one of the Philippine islands. " The Constitutional," it says, " announced yesterday that Admiral CECILLE, having occupied the island of Bassilan, according to instructions received from his Government, had been disavowed. These assertions are erroneous. At no time did the Government give orders to occupy Bassilan, and Admiral CECILLE never took possession of this island." The other intelligence in the Paris papers is without interest if we except the accounts of the harvest from the provinces, which on the whole are favou - able. The fine weather which has prevailed for some time had enabled the farmers to secure a great proportion of the crops in the north of France, which are said to be abundant and fully equal to those of last year. The Royal Family were expected at St. Cloud from En in the course of the week. Nothing was done in the French Funds on Sunday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 1. Anglo-Belgian 5% Orleans and Bordeaux 12% Boulogne and Amiens l l l4 OverYssel ... 1 / p Bordeaux &Med iterran Paris & Lyons (Lafitte) 4IA Bordeaux and Toulouse 21,E Ditto ( Ganneron's). 2N i Do. and Cette 2% Ditto (Calon's).... 2 5 / 1 Central of Spain . — Paris and 0r1ean5...... 50% 2 Dendre Valley ...... Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 9 1 ,6 Paris and Strasburg Dieppe & Paris Juliet. (Ganneron's)... 3 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 1 % Do. (Compte de L'Est) 3% East Indian Grt Northern of France Peppin le Halleur 5% (Laffitte's) Ditto (Rosamel's) Great Paris and Lyons 2% Sambre and Meuse .... 8% Jamaica Junction — Strasbourg and Basle . Do. North Midland — Tours and Nantes Louvain and Jemeppe s l,‘ (Mg; enzie's) 3% Lyons and Avignon.... 3 Do. (Lefebvre's) 2A Luxembourgh.. 214 Verona and Ancona 3 l /2 Namur and Liege 6% West Flanders 4% Orleans and Vierzon .. BANKRUPTCY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD. ) IN RE NENRY WOOD. This bankrupt, who came up for his last examination, carried on business as a furrier in Abchureh-lane and Southwark. It did not appear that there had bean any misappropriation of property or extravagance on the part of the bankrupt, who had, however, been mixed up with " patent medicines" and life preservers to an extent which had touched his pocket severely, although it had not seriously affected his person., The official assignee having expressed himself satisfied with the accounts rendered, the bankrupt was declared to have passed his examination. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Wimbush, who was brought up at this Court on Satur day, on a charge of stealing a watch from Messrs. Debenham placed at I t a h n e d b S a t r o , r b r e , fo o r f e K A i i n r g . - i st a r r e d e i t n , e C , w ov h e e n n t-garden, w as again Mr. Clarkson opened the case, and called the following wit nesses : L Charles Walker, watch-maker, of 40, Princes -street, Soho, 3sZjewelled in four holes, identified the watch produced as having been made by him for , a Mr. Bullock, an artist, of the Strand. It was numbered and seconds. He made it about three years ago, but:could not speak exactly to compensation hasadubpalleaxneees,caepneammeenute,disdial, the time when he made it, as he had not his books in Court. A person, named Richardson, called upon him in April, 1844, and, describing the watch to him, asked his opinion as to the quality of the watch. Mr. Clarkson said he must not go into the particulars of a con versation at which the prisoner was not present, he would, there fore, only ask whether the conversation had reference to the sale at Messrs. Debenham and Storr's ? The witness said it had. He gave Mr. Richardson his opi. nion of the quality of the watch. A few days after he saw Mr. Richardson again, and heard from him that the watch had been stolen. That was in April, and in December or January following a person named Cloughly called upon him and showed him a watch. He asked him whether he had made it, and he said he had, and that i t h a d been stole n . He added that he (Cloughly) must go with him to Messrs. Debenham and Storr, from whom the watch had been stolen. Cloughly expressed himself willing to go, and on arriving at Messrs. Debenham's he said he bad received it from Mr. Wimbush, and gave him 30 guineas for it. Mr. George Bullock said that he was an artist, and that the watch produced, or one similar, was made for him by the last witness. He gave him 30/. for it. He afterwards pledged it to a pawnbroker in St. Martin's-lane. He did not pawn it himself, but sent Mrs. Bullock with it. He now produced the ticket which she received on pledging it. William Moore, assistant in the shop of Mr. Fleming, pawnbroker, in St. Martin's-lane, spoke to having received the watch from Mrs. Bullock, and also to having sent it to Messrs. Debenham and Storr's, to be sold by auction. Mr. Richardson, picture-dealer, corroborated part of Mr. Walker's evidence, and proved that the watch, together with other articles of great value, were stolen during a sale at Messrs. Debenham and Storr, in April, 1844, at which the pri soner was present. James Uloughly, of 98, Long-acre, clerk to Messrs. Pearce, army clothiers, stated that in the month of May last year, or thereabouts, he bought from the prisoner the watch now pro duced. The prisoner owed him money at the time, but wit ness, however, gave cash 131. fur this article. He required a memorandum of the sale and payment, which, 'however, he did not receive from the prisoner until the April following. He had that memorandum still in his possession. The MAGISTRATE interrupted the examination, directing the witness to go home for the memorandum, and produce it in court with as little delay as possible. During his absence, witnesses from the establishment