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1 • G HUNARY. :Nowsreq.dy, in 2 v 01 5 .., 21 - ":4. bouhd, M"g4kgA7.IzIK,A,4ICLSAnyMEMOIRS ittinprAirre-nli .and interesting Details of 'E.t.a', WAR IN HUNGARY. With an Historical Introduction by FRANCIS PULSZKY. " Madutne Pulgify's narrative min& fail to excite an interest in all classe readers.'!—Edin burgh Review. " No more interz•s•ing contribution could have been offered to the history of the Hangarian revolution than these br illiant and touching volumes. • They the ,slue of what is historical, and the fas cination of What is romantic."—Sun. HenryAolburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 1 ADI.LE. FIOKENTINI. lu compliance wkth the general d sire. Makille. FIORENTINI has been engaged to appear on the FAIMWELI. NIGHT on SATUR DAY .m=ust HER AIAJES'rY'S THEATRE. FAREWELL NIGHT. 1 tie FAREWELL and CONCLUDING SIGHT of the SEASON will re Wen on SATURDAY, August 21, when will be presented Donizett,'s Opera, LA FTGLIA. DEL REGGIMENTO. Marie, Madame Sontag ; Sulpisio Sergente, ig;Dr F. Lablache; Corporate, Signor Ferrari ; Tonto, Signor Gardoni. To be preettled by the grand Scena nom Vtrdt's Opera, I DUE FOSC)111. I ucrezia, Mdlle. Pcrodi T+.e Doge,Signor Coletti. After the Ope a the National Anthem wUI be sung by the whole strength of the Company. To be followed by the grand Scena from Weber's Dramatic Opera of DE It YREISCI UTZ. Agatha, Moen , . Fiu7entint. • Alter which a Selection trout Cimarosa's admired Opera, entitled IL MATRI MON I 0 SEG REV/. I'min:4 Signor Calzolari ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Oeronimo, Signor Lablachs. In the Course of the Evening, Madlle. Florontini will sing, in the National C.,atume, the c,lebrated Cancion Espanol°, La Calesera. With various Entertamments in the Balet Department, com bining the talent§ of Madlle. A malia Ferraris, Madlie. Petit ete phan, )I:utlles. Julien, Rosa, Lamoreux, Aussanden, and 31. Charles, &c., Ice.. tpplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box °Mee of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Wid be presented the Last Act of Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LANI3IER3IOOIt. Lucia, • Miss Cathrine Hayes; Edgard°, .31r. Sims Beeves. .Lf er which Roseini's celebrated Opera of IL DARBIERE Rosina, Madame Sontag : I l Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Calzolari ; Figaro, Signor ColettL; Istvan°, Signor F. Lablache ; Bartolo, S gnor. Labische.. • In the Lessen SCene Madame Sontag will sing Bode's celebrated variation's. To be followed by a Divertieserwmt, in which ]Sallie. Amara Fermis appear. To be followed by the Last:Act of • E gANI. To conclude with the P.a'l t, by 31. P. Taglioni, LE PLAISIBS DE L'invEn. In whi6h Madlle. A. Ferraris, and 31. Charles will appear. Applications Thr-Boxes, Stalls, and 'l:clew to be made at the Box Nice of the Theatre. 4 ROYAL ItALEAN OrEIZA, COVE NT-OA/WES. Last Night but One of the Season. !HIS EVE.NEING. Will tic/ prodeeed, Bellini's e.iebrated Opera, NOR A. To be followed by Donizet Li's . Opera, L'ELTSItt D'AMORE. Composer, Director of the Mnsic, and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE KOVAL, HAY MARKET. Mr. R. - WebAter. Sole LeFsee and Manager. Old Rrompton. For aiew. nighti onl; , Adelnhi i'ornpany and Adeiphi Pieces. MR. WRIGHT'S BENEFIT. THIS EVENING. Will be_ performed the Craned:, - of PAUL PRY. Harry Stanley. Mr. Doykie; IVitherton. Mr. Cullentord ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lam bert; Paul Pry,"Mr. Wright; Marian. Misa Harding. To be followed by TUE Self CALFEELDS WEAV Atter which an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO. stEs - rtc ECONOMY. John Grtunly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grnmly, Mrs. F. Matthews- • To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY Characters by Messrs, Wr:ght, ;Seaford, Worrell; Mies Harding, and Mrr. F. Matthews. • ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Bing-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, Old Bond-street MRS. P.kNNY KEMBLE*3 I , EADISOS OF r HAKSPEARE. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce, that owing to the distinguished and increasing success of Mrs. Fanny Kemble's Read ings, they wilt be farther continued To-Morrow Evening, and a Morning dleiviing (pos:tively the last), Os Monday. August 26. The Plays are selected In oonausion of Mrs. Fanny Rembic's present engagement in London. TO-MOR now EVENING Sbakspeare's Play of " Richard the Second." And the last Reading on Monday Morning, August 26, Henry the Fourth. Part I. ' Morning 'Readings at Half-past Two. Evening Reading to commence at half-past Eight o'clock precisely. SLAP, 7s. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 35.; Amphitheatre, 2s Privv to Boxes Ole Gaines, One Guinea and a.half, and Iwo Guineal. isolez and Sulk mac be secured at Mr. Mitchell's ieoyal Library, 33, Old ; Mr. Sams' Royal Library, at. James's-street ; Messrs. E ben', Andrews', ilookhonf A licroft's, Leader and Cock's, Cliap;•ell'.. Hammond's, and' 011ivlees Libraries, Bond-strec t ; Cra. mer'o, and theCarltoa Library, Regent-street; and at the Itox-ofllca of the Theatre, which i - open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLEY'A ROYAL AMP iIIT PIE.% TItE. rroprtetor and Manacer, Mr. W. Batty. Thobese, ventilated Theatre in London. Crowdeldrouscs. to wimess the attractive and magnide.ent Spectacle of watt brilliant novelties In the Wonders of the wren t, gm= the 11200 varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. TUN P.VENING, Will he produced t'rl Byron 's Ron:v. - All SDect , cle of MAZEPPA snit tha Ifni) HORSE. Slikzeppa, Mr. N. T. 'Leis. To he sciteetieti- by en Mitnitshie Display of Batty's Feats of I:qui' salon tn.-the Cirque Olympinne. To.cmeluile.With.the favourite ..ifterpleee of JACK JUNK. i•pou From Eleven till Four fki:X-,te Manager. Mr. W. Waal.. • ader •th,e Patronage of her Most, Gracious Majesty, his Royal Righaviss Prince. Albert, &a. Ste. ROYAL itIRREY ZOOLOGIC A.r. GARDEN'S. OVEN every , XONDAY, .TUEADAY, WEDNESDAY, and T I itiltml ) , CV. Another splendid Elephant. Promenade Concert, conducted by Mr. tlodfrey—Select Programme •—• • sf Aneicra and Modern Music. Prodigious Success of the entirely 'new4nottelled Dloramlc Pic ture repreaetiting the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army ! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving rigures.the size of life.. Modelled, rainted, and produced by Mr. Denson and , oit , ,...es3isteel by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has ocenoled the Messrs. Dan Son for many months, and it iS confidently submittal to the l'ubl.e as a chef-d'murre of art, and not Inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable. Prescritst o , n the Queen. The Musical Department is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer or the gratification of the Subscribersand ; the Public, the mo , t Splendid Military itand in the Kingdom ! I from the Rands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most ern'nent Artistes in the profession. The following list of eigagements will, It is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will he fully maintained! The Repertoire of Music will be meat exttn.ive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Lazarus, Pro.perre, Egerton, Crozier, Webb, Ilo:t, Durirw the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the celetorated Picture by David, of Ilitonaparte CrossingitheAlps Showing a general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernerd and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is.rirst seen "en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, Ind amid the clash of Military Rands and Martial Musi,, the Troops onamence the Ascent. The Soldiers are teen dragging the Artillery in ?sinks ot Ts ees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most 'ferrite Ravine., but nll (litliculties are overcome, I.nd the Gallant - Army Is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile plains of Italy. The whole to conclude wtth a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrr. Souttl , y, intr. ...liming, amongst various novelties, the most admired few( Wartlike of former seasons, jets Wean, water rockets, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency fifty - sect in height, painted by 2,:e.Ars. Dan ion, representing Himan:ire en Horseback cheering oa his Troops, surrounded by warrke emb:ems, insignia of hononr, nags, trophies, &e., amidst a cerruse.ttion of various coloured Area. . . the complicated and difficult maelinery, and the erection of the picture tinder the direction at Di r. Thus LO'Ve. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. Hotcherby and Mica', 23, Kin,;-street, Covrnt garden. Admi , lslon, A. WWI wAI'ER Al LoN:ioN MO DAT —Morning 45 min. after 1 I r:ve•un_ min. after 2 112-sfoalow-51caning 19 rain. aiter 2 I Evening 37 inin..x.fter 1 TIE WEATHER.