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NORTH METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.- Notice is hereby Given, that the FIRST GENERAL MEET ing of the SHAREHOLDERS of the METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at No. 47 , Parliament -street, in We-t -ittinster, on 'WEDNESDAY, the 31st of August, at One o'clock p.m. precisely. By order of the Board. JOHN HENCHMAN, Secretary. 47, Parllament•street, 17th August, 1853. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN . That the up usual DIVIDEND of Five per Cent. (less incom e tax), on the paid capital on res of this Sociecty will be PAYABLE in at TUR st this office on and after SA DAY, the 20th day of Aug t . GEO. H. PINCEARD, Resident Secretary. No. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. ........ itOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. "Under the Malsagement of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 17, win be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THI gSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivaah. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 17, Will be performed GENE VI EVE. Characters by Messrs. Parselle, Callenford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Airs. Keeley. Atter which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. Ts conclude with WHAT ! NO CAB? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 17, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Jdeadames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE EIEILVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Ur. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Important Notice to the Public generally.—The national spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which has on its revival been a attended which with such brilliant success, far beyond any precedent. ms ne sarily be withdrawn to make room for a classical novelty, has been for months in preparation, and will be produced on Sa turday, 27th inst., on a scale of grandeur and extent never before attempted.—Miss EMILY COOKE re -appears at this theatre on the conclusion of her continental engagements- THIS EVENING, AUOUST 17, And during the week, will be presented (52d night) the glorious Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, Intro ducing his celebrated Black Charger Ra theven, whose Equestrian performances have elicited unbounde d applause, a nd Great , Mr. Alfred Cooke, in one of his principal acts. Conc l u ding with (8 4 th time) TIIE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. The best ventilated theatre in the world." Box-Office open from Eleven tut Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Second Week of Miss POOLE, the eminent English Vocalist.—First Exhibition of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a collection of Sea and Fresh water Fish alive, in flee large glass tanks, procured ex pressly for this occasion by P. H. Gosse, q., author of "A Natu ralist's Rambles in Devonshire," &c., forming the most instructive and amusing object ever yet presented to the public. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 17, CHUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Grand Military Band, Vocal and Instrumental Concert, Two Favourite Songs by Miss Poole, Marvellous display of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission, Is. The Boys of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, accompanied by their Military Band, will visit the Gardens. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tetra DAT —Morning 5 min. after 12 I Evening 38 min.aft. 12 TaZloanow —Morning 8 min. after 1 1 Evening 35 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.--Stm Ornos, AUGUST 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67 highest since noon yesterday. 67--lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'63. WIND, W.N.W.—Light breeze, and fine weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTALNING THE DEBATES IN PARLT AMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other Neils arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN 0' CLO CK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. 7„, \ • go" y . A • „ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1853. CANNING'S knife-grinder last evening addressed the House of Commons in the person of Lord Jonx RUSSELL. " Story, GOD bless you ! I have none to tell, sir," might have been the Noble Lord's candid avowal to Mr. SPEAKER, in lieu of his elaborate but meaningless and most unsatisfac tory explanation. For, stripping his speech of all its superfluous phraseology, the so-called dis closure made by the Leader of that branch of the Legislature amounts, in point of fact, to no reve lation whatsoever. It concludes, indeed, with the expression of a hope that before any considerable lapse of time these difficulties in regard to Turk ish independence may be brought to something like a satisfactory settlement. But circumstances, we conceive, required from a British Minister at this moment rather more than the utterance of an empty aspiration. It might have been reasonably calculated at least that the country would have learnt something positive in reference to the pro bable issue of recent negotiations—instead of being left quite as much in a state of uncertainty as ever on the very eve of the Prorogation of Parliament. We might not unreasonably at any rate have conjecture]. that for once the tim orous silence of the ABERDEEN Coalition might have been broken; that for once its pusillanimously interrupted recensions might have been full, or, at least as far as they went, explicit ; that for once the language employed in it s name m i g h t h c l i a o v t been biena resolution, ll essential respects wor thy o f th e Insteadand the however, e u v t ehro,netfy beingo a British G overnment. thus charactero ble only coonsisel, the e m for speech delivered yesterday was remar in the House by Lord JOH N R USSELL , ka things considered, most U na ,lts surprising and, all arrantable reserva tions. Everything announced by the Noble Lord last evening was already known to the great m ass o f the po i,puieratifectly well No thing at all was added by him to to the sum of .popular intelligence relating to the pre c i se tion of affairs between the SUL TAN and the Asitua °RAT. It was absolutely notoriou s , for "°- exam p l e, that the proposals forwarded from Vi enna in the name of the Four Powers were generally under stood to have been accepted by the CzAn, accord ing to the latest advices received from St. Peters burg. What it was desirable should be learnt way---not the rumour of that acceptance—but the . .._ nature of those propositions. Withholding from us in the name of diplomatic expediency, the information that could alone be viewed as of any importance, the Cabinet of Lord ADERDEEN imparts to the public, succinctly enough, a variety of particulars with which the majority were al ready acquainted. England is still expected to repose a blind and implicit confidence in the po licy of the Coalition Government, although the Leaders of that Administration persist in with holding facts from the country such as ought Theist assuredly to constitute at this hour its only rational justification. it is under these auspices, moreover, that the Legislative Se.).