The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. PLAY-HOUSE PRICE NIGHTS. THREE MORE NIGHTS. - • will be given, viz.:—To -Tight, (Thursday), Sept. 11, Friday, Sept. 12, and Saturday, Sept. 13, POSITIVELY TIIE LAST NIGHTS OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, September 11, Bellies celebrated o;,era, LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Mme. Sontag ; Elvino, Sig. Calzolari ; Count Rodolpho, Sig. Lorenzo. The Evoning's performances will commence with selections from LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Madame Barbieri Nini; Bidebent, Signor Balanchi; Enrico, Signor Lorenzo ; Edgardo, Signor Pardini. Grand Pas de Cinq by Igadlle. Carolina Rosati, Mesdlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, and Lamoureux. After which, selections from Donizetti's opera, LINDA DI CIIA MOUNI. Linda, Madlle. Sofle Cruvelli; Pierotto, Madlle. Marie Cruvelli. To conclude with a Divertissement. Quadrille Francais, from Les Cosmopolites. La Saltarele, by Mdlle. Carolina Rosati and, M. kilvain. To-Morrow, Friday, Sept. 12, and Saturday, Sept. 13, positively the Last Nights of the Season, a variety of Entertainments, includ ing the talents of Mesdames Sontag, Barbieri Nini, Fiorentini, and Sone Cruvelli. 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, 105. 6d. Gallery stalls, ss. Boxes--Two Pair, 215.; One Pair and Pit Tier, 1/. 1 is. 6d.; Grand Tier, 21. 2s. ; Box Seats, 55., Gs., and 7s. S T. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's KATE AND ELLEN BATEMAN, (Only Eight and Six years of age.) THIS EVENING, The perfbrmances commence at Half-past Seven, with the Cemedietta entitled A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. To be followed by the principal scenes from the First and Second Acts of ShaksPeare's Tragedy of MACBETH, with a few consistent curtailments. Macbeth by Kate Bateman ; Lady Macbeth by Ellen Bateman. Dance of Styria by 3ladlle. Therese Cushnie and DI. Milano. In addition to which will be produced an entirely new Petite Co medy (translated from the French of M. Scribe, "Le Marriage En fautin," expressly for Kate and Ellen Bateman), entitled THE YOUNG COUPLE, Charles de Blonville, Ellen Bateman ; Henrietta de Vigny, Bate Bateman ; supported by Messrs. John Webster, Artaud, and Miss Villars. To conclude with a new Ballet of Action, entitled LA STATUE BLANCHE. Principal characters by Messrs. Beckett, M. Ellar, T. Matthews, M. Milano, and Madlle. Therese Cushnie. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; at all the principal Libraries and Music Sellers ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from 11 till 5 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Last Week but Two. Gymnasium Extraordinary—Success Unprecedented. Incomparable AMERICAN and FRENCH EQUESTRIAN TROUPE. Under the Management of Messrs. Risley and M'Collum. Monstre Engagement and most decided hit—the Italian Brothers, Edward and Jean Bourteller having created the greatest possible sensation, will appear every evening in their miraculous entertain ments, in addition to the popular company, consisting of Madlle. Caroline, Mr. M'Collum, Mr. Stone, on his Wild Horse, Mons. Loisset, Madame Brower, and Young Baptiste. Doors open at Halt-past Seven, to commence at Eight. Public attention is directed to the present scale of prices : Dress Boxes, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d.; ; Upper do., 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'air. R. Weoster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Olu Brampton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new am, original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. With the highly successful Operetta, entitled SON AND STRAN GER. The Mayor, Mr. Lambert ; Herrmann, Mr. W. Harrison ; Kauz, Mr. Weiss ; Ursula, Miss P y ne ; Lisbeth, Miss Pyne. To be followed by a new comic Drama, entitled GRANDMOTHER GRIZZLE. Sir Oliver Pippin, Mr. Lambert; Percy Pinchbecke, Mr. pars fte ; Phil Fuddle, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Griselda Pinch becks and Little Steve, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Polly Willows, bliss A. V ining. After which an entirely new Farce, entitled GRIMSHAWI BAG SHAW and BRADSHAW 1 Grimshaw, Mr. B: - ckstone ; Bag aw, Mr. H. Belford ; Towzer, Mr. Selby ; Emily, Miss A. Vining, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPUL Tinder the direction of Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new romantic Drama, called TIIE DEEN'S SECRET ; or, The Iron Mask. Boland, Madame Ce le ste ; the Chevalier de Rosarges,Mr. B. Webster ; Baron Neauwitz, Mr. Paul Bedford; Monsieur de St. Male, Mr. C. J. Smith; the Countess de Chevreuse, Miss Woolgar; Aline, Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which will be revived in all its splendour, the celebrated Terpsichorian burlesque spectacle of TAMING A TARTAR. Cha racters by Messrs. Worrell, P. Bedford, G. Honey, Mitchenson, C. J. Smith, Cullenford, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, Miss Ellen Chap tin, and Miss Hayman. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA rEE, O. FORD-STREi.IT, Under the Managementot Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keel° . 7. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. Mr. Wig :n, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. " Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated," in which Mr. and Mrs. K eeley will appear. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mcille. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE.. Under the Management of Madame Yestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. W , Il be performed COURT BEAUTIES. Characters by Mesers. C. Mathews, Iloxby S. Matthews, G. J. Yining, Baker; Miss St. George, and Miss M. Oliver. To bo followed by O•' TLY A CLOD. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Suter, Bel li ngham, Roxby ; and Miss M. Oliver. To con,:itide with KING CHARMING. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Suter, F. Matthews, llorncastle, Bellingham ; Miss St. George, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. C. Horn, Misses Martindale, Ellis, and Rosins Wright. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. NY. Farran. THIS E VEN _ECG, Great Attraction. Will be performed THE FACTORY GIRL; or, All that Glitters is not Gold. Characters by Messrs. Compton, 11. Farren, W. Far ren, jun., G. Cooke, Norton, Mesdames Stirling, Bartlett, and Louisa Howard. To be followed by GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfa ther Whitehead. Mr. W. Farren. With, I'VE EATEN MY FRIEND. Jellytop, Mr. Compton. To conclude with THE HOLE IN THE WALL. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. 'rider thokatr °nage of her Majesty and his Royal Highnese Prince Albert. Pro rietcr aid Manager, Mr. W. Batty• The most successful and popular Theatre in London. Another Week of Glorious Tr , amph. . The most attractive Spectacle ever produced—crowded to the ceding nightly. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ; or the Wild Horse of Tartary, which has been revived, in conse quence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nations to wit noes the magnificent Spectacle. With Batty's Grant Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and Rritish dale and Female Artists of superior talent. To conclude with a laughable Afterpiece. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. stage Meaner, Mr. T. Thompson. PIPSCH'S PL AYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. 'IM IS EVENING, Will be performed SIM`ON AND CO. Principal characters by Mr. Tilbary and Mrs. Copeland. With a Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Davies, Rogers, and Miss Marshall. After which a new Farce, entitled WHICH IS HE? Principal characters by Messrs. Davis, Romer, Hudspeth ; Miss Marshall, and Miss Egan. With a new Burlesque, entitled GODIVA, THE LADY OF COVENTRY. Characters by Messrs. Davies, J. Rogers, Norton, Romer, Maskell, :Atwood; Mesdames Marshall, C. Horsman, E. Romer, Morcelli, and Maskell. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4s; foxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, ls. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to *eminence at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock —first circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. TUE ONLY SUCCESSFUL RIVAL TO TIIE CR VSTAL PALACE. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. To-day and To-morrow, Those extraordinary Performers the HALLAMSHIRE CAM PANOLOGIANS, who are engaged for Six Nights only, will make their First Appearance. They are Seven In number, and perform, on Fifty-two Bells, the most scientift2, and popular Music of the day, and will be heard with great effect in the finale to the Great Exhibition Quadrille. Dauson's Colossal Picture of the Temple of Janus in the Eternal City--Splendid Menagerie—Performing Ele phants—Promenade Concert, by the unrivalled Baud of the Es tablishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, choice programme of Ancient and Modern Music—English Glees, Catches, Madrigals, and Songs, by Miss Messent, Messrs. Young, Hill, Manvers, and Leffler. All the unique and varie amusements of the Establishment, con eltHing with a most brilliant inimitable display of Fireworks, by Southby. Doors open from Nine in the Morning. Feeding of the Animals at half-past Four. Campanologians at five. Concert at Six. Fire works at Nine. ADMISSION -ONE SHILLING. = l - 11, J Ari LONDON fiaIDGE Tao DAT —Morning 31 rain. after 2 I Evening 45 min after 2 To-M.:miaow—Morning I min. after 3 I Evening 1G min after 3 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of th© Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KIZIGSTOWN (D üßus) —Wind S.E., gentle breeze— partially cloudy. CHELTENIIAM —Wind N.— fine. WORCESTER—Wind E.—very fine. PORTSMOUTH—Wind E.—very fine. GOSPORT —Wind E.—very fine. BRIGHTON—Wind N.E.. gentle breeze—cloudless. li.asTurGs—Wind E.N.E. gen tle breeze—cloudless. Bounumprox—Wind N.V., strong breeze—cloudless. FOLHESTONE—Wind S.E , gentle breeze—cloudless. TUNBRIDGE—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. BASINGSTOKE—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENWICH—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudlesE. s - oHD—Wind N.—fine. GLOIJCESTERW ind E. —very fine. CHELMSFORD —Wind S.E.—fine. C.43l:BranGE—Calm—cloudless. BIRMLNGHAM —Wind E.—very fine. STAFFORD—Wind E.—fine. Thamouru—Wind N.E., calm—cloudless. Noßwicit—Wind E.—very fine. IPsynell—Wind N.— cloudy. JJ ER" Wind N.—very fine. orrniGßANt—N Vi nc i E. —v•ery fine. LINCOLN—Wind W.—very fine. liofffußAD—Calco—very fine. CLIEsTEB—Wind S.E.— very fine. S.E.—cloudv. LivEaroor , —Wind HULL—Wind W.S.~Y —fin L ZEDS— Wind N. W.— very fine. YORK_Wind S.W.---fine. SCARBOROUGH —Wind W, —fine. RITBY— Wind S. W., gentle breeze.. cloudless. DARIMNGTON . * WiIId SHAY— ind S.E., calm — principally clear. EWCASTL ind BEATTOCK —Calni—part ally cloudy. BERWICK—WindW. --- fin e. GLASGOW— Wind W.—fine. EDINBURGH—W ind W.— fine. The returns from the following p laces indicate t he state of the wind and weather ou Tuesday morning at n i ne o'clock : LEittcli—Wind S., calm—overcast. koorar.—Wind E.. hard wind—partially cloudy. LEIGIITON --Wind E., gentle brecre—partially cloudy. P.u.-rzrator.ouuu—Vi ind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CaMVE—Wind E, gentle breeze--fine. &I-rap—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. CAUTION TO SPORTSMEN, —A few drys since a lad was walking along the Queen Anne-road, near the hedge, when some person discharged a gun in the adjoining field, and a portion of the charge struck his hsad, but most fortu nately in an oblique direction, so that instead of penetrating the skull, the shots were lodged between the skull and the scalp, otherwise the boy's lif e might have been sacrificed to the indiscretion of the sportsvaan.--lifaitistone Journal. THE StIN, LONDON, THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. CO—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and daring the night. 61—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.53. WIND S.E.—Morning, fogy; Afternoon, sunshiny weather. TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unle®s authen ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot bs returned. r d t ' 4 l , if, , 7 * ,- , Z , IN ,--0,--in -7 v ".'''',.;?,. . %. 44 c ~ iii :•.:I, ' -`,llr, 'r • m "' 4 . -bßon .‘ ' , r"--, - -- , the official, if any, to whom the fault can be traced. A thousand indignant prosecutors are ready to step forward to enforce the full measure of his responsi bility, and the voice of public opinion pronounces a judgment more stringent than any that would be delivered from the bench of justice. But in poor, unhappy Ireland thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands withered away day by day and week after week, without attracting attention or notice. One of the most warm-hearted and hospitable people in the world had become callous and indifferent to the miseries in which they themselves were parti cipating. It was the common lot, to which all should succumb, from which none were exempted. The aged and infirm, the young and helpless, were asso ciated with companions in the bloom of youth and vigour and physical strength. The fell destroyer was no respecter of persons, the more powerful were among the first victims; and the early release of the fathers and providers brought despair on the surviving members of the doomed families. They perished without complaint in their wretched huts, patiently awaiting the fate which they were unable to avert. Their names were unheard of, and the discovery of entire families lying dead or dying, beyond the possibility of receiving any benefit from tardily administered restoratives, scarcely elicited a passing observation from the finders, who had become but too well accustomed to such heartrending exhibitions. In order to estimate fully the actual loss of life, as well as the other causes tending to diminish the population, we must take into account the probable increase that would have taken place under ordinary circumstances during the ten years that elapsed since the preceding enumeration of the people. Never was there a country in which the command to " increase and multiply" was more religiously observed, or in which the Malthusian doctrines were in more intense detestation. Celibacy was a state to which none of " the boys or girls" inclined, and the moment a young couple could muster sufficient to pay the necessary fee to the priest by whom the bonds were to be rivetted, they plunged into matrimony, utterly reckless of the consequences that might result, or the numerous " responsibilities" that usually followed the union. Their wants were few indeed. A mud hovel, with a few rough chairs, a table, and bed, afforded the ne cessary shelter; a small patch of potato-ground, taken in conacre at the most extravagant price, the only stipulation being that the rent should be worked out, provided the onlyfood that was desired; and an occasional day's labour for the squire or some neighbouring farmer, who on extraordinary occasions, at harvest time, &c., paid in specie, enabled the cottier to pay "dues" to "his reverence,'' and to obtain the addi tions to the family wardrobe which decency required. Under such circumstances the population increased in an almost geometrical ratio, and it is not too much to assume that but for the mysterious blight that destroyed the potato crop, we should have had a re turn of at least TEN MILLIONS of inhabitants in Ireland, or an increase of twenty per cent. on the returns of the 7th of June, 1841. In place of such an augmentation, however, the actual result shows a falling off of 20 per cent , the average in the south and west being more than 25 per cent. reduction. This, then, exhibits the catastrophe in its true light ; and when we consider that the wealthier classes escaped comparatively scathless, but that almost the whole of the mortality fell among the pea santry, we shall find that the deaths of a moiety of the people, or at least 40 per cent. of the entire in the coast districts of the south and west of Ireland, is not by any means an exaggerated estimate of the mortality during the last five years. The actual figures show that, in 1841, there were in Ireland 1,384,360 inhabited houses. That num ber was reduced to 1,115,007 in 1851—no less than 269,353 cottages being levelled to the earth while the number of families have fallen off to a nearly equal extent, there being 265,785 families less than in 1841, the number being 1,472,787 at the former, and 1,207,787 at the latter period the population also stands at 6,515,794 in place of 8,175,124, a diminution of 1,659,330 individuals under that head. There is no doubt that the clearance system, which was so eagerly carried out, and the flight across the Atlantic, contributed in some degree to these results; but the operation of these latter causes was trifling indeed when compared to that of the famine and its twin-sister, the pestilence, that tracked its footsteps. On the whole, perhaps, so melancholy a picture of affliction and suffering was never depicted—never had we authentic records of such destruction in any kingdom as those dis coverable in the census returns for Ireland in the year 1851. THE FRENC.H. REP(IBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Prefect of Police has just issued the following ordonnance relative to foreigners in Paris : " Paris, Sept. 8. " We, the Prefect of Police taking into consideration Art. 5 of the decree of 12 Messidor, year VIII; and the law of December 3, 1849, concerning the residence of foreigners in France; considering also that a certain number of foreigners, abusing the hospitality vouchsafed to them in France, engage in culpable manoeuvres against the internal and external safety of the state; feeling, moreover, that it is incumbent on us to pro scribe measures necessary to neutralise such