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, THE A.TUR ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. 73, Wobsttr, Sole Lessee and Manager, OH Rrompton. For a few nights only, Adeiphi Company and Adelphi Pieces. Last Wool , . of Thu Willow Copse, in consequence of Madame Celeste's departure for the Continent THIS EVENDTG. Will be perfcrmed THE WIILOW COPSE. Sir retard Vaughan, Mr. Boyce ; Colonel Vanguard, Mr. Cullenford ; Luke Fielding, Mr. Hughes ; Augustus de Rosherville, Mr. Wright ; Hulks, Mr. 0. Smith; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rose Fielding, Madame Celeste; Meg, Miss Woolgar. After which a new and original Zoological Extravaganza, called THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. Mr. Tiddywink, Mr. Wright; Sergeant Bulbul, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mrs. Tiddywink, Miss E. Harding. To conclude with THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ROOM. Characters y Mr. Lambrt, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. ASTLRY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, With brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle- of MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique. To conclude with the Balle of THE CHAMOIS HUNTER. Box.oitce open From Eleven till Four Stale Manager. Mr. W. West. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Roya 1 Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Last Week ef M. Jullien. Another splendid Elephant. Promenade Concert, conducted by M. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey—Se lect Programme of Ancient and Modern Music—Jullien's Nepaul ese Quadrille. The new Irish Quadrille, the " Hibernian," composed by M. Jullien. The Derby-Day Galop," composed expressly for these Gardens, is one of the most successful of Monsieur Jullien's compositions, and in consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated till further notice. The Grand Ghorka March, performed for the first time before the Nepaulese Ambassador. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Diorarttic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Damson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid, MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents from the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom I I Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public. that the iong,acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be hilly maintained ! The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Opera* in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Niestrs. Romig, Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbotham. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the celebrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the .Ups ! 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. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen "en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops tonamence tho Ascent. The Soldiers are seen dragging the Artillery in Trants of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and treversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant Army is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile plains of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired feux d'artifice of former seasons, jets d'eau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Messrs. Denson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honour, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a cerrusca.tion of various coloured area. 'The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. Botoherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent garden. Admission, Is. TO CORRESPONDENTS. To " Amicus, Bridport."—We do not answer questions of that nature publicly, because it is not quite correct either in " Amiens" to put such, or to expect an answer, without honouring us with his name confidentially. The Noble Lord alluded to is a first rate speaker, bur is not now in the House of Com mons. If " Amicus" will refer to Sir E. B. Lytton's New • Tirzon. he will there see who is styled " the Rupert of Debate." " The best." has, unfortunately, or I ite, left but his shar!ow behind him. THE SOVEREIGNS AND COURTS OF EUE.OPE. In 2 vols. Bvo., NOTICE.-GER NIA; ITS COURTS, CAMPS, AND PEOPLE, By the BARONESS BLAZE DE BURY, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ----- TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT The Last Night but Two of the Season. Madlle. FIORENTINI. It is respectfully announced that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING When will be presented Mozart's celebrated Opera of DON GIOVANNI. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Don Giovanni. Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari ; Xasetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Donna Anna, Madame Fiorentini (second appearance) ; Donna Elvis, Madame Giuliani ; and Zerlina, Madame Sontag. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department, com bining the talents of kladlle. Amelia Ferraris, Madlle. Petit Ste phan, Madlle. Julia lose Lamoreux, Aussaudon, and M. Charles, &c., &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LE PROPHETE, Fides, Madame Viardot (the original representative of the part at the Grand Oftra in Paris) ; Bertha, Madame Castellan (the original represeatative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliatico ; Sergeant, Sglnor Lavia ; Peasants, Signori Rommi and Soldi ; Giona, Signor Maralti; Malthisen, Signor Polonini ; 7... Perla, Herr Formes. The Choir in the grand Coronation Scene in the third Act will combine the powers of a dill Orchestra, the Military Bands, the Chorus, and Organ. The Incidental Ballet in the Skating Scene will be supported by M. Alexandre and Madlle. Louise Tagiloni (as danced by them at the Grand Opera at Paris), and comprises the celebrated Quadrilles des Pat ineurs. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances will commence at Right o'clock. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. LAST WEEK OF MRS. FA.NNY KEMBLE'S READDIGS • OF -HAKSPEARE. ' e;VENIN • Shakspeare's Play of " Twelfth Night." On Friday, " The Winter's Tale." On Monday. August 19, there will be a Morning Reading, at Half past Two, of "King Lear." Evening Readings to commence at half-past Eight o'clock precisely. Stalls, 75.; Boxes, 55.; Pit, 35.; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes One Guinea, One Guinea and a-half, and Two Guineas. Lmtes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams' Royal Library, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Ebel's', Andrews', Ilookham%. Alleroft's, Leader and Cock's, Chappell's. Hammond's, and 011ivier's Libraries, Bond-street ; Cra mer's, and the Carlton Library, Regent-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre. which it open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. W A : ER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tilts DAT —Morning 22 min. after 6 Evening 46 min. after To-)foslow-- !doming 10 min. after 7 I Evenng 36 min. after 7 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 14. THERMOMETtR, IN THE SHADE. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.09. Wnm N.N.E.—fresh cool breeze and cloudy weather. A_ 5 • . •,^ 4 3' • VI pßori • vorixca litit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1850. Among the nnmeroua impediments in the way of sanitary improvement not the least formidable, is that caused by the multiplicity of changes required, and the uncertainty felt as to which of those alterations should have the precedence. lJpon this subject our impression is that the readiest means of obviating the difficulty is to acquire some clear and accurate sense of the principal evils now injuriously affecting the health of the population. So long as these evils con tinue to be jumbled together in the public considera tion, so long must there inevitably be confusion in the projects started for their removal. Out of all the mis cellaneous causes of illness and mortality, the more considerable must be taken into account separately, so that the chief objects of reform should be ranged apart, under distinct and insulated categories. Then, but . not until then, will the pathways of sanitary improvement be easily recognized in their various and somewhat eccentric ramifications. It must be remembered, for example, that amongst the promi nent requirements in the way of the proposed inno vation, the Government will have especially and severally to regard the want of ventilation ; the want of drainage; the .want of parer water for domestic consumption ; and the want of all those systems of organized cleanliness such ea are secured by a inure effective purification of the street?; end by the multiplication of such ad mirable establishments as the public baths and washhonses. Each of these necessities fur the dimi nution of the general mortality must be regarded separately, and treated separately, though, of