The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Coder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, AcousT 20, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three ktts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, D o rothy' rl s FG K tFIe. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Ilaen J. ing, and Everett; Miss Murray, and Mrs. W. Lacy. ar To conclude with THE HONEYI4IOON. Messrs. W. Lacy, H ley. Meadows, J. Vining , and Eve rett ; Misses Murray, Dest °rough Ad C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeate. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 20, WM be performed GEN EVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Nacre, Callenford, Woolgar, Le i g h Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, rani Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Itra. Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALITS. To be followed by TUE CAMP AT CHOBIIAM. To conclude with WHAT I NO CAB? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 20, W , .11 be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mend, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SIIYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE -ISERVED." Sbylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with TUE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Eags, Mr. F. Robson. LsTurs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Important Notice to the Public generaily.—Tbe national spectacle of the Rattle of Waterloo, which has on its revival been attended with such brilliant success, far beyond any precedent, must neces sarily be witladrawls to make room for a classical novelty, which has been for months in preparation, and Will be produced on Sa turday, 27th inst., on a scale of grandeur and extent never before attempted.—Miss EMILY COOKF , re-appears at this theatre on the conclusion of her continental engagements. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 20, And during the week, will be presented (55th night) the glorious Spectacle of •fIIE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, intro ducing his celebrated Black Charger a lien,Rvese p erformanceserf have elicited unbounded appiniuse, and r who q Mr. Alfred Cooke, in one of his principal acts. Concluding with (87th time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. " The best ventilated heatre in the world." Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Second Week of Miss POOLE, the eminent English Vocalist. First Exhibition of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a collection of Sea and Fresh water Fish alive, in fisre large glass tanks, procured ex author of " A Natn pressly tor this occasion by P. FL Gosse, rallst's Ramble] in Devonshire," gm, forming the most instructive and amusing object ever yet presented to the public. TILTS EVENING, A UG UST 20, CHUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Grand Military Band, Vocal and Instruments' Concert, Two Favourite Songs by Miss Poole, marvellous display of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS . Admission, Is. man WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. r ciA DAT —Morning 45 min. after 2 Evening 6 min.aft. 3 Ta-Moßaolv --Morning 27 min. after 3 I Evening 44 min.aft. 3 THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75—highest since noon yesterday. 64—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'94. WIND, S.W.—Dull and close weather, with a sprinkle of rain, and occasional sunshine. THE PUBLICATION OF ‘, THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other NeVIS arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is dosed by the Latest Trains. 0. , tbt ° LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1853. Parliament this year closes a somewhat pro longed session under rather peculiar circumstances. It leaves the great party question of the day still unsettled—the question as to the manner in which and the principles upon which her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government shall be conducted. The simple fact of the existence of the Coalition can not be said in any way to have solved the pro blem or elucidated the difficulty. That latest union of " All the Talents," as it was called at the outset by its more infatuated admirers, only decided a very subordinate subject of inquiry, namely, Whether or not the DERBY Cabinet could be ousted by a political combination ? That query, it is true, was answered rather summarily in the affirmative during the course of last Feb ruary. How—the public bears of course to this moment vividly in remembrance. It is not for gotten, for example, that the change which then took place was effected by the voluntary abandonment of ancient feuds and long cherished antipathies by some of the most distinguished statesmen of our generation. Neither can it be forgotten that it was accom plished ostensibly for the purpose of rejecting a Budget, the basis of which was a considerable ex tension of the house tax. Ostensibly, we say, the rejection of that obnoxious proposal was the cause of the most wonderfully sudden reconcile ment of differences ever recorded in the annals of the British Legislature. A reconcilement so' abrupt and astounding, indeed, that it may be described as having realised, politically speaking, the dreams of the inspired rhapsodist ; for