— Su:i Or - r•lcp, AVOUST 22. TIIISIZIONIKTER, IN THE SIIADF.. 04—highest since noon yesterday. 39 —lowest this morning and during the night. 62 ilia day, at noon. BAROMXTER, 2983. Wne7.) S.W.—moderate breeze and tine. 4 th‘ 4.4-•••• • cr . kentaly LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1850. Experimental improvements in the Royal Navy of England are, of all things, to our thinking, the most obstruCtive to its development. Against changes of this dubious character we have invariably argued as against a system injurious to the service, and, in the higheit degree, detrimental to its interests. Never the less, while we can never cease to oppose all such vo latile.schemes of innovation, we must, at all times, sontinue equally energetic in the advocacy of those plans which appear to be calculated to secure to the maritime' power of Great Britain an ex'ension of its general efficiency. Arnorg these, perhaps, the most conspicuous, and, unquestionably, one of the most important, is th© adoption of the screw as an auxiliary in navigation. Ever since the first glimmering of the advantages arising from that contrivance became perceptible, we have persisted in forcing the subject upon the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Now, therefore, that those advantagcs are no longer in any respect suposititious, having, on the contrary, by reitetated trials, been rendered apparent to the most obtuse and hesitating comprehension, it is not to be supposed that we shall cease to argue upon the sub ject until such time as its reasonableness shall have been - practically acknowledged by the Government. ilapi;ily. there is no great improbability that such may be. the case, intimations heaving been afferded of late of an intentien on the iJart of the Executive to fart e. !Ira this f luke, throesjout most of our dockyards. At a moderate calculation, we may expect beforennany years have elapsed to witness the employment of the screw-power by all the vessels of war sailing under the British standard. That such a consummation would more than anything else tend to enhance the maritime furce of the empire cannot be for un- instant questioned by those who have taken everna , superficial view of its operation. When it is considered that, by the adoption of the screw in przferer.f.e In the psd , ilt -box, our ves.els will he en hled to have full and uninterrupted broadsides, that they may be more readily fitted, likewise, with complete sailing power, that they cannot in action be so easily disabled, that they will prove less unwieldly and better able to receive all proper equipments, the benefits arising from the improvement we have so long and erergetically advocated, will be perceptible beyond the limits of opposition. Prominent among those advantages (accruing to our ships of war from the use of the screw instead of the lever) which have been hitherto almost entirely overlooked, is the capacity thereby afforded of secur ing greater symmetry in proportion, and consequently greater strength, efficiency, and durability. This circumstance is strikingly demonstrable by a com parison of the " Niger" and the " Basilisk." From the official statement gie en as to the condition of those vessels, It appears that the one fitted out with the screws is no less t'aan Dingy five tons lighter in the hull than the one fitted out with the lever. This difference is explained by Captain Muss's]) to have arisen from the following distinction— namely, that the shaft re quired for driving a screw is situated in the lowest, and there fore the strongest part' of a vessel, thereby removing the necessity for applying any extra strengthening, whereas the shaft necessary for work a lever is situated in the highest and weakest part of a vessel, rendering it essential, of course, to support it with a vast quantity of extra strengthening, besides causing an enormous strain florn the greater weight of the paddlewheels. None of these considerations, we maintain, should be depre ciated in importance by those upon whom devolve the responsibilities of increasing the efficiency of the navy of England. Another fact in connexion with these same corvettes, the Niger and the Basilisk, is likewise deserving of especial mention, tending as it does to illustrate the superior advantages of the system we desire to see universally adopted. Bear ing in mind the circumstance that the screw-vessel the Niger is exactly of the same size and power as her sister paddle-vessel the Basilisk, it is surely a sue grisiog evidence of superiority on the part of the former (Eat she can carry no less thin fourteen guns, while the latter is restricted to merely six—not half the number ! A multitude of equally startling contrasts between the results of using the screw and lever might be adduced, all tending to show the folly of not henceforth entirely repudiating the old . system, and adopting in its stead an invention fraught with so many and such inestimable conveniences. Fortu nately, however, the necessity of doing this in an abbreviated manner in these columns is ob viated by the appearance of a work upon the subject now under discussion, in which the question of establishing a perfect screw fleet is considered in its entirety.* Already we have had the satisfaction of quOting from this valuable and in telligent publication, in a previous sentence, in which we mentioned the name of its author as our au thority. A reference to the bsok itself will present the whole theme at once to the reader's judgment, divested of all difficulties and obscurities, and sepa rated into four chapters of great lucidity both in logic and arrangement. After taking into ac count the full• powered screw-ships, and contrasting these with auxiliaries, Captain lIALSTED demonstrates by irrefragable arguments the peculiar recommenda tions of the screw for mail contract service, and while discoursing on the forms of the screw ships of the navy vindicates the possibility of restoring the most ineffective. One remarkable observation made to. wards the commencement of this excellent volume is deserving of especial remembrance, epitomising as it does the distinction between the screw ship and the paddle steamer ; it is this, that " whereas the one will sail best without her paddles, and paddle best without her sails—the other will screw the fastest with her sails, and sail the fastest with her screw." Of itself', that brief and epigrammatic sentence is a pa negyric sufficiently powerful and judicious to enlist the sympathies of all at once on the side of our che rished argument. It is another and a brilliant testi mony of the worth of a system essential to the wel fare of our naval armaments—so essential, indeed, that we shall not cease demanding it until its com plete adoption by the Admiralty. " The Sere v Fleet of the Navy. Dedicated by per mi,-ion to the Right Hon. Sir F. T. B.iring, Burt., M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty." By E. P. Halsted, Esq., Captain R.N.. pp. 150. Stmikin , blarsldl, and Co., London: 1;.•,50. We had hoped that the session of 1850 would not have closed without an attempt being made to place upon the statute•book a measure for the reform of the laws relating to lunatics and insane persons. That without some such measure of reform, it is a mere mockery to talk of the liberty of the put ject has been abundantly proved. Hew can we boast of pos sessing liberty of the subject when every subject in the realm only holds his liberty at the mercy of two apothecaries, who can at any time secure his incarceration in an asylum where, according to the rules laid down by the Commis sioners, he must remain fur six months at least de barred from all association with sane people before he can he liberated ? The necessity of some measure of reform to prevent the present law from being used as a duress to compel persons of property to make a certain disp , sitien of such property, has been proved ever and over again before our courts Of justice; and the indefatigable investigations of Mr. Possum., the worthy and excellent Chair man of the Gloucestershire Quarter Ses sions, have shown how utterly useless is the superintendence of the Commission, at the head of which is my Lord AbBLEY, to secure humane and proper treatment for the unfortunate lunatics con- Hued in an asylum, and how easy it is fur the pro- prietor of an asylum to obtain for those Commis sioners a series of certificates of good conduct, whilst all the time the most atrocious cruelties are being practised upon the unfortunate patients. It is not from a want of a knowledge of these facts, it is not from any feeling of lulu warmness, that the friends of the cause of lunacy reform in the Ilouse of L )rds have abstained, during the present session, from introducing any measure to effect the great object they have in view. A measure was prepared, and would have been introduced and brought to ma 4 