The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-16 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. PLAY-HOUSE PRICE NIGHTS. 3106 T POSITIVELY to THE LAST NIGHTS OF THE SEASON. Yielding the re demandsewed demands of the patrons of the Opera, and for the accommodation of the numerous NIGHTS visitors still in London, FOUR MORE pill be given, vlz. :—Wednesday, Sept. 17, Thursday, IS, Friday, $9, and Saturday, 20. Full particulars will be announced forthwith. TO-MORROW EVENING, September 17, Rossini's celebrated Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosins, Madlle. Sofle Cruvelli ; Il Cont.) d'Almaviva, Signor Calaolari ; Figaro, Signor Lorenzo ; Basal.), Signor Casanova ; and partolo, Signor Balanchi. To be followed by a Divertissement. Quadrille Franoals, from Les Cosmopolites. Le Redowa Polka—Mdlle. Petit Stephan and M. stivain. The Evening's performances will commence with LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia, Madame Barbieri Nini; Maffei Orsini, Madlle. Ida Bertrand; Gennaro, Sig. Pardini ; Gubetta, ,Signor Casanova ; Alfonso, Sig. Lorenzo. To conclude with a Grand Divertissement from IL PRODIGO. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock. Prices—Pit, ss. Gallery, 2s. 6d. Pit Stalls, 10s. 6d. I IGallery Stalls, ss. Boxes—Two Pair, 215.; One Pair and Pit Tier, 1/. s. 6d.; Grand Tier, 21. 25.; Box Seats, 55., 65., and 7s. s.-- S T. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's KATE AND ELLEN BATEMAN, (Only Eight and Six years of age.) Last Week of the Bateman Children. THIS EVENING, The performances will commence at Half-past Seven, with SIMPSON AND CO. After which (being pos itivel y the Last Time of its Representation), The k'ifth Act of Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD 111., In which ELLEN BATEMAN will appear as "KING RICHARD III." and KATE BATEMAN as "RICHMOND." Dance of Styria by Madlle. Therese Cushnie and M. Milano. I n addition to which will be produced an entirely new Petite Co mady (translated from the French of M. Scribe, " Le Marriage En with'," expressly for Kate and Ellen Bateman), entitled THE YOUNG COUPLE, Charles de Blonville, Ellen Bateman; Henrietta de Vigny, Kate Bateman ; supported by Messrs. John Webster, Artaud, and Miss To conclude with a new Ballet of Action, entitled LA STATUE BLANCHE. Principal characters by Messrs. Beckett, M. Ellar, T. Matthews, M. Milano, and Madlle. Therese Cushnie. Boxes, is. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal Libraries and Music Sellers ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, Which is open daily from 11 till 5 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Last Week but One. Gymnasium Extraordinary—Success Unprecedented. i n comparable AMERICAN and FRENCH EQUESTRIAN TROUPE _ _ Under the Management of Messrs. Risley and M'Collum - M ou stre Engagement and most decided hit—the Italian Brothers, clwarc.l and Jean Bourteller having created the greatest possible sensation, will appear every evening in their miraculous entertain ments, in addition to the popular company, consisting of Madile. Caroline, Mr. M'Collum, Mr. Stone, on his Wild Horse, Mons. Loisset, (aflame Brower, and Young Baptiste. Doors open at Half-past Seven, to commence at Eight. Public attention is directed to the present scale of prices : Dress Boxes, 3e.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d.; Gallery,ls. ; Upper do., Gd. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee and Manager, Olu BromptOn. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE HOUSEKEEPER; or, The Wbite Rose. Sidney Maynard, Mr. Howe ; Tom Purple, Mr. Leigh Murray ;a F ther Oliver, Mr. Stuart ; Simon Box, Mr. Buckstone ; Felicia, Miss Reynolds ; Sophy Hawes, Mrs. Fitzwilllam. To be followed by a new comic Drama, entitled GRANDMOTHER GRIZZLE. Sir Oliver Pippin, Mr. Lambert; Percy Pinchbecke, Mr. Pantile; Phil Fuddle, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Uriselda Pinch becke and Little Steve, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Polly Willows, Miss A. Vining. After which an entirely new Farce, entitled GRIMSHAWI BAG &HAW I and BRADSHAW 1 Grimshaw, Mr. B . :ckstone ; Bag lialw, Mr. H. Belford; Towner, Mr. Selby; Emily, Miss A. Vining. With HIS FIRST CHAMPA GNE. Horatio Craven, Mr. Lei g h Murray. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPEEL Under the direction TUN ot Mad IName Colcst4. EVENG, Will be performed an entirely new romantic Drama, called THE QUEEN'S SECRET ; or, The Iron Mask. Roland, Madame Ce leste ; the Chevalier de Rosarges, Mr. B. Webster ; Baron Neauwitz, Mr. Paul Bedford; Monsieur do St. Mais, Mr. C. J. Smith; the Countess de Chevreuse, Miss Woolgar; Aline, Miss K. Fitzwilllam. To conclude with (by general desire) the Second and Third Acts of the the Drama ofIHE GREEN BUSHES. Connor O'Kennedy, Parselle ; Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr Honey; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miami, Madame Celeste; Givaldine. Miss Ellen Chaplin. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managementot Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Play, called THE DUKE'S WAGER. Characters by Messrs C. Fisher, Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Everett; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Vivash, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE, in which Miss Murray, Mr. Wynn, and Mr. A. Wigan will appear. :co 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. Ando', and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, eze., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Mtuisinghani ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, 031bn:1-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. BOYAL LYCEUM TUEATIf.E. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING. Will be performed COURT BEAUTIES. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Roxby, r. Matthews, G. J. Vining, Baker; Miss St. George, and Miss M. Oliver. To be followed by ONLY A CLOD. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Suter, Eel Ungham, Rosb,y ; and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with KING CHARMING. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Suter, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Bellingham ; Miss 6t. George, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. C. Horn, Misses Martindale, Ellis, and Rosina Wright. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farrea. THIS EVENING, Great Attraction—Roars of Laughter at the new Farce. Will be performed THE FACTORY - GIRL; or, All that Glitters is not Gold. Characters by Messrs. Compton, 11. Farren, W. Far ren, jun., G. Cooke, Norton, Mesdames Stirling, Bartlett, and Louisa Boward. With, I'VE EATEN MY FRIEND. Jellytop, Mr. Compton. To be followed by GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfa ther Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren. To conclude with ALC ES IS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. tinder ttos Patronage of ner Majesty awl als Royal lllzhness Prince Albert. Pronrietor ana Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre In London. Another Week of Glorious Triumph. The most attractive Spectacle ever produced—crowded to the ceiling nightly. Tlll9 t; V LNG, Wll/ be performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ; or the Wild Horse of Tartary, which has been revived, in conse quence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nations to wit ness the magnificent Spectacle. With .Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British Male and Female Artists of superior talent. To conclude with a laughable Afterpiece. Tickets tr. , be had at the Boa-office trom Eleven till Four daily. stage Manazer, Mr. T. Thompson. PITNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. It. COPELAND, Liverpool. Engagement of the Tyrolean Troul4adour, F. J. Eskers. Two New Pieces. THIS EVENING, The Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Davies, R ,gers, and Miss Marshall. After which a new petite Comedy, entitled THE HOPELESS PASSION, by Messrs. Tilbury, Davis, Morton ; Mrs. Copeland, and Miss Maskell. To be followed by a new Farce, called A FIGURE OF FUN ; or, the Bloomer Costume, in which Messrs. Rogers, Attwood, Hudspeth, and Miss Marshall will appear. With a new Burlesque, entitled GODIVA, THE LADY OF COVENTRY. Characters by Messrs. Davies, J. Rogers, Norton, Romer, Maskell, Attwood; Mesdames Marshall, C. Horsman, E. Romer, Morcelli, and Maskell. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 48; boxes (first circle), 33.