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

WIT!! ILLUSTR. ATIONS ir LEECH AND ALFRED CROWQCILL, And a Portrait of BEAU BRUMMELL, from an Original Miniature. The SEPTEMBER NUMBER. Priee a f-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S A!ISCELLAN Y, Will Contain : THE FORTUNES OF THE SCATTERGOOD FAMILY, By ALBERT SMITH. With an Illustration by Leech. Chap. XXlX.—Vincent meets with some old friends, under unpleaEant circumstances. Chap..XXX.—The Release and the ht. Chap. XXXL—Mrs. Chicksan and Clara Fcattergood are each alarmed by an unexpected visitor. Choice Fruit ; or, The Balanced Account. By Hilary Hypbane. Waterloo Liggins—The Bloodstained• Conscience—The Brotherhood of Crime—The Gaol Chaplain ; or, a Dark Page from Life's Volume. 'The Legend of the Lamp. By William Collier. Baron Von Pfaffenberg. Illustrated by Alfred Crowqulll, with two Portraits in Glynhography. Farewell, and think of me. The Philosophy of Delusion. By the Irish Whiskey Drinker. 'The Blue Spinster. The Creation, a fragment. By W. B. Selwyn, Walpole, and Brunamell. With a Portrait of George Brum mell, from an Original 3liniattfre. A Few Pago• from my Journal in Greece, Turkey, and on the Danube. By C. F. Fynes Clinton. A Lonely Night on the Feldberg: — The Physiology of London Life—Lpndon Fancies—The Fourth - Estate—Sights of the Streets. By •J. Fisher Murray, author o f " The World if London." The Man in Difficulties. Br 11. R. Addison. Thou art like the Lily's fragrantllell. By 11. B. K. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. • THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH. OPERA_ HOUSE. Under the Management of Mts. KEELEY. Another great Achievement Successfally Triumphant !!! Ts attempt to eulogise the gorgeous'aplendour of the New Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it wilt he repeated every Evening ! THIS EVENING, .AUG. 29, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. .iathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley; Miss For teseue„ Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss lurner, and Mrs. Keeley. To concludo with an entirely Original, and much bctter than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesgre Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Pale, 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. Principll cha *eters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A.. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Hits Woolgar, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mi s James, Mi ss C arson , Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. • PRICES OF A misslON.—Balcony Foxes. 4:.; Upper Boxes, Ss.; Pit, 25 ..; Gallery, 6,1. Second Price—Balcony Bo xes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, la 6d.; Pit, Jr. Private Boxes on the II.; my Tier (holding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second 'Der (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a. Half Private Boxes on the Pit 'Fier (holding six persons), One Gui' ea The Box- gtice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec. lion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor arld Manager, Mr. BATTY. Nightly overflows e the wonders to the wonders of Mr. Carter, the Lion King—Mr. Batty and Trained Steed Beda. THIS EVENT NG, AUG. 29, Will be retested the Eastern Spectacle of MUNGO PARK; or, The Lion Tamer of the Niger. Karla,. the Arab, Mr. Carter, wh 'rein he will introduce his beautifu (performance with his traioed animal', lions, tigers, &c., in the cage, and on the open stage drive a ho , in harness. Combats w.th the monarch of the forest, and other new extraordin ry feats. Entire Chsnge of the Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with an entire new E luestrian, Militety and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR., or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, EXesses, Appointments. &c., to realise the r, cent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast •f 230 Lanterns. Acting and stage-y/1 Inner, Mr. W D Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Fve. Lessons in th.: Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Last Nights of the Opera Corn, any. THIS EVENING, AUG. :ZS, Will be performed Rossini's Fai.y Opera of CINDERELLA ; or, The Little Glass Sliprer. Supported by Hiss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss E Terry, bliss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, Leffler, E. L Hlme, S. Cowe I, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double sand and Chorus. Atter which, a New Operetta, wntten by J. B. Buckstone, 1 7 ,01 , a d camps ed by K ritzvr3liam, E4q., entitled a SUMMErt NMI-IT'S LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists. To conclude with rri E WA (MOCK OF I HE GLEN. Places wet Private Boxes to ne had of Mr. Kerschner, at. the Box. °dice, fro n Eleven to Four. STRAND THEAT THIS EVENING, AUG. U), Will be performed MARTIN CH UZ ZL EWI C. Young Martin t huzzlewit, Mr. Rinoe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe ; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr Atwood, Montague I igg, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mi. Biddies; Mr. Pecksnitr, and Mrs. SairerGamp, Mr. H. Hall; M iry Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. To be followed by THE SP! CALFIELDS WEAVER. Mr. Simmo , ,s, Mr. Wright; Adele, Mrs Montgomerie. After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, ban ; an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abinazar, Mr. Tsui-fredlord; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Two entirely New Pieces, and numerous additions made to the Company, including Mr J. Hudson Kirby, Mr. Binge, Mr. T. H Lacy, Mr. Aldridge, Mrs. W. West, &c.. &c • THIS EVENING, AUGUST 29, _ _ Will be performed a New eratic Romance, entitled LA CATARINA ; or, The Diamonds of the Crown. Henriquez. Mr. T. H. Lacy; Rebelled°, Mr. Dale; Mugnoso, Mr. Aldridge; Diana, Miss Hamil , on: Catarina, Miss Vincent. After which, the laughable Farce of NO. Sir J. D-übtful, Mr. Seaman • Hurricane. Alr. James ; Frederick, Mr. Binge; Lady I 'ouhtful. M. s. W. West. To conclude with JACK AND THE BE AN.STALK ; or, The Lad that knew how many Beans made Five. Jollibuffa, Mr John Herbert ; Jack, Miss Vincent. Private family Boxes, £1 Is. Od. and XI Ils 6.1. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. On MONDAY, TUESITAY7iNZIWEiISAY,;niT 7 IuitSDAY, throughout the SeaFon, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Neveltie4 THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS-FEEDING OF THE ANIMALS - UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and I.ONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Danson and Telbm. The sensation caused by this unr.valled pro hiction is beyond at termer ,isecedent ; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea tion...-. re unanimous in prni.ouncing it the most wonsiertld ex. hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle tnr the terrific display at Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen !n the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa 7 cious Lake, to be May appreciated. The Eveiiing PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mon 'ays Tues days, Wednesdays , ant Thursdays contucted uy Mr. GOdfrey, are up n a scale o?more than usual excellence; tint words fail in doingjustice to the awful representation et THE GREAT FIRE OF 1.. ,, ND0N. Its fearthl h iracteristics are truthfully nourtrayed, but at the same time so beautitlilly blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, 'oat delight hi predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that ..!ontliby, •.he Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The I tardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, atirl combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attraltive lounge in or near the iretro,solii. Doors open at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at H ilf-past Four— Concert at Half-past Five.—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One .Shillt ng. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. SiiILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON NU oEUX, the most magnificent and extensive Collactien of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of .?.laborate research, at a cost ut 6n,400 guineas, and to completely Illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro- Rein history, viz.—CIIA.RLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LJUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the. EMPEROR NAPOLEON, In 1821. This unique Muse= has been visited often, during the las' and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassa.Los, and their Ladies, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Fro- Wetor has recently been able to 'not esse, by several very fine rictures, Am, his previous almost Imre lible number and variety of MSS., Work , of Art, and a multitude valuable Relic', and other esrlositles, in this most ts , a - active and. as hundreds have said it ought to be, s National Museum. 2, 1 4-y thousand have hiciected it, and THIRTY PRINf:II'AL EDEFORS ui the PUBLIC PRESS hire stated 'hat it ough to he seen by every one. The price of adnals lion is reduced t.) ONE SHELLING. 