The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-08 00:00:00

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LITCREZIA BORGIA. Maclaine BARBIERI NlNl.—Mdle. ALBONI. TO-MORROW EVENING, August 9, will be presented Donizetti's alebrateci. Opera LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia, Madame Barbieri Nini (her second appearance in this country) ; Maffio Orsini, Mdlle. Alboni ; Gennaro, Sig. Gardena; Rustighello, Sig. Mercuriali ; Petrucci, Sig. F. Lablache Gazelia, IBig. Casanova ; Gubetta , Sig. Lorenzo ; Astolfo, Sig. Balancill Ilnd Alfonso, Sig. Lablache. To conclude with the admirable Ballet LES GRACES. By Mdlle. Amapa Ferraris, Madlle. Marie Taglioni, Mdlle. Caroline Ifdlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Koh euberg, Aussandon, Pascales, Dantonie, Soto, Sce• Applications for Boxes, Stills, and Tickets to be made at the 801,oltkre of the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight. HER NIATESTY'iI THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA 3,,T1G11T. DON GIOVANNI. Madlles. Alboni, Giuliani, and Florentine. It is respectfully announced tha whyand Extra Night will take place THIS EVENING, August 8, will be performed Mozart'a grand Opera, entitled DON GIOVANNI, With following powerful Cast: — Don Giovanni, Signor Coietti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari ; Massetto, Signor F La.blache ; 11 Commendatore, Signor Scapini ; Leoporeno, Signor Labl,chc; Donna Anna, Madame Fiorentinl ; Donna Elvira, Ma dame Giuliani;Zerlina, Madlle. Alboni. To conclnel.3 with a Grand Divertissement from 11 Prodigo, by M. Paul Tagliont, comprisinz the celebrated Pas de Poignards, by Aldlle. Carolina Rosati, supported by Mesdlles, liohlenberg, Rosa, Esper, Julien, LaMOUITLIX, Dantoni, Aiusandon. Fascales, Alle grini, Soto, Sob -Minsky, Emma, Eliza, Lavinia, Beale, and the ladics of the corps de ballet. SUBSCRIPTION NIGHT.—WEDNESDAY, August 13. it is respectfully announced that, in compliance with the g , ne • rally expressed desire, a Subscription Night will be the ngive on n way, August 13, 1,5 1 , in lieu of the last Tuesday of Sbscrip tion (viz., September 2). All ivories and ticket 4, therefore, for that evening, will be available for Wednesday, August 13, when will be preserved Donizettes admired Opera, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI AIENTO ; Marie, Madlle. Alboni. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box Office, ot the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TRIUMPHAN E . SUCCESS of the GREAT AMERICAN and q'RENCH TROUPE ot STAR RIDERS.—Second ‘Veek of Madlle. Caroline, Madame Brower, Mr. M'C'allom, Mr. Stone, Mon. Loisset, Young Baptiste, &c., who are nightly received with enthusiastic applause by crowded and fashionable audiences.—A change of Pro gramme each Evening. Pit, Is. 61; Gallery, oo,rs open at Half -past Seven, to commence at Eight. Admission :—Dress Boxes, 3s ; Boxes, 25.; ; Upper Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. H. Wooster, sole Lessee and Manager, Ola BromptOn. THIS EVE sIING, Will be performed BORN TO GOOD LUCK. To be tonowed by :_•ON AND STRANGER. Immediately after the Operetta, Miss L. Pyne will sing Rode o s Air, with Variations. After wilier' an entirely new Farce, BY LAW ! and BRADSHAW entitled GP.IMSHAWI BAG- To conclude with the Drama of THE WHITE HORSE O THE P EPPERS. Gerrald Pepper, Mr. Hudson ; 31 ag delene, B u ckingham. Mrs F . L. S. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. '_'UIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Parselle ; Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miami, Madame CeleLte ; Geraldine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. o be tollow,ed by a new comic Opera, entitled GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PANTALON. Doctor Tititofolo, Mr. Paul Bedford Signor Pantalon, Mr. Honey ; Lelio, Miss Woolgar; Columbine, Miss Kath leen Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the arcD Fe ofMiss FORTUN Ellen E'S FROLICS. Robin R o ughhead, Mr. Emery olly, Chaplin. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managementot Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's nlay of TWELFTH NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Kee l e y, Harley, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining ; Miss Phillips, and Mrs. C. Kean. After w inch a new Farce called APARTMENTS. "Visitors to the Ellibltion may be accommodated," in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will anvear. •ro conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken rorn a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; o r The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Barley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley', Mdlle. Anriol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private BOXCS, sec., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. ktassingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, oxford-street, from Eleven till Fear o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veit% tole Les*ce, Mr. Charles Mathew.. THIS EVENING. Will be performed COURT BEAUTIES. To be followed by Kn - G CHARMING. To conclude with COOL AS A CUCUMBER. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. L.aee and Manager, Mr. W. Farrm- Miss Helen Faucit and Mr. J. W. Wallack. 4ltt EVENING, Will be performed MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. J. W. Wallack jaady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit. With the FAST COACH. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3II'IIITHEATRE. Under the t'atronae at her Majesty and his Royal Hlghnots Prince Albert. .ror.rletor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. _ . Wonderful success—the revival of 11Yron's Dramatic Spectacle of Mazeppa has exceeded the Proprietor's most sanguine expectations, the Amphitheatre being literally inundated nightly to witness this highly popular production. The brilliant new and expensive scenic effects, magnificent costumes, gorgeous decorations, and brilliant tableaux nightly elicit the most enthusiastic applause. The only star at the present d iy is the theatrical hemisphere is Mazeppa, which shines wita undiminished libtre after upWards of 1,000 representations THIS EVENING. Will be performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ; or the Wild Horse of Tartary, which has been revived, in conse quence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nations to wit ness the magnilicent Spectacle. To be tollowed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of English, French, Italian, and American Artistes. To conclude with the laughable Afterplece of THE CONSCRIPT OF LYONS Box-ofSce open troin Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed a new Farce, with a Prologue, entitled MY WIFE's FCTUR el HUSBAND. With a Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER. Princi pal characters by Mesrs. J. Reeve, lt,gers, and Miss Marshall. After which a new Burlesque, e.ititled GODIVA, THE LADY OF COVENTRY. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, J. Rogers, Norton, Romer, Maske!l, Attwood; Mesdames Marshall, C. liorsman, E. Romer, Morcelll, and Maskell. To conclude with a new Comedy, called CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Principal characters by Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Davis, Mr. J. Rogers, Miss Romer, Miss Maskell, and Miss Marshall. lee prices 01 admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, A ta ; boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, is. Doors to be opened at Hall-past Six, and the performances to commence at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine —first circle, 25.; second circle, ls. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Proprietor, determined that the unexampled patronage be stowed on these Gardens shall meet with corresponding efforts on his part, has entered into an engagement tor Six Nights more with those eminent Vocalists. Miss Messeiit, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Young, and Mr. Leffler (piano-forte, Mr. Jolley), f or t h e performance of English Glees, Madrigals, and popular Ballads, in addition to Mons. Jullien and the elite of his unrivalled Band. Promenade Concert d'Eto includes Mons. Jullien's latest and most favourite cornpodtions, and a choice selection from the works of the great masters. Songs, Glees, and Madriga l s , b y Miss Messant, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Young, and Mr. Leffler; concluding with a grand Firework Pageant, by Southby, which for colour, design, and bril liancy, admits of no competition. The Zoological Collection is greatly increased, with various other scientific and unique at tractions. Doois open from Nine in the Morning. Feeding the Animals, Half-past five. Concert, Half past Sic. Oal English Sports at Half-past Four. Fireworks, Dusk. Admission One Shilling. HIGH WATER Al I,l:iNfißf.N fsitlDok , Tins DAY —Morning 17 rain. after 11 I Evening 0 min after 0 To-Mosao:tv—Morning 53 min. after 11 !Evening 21 min after 12 THE WEATHER.--Susr OFFICR, AUGUST 8. THZEMOMIGTER, SHADS. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 54--lowest thla morning and (luring the night. 74—this day, at noon. BA.aosurrimn, 30 09. WIND N.E.—tine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLY MOUTH—Wind E , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PooLa—Wind N.E., strong breeze—cloudless. CHELTENHAM—Wind N.— fine. SPETCHLEY—Wind N.E.—cloudy. WORCESTER --Wind N. cloudy. PORTSMOUTH--Wind f;. W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Gosroux —Wind N.E—very tine. BRIGHTON—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS — Wind N.E., fresh oreeze—clondless. flou TILiMPTON — Wind N.E, strong breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. llssariegroKsi—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. D OR C H ESTER—Wind N.—cloudy. w iNous TER ....Wind N•E.-- fine. Box—Wind S.W.—cloudy. BragroL-L Wind N.—fine- GREENWICH—Wind N.,gentle breeze — overcast. Bwnsuott—Wind .E., gentle breeze—overcast, OXFORD Wind W. —cloudy. HERTFORD—Wind W—fine. BURTON—Wind E.—fine. LEEK—Wind E.—cloudy. MACCLESFIELD—Wind 5...-.CIO I . I dY• GLOUCESTE E.—• Wind N.—cloudy. Caxt.xssonn Wind N.—cloudy. COLCHESTER--Wind N. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. %AMSTER FORD —Wind N.E.—cloudy. C AKBRIDGE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. ELY--Wind i E.—cloudy. RA: ON -- ‘ Vind E.—cloudy. NEwmAnKnr —Wind N.E.—fine: it g c itm °4 '; -- o lin* d N.—cloudy. STAFF° R D Win d S.—cloudy. STOKE — vi Ina pa E. cloudy. p irrEaßototio --cloudy. n - -Wind E.—cloudy. E. —cloudy. STARiFOR D __A v ina E WoLvEuToN—A N Ind .—cloudy. TAMWoRTft —Wind E TARIM, mit—Wind NTE.fine. wind—partially cloudy. LOWESTOFT —Wind N.E° h ar d 7 NORWICH—Wind N.E. --- I°T u Y• IFSWICH—Wind W.—fine. 3r. ' dll , LEtcEsTzr.--Wind W.S. W.— cloud v DEnsaant —Wind E.—cloudy. - • DERBY— Wind S.W.—Cloudy. NorrINGH.A 3I —Wind N.E.— cloudy. LINCOLN—Wind, loudy. C HRS TE RFIELD--- Wind W.—clondy, atsnito'— Wind W.S. W.—cloudy. CREWE—Wind W, —cloudy. HOLYHEAD--Vand E.—fine. C ma—Wind S.Y.— cloudy. BIER ENHEAI)--Wind S.E.—cloudy. SHEFFIELD--Wind E. --cloudy. LrveapooL—Wind S.E.—cloady. liarrantsTua—Wind E. —cloudy. SromrouT —Wind E. —cloudy. HULL—Wind N.E.—cloudy. AV —Wind N.—cloudy. "[Elk: SEAT—P ay irbid N.—cloudy. --- -- W:ciari f tcuAWind N.—cloudy. f -- ' ' ...._- A Tont —Wm:FN.—cloudy. SCA ii2OHORGIV-: Wind S ' E.—cloudy. lUntrscoQs— ind N.E.—cloudy. tivia i vi '=—W. d N.W.—cloudy. ....yery tine. W.N. :,‘ Co , A. a THE SUN S _ LONDON, _ERIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1851. GLASGOW—Wind N.—very fine. EDLNBURGH—Wind N.E.—very tine. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : LLMERICR—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. , \ s, ..7 i ' l t 4rt...V . ' 1 AZ . . 4 _ll' f:: e ~4. ~ , „wt. , I • fo,:c, ~.,...,.. 4,„ / igt:‘ 040 ' -r , '"''' . 14,,, ,, ,i -,:-. I.i 7 " ;• ' . '*,.,, V . 70 ~ ' , ... AIN - % ' DIE c.. • ,77 , , 1 7 ,* ~, cr• m o , ',R o iI . . /. 'i` — "e s-- , ‘.‘ ' 44 • Obtux'itit LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1851. In the Howe of Lords last night, A short conversation took place on tho subject of the erection of a Protestant place of Worship in Rome, in the course of which the Marquis of LANsoowNE ex pressed his fear that no liberality wag to be expected from Roman Catholic Governments towards Protestant:. The :loyal assent was given by Colsamision to severs . Bills. The Patent Law Bill was thrown out. Several Bills were forwarded a stage, and their Lord ships adjourned. In the House of Commons, The report of the Committee on the attendance of Members at the bar of the House of Peers was read, and resolutions founded thereon were agreed to. In answer to Sir DE LACY EVANS, _ . _ _ Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government could not interfere in the affairs of Naples, but that he had directed the British representatives at foreign Courts to bring tinder the notice of the Governments to which they were accredited the pamphlets which had been recently published by Mr. GLADSTONE. Mr. HUME moved that the evidence taken before the Income-tax Committee be printed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, and on a division, it being discovered that there were only thirty Members present, the House adjourned This day the Parliamentary Session of 1851 will be brought to a conclusion. Many and serious as have been the backslidings of former years, perhaps the difference between promise and performance has never been more painfully conspicuous. There was a reckless procrastination —an anxiety to postpone any and every subject of the slightest importance until a more convenient season. The Ecclesias tical Titles Assumption Bill will be the chief monument of legislatorial labour dur ing the year of the Great Exhibition, as it consumed the greater portion of time not de voted to merely formal business, and in saying this, we believe that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to pass a stronger censure on the proceedings. Even to the very last, matters were conducted in the same spirit. Although the House of Commons, contrary to our expectations, made acreditable attempt to pass the Patent Law Amendment Bill—although by a laudable effort it repaired the evil occasioned by the discourteous conduct of the legislative GRIMALDI, no benefit was derived from these exertions, It was true that the Earl of MINT° moved that the Commons' amendments should be agreed to, but he did so in the style of Sergeant LENS, " very faintly, and as if without a hope of success." The Noble Lord, in fact, invited opposition, by stating that the amendments " were of such a nature that it was al most too much to ask their Lordships, at this period of the session, to assent to them." On the first show of resistance, although proceeding from one of the least influential Members of the Upper House, and that resistance actually courted, the mea sure was abandoned and rejected without a division. It was, in fact, as if a strongly armed convoy had sent out flanking parties to ascertain the chances of attack, and to rouse any sleeping opponent, and that, on discovering a boy armed with a pop-gun, they had fled in disorder, abandoning the goods they had un dertaken to protect. We cannot imagine a more suitable comparison for the ignominious surrender of one of the few measures of practical utility which might have in some degree redeemed that reproach that must now attend the session just concluded, and that on the first summons of the Lord MONTEAGLE ! ! ! But why should we wonder ? greater events have sprung from more trivial causes? The cackling of a goose saved the capitol—the hissing of the ci decant SPRING Rica, who was pitchforked into the Upper House by the Whigs in order that they might get rid cf an incompetent Chancellor of the Exchequer —oh that Sir CHARLES WOOD had received similar promotion !—has thrown impediments in the way of inventors for another (we trust only for another) year. The proceedings in other matters were of a similar character ; the same temporising and procrastinating policy was perceptible in every matter and on every point brought under the notice of Parliament. The myth of PENELOPE'S web received a new illustration, the labours of one portion of the Legislature being neutralized by the other. Thus the Marriages Affinity Bill, which on successive years had been carried in the House of Commons by large and over whelming majorities, was rejected by the hereditary legislators—lawn sleeves being on the occasion " Thick as leaves on Vallambrosa—" the Right Rev. gentry being apparently as anxious to get their fingers into the pie,' as if another Hor field Manor was surrendered to their tender mercies, to be dissevered from the property of the Church, and transferred to that of the individual bishop. Again the Oath of Abjuration Bill came up from the Commons with unusual prestige. The matter related solely to the House of Commons, which should be the best judge of the privileges and qualifications necessary for its own Members. With singular, and, as we conceive, most uncalled-for delicacy, it declined adjudicating on the matter of its authority, as it might, and with any degree of proper self-respect, would have done.. The question lay in a nutshell. A precedent bad been established in the case of Mr. PEASE that should have been decisive on the point. There was no truckling on the part of the popular branch of the Legislature, while the Reform Act was yet recent, and its effects perceptible in the conduct of the representatives of the people. That exaggerated complaisance was reserved for a later period—for the second moiety of the 19th century. Subsequent statutes, more especially the 1 and 2 Victoria, cap. 105, might have removed any doubts as to the validity of the tendered oaths. But the Commons behaved like a timid maiden, referring the pressing suitor to its elder relative, and "ask my Ma " was the only answer which Alderman SALOMONS could obtain to his earnest solicitations. We need not state the un toward result. The question stands over for the present, and will, most probably, be decided by one of the legal tribunals of the coun try, and the House of Commons will have abdicated its natural functions without any sufficient cause, and without any recompense. It would be too painful a task to go through the various subjects respecting which complaints might justly be preferred; we shall, therefore, only refer to the proceedings on the Property and Income-tax Bill. In place of dealing with the subject in a manly and straightforward manner, and making such alterations as would render the impost, if not a lt oge th er equitable, at least i n some degree approximating thereto, the 'louse transferred the responsibility to a Select Committee, renewing the measure for a single year with all its imperfections. Although the appointment of the Committee was thus carried, more than a month elapsed before the nomination of its members, which might never have taken place if Mr. HUME had not surrendered his privileges to Sir CHARLES WOOD, and enabled the Right Henourable Baronet to constitute it so that no possible ad vantages could be derived from its labours. We now find that although evidence was taken it is not to be published, and that, in fact, the country i s to be left in the dark on this all-important subject until next year. Let Ministers, however, pa use , they may press too strongly on the national forbear ance. The income-tax is a subject on which no trickery will now be tolerated or sanctioned. The manoeuvr es of Sir CHARLES WOOD on this point led to the Ministerial difficulties of the present ses his coll ession—theymayfrolm office i eadtothe n ignominious lBs2. expulsion of eagu An ele tt elegant and gratifying token of their apprecia tion of the energy and talent of Mr. PAXTON, in cmjrig his dtsigia of tiA_ Crystal ktAlue to be, sucm. cessfully carried out, was paid on Tuesday last to ' that distinguished man by the gentry of the good town of Derby. Not the least interesting feature of the entertainment was the presence of the princely owner of Chatsworth, who enjoys the proud con sciousness of having in years gone by given a helping hand to the steady and hardworking youth who was destined one day to win so high a station in the ranks of nature's nobility, and of witnessing the world renowned fruits of his former generous patronage. When the design for the unparalleled structure was first propounded by Mr. PAXTON, it was regarded by many with astonishment verging on incredulity, but the Duke of DEVONSHIRE knew his man. He felt a thorough confidence in the powers and perseverance of one whom "he had never known to fail in any thing he had undertaken," in his " well-regulated, clear, and active mind—his powerful and persevering will," and it was with a generous and just exultation that be was enabled on Tuesday evening to proclaim his pride in being connected with the pcssessor of " mind, intetrity, simplicity, and talent, to enjoy whose confidence was as gratifying to his (the Duke's) feelings as his extensive services had been conducive to his worldly prosperity." Cordially do we unite in the certainty expressed by the noble speaker that, should the arrangements and regulations of the Crystal Palace hereafter be confided to the inventor, " its merits and advantages in a second state would be as striking and as well appreciated as they were in the first." The speech of the honoured guest of the occasion afforded an interesting expression of the feelings which inspired him, from the very first, as regarded the stupendous edifice. " When the Exhibition," said he, " was first propounded, I hailed it with un mixed pleasure ; it appeared to me like a beam of light of vast magnitude, embracing a field of opera tion, the true advantages of which could only be felt in after times, when the great efforts made would un fold themselves in a thousand different and unlooked for channels This is the seed time, the harvest will assuredly follow. Not only will the mechanical in genuity of man find means for extended improve ment, but the social nature of man will receive its re wards in the sweeping away of national prejudice, and establishing between nation and nation, and man and man, a kinder appreciation of each other's worth, and a more charitable view of each other's frailties." And of the correctness of those views we are now, fortunately, enabled to judge from the ex perience of the last three months. Nor can the lucid statements made - by Mr. PAXTON, of his connexion with the magnificent scheme, and the reasons which induced him to furnish a plan, be perused without exciting interest throughout its details in the breast of every one less insanely pre judiced than the Gallant Representative of Lincoln. Perseveringly and confidently we find him working out his absorbing object from the first sketch made on a sheet of blotting paper, and which indicated the principal features of the building as it now stands as much as the most finished subsequent drawings, to the realization of the marvellous conception. We may direct attention en passant to the refutation of an opinion which we shared in common with the rest of the world, that the circular roof of the transept was designed by Mr. BARRY, and not by Mr. PAXTON. " Sui cuique honores." The architects of the two great palaces have each sufficient laurels of their own. Nothing, however, could exceed the handsome and , ungrudging manner in which Mr. PAXTON spoke of all his coadjutors, awarding his cordial meed of applause especially to the ability, energy, and transcendent skill of Messrs. Fox and HENDERSON, and the admirable judgment displayed by Mr. OWEN JONES in his selection of colours for the interior of the building. In referring to a notion on the part of some that the plan of the structure was merely "a fortunate idea," the speaker happily observed—and we would direct atten tion to the concluding sentences of the paragraph as a graceful specimen of sincere and unfulsome grati tude :—" The idea, though fortunate, was not a for tuitous one. It was the result of long study and long labour, without which no really practical idea can be worked out into a distinct and palpable design. The great experience I had in the erection of glass struc tures, and the invariable success which had attended my exertions, emboldened me to produce that design, because I had not a doubt of its practicability if pro perly carried out. I had two objects in view in offer ing a design—the first was, that my proposal would he exactly suitable for the exhibition; and next, it would meet a long cherished idea of mine for a na tional winter garden. I have stated to you that the Victoria Regia was the immediate cause of my send ing in a design for the Crystal Palace ; but the Crys tal Palace does not derive its origin from the exist ence of that noble plant. No ! It owes its erection to a nubler work of nature—the Noble Duke whom I have had the honour and pleasure to serve for more than a quarter of a century. It is to his fostering hand I owe all I possess ; he took me when quite a youth and moulded me according to his wants and wishes ; he has given me all the advantages of extended travel with himself, which could not fail to produce fruit in due season ; by his confidence and liberality I have had placed before me ample means for various experi ments, and without which, depend upon it, there never would have been a Crystal Palace; and if there is one thing more than another that would en hance the pleasures of this day, it is that his Grace has done mo the honour to be present to see the flat tering tribute you have paid me." It is because we believe Mr. PAXTON to have attained his celebrity not by luck, or fitful genius, but by thoughtfulness, observation, and assiduity, because we believe him to deserve it, alike from the possession and combination of those qualifications, and from an unselfish, un presumptuous, and kindly disposition, that we rejoice in the public appreciation of his deserts, evidenced in such manifestations as that which has reflected credit on the citizens of Derby. Being personally unacquainted with him, we can the more unreserv edly say, that, judging both from his performances and his words, he may justly be pronounced de serving i❑ the extreme of the popular admiration and respect which gather thick around his name. FEESCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen has graciously intimated her i n t en ti on o f visiting the French Plays this evening, on which occasion Monsieur Bouffe will ap 'ear in his celebrated character of Grandet, in the popular play of " La Fille de Pdvare ;" and Monsieur Lafont in Alfred de Musset's comedic', " 11 feat gu'une Porte soit Ouverte on Fernife." THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.—Another of the meetings, making up the grand " Teetotal Demonstration for all Nations in 1.51," was held yesterday evening in St. Martin's-hall, Long-acre ; Mr. Livesey, of Preston, in the chair. At six o'clock, the hour announced as that at which the proceedings should commence, the attendance was ex ceedingly thin ; but this circumstance the chairman ex plained, by a statement that some of the placards had, by an unfortunate mistake, given the time of assembling as seven. Various temperance melodies were sung to fill up the interval, and Mr. Livesey, who was loudly cheered, de tailed to the audience the progress of the temperance move ment, especially in Preston, whence he came. Subsequently the hall became densely crowded, remaining so till nearly eleven o'clock, by which time many more songs had been sung and many more speeches delivered, much to the satis faction of the numerous audience brought together by the occasion. A letter from the proprietor of the Surrey Zoolo gical Gardens, where the teetotallers in very large numbers (25,(I00 in all) gathered recently, informed the secretary of the extreme orderliness and propriety of behaviour th ere maintained; and the reading of this epistle to the meeti ng , complimentary as it was to the body to which the majority belonged, called forth most vehement applause. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT Nonyncir.--The execution of the condemned convict, Henry Groom, who was tried and found guilty at the last Norfolk assizes for an ag gravated case of murder, is fixed to take place on Saturday, the 9th instant, at twelve o'clock, in front of Norwich Castle. Since his condemnation, the miserable culprit seems to be perfectly alive to the fearful nature of his po sition, and has made in general terms a full confession of his guilt to the gaol chaplain. He is most attentive to the reli gious consolation offered to him, and admits the perfect jus tice of his sentence. THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—Yesterday a rep , _rt of the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to nettle the order in which the Members shall accompany the Speaker in the op en i ng or proroguing Par liament was printed. Every Member desirous of attending the Speaker is to communicate his intention in writing to g, and if it i s s it t i ng, be tvv the Clerk of the House, in case the House i s no t s itti ng, be foretiveee no'clock houronof the t h r e d en ayip rec the afternoon e d ii] and the risin g of the House on the day preceding." On the House b e i ng summoned to attend her Majesty the Cabinet Ministers pre sent are immediately to follow the Speaker. On the day of meeting, or the prorogation, before any other business be done, the names of the Members are . to be put into a glass and arranged according to the ordern which they shall b e drawn forth th ere f rom —th e Members!o proceed to the House of Lords in ranks of four. After the House has been sum moned to att en d h er M a j esty no M em b er i s t o remain in, cross, or pass through, any door leading to the House of Lords, and the Sergeant -at-Arms is to keep the passage clear of Members. ELECTION OF A REPRESENTATIVE PEER FOR SCOTLAND.—Lord Colville, of Culross, was elected at Holy rood, on Wednesday, a representative peer for Scotland, in room of the late Viscount stratlaallon, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The fetes still continue, and the sham fight in the Champ de Mars, which was exceedingly brilliant, was preceded by a grand (Mjeuner for seventy persons,:given at the Hotel de Ville. - - ----- The Gazette de France has the following : " A meeting of the members of the Right of the As sembly was held this morning at the house of M. Berryer. The object of the meeting was to come to an understanding as to the conduct to be observed during the prorogation. It was decided that in the Councils-General the total and legal revision of the Constitution shall be advocated. As to a candi. dateship for the Presidency, it was demonstrated by M. BERRYER and .11. DE FALLOUX that there would be groat disadvantage in deliberating prematurely on this subject. It was resolved, therefore, to remain on the reserve. The publisher of the Siecle and M. JOURDAN, one of the editors, were yesterday found guilty of a libel on the PRESIDENT of the Republic ; and the former was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 2 500 E., while the latter was sentenced to two months' imprisonment and a fine of 500 f. Pants BOURSE, AUG. 7.—Closing prices ; Rentes Five per Cents., 9t3'. ; ditto Three per Cents., 57f. 45c. ; Bank of France. 2,195. BUSINESS L)UNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAY`.' AT TEIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AuG. 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 10'S ; Dutch Rhenish, 3q ex in. —East Indian, 18 —Northern of France, 143q—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4%—Paris and Rouen, 25. and cries of " Vive Napol6ln !" were again raised ; there were some cries of " Vive is Republique !" but the general one was " Vive Napoleon !" The spec tacle on the whole was a most magnificent one, and must have delighted all who witnessed it. Among the spectators in the tribune was the Chinese Com mandant, who appeared to take great interest in the scene. Considering the immense number of people assembled, the greatest order prevailed. The whole passed off, as far as the writer could learn, without any serious accident ; five or six of the cavalry were dismounted, but all, with the exception of one, who:was led off the ground, were able to remount. The horse of one of the generals in the suite of the President reared, and threw his rider, but without doing him any injury. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Two communications have been forwarded from the office of the Committee of the Privy Council of Trade to the Secretary at Lloyd's (Captain Halsted, R.N.) the first to the 4- ffeet that the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs at Madrid had declared that all captains and masters of foreign vessels which may hereafter enter the lazarettos ot Mahon and Vigo to perform quarantine will be obliged to present the manifesto of such goods or articles on which sanitary duties are levied, in the Spa nish language, of their respective pardon. On adopting this measure it has been borne in mind that, as the masters of vessels are bound to exhibit another more detailed manifesto, drawn up in Spanish, to the Admi ❑istration of the Custom-house, it will be no great trou ble to them to make a more reduced copy of the latter, thereby affording greater facility to the officer of the Board of Health for the exact calculation ot the duties which are to be levied. The Consulate from Teneriffe, dated Juno 14, notify ing that the Provincial Board of Health at Teneriffe have decided that all arrivals from Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio Janeiro, and other ports of Brazil, shall not be admitted to pratique in the islands until they have per formed quarantine either at Vigo or Port Mahon, in consequence of the reported existence of yellow fever on the Brazil coast, this measure has been adopted here in accordance with a similar decision made by the Cadiz Board of Health under date of the 20th ult. This decision will affect the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's vessels on their return from the Brazils, but the civil governor of this island has assured me that every facility shall be given for the embarkation of tte correspondence, passengers, merchandise, or provisions, and for coaling in case of need. SPORTING NOTES. No. CI. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln consequence of the non-completion of ar rangements now pending relative to a considerable im provement in the future Notes, which in a condensed form will henceforth embrace every scrap of information useful to the turfite, the usual Sporting Note, published on Friday on the following week's races, will not appear until to-morrow. I have entered into the arrangements referred to above, in consequence of the numerous com munications I have been deluged with, asking for in formation on points which sporting writers are not gene• rally in the habit of touching on. I am, Sir, yours, Sce., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF, Aug. 8, 1851. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es timated at 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 500 Surat, and 1,000 American on speculation. The sales comprised 8,000 American, 700 Pernam and IYEaranham at 50 to 64d , 200 Bahia at Sid. to 6id., 250 Egyptian at sid. to 7d,, and 800 Surat at 3 1 0. to 3td. per lb. The market closed firmly, and American and Surat were d. higher for ord to low mid, and other kinds were a shade against the buyer,— The market for Railway Shares was firmer at higher quotations. In the Produce markets this week a good business has been done, and generally at full prices. The %Vest India mail is still dtie. In the English Stock Market there is no change, Consols are 96:i j-. Exchequer bills are about 48s. pre- mium. The atteudance of members is thin. Spanish Five per Cents. are 20i g, Portuguese Four per Cents. 32i to 33k, and Mexiedu to 3 1 4 31. Shares do nut support the highest rates of yesterday. MARKET ISEIVS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. A fair average supply of English Wheat has arrived up to our market, this week, costwise, viz., 2,370 quar ters, chit fly from Essex and Kent. Fresh up to-day the receipts were small, yet they were fully equal to the demand, which ruled heavy, at barely Monday's de cline in the quotations, and a total clearance was not effected. There were a few rubbed-out samples of new English Wheat, Barley, and Oats on show in good con dition. A few transactions took place for future deli very. Upwards of 18,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to band. Selected samples were very dull, yet the importers refused to accept lower terms. The value of low and middling kinds was almost nominal Foreign Barley was in large supply. All kinds moved off slowly, and previous rates were with difficulty sup ported. We had a ♦ery inactive itiquiry for Malt at about stationary prices. Very few home-grown Oats were brought forward, but the supply of foreign exceeded 51,000 quarters. Heavy qualities sold at late rates, but other kinds were 6d per quarter cheaper. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour commanded very little at tention. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour, Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks English .... • • 2,370 80 3,790 50 1,950 Irish .. ••• • 490 Foreign ••• • • • 18,050 8,190 51,430 1 0 sks 4, 9 7 6 80 bls SIVIITHFXBILD. Notwithstanding that our market to-day was season ably well supplied with Beasts, both as to number and quality, the demand for that description of stock was steady, and, in some instances, the primest Scots pro duced a trifle more money. Sheep—the supply of which was tolerably good—moved off slowly, yet previous rates were well supported. We had only a moderate inquiry for Lambs, at Monday's currency. Prime small Calves were quite as dear; but other kinds of Veal commanded very little attention. The Pork trade ruled heavy, but we have no decline to notice in prices. Milch Cows were dull, at from 141 to 1815 s each, including their small Calf. Per 81bs. to sink the Offal. s. d. to s. d. B. d. to s. d Inferior 80a5t5..... 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep .. ~ 2 6 2 8 Second quality •• •• 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 210 3 8 Pr:me large Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 2 3 6 Prime Scots .. •• .• 3 4 3 8 !,outhdown Wether 3 8 310 Cargo coarse Calves 2 6 3 2 Ditto out of the wool G 0 0 0 Prime small ditto .. 3 4 3 6 Large Hogs ...... 2 6 3 2 kicklin,f, Calves •• 18 0 20 0 Small Porkers •. 3 4 3 8 Lambs —••.••••• 3 10 410 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 18 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. Calves. Pigs 12,8r)0 I I 240 2OO SCOTCH. Sheep. I 1 Calves. I Pigs 50 FOREIGN SUPPLY. B iassts. I 5670 heep. I Calves. I rigS. 110 90 17 ZIATGATE IiND ZELIDENHALL. !Amts. 822 Beasts. 90 The general demand was in a very sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 5. d. to s. d. •seef,lnferlor•... •• 2 0 2 4 Mutton, nterior •• 2 4 2 8 middling .... 2 6 2 8 --- middling.. 210 3 4 - primelarge .• 210 3 0 -- prime •• •• 3 6 3 8 prime small.• 3 2 3 4 Pork, large ••••• • • • 2 6 8 4 Veal•• .• .••....... 2 8 3 4 small .• •••• •• 3 6 3 8 Lamb. 3s 6d to 4s Bd. BOROUGH HOP VIARZET. For most kinds of Hops, the show or which is but moderate, we have a steady demand at full rates of cur rency. The plantation acc unts are unfavourable, a n d the duty is called 85,0001. to 90,0001. Mid and East Kent Pockets, 903 to 1555; Weald of Kent ditto, 80 s to 105 s; Sussex ditto, 84s to 965. C0L0N1.3.16. SuGAa.—A fair business has been transacted in Bri -sh Plantation at about last week's quotations, but the general condition of the market has not been lively. Barbadoes by auction sold at 39s to 40s 6d for fine yellow, and 35s 6d to 363 6cl for low to good. Deme rara good brown went at 32s 6d, and Trinidad good mid y e ll o w at 36s to 36s 6d. St. Kitt 's mid yellow b roug h t 355. Refined was at 46s to 494 for low to fine grocery lumps. EAST INDlA. —Mauritius has been steady by private sale at full rates, and also Bengal. Of the latter, 1,479 bags offered by auction went firmly; good and fin e white Benares at 40s to 'ls. 6d., and good soft yellow at 354 6d to 36s 6d. Madrass went rather lower for soft de scriptions, 757 bags realising 26s Gd to 28s for brown and 29s to 31a 6d for :ord and mid yellow. Manilla, 6,877 mats, was taken in at 28s 6d to 29s 6d for low Musco vado, and 33s for low clayed. FOREIGN.—Porto Rico partly sold at 32s to 34s for low to good brown, 34s Gd to 36s for low grey and yel low, and 395 6d to 41s for fine white; Havannah has been sold at 343 to 37s for low and mid, and at 37s 6cl to 38s 6d for good. Yellow Havannah went at 34s to 36s for washed, and 37s to 39s Gd for good and fine. Rio low to good brown sold at 29s to 335. Brown Bahia was taken in at 29s 6i to 32s for ord to mid. Cuba was taken in at 34s 6cl to 37s for low and mid yellow, and 37s Gd to 39s 6d for good and fine. COEEEE.—The market has been very buoyant, and further advanced rates have been obtained for Ceylon. Good ord Native has been sold at 40s to 40s Bd. Plan tation has been sold at 53s to 58s for mid and good mid, 55s to GOs for mid celery, 603 to 73s for good mid and good, 48s to 56a for low mid and mid, 43s to 48s 6i for fine and fine ord, 37s 6d for ord pale, and 35s to 47s for triage Native, by auction sold at 41s 6d to 43s 6d for good and line ord. Rio, damaged, brought 33s 6d to 35s for first and second class. Costa Rica sold at 43s to 44s for good ord. Jamaica was dearer ; good 65s to 70s, and good to fine ord, 44s 6d to 40s. C O COA.—Trinidad sold at 47s to 50s Gd for good and fine red, and 37s to 42s for mid, and good grey St. Yin cents s..ld at 355, and Grenada at 375. SPICES.—Mace has been sold at is Bcl to 2s ld, Cloves aro at szd, West India Nutmegs have been at Ild to 2s 2d, white Popper has been taken in at GA for mid, and red Pepper has been sold at 6d to 7d per lb. Jamaica Ginger has been 523 to 90a per cwt. ARROWROOT. —Bermuda has realished 9cl to is per lb, and St. Vincent's 4d to .51d per lb. COTTON. —There has been a good demand, and the market is stronger. TALLOW. —This article is very firm. TEA.—There is a moderate business doing. GREEN FRUlTS.—Oranges continue in good demand, a parcel 01 500 boxes Palermo, sold by Keeling and aCknt, dent a fair ml kct l now 'Pito clear of the article from first hands. Lemons of sound qua lity are improving in value. Some small parcels of Green Grapes have been received by the Lisbon steamer, being the first arrival of the season. Nuts of all kinds without inquiry-. Tobacco.—With the exception of the sale of about 200 hhds of Western strips, and a parcel of Virginia leaf, business during the last month was quite of a retail cha racter, and sales do not possess sufficient interest to de serve ennumeratin,T. The market may be considered easier, with a manifest desire on the part of importers and holders to ma k e concess i ons to buyers. It is no longer a speculative opinion that the prices of strips at is Id to is 2rl per lb have been chiefly instrumental in introcucing very much into consumption various growths of Tobacco, and that the large quantites of Turkey, Maryland, Dutch, Brazil, German, &e., taken for cutting purposes, have entirely disproved the estimated amount of strips which w as state d would b e req uired up to October 1851. Two or three manufacturers have reduced thsir prices since the Ist ult., and issued cir culars at 3A sd. Some inquiries were made for expor tation, but up to the pr esent t i me h ave not term i n ated in sash's to any extent. L stest accounts f rom Vi r ginia and Maryland confirm our previ ous i n t e lligence rela tive to the growing crop. Prices in Richmond and Baltimore are quoted hi g h er at N ew O r l eans, espec ially for ordinary soar, at a further decline, but with au un improved business doing. I m p orts , 3 8 hhd s . D c liverios, 1,096 hhds against 854 hhds. in the corresponding month of 1850. Stock, 23,461 hhds. against 23,459 lab& in 1850. PR OROGATIO OF PARLIAMENT• HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH, MY LORDS AND GENTLESIEN, lam glad to be able to release you from your attendance in Parliament, and I thank you for the diligence with which you have performed your labo rious (intim I continue to maintain the most friendly rela Lions with Foreign Powers. lam happy to be able to congratulate you on the very considerable diminution which has taken place in the African and Brazilian slave trade. The exertions of my squadrons on the coasts of Africa and Brazil, assisted by the vigilance of the cruizers of France and of the United States, and aided by the co-operation of the Brazilian Go vernment, have mainly contributed to this result. GENTLEMEN OF TUE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I thank you for the readiness with which you have granted the supplies necessary for the service of the year. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, It is satisfactory to observe that notwithstanding very large reductions of taxes, the revenue for the past year considerably exceeded the public expendi ture for the same period. I am rejoiced to find that you have thereby been enabled to relieve my people from an impost which restricted the enjoyment of light and air in their dwellings. I trust that this enactment, with others to which your attention has been and will be directed, will contribute to the health and comfort of my subjects. I thank you for the assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the consideration of a measure framed for the purpose of checking the un due assumption of ecclesiastical titles conferred by a foreign power. It gives me the highest satisfaction to find that, while repelling unfounded claims, you have main tained inviolate the great principles of religious liberty, so happily established among us. The attention you have bestowed on the admi nistration of , justice in the Courts of Law and Equity, will, I trust, prove beneficial, and lead to further improvements. I have willingly given my consent to a Bill re lating to the Administration of the Land Revenues of the Crown, which will, I hope, conduce to the better management of that department, and at the same time tend to the promotion of works of public utility. It has been very gratifying to me on an occasion which has brought many foreigners to this country, to observe the spirit of kindness and good-will which so generally prevailed. It is my anxious desire to promote among na tions the cultivation of all those arts which are fos tered by peace, and which in their turn contribute to maintain the peace of the world. In closing the present Session, it is with feelings of gratitude to Almighty God that I ac knowledge the general spirit of loyalty and willing obedience to the law which animates my people. Such a spirit is the best security at once for the pro gress and the stability of our free and happy institu tions. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last evening Madlle. Alboni appeared in the cha racter of Maria in the Fig Liu del Reggimento, for the first time in this country. In the course of this spring she created a great sensation in Paris by her persona tion of the Daughter of the Regiment, and from what we witnessed of her performances last evening, we are not surprised at her immense success in this cha racter in Paris. There is a heartiness about the per sonation of this character by Msdlle. Alboni which we seek in vain for in that of any of her predecessors. She has also learned to beat the drum, and she herself beats the Ratanplan. Her singing throughout was delicious, and her Maria will become one of the most favourite parts in her repertoire. The " Lo dice" was exquisitely rendered, and was, as a matter of course, encored. The house was crowded. ARRIVAL OF INDIAN CHIEFS WITH ARTICLES FOR TILE GREAT ExHinurfoN.— A party of four Indian chiefs have arrived in the metropolis rid Liverpool, by the steamer Africa, from New York. They have brought with them several packages, containing articles worked by themselves and their families, which, it appears, are intended for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in Hyde-park, when arrangements are made for their reception into the Exhibition for the desired purpose. SINGULAR FATALITY.—On Wednesday a highly respectable master butcher, named Varnell, living at 47, First -street, Wilton-street, Chelsea, expired in St. George's Hospital from the injuries caused by an accidental stab, whioh occurred in a most singular manner. On Saturday evening Mr. Varnell had been talking with another master butcher, a neighbour of his, and the latter having sharpened his knife placed the handle against his stomach, so that the blade was forward, and in a few seconds afterwards the de ceased, who probably was not aware of its position, or from the darkness of the night not seeing it, suddenly turned round towards the other, and the blade of the knife was in an instant forced into the stomach. The injured man was taken directly to St. George's Hospital, where he was placed under the care of one of the principal surgeons, but he ex pired on 'Wednesday from the effects of the injury. NEEDLE MAKING.—Mr. Abel Morrell, of Stud ley, in Warwickshire, has invented a most ingenious machine for making needles, which may b e seen at work in the Ex hibition, from ten in the morning until five in the afternoon. By this ingenious process 4,000 needl es p er h our are now easily eyed, whilst according to the old system only from 400 to 500 per hour could be completed. Samples of needles in the principal stages of manufacture are exhibited by Mr. 51orrall. Our readers will many of them be surprised to learn that the needle goes through no less than seventy dis tinct processes before it is completed. H er M a j esty , d ur i ng her visits to the Exhibition, has minutely examined the needle-making machine, and has expressed her satisfaction and delight at the ingenuity of the machinery. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept from the inventor specimens of needles in the different stages of manufacture. GRIMSTONE'S EGYPTIAN PEA.--In the month of May, 1850, we were presented by Mr. Wm. Grimstone, proprietor of the Herbary, Highgate, with a box containing a few peas. These were a portion of the produce of three peas, presented to Mr. Grimstone, by Mr. Pettigrew (li brarian of the late Duke of Sussex), and were found amongst the dust on opening the vase (2,841 years old) sent to the British Museum by Sir Gardiner Wilkinson, the Egyptian traveller. Having given twelve peas to Thomas Bubb, Esq., of Windsor-terrace, in this town, who kindly con sented to plant them, and, having seen the results of his experiment, we strongly recommend the cultivation of this beautiful vegetable. Mr. Babb not being aware of the prolific properties of this pea was perf ec tl y as t on i s h e d at the quantity of seed realised from nine of the peas (nearly a pint), three of them having been destroyed by blight. That gentleman being determined this season of gi v i ng them every attention, planted a portion of them in a prepared soil, in the open air, and succeeded in bringing the majority of them to maturity. The bloom is strikingly different from the common pea—white, with green stripes—it does not ex pand, but of a bell shape, producing the pod from the centre of the bloom, leaving the blossom attached to the stem. In shape they resemble the scimitar or marrowfat pea; they require no sticks in their growth, being of the dwarf kind, a string from end to end being all that is required to preserve them from the winds. Mr. Bubb has our thanks for a small sample of this vegetable, and we can safely pronounce it superior to any other table pea in taste and colour. The flavour is delicious, and combined with its abundant crops, we have no doubt that ere long "Grimstone's Egyptian Pea" will be extensively cultivated in all parts of the world.—Cheltenham Journal. BALLOONING IN FaANcE.—Large crowds assem bled on Sunday in the Champ de Mars and at the Hippo drome, to witness two balloon ascents, accompanied by de scents in parachutes. M. Poitevin made the ascent from the Champ de iNfars, and Mine. de Poitevin made the parachute descent. After the balloon had risen to a certain height the cord of the parachute was cut; the parachute descended ra pidly for a few seconds, and then spread open; when near the ground it caught in the branches of some trees, but at last reached the earth in safety at the exterior of the Champ de Mare, near the railing of Avenue de Suffren. Mme. de Poitevin, who displayed remarkable sang livid, then entered her carriage, which had followed her, and drove to the tri bune of the President of the Republic, who congratulated her, and accepted the bouquet which she had taken on starting. M. Godard, in the Hippodrome balloon, took up his brother in the parachute; he cut the cord when he was over the Champ de Mars, but the parachute deviated, and fell into the river. M. Godard, when near the water, jumped in, and swam ashore, dragging the parachute after him. The two balloons proceeded in a southerly direction, and it is not yet known where they descended. M. Poitevin was accom panied by M. Petin, the inventor of a system of aerial navi gation, which he is preparing to exhibit, and M. Godard by several gentlemen. The General Steam Navigation Company's new steam-ship Panther arrived at the St. Katharine's-wharf at eight o'clock yest er d ay morn i ng, a f ter a p a ssage of 9 /4 hours from Ostend, bringing several passengers of distinction, many of whom have come exprmly to inspect the articled at the Great Ezhibition. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23 have arrived. They contain no political news. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 2.—The following are the prices of stocks :—Three per Cents., 35-7 i ; Five per Cents., 17k, with current coupon ; Coupons, 81 to k ; Passive Debt, 6 9-16 to sh-. Exchange on Lon don, 51. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin, 3d instant, says :—" It is certain that the projects of Austria to enter, with all her states, into the Confederation, and that of Prussia to take out of it her Prussian provinces and Posen, are only up to this time wishes expressed by these two Governments, and although it appears to be wished to remain ignorant of the protests of France and Eng land against these projects, it is not the less true that there is no intention of disregarding them. France and England have not yet replied to the last resolution of the Federal Diet, which rejected their protests, but no idea is entertained that these two powers will abandon their decision. Some doubt is felt as to whether the Germanic Diet has resolved to suppress gambling establishments in the different states of Germany. The Government has given orders for an inquiry to be instituted into the cause of the diminution in the consumption of salt during the present year." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Prussian Gazette, under date of Copenhagen, the 3d, says : " The majority of the members of the Assembly of Notables of Flensburg have adopted the following or ganization for the Duchies of Schleswi4-Holstein " Art. 1. The Danish monarchy forms one united na tion, under the same prince, with the same order of succession, with one diplomatic and consular repre sentation, and one fleet and flag. Ono system of com merce, navigation, coins, &c., shall be established. The sinking-fund of the public debt of Denmark and Hol stein shall take place, and the portion for Holstein shall be fixed according to the population. " Art. 2. The Duchy of Holstein shall continue to form part of the Germanic Confederation. " Art. 3. When the affairs which interest the whole of the monarchy are discussed in the Council of State the Holstein Minister shall have a deliberative vote in the Council. " Art. 4. The Duchy of Schleswig shall have a spe cial Diet, and a subordinate administration for certain affairs. In other cases it shares in the s) stem of Den mark. For ordinary affairs, Denmark and Schleswig will have the same Government and the same laws. " Art. 6. The DginiAa and German people in the Duchies will enjoy the same rights and the same pro tection. " Art. 7. The affairs of Schleswig and Holstein, whict have hitherto been in common, will be henceforth Be. parate. " Art. 8. No change can be made in the above regula tions except with the consent of the Legislative power. " Art. 9. The Duchy of Lauenbourg shall continue to belong to the Germanic Confederation. " The provisions of Art. 1 also apply to that Duchy; as to affairs which are not common to ell the Monarchy the Duchy shall have its administration and spec►al Diet. The latter will exercise the Legislative power with the King." ITALY. A correspondent of the Lombardo Veneto of Milan gives the following account of the positions which General GEMEAU has taken up at ]tome. He has concentrated all his troops on the right bank of the Tiber, leaving only half a battalion at La Pilotta, for the defence of the French embassy. The military occupation extends from the Castle St. Angelo to the Porta Portese, at the other extremity of the Janicu l4s. Thus the French army is situated between the Tiber and the most important fortifications of Rome. THE FETES AT PARIS. (From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.) GRAND RE VIE W AND SHAM FIGHT. The civic fetes which have been got up in honour of the visit of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London and the Commissioners of the Exhibition were yesterday followed by a grand military spec tacle in the Champ de Mars. The commencement of the manoeuvres was fixed for four o'clock, but several hours before that time the Champ de Mars, the quays, the heights of Chaillot, and indeed every spot from whence a view could be obtained, was densely thronged. Tribunes had been erected on one side of the Champ de Mars for the accommodation of a certain number provided with tickets, and which were at an early hour filled with elegantly dressed females. The centre tribune was more particularly reserved for the Lord Mayor and the other visitors, by whom it was filled some time before the manoeuvres commenced. At about three o'clock the troops began taking up their positions. Precisely at four o'clock the President of the Republic, accompanied by a numerous and bril liant staff, entered the Champ de Mars from the right bank, and crossing the Pont d'lena. Among the cortege were thirteen or fourteen English officers. Alarsnal Narvaez and several other foreign officers were also among the number. The moment the President came on the ground, be rode up to the front of the tribune, and saluted the L or d M a y or an d th e gentlemen who were there seated. He then turned again towards the river, and the manoeuvres imme diately commenced. In order to form an idea of the mimic combat, we must imagine a hostile force advancing from Pussy and the Buis de Boulogne to attack the Ecole Mili taire, a strong fortress having the river in its front. The attacking army had pushed on a strong recon noitring party as far as the heights of Chaillot, on seeing which the general in command of the fortress took up a position in the Champ de Mars with his force, consisting of fourteen battalions of infantry, ten squadrons of light and heavy cavalry, and two batteries of artillery. Finding the enemy were occupying the heights opposite his position, he advanced a strong force of tirailleurs across the bridge of Jena, at the same time that he made a diversion on their left wing by throw ing a ponton bridge across the river a little way above. The tirailleurs, under the support of a heavy fire of artillery, advanced up the heights, keeping up a rapid fire as they advanced through the wood with which the heights are covered. They were met with a heavy fire from the party posted on them, as well as from some artillery placed on the summit. The reconnoitring party were at length driven back on their main body, and the tirailleurs retained possession of the heights. Their conquest, however, was but of short duration, for the main body of the enemy ad vancing, the tirailleurs were in their turn obliged to retreat and re-cross the bridge. The enemy then, in their turn, became the assailants, and, under a heavy fire from their artillery, advanced on the Champ de Mars, compelling the garrison of the fortress to fall back on their strong-hold. This was not done, how ever, without every inch of ground being warmly disputed. The coup (Twit here became truly magnificent, dense columns were seen descending the heights to wards the bridge, marching across it, and debouching on the Champ de Mars, on entering which they formed in squares to repel the heavy charges of ca valry. In this way the two armies went on, the one advancing and the other retreating, until the whole body of troops, amounting to from 25,000 to 30,000 men, were concentrated in the Champ de Mars. Some splendid charges of cavalry were made on the in fantry, formed in squares, who received them with a well-supported fire. All the movements were exe cuted with admirable precision. During the Passing of the bridge, and the attack on it by the advancin g party, the President and his staff placed the mse l ves - on the quay, near the Pont d'lena, and remained thore until the hostile party began to descend the heights. On the President coming on the ground he was hailed with loud cries of "Vive Napoleon ! Vive le President !" hundr e d s o f blouses joining in the shout, and taking off their caps as he passed. The combat was terminated at about six o'clock, when the President dismounted, and entered the tri bune for a few minutes, after which he again mounted his horse, and taking up his station in front of the tribune, the filing off commenced, and was not finished until more than half-past seven. He then proceeded with his staff towards the Elys6e by the the same road he had come. On leaving the Champ de Mars, the people eagerly closed round him on all sides, so much so that his escort bad some difficulty to clear a pa&sage, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL, Auo. 7.—With fine weather, the decline in Eng lish and foreign wheat has been about from is to 2s per quarter. English wheat (new) sold at 36s o 428 per imperial q uarter; foreign white ditto, 42 s t o 45s per 4801b8; ditto red (superfine) ditto, 39s to 41s; ditto ditto(fine), 35s 6d to 37s 6d; ditt o (ordinary) 32 8 to 34 5 ; ditt o di tto (h ard), 31s to 335. Flour must be noted at is per sac k l ower , w i t h a h eavy sa l e . Eng lish flour (second quality), 29s to 31s per sack ; American ditto (sweet), 21s to 22s per barrel. Barley was the turn cheaper. English barley (fo r gr i n di ng ), an d f ore ign ditt? ditto, 208 to 21s 6d per 4801bs. Oats were not an over brisk sale, and slightly lower. Devon and Welsh oats, 19s to 2 05 per imperi a l quarter; I r i s h white ditto, 20s to 20s 6.1 Pe r 3201bs ; ditto black ditto, 19s to 20s per imperial quar ter. Beans were a s l ew sa l e at l ower rates. English beans 28s to 32s per imperi a l quar t er; f ore i gn ditto 25s to 28s per 48 01 b s • The averages are: Bri s t o l w h eat, 405 4d; Gloucester d i tto, 41s 10d ; B r i s t o l oats , 21 s sd; Gloucester ditto, 20s 8d; Bristol barley, 24 s 6d • Gloucester ditto, k9s 6d ; Bristol beans' 38s 3d; Gloucester ditt o , 32 s 6d. BIRMINGHAM, AuG. 7.