urity, ha•d it not been fur the unfortunate illness of Lord COTTEZ:HAM and of Lord LYIND rfUrVT, both of whom were in favour o± some amend ment of the present law, and from both of whom the most valuable assistance was expected. The health of Lord CUTTENH.tM still continues in a precarious condition, but Lord LYND. nuns; who, during the greater part of the session has been suffering from blindness, has, we are happy to say, nearly, if not entirely, recovered his sight, and will no doubt in the course of next session render much valuable assistance to those en gaged in seeking a reform of the lunacy laws. Tne Duke of BEWORT, whose experience as a magistrate of Gloucestershire has convinced him of the necessity of a reform of these laws, and who presented the other day a petition to the House of Lords on the subject from the Alleged Lunatics' Friend So ciety, bill, we hope, undertake to draw their Lordships' attention to the out j ct in the course of next session. The Ei.rl of ELLENBOROUGH is also, we believe, well disposed towards the cause of'a reform in these laws, and we hope the present Lord Chancellor, following the example of his illustrious predecessor, will also render his assistance. On the whole we are of opinion that the friends of a reform in the laws of lunacy have lost nothing by the non-introduction of a m , a , ure during the presen? session. Every day brings to light facts calculated to prove the no. cessity of some measure of reform, and every fact brings to our ranks converts from among the rich and powerful of the laod. We hope, and we believe, that early next session a Bill will bs introduced into the House of Lords for the amendment of the laws relating to lunatics and lunatic asylums, and will be carried. MR. BARON PAREE.--A t ihe Chesfrr ASS;ZCP, a case came on before Baron Parke, in the Nisi Prins Court, which several of the witnesses spske the Cheshire dialect very broadly, so much so th a t th e counse l engaged were quite at fault in properly understanding what Bras said. His Lordship, however, seem e d t o understand the brogue quite well, and explained to the counsel and the jury what the witnesses meant as they proceeded. In summing up the case he expressed his sa:isfaction at being able to give the infor mation in question, and explained the reason of his thorough acquaintance with the dialect, whi c h h e :a id was i n conse quence of his having spent cern tears of his life in Mac ciesfiold, a period to which he often looked back with min-- gled feeli , !zs of pleasure and regret. The Learned Judge, then Mr. James Parke, was educated at the Macclesfield Free Grammar School; where he_ was entered a pupil in 1792, under 111 , ! , Dr. Da C!...1.efe7 C2s:rc. , 7q. • - THE SUN, LONDON, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals cf yesterday. The Moniteur publishes the following telegraphic dispatch "Be:arc m, Aug. 19, r M. " The review of tte National Guard of the troops of the line, in the Champ de Mars, was magnificent. The President passed through the city on horseback, and was received with enthusiasm. The windows were crowded with women throwing bouquets. The President has quitted Beeat eon to continue hisjourtey." The Bulletin des Lois announces the arrival of the PRESIDENT at Colmar. Notwithstanding the official announcement that the PRESIDENT was received at Besaneion with enthusiasm, it is rumoured in Paris that li j esane;on was the scene of a violent erneute,in the course of which the PRESIDENT and his staff were expelled from a ball-room, and which was only quelled by the bayonet. On the 19th, in the evening, the PRESIDENT went to a ball in the Place de la Ilalle, at which, says the offi cial account, he only staid for an instant. His sud den &Torture was occasioned by the irruption into the ball room of a crowd of 'workmen, who raised deafening cries of " Vive la Republique," and on whose appearance the President and his friends re tired. Left in possession of the room, the workmen destroyed all the eagles and other imperial emblems with which the room had been decorated, and it was found necessary at last to clear the room at the point of the bayonet, and afterwards to charge with a de tachment of cavalry on those assembled ou'side. Tne fact of the short stay of the President at the ball in the Town-hall, on account of its being inconve niently crowded, is stated in the following official dispatch:— "BESANCON, Auo. 19, ONE P. M. " THE MINISTER GF PUBLIC WORKS TO THE MI/sISTER C? THE INTERIOR. " The PRESIDENT of the Republic departed from Lons-k-Saulnier, at half past 10 yesterday morning, and arrived at Beeanc in at half-past seven in the evening. As in the previous places through which he has travelled, so also during this da)'s journey, he found in every place the municipal authorities, the clergy, the National Guards, and great crowds of the people, each and all of whom loudly testified their devotion to the PRESIDENT, and received him with the most lively demonstrations of affect)on. "111 order to celebrate the PRESIDENT'S appearance amongst them, the town of Besancon has given two public balls—the one in the Town•ball, other in the theatre—at both of which all classes thronged in great multitudes. "At the Mayor's request the PRESIDENT most will ingly consented to favour the assemblies with his presence at both places; but at the Town-hall the place was so inconveniently crowded, that he could only remain but a very short time, and merely passed through those who bad assembled. He afterwards went to the ball held in the theatre, and took part in the proceedings, where he was greeted with the greatest enthusiasm." - The reactionary party is now completely broken up into sections; which hate each other even more cordially than they hate the Republic. The Legiti matists have determined to oppose any attempt to pro cure the prolongation of the President's powers, and M. BERRYER has consented to juin in this opposition. The Count of CHAMBORD has publicly declared 'that no reconciliation has taken place between himself and the Orleans' family, and the partizans of the latter have determined to start the Prince DE JOINVILLE as a candidate for the Presidency in. 1852. The Bulletin de Puri.; thus speaks of the candidature of the Prince DE Jol2i VILLE : We spoke yesterday of a letter addressed by the Prince de Joinville to a- man of note belonging to the moderate party, nod we said that we guaranteed the ex• actitude of our information. We say so again. This letter, in our opinion, has a great importance in the present circumstances, the Prince saying textually that there are in his opinion no longer but two regimes possible in France, the hereditary and legitimate mo narchy or a republic, but nut a princely republic; and adding, what is still stranger, coming from a son of Louis Philippe, that it cannot any more be question ot the mo narchy of expedients which we had ouring the reign of his fault r. It may be boldly conjectured that we have a pretender the more. Whatever may be the adroitness of form disp'ayed in the Prince's letter, and that adroitness is incontestable, it is easy to divine the amt itious thoughts which it seeks to cloak ; and an arrangement between the branches of the house of Bourbon ought less to be looked for than a new candi date for the Presidentship in 1852. Already, besiees, certain influential membera of the Orleanist party have put forward the name uf the Prince de Joinville as tLat of a man abl-, in certain'eventualitiew. to counterbalance another name. As to u 3, and it is also the opinion of the moat important personages of the Conservative opi nion, we think that if such is the thought of the Prince de Joinville (end his letter, unfortunately, leaves no doubt on the point), he yields not only to an imprudent opinion, but commits a bad action. Tre party of order has no need of a new representative. They who repre bent it are, on the contrary, only too numerous. And it, in addition to the Bonapartist, Legifmstist, and Or• leanist parties, we have that cf the Pritee de Joinville, it is the Reds that will triumph in 1852." By a decision of the Municipal Council of Paris the duty of lf. the kilogramme impo3f-d on tea in the year 1849 is to cease on the Ist of October next. M. L'Asraos, Archbishop of Toulouse, is to be elevated to the dignity of Cardinal. M. CUEILEU, one of the editors of the National, died of apoplexy, in Paris, on Monday. PARIS BOURSE, AUGUST 21.—Latest Prices.—Fivc per Cents., 971. ; Three per Cents., 58c. 40s. ; Bank Actions, 2,340 f. HUSINESb DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE L.,INDoN STOCK-EXCHAN(4E, Au.. 21. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 141 - - Dutch Rhenish, Luxembourg. I ( ft., —Namur and Litg?, Northern of France. 14%—Paris and Rouen, 23 1 8 ex dir.—Sambre and Meuie, 2.A, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 16. h have arrived. General JOSE DE LA CONCHA will not take his departure for Cuba until Sep•ernber. MADRID BuLgA, At;G. 16.