of Messrs. Machin and Debenham were called to prove the fol lowing facts which bad been set forth in Mr. Clarkson's state ment;: —A gold casket and some diamonds and doubloons, stolen at the same time with the watch, were of the value of about 300/. The prisoner was in the habit of attending the sales, and those respectable dealers who were known were admitted behind the counter to examine the more valuable articles. The prisoner was s een to examine the arti cles in question shortly before they were missed. About twenty or thirty dealers examined th e - articles the morning of the robbery. Mr. Clouk hly (having returned) produced the memorandum of receipt of payment for the watch, which he swore to be in the prisoner's handwriting. He had known the prisoner twenty years. In answer to the prisoner's solicitor, the witness said, that his statement that he bought the watch in May, 1 84 4, de pended on the prisoner's memorandum, and not on his own recollection. William Stunt, a clerk in the employment of the prosecutor, stated, that on t h e d a y after the robbery, he received instructions from his employers to go round to the several dealers in gold, and to inquire whether they had purchased bullion of the kind into which the doubloons and gold casket were likely to be converted. In such a case, it would be the usual course for the dealer to give every assistance to lead to the tracing of the thief. The prisoner was in the counting-house when witness received those instructions, and followed witness out, offering to accompany him to the city, if witness would first come to an eating-honse and dine with him. The prisoner said it would be useless to go the bullion-dealers, they could give no information, as they never took names; however, he would show witness th e most likely houses. At dinner the manner in which the pri soner remarked upon the ro bb ery excited the suspicions of witness, an d h e therefore made an excuse for returning to his employers, to whom be, communicated those suspicions that the prisoner was concerned in the robbery. They told him to go at once to the refiners notwithstanding. He went accordingly into the City, but being determined not to take the prisoner with him, he left him at the Bell and Crown, Holborn, where the prisoner stopped to see his wife off by the coach. Edmund Collins, a refiner and smelter, Droved to have pur chased a bar of gold, weighing 11 ounces, from the prisoner, on the 20th April, 1844. [The robbery took place on the 17th. ] An officer of police proved to finding a smelting apparatus in the prisoner's house. _ _ After some further evidence, the prisoner was fully coma vnitted for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (TB IS DAY.) Mary Foy, a poor woman, who seemed to be in a very exhausted state, with her child, a weakly boy, between seven and eight years, of age, were charged by police-constable No. 182, of the C division, with having been apprehended by him last evening begging in the public streets. The mother said she was in a state of the greatest destitution, neither her child nor herself having, for the last two days and nigh had any food but what was su ppli e d to t h em t hi s morn ing it the police station-house. They were making their way to Newcastle, in the hope of meeting her husband. Mr. MALTBY asked if she was known as a common mendi cant ?—The constable said she was not. He had reason to beleve that the account she had given of herself was true. Fr. MALTBY-If I discharge her, will she leave town this day, and proceed on her way to Newcastle? The mother—Oh yes, with pleasure I will: Mr. MALTBY humanely ordered some silver to be given to the poor creature from out of the poor-box, to assist her on her way, for which she expressed h erse lf truly thankful, and left the court with a greatly lightened heart. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Henton, a merchant's traveller, residing in Basinghall street, was charged with being riotous in the public street. The policeman deposed to the truth of the charge, but the prisoner gave a very different account of the matter. He was getting a drunken woman into a cab when the policeman, 66 G, came up and interfered. Prisoner said he would report him for misconduct, and was about to take his number when the policeman arrested him. The policeman did all in his power to irritate him. Mr. COMBES remanded the prisoner, that the matter might be further inquired into. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREA. A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yester day, the sales being fully 10,000 bales, of which 4,000 were on speculation. There was a fair quantity on offer. 500 Surat sold at 3d. to 3 1 /0. ; 200 Maranham, at 5 3 / 4 d. ; 150 Pernams, at 6 1 / 2 d. to 6 3 / 4 d. ; 400 Egyptian, at 6 1 / B d. to 9d. ; and the rest American, at 3 3 / I d. to 6 1 4 d.—A large business was done in Shares, a full prices. There are no ship arrivals to-day, nor is anything of in terest stirring. The arrangements for the due prosecution of the timber trade at Liverpool appear to be very defective, if we may judge by the following communication from the outport, in which also are contained some interesting particulars rela tive to the general state of the market :—Since the 18th instant, the arrivals have been limited, say only six vessels, 3,470 tons, and the sales, in like manner, limited to a few cargoes, the attention of all parties being turned to the re moval from the quay of the timber which had been heaped on it in the utmost confusion. The relaxationof the pressure in the discharging for the last few days, has enabled the quays to be somewhat relieved, and it is hoped that the dock Committee will take the present opportunity, in compliance with the application of the majority of the importers and timber-merchants, of making such arrangements as will pre vent a recurrence of such a state of things as has been expe rienced during the last four weeks, and which has caused a great loss of property, severe loss by fines, and a greater de clension in the market than, under other circumstances, would have taken place. This confusion is attributable to the following causes, viz. .