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FIRE at the GIITTA PERCH.A. WORKS. — The GUTTA PERCHA COMPANY beg to inform their cus tomers and the public that they have RESUMED the Manufacture of Tubing, Sheet, Soles, Round and Flat Bands, Chamber Vessels, Galvanic Batteries, Electric Telegraph Wire, &c.Numerous fancy articles are also in progress. Orders to be addressed, as pre viously, to the Gutta Percha Company, Patentees, 18, Wharf-road, City-road, London. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH WIRE. The GIITTA. PERCHA COMPANY have much pleasure in in forming those interested in Submari ne and Subterranean communi cations,l that they have RESUMED the Manufacture of perfectly Insulated Telegraph Wire. Tubing, Driving -bands, Sheet, Soles, Chamber Vessels, Galvanic Batteries, &c., kc., may now be had. Orders to be addressed as previously, to the Gutta Pemba Company, Patentees, 18, Wharf-road, City-road, London. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. LAST NIGHT BUT FIVE OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 27, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID; or, Dorothy's Fortane. principal characters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vin ing, and Everett ; Miss Murray, and Mrs. W. Lacy. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. Messrs. W. Lacy, Har ley, Meadows , J. Vining, and Everett ; Misses Murray, De,sborongh, and C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 27, be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parsee, Callenford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANA.PALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOSHAM. T 3 conclude with WHAT! NO CAB? UOVAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 27, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordo*, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCE, or, THE MERCHANT OF " VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Lags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. The Best Ventilated Theatre in London. — Excitemen t exraordinarY• —The increasing demands at the Box-office to witness the memo rable spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, renders it imperative on the management to announce its continuance till SATURDAY, wh i c h will be produced with un- September 3, when It must positively be withdrawn, to make room for the new classical novelty paralleled splendour.—Mr. W. COO will, by general desire, appear every evening on his magnificent charger "Raven."—N.B. Miss EMILY COOKS will positively appear on Saturday, Septem ber 3. THIS EVENING, AtrousT 27, Will, aq during the week, be presented (61st night) the success ful National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, with military effects, reviews, terrific encounters, Br.c. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's original Scenes in the CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Alfred Cooke (the Premier Rider) as the Spirit of the Oracle, or the Warrior of the Sun. Concluding with (93d time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF. - - - - Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DA: —Morning 2 min. after 7 1 Evening 28 min.aft. 7 To-Kowtow—Morning 56 min. after 7 I Evening 34 min.aft. 8 THE WEATHER.—Srrs OFFICE, AUGUST 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 56 lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'48—rising. The mercury fell yesterday three-quarters of an inch in 24 hours. The storm from the South-West was excessive, and sometimes very violent gusts did great damage. WIND, W.SW. to W.NW.—Fresh breeze, with plenty of scud. b . - . LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1853. .An excellent Report has been drawn up by the Select Committee of the House of Commons ap pointed, some time back, to inquire into the present state of railway and steamboat communi cation between London and Dublin via Holyhead, with a view if possible to the suggestion of certain desirable improvements. It has long been felt that in this direction there has existed admirable scope for changes of a comprehensive character, affecting both the speed of the mails and the convenience of passengers. Conjectures were rife, a considerable time before the appointment of the before-mentioned Select Committee, that along the important line connecting the capitals of Eng land and Ireland the arrangements have latterly, instead of advancing in excellence, actually and de plorably retrograded. Those suppositions have been confirmed, as unhappily but too justifiable, by the Report here specified. That document goes even so far as to assert that "during a period when immense advances have been made in the science of steam navigation, and while all other important lines of communication, such as the Cunard to New York, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's lines to the East, have greatly improved, that with Ireland alone has deteriorated." Remember ! it is the declaration deliberately made by a Select Com mittee of the House of Commons, that the line of communication between the metropolis of Ireland and the metropolis of England has not merely failed to keep pace with the advance in the science of steam navigation, but that it has even positively deteriorated ! And this assertion is embodied in the report just printed, after the closest examina tion into the evidence brought under consideration of the members appointed to inquire into the matter by order of the Lower Branch of the Legislature. After this it must be sufficiently obvious that the movement thereby adventured upon, is one by no means premature or uncalled for by circumstances. The extraordinary importance of facilitating by every means within our power the intercommuni cation between the chief cities of the sister islands across the waters of St. George's Channel, would of itself have justified an inquiry into the possibility of carrying out some substantial measure of im provement. This—supposing even that no evils in the existing scheme were in any way appa rent. Consequently, the labours of the Committee must be regarded as peculiarly welcome at this moment, when it is borne in mind that there have, for a long while past, existed manifest reasons for 1 securing to the public at large the advantages of greater speed and ampler accommodation. Every body who has ever travelled between London and Dublin via Holyhead, is perfectly conscious that much remains up to this moment to be attempted in the way of in eterehsaecuring increased rapidity to the postal something like reasonable as well as in commanding traverse comfort to those who are compelled. c Loorga:erse even the narrowest por tions of St. Committee in refer ence s Channel. What says the sideration ? Wh y, it says the l as t- ment i one d con of both the ma i l and exp yrsesthat " the inadequacy amount oftraffic is a perpet u S I , a s b oats for the p resen t It adds, that "ladies are dese e r u ib ree of c omp l a i n t . " being obliged to lie on the floor i e l l as fre q uentl y as to render it impossible to moveartioell numbers Ve abou over crowded cabins"—this, moreover, with the h all the distressing concomitants of sea-sickn ess 1 i If onl for the suggestion of some beneficial Chan.