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,q)* 4 „ 4 -it $4, r ‘ t n N... 0 • A p 2 : 1 0 A,f4r. .43 MOH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE, Tats DAT —Morning 46 min. after 11 Evening () min. after 0 To-Moaitow— Morning 14 min. after 12 1 Evening 40 min. alter 12 MRS. TROLLOPE'S' NEW NOVEL. 7...f0w ready at all the Libraries, M 3 vols., PETTICOAT GOVERN NIENT. By Mrs. TROLL ( ) i•E. " On., of those piquant pictures of modern society in which Mrs. TVPope excells."--John Butt " Petticoat Government will add to the popularity of the author ess : and furnishes convincing proof that she has lost none of that elevetness for which her name has been so long eel ebrated."Nie senger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAREWELL NIGHT. It is respectfully announced thmt on THCRSDAY, August 22, will be presented Rossini's celebrated Opera of IL BARBIERE DI SIYIGLIA. Rosina. Madame Sontag ; Il Conte d'Aimaviva, Signor Calzolari Figaro, Signor Coletti ; Basilic), Signor P. Lab:ache ; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. In the Lesson Scene Madame Sontag will sing Rode's celebrated variations. After which the Last Act of Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA Dr LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Miss Cath-line Hayes; Edgardo, Mr. Sims Reeves. To be followed by a Divertissement, in which Madlle. Amaila Jterraria will appear. With Selections from the admired Opera of LA FAVORITA. L e o L iora, Madlle. P.trodi; Fernando, Signor Gardoni. To c itations for t the Ice Ilallet LE PLAISTRi DE L'IIIVER. App:ications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box / the Theatre. 'lice FAREWELL ani CONCLUDING Nl4liT of the SEASON give'' on SITUI•:DAY, August 24, 1850. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night of the Semen. Last Alneatance of :Bailie. FIOREYrINI. TOMORROW EVENING, WM be produced, Bei:ini's celebrated Opera, NORMA. Norma. Madlle. Fiorentini (of the Italian Opera, Berlin, her second appearance) ; Adalgisa, Maa.ame Glnl.ani; Pollione, Sig. Gardoni ; °roves° , ,Sig. Leta iche. After the Opera the National Anthem will be sung by the whole sti'encth of thc Company. ~ .To be followed by a Divertissement, in which Madlle Amalia Fer raris will appear. With, the Last Act of Bellini's Opera LA SONNAMBITLit. Amine, Madame Sontag ; Count Rodolpho, Signor Belletti ; and =vino, Mr. Sims Reeves. To conclude with the Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, LES PLAISIRS DE 'mix-ER. In which Madlle. A. Ferraris, and 31. Charles will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Last Week of the Season. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Rossini's Opera, OTELLO. Desdemona, Madame Grist ; Emilia, Madlle. Cotti ; Otello, Signor Tamberlik; Rodrigo, Signor Maralti ; lago, Signor Ronconi ; Elmiro, It. Zelger ; Doge. Signor Polontni. To conclude with the First Act of Rossini's Opera Buffa, IL BARBI ERE DI SIVIGLIA. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, M. Cbsta. The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. T 'TEA TRE ROYAL, HA YMAR KE T. Mr. B. Webster. Sole Lessee and Manager. OW Brompton. For a few nights only, Adelphi 'ornpany and Adelphi Pieces. THIS EVENING. Will b.e performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce; Witherton. Mr. Cbilenford ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lam bert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Marian, Miss Harding. After• which a new and original Zoological Extravaganza, called THE II I PPO PO TA M tiS. Mr. Tiddywink, Mr. Wright ; Sergeant 'Bitlbus. Mr. •rani Bedford ; Mrs. Tiddywink, Miss E. Harding. • To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. ' Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street MILS. FANNY KEMBLE'SMr. IEADINGS OF t-HAKSPEARE. MITCHELL has the honour to announce, that owing to the distinguished and increasing success of Mrs. Fanny Kemble's Read ings, they will be further continued on Wednesday and Friday Eve nings, during the ensuing week, and a econd (positively the last) Morning Reading, OR Monday, August 26. The Plays are selected in conclusion of Mrs. Fanny Kemble's present engagement in pOndon. THIS EVENING Shakspeare's Play of "King Lear." - On Wednesday Evening, August 21, " King John." On Friday. Evening, August 23, " Richard the Second." And the last Reading on Monday Morning, August 26, Henry the .Fourth. Part I. Morning Readings at Half-past Two. Evening Readings to commence at half-past Eight o'clock precisely. Stalls, : Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 35.; Amphitheatre , 2 s . P r ivate Boxes ue Guinea, One Guinea and a-half, and Two Guineas. Boxes and Stall , may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's itoyal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams' Rnyal Library, James's-street ; Messrs. Ebers', Andrews', Hookham'l. Alleroft's, Leader and Cock's, Chappell's. Hammond's, and 011ivier's Libraries, Bond-street ; Cra mer's, and the Carlton Library, Regent-street ; and at the Box-onice of the Theatre. which i open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. . • ASTLEY'!-1 ROYAL AMPIIITEIEITRE. Proprietor and i ltanager, Mr. W. Batty. The best , ientllatcd Theatre in London. Crowded Flouses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metro1:1011s. TIIIS EVENING. Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeoug Spectacle of MAZEPPA ilk the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. S. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an iniznitsole Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Circa° Olympique. To conclude with the favourite Afterpfece of JACK JUNK. • - . • Box-office ~p en From Eleven till Four Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. 'Udder the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and TLIUR.DAY. Another splendid Elephant. Promanade Cohcert, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—Select Programme of Ancient and Modern Ittiiic._ Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army 1 the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures:the size of life, Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Damon and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is eentidentik submitted to" the seiblic as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents f'om the Queen. The Musical Department is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer tor the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom 1 I Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public. that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will he fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Music Will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Lazarus, Presperre, Egerton, Crozier, Webb, Holt, &c. Dtelne the evenins a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Table es illustrating the cele'rated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossin 2 the Alps! Showing a general view of the Region of the Alps, stsetchine from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen "en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, 'and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops onamence tire Ascent. The Soldiers are seen dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Ttees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, end the Gallant Army is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile plains , of Italy. The:Whole to conclude with a Gorgeons Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the moat admired feux d'artifice of former seasons, jets d'e us, water rockets, revolving pieces, a raassnificent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Messrs. Denson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honour, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured tires. The eomplicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by sliiesars. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Cement- Judea. Admission. Is. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, AUGUST 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest-this morning and during the night. 72 this day, at noon. BAROSIKTER, 29.91. WIND W.S.W.—fresh breeze and fine weather. MONDAY, AUG. i 9. TFIER3IO.II-ETEE, IN THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day, at noon. BAROMETErZ, 29.87. Wn S. W.— fresh gale and squally, with cloudy sky. Chenina "Atit LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1850. Much has been said both in and out of Parliament respecting " the estate" that had been sold by the Commissioners for one and a half year's purchase on the profit rent. Many arguments were founded on the transaction, as being little better than " confisca tion," exhibiting gross recklessness on the part of the Commissioners, and an utter disregard of the in terests of the unfortunate inheritor, and still more unfortunate puisne incumbrancers. It was considered to be indeed " an alarming sacrifice," showing that there was no reserve, and that properties would be disposed of, at any prices, however inadequate, that might be offered. Tha admitted facts of the case afforded ample corroboration to these statements. The lands, containing nearly 8,000 acres, were a part of a large estate, held altogether for a long term at the yearly sum of 193/., or thereabouts. It was stated that they produced a yearly income of 6011., leaving a profit to the proprietor of something more than 400/. per annum over and above all outgoings ; and if there was any mistake or error in the assertion the Commissioners were, to a certain extent, at least parties thereto, inasmuch as they placed the entire head rent reserved by the original lease on it alone, and disposed of the remaining lots, free from any claim on the part of the landlord. It was one of the first estates brought to the hammer, and was knocked down for 6001., er one and a half year's purchase. This early sacrifice had a very deteriorating in fluence on future sales. It went forth to the world that a person might become the happy proprietor of an extensive territory—as large as some of the Ger man principalities—comprising thousands of acres, at a mere nominal price. Persons at a distance were deterred from competin.; for really valuable proper ties on the supposition that there must be " some thing rotten in the state of Ireland," or that such a transaction could not possibly have occurred. While AU envied the fortunate purchaser hid extraordinary 3qUi4itiOtl some of the over•cautious determined to seek other wad safer ample for..investrieni, while even the more daring held aloof, hoping that some similar " God-sends" might fall into their hands, and determined to keep their ready money available for the golden opportunities that might arise. It is by no means improbable that the net proceeds of the dif ferent sales were diminished by many thousands of pounds sterling, in consequence of the extraordinary bargain that had been obtained in the first iustance. These opinions were, however, in some degree shaken when the " lucky purchaser" desired to sur render his " bargain," and to relinquish the extraor dinary advantages he had obtained. He was even willing to pay the coats attendant on a re-sale if he might be excused from completing his contract. His application was readily granted. The Commis sinners were only commencing their career ; they were probably desirous of exhibiting an off-hand mode of doing business that might invite future custom, and perhaps felt some compassion for a man who had gone beyond his means by bidding a higher sum than he had available; besides, there could be but little prospect of loss, as 8,000 acres of land would surely at any time produce far more than 6001. The sale was consequently annulled, and the lands again set up for competition at the " new auction mart" in Henrietta-street. We believe that there was not on that occasion any allegation of fraudulent or unwarrantable represen tations being contained in the printed rental, which constituted the basis of the contract between the vendor and purchaser, and on the faith of which the bidders were invited to come forward. Had sueh been the case the purchaser would have been dis charged 'x debito justitice, as a matter of right, not of favour, and would have been en titled to receive, and not ordered to pay, costs. The rental and conditions of sale would also have been revised, so as to prevent the possibility of a similar mistake occurring a second time. Nothing of the kind, however, took place. The first purchaser did not make any objections to the rental. He did not assert that the real facts of the case had been in any degree perverted, or that he had been deceived. He was, as we have already stated, discharged as a matter of grace on payment of costs, and the lands were again set up without any alteration in the printed particulars. These facts afforded the strongest corrobaration of the accuracy of the pub lished rental. The estate submitted to public compe tition was held for a term equivalent to a perpetuity, and produced, at least, if the tenants satisfied their respective liabilities, a clear profit rent of 4001. per annum. Beggarly, however, and inadequate as were the offers at the first auction, those at the second were far worse, and the lot was eventually knocked down for 4501., or little more than one year's purchase on the profit rent. The astonishment and surprise of those at a distance reached the highest pitch at this almost inexplicable transaction, and the Learned Commissioners incurred heavy odium for permitting so great a sacrifice. The mystery has, however, et length been brought to light, a full explanation has been given of the affair. An application was made on Thursday on the part of the second purchaser to be released from his " wonderful bargain,"; but on very different grounds from those put forward by his predecessor. There were, it appeared, no less than 19 misrepresentations in the printed particulars. The property was appa rently a damnosa hereditas, involving considerable responsibility and but little expectation of profit to the proprietor. In place of yielding 400/. per annum to the proprietor, it had not for some time yielded sufficient even to satisfy the claims of the head land lord. This might possibly be attributed to the tem porary depreciation of property during the Irish crisis, but the rental was altogether of a fanciful character, without any foundation in fact; as the Chief Commis sioner declared in his judgment, "it was all a fiction, there was no truth in it." Under such circumstances, it is almost unnecessary to add, that the purchaser was ,discharged, and de clared entitled to his full costs, which are to be paid by the party having the carriage of the proceedings, in the first instance, bat if he should be unable to satisfy the demands, they are to be liquidated out of the funds in the matter, in priority of all other claims. The Court justly exhibited the utmost dis pleasure at the deception that had been practised, and directed that the party responsible should not have his costs on the sale of the lot, and that the costs on the whole should be stayed until the matter was brought before the Court for its consideration, when (it was intimated) "considerable deductions might be made, or perhaps he might find that he would get no costs." This is as it should be. Where the process is so very summary, and it is so desirable to gain public confi dence, it is essential that no wilful deception, or even the slightest exaggeration, should be tolerated. It must not be supposed that the rentals are merely framed "f )r sale" and "not fur use." :We are rejoiced to find that so salutary an example has been made, and still more so at discovering that a matter which had been made the foundation of serious accusations against the Commissioners, has been exhibited in its true light, and that the grave charges have in this instance at least been fully and completely rebutted. The months of February and August are generally looked forward to with intense anxiety by all persons interested in railway property. The general half yearly meetings of the various companies throughout the country take place at these periods. The position and prospects of the several undertakings are then ex plained, the amounts of profits and loss submitted for general inspection, and dividends declared for the pre ceding six months. These are the seasons when di rectors must be prepared to submit to searching cross examinations as to their course of policy, and to afford every information that can reasonably be re• quired. There are now, fortunately, no concealments —every point connected with the working expenditure or profits of the lines is fully and clearly placed before the shareholders. There are no over -sanguine estimates of future earnings, no gorgeous visions of " the good time coming" to dazzle shareholders. The plain and simple truth is detailed, clad in the sombre garments of sad reality. Where there has been unquestionable success, the proprietors are cautioned against permitting themselves to be carried away by the existing prosperity, and where there has been comparative fdlure, the real facts are set forth with out disguise, no artificial means being resorted to in order to enlighten the gloom of the moment. Divi dends are no longer paid out of capital ; on the con trary, not only is ample provision made for every legitimate expenditure, the maintenance of the perma nent way, the keeping up of the locomotive power in full efficiency, but, wherever practicable, a considerable reserve fund is