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

RER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. PLAY-HOUSE PRICE NIGHTS. THREE MORE NIGHTS. will be given, via. :—To-Night, (Thursday), Sept. 11, Friday, Sept. 12, and Saturday, Sept. 13, POSITIVELY THE LAST N NGlGHSeptembeTS OFr THE SEASON. THIS EVENI, 11, Be ilini's celebrated opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Asnina, Mme. son tzg ; Elvin°, Sig. Calzolari ; Count Rodolphe, Sig. Lorenzo. The Evening's performances will commence w ith selections from LI:CIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Madame Barbieri Nini ; Bidebent, Signor Balanchl ; Enrico, Muer Lorenzo ; Edgardo, Signor Pardini. Grand Pas de Cinq by hiadile. Carolina Rosati, Mesdlles. Rosa , raper, Julien, and Lamoureux. After which, selections from Donizetti's opera, LINDA DI CHA- P MOUNI. Linda, Madlle. Sofie Cruvelli ; i e rotto, Madlle. Marie Cruvelli. To conclude with a Divertissement. Quadrille Francais , fr om les Cosmopolites. La Saltarele, by Mdllc. Carolina Rosati and M. 1311 vain. 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, Fierentini, and Sone CraveW. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the 00x-office of the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock. Prices—Pit, ss. Gallery, 2s. 6d. Pit Stalls, 10s. 6d. Gallery Stalls, bs. Boxes—Two Pair, 215.; One Pair and Pit Tier, 11. I Is. 6d.; Grand Tier, 21. 25.; Box Seats, 55., 65., and 7s. S T. jAig.E s , s THEATRE, King-street, St. James's KATE AND ELLEN BATEMAN, (only EighTHtlS anEVENING, d Six years of age.) The performances will 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 3fadlle. Therese Cushnie and M. Milano. In addition to which will be produced an entirely new Petite CO. ine dy (translated from the French of M. Scribe, " Le Marriage Ell antin," expressly for Kate and Ellen Bateman), entitled THE YOUNG COUPLE, Charles de Blonville, Ellen Bateman ; Henrietta de Vigny, Kate Bateman; supported by Messrs. John Webster, Artaud, and Miss Vlliars. - - To conclude with a new Ballet of Action, entitled LA. STATUE BLANCHE. Prircipal 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 ad Music Sellersat 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. 3Sonstre Engagement and most decided hit—the Italian Brothers, Edward and Jean Bourteller having created the greatest possit,le sensatio, 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, Mona. 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 : Press Boxes, 35.; Boxes, 2 5.; Pit , Is. 6d.; Gallery, is. ; pper do., 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Or. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, 01..; liromPton- THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new ant, original comic drama, called C GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibb l es , Mr. Buckstone ; Harr Fitz y winiam. ollier, Mr. Howe ; You n g Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. With the highly successful O p eretta, entitled SON AND arrison ; STRAN GER. The Mayor , Mr . Lambert ; Herrmann, Mr. W. H liCauz, Mr. Weiss ; Ursula, Miss Pyne ; Lisbeth, Miss L. Pyne. To be followed by a new comic Drama, entitled GRA.NDMOTHER GRIZZLE. Sir Oliver Pippin, Mr. Lambert; Percy Pincbbecke, Mr Parselle ;Phil Fuddle, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Griselda Pinch lsecke and Little Steve, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Polly Willows, Miss A. V fining. After which an entirely new Farce, entitled GRIMSHAVII BA G. SHAW 1 and BRADSHA W 1 Grimshaw, Mr. :Tkstne ; Ba_ ;Maw, Mr. H. Belford; Towzer, Mr. Selby; Emily, Miss o A. Vining. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, will be performed an entirely new romantic Drama, called THE tJEEN'S SECRET ; or, The Iron Mask. Roland, Madame Ce le sto ; 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, Mise Ellen Chap sin, and Mss Hayman. ROYAL PRDIOESS'S THEA fit E, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managementof Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TILE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. Mr. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. " Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated," in which Mr. and Mrs. eeley will appear. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washingto n 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, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM TUEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TELIS EVENING, Will bo performed COURT BEAUTIES. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Roxby jr. Matthews, G. J. Vining, Baker; Miss St. George, and Miss M, Oliver. To be followed by ONLY A CLOD. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Suter, Bel unghena, Roxby ; and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with ICING CHARMING. Characters by Messrs. C. Matiows, Suter, F. Matthews, Horneastle, Bellingham ; Miss St. George, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. C. Horn, Misses Martindale, Ellis, and Rosins 'Wright. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farrell. THIS EVENLNG, 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. under ;.Lie Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Illghness Prince Albert. Pro' rietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty The most successful and popular Theatre in London. Another Week of Glorious Triumph. . . . The most attractive Spectacle ever produced—crowded to the ceiling nightly. THIS VEIN ECG, Will be performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ; or the W,ld Horse of Tartary, which has been revived, In conse quence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nadons to wit ness the magnificent spectacle. With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and Itiltish gale and Female Artists of superior talent. To conclude with a laughable Afterpiece. Tickets to be had at the Bex-office trout Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. Principal characters by Mr. Tilbury and Mrs. Copeland. With a Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Davies, Itngers, and Miss Marshall. After which a new Farce, entitled WHICH IS HE 1 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, Attwood ; Mesdames Marshall, C. llorsman, E. Romer, Morcelli, and Maskell. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4a; boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, le. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to goinmence at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock --first circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Iloxes One Guinea and a Half each. TIIE ONLY SUCCESSFUL RIVAL TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. To-day and To-morrow, Those extraordinary Performers the IIALLAMSIIIRE CAM pA_NOLOGIANS, 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 scientift, and popular Music of the day, and will be heard with great effect in the finale to the Great Exhibition Quadrille. Danson's Colossal Picture of the Temple of Janus in the Eternal City—Splendid Menagerie—Performing Ele phants—Promenade Concert, by the unrivalled Band of the Es tablishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, choice programme of Ancient and Modern Music—English Glees, Catches, Madrigals, and Songs, by Miss Messeut, Messrs. Young, Hill, Manvers, and Leffler. All the unique and varlet amusements of the Establishment, con eluding with a most brilliant inimitable display of Fireworks, by 8 outhby. Doors open from Nine in the Morning. Feeding of the Animals at half-past Four. Campanologians at rim Concert at Six. Fire works at Nine. ADMISSION-ONE SHILLING. - . HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tine DAY —3forning 31 rein. after 2 I Evening 45 min after 2 To-ILoatiow—Morning I mm• after 3 I Evening 16 min after 3 DAILY WEATHER, TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KIIIGSTOWN Dunutz)-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-- partially cloudy. CHELTEsua.ac-Wind N.-fine. WORCESTER-Wind E.-very fine. PORTSMOUTH -Wind E.-very fine. GOSPORT-Wind E.-very fine. Bmatrros-Wind N.E., gentle breeze-cloudless. HASTINGS-Wind E.N.E., gentle breeze -cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON-Wind N.W., strong breeze-cloudless. FOLKESTONE-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-cloudless. Turraankfif.--Wind E., gentle breeze-cloudless. BASINGSTOKE-Wind N., gentle breeze-cloudless. GREENWICH-Wind E., gentle breeze-cloudless. OXFORD-Wind N.-fine. GLoucEsTER-Wind E.-very fine. CHELMSFORD-Wind S.E.-fine. CAtaissmciE-Calm-cloudless. Bre.aurfaxsat -Wind E.-very fine. STAFFORD-Wind E.-fine. YArtztouni-Wind N.E., calm-cloudless. 141oRwIca-Wind E.-very fine. IPSVIICII-Wind N. - cloudy. DEREY-Wind N.-very fine. Norrixamam -Wind E.-- wry fine. Lizrun,N- Wind \V.-very fine. HOLYHEAD- Calm-very tine. CHESTER- W, nil S. E.- very fine. SHEFFIELD-Vl'ind LavaapooL.-Wind N.-fine. W.S.W.- line. Limos-Wind N. W.-very fine. YORE -Wind S.W.-fine. ScAßßottoticia-Wind W.-fine. W HITBY-Wind S. W., gentle breeze-cloudless. DABLE'vo'ros-W in d N.E.-cloudy. S EL42-.- Wind S.E., calm-principally clear. NEWcAsTLE-Wind REArromc - Calm-partially cloudy. BictiwlcK-Wind GLAsao w-Wind EDINBUP.G W. -fine. The returns from the fcdlowing places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock :- Lamm-ex-Wind S., calm-overcast. Poomc-Wind E., hard wind-partially c l ou d y. LEIGH'TON-Wind E., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. pirrisimonouou _ )y i n d N.E., gentle breeze -partially cloudy. CBsw-H—Wind E, gentle breeze—fine. Ste'—Wind S., o,entle breezet—overcast. , CAUTiori wt, broitTsNia.,-= few d ays 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 head, but most fortu nately in an oblique direction, so that instead of penetrating the skull, the shots were lodged between the skull and the Irate, otherwise the boy's life might have been sacrificed to as mug-lei= of the isperthiaan.—Kaia'stone Journal. THE S ITN, THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Sia-rravarn 11. THERMOMETER, IN TES SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.53. Wrm S.E.—Morning, foggy; Afternoon, sunshiny weather. TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unless authen ticated by tho name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. , 4-t_ ~;* ,; si , ,ott nui • m A4 _- :( 4, 44 4-16.0 V:?, _Allah,. jf. , 4 !` l ell .;.° -----,-". , ir .;:, ~ t a,- ~_ ~, ..; ‘N , : Liv , 4 , 1 p ..., ~ ~.......i , :).., 4.0.4. WO •7,. - ... 7, . * "'"' ••'" ...., • 446.6...-- vbernina mt. 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, wbo 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 floggingprogress, yet they did progress sufficiently to encourage them to perse vere in their laudable endeavours. The powers of regimental cour t-martials . to order flogging were r estrained 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 less 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 NAPIEB, 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 JEBn, the Inspector-General of Military Prisons. From that report it appears that in 184.5, 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 238. The effective force was about the same in each Sear ; in 1845, 125,252, and in 1450, 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 JEB3 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 ha. 