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MR. 110'WITT'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in one vol., with Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound, T" YEAR-BOOK of the COD N TRY ; r, TILE FIELD, THE FOREST, AND THE FIRE-SIDE. By WILLIAM HOWITT. Author of " The Book of the Seasons," &c. " The Year Book of the Country is at once welcome to read and goodly to see. It is richly, poetically, picturesquely various. Wts e cannot doubt its having a welcome as wide as its range of conteti, and as cordial as the love of man. and of nature. which every line of it breathes. The illustrations are e xcellent."—Athenmtun. Henry Colburn, Publisher , 13, Great Marlboroughstreet. HER MAJESTY'S T GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respectfullY• announced that a GRA.ND E be XTRA. NIGHT will take place on TIIITRSD,AY, Aug., 15, when will presented Mozart's celebrated Opera of DON GIOVA.NNI. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Don Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari ; Masetto, Signor F. Lablaehe ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Donna Anna, Madame Florentini (second appearance) ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani ; and Zerilna. Maclaine Sontag. with various Entertainments in the Ballet Department, com bining the talents of Aladlle. Amelia Ferraris, Aladlle. Petit Ste phan, Madlle. Jolla nose Lamoreux, alussandon, and 31. Charles, &e. . Applivationm for poxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Bo‘.t . flick; of the Theatro. LIEU ,MAJESTY'S TIIEA The Last Ni:ht but Two of the Season. Gls flle. FIORENTINI. TO-MOIIRONV EVENING Will be proiuced, Belliars celebrated Opera, NoamA Norma, 31adlle. Fioreutini (of - the Italian Opera, Berlin, her first appearance) ; Acialgisa, 31adarne GiuLard ; Pollione, Sig. Gardoai ; •Ordveso, Sig. Labl ache. To conclude with the revived admired Ballet Divertissement Epi- Sodique, by M. P. Taglioni, the Music by Signor Pugni, entitled LA PRIMA 8.1 LLERINA ; ou. L'Embuscade. The principal parts by 31adlie. Amalie Ferraris, :Mlles. Anna& don, Julien, Lamnreux, Blatt, and Madame retit Stephan ; ALM• Charles, Di Matta, Venafra, Gouriet, &c. La Brigantine. by Madame Petit Stephan and M. Charles. A new grand Pas de Ong (composed by 31. Gosselin), by Madlle. Amalie Ferraris, Mesdames Lamoureux, Rosa, and Julien, and M. Charles. La Sidterelle, by Madlle. Amelia Ferraris and M. Charles; Applications for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. • Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office ef the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN TO-21ORRO%V. EVENLNG Will be performed 31.ey erbeer's Grand Opera, LE PROPHE rE, Fides, Madame Vlardbt (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris) ; Bertha, Madame Casteflan (the original represeatative_of_ the part at the Grand Opera in Paris ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliatico ; Sergeant, Seiner Levitt ; Peasants, Signori itommi and Soldi ; Giona, Signor )(math; Malthisen, Signor . Folonini ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. The Choir in ithe . grand Coronation Scene in the third Act will eombine, the powers of a fall Orchestra , the Military Bands, the •" . . Chords, and Organ. -The incidental Ballet in the Skatrng Scene will be supported by )f. Alexandre and Aladlle: Louise , Tagiloni (as 'danced by them at the Grand Opera at Paris) x _akiLsonartaotbe celebrated Quadrilles des Patineurs. Composer, Director of the 3flisic,' and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances will conimenee at Eight o'clock. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King.§treet, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. John Mitehell, 33, Old Bond-street CONTINUATION OF Mild. FANNY KEMBLES • READINGS OF t-lIIKSPEARE. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that in consequence of the dbitinOuished success which has attended Mrs. FANNY KEMBLE'S READINGS of SHA.KSVEARE, they will be continued in the follow ing order THIS EVENING Shakspeare's Play of "As Yon Like it." On Wednesday, " Twelfth Night ;" and Friday, ' Tale." . • on Monday, A ugust li, there will be a Morning Reading at Half past Two, and will comprise " Cyrnheline." Evening Readings to commence at half-past Eight o'clock precisely. Stalls, 7s. ; Boxes, ss. ; 35.; 'Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes One Guinea, One Guinea and a-half, and fwo Guineas. /601 Led and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 53, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams' Royal Library, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Ebera', Andrews', Ifookham's. Allcroft's, Leader and Cock's, ChaPPell's, Hammond's, and Oillvier's Libraries, Bond-street ; Cra mer's, and the Carlton Library, Regent-street ; and at - the Box-office of the Theatre, which ii open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. " The Virlnter's THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Webskter.F4lBLeakiee and Manager, Old Brompton. For a few nights onl3, Adelphi Company and Adelphi Pieces. THIS rEVENI-NG, Will be iierfbrined THE, IA;iILOWCOPSE. utter which • a new and original Zoological Extravaganza, called THE HIPPOPOTAMUS; Mr. Tiddywink, Mr. Wright ; Sergeant Bulbus, Mr. l'aul Ledford ; Mrs. Tiddywink, Miss E. Harding. To concluda with THE LOITBIE-BEDDED ROOM. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPLIITEIEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. NV. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Crowded House;to W17.11e the attractive rn "-- lgnifleent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with I,illiant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. EVENING, Will he produced Lc , rl flyroh's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA still the WILD HORSE. 31azeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by au oatuitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique. To conclude with tba Ilale of THE CHAMOIS HUNTER. Box-oftge -pen From Eleven till Four gtaLre Manazer, 3tr. W. West. • Loder the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Hialmeso Prince Albert, ice. Ste. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS'. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and • • T I lURsI/ AY. • Last Week of M. Jullien. GRAND FETE . ANU CONCERT D'ETE IN. AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL. TO-DAY and TO-MORROW, Augutt 12 and 13. A grand VOCAL and IN: , ‘TRUJtENTAL CONCERT, when those popular Vocalists, Miss Poole and Mr. Allen, Miss Marianne Taylor, Mr. Godden, Mr. Sinclair Jones, Mr. Ross (Comic Vocalist), and Mr. Sedgwlck (on the concertina), will have the honour of appearing. Mr. (1. F. Taylor will pre - side at the Grand Piano. The Instrumen tal Concert will be conducto.l by Mons. Julllea in person, and being the Last-Week of his Engagement here. Herr Koenig - will play a Solo each Evening. A. ,iplendid Ball Room has been erected. Adam's Quadrille Band will attend, and Mr. Frampton offlciates as Master of the Ceremonies. Fancy Stalls, Zadoc the" Prophet, and various other novelties. : ,- Another, splendid Elephant. Promlnade Concert. colulucted by M. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey—Se lect Programme of Ancicji,t . and Modern Music—Jullien's Nepatil ese Quadrille. • ' The Irish Quadrille, th, " Hibernian." composed by M. Jullien. The Derby-Day Galop,2' c,inpo:3ed expressly for these Gardens, is one of the Moor sueCt,:iful of Monsieur Julllen's compositions, and in consequence 01 ilia nightly encore, will be repeated till further notice. The Grand Ghorka March, performed for the first time before the Netentlese .Ambassador. Prodigious Success or the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PAS.SAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army ! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving F4ures the site of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Danson and Son, assisted by Messrs,. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the .N.Tessts. Denson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the rtiblic as a chef-d'muvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid 31E'N.IGERIM has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents dean the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Jalllen and Mr. Godfrey. It. will be the slut of the Establishment to offer for the gratiticetion of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid • Military Bawl in the Kingdom 1 I Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, It is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will he fully maintained The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Koenig, Lazarus, Proeperre. Coiinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbotham. During• the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the cele'erated 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 thedistant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and Its far-tamed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is flrstSeen " en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops continence the Ascent. The Soldiers are seen dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending ahnost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terinic Ravines, but :ill difficulties are overcome, and: the Gallant Army is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile plains of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, intr ,ducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired feux a'artitiee m former seasons, jets d'eau, water rockets, revolVing pieces, a ihagiitliecat Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Kessrs. Din , tai, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Tisvps, surrounded by waritte emblems, insiguia of honour, flags, ttaphie.s,&c..,.aiiiidst a earruscation of various coloured fires. The complicated end ilittl,nit machinery, and the erection of the picture under the clirecaiel of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. itolcie:rhy and Dixon, 28, King-street, Covent garden. Admission. 14. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT :Morning min. after 4 Evening 15 min. after 5 To-Moszow— horning min. after 5 (Evening 0 ann. after 6 TUE WEATHY , II.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 11. THEAMONETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 5 4 J—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAIZOMETEr, 29 . 89. W rw tl-esh gale and fine weather. *MA:NI/AY, AUG. )2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this rriorning.and daring the night. 60—this day, at noon. • Ittnoxzrun, 29.78. Wig") S.S.E.—strong breeze and dirty weather; slight rain in the morning, and heavy in the forenoon, with thunder and lightning. THREE O'CLOCK. It has been raining since noon, and now the wind has gone round to N.E., with continuous thunder and lightning, and heavy squalls occasionally. 4cf,- • .4 tcr :t) - r '3• • - '4; r • ;Icr , '' Warr' " , ; 013 Vldna ~74 Ult LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1850. Nearly a week has elapsed since, on Tuesday last, the Metropolitan Interments Bill was, by the Royal assent, transformed into an Act of Parliament. Con sequently, however unpalatable its provisions may be to ourselves and to those who coincide with our opinions, we must how to its ordinances in all loyalty as to laws, like all the other laws of the realm, supremely authoritative. Nevertheless, while we thus avow our submission to the general decrees of the Legislature, we must in this particular instance aver, at once and without any circumlocution what ever, that the measure just completed by the triple sanction of the Lords, the Commons, and the SOVB. REIGN, is:altogether too pernicious in its character, according to our estimate of it, to allow of our re laxing any efforts to secure its amendment. On the contrary, such efforts should, under present circum stances, only be increased by every_ conscientious an tagonist of the system recently inaugurated. If, for no other reason, we should still struggle for the de. 06(1 'threnlo;ir, bnau,:e the new Act authaiges THE SUN, an almost irresponsible board to levy taxes, according to its pleasure, on the people, thereby subverting the principle Hof taxation by the House of Commons alone, a principle long numbered among the vaunted bulwarks of our Consti tution. When, moreover, it is borne in recollection that this extraordinary and unjustifiable authority is bestowed upon a board subjected in a peculiar degree to clerical influences, it must be ac knowledged that the evil resulting from such a con cession appears more than ever enormous and unen durable. One other consideration in respect of the ill-ten dencies of the new enactment should be secured at once in the popular remembrance. It should never be forgotten until the time either of abrogation or of alteration has arrived, that virtually, we might even say , literally, every person comprised within the districts mapped out in this Act relating to Metropolitan Interments is mortgaged at the rate of six shilling and twopence per head to the clergy of the Establishment. Indeed, the entire measure can be vie vved merely as one contrived principally with an eye to enhance the amount of emoluments already enjoyed by the clergy of the predominant religion. Until this law was concocted several of the parishes now affected by its operation paid no burial fee whatever to the clergyman. Any such exemption, however, is henceforth rendered impossi ble, the Act securing to the clerical faction a certain return of clear profits proportioned to the number of interments. Again and again we have, since the first introduc tion of this measure to the notice of Parliament, ana lysed its various clauses with a scrupulous regard to the ready comprehension of our objections. Again and again we have demonstrated that the only per ceptible advantage immediately resulting from its provisions will be such as are solely enjoyable by the ministers of the Protestant Establish ment. Every such advantage, moreover, we have shown to arise simply from detriment to the interests of the population. Without this Act in ex istence, burials in extramural cemeteries are still op• tional. With it, it still remains optional whether or no the old intramural graveyards shall yet continue open to interments. Such would never have been permitted by the Government had they been really desirous to secure the metropolis from the recurrence of the ancient abominations. They would, under these circumstances, actuated by that laudable motive, have rendered extramural interment wholly impera tive from this time forth and for ever upon the citizens of London and Westminster. Unhappily no such arrangement as this has been effected. Such and such intramural places of entombment are still to be used according to the whim or convenience of the local clergyman. Meanwhile, over the management of the extramural cemeteries, the Church, through its official representatives, is to exercise a supreme super vision. All these deplorable concomitants of the mea sure recently passed into a law by the Parliament and the SOVEREIGN preclude us from experiencing any of that unalloyed satisfaction we should otherwise have derived from a scheme of such com prehensive innovation. Not that we in any manner depreciate the credit indisputably due to the Cabinet and to the Legislature for at length entering into the movement of reform in a matter affecting so largely r the health, morality, and convenience of the popula tion. For inasmuch as the present Ministry adven tured upon this section of sanitary improvement boldly, though tardily, their conduct must be regarded as in the highest possible degree meritorious. Fur inasmuch as they marred the gal lantry of their first entrance upon the enterprise by the most shameful subordination of the public inter est to the individual and professional interests of the clerical Establishment, they are mainly culpable. It is against those odious and pitiful concessions to the clergy that we have almost exclusively pro tested. In other particulars we have always ap plauded, and shall always continue to applaud, the courage evinced by her MAJESTY'S advisers in attempting a change from adventuring upon which all preceding administrations had refrained. Gladly would this public approbation have been redoubled in earnestness had the Ministers proved only consistent in their undertaking, had they insisted upon securing the desired reform in a state altogether unmutilated, without consenting to forward their project through a paltry bribe to the Church Esta blishment. Unfortunately such regrets at the present moment are worse than useless. The Bill has passed into a law of the United Kingdom. Submission to that law is required from every loyal member of the community; but, at the same time, it is happily allowable to endeavour by every constitutional means to forward the scheme of emendation so far as to render its acquisition pro bable in the next session of the Imperial Parliament. The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Act Amend ment Bill, which came down from the Lords, has shared the fate of other measures relating to landed property in the sister kingdom, which originated in the Upper House. We confess that we cannot re gret the rejection of the Distress for Rent, The Landlord and Tenant, or the Small Tenements and Revenues Bills, all of which were intended to confer more extensive powers upon the proprietors, and to place the unfortunate occupiers completely at their mercy. The Encumbered Estates Bill was, how ever, of a different class, and conceived in a very different spirit. It related to landlords and their creditors, and so far from endeavouring to extend the powers of the latter, it endeavoured to curtail them very materially. The whole course of legislation sanctioned in the Upper House this session ran in favour of the " territorial aristocracy," and that not only whether they were the actual and bona fide owners of the soil, or the nominal proprietors collect • ing the rents; not for their own use and benefit, but for immediate distribution among the mortgagees and encumbrancars, whose agents they practi cally were. In every case, however, the hereditary lawgivers took the landocracy under their especial protection, and afforded them all the aid in their power against the conflicting interests, whether cre ditors or tenants. The representatives of