The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-28 00:00:00

f4.H. WATER AT f:ONUON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M , ruing.. 1 minutes after 3 j Evening .. 23 minutes titer 3. The will of the Duchess de Praslin was deposited on Tuesday in the hands of the President of the Tri i. - bunal. The Duchess de Praslin had made disposi tions, by which her husband obtained life interests of a considerable amount. It appears that, in speaking of the education of her children, she manifests the desire that one of the eminent professors of the capi tal, emd not a governess, shall be chosen for them. A, crowd assembled on Wednesday evening near the. prison of the Luxembourg, and became so tur buileat, some of the persons composing it declaring that they would not believe the Duke de Praslin was dead, and demanding to see the body, that it became necessary to disperse the assemblage by an armed &roe. One of the journals states that several of tb'e pert urbators were arrested. *ITHTILN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH, AND A PORTRAIT OF PIZARRO. THE SEPTEMBER NLTMBER, l pri I ce H-a-Crown, of IB ENTLEY'S WILL C ONT A I N C alf ELLANY MR. RICHARD JONES AND THE POLKA; or, the Danger of Delay. With an Illustration by Leech. I!he s ac k of Borne, May 132 7 7. from an ori,;inal Spanish Letter of Ulf Time. Tay Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart. Necl, or Noththg. By H. Holl. A 5; kntimentAl Journey through Normandy. By Odard. Tt .e Services of the Peninsular Army. By One who has served with it. S nrwrier Sunset. By Claudia Merivale. the Neighbouring Families. By Hans Christian Andersen. ~.Vizarro and his Followers, with a Fortran. By Charles Whitehead. -- Pictures of Barbados. By Sir Robert Schomburgk. •CrLinn ; or, Luck Is Everything. By W. 11. - Maxwell. Captain. Spike; or, the Islets of the Gulf. By J. F, nimore Cooper. MR. STRAGGLES HAS A DAY'S FISHING. By ALBERT SMITH. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ith t be Magazines on the 31st instant, with Two Illustrations by Leech, price One Shilling, Part XIII., of THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF '"1 H RISTOPHER TAD POLE, L.) IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WE, AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson; Kathleen, Miss Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bed ford, 0. Smith, Selby, and Cullenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws. Atter which a new and original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTh WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. alunyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan; Mary White, Miss Woolgar; .Mlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Em na Harding. Ta conclude with THE DOUBLE BEDDED ROOM. Mr. Dul cimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Soason—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be presented the Comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH. Clia acters by Messrs. F. Vining, Leigh Murray, Kinloch, Bender, Tur ner, and Emery; Miss Pillars, Miss Arden, Mrs. Griffiths, and Mrs, B. Honner. _ _ _ After which, a Ballet Divertissement, in which Mr. Fleamore, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Louise Blanche will appear. To which will be added, the Farce of THE MARRIED RAKE. Mr. Frederick Flighty, Mr. F. Vining ; Mrs. Trictrac, and Cornet Fitahenry Fitzherbert, Miss Villars ; Susan, Mrs. Bland. To be followed by a Vocal and Instrumental Concert, by Five Sons of Ethiopia. To conchrle with GWYNNETH VAUGHAN. Owen Williams, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Gwynneth Vaughan, Mrs. R. Homier. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. linde- the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge. Lessee. Re-en 5 tgement of Mr. and Mrs._I,IEELEY for Six sights more. THIS ' , NEN ENG Will be presented the popular Drama of THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally Bloomly, Mrs. Keeley. After which, JENNY LIND ; or, The Swedish Nightinga:e. .Miss Tenny Leatherlungs, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the popular Extravaganza of VALENTINE IND ORSON. Valontine, Mrs. Keeley; Orson, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with MART, THE MA ID OF THE 'llichaid, ;Ir. T. Fredericks ; Harrop, Mr. Heslop ; Tricksey, Mr. Morelli; Lry, Mrs. 11. Vining ; Dame Harrop, Mrs. W. Daly. , S• I it, 13.; Lhelery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence flat: ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Pnprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING A cram'• Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINCE OF CYPRUS: cr tte Horsy of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Entire: y new Scene in the. Arena, and first appearance of Signor Ricardo in England, supported Uy the talented Artistes of the t.sta blinlinent, in the %ariou*modes of equestratton. To conclude with ALESSANDRO MASSARONI. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The British Army and Navy Quadrilles each Evenito D % R,presentation nt StiAKSPERE'.4 it-PLACE. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings. he celebrated Baud of the Establishment, seleeted from the Q I oen':; Private Band, the Coldstream, and the elite of M. Jullien's J ;54 nd, will perform a Grand Selection of Ancient and Modern Music, an 1 Jullien's Army and Navy Quadrilles; uaylight View of Gib tar. Splendid Menagerie. Shakspere's Ruth Pi ace, from Draw irm a by Alfred Crowquill. Concluding with the Siege of Gibraltar. ''..eeedirg the Anima's at Five; Concert at Six; Fireworks, at Nine. o extra charge. . _ 'Admission to the whole, orie Shilling. iLE WEATiIEIL—SuN OFFICE, Arc. 28. Ti - s - .3mortiETEn, Lowest, 54; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 7 BAROMETER, 30.36.—W1ND W.; fine. EITVITing 4ittit LON.)ON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1847. The dreadful accident which yesterday startled the i e Olabitants of the metropolis illustrates in a very dis tressing manner the necessity of bringing to a sI reedy conclusion the arrangements which have been so long pending between the Government and the co rporation of the City of London, in regard to the Coi sservancy of the Thames. That question proves to be lot merely one involving considerations of public convenience, but likewise of public safety. By esta b lithing a properly-organized association for the s uperintendence of matters appertaining to the river ss .hich flows through the capital of the country, it is no w manifest that we shall be affording greater secu rikv to the lives of the community, as well as con ducing to the facilitation of traffic upon the Thames, and the improvement of the most neglected and dilapidated quarters of London. Although the majority of the reports already cir oso of the catastrophe of yesterday are egregiously vaggerated and absurdly contradictory, there can be n. question that the investigations of the Coroner m ust corroborate many of the more mournful parti ct Oars published by ourselves. Some such statement as the following must be viewed as accurate. One of tht halfpenny steam-boats, named the Cricket, plying be tween London-bridge and the Fox-under-the-Hill 1 71 . 