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

The will of the Duchess de Praslin was deposited on Tuesday in the hands of the President of the Tri 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 man ifests thee desire that one of the eminent professors of the capi tal, and not a governess, shall be chosen for them. A crowd assembled on Wednesday evening near the prison of the Luxembourg, and became so tur bulent, 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 xwicessary to disperse the a,semblage by an armed Force. One of the journals states that several of the perturbators were arrested. tir WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECII, AND A. POI; . OF PIZARRO. THE SEPTEMBER NIMBLE. , ,ice Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY WILL CONTAIN lift. RIC;IARD JONES AND THE POLKA; or, the Dange - of Delay. With an Illustration by Leech. The Sack of Rome, May 1527: from an ori:inal Spanish Letter of the Time. By Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart. Neck or Nothing. By 11. 8011. A Sentimental Journey through Normandy. By Odard. The Services of the Peninsular Army. By One who has served with it. Summer Sunset. By Claudia Merivale. The Neighbouring 1'1=1:les. By Hans Christian Andersen. Pizarro and his Folowers, with a rortrait. By Charles Whitehead. Pictures of Barbados. By Sir Robert Schomburgk. Brian 01.1? In ; or, Luck Is Everything. By W. N. Maxwell. Captain Spike; or, the Islets of ihe Gulf. By J. F 'Amore Cooper. MR. STRAGGLES HAS A DAY'S FISHING. By ALBERT S3IITIL Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. With the Magazines on the 3lst instant, with Two Illustrations by Leech, price One Shilling, Part XIII., of THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER, TADPOLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ROYAL, ADELYIII. 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 tame, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright ; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan; Mary Wbite, Miss Woolgar Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, alias Eurna Harding. conclude with THEOUBLE BEDDED ROOM. Mr. Dul cimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ;Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be presented the Comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH. Cha aCters by Messrs. F. Vining, Leigh Murray, Kinloch, Bender, Tur ner, and Emery ; 3liss Villars, Miss Arden, Mrs. Griffiths, and Mrs. R. Honner. After which, a Ballet Divertissement, in which Mr. Flexmore, Miss 31arshail, and Mdlle. Louise Blanche will appear. To which will be add Med, the VFarce Mof THE Tri MA nd RRIED Corne RAKE t Mr. Frederick Flighty, ining ; rs. ctrac, a Fitzttenry FitzberbertMiss Villars ; Susa en n, Mrs. Bland. To be followed by a n ti ocal and Instrumtal Concert, by Five Sons of Ethiopia. To cnncl tie with GWYNNT VAUGHAN. Owen Williams, Yr. Leigh al array ; GwynnethE V H augha, Ms. R. Mlner. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. Ite-en igement of Mr. and Mrs. EL KEEY for Six Nights more. Tilts EVENING - Will be presented the popular Drama of THE DUSTMAN'S BEL LE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley ; Sally Moonily, Mrs. Keeley. After which, JENNY LIND ; or, The Swedish _Nightingale. Miss Jenny Lea th er lungs, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the popular Extravaganza of VALENTINE k2.al ARSON, Valentine, Mrs. Keeley; Orson, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with MARY, THE MAID OF THE INN. Richard, Mr. T. Fredericks ; Ilarrop, Mr. Ileslop ; Tricksey, Mr. Morelli; ,Mary, Mrs. IL Vining ; Dame Ilarrop, Mrs. W. Daly. iioxet% 6 lit, Is.; Gallery, tid. Doors open at Six, commence II alf Tr Et Six. , ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITILEITRE, rroprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING A grant Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINCE OF CYPRUS: cr tr e HorsQ of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Entirely new Scene in the Arena, and first appearance of Signor Ricardo in England, supported by the talented Artistes of the r...sta bilitment, lii the alien: modes of equestration. To cor.clude with ALESSANDRO MASSARONI. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS: 'The British Army an d Navy Quadrilles each Even ing. Representation ot S rtAKS PERE' 4 -PLACE. On Monday , Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings. The celebrated Raid ot the Establishment, seleeted from the Q teen', Private Band, the Coldstreams, and the elite of M. Jullien's is:md, will perform a Grand Selection ii Ancient and Modern Music, and Jullien's Army and Navy Quadrilles; uaylight View of Gib raltar. Splendid 3lenagerie. Shakspere's with Place,from Draw ings by Alfred Crowquill. Con2luding with the Siege of Gibraltar. Feed- g Vie Animals at Five; Concert at Six; Fireworks, *tisanes No extra charge. Admission to the whole, One Wiling.' WEATiIEIi.—SuN OFFICE, Aua. 28. T IyhtstoxrrEn, Lowest, 54; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 71 BAROMETER, 30.36.—W1ND W.; fine. minute AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M,rning.. 1 after 3. Evening .. 23 minutes atter 3. • -74 errvol 16/F Amok irss N"-' 1 r fit vaim & s.‘ IV 4111piAb rw - w- ,/P41: 4 6, It • . 