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o• W NOVEL. • MRS. TROLT.OPE'S NE Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. " One of those piquant pictures of modern society in which Mrs. Trollope excells."—John " Petticoat Government will add to the hastypopularit of the author ess, and furnishes co nvincing proof that she stnione of that c l e verness for which her name has been so long celebrated." —Mes senger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TAT, IT kLI.A.N OPERA, COVDINT-GARDEN. • TWO EXTRA NIGHTS AT REDUCED PRICES. The Directors have the honour to announce thAt The Subscription N'Sgkta having bees conclude d on Saturday last, they have determined to give TWO ADD ITIONAL PE RFOR MA.NC 8, and by placing the Prices of Admission at a Redueed Scale, to afford to a very large Vortion-of the Musical Public an opportunity of witnessing some of thosp magnificent productions for which the Royal Italian Opera has bocome so oelebrated. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Mozart's Opera Of DON GIOVA.NNI. Donna Anna, Mine. Grisi ; Eivira, Millie. Vera ; Zerlina, Mme. c as ienaa ; Leporello, Herr Formes; Don Giovanni, Sig. Masai°, ; Commendatore, Sig. Tagliatico ; ro und Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. The Opera will be supported by a Triple Orchestra and Double C anus, To conclude with the first act of the new Opera, L JUIVE. Including the Grand Procession of upwards of 600 persons. On SATURDAY, Will be performed with the following powerful cast, Bleyerbeer's grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grid ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Cas tellar4.l)ama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotti ; Urban°, Madile. de Merle ; the Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lavia ; Il Conti di San Bris, Signor Tagilaflco ; Il Conte di Nevers. 31. Massol ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Itommi; Matirevert, Signor Soldi ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talamo ; Marcello, Herr Formes ; and Haul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery Messrs. Grieve and Telbin : the Dresses by Kra, Bailey and Mme. Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Bla mire ;. the NI act,inery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances arranged by M. Alexandre ; and the Spectacle tinder the direction of Mr. k. Harris. • The Performances will commence at Light o'clock. The Prices on the above occasions will be as follows :—Boxes for our persons, Pit tier, 21. 25.; (Ago, Grand, 31. 3s. ; first and second fp s ' 6 21 d ..; 2Ams. ; tird and fourth do. 11. I Is. 6d. ; Orchestra Stalls, s:Amphitheatre Stalls, 55. , ; Plt, ss. ; Amphitheatre, 2s 6d. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls. or the Pit may be had at the Box office of the Theatre, and of the principal Librarians and 31nd-- sellers. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. R. Webster, Sole Leaven and Manager, Old Brompton. Xor a few nights only T , Adelphl (hampany and Adelphi Pieces. HIS EVENING, Will he performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Harry Stanley, Mrk Boyce ; Witherton, Mr.Culleniord ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lam aert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Marian, Miss Harding. Aster which an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grumly, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grumly, Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE ; or. Raising the Wind on the most Approved. Principles. Alqnzo, Mr. P. Bedford; Ferdinand, Miss Woolgar ; Prospero, Mr. a. Smith; Ariel, Miss Fitz tvilliana. Mr. Hudson will make his drat appearance on Monday next, Sep tember 2, in " The Knight of Arva." ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. 'The best ventilated Theatre in London. Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and rmignitieent Snectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties is he Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of 3L&ZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeerl.cd by an tnitnitaule Digolay ci Ratty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Otympient-., by the male and female Eques rians, and re-appearance of Macßae. Gardoni. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office ~pen From Eleven till Four Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Coder the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Boys' Highness Prince Albert, Sze. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Another splendid Elephant. - •• • Promenade Concert, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—Select Programme of Ancient and Modern Music. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pie turt representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Al l iny 1 the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Damson and ion, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. Sec. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is cendilently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'reuvre of art, and not nferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents Coln the Queen. The Musical Department is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer ior the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public. the most Splendid Military hand in the Kiriciora ! 1 Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be fully maintained 1 The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Lazarus, Prosperre, Egerton, Crozier, Webb, Holt, &c. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the celebrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the Alps ! Showing a general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Anny is first seen " en biventae," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are see n dragging the Artillery in runktiot Tiees, now' scending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the meld Terrific Ravines, but-sll difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant ArmY is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile . plalu.s.of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby,• intreducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired texts d'artifice of former seasons, jets d'eau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency fifty . feet in height, painted by Kessrs. Denson, representing Btionaparm on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honour, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a corruseation of various coloured The ebraplica.ted and difficult machinery, and the erection of the pictuto under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. BotclrerbY and Dixon, 23, Ring-street, Covfsnt gezden. • Admission. I. On Wednesday, t4eptember 4, the Royal South London Floricultu ral Rot iety' Nv ill hold theii Las. Grand Dahlia, Hollyhock, and Mis cellatteotsFlower tihow, open to all Exhibiters. Every Exertion has been used to render this the most attractive Exhibition of the Season. An extra Brass Band will attend. All the unrivalled at tractions` of the Gardens, and extra Fireworks, by O'euthby. Doors open . at Cne. Admission, One Shilling. HIGI - 1 WjTER. Al LONDON BRIDGE. TErs Day Morning 36 min. After 5 1 Evenin4 54 min. after 5 To-Monaew— Morning IT rain. after G 1 Evening 40 nun. after 6 TIIE WEATEIER.—SUIC OFFICE, AUGUST 29. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day, at noon. _ _ BAROMETER, 30.18. 'Wnm W.N.W.—Morning, fine ; Afternoon, dull, cloudy weather. _____ ....-e, M i *ls A.% ..d., . , 0.1i7U I•• 1, -- 4 -- i ~,,,,,, k dt2 . e . ~._v‘ - e& Wm Mi -'e----s--:„,,---„,,,,,, ~.., _.,....4, ! ..--,.,.;..,• .b.I :' ---- '-}: Mina r,*, -,- LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1850. Towards the development of commerce there is ab solutely nothing of course more riquidte than the opening up of new lines of communication. To this end, therefore, the efforts of persons interested in the advancement of mercantile enterprise, are, as a mat ter of course, perpetually- directed. Formerly this was the case among all intelligeßtcommunities. Now a-days, it is still more generally the custom, in con sequence of those marvellous facilities to locomotion which have been afforded by the invention of the steam-engine. Aided by railroads and by vessels fitted out on the new principle, the tradars of the world have found themselves enabled to accomplish more in the way of exportation and importation than could ever have been dreamed of even by an imagination such as that - of Sir Epieure Mammon, when the Do- 'an galleys were yet gliding over the gulf of Genoa, when the Doges yet passed in proce►sion through the streets of Venice to celebrate their nuptials with the,Adriatic, while enthusiasts yet cherished a belief in the ruby pebbled rivulets of Cathay, and in the golden palaces cf El Dorado. Still, notwithstanding all that has been accomplished in the way of developmentsince the practical genius of WATT first opened those gi gantic paths of intercourse, infinitely greater benefits in the way of promoting that intercourse remain