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Ball-past Six, and the performances to commence at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock r -Crst circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL. GARDENS. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. EVERY EVENING, (Satin 'day excepted.) Danson's Colossal Picture of the Temple of Janus in the Eternal City—Splendid Menagerie —Performing Ele phant:,- —Promenade Concert, by the unrivalled Band of the Es tablishrn ent, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, choice programme of Ancient a nd Modern Music—English Glees, Catches, Madrigals, and Songs, by Miss Messent, Messrs. Young, Hill, Manvers, and Leffler. All the a n Nue and varied amusements o f th e E sta b l i s h ment, con eluding wit,`i a most brilliant inimitable display of Fi rewor k s, b y Southby. Doors operr. frOm Nine in the Morning. Feeding of the Animalt at Five. Concert . at Six. Fireworks at Nine. ADMISSION — ONE SHILLING. Eao, 1 v)•ATER AT LONDON ititiptiE Tau DAY —Morning 59 min. after 4 I Evening 17 min altar 5 To-hioanow—lionthig 34 fain. after 5 Evening 52 min after 5 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. CHELTENHAM—Wind E.—fine. WORCESTER—Wind E.—fine. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S.—cloudy. GOSPORT Wind S.—cloudy. BRIGHTON— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. Hasnatcia—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—hazy. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind .N. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FoutEsremc—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. BAstriosToKE—Wind N.E., calm—foggy. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. SWLNDON—Wind N.E., light breeze—overcast. OXFORD—Wind N.E.—fine. GLoucEsTEß—Wind E.—fine. CHELMSFORD — Wind N.—fine. COLCHESTER—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Ca.u.nnwou—Wind E.—cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—Wind W.—cloudy. STAFFORD —Wind E.—cloudy. NORWICH—W ind W.S.W.—cloudy. IPSWICH—Wind N.E.—cloudy. DARBY—Wind N.E..—very fine. Luicoui—Wind S.E.—fine. Hots - frEAD—Wind N.—fine. ClutaTEß.--Wind S. by E.— cloudy. Sonarm.o--Wind N.N. W.—cloudy. ~Li v ßaPo o l.—Wind S.E.—fine. w" Nc lizsTßa—Wind E.—fine. Hum—Wind W.—cloudy. LaiDe—Wind S.—cloudy. YORK—Wind N.N.W.—tine. ScAßßonouou—Wind W.—cloudy. DARLINGTON — Wind E.—fi ne . saAp.--, Wind W., calm —principally clear. NEWCASTLE —W ind BERWICK—Wind W.—cloudy. GLASGOW—Wind W.—cloudy. EDESBURGII—Wind W.—fine. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock : Lpfaßfca—Wind S.E., calm—foggy. CA SLOW—Cahn —clear. KIN GST 0 Wl3. Dum-u4)—Wind N.N.W., gentle bregze foggy. PooLE—Wind E., calm—cloudless. Lar - cAsTzß__ i n d w., calm—cloudless. W arrnic—Wind N. W., gentle breeze cloudless. SHAP—Wind E., calm—principally clear. BEATTOCK—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. The failure of Messrs. Campbell, Arnett, and Co., of Liverpool, a respectable firm in the South American trattisksLas announced yesterday. Their liabilities are not Etat Mat it is supposed th e y are rat h er cons id era bl e. Th e stoppa of W. M. Neil and Co., of Liverpool, is also men tioned. i They were connected with the grain operations of 8/moat A4hli4 And co. 4 ,1 7 • ; THE SUN, LONDON, THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEKEEE 16. THERMOMETER, Ix THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and daring the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 - 61. WE'D E.N.E.—Morning, fine; Afternoon, cloudy. TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication can be attended to unless authen. ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. public, and to substitute for it a Bonapartist Imperial regime ? Did he plot to revive the era of Cagsens ? A seat in the Cabinet is the reward of such plotting, not a hut in the Marquesas. M. ALPHONSE GENT and his companions did not plot the subversion of the Republic, even according to the showing of . their accusers ; the utmost guilt of M. ALPHONSE GENT and of his co-accused went, even admitting the truth of the accusations brought against them, "to this extent, no more ;" they wished to alter the present Constitution of the Republic, they wished to revise the Constitution. If to seek the revision of the Constitution be a crime, then are the Due DE BROGLIE, M. MOLE, M. LEON FAUCHER, M. BAROCHE, M. GUINOT, M. MAGNE, all the Ministers of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, upwards of 170 of the Councils-General of France, and the PRESIDENT of the Republic himself, equally guilty with M. ALrnorsu GENT, and all ought equally to be sent to the Marquesas. But it would appear from the evidence that M. ALPHONSE GErT, if he conspired at all, conspired rather to maintain the Republic, and we have yet to learn that it is a crime for men to combine together to uphold obedience to the law. The details of this trial, however, prove the exist ence of conspiracy—of a widely organized conspi racy—on the part of those, who have sworn obedi ence to the law, to violate their oaths, after the example of the Emperor of AUSTRIA and the King of NAPLES, and not only to violate the law them selves, but to persecute all those who are ready and willing to obey and to defend the law, What is the crime of which those who were recently ar rested in Paris were accused ? That they sought to maintain the Republic and the Constitution, and that, in order to do so, they consulted together to agree upon a candidate for the Presidency. Is that a crime ? We opine not. Nay, further, their candidate, who ever he might be, would be the only legal candidate at present in the field, for the great party of order, the great party which is always preaching obedience to the law, has started two illegal candidates, viz., M. Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE and M. DE JOIN TILLE, the election of either of whom will be a violation of the law, unless the Constitution shall be previously revised. Now, the friends of M. Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE have been exerting unscru pulously all the powers of the Government ; have organized secret societies, "The Society of the 10th December," to wit ; have used every means in their power of openly or secretly influencing the French electors and the French Assembly, in order to pro cure such a revision in the Constitution as shall legalise his re-election, in order to enable him by such re election to, so say his opponents, escamoter la ripublique. Now surely it is as great an offence in the Bona partists to conspire to procure a revision of the Con stitution in one sense, as it is in M. ALPHONSE GENT and his companions to conspire to procure a revision in the opposite sense ; therefore it is clear that, even admitting the accusations brought against M. AL PHONSE GENT and his companions to have been proved, an admission which, however, we do not make, still he is no more guilty than are his accusers, than are the men of the reaction of all shades, who are noto riously and avowedly plotting for the absolute sub version, not the mere modification of the Republic, and the substitution for it of an Imperialist or a Royalist regime. We would remind these gen tlemen that it is just possible they may not succeed in their machinations, that it is just possible that by some future Republican Government they may themselves be accused of haying, in this year 1851, conspired for the subversion of the Republic ; and we ask them whether they consider they are acting the part of prudent men, in setting the pre cedent of giving jurisdiction to courts-martial in suoh cases, and in sending those convicted by such courts martial to the Marquesas ? THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The political trials at Agen are over; three of the persons accused of conspiracy, viz., MM. LESSEPS, DESOLME, and DurrAu, were acquitted ; and one M. GAUSSENS, the editor of a republican journal, was found guilty, with extenuating circumstances, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. The speeches of M.M. CIIEMIEUX and JULES FAVRE, for the defence, are spoken of as masterpieces of fo rensic eloquence. The foundation of the new central market of Paris was yesterday laid by the PRESIDENT of the Repub lic. The ceremony was very imposing. The Cure of St. Eustache and the Prefet of the Seine each pre sented addresses to the PRESIDENT, who replied to them as follows : " Gentlemen,—lt is now forty years since the idea was entertained of raising a vast monument to preserve from the inclemency of the seasons the numerous class of persons whose painful and daily occupation is to supply the population of Paris with all that is necessary