proceedings, order what follows: " Art. 1. Henceforward, every foreigner arriving within the department of the Seine for the purpose of residing there or exercising any profession or calling shall be bound to present himself, within three days after his arrival; at the Prefecture of Police, to obtain a permission to remain. This provision is not applicable to foreigners travelling for their pleasure or business, without any intention to reside, and provided with a passport from their Government, regularly vise. " Art. 2. Foreigners at present residing in Paris,and not placed in the position alluded to in the last paragraph of the foregoing article, shall be bound to appear, within a delay of a week, at the Prefecture of Police (Ist divi sion. 2d bureau) to there regularise their position. " Art. 3. Any foreigner who shall contravene the preceding provisions shall be expelled from th,, F renc h territory. " P. CABLIER, Prefect of Police. "Approved ut : LEON FAUCHER, " Minister of the Interior." The Siecle has the following on this act of subser viency to the Emperor of AUSTRIA : " Has tise Prefect of Police well weighed the oppor tuneness of applying the law relative to foreigners? Is it at the moment at which commerce is making powerful efforts to dominate the crisis, that the position of a great number of foreigners, established in business at Paris, should be die quieted? M. Curlier will allege the reason of State. So long as the jury shall not have pronounced on the Franco-German plot, people will have the right not altogether to believe in that reason of State. As to the question of reprisals—will not the Ministry, by the embarrassments with which it surrounds with us the residence of foreigners, excite to our countrymen abroad embarrassments and persecutions? There is also the danger of denunciations, but we will not insult our fel low-citizens by insisting on that point. We shall return to this measure, which deserves the most serious atten tion of the press of all opinions, and which has caused an indescribable sensation among the Parisian popu lation." . _ We find the following in the Constitutionnel : "In a letter which we copied from the Times, on the conferences in London, mention was made of one of the colonels of the national guard of Paris, who is said to have declared to the Duchess of ORLEANS that if he supported the candi dateship of the Prince DE JOINYILLE as Presi dent of the Republic he should not be able any longer to reckon on more than a hundred votes for his re-election as chief of the legion. The colonel alluded to is M. GUILLIEM. That gentle man feels hurt at having such language attri buted to him, and he begs us to insert the contradic tion which he gives to the allegations contained in the correspondence of the Times. We have published the letter of the English journal, and justice makes it a duty for US to give that of M. GUILHEAI, which is as follows : "'I have just road in your journal an article taken frcm the Times, in which an account is given, in terms which do not allow me to pass it over in silence, of a conversation which I had the honour to havo with the Duchess of Orleans at Claremont. I eeclare that every thing in that article with regard to the Duchess of Orleans is false, as is the rade and absurd roily which is attributed to me: r ilaeßOuTs:e — e;incod at first a tendency to rise, but subsequently became fiebl , :‘, without any cause being assignid. The Five per Cents. opened at 92f. 40c., rose to 92f. 50c., and closed at 92f. 25c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 56f. 20c. ; Orleans It;-;.ilroad Shares, 870 f.; Bourn, 595 f.; Havre, 2351; Great Northern, 4631. 75c.; Avignon, 2051.; Vierzuu, 433 f. 75c.; Basle, 148 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 3861. 25c.; Pari)i and Stutz. burg, 357 f. 50c.; Tours nod Nantes, 266 f. 25c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 261 f. 25c. BU6.IiNESS 3lJk+r. , IN kUithlUN ItAILWAYI3 AT TBE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 21. East Indian, 21—Namur and Liege, 6 1 / B —Northern of France, 14; 1 Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 Tours and Nantes, 64. A LINE FOR A YOUNG LADY'S COPY-BOOK.—The wifee pleasure ie too often the hu4band'4 ruin.—Punch, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. The Committee on the Budget held its first meet ing on the 4th. NAUYAEZ is expected to return to Spain at the be ginning of October. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. s.—The following are the prices of Stocks :—Three per Cents., 361 to ; Five per Cents., with current Coupon, 171 ; Coupons, 8i; Passive Debt, GI. Exchange on London, 51. ei , cfiltilit gild*, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1651. For many a weary year have the opponents of the " base, brutal, and bloody" system of flogging in the army exerted themselves to improve the character and materiel of our army, by rescuing the back of the soldier from the indelible imprint of the degrading lash, and thus to render the service one into which a better class of men would willingly enter—men of bravery,-men of character, men of morality, men of honour, who had hitherto been deterred from en listing by their knowledge of the fact that the moment they donned the distinctive mark of the soldier they were liable to be flogged. Slowly, very slowly, did the opponents of flogging progress, yet they did progress sufficiently to encourage them to perse vere in their laudable endeavours. The powers of regimental court-martials to order flogging were restrained within narrow limits, and courts-martial of a higher order were virtually, if not really, restrained from ordering the infliction of lashes by thousands, that is to say, from ordering men to be tortured to death under the lash, a power which they had pre viously not unfrequently exercised. Still the power of inflicting the punishment of flogging remained, and was fully exercised, any proposal to substitute for it any other ltss degrading and less indelible punish ment was scouted by the old bigots, military and civil, who find it easier to flog than to think. It was in vain that the Gallant General Sir CHARLES NAPIER, after a careful consideration of the subject, and after bringing the experience of forty years as a regimental officer to bear upon it, declared that he, objected to flogging, because it was torture which indelibly branded a man, and endangered his life, and that he was of opinion that it could be safely abolished in time of peace, because it was then an act of needless severity. It was in vain, that it was shown that the punishment of flogging had been frequently resorted to in order to enable an ill-educated officer to gratify his personal and political spite against a soldier under his command, of whose superior abili ties and superior education he was envious ; it was in vain that in one instance, at least, a soldier was flogged to death and a coroner's inquest held on his mangled remains—still flogging in the army was not abolished. It is true that in this latter case public indignation was so aroused that the number of lashes that could be inflicted was reduced to fifty, and a pledge was given that the practice of flogging should be done away with as much as pos sible, and some other punishment substituted in its place, a pledge which we believe has been faithfully kept, inasmuch as wherever it is possible imprison ment has been substituted for flogging, and with the best possible effect, as appears from the report re cently made to the Secretary at War by Lieutenant- Colonel JEBB, the Inspector-General of Military Prisons. From that report it appears that in 1845, the year previous to the establishment of prisons, the number of convictions by courts-martial was 9,954, and 652 corporal punishments were inflicted. In 1850, the convictions were 9,306, and the corporal punishments 233. The effective force was about the same in each year ; in 1845, 125,252, and in 1850, 125,119. Last year there were 495 lashes inflicted by the visitors for serious offences, and the number of prisoners ad mitted into military prisons was 3,565. In comment ing on these facts as illustrative of the good effect produced by substituting imprisonment for flogging as a punishment for military offences, Colonel JEBB says :—" If the views of the most experienced officers in her MAJESTY'S service as to the deterring influence of corporal punishment were correct, a great increase of crime in the army might have been anticipated as the necessary consequence of limiting the power of courts-martial, and materially diminishing a mode of punishment deemed to be the most efficacious for the maintenance of discipline. It is, however, satisfactory to see that the result has not been unfavourable, and though it may partly be attributed to the encourage ment given to good conduct, the better class of men who have entered the service, and the partial dis charge of some of the worst characters, yet, taking all this into account, I think experience has sufficiently