The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-17 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADLLE. FIORENTINI. In consequence of the great success of Madlle. FIORENTINI, she will hare the honour to appear in the ensuing, week in Bellini's Opera of NORM A. H ER MAJEST Y' S THE ATRE. 'IWO FAREWELL NIGHTS. It is respectfully announced that the FAREWELL and CON CLUDING NIGHTS of the SEASON will be given on THURSDAY next, Angust 22, and on SATURDAY, August 24, 1850. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night but One of the SesSOU. THIS EVENING Will be presented Donizetti's Opera, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Marie, Maelame Sontag; Snlpizio Sergente, Signor F. Lablache ; Corporate, Signor Ferrari ; Tonio, Signor Gardoni. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Balfe. LA PRIMA BALLERINA; on, L'Embuscade. The principal parts by Madlle. Amalia Ferraris, Mdlles. Aussan don, Julien, Lamnreux, Rosa, and Madame Petit Stephan ; MM. Charles, Di Mattia, liena.fra, Gouriet, &c. La Brigantine, by Madame Petit Stephan and M. Charles. A new grand Pas de Cinq (composed by M. Gosselln), by Madlle. Amalia Ferraris, Mesdames Lamoureux, Rosa, and Julien, and M. Charles. La Salterelle, by Madlle. Amalia Ferraris and M. Charles: Applications for boxes, stasis, 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 of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN oeERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING Will be performed with the following powerful cast, Ileyerbeer's grand Opera, - LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Cas tellan; llama d'Onore, 31adlle. Cotti ; Urbano, Madile. de 3feric ; the Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lavia ; II Conti di San Bris, Signor Taglialico ; II Conte di Nevers. 31. Masse]. ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Met; De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Rommi ; Maur,vert, Sig no - Soldi ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talaano ; Marcella, llerr Formes ; and Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Corwoser, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery ty Messrs. Grieve, and Telbin ; the Dresses by Mrs. Batley and Mme. Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Bia mire ; the Mac , dnery by Mr. Allen; the Dances arranged by M. Alexandre ; and the Spectacle under the cFrection of Mr. A. Harris. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAP.RET. Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Oid Brompton. For a few nights only, Adelphi Company and Adelphi Pieces. ThUS EVENING. Will be performed the dOnaed -- ;;;IiIiii, PRY. Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce ; Witherton, Mr. Cullenford ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lam bert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Marian, Miss Harding. After which a new and original Zoological Extravaganza, called THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. Mr. Tiddywink, Mr. Wright ; Sergeant Bulbus, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mrs. Tiddywink, Miss E. Harding. To conc'ude with THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ROOM. Characters by Mr. Lambert, Mss E. Chaplin, &c. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. Min. FANNY KEMBLE'S READINGS OF sHAKSPEARE. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce, that owing to the elstinguished and increasing success of Mrs. Fanny Kemble's Read ings, they will be further continued on Wed:udity and Friday Eve nings, dating the ensuing week, and a second (positively the last) Morning Reading, om Monday, August 2G. The Plays are selected in conclusion of Mrs. Fanny Kemble's present engagement in London. YV ~ On MONDAY MORNING, August 19, as already arranged, Shakspeare's Play of "King Lear." On Wednesday Evening, August 21, "King John." On Friday Evening, August 23, " Richard the Second." And the last Reading on Monday Morning, August 26, Henry the Fourth. Part IL Morning Readings at Half-past Two. Evening Readings to commence at half-past Eight o'clock precisely. Stalls, is. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 35.; Amphitheatre, 2s Private Boxes One Guinea, One Guinea and a-half, and Two Guineas.. noses anit Sit X l l9 may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Ileud-streQt ; Mr. Sams' Royal Library, St. James's-street ; Messrs. libers', Andrevvs', Hookhar.f.:. Allen:Ws, Leader and Cock's, Chap;ell's. Hammond's, and 011ivier's Libraries, Bond-street ; Cra mer's, and the Carlton Library, Regent-street ; and at the Box-oftice of the Theatre, whichi onto daily from Eteven tall Five o'clock. AATLEY'S RO AL ANIPUITITEATRE. Proprietor and Manager,. Mr. W. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Crowded !louses to witness the attractive and magnillP.ent Spectacle •of Mazepp', which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. TUri; FXEICT.)TG, Will be prolneett Lorl Eyron's gorgeous Speetlele of MAZEPPA ant the V 711.1) Alazeppa, Mr. N. T. 'llea. To hc , by an inimita! - Jla Display of Batty's Feats of Eqnitation In the Cirque Olympique. To con,lude with the Ba:Lt of TILE CIIAMOIS Box -office , :pen From I,;leven tilt Four At,ze Manazer. Mr. W. West. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal littivs,s Prince Albert, &c. &c. . . . ROYAL s.t.; It KEY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. every AIDNDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and • THURSDAY. Another splendid Elephant. Promenade Concert, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—Select Programme of Ancient and Modern Music, Prodrglons Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army!! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Danson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Ada!ns, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Danson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'imavre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The SprendidMENAGERIE has lately been enriched by severa] valuable .'resents f.om. the Queen. The Musical Department is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer ter the gratification of the SubScribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom ! 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 Publle,.that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will he fully maintained 1 The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular nperas In till's 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 Army ifs'flrst seen "en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are seen dragging the Artillery in Trunks 01 Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific. Ravines, but all ditliculties are overcome, and the Gallant Army is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile plains of Italy. This whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Dirplay of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, inte , ducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired fella: d'artifice of former seasons, jets Went, water rockets, revolving pieces, a ma enilicent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Kessrs. Hanson, representing Buonaparte en Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honortr, flags, trophies, ,tc., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured fires. The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensi7e gas littlico by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent garden. Admission. Is. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT - Morning ig min. after 9 Evening 5I min. after 9 To-lfo - asevr— Morning 31 min. after 10 I Evening 10 min. after 11 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75—highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3006. WLID Westerly—fine breeze and sunshiny weather. - „.,, . 1 , 41, 4 AO6. ' • r 4 ''er • mi. 0,1 ' iisrr al *1- im 0 4 . 