—The discharging without being confined to a specified berth or space ; the working of sufferance from daylight to dark, without also applying an equal amount of force to remove the timber so discharged, and the mixing of cargoes with each other, which renders the identification of timber very difficult, prevents its being effectually worked at ; and as the present system obliges the work to be carried on throughout the night (which is contrary to reason and the usage of any other trade) fraud is very much facilitated, and at such time many logs are stolen off the quay. If, however, the request of the im porters and timber m erc h an t s b e acted on, a remedy may be applied, as far as the present system will admit of ; the im porter will be able to identify his property, the buyer will have the opportunity of seeing it connectedly, and removing it effectively ; the Custom-house officer will be facilitated in his duty, and the ship in future will always have a defined place to be discharging into, without encroaching on another's berth, and throwing all into confusion. At the present moment the quays are covered with timber, dis charged out of ships which are more than a week at sea, much of it not yet measured by the Customs. When the quays are thus regulated, a steadier market and better prices will be the consequence. From the great delay the ships have experienced on the other side, joined to long passagess home, the num ber of second voyage ships is much less than usual : and this market will probably not have the overwhelming import from Canada that was first anticipated ; in such case better price, may be expected for the tnll fleet. The Stock market continues rather dull, and sales are still made in Consols, so as to check the improvement which the fine weather might otherwise occasion. The quotations for present transfer are 98 3 / 4 to 98%, and for Time, 99 to V s . Exchequer-bills have been 455. to 475., being heavy. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are:102 , 4 to 102 1 / ; and the Three per Cents. 99% to 99%. Bank Stock is worth 213 to 213 1 /. dull the again.,rhtee per Spanish Ceht Five s. are 3pBe The Cents Foreign phioaiyteu Bonds ahue eehsenoe h rd a "sh e taol b c, ekeenit anddaB4 ; Mexican are flat at 33 to ; Dutch Four per Cents. realise 99 , 4. Shares are extremely buoyant, and, as regards the Scrips, nearly all better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 213% 213 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 993! 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9Bzi% New 3 per Cent. Annuties 102,41/L Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 l l l/, 7-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 l l l% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 11 IA Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. I%d. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9 0 14 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 9l Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o — Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 99 1 4 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% 234%... to Caledonian 5 l 2 l / 2% ... to —. Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Canterbury and Dover I% 06— 24%... to Chester and Holyhead Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2 Cork and Waterford 12...... 2% to Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester 1 Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth 1 1 / 2 l'irect Northern : 2% 314%%% to Dublin and Belfast Junction 21 ,4 9 4 to Eastern Counties Do. New 41. 16s. 7 l /2 p... to —. Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. ... 91 ...... to Ely and Bedford l4 5 14 to 4 3 / 4 Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central of Wales GrndUnion(Notting.kLynn) 1% 3% . ... to Great North of England...... 100 ... . . 22 4 3A to 223 3 / 4 Great Western Guildford, Fareham, Portms 2% 3%%... to Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford... . , 228......, 33i 1 / 2 pto London and Birmingham ...100 .....,224 ...... to Ditto Extension London and Blackwall 16%...... 1 0%%% to Do. New London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. ... 27 Do. New London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 13(, London and South Western.. 41% 72 ...... to London and York... ..... ...... 2 1 / 7 14 Londonderry and Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 2% to— Lynn and Ely - to Lon. k Manch. (Remington's) Manchester and Leeds 76 ..... 217 to 218 Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 22s Midland ~...,100 Ditto New Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 Newcastle &Darlington junc. 25 ...... 55 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 2% 3%. ..... to North British Ditto New 1 .. . 9 1 / to 9% North Kent & Direct Dover 2 3 / 4 5%4 ... to 474 North Staffordshire North Wales l4 44 54... to 4% Norwich and Brandon l4 .... Ditto, New 1 Oxford and Worcester 2% l l l / 2%... to 11% Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyro Rugby. Worcester. and Tring 1 Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. ... —4% 1 / 8 p to 43 8 Shrews., Herefrd &N. Wales 2% 54 to South Midland South Eastern and Dover ... 33% ...... 48%... Ditto New, No. 1 Ditto New, N 0.2 7 164 to Ditto New, No. 3 22.. . ... M I to 8% Staines and Richmond........ 