The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-08 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of yes terday Evening contained— A fall Report of the Meeting of the Shareholders in the London and Birmingham Railway Company. A Report of the Proceedings at the Half-yearly Meeting of the Shareholders of the London and Brighton Railway Company. Reports of the p , ove-ctinp before the Railway Coln mitteei of Parliament. The latest Sporting Intelligence. Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a report of the proceedings in the Ilouse of Lords up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. RAILWAY NEWS. Vubscribers and others interested in Railways will find FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS la ore the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the ED.MON of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also ron tains the - DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES qt PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY 3HARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. WILDER the TEITSD EDXTXON, which contains NEWS TWELVE ROUES in ADVANCE. Sun-uffice, 112, Strand. ITALY. -STEAM to LEGHORN, GENOA, CIVITA VECCHIA, and NAPLES, for Passengers and Goods. —The Steamer NORTH STAR, Captain George Wilson, is intended to leave the EAST INDIA DOCKS on WEDNESDAY, the 3d of Sep tember next, for Leghorn and Genoa, calling at Gibraltar. Goods forvarded on to Civita Vecchia, and Naples by steam conveyance at ships' expense; Carriages and Horses taken at moderate rates. — Passage-money, including a handsome table, and wines, &c., for First-class Passengers to Leghorn, 181. 18s. ; Servants, 91. 9s. - For further particulars, apply at the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's offices, No. 51, St. Mary-axe, London. To be had at all the Libraries. T H E N E %%r NOVEL S. JUST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN. I. COUNT KONIGSMARK. By Captain FREDERIC CHAMIER, R.N. 3 vols. THE WHITE SLAVE and the RUSSIAN PRINCE. By the Author of " Revelations of Russia." 3 vols. 111. SELF ; or, THE WORLD AS IT GOES. Dy the Author oY " Cecil." 3 vols. IV. JONATHAN SHARP ; or, The Adventures of a Kentneklan, 3 vols. MAIDS OF HONOUR. A Tale of the Court of George I. 3 vols, VI. STRATHERN. A Story of the Present Day. By the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON. VII. LADY CECILIA FARRENCOURT. By HENRY MILTON, Esq., Author of " Rivalry." 2 vols. VIII, DE ROHAN ; or, THE COURT CONSPIRATOR. An Histo rical Romance. By M. EUGENE SUE, Author of "The Mysteries of Paris." &c. 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-str,.et. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION, TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Bellini's Opera LA SONNA3IBULA. Amina, Madams A. Castellan; Terese, Madame Bellint; Lisa, Mdlle. A. Hcsetti; Count Rodolfo, Sig. F. Lablache ; Alessi°, 51g. Giubilei; Eivino, Sig. Mario. Between the Acts of the Opera a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Grahn will appear. To conclude with:the admired Ballet of ALMA; ou, La File de Feu. Pefphite M. Perrot , Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Emazor, M. St. Leon ; Alma, Cerito. ,or Boxes. Stalls, sud Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-noise, 0 “; a t'u'wul_uie. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 31dlle. CERITO respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that HER It EN Epur will take place ON THURSDAY. AUGUST 14, BEING THE LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF THE SEASON, When will be presented Mozart's chef d'oeuvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grist; Donna Elvira, Madame Rosetta; Lerlina, Madame Anaide Castellan. Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari; Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; Il Commandatore, Sig. Botelli; Masetto, Sig. F. Lablache; and Leporello, Sig. Lublache. To ba followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart mi-nt, comprising a SELECTION from the Ballet of ALMA, with the celebrated " ras de Fascination " Selection from the Ballet of ONDINE, including the " Tarantella,' by the Corps de Ballet, and the celebrated "Pas de L'Ombre" b • Mit Ile. Cerito. the course of the Evening "La Castellana," by Mlle. Lucile Mahn and M. Perrot. A Selection from the Ballet of ROSIDA; on, Les Mines de Syra (Use. Comprising "La Sleil.en•ie," and the admired Pas by 31dne. Cerito and 31. St. Leon, and an entirely New Pas by Mdlte. Grahn and M. Perr.l. To co'cludo with the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS QuAroitzE, in wide!) _blithe. Lucile , Irahn will appear as a Cavalier—of-the-Court of--Louis XIV., and will dance with Mdlle. Cerito, in i!ostume of the same Court, the celebrated " Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the 13ex o bce, .pera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, to comme..oe at Half-past Soren o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, vi R. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated, compressed into Three Acts, Morton's Comedy of A SCHOOL FOR GROWN CHILDREN. Old Revel, Mr. W. Far rep ; Young Revel, Mr. Hudson , Frank Ryeland, Mr. Webster ; Lady Stanmore, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Revel, Miss Fortescue ; Dame Ryeland, Mrs. Glover. The celebrated Pianist. Leopold de Meyer, for Two Nights more, and will perfo• m this Evening, after the Comedy, " Introduction et Marche NI arocane To be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. W chafer ; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Buinett ; Lady Clutter buck, Miss Carre. After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, MatrimonialChap tens. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Bueksloue ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and tine Guinea and a-Hall each. Tickets and laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office. from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELEST2 . THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles, Esq., Mr. Howe; John Rawdon, Esq., Mr. 0. Smith ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Wright ; Marie Ducange, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled DRAMATIC COOKERY; or, HOW TO DISLI UP A FARCE. Pythias Fizzwit, Mr. Selby; Sam Smear, Mr. Wright; Eliza, Miss Taylor; Diana, Mrs. Laws. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Bt.rletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgoinetie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank AI atthews ; Sally Knonbs. Miss Woolgar. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt; Leader of the `sand, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY second Night of a New Comedy—Roars of langhter at "An Object of Interest" and "Mrs. Candle's Curtain Lectures"—Continued Suc cess of "Les Dauseuses Anglaises," and undiminished Attraction or." Cinderella." THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Kee ey. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, ,fiss Dawson, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. Tu be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREsT, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. TO A hien will be added an apropos 'tagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea do• Mrs. Candle. Mr. Keeley. cenciirle with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, ioirtantic Burle,que, entitled CI N D ERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel' y, Mr. A. Wigan. Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. I. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss FaLrbrother, ;11rs. Woollie , :ze, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c The 13. x-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan tiii Four. PRINCESS'S TiIEATRE, OXlOrtli-STELET. LESSEE, Mit. J. M. MADDOX.. TIIIS EVENINA - Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT :NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Wallack; Beatrice, Mrs. Stirling. Mr. HENRY RUSSELL will sing his popular comp sitions. To which will bz. added A. COUR BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bat Cos tame, with the Original Music. 'To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE ; or. Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberry. „Singe. Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack; Stage Director, Mr. Emden; , Mr. Edmund llradweli. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITLIvATLE. PROI'HIETOR, MR, W. BATTY. Pre-eminent - Success of the New Grand Spectacle, unequalled in effects and situations—First Week of a New Entree by Twelve vrench Equestrians, aided by Novel Scenes by the French Artistes —' he Favourite Pantomimic Representation at Half-price of the Brigand Chief. Ting EVENING Will, be performed an entirely New Grand National Spectacle, em bracmg the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India. called THI; CONQUEST OF SCI NDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. After which, Extraordinary Feats in the Circle. To conclude with a New Gr.ind Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi litary Alaumuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, Including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and sur prising Leap of the horse Beda over the Broken and Flaming Bridge, called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI ; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDOES ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING ' Will be performed LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Young Meadows, 31r. Barker; Hawthorn, Mr.l). W. King; Rosetta, Miss Collett. After which, 'DIE QUAKER To conclude with THE DREAM AT SEA. Place' and Private Paixe4 to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the Box o Hee, from Eleven to Pour. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR ME BENEFIT OF MR. BARKER, And the Last Night of the Opera Company. TO -3I OR NOW EVENING Will be performed Auber's Grand Opera of MASSANIELLO. Wassaniello, Mr. Barker. A GRAND CONCERT, with a Selection from THE BOREMIAN GIRL. Added to which, THE CHIARINI FAMILY on the Tight Rope, and 1-as de Cocoas. To be succeeded by the Second Act of CINDERELLA. To conclude with GIOVANNI IN LONDON. Don Giovanni, Miss Louisa Lyons. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. • EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REVRESENTATIO4 OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Il The ROCK HARMON' ICON from 'I brae till Eight. Ind on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ISTE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. One Shilling. Feeding the Caraivora at Half-past Five ; Pelicans and Polar Beat's at Six Concert at lialf-part Six ; and Fireworks at Half-past Niue FATAL ACCIDENT.—An ingue , t was held on NV d sseaday, by Mr. Waklev , M.P. , at the Middlesex Hospi tal, itali:6l the body of Thoa.4 Behan, aged 52, a car t er to the Re v . Winlay, Harm!. L ast eaturday ni g h t deceased was Gray, of returning from London with his master's cart, laden with straw, and drawn by two horses , when the wheel hor se , as it was des.: cending Headman's-hill , shied, and plunging towards the side at which deceased held him, knocked him down and trampled on him. He was instantly conveyed to a neighbouring cabin, and attended by a medical man, who oriiered him to be brought without delay to the Middlesex Hospital, where he lingered until the following evening, when death terminated hi . , suffer ings. Upon a post morttot ex amination it wasaseertamed that l'ue first siz ribs of his left side were fractured, one of them pe. netraling his lungs; that his scapula was smashed to atoms, end that his clavicle was broken in several parts. Verdict— Aocitietttal Death. N. - RTH DEVON RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no application for Shares in this Company can be received after TUESDAY NEXT, the 12th instant. By order of the Committee of Management. OSBORNE, WARD, and Co., Bristol SAVERY, CLARKE, and Co., Bristol WHITEFORD, BENETT, and TUCKER, Solicitors. Plymouth Faeter, Aug. 5, 1845. HOW TO REBUILD QUEBEC ? The SENTINEL of the 9th AUGUST will point out a practicable plan tOr Rebuilding Quebec, without private subscription, Parlia mentary gnat, or any taxation whatever, either on the present or any future generation. SENTINEL OFFICE, 59, Fleet-street, London. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. horning .. 45 minutes after b Evening .. 1 minutes after 5. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 8 rIIVEMOMETER, Lowest. 47; Highest. 64 . Noon, 65. BA RONETER, 29 93.—W 'ND, .N. W. Is 017--The figures which follow the words " Lowest" and 4 1 - lig - hest" denote the lowest and highest Amt., o' the er mom eter during the preceding t w ent 3 , -four Lcura. Ai l the other observations are made at noon. ~,,, ‘ "..,,.. V..;Te Y1 ,. .-t...-.,:Y ''-- 2 _tr ~,pl, ./ : ,,,,, x,...—..-7.--;--*,74v )i---„, - 0;. ~ , j vd.„--4,,,,p4.,,..,.:4-.~4.,, \.,.....„..., s. • Lkoil . ~ - no. . bientn ; I7iiut LONDON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 8, 1845. The Lords met at Five. Lord CAMPBELL asked whether it was intended to ap point Lords Justices to administer the royal functions during Her MAJESTY'S absence on the Continent. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was not. Previous to Her MAJESTY'S visit to France last year, Sir F. POLLOCK bad given it as his opinion that it was by no means necessary in point of law that such appointment should be made, and he (the LOAD CHANCELLOR) con curred in the opinion. Her MAJESTY would be accom panied by one of her Secretaries of State ; under those circumstances, considering her absence would bo for a short time only, it was unnecessary to have a cumbrous Commission appointed. Lord CAMPBELL believed this was the first instance, since the foundation of the monarchy, in which a Sove reign had been absent without such a Commission being appointed. The Earl of BESBOROUGH moved that a letter be sent to each Peer on the first week of the ensuing session of Parliament, requesting him to say when it would be con venient to him to attend on Committees on opposed Bills. The DUKE of WELLINGTON- recommended that the motion should be withdrawn for the present, and when the proper time arrived for bringing it forward be should be glad to render whatever aid he could to make it efficient. • Lord MONTEAGLE suggested that a resolution should be passed that Bills for canals, railways, and docks might be introduced in their Lorthhips' House. Such a resolution would enable both Houses to proceed at the same time, and they would be enabled to avoid the in judicious haste to which they were now compelled in passing such Bills. _ After a few words from Lord REDESDALE, the motion was withdrawn. On the motion of the Earl of DALUOUSIE, several amendments in ti e standing orders relating to Railway Bills were agreed to. Lord REDESDALE, on behalf of Lord BROUGHAM, moved certain resolutions, giving a power to Committees on Railway Bills of awarding costs to the opponents of such Bills. The motion, which was opposed by Lord MONTEAGLE, wa3 negatived without a division. The Bills on the table having ',seen advanced a strgu their Lordships adjourned. In the rapid but clever review which Lord JOHN Bus- SELL took, on Tuesday night last, of the labours of the session that will close on Saturday next, there were two omissions, upon which we deem it of more immediate importance to offer a few remarks than to follow the Noble Lord through his observations' on the state of affairs in Ireland, and the condition of our foreign rela tions. The omissions to which we allude were, the over whelming difficulties attending the present mode of con ducting railway Bills through Parliament, and the very unsatisfactory aspect of our monetary system, considered in its general bearings, and in reference to the inevitable influence ot'accumulated railway projects more especially. With regard to railway Bills, and the method in which the projects for their construction are discussed, examined, and adjudicated upon, before Committees of either House, it is impossible to deny that nothing can be more unsatisfsetory than the course adopted since the commencement of Committee business this session. It is not only that, from the vast accumulation of projects, all pressing for speedy investigation and report, the number and extent of the preliminary inquiries to be instituted far exceeds the capacity of all the physical energies and business application of the individuals before whom the merits of every such scheme are, in the first instance, to be tested, but that the confused, slo venly, and hurried character of these investiga tions gives rise to contingent abuses, as well as to immediate evils that largely involve the interests of capital and the rights of property. A few designing speculators can readily ascertain the fact that Group X or Y occupies the Select Committee charged with the railway business coming under that classification much more incessantly and laboriously than Group B and C respectively absorb the attention of their Committees. On this discovery, such parties speedily concoct all kinds of ingenious frauds in the nature of factitious evidence to bolster up unlikely or suspected lines, to tamper with the share appropriation lists, &c. How vast a proportion of the time of Railway Committees may be, and constantly is, occupied by matters foreign to the ques tion of the merits of the line under their consideratioK-- its expediency and practicability, probable advantages to th e public, and chance of profitable returns to its proprietary—foreign to everything, in short, that it is the main object of their appointment to ascertain—our mailers cannot have failed to observe, in the long and searching investigations which the_" Great Western, Ireland," alias the Dublin and Galway Line Committee, Were compelled to institute into the frauds which had been practised upon, and the gross unfairness com mitted by, its management in the approptiation of the C. pall 's hares. In the meanwhile, he must be gifted with a large excess of credulous simplicity, who can be per suaded that, amidst all the variety of inqui ries—all these various classes of witnesses, these conflicts of evidence, these organised deceptions, tend concocted fits, traffic tables, vouchers, &e., the real justice of the case is often satisfied by the selection of the best line, or the reception of the soundest evidence, or the ,recognition of the most genuine documentary. pieces. The truth, we suspect, lies much more the other way. The interest. ' of the public, the convenience of the residents in large districts, and enormous amounts of private capital, are much more frequently put in immi nent jeopardy, or pchitiveiy sacrificed, by the decisions of Railway Committees, than duly consulted, or perma nently guaranteed. This resuit may be still more posi ' Lively predicated of those cases in which there happen to be one or more competing lines of railroad between the same given extreme points. How is it pos sible, that when sixty, seventy, or au hundred new lines are brought into Parliament in a single session, any num ber of Members of the Select Committees can find time enough—not to spare for their leisure or their own busi • ness, fur that they are no longer permitted to retain— but from their other Parliamentary duties. to investigate, sufficiently and properly, the surveys, reports, maps, gradients, plans, and sections of the engineers, the con sents and dissents of proprietors, &c ; the contracts put in, the calculation s and estimates proposed fur their in. spection, and the proofs by which they are to be sup ported? How are they to make themselves masters of the reasons for and against every such undertaking, as developed in the arguments of counsel, and the evidence of want saes ? How are they to form their own judgment between the very different conclusions ex pressed by those arguments, and the conflicting character of the allegations made by the witnesses produced on be halt' of the supporters. as compared with the evidence of the witnesses for the opponents te . the line under ceps'- der stein ? Aud if these be grave difficulties at any pe ried of the session, however early, how much are