retained in hand, to provide against any possible contingencies, and to guard against the danger of any reduction of dividends below the re duced amount distributed during the last year. It may, indeed, be questioned whether directors are not felling into the opposite error from that formerly as cribed to them, and whether they are not exhibiting a degree of over-caution which, although not as much to be deprecated as the previous rashness, being unquestionably a mistake on the right side, and cal culated to regain the public confidence, is yet scarcely fair to those having only life interests or other limited eatates in the companies' stock, and who may reason ably complain at being not merely deprived of the temporary use of the money to which they were en titled, but at its being set aside to -accumulate ulate for the benefit of remainder-men, or for shareholders not entitled to participate in profits until some future period. lt seems that there is a j uste milieu, a happy medium that sho u ld be observed, 50 that while the utmost care is taken to prevent any sum being improperly charged to the capital account, an d to ascertain that every shilling of what are styl e d " the net profits" bad been fiithfully earned, th e existing shareholders should be allowed to receive the entire amount of the balance at the disposal of the board. cef e;, rand the enormous profits realised by the early sh:sr6liolders, that the excitement was owing which lea. to the over-rapi I expenditure of capital, and the pr emature construction of various branches, which as y: er, at least, have not realised the anticipations of the al eareholders. It is, if not " the first," at least one of t 1 se earliest to feel the effect of the general condition o f the country. When trade id flourishing and n tone), abundant there is a manifest improvement in ti se traffic, which, if not yet perceptible in other dis ti icts, may be confidently expected to appear very • edily. Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, TR.hich may be termed par excellence "the conamer cis' districts of England," will be the first to suffer from any depreciation, or to benefit by any :improvement; but similar results will speedily follow in other localities, even the most agricultural, for the interests of trade, commerce, manufactures, and agriculture, are more closely and intimately con nected than is generally supposed to be the case. Nothing could be more cheering than the state ments elicited at the meeting of this great company, held at the Euston•square Station on Friday last. Although the first half of the year is invariably less profitable than the second, not only has the dividend declared in February been fully maintained, but a very large addition has been made to the reserve fund, which now amounts to the enormous sum of 144,7211., and the gross receipts from traffic exhibit an improvement of no less than 77,2411., and on the net profits of 69,7841., beyond those of the last corre sponding half-year (when a dividend was declared at the rate of 7 per cent.), and that although " the com pany had been subjected at various points to severe competition, and that many of the lines calculated to draw off a portion of the traffic long enjoyed by the North-Western have been in full operation." These are indeed cheering facts, and were received as such by the shareholders. The only points of difference on the report arose on the amount of dividend, amendments being successively proposed to the effect that 5i and 6 per cent. should be distri buted, the former of which would have left a balance of 101,0001., and the latter of 52,568/., to the credit of the reserve fund. On division, however, the views of the directors were sustai :ed, and a dividend de clared after the rate of 5 per cent. per annum only, a rate that may be regarded as being as safe as that of Consols ; perhaps more so, as it is tolerably well known that Sir CUARLE3 WOOD is exceedingly anxious to signalize his financial administration by a reduction of the Three per Cents. to 2/ or 21. On the whole, however, although we think a larger amount was honestly earned, and might fairly have been divided, we cannot blame the proprietors for supporting a board who have proved themselves so deserving of their confidence, and carrying out in every respect the views put forward in the report, although involving a temporary sacrifice on their parts. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The accounts of the reception of the PRESIDENT in the Departments are most contradictory ; the journals of the Elpee represent it as being more gratifying than even his most ardent friends could have hoped or expected ; while the Legitiniatist and Re publican journals, on the contrary, state that he was everywhere greeted with overwhelming cries of " Vive Ia Republique!" mingled with some cries of "Viva la President !" " Vive Napoleon !" but that the cry of " Vive le Empereur !" was scarcely heard. The Moniteur publishes the official text of the re• ply of the PRESIDENT of the Republic to the request of M. NOISOT that he would release M. GUINARD from prison. It is as follows : "I confess that I did not expect, at such a place, and at such a moment, that a reproach would be addressed to me—and what a reproach ! on the subject of an act re quired from me, without reflecting that it is interdicted to me by the Constitution. Is it not known that the prisoners, whom a sentence of the High Court of Jus• tice has sent to Doullens, can only leave it by a decision of the Assembly. As for me. with respect to all, little or great, innocent or guilty, I have only one duty to perform—to secure in the intere,t of society the execu tion of the law on those whom it has condemned, as I have sworn to ensure protection to all the members of the nation. Have I not faithfully kept my. oath ? Is not the law sovereign and respected ? Do not, then, ask me to do what I cannot do without violating it. Let the Assembly pronounce, and I shall know how to execute its decision, and cause it to be respected." This reply has given great offence to the supporters of the Assembly ; they accuse LOUIS NAPOLEON of taking credit to himself for every act likely to confer popularity, whilst he seeks to throw upon the Assembly the responsibility of all measures of rigour. From Dijon the PRESIDENT went to Chalons, where he reviewed the troops. Here he quitted the railway and embarked on board a steamer to proceced to Macon by the river, stopping at the various towns situated on the banks. At Tournous, the municipal authorities, beaded by the Mayor, an aged man, came on board, when the latter delivered an address, which concluded as follows : " The star of honour which gleams in the arms of this town reminds the inhabitants without ceasing of your uncle, Napoleon-le-Grand, wbo in according them that glorious recompense imposed on them the duty of remaining always worthy of it. Consequently order and wise liberty will not have any more energetic defenders than the sons of those who in 1789 disper,,ed the bands of incendiaries, and of those in 1814, who, guided by the purest patriotism. combated for the freedom of the sacred soil of their country. The whole town, Monsieur le President, by my voice, draws your attention to the deplorable state of our port. As you can yourself ascertain the exactitude of my assertion, it feels no doubt that the interest which the town is most anxious about will receive from you a just satisfaction. Vive lc Preiident de la Republique!" The PRESIDENT replied that " the town of Tournous was worthy of all his solicitude, both on account of the patriotism of its inhabitants, and for the affection which the Emperor had entertained towards it ; it richly merited the arms which the great captain had endowed it with; and as to himself, he would take into serious consideration the request just made rOdtive to the port." The cure also briefly addressed the PRESIDENT to assure him of the devotedness of the clergy, and of their ardent prayers for his preservation and for the welfare of France. The PRESIDENT thanked him in warm terms. There is something approaching to the burlesque in commencing with a magnificent allusion to the star of honour, and ending, like a begging letter, with " the deplorable state of the port," and the " just satisfaction which they hope to receive from the band of the PRESIDENT." At Macon he was fated by the authorities, and pro ceeded from thence to Lyons. Here he was received in grand state, and in answer to the address of the Mayor of Lyons, he made a speech in which we find the following significant passage : "I am not the representative of a party, but the re presentative of the teo great national manifestations which in 1804, as in 1848, have desired to save by order the great principles of the French revolution. Proud of