shown that imprisonment for military offences has answered the expectations that were formed of it." We think that Col. JEBB might have fairly attributed the result wholly and entirely to the diminution of the infliction of corporal punishment, inasmuch as but for such diminution " the better class of men " would have never entered the service, and had they not entered the necessities of that service would have require,d the retention of the worst class, of whom' the army has recently been purged. After the undoubted success of this experiment, which has extended over a period of six years, we trust that we shall never more hear quo'Led, in support of the necessity of re taining the punishment of flogging in the army, the authority of any booby colonel, who boasts (stupid fellow) that he was flogged at school, and contends that therefore it is necessary to retain the punishment in the army. We shall quote hence- forth against the authority of the booby colonel the authority of the sensible Colonel JEBn, as set forth in the report referred to. Neither shall we any more, we trust, find a flogged and flogging magistrate libel ling the army from the bench, by declaring that our soldiers would be cowards and our army suffer defeat were they not flogged into courage and discipline' Does this man remember, when he thus indulges in idle and offensive prate, that the army wh ich conquered at Valmy was an unflogged army, that of the vic tors of Jemappes not one was ever liable to the degradation of the lash, that the flogged army of the Duke of YORK was defeated in Holland by the un flogged army of the French Republic, and that Ma rengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Wagram, Eylau, Friedland, were all gained by unflogged troops, who in each instance defeated the well-flogged troops who were opposed to them ? The worse than inutility of the beenpr oved having , and the experi flmoegngtinogf tshyessteumbstbiatuvigtnion of imprisonment suc ceeded, we hope that during the next session of Parliament we bhall see the punishment of flogging in the army abolished by law. The harrowing effects of pestilence and famine combined—the fearful sufferings of the Irish people during the continuance of the potato blight, have received the most powerful illustration, from the census returns for the sister kingdom, which have just been published. It is impossible to obtain more au thentic evidence a 3 to the frightful state of affairs in that much afflicted land than is afforded by the important document above alluded to. The simple array of figures speaks trumpet tongued as to the horrors of that eventful period. It was not merely:that the people were decimated, that every tenth person was cut off from the population. Such a visitation can convey no adequate idea of the loss of life in what were termed, par excellence, " the distressed districts," and we believe that we are by no means exaggerating the awful facts of the case in stating that, in many localities in the south and west of Ireland, at least one-half of the inhabitants perished from want of the common necessaries of life, even of the very coarsest description, or from diseases engendered by the absence of sufficient food ; while the more unfortunate survivors endured privations of the most heartrending description, far beyond aught which the untutored imagination can conceive. In this favoured and happy country, a single death from starvation excites the deepest sensation through out the length and breadth of the land. The people stand eghast at the mere possibility of such an oc currence. It is at once decided that there must have been some serious error in some quarter, and woe to lIURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1851. PORTUGAL. The Duke of TERCEIRA has declared himself the leader of the Cabralists against SALDAMIA, and has published the following electioneering programme : " As it is highly essential to the general welfare to promote, by all legal means, the principles which are the fundamental bases of the throne—the Charter and order, the representatives of the ideas which are herein symbolized have unanimously resolved, in imita tion of the Conservative party all over the civi:ize,d world, that it was their duty to lay aside all personal considerations, and unite their efforts at the electoral urn in one common expression of their will, in order to obtain the desired object of bringing about the reformation of the Charter agreeably to the positive declarations in the Articles 140 and 143, which contain the rules and method of decreeing each reform in accordarcs with Portuguese constitutional law, and thus prevent the future fate of the Government of the country from being abandoned to the chances of an un constitutional and unlimited exercise of the powers of a constituent Assembly. " In this restricted sense a central electoral commis sion has been formed, of which I have the honour to be the president, and which I hope will fulfil the objects of its mission. " Lisbon, 2d Sept., 1851. (Signed) " DUKE Or TERCEIRA." GERMANY. The New Prussian Gazette declares that there is no truth in the report of a Congress of the Sove reigns. The official Vienna Gazette of the 6th publishes the following letter from the EMPEROR to the Prince DE SCLIWARTZENBERG _ _ "My dear Prince de Soh wartzenberg,—ln order to relieve the finances of the State, I have judged it ad visable to charge expressly my Government to introduce as much economy as possible into every branch of the public service, and to send to me whatever propositions may seem necessary for that purpose. You will be pleased to communicate my intentions in that respect to all the members of my Ministry." The Fundamental Rights decreed by the National Assembly of Frankfort still exist at Lubeck ; but the Senate has just demanded the abolition of them, and it is not doubted that the Assembly of Citizens will consent to the demand. _ A letter from Berlin states that a treaty of union of the Zollverein and the Steuverein has been concluded between Prussia and Hanover, but that it is not to come into operation before 1854. SWEDEN. The Diet of Sweden was closed at Stockholm on the 4th, with the following speech from the KING : " Gentlemen,—The time which has elapsed since the opening of the present session has been em ployed with incessant solicitude to consolidate the ge neral prosperity. I have followed with attention the progress of your important deliberations, and in the name of the country I express to you its gratitude for the zael you have devoted to its interests. In returning to your homes you will carry with you the satisfactory conviction of having worthily accomplished your duties. The hopes which Divine Providence per mits us to entertain, with respect to an increase strongly desired and shortly expected in my family, are ae dear to my heart as precious to the future of the United Kingdoms. May the prayers, which from all hearts rise to the throe() of the Almihty, be granted by Him in his infinite goodness. The project of reform in the national representation which I commu nicated to the States General in the last session, has not been adopted by the present Diet. It is on you, gentlemen, that now depends the ulterior development of this grave question, and your patriotism is a sufficient guarantee to me that my hopes will not be disappointed. The votes of money accorded for internal improvements and for the defence of the country afford an indubitable proof of the noble manner in which you have under stood your mission, and entitle you to my gratitude. You will derive advantage from them in institutions improved by legislation, in education and public assistance, and in the development of commerce, manufactures, and agriculture. The force of our national defence will give new security to the benefits of peace which we enjoy. You have adopted the proposition which I made to you relative to the simplification of taxes, and the mode of levying them. I will present to you, at your next meeting, a detailed measure on this subject, in order to assure the execution of this eminently useful undertaking. The decision which you have taken for facilitating the construction of a railway in the in terior provinces of Sweden proves that when the welfare of the country is at stake no charge appears to you heavy to bear. The importance of the question, the sums relatively considerable, of which it necessitates the employment, and the difference of opinion which pre vails on the subject, imposes on me the duty of paying the most careful atteotion to it. In now pronouncing in conformity with Art. 109 of the Fundamental Law the closing of this session, I implore the blessings of Heaven on the country, and renew to you, gentlemen, the assurance of my royal favour." MARLBRO'-STREEr-(THIS DAY. BEGGING LETTER IMPOSTOR.