9 r7 was partially d es tr o y e d a t a b ou t h a lf- pas t n i ce c1"i( yesterday mornin g , by th e ex pl os i on o f i ts oiler.b At the moment of the explosion the deck and c abins were crowded by the average complement of p assengers, amounting to nearly 150 individuals • and . hen the smok e an d steam which issued from the en gine-room had partiallyseungr subsided, as d;a comparatively 5: mall number of these pass discoveredmtand -rescued—some of them clinging t o the re. the vessel ; others remaining, stunned, but uninjured, on on the portion of the steam-boat which had not been , demolished; and others floating in the water, or scrambling into the barges. As yet, it is, of course, impossible to estimate the precise amount of lives 4 acrificed, and property destroyed. Still, it is mani fi :st that lives hare been sacrificed, and property has b een destroyed, through an accident which, with roper precaution, could never by any pos sibility have happened. The perfection to w hich the great invention of the steam- Sine has been carried by an extraordinary 4combination of ingenuity and experience precludes the chance of any such catastrophe as the one which yesterday scattered the timbers of the Cricket over the Thames, with the most moderate care and the ;most ordinary precautions. Accidents lik e thi s , y from therefor e , can arise solel fro culpable negli gence .67 from the diabolical freaks of insanity. It would appear, moreover, in this particular incident, th a t B ome time ago th e pu b lic were warned the dangerous constructi on o f the three halfpenny ie s steam oats--the to e am- xtats—the Ant, the B ee, and the cr , kat —l.nsnte Instead little publication about locomotive eng i nes. .of having low-pressure condensing engines, thesea boats were moved by engines, working at an average pressure of 361bs. on the square inch. This circum stance alone implied an existence of danger, unless the engineers and stokers guarded against peril by a more than customary vigilance. In the first place, therefore, the company which is the proprietor of these halfpenny steam-boats acted most injudiciously, to say the least of it, in selecting engines of such a hazardous construction. Again, at the period of these explosion it would seem that the men immediately in charge The me of the engine -room were not in attendance. .. o ci rcumstance of th e i r escape f rom destruc ri is sutlicient proof of this, and corroborates, in a striking manner, thes..tat t htement made before Mr. JARDENE, a t t h e i3ow rolic e - cour t , s h ort l y after the tim e o f the catastrophe. This stat emen t Naas made by a man named J.Pa.NI: Etawa,aos, for merly empl o y e d upon this e Y a st l e c a na a n - d b oat horrible, th e Cricket, and it i s at once 5 remrarkb that we transcribe it entire. JAPRET EDWARDS declared t lie had been eng age d on b oard until b months back, when he was rep or t e d b y his superior u three pe o rior aad discharged, for having pointed out the improper manner ~. R l4 # ~ , ......);' T.' ~. ~,, 0" . "'', pi E i r -.‘,..: sr• no -4 s- -,:',,, 44- t i rri -ok'' „,, --.,„ •i- • ', ~ '-:'-'.t .-- 04, Irk_ . " 414 re..,........, in which the vessel in id been worked, and the constant danger to which pass engers wore exposed. The mode adopted by the engine( , r for act I.elerating the speed of the vessel was to overload . the safe ty valves by attaching two cords which he fastened und, tr the deck, thereby pre venting the steam to escape, • and on one occasion there being no less than 400 pers( )ns on board. Applicant observed to him that the : stays of the boiler were strained by such means, it be ing then in a very defective state, but he was not. only disregarded, but also dis missed from his situfAtion. He had known when there were 90lb. of steam upon eves 7/ square inch of the boiler, and even 1201 b., when ' Tom ' was lying in a state of in toxication with the doors fastened, and no means of getting to the cords to let the steam es cape, as he could prove on the I inquest." powerful than Pius IX., and M. Metternich, who is well aware of the fact, ought to reflect before he causes a general conflagration throughout Italy. Behold the peace of the world compromised by the irritability of an old man, exasperated ,by the progress of liberal ideas in Italy. During the last year the kindness, moderation, and patience of the Pope have been abused, and Austria did not allow a day to pass over without wounding his feelings; but the cup of bitterness is now exhausted, and I do not think he will consent to swallow it to the very dregs. Since the last events of Rome the Sacred College is animated with better sentiments, and is de termined to support the Pope. This change will disap point Austria, as did the discovery of the horrid machina tion on the point of exploding, and at the very moment she was about to reap its sanguinary fruit. But Pro vidence, who watched over Rome during the last year, will again cover it with her aegis. We have been assured that English ships will shortly appear in the Adriatic, and that an order to that effect has been forwarded to the British Admiral from Ancona. We trust that the French flag will not suffer itself to be anticipated in the defence of the Sovereign Pontiff. M. Guizot openly proclaimed it in his last speech, and we rely on his word. If the English join us, so much the better; a cordial understanding in the Adriatic, at least, will suffice to drive back the Austrians without endangering the existence of peace. Reprisals and occupations are un available; they would, besides, afford the Austrians a pretext for retaining what they now hold, and which it i* of importance to recover from them as soon as possible. It is by a vigorous European protest that this unpleasant matter should be settled, and that the independence and integrity of the Pope's States, guaranteed by treaties, should be secured to him." your Monarch, and the fruit of your demoralising principles.' The Revolutionists, the natural enemies of royal authority, see with pleasure the degradation of the throne. They collect all the scandalous tales related of the palace, of which they express doubts skilfully arranged. They flatter all the caprices of the Queen, and humble themselves before the overbearing vanity of General Serrano, hoping thus to destroy in public the prestige of the throne, against which their most desperate attempts and their most vigorous arguments had hitherto failed." After stating that General NARVAEZ has set out for Madrid the Presse continues : " General NARVAEZ has been called on to resolve in a clear, decided, and definitive manner, the Palace question, which is par excellence the Spanish ques tion, and the complication of which may perhaps break the vacillating equilibrium of the European states. It remains to be known to what a point the Moderado party and General NaavAEz may resolve this question, what is the influence of foreign diplo macy, and what are the principal eventual ties that may arise. General NARVAEZ, unless the Court of Spain be not irremediably struck with folly, will probably be listened to, because he unites the moral strength of a party to the physical strength of the army. He is going to express the painful impression produced in the country by the scandals of the palace. If General NARVAEZ conducts himself with firmness, all will yield, for the moment at least, to his desires. General SERRANO will withdraw from Madrid—the KING will return to the Palace—the Progressists will find themselves reduced to their old expedient of con spiracies—a new Moderado Cabinet will be formed— time will be gained, but the question will not be re solved. Spain will be placed in a grave incertitude to know what use will be made of the royal prerogatives ; that incertitude will maintain a state of agitation, which foreign intrigues will not fail to turn to account. We must consequently expect to behold the conspira cies of parties recommenced. The Government of General NARVAEZ will therefore be forcedly a Go vernment of struggle in the Palace, in the Cortes, and perhaps in the streets. It will be a Government of force. England will not fail to profit by that situa tion. In accord with the revolutionists it will excite antipathies, will turn to account the rancour of the royal house, until the Palace question again presents itself more difficult, more dangerous, and more in solvable than ever. England is going on with her endeavours to dissolve the QUEEN'S marriage, to bring about the divorce, and the annulling of the rights of the Duchess DE MOISPENSIEE, with that persevering and headstrong obstinacy which she brings to every one of her undertakings. Mistress of Por tugal, having in her hand Count DE MONTEMOLIN, having at her disposal the Carlist and revolu tionary guerillas, and above all the elements of disunion which reign in the Royal Family, it is not difficult to comprehend that it will be easy for her to raise up on any given day embarrassments, which the ascendancy of Gen. NARVAEZ may remove for the moment. England has proposed to herself to destroy at any price the work of France. To arrive at that end, she wants discord in the Palace, revolu tion in the streets, civil war, and anarchy. There, and not elsewhere, is to be found the secret of the revolution of Portugal, and of that intervention in which we have so unwisely aided. If, in order to arrive at her end, the last extremities were required, Europe knows that the English Cabinet would not hesitate to support the pretensions of Count DE MON TEMOLIN, SO that to a certain point the cause of Eng land is