course,. with a due reference to their ultimate association in a complete system. Ventilation, for example, in order to be rendered in any reasonable manner effectual, presupposes the discontinnance of intramural interments. Otherwise the atmosphere admitted more freely into the dwellings of the com munity would only be enabled to diffuse the more rapidly the invisible poison with, which it is impregnated, circulating through the homes of the people the pernicious vapours perpetually arising from the pestilential graveyards of our cities. In directly alluding to this essential priority of a change A a the sl9 d em of burial to a change in the system of THE SUN, ventilation, atCnterligent engineer has observed, in a recent treatiseYh thcfla;ter r ttbject (p. 18:2), Christian minister should remember that he has nu right to expect his congregation to give lively atten tion to the subject on which he may be descanting, while they are subjected to the influence of an atmosphere body and soul depressing." Again, as to the want of proper drainage in crowded localities, such as the various districts of the metropolis, that necessity is one crying loudly for the interposition of the Legislature. It bas been insisted upon by Lord EBRINGTON, ever since 1845, that conspicuous among the causes of urban insalubrity is the accu mulation of putrescent matter in large quantities.f By a most preposterous arrangement the river running through our capital is employed as a means of stirring up this putrescent filth of the metropolis by the tidal influences affecting its current. In a recent disquisition on malaria we are gratified to observe the following opinion advanced by Dr. Uan (page 33) :—" The city of London would be thoroughly cleansed by the abstraction of its putrescent offals, and its noble river might resume its pristine poetical title of the silver Thames: nor does there seem to be any insu perable difficulty in the present state of scientific skill and bold enterprise among our illustrious engineers which could not be certainly overcome."s But, chief of all the principal wants of the multi tude in the way of sanitary improvement, is that of a sufficient :supply of pure water, for domestic consumption. At present the water imbibed by the inhabitants of the metropolis is of such disgusting and baneful impurity as to be scarcely worthy of the name, a name signifling some thing more salubrious and pellucid. Insomuch that almost every citizen might exclaim against the Go vernment as against a body most culpable in its long indifference to the requirements of the people in this particular. " Quid prohibetis aquas ? usus communis aquarum eat; (tufts tamen ut detis, suppler peto. Non ego nostros Abluere hic artus, lassataque membra parabam; Sed relevare sitins. Caret os humore loquentis, Et fauces strew, vixque est via vocis in illis. Mums aqua mihi Nectar erit." " The Not only do the obstacles in the way of obtaining the advantages of a proper urban irrigation arise from the enormous quantities of putrescent matter thrown into the river ; but likewise, also, and in a very great measure, from the injurious nature of the minor channels employed for the conveyance of water throughout the metropolis. Foremost, perhaps, among the reasons of this supplementary contamina tion is the poison of lead, a quality absorbed by water from the surface of pipes and cisterns. Of the pre valence of this poison in the water used for domestic purposes many startling and rather depressing testimonies have lately been collected together in a little pamphlet, well deserving the attentive perusal of all aspirants for sanitary improvement, a pamphlet which we can commend with justice from its evidently conscientious accuracy and pervading intelligence.§ Another consideration affecting the subjects of irrigation, ventilation, and sewerage purl fication should, together with those already referred to, be carefully borne in mind—namely, that the prin cipal cause of all malaria is the presence of sulphu retted hydrogen in the common atmosphere. it should be remembered, also, that this de structive gas arises continually in the most horrible abundance from stagnant cesspools, from over crowded graveyards, from the streets and from the river, from putrescent matter allowed to accumulate in all directions—and that this is permitted to be the case, notwithstanding the declaration of the illus trious LIEBIG that " sulphuretted hydrogen produces immediate decomposition of the blood when admitted to the lungs." From all we have here remarked, it will be sufficiently evident that little or nothing has yet been achieved in the way of sanitary improvement, in spite of all that has been said upon the matter both within and without the walls of Parliament. The secret of this is, as we have before attempted to' intimate, the confusion in which the whole subject still continues, and the necessity existing that it should be marked out in se parate departments. Never, perhaps, was any act of Grovernment re ceived with greater joy than the virtual suspension of the unjust and impolitic law of 1844, by the Ministerial letter of the 25th October, 1847, to which we alluded in our impression of Saturday last, It is true, as we have already stated, that many grave objections were entertained with respect to the previ sions contained in that letter. The enormous and usurious rate of interest—the minimum terms on which accommodation could be afforded by the Bank, being 8 per cent. per annum, which might be considered as equivalent to 12 or 15 per cent. from other establish ments,—was felt to be a serious drawback. But still money could be obtained, although at a heavy sacrifice, by those who had unquestionable secu rities, and that was felt to be an inestimable boon at the moment. Heavy losses would un doubtedly be submitted to, but ruin and bankruptcy might be averted, and sincere gratitude was felt to Ministers for what was then supposed to be the large concession made to the interests of the commercial community. This feeling might possibly have been changed if it had been fully ascertained that it was merely to save the Bank itself from stoppage, at a moment when it had no less than eight millions of gold and silver coin and bullion in its vaults, and thus to prevent the natural consummation of that iniquitous law, and the folly and incapacity of its authors from being manifested to the country. The clause that provided that the extra profits derived from the measure should be carried to the account of the national Exchequer was also deemed unworthy of the Government of a mighty nation, as evincing a petty azd grasp ing disposition, a paltry meanness, highly un becoming a statesman. But, with all its faults, the measure was truly acceptable, and not the less so because it was considered as fatal to the Act of 1844. In this opinion all classes concurred. There was an almost unparalleled unanimity in the press. Even the great organ of the bullionists, the most strenuous advocate of the Bank Charter Act, of the "apprecia tion" in the value of money thereby occasioned, and of banking restrictions, admitted that the days of the existing law were numbered, and that it would spee dily be erased from the national statute-book. That journal stood almost alone in condemning the suspension as being too precipitate, but it entertained no doubt as to the effect of that suspension —that it was a virtual abrogation of the Act, which thereby received its coup de grace. Meanwhile the operation of the suspension pro f duced the most astonishing effects. The most san guine anticipations were more than realized. The intense fears, the wild and unreasoning panic, that had prevailed in every quarter were immediately allayed, and comparative confidence was restored. The moment the Bank was empowered to issue money the great demand for it ceased. The notes hoarded by bankers and commercial men to guard against anticipated dangers, which had been esti mated by Mr. S. GURNEY to amount to no less than 4,000,0001. sterling, were at once released from their confinement and restored to general circula tion. Mr. GLYN subsequently, in his evidence, clearly explained this operation. The Honourable Gentleman said, " It produced the same effect as if the Bank of England had made an issue, because it brought out the hoards cf notes, and they went into circulation. It thereby added to the circulation of the country, a nd it removed the cause of the panic, which is stated to have arisen from the Act of 1844." * The same in telligent and trustworthy witness declared that " the letter of the Government stopped the crisis and abrogated the Act;" and another witness (Mrs Baowrat) considered the letter to have ,En "virtually ve ' condemned and annulled the Ac t of 1844. the Governor of the Bank himself, although an earnest supporter of the Act, acknowledged that " all * "Practical Ventilation as applied to Pubic, Domes tic, and Agricultural Structures." 