The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-24 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAREWELL NIGHT. The FAREWELL =I CONCLUDING NIGHT of the SEASON will be given , TIIIS EVENING, • *An will be presented Donizett,'s Opera, • LA FIGLIA DEL FCEGGIMENTO. -Mar* Madame Sontag; Sulpizio Sergente, Signor F. Lablache ~,,Cfrporale, Signor Ferrari; Tonio, Signor Gardonl. To be preceded by the grand Scena from Verdi's Opera, I DUE FOSC Lucrezia, Mdlle. Porodi ; The Doge, Signor Co!etti. After the Opera the National Antkem will be sung by the whole strength of the Company. To be followed by the grand Serra from IVeber's.Dramatie Opera of _ _ DER FREISCUUTZ. Agatha, Madlle. Fiorential. After which the Pas de Chief from LA PRIMA BALLERINA; ou, L'Embascade By Madlle.inTalla Ferraris, Mdlles. Julien, Lamnreux, Rasa, and M. Charles. After which a Selection from Cirnarosa's admired Opera, entitled IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Paoline, Signor Calzolari ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. In the course of the Evening, Minnie. Fiorentlni will sing, in the National Costume, the celebrated Cancion Espanelo, La Calesera. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement, LES DEUCES DU SERIAL, By Madlle. Amalie Ferraris, Madlle. Petit Stephan, Madlles. , Julien,Bosa, Lamoreux, Anssandon, and M. Charles, &c., &c. Ipplicatlons for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GIRD*. Last Night of the Season. • TRI3 EVENIN(.. Will be pro laced, the First Act of Itellini's celebrated Opera, NORMA. To be followed by Doniaettl's Opera, L'ELISI b'..4.MORE - -Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances will commence a. Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, FEAFMAIIRET. Mr. R. Webster, Sole Lessee ar a Manager, Old Brompton. For a few nights only, Adelpb. company and Adelphi Pleser. THIS IIITENING, _ _ Will be performed the Coviedy of PAUL PRY. Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce; Witherton, Cullenford ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lam bert ;* Paul Pry, jiff'. Wright; Marian, Miss Harding. After which a new and original Zoological Extravaganza, called THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. Mr. Ticklywink, Mr. Wright; Sergeant Iftlibus. Mr. Paul Redford ; Mrs. Tiddywink, Miss E. Harding. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street MRS. FANNY XEMBLE'S READINGS OF SHARSPEARE On MONDAY MORNING, August 26, Shakspeare's Play of "Henry the Fourth. Part I. Being Mrs. F. Kerable's last Reading. Doors open at Two, Reading at Half-past Two. Stalls, 73, ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 35.; Amphitheatre, 2a. Private )3oxes One Guinea, One Guinea and a-half, and Two Guineas. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's 'Loyal Library, 33, Old-Bond-street; Mr. Sams' ROyal Library, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Ebers', Andrews', llookham's. Aileron's, Leader and Cock's, liammond's, and 011iyier's Libraries, Bond-street ; Cra mdes, and the Carlton Library, Regent-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which ti open daily Prom Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Crowdeid Houses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA and - the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitatibn in the Cirque Olympique. To conclude with the favourite Afterplece of JACK JUNE. - • Box-office open From Eleven till Four Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. L'adex the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Another splendid Elephant. Promenade Concert. conducted by Mr. Godfrey—Select rrogTamm, of Ancient and Modern Music. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Diorantic 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. D arson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. Sec. The Pidture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is cenfldently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'ceuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents from the Queen. The Musical Department is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the meat Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom ! 1 Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas In this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Lazarus, Prosperre, Egerton, Crozier, Webb, Holt, Ike. 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 Arnify is first 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 of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all 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,. Introducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired feux d'artlflee of former seasons, Jets d'eau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by. Messrs. Denson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honour, flags, trophies, Sec., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured tree, 'The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction► of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent garden. Admission. Is. On Wednesday, September 4. the Royal South London Floricultu ral Society will hold their Last Grand Dahlia, llollyhock, and Mis cellaneous Flower Show, open to all Exhibiters. Every Exertion has been used to render this the most attractive Exhibition of the Season. An. extra Firms Band will attend. All the unrivalled at tractions of the Gardens, and extra Fireworks, by Souttaby. Doors open at One: Admission, One Shilling. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. TAM • DAT —Morning 53 min. after 2 I Evening 8 min. after 3 To-lioautovr— iforning 25 min. after 3 I Evening 39 ann. after 3 THE WEATHER.—SUM OFFICE, AUGUST 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since nooi yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 65 this day, at noon. BAROJILTER-, 30.02. WIND W.S.W.—moderate breeze and cloudy, with rain occasionally. Ortnivatt "I'l4,it LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1850. Advantages of a preventive character may be drawn even from the most disastrous catastrophes. It is fortunate, indeed, that such is the case ; otherwise it would be scarcely possible to glance at any single impression of a daily newspaper without experiencing feelings of the most unalloyed sorrow. The truth of this is virtually embalmed in the old saying, " It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good," almost all our piactical knowledge being derived in some measure from our hitter experiences. Some of the most in genious contrivances of our scientific philosophers have in this manner been suggested by the calamities befalling their fellow -creatures. Thus the explosions resulting from the ignition of the foul at mosphere in mines gave Sir HUMPHRY DAVY the notion of enclosing the candles required for the pur poses of illumination by the miners in compact wire gauze lanthorns. Scarcely an accident occurs, in short, no matter how common-place and apparently insignificant, but some benefit in the way of warning may be derived from it, if it be only viewer; in its full suggestiveness. It is in this manner that we would' have every occurrence of a disastrous or destructive _nature examined by those who may bap peh to be similarly situated. By so re g 2 rcling: the last fire which consumed one of 'our places of • public entertainment, the Olympic Theatre, — and the last causeless alarm of fire at the Victoria Theatre, the managers and architects of such establishments were enabled to perceive at length the absolute necessity of what had before then been so repeatedly insisted upon, namely, that of con structing a sufficient number of doorways to admit of Vee rapid exit of the playgoers whenever occasion re quired. ,Among no class of the community, however, should this kind of vigilance be more perpetually prac tised than among the railroad authorities throughout the United . Kingdom. Not a casualty on any of the lines of ,railway should be overlooked, the utmost endeavour being made to profit by the example thereby • yielded. By a persistence in this course such habits of precaution and watchfulness must ult'anately result that the recurrence of similar ce,lamities: would be gradually rendered all but im possible. From the particulars brought to light by the coroner's inquest on the body of the unfortunate man killed, on Wed nesday last, by the fall of the shed or roof covering the Bricklayers' Arms Terminus, it was made apparent that the plan upon which those kind of structures are built up is such as to require some radical and immediate modification ; otherwise the misfortune which has now twice happened may be of yet more frequent and more calamitous recurrence. A cursory glance at the facts recorded in reference to this deprereble accident will show that the unex pected snapping of one of the cast-iron columns sup porting the roof of the terminus, caused the whole of that ponderous covering to fall, within the space of little more than a minute. Supposing a train to have been underneath at the time of the catastrophe, it is terrible to reflect upon the destruction of human life that might have been the consequence. Fortunately but few- were within reach at the moment of the casualty, .and of those only two or three suffered in j ury, awl only one was, hurried of At of existence. 