for its existence. But, thanks to the enlightened direction of the Minister of the Interior; thanks to the ener getic co-operation of the Municipal Council of Paris, and of its worthy Chief; thanks to the decisions of the National Assembly, the work which I so ardently desired, is at length accomplished. The construction of those markets, a real benefit to humanity, facilitates the supplies of Paris, and invites a greater number of departments to combine in it. This work, then, is not merely and solely municipal, for Paris is the heart of France, and the more active and powerful its life, the more it is communicated to the rest of the country. In laying the first stone of an edifice whose destination is so eminently popular, I confidently cherish the hope that, with the protection of the Almighty, and the co operation of all good citizens, we shall be enabled to lay in the soil of France foundations whereon to erect a social edifice sufficiently solid to afford shelter from the violence and the fickleness of human passions." The PRESIDENT then proceeded to perform the cere mony of laying the foundation-stone amidst enthusi astic cries of " Vise ! la Republicque." There was not the least attempt at any disturbance of the public peace. The Five per Cents. opened at 91f. 65c., fell to 91f. 35c., and closed at 91f. 70c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 90c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 867 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 460 f; Avignon, 205 f.; Vierzon, 430 F.; Basle, 150 f.; Bordeaux, 385 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 355 f.; Tours and Nantes, 2651. 75c.; Amiens to Bou logne, 260 f. B 081NESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Sari. 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 10 , A 3 —Luxembourg, I%—Namur and Liege, 6 1 4—Northern of France, 14 1 % 1 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 4A —Rouen and Havre, 9—Tours and Nantes, 6%. •4 . . , L., 41, 4' 4.-4 (12__) • ;!` ' A •:k AA ' .X i t 1 54 . ... - 4,, , W.„'l., -* V-Ixima*,,;ita4 - to i '0 I I, : ., L , 7 ...50 4 1 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. One of them states that the Spanish Government has opened negotiations with those of France and England, for the purpose cf inducing them to join in representing seriously to the Cabinet of the United States that it is its duty to take measures for punish ing the parties engaged in such expeditions as that of Cuba. The Duke D ' AUMALB left Cadiz on the sth. The Nacion states that the Government has sent orders to the provinces for calling out some of the reserved battalions. General NeavAEz was ex pected at Malaga in the course of the month, from whence he was to go to Loja to visit his mother. MADRID BOMA, SEPT. 10.—Tbe following are the prices of Stocks :—Three per Cents., 361 ; Five per Cents., with current Coupon, 17k; Coupons, 8* to k; Passive Debt, 6 7-16 ; Exchange on London,sl. GERMANY. A military report of the Austrian army has just been published, both in regard to its entire frame work and internal arrangements. The army is placed wider the immediate control of the EMPEROR, as Commander-in-Chief of all the troops under this central Government. The conduct of the separate divisions of the army is under fcur military com manders at Vienna, Verona, Pestb, and Lemberg, with 14 corps d'armee, with the Ban as governor. The army comprises 7 field-marshals, 25 appointed field -marshals and generals of cavalry, 108 appointed field-marshals, and 150 major-generals. The troops consist of 5 regiments of guards, 63 regiments of the line, 20 battalions of grenadiers, 14 infantry boundary regiments, 2 battalions of Azaikists, 2 battalions of military boundary orders on the Buckowina, 1 rifle brigade, 25 battalions of chasseurs, in two divisions, five garrison battalions, and four disciplinary companies; 18 regiments of cuirassiers, 6 regiments of dragoons, 7 regiments of light horse, 12 regiments of hussars, 5 regiments of uhlans, 1 corps of bombardiers, 1 racquet corps, 5 regiments field artillery, 8 newly-appointed batta lions of fortress artillery ; finally, garrison artillery in 14 districts, the corps of engineers with the Geogra phical Institution at Vienna, 1 corps of Pioneers, 16 regiments of Gendarmes, the marines, with corps of artillery infantry ; the seamen, with the newly created flotilla corps ; three newly-created sanitary battalions, a messenger rifle brigade, and a division of staff dragoons ; finally, the police guard, with 14 divisions. The Chamber of Deputies of Gotha, in a recent sitting, authorised the Government to conclude an ar rangement with Prince ALBERT, fixing his income from the domains at 40,000 florins (about 90,000 f.) a year. The Prince at first had claimed 50,000 florins, and the Faculty of Law of the University of Heidelberg expressed the opinion that be was euti- Ckraina ;7 Am LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1851, The beneficial results of the recent statute, 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 55, are already becoming apparent. The committals for trial to the Central Criminal Court are perceptibly diminished, and the persons who are called upon to discharge the arduous and important duties of grand or petty jurors at the Old Bailey will be saved from a considerable portion of inconve nience, formerly occasioned by the protracted attend ance required, while the profuse expenditure occa sioned will also be materially reduced. The voice of public opinion had long demanded the salutary change that has at length been effected, it was further strongly recommended by persons of practical experience, whose opinions would necessarily carry with them considerable weight and authority, and it bas been spoken of in terms of the highest approbation by the Learned Assistant Judge of the Middlesex Sessions, and more recently by the Right Hon. the RECORDER. And yet, although there was no doubt or controversy on the subject, although all persons were unanimous in their Lcondemnation of the then system, and cor dially concurred in the magnitude of the existing evils, and the nature of the required remedies, many years were suffered to elapse before the introduction of a suitable measure, its provisions being of the very simplest character. An additional illustration was thus afforded of the delays and difficulties incidental to every improvement in the administration of the law, no matter how urgently such improvement may be required. In his preliminary charge to the grand jury on opening the September sessions of the Central Criminal Court, the RECORDER spoke, in terms of unmitigated satisfaction, of the " unprecedentedly" small number of prisoners contained in the calendar, when com pared with the corresponding periods of former years; and although he ascribed some portion of the happy result to the prosperous condition of the people and the abundant employment afforded to all persons able and willing to work, a circumstance which leaves crime of any description without the faintest shadow of an excuse, he also attributed it in a great degree to the working of the new law that restores to the Middle sex and 'Westminster sessions their ancient jurisdiction, for hearing and disposing of all cases triable at quarter sessions. They may now try compound felonies, such as burglaries, stealing in dwelling-houses, &c., and we are perfectly satisfied that neither the pri soners themselves nor the community in general will have any cause to regret the extension of powers conceded to Mr. Sergeant ADAMS ; for, despite some occasional and very venial eccentricities, that Learned Gentleman has invariably discharged his arduous duties conscientiously and efficiently, and held the scales of justice with an equal and impartial hand. The RECORDER told the grand jury that " the consequence of the alteration would be, that the Central Criminal Court would no longer be over loaded with business, and would be relieved from having to try a number of trivial offences, and consequently that gentlemen who filled the position of grand jurors would also find their labours at that (the Central Criminal) Court very materially dimi nished." This diminution, however, is the least valuable result of the alteration. In say ing this we fully and duly appreciate the convenience of the numerous and influential class concerned ; but at the same time we feel satis fied that they themselves sl ill concur with us in thinking that the due administration of justice and the interests of the unfortunate prisoners committed for trial is still more important. Neither is it the saving of expense, although it must be