- es - y . in thi s particular, the appointment of the Select Commit tee of Inquiry, could not be otherwise than re garded with peculiar satisfaction. Beyond all other reasons, however, nowadays, that of the present extravagant and needless loss of time calls the most loudly upon the Imperial Legislature for improvement. According to existing arrangements the interval consumed in London and Dublin, Passing to or fro betwee n via Holyhead, is estimated at from 14 to 15 hours on the average. Now this interval might be forthwith reduced to merely eleven hours—as we find here distinctly asserted in the Report of the Select Committee. Eleven hours instead of fourteen or fifteen ! A saving of from three to four hours—a matter, surely, of no trifling con sideration. It must be recollected, for example, in illustration of the value of this economy in I time, how many ny reasons there are for rendering 1 desirable the utmost practicable facility in the moving to and fro along that grand trunk line of intercommunication. Consequent upon th e U n i on , there is th e repeatedl tendance of th e Iris Consequent ti p y recurringo necessity for the at siavoerspaaind Members of Parlia ment in the Logi There is the pe r p e t ual pressure of at Westminster. ed with private bills—bills, as thebusiness connect us cc the attendance of of Re port remind s iefessi men in London, and witne sses at great)ronal c inconvenience." Then there are th e asrt,ilmand s tances resulting from the fact of the Rouse of Lords having obtained over the Irish Courts of Law, the privilege, the responsibility, or ( as you may call it) the attribute of appellate jurisdic tion. There is, in fine, the transfer from Dublin to London of the Customs, and that of the Excise, and that of other pub lic offices, all contributing as the Report ob serves, to demonstrate " the importance of an expeditious and convenient mode of commu nication between the two countries, and afford strok; claims for the favourable consideration of Parliament." It is consequently proposed by the Committee that a morning express mail train shall henceforth leave London and Dublin respectively, traversing the intermediate distance in eleven hours at the utmost—eleven hours instead of fourteen or fifteen. And this diminution of the time commenced in the transit by two or three of the most simple arrangements—by procuring better steam-packets—by properly fitting the relative arrival and departure of boats and trains —by less frequent stoppages on the railway, and increased velocity in „the general run of the com munication, both on land and across the Channel. According to the Report, extraordinary prospects are now being held out to the Government of this increased velocity between Kingstown and Holy head—offers having been made of vessels engag ing to steam at the rate of actually 25 miles an hour. Whether this offer be genuine or not, it is tolerably certain that the facilitation of the passage admits of many remarkable improvements. While in reference to the increased speed between London and Holyhead, that we all know well enough, by ev er y -da y ex p er ience, to be readily as we have already i n ti ma t e d , d e vice of diminishing th e num b er o f stop , by the p spi r am a g c pe t sl i e. c Everything considered, therefore—the m anifest necessity of the proposed improvements, their enforcement by the Report of the Select Committee, the obvious value of their application, the force of competition and the capacity of modern enterprise_we.cannot but rejoice in the conviction that before a very long time has elapsed we shall witness the conveyance of letters and passengers between London and Dublin, via Holyhead, in eleven hours, by a wholesome series of exceedingly simple and eminently rational im provements. All " misogynists"—all who cultivate the an cient and manly amusements of insulting and as saulting unprotected females, must for the future exercise a careful discrimination in selecting the . localities in which they intend to indulge their laudable propensities. In some districts the sport is expensive and even perilous. There are, un fortunately, magistrates who, like that spiritless " HAmmun," are incapable of appreciating the rare enjoyment afforded by the exercise —who, not contented with mulcting the playful assailant of his wife or mistress, or any feminine strangers, in the highest pecuniary penalty sanctioned by law, actually send him to durance vile for several months—there to learn from the strongest lessons of the " cireumgyratory reformer of manners," that what is sport to him is by no means so agree able to his victim, who, with blackened eyes or toothless mouth, may have suffered permanent in jury from the venial escapade. It is, however, satisfactory to find that there are districts in which the practices of the " good old times" are still recognised, and where FITZROY and his tame enactments are steadily repudiated—where the luxury can be enjoyed on the most economical terms, and any man can wallop his own or his neighbour's spouse, without any risk of having the flowing honours of his head curtailed by the " county crop," or being compelled to ascend " thirty-eight times the height of the Monument daily," or being fed on a pint of gruel for breakfast and supper, and three ounces of boiled meat without bone for dinner—a light and wholesome, though rather tasteless, diet, calculated to qualifyhim for the active exertions required by the too rapid revolu tions of the detestable wheel. Yes, the City is the place, that paradise of unsavoury odours and foul smells, where the horrors of defective ventila tion are thrown into the shade by the still more defective drainage. There, worthy misogynists, if in possession of 20s. sterling, may you revel to your heart's content. There, may you, for less than you would be compelled to pay for a turtle ' banquet at the London Tavern, if accompanied ' by the usual trimmings of iced punch and cham pagne, enjoy yourself to your heart's content by wantonly outraging the feelings of a respectable married female, and then inflicting sundry blows on herself and her husband. There may you sturdily refuse any apology for the occurrence, convinced that 20s. will cover the entire damage, and leave you at liberty to " follow your own vagary," whenever the impulse may become too strong to be resisted. If any sceptic should doubt the immunity af forded in these classic scenes almost " under the shadow of the grasshopper," let him peruse the report of the doings at the Mansion-house on Wednesday, when a person, who said that he was a wine -merchant, having a place of business in Mincing-lane, was charged with a gross and unprovoked assault on a respectable married female and her husband. The aggrieved lady had, it appeared, left her husband's protection for a moment to purchase some cakes for her baby ; at a confectioner's shop in Fenchurch-street. She possibly thought that in such a locality, at the most busy hour of the day—between four and five o'clock in the afternoon—and with her protector close at hand, she would have been safe from insult. But she was speedily convinced of her mistake, and taught a salutary lesson as to the folly of such an opinion. While returning to her husband she suddenly found herself " grasped very improperly and indecently" by the defen dant, who said, " How do you do, my dear ?" at the same time laughing in her face, when she turned round in astonishment. The husband, who was a witness to the transaction, immediately said, " How dare you insult my wife in the public streets ? Do you think that she is a com- 1 mon prostitute I" To which the sportive and amiable youth replied, " She may be, for what I know." Thus early evincing a determination to give no satisfaction for what he himself alleged to he an accident, although the complainant believed it to be a wilful and deliberate insult. The un reasonable husband did not appear to appreciate the wit and playfulness of the stranger—he laid his hand on his shoulder to detain him until a policeman could be found. This was naturally resented. The defendant struck off his arm, calling him " a liar, and a fool," and aiming at him two blows, both of which struck the already-injured woman. When taken to the station-house he was asked—not for pecuniary compensation for the outrage, but—for " a suitable apology." This, according to his own statement, he refused to give, because, forsooth, "the assault was acci dental." Accidental, indeed, as if a person would B aY, " How do you do, my dear," by accident ; or declare unintentionally that a female might be the slightest t common. prostitute " for what he knew ;" or call he r indeed, it tallsband a liar, and a fool." If, was too knew that gladly h ave t „lite :ad been an accident, any person with spark of gentlemanly feeling would h: tive muchapologised. But no, the defendant , i ` a man of spirit." He appar amende with ently cora l ; ,r might