1 40:0' 4 , -= '''no l : 6 -' • Nicr.;::: betITIO tti LONJON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 28, 1847. The dreadful accident which yesterday startled the inhabitants of the metropolis illustrates in a very distressing manner the necessity of bringing to speedy conclusion the arrangements which have been so long pending between the Government and the corporation of the City of London, in regard to the Conservancy of the Thames. That question proves to be not merely one involving considerations of public convenience, but likewise of public safety. By esta blishing a properly-organized association for the superintendence of matters appertaining to the river which flows through the capital of the country, it is now manifest that we shall be affording greater secu rity 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 culated of the catastrophe of yesterday are egregiously exaggerated and absurdly contradictory, there can be no question that the investigations of the Coroner must corroborate many of the more mournful parti culars published by ourselves. Some such statement as the following must be viewed as accurate. One of the halfpenny steam-boats, named the Cricket, plying between London-bridge and the Fox-under-the- Hill pier, was partially destroyed at about half-past nice o'clock yesterday morning, by the explosion of its boiler. At the moment of the explosion the deck aria cabins were crowded by the average complement of passengers, amounting to nearly 150 individuals; and when the smoke and steam which issued from the en gine-room had partially subsided, a comparatively passengers was discovered and s mall number of these rescued —some of them clinging t o th e f ragments of the vessel ; others remaining, stunned, but uninjured, on the portion of the steamboat 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 sacrificed, and property destroyed. Still, it is mani fest that lives have been sacrificed, and property has been destroyed, through an accident which, with proper precaution, could never by any pos sibility have happened. The perfection to which the great invention of the steam engine has been carried by an extraordinary combination of i ngenu ity 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 Accidents eand the most ordinary precautions. like this, therefore, can arise solely from of culpable . negligence or from the diabolical freaks appear, moreover, in this particularin It would sani i t n y c . ident, that some time ago the public were warned as to the dangerous construction of the three a y steam boats --the Ant, the Bee, and the Cricket—in l i tt l e publication about locomotive engines. Instead o f h av ing low-pressure condensing ; engines, these 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, therefor, the company which i; 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 of the engine -room were not in attendance. The mere circutnata.nce of their escape from destruc tion is sufficient proof of this, and corroborates, in a striking manner, the statement made before Mr. JARDINE, at the Bow -street Police-court, shortly after the time of the catastrophe. This statement was made by a man named JAPRET EDWARDS, for inerly employed upon this very steatn-boat, the Cricket, and it is at once so remarkable and horrible that we transcribe it entire. JANIET EDWARDS declared— "He had been engaged on board until about three tt ionti2s back, when he was reported by his superior and discharged, for baviug pointed out the improper wanner nE * N - - in which the vessel had been worked, and the constant danger to which passengers were exposed.t The o m f o th d e e adopted by the engineer f or accelerating the speed vessel was to overload the safety valves by attaching two cords which he fastened under the deck, thereby pre venting the steam to escape, and on one occasion there being no less than 400 persons on board. Applicant observed to him that the stays of the boiler were strained by such means, it being then in a very defective state, but he was not only disregarded, but also dis , missed from his situation. He had known when there were 905. of steam upon every square inch of the boiler, and even 1201 h., 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 escape, as he could prove on the inquest." Without further evidence than that of a discharged servant, who might, from a feeling of jealousy or exasperation enter similar charges against his former employer, we are not prepared to accept these assertions of EDWARDS as conclusive. They are, how ever, of so serious a character that they imperatively demand investigation. If proved to be correct, we trust that the guilty parties 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 possess 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 inmocence 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 lourteen 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 different, 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 tion of the debt, under the extensive powers granted by the statute authorising the advances. The oppo nents of tithes had 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 to enforce the judgment of the court, after they had obtained a decree in their favour. Neither of these impedimenS*ould, however, stand in the way of the Executive ; every case would be 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 costs 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 ikon thereof. Valencia. 