-gion is brought to the time when b in othe o r t w h olirdZsir abaoreuttotob Parliament, • e ver . has been f ore a lythliao• whatever anyi hing wi,loattiating eluded between the : p o separate, itipror ogued. vely o b n e - —before Coalition Cabinets of Europe has been distinctly 4, enunciated by the of manly explanal i )11 and Ministry in the way of uncertainty, the nation TV' e at this j unc t ure complete and unconditional reliance to place te verity of the pacific vi ews in the s i n. _ attributed to the ;;. Emperor NICHOLAS, as well as in the d wi se an 7 '' '. / . - Patriotic policy of the Earl of ABr ap ,,, B - 2 most bbysterious Administration. t., Credit is to be attached to the pacific violin 0 the AuTocnAT—after the duplicity with which he treated the Powers of the Continent in the mat ter of the Holy Places—after the arrogance with which he insulted the Sublime Porte, for the pur poses of intimidation—after the insolent words of MENSCHIKOFF, and the aggressive acts of GoßrzscHAKoFF—nay, after the passage of the Pruth and the usurpation of the Danubian Prin cipalities ! Reliance is to be placed in the foreign policy of the ABERDEEN Coalition—when it is known that that policy prompted the Divan to permit the seizure of the Moldavian and Wallachian pro vinces by Russia, without the faintest effort at retaliation—when it is seen that that policy tolerated, with little more than an impotent mur mur, the Muscovite interference with the rights of the Hospodar at Jassy—when it is understood, moreover, that that policy is so arranging recent differences between the Powers at St. Petersburg and Constantinople that the SULTAN will concili ate the CZAR by more concessions than were ever demanded by the Russian Government ! Entirely, though reluctantly, do we find our selves compelled to acknowledge the justice of the condemnation pronounced last night, by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the member for Ayles bury, upon the members of the Coalition Govern ment. Cordially do we sympathise in the indigna tion with which Mr. LAYARD declared that, in the management of this affair at Constantinople, Eng land had been degraded to the position of a second rate, and Russia elevated to the position of a first rate, Power in Christendom. Yes ! the melan choly truth glares through all this veil of pretended victory—through all this haze and mist of minis terial self-glorification. Englandhas consented to a disgraceful compromise, and is striving to con sole herself by calling it a triumph of diplomacy. She has permitted Russia to commit the most 1 flagrant acts of injustice with impunity to herself, but with loss of dignity to the rest of the nations of Christendom, and with a virtual loss of inde pendence to Turkey. And all theae degrading results of our policy are to be compensated by the maintenance of international tranquillity—a peace purchased by the most ignominious concessions made to the lawless pride of the AUTOCRAT. No wonder that a policy such as that elicits the eulogium of those politic poltroons who are always running a-muck after the Will-o'-the-wisp of Arbitration. Any sentiments more disgraceful to the House of Commons were, perhaps, never uttered within the walls of that assembly than by the Hon. Gen tleman the Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, towards the close of yester day's discussion ! Sentiments derogatory to the honour of Great Britain, and (from being strictly in accordance with the acts of her Minis ters) injurious to her influence, and destructive of the glory and the majesty of her reputation. Mr. CARLYLE once spoke of Mr. COBDEN as a " politi cal bagman." It is deeply to be regretted that a man of his eminent abilities should ever have given that vulgar soubriquet the shadow of a sem blance of its applicability. If ever the sneer of the Scotch Dreamer was justified, it was assuredly upon the occasion of that speech delivered by Mr. COBDEN in the House of Commons yesterday. Talk, forsooth, of crumpling up the Russian Em pire like a sheet of paper ! Rather talk in future of our cringing like stricken hounds before the brandished knout of his Imperial Majesty the AUTOCRAT ! Let it be observed that Mr. COBDEN closed his most un-English remarks of last evening with a panegyric upon the " peaceful policy" of.the Coali tion. Praise such as that was rathertoo bitter a pill to be swallowed with anything like complacency by Lord PALMERSTON. Accordingly we find him rising on the instant to protest in words that burnt with something of the warmth of his ancient fervour, that encomiums like those lavished upon the Ministry by the Member for the West Riding, were, at least by one of them, promptly, loudly, and indignantly repudiated. Alas ! the force of that noble but impotent protest—noble in origin, but impotent in influence—goes at this hour for absolutely nothing. Mr. COBDEN is only too well justified in commending as he has done what he delights to designate the " pacific policy" of the Coalition Government. The eulogium may be instinctively recoiled from, it is true—but it,must also be officially endured—by Lor I PALMERSTON. After refusing to eat humble pie upon a memor able occasion, when the seals of the Foreign-office were thrown aside like the veriest bagatelle—it must be terrible to nibble, with a smiling face, at the leek of a FLUELLEN. It cannot be supposed that the reformers of the landlord and tenant code will be prepared to yield submissively to the spirit displayed by certain hereditary legislators in opposition to the land bills, and to the very great want of spirit exhi bited by the Premier on the same subject, to which we directed the public attention last week. Lord ABERDEEN apparently thought that he had achieved a signal triumph when he persuaded the dissentient Peers to abstain from a very striking demonstration by utterly rejecting measures, the fruits of constant labour for many years, and which, if found practically operative, would have done more to effect the complete tranquillisation, and with it the regeneration, of Ireland, than all the statutes that have been enacted since the great measure for the removal of the civil and re ligious disabilities of our Roman Catholic brethren received the Royal assent. He entreated with humility, almost equal to that with which he would have supplicated an Envoy from the CZAR, that they should not be ignominiously kicked out of the House—surrendering at the first appearance of opposition all that was really in dispute, by consenting to the withdrawal of all the bills for the present session. He freely and willingly pledged himself that if the several bills were read a second time, it should be on the understanding that they should proceed no further for the time being. The enemy should be fierce indeed who would refuse to assent to these conditions— who would not allow a strong antagonist to march out with all the honours of war on surrendering possession of a still tenable for tress. What, in fact, more beneficial to the cause of landlordism could they have accom plished than the withdrawal of the bills ? The hereditary legislators are not desirous of coming into collision with the representatives of the people on trivial or insufficient grounds ; they are too well aware that they must eventually retire from such a contest, and a reckless deter mination to precipitate the crisis would only have been injurious to themselves, not to their oppo nents. That *hich is gained by diplomacy is far better than a similar acquisition by open force, and the malcontents must have hugged themselves with joy when they found the proposi tion emanating from the " excellent ABERDEEN," that all the measures should be tranquilly shelved for an • cfoereci.geg,pirtewseanst,,r indefinite period. As there was nothing in such a course binding them to any future pro ceeding, of course, assented to ; and thus, the occupiers of stands l the all-important question we confess thate of the futur e between the owners and although we cannot help a soil in the sister kingdom. unexpected terminatio:al3 feeling of temporary ointment at this very the p rocee di ngs th at it energetically istll carried on have been so ably and w o i u u r firm con that e bene ficialsince last November, the rights of the actual occupiers of the soil viction that the postponemanednt to the good cause, will be more clearly and better defined un d er the new legislation that is inevitable, and that a t a very early period, than under the measures thus shelved for the time being. The popular cause is invari ably benefited by procrastination. A spirit i s excited among the disappointed suitors who h ave justice on their side, which asto nishes their op romn ts, and speedily leads to ev en more extensive cone ssions than were de - nanded i n the first in stan e. The myth of the c y bi iie books was founded on a thorough knowledge nature ; and even within our own times we have illustrated seen the principle powerfully iof human in the extraordinary impetus given to the demand for a large and comprehensive measure of reform, by the contemptuous refusal to confer the Elective IFranehise on some of the more important mann 14411ring towns in lieu of petty boroughs, by - • , tt THE StiN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1853. whose systematic corruption it had been justly 1 forfeited. Bad the members been given to Bir mingham, or the disfranchisement of East Ret ford, the modern Magna Charta (the Reform Bill) would not have been so speedily carried, or by any means to extensive in its operation. The ad vocates of " Tenant Right," in its due significa tion, such as that which has been in ope ration in certain districts of Ulster since before the Commonwealth, may console them selves with this reflection. The justice and expediency of their demand has been recog nised by men of all parties in both Houses of Par liament. It has found its way into the inmost recesses of Downing-street under the DERBY Go vernment, and under the Joint-Stock Administra tion. The Attorney-General of Lord DERBY has been zealously and efficiently seconded by the Solicitor-General of Lord ABERDEEN ; KEOGH has sustained and supported NAPIER ; and whatever doubts may be entertained as to the ardour of either Cabinet, there can be none as to the enthu siasm, the efficiency, and the honesty of the Irish Law Officers of the Crown on the great question of Landlord and Tenant Reform. We rejoice to find that justice has been done to these Right Hon. Gentlemen by the northern deputation, and that a well-merited tribute of praise has been accorded to KEOGH and NAPIER for their inva- MONEY MARKET YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DIINDAS STAKES. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken for export. The market closed heavily with but little alteration in prices. The sales com prised 3,000 American, 1,000 Pernam and Maran ham at 60. to 70. ; 20 Egyptian at 9d., and 1000 Surat at 4 1-16th per lb. Railway Shares were dull at lower prices. A conversation that took place last night in Par liament, possesses a good deal of interest for the banking community. The inconvenience felt by the circulation of half-crowns and florins at the same time, has been a matter of complaint of late, and it is very satisfactory to learn from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer that there have been no half-crowns issued for the last year or two. It would have, perhaps, been desirable how ever, that Gpvernment should have gone still further, and have decided upon calling in all half crowns, or at least of instructing the Bank of Eng land to exchange at the Mint all that it might re ceive. The Chancellor of the Exchequer urged, in reply to the latter suggestion, that there was a good deal of preliminary inquiry and arrangement necessary before the decimal system could be con veniently introduced, but a measure so simple as this, one might have thought could have been at once carried out without interfering in any way with the interests of the public. The accounts received from Australia entirely corroborate the assertions that the markets would soon be much more amply supplied with produce and manufactures. _ The arrivals had been very Antigone . Captain Cornish Surveyor.. Seven ran. Fine race. YORKSHIRE OAKS. Mayfair ... 1 Nine ran. ORDER OF RUNNING. 2. o—Dundas Stakes. 2.3o—Yorkshire Oaks. 3. o—Convivial Stakes. 3.3o—Ebor St Leger. 4. o—Chesterfield Handicap. 5. o—Her Majesty's Plate. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS King of Trumps, Sally Warfoot colt, Chief Justice, Mistletoe, Holiday, Wild Huntsman, Ammonia, Boiardo, Newminster, Honeydew, St. Andrew, Neville, Captain Cornish, Feversham, Dervish, The Queen, Broughton, Meteora, Goorkah, Sittingbourne, Kingston, Nicotine, Dick Turpin, Peggy, Mayfair, We'ham, Nabob, Evadne, N6rva, Auld Acquaintance, Bianca, The Sheriff, North Pole, Rosaline, Itch, Exact, Astolfo, Boddicot, Barrel, Catspaw. luable exertions in promoting the industrial rights of their countrymen. Whatever differences may exist on minor points, or on the details between these Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, both are ani mated by an equally zealous and honest determi nation to prove that if " property has its duties as well as its rights," industry likewise has "its rights as well as its duties"—that legislation must no longer be one-sided, but must look to the inte rests of the occupiers as well as of the owners—of the cultivators, as well as of the proprietors of the soil. large, and already there was a decline in the prin cipal necessaries and luxuries. According to a state ment by Messrs. W. Barrett and Co., there had been, in 28 days, flour and wheat equal to 45 days' consumption received from Chili and America. Still the colony grows so little for its own consumption that it is most desirable that these supplies should be kept up, and it may be hoped that there will be a sufficient margin of profit to preserve the induce ment to continue these shipments. The arrivals of wines and spirits were very large, but the con sumption was considerable—much more so, in fact, than the health and morals of the Australian popu lation rendered desirable. For groceries the de mand at Melbourne in the early part of June was not so active, and it is very important to bear in mind that the Americans supply many ar ticles in this line, and that no calculation which does not include their shipments, will be a guide to the exporter from Europe. Timber was high, but a reduction in prices was expected about August or September, as increased imports would then probably reach. The banks were selling bills at 2 per cent, premium. Gold dust was 765. 6d. per oz. In the quotations for Bills of Exchange upon the principal Continental cities, there was no par ' titular change yesterday. Paris, 90 days was at 25 20 to 221, Amsterdam at 11 18 to Hamburgh at 13 6i to 7, and Trieste at 10 56 to 59. English Securities have been very steady and not in any way affected by the discussion last night in Parliament upon the Eastern question. It seems to be pretty well understood that there will, be no war, and this is the point upon which specu lations generally go. At the same time, no pru dent man will consider the question settled until the provinces are evacuated. Consols have been 971 the New 31 per Cents. 100 k to 1011, and the 3 per Cents. 98i f. There is still a talk of the rate of discount being advanced to-morrow. Ex chequer Bills have been rather better, being par to 2s. discount. India Bonds are 12s. premium. India Stock has been firmer at 257 to 259. In the Foreign Market there has been a better tone as regards a few of the Securities, but with out much doing. Grenada Deferred have ad vanced to 9 Sardinian are 96k. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been at 471 to #, and the Deferred at 23k. Russian 41 per Cents. are not higher than 101 i. Mexican bring 261 to 27. Buenos Ayres have receded to 65. Brazilian 41 per Cents. are at 99/. Dutch 2 per Cents have been at 641. The market for English Railway Shares has been rather heavy this morning, and there has been a preponderance of sellers. The French lines are decidedly higher, the Bears having left their ac counts open until the last moment, and now find ing the shares bought in against them. Indeed, with the statements which the English companies are submitting to their proprietory, showing a large increase of receipts, and yet no augmentation of dividends, it is not surprising that French shares should, even at the current high rates, be prefer red. There is nothing but the political uncer tainty that would dispose any one to hold them as au investment, and with persons of small means should always be regarded as a serious objection, however capitalists may afford to run a risk. The Gold Mine Shares are heavy again, and also the Australian Banks. The Land Companies' Shares do not improve. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 16. The Queen and Prince, the Princess Helena, and the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and the Hon. Captain de Ros, drove out yesterday afternoon. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Walter Westrup, the inventor of the new system of grinding wheat, Dr. Dun des Thomson, F.R.S.E., the eminent millwright, Mr. Middleton, Mr. W. Pairtt, miller, the Solicitors and others, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade, to support the peti tion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Lord Port man, C. P. Villiers, M.P., R. A. Christopher, M.P., Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., C. Hadley, M.P., W. A. Mackinnon, M.P., J. B. Carter, M.P., and B. B. Cabbell, F.R.S., M.P., for a Royal Charter of Incorpo ration of the " Royal Conical Flour Mill Company." In the unavoidable absence of Lord Beaumont, Mr. North house, the Parliamentary manager of the petitions, in troduced the deputation, and argued the case. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the West India Islands. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Gwen nom of the West Coast of Africa, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Platt.) ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. Edouard Raynaud, 86, described as a tailor, was in• dicted for unlawfully attempting to conspire with others to kill and murder Louis Napoleon the Emperbr of the French. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Robinson conducted the•prose cution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Wollett. The trial excited a good deal of interest, and the court was very much crowded. Prince (le Joinville occupied a seat on the bench, and was attended by his secretary. The whole particulars of the case have already been published in detail, and it will only be necessary to re capitulate some of the main facts. The prisoner, who is a tailor by trade, lived at 4, Gerrard•place, Golden square, and he was charged with sending three letters to Prince de Joinvillo offering to assassinate Louis Na poleon, the Emperor of the French, for the sum of 201. On receiving these letters, his Highness handed them to Sir Richard Mayne, the Commissioner of Police, who set an inquiry on foot, and the prisoner was traced to Southampton, and apprehended. On being taken into custody he expressed his regret at having sent the let ters, and said he wrote them while labouring under an affection of the head, for which ho had been under treat ment at the hospital at Southampton. The present pro secution was instituted against him by the direction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department,_ Prince de Joinville was the first wanes; called. He was examined through an interpreter, and deposed to re ceiving the letters, but said be knew nothing of the pri soner, and saw him for the first time at Bow-street. He added, in cross-examination, that he was in the habit of receiving many applications from exiles for money. A Russian, named Lemiot, identified the handwriting of the prisoner, and said he had frequently gone with him in search of work. Sometimes they were unsuccess ful, and on these occasions he was very much upset and depressed, and seemed troubled in his mind. John Saunders, of the detective force, said he arrested the prisoner at Southampton, and that ho expressed his regret at having sent the letters to the Prince. The letters, and a literal translation of them, were then put in and read. This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Wollett objected to the prosecution on the ground that Claremont, where the letters were received, was beyond the jurisdiction of this Court. Mr. Baron Platt over-ruled the objection. Mr. Wollett then addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner. He contended that the prisoner had no intention of carrying out the threat contained in his insane letters, andthat his only object wa s to g et mon e y. If he really had any serious thought of assassinating the Emperor, he would have made some preparation, but no evidence was adduced to show that he had in his possession may infernal machine, knife, pistol, or other weapon, with which to commit the deed. Under these circumstances he did not think the jury would be justified in finding him guilty of the serious offence alleged in the indictment. Mr. Baron Plitt then summed up the case, and said the only question for the consideration of the jury was whether the prisoner intended to induce Prince de Join villa to join in the conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor. If they believed that to be his object, they would find him guilty ; if not, they would return a verdict of ac quittal. The jury then retired, and after an absence of about twenty minutes, they returned into court, when the fore man announced that they had agreed to a verdict of not guilty, intimating that they thought the only object of the prisoner was to extort money from Prince de Joinville. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Prom, the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 98 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ... 97i New - New 34 per Cent. Annuities lOl4 14 1001 India Stock . 25 India Bonds, £lO OO l2 Ditto, under £l.OOO 2O Consols for Account Bth September 97/ i Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO £5OO par Small 3 d par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New,1852, 4i per Cent 99/ x d Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 65 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4?,; per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, s'per Cent 96 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47 * Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates .. .., OBl HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 97i i Ditto September Account 97i i RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 13; 1853 £22,011 4 2 Corresponding week last year. 19,014 9 6 SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAIL WAY.—Last evening, a fearful collision, attended with numerous personal injuries and a great loss of railway property, occurred on the South-Eastern Railway, near the Croydon station. The express train which left Dover at 7.20 with a long line of carriages, was pro ceeding with its usual rapidity when, on nearing the Croydon station, it dashed into a cattle-box which was attached to an engine and tender that was proceeding on the same line. The engine-driver and stoker of the latter instantly jumped off and fortunately escaped. Many of the passengers were severely wounded. The officials instantly procured surgical aid, and had two or three cases that presented rather a serious aspect re moved to the surgery of the nearest medical gentleman. Dr. Bryant, of Bristol, accompanied by his lady and daughter, occupied the third carriage from the engine= The doctor, who is in a very delicate state of health, suffered severely by the shock, while his lady was sorely wounded about the head, and his daughter had one of her teeth knocked out. All the passengers were knocked off their seats and dashed with great ,violence against each other. As soon as the passengers had recovered from the fright and shock, they were transferred to an other train, which conveyed them to the London Bridge terminus, where they arrived an hour after their usual time. A YOUNG FEMALE BURNT TO DEATH AT TOTTENHAM HIGH-CROSS GRAMMAR-SCHOOL—This morning, Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, received information of the following frightful occurrence, which resulted in the almost immediate death of Maria Knight, aged sixteen years. It appears that the unfortunate young woman who was employed at the Grammar-school, Tottenham, High-cross, was engaged at the kitchen-fire last evening, when by some accident a portion of her dress became ignited, and in affright she ran screaming into the yard, where the wind made the flames spread rapidly, and be fore assistance arrived her clothes were burnt to tinder, on removing which, portions of the flesh adhered. A surgeon was called in who recommended her removal to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and she was conveyed to London by the half-past 6 o'clock train vid the Eastern Counties Railway. On her arrival with the matron at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, she was immediately taken under the care of Mr. Archer, resiient surgeon in Har ley's ward, but the injuries were so extensive, her chest he Nv i e v e s s e. l'obeing comp l ete l y d enu d e d o f fl es h , t h a t s h e ex pi re d i n a very short ti me a ft er a d m i ss i on . PRODUCE MARKETS.—The weekly reviews from the ti ons inri v e e e d Amsterdam a n d R otter d am pro d uce mar k ets sta t e th a t business s r had not continued hveersynpapctnirvtee.d, descrip tionsCanoffdesennianedsugar, little desire were oe s press i y g ne h os t st te s i a t l d e e s n . c y numerouspt, o ubr a uc d ht v ah a s n oel e sd e eo . rf s T i Inn h da e itgl i o nf e p sehtraeadd ibnege n h a n d made an ra t improvement ; dried fruits were prices , bring- O a E nd .1 theA. beautiful p quotations etnailnispecimen fore nof tea this exhibited p lt is now a n garden of the firmness. bu AMERICANrs AL ting into blo om i n the s I Earl of Mount Edgeurnb e , at Ply mo uth. nearly e c ted to t :s highreach as aboutth e orange t when it at itsis now growth,conservatory, but it is ex- . p The plant is said to be about 100 years old, and there aro about; 30 Tikes of flowers coming into blossom, Increase in 1853 £2,996 14 8 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 13, 1853 218,383 13 2 Corresponding week last year 12,811 10 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 112,357 10 5 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 100,417 1 2 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WZSTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re uUM for the week ending Aug. 13, 1853. £5,090 12 11 corresponding week last year 4,185 9 5 Increase in 1853 £905 3 6 CORDILLEIC.A. AUSTRALIAN GOLD COMPANY.