they enhaeced as it progresses towards its expiration ? Cal culations must be sworn to by the sheet—surveys affirmed by the hundred weight—witnesses examined by the gross—notes to guide the decisions of the Members taken by steam power, to enable the Select Committees for the various groups to keep pace with the running out of the term of the session's existence. Now this slovenly and mischievous mode of transacting such important business has never been so signally illustrated as itt the course of the present year. We lament to find that it has not elicited the marked animadversion of Lord JOHN RUS SELL. We willingly concur in the well-merited tribute which the Noble Lord paid to the: pains-taking industry of Hon. Meisbers on these Committees, and to the devotion which they had shown to the public ssrvicei in addressing themselves to such painful labours so mac in c urriat. But the Noble Lord, we subMit to him, with all respect, should I have denounced the TiciOUBUOSS of a system which mischievously professes to do what it is beyond the reach of any available or working portion of the 658 Members of the House of Commons to accomplish, in addition to their other dutit s. "Do not tell me," said Mr. BROUGHAM, in a debate on the Bankruptcy Juris diction, in May, 1827, "do not tell me that the system is in fault when the men are in fault." But in this in stance of Railway Committees, not the men, but the system fails. " Mr. Shad well, when he was asked if three men could get through the business of the Court of Chancery, replied, No ; nor three angels." How many would be required, on this doctrine of the present Vice• Chancellor of England, to dispose of all the pending projects in the " railway jurisdiction' of Parliament is a problem we will as little undertake to solve as to point out—(though we have an opinion on the matter) --a hat should be the better scheme of deal ing with this department of business, which we think it quite poscsiibl.:2 that the Legislature might adopt. W e utdy reraark, in reference to the enormous dissatisfae- Lion gi v. u by the defunct Board of Trade Committee on Railways, that Lord JOHN RusseLn's silence on the still def, cure nature of the tribunals before which they are bront;lit up, us it were, by mixed trains, and stow, d, ticketed, and dispatched, to extinction or construction, as the merest accident may deer, e—seems to be a capital omission in a speech otherwise remarkable fur its ana l) tical and critical synopsis of the session's "sins of Omission and commission." But his Lordship's utter silonee on the currency question we hold to be matter still more sincerely to be deplored among those who, instructed by the fatal experience of the past, look with well-founded and trembling apprehension to the future. The gambling in railway shares during the last twelve months has been only more reckless, and more infatuated, but not more guilty, more mischievous, nor more ruin fraught, than Sir ROBERT PEEL'S gambling with his currency "counters" of 1819 and 1844, against the real wealth and latent resources of the pi ople of England. But only too many occasions will offer, we are con vinced, and in a succession but too rapid, for at once confirming and illustrating our anticipations as to the results of a coming crisis, which already "casts" its por tentous " shadow before." The Observateur du Rhin, published at Cologne, acd the Weser Gazette, issued at Bremen, have been inter dicted in Bavaria. The Obscrvateur is said to be pro hibited far defending Protestantism in Bavaria, which, being in the minority, ti the object. of the most violent attacks from the ultra-Catholic press, towards which the censorship is more knient than towards the Prot* stant journals. The Weser Gazette is supposed to De excluded because it is the zeal•us organ of the schism with which the Catholic Church in Germany is agitated. Letters from Wiesbaden state that the Duke of NAs- SA.II is about to start for Italy, where he will meet the Grand Duchess HELENA of Russia. The arrangements for the marriage of the Duke with one of the eaughters of the Grand Duchess HELENA have been completed. The Duke of NASSAU has offered Queen VICTORIA the use of his palace at Biberich, and also of his residence near Mayence. The King of PRUSSIA is giving as much éclat as possible to his visit to the banks of the Rhine, and superintends in person the preparations for the re ception of the Queen of ENGLAND. It is said that he is rather hurt that neither the King of HOLLAND nor the King of the BELGIANS has hitherto intimated any intention of visiting him during the time Queen VICTORIA will be his guest. The papers have an- nounced that Prinol METTERNICH has had an attack of paralysis ; but there is no truth in the statement. His Highness is at his castle of Johannisberg in his ordinary health, where the Count MUNCH BELLINGHAUSEN is on a visit to him. It is stated by the Jragdeburgh Gazette that the King of PRUSSIA has charged Prince de NZUWEID with the task of drawing up a constitution, the project of M. de CUNITZ havin g been found to be attended with in . surmountable difficulties. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. They all give lengthened accounts of the late tire in the Toulon dockyard. The value of the property destroyed is estimated very differently in the accounts published in the Paris journals, some taking it as high as 20 mil lions, and others 15 and 10. We subjoin an extract from the Constitutiontiel on this point, as giving the roost moderate calculation of the loss that we can meet with, after the Government journals, whit-h declare it to be 3,000,000f.:—" The loss sustained by the naval depart ment is much more considerable than the Government is willing to acknowledge. The timbers in the sheds were of the finest description for ship-building, and 14,000 stores (about as many cubic yards) are certainly worth more than 3,000,000 f.; and to this sum must be added the value of the roofs, which is put down in the inventory of the marine at 800,000 f., but which cannot be replaced fur less than 1,500,000 f. Besides, the mere value of the timber burnt gives no exact idea of the loss sustained, for there must also be taken into account the time, difficulties, and expenditure required to replace a store so precious." There seems to be little reason to doubt the fact that the fire was the work of the convicts, who were dissatis fied with , the treatment they received. The Commerce states that a fresh creation of Peers is about to take place. The following appears in La France : " We have been assured that the Dictatorship of M. Bugeaud in Algeria is drawing to a close. The journal of his department announces the Duke of Isly has obtained leave of absence to visit his estate of Excideuil. This leave is considered as the forerunner of the retirement of the Mar shal. It is certain that M. Bugeaud has become tuo un wieldy and too restive an instrument in the debilitated hand of Marshal Soult. That quasi vice-royalty of the pos sessions of Africa does not sound well in the ears of the Minister of War, who finds his ascendancy and power sadly contemned." All these papers contain accounts from Algiers of successful '• razzias." Private letters state that it is probable Queen Vic- TORIA will visit the French Court on her return from Germany, and that the Palace of Petit Trianon is being prepared for her MAJESTY'S rt ception. The French Funds rose somewhat considerably on Wednesday. Shares fluctuated, but, generally speaking, the market was firm : • Tbe Three per Cents. closed on the Bourse on that day at 84f. 25c. ; the Five per Cents. at 122 f. 40c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,290 f. • Rouen, 1,085 f. ; Vierzon, 795 f. ; Havre, 905 f.; Avignon, 1,075 f. ; Basle, 281 f. 25c. ; Spanish Three per Cents, 38; ditto Passives, 6% 8 . The following are the quotations fur the new lines:— Orleans and Bordeaux, 185 f. premium; Boulogne, 130 f. ditto, Troyes and Montereau, 50f. ; Paris and Lyons, (Laffitte), 31f. 25c.; ditto (Caton), par; ditto (Ganneron), 6f. 50e.; Northern Line (Laffitte), 45f. ; ditto (Rosa inel), 14f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50e. ; ditto (Druuillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 5f.; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 17f. 50c.; ditto (Talabot), 36f. 25c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 7f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 16f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 11f. 25c.; Dijon and Mulhausen, par; Dieppe, 20. LYONS, A 1:G. 2.—Avignon and Marseilles, 1,022 f., for the 15th inst. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,230 f. ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,065 f. end of August; Orleans and Vierzon, 773 f. ditto; Nistnes and Montpelier, 560 f. ditto; Montereau, 522 f. ditto. HUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON SI OCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 7. Boulogne and Amiens.. OverYssel ... 1 p Bordcuax & Meoiterran 1 'aris & Lyons (Lath te) 3% Bordeaux and Toulouse Ditto ( Ganneron's). 2% Do. and Cette 2 ' Ditto (C a l u n' s ).... .. —is Dutch Rhenish ... Dendre Valley Dieppe & Paris J unct. Paris & Strsburg( Gan- Dijon and Mulhouse... ; nerun's) ... East Indian ...... ........ ipo. (Compte deL'Est) .. . _ Grt Northern of France Paris and St. Qnentin. (Laffitte',) Ditto (Rosamel's) Great Paris and Lyons — Sanibra and Meuse .... 6% Jamaica Junction 7 Strasbourg and Basle . Do. South Ndlnd J unc — Tours & Nants(M'Ken.. .............___ . Louvain and Jemene.. 4% zie's). ..yons and Avignon.... Do. (Letebvre's) — Namur and Liege 5% Verona and Ancona.... 3 3 A Orleans and Vierzon .. 