the same as that of the Absolutist powers. To recapitulate—it is probable that the influence of Gen. NARVAEZ will produce a moment of pause in the question of Spain ; we do not, however, deem this influence by itself sufficient to resolve it definitively. The Palace question, such as it is, such in particular as England will make it before long, is a European question, of which the consequences are immense, and which, abandoned to the hazards of a civil war, or to the Machiavelism of a diplomatic intrigue, may again place Europe in the position in which it was thrown by the succession of CHARLES II." Without further.evidence • than that of a discharged servant, who might, from a feeling of jealousy or exasperation enter similar c ;harges against his former employer, we are not prepared to accept these assertions of EDWARDS as 'conclusive. They are, how ever, of so serious a char acter that they imperatively demand investigation. Li proved to be correct, we trust that the guilty pa;,•ties will meet `with the pu nishment to which they will be eminently entitled. As it is, the proprietors of locomotive engines are liable to enormous penalties in the event of fatal accidents from explosions or otherwise. Now that the custom of inflicting a deodand upon the instrument of destruction has fallen into desuetude, and that the survivors of the per sons destroyed can recover damages for their de struction, the people pos:sess a better guarantee for the safety of their lives ; and whenever accidents occur of this appalling kind it becomes doubly neces sary to discover the innocence or the culpability of all the parties concerned. Whatever may be the ultimate result of the in quiries into the explosion on board the Cricket, it is certain that a new and most favourable argument is afforded to the advocates for a speedy adjustment of the Thames Conservancy question. The commerce of the island requires that its principal inlet should be relieved from all impediments ; the health of those residing along the banks of the river demands the purification of its waters and its purlieus ; the im provement of the metropolis renders the removal of many unsightly structures necessary ; and the pre servation of the many thousands who daily pass to and fro upon " the silent highway" can only be ensured by a duly organized body of inspectors and guardians. The question of repudiation is now openly agitated in many parts of Ireland, and society appears to be divided into sections, consisting of those who acknow ledge their liability and the justice of the claim made on them to refund the sums advanced from the na tional Exchequer in the dark hour of danger and dis - tress, but who urge the impossibility of their present compliance, and desire that time should be afforded for the gradual liquidation of the demand by easy in stalments; and also of others, who desire that all ap plications for repayment should be met by a peremp tory refusal, and, that every attempt to enforce the de mand should be followed by an organized and general resistance, such as that which was, some thirteen or ourteen years ago, opposed to the collection of tithe composition, and which occasioned such fearful dis turbances throughout the entire country at that period. The circumstances of the cases are, however, widely lifferent, and it is impossible to conceive that a similar line of conduct should be pursued in the present instance, or, even if attempted, that it could possibly prove successful against the power of the Government. Any person in at all a solvent posi tion, whose property is not overwhelmed with the amount of the debts and incumbrances affecting it, would hesitate to involve himself in a contest the issue of which must inevitably be ruinous to his for tunes ; for he might be well assured that although some of the minor fry might possibly be suffered to escape, his property would be sold for the liquda dion of the debt, under the extensive powers granted by the statute authorising the advances. The oppo nents of tithes bad only isolated individuals to deal with, who were unable, in many instances, to obtain their legal rights from want of funds to carry on the necessary proceedings, or from want of power co enforce the judgment of the court, after they had .thtained a decree in their favour. Neither these impediments would, however, stand in the way of the Executive ; every case would he vigorously and efficiently followed up, and should there by a possibility be a successful defence, the parties would not reap the fruit thereof, for no coals could be reco vered from the Crown. Again, when a decree was obtained, all the military and police force in the dis trict would be available to prevent any breach of the peace, or intimidation, obstructing the sale under the fieri facial, or extent, whether the stock on the lands, or the lands themselves, were offered for the satisfac tion thereof. The Prince DE JoINvILLE, who continues very ill, has gone to St. Cloud, for the benefit of his health. He will be joined their by the Royal Family on Saturday or Sunday. We read in the Moniteur Parisien:— " Several journals, in announcing that an investiga tion, commenced with respect to a person employed in the war department, bad been followed by his arrest, relate different reports as to the nature and circum stances of the affair. What is true is that an investiga tion commenced at Amiens, in consequence of reports sent in to the Minister of War and the Minister of Jus tice, brought to light such probabilities of proof against a clerk named Lasalle, that a warrant was issued to arrest him, and that it has been executed. The affair being in a course of investigation not only in France but in Algiers, where it was nece ssar y t o o b ta i n i n f ormat i on relative to mutations of ministerial offices which took place s ev p e l r e al e y x • e p a l r a s n a b t ac i o k n , s it ; doe w n o h t e n ad t m h i e t r a e t s p u r l e t s o e f n t th o e f more inquir a y m shall become public, it will be seen, that in this circumstance also the Go vernment has not waited to be applied to, to direct the attention of the law authorities to the affair, and to seek out the truth." Having thus shown the hopelessness of any such contest, we would anxiously desire that any possi bility of such a result should be set aside. The total amount of the claims on every district are now well known, and the means of repayment can be calculated with sufficient accuracy to enable the authorities to form a correct judgment as to what would be a rea sonable time to allow for the payment of the whole, and when the first instalment should be called for. New claims are now for the first time authorised. The gigantic assistance afforded by the Government has just been withdrawn in almost every part of the country, while within a few weeks, we might almost say days, it must cease in even the most impoverished districts. An onerous duty is necessarily imposed upon a class who, not being fully aware of the real weight of the burden, and not yet having brought into operation the means by which that burden may be reduced, or even practically annihilated, will have a serious struggle to provide for the mass of misery and destitution, the myriads of houseless and starvin g wretches, for whose maintenance and support they, for the first time, are made responsible. We doubt not their ability to do so. The favourable pros pects of the harvest, the cheering reports of the cereal products in every quarter of the country, justify the announcement that there is no longer any danger of a deficient crop, or that scenes of distress, similar to those which took place during the past year, may be re-enacted. An arduous struggle may, however, be necessary to enable the proprietors of the soil to keep their heads above water, which will be the more formidable, because its full extent cannot be at present known or appreciated. It would be unwise on the part of Government, although in strict justice they might be warranted in so doing, to enforce their demands to the utmost farthing, and thus to deprive many of t h e power of performing all that is required from them. It might occasion the necessity of further assistance from the National Exchequer to localities where the landowners would be over whelmed with the we i g h t of their responsibilities, and in the long run might pr ove to be bad economy, entailing losses and expenses that would