1 Vol. By R'-'bert Scott Burt', Engineer. Blackwood and Sons, London and Edinburgh: 1850. f " Lecture on the Unhealthiness of Towns; its Causes and Remedies," delivered in the Mechanics' In stitute at Plymouth, in 15-15, by Viscount Ebrington, M.P. Charles Kni,ht, London: 1846. " The General Malaria of London, and the Peculiar Malaria of Pimlico, Investigated, and the Means of their Economical Removal Ascertained." By Andrew Ure, M.D., F.R.S., &c. Orr and Co., London: 1850." §" Some Remarks on the Contamination of Water by the Poison of Lead: and its Effects on the Human Body." By James Bower Harrison, M.R,C.S.L. Churchill, London: 1850. LONDON, I harm appeared to have ceased on the issue of the letter," and sub't quen'ly stated, in his dance, that " what restored confidence ma the letter of the Government, allowing the Bank to make any advances, without reference to the Act, at a given rate of interest. We did not so much want the money, but we wanted a certainty that if we did want it we could get it." A former Go vernor, also, Mr. HORSELEY PALMER, more than corroborated this view. " The demand for assistance," said he, "was so much increased as to place the Bank in imminent danger by granting it, and which NOTHING could have relieved short of the re laxation of the law which took place." But why multiply evidence on a question so generally acknowledged as to be almost indisputable ? The effect of the letter was immediate. Mr. S. GURNEY, in the morning of that day—the 25th October, 1847—bad applied to the Governor of the Bank, stating that his firm would 'require 200,0001. The amount was large in the then condition of the Bank, and, although the security was of the most satis factory description, the board took time to consider the application until two o'clock. At one o'clock, however, the Ministerial letter authorizing the relaxa tion was made generally known, and before the ap pointed time, within a single hour, the accommoda tion was no longer required. Mr. GURNEY himself gave a graphic description of the operation. He said —" Those who had sent notice for their money in the morning sent us word that they did not want it, that they only ordered payment by way of precaution, and after the notice we only required about 100,0001. in stead of 200,000/. From that day we bad a week Of comparative ease ; the alarm lessened, and by the end of the week we had to ask as a favour of the Bank to be allowed to repay the money which we had bor rowed of them." The relief, however, was not limited to the metropolis. Similar results were perceptible throughout the entire country ; and the tide of national prosperity, that had so long been ebbing with fearful rapidity, at length turned and began to flow in a constant and steady stream, in which it has since continued, although the iniquitous Act that caused the national distress and produced the commercial crisis still, unhappily, re mains the law of the land. IVe shall, on a future occasion, fully explain the disreputable manner in which the Government evaded an immediate decision on the condemned law— which we may style the new Bank Charter—and placed the question, towards which the public mind was intently directed, on the shelf, until the excite ment had terminated, and thus maintained the hideous monster in all its natural deformity. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Presse announces that the illustrious repub. lican ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE is about to visit London for the purpose of raising capital and pur chasing implements, for the cultivation of the large territory in Asia Minor which has been conferred on him by the SULTAN. The banquets at the Elys6e to the non-commis sioned officers have aroused the suspicions of General CHANGARNIER, who, according to the Credit, remon strated with the PRESIDENT of the Republic on the subject, and denounced them as subversive of all military discipline. The PRESIDENT made no reply to these remonstrances, , but the banquets are to he continued. The Poucoir declares that the society of the 10th December is an association for merely charitable purposes (like the societies in our English boroughs for distributing beef and blankets and money among poor freeman probably), but the Presse and the National consider it as a political conspiracy. The latter thus denounces it : " A society has been founded with the avowed object of enabling M. Bonaparte to break his oath and to de stroy the Republic, to which he owes his position. We would wish, for the sake of M. Bonaparte himself, that lie had put down this society, or protested against it as an enemy to the country and to himself, and that ho had repelled as a mortal affront this pretension to the empire from which he is separated bykhis oaths, his honour, the country's benefits to him, his own history, and even his title of President of the Republic, given him by the people and the Constitution. But since he is so weak as to allow this society to exist, and since this coterie, aided by reactionary journals, does not cease toenvelop him in shameful plots, we will, for the sake of the Republic. and of society, expose these disloyal manceuvres, this permanent conspiracy, and it is with this view that we shall render a daily account of the Presi dent's itinerary." _ _ _ The suspicions entertained of treasonable designs against the Republic on the part of the Bonapartists, are strengthened by the fact, that the Prefect of the Cote d'Or has ordered that the arrangements for the reception of Louis NAPOLEON shall be copied from those made for the reception of the EMPEROR, by the Imperial decree of 24th Messidor XII. The following official account of the progress of the PRE SIDENT has been published : " The President of the Republic lett the Elysee yes terday mornieg at half-past six, accompanied by the Mi nisters of War, Public Works, and Commerce, Colonels Vaudrey, de Beville, and Ney, and Captain de Toulon geon, his aides-de-camp and orderly officers, and M. llctocquart, the chef du cabinet, and arrived at the termi nus of the Lyotts Railway at a quarter before seven. The Vice-President of the Republic, the Minister of the Interior, the Prefect of Police, and several of the re presentatives of the departments of the Yonne, the Nievre, the Cote d'Or, and the Rhone, were there in waiting. He was received at the entrance of the building by the engineer-in -chief, M. Jullien, and others en gineers attached to the service of the line: After ad miring fur a moment the interior of the extensive and magnificent building, the Prince got into the carriage prepared fur him e followed by M. Boulay (de la Meurthe), the Prefect of Police, the director of the railway, M. Lucien Murat, General Rebillot, and several representa tives. The Count de Moutalembert, who had been in vited for the journey, left the evening before for Dijon. The inhabitants of the Faubourgs, who had assembled near the railway terminus, saluted tho President with loud cries a • Vive Napoleon.' The train left at great speed for Tonnerre, where the Prince was to stop. At the three intermediate stations of Montereau, Joigny, and Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, the people had assembled from all the country round, and hailed the presence of the President with great enthusiasm. The municipal authorities, the National Guards, and the clergy, were at the head of the crowd. The President several times expressed his regret at not being able to make a longer stay in the midst of the good and loyal inhabit ants of the country; but he made the best use of the few moments he had to communicate with them to learn their wishes and their wants, and to distribute assist ance to such as were in distress. At Tonncrre, the mayor, at the head of the municipal council, the prefect of the Yonne, and the sub-prefect of the arrondissement, received the Prince at the temporary terminus. The first magistrate of the place expressed the sentiments which animated the inhabitants at the presence of the Chief of the State, whom they had been anxious to re ceive last year at the inauguration of the railway. The President replied in a few words, full of kindness for the country which was the first, by a spontaneous outburst of patriotism to call him from exile by naming him representative to the Constituent As sembly. Accompanied by the Ministers, the pre-. feet, and the general commanding the department, M. Carlier, the Prefect of Police, and the municipal autho rities, the President of the Republic went to the Hotel de Ville, where he received the civil tribunal, the juges de paix of the arrondissement, and all the authorities. He afterwards received the National Guards, the depots of the 11th and 12th Dragoons and the Pompiers, and ex pressed himself well satisfied with the soldier-like bearing of these troops. The Prince received with much warmth some old soldiers of the Imperial Guard. The President, after having visited the hospital, where he left many unequivocal proofs cf his usual munificence, proceeded to the hotel of the sub-prefecture, where a