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 required 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 quoted, 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 JExB, 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 which 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 Yoax 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 flogging system having been proved, and the experi ment of the substitution of imprisonment having suc ceeded, we hope that during the next session of Parliament we shall 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 as 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 merelfthat 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 t h e awful facts of the case in stating that, in many localities in the sou th an d 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 l engt h and b rea d t h o f th e l an d. Th e peo pl e stand aghast at the mere possibility of such an oc • currence. It is at once d ec id e d th a t th ere mus t h ave been some seri ous error in some quarter, and woe to LONDON, the official, if any, to whom the fault can be traced. A thousand indignant prosecutors are ready to step forward to enforce the fall 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 Malthnsian 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 riverence," 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 ear 1851. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 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 ♦ouchsafed 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 pre 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 (let divi sion, 2d bureau) to there regularise their position. " Art. 3. Any foreigner who shall co n tra ve n e the preceding provisions shall be expelled from the French territory. " P.CA.RLIEU, Prefect of Police. "Approved of : LEON FAUCHER, " Minister of the Interior." The Slick has the following on this act of subser viency to the Emperor of AUSTRIA:— " Has the 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 disquieted? M. Carlier 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, bat 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 Rational 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 JOINYLLLE 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. GUILHESI. 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 cluty for us to give that of M. GUILREN, which is as follows : " have just road in your journal an article taken from the Tipres, 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 have with the Duchess of Orleans at Claremont. I declare that every thing in that article with regard to the Duchess of Orleans is false, as N the rude and absurd reply which is attributed to me.' " The Bourse evinced at first a tendency to rise, but subsequently became feeble, without any cause being assigned. The Five per Cents. opened at 921. 40c., rose to 92f. 50c., and closed at 92f. 25c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 56f. 20c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 870 f.; Rouen, 5951.; Havre, 235 f; Great Northern, 4631. 75c.; Avignon, 205 f.; 433f.Vierzon, 11 775.; d sßtaraslse: 1481. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 386 f. 25c.; Paris burg, 357 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 266 f. 25c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 261 f. 25e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TBE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 21. East Indian, 21—Namur and Liege, VA—Northern of France, 14% Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 -- Tours and Nantes. 6%. A LINZ roa a YOUNG LADY'S COPY.BOOL. — The Trife4 PlO4lO tQQ 011 rgia....runc4t THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER l l, 1851. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. The Committee on the Budget held its first meet ing on the 4th. NARVAEZ 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., 36i to I; Five per Cents., with current Coupon, 17i ; Coupons, 8f; Passive Debt, 6i. Exchange on London, 51. THE S Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Dovvs Binning., Woiverhamp., and Fa toar Valley . • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh Junc., late 331. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated De., do., 20/. .. 'lristol and Exeter.. .- "Jaledonian Ihester and Holyhead .. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber- teen Junction Do,, New .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) Do, (181. E.& IL) .. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. De. do. do. .. Do. de., B & C Shares East Lancashire • • .. Do. New quarters • • East & West India Docks and Birm. Junc. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgow and South-West, De. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern • • - • .RKETS 9 to 9 4% —4% x.d 9% - 1014 13 —ll div. •• ... •• IN 100 78 -80 x. 4 10% - 11 134, - 13% 33 -214. x 4 .. .IME. •• 2 -2N I% - 2 0, - i -6% 3% ..- 4% 13% - 14% x.lll 50 -52 27 -29 4 - 5 100 $ 6 11 Do. halves, A, deferred) Do. halves, 13, 6 per ct. Great southern and Western, Ireland . Great Western .. . Lancaster and C dial° . Do. thirds .. .• Lancaster andl eaton.. Lancashire and I irkshire' Do. quarter si urea .. Do. fifths .. • • • Business dem to-dny. •• •• 16 —l6 x.dl 5 5 12 —l2 x.d Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern • . Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. •• London and Blackwall . . 100 all 11 13 4 47% 100 Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters • • Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M.& 25 (c London and 8.-Weatent Do. new 501. Do. new 401. Manchester, Buxton, and , Matlock • • .