1 C t.. ) s cof CLI 04,1 4 , , ' (46 ••••/ . ;4 (IN. Da _ • - THE SUN, Still, it appears to us, that, by a proper arrange ment, even that man's life might have been spared, and a large amount of property saved, at the same time, from confusion. According to the evidence given on the occasion of the inquest by one of the principal witnesses, a railway porter in the employ ment of the South-Eastern Company, it appears that the entire occurrence was purely. accidental. From the disjointed examination of this and some of the other witnesses a tolerably clear notion of the cir cumstances of the case may be formed. It seems then that these circumstances were as follows :—A power ful engine, driven by a man named STEVENSON, was attached to a train of carriages, the last two of which were unhooked on the turn-table for the purpose of being shifted on to the express line, in compliance with the directions of the head-porter. Only one of these carriages had been removed in the required direction, and the second was only three-quarters turned round on the turn-table, when the engine al ready mentioned unexpectedly backing, the train to which it was attached caused the last carriage con nected with it to strike the carriage on the turn table. Seeing that the latter (the carriage on the turn-table) had at the moment an oblique or diagonal position, extending over the line on which the engine and the other carriages were backing, it may be at once conjectured howthe last-mentioned carriages strik ing the buffer of the one on the turn-table caused it, by its impetus, to dash against the supporting column, and thereby produced the entire catastrophe. Briefly, then, the blame of the accident appears to be attributable to the circumstance of the engine being backed before the line was entirely cleared by those who were shunting the car riage. A larger amount of blame, however, is attributable to the mode in which the roof of the terminus had been constructed—the whole shed being dependent upon a single cast iron column, of such comparatively slight proportions, that, according to one of the witnesses, it might have been broken in two by the blow of a sledge-hammer. Before the repeti• tion of such calamities, therefore, can be henceforth avoided, the sheds raised over the termini of our railways must be constructed with a greater view to their stability. Tbis consideration should weigh heavily with the different railway companies through out the United Kingdom. Since we last directed public attention to the Irish " Land Question" circumstances have invested it with more than ordinary interest, and have forced it on the attention of our contemporaries in both islands. The friends of tenant•right from all parts of Ireland have met in the Irish metropolis to promulgate their notions on this vital subject, and to deliberate on the most effectual means of carrying their object into practical operation. This important conference was remarkable for numbers and for talent, but still more remarkable for the cordial unanimity which prevailed throughout the entire proceedings of a great body composed of the most heterogeneous elements. The Catholic priest of the south, the Presbyterian minister of the north, laid their differences of creed on the altar of their country, and, met on common ground in the spirit of a generous compatriotism. These parties have been hitherto kept asunder by the prejudices of religion, and if, in the glow and fervour cf a first meeting, as fellow- Christians and fellow-countrymen, some of the speakers might have outstepped the limits of a calm discretion we cannot help thinking the offence a very venial one, and particularly when we look upon this combination of different castes and creeds as tending to cure that which has been ever looked on as one of the greatest curses of Ireland—disunion. After several days' deliberation, this great and im portant conference eventuated in the enunciation of their notions of the rights of tenants, and in the formation of an association called the " Irish Tenant League," the " sole objects of which are to protect the tenant, and to procure a good landlord-and-tenant law, by the legal co -operation of persons of all classes and of all opinions," &c. The rules of the Tenant League, and the strictly legal and constitutional manner in which they announce their intention of carrying its objects into effect, appear to us most unobjectionable. But we confess we are, notwithstanding, somewhat disappointed at the complicated machinery which they propose to introduce for the adjustment of the rights of landlords and tenants. We confess that we do not think they have taken the most speedy and effectual mode' of procuring a satisfactory settlement of this question. We find in the report of the conference the fol lowing as the mode of arrangement proposed between landlords and tenants : " That the valuation shall be made by tribunals which shall unite as far as possible the advantages of impar tiality between landlord and tenant, cheapness, accessi bility, and nomination by the parties interested. " That these advantages may be seemed to a reason able degree—first by local tribunals, consiating of two valuators, one appointed by the landed proprietors, and the other by the tenant-farmer of the poor-law union ; secondly, by having these ♦aluators bound to value ac cording to instructions embodied in the law; and thirdly, by having attached to each local tribunal a registrar or secretary, whose duty it shall be to register all the pro ceedings of the valuators, and to keep them informed and reminded of the requirements of the instructions under which they act." We certainly expected something better than this complicated puerility from the combined wis dom of the steady northern and the acute southern. Undoubtedly the Legislature can embody in an Act of Parliament stringent rules and instructions as to valuation ; but we do not think it is within the province or power of Parliament, by any legal:enactment, to bind any two men to an agreement in opinion either on this or any other subject. It is proposed that one of these valuators shall be nominated by the landlord, and the other by the tenant. Is it likely that these nominees of oppo site parties and jarring interests will agree in opinion ? Is it not more in accordance with a know ledge of human nature and the history of arbitra tions that each arbitrator will look to the interest of the party by whom he has been appointed? And in the more than probable event of a disagreement, where is the umpire or tribunal to reconcile their differences, or to bring the points at issue to a satisfactory adjustment? This proposal of but two valuators we cannot look upon otherwise than as a lame and impotent conclusion. It is leaving the matter as it is at present between the owners and occupiers, or, what amounts to the same thing, placing it in the bands of their partisans or nominees. Itie can anticipate from such a course nothing but interminable disputes and litigation. We cannot say that the attempt made to define what should be deemed rent has been more successful or satisfactory. The introduction of new theories is not, in our opinion, calculated to bring the question at issue to a speedy conclusion. To give the arbitra tors the power to supersede every contract between the proprietor of the soil and his tenant would tend to unsettle all the laws and rights of property. And to render nugatory all contracts in reference to land by a complicated attempt to appor tion the lid profits through the instrumentality of arbitrators, without regard to, or perhaps in contra vention of, solemn