my origin and of my flag, I will continue flithful to them. I shall submit myself entirely to the country, whatever it may require of me, be it abnegation or per severance. Rumours of coups d'etat may have perhaps reached you, to which you have given little heed, as I thankfully acknowledge. Surprises and usurpations may be the dream of parties who have no support from the nation, but the man chosen by six millions of voters executes the will of the people, and does not betray them." The allusion to 1804 has given deep offence to Legitimatists, Orleanists, and Republicans, and, taken in conjunction with an article which appears in the Pouvoir of Saturday, and which is entitled "What we Want," seems to indicate pretty clearly the inten tions, if not of Louis NAPOLEON, at least of his par tisans. The meeting of the London and North-Western Railway Company is, perhaps, of all others the most anxiously looked forward to. The "Leviathan," as it has been justly termed, has ever taken a lead in everything relating to railways. It is not merely the amount of capital embarked in the undertaking, or the well-tried and unquestionable integrity and experience of the directors and managers, but that there is no company in the northern division of the kingdom that is not more or less concerned in its condition and progress. It may, to a certain ex tent, be regarded es an index exhibiting the state of railway prosperity. It was to its extraprdicary ------- The Pouvoir says it wants the Constitution so altered by the present Assembly as to enable Prince Louis NAPOLEON BONAPAETE to remain head of the State with two chambers, and that the Constitution so altered should be submitted to the country for its ratification. The Constitutionnel, which is the organ of the Ministry, thus comments on the speech of the PAESI.. DENT at Lyons :-- "'The noble and courageous confidence of the Presi dent is certainly connected with the change that has been operated in the minds of the people of these departments. Such is the French nation. It meets half way tho , e who go to it with complete openness of heart. The enthu siasm of the populations for Louis Napoleon is incontes table. s i t s a ti t o h n i s s h d a i v rf e e r e e n v c e e r , wet w ev p e r r i n , ra Th ari er i There a r e p eo pl e w h o i n d ee d say, t h at suc h ce b s etw ef een all the ki p n a d s s t . and the present:—ln meeting the representatives of hereditary monarchy people thought they were paying homage to the eternal and permanent possessor of power. Today they hail a man whose legal power ought, ac cording to the Constitution, to expire within a short time. This manifestation resembles a vote that such shall not be. Liencetorward, we hope that no one will accuse the President of a desire to prolong his power by irregular means. His language at Lyons is a protest aLainst such poor expedients, only used by parties who have no hold on the nation. Let there be no pretext for equivocation. What remains to be said is this, th at th e abnegation professed by Louis Napoleon loses much of its value in presence of the immense popularity with which he is invested, and that there is little merit in not demanding from illezitimate means that which one is almost sure to obtain from the free and spontaneous vote of a people." The following telegraphic dispatches have bum re. ceivid Iron) Lye= THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST l9, 1850. " Lyons, August 16, 10 A.M. " General de is Marmon, Minister of War of Pied mont, arrived here ter lay. charged by his Sovereign t compliment the Prcsideat of the Republic on his pas sage at Lyons ," " Lyons, August 17, 9 A.M. " The Superior Commanding -General to the Secre tary-Ger er +1 of the Ministry of War. " The President of the Republic sets out at nine in the morning, very much satisfied with his reception at Lyons. I acc)mpany him to Lons-le-Saulnier and Besancon. Have the goodness to address dispatches for me to Dijon." "Lyons, August 17, 9i A.M. " The President attended the day before yesterday the banquet and ball given to him by the city. Yesterday morning he visited the school of Lansartine, and several ateliers, and went to a banquet of 1,200 covers, which was given him by the commerce of the city. On entering the bounds of La Guillotiere, he was received by the municipal administration of the town. At twelve he reviewed the troops; at four he visited the ateliers of the Croix Rousso, and the ex hibition of the products of industry. He presided then at the inauguration of the ' caisse de secours mutuel et de retraite' for the workmen of Lyons. In the evening a banquet was offered to him by the Chamber of Com merce, and he went for some moments to the play. Everywhere he received testimonies of the liveliest sym pathy. The speeches which he made at three banquets as well as at the inauguration of the caisse 110 secours,' were received with enthusiasm, and greatly cheered. The President has just set out on the continuation of his journey." The Credit, the organ of the moderate Republican party, has ceased to appear, it has been stifled by the press laws. Its subscribers are transferred to the BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCRANCE, Ara. 17 Boulogne and Amiens, 7 k—East Indian, 7 L7.2—Luxem bourg, I y 9 —Northern of France. 14 5 h—Paris and Rouen, 23 ex div.—Rouen and Havre, 9%—Tours and Nantes, 3 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton Maiket at Livervol on Saturday was heavy, the sal ,, s being e , tithated a' 3,000 bales, at pre vious rates; of which 500 American were taken f .1. ex port, and the remainder by the trade.—ln Railway Shares, a fair business was done, hut the market W.id not quite so firm, and prices had a downward tend'ney. New Wheat was on sale in Mark-lane again to-day, and some parcels weighed as much as 62 lbs. per bushel. Business was dull. The American letters were delivered this morning, and read uncommonly well up on the subject of the grow ing Cotton crops. Accounts from Quebec state— " Speculation is still rife as to the time for the promo gafion, some giving it out that it will be on the 14th instant, others on the Bth, on which latter day it is in ferred, from their expressions, Ministers are desirous it should take place. With reference to the removal of the seat of government to Quebec, and the 15,0001. includen in the estimate for repairs, &c., for our public buildings, we learn, from a private letter received to clay, that all of the Lower C4narla Members insist en this sum beimg voted. and that the Ministry redeem their pledge, that the Parliament, after having sat one more session in To ronto,shall then meet in the ancient capital of Canada. From the same source we are informed that they are preparing in the lteeeivu-General's-offiee the rebellion loss debentures. and the debentures for building the court-houses and goals; and what is somewha., curious in connexion with the manufacture of paper money, our informant tells us that the finances of the province are very prosperous at. present. there being in the Receiver- General's chest upwards of 400,0001., and that the banks in Toronto are said to be paying the Government 3 per cent. on their deposits. Presuming these last statements to be true, they ought to prove highly satisfactory, not to the friends of the Ministry alone, but to the people of the province generally, that its exchequer, notwithstand ing the many heavy pulls which are made upon it, is 'to rich, and its credit through such a prosperous state of things entitled to so high a place in the money-market." The following is a return of the number cf emigrants arrived at Quebec during the week to the 27th ult.:— From England 1,263 Ireland ... ... 1,755 Lower ports ... 91 Other ports ... 8 3.117 Previously reported ... 17.931 21,048 To corresponding period in 1849 ... 24.931 Decrease in 1850 ... ... 3,883 The letters and papers by the West India steamer have come to hand, and their contents are tolerably favourable. Severe st,rms. however, bad been experienced, and had done some damage both to the shipping and the estates. In some parts of Jamaica fears were entertained for the crops, owing to the heavy rains, but from others, St. Ann's for instance, we are informed that the coffee crop promised well. In Demerara the weather was very dry and favourable for the planters. In Trini dad the crop bad been finished, and proved less than was expected. The growing crops were very satisfac tory in Barbadoes, and the next sugar crop is likely to be abundant. Sugar making had been prevented in Do minica by the extremely wet weather. The new inter colonial steam communication was being arranged, and the vessels of the company would rendezvous at St. Tho mas on the 19th inst. Advices of the 9th July from Bolivar state, in ref-rence to the gold district of Angostura that the precious metal was at present found exclusively in the bed of the river, and that nothing could be done in the way of further explo ration until the dry season came, say in October. About twelve bags of gold dust bad been forwarded to Trinidad as specimens. The British Consul had thought it, nevertheless, advisable to warn parties that they should be very cautious in proceeding , to the gold country, where great privations would have to be endured. The Amsterdam Stock Market on Saturday was rather more buoyant. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 57k to 1-16. Spanish Bonds were tolerably animated. There is an extremely inactive market again for Public Securittes, - and the quotations rule heavy, It i s obvious that paucity of business and the absence from town of the principal jobbers and speculators is the main cause of the existing heaviness, although the Danish question will be a curb until arranged. The weather is obviously as propitious as could be desired. Consols have realised 961 to 961 for Transfer, and 961 to 96i for Account. Tbe New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 981 and the Three per Cents. 97 to k. Bank Stock has been marked 212, being fi rm. Ex chequer-bills are dull at 68s. premium, and India Bonds at 85s. The Foreign Securities have been quiet, but firm generally. Portuguese Five per Cents. have realised 344, and Spanish Three per Cents. are nominally 31 to Mexican Bonds have been 291 j, being an improvement. Peruvian Four-and a. Half per Cent. Bonds are at 821. Danish and Belgian Bonds have been supported. she former at MI and the latter at 911. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. have been 57k, and Russian Four-and-a Half per Cents. 964. Railway Shares have been rather heavier. The un fortunate state of affairs on the Eastern Counties line has made the Shares of that company flat. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... 96i Ditto Account ... 96 ONE CLOSING I'RICRS OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. lank Stock .... *** •••..•.•• 212 211% ~e, Cent. Reduced Arils 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96 t,,i % 9636 ley( 3', per Cent. Anna ............. 98 3 4 % 99 ndia Bonds, 1,000/. ... Ditto Ryder 1,000: B5 p South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ...... . Conzie•ls for Account 96 % % 96% •T xe h eon er Bills. I 1 4d. & 2d 1,0001. June 6B p 68 p 500/. June ....................» 6B p 6S p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Danish R0nd5,1825,3 per Cent .• 78 Ditto 5 Der Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupon s— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ......... 29 1 ,4% 29 3 / 4 Peruvian Bonds, 41, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents Ditto, Converted, 1841 3 4 14 34 1 4 Russian Bonds Ditto, 4% per Cent Spgyulh 5 per C.nnt 1840 — Ditto, 3 per Cent... ..... Ditto. Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent •.• 35% oividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent —97 f. 75c. Exchange Beligan, 4% per Cent. ..•••••• ~utch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 oer Cent. Certificates 89% 89 1 4 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN RAI;,WAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICEc_: A.lerdean 5O Do. Preference B} dia.. ..... ... —die, Amber. Nott., Bosten, and Eastern Junction Bt4 A.yrshira and Galloway.. 7% — lelfast & County Down 30 - Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 rArmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly raid, or with a gnaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Sinning. Wolverh'ton, and Fudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Do. without guarantee 15 - ••• • •.. ........ —. Birming.,Wolverh'pton , and Stour Valley 131. 14e ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 26 Bristol and Exeter 100 ... . 63% 63 ••• 64 3uckinghamshire Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 — C3ester and Holyhead—. 50 Ditto, Preference...... 15 —. Clarence —. Direct London & Ports.. month Dublin and Belfast June. 45 Dundalk & Enniskillen 30 - 00000 •••• East Anelian, 251., L. & . . E. and L. and D...... 25 1)0. 18/., E. & H.... 18 Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Do., 31. 103.. Pref... 3 1 ,4 - Cent., Preference... 2 , taatern Counties........ 20 ...... 6IA 5 7 / 8 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l U. 135.4 d.... p•• •••• ..... - - P Ditto ditto. No. 2 61. 133. 4d... p - P Do., New Pref.recce, 6 per Cent. ..... ..... 10 Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 Eastern Cajon Class A (late E. e. Shares) 25 ...... ............... Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Class B& C 25 ...... ..... ••••••• ........ - Do. Scrip (6per cent.) 20 East Lancashire ...... ... 25 Ditto, New Quarters 614...... .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 ...... ... •••••'•"'• -- East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. :dinuurgti and Glasgow 50 ...... • — ~ : din., Perth, & Dundee 25 ...... Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... • xeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. 25,, .••••• —. Exeter and Exmouth... 2Is. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle B/.65. 8d.... 41asgow,Kilinar., & Ayr 50 Do.Prvference Consol. . Gloucester & Dean Forest 14 ...... r :at Northern Do., 1 A Deferred ... 1214 -.... - Do., 4B 6 per Cent... 114 — • _ Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12!4 1 real South. and West. ( Irearld) Ditto, Eighths 24 ;reat North of England.l6o ...... x.d. Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, New, 301 Ditto, New 15/ l5 ...... ‘ireat Western 100 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... /lull and Sclbv .. ...... 50 ..«.. Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... ... . — Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Do. Quarters .... ..... 23 1 h B4 B l4 Do. Fifths lll4 . — Do. Thirds ....- ... IS •••••• Do. New. Gua.6 per ct. 10 ..... . Ditto (Huddersfield and Shed.) 'o. (W. Riding Union) 114 — ••• ••• • — Leeds and Bradford Lee& ana Thirsk ...... 50 Do„ Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6 Do., do. No. 2 17 Do., do. ......No. 3 5 .....• ••• ........ .. Do., Pref. Quat„ 1813 9 Liverpool, Crosby arid Southport . l2 1•110 London &Blackwall...ll/. de. 3d... 4 1 ,4 4l Lon'lon, Brighton, and South Coast... ..... 10p Do. Guarani. 5 per et.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditto.-- I ff,2 50 .. ... .„.. — Do., N ow, guaranteed i per Cent . ...109 London and Greenwich 12/1534d — ...... ...... .. Ditto, Preference. Lo!L.l.on and I . vv,cstern ilei lll 110% 111% 111 Ditto, Ne4w Quarters 17 .. i),! tn. Fitt ~ - _ ...... 13 .- .. 13% . l3 ~ i 1 0,-. IN ( Il t i. & B.) C. I ...... ...... ..... London & :. 't • Stqr.l . len ...... - x.d 5 9 1,4 xd Do, New 50/. . ..... .. 424.-- ... .... , i... No , v,i,. ..... ..... .. .i 4 Do., New Preference.. h ...... - Lowioncl . rry&Coierai Ud 25 .. .. •••• ....... ........ Do. Shares ..... .... 5 oaa,nderry and Ennis killen '2s - Do. 1.; Shares f,Gwo3toff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per cL) ~lanche.ter,Baxton,and Matlock.— 5 14 ••. — 511ncheAter. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —IOO Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... .. Ditto, New ICI. Pref... 10 Do., Blanchester and Lincoln Uni0n...... 41.2 s - dis ... .. dis. Midland Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., 501. Sharon Do., Birm. and Derby 100 Do. Consolid. Bristol & Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......121 121 1 4... Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 46 . ..... ...... ..... Ditto ditto . Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan- nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish .......... ....... .. 47%. — Oliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle.100 Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension ewport v Abergavenny, And Hereford 6 •••••• - - -Newry and Enniskillen 7 ''ewrY, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ...... 100 Do. New 201. .. ls Do. Ext. Guar. 5 p. ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 .....• Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... N.irthern Counties Union 4 ."... North British ... .... ... 25 Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 6% 6 North-Western . Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. ..... : ........ Do. % Shares (A) lO ...... -- ............... Reading, Guildford, Guildford, And Reigate lB ..... ...... ........ —. itoyston and Hitchin - Do. Shepreth Exten . % — ... ............ —.." 1 " Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New S irewsbury and Birm 13 1 4 ..... dis. Ditto ditto. Class B. 9% . — ... Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... ... . .... Shrewsbury and Herald. 5 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves Ditto Oswestry ... _ Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union South Diion - ..... •• ...... ...... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 8 1,4 — ....... ••• •••• ~Outh Esicerf 00., No. 3 .. ...... 30 ...... ......... . ..... Do., Registered No. 4 10 So ith W aiezt South Yorkshire, Don- ctster, and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 6 ins. & Loughor & Ca meron'a Stm. Coal. ... 8 . — ........ . Vale Extenlion 9 1 / 2 — ..... Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 17 1 ,y - ............... -- Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 13 - .............. N aterford and Kilkenny 2U . . - - ....... - Waterford and Limerick 47% --..... Natertd,VVxfrd,Wicklw. .... and Dublin .... Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed - - Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 1.5 ..... - ..... , t est Cornwall ...... ... 7 1 - / i ... .. --.4 V bitchaven & Furness 20 - - Nindsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 ...... - ... • Wiits,:s•oniersr,t,at lA' ey - - mouth ... ..... .... ..... 50 York, Newc a s t l e , and Berwick. .... ....._... 25 D 4). Newcastle Eaten. '2O ...... 94, D'. G.N.E. Prefemice 9 ..... 4 4 1 ,1, .. 4 4i i Do. Hartlep oo l D oc k and Railway 100 ...... - .- ......... ... - York and No rt h Alidl and 50 FOREIGN RAIL WA Yb. Aug Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5%...„. - rioulugne and Amiens... 20 ...... - .., Central of Fran ce (Or leans and Viarzon),.. 20 Demerara ....... ..... ...... 17% - - Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 8 ..... 214 2% Last Indian ...........•... 7 Ditto ... - Great Indian Peninsular 5 .-.. Do. Do. -- •.. .. ..... 1 - Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% - - Luxembourg ..• 8 ....-. - Ditto Madrid and Valenti a ... 2 -,' . Namur and Liege ..... 20 ... - - 16 - Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 - ............ •• - Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... 2 3 / 4 .. ...... .. 2 3 / 4 Paris and Rouen 2O ....... - x.d.... - x.d. Paris and Strasbourg - - Rouen and Havre ;...... 20 ..... - Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 ... .. - ... -... - itrasbourg and Basle ... 14 - - Tours and Nantes .14 .....• Fournay, Jurbise, L an - "' den, and Bassett ...... 20 - West Flanders..... .. ..... 834.. .. -. _ MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO - - Asturian ..... l5 ... ••••••• ..... •• .... Australian 4 ...... - ....- ......... -, Bassora Range .... - - Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 - - .. - Bolonos Scrip ...... .... - ...- - British Iron ...,. .......... • 12 -. - Brazilian Imperial ...... 24!4 - _ - - BrazilianCotael&Cuiaba 30 - Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobre Copper - . - General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. - •• - Do. Black Debentures - - ......... •-•••- Do. Red Ditto ... - - - Santiago de Cuba.. lO - Tin Croft ..... ...... .. .... 7 .. - - ..... .......... ...- United Mexican 2834 JOINT 4 , 4TocK. BAN 6.45. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 - - Commercial of London 20 - Lemdon Joint 5t0ck...... 10 - - London & Westminster. 20 ...- - - at ional Prov. England. 35 - Ditto New. . ........... 10 - National of Ireland 2 2 1,x...... -- ............... .... Provincial of Ireland - ....... ...... ... Ditto, New ... .. ..... 10 - - Union of Australia ..... 25 ...... - .., ..... Ditto, New ••••....... VA..... - • .... Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... 124..... ..... Union of Madrid ...... ... 40 - ... ........ ... -- LLOYD'S SHIPI'ING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 19.—Wind at noon S.W., fresh breex. and fine. CARTHASENA, AUG. 10.—The Princess Victoria, fr m Alexandria, is aground to the east of Cape Taloa. The Sarah, of and from Falmouth to Talon, put in Bth inst. leaky. DOMINICA, JULY 27.—The barque Osbert, with nearly all her cargo on board, parted her anchor in Rosean Bay, went on shore, fell over, and was wrecked on the 11th instant. ANTIGUA, JULY 28.—The Blucher, of Workington, from Patagonia to New York, got on a reef at Scots Head, opposite the Bay of Dominica, 19th July, was got off very leaky, and foundered on the night of the 20th, about 12 miles west of Guadeloupe; crew saved. The sloop Lady Georgians, of Barbuda, was driven on shore, and the Victoria sloop, of Barbuda, sunk at her moor jogs at that island 11th instant; master of the latter ves sel drowned. DIAL, AUG. 17.—Wind S S.W.—Arrd. Janet Willis, Fyall, Penang; Isabella Hercus; Houston, Calcutta; Enchantress, Ledger, Ceylon ; Peruvian, Bruce, Callao ; Mary S. t in, Stewart, Callao ; Faroe, Murray, Rig► Grande; General Wiltshire, Strach , ,n, Bahia; Ile-z g Bogislao; Darm ditto, and sailed for Stettin; Elizabeth Wiether, Griffiths, Porto Rico ; Tr‘ phena, Havannah; Nordiyset, Neilo, New York, and sailed for Bergin ; Kate How, Neerop. Miratnichi ; Delaa are, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Eliza Parr, Sydney ; R o y a l George, Port Philip; Marlborough, Calcutta, ABERDEEN—SId. Lord Seaton, Qaeb.-c, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, APRIL l9.—The Tcerene, hence to G.lifornia, was lost on a reef off Upolo on the 26 , 11 of January last; crew, passengers, and part of cargo saved. The Helen, Griffiths, was sez dby the crew off the north cape of New Zealand in Novembe r last but has since been recoyered at Wok, and the crew SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. A fire broke out on the 11th in the Palace of Queen CHRISTINA, which was soon got und,er. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 13.—Three per Cents., 33 1-16 ; Five per Cents., 123. Exchange on London, 5040. GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort of the 13th says, it is not true that the Plenary Assembly has been dissolved. On the contrary, it has solicited far more extended powers. We read in the Independence of Brussels According to a rumour in circulation at Berlin on the 10th, Prussia was preparing to consent to an act which appears to be only a new concession to Austria, namely, to consent, although not participating in it, to the establishment of the restricted Council, on con dition that by the side of that council should continue to subsist the Central Federal Committee, which is com posed, as is known, of two Prussian and two Austrian members. That would be certainly a bastard sys tem, of which the smallest inconvenience would be to create two central federal authorities, or, in other words, to augment the occasion of conflicts, and [ complicate the situation, already complicated be yond measure. Therefore, we do not think that this new proposition of Prussia can be looked on as a serious one, supposing that it has been really made. It can only be a new step destined to prepare men's minds for more complete con cessions with respect to Austria., Our last letters from Berlin, of the 14th, announce to us that it was rumoured that Austria had sent in her reply, and had rejected the proposition.. As to the difference relating to the Baden troops, Austria, it is said, has accepted the proposition made by Prussia, to submit the mat ter to a tribunal of arbitration composed of seven members—three Prussians, three Austrians, and the seventh, a foreigner." The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Berlin, of the 14,h, which states that the KING has addressed a letter to M. DE MANTEUFEL, Minister of the Inte rior, in which he declares that the Union cannot be abandoned on any conditions. It is supposed that the difference which has arisen between the Berlin Cabinet and that of Vienna, relative to the passage of the Baden troops, will be submitted to arbitration. A letter from Dresden, of the Btb, in the Augsburg em: resolution ol o u f ti t o h n e Ch th a Gazette,s:zon States announces has ad o t p h t a e t d the unanimouslyrst already voted by the Second Chamber by 50 votes to 3, declaring the present Assembly of the States com petent, abolishing the provisional laws of Nov. 15, 1848, which established a new electoral system , and several other modifications in the old constitution now again in force. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Cologne Gazette, which is a great supporter of the cause of the Schleswig-Holsteiners, publishes the following : " The reports received of the re-completion of the Schleswig-Holstein army give reason to expect that General Willisen was about to order an advance. This probability was increased by the fact that the Danish army had been weakened by the sending of tro ps to the west, and the extension of their whole line from Friedrichstadt to Eckernforde. These hopes, however, appear not likely to be immediately fulfilled. It is announced to-day that the army will limit itself to the defence of Holstein. The strategetic motives for this resolution are" not known. The su periority of the Danes cannot be the only reason, for this is unimportant in degree, and, indeed, only sufficient to give laurels for the Holsteinere to pluck. For political reasons it is certainly to be regretted that the Hol steiners can undertake nothing, for the business becomes protracted, and its decision falls into the hands of diplomatists who are disinclined to the inhabitants of the Duchies, and consider them as rebels, and would now treat them as conquered rebels. A report from Eckernforde and Lubeck announces that the com mander General Krogh, has been positively or dered to remain in the strong position extending from west to east from Friedrichstadt to Eckern forde, and there to await a decision, either from negotiation or the recommencement of the war. Rumours of as impending peace are not waot na.d as mediators. ing, in which England , Austria, and R ussia are by turns me Accord ing to the New Pruss i an Gazette, an English envoy is now at the Danish head-quarters with definitive instruc tions from Lord Psimerston for proposing a basis of a recouciliatioe. A Russian agent is also in Schleswig:. The fact that since the Bth of this month they have somewhat receded is connected with the attempts at mediation in our reports. Austria, too, is takieg a part, and sends M. Birgeleben as 'a com missioner. Negotiations respecting the stationing of a corps of observation in Holstein have been car• tied on between Austria and Russia: the latter Cabinet has strongly opposed the proposition, and the mission of M. Biegeleben may be to procure the co-operation of the Bund in the Austrian project. It is stated that Austria will desire, first, the dissolution of the Schleswig army, and then call upon the Bund to take the affairs of the Duchies in band. The reports concerning the Danish army current in Berlin speak of the assistance rendered by the Russian war and transport ships, by furnishing provisions and ammunition to the Danes. It is stated that the losses of the Danish army are being supplied by Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, and English officers, those of the two last nations leaving their native service for that purpose, the others serving with the per mission of their Governments. The loss of General S however, irreparable. It is from the ?tile first and second grenadier regiments, aSSnendheidtehiPsePhejgargu:aeirdris,s that officers are alone permitted to absent themselves to serve in the Danish cause. ITALY. The Risorgimento of Turin publishes a note, dated the 19:.h ult., addressed by Cardinal ANTONELLI to Marquis SPINOL 4I the Sardinian Amb assador at Rome on the subject of the abolition of ecclesiastical privileges in Piedmont, and in answer to a note of the Sardinian Cabinet, dated the 28th of June. The Car dinal discusses the assertion of the latter, that " a state may change its political forms without the consent of the Court of Rome," and contends that in that case the conventions of a state with the Holy See would alvrays be subordinate to the changes which might be made in the laws of that state. He briefly alludes to the concordats solemnly concluded with Piedmont, and . then proposes the question " whether a state, particularly a Catholic one, may, on .chang ing its political organization, disregard the disciplinary rights of the Church without the consent of the Holy fee ?" a question which be answers negatively, on the ground that the Church is to be perfectly inde pendent of the civil power, as, not having territorial limits, she is every where the sole arbiter of her dis cipline, and being, by divine institutions, a true and perfect society of a superior order to that of civil societies. If the principles of Cardinal ANTONELLI are carried out, it is clear, upon his ow n showing, that civil society must cease to exist, and that there can be neither civil or religious liberty where the pretensions of a Church such as this are tolerated : the only pos sible government under such a state of things is a h a s b . been es . pelled from grinding and unreasoning sacerdotal despotism. Signor BIA.NCIII GLOVINI, a Lombard refugee, and the Editor of the Opinione, Turin at the requeMc of the Austrian Mmis.ter. In a correspondence in the Armenia . it is stated the Council of State ; 3. On that five of the Roman organic laws have been printed—viz., 1. On the Consults of S tate ,2. On the Municipalities ; 4. On the Provinces; and 5. On the Council of Minis ters and on the Ministries. her Majesty ' s .1•11.1....11=MM0......_,.--- THE QUEEN'S VISIT. —Since the announcement of tions are on foot both by the authorities o' Newcastle and the directors of the York, Newcaitle, and Berw N e ck Railway Company, gracious intention, the most ` active prepara. pally, to receive the Queen and Prince Albert in a way suitable to their high rank and distinguished virtues.— man who, for the last two or three yea's , _Berwick Advertiser. has officiated as THE NEWLY-APPOINTED CARDINAL. --.-Dr. Wise.. Roman Catholic Bishop of the London di,trct, left town on Friday last, en route for Rome, to discharge ihe functions of the office of Cardinal, to which he ha s teen recently pro- thia moted, The use Enelishman who wa4 Velted WitA digiait7 WM tht We 04iA1 1 1- Weld. °--------------------------- imprisoned• May 4—The David and the Clara falconer have be n wrecked. 13—The Wigeon,th mainm ast cut Hobart Tont t° San Francisco, vut in yesterday wi away, and part of caw) thrown overboard. ,SWOr.•• ,h • HALIFAX, AUG. 8.--Wind N.W.—The WaTICI Port Dundas to Quebec, put in to Sydney, Cap other da ' e Breton , the 26th July, with loss of t o p mast and m. ge, in a squill off St. Paul's en the 24th July. f _ QUEBEC, Auc. 3.—Th lioughton Le kerne, ; Sunderland, Port Talbot to this port, v‘hich as d mne w shore on Red Island 20th July, ha s been conded 5° IA ill be sold. OFF DOVER, AUG. 18.—Cossy, Si r ra Leone . P .....off PORTSMOUTTI, AUG. 17._Wind W. W N'A r ' port, John Lowe, Palmer, Madras. Qu W eb il ec lT . EUIVEN, AUG. 1" KINGROAD—Put bark, British Queen, Qtleb i . e tyinot, i.— ILI S. • IV' d S Sld .1.45," -- CLYDE, Ansa 17.—Wind N.W. —Arrd. Pi 553 Sete (1/(1 ' Frome, Mauritius. SM. Lady of the Lake, foundland. --- -------.'"-------- - ---- n A MARKET NEW S.—(TIIIS 4,4--1.) • CORN EXC HAN GE.—(l.lfONPAlre)re • Most of the country markets held on &startle, F or eign seasonably seasonably well supplied wit i both English and For` w ° o Wheat, in all kinds of which only a limited busin e r ten • tracsacted, and the quotations h ad ' a downwe r u 0 dency. Barley, Oats, Beans, and all other articles quite as dear, with a good consumptive demand. ;0 We have advices from New York to the 91 1) i le a The transactions in Flour were limited. and prides _lllO somewhat lower. Several purchases of Indian kr% i t ; taken place for shipment to Liverpool, The teer,"ce, the Baltic ports have ruled steady. Thosein Jr 7 Holland, and Belgium have been far from activ e ' i f r ost Very moderate supplies of home produce arrived market last week. From. abroad we received Tilloo quarters of Wheat; 1Ci.350 ditto of Barley; 2 2 . 5 w 5 . 11 of Oats; 1,468 ditto of Beans; 960 ditto •of Pei! of ditto of Linseed; 1,065 ditto of Rapeseed; 9 00 afoul. Main-.• 168 ditto of Hem seed; and 3,391 sacks of 0 Fresh up to this morning's market from P, s s ontl,i ti Kent about 350 quarters of new Wheat came W ite, the somewhat improved •conditien. Nearly, or c l u 40 1 ° whole changed hands. White qualities at from w i t Of TO E 48s, and red ditto 42 to 45s per quarter. 111°,1," the former varied from 60 to 63 lbs per bushel' quantity of English Wheat on show, of tbe f. l . _. dot tlbBe49, was comparatively small. Notwithstatutwol Wirt 5. accounts respecting the potato crop a re 1 ! _b. no Wend favourable and that the wheat harvesVois of means forward, the demand for all kinds of 11 , 4 i „, pot home produce was in a sluggish state; but we u'' The the slightest change t o-notice in the quota was COr attendance of both town and country 1 11111 " 1 will ' paratively small. co ast to s il l A few offers came to band from the ESA wear wd e h lvv e i v a ee t s r prices, yw a e t wr e ee tu rlei r b e sem n r t aalilly. Wheat, _ supplied portion of which was exra naryw.ith Foreig p tac els of Really fin e P Black Dantzic changed hands at full rates of curreuei•und We Sea and Russian parcels moved off slowlY,, , w a rgot! figures were with difficulty supported. Aie bo wl of very good French and Belgian Wheat w ere forward. . sivi Scarcely any English Barley was in the u uir ii l l e s t' neo . the supply of foreign was not larger. G e nerttild e d is ing the trade was firm, and full prices were ° le Wes every instance. d OPP?' 511 Malt, though in somewhat increase bolitte held for rather more money, and a ill46aTiti„ sier° was transacted in most kinds. Pal ° q ua scarce. oats r w „ on t ° Although a fair average quantity a ts 00 were market, the Oat trade was steady , and la . 