yet to be secured, and still more wonderful achievethents are capable of being compassed and brought to a s tate of maturity. With the intention of seizing those advantages as speedily as possible, engineering skill has now for some time been directed from the interior of our own country to adjacent territories, and through those territories to the most dis tant quarters of the habitable globe. Esti mates have been made of the cost likely to be incurred in the prosecution of great public works at the other extremity' of Africa and on the opposite shores of the Atlantic. Scientific men have examined into the practicability of opening ship canals between the two great oceans in the one direction, and in the other between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. According to a beautiful analogy in geographical con formation, which has been recently pointed out by an ingenious writer,* as being observable in the general aspect of our planet, it is found that " the southern continents are chiefly peninsular, being joined at one of their northern angles to an adjacent continent." An instant's thought;will remind the reader that such is proved to be the case by the neck of land con necting Africa with Asia, and by the similar bond of union joining with each other the northern and southern continents of America. Until such times as these barriers between the seas and oceans shall be so far cut through as to present navigable channels of intercommunication, two enormous obstacles will continue to impede the commerce of the eastern and western hemispheres. Such being Indisputably ihe case, nothing should, of course, be disregarded by the enterprising, whioh can in any meaner tend to the realization of the desired improvement. Already we have repeatedly directed the attention of the public to the project of constructing a ship canal across the isthmus of Panama. Less taaquetitly, but also at intervals, we have, on one or two occasions, commented upon a similar scheme for the severance, by a like channel, of the Ist hnius of Suez. Of the enormous advantages which would forthwith result from the performance of th( use feats of engineering science, it would be idle to r.ttempt any explicit enumeration- The benefits derivable from either are sufficiently obvious in themsfAves, removing all necessity for the perilous voyages now necessarily made round the Cape of Good Hope and the southern shores of Terra del Fuego. Of the practicability of either scheme it would be scarcely less super fluous to speak in the way of demonstration, that having been virtually acknowledged long since by those acquaiatted with the resources of modern science. In testimony of this it is only requisite to refer to the intention, now for a considerable period entertained, of carrying both ideas into actual opera tion. A number of practical men, not mere enthu siast•, but men of practical sagacity, have from time to time raised the project in reference to Panama. NAPOLEON dreamed of running a ship-canal through the sands of Suez. MABOMET Au entertained the same determination. Since their reigus the notion has not lost any of its attractiveness ; on the contrary, it is now none the whit less feasible, and, more than ever, the object of fascination. Supposing the latter canal once opened, au immediate and marvellous impulse would be at once given to the trade between Great Britain and the Red See, and the Persian Gulf and the east coast of . Africa. A transit trade of 305,714 tons per annum each way, at a toll of seven shillings per ton, would be sufficient to produce the means essential to the carrying out of the undertaking, namely, 214,2001. Of this gross re venue 64,2001. would be devoted to current ex penses and contingencies, leaving 150,0001. as the dividend upon the necessary capital of 1,500,0001. taken at 10 per cent. Such are the most rational calculations yet made as to the project of a canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. From the Bay of Tineh on the latter to Suez on the former, the navigation would extend a distance of eighty-five miles in length, with a current running through the cut at the rate of from two to three miles an hour, and always from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. By means alternately of sailing vessels, steam-tugs, and screw-propellers this line of communication might always be rendered available in either direction. Having recalled this matter once more to general recollection, we would again, mpress upon all men of engineering science and mercantile enterprise the importance to British commerce of such canals across Suez and Panama. * Mr. George Smith Brent, F.R.G.S.L., in the first section of his "Notes on a Map of the World. Facci culus I. On The Configuration of Continents." Bvo., pp. 16. Brettell, London: 1850. What is the object of penal laws ? Is it that society wishes to avenge itself on an offender, or that 1t is desirable to prevent the repetition of similar prac tices ? If Sir SAMUEL Rosmax was right in stating that it was " the protection and security of the innocent, alai that the punishment of the guilty is resorted to only as the means of attaining that end," there can be but little doubt as to the answer that must be returned to that interrogatory. That " prevention is better than punishment " has long been received as a self-evident proposition. It may, how ever, be carried even to this extent—that, except for the purpose of prevention, punishment cannot 'possibly be justified. The entire spirit of the Christian religion is opposed to the desire for revenge. Its most sublime precepts are founded in the forgive ness of injuries. " Vengeance is mine, saitb the LORD, I will repay." And although the feeling is deeply implanted in 'the human heart, it is at least but a portion of our fallen nature that should be discouraged as far as practicable. We feel justified then in asserting that the "sole object of punishment is to deter from a repetition of the crime." Whenever it fails to attain that end, remedies of a different character must be applied. It does not follow that those remedies should be more stringent than those formerly in operation. Experience has proved that the extreme penalty of death did not prevent the commission of larcenies and other comparatively minor offences, for which the perpetra tors forfeited their lives in "the good old times." All right-minded, persons were horrified at the constant repetition of the revolting spectacles of human beings in the full rigour and strength of their existence being strangled on the gallows. The penal laws have been materially altered during the last quarter of a century. They no longer emulate the Draconic code, which might be said to be written in letters of blood, con demning every offender to be cut off from among the people, and yet crime has not increased! Since the tenour of the punishment has been abated new measures of precaution have been adopted. Persons 'do not rely for the protection of their property merely on " fear ;" . they are obliged to guard it with greater vigilance, so that the chances of success are diminished, while those of "detection," and if so, of " punishment," are greatly increased. Numbers of criminals having been suf fered to escape altogether in the oldeit time, rather than be exposed to such disproportionate punishment, as excited the sympathies of the people in favour of the offender, rather than of the law he had violated. Tried by this test, then, it cannot be denied that the practice of summary convictions, and inflicting corporal punishment on juvenile offenders, has failed to attain its object. When once a youth has entered upon a course of " thieving " as a profession he can not be retrieved merely by flogging, or imprisonment with hard labour. Something more must be at tempted If any effort is to be made for his redemp tion; he must be separated from his evil companions and in structed in the mode of earning an honest livelihood by his own industry. Under the present system an unfortunate child,without friends orrelatives to shelter or protect him, is detected in some paltry theft, brought before the magistrates, summarily convicted, and sentenced to a few days' imprisonment, and to be " well whipped." He is discharged ; bat nothing is done to divert his infant mind into a better direction. He has no means orob taining the common necessaries of life ; no one will employ him with a blasted character, and he must " thieve" in order to gain his livelihood. Again and again the same thing occurs. He becomes familiar with every House of Correction, and indifferent to the lash. He is unquestionably tortured a great deal, but he preys upon society, and costs far more, to use no higher argument, than would have done to direct him into the paths of industry, if adequate measures were taken for that purpose when" his destitute condition first became known to the autho rities. At length he is convicted, after numerous trials, of some offence that justifies a sentence of transportation, and then, but not till then, he is sent to Parkhurst, and steps are .taken to reclaim him, who by that time has become a hardened and expe rienced tbie f. A