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 starving 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 the power of performing all that is required from them. It might occasion the necessity of further assistance from the National Exchequer to localities where th e l an d owners would be over whelmed with the weight of their responsibilities, and in the long run might prove to be bad economy, entailing losses and expenses that would be avoided by a more indulgent and moderate course. It 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 muiety of the expenditure would b e 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 tended 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 he got rid of; but if it is suffered to go on, and a regular organization should take place, although there can be no doubt as to the ultimate silo a tpi nt a i i b l e v l decided taic e to p r ml i a o ec u ae s s , u Irv! measures. much nd ne of the 18t11 fte r speaking of the A oc L e e u t i t ) e a r tio fr n orn of l l t Zrrara by the a : a it Austrians, says— " a council of , m o o v credit the "011 receipt of this intellige nce Cardinals was assembled, gnd, if we reports in circulation, the Holy Father, signal insult thus offered to him, declared that he by the protest ; and that if that new protest was disregarded, he would decree a sentence of excommunication - li a,,r ain; the invaders, and, that if that measure did not avail, 6 he would hoist the tuouruni, and march against the Austrians at the head of his people. You may rest certain th a t i n the present state of the pub lic mind in the Pontificia, dominions, and in all Italy, the day the Pope shall unfurl the Standard of the cross against the Northern oppressors 25,000,000 of men will follow him. Austria is very impru dent in driving the Pope to that extremity. M. Metternich cannot be ill his i1Q116051 fur no rontitf was ever more powerful than Pius IX., and M. Dletternich, who is well , aware of the fact, ought to reflect before ho 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 bold, and which it is 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." • - The following is an extract from a letter, dated " LEGHORN, Atm. 21.—We have just received the information that the Austrians, alarmed at the energetic protests of the Pope, and still ipore 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 themselves 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 Radetsky, 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 not 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 of reform, and declare himself for the Pepe. Charles rilbert 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 Naavazz to Madrid to assist in the con struction of a new Ministry. No further commu nications had taken place between the KING CoxsouT and the Ministers. The contract for the loan which had 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 CABRERA on the coast of MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 21.—The Three per Cents. were done at 25k for cash; the Coupons, at 15 ; the Debt without Interest, at 51, for paper; and the Five per Cents., at 17k. 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 PKAsmN 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 RICHA.RD 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 MuNoz ? But we do not give the slightest degree of credence to thi calumnious insinuations of this most unnatural mother. Levities are not necessarily immoralities, nor is vice always hereditary. It is possible for ISABELLA 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 and of the Infanta, is progressing evidently to a solu tion. Everybody says se, 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• vernnaent, 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 •f 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 Aranjuex—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 Isabella, a child of 17 years of age, lives exclusively under the influence of a general whose incapacity is s a t s e re a i s e t a r , u u na u e nt the e used r o b n y the n o e n r e a ihsaenrdr Serrano the ,tu proverbi a l t h roughout Spain. The daughter of Ferdi nbaanndkeris scandalous ambitionnation. The Kinga il d refuses uwahui authorise are ri se n sa o such excesses by his presence. The President of the Council has not been able to succeed in rendering them less flagrant. They hav e b ecome the subject of public discussion. The palace question has been surrounded with invincible difficulties, and through the intrigues of parties that is now the principal question in Spain. The Spanish nation, which perceives public tranquillity deeply compromised by the every day increasing com plicatiuns of that question, is seeking on all sides to find an issue through the inextricable labyrinth into "chick 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 bylaw, by custom, and by religion. The separation of the King and Queen is consequently the scandal of scan dals. The Spanish people, whose monarchical faith has hitherto resisted all the attacks of 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 eu