the people have, however, taken very opposite views, and, as we have already stated, have consigned the various mea sures to the " tomb of the Capulets." Tne Bill now under notice had a threefold object : Ist, to limit the jurisdiction of the Commissioners, by altering to a certain extent the provisions of the 12 and 13 Victoria, c. 7, s. 22 ; 2ily, to place a minimum value upon property about to be sold, be neath which it could not be disposed of without the ay_ sent of the inheritors ; and, 3dly, to afford protection from arrest to persons whose properties were brought under ' the control of the court. Some of these objects might be desirable enough by them ,selves, if judiciously and properly carried out; but othdr pbrtions` of the Bill were highly objectionable, being totally opposed to the policy of the original Act. Notwithstanding many deficiencies, this Act has on the whole worked well, and will, we have no doubt, ultimately prove highly beneficial to Ireland, ; by supplying a solvent and unembarrassed proprie- I tary, capable of improving the lands that may pass into their hinds. By bringing these into the highest state of fertility, they will materially increase the agricultural produce of the country, and at the same time provide ample employment for the peasantry, whose only capital' and means of subsistence consists in their labour. The first object above referred to is one against which we must earnestly protest. In place of limiting the jurisdiction of the Court, we would extend it as far as practicable, and render it per petual, so that every person desirous either of selling or encumbering his property might be enabled to avail himself of its provisions, and to alienate or charge his estates, giving a good, valid, and unim peachable title, with '` a new root," so that the com plicated abstracts and retrospective deductions of titles—those enormous evils which impede the free transfer, and materially reduce the value of real property in the United Kingdom—might be totally done away with. Indeed, we see no reason why a similar tribunal might not be established for this country also, so that vendors and purchasers, bor rowers and lenders might avoid the delays, expenses, doubts and difficulties, and insecurities of the present complicated and•cumbrous system. Under the pro visions of, the 'Act now in force, which it was desire 3 to alter—we cannot say amend—the inheritor, if he desired to resist the sale, or, to speak technically, to "show cause against the conditional order," Eboull LONDON, prove that no part of the lands in ques tion were subject to a receiver, or in the pesst-s-ion of an encumbrancer, and also that the amount of the yearly interest on the encumbrance and other yearly payments in respect to charge pay able out of the income, do not exceed one-half the net yearly income after the payment of all tithe-rent charges, such part of the county cess and poor-rate, as is payable by the owner, and all Crown, quit, and head rent. If there was a failure in any of these respects, if it appeared that the lands were in the hands of that "worst of all possible landlords," a receiver under a court of equity, or if an encumbrancer were actually in possession, or, finally, if the nominal proprietor had not for his own use and benefit a clear moiety of the profits after providing for every possible demand, the lands should be sold. The new Bill provided that the jurisdiction of the Court should not arise in any case where the interest and annual payments did not ex ceed one-half the net income. This would ex clude ewes where there were receivers or the lands in the possession of encumbrancers ; and surely if the lands bad passed for an indefinite period ont of the owner's hands, it is just and proper that it should be handed over to a new proprietor• Indeed, in any cases where a just debt could not be satisfied after a reasonable notice—say six, or even twelve months—we think that a competent portion of the estate or estates on which it was should be disposed of, in order to liquidate the demand, and to leave the surplus of the lands unencumbered and un embarrassed fur the benefit of the party, who might then really be termed "the proprietor." This, which is palpably just, would be for the benefit of all parties, inheritors as well as encumbrancers, and would be as politic as it would unquestionably be equitable. The second point attempted by the Bill was to pre vent any lands being sold without the assent of the inheritor at less than fifteen years purchase. Now, .we confess that we are not indisposed to a minimum price, beneath which no bidding should be accepted. The fearful sacrifices of property, which have, in many instances, been sold at less than half their actual value, and which, so far as the proprietors and puisne encumbrancers were concerned, was practically nothing better than "confiscation," rendered such a provision just and expedient. If the Securities for Advances Bill had passed into a law there would have been but little necessity for such enactments. But as that had, in common with almost every good measure of the session, been withdrawn, it was most desirable —we had almost said " essential"—to pass a law, providing for a:minimum price. But the present measure was not suitable for the purchase ; it made fifteen years' purchase a minimum in every case. No provision was made for a difference in the real value of the properties, although some might be better worth twenty-five than others twelve years' purchase. The clauses should therefore have been materially changed before becoming worthy of receiving the legislative sanction. But we think the object might be attained by a fair comparison of the rents payable and the terms of the different tenants with the Ordnance valuation, and a provision that no lands should be sold at less than thr' rths or seven-eighths of the amount at they were valued by a competent siar appraiser, who had taken all the circumstance*tdbnected with the property fairly into consideration. The last object, that of enabling the inheritors to attend the sales of their es ~and the Courts of the Commissioners, without daft'. of arrest, was so just and proper, that we are really surprised at any op position being offered to it. When a man has given up his entire property, which is in course of realisation, he should not be subjected to incarceration or driven to the Insolvent Court for relief, at least until it was show at what he had surrendered was inadequate to to his debts. Any creditor who resorted to such indictive pro ceedings should at least be deprived of any benefit under the sale ; he should not be allowed, at the same time, to resort to both the person and the property of his debtor. The beneficial provisions of the Act, how ever, shared the fate of the general enactments, and the entire Bill was rejected without a division. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The Assembly is, prorogued until November, and the greater number of the members have left Paris. The Mountain, on the breaking up of the National Assembly, have published an address, under the head of " Compte-rendu par la Montange au Peuple." It is signed by 86 members of the party. The name of M. E. GIRAEDIN does not appear among them. We subjoin a considerable portion of this address : " Citizens,—Elected by you representatives of the people to the National Assembly, we at present give you an account of the manner in which we have per formed our duty. That duty was perfectly clear, being defined in these words—defence of the Republic, and constant elaboration of the social reforms which are so necessary, and so justly and impatiently expected. You are aware that the election of May 13, 1849, placed us in minority in the - midst of sovereign power. We there found ourselves in face of adversaries not wishing to have and not comprehending any institutions but those of the past, systematically opposed to every reform, and bearing down every discussion, every reso lution, with the weight of their prejudices, their interest, and their number, kept out of the committees in which bills have been prepared and examined, where the re ceipts and expenses of the State are controlled, thwarted in the expressions of our opinions by the obstacles thrown in the way of the liberty of the tribune ; we, however, struggled on with perseverance, Sure of being heard and understood by the people, protesting by our words and votes against the attempt of monarchical and clerical reaction, and pointing out, in opposition to a policy of caste, egotism, and distrust, the be nefits of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Thus cooped up within the limits of an action altogether moral, we have never lost sight of the supreme ob ject of the Revolution, which has been agitating the world with various chances for so long a course of ages. After religious equality and liberty, France proclaimed political equality and liberty. Fur that great cause she effected the Revolution of 1789 and that of 1830. On the :24th of February, 1848, she wanted still more—she desired that to every member of the social corps should be ensured the advantages of conjoint responsibility, of independence in his profession, of existence by individual or collective labour. So set forth in its necessary