strong illustration was afforded of such a case at Hicks's Hall, on Tuesday. Two boys were convicted of picking pockets in St. James's Park, on the 15th instant, during the prorogation of Parliament. The following history was given of one of them, aged fourteen years : "Lockyer, one of the officers of the Westminster House of Correction, replied that he could give the Court the history of the boy Durkin, which, he added, was rather an eventful one. It was as fulluws:—On the 19th of May, 1848, he was committed for two days, and was well whipped. On the 3d of June following he was committed for four days, and was well whipped. On the 221 of the same month he was again committed for two days, and was well whipped. On the 3d of July suc ceeding he was committed for 14 days, and was whipped. On the 9th of March, 1849, he was committed for three months, and was again whipped. On the 10th of Novem ber, in the same year, he was committed for ten days. On the 29th of that month he was committed for one month; on the 6th of April, 1850, he was once more committed for one month, and was well whipped. Ou the 1 I th of May, having been out of prison but five days, he was committed tor two months, which term of t cncEt expired on the 11th of July, arid, having come cut frcm his confinement, on that very day he was again convicted of picking pockets, when he was fur the tenth time sentenced to imprisonment for the period of one month, and to be sell whipped. From that imprison ment the boy was released on the 11th of the present month, and four days afterwards, namely, on the 15th, he was apprehended upon the present charge." What chance, we ask, was there for that wretched lad during any portion of that time ? What advan tage was derived from the various summary convic tions—the repeated floggings to which he was sen tenced ? Would it not have been far better if he had, on the 19th of May, 1848, been brought before a jury and then sent to Parkhurst? We believe no person who reads the above melancholy narrative will differ from that opinion, and will anti conga with us in saying that " prevention is better than punishment." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. They all contain long extracts from the English journals, narrating the death of Louis PHILIPS'S. The Republique says, "He carries into the tomb with him the crowned forehead of the last King of the French ;" while the Journal des Debats thus com ments on the death of that monarch of whose rule and policy it was certainly the most talented, and, we believe, the most honest supporter. The Debais says : " Melancholy news, too surely foreseen for some time past, was yesterday received in Paris, where it produced a general and painful impression. King Louis Philippe died on Monday, at Claremont, in the 77th year of his age. We have a right to here express, without any reserve, the bitter regret and deep 'affiiction which the death f this lap King of Constitutional France caut , es us. We have always honoured, supported, and served him. His cause, which was that of representative mo narchy, was our own; we honoured his person—we de fended his policy. But we do not know whether there exists in France and in Europe an honest party, an avowable opinion, a man of fealiog who does not, with us, feel regret at this sad end of a Prince who, after having scoured to his country the most calm and the most prosperous eighteen years of its history, went to die in a foreign land, !Afore his time, it may be said, for his old age was still green and vigorous; but neither the vigour of his health nor the strong spirit of his mind were sufficient to bear up against the ingratitude of his country. Not only has the life of King Louis Philippe terminated in exile—it has been shortened by exile. If his heart had been less French, the King who saved France in 1830, and whom France abandoned in 1848—he whom the great alarm of French society had raised as a buckler in July, and whom a caprice of the country overthrew eighteen years afterwards—this King, if he had not been an honest man, public misfortune would have well avenged after February. Had he been less of a patriot than he was, he would have triumphed at the ruin, the humiliations, the disasters, and the disgraces of all kinds, which vio lently succeeded his peaceful and honoured reign ! He would have triumphed at these sanguinary struggles to which factions, unchained by the fall of his Throne, gave themselves up over its ruins. But at all these misfor tunes, which were like a demonstration, which Provi dence, justly severe, wished to give of the wisdom of his policy, the King only felt the most bitter affliction. The striking justification which the catastrophe of February gave him, supported his conscience; it desolated his heart and shortened his lite. It is this which makes us think that we shall not be alone in regretting and deploring the death of the King. His cause was, before his fall, that of constitutional monarchy; it became after Febru ary that of society itself." The Assemblie Nationale says—" We have been informed that the body of Louis PutiarrE will not be transported to Dreux. The Princes of the Orleans family have refused to entrust to any one the duties which the loss of the head of their family imposes on them." The PRESIDENT of the Republic left Meta on the morning of the 27th ; he was to visit Verdun, sleep at Chalons-sur-Marne, proceed to Rheims on Wed nesday, and return to the Elysee on Thursday evening. _ _ Thelifoniteur publishes a circular from the Minis ter of the Interior to the Prefects of the Departments with respect to the business to which the attention of the Councils-General ought to be directed. He strongly recommends economy of the departmental funds, and gives some advice with respect to local taxation. He makes no allujion to the questio vexata of the revision of the Constitution, unless the following general re commendation with which he closed his circular should be considered as including it :—" In closing, I request you once more, Monsieur le Prefect, to second the views of the Government by the most serious and the most severe examination of all the projects which in any degree whatsoever can affect the fortune of the department." The Bulletin de Paris contains a notice of the Nepaulese Ambassador, from which we extract as follows : " The Ambassador is accompanied by his two brothers, and has a suite of 20 persons. He is only JJ 26 years of age, but he is already a distinguished gene ral, aed is considered ono of the most intelligent men of his country. He appreciates the diplomatic attentions that he has received here, but expresses an earnest de sire to see the President of the Republic before his de parture, which is at present fixed for the 29th instant. In his own language he said, When will the Sove reign President return ? nd his interpreter replied that it would be possible for him to be presented to the President before his departure. He then said, It is well, for my nation and myself have a great venera tion for the name of the Emperor, whose courage and exploits we admire.' General Changarnier and his suite have paid him a visit, as also the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, and he was much flattered at this mark of attention by the Government. The Turkish Ambassador had previously called upon him. It is difficult, however, to make the Ambas sador comprehend that France i■ a Republic, and cannot offer him the same splendid fetes as Queen Victoria when he was in London. 'tie Ambassador and his suite have expressed a wish to conform as much as pos sible in Europe to the religious usages of India, which require that the Princes should themselves immolate the animals destined for their food, but they have experi enced great obstacles. It has been erroneously stated in the journals that the animals are slaughtered daily in the yard of the Hovel Sinet. It is true that the Prefect of Police has given permission for this to be dune, but neither Paris nor the banlieue have furnished the kind of animals fit fur immolation according to the prescrip tions of the Indian religion. The Amoassag.lor asked for a fat male deer, of from one to three years old, but could not obtain it. Several females were brought, but these would not do. As yet neither he nor his suite have killed any animal. Their mode of living is very sin gular. There must be as many rooms as there are per sons, for each must eat alone. As yet their only animal food in Paris has been a little game. Their principal food is fish and vegetables. On the return of the Presi dent of the Republic, he will offer a grand fête to the Ambassador, if he can postpone his departure." A letter from Cherbourg of the 25th says : " The 24 division of the squadron has not yet arrived. The maritime authorities are so astonished that they in tend sending out to seek it. The Magellan steamer, which put into port on the 18th for repairs, went out on the 22d. The following is the list of the vessels here at present:—ln the roadstead: 6 ships of the line, the Friedland, the Hercule, the Jemmappes, the Henry IV., the Inflexible, and the leia; 1 sailing-frigate, the Minerve ; 3 steam-frigates, the Descartes, the Magellan, and the Caffarelli; 2 transport-corvettes, the Licoree and the Bucephale; 2 steam-corvettes, the Caton and the Chaptal; and 2 advice boats, the Pt 6nix and the Ariel; in all 16 vessels. In commission de port 1 sailing frigate, the Porte, of 60 guns; 1 steam-frigate, of 20 guns and 450-horse power, the Canada; 3 corvettes, the Colbert of 8 guns and 320-horse power, the Patriote, of 8 guns and 220-horse power, and the Newton, of 26 guns and 220-horse power; the Passe-Partout, ad• vice-boat of 120-horse power, and the Colibri, of 80- horse power. Under repairs: The Artemise, sailing corvette of 30 guns, and the Infernal steam corvette, of 400-horse power and 12 guns. Disarmed: The Rossig nol, advice-boat of 10 guns, and the Parisien, of 8. This makes 22 vessels, and with the others, 38 in, all. All the lodgings are engaged. There is not a room to be had at the hotels or in private houses, and, in the evening the jetty is literally encumbered with promo. naders. All persons, whether foreigners or not, who go on board the vessels, are received with the greatest politeness." PARIS -BOURSE, AUG. 28.