—The Cordillera (A .ustralian) Gold Company have received advices of tl le arrival at Sydney of Mr. Baker, their geologist, whom they sent overland to wait the arrival of their vessel , the Tory, despatched in March last with a body of 1:15 men, a steam-engine, &c., to work the land leased lu them from the Peel River Company. The following extract from his letter is the only part that bears on. the prospects of the undertaking :—" P.S. I have soug . ht an interview with Colonel Marney, the Commission( r of Crown Lands for the Liverpool Plains and Peel Ri - Ter district, and, upon representing myself as the geolo: fist of your company, he at once frankly conversed w ith me about the district of the Peel ; and I am happy to . say that, after I had explained to him the preparation? t the company had made and the freedom they had all towed themselves of change of location as circumstan( les might require, he told me he thought we had the b( )gt chance of succeeding of any oompany he had heard • 3f. He also said he had granted licenses re cently to 4 010 men, who were at work close to Tam worth, and. -pointed out to me several places on the map within a fei v miles of the Australian Agricultural Com pany's land: , where men were at work and doing well. He inform' ad me he considered the Peel River district as highly a uriferous, and showed me some fine specimens of quo.rtz i ,vhich had been sent him thence." ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, AUG. 16.—Captain Grant's ti •oop of Royal Horse Artillery assembled yes terday n i orning in heavy marching order, and proceeded to the Cc , mmon, where they were drawn up in line for the Corn mandant's inspection. Colonel E. C. Whin yates, C.l 1., arrived at a quarter before 11 o'clock, ac compa,nien by Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Brigade M. ijor Bingham, and Captain Riddell, Royal Artillery. The Commandant inspected the men and horses, with their app ointments very minutely, and the troop marcha '1 at 7o' clock this morning, headed by the brass band t f the Royal Horse Artillery, as far as Charlton, the troop 'Doing under orders to return to their former static= at Wee .on. It is expected that Captain Taylor's troop will re turn to their previous station at Canterbury on the set )aration of the troops now in camp at Chobham. kDrtier 3 have been forwarded to Captain Dennis Pack's field battery at Kilkenny, to leave that station and proceed,. to Bristol, where the entire battery, with the horses, gaps, and ammunition, will remain until further order 14. Nineteen gunners of the Ist bat talion, in charge , of a non-commissioned officer, left Woolwich on Thi Ars day morning for Shorncliff, to fill up Captain Iticharel BI ackwood Price's field battery at that station. The (gent, emen cadets had some excellent mor tar and howitzvr pf a , ltice on Thursday, for the first time this season. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TLLEGRAPIL) ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. At noon to-day the United States mail steam ship Atlantic, Capt. West, arrived in the Mersey with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. The Atlantic left New York on the Gth inst., and besides the mails has brought about 140 passengers, but no specie. The United States mail steamer Washington had arrived out at New York on the 4th inst. The Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara reached Boston on the sth inst. On the Bth inst., the Royal Mail steamer Africa, from hence for New York on the 30th ult., was passed by the Atlantic. The political news from the States continues of an unimportant character. O'Donoghue, the Irish exile, w_bo escaped from Van Diemen's Land and lately landed in New York, has got himself into trouble. From infor mation lodged with the authorities, he had been arrested for intending to fight a duel , but was libe rated on procuring bail. Business had taken an unfavourable turn at New York since the departure of the previous steamer, and the pressure on the money market amounted to almost a panic. Prices of Stocks had consider ably fallen, and the tendency was still downwards. The Market for Breadstuffs was active, and prices very firm, at the following quotations :—Western Canal flour, 5 dolls. 25c. to 5 dolls. 374 c. per barrel, very firm ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 34c. to 1 doll. 36c. per 601bs. ; Indian corn, sound yellow, 76c. to 78c. per bushel ; Indian meal, 3 dolls. 121 c. to 3 dolls. 25c. per barrel. The cotton market at New York is reported brisk, with a good average amount of business doing, at slightly advanced prices. The following are the quotations :—New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 121 c. to 13c. ; Uplands, 11/c. In the provision market there had not been much doing, and prices were weak. The freight market was in a good firm condition, and shipowners were asking increased rates. Flour to Liverpool paid 2s. 9d. to 3s. per barrel, and cotton, id. to 5-16 d. per lb. Exchange on London, 109 4 to loq, but not well sustained ; Paris, 5 124 to 5 15 ; Hamburg, 364 to 364 ; Bremen, 79 to 80. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS FRANCE. In consequence of the fete of Monday, which was also the religious holiday of the Assumption, only two of the Paris journals appeared yesterday—namely, the Moni teur and the Gazette des Tribiznaux. The former appears to have been published partly for the purpose of announc ing some further nominations in the Legion of Honour, and giving a long list of persons to whom the Military Medal of Honour has been granted. The Marquis of Clanricarde passed yesterday through Paris. He proceeds to Hamburg. The Minister of Foreign Affairs gave a grand diplo matic dinner on Monday. All the members of the corps diplomatique were present. The Minister of Interior has addressed the fol lowing letter to General the Marquis de Lawcestine, Commandant-in-Chief of the national guards of the Seine : "My dear General—The review of Sunday has testi fied in a striking manner both the good feeling and the excellent appearance of the national guards of the Seine. Those 30,000 men whom you presented to the Emperor with so much military precision figured with honour by the side of our admirable army. This is a fine compli ment to pay you. The Emperor charges me to express to you his lively satisfaction, and I am happy and proud to transmit it to you. Accept, my dear General, the ex pression of my sentiments of high esteem and attach ment. "F. DE PERSIGNY." The Moniteur publishes telegraphic dispatches from a great number of towns in the departments, announcing that the fete of Napoleon had been celebrated there with great enthusiasm. A telegraphic despatch from Toulon announces the arrival there of the Montebello from Besika Bay. It is also said that letters from the Levant announce the arrival at Constantinople of the Friedland. She was to rejoin the squadron in a few days. There has been a manifest improvement in the trade of Paris since Monday last. Several large orders, which had been given two months past and subsequently sus pended, have been confirmed within the last week, and the manufacturers have been compelled to use increased exertions to recover the time lost. The provincial shop keepers, moreover, having disposed of the stock on hand, are now coming into the market, and, of course, increase the demand. The shopkeepers and hotel-keepers of Paris have gained considerably by the influx of foreign ers, particularly English, within the last few days, to witness the preparations, and assist at the national fete, It is calculated that 150,000 strangers have arrived in Paris within the last two days. The accounts received by the last mail from New York are highly satisfactory to the French merchants and manufacturers. It appears that the stock of foreign manufactured goods is considerably reduced throughout the United States, the greater portion having been ex ported to California in return for gold received from the mines. The French manufacturers have likewise found a new market in Australia. Any business formerly transacted between France and that colony was con ducted by English houses ; the French