longer exists, the personality of Ministers has dis appeared, and the Spanish nation sees undisguised the personal morality of the Monarch. There is but one step from the examination to the sentence. In order to arrive at that extremity, to induce the Spanish nation to judge the individual acts of the Monarch, notwith standing its traditional respect fur monarchy, desperate contests and imprudent recriminations were sufficient. The defenders of the ancient regime, supported by the clergy, whose misery is denied by none, raised their ancient standard, exclaiming to the liberals of every colour, 'Behold your WOOS* 'PiSc is your wouurchyp LONDON; 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." Aftefstating that Getreral NAIIVAEZ 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 NARVAEZ 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 SEREANO 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 prerogatiies ; 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- on. 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 MONTPENSIER, 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." 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, had 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 necessary to obtain information relative to mutations of ministerial offices which took place several years back, it does not admit at present of rn shall become public, it will be se e n, that in this inquiry more a ple explanations; but whe n th e r esu lt o f th e circumstance also the Government has not waited to be applied to, to direct the attention of the law authorities to the affair, aad to seek out the truth." 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 =hi was np and drunk in something ap• to proposedsls il ence. c: The Three per Cents, closed on th e P a ris Bourse on Thursday at 76f. 50c.; the Five per Cents., iisr. 5c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2301. ; Rouen, 948 f. 75c.; Havre, 5921. 50c.; Great Northern, 5351.; Avignon, 585 f.; Vierzon, 5711. 25c.; Bordeaux, 470 f. ; Dieppe, 2681. 75c.; Basle, 1721. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3901.; Tours and Nantes, 3701.; Paris and Lyons, 3951.; Lyons and Avignon, 4481. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ammar 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 1 4—Namur and Liege, 5: 3 4 — Northern of France, 11 --Paris and Lyons, 3%—Paris and Orleans, 48—Paris and Strasbourg, 3 1 4—Sambre and Meuse, 8 IA —Tours and Nantes, 2%. FURNESS RAILWAY. (THIS 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 : _ -..-.._ " Your directors have the pleasure to submit a satis factory account of the traffic for the last half-year, which ied enables blethem the s rate to ef 4 recommendper a cent. p er dividendo aanuni onr that ha t the 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. I h e i v r e . r M y ‘ r L e e sp an ee r t e s p a o ts ritsfatehteergyer ;the progress made byl state of the works is 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 th ewao Ulver- Lindal, and the time for opening stop must depend upon the completion o rail f this t portion of the line which includes the tunnel and heavy cuttings through Lindal The total receipts of the company since its forma tion had been 177,221/. 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 33,6001. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. 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 : " h ave to "TO THE ELECTORS or STOCK PORT. day seen in th e news p a p ers the result of the poll, by which it appears t hat y ou have done me the honour to return me, as one of your repre sentatives, to Parliament. Reserving for myself the agreeable duty of expressibg in person at an early period 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, RICIIARD COBDEN. " Dautzic, August 10, 1847." ~~ ~~a li! "4" if 1 A. 17 Ci rf 24, 1 A 4•7. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was with out change, the sales being 3,500 to 4,000 bales. The market was steady. The trade were the chief buyers. hires were improving, and a fair business was done at rasher higher prices. The features in the Bank of England statement of liabilities and assets for the week to the 21st instant, are these Notes is3ued . £22,1514,940 Decrease 33,510 Rest, increase 16,995 Public deposits Increase 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 curn 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 Ai° de Janeiro. The Public Securities are looking rather firm again. Consols for Money have been up to 874, and for time to 87,i and 88. Exchequer-bills have realised is. to ss. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 89 to f. In the foreign house there is no business doing. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been. 25 to ; and Mexican Bonds 19k to Railway Shares are more buoyant. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. ?RICER. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 87 %%, 87% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7 1 / 4 87 87 1 / 4 874 New 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Annuities B9li 89 89 1 / 4 89 1 4 India Bonds, 1,0001 Consols for Account 87% % 88 8774 877 i Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,000/. 5001 ........ ... .. 