collation had been prepared for him. On leaving the town he presented the mayor with a sum of 1,000 f., to divide amongst the un fortunate families who had suffered from the cholera last year. The Prefect of Police, who had accompanied the President as far as the confines of the Yonne, his native department, presented to him some men who had sacrificed everything to oppose demagogical tendencies. The clergy anxiously took part with the authorities, of the town in the reception of the Chief of the State. The President then left the railway, which had brought him to the place in three hours and a half, under the guidance of M. Charlet, the chief of the working department, who had driven the engine on this occasion. The President charged the Minister of Public Works to express to M. Jullien his satisfaction at all the arrangements. It would be impossible, is fact, to desire to have a service better or more promptly organized than was done on this occasion. The President then left for Dijon, where he was expected to arrive at ten o'clock last night." The Courtier de Lyon thus describes the prepara tions made for the reception of the PRESIDENT in that city : _ _ e ca v u is s i e t s w a h s i t c r h on t g lie fe r ei r in e g 'd of nephew of the Emperor, is about s'.eat of the emotion Republic, the to pay to our city na ' tur " al l l ‘ y h • among all the inhabitants; but it is more naturally calculated to cause the hearts to beat of all the o ld a o au.s of the Emperor, of all the retired officeri in who: ry eyes Napoleon is the personification of military glory and genius—who con sider him as their chief or their model, and who r rtes name, pect, at the same time, in his nephew, the heir of a and the provid en t ial elect of Fr ance. We ga have, e there fore, heard, without astonishment that the retired sol diers who reside in Lyons and the neighbour hood have resolved to take advantage of the visit of Louis Bonaparte to make a manifestation in conformity with their souvenirs and their sympathies. pathies. The delegates o f this honourable category of citizens have requested us to make known their determination to make a collective demonstration to the President, not from an idea of vain parade, but to make known to the first magistrate of the Republic, to the nephew of the Emperor, that in case of need their hearts are intact, and their arms still vigorous ,i , ry e:, t . :.f ~‘ Ce.', -; fi ; ;,h(.l msrveUous k ection of the 10th D ecem b er , an d a se cond time by his attitude before the revolutionary attempt i,f the 13th June; which he, in fact, every day protects by his presence at the helm of affairs, by the remarkable mixture of prudence and of firmness which he has evinced in this difficult post. Such a manifestation must be as flattering for Louis Napoleon Bonaparte as it is significative in the point of view cf scciai order so fre quently menaced, and the enemies of which are far from having given over their attempts." In meantime the Commission of Permanence does everthing in its power to defend the Republic against conspirators of all colours ; General LAMORICIERE is indefatigable in his attendance, and it has been deter mined that during the recess twenty members at least of the Committee shall always remain in Paris. M. LEO DE LABORDE, the Legitimatist, is the only mem ber of the Committee now absent. On Monday the grand distribution of prizes among the students of the University took place at the Sor bonne. The son of M. GUIZOT obtained two prizes. GUIZOT, who has recently rendered himself ex ceedingly popular among the students by his op position to the new law on public instruction, was present, and was loudly cheered ; the students insisted in singing the Marseillaise in his honour. The students look upon him as their champion and defender against the sacerdotal tyranny to which M. DE MONTALEMBERT would sub ject them, and their feelings are still more strongly excited against the priests by the recent exhibition of horrible bigotry and intolerance on the part of FRANZONI, the Archbishop of Turin, and tha bosom friend of MU. DE MONTALEMBERT and DE FALLOUX, who got o u pasubscription t o p restn t w i t h a testi monial approval of his f ormer ac t s o f re b e lli on against the laws of his country. The Prefect of the Seine et Marne has suspended several may ors in his department who signed petitions against the Electoral Law. Pam BOURSE, AUGUST 13.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 96f. 70c.; Three per Cents., 58f. 5c.; Bank Actions, 2,3001. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDONSTOCK.-EXCHANGE , Auc. 13. _ _ Boulogne and Amiens, 7—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14 1 ,4—East lndian,7%—Northern of France, it% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 —Paris and Rouen, 23% — Sambre and Meuse, 2%. COURSE OF Amsterdam 12 1% Ditto, three months 12 2% Rotterdam .... •••• •• 12 Antwerp'' Brussels „ ... 25 :',7% Llamburgh —M.33. 13 10% A1t0na............. •. Paris, 3 days'sight 25 37% Ditto. 3 months .... 25 GO Marseilles 25 60 Bourdeaux— ....... • Frankfortou Maine.... 120 % Bcran.•• • • .. • • • • Vienna, efrec. 110 ••• • • • 11 50 Trieste, ditto.. ...... 11 50 Patersburgh,Sll.lthle.. 37% Madrid •... • • ........ 49% Barcelona ............ •• •. •• •• •• •• ••• WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1850. MONEY and CO2 , 32HERC! IL NEWS. CI7 ~~ i f t LA.,:.;. ,. 41 at. 1,,..L•rp,,1 ere /JAL mated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for expur:, road 400 Surat and 1.500 Amercan on spi , culation. Tho market closed firmly at full price:. —The share market was flat. The letters and pipers by the mail steamer America furnish a few items of interest. It is stated in a report before us that " the harvest throughout the United States is now finished, and we are satisfied the amount of wheat produced is greater than ever betore. In the Western States, where corn has heretofore been the principal crop, an immense amount of wheat has been grown this year. In Missouri alone. the surplus is esti mated at five hun.fred thousand bushels, and this is one of the smallest wheat growing states. The corn crop has suffered somewhat in almost every direction in consequence of drought, but that occurred before the grain began to form, and, should the month of August prove favourable, a greater amount of corn will be raised than ever before known. All the crops suffered considerably by the rain which fell in the course of the late gale, which swept from Cape Fear to the Northern Lakes, but that is, comparatively, a small por tion of the great territory devoted to agriculture. " The cotton and sugar crops suffered greatly in consequence of the late spring and the many over flows to which they have been subjected.- Indeed, from all we can gather, it is probable that both these crops will fall far below the average, and it is possible they may be even below those of last year. In Texas alone have those crops escaped the disaster to which in the other Southern states they have been subjected. A large portion of the most productive lands in that State has this year been devoted to the production of sugar cane, and it is probable that Texas will be one of the principal States in the production of sugar. - 4 - 'llp to the 17th of June last, we are authentically informed, that some thirty thousand adventurers passed Fort Laramie, on the overland route to California, and the rush by the way of Chagres and Panama is still very great. The probability is that the new state on the Pacific will receive an accession to her population of sixty or seventy thousand within the present year. The accounts recently received from the gold region warrant the belief that the proceeds of gold digging this season will ba immense. • That state,' re marks a New Yurk editor, ' with wonderful resources, need care very little whether she is admitted into the Union or not. Indeed, we would not be surprised if she got disgusted with the manner in which she has been treated, and withdrew her application altogether." Dates to the 19th inst., from Mayaguez state that sugar and molasses were very scarce at that place, the crop having been nearly entirely bought up for the Eu ropean markets; but the stock on hand had not reached so low an ebb as had been represented. It was stated at Mayaguez that the news had been received there of a terrible hurricane having taken place at Guadeloupe and Martinique, destroying property to a very large amount, and damaging the shipping in the harbour s. The Mexican advices are discouraging. The cholera continued to rage severely, and told, of course, upon the collection of the revenue. The remittance from Vera- Cruz, officially reported to the Committee, is only 30,652 dollars, and from another source we learn that there are about 6,000 dollars from Tampico. The amount advised as pending for duties at Vera Cruz is 151,822 dollars 42 cents. Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh write to the Committee, explaining why they have lately been unable to send forward an exact account of the amounts available for the bondholders, the Customs authorities net having delivered the bills to them, and it appears that there would be an expense of 30 or 40 dollars per month to have the amounts regularly drawn up by the Customs clerks. All this will doubtless be sec right when Mr. Falconnet goes out, and we hear that his intention of visiting the United States is abandoned, and that ho is likely to proce,d direct to Mexico by the packet of the 2d of next month. There ia another change re ported in the American papers to have taken place in the Finance department, Senor Gutierres having been replaced by Senor Lacunzs, and a Mexican journalist gives the following gloomy report:— " The treasury is not only empty, but there are no available means by which it can he filled (at least, le gally filled). The state of the country arises from the eviie which have crept in and become a part and portion of its system of Government. They must all be changed ere any permanent good can result to Mexico." The Amsterdam Stock market on the 12th inst. wns rather dull. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents brought 5"I to 5-16. The Funds have been very dull again, and the settle ment of the Account occupies chief attention. Consols have been marked 96/ t for Transfer, and 96k i for Sap tember 14. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 981 :Le Bank Stock has been firm at 211 to 212. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 665. to 695. premium. Foreign Stocks have been quiet. Mexican Bonds have fallen to 29i I for money, and to 29i for ac count. Buenos Ayres at 58. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 17/. Danish Bonds are 102 k; and Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. nominally 57 to t-. Railway Shares aro rather fluctuating. Eastern Counties have decidedly fallen, owing partly to the engine-drivers strike. Great Northern are better, and also Great Western. Brighton rather heavy. North.. Western steady; and South-Eastern higher. York and Berwick have advanced. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols 96k Ditto Account, Sept. 11 96i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 211 212 3 ter Cant. _Reduced Annuities 3 por Cont. Consols Anna "Tow 3'4 Anal. per Cent. 9834 India Stock Do. Bonds. 10001 ... 86 p Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account 96th% Exchequer Bills. 1 4d. 2d. March. June. 1,060/. 500/ 66 69 p •_. . Small — 66 69 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE' O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent LB Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent Mexican Bon.lb, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons . 2 9 14 Ditto Account . 29% Peruvian Bonds, 4 1 / 2 per Cent 82% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B7 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 1 A per Cent Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent......... MA Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK • RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAHS. 'aledonian Eastern Count.es Do. Exten.,s per ct.N0.1,6/.135.4d... 14 pto Do., do N0.'2,6/. 135.4 d.. p... to Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 4 : ast Lancashire ..... ...... to 81 4 Groat Northern . Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 2 l /4 %... to 1:o. 1 4 B 6 per Cent. J o ., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 12 1 / 2 ll ... .. to 11% !4t. South. & Wed. (Ireland) 50 Great Western 100 ...... 59 58% to 53 Do. New 171 l5 ... 7 3 / ...... to q.ull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 - to l.s.ncashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... 37%..... to 38 Leeds and Bradford .....__, .... 60 Leeds and Thirsk .. ...... 50 London & 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 3d 4% %... to Lond., Bright.,& South Coastloo Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 - Do., New, gua. 6 pr Ct.... 100 l3B x. d.... to Londoil and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d ...... to Ditto Preference London & North Western„.. .100 ......111 1 4% to Do. New Quarters.. London and N. Western......100 —....._ .. L4westoff, guar. 4 per ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 Llidland . .. lOO •••• 333x 1 /... to Ditto, 50?. Shares ..... ...... 35 Midland, Qonsol. Bristol and. Birmingham, 6 per c0nt....100 NO% ... to North British .... ...... .. . 25 S IA. to North Staffordshire........... 17 1 h - to 'Shropshire Union 6l / 2..... 2 VA... to South Eastern York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle E 9 ten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pnr. or Pref.. 9 York and North Midland ... 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzca) East Indian ....... Ronan and Havre ........ 20 MINES. Brazilian Imperial osLjohnD Del Rey ... 2 15 4% 1-41. to oo United Mexican ....... ........ 28% SIA, JOINT STOCK BANKS. Loudon Joint Stock London and Westminster 2O ...... 27% x.d to 7 LLOYD'S SI-11PPING.-(THR' , DAY.) 'N V7C 14.—YV iiid Ut LUGU ILuW. i ate Z and c,ol.lkiy. SWANSEA, AUG. 13.—Arrd. Lady Pixie, Parker, Cuba ; William Nicholson, Rees, Cuba. A:ILFORD, AUG. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Ho; e, James, Quebec ; Cinderella, Liverpool, for Rio Janeiro, leaky ; Lelean, Lelean, Rio Janeiro, for Lisbon, with sails split, WREXFORD.—SId. Menapea, Quebec. SLIGO, AUG. 12.—Wind N.N.—Arrd. Linlen, Kirkpatrick, Quebec. SHIELDS, Ara. 13.—Arrd. Susan and Sarah, Sey mour, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 13.—Wind N.—Arrd. Anna, Quebec. Rum, AUG. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Ross, Brown, St. John's, New "'Brunswick ; Robinson, Rodd, ditto. Sld. Miramichi, Miramichi. SAUNDERSFOOT, A.G. 13.—The Allison, cf London, Swansea to Constantinople, struck on a ledge off Caldy Island to-day, makes much water, has taken assistance to pump, and proceeded to Miltord to repair. FISHGUARD, AUG. 13.—The master of the Conquest, of Newport, reports having seen two large ships in con tact, off Orm's Head, 7th inst.; one had her bowsprit carried away, and returned to Liverpool. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 13.—The Beater and the United Kingdom, both of this port, were in contact off Plain borough Head on the night of the 10th inst.; the former lost bowsprit, and the latter had her bulwarks stove. Both have arrived here. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 13.—Wind variable.—Sld. Anna Maria, Australia. Off port, Magdalena, Westeryard, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. NEWPORT, AUG. 13.— Wind N.E.—Sld. Medina, Quebec. CARDIFF, AUG. 13.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Mary, M'Connel, Quebec ; Mary, Roberts, Dalhousie. Cayenne, Baltimore; Nicaragua, Quebec. DEAL Ara. 13.- - -Wind N.E. to S.E. and S.—Arrd. Lourens, Bata'via, for Rotterdam. LITTLEHAMPTON, AUG. 13.—AI:rd. Beulah, of Scar borough, with loss of bowsprit, sails, &c., having been in contact with a steamer this morning, off Beachy Head. LIVERPOOL, Ana. 13.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Thomas Church, Pratt, New Orleans. Sld. Shannon, Acapulco; Keying, Newburyport; Anne, Montreal; Gertrude, New foundland; Pearl, ditto; Chippewa, Bombay; Sir Robert Peel, ditto; Roe, Africa; London, Valparaiso; Harle. quin, Barbadoes; Independence, New Orleans; James Brown, Philadelphia; Roscius, New York; De Witt, Clnton, ditto; New England, ditto; William Wort, ditto; Cluny, St. John's, New Brunswick ;Dasid Frost, Quebec. PORTSMOTH, AUG. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Regulus, Newcastle for Rio de Janeiro, with loss of bowsprit, headiails, &c., and bow damaged, having been in contact with a brig yesterday morning off the Wight. Sid. Bombay, Cape and Bombay. Cowes, AuG. 13.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Olive Branch, Quebec. SCILLY, AuG. 12.—Wind N., squally.—Arrd. Argente, Liverpool, with loss of topmast, &c., and making a little water. CARLISLE, AUG. 1 2.—Wind W.—Arrd. Ant, Dalhousie. CLYDE, AUG. 12.—Arrd. Mary and Ann, Wilson, Ja maica; Ambassadress, Foody, Dalhousie; Packet Bowser, Berbice; Woodstock, Blair, Quebec; Mary Campbell, Baal], ditto. Sld. Borneo, Batavia. DUBLIN, AUG. 12.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. James Andes, Baker, Norfolk, U. S.; Wave, Halpin, St. John's, New Brunswick. KINGSTOWN, AUG. 12.—Arrd. Auzil, Galley, Trinidad. SHIELDS, A LTG, 11.—Wind S.W. to W.—Arrd. Poly nesia, Tate, Miramichi ; Mary Brack, Hunter, Dalhousie. Sid. Columbian, New York; Keepsake, Quebec; Horner, Boston, U. S. ILFRACOMBE, AUG. 13 —The Victoria, Cardiff to London, sprang a leak off here yesterday, and has come into the harbour. NORFOLK, VIR., JULY 27.