The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-23 00:00:00

THOSE THAT WILL NOT WORK. In No. 37 of "LONDON L.A.8017R and the LONDON POOR," is commenced an account of this portion of society'. Price 3d. Office, No. 16, 'Upper Wellington-street. D EN SITY of the POPULATION in ENGLAND and WALES in 1851. Map and Table, showing the number of persons in each county to every 100 acres, calculated from the new census. is given in dio. 37 of " ONDOZT LABOUR and the LONDON POOR." Ofilce, 16, Upper Wellington-street. INTENSITY of CRIMIN ALIT in ki lxLtlivy and WALES. Map and Table, showing the number of criminal offenders to every 10,000 of the population In each county, calculated from the Govern ment returns for 1840 to 1850, given this week in No. 37 of " LON ON LABOUR and the LONDON POOR." Price 3d. Office, 16, Upper Wellington-street. HE R MAJESTY'S T HEATRE. PLAY-HOUSE PRICE NIGHTS. In compliance with the general desire, FOUR FAREWELL IGHTS will be given on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and 6atur day, being the Last Nights of the Season, combining all the talent of her Majesty's Theatre. On WEDNESDAY, August the 27th, LA SONNAMBULA. A mina, Madame Sontag; Count Rodolpho, Eignor F. Lablache ; Elvira, Signor Calzolari. After which, the first LUC act of Donliettfs c BORGI A— elebrated Opera REZIA Lucrezla, Madame ilarbicri Nini; Maffei Orsini, Madame Id a Bertrand; Gennaro, Gardoni. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. 3fdlle. Cerito, Mdlles. Carolina Rosati, and Amelia Ferraris. Fall particulars will be announced for the last three nights, Thurs day, August 28, Friday, August 29, and Saturday, August 30. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock. prices—Pit, ss. Gallery, 2s. 6d. Pit Stalls. 10s. 6d. Gallery Stalls, be. Boxes—Two Pair, lie ; One Pair and PitTicr, 1/. 1 is. 6d.; Grand Tier, 2/. 2s. ; Box Sete, 55., 65., and 7s. T. JAMES'S H 1.1; A T E 0, Mr. BARNUM, of New York, respectfully announces that be has made arrangements with the Lessee of the above Theatre (which will commence immediately after the French Play Season), for the purpose of introducing to the British public those celebrated juvenile dramatic artistes ' KATE AND ELLEN BATEMAN, (Only Eight and Six years of age.) These children have excited in their own country the most un bounded enthusiasm, and Mr Barnum feels confident that the ex traordinary development of intellect which naracterlzos all their personations will secure the approbation of a community where true genius has ever been acknowledged and appreciated. To give due effect to their representations ho has sscurcd the servJces of a TALENTED AND EFFICIENT DRAMATIC COMPANY, comprising many Metropolitan Favorites. The First Performance will be given On MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25th, 1851, On which occasion will be presented the Fifth Act of Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD 111., In which ELLEN BATEMAN will appear as " KING RICHARD III." ad KATE BATEMAN n as "RICHMOND." In addition to which wilt be pr Aueed, for the First Time in Lon don, an entrely new Petite Comedy (translated from the French of M. Scribe, "Le Marriage Entantin," expressly Bateman), for Kate and Ellen entitled TIIE TOUSG COUPLE. With other Attractive Entertainments. fall Particulars will ha duly announced. Private Boxes, Stalls, and TickeLs may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-str , et ; at all the principal Libraries and Music ' , ellen ; and at the Bem-obits of the Theatre, which is open daily from 11 till 5 o'clock. IIEE MAJESTY'S TIILLATIN.L. LAST :TIGHT but ONE of the SrBSCRIPTION. LA FIGLIA DEL REGGINTEN r 0 —Ntada.me SONTAG, ONDINE C ER (TO. THIS EVENING, August 23, will be presented Donizetti's o,:era, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGGINIENTO. marlft. Nind ;me Sontag; Toriio, Signor Garden! CorpOrale, signor Balancti ; Sergento Sulpizio, Signor F. Lablache. Between the Acts a Grand Pas, in which Madlie. Amalia Ferraris and M. Charles will appear. To conclude with a selection ONDINE. from the admired Ballet, Ondine, Madlle. Cerito (her first appearance these three years) ; Matteo, M. Char;ex. Last Night of the Subscription. ANNA BOUENA. On TUESDAY next, Anf, - itst 26, will be presented (for the first time these five year. 3) Donizitti's Opera, ANNA BOLENA. Anna Bolena, Madame Barbieri Nini ; Jane Seymour, Madame Giuliani ; Smeaton, Maalle. Ida Bertrand ; Percy, Signor Calzolari ; Henry the Eighth, Signor Lablache. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which Madlles. Cerito, Carolina Baud, and Amalia Ferraris will appear. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box. Ake of the Theatre. To commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Success beyond any former rrecelent—Crowded Houses Nightly Under the Management of Mr. Risley, M'Collum, and Company. Fourth Week of the incomparable AMERICAN and FRENCH EQUESTRIAN TROUPE. Public attention is directed to the present scale of prices : Dress Boxes, 3s ; Boxes, 23. ; Pit, Is. 6d.; Gallery,l3. ; Upper do., 6d. The patrons of this establishment are respectfully informed that this popular company, consisting of Macille. Caroline, Mr. M'Cullom, Mr. Stone, on his Wild Horse, Mons. Loisset, Madame Brower, and Young Baptiste, can only perform in England for a short period. Doors open at Half-past Seven, to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RMET. Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager. OW lirompton. THIS EVESING, Will be performe.l THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Hackett. After which an entirely new Farce, entitled GRIIISHANI BAG SHAW and BRADsTINW 1 With HI3 FIRST CLIAIIPAGNE. TITEATRE ROYAL, ADELPhI. Urder the direction of Madame Celesta. THTS EVENING, Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Parselle ; Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Orinnidze, Mr Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Belford; Miamt, Madame Cole. to ; Geraldine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by a new comic Opera, entitled GOOD NIGHT. SIGNOR P&NTALON. Doctor Tititofolo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Signor Pantalon, Mr. Honey ; Lelio, Miss Woolgar; Columbine, Miss Kath leen Fltzwilliam. To conclude with the Farce of FORTUNE'S FROLICS. Robin Roughhead, Mr. Emery ; Dolly, Miss Ellen Chaplin. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managementat Mr. C. Keara and Mr. Kai:day. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Play, called THE DUKE'S WAGER. Characters by Messrs C. Fisher, l'ilfro.n, Wynn, Cooke, Everett; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Vivash, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. " Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated," in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAM QUA ; or. The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, klarley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlie. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, ate., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Olderd-street. from Eleven till Fenr o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATILE. Under the Management of Madame Vest*, sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. Will be performed ONLY A CLOD. To be followed by COURT BEAUTIES. To conclude with KING CPA RmING. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. Great Success of Angelo. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ANGELO ; or, The Tyrant of Padua. Charac ters by Messrs. H. Farren, Diddear, W. Farren, jun., Kinloch, CU ton; Mesdames Stirling, L Howard, Adams, and Ellen Turner. After which THE FIRE-EATER. With the DREAM AT SEA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Usales the Patronage of her Mal e.sty and his Royal MO-neat Prince Albert. Pro:,;l:2tor and Manager, Mr. W. Ratty 'otwithstanding the great success of the present Entertainments, Mr. Batty has engaged Mr. Henri Franconi and his highly-trained Steeds, who will shortly appear. THIS EVENING, Will 1.).3 performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ; • the N7:14.1 Horse of Tartary, which has teen revived, in conse uence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nations to wAt oss the magnificent Spectacle. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, Introducing an en tirely new Company of Engish, French, Italian, and Americ4.n, Lrthitcol. To conclude with the Farce of JACK JUNK. ►Sox-otice open Mom Eleven till Your. Stage Manner, 11r. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. It. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS LVENLNG, win be performed a new Comedy, entitled KENSINGTON GAB - DENS. With a Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER. Princ al characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, Rogers, and Miss Marshall. After which a new Burlesque, entitled GODINA, THE LADY OF COVENTRY. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, J. Rogers, Norton, Romer, Maskell, :Atwood; Mesdames Marshall, C. llorsman, Romer, Morcclll, and Dfaskell. To conclude with a new Farce, entitled MY WIFE'S FUTURE HUSBAND. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4j; boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to .ommence at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'cloO. -, first circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. LAST WEEK OF MONS. JULLIEN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICALpt Saturday.GAl:DENS. Every Evenin4, DallgOn'S Colossal PICTURE of the TEMPLE of JANUS in the Eternal City—Splendid Menagerie—Performing Elephants—Prome nade Concert, by the elite of Mons. Jullien's unr i va ll e d Band—a Solo each evening by Herr Koenig—English Glees and Madrigals, by those eminent Vocalists, Miss Messent, Messrs. Manvers, Young, Bill, and Leffler —Pianoforte, Mr. Jolley—Conductor, Mons. Jullien, concluding with a brilli an t display of Fireworks, by Soutliby. Doors open from Nine in the Morning. Feeding the Animals at half-past Five. Concert at a Quarter to Seven. Fireworks, at Half past Nine. ADMISSION -ONE SHILLING. HIGH WATER AT LONDOX BRIDGE Tia DAY —Morning 11 min, after 13 I Evening 50 min after In To —Morning 29 rain. after 1 t i Evening 0 min after DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the followi - ag places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stati ons are arranged in order of latitude. S.E.. gentle breeze —rain. Poax v's"R--- Wind S.W. fine. 83 "r 1 H—Wind S.—cloudy. krosPora—Wind S.—cloudy. H BEL T GRT mas ox . V., gentle breeze—rain. so gentle breeze—overcast. :5., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLNESTONE---Wind Buir . oE _ Nv Ina W • gentle breeze—overcast. gentle.._ breeze—partially cloudy. GREEN WICH—Wi n cloudy. a W.S.W., gentl e b reeze —p ar ti a lly SwiNvozr—Wind W., gentle breeze —overcast. OFORD—Wind S.W.— e i onay, GLOUCESTER...Wind S.—cloudy. CHELmsFoßo—Wind partially cloudy. al COLCHESTER —Wind W.. gentl e b reezep CAUBRIDGE —Wind S. W., gentle bree z RUGBY—Wind W. , stron g breeze —partially rt cloudy.. B utun;G rum—Wind S.W., gentle breez e y ' loudy gentle bree ze — r!artially W.— c. t. S TA FFORD—Wind S. PirrE RBORO UGH—Wind S. W., cloudy. YARMOUTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—clou flees, Noßwictf ind S.W.—fine. IPSWICH—Wind S.—fine. Dsßwir—Wind NorrnionAm—Wind S.— cloudy. Lugcolzr—Win 1 N.—fine. Ce.savß—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—fine. HoLTILEAD—Wind S., strong breeze —fogy . CHEST E S.E.— SHEFFIELD—Wind N.—fine. LiviatrooL—Wind S.W.—fine. MANCHESTER—Wind . —flue. BULL—Wind N.—fine. LARDS— W ind S. W.— cloudy. YORK —Wind S.W.—cloudy. L I . 2I cARTREt--Wind S.W., calm.—partially cloudy. THE SUN, SCARBOROUGH — Wind N.N.E.—fine. Wormy—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—principally clear. DAr.uNGTos—Wind S.S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Ste— .'rind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. NIaWCASTLE—Wind W.—cloudy. BEArrooK—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast BERWICK—Wind E fine. GLASOCW—Wind S.W.—cloudy. EDINBURGH--Wind S.W.— fine. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Thursday morning ,at nine o'clock : E'Lymotrrn—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PooLE—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. SWINDON—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. auGsv—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. PETERBOROUGH --.Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CNEWE—Wind S.S.W., fresh breeze—fine. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 77—highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and daring the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 2914. WEND S.W.—light breeze and cloudy. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authen ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. e...1A4, ii''' ,YRI J ~, t t li, JAM , a 1 ,1,4 4' , 4-h9 jj'N -- , ../T'- '.'r, ,}at t . s eta l L ; bi l; u , 74 , 17, , ntr,, , , —m--,:—• ----"Sk ' ''ki„Zt„:...,z -'4-is.--------=-----.-03'Altf3.s ' 1,;‘,1 , ;..LT • m 0 01-0 eibetirbut LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23. 1851. A month has scarcely elapsed since the feelings of the public were horrified by the recital of a series of atrocities perpetrated by a Roman Catholic priest and schoolmaster at Islington on the unfortunate children committed to his charge, and just indignation was aroused against the slavish and debasing nature of a creed which could invest the perpetrator of such cruelty with the power of not only torturing children, but of forcing, by an unscrupulous exercise of sacer dotal power, the parents of the tortured children to themselves come forward and express their approval of his conduct. It is our painful duty to re cord the occurrence of another instance of heartless cruelty on the part of a Roman Catholic schoolmaster, and it would appear as though this system of cruel scourging was a regularly organised part of the discipline of Roman Catholic schools, every one of which is under the immediate superin tendence of a priest. The reason for the adoption of this system of brutal flogging is obvious; if a child is thus constantly subjected to cruel scourging, his nervous energies, his courage, all his manly and independent feelings are broken down; like the flogged hound, the flogged child crouches in terror before his tormentor, he becomes in a short time an abject terrified slave, who, incapable of acting or thinking for himself, gives himself up unhesitatingly to the guidance of his priest, of whom thenceforth he becomes the tool. The case to which we now direct the attention of our readers is, however, favourably distinguished from the former case by the fact that the parents did not come forward to screen the schoolmaster. L appears that a person named AUGUSTUS O'BuiEN, who keeps a Roman Catholic school in Greville street, Sumer's- town, was yesterday charged at the Clerken well Police-court,: before Mr. TYRWHITT, with assaulting, beating, and wounding JAMES HANLEY, a child. The report of the proceedings, after stating that " the poor little fellow's back was frightfully excoriated and blackened," proceeds to give the evi dence of the child : " Having been sworn, be said, I live with my father at 6, Smith's-place St. Pancras, and go to the Roman Catholic School. where the defendant is schoolmaster. Last Monday I played truant, and went on Tuesday morning. When the boys left for dinner he flogged me. lie made me take off my coat and shirt in the school room iu the presenee•of a boy named Green, saying, he would pay " Mr. TYRWHITT—What did he mean by that? " Witness (trembling)—l don't know, sir. Oh, he whipped me—he hit me a great many times.—(Murmurs.) He hurt me very much. He told me to turn round that he might whip my back, and he pulled me on his knees and gave me a great many lashes.—(Groans.) When I got away from school I went to my mother and showed her my back. I have not been to school since. " By the Prisoner—My mother took m© to school on Tuesday morning. I did not hear her say anything to you. "The weapon (a kind of cat,' with three thongs and knots,) was hero produced by Constable 198 S. Whatever offence a child cf so tender an age could commit to justify a punishment with such a weapon every one present was at a loss to conjecture. " Mrs. Hanley, the mother, said sho told the defendant to punish her son by keeping him at school all day; but certainly not to whip him. Her son had received at the least twenty-five lashes, and was suffering severely from their effects. The defendant did not attempt to invalidate one jot or tittle of the evidence ; he contented himself with stating that he had been desired by the mother to punish her child severely, a statement which at once received from the mother a most emphatic contradic . tion, and which the defendant did not venture to re assert; and for this most cruel, most brutal as sault, for the infliction of 25 lashes with a cat of three thongs and three knots—that it is to say, for the infliction of 75 severe stripes upon the naked back of an unfortunate child, " marking his person with knotted cords," and pro ' clueing frightful excoriations, Mr. TYRWHITT, the magistrate, who had just before fined a man 20s. f or working a horse with a sore shoulder, conte - Ats him self with inflicting a fine of five shillings, telling him that he hoped the inquiry would have due weight, and act as an example. Whatever effect the inquiry may have, the fine is more likely to act as an encourage ment to such men as the prisoner to gratify their love of torturing. What ! a fine of five shillings for the infliction of sevelity-five stripes ? why, it is not at the rate of a penny a stripe ; and then what does Mr. TvnwurrT mean by ventilating from the bench such twaddle as the following:—" He had no fasti dious notions as to proper correction. Men, who had done honour to their country had been punishsd at school —men of high rank, whose names he could mention, some of whom