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THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., TH E VICTORY; OR, THE 'WARD-BOOM MESS. B?: THE OLI ) SAILOR." Henry Colburn, Publigher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 Vols., .p ARSONS and WIDOWS. BY TILE AUTHOR of "PETER PRIGGINS," &c. " ' Parsons and Widows' "Well Sustains the reputation of the author of ' Peter trigging.' It certainly is the most sparkling and life-like book of the season."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colbern, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LAS I' NIGHT OP THE SEASON. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that ONE FAREWELL NIGHT will be given THIS EVENING, AUG. 20, When wi.l be performed Rossini's Opera (compressed into One Act), IL BAR DI SIVIGLIA. Characters by Madame rlst, Signor Corelli, Signor Lablache, Sig or F Lablache, and Signor Fornasari. In the course a the Evening, UNE BAL. SOUS LOUIS XIV. In which Mdlle. Fanny Eissler will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of Louis XIV., and will dance with Mdlle. Cerito the celebrated Minuet dela Cour and Gavotte' To be followed by the Last Scene from Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgaido. Signor Moriani. To which will be added, Selections from LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny nosier ; Phoebus 'de' Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Oringoire, M. Perrot. After which, the Last Act of Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. Ls Cenerentola, Fivanti ; Don Ramiro, Sig. Corelli; Dandini, Sig. Fornasari ; and Don Magnifico, Sig. Lablache. The National Anthem will' be sung by the whole strength of the Operatic Force of the Company: To be followed by a Sel,ctioff from the Ba'let of ONDINE. Ondine, Mdlle. Cerito. To conclude with the celebrated Ball Scene from ALMA. ' Principal Dancers—Mdlles. Lerito, Barville, and Ferdinand. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box. office, Opera-colonnade. Doors open, at Seven ; the Opera will com mence at Half-past Seven. . TPIEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, L ATE ENGLISH OPERA - • - HOUSE Unler the Management of Mts. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfully Triumphant I!! To attempt to eu'ogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava gansa of u Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage . went, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it will be repeated every Evening ! THIS EVENING, AUG. 2), Will be..repeatesl a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. .Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For. rescue, Miss Vv - oolgar, Mrs. =A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an elitircly Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Ronittlitle, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesqee Extra. vaginae, founded on the celebrated Eastern fate, in the Arabi in Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive Ne .• Scenery, Machinery. Dresses, &c. Principal cha tacters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli , ge Miss K Chaplin, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mr James, Miss &Dion, Mirs Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. 'PRICES OF Alibi ISSlOhT.—Balcony Poxes. 4.. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 21.*; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is ed.; I'it, it. Private Boxes on the It sic my Tier (holding eight persons). Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a- HalE Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holdrng six persons), One Guir en The Box. dice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Powerful Attraction at ASTLF.Y'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. BATTY First Week of the Engagement of the celebrated Mr. Carter, the Lion King, with his sp'endid Collection of Lions. Tigers, Leopards, &c—Chlsese War—Corps of French Equestrian Artistes—Mr. Batty's b autiful Stud of Trained Horses—New Scenes in the Circle, forming a Combination of Novelties unequ lied in one Evening. THIS EVENING. AUG. 20, Will be repeated the Eastern Spectacle of MUNGO PARK; or, The Lion Tamer of the Niger. Karfa, the Arab, Mr. Carter, wh 'yen he wilt introduce his beautiful performance with his trained final . lions, tigers, ac., inthe cage, and en the open stage drive a lio i in harness. Combats wp the Monarch of the forest, and other new extraordin ry.feats. N w Scenes in the Circle by the British and Foreign Equestrians, M .Ile Heline, t•le French rider:trained steeds, &e. To conclude with an entire new E tuestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle. entitled THE CHINESE WAR. or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. /4w Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c., to 'realise the rr cent triumphs of. England's Army and Navy. Feast of 230 Lanterns. Acting and Montan inager. Mr. W. 13 Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Fve. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith: DAVIDGE'S 80...Y.A-1. SURREY 'THEATRE. Poiit'vely the last Eleven Nights of the Opera Season. THIS EVENING, AUG. 20, Will be performed Bellini's beautiful Opera of LA SONNA NI. DULA ; or, The Village i hantom. Count Bodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. D. W. King ; Amina, Miss Romer; Lisa, Miss Betts. After which, a New Operetta, written by J. B. Buckstone, Esq., ' , id comps ed by E. ritzwilliam, Esq., entitled a SUMMER LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF [HE GLEN. Places sod Private Boxes tube had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box_ office, from Eleven to Four. ' S FRANI) THEATIF. PHIS EVENING. AUG. 20, Will be performed MARTIN CH UZZ LEWI r. Young Martin husslewit. Mr. Rinoe;. Old Martin Chuzzlewit. Mr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr Atiwood, Montague 'fig& Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mi. Biddies ;• Mr.. Pecksniff, and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. H. Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, heir); an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin. Mr. Wright; Pnncess Radroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwindlw. Mr. Attwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY; WEDNESDAY, and T URS DAY, throughout the Sca,on, the Gardens will open with the following attractire Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS—FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS-UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by'Danson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all fanner precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its exttaerdinay beauty and fidelity of delinea. ti0n... ,, n re unanimous in prishouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust; it should be seen i n the calm stillness of the matt Evening, with its..Tewers and Steeples reflected in the spa.. eiotis Lake, to be hilly appreciated_ The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mon 'ays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and 'Thursdays conuucted uy Sir. Godfrey , . are up' n a scale of more than usual excellence; hut words fail In doing justice to the awful representation sit THE GREAUFIRE OF L,,NDON. Its fearful •zh•racteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so neantifully hlended-wittr The Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, that delight is predominant over terror: and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that t'outliby, ..he Unrivalled . Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. • The iiardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attraltive lounge sit or near the tretro,-oli4. Doors open at Nine—Feeding 01 the Animals at Half-past Four— Concert at Half-past Five--Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, Otte Shilling. EGYPTIAN ITILL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. __ ONE SHILLING Admlssien to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty:five years of elaborate research, at a cost ot fin,noo guineas, and to;completrly illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner. the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CIrARI;EP, 1., OLIVER CROM WELL, and 1,01113 XIV., to the deaths - of GEORGE II L, and the EMPEROR a.I,..POLEON, In 11121. This unique Museum has been visited often, daring the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an 1 their Ladies, also, many thousands of thu Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to inn ease, by several very fine pictures, /cc.. his previous almost Inc Telible number and variety of A., Works of Art, and 4, multitude - n valuable Relief, and other tiviosities, In this most •netructire and, as hundreds have said it eaght to be, a National M seem. M thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY _ITEM:II'AL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ough to be seen by every oae. The price of &drills. tian is reduced t) ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to ue seen only at the .• Egyptian Halt," Piccadilly. daily h om Ten till Dusk. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The details given in I;fetter by a Correspondent, relative to a police case he ?nd decided on the 18th of last month, are no doubt of a very painful character, and must excite general sympathy for the unfortunate woman, but it is difficult to give advice in such matters. If she really is afraid of violence, however, from the party when he is released from prison, let her appear before a magistrate and make oath to the fact, and he will protect her. The decision of which he complains, strange to say, is of .yery common occurrence, while many persons are tia:nspoyted for much smaller crimes. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Ana. 20. T initMOMETER, Lowest, 60; Highest, 71; Noon, 71. BAROMETIM,.I9.9S.—Warm, W. Ncera.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denote the reering point. and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is itsoally placed opposite 30,. and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TTZIS D Y. Nor*liig ... 42 minutes after,. 5 I Evening ... 6 minutes after 6 14 C1h. • > • -s ee I * .•-• ‘VIIINb4 ;A s . "-d • 'P:, •10 • OIT tf,"?' • rysre.-: , s ) '' ' r 1•• SECOND EDITION. brientiv LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1844. A Morning Contemporary observes, with reference to the game-laws—" There is every reason to believe that another session will not pass without a complete revision of these laws. 'We may also add, that since Sir JAMx S Gawn.A.3i has been at the head of the home Department, the evidence on which committals in " every convictio ns f or poac hi ng h ave b een f oun d e d h as, very case of alleged severity, been required by him from the convicting and committing magistrates. On every acc ount i t is most desirable that the admi nistration of the game laws, Should s,duringthe approaching autumn and wi n t er temper mercy with justice; and a broad distinction be taken by magistrates between Poachers from necessity, and poachers from idleness and confirmed vicious habits." There is both good sense and good f ee li ng in this last remark of our Tory Contemporary, though we doubt much whether his suggestion will be acted o n b y provi n cial mag i s tr a t es , many of whom—if our not the" majority—are ardent sportsmen, and, regarding poachers as criminals of the blackest die, look on them nith the same sort of shuddering horror w i t h which ST. DUNSTAN-11.5 the old legend tells us— looked on the Devil. We must confess also that we entertain strong doubts as to the probability of the garne,laws being subjected to a searching revision in the course of the next session. That their exceeding rigor may be partially relaxed, and the amount of their notorious injustice be diminished, is likely enough ; but when we, bear. in mind of what Bass of men the major portion of the House of Commons is , composed, and consider.the=power which they have in their hands, when united in a body--as they would probably be on this question—we are far indeed from anticipating that any very important altera tion will be made in the game-laws. At least two-thirds of the country-gentlemen in Parliament—who, whatever other good qualities they may be endowed with, are by no means remark able for the possession of " absolute wisdom"—at least two-thirds of this non-sapient fraternity, cling to the despotic, feudal laws which regulate game; with the same desperate tenacity with which they cling to the laws which regulate the price of corn. In their partial eyes, each of these oppressive statutes is a miracle of senatorial sagacity—the most glorious, monument of the wisdom of our ancestors ; and to subject either to a process of sweeping revision, they would look on as one of the most unconstitutional acts possible—an act calculated to draw down the vengeance of Heaven on this offending country, and make it a byeword and a mockery among nations. As a parson sticks to his tithes, and a placeman to his sinecure, so does a sporting country gentleman stick to his game-laws. He thinks of his preserves and plantations—his moors, his marshes, and his stubbles—and is impressed with a sickening apprehen sion that all would be rendered wholly valueless, whether for the purposes of profit or amusement, were the present statutes which regulate game once to be subjected to a rigorous process of amendment. We anticipate, therefore, a fierce opposition in Parlia ment to any measure which Ministers may bring forward for an alteration in the game-laws--unless, indeed, it be of a tame, inefficient, milk-and-water . character; but we trust that they will not allow themselves to be brow-beaten by the interested hos tility of sporting members, but carry out their scheme in a bold, independent, impartial spirit, such as the importance and necessity of the subject demand. Few things indeed require the prompt and serious attention of the Legislature more than the game-laws. They are the origin of half the crimes that are perpetrated in the agricultural districts ; they sow the seeds of ill-will between the landholder and his tenant-farmers; they fill our poor-houses with paupers, and our gaols with criminals ; they people our convict-ships, and send constant supplies of wretched victims to our penal settlements ; and finally, they put the torch into the hand of Swing, and light up county after county in a broad, destructive conflagration. How many a poor, simple-minded peasant who might ' otherwise have been a useful and creditable mem ber of society, may lay his utter ruin at the door of the game-laws—laws the justice and common sense of which, he, in common with thou sands of other people, could never be brought to com prehend ! If the Legislature had always been as scrupulously attentive in providing for the amuse ments of the poor, as it has been in providing for those of the rich_ ; if the peasant's common land s had always been as . jealously guarded from invasion as the nobleman's or squire's preserves, we should not now have witnessed the ill-omened spectacle of a sullen, discontented, alienated peasantry, who, instead of regarding their superiors as their benefactors, re gard them only as their oppressors. The Government are disposed, we think, to take an important step, in reference to the great interests of trade and navigation, in the right direction. We perceive that the Treasury authorities have called for returns of the dues and charges, of all kinds, levied on shipping, "in each port, harbour, or creek in the United Kingdom, stating the rate of the several dues levied per ton on each vessel, whether under autho rity of Acts of Parliament, and what Acts—by orders of municipal corporations, and of what date, or by charter, consent, prescription, or any other autho rity, so as to exhibit the entire charges of every kind on vessels at each of the harbours, ports, and creeks of the United Kingdom, distinguishing the several charges upon vessels taking refuge in the harbour only, from those upon vessels delivering the cargo in whole or in part ; and also on vessels in the coasting or in the foreign trade ; distinguishing also the charges levied for local lights and beacons in each port (exclusive of those of the Trinity House, the Irish Ballast Board, and the Commissioners of the Northern Lights), the charges for pilotage into and out of each harbour, and the charge for ballast, and -whether under any and what board the same are levied." The beneficial scope and tendency of such minute and necessarily voluminous returns as these may not be obvious, at first sight, to those who' are accustomed to 'the common, but very absurd notion that "harbour dues" can possess but little general relation to the great interests of commerce. It will be obvious to a moment's serious reflection, however, that the numerous, and, in many instances, exorbitant and oppressive charges which are levied under this general title, from our own coasting vessels, as well as from foreign shipping, trading to our coasts, have a direct tendency to diminish and destroy the profits of all maritime interests. The shipowner is the se verest sufferer by them ; but his liabilities re-act, in the increased rate of freight, &c., on the merchant and the producer, and finally, through these, on the consumer, abroad or at home. Among the many good services rendered by Mr. HUME in the course of his long and indefatigable Parliamentary career, in defiance of all discouragement, and disregard of the entreaties of friends as well as foes (having a com munity of interest in keeping up the destructive pres sure of these imports), none have been more earnestly performed by him, and at one period with so little ap parent chance of success, as his periodical motions for returns connected with the receipts of light-houses, harbour-lights, &c., by private individuals and cor porate bodies at different points of the United Kingdom. For a long time all such information was steadily re fused ; but the Hon. Member returned to the attack with that "dogged perseverance," as his political an tagonists have designated it, which is so characteristic of his public energy ; and, by degrees, returns oozed forth, slowly and reluctantly indeed, from the sealed vessels of a few among those hereditary and mis chievous monopolies. The principle once conceded was sure to be carried out to its legitimate extent. We hear no more now of " the scandalous interference with vested proprietory rights," which used to be the mildest terms applied to any proposal for ascertaining how much was an nually charged upon the trade and shipping of the country, in the shape of dues for lights inefficiently maintained, or for impracticable harbours,' the shelter of which no wise or prudent mariner would dream of seeking, though the track of his voyage might neces sarily compel him to run within their Parliamentary jurisdiction. Government having taken up the whole of this extensive and complicated sub ject, the most unreasonable cavillers at the views of the Hon. Gentlemen in past years, will doubtless discover now, that the institution of inquries such as these bespeaks, on the part of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, a vigilant and intelligent atten tion to the welfare and the protection of our national commerce. We have no desire to depreciate the merits of the Treasury, but we are anxious to re claim for Mr. HUME that just proportion of the praise which is due to him who first pointed out the direction in which the powers of the Legislature might be advantageously exercised for the remedy of a crying evil of almost unsuspected magnitude. In an early period of the ensuing session we hope that some Member of Parliament will move for papers calculated to exhibit an estimate of the probable amount to which these multifarious imports have di minished the sum of that trade which foreign shipping would, under this partial mitigation or their removal, have carried on with this country. Besides numerous other lights, beacons, &c., the claims of which are imperfectly or not at all recognised by custom, common law, or Act of Par liament, there are 'forty-two lighthouses of England (if we remember rightly) that compose the list of those for which dues are or have been demanded. Of these, fifteen are :on the eastern coast of England, thirteen in the English Channel, and fourteen in the Irish Channel. On the coasts of Ireland there are twenty-six lighthouses ; on the Scotch coasts, seven teen. But there is a large numbef of points on our very dangerous shores where these guides and bea cons for the " wanderers on the seas" are still want ing, and the deficiency of which is an actual reproach humanity and policy of the empire--.-miti dgu n toe nhe d t h onlythe erbeyetien re co us ns t ide im r p a e ti se oneohf the t the country. In bur- In offering these undervaluing the p r le e a mar as ks ser w te e d are on so be f ha ar lf fro o m f vested interests, that we very sincerely hope the Government may devise some large scheme of con solidation, control, and manag e m ent, w i h n ich re m spe a; t , of lighthouses and har bour wherever private rights are dues,involved i n t h e t i tle to __ ._~ TEIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1.844 THIS DAYS NEWS. CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Edward Brown, a young man respectably connected, was indicted for obtaining, under false pretences, on the 17th of April last, a sum of 3501. from a gentleman of the name of Harding, a solicitor, of Gray's Inn. The prisoner, who was out on bail, surrendered this day. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantyne conducted the pro secution, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Chambers appeared for the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON having addressed the jury on the part of the prosecution, called the following witnesses Richard Harding was a solicitor in Gray's Inn-square. On the 13th of March last was introduced to the de fendant by a person of the name of Morgan. Had pecu niary transactions with him. On the 17th of April the defendant called upon him and produced a bill for 978 L 10s. and upwards, drawn by Potts, Baxter, and Brown, and accepted by a person named Roberts, which he asked witness to discount. Witness said he was not in the habit of discounting bills, and disliked them. He said, further, that he kn ew nothing of the parties. Witness asked him several questions, to which the de fendant replied that the acceptor, Roberts, was a wool broker at Liverpool, very respectably connected, and had dealings with their house of Potts, Baxter, and Brown. To another inquiry the defendant stated the bill was a good bill, taken in the course of business, that a bona fide consideration had been given for it, and it would be sure to be paid when due. He said also that he had a large sum in the house of Potts, Baxter, and Brown, of which he was a partner. He said, further, that his own connexions and those of his wife were highly respectable. He said he possessed a good property, that he had a free hold property, was possessed of ample means, and was in good circumstances. He said the house of which he was a partner was extensively connected ; that they frequently required advances. When witness asked him whether it was worth their while to obtain money in the way proposed, he said that he got 30 per cent. for sending goods to Valparaiso, and that it was an object, therefore, to obtain money in the way he required. Wit ness subsequently gave him a cheque for 3501. on the faith of the truth of his respectability. The bill for 9701 was then handed over to Witness, and subsequently ano ther 350 L was advanced upon it, The whole of the re presentations of the defendant turned out to be false, and the bill was dishonoured when due. Cross-exaimined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Was not bound by recognisances to prosecute before he went before the grand jury. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL submitted that this was fatal to the indictment ; added to this, the offence was laid in the indictment as having been Committed in London, while, in fact, it took place in Middlesex. Mr. CLARKSON at once consented to the indictment being bad. Some discussion then took place as to whether the in dictment should be quashed or the defendant acquitted, the Solicitor-General and Mr. Chambers contending that he ought to be acquited, as he had been given in charge to the jury, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. BALLINTYNE submitted that the verdict must be quashed. The RECORDER held that the jury Must find the de fendant not guilty. The jury then acquitted the defendant. Wm. Butcher pleaded guilty to an indictment charg ing him with stealing a load of manure, and was sen tenced by the Court to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. Wm. Richey pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing one pound weight of tea, the property of the St. Katherine's Dock Company, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The grand jury this morning brought in a true bill for murder against James Cockburn Belaney, the surgeon. NEW COURT. A well-dressed young man, named George Jessop, aged 23, described as a plumber, was indicted for stealing two silver table spoons, and several tea spoons, the property of James Last, a publican and horsedealer, residing at Yarmouth. The prisoner lodged in the prosecutor's house, and while the prosecutor was out attending a fair, the pri soner took that opportunity of running away with his wife, who carried with her the spoons in question. These spoons were engraved with the maiden name of the wife, and were her property before her marriage. The pri soner and the woman came to London together, and the prosecutor, having followed them, found them in bed together, at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey. The prosecutor immediately gave the prisoner into custody, it having been discovered that he, in company with the woman, had sold some spoons to ksilversmith on Ludgate-hill. Several witnesses deposed to these facts, and in the course of cross-examination it appeared that the prose cutor had taken his wife back again. He also admitted having had several children by other women. Mr. PRENDERGAST, who defended the prisoner, sub mitted that there was no case to go to the jury. The COMMON• SERGEANT said he thought there was a case for the jury, inasmuch as it was in evidence that the prisoner had sold the spoons. Mr. PRENDERGAST submitted that there was no proof of identity with respect to the spoons. The COMMON SERGEANT said that was a question for the jury. Mr. PRENDERGAST again submitted that there was no case for the jury, and, in support of his opinion, referred to the case of Rosenburg and Bohain, in which case the Learned Judges gave it as their Opinion that the question ought never to have been sent for trial. The Connow SERGEANT said the present case differed widely from that one. In Rosenburg's case the won an left her husband's house, and went to the defendant's lodgings. There could not, therefore, be any felony in such a case as that. In the present case the prisoner was living in the prosecutor's house, and left the house with the wife. Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that this was a case which ought never to have been brought before them. Had such a case been brought before them apart from the adultery, there could be no doubt whatever that a ver dict of not guilty would have been immediately returned. He thought it was evident that the prisoner had no felo nious intention whatever when 4 sold these spoons, for the prisoner believed that they were the property of the wife. The CoMMON SERGEANT summed up the evidence, and said the only question the jdry had to decide was, whether the spoons sold by the prisoner were the same spoons which the prosecutor had lost. If they were satisfied that they were the same spoons, then a larceny had been clearly committed. The jury retired, and had not returned into Court when our report left. CLERKENWELL._(THIS DAY.) A lad named Gildenoy, alias Braeklemore, well dressed and sharp-looking, was charged under the following circumstances : The prisoner, who is hardly more than fourteen years of age, has been repeatedly convicted before at police courts, and has not been th ree mon th s ou t of prison during the last twelve. Last night Baker, police-con stable 108 G, observed him walking along Russell square and Charlotte-street, and trying several doors with skeleton keys. It was about twelve o'clock. After inspecting the area, windows, and gate of a house in Charlotte-street, he put the key in the door, and was just .turning the bolt when Baker pounced upon him. The prisoner struggled most resolutely to escape, and brought a crowd to the place by, his cries. He told the mob that the constable had put the key in his pocket for the purpose of having him convicted, and the policemen were obliged to carry him to the station-house. The prisoner boldly asserted that Baker put the key in his pocket, but a person, who chanced to be in Court, came forward and deposed that this had been the pri soner's defence upon two previous occasions at police courts. Mr. BROUGHTON said he regretted he had not the power of transporting him, and sent him to prison for three months. UNION-HALL,—(THIS DAY.) Amelia Smyler, a well-dressed young female, was charged with attempting to commit suicide on the pre ceding night. A policeman on duty near Lambeth-stairs had his at tention arrested by seeing a young female walking along crying and wringing her hands. He went up to her and asked her what was the matter, but she made him no reply, but quickened her pace and went towards the river. Before he had time to get up to her she plunged head foremost into the river, and he instantly jumped into a wherry . alongside the bank, and with difficulty succeeded in dragging her out, and brought her ashore to the station •house. From subsequent inquiries, it was ascer tained that the defendant lived with her uncle and aunt, in the neighbourhood, with the latter of whom she had a quarrel, which induced her to make the above attempt upon her life. Mr. T RAILL sa id th a t it was surprising the slight causes that often led young women to commit suicide ; that the present was a very determined attempt of the kind, and he should, therefore, call on the defendant to find bail not to repeat the offence, and, in default, com mit her to gaol. MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) William Cooper, a ferocious -looking young fellow, was charged with an aggravated and unprovoked assault. An itinerant Scotch piper, named Alexander Hay, whose face was covered with bruises, both his eyes were black and swollen, one of them was dreadfully lacerated, and his doubtful whether he will ever regain the use of it. The old man said he had take* a little to drink, and because he could not play all the tunes a host of black guards wanted, they assaulted hini, but it appeared that the defendant threw him down, and brutally ill-treated him. A Mr. Cleasby, who witnessed the assault, corrobo rated his statement, as also did the police. The poor old man could not see for some time after he was maltreated. He, however, told the Magistrate that he did not mind his ill-usage so much as the loss he should sustain from the injury which had been done to his pipes. He said 2s. 6d. would repair them. Mr. RAWLINSON ordered the defendant to pay Hay 10s. A FroPtrur, FAMILY.-At the last Wells Assizes a most notorious character, named George Culliford, of Ilchester, was tried on four indictments, three for bur glary and one for sacrilege, a nd transported for the term of his natu ra l life, having nly been liberated from gaol about five days, during which period he committed all these offences. The judge, in passing Sentence, told.him if the law had not been altered, he would Incest assuredly have left him for execution, winch would have been car ried into effect. This makes seven of this family in a short period that have been senP out at goYflnment ex pense,— Weston Flying Post. these, be based on a sacred principle of compensation ; but we do hope that; such vested interests may be as speedily as possible, by that process, extinguished. Where private capital has aided the ♦iews of sagacity or benevolence in constructing these most valuable public works, which the Government of the country had either neglected or never been enabled to provide, it is most fit that the capital so advanced, with an equivalent for a fair average of all subsequent re turns produced by it, should be reimbursed to its legal representative or owner. But it is not fitting that the amount of the tolls or dues levied for the .support and -maintenance of such works should be determined by the judgments—to say nothing of the caprices—of parties whose interested relation to them must make them, with the public, very suspicious authorities On such subjects. We hope, in short, to see the day when the Government—taking all these concerns into its own hands and control— shall devise d scheme of dues and tolls, which, being fully commensurate with the actual expenditure in curred by or required for the establishments in question, shall be limited by that demand only, instead of being extended to the creation of mighty incomes for private owners. In the returns moved for by the Treasury officers, the germ of a system appears to develop itself; destined to extend, multiply, and give the greatest practicable efficiency to those noble aids to trade and navigation, at greatly diminished infinitely less vexatious, and definite rates of contri bution from the shipowner and merchant. Madrid journals of the .12th inst. have been re ceived. Theiricontents are not without importance. In one of them, the Eco del Comercio, we find some explanation of the mysterious concealment of the pro ceedings previous to the bombardment of Tangiers. Mr. HAY, the British Consul, had made an arrange ment with the emperor of Moaocco, but that did not satisfy Marshal BUGEAUD and the young Prince. The following is from a correspondent of that journal, dated Gibraltar, the 7th inst.:— " The Emperor Muley Abderhaman had accepted the proposals conveyed by Mr. Hay, the English Consul at Tangiers, andiconsequently the differences between the Courts of Spain and France and Morocco were consi dered as adjusted, but, yesterday, in virtue of orders re ceived from Marshal Bugeaud, and even before Mr. Hay had returned from Mogadore, the Prince de Joinville opened the fire against Tangier's, and effected with his whole squadron a bombardment which lasted some hours. After a vigorous defence, the batteries of the tarn were completely destroyed by the French squadron. The other squadrons took no part in the bombardment. it is affirmed that the Belle Poule frigate has rather se verely suffered, and that the crew was saved in the boats of the other 'ships. At half a league from the place 12,000 Bedouins awaited the landing of the French troops, but it did not take place yesterday. Mr. Hay arrived hither last night, at eleven o'clock, in the Eng lish steamer, the Vesuvius." Letters from Cadiz state, that after the bombard ment of Tangiers, the squadron under the command of the Prince DE JOINVILLE proceeded to Cadiz, where they arrived on the 7th, in order to repair the damage they sustained; but they were soon to bom bard the other towns on the coast of Morocco. There had been some disturbances at Madrid, but they were speedily put down. The Three per Cents. were done at 27 13-16 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 19k. It is a singular circumstance in the policy of the French Government with regard to Morocco, that though accounts are published of the attack on Tan giers, of the destruction of the forts, and of the small loss sustained by the French, only two boys having been killed, that the public have received no information on authority relative to the conditions of 'the ultimatum and the reply of the EMPEROR. There is a total blank between peaceful negotiation and the bombardment of one of the principal seaports—all that the French authorities deign to communicate is, that the answer' was not satisfactory. The French justly complain of this hiatus ; but the English have more reason, -for on the nature of the negotiations and the terms proposed and rejected, rests the important question—on what grounds did the Prince do Join- VILLE make such a sudden and destructive attack upon a town belonging to a Power in intimate alli ance with England? The Opposition papers espe cially reprobate :this strange course of proceeding. " While every bulletin," says one of them, "from the army of BUGEAUD, however long or unimportant, have been given at length in the Moniteur, the circum stances which preceded and accompanied the bom bardment of Tangiers are most briefly mentioned." " Many things," says the National, " remain to be explained, in order to render the preceding dispatches intelligible, and to account for so prompt a transition from peace to war, and it is natural that the public should be anxious to know the exact amount of our loss, and what measures were adopted towards the town after the - bombardment." The Constitutionnel makes similar remarks, and adds, " there are many families waiting with anxiety the return of the casualties and rumours of all sorts, which the silence of the Government unfortunately tends to confirm.' The only article put forth by a Ministerial paper, to clear up the mystery, appears in the Globe ; but it, in fact, gives no information whatever, while it accuses the EMPEROR of a design to protract the negotiations till the French fleet.should be driven off the coast by the equinoxial galeS; but this is mere conjecture, and the public will not believe one word of it while the full details are withheld. These are the remarks of the Aliniste.rial,journal : " It was evident that the Emperor of Morocco wished to gain a month more, and reach the season of the equi nox, when it would be impossible for the French squad ron to remain on the coast of Morocco. The Prince perceived the snare, particularly when he found that an evasive answer was returned to two important points in the ultimatum--tiamely, the dissolution of the body of troops stationed on the Algerian frontier, and the settle ment of the boundary question. The discussion relative to Abd-el-Kader, and the objections made by the Em peror with regaid to the place of his banishment, con vinced M. de Nion that he was not in earnest. .‘ How do you wish me to' expel the Emir,' observed that Sovereign to the French negotiator, when you found it so difficult yourselves to drive him out of Algeria ?' " , T , In the meantime' the greatest preparations are in progress for 'continuing the war with vigour. Several vessels in the harbour of Brest are to be put in requi 'Sition, and in' a very short period there will be a French force pu the coast of Morocco sufficient to put a stop to all commerce. The Constitutionnel says the next placeJoYe attacked is Mogadore "After the operations against Tangiers the squadron was to have proceeded to other ports as far as Mogadore. At the latter poilit the difficulty of attacking will be greater than at Tangiers. The pass which leads into the roads htis, it appears, not depth o f water enoug h for ships beyond the size of brigs. It is probably owing to this circumstance That the port of Brest has been ordered to hasten the arming of the three gun-brigs, La Vigie, L'Alonette, and La Tactique. A corvette de charge is very shortly to leave Toulon, and join the squadron, with war ammunition, , to replace that which has been ex pended in the bombardment of Tangiers. Two more steamers, one of 320 and the other of 220 horse power, have also been sent to the Prince de Joinville, and it is also said that the steam-frigate Montezuma, which is coming from RoChefort, will join his squadron." The French funds, in consequence of the alarming state of affairs; still continue depressed. On Sunday the Three per Cents. were quoted at 80f. 70c. It appears that the Government have at length re solved to curb the.restless and mutinous boys of the Polytechnic school. Their last offence was refusing to be examined by a professor of the name of DUIIAMEL on the ground that his appointment was not regular. The - KING has, therefore, by the follow ing decree, dissolved the school :- 6 On the report of our Minister the Secretary of State for the Department of Marine and Colonies, act ing ad interim as Minister of War, and considering the acts of disobedience and disorder which have lately taken plaee in the Polytechnic School, we have decreed as follows : " ' Article 1. The Polytechnic School is dissolved. "2. The chiefs, administrators, professors, exa miners, and officers of the school, will preserve their titles and emoluments, " `3. An ulterior o r di nance will regulate the reorga nisation of the school. " '4. Our Minister the Secretary of State:for the De partment of the Marine and Colonies, &reeling ad interim the W i ar Department, is charged with the execu tion of the present ordinance. " ` Given at Neuilly, on the 17th of August, 1844. " LOUIS PHILIPPE.' • BRIGUTON, MONDAT.—The Baron and Baroness Seebach and Count Dmitry Nesselrode arrived last night by the last train from London, on a visit to Count Nessel rode, at Pegg'illoyal York Hotel. Baron Seebach took leave of the Baroness and his father-in-law this morning, and proceeded by the nine o'clock train to Dover, on ;his return to the Continent. The Bareness will commence sea-bathing forthwith, and, Na understand that Dr. Franz has also recommended her to take equestrian ex ercise on the- Downs. Count Nesselrode rode to the Dyke on horseback - on Saturday, and in the evening Dr. Franz dined withlim at the hotel. The Magnet steamer arrived at the Chafn-pier this morning, about one o'clock, from Dieppe. An343pg the passengers was M. Kesseleff, the Russian Charge.' d'Affaires at Paris, who imme diately proceeded to the York 11001 on a visit to Count Nesselrode. SOUTHWARK COURT OF RE QUESTS-(THIS DAY.) DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS IN EXECUTION UPON JUDG MENTS FROM THIS COURT UNDER LORD BROUGHAM'S BILL. This morning a very full attendance of the Commission ers of this Court was held in the Committee-room, for the first time since Lord Brougham's Act for the Amend ment of the Laws relating to Insolvency, Bankruptcy, and Execution, came into operation, to take into consi deration the powers vested in the Commissioners by the provisions of the Act to discharge persons under execu tion upon judgments from that Court, and also to con sider the various applications for discharge by prisoners in custody upon such executions in Horsemonger-lane and the Borough Clink prisons. After considerable de liberation, the Commissioners, acting under the advice of their clerks, Messrs. Drew and Meymott, determined to grant the applications in all the cases in which the petitions presented had been accompanied by a certificate of the gaoler that the petition was the petition of the party presenting it, and had been duly signed ; in seven cases orders of dis charge were made without any fee, and in the other cases the petitions were • sent back to be amended. Mr. Keene, the humane Governor of Horsemonger-lane Prison, was in attendance, and, with a kindness and ala crity characteristic of this gentleman, undertook to ob tain the evidence required, and enable the whole of the applicants to be discharged in the course of the day. The Commissioners also determined that all applications - for ..discharge under the Act should be made by petition, 'to •be presented on a Court day, qi. e., on Tuesday or Friday, stating the amount for which the prisoner was in custody, and at whose suit, accompanied by the certificate or attestation of the gaoler, that the petition was the voluntary peti tion of the prisoner, and had been duly signed by him or her ; the reason for so doing was, we understood, that in several instances, at other Courts, petitions have been presented in the name of, and against the wishes of persons who had been in prison nearly the whole of the time deemed sufficient to satisfy the debt ; the consequence of which will be that the plaintiff, after incarcerating his debtor for a number of days, can now issue an execution against his goods. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday, the sales being 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for export, prices being rather in favour of buyers. —There was a dull' market for Shares, and in some in stances at rather lower rates. Birmingham and Glou cester, 113} ; Caledonian, 4 ; Chester and Holyhead, 61 ; Dublin and Cashel, 6i ; Grand Junction, 2194 ; Ditto, Quarters, 54i ; Great Western, Fifths, 244 ex div. ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 104 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, 99i ; London and Birmingham, 321. shares, 38 ; Lynn and Ely, 41 ; Midland Counties, 109 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 84 ; South-Eastern, 12t; Trent Valley, 10 ; Ulster, 374 ; Paris and Lyons, 21 ; Paris and Orleans, 371 ; Rouen and Havre, 18 4 ; Or leans, Tours, a n d . Bordeaux, 308. The dates from Jamaica are to the 24th July. The subject of obtaining a full supply of hill-coolies con tinues to attract, it would appear, very general interest. An authorisation to raise a loan of 500,0001 for this great object has, we believe, been resumed. The Corn wall Courier, of the 18th July, received at the Jamaica Coffee-house this morning, upon this subject states : " Were this island (Jamaica) peopled in proportion to its extent, prosperity would attend every effort that is made to improve its culture, labour would be at com mand at a moderate rate, and an increased demand would exist for the luxuries as well as the necessaries of life. There would be also an increased consumption of British manufacture, as well as of American goods." No doubt any step in the right direction to render labour adequate to the wants of the planters would be most beneficial ; but without the sanction of the home Government, and, indeed, its guarantee for re payment, it is questionable if so large a boon as half a million could be raised here upon the security of any of the West India Colonies. The House of Assembly had been prorogued to the 20th of this month. Meetings continued to be held in the Colo nies to protest against the Government measures connected with the reduction of the duties on foreign sugars produced by free labour. The quotations of sugar in Jamaica. and other colonies had advanced, more rain having fallen than was required in moist districts. A strong phillippic is inserted in the Falmouth Post at the mode in which too many of the planters and over seers lived. " If," says our authority, " they were to commit their houses to the keeping of vir tuous wives, instead of profligates, we should soon see the effects of so desirable a change by the in crease of respectable families, who would thea be iden tified with the interests of the colony—equal, at no dis tant period, in wealth, intelligence, and happy contened ness, with the farmers of Great Britain." There are accoUnis from Hayti of an unfavourable tenour. The island was in a most disorganised condi tion, and it is asserted that French vessels of war were hovering about to take the people under the protection of the King of France. The Haytians are said to hate the French. The Victoria left the St. Katherine's Dock for New York yesterday afternoon with 50 cabin and 150 steerage passengers, and a fair cargo. On Saturday a dinner was given to Mr. Voy, pilot, by the captains of the London line of packet ships, and presented him with a service of plate, value , 50 guineas. as a tribute of respect for his good conduct, having piloted their ships for the last 24 years successfully. The Funds have been pretty steady this morning. Consols, for money, have been sold at 984 to 4 ; for the account at 984 only. The Commissioners took 5,0001. Consols at 98 1 . Exchequer Bills, Canadian De bentures, and the other Securities, were ratherjhigher than yesterday. The Foreign market has been in a quiescent state to day. Spanish Actives are at 224, and French Three per Cents. at 80f. 25c., a fall of about 4 per cent. The only alteration in the other Foreign Bonds is an improvement -in Brazilian, which opened at 834, and are now at 844. The tendency of the Railway Share Market has been upwards, but the variations were but slight. Provincial Bank of Ireland are at 204 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank 5t0ck„...,,.. 199 3 199 3 per Cent. Iteou . Q .. Annuities ••••••••••••••••••••• 99X3i 34 % Ssr Cent. Consols. 9B 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO2 New 314 per Cent. Annuitie5..„.„. ...„....„,„ lo l la 3( Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860. 1214 7 9-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.........» l2 3-16% South Sea 5t0ck......•." 00000000000000000 00000 Ditto New Annuities 977 Consols for Account 00000000000 06 N, India Stock 000000 ••••••••••••••••• 00000000 282 A Exchequer Bills, I%cl. 1368. .- 1„ .. _MI01. •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••• •••••••••••• 7 4 pm. irtti... , ..7,4 , ....::“."......-..-: --•.....-::::::: 7 7: 5 1 7 7 5 4 pm. Ditto Advertised..........— ••••••• 00000 --. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839. 82% Mexican 80nd5,1837, 5 per Cent...„.„.„...„ — Ditto for the Account... ............. ......... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cont. • ••• II 81 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840............. Ditto for the Account •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 22 1 { French Rentes, 3 per Cent Exchange 2sf. 50c. Dutch 236 per Cents. ..... •••••••••••••• .......... . Ditto for the Account. Dutch 5 per Cent 5...„. „.„.„,„,„.„.„.,..„....„ lOO 1% New Loan. 5 per Cents . (1837) PRICES OF SHARES.THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAM Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 ...........112% Bristol and Exeter. • .......... ........ •••• '7O 00000 .•• 19N : ••• to 80 Bristol and Gloucester 30 •......55,6 ••• to -- Caledonian 5 00000 .. 4 to Eastern Counties ..... ..• .......,.. 23 . ..... 12 2 to Ditto New Register ed. ...., W . 6 s. BCi. *Gem 1314 •••••• to 14 Edinburgh and Glasgo w ~. .., . .....5 0 ••••••••• 6654 to 41 Great North of Eng 1and.,„......., 100 Great Western •••••.•••"•••••••••••se 75 •••• 00000 135 ....... to 136 Ditto 16 Shares •........•........ 50 Ditto rifths... • 0000000 •••••••••••11•••• 12 000 0 0 ...• 24% - Hull and Selby ......... ..... ........ 50 65 to London and Birmingham. lOO ........22334 Ditto New Thirds .. .. ••••••••••••• 2 London and Blackwell.... ....... .... 16% 7%% ••. to London and Brighton .... ........• 50 2. London and Greenwich .......... 12%7 •••••• 8% • •••• to ...... London and South Western ...•• 41% 86% ... to 87 Ditto Eighths. .... .............. A _. ••••••• 3%% i ... to .... London and Croydon ........ ..... %......, 19% to Lynn and Ely 154 .. 4% ..... to 5 Manchester and Leeds. '7o .....„.. 124 •••• to 125 Ditto 34 Shares 3O ••••••• . 5254 Dit o % Shares ....... ............ 2 Manchester and Birm inghami ... 40 ..... Ditto % Shares 2 .... .....1155( Midland Counties ••••••••••••••••••••• 100 ••••••••,110 to 109 Birmingham and Derby ..... ..... 100 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 ....... 47 34 •••••• to 48 North British Norwich and Brandon ...... ...... 4 South Devon •.•• ••• 5.. .... ... 5%76 ••• to South Eastern and Dover ..... •••• 32%...... all% ... to Ditto New ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 ....•.••• 12,6 Trent Valley ... .... ••• •............• 2 •••• ..... 10 "Yarmouth and Norwi ch lB ..... ... 29 York and North Midland ........ 50 ........108 ..... to .........___. ...... .. - Ditto % Shares Paris and Lyons ..... ........... Paris and Orleans 2O ..... •••• 37 ....... to -- JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland. Union of London lO MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 19.—We have had a good market to-day, and a considerable busi ness has been done. Blackburn, Burnley,:and Accring ton, 2 ; Churnet Valley, 3s. prem. ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,20 s. ; London and Brighton, Eighths, 13s. 9d. to 12s. 6d. prem. ; Lynn and Ely, 41. 19s. to 5/. ; Manchester and Leeds, 122 ; Ditto Half Shares, 514 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 54i ; Ditto, Quar ters, 51 ; North British, 2 15-16 to ; Trent Valley, 10. RAILWAY TRIP TO LlVERPOOL—Yesterday even ing, at half-past nine o'clock, a special train of forty ' two carriages, containing 1,075 passengers, started from the station at Euston-square to Liverpool, the fares to and from being 30s. each. The passengers may return at the end of seven or ten days, and will have the oppor tunity of visiting several interesting places in Lancashire, as well as in England and Scotland, the fare to Glasgow being reduced' to 56. Trips to Wales and Ireland, as well as to Fleetwood, will form part of the engagements for these holidays. At a dinner given on Saturday last, by the captains of tho American New York and London line of packet ships, to Mr. Joseph Voy, pilot of Gravesend, Captain D. Chadwick, of the Wellington, on behalf of himself and his brother commanders, presented Mr. Voy with a handsome service of plate, value fifty guineas, as a tribute of respect for his uniform attention as pilot to their ships, having conducted them successfully from Gravesend to London for the last twenty-four years. BRIGHTON, AUG. 19.—The General Steam Navi gation Company's steam-ship Fame sailed from the pier this afternoon, with several families for Dieppe. Ile Magnet has just arrived from Dieppe, bringing Count Keseleff, Charge d'Affaires of Russsia at Paris, who has come here to meet Count Nesselrode, who is staying at the York llotel. THE LAKES.—The number of visitors to the lakes this year is exceedingly numerous, and the innkeepers can scarcely find sufficient accommodation for the visitors who are continually pouring upon them.--Preston Chronicle. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 20.—Wind N.W., light breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, Auc. 19.—A.N. Wind, N.W. P.M. N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Liverpool, Halifax. Sld. Cygnet, Port Phillip ; Mary Taylor, lehaboe ; Coquette, St. Helena; William and Alfred, Antigua; and the outward bound, except Norma, Malay, Minerva, York, Amiza, and Launceston. OFF BEICHY HEAD, AUG 18.—Triton, Bahia. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Tudor, London, for Calcutta ; Northumberland, ditto, for the Cape and Madeira. SOUTHAMPTON, AuG. 19.—Arrd. Friends, Ray, Quebec; Dee (steamer), Hemsley, West Indies, left Demerara July 20, Jamaica 24th, Barbadoes 24th, Grenada 25th, and St. Thomas's 30th. Sld. Blucher, Bombay. OFF WEYMOUTH, AUG. 19.—Escalus, Rogers, Bahia. OFF DARTMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Ruby and Lady Com bermere, Quebec. COWES, Am 19.—The Nancy, from Stockholm to New York, which put in here yesterday, is not leaky, as reported. Her rudder is supposed to be damaged, and part of her cargo is shifted, and will have to be landed. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 19.—Wind N.N.W. to W.S.W., fresh.-- , -Arrd. Treasure, Frizo, Jamaica ; Remittance, Kilsby, New Orleans ; Sherrandoch, West, Philadelpia ; Joseph Porter, Wilson, St. Stephen's ; Indus, Quebec. A quantity of deals, apparently not long in the water, were passed on the 13th inst. by the Joseph Porter and Dee. WORKINGTON, Aua. 18.—The Favourite, from Derry to this port, struck on a bank near Roben Rigg on the 16th instant, and sank ; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, AUG. 18.—Arrd. Charlotte, Fishenow, with loss of bowsprit, sails, &c. HULL, AUG. 19.—Arrd. Wallace, Miramichi, St. John's, Quebec. CARDIFF, Am 17.—The Farmers' Increase, from Gloucester to London, struck on Lavenock Point yes terday, and sank ; crew saved. PWLLHELI, AUG. 17.—Part of the cargo of the Pilot, from Liverpool to Aberystwith, ashore near here, has been saved in a damaged state. GALWAY, AUG. 16.—The Confidence, Davidson, in leaving the south sound of Arran, struck on the Frenish Rock, but came off, and was assisted in here, leaky. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 19.—Wind variable.—The Forth, ashore on the Batten, has been got off, strained, and makes much water. SWANSEA, Auc. 18.—S1d. Cubana and Alderman Thompson, Cuba. FALMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Arrd. Wassacunicon, Ha rannah for Hamburgh ; Hazeligg, Miramichi, sailed for Southampton. OFF ST. ALBAN'S HEAD, AUG. 16.—Elmina, Bonny, for Amsterdam. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAT ITS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3115 s to 414 s ; Useful ditto, 416 s to 4/12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s to 5/ ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 10S per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 416 s ; Useful ditto, 418 s to 4/ 14s; fine Upland ditto, 41 15s to 51; Clover Bay, 4/15a to 61; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1110 s; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. Supply mode rately good, and trade rather duil. W lIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3110 s to 414 s ; Useful ditto, 415 s to 41 15s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 16s to 51; Clover Hay, 51 to 61 10s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs per load. Each kind of Hay sold readily, at full prices, but in Straw, exceedingly little was doing. New Meadow Hay pro duced from 31 to 41 4s ; and New Clover, 41 to 51 5s per load. COLONIAL SIICAR.—The market for British Plantation is without alteration. About 400 hhds have been sold at previous prices. The public sales have • consisted of 10,148 bags Mauritius, and 3,270 bags Bengal. All the Mau ritius found buyers (excepting about 1,000 bags which were withdrawn), but went off without spirit, and in some instances 6d cheaper ; eery:, low to fine brown brought 41s 6d to 545, and low to fine yellow 54s 6d to 63s 6d. Nearly all the Bengal likewise sold, but at a decline of fully 6d upon the lower sorts, whilst the fine qualities brought extreme prices—r-viz., 56s to 69s for fine soft yellow to fine white Benarcs. 500 to 600 cases of Bahia have sold privately at 22s 6d for white, and 18s 3d for brown. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 537 hhds, 29 tierces, 174 barrels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,244 hhds, 155 tierces, 273 barrels. The stock in the same places is 12,041 hhds, 1,788 tierces, 2,837 barrels. COFFEE.-4,809 bags East India (chiefly Padang) at auction; nearly all the sound was taken in at 30s for Padang; a small portion good ord pale Batavia or Ma nilla found buyers at 37s to 38s 6d; about 1,200 bags first and second class damaged sold at 25s to 26s 6d, and a few lots at 275, being comparatively cheap. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 644 puns 124 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 110 puns 27 hbds; and ex ported 115 puns 4 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,240 puns. 2,121 hhds. RICE.-2,148 bags and 900 pockets Bengal Rice was chiefly disposed of at 108 to 12s for low yellowish small and broken to good bold is hite, which are fully previous prices. SALTPETRE.-1,142 bags Bengal sold at 24s 6d to 25s for 10 per cent refraction, and 2 per cent ditto, at 275, being a shade dearer. SPICES.—Of 2,777 bags of Pepper at auction, only about one- half found buyers at the former value, viz., 21d to 2id for fair Penang ; the remainder was taken in at 2id for ord to good black Sumatra. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is firm, at 41s to 42s per cwt, and town 43s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The Tea market is steady. PORTUGAL. We have received advices from Lisbon to the 14th. A series of illegal acts on the part of the Govern ment prepared the way for the promulgation of an ordonnance on the 9th inst., signed by the Queen, and countersigned by the Ministers, which is thus characterised by an ex-Minister of Portugal, the Viscount Sada Bandeira :—" This decree, abrogat ing the constitutional charter, places the nation in a similar situation to that in which it stood in 1828, in consequence of the destruction of the fundamental law of the state." Senor Cabral has thus openly, it would appear, assumed the legislative attributes of the Cortes—the power of making and revoking laws; and it re mains to be seen whether the Sovereign of Portugal will continue to sanction her Minister's assumption of the whole powers of the State in his person, or whether the representatives of the people may not assemble, and proclaim her Majesty's unfaithful Minister an usurper.—Chronicle. CLOSE OF THE PITMEN'S STRIKB.—NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE, SATURDAY.—The strike of the pitmen in the counties of Northumberland and Durham is now at an end, the whole of the collieries, with very unimportant exceptions, having engaged all the workmen they re quire on the terms and conditions offered by the coal-owners previous to the sth of April, when the strike commenced. The Durham pitmen were the first to give way, and several collieries on tho Wear and 'lees resumed work early in the week. The Tyne pitmen seemed inclined to hold out longer, but the determination of the owners to engage other men if their old workmen held out longer than yesterday, of which due intimation had been given by placards plentifully posted in the district, at once de cided the struggle in their favour. The coal committee, which has sat weekly in Newcastle during the progress of the strike, have called for returns from each col liery, showing the number of hewers employed before the strike commenced, the number intended to be employed this year, the number of men now engaged who had been previously employed as hewers in these counties, the number of strangers employed who had previously resided in the district, and the number introduced from a distance. These returns will be not only interesting, but exceedingly valuable, from the practical illustration they are calculated to afford of the impolicy of strikes, and the injury they inflict even on the men themselves. After the men had signed the monthly bond, orders were immediately given by the colliery agents to replace their furniture in the houses they had previously occupied, and such a " shifting" has perhaps never been witnessed before in this or any other part of the country. It is to be hoped this prac tical lesson will not be lost or disregarded in future years. HIGII TIDES.—On Sunday evening there was a very lofty spring tide. The Fulham " lemmas land" was flooded, and at the Waterside, Wandsworth, the tide poured into the fisherman's houses, putting the basement floors of these miserable dwellings, in some instances, nearly two feet under water. The Wandle overflowed its banks, and the waters reached the station house, which is situated on the further side of the plain. At Putney, the towing-path, from that place to Ham mersmith, was impassable to horses, and the Lightning steam-boat, with her chimney down, was, with great difficulty, got through Putney-bridge. It is high time that this, and the other clumsy structure, Battersea bridge, were taken down, for more lives have been lost, and more accidents have occurred, at these two bridges, than all the others put together. It has, we understand, been determined by the Battersea-bridge proprietors to throw the five centre arches of that bridge into three, and the alteration is to commence immediately. BOULOGNE AND CALAIS.—The number of persons who passed to and from France, via Boulogne, during the week ending last Thursday, was 3,208, and via Calais 592. Vie numbers in the corresponding week of last year were, Boulogne 2,783, Calais 584. Nonwrcrt AND BRANDON RAILWAY.—The works on this railway are now in full progress, a great number of hands having been set on at different parts of the line, particularly at Ketteringham, Wyreondham, Attleburgh, and Eccles. The cuttings for crossing - the turnpike-road near Harford bridges have been begun ; and the bridge over the Wensum, at Carrow, has been commenced.— Ipswich Express. ROGERS, THE JOCKEY.—During the Goodwood races Sam Rogers rode in no less than twenty-one races, all being for the Duke of Richmond and Lord George Bentinck, of which he won eight, ran one dead heat, and walked over for one. This was a good week's work. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubltr eptuton. " Who runs mar read." 70311Z10N. On Saturday the King of the French, a c companied?,, , Count Montalivet and three Generals, left Neuilly lu'' Versailles, and returned in the evening, when his 111 :, jesty received at dinner the Grand Duke of Hesse, Beryl" Pasquier, and the Ministers of Sardinia, Sweden, V r tugal, and Saxony. The King, by royal ordonnance, has dissolved thee Polytechnic School. By another ordonnance, of t d , same date, the Minister of the Navy and Colonies, miral de Mackau, is entrusted, ad interim, with the u° partment of War. The Government, it was said, had received fresh Pel l by telegraph. Marshal Bugeaud has left Sala Magrer u for Fez, which he will slowly approach. The Prin ce ,r e Joinville has orders to bombard all the towns on P.. coast, but not to remain before any of them longer ill"' two days. It was reported at Oran that Abd-el-Kider had l e , the Moorish army, and had gone to the western pert the Moorish territory. .rt The Constitutionnel mentions a report that a the Moorish troops had entered the town of Tangier PI soon as the French cannonade commenced, and destreif the houses of the consuls, besides committing other "a cesses • but the report was not believed. The Madrid Gazette, of the 12th, states that the Betilgi of San Fernando was only to advance 50,000,000 :5 reels for August, because the Minister of Finance hr. considered that sum sufficient for the wants of P e i Government, and that the proceeds of the taxes co lleo Ls by the Bank in July last, had amounted to 57 , 5461 reels. LAW AND POLICII. There were fifteen cases heard yesterday in the C of Bankruptcy, before Mr. Commissioner Fonblall In one of them the bankrupt was opposed on the g rc4, of having vexatiously defended an action. In the Col n of his (the bankrupt's) cross-examination, it apPesl4 that the Learned Counsel, who was severely pro s him, had actually signed the plea on which the deft'!" was mainly grounded. The Commissioner smiled, _ba Counsel blushed, and, ultimately, the bankrupt weap o n, The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittings, the Recorder having addressed the grand jury, IT, ceeded to dispose of some cases of misdemeanour. Jo of Richard Downes, for embezzling money, the property his master,was sentenced to twelve months' imprisontn e , s , In the New Court, William Warmington , a seldl rb: was indicted for a felonious assault on Catherine W i ' so Ile was convicted of a common assault, and sent ence d be imprisoned a month. Charles Daniels, fur steal three halfpence, having been previously convicted felony, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonsneotia Maria Lewis and Harriet Smith were indicted stealing six yards of printed cotton, value 55., the C s perty of W. Webb. The evidence was conclusive se; both prisoners, and they were pronounced Gurjf It was then proved that Lewis was convicted of fe'riP in this Court last April, hence she was now sentence,' to seven years' transportation ; and the other prisooff three months' hard labour in the House of Correctios;oo The Middlesex Sessions commenced yesterday Mr. Serjeant Adams, the newly appointed a sses judge. 'This was the first Session under the new Ac'ey the better administration of criminal justice in Mid dle do The calendar was exceedingly light ; it eon tained bo o names of twenty-four prisoners for trial, sixteen of* tigs were indicted for felony, and the remainder for its° and misdemeanours. A fisherman, named James White, was contes ttti from Brentford for a gross outrage on two children. ere At Bow-street, Michael Read and Jane Furphl brought before Mr. Hall, the former charged Wit riously and cruelly stabbing James O'Flaherty, *l4, pair of scissors, and the latter with being in his coroP7o aiding and abetting him. Read was remanded, in op' to give the prosecutor, who is severely injured, Sini,jo portunity of recovering su ffi ciently to appear against .10 Patrick Larkin, a letter-carrier, was fully com ma , for stealing 7801. from letters at the Post-office, ,i t eS Mrs. Pelham, accompanied by her legal adviser, on Mr. Burrell, at Queen. square. for the purpose of to tradicting the statement made by a Mrs. Bird, on Saw day, to the effect that Wilson Pelham, who had 51 ! 0 1 passed as Mrs. Pelhatn's son, was, in fact, the o °a r o. Mrs. Bird, who had been kidnapped from her. "Z t e Pelham distinctly denied the truth of Mrs. Bird's ..'- went. John Merry, charged with stealing two silver 6°l. was remanded for a fortnight. tre e 4 Mr. Maltby, the Magistrate at Marlborough' 9 ,bil 9 fined Isaac Sorrell, a coachman, 31., for having , driving a carriage up Oxford-street, assaulted tir° tlemen, by striking them with a whip. ottf Three women, named Buckley, Pierce, and Thorstio, were charged at Lambeth-street, before Mr. 5 , Lilo with robbing a captain of a vessel of a 51. note seafiZof sovereigns. The robbery had been committed in s of ill-fame. After a considerable time having bees t , pended in the investigation of the case, the Mag is cor committed Buckley and Thompson to the House of pg rection for two months, and Pierce was dischargek g e note was returned to the captain, the Magistrate 0 , " ing he richly deserved to lose it. vele . A coarse vulgar-looking woman named Eliza was charged at Worship-street, with robbing • Henry . Barnes. The prisoner had stopped the P'",,f, cutor in Shoreditch under pretence of asking her " 5 * and accompanied him a short distance until she In g oo tall man to whom she said all right and bolted. be prosecutor was then attacked by the man vilict ili o r e shook off ; and starting in pursuit of the prisoner, for turgid her. She was remanded in order to give um the capture of her accomplice. .e • trs' A gentleman named 1% alker applied to the iflog ie nt io' fur assistance, in procuring the enlargement of * geb be man named White from a lunatic asylum, in wh,_ ie ft er had been incarcerated by the authorities at the C° e " t o• house. Certificates from various medical men we re frbe duced, testifying to Mr. 'White's perfect sanity. magistrate told him he must sue out a writ of liabeisositti William Postlethwayte charged at Union-hall,, attempting to violate Mrs. Eliza Augusta Townsem" remanded. At the Thames-office, Mr. Kennedy, clerk to the 5 0 of Ditchburn and Mare, iron steam-boat bu ilder or Blackwall, made application to Mr. Broderip for 0 0 0 rant to apprehend ten apprentices who had Abe or themselves from their employ without leave. T he rants were granted. c OURT—PAANIONALTIMEI. !On' Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley left town on, 0 oa day by the two o'clock train, for the Reading ststle,ao, the Great Western railway, for Strathtieldsay , , t " ) ' e 01 the distinguished circle invited to meet the . 1 - ) P e- Prussia. r e db Viscount Sandon and family with a party 0' razo' have arrived at Burnt Norton, near Chippen C are where they intend staying a month or two, yt i ° The Prince and Princess RadziN ill and suite Or' ^eV ti the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from th e tinent. The Marquis of 'Worcester is expected to art tife town to -day from Wales. The Earl and Countess of Orford are res i 'clit'g st Wiesbaden for the summer. • ea J Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn have a La r d Cawdor Castle, North Britain, on a visit to Lady Cawdor, from St. Leonard's, near Windsor' 0 re f' The arrivals at Leamington Spa have lately beck so numerous, and comprise many families a rti l .' s/e atii affluence. Among the most recent are Vicountlyrel l ' M.P., and Viscountess Newry, Lord and Laq a di C' Lord Calthorp, Lord Blayne, Lady Montagu, - I) . i boal' e# tharine Tollemache, Lady Wenlock, Lady 3 11 b oa' Lady Farquhar, lion. Mrs. Sneyd, W. B. Wr i sl#3 ° , l. Esq., M.P., Colonel Fielding, Colonel Max"'g" Best, Captain D'Eyncourt, R.N., Sir Richard °ale./ D1X0C111.1.A.21111301715. a i t 'A The Great Western steam-ship, which s aile l' e Liverpool on Saturday for New York, carries passengers. Woo:: On Saturday afternoon the Prince of Virtue s ' . o ge wich steamer, Captain John Stevens, on her p 0.2 c oo' London, while coming into Greenwich, ran "2 cre fr ; siderable force against the pier, when one of t",eioleo,,c, who was holding out the fender to prevent th e to t r ,„ of the concussion, was thrown off the vessel I d fts: E , pier with such force, that he received a comP cM ture of the thigh. The paddle-box was sto ve iy° wheel doubled up, and the shaft and mac hine D d damaged. aro Camberwell fair commenced yesterday 133°- } t er be a finer day for the amusement of the holidald L was never seen. The shows were numerous al! s i t y . :, - ; first-rate order, embracing every natural currai• tween the torrid and frigid zones. Originfioe Pere Thumbs," and " Unquestionable OjibbewaY si • i t orser servation," are in great abundance. The 'i s ' ," e st ° fd very numerous, and throughout the day the lA ° prevailed. • tioa 0 03 The Local Committee of the British Asseelt'sootioci issued circulars from the " Museum, York , " t e , bo b ic h the forthcoming meeting of' the Association , in that city, commencing on the 26th Septemoc' etst yea' is six weeks later than the time appointed for bee meeting. ha ying J o el) , The Governorship of Dumbarton Castle , „ n ee , o f abolished upon the demise of General Lora. the governor's house and premises fall into t a ng, 11 Ordnance ; and the intention is there to est ok litary prison for North Britain. ehershiP of The Bishop of London has conferred the PtreDllaughbet of the Charter-house on the Rev. Follieta 50,?0,, Ilford; and the Rev. S. Waldegrave, curate„„, e , is 1 15 parish, Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls CO"" to succeed Mr. Baugh at Ilford. l eas Duk e trg' It will be heard with regret that t o f he so e s? seized, on Sunday, with a tit of deafnbeoss,_o ordinary a character as 'to produce m among those more immediately about hi, g es P s e , rs tTs li f fj bt g Grace has always been subject, more or by I#o, o o attacks of this kind, which he accounted ve r v e that he supposed the mar of the artilleryrileu'iar nerat:ie battles had deranged or impaired the au_ iros t to off' but this last attack was so decided aS "' t ent to hi' bi# him completely deaf ; and although h u e n_bi n et, a ll „t g in en t e h r e al ll h o e rs a e lth Gt a m p r p d e s a , r a e n d d a a il t o te g n e d tb ed : h un ,- :4r o ir f ed i er g et e , his advanced age the slightest 5ynirm._%5.......-Co went cannot but be regarded wi th unestaie. /zezm Looker-on. thatl‘yesterclan Ada rag , e WEST INDIA PINE ArPLES• ld by M r ' of sand more of this fruit were so_ fruit w o I s a o te e r v el ery have fine b fishee n wereso ab r u e n t abundant aatt :34thettalhtilibigi. Pudding-lane, Monument-Yard. ?Jae to 55. e ach. 0 ; 0 frora - cfpreiuilllieetnawtpapqsluebarlioste:agsahontn:lciortt:tiatlnhi s ue ed esß f fra r b o o i Tas l; .;surfie A n •h tr e e D s c o e cv_ so that further importations PAY be exP"tsvi