withhold that trifling not mistaken in impunity. And he was 20s. (without costs), ' o pposition ; he was fined cessary to say that two fine discharged. It is unne- A, wine merchant Wo u ld h : e lmmediately paid. raising such a sum. H e can a : ° . difficulty in 'sportive propensities whenever healtnil• indulge his 1 inks proper • 1 and all others of similar disposition should ' ; the :hint to avoid Whitechapel, where the • take inexor able HAMMILL presides, and frequent the crowded thoroughfares of the City, where the Lord Mayor will visit their little ebullitions with ind u l gent lenielicy, and a sovere ig n cr will cover even the r e _ fasali to make any apology for insult, howev er unjustifiable or in defensible it may be. T.tie Norwich dinner to Messrs. PETo and IVAINY.IR (of which we give a report on another pap) commemorates a triumph which ought to be inistructive to those who promise us a New Re fornlßill. It foreshadows what may be looked for with certainty as the prominent feat ure of the neat_ election, especially should one be demand ed before. the Bill becomes law. In Norwich—old OWNOw THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 185 3. corrupt Norwich—where the longest purse has, from time immemorial, been sure of victory, the Whigs, to maintain a decent existence, have been compelled to unite, not as formerly with the Tories, but with the Radicals, and they have united on " purity principles ; " indeed, as Mr. PETO stated, and as we knew before from the best sources, at the last election " nothing whatever was done for which any honest man need blush." It thus appears that even in constituencies once thought hopelessly corrupt Liberals of all classes m ay unite vigorously. Extreme Radicals may abate somewhat of their demands, extreme Whigs may drop somewhat of their hauteur, or carry it clean away to the Tory camp ; and, as in the pre sent case, both parties may coalesce cordially in the election of one staunch Liberal (though rather partial to Lord JOHN RUSSELL) and another not many removes from a Radical, although connected with the aristocratic classes. It reflects no small credit on Norwich to have returned two such representatives as received on Thursday night, in its fine old Hall, the hospitality of the city. Mr. PETO is every way worthy to represent a commercial and business city. He is never ashamed to con fess that he began life in the practise of the manual labours of his profession, and all Eng land, and nearly all Europe too, is aware that he has risen not only to princely wealth, but that he enjoys also the confidence of almost the civilised world in his own department. His course has been marked equally by political independence and generosity to the classes whom he so largely employs. Probably there is hardly a railway contractor in the world who is more respected by his subordinates and workmen ; and certainly none who has so conscientiously and liberally provided for the religious instruction, as well as the comfort, of his men. Mr. PETO'S efforts and example in promoting the welfare of his " navvies" has been as beneficial in its way as the labours of Mrs. CHISHOL3f amongst our emigrants and emancipated convicts. Mr. WARNER is a younger man, and it must be regarded as a remarkable triumph that he should, on the first trial, beat the Marquis of DOURO, who had been 15 years Member for the City, by a majority of 500, only 50 less than that of Mr. PETO. He is a young member of con siderable promise, and when practice shall have added, as it will do, fluency to his speaking, he will be by no means an inefficient debater. He leaves on the mind of every hearer the deep im pression of his sincerity ; absolutely free from affectation and mannerism, and destitute of any of those external qualities which frequently secure popularity, he has by his straightforwardness and good sense chiefly, completely gained the confi dence of the masses in Norwich. Amongst the signs of the times we may almost regard it, that the Chairman, Lord BURY (the son of the Earl of ALBEMARLE), declared himself con vinced of the necessity of the Ballot. He would much prefer, as every one else would, the present practice of open voting, if it were possible with it to prevent intimidation, but, being convinced by all he read and knew that it was not possible, he gave his cordial adhesion to secret voting. The declaration was received with the utmost enthu siasm. It would be so at any meeting of Liberals ; and if it be intended that the promised bill should be so popular as to enlist the enthusiastic support of the country, there is no question that offering the Ballot would make its authors omnipotent at the hustings, should it bring about a dissolution. We trust the tenants-at-will of East and West Nor folk will not overlook such an avowal as this from a Peer's son. Lord BURY is evidently a young politician of lito humble parts. He fulfilled his duties exceedingly well last night, and nothing would please us better than to see him speedily introduced into the House of Commons. Con nected as he is by family ties with the county, inheriting the urbanity of his ancestors, a young man of promising abilities, and willing to give the farmers the political liberty which so few of the aristocracy as yet are prepared to accord them, we know of no one to whom the Liberal electors of Norfolk could look with greater propriety. MONEY MARKET CITY INTELLIGENCE.' CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed tame, but steady. Railway Shares were very flat, at lower prices. Nothing seems to arrest the downward course of the stock of bullion in the Bank of England. It may be, however, that the last arrivals by the Harbinger steamer had not been brought into the account for the week ending the 20th inst., but it is generally supposed that the whole sum will be gradually, if not speedily, absorbed for exportation. At present there is much less inducement to ship specie to France, because of the very long period required to get it coined at the Paris Mint, and the loss of interest in the interval, but it seems that gold if no longer sent as a speculation, goes as the only means of liquidatin g trade and share balances, such is the scarcity of bills. This will probably cure itself, as it will become profitable for the great houses here, to make arrangements to draw upon their correspondents abroad. The demand for dis counts is shown by the return, not to have abated, but the circulation was rather smaller, owing to an increase in the amount to the credit to the Govern ment. Compared with the former week, the ba lance sheet presents the following changes : Active circulation. Decrease 97,205 Bullion 17,171,793 Decrease 137,781 Rest Increase 7,622 Public Deposits 4,063,046 Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-day and other Bills 1,482,038 Increase Government Securities no alteration Other Securities 13,876,950 Increase 265,229 . . Notes unemployed • 7,644,880 Increase 218,345 There was yesterday afternoon some irregularity in the rates at which bills of exchange upon the continental cities were negociated here. The ba lance of trade seems decidedly against us just now, and hence but few of our merchants have bills to dispose of ; and those who have payments to make in France, Germany, or Holland, get less for the pound sterling. Paper at 90 days was taken at '25 174 to 20 on Paris, and Antwerp at 11 174 to 17/ on Amsterdam, at 13 5/ to 6k on Hamb - urgh, at 1191 to 119 i o n F ran kf or t, a n at 10 54 to 56 on Trieste. The New York accounts state that the Stock Market was still declining. Money was tight. The banks in Philadelphia were short of specie, and much excitement prevailed in consequence. The amount of duties paid on foreign merchandise at the port of Boston during the quarter ending the 30th June, showed an increase of $362;148 over the corresponding quarter of last year.' The exports of gold from London direct during the week to Thursday last, were 26,902 ounces and 8,0001., and of silver 19,600 oz., all but the 80001. going to the Continent. The English Stock Market has been lower again, and the rough weather has, in conjunction with the diminished amount of bullion in the Bank of Eng land, an injurious effect upon prices. Consols ha ve been 97; to 98k, and the New 3 per Cents. 