— William Bew, alias Welsh Torn, a notorious begging letter impostor, was brought before Mr. Broughton, charged with attempting to obtain charitable contributions from a lady named Gower, of No. 17, Waterloo-place, by means of a frau dulent begging petition. The prisoner was also charged wish violently assaulting William Horsford, chief con stable of the Mendicity Society. Horsford stated that in the beginning of Au;ust'last, in consequence of numerous letters that had been received by Captain Wood, the manager of the society, that gen tleman directed witness to look out for the prisoner and apprehend him. Ou the 9th of that month witness was in the Waterloo-road when he saw the prisoner, in company with another begging letter writer, opposite the railway-station. Witness went up to him and said, a Tom, I want you for trying to get money from a lady in Waterloo-pla ce ." H e bad hardly got the words out of his mcuth, when the prisoner rushed upon him, kneeked him down, and kicked him about the head and body so severely and witne ss saw no more of that he was unable to rise for some few minutes. The prisoner then ran away' , him till last night, when he took him into custedy in Kent-street, Southwark. Witness was still suffering from the effects of the beating he got. Horsford added that Mrs. Gower would not he in town till a late period of the day, and be therefore wished the magistrate to adjourn the case for a few hours, when he should be prepared with other cases against the prisoner, who had been imprisoned, At various times, no less than 22 months since 1846, for similar offences. The prisoner did not offer any defence and was re manded. Eliza Sew , the prisoner's paramour, wa s th en c h arge d with having used g ross end abusive l anguage towar d s Horsford, when in the execution of his duty. Horsford said, last night, while ho was entering the charge at Vine-street station, the prisoner, whom he had allowed to accompany her husband to the station, called him a " d—d white-livered scoundrel, a liar, and a thief," and threatened to do for him, so that he should not take another man again. Seeing that she was the worse for liquor, he did not take the least notice of her language, and requested her to leave peaceably. She refused, and taxed him with taking money from her, and, as she persisted in her disorderly conduct, he gave her in charge. The prisoner was committed to the House of Correc tion for seven days. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Morris Fleet was charged before Mr. Harnrnill with stealing a silver hunting watch, value seven guineas, the property of Mr. John Trotroan, 10, Alfred-terrace, Upper Holloway. Prosecutor said—l was last evening passing up the City-road, and was met by the prisoner and two other men, who forced me against a wall. I succeeded in ex tricating myself from them, and then saw my watch sus pended by the chain in the prisoner's hand. I seized him; he snapped the watch violently from the chain, and passed it behind to his companions. On calling for the police prisoner struck me repeated blows on the temple, and ran off. Mr. Moore, a bootmaker in the City-road, deposed to stopping the prisoner, who was running at great speed, a short distance from the spot where the robbery was effected. Prisoner at that time had a short bludgeon in his hand, and threatened him; witness closed with him, and prisoner again got off; but he pursued him, and after a long chase overtook and succeeded in holding him until the police came up. The property was not found. Mr. HAMNILL complimented this witness on his manly conduct. The prisoner, who is a well-known swell mobsman, and has been previously convicted, was fully committed for trial. THE GOVERNMENT DUTY ON RAILWAYS.-A Bill is to be brought into Parliament early next session, which has for its object the abolition or modification of the present very oppressive passenger-tax levied on railways. Many companies which at present paid no dividend, and indeed should they ever be so successful are not likely for many years to come, are obliged to pay large sums annually for passenger duty to the Government, which the shareholders naturally consider a great hardship, and as it can hardly be urged by any person in the house that a number of gen tlemen are to invest their capital solely for the purpose of in creasing the revenue of the country, there s very little doubt but that the Bill will pass. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW HOUSE OF LORDS. —Yesterday afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Crown and Thistle, Great Peter-street, Westminster. on the body of Thomas Stanton, aged 45, a labourer at the New House 01 Lords, who met his death there on Monday last.. Deceased was helping to fi x a l an din g -pl a ce at the height of 27 feet from the ground, when he overbalanced himself and fell that height, his head striking a stone step. He was itn rnediately taken to fits Westminster hospital. but, on his arrival, was found to be quite dead. The jury, without hesi tation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." A LUMP OF GOLD FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA.-- We are informed that a passenger in the Thomas Arbuthnot, which has arrived at Rio from Sydney, had a lump of gold in his possession which he had picked up in South Australia weighing no less than 4i113. It is from )3athuret, and is in tended to be placed in the Labibitien. THE SHARE MARKETS. EaxLv.rzArs, Railw Rya. Aberdeen.. .. • . Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Eirming•., Woiverhamp., und Stovr Valley .• Birkenh., Lan., Se Cheah June., late 331.65. ed Do. Chest. Si. Birkental., 50/...% 251. Consolidated' Do., do., 201. ,ristol and Exeter.. • • 3aledoniam • 'hester and Holyhead .. :üblin and Belfa.st Junet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen; Dandee, Perth, and Aber leen Junction .. Do,, New East Anglian (251. L. &• E. and L. & D.) Do. (181. E. & H.) • . Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • . • • Do. New Quarters • • East & West India Docks and Birm, Juuc. .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Ellin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgew and South-West, De. do. G. D. & C stock' Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great Southern and l Western Ireland • • Great Western Lancaster and C rllsle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and I eston Lancashire and) orkshire Do. quarter 0 sres Do. fifths Do. West Ridirg Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters .. Do. fifths Do. 101. sh. ' M. &B (c) London and S.-Westera Do. new 501. .. Do. new 401. .. •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire i• • • . Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • Midland .. .• .• Do. 501. shares .. Do. Birming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .. .. .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford - Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, IV aiTenpoint, & iloi,trevor • • .. Norfolk .„ Do. New 20/. shares • • Northern Counties Union North British • . North Devon .. North Stattordshlre North-Western .. • • North & sth_.-West.Janc. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. • . Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new .. Shrews. & Birm., Class A Do. Class 8.. .. hrewe. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Bbrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Etalves Do. 03 westry Do. New.. .. .. • • Shropshire Union Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South Devon .. South Eastern South Wales.. South Yorksh. and. River Dun Shell., Roth., and Geole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool Sw.nsea Ia Loughor, &c. Taff Vale .. • . Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. • • Vale of Neath - • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Watertord, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. West Cornwall .. West London ~ Whitehaven and Furness York, Newc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland LINES LEAS Nominal Pricey, 9 to 9,4 4% —4% a.d 4.1', - 104 13 —ll dis. 78 —BO x.(1 1 10s4 II 1 : 0 # —13 3 i 23 —214. ad 2%-2% 1% - 2 .._ _., 5i - 834 33( - Pi 2% -34 13% -14 x.tl 50 -52 27 -29 4 - 5 16 16! a.d, 5 5 12 -12 x.(11 39% - 39% 77 - 77%, 80 - 62 8 - 9 p. .. - .. 49 -49 3j, —8% dis. 9% - 10% 6% .-6% 91 -91% 113% —114 . z.d 1% —2%p x.d 1% 2 p. x.d 1% I%p x.d. 7*4 —8034 10% —9% dia. 8% 73. dis. 97 103( 10 114 113% x.d 23S 24 x.d x.cl 2% -9% 24% 25% 71 1 ,( —2% dia. 44 44% x.d 19% 19 1 ,E ais.x.d 19 —*Al La 7% -7% 5% 5 dis. .. —.. dia. 17 -18 14% 13% dlB.l 8 93( dis.x.l 5 36 —a, Ic.n 9% 9%dls. 15 —15% 15 —15% 7 8 5 3 4 6U 6Yo— -4%— 4% —4% die. 12 14 6 .-- 7 9!‘ IN % - NI CB. 3% —3% d. 12 -14 19% - 20 2634 - 27 4 3 dia. 3% - ,“‘ 9)4 - 10% 164 166 a.d 16 —l5 dis. .. —.. die. 17►% - 17% —7% dia. 3 3 dig. 17% 17% x.dj rxxzn [x.d 44% % % 44 15 1 A % x.d Business done to-day. 4% x.d 79 Ll 10% 13yy icaIIZIT 'ominal Frices. AT Railways. Leasing' Business Paid. Nominal Prices ' done to-day. Companies. Beams= Barks and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsdaly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. • • all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. Da .. • • all 28 —29 WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 15 8 —lO p Do., without a guarantee Do .. 