—At Glo ucester and W orce ster markets, on the 2d, there was a l arge supp l y of Wheat front the farmers, and little progress could be made in sales eve n by submitting to a redu c ti on o f I s . per qr. Barley nesil Y maintained its value, the supply being short. Few Oats offering, and lower prices were not submitted to. Ba te nominally unaltered. Peas is per quarter lower. During the present week, the weather being as fine as possible for the harvest, scarcely a transaction is reported in Wheat' Barley taken in retail at nearly previous rates. Oats held for former prices. Beans is per quarter lower. For Peas we have very few inquiries. At this day's market there was less supply of Wh ea t f rom th e fa rmers, but the tra d e r uled dull at a decline of Is to 2s per quarter. Barley 6d to Is pe r quarter lower. So few Oats were offering that the currency, of this day se'nni g ht was ma i nta i ne d . Beans and Peas belt' for former prices, but no progress could be made. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, AUG. 6,.—FOF th e season we had a fair supply of all kinds of grain. Sales wer e , exceedingly dull for a ll sorts . N otwit h stand i ng the exce llent , quality of the wheat, prices fell considerably, likewise barley' oats, and beans. The top of wheat was the same as last W eil l and the avera g e I s 10d d own. B arley on t h e top 6d , a n d the average is down. Oats on the top Bd, and the average 6d down. Beans on the top the same as last week, and th e average 3d down. Unsold-201 qrs wheat, 12 qrs barley' . 128 qrs oats, and 13 qrs beans. Top of Wheat ... ..• 65ilb. 48s Od „ Barley ... 5761 b. 34s Bd ,f Oats ••• ••• •• • ••• 45 lb. 27s 8d „ Beans ••• 660 b. 38s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 6,—The number of cattle was 402, or 18 less than last week. Top price 7s Oti current, 68 to Cs 6d ; secoi; dary and inferior, from 5s al to Sc 6cl per Dutch stone. A good clearance was effectens The number of sheep and lambs this morning we e 6,008, being 1,921 more than last we e k. T o p price of the best mutton, bid per Ib ; curre n t, 40; and down to 0 " per lb. Lamb s , top, Itis Od ; current, 155 to 165, and don ° to 7s Od a head. A clearance was not effected. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUG. 5. There wsl is good supply of fat beasts to-day, the quality and size of the animals were well ad a pt e d to t h e season ; the attendance °f purchasers was not so l arge as on some previous markets, Y e' , there were but few left unsold. Sheep and lambs were plen tiful, maintaining former prices. Fat and store calves were about the average, b u t t h e d eman d was flat. The supply e t fat pigs was large, the season of the year considered, but , ° , l ° ! much doing. B ee f, 5d to bi d ; mutton, 5d to 50" ' lamb, 6d ; veal, 4d to 4id per lb ; pigs, 6s 6d to 7s per scab Rough fat, 3s 3d p er s t one o f 1 4 1b s. Hides, lid to 1/d per lb; calf skins 2d to 4d per lb. _ - CORK, AUG. 6. Barrels. Currency. 0 White wheat o os Od to OOs Od Oos Od-20 °t°g • 0 Red wheat oos Od to 00s Od Oos Od-20 do ' 0 Barley OO3 Od to 003 Od 00s Od-16 do 35 Bere 2 Oats ll. (d to 00s Od 0 0 t Od-14 ti o 60 Ditto new Bs Od to lOs 4d 00s Od 0 Pigs oos Od to OOs Od 00s Od per old Quantity sold at the Highest Prices: j 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 0 ba r ley ; 30 b ere ; 11 n —at l 0 pigs. . _ Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week :,••• Wheat, 14. Barley, 0. Oats, 451. Pigs, 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CUARJENCY. First quality . Second quality Third quality ... 64s Third quality... 5 50 Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Aug. 2. Pigs, 263. Sheep, 258. Cows, 67. COR.x.--eiour—First 12, l/d to 13s Od ; extra 140 ° cl i seconds, 10s 6d toll, 6d ; h ouseholds 9s to lOs Od; thirds, 71,t°.p; per cwt. Oatme a l Il s 6d to 00s; Indian meal 63 9d to 7s Od; ou'e"" meal. Ps 6d to 10, per cwt. Indian corn 61 Os to 61150 Od ton. Bran 6756 d to 703 per ton. Hay—Farmers 14s to 2501 11°1146 „,. ‘ OOs; dealers 38s to 42s Od; average 00s per ton. Straw-- Faral t iii 284 0,1 to 40s Od ; average 00 s; dealers 404 Od to 00 1 average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bed to household loaf 4id to 5d p er 41b. F res h b utter , 8; to 1, ' 9J per lb. Eggs-3 s 10d t o 4 s Od per hundred. C°,.,a7 Newport 14s Od ; Lyd ney 15s • Landore tiOs ; m. ;; t : 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 39s per Cos Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. 4 A to —Beef sid to 7d ; m u tt on 5d to bi d; veal 's l b. 61 ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d Por .. , Hops 61 lOs to 010 s per cwt. B angor slates 3/2s 6d to 3 1501 ":7, ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 8/ O s; V a l on i a 1 5 1 to 01 ; Rem': 61 Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fl eece W oo l 1 4s to 15 s per atom Hemp 291 to 32/ per ton. Fi s h—S cotc h h err i ngs 19 s to 00s; r ditto, 26s to OOs per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 1 11 4 ton. Timber—Memel, 80 s per ton; re d p i ne, 3 1 10 s • 3?" ditto, 2l 158 per ton; deals, 12s to 15s per 100. Hide r Market 21s to 30 5; salted 22s to 30s per owt ; calf obi -3d to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 5d to 7d ; Minion!! 00d to 00d. Guan o —P eruv i an . 111 10s ; Ichaboe, 81 to 9 111/ per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.,—Toe only coriclusion to be drawn from th e speech of the Bishop of London, in the House of Lords, Monday ev, ning, appears to be that the evils whic, 4 he deprecates are to be perpetuated, or th e i r removal i s to be postponed until the Board of Health has ove rcall: 2 ° all the obstacles presented to their pro gress rat her than band over the duties of public interment to a cl' w P,, s 3 ' whom, ho assumes, would not d u l y provide for t h e c l e rgy of the metropolitan parishes. Thi s , h app ily, is a r° ,, l i c assumption, and a groundless one, as tilt; greet public company" to which he alludes, and • htly, having been called forth by the del and rig difficu ltesef all lb Board of Health, are not only ready to do once je t e ha t t o t f h e their l Board i n c g o e n r t i e n m g p a l n a d t e a a y s i s t h h e p r u o l c t i e m e daitnegesn, d and but have actually made due and stri ngent - reservation of those clerical rights which are unquestionably vested i n tho metropolitan incumbents, and which the Bishop may be assured the company to which he alludes are as little dispo se d t o v i olate as any other board, w h et h er cou sn; tuted by individual enterprise or the more tardy and costly process of centralization.—l am. Sir. &c. A SHAREHOLDER. THE PRESENT MILITARY FORCE IN IRELAND. -- : The following is the official return of the military force Ireland and their respective quarters : Cavalry-Ist merit of Dragoon Guards, New bridge; 4th ditto, Cahir ; ditto, Dublin ; 6th ditto, Ballincalig ; 7th ditto, Dublin; ‘s' Hussars, Dublin. Infantry-Ist Foot (24 battalion), Fer moy ; 3d ditto (depot companies), Boyle; 6th ditto(dep 6 f) , Nenagh ; 9th ditto, Athlone; 14th ditto, D u blin ; 17th d itto, Galway; 27th ditto, Dublin; 31st ditto, Enniskillen; 3 . 4t ' ditto (depot), Mullingar ; 35th ditto, Dublin; 39th ditto, Dublin ; 40th ditto, Cork ; 41st ditto (depot), Castlebaril 43d ditto, Clonmel ; 47th ditt o (d ep o t), W ater f or d; ditto (depOt), Birr ; 52d ditto, Limerick; 55th ditto (depoT Buttevant ; 57th ditt o , Kilkenny • 59th ditto (dee ti. Tralee; 60th ditto (d e pot , 2d ba ttalion), Naas; 62d ditto! Dublin; 63d ditto, Li mer i c k ; 66th ditto (depot), YougbB!: 68th ditto (depot), Bi rr ; 7 1st ditto (Ist battalion), New,lf:. 73d dittor (depot),Londond err y • 74th ditto (depot), 81st, femplemore; 89th ditto ' Dublin • 90th ditto, co; l" i 91st ditto, Belfast ; forming an y effective ' military force , n ; eluding the R oya l Artillery, Sappers and Miners, and IZO3 ll ' Engineers, of 20,000 men, exclusive of the enrolled pen sioners and police, which is the smallest number of trooP s for many years, and shows the tranquillity of the country. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 3d inst., at Hanwell, Middlesex, the wife of Reg/ C. Taylor, Esq., late Madras Army. On the sth inst., at Clapham, the wife of H. Matthews, E 5(l. OF A DAUGIITEL On the 4th inst., at Portman -street, Portman-square, the wife of John Randall, M.D. On the sth inst., at Dorset-place, Dorset-square, the wife of Frederick D. Deare, Esq. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at Tottenham Henry Edward, third 500 of the late William Vale, Esq. le.N. of Hall-court, Worces tershire, to Elizabeth Anne, only daughter of the late John Burton, Esq., of Renville, near Canterbury. On the sth inst., at Upwood, Captain Buller, Bengel A rr qr to Laura, youngest daughter of the late Vice-Admir al Richard Hussey Hus:',,ey K.C.8., G C.N.G., of Wood W 31 ton, Huntingdonshire. DIED. On the 2d i ns t . , a t Stourscombe-house, near Launceston, Cornwall, Captain Samuel Burgess, R.N., aged 70. On the 2d inst., at Little Houghton, Nurthatriptonshir.e: Frances, widow of the late Richard Dowding, Esq., of Woeu ford, Essex, aged 76. On the 4th inst., Thomas W. Lawford, Esq., of Cirr e g Ceuen, Llandilo Vawr, Carmartheshire, aged 78. On the 4th inst.. in London, Sar n ah, wife of Captain George J. 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