111+11 -,c-f - LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1850. Preparations have been made on a rather extensive scale ter the third Congress cf the Peace Association, to be holden this tima in the imperial metropolis of Germany. By a somewhat unfortunate arrangement, however, the building selected as the rendezvous of the advocates of arbitration is that very St. Paul's Church which was the scene of the Federative Parlia ment, the Parliament of stormy discussions and no results, the Parliament of illusions and disappoint ments. The circumstance is unpropitious. Howbeit time alone can demonstrate whether the meeting about to be held on three successive days, the 22d, 23d, and 24th of the present August, will prove as barren of all good effects as the Assembly presided over by Von GAGERN. One beneficial consequence at least may be counted upon as inevitable, namely, that a large amount of super fluous eloquence, such as might otherwise have been inconveniently - employed will be expended in this very harmless agitation. In this respect the Congress should at any rate be welcomed with all earnestness, seeing that it acts yearly as a sort of rhetorical safety-valve, thereby relieving the rest of the community from an intolerable abundance of declamation. Happily some fantastic outlet of this kind has always more or less preserved the multitude from the garrulity of those good citizens who ar e afflicted with a tendency to oratorical displays. Carried away by an enthusiasm of this description they have perpetually, generation after generation, from time immemorial, flung themselves into enter prises as entirely illusory and impracticable. Never before, perhaps, has any scheme cf this kind been so supremely Quixotic as this one of international arbi tration, but projects of some sort kindred in their na ture_ have always existed. Nevertheless, while the members of the Peace Association have been com pelled perforce to content themselves with the subor dinate praise due to imitators, it has been reserved for them to carry the notion of these demonstrations to the very acme of extravagance. At a period when the whole continent was convulsed from one extremity to another, when revolutionary outbreaks were causing the chief cities of Europe to bristle with bayonets and to resound with the tocsin of insurrec tion ; when mobs were beseiging Kings in their palaces; when the princes were leading on their troops to the bombardment of great capitals ; when provinces were Ceso!ated by civil war, and whole countries laid waste by ievasion—then, as if by way of satire on their own proceedings, the peace gentle men congregated together to inauguret* the new era when spearheads should be carved into sickles, and swords beaten into ploughshares ! Paris—whose every street has, more or less, at some time or another been baptised by bloodshed—was selected as the scene of their convention, Paris, twice taken by the com. bined armies of Europe, Paris, the seat of Terror ism in September, and the arena of the san guinary massacre of June ! Again, it was London which was chosen as the place of their assemblage, and that within a comparatively short period of that April in which it was deemed necessary for the Government of Great Britain to call out the military force for the maintenance of public tranquillity, placing bands of soldiers with drawn swords in many of the courtyards of Westminster, and collecting troops armed with muskets behind the sand bags on the roof of the Bank of England! Now it is Frankfort-on the-Maine which is to be the scene of these concilia tory deliberations, Frankfort, not many months ago, riddled with discharges of musketry, and ringing with the cries of dying and wounded combatants ! Either by a premeditated defiance of popular judg ment, or by a most unlucky casualty, the representa tives about to appear at the pacific Congress in the imperial metropolis of Germany are men of about the most bellicose reputation in their respec tive countries. From England, for example, goes Mr. COBDEN, a gentleman who a year or so back threatened to crumple up the Russian empire like a piece of paper, who, moreover, most lustily proclaimed his sympathy for the Hungarian race, then fighting for their liberties, and who only a few weeks ago hinted his intention of handing one of his correspon dents over to the custody of the metropolitan police for having employed towards himself the lan guage of intimidation ! Then again from France goes no less warlike a personage than M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN, the firebrand redacteur of the Presse, the crochetty instigator of his countrymen to all sorts of extremities, the assailant of all pacific forms of government, the duellist who with a pistol ball shot down the chivalrous and gifted ARMAND CARREL, the editor of the National newspaper, that patriotic genius of whom the Honourable GEORGE SYDNEY SMYTHE has exclaimed so nobly— " A wrong to conviction he could not endure, And he fought for his Love when he fought for the Poor !" These are the peace representatives, forsooth, who are to teach mankind the sinfulness of battle ! These are the purveyors of tranquillity, the huck sterers of forgiveness, the chafferer,' in beneficence, who are hawking their dogmas of arbitration about from nation to ration as if they were the privileged precursors and pursuivants of some nondescript Millennium! Bah ! they are without even the merit of originality. Jo the very sentiment out of which the whole movement has been originated they were forestalled, long ago, by Mr. WAcKYonn SQUEEES, when he observes to Mr. SNAWLEY that, in bring ing his sons to Do-the-boys Hall, " he comes to the right shop for morality !" Enough, however, of this pre posterous scheme of arbitration, a scheme which we do not hesitate to call preposterous, although we doubt not its advocates will as indignantly repudiate the epithet as did Sir ULic i 1 ACKILLIGUT when so termed by one of the young gallants in Humphry Clinker. Prepos terous in every sense the movement is, being none less so than would have been a meeting held for the sup pression of earthquakes among the ruins of Lisbon, or among the smoking ashes of Guadeloupe. After the virtual suspension of the Bank Charter Act of 1844 by the Ministerial letter, to which we have recently directed the public attention, no alter native remained but the assembling of both Houses of Parliament without a moment's unnecessary delay. The Government had taken upon itself the responsi bility of recommending an infringement of the exist ing law of the land, and pledged itself " to propose to Parliament, on its meeting, a Bill of indemnity." Nothing but the extreme urgency of the case, the absolute necessity of a remedy prompt, vigorous, and decisive, to arrest the rapid progress of the disease, which would speedily have destroyed public credit, and involved all classes in one common ruin,l could possibly have justified such a course. Bad and indefensible as it was, and condemned by all right minded men, it was still " the law"—an Act of the three estates of the realm, deliberately carried, and which must, therefore, be respected by the Executive so long as it was suffered to encumber the national statute-book. The great probability of such "a crisis" as that which had just occurred had been foreseen by those best qualified to form a correct judgment as to the future operation of the intended law, and a memorial had been addressed to the then Premier, emphatically warning him of the conse quences of passing the Bill without a power being reserved enabling the Bank cf England, with the consent of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and the Master of the Mint, to extend aeir issue upon securities, beyond the amount of 14,000,0001. This important cau tion, which was signed by every leading banking firm in London, with one excep tion, contained the following paragraphs, which proceeding from such a quarter should have awakened the Legislature to the dangerous character of the contemplated measure : " It is with considerable surprise that we find that the Bill now before the House of Commons does not contain any provision for an extension of the issue beyond 14,000,0001. upon securities, excepting under the special circumstances named in the fifth clause of the Bill now before Parliament. " We are apprehensive that the absolute limitation o the issue to 14,000,0004, without any power of expansion being reserved, whether that amount be in itself a proper amount or not, will create a general feeling of uneasiness throughout the country, and, by preventing the satisfactory reception of the measure, will deprive the scheme of the advantages it possesses, and interfere with its success. "We respectfully submit, that the effect of such an absolute limitation will be to restrict the business of the country, by leading to a general withdrawal of legitimate accommodation, unless some power be reserved by the Bill for extending the issues with the sanction of the authorities above alluded to in cases of emergency, to be made apparent to such authorities." The salutary suggestions were, however, neglected, or, rather, slighted and despised. The bewildered legislators persevered in their mad career—the Bill was passed without the important addition recom mended by the London bankers. A fatal confidence was reposed in the efficacy of the " self-acting regu lator of the currency," and the power of expansion was deliberately rejected by Parliament, who deter mined that the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer should not have the authority which they afterwards assumed. These unquestionable facts greatly enhanced the Ministerial responsibility. It was clear