17 West Flanders 4% Orleans and Bordeaux 1114 Madrid papers of the let inst. have arrived. Several arrests had taken place on the morning of the 31st ult. Among those arrested are M. SAGUSTI, who, during the regency of ESPARTERO, held the office of Political Chief of Madrid ; General CRESPO, lately second in command with General ALCALA in Manilla, and the Commam:ant and Cap:ain in command of the guard at barracks of the regiment of Gullicia. We learn from El Herald° that the public prosecutor had demanded the penalty of death against several of the Malaga conspirators. Several arrests had taken place in Grenada. Letters from Sarago,sa, published in the same journal, state that the Aymtlfriet:to of that city are extremely dissatisfied with the Minister of Finance for his refusal to modify his new sye•te in of contributions. According to El Castellano the Cortes will meet on the 10th October, and be immediately afterwards d:s• solved, when the Senatus will be nominated in accord ance with the provisions of the new constitution. A. correspondent of the Esptct dor mentions that General ScnEta.v, the .:aptaii►• General of Seville, had whipped an inhanitant of that city publicly in the Mar ket-place, whose only crime was that ho had called out " Liberty for ever." The Qum', who was at San Sebastian on the 3d, bad been well received throughout her journey. The inhabitants, however, occasionally display their feelings on the subject of their fiferos, and the authorities are about to petition the QUEEN for their restoration. Colonel AGUIRRE and 100 prisoners of the insurgents entered Barcelona on the 20,h, escorted by a battalion and a squadron of cavalry. There was a decline in the Three per Cents., and a rise in the Fives ; the former hebg quoted at 291 cash, and 30i. at 60 days ; 28,800,000 tone ; the latter at 22 cash, and 22 at 60 days. Afta. two o'clock matters were reversed—the Threes roses trifle, and the Fives dwclined. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY FlO3l THE ISLE OF WIGHT THIS DAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived this day, at ten minutes to one ;clock, tit the Vauxhall terminus of the South-Western hallway, having travelled up from Portsmouth by special train. The royal car riages were in waiting ut the erminus, and the royal party immediately drove off to Nottingham Palace. Her Majesty was loudly cheered by the crowd assembled to see the royal coneye pas. Her Majesty heid a Privy Coincil at half-past two, at Buckingham Palace, for :arranging the Queen's speech on closing the session of Parliament. Most of the Ministers attended. SiAlel -- INti.--(TIUS DA LONDON, AUG. B.—Wind N. W , light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, AUG. 7.—Wind W. ti W.S.W.—Arrd. S Iph, Treadwell, Barbadoes ; Barrett transport, Davis' Straits Arrd. from the River and slot, John Wickliffe, Daly, Madras; Albion, Wave, Quebec; Faithful, Chamberlain, ditto; Ham let, Wilson. daey ; Ramilie•4 ditto ; Lady Amherst, Thompson, China. FALMOUTH, AUG. 7.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Skelliftia, Fleetwood, Pernambuco. Off pat, Edmund, Smith, Gua gama, and sailed for Ghent. - LIVERPOOL, AUG. 7. —Wind' N.W., moderate.— Arrd. Argentina, Tilison, Buenos Ayres, sailed May 29 ; Oxeola, Childs, New Orleans; Russell,Gl.ver, ditto; flatus, Mark, St. Andrew's; Liffey, Noonan, Quebec; New Brunswick, ditto; Calcutta, Smith, ditto, water-logged. Sid. blagellan, Noswortby, Lima; Richmond, Gregson, ditto. Off port, Waterloo, New York. . _ EXETER, AUG. 6. Arrd. Arab, Hain, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Talisnoan, Popham, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, AUG. 7.—Sld. Resolution, Quebec. NEWPORT, AUG. 7.—Sld. Underly, Bowden, Jamaica. SWANSEA, AUG. s.—Arrd. Manuela, Valparaiso. Sld. Wil liam and Joseph, Crisp. Quebee. _ WinTEnAv - Er, Anil. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Lightfoot, Wilson Quebec. , _ _ _ CLYDE, AUG. 6.—Arrd. Queen Pomare, St. John's, New Brunswick. Shl. Cherokee, Brown, Demerara. DUBLIN, AUG. 6.—Wind S W. to N.W.—Sld. Ruby, Croker, St. John's, New Brunswick. WATERFORD, AUG. 6.—Wind N. to N.N.W. and S.S.W. —Arrd. sth, Laurence, Forrestal, Poole. Quebec. MONEY and COMMLRCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool yester day. Sales, 5,000 bags, including 500 on speculation, and 500 for expert. There was no change in prices. Shares were rather flat, and with less doing. There are some few lateraccounts to-day by a transit ship from New Zealand, fiom which we learn that the colonists were iu a somewhat better situation, business having im proved. The rains continue to excite a considerable degree of anxiety among the Bull speculators in the Fund'., but prices have not al:ered much on the Stock Exchange to-day. It is to be. hoped after all that the damage said to have been done to the crops is much legs than has been' reported. Consols have advanced for the Account from '99 to 99t,, and for Money from 98% to 99 1 . One or two bargains have been made at 102 1 4 %, in South Sea Stock at 113, and in Ex chequer-bills at 495. premiUm._ _ In the Foreign Stocks a slight increase of business has to be noticed. Spanish Consols have receded to 26 3 4 lA, and the Three per Cents. to 38. For Austrian Bonds 117 has been the value to-day. Portuguese Converted are a shade lower. The other Foreign Stocks have remained much the same as yesterday. The Railway Share Market is in a firm state. The prin cipal rise has been in the London and Birmingham', which have advanced from 14S to 152 premium. Manchester and Leeds are up to 205 (with 76/. paid), and the Great Northern of France to 2 1 4 premium. These have been the greatest changes this morning. The market is firm on the whole. oN PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK CLOSINU PRICES _ ____... • per Cent. Reduced- - -- 99 3 4 1 / 2 9 4 _ -- - . - '( i 99 3 / 4 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99 A • • 59 New 3% per Cents 102 tii% 102 1 % Long Annuities to exoireJan.lB6o 111 1 A 11 1 / Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 l ll 11% India Stock 272% South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account . ..... 99 7 04 99 1 q 1.. - xchequer Bills, 1,0001., Pi d.... 49 pm. 51 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ' • - ONE CLOSING VRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, O'CLOCK. PRICES. Austrian, 5 - per Cent.. ....... .......117 ll7 Braziliat, Bonds Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l 7 l /2 17 1 / 2 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 90 ,4 90 1 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent, 15:37 - .. Ditto, Account 3' 3 ,ii, , , 36 Ditto, Deferred 19 14 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 37% Portuguese 5 per Cent.. — Ditto, Converted 64_ 64 D.tto Account Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 6 41 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto 3 per Cent. 3B Ditto, Account ...... ............ 38 38,E Dutch, 2% par Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific 99% 99% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING BAILWAY SHARES AT ONX O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Aylesbury and Thame.. 19= Bristol and Exeter 7O 8 O l r 2. 7 g i .. 9 8 ,.-, Do. New .... . ......... 2 11 Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 3% 1 4 3A Chester and Holyhead... 15 ,22 Cheltenham and _Oxford 2 ...... 3% •... 3% Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester I •••... 1% l 3 /4 Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2% BIA IA BlO Dublin and Galway..... 2% ...... Eastern Counties 14 / 165...... 20% 3 / 4 2O A Ditto New 4/. 165....... 6'K 6% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.51. 13s. 41 ...... Ditto ditto, No. 2 Eastern Union l5 .... '25 . 24 . 3 / 4 Ditto Extension •• • 11 /z 3 14% 3% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 86/ 2 B7 Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 ...... 21 Ditto New 4 Shares... 2%...... 10 1 / l O l /2 Edinburgh & Northern.. 14 ...... - Great South. and West. _ _ _ . _____ (Ireland) Great North of England 100 ...220 217% 22% 20 220 Ditto New 5 . 55 Ditto New 2 31 Great Western BO ...... Ditto, Fifths 2O . 491,A 4 9 1 11 Hull and Selby 5O ..... 107 106 107% .. 108 Do. Half Shares Leicester and Bedf.rd 22s. ...... 2% p 2 l /2 Limerick and Waterford 21 2 ...... London and llimingnm (tock) 252 Do. New Thirds - lO Do. Quarters London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d. 11 3 44 l l l4 London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15, , 9d. 24 3 % 2 4 14 Do. New l3s 4d 1 34 ....... ... .. 1% p Lno.& S.Western 41 / 6s. 10d B3 Do. Consolidated Bths 12 Do. New London and York 2% .... 5% 5% 5% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham _l% 4% 4 .N:anchester anti Leeds... 76 205 Manchester and Birmin. 40 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 22s. 5%% 6% 1 4 3 4 63% p midlano 100 lBO 178 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby...loo 138% l3B Newcastle and Darling- _ . __ ton Junction 25 55 Nevittuulf and 14,rwick 25 % 3A 25 - v2. Newry and Enniskillen : 12 24 2:: 30 3 . : . ........ ..... 30 3 North British Do. New North Kent North Staffordshire 22s .....„ 314 p 3l! North Wales Norwich awl Brandon.— 14 ...... 24% 24,4 Do., New Oxford and Worcester... 21 ,h f erth and Inverness ... _2% ....‘ 2 Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 Rugby. Worstr. & Tring 1 Scottish Central 'cottish .A 1 idland l%. ... 2 Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and Birm 2IA, . .... 4% 4 1,4 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union 22s. Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2% South Midland 225....... 474 5 4 3 / 4 5... 5 South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 47 ' 46 % Do., No. 3 ... 2% ..... 8 ,04 • ••• Staines and Richmond.— 1 ...... 1 1 . 4 2 I IJ South Wales ..... .., 2% 5% 5% Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1.. 2%. . 2% Welch Midland - 3 % Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union ... York and North Midland 50 110 Do. 14 share. 25 Ditto Searboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Potilogne and Amiens—. 6 . . ... 11% ll% Bordeanx, Toulouse, and Ceiti .... 2 21 4 2% Dutch Rhenish 3 ...... 81 . % Great North. of France (Laffitte's) --- 4 Do. do. (Rosa - mars) 2 Jamaica Junction........ 1 1 / 2 6% 6 3 j Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . Namur and Liege ...... 4 ...... 51% . 5j 4 yrl ans and Vierzon . , oNeaos and Bordeaux._ 4 Over Yssel 413 s 4d 3 /4 p aria & Lyons. Lailitte's • Paris and 0r1ean5........, 20 Paris and Rouen . ........ 