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents: 971. ; Three per Cents. 58f. 35c. ; Bank Actions, 2,322 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANCE, Aug. 2E3. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14—Dutzh Rhenish, 2 3 4—East Indian, 791 4 —Great Indian Penisula, 1% —Northern of France, 14%—Orleans and Borkieaux, 2% —Paris and Roues, 231,14. THE SUN, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. The PRESIDENT of the French Republic bud sent the sword of honour formerly belonging to the Em peror NAPOLEON as a present to NARVAEZ. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 23.—The Three per Cents. were done at 33 3-16 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 14 for paper ; the Five per Cents., at 14i ; the Debt without Interest at 4 1-16; and the Cuupons at 8. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin of the 26th says : " Mr. Von Sydow, in the sitting of the Provincial Congress of the Princes of the Bund, presented three new dispatches from the Austrian Government, viz :- 1. The invitation addressed to the Prus'ian Minister for Foreign Affairs to send to Frankfort representatives to a federal assembly charged with the functions of the limited council of the Diet. 2 and 3.. The replies of Austria to the propositions of Prussia on the subject of Germany, and the passage of .the Baden troops within the precincts of the fortress of Mayence, on their way to Prussia." ,The Peace Congress was still sitting at Frankfort. It was expected to break up on Wednesday or Thursday. The Assembly of Hesse Cassel met on the 233. Deputy Bayrhoffer was elected president by a ma - jority of 1, the votes being, for Bsyrhoffer, 23 ; and for Schwarzenberg, 22. M. Coster was elected vice president by the same majority. Messrs. Reineeke and Maurs were appointed secretaries to the House. The committee on eh ctions consists of Messrs. Cos ter, Knobel, Grafen, Moller, Sehwarzenberg, and Eberhard. The president and vice-president are of democratic opinions; the secretaries belong to the constitutional party. The journey of the Emperor of AUSTRIA to the Tyrol is deferred. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Letters from Copenhagen state that the Russian Admiral has given notice to the Stadtholderate of the Duchies that he shall treat as pirates all vessels bear ing either the German or the Schleswig-Holstein flag th4t be `ball meet with in the open eee. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1850. RUSSIA. The S'. Petersburgh official journal of the 17th contains a magniloquent account of a victory said to have been obtained by the Russian General, BELGARD, over the Lesginen tribe in the Caucasus. We are inclined to doubt the truth of this statement, inas much as while General BELGARD states the Lesginen loss to have been 320 killed, 600 wounded, and 87 prisoners, out of a force of 4,000 men, he declares his own loss to have been two men killed, and nineteen wounded ; he at the same time states that the Lesginens occupied a position almost impregnable when he at tacked them; and yet he would have the world be lieve that he drove 4,000 men from an almost im pregnable position with a loss to himself of two killed and nineteen wounded only. Orders have been given for the Russian army in Poland to advance along the Prussian frontier about fifty miles. ITALY. Several of the most eminent lawyers have been summoned to Turin, to aid in drawing up the new marriage law. Several persons have been arrested at Rome, charged with being concerned in a supposed conspiracy. The King of NAPLES has ordered the trial of the persons charged with being of the Society of the United Italy to be suspended. While PECHENADA, the police agent, arrests every one who has raised the cry of " Long live the Constitutional King," General NuNztAIE orders them to be set at liberty, as the cry is perfectly legal. ALARMING FlRE.—This morning a fire, which at one time threatened the lives and property of a large number of persons, broke cut, shortly before twelve o'clock, in a narrow passage leading from Drury-lane to Endell street, and well known as Brokers'-row. The fire first broke out in the first floor of Mr. Wilson, furniture-dealer. Great fears were at one time entertained ter the Brownlow Arms public house, but the timely arrival of the firemen stopped the flames from extending any further. At the time we write the firemen are playing upon the burning ruins. THE COURT AND THE ROYAL YACHTS.—The Court will not again visit Osborne till after its return from Scot land, about the Bth of October next. ' The royal yachts have all come up to Portsmouth Harbour. The Victoria and Albert has returned the state barges into store in Portsmouth Dockyard, and will probably return her furniture and go up the harbour in a few days, as her services will not be likely to be again called into requisition this summer. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has arrived at Plas Newydd, Anglesey, on a visit to herßoyal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen left town on Tuesday evening, on a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Abergeldie Castle, Aberdeenshire. The Countess of Lichfield and Lady Harriet Anson have arrived in town, from Tunbridge Wells. THE DRAINAGE ACT.—Upwards of ten pages of the Edinburgh Gazette of Friday last were occupied with a list published by the Inclosure Commissioners, of the appli cations for money under the Drainage Act, to be applied to land in Scotland. The number of applications . is 172, and the total amount applied for 320,0521. The sum voted by the Act is two millions, of which one-fourth, 500,0001., was allowed to Scotch proprietors, so that a large sum still re mains unapplied for. Grants are limited to 5,0001., and out of the - 172 - iipplicatiens, eighteen are for the highest sum allowed. The newsvendors of Manchester and Salford have formed an association to watch over the interests of the trade The American papers state that the last scenes of the popular branch of this Parliament were not calculated to illustrate the dignity of constitutional legislatures, but were, on the contrary, of the most disgraceful nature. It is stated that the majority of the Members were drunk, and amused themselves by making _paper bullets and flinging them at each other's cheeks and noses. One of them, being more drunk than the rest, resented this treatment and threatened to respond by throwing inkstands, but his anta gonists appeased him, and then pelted him by stealth, so that he could not tell who to throw at in turn. Meanwhile the few who were sober, or partially so, were passing laws with railroad speed. IMPORTATION OP WINE FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The American line-of-packet ships arriving in the Loudon Docks from New York continue to bring large quan tities of wine, the produce of the south of Europe, as part of their cargoes, for reasons which make it more advantageous to carry the wine twice across the Atlantic than to import it direct. The packet-ship Margaret Evans, just arrived in the docks from New York, has brought 39 pipes and 58 other casks, and the packet-ship Cornelius Qrinnel, arrived from the same place, 33 pipes and 119 other casks of port wine, as portions of their cargoes, consigned to wine-houses in the metropolis. ALARMING OCCURRENCR.—Yesterday afternoon a portion of the new building in course of erection at the cor ner of New Oxford-street, Tottenham-court .road, fell with a tremendous crash. A large quantity of the material fell on the footpath and the roadway, and several persons who hap pened to be passing were seriously,_injured. A FAMILY REAPING PASTY.—On Saturday, in a wheat field, situate near the Cross Gate, adjacent to the town of Ilminster, were to be seen a father and his ten sons reaping. The field is rented by one of the sons, and by his request his father and his brothers helped to reap. The father is as athletic man, named Wm. Mullins, aged 65 years His sons' names and ages are—John, 40; William, 38; Noah and James (twins), 86; Esau and Jacob (twins), 34; Ma thew, 32 ; Henry, SO; Robert, 28 ; and Emanuel. 