were in the Houses of Lords and Commons, and army and navy." Why, " men who have done honour to their country, men of high rank, whose names no doubt the worthy magistrate could mention, some of whom were in the Houses of Lords and Com mons," have been in the constant habit of getting drunk, yet we doubt whether even Mr. TYRWHITT would consider it a valid defence if, on the part of a person brought before him on a charge of drunkenness, it were stated that Mr. PITT never went to bed sober. One thing is certain, Mr. TYR wurris sympathies are much more with hacks with sore shoulders than with scourged human beings,l showing that it is possible for a man to be merciful to a beast without being at the same time a merciful man. We have no doubt that the Roman Catholic schools will increase in Mr. TYRWHITT'S district. Clerken well will, so long as Mr. TYRWIIITT remains on the bench, be the place of refuge for all flogging schoolmasters. The importance of devoting activ:d attention to the improvement of the navigation of the great river St. Lawrence seems a," e arcelv to be sufficiently appreciated in Lower Caiiada. It is true that by the construction of the ' cation has been l' ... . i,do ; r e e n ll b an e d tw C ee a n na t l h a e c t le a a k r es c E om ri n e lu a n n i. d . t O io n n tar f i r o o , m a n d th ' e cha la t k v e ess e l s may Sport s , or Huron, Michigan, and sail without obstruc- Erie, r 4 far as the first rapids on the river between Pre'Aett and Ogdensburg ; 2 and that the natural c:ostacles arising by the numerous successive ripid3 down to Montreal have been ovcrccme by the ,construction of 'flanking canals. Aloreover, the magnificent harbour of Montreal, perfect at a considerable .expense. and the deepe n i n pg of the Lake St. Peter, l oetwecn that city and Quebec, have completed the removal of all impediments in the nevi griaatviiognatbietw.eert the upper lakes and the ocean. But the on , of the Gulf of St. Lawrence still continues bestt, wi th difficulties. Downwards from Quebec the an:Antis are rendered dangerous and intricate by r.ocks and shoals, and the mouth of the gulf is at certain seasons liable to the visitation of heavy winds and even icebergs. The latter circumstances are of course beyond human control, but where large sums have been expended in the im p r ovement of th e upper parts of the river, how i s it that the Canadians LONDON, overlook the advantages of a due maintenance and organization of a lighthouse department, and the establishment of depots of provisions and other stores at the points about the mouth of the river where casualties are most frequent ? The extraordinary facilities afforded for traffic by the Erie Canal, and the large return yielded on the expenditure (15 per cent.) should act as a stimulant to develop the supe rior resources of the line by the St. Lawrence. Tha line is really superior in two respects; in transport ing the commerce of the western states to Europe, and vice versa—and as regards the internal traffic between the eastern and western states of the American Republic. In the former case, supposing a vessel laden with cargo for Europe coming down Lake Erie—if it make for Buffalo on the New York side, the cargo must be transhipped, sent 364 miles by canal, and then down the Hudson to New York, and be again transhipped at least once before it can be dispatched to Europe. If it enter Port Maitland on the Canadian side, it passes the canals without breaking bulk, and descends to Quebec in four days; whence it may proceed direct to Europe, and with a fair wind may pass the banks of Newfoundland before it could reach New York by way of the canal. The cost of transport has likewise been proved to be considerably cheaper. These considerations have been fully and ably put forward in Professor Jonsr- STUN'S "Notes on North America,"merica," which has been justly pronounced by the Dublin University Magazine, in lan admirable article in the number for the present month, to be " the best exposition we at present have of the agricultural, social, and economical condition of the northern portion, of the New World." In the instructive pages of that work, we find it stated that— " The w heat and other produce of the valley of the Ohio, which was intended for the European markets, has hitherto, for the most part, descended those rivers, and, after a voyage of some thousands of miles, has reached New Orleans, whence it was reshipped to its European destination. But this long-water carriage, in the hot and humid climate of the regions through which these rivers Hum, is found to affect the quality of the 'wheat; so that it rarely reaches Europe in so good a condition, or realises so high a price, as similar wheat does which has been conveyed through the eastern states to the shores of the Atlantic." A further proof of the high commercial estimation certain to be insured. In the second point of view, an inspection of the map will show the connexion of the St. Lawrence by means of the river Richelieu, the Canal of Chambly, and Lake Champlain with the Hudson. The hitherto exclusive line of the Erie Canal must yield in, cheapness and certainty of time for the conveyance of goods to New York to tbis route, which can be even further shortened by a canal between the opposite bank to Montreal and Lake Champlain. A little patience and perseverance, and we may confidently expect to witness the great river of North America become " the most important medium of communication between the various sections of the New world, as well as between the Old World and the New, and giving to the provinces of Canada a far more extensive and commanding influence over the commercial operations of North America than any other State east of Louisiana can ever aspire to ; whilst the outlet which it affords to the produce of Ohio and the other north-western districts of the Union, will become of incalculable importance in case of•any rupture between the free and slave States, as the mouth and keys of the Mississippi are com pletely in the hands of the latter." The subject is, in all its bearings, one of such deep Imperial importance as to deserve attentive and wide consideration. Mighty states have yet to be called into being along the shores of the great inland seas of the northern continent of the New World, and whatever tends to the most favourable intercommuni cation with those extensive regions is worthy of being fostered by the exertions of our fellow-subjects on the other side of the Atlantic, and the sympathy and support of the British Government and people. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Ordre has the following observations on the high rate of postage between England and France : " Every one admits the advantages of a uniform post age. In Franco it is only 25c. for letters to every part of the territory. International letters in France and foreign countries on the frontiers are only subjected to the additional postage of the country from which they coese, and that of the country to which they go. Single letters from France to Belgium for instance, and vice versa, only cost 40 centimes. But there is a strange exception to that practice. The postage in England for a prepaid letter is a penny, equivalent to two sous of our money, and for one not prepaid twopence. That postage, added to what is charged in France, ought to be, one would think, the sum charged on a letter passing from one country to the other, or about 35c., or, at most, 45e. If something is to be added for the passage across the channel, sc. would more than cover the expense of the steam-packet service. In that case, the postage of a letter would be 40e. or 50c. However, contrary to the general rule laid down for letters passing between different countries, the letters between France an England are mad e to pay m Uo h more; and, by a aMond anomaly, the letters s;nt from France and paid in En g la n d are not charg "t the same for the differ as letters coming from England and in France. e`'.4 not according to the We say paid in England and in Fro: ace, enee of the postage is eatablish e and arrival, but of the different places of departure PaYeler..*G is effected. Thus a letter from London to Par',,, not prepaid, or a letter from Paris to London place where the from P costs ar a is t n i lt h p d r o e n pai l d f. , or w o h n y e p i r s ep th a a id t prepaid, costs 80 c . a t P ar i s. On the co at ia L t r o a h r d y o , f l t e: r a r e r a ris, additi:enal increase of postage over the amount of the tvi" o postagos added together? Why that difference for letters prepaid or not prepaid between the postage at Paris and that at London? We cannot explain the matter." The Permanent Committee met yesterday, at noon, at the National Assembly, under the Presidency of M. LACROSSE. There were about twenty Members present. No discussion of any material interest took place on the subject of the state of the siege of the Ardeche, the Minister of the Interior declared that he did not consider it necessary to have recourse to that extreme measure. The President authorised such Members of the Committee as belonged to Councils- General to leave Paris and to take part in the labours of those bodies, and fixed the next meeting for Thurs- day, the 4th of September. The fe,liowing are the chief items of the Bank ac count for the week : Francs. Specie in Paris 474 ,811,424 Ditto branches •.