that it was not a cases omissus which had been ac cidentally neglected. The possibility of such " a crisis" had been foreseen; a mode of remedying the anticipated evil, whenever it might arise, was clearly and dis tinctly pointed out ; Parliament was asked to make the necessary provision for the dreaded emergency, but the reasonable request was peremptorily refused and the very Ministers, who afterwards suspended the Act, were themselves parties to that refusal. We do not reproach them for that apparent inconsistency, on the contrary, we think that they deserve consider able credit for adopting so vigorous and decisive a course, so contrary to the kisser faire policy usually observed. This indispensable step, however, rendered essen tial the immediate convening of Parliament. A dis solution bad taken place during the preceding summer, followed by a general election, and the new Parlia ment assembled for the first time in the latter end of November. An extraordinary change had, however, occurred in the Ministerial feelings during the in terval. Although the bold experiment had succeeded au merveille, had even surpassed the most sanguine expectations that had been formed, its authors were already anxious to retrace their footsteps, and to maintain the Act which they had condemned and virtually annulled a few weeks previously. Before even the question could be discussed in either House, the letter of the 25th of October was withdrawn, after a brief but salutary existence of four weeks, the letter of withdrawal being dated the 23d November. This was the first symptom of a desire on the part of Ministers to free themselves from responsibility. In that letter they put prominently forward the fact, that there bad been " no infringement of the law." Tbis was undoubtedly the fact. But they had autho rised the Bank directors to violate the law, and pledged themselves to bring in a Bill of indemnity, and could take no credit to themselves because that course was rendered unneessary by the immediate and almost magical result of the step they had taken, which assured the public th-t the Bank had power to I advance notes to any amount, without limitation of any kind ; that the 8 ,000,0001. of gold and silver coin which had previously been V locked up in the coffers of the Bank were rendered fully avail- able ; and eve❑ if that were not sufficient, that a suspension of cash payments would be resorted to, if necessary. It was, therefore, to say the best of it, rather unfair and uncandid on the part of Govern ment to set up the defence that there had been no ac tual " infringement of the law." But it spe( dily became painfully apparent that that was the least of their backslidings. Sir CHARLES WOOD had determined, notwithstanding the letter, to which he was an assenting and sub scribing party, to maintain the obnoxious law in full force. This he could not accomplish directly ;it required some of that " dodgery" for which the Whigs have long been celebrated. His first object, therefore, was to avoid the responsibility of dealing with the question himself; his second to postpone the decision thereon until the public excitement should be allayed, so that the determination to maintain all the restric tions imposed by the Act of 1844 inviolable might be announced with impunity. Both these desiderata would be attained by referring the matter to a Select Committee, who should fully investigate and report on the subject. That course was adopted. On the 30th November the Right Hon. Baronet moved for the ap pointment of a Select Committee "to inquire into the causes of the recent commercial distress, and how far it had bsen affected by the laws for regulating the issue cf bank-notes payable on demand," which oc casioned one of the most interesting discussions of modern times. The Committee was ultimately ap pointed—we should rather say packed—and from the hour of the nomination of its members all hope de parted from those who were looking anxiously for an enlarged and comprehensive measure of monetary re form, so far at least as the labours of that Committee were concerned. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC• We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Illoniteur continues to publish telegraphic dispatches descriptive of the progress of the PRESIDENT. The following are the latest from Dijon : "Dijon, 4.uz. 14, Five pas. "THE PREFECT OF THE DEPART3IENT OF TUE COTE- D'OR TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " Chalonb-sur-Saone, Aug. 14, Eleven A.m. " The President proceeded yesterday to Fixin. There was a large assemblage of the population around the monurnenCot .Napoleon, and the most animated accla mations arose during his stay in that place, and on his passage. A toast was proposed by the Mayor of Dijon, at the banquet offered to the President, the answer to which was enthusiastically applauded. The ball given by the town of Dijon was attended by more than 2,000 persons. " The journey from Mon to Chalons-sur-Saone was accomplished comfertbly. At Nnits, Beaune, and Chuguy,the National Guards were. waiting fur the Pre sideur, who was very well received. He was also perfectly well received at Chaotic, where there was a review on the "'lace d'Armes, and a reception at the Hotel do Vile. " The departure for Macon took place at eleven o'cl.sek, by the steamer Hirundelle." " Macon, Wednesday evening, Aug. 14. " The President of the Republic left Chalons at eleven o'clock. He stopped for some time at Turning, and ar rived at Macon at half-past three P.M. The whole of the population had spontaneously met on his passage, with the municipality and National Guards at their head. The vessels on the river dressed out with fl sge, the salvos of musks try and artillery, the sympathetic acclamations of the populations, all contributed to give to the journey the appearance of a continual fete. The port of Macon presented an immense concourse of the population. From the borders of the Saone to the houses the whole line of the quays was covered with spectators. The review was magnificent; the receptions which followed it were very numsrothdy attended. The municipalities came en masse from the most-distant points, sums of them even from the distance of twenty leagues, and without the absence of a single member." "Lyons, Aug. 13, fait-past Four, P.M. " The reception given to the President of the Re public at Lyons surpasses all the hopes of the" —[interrupted by the weather.] It would appear that, notwithstanding the state meats in these dispatches, the reception of the PRINCE has not been so cordial as the favourers of Imperialism could desire; the re-actionaries are much disappointed at finding that the great majority of the inhabitants of the eastern departments are sincerely attached to the Republic. The re-actionaries had so frequently repeated that the great majority of the natton were opposed to the Republic, that at length they actually themselves believed in their own fabri cation. The journey of the PRESIDENT has, however, enlightened them. At Dijon he was greeted with cries of " Vive ! la Republique, et rien que la Republique !" a significant cry, but one which even the ingenuity of M. BAAOCLIE cannot twist into sedi tion ; while at Joigny a National Guard, who had shouted for the " De►nocratique et Sociale," was ar rested, and every man in the regiment immediately because silent, the clergy who were near raising a cry of " Vive fEcopereur." Such is the official ac count of the affair given in the illoniteur de lArmie, in commenting en which the National shrewdly asks, "what had this battalion, which on the arrest of their comrades became immediately silent, been shouting? Most assuredly it was not r Vive ; l'Empereur' or even Vive Napoleon.'" BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, AUG. 16 THREE o'CLocx.—The market ha; been firm all day, and prices have slightly advanced. The Five per Cents. closed at 97f. 10c., and the Threes at 58f. 40e., the for mer being 15c. higher, and the latter, se. The firmness of the Rente is attributed in part to a rumour that the President was well received at Lyons, and in part to the approval of the Coupon of the Five per Cents., which will be detached in about three weeks from the present time. After the Bourse, in the Coulesse, the Fives were done at 97f. 12ie. Bank of France Shares are ne changed at 2,30 f. and very little difference is to be seen in the quotations of the foregoing funds. But little business was done in Railway Shares, the prices of which remain nearly as they were. Exchange on London (30 days), 25f. 30c., money ; ditto (90 days), 25f. 20c., money. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Aua. 16. Boulogne and Amiens, VA—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14 1 h—Demerara, 7 1 4 —Dutch Rhenish, 2A — East Indian, 71/2. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. The elections for Madrid had commenced. The Balsa was closed on the 11th. GERMAN Y. The Austrian Roman Catholic clergy have just given a new proof of their intolerance by presenting a petition to Government to prohibit the attendance of Jewish physicians on Christians who are danger ously ill. Intelligence from Frankfort, of the 13th, states that the Austrian Vice-Governor, voN MERTEUS, had arrived there the previous morning, and, in conformity with his instructions from Vienna, had threatened to take measures in opposition to the pas- . sage of Baden troops which had been announced. Ile had, meanwhile, communicated with the Bund Com mission, and it was announced that agreement had been come to, to the effect that the Baden troops ex. pected to arrive on the lath, or the next day, should land at Weissenau, should pass round the fortress, and embark again beyond it. The Vice-Governor had returned to Mainz with this proposal. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Stadtholderate of Schleswig-Holstein has re ceived the following communication from the Senate of Hamburgb " Hamburgh, Aug. 9. " In order to define the position which Hamburgh in tends to assume towards both parties, in regard to its coasts, harbours, and ports, on the resumption of hostili ties between the Danish Monarchy and the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, the Senate has the honour to bring to the knowledge of the High Stadtholderate the principles upon which the Hamburgh competent autho rities are directed to act, in case of need. " Armed or merchant vessels belonging to either party are to be considered as those of friendly states. Vessels seeking refuge and asylum within the Ham burgh territory, whether from the dangers of the sea or to escape from pursuit, will not be refused entrance. But, on the other hand, the vessels of neither one or the other can be permitted to bring in armed or merchant prizes in any of these harbours, unless storm, or other accident occurring from injuries by sea, and not the risks of war, shall require such vessels to seek refuge. " The Senate seizes this opportunity, &C. (Signed) " THE SENATE, &C." GREECE. According to intelligence from Athens of the 6th inst., the KING is on the eve of taking a journey, and has appointed a regency, consisting of the Ministers, presided over by the QUEEN. The Ministers of Jus tice and the Interior have resigned. DELIANI has ac cepted the latter department, with the interims of Finance and Ecclesiastical Affairs. ITALY. The National Guard of Turin was called out on the 12th to suppress an apprehended insurrection of the monks. The holy fathers, however, when they saw the preparations made for their reception, thought discretion was the better part of valour, and left Archbishop FRANZONI to his martyrdom, and a very pleasant sort of martyrdom it is, according to the correspondent of the Opinione:— "rl know (write, this correspondent) that the holy r. , artyr is at Fenestrana. He supported during the journey, with the indifference of a stoic, the hisses with which he was greeted as he passed through .differentsof villages. The taints of old fasted, but the , m rti ar e ir .l l o ln vin o g f o is ur h t is et e t v it k,r is y_ o ti f a a y t p o u ta n l i l s y h the at least, prepared with all the science .s re finement of the art of Apiciu then th then aant elegant assortment of pastry, differ:m e t s d t p e e n character.ine'i l le Vertumnus and Pomona can offer of the most delicious. During the repast light wine, at the conclusion old sherry, because sherry is of all the products of Bacchus that which Monsignore prefers the most. Then, after wards, if thora are guests, comes sparkling champagne. We are assured that the daily expense for meat and poultry alone is 45 livres." The Croce di Savoia of Turin, of the 11th, states that Count CAVOUR is spoken of as the successor of SANTA Rosa as Minister of Agriculture and Com merce, and that it is rumoured the Piedmontese Par liament is to be convoked immediately. All the Ministers are at Turin. From Florence we learn that 1,400 recruits having been confided to the care of foreign officers and sub officers, the Tuscan officers of the garrison addressed a remonstrance to the Minister of War on the sub ject, stating that this measure inflicted a wound on the national honour. i%l. LAMA.4.TINE and MR. CROKER. M. de Lamartine has addressed the following letter to the Journal des Dibats:— " Marseilles Lazaret, Aug. 12. " Sir,—A recent article in the Journal des Debats, relating to a recent publication of Mr. Croker on the departure of Louis Philippe on the 24th of February, contains, in relation to myselr, the most erroneous allega tions. The narrative which I have published is exact, circumstantial, and attested by the most indisputable evidence. I shall not repeat it. I content myself with declaring that the assertions of Mr. Croher concerning me are FALSE. " The Commissioners named by me to protect, in case of necessity, the character, the misfortune, and the dig nity of the King, were not those whom Mr. Croker has named. They were MM. Lafayette, and Ferdinand do Lasteyrie. They will . not refine to attest it. "Receive, Sir, &c. " A. DE LANAETINE." It appears, from the above, that the credit due to the statements made by Mr. Croker depends entirely upon the comparative credibility of himself and M. Alphonse de Lamartine. If there be any truth in the old adage "Noscitur a socii," it will not require much consideration to decide between the claim to belief of the friend of the martyred Denys Affre, on the one hand, and that of the associate, com panion, and executor of the notorious Marquis of Uertford on the other. rHE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OP THE ASIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. The British and North American royal mail stt'am-ship Asia has just arrived in our river with ad vices from the - United States, California, Canada, and It. Mexico, one week later in date than those received by the America. The Asia left Boston on the 7th inst., and called at Halifax on the 9th.. She brings 110 pusengers and a large cargo. The news by this arrival is not so important as it has been for some time past. The Slavery or Compromise Bill, as reported by Committee, had passed the Snate, the clauses re- Fp2cting California and Texas having been first ex pu ged. Congress was engaged debating an independent Bill es regards Califon❑il. Eighteen hundred volunteers bad offered them. selves to Governor BA to march against New Mexico. They had been accepted. Business throughout the Union has been iuiprov• ing during the week. .COMMERCIAL. The market for breadstuffs was still quiet, and prices are unaltered. Western Canal flour, 5 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 621 c.; Genesse prime wheat, 1 doll. 44c. to . l doll. 46c. per 60ibs.; Sowhern wheat, 1 dull. 18c. to 1 doll. 20c. per 601b5.; Indian corn, round yellow, 62c. to 64c. per bushel; very firm Indian corn, flat yellow, 64c. per bushel; ditto Southern, white, 62c. to 64c. per bushel; Indian meal, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 12ie. per barrel. Other quotations a shade luwer. Cotton—New Orleans and Mobile middling fair to fair, lg-c. to 14ic ; Upland and Florida middling fair to fair, 13ic. to lnc. per lb. Freights were unchanged at steamer's departure. Exchange on England, 110 t ) 110/-; Paris, 5 22; Elamburgh, 354 to 35; Bremen, 79i to 79i. LATER INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX.) Our advices are extended two days later by means of the telegraph which has been lately opened to llali fax. We are thus in posses3ion of intelligence from New York to the 9th inst. The Georgia and Cherokee steamers had arrived the previous day in New York from California with three million dollars in gold dust. The prospect of produce in the mines appears to be most gratifying. The Cotton 'Market at New York on the Bth was somewhat inactive. Cotton declined ie. Nothing else in the markets worthy of notice. THE COUILT.—Her Majesty and the Prince Con sort, with the Prince ss H e l ena an d th e roya l su it e, arr i ve d at Portsmouth yesterd a y noon f rom L on d on , en route to the 1 Isle of Wight. The royal party was received at the victual ling-yard, Gosport, by the Port-Admiral, tha Governor, Ad miral-Superintendent, and all the usual officials, and a guard of honour of Royal Marines, commanded by Colonel Men zies, K.H. The Fairy steam-yacht embarked the illustrious circle, and steamed with them to Cowes. VISIT OF lIER MAJESTY TO BELGIUM.