con sequences, the Revolution of 1848 was accepted with enthusiasm by the people. On the vast field of social renovation, the Republican and Democratical Republic saw rallying around its flag all those bold thinkers who for so long a time had been seeking, in the depths of politico-economical and moral sciences, the solution of the formidable problem of the extinction of misery and of the abolition of proletarianism. From that co-operation of force, from that fusion of Republican and Socialist ideas, there soon resulted a complete agreement as to the means to be employed, in order to transform into fact the will of the people, to lay the foundation of the new society. Thechair of public instruction, raised to the dignity of the most honoured judicial position; education placed within the reach of all, made gratuitous at the entrance to all the careers which human activity embraces, and so pre paring the free development of the faculties of each; the taxes established on the absolute bases of eternal justice, simplified, rendered uniform, demanding much from him who possesses much, little from him having but little, and nothing from him who has nothing to give; the access to credit thrown open to all citizens, and by credit the right to labour; association, that supreme expression of the power of intellectual and physical labour, excited, encouraged, and aided in its efforts; public assistance I moralised, and ennobled, substituted for alms, which degrade the man and enslave the citizen; each people disposing freely of itself; each race mistress and sove reign in its own territory; such was in its ensemble, and indicated in its cardinal points the programme of the revolution of February.' The writers here pass in review the principal votes of the Assembly, declaring them to be violations of the Constitution; and then go on : " In the laws, in. the official world, Socialist demo cracy has lost much ground, that is not doubtful. But in ideas, amongst the popular 1132850°, how great has been its progress within a short time! The day of jus tice has at length shone forth for that great cause! ca lumniated,by the privileged classes, and misunderstood by ignorant ones, it triumphs over both ; and now it recruits its innumerable phalanxes even from amongst that very class which had been excited against it, by misrepresentations of its thoughts, its object, and the means which it desires to employ for the constitution of a new society. The old world is at its last shifts. All feel it, see it—even they who endeavour to prolong its final days by galvanising it. Senseless indeed would he be who did not recognise the truth of this assertion, from the shocks which in every direction convulse the soil of Europe! For who could be strong enough, powerful enough, to prevent the destruction of that society which is falling to pieces, to retard any longer the ascension of socialism? United up to the present time for the pur pose of common resistance, the three parties who dis pose of all the forces of the Government against us have reached the highest point of their power. The divisions which are taking place amongst them prove this in the clearest manner—they can now only decline. Will they, however, submit to the law of justice and reason? or will they, by a violent and desperate effort, attempt an open attack against the Republic, carrying into execution the incredible menace thrown out from the tribune— the war of Rome in the interior ? In other terms, will the revolutior4nrofeFss, by theebruaryaccomplishregular and it:i= working rkcionng atitatiortal r MONDA. Y EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1850. of universal suffrage, or will it be obliged to punish wild attempts, to break down criminal resistances? Such is the alternative in which France is placed at present; and, unfortunately, the most probable eventuality is not that which we earnestly desire. Too many signs appear in the horizm announcing stormy conflicts. But, what ever may be the future which God will dispose for the people between this time and May, 1852, the duty of the socialist democracy is clearly traced out, and it will not fail in it. By study, by the tribune, by the press, by propagandism at the private hearth, it will con tinue to prepare fur the pacific struggle of the ballot, which will ensure to it the power of realising its ideas, which will abase its enemies, by raising up its principle ; and each man, in the calm of his strength, his eye fixed on the holy ark of the constitution, confirming his mind by the sentiment of right, and by the great reminiscences of our revolutionary history, will hold himself ready to be upstanding at the first movement of usurpation, from whatever quarter it may come. Citizens, the destinies of society are in advancing, and not in looking behind; the republic will not recoil before miserable ambitions, before a wretched coalition of selfish interests. Union, perseverance, devotedness—such is the device of holy causes. It is inscribed on our flig. Let us remain faithful to it, and victory—a prompt and speedy victory, will be the ree ard of our efforts" Notwithstanding the scandal occasioned by the conduct of the non-eortni.sioned officers of the Gendarmerie Mobile, who were feted by the PRESI DENT on Wednesday, he has determined to fOe the non commissioned officers of all the regi+vents who would have made part of the camp of Versailles. The Legi timatist journals affect to apprehend serious conse quences from these fetes; the Presse takes, in our opinion, a much more sensible view of the affair, it says— Several journals yesterday gave details of what took place at the President's late banquet, and which have occupied the Bourse and the Assembly. We only produce them ourselves to efface the emotion they may have caused, by showing how puerile and how little dangerous such demonstrations are. It is not around a dinner-table that the Constitution can be revised. We do not fear that the Empire will ever issue from a dessert dish, like the Princess Colibri from a basket of flowers. Fortunately France has not arrived at such a point of degradation and decadence as to make it possible to impose slavery on her on leaving the din ner-table, as did the drunken tyrants of the Roman de cadence, who marched to supreme power between cour tesans and slaves. France has allowed herself to be conquered sometimes—deceived often; but never de graded. We must only see, then, in this incident a table adventure—nothing else. It is precisely because the Empire is talked of after dinner that it is not talked of before dinner. It rises and passes like the fumes of champagne. When the bottles are empty, and the lights put out, nothing remains. There is no morrow for such enthusiasms: they go as they came." On Saturday the first of these fetes took place at the Elysee, the guests behaved in an orderly manner, and all went off without scandal. There was a Cabinet Council held on Friday, in consequence of the reception of unpleasant news from some of the Prefects of the central and eastern departments, who find their efforts to secure a good reception for the President during his approaching tour by no means so. successful as they could have wished. The Municipal Council of La Guilotterie (tbe Southwark of Lyons), have rejected, by a majority of 13 to 9, the proposition of the Mayor that they should wait upon the President in their collective ca pacity immediately upon his. arrival. The Lyons authorities, on the contrary, have de ermined to give him a splendid reception. This, howe an scarcely be considered an act- of spontaneous ho ge, seeing that Lyons is in a state of siege, and that all is done under the awe of the bayonets of General Castellane. The Journal des Dibats states that there is every prospect of the formation of a Customs union between France and Belgium. M. Guizo-r has returned to Paris from Ems, via Brusselsf He dined with the KING of the BELGIANS on the tth. The Committee of Prorogation met on Saturday for the first time. M. DuetN, the President of the Assembly, who is ex officio president of the Com mittee, occupied the chair. Among the members present were M. Daru, one of the vice• presidents of the Assembly, MM. Berard, Peussin, Lacaze, and Arnaud (de l'Arriege), and one of the questors, M. Baze. General Changarnier and Count Mole were also present. On Saturday the Court of Assizes of the Seine went through the cere of degrading M. LIBRI, a member of the Legio Honour. It will be re membered that M. LIBR recently found guilty, par contuntace, of stealing books from the national libraries, and sentenced to ten years' imprisontneut. M. Lnaui was declared to be no longer a member of the Legion of Honour. The Funds are buoyant. Five per Cents. for the end of the month, 97f. 30c. ; Three per Cents., 58f. 55c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGF, Au°. 10. East Indian, 7% —Luxembourg, I%—lsorthern of France, 14%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 s—Paris and Rouen, 23% —Sambre and Meuse, 2 t 6. SPA IN. Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. On the evening of the 4:h Queen ISABELLA drove out in an open carriage with the JLING. As it was known that her MAJESTY was going out, and as it was besides a . Me day, a great crowd was assembled on the passage of their Majesties from the Palace to The following decree, dissolving the Cortes, is pub lished in the Gaceta:— " By virtue of the prerogative conferred on me by the 26th article of the Constitution, and conformable to tha proposition of my Cabinet Council, I command as fol lows:—` Article 1. The Congress of Deputies is dis solved. Article 2. The general elections shall take place on the 31st of the present month, and the following days. Article 3. The Cortes shall assemble in the capital of the Monarchy on the 31st of October of the present year.' Given at the Palace on the 4th of August, 1850, signed the Queen,' countersigned the President of the Coun cil of Ministers, Duke of Valencia.' " MADRID BOLSA, AUG. s. —Three per Cents. were done to day at 33 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 121; the Five per Cents, at 12k; the Debt without Interest at 3i; and the Coupons at 74 for paper. sacerdotal arrogance produced the most lively sensa tion in Turin. The people assembled in a state of great excitement, and but for the interference of the National Guard would have executed summary jus tice on the clergy. The funeral cortege was most numerous on the next thy. The National Guard, the troops, the Deputies now in Turin, the Corps Diplo matique, including the French Minister, M. FERDI NAND BARROT, attended. The Cure of San Carlos and a few of the clergy attended, but they were hissed by the crowd as they passed along. Letters from Piacenza of the 3d, in the Risorgi mento of Turin, announce the dissolution of the mu nicipal council of Piacenza by a decree of the Duke, remarkable for its laconic style, being as follows : " The anzianato of Piacenza is dissolved.—CHAßLES." Fourteen professors of secondary schools, and a police director, named FOGLIAGGI, have been dismissed by order of the Duke. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Tho sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 8,000 bales, at previous rates.—Railway shares were steady. In Mark. lane, this morning, the Gr.in trade has been steady, and prob-hly would have been hiAlir but for the larr , ,,-e arrivals ( f foreign flour. The extraordinary increase in the amount of metallic currency in France, is placing the National Bank there in a position which it scarcely ever occupied before, and brings its specie asset,: within a very limited distance of the paper liabilities. In the last week there was a further addi!ion of 7,500,1100 francs to Lila specie. The discounts fell off 4,250,000 francs in the provinces, but incr, ased 1,750,000 francs in Paris; the circulation was smaller by 10,250,000 francs, and the Treasury account larger by 4.000,000 francs. Everything is in the direc tion of accumulation, and the trading community, having ample funds, do not require much accommodation, though' an extension of business would cause some extra demand. The steamer with the American mail has not yet been announced as having arrived off Liverpool. Accounts from Belgium state that there had been most serious inundations there. The rain came like a deluge at Roulers, Thielt, and other places where the harvest was fir from b3ing concluded. The flax and grain had suffered greatly, and the farmers were heavy sufferers. A large quantity of the new flax which was in the fields was carried away, and at Bruges the hospital for aged persons was almost beaten down. At the latest dates the water, which had risen in certain districts, at Ardoye, for instance, to the height of the ears of rye, was fast subsiding, and a strong wind blowing served to dry the ground. The grand works of art in course of execution at Lye had suffered a good deal. Several of the dikes were broken. In the Amsterdam Bourse on the 10th inst. there was no business of importance doing, and prices were not so firm for Dutch Stock, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 57k. Spanish and Portuguese Bonds were at about previous rates. Frankfort advises of the 9th inst. quote Austrian Metallics and Spanish Three per Cents. 32 3.16 to 15-16.. A very important statement appears in a German paper received this morning, viz.. that the King of Den mark has requestei Austria to join the other Powers in bringing about an arrangement of the Holstein ques tion, Denmark engaging in such case to abstain trom crossing the Eider, pending the negotiations. The official balance-sheet of the United Kingdom gives the income and expenditure for the year ending the sth July last, and is most encouraging in all its fea tures. The surplus of income for the year is 3,438,3581. 175., and this will allow the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt to invest next quarter 859.5891. 14s. 3d. in the redemption of stock. The English Funds have been depressed again, and the arrangements making for the settlement of the Ac count have shown that it is Bullish. The heavy showers, the uncertainty attaching to the Danish question, and the disappointment felt at the constant supply of stock thrown upon the market whenever Consols reach to about 96i, have all had their effect in turning the scale in favour of the Bears, and as such a large number of the jobbers and speculators will be leaving town, there needs an extra impulse at the moment to bring about a rise. Consols have been down to 96f f for Transfer, and to 96f for Acc.unt. The New Tnree-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 984 to 99i, and the Three per Cents 971 to f. Exchequer-bills have been marked 665. to 695., and ludia Bonds 90e. premium. Bsnk Stock is firm at 212, and India Stuck at 267. Lithe Foreign market, the quotations are rather flatter, being partly influenced by the decline in Console. Mexican Bonds have been 294 to 30, and Peruvian Brazilian Stock has been marked 92, and Equa dor, 34. Spanish Five per Cents. have been steady at 174. Russian Bonds were 111 i, and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 574. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have bee❑ at 92. The market for Railway Shares has been rather heavy, but there has not been sufficient doing to esta blish any important changes. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... 96i Ditto Account ... 96t ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH I'UNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank utuck ... .. 212 212 3 !,e: Cont. Reduced Anns ... 97% IA 97 1 . 3 par Cent. Console Annuities........ 96% 96% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5.............. 99 w9 I A 987 98'k Lens' Anna. to ezpireian.lB6o 8 ,4 8 5-16 8 5-16 India Stock 267 267 India bonds, 1,0001 .... ...... ..... 90 p 90 p Ditto under 1,000!........ ....... .... 90 p 90 p Consols for Account 96 % I AX 996 Exchequer Bills. I y v o. & 2d I,duol. June 69 66 p 66 p 500/. June Small. June ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. razillan bona 92 92 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 58 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. 77 77 Equador Bonds .. &taxman. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Lx Jan. Coupons ... Peruvian Bonds, 4 1 4 per Cent 8 2 3 / 4% 82% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841 3 3 3/ 33 3 4 nussian Bonds ..... 111 1 ,4 111 1 4 Ditto, 4 1 4 par Cent Ditto, Small Spomm 5 per Cont. 1840 — Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4 1 / 2 per Cent. 92 92 lititeu 244 z per Cent., 12 Guild. PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE-. I.tierdeen Birmingr. Wolverh'ton, . , . . and r udley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 - Do. without guarantee 15 Bristol and Exeter 100 ... .. ... .. 64 suckinghainshire ...... 17 1 4 C4ledonisn Do. New 10/. Pref..— 10 ...... 5 1 4,—. ' nitern Counties........ 20 .....• 6Y 14.. ..... East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. .. ... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Great Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref l 2 l / 2.- 101 14 11 ;rest Western 100 581,4 % 5 8 14 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 97 1 / 2 9 7 1 /2 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 % 2 1 14 •••••• 21 1 / 2 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 t)o. Fifths... ... 11 1 / 2 2 .. Leeds and Bradford . _ London, Brighton, and South Comt... .....100 Do. Plefcr. 5 Der cent. 50 London and N. stern 100 IIILA 111......... 111 1 4 Ditto, Now Quarters 17 1 7 3 / 1%...... ,) ,, to,Fhlr. , London 8S .W lOO ...... 591 Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Midland LP, Consolid. Bristol & Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Norfolk ........- ....... ..-100 North Briti , h ........ ... 25 ... Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 64 6 14 Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. 411/ 2 41% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate lB ..... 18 Scottish Central "utb Eastern .... 63%•••••• 13%.• 1336 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .- ..... 60 Do. do. do. ... 25 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ......-....... 25 Yoe»: and North Midland 50 ...... 15 7 1 i..... ....... 15 3 / Oats, I') derange FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierz0n)... 20 East Indian .... ..... ...... 7 Luxembourg . ........... 8 ...... Ditto Northern of France Paris and Roue n 2O ...... 