101 to . Bank Stock has receded to 227 k. Exchequer Bills are Is. discount to is. prem., and India Bonds 15s. to 18s. prem. The Foreign Market is still extremely inactive, not half-a-dozen bargains being officially recorded. Buenos Ayres Bonds' are steady at 65 ; Grenada Deferred flat, at 91 to 10 ; and Mexican at 268 Portuguese 4 per Cents. are quoted 45, and Spa nish Deferred 23k, both being heavy. Gold Mines are dull and rather weaker. English and Australian Copper Smelting Company's shares are firm. Not much is doing in Joint Stock Bank shares. - Union of Australia are a shade higher. Land Companies' are neglected. Railway Shares opened heavily, but have as sumed a firmer tone since. Norfolk have risen 1i per cent., and Hereford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton are I better. French shares are ne glected. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock ................... .............. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Bk 3 per Cent. Cons o l s A nnu iti es 9Bi 7i 8 i New 3k per Cent. Annuities lolk 1 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO l5 Consols for Account Bth September 9Bl 7i 8 1 Exchequer Bills, Id. £IOOO £5OO ld 1p Small ldlp PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 65 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 231 Consols Ditto September Account TWO O'CLOCK. 98 1, ii 98 THE NEW ACT TO ABATE THE SMOKE NUISANCE.— Yesterday the Act to abate the smoke nuisance in the metropolis was issued. There are eight sections in the act, and their substance is, that from and after the Ist of August, 1854, furnaces in the metropolis are to con sume their own smoke under penalties to be imposed. The act extends to any mill, factory, printing-house, dyehouse, iron-foundry, glasshouse, distillery, brew house, sugar-refinery, bakehouse, gasworks, water works, or other buildings used for the purpose of trade or manufacture within the metropolis. From the same day steam-vessels on the Thames above London-bridge are to consume their own smoke under penalties to be recovered in a summary manner before magistrates. The words " consume or burn th e smo k e, " are not to be held in all cases to mean " consume or burn all the smoke," and the justice before whom any person shall be summoned may remit the penalties if they are of opinion that such person has so constructed or altered his fur nace as to consume or burn as far as possible all the smoke arising from the same, and has carefully attended to it and consumed or burnt as far as possible the smoke arising from such furnace. Constables may be em powered to enter and inspect furnaces and steam-engines. No information is to be laid under this act to recover any penalty, except by the authority of the Secretary of State, or the commissioners of police of the metropolis or of the city of London. TIIE NEW BURIAL ACT.—Yesterday the act concern ing the burials of the dead beyond the metropolis was published. On the representation of the Secretary of State her Majesty in Council may restrain the opening of new burial grounds, and order the discontinuance of burials in specified places. The act is not to extend to cemeteries or new burial grounds made. Certain provi sions in the Metropolitan Burial Act are extended to this act. Any burial board building a chapel for burials according to the rites of the Church of England, is also to build a chapel for persons not being members of the Church of England. INFLUX OF GOLD TO PARIS. Notwithstanding the prospects of the harvest, and the transactions which have taken place in consequence, the influx of gold to Paris continues to increase, and the Mint have further extended their period for coinage to 67 days. The amount of gold now in the hands of that establishment is estimated at about 2,700,0001. THE RIVER TCHADDA.—An expedition up the river Tchadda, the eastern branch of the Niger, is understood to have been decided upon by the Government. Dr. Barth, attached to the expedition from Tripoli to Bor nou, having crossed a stream flowing from the south east, and reported it ten feet deep and three-quarters of a mile broad, 250 miles east of the point upon the Tchadda reached by Laird and Oldfield's expedition of 1832, it is hoped that by this channel a water communi cation may be opened with the countries south of Lake Tchad. The scientific persons, to be appointed will not, it is said, exceed three in number, a suitable steam-vessel being provided for their conveyance by Mr. Macgregor Laird, under a contract with the Admiralty for finding steamers to explore the African rivers, dated January, 1852, and the expedition is intended to enter the river in June next so as to insure three months of rising water for the ascent and return to the sea. The entire arrange ment differs from the former ascents of the Niger—the steamer being a private trading vessel, at the sole risk and expense of the contractor, a fixed sum being paid him for the conveyance of the Government officers as passengers, who will thus be able to pursue their inves tigations without exciting the jealousy and distrust of the native chiefs. Mr. BRANSBY COOPER.—From the post mortem exa mination of the body of this gentleman, it appears that the immediate cause of death was a malignant dibeasee f the throat, involving a large branch of the carotid ar tery, which, becoming ulcerated, gave way, and pro duced instantaneous death by filling the lungs with blood. The funeral took place as early as half-past eight o'clock yesterday morning, when the remains of the lamented deceased were conveyed, in pursuance of his wishes, in a most unostentatious manner, from his residence in Spring-gardens to the church of St. Martin in-the-Fields, Lord Palmerston having kindly permitted the family vault to be opened in obedience to the wishes of the deceased as expressed in his will, this church being one of those in which interments are no longer allowec'. The coffin was preceded by the medical and surgi ca l staff cf Guy's Hospital (of which institution Mr. Cooper was the senior surgeon) ; following it came the immedi ate relatives and friends of the deceased, including all the students, of the hospital now in town. HAIR OF CHARLES I. —Among some relics sold yes terday by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, was " Hair from the head and beard of Charles 1., cut by Sir Hem y Halford." The remarks appended state that the hair was thick at the back of the head, in appearance nearly black ; a portion since cleaned is of a beautiful dark brown colour, that of the beard was a redder brown — brought 51. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane hoisted his flag on board her Majesty's steam yacht Elfin this morning, and left for Cowes to superintend her Majesty's embarkation for Ireland. The Royal standard was struck on Osborne Tower at a quarter to 9, and hoisted on board the Elfin, in Cowes harbour, at 9, when she left with the Court for Southampton. Sir Thomas Cochrane returned in the Sprightly after seeing her Majesty depart from Cowes. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Arthur, attended by the Duchess of Wellington, Lady in Waiting ; the Hon. Miss Bulteel, Maid of Honour; the Countess of Gainsborough ; Coloneli Phipps, Gray, and Gor don, together with the usual retinue, have just disembarked in the Southampton Docks from the Royal steam yacht, and proceeded by special train to Holyhead via Basingstoke. On landing the Royal party was received by the directors of the Railway and Dock Companies, the Admiralty Superintendent of Packets, and other officials of the port. An immense crowd of people had assembled in the docks to witness her Majesty's arrival and transit to the railway, and testified their loyalty by repeated cheering. The gale of last night has modified, and the wea ther is now very fine. The Royal train left Southampton precisely at 10.25 a.m. BOW STREET.-(THIS DAY). AN OLD AND CONVICTED THlEF.