—On Tues day next, as at present arranged, her M a j es ty an d P r i nce Albert will take a cruise in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert to Belgium, making for the port of O s t en d. Ills Majesty the King of the Belgians will dine on board the yacht, which will return on the following day to Cowes. THE QUE E N'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—Horse boxes for her Majesty's horses are to be furnished from Woolwich yard to the Earl of Aberdeen steamer, in time to leave the river by the 24th inst. _ GRAND SWIMMING MATCII.—Last evening one of the best.contested swimming matches which have taken place for a series of years past came off at the National Baths, High Holborn. The race was eight lengths of these magnificent and capacious baths, and for two massive silver Leander medals, the gifts of the Holbo rn S w i mm i ng Club. The fi,viz., and consisted of t h e b est ama t eur Messrs. Grant, Davenport, swim entries erm s of wtehree day, Han sard, Evans Evans, and Whale. The umpires for the occa sion were Messrs. Pewters (the champion of England), and Stiles, and the referee, Dr. Jones, chairman of the Holborn Swimming Club. There was a great deal of betting between the several competitors , each candidate being certain of suc cess, to equally were they all m a t c h e d . Mr. Grant, how ever, seemed to be the favourite. After an excellent start, Whale took the lead, Davenport and Hansard following closely in his wake. In this position they remained until the third length, when Grant in the most gallant style shot ahead, and remained first until lie reached the goal, coming in an easy winner, and half the length of the bath. The place was nurnerowly attended by a very respectable com pany, who were afterwards highly amused with Pewters and D. Yourg's extraordinary swimming powers. NATIONAL it EroEzt As SOCIAT 10N.....At a very numerous meeting of the Council, held on Thursday last, at the King's Head Tavern, in the Poultry, by adjournment from the office, in consequence of inadequacy of accommoda tion, John Williams, Esq., the respected M.P. for Maccles fieH, was unanimously elected to fill the important office of treasurer of the National Reform Association. COUNTRY MILK MARKETS IN LONDON.—The London and North-Western Railway C ompany are erect ing a milk market o n their station in Lime -street, Liver p will ooi : f b ron e l covered ci e 5513317 Mr. W oo d s , one of the engineers. It an iron roof, by Mr. Turner, of Dub lin. Such milk markets erected near the metropolitan ter mini of the various lines would be of vital importance to the Londoners, who would have an unequivocal interest in up holding them, if based, as they doubtless will be, on a more substantial foundatLn than the old "London chalk."—The Builder. --IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT PRONUNCIATION. --A German, on being asked how old h e was w h en h e got mar ' tied, replied,l " was dirty when I married, and my wif e was dirty-two." EXHIBITION OF 1851.--We understand that her Majesty's Commissioners, at. their meeting on Thursday ' de cided that the last day for receiving demands for space in the building from local committees in the United Kingdom and Ch a nnel Islands should b e the 31st of October. Parties failing to give such notice as their nearest local committee may require cannot be assured that their claims for space will receive any consideration. Though the 31st of October is fixed, it is obvious that it will materially forward the ar rangements of the Exhibition if immediate notice is given to the nearest local committee. lat ß ter uc p :l c N e G a li nd AM ls S li HlßE RAILWAY.—The works are going on actively between Claydon a nd Bicester and the month DIRECT the whole line may be opened by the middle of next p DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND DEVONPORT RAILWAY.—The call of 1141. on each of the provisional com mittee placed upon the list of contributories has been post poned until November. STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE RAILWAY.—The Government Inspector is about to go over this company's line of seventeen miles, between Dunfermline and Alloa, and it will be opened by the beginning of September. MIDLAND RAILwAr.--THz DIVIDEND.—We un derstand that the surplus ticon the traffic for the half-year, and applicable foi ordinary dividend, is 59,513/. 18s. 10d., I in th r m a t e and °f and that the dividend to be recom m ended by the directors will be Hs. on the consolidated stock—tbat .s equal to I/. 12s. 4 p a e . r fi c d en . tp.epr annum will a b n e d d t e h c a l at raedlon d t e h n e d B a tremgehar Derby. NEW STEAM ROUTE.—The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company have made arrangements for running a steamer twice a. week" in conjunction with the railway between Shoreham and Newhaven (according to tide, wind, and other circumstances) and the Channel Islands. The only communication hitherto between these islands and v t a i ay)ofSotitbampton. The new r t o h u is te eo w u a n s tr o y h p en a e s a been on Tb s ~ when the Collier, Captain Henderson, left Shoreham fur Jersey with a large number of passengers. The Bishop of London has licensed the following gen tlemen to curacies within of is diocese :—The Rev. Wi hl am George Tupper, 1:1.A., the the curacy of All Saints Church, Trinity College, Oxford, to Knight.,,bridge ; the Rev. George Stewart Whitlock, 8.A., of Bras enose Colle g e, Ox ford, to the curacy of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury; the Rev. Patron de Patron, 8.A., of Pembroke College, Ox ford, to the curacy of Trinity Church, Tottenham ; the Rev. White, 8.A., of Clare llall, Cambridge, to the curacy of Bromley Leonard's ; the Rev. William Norman, 8.A., of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, to the curacy of Christ Church, St. Pancras; the Rev. Robert Pennington Stanley, 8.A., of Emanuel College, Cambridge, to the curacy of St. Alphage, Greenwich. MONEY and .COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, 7'tVO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales at previous rates.—The market for Railway Shares improved, and higher prices were obtained. The following were the Stocks of Coffee at the prin capal ports on the Ist of August : 1850 1849 1848 Great Britain Holland Antwerp llambuigh and Bremen 7,400 6,500 9,300 France (Havre, Bor deaux, Marseilles)... 3,000' 3,170 5,849 Italian Ports (Genoa, 1 ., Leghorn, Trieste)... Tot al Tons 73,690 6,000* 6,429 6,518 73,794 98,853 • Year 1850 estimated. The statement of the Bank of England for the week to the 10th instant is more conclusive than was the last, as to the limitation of its business ; bat this is not an unusual movement at the present time of year. The circulation was smaller, and the increased amount of public deposits will account for the reduction, taken in conjunction with the contraction, of loans upon other securities; while a partial withdrawal of private balances, and investments or advances on Go vernment securities, will serve, with increase i❑ the seven day and other bills, to explain why the circulation was not even is a comparison of the last with the previous week's extra demand for the precious metals. The follow ing more contracted, and why, also, there was a slightly return : ... 30,127,645 ••• 63,065 ... 3,277,752 increase . 86 385 Public Deposits ... 6,283,402 Increase ... 802,528 Other Deposits ... 9,717,785 Decrease 258,629 Seven Day and - other Bills ... 1,347,789 Increase 16,069 Government Securities ... ... 14,430,847 Increase 145,264 Other Securities ... 10,096,045 Decrease 43.566 Notes ••• ... 9,978,245 Increase 501,730 Bullion 16,802,236 Decrease ••. ••• 20,140 Active Circulation ... 20,149,400 Decrease ... 564,795 The negotiation of bills of exchange on the principal cities of the Continent was effected generally, yesterday afternoon, at about the previous ntes, but there was a slight decline on Paris and Antwerp. Trieste was a shade higher, and Hamburgh firm. Th, exports of the precious metals from London this week have comprhed about 210,000 ounces of silver and 4,100 ounces of gold, all to the continent, and chiefly to Holland and Belgium. The letters by the steamer from America are not yet delivered, but the outline of the intelligence already to band is rege.rded as encouraging. The e,mnaercial advices per Overland Mail notice some improvement in business at Calcutta. The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 15th inst. was flatter. Dutch Two-and -Half per Cents. 56 15-16 to 57. From the manufacturing districts we learn that the woollen trade was very brisk, and in cotton goods a moderate bu , ...iness Was doing. The !Funds are dull again this morning. Consols 96,1 g for Transfer, and 96,i for Account. The Danish accounts unsettle the markets a little, but paucity of busiee as is the main cause of the flatness of prices. Ex chequer-bills are 653. to 68s. premium. Bank Stock has risen to 212 and 212. Foreign Stocks are n eg l ec t e d. M ex i can are a shade better, being 29i i; Grenada are 18i :1-; Venezuela 35• Dutch Bonds are 891 for the Four per Cents. Railway Shares do not vary much. They are quoted generally ex div. Notes Issued Decrease Rest Consols QUARTER TO THREE. 