20 Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 ...... 21 % 2l Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 Rouen and Havre ...... 16 Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse .... 4 Verona and Ancon - i..... 3 \V e*t Flanders 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS British North American 50 s ~ Commercial of London 20 __ 24. 4% 49 1 % 24 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. Several runs of Wheat came to hand from Essex, which, added to the quantities left unsold on Monday and Wednes• day, formed rather an extensive supply of that article. The stormy weather experienced yesterday produced rather more inclination, on the part of the millers, to purchase in the early part of the day, but as the atmosphere became to lerably tine, and as the letters received from various parts of the country state that no material damage ha , , as yet, been sustained by the growing crops, the demand became heavy, and Monday's quotations were with difficulty supported. Indeed, to sell, lower rates must hare been submitted ,to by the factors. At the close of the market, a large portion of the English WTheat remained unsol,l. Although the show of free Foreign Wheat was small, that article met a very inactive demand, yet, in the few sales ef fected, previous rates were maintained. Scarcely a single transaction was reported in Corn under lock, the speculators being unusually cautious in their operations. The supply of Barley chiefly consisted of free foreign qualitie , . Grinding sorts were quite as dear, but all other kinds hung heavily on hand. We had a very limited quantity of Malt on offer. Superfine White qualities moved off steadily at. full prices. Li other kinds exceedingly little was doing. Our notices at toot show a very limited arrival of Oats, owing to which the Oat trade was comparatively steady, and price , were well supported. In Beans very little was doing, but Peas and Flour were quite as dear. Several parcels of new Canary, Carraway, and Raps Seed were on offer. Most of them sold at full prices. English • • Irish Foreign ...... Wheat. 2,040 qrs. ARRIVALS. Barley. 40 qrs. 1,790 ➢ftilt. 550 qrs. SMXTE.VXMLD, Oats. I F 1 qtr 20 qrs 1 I,B9osks 2,90 2,410 I On the whole, the supply of Beasts on sale here was tole rably extensive as to numbers, but very deficisnt as to quality. The few prime Scots offering sold at Monday's quotation,z, but all other breeds were very dull. We had on offer 80 Beasts and 100 Sheep from Holland, together with 200 Scots from Aberdeen. The numbers of Sheep were on the increase, owing to which the Mutton trade was heavy, at barely late rates. In Lambs only a moderate business was transacted, yet their currencies were supported. Calves were a dull sale, but not cheaper. Pigs moved off slowly, at our quotations. Milch Cows sold slowly, at from 161. to 19/. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the ofal. s. d. s. d. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts .... 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Second quality ditto. 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 o Southdown Wethers 410 5 0 Prime Scots .. ••• • 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 4 Large Hogs ••• • 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto 4 6 410 Small Porkers ... •3 10 4 2 Suckling calves, •18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep . 3 6 310 Lambs • . . SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. 1 Calves. 1 Jigs. 925 I 10,940 410 280 It FAIT OATES AND XOBAD ig Tr .5.1. L. For each kind of Meat we had only a moderate demand at our quotations. At per stone, by the Carew .e, • s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Iteef, inferior.- 2 6 210 ' Mutton, inferior .. 3 0 3 6 - middling .... 3 0 3 2 middling.. 3 8 310 - prime large .. 3 4 3 6 prime .... 4 0 4 8 - prime small 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 2 8 3 6 Veal •• •••••• • • • . 3 8 4 81- small .... •••• 3 8 4 0 Lamb. 45 10d to Gs —Lt. BORO Vaal HOY relLft.3l.:MT. The prevailing wet:weather has had the effect of prevent ing any further decline in the value of Hops, in which rather more business is doing. The plantation accounts are favour able. The duty is called 1900 1 0/. Sussex I'ockets, 515 s to 5/. 15s; Wealds, 519 s to 51 15s; Mid Kents, 6! to 81; East Kents, 8/to 11/. _ _ COLONIAL. St/GAR.—There has been a very good market for British Plantati.,n, and, with rather large sales, advanced prices have been realised. At auction liar badoes has realised 53s for fine yellow, and 49s to 51s for mid. The consumption is good. REFINED.—A large business has been done. Standard Lumps have been 68s 6d to 69s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—P,SOO bags Bengal nearly all sold ; fine grainy Dobah kind 61s; fine Benares white, 57s 6d ; mid, 54s 6d to 55s ; mid yellowish white, 53s 6d to 54s ; and yellow, 49s 6d to sus. Mauritius has been held firmly; fine is 50s to 555; yellow 403 to 475; and brown, 35s to 40s per cwt. FouElGN.—White Havannah has been at 40s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—Not much has been done in West India samples, the supply of other sorts being abundant. Ord to mid Ja maica has realised 41s to 86s per cwt. Ceylon has been dull of sale, and is to is 6d lower, good ord pale 45s 6d, and low 435. Plantation 50s to 755. Singapore Java, 1,570 bags, partly sold at 36s to 39s 6d per cwt. RITIII.—A contract for 10 1 ,000 gallons, half East and half West India, will be taken this afternoon. Proof Leeward has been is 10cl to is lOid per gallon, and Calcutta is 9d to Is 94d. _ _ RlCE.—Bengal has been higher, and a good deal has been done, low to tine white Mr° 13s 6d per cwt. SPICES.—The - demand for White Pepper is fair, and -1 1 /._,.1 to 5,1 per lb has been paid, being fuller rates; Black, 2 1 / 8 d to 2%d per lb. Pimento has been brisk, at 3d to 3 1 Ad per lb for mid. Cocoa.—British Plantation has heel rather lower, the supply being larger. SALTPETRE—The demand is but limited. TOBACCO.—The market was quiet last month. Sales about 500 hhds. Kentucky was more in request than other sort. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 40s to 40s 3d per cwt on the spot, being rather brisker, owing to the lower stocks and good consumption. TEA.—Not much is doing, and prices are rather drooping. Low to good common Congou is 9d to lod, and common yel low leaf Twankay about is 2d per lb. Hyson, fair to common, 2s 4d to 2s 6d per lb. FLANDERS and HAMBURGII MAIL. BRUSSELS, A uo. 6:—The Monileur Beige of this date pub lishes the statutes (with his Majesty's approbation of them) of the Joint Stock Company of the iron railways from Tournay to imbine. The capital is fixed at 12,500,000 francs, which may be increased for executing branches. The capital is divided into 25,000 shares of 500 francs each. The Company is to. be governed by a board of nine members. For the first time they are—Messrs. Robert and William Kinnard, Paterson, Gladlir.e, Mozley, Mackenzie, Barry, Bullot, Tercelan Sigart, and Bruneau, who have taken for themselves and others the whole 25.000 shares, excepting 1,000 shares taken by Mr. John Pierce Kinnard, and 100 by Mr. Thomas Rhodes. The King presided yesterday in a Council of Ministers. Her Royal Highness the Duchess, who left Vienna on the 29th to proceed to the Rhine, is accompanied by the Archduke Frederick, who goes to compliment Queen Victoria, in the name of the Emperor, on her arrival in Germany. BRUSSELS, AUG. 5.—M. Nothomb will return to Brussels at the end of this week. He has passed the principal part of his absence in Luxembourg with his family. It is believed that he will shortly go to Germany as his Majesty's repre sentative at the Court of Berlin. SECOND:S.II.IEs.—( THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES ) FIELD. AND ANOTHER V. MEADER. The plaintiffTinthisaction are brewers, and the defendant was landlord of the Ship Tavern, Essex-street, Strand. The action was brought to recover the sum of 101. 15s. 6d., the balance of an account to which defendant claimed a set-off of 91. 15s. 6d., and paid IL into court. The case occupied the whole of the morning, and the ques tion was whether the defendant was bound to pay for the writing of the names of the plaintiffs on the sign-board. The case entirely rested on the credit of the witnesses. The plaintiffs' agent swore positively that he only gave an order for work to be done to the amount of 21. ss. On the contrary, the painter deposed that he was in the habit of working for plain tiffs generally • that he was told t o d o anyt hi ng d e f endant ordered, but defendant said he would not give any orders. The agent then said he must do anything wanted, and he did so, arid was paia by defendant by order of Sivewright. Witnesses were called and recalled on each side to bear out the alleged conversation, still leaving the case in the same doubt. _ _ Mr. BALLANTINE, for the defendant, urged that it was highly improbable that the painter would, if he swore falsely, do so for the defendant (who, in all probability, would never have the necessity of again employing him) when he was in the employ of the plaintiff ; besides, the defendant left the house. but the board remained, and still would, until the house eras out of the plaintiff's trade. It was, therefore, clearly a work for their benefit, and being paid ,for by the defendant, he was en titled to deduct the amount. The plaintiff's solicitor said, that on the evidence of his wit nesses the plaintiffs were entitled to a verdict, which the jury might safely give, and if the witnesses h a d sworn f a l se l y , t h ey might be indicted for perjury. • The SECONDARY recapitulated the evidence, and commented on points which might possibly reconcile the contradictions, but after the jury having for . the third time had the painter in the box, the Z-4contiary said it really became a question who spoke the truth ; the evidence was irreconcilable. Verdict for the defendant. LONDON AND COUNTY JOINT-STOCK BANK: Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the above bank was held in the board-room, No. 71, Lombard•strcet, City, William Hawes, Esq., in the chair. The report of the directors, read by Mr. R. P. Nicholls, the secretary, stated that they had declared a dividend on the capital stock of the Company of 5 per cent.; tree of income-tea. The business of the bank continued to increase steadily, and the balance, 1,695/. 