he avoided by a more indulgent and moderate course. ft is, however, exceedingly desirable that all agita tion on the subject should be terminated as speedily as possible. It should be announced on un doubted authority that in every instance the payment of the full moiety of the expenditure would be strictly and rigidly enforced, even if the sale of the property and a change of owners was thereby ren dered necessary. The number of the instalments and the time when the first payment will be de manded should also be announced ; these may vary according to circumstances, the period for the liqui dation of the entire demand being in no case ex ended beyond ten years, and the terms thus an nounced should be strictly adhered to and enforced by all the power of the law. By these means the agitation may be got rid of; but if it is suffered to go en, and a regular organization should take place, although there can be no doubt as to the ultimate result, or as to which side will be victorious, much suffering and demoralization will take place which would be avoided by prompt and decided measures. Another reform banquet took place at Pontoise on the 22d, on the occasion of an assembly of the electors to entertain their Deputy, M. BERVILLE. The KING'S health was proposed and drunk in something ap. proaching to silence. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 76f. 50c.; , th e Fi ve per C ents., 118 f. 5c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,230 f. ; Rouen, 948 f. 75c.; Havre, ;i92f. 50c.; Great Northern, 535 E; Avignon, 5851.; Vierzon, 571 f. 25e.; Bordeaux, 470 f. ; Dicppe, 172 f. 50 c . ; P ar i s an d S trasburg, 390 f.; 2Tours 75 and Paris and Lyons, 395 f .; Lyons and Avignon, 448 f. 75 c . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE , A UGUST 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 14—N amur an d Liege, sli— c.; Ba Nsale Nantes, 3701 ; Northern of Fraßce, 111 ,1—Paris and Lyons, 3%—Paris and Orleans, 48—Paris and Strasbourg, 3%—Sambre and Meuse, —Tours and Nantes, 214. FURNESS RAILW (Tins DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of this Company was this held at No. 6, Old Palace Yard, Westmin ster. The chair was taken by -- Currie, Esq., the Chairman of the Company. The Secretary proceeded to read the report, as follows : period f t wf ahc co Y hry o e u ana r tac c bc i t l i che) r ues e n c t t trt o ,ae r ot httoaohfvee4r recommend cr h pao e ef fimr pleas cmc l e e enf a no s t dr : r apt e ehdre t i y o ld s na u ens bmi ntudmh annum, on ol a orr-n s y a teh t ta is har e e whole amount of capital at present called up, payable on and after the 21st of September next. " The amount of iron ore and other merchandise car ried during the last six months has equalled your di rectors' anticipations, as have also the receipts from the passenger traffic, under the circumstances which have attended it ; and its recommencement on the 24th of May. Your directors have anticipated the opening of Piel Pier at that time, and the working of it in con nexion with the Rampside Branch of the Railway, which, in all probability, have increased the receipts, in respect of the passenger traffic. " Your directors have to report the completion of the second train of rails between Dalton and Rampside Junction, mentioned in their report submitted to the meeting on the 27th of February last, and this addition has materially contributed to the efficient and satisfac tory working of the line. " Mr. M`Lean reports the general state of the works is in every respect satisfactory ; the progress made by the contractors on the extension line to Broughton is also satisfactory. The works are in a very forward state, and it is expected that the railway will be ready for opening before Christmas, the time fixed by the con tract for the completion of this line. " Your directors have entered into a contract for the construction of the extension line from Dalton as far as Lindal, and the time for opening the railway to 'Myer tshtoenlimneuswt hdiecphenidnculupdonesthtehecotmunpnleetn l io and of h t e h a is portion vycutting o s f through Lindal The total receipts of the company since its forma tion had been 177,2211. 03. id., the expenditure, 171,9451. Bs. 4d., leaving a balance in hand, available for the payment of dividends, of the sum of 5,2751. 1 ls. 9d. A resolution for the adoption of the report was then unanimously agreed to, as was a resolution de claring the dividend, and another authorizing the raising a loan of 33,600/. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. A Letter from Rome of the 18th, after speaking of i the occupation of Ferrara by the Austrians says— " on receipt of thi s i nte lli gence at Rome Cardinals was assembled, an i d o , l y if F w a e ther a r eto a coucil of mov c e r d ed b it the reports in circulation, the i signal insult thus offered to him, declare'd that he wou l d ;irotest ; and that if that new protest was disregard e d Ile would decree a sentence of excommunicatio n aga i nst ' the invaders, and, that if that measure did not avail, he would hoist the labarunz, and march o ma u mrchay restagain eestthrteain thatAustriainlsi at thu head of his people. the present state of the public mind in the Pontificial (luminions, and in all Italy, the day the Pope shall unfurl the Standard of the Cross against the Northern oppressors 2 5,000,000 of men will follow him. Austria is very impru- I dent in d r i v i ng th e Pope to th a t ex tremity. M. Metternich cannot be in his senses, for no Pontiff was ever more 1 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1847. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterd*y, was with out change, the sales being 3,500 to 4,000 bales. The market was steady. The trade were the chief buyers. shares were improving, and a fair business was done at rather higher prices. The features in the Bank of England statement of liabilities and assets for the week to the 21st instant, are these Notes issued £22,614,940 Decrease 33,510 Rest, increase. 16,995 Public deposits Increase 3 472,538 Other deposits, decrease Seven day and other bills, increase 10,334 Other securities, decrease 565,064 Notes reserved, increase Bullion . Decrease 47,209 Active circulation 18,126,920 Decrease 529,285 We see restriction pourtrayed to a fuller extent in this weekly statement than in the last. There is the evidence, on the one hand, of the " pinch" for money among the public generally, and hence the diminution of the balances represented by other deposits. Then we have the curtailment of discounts and loans by the Bank, as shown by the lessened amount of other secu rities; and if further or more general proof were want. ing, we see it in the declining amount of the note cir culation. To meet this, the Bank has taken a larger amount of notes for its reserve, being unable yet to check the demand upon it for bullion, though probably this will gradually be accomplished; and presuming that the brunt of the corn pressure is considered to have been borne, perhaps the Bank will afford some relief. There are several ship arrivals, but the dates are but a few days later generally. The accounts of June 16th from the Cape of Good Hope intimate that the Kafirs were still troublesome ; and from Sydney, under date of the 31st March, we learn that the proposed land regula tions were considered satisfactory in most respects, though erroneous in fixing the minimum price of wild land at 1/. per acre. No purchases of land in the interior can be expected at such a rate. The intelligence of July 15 from Monte Video seems to decide the fate of that place, and its early surrender, now we appear to have abandoned it to its fate, is con fidently predicted. The Rattler brings scarcely a letter to our merchants from Rio do Janeiro. The Public Securities are looking rather firm again. Consols for Money have been up to 874. and for time to 878 and 88. Exchequer-bills have realised ls. to ss. premium. The New Three•and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 89 to 4. In the foreign house there is no business doing. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 25 to ; and Mexican Bonds 19A- to Railway Shares are more buoyant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 87%% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 87% a 87% New 3% per Cent. Annuities India Bonds 1,000/................ ........ par Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,0001. 