96i Diito Account, Sept. 11 •.. ... 9 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 212 212% 3 per Cent. R e d uce d Annuities 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nne NtAr 31q per Cent. Anna. 9 8 3/a Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 5-16 India Bonds under 1•000/. ........ 88 p onzols for Account ?.:: -., :elitquer Bills. 1 14 d. 2d. March. June. 65 68 p 65 68 p 65 68 p 1,0a 1 .1. 500/ Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 77'4 Ditto, 5 per Cent Grenada, 1% per Cent. Illexican 80ng5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons ' Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Venezuela Bonds 35 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / 3 per Cent. .... Dutch 2 1 ,‘,. per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. RAU% raa suaan. kbrr deer: Ditto, Fr Terence I Amb ,r., Nofting.,l3oston,&c. 8% !iyrshire and Galin - ay I:elfa3t and County Down .. 30 .. .. 3.erks and Hants Extension t.G t. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 eiirin Ingham is OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, cr with guar. 20 Do., withouta guarantee... 20 Birmingharn,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 15 ..... Do., without a guarantee... 15 Binning., !Vol., & Stour Val. 131.148.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Ckeshiro Junction Bristol and Exeter D uckinqhamshire Caledonian .• ...... ..... 50 ..... Ditto, Now 101, J: reference 10 ...... Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester Ind Holyhead 5O ..... 9% to Ditto, Preference Clarence Direct London & Portsmouth 5!,i — Dublin andßel iest Junction.. 45 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 E xst Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. tit D Ditto, 181., E. fe II lB ... .~ Do, 3/. 195.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% — _ . Do, 71. 175., 7 par Ct. Prof. 2 - to Eastern Counted .... Do. Exten.,s perct.No. 1,6/.138.4d — p to Do., do N0.2,6/. 138.4 d.. p to Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 , — Ditto, New . .. 43 . .... ... „„... t o Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 Ditto, ditto, B & C - ...• • 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ot.) 20 - - .. to East Lancashire ... 25 -.. to Do., Now Quarters Do., 6 per Cont. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent.-- ..... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O _ to Edinburgb, Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, New port l5 - •••••• to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — . ..... to ..... Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6s.Bd — .. -. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Do. Preference Consolidated ..... to Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 9 G r eat Northern . Do. % A Deferred ..... -. 12% — to ro. % B 6 per Cent Do., Et per Cent. Prof. 12%...... ... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Ditto, Eighths ......... ..... 2%-.... Great /\ ortu of England 100 240 x.d.... to Ditto, New 406... ..... .. .. 40 ..., ...... to Ditto, New 30/. ... 30 ... — ..... to Ditto, New 151. l6 — Great Western 100 Do. New 17/ ........ 15 .. ... ...... to Hull and Selby 6O ...... ...... to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto,Quarter Shares ~ . 12% — ..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50 to Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths II% .. ... Ditto. Thirds lB ...••. ... to Do.; Now Guar. 6 per cent lO Do. (lludderi.andSheff.) 50 . Do., West Riding Union... 11U..... to Leeds and Bradford ..,.... 50 ..... 93 to Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 Do. ,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 6 . die. to -- Ditto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... No. 3 5 Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, andtiouth port. London & 6a. 3d — ...... to Load., Bright., & South Coattloo Do. Guarantoed 5 per Cent. 9 ...••• De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 58 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 .. Do., New, gu a. 6pr Ct.... 100 ...... 136% London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... to Ditto Preference London &North Weatern.....loo ......111 ... Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths l2 ..... 13,V4... t) Do. 101... AL and D. (C.) 1 - London end S. We5t0rn.......100 Ditto, New 501 42;i...... Ditto, New 40 7 3l Do., New Preference Lendouderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Do.,lTaif Shares 7 %...... ...._ to —. L'4westoir, guar. 4 per ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... e i t anc h .Buxton, & Matlock 5 1 4 . ..... !cs Manchr, Sliciliell, and Line. 100 Ditto 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 - Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ...~ Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union 41.25.... dis to Midlsnd lOO .• 33 1 4 32:!4 to 33 Ditto, Conso. Prefereucc lu,s Ditto, XV. ..1iare.F...... ...... 33 ...,.. Midland. berm., and Dizrby....loo • M ,, ilaziti, C 0113.;!. .!.ristei and ..„ Birminglmin, 6 per cent.... Juts ...... ....~ blidivid, Bristol and Glouc. 46 to Ditto ditto 291. 165. ed .. -- -- Ditto,ErewmhVal.,Pref... 50 ?..,, ..- .... 1 . to 4, Midland, Leices. and Swan ciugton (8 per . Efidlci: Great Wester(lrish) .1712 — ...... to 3liddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per tent. guar SO Newcastle and Carlisle . 100 ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/, 12s .. Newport Abergy., and Herat. 6 Fovvry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ...... to -- N awry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ......... 20 , Norfolk Ditto New 20/. Dc. Extension Guar.s pct Do. Guar. 5% per cent... 5 , — Do. do. Waveney Valley.., t Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ...... .. . 25 ...... 5% to Ditto, Preference ... 5 North Staffordshire.....„.... 174 North Weetern ...... 16 ..... Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Preston and Wyre Do. Half Sbi.reE ..... , (A) 10 1 Reading, Gui'did., & Reigate 18' Royston and Hitchin ..... .. WA... 00. Shepreth Extension... % Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto,New.., S'irewsbury and Birmingham 13 1 A Ditto, ditto, Class B. 9% Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 shrcwshury and Chester (1 2 :or. W. 171 in.) - Ditto Halves, Ditto... 10 ... .. Ditto, Uswestry Ditto (New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 .. 13 12% 13 to 1214 Shropshire Union... South Devon .. 5O ...... ...... to Ditto, Preference South. t , ,tatiordihiro..., B l6 4% . ... to -- south Luton: Ditto, No. 3. 3 0 - _ Ditto, Registered Ne. 4.... 10 .'.'outh Wales .. south Yorkshire, Doncaster and G001e... ' h eili el d, Rotherham, and Ucol( (N. D) Gua. 5 perct. 18% — ..... to Do. de. (South Div.) 6 Swans. and Lougher and Ca meron's &Am. C0a1......... . 8 raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock anu Railway l7v - Val ,f_ _e/ N ~e o, wreath Waterford 2nd Kilkenny 2O ..... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%." .. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 . Wear Valley, 6 pa: ent Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. IV 3 3t Cornwall 7% — Whitehaven and Furness 2O ...• .• Windsor, Staines, and South Western... . ............ ...... 14 Wilts,Somerset,teWeymouth 5,0 .. ... ... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick '25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do, G. N. E. Fur. or Pref.. 9 o c.llartlepool 1)k. & Illy. 100 York and North Midland ... 50 Ditto, Yrefercnco lO - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. tlnglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5% — to -- eoulogne and Amiens ... 20 ~. ... 71 ..... Go Cfmtral of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) . Demerara. °bitch Rhenish. 8 - to East Indian Ditto .. Great lndiEn Peninsular - Do. Do 1 Louvain Ala Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto ...... Madrid and Valontia tCarriur and Liege.... , . Northern of France Urlean, and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ...... t' a ris and Orleans-- 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg LeaLn and Havre Sambre and Meuse trasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , — 'o Tours & Nantgs ... ... .. 14 Tourney, Jurbise, Landen, and ilasse3lt West Flanders B Wi —•••—• to -- MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ..• 1. • ••••• A wurian ............. ......... 15 ~..„ . t o Australian ... Barrossa Range 33s. — •••... to Blaenarvon Iron aed Coal Bolanos Scrip - British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 245 ..... to Ditto Cocaos and Gaiaba... 