export merchants now trade there on their own account. The wheat har vest is now nearly concluded throughout France, and, although the weather has been so favourable during the last three weeks, the result is by no means satisfac tory. Several accounts are evidently exaggerated, which estimate the deficiency as equal to one-fourth of an average crop. The truth appears to be that it will be come necessary to purchase from foreign countries 10,000,000 hectolitres of wheat, equal to one month's consumption of the population of France. There has been a considerable amount of business transacted at the wine-market of Bercy during the last week, with less firmness in prices. The arrivals of consignments of Bordeaux wines at Bercy since the opening of the entire line have been considerable, and the accounts of the improvement in the appearance of the vines since the late fine weather are calculated to cause a further reduction in price, but unfortunately the spreading of the oidiunt is so general that fears are en tertained for the general crop. The destruction com mitted in the Aude and the Var is alarming. Some pro prietors in the neighbourhood of Narbonne do not ex pect to obtain one hogshead of wine from vines which produced 100 hogsheads previous to the appearance of the disease. The accounts from Burgundy scarcely mention the Odium. They agree in stating that the grapes are making great progress to maturity, and that they have entirely recovered the effect of the heavy rains. The Government securities were very firm yesterday on the Bourse. The Thzee per Cents, opened at 80f. 90c., rose to 81f. 25c., and closed at 81f. 15c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, I,llof. ; Havre, 515 f. ; Great Northern, 905 f. ; Basle, 370 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 1000 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 815 f. ; Western of France, 765 f. ; Bourdeaux and Cette, 650 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 627 f. 50c. • Dijon and Besancon, 550 f. ; Shares of the Bank of &edit Mobilier, 885 f. ; Bank of Darmstadt, 550 f. THE FETE OF THE EMPEROR. If some great prize were proposed to the competition of all the cities in the world for superior excellence in getting up a great public fete, beyond a doubt Paris would prove immeasurably victorious in the strife. Each year sees a fresh demand made on the talents of her decorative artists, but so fruitful is their imagination, and so pure their taste, that always something beautiful is offered to the public admiration, and in most cases differing essen tially from anything invented for former solemnities. The present occasion furnishes an additional proof of the vast superiority of French decorative talent, the ornamenta tion for the Fête Napoleon being distinguished alike for novelty and for good taste. The fête commenced at six in the morning by a salvo of 101 guns fired from the Invalides. Even as early as that hour a number of promenaders were already enjoying the cool air of the morning in the Champs Elysees, where thousands of workmen had been busy from the first light of dawn in putting up lamps and completin g th e var i ous preparations. The weather was propitious, rain having fallen in the night and laid the dust, and the atmosphere being just so cloudy as to prevent the rays of the sun from falling on the earth with too much force. As the morning ad vanced the crowd gradually increased, and at nine o'clock the various points on which the ornamentation was most attractive were already thronged. The ground selected for the principal decorations comprised the garden of the Tuileries, the Place de la Concorde, and the Champs Elysees, up to the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile. But the fete was not merely in honour of the Empe ror ; it was also, to a certain extent, a religious one, since the Fete Napoleon and that of the Assumption fall on the same day. In the various churches of Paris the image of the Virgin was dressed out with great splendour, and a grand service was cele brated in her honour. The a ttendance at these services was exceedingly great, and the churches continued to be crowded until twelve o'clock. In the course of the morning also provisions were distributed at the different mairies of Paris to the poor and aged, and on this occa sion the usual allowance was increased. The public offices generally were illuminated. The dome of the Pantheon, the cornice of the Legislative Chamber, and the Arc de Triomphe were lighted with gas. The Hotel de Ville, which was h andsomely dressed out with flags and hangings, was at night brilliantly lit up. The Column in the Place Vendome was illu minated at the top and bottom with lampions, but the effect was not very striking. It may ho as well to mention, that in the afternoon a num ber of old soldiers paid a visit to this spot, and deposi ted crowns of immortelles and flowers on the steps. The r ailin g s were dressed w ith b ouq uets and wreaths of laurel, and the general effect was pleasing. Along the Boulevards and the principal leading streets, the illumi nations were pretty general, but they looked insignifi cant after the fairy-like scene in the Champs Elysees. The whole cost 95 jie fete was 70,000 fr., of which 80 : 000fr. were distributed in alms. The expense is to be equally divided between the city of Paris and the State. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. A letter from Constantinople, dated August 1, gives a resume of the events of the last few days, which cer tainly cannot increase the expectation of a speedy and pacific termination to these differences. The note which was sent off to Vienna on the 24th July, is stated to have been a single isolated instance of any attempt on the part of the Porte to conciliate Russia, lout in fact advances the matter nothing at all , as it only offers what Russia has already refused. Since then a manifesto of the Sultan to his subjects was published on the 30th of July, in which, commenT ing with the demands made by Prince Menschika, the whole course and present state of the affair is 6 .T" forth, the reasons given why the Russian demanas have been resisted, and the population informe d occupation of the Principalities having been proteted_ against and foreign mediation accepted . The recta of the two Hospodars, the closing of the Russian p ost, the approaching removal of the Russian Commercia l Chan cellerie, and the departure of the Russian Cons ul fromof the. Adrianople, do not bear a very pacific character. A 5 the same Council, at which the above manifesto was signed, the progress made in preparation for defence was reported and the statement received with the greatest enthusiasm. The Zeit and the Frankfurter Zeitung look on the manifesto of the Sultan as another pledge of peace, asmuch as, instead of working up the passions of his subjects against his enemy, he seeks to allay the inter ' nal animosities of the Turks and Christians under ld,s rule. The latter journal points out, however, a pow liar danger to which the peace of Turkey is exposed in the event of the present forces being disbanded, nai nelh that the Turkish soldier, who, in his extreme po vertif has been compelled to leave wife and children at howl unprovided for, looked forward to booty, to be o btained in battle, as a means of recruiting his own finances, an if sent home empty will help himself on the road t ? anything he m a y f ee l i nc li ne d t o i n th e p o ssession of lun unarmed countrymen. The Zeit has published a translation of four doeir ments :-1. The letter of the Prince of Moldavia t° Redschid Pasha, June 25, informing him that the Ra s " sian Consul-General at Bucharest had summoned hlm in the name of the Emperor to suspend his relation s with the Porte, and withh o ld an y f ur th er payments cif the tribute. 