15 7 9 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 17% Clydesdale June Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 83 3334 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 134 234 p Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 100 102 x.d Do. 3G Shares Do .. all 50 —5l x.d Do. }i Shares Do .. all 23 —94 x.d Leeds and Brad. Midland all 99 101 x.d x.d Lon. and Green. S. Easters .. all 11 34 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 23y. 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 1334 1434 x.d Do., 6 per cent Do .. • • all Middiesbro' and Redcar, 6p. et Stockt&Dar all N. & East, 5 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 54 —56 x.d Do. New .. Do .. 43 4 —S p x.d Preston and S L. &N. W.} au 43 —45 Wyre • • ••Z &La.& Y. Do. 34 SharesA Do 11 8 34 934 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 22 —22 Roy. Ev - Bitchin G. Northern all: 8 —83 i x.d Jo. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 4% 2 p. Sher., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lam& York 18 11 6 South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 334 2%dls.x.d x.d Wear Val. 6 par Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. 50 .. Do. do. .. Do .. .. 25 26 —96 Do. do. .. Do • • • • 25 INC 'ILErEit.: SE[BII,ES, Railway'. Paid. Nominal Priests. Business dose to-day. Aberdeen ire all .. Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. et. 2% Caledonian 10/. •• •• 10 ' 6% Chester and Holyhead .. all 14% 14% 14% Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all % East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. all 1% —1% Eastern Counties Exten., per cent. No. 1 • • all par p pm Do. No. 2 .. .. all 1 % dis par dls. Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10 —lO % 10% Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 10 —ll Do. 101. Deben. Shares . all East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all • • E. &W. York. June. sths all .. Edin. Per. &Dun. ffi p. et. all % die. pac Glasgow & S.-W. Consol. 100 .. . Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 13% 13% 13% Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths 5 % 1 P. Gt. West. ( Wilts, Som., & Weymouth Stock .. 100 90% —9l Lancashire and York shire, F. `201... • • • . 6 •• —• • din. Do. 6 per et. Stock .. 100 129 181 Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. • • .. 11 .. -•• p Do. quarters, 1848 .. I p London, Brighton, and South Coast gear. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 .. Do. pref., i p et. Stock, 1851, from 50/. chars. E 100 De. new gear, 6 per ct. 100 .. Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. 13% London &S.-W., new • • p. Manch., Sheffield, and Line., gnat shrs.,No. 1 all .11 —l2 Do. new, 101. •• all 114 - 11% 11% Do., 61. • • • • .. 3 % % Midland Con. 6p. o. °took 100 04 00 Do. Consol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... 100 127 --129 Do. Bristol & Glouces. all Norfolk Extension .. all 15 —l6 Do. gear. 5% per cent. all .. —•• Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 North British 5 4% x.d z.d Oaf. Wor. &W 01.151.6 p.c 6 % 1 p Shrewsbury and Bina. New Guaranteed .. all 9% —lO z.d 97 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 14% 15% South Devon. .. all 1 2 — l4 South-Eastern, p. et. 10 WestLondon,lst Cl. (101.) all —•• Do. 2d Class de. (par) all •• •• York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Fur. .. all —l6 16% Do. York and North Midland H. and 8. Pura. .. 10 dis. 8% POREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens all 10% -- 10% 10% % Central of Franco (Or leans and Vierzon) .. all 17% 17% Demerara .. .. all .. Dutch Rhenish • . 8 8 % —4% dis. East Indian .• .• •• 18 p. Do. do. do. •• 20 Greatlndian Peninsula.. all % P. Ditto ditto .. %._ %p. Louvain ala Sambre .. 7% — tanterntonrg •. 8 - 1 Ditto • • •• •• •• 10 1% 2 Madrid and Valentin 2 • • —• • Maria Antonia .. 2716 s 84 8 —lO Ditto, New .. 8% 8 4 Namur and Liege ~ all 6 _6 6 % Northern of France .. 16 14% 14% 14% % Orleans and Bordeaux .. 9 4% —4% dis. Paris and Orleans •• .. all 33 —35 Paris and Bonen all 23 —24 z.d Pats and Strasbourg .. 17 51( dis. Rouen and Havre .. .., all 2% — 2 % Sambre and Mense .. all 2% 3 Tours and Nantes .. .. 16 9% 93% dis. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llama all Waal /Lindell •• el 8 % •1% 2 % Asturian .... • • • • .. • • • . Australian.... • • . • • • .. *-4 a r os3 a Range .. Blacnarvon Iron end Coal Bolanos Scrip ........ • • British fron...• .. • • .... Brazilian Imp. (is. 15/, p.) 15 4 1 13 0 13 5 '21,4 Do. Cocaci said Cniiba' Do. St. John del Rey • • Cobre CoK et' . • • Copiapo ... •• • .... • • • General ••• • . • ...... • • Mexican& S. American Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do, Black Debentures. D 6. Red Debentures Santiago de Cuba .. Tin Croft .. •• • United Mexican.. •• .• • • 301 N Australasia .... British North America .. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New .......... National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland•• • . Union of Australia .. • • Do. New ............ Union of London. Union of Madrid .... DIM Canada ............ Gen. Steam Navigation . Paula. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. • • .. Settling days in the pm tared shares. 15th an, rwe cannot be answer will not be influenced by 128 2 814 ' STOI ;CEL: nth of Sej id 29th. able for tt intorestei 1 1 3 - 2% 3% - 18% -19 X x - 35% 6% -7% 13% - 14 -4% 2 - 3 -2W :73L BANNS, 35 - 39% 45 -46 10% -- 12 25 -• 26W 18% - 17% 28% - 29% 18% - 20% 42 -44 15X - 16% 35 - 36% 3 -3% 13% - 14% LANZOTIS. 48 —49 26)4 28 68 —69 11 —9% 78 —BO 80 34 :ptember. Ticket days ior regis- Account days. 16th and 30th. he errors of the Official Lists, and d correspondents.] MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 bales, of which 1,500 were taken for expert, and 2,500 on speculation. The sales comprised 8,000 American, 100 Bahia at sid. to 611, 300 Egyp tian at 6d. to 9d., 1,500 Surat at 24d. to 4d., and 40 Sea Island at ls. 2d. to ls. 9,1. per Ib, The market was firm, and compared with Friday's rates prices of Ame rican under 511 were id. per lb. higher.—Railway Shares were depressed. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 40s. 7d. per quarter. After the glut of arrivals yesterday we have a cessa tion, and there is no later ship news from any quarter. The Stock Markets on the Continent are reported to have been rather firm at the latest dates, although a slight reaction occurred at Paris before the close of business. In the Amsterdam Market there was not much done on the 9th instant, but Home Securities were in greater request, Austrian in demand and dearer, and Spanish and Mexican more offered, the latter at a decline. From Vienna we are apprised that the way in which the new loan is being brought out gives satisfaction, and strengthens the quotations of stock. The English Stock Market, which was rather weak at the opening, has rallied since. Consols have been quoted 96i to fur Transfer, and 96i i for October 14, the next settling day. In the arrangement of the ac count to-day, not the slightest difficulty is experienced, and the differences are very small. New Three-and•a- Quarter per Cents. have been marked 981 to and Reduced Three per Cents. 96i to 97k. Bank Stuck is worth 2164, and India Stock 260. Exchequer-bills are 455. to 48s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been a little more active. Mex ican Bonds have realised 26i to 274, being flatter. Pe ruvian old Stock is at 904. Brazilian Bonds have been marked 9 Spanish Five per Cents. bring 20* to being rather heavy. Dutch Four per Cants. aro 92i to 93. The committee of Spanish American Bondholders have received the following communication from Mr. Lord, their agent, dated, "La Guayra, 9th August, 1851:" "I regret that even at this date it is not in my power to communicate to the committee the approval, or otherwise, by the Council of Government of the agree ment entered into with the Minister for the capitaliza tion of the arrear interest. Senor Gellineau has told my agent that the decision of this matter is requi site to enable him to reply to my last note of 20th June, and that the Government was occupied about a remittance for the October dividend. In the meantime I have no means of accelerating the movements of the Council, except by urging upon the Minister the im portance of an early decision, and this Senor Rojas takes every opportunity of doing." The following is the reply of Senor Don Mariano Yarnea, late Minister for Foreign Affairs in Mexico, to the letter of acknowledgment addressed to him by Mr. Falconnet, for the upright views on which he had acted in the matter of the 2,500,000 dollars made over to the bondholders of the American indemnity money. (Translation.) "F. de P. Falconnet, Esq., " I have taken note from your letter of the 9th inst. of