'rho NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to seen only at the Egyptian Hall." Plemillly. daily ti om Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Aua. 29. T lERMOMETER, Lowest, 47_;_ Highest, 65; Noon, 64 BAnoma-30 - 30.2.—Wnfn, S.E. arc.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f • ezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair , is u‘ 'ally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M mug 33 minutes after 2. 1 Evening ...50 minutes after , It., ..,,,,,-,,, - ~, ...z *NI ~.e7-- . .i ),. - . s- zisk ..,--/ vtiirlik -4 \'.l: bfi - ; if. „, 4,. ...... 4 ;7. ,mos i' .. L,..:,iit . lll. 6 7,';.e?...,, , , , ,- ~.. *. , 0, ,, -.-._..., . ~it,,,lit . . 'Zit oIT SECOND EDITION. (I !Train ITU L9NDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1844. The Prince of PRUSSIA, we perceive, has been highly gratified by his visit to Liverpool. It war almost impossible that a personage of so intelligent and cultivated a mind should be otherwise thin de lighted by the majestic public works, and the match less commercial marine—their noblest ornament— which on all sides meet the eye in that great em poriurn of our foreign trade. Having gone every where, and carefully inspected everything (so far as his limited" means "—of tune--would allow him) which he could get at, en route, between London and Liverpool, he examined the unrivalled docks the next morning after his arrival in the latter town. His Royal Highness seems to have fully participated ir, the astonishment experienced by all foreigners at the imposing spectacle of an unbroken line of betweei seven and nine miles of docks—not simply crowded. but swarming, w ith s hi pp i ng, wh i ch have brought from the remotest shores upon the surface of our globe the products of other climates, the wealth of another hemisphere. Impressed with the remarkable character of this spectacle, in the details which hai: come more immediately under his observation, th( Prince embarked in a Government steamer (aptl3 named the Britannia) to obtain a general view of the town, the shipping, and the banks of the 'Ver se We are told that " the river and d oc k s were crowdedY with vessels, which, in honour of his Royal Hi g h.. ness, displayed from their mast-heads flags of all nations, the Prussian standard predominating." Ti,„ Prince, on disembarking again, was greeted with tit( same enthusiastic welcome on shore, which had just hailed him on the water; and found the Town-hall and the Exchange to be edifices laid out on a scam , grandeur commensurate with the vast extent: of thai trade, the marvels of whtrs - e - activity Tina extent hu had just been contemplating. For his further pro. gress, and his reception by Sir ROBERT PEEL at Drayton Manor, we may refer the reader to the par. ticulars we have given in another column : but epropta to the well digested route through so many 'of the most interesting districts in England which his Royal Highness has hitherto taken ; the selection THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 844. But we advert to the Prince of PRUSSIA'S visit to Liverpool for the purpose of congratulating his Royal Highness that he has thus been enabled to compre hend, at his leisure, one of the broadest and most en during bases on which is raised the stupendous struc ture of English greatness. To have recalled to the Prince's memory the military prowess and renown of England,would have been a work of supererogation in deed. The triumphs of Prussia and England in al liance could not be forgotten by the immediate de scendant of FREDERICK WILLIAM—of the Sovereign of BLUCHER and the friend of WELLINGTON—were there no more recent voices to proclaim it in thunder from the mountainous recesses of Central Asia, or the shores of Syria or of China—prolonging the echoes of its mighty victories on the plains of Hindostan, or its yet more signal successes in the heart of France, on the fertile soil of Belgium, in the wide territories of Spain, amidst the fastnesses of Portugal, or the plains of Italy. To have detained the Prince by the preparation and parade of military reviews would have been to regale him with anything but novelty ; and the precision of tactics achieved by the soldiery of his own country, had left little to be surpassed, perhaps equalled, among that of our own. To the presumptive heir, hewever, of a Continental Monarchy, essentially and inevitably„ a military State, in the strictest sense of the term, such an exhibition as he has witnessed at Liverpool of the resources of peace, accumulated in a single outport of that kingdom which has established itself in the foremost rank of nations as pre-eminent in naval and military strength and success, must have been a noble and an instruc tive spectacle. From that boundless commerce which visits every habitable region of the globe, and in its dealings with all the families of the human race that are adjacent to any ocean shore, at once supplies the wants, and civilises the manners, and ameliorates the existence of the most miserable denizens of unre claimed barbarism, England derives the opulence that has enriched without corrupting her, and main tains the spirit of that never-ceasing energy, and re news the energies of that never-relaxing industry, which render innoxieus and immeasurably beneficial to her the wealth, the luxury, the grandeur, which to natives of more voluptuous or less healthful tem peraments have been speedily and signally destruc tive. This physical activity reacts upon the moral character of her social system and its institutions. These do not stagnate, or retrograde, as in less for tunate countries, but are impressed with the same tendencies to a salutary and sustained onward move ment—not to wild and destructive impulses, the course of which no man can calculate. Capital, and the proneness to accumulate it, have done much of their evil work among us, as they have done among other nations ; but they have also produced more good, more happiness, more stability for institutions and laws, than they can be shown to have accom plished in any other case recorded in history. The same causes, that in their operation have raised us to our present greatness, in their per manency will advance us yet further and further on the march of national prosperity. The same effects which, so wonderfully developed in our fortunes and position, are at this moment inoiling so large a mass of the French people to the most extravagant and pitiable indications of jealousy and envy and resent ment, will continue to accumulate, in peace, our re sources for the demands of war, Be that disastrous casualty (we pray) far distant; but come when it may, those foolish and incendiary spirits who find it so easy a task to sound the tocsin in Paris for a general outbreak into hostilities with Britain, will find that they have invoked a slumbering giant, who may not be disposed, on the occasion of a wanton and reckless experiment on his repose and his dignity, to repeat the ill-remembered, and worse requited, forbearance and generosity which he manifested for a beaten, chough valiant foe, when twice within one twelve month the event of war had placed the capital and the national independence of that foe at his mercy. But it is lost time, we fear, to reason with that unprincipled and extensive party which is doing its utmost to pre • cipitate France into acts of insult and aggression which can only terminate in her own chastisement. It is not a fidgetty young Admiral's bootless bombard ment of the ruined walls of one African fortress, or his still more questionable "destruction" of another, accomplished, we have reason to believe, in a manner not the least " lubberly" (as the sailors would say), on the records of naval expeditions—which is to justify us in assuming that a whole nation, at his hack, can be so weak, or so absurd, or so flagitious, AS to daily with his passion for anti-Anglo notoriety, by involving the peace of Europe in a war between France and England. But we really see so much childish excitability on these matters about some of the French journals, professedly of very extensive circulation and influence, that we may not reason on the improbability—still less the impossibility —of a rupture, because of either its wanton recklessness se its infinite folly. In this feeling we would heg to direct the attention of our own Go vernment, and their official authorities, to the •trong representations which some of our letters from the outports make as to the utterly defenceless con lition in which Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Sheer ness will be left, if, on the'svithdrawal of the present guard-ships, whether by putting them in active com mission or otherwise, they be not immediately re placed by powerful line-of-battle ships. There is a crisis at which every dictate of common prudence and sound policy suggests that the most ample and effi cient provision for the protection of our shores, espe cially at these points, against any hostile surprise, should be made. Men of all parties will vindicate and confirm any indispensable expense such provision may entail. Good faith, as a natural security, in dealing with some of the spirits arrayed against British great ness, is less to be depended on than ropes of sand or roofs of brown paper. Besides, though the mischief which may be committed, maybe very little in amount, there is no reason why we should not be spared the xpense, through merely assuming that attitude of preparation we ought never to abandon till