2. The letter of the Consul-General above' mentioned, dated June 23d. 3. The dispatch frn ni , Count Nesselrode to the Qonsul-General Katchinsk't ordering the above measure, June 3d. And 4. Letter from Redschid Pasha to Stirbey, Prince of Walla chia, July 25th. The two latter may perhaps still have soil interest, particularly the former of the two, as it serve as preliminary answer to Lord Clarendon's us. mand for explanations : " COUNT NESSELRODE TO THE CONSIIL-GENEBA T ' EATCHINSICI. " St. Petersburg, June 3 ' 1 "The military occupation of the Principalities is, have already informed you, to cause no change in the aM' o i le , ing order of things as regards the civil administraTbe and the personel of the superior officers, unless Hospodars themselves should consider the change of se. employes necessary to the introduction of the greatest r — d, Bible regularity in the various branches of the service, — O . particularly in that of providing for the Imperial trcePst There is still one question, however, on which we 9au cc , make our views known beforehand to the two Prince s, a that they may guide themselves accordingly. Wet s to . to speak of their relations to Constantinople and the v‘ man Ministry. These relations must necessarily be brolc,,o off on the day the military occupation of the land on part of our troops commences, and at the same time evr fl 7, action, every influence, on the p ar t o f th e sove reign P°: 1 0 must for a time cease. Anothe r consequence o f the °"- of things will be the stopping of the tribute which provinces are bound to pay the Porte. The sums Wi ll 0 (the same as hitherto) have to be paid, must remain at 1 1 0 disposal of the Imperial Government, which reserves itself to make what use of them it thinks proper. ,_„t o " You will communicate to the Hospodars the co_W-- .11 1 ^w, of this, which I have the Emperor's commands to O you of." " REDSCHID PASHA TO STIBBEY, PRINCE OF WALLAC`, " Constantinople, July 2 n; be "Prince ! When Russia advanced her troops into ,_: Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, she dec lar ed that she had no intention of changing the public arran• , •, ments which govern those provinces, or to alter the Pon d tion which is guaranteed to them by solemn treaties; !'n the Sublime Porte, which trusted this declarati o ?; thought it might leave your Highness, as well as h i t , Highness the Prince of Moldavia, at your respective Pc° t We learn, however, from the letter which has been Ben • us by the Prince of Moldavia, that the Russian Court 119's issued an order that you, as well as the Prince of Moldallni shall break of your relations with Constantinople, an, keep back the settled tribute. This has surprised 11- excessively. "As the Russian Court has attacked the system of pi!, vinces in the point which immediately affects the poS possessed of Sovereignty in them—in a word, in it s vat foundations—the Sublime Porte sees clearly, that n tbin state of things the exercise of rightful authority in a I °l l / 1 ner due to its holy and uncontested rights, is imposslit h , the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The for as Porte has therefore determined that your Hiflhn e fo 'r as well as his Highness the Prince of Moldavia, shall the present quit the provinces, and this order has also b ee n officially communicated to the great Powers. You therefore, as is due to commands issuing from the lid perial throne, quit the provinces immediately; a nd show it happen that you act contrary t o th ese or d ers , the Su . blime Porte will adopt such measures as shall appear 0 ,11 able and conducive to it s i n t erests on the occas i on. " I gladly embrace thi s opportunity, " &c. From St. Pote rs b urg h t h ere are dispatches to t h e 1 0tI c i instant. The f orma l proposals had arrived, and ~g I : ' 3 met with the p rom i se d recept i on. Noth i ng is wa n t ing but the adhesi on o f th e S u l tan, w h en the P r i nc ipalities will be at once evacua t e d an d di p l omat i c re l at i on s cal: pletely re-established. Constantinople is, therefore, 3; present the centre of attention, and the next steale, e , bringing ne ws f rom th e T ur ki s h cap it a l i s l oo ked I° ' with the greatest impatience. ITALY. The Voce della Liberta, of Turi n , quot es a circular of the sth, issued by the police department of S wi tzerlan d ' ordering the arrest of two refugees f r o m L o mbardy, 61 , 8 Hungarian deserters, and a Turk from Bosnia, to ivig h ; acts of robbery and theft have been attributed. - " A ', refugees are to be taken to Berne under escort.; the ''- serters are to be given up to Austria. We read in the Gcnoa Gazette of the 12th that th i ; Dowager Queen of Sardinia has been labouring u n d e r indisposition at La Spezzia, serious enough to ren "ti bleeding necessary. Her ajesty is now convalesce° PAID FORFEIT. County Plate—Longbow and Malice. Ebor Handicap—Gossamer and Fancy Girl. Prince of Wales Stakes—Applause, Exactly, Bonehill, Tadcaster, and Beauty, Great Yorkshire Stakes—Belle, West Australian, colt by Melbourne, Auld Acquaintance, Mabella, and Bracket. West Australian is scratched for all his engagements here. Lord Lieutenant is expected. Ariosto does not go to York. Flutter does not run. LATEST OFFERS. EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Pantomime. S to 1. agst any other. Nothing doing. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Pantomime (taken). 7to 1 agst Sally Warfoot colt (taken). 7 to 1 agst Lord Lieutenant (taken). 10 to 1 agst Adine. 14 to 1 agst Goorkah. 15 to 1 agst Newminster. 100 to 6 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 100 to 6 agst St. Andrew (taken). 100 to 7 agst Catspaw (friendless). DUNDAS STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill. SPORTING NOTES. FRIDAY'S RACES AT YORK. The events to be decided on Friday now alone remain for discussion, and I shall dismiss them with brief ob servations. The most important item in the list is the Great Yorkshire Stakes for which there are 133 nomi nations. West Australian is not likely to figure among the competitors ; should the field, therefore, be numeri cally strong, a good betting race, and an interesting en counter may be anticipated. The animals whose chances appear formidable on paper are the Queen, Mayfair, Umbriel, Vindex, Honeywood, and Lord Fauc - onberg. The starting of the Queen will entirely depend upon her nominator ; but should she go to the post, I shall ex pect to see her obtain a forward position in the race. In her default, I shall expect either Honeywood or Yin dex to achieve success. Boiardo and Cyrus are my selections for the Gimcrack Stakes. Torment will probably carry off the York Cup. My opinion as to the probable result of the Ebor Handicap has undergone no change. lam still firm in my allegiance to PANTOMIME and ADINE. The best of Dawson's lot will be a formidable opponent, but I am not prepared to say which of his horses will be intended. I have received a mysterious hint about Dick Turpin, whose day, it is said, has come. York, Tuesday night. A FRESH MAN. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number of day's racing. AUGUST. Birmingham and Spark- Egham (2) 23 brook (3) l5 Liverpool Hunt Cup (2)..24 Bungay (1) l6 Derby (2) 25 York (3) 17 Hereford (2) 25 Boulogne (2) 17 Eccles (3) 29 Paisley lB Lichfield (2) 29 Tonbridge (1) 18 Chelmsford (2) 30 Radcliffe (3) 22 Plymouth 30 Barnsley (2) ... ....... ....22 , SEPT: :MBER. Lincoln (2) 1 Bridgnorth Marlborough Cheadle (Staff.) (2) Warwick (2) 6 Totnes & Bridgetown (2) 7 Weymouth Morpeth (2) Western Meeting 8 Rochester &Chatha,m (2) 8 Western Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) l2 Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l3 Doncaster (4) 13 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) Bedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2) 22 Canterbury (2) 22 ' Newmarket 'P. 0. (3)....2 Walsall (2) Northallerton (2) 2 IBER. OCTi Chester Autumn (2) 4 Monmouth YorkshireUnionHunt(l) 6 Wrexham (2) Newmarket S. 0. (5) _lO War wick Autumn (2) lB Caledonian Hunt and Kelso 18 Richmond (2) l9 Newmarket (H.) (6) 24 IRISH RACES TO COME. AUGUST. 