23% 24 Paris and Strasbourg ... 14 JOINT STOCK BANKS 17 3 /x.d London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 ...... 1744 x.d Union of London.... lO ...... 12 1 / 8 %.. ....- 12% x.d CABINET CQUNCIL.-A Cabinet Council (the last but one, we believe, this session) was held at the Foreign -office this afternoon, at one o'clock. There were present, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell (who arrived in town this morning from Pembroke Lodge), the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Grey, the Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Thomas F. Baring, Sir John C. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Privy Council, at which the Royal Speech for closing the session of Parliament will be settled, is fixed to take place at Buckingham Palace on Wed nesday, at three o'clock. MELANCHOLY EVENT.—FIVE LIVES LOST.. ---MIL FORD, FRIDAY.—A shocking disaster occurred at Blackpool, on Wednesday, which resulted in the loss of five lives, under very distressing circumstances. Smme colliers employed at the Hook Colliery were engaged in loading two lighters with timber for the use of the pit, and on the completion of the work five of the men proposed to return home by water. Having embarked in a small boat they made their way down the channel against a strong head wind. On nearing Picton's Point the boat shipped several seas, which so terrified the misguided fellows as to induce them to leap overboard, and the current swept them away and they perished. Their names were Henry Phillips. William Fallow, Benjamin Phillips, Andrew James, and Thomas • . . LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 12.—Wind at noon E. to N.E., mock:. rate breeze, and cloudy with rain at times. CLYDE, AUG. B.—Sld. Arab, Valpariso; atherbell, Davidson, Trinidad ; Cordelia, Wallace, Barbadoes; Moro, Larabee, New York; Oregon, Crawford, St. John's ; Roger Stewart, I3eig, Demerara ; Jansen, Thompson, Matanzas ; Marchrnont, White, Quebec ; Affghan, Black, Quebec. Sid. Rosina, NewfoundlaA. At rd. Diogannry, Evans, Calcutta; Eliza Leishman, Dixon. Mauritius; Flora Kerr, Loughton, Bomay; belt', Thompson, Trinidad. WATERF,,RD, AUG. 10.—Wind W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. Velocity, Hayes, Quebec. LIMERICK, AUG. 9. Wind W.—Sld. Carlotta, Quebec. WESTPORT.—SId. Eagle, Quebco. DROGHEDA, AUG. 10.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Mary, Shaw, Quebec. SHEILDS, AUG. 10.—Wind W. and N.W.—Arrd Ro bin Gray, Kidd, Arica; Howson, Hewson, Miramichi. Std. Kate, Hunter, New York. DEAL, AUG. 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Anne Jane, China; Union, Rap , on, Ceylon; Teaser, Algoa Bay; Herz. - ig Ulmar, Ahlers, Porto Rico; Agnes, Burgess, Jamaica; Lady Sarah Biyly, Box, ditto; Chine, Clunie, Quebec; Effingham, Hughes, ditto; Sidney, Wnit-, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Vixen, Port Philip; Joseph Somas, Adslaide, South Australia; Dowthorp, Quebec; Prince George, ditto. Arrd. Jonge Arie, Levenstcyn, West Indies, for Amsterdam. LIVEIIPOOL, AUG. 10.—Arrd. Wild Irish Girl, Bom bay; Eu, Callao; Aregrupa, Cojiha; Thomus Clarkr, Bruce, Macao; James Stewart, Paraiba; Meteor, late Lawrence, Apalachicola; Norden, Charleston; John Brombram, ditto; Sir William Molesworth, St. John's, New Brunswick; Loehnah r Castle, Richibucto; Charles Saunders, Quebec ; Lord George Bentinck, ditto ; Euterpe, Bahia; Wilsons, Demerara; Antigua, Barba does; Glamire, ditto; Constellation, New York; Dia mond, Restigouche; Lady Milton, Quebec; Argo, ditto; Parliament, Boston; Amidas, St. John's, New Bruns wick. Sld. Sporting Lass, Cape of Good Hope; Europa steamer, New York; George Brown, Baltimore. It blew bard last night from the westward, accompanied by violent squalls and heavy rain. To-day the weather is very fine. Wind W.N. W. to W.S.W., fresh. Off port, Sandford, Calcutta ; Charlotte, Bombay ; klearld, Paraiba. PRkSERBURGH, AUG. 9.—The Ann Eliza,f,of Sunder land, Glasgow to Stettin, is on shore on Caernbalz Head, but is expected Off. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 10.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W. —Arrd. Amasis, Fryen, Rio Grande, for Stockholm. COWES, AUG. 10.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Brilliant , Em !Anton, Havannah. _ _ BIDEFORD, AUG. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. CoHiner, Ellis, Prince Edward's Island. PILL, Auc. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Leereton, Chase, Ilevaunah. BRISTOL.—Arrd. Cosmo, Oulerbridge, Quebec; Prin cess Royal, Deegued, ditto. GLOUCESTER, AUG. 10.—Arrd. Severn, Richibucto. SWANSEA, AUG. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Moultan, Cuba; Charlotte Whilmore, Thompson, ditto. MILFORD, Atm. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. I. E. Mel vine, Tillock, Quebec, for Pembroke. HOLYHEAD, AUG. 10.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arrd. Higginson, Owens, Quebec. A boat, fifteen feet long, painted yellow inside and out, has been picked up. BEIUMARIS.—Sid. Infanta, Quebec. WEXFORD, AUG 10.—The Swift, of and for Water ford, from Newport, sprung a leak yesterday morning, and was run on shore at Bunnow, bat is expected off; crew saved. GRIMSBY, AUG 10.—A French vessel, supposed to be the Napoleon, went down off the Humber yesterday; crew saved by the Transit steamer. LOWESTuFT, AUG. 10.—It blew a heavy gale from W. to W.S.W. the whole of yesterday and last night.— The Celerity, Newcastle to London, sprang a leak during the gale, and has been towed in here. The master re ports much damage to vessels to the northward of this port. YARMOUTIT, AUG. 10.—The Camilla, of Portsmouth, came in this morning leaky, and will be laid on the ground. SALCOMBE, AUG. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Rising Sun, Wills, Cardiff for Gibraltar, having sprung a leak. PLvmouTu., AuG. 10.— Wind S.W.—Arrd. Broome, Drysdale, Quebec. FOWEY, AUG 10.—Wind S.—Arrd. Fortune-teller, Hoekt.n. H ivannah. FALMOUTH, AUG. 10.—Wind fresh.—Arrd. Sarah Maria Ann, Alexander, Swansea for Catania, to stop a leak; Mary Gray, M'Neill, Demerara. Off port, Ave Maria, GaMere. Matanzis, for Havre; Adile, Jonket, Havannah for Antwerp; Trieste, Raveling, Missolonghi, fur London. FLEETWOOD, AUG. 10.—Sid. Lady Gordon, Quebec. AYR, Auc. 10.—S , d. Samson, Quehfc. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. In some of the country markets, held on Saturday, new Wheat was brought forward, in but moderate con dition. In old qualities of both English and Foreign only a limited bnsiness was transacted, at about stationary prices. All Spring Corn, as well as Flour, supported previous rates. Letters from the Baltic and Black Sea ports state that the purchases of Wheat on English account have been but moderate; nevertheless, the quotations have ruled steady. In France, Holland, and Belgium, the corn trade has been far from active, yet shipments of Flour to some extent continue to be made to the United Kingdom. The arrivals of English Grain up to our market, last week, were small. From abroad we received 23,525 quarters of Wheat, 7,673 ditto of Barley, 25,021 ditto of Oat!, 227 ditto of Beanl, 65 ditto of Peas, 12 ditto of Tares, 1,112 ditto of Rapeseed, 11 ditto of Mustard Seed, 33 ditto of Sundry Seeds, 6,920 sacks and 30 bar rels of Flour. The quantity of Wheat of home produce received fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise as well m by land carriage and sample, was comparatively small, and of but middling quality. The supply left over from last week being trifling, the accounts respecting the potato disease unfavourable, and the weather by no means fine fur harvest work, holders of all kinds of English 'Wheat were very firm at the commencement of business, and most of them refused to sell except at higher rates. However, as the attendance of buyers, both town and country, was not large, and as we were heavily supplied with French Flour--the quantity ex ceeding 8,000 sacks—no progress could be msde in sales, except at last week's prices, at which the trade may be considered steady. It will be perceived, therefore, that we have not the slightest change to notice in value. NAbout::so quarters of new Wheat from Essex and Kent were offering in very tender condition, at from 47s to 483 per quarter. The weight was about 58i to 601bs per bushel. New Wheat appeared here for the first time last season on, the 13th August. The prices obtained were 503 to 52s per quarter, the weight being 6llbs. per bushel. Very few offers reached us from the east coast to ship Wheats at present currencies. Millers generally ex hibited no inclination to purchase fur forward delivery. The supply of Foreign Wheat was larger than fur some time past. Fine qualities of both red and white moved off steadily, at fully last week's quotations. I❑ the middling and inferior kinds only a moderate business was transacted, but no decline was submitted to in the rates current on this day se'nuight. Scaret-ly a sample of English Barley was bro - ught for ward, but the supply of Foreign was good. All kinds ruled firm, and prices were well supported in every instance. Malt, though in short supply, moved off slowly, at late rates. The aggregate supply of Oats was not large. A steady business was transacted in that description of grain, and prices were well supported. Beans sold steadily, but we gave no improvement to notice in their value. A few parcels of new Peas changed hands, at 27s per quarter. Old quanlities were quite as dear. In Indian Corn scarcely any sales took place; but rather large parcels of Flour were disposed of at full prices. The top nominal price of town-made was 40s per 2801bs.______ CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Whsat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier... 50s to 54s Red, New.... 38s to 43s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 43s 508 Lincolnsh., Feed. 16s 17s Norfolk and Lin- Potato ..... 181 .22. coin, Red, •• •. 37s 42s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • •. 38s 44s Black. 14s 168 Irish, Red— • • .... 388 438 Cork, White .•• .. 148 178 Ditto,White.. • 428 458 Scotch, Feed..... 18s 22s Rye—Old ••• • •• • ... •—s —s Beans—Tlck....•.... 258 288 New. ••• • • • ...... 218 22s Pigeons .•..•• • • • • 298 37s Barley—Grinding 19s 21s Peas—Grey ..••• • • • • • 238 25g Malting .•••• •• •• 23s 25s Maple ...••• • • • • • 24s 268 Chevalier .. • • ... 26s 27s White... •••••• • • 23s 24s Milt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 25s 2.1 folk ............ 438 48s Flour—Town-made... 358 408 Brown ........... 408 42s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 29s 348 Kingston and Ware 46s 508 Stocktn & Norfolk 29s 348 SE] Canary Seed has receded other Seeds scarcely any bu tions. Cakes very dull. TurniP,White, per bush. 10s to lie ully 5s per quarter. In all mess is doing at our quota- Bed and Green.... 103 12s Mustard, 8r0wn.... . 9s 13s White • • • • • • • • .. 9s 108 Tares • • • • • • •• • • • • —3B 6d 4s 9d Old .•.•.......... 3s 6d 4s Canary, per quarter .. Ss 64s Rye grass• • • • • •• 20s 24s Carraway ...... ••• • .. 29s 32s Coriander •• • • 18s 21s ilempseed, per quarter 32s 35s Linseed, Eng. owing.. 54s 56s Crushing .... •• . • 40s 43s Baltic ........ 38s 44s Odessa .......... 42$ 4Gs Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— . • .81 Os 9/ Os Foreign, per ton 51 10s 71 Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 415 s 41 15s itapeseed,New,prlst 261 Os 281 Os Clover, liedEn;. (cwt.) 358 50; White .• ...• 345 48s Foreign lied ...• •• 335 50s White.... 325 50s Trefoil .. •• •• .• •• ...• 14s Hs SMITHFIELD. During the week ending on Saturday, the imports of foreign stock into London were on the increase, and somewhat large, even the time of year considered. The total arrival was 6,250 head. During the same period in 1849, we received 5,248; iu 1848, 4,400; and, in 1847, 7,564 head. GERMANY. A telegraphic dispatch from Frankfort of the 9th, announces the dissolution of the plenary Assembly. Austria has addressed an energetic remonstrance to the Grand Duke of BIDEN against the march of the Baden troops into Prussia. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. There has been another rencontr; between the Danes and the Holsteiners, and it would appear that the former have again gained an important advantage, as they have advanced nearer to the Eider. A t s e a l e y g s a p , 13 , c v s p e a n t c h h a , s da madet ed lategnednsebrualrgr,ectohnemBitsh sinanstc.e, which gave rise to some serious outpost skir mishing, but led to no important results." The same telegraphic dispatch then adds—" Frederickstadt and Husum are occupied by the Danes." This looks very like a second icd victoryispatdispatch from by Ham burgh, b Danes. urgi) dated the 9th, A teiegr ap hstrengthens the suppositi on t h at a battle has b een fought. It says—" This morning at 2 A.M., the whole of the Holstein army was on the move ; a great num ber of waggons were required" The damage dune by the explosion at Rendsburgh has been very great. Almost all the Artillery cadets have been killed or wounded ; eighty bodies had been buried up to the Bth. It i s said that General KLAPRA will supersede WILLisEN in the command of the Schleswig Holstein army- BELGtUm. BRUSSELS, AUG 9.—The liioniteur Beige contradicts the report that passports are to be suppr e s se d i n Bel gium, and that foreigners will in future be permitted to visit and travel about the country without being furnished with passports. As this report must give rise to serious inconveni ence, the Moiziteur states that the privil e g e grante d merely extends to the abolition of the special verifi cation of passports on the frontiers, immediately on the arrival of the trains ; but that travellers mu s t b e furnished with regular papers, which will be called for by competent authorities. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, AUG. 10.—The Stoats Courant of this day publishes the royal mandate empowering the Minister for the Home Department to close the pre sent session of the States General, in the place of his Majesty, in a combined sitting of the two Chambers, on Tuesday, the 20th of this month. The First and Second Chamber of the States Ge neral will accordingly be dissolved ; and the convo cation of the new provincial states being fixed for the 9th September, the election of the new Mem bers of the First Chamber of the States General will take place on the 11th of September, and the election of the Second Chamber of the States General on the 27th of August. The convocation of the two chambers, elected according to the new funda mental law, is fixed for Monday, the 16th of September. Her Majesty the QUEEN is making a tour up the Rhine, attended by her suite, under the name of the Countess VAN BUREN. Her MAJESTY slept at Cologne on the Bth, and proceeded by steamer up the Rhine the twat m orning.—Dutch Papers, August 10. ITALY. The Turin journals announce the death of the Chevalier DE S A NTA RosA , M inister of A g riculture ' and Com merce a t Turin, w hi c h took place on the evening of the sth. The Croce di Savoia asserts that the curate of his parish refuse d to administer either the viaticum or extreme unc tion to the dying Mi nister, on account of the support he had given to the measure of his colleague Count SICCARDI, concerning the abolition of ecclesiastical privileges. This act of IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK• From Beasts. Hamburgh t,9 ... Bremen Harlingen 175 ... 1,455 .. GO ... 90 ... 1l 1 Rotterdam Antwerp Amsterdam— 45 ... 300 42 ... 79 Dordt lO4 .. 304 ... ... 26 Tonningen 2Ol. ... Nieu Diep 381 '•• Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Total 1,083 ... 3,9 ... 578 ... 461 .. 129 Corresponding week in 1849 639 3,930 ... 324 ... 221 ... 61 Same week in 1848 .... 563 .. 2,993 .. 346 ... 498 ... _ _ • • --- - From Ireland only 5 Beasts and 10 Calves have ar rived direct by sea for our market. At the outports the importations; of foreign stock have been confined to about 800 head, mostly from Rotterdam. The trade is now, as will be seen on reference to the above returns, almost wholly confined to the metropolis, notwithatszcl ing that our prices are miserably low; bat the this is the principal ready-money market, and "Actch Oar noands the preference-. Daring the firat s% co' ti e r he iellow .lg pes year, ending on the 5!.11 July, t f; em cAne direct into the port of Loudon Pc bread:— months 9,226 head 23,637 ~ 1,069 ,t 6, 092 ~. 290 0 Total ... ... ... 40,31 4 l a nded Lltge numbers of Beasts and Sheep meta' from . the Rotterdam and Harlingen stew:ol thisof 1 e ry ing, the show of foreign stack was large, but o f 0 , middling quality. From our own grazing districts' via pecially fro m Lincolnshire and were , iti rivals of Beasts fresh up to-day were considert .D_ l .st , excess of those repothd on Monday last, but I" T he having been t moiety of them were beneath the middle qul it Y; spots+ attendance of buyers was good, and the prinses'utets• , t , a bo loro d Devons, Ilereforth.,"&c , moved of st:fadilY . t b i r o e n e a d ry be p i r b i g ce 3 s, s Bthaet.oe3x,,.trlerle value of the first ' trade was in a sluggish s t,-t p e, er au S d lb i gil quotations had a downward tendency. Th e ,_ 5 ' 1 , 1' 00 iscAsts from the :.nurth amounted to 2,000 SG°s`moics midland curNais, From tte eastern, western, and _ t eots, &c., n3' 05 ' 4 1 0 1 osothweerwiaissetaincerovitef we received 1,000 Herefords, Short•born!', '.;,,010. he numbers of Shea 200 s o, again ou ~,‘.. Pries, hnedep were from Scotlantt for the most part, of fall average quality. ;LP ° r reo eies , old Downs were disposed of at last Monday s thosecur ren t of ` r z 7 • 34 10d to 4s per Blbs, being a decline in ,„lel -Friday last of 2d per Blbs, t , ut all other breeds ine.';'well, We Were tOleraoll_bich i b nquiry, at unaltered figures. c u e r, Dot to say heavily, supplied with Lambs, fo_yoall 11 demand ruled steady, at late rato. rr ll3) , t i e s of Calves sold to a fair extent, but inferior qua" ere in - moderate cc mmauded very little attention. Pigs w w e 110 e supply and heavy inquiry. no change to notice. A . Per Bibs. to sink the offal. 0. a ' i , 1 a. d. to s. d, 3 ° 5. 6 inferior 80a5t5 ..... •.. 2 6 2 8 lnferior WO .. '' 4 . ill second quality .... 210 3 2 secon d va l. stueeP ; . 0 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolleddlttro , 0 I A coarseLarge.o 3 .•.• •• 3 8 310 Southdown Wethe ~, ` 0 0_ ; t ,.., ,,a, sm _Calves 210 3 0 Ditto out of the A 0 0 .1; $ I , :0 i'lckiinz .Iclltto .. 