The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

NEW NOVEL by the Author of "The Wife's Sister; or, The Forbidden Marriage." _ Immediately, in Three Vols. ATOTICE—LIFE and its LESSONS. By the Author of "The Wife's Sister." (Niece of the celebrated Novelist, Miss Austen.) Also now ready, in 3 vols., "'P ERCY HAMILTON', the WESTMINSTER BOY. By Lord W. LENNOX. 111. CL AR A CAMERON, the BELLE of the SEASON, 3 vols. W. Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough- street. *** Immediate orders should be forwarded from all parts of the country, so as to prevent disappointment. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHTS. THAL BER or G'S New M rand d Op IN er SPAIN, a, FLORLNDA THE (For the Last Time.) It is respectfully announced that a Grand Extra Night will take p l ace TO-MORROW' EVENING, when will be produced the new Grand Opera, composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by Sigis mund Tlialberg, the I'oem by Scribe, the Italian Libretto by Glen noul, entitled FLORINDA ; or, THE MOORS IN SPAIN. With new scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall ; the costumes exe cuted by Miss Bradley and Mr. Ceombes ; under the superintendence o f Madame Cope re ; the Mise en Scene by Mr. A. Harris. Count Julian, Signor Lablache ; Porinda, Mdlle. Sofle Cruvelli ; Rodr i go , Signor Calzolari; Teodomiro, Mlle. Marie Cruvellf ; r av ila, Mr. Sims Reeves; and Manuzza. Signor cniqta. To conclude with a Divertissement from Il Prodigo. Appl i ca tions for Boxes, Stills, and Tickets to be made at the Box-eflice of the. Theatre. The 0: era to commence at Eight. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. CERITO. The Subscribers are respectfully intorined that an enga;ement has been effected with Aldlle. CERITO for the last two remaining nights of the se,scription, and that she will have the honour to appear on SATURDAY and TUESDAY next. QT. JAMES'S THEATRE. 1,1 Mr. BARNUM, of New York, respectfully announces that be has made arrangements with the Lessee of the above Theatre (which will commence immediately after the French Play Season), for the purpose of introducing to the British public those celebrated juvenile dramatic artistes, KATE AND ELLEN BATEMAN, (Only Eight and Six years of age.) These chi'dren have excited in their own country the mest un bounded enthusiasm, and Mr. Barnum feels confident that the ex traordinary development of intellect which characterizes all their personations will secure the approbation of a community where true genius has ever been acknowledged and appreciated. To give due effect to their representations he has secured the services of a TALENTED AND EFFICIENT DRAMATIC COMPANY, comprising many Metropolitan Favorites. The First Performance will be given On MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25th, 1851, On which occasion will be presented the Filth Act of Shakspere's Tragedy of _ _ RICHARD 111., In which ELLEN BATEMAN will appear as "KING RICHARD III." SATE BATEMAN and as " RICHMOND." In addition to which wilt be produced, for the First Time in Lon don, an entrely new Petite Comedy (translated from the French of M. Scribe, " Le 3larriage Enfantin," expressly for Kate and Ellen Bateman), entitled THE YOUNG COUPLE, With other Attractive Entertainments. Full Particulars will be duly announced. 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'ciock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Last Night but Two of the S übscription. Wednesday, August 20. Mesdames SLE onta Ng,OZZI k'iorentiDlnFlGAßO .i, and Sods CrUvelli. Tt is irespectfully announced that, in compliance with the gene , e xpressed desire, a Subscription Night will be gi v en VIA EVENING, in lieu of the last Saturday of the Subscrip t.. (viz., August 3)). All ivories and tickets, therefore, for that ev ening, will be available for this (Wednesday) Evening, August 2), when will be presented Mozart's chief-d'eeuvre, LE NOZZI DI FIGARO. With the followin; powerful Cast : Susanna, Madame Sontag ; the Countess, Madame Fioreutial ; C herubino, Madlle. Sofle Cruvelli ; Count Almaviva, Signor Colletti; Figaro, Signor Ferranti ; Basilic,. Signor Mercuriall ; Antonio, Signor G alt ; Don Bartolo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a Grand Divertissement from 11 Prodlgo, by M. Paul Taglioni, comprising the celebrated Pas do Poignards, by Aldlle. Carolina Rosati, supported by Meadlles, Kohlenberg, Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux, Dantoni, Aussandon, Pascales, Alle grin!, Soto, Soldalnsky, Emma, Eliza, Lavinia, Beale, and the ladies of the corps de ballet. Applications for• ' Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock. On Friday, Grand Extra Night.—Fideliol Last time. Leonora, Madlle. Sotle Cruvelli. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Success beyond any former rreceient—Crowded Houses Nightly Under the Management of Mr. Risley, M'Collum, and Company. Fourth Week of the incomparable AMERICAN and FRENCH EQUESTRIAN TROUPE. Public attention is directed to the present scale of prices : Dress Boxes, 3s ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper do., 6d. The patrons of this establishment a: e respectfully informed that this popular company, consisting of 3ladlle. Caroline, arr. M‘Callom, Mr. Stone, on his Wild Horse, Mons. Loisset, Madame Brower, and Toung Baptiste, can only perform in England for a short period. Doors open at Halt-past Seven, to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. A[r. R. Webster, tiole Lessee and Zdatta,ger, Oh. Droraptort. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new ant, original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Torn Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. To be followed by a new comic Opera, entitled THE QUEEN OF A DAY. Sir Henry Were, Mr. Stuart ; the Sheriff, Mr. Caulfield ; Timothy Turnwell, Mr. Weiss; Walter, Mr. W. Harrison ; Lucy Lovelace, Miss L. Pyne ; Cicely, Mrs. Caulfield. After which an entirely new Farce, entitled GRIMSHAW! BAG.. SHAW! and BRADSHAW I sWith LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Colette. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Parselle ; Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Miami, Madame Celei to ; Geraldine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by a new comic Opera, entitled GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PANTALON. Doctor Tititofolo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Signor Pantalon, Mr. Honey ; Lelio, Miss Woolgar ; Columbine, Miss Kath leen Fitzwilliarn. To conclude with the Farce of FORTITNE'S FROLICS. Robin Roagthead, Mr. Emery; Dolly, Miss Ellen Chaplin. ROYAL PRINEESB'.i THEATRE, OXFORD STREET. Under tha :thmagernentlt Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Kee.)). THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN 4 MAZE. Characters by Messrs. .J. Vining„ Keeley, A. Wigan, Harley, Addisom ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Keen. After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. " Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated," in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. ro 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, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, Sec., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. iwaseingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street. from Eleven till Fear o'clock. LLOYAL TLIEATich. ender the Management of Madame Vet:trip.. 8010 Lessee, Mr. Cha:les Mathevn, rMB EV N I NCI. Will be performed COURT BEAUTIES. To bo followed by KING CIIARXING. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. lIOYAL OLYMPIC riIf.ATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W Farren. Greit Success of Angelo. rill, Ev&NEM*, Will be performed ANGELO ; or, The Tyrant of Padua. Charac ters by Messrs. H. Farren, Diddear, W. Farren, jun., Kinloch, Clif ton; Mesdames Stirling, L Howard, Adams, and Ellen Turner. Atter which THE }IE-EATER. With the DREAM AT SEA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under PatronegN of her Majesty and his Royal Memos Prince Albert. Pro- rietor eo Manager, Mr. W. Ratty. Notwithstanding the great success of the present Entertainments, Mr. Batty has engaged Mr. Henri Franconi and his highly-trained Steeds, who will shortly appear. THIS EVENING, WM be performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA Sr the Wild Horse of Tartary, which has been revived, in conse quence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nailons to wit ness the magnificent Spectacle. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of English, French, Italian, and American • Artistes. To conclude with the Farce of JACK JUNK. boa-office open from eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled KENSINGTON GAR DENS. With a Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER. Princi pal characters by MeF,srs. J. Reeve, Rogers, and Miss Marshall. After which a new Burlesque, entitled GODIVA, THE LADY OF COVENTRY. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve. J. Rogers, Norton, Berner, Maskell, Attwood; Mesdames Marshall, C. Horsman, E. Romer, Morcelli, and Maskell. To conclude with a new Farce, entitled MY WIFE'S FUTURE HUSBAND. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, ; Boxes (first circle), 36.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at -- 11., f - Past Six, and the performances to Sommence at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock .--first circle, 25.; second circle, ls. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF M "S JUL LIEN. • Lax. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARbENs. Danson's Colossal PICTURE of the TEMPLE of JA _ ITS in the Eternal City—Splendid Menagerie —Perforating Elephants —Prome nade Concert, by the elite of Mons. Jullien's ~; u n--vaned Band—a 8010 each evening by Herr Koenig—English Glees and Madrigals, those eminent Vocalists, Miss Messent, Conductor, nvers you , n by Hill, and Leffler—Pianoforte, Mr. Jolley Mons. j taii g' concluding with a brilliant display of Fireworks, by Southby. en, Doors open from Nine in the Morning. Feeding the A mnia ,. 41 Dail-past Five. Concert at a Quarter to Seven. Fireworks, at Raz Past Nine. AMEISSION-ONE SHILLING. lIIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE ;Xs DST —Morning 50 n t in. after 6 1 Evening 13 min after / 6-Mossow—Morning 42 min. after 7 I Evening 14 rain after g .......—___ THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, AIiGUST 20. TELERmoNETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 51--lowest this morning and during the night. 4 0— this day, at noon. Bezordisrxß, 30.33. WLND &S.W.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER, TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the f o ll ow i ng places at Nine o'clock est are arranged in order of latitude': morning.—The stations PLY3fOUTH—WiWindnd E ,gentle y reez CHELTENHAM e—Partially cloudy. W ORCESTER — Wind S. - PORTSMOUTH — Wind N.E.--very fine. GOSPORT — Wind .LY.E.—very fine. Barattrox—Wind N. E., gentle breeze—_cloudless, Fitismws_wirri N.. gentle breeze—clondless. SOUTHAMPTON—Win d S. W., gentle breeze— c l oudi FoiacEszoss—Wind N.E., gentle breeze —partiall y eBS . TtnintuDGE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudy Cloudy. BASINGSTO g—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. GUEN N.E., gentle breeze— cloudless. • . firittpozi—Wind S., light airs—partially cloudy. Oxratz.—Wind ChoucEsTEE—Wind S. W.—very fine. CH:F.4kwonD —Wind N.W.—very fine. COLCRBSTER—Wind N. W., calm—partially cloudy. CA4BRIDGE—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BrasuirGuism—Wind E. —very fine. &APO:Om—Wind S. _fine. TAamouTu—Wind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. 1 1 wiCH— W ind N.—fine. My/Ica—Wind N.—clo u dy . DausT—Wind • 0 ' ~1~ 'y h :f • t 14. 4 \ THE SUN, Nornsamix—Wind N.E.— fine. LINCOLN—Wind N.—very fine. HOLYHEAD—Wind S.—cloudy. CHESTER—Wind S.— cloudy. SHEFFIELD—Wind W.S.W.—fine. LrvEßPooL—Wind S. by E.—fine. MANCHISTER—Wind S.—cloudy. HULL—Wind W.—fine. LEEDS—Wind S. W.—fine. Yoiuc—Wind W.S.W.—fine. NEWCASTLE—Wind S.W.—fine. BERWICK—Wind S.W._ fine. GLASGOW— W ind N.E.—cloudy. EDLNBURGH—Wind S.W. fine. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : PooLE—Wind N.W., calm—overcast. PETERBOROUGH—NY in d S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CaEwE—Wind E,, gentle breeze—overcast. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.862 in. The mean temperature was 64.6°, which is 3Q above the average of the same week in ten years The mean daily temperature was about SQ above the average on Tuesday and Wednesday, and was above it on every day of the week except Sunday and Monday. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We beg to assure our Liverpool Correspondent, who complains that The Sun of neither Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday last has come to hand, that the three numbers were duly directed and posted. The mysterious disappearance in t ansitu of newspapers transmitted by the post is, unfortunately, of no rare occurrence, and rdlects anything but credit on official vigilance. No communication can be attended to unless authen. ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. t zk t„1,242.1 • It DIEU 'Sr Ohm:butt 2lnt: LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 185 CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION, The close of the world's fete of Industry is fixed for the 11 th of October. On that day the Crystal Palace will shut its doors, and the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, after a career of success as unprecedented as the Exhibition itself, and as the Palace in which it was contained, will cease ; the World's Fair will be over. The consequences, however, of this magnificent and glorious work will last, and produce a beneficial and humanizing effect for ages to come on the various nations who have taken part in this great congress of the world's best men. Friendships have been formed among men of different climes, pro fessing different religions an living under different Governments, which cannut be broken. No longer will the calumnies with "Luca every free nation (and more particularly our own) have been of late years assailed by those who hate industry because it leads to self-reliance and self-government, obtain credence. No ! will be the reply of our visitors, we have seen the land, we have conversed with its people, and we know, therefore, that you say the thing which is not. " War is a game which, were thoir subjects wise, Kiogs would not play at;" • and this peaceful assemblage of the industrious and talented of all nations is, of all things, calcu lated to bestow upon men that wisdom which is so much lauded by the poet. Prince ALBERT is the real Apostle of Peace, and the Great Exhibition the only real and genuine Peace Congress. The success of this great work has been so complete that none have ventured to deny it; but certain grumblers have contended that the trade of the metropolis has suffered in consequence. On this point we join issue with the grumblers. That the exaggerated, not to say impossible, expectations of certain very sanguine and very greedy persons have notbeen realised, we readily admit ; but we contend that more, much more money has been spent in London than during any former season since 1814, and, what is better still, the expenditure, instead of being concentrated in the hands of a few wealthy aristocrats of the shop ocracy, has been expended among a large number of small traders, and has thus afforded a greater sti mulus to general industry and diffused a larger amount of comfort among a greater number of reci pients. Taken as a whole the Exhibition is unparalleled in the history of human industry ! The idea of establishing such an Exhibition was as original as it was great, the magnitude and beauty of the Exhibi tion building was as unprecedented as the idea of the Exhibition, and the Exhibition itself surpassed in beauty the most exaggerated expectations, whilst its success outran the fondest hopes of the most san guine of its projectors. Prince ALBERT has acquired for himself an immortality which the proudest monarchs and the most successful conquerors might envy. He is the first Prince who has ever linked his name indissolubly with the progress of industry all over the world—the only progress that can secure to the nations " Peace on earth and good-will to wards men." " What are you doing, JOHN ?" said a master to his servant. " Nothing, Sir." " And you, Thomas ?" " Helping JOHN, Sir" For the last two years the Board of Health and the Board of Sewers have been the JOHN and the THOMAS of the British public. The excellent members of these Boards have talked more diffusely than did, according to MUSTAPHA RUB- A-DUB KEELI KHAN, even the Congress of the United States of America ; they have reported upon all ima ginable subjects, recommended the adoption of all sorts of plans, possible and impossible, discoursed as learnedly on stinks as though they had studied the subject practically in the city of Cologne, where, ac cording to SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, seventy six distinct and separate stinks may be discovered by even an uneducated nose, in the course of a walk of half a mile ; they have told us we were poi soned by the foulness of our drains, poisoned by