—Benjamin StaEtolB, aged 17, was charged before Mr. Jardine with stealing a gold watch, a gold chain, a sovereign, a portmanteau, and other property of considerable value, belonging to a gentleman lodging at a coffee-house near this Court. It appeared, from the evidence, that the prisoner had been servant in the coffee-house in question, and that in November last he stole the articles and absconded. Nothing further was heard of him until a short time back, when the prosecutor saw in The Sun, and other newspapers, that he had been convicted of picking pockets, and sent to the City Bridewell. Having in the meantime ascertained when his term of ?imprison ment expired, the prosecutor, in company with a de tective officer, went to the prison this morning and apprehended him as he was leaving. The prisoner, who did not deny the robbery, was remanded. None of the property has been traced. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. I FRANCE. There was no intelligence of any inmportance received in Paris yesterday about the Turkish question. The Government candidates for the vacant seats in the Legislative Corps at the elections which are fixed for the 4th September, are, for the depart ment of the Aveyron, M. Auguste Chevalier ; COtes du Nord, M. Champagny de Cadore ; Ille et-Vilains, M. de la Guistiere ; Nord, M. Godard Desmarets ; Vendee, General Lebreton ; Yonne, M. Ornano ; and Loiret, M. Nogent St. Laurent. M. Auguste Chevalier was Secretary of the Presi dence to Louis Napoleon ; and General Lebreton was one of the Questors of the Constituent Assem bly till June, 1848, when he resigned in conse quence of being interfered with in the command of the military force for the protection of the Chamber. The opening of the canal from the Marne to the Rhine has been fixed by the Government for the Ist of September next. From that day a complete service will be established by water between Paris and Strasburg. Another thunderstorm passed over Paris yester day, about 3 o'clock. It did not last so long as on Sunday, but it was quite as violent ; the flashes of lightning were most vivid, and the rain rushed down for some time in torrents. It cleared up about four o'clock. The wind had been blowing strong during the early part of the day. The Pilote de la Somme states that the storm of Sunday was felt with great violence at Abbeville. The thunder and lightning were terrific, and the streets were in a few minutes completely inun dated. Between Vauchelles and Abbeville hail stones fell as large as eggs, but fortunately, the harvest having been all carried, no mischief has been done. The storm was also severely felt in the adjoining communes, and some pieces of ice as hard as iron and weighing nearly a pound and a half were picked up. Several roofs of houses were injured, and several pieces of the ice passed com pletely through the zinc roofs. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railway Company, with its extensions, for the week ending the 20th August, amount to 897,048 f., being an increase of 299,329 f. as compared with the corre sponding.week of last year. Private letters from Bayonne of the 23d are full of accounts of the bull fights, which seem to be now quite as popular in that part of the country as in Spain itself. Crowds of people of all classes, high and low, peasant and noble, from the Basque country, the mountains of Navarre, Guipuzcoa, and Biscay, poured into the town on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday last, to witness the first appearance in France of the famous toreador Cuchares and his band of bull fighters. The mul titude increased to such a pitch that there was no longer any lodging to be found, and people had to return to St. Jean de Luz, Cambo, Biarritz, and the surrounding villages, merely to obtain a night's lodging, while hundreds bivouacked in the open fields. Hundreds of Spanish ladies, all dressed in their national costume, on foot or in carriages, thronged to the great rendezvous, the Plaza de Toros. On Sunday next there is to be another spectacle of the same kind, but with the additional and novel accompaniment of black bull fighters, who were imported, it is said, from the Havannah, and great sport is expected. Bayonne and St. Esprit seem 7o be turned into Spanish towns; nobody thinks of politics or of business, and the private letters of ti e gravest persons are all about the bull fights, which would now appear, after this second essay, to have aken permanent root in that part of France. The Bourse was rather more firm yesterday than Thursday, without much business doing. The Three per Cents. opened at 80f., and rose to 80f. 30c., at which they closed for the end of the month, in the absence of all political news to influence the market. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,285 f. ; Rouen, 1,090 f. ; Havre, 515 f. ; Great Northern, 900 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 985 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 828 f. 75c. ; Western of France, 750 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 647 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 560 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 565 f. ; Sardinian Victor Emmanuel, 502 f. 50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier,.B9of. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 26.' This morning, being the birthday of Prince Albert, the band of the 23rd Royal Welch Fusileers performed a selection of music on the Terrace. The Queen and Prince drove round the grounds yes terday afternoon. The Royal children also took their usual exercise. Messrs Nicoll, of Regent-street, had the honour of submitting for her Majesty's and his Royal Highness's inspection yesterday the newly-invented sewing machine, and a coat sewn by this process. Viscount Hardinge returned to London this morning. The Duchess of Wellington has succeeded the Coun tess of Gainsborough as Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. Mary Bulteel the Hon. Beatrice Byng as Maid of Honour. Earl Granville returned to town, yesterday, from Yorkshire. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor-General of Canada. PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTHDAY.—The Honourable Ar tillery Company assembled yesterday at their head quarters in the City-road, to commemmorate the birth day of their Colonel, his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented a grand display on the grounds of the company, which was in tended to have been given. In the evening the honour able corps again assembled and dined together in their grand ball. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. Her Majesty is expected to reach the station at Holy head at seven o'clock this evening, and will immediately proceed on to the royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert. The inhabitants of Holyhead have made ample prepara tions to receive the Queen in a manner which will not fail to convince her of the proverbial loyalty of her sub jects in the principality. Several triumphal arches, up wards of 1,000 flags, bonfires, fireworks, &c. P will form a part of the demonstration. The fireworks will be conducted by Mr. J. F. Johnston, of Glasgow, who has been especially engaged for that purpose. Immediately on her arrival she will be met by the committee, and her Majesty has graciously signified her intention of receiv ing the address of the loyal inhabitants through the prin cipal Secretary of State, by whom she will be accom panied, and it is stated that she has also given her sanc tion to change the name of the harbour, which is in future to be known as the Royal Victoria Harbour. The children of the schools will be in attendance under their different officers, and will sing the National Anthem. Two himdred and fifty special constables and about 400 members of the friendly societies are already enrolled to preserve order. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO DUBLIN. —Up to Friday morning, the authorities had not received any intima tion of the day or hour of her Majesty's arrival. If the weather should prove inviting on Sunday, it is said that the Royal squadron will leave Holyhead, after Divine service on Sunday morning or Sunday evening ; but if the weather should be unfavourable during the Sunday, the ships will not leave till Monday morning. Under any circumstances, however, the squadron will reach Kingston by ten o'clock on Monday morning. In the meantime, preparations for duly honouring her Ma jesty continue on a most extensive scale. The public buildings, club-houses, and many of the large commer cial establishments —including the houses of her Ma jesty's Irish tradesmen—have completed their illumina tion arrangements. Notice has been given that none but the holders of season tickets will be admitted to the Great Exhibition on Tuesday, the day when her Majesty will visit the Exhibition in public. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mrs. Gladstone, who have gone on a visiting tour in the Highlands, are not expected to return to the south until the close of the ensuing month. The Earl and Countess Granville are en route to the Irish capital, to meet her Majesty, but it is doubtful, if the present boisterous weather continues, whether the Royal squadron will sail for Kingstown on the day fixed upon, Monday next. The Duke of Newcastle, who is staying at Clumber, is still named as the Secretary of State to accompany the Queen to Ireland. Sir James Graham, after completing his official tour of inspection of our arsenals, leaves town for Netherby Hall, Cumberland. Lady . Graham and family are still sojourning at Gothic institution held ,Thei... !miuslvulrproxydAeTd s h r y a o f E a o m ß i G ly es ci H rc o le s . PlTAL for theleil Gothic villa, West Cowes. The noble Premier, Lord Aberdeen, intends sr to pass the autumn at Haddo-house, Aberdeen t., n?ral meeting of the governors and subscribers to special thiseci a l yesterday, the following resolutions were, at their own hom es Hospital, subject to , such e after some discussion famed :—" 1. That a maternity bdelivery of married lying-in women board may from time to time department, established at the St. George's a.rra.ngements as the weekly ime direct. 2. That the weekly board be empowered t oappoint t. a lecturer on midwifery a in nd th t e h a h t os h p e i thaalvsechtho oeltorl::nas.tdte :it of patients in such man ner to the hospital, from time to ner as the physicians time arrange with him, subje ct may weekly board." to the approval of the PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB. The following yachts of this very popular and rapidly progressing club have been entered for the concluding race of the season on Monday next . - Yachts. Tons. Owners, Gnat Blue-eyed. Maid Julia Meander Valentine 8 Irresistible Britannia Idas Idea The race is from Blackwall to Gravesend and back. The first prize is a handsome silver cup pres(mted by Mr. Turner, the trea.urer ; the second a silver teles cope, the gift of Mr. _ Messer ; and the third a silver snuff-box, presented by the c9mmodore, Mr. Bewncastle. The crews are to consgott . Otamateurs only. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day..) We have to report this week a fair average a. mount of business in dividend stocks. In a few progressiv e mines, some of which are considered to have good prospects, and only require a little more time and money to eevelope their resources, shares have been forced on the .market, and sold for less than half their market valuto a few months since—the fact appearing to be that the owners had determined to sell at any sacrifice, rather tbtan sub mit to further " calls." Too many people wb to enter upon mining speculations look for mat and pi. ofitable results immediately they purchase ; and if they are dis appointed, rather than wait, they get rid of their shares at a loss, and leave it to those who have more patience to reap the advantages when they do occur. This has been, in some measure, exemplified this week i.n Wheal Uny, Pen-y-Gelli, and other shares. The great .%dvance in labour and in the price of materials, to wlitich we called attention some time since, has not only reduced the profits of dividend mines, but greatly increased the costs, and, consequently, the calls on speculative mines ; and it would appear advisable just now to stop all ope rations in the latter which do not pay, or are ni)t abso lutely necessary. In the Metal Market, as we have continued to augur for many weeks past, a general and further advance must inevitably take place, and that quickly. The numerous opportunities given us of knowing what the actual stock and make is from every quarter enable us to see somewhat a-head, and furnish, by calculation, what may almost be considered as the most probable and true state of the various metal markets. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM. Sia,—l send you a paragraph from the Hereford Journal of Wednesday last, respecting the Shrewsbury , and Hereford Railway, should you think proper to in sert it ; and I beg t o sa y, th a t h av i ng b een i n th e vici nity of Ludlow, I found the prevailing impression there quite in accordance with that statement, and especially that the traffic on that portion of the line had far ex ceeded the original calculation. I took the trouble to make some inquiries respecting the line, as I am in terested in its prosperUy, being A SHAREHOLDER. " SHREWSBURY ArD HEREFORD RAILWAY.—We un derstand that the t erms proposed by Mr. Brassey to work this line when completed are by no means satis factory to the shareholders and inhabitants residing in the Ludlow and Shropshire district. They allege a monopoly of the coal trade, through him, or some con nexion or agent, by - which the price of that necossary is kept up beyond what it otherwise would be ; that the traffic on the line being much greater than was antici pated, he is, through these means, realising 6 per cent. profit. It is believed! that the directors will accept Mr. Brassey's proposal if sanctioned by the shareholders ; it therefore behoves the latter to attend the meeting at Shrewsbury on Tuesday next, and we are glad to learn that a free ticket will be given to all desirous to attend ; and although there are other respectable contractors who may be dispose d to work the line (in case the com pany do not), yet there can be no objection to Mr. B. doing so upon proper terms, and with proper restric tions, compatible with his interest and that of the share holders ; for instance, the latter ought to have an equal power to make void the agreement at the expiration of five years, with pri iper notice. There is no reason whatever why this may not be one of the best paying lines in the kingdou i if managed properly and economi cally." ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—The Island Home and the Emi grant arrived yesterday from Port Philip with gold valued at 94,6001., the one having 16,434 ounces, and the other 7,230 ounces,. DIINGARVAN ELECTION.—The election for Dungarvan terminated on Thursday in the return of Mr. J. F. Maguire, by a large in ajority, the numbers having been, as near as can be leArnt, 171 for Maguire, and 77 for Gregory. It is said the Gregory party intend to peti tion against Mr. Mag uire's return. ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND EXETER LINE.—An accident occurred on the Tiverton branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway on Sunday, which was well nigh attended with fatal , consequences. The engine-driver is usually in the habit;, on approaching the station, of detaching the engine from the carriage, the former being shunted off into a aiding, and the latter, under the charge of the guard, proceeding on to the station. OD Sunday afternoon tho guard, it is understood, instead of doing his duty in the - usual way, entrusted the break to a policeman, who act u ally turned the handle the wrong way, thereby causing. the carriage, which contained a number of passengers., to dash with great force against a block of wood at the terminus. Nearly all the pas sengers received injui ies more or less ; some had their teeth knocked out, an rd others were much bruised. The platform was injured by the concussion. The men were immediately suspende xi, and some inquiry, it is under stood, will be immedi a,tely instituted by the directors. NEW BOMBAY RA aLWAY.