—Thelrf,Tginia Ann, Charles ton to Bordeaux, put in on the 2.1t.h July, with loss of spars, sails, and other damage. The Houthandel, Am sterdam to Charleston, put in on the 26th July leaky, vessel much straiaed, &c., having experienced heavy weather. The Racer, New York to Nassau, N.P., cap sised during a gale on the 19th July, drifted on shore at Cape Hatteras, and went to pieces; three men drowned. NLW Yong, JULY 31.—The Annie (Dutch ship), Rotterdam to Boston, which was •on shore on Goose Island, United States, on the 11th May, has been given up as a wreck, having bilged and lest most of her keel. The Java, from Cardiff; arrived at Charleston on the 24th July very leaky, and much strained, having been on shore on the Ship Bar. The Sidney, Quebec to London, with master sick, and crew refusing to do duty, was spoken 12th July, in lat. 45, long. 56. The John Carver, Havannah to Trieste, arrived at Owl's Head on the 20th July, with loss of spars, sails, &c.. and would proceed to Learspott for repair. The Concordia, of Sunderland, leaky, with loss of sails, &c., and making for the Delaware, was spoken on the 19th July, 127 miles S.E. by E.. of Cape Henspen. A large ship was wrecked on the Diamond (Cape Hatteras Shoals), on the 17th July, and all hands perished. ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, JULY 31.--Her Ma jesty's steamer Plumper got aground in Digby Gut, Nova Scotia, on the 25th July, but got off in about six hours, with loss of false keel, &c., and is now in Digby Basin. The Selina, of Dundee, Dublin to this port, was last on Grand Manan during a fog on the 30th of July; crew saved. YARMOUTH, UNITED STATES, JULY 27.—The Sot• cliffe, Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, which was on shore on Cape Sable on the 20th July, has be come a wreck; materials and part of cargo saved. lisurAx, JULY 29.—A vessel, apparently belonging to Prince Edward's Island, disme.s ted, and three men dead, and nu name on her stern, was fallen in with near the coast of Labrador, by a shallop, arrived at this port. AUG. 3. —The Airnilla, for Swe.asea, got on shore at the mouth of St. Mary's river, but was got off with some damage; would discharge. G ASPE, JULY 20.—The Gentoo, London to Quebec, which was on shore below Fox river on the sth July, has been got off. The Wave, Limerick to Quebec, which was on shore at Cape Rosier on the 6th July, hates become a wreck. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. B.—Three per Cents., 33; Five per Cents,, 12t- money. Exchange on London, .50 40. GERMANY. HAYNAU has gone to Hanover, and has been most cordially received by King ERNEST. The Austrian Government has issued a decree, re quiring that all newspaper articles shall be signed by the writers. Count LEO Thus, the Minister of Public Instruc tion in Austria, and the tool of the Jesuits, has pro posed that no private school shall be suffered to exist, the teachers of which are not licensed by the Govern ment, and in which the Government,(_. e. the Jesui tical) plan of education shall not be adopted. In consequence no Protestant schools can be tolerated. This is what the Jesuits understand by " liberty of instruction." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Danish Ministers of Finance and Justice, ac companied by Russian and French Envoys, who will be speedily joined by an English Envoy, have arrived at Kolding, to negotiate a settlement of differences between the belligerents, and a cessation of hostilities has, it is said, taken place. TURKEY. A telegraphic dispatch in the Austrian Correspon dent, dated Ragusa, 29th July, says :—" The Turkish fleet has cast anchor in the Tray of Commenizza, in view of Corfu." ITALY. It is said that the PorE has been required by Austria to grant a Constitution to his subjects with similar provisions to that granted by Austria to the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. The inhabitants of Turin are moat indignant at the bigotry exhibited by Archbishop FRANZONI in the affair of the late Minister SANTA ROSA. The incar ceration of the Archbishop in the fortress of Fenes trella may be regarded as an attempt to shield him from the vengeance of the people, who assembled in large numbers to accompany him on his progress thither, and gave vent to their just indignation by loud cries and imprecations. It was with difficulty that the authorities preserved him from popular jtistice. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. JULY 27.—The official gazette of Corfu publishes a note from the British Colonial Minister, Earl Grey, to the Lord High Commissioner Ward, relative to the controversy between the lonian Senate and lonian Legislative Chamber relative to the validity of the election of a deputy. Earl Grey recognises the right of the Chamber to annul that election, but is at the same time of opinicn that the Senate acted judiciously in carrying out the electoral law in logical sequence. He is, nevertheless, of opinion that no authority, except the lonian Government, is com petent to pass a decided judgment on the misunder standing between the Chamber and the lonian Senate, and that the Chamber, in exclusive and primary in stance, has the right of deciding on the election of a deputy. The adjustment of th e ex i st i ng con fli c t would, in his (Earl Grey's) opinion, be most satisfac torily concluded by mutual concessions, and a change might possibly be effected in the electoral law. Earl GREY passed a high encomium on the lonian Senate. Vessels from Sicily entering the lonian harbours are subject to the same quarantine laws as those com ing from Malta. INDIA. A telegraphic message has been received by Trieste that the Overland Mail has sailed from Alexandria. It affords no further news. THE DELIVERY OF LETTERS AND NEWPAPERS ON SUNDAYS. RESTORATION OF A SUNDAY DELIVERY. The Report of the Commissioners appointed to consider whether Sunday labour in the Post office may not be materially reduced, with out putting an end to the delivery of newspapers on Sunday, this day presented their report to the House of Commons. We are authorised to state that the Commissioners advise a single delivery and receipt of letters and newspapers on Sunday, that arrangements may be made to enable postmasters and their assistants to attend divine worship on alternate Sundays, and report that in very small rural dis tricts no extension of the time for the receipt and delivery of letters and newspapers beyond that for merly permitted is required. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. — The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Count Mensdorff and Count A. Mensdorff Pouilly, and attende-d by Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, Major- General Wemyss, Equerry, and Colonel Wylie, Equerry to the Prince, the Hon. Colonel Chas. B. Phipps, Keeper of the Privy Purse, and the Master of the Household, left Osborne at ten o'clock this morning and crossed to Gosport in th e Fairy Royal y ac h t, C ap t a in Lord' Adolphus Fitzclarence, the ships of war and batteries firing salutes as the yacht entered the harbour. The illustrious party proceeded to town by special train to the Nine Elms station, whence a detachment of the 16th Lancers escorted the Royal cortege to the Palace. At three o'clock her Majesty held a Privy Council, attended by Pri nce Albert, the Ministers and Great Officers of State, at which the Royal Speech on closing the session of Parliament was arranged. FATAL SAILING BOAT ACCIDENT. Yesterday , evening, between six and seven o'clock, the Gabul, a sail ing boat of six t ons , b e l o n g ing to Robert Owen , Esq., of Maids House, New-cross, Greenwich, was beating up the reach from Woolwich, having a party of six gentlemen on board, when, in tacking from the north to the south shores, a sudden gust laid the vessel on her beam ends, and the water poured into the main hatch, almost instantly turning the yacht keel upwards, and immersing the entire party. The accident was witnessed on board the Catherine Jane sailing barge, of Rotherhithe, and the captain bore down and succeeded in rescuing t h ose who were clinging to the boltsprit, and had got on - the keel. Unhappily, two of the party, fine young men, aged respectively 19 and 17, sons of Mr. Robert Greenaway, of Kennington-road, were found to be drowned. The bodies were not recovered. At the inquest held on the body of Miss Rees, who committed suicide, at Shipton- on-Stour, as reported by us last week, it appeared that her friends at West Bromwich had, in the course of Friday or Saturday, posted a letter ad dad- dressed to the d ecease d, having re f er ence to the peculiar po sition of her affairs, and calculated to ease her mind regard ing her future prospects. This letter, however, owing to the stoppage of postal communication on Sunday, did not arrive at Shipton until l ate on M on d a y. Bat for this , we might not have had th e painful o Y ut o f recording this distressing affair.— Gloucest er Journal. THE WE ATHER —Th e barometer at the Royal Observatory, Greenw i ch low during the w eek ; the cor rected average r ea di ng w, was as 29.651 inches. The mean tem perature of the air in the shade was 64.2 deg. ; or 2.7 deg. above the average temperature of the week. The tempera ture of the Thames ranged from 63 deg. to 68 deg. The air was dry, sho we d li ttle electr i c i ty , an d passed over the Obser vatory at the average rate of 120 miles a day. MARKET NEWS.