something more of fair dealing, of common honesty, and of noral—not wordy and conventional—honour, shall way the councils of France and its public mind, if that is to be collected from its journals. Let us be .hus prepared, and we may safely predict no such at erupts will be made by our blustering neighbours, ?ven if the whole French press teemed with such in. mnceivable rhodomontade and schoolboy little cora mon-places, to foreshadow the downfal of &gland —derived from a course of precede7:o gravely .:ommenced with " SOLOMON and continued to "Louis XIV. ,:end N - 6ESOSTAIS," and APOLEON,” such we have just been lausc r ; z the Gazette de Fran over in the columns of Tile article would l i ke t squib from oar f IP:etious friend Pu.;ch, if it had only the in 6recii , :nts of a good purpose, and a clever, spirited ' lcee rate ; rtion. In a wor d, th e P ar i s i ans, at any are fairly earning the application of TALLEY it A's s caustic reflection of their own infatuated P ,'° ll anoNs•- ss " They h ave l earne d not hi ng, and they n v ur , and forgotten her n rankot h i n amongg. For thenations, her o own France welfare r nu and st )oth forget her past reverses (they were of her own ,eeking), and learn to avoid them in future (she is low challenging them). It ' Accounts from Madrid of the 21st inst. announco that the Emperor of MOROCCO had yielded to all the demands of Spain, and that peace had been established between the two countries. Spain is to receive a compensation fur the wrongs of which she complains, all the expenses are to be paid, and also an extension of territory on the side of Ceuta. The following letter announcing the fact appears in a Madrid jour nal. It is addressed by the Spanish Consul at Tetuan to the Governor of Ceuta : " Consular Agency of Spain at Tetuan. "I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the Pacha Sidi Ashash has had a conference with the agents and Vice-Consuls residing in this town, at which he communicated to them a letter from his Imperial Ma jesty of a very recent date, in which he congratulates himself in the most expressive terms on the perfect and sincere reconciliation that has taken place between Mo rocco and all other nations, except France. His Im perial Majesty expressly recommends to all the Go vernors and public functionaries to give every assistance and protection to the agents and subjects of those nations. The Pacha has invited me to communicate to you those tidings without delay, and to inform the captains of the feluccas of Ceuta that they may come to Tetuan in all safety. " ABNO " Aug. 12." All the Spanish vessels of war, except one, had, in consequence of this arrangement, left Ceuta for Algesiras. The QUEEN, accompanied by her mother and sis er, made her entry into Madrid at four o'clock on he morning of the 21st. The Three per Cents. were done at 27i at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20 at 48 days. The Paris papers, and especially those of the Op position, are loud in their praises of the bravery and skill displayed by the Prince DE JC;INVILLE at Moga dore. The affair has caused quite a sensation through out France, and even Republican and Legitimatist journals begin to regard the Orleans dynasty in a more favourable light. There is no accounting for tastes, but really we cannot see what great cause there is for rejoicing. The Moors had no more chance against, the French than the Chinese against the English. These primitive people are unable to contend against the skill and discipline of European warfare, and victories obtained over such contemptible opponents cannot furnish any test of military genius or real bravery. They are to be regarded with satis faction only as far as they contribute to peace, and the civilisation of barbarians. That was the ii cs itt in which we viewed our successes in China, though England was contending with an empire containing a population of three hundred millions. France has attacked successfully a little empire containing a population of a few millions, yet the writers in the journals make as much noise about the affair as if the best troops of Europe had been conquered by a handful of Frenchmen. One of the Ministerial journals, it is true, is silent on the subject, but the other, the Globe, breaks forth in these strains : " There cannot be a heart unmoved at the multiplied recitals of the feats of arms of our soldiers and seamen, Three victories in nine days ! On the 6th, Tangiers bombarded ; the 14th, 20,000 Moors beaten ; and on the 15th, Mogadore ruined and taken ! Such are the humiliations of France during the month of August. I :tt no one imagine, however, that this will change a word in the language of the Opposition Their business is to have it believed that ': ne Govern ment is sacrificing the dignitt, of the country, and . they will say so uncen about falsehe , - 1 ' What do parties care Dolus an virtu:, quis in koste re quirts; Such is their morality. These -journals, too, are truly unfortunate in their predictions, They declared that England had forbidden our fleet to meddle with Tangiers, and it was there that it corn , menced its operations. They said that England had interdicted the landing of a single man at Mogadore, and, lo! it is occupied ! As to the English press, it will allow, we hope, that our gunners have improved from the Gth to the 15th; that, for ignoramuses, our pointers do not aim too ill ; and that, for cowards, our officers come close enough to the enemy." The Constitutionnel expresses equal satisfaction, and rejoices that the imputations cast on the naval tactics of the young Prince and his officers have received such a speedy and triumphant refutation. " This new feat of arms," . says M. TRIERS'S journal, " ac complished by the PRINCE and our seamen, will im pose silence, we ,hope, on the shameless correspon dents of the Time B--on those maligners, full of envy is no very encouraging, sign of the times when -he memory of those who have suffered in tibe cause ,f freedom fails to excite .a. lively feeling of respect and gratitude in the mind of the Community at large.-- it i s t o thshr case [he Scottish Reform martyrs —for of the objects to be more particularly examined in we are alluding—were men who, in days when its course ; the rapidity of his movements ; and his Government was but another term for despotism, and careful economy of time—we cannot forbear from prerogative was pushed beyond the limits of remarking that the Prince of PRUSSIA worthily the Constitution, made a bold, unhesitating stand emulates the example Of the numerous Royal and Im- against the encroachments of authority and perial visitors who have lately, from so many parts of freely sacrificed their all in the patriotic, but Europe, paid their respects to her Majesty the unsuccessful endeavour to maintain the rights of QUEEN, and been introduced to some of the most the people unimpaired. Though beset by notable portions of her MAJESTY'S dominions. Let spies, and encompassed on all sides by dangers of the us censure as we will the too frequent apathy of most alarming kind, their high moral courage never Sovereigns, and the profound ignorance in which, once deserted them; and though they failed in their till the close of the last century, the scions of Royal attempts to rouse public spirit to such a degree as Houses were too generally brought up—it must be might enable it to shake off the PITT and DUNDAS allowed, to the credit of most of the Illustrious yoke, which then pressed so heavily on the best ener- Princes and Royal personages who have lately re- gies of the country, yet the example they set of pa paired to this country in such numbers, for the grati- triotic resistance to arbitrary power was not barren fication of a laudable, and perhaps we might add, a of good results, for it served in some degree to keep respectful curiosity, that, whilst their intellectual abili- alive the flame of liberty which otherwise might ties and attainments have been at least equal to the have been wholly extinguished, and paved the average of those possessed by the individuals corn- way for that measure of Reform which was wrung posing the distinguished circles which have received from a reluctant aristocracy in the memorable them here, their physical energies, endurance of year 1832. The memory of such men, there fatigue, and bodily activity, appear to have been fore, should be held in profound reverence greatly superior to those of their most Illustrious by their posterity, and it i s , we re p ea t, no ver y aus hosts. picious sign of the times when a proposal to erect a public monument 'in their honour is received with comparative indifference. Such, unfortunately, ap pears to be the case at present as regards the Scottish Reform martyrs ; for though Mr. HustE and those who think with him have been laudably zealous in their endeavours to awaken a proper feeling of grati tude in the public mind, yet we fear we must confess that they have hitherto failed of success, and admit with the Morning Post, that " the position in which the Martyrs' Committee find themselves placed is due mainly to the deficient sympathy of the people in their cause." Our Tory Contemporary, of course, chuckles hugely over this fact, but for our own part we regard it with no ordinary degree of apprehenssion. When public spirit is boldly and actively on the alert, there need be no great cause to dread the encroach ments of authority; it