engagements, would, we feel con vinced, but lead to eternal disputes and dissatisfac tion, and prove a disadvantage to the tenant as well as to the landlord. If the Tenant League be not able to frame some more simple and satisfactory grounds for legis lation upon this matter before the next meeting of Parliament, it is to be feared the whole session will pass away in useless and angry discussions about im practicable theories. The great objection to the Bill introduced by Sir W. SomEavinLE was its cumbrous and complicated machinery. We have not as yet been able to discover that the Tenant League have much simplified the subject. While upon this part of the subject we cannot avoid expressing our regret at the unwarrantable language used by one of the reverend orators in reference to the Right Honourable Gentleman the Chief Secretary for Ireland. Rude wit is a poor substitute for argument, and vulgar abuse should find no place in the councils of those who meet for high and important purposes. There should be some con sideration for the difficulties of men in office, and it should be remembered that the representatives of the tenant interest are not the predominant party in the present House of Commons. Had Sir W. SOMERVILLE meraly wished to obtain a little popularity, he might have introduced some sweeping measure of landlord reform, which would be at once scouted out of the House, while LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. _ AUG UST fi4, he would have acquired the character of a great reformer and friend of the people. But he has not taken this course, and as we bel:eve he means honestly, we are disposed to think him right in introducing only such a measure of practical utility as will be likely to receive the sanction of the House of Commons. We think the Tenant L3ague would do much practical good by turning their attention to the custom known and acted on in Ulster as the tenant. right. The conditions of the ULSTER PLANTATION would seem to us to form the most equitable basis for legislation upon this subject, and a clear definition of what these conditions were, and what has been the custom observed in reference to them would be of serious ad vantage to the Legislature in the considera tion and settlement of the question. One of our morning contemporaries appears to be ignorant of the condition of this Ulster Plantation, and seems to be under the impression that there is no tenure of land in Ireland differing from the ordinary tenure in England. We have frequently, through the columns of The Sun, called attention to the terms and conditions under which the *confiscated lands of the north were granted to " undertakers," as the present landlords were then termed in the several grants and charters of JAMES I. ; we cited state papers and charters of 1608 and 1613, defining the orders and conditions to be observed by the " under• takers," upon the distribution and plantation of the escheated lands of Ulster. By these conditions the tenants were entitled to a large share of the privileges of the landlords or undertakers. These undertakers were not to hold these lands for their own individual profit or advantage, even on pain of forfeiture. The rights and privileges conferred upon the settlers or occupiers was determined and recognised by the House of Lords in the year 1846, in the case of the Skinners' Company of London and the Irish Society, in which it was decreed that the Irish Society were merely the public trustees for the "plantation," and not for the benefit of any merely private, though collective, ownerships. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. It is evident, from the general tenour of the telegra phic dispatches detailing the progress of the PRESIDENT, that his reception in the eastern departments has been anything but satisfactory to the Imperialists. The flourishes about enthusiasm, &c., &c., &c., with which we were indulged during the first days of these jour ne3s, have ceased since the detailed accounts of the PRESIDENT'S reception at the various places at which he has sojourned, have been published in the journals. For the first day or two, while the telegraph had the monopoly of intelligence, these little exaggerations might be indulged in with safety ; but they are now no longer useful; since the scene at the ball at Besan con ; a scene which the journals of the Elysee endea vour, after a most absurd fashion, to distort into a deliberate scheme of assassination. Really M. CAR LIRE should hire a fresh set of litterateurs to invent his plots of assassination for him, men who have had some practice in the work, and who keep probability in view in their inventions, and it would be well that he should din into their ears the mot of TALLEYEAND— Surtout point de Zele: His present employes have by their zeal spoiled everything. The illoniteur du Soir, for instance, in order to account for the PAESI.. DENT'S sorry reception at Strasburg, gets up a cock and a bull story of a conspiracy to assassinate the PRESIDENT of the Republic, the leaders of which came from Nancy to execute the plan. If any such con spiracy exists, the leaders in it are certainly not Re publicans, or, if Republicans, they must be mad, inas much as it is clearly the interest of the Republicans to increase ratber than to decrease the number of pre tenders to royalty. To the Republican more espe cially is the life of Lours NAPOLEON of importance, as he is the insuperable obstacle to the restoratiou of the house of Bouaraorr. The same journal gives the following account of the reception of the nun- DENT at Bellort " The Prince arrived at Belfort at nine o'clock in the evening. During the whole of his passage from Besan. con to that place the rain fell heavily, notwithstanding which a considerable crowd ' had assembled, who wel comed him with warm acclamations. The President of the Republic was met at Belfort by General Megnan, who commands the division. At the moment of the arrival of the President a nember of the Socialists of the place were collected at the entrance of the town, and who, commencing their manoeuvres, made up for the scantiness of their numbers by the violence of their cries. As they appeared inclined to follow the carriage of the President with their vociferations, the troops barred their approach." If their numbers were so scanty what necessity was there for the intervention of the troops to bar their approach ? and how could th., , cries of " a score of bandits," for the writer afterwards speaks of them as, amounting in number to no more—how could the cries, however violent, of merely '° a score of bandits" be even heard amidst " the warm acclamations of a considerable crowd ?" M. CARLIER must provide men who are better up to their business to describe the visit to Cherbourg ; a repetition of such glaring in consistencies will ruin all. The Journal des Debuts, which in the controversy between Louts NAPOLEON and the Legitimatists has maintained a cautious neu trality, thus sums up the results of the Presidential journey : " The reception given to M. Louis Napoleon in Alsace, as in Franche-Comte, Burgundy, and the Lyons district, is everywhere very eager, and generally sym pathetic, but not marked by what is called enthusiasm. After so many revolutions this absence of enthusiasm is not surprising. Who can abandon himself to such a feeling when all is instability, and when the social state itself is likely at any day to be called i❑ question? In like manner, as there has not been unity of thought amongst the different classes of the population, so has there been no unity of manifestation towards the Presi dent. Three distinct shades may be remarked—the reception given by the rural population, the reception given by the towns' people, and that of the bourgeoisie in balls and banquets. The reception of the rural communes is invariably cordial, and that of the streets merely respectful and reserved, except when organized groups of Socialists hare turned a legal cry into one of opposition and hatred. The bourgeoisie receives the President with kindly regards, as one who is at the head of the party of order and of social conservation. With respect to those who put forth acclamations of a totally personal kind, such as ' Vive Napoleon!' or ' Vivo l'Empereur!' they are evidently in a minority; and it has been remarked that their ill-timed persistence has very often caused the cry of 'Vive le President!' to be changed into that of ' Vive la R6publique.' Such we take to be, impartially speaking, the true character