30 - Ditto St. John Del Key ... 15 - Cobra Copper ......... ....... 40 Genera 11.11,•••• 20 Real del Monte, Unregistered ... Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures .... .. Santiago de Cuba lO ...... T:n Cr.ft. United Mexican JOINT STOCK ISANKS. Australasia British North American •••• 50 ...... _ ... .. to Colonial .. .. .......-- Commercial at London London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 . ..... x.d to Low;ou and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New ...... . .. to National of Ireland . ....... 2214 _ ... .. to ..... Provincial of Ireland ... 2 5 Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New .. 2% — to Union of London ....... . ...... 10 - ...... to Union of Madrid - ...... to ..... COURSE OF A.rastcrtism 12 1 Ditto, three months.. 12 2 Rotterdam 12 2 1 ,4 Antwerp 25 573 Brussels ........ 25 57% liamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 1036 &Rona. •...• • ••• • •• Paris, 3 days'sight 25 35 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 57% Marseilles •• •• ••.. •• 25 CO Bottrde 'AUX . • Frankfort on. Mains.... 1203 Vienna, effec. fib ••.. •• 11 53 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 54 Petersburgh, Si!. Rblo 37% Madrid ••.. • • ........ 49% Cadiz .. ~............ 50 Barcelona •• •• ...• •• Seville• • •• SO •• • • • • • • •• I - EXCHANGE. Gibraltar•• • • •.•• •• •• •• —. Leghorn ........ •... •• 80 80 Genoa •• •••••••• • • •• •• 26 0 Allan .. •• .. •• •• •• .... Venice.......... Naples .••••• • • • • • • 4034 Palermo, peroz ...• .... 122 Messina .• • • . • • • • • .. 12214 Lisbon.. •• • . .. •• •. 53% 0p0rt0.....• • . 53% Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia PRIM OF BULLION, PEA OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 10;4 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 17.—Wind ut noon W., light breeze andifiqe.—The New Zealand, of and bound to London, from Bombay, was destroyed by fire I 1 th of July, lat. 14, long. 26; crew saved by the Panierge, from Moul mein to Havre, arrd. off Eddystone. DOVER ROADS, AUG. 16.—Mardaret Eames, Tucker, New York. COWES, AUG. 16.—Wind N.—Arrd. Marie Franziska, Borse, Porto Rico; Atkinson, Jackson, Havannah; Sa vantes, Macayo. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Acrd. Mabel, Puller, Monte Video. Sld. Justina, Adelaide, South Australia; Garges, Quebec ; Carshalton, Park, ditto. FALMOUTH, Auc. 16.—Wind N.—Arrd. Catherine, Swanston, lio Grande. BRIDGEWATER, AUG. 16.—Wind W.N.W. Arrd. Argent, 011ason, Quebec. WATERFORD, AUG. 15.—Wind N. to S.S.W. and N.N.W.—Sid. Amazon, New York. OFF KINGSBRIDGE.-- . SUCCeSS, Stuart, Mauritius; Lady Valiant, Thompson, Mauritius. PILL, AUG. 16.—Wind N.--Sld. Bacchus, Prince Edward's Island; Ocean Queen, Scott, Quebec; British Merchant, Quebec. BRISTOL, AuG. 16.—Wind N.—Arrd. Meta, For dyce, Havannah. HULL, Aua. 16.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Norel Haabet Helm, St. J o h n ' s , N ew B runsw i c k . , LIVERPOOL, Auo. 16.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Mar garetta, Havannah; Eliza Johnstone, Aricati; Hero, Bombay; Frances, San Francisco ; :Ben Mui c k Dh u l, Rio Janeiro; Henry and Margaret, Grande; Crom well, New Orleans; Waltron, Castine; Eurydice, New foundland. Off port, Belrochie, St. John's, New Bruns wick. Arrd. Asia steamer, Boston. SWANAGE, AUG. 16.—The Mary, of Hamburgh, New castle to Malaga, struck upon a rock about mid•channel, and was abandoned in a sinking state; crew saved. LOWESTOFT, AUG. 16.—1 t blew a gale at N.E. the whole of last night.—The John, Hartlepool to Shore ham, struck upon the Holm Sand, and was assisted in here in a sinking state. DEAL, AUG. 16.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Guardian, Veckerman, Singapore. Arrd. from the river and sld. Tasman, Melbourne; Aboukir, Cape and Bengal; Alexaudrina, Algoa Bay; Apollo, Demerara; Achilles, Bathurst. TnE CITY RECORDERSHIP.---We understand that the three candidates for the Recordership vacant by the death of the Hon. C. E. Law, M.P., are Mr. Sergeant Mere.- wether, the Town-clerk of the City; Mr. Edward Bullock, the Common Sergeant; and Mr. Russell Gurney, the Com missioner. The Learned Sergeant is upwards of 37 years' standing at the bar, and up to the period of his taking the appointment of Town •clerk, about twelve years since, was in considerable practice. The Common Sergeant has been 25 years at the bar, and for 23 years connected with the law courts of the City, seven years of which he has been well known to the public as a criminal judge. Mr. Russell Gurney is of 18 years' standing at the bar, and has been about seven months an assistant judge of the Central Crimi nal Court, having been elected to that oflice on the promo tion of Br. Bullock to the Common Serjeantship. It has been reported as probable that notwithstanding the claims which these gentlemen may severally have on the favour of the Court of Aldermen, the Court may depart from the hitherto unbroken custom of appointing their judges in suc cession, and therefore several barristers of eminence in the criminal courts may yet become candidates for the highest judicial appointment in the gift of the City.—Nurning Paper. Tk. - q> chwleinry if her MgjePty's `,flip D.rogon hn bear. ,orderrcd upon the I:6:y. %t u,. Whitmatsb, in cumbent at the Scottish Episcopal Chapel, Huntley. Died, yesterday morning, at an obEcure lodging at No. 12, Little Saffron-hill, after a very long illness, the once famous Radical, "little Waddington." MARKET NEWS.—( T HIS DAI , '. GOVEINTGAS PV7I. Very large supplies of both Fruit and Vegeta l ' les Were on sale to-day, and which met a steady demand on following terms : English Fruits—Apricots, is 6d to 5s per dosein„; Pine Apples, 38 64 to 5s 6d per lb; not-hos Grsyt;,, 2s to 5s per lb; Peaches, 4s to 1 9 s per dozen; ent Bri a n sY 4s o to 12s per dczen; Melons, 2s his o 5s each ; F i g q.ll . t : 3s e per dozen; Gooseberries, 6d to 2s 9 per 4 1 ; " ; Currants, red, 2s 6d to 36 ad per half sieve; wt ' er ditto, 3s to 5s per half sieve; black ditto, 4s to 5 5 r c half sieve; Raspberries, 4d to 83 per pottlei Che r " ( , 3 0 5 r1 6 d per half sieve ; Plums, 25 to as per half eieve:j nuts ea f n o s pickling, le t l o in: per hal f sieve; Pears, is 93 to 3s per half gee; n,..0 1 1 On 4: 1 ; per ios htlfl2ssievreer; bushel; 1.5 63 te 2 .- 5 ..! i i. is per lb. Foreign Fruits—West India Pine Ap:liebs,erlts; Apricots, is 6d to 4s per dozen; Cherries, 4d to 6 r , t nuts, Spanish Nuts, 4s to 53 ditto ; ib; , .. Lemons, 6s to 12s per 100; Almonds, 5 5 t ° 65 1, P e 1 p tits,3s to Gs ditto; Brazil Nuts, 3s to 4s ditto; - 1) , 1 , colons Nuts, 5s to 6s ditto; Spanish Onions, 145 to a per box. It . English Vegetables—Cucumbers, 2d to 15 2t l l e t _ brace; Spinach, 2s 6d per sieve; Cauliflowers, 19 9 d; 4 ., s 03 per dozen; Horseradish, 25 to 5s per In% fa ' 1 -_ , rslay . is to 2s per dozen bunches; Cabages/ 6 e a; 1s per dozen; Red Beet, is to 2s oa per d 4 to, tr,o,reBniohes Limns, oaGnlso,b3es t A o r 4 ti s ch p o o ' k r 'Mushroom, 93 ' to 2s per pottle ; Stalall Salad, 15 doSen . d g o e ze Le n tbtill: :: Spanish (~,,_ r. bunt per dozen punnets • Sage, 25 to 3s Pe, 00 ;, per score; White Co es s ste' L v ditto; Mint 93 4.1 per sieve; , to Is per dozen bunches; reft s , _'__, 9 ; „ ar l i r t ! t r , sieve; Turnips, 3s to 5s per 9,-,,1 to is , 4s to 6s per dozen bunches ; Turnip EstalToo 2s Gd per Lettuces u C c t0 1, 133: 93 6 d ditto; Potatoes, 533 to 85s per tou;,,nA is to 4e per cwt; ditto, is 6d to 3s por bushel; Dr' a d is . es, Is 54 to is 93 per halt - sieve; Sorrel, 63 t0 ... 7 e ; per ditto; Shallots, 6d to 8d per lb; Onions, 2cl to 6ai o to is 6.;itclo bunch; i Vegetable Marrow, is to 2s per dczen; Ge ie ' I I; Fennel, is Gd per bundle; Leeks, 2d to 3d per be,,,„ , _ h 23 to 3d per ditto; Sa-tory, 23 to 3d per w r l e o me, 23 to 3d per ditto; Mint, 2d per ditto. ' rei n 3d to 53 each; bunch;g Vegetables—French Carrots, 4d totplierer; French Beans, is 9d to 2s 6d per half Cucumbers, es sieve' to 2e 4 ti each. Tuffte °WrGATlll "6 j3lll3l43slliliclifii .Y 3 ,; 5s 63 to 63 6d; Geese, 3s 611 to 7e ,, ;,. W ild Is 63 ditto too 21 64; Tame Rabbits, 15 3d to 1$ ,a , v i ol , 4s 6, , 103 to is id; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; Beach ,'reel' Fowils,to-s7s; and • Leverets, 2s 64 to 4s each; Ptsirii; 63 to .10e; ditto C'nickens, 3s 63 tohBggs, Wrn-ec o i - Dutch Melons, Fowls, 3s to Cs leer couple; Eng. i ; s 4 l, 31110 , 6s 3d to " ' 5c.,73; French ditto, 53 8d to 6s; sod . 