is only when it is tame and apathetic that results may be anticipated unfa vourable to constitutional liberty. We do not say that the PEEL Ministry entertain the slightest notion of in vading the acknowledged rights of the people, but were they inclined to do so, we fear that the temper ofthe times is such that they would meet with but a languid re sistance. For months past scarcely any stir or energy has been exhibited, whether within or without the walls of Parliament. The conflict of principles seems to be at an end, and the public mind has become as stagnant as the waters of a Dutch canal. The consequence has been, that during the session Ministers have carried everything their own way ; and judging from the cold, sluggish feeling manifested by the people for the last six months, we do verily believe that if Sir R. PEEL was to come forward next year with a proposition for increasing the pressure of the income-tax, a few taint growls of dissatisfaction would be the utmost amount of hostility that would be brought to bear against him. If this political apathy on the part of the public were the result of a general and fast increasing state of prosperity, there would not be so much cause to deprecate it; but it is the result, rather, of distrust—of doubt—we might almost add—of despondency. Dissatisfied with the present condition of things, and bewildered with the extraordinary confusion, incertitude, and inconsist ency prevailing among parties, the people know not how to act, on whom to rely, or in what direction to make a decided move. They see Tories professing Whig principles, and Whigs every now and then ex hibiting a sneaking predilection for Toryism ; they see Radicals tame and acquiescent, and Chartists quitting one by one the field of political controversy ;—and seeing these strange things, they are naturally filled with distrust of all public men, a feeling to which must be attri buted their present state of lethargy, and calm and half contemptuous indifference. But it is not in the nature of things that this drowsiness should be of much longer continuance. A reaction must inevitably take place ere many months have elapsed, and when it does, Sir R. PEEL and his obsequious supporters will find that the time is come when they must abandon the system of expediency, and advocate something like a principle, if they would hope to maintain their station at the helm. and ignorance, whose gross invectives are disavowed by all honourable men. It is not probable that the bombardment of Mogadore will cause any satisfaction in England; but it will at least command, with re spect to our navy, that courtesy on which well-bred men of all countries pride themselves in similar cir cumstances. France will rejoice that at both extre • mities of Morocco our brave men have entered on a struggle of honour and courage. Whilst Marshal BUGEAUD, with 8,000 brave followers, put 24,000 cavalry to the route, the Prince DE JOINVILLE was placing his foot on the soil of Africa, and battering down the old city of the pirates." " The bombardment of Mogadore," says the National, " was the necessary consequence of that of Tangiers, and the means of obtaining satisfaction could only be rendered efficacious by taking posses sion of one or several points of the coast. We con gratulate the French authorities, whoever they may be, to whom the initiative of this resolution belonged, and we wait tranquilly for the opinion of the English journals on this new feat of arms, which has added honour to our navy. There is, however, something in the dispatch that requires explanation. The Ad miral says that he has taken possession of the port, but he states afterwards that he has placed the port in a state of blockade. This appears to us to be a contradiction, for we do not understand why a port is to be blockaded when we are in possession of it." We give the following extract from the same jour nal, to inform our readers of the vast preparations made by England for a war with France : "We know not whether a war between France and England will cr will not arise out of the present difficul ties between the two countries, but we cannot but think that it is high time to prepare for it. England is making the most active preparations, and the farce played off by the Whig orators in the House of Commons about the enfeebled state of the British navy must not be allowed to lull us into an insecure supineness. It is certain that England is actively arming and putting herself in a posi tion both to attack vigorously and to protect her foreign possessions. The fleet of Admiral Owen in the Mediter ranean is daily augmenting, and has now equalled in strength the squadron under the Prince de Joinville ; and, since the latter has received reinforcements, the English Admiral has applied to his Government, and two sail of the line have been ordered out. Besides this, we see from the accounts in the English papers that the most active preparations are making in all the English dockyards in bri n gin g f o r wa rd ships, and in a very few days several vessels of large size will be ready for commission, THIS DAY'S NEWS. " Fur the last two months the Collingwood has been lying at anchor at Spithead, under orders for the Pacific, but Admiral Seymour still waits for orders, and it is more than probable that her destination will be changed, and that she will be sent to the Mediterranean. In addition to all these preparations for attack, the most diligent attention is being paid to those of defence. A com mittee has been appointed to inspect and report on the state of the defences of the coast, and orders have also been dispatched to the colonies to urge on the authorities there the necessity of improving the state of their de fences, and in using every endeavour to prepare them selves for any event which may arise. The militia at Jamaica are also ordered to be called out, and go through a regular drilling, as vs as done in time of war. "At Malta, which is considered impregnable, the Governor has issued orders with regard to the fortifica tions of the island. " According to a morning paper, the Government has also come to an arrangement with Captain Warner for providing him with the means of testing his terrible dis covery. " When all these facts are brought together, we think we may, without rashness, conclude that the disposition of the English Government is anything but pacific. From 1830 to 1840, no instance of like activity was ever witnessed with our neighbours, and at the very time when England was at war in India, in China, and when the Eastern question was in agitation, preparations to such an extent were never made. England, it is there fore clear, anticipates war, and, if she anticipates it, it is clear she wishes for it ; and it will break out unless France is prepared to empty to its very dregs the cup of bitterness held out to her by her neighbour." A letter from Oran of the 17th gives the following details of the battle of Isly : " On the 14th Marshal Bugeaud, having no longer any hope of bringing the negotiations with Morocco to a friendly termination, and seeing the army, under the orders of the son of the Emperor, was augmenting daily, resolved to attack the Morocco camp, which had besides, on the 11th, sent some hundred sharpshooters to fire upon our outposts. As soon as his movement commenced the Morocco army deployed, and in a short time our little army was surrounded by more than 25,000 cavalry. The action commenced in pretty good order, and the artillery of the two camps opened the combat. The artillery of the Moors, which was much more numerous than ours, was pretty well pointed. The affair being undecided, the Marshal ordered a general charge of cavalry, and in a few minutes our horsemen arrived,close to the guns of the enemy, which are said to have~ been more than forty in number. Eleven re mained in our hands. The infantry came up in double quick time, and the victory declared itself on our side. The Moors were completely routed, and only sought safety in flight. The French had about 200 put hors de combat. Amongst the killed and wounded were seve ral officers. It was in the evening of the 10th that Mar shal Bugeaud was informed of the bombardment of Tangiers. We learn from the frontier that the people of Morocco, encamped not far from the army, have abandoned their territory, leaving the ground covered with rich crops." BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) There were a considerable number of cases of insol. vents for hearing before his Honour, but as they were all unopposed, nothing of interest was elicited in the course of the proceedings. In the case of an application in the matter of - Adams, an insolvent, the solicitor for the creditors stated, that the official assignee had refused to take pos session of the insolvent's furniture, and he therefore hoped that his Honour would allow a creditors' assignee to he appointed. Mr. Commissioner FANE said he did not wish to inter fere with the duties of the official assignees, for they were not, in such cases, remunerated for their labours, and he had no power of ordering such remuneration to be granted them. If it happened, also, that the official assignee had created a difficulty by taking property not belonging to the insolvent, he (the Commissioner) could not afford protection from the consequences of the error. He therefore, in such cases, allowed them to act for themselves. The Solicitor said that he wished merely that his Honour would allow a creditor's assignee to be ap pointed. Mr. Commissioner PANE had mistaken the appli cant. He thought the application was that he (the Commissioner) should give certain instructions to the official assignee. The late Act was so indefinite upon the subject, indeed, he might say, so apparently opposed to reason and to common sense, that he had considerable difficulty in explaining it. It stated that the creditor's assignee was to be appointed after the passing of the final order, so that, in effect, the persons who ought to watch over and conduct the proceedings for the benefit of the creditors was only to be appointed after the busi ness was over. He (Mr. Commissioner Pane) had no objection to name a day for appointing an assignee, but there were so many Acts now bearing on the subject that it was exceedingly difficult to steer between them. The Solicitor suggested that his Honour might rescind the final order. The HON. COMMISSIONER said the process was tedious and unsatisfactory. He would, however, appoint a day for the naming of a creditors' assignee, but, they must adhere as closely as possible to the forms and practice of the Court of Bankruptcy. , The subject then:dmped. Mr. Commissioner Rialanque did not sit till a late hour. GUILDHALL.