the foulness of the water supplied to us by the water com panies, stifled in consequence of the ill-ventilated state of our habitations ; they have reported all this and much more, and then re-reported and then re published the re -report in another form, but they have absolutely done nothing. Those filthy cesspools and choked drains, which two years since we were told had, if not produced, at least aggravated, the cholera, which was at that time raging to a fearful extent, still continue as filthy and as choked as though no Board of Health had ever de nounced them. The Thames, which ought to be a source of health to the inhabitants living on its banks, by supplying them with an in exhaustible supply of pure water and of pure air, is a filthy polluted stream of stinking sewage, generat ing malaria through its whole course, and propagat ing pestilence as it goes along. The water supplied by the water companies, which two years since was declared by the Board of Health to be unfit for use, and in many cases absolutely poisonou s , is still sup plied in quantities as scanty, and of quality as dele terious; and hero we have the cholera again making its appearance, and finding u: quite as unprepared to resist its attack s as we were two years since, notwithstanding the Board of Health, which declared at the time that cholera was a disease the approach of which might, by the proper adoption of sanitary measures, be abso• lu tely prevented, has been sitting ever since, and has had nothing to de but to devise measures for such prevention. We have said the cholera is approach ing., and we found our statement upon the weekly re turn of the Regi-trar-General just published. The deaths in London have risen from 873 in the third week in July to 1,061 last week. In the correspond ing week of 1849, when the cholera was at its height, the deaths were 2,230, but the deaths during the last week are more numerous than during any corres ponding week of the last ten years, w ith the exception of the years 1847 and 1849. of these deaths 1.56 were from diarrhoea, which has been progressively increasing for the last six weeks, and 28 from cholera, which has also been progressively increasing, from 9 six weeks since, up eutanda lar to 28 l as t week. There is, perhaps, no occasion for immediate y m exercised ; the p . end if o t w he er ß w oa h r ic d h o i f t H p e o a s l s t e h ss d e i s d , its of insisting on the proper drainage of hous es an d on t h e immediate c l os i ng of all the metropolitan graveyards, the probability is th a t we should have no very serious in czettß, of the pestilence; but whilst the Board of Health L'ONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20 1 1851. suffers such a state of things to remain as the Regis trar-General reports is at this moment existing in Taylor's-place, 'William' street, Borough, we cannot be entirely without apprehension. Mr. ELLIOTT, the registrar of the district, thus describes the present state of Taylor's-place, in his remarks on the case of a child who died there of scarlatina maligns : " Taylor's-place comprises three small houses in a yard, the entrance to which is in William-street, but there is no thoroughfare. A boy aged 7 years, brother of the deceased, died in the same house on the 2d August of remittent fever and pneumonia. The statement of the mother, when giving information on Friday regarding nuisances by which the occupiers have repeatedly been annoyed, appeared so extraor dinary that I requested that it should be made in writing, and have accordingly received the accom panying letter from her husband : " About six or seven weeks ago a watercloset to our yard was opened for the purpose, as was said, of making a drain. It was found full; and instead of being emp tied properly by a eiglatman, a considerable quantity of the soil was rem ove d i n open day past our dour, and de posited in a waterclo se t common to t h e t h ree h ouses composing Taylor's -place, in one of which I reside. A few days afterwards a part of our yard was taken up, and a further quantity of the soil deposited two or three feet below the surface (in spite of remonstrance) and covered over; and had not the police interfered, a much larger quantity would have been laid there, although opposite and within two or three yards of my win dow. On the sth of August, in a remarkably short time, during the temporary absence of my wife, the ground under my door was opened in search of a drain, although my son was at that time lying dead; but on returning from my employment, finding the place in such a state, I immediately filled it up. Two days afterwards it was opened again (as also a further portion of the yard) an d k e pt o p en , t o no p u rpose, for two days; when, through the interference of some one, it was filled up. I have had the whole of my four chil dren dangerously ill almost at the same time, and two of them have died. My son was carried off two or three weeks ago, after an illness of less than 24 hours; his sister is lying dead, and the eldest boy is now ill. I firmly believe this calamity has happened in consequence of what I have stated above; and I should be glad, for the cake of others, if some friend would take the trouble of putting the case in train for inquiry. Since writing the above I am informed that the medical gentleman who attended my children has confirmed my suspicion regarding the true cause of their illness.' I have visited the spot, and been informed that a woman living in another house has been ill ever since the occur rence to which the statement refPrs." `What shall we say oftia; vigilance of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY and his Board if they wera ignorant of the state of Taylor's-place ? What of that activity and zealous attention to the performance of their du ties, of which the Noble Earl made such boast the other day in the House of Peers, if, knowing the ex istence of this foul ojficina of pestilence, they supinely suffered it to remain ? At all events, here is such a strong prima facie case against the Board as to render it the duty of the Government to authoritatively call upon them far an explanation, and should that explanation be unsatisfactory, or should the Board continue its . present do-nothing course, we hope the Minister will infuse a little new blood into it by placing at its head a thorough practical man of busi ness, who will enforce upon his colleagues the neces sity of reporting a great deal less and doing a great deal more. It is time that the philanthropic talker made way for the active worker. should have been realised, on account of the Exhibi tion and the extraordinary stimulus thereby afforded to railway traffic; and if we only get 53- per cent, now, how can we hope to maintain the same rate when the Crystal Palace has been removed or con verted to anot her purpose ?" The answer to this is equally simple. The Exhibition has unquestionably increased the receipts largely, as will appear by the next half-yearly accounts ; but a very small portion of it—what in fact was realised in June (in May there was nothing doing) —came into the present account, and that was more than absorbed by the extraordinary preparations that were rendered necessary, all of which were charged against the revenue of the present half-year, while their fruits are in course of realiza tion, and will be distributed in the spring. We be lieve we may safely assert that the last half-year's revenue was rather injured than improved by the opening of the Exhibition. This ground of objection is, therefore, removed from under the feet of the ca villers. The dividend after the rate of .534 per cent. per annum we regard as being fully as safe as the dividends in the public funds, and indeed we shall feel considerable disappointment if a gradual improve ment be not perceptible ere many years have elapsed. We may say the same of the other great lines which have maintained their usual rate of dividend ; we trust, at all events, that any alarm which may have been entertained by our readers will be allayed, and that shareholders will not consent to make undue sacrifices through any foolish and unwarranted timidity. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Tours and Nantes Railway was opened with great ceremony on Sunday. The Minister of Public Works was present, and in the course of his speech apologised for the absence of the PRESIDENT of the Republic. Serious disturbances have taken place in Ardeche, for which the celebration of the festivals of the Church were made the occasion. The Prefect has in consequence issued the following proclamation. " INHABITANTS OF THE ARRONDISSEMENT OF LAR- 'r HE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railways. Aberdeen.. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Behest and County Down Birmlng., Woiverhamp, and Stour Valley •• Birkenh., Lan., & Chests June., late 331.65. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkentid.. 50/. &251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. Bristol and Exeter— Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber• deen 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 .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee ) Exeter and Exmouth .. I Glasgow and South-West, De. do. G. D. & C. stack Great Northern Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great southern and Western, Ireland • Great Western .. •• Do. New, 171. .. ,• Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpooi, Crosby, and Southport London and Blackwell .. 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.-Western Do. new 501. Do. new 401. Mangy Paid. Nominal Prices, chester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Bheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Umlen Do. 501. shares .. De. Binning do Derby Abiland Gt. West. (Ire.) , ?ewcastle and Carlisle•• De. quarter shares .. ewmarket ewport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .• .. Newry and Enniskillen • • Newry, W arrenpoint, & Routrevor .. • • 00. Is ew 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. North Staffordshire North-Western •. • • North 84 Sth.-West. June. ')xford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central LINES 31.214E1 17% 100 1 1 0 100 8 6 8 all 11 13 4 47% 100 100 423 4 2 0 100 100 47% all all all 1 6% 16 24 all 126 a 9 an all 26 9% to 9% 4% —4% 9% - lOU 13 —ll dls, • • J.. 1 .. 80 -81 10% - 10% 15% - 15% •• - •• 92 -20 iii. .. Ow.. • • 2% - 3 1%, - 2;4 5%-d% 43( -4% 3% -3% 13 - 13% 27 -29 434 - 534 16% 16% 12% 12% 38% 39% 79 —BO z.d 13% 13% z.d 79 81 8% 9 p. •• •• 44 48% •• • 9% dig.' 9% - 10% . . . - . 6% -6% 91% -923 118 -119 24.-3 p, 2 34 3 10. 2 p. 79 —BO x d 11 —lO ,11..r.1 9 8 dia.x.d 1% a 26% - 27% 3% die. 39% 40 21►% -- 20% 212. J 1 19 21 . 7 ,~ 3' 11;i Ms. •• •• •• 17 -19 l 4 —l3 dim. 3 23( dia. 6 9i 9)idis. 14% - 15 16% - 15% 7 7k 4% —4% 3% —3% die.l lb 17 7% —8% 10 —l2 % % dia. 3% 3 1 4 d. 13 -14 21% - 21% 27% - 28 4 3 db. •• - 10 80' 10% i§X X 5 % X 16% b3i % WLICZIO Z: SOU 79% 13% 483( % 2% 634 % 92% 92 !Mt 19% Id% 24% 25 SO% t 14 26% 27 40 34 % 14 5 X A 21% % 17M % % 13 14 5% 17 16% 'A12411. es Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done ft ' ----------1----- to-day. Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. et. 2 34 • • —• • dls. nt Caledonian 101. •• 10 6% 734 Chester and Holyhead.. all 14% 15% 154 Dand. Per. & Aber. June, all % % dia. )u East Anglian (31. 10s.) Id 6 per cent. .. .. .. all 1% 2 Eastern Counties Exten., ', b per cent. No. 1 .. all par —% p 34 % pm 10 Do. No. 2 ......all % die par Sit is Do. New 6p. cast. Stock 10 10% 10% 1034 Eastern Union, Scrip re guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 11% 11% 11% to Do. 101. Deben. Shares . all .. —.. Co East Lancashire, 6 per ~ f co n:. quarter shares .. all .. ... •• w a E. &w. ;Pork. June. sths all .. —.. L " Edin. Per. &Pan. 6 1 P• et. all r- Glasgow & 6.- % dls. par ;7. Conaol. 100 • • —.. y Gt. Northern, 5 p e ; cent. all 13% 13% 13% , - Great South. & Wes:ern ' (Ireland) eighths .. .. 5 %— l % P. )o Lancashire and York- T shire, F. 201. .. • • • • i.' •• —• • dia. I. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 • • —.. d Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1.. • • .. 11 .. —.. p n Do. quarters, 1848 .. I/ •• —.. p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per - et., late Croydon thirds 100 .. —.. 0 Do. pref., 5 pct. Stock, i 1851, irom 50/. chars. E 100 •• —• •• f Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 London &S.-W., uew • • 5 234 —2% p.i.d r Londonderry and Ennis- I killen, half shares 10 .. •••• •• Manch., Sheffield, and • Line., guar. shrs., No. 1 all 1 1 34 123{ Do. new, 101. .. •• all 11% —l2 tDo., 61. • • .. ~ .. a )i %1 , f Midland Con. 6p. c..tock 100 • • —•• Do. Cons•l. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... 100 128 180 • Do. Bristol & Glouees. 48 •• —•• F Norfolk Extension .. all 15 —l6 ) Do. guar. 534 per cent. all 4 % — 4 % Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • • ; North British .. .. 5 4% 6 I Oct. Wor. &W 01. 151.6 p.c 6 % 1 P Shrewsbury and Birm, New Guaranteed .. ell 10 10% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 1534 South Devon .. .. .. all 18 — l4 South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 —•• Waterford & Kilkenny, 51. I WestLondon,lst Cl. (10k) all .. . • • Do. 2d Class de. (par) a •• —•• York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Pur. .. all 16 —mg 6 4 —4% Do. York and North Midland H. and 8. Parch. .. 10 1% 13( dia. YONINIZGIi. Boulogne and Amiens .. all 1034 10% 10%: Central of France (Or- • leans and Vieraon) .. all 17 173( Demerara •• •• •• all .. —.. Dutch Rhenish •• •• 8 4% —4% du, J East Indian •• .. •• 16 2% 3 p Do. do. do. •• 20 .._ _ Greatlndian PenLneull• • all i Ditto ditto .. .. 3% ah ii — 434 p. Louvain ala Sambre .. 7 34 . —.. 1 Luxembourg • • .. .. 1 1 134 Ditto • • •• 10 2% —2% 2% • Madrid and Valenti* .. Maria Antonia •• .. 71 68 ea • s io 1 Ditto, New .. .. 7% Namur and Liege .. .. a il 15% 666 eig I Northern of France .. 16 14% 14% Orleans and Bordeaux .. 9 4% 434 die. 4% 1 Paris and Orleans •• .. all 34 —B6 (1 Paris and Rouen .. .. all 2334 2434 x.d x.d Paris and Strasbourg .. 17 5% — 53 a 11 U Rouen and Havre .. ~ all 9% —9% 9% C Sambre and Meuse .. all 3% —3% '1 1 3 % C Tours and Nantea .• .. 1.6 9% - 934 as. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan dau, and Rasselt .. 14111 ••• •.,• d West Flanders • • . • 8% 1 .= 2 )40 1 Business done to-day. Asturian .............. Australian Barossa Range .. . Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip . ...... British 1r0n...." • • .... Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) De. Cocaes and Culabal Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper • ..... Coplapo .... • • .... • .. Mexican& S. American Real Del Monte, Uoreg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft • • • • • United Mexican.• ..... Australasia British North America.. Colonial .... • ...... Commercial of London..l London Joint Stack • • London and Westminster, National Provincial Eng.l National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New .. Union of Australia Do. New ........... Union of London ...... Union of Madrid Canada ..........7 Gen. Steam Navigation .1 Perlin. & Oriental Steam.) Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... (We cannot be answers will not be influenced by raid, 15 4 1 13 0 13 5 24 '2B 2 8% ' STOI ;CBI.: 323 14 able for tt Intoreste( Nominal ?rice, 1 % - 2 3% - 3% 18% - 19% zQ 35 - 36% 6%- 18% - 14 -4% 3 -3% 6% - 8 -2% BANKS, 35 - :36% 45 - 46 10% - 12 25 -26 W 18% - 17% 27% - 29 18% - 20% 42 - 44 15% - 16►% 35 - 36% 3 - 13% - 14% QUARTER TO THREE. I nittr , Account, Sept. 11 961 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OVLOCX From the 4.ltticial anir stock 215 3 / 8 fter Cent. Reduced Annuities- 97 41 97 4 per Cent. Consols Anne. .. 90A lA'z New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Anus. -oug Annuities, Exp. Jan. 51.1), 1860... 7 7-16 7% D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 7 3-16 india Stock Do. Bonds, 1000/ 53 p Ditto under 1.000/ Con , ois for Account E (oh.oner Bills l d -1,0001. . .oi — 44 47 p Small YRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 55 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 78 Mexican Bonds, 1846, ex Jan. Coupons 2854 Ditto Account . 2 8 1,E Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Do. Deferred 4 3 14 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 Der Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3B Dividends on the above payaMt in London. Outch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild COURSE OF EXC. Amsteraaru 11 16N three months.. 11 18 Ni dottcrdam .. •• .. • 11 18% Antwerp.•......... 25 au 8ru55e15..••.......... 25 30 HAN GE.--TUESDAY. Leghorn •• •• .• .. 80 50 Genoa •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 423 Milan ,•• •• •• • • •• •• •• Venice.......... _ Naples ...... 41% Palermo, peroz • • •• .. 1235. Messina 123% Lisbon . 53 Uporto•• .• •• •• •• •• •• 63 % Rio Janeiro •••••• •• . Buenos Ayres .. •• •• •• -NeNi , York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • . Hum burgh .... ••31.8. 13 81A Paris, 3 days'inght 25 10 Ditto. 3 months .... 25 30 Marseilles •.•••••• .. • • 25 3234 80urdeaux......... . Irrankforton Maine..., 119 4 Vienna, eine. f 10—.... 11 b 8 Trieste, ditto.... 