of the reception given to Louis Napoleon by the three classes we have enumerated." We believe this to be as nearly a just appreciation of the reception of the PRESIDENT as may be. The PRESIDENT of the Republic was everywhere well received, while the supporters of the pretender to an im perisl throne were only a miserable and thinly scattered minority. Toe Government has received the following ac counts of the progress of the President of the Re public by the telegraph : " STRASBURG, AUGUST 21, FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M. The President having lett Besancin, at one o'clock P.M., on the 19th, entered Balfort at half-past eight. He alighted at the Hotel de Ville, and assisted at the ball offered to him by the town. " On the 20th, after reviewing the National Guard and troops of the line, the President departed for Mulhouse, where he arrived at two o'clock. A review then took place at the gates of the city, after which the President proceeded to the Hotel of the Industrial Society, where he examined the remarkable productions of that city. `• At five o'clock he left by the railroad, and reached Colmar at six o'clock. The fatigue of the journey, how ever, prevented him from assisting at the ball offered by the city. " This morning the President reviewed the National Guard and troops of the garrison, and at one o'clock left for Strasburg, where he arrived at half•past two o'clock. During those three days the President experienced everywhere the same rcesption, and was saluted with the same enthusiasm. " Alsace, as well as Franche Comte, manifested its sympathy for him. Everywhere the rural population hailed him on his passage with respect and gratitude for the services he has rendered his country. "THE PREFECT OF THE UPPER RHINE TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. •• STRAS „ B e li o ß L l. A A R tr , G 2 . 1 2 5 2 T,. 6 4 o o 'p e rc oc rE K: I P: : : " The President of the Republic has just:quitted my department, leaving behind him the most favourable im pression. The reception given to the Chief of the State by the immense majority of the population was both warm and respectful. Everywhere the sentiments of the people, who bless the re•establishment of order, were manifested with the utmost energy. These unequivocal manifestations triumphed over the efforts of the enemies of society, who ♦ainly sought to protest against the g tneral enthusiasm by a few isolated cries of • Viva la Republique " 'ZILE PREFECT OF THE LOWER RHINE TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " STRASBURG, AUG. 21, half-past 4 , ,'clock, P 4 , The President has made his entry 'ntoStrasb .. g. Ha has been per f ec tl y re c ei ved along the road an.rby the' population of Strasburg." RomiEr, ex-secretary to the PRESIDENT, and ex-editor of the journal the Napoleon, has published a work entitled "Era of the Caesars," in which he contends that France can only be saved by a military despot raised to the throne by Pretorian Guards. The following are the chief items of the weekly Bank returns : Francs. Specie ~. 335,007,421 Ditto in the departments ... 117,098,064 Bills in portfolio 49,751,471 Bills in briinches 74,668,445 Bills lying unpaid 114,073 Ditto in branches ..„ 1,161,410 Bank notes in circulation ... 425,239,80') Ditto in branches ... 72 365,500 Credit to Treasury ... 68,545,060 Private credits ... 64,266,667 Ditto in branches... ... 23.814 839 Gold has increased three millions in Paris, and one million in the provinces. The portfolio shows im provement in the discounted bills account to the ex tent of two millions in Paris, but a falling off of a million and a half in the departments. The credit to the Treasury has increased five millions. The Monzteur publishes a decree, signed by the PRESIDENT of the Republic, investing M. ROUHER, Minister of Justice, with the functions of the Minister of Finance during the absence of M. FOULD. PARIS BOURSE, AUGUST 23.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 97f. 25c. ; Three per Cents., 58f. 40c. ; Bank Actions, 2,335 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Alla. 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 L A—Namur and Liege, 0 /8 — Rouen and Havre, 9%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday cloied steadily at previous rates. Ttie sales were estimated at 5,000 bales.—The Share NlarkAt was steady and previous quotations were fully supported. There would appear from the returns before us t) have been increased employment last week for the assets of the Bank of England, for although the circulation was diminished, this was occasioned solely by the addi tion to the Public Deposit+, the advances upon other securities having actually increased, and to a large amount. The fact, too, that the other deposits were rather diminished, is, further proof that money was finding readier employment. The sum of the precious metals was augmented. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows-- Notes Issued Increase Rest ... .., Increase . . Public Deposits ... Increase ... •• Other Deposits Decrease ... Seven Day and other Bills Decrease ... .. Government Securities .. Other Securities ... Increase ... •• 1 Notes Increase Bullion ... Increase . Active hreutation Decrease . ... 30,204.270 .•• 76,625 ... 3,280,106 ••• 2 354 ... 7,261,305 ... 977,903 ... 9,569.322 ... 148 463 ... 1,328,448 ••• 19,341 ... No altelati , n, ... 10,534,408 ... 438,363 ... 10,377,215 ..• 398,970 ... 16,853,981 . . 51.745 ... 19,827,055 ... 322,345 The rates at which bills of exchange were negotiated yester lay afternoon on the principal continental cities were 11 47 to 50 on Trieste, being . somewhat lower; 25 52i to 55 on Antwerp; 13 104 to 11 on Hamburgh, being rather higher, and 25 52i:to 571 on Paris, which is much the same, all these quotations being for ninety days' date. The amount of bills drawn by the lion. the East India Company, from the 7th to the 23d day of August, was as under:— Rata of Exchange. Oa Bengal ... 2s. Od. „ Madras ... 2.. Od. ... „ Bombay ... 2s. Oid. Amount. .. £181,716 12 2 ... 14,964 6 10 •.• 353 8 0 Total ... £197,034 7 0 The amount of the precious metals exported from London this week has been large, viz., 925,120 ounces of silver, of which 813,120 ounces were sent to St. Peters burgh, and the rest to Hamburgh, Belgium, and Holland. Of gold 1,300 ounces have been shipped to Monte Video, and 3,000 to the Mauritius. The accounts received this morning from the manu facturing districts state that business during the present week has been active in most articles. In home Mining Shares there has been an average business this week, and there has been a constant in quiry for dividend and leading mines, and there are some new concerns before the public. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week:— East Wheal Rose, Devon Great Console, Treviskey, Barrier, Trelawney, Mary Ann, Tremayne, Tresavean, Bedford United, Wellington, South Tolgus, Venton, tlei.nston, Down Cons o l s , T avy C onso l s , P e ter Tavy, and Mary Tavy, Daren, Langford, Langmaid, Calling ton, Lewis, Tincroft, South Molton, South Plain Wood, Wheal Crebor, West Caradon, Alfred Consols, Bishopstone, Montgomery, and Tamar Consols. The Funds do not quite sustain the highest values of yesterday afternoon; viz., 96i 8 for Consols, but are, nevertheless, buoyant, at 96i for Transfer, and 961 for Time. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 988 to 99i. and the Three per Cents. 97 to 97i. Bank Stock has been at the advanced price of 213. Exchequer-bills aro 655. to 68s. premium, and India Bonds 88s. premium. Tho Foreign Investments have been very quiet; and are mostly at nominal rates. Spanish Five per Cents. are called 178 to 188, being firm, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 33 to 34. Mexican Bonds have been 29} I. Rus sian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 968. Railway Shares have been inactive, but look well ge nerally. Great Western have further improved, S iuth- Western are buoyant, Midland maintain their value, and some of the others are a little weaker, including the York and North Midland. Foreign Shares are dull. East Indians 8 to 8 premium on 71. paid. QUARTER TO THREE. 96i ... 96i Consols ... .. Ditto Account ... ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISII rUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank. stock ... .. 213 213 ~or Cent. Reduced Awls ... 97% 97 97 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96% 1 , % 96 1 / 2 Yew Pi per Cent. Anns.. ...