—(T H IS DAY). A young man, dressed like a drover, who gave the name of William Franklin, 3, M`Dowall-place, White more-road, Iloxton, was placed before Mr. Alderman Hunter, on a charge of stealing from the person of James Ward, an Irish pig dealer, the sum of 741. 10s. The prosecutor said that he was a pig dealer, from Drogheda, and had sold in Leighton Market, on Tues day last, a lot of pigs, for 751. 14s. 6d. He met the pri soner there, and was persuaded by him to come as tar as Watford by the railway. They there got drinking, and commenced to walk up towards London. They over took a waggon, and the prisoner said they were tired, and asked if they might ride. Tile waggoner consented, and the prosecutor and prisoner stepped inside, the driver sitting on the outsid e . Th e prosecutor fell asleep, and awakened at a few minutes before six in the waggon, which had arrived at the Ram yard, in Smithfield, between one and two that same morning. He found the prisoner gone, and his money, amounting he thought to 741. 10s., gone also. The money was in two purses ; one contained a 101. note, three 51. notes, and a sum in gold. The other purse contained the silver. He could not say how much gold or silver there was. He gave information of the robbery to po lice-constable 215, and described the prisoner, who, within half an hour, was taken by that officer. City police-constable, 215, said that he observed the prisoner walking across Smithfield towards the "Ram," and took him into custody. When searched, he had in a purse 341. in gold, and 2/. Bs. 6d. in silver. He gave his proper address at the station-house, and witness afterwards ascertained that he had been home, leaving the prosecutor asleep in the waggon. There was a key found upon him which, he said, opened his trunk. He also stated that he had left it in some public-house in Hoxton, but could not say where. The trunk, he ad mitted, contained a large sum of money. Alderman HUNTER said he should remand the case till Wednesday, and directed the constable to look after the waggoner', and, if possible, find out the trunk de scribed by the prisoner. The French Funds again fell on Tuesday abou 35 centimes. The Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 25c. and the Fives at 120 f. 30c. THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, AUGUST 27. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. F re n c h Five perClinte ••• • •• 120 50 .. 120 55 .. 120 30 • • 120 40 Four per Cents. ..... 104 45 104 45 .. 104 45 .. 104 45 Three per Cents..... 80 50 .. 80 55 .. 80 30 • • 80 30 Bank of France •• • • ...3020 ..3020 .•3020 ..3020 Belgian Bank ..• • • • • • • • •• • • 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660 Belgian Fives, 1840 •••• •• •• 104 .. 1041 .. 104 .. 1041 1842 • • 1 86 1 1061 .. 1061 • • 1061 Spanish Active • ...... •• . 30 .. 30 .. 30 • • 30 Threes •••••• • • ' • • • 33 .. 33 .. 33 • • 33 passive. ••.••• • • • • 5l .. 51 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 44 .. 44 .. 44 .. 44 Neapolitan •••••-• • • • • • • • • 98 .. 98 .. 98 • • 98 Rosaan RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ••••••• • • • • • • • 880 .. 880 .. 875 Versailles, E.B.— •••••• • • • • 370 .. 370 .. 370 L.B • • ....... •• • 236 25 .. 236 25 .. 23.5 Rouen • 950 .. 950 .• 950 Rouen to Havre •••••• • • • . • • 732 50 . • 732 50 730 .. 880 .. 370 .. 235 .. 950 .. 730 Orleans •••• Strasburg to Bale.• ........ 238 75 .. 238 75 .. 236 25 •• 237 50 Avignon to Marseilles...... 747 50 • 747 50 •• 740 •• 740 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF AUGUST. St. Germain .. Vtasailles, R.B. ••• • • • 370 .. 370 .. 370 370 L.B.•••••••••••• 237 50 237 N.. 232 50 •• 232 50 Rotten •• •••• •• ...... •••••• 960 .. 960 .. 950 .. 950 Rouen to Havre •• 730 .. 730 .. 727 50 .. 727 50 0r1ean5....... Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• •• •• 240 .. 240 Avignon to Marseilles• ..... 740 .. 740 . 237 50 •• 237 50 .. 740 •• 740 MORTALITY IN TIIE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the last week was not above the average, though the deaths caused by certain diseases still exceed those of the last five years. The increase is chiefly in small-pox, scarlatina, and typhus. In the list of deaths from consumption there is a consider able decrease, the average being 146, while last week it was only 116. The number of deaths by small-pox is stated to be 47, being 36 above the average, but we have no return of the numbers that were vaccinated, and the mortality table for the last week, and also the preceding week, is very defective in reference to the most terrible disease that ever afflicted the human race. The deaths from violence are thus stated : Fracture or contusion, 8 cases, of which 6 were by falls ; drowning, 5 cas es ; p o i son , 1 case ; hanging, 3 cases; suffocation, 2 cases; and burns, 1 case. Total, 15 males, and S rum alos. Tho otabc cf dm batometer and tnermometer require no notice, as we have given the daily observations in The Sun. According to the observations made at Greenwich, not a drop of rain had fallen during the last week. A YoUTR SitOT AT 13ATTERSEA-FIELDS.—on Saturday last, as a youth, named Daniel Evans ; in the lliw adjacent ling fi l e i l e d c employ of Mr. Wetness, a distiller, was driving a horse and cart in the road near Battersett-fields, he athlcknly received in his left cheek and jaw the coutents (shot) of t_ e a , h d e ! t sc t discharged by yardsb) a who The s y to e o n d th in w th e e s b l h a:d e states i tt s ec g t i that a : conveyed to Westminster Hospital, where Mr. Bowman, the d house surgeon, succeeded in extracting the shot, and individual be on as he s believesfa voura t b h l e y as to have expected. aimed T h e at a stray pigeon which had esca_ped from the pigeon shooting arena belouglifg to the Red House Tavern ; and as 1 10011 as he perceived the mischief he had done, escape through the arches of the South ampton railway, which he Was only a few yards from. A description of him hat been fortvarded to the police, DETERaIiNEi) SeiclDE or A I'EmALE.-- , —Yesterday Mr. Wakley, ALP. ; held an inquest at the Yorkshire Grey, Chque-walk ; Chelsea; on the body of Louisa Stonor, aged 22, an unmarried woman, From the CYI , dence of the witnesses :eiatninetl, it appeared that on ' Sunday night last deceased was standing with her ille gitimate child in her 'arms, near the river side ; and was talking cheerfully with several of' hek acquaintances, amongst them Wit the reputed father of the child, the parted with them at twelve o'clock, bade them geod night, and said she was going home, but in a few minutes she asked a boy to hold her baby, whilst she went on. The boy did es he was requested, and while holding the child he heard her raise a loud laugh; ,and then saw her rush Of the extrftiltk of the pi@r, and plunge itito the ! Water. A man in the barge saw her sink, and with assistance endeavoured to save her. Owing, however, to the darkness of the night, she was not seen to rise, and her body was not found until the next morning. None of the witnesses could give any reason for the deceased's suicide, as she was always of a cheerful disposition, did not suffer want. and had never shown signs of insanity. The Coroner, in summing up, asked the jury whether they could say, from the evidence they hod heard, that the deceased had destroyed herself whilst in a state of insanity. The jury were of opinion that the evidence was not satisfactory upon that point, and returned a ver dict that the deceased destroyed herself, but in what suite of mind there was no evidence to show. MONE IC AND COMMERCIALNEWS. eiTy, QUARTER TO THREE. There was more business doing yesterday in the Liver pool Cotton market, and full prices were realised, Sales 8,000 bales, of which about 1,500 are for export, com prising 300 Surat, and 1,200 American. The total sales were 400 Egyptian, at 6d to 9.1 ; 150 Bahia, at 6d ; 350 Maranham, at 4i r d to skd; 200 Pernam, at 6d to 5/1; 600 Surat, 3d to aid; and the rest American, at 3id to sid per lb.