• ... 132,244,376 Paris portfolio ••• •.. ..• 35,267,259 Ditto branches ••• 64,131,254 Bank-notes in circulation ... 415,011,500 Ditto branches ... 1 14,661,775 Credit to Treasury ... ..• ... 118,234,994 Private credits, Paris... 87,624,969 Ditto branches ..• •.. ... 29,547,884 There is a further increase of six millions in the Paris specie account, and a slight decline of half a million in the county account. The portfolio has de clined five millions for Paris, and 1 ,300,000 f, for the departments. The Bank -notes circulation in Paris is less by nearly n i ne millions, remaining stati on -, r , in the department s . The credit to TreasuP-y is more by 2} millions. The aacoun t s currP .. by upwards of five millions i n nt are more one million in the departments. °rj and nearly one The Bourse continues to 'oe deserted_ by the usual ape. culators. The Five r closed at 951. `" e er Cents. opened at 9.d. 65c., a n d r , Three per -ac. for the end of the mo nt h ; the •aents. closed at 57f. 40c.; Orleans R a il road Share' , 885 f.; Rouen ) 6081. 75c.; Havre, 2 41 f. 25c,; .eat Northern, 4671. 50c.; Avignon, 207 f. 50 e.; ; 436 f. dsc.; Basle, 1521. 50e.; Bordeaux, 393 f. 75 c. . Paris sad Strasburg, 361 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 271 f: f.s3c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 270 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 10%—Dutch Rhenish, —Or leans and Bordeaux, 4%—Paris and Strasbourg, 14 4 ._ Sambre and Meuse, 3%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. Their contents are without interest, The Bolsa was closed. PORTUGAL. Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 12th. The country was perfectly tranquil, and the elec tions were proceeding favourably for th e mo d erate Chartists and the rrogresslstas. 2.4LDANIU. was at Coimbra, GERMAN Y. A telegraphic dispatch announces that the Austrian troops have evacuated Hamhurgh. W e read in the Breslau Gazelle of the 19th— " We learn that on occasion of the grand military inameuvre s of the antumn in the neighbourhood of Ve -1 rona, the league of Sovereigns of Italy, silently prepared I U T diplomacy, will be inaur.r,urated in a solemn manner. All the reigning houses of Italy will be represented by the Sovereigns or by Royal Princes. It is hoped that a Prince of the house of Savoy, if before that tit.se the i Gov 6 rnment of Sardinia shall" change its policy, will be present. it 4 certain negociations are on foot between the Cabinets of Sardinia and Sony on this subje c t, an d 1 EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1851. that the Saxon Monarch, in his journey to Italy has ex ercised his influence with the Sardinian Sovereign in a conservative sense. The league will be organised somewhat alter the wanner of the Germanic Confedera tion—the w-nabers will be independent—the Pope will head it, and Austria will direct it, and as the Holy See possesses a great moral influence is all the Catholic states, the policy of Austria will receive from this measure an accession of power hitherto unheard of; but it is probable that France and Sardinia will not submit to this increase of her power in the Peninsula, and that Great Britain will, in conjunction with these two states, exert all her power to defy this menacing attitude of Austria in Italy." The Count LE BOULSCIIAUNSTEIN has been named definitively ambassador from Austria to the Court of St. James's. The Minister of Finance has decided that the payment for the new loan shall be in cash, or five per cent. added if in paper money. THE SHARE MARKETS, antzITISH RAILWAYS. Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen.- 93 to 9% . Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Jancion Belfast and County Down Birmlng., Wolverhamp., and Stoar Valley .. Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh 4% -4% 9% -105( Jane., late 33/. 6s. 84.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. • Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian .. Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber- 13 —ll dis. 174 100 •• •••• •• 80 -81 10% - 10% 15% - 15% •• •• 22 —2O dis. deen Junction .. .. Do., New .. .. .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. .. Do. (181. E. cll.) .. Eastern Counties .. .. Eastern Union, ease A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire 23‘ -3 1 7 -2% 5%-a1 4 -4% 3 -3 13 - 13% Do. Nov quarters • . Edinburgh and Glavow EJin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, 27 -29 4% -5% Do. do. G. D. &C.stoeli Great Northern .. .. Do. halves, A, deferredi ... 1 1 0 100 8 6 8 •ll 16% 16% Ali —b% 12% 12% Do. halves, B, 6 per ct.l Great southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. .. Do. New, 171. .. • . Lancaster and Carlisle .. 39 -40 79 —BO z.d 13% I2U x.d 80 —B2 Do. thirds _ •• Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall •• Do., Tilbury Eat. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .• London and N.-Western's Do. do. quarters • • ' Do. fifths .. • • •• 11 13 4 47% 100 8%- 9 p. 48►% -48% 9 d. 9% 10% • • • • 6% .- 6% 9134 -91% 113 -119 2% 3 p. 2% —3 r. —2 p. 80 —Bl x d 10% —2% (Head 85 —7% dis.x.d Do. 101. Bh., N.& B (c) London and .-Westera Do. new 501. Do. new 401. ganchcster, Buxton, and Matlock 100 42% IN - 2 lianehestar, Sheffield, Linwinshire Do. Mar.chestor and Lincoln Union 25% 26% dls. 40% 41 2O —2O db. 19 21 Midland • • • • • • . Do. 50/. shares • • • • Do. Binning & Derby 7111318.nd Gt. West. (Ire.) stewcastle and Carlisle .• Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket Newport, Abergavenny. l and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen • • Newry, Warrenpoint, & P.ortrevor Norfolk .. Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. North Staffordshire .. North-Western North & Bth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Do. now Shrews. & Birm., Class A 4 2 0, 100 100 47% X • -• •• 714 - 73.4 5 1 4 4X die. 16 -18 14 —l3 db.' a —l% dis. 6 1434 - 15 15 1 ,4 - 15% Do. Class B . .. shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. 7 4% 2% a dis.l Do. Oswestry Do. New. .. .. • • Shropshire Union .. •. Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South Devon South-Eastorn South Wales.. .. • • South Yorksh. and River . . Dun Bheff., Roth., and Goole, South Division .. .. Stockton and Hartlepool dwansea & Loaghor, &c. Taff Vale .. .. .. .. Taw Valo Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. .. .. Vale of Neath .. .. Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wax., Wick. 14 —l6 7 8 10 —l2 % % tl3. 3A B%d. 13 -14 20% - 21 27% - 28 and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London . Whitehaven and Farness York, Newc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland, ZINE23 SEAS: •• —• • dla.: 16 24 all 126 93 ...• •• I 10 I• -•• 168 - 170 .. !-• .. dim. 3 9 all all 25 16 —l5 dia. • • —•• d. •• , • • —•• dis.i •• •mP •• 17 -17% 8 —7% di,. 8% —3% dia. 16% 17►% AT pub X: Basineu done to-day. 6 % % 13% % 79% X x.d x.d 6% % 92% 11 , 4% 2&% 110!,‘ x.d Cs. 413( 40% 41 143 5% 7% X 20% 31 10% 28 12% 13 3i railways. Contelfainniges. Paid. Nominal Prices. do r :t rzy. Darks andllants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 % 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. Do • . all 28 —29 WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 15 8 —lO p x.i. Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • 15 7 —9 p x.l Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1734 17% 1734 Clydesdale Jimc Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Ccnt. .. G. Northern all 33 3334 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 2 3 p Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 102 104 Do. % Shares Do .. .. all 51 —52 Do. Ni Shares Do • • .. all 23 —24 Leeds and Brad. Midland • . all 101 103 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 114 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 2336 2436 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. .. Norfolk • • all 14 —l5 Do., 6 per cent Do .. all .. .. Middleabro' and Redcar, 6p. et Stockt.& Dar all .. N. & East, 5 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 55 —57 Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 4 6 p Preston and SL.&N. W. all 43 —45 Wyre • • •• I &La.& Y. Do. 34 Shares ADo .. 1036 834 93jp. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 21% 2234 Roy. & Mtchin G. Northern 63( 8 836 )o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 2 p. Sher., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6 .. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 33( 3 dig. Wear Val. 6 par Cent. gun. Stock.& Dar. all 25 —26 x.d 253( Do. do. .. Do .. • • all • • -- • • Do. do. .. Do .. • • all Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western all .. IMSPE: 1111.