1.1. r ib. 0. ba to 5s 3d per 120; Fresh Butter, 10d to 15 lig - NITS/VP 014 T. fia° 3l4 Beef from , 2s 83 to 3s 83; Mutton, 3s to 43; 45 c.ar 3s 103 to 4s 1 . , 6 1 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; York, 3s 63 tor -Blbs. . W . ' AUTECTLELIIZIo. a, 10di Bief, from 2s 63 to 3 10 to e- - 3 6d; Mutton, 28 It, 36 ' fur Lamb 3- ' ; )63t0 43 Gd; Veal, 33 4d to 3s 10d; 23 to 3s lod per 810 s. BILLINGSGAL TZ. mil% Salmon, 83 to is 2d per lb; Turbots, 45 t poles, - r ga I I: to 2s Gd; Cod Fish, 3s to 6s 6d each; rlada.: E . ei t s o 18 8d per pair; ditto small, 15 6cl to 25 63 P e o r sbOr to, 8d to 1 13 per ib; Lobsters, 83 to 28 6di r ,.. 0 , 10 0, 63 2s to2s each; bhrimps, Is 4d to tea er gallon; .L - ',, 2d 3 5 per ib; Mullets, 3d to 5d h; 6taelts,Li'tiogr, to 2s t is 64 per doz; Mackerel, 63 to 7d each; W P.,d to is ' , o 3s per dozen; Plaice, 3d to 63; Gurnets,reaoh; „, 4 23 ; Haddocks, 6d to ls; ditto dried, eel to 4 , 0 0 10 1 ° di l lto w n 3d to 4d per lb; Oysters, common; 8 1 5 so ‘ o l si and atives, 325 to 448 per bushel; COP Pike, 2s to 35 each. • ore of Whea l *. The prices id ß" teu Brea d in t l3-31' ' tro; Perol" 0 ho Me d from 6 ' to 7d; of Household ditto, 4icl to ' 6 loaf. nnrs rautitxrzT. , . 641 b to Market ' X 23; ditto, 64lb id to 13(1' ditto, ~,to, 721 b Idt •° ' l'2 i ' J; 0 8011 A I o 21; 72lb to 80Ib, 2io to '2i ci to sid, o 881 b, 2-id to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3 t 1 121 b; ditto, 96th to 104 lb, :Sid to ai d; ditto, 1041Vtto ill 03 . ;(,) 4d. Calf Skins .light - 2s 9d too 5 6(l ', elitig s ' 4s 03 to 5s 63; Horn Hides,Skins, g 1 t s' b ile % 65 ..,( .0 d ra' Is Od to is 23 • - , Lamb Skins, Is 10d to 25 6 t o 31 1651 .0:23:2* eflak,g2E,XlTs. 'SDP _ ,ITIIFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 2/ 15 5 -4 / Ps; new ditto, 21 8s ,:o 310 s; old Clover, 3/ 16 515° 10 il 85 new ditto, 31 Os to 4i Os; und Stravr , 11 25 per load. Supply modefate, and is de firm. to 41 05; etinelitEr.LAND.—Old Meadow „Hay', 31 . 0 : to 41 75 a i s n n ev w , ditto, 21 8s to 31 ss; old Clover, 3/ l' ,l to 11 'A ditto, Si Os to Si 18s; and Straw', 11 . 1 3 , &noir; per load. A full average supply, it slugg is Si l''" ano . , et 18 5 t ° A OO O WHITEC HAPEL.—OId Meadow Hap - to - new ditto, 21 3/155 11 85 new ditto . 8a to 3/ ss; old Clover, - ii p tO , 3/ 3s to 41 03; and Strav 4 per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. —.eel. -nr, rir 0. EXECUTION AT ED lll33 7 " i vat e : "1 timli.t h eiupon I.Lnhi WilliamEDlNßUßGH,ucrodCourt murder rrt,)of f his Justiciary,i F seri a n t .i D fs o a nb Y , ~„I Vl, ahbo o . o r t u r : l i a r is three C ,d ' w.g e e , cieti ' i se i evi:: o, of ence of the law was carried into effect tots St th e fined The i nculprit Caltonsi ncew gaol, b a i t : L y e woPnuhdieser°re: n i l e t i n :;: ho e t tei3,oedve.aive fatter the Rev. Mr. Hi i his c Hay,mgent of the Methodist Chapel, he innocent, whoha a t n e d sti e fi a e r d ne a s g tl a y ius i a full confession of his guilt a fe W t oe clef those who __ l ondemnation, although in retiring frole o to t 13: OD was tieday of his trial he appealed to fte tive ive ois f° aedmean was—thi.°lPn'inthiseterchoaPflAßinelienaiintsho.hwt ir6dßliclifst:ltiolitielii r• butconfession has not yet been ma le r" tleOla il es _, a copy of it was sent by , „„blic br to Has,that g en ja ia bef °r , the__ Lord Advocate with the view of being . be reitiorse Nir George Grey, in the vain hope tha t t . on of 638 expressed by the culprit for the corntaiss:. as 11 crime would lead the Secretary of State, t 0 sclroi,lsol tmiplilwor.ed org we commutation believe of the sentence. Beilloilod t"9 pitt arsenicpot of with which his wife was poisoneu fl oe ti ll of the contents of as fial i k i ; r_ n r nok- This woman, whose name w 65 " 1 , Isis P' - oelfiepvoer,riidngeh:s confession that he pat., 1000g,t 0 w . ,, e , was married by him in Paisley' wtoricia, eics: w. 5 1 51 was alive in Ireland, and a hisstrong.stl cook, I .o t u , although we believe he denies it in voile be S w i as , that he poisoned his first wife a l s o, o ileg 6 7. escorting her, as he represented, to''l3ooo7, place of residence in Scotland. Kea clu i v t lea, V iu n i. that after coming o ff the voyage freul,ff-ioryr;lea time in the spring of 1840, his first via .e, os ;ages his second a.lies,ndthwahtoanfiterheonme or r rri t e w d o idn:o.ritiandoosvione lifiercks: y, suddenly ill in the town of Airdrie, in Landied, WI of ,g previous to her death sutlers es su ys i in t in foo l theilei wife, from violent retching• ro itig te d was removed early on Thursday' fl i ,. ° op , s itO t he .n Calton gaol to a place called the lon i f to ys t o to s i s the old town, that he might be onn tl hibb er liel usual place of execution at the bead (),,„. his c;frer ynd. Ile expressed great contrition 1igi01,5,,;" and se joined with much fervour in toederuepoo bi r c l . Ckt from 1. 1 oTm 3 he o w f h the rev. gentleman who Woi t L , a t 11 t :be e' t. scaffold ieb hu w ur as ti e l r l ected last nigi o W s pe O li ? r t o in tl a ecution was fixed to takBetphllascien,°trhrieltv":o;" tilell:' ally increasing crowd of spectators b b e bSV e A 5 011 the s w o iwt t n ,. e w .ss h e o d on the whole appeared t° 1 0 6 000 selves p . Itn propriety. The spectacle, v i An o c, or 1 allpeol b le o , u o t f B 0 , c l agesand o b c y k n ot twooffe 11.0b.foetrthhtsehextiunesis.1::71 ro, / 3 „ illi t i , s , iptpLohorieaernnwteeiedopdanienaddi Fyfe,pinioned, lock-up, • trntes'heo „, d • the uayo dressed ffiee i r n s, theirss,sut j og: I te 6 hde. ceo ll e i o l i tso s ody , where the culprit was confi n , he ir co i ss after thusual forms, delivered over to il e l it 6 about u th to e c governor of the gaol, 31r. s t nitb• w on ..ot of a ps 9 l a m nd , inthtehecsbianpglaining o il; lO which g . g li 3s ll ol P e te llo o tn t scaffold very e y melancholy procession began .esitoteevi. signal the 100 yards distance. 8eD131600, a' step ° 1 t he dently weak, walked with a &r1:1 ec ) 11 1.1 u A g i-vue:n., t oh he the iN, place of executioooogb 00 ; and the rope baying been adjilst. ' aft et b' halffew convulsive struagsglleasu.nchAefdter:ool afgorre-eille p t o r e t c h i ae n u c t t e terni t y All °ll' violsuslo hour the body was cut down, 0;00 years Shutt 37 0 t erms of the sentence, will be burieu ii Ot ~e , sof the Calton gaol. A about re to the commission of He was a labourer, for tvve,:r_ in,' nn f is; . was a native of Ireland, 01%00 to tbe E d i nburg 1r" l], s Iron Foundry, in Leith-walk, AGGREGATE --Yesterday e r c. a y do aggregateanoinntchheearospnebsl place faccabec.ehaetrtAsakalbenni --MEE,-;--ING OF viro ---- 5......__ v6o ss : been ' "I%“(ates, 'IV 9tel/4 g. 0 _ sent from all parts of the country, to c°r o 7, of se v t ,;o . ee!ozgnoioxifige o ldo f st, t ho h en e ow e : efs P l it u esb y s e_ al . o lter b r i e s cll l;b eiv i v icl ii i s n t g at s in the metropolis belonging to the d . s e f co t pall. 0 0 1 tion e i d that the proceedings would be for the 13,_ the 10,4, a , and that they would be intro ti' c a sat' ~e ing of a body which might be termed J-:dopferyop, f Terme," having nothing to do with the ottOm_..Y i ii Leltett , -- deleg _13:: :he _ li :rova. of preachers now holding their anxual meetintPaod tbe.c o p The Rev. W. Griffiths, the Eev. Samuel of the evnif , J,?mes Everett conducted the proceedirgs e ~ersoffe 111004 Mr. Griffiths stated that tens of thousands 0.0.14 foraleet 00 ferent parts of the world were looking t tilrged 0%000 sittings of the People's Conference and he P„ s, itioder_t no .delegates might have wisdom in 'their couti.,., o , thtl_ es , in their measures, and firmness in their resoOre_f, o f c oire, serious evils might arise out of this present ~tet.'lle r ae o c r a ? Tonal agitation. Mr. Everett announced t i.o p ' rev iotl e f oas amidst loud cries of disapprobation, that o n ,. tP h ie and ° e the the Rev. Jones Bromley', ono of the most la-lied frotrictio preachers of the Wesleyan body, 110(1 beer ; e geo 1/11 : , ' tb° connexion by the Conference. Tbere we e oe al to, -twit Itn lag would announced b e ealie ( t i h i a n t the part of pirates, were endeavouring . oie urt i tu reg• ccnscienccs of their fellow-men, and to imp Scrip _ect. worship matters which were unsanetioned Difieblie _Pippo day a gr'' t he in te P of the Reform party might be fully Made l' n e rto _ luring SERIOUS AccinEriT.___An auciden v.„e, 40, character has 1 appened to Mr. William De t ','"ihe sell ' l _oo l o , l o l n a d n on e,arlii principal violins at her Majesty's Thee.tre,gy. 0 g ,, Pr ill t o Li . Dawson, of the Yorkshire Grey, r '"9 ' the ivirici°sliPPedt "; on Tuesday last, ill stepping from ,on , v foot t f or tain"'d leads at t t( I ) - ile ii' p ' c a ' s' c e fd 11;:trld°buelo':,11ar.ditle)er4Pithil:It‘f13.°41C5O'rst;bi'llif° r f heuh' eco s for will 11 t iai • ) 0 Pmgie'si"g, this unfortunate occurreneo,_sioo d deter both legs and the collar -bone. i l ia prOW bir. Dawson from pursuing fit tome time. . . THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUG UST 17, 1850. 1