—Shares were rather dull. Chester and Holyhead, 6i; Eastern Counties, Registered, 13} ; Glasgow and Ayr, 58 ; Grand Junction, 218 ; Liverpool and Manchester, New, 36i ; Birmingham, 2181 ; Lynn and Ely, k • Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, a Bs. 9d. ; Midland, 106 ; North British, 3i ; Sou .h-Eastern, 38i ; Ditto, New, Paris and Lyons, 21. 7s. 6d. ; Paris and Rouen, 37t. A decision, given by the Commissioner of the Bir mingham District Court of Bankruptcy recently, demands peculiar attention, as it is the first time, we believe, that the law has been so settled upon the point raised. An insolvent, named Wood, having filed his petition, it was dismissed by the Learned Commissioner, on these grounds :—Firstly, that the insolvent had not resided for twelve months immediately preceding the filing of his petition ; and, secondly, that his domicile was not situated in the district of the Court ; for though he had himself been residing in England some time, his wife and family were now in France, and he had come over expressly to take the benefit of the Act. This was held to be contrary to the intention of the Legislature, and therefore the petiti on wa s dis missed. If ? this principle is held to be generally good, a great number of individuals who have been compelled to live abroad, mill be debarred the privileges which the recent changes in the law hold out to insolvents. We are entirely without arrivals from the colonies to-day of later dates than those before obtained. The Funds have been very heavy this morning owing principally to the settlement of the Consol Account now in progress. Stock has been borrowed, and the continuation is at one-sixteenth per cent. For Money the value of Consols has fallen from 98i. to 981, and for Account from 9£34 to 981. This afternoon the New Three-and•a-Half per Cents. will close for the calcula tions of the dividends, as well as the Three-and a-Half per Cents. Reduced. The Government brokers bought 5,000/. Reduced Three per Cents. at 991. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has fallen to 745., and Bank Stock is lower by per cent. than it was yesterday. In the Foreign Funds the business done to-day has been very trifling. Spanish Bonds are rather higher, the Actives being quoted at 22i I. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., however, fluctuated from 61* to 6'. Belgian Boads are heavy at 1021. Mexican are at 35k. and Colombian at 131. An improvement has taken place in the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Shares, in the Great Western Half Shares, and in the London and Birmingham. The other shares are generally rather lower than yesterday. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . (From the Official List) Bank Stock .... ................................. ...... 199% 193 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities % 9 ai 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuiti e s 3 54 per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lOl% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 97%34 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........... New 3% per Cent. Annuities 101343( 100% 101'% Long Annuities, Expire Mn Jan. 1860 1236 7-16 India Stock India 80nd5,1,000... .................. ............. ...... Ditto under 1,000 96 Bank Stock for Account • 199% 199 Consols for Account ........... ....... ........ Exchequer Bills, liid. 1346 1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• ...... •••••••••••• 75 i 4 pm. 500/............................ ............ 75 76 pm. Ditto 5ma11..„.„..,...~.., Ditto Advertised. .... .... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 102% Columbian Bonds. 13% Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B9 Mexican Bonds, 1 837, 5 per Cent. ...... 35% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 ~...,. 2234% Ditto Passive Bonds. ....... ...... ... ....... Ditto Three per Cent. ........"...... ....... Dutch 234 per Cents. ...... ............. ......... Dutch 5 per Cent 5............... ......... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PZR :SHAWL Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ......... 110 ...... .. to 109 Caledonian 6%74 to Chester and Holyhead Dublin and Cashel ... 2 34 7 14 to Eastern Counties ..... . ... ........ 23 ..«.«.. to Ditto New Register;cl .. ...... SI. 6s. Bd. Great Western . . ... 75 1373y .. to -,., ...),A, Ditto X Shares Ditto .11 ifths Loßdon and Birmingham Bit o g Shares London and Brighton .. ......... London and Greenwich ..... ....... 12% London and South Western 41% 84% ..,.. to Lynn and Ely.. Newcastle and Darlington Junct 2l .... ..... 48 Norwich and Brandon ....... ..... 4 South Devon 5 ..... .... 6% York and North Midland ......... 50 ........105 Ditto Selby Scrip 34%% % to ..... Paris .nd Orleans 2O to Parisand 20 to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 28.—We have had a dull market ; prices generally are lower, and little business done. Barnsley Junction, 31 ; Leeds. Dewsbury, and Manchester, prem. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 52i to 52.; Ditto, Quarters, 5-1 ; South- Eastern New, 11i ; Trent Valley, 98. MARKET NEWS.-( THIS DAY.) EAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 41; Useful ditto, 41 4s to 4/12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14s to 5/ ; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 11 8a ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ les per load. A. full average supply. and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.-Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 414 s ; Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 14s; fine Upland ditto, 41 15s to 513 s ; Clover Ilay, 4110 s to 61; Oat Straw, 11 78 to I 1 9s; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/15s to 4/4s ; Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 41 14 s t o 51; Clover lay, 41 15s to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to li lOs per load. Both flay and Straw moved off slowly, at the above quotations. New Meadow Hay sold at from 31 t) 41 ; and New Clover, 41 to 5/ 5s per load. MEAT MILILEETB. SOUTHALL, AUGUST 28.—The supply of each kind of fat stock on offer here to-day was, the time-of-year con sidered, good. Prime old Downs commanded a steady sale at fully last week's prices, but otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to ..3s 8d per Sibs. to sink the offal. Supply :—Beasts, 51 ; Sheep and Lambs, 3,412 ; Calves, 50 • Pigs, 60. ROMFORD, AUGUST 28.—Although the supply of stock this morning was rather limited, the general demand ruled inactive on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 32s ; quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 20a; and Mikh Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. LEWES, AUGUST 27.—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 28 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended August 24, 044, made up fmm the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englam, and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. Wheat...... ... 50s. 4d. 1 Oats ..«..... 20s. 46. 355. lOd ..... 335. 3d. f Rye ...... 365. lid I Pea5e..„..... 345. Od ♦VEAAGES OF THE LAST SIE WEEKS. Weeks ending ,WHEAT. SARUM! OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. !TEASE 37 3 37 4 36 34 2 33 7 34 0 July 20 54 1 27 52 Aug. 3 5l 0 10 4B 10 17 24 5O 4 34 5 34 2 34 4 O 34 6 34 6 33 3 21 5 20 10 20 3 20 1 20 0 W 4 36 4 37 7 33 9 37 1 37 6 34 7 35 9 35 0 35 11 35 7 36 8; 35 10 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS sls Cd. Oats I 34a. 2d Rye .... 365. Od.l Pea5e.........355. bd. DUTIES OW FOREIGN COEN. Wheat ..... les. Od. Oats ..... 6s. Odd 8ean5....... 7., 6d, I Barley .......... 4s. Od. Rye ..... 6d.1 Pease...". 7,6 d LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 29.—Wind, S.E., fresh breeze, and fine. DEAL, AuG. 28.—Wind, A.M. N.N.W. to E.N.E., P.M. E.S.E.—Arrd. Castle Lacklan, Bruce, Jamaica ; Eliza beth, Dinnel, Ballina ; Percival Foster, Hall, Memel ; Olive, Brown, Cuba. Arrd. from the River and sld. Elizabeth and Antoinnette, Batavia ; Prince of Wales, Hopkins, Calcutta ; Oscar, Wrangles, and Mary Rowe, Gable, Ichabee ; Emma Searle, Chambers, Prince Ed ward's Island. FALMOUTH, Auc. 28.—Wind, variable airs and light.— Off port 27th, Stag, Pearson, Matanzas; Sir John Mar shall, Paysheep, Virginia. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 28.—Wind, N.W., light.—Arrd. Leviathan, Weale, Galveston; Mary, Laing, Honduras. Std. Hashemy, Calcutta ; Mary Cousin, Ichaboe ; George Glen, Arthur, Ichaboe ; lona, Morrison, Ichaboe ; Ga zelle, Westerburg, Brazil ; Susan Drew, Page, Mobile ; Herries, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Royalist, Lawson, St. John's, New runswick ; Commerce, Man sell Richebueto ; Orbit, Larkin, and Ottawa, Duman, Quebec ; Margaret Ann, Cole, Newfoundland. DUBLIN, Atm 26 . —Sailed Antelope, Casey, Prince Edward's Island. WATERFORD, AUG. 26.- —Arrd. James, Reiley, Quebec. RAMSGATE, AUG. 28.—Sld. La Piedad, Riva de Sella. COWES, AUG. 28.—Arrd. Thames, Prince, Havannah ; Astrachan, Porter, New Orleans. OFF SALCOMBE, AUG. 27.—Murat, Boling, New York, for Amsterdam. SWANSEA, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Jessie Anderson, Mor rison, Valparaiso. Sld. Appleton, Cuba. LEITH, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Conqueror, Gleig, Montreal. MILFORD, AUG. 27.