3 2 310 Large Bogs •. •• • 3 B A , ,0 Calves ..18 0 24 0 Small York "" .1 6 o'' Lambs In prices •••••• •••• 3 8 4 8 Quarter Old Fir/ TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. fie* 2 05 I Sheep.. Calves. I I 31,920 288 , I FOREIGN SUPPLY. To 6. BeSa lli ts E . VTGATE B3I:Se A 2eOP N . D Ina c0811;85e111.°111hel"e°291-11 ' Since our last report these markets lo ve "t vitt °P i i scantily i supplied with each kind of meek ala ll - d n' ilDu ail g r h a t i e ed red ste in ad t 3 h ,, e m an e d tropolis• while the gen eri aCea '- per Sibs, the value of slaughtered s a u t pported. In Pork, however, as is invarilloiag. Bpeerti,meL'abailubt,toanolsvasesiti,cl:blietioge cos /, this time Of year, next to nothing has b ee° L it , At per stone by the carcase. 0 . (1. t ° il O s. d. to 5. - d. 2 1 t iieet,lnferlor ' ,feria •• 3 0 4 0 .• 2 2 2 4 mutton, middling_ prim "•• 2 6 2 8 ...---- middling'. 3 8 1 4 210 3 2 ----8 print ° "*. glO 31 0 c - e. al .. prime ... ar small ge .... 3 4 3 6 Pork, targe••••"', 3 ••••••• •• 2 8 310 --- small .8"" . Lamb, 3s ad to 45 6d. ......5.00,•,,• )lob nonouGs AND SPITAZB",„7, o f P"lit Owing to the unusually large suPP ne l, Pr w A which on sale in these markets, and the " 11 0 0 3 w2ich they are selling, there are no foreign ea o verP u offer, only two hampers having reached us Wails oil. s d a ring the week. Although a good business tetln s ' ci , sales have been concluded - on the fcll"f i°6 2ss los.' Kent and Essex Ware, Middling' Chats 20s to 00s per ton. 40s to 755; isoly EsonotTON SOP IMASLItOr'be F.- I , s fl , st e The accounts from nearly the whole 0 0 0 10 00 i t s i () i n n s in Sussex and Kent, being favourable' woe' a lg' notations very inactive state, and, in some ° s lt / 1 1' tions remain nominally the same A 9 let Theduty eostuisds,sesxi tdoi t i t s loo, called 200,000/. Mid and -74''st Ad 1 0 i . ci : I; sl W s e s al t d o of Kent ditto, 51 1. t0 3/1--' 61; Yearlings, 11 /53 Hops, 16s to 31 per cwt. f „ 0 40 11 During last week, the imports of W d it t o i 1310 ism During were-166 bales from St. Helena; did fr 0 180 di ttc ' o rr° o o i A if f burgh; 1,101 ditto from Port Philip; 2 mi di bti 111 do . ing in most fr werp, an d 73 komindlsreleafndiveTolhebrye porivnatsetn-con,cerscl.ois prices, however, we have no cbanan t° - 1 1 1 , year's growth of English Wool is selling free , ' . , ins"' Advices from St. T P A et L er L sb O u Vi r h . , 2a f , # 0 0 f date° 'hoe addr s a t t ate that 3,000 casks of Tallowg had bee, Avg (l6 , l t of v lO7 to 108 roubl,a for New Ukraine. xo',tateoev-esr: li ery the price was 109 roubles. The 1 ° 51 6 Oil 'OO shipments gives a total report of 22,807 cask 0 4 '1 otlf against 25,628 ditto in 1849, 40,612.1 5in.703(1 42 2lO ditto in 1847, to the same pelln'uclo/e6;sta last report only a moderate business bas q u o i100,.,°, ill in some instances the quotations have hot' . s elhinbst tendency. To-day T. y. C., on t he gpOt• 1.6.0 00,,,, 36 s 6d, and fur delivery, during the last /31. 35 5 63 37s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow, 35 3 3d 10 cwt, net cash ; rough fat, 2s per 8lbs• Beast Sheep Lambs Calve 3 rigs.— Beasts. 4,129 ° '64 2 , 649 so 3 4 , t 0 0 00° d i '49 3 0 07 11: 6 91 11 1 3 41 9 1 1 , 0 0. °4 403 °a Price of Town ...... 43s Od A.RLB E n f e rg r e ROBBERY.— William Joyce w as P- e ,„ 0 0 ,- „i g ets Bingham,-charged with having stolen Il 3 C" A 6 b'louging to Mr. Frederick young, nu' -e eae - Golden. square. a ,ar be c l i gold er e The prusecutor stated that on Satar" etc" osts .stre , e ed new shop, in the above line, at 45, Silver prise,,," ag„ t er square, and on the Friday previou 3 t he vfitn i „ 00'41 and solicited employment as shoposaT ifbig ;pato with him about wages, &c., and Ss" his h y relit suited, he (prisoner) might enter 0 0 -- , : j onaosi„ - i. once. Tht prosecutor then went out, nibasg r t 'y in about an hour after he heard sore e 0 otter o f managing man that induced him n ot to,g o 8 0 10 e, P r' ; np ea prisoner rrl sn gto calledopservices eo again, soner's reference. About one o'clock th e 10 6 ,4 0 and as witness wag 'fterstb• to o n o t s h s e ist Sa h tu im rd . ayb o h e s : s e t c ojd otb si o : 4 s% the shop was opened, and prisoner a°d ®i ° /0 only two persons behind the counter W ei g o f th e di e d O t t ? and witt, taking i p n o g t t s h e e v seven o s n o e ver e i l g a n s athe a c°e rid tije Pr° paper Arid begolav in a drawer next the till, to which a° tim e i s cl 100 the soner and himself had access. 511°r- n ra g l9 ;'alat tb (/ prosecutor had occasion to put some co ot , re . drawer,. when he missed the Psnl° C ,.isos e ia t) ote d e "' seven sovereigns. He questioned the I' d - o 'lo7 o 400 missing money, and on his giving an ply, witness sent for a constable and ge:: ad.'" 00 The prisoner was searched, but only i ao e r r io him. eco tor ar o' or A witness proved that he was in Pr os Ib e o d r° Saturday night, and saw the prisoner I TO t i otte s i t te 4 question. The prisoner took soreeth in6 tell ° t ota l° and left the shop, and was absent a bonb 00 - The prisoner, who denied the charge' 4'04 for trial. j as' ) 10' f: ,t0 13 , 1 ° SERIOUS DISPUTE BET wEEN COUNTIES COMPANY AND s l •c - IfOr TIVE STAFF.—THREATEN D :fzs t , /0 0 THE WHOLE OF THE DRIVE '-' as u lb AND FITTERS. 0 10 0 1, is 0 0 Last evening, a meeting cf 60 0 1 Otse r n otl'biee! of the engine -drivers, firemen. a' CO O4 O 0 0 ;0 employ of the Eastern Counties Estill o n or lt 4 ill e ci held at the George Tavern, Stralt r ct 'tbe: di l lis s9 k which threatened very seriously to „, o fre,, r ee l l° that important railway. Representat'ici; pron'id lines in the kingdom were present, w e y e d ' 3 0 cee 1 01 1 " in the service of the Eastern Counties The P r Orr agitation which they were pursuing• a rra tiv .o o lasted some hours, but the following the do ~,0 0t Y nish a detail of the grievances which. u dsr,,; tb ° men, and fitters state they are suffering of te t 0 1 c d A fortnight since Mr. Gooch, latc;oteedf,inteillet; Western, became locomotive s u p was „ 1- 0 tb j e oa ts' Company, when a new sYste m tt i a g derbiOu n ftb a in the department, with a view of n n w. was .. ti t ics - 64 penses. The ;previous scale of wag. e ' t be 00 ',1 0. j§ arid drivers, who had been some time 1 4, 4 ela s ass 0 0 0 A company, and had reached the big'', r otbe r vet 0 id" d,,y, were discharged to make room ".", h she vorOtoto Gs. The same alteration was ro ade , o l d ' e op I°`r 4s. per day, while with the fitters a isr& ot a 60 e 0 4 to' hands were dismissed, and young o ° , o o o s al t fro: were kept on. In addition to;thie• y e ,a, at r t e ir ive r di fee imposed, and the most annoying i re that r ot and in one instance it was s tated fr w " ee k P o i punished to the exent 300- la O °l3 Qt aonla'es fi cal te , over which he bad not the slig h ! t e r on 0 1 #to . .,r" ; 1:4 also stated that this new insP °3l ; 3 w ofs eb t ber y •• part of the system proposed by the 1),. ms , i f te,b the expenditure of the locomotive sta,h . .i tt b e of complaint was that a new sort or duty upon the drivers, viz -, that of 0 6 °1 t hat b ° f lOt e l oce; view of superseding, to a great eaten e wes o r tb also added, that a sort of patching,glittetike:jroo, rer introduced, and although there rol_, the ec,, o expenditure in the department, Yr,„ D oc!" )!ri rolling•stock of the company wou h ici r u ed :lo o ..l ) cl 14 0 4 thousands than that obtained by the p os., 0 8 9 e e men spoke of the unfair treatineP E d tbs! o g, %%0 0 Gooch, and it was at length a rrang .h ot ot it ectorY, cb, lo should be presented to the dir ~r . Goo, lo s t _co l ic the sis ° o " o , ll o Pi tif ees „; t t ll ; e r o d r iretl i ° l alleged, the tyrannical conduct of l ie° a o pt., fortnight he had held superintendent, and praying, as ing peace throughout the e ntire lc% event of line, fur his dismissal, and that in 111 ro povi ti o p t naie h ; tors declining to acquiesce in thel I t ters , „ e o , s°„it deb whole body of drivers, firemen, an cor obri u bso git the company's works at Stratford,. ,40 1 0 the' 0 : 1 - ' 0 ) Pic o Afl o g &c., to send in company's service on this day ( 51° , bo d bl e de cli ° stated ;hat the whole of the n otice.- 0 bo ra ff 4. ready for delivery in the event of In g.al o oo' entertain their application. 0111$0'3•'-'041 ( 10, " ter goa t TIIE ARCTIC EXPEDITIO N r•-- 191 0 1 0 65 0 0 'es —Accounts received from the Sandriiii becoioezaost.- nolulu, May 11, announce the amt /0 . 0 fo9 N ojetr , , ,, , ed fro , g tr oi . to'ife it ioe veying-ship, Herald, Henry that port, on the 4th. The lieraldj.4jog'srP v coi"leda the 4th of April, and was bound tole_eu,u,oic,:og suit of the object which occupied i ° o f ri . i .l l/0P" —namely, the further search for i y sa ii fro' under Sir John Franklin. She Wu' Di ferV i Ci° r the 15th of May. fool. 4 otlt The Europa, steamer, sai leu w orr ie Halifax and Boston on SaturdaY. sengers and the Mail& 1846. _.------, „As. 1847. 444 3 " t0 4; ::0 6 4 4 0 5 8 0 ' 3 2' d to; 1 7 3 :: 34 1 . 31 d 1 94 2,722 0.„,„ 8,401 20,'" 521 Od 4 6 s 64 Stock this day • • .. • • Price of Y. C. •• Delivery last week .. Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 ... 8,932 41s 6d to Os Od 983 7.244 2,326 5,.543 A