22 years. The sons are all fine and robust men, and, on an average, stand 5 feet 11 inches each. A great many persons went from the town to see them reap, and the bells of our venera ble church rang two peals on the occasion.— FVestern Flying Post. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. The Government have completed the purchase of all the ground and property re quisite for the construction of the new harbour here, and the whole of the works will be pushed forward with the utmost expedition, nearly 1,500 men being constantly engaged in the various operations. The engineers are proceeding rapidly with the extension of the sea-wall at the north -rn breakwater, and are also progressing with the erection of the stages. Many thousands of cubic feet of stone are now ready for the commencement and erection of the immense sea-wall; and fresh supplies are daily obtained from the lofty heights that overhang the harbour, where extensive quarrying operations are being carried on. The material thus obtained, when thrown down into the breakwater, forms masses from 10 to 50 feet in thickness. The estimated cost of this new harbour, which will consist of 316 acres of sea-room, is 700,000/., and of this sum the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company was liable to the extent of 200,030/. ; but the measure introduced into Parliament has relieved the company of this responsibility. Chester Courant. POST-OFFICE ITEM.—About 80,000 letters and newspavers were received at Liverpool from America, and dispatched from Liverpool to America, on Saturday week. This number was exclusive of those letters and newspapers contained in the mails made up in America for London, and made up in London for America, which are not opened as they pass through Liverpool.— Liverpoo! Standard. Among other visitors whom we may expect at the Great Exhibition next year will be a German chorus, made up of many Liedertafel societies, rivalling in number the never-to-be-forgotten Cologne gkthering (an assemblage of more than 2,000 voices), the intention of which is to give performances in London. IMPROVEMENTS AT KENSINGTON.—It is intended to form a new and direct road from Brompton to Notting hill and Bayswater. by pulling down some houses in High street, exactly opposite the Queen's-road. TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AUG. 28.—At a meeting of the Master and Seniors, this day, the Rev. Wm. Carus, M.A. (1830), Fellow of the College, was elected a Senior Fellow of the Society. The Manchester subscriptions fur a monument to the memory of Sir R. Peel amount to 5,050/., of which 4,0001. has been paid in. The incumbency of St. Paul's Chapel, Lambeth, has been conferred on the Rev. John Goring, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury having been pleased, by a warrant, dated the 30th July, 18,50, to authorize the use of postage-stamps for the payment of letters forwarded to the United Kingdom by seamen on board her Majesty's ships at foreign stations, all seamen's letters which may hereafter reach this country in bags made up on board any of her Majesty's ships will be delivered free, provided the postage of one penny to which they are liable be paid by means of a postage stamp affixed to such letters. In those cases where bags of seamen's let ters are brought to the United Kingdom by private ships, the gratuity of two pence payable by law to the master, will still be chargeable upon each letter, unless such sum of two pence, in addition to the postage of one penny, be paid by the seaman by means of postage stamps. It must of course be understood that all the conditions laid down by law, under which the letters of seamen *re transmitted at a reduced rate of postage, must be duly complied with as respects the letters to which the present regulation refers. Seamen will be supplied with postage stamps by the purser of the vessel to which they are attached. POOLE EiEcTion.--We understand that Mr. Savage, the Protectionist candidate, has withdrawn from the contest, being of opinion that protection, like charity, should begin at home, and wisely determining to protect his own breeches pocket. Mr. Montague Alerryweather Turner (who is most appropriately named) is in the field as a Protectionist; he having at the l as t election come forward nominally as a Free trader, but really, it would appear, for the purpose of di viding the fre e trade interest, in order to let Protectionist Robinson slip in, a feat which he accomplished most effec tually, for had the fifty-three votes which he polled been added to the poll of Mr. Hutchins, the Protectionist would have been defeated. The canvass of Mr. Seymour is, we understand, most satisfactory, and there is no doubt but that he will be returned by a large majority, should Mr. Turner venture to go to the pall. NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THE WlS.—The site of this additional bridge will be a short distance below the old one, and the staple material will be iron, the casings ot the piers being of that article; or rather the piers will be formed of iron tubes filled up with concrete. The first ob jects that attract the notice at Dresent are the great and novel works constructed for sinking in the river the cast-iron piers, the foundation of which is upon the solid rock at the bottom of the Wye. The piers on the land side are six feet in dia meter, and those in the water eight feet. They are bolted together in, sections, and will be filled with concrete as soon as the workmen have excavated the rock and sand beneath the iron rim, so as to ensure an equal foundation at the base. On the top of these iron-cased piers will be placed the road way for carrying the trains of the South Wales Railway over the river to Gloucester; but whether it will be by a tube, or by a partly suspended medium, the spectator has no means of ascertaining, except that a tube is being made similar to that at the bridge over the Severn on the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway, and made of large iron plates. The greatest difficulty in this new construction at Chepstow appears to be from the water pouring so fast into the iron piers that it re qu i res a l ar ge steam - eng ine topp it up, so as to enable the men to work under the iron, and thereby secure an uniform and solid foundation.—Llereford Times. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TriE FUNERAL OF Louis PHILLIPS.—From inquirie s made of Messrs. France and Bunting, it was d e finitely s ettled last eve nin g that the remains of the late ex -King ot the French should be removed from Claremont on Saturday morning at an early hour, foi: interment in the R oma n Catholic Chapel of St. Charles Borromeos, Weybridge, Surrey, fou r miles from Claremont, and will ulti m ately be removed to its final resting place in Paris. Workmen were, dispatched this morning to prepare the vault and to hang the c h a pel with black. The t% ARAI Tfig bo i 44 priyitto a 9 Pcifitic• MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton market at Liverpool closed flatly yester day, with all descrip'ions id. lower, and low qualities of American id. to id. per lb. lower. The sales were esti mated at from 3,500 to 4,000 bales, of which 500 were taken for export. The sales comprised 50 Bahia at 81d., 200 Surat 51d. to 6d., and 100 Sea Island at is. 2d. to Is. 9d. per lb.—Railway Shares were steady. The sals of Wheat last week in the markets which make official returns were 81,760 quarters. Advices of May 18th have been received by a vessel direct from Wellington, New Zealand. Complaints are made of the excessive expenditure, viz., about 4,0001. per quarter, while the income was but 3,0001. Taking the year, the excess of expenditure was 3,4381. It is further made the subject of complaint that Sir George Grey has not appropriated to the making of roads the sum granted by Parliament last year. The trade of the port was improving. Two vessels had cleared out during the season for England, laden with the produce of New Zeilard, and three vessels had left for California, with full cargoee, while others were preparing to follow. First flour was 16?. to 20s. per 100Ibs. Beef 3d. to 6d. per lb. At Amsterdam en the 27th inst. there was nothing particular doing in Dutch Stock. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 57 3.16. Spanish Bonds were in request - . Accounts from St. Petersburgh furnish us with the interesting statement or budget of the Minister of Fi nance. Frern this it would appear that there were issued last year four new series of treasury bonds, , each series amounting to 3,000,000 tilveriroubles in order to pay the expenses cif the Hungarian war. The loans made, and constituting new debt, inscribed in the " great book" last year, amounted to 14,732 750 silver roubles, and the total debt is returned at 336 219,492 roubles. the annual interest on which is 23 978.039. The capital .of the sinking fund is 55,50.0,000 roubles. The Imperial Loan Bank has a capital of 8,700,000 roubles. The loans on securities amount to 284,000,000 roubles. The circulation on the 23d January last was 300,000,000 rouble!, and the amount of the precious metals 136,000,000 roubles. The savings' banks have deposited with them 1,233,000 roubles, including the accumulated interest. The meeting of Spanish Bondholders, held yesterday, attracted, as was to beexpected, a numerous attendance, and much curiosity was expressed to learn what would be the recommendation of the committee. It was felt that the present would be an important occasion, and it was hoped, too, that it might be the last upon which the bondholders would be assembled for the mere purpose of acquiescing in fresh sacrifices. Some approach to an equitable compromise was observable in the fact that the Junta of Public Credit at Madrid, warned by the manifestation of indig nation when a remorseless and shameless confiscation of capital was proposed, has presented a modified project, which, serious as are the concessions proposed under it, still has the merit of leaving the capital intact. Upon the arrears of interest there is a great reduction, bat it is needless to go through the scheme mi nutely, as the bondholders have adopted the proposals of their own committee, to the effect, that for every 1001. of Active Stock and the 10 years' arrears of dividends, due on the Ist November next, being 501. sterling, 1501. of Active Stock shall be given, to commence bearing interest at 1 per cent. per annum, from the Ist January, 1851, and increase ss. per cent. ev. ry second year until it reaches 3 per cent.; while for every 100/. of Passive Stock 331. 6s. Bd. of Active Stock, bearing the same in terest as above stated, shall be given. Mr. Weisweiler, the agent of Messrs. Rothschild, who has acted for the bondholders, deserves well of them, and Lords Palmerston and Bowden have also rend ere d good service, so that we are really sanguine of a good result. The Spanish Government must, for very peace sake, do something. The English Stock Market is exceedingly inanimate. Consols have been 96k to for Transfer, and 96-1 for Account. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 98i to ; and the Three per Cent. Annuities 97 to k. Bank Stock has been at a rise to 215 and 216. Exchequer-bills are 651. to 68s. premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds are more buoyant; the Five per Cents. have realised 18i ; and the Three per Cents, are at about 374. Portuguese Four per Cents. are worth 33 to 34. Mexican are called 29i ,• and Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 81 to 82. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 57i to t. Railway Shares are rather buoyant, and the traffic returns are mostly good. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, were in round figures as under:— _ _ 1850. Great Western North-Western South-Western 1849. 16,150 45,753 11,015 Brighton ' 12,610 Midland 24.262 12.744 23,440 Dover 16,890 13,886 In a communication trom Munebtster by Messrs. J. Railton and Sons, it is remarked upon railway matters that— " All reflecting persons may easily conceive the de gree in which Governmental interference may confuse and harass the economy of a railway concern, however slightly the atietept be made; but none can forget the practical injury to railway interest when Government looked tamely on while Parliament in 1845 let loose its unguarded power to create an excess of new rail way schemes, chiefly unrequited, inducing a necessaity for new capital impossible to raise; and which, in very numerous instances have been wisely withdrawn under the Abandonment Act, after creating disputes to be set tled in Chancery, of the most shuffling and disgraceful nature, alike humiliating to the dignity of Parliament and the lolly of impetuous gamblers. For Government to set loose a new set of officia:s in any form, to fasten on railway affa . rs, would be as fatal to the interests of shareholders as are the followers of an army on the heels of retreating troops, who kill the wounded sad carry off the spoil. Surely such madness will not again be aiternpred, or shareholders suffer the disgrace for its absol u te necessity! Every man must now hold by his ease; and suerly no present director will flinch from his imperative duty until it is faithfully and honourably performed." .QUARTER TO THREE. Consols96i * Ditto Account ... 96i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 216 215 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cent. Consols Anns .. New 3 11 4 per Cant. Anas. 98% 99 1 Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1560 8 5-16 8 1 A D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 1-.16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 — India Stock 266 India Bonds under ....... 89 p South Sea Stock 105 3 ,( s _ _ Bank Stock for Account. 21514 Consols for Account w.xchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. &larch. June. 1,0601. 500/ — 65 68 p Small — 65 68 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent...... Ditto for the Account Mexican bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent - Ditto Account : ...... .... Bl Do. Deferred 33% Russian Bonds. 1822,5 par Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent 9S 3 A% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 1 8%% % Ditto Passive Bonds 374 bpaniala Bonds, 3, per Cent,l840 Ditto for the Account 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 30c. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE . O'CLOCK RAILWATI. PAID. Pisa Ruse. , uerdeen Ditto, Preference ‘as her., N otting., Boston, &c. 8 1 ,E — ..... to Ayrshire and Galloway 7% to -3eifast and County Down .. 32 .. .. - 3erks and Hants Extension iGt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 4irmingoam & OxfordJ unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., withouta guarantee... 20 Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd. or wit h guar. 15 Do., without a guarantee... 15 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.148 — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshirq Junction 2G Bristol and Exeter 100 Buckinghamshire L;aledontan Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ...... —' Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ..lhester and H01yhead......... 50 Ditto, Preference ,larence ... Direct London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 to Dublin and Bel fßstJunction.. 45 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 E sst Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D ... Ditto, 18L ,E. & H lB ... .. Do, 31. 138.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3;4 — Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 Eastern Counties ..... Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,61.131.4 d — p to Do., do ... N 0.2,61. 138.4 d.. % p to Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cont. Ditto, New ..... .• 43 . .... ...... to Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 . Ditto, ditto, B & C .....• . 25 Ditto Scrip (guts. 6 per ct.) 20 E as t Lancashire Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. ... . Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O _ F.dinburgii, Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, New port Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — t Exeter and Exmouth 2lB. Glasg., Dumfries, &Ce lisle.. Bl. 6a.Bd — .. —. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated *•-•• •-- .. to Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 14 -- ••• ..• to G r eat Northern . Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% ...... 2%.. ... to : Do. ti B 6 per Cent....... 11% 7 D o ., 6 per Cent. Pref....... 12%,..... 11114 to to Gt. South. & W est. (Ireland) 50 - Ditto, Eightlis ..... "....... 2 % .... to 'NM ~ .... 'reat North of England 100 ...... x.d.... to Ditto, New 401. 40 Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 151...... - Great Western 100 Do. New 171 ........ 15 x.d. Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares ...... 25 ...- — Ditto,Quarter Shares 12 1 4 — ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ...HO Ditto Quarters 2 3 14 — ....- to Ditto Fifths 1 1 14.... 21 ,4 to Ditto. Thirds Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. (Hudders.. and Sheff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 11 1 ,4 to Leeds and Bradford 50 Leeds and Thirak 5O Do. ,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 6 . dis.... to Ditto, ditt0... Ditto, ditto ..... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters. 1848... 9 Liverpool. Crosby, andSouth port. London & Blackwell ......11/. 6s. 3d .. to Lond., Brigb.t.,& South Coastloo ..... 80 .. ... to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ...„. Do., New, gua. 6pr ...100 -.136 Lendoi and Greenwich... 121.455. 4d... to Ditto Preference London &North Western.....loo 111 % 1 4 !0 Do. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths l2 .. 13% t Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1 Lo liton and S. WeNteru.......100 64% 64 to 641 4 x.d. Ditto, New 501,........ .........42 Ditto, New 401 34 Do., New Preference Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half. Shares Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 .. — Do.. Half - Shares 7 14 —•••— to ..... Lmestoff, guar. 4 per et 2O _Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 13 Manch tfuston..