15 I Down Royal Corpora -17 tion (4) 23 SPTEMBER. Curraugh Sept. Meeting 6 I LimerickGrandNational2l Tipperary Autumn l2 I Roscommon (3) 26 Tuam (2) 2O I Johnstown (2) 2B NOVEMBER.' Kilcock (2) Bellewstown (2) Worcester (2) Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbiidge Hunt (2) 9 Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 Shrewsbury (2) 15 Newton Autumn (1) 24 Aberystwith (3) Last week TBE CAMP AT aIIO.I3IIAM COMMON. The weather has held up well to the close of the camp, and now at its last days it seems bent on giving the troops another taste of Chobham inclemency. We are afraid the men are destined to finish as they began, and to wade out of their cantonments after all. ....... Yesterday, as all the metropolitan world knows, was i a very wet day, yet it did not in the least in tience the attendance at Chobham . The crowds of visitors were very great, and poured into the camp almst as con tinuously as the rain. Tho fares by the omnibuses (a sure sign of the numerous concourse) rose at once to 4s. each way, and would, we doubt not, have run higher, but that many visitors, deterred by the miser able aspect of the weather, went no further than Chertsey. Contrary to general expectation, a sham battle took place, nevertheless, though its effect was much marred, if not quite spoilt, by the drizzling showers which fell during the whole time. The troops paraded at ten in front of their tents, and after inspection defiled by their right, and passed through the tents across the Bagshot-road into the valley in the rear of the lines. Here the whole force halted and un derwent the scrutiny of Lord Hardinge, Lord Seaton, the Duke, and a numerous staff of officers. The troops returned to their cantonments about two, the evolutions having been considerably shortened owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. _ Directly the sham battle was over the sightseers, who had crowded the hills in great numbers, made a great rush off the common, to seek some shelter from the heavy rain which they had braved the whole morning. The fares by vehicles to Chertsey instantly, and, as a matter of course, rose to most exorbitant rates, though even then there were not half sufficient to convey the numbers of persons willir.g and anxious to pay them. ODESSA.—The Odessa letters of the sth inst. state that there was again great activity in the wheat market, 5,000 quarters having just been sold at 2s. to 2s. Bd. advance, and transactions being checked only by the high demands of holders. The purchases, however, were apparently almost all destined for the Mediter ranean, scarcely any being now made for this country. Freights were still enormously high, the quotations being 100 s per ton for tallow, or 15s. 6d. per quarter for wheat. BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—The report of the Bank of New South Wales, one of the Sydney institu tions, for the half-year ending the 31st of March last, has just been received, and presents a result which the directors truly state to be without a parallel in banking enterprise. It appears that on a capital of 300,0001. the profits for the six months amounted to 141,6401., the appropriation of which has just been effected by increas ing the capital from 300,0001. to 400,0001.—a step equi valent to a bonus of 61. 13s. 4d. on each 201. share, be sides declaring a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, adding 14,2801. to the reserve fund, which now amounts to 40,0001., and carrying 4,9601. to a new ac count for future distribution. The report, however, admits that no repetition of these things can be expected since " the harvest of the gold discovery has now been reaped, and the profits of banking are rapidly returni ng to their former standard." At the same time, it is con tended that colonial banking, notwithstanding the com petition of the new London companies, must, from the rapidly extending trade of the country, continue to prove remunerative. The bi anches of the Bank of New South Wales are at Moreton Bay, Melbourne, Geelong, and Mount Alexander, and it has also opened an agency on this side, in lieu of keeping an account, as had hitherto been the case, with the London Joint-Stock Bank. THE PILGRIM FATHERS.-A great day was the Ist of August for New England in general, and the town of Plymouth in particular. On the spot where the Pil grims landed, the corner-stone of a monument to com memorate their departure from Delft Haven was laid. Two or three thousand persons—including the ladies, a new and agreeable feature—partook of a sumptuous din ner, and some of New England's most eloquent sons were present to complete the " feast of reason and the flow of soul." The occasion was a great one, and the ceremonies were in keeping.--New York paper. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 11th inst. tha t The weekly Council of Ministers was held 0 0 day at La Granja, under the presidency of the Qu ee° ,;et A commission of engineers had been sent to in`l3-,, the works of the Aranjuez and Tembleque Rails if which was to be immediately opened to public traffi c ' the result of the inspection was satisfactory. 740 1 The Three per Cents. were done at 43i ; the Three per Cents. at 23 7-16 ; the Debt of the First 1,18 at 101 ; and that of the Second at 51. GREAT NUGGET VEIN COMP q. Advices from the Great Nugget Vein Company (1% . ° 0 1•• South Wales) have been received to the 31st of 11.1n5' o r warding a resume of their general proceedings, th e ofr titulars of which are already kno wn , an d a lso a °P i t of notes received from Mr. Spence, the Superintendel2;be the Colonial Gold Company, by whom the vein iSr 0 1:1 worked, dated, from the spot, on the 30th of AP I. ' a p it the 14th of May. From these, which are subjoin t he t ho appears that Mr. Spence is steadily proceeding vt - i t- oa erection of the machinery to enable him to crush to wash 100 tons of rock and earth per day, accordi cg t bst the agreement between the two companies, a nd A re meanwhile the Chinese labourers in his servic e employed to wash some of the alluvi a l deposits in c `tlis in the Nugget Comp an y' s c l a i m , mon thly r eports ° e or th results of which the se cre t ar y p rom i ses s hall hen c be sent to London with regularity 1553• " Louisa Creek, April 3 0 , „ r ess: "I found on my arrival here a letter from you , e" a nd big a desire for some information as to our pr ose? ea t I.° proceedings. I believe I have been a little neg'' e t a nd' respect, but my frequent absences and con stel 'f ger ous occupation have interfered with my intention ° or lon° ing your board acquainted with the results of our operations. • 01 you allude to certain extravagant reports co pa in Sydney as to the anticipated produce of the 'P ar t °rig; alluvium. I to assure you that they have o,°, a the mated with me, c and wish it to be distinctly undere!' ° ;. r efer I never authorise any statement whatever, he, v in i;ppee re once to the returns from these claims, , t but wha t lace ploe e in my correspondence with you. Parties v isiting cos nce may be so charmed with a specimen, or the oPilroistt of a lucky prospecting pan, as to forget the vin c `, w itic° of such things, and the enormous expense, ob° ll ; o voft b there is no doubt whatever. That your shares eover ,„ a handsome premiums I really believe, for, wi l , a sniu s b the issue of the undertaking to my compolaY , wit" inevitably be in the receipt of a large atnot.ln t cal ls() little or no deduction. I do not see any sufaele! i r ie i° at present to regret the step I have taken, In' it, mind the many considerations that urged me wii7 - '0 ar e sides the probable richness of your claims. a crab ° making good progress. The Chinese work well, an , s t n iay me to reduce the average cost of labour to voi_hieeff Probably be remune ra ti ve . Allarge: por tion of the no:, is on the ground, tLe f o undations are PrePT oo e i lsr stone for the building is excavated, an d ill ea ch es growing rapidly into shape • all other work,roceo, the erection of workshops and habitations and Or' ra on' &c., is beginning to make an appearance. t h e rid to tinuinc the level north and south along :_, (l sa ppg. breaking out the lode so as to accumulate a r ?l',,, of quartz. To the north it is less promise be 11 '' hoped ;to the south it equals my expectationss.. ov.rii I shall be able shortly, from observation_orh the other places, to arrive at some definite rulesfw's of auriferous quartz. We have been doing . s ,, no . s eal°, with the alluvium this month, and, notwiths_t _nc"01101,e_ool very bad weather, and a little eccentricity of the 110 os. r the deposits, the produce since the 4th is abort mac:. six whole and two half licenses. The boles p,.. ar o , t o of the stuff rejected will yet pay to 1;"" chinery." 18 63 ' Want is correct in assuming that there is quartz, with 11 " Yours dated the 6th " lonoluyisraeaCcrheeeckl Creek, e t Y o yield 4 oz. to the ton, for I proved it this I vi h e a ek t 7 portioo not tons ; but then it is selected, and compose oonW ete t the vein we call the leader.' I have mow _ sp a st be men upon the ground for all mechanical purposes numbe r ro l , large troop of Chinese for ordinary work s _n oo d p ve. just about 100, all told. We have not got _ l - I , o ",:pers. o to duce o e alluvium lately, because , s e' en tireff rtihneg run l y eft onward hd i e n p s o t e s i a t d ; expect we s well this month. ourselvlieta do pre tty sotfillcolnfining I" I remain, " EDWARD J. SVENC E, ' " S u perintendent Colonia l Gold C00P614 8.11 16/1 St. 19i 14 St, Bt. Bt. Bt. 00 8 all 8 all 100 all St. .