175., now pro posed to be placed to the guarantee fund, would, with the surplus of the last half-year of 2,5541. 15s. 6d., and in terest thereon, make an increase to that fund for the year of 4,4411. 10s. 6d. In announcing the termina• ion and settle ment of the law proceedings in which the company had been engaged, the directors called the attention of the proprietors to the improved prospects of the company, and to express their opinion that the cessation of those proceedings, and the release of a large sum so long unemployed for profitable investment, would, at an early period, justify a satisfac tory increase of dividends to the proprietors. The loss arising from the law proceedings would not exceed the sum now placed to the credit of the guarantee fund; and it was the intention of the directors, at the next meeting, to submit for the consideration of the proprietors a resolution to apply that fund, or such part of it as might be required, to its liquidation. The report having been adopted, and a dividend of 5 per cent. declared, the balance-sheet was read. It stated the gross pro fits of the year to amount to the sum of 33,796/. 9s. Ild. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman and the /direc tors, and the meeting separated. NIGHT B A LL OO N ASCENT FROM C REMORNE HOUSE. —Last night Mr. C. Green made his 306th ascent in his " Albion " Balloon, from Cremorne House, it being the second night aerial trip this season. On the occasion there was a very numerous company in the gardens, and an additional variety of amusement was provided. The balloon was placed in the front ground, nearly adjoining to King's-road, and a strong barrier was erected to prevent the immense throng from approaching too near the men employed in arranging the preparations for the ascent. 7 his was to have taken place at ten o'clock ; but in consequence of the necessity of taking every necessary pre caution against an accident, it did not occur till nearly a quarter to eleven o'clock. By this time, it being intended to have a pyrotechnic exhibition after the balloon had reached an eleiation of about 2,000 feet, a wooden frame work, about five feet in diameter, was attached to the car, with which was connected the apparatus to which the various fireworks were fixed. About 4 cwt. of sand, in bags, the grappling-irons, the barometer, &c., were also deposited in the car. Mr. C. Green then gave the word that he was ready, upon which he immediately liberated himself, the band playing " God save the Queen." The ascent was slow, and, for several hundreds of yards directly perpendicular, the leronaut being greeted with the loud cheers of the company. Having attained the altitude intended, a beautiful display of fireworks took place. An illu mination, successively, of white, pink, and green colours was presented, which was followed by a discharge of Roman candles. A change occurred, which caused the frame-work to revolve, leading to a discharge of various-coloured stars. The whole concluded by a loud report, accompanied by a shower of silver fire. The balloon was carried in an easterly direction. Sub sequently a youth named Herbert made an ascent is a small I balloon, amidst a discharge of fireworks, the height he reached being about fifty feet. RAILWAY Comm TEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Lards to inquire into the subscription contract of the Lonlon and York Bill met at 11 o'clock, in Room No. 2 of the House of Lord;. The first witness called was Mr. John Haines, who appeared on the deed as of the Treasury Chambers, for the sum t•f WO/. This witness was under examination when our report left. He was examined before the Commons. The Chairman of the Lords' Committee is the Marquis of Clanriearde. HOUSE OF t 011 MONS. The Select Committee on the London and York subscrip tion contract met at eleven o'clock ; Mr. Hawes in the chair. The Committee sat up to a quarter to two this morning, but notwithstanding their unwearied labour, they do not appear to make much progress. A great portion of the time is occupied in discussing points of form. Thomas Sherman, Esq., a major in the army, who appears on the contract deed as of 51, St. Mary Axe, and a suh,criber to the amount of 8,251'1., and who was examined at much length yesterday, was re-called this morning. He was under exam:nation when our report left. 'the proceedings of both Committees r.re drawing rapidly to a clo e, and the Interest manifested in the proceed ngs becomes more and more intense as the hour of four o'clock approaches. The avenues leading to both rooms are crowded with spectators whose countenance; show unequivocal marks of anxiety. Every new corner is re garded with suspicion. The professional men who have access to the Committee.room wear an air of mystery and gravity which is quite amusing. When asked a question, they only answer by a negative nod, reminding one of a scene in an old play, where four patriots come together upon the stage, preserving total silence, and merely shaking their heads. One bystander remarks to another, " Why, these wise men are very silent." " Oh, but," says the other, "there is a great deal to be conjectured from the shaking of their heads." Notwithstanding the extreme caution, silence and secrecy preserved, some rumours leak out, and the prevalent one is, that although a few subscriptions en the deed have been in validated, and although a few c ties of the same nature as those which have excited so much attention on the Irish Great Western have been presented, nothing has yet transpired before either Committee to vitiate the contract deed, or obstruct the progress of the Bill. An Honourable Member, who supported the Bill, said, upon the last occasion that the subject was under discussion in the House of Commons, that though the contract deed was invalidated to the amount of 600,0001., there was yet enough of bond fide subscriptions to carry out the scheme. No such amount has yet been struck off, hut there is one other fraud upon which the Committees may decide against the scheme—carelessness and extreme want of caution. Whether the projectors of it have left themselves open to this or any other charge, a few hours will probably determine. Carpenters and other mechanics are busily employed in pre paring for the prorogation, erecting seats along the corridcr through which her Majesty will pass, so that St. Stephen's presents to-day an unu , ual scene of bustle and confusion. THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: SIR,—You will oblige me by giving Sir G. Cockburn an opportunity of explaining an apparent inconsistency, which, in my opinion, stands unparalleled. Many of your readers, no doubt, recollect the powerful appeal made last year, in Parliament, by Sir C. Napier, in favour of the masters in the navy, when the Secretary of the Admiralty assured the Members " there was not a class of officers who occupied more of their Lordships' attention;" and, in answer to several Gallant Officers, Sir G. Cockburn said, "In his opinion, the masters ought to have a retired list, and he trusted the time was at hand." This announcement was received by " hear, hear," and left no doubt but something would soon be done for that long-neglected class. Sir C. Napier brought their case lorward again this year, and was told by Sir George, "It was in the contemplation of the Admiralty to amend the position of the masters in respect to half-pay and retired allowance." This semi-promise cheered the hearts of many brave old veterans, who have been looking for the appearance of the retired list with intense anxiety, and now find they are not included in it. The masters feel sensible of the debt of gratitude they owe to the gallant Sir C. Napier, Captains Pechell and Plu:ut sidge, and I trust there brave officers will still persevere in their endeavours'to obtain justice for that long-neglected and useful class of officers. I wish to ask the Admiralty their reason for withholding promotion from the master, and giving it to his servaws ; and why a young enterprising man, who gave up the command of a merchant ship to enter the naval service of his country (when at war with nearly all the world) as master, who had immediately to perform the duty of lieutenant, and sometimes commander, in addition to his own, is told, " Thus far thou shalt come, but no further," though the door of promotion is open to his servant ? 1 have heard of a case of this sort from good authority. A boy entered the navy before the mast, was servant to the master of a sloop-of-war, afterwards servant to a lieutenant commanding a gun-brig (rated midshipman ;or pay), anti, in 1615, was, with many others of a similar descrip tion, placed on the lieutenants' list. Let the masters throw off all false delicacy; and I hope the public press will assist them in making known their grievances. Ido not hesitate to say they are the most useful clais in the navy. If you will give this a place in your valuable paper, you will oblige, Sir, your obedient servant, A CIVILIAN. Whitechapel-ruad, Aug. 5, 1845. SINGULAR ACCIDENT IN THE BLACKERIARS road —This morning, at about half-past eleven o'clock, an ac cident occurred, which, though happily unattended with the loss of human life, was of a somewhat unusual and terrifying character. It arose from a man who had charge of a cart, which was delivering rough ice at the Cross Keys in the Blacktriars-road, incautiously taking off the horse's bridle to give him corn. The animal being startled by some object in the road, shook himself free from the man's hold, notwithstanding his struggles to retain him, and started off at full speed. The first obstacle with which he came in contact was the chaise of Mrs. Wood, of I.3lackheath, in which a groom was seated, waiting for his mistres., «ho was making some purchases in the shop of Messrs. White and Greenwell. The chaise was overturned and broken to pieces by the encounter, and the groom thrown out. The author of the mischief, un checked in kis wild career, then Can amongst a flock of sheep that was being driven home fr..m Smithfield, injuring several so severely that they were obliged to be slaughtered immediately, and was ay. length stopped by the wheel of the cart striking against a lamp-post, which threw him down. Mrs. Wood's horse, as soon as he recovered from the effects of the concussion, also galloped away, kicking and plunging desperately, with the remains of the broken chaise at his heels, to the infin►te alarm of the numerous passengers; but was fortunately secured before he had done much damage. The groom escaped miraculously, with no further injury than a few bruises and a lacerated hand. PRIZE FIGIIT FOR FIFTY POUNDS.