6 3 p Small 10p CLOSING num; RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Midland ......100 116 Do. k iftbs 2 Do. 401. Shares Do. 504 Shares ...... . 6 Do. Binn.. and Derbyloo Midland Consul. Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent.loo Midlad, &Ist. &Glocstr. 34 Ditto, ditto 7l. 9s — ••• - ••• ..... Midlud,Leicest.k Swan nington, 8 par ct.guar. 50 Midland t.,reat Western Irish - Newcastle aad Berwick 20 Ditto New Ditto North Shields... 25 . — - Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 4 O 3A .... • — Do. New Quarters ...8/. 18s. 9d. Newmrket & Chesterforil 13% Do. Extension ...... ...2/. 125.... Newport, Abergaveany, and Hereford . 4 ...... --- Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ... 100 Do. New 201... 5 . . ......•.» Do. Extension - ..... ••—• •. a • -- Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 124..... Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern... 50 Ditto Quarter shares 12% - Ditto ,New North Staffordshire 7% ..-.. 9jq % North Wales North Western 4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Do. % Shares (A) ... 8% — Ditto ditto (B) Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Ilitchin 1% ••• Scottish Ventral Scottish Midland l74— . ...... Ditto, New. ......... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 Ditto ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 .• ......... Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 Shropshire Union South Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire 21. ... south Ea.,teru & Dover. 33% 1 34%." ..... 34 s g Do., No. 1... 2O Do., Nc, 2. Do , No. 3 ..... ;5 ........ Do., No. 4 South 'Va1e5............... 15 south Yorkshire, Don castor, and Goole Swans. & Loughur & Ca meron's Sun. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven Dock and Railway -- Vale of Neath 4 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole 42% — ... ......... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 / 2 . - .. -. tiaterford and Limer►ck 35 .„.... Yeraterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ...... ...... 2 .... . West Riding Union ...... 4/. 2a West Cornwall 4 ... . —• ..... Whitehaven & Furness 8 Windsor, Staines, and . South Western ..... ... 425. - W i l ts , Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ......... 25 York and Newcastle. . .. 25 Do. Extensioa Do. Preference Vork and North Midland 50 ... Ditto Extension ...... 25 ...... 37% 3 7 14 Ditto, Preference ...... 6 Do. East and W est Rid nig Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoes .. I ...... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 133,i Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette(Constituted)... 4 ..... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon ...... ss. Demerara 2% ...... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of Madras ss. - Great Western Bengal... 58 Great Western Canada.- 3 1 4 Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Louvain ii la Sambre ... 6 ... . ... Luxembourg...-. ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon 5 3ladras ... - Madras. Nellore, and Arcot t i — Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Namur and Liege Northern ofFrauce. Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Tssel 4/ 3s 4d Paris and Lyons .. 8 ...... ......,.. ..... Paris and Orleans 2O - Parrs and Rouen - • ••••• •• ••• •• 36% Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 16 .... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes ...... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. l2 Trinidad 2% West Flanders ...... .... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 London Joint Stock London & Westminster. 20 Union of London... lO ...... 13% Union of Madrid 40 MINES Anglo Mexican Galvanized Iron Real Del Monte, Unreg. United Mexican ......281. 28. 8 4 d — 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. Sid. 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; Miltiades, Groom, New Orleans. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Calcutta, Fraser, Quebec. Off port, Prosper, Bahr, Bahia, for Hamburg; Franzeska, Dale, Rio Janeiro; Dorothy, Brown, ditto ; hare; id, Quebec, for Hull. COWES, AUG. 27.—Wind W. and N.W.—Arrd. Bril liant, Furlong. Nuevitas; Daniel Webster, M'Kenzie, Havannah ; Augusta, uncan, Matanzas ; Orestes, Cousins, Fugwash for Southampton; Xanthus, Ander son, Prince Edward's Island. FALMOUTH, AUG. 27.—Wind variable.—Arrd. 26th Eleanor, Smith, Moulmein; Jane, Scott, Matanzas; Eleanore, Bahia; Urania, Gloerson, New York. 27th, her Majesty's steamer Rattler, River Plate; Jordeson, Clack, tlavannah. Off 26th, Calista, Manger, Honduras; Shamrock, Poatell, Port-au-Prince, and sailed for Ham burgh. 27th, Elizabeth, Jones, Richmond, V., and sailed for Liverpool. PADSTOW, Aua. 25.—Sid. Clio, Easthope, Quebec. NEWPORT, AUG. 27. Wind N.E. Arrd. Secret, Garvin, Quebec. OF: WEYMOUTH, Aua. 27. Caledonia, Liddle, Sydney, New South Wales. SALCOMBE, AUG. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Isabella, Codnir, Quebec. _ . PLYIIOUTII. Auc. 27.—Alicia , Robertson, Quebec; Olive Branch, Hudson, Quebec. ABERYSTWITEI, AUG. 26.—Arrd. Elisabeth, Quebec. SWANSEA, AUG. 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. 24th Elisa beth and Mary, Jackson, Quebec ; Urania, Mills, Quebec ; Annette, Ellis, Nassau, N. P. RAMSGATE, AUG. 27.—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-o ffi ce, inclosing a copy of a dispatch received from the Governor of her Majesty's settlements on the Gambia, reporting the wreck of the schooner Harriet, of London, near the Cape Verds, on the 9th of June last, and th; accounttie tthe cargo hadubnedeenrwsorlidtearts.Goree by public auctio n, 2 MARKET NE WS.—(THIS DAY.) COVIONT-GAILDEN. Plums, 21 to 6s; French-beans, Is 3d to Is 9d; Apples, Is 3d to 4 s ; P e ars, 2s to4s; Bread beans, Is 3d to Is 6d ; Cucumber s for pickling, 2a to 2s 6d per halt-sieve ; English Wislnuts, 10d to Is per hundred ; Greens, Is 3d to 2s 3d ; Turnips, is 6d to 3s ; Onions, Is 6d to 2s ; and Carrots, 5s to 7s per dozen bunches ; Cab. bagel, 8d to is per dozen heads ; Melons, 2s to 5s ; and Pine Apples, 2s to 7s each ; Horse-radish, is 6d to 36 6d per bundle ; Mulberries, 4d to Sd ; and Mushrooms, Is to is 6d per pottle ; Cucumbers, Id to 5d each ; Hothouse Grapes, 2s to 4s ; and Filberts, 4d to 8d per lb ; Peaches and Nectarines, 6s to 17s ; Apricots, is to 4s; and Table Orleans Plums and Greengages, 4d to is per punnet. Ilorrazurozn. Full average supplies of most articles were on offer this morning. Generally speaking, the trade was dull, at barely stationary prices. NEV7GATZ AND MDADENNAZZ. Prime Beef and Mutton sold steadily, at full prices, otherwise, the demand TM ill s sluggish state. Beef, 1331 oXE O'CLOCK Ditto, New . , 1829 and 1839 83 - Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 I9IBI/ Ditto, Account — Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent 2 3 1 /2 Spauibli 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. 3 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. 83 38% 19% 194 25% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES 134 " D ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21, - - Bells.st & County Down 10 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction - Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. Birming., Wolverh'ptou, and Stour Valley... .. 8 ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 614 Boston, Stamtil, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire Bl. 4s — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares..... 2 1 /i — .... ..•• ••••• Ditto, Clydesdale June 40 — Chester and Holyhead... 32!.z _ Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares Dublin and Belfast June. 20 oundalk & Enniskillen 12% F.ast Anglia, i 51., L. k E. and L. and D....... 25 ...... ....« Do., 181., E. & H.... '25 Do. 3/.10a., E. &H. 1 Er stm:Counties 2O Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, 1\ o. 1. Ditto ditto, No. 2 6l. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. Erstern Union 5O ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — Ditto, Thirds ... l3s. 4a East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do., Exten. Scrip 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares 15 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ......... Edinburgh & Northern.. 20 Ditto, New Ditto, Newport 7 Ditto, ditto, New . 1% — Edinburgh and Perth... 2 ....•• Ditto, Extension Exeter, Yeovil, & Porch. 2% Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Si. 6e. Glasgow, Kilinar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ...... 12% — Great Northern Do., London and York 2%..... Great South. and West (Ireland) Great Northof England..loo 230 Ditto, New 401. 5 Ditto, New 301 3O Ditto, New 15/ l l /2 — Great Western B5 Ditto, % Shares .. 50 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171 Huddersfield & Manches. 19 ........ Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares 25 Ditto, 1 4 Shares l 2 l /Y Ipswich & Bury St. EGm. 15 Do., do., and Norwich 12 Do., do., Extens.Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds ... 10 Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Becifard... 16s — Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 32% ..... Do., Branch 1 ,6 Shares 7%.. ......... •. DoNew Branch( blue) 2% — •••••• Do. Extension (green) 2%.• Do. NewExten. (pink) 2% — Leeds and Thirsk • Ditto, New 12% ..... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ...... 2 ••• • Liverp., lAnchstr& New castle Junction 2 1,4...... London and Blackwall. 16/.13e. 4d. Do. New, No. 1 Do. New, No. 2 X. 13s. 4d. Do. Extension 12 % London, Brighton, and South Coast 30 Do. Consol. Eighths.. 20 - Do. Guarant. 5 per et. 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 perct. 50 ..... London and Greenwich 121 15s4d — Do. Preference 18217s 2d... London and N. Westernl.oo ......163 ... Do. Quarters L. &B. 12 Do., no., New Ditto Fifths - ...... 11.1 • I.* •• ISIA ...... G 4 10% 4 - 2LA 25 1 4 9% Do. LA Shares (G. J.) 20 Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 15 — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 10/. M. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Lond. & S.Weatern 411 6a 10d. -- Do. New Consol. bins 40 - Do. New 50/. ... ..... 32%.. Do. New 40/. Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ....... .... 40 Ditto Scrip 50/. iri.• Ditto ditto 401......... 4 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &s.,oleraine 25 Londonderry and Ennis killen ... ....... ... 22% — Manchester and Leeds 82 -. ,„.•.•.. ........ Ditto % Shares . ... 38 - • Do. Quarter Shares... 