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. Midland .. Do. 501. shares .. . De. Diming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle•• Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • . Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford - • • :: I Newry and Enniskillen— 1 Newry, Warrenpeint, &I Ikmarevor . Norfolk .. . Do. New 201. shares ••1 Northern Counties Union. North British.. North Devon .. 1 North Staffordshire • . Nerth-W eatern .. • . North & Sth Jnne. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. . Do. new .. Shrews. & Birm., Class A Do. Class B. .. Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Bbrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves Do. Oswostry . Do. New .. .. .. .. Shropshire Union .. .. Do., A, B, C, & D, thlly paid tip at per cent • • South Deven South-Eastern South Wales.. .. south Yorkah. and.Rlver Dun • • .• • • • • Sheff., Roth ? and G•ola, South DiviSion .. .. Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea & Loughor, kc. Taff Yale .. .. .. .. Taw*Valo Extension .. Thames Haven Doak and Railway .. .. .. Vale of Neath .. .. Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford,Wex., Wick. 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] 100 42 4 2 01 100 100 47% 25 9% 17% 19 38% - 39% 77 - 77)i 80 - 82 8 - 9 p. •• - •• 49% - 49% 16 24 all 126 3 9 all all 45 9% —81 i d. 9% 10% •• •61i 4x x-d 79 z.i 10% layi 13% x. 4 16 15X x.d 5% 493 % 9% 10% 10 ►l4 113% x.d 23X 24 x.d x.d rx.d 44%4 444 15% % z. 4 Ditt• ditto Royal Mail Steam . ..... Settling days In the MOI tered shares, 15th am (We cannot be Rumen will not be influenced by 19% % % 26% 17% % 12% % 17% i.d 'TALI. 1851. Great Western..-_ .£23,303 North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Stafford 5,174 Caledonian 9,441 Great Northern 12,057 Paid. Nominal Prices. i Business donto-day. Asturian .... ...... .... 15 .. —.. Australian 4 1% —2% Niarossa Range ....... 1 13 0 3% —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal all • • —• • Bolanos Scrip .......... .. —.. British Iron.. .... ..... 13 5 .. —•• Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 243( .. —• • Di. Cocaes and Cuiaba all .. —• • Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 18% 19% ad Cobra Coprer . • .... .• • 40 33 35% Copiapo ... ,•• ..... • • 14 6 34 —7% General. • •• . - • ...... • • all 13% 14 Mexican& S. American 9 3% 4 36 Real Del Monte, Unreg. % % Do. Black Debentures. .. ... Do. Red Debentures .. .. .• Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 2 3 Tin Croft .. • • • • •••• .. • • 7 6% 8 United Mexican-- •.28 2 8% 3% —2% JOINT STOCK BANNS . Australasia ............ all 38 31% British North America.. 50 45 —46 Colonial .............. 25 10% 12 Commercial of London.. 20 25 -- 26% London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 173( London and Westminster 20 211% 29% National Provincial Eng. 35 .. —.. Do. New ... .... •• .. 10 .. —•• National of Ireland .... 22% 18% 20% Provincial of Ireland.— 25 42 —44 Do. New ............ all 15% 16 34 Union of Australia .... all 35 3634 Do. New ............ 2 34 3 3 34 Union of London ...... 10 13% 14% Union of Madrid --- all •• —•• MISCELLANEOUS. Canada ••....••• • • • • •I 3 1 2 4 % 4 2 8 8% 2 4 8 9 I Gen. Steam Navigation . Penha. & Oriental Steam. all 68 —69 , CEILLANEOUS. 32% 48 —49 14 26% 28 all 68 —69 5 11 —9% 60 78 —BO 80 % ath •f September. Ticket days lot regis id 29th. Account days. 16th and 30th. able for the errors of the Official Listn, and interested 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 export, and 2,500 on speculation. Tho sales comprised 8,000 American, 100 Babia at Sid. to 6id., 300 Egyp tian at 6d. to 9d., 1,500 Surat at 2d. to 4d., and 40 Sea Island at is. 2d. to is. 9.1. per 10, The market was firm, and compared with Friday's rates prices of Ame rican under 5/1 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 basiness. 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 961 to for Transfer, and 96i 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. 961 to 971. Bank Stock is worth 216 i, and India Stock 260. Exchequer-bills are 455. to 48s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been a little more active. Mex ican Bonds have realised 263 to 273, being flatter. Pe ruvian old Stock is at 904. Brazilian Bonds have been marked 913. Spanish Five per Cents. bring 203 to 3, being rather heavy. Dutch Four per Cents. are 923 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 arroar 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 tho meantime I have no means of accelerating the movements of the Council, except by urging upon the Minister the im portance of au early decision, and this Senor Rojas takes every opportunity of doing." The following is the reply of Senor Don Mariano Yenez, 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 held ers of Mexican Bonds have formed of the conduct which I pursued when I was in charge of the department of foreign affairs, in respect of the delivery of the 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 procuetled 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 the 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) MARIANO YANEZ." 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:— 1850. ... £18,893 ... 50,975 ... 13,125 ... 13,778 ... 23,668 ... 17,196 .. 5,025 ... 9,140 ... 5,795 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITItin FUNDS O'CLOCK. FRICEs. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9614 %%56 96 1 4 New 3 per Cent. Anne 9 8 3 /4 3f., % 983 i Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o ..... 