& 6latleck 54 — ... to I.anchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - Ditto 1 4 Shares( No. 1) ... 25 ...... t) Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41.25.... to Midland . lOO 33 3 / 4 % .. to Ditto, Conso. Preference 10u Ditto. 501. 5hare5........... 35 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per eent....100 - 41 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 46 ..... Ditto ditto 0 9/.16a. Ed .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Uidland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 , :idloi. Great Western(lrish) 47;i ...... to Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. gewceette and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 1 2s — Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Newry and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ...... 20 - Norfolk lOO ...•.. ..•... to Ditto New 204 Do. Extension . ... ...... Do. Guar. 5 1 A per cent... 5 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British —.• ...... .. • 25 ...... Ditto. Preference ••• 5 North Staffordshire... ......... 1714 North Western l7 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Preston aid Wyre ......... .. 25 Do. Half Shares (A) 10% _ _ to Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 18 - ... .. to Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 64... to. Shepreth Extension... % Scottish Central t)eottisli Midland .... ....... .... 25 Ditto,New... 22% — ...... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 13 1 4 9 dis ... to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 9% Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - •• 4* to '.., Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. \i' W. :Ain.) Ditto Halves. Ditto lO ... .. ...... t o Ditto, Oswestry 2O ....•• Ditto (New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....—. 10 .. ... 11 1 / 4 ... to S'iropehire Union 6% --- ...... to 2 , outh Devon .. 5O ...... . ..... to Ditto, Preference .. ... 25 South Stailordshire B% Sorkh Eastern Ditto. No. 3 3O Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 'oath Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole -42eflield, Rotherham, and Goof( (N. D) Gua. 5 perct. 18% — ... .. to Do. do. (South Div.) 6 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 8 raw Vale Extension rhames Haven Dock ana Railway ....., 17% — to Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick..... 47%-.... Waterford,'Wexford,Wieklw, And Dublin Wear Valley, 6 per Cent. Guaranteed 6OO ...... 50 •••••• ..... ..• ••• to - Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall 7% — to Nhitehaven and Furness 2O ... .. ..... to Windsor, Staines, and South NVestern... .. l4 Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 50 .. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Fur. or Pref.. 9 Do.liartlepool Ilk. & Rly. 100 _ York and NOrth Midland 5O ...... 16 1 / 06 .to Ditto, Prelereaca lO - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 6% — to Boulogne and Amiens ... 20 ..... 7 1 4 ..... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ..... Demerara. ........... ........... 17%..... to Dutch Rhenish 8 East Indian Ditto ... 2O ••••• to Great Indian Peninsular 6 ...... Do. Do l 3 /4 — to Louvain ala Sambre ....••••• 7; — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto ...... Madrid and Valentia - . ••• to Namur and Liege.... .. 20 ..... ...... to —. Northern of France l6 ...... ...... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ..... .... Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Strasbourg ......... 14 Rouen and Havre 2O .. 9% to Sambre and Meuse - ~titrissburg and Bale l4 ..... Tours & Nantes ... .... ..... ... 14 Toumay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasgelt . ...•• .. 20 ........ -- •••••• to West Flanders 8 34 — ...... to mums. Anglo El exican 100 ...... ..." ••••• to ....- Asturian ........ ......... Australian ... Barrossa Range Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrio — British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24%...... —.— to -- Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobre Copper .... 40 General ••,,. 28 Real del Monte, Unregistered Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. Tin Cr, ft.. United Mexican JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 ...... 421 Colonial . ........... 25 ..... .. Commercial of London London Joint Stock ~... London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% — to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, Now Union of Australia ....... Ditto, New Union of London ........ ...... 10 Union of Madrid LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.' LONDON, Ana. 29.—Wind at noon W.N.W., mocb; rate bretza and fine. DEAL, AUG. 28.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.--Arrd, Svea,.Matanzas; Richard Brown, Neill, St. Vineent; Comte de Flandre, New Orleans, for Ghent; Camelia, Michleburg, New York. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Intrepid, St. Helena; Pearl, Montreal; China, Quebec. Arrived from the River, Canada, Quebec. Arrd. John Wright, St. Vincent; Scotland, Pertz, Bs viannah ; Flora, Quebec. Arrived from the River and sailed, Tkmar, Sydney, New South Wales. NEWPORT, AUG. 28. Wind N.E.—Sld. President von Lew, Batavia, Ids, and Purton, St. Thomas. SWANSEA, MTG. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Sunbeam, Jamaica. SHIELDS, Atm. 28.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Plenty, Ferguson; Miratmchi. Bum., Auc. 28.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Sld. Endy mion, St. John's, New Brunswick. WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND,MAY3.—The Monarch, from London, put into Okurao subsequent to 19th March, with loss of rudder. BLANC SABLONS, LABRADOR, AUG. 9.—A vessel from Ntontreat is reported on shore near Cowhead, on the Newfoundland coast. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 28.—Wind N. to N.W.--Sld. Regulus, Rio Janeiro; Dromo, Cape Coast Castle; Lon don, New York; Patitiora, Quebec. Taunso, AUG. 26.—1 t is blowing very hard, and there is a large fleet of vessels in the roadstead. The Betsey schooner, of Portsey, Liverpool ten weeks, is stranded on the sands of Durmel, but is expected off. LYDD, Ave. 28.—Tbe Bacchus schooner, of New cast►e, for Southampton, sprang a leak and sank at her anchors in the East Bay, Dungeness-roads, during the gale of last welt; crew saved. GRAVESEND, AUG. 28.—The Sancho, cf Blyth, and the London, of Newcastle, have been in contact, and both received damage. CI !rol 0 ------- - F UNDERLAND. AUG. 28..-. TOO .Willi its, stadt, has put back le .k3' r. CLYDE.—Sid. Brooktley, New York; Montgororb WWII. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 2S —Wind N.W.—Arrd. Om Porto Rico; Thr-t,dc,re, Ne,.,. On,111S; Niobe, Sewell, Everard, Apa'achlet la; New Orleans; Superb, Priltesl, New OrleanA; Blake, William ILL-sworth, St. Johr,',. New tiramwick; Arittl' S. John's, New P, uns wick ; Naotn; Wright , Qw -bec A ; the Great, for Gilrutto; R . , Milledge, New York ; Sir iv.ird:ile, di to; Washia 7wo ditto." Put back, Ore" Hares, Bmbia; Forest KiLVI. N; sv Orleans; Keilaualizoo, Philadelphia; Lady Elgin, Quthen. Oil port, EmPr e . 54 I')eni.s ' on, 'Bombay; Light of the Babin; Charles Chalcner, New York; FeneVa, Jol'l°3* a❑d Chcsti r. OFF DOVER, AuG. 28.--IRroinel Algo3 ay. thris , I.ll P 2,a L e r i zo o u r T a tt n , a, HAarvG.nritt—W i►:d W.—Arre. *--- ~Ta no leoth k ALMOUTH, AUG. 28.—Wind N.--Arrd. .0-r „ e t Muller, Whydah, with damage to bows from efly,„ with a vessel in lat. 7 N., lung. 17 W., on the lit 0u.',.,: Kingston, i,.b Scott, Quebec. Off Frt, Rio de Janeiro _be, Arica, and :,ail , el for If qtnburgb. ~4 .ea foe MILFORD.—Arrd. Edward i 'tt Drisa2u -1 enuy, bCO , London, very leaky _____------,---- MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA:" These +i AND LE.8.734EN5Arti0,,,,,..- Th,e iii .A. ar.artsets were r,ready to-shry. at toll P fl s 10 3 l r' l, m2s4dto 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 0,, si Lamb, 3s 6rl to 44 41; Veal, as to 3s 101; and DP, to 4s per Sibs, by the e3rcase. 04-41,7: iguiksiMVl . S. , w3l 176 -,:t1.:THF1'1,,,•-01,1 Meadow flay, 3 1 °s - 4 Ns; n n e e : ditto, 2/ 103 to 31 8s • old Ciover, 3/ 15s to ' i t 9 per e l u o m ad a . , tato, 3/ Os t,41 '1 S ,-.• 1/ 2s to s 4s; and .. VII, de. A moderate supply, and a slw tra 3 r s; low3lditto,per, ditto, 31 08 to 4/ Os; and Straw, 1 1 25 to new rrEcn Aryl-- Old Meadow Hay' 3f # 5 to 4 / NO 21 83 to tolerably 3/8,, o g l d o good, and tr33lcllo, sto i s, new ditto, 3/ 3s to ol° per load. Both 4/ 4s; and Straw. . I hay and Straw moved offslow/Yr rates. MEAT MAILICETO. , t t0 ,a511 SOUTHALL 28 .--Our market was PS (011 1 Beef; r, A t din:1.031:o: but no material change AUG.• took place in prices- 3 to 49 OUP 2s 101 yeal, r 3 to 3s 81; Mutton. 3s to 4s; Larnb, 3 1, 8 a,. slbs, to the to 3s 81; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s Su P - sink offal. dettond for ROMFORD, A ' I.c. 28.