1 South Wales Trent Valley ..... ............ .. 2 Trent Val. & Holyhead June. I 1 3%.. ... to 3% Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin Welch Midland Wrster, Shrews., &Crewe Un. 1% 6% to 51 York and Carlisle 2 34 7 64... to 6% York and North Midland ... 50 .•..•• 109 to Ditto Selbv Ditto. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bordeaux and Toulouse Bordeaux,Toulouse,andCette 2 Dendre Valley Dijon and Mulh ouse 2 ... 2q..... to Dutch Rhenish ...... 3 ....,. 9%/ 2 ... to 9% East Indian Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) ........... 4 7 1 ... .to 7 3 ; Do. Do. (Itosamers) ..... .. 2 Greatj'aris and Ly ons ... Luxembourgh .................. 2 .'aris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 2%% to -- Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . ... 214 to Paris& Strasburg( Gannern's) 2 ...... 3% to Do. (Compe de L'Est) Sambre and Meuse Verona and Ancona West Flanders - ---- MINE. _, Real del lionte,Unregistered LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 2.—Wind this day at noon, N.E., light airs and hazy. DEAL, SErr, I.—Wind E.N.E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Thalia, Robinson, Saldanha Bay; Francis Yates, Collier, Collao. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Bountiful, Garrick, South Seas; Esther, Garrick, ditto; Brothers, Industry, Garrick, ditto ; Maria Somes, King, Ceylon ; Oscar, Zeplien, Rio Janeiro; ,Janes, Dunn, Halifax; Arabian, Robinson, Sierra Leone. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Sld. Wellington, New York. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. off, 31, Lady Falkland, Smith, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. I.—Wind N.E., light.—Sld. Ringdove, Walker, Monte Video ; Carl Adolph, Pims, Angastura ; Doin-n-Dar, Fontar, Senegal ; Jane and Jessie, Campbell, St. Thomas's; Pawhatan, Stone, New York. Off port, Rival, Maranham ; Thomas Edward OFF THE SOUTH FORELAND, SEPT. I.—A ship supposed to be the Renfrewshire, from Quebec. OFF EASTBOURNE, AUG. 30.—Sarah Ann, Skalfield, Boston, for Antwerp. POOLE, AUG. 29.—S1d. Hebe, Rogers, Newfoundland. OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, AUG. 29.—Lord Winlock, Miramichi ; Element, New Orleans, for Bremen. EXMOUTH, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Mary Rindle, Quebec. TEYNMOUTII, SEPT. 1.--Sid. Brother, Miramichi. BRISTOL CHANNEL, SEPT. I.—Arrd. Emma, Montreal. PILL, Au°. 30.—Arrd. Hebe, St. John's, New Brunswick. KLNGROAD,! SEPT. I.—Arrd. Hebe, St. John's, New Brunswick. NEWPORT, SEPT. I.—Sld. John M'Lellan, Garraway, Jamaica; Arethusa, Boston; J. P. Harwood, Boston. LYTHAM, AUG. 31.—Arrd. Union, St. Stephen's. AYR, AUG. 29.—Sld. Alex. Wise, Coulthard, St. John's. WATERFORD, AUG. 30.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Michael Anthony Fleming, Fitzgerald, Miramichi ; Nancy, Foran, Quebec. Off port, Sarah Bell, Bell, Maracaibo. YOUGIIAL, AUG. 29.—Arrd. Lady Bagot, Quebec. CORK, AUG. 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Lockwood, Erring ton, Quebec ; Sherbrooke, Sterling, Quebec. Off port, Reis Effendi, New Providence. KILRUSIT, AUG. 30.—Arrd. Eliza and Ann, Miramichi. ABERDEEN, AUG. 29.—Sld. Pons Mali, Maaek, Mira michi. 30. Robert M'William, M'Donald, Quebec. MONTROSE, AUG. 29.—Sld. Hope, Lister, Quebec. SHIELDS, AUG. 29.—S1d. William Hannington, Quebec. WHITBY, AUG. 31.—Arrd. Thomas Ebrington, Quebec. HULL, Ara. 30.—Sld. Sir E. Hamilton, St. John S. CORINSHAY, AuG. 29.—The brig Eclipse, Keith, of Dundee, from Montreal, went on shore this morning near here, un. shipped her rudder, and came off without damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 1111 Y MASUMTS. SalmmELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/16s ; use ful ditto, 41 18s to 5/8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 61 6s; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 17s to I/ 19s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold heavily, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/18s to 4 / 1 88; use ful ditto, 5/ to 5/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, Si lOs to 5/ 168 . Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 15s to 1 / 1 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 188 to 21 per load. Trade steady, at about pre vious rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 17s to 4/ 18s; useful ditto, Si to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, Si lOs to 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 12s to 6/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 16s Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to I/ 18s per load. Supply mode rately good, and trade steady. New Meadow Hay 3/ lOs to 4l 158, and New Clover 4/ 5s to 5/ 88 per load. COLONIAL. SUGAIL—The market for British Plantation is very heavy, scarcely any business having been done; but for the few small parcels disposed of lower prices have been accepted, establishing a decline of 6d to is upon grocery descriptions. The public sales have only offered 3,070 bags Mauritius, and 832 bags Penang (subject to 18s 8d duty), nearly all of which sold, but went off without spirit, and at rather lower prices; they were, however, chiefly in small lots, and of inferior quality, affording little guide to the market generally. Low to good brown Mauritius brought 386 to 45s ; low to fine yellow 45s 6d to 52s ; low to good brown Penang 403 to 425, and low to fine yellow 46s to 53s per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,176 hhds 174 tierces 572 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,694 hhds 177 tierces 572 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,540 hhds 1,230 tierces 2,381 barrels. Rum.