admitted that the rate. payers have quite sufficient demands to en counter, and that any reduction of the _expenditure will be received as a welcome boon. No, the most beneficial effect will be the prevention of the demo ralizing influence necessarily at work during the period when all the prisoners for trial should be brought into contact without the checks and re- straints that were previously enforced, when young and comparatively innocent—nay, perhaps the cow- pletely innocent (for let it be remembered tha every person is supposed to be innocent until duly convicted before a jury of his countrymen)—are asso- ciated with the most depraved and infamous, and re ceive lessons of moral turpitude of the most fatal de scription. All attempts at classification are immediately abandoned, and a saturnalia is necessarily suffered to prevail among those awaiting their trials. The poisonous seed has but too frequently been sown on such occasions, and many have had to deplore the ruinous consequences of the protracted sittings, and the conversations taking place among the parties who are kept ready to give full occupation to the Court. There is another point, too, in which the prisoners were seriously injured, by the numerous post ponements of their trials. In the great ma- ority of cases they are without the means of paying for the expenses of witnesses, who in turn are unable to attend gratuitously without some payment for loss of time and necessary refreshment. No allowance whatsoever is made for these expenses, which must fall on the prisoner, whether innocent or guilty. There are instances where witnesses who could prone the innocence have attended from a considerable distance, day after day, until at length their funds being exhausted, they have been compelled to withdraw, and the pri soner has been deprived of the benefit of their testimony, and consequently convicted of an offence of which he was absolutely guiltless. This is indeed a calamity of no ordinary magnitude, one that may shake the confidence of every man in the most cherished institutions of the land he lives in. It is far worse than " a failure of justice," and the escape of twenty g uilty persons. Th e l aw b ecomes not me r e ly ineficient, but positively mischievous. It seizes within its meshes those whom it was in- tended to protect, and creates the very evil it WAS meant to cure. Thi s f orm id a bl e d anger will be materially diminished, if not altogether re moved, under the new system ; and that simple fact, if it stood alone, and were not supported with other powerful recommendations, would be quite sufficient to justify the praises that have been applied to it by so many persons competent to arrive at a sound con- elusion on the subject. The acquittal by a jury of the persons accused by the French Ministry of being concerned in what was denominated the Agen conspiracy, induces us to re cur to the case of M. ALPHONSE GENT and his compa nions, who were convicted by a court-martial of being concerned in the Lyons conspiracy for the subversion of the Republic, neither of which conspiracies ever bad, we verily believe, any existence, save in the fertile imagination of the police authorities, who, as all such persons on the Continent have ever don e , see k to make themselves of importance by panderin g t o the prejudices and panic fears of the memb ers o f the Government. We repeat that it is our deliberate opinion that M. ALPHONSE GENT and his co-accused have been convicted without the production of one scintilla of evidence to prove the crime of which they are accused. M. ALPHONSE GENT conspired, it is said, to subvert the Republic, in order to substitute for it— what ? The Legitimatist Monarchy—the right Divine of kings to govern wrong ? Throughout the length and breadth of France there cannot be found an in dividual who would even suspect M. ALPHONSE GENT of any Such intention. Perchance he conspired to bring back the reign of the House of Orleans. Impannel all France as a jury, and you will have an unanimous verdict acquitting him of any such in ten he Did he pl o t to ;Overt the Re- TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1851. tied to that sum ; but he consented to reduce it to 40,000 florins. _ Domiciliary visits were made by the police of Frankfort, three days ago, in the houses of three chiefs of the democratic party in that city, viz., SCHUSTER (President of the Workmen's Association), SCHIERBACH, and FABRICIUS. Papers of import ance were seized. The three men are accused of having got up a plot for the overthrow of existing institutions. The Queen of Panssie left Vienna on the 10th to return to Berlin. The Austrian Lloyd's state that the amount of ,Kossum's bank notes burned in Hungary is estimated at 100,000,000 florins. HOLLAND. The session of the States General of Holland was closed on Saturday, with the following speech, deli vered by the Minister of the Interior : " Gentlemen,—The King has charged me to declare the closing of your present Parliamentary session. In addition to the ordinary business, it great number of im portant laws have been submitted to your examination; and as to other laws, which time did nut permit to be presented, they are now prepared, and can be discussed in the next session. Several laws relative to the financial administration, the interests of our manu factures, the justice and defence of the country, have been voted; the commercial law, the law regulating the taking of properties for causes of public utility, and the laws on the promotion, resignation, and pensioning of officers of the army and navy, have attracted your particular attention. Important branches of constitutional law and administration aro estab blished by these laws. Thus you lend your co-operation, with calm and becoming zeal, to the foundation of institutions commanded by the Fundamental Law, and to the introduction of ameliorations required by our situation. The zealous co-operation, full of solicitude and prudence, which you have afforded to the Government, guarantees to us that we are in a path of which the interest of the nation is the only end. In continuing thus, tho Government and representatives may flatter themselves that the results, seen and appreciated by a nation, whose union makes its force, will respond to the proposed object. In the name of the King,l pronounce the closing of the present sessioa of the States General." THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISZ SLILWAYS. Railways, Aberdeen.. .. •• • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • Birkenh., Lan., & Cheeh Junc., late 331. 6s. ed.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. • . .. .. 3ristol and Exeter.. aledoniaa .. .. .. Jhester and Holyhead .. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen D indee, Perth, and Aber leen Junction .. .. Nominal Prioei, 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. de., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • Do. New quarters .. East & West India Docks and Bum. June. .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Glasgow and South-West, De. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, 14, 6 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland Groat Western .. •• Lawaster and C Male .. Do. thirds • . • • • . Lancaster and I eaton Lancashire and 1 orkshire Do. quarter at area .. Do. fifths .. • .. Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • • London and Blackwell .. Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Weatern Do. do. quarters .. Do. fifths Do. 101. ah., M. &B (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 1501. Do. new 401. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland .. -..--.. Do. 501. shares .. Do. Binning & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Cariiaie•. Do. quarter shared .. Newmarket .. .. .. 1 Newport, Abergavenny, and liereford Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpeint, & Rostrevor .. • • •• I Norfolk .. .. .. .. Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. .. North DeYOll. .. .. North Staffordshire .. Nerth-Western North & Sth.-Wost.Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. Soottlah Central .. Scottiah Midland .. : Do. new .. . Shrews. & Birm. , Class Do. Class 8.. .• ' Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves Do. Oswestry Do. New.. .. • . Shropshire Union Do., A, B, C, & D, Hilly paid up at per cent •• South Deven South-Eastern .. South Wales.. South Yorksh. and Ewer Shoff., Roth., and Goole, South Divisiox Stockton and Hartlepool . Swansea & Loughor, Ise. Taff Vale .. .. .. .. Taw Valo Extension .. Thames Haven Doak and Railway .. • . • • Vale of Neath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wox., Wick. and Dublin .. West Cornwall • • .. West London . .. • . Whitehayen and Farness York, Nowc., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland 8% to 93 IN 37% 4 -4( 9}4 - 10 13 11 c 113.1 17% 100 78 80 10% 18% 14 —14% 23 —2l d. 2 -2% 1% - 2 -b% all 6 all all all 21% - 4t 2% -3% 13% -- 13% 50 —B2 27 —29 4 b 100 8 6 8 15% - 15% 4%, -5% 11% - 12 38% - 39% 'Mi - 7634 80 - 82 13 4 47 1 4 00 S - 9 p. 5N —bo% •• .. 9 8J Ms, d. 10 ... 10% •• •• 6% .. 6% 90 -91 112 -112% I% -1 % 1). 1 X - I %IP. 79 1% - - 0 Blp. 100 42 34 log -10 di. 8% —7% di. 2 -2% 243 .- 25% 4 100 2 0 —2% din. 43Ni —VA 20 19% die. 20 —22 - • •• 7 -7% 5% 5 dls, •• —•• die, 17 —ls 143 Is% Ms. 3 —2% di. 5% —6% 26 934 17% 19 10 —9501 a. all 23% all all all all all 1 6% 14 14% lb lb% • • —6% 4% 534 —4% dls. 6 2-3 12 —l4 6 7 9)4 10% % % 4114. 3% 11% d. 19 -14 18% -187 i 26% - 27 4 3 dbl. It —la 164 166 x.dl •• .. Bassinets done to-da,,,,. 75% 10% 14% 11% zau 76 % 76 77 lao 3000 i 63 Ld 9011 H2)6 H 2 )6 23X % 13% [43% 44 43(, %44 16% 22 111% % 16 —l6 die. •. —... •• d. • • ewe . • • -- .. die. 17% 17% 7% —7% dli. 3% —3% dig. 17% 17% 17% x.d [2% Ld idLiell. Railway!. [ Pali. Nominal Prices. 'Baldness dm o to-day. Aberdeen .. all .. •••• •• die. Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 2 34 •• Caledonian 101. • • .. 10 7 6 % Chester and Holyhead .. all 14% 15 a Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all % Oa' East Anglian (31. 10e.) 6 per cent. .. .. • • all 134 —l% y Eastern Counties Eaten., is per cent. No. 1 .• all par p pna Do. No. 2 •• •• all % dl! Par Do. New 6p. ceat. Stock 10 10% 10% 10% Eastern Union, Scrip guaraa. 6 per cent. .. all 10 10% Do. 101. Deben. Shares. all •• •• East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all •• •• E. & W. York. June. bths all .. Edin. Per. & Dun. be p.ct. all 34 d 1 s par Gliusgew & S.-W. Coasel. 100 • • Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 13% 18% 18% Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths 5 1 P. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... • • .. 6 Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 129 131 Leeds Northern, 6 per ceat., No. 1.. • • .. 11 • • ;;; p Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 •• p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 .. 12034 Do. pref., I p et. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 De. new gear., 6 per ct. 100 .. Len. & N. West. (Coy. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. 13% London &S.-W., new • • b 3• 2 34 P. Manch., Sheffield, and Line., quar. stirs., No. I all 11 —l9 Do. new, 101. .. •• all 11% —l2 113( x.d Do., W. • • • • • • • • 3 % % P Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 .. Do. Consel. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent... 100 127 119 Do. Bristol & Glonces. all .. Norfolk Extension • • all 15 —l6 Do. guar. 5 34 per cent. all Do. Wavoney Valley .. 2 • North British .. —4% 4% 0 xi. Wor. &W 01. 151.6 p.c 6 34 P 634 Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. all 9 34 —lO Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 . 16 , 34 South Devon .. a ll 12 " South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 •• West London, latC 1. (101.) all • • —** Do. 25 Class do. (par) all •• ** York, Newc., and Borw., Gt. N. of E. Pur. .. all 16 4 1634 York and North Midland S. and B. lurch. .. 10 1 % 1 di& ron,ExaN. all 10% 10% 10% Boulogne and AmienS Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) • • all 16% 1734 17 34 Demerara all .. D u tch Rhenish • • .. 8 5 dia. East Indian •• •• •• 12 2 % 3 54 p. 21 Do. do. Greatludian Peninsula.. all •%—Yi P. Ditto ditto • . 3547 % %P. L o uvain ala Sambre .. . Luxembourg • • ~ 34 I Ditto •• •• •• 10 1% 134 Madrid and Valenti* .. 1 Maria Antonia •• 1716 s 81 • 9 • Ditto, New .. .„ 8% 3 4 Namur and Liege a ll 6 % Northern of France .. 16 13% 14% 14 % Orleans and Bordeaux .. 9 4% —4% dis. Paris and Orleans .. all 33 —35 t Paris and Rouen .. • • all 2256 23% 33 Paris and Strasbourg .. 17 6% —5% dla• 11 Rouen and Havre .. .. all 9 —9% Sambre and Meuse .. all 3 9 Tours and Nantes •• .. 16 9% 934 au. t , Tournay, Jurbise, Lan don, and Hasselt a. aid ••••• •• a Waal Flaadera IX 1 * 11-9 33( MINES. Paid. Nominal Priees. I Bu ' in to _ e d 3 4. l : nie ._ . Australian 4 1% —2% liarossa Range ....... 113 0 3% —3% Blaenarvon Iron and Coal all .. —.• Bolanos Scrip .......... .. —.. British Iron.. —.. • • .... 13 5 .. —.. Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 24% .. —.. Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba all .. —.. De. St. Jobs del Rey.. lb 18% 19% xi Cobre Coprer , • .• • 40 33 —36 Copiapo .... .•• •.•• • • • 14 6% —7% General...• . • ... •• • • all 13% —l4 Mexican& S. American 9 3% —4% Real Del Monte, Unreg. % % Do. Black Debentures, • • —.. Do. Red Debentures .. .. —.. Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 2 3 Tin Croft . . •• • • .. . • •• • • 7 6% 8 United Mexican.... •• • •,28 28% 3 2 JOINT STOCK BANNS Australasia —..••• • • • • • all 36 39% British North America.. 50 45 —46 Colonial ........ • • .... 25 10% . 12 Commercial of London.. 20 25 -- 26% London Joint Steck .... 10 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 28% 29% National Provincial Eng. 35 .. —.. Do. New National of Ireland ...• 22% 18% 20% Provincial of Ireland,... 25 42 —44 Do. New ...• .... all 15% 16% Union of Australia ...• all 35 36% Do. New ............ 2% 3 —3% Union of London •••••• 10 13% 14% Union of Madrid MrSCELLANEOI7B. Canada ........ 32 ' 4 2 8 6% 2 4 8 9 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 Penin. Jr. Oriental Steam, all 68 —69 Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...• Settling days ix the mor tered shares, 15th an( nVe cannot be answers will not be influenced by , CEILLANEOUS. 32% 48 —49 14 263 i 28 all 68 —69 59 9 60 7$ 80% ;th of September. Ticket days for regis td 29th. Account days, 16th and 30th. able for the errors of the Official Lists, and interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 7,000 bales, of which 3,000 were taken for export and on speculation. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 300 Pernam and Maranbam, 6d. to 64d.; Bahia, 6d. to 61d.; 300 Egyptian, 6d. to 9d.; and 1,800 Surat, 24d. to 4d. per lb. The market closed very firm. —The Share Market was firm. The failure that has occurred in the Grain market, and to which we alluded yesterday, has given rise to comment and reflection concerning the state of the trade, and it is feared that the low prices may place other parties in difficulty. The truth is, that both early in the summer, as well as within the last two months, we have had a lower and less genial temperature than was deemed congenial to the crops. Happily an interval of brilliant weather on the first occasion, and the return of a fine autumn season since, have dissipated all anxiety, and the harvest is now considered perfectly safe, and acknowledged on most :hands to be unusually abundant, and good in quality. Those, therefore, who have spe culated fora rise, particularly in Indian corn, must suffer; but we hope there has been generally no exces sive buying by weak parties. The efforts made by the merchants and traders of this great metropolis to bring about a reform of the gross abuses in the Customs' department have resulted satis factorily as far as they have gone. A Parliamentary Committee has bad the principal officials under exami nation, and, from their own evidence, the most indubi table proofs of tyranny and mismanagement are afforded. The excellent plan of the merchants, in forming among themselves a small working section to receive, investigate, and report, upon all cases of op pression or ignorance, has done more to inform the public mind than any other course could have done. Blue books, though containing fre quently a mass of valuable information, contain so much that there is ever a risk of their not being perused at all, at least by the public in general. The succinct narratives, on fly-sheets, issued by the merchants, have found general acceptance, and met with almost uni. versal recognition, and we shall be indeed greatly mis taken if a wholesome and sweeping reform be not the issue. Every high official appointment is supposed (however erroneously) to be given to men who have had sufficient experience, but as no such rule has been ob served with regard to the governing body of the Cas toms, the Board, as it is termed, it is not to be sup posed that the interest of the merchant can either be understood or cared for. The Customs reformers there fore affirm that— " The only remedy for the evils which have necessitated the formation of this and similar associations is-Ist. That merchants and manufacturers should prefer the in terests of commerce to the crotchets of politics and the strength of faction. 