•........ 99 28% 99 1 4 99y8 ~ ..ong Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 India Bonds, 1,0001 ... . ... 88 p Ditto under 1,000/ ....... .... 88 p Consols for Account 96 % 14 Rachequer Bills. 114 d. h 2d 1,0001. June 6B 65 68 p 88 p 88 p 96 68 p ONE CL PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.. PRICES Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Small Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account s A Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent — Ditto, Deferred • • 34 Russian Bonds Ditto, 4 1 / 2 per Cent Spanish 5 per Cant.• 1840 Do., Coupons B l /2 Dividends on the above payable in London. 9 2 IA 29 34% 96- % 8- 4 PRICES OF PA I D. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE.; Aberdeen Do. Preference. Amber. Nott., Bosten, and Eastern Junction 8!4 -- Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 ,4 Belfast & County Down 32 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 6 •Jiriningham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 fiirming, Wolverh'ton, and L udley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 - Do. without guarantee 15 - ..••••• 00000000 .... Birming.,Wolyerh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... .. . Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 26 Bristol and Exeter 100 ..... 62 6234 3 uckinghamshire - Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 — Che-iter and Holyhead.- 50 Ditto, Preference l5 Clarence Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 45 Dundalk& Enniskillen 30 ...... ell• !.ast Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 18/., E. & H.... 18 ...... Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Do., 3/. 105., Pref... 3% — Cent., Preference... 2 EaAern Counties........ 20 ...„„,, _ Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/. 135.4 d.... % p.. ••• .. Ditto ditto. No. 2.-61. 13s. 4d... p Do., New Preference, 6 per Cent.......... 10 Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent 5O Do. New Eastorn Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B& C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 Esst Lancashire Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 614...... -- East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..,„, _ .... Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport Exeter•Yeovil. & Dorch 2 S A, __ Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow ' Dumfries, and Carlisle B/.65. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ... . .. .... "'— Do. Preference Consol. — — Gloucester &Dean Forest 14 ....„ _ ••• — ,reat Northern Do., % A Deferred Do., % B 6 per Cent ll% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%..., • l l l4 .. , reat South. and West. (Ireland) ... 5O ~, 3) , , Ditto, Eighths 2% 2 3 / 4.. . 234 reat North of England.loo 240 x.d.... 240 x.d. Ditto, New, 40/. ..... ... 40 Ditto, New, 30/ Ditto, New,ls/ l5 .. (~reat Western 100 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... _ — x.u.... ...... .. x.d Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 •• Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,4 — ... •••••••••••• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ...... - 39 3 / 4 Do. Quarters ... 23% ... Do. Fifths... ....... ... 11% — Do. Thirds .... . 18 ..... ••• Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 Leeds and Bradford. Leeds anu Thirsk ...... 50 :Y1 P - P 11% 281.1 114 - 931 00., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6 Do., do. No. 2 17 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 . Do., Pref. Quar., 1813 9 - •••• •••• Liverpool, Crosby and Southport l2 London ti Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d — ..... ........... ..... L muon, Brighten, and South Cout... ..... 100 - .•. ••• • ........ ..... Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 ..., — ......... ...... /a Ditto ditto.— 1t4,2 50 .„ — .... —• Do., - New, guaranteed ........ .. —. 6 per Cent . ...100 13614.. .., 13 •tz Lon don and Greenwich 12/15s 4d — "'•"• " 3 A Ditto, Pretek ence...... 20 . .• ...... .. .. •'••• •••••• 111% -- London and N. W6•tern 100 ..• "*" ........ --, Ditto, Nmw Quarters 17 Ditto, Fifths ..... ...... 12 .. D. 104 (M. & B.) C. 1 ".... ••• .I...undor & ?..,W. stern ..ICO 6 3 14 63 x.d. ... 62 1 1 2 x.d Do, New 50/. . ....... 42 VI - •• •• • ......... 23% I ,q;„ 14 6w 4 W 34 - .•••• — Do., New Preference.. 5 Lonciondorry&Caoraine '25 ..... ....... Do. 14 Shares - 00000000 ..•• •00 '.' o.. , ;..•nuerry and Ennis ki il , -)n 25 - Do. 1 ,4 Shares Lowest3ff guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 I.laLc:, , .ter,BuAlton,and Alatiock......— ........ .. bi,i — •• -. I auch .;.,ter, Sheffield, ;nd Lincolnshire...loo - .„„ .— Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... .. Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10 Do., Manchester and Lincoln Uni0L......41. 2s .. -- dis. .... ...... dis. i Lail Jo. i'onsolidatedPref.100 Do., 50/. Shama • Do , Sinn. and Derby ICO 00. Consolid. Bristo! Hirmtn,„ ; ., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditta,Brist. & Glocstr. 46 Ditto ditto ..29g. 16s. Od — Do.,ErewishVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Alithand Great Western Irish allddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newca,tle and Carlisle.l6o Do. Quarters 25 ~awmarket Do. Extension ...... 21. 12e.... ewport, Abergavonny, , :nd llereford N'ewry and Enniskillen 7 every, Warrenpoint. d RO3 trevor 2O Norfolk ..... . ....100 Do. New 204 Do. Extension ....... 20 16 1 ,4 14% Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 ..• ...... Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British •—.... ... 2b Ditto Preference 5 North Staftordshire ... 17 North-Western .... Orat,rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5O Preston & Wyre Do. % Shares (A) lO% . tteading, Guildford, and Reigate lB ..... ... — ttoyston and Hitehin Do. Sheprath Exten . % — .. . — •cottish Central Scottish Midland - Ditto, New Strewsbury and Birm... 13 1 ,4 Ditto ditto. Class B. 9% —.............— Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and flerefd. 5 ..... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves Ditto Oswestry ...... 20 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union S)uth Devonr,... Do. Preference Soath Statterdshire B% — -'.nth Eaeter I Do., Registered No. 4 10 South W ales South Yorkshire, Don- Ister, and Goole l 5 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. 18% — ••• ..... •• .• Do. do (Sou. Div.) ••• 6 .•• • •••• •....•••....... S vans. Fs Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. 8 1' V Ale Extension 91 / 2 ••• " ...... '" Tames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7 1,4..0— Vale of Neath .. l3 N aterford and Kilkenny 20 Waterford and Limerick 47% •Waterfd,Wilrd,Wicklw. aid Dubltn Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. de. do. ...25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... M . V est Cornwall ......... 4 hitehaven & Furness 20 Xindsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 14 W iit,l3omersct,& Wey- - 6% - 15% ..... 5% mouth York. Newcaa.le, &nu Berwick. ............... 25 ...... 14 3 4 1 4 34 Do. Newcastle Exten, 20 ...... D . G.N.E. Preterence r"..... Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... ... ......... York and North Midland 54) .....„ 1514 15% Ditto, PI eforcian4, ...... in FOREIGN RAILWAY b. AugL. , Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 6% — ... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... Central of France (Ur leans and Vierzou)... 20 Demerara-. ... . ..... 17 1 4 — Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 8 East Indian. ..-.. Ditto ...... ..... .... ..... 20 Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... . Do. Do. ... ........ 1 1 ••• Louvain is la Sambre ... 7 1 ,4 — Luxembourg 8 ...... - Ditto lO — - Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Northern of France...,,, 16 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 • -- Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rou en ......... 2.0 Paris and Strasb ourg ... 14 Rouen and Havro ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 ..... ... ........ Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes ..... . . 14 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, L an - den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders ..... - ..... 83 ..... Anglo-M MlNES.exican lOO •••••• ..... Asturian ..... ..... . ...... 