14% Do. Fifths 6%.. . Do. Sixteenths ... 6 1 4 •••• •••• ........ Do. Thirds (Reg.). ..71. 48. — - ....... - ..... Do. Liverp. and Bury 29 — ...... . ..... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 28 Dian;:lester,Bukton,and Matlock 42e ....... 1N dis ...... ..• Manchester, Sheffield, .. and Lincolnshire 100 ...... -- .•"• • ... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7% - ...... Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 Ditto ditto . ......... 7 -.•••— .....""' Ditto ditto . 4% ........•..• .. Ditto Sheffield anti Lincolnshire 7% — ~,,,.•..... Alanchwt. & Southarupt. 24 _. ~.. tvm, ..... ... 641 ,4 33% 13gdir, from 2s 10i to 3 , 4 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 45-101 Litrau, 4s 10d to 54 10d; Veal, 33 Sd to 4s 10d; and Pork , Is 10d to 4s 10t1 per Sibs, by the carcase. Although the supply of Poultry was sn:all, the demand was extremely heavy, and prices had r downward tendency. I , 4TEWPDX. T. Beef, from 3s to 3 s 10d ; Mutton, 4s to 55 ; Lamb, 4$ 103 to 5s 10d; Veal , 4 s to 45 10.1 ; and Pork, 3 s to 4 od per Sibs. VIIIXTZCILAP ML. Beef, from 2s 10d to 35 10d;Mutton, 3a toa to 4, 101 ,1 ; Lamb, 43 10d to 55 10; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; old Pork, as rid to 4s Sd per Sibs. 33XIMIN00OATZ. We had a steady demand for most kinds of Fish to' day, at but little alteration in the quotations. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis aro from 8d to Sid; of House hold ditto, 6d to 7id per 41bg loaf. BIDE DIAILICET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 21a per lb; ditto 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d; ditto, 721 b to SOlb, Sid to 34"; ditto, 80 1 b to 881 b, 4d to 41-d ; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 40 to sd; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, sid to sd; Calf Skins (each); 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Shearlings,ls 3( 1 ''' sd; and Lamb Skins, Is 7d to 25 6d. SMITHFIELD.—OId to 31 15 5; 147°1r . diettuo,m2B/ESRsLtAoN3D/::: Old Clover, Hay, 5 1 ; N ew ditt° ' .° to 4145; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 135 per load. SupPif ;anadOnldcalssbtteirealadwdy,odwlliah 31 d A itt s o h , or 3 t / su to ppl 4 y l , limited, and trade firm. Sef f ditto, 21 5s to 31 ss; Old Clover, 41 to 41 15s; ;" A Si 156; WIII - TkCIIAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, Si tc' , Self New, di .. ditto 21 5s to 31 3s; Old Clover, 4/ to 5i ; i d, to 31175; ..„,,, ditto, 3/ to 4/ 4s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 135 Per h O Trade steady, at full prices. COAL MARKET.....FRIPAY. Davison' n eld Moor lBs 6d C:P 7s e l : sllldtl sWestHartley 19s Od Wall's End, Sze, ~,. a Holywell Main ! ..... ... 17s 6d Iligh Thornley .......... Igo ""s Original T Ta 11 Tanfield l6s Od Seymour Tees ....... 195 (4 West Hartley - - - l9B Od IV. Hartley Netherton .„. 04 Wylam Uva 17s 3d James & Aubrey . 20 arrivals -14 sold. cirtilieyi4s. ........ "w ______, THE UNITED STAT E S AND MEXICO. THIRTEENR NE DAYS LATE ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. EXPRESS FROM LIVERP°°L. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAT M 011517. Another proof of the unequalled dispatch Itn f l: Company, Tiannihsdteh. Hibernia, iHibernia treme th punctuality of the splendid vessels belonging '' r. n hu i an a sd e British and North American Royal Mail teen' esjustarile thed b e f e re n oomm given mß aons Boston n y o f o the lic taahpretai i i v a6 a t l hit 0f i7,13r ' is !el4 : . ,t e a p n a d rt a u rr re iv f e r d om in ll t a h l e ifa A x ie e n n ey the a e t ve a ni her n departure calling and stopping for some hours , .7 th call 1 making the entire passage from Boston--tore and stoppage at Halifax included —in little Pi" than eleven days. Brother jonahan's *len:: am "ocean l steamer" the Washington, h a s bete Nei ample worthy of imitation. Let her cross NM "' il i a York the ength of the respective voyages are ol d ...0 ,,. neday's sail in favour of the same to SolltbSraPtuench elate f h t baler 1 1 : 1 1 5 : andwe shall say she is a "crack boat." °lel-11.0er steamer bo Philadelphia sailed from New York lot ti we may on the 15th inst., but from her voyag e ° , ll w hea the Hibernia to hear of her arrival at that por'. o oe mouth th ibernia's news has become stale, an d ,1 Poll of every one who takes an interest in tt' ici e : tica u l This commercial events in the western 'O r o 1 ,/ o f sarrival places us in receipt of news fr°jah and York to the 16th, Washington, Philadeir h. an d Baltimore_ arf 15th, Boston 18th, New Orleans ' 6t _ „,r , il laxl9th of August, besides intelligence t° acs the responding . period from all other parts of Canso nited St t a es. fore u s ‘ The news in the several files of pa pers be , COW . vides itself into i the usual branches, political Oa mercial. We shall first notice the STATE OF AFFAIR S IN AIEXIC°. of 0 Th . ere does not appear to be any intelligence ss to to decisive character from the capital• ituOurs t the intention of General Sc ott were 0 p ier f oe man of ckberries, but most of them as unpal a table to bl of truth as is that wild fruit when in its and unripe state. receive d The last authentic accounts which w ere At t hat from General Scott were dated July 14. 