-011 Thursday the pugilistic contest between Charley George and Peter Stevens came off. The parties started by a train of the Great Western Railway, and proceeded to the appointed spot. Stevens was waited upon by Jemmy Shaw and M‘Donald ; and Driscoll and Turner did the needful for George. The fight was opened by Stevens, who showed his superiority in science, and had winning certain, his antagonist receiving some heavy blows without returning the compliment. Stevens operated severely upon his opponent for thirty-five minutes, his backers thinking his winnistg ,^ts: certainty. After fighting another round, and to the surprise . of all resent, he refused to continue the contest, and in this way the affair abruptly terminated. BURGLARY.—Yesterday morning, between one and seven, a daring burglary was committed on the premises of John H. Screed, Esq., in the Kennington-road. fhe thieves effected an entrance during the night by forcing the back par lour window fastenings, and carried off a quantity of silver plate, consisting of spoons and forks, a gold watch, and several articles of wearing apparel. They also regaled themselves with some cold roast beef and the remains of a currant pie, and drank two bottles of sherry, which they found on the parlour side-board. The page, who slept in the pantry, was not disturbed bylthe slightest noise. DESTRUCTION OF PORTMAN HAY MARKET BY Film—Last evening, between the hours of six and seven, a fire, most lamentably destructive in its results, broke out in the premises known as Portman-market, Marylebone. It origi nated in a large shed, used as a straw depot, the property of a Mrs. Ellis. This building was filled with straw, and when once in flames the fire travelled with more than usual rapi dity. From this pre tion of the premises the fire laid hold of the roof of the market, and in less than half an hour the whole was in flames, which rose a considerable distance into the air, causing the most lively apprehensions fur the safety of the contiguous property. At this period there were standing in the market, and beneath the flaming roof, a large number of waggons, loaded with hay and straw. To save them the inhabitants rushed forth, and were instru mental in rescuing., a deal of the property contained in the market, consisting of straw, hay, fowls, and pigs, as well as the horses. The different engines of the parish and London Brigade promptly attended, and those of the County and West of England Companies. There being plenty of water at hand several engines were set to work, but by the period that. could be accomplished the whole of the hay-market, from 300 to 4eo feet ling, with a large quantity of the stock, was blazing most furiously. The dif ferent engines took up the most commanding positions, and the water being brought to bear upon the flames, they were pre vented from extending to the opposite houses. The patent spreader was attached to the branch of the West of England engine, which bad the effect of causing the water to be scat tered over a large surface of burning hay and straw, which damped the flames very considerably. Owing to the exertions of the firemen the conflagration at length began to assume a less frightful aspect, and by nine o'clock it was safely extin guished. By that period the whole of the haymarket (with the exception of an office at one end) was nearly consumed. The total loss must be very considerable. The origin of the fire cannot be accounted for, but it is the opinion of the inha bitants that it was caused by a man smoking in the market, and some of the partly-consumed tobacco falling amongst the straw. The market was the property of Lord Portman, and is believed to be insured. Six houses in Hantsworth-terrace are severely damaged. WILL OF THE LATE JOSEPH DOMES, ESQ M.P.— The will of this extensive shipowner has been proved by the executors, Joseph and Frederick Somes, the nephews, and Thomas Collyer and Edward Saxton, Esqs. The personal estate sworn under 500,0001. He bequeaths a sum of 70,0001. to be invested for the benefit of his wire, 30,0001., part. thereof, to be at her own disposal ; it is the testator's particular wi.h that she should not re-marry within two years. Bequeaths to his daughter, Mrs. Coliyer, 70,0001, and to her children at her decease, and to Mr. Thomas Collyer, 0,000/. Bequeaths to his sister, Mrs. Harriet Docker, 6,000/., and to her daughter Harriet at her decease ; and leaves to his said niece, Harriet Docker, a legacy of 10,000/. To his sister, Mrs. Sarah Bri an t, 15,0001., 10,000/. at her decease to herdaugh ter Harriet, and 5,000/. to her son William. To his sister, ! Mrs. Ellen Holloway, 20,C00/., and at her decease to her children; a legacy to her daughter Ellen. Bequeaths many other legacies to his • datives. Leaves to his w ,fe's mother, Mrs. Saxton, 4,000/., and 500/. to each of his executors. The residue being unilisiosed of, the widow and daughter take the same under the statute for distribution of intestates' estates. The will, which is in draft, is in the deceased's handwriting, signed by him, arid dated 221 January, 1844, but was not executed ,until the day of his death, lath of June last. It was intended as instructions, and sent to his solicitor as a groundwork for his will, from which a draft was prepared and sheave to deceased, but owing to his sudden illness there was not time to have it fairly copied. The testator, on the day on which he died, the 25th, made a cross below his sig nature thereto, and acknowledged the said will or inAructions to be his•last will, in the presence of his physician, H. J. Little, M. - D., and Norman M'Leod. DEATH OF BERNARD CAVANAGH, THE FASTING Max.—This individual, who three or four years since excited some attention in the metropolis by professing to exist withmq sustenance, liquid or solid, expired on Sunday last, in Rucoats lane, in his thirty-second year. He had recently kept a huckster's shop, in which he had failed. He had gone by an assumed name, and his right one did not transpii e t 11 shortly before his death. His brother, who was with him when he exhibited himself in London, was present. The deceased was of parsimonious habits, and often reduced to great extremities, but has left money in' the Bank. CAPTAIN BOLDER() AND HIS CO - jIiTITITENTS. Chippenham, Aug. 4, 1845. Dear Sir,—lt afforls me great pleasure to ft,rward to you the inclosed address, in the sentiments of which I believe the whole town and neighbourhood concur. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your faithful and obedient servant, JOHN DARBY. H. G. Boldern, Esq., Grosvenor- square, London. TO CAPTAIN HENRY GEOKGE BOLDERO. We, the undersigned, amongst your personal friends an d constituents, having seen with great regret the report of the Committee on the South Eastern Railway Petition, impl)l a censure on sour conduct as a Member of the Board Ordnance, beg to express our entire confidence in your in* tegrity and honour, and that we cannat think the evidence taken before that Committee justified their report, or the (Alumni° which have been circulated to_your prejudice. We fully appreciate the-honourable feeling that induced )'° ll to tender the resignation of your office, but it gives us gre" pleasure to state that nothing has occurred to prejudice in our minds your high character for honour and integrity , or It° lessen those sentiments of confidence and respect which vle have always entertained towards you. JOHN DARBY, Mayor, &c., &c., &c . 6, Grosvenor.square, , My (lear Sir,—Your letter and address from personal lo on ! and constituents of the borough of Chippenham reached or this morning, and I take this early opportunity of expr essing to you (and you will allow me, through you, to each and e ven individual who has signed that address) my grateful ackueo' ledgments for such kind expressions el friendship, confidence' and respect. tb. I beg to assure you that this address, together withj honourable testimony evinced by every Member last nigbt,.in whatever political opinions, who took part in the debate or t" House of Commons, has afforded me a gratifying proof thata entire confidence in the justice of my cause was not miepla and that no part of my conduct has deprived me of the attanoDi; went and respect of those private and political friends, good-opiiiion I value above all price.