--The quantity landed last week, at the East and West India Docks, was 123 puns I hhd. There were taken for home consumption 145 puns 18 hhds, and exported 248 puns 135 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,912 puns 1,097 hhds. COFFLIE.—This article is quiet. There are very few sales announced. COTTON is steady. TOBACCO.—There has been an improved demand lately for most descriptions, and, for the period of the year, sales have been made to some extent, and may be computed at 1,500 hhds last month, independent of two cargoes of ordinary Kentucky, about 1,400 hhds taken for re sale. The market has been tirm, with a: slight tendency to advance; and for some sorts, namely, fine Kentucky strips and spinning quali ties of Virginia, our highest quotations have been obtained. TEA.—There is not much doing, and prices are about the same. TALLOW.—P YC is 40s 9d to 41s per cwt on the spot for old, and 41s 3d to 41s 6d for new. Town is 445. COAL MAILILET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Chester Main. 15s 9d ; Hastings Hartley, 16s 9d ; Holywell Main, 16s ; Nelson's West Hartley, 16s 9d; Old Pontop, 14s; Taylor's West Hartley, 16s 6d; Townley, 15s ; Walls End Hilda, 16s 9d; Walls End Killin(r ' worth, 16s 9d ; W a ll s E nd Northumber land, 16s 6d; Walls End Braddyll's Hetton, 18s 9d; Walls End Hetton, 188 9d; Walls End Lambton, 18s 9d; Walls End Richmund, 17s 6d ; Walls End Stewart's 18s 6d ; Walls End Shotton, 18s ; Walls End Whitwell, 17s ; Walls End Hartlepool, 18s 9d ; Walls End Kelloe, 18s ; Walls End Adelaide Tees, 183; Walls End Richardson's Tees, 16s 6d ; Walls End Seymour Tees, 17s 6d ; Walls End T ees , 18 s; Walls End West Cornforth, 17s ; and Townhill, 16s. Ar rivals since last day 12. SUICIDE INDUCED BY EXCESSIVE STUDY. --An inquest was held yesterday, at the King's Head, Canterbury street, York-road, before Mr. Carter, on the body of Mr. William Alfred Barker, aged twenty-three, late editor of a Nottingham newspaper. Mr. W. A. Barker, also the editor of a provincial newspaper, said that the deceased was his son, and about three weeks ago came to his (witness's) residence in Howley-street, York-road, to proceed from thence to Southampton, for the benefit of his health. He returned in three or four days completely altered. His memory was entirely gone, and he was unable to exercise his mental facul ties. On Saturday last witness intended to obtain a certificate as to the state of his mind, in order to place him under re straint, and went out telling the deceased to follow him, and meet him on Waterloo-bridge, but after waiti ng a consider able time he be came alarmed at his long absence, and returned. He then searched all the rooms in the house for him, and afterwards descend e d t o t h e coal-cellar, where he found him suspended by the neck by means of a rope fastened to the iron grating, and his hands tied tightly behind him. Witness immediately cut him down and sent for surgical assistance, but if deceased was not already dead he died in a few seconds. Witness believed the deranged state of his mind to have been occasioned by illness brought on by ex cessive study. About fifteen months ago, when in London, he used to devote so much of his mind to study, that he deprived himself of necessary food and repose. He had made a pre vious attempt upon his life. Mr. J. E. Stahlsmidts, the editor of a weekly journal, having corroborated the previous evidence relative to the state of mind of the deceased, the jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind." IMPROVEMENTS, &C., OF PUBLIC EDIFICES.— Workmen are at present engaged in painting the outer iron gallery at the top of the cupola of St. Paul's Cathedral ; it is done in stone colour, and has a very good effect. At the British Museum workmen are employed in levelling the dead wall and antique gateway,T&c. to throw the front open. The foun dation has been laid of tile new Money Order Office of the General Post. It is situate in Aldersgate-street, between the French Protestant church and that of St. Botolph, Aldersgate. It is to be completed within six months. WESLEYAN METHODISTS AND MATRIMONY.—At the late conference the Wesleyan Methodists resolved not to admit to the Theological Institution any married student, or any person under engagement of marriage. The reason assigned for this prohibition_is, that young men so circum stanced eagerly snatch at any means of !getting a livelihood. At the same conference the Methodists determined for the first time to avail themselves of the New Marriage Act, and to have their marriages celebrated by their own ministers in their chapels. ACCIDENTS ON: THE LANCASHIRE AND CARLISLE RA I LWA Ir. —On Wednesday last a dreadful accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway line, at the cutting through a large hill upon the Shap Fells, Westmoreland. A portion of the rock had been charged with gunpowder, for the purpose of blasting, when, from some cause or other, the charge would not explode, and two of the workmen returned to it and commenced drilling the stone, to draw out the powder. In doing this they had unfortunately neglected to pour into the hole a sufficient quantity of water to keep the stone moist, and the consequence was that the jumper became heated from the friction, and ignited the powder. One of the poor fellows was blown into the air a height of thirty or forty feet, and came down upon a heap of stones ; after which he rolled into a gullet twelve feet in depth; and the other, by the force of the blast, was driven to a considerable distance. The unfortunate men did net exhibit any signs of life until medical assistance was ob tained, when they partly revived. The injuries, however, are of such a description that there is not the least possible chance of their recovery. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.—On Sun day morning the Erith, a Gravesend and Erith steamer, Cap tain Warren, left Hungerford-marka with a large number of persons. When opposite the Ferry House, the larboard paddle • wheel suddenly broke, tearing up the boards on the top of the paddle-box. Mr. Langton, one of the proprieto , s of the vessel, and another gentleman, who were standing on the paddle-box had a narrow escat e, being precipitated into the paddle-box, but fortunately they clung to the railing that surrounds the paddle-box. The alarm of the numerous passengers was great, and the screams of the females were distinctly heard at the piers at Woolwich. To make the matter worse, the Emerald, Gravesend steamer, belonging to the Diamond Company, which was close astern of the Erith, in coming alongside to render assistance, came with some force against the Erith, re newing the alarm of the passengers. Some of them were em barked on board the Emerald ; others were taken off in the watermen's boats, which crowded round as soon as the acci dent was known. A few remained on board the Erith, which was towed to the Watermen's Pier by the steamer Waterman, No. 4, where the proprietor of the vessel, Mr. Langton, re. turned them their fares. Fortunately no person was injured. DuvoriroßT, AUG. 30.—The port of Devonport, after a long s t rugg l e, has obtained the grant of sufferance quays, whi c h h as passed the Lords of the Treasury. Foimerly all foreign goods had to he landed at Plymouth, where the Custom-house is situated, but these may now be unloaded at Devor,p ert, and d e li vere d to the consignees. The circum stance is looked upon by the inhabitants of the latter borough as of great importance to its commercial progress. A STRANGE Ersx —On Saturday, the fishermen engaged at one of the stake -nets near the North Esk were sur prised to find a captive in their meshes of rather unwelcome mien. It was a shark, about seven feet long, which they killed, but not before the animal had destroyed a considerable portion of the net.—Montrose Review. It has been determined by the owner of Jarrow Colliery, under the advice of his viewer, Mr. T. W. J o bli ng , to work th a t p i t for the future exclusively with Davy lamps, convinced, by the late melancholy accident, that the utmost skill and care, arid the greatest expense, are not alone sufficient to prevent the recurrence of similar catastrophes.—Newcastle Journal, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.—The Alban steanl•%, sel, Lieut.-Commander Lowe, has arrived at Devonport frt the experimental squadron, to the ships forming which P o ; conveyed seamen and b o y s , l e f t b e hi n d on the fleet sailing fr? i , Spitbead. By h er we l earn t h at t h e fleet had had no tir b o t weather ; at all th e t r i a l s , w hi c h h ad taken place in lig and basing winds, the Queen, 110, three decker, manded by Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, of the Serve,' i; of the Navy's c o ns t ruc ti on , h a d the advantage of the others, but it was ver y s li g h t ; t h e Albion, 90, c a p% Lockyer, C. 8., anot h er o f t h e Surveyor ' s ships, ~Wl, second on some point s ; b u t th e R o d ney, 92, Capta i n t'u o tier, C. 8., construct e d ,by Sir R. Seppi ngs , was second other points of sailing ; the Canopus, 84, Captain is Moresby, C. 8., the old French line of battle ship, budt 1794, was fourth; th e St. Vi ncent, 120, Captain Rewl a ". the flag ship of th e comman d er i n chief, Rear-Min Hyde Parker, C. 8., b u ilt i n 18th , and the first in the en,' rimental cruise l as t year , was fif t h ; the Trafalgar, .11 Captain Martin, b u ilt i n 1841 , b y M r. Lang, of Woolcci t c . . Dock-yard, on the li nes o f t h e S t. Vincent, was the Superb, 80, Captain Corry, the newest ship of IA; squadron, built by the Surveyor, was seventh ; and Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, sister ship to the Super b ' and called the " crack ship" of the Mediterranean in Dr, and 1839, although li g ht er th an any of others, was I"." They were to go in to C or k, an d t h en proceed on another weeks' cruise, to try their rate of sailing on a lighter draugh, of water. The Q ueen an d Albi on h ave much larger sails sew lesser armaments than the St. Vincent, Trafalgar, and Rodeel* The Canopus, also, has a heavier armament than the Va n ' guard and Superb. Commander Arthur Lowe, Acting Commander of the cellent, and nephew to Sir Thomas Hastings, the late Captt of the Excelle n t, b u t now S tore k eeper of the Ordnance, b' been appointed to the rank of Post Captain. Lieutenant Richard Moorman, of the Excellent, has be e _.! promoted to the r an k o f C omman d er, an d Mr. Alfre d H° Lee, Mate of the Excellent, to the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. Frederick Marryat, late of the Cambrian, son of or tain Marryat, R. N., and Mr. Charles Bromley, of the Drivel son of Admiral Bromley, have been promoted by Lord Hi d• dington to the rank of Lieutenant. RAILWAY NEGLIGENCE.--Edward Laws, an en s ; gine-driver on the Ne wcas tl e an d D ar li ngton Railway, st,.„ a brought up before the sitti ng mag i strates at Sund erlant!:: Wednesday, at the inst a n ce o f th e manager of the line, "_ Allport, charged with h av i ng neg li gent l y caused a co llisio: between the engine he was driving and that of the mail ti which left Sunderland on the afternoon of the 15th inst. The defendant pleaded gu ilty, an d s t ate d t h at t h e acc i dent happen, in consequence of his ha v i ng f orgot t en certa i n orders wh i c h P, had received from M r . M ac ki e prev i ous l y. M r. Allport Mr. Harrison gave the defendant a good character, and stet: that he was at the time pe r f ec tl y so b er, as were a ll the me n v; the line that day. The Court adjudged the defendant to pal, fine of 51., or to be imprisoned in the House of Correction fe' one month.