&NBS. Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business doss to-day. Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 2% db. Caledonian in/. 10 74 Cheater and Holyhead .. all 15 —l5 Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. all 1% 2 Eastern Counties Exton., per cent. No. 1 .. all par p % pm Do. No. 2 • • • • all die par % dis Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% 10% 10% % Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 10 —ll 10 Do. 101. Deben. Shares. all •• East Lancashire, 6 per cent. qUartor shares .. all •• •: E. &W. York. June. sths all .. Edin. Per. &Dun.si p.ct. all %dia. par Glasgow & 0.-W. Consol. 100 .. Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 13% 13% Great South. lz Western (Ireland) eighths .. S % p. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. •• • • 6 •• •• dli. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 .. Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1.. •• .. 11 ••••• p Do. quarters. 1848 .. .. p London, Brighton, and South Cc'et guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 .7, Do. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1881, from 50/. share. E 100 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 .. London &S.-W., new • • 5 p.x.d Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares .. 10 .. ••• blanch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. shrs., No. I all 114 12% Do. new, 101. .. all 11% •—• 11% Do., N. • • • • 3 % Midland Con. 6p. c. utock 100 • • —• • Do. Consol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... 100 127 12 9 Do. Bristol & (Hollow. 48 Norfolk Extension .. all 15 —l6 Do. guar. 5% per cent, all —4% Do. Wavenoy Valley .. 2 • • ** North British 5 5 Oaf. Wor. &I? el. 131. 6 p.c 6 p Shrewsbury and Biren. New Guaranteed .. all 10 10% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. MM.) 8 per cent. all 15 15% South Devon •• •• • • all 13 —l4 South-Eastern, p. ct. 10 • • —•• Waterford& Kilkenny, 51. 1 WestLondon,lst Cl. (10L) all —•• Do. 2d Class de. (Par)all •• •• York, Newc., and Berw., all Gt. N.of E. Fur. 16 16 % 4 Do. York and North Midland 11. and S. Parch. .. 10 1% dig. Great Western (Wilts, Som., and Wrath. Stk.) 90. atN't Itrniena Central of lotorkt 4 (Or leans and Yiervin) Demerara .• • • •• Dutch Rhenish • • •• East Indian • • • • • • Do. do. do. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto . • .. Louvain a 19. Samiore Luxembourg ,X I OR.XIGN. 10% - 10% 17% - 11% Ditto • • •• • • •• Madrid and Valenti& .• afar% Antonia •• Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege .. northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans •• Paris and Rouen • • .• Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havro Sant,go and Meuse .. Toui•l and Na4ltes • • .. Tournay, durbise, Lan don, and Hasselt West Flanders 4 1 4 4L dl!. 2 —2% p. — j 5i D. a —4!.i, p. 1 —lSi 8 —lO 3 -4 ”4 6 14% - 1 4 % 65. 34 —• 86 23 ‘ 2414 a•d s;ta 493 . C% 314 9 , 6 Pk alii 8% ~ ... 2 Ski'.., MINES. Laid. Nominal Prices. I Puniness done: to-day. Australian 4 1% 234 Barossa Range 1 13 0 334 —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal all .. Bolanos Scrip — .• British 1r0n... 13 5 .. —• • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 2434 —• • Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba all .. —• • Do. St. John del Rey— 15 18 19% xd Cobre Copper Copiapo ......• .... •• • 14 6 34 734 General. Mexican& S. American 9 376 4 34 Real Del Monte, Unreg. % % Do. Black Debentures • • —.• Do. Red Debentures • • —• • Santiago de Cuba 10 3 Tin Croft 7 8 United Mexican........ 28 2 8%, —2% JOINT STOCK BANKS . Australasia .. . all 35 3636 British North America.. 50 45 —46 Colonial ~, • 25 1076 —l2 Commercial of London.. 20 25 2634 London joint Stack .... 10 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 27 3(1 —29 National Provincial Eng. 35 Do. New ........ •• .. 10 •• —• • National of Ireland .... 223( 18% 20% Provinaisd of Ireland.... 25 42 —44 Do. New •• .• .. all 1576 1634 Union of Australia ... • all 35 3634 Do. New ........ • • 2% 3 Union of London .....• 10 13% 14% Union of Madrid - • all MISCELLANEOUS. Canada •• .. ••••• • • • • • 32% 48 —49 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 2634 —2B Penin. & Oriental Steam. all 68 —69 Ditto ditto 5 11 9 xd Royal Mail Steam .. •• 60 78 —BO Iwo cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es timated at from 8,000 to 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed steadily. The Share Market was dull, with but little change in prices. The weekly account of the Bank of England is made up to the 16th instant, and presents the expected in crease in the amount of bullion, arising as well from the United States' and California as from the upward movement in the rates of exchange upon the principal continental towns_ The addition to the public account of the Treasury is still a feature, and if it goes on as well as at present, the amount will be very respectable towards the close of the quarter. The private deposits were diminished, and there was an increase in the loans and discounts, both proofs of money finding readier em ployment in ' home mercantile circles. Compared with the previous return, the results are as follow: Notes Issued Increase ... 27,543,905 ... 202,820 ... 3,326,769 Rest Increase ... Public Deposits ... 7,721 ... 6,393,552 ... 880,308 ... 8,617,141 ... 102,319 ... 1,317,068 ... 77,418 ... 13,464,216 ••• 195 ... 12,698,000 ... 619,755 Notes • • 7,412,420 Increase ... ... 122.720 Bullion ... 14,176,799 Increase ... ... 223 278 Active Circulation... ... 20,131,485 Decrease ... 19,900 Bills of exchange on the principal continental cities were quoted yesterday afternoon for those dated 90 days as follows :—Paris, 25 20 to 30 ; Amsterdam, 11 18 to 18} ; Hamburgh, 13 8 to 81 ; Frankfort, 119- to • and Trieste, 11 58 to 12. The committee of Mexican Bondholders have issued a statement of the amount to which the eight coupons in arrear, now converted into certificates are entitled, viz., 205,000 dollars from M. Escandon for cotton iicenses, about 231,000 dolls. from Messrs. Manning and Mackin tosh, and 25,C00/., less expenses, in the Bank of Eng land. There are also claims for tobacco and customs duties. The following is an exact copy of the assign ment of the indemnity money:— (TRANSLATION. " Treasury-General of the Federation. " The Treasurers in charge of the Treasury-General of the Federation hereby certify that on folio 91 of the Lodger they have placed 2,500,000 dollars at the disposal of the Chairman of the Bondholders of the Foreign Debt, in conformity with Article 1 of the Decree of the 14th of October last, the conditions of that decree having been ac cepted by the holders of the bonds of the said debt, converted the 4th July, 1846. This amount is to be paid out of the instalment which is due in May, 1852. to the Govern ment of this Republic by that of the Unitesl States, in virtue of the 12th Article of the Treaty of Peace con cluded between the two nations in the city cf Guada loupe Hidalgo, on the 2d February, 1848, and explained and ratified in Queretaro on the 30th of May of the same year, it being understood that the certificate, exe cuted in triple, is to servo as a receipt to the Govern ment of the United States, and to the party commis sioned by them to pay the money in May, 1852, as may be agreed on with the Chairman of the Bondholders of the Mexican Foreign Debt, to whom it is to be expedited in falfilment of the depositions of the supreme order of the 15th inst. Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven Day and other Bills Iscrease Government Securities Increase ... Other Securities ... Increase ... " Given in Mexico, under our signatures and official seals, this 16th day of February, 1851. " Good for 2.500,000 dollars. " P. J. DEL CASTILLO. ? Seal of the General " P. VELEZ. 3Treasury. " J. L. Huict.Seal of the Ministry ofFinence. " The undersigned, First Official of the - Ministry for Foreign and Home Affairs, certifies that the above sig natures of Don Pedro J. del Castillo, and Don Pedro Vela, Ministers of the Treasury General of the Fede ration, and of Don Jose Luis Huici, First Official of the Ministry of Finance, are genuine, and such as they we in all official documents. " JOSE MARIA ORTIZ MONISTERIO, " Mexico, Feb. 18," The quantity of silver exported direct from London during the week ending last Thursday was 336,672 ounces, all to the Continent, and of gold 706 ounces. In the Amsterdam market on the 21st inst. Dutch stock was in request at 58 15.16 for the Two-and-a- Half per Cents. Spanish Bonds were without alteration, but Mexican improved. The letters from Liverpool and Manchester are again very encouraging as to the state of trade, but at Leeds there was less activity. The English Stock market has been flat again, chi, fly from paucity of business. Consols have been quoted 961 for both money and time. Tho New Three-and a-quarter per Cents. wer© 98i to 99; and the Three per Cents. 