—We had $ i'tegjiki de of We lt Beasts and Sheep, at full prices,ln othe r - 13 INI tton - ,/ Ocl; u ar i i very Hale doing.—Bent, from 2s 81 to '" 1 3s .-; . ,a to 3s to 4s 21; Lamb, 4a to 4s 6d; Veal, os - . cillies, and fork 184 t ' as 41 to 3s 81 per sibs. Socklilos; OA 16i t ° , ab, of mii h o 24s ; Quarter- old Store Pigs , Li Cows, with their small Calf, 15/ tO 1 81 % - ites AILSIIAM, AUG. 28.—Very moderate st P e d of 0; stock were brought torsvard, and mostlf di s Pr oo Ss 4 ,7 1 otour4cisuotations. Beef, from 3s 2d W 49; Mli t to ' 3 . 3 "" 2d; Lamb, 4s to 4s 61; Veal, 31 per 81bs. 11 tit °4111 ARUNDEL, AUG. 27.—Our market Was s got' at barely late rates. Beef,4d to 3 3 II OP from 3s rl• 40 ton, 3s 4 , 1 to 4s 21; Lamb, 3s 10d to 45 6-1 3s 4d to 3s 8 (1 per Blbs. be d r ' g t PO e sklll q CHICHESTER, Aug. 28.—Generally OP- i - 0 35- 4 , wand ruled stee--Y, at lull prices. Beefs J,, ° ,.1 to 4 ° 4s; __ d bl utton, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 3s Ivo . i s§ VI Veal, 3s 41 to 3s 81 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 255; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 169 to 20 3 ° ___---- ----=----_------ , • CORN AVERS CO o f to For GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF DR lT ti te 140' 0 i the Week ended Aug. 22. 1850, made OP fr can ,.. - 411 101 " - _ 4 , p n e s r p l e m et p o e r t s ia in l Q th u e ar d t i e ff r e . rent Citiesand Towns Li ''' . . P - 34 „ i t le . lO i WHEAT. BARLEY . OATS. 7,- . , hts la PRICE .. 1 43 e 6d 1 23 s °di 17s 9d I r 11 . 0„; DUTIES ON FOREIGN C 01114 .01. I 11' WHEAT. IBARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I I S 04 ,g . , is Oa Is Od Is Od lls 04 -6 p- r. 1.- , v AST . n , 5. QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN Tilr' ~,5 :15 0- ' Wheat, 81,760; Barley, 1,286 ; Oats, 7,591 ; Rye, '" " ..... 1'i 5 g' ........ ...,/ iart"s ' 20s lOd 1 ____________---; DAY.) BANKRUPTcy.—(III I er io IN al; A. couv•AD T • a b ier This bankrupt had carried ou business $ 5 a pe "- oh the Hampstead-road. The case originoilL„c- for , 1 I it io4 his Honour, who adjourned the exatainst'eearols-fil account, which was filed, but on before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn the O s t he g r° further oliotiontoo adjourned sine die, without protection,. ° ,.. e s t erli.oed ns atts , . -- st doi , that the, accounts were untrue and u Bankrupt now applied in person to bags 100 . for him t o come up. w ets b s „, gie s His HoNoua said 'that no further o c. '" - „id o ' l oo o filed, and he could not interfere. .•.,... ti e co-, 4 , i , ono .. leave for bankrupt to apply to Mr. C°'" -11 O P burn on his return to town. tip ie ' Bankrupt asked for protection till t hat Honour decline granting ' • ~,T ; -' MIDDLESEX sESSIC4' cbs ir° l (THIS 1.1) ~ si° po s t Ann Henley pleaded Mit to 51°9'113 4513 ' °s•cli the value o; 55., the prop g er i t "of Georg e 1 • % 0 1,be ii° was sentenced to two months' hard lab enir 1 gotl Dell, Correction at Westminster. Mr. O'Brien appeared for the priioer;rbed ,Islo - whole of the bail cases steed od): - jog be session, in cons, (Felice of the tin:l e-AI ' up by the trial of other prkoners.-. 0, A Y%) D —_______ __/1,1.11S , 1 ,21); MARLBRO'-s_ TREET. ---( , " ; '- i 1 s ` l'brvt ' - ' ll A FEMALE DOG STE ILER.—AfT 6t'eetsclittlA,:4l)llri; be ore sir. Hardwick ctarged evl t" ,- pub' t'' (kg, the property of Mrs. ' l3'l°s' ide 159 (1 1111 Hann I street, Leicester-square. Ventbsts° ei, The prosecutrix slatel that 00 ,, :oto c t. fet e ° t missed her dog from he: shop doo r, s-d u l ld 13s ",t b i e l ' t- gi every search was made, tt•e dog, ss „ e r in i '",:lift ti Yesterday de2rnoon ste net the pr'°— • h P i' P -4 , h e r wi t she A with the deg, arid on witness tuXini , - a seo e n she . ,,,cl she stoutly denied the accusation, o tyres In o- s he P s o" had it in her possession for the las r e il tit g 5 V female who was wi:h the prisone r Bts- 18%-e rr e just purchased the dog for ten shilliogs" j o ell i doe-' r isco id 00 ea her sent for a constable, and gave the Mary ;.;owden, No 9 P t,r-street. 8 _ 3 4 off' f a (Je , day morning the prisoner r ° c r aMe 0 /.. t , -Or to her 6. ofte be i , i, the dog now produced for sale. W i „ ise ior i, 1 4 tbe P r o o h i a . v b i a n r g ga t i i n ffi in e g ie a t gredd to give bertieWr'equesle'oben;i money by her, 8 • jaw 0, re -• ti soner to go with her to her mother -lo' th e 11 0 . r evni. 0 1 would pay her. They were en t hel t he F rill° the prosecutrix came up and charged stealing the dog. The prisoner was emanded. , 0 /t 10 ._..._........e........ .........• S . . EG. iii A. m SA C (THIS v . A0 11) ----40.---- ~G,._ (BY ELECTRIC T EL-v 5; 1 5 The Surrey and AliddleseX gite . l : , ..‘ St. Rosalie "' ... . ••• ''. •., , Little Jack . ••• ... '. ••• /ell Repletion ••• ;::----41 4 15 a' ,ascs e r , CRE 11l ORN E 6- 1 A 10-- int% 1, , , Public curiosity, like ballooning•cro9pport-ritlte d,'''s ant, yesterday afternoon had croP`e„te sPFeshii-f forded it for gratifying the most insa", go. nt Asa novelty. In well• timed consideration ° O l tles e f ic ee ti pt • recent unfortunate accident in her fe ri h m. IoP,I yo Edmoatox cn the 7th instant, vrhe° ~,'p o ints p e ° 0 nearly destroyed by fire, Mr. Sinir,°° e t ;,yy, 13 „ t her ! s p a _ day for the especial benefit of tbs t f t he w e ', 3 o o ' huppy to record that the splendour 1 tile leve e m tihneafigcliirngbet,,h efi e ciznatreen.t7 of at the i _ ng T e h x e h b ib al it lo i, o m n, v a f s heretofore, was icl' s , l j e n elt tb e ,,,, t ee° e to Tne Citiz , , Gas Works, Lambeth, end at three' ''''' 0 cow 0 0 ' 0: „ r . was ' I/ a d e r e ' n s Company's steam-- . p a t, •-° etre receive the most extraordinary ftelg i d t he r ge , t o . plished its task with perfect facility'. r e tv 's l i f t le; 11 ,1/ C c d r e oss a c t d te ; nt a i n o d n acclamations of myriads of her facility '' o p o, o ht ' 0 its progress to CrelOrn. red' e ee to Vauxhall and Chelsea Bri%flgetsewt re lj ftefe t lf r ee ti f e lf! ll th ie fusely lining the -banks h Tham es trit''''bell and stination. She wi t s piloted und er t r inte vde ttet icb pa oomastrt.cußpoeinunir.dnaoen3u,ys, ,rcthncetcobstuelfee:sh'clee;46o;ol:o:ieeiptets: ar i et t prid e d n ia S n t f ea as m s t e . : h: cheer its arrival. Here the scientific i s a 1 05°,1 1 0 0 6 1 - del o t n the qui vive. Mr. Graham (th e ca r s oper'',os l3B joe' blage of visitors awls" - o ros. - 1 iav o o lady) perfected most satisfactorily with 1 1 vo i t lab l ioel l • f ie og speedily commenced toga Vottitsote h . cieney in the balloon's supPI.Y., ra il l t er t il ith, i „,,lc g .10 ° in its transit over the bosom or ":, - .," n cle/' 'cr_.,v - i a ' gardens were numerously attendeof;soo,o°F.e off, like the fireworks, with Eclat• 0 " . ". sea" pea t ascent took place. Mrs. Gruber° * 111 "100. 000‘00 01 her trip by Tbeophilas Ironsides, si . " 4 :, 10_,0 01 ,ideft Mrs. Graham safely descended 9 1 ' t ile B ard Ire n to the Tiger's Head, and returned t° o il I s. half past eleven o'clock, in comPa n Y ` l fri eo cll . ! __._....L:...........j...0..,,eir fib . to receive the corgratulatmns of t ~,,,, i d, o r , oto re pa ~.,„ 0 ti tke FIDE AT very 0 13008001 , six o'clock, a very alarming fire brollotilici.cresd, orge; b• longing to Messrs Gray and Scn,,. b_,uterciocie eics.4rlsbot plumbers. in Alarkwith-terrace, ‘ , "'',,, 5 in 3 f the Ve 4 4 o house. The moment the discoverYA t o 0 , the o„ were sent for the engines, and fortWIP`A th at 0 1 ,, 3 via coo:, with five of the London Brigade, c°,"`writer fm,,doCor, England office, attended. l'lentY,. of fo st , P e v irer ° o P at tie t i l d speedily obtained from the mains 01 the fl' e ' t he P l o t, it 0 pang, the engines were set to wv:l . ' . : e. , u ntil . , ro ed ~t A ll ' o • to obtain the mastery over the INA" wer e b" pc ty l oto ' and engineers' workshops and stores house, 400 P° - " cou 'ld e°t P ba t 11 1 0911 stoimllealdnaonuinafgefodsoonmee thootoldierecdountinct;t; l ,.. ic e t P r oca' a iger aired. The cause of the disaste. earing . t ort 00 1 0 4 0 PAssENGERs' STOBES.---It. fi Prha dia the i ille r ° oo ch, l l( sity of practice prevails in chargo b. in-;obacc"' 00 3 ' 6b ride t P O tities of cigars or manucact.ur ' ._. coun try' _ tit y C , r eiF ht stores of passengers arriving in ' Ou t ...„ c ot e i.,., t to; e ig e authorities have given orders the . ` . '4, 'r ,Pr l tii . 7,, P be delivered uueugers,,eio au., a pound in weight may ht by pc"' , " to bc ' 13°11 ' 4'46.' .0 the YCOI4. of f r h m a a lf nu a l'a p c o t o u o r d ed e t n edbi o lc p % i , a b i r . t o l , s t , i , g , i , the actual and entire rillan to h atc h W ee . 0 t b. lle v° d o fie 0 vue and Leith Caledonian c'S:itureleY, . 1 . of rore i• CRICKET.—The retUrn, succeeded in running up ''''', . -etilr. - he IT" tl donian cricket ground .chnp notches of.,tlinciisteu.4 term/jurad, . 0 !be . :ta d t ec to eb four wickets to go running •., „ c int ent was played on Sparkes' groan to inuinie ‘' officers and men of the Ted u t ., ,, en atu r _ d d lti 4 13 Dated in favour of the letter 0./ Scotsman. Os was p .o ll e e n ...atbeeatt4:oo %