4- ear to time he was with his force at Puebla, an d 13 -0110 1( the an same place were the armies of Generals ' So Mexican Cadwallader, amounting to 4,500 reen'svpieo force was stated to be between these pore s capable of preventing a junction. Generel the n , ildt was reported to have left Vera Cruz about to ult., at the head of a column of some 3,0 Olif scoty......cie, escort a large train to join General Rough and Ready, as the Yankees term WI/1004 neral Taylor—with his troops not mac h r a ec van ce ° I remained inactive at Walnut Springs mule s an d G es natal Monterey. Reports of attacks by Vrres eeale d to ral Valencia in detached parties. Nc ° Ile ! tjait eci credit it, nor were the gallant volunteers o f the l States h anything frightened by the rurnor•_ted Oat the n G t e latest advices from blexico it is 5 t ',.... / 0 0 Government had rejected the overtUres.7, goteS made voit t 0 0 ;01 by Mr. Trist, on the part of the se Administration. The consequence was that G el til ott was to march on the capital Oa 0 'i n aeo Mexicans to listen to and accept his term s ' bed e te last accounts from Vera Cruz state that be we, for tered the city of Mexico, but such is not tbe it Y ° y . a telegraphic dispatch which had reached bet New ng 0' a short time prior to the European sJ u ly s °: patched from that city, states that thatlate 0 i t ers' General Scott was at Puebla at tiice•cliatte scl' currently believed he would make 4 11 in:1113:e telegr‘e vance h on the capital. The intelligence bf t" t 10 0 1 1 phis ic dispatch seems to be the most ittlPg.t!fl it st 0,1 the Mexican news, and we therefore subJeln,ioted in, length. That its importance might be aPPr7S iiiiiCP Yankee Land, one of the New 'York P e P e stYl e " published this news headed it in the followingor RECEIVED BY LIGIITNIS ' PRINTED BY STEA3I ! ! a ocli s The tel , date telegraphic dispatch alluded to P mond, August les° 14, and proceeds thus :-•-• or , " The steamer • a at llift 0111 Fashion has arrived ~a t he, /a lp from Vora Cruz. She loft the latter Per t muoth the, l'• 0 1 , start. when General Scott was Puebla on the ,0 00 there was strong probability of an te 3 pi ranee on the capital. 00, 1 0 General Valencia arrived at the cap ital Irrigeese with four thousand troops. General P o ' l 'l l . the i Perote after an action with the guerilla' tie" eiti °I tional Bridge. or e_ j o s Lieutenant Sipton, of Indians, an 4 th,, e f t he ,It r c ot' egunent are dead. The courier ,' . o w i , Legation • ' arrived at Vera Cruz on the 3 16 ii 00 3) respondence from the capital of the 29th4 an , 0 0 10 ebla of the 30th. f Pe e" " Mr. Kendall represents the c hance s ° o r unfavourable light. . „i v on th il o .usto " He says Scott will march inune3lll,, o f A" f t; rival of Pearce —certainly in the first:rdot fight i and it is more than probable that th e via will be at the city of Mexico. , meat OD, halloo, "The Mexicans were prepa y and t o e twentrfive t alltheir fortifications completed, a - ¢ v et! sand men. , .ortiag - e aeoretil - it l. e , English Legation was f she cal) Wl' influence to keep the Americans out o ~,. the c , o , Other letters to the Picayune represe.i t he re"' d thy' of peace in a more favourable light , so . 1 boc /4 ante to our advance will be almost soinios; let ter_ ~0 . " t i h C e o E ngress had referred Mr. sleep 3uchtlloosibli...'o'ng to r ecute, and thrown oa t him_ tf.liosesfo. of the wax eeacehpartyost.slgicaher gen..l:filiti. and increasing. " The Sun They have otha t whe n the r e f t, of Anahuac says _ ha d t ai ' of attacked Pearce, 600 Americans approa", , iyhe _O, fire • until within 100 yards of the l exica r ~0 o ils forces opened a deadly fire, is Aporicii diate retreat " While the Mexicans were retreating th,e..ndred• cavalry ,, rushed upon them, killing about onetF:_ti,orig . in th l e 'he position of the Mexicans was onsessoef. h t : a hrto idg country, but the ArOarieMlS p . ci_. 'pero ..,:fo after a short engagement, and a rrived era soltv safety, General Scott dispatching Getler full brigade from Puebla to meet them at Perote. .., 0 0 A "The Commercial Times considers the 11e7,00, an d confirmation of the failure of Mr. Trist's ints" that all prospects of peace are dissipated. go 0 el; ho s becogre f "Its correspondence states that there test about their constitutional rights betweerl :b oa o and Santa Anna, each charging the responsi making peace upon the other. rslli 81 1 s " The discussion has shown what w as gen i e , ire o , posed, that the latter personage sincerely 0e7,.00tt0" patching up of the difference between the two ev as the sole means of securing his grand objesli icti CI "He is ambitious of the dictatorship. Ao f stle grass dissolved, it was done by the withdraw*A b oor ° a number of members as to leave the remainder St constitutional q uorum. fice ra ' " Santa Anna held a council of general 0 coaoter' which it was resolved to effect one nfore e ll • e etieg either by marching a gainst Scott at Puebla, or, re.. ) . 0 0 ,1 - w it h i the propositions for negotiations, calmly fl- vance and act on the defensive. isenea.ol; " In order to be free to act ther e overnment ofhei decree suspending all newspap except tilc d d' organ. ' The Delta says that Congress' bad Pot 411 44 1 /.j BX3 3% 97s 5A I 1% 27 13V2 . y , 3 z ~ 1. ~) reoi tore; artii -.a, :LT 0%1 aid ) lir. tri St L a IA