it re vealed a companionship as surprising as that of the infant and the basilisk, when, at the same council-board, there confronted each other admi nistrators like the youthful Duke of ARGYLL and the veteran Sir JAMES GRAHAM—when there were allied, under the same chieftainship, the originator of the anti-Papal aggression move ment and a " leash" of the champions of ultra m ontan is-m— w h en the pulin g lamb emblematic o f the policy o f ) ABERDEEN, could lie down cheek-by-jowl with the redoubtable lion, sym bolising the policy of P ) 7 rn. 0 .. /sz ed — : so far as these reconciliations w ere wonders atition were in truth effected Govern ment in the very process of itss ofan formation.. But else no further. Everything importance whatsoever was simply deferred unti y l a more pro pitious season. Nothing, in fact, was to be at tempted yet a-while but the stabilitation of a C a binet which threatened, without thi s cautious attention, to prove rather ricketty. "Large m easures" of reform were mysteriously hinted at as forthcoming ; but gradually even the rumours of these "large measures" were allowed to di e out as somewhat perilous and inopportune. The principal object held in view by the new Ministry was, i n d ee d, simply to delay, and delay, and de lay, until sufficient time had been allowed for the anomalies of the Coalition to be smoothed away, or, at any rate, to be overlooked. In consequence of this, we have arrived at the close of the Session of 1853 with just about as little as possible actually accomplished ! Perhaps the most energetic members of the Coalition have been the Secretary and Under- Secretary for the Home Department. It is un doubtedly notable, of course, that we owe the total abolition of the duty on advertisements to the small end of the wed g e having been introduced by the Ch ancellor of the Exchequer into his finan cial propositions. But it must be recollected, like wise, th a t we are unfortunately indebted to the same Right Hon. Gentleman for th e re i m p o sition of the odious Incom e T with a ll it s i n t o l era bl e imperfections, aggravated rather than diminished, and with the terrible probability of its Happily it is thus by virtual an y perpetuation : means,Wvki Sri. ourselv not s compelled to speak adsv7aise of the re in miilg l l 4l 44Rdtlll(l di fornigtift f ih - 44_ ®land ~ ... , ntured (let Gentle add:4)9%o/1r .7Ry , tih! oble Lord the s: e s . Learned ret r, / ' . • c # V Y I d ty' ih kr e w , k i : y in the oftice of ma! "45,1 'tqV or the closing of th e the Home par LoadQu-liowtirVi a sexier of Peremptory Orders in Council the inhabitants of the Metropolis have reason to feel especially grateful to Lord PALMERSTON. While for the humane stringency of the new law inflicting severe penalties in all future cases of aggravated assaults upon women and children, every right-thinking man in the em pire must commend with all possible cordiality the benevolence, the sagacity, and the prompti tude of Mr. FITZROY. Added to which that Hon. and Learned Gentleman has yet more recently done good service to the. community by his skilful management of cab regulations—a proceeding ob viously calculated to prevent a vast amount of insolence and extortion. It is well known beyond all this that the Noble Viscount, the Representa tive of Tiverton, has for some time past been pre paring changes of enormous social and sanitary importance—changes which, on the one hand, will secure a better system of drainage to the capital, and, on the other, tend to the total reorganisation of our system of criminal jurisprudence. Well would it be for the reputation of the Coa lition Cabinet if other members of it besides those already mentioned, had evinced a corres ponding sagacity in the introd uc tion of general improvements. Such, howev er, has not been the policy carried out in one single instance by others of the chief Ministerial departments. Alterations have been made in the blundering old plan of manning the Royal Navy, but gigantic reforms of a similar character yet remain to be attempted under the gu idance of the Board of Admiralty. It is really m elancholy to bear in mind the miser able abortion of a project brought forward by another powerful Board that of Control— for the re-imposition of the most grinding evils u pon the population of Hi n d os t an , b y the a lmost unconditional perpetr a ti on o f th e execrable scheme of the Double Government. Colonial questions generally have been left this Session, for the most part, in a state of abeyance. They will thrust themselves, consequently, upon the attention of the Legislature somewhat later on, with the force of accumulated importunity. As for the conduct of affairs in the Foreign-office during the existence of the Coalition, that, in melancholy truth, presents to the popular gaze a most saddening and deplorable spectacle. Its " confusion worse confounded" corresponds, in some measure, to the jumbled state of opinion observable throughout the Government. A con sideration by no means matter for amazement, when it is remembered that, within the compass of the same Ministry, are comprised a " dear" and " excellent" Under-Secretary of M. GUIZOT like Lord ABERDEEN, and a chivalrous and patriotic statesman like Lord PALMERSTON. Re membering that single coincidence, the unsatis factory course taken by our diplomacy, during the progress of