—Three per Cents., 331 ; Five per Cents., 134 money. Exchange on Loudon, 50 40. CEHMAN Y. The Emperor of AUSTRIA left. Vienna on the 16th 'or he'll. The Dresden Cabinet has published a memorial disapproving of the conduct of Prussia in negotiating the late treaty with Denmark. DENMARK. According to previous announcement, we learn that the bridges over the canal of Kiel have been broken down. The Constitutionnel Gazette says : " Russia and Sweden wilt remain liter; but 4-L. Russian sesoels of the lino will be stationed before Kiel to guarantee that neutrality. Other RusAan vessel. will carry the wounded Danes from Flensburg t. Fuhnp.n. Fredericia and Copenhagen will furnish th. Danish army with proYisiox.s, arms, and munitions of war." HOLLAND. THE U AGUE, A utit:sr 17.—There is a report of an approaching change in the Ministry. The Second Cnamber, which is to meet on Monday, is to have al, extraordinary sitting to-morrow, for the purpose of receiving the projects of law which are to be dis cussed during the session.—Dutch Papers, Aug. 18. BELGI UM BRUSSELS, AUGUST 20.—THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.-387 persons have given in their names a wishing to take a part in the grand Exhibition. Ac cording to the classification adopted by the Briti-h Commissioners they are divided as follows :—Haw materials, 73 ; machines, 78 ; manufactured products 217 ; sculptured objects of art, 19. The committee have decided that the various objects for transmissioi: shall be sent in in February —Journal (la Conaneree Anvers, Aug. 21. ITALY. Accounts from Rome represent the financial situation as deplorable—the Papal Government ha neither money nor crtdiP, and is on the verge of bankruptcy. CONVOCATION OF TILE CLERGT.-(1 1 110 DAY)- This morning having been appointed for the assembling o! both houses of the convocation, for the purpose of prorogation, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, accom panied by F. Hart Dyke, Esq., her Majesty's Proctor arid principal Registrar of the province of Canterbury, arrived at the Jerusalem Chamber, Westm . nster Abbey, at half-past ten o'clock. The convocation ordinarily assembles and pro rogues with Parliament, but this year the prorogationoc curs some time after the close of the Parliamentary session. Particular interest was attached to to-day's proceedings, if:- eunuch as it was anticipated that petitions emanating from the Church Union, relating to the Gorham case, might be presented, and also from the fact that numerous meetings of the clergy throughout the country had been held, calling upon his Grace the Primate to assemble the convocation, in order that the present aspect of the affairs of the Church might be fully and fairly discussed. Expectation upon this head, however, was not realised. At half-past ten, the Archbishop having taken his seat on the throne in the Upper House, Air. F. Hart Dyke, by command of Lis Grace, read her Majesty's writ for the prorogation, and the Lower House having been formally summoned, end on appering his Grace ordered the convocation to stand prorogued. The customary writs and forms were the.i read, and the Arch bishop declared the preeeedirgs at an end. THE WEST HIGHLANDS.—A letter, dated Oban, Friday night, says :—" I Am sorry to say that at Ardrishaig. And all that way to Oban, the potato crop is more than one third diseased. Indeed, at Oban, it is more than one-laalf; I went over several fields, and had too clear a proot of the rapid failure of This esculent. The corn crops are excellent, and in many places getting ripe."— Glasgow Daily Mail. BANK FOR DISCOUNTING FRENCH RAILWAY SHAMS.—The Tours and Nantes Itailway Company are about to submit for the consideration of their sharetulders a proposal as to participation to be given by the com p an y for the formation of an auxiliary bank for- discounting railway MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales or Cotton at Liverpool yesterday w. re esti waved at 10,000 bales. of which 1,000 American were taken for export and 3,000 on speculation, the buying being more spiritd, and kf, advance was readily raid. Prices of ord. and mid. American are Ifs. lower than on Friday last. Surat and all other kinds are also iii. lower.—Railway Shares were firm, with a fair business doing. The ss'es of Wheat in the provincial markets are in creasing. The efficial returns fur the lat:t 'seek give the quantity at 97,969 quarters. The wine trade have been amused, if not a little scan dalize 4, by some proceedings in which it has been thought judicit us to invoke the name of the ex-King of the French. There may be some want of taste on the part of an individual who has brought the matter under review, and there is an appearance of officiousness too, but if some of the smaller wine imparters have been spe culating upon his Majesty's name for the purpose of Ft !ling tra.b said to be his property, and which a Mr. G. Ridley tells us, brought only ls. 4i. per gallon kr brandy, and 7s. 6'. ler dozen for Champagne, there may be a slight ground for the interference of the latter gentleman when the more important firm of Matthew Clark and Suns announcei that they are deputed to hold a get uine auction of royal property. With these preliminary re marks, and some distaste for the whole affair, as savour ing too strongly of tf e " tuff oblique," if not the " ruff direct," we give fur what it may be worth, the con ea pondence that has passed 27, Crutched Friars; Londor, July 17, IESO. " Monsieur le Comp e de Neuitly. " A Monsit ur,—l, the undersigned, ain authorised by several influential wine merchants of the city of Louden most respectfully to put a question to your Majesty, re lative to a representation ut a sale by auction of 260 hogsheads of French wine, said to be the property of your Majesty, as per frontispiece of the catalogue and advertisements inserted in the London papers, which I have respectfully enclosed for your Ma jesty', perusal. This plea of attracting at tention to property in connexion with your Majesty is so completely novel in the wine market, that the trade have reason te dutibt your Majesty is not cognizant of the proceedit g. Your illustrious name, in connexion with the celebrated bankers, Messrs. Coutta and Co., seems quite unnecessary for the legitin ate ject in disposing of merchandise, more particularly ca pricious property like wine; and the trade , believing your Majesty - never intende • your name-ti, be bandied about in the manner herein de scri b e d, con j ec t ur e it is a inactravre of some one in a less - dignified position than your Majesty, and for pur poses at peseta inexplicable. Will your . Ma jesty therefore, fur the bake of justice and the honou r of your exalted position, deign to reply to my request, on behalf of the wine trade, stating it is your property as described, and published with your authority, as per documents cncloseel. . "Apologizing for intruding upon your Majesty, I have the honour to be, Mons:eur le Cumpte de Neuilly, your very bumble servant, (Signed.) " GEORGE RIDLEY." In coLsequence of this letter a gentleman called frt,m Messrs. Coutta and Co. to express their surprise that they had not teen applied to, and this gave rise to the following: THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1850. I , astern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 2b ...... ...... Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do~ Class B & C Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire - Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4...... .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- femme Quarters ... 6 1 A — ..... Ea-t Lincolnshirt, guar. 6 per Cent. o:dintalrgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport ,15 .. :xeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Gles,,ow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ,lasgow,KilmAr.,B: Ayr 50 ...... ••••• 211 28 D(7.Preferv.net , Consol. Gloucester & Dean Forest 14 real Northern Do., 1 ,2 A Deferred ... 12%...... Do., IA B 6 per Cent... 1 ILA — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 teat South. and West. (Ireland) .. 5O ...... 10. Ditto, Eighths — ...... 2- %'S reatNorth of England.loo ......240 241 x.d. Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, New, 30/ 3O !Atte. New .151 l5 Great Western 100 Ditto, New 171— ..... 15 ... x.d...... x.d Hull and F_ e' by ...... 50 itto, Halt Shares .... 25 ....... Quarter shares... 12% Lancaster and Carl:ale... 50 Ditto, Thirds orkslore it 3914 35.%39 Do. Quarters Do. 1 , ths.. .. 11 1 4 Do. Thirds .............. 18 Do. New, Gus. 6 peret. 10 thtto (Huddersfield and Sheri.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 11% ".. Leeds and i3radrord it, Leeds ana Thirak 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 6 l)o., do. No. 2 17 •••..• ......... Do., do. No. 3 5 . ........ .• • Do., Pret. Quer , 1815 9 ...... Liverpool, Crosuy aid Southport l 2 London & Black wa11...1 IL 6a. 3d... L.Jui:tai, brighten, and South Coast... 100 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 --- Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto.-- fr`:2 50 .• ..... 9% 11 1 4 1p 39 - 21A ___ Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent ..........100 - London anu lireenwich Iz/ las 4d — — Ditto, Prete. ence...... 20 bthoon lind .N. ‘4 , e.tern too .111! i 3 /4 llls Ditto, New Quarters 17 Ditto, Fitt .... Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 7 London &S.W. , sorn „.,ICO ......60 1 ( 1 / 2 61 x.d.... CON x.d Do, New 501. . ...... 424 2 ..... ... ..... .... .)o. New 40( .. :i4 ...... .....»........ Do., New Preferen-e.. 5 Lon , iond rry RA.,(l.3rAu. 25 ..... .. Do. 1 ,4 Shares ... '. o,douderry and Ennis killen-- .- Do. U. Shares .... 7 1 ,4 ...... Lowestoff. guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 par ct.) Manch o , to..l3u.xton,and Matlock.... 6IA — . . — VI uet e.ter, Sheffield, snd Lincolnhire...loo Do. Quarter* (No. 1) 25 .., Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10 Do., Manchester and Lincoln Unior ....-4/. 2s. - dis — dis. Midland .. .. 100 - 321', Do. t,onsolidated Pref.loo - . Du., 501. Sham, Do., liirm. and Derby 1( 0 Do. Consolid. Bristol & Binning., 6 par ct.... 100 121% ... ...... - ... 121% DUO, Brist. & Glocstr. 46 — ........... ... Ditto ditto . .......29 . 16s. Od ... Do.,Erew.AshVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leicee.& Swan n ington, 8 per et. guar. WO 81idland Great. Western Irish itddlesbro' and Rcdcar, 6 per cent. guar. NewcaAle and Carlisle. 100 .....• Do. Quarters N.nvmarket • . Do. Extension ... 2l. 125.... ewport, Abergavenny, rid Hereford 6 ..... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warren point, and Rostrevor Norfolk .... ... Do. New 201. ... l 5 Do. Ext. Guar. 5 p. ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 , ,v pc. 5 ...... ........ . Do. cki. W aveney V al. 2 ...... N. rthern Counties Union 4 •-••• -.- North British ........ ... 25 Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17 1 , r 6 :,46 North-Western .... l6 Oat,. rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Preston & Wyre Do. 1 ,( 2 :Mares (A) lt I ,i ..... 53 / 4 6% leading, Guildtorti, ..nn Reigate lB ..... 18 1 4 ........ ..... 18! 4 :14 yston and Hitchin 6 1 4 6% ..... 6 1 4 x,i Do. Shepreth Eaten . .:cutri-.ti Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New S irewstairy talc: Birru... 13 1 4 — dis. ...... .. di.t Ditto ditto. Class B. 9%/ i Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 qaewsliury and Iteretd. 5 ...... Shrew,3bury ea Chester ( Nor. .W. ;Ilin. ) , Ditto halves Ditto Osweatry Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 6hropalain Union S ,eth Devon Do. Preference ` , tler(l4h' • - 814----- .7.:)..th &at _.ire • Eaeta;, ..... 3.3 25 15 4 No. Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... 5 ........... ... So ith V‘ ales - •••• . 000000 ••• ..... ' ' nth Yorkshire, Don e %star, and Goole l5 - .•-.... — Sheffield, Rotherham, 13/ Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18% — ••...••• • ... Do. do (Sou. Div.) ••• 6 01. I M. S vans. is Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 8 - Taw Vale Extansion ... 9% — ... ... ..... ... Thames Ilaven Dock and Railway ..... ... 17% — Vale of Neath ••• •• .13 N aterford and Kilkenny 20 ...... ... Waterterd and Limenck 47 % -. ••• W.iterfd,Wxfrd,Wickiw. and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall ..... - 7 l,¢- - V bite:aver, & Furness 20 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 W ilts. Somers,. t,64 W ey mouth ........ .......50'. - rork. Si:wens:le, anti Berwick. .... .. Oa. Newcastle Eaten. 20 • 9 1 / 2 ...... ........ D . G.N.P.- Preference 9 ... - Do. llartlepool Dock and Railway .. ......100 roe. and North alidland 50 1).t. , 1' eirene. - ..... . FOREIGN R.AILWAYb. Ang' Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 6%. — ..., 3oulogu , anu Amiens... 20 Centrai cat France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ...... .... ... 17% -- 9.itch Rhenish . ..... ... 8 ••• •• ......... .... ratst Indian .... ...... .•... 7 Ditto ........... .. 2O Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... ••• - Do. Do. ... ..... 1 Louvain ila i'ambre ... 7% ial x embourg •• Ditto lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... N,,,ffiur and Liege •••••• 20 ... .. -- Northern of France ...... 16 - Orleans and ltorileaux.. 7 ... t'aris and Orleans ...... 20 ...... •••• Paris and Rouen 2O ...,.. x..d........- x.d. Paris and Szusbourg Rouen and Havre ...„,, 20 Simbre and Meuse 2O 44.0 •• .. ••• ••.... ttritsbourg. and Basle Courts and Na ites, l4 ...... 5% rournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llasseit ...... 20 West Flanders B% ....• MINEF., Anglo-Mexican lOO ....•• Asturian ..... ........... 15 Australian... Bassora Range ... . ... 335. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .. - —.- " British Iron ...,. l2 Brazilian Imperial BrazilianComes&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 •••••• •• Cobre Copper General . Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... —••-• Santiago de Cuba lO Tin Croft ...- ...... .. - 7 ...- - United aexican ......2818 14% 9`.,2 15% - ?B ...... 2% 3% JOINT 8 rocx BANES. 3% Anitralrgia - ******* "... .. British North Amorican 50 Colonia' ill:mem:al of ;London 20 LoLdon :Joint :1ta1...." 10 ...... 2 .1 4 LOSS AND RECOVERY OF 1,0001.-A gentleman staving at the White Lion Hotel, in this city, having gone to l'arkgate on Sunday last on a trip of pleasure, discovered on return to his inn in Chester that he had lost his po.:ket-book containing LOCO/. He immediately informed the landlord of his loss, and a person in Mr. Hilton's employ was dispatched to Parkgate to make inquiries. He soon suc ceeded in ascertaining that the pocket-uook and its contents had been picked up on the beach at Parkgate by a boy, and that it had been deliveral to the ostler at the Mostyn Arms Hotel. The latter retuned to 'Chester with the messenger, and on restoring the Froperty received a present of 51. from its owner,— effecter Courant. " 27. Crutched Friars, London, 20th July, 1850. " Messrs. Cwt. and Co., Bankers, London. " Gentleseeti,—ln consequence of a gentleman having called upon me from your nous?, respecting a letter ad drested and forwardcd by me, on the 17th inst., (on behalf of the wino trade), to the Count de Neuilly, re lative to the use of his name, in conjunction with that of your house, respecting a proposed public sale on the 25th instant, since postponed sine die, and your house b. leg now in possession of the said letter, will you favour me with an answer to the same, viz.—lf the wines in question aro the bona fide property of the Court de Neuilly. If they.are, certain it is they have been purchased recently by him on specula:ion, and not, according to the statement made, originating in a mys terious manner, also b r i ng i ug your h ous e forw a rd before the public in a most unprecedented manner, no doubt to give &tat and success to a very doubtful transaction. " I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " GEoIIGE RIDLEY." This br.:nght a reply, the subjoined reply, from the brokers— " Great Tower street, 22J July, 1850. "Sir,—We aro requested by Messrs. Coutts and Co. to desire that you will not again trouble either the Count de Neuilly or themselves respecting the wines referred to in your letters. These eines being in our hands, any communication respecting th'm should be made to us. " We are, Sir, your obedient aer% ants. (Signed) " MATTHEW CLARK AND SON." " Mr. liidrey." This afternoon the wines are being sold, and the auc rtiaotrnerfrmemorte ahet'quotait nbl Later Belgian advises give further details of the eebe thanab above referred to, has attracted in jury done by the floods, and state that the crops were in some parts much damaged in cons' quenee. In France they have escaped comparatively is ithout injury. At Amsterdam, on the 20. b invant. thu Dutch Funds were well supported, and an animated business was done. Spanish Bonds wete less in fAvotir, and Mexican were higher. Peruvian were more offered. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. were 5:1 to 316. With a most inactive market for Public Securities we have continued Leaviness in prices, and the rather conflicting reports about the pl.trto and corn crops are the In tin cruse. Consols hivo been quoted 96 to 98i fur Transfer, and 96k 4 for Ac count. Exeto quer-bills have reali s ed 6.55. to 635. premium. thtik Stock has risen to 212 and 213. The New Three-and-q-Quarter per Centt. Lure been marked 93i India St ,ck it 264 to 266. Foreign Stocks are rather more dealt in. Peruvian Bunch have been 801 to 81.1.. IT the Fo u r-H a per 41 1 . 