2d. That they should duly appre ciate the dignity and importance of their calling and merge the distinctions of party, which have neutralized their influence, in the superior necessity of availing themselves of the power, for the common good of the country, which would be the certain attainment of a mutual understanding of their interests, and their more perfect combination as a class. 3rd. That they should abandon their ease and their privacy for the advancement of measures ne cessary to the welfare of their order, and claim that share which, of right, belongs to them, in the represen tation and consequent government of the country. 4th. That they should claim the suffrages of electors rather on commercial than on political and party grounds; and that they should enter Parliament with the deter mination to stand by their class rather than to dissipate their strength and scatter their numbers into the diffu sions of party, and be ready to consult together and to co operate in all measures which concern their common interests; or that at all events they should not give up o party what was meant for mankind;' but if political considerations are still to form an element of their Par liamentary guidance, that they should confine them to purely political objects, and firmly exclude them from all questions involving the interests of trade and navigation. On the utility, if not necessity, of an association of the trading classes, the committee need not insist. The principle is recognized in the for mation not only of this society, but of the numerous bodies which have long been in active operation for the peculiar objects of various subdivisions of th e mercant il e classes. The East India, West India, shipowners', steam navigation, Colonial, American, Baltic, and other trading interests have experienced the advantages of combination ; and the wonder is that it should not have been earlier discovered that societies, pro re nate, are a clumsy, laborious, and imperfect substitute for those chambers and tribunals of commerce, which, in the provinces, and more especially in the continental cities, bring the whole united strength, experience, and power of the trading classes at once to bear upon every mer cantile question." There is very little doing in the English Securities, and prices remain about the same as yesterday. Con sols have been 954 to 96 for Transfer, and 95i to 96 for Account. Speculation is quite inert. East India Stock has been done at 262. Exchequer-bills are 445. to 475. premium and rather heavy. The settlement of the Foreign Account has excited much leas interest than from the severe fluctuation in Mexican Bonds recently might have been expected. It was, however, pretty well got through yesterday. The quotations are 26i to 1. A bargain has been effected in Guatemala Stock at 34. Sardinian Scrip is very bad, having been as low as 34 to 4 discount. Spanish Five per Cents. have been heavy at 20. Very little is doing in Railway Shares, but some of them are rather better. The account is proceeding without difficulty. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. 8 per Cent. Consols 96 9534 India Stock 262 India Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,0001.-- . 51 p Console for Account exchequer Bills. I%d. 1,0001. 5001. Small. .. CLOSING PRICES. 96 262 48 p 96 47 p 47 p 47 p CLOsiNu PRICES. 34 26 LA, 26% ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Guatemala Bonds Mexican, 5 per Ct., ex Jan. Coupe 26% Ditto, Account Russian Bonds ...... Ditto, 44 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Scrip Spanish 5 per Cant. 184 U — Ditto, Account Ditto. Passive . —b% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 4% per Cent. — Dutch 2% per Cent. 12 Guild.... 58,/ s Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 92% 58 3 / 4 92!4, THE LIVERPOOL DOCK ACCOUNTEL — The accounts of the trustees of the Liverpool Docks from the 25th of June, 1851, have just been published. From these we learn that the gross receipts of the dock estate during the year were 878,2771. 16s. 4d., and the expenditure 775,1361. Os. 5d., leaving a balance in the hands of the banker and treasurer of 103,1481. 15s. I Id. Contrasting the year 1849-1850 with that of 1850-1851, just closed, we find that the receipts of the dock estate have increased 54,5291. 3s. I Id., whilst the expenditure of the last has exceeded that of the preceding year by 34,4091. ls. 6d., and the balance in the hands of the bankers has been augmented by 20,117/. 2.3. Bd. In the year ending June, 1841, the number of vessels that entered the port was 21,071, the tonnage amounting to 3,737,666 ; being an increase both in the number of ships and the quantity of tonnage, as compared with anv previous year. The ac counts of the Albert Dock warehouses show the receipts of the past year to be 59,583/. ss. 11d., whilst the expenses of the working amount to 42,822/. 19s. 2d.—Liverpool Mercury. We understand that the estate of East Fortune has been purchased by Gideon Bell. Esq., Athelstaneford Maine, at the upset price of 2 8,000/.—Edinburgh Advertiser. A gentleman residing at West Ham, shortly after his marriage, was presented with some foreign scrip by his wife's father, who supposed it to be of trifling value, but the fortunate holder has since realised no less than 15,0001. by its sale.—Chelmsford Chronicle. THE TEA TRADE, Sari. 15.—The deliveries of tea in London last week were larger, being 588,3711 b. The market, nevertheless, has not been active. Ax BARU' BIRD.—A. woodcock was killed on the 9th instant, near Machynlletb, by Mr. Edward Rees, of that town. This, we think, is the first that has made its appear ance hare. It is more thau a month before the umal time.— Cantarvon Herald. LINES Lz.as ITALY. The Venice Gazette quotes a letter from Rome, stating that the railway question meets with great favour among the members of the Roman Govern ment, and that a plan is under consideration to guarantee 6 per cent. to a French and Belgian com pany upon a line connecting Ancona with Rome and Modena. A new extraordinary commission has been named by HIS HOLINESS for the reform of the code of laws now in vigour, and the re-organisation of the tribunals. It is composed of Cardinals ANTONELLI (President), Manna, and BOFONDI, Monsignor MAR TEL, and Monsignor BASTOLI. The expenses of the police department for the current year have been in creased by 3,360 scudi (17,1000. The Venice Gazette gives as follows the itinerary of the Emperor of AUSTRIA :—" His MAJESTY will arrive at Verona on the 14th, and stay there until the 18th ; on the 19th he will make an excursion to Mantua by rail, and return to Verona in the evening. On the 20th he will set out for Peschiera, and revisit Riva on the Lago di Garda • on the 21st he will visit Defenzano, Br esc ia, and Monza, where be will stay until the 23d, and then set out for Milan, return the same evening to Monza, visit Milan again on the fol lowing day, stay at Monza the whole of the 25th, proceed by sail to Como on the 26th, visit the prin cipal points of the lake, return to Monza, where he will pass the 27th. On the 28th his MAJESTY will go to Varese, Lavena, and the Lago Maggiore ; and, thence from Sesto Calende to Somalia; on the Ist of October to Malpensa, where he will stay until the 3d, and afterwards return to Monza. His MAJESTY will commence his return on the sth. OVERLAND MAIL (BY TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.) (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MARSEILLES, SEPT. 16, 5.30 A.M. The Indian mail arrived yesterday at 6.30 F.M. The dates from Calcutta are August 7, China, July 24. No news of importance. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. O'd. to 2s. Old. The Pacha was wrecked, on the 21st of July, on the Formosa Bank; sixteen men drowned, amongst whom is th© third officer and two first-class passen gers.—Herald. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Joseph Pearce, 20, shopman, pleaded guilty to an in dictment charging him with stealing one sovereign and one shilling, the property of Henry Faudel and another, his masters, and was sentenced to imprisonment for 12 calendar months. Two lads, of the name of Jones and Morris, who pleaded guilty to committing a burglary in the dwelling house of William Gillbee Ilabershaw, were sentenced to be transported for 7 years, with an intimation that Morris should not be sent out of the country. A young man named Jones, clerk to Mr. Huddlestone, barrister, who pleaded guilty two sessions ago to em bending certain sums belonging to his master, was sen tenced to imprisonment with hard labour for 12 calendar months. The prisoner was strongly recommended to mercy by Mr. iluddlestone. Amos Slater, 19, labourer, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding William Rawson, with intent to do him some grevious bodily harm. Mr. Cooper conducted the prosecution, and the pri soner was defended by Mr. Payne. William Rawson, the prosecutor, who is a carpenter and builder, said, on the night of the 25th of August last, he met a man named Wright, in Acorn -court, Rolls'-buildings, whom he accused of having decoyed his daughter away, and threatened to give into cus tody. When prosecutor was speaking to him some one came up behind and gave him a blow on the head with a sharp instrument. On looking round he saw the pri soner, who had the instrument in his band, and who gave him another punch with it on the eye. He bled a great deal, and suffered severely. He had never seen the prisoner before. A lad named Patchy deposed to witnessing the assault on the night in question. The prosecutor asked the man where his girl was, and then the man str uc k hi m , and Rawson struck him again and knocked him down. The prisoner then went up to a person nam e d N ewman , and got from him something which glittered like a pen knife, with which he struck the prosecutor, and the blood flowed down his face after he was struck. Mr. Walter Jones, surgeon, sa id h e attended the prosecutor, and found an incised wound on the left side of the face, which might have been inflicted with a pen knife. There was also a small incised wound on the right eye. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury, and called D. Newman, who denied that he gave the prisoner a penknife, alleging that he had not one at the time. Other witnesses were called, who gave a contradictory account of the occurrence. Mr. COOPER having replied, The RECORDER summed up the evidence. The jury found a verdict of Not Guilty, and the pr toner was discharged. NEW COURT. This Court was occupied during the whole morning in trying oases for uttering coanterfyit coin, non e of which possessed any feature of interest. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Sept. 13, 1831 ... ... ... ... £20,420 16 0 Ditto, Sept. 14, 1850 ... ... 16,596 1 0 Increase in 1851 ... London Terminus, Sept. 15, 1851. ... X 3,82115 0 rn A.llll POST-OrFICB AND RAILWAYB.—Great com plaints have for some time past been made by the railways in this country, of the inadequate remuneration at present allowed by the Post-office authorities for the conveyance of mails, and an attempt is about to be made by several of the leading companies, to induce the Post-office to adopt one uniform rate of remuneration for this portion of their traffic. At present the companies are compelled to accept any sum the magnates at St. Martin's-le-Grand choose to allow, and in most cases it is considerably less in proportion than the sum paid for the old mode of conveyance, the Post-office seeming to forget altogether that railways have added mate rially to increase of postage. Before railways were opened there were no morning mails—ne two, and from some places three, deliveries a day of country letters. Under the old system a letter from Plymouth took twenty hours in arriving, whereas now it only occupies little more than five hours, which must, as a matter of course, increase the number of communications. HORTICULTURAL AND FLORAL EXHIBITION.--The usual annual dahlia show of the Camden Town Society was held yesterday at the Brecknock Tavern, and drew together a large and fashionable company. The collection of dahlias was extensive and beautiful, and a stand of hollyhocks ex hibited by Mr. Holder were of the first order. The following is a list of some of the successful exhibitors, in the order in which they were placed :—Bloor, Crasty, Fort, Lancaster, Lacock, Green, Chapman, Appleby, Scott, Scares, Norris, Howe, Anson, Gibson, and Warner. The extra growers were Messrs. Kidd, Holder (hollyhocks and dahlias), Ansell, Cockell, and Parmenter. CHARGE OF MURDERING A POLICE CONSTABLE.— ' Yesterday William Cressy, aged 41, a labourer, belonging to Bexley-heath, was brought before Mr. Traill at the Green wich Police-court by Mr. G. Hilton, superintendent of the rural police at West Mailing, Kent, charged on suspicion of being the person who caused the death of police•constable James Hastie, by cutting and wounding him in Tinderbox alley, New King-street, Deptford, after midnight on the 21st of February, 1846. The only evidence against the pri soner was given by a woman, named Mary Ann Davies, who stated that she cohabited with the prisoner at about the time the murder was committed, and that on the night of the 21st of February, 1846, he returned home with blood upon his hands and clothes. On the following morning he told her that he had beaten a policeman with an instru ment called an iron foot, and thought he had killed him. The prisoner, who denied the woman's statement, was re 1411110d. AT Railways. Leasin g raid. Nominal Prices. Business Con e . done to-day. Barks and Rants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 3ti 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,calleduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .; • . all 99 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. De .. • • all 28 —29 & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 15 8 •-• 10 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • •• 15 7 9 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 17% 17% Clydesdale June Caledonian all 44 —46 E. Lin., Guar.6 per Cent. G. Northern all 33 3334 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 134 23% p null and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 100 102 Do. 54 Shares Do .. all 50 —5l Do. % Shares Do .. .. all 23 —24 Leeds and Brad. Midland .. all 99 101 Lon. and Green. S. Easters .. all 1114 —ll % Do., Pref. .. Do .. .. all 2334 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 13 —l4 De., 6 por cent De .. all .. Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all N. & East, 5 per Cent. .• Counties . all 54 —56 Do. New .. Do • • . • 43 4 —6 p Preston and S L. &N. W.} all 43 —45 Wyre •• .. L &La.& Y. D 0.34 SharesA Do .. 11 834 —934 p. Read.. Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 22 2214 Roy. & Mtchin G. Northern all: 8 Shep. Ex.. Do 4% 1% 2 p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 1011 6 .. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 3 344 2%01. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gun. .. Stock.& Dar. 50 .. Do. do. .. Do .. •• 25 95 —26 Do. do. •• Do .. • • 95 .. •• Wilts and So merset .. • • Gt. Western 100 9034 —9l 9014 SMARMS. __.------ 1 ' LLOYD'S SHIPPING .—(THI. S P A c LONDON, SEPT. 16.—Wind at 110012 ibis usy h' N. E. ; pleasant breeze, and fine. ESS: from DEAL, SEPT. 15.—Wind N. to N.W., lv, Arrd. from the river, Margaret Evans Ne w 'Labe, ilea Carthagena, Sydney, New South Wales; Kong. Vie PILL, SErT.ls.—Wind E.—Slci. Harmony, , BRISTOL, SEPT. 15.—Arrd. Dash , New Zeislatialtrr LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 15.—Wind S. to S.Fhlio; Calder, Calcutta. Sld. Jenny Wren, Calcutta; Lima; Sir Richard Jackson, Montreal. OFF CROOKHATEN.—Queen Mab, Bombay. , , • ii,? SWANSEA, SEPT. 15. Wind &E.—Sid. bars" de Verde. OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Cheshire, Valparaiso. LIMERICIL—SId. Huron, New York. DROGHEDA, SEPT. 14.—The I.Rinster LOB %- has floated and proceeded for Liverpool. d' JO SUNDERLANHe SEPT. 15.—Wind S.E.--tar Quebec. HIILL,SEPT. 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. MOW , I), if) _______- -- - - =-" -- -- -----1 MARKET NEWS.—(THIS .v n -, HAY DZARICETS. 51 to SI 1/1 Clover Meadow ditto, Si 3/ 8s to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1115 d, $° 01 0 per load. A full average supply, and a steadY 410 C UMBERLA.ND. Meadow Hay, 21 16s 1 6 0 0 ill Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 4/ 8s; and Straw , II I , per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade doh. si 0 WinTEcHerEL.—Meadow Hay, 2l 121 10 ~,111 1 Clover ditto, 31 8s to 41 10s; and Straw, 1/ 16 - per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary Pr icel COLONIA3 6 . ,; 1 11e6f?' SUGAR.