12 Petersburgk,Sll, Rble.. 37 % Madrid •• •• •• •• •• 50 Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• . 50% Barcelona ,„ Bervills•• •• •• .• •• •• PIIOES OF BULLION, FEZ 0$ Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 , :ipanlsb Doubloons .. 0 0 0 ' New Dollars 0 4 11 1811;;;in — b7r7:.::::.: i b OK L LOY D'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 20.—Wind this day at noon W. to S.W.. light breeze ' and fine clear weather. OFF EXMOUT H BAR, AUG. 19.—William , Quebec. PILL, AUG. 19.—Wind N. W.—Sid. Foam, Airier. AUG. 19,—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Feliza, Trinicoui ; Ealing, Nev, e ; C:orquy, Jamaica. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 19 —Arrd. Ann, Quebec. Sid. Ireland, ; Josephs, Quebec. NEWPORT, AUG, 19.—W Im o N.—Sid . Stanley, St. ; Thomas Enza Jenkins, New Y ork ; Janette, Po r tl an d, United States. ABERYSTWITEL—SId. Ann Davies, Quebec. OFF WIIITRy —Belle, Quebec, fur Grimsby. Dzia, AUG. 19.—Wiaci N.E.; ,E.N.E.—Arrd. Konig Willem 1., Batavia, tor Amsterdam; Hamburgh, Rto Janeiro, for Bremen. Arrived from the River and Sailed, Tropee, Sr Andrews, N. B. PETErinEAD —Arrd. Eclipse, Greenbtud, with 120 tuns teal CLYDE, AUG. 18.—Arrd. Captain, Demerara. Sid. El , z4 Stewart, Calcutta. DURLIN, AUG, 18.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Ottawa, Q c; Mary, Antigua; Everthorpe, St. John's, New Bruns wick. SiDTRAMPTON, AUG. 19.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Keera steamer, 6 ) (they, New South Wales. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 19.—Wind S,—Sid. I.lcoghly, l Port Yinhp. Off port, Competitor, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 19.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. Jemiwa, Newfuundlund; Surprise, Newfoundland; Me. ridian, New York; Cheetah, Labrador. Sid. Malabar, Calcutta; Kedgeree, Calcutta; Swittsure, Africa; Mary Pleasants, Philadelphia; Robert Parker, New York; Argo, New York. Off port, Courier, Bombay; Robina, ditto; Gondar, Helen 1% allace, and Clemence. FALMOUTH, AuG. 19.—Wind E. —Arrd. British Queen, Quebec; Creole, Aux Cayes. bid. Daedalus, Quebec. roRTSMOUTII, AUG. 19.—Wind S. to S.E.—Sid. Hen drik Hudson, New York. Off port, Marion, Calcutta; Franco, New Orleans, turd paged for Cowes. Business do, to-day. 183( 31% 3% 44 '.II.NEOUS. 48 —49 26% 28 68 —69 11 9 xd 178 —BO te errors of the Official Lista, and I correspondents.] MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 1,000 on specula tioa. The market was ♦ery firm, and American were ed. per lb. higher; all other kinds without alteration.— 'rhe Share Market was dull, and prices suffered a fur ther considerable decline. There are numerous sales to-day in the Produce Markets. The rates at which bills of exchange, dated 90 days, were negotiated yesterday afternoon upon the principal continental cities, were all higher, Paris being at 25 25 to 30, Amsterdam at 11 18 to 18i, Hamburgh at 13 8 to Bi, and Trieste at 11 55 to 59. The result of the meeting of the Spanish Bond holders we stated yesterday, and we find upon inquiry that it appears to give satisfaction. It is quite true, nevertheless, that there are many parties who would have preferred an indignant ra jecti of the con fiscatory plan embodied in the law which M. Bravo Mu rillo has induced the Cortes to sanction, but these par ties are either wealthy or do not perhaps consider that the whole case is surronoded with difficulties. It they can afford to wait, the miserable families who have for years existed upon a mere pit tauce, are not in the same happy position, and therefore will, however reluctantly, come into the unjust compromise. The general remark is that the debtor is dishonest and insensible to the high tune of moral feeling that obtains among other European country s, conse quently it is wiser to get what is offered. One thing, at least, should be well understood. Spain deserves eo thanks, no eulogy, no gratitude. Stie has her own reward, for in the preamble of the Bill she boasts of national faith, public principle, and so forth, ad nuuaeam. Still we believe that the Spanish people are not to be confounded with their Government, the study of which, for years past. has been only to ens rich its several Members and Queen Christina and her favourites. Any one who objects that the resources of Spain will not enable her to do more, should remember that her forbearing and generous creditors do not ask more than she can grant. they simply desired that Spain should keep her debt and interest intact, pa) ing what she could afford now, and more hereafter. This, however, was too honest and straightforward a course for any Minister at Madrid, and accordingly half the interest in arrear was unblushingly cut off, and the debtor told the claim ants they must take what they could get. Had the pro posal not been accepted by the meeting yesterday, the Spanish Government would have gone on quietly paying the dividends to the minority who sent in their assent privately, or might even have declared that as a majority did not acquiesce, the law should not be carried out, and there would be possibly a delay of one or two years more. Under these circumsta nces , s tr ong a s is our feeling against the Spanish Government, we think the bond holders had no other course but to accept, nor do we consider it would bare been practicable to apportion the money between those who held their bonds with the coupons attached, and those who had cut them off and sold them in the open market. In this "piping time" of railways, when a new scheme is quite a rarity, there needs some special recommendation to induce participation in it. The Western Railway of France, comprising the section from Paris, through Versailles to Coartres, La Louppe, and Le Mans, has bees conceded to Messrs. Peto, Geach, Brassey Betts, Fox, Henderson, and Stokes. The con ditions appear to be very favourable, and the Govern ment guarantee a minimum rate of profit of four per cent. per annum on all the capital. There will be 880,0001. however issued in class A shares, and these will receive the whole guarantee so as to yield six per cent. In the Amsterdam market on the 18th inst. home Stocks were well supported. Foreign Stocks were without any particular variation. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 58 13.16. The English Stock Market has been without anima tion. Consols bring 964 to 96} for Transfer, and 96i for Account. The New Three. and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 98i to 99; and the Three per Cents. 97 to 97i. Bank muck bus been at 2154. The premium on Exchetipier-bilis is 445. to 47a. The Foreign Market has been dull. Sp‘nitl Five per Cents. have remained at 20i ; and the Three per Cents have been 38. Mexican ii,nds are better ; viz., 28} to i; Peruvian Five per Cent. Stuck has been 90 to 91; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, have been quoted 59 to 59k. Railway Shares have been rather fluctuating, but on the whole better. We hear, from good authority, that the returns to be published next Saturday will show an increase of nearly a quarter of a million iu the Batik bullion. GENTIERE. " During the last month your arrandissement hes been the theatre of serious disorders; rack votive fete has been marked by attempts at murder. At Orguac and at Labastade cries menacing death have been uttered; at Laurac eight gendarmes, drawn into an odious snare, when assailed by upwards of 400 insurgents at once, who wounded them all sever' ly, have owed their safety to their courage. These facts are not isolated ; they are connected with a vast system of agitation ; the hand of these men shows itself in all directions, these votive fetes afford them pre text for these tneetings, at which they organiz a scenes of disorder and murder. To the present I have re spected your old customs ; I could not without pain de bar you of your amusements, but in pr. sehee of such events hesitation is no longer permitted. You will led attached hereto a decree by which such fetes are inter dieted during the months of August, September, Oc tober, and November, 1851. Good citizens will hail this measure with joy—they will call to mind that these flees bring desolation into numerous families, and they will cheerfully sacrifice some ple a sures f or sake of the public peace. As to the men of disorder, they are warned ; if they persist in their projects they will be come amenable to justice , and shall be dealt with ac , cordingly (Signed) " The Prefect of I'Ardeche, " HENRI CHEYREA.U. " Largentiere, Aug. 12, 1851." The Marquis of NORMANDY has left Paris for the Pyrenees. Some time since we directed the public attention .o the proceedings of the Bears of the Stock Ex change with