recent negotiations, may be at once comprehended, if it cannot secure the national forgiveness. Therefore must we accept, without much sur prise, the unsatisfactory results of a not altogether satisfactory combination. The country has tole rated the anomalies of the Coalition—it must therefore submit, with the best grace possible, to the anomalous consequences of its government. Scarcely half-a-dozen months back Sir CHARLES WOOD, in addressing his "kyind friends" at Halifax, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in squandering his rhetorical claptraps upon the " good men and true" of Carlisle—degraded their high office as Ministers of the Crown by referring, in terms of the most gratuitous and contemptible insolence, to the Imperial Chief at the head of the French Government. Well—hardly half a yearhas elapsed, and the Cabinet, of which these two are members, is actingin concert (and that entirely and cordially), with the Cabinet of the Emperor NAPOLEON! Scarcely half-a-dozen months back, and the First Lord of the Admiralty spoke loudly and fluently enough about those " large measures" of reform which he acknowledges to be absolutely requisite for the good of the population. Well—hardly half a year has fled by and the session is closing without a whisper of those essen tial improvements. Recently, no one was more uncompromisingly out-spoken than the Ron. and Gallant Gentleman the Member for Middlesex. Well—who now so dumb and crest-fallen ? The Hon. Baronet the Member for Southwark was formerly, we all know, resolutely ener getic in his advocacy of the Ballot and other great projects for the popular advantage. Well —the Hon. Gentleman the member for Bristol has obtained, in support of his annual motion, the silent vote of Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH. Won derful ! And these, and similar incidents, are the attestations of the patriotic zeal, the high principle, and the inflexible consistency of our olla-podrida Cabinet, our omnium gatherum Coali tion, our Peelite-Whig-Radical-Conservative Go vernment. Many a smile has been excited at the perverse obstinacy which refused to assent to the reform of the calendar, and to render the computation of time in some degree approaching to the truth. But while we ridicule the Russian for remaining isolated from the rest of Europe, and calculating dates according to the old style—while we clearly discern the moat in his eye, we have remained until a recent period wholly insensible of the beam that obstructs our own vision. Although every nation in the civilised world has abandoned the "old style" of currency, we have persisted in our L. S. D., fondly hoping that we should escape the censure that our folly 'so eminently merited, in consideration of the sterling value of our coin. In one respect we were right. The English sove reign was nowhere objected to. But its welcome reception was not owing to any supposed advan tage attached to the denomination, but simply because it was known to contain 123-i grains of gold of 22 carats fineness. Every English traveller must have experienced the inconveniences and an noyances attached to our standard, and sustained serious loss by having to confide in the various money changers to whose ten dermercies he was handed over, and our merchants have been even greater sufferers by the complication of accounts and the amount of skilled labour wasted, or at least misapplied, in consequence of the system of book-keeping thereby rendered essential. There could be no doubt as to the superiority of the decimal coinage, which had long been adopted in many of the Continental States, and the extraordinary advantages whereof must be apparent to the most superficial observer. Unfortunately, however, there was much popular prejudice in favour of our old barbarous system, and considerable inconvenience should necessarily be encountered during the transition by those who had from long practice been accustomed to the peculiar currency that constituted the circu lating medium in the United Kingdom. The question then was mooted as to whether the acknowledged benefits that would follow more than counterbalanced the intervening difficulties, and a select committee was accordingly appointed to " take into consideration and report to the House the practicability and advantages, or other wise, that would arise from a decimal system of coinage." That the Committee well and efficiently per formed the t as k confided t o th e i r c h arge has been clearly prov e d b y the very able report whi c h ap peared in our impression of Thursday, and i n which, after a stringent and searching inquiry into all the details of the subject, they place th e Pa rliament and th e result of their labours b e f ore country, accompanied by useful comments, and many valuable suggestions for the solution of the interesting problem. They record in the strongest the improved and most unequivocal terms their d ec id ed a nd unanimous conviction ofadthoeptnioantioonfal benefit p that would follow from the system, and also of its practicability, and the co ni . parati ve ease with which it could be introduced at the present time. The concluding summary is decisive on these points ; they say— " In conclusion, your committee, having well weighed coinage the comparative merits of the existing system o and the decimal system, and the obstacles which must