5001. _l3 Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent IPA% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto, 4 per Cents Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pas slum Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2%...... ...._ to Ayrshire and Galloway 2% to Belfast and County Down .. 10 .. .. Birmingham & Oxford June... 15 Birmingham, `Vol., & Dudley 10 ... Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 8 ...... . Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stara, & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... 15 Buckinghamshire 81. 4s — to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 40 - to Chester and Holyhead.... 32%..... Cheltenham and Oxford Clarence. lOO .._ ,... _ _ _ ...... _ _ Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 • ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 20 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 12 1 / 2 to East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. & D . Ditto, 181., E. & II 25 Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & 11... 1 Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 135.4 d... Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 135.4 d... Do., York Extension 7 l /2 ..... Eastern Union 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 to Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — to East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., do., Extension Scrip... 1 1 A — to East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 . to Edinburgh and Northern ... 20 Ditto, New 2 l /2 ...... to Ditto, Newport .. ... ........ 7 Ditto, ditto, New l l /2 Edinburgh and Perth Ditto, Extension Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — to Ditto, New .. 2 54 — Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s. 8d... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. 4 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12 1 / 2 ..... .. Great Northern Do. London & York Exten. 2 1 / 2 to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35 Great North of England 100 230 Ditto, New 401 5 Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 15/........ ........ 1 1 / 2.-- ..... to Great Western BS Ditto, Half Shares SO Ditto, Quarter Shares l5 Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 19 .. Ditte, Thirds Hull and Selby SO Ditto, llalf Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 — to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15 Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Carob. and Ely) 2 1 / 2 2 3% to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds. Leeds and Bradford 45 .. ... Leicester and Bedford Leeds, Dewsbury, & Munches. 32 1 / 2 to Do., Branch IA Shares 7 l /2 to Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2 1 / 2 Ditto, Extension (green)... 2 1 / 2 — to Do., New Exten. (pink)... 21 / 2 — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ..... ......... 31 Ditto, New ..... ..... ...... .. 12 1 / — Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 j,4..... Liverpool, Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Juncti0n.......... 2 1 / 2 to London & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d....... Ditto New, No. 1.. Ditto New, No. 2 3/. 13s. 4d.... Do. Extension London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London and North Western..loo 163 Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 12 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J 2O Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 15 .....• Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... 65 1 / 2 to 64 1 / 2 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . .... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 - Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 2 London and S. Western.... 41/. 6s 10d Do. New Consolidated 8 ths. 40 Ditto New 501. - 33 1 / 2 ...... to Ditto New 404 ... ...... .. Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... 51 1 ,4 2 to --.. Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto Scrip 504 Ditto ditto 401 Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 49 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 20 ...... Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... LoVon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1 1 / 2 Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 - ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 22 1 / 2 ...... to Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares - Ditto Quarters l 4 l /2 ...... to --- Ditto Fifths 6 l /2 ...... Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 64....• Ditto Thirds (Reg.) 7l. is — Do. Liverpool and Bury... 29 Do. Half Shares (late Hud dersfield and Sheffield... 28 151anch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ..• 13 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 to ...... Ditto, 1 / 8 Shares (No. 3) 71 / Ditto Grimsby ............... 25 - Ditto, ditto. .................. 7 -• td -.4 Ditto, ditto .... ............. 4%...... Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7 1 / 2 ... Midland .................. 100 ......11f, to Ditto Fifths Ditto, 40/. Shares ... Ditto, 501, ° Shares. 6 •••• ... Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... - -.: Midland, Congo). Bristol and Birmingha m 6 per cent.... 100 122 'to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34 Ditto ditto 71.95.... .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct. gua.).... 50 .. . • Midld. Great IYestern (Irish) 30 Newcastle and Berwick Ditto New Ditto North Shields.. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .....• Ditto Quarter Shares - - ... . • . to Ditto Nev Quarters.. 8/. 18s. 9d..... ... to Newmarket and Che , iterford 13 1 / 2 to Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Heref. 4 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rortrevor Norfolk lOO Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto Half Shares, 1 2 1,E — Do. Quarters 5/S-- Ditto, Extension Ditto Thirds .... 1 North Staftbrdshire 7 1,! ...... 9 %... to Nerthern and Eastern 5O Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Wales 3% — to North Western . 4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Portsmouth Direct _ _ Preston and Wyro Ditto, Half Shares ....(A) 8% — to Ditto ditto Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7 1 4 8 i z i t o __ Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central ... 20 Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 17% — ...... to Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 31 /2 — to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) 1 Shrewsbury and Hereford ...• 2 Shropshire Union South Devon ... .... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference lO South Staffordshire South Eastern and Dover Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 l7 Ditto, New, No. 3 .. 15 Ditto New, No. 4. 6 l,i — South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole . 2 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... .. 2 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7 1/ raw Yale Extension Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and . _ Goole 4 2 IA. ... Waterford and Kilkenny 13% — - Waterford and Limerick ... .. 32 1 / 2 ... .. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin West Riding Union 41. 2s. — ... .. to West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 25 ..-.. 12 ... York and Newcastle 25 ... . Ditto, Extension Ditto, Preference 8 .. ... 11 1 / 4 %... to 1 ork and North Midland Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 134..... to Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Constituted) Central of Prance ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras 55. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Great Southern of Madras 5s Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... 1 / 4 Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege . l2 ...... ...... to Northern of France. lO Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ..... . Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... 2O ...... to Paris and Rouen . Paris & Strasbourg Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad.. .... ... 2 1 / 2 West Flanders 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock London and Westminster... 