reference to railway property. Shares in the most eligible companies were depressed to little more than one-half of their real value. Sinister ru mours were industriously circulated for the purpose of terrifying bona fide holders, and inducing them to send their stock into the market to be disposed of at any price that the not very tender consciences of the ursine fraternity might deem it right to offer. Mean while persons, who were not perhaps the owners of a single share, were selling thousands of pounds' worth with the most reckless indifference as to the mode in which they could perform their portions of the con tracts if their speculations should prove unprofitable, and the purchasers should demand: the actual de livery and transfer of the stock. They trusted, in fact, to bringing the property still lower, and being enabled to pocket considerable differences, utterly careless of the ruin they might bring on many fami lies, who, if induced by fear or necessity to part with their shares, would be deprived of at least half their fortunes. They succeeded but too well for some time. There was a market constantly falling—prices sinking day afterday, until at length they succeeded in depreciating the quotations in the leading trunk lines to en almost ridiculous extent. A panic was excited, and nothing appeared too absurd ; the good shared the fate of the bad, and North-Westerns, Great Westerns, South- Westerns, South-Easterns were alike peppered by the indefatigable Bears. We exerted ourselves to the utmost to resist their machinations, and we are happy to say that our efforts were not altogether un successful. We explained the nature of the trans actions, showed that more than nine-tenths of the sales were merely nominal, and emphatically cautioned all bond fide holders against allowing their fears to obtain the mastery of their reason, so as to induce them to submit to such serious sacrifices as a transfer of stock at that time would have rendered inevitable. The prudence of this advice soon became apparent. Timid sellers no longer rushed madly forward to sell at any price that could be obtained, while capitalists became anxious to make investments on the very favourable terms that could be obtained. The Bears were caught in their own traps, and were compelled to disgorge a considerable portion of their ill-gotten gains before they could succeed in extricating them selves from the untoward positions in which they were placed. The shares of the London and North- Western Company, which had been quoted in April, 1850, at and below par, rapidly rose to 127 or 128. The improvement in Great Westerns was even more re markable. That was the line especially favoured by the "speculators for a fall," and they actually suc ceeded in bringing down prices to 47 or 48, indeed, we believe the quotation was one day 46, although it had never paid less than 4 per cent., and there was not the slightest probability of any further reduction taking place. We need scarcely remind our readers that these very shares were within less than twelve months worth 90, although every step was resisted by their inveterate opponents, who sustained heavy losses in their_ unavailing attempts. They have now, however, recovered their courage, and are once more endeavouring to play a similar game to that of the winter and spring of 1842-50. We trust, however, that the proprietors will not again be misled, or suffer themselves to be made in struments in the hands of their mischievous adver saries. We would earnestly desire, for their own sakes, that they should despise the unfounded rumours that have been or may be circulated, that they should decide for themselves the real value of their property, and not part with it at a lower rate, under any pos sible circumstances. We would also warn them against lending their stock on any inducement, as the practical effect of such loans is to enable the Bears to carry on their projects, and to depreciate the pro perty of the person, to whom 'they are applying ing for the accommodation. "Accommodation," forsooth! As,well might a burglar apply to the master of a house for the " accommodation" of a crowbar, offering to pay very liberally for its use, or a high.. wayman borrow from a traveller the arms which he had for his own protection. What just cause, we ask, is there for the sudden fall that has taken place in the shares ? The London and North-Western have been done at 118, and yet, perhaps, the accounts and the entire state of affairs have never been more encouraging, as Mr. GLYN justly remarked at the half-yearly meeting, held on Friday last. The usual dividend, after the rate of per cent. per annum, has been fully maintained, and there is still an available balance of no leas than 124,0771. 7s. sd. in the hands of the bankers, to be carried to the next half-year's accounts. "Oh I but," say the alarmists, " that dividend was not actually earned. It was necessary to take 8,0001. from the reserve fund in order to . pay it." Granted ! But a si milar demand is made on that fund, at this period every year, and for a like purpose, and generally to a greater extent. It was, in fact, with that object that the reserve fund was instituted to meet such claims, and keep the dividends equal. The net profits of the autumn half-year are generally much greater than those of the first six months; a portion of the excess is, consequently, set aside at the February meeting to provide for the anticipated de ficiency at the August meeting, and the proprietors may well be congratulated on having the amount re quired so very small. GREAT WE STERN R AILWAY DOCKS. —lt is pro• posed to raise "Ohl but," ageinjnytter thean additional capital of 60,0001. by new shares, crosiers, "much more f ox th e purpose* of the andutakhag. There has been a severe hailstorm in the neigh bourhood of Lyons, from the effects of which the crops have suffered severely. The Bourse was almost completely deserted. The Five per Cents. opened at 951. 65c., and closed at the same price for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 40c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8901; Rouen, 6101.; Havre, 241 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 466 f. 25c.; Avignon, 2061. 25c.; Vierzon, 431 f. 25c.; Basle, 1531. 750.; Bordeaux, 393 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3621. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 271 f. 25c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 2701. BUSINESS LONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AuG. 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 10 5 1—East Indian, 1834—Great Indian Peninsula, 534—Northern of France, I , l%—Paris and Rouen, 25% ex div. s SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. ESCUDERO had been elected for Seville by a large majority over CORTINA. MADRID BOLSA, Aua. 14 —The Three per Cents. were done at 361 for time ; the Four per Cents. at 151; the Five per Cents. at l7i; the Debt without Interest at 61; and the Coupons at 81. GERMAN Y. The German journals state that the settlement of accounts in the Germanic Diet has given rise to great difficulties. The States which sent contingents to Holstein and Baden demand indemnities, on the ground that the intervention interested all the Con federation. Darmstadt refuses to pay any sum until an indemnity shall be paid for her troops employed in Baden. Prussia demands several millions from Baden fur her intervention in the Grand Duchy, but Baden refuses to pay. A letter from Vienna, of the 13th, states that an agent of the Danish Government had arrived i❑ that city with dispatches, demanding the withdrawal of the Austrian troops from Holstein. DLNMAItK. The Borseahalle of Harnburgh states that the Austrian liovernment claims from that of Denmark an indemnity of eight millions of florins (rather more than 16 millions of francs) for itt intervention in Holstein. The King of DENMARS had a narrow escape on the 14th. The horses of his carriage took fright and ran away. but were fortunately stopped in time to prevent any injury to his MAJESTY ; the carriage, however, was so much broken that the Kllla had to return to his palace on foot. A letter from Copenhagen of the 14th states that Mr. STEPHENSON, the engineer, and three agents of a company, are in treaty with the Danish Government for the formation of several lines of railroad. ITALY. The Piedmontese workmen, who are to visit the Great London Exhibiti on , at the expense of the com mission formed at Turin or the purpose, are to set out for London on the 27th instant. The Monztore Toscano of the 13th announces the creation of a Tuscan Consulate-General at St. Petersburgh. The Costituzionale of Florence of the 13th instant contains