—The market for British Plantiwon . l oo ,t; sales about 400 hhds, at barely previous qu°t at t i Off: auction 9,800 begs Mauritius were only 8 10 " ell°' alised at 6d, and in some instances ls, declinVslosil at 34s 6d to 375, grey 33s to 365, and brown 1 3 ' 0 0 0 6d per cwt ; 1,950 bags Bengal partly founAd33stoS'i 37s to 42s for low to fine white Benares, op' 6, for Date, being fully 6d lower for the latter desevellat Madras sold cheaply at 36s to 36s 6d for g rei o l t 1 50 old a t Privately 1,000 bags very low brown Java bond. The quantity of British Plantation 1513130 week at the East and West India Docks was IIL. boat ° 156 ti m er p c t e i s on s6 l 4 ,3 b 4 a 6 rr h e h la d , and there were egr2e6tabliar:r4ls::oo 6 c barrels. iEE . in the same places is 18,343 hbd 6 2 ' '' c s stock in , Jamaica 923 partly bag s s obisTlrd—oautailgvt4he6tf kinds not., to good clean garbled Mocha, of present imp 1 fair demand. The hal o to 72s 6d per cwt 10- BUM is in " 0 61 5 0 O c t r" g phulindss.9 hhds, Ther e a nwere exported taken 5forphuo:::::11, : il t e week at the East and West India Docks /111/ „ 1 , ataP, f ic h c 2 17 0 9 9 sdspkstrosiwc4ee3lsr9:e26vtib:::egnns4di6n2srsal46at de4tatoto;:fs.o.4bol;ll6eB6C:,se;ibioski6i3l . 59 bbd e :,, stock it in the same places is 13 481 puns 1, , '" c kl l'e ICE.-3,000 bags Bengal 'part-ly sold, rbut b o e. at the extreme currency of 103 to 10 3 6 '''„t stS i i l , kinds were not in request, and low rai d w € 6. ° ll ' °lr ." ' to 9s; 2,000 bags good white Corin a sold Ire' 601e' and of 1,800 bags pinky Madras goffered, '2 realized at 7s to 7s 6d per cwt. 1 1 ! and A l L 2 i i o p w e . r .... cent refraction. SALTPET RE.-470 bags Bombay brough t 2 56 f" ,.61 t 11 t heir he market is ui 9d t to b 39 1 a pte:::: 0 and Town 39s 6d. deli ° TEA.—T in London increased. 4:1 e ' lit as _---- -.4.. , : --ow"— A SE, DONCASTER R (THIS DAY.) do- r ) (BY ELECTRIC TELEk,-- Fitzwilliam Stakes. 1 I. ' I 1.. 0, i ••• ~, ... ... ... .. Champagne Stakes. 1 ... , Radulphus ... Post-tempore ... Mrs. Birch Augur ... ... Daniel O'Rourke Bay Rosalind ... Won by a length THE GREAT YORKSHIRE . LIAN 9I° ,:. 1 $ Confessor ... ... ... ... ' 0 0. 5 Antigone ••• ••• •.• ••• ... , Miss Ann Ann ••• ••• •.• ••• 17 ran. Won by a length• ST. LEGER BETTING. 7 to 4 agst Hernandez 3 to 1 agst Aphrodit6 5 to 1 agst The Ban GLEN TILT AFFAIII;; AT. f TO THE EDITOR OF THE Su - A tbs' . f i Six,—Permit me to call your attention siel,b o oP+, the public, and particularly that portion of it " di 0 11c ' be about to proceed on a tour to the fligh!s ° th e'V„rj more to that bone of contention Glen Tilt, 113 0 " 1 , that it may save many from some useless tro. oic' t much vexation. Being aware of the diffloil L iti le log beset the path of the students from Can - elt i ' j year in passing through this glen, and feelingi.og be a considerable inconvenience (the glen b el o miles long) to be turned back from Inichvg toil ° Billies of the Duke of Atholl, I wrote as folloWs Grace : rafsi' d . " Blair Atholl Inn, Blair Athol], Sst ll , - i t it; "My Lord Duke,—l ha ve b een inforrneci, t ,':, not your Grace's intention to shoot in the t ies on Monday or Tuesday ; should my info rm il l correct, I should feel exceedingly o bliged ne liffy grace would grant per m i ss i on for nnre ll, si g b t 136 friend, whose card is i nc l ose d, t o pass thr ° 7lol l ' glen on our way to Braemar on e ither of th ose 14 My Lord Duke, I have the honour to be: " Your Grace's most obedient servo" 16 " His Grace the Duke of Athol], &c. „ 13 ! This note I dispatched by a m e ssenger, W"liog return, informed me that the Duke, after rea-001 P replied, " I don't know wh e th er to say ye° °I. bt isn't convenient." . 133/g 0 I ;ted the nP-` wing t wain . the next day, fondly imagin- ,wer ' get a further reply, and again sent for an 913 ',, ico ° my note. The reply on this second incessit-ocioo No answer." In consequence of this urLghof the conduct, I preferred leaving unseen rnucL - 0 tO t beautiful scenery of the Highlands ratber 1 " - pd 13° ' the long journey round by the road. I v e- n 0 16 trespass on your valuable space to comme nt :elf , courteous Duke ! The above fact speaks for *-5 I have the honour to be, Sir,} 4c lisZ A DISAPPOINTED ". I .° .ri ' Erectheum Club, Sept. 19, 1851. the -- - - mi t e dili,, • JENNY LIND ALL OVER.—We had y.. - r a vi ~ pleasure of being shaved with a Jenny Lind Til' oo - '100; f . Jenny Lind barber, scented with Jenny L i '', l J eS itli combed with a Jenny Lind comb, brushed witu.,i - D ed f l ' n y Lind brush, washed in a Jenny Lind bowl, an d " 11 - ii_ b ell „el a Jenny Lind towel. After which we ut ono Th r ati,',4 Lind hat, walked into a Jenny Lind rest a urant, an - n y il' ia d of Jenny Lind sausages. Then we took up A je13 p 1 11 : 1 L a ir, paper, read a Jenny Lind editorial, smoked a r., -- d sh; t h cigar, and, throwing ourselves back in a Jeralk'; Orl fr fell into a profound Jenny Lind reverie.- 4 ` e- Courier. t h erC an" BROUGHAM HALL.—On Friday last -- 9 s o d ' c ' were allowed to invite a number of their friends .th, and quaintance from Lowther Castle, Eden Hall, I ° 7 o ol o p the surrounding neighbourhood, to a grand milt e atrs p° J . dance, which took place in the spacious mosaic ioe lt, •"„ hall. Dancing commenced a little after nine 0 ;' e lect; was kept up in a most animated manner until after in t." when the party retired to a most sumptuous snPPith g ell ,,a hall; after which the merry dance was resumed w" c iocl; - spirit, and the party did not break up until four acootesg Saturday morning. Lord and Lady Brougham , °l o t' V I A ,.. Grey, and the Hon. Lady Charlotte Grey, the Ea r let., f; dale, Captain Lowther, M.P., Sir R. H. Van e ' A old ;c1 Montgomery, Esq., W. Broughman, Esq., and lalopout mily, were amongst the distinguished visitors Wli n the ball with their presence. ih i eilt ° ,l ___hivirdi36'tci°criilic. BIBLES AND PRAYER•BOOKS.•-•• A Par --ni te d, c-,: paper, obtained by Mr. Hume, has just been P u n Queen,' taming a copy of the letters patent under which t ' s ,h e ir P P ' printers, Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode, exercise ; a jo 1 vilege of printing bibles and prayer-books, Stn.. , a hv wh,i, c ,„, extract from a charter of the 11th of Chares I . , tin " g bib the University of Oxford claims the right of Pr in d - Cora tir e , and prayer-books. No return had been receive„ r ge a University of Cambridge. It appears that " ' s ! granted letters patent to Andrew Strahan, George gy re, ,,rol e Andrew Spottisvroode, and their executors, ~,r i ng t',, t printers, from the 21st of January, 1830, for and u th e OP, term of 30 years. The University of Oxford claims barte r " of printing bibles and prayer-books under Fe vers! c ri et 18 and more especially under the one mentioned. Tn e . ,. le tter ° stated not to be barred or limited, or affected by Ohs OW, patent since granted according to several decisio an h t WA' eery and in the House of Lords, distinctly recognized. n ,i et ice: THE HARVEST.—We may now say with cp_n.,ereerit as of an ascertained fact, that the harvest of tn s be l a a° 4 in all of which th e year, which is on the point of completion, has et v , merely satisfactory, but splendid, both as to the h r e ie g ener s ; the crops and the quality of the grain. It is t for 01913 4 opinion that there has not been so good a harvest blight years. When to this it is added that the pet , " we oil 's large , only very partial, and that the turnip crap.' besP feel assured that the first of material blessings dscera".s good food-is accused for the coming year 5 ego, 0f SINGULAR AERIAL COMBAT.—A few (I ,lY ur bood (),, Hawick, their eyes were arrested by two two gentlemen were strolling in the neig n° ,,,hieli Ol d on the wing together. eddies and ; to , o pea, ed e height, with innumerable eddies and circles, tn e Y d 'by- 0 , to be attacking each other, which was confirmed n oino feathers flying from them in different directions. the the foright a considerable time in the air they con , b . to o combatants, who so eagerly contended th: ds w ground quite exhausted ; when it appeared that ' u's e's,`; were no other than a birds able for„ingnba u t , th e Ydt; row-hawk. Not satisfied with their aerial an d c°l ere al l° ,,. e oolt o f the c inte rfere ., o newed it on descending to terra firma, rnainta'n it for some time, when one up the crow, but the hawk, not daunted by this the r es rted darted twioe successively at his opponent 1 __, w ti . 1 1 ,., hand, when he flew off. The poor crow WA S m uch me about the head, and the plumage[of h is neck " sOrlf striped off.-Berwick Advertiser , ~ 1 1 0010 ve d THE INTENDED SOIREE TO GE OII n oslP° , 4„ ESQ., DI.P.-This soirée has been unavo id ablyti g en es P • owing to a bereavement in the family ° o gling 14 man, whose second son expired on StaideY protracted alum. Do \ , 21 1 ,1 hth,te, Th With e I v,,,, SI Th e 44 e ... e i Ti, 41 k e. ° h e 01 Ina) et 1:10 1 , 1 lia "k r es ,_ L S t? :: ro . ' 4 I W 2 tta( 0.. IP. PIN,