20 Ditto, New National Provincial of Engld. S'S ' Ditto New National of Ireland '2 2l / — ... .. to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 2 4 — to Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid 4O MINES. Anglo Mexican IOO Astrian Mining Company ... 10 , — - Australian 2 - Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 British Iron Brazilian Imperial ... •.. ... 21 ...... - Cobre Copper Galvanized Iron Real del Monte, Unregistered to -- COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 12 7 Gibraltar ~ Ditto, at, sight ...... 12 3 Leghorn ........ • • Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 734 Genoa .. •• • • ... •••• • .. 25 95 &ntwerp • • ........ 25 95 Milan .. • flamburgh M.ll. 13 15 Venice ...... ........ Altona • . Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 55 Palermo, peroz. Ditto, •••• .. • • ...... 25 99 Lisbon.... ...... 52% Marseilles • . 80urdeaux......... • • 25 95 Rio Janeiro . • Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Bahia ..... ..... Petersburgh, 3 Us Buenos Ayres Berlin • • •• • • New York, 21 days' s i g ht Vienna, effec.flo ••.. • • 10 7 Philadelphia .... • • Trieste, ditto .... —.... 10 $ PRICES OP BCLLION, PER oz. Madrid ...... 47 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Cadiz • • ............. 46 New Dollars • •• 0 4 103 8i1ba0........ Portbtgal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Barcelona .... — Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Seville.. • • Silver In bars . ...• ••• 0 4 11N LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 28.—Wind W., light breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, AUG. 27.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E.; P.M. S.W.- Arrd. Adelaide, Wharton, Calcutta; Wellington, Wel lacott, Madras; Ceres, Vander Haak, Porto Rico, and sailed for Hamburgh ; Tinnepee, Pray, New York; Cato, Gargwrovich, ditto; Alice, Fraser, ditto; Sophia, San dells, Quebec. Sld. Eliza, Trinidad. Arrived from the River and sailed, Menopia, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Quinten Leitch, Potter, Bombay; Ducade, Genova, Costa Mara caibo; Miltlades, Groom, New Orleans. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Calcutta, Fraser, Quebec. Off port, Prosper, Bahr, Bahia, for Hamburg; Fraraesks, Dale, Rio Janeiro; Dorothy, Brown, ditto ; Intrepid, Quebec, for Hull. COWES, AVG. 57.—Wind W. and N.W.—Arrd. Bril liant, Furlong, Nucvitasi Daniel Webster, M'Kenzie, Havannah ; Augusta, Duncan, Matanzas ; Orestes, Cousins, Pugwash for Southampton; Xauthus, Ander son, Prince Edward's Island. OFF WEYMOVTFI, AUG. 27. Caledonia, Liddle, Sydney, New South Wales. SALCOMBE. AUG. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Isabella, Codnir, Quebec, PLVJtooTli, AUG. 27.—Alicia, Robertson, Quebec; Olive Branch, Hudson, Quebec. FALMOUTH, AUG. variable.—Arrd. 26th Eleanor, Smith, Moulmein Jaile, Scott, Matanzas; Eleanore, Bahia; Urania, Gloerson, New York. 27th, her Majesty's steamer Rattler, River Plate; Jordeson, Clack, ilavarinah. Off'26th, Calista, Manger, Honduras; Shamrock, Postell, Portaau-Prince, and sailed for Ham burgh. 27th, Elizabeth, Jones, Richmond, V., and sailed for Liverpool. PA.lisTow, Auo. 25.—Sid. Clio, Easthope, Quebec. NEWPORI . 4 A v Wind N.E. Arrd. secret, Garvin, Quebec!. ABERYSTWITH, AUG. 24.-Atrd, Elisabeth, Quebec. SWANSEA, Atm. 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. 24th Eliza beth and Mary, Jackson, Quebec ; Urania, Mills, Quebec ; Annette, Ellis, Nassau, N. P. RAMSCiATFI, Auci. 21.—The Shankaway, Grady, from St. Petersburgh to Waterford, has arrived here, after being on shore on the Long Sand, LOSS OF THE SCHOONER HARRIET, OF LONDON. A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's this morning from the Colonial-office, inclosing a copy of a dis p atch received from the Governor of her Majesty's settlements on the Gambia, reporting the wreck of the schooner Harriet, of London, near the Cape Verda, on the 9th of June last, and that the cargo had been sold at Goree lie auctioni on account of the underwriters. MR. COBDEN. - The following address from Mr. Cobden appeared in the Stockport Mercury of yesterday. The Hon. Member does not appear to have been aware when he wrote it of his return for the West Riding of Yorkshire : " TO THE ELECTORS OF STOCKPORT. " Gentlemen,—l have to day seen in the newspapers the result of the poll, by which it appears that you have done me the honour to return me, as one of your repre sentatives, to Parliament. Reserving for myself the agreeable duty of expressing in person at an early p...riod my sense of your kindness, I cannot allow a day to elapse without thanking you for the generous and spontaneous manner in which you have elected me in my absence; and I have the honour to remain, gentle men, your obliged and faithful servant, " RICHARD COBDEN. " Dantzic, August 10, 1847." The following is an extract from a letter, dated " LEGHORN, AuG. 21.—We have just received the information that the Austrians, alarmed at the energetic protests of the Pope, and still more by the menacing aspect of all the towns of Romagna, particularly Bo logna, where, as soon as the occupation of Ferrara by the Austrians was known, thousands of young men took up arms, and swore to die for the defence of their coun try, have withdrawn to the citadel, leaving the town completely free. It appears, according to the rumour generally accredited, that it is in consequence of orders received from Vienna that this retreat has taken place. The call to arms was beaten, the tocsin was sounded, and the National Guard at once assembled in full num bers. The population en masse demanded arms, and they were distributed to all good citizens. What is wonderful is that thousands of peasants also presented themselveA in the town, swearing that they were ready to die in defence of their country and of the Pope. As to what regards Tuscany, it is almost certain that it will soon have a new Ministry thus composed—Prince Cor sini, Governor of Leghorn ; Serristori, Capponi, and Ridolfi. The speedy organization of the National Guard is also a certain thing." A letter, dated frontiers of Italy, 21st inst., says— '• To every protest of Cardinal Ciacchi, the Legate of Ferrara, Count Radeteky, the Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian army in Italy, replies by new menaces. The second protest of the Cardinal reached the head quarters in the evening of the 14th, and in the morning of the 15th an order was issued for another reinforce ment of Imperial troops to pass the Po, and march to Ferrara ; and, in fact, a corps of cavalry did cross the river on the 16th. In spite of these demonstrations the enthusiasm for the Pope extends in every part, and even in Lombardy. The people of Milan have assembled in the Grand Square, and sung the hymn of Pius IX., in spite of the opposition of the police, which, however, has nut yet ventured to use rigorous means. At Parma the inhabitants have taken up arms, fearing some ex cessive treatment from the troops, and the more so, as an additional Austrian battalion, as it is said, was coming to reinforce the garrison of Placentia. In Pied mont, it is to be hoped, the moderate liberal party will endeavour to lead the King to enter openly on the path or reform, and declare himself for the Pepe. Charles :filbert is expected to publish some important measure on the occasion of the meeting of the General Congress of the Agricultural Societies of the Kingdom, which is to be held on the 30th or 31st. It is remarked that the Piedmontese Gazette, the official journal of Turin, has, within these last few days, published articles from the journals of Rome, Bologna, and Tu-cany, in favour of reform, and against the Austrian intervention." In a letter, dated Turin, 22d August, we find it stated that the King of SARDINIA had formally pro tested against the occupation of Ferrara, and for warded copies of that protest to all the Courts of Europe. CHARLES ALBERT had, moreover, written to the POPE, offering to place at his disposal both his army and navy, should the independence of the Pon tificial dominions be menaced by the Austrian troops. It was expected that the protest would appear on the following day in the Piedmontese Gazette, and the inhabitants of Turin were preparing a general illu mination to celebrate the event. Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived. It was surmised on that day that PACHECO had summoned NARVAEL to Madrid to assist in the con struction of a new Ministry. No further commu nications had taken place between the KING CONSORT and the Ministers. The contract for the loan which bad been taken by the Union Bank had been an nulled. The Funds had fallen considerably in con sequence. A telegraphic dispatch of a later date than these papers announces the arrival of NARVAEZ in Madrid, and states that he has been commissioned by the QUEEN to form a new Ministry. Letters from Catalonia speak of the capture and immediate execution of CARRERA on the coast of Valencia. MADRID BOLSA, Ata. 21.---The Three per Cents. were done at 25j for cash; the Coupons, at 15 ; the Debt without Interest, at 51, for paper; and the Five per Cents., at 17-1. After the close of business the Three per Cents. sold at 26 for cash. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The additional particulars which they contain on the subject of the horrible affair of the Duke of PRASLIN will be found in another column. The Spanish plot is thickening. Queen CHRIS• TINA, as appears from the following article in her own journal, the Presse, ambitious of emulating the bad fame of the mother of RICIIARD SAVAGE, is actually engaged in the praiseworthy and parental occupation of calumniating the character of her own daughter. CHRISTINA preaching against immorality is " the devil turned precisian" with a vengeance. If the Spanish people are so shocked and scandalized at the levities of ISABELLA, how comes it that they tolerated so long the rule of the mistress of Muxoz ? But we do not give the slightest degree of credence to the calumnious insinuations of this most unnatural mother. Levities are not necessarily immoralities, nor is vice always hereditary. It is possible for IsAnELLA to be virtuous, although she is the daughter of CHRISTINA. The following is the article from the Presse, which explains the secret of the journey of NARVAEZ to Spain : " The Spanish question, complicated rather than re• solved, as yet at least, by the marriage of the Queen s and of the Infanta, i s progressing evidently to a solo tion. Everybody says so, but nobody dares to say what will be its character. It becomes necessary, therefore, to take into consideration the condition of a country whose affairs create so much interest in France. In order to acquire a perfect knowledge of Spain, we must examine the situation of the throne and that of the Go• vernment, the tendencies of parties and the state of public opinion. In Spain, as in every monarchical country, the throne as well as the Royal Family is per sonified in the monarch. Isabella lives at present in a complete state if isolation; Queen Christina is at Paris; the Infante Don Francisco at Saint Sebastian; the ~ ing at the Pardo. The ancient servants of the Palace have been dismissed, and the friends and relatives of General Serrano appointed to their place. The Queen of Spain rides and drives alone, both by night and day, through Madrid—the alleys of Aranjuez—the gardens of La Granja—the solitude of Paular, and in the midst of the persons who, without title or right to that honour, surround her, there is one distinguished man, to whose influence is attributed the strange political changes which Spain endures, indignant and ashamed. Queen Isab e ll a, a child of 17 years of age, lives exclusively unde r the influence of a general wh ose i ncapac i ty i s t the other by General proverbial thr oug h out Spain. The daughter of Ferdi nand is the instrument used on the e one era hand by banker S a l amanca, Serrano, to satisfy th e scandalous ambition and interests whi c h are not those of the nation. The King refuses to _, h. authorise such excesses by his presence. T President of the Council has not been able to succeede' • less flagrant. They have becomethel° subject them discussion. The palace question has been surrounded public with invincible difficulties, and throuoil the int parties that is now the principal question in Sparinguelhoef Spanish nation, which perceives public tranquillity deeply compromised by the every day increasing com plications of that question, is seeking on all sides to find an issue through the inextricable labyrinth into which Spanish policy has been cast. The Spanish people, religious and monarchical, lives more than any other in the midst of its families, and worships more than any their domestic hearth. According to the ancient law of the country, the husband and wife cannot live sepal ate. Separation in marriage is in Spain a scandalous exception, condemned alike by law, by custom, and by religion. The separation of the King and Queen is consequently the scandal of scan dals. The Spani s h p eo pl e , w h ose mona rchical faith has hitherto resisted a ll th e a tt ac k s o f revolutionary doctrines, armed at present with the liberty conferred by a constitutional Government, excited by the turbulent discussion of parties, must inevitably examine that palace question. The irresponsibility of the Monarch no long er exist; the personality of Ministers has dis appeared, and th e S pan i s h nat i on sees undisguised the personal morality of the Monarch. There is but one step from the examination to the sentence. In order to arriv e a t t h at extremity, to induce the Spanish nation to judge the individual acts of the Monarch, notwitn stealing its traditional respect for monarchy, desperate contests and im pru d ent recriminations were sufficient. , fhe defenders of the ancient regime, supported by the clergy, whose mise r y i s den i ed by none, raised their ancient standard, exclaiming to the liberals of every colour, Behold your work. That is your monarchy, by publ MARKET XWS.—(THIS DAY.) Plums, 2s to Z 4 ); French-beans, *Li' " Is z tid zi % Is 9d; Apples, Is 3d to 4s ; Pears, 2s to 4s; Bread beans, Is Lid to is 63 ; Cucumbers for pickling, 2s to 2s 6it pc! . half-sieve ; English Walnuts, 10d to is per hundred i Greens, 1: 3 d to 2s 3d ; Turnips, Is td td is ; Onions, is fad to 2s 6d ; and Carrots, 5s to ?s per doien bunches ; Cab bages, Sd to is per dozen heads ; Melon ys to 55 ; and Pine Apples, 2s to 7s each ; Horse-radish, Is 60. to os 63 per bundle ; Mulberries, 4d to 8d ; and Mushroomg, Is to is 6d per pottle ; Cucumbers, Id to 5d each ; Hothouse Grapes, 2s to 4s ; and Filberts, 4d to Sd per lb ; Peaches and Nectarines, 6s to 17s ; Apricots, is to 4s; and Table Orleans Plums and Greengages, 4d to is per punnet. ntrikramygronn. Full average supplies of post articles were on offer this mot uiug. Generally qvalung., thu trade was dud, at barely stationary prices. NEVITGATE AN LEADENHALL. Prime Beef and Mutton - sold steadily, at full prices, otherwise, the demand w a s in a sluggish state, Beef, from 2s 10d to 35 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; 1 ADO , 45 10d to 5i 10d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; and Pot' k, 35 10d to 4s 10d per Sibs, by the carcase. Althou g h the supply of Poultry was small, the demand was extimilne l i heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutto n, 4s to .5s ; Lam b+ 45 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 45 103 ; and Pork, 3s •to 10d per 81bs. WRITECSAPEL . and Beef, from 2s 10d to 33 103 ;Mut ton, 35 103 to 4s 10dj Lamb, 4s 103 to 5s 10; Veal , 3 s 10d to 4s 10d. ; Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 83 per Sibs. . _ BILLINGSGATE . We bad a steady demand for mo st kinds of F E h to day, at but little alteration in the quotation!. surAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to Sid; of Household ditto, 6d to 7d per 41176 loaf. HIDE IVIARICET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641b,t0 21d per lb; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3cl; ditto, d7` to 801 b, 3id tO a 3 p t i c : ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 441 to -lid; ditto, 88Ib to 96-lb, 4-4c°131, sd; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 541 to 51d; Calf Skins ( 0 El is 4s 6d to Gs 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Shearlings, Is 3d t° sd; and Lamb Skins, is 7d to 2s 6d. HAY MARICETS. Neif SMITHFIELD. limited, 3in E a ß nd LA t N ra D d . ditto, —Old Meadow Ito 31 15s;, - 5 Hay, 3 3i d; ditto, 2/5s to 31 3s; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/; Now d c , i ;, t ,„ ° lo 'll to 4/4s; and Straw, 1/ 63 to 11 13s per load. Plsr` Cu 11" New — e firm. oldMeadow Hay, 3 1 to 3 ', ''s; New ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ ss; Old Clover, 41 tot 4t 1 55 ; A 10 0 ' A short supply, and a steady demand. Wm to 31 ion, TECHAPEL.