7% 7 7-16 7 7-16 India Stock South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities k,',onsols for Account 4 achequer Rills. 14 d. 1,0001. 500/. Small, .. 96% 96% 48 p 48 p 48 p CLOSING rItICES. 91% 104 78 27% 27% 90 3 4 1113 g, ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9l Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent lO4 Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. 78 111,,xican, 6 per Ct., ex Jan. Coupe. Ditto, Account ....-... 27 1 4, 267 i Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent- Russian Bonds Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Scrip Spamisn 5 per Cent. 1840 20% Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent. 12 Guild — Ditto. Account 59% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates dis. 20i 2018 36 1 ; 81 1 4 59% 93 FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.—In a 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 punisnment 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 the 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 formed 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 18ilb., and was apparently in a healthy condition. The band has been forwarded to his Grace by Mr. Swan. —North British THE LONG VACATION.—The long vacation will shortly commence at Cowes, for it has been observed that most of the English yachts are already breaking up,— Punch. PORTUGAL. The Duke of TERCEIRA has declared himself the leader of the Cabralists against SALDANHA, 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 civilized 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 accordance 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 OP TERCEIRA." GERMAN Y. 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 SCHWARTZENDERG : "My dear Prince de Schwartzenberg,—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 zeal 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 as dear to my heart as precious to the future of the United Kingdoms. May the prayers, which from all hearts rise to the throne of the Almighty, be granted by Him in his infinite goodness. The project of reform in the national representation which I commu nicated to the States General is 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 attention 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'-STREE r-( THIS DAY. BEGGING LETTER IMPOSTOR.— William Bew, alias Welsh Tom, 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 mtans of a frau dulent begging petition. The prisoner was also charged with violently assaulting William Horsford, chief con stable of the Mendicity Society. Horsford stated that in the beginning of August Ilast, 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. On 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, " Tom, I want you for trying to get money from a lady in Waterloo-place." He had hardly got the words out of his mouth, when the prisoner rushed upon him, knocked him down, and kicked him about the head and body so severely that he was unable to rise for some few minutes. The prisoner then ran away, and witness saw no more of him till last n ight, when he t oo k hi m into custody in Kent street, Southwark. Witness was still suffering from the effects of the beating he got. Horsford added that Mrs. Gower would not be in town till a late period of the day, and he 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 for similar offenc es . since 1846, did not offer any defence and was re manded.oofbr°Barfyd:rudg said, last night, Sew u , s t e h d e prisoner's gross and abusive paramour, language was then charged withtowards Horsford, when in the execution of his duty. Horsford while he was entering the l charge lowed Vine-street station, the pri soner , w h om h e h a d .Eilg a o accompany her husband to the st a ti on , ca ll e d allowed him a c i—d white-livered scoundrel, a liar, and a thief," and threatened to do for him, so that he should not take anontdhe r equested rman heragain. to a Seeing leve tpheaatesehaebly She st h h e e w orse for liquor , he did not take the least notice of her language, a 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 Flees was charged before Mr. Hammill with stealing a silver hunting watch, value seven guineas, the property of Mr. John Trotman, 10, Alfred-terrace, and was met by the prisoner and t w o o th er e against a wall. I succ e ed e d in Upper Holloway. Prosecutor said — l was last evening passing up the City-road, men, who forced m ex tricating myself from them, and then saw my watch sus pended by the chain in the prisoner's hand. I se i ze d him; he snapped the watch violently from th e 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 abort 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 ovortook and succeeded in holding him until the police came up. The property was not found. Mr. llswum. complimented this witness on bis manly conduct. The prisoner, who is a well-known swell rnobsman, 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 a 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 of Lords, who met his death there on Monday last. Deceased was helping to fix a landing-place 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 im mediately taken to the Westminster hospital, but, on his arrlval, was found to be quite dead. The jury, without hesi tation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." A LUMP OF GOLD FROM SOUTH ANSTRALIA.— 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 nu less than 4ilb. It is from Bathurst, and if' in. twill t 9 In PIMg ill tin galaitio. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid. Nominal Prices, LINES LEAS; 91 - 91% 113% —114►(1.0 1 ' 216 p x..dl Ijr 2 p. x.d 1% I%p x.d 79% bOji 10i —9% die. B jr, - die. 2% -2% 2434 - 215% 214 2%da. 44% 44% [9% 19% 19 21 x.cll • • 7% • 7% 5 dii. —•• dia. 17 -18 1434 1334 dia.' 3 dls. x.l —6% x.ul 9% 934 diz. 15 15% 15 —15% 7 —7% 4% —4% 5% 4% dis. 13 —l4 6 7 9% 10% % % db. 3% —3% (1. 12 —l4 19% 20 24% 27 4 i (11s. 3% -4% 9% - 10% 164 166 x.d .. .. db. 16 —l5 61s. • • —.. d. die. 17% - 17% 7% —7% dls. 3% 3 dis. 17% 17% x.d, FIXED .11.1 1 Leasing Busins Railways. eninpanto. Paid. Nominal Prices , dens to -day. Barks and Rants Ex. b per Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 1 p. Bir. and Orford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. .. all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. De .. all 28 —29 liirm., WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 15 8 -- 10 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • 15 7 9 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 17% Clvdesdale Julie Caledonian all 44 -- 46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern all 33 3334 Gloucester and Dean Ferest Gt. Western 20 1 34 —23 i Hull and Selby Yk. & N.M. all 100 102 x.d Do. 54 Shares Do .. .. all 50 —5l x.d. Do. Shares Do • • .. all 23 —24 x.d Leeds and Brad. Midland all 99 101 x,d Zal Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 113( 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. .. all 2334 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. •• Norfolk •• all 1334 1434 x.d De., 6 per cent Do .. all .. Mlddlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all .. N. & East, 5 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 54 —B6 x.d Do. New .. Do 43 4 9 p x.d Preston and SL.&N. W. all 43 —45 Wyre • • •• I. & La.& Y. Do. % Chares ADo .. 11 834 —934 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 22 —22 Roy. & liitchin G. Northern all: 8 X.d x. 4 Do. Shep. Ex.. Do .. • • 4% 1% —2 p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 1811 6 South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 834 214 cliS.x.d x. 4 Wear Val. 6 par Cent. gua. Stock.& Du. 50 —• . Do. do. .. Do .. 25 25 —2B Do. do. .. Do •• 25 INC 'REFS: SIECANZEI. Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business dens to-day. Aberdeen tie. Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 2 36 • • • Caledonian i 01. 10 • 6% —73 G Chester and Holyhead .. all 14% 14% 14% Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all % MS. East Anglian (31. 10e.) 6 per cent. .. all l % -1 % Eastern Counties Exten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. all par p pm Do. No. 2 ......all % die par die. Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10 % 10 % 11% 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 • • —• • Effin. Per. &Dun. 5e p.ct. all 34 as. Pal Glasgow & 8.-W. Consul. 100 • • —•• Gt. Nerthem, 5 per cent. all 1834 18 % 1896 Great south. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. 5 % 1 p. Gt. West. (Wilts, Som., Is Weymouth Stock .. 100 9034 —9l Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... • • .. 6 .• Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 129 131 Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1• • •• •• 11 •• ••• •• p Do. quarters, 1848 0 • • p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 •• De. pref., I p et. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 .. Do. new guar., 6 per et. 100 .. •••• Len. & N. West. (Coy. & Refloat.) 5 per cent. ~ 13% London &S.-W., new •• •••• P. blanch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. An.. No. 1 all 11 —l2 Do. new, 101. .. .• all 11% 11% 9% Do., 61. • • • • .. 3 % % Midland Con. 6p. o. block 100 • • Do. Consal. Bristol & Bin:ling., 6 per cent.• • 100 127 129 Do. Bristol & Glances. all •• •• Norfolk Extension .. all 15 —l6 guar. 5% per cent. all •• Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • • —• • North British .. 5 —4% x.d 4% 3.d Oaf. Wor. BtNN 01. 151.6 p.c 6 % 1 P Shrewsbury and Bien. New Guaranteed .. all 3% —lO x. 41 9R; Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Alin.) 8 per cent. all 14% 18 % South Devon .. 12 — l4 South-Eastern, 4% p. et. 10 • • —•• WestLondon,lst Cl. (101.) all • • Do. 2d Class de. (par) all •• •• York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. Nof E. Pur. .. all 16 16% 4 —4% York and North Midland H. and S. Purch. .. 10 1% -7. 1% dl/1. 8% Itonlogne and Amiens Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) • • Demerara . D u tch Rhenish East Indian Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto • • Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg • • rostzzoN. all 10U, 10% all 17% 17% all —.. 8 5% —4% Cs. 18 2% —3% p. 20 Ditto • • • . .. .. Madrid and Valenti* .. Maria Antonia .. .. % - % P• % - % P• Ditto, New Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans Paris and Bonen Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse .. Tours and Nantes Tournay, Jurbiee. Lan don, and Haseelt .• Weft Flazder. 77161 8d 34 -1 IN,-2 S —lO 3 —4 6 —6% 14% 14% —4% die. 33 —35 23 —24 57i s%die. 9% — 9% —3 9% —9% 1 0 % % 1 % II 11% 14 % % rr 14 I' IS ' LLOD's SHIPPING.--( „ 1 , 1 0 LONDON, SEPT. 11._-Wind at 110011 S.E.I 'g and fine clear dry weather. 11 ,0 LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 10.--WiDd , Op, Field, St. John's, New Brunswick; Dalcao;or'ps Earl of Harewood, Mauritius; Jasefet B2 on ftt, Baltic steamer, New Y ork, left 30th St. Aufl o % a b o ut 538,000 dolls.; George Ray Florida, Quebec. Sld. Margaret, Trinidad;ward, Hong-Kong; James Tureen, B0)1311.1;0'0 Aden; Wreath, Punta MOOS; John .Antrlid, dad; Shirley, New Orleans; Westera „nutoc; York; Liverpool, ditto; Old Feglaed, Du° Keith, bliramichi. QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 10.— Aio d, Hew, Quebec. Off port, Dash, Newronr_e,, Sld. York; Ellen Forrestal, ditto; Balmoral, Qu"_bee..l2 LIMERICK, SEPT. 9. --Wind W' d fresh The Osprey, from Swansea, bert and Glynn. from !tielsl WELLS, SEPT. 10,—The J nns, - . sunk in the harbour; lies very badly, su , strained and injured. Fre SWANSEA, SEPT. 10.—Wind E.S.E. Miramichi. oon O° P) o° . SHIELDS.— Sid. Amazon, Cape of G 61, is on ,shore OW is AV S W" - SUNDERLAND, SEPT.Sbpcc derna PL ger, Calcutta. e YMOUTH, SEPT. 10.—Wind ••••• ~ No w heath, Adelaide, Scuth Australia; Muoll,_,QuebrBfs PENZANCE.—Arrd. Marquis of Chtina v ' m rg, BRISTOL, SEPT. 10. Wind -- , Wishart, Newfoundland. Q u ebec GLOUCESTER.—Arrd. Romultne dependent, Quebec. DEAL, SEPT. 10.—Wind s c e slarDis; Antigua. Arrd. from the r iver and 81(1- 0ej Ar lvi Manilla; Meple Leaf, Bombay; Penis Waterlily, Jamaica. e el to PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 10.--Win" "til e Rodney, Gibraltar and Hobart Tow E id SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 10.--Wind tit, ington steamer SEPT. New York. e ,ee- Er I l loss ° 0 101 f . 0 : u S n c d I d, TheEPT 0. l .—S Sophia,l d W . f pa a d t s e t r o ly',„ / beep to „ w il , mast and other damage, and leak'', 1165 6 00 having been in contact with a barque. a t et ao.e o f) Rio JANEIRO, Auo. „ ge cko , 0 , brig, hence to Bahia, May 29, bas been For" , le a o se ) 01 ravella Bank. Crew saved. Th e t ee bound to Angola, has been wrecked th „r IA" of Cape Frio. b pelt ie MONTE VIDEO, JULY 31.--The D 81)-0 p h o t o I of f o C July,al n p i aa,r part of was lost cargoon thseavEe,ncig."B9TobtreonlY.Bo%o: Clyde, to Lyme, was totally lost duri n g. - poi or tha 4th of July, on the San Jose rockslui° The Hanoverian brig Michael, for Btlen°3o bb vi nli on the English Bank yesterday , sod , ° f carg e but was got off after discharging P a in oil Janet, Clyde to Central America , p a, instant, with loss of bowsprit 11 IS MARKET NEWS.-0-'; f igte NENVGATE AND ,ILA3Thill The general demand was steady at Ij Ai li 7 e B ;,,,t, from 2s to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 38 the cs' to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d pe r Blbs s, MEAT MANISS 74 triot SOUTHALL, SEPT. 10.—r0ASY 5 . g: supplied with each kind of fat stoat , t vr icet, e ,i,i' average business was transacted, at „ A fil ' se - 4 1 / ° I from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 1 '1: to 14- A to 3s 6d ; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per B lu s ' if" offal. ll O BO BOXFORD, SEPT. 10.—Beasts 03°.reb.d CI O 10: 1 barely stationary prices. All other ite c : a sa; dear as last week. Beef, from 28 8d to "" :35 3s Od to 4s; Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Pork , d Qasr , p s e to r r B e lb p s. ig S s, uc l k 6 l s in t g o Cisaslveeasc,hl.7s to 19s; 4/1 t 0 tro d the S e o l FLLILSEWI, SEPT. 10.—On the eveo,ersg 4 g to ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, fro m Per 04,0, Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s; Veal, 2d to 3 5 u,,,,rs ARUNDEL, SEPT. 9.—Our market hes "'" 319' follows:—Beef, from 3s to 3s 8d; g ntt°l3' lf /fsj Veal, 3s to 33 6d per Ms. aPP; 4,' CHICHESTER, SEPT. 10.—AlthoughLI- o f 61 4 ' g ß o e o e d f, the fre intra3clse to oa3ss Bd; ste Mutton,s re p o es 3a 4d I° 3s to 3s 6d per elbs. SI SMITHFIELD. —litiradiviowaaltZßay2Bl . 155 11 t° C 11 -1° 1. ! Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 10s; and Straw,' al it per load. A good supply, and a dull trait's', to ' P OP CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 tj Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 7s; and Saar , P rice 31 per load. Trade dull, at barely stationariYs: to 11 5/ WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 ... ill. Clover ditto, 3/ 105 to 41 10s• and Stra w ' „deal' per load. Trade very inactive, ate CORN A VERA 10 101 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES tt es d F 13 L 1 1t -i ' l ty- For the Week ended Sept. 4, 1851, made up fro 111 ''" , , Inspectors in the different Cities and Tow ns per Imperial Quarter. $0 1. 2 esesae. BAELET. OATS. 1/ 1 ,,. A SO I BARL D Ey U . TES OA O T N B PRICE .. 1388 9d 1268 ld 120 s Id 126 s "") Is Od Is Oct Is Oct Is Od to 4 " QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN Svs , Wheat, 62,406; Barley, 1,969; Oats, 7,223; FOrslGys.N. C0 11) 1 0.0 . 0 ; 4 1 1 10' 1,856 ; Peas, 8088 qna~ e WRECK OF THE "'POLL° .g f tbe ACII DOVER, SEPTEMBER 10.—On the nee - t e ) r trons loss of the Apollo screw' lit ea LP l Ramsgate, Broadstairs, and neighbourito nb, o f, Knock to pick up what might be a the coast, a number of luggers pat Off bolP cargo. Of the wreck little could be 6e i 11 38 r eatiog eo s . Sh g e found to have struck on the south side this I t e tJ r 0 some few miles from the light ship, a n o pte d tei )° a ' l o her loss somewhat more difficult to be ' a cc°l3 ,o l ; - t be ;r' cl she is represented to have gone nearly', °°` joto before she touched. She lies in what 18 et , 0 43rj fathoms ; and notwithstanding the r,, e , - , e fellivi,er, weather, and her exposed situation to ti ei berg to the ocean, it is believed that she holds Il. te tte ns tl , course is fast settling down in the sand. t been made to get at her car o, and ob°nlde porti4 o - 0 18 ' of iF continue moderate, as it has the last f og " may be a possibilty of preserving sow° a nd br ea The carcases of a number of hen s- bol e which formed her principal freiglirh, n it, e ip picked up by the boatmen , W'', o ' o llt,_ b i s f pears, are turning them into profitable oic - i o s tu' , „ s toe' ing their hides and the bodies for the „te oft produce. One of the boats of the unfor in ;use t ° has also been brought ashore. The real %Flo°, disaster has not as yet been sufficientlY eiodsioiio enable us to state it. One thing, howeverid 000 that the spot where the Apollo was vire cl ‘ e the 13 1r 0 the ordinary safe track from Rotterdam to, . 0 the ore Her master, Mr. Smith, has been emploYea.idered f some 17 years, and has been generally o° Bl orte ° o o/ navigator. Al the moment of her found fre fo ie crew had a narrow chance of losing h is i qrui to the last boat leaving the wreck , t Der , o c , anxious inquiries as to whether all bad hearing that they had, the boat put off. yi eo ments, however, it was discovered that one boor s al and it being imagined that he continued °I :. t e lle l oal steamer, the boat returned to her. The 1 )° , (3 10 wre c k , ler, found, and the boat had not again cleared " ;,eBt nrirt a shunt time before she went down. cleared sengers were three ladies, whose coursg',: o dee . ,t throughout the trying period elicited me', succeeded in rescuing their luggage. "-im! ir go irfor e insurances effected upon the vessel and c- bearii transpired, but it is stated that the cattle on not so protected. ` at CP; r m0n....••••••.....m••••••=m................ -- ------- -- % , cr fr Ae rol c A STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH TOE; 5 t en ' I I.:I; 07 ArrnrcA.— The Admiralty have advertise.; far rlt a monthly mail line of screw-steamers to Ar l " fn elje Cl 0 and the west coast of Africa. The ports to he,.` ; " h u e rioP, A Goree, Bathurst, Sierra Leon ~ Monrovia (Pl3o.';gendc'' Coast Castle, Accra, Whydah Badagry , 1 „;!g ° who le a r. Ir o f Calabar, Cameroons, and Fernando I'o. I , i 'lt "11 -i ag r;'t0 the slave coast will thus be included, an"-,i5•00 C Ird that the object of the line, which, in the oi l ' i l gterh i tiO course will carry scarcely any passengers orhy'-celticsJst promote the extinction of that traffic, not oalY,n i ed r, e°l/ commerce with the natives, but by the reP7 'The , It o , ' information it will convey from point too ei","A the ° ,41, are to have an average speed of eight kns, a' - f GOO% o is to be for five years. At present the DP ° °, tiae lli V steamers call at Sierra Leone, but the propose' 0 .00 4 to A viate that necessity which has been found 4 !bere f° ' -0 will they Po drance, and the route of those vessels altered, so that, instead of visiting Sierra Liage'Stiello V call at Ascension on their outwarci, and a t '" . oe l i, A 0 0 their home. and passage. The amount of earp;eroa..' iill,; s b u e p e p x l i p e e d et b e y d varioustahteeadily to pointsincrease, on the and n a e t w is M st r l c o - p s, eer,:o i ll i or ; warded oarrtdaendt. specimens Ivory, p a o l f m c o o i t l t , 0 c n a n o e f w oo d , g t first be the chief articles ; but Liberia bas the 0 5 old du st ' a irea ' goitf good clus litY ' t i lie tli ° eventually be produced to a large extent, Wb ile 6 'o °l oo time the accounts of the increasing trade of the peep 0 $ $t republic with the natives of the interior proini' e no augmentation in the imports of our manufactures' ~/.,1 , r ,,,,. A sTIA : ,'b Dr, GREAT SKIFF MATCH AT NE",% i fbi — h eier Tuesday afternoon a skiff match for 100 1 . a 61"',,,irSe ~g e f6 the cv- opo . 0; 4 long been arranged, came off on the Tyne, from the High-level to Scotswood-bridge• P i p e f O r ia , '' ten Henry m i minutes a p b e e r f oarned highJ a m James water.Candlish, T h e and the t' rii... .:ell ° itle i me , got iva iotS eo d, Clasper immediatel takin the lead, whic h 115 th sli tiO' lea c o d pe r to the Shot-tower, being then full a skiffs After passing the Shot-tower he drew in ~tl„P,.°: Cl"'c who was on the north side, and ran hi"' a r. s iL v tv . e ' d bl .te re i: pulled away to Scotswood-bridge, e and was WA''' . Tlie r`', l "lo'• l rs i i s r h . ., i w_ a h u o n g c a . m h e as i il d declared eskiff's' thelength your °' t thw rese ll There was an immen-e concourse of p eople P izio /1 the race, and great excitement. ___LiOa r t clei THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LIVERFOOL• 1 ,ote 0 WIDNESDAT —At a meetingof the Town Cootie' l ot tior i ir the Mayor said—" I have this day receiv ~ .„ 0 0 r. t , to what her Ma' jesty purposes to see, and wit. J os, opi son I will endeavour to describe it. She purP ° . c loel‘', O' first instance, to go to the landing stage at ten 0 noe 01 , , , , ianftefrabitn. , 0.:45 to proceed in her own boat, the Fairy, tbr the Pu r 'half 'il specting the docks. She lopes that an hour a nd a t. 0 retool be considered sufficient for that object. She will t P , s e t 0 c1 9 ,, 0 t to the landing stage, and proceed to the inspectiou: isabov,p, the several buildings named in the progrSe 'Pote leaving her carriage. She will then retur to D o te to Strictly te luncheon. Afterwards she will proceed on h , e Si' w ha e ll rs t i o ey re b c y eiv th e e an ra a il d w d a r y es . s ” and to partake of a a too' , .....s e stera s Jhro o , 1 . A fir ° ,,ipet' EXTENSIVE FIRE AT MILE-END. ternoon, between the hours of three and ion ' s ca. 60 out in the extensive premises of Mr. Eichardsonr,_ cna,ete maker, West-street, at the side of the Beate ' J ig s " t he RailwaY. The two upper floors of the Pr en) e to „,, dou of gutted, the roof burned off, and serious dainag vie , 5 0 a fo t lower portion of the building by water, 8;c• • e not il lstir whose loss is considerable, unfortunately was ' ' a single penny. a fi l ' 'Pavia 00 We understand that Lord and LadY,• — nt i n eatill alan Howard are about to proceed on a ' 2 " . Her LadYalliP still maims verY =Well' .............. Th e s three and, E , VS kr, J. Mr, ; G, The L onl y eei ve 135 2 lat. a. The B E bunt and u dar. G . kr. Cr fir,e. `The Id 1 1 ;1kt, kr. B , 41 xi • Sly 4r S . Th, k r , kr. ;3;1 dTh e krter 44 ) 1), ,T h," S,T he •41 tt h. 1 NI 511 C 4 ` l ta ‘N iiiitt