15 Australian 4 ...... _,'" ....- ......... Baseora Range ... Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 - Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ..... British Iron ...... ......... 131 — Brazilian Imperial ...... 24 1 ,4 — .. BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 . ..... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobre Copper General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. .. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba........ 10 -- •• Tin Croft ..... ...... - ..7 .... _-..... - United Mexican .2814 7 1 4 14; 7A 3 ..... 15;2 11% ...... JOINT 84 OCK BANKS, Australasia British North American 50 .. .... Colonial 25 ...... ... ommercial of Londo n 20 ...... ... • London Joint 5t0 c k...... 1 0 — ._ London .. Westminster. 20 ...... 27 1 4 at iona 1 Prov. England. 35 Ditto New.— .... —... 10 National of Ireland 22%.„,... -- Provincial of Ireland ....... ...... Ditto, New ... LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Auc. 24.—Wind at noon W.S.W., moderate breeze and cloudy, with rain at times. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Acrd. Sappho, Quebec; Star of the East, ditto. NEWP)RT, AUG. 22.—Wind W.—Arrd. Pacific, Saw yer, Richibucto. Sld. Tartar, Cape of Good Hope; Opher, City Point; Falcon, Quebec. STUDWELL ROADS, AUG. 23.—Wind fresh.—Arrd. Waterford, Robinson, Quebec, for Port Madoc. SHIELDS, Auc. 23.—Wind W., fresh.—Sld. Brilliant, Cape of Good Hope. HARTLEPOOL, AUG. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Hepsa Holmes, Quebec. RoAns.—Arrd. Robert and Mary, Quebec. BRIDLINGTON QUAY, AUG. 23.—The Highland Chief was dismasted in a thunder squall yesterday, and has been assisted in here. ALMERIA, Auc. 14.—The Courier, Cardiff to Galatz, was stranded on the beach of Point Helen, between Ra euetas and Adra, yesterday ; crew saved. PILL, Auc. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Alert, Qtebee. BRISTOL, Aua. 23. Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. James and Ellen, Nolan, Baltimore. LIVERPOOL, Aua.' 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Petrel, Taylor, Callao; Courier, Bawee, Arica; Creamrose, Macao; Broad Wk, Goulding, ditto; Lannon, Cordner, Maranham; Clydesdale, Ferguson, Antigua; Mersey, Taylor, Jamaica; Precurser, Routledge, Savanilla; Vl corie, Tampico; Houghton, Doane, New Orleans; Solo, Norman, Charleston; Saranak, Dunlevy, Philadelphia; .2Eolus. Driscoll, New York; El Dorado, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick; Cynthia, Newfoundland; Candidate, Forbes, ditto. WHITEIIAVEN, Aua. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Cam brian, Roper, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Atm. 22. Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Agnes, Stephenson, Barbadoes, and sailed for Liverpool; Union, Adams, Honduras. WARREN POINT, Auc. 22.—Wind W. , fresh.—Arrd. Marmora, Dun can , S t. John ' s, New Brunswick. DEAL, AUG. 23.—Wind W. to W.S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Castle Eden, Thornhill, Madras; North Star, Palmer, Mazatlan; Agnes and Ann, Rio Janeiro; Ca ledonian, ditto; Islam, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River and sld. Elizabeth, Port Philip; Dromo, Cape Coast Castle; Devon, Belize; Faside St. John's, New Bruns wick; Devereux, Quebec. Sld. Talliutire, Coquimbo; Duke of Norfolk, Jamaica; Marquis of Queensberry, Mirarnichi. Her Majesty's steamer Victoria and Al bert and the squadron from Ostend passed Southsand Headlight vessel at six P.M. DOVER, Auc. 23.—Wind W.S.W.-6.15 r.ar.—Arrd. Her Majesty's steamer Victoria and Albert, and the Fairy, Black Eagle, and Vivid, forming the Royal squa dron from Ostend, and proceed at 7.30 P.m., for Osborne, Isle of Wight. NORDEN, AUG. IB.—A board, apparently the cover of a chest, four feet long and ono broad, has been picked np near Dormreersorghl, and is marked as follows: " Por la Belgique. A su Exccia Sr Genl Dora M. Paceco y Obes, en Monte Andea, Rio de la Plats. Per Conducta, del Snr. Capt. Rowley, de la Rlmna Bri tannica, y Consignados a Messrs. Tross y Ca, Rio de Janiero, Cls. No. 18. Claces." ANTWERP, AUG. 22.—The Progress, arrived at Os tend, from Liverpool, received considerable damage from contact with the James, London, to Tralee. PARIS, AUG, 23,—The Sylphe, arrived at Guadeloupe, 24th :11.—.'"----- ly, from Martielq i , leaky, baeisg ;3 15 e n to , ground o in entering. She mikes two eel woo r per bo a must repair. TSMOUTH, AUG. 23.—Wind S.W.-- POR Mauritius. 'et, ToRBAY , AUG. 23.—Wind S.W.--sld. Alezandri Al- oa B . I, r gs• 1 . LYMOUTH, AUG. 23. Wind S.W.--Sla• "P" ' ' di o, Inflexible, West Indies:ditto -, 00g; Sld.Pareg3o, le- y s steamer Salarnando- Cspo and Ilong-1 . _ nfr LpOftt FALMOUTH, 3 --W' el W 4. W' Rosa, Bathurst. AUG.. . lu --,--- ------- MARKET NE WS.—(TIIIS DAY") C VENTGASP lOWA lab!si Although the supplies of both Fruit d u Nreg e ~, E u n r g l ei , s u h o t a F t r i o u Alba", %Vest Indiff. at t e o re very extensive, the general demstri rled ttes I Pine Apples, dot 0 ; its — Apricots , is 6d to 5 5 Per Groies" st t ' o o i ' e v t i o e ss : 2s to Sc per lb; Peaches, 4s to 128 per &ago; lleek?„%. is 4s ocl to 6s Od per lb; Hot-house ite4 4s to 3 12s per dozen; Melons, 2s Od to 4s each ; '5.1,611 1 ee p vue e r r; r adnotzs7 red,G 3 o o s s o e d b e t r o r i4e;,o2d s p t d r b t (sails, i6ed;r;r7.tl ditto, '' 3s to " per half sieve; black ditto, 45 to s jo r i, • Raspberries, 4d to 8d per pottle; O le g s pell. d4eis tttoo, 6d ss e t r o half sieve ; Muscat of AleVin dris ^ r iestli 6s per lb; Plums, 2s to 3s per half sieve ; ( J r .!. o j po p eor r t I b b u ; sh G el r ; Pears, is 9d to 2s 9sl 7s per half sieve; Apples. le 651 t° 11:1-1 ' per bti3bel "10 s for pickling, 6s to 8s per bushel; Filberts, 8d 1 0 Green Gages, is to 2s per punnet. is to 4 ° Foreign Fruits—West India Pine Apples; i 6 , 1 per lb Lemons, Is fid to 4s per dozen; Chetries, 4a 6 0 66 pet pe . ek s , ; emons, 6s to 12s per 100; Almonds, •5I to ow 3Spanish ditto; 4s to 5s ditto Slt sh g , Div nuts to 6s Brszil Nuts, 35 to 4 3 u,l O . 203 celon% Nuts , Z 5s to 6s ditto; Spanish Onions, 1.5 per box. td P" Enolish Vegetables—Cucumbers, 2 dopers,le - 9,i to brace; Spinach, 2s 6d per sieve; Caul Is .diei 4s Octer dozen; Horseradish, 25 to is per dozen; 5 3 per v 6 ", t t o Parsley, is to 2s per dozen bunches; Cabbsgeet,:oo; Mushroom, 9d to R 2s s d peßrepeot,tales; tsorali. 50:11scirliudgo3s:00 b 2s uu 3d h per dozen Art •, Sage, 25 to 3 3 P er s o seel Fren e es; Globe chokes, 23 to 3s per score; 6c t per u 8 2 d to s op Beans, 3s to 4s per sieve; Cabbage Lettgc6eiper ditto- Carrots 4s p e ' r 2 9 s d 6 t to It Carrots, ' s i iii p e t v , e ; 9(1 to Is per dozen bunches; res3,ooo; per cwt; Potatoes,ditto, isper dozen bhdoesif Turnips,White C 3i os t L o esttsuces 9d to ls v 0 te s rp to 65 per dozen bunches ; Turnip fts ditto ; e 5: p o er ib t e o l 7 oo oo l 9d 508 0 t 3 o s 6clt Beans, Is 5d to Is 9d per halt•sieve; Sorrel, 6 wet per ditto; Shallots, 6d to 8d per lb; Onions , 2d I° , l piety , b is unch; Vegetable Marrow, is to 28 per &sell; `' hd - c abl to is 6d per bundle; Leeks, 2(1 to 3d Per by Fennel, 2d to 3d per ditto; Savory, 2d to 3d Per bunch; Thyme, 2d to 3d per ditto; Mint, 2d per ditto. are Cucumbers, 3d Foreign Vegetables—French Carrots, 4d itsosif66l.oo French Beans, is 9d to 2s 6d Per " 6cl to 23 4d each. to 5d each; Dutch Melc;os, 13 Tuffe EVIGATB AND G LElll°r"glll‘llllt344 ys, 63 0(1 to 7s Od; G eese 3s 6d to 63; di la is 6d to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, Is 3d t) i s ! d o t ci l i s ' 4 di s tt 6 o ti 10d to is Id; Pigeons, 6d to 9(1; W est .. ll6 sor e i Fowls, 7s; and Leverets, 2s 6d to 4s Wu; 5 , 6 d; 7s 63 to 10s; ditto Chickens, 35 6d t° gfie, Barn-door Fowls, 3s to 6s per couple; E ,l ng i i r isb ditOt 6s 3d to 7s ; French ditto, 5s 8(1 to 63; an - - ..s tsh e lb. 5s 6d to 5s 9d per 120; Fresh Butter, 9d to le r - NEW'r OAT. A LOIN Beef, from 25 8,1 to 33 Si; Mutton 3 - 2a tO ' 9 i - ei 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; Pork, 3i " t° 4" B.bs. Beef, from 2s 6l ' tioT376EdAP; AlEutton, 2 5 10.1 to 4 forl,3r 1; Lamb, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3 s 4d to 3s 1 2d to 4s Od per Blbs. Is to 2s 6d; Cod 0 6119, BiLLINGSGA TV. Salmon, 8d to Is 2d per lb• Turbots 4s to Oa; re, d Is to is 8d per pair; ditto small, Is 6d to to 2s each; Shrimp s, Fish, 33 t ' o 6s 6d ea ' cb; r dos. ; , perdoz; Eels, 8d t o 2s S6dlopesr_lbse; vi to is 6.1 m l a s c 6 k d er t e l2s 6 per lb; Lobsters, 8d to 2s 6d; Cf, a , s os, 2s to 3s per lb; Mullets, 3d to 5d each; Sreelte, . • o gl It' ' sith iod I ° 2s 3d to 3s 6;1 per doz; Plaice, 3d to 6d; Gurneto,„ each; Is 2d • H Skate' 3d addocks, ad to 10d; ditto dried, 2d to 4 r u o pi d3dtop7edr geasc111:11: . 