-( THIS DAY.) CORN EXC HAN GE- WEDNESDAY. The supply of English Wheat on sale in to•day's market was very limited. For most descriptions, not withstanding that the attendance of both town and coun try buyers was small, the deratind ruled steady, and Monday's quotations were well supported. Very con tradictory accounts have reached us respecting the po tato crop. Only 3,070 quarters of foreign Wheat have come to hand this week. Fine dry parcels moved off steadily, at lull rates of currency. In the :middling and inferior kinds comparatively little business was transacted. We were scantily supplied with all kinds of Barley, in which stc ady sales were concluded at full prices. In Malt next to nothing was doing. There wrs rather more inquiry for Oats, the supply of which was but mcderate, and prices were well supported. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were quoted as dear as last week. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. s. EnglisEnglish...... Qr 990 Qrs. 5c0tch........ Irish Foreign 3,070 3,7 10 4,880 BOILOUGEL nog liff.ll2s:BET. For all kind of Hops the dery and was heavy, and prices have a downward tendency. The duty is still called 200,0001. Baxley. Oats. . - Qrs. Qrs. 470 1,550 sacks 580 WRZTECZ.II."PaL. The general demand was iu a sluggish state; but we have no decline to notice in prices. Beef from 3s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 3s 6cl to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 2cl to 33 8d; Pork 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs. by the carcass. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) There was only one undefended cause on a Bill of Exchange. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FA.NE.) THE GENERAL GOMIISSION SHIP LOAN AND INSURANCE COMPANY. To-day was appointed for the last examination of Mr. Burnan, the managing director of the General Com mission Ship Loan and Insuranco Company, who had been nominated to represent the company. Mr. Burnan had not surrendered, nor had he filed any accounts as ordered by the Court. Mr. PEARCE said Mr. Burnan was present, and he therefore wished him to be called in the usual manner, so that, if he did not surrender, ulterior steps might be taken. Mr. LUCAS, for Mr. Burnan, said as this was the last day Mr. Burnan would surrender, but he could not file a balance-sheet, as he had been compelled to give up the books under an order clone of the Masters in Chan cery under the Winding-up Act. Mr. PEARCE said the order of the Master was not served until after that of this court. Mr. LUCAS said an account and balance -sheet would be made out and filed in the Master's office, and a copy could be obtained for the purposes of the court. It was ultimately agreed that Mr. Burnan should sur render, and the examination was adjourned sine die. ----- BOW-STREET.—(I'HIS DAY.) THE LATE HOCUSSING AND ROBBERY CASE.—JamEs Cole alias Cutter, who stands charged with hocussing and robbing Peter Thwaites, a fruiterer in Covent garden market, of two cheques, ono for 351. and the other for 311., two 1001. notes, and about 201. in gold, was again placed at the bar before Mr. Henry. Peter Thwaites deposed that on last Friday afternoon he called in at the Mercer's Arms, Long-acre. There ho met the prisoner in company with another man and two females. After a short time witness called for some L ine, of which they all drank. Witness paid for it, and in less than half an hour after he had entered the house he became quite insensible. lie remembered nothing afterwards, lie fully believed the wine of which he par took was drugged by the prisoner and his companions. A porter in the market stated that he went into the Mercer's Arms on the night in question, and there saw the prosecutor with the prisoner and a woman. Witness went to Mr. Thwaitos's shop and told theta there that Mr. Thwaites was in bad company and very drunk. A servant went with witnesp, and they met the prisoner running very hard. He was stopped just getting into a cab. lie said nothing when taken into custody. Mr. Henry again remanded the case till Tuesday next. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The extension lice from Ashford to Hastings is to be opened before the close of the month. EXCHANGE. Gibraltar•• •• •• •• .• •• Legh0rn........ .. • 80 70 Genoa .. •• • • • • •• 26 0 Milan •• •• • • • • • • • • • • •• Venice.. ......., Naples ••.•••• • • • • • •• 40% ealerrno,peroz........ 122 Messina ••••••• • • • • • •• 1224 Lisbon—. .• .......... 53% Oporto •• •• •• • • •• •• •• • • .53% Rio Janeiro —. Buenos Ayres • •• •• New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia • ... • • , PRICEB OP BULLION, PER Oz„ Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars • • • 0 4 10 1 4 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11h TILE CHEAP SYSTEM.—An eminent tea-dealer of Bath, who for many years has been celebrated for the ex cellence of his goods, was some time since astonislisd to find his customers express their disapprobation of the qua lity of his teas; months rolled on with a declining custom before he discovered that the fine flav our o f h i s beverage which " cheers but not inebriates," had been destroyed by the offensive odour which pr ocee d e d from some tea papers which had been printed fur him at Birmingham at an ex traordinary low price; the ink with which they were exe cuted being made of the commonest oil, the effect on the tea was of a most nauseous nature.—Bath Paper. LONDON and NORTII•WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Ex cursion trains are , to run on thi s li ne between London and Edinburgh and Glasgow, giving the parties eleven days, on the occasion of the Queen's tour to the north. -...---.............--- r CLERKEN WELL. —t T OILS P 1) Pair;ck Busit,in _ 2 _ 2 ...., 22 , , I , - ;;(),:; an nfintil el bui)d , ug a'p'lu'ug-h".'plaee, the pr .- 7 1 3 ' 1 'Y c ' f 3 !ellow-woikrna 4 -1' . rr, now It appeared that yesterday the rosecutor, at endso- on workshis h return missed the plane in question. fle diSCO/ched, LI _td under some shavings. A policeman v;a s et Ob' -d, after watching for two hours, the prisoner was served to fetch the plane from wh,ro it was hid. The ne Magistrat , committed him for trial. ix ent) of the prisoner's employers said that since be:1_1! employed on the works 62 pounds of brass of: had been missed, and wished for a remand to trace the property. The request was complied with. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT' (THIS DAY.) HOUsE OF LORDS' AO The House met to-day at a Quarter -past One also ( lot • t t o he for p w u a rp rd os a e ll o t f he gi ß vi i n ll g s on the table st stage" an" a lso ~. by. Coma' eon to a great number andotfhpenbßli7alprivate Blls. , the LordT Earl of REDESDALE, in the absence 01 .- Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack. Pa pers Lord assent EDDISBURY laid several reports and on the table. lot The House then adjourned during Pleasure' lt po t Majesty's Commisiion for giving the itoYa l °gi having arrived at the House. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF CONEVIONS-„ ors The SPEAK.EIt took tho Chair shortly a,tet o'clock. PETITIONS. d Su' te. ' Lord D. STUART en presented petitions from bone, praying for the separation of Church an • of the Mr. WYLD presented a petition complaj aing i, Pt' defective character of the Catalogue of the Br iti r s e - e seii to e r sewn, and praying the House to take steps the defect. The petition was signed by a great n umb Wow .. of authors and artists. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition praying the • to restore the delivery of letters on Sundays. NOTICES OF MOTION. Several notices of motion were given fo r next °sic°. RETURNS laden ° P r ior, Mr. SCULLY moved for copies . of all coreesPes r in reference to the conduct of Thomas l' e s tin c ittb b is s !,sq..(a magistrate for the county of GalwaYJ, w i t h al' Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, e t d - a iso, 5 Lords Justices, in the month of t J he ul a y ei 7, so ,: ow fw a , . 50 0 0 11 e ri ro g copy of any warrants issued by Prior, Rel., in June last, for the committal ef,Pragayet" to the Bridewell of Cliffden, in the county of uri' ''' Agreed to. am Mr. SCULLY moved for a return of the nameso coca' baronies and half-baronies, with their resPeetiv est t he ties, in Ireland, which have been proclairaeti the coo' Crime and Outrage Act, with the dates of te e f tbe mencement and ending of suck proclamationio eat number and expense of the exra police force be Oa townland of the proclaimed baronies; of the the poliee description of arms taken or surrendered to „ a tr • under the Act, in each baron • of the number anuroaiest 1 ime d ba W of crimes committed in each barony; the proc a . 