- - A prospectus has been issued of a new Born' bay railway, to be called the Bom bay, Baroda, and Cer ctral India Railway Company, with a capital of 4,500,00 al., in 201. shares. The principal object of the compan y is to connect Bombay with Agra, so as ultimately to fo rm a junction with the Bengal line, and thus open up an uninterrupted route from Bombay to Calcutta, but it i s also proposed to construct a line from Surat into the , cotton districts of Candeish and Berar and the coal d; istricts of the Nerbudda. The main features of the ache sue having been approved by the Governor-General, I India-house, it is stated, have authorised the comp any to make the requisite surveys, and have guarantee([ - the expenses that may be incurred for that purpose. hi( anwhile an arrangement is hoped to be effected by the company for obtaining a conces sion for the line with a secured rate of interest on the total outlay. STRONG MINDED WO MEN.--The French Scientific Con gress opened at Arras : yesterday. On Saturday last 108 persons, among whom were two ladies, Mmes. Fanny Desnoix and Phillip° L emaitre, inscribed their names to take part in the pro d ;e( lings. CANARY ISLANDS. . -Intelligence from the Canary Islands to the 6th st. Itez that the vines were dreadfully ravaged there by dis eas e. The cochineal crop was also expected to be a defi vim A one. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Journal des Debats contains a letter from Prince Ghika, dated Jassy, the 14th inst. The Prince contradicts certain rumours which have been published respecting him and his relations to the Porte. He says, that having been desired by the Russian authorities to suspend his relations with the Porte and to stop the payment of the tri bute to the Sultan, such acts being incompatible with the occupation of Moldavia by the Russians, he merely transmitted the letters containing these instructions to the Ottoman Cabinet, without any remarks of his own. He adds that, according to his opinion, the question involved in the Russian demands lay between the two Courts, and that he himself was altogether incompetent to decide on the subject. ITALY. The provincial. Council of Turin opened its ses sion on the 22d. ' One of its first acts was to de clare its readiness to contribute towards the con struction of the new road to Switzerland by the defile of the Menouve. The Genoa Gazette, of the 23d inst., announces that the day before a mob, composed principally of women, traversed the streets of Genoa vociferating against the cornsellers and bakers, whom they re proached with being the cause of the high price of bread. Their numbers increasing, and acts of vio lence having been committed against several per 3011S on the square of Ponticello, the authorities called out the Carabineers, the police, and two companies of infantry, and dispersed the multi tude. On the 23d Genoa was perfectly tranquil. Accounts from La Spezzia state that the inhabi tants and the refugees had testified to the Com mander of the corvette St. Louis, M. Ingraham, their sympathy for his honourable conduct at Smyrna. A number of boats surrounded the ship and gave him a serenade. Two persons then went on board and presented him an address. The po lice, however, had thought proper to summon be fore them and admonish some of the individuals who made the demonstration. A letter from Rome, of the 20th, in the Univers, says :—" The Giornale di Roma has spoken of the arrest of a certain number of the emissaries of secret societies. It appears that on the day of the fête of the Assumption, the place of concealment of the principal members of the band was discovered, when they were arrested and their papers were seized. It is said that they intended to take ad vantage of the fetes in the evening in honour of the Emperor of the French givenby the Frenckgarrison and residents, to excite a commotion, assassinate as many soldiers and officers as they should find in an isolated state, murder some priests and digni taries of the Church and of the Government, and plunder the coffers of the State and those of pri vate individuals. But this plan was baffled the night preceding the fête. About forty conspirators are at present in the hands of jus tice. Most of them are persons who were em ployed under the Mazzinian Republic in 1849, and afterwards forced to leave Rome, but who contrived to get back there some weeks ago. They left Genoa with English or Piedmontese passports, and, landing between Civita-Veechia and Fiumi cino, got into the city by means of the intelligence kept up by the refugees of London and Turin, and concealed themselves with their accomplices. It is said that at their head is Salfi, one of the mem bers of the Republican triumvirate. Even Maz zini has been named, but men of that importance do not venture to put themselves in actual danger, and we cannot consequently believe in the truth of this rumour. We are of opinion that the real head of the expedition was a certain advocate named Petroni, well known at Rome for his participation in the revolution and crimes of 1848, and of whom all traces had been lost since 1849. A certain aumber of manifestoes in manuscript, which were to have been posted up on the walls of Rome at the moment •of the plot exploding, and a great quantity of revolutionary proclamations, were found in his drawers." SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 21st inst. The Queen signed, at the Cabinet Council, held. the night before, several important measure s, sub mitted to her Majesty by the different Ministers. Among others were a decree relative to mortgages, and another ordering the melting of the copper coin. Ministers, it appears, came to a decision in that Council on the choice of w the are members of the the Committee of Engineers, ho survey railway lines between Madrid, Sarragossa, Vigo, Cadiz, and the frontier f Por oursetugwasal, rid Badajoz. It being Sunday, he B closed. GREECE. ATHENS, Aug. 12.—Tho King has appointed two General Commanders for the army, and the Eastern Corps is to be under the orders of General Gar diki o tis-Grivas, while the Western Corps is comman ded by General Mainouris. The crop of Corinthian grapes is almost wholly lost, and the results of the grain harvest are by no means satisfactory. The Government has presented to the two Cham bers a bill prohibiting the export of grain up to the 31st of December, and at the same time lowering the duties on the importation of grain and vege tables. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, FaIDAV7_, The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's mail packet Lady Jocelyn, Captain St ewart, ar rived to-day at noon. Her outward dates were,--- Plymouth, March 15 ; St Vincent's, Ascension, April 6 ; Cape Town, April 24 ; Per t Louis, May 10 ; Point do Galle • ay 27 ; Mad ras ' May 30 ; and Calcutta, June 3. Homeward, she left the Sandheads, June 16 ; Madras, June 21 ; March 27 ; the Point de Galle, June 26 ; Mauritius, uly 7 ; Cape, July 21; St. Helena, July 30 ; Ascension, August 3 ; and St. Vincent's, August 13. Ascension, Lady Jocelyn arrived in Plymouth Sound 'with i n one hour of her contract time. She ha s made two voyages to Calcutta and back in 12 months, having_ gone over the distance of nearly 52,000 miles sin; the 15th of August last year. Her cargo consists of safflower, indigo, measurement goods, and •w"" tons of copper. a nd More than 100 passengers came in by her? A she has also on board a number of non - com missle r , officers and privates, invalids of the S t. Helen! Regiment and Royal Artillery stationed at that place. two Three deaths have occurred at sea, children (one an infant) of Mrs. Simpson, anul the 18th August, Mr. Gowan. The intelligence from the Cape is 14 dais lam than that by the Harbinger. About 6,000 tons of shipping were loadinAi ll. t Table Bay for the Australian colonies. • Ma r .