—Believe me to r eMP '" my dear Sir, yours very truly, To J. Darby, Esq. H. G. BOLDEIO' THE VACUUM IN ATinOSPHER I6 PROPULSION PRODUCED BY THE DIRE CT . AC PION OF STEANI. Mr. Jemes Nasmyth, whose indefatigable exertieell in can.) log out improvements in machinery are SO $1: known . and appreciated—whose forge-hammer and Pe driving apparatus, worked by the direct action of stove" are milking such beneficial changes in the various opel l liens to which they are applied—bas just obtained patent for a novel plan of producing the vacuum neceso nary in the tube of the atmospheric railway, an d I t his favourite power, steam by direct action, is ag o . brought into requisition. The great objection t o t o e atmospheric system at present is, that in consequence e, ;ealruge, &c., a much larger consumption of fuel is nce es , sa ry to produce an equivalent amount of power, in cc alli , risen with the locomotive engine. Much ingenio u : s vestigation has teen, and is being, exercised, elt be d , so to improve the continuous valve as to prevent the so !mission of air, or to dispeeseavith it altogether, by t he introduction of an entitely different principle for connexion of the carriages outride, with the tra vel° l piton inside the tube ; but, whatever success may aoePor the efforts to mature the several plans which are 13° 0 before the public, the economising the production of Os; power which produces the vacuum is in itself the ol io important point, in a pecuniary point of view, lit f t b e system of atmospheric propulsion. By Mr. Nas re P le a invention, he is enabled to dispense with the coon ) 0 system of stationary engines and air pumps, as at prese4 used—the whole apparatus substituted in their place a series of two or more large upright air-tight chelluete, connected at top by slide valves, and made of boiler pa to NV the steam is admitted from a common locrieit. sure steam-boiler. The bottom of these vessels open bY su t ee able valves, into the railway main pipe, and also viiim "le open atmosphere, to permit the exit of the air. order to produce a vacuum, the steam is admitted sot the upper end of one vessel, and, as it flows in, does 140, the slightest degree mix with the air contained t ber `oe but forces that air out through the valves at hot preci ely the same tf acted on by a piston, the sePeee Lion between the two columns of air and steam ne perfect. As soon as all the air has escaped, so u et vessel, consequently, full of steam, a jet of cold 11%11 is thrown' into the condenser, which is connected °re, the chambers at the same moment ; the valve is. s° , gulated that the vessel is closed at top, haellietoe vacuum equal to that produced by the best s t e A it engine, while the connexion with the main P i v e nt open d, and the air rushes into the vessel ; in tbe vessel . the steam is admitted at the top, in like 0 1 %01 with the first, and the alternate production of vlle. - d ity and admission of air from the main, goes on with aDI II t es and regularity greater than by eteam-enginee . 3s ee e• amount of resistance from friction is absolutelY ll e ,f r ge ceptible, and all that is requisite to cause these two r ite ) vessels (or as many more as may be considered recite:oo to continue the exhaustion of the maiii pipe, is, We e the the sl de valves at top, and the others at bottom ° w ith apparatus, to work in their several proper positle e i teacte . regularity. To render this apparatus perfectly S e t wa ter ing, the inventor has introduced two small tanit s . ° , D i tt oed placed over the discharge valve, in each of wbieu l li' e s the a . small gasometer having a hole in the top, o f i; discharged air bubbles up through the water, so he ow collects under the gasometer and lifts it up; bat t b F meat the last bubble of air is gone, and by the actiotio, the valves, steam begins to enter at the top of e 4) . the vessel, the gasometer in consequence of the hole a . O top, immediately sinks, causirg just at the right tim r reverse action of the valve—thus almost a discriminating power to act at only : to proper moment. One very great advantage b. ,bl wholesale production of vacuum is also gainea bringing an entire set of any number of great chatilb e , into the condition of one vast magazine of vacuu m giving the appa 0 .13 e and, on t'le instant of the signal being given to sta rk by opening the communication with the main II; the train . would immediately proceed at a rapid rate, 0 , its journey—a far more certain and expecli ti %li mode than waiting the effect of air-pumps , si v g the gradual leakage, and loss of power, until the elos,4r, point is reached by the continued exhaustion. 'IIIV Nasmyth proposes that these vacuum chambers .° ll° L eo t be lined inside and outside with wood to econonlishe er„, heat, and•prevent loss by radiation, and that theY, e ,,"? y er be enclosed in brick to viers, or buildings, which, by 0 o r. sifi,el architectural defign, might be rendered high i f t bef namental to the various points on the line where t ot are situated. The discovery is, doubtless, an imr. r o s e; one, bids fair to produce a vast change in this yet ', I/ the mode of propulsion, and, by greatly econortusillbtiar production of power, places the system factory light before the public. in a near° 5 ,„ 0 t he HENRY HUNT'S SON.—On Tuesday afterr,-„ieurf remains of Mr. Hunt, the only surviving son of the late °,10.0e Hunt, the celebrated advocate of Universal Suffrage , 10 ,1 for many years represented Preston in Parliament , w e 'Dier terred jet the new burial-ground, near the Old Church , e ar' beth. The deceased, who is the subject of this noticer_bolt eeeded his father in the extensive blacking-manufactory,brisbett his father, amidst the turmoil of political agitation, eats in Broadwall, Blackfriars; but as he did not possess Medoff or enterprise of his father, the business soon went t° ne e and for several years past he subsisted partly upon an f i ords' and partly on the bounty of his late father's political t r ' eeif The deceased was the last of an ancient family, and t il en . one that had obtained notoriety was his father, who biro. eto political career as a Universal Suffrage and Annual P a !,:;cl ose man, and continued to advocate those principles till W. s. ng bi s of his pdlitical career. Henry Hunt, the younger, d or st v etlB ll father's lifetime, made the tour of Europe, and travelled ter pot the whole of the United States of America and Canada' ee et some time past he had been living in a very retired ala°;: t five No. 41, George-street, Regent-street, Lambeth. Ab °7 erjecl' weeks ago he was attacked with illness, and he died on e els nesday, July SO, in the 45th year of his age. Mold tbe, father's political friends wished to follow the remain', - e pee deceased to the grave as mourners, but the offer was Ls% the, by those who had the management of the funeral ; a ° ol d mourners consisted only of his late father's servant, a / er i t iollse, man, who said he had witnessed the burial of three gen, e , r e it& of the Hunts; Mr. Mackintosh, proprietor of the L',: se etite Lion Tavern, Westminster-bridge ; the brother of Mr. I ‘,4,per• tosh, Mr. Braithwaite, the deceased's solicitor; Mr. ~,cro, mot and Mr. Newman, his medical attendants ; and '4 l OP snore, the horse-dealer, of Ockendon. The deceased P ole its a widow, from whom he has been separated many y e etill consequence-of a distressing malady, under which sbe , r ietl labouring. Mr. Henry Hunt obtained considerable notcoirsee during his father's lifetime by driving a blacking-var' it by eight horsese across the Serpentine River, whu e e e obl e frozen over. He was greatly respected, and a more _„e IS man never existed. His mother is still living at Bath, upwards of fourscore years old. th e THE WEATHER.—On Wednesday afterno°ll. fat recent course of dry weather was interrupted by a he ael u lto , of rain, which continued to some extent on Thursdateble, Since then the welsher here has been on the whol e favourfeeee although in someTrkees at a distance we per ceive that anis'es. thunder-storm was experienced on Friday, attende d b y s°., ewe sualtie:. To-day sunshine and heat prevail , which, " D ee tinued, will relieve the fears of those who are dreading harvest.— Ayr Observer. 0 00 0 EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES. —Yesterday i mor . _ s o of the following robberies was received by the metropolittout City police :—From the person of Mr. Davis, O. 1 3° , o a r Caver.dishisquare, while in a mews, °° %e i t hlt_ hill, Dover-street, Piccadilly, a siugle.cased gold w atch., nge ee gold' face, maker's name, .4 Williamson, Royal Flee !ogee St. Sa i e e ece From the person of W. Curlake, of No. 16, Sonthwarkltoure, road, while in the Wheatsheaf publie-house, a '2O/. and five Si. Bank of England notes. From the re I , u _diee, of Mrs. Brodie, at Eastbourne, Sussex, two silver butteerritaa two gravy- spoons,:a large 6,41 slice, twelve large si a iT itefee kse spoons, fi fteen dessert spoons, twenty-seven large t :: o a 10/ , eightet n dessert forks, and other articles of plate; he s jesel‘ Bank of England note, a Si. ditto, and two 5/. Loge c l , eee e. notee, seven sovereigns, and ninety slyer fourpennTsePioe at Also, from the person of Mr; Argon, a gentlensan slef a i t sing a °7 the Belle Sauvage Inn, Ludgate-hill, a silk-purse, _eotle a Bank of England note for 501., and a sovere i g n and 8,15. O" MELANCHOLY DEATH of THE A FRICAN / LLA NIDLOES, JULY 28.—1 t is with extreme reegortet th at to infotm you of a most melancholy and fatal accirl r __., the i fv. curred to Mr. Aldridge, the African Roseiue. FTa .0 o urs blest you and your friends trink in him during 11 , 1 5 ..e ' i 1, his among, ton, I feel satisfied that you would syinPV!.'e e e its friends' bereaeement, and the loss to the stage of n°' his cer met promising ornaments. ilir. A. was returning b e ets, tram the seat of Colonel Powell, where b% 'lf eve el the horses took fright at the blaze driving about, and when within half a mile of this y o n nesse rls_ of light from with which this country is studded; this occurre. i t s of a precipice, over which the carriage svvervecyr!`_, mate, dragging the horses and pre,tilion, who bad 7 0 ,.. iden tis! di,engage hiiiisrlf. The footman had a most e P .Le hose . ; escape ; was in the act of alighting to sea e tee`e . It heads as the carriage was precipitated over "" and horse s . needless to add that Mr. Aldridge, the p° s:ilie to a t° gt ere Lilted upon the spot—the carriage beine dashed,is 120 _,, Ker r The place where this frightful accident oceurre!ilof the y from the summit to the bottom.— Correspondent of Evehing Post. rde r by 0 .hole '1 HE BRITISH MUSEUM.---Yester6aY, t e e we _, her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forestee, ee eer . e: coinPe lP "d of " of the eastern wing of the British Museum , dis „ e se tons of lead, the entire brick-work, t o rarthe brie W"tiollja lbe ;lob auction, io order to be removed for the eree vr stone wing to correspond with that on the ago of Lop/10mA has been rec.-1111y finished. Among the mils t en' t°r for lan e • %Nth lee taken down te the old . de o The 0611 e wee house, abutting in Great itussell-street. , b u t the intended wing has been laid for some a ed ' e peeted to be two years before it willbe couple t .- ~........, ~...._.. 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