97* to ,-f. Bank Stock is 215 to 215 g. Exche quer-bills are 495. premium. Foreign Stocks are very quiet but firm. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 21 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 33. Mexican Bonds have been 29 to and Peruvian Five per Cents. 91 to /. Dutch Four per Cents. were 92,-1 to 93. Railway Shares have not been much dealt in and keep at nearly the previous rates. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols 96 Ditto Account, Sept. 11 ... ••• 96y 4 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 21 5 3 /1 215 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97 'a Ye 3 per Cent. Consols Anne New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Alias. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860— Do. 30 Years, Expire J an. 5, 1860 7 14 India Stock ................................. Do. Bonds, 1000 / J7 p Consols for Account 96 Mg Exchequer Bills. 5001 — 49 p Small yRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. DI ixican Bonds, 1846, ex Jan. Coupons 29 1 , u 29 Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9 l l /2 91 91 Ditto Deferred Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3B Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates COURSE OF EXC Amstora.m ...•..•••• 11 1714 Ditto, three months .. 11 1836 aotterdam .... ••.. • • 11 18% Antwerp .•••••• • •• • • • • 25 30 Brussels • • • • •• ••• • • • • 25 30 Bemburgh .. • • 151.8 .13 814 Altura Paris, 3 days t bight 25 12%', Ditto, 3 months .... 25 27% Marseilles • • .• • • 26 30_ Botirdeaux •—• • • • IrrankfortonMalne. • •• 119 % Vienna, °free. do •••• •• 12 Trieste, ditto 12 Petersburgh,Sil. Rble .• 37 Madrid 50% Cadiz • .............. 60% Barcelona •• • • • • • • •• • • 8evitte•.•••••••••••••• lIANGE.-FRIDAY. Gibraltar • • • •• •• •• •• •• Leghorn 30 50 Genoa •• •••••••••• .• •• 45 40 Milan .. • • • • • • •• •• .• •• Venice • • • • • • • •••• gapies •• •• •• •• 41 Palermo, peroz .......• 123 Messina •.••••• • • • • • •• 123% Lisbon.. ••••••• • •• •• • • 53 0p0rt0.... • . • ... • • 53 Rio Janeiro ••.••• • • • • C.tienos Ayres .• •• Ne - w York, 60 days sight Philadelphia • • PRICES OF BULLION, PEI Of. Foreign Geld in bars.. L 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars • • •• 0 4 11% Silver in bars •• •• 0 5 0% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG, 23.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, AUG. 22.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Mar garetha Maria, Cuba; Emilie Sophia, Havannah for Amsterdam; Zephyr, Quebec for Hull. Arrd. from the River, St. George., Sydney, New South Wales; London, Sierra Leone; Columbus, Cuba; Euxine, Qwhen. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Earl of Hardwick, Bombay. Sld. Rosebud, Adelaide, South Australia; Jessica, Trinidad. pool.—Sld. Mountaineer, Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Maypo, Sierra Leone; Clydeside, Monrovia; Anglesea, Quebec; Saurander, ditto. Sld. Vernon, Prince Edward's Island; Joshua Waddington, Valparaiso; Fanny, Bar badoes; Isabel, Antigua; Marie, Jamaica; C atha rine , Santa Martha; Scotia, Baltimore; Aberdeen, New York. FLEETWOOD, AUG, 22.—Hope, Quebec. WHITEHAVEN —Arrd. Sarah, Quebec. Sld. Samuel M‘Leati, Dalhousie. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 21.—Wind W.—Arrd. Jenny, Mauritius, Anne, Callao; Colonel Maule. ditto; Ran ger, Rio Grande; Philip Deane, Bahia; Gertrude, St. Stephen's. BELFAST, AUG. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Agitator, New York. S HI ELDS, AUG. 22.--Wind W.—Arrd. Providence, Quebec. LIMERICK.—Arrd. Elizabeth, mi ram i c hi Kezeah, New York. Sid. Energy, Quebec. CRINIINAL COURT.-(rITIS DAY•) OLD COUR'''. (Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.) Joseph Blades was indicted for assaulting and stealing some money tram the person of Marcus Phillips, on the Queen's highway. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. From the prosecutor's statement, who is an inter preter, it appeared that on the night of the 10th of July, between one and two o'clock, he was walking down the Haymarket when the prisoner came up and said, "El° do you do?" He replied that he was quite well, bat that the prisoner had the advantage of him, as b e did not know him. Before, however, he could obtain a replY some companions of the prisoner surrounded him, w il l felled him to the ground, and then plundered him of two sovereigns. He resisted as much as he cotild , and succeeded in detaining the prisoner until apt lio3r o° came up, to whom he gave him into custody. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of the assault, *e a a former conviction for highway robbery having h' 4ll proved against him, he was sentenced to eight 61 months' imprisonment with hard labour. (Before Mr. Justice WIGET3IAN John Stevens, a respectably-attired middle-Brd 311 ,1 was indicted for the manslaughter of Henry Stei l "' Davies. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Parry conducted the case, and Mr. Ballantinc retained to defend the prisoner. The case was represented by the Learned Gentlortill,, who introduced it to the jury to be one of great in3P°'; Wee to the public as well as to the prisoner hiuoel f, the charge fell little short of the highest 0 6611 c; known to the law. Ho was accused of lisT' ll ,; by misconduct and bad treatment, caused „,t`ile death of an imbecile lad named Davies. , a deceased had been of weak intellect from his birth, 1113 ,, his mother being a confirmed lunatic he was allow nd 4 become loose in his habits. In the early part of J.'"" he was attrcked by the bowel complaint, and as i" 1/ : mained upon him for some days, he was induced 13 1. t• Mr. Wantalow , who had previously treated him w ..e a great kindness, to take a powder which he h a d procth • from the prisoner, who fudowed the conobined oce o P Lions of potato salesman, grocer, and quack. doctor, P 1 ; 0 tising without a diploma, and giving himself out to • world in the neighbourhood of Ratcliffe-big bwal 11 !,,,a medical botanist, who superintended the adru;niso l l o f of Dr. Coffin's system. The powder was corrill° se :igs hemlock and other plants, one of which was a fo r ",le growth, and alter it had been taken by the lad, he ° him an enema containing a stringent me di c i n e of a rhol sonous nature. The medicine had not the desired effeo 7, ; ( o the deceased slowly got worse, and the prisoner ' e sent to attend him. ne accordingly went to where' fit deceased was lying, and injected some fluid into 4 , body, which appeared to give him great relief. - *0 deceased slept well the same night, and seemed 01 / 10 better on the following morning, but towards tiff le t o'clock he got worse, and died at four o'clock , ;fr. enduring great suffering. Just after the death . 0 - 0 Garratt, a regular medical practitioner, came upoo_ f i s li scene, and, subsequently, by direction of the Py r e authorities, he made a pose mortem examination, tlil°_ A y suit of which led him to believe that death was ace rated, if not directly caused, by the compositions o' nistered, at the instance of the prisoner. tale Dr. Leathby, the lecturer at the London 110 0 P e 0 who has devoted considerable Attention to the Ot i s of poisons, was of opinion that the nace l°- 0 14 administered were the very worst that e`, l i , possibly have been given. So far the 0 . deuce want to implicate the prisoner, but upon cl: ° 0 , examination, two of the witnesses, who were exsol'ele on behalf of the prosecution, admitted that they ort l o d the constant habit of taking the same Laedicine, always derived the greatest benefit from it, whil e i t be GvTatt stated in the course of his examinaticnu tha t 1 ft lung of the deceased bad evidently long bofore ctf been rendered useless by diseasN - face Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury fir the do - r e , contending that the prosecution had arisen out o f p a l judice sgainst the prisoner on the part of the np edl a pi profession, and insisting that nothing had been 010 to justify a conviction. Tho Lcarned JUDGE having summed up, aiGS The jury, after a brief conzultaticu, returned a ve i l of Acquittal, and the prisoner sas at once liberaleo• MANSION—HOUSE.