„' e d commodities for that destination were scaree,„'"' the wages for skilled labour continued to 1; 7, Active operations were making for the electio,7f T A h u e gu re st g , istrations were to commence op the 2 2 e• and would not close until the end of Ser tember. There were several candidates for seats in the Upper Hous e , among w h om wa s Mr. Ruther ford ' passenger by the Lady Jocelyn. The latest intelligence from the frontie r is of peaceful chara c t er ; the Kat River Hottentots are suffering great privation. The following ship s o f war were in Sim and Bal : —Meander, Grecian, D ar t, D e e, Malacca' 1 1 , e Cleopatra, the two latter for Portsmouth. Kent sailed for London f rom th e Cape on t on • u he of July ; the Queen arrived fr o m Liverpool the 16th of July ; the General Steam CompanY' Jnl un packet Calcutta left the Cape on the 26th of ne,' the Propontis left Ascension for the Cape on 1:4"" July ; the Bosphorus arrived at St. Vincent 01 tye 27th July, and sailed again on the same day' e South American and Screw Company's ship •a•l•briet tine arrived at St. Vincent on August 10, and on the 12th. •-iced A shock of an earthquake had been experie l e at Porto Grande at midnight on the 1 1 th' sl id French brig Justice was discharging passenge fi n t he fuel there, July 25th. Lady Jocelyn signa l 7 o S., ship City of Calcutta late on the 26th, in lat. ; long. 9E. July 20, in lat. 18.30 S., long. bang, spoke the ship Pegu, from Bombay to gam s., She had been out 50 days. August 2, lat. I,_ lo long. 12 W., spoke the Dutch barque Alemo, T oo, Batavia for Amsterdam. August 3, at Asc e r s b e en the Marion, Macyntire, under jury-mast, ha d of dismasted in a hurricane, about 250 miles 8 .., 8. 50 Auger Head. August 7, lat. 2.30 N., ]ong i:. • to W., signalled the Dutch barque Noord, stan u lor W.S. W., and the ships John Dalton and North so berland, both outward bound. August 18, at. N., long. 29 W., spoke the American barque ' cis Palmer, from Sierra Leone for Marseilles. Mauritius.—At Port Loui s on th e 7th of °";(: Treasury bills were at par. F re i g hts uot ain t ity the latest to England, 3/. A very small qua il b a t of the last sugar crop remained. There was little fluctuation in rice. Natal.—Many unsuitable emigrants were l ean gr , ing ; business was, however, i m p rov ing, and to Morewood has come home in th e L a dy JneeY i i„ obtain assistance for working coal a nd mannno ing sugar in the colony. Wh ea t has been s te d, extensively, and an abundant harvest is exPe c rt of Wool and butter are ple n tif u l, an d the eil ) , ( 4 11 d yellow wood planks i s i ncreas i ng . O n the ' fr o July the Lieutenant-Gov ernor was thrown - his horse, and broke his arm. P ate Provisions were very dear a t St. H e lena t he meat, ls. 3d. per lb. ; mutton, ls. 6d. per lb• to , ordinary rate being 10d. The M o ffat, from r bay, for London, was dischar g i ng ca rgo to und ergo repairs. Arrivals.—July 20, the Hero, from liong10 1 te ; to Abrota and the August, from Akyab ; an d Diana, from Madras. July 21.—The Cariba, Shanghai, and the Gladiator, from Bombay. 22.—The Armanda, from Bombay ; the DinaFLo from Calcutta ; the Benjamin Buck Green, t he the Mauritius ; the Allan, from Calelitta, and Kinghai from Bombay ; the Sultana, from Li' kr . gapatan ; the Kedgeree, from Akyab; the J mi ll ° fir tint, from Sour a h aya ; th e Q ueen M a b , from P",," bay ; and the Aracz, from Calcutta. July t; The Thetis, from Canton ; the Steadfast, r t he Madras ; the Marlborough, from Akyab, and „ A , -- Boyne, from Bomb a y. J u l y 25 .— T he Loris . ll- n/ i from Singapore a n d th e C ape ; Rebecca, fof Mauritius ; Victoria, from Singapore ; PO:1)k Orange, from Bombay ; and Currency from b . ' cutta. July 26.—John Bunyan, from Alto Britain, from Singapore ; and Lady Sale, 1 .,% - q; Mauritius. July 27.—Elizabeth, from Beln_rg and Flora, from the Cape. J u ly 28.—Ediva i a days from Cochin ; and Ayesha, from Bombay t es ts; Mauritius. July 30.—A nna Shik e ld, from OW and the Marsden, from the Cape. a St. The Brazilian steam er A rgen ti ne arrivou-,„1,- Vincent on the 10th, an d l e ft on the 14 " - August. at The shock of an earthquake was experien" -- Oporto Grande on the 11th. The General Screw Steam Shipping e°, la r„o l mail packet Calcutta ar r i ve d a t th e Cape Jllll-liill and left 26th. The Propontis left Ascension N riir 22 for the Cape, and the Bosphorus left St. 0 . cent July 27th for Ascension and the Cape' d os, Countess of Zetland, from Whampoa, for Il fo re• went into Ascension Au gus t 3d w ith loss o .` b e l e, topmast and other damage • and the Il Ma re 1001 under jury masts, w a s a t that island for suPPO,6O having been dismasted in a hurricane abe t ' miles south-west of Auger Isle. s hip Captain Shadwell, late of Her Majestf e , s on Winchester, one of the passengers, repor ts thP ia tle after sunset, August 20, a comet was seen 3 4;i g iit north of the constellation Leo, the nucleus as v t file as a star of the thi r d magn i tu d e , t a il aheu,a bi degrees long. Seen ag a i n following evening , a mijo observation with the stars Arcturus and Eta ' lo an and Uranus, at 10 mi n . a ft er 9 G re enwich 36 3 6 time, was in 11h. 29m. r i g ht ascens ion, 56 ultl l , min. north declination ; on the evening of therison, at 9.40 Greenwich mean time, by samecoraPa s od the comet was 11h. 31m. 38s. right asc ension' 9 1. 26 deg. north declination, lat. 26.40 south, long' THE UNITED STATES. • SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MoltsLl' ith to The Washington has arrived here, on her w lst• She h b e r ins extremely about warmhalf a m w Bremen. She left New York on the 13th Aug e ie. T caused ma j e lli atl ll er of ha d deaths. Of Large subscriptions have been made for the hassollcars in sPe a ferers from yellow fever in New Orleans. o f the The American Government has approvect ~ the conduct of Captain Ingraham, with rem ara seizure of Kossta in Smyrna. absorb A • The fishery question still co ntinues to o.;;•,,,arts considerable share of attention throughout f i log• of the country. Lord Stirling is now at " a ' s f fin' ton, making arrangements with a coraPan ra tion fluential American gentlemen for his p ros of his claims. cell" Her Majesty's steamer Devastation re i n to seized an American schooner, and took herr v , de- Prince Edward's Island, where, after a sho tention, she was released. a s been At Tennessee a democratic governor u— chosen. la hav e A rumour prevails that England and sin t tlie agreed to abolish slavery in Cuba, an &l a i ,„ American Government will take strong gr °l2ll opposition to it. To one. The Africa arrived on the 11th J weeks' later news has arrived from Calif o rnia- A in A letter states that slavery is to be abolisheu Surl M iam. Fri ll° Much damage has been done by fir es jo Edward's Island. swept Two hundred and four persons ha ve been 5 off by yellow fever in New Orleans. a nd 15t Breadstuffs.—Flour was in better demi,2oo unchanged figures. Cotton—There were A ver . bales sold at previous figures. Freights to warted pool—Engagements were moderate. Sugar s tar get little. Tobacco less active. Th e inoneY was slight. ........—......----------.....: or Silli7 NIAGARA FALLS AND LAKE ERIE.--profeS.9 . n 3i, man, the eminent geologist, discredits the opinioof t:a vanced by some, that the gradual wearing aw a cining rocks of Niagara Falls may possibly result in . 01 ,, They Lake Erie. In a recent lecture he remarked •—: sios a will not halt at their present station, but retre:.,, stoo. e y and surely about two miles further, when they for r probably again for an unknown period, and both '9o' since at this place the hard limestone will form on 4 or and top of the falls, and thus stop the destrusnai iireact rock. Some have thought that they would bi 1 Con fpletell Lake Erie, and that then the lake would be . ~,,iii At the r y drained. Such an event is impossible . ~. _ .. . ear , v ,,A alreldy mentioned the torrent will gradw Ily_ w nd tbet ice; i ' a der'S °- tli the surface of the limestone, forming a rap dv• f forth Niagara will be one of the lost vio world."— Washington Union. I~