the following : "It the facts I urn about to communicate to you did not proceed from a diplomatic source I should not consider them deserving of attention. Of late, clandestine proclamations, violently attacking the Grand Duke and his Minister Baldasseroni, who is accused of having sold the country to Austria, have circulated in Tuscany. Those proclamations advocate the annexation of Tuscany to Piedmont. Thanks to the activity and ability of a Tuscan agent, the origin of these proclamations, written and printed in Turin, and beyond doubt, under the eye and direction of the Mar quis of Azeglio, has been discovered. There actually exists in Tuscany a Piedmontese party, which meg nizN3 as its chief Neri Corsini, Marquis of Laiatico, brother of the Duke of Carigliano, the present Minister of Foreign Affairs, and with him the famous lawyer Sal vagnoli, who, in 1847, called Charles Albert the Sword of Italy ; the AbE4 Raphael Lambraschini, well-known classical writer; the Marquis Gino Capponi; Count Bar tolonnei; and other less-known personages. All are in timately connected with the Marquis of Azeglio, who resided a long time in Tuscany, and actively laboured with him, in 1848, at the time of the annexation of Lombardy to Piedmont, to prevail on Tuscany to follow the example of Lombardy. Two emigrants lately sailed from Genoa furnished with a certain number of these proclamations, and amply supplied with money and letters of recommendation from M. d'Azeglio, landed at Leghorn, where the Austrian authorities, informed of their arrival, arrested them. Embarrassed ut their aition, and on being promised impunity, they confessed, and adduced proofs that they were the mere agents of the great statesmen who reign as despots in the Palace of Piazza Castello, at Turin, in virtue of the support afforded to them by Lord Palmerston. We will see how they can vindicate themselves against so serious a charge.' The correspondent of the Constitutionals is evi dently an Austrian spy, and his letter an emanation from the forgery department of the Austrian Chan cery, put forth as an excuse for a meditated attack upon Piedmont, which can be withdrawn should Austria not deem it prudent to carry out her brigand intentions. The Opinione of Turin, of the 16th inst., quotes the following letter, dated Milan, 14th : " I was told yesterday that all the officers rind soldiers on leave of absence had been order©d to return to their corps, and that at Verona all the retired cffteers had been recalled. A portion of the latter are to be reinstalt d in the army, and those who should not be fit for active service are to be employed in the strong places. Some persons suppose this measure to be dictated by the more and more menacing attitude of the French army in Italy. Others believe that it has been inspired by the want of fresh troops, to protect the Hungarian, Polish, and Transylvanian frontiers, where the Russians will be obliged to withdraw their troops to repair the checks they have suffered in Caucasus. Notwithstanding the pressing demands of Radetizky, the army in the Lom bardo-Venetian kingdom is not to be increased, through a want of money. The troops quartered in other parts of the empire are paid in paper currency; but those stationed in Italy could not live it they did not receive their pay in specie." Scottish Midland .. Do. new .. Shrews. & Bina., Class A Do. Class 8.. .hrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New • • Shrewsbury and Chester, (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Halves Do. Oswestry Do. New.. .. Shropshire Union .. Do., A, B, C, & D, fttily paid up at per cent .. South Devon .. South-Eastern .. .. South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and River Dun . Shaft., Roth. ' and Goole, South Divisiou Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea So Loughor, Lc. Taff Vale Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Doak and Railway .. Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. • . West Cornwall West London .. Whitenaven and Farness York, iewc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland • -- •• L6ll -170 .. .... .. dia. 16 —l5 dli. • •-• •• d. • -- • • ~ ...... 17 - 1734 8 —7)% dia. 3% 354 clls. 16). 17 MINES. AT Paid. Nominal Priem. Business Railwa y s ' C L ona "l paul ing ea. Barks and Rants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. • • all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. De .. • . all 2/1 —29 WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 15 8 —lO p x.i. Do., without a guarantee •• Do • •• 16 7 9 p x.l Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 173( 17-X 173 Clvdesdale June Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 33 333, Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 2 3 p Hull and Selby Yk. k 14. U. all 102 104 Do. % Shares Do .. all 51 52 Do. 3( Shares Do .. all 23 —24 Leeds and Brad. Midland all 101 103 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . all 1114 -1 iN Do., Pref. Do .. .. all 233{ 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. Norfolk • • all 14 -- 13 De., 6 per cent Do .. all •. hibildlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.k Dar all • • —• • N. & East, 5 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 55 •-- 57 uo. New .. Do • • . • 43 4 -- 6 p Preston and 3 L. &N. W.} all 43 —45 Wyre • • •• t & La.& Y. Do. % hihares ADo .. • • 1034 834 934 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern . ali 21% —22 91% 93( 2 Roy. & 131tcbin G. Northern 64 +' 4 854 o. Shep. Ex .. Do .. .. I% 2 p Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lanc.& York 18 11 6 .. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 33( S Cs. Year Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Du. all 25 —26 x. 4 Do. do. • • Do .. • . all Do. do. .. Do .. .. all Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. IGt. Western all —• • 111HANNS. ARRIVALS THIS WEER Wheat. Barley. 1 —I -- English .. .. . • 4 Qrs 70 . Qrs. Qr s . Qrs. Irish —.... .. 50 1,480 Foreign .. .... , - Malt. 5,290 I 10,170 BOROUGH HOP DIAIRRET. The plantation accounts being more favourable, °tit market is heavy at ~ barely stationary prices. AIOL 95,000/. to 100,000/. WHITECE.A.PEL. Our market is in a very inactive state, as follor i 'd ; Beef, from 2s t o 3 s 2d ; M utton, 2s 4d to 35,84, Lamb, 3s 8d t o 4 s 8d ; V ea l , 2s 6d to 3s 4d; 10' 2s 6d to 33 6d per 81bs by the carcase. SECONDARIES'. 'THIS DAl r ',, ) ,. cb There were only two undefended cases in the list, is were of no interest. At present there is not 07 0 record before the Learned Secondaries, and the jury "re dismissed with an inti ma ti on t h at they woul d be ,z 5 summoned when requir e d. D ur i ng t h e terms the eilt;, are on Wednesdays and Fridays, but during the I 0 tion they are tit certain, and d e p en di ng on the ` 1 specified in the writ directed to the sheriffs. CRIMINAL COURT.---(THIS OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) THE ATTEMPTED A SSASSINATD,H IN THE o— ,' e r, Healy Charles Pa ge , a ge d 30, d escr ib ed as an i nter re c j i was charged with reloniously shooting at John ie srl Hacke, with intent to kill and murder him. The pris ner appli e d to t h e C ourt to postrn je trial for a few days, o n th e groun d that a lady wu ° ,:° t a material and nec e s sar y w i tness for h i s defence bs°7 ( l yet arrived from Boulogne, and Mr. Justice Erle dire'' that the case should stand over until Friday. e, 0 6 6 William Muzzall, aged 25, clerk and Thomas L' e i i g Yowl, aged 22, also a clef k, were indicted for sit"'," lj a a letter containing two bank notes value 101. each , ,", t . one bank note value 51., the property of the Postrasi'" General. b p, Mr. Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Bodkin eil," Hudelestone, a pp eare d f or the prosecution; an d Ballantine and Mr. Parry appeared for the prisoner e. o f The circumstanc es connecte d w i th the charge were to &somewhat singular character. Ie September /s s t, letter containi ng th e notes i n question was pato' Southampton, by a person named Fairo. It wa s 5 1; dressed to a Mr. F arran d, res idi ng at Gravesen d' bpi was duly dispatched from the office in Southaroptn°',,,,o it never reach e d th e h an d s o f t h e party to it was sent. At this time the two P Boners were engaged in the Gravesend r th o office as clerks. Information of the non-arrival ° f o e letter, together with the number of the notes, W 19 ;0 warded to the Post-master-General, who caused s e h t ' 43 "; investigation to be made into the matter, but iw t "," p e was beard of any of the notes until the 18th of N,..