00 uP _, from three months previous to the proclaesstr,o carp the present date; and, of the number of licences " d to. arms granted and refused under the Act.-- - A nel re f e tlffi s , ' SUPPLY OF WATER IN THE METt w 1 ries' ) Mr. WYLD said, early this session sey ers ifs o itik Bills were introduced for supplying them ett e P% to i , water, but the whole subject having been refet te t i t o in, Board of Health, those Bills were deferred fre at t 1 3 0 arg' time, to enable the House to see the report of O a ths liits: l , l Ultimately that report was forthcoming', Wheeget agree-'' were thrown out. Now, it was very . likelY tee d in fr e many of these schemes would be again theme e posi ofer d , Private Bill-office, for the purpose of Win ( ' I t eo • more brought before the House next session' a rtier ehe; save a great deal of time and expense to thef re eet t ' s e , gaged in those schemes, if the Right Hen. P 3 at , vet Secretary of State for the Home Depertm.,e-Govert; state if it was the intention of her Alare,tY'-ree be meat to take any steps during the recess for aor supply of water to the metropolis. the Dn ar t ee Sir GEORGE GREY said, therepoqof of Health would receive the careful considerstielliietnberi; Government during the recess, but the fi c ' n 'betrere would doubtless recollect that an appendix to t t Ve ld , was promised by the Board, whims had net what enert produced. He was, therefore, not aware of l e for,. t be the contents of that appendix, b ut ch t it :Le 'tself, and the evidence upon h es ider s 'isel founded, would receive the careful ee - i its pe u tt o e of Government. He could not, however, a t - for t'el . say what proposition Government might hereas„r cou l d proper to make to Parliament on the subject, l' t " ouri he undertake to promise that Govern leo , bring in any measure for the he t , " t he , I i f of water in the metropolis. With reference le c ola :' ij tl which had been thrown out this session, all e be e ron le a 'ee was simply this, that if the parties wo° pro la ve them this session should again think prop er it t O , them next session, they would de , Oofe' r . their eyes open and with the knowledge On o eot t o , ment might think it advisable that they s il es °ll es eei l lties ceive the sanction of Parliament. Under 1-- t he 1 1 " - stances he thought it would be imprudent for to incur any great expense in the matter. , ri oDISi i A THE RECENT POSTAL REGUI -4 1e - t ° ;;0 11151 Mr. THORNELY wished to ask the Pre s t o -8 0 11 0 1 .00 e l ot Board of Trade whether the report of thee/lief meet appointed to inquire into the working 'i v t and red • postal regulations on Sunday was now ree•sbe' oe. - - whether he could state what course wenru s , W i ese by the Government in consequence of that 1. ",tt10 01 Mr. LABOUCIIERE replied that the ree nd " be OA completed and presented to the Treasury, aepese; at le • stood it had been laid on the table of th e , ~t ps I ' I n o - ri. of course, he was not prepared to say wits' that o'4ll be taken by the Tr in of te" in" • easury pursuance bar The Hon. Gentleman moved that the report which, we understood, was agreed to. , e n 13,,. PROCESS OF REFINING S'-', es - set iS ide el fle ' 1 In reply to a question from Mr. THOBeiT-0; sal - ec el 1 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ' e epettee d had directed an investigation to be made biota pro - bss chemists into the alleged deleterious eff o it; . b et there sugar by the present mode of redr a w ' edler' s se the presence of white lead could be detectetilel aeon 9 to sugar or in the treacle. He thought , n tluer sue s i l d i le cumstances, the best course he could Po r- o hoo'd 10 move that the reports and correspondeueeaneble printed, in which case the public would be - 0 form mot opinion on the subject. • Ol e ts itiS A ion for the printing of the documents •A Oi l lal" el put from the Chair, and agreed to t . n Ei ; ~o 0 The CHANCELLOR of the ECU cap e 0 ' the table a return of the general hea ds °. building the New Houses of Parliament. „aOl lO , or D e ; MR. O'CO'NNOR AND MR. 0 - 'l, 'b e ' :O P' Mr. F. O'CONNOR asked the 'p alor pled b - est , if a Minister of the Government was OP u-6' 0'010 1355 ; man of a Select Committee it wes P a rlisent i t ll oes s a ow or fair, that that Minister should ay a oat" I 13- b tendanca on the Committee his expenses 0 m bar lif ely rd pocket? ant e bes, t The SPEAKER complained that the ' s iees s eo7, a had__ given him no notice of his question. -- r of 0100'; Idle thought it wile competent for a memb e s - jes 6 , o reP i e A 'i Committee to pay a witness summoned tcl s reeb",,selPj, a before that Committee his expenses if he t'ess es" ia t P- Mr. HAYTEE.—The Ho. Meniber--,,acte°o Hon. Member.—(Loud cries of " Order, f., se" t ' r ise midst of which the Hon. Member resume d ' l eere c e . o e e t i l Mr. F. O'CONNOR, with much warnith;e 0 10 e 0 0 " by certain b s ce t a r r o ll(t n ehm e denr tl o pithets the source ft °ll3 sen tl°'' H wasol The ioMu mater t e l loudly to . d H ruo a rpd y pe te re. r d ) . derived his ini llt . i etle: i tbe s- Is j el4 Mr. LOCKE moved for a return shciei fling 'l B gl of income-tax paid by railway comPar se ' ie s s eaMb er s:e P ° .; fur the year endins , tho 31st day of ' - a of fr- a ir a seu s g im er i - la te r x re p t a u i r d n b f y o rlc h o tl r a u n i d lie ; ay and o En a p t a t je tl :f o o d r; h• of ending as aforesaid (for England and Se °t ' tn el es Agreed to. for re m it t s Viscount MELGTJND moved an addressh 001 13 , 0 0 1 e, all sums granted, tender the authority of t r a d esel l i 1 9 4 , 4.4 of Privy Council for educational purr ees ' re - 48, sy- oIS 'lt in Scotland, for each of the years 1 847 ' 1- he Oc " e 0 0 p c Ew e ahs i rt v i oae i cbh n hl g iiesaa a hle i e d s., die shc a eo r hho e uul surslefi from stating the names of' the places in vit )i , c ,i n t- 9 b ° l e g e t g A 1 t he i t o. i s— a ra ted, and the re_leg.t-0 iiis ., 0 o of t eil . Mr. N F 0 R E c A :e (g n i t h r n Ne : e r e d t s T e c d t Ahulortoe l i n s F d e v u t: a- e ie n i le : 1 1 6 e p 0 f EWDEGATE called the t!,t" i fp, V her Ho l use . to a report, entitled Foreign 'la s t ', Ole pin e s : s session (No, 570), and pointed no bad tol‘6loo changes adverse to this country, whi,, ch e ,oli I fs° in the tariffs of foreign countries, awe —I be found in the report in question. (LEFT SITTING-) v 10 —.----------- (013 ,10,' 1 00 _on o t be . STEAM TRAFFIC FROM It'SWIC-• oa t " fit "r e the Orwell, Queen, and two railivay steameo,differe posso persons were conveyed away from I Ps wich t ben t 419° .itt 51° nations. The Orwell conveyed to London o _, and / gers, the Queen had 200, and the Wateraw• v l‘ t.o a ~,,,,,s had about 250 each. --Ipswich Expr ess. lu.- fi ve .0, MADEMOISELLE LIND.---LIVERr°°Ia is tO g 4 - 00,./ As our readers are aware, Mademoiselle Lia. ore for 1 : fri e 'g concerts in this town previous to her dePa!:_hall, °; 0 10 0 ,,i , The first takes place at the Philharnionl.6o t he 1 r TrOw evening, and the second on Monds.Y. ~ li b 00 h e 4 DIP I• to Wednesday the " Nightingale" will set t ° 0 s teal ° o rde r i# atlantic trip, on board the new Americteros ill ped lantic, and many travellers have secured ,u_ ()a s!? ecir a ( eo . , accompany the popular songstress across secured he bi tnfeje 6 00 j expected to arrived in this town from Londo n r ebe e - 0 01 0 4 is ! train on Thursday, and she will attendwlth Dial' or et o so same evening. 111. Benedict, who Wa s JlllO ll tb S leP Lind at Baden, writing to the committee 0.. belt last r-,00 Society, says that he Inver heard her siV aesc hly i ' o i. 00 1( Theet the concert given in that town on 1 „ e ipts 6 1 , t t: nthusiasm was boundless, and the re"_ ce rtS„, be 01 ) ik whole of the tickets for the Liverpool T ao '.l. coge of fren di posed of, and are selling at a Pr„e m ,, f 50 P e ,, r s pr'jir a profit of ~ , ers°P . ., ° lators are in many cores realising is estimated that there will be about 2 ' ee' e j -stiria it°P. co ° each evening, and many distinguished P r ....../ 40 00 ,itt twice are expected. ei eiCTS' 0 13 co ca ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE OF vor. , er jai , oetteete viets, one named John Purvis and the o , t i `„, a fter l i l ie o i i between three and -Rev o'clock on Moe b; se e t Ge o te t . be vara natO cle ,a ceetied in climbing ova r the wall of t . arde e ~,3 Jo c r - _, fence of Commodore Henry Edens g` tool the Offer' street Woolwich. Tsai police-constables_ re bot ret ee gate immediately gave chase, and the twenty 1 : 11P 60 AO 7,4' near the Aizaine liarrai'A(s, and vvithin t,v,,, returned on board the War_.r i orT c h o:v n ic i t sb b o u p 7 o . e c i ii ii re ep Old be %lt ; LONDON VI ITATION. bat be SOV 01W - . . intimated to the clergy of his diocese t erda y, ol d s ees rations in St. Paul's Cathedral, on S o a v l e u ro bee 6, 00 OP' Monday, November 4, Wednesday, IC ,„„ s eti /P i day, November 7. Four years hree eier ship's last visitation. Malt. i Flour.