'ortug Portuguese Four been e C q e o t s t; , d a 2 n 9 d i - t h a e n e ß fe r r 4 r z e ii tt iti 3 e 3 9 t 2 o f 3 . per Cei have been 33i to 33i, and Spanish Three per Cents. 371. Dutch Two-and-a-Half p.r Cents. have been 57k to e. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are iu round figures as under:- 1850. 1849. Brighton ...•• £13,166 ... £12.744 Dover l7 039 •.• 13,300 Midland South- We, tern Greet Western 18 ' 508 17,303 Nortb-Westrrn returns, pill be obse rve d , are very satisf4c- Lorinstance, but particularly so as regards the These in every North-Western, and the market fur sh ares genera lly ery in n lookA firmer in collet quence, although there is not a great deal doing. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols '• ••• ... 961 Ditto Account 96 ONE PRICES OF BIIITISU /UN D9CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. i Ana 3LOCI .... .. 213 212 t •e. Cent. Reduced Anne .• ••• 91/ ;/ 7 212 04 I per Cent. Consols Annu ities.. ..... , 96 9 a ti 'l4 96 % CeNT 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns ....• ....... tB .„ t 1 1 /s 95 , 4 .)ng Anna. to expire.lan. lB6o b 98% .-- Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... . _ Ditto 30 yeari, Jan. 5. 1860 8 ndia Stack q(iiti Bonds, 1,0001-- —••• ...... --••• 8.3 p 2C6 Ditto under 1.00 0 •-•••• ••• ...... —• 88 p 88 p 'onsuls for Account chequer Bills. 96!,0 88 p 96 M 1,000!. June l 4 ,i & 2d ....... 65 68 p 500/. June ............ ........ . . Gi 68 68 p Small. June p 63 p 6 5 68 p 63 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. VlZillan Bonds ................ . 9214 Ditto, New, 18 29 and 1839 9li, 92% Danish Bonds. 1825, 3 per Cent. , 77' s 91 1 ,4 77 Ditto 5 per Cent. .... IC2 102 Equador Bonds ti,,,c man, :, per Cons.. 1846, With Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons . . . Ditto, Account - 2 9 1.' l'oo.ovitin Bonds, 4 1 4 per Le h i ..... Pa Ditto. Account .. ". "....... ... .......... Ditto, Deferred .............. - Bl Ditto, Converted, 1841 ... . ..... eortnguele 5 per Cent.. Di t t o . 4 per Cent. ........ :: ..... - • ... Ditto. Account ......... .. .... ...... . 33 7 ' 1 1 12 guseian Bonds ... .......... . .... . 1 33% , Ditto, 4 1 / 4 , per Cent — - 9^34: i,, 96 3 4 wi.nimn • per t ;ont. 1840 ... 1 7 14 17% Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4% per Cent.. - 91 I ••••• : ) uton 2% p. r Cent., 12 Guild. , 57% VI 57 Ditto. 4 tier gent. uertilicate , B l . /% t 9 % PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN ItAII.WAY SELAP.ES. PAID. A T oNP. O'CLOCK. PRICE. •lerdeen 5O ...... -- Do. Preference ...,..,.. 8 die. 2 ...... die. Amber. Nott., Boston, And Eastern Junction 8%...... -- .yrshire and Galloway.. 7% ...... --- 'ellast & County Down 30 ...••• ••••• :erks & Hants Estens. (Gt. West. Per.s perct.) e ...... •- " —. irmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls dilly paid, or with a guaran. 20 ...... Do, withoutguarantee 20 ...... -- sirming. Wolverh'ton, and 1 udley, calls duly . Ed, or with guarantee. 15 ...... -- ..... •••"..". _ 00. without guarantee 15 ...... -- dirming„Wolverlo t pton, -- and Stour Valley 131. 14s ••• ...... •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, ... 621 - ••••." ...... A '.uciiinghatr shire 1744 ..... ... 50 ...... ,r an ist d ol C an li d all E ir x e e j te un r e 10 2 0 6 ...:: ...: _ 63 ..... ..... .... 171,i 'aledoni P4l ••••• • ........ ...... Do. New 10/. Pref lO ...... _ Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 ...... .... C.poe- and Holyhead....' ....... Ditt o , Preference l5 ... - ...... Clarence Direct London & Ports- _ mouth Dublin and Belfast Junc. -• WNW ...•• ..... •••• ..... : - undalli k Ennieki!len 30 ...... .F.a.st Anglian, 25/., L. & ow. •••••• . • •Id E. and L. and D...... 25 •••••• • — Do. 181., E. & a ... 18 ...... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per _ Do., 34 103., Pref... 3% ...... --- Cent., Preference... 2 ...... -- 54 61tii /Morn Comities._ 6 ..... 20 ...... , Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent. No.l 6/. 13s. 4d.... —p • •••••"" "• ..... p Ditto ditto. No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par 1 41 1 . % p Do., New Prif.recce, 6 per Cent.. ...».... 10 . ..... 11 Vis ll% Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. - Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O ...... • ... .—• De. FT,r _ -II 4....3 ...... ga v 111.: 13 .,.. Ims 29 1 / 2 31 ElArt Ebttton YORK AUGUST MEETING. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.: 13 amham Stakes. MiHew r alked GT. r Chesterfield Stakes. Uriel St. Ann ... 2 The Filly Stake•. Tiff ••• ••• ••• levly Eden ••• •111 ••• ••• Prc du :e Stakes. ... 2 Mildew... ... •.• ... ... Mickleton ... ... ~. ... ... 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON. AtiG. 22 —Wind at noon S.&. W., n olerwe bre. z-. ..nd fine clear weather. BAUIA, JULY 11.—The OpOro, of and from Liver pool to CaWon't% put in 25th ult. very leaky, has been purveyed and will lighten. The Canhage, 13...t0n. to Caltmtia put in on ;29th ult. leaky, and is discharging. '1 tie Singapore, Hsrtlepool to Sir gap,. e, put in Ist inst. totally dismasted. VERNAMBCCO, JULY 24.—The Hugh, for Cardiff, in ti tering thus port got ashore on the bar; ctme oft with out &map-. OFF SALCOMBE, AUG. 21.—Czar Pete r, GUBBeS,, New Ot leans for St. Ptd.crpburgh. Hull, AUG 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Princess Vic toriti, Dun, R chibucto; Helm, Groat., Greenit.nd. DEAL, Auc. 21.—Wind W. to N.— Arrd. Pigeon, Pam, klamburgh for Nenf undland; crew refractory. Arid. from the River, Highbury, Valparaiso. Arrd. from the 'liver and railed, Hyderabad, Hobart Town; Trafalgar, Calcutta; Luige, Rio Janieto; Agamemnon, Bathurst. Sid. Elizt, Sydney, New South Wales; Mary Catherine, Sydney.. New South Wales ; Alverton, Shangtate; Earl of Hardwick. Bombay; Barnard, Port Natal; Paragon. Mauriiiur; Ellen, Valparaiso; Unicorn, Demerara; Sea Queen, Porto Rico; Camilla, Newfound land; and (Ants. Arrived from the River, Earl of Hard wick, Madrai; Marchioness of Queensberry, Miramichi. The Belvidere, Shields to Genoa, has been on the Good win Sands. YArtmounr, AUG. 20.—The Guard has lost cr.vering board, stauncbeon, bow stove, and other damage and leaky; having been run foul of by a French schooner. IiAMSGATE, AUG. 21.—Wind S.W. Arrd. Tyne, Storey, Quebec for Newcastle, to stop a leak. LIVERPOOL, AUG 21.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Cilma, Ricken, Old Calabsr; Swordfish, Green, Per nambuco; Corsair, Lsidtey, Nww Orleans; Volsnt, Sears, New Orleans; City of Lincoln, Ridley, New Orleans, with 50,000 dollars in ere ie on freight; Star ling, Henderson, Savannah; Isaac Wright, Peabody, New York; Isabella Stewart, M'Kinny, St. Stephen's. Sld. Atlantic steamer, New York; Wtiliam Rathbone, New York; J. 11. Shepherd, New Ywk; Isaac Webb, New York; Oriental, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Minerva steamer. hence to Kingston, on shore 3 e , terday near Beaumaris, has been g , ,t, off and has put back to repair. BOWMORE, Atm. 19.—The James of and from Glv gow for Islay, has been driven on shore, but will pro bably be got cif. BERWICK, Aua 21.—The Mary schooner, of Harwich, was towed into Holy li!and Harbour, dismasted in a gale 19,h inst. QUARANTINE NOTICE. PALERMO, Auo. 12.—The Board of Health has this day ordered that vessels from the Islands of the coast of Great Britain be subject to twenty-one days' quarantine for the men, and twohty eight das for the goods. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. Only a limited business was traw.a:te7lodzy, yet prices wero well surporttd. Beef from 2:4 61 to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10(1; Lamb, 3s 61 to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s to 33 10d; acd Pork, 33 to 4s per 81bs by the carcase. HAY *IAN/LILA rs. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 2/ 153 to 31 17s; nrw ditto, 2/ 103 to 3/ss; old Ulo.ef, , 3/ 15s to 4/ 10s; new siitto, 3/ 3s to 41 Os; and Straw, lt 2s to 1/ 8 per load. A tiiir averit , e supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—OIe MI adow Hay, 21 18, to 3' 18s, new ditto, 2/ 8s to 31 8 4 ; old Clover, 3/ 10s to 4/ 6s ; new ditto, 31 58 to 3/ 16s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9, per load. Supply moderate, arid true dull. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Mca.iow Hay. 2 158 to 3/ 16 , ; new ditto, 21 8s to 31 6.; old i'loveir, 31 12s to 4/ 10s; new ditto. 3/ 5s to 41 Os; and Straw, 11 23 to 1/ 8, per load. Trade dull, at, our quota'ions. CORN AVERAGES, GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Aug. 15, le 50, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the dine' ent Cities and Tom ns in Emgland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. BEANS. I PEAS, PRICE .. 1 43s 8d 223 Bdl Its 4d 23s Od 1 285 2d 1 263 5d • DUTIES ON FOREIGN COLIN. .lIFAT. *ARLEY. OATS. RTE. SEAMS. PEAS. Is Od Is Od I Is Od I Is 04 I is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLI) IN TIII PAST WEEK. Wheat, 07,969; Earle!, 2,09 f ; Oats, 7,962 ; Eye, 122 ; Beaus, 3,809 Peas, 728 quarters. CRIMINAL COURT.-Cl'lllS DAY. OLD CGUIIT. (B. tore Mr. Baron PLATT.) Andrew Studdeford, 17, describt-d ca a clerk, aril Samuel Fi.k, 40, a gardener, were indict( d for an unnu. twat oflecce. Mr. Parnell appeared for the proseetvion; Mr. Parri defended the prisiner Studthford, and Mr. Cooper ap peared for Fisk. The evidence adducc , d was totally unfit for publication. Mr. PARRY was proceeLting to address the jury on behalf of ihe p'isoner Studdeford, wht n Mr. Baron PLATT int.:acrid, and, nadir the Learned Judge's direction, The jury Acquitod both the prisoners, and they were ordered to be immediately discharged. FORGERY .—Dixon Dawson, a fine-looking old st aman, of upwards of 71 years of age, was placed at the bar upon an indictment charging him wOll feloniously forging and uttering a cheque tor the payment of 100/., with intent to &trawl Sirj.J. W. Lublas.ck-, and Co. Mr. Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Clerk, conducted the prosecution. Mr. BODKIN stated the case to the jury. The prisoner had been wounded at the battle at which the immortal Nelson rectivld the fatal wound which ended in his death, and which occasioned a loss to England that could never be n placed. The prisoner, after leaving the navy, obtained employment in the service of Messrs. Hawes, the eminent soap manu lactuters of Lambeth, and while in that service he Lad ascertained that a lady of the name cf Hawes, a relative of the family of the INWQEei, and who resided in Surrey, kept an account with Mt ssre. Lubbock, and the clique, with the forgery of which the prisoner was charged, pur ported to be signed by Miss Hawes. The cheque wa's cent itt a letter signed J, hn Johnson, which the prisoner csuscd to be written far bite. On the receipt of the letter at the bat king•hcuse suspicion was excited, and measures were immediately atiepted and the prisoner was taken into custody. The Learned Counsel under stood that the facts he had stated would act be dt nied, but the defencil which would be set pp was that the prisoner was insane. Mr. Dania Higharr, a clerk in the bankineehouse of Lubbock and Company, proved that on the 18,h of July a letter was received at the banking-houm, enclosing a cheque purporting to be signed by Sarah Hawes, a lady with %N h m they had as account. The s i gnature to that cheque was very much like the signature of Miss Hewes, but in coos( queeee of the inquiry that bad been made the chi que was not paid. John Doncey, burrnau to Mr. Watts, of the Victoria Tavern, Greenwich, knew the prisoner by sight. He recollected him being in his master's house on the 17th of July, for that day he showed the witness a cheque for 1001., and asked him to write a note for him, which he refused to do, as the witness was then very much en gaged. The prisoner then told him that the even:ug would do. In the course c f the day the prisoner came again, and witness then wrote what the prisoner dictated, and he desired him to sign his name to it, as fur John Johnson, which he did. Witless then enclosed the cheque in the note, and posted it the following morning. On the evening of the 18th a le ter was sent to his mas ter's house, in conseque: ce of which he went to the hos pital, and informed the prisoner that he had received a letter fur him, to which he replied that he did not expect one so soon. The prisoner, on coming to his master's house, gave a paper fur the postman, signed "J. John son." bhortly alter that be was taken into custody. John Forrester, the acted Mansion-house officer, stated that on the 18. h July he went to the Victoria Tuv(rn and took the prisoner into custody, and found the letter upon him which hid been alluded' to by the last witness. He also found a tobacco-box and a draft for 81, upon him, made payable on Messrs. Lubbock, and a receipt stamp attached to it. He also found a draft upon him fur 1501. end a piece of paper signed "Dixon Dews. 13," together with several other papers. On going to tae prisoner he told him:that he was au officer, and bad come to take him into custody fur stealing a cheque; to which he replied that he hal foetid it in the tobacco box, and had sent it to the bank in the expectation that he would get something for sending it. The prisoner gave the name of Johnson. Thomas Hardy, a clef k at Messrs. Lubbccks, stated that ihe cheque was first presented to him about two months ego, and he refused to pay it. John Kerr, a Greenwich pensioner, sta:ed that the prisons!. hod I)( en in Greenwich Ho_pit.l since Oct., 1849. His name vsa. Dixon Dawson. Witness thought that at times he did r.ct appear to be right. Ile would not put his bed.and chest right, but was very attentive at church. James Hose, who was one of the turnkeys at Giltspur street, stated !hat the prisoner wrote the letter pro duced in his presence. John nete:alt, a house-agent, e;.:rrying on business at Shad,',c.:: .csattd that i n July I,e,t, Let ti at day he could not say, he was at the Pigeons, when the prisoner came in and asked him it he could cash him a chi A f. it nd of the witness, of the name of Maritharr, who was preset'', Hiked the prisoner what it was, and un the production of the raper Mr. Markh..m said, " Why did you not get this before?" The prisoner answered, " have got plenty of money, and I have got more money than that; if you will let one of yi,ur servants go to the bank, I will pay him." No ono went. The prisoner then sail, " Will you advance ine some money upon it ?" Witness said, " Oh, no ;" to which the priiainer replied, " It was all right, you can get it on Monde)." The prisoner then went away, taking ths cheque with Maas asii,l:lPs,:;ted a verahle-Looking called. t hat she resided at .a ploy , y, "s ft( ern ntly at the ho use of he• out 9. Qir- en-square, Westminster. Sh. k.-pt B" a ' x° with Messrs. Luisbo: k and drew d 3 urion but The cheq ue prt,daced ;eas not in bl . in d writing , theChag sit wure was veuch like hers. r!, s Cuthbert, ry a c morn-hroltor. k m w the P 'i wt 11 and was a fe-Lew sen o f his for 12 o r 15Y 1I3gerrs at Messrs. I.ltwes's. lie had no doubt that the cheque produced was in the pri, ont r'a handwri l l f E• This closed the case for the prosecution. ,J if prisoner, r.IA i then ng 8 d u ! l c i tnient, and contrriding that it was not suppertea several technical 0b . .) , Ohms to 1 1 IL: eiiderce s , hich had tit en adduced. f e Mr. Baron PLArr overruled the objections 0 Learned G, ntlenian. A written statement tuns then put in on behalf of the d prisoner, in NY lECh I e stated that he was insane eu nocer.t if the charge, and gave a history of the se I vic; she had rendered to his coontry. I le 1 Trag'Fs Al , xandria in 1801, on h t a-d the Victory in 1805, when the itrinwral Nelson was l e tiled rib(' l u m in a• It wound ( d, and v , as present at a gust Eur uher other n gt i g , nit ar t s , he conducted himself 111 0:0 gal Indy, and finally obtained for himself an as) lual _ to Griennich Hospital. This statement aprcared to crag or great sensaticn in cour t, aisd feelings of comps' sive the unfortunate vett ran in the dock. Mr. PAY NE then a :dr ' , ssedgreAC ,e jury - „a f length on behalf of the prisoner, on the ngttivreerrayl e•vi„. and called the daughter of the prisoner nessie, in order to show that the prisoner wag bf aberrant: the mind, and sublect to fits ;abstraction and:, Among the witnesses wtre Sir John medical inspector of Greenwich Hospital. (The trial had not conclud.d when we went °P re:3). and other calk NE IV COURT. (Before the COMMON-S E EGEANT) 6 1 George Frederic A Mwtermon, a y..tiog ° l3° .; Tr' nil eteen sears 4 f age, who had been out on, ba' ' e at charging this mornig to take his trial on an inelic_ A M 5 „ •hargiug him with the commission of an ttlgr a"l'.° sault on hi mast it The pri s wner, it . will be remembered, is sppre _W i 'd ° ee bra a Mr. Finer, a surgeon in the Kirgsland road, 0 " e of been ire quently before the magistrates on 6 eh" hav i i , n r g . _attempted to strargle his master. Dr , 15 . ALLAISTINE operei the case OD Of Ibe t h e part .s ,_ cumpr: prosecution this morning, charging the Pr ii " er wilp i ll on assault on his (mployer on the Occ asi°P question. said he would plead Guilt,' " The prisoner tO a cantn assault. 1 08 Mr. CLARKSON, on behalf of the prisone r, said I apt the h wish both 4 f tt e prosecutor and the prisener for allte prisoner's indentures should be cancelled, a 94 li nsi s that had happened, there was not the ilig hles sa y 'eg stbiliry that the parties ga l° °lj ' . would ever agree a :.4 set the remainder of the apprenticeship; and that be' ll : to di and considering that the prisoner had been in e u• t be for some time whilit the case wai p , nding hero; t he magistrates, the Court would probably ttiltik that ends of justica would be answered if the. , P r ' °l3er tor. bound Th over to keep the peace towards toe prosectl _ the There being no objection to that sugges tl°° °P • I M part of the prose e ntio r , er tt to ni l° . The CO3ION-SERGEANT ordered. the p risone bail, himseif and tw o e t .retie=, in 50/. eac h, to keeP peace towards his master and all other petsoba• MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAT') bress-founl: A VAGABOND Wi lliam Lambert, a e w e s n s .. placed ba , ore Mr. Hardwick, charged with it t top .. gafetle.Ynsexposing himself to several ladies in Nens ieg William Sherlock, the head constable ert i P i l l ee i: K , ns' terdaint".gardens, stated that about four o'el° c t i s hla in the y afternoon he was walking with another elkifig gardens, when he observed the prisoner 19.5 .—pf1f up and down in one of the centre woods,. P 8" ° " to t h writing Witnessfor some ladies who were ps sslp g tid e s and sawh ,tu w go atch u e p d h to im band.dieS were by so f n o t r e u juift' Ibis themselves d behave in 0 oil he repented arid Judi c'L tit manner towar ds rhea,. coup get pented no less than six times b. I,re wit ° t qui te ,iisufficient_c.e proof of the fact. At length be .7 v as" to( ffi l i nt_ to warrant him in taking the prisoner gi..f0030 on witness preventing himself for tbst P i ; s :" 0 p sm € rhu Witness rton b uttone d r u s p utd hi s c h o t a tu t , andlor ranl,°ut! keepers, t b le „: the hecould.Y'r/n,dball° when he was , t wed, by or e of the psrli - k ee r " 3 M P taken him ' over to witness. Ths w ho defi le so d 4 to the station. The . prisoner, r gge charge, , was committed for three months as a -°- vagabond. prisober -, d the it v i tt p FALL OF THE BRIC KLA ARMS RAILWAY sTATIos• a nd I : fr t An accid, nt if a Ter alarming character, 0000. Lt t h e h n ere d ße ta ro l i,cc w kl i ol l ea h i3i l ,e o r s ti s , A ol r l m if s e, s o: a c t e i u o r n r . ed Ayesietewrdraacut.tate I;etf°lertel tially free from passenger ahortly to ore, and the st,tion therefor° being P roo f, er tanning 400 fe Pt a i o n st ie n r g g e t r h, ti a t, ffi rd c, 2 50 train fbr .Rochester haviefolidea• a terrific crash to ;be ground. The eulePertmenfs, each with u 50-feet span , de sc w bo I. '!'a wider the ruins,porter° se bar% engaged at the time on the spot were of s ° „ u _ r .o s fr il _A beingtli a d s i t - v i i e r oecit endedi nt, la th - 4 empty carriage a then lii the station, wer e 'lO 4 b ro. then by from the lahing mass. One Pee r fe j : s • for % r o f . but being m ast of them 0° yo ever, wha it is said W.l 5 wakivg far a ge te r ': -.. re t i : - at three other "action, Wtt.. killed instantaraa ti',ly, end the -la ti et 11)-1 : t atn s aho hsve received seriotri, 1 tric k 11) 11 , injuries. Tin, nem of the deceased is F3 l for. 01 and lie has It ft, a e :fe and chill unprovideu(, occ orr it wa s found about en hour atter the see ij° ,o hie p i eC s r lying on his back with an iron battle a cr- b s ed g r "a aid another across his stomach, his righ t ~,! i bill t o kg a sponge with which he had be 'e,_„ l , se rre. e , carri .ge when the roof tell in. 'Dce oto ., i' d watse .‘ , of the company, named Brown, Chandler% gl!erieuileemrs were extricated from the ruins more or lea' ' tsi. V A jured, and conveyed at once. to G u y's W is ,, P baS eil it ,qlo; is every reas on t o h o p e that no other perso" 0 gre .3 iti but the mass of material to be removed hl 5 the SOO 10 it is impossible to be absoluttly cer tain 013 00 pl e d until the whole Las been cleared awl' nt adft' r ! f red employed at the station have all been secc ) . li en t 01 t he it is believed that at 'V e inower , t th e t ‘ cci • tstie e °al e t there were no strangers present. The e s3l d Seg r tf - ere Bp police was promptly called for anti given , to ol 03 0 also speedily the directors and principal officers of the ''-:, ;bort _ s from 200 to 30i men were set to work in e l la bout e l t bli in attendance. Tnuo in a ve_i)toriog d 0 the ruins, but it is thought that tlicugh lbee,Ythern liisib!e night, they will not finish the work bt - for,' i , ine d iven ef. ernoon. how the accident happeiod Lt ecc aue t b y/ Jo is as follows :—Thu at present with certainty to tell, but the ear, one id apP ear s porters, it %%oll' tric k et -- v iog engaged at the time in movi n g el !;. -- b ‘ fla° er' 4 , f the turn-tables, when a train w hi ., c ame pop ja . slowly shunted on an ao.joiuing, bne of ran' k. 0 -be e il iari ceived upon them, and runningiuto the tr_e c o l oe P oo r transverse position, form d it age- . nst- o i : ~ g old, 1 _ a ils' supporting the roof. Toe whole mitss, 1 , ; bro ke P t t; oo . diately gave way, leaving nothing bat te, f ow 01 ,. i jaat lamps aed the bare walls on either biJe ' 0 no g sev .bo ut It will be recollected that this is not t b , iOO , fee 'lO O of the kind at the Bricklayers' Arm' , ta` cau . ging , a ,ti od six yens ego a portion of the roof fell inonsocte"..ndial of Lfs. The whole was sabot - qin 0Y ra tio ii i-foni i i Has telieved to be perfectly haft', I 9ut „wee %dote r ' that belief was is now made lamentahlY et a r . dier T . . p o; inuto oncop ierl I t iao t` the recident happi ned a few ni %hen the platform and carriages wore f ,b 0 eac t e eari !i f, sengers, it is quite frighiul to think e 0 , The,oirifu, which must inevitably h av e tak(o r ,ia n d itoiitbr gir t rercc has naturally caused as itrare n 'f R as •100ello setis,.tian in the neighbourhoo d, and ggal;o l; t he cr diflieulty that the police coul d keep t. 1 1) curious spectators who flocked to tho eP ° a DA- c ic , (TIIIP be e ° LATEST PARTICULArt°-' ro ving I bar e er The workmen arc still engaged in r e er tioes ‘ .t V ° of this extensive structure, and their Ot..eit,es that abled the authorities to satisfj th eni ' ll i ti ol. P further sacrifice i f human life MIS 1. ' 6 eat er the day the whole will be removed. i , _ reos ioe to the The compartment on the eastern It Stater n og of 0 0 but is evidently in a very insecure „ode ° 0 0 1 strain it must have received from th e ' cr o d ia 11 ;00 iii iron work of the centre from ro ton% 0 places it is partially torn away, but m i dge Opt 1 ottle ex perienci_ d by those comp , tee' to . r„ c on h e . p olf fdl; shy old, however, that take place, o'7 o bien k Wie r ' ' ~,,,j doubt that the fret t wall anti c!" - 1 0. 0 lair appear quite firm and uninjured, will fol ° iv " vra o f lb ° The remains cf the unfortunate a ° in en s _. the by the fall cf the iron supp o rter s lies in cirte;ooo waiting-rooms of the station, alla . _ ac at Chaothediert, coroner, will hold an irquest 011 his . D: nor ip. it° to-morrow. The other persons injure .d .1)00),,,i Sass and Westan (not Watson) still remain 15 in a very dang=ir . ..5t=.....,.... , _= - - -- -- - ft Al O. re" ' ail l ' e-, ta iiiii 3\l- CO ter PENINSULAU 144' The vfo F.. OUTIIA mrrox, WLDriEstiAl , 00 A he isjalliga" r ife' Igo, sular and Oriental Steam .t at a[s has o / . J.- - , a l steam-ship Indus, Captain Soy') -- must " brirv, t 16, at Augus ov ow with dates from Alexandria, A Sh e ill i ' August 1I; and Gibraltar, , ne cie, 0 , ot 5 r fro t ob fifty-two passengers, five boxe s stilled to go cargo, but no news. The f ac i lt o % ittS t 't raitar fur Southampton on the AO 0 1- 0 en route at Cadiz. I,',iv'r_Z c "__---- - tit t / ' Abe A to , to av- LIO' -- aco rrc ` t ares# ll StilPwlt ECK Abto Loss --c_uaity 0 0 -_, Liv- 0 ,, s-. 0 o'clock on Sunday evenieg, a '` , :„, c ,, fr "Loy 1 , el l : c a Favourite of Leith, laden with t i , . one a f; et in , o .l) ,lir d Pi:let - row, which, we fear, is " s ) (. ,f t he V,_, v e - c ., e it t pe have to record as the cons-et-paella: days. 11: 0 tbe w d b y ,h , has prevailed during the biSttl3turitisigald' a ble, l'ii,nOt th e had been lying in the roads at .. ) . 3 g ber . C,,..c,e oe',l,eceetit of the pier, missed stays after.ol ". Varcij v i o l et' e ilfu t v iiiP st e ' force ~f the gale n as driven vu .n 1 tivo 1 , 011 2 0 e 11g0 p a tbe t o os cud of tl.c Fier. The crew `' e s h a re, te te aiat o pyie t pig to etg3,ei to . _.„, 10 , ,,,, 5 el board at the time then gained to_ret considerable danger; but vie ref , " *lie v er l ,,,,i nay .oe i cte r, Itho had returned allerwar( s 1, .: 1 , k f t ,l2ey`; r oal , l „, I to watch, a hich lie discovcre:f be f i at, i ear o _l , m . 100 7 111 , e / l id life in an attempt to regain 1 ..._ , " 0 , , ga d f l ort s t0, er ,,2,00 to the pier, he missed his feetl:rrng s it et c : it t o r o e 7 1 , t 0 the earkiless of the night ree(i),viag s tro ..,, 0000_,0, to ineffectual. The vessel after . , _ Ivo tbr . o r ; r3 tis h , c!' er , round to the east side, were b r i 0 1 ' l. t lie opr ii 4 e r icri di e s r ip without having sustained anY i : .arhs . ~ba r gs le . 00 the demo ition of hir hel±t)erit.---Fat'' ~b i s oe_t i II damaged to a considerable 3,...i,wit..!-;pproil SCoTTI.-.11 CENTRAL .!-Imected an Alloa branch, liavina' been tesP wed. ?. ' ' • t beetl e ' ) Government ouicer,l236P3