1 . of freely paid for all kinds. f. 4 0.- Beans were in good request, and the turn ill the sellers. , % ,,,„t 10 0 O lt. Peas advanced fully is per quarter. I s ' i " •- • ters of new were on sale. Indian Corn and Meal were nominally.noeltdsh or for N ei o gn ch l a ,i n o ge took place in the value of eiller 'le ncis* Wheat- 640 ZOOS' , 0 1 t° UURRENCY PER IMPERIAL IL Essetl:•,alaKregnet,parcels of which changea N D o i t r t focßo,oliekiVdn handl New.... a te e e , d w N . . ,• el w i l • .. . 3 34 8 73 s : t o 4 45 3 21 s s , Oats3l3leaia Kean - - IL: _loo C Y nut beTa:etievt:: pares . ii... ......;., : I : : . 44 .. : 2: 1 II 2, , 1 5 : Ditto, White.. •... 388 445 e ",,,i co . r l, 0, 11: lact• ". . 10 05 Irish, 1ced........ 38s 43s Cork, white' .• ••• I I 291 Bye—Old Ditto,White.. •. .. 425 45s Scotch, Few ::. fi , s, gas 21s 22s New... ... 21s 235 Pig ee ll w • ...... ,•• 170 ! s , ltarl m eY - 1 O i rindin • g •• • :::: 19s '2ls Peas—GreY • • ....• • 1 45 Malt—Suffolk and ••- N • o • r • - Chevalier "'' 2s 40 238 25s MsPl e •'• • • •• " 6 s 26s 27s White.' ~..• •.' 560 • i Boilers • • 06 .• • 0 , 3 1 435 485 Flour—TOO -1° . _, .• 191 340 Brown ........... 40s 425 SUffell, *k"•/,•••orislit Kingston and Wars 465 505 Stoats - - h oged SEED. of e Cl ido u, A few parcels of new W inter Tfire.„Sari s atilt la bands, at 5a 6d to 63 6d per bushel. 06 , R 9 - g obe!Pio . ioP at the late decline. Rapeseedis 21 per ; a l ittle 1 ° 0 35 511 . other rurni seeds, as well as cakes exceedingly, ...... 55 1 , 1 5 ; P•White, per bush. lOs to 11;Car 9 " •• ••" 25 •"-- rawa ...., . 3 .6, Red aud Green lOs 12s Coriander •• : r ci iiirt P 545 5, Mustard, Brow •. • • 95 13s Itempseed: P`,101: 401 4 is White n •. • • . Tares, New Winter ..••••• • ....5s 9 6 3 d 63160c1 LinsCeerdn'sllkfagi •.; ;:::•", 8 2: 46° CC laonvaerry:Rpee4 . r . E ... .: .. ....•.3s 6d 4s 6 d ' Ba ltic .. • • • • • • . ' P Od .. R ye grass.. quarter . • • 56s 64s Odes sa • • pr 1,010 9 ‘ os Cake , ' 81 1 1 • ~.. 20s 245 Linveed . , ~ . , i 05 Ai 01 n..,. (cwt.) 35s 483 Engllsu **,,,. tort , ~ -as white Trefoil • • • • Foreign Red...... 33s 4is Rape. Cakes , Pr pr ot2t l ..... White.... 28s 48s Rapeided,eii ••• • • • 34s 48s Foreign, " te n 41•10 01 •••- • • • • lls les o do l2 , nt o 14° • 0 The past week'sSalVirrXivTallt or rergt; s t . °c a k s i tn n ° n/ Te ci r e. have Leen on an extensive a'e It , n 2vl° " 18 49 56 c 7 e ,2 i v B e 9 d 5, head . 152 ; iin burin; 848 : h4e.3s:aciet:Period g r 4 7 1 - 9 5 : 1 ; 2 :0 ° 11 : 411 The quality of the stock at hand sinn e r rit S. tolerably good, especially that of the 'i t ', v i e sg - fir' From e u5 n i .. 1 . : . 0 .:8 t rr e s as i t N s zo LONDONshee IN Llitbrs..ts ars . ... ~..,... llamburgh 6B .. I). -; ..‘ 1 -. ; '. ° B ui r a er li e n n g 20 - 5 ........ 1,446 .' -. -5. :: .. i il s ::: --.11 Rotterdam tAJ 2 , 226 .. 5E 9 ... 17 '' "''' - ... —.-- 40 " •-• Antwerp .... ... . ... . Amsterdam-. 49 371 --- "• 8 1 ''. ... -.. .--' Dordt.. lO2 111 ... 102 ••• , •-• „,,.. Tonnin en r •. F "7 Nieu ... -** -- ... 6 .' ..--- DleP ••• 71 ... 6 80 ... -- "' 1 ...---- .. 4 0 Total 1,192 ... 4,9.34 ... 696 ." Corresponding SI week in 1849 701 ... 3,950 ... 248 ." S O9 ". ... Same week in4B9 ',e.. lied 1848 .... 696 .. 3,067 .- 191 ' " bee „ 11 Tod 1 :7 chiefly the outports only 420 head hove from Ir e- 'a n° Sheep and Calves. The arrivals 13 3 Do toh g o o ti oi scic o week, by sea, were 23 Cows, 20 She e P' f fare re e$ Calves.. In to market the supPlY e ° beeo lode' , was seasonably large ; and it would 10° , gyo 0 , 8 0 MO of. t. tensive had it not been for the strong g rn 0 4 D er „,4 j v stea 4 during which nearly 400 Sheep is "' te rds ts ir e. __thrown overboard from one of the Rot 4 130 9 , r e- From our own grazing districts the reeeil4so"o 007 1 so up this morning were considerably l eis iity '‘ . l4 b i t ° ' ' ported on Monday Ins', end their ti tin gereN r 0 0l 1 ",: means first-rate. The primest Scots.ii•-orieethos 1% on offer moved off steadily at verY f ni n 7;ed- i , Is Or r ; value ot other breeds wa ' s well suPPT - be 01 . ' .1) 0 012 a fi4ure for Beef was 3e 10d per Sibs. j or as o ar be l r l 6 1/ bor t t l . Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, a nd embracid 2,000 Short-horns. 'l.lla3r9fnjigital,secrt; of England we received 600 See ° i w e bir, "og "- i ss horns, & c.; and from Scotland----wn°„lled ; 1 1 -iii va is r uled W veyauce-180 Sc )ts. There was ft ani, of ',°,.fsde t the number of Snerp ; and the stiPP,,,don tr ade 0 3- unusually small. On the whole the .7-v- iinP". t 4s 1 - $ firm, but far from active, at about Fi: / 3 el/ • t h - ti e ` 6 . !h -ip value._ The very primest old Do wn f Ol e e w es 4, ria, 2 d per 81bs. Lambs— the supPli °h,tiotOrY collet moderate—moved off slowly, at abou t 0-- 'ry it't big b viz. 3 s gd than on th " i it ruled bte, ' p". S 2J P e rl‘ e" if ° e y, d a a n y d se t h ,e e n m i t a t tio r ns ti v; re , s li .. ,,r° i ito The iocia l r glbi_ e'e r quite as dear . In other • fps red n other kinds of • doing. Prime large ?rime Scots I• 6; 4, tO. 4 , celdln. Lamb j•••• 2 10 3 2 Inferior Beasts •• 3 6 4 Inferior OW ' r 0 i B l:e d r . StolbsB..tod,eftikthe dna. 0 ; 9Y 0 .leeond quaut "•••2 6 2 8 toferio ai. pes o s 0 zela•• 3 4 3 6 loa rgel' 0 Wet /361 1 0 ° 3 0 •weoncl(1.11001,e4,11t • 0 6 o.• 3 8 4 0 barg e „,.....ters '• ,1 6 .ar • 6 •••• • • 3 8 310 Southdow to woo 8 4 4 0 te coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Dittoeutof .. 8 0 rim, small ditt jJogs .• 3 0 5 .., Calves • .18 0 21 0 Small ro;, F igs • . .. .•.'• • • • 3 8 4 8 Qoart3r (e. 1 10 0 0 • steady, on sale sestliCs l • TOTAL SUPPLY AT ....- , I 9 - c sly e l 1 Sheep. I 248 ro'.:::; 1 29,350 iieasts. Iciliveil• ./ 763 Sheep. I ;2$ 158 .400 of.- . 0 2,330 NEvr each ARO p od I Very l• • FOREIGN 817 F N.Y. f i ILTE AND 1... •od 03 00 been imite" supplies of each U 1 000rslueofe to _ and instances the Vow pls,.. i in some in these markets, the 4.,otatiorie oe fro i upward tendency. No arrivals have 4 fo relg" ''eef 'inferior.... .. the country, b have been but about 600 oaro ae e s, _. ' O. (f. en disposed of during the weeose. s. 4. to . 4 0 j 6 At per stone oy Oa CB3. 1 0 0 3 2 . .1 4 . to : I . dd I Mutton, Viedridiing°r ::• ; 10 6 : 4 0 - middling ~, .. 2 8 218 ! .......---- apse •.. 21 : 1 - primelarge .. 3 0 3 2 -----7"; `e •••••" • , 3 - - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 ! Pork..siti .....• • 641. ••••••••• •• •• 3 0 310 Lamb, 3• 64 to 48 6d. i n 0 64 ~. • f Pr si e WOOli• 0.....00 Th e s O , Two brokers have issued caralogyet 1 Woo.. gottoso the other for 15,000 bales of Colon's . _ _ rese et iot iti 1, will commence on the 24th, RceodiegitfitEiops,l cl,,uodlll‘l.o meet; and it is expected that large sou, ell op derOln A t fr 01 will be declared this we,,k, it being W ~., floe B . F r O 0 4 at least, 50.000 packages will be broutro, w e 1 8 ' 0 11 0 ; eerie.. From the manufacturing dis lf,, e 10 700;r_of 0 the whole of the Wool purchased .o..t.nvi,Rteecd. irll, has been worked up. The deglanwli D „Y s r uppeL a rob lir Or is not to say active, yet prices are le e: froo , ta.goodoef, imports last week wer 25 9 ba les fro° , ° ' se n d , 802 ditto from thc Cake, 151 , 7 79 ditte c i ,3l ri :o 3 1,387 ditto from Al4tia BAY. "" " oks ges ',r,-- bestball' 5 bags from Jamaica, and 70 P, to Is 1 u; is. i t s English South Down 110g0et,•46 1 03 to olsa ditty, is to is Fl. Ewe (71.thinsg.50 to ls. m ice' fleeces. lid to Is. Combing sk l ", ',l t o Is id' wool, 8d to 1011; Flannel ditto, 5r fleeces, 10d to Is per lb. fs ll°. rifs is .er.A.ol'", eo 01. ber zsoncraGlt AND bpd - • e ifirr, be ot s y I earrisg , A $ .16 From Essex and Kent, by Asp,heso 0 6- e so l o4 of P..tetoes have taken place for . ort. in oboes .. ur last taper b oo The i ~ metropolitan markets since o . sillies" .nt time 1 .,,, P. condition. Up to the pros, ,_ ,oafre eat, no traces of disease in any of u. t , ..4 1. kat o t ets __ ot . h . pits have been confined to only I 1' 0 03 e _',.'_ to s o o n; ... hi I _', ; werp. Purchases contisue to be a _ 741,1 bo.srier so,' nevertheless. prices rule very low, 5 40 1 t ° ' following :—Keat and Essex we ,„L beo s Middling ditto, 25l to 351; ChatF, 'Au_...,00. t he , 1 1, 'nor rotah'y P r .• 09 7* nosimisaig e ;Ago' b i o b i b We have to report a twoderat _ I. , of ft ,:tde Hops of last year's growth, the_ stl_Cifii;at verf2:olo9 r, at very full prices. In all othe.re: Tot ro UCH is doing, at Web' lat e r s ' - Remits. 3,701