--(THIS Y fra lo Ellen Basman was placed before Mr:. Ala e ,:"'„oto Hooper on a charge of begging and us:tig w— language. he o A gentleman of the name of Bird said, 11S Th i wg passing through America-square yesterday evAe:r the prisoner, who was drunk and had some lay , 1 0 % - teo ber hand, asked him for alms, and on refusing t° to her, she followed after him and continued to !lot some distance notwithstanding his remonstrance, 01 "„ige use of abusive and disgusting epithets, and he vr , t l ping mately compelled to give her into custody. On rotas; the station-house she accused him of indecent „„ in the street, and did him the honour of claims.4 l " a bastard of her own. f loor The worthy Alderman sentenced her to jr°l 3- ii meet in the House of Correction for fourteen (Ws hard labour. Joseph Porter, who described himself as a g et" : of dealer, was charged with stealing from the wsreh Messrs. William and John Kynaston, 4,;Greshaol .44 „ther City, forty-six yards of baize, some flannel, and- articlss. The prisoner, who previously bore a respect, 1 " racter, but had given way to intemperate hab Wh t o detected in the act of running away from the wav•ivr oo s er on Thursday last with the above articles in his yn i o to sion. He was immediately pursued and gin ‘l3 custody. f to The prisoner, who had nothing to say in ans the charge, was committed for trial. BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY.) jfr. Thomas Houghton, goidbeater, was charged befoi ; o f Hall, with stealing a quantity of gold, the prePe his employers, Messrs. Seymour, of Upper St. 14:1 0 lane. From the evidence of Mr. If. Seymour, and °tilt r 0 of neeses, it appeared that on the Ist of August, a 1 3 ' ; p ee , gold of the value of about 101., of nearly three "iota weight, was given out to the prisoner to work V a riti leaf. The prisoner, who was at the time employ ed t or t some other work, absented himself from the prosee shop, from the Ist inst. for several days. $ 001 %,''',01 .0 after his return to work, Mr. Seymour finding no s ' - 13 10 13 1 made on account of the piece given out to questioned him about it, and the prisoner sari 1 4 - 10$ lost it. Mr. Seymour then accused him of . s Si l a the metal, and ultimately gave him into custody. ; t oe ° remanded to the House of Detention, the prisoner' "r a ja wrote an imploring letter to the prosecutor, de C jeg that it was in a drunken moment he had been so P" 50 to part with the gold, and beseeching forgiveness 4- count of his " wife and doar little ones." The prisoner's defence now was an echo of that Set Mr. Games, for the prosecution, said that Mr. o ulfi mour was desirous of acting with leniency ,but be refer not avoid prosecuting in the present instance, he r reluctant to do so. ,- O f Mr. HALL said it was the bounden duty of Mr. Se) ti t to prosecute, whatever his feeling in the matter w be. The prisoner was committed. LAMBETH.—(AiiIS DAY.) 010 John West, a young man of about 22, and 9° ,. thi ° most respectable eppearance, was placed in the tl °t3;- oi os morning before - Mr. Elliott on a charge of bre r i, i llov into the house of Mr. Henry Chap man , No. 2, "'„ son-place, Waterloo-road, and steali ng f r om 1 302 I/ tity of silver plate. Western, L 65, deposed that as he was en morning between five and six o'clock in Coral",;; l g r New-cut, he obzervcd the prisoner walking ,B7hs company with another young man. llemarkin,l,' - , - 010 t ' had something of a bulky appearance in his r . pore he turned round and walked towards him for t "is Igo pose of examining hire. On perceiving him 1) 0 3 young men started to run in opposite directioo s pursued the prisoner for some distance, and at lend os er , was stopped. He immediately searched the p ri g pcol and found on him a plated silver tea-pot, the 1 7 0 13 _, top, and spout of a coffee pot, and cruet-sta rsu 't; itv several silver spoons. The body of the cofieel° at found subsequently in Cornwall-road. , a. tb Mary Freeman, servant to Mr. Chapman, doccc,,ero not at eight o'clock last night she fastened up the d°: windows at the back of her master's house; t he aII door was fastened about ten o'clock, and at eleve n g tb d the house had gone to bed. On coming down Steil tcb e : t morning at a quarter to six, she found the baol‘ kd window open; and on searching. about discovel*,c, all the silver plate kept down stairs for general missing. This consisted of two silver table-2F'°°l,l3sF dessert spoons, two table forks, and two dessert t: 91. ',; 0 0 11 !' teapots, coffee-pot, butter stand, and several te°4F„ ofi The plate produced, taken from the person of 't soner, was part of this. di d t fi c Th© prisoner, on being called for his defence , s„ too' had found the articles at the corner of CoroO P wrapped up in a white cloth. 0 13 ti The MAGISTRATE ordered him to ho reman d Tuesday. ..e MlttP DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.--OR fr iVA fi morning last, about half-past two o'clock, on th e the mail train from London, at the Boston statio n, 3,Tvo ca was given that a gentleman travelling in a third . c' 3 i ate“ riage was dead or dying. Mr. Waghorn, the station-11400! was immediately in attendance, and Mr. Tusford, 3 ,1 11 t go e ; was sent for, but it was quite certain that death 113 , 00 ,oci' s , place before the train stopped. The deceased death pro fi t be Mr. John Mawer, farmer, of Aby Grange, nea r -- e% te ,;el gentleman fifty-four years of age, carrying on, an'llosliPil sive business, and well known in this part of L' rj a 1 0 4 He had been to see a relative near London, e t ' t 0 t1 3 , 13 spent a week in visiting the Great Exhibition and t, places in the metropolis and the neighbourbo,°" Saturday he complained to his son-in-law, Mr. -" fi gall, of being rather indisposed, and had be attack of diarrhoea. I n the evening, h o wever, w hen t' London, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Riggall 3 ejl ear grandchildren, lie was much recovered, and converged core' h h e ' th ° fully; once only, on approaching Peterbor ou g plained of a shortness of breath. At Teterboro deceased got out of the carriage, and walked OP a 2 3„ the platform for some time. On returning , which he h e odi cr„ great haate, he said he had met several persong He was out of breath, and remarked that lie would notolll. hurried so if he had not thought the time was shorrt__„srl;o!: an-hour afterwards, on reaching t hat town, he.i_eritteree. " This is Spalding." These were the lost words a. l ? be s ieq ., lie then appeared to settle hims elf to sleep, b was that of death. Not a sound or a moan • and it was only on the train stopping at 13ostas"eniell members of his family learnt their melancholy bare An inquest was held in the evening, and a verdict of 11 ... tur .6, death was returned.—Boston Herald. c4R 1141) " c NUISANCE IN HOLYWELL. STREET, L ard ,0 ' tg requisition has been presented to the ehurchw 7,,,,,.bitaut Clement Danes, from a number of the lestrespectabet'beti, of of Ilolywell-street and neighbourhood, reque, e re6s' P call a vcalry meeting of the parishioners, for 11 1 o consideringthenumttrhoeusbsehstoic3souinrstehtaot be adopted fooordtlyl7besruoPbPoo-0 Of an immoral tendaicy are eNpoaed for sale. ITALY. The Croce di Savoia of the 19th says :—" We are assured that the Minister of Public Works has just concluded a preliminary agreement with Mr. BRASSEY which is to serve as the basis for the railway under taking from Turin to Novara. This line, which will run on the left bank of the Po, will touch Chivasso, Cigliano, Panthia, St. Germain, and \remit. Mr. BEASSBY will be the general contractor, and conse quently one of the principal shareholders of the com pany, which is to execute all the works at its own charge, and have them completed within thirty months from the day of the definitive formation of the company." A letter from Florence of the 15th instant says : "By an order of the Government, the distribution of the French journals, the Presse, National, and Re publique, was prevented this morning. The entrance of these journals into Tuscany is henceforth inter dicted." The Eng Hill Mediterranean squadron, under Admiral PARKER, arrived at Cagliari on the 2d, from Sicily. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVERT GARDEN. Very large supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables were on sale in to-day's market, whilst the general demand ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Fnurr.—Pine Apples, English, 4s to 7s per lb; ditto, Co lonial, is to 4s Od each; Hot-house Grapes, 2s to 5s per lb; Peaches, lOs Od to 18s Od; Nectarines, 8s Od to 16s Od per dozen; Apples, is to 2s; Pears, 2s to 33 per half sieve; Strawberries, Gd to 9d per pottle ; Gooseberries, Is 6d to 4s Od; Currants, !'s Gd to 5s per half sieve; Cherries, 6d to Is 6d per lb ; Melons, 2s Od to Gs Od each ; Orleans Plums, 4s 6d to 6s ; Greengages, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per half sieve; Filberts, 75s to 80s per 1001bs. VEG l tTAßLES.