° / "„ n fl ber, when one of the Si. notes returned to the Bins' " ho d it was traced to a stationer in Piccadilly, where i t 0 been ()hanged a few days previously by a person ttb bought a quantity of po s t age stamps there. On the "00 of June, the first of th e 104 notes found i ts d• the Bank, when it was traced to a person living eg l 'lol. port, in Sussex, and on the 4th of July the seconu, note came in, and was traced to a chandler, whorecetep it from one of his customers, but who that custena li to he could not tell. S o fa r , h owever, noth i ng trans pi red by implicate the prison ers i n t h e ro bb ery, an d the Prehol bi'ity is their guilt would never h ave b een f oun d out P er it not been for the domestic perfidy of the Pr l9oll d e . Muzzall. He, it wo u ld seem, marr i e d bit t ceased wife's sister, and a f ew wee k s ago b e tur ned b e er out of doors to take up with ano th er woman, t e lling that he bad been consulting some law book which 64 ) 30 fled him that their marriage was void, and that ? ri% had no legal claim up on hi m . Whil e smail l ho from this cruel treatm e nt, s h e gave i n f ormat i on to t police authorities, which led to the arrest of the P r d Boner on the present c h arge , an d t h e su b sequent fication of Young as the party who changed the .A note at the stati o n er ' s s h o p i n Pi cca di lly. She sta te , that about the period e hen the letter was said to WI been forwarded to G ravesen d M uzzall came home, e';; wanted her to go out a n d get two 101. notes change"' She refused to do anythi ng o f the sort, declaring het belief that he hal not come honestly by them, and he confessed to her that they had been given to him bd " Tom Young," the other prisoner, who bad extracted them, with another note for 51., from a letter which bs d arrived from South a mpt on . M eanwh i le the Pri,e, / 0 - g °/3 Young resigned his s i tuat i on , w hi c h he had hei"be eight or nine y ears , at Sh ep h erd ' s-bush, and w bee ` vg Post-office beg a n t o ma k e i nqu i r i es a b out the Leis ° o f 1i tier, and to talk about searching the pretaises o o Clark, she was ind uc ed by M uzza ll to go up t° tee and place the two ten pound notes in t hands of Young. Such was the case the prisoner, as disclosed by the opening steed went of the Learned Coun se l, an d a f terwar d s s uppor t by the evidence. In the course o f t h e i nqu i ry e n tion was taken to the ad m i ss ibili ty o f the wornan' B " ife &nee, on the ground that she was prima facie the w e , s 9 of one of the prisoners; but the woman herself " 80 .eacomed with the view of showing that she was w, jul i bsi to the marriage of aluzzall with an elver sister, eau ",„, c , she was merited to him after the death of her 5 i 6 " . e ! The marriage the Court held to be void; but the coati.% for the prisoner contended that, as the mother of r e j deceased wife was living, she ought to have been Os r . to prove the sisterhood, an objection which was °l ' ruled by the Bench. (The case was proceeding when we went to preee') NEW COURT. John Dowling, 56, described in the calendar as a • ra bourer, pieaued guilty t o an indictment charging If, . with stealing sevtn pounds and a half of pepper, the r, el perry of the St Katherine's D oc k Cumpany, trona fi ve -19 in the port of London. o n o; The prisoner pleaded p over t y, an d hoped the '),9 would pass a lenient sent ence , as h e had six niotber'- children, and did not like to go home without W ing crust of bread to give them. The RECORDER sa id h e was afraid that was t he 6 t - off of the prisoner wh en b e f ore the Court on a previous cV casion. The prisoner declared that he had been out of ego ployment f or a cons i dera b le t i me, though be ba d get an honest living. ja A poliee•co ns t a bl e sa id th e pr i soner was empleYerl pumping water out of the hold of the vessel, a nd , w 6l- hji receive 14s. a week. He had three shillings la pocket when taken into custody. his O W The RECORDER wished to know how l ong had been dead? The prisoner —Three years. r pre' The RECORDER observed that the p r i son er's - e -09 sentations respecting poverty were believed by ice d Court on the last occasion, and he a ccor di ng ly rere,er, a lenient sentence. In the present i nstance , howe' o; there seemed to be no foundation for the stater t o and even if the prisoner were induced to colDra'!blic theft from poverty, it was neces sar y t h at th e ,P - der should be protected against such depredations• uopsi% the circumstances the Court w ou ld sentence him t,-„br• months' imprisonment. His c hild ren wou ld, no e" -- a p" in the interval be taken care of by th e l aw, an d, perk a ce be much better looked after than when under the r ttction of their father. .7:I The prisoner was then removed. BOW - STREET.-(THIS DAY' ) of Thomas Millar, lately collecting clerk in the sergh e- ry the propriet o r s o f t h e P atent Journal office, Chalices lane, was ch arge d w i t h em b ezz li ng sums of money 0'; considerable amount, the property of his empleyert d an It appeared from the evidence of Mr. E. Din r).— ;ai Parkin, one of the proprietors, that the prisone% e r, cinch urged, on the 26th of February last, from 03e th vice o/ the firm, of which he (witness) was partner,wob, Messrs. Barlow and Payne, as patent agents, and Pdis , lishers of the Patent Journal. Some time after WI ol charge be sent in accounts of various sums be c of lected in the name of their hous e , b o th in th e to rin o, pa) nicnts or fees tor agency, and as subscription ° i° 64L• Journal. The sums so aekn .wledged amounted to against which he set off claims of ei,mmission arnouet4 to 48/., arid leaving a deficit of 161.; but subbeq u ' t: hle the prosecutors ,:i , coverLd that a very consi ders amount besides ba t . been taken up by the priSOD c r '— their name, and had no been accounted for. In answer to the Magist rate, ceisoner salary Mr Parkinthat ' ' said thew ee week, with the addition of a per centage on all r n. ' col The solicitor for the prosecution stated, that altP ° ' - '' they had asce r t a i ne d severa l cases agtinst the prisoDer' they were pr e p are d to go on on ly with three to-cl :6 which ; were f or sma ll a m u unts, beiog in each ca se ore guar ea paid as s ubscription to the Journal. Eviue— was given t,t th r e e suc h painenis not accounted f or t° the Journal office. a tbs t Mr. es unther, in cross-examination, e lici•e Measis. Parkin and Co. had sent anot her Pe'rs°l3 eJ travel over the prisoner's ground before they dischtsr him. They had in this way secured some oftheir. COri;o toners who time' to do business with them throng hoe prisoner. The prisoner was now in business for •i,,h They self. He had obtained some of their customers. ftiotil did not ascertain that he was in business for !aims ° este d three weeks or a month ago. They had not are him sooner because they could tacit find him. , the After some fur:her evidence, and much disctis=o" prisoner was dischaig• d. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) before Mary Clay,on was brought up a t this court Mr. Nurtun, ou a (3 charge uf wilful perjury. V Bl l the PriaClaer appeared before the magifitrAte , " WATERFORD, AUG. 18.—Wini 7 Arr "nosrie. Qu,b,c. Sid Orinoco, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, AUG 18 —Wind I.W.—Arrd. Ar bone, Callao; Martha Day. Pernanbuco; Hebe, Queb ec Off port, Grace and Cakeop?a, Mauritius; Essex, icbabc MONROVIA, JUNE 30.—The Meteor, of Sierra Leon e is reported to hare foundered at sea off the Gold COlt' all hands sand. MARKET INEWS -(THIS DAY•) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDA: The supply of Er.gli s h Wheat litre to-day was 5 033 , 1 : and chiefly compoed of Monday' s unso ld samples. rr ''' weathf r being very favourable for harvest work, and fh, attendance of buyers limited, the demand for all kind Wheat of hi,me produce was dull in the extreme, almost nominal currencies. From abroad, upwar dso 5,000 quart ers o f Wheat have come t o h an d. Select ed samples of both red and white sold at barely Pre li"s rates. In other ki n d e, scarce l y a transact i on too k Piti ce : Barley met a ver y d u ll i nqu i ry, b ut importers were n o, sellers on lower terms. The Malt trade ruled heavy, al late figures. Th e arr i va l s o f Foreign Oats being g ood ! 20 310 quarter s —th e O at trade was dull, at MondaY , ' prices. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour w ere offering on lower terms. Very favourable accounts bare reached us resp ec ti ng t h e general appearance of the potato crop. Oat lour. ---° 2,. kis 20,310 8,410 • — Sac"' 06° priso n Mr. next. SA] the R, son Asa Don a rePutat last efl Frankl St m a , Gosp or only yz gateci t . spiritec than 1( r. : i t I s n:o t il u r priest a un but alg, Peat z, Cast' stmt Tue 'VIT( SeN priso n while deny