the opinion which the committee of the English hold ers of Mexican Bonds have formed of the conduct which I pursued when I was is charge of the department of foreign affairs, in respect of the delivery of she certificate of the two millions and a half of dollars, which the law of the 14th October, 1850, assigned to them; and while the honourable approval of the creditors and of yourself is very satisfactory to me, I ought to make known to them that I proceeded all through that busi ness in conformity with the decisive orders of his Ex cellency the President of the Republic, so that the bond holders ought not to doubt the continuation of the inte grity and good faith of tho Mexican Government notwith standing my withdrawal from the Ministry. Moreover, I can assure you that in whatever employ or trust which the Government or the people of my country may com mit to me, I shall retain the same disposition to attend, as far as lies in my power, to the just interests of the English creditors. " It was very natural that in a difficult business some difference of opinion should arise, which nevertheless did not impugn the sincerity of those who had to discuss it. For this reason I was persuaded that mutual expla nations would cause those differences to disappear. I avail myself of this occasion to repeat to you the assur ances, &c. &c. " God and liberty I Mexico, July 11, 1851. " (Signed) MARIAN°. YANxz." The Share Market is not quite so brisk as yesterday. but a fair business is doing, and some lines are well maintained. The traffic appears to be very encouraging. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained, up to this day, are in round figures as under:— 1851. 1850. Great Western... North-Western South-Western 16,857 ... 13,125 Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Stalibrd Caledonian 9,441 ... 9,140 Great Northern 12,057 ... 5,795 QUARTER TO THREE. ... 96-1 i ... 96i I BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) flank Stock 216 1 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.-- 97 1 / 4 96% 4 per Cant. Consols Anne. 9 6 1,4 1/ g N New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna, 98% % % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7% 7 7-16 India Stock 260 South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 9 3 1/ Consols for Account . 96 1 ,4 % EKetmorter Bills. 1 %d., 1,0001. .. ..... — 45 48 p -you' — 45 48 p Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 91% Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 7B Maxicare Bonds, 1846, ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . ...... .... Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent 90% Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lll% Sarrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Do., Scrip Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ...... Dividends on the above payable is Londcn. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent..... ...... Dutch 2 1 ,‘ per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto for the Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Co cte ... :C P ittJ Account, Oct. 14 ... FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.—Ina report to the Secretary of War by Lieutenant-Colonel Jebb, the Inspector- General of Military Prisons, which has just been printed in a Parliamentary paper, the subject of flogging in the army is brought forward. It seems that imprisonment in lieu of corporal punishment has been beneficial in its operation, notwithstanding the contrary opinion expressed by military officers. Colonel Jebb states, "If the views of the more ex perienced officers in her Majesty's service as to the deterring influence of corporal punishment were correct, a great in crease of crime in the army might have been anticipated as the necessary consequence of limiting the power of courts martial, and materially diminishing a mode of punish ment deemed to be tke most efficacious for the mainte nance of discipline. It is, however, satisfactory to see that the result has not been unfavourable, and though it may partly be attributed to the; encouragement given to good conduct, the better class of men who have entered into the service, and the partial discharge of some of the worst characters, yet, taking all this into account, I think experience has sufficiently shown that imprisonment for military offences has answered the expectations that were termed of it." In 1845, the year previous to the establish ment of prisons, the number of convictions by courts-martial was 9,954, and there were 652 corporal punishments, whilst in 1850 the convictions were 9,306, and the corporal punish ments limited to 238. The effective force was about the same in each year-125,252 in 1845, and 125,119 last year. The visitors to the prisons last year ordered 495 lashes to be inflicted for some serious offences. - - MARKED SALMON.—One of the Duke of Athole's marked salmon was caught on the Friarton Island, on the Ist instant, marked " Athole, 47." The fish weighed 1841 b., and was apparently in a healthy condition. The band has been forwarded to his Grace by Mr. Swan.—North British THE LONG VACATION.—Tbe long vacation will shortly commence at Cowes, for it has been observed that most of the English yachts are already breaking up.— Punch. -----------....._ , LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THitS DAY ht br ') LONDON, SEPT. 11.—Wiud at noon S.F., ligeiV and hue c!car dry weather. vrerab LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 10.—WifICI S E.—Arrd. .-- , Field, S&. John's, New Brunswick; Dalnada, Qu' beer EzTi of HarLwood, Mauritius ; Jasefets, Porto lilercq. BNltic steamer, New York, left 30th Aug, on frer about 538,000 dolle.; George Baynes, St. Johns, Albers IC:,i' Florida, Quebec. Sld. Margaret, Trinidad; Alber l '.: ward, Hong-Kong; James Turcan, Bombay; Aden; Wreath, Punta Arenas; John Anderson, TruS. dad; Shirley , ---- New Orleans; Western World, N. York; Liverpool, ditto; Old England, Bast"; '.-- Gertro.o.. Keith, Miramichi. - ~, v r I. Sli QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 10.--WiOU a.0.....v., .resp..--- Rene. Qt.. bec. Off port, Dash, Newfoundland. ,4 LIMERICK, SEPT. 9.—Wind S.---Sld. Lady peel, New York; Eden Forrestal, ditto; Balmoral, Quebec. 1(1 . The Osprey, from Swansea, is on shore 1)43000 Dr bert and Glynn. from l ..----- %a m a I WELLS, SEPT. 10.—The Johanna , at sunk in the harbour; lies very badly, and to ir strained and injured. 1 V , "flelA SWANSEA, SEPT. 10.—Wind E.S.E.---Slu, M S SHIELDS.— Sld. Amazon, Cape of Good Rope. Cb° • ‘O,l bUNDERLAND, SEPT. 10.—Wind W.5.W..--w•-• dernager, Calcutta. 4 SO; PLYMCUTII, SEPT. 10.—Wind E.--Arr... ~,u, heath, Adeluide, South Australia; Maori, New bers ew" - PENZANCE.—Arrd. Marquis of Cbandos, Clu e pp BRISTOL, SEPT. 10.— W Wisbart, Newfoundland. GLOUCESTER.—Arrd. ind S.E Romulus, Que - iv beAc.rrid.ci; dependent, Quebec. ,: Bilh DEAL, SEPT. 10.—Wind E.S.E.—.Arrd. i'1,,3;„-tto* Antigua. Arrd. from the river and sld. gasWmr-tf Manilla; Maple Leaf, Bombay; Denison,- Waterlily, Jamaica. . L ., g ,...5 1111 PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—Wind E. to 0."---- Rodney, Gibraltar and Hobart Town. s WO SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 10.—Wind N.8." -- id. ington steamer, New York. , ~. Ser SCILLY, SEPT. 10.—S1d. Waterlily, St. An il "; disio . founalund. The Sophia, of Padstow, vrith 1 0 °' ;dim mast and other damage, and leaky, having been in contact with a barque. 5 diD i t il RIO JANEIRO, 13 .-- T he -8r t.s.' AUG.G. 13.—.. he Manley , ,LA on brig, hence to Bahia, May 29, has been vire cig° ll ok bas been Wvi rh•aovuenidla to Angola, Crew saved. The Port re D otal Angola, has been wrecked three 0-e° of Cape Frin. MONTE VIDEO, . pAs Pr e JULY 31.—The John .., -- „ l i,' t- - pool to California, was lost on the English Pli`ernVllA tat of July, part of cargo l The " -1 :10° .‘ Clyde, to Lyma, was totally lost during A stfOlcr be lf. tha 4th of July, an the San Jose rocksin in gu sk rbirn l 4 The Hanoverian brig Michael, for Buenos Alr,e.11011,01" on the English Bank yesterday, and was In: li:PI but was got off after discharging part of oa r g t i f 50 11 ' ' Janet, Clyde to Central America, put in 011 instant, with loss of bowsprit. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS' s „ tuo r NENVGATE AND LELALDSNOO'7,,,-es The general demand was steady at full e" from 2s to 332 d; Mutton, 2a 6d to 3s 10d; ",,,aOO , to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs by theca `" MEAT MAEILLTS. , 05 SOUTHALL, SEPT. 10.—To-day's testae. b supplied with each kind of fat stock, in W . ! l .t. Set average business was transacted, at full Pri c— ireslr" from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4si to 3s 6d ; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per sibs, t ° /3 a offal. pc i d Rif ROMFORD, SEPT. 10.—Beasts Moved - barely stationary prices. All other stock vi sd a 9 ;A jli to o s Tl dear as last week. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s Od to 4s; Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Pork, 36 ,trter' per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 17a to 19s; and LIP" 110 Store Pigs, 16s to 18s each no de a HAELSHAM, SEPT. 10.—On the whole, the -- lv- . ruled steady, at lull prices. Beef, from 3 3 461 t c c ;bo. Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s; Veal, 3s 2d to 38 8d pet 0 1 4, r ARUNDEL, SEPT. 9.—Our market has been t it ' e o d to l /i follows:—Beef, from 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 35 " 11 0 1 Veal, 33 to 33 6d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, SEPT. 10.—Although the °toil good the trade was steady, at full rate; o f ‘,"" Beef, from 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 41 A d ; 3s to 3s 6d per 131bs. , 1 91 SAT MAItILETS. . Si ISO •SMITHFIELD. Meadow Hay, 21 158 to t; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 108; and Straw, 1105 per load. A good supply, and a dull trade. 31 1 8 , 11 ° CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 185 19 t. 111 Clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 417 a; and Straw, I/ per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary P rices 3 ‘ / 16il WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 103; and Straw, 11 15 per load. Trade very inactive, at our quotationo. CORN AVERAGES- , 0 0 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITIO :"arosesifyyl For the Week ended Sept. 4, 1851, made up from th e ',nand Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Esigg'' per Imperial Quarter. .1).1.• kJ • I WHEAT. I BAILEY . 1 OATS , I J.T. 1 „ PRICE . . I 38s 9d I 26s Id I 20s Id I 26s 2d 3" DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. I r° oi; WHEAT. BAILEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEAx'- „,„, ' IS Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is Oct vir or.. 4 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAS 4 9 5; Wheat, 62,406 ; Barley, _1,969 ; Oats, 7,223 ; Rye, 1,86; - Peas, 805 quarters. 0k WRECK OF THE APOLLO 45.. ,rg - , A ,9 h DOVER, SEPTEMBER 10.—On the news c , bi ‘ trous loss of the Apollo screw steamer 157,, Ramsgate, Broadatairs, and neighbouring P ; Z e ePP; the coast, a number of luggers pat off to the of by Knock to pick up what might be floating shoat,. 00 e cargo. Of the wreck little could be seen. iioosl‘ found to have struck on the south side of th e odd some few miles from the light ship, and thisieefor, 0 her loss somewhat more difficult to be accou nte d o Vet she is represented to have gene nearly over k el Pi before she touched. She lies in what is knawnsiole°( fathoms ; and notwithstanding the recent f o ils ° o f weather, and her exposed situation to the fa" bet the ocean, it is believed that she holds together%she course is fast settling down in the sand. AttetaPeobee been made to get at her cargo, and should tbe continue moderate, as it has the last few has,lif°: f i t t may be a possibilty of preserving some por tl°o she e r s The caresses of a number of beasts 50 "„ Do e , which formed her principal freight, hel ,t picked up by the boatmen, who , ,:b1 5e ; pears, are turning them into profitable `acconlos„s elk s lug their hides and the bodies for the fat t u s ' i d e eto e : produce. One of the boats of the unfortunste ' o f th in ' has also been brouht ashore. The real osu e , e s i e edir A disaster has not as yet been sufficiently egnoitte,„:'' enable us to state it. One thing, however, is 5 ` pot': that the spot where the Apollo was wrecked vi e 6etSt the ordinary safe track from Rotterdam to th e :, tro t : Her master, Mr. Smitb, has been employed fo some 17 years, and has been generally considere o f tb e navigator. At the moment of her foundering crew had a narrow chance of losing his life. -1): teed; to the last boat leaving the wreck Mr. Sali t " r 0 3 " anxious inquiries as to whether all had left I g l e y ; l ee hearing that they had, the boat put off. In meats, however, it was discovered that one wa s st d tP; and it being imagined that ho continued on I °, e j m e 0 4 ; steamer, the boat returned to her. The poor feoscitetn found, and the boat had not again cleared th e webs pie a short time before she went down. Among st hew ing sengers were three ladies, whose couregeous Tbef throughout the trying period elicited much notiea•tio succeeded in rescuing their luggage. The ° s i los e, °l insurances effected upon the vessel and caeg u s d ere' transpired, but it is stated that the cattle ou be e '" not so protected. COA in gl STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE 'WES" MOP - A t or. Antics.— The Admiralty have advertised for tea4gaes a monthly mail line of screw-steamers to and from se e and the west coast of Africa. The ports to be touch's; CO Goree, Bathurst, Sierra Leon-, Monrovia (LiberisPi, Coast Castle, Accra, Whvdah ladatrry, Lagos 13 ° 71 , 13 .;g 0 5 Calabar, Cameroone, aneFernando Po. ' The ;hol e c i d stou'i the slave coast will thus be included, and it is 1111 , 1 -- c to that the object of the line, which, in the first 1 13 s' -- course will carry scarcely any passengers or let e t ti e i r t o - ti e lo b promote the extinction of that traffic, not only bY commerce with the natives, but by the rapid s s ,n d ,,,, vess e l, information it will convey from point to point- The are to have an average speed of eight knots, and tbe is to be for five years. At present the Cape of 6 0 74 o steamers call at Sierra Leone, but the proposed ling ' viate that necessity which has been found a ser i°ll ( s re b o ° drance, and the route of those vessels will the,r, e f i altered, ' so that, instead of visiting Sierra Leone, Isi„l i e 0 P call at Ascension on their outward, and at St. T i c, to their homes and passage. The amount of cargo lib- inae supplied by the various points on the new African roil e yes be expected steadily to increase, and at last to be cc lfoO ld portant. Ivory, palm oil, canewood, gold dust, o' c '' c ly for; at first be the chief articles ; but Liberia has alera i ' warded specimens of cotton of good quality', "'" 0 - eventually be produced to a large extent, while at the of t ot time the accounts of the increasing trade of the peeni e ots ecli republic with the natives of the interior promises a augmentation in the imports of our manufacture s. op ri g GREAT SKIFF MATCH AT NEWCASV,),II3O: Tuesday afternoon a skiff match for 1001. a side, Deis& long been arranged, came off op the Tyne, the ce uree n it ° from the High-level to Scotswood-bridge. T he I ntel Henry Clasper and James Candlish, and the time o ' l l s ent/ ten minutes before high water. The men got Clasper immediately taking the lead, which be en— OW' to the Shot-tower, being then full a skiff's length le COl' so et After passing the Shot-tower he drew in ar" Ches s who was on the north side, and ran hien ashore. cps pulled away to Scotswood-bridge, ed and was follow fe es lish, who came in two skiffs' length after him- Mr. Young. has declared the race in favour resent` -ea There was an immense concourse of people the race, and great excitement. „ 1 0 , 0° 14 , THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.---LivP-,erd&Y WEDNESDAY.—At a meeting of the Town Council yes;00.110 the Mayor said—" I have this day received an intinia"sor to what her Majesty purposes to see, and with p Y our P s e ` sas sion I will endeavour to describe it. She parP° 2es, ° ld first instance, to go to the landing stage at ten o'clock,of iD to proceed in her own boat, the Fairy, for the perP°,lif sag specting the docks. She hopes that an hou r and au' be considered sufficient for that object. She will tia? l soi t e rota o to the landing stage, and proceed to the inspection or witio es the several buildings named in the programm e ' Towle leaving her carriage. She will then return to the _ so s hall to receive an address, and to partake of a strictlyrPoi;to luncheon. Atterwl.rds she will proceed on her stP Worsley by the railway." ss se claV EXTENSIVE FIRE AT MILE-END.---Y,-- :bre ternoon between the hours of three aud fou r, a oobieets out in the ' extensive premises of Mr. Ri chardson, a v oun ,`" t maker, Nest-street, at the side of the li as tern ises or e Railway. The tivo upper floors of the p e e lc to O s gutted, the roof burned otl, and serious damageTre offary; lower portion of the building by water, Sts t wooed f° whose loss is considerable, unfortunately was n o a single penny. Vitz' We understand that Lord and L ad y Vcvs Cohtmeni oi alan Howard are about to proceed on tier Ladyship still continues eery eassell. 100 8 6 8 11 13 4 47 1 100 4 2 0 100 16 2-3 all 12t; la% x.d 16 15% x.d 51,i 494 ' 1 9 X % % 26% 17% x.d 'TILLS. L'u.sine2s don to-(147. T'L E three boy.. Mr. IL Mf. j. Mr. W Mr. G. County 9 1b; Mate Th e Le onl y cei ve Rov,. 185 2. kr Air. 6 , e , j. The B el haute ~and a 'lr. G kr.Gi ll At r . Tre kr. 0 . , 4p Th, h ( te,4 4 likt,, Th 84 11 4 14 ! 8 ti l 'q 13 NI. Paid. 17 100 100 423 100 47% 25 17% all all all 1 634 3 9 all all 25 17% 34 P a t s , sold 1 t 7 th Th e s 9