—The Friendship, from Aber dovery to Newport, which was run ashore in Martin's Haven, 25th inst., got off last night, and has been brought here, with part of forefoot knocked away. OFF MARGATE, AUG. 27.—Cordelia, Havannah. NEWPORT, AuG. 27.—S1d. James Edward, Charles ton; Lord Althorp, Miramichi. SALCOMBE, AUG. 27.—The Eliza and Mary, of Poole, Lock, is ashore at Newfoundland. HULL, AUG. 28.—Sld. Julie, Bruscovitz, China. ALDBOROUGH, AUG. 28.—The Neptune, from Dantzic, full of water and abandoned, was passed, 22d inst., by the Brant, arrived off. KINGSTON, NEAR ARUNDEL, AUG. 26.—A bottle, Con taining a paper with the following information upon it, was picked up off this yesterday :—" On a raft off the Bermudas, made from the wreck of the Thunder, of Ply mouth, caught in a gale on the 22d of June last ; aban doned on the 25th ; two hands lost and one child pas senger. Pity us unfortunate souls." This is addressed to Mr. Edmunds, 52, Crawford-street, London. A GOOD SHOT.—On the first day of the grouse shooting season, 0. A. Baker Cresswell, Esq., shot, on the Altyre Moors, Inverness-shire, the property of Sir Wm. Gordon Cumming, Bart., fifty-five brace, the next day, forty brace, and the third day, thirty-three brace ) making, in all, two hundred and fifty-six birds.—Tyne Mercury. THE AFFAIRS OF EGYPT. TRIESTE, AUG. 18.—A letter from Alexandria, of the 6th of this month, gives the following particulars of the secret events in Egypt : " Several governors of the provinces and district ma gistrates (Scheck Beleh) have made representations, both in Cairo and Alexandria, of the miserable condition of the Fellahs ; and the Consul of Cairo reported to Ibrahim Pacha, at Alexandria,—First, that the Fel lahs in all the villages were in the most wretched con dition. Second—That the public works for which the people were not paid, and received no food, have in creased their misery in the most frightful manner, and have caused emigration. Third—That the land can not be cultivated, and the harvest be got in, if the Fel lahs are driven from village to village, and we are to pay penalties, &c. Fourth—That the governors and sheiks are no longer able to check the evil, and, there fore, require that a report be made to the Viceroy, and that the debt of 75,000 francs, due by the villages, shall be remitted them." The Consul of Alexandria hesitated to lay this melan choly account before the Pacha, who had but lately recovered from an indisposition. On a visit which Mehemet Ali paid to his daughter, she ventured to speak to him on this subject. On this he saw nothing but treachery around him, resolved to abdicate, to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, and declared he would have the head of the traitor, whom he did not name. On the 26th of July he went to the country seat of Moharran 13ey, where he refused to see anybody, even his children and grandchildren, and when Sami Pacha appeared be fore him with a request that he would admit Ibrahim Pacha, he fell into a rage, and drove him away in such a manner that he trembled all over for twenty-four hours after. On the 27th he set out for Cairo, accompa nied by his physician. On the whole way he spoke little ; at Cairo he could see nobody, and frequently uttered the word " traitor." The Consuls of the Five Great Powers presented a note to Artim Bey, inquiring to whom the Viceroy had confided the Go vernment during his pilgrimage, to which only a verbal answer was given. The Viceroy is said to be now more calm at Cairo, and. to receive everybody. He has sum moned Ibrahim Pacha, and several great men to delibe rate on the state of the country. Ibrahim Pacha set out on Friday, and ought to have arrived in Cairo on Sunday, or yesterday, but the mail from Alexandria, which was impatiently looked for, brought word that be had not arrived at Cairo on Sunday evening. One of the Consuls, not satisfied with Artim Bey's ♦erbal an swer, demanded one in writing, on which Artim Bey declared in a note that the health of his Majesty, which required his journey to Cairo, was re-established, and the Viceroy himself again directed the affairs of the Government. " All seems to be over, but we cannot be quite easy till we know the result of the deliberations at Cairo. Mehemet Ali, by his mad conduct, has greatly exposed himself, and thrown great discredit on this part of his life. The Consuls of the Great Powers have acted with energy. They have sent for ships of war to protect the Europeans at Alexandria. An English corvette has al ready arrived. The Viceroy must be convinced that the Powers will not look on with indifference if he en dangers the tranquillity and safety of the country. He is old, and his intellectual faculties are much impaired. The best thing he could do would be to resign the go vernment to his son Ibrahim." GREAT PUGILISTIC CONTEST FOR 2001.—Yesterday the long-pending fight between Simmonds (of Birming ham) and Smith (the Chequer lad) came off below Gravesend. These men met on a previous occasion, with a view of settling their differences, but were com pelled to make retreat in consequence of magisterial in terference ; on this occasion, a steamer was provided for conveying the combatants and their respective friends to the locality selected for the fight, and which left Hunger ford-market completely crowded with the sporting fancy. These men had acquired considerable merit as pugilists, and from the amount of stakes and the heavy betting, great excitement was created in the sporting arena. Smith received from his opponent 201. for allowing choice of ground ; and the parties having arrived at their desti nation, a ring was roped and staked (at this time there was about font' thousand spectators), and betting to a very considerable amount took place between the Birmingham and Landoll fancy, Simmonds bein g th e f avour i te. All preliminaries being arranged, the men made their ap pearance in the ring and shook hands together, testifying there was no ill-feeling between them beyond the pos session of the stakes, and then putting themselves into a fighting position, they immediately commenced war, with much severity, and displaying great courage and science. When 40 minutes had elapsed, it was quite Manifest that Simmonds had an advantage over his op ponent ; they kept up the encounter for 1 hour and 34 minutes, when the friends of Smith, despairing of any chance of winning, withdrew their man from the contest, and Simmonds was declared the victor. The weight of the combatants was (upon going to scale) 9st. 101 b. each; they appeared in fine condition, and exhibited great muscular form. Large sums of money were transferred to Birmingham on this occasion. Tut limit STATE TRIALS.—MEETING OF THE JUDGES.— (Tins DAL) This morning at twelve o'clock, being the hour appointed for the assembling of the Twelve Judges of England, to consider privately their views and opinions upon the writ of error brought by Mr, O'Connell and others, in the House of Lords, a few minutes before that hour the several Judges, with their usual characteristic punctuality, began to arrive at the residence of the Lord Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas, Sir Nicolas Conyngliam Tindal, No, 43, Bedford square. The first to arrive was Chief Baron Sir F. Pollock, who was immediately afterwards follow ed by Lord Denman, , Mr. Justice Alderson, and the whole of the other Judges of the Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer. The consultation of the Learned Per sonages, it was understood, was immediately entered upon, and none of the Judges had taken their departure at the hour of writing (one o'clock). THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—AII the provin cial papers, received this morning, give most favourable accounts of the prospect of the harvest. The weather everywhere is most propitious. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—The contractors broke ground at Marshall Meadows, on Monday, in large force, and were visited by IltHilerOUS persons from Berwick. — Tyne Mercury, SPORTING INTE LIGENC% . EGHAM RACES—YESTERDAY. 0 The last day at Egham, with tie Queen's rhae,, leading feature, has usually delighted in that 'r eo abused adjective "grand," and hitherto has been tl ,ively patronised by " the million." We cannot SI , such was the case yesterday ; by an alteratioß_ customs: y order of running, the Queen's Plate vi Surrey tnd Middlesex Stakes changed days, ! li e d 'atter, owing to some untoward and unloo` o i circumstances, having proved an entire failure, th e o nothing in the list at all calculated to attract el sporting or " miscellaneous" public. In coy the attendance was not much more 11 ° — t than on Tuesday ; the sport was inferior the betting flat beyond parallel. In .1 0 , 1 1 7 j the managers, we should add, that they they could to make sport, and if they did net , 5 0 w tte extent of their wishes, they have the sat w ,l ~f knowing that their exertions were appreel s, o , those on whose behalf they officiated ; as an 01 , 3 ,. proof we may mention that the stewardship O b . ' year has been accepted by Sir Charles Sling s , 4: Fel:x Booth, and James Ramsbottam, Esq., and '# veral names are down for the handicap. Tbs td commenced at two o'clock, and, by a little b e 11 serl ance of time than marked the proceedings 013 day, was got through by five. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added, b , l o / County Members. The winner to be sold for 2 u" &c. Heats, one mile. (6 Subscibers.) Mr. Coleman's Devil-among-the-Tailors, 5 yrs, I Bst 111 b (Coleman) Mr. Belchin's Epaulette, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b ......... Mr. M‘Ghie's Arethusa, 3 yrs, Est 91b ......... Lord G. Bentinck's Alva, 3 yrs, Est 91b ...... ! sn i The first heat was one by a length, the sec' three, and the third by two. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, of 25 sor 15 ft, and 5 only if declared ; with 50 added' miles and a distance. (16 Subs., 12 of whom derZ) Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ( 7- „ , Mr. S. Scott's The Whaler, 4 yrs, 7st 41b........ 6 to 4 on Pine Apple, who waited on the light bf and after a show of a race for a few strides W OO a length. The Whaler ran out a little near the t s r: The Egham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added; d i 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 6 yrs 9st 11b. Mares,, &c., allowed 31b. Horses ths'e,;( started twice and not won, allowed Mb. Winners, Heats, one mile and a half. (8 Subs.) , Mr. Osbaldestone's Esrick, 3 yrs (Pigott) ' Mr. Thompson's g by Hindoo, 5 yrs Mr. 9 Rush's ch g by Plenipo, 4 yrs Lord G. Bentinck's Proof Print, 5 yrs Mr. C. Brooke's Dean Swift, 6 yrs _ _ Lord Verulam's fby Economist, out of Co- o Ii rumbia, 3 yrs The first heat was won in a canter by two leil d the Corumbia filly a bad third. The second bp won cleverly by a length ; Hindoo a respectable will) The Royal !Juke Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 fti ve pi added for the beaten horses, Gaper, Hashed, id , and Red Deer, were handicapped, but the having declined to run, the race was off. A i The Runnymede Stakes on Tuesday was • -51 Messrs. King and Coleman. No change in the St. Leger betting. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) , HUNTINGDON RACES—WEDNEs IO IO The Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, the winner , for 4004, &c. Once round and the mile. ( 9 pi) Ld. Sandwich's b c by Liverpool, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ( Lord Exeter's Pergolaria, 3 yrs, 7st 21b............ Mr. Booth's Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, Bst 91b •••", The Huntingdon Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 2 9 50 1, heats, last mile. Winner to be sold for 1 (8 Subs.) I Colonel Peel's Seaweed, 3 yrs, ist 101 b ...... ( 514/ 1 Ld Miltown's Bourra Tomacha, 4 yrs, Bst 51b 4 Mr. Fellowes nd ch g by Glaucus, 4 yrs, Bst s'" Mr. Thornhill nd fby Achmet, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ••• $ Mr. Ongley's Fame, 6 yrs, 9st 31b .... . .............. The winner was claimed. The Members' Plate of 501. Winner to be sold f ct &c. Heats, once round. Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, 9st 51b ...(Butler) $ Lord W. Powlett's Eclogue, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b..• g Mr. Phillimore's Syntaxina, 6 yrs, 9st ......... 4 Of Mr. Wesley's Garomna, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb ......... i d eso l; o 4 The Polka Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 ..fou mile, were won in two heats by Col. Peel's od 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Nat), beating Mr. Booth's O' e r yrs, 7st 21b. THE SPBYNX BOAT-RACE.bf: The gentlemen of this highly respectable Cl ll o o day rowed a very pretty scullers' race, ft o s silver challenge sculls and a very handsome P bijou. The water selected for the contest ,Tele0;) Chiswick Eyot to Kew-bridge ; and the ge l ' to y an early hour in the afternoon, left the Messr s ' o ,o? /V accompanied by their eight-oared cutter Ana s ,be boats, for the starting-place. Subjoined ar e iicli of the competitors, with the order in W came in : 1 Messrs. Muxworthy ........................ Fencham ........................... 5 Reid ' 4 Adams The start was well effected, and the whole Df,,041 went off prettily together; Mr. Muxworthy t oo l and retained it throughout, winning by about 0 ' l io d ri Mr. Fencham was second at the start, and bel t, first mile and a half, sharply pressed by 34 1 4 0 ,ft they then became scull and scull for a few strol„ t il Mr. Adams led him by half a length for a mit; i o but was unable to maintain it, and Mr. F01....e1.. A 0,71 took up the second place, which he kept- ju b9 / shortly afterwards fell astern, Mr. Reid rowlif bf ill Adams rowed in the out-rigged wherry, v v , l ti t re derstand, in other respects, is dissimilar to to men's in its construction. CITY CHAMBERLAIN '10? TO THE WORTHY AND INDEP— C ' I '' LIVERY OF LONDON. . 0 tb s oi GENTLEMEN,—A vacancy having occurrea" of portant and h onoura bl e o ffi ce of Chanihert i " ° forri City, I venture to announce myself a candidstercise favour, when you shall be called upon to e xe isie franchise in the election of a successor to tol friend, the late Sir William Heygste, Bart. r, In earnestly soliciting your support at Wore election, I beg leave respectfully to state 01 %1 0 01 Liveryman of this, my native City ; the 'it grandson of Liverymen—that within this Cl l es sio ° ,o trained to the laborious and honourable Pr°, 4 r which lam engaged—that for upwards of, „at'l4lol I have been a member of your ancient C °,. 14 4 , 1 and during twenty- three years of that period $ b9 vi of London—and that, having served the offi ees . o - 0 0 (111 00 and Lord Mayor, I am now, with the exel t . ,, i- t err, esteemed ,friend, Sir Claudius Stephen IP" - o ft SENIOR member of the Court of Aldermen- 0 , I f e Thus long and intimately connected with 1, ° , 4 0 0 1 myself upon your kind consideration, gratified "Jiro flection that the office which I solicit involves fl It 9 0 question, and while respectfully adverti4pfbicili punctuality, diligence, and impartiality w it .. .. e b 4 1 0 has been my constant endeavour to disells7, o oP h icli gisterial duties, beg to assure you, that D t o S Y , A # I your suffrages be elevated to the statioltrofeoni I aspire, I shall relinquish mY P be et lte le pursuits, in order that my energies los) . I lir" devoted to your service.—With much resPeA ti 4 honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and devot.-soics ANTHON Y Mincing-lane, Aug. 29, 1844. Cr ) Cr e6° ~44. BRUSSELS, AUG. 26.—The progressl ve e d siVA the railway receipts, which has been obser c t he n beginning of this year, has not stopped of July. The total receipt, which in c* S o d 983,000 francs, rose in July to 1,092, 023 fra.Ted tP , 0 1 ) for the unfavourable weather which preYsl welly o f the whole month, the increase would ha moods greater. The total receipt in the first sev e n t out i ip: t 1843 was 4,419,142 francs ; in the first Sevletlell9,ov:, 1844, 6,050,595 francs. The number of 1 4 , 15 . 1 ) , same period was, in 1843, 1,599,000 ; in 18 0 . The quantity of goods conveyed 001 91 j 134,583,536 kilogrammes ; in 1844, grammes. SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF ShttGa .-- f01 , ‘", / ROCHESTER, AUG. 26.—At the Rocbeste so r t, $.5 or this day, Mr. Francis Higginson, Lient, en t chief officer of the coast-guard stationeaswi.otion this Le' peared before the Mayor of this city,A ir ; go 44r to prefer a charge of smuggling agaln s "he Ac%a ; 1 4 Russell, a waterman of Chatham, under t 5 1 0 - liament 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 53, setoer for the Prevention of Smuggling. The prying p" ell; brought up from the station-house, h il r e ter ° • fined since Saturday night, was taken by oc Pir v e° $ e lott t a boatman of the coast guard, about el ess ess bos-e night of the 24th instant, having in h is P froro ure ti t iir and two hampers, which be was landing 0 sec e the Sun-hard, Chatham. The propertY ro ot be R A the coast guardsman, and locked up in ta ken Sun-hotel, and the prisoner was e fficer to iS, o Lieutenant Eigginson, when till" h o the prisoner if the hamper an d et do.'" Obey spirits ; if they did not, lie should a 4 the ~i!'o as he was bound to be very . jealou . s, ; 01 joi . C ei r er of the subject. The prisoner said be diattsbore they contained, as he had brought then' d o so o f • ) Hussar hulk, he having been induced t° of Dr. Ferrier, and the gun-room2.te,:roettlio-0,, Majesty's ship Thunder, Commander the Dlisirb ship was lying alongside the Hussar, 17_ 00 0 r. f 10;0 The prisoner, on being informed by L e l : I -tern ° -4 , 1 son that he must be detained, made a cc t% g , vfi u ro induced Mr. Higginson, on Sunday ro a n u er on board the Thunder, and see the comma nd , ta tio_P A „ ) ii i . jeet, and the prisoner was confined at T e ' vis ra . or tt iev oe On board the Thunder, the gri n -room sl. ive l t re !"..1- 9 ,0 giving the prisoner the box containing in ital:•0111_3 foreign Geneva, and hampers costae _°!.. 0 °;h0 . 1., ; i ;d bottles of port wine and sherry, to t " of th e ljvt;ra? to had been given to him by the doctor the s te b o g , the doctor admitted giving the same 'f el and to orilito denied knowing anything of the ! sun d s i v. leaving the vessel. The property, e ou_ f - t his c l i t T oilid i s was deposited in the Custom-house iubas it)to prisoner, who is a married ma?, a A 5 next ; sl3°.rded children, was remanded till Friday frT o . meantime, the depositions taken are to t heir d eci P the Board , of Customs in London tt re d ' THE MURDER AT HIGH EIGII,IO retarr sh duals, Jefferson and Fleck, who, th 0; were witnesses on the inquest _d e r o now in custoiy, charged with the Eau. t c , ), O i n t " tho ilblggll7ou--13' Tyne Mercury.