—Cucumb:.:rs, Id to Is each; Spinach, is 3d to Is 9d per sieve; Horseradish, is 6d to Cs per bundle; Parsley, is 6d to 23 per dozen bunches; White Cabbages, 3d to Is; Red ditto, 2s to 4s ; Red Beet, 6d to Is per dozen; Mushroons, is to 2s per pottle ; Small Salad, 28 per dozen punnets; Cabbage Lettuces, 4d to 9d; Cos ditto, 8d to Is per score; Turnips, 33 to 53, Carrots, 4s to 6s per dozen bunches; Potatoes, 45s to 80s per ton; ditto, 2s to 4s 6d per cwt; Celery, 6d to is 6d per bundle; Greens, 33 to 5s per dozen bunches ; Is to 23; Cauliflowers, Is 6d to 3s per dozen; Common Salad, Is to is td, Peas, Is to is 6d per half sieve; French Beans, Is 6d to 2s, Broad Beans, is to Is 6d per sieve; Vegetable Marrows, 6d to is per dozen • Walnuts, for Pickling, 6d to 10d per 100 ; Artichokes, i s to 2s. NBWGATE AND LEADENEALL. Duck?, 2s (d to 3s Od; Tame Rabbits, is 6d to is 9d; Figeons, 6d to 9d ; Roasting Pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Surrey Fowl 7s ed to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 6s Od to 7s Od; Goslings, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; Barn-door Fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od per couple; English Eggs, 6s Od to Os Od; French ditto, 4s 6d to 58 3d; and Irish ditto, 4s 9d to 5s 6d per 120; Fresh Butter, Os to Os Od per lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 101 to 3s4drAuit7l,2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 4s Od to 4s 10d; Veal, 2z 8d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per Bibs. WHITECSAPEL. Beef, from 2s 2d to 314 d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 3s 6d to 43 8d; Veal, 2s Cd to 38 6d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 4d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 8s Od to 14s Od ; Brill, Os Od to Os Od ; Haddocks, 8d to is Od each; Cod Fish, 68 Od to 12s Od; Lobsters, 8d to 2s 3d; and Crabs, 6d to 2s 3d each; Soles, 8d to 2s 6d per pair • Flounders, 10d to Is 9d; Dried H a ddocks, Os Od to Qs Od; Smelts, 2s Od to 2s 6d per dozen; Whitings, lOs Oct to 15s Od per 15; Eels, Os 4d to Os 10d; Salmon, 10d to is Id per lb; Herrings, Os Od to Os Od per 100; Common Oysters, 10s Od to 36s Od per bushel; and Mackerel, 6EI to 10d each. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 6d to 614 d ; of Household ditto, 4 1 ,0 to 11%d per 41b loaf. HIDE MARZET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b lid to 2d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 2id ; ditto, SOlb to 881 b, 2id to 2id ; ditto, 881 b to 961b,2id to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od; ditto, 104Ib to 1121 b, Od to Od. Calf Skins, light, is Od to 2s 6d; ditto, full, 4s 6d to Os Od; Horn Hides, 5s Od to Os; Polled Sheep, Os Od to Os Od; Half-breeds, Os Od to Os Od; Downs, Os Od to Os Od; Lanib Skins 2s Od to 2s 9d; Shearlings, is Cd to is 3d. 11AT MARZETS. SMITHFIELD.—New Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 12s; old ditto 31.5 s Od to 41 Od; new Clover, 3/ Os Od to 41 Os Od; old ditto, 31 lOs to 41 10s; and Straw, 1/ is to II Ils per load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. CUMBETtIAND.—New Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 3/ 12s ; old ditto, 31 5a to 4/ 2s; new Clover, 81 Os to 41 Oa; old ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 6s; and Straw, 11 is to 11 lOs per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECILAPEL.—New Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 3/ 12s ; old ditto, 31 5s to 41 Os; new Clover, 3/ Os to 41 Os; old ditto, 31 103 to 41 10s; and Straw, 111 s to 11 10s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely late rates. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending August 19, 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 255. lid. per cwt From the Mauritius ... • 245. Sbd. „ From the East Indies ~. • ... 225. 70. ~ Average price of the jointly, foregoing de scriptions of sugar, computed as above, and exclusive of duty .„ .. 245. 110. f) llxVieT By authority of Parliament, Bic By Clerk of the Grocers Company. Grocers'-hall, Aug. 22. FAILURE.—The failure of Messrs. Fraser and Lightfoot, East India merchants, has been announced. Their liabilities arc stated at 50,0001., and the cause assigned for their suspension is that their assets, which are put down at 53,0001., are not immediately convertible. r , THE I ELECTRIC ELEGRAPIT.—It affords us great pleasure to find that the Great Western Railway Company have at last determined on meeting the public wants, by allowing the laying down a line of telegraphic communica tion all the way from Slough to join the telegraph at Exeter, and thus we shall have a direct communication by electric telegraph from Plymouth to the metropolis, and thence to the principal parts of the kingdom. The South Devon Company also mean to have a direct communication with Exeter, so as to avoid the break in the communication which has hitherto taken place at Alewton.—Plyinouth Jo:.crnai. THE NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM* snip CO3IPANY.—We have authority for stating that neither tender, offer, nor any kind of proposal, t o run th e R oya l M a il steamers alternately between Galway and New York, and Liverpool and New York, hai ever been made by the Cunard Company. _ - - CIINEUE o>~ MAN SLAUGHTER.—Yesterday John Hampson was charged, at the Borough Court, Manchester, with having caused the death of hi s w if e. I t appeare d t h at late on Sunday night . they w ere quarre lli ng, and t h at t h e noise of a person falling down stairs in the building in which they lived was heard by the neighbours. Hampson affirmed that the woman had fallen down, b u t s h e d ec l are d t h at her husband " had done it." Her d ea th t oo k p l ace on T hursday morning. A medical man, who had not been called in to her assistance until Tuesday, deposed to her being covered with wounds on the head, neck, legs, &c. He attributed her death to injury done to the brain, but had not made a post mortem examination of it. The bruises appeared to him to have been caused by kicks, though some of them might have been the result of a fall down stairs. The prisoner, who denied the charge of ill usage to his wife, was remanded for further investigation. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—The following sums are given by the will of the late Mrs. Hannah Nicholson, of Morpeth :...-2001. to the Colonial Missionary Society, 1001. to the Irish Evangelical Society, both in connexion with the Congregational Union of England and Wales; 2001. to the London Missionary Society; 1001. to the Home Mis sionary Society; 100/. to the British and Foreign Bible Society; 501. to the Religious Tract Society; 50/. to the Newcastle Infirmary; 50/. to the Morpeth Dispensary; 50/. to the Prescyterian Chapel at Morpeth ; and 1001. to the Home Mission of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in England. THE SUICIDE AND DOUBLE ATTEMPT AT ASSASSI NATIoN AT TorrEnwt.—Many inquiries were made yester day as to the condition of Mrs. Brand and her daughter, and we regret to state that at a late hour last night the former was in a condition to excite the worst fears as to the result of her wounds. Miss Brand, on the contrary, was doing as favourably as could be anticipated. Nothing new has transpired with respect to the melancholy event, with the exception of the discovery of a further sum of money on the body of Crigalo, at a late hour on Thursday evening. It consisted of 100 twenty-france pieces in gold, secured in a belt worn round his person. Mr. Brand, the husband and father of the unfortunate females who have been so seriously wounded, is a clerk in the Provincial Bank of Ireland, Old Broad -street, and, besides Miss Brand, is the father of se veral children ; and it is a somewhat singular coincidence that his son, at the time the event occurred, was expected to be staying in Germany at Crigalo's native town, whither he had gone, with a younger sister, for the purpose of leaving her at an educational establishment. THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND THE ART•UNION OF LONDON.—The Royal Academy closed its exhibition on Tuesday evening, the 19th instant, with a conversazione. About 4,0001. have been handed to the artists of the metro rolis by the avociation for 110 pictures selected by prize- At , ? c w illustrative drawings, engrav ,,y.uers, anu nearly ings, sculpture, &c. Of the 110 pictures, _QB Were obtained from the Royal Academy at the cost of 1,160/. ; (( aril the Society of British Artists, 1,2241. • 19 from the Port land Gallery, 660/. ; 10 from the Wrater-Colour Society, 3 1.11.; 13 from the New Water-Colour Society. 1951.: and 4 from the eriti.h Institution, 851. The exhibition will open on the Ist of September, and will comprise a certain number of the works purchased in former years, besides those of the current year, The Builder. TM POTATO , p 07. ALOP.----... v Irg, AUG. 21 . — T he cro p throughoutd— tlie county still promises well — th e earl y planted being .. extremely luxuriant, and the latter sort s, as well as those ii;jured by the frosts of the 3d and 4th of July, now shooting forward with unusual vigour. As yet no decided case of disease hi the tubers has c,.nie under our observation, but several fields show a considerable amount of blight i mng the he.nlms. Whether this may ultimately develope itself as the old disease anti extend to the tuber, is a matter of extreme •uncertairty. Sales are now going forward in the Peighbor irhood of all the towns, and the crop in small lots for imm erliate consump ti o n is selling at rates varying troin'in to 2 21. p er - imperial acre. In the neighbourh o od of Kkaf ' i ' ' r oy or a salebrought as high as 251. per acre; and the other night , r tear Cupar, a small field realised the enormous price of pi.,! —rifeshire Journal. SATURDAY 27/ Gs 8d GRAN) FOF "Lonclori n The Vol Itll loss o: , 8.30.—'1 el()!i e up. The Am Theac' ‘ l ttp, whict koudai c ( 4 4 to the b ribed, bu ale being 2. -7 1 3. 4. 1 S. -] 6. • 18. S hort At