—Newcastle Journal. , Nuts and filbert s are very plentiful this season , particularly near Hereford, Ross, and Chepstow.— Cambrian. OBJECTIONS TO VOTERS THROUGH THE POST' OFFICE.—We understand that a great number of objections parties on the register of county voters, posted on the 25_ inst., and on previ ous d ays , did not reach the overseers w whom they were addressed till Thursday morning last, the :Ob . ' though in due course o f p os t a ll not i ces b ear i ng the Manches ter post-mark of the 24th, as posted on that day, should have bee s delivered on the following day in Manchester and the contiguee, townships. The clerks found it altogether impracticable to sort for delivery on the 25th the thousands of notices of object' tion which were posted o n th e 22d, 23d , an d 24th inst., Pr; hence the delay—one whi c h ne ith er th e o bj ect i ng parties tw' the overseers could obviate, and for which none but the Pos t; office department can b e regar d e d as str i ct l y answera bl e . Manchester Guardian. FATAL ACCIDENT AT PUTNEY.—On Saturday nig h t a melancholy accident occurred on the river, near Putneli bridge, by which a l a d, a b out fi fteen years f age, nenT o Thomas Brown , an appre n ti ce t o M r . S t il es, capta i n o f the Rainbow steamboat, lost hi s lif e . S ome of the crew sleep os board, and deceased was one of the number. After the bes t had been moored on Sat ur d a y n i g ht, h e proceeded on s hod , to buy provisions. He did no t aga i n ma k e hi s appeara n below, although the fact o f hi s h av i ng returned to the boo ,. was apparent, by the boat being found made fast on the folk:ril ing morning. It i s su p pose d t h at a f ter h e had made the 50:l 4 fast he returned t o h er stern f or hi s b undle, and that his be,.. coming in contact with th e s t eamer t il te d hi m over into tua water. No cries for help were heard, The bundle was foe at an early hour on Sund a y morn i ng , fl oat i ng through t"„ third lock of Battersea-b r id ge . Hi s b o d y h as not yet b e e ' recovered. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—On Saturday informs' tier of the follo w i ng extens i ve ro bb er i es was circu l a te throughout the metropolitan and city police divisions : —Free: the house of Dr. Halliday, 73, Oxford-terrace, Paddington, ", large emerald and dia mon d cross, an emerald and diarno w ornament for the neck, attach e d t o two strings of large pearls' with a diamond clasp ; a gold centre ornament for the net set with emeralds, diamonds, and rubies, and att ac h e d t o a go, neck chain ; a large g o ld Maltesei cross, set on a br ooc h, wit emeralds, diamonds, and rubies; a white enamelled brooch s s ' with thirteen turquoises; a hoop ring with five diamonds' o a ditto with fi ve emera ld s ; two ditto with A rubies each ; a ditto with five rubies ; a cluster ring s : s in diamonds ; a cl us t er r i ng set i n diamonds ; a• set of amythli ornaments, consisting of necklace, two brooches, pair 1 1 ear-rings, pair of b race l ets, wa i st clasp, &c.; a Pi snuff-box ; several silver bracelets, China:silver ear-rings, an / other valuable articl es o f j ewe ll ery, & c. ; and 4501. in Bank England notes, amongst which are seven notes of 501., two 201., and three of 51., the numbers of which are known. L reward of 50/. is offered f or th e di scovery o f t h e thieves. AT from Orleans House, Twickenham, the residence of Laol i Anne Murray, a small oval miniature likeness of the Earl Lucan, about one inch and three-quarters long, the name " Santarilla" on the back, surrounded by sixteen diamond s ' and had a small Venitian gold chain attached, value 1001. opal brooch, an inch long, set with small diamonds, value 30 , - a ring set with a di amond, an opal, and a topaz, value 25/. ; ring with a ruby in the centre, a large diamond on each sid e ; and surrounded with small diamond s , va l ue 45/ . The who l e s' the articles have been abstracted from her Ladyship's jewel boP Total value 2081. THE ASCENT AND DESCENT OF THE NASSAU 13.1 q, , ',# LOON.—Yesterday even i ng , at h a lf -past six o'clock, Mr.,r Green made an ascen t i n the Nassau balleee G•esu the $.4 dens of Cremorne House, Ki ng ' s - roa d , Ch e l sea, which We' open on this occasion for his benefit, in consequence of the less he had sustained by th e d es t ruct i on o f t h e Al bi on balloon. A,s,), Green was accompanied by Colonel Charles, Mr. Grano" Mansell, Mr. C. N. Kirkham, Dr. Henry, Mr. Moss, o f I.f,e r : denhall-street ; Mr. Butler, of F arr i ng d on - street ; Mr. " Green, and two other gentlemen. The machine, on being O leased, rose i n a very b eaut i ful style, and upon reaching an al' titude of about 400 feet it was carried in a south-west dire': Lion. About half-past eight o'clock information was brough t by means of some express pig eons , w hi c h were taken up W itt , the aeronaut, that the balloon ali g ht e d i n safety in the neig h' bourhood of Epsom. The gardens were crowded. BATHERS, BEWARE OF SHARKS ! — The Pembrok e Herald says that a shark, four feet long, was caught at Mew' toes, in that county, which had been seen prowling about neat a young lady whilst she was bathing, but she got out of th e water in time to escape. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE BETWEEN DRAYTON AND ITP: BRlDGE.—Yesterday information was received in London that an extensive and destructive fire occurred on a large farm br„ tween Drayton and U x b r id ge , b etween one and two o ' cloc k in the morning, destroying several hay-ricks, bares , stabling, and out-houses; the flames were observed for mile° on the road, by passengers travelling on the high-road and coo the railways. A FRENCH MR. QUILP.—A few evenings back, ti t Toulouse, the alley of Lafayette was the scene of much excite' ment. A most extraordinary noise was heard proceeding fro°, a house in which a show is kept for public exhibition. A crow' soon collected. The noise seemed to be a compound of cries and blows ; on some persons entering the house they wer e seized with horror, they saw a man, in the highest state of ex' citement, brandishing an enormous cudgel, and at his feet lel several human bodies, motionless and apparently dead. The police were immediately sent for. Fortunately the affair did not turn out to be so dreadful as it had at first seemed; th e bodies proved to be only wax figures. It appeared that the LW° men to whom the show belonged had had some misunderstand' ing, and one of them had vented his rage by falling foul of the historical personages that constituted their joint p ro perty- Several kings, princes, and princesses of Europe were thee sacrificed (in effigy) to the fury of this madman. A LUCKY DlSCOVERY.—Yesterday morning, young woman named Mary Howell, housemaid in the service of T. Gersell, Esq., of Gower-street, Bedford-square, discovered in a false bottom of an old teacaddy, which she had purchase" for half-a-crown, 34 guineas of George 111., and 14 seven' shilling pieces, as well as five L silver spoons. AN IMPUDENT TRlCK. — Yesterday afternoon, fellow havi ng th e appearance of a coach-office porter, calla' upon Mrs. Halsewell, in Frith-street, Soho, and presenting 8 ; note, apparently from Mr. Halsewell, stating that he had jus t arrived from Margate, and, having had the misfortune to lor e his purse, he desired her to send him a sovereign by the bearer to enable him to pay his expenses, for which he was detained' Mrs. Haslewell, expecting her husband home from Margate , gave the money to the fellow, who was scarcely gone when Mr' Haslewell arrived, and the cheat was discovered. D ESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT Bow.—Shortly after one o'clock this morning a dreadful fire broke out in on e o f the houses of Old F or d-l ane , B ow, Middlesex, in the occupation of Mr. W. Heole, a painter and glazier. The inhabitants We r° soon aroused, and a party of the K division of metropolitan police lost no time in procuring the parish engine, whilst others were dispatched to town for more assistance. By two o'clock engines of the A brigade station, with that belonging to the West of England Company, arrived at the scene of destruction; but, notwithstanding the most prompt measures were resorted to by all present, nothing could prevent the entire destruction of Mr. Heole's property, and the damage of four buildings sid: joining. It is believed that some of the property consumed insured. DESPERATE SUICIDE. Yesterday morni, be" tween twelve and one o ' c l ock, a middle-aged man, ng named Fletcher, residing i n John-street, Tottenham•court-road, stroyed himself by cutting his throat in his bed-room with a razor, which was found lying by his side on the floor. NARROW ESCAPE. —On Sunday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as a lady and gentleman were driving along Ray-street, Clerkenwell, in their gig, the horse suddenly stumbled and fell, and both the lady and gentleman were thrown out with considerable force to the ground. The female , from the suddenness of the shock, was precipitated clean over the horse's head to the stones in the road, but most extra ordinarily and fortunately sustained no apparent injury. S," had barely ti me to rise, when the horse (which was a high' spirited one) kicked and plunged about violently, and it wa s with the greatest difficulty on the part of some persons wh ° promptly rendered their assistance, that the animal was pre' vented from doing serious damage ; as it was, the shafts of the gig were broken off, and the gig otherwise damaged. It was a most fortunate escape for the occupants of the gig, as it was the , greatest w on d er they were not both killed in consequence 0' the sudde n manner they were thrown out of the gig. PROTECTI ON TO MERCHANT SEAMEN.---Yesterday portion of th e A ct o f last session, to protect merchant sea men from impo s iti ons , came into operation. Henceforth of, persons are to obt a i n s i tuat i ons for seamen unless they have icense from the Board of Trade. ACCIDENT AT THE RED HOUSE PlER.—rj n s u ndal evening, about h a lf- past seven o ' clock, a hvAiker of ginge r . bread, who w as return i ng to town from Batralea-fields by 00, of the twop enny b oats, was pushed or fel/ off the Red Huse _ ll Pier, whi c h was at t h e t i me excessively trovvded. He was tak en out of the wat er apparent l y dead and crmveyed by the police the Red H ouse . H ot b lankets wen: provided and friction resorted to by the p o li ce constables, and after twenty minutes ‘f incessant rubbi ng th e man s h owed signs of life. Dr. Statham afterwards attended him, and had him put to bed. Yesterday morning he was quite recovered. atmospheric celebrated the triumph of the locomotive over the atmosp Stephenson RAILWAYan d e Co., EE ll t h ß e A e T m m i Berwick essien railway system, in the passing of the Newcastle and Railway Bill, yesterday (Friday), by walking in proc ..n ,_, through the principal streets of the town, and afterwards dining . n r c T iv ii il e en w g o in r e k e m rs r of o N f e A w i c e4s ti r e s , in sections at the different inns. The workmen, upward ar °_ , eight hundred in number, assembled in St. Nicholas's-squ! and formed in procession, with two bands of music and several appropriate banners.—Newcastle Journal. SUN, ONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, BEPTEWBER 2, 1845.