- 31 to 41 ; and Straw, 11 75 to 1/ 4s Per New, • ditto, 2/ 5s to 313 x; Old Clover , 41 to „, 51 ,.' load. ditto, 3/ to 4/ 4s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 1 3 s 1- Trade Trade steady, at full prices. Aodleradow Hay, 3/ COAL MARKET.—Fatart. ,_ Wall's End , ° o ' i ris 6 c l , Holywell Main .... 17s W i ll' hTh 1 y ''''''' ' 6 ' ig orn e'' .0 , ,i Original Tanfield Mg OdiSeynaour Tees ..... " 19 6 I,‘; Tanfleld Moor lB3 6dCowoest Hartley ..... oIP West Hartley Wylam - • 20 arrivals-14 sold. THE UNITED ST Al_vs AND MEXICO. --- THIRTEEN DAYS LATE R 14 " rj.. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBER NIA n . 1, EXPRESS FROM LIVERP'; LIVERPOOL, SATURDA Y 31°11 Another proof of the unequalled dispatchea" ( 01 ,: l 'g to treme punctuality of the splendid ves sels belecgsllesra the British and North American Royal 3 13 ; 1 of the Company, has just been given by the iirrivlul;frie. Hibernia, under the command of Captai n i n sta The Hibernia sailed from Boston on the 16th too k and after calling and stopping for some huu.rs_r:istli her departure from Halifax on the evening oft ne r las t night, making the entire passage from inst., and arrived in the Mersey at a late bot,..the call and stoppage at Halifax included —in poste , : _ tor e jitt ; d id " ocean steamer" the Washington , than eleven days. Brother Jonathan's 5 1 3 _ 1 _ 0 . has here ti l 'ir e ff ample worthy of imitation. Let her cross's fro,l4l,beub the length of the respective voyages York to Southampton in that space of time to he one day's sail in favour of the same to Soutll,r, or steamer Philadelphia sailed from New are said t 4 , 0../ and we shall say she is a "crack boat.' Ti f r CPle t. York l o _ ut 0 bourg on the 15th inst., but from her veYag e — u t ii; h e° may expect to hear of her arrival at that p i u' ia t . s the Hibernia's news has become stale, an a the r oll' mouth of every one who takes an interest jo,orld• tical and commercial events in the western of from 14/ This arrival places us in receipt of new s t i ,j a 011 , Baltimore 15th, Boston 18th, New York to the IGth, Washington, PhilaelP;b: 410,' t he T U h e n n i teeldv sin ttehse. Halifax 19th of August, besides intelligence ads g ad responding period from all other parts of Clu l Orlean s to a ver: i di , vides itself into the usual branches, b e fore ° as. papers - , _.4 0 0- several files of mercial. We shall first notice the ~,.000. f a STATE OF AFFAIRS IN AL' . on ce to There does not appear to be any intell;g eors ss 0 decisive character from the capital. P ull 1 ,10 4 . 1 0 the intention of General Scott were Ras ;l e to ',, f blackberries, but most of them as unpa l3ls . its ; I° man of truth as is that wild fruit wh en 111 d if e and unripe state. w are the , s t The last authentic accounts which W e i — At t ' to political iv, from General Scott were dated 'Tub' lei pest ii time he was with his force at Puebla , a ti r ri ls I lilit ls l o the same place were the armies of Ge n- 0 $ e a. - jeo and Cadwallader, amounting to 4/5° these srtiltce Mexican force was stated to be between rta feli gto capable of preventing a junction• Ge ne ut t he 1' to was reported to have left Vera Cr" ° ,, b° o oo ra cl lll ,l ult., at the need of a column of some ''',, o tt. ,e' escort a large train to join General ' 7 ,;0•••• •• I neral Taylor—with his troo ps Rough and Ready, as the Yankees tern? ' reco il tem o i not 11311C.0110110°1('ie, remained inactive at Walnut Spriol s , „ l eo 0 1 ito Monterey. Reports of attacks bY 131. ' 0e 0 0 0 4 neral Valencia in detached parties. I C° o o ftbe li° credit it, nor were the gallant voltadeers r, 1 0 States anything frightened by the No . °l; s od t3 c e In the latest advices from Mexico it is for the Government had rejected the overtu` United State,tol made by Mr. Trist, on the part of the ost CeP lll , Administration. The consequence and °ai c oniP el ts di Mexicans to listen to and accept Scott was to march on the caPit ill 03 5. Its es' h i s ter , be bad i • o f last accounts from Vera Cruz state that`the e551,60111‘ tered the city of Mexico, but such is 11 , ° 1 Self c ir a telegraphic dispatch which had res ° os via 16 a short time prior to the European 11111 ,,, as titi l l o o patched from that city, states that that laL: iive . It i General Scott was at Puebla at toodiatie?, currently believed he would make an by t he te rt ioa ' vance on the capital. The intelligence eo rtu et F°at ft al phic dispatch seems to be the most n, o io it - toted o of the Mexican news, and we therefore sliti;reolecocli - Yankee Land, one of the New length. That its importance migh t b e r e el lf lo; irork no P yi r ia g sti published this news headed it in t be rris i fb ora l , RECEIVED BY LIGI I _; — A f j ! dated Vii"li' PRINTED BY STY'' -1 to 16 The telegraphic dispatch allude' -- ay e The Or iel 'o' mond, August 14, and proceeds thu s ; 501 03 a " The steamer Fashion has arrived at 00 tbeiJaq from Vera Cruz. She left the latter r i f e 3 0th A c l I de 11 stant. General Scott was Puebla on t „ woe"' JO when there was strong probability of a' ,fO l3 ot Twice on the capital. ital e ll c ife d siv " General Valencia arrived at the Or leant or ks al le s r t'' i with four thousand troops. Gener ae s o• Porote after an action with the org eot tio ls tional Bridge. s ad tb e f t ij be 13r co r " Lieutenant Sipton, of Indiana, _ tier o w iib or Penna Regiment, are dead. The een, o 310; from Legation arrived at Vera Cruz en,,','," th ,l an ° jo .11 respondence from the capital of the ...r Pe ebla of the 30th. ca , of Y" o.f' Mr. Kendall represents the than e „ the e, 0 .ovi , unfavourable light. : edia t q of Ag r " He says Scott will march =ln first we e t 01 guerillao rival of Pearce —certainly main the ~0 wades fog bo t e and it is more than probable that tP t hi tA ' th e will be at the city of Mexico. A to 10C,G.,tv,ffe , " The Mexicans were prepar,e"and tise" . 1 eg et; all their fortifications complete, sand men. " The English Legation was secret o f She c i the c o l 6l ' influence to keep the Americans 0 , rerrese% 0 ' k " Other letters to the l'icii.On- an d thin- bo. of peace in a more favourable light, _iota, _etet.,,eo mace to our advance will be almost ne7iwacan's 10`0,117% " Congress had referred gr. 1 ,. 3 ,• g m ine r e i s l: iii %1,. A to the Executive, and thrown on " t / h e c apit t3 ~erier -r i llOr of the war. The peace party at f ai th in their le re 0 / and increasing. They have no sl at w heal „ 0 et o ar " The Sun of Anahuac saY s t n rOaC h" '. 14' 11. . ° o°' attached Pearce, 600 Americans 1 1 . 10 0 0, ~0 i al fire until within 100 yards of the ,7 11 00 to P • vsl & or° forces opened a deadly fire, forcing I, the i•- re ( i' 0 diate reireat. etreatieg bad ars " While th© Mexicans w ere r ecretly esearptl,boce ~,,.., a bout °foe ot iv ocle cavalry rushed upon them,l9in"bw __ 00 o f d the v te 1 0 " The position of the Mexican! n u: passe d t Pi er o itb i in the country, but the and a rrive d I' o l ° l after a short engagement, au , ; „ 0 , Gene fO l ,l safety, General Scott dispaw"7 t perote. ro o 0 brigade from Puebla to meet thein. , e __ the % jot) , t.• " The Commercial Times c op!la I, l ' ris es 010 cost confirmation of the failure f : 31 F . ... te d. be en s' 01 that all prospects of peace are dist P t here hi° setts C ( . 1 19 ° "Its correspondence states tht.t fits betwoiboi test about their constitutional rig the r eq° or and h'ante. Anna, each charging cr alli the making peace upon the other. ,ineereli _ooo° posed, the: the latter personegeelc_n the t.ic,_t. el; (pffercil.CC O t i, n. e r e au j 141 1 C03 o f, The discussion has shown what ' llg gen tle sires t , patching up °l' the a , the sti l e meen s of securing !i0ta. ,, 7.1, 0r , h ip. ~,,,,), 0;,, f , r " He is ambitious or it .., e . ~itbnri'aderb ''' to re ° a riatc;:2r of members as to ,ts constitutional. :;uoruin• ii o f r- e eft• ~,,et 4, " Santa Anna i.,:id gress dissolved, it was don,,,,,nyveL the .00 1 d t c e c ti ls Epi a council ___ o o or e _ f c ol ~ 0 which it was resol7ed to electto7..ebio,, 0r_1.1,1 either by marching against.Seot t_"-..rai!, a 0 ' 01 tion-' for iL,oti?tioris, ~., 15 6t1 .0 31 th , pr.r.ftl . ' , 13 13 0 t pill he Gu vern- th e o dd "Iu order to be free to act t s exc ept c 0 04 decree suspending all to hid l4.- vatic° and act on the defensive. organ. Delta says that congress 4 ..