'l9 14 to 4d per lb; Oysters common, 89 , " to 29; ditto ' ' natives, 323 to 4 ' i OA* 1 1 . 4s per bushe ; and Pike, 2s to 3s each. The pri c e s BREAD. lio S r. of Wheaten Bread in the metropo er4lb from 7d to 71d loaf. .; of Household ditto, 5d to 6ido , Market HIDE riXII322"T. " Pt° lb t ° 721 b, lid to hides, 56 . 1 b to 641 b, lid to 1 4 -; 1 , 4 1 ,1. did° , 801 b 2cl; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2id to :410 31413 i ditto, 9 1 id to 3d; ditto 881 b to 961 b. 3 u t o b• 6b to 1041 b, 3i to 3id• ditto 1041 b to foo Od to 4d. n Calf Skins, • " ' ' c i• ditto 4s Oil to ins, light 2s 9d to s 6 ... r oe 58 6d; Horn Hides, 6d 0 • S hell .s, 6s to 9, u. Is Od to is 2d; Lamb Skins, is 10d W2s 6d escP HAT atzueigiVro. 1 18° SMITHFIELD. —OId Meadow Hay, 2/ 12 9 t° 41 1091 new I ditto, 2/ 8s to 31 ss; old Clover, 31 15 9 t° ii 89 new , per load . 31 3s to 41 os; and Straw, 11 29 t: de. . moderate supply, and a sluggish tr _, , 80 1 CUMBERLAND. — OId new ditto, 2/N" —Old Meadow Hay, 21 15' to o 3411.`6,; 8s to 31 6s; old Clover, 31 I°9_ t 0 11 9 1 new ditto, 31 per load. ss to 31 18s; and Straw, 11 x! ,, t ot it Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, - quotations. WRIT ' ~. bn 9 08 4 i kCHIpEL.__OId Meadow Hay, 2 1 I:4' 4 / 100 new ditto 21 new ditto , , 8 s to 3/ ss; old Clover, 31 12s to ii 99 31 5s to 3/ 18s; and Straw, 1 1 , 28 , 1 W per load. Supply tolerably good, and trsde ati'm _____,....... 11 ' ) c 3 derly RLAINAL COURT.—(THIS PA OLD COURT'. , • el' (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) John Jacob Ed 1 m.nly-looklog on Edwards a most garitie` - ` buvia • The prisoner, on being arraigned, man, surrendered to take his trial for i. an la' the 9th, 14th, and 31st of July last, by roans 0' strument • 0 011 , endeavoured to procure aborVon. ea Dot g to ette a till hof the indictments t one • . next session, on the ground that certain in:,._'.,ee, boo sses , who were material to the prisoner's d le_u 4t i o iee t not time yet been summoned, as there bad not been 5 % A O/ to do so. He would in oed, plead a very short 6010 u to r til l p educe affidavits to that effect. to Aor cr Mr. Baron PLATT allowed the case sten the affi•luvit 00 0 ' a „. _ was prepared, but ultimately iov, Mr. BALLANTINE, on the t f the proseen , f f to sented to the par o . , _., a , put . postponement, and the trial e the ri • • nett session. it fr a riha ATTEMPT 9.--"' 1o• TO POISON BY CANTII6-BIDF with fe Shur ' . 1), a good-looking widow, was indicted ijegy I* mousl Char lotte y causing to be administered to Cho certain poison • h intent AIP .. _ . wit to murder her. ..., a ee ;fir. Robinson appeared for the prosecuttou Prendergast, jun., defended. the prisoner.. 0 . eva dedci/ On th part of the prosecution the folloWiee was adduc,d:— 1301‘er'. el• e Re Mr. Davis was a waiter at the Eing'S flea the bo o 0 door of the Pavilion Theatres, and she told tora hs tou t, a arcel to Mr. Elphinstone, te comedian, which ed °° into Thomas Mr. Elphfnstone's dresser. • tone ,* t he r eing was dresser to I.lr. Elphlo I f r o ~, the 23d pa per ear° It °- of July he received a t l ai st witness, which he gave to Mr. Ell bac k the 00' ne:e a tart; Mr. Elphinstone gave it b ack j;:iand he gave it to his wife who eat part o ta l te d Oa Is. King , the wife of the last witn**'s worflirt she she ate part of the tart, and on the followinf. t , saia,, i ate the rest of it, with the exception ? e, shortil, peee, in which she saw a piece of green; ttni cooaiderol able afterwards she became sick, and brought p a i odi c quantity of blood. She was still Oder treatment. a come' James Walker t he vgss - lie Pr i. Elphinstone stated bad will t t j dian at the Pavilion Theatre. 1.1 bad 1 0° d esk e she i i* her' ironer for four months; on one occasion ik w ith .10 him to h which h 4" some conversation arid a walk ,s fecn o of the e declined. He was a married Man . , w hea 1 , was name of Sarah Holburougla wasp resen,tti o:ja the asked to have a walk and sumo c on °m her s t o saw prisoner. He received a Dote from red ~ her that be deav°rotiri evening, but an d Ifolev,„eee avoid her• lie met the prisoner they d A On the next him to ha night in a public -house, a n c oot , t he of some gin and water, which be r in _d the 0 x, night the 23d of July the prisoner wa rs efferpes to b him,.s of the the etre •on that night the tsrt . t t of I tt but he refused it. Oa the next gay t(l.3oPitieliailt tart was shown him, an d h e gav e it to Air• eo toili•ot The prisoner was then gieen into, sta ted t his , Mr. surgeon.e ornslian, a surgeon, of White d to P o , on the 24th of July Mr. Elphinstoua produceve n°ll - of a tart, which contained cantharidel. , 0 life. be ad City_t r hat may in the tart would be daagerou9 " hod t o M . Baron PLATT said that no intention raj Proved on the part of the prisoner to do eon itt e3 Mr. King, and Accit i the The jury, under his Lordship's directions!, a prisoner, who was immediately diseharge yon,s3 Robert Goldsworthy, a respectable-1001013% forffo, !i? . in, of was indicted with feloniously utteritiod I.) bill . exchange for 2004, with intent to n'' el f °r bert Elhot. 0000 fitle Mr. Hudd:estone and Mr . k were j3slloo - the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson and eti r ' e defended the prisoner. t. jar! , Mr. Hun ~5 0 to 0" I DLESTONE having stated the - ti t& called tho following witness •-- a 3;0 00 or Robert Elliot—Knew the prisoner, and 116 (1 w *l i iity several bills for him. The first he dtfieetletesiso ' lO - , 30/. in 1849. The next was for 7 51. 11 ,„ e d to ° h ill counted a 2001. bill for him, which purpori; a nd a,ber cepted by a Mr. Lee. He gave him I:O ne. ' o t 0 0° ' ill for the 200/. He also applied to him to diseouitts 10 0 ' bill fur him for 170/. I - knew Mr. L ee sled for' fur several years. 411 wipe- hp .. Cros-- • s examined by Mr. Ceengsolle-7,, v , Ile e re; win c e lodged at the White Bear, Piecanii J'eved tb 0 , an iae-stares in Piccadilly but he had nev er oP tor ) , be was there was no wine there.--(Great 11131, 1301,1'00t s not a prisoner in the Fleet in 183 0 or •ed lie 0 10 had been in W'nitecross-street, where he re% kr opt; o pe five . months. T - T --- 0 had been three times ft 1/3 „ e dge. o f paid his cr • in d stiP e " se os creditors full the last time, an ere be • s ioo of the bankruptcies. He was a bankrupt befor e 000 o h , age, was and that was the ground on which the fio t bo o ,' t suspended. In 1827, at the time of time °f se c be ru ehe had no property but at the tire , _ 4 ,0 _,„ bankruptcy, in 1839, he had 700/. or 8001, ," 0 , Oli o ...leen made by racing speculations. Ile was ° vi e fell• 000 1, rapt • .in 1812, when I 'd h • evedit°r6 0 3 ' be' iv , 411(i -10 pal is ot th e he b not swear that his debts were ii 1 but - 10 0 4 0001 .. 5 000/ 0/ or 15,000 •• joie' 0 1,,,,,,,d, •, or even 10,00 • a Was 00 _ that they were not even 2,0001. Li f ' , lie g 0 in 1846 wh. n his debts were about 4,0001. to ae W Y AO prisoner in here 0 bill the Fleet. While he was t l ing 5b p discounter. He know what a Wh ig 1 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. Their contents relate solely to the corning elections. NAn- VAEZ was still at Puerto Llano. GERMANY. The following telegraphic dispatches have been re. ceived at Frankfort from Berlin : " BERLIN, AUGUST 20. " Prussia accepts the proposition of the Cabinet of Vienna to form a commission composed of plenipoten tiaries of the different German states, to administer in common the material effiirs of the confederation. The proposition to leave the affair of Mayence to arbitration has also been accepted. But Prussia does not submit to the condition exacted by Austria to suspend the pending in of troops until the arbitrators shall be sprinted. " We are assured that it has been decided in the Coun cil of Ministers, held yesterday, to refuse the invitation of Austria to participate in the reconstruction of the German Diet, and to accept the offer relative to the establishment of a mixed commission, charged with the administration of federal prorerty, and protesting against all consequences contrary to the interests of Germany." The Saxon Government has dismissed twentrone professors of the Leipsic University. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Cologne Gazette of the 23d publishes the fa lowing telegraphic dispatches:— _ "RENDSBURG, AUGUST 20. " Yesterday the whole army put itself in movement. The fortifications are completed." RENDSBURG, AUGUST 19. Yesterday our 10th battalion quitted its position as an advanced post, and directed its march towards the north, and, after haying driven is the Danish posts at Kropp, it returned again. HAINIBURGH, AuG. 20. The Danes have retaken Tonning, and have not quitted Fredrickstadt for a single instant. In re taking Tonning they had 30 men killed and 30 wounded. They have 800 men in Frederickstadt. BELGIUM. - - - BRUSSELS, AUG. 21.—Mpnseigneur GONELLA, Apostolic Nuncio, who is to replace M. S. MARSAN at Belgium, is expected to arrive at the end of this month. It will be remembered that ,in consequence of the events of May, 1848, the Bishop of LUXEMBURGU was deprived of his diocese by a special decision of the PorE. The partisans of the prelate have made several unsuccessful attempts to obtain a revocation of this measure. A deputation, headed by the Bishop himself, and composed of Mr. ADAMS, the Apostolic Vicar delegate, and several other persons of eminence, have now resolved to wait in person on the POPE.— Journal du Commerce d' Anvers, Aug. 23. ITALY. - - - The intelligence of the arrest of Archbishop Flux- ZONI caused the greatest excitement at Rome. A Council of Cardinals and Prelates was held, at which it was determined to excommunicate the King of SARDINIA, to absolve his subjects from their oath of allegiance, to lay his kingdom under an interdict, all of which measures would have been perfectly harm less had it not been for the proposition by which they were followed, which was that Austria should be asked to carry them into effect by force, and to march an army into Piedmont for the purpose of deposing the KING, putting down the Parliament, and esta blishing a sacerdotal despotism. Before, however, these measures were finally determined on the Car dinals received information that FRANZONI was accused of plotting against the safety of the State,- and that papers likely seriously to compromise him had been seized by the Govern ment ; thereupon those Cardinals who have been the most assiduous in concocting the reactionary conspi racy, and who have been holding secret and treason able communication with the reactionary conspirators in every country in Europe, became alarmed lest any of their letters should have fallen into the hands of the Piedmontese Government, and determined to abstain from taking any steps until they should have ascer tained how far the Court of Rome may have been compromised by the correspondence so seized. THE QUEEN'S RETURN FROM BELGIUM. The royal squadron, under the command of Lord Adolphus Ftizchsrence, G.C.H., anchored at Dover last evening, at half-past six o'clock, and at 50 minutes past seven weighed, and proceeded to Osborne. All the royal party were well, and most gratified with their visit to Belgium. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING, 10 O'CLOCK. The Royal squadron returned to Portsmouth this morning ; the Victoria and Albert hove in sight about half-past four o'clock, and passed through Spithead at a few minutes after five, followed by the Vivid, Fairy, and Black Elgle yachts, and was sa luted by her Majesty's ships Blenheim and Thetis, yards the former dressed in colours, with manned. The Royal squadron came to an anchor off Osborne. The Queen and Court disembarked at Osborne-pier at 8.22, and the Royal standard at the Palace de noted their arrival there the moment the Royal party touched the shore. QUICK `NOBS.—On Thursday afternoon a meeting of the Great Western Railway Company was held in this city ; the same evening a report of the proceedings, occupying several columns, was printed in The Sun (London) news paper. A copy of that paper was forwarded by the night mail train to Deter; the report in w hi c h parer rea d ie d p 1 que s ti on was extracte d, 7 and published in the TVestern Bristol shortly after four o'clock on Friday afternoon. The distance the report travelled wa s upwards of 400 miles; in addition to which the time occupied in transcribing the shorthand writers' notes must be taken into account, as well as " setting up" the type for the two papers.—Bristol Mirror. A Chinese fete is said to be in ac ti ve prepara tion at Cremorne, on which occasion the ga ll ant tars l ay i ng off the Temple Pier are to dine off junk in th e gar d ens , in stead of on it, in the river, which they have d one f or man y months, and by way of further change of diet t o th ese celes tial mariners a feast of lanthorns is p ro p ose d . " M ay goo d digestion wait on appetite, and health on both." THE CONVICT HANNAH CURTIS.—RESPIT E. — GLOUCESTER, FRIDAY.—The execution of Hannah Curtis, now in Gloucester County Prison under sentence of death for the murder of her:husband, at Frumpton Cotterell,lby poison, was fixed for to-morrow, and all the - awful p reparations had been made. At a late hour last night, however, a Queen's messenger arrived post-haste from Scotland, where Sir George Grey is at present sojourning, with a letter contain ing a respite of the execution until her Majesty's pleasure shall be known. The messeng er o nly started from London on Tuesday last, and had tra ve ll e d n ight and day in order to arrive in time. A consult at i on was immediately held be tween the governor of the gaol, Capt. Mason , and the cha p lain, the Rev. Mr. Herschell, w h en i t was arr anged that in conse quence of the lateness of th e h our i t w ould not be advisable to disturb the convict, an d t h e announc ement of the respite was accordingly made t o the prisonerin this day b y the chap lain, in the presence of the g overnor. troduced the subject i n a few f i tt i ng remar k s , during which she was greatly agitat e d, an d on the final announcement being made she swooned away i n the cell. Her be haviour has been since her cond emnat i on an ything but what mi g ht be expected from a creature whose hours and minutes were numbered. She declares her innocence, and although she joins in religious devoti on w i t h the chaplai n, she does not appear fully aware of h er awfu l s it ua tion. Her pr esent hus band, Curtis, has had f requent i n t er course with her, and the enters freely into conve rsat i on w i t h him, giving i n structions as to household matters w i t h t h e air of a pers on about to return shortly to her home. DRSTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TORRINGTON, NORTH Devose—On Tuesday last the handsome little town of Tor rington was in great danger of destruction by fire. During the night a fire broke out on the premises of a Mr. Friend ship, ropemaker, which, being fed by a quantity of pitch, spread rapidly to the adjoining buildings, right and left. three Be fore the three fire-engines of the town co uld be got out dwelling-houses, a carpenter's workshop, a stable, &c , were in flames. By the greatest individual exertion the fire was prevented from destroying a row of small dwellings, which abutted on one end of the burning mass - Th es e caught fire at least three times; and, had they taken fire, there is no doubt that the whole town must have materially suffered. It was only by cutting a passage through the burnMgebililchl ings, at a very great risk, that the prenaises on th g andt of them were saved. By this very courageous ready contrivance the engines were brought to play upon the rear of the adjoining premises, which bad already ignitel on this side. The loss is considerable, a nd, bad it not been that a very large proportion of the inhabitants turned out to render assistance and supply the engines with at least three property of Mr. Adams, of Torrington, hogsheads of water per minute from the neighbouring pumps alone, the consequence might have been most serious to the whole town. The three dwelling-houses consumed were the the remaining properties the Rev. Mr. Welcome's, of Corn of the abutting houses, escape wall. We understand that neither the premises nor tne stock, &c., were insured. Six children of Mr. Friendship were snatched out cf their beds while the fire WAS in their house, and two women had to be dragged through the side windows and a portion of being impossible. A FACT FOR WHIST PLAYERS.--The Dumber of possible " bands" at whist, regard being had to tie trump, is 1 , 2 70, 0 2 7 ,119, 20 0...Edinburg1i11e view! by the front doors .., lo G k