necessarily be met with in passing fro m one to the other, desire to repeat their decided opinion of the superior ad vantages of the decimal system, and t o record their a nature as to create any doubt of the expediency of l conviction that the obstacles referred to ar e not of such a nature as to create any doubt of the expediency of in troducing th a t s y s tem, so soon as the requisite prepara tions shall have been made for the purpose by means of cautious, but decisive, action on the part of the Govern ment. "Your committee consider the present moment espe -611113, mlapted for introducing the decimal system, in consequence of the prosperous state of the whole com munity, including those classes which would be more immediately affected by the change, and they feel the importance of not allowing such an opportunity to be lost. " They believe that the necessary inconvenience at tending a transition state will be far more than compen sated by the great and permanent benefits which the change will confer upon the public of this country, and of which the advantages will be participated in to a still greater extent by future generations." Having thus stated the decision of the Com mittee, we may examine some of the grounds on which they arrived at that conclusion. There was the most perfect unanimity of opinion as to the " advantages that attach to a decimal system, as compared with the present system ;" the evils of which they 'thus deafly point out : "With regard to the inconvenience of the existing system the evidence is clear and decided. The system is shown to entail a vast amount of unnecessary labour, and great liability to error, to render accounts needlessly complicated, to confuse questions of foreign exchanges, and to be otherwise inconvenient." It will, therefore, be unnecessary to enter at any length into these points. We shall, therefore, at present only allude to the impediments that exist to the adoption of the improved system. These, as the committee state, are twofold in their nature. "The first arises from the difficulty which is always found to exist in inducing the mass of the population to depart from standards with which they are familiar, and from modes of calculation to the defects of which usage has reconciled them. The second obstacle arises from the necessity of re-arranging the terms of all pecuniary obligations, depending either on legal enactment or pri vate contract, expressed in those coins which, in the event of a change in our monetary system, would cease to have legal currency. This second obstacle, although apparently the most practical and most serious in its nature, is probably not so important in actual fact as the other, owing to its more tangible character, and the op portunity which it therefore presents of considering and grappling with its details. But an obstacle of so unde fined a nature as vague popular feeling, based upon habit and association, and not upon reason, cannot be dealt with on any general and abstract principles, and your committee therefore purposely abstain from seeking to fetter the discretion of the Executive on that part of the subject." As to the first of these points, there was the experience derivable from the changes introduced during the present generation, both in America and Ireland. In the former, as a comparatively new country, with a very accute and intelligent population, the inconvenience was comparatively trivial. But in Ireland there can be no doubt that much discontent was at first excited, until it was practically ascertained that there was no real damage that arose from the change. But there were causes for that discontent in Ireland which do not exist in this country. The first of these points was the nominal depreciation of the standard. When a man contracted for a pound sterling in the latter end of 1825, his demand was satisfied by payment of 18s. 52d. in the beginning of 1826. Servants and. labourers, and indeed the less wealthy classes generally, could not be per suaded at first that they were not plundered when the smaller sum nominally was tendered ; and this feeling was naturally increased by the second point, which really inflicted some injury, viz., that they could onlyobtain 12 pence in exchange for the same shilling, for which, a short time previously, they could have got 13 of the very same pence. The man whose daily bread was provided by his daily labour thus practically lost Bd. per cent. on all payments under a shilling, a burden nearly three times as onerous as would be the extension of the Income Tax to wages of the lowest amounts. The pence being, as we have stated, the same, there was no reduction in price. The potatoes that previously cost 2d. a stone were still sold at 2d.; the meat, bread, everything remained unaltered except the change of the shilling, which was re duced by one-thirteenth ; and this to the poor man was a substantial practical grievance, but it was speedily got rid of as prices adjusted themselves to the new scale, and, as the committee declare, it was soon found "that the injury was imagi nary." The present change will not, however, be at tended with similar obstructions ; for, Ist, the unit of value, the pound sterling, will remain unaltered. No contract will therefore be dis turbed in that respect. And, 2dly, the poor man will receive 25 mils for his 6d., in place of 24 farthings ; and as the mil will practically per form all the duties of the farthing, he will, in place of losing Bi-d, gain 4 per cent. by the change. There will therefore be no foundation for com plaints similar to those which were put forward in Ireland, and no popular discontent to be con ciliated. We trust, then, that no time will be lost in making the necessary preparations for the change, which, now that public attention has been directed to the subject, has become inevitable, and the benefits whereof will speedily be ascertained after it has been in operation for a brief period. We feel it our duty from time to time to in vite public attention to the perfectly inefficient protection enjoyed by our police- in their im portant, and on the whole well-performed duties. Some most unpardonable assaults have been commit ted upon them, with far too slight punishment, since the notorious CANNON received his deserts. Last Monday the police reports furnish an illustration of the penalties at which a half-drunken athletic rascal may misuse a Queen's officer, until he is actually unfit for duty. At half-past two o'clock a.m. on Monday, Policeman INGRAM hears a ter rible disturbance while on duty in the New North Road. Going up, he finds two men, SHEPPARD and PALLEY, fighting ; he very properly sepa rated them by persuasion, and supposes they are each going home. Suddenly, when INGRAM least expected it, SHEPPARD turned round, seized the officer in a peculiar manner, struck up his legs, and flung him heavily upon his back on the pave ment, declaring that if he had not drunk so much he would kick his inside out. It is clear he was not too drunk to be master both of his strength and skill. INGRAM sprang his rattle ; Serjeant FADE, who, it appears, had previously been a severe sufferer on several occasions in protecting her MAJESTY'S lieges from ruffians, came up. Seeing SHEPPARD on the top of INGRAM and ill-using him, he pulled him off and desired PALLEY to go away. Instantly PALLEY seized him by the neck, and flung him with such force and dexterity to the ground, that he fell helplessly, with one arm bent under him, injuring his arm so much that it is bound up in a sling, and receiving such a contusion of the head that he lay senseless for some time. While thus senseless Palley kicked him till he was injured and bruised all over, and is now, on the testimony of the divisional surgeon, quite disqualified for duty. INGRAM, getting up, was flung a second time, and not till six constables arrived could the two powerful villains be secured and taken into custody. SHEPPARD, it should also be mentioned, was out on bail to answer for a most brutal at tack on a publican ; for this the bailed man was sentenced to a fine of 305., and each of them to 5/. fine for their attacks on the policemen, or one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. A policeman, then, it appears, may have his head contused till he is senseless, his body then kicked and bruised till he is unable to move it, and his arm well-nigh broken by any strong villain who can raise 5/. ; or should a man in profitable em ployment, as these men were, have squandered their large earnings in drink, one month of confine ment, and rest from labour, is the cost at which he may indulge the most brutal and violent pas sions on the guardians of the. peace. It is ques tionable whether it will not oost the public much more than the 5/. in the loss of Serjeant FADE'S services, and whether he wiLl not endure much bodily suffering far larger than PALLEY will en dure confinement. This mode of protecting our aof as Police m us t b e c h anged for something more effi cient, or considerations of economy alone will comp e l its ability t i o ty d superior itrio Men r to of th e first : . class average,will. character,not engage lightly in such a service, and men of a lower grade would quietly look a n other way, and let the SREpp AR DS and the PALLEYS brawl about our streets till morning,than rather be half-killed with comparative imfunity to the ruffians. In deed it would not be easy now to censure with severity a Policeman rather tolerant of stal wart PALLEYS and STIEPPARDS •in their noisy street brawls. He might well reply, " getter surely that y ou should bear lying awake a little while, an d hearing a little swearing and cursing, than THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST '2o, 1853. my head and arm be broken, and my body be sore for half a year with bruises." But. what is the remedy for all this ? Any remedy you please. Anything °better than that the officers of justice should be Almost at the mercy of brawneY blackguards. " Cat-o'-nine- Tails" has been recently soliciting, in the Times, employment upon the backs of women-beaters. Very good employment for him too. We would suggest to him whether he would not like to try what he can do with those who half kill police officers. He has so all but completely taught sol diers obedience to their officers that he is almost dispensed with in the army. Perhaps civilians (if such witnesses are worthy of the name) might learn under his tuition that to strike a civil offi cer on duty was an offence not worth while for them to repeat. In all soberness, we should urge, as we have done before, that a policeman's defence ought not to be his truncheon merely. His person should be as sacred in society as that of a superior officer in the army. It ought to be a very grave offence to resist him ; to strike him ought to bring on the culprit's head some of the heaviest penalties known to our law. We need not fear rendering our police effeminate by legal protection ; officers in the army are not the less brave for the protec tion of military law. On the contrary, constables would only be impressed with a higher sense of I the dignity of their office, and that portion of the community over whom practically thy are placed, would very soon learn that it were better to bear the penalty of most of their delinquencies, than to bear the heavier one of maltreating even the humblest representative of the majesty of law. With a tolerably severe law on the side of police men, we have no doubt that blackguards of every description would follow the policeman's touch as quietly as in the days of duelling bellicose Mem bersused to obey the gentle hint Sergeant-at-Arms. Let policemen know, of the of Parliament and let mobs know, that if common men were. avenged sevenfold, an officer employed to protect all the rest would be avenged seventy-and-seven fold ; it would then be far easier to quell many a formidable disturbance without resort to the mili tary. Indeed one great recommendation of punishing violence done to policemen with un sparing severity is, that a smaller number armed with such a prestige of law would be more efficient than a larger number without it,, and that the terror of the law would oftener supersede that of muskets and bayonets. It is a strong recommen dation of requiring unresisting obedience to a policeman's demands that his number always makes it so easy to bring him to justice should he exceed his powers. The truth, however, is that no innocent man ever attempts to escape from a constable, much less to resist hilt. It is, there fore, almost impossible to legislate unfairly for the class in question. IMMENSE INDIA AND AUSTRALIAN WAILS.—The mails dispatched this morning from the General Post•office for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, India, and China, via Southampton, were the largpst that have been sent out since the dispatch is bi-monthly ; they consisted of 130 boxes and 20 bags. The Indian and Australian mails by the overland mail that arrived yesterday com prised 89 boxes and 22 bags of letters and newspapers. The Australian mail brought home by the contract mail steam-ship Harbinger weighed nearly 16 tons, amongst which were about 2,000 registered letters and small packages, most of which contained gold-dust. ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. — Yesterday a report of the select committee on assurance associations was printed. They consider the Joint Stock Companies Act of 1844 very defective, and made various suggestions. The public are not sufficiently protected by provisional re gistration from deception and misrepresentation of as surance or pretended assurance companies. HARVEST IN ITALY.—An important announcement was received from Naples, indicating increased anxiety with regard to the harvest in Italy. According to letters dated the 12th inst., a decree was issued on the Bth per mitting the free importation of wheat, flour, barley, oats, maize, and pulse into the kingdom of the Two Sicilies until the 31st of December. The existirg duties on wheat were almost prohibitory-- namely, 255. per quar ter, if imported in foreign vessels, and 16s. in native vessels. SHIPMENTS OF SPECIE.—The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Euxine amount to 169,70001., of which 65,4001. is gold for Alexandria, Ceylon, Madras, and Hong-Kong, and 104,3001. is sil ver for Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, Penange, Singa pore, Hong-Kong, and Canton. GOLD.—The gold brought by the Harbinger yester day, amounting to about .520,000/., has been forwarded, by the General Screw Company from Southampton to London with great dispatch, the whole having been de livered this morning at the Bank of England. Its weight was 4 tons 7 cwt. By the Australal advices received it appears that the following vessels had lately sailed for England—namely, the Hoogly, with 7,078 ounces of gold ; the Orpheus, with 3,292 ounces ; the Kent, with 26,263 ounces ; the Renown, with 355 ounces ; the James Alexander, with 20,353 ounces ; the Vesta, with 61 ounces ; the Emigrant, with 7,230 ounces; and the Barrackpore, with 33,3'40 ounces. The total value of these shipments is nearly 550,0001. BAR SILVER.—The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer was sold yesterday at 61Z.d. per ounce, establishing a further advance of id., and was chiefly taken for the China market, the Wgh rate of interest in that country in consequence of the rebellion being still among the causes in operation to keep up a drain from England. The new dollars brought by the same vessel were sold at 601 d., being also an advance of id. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. The continued overflow attracted by the national spectacle of the " Battle of Waterloo," with the successful drama of " Life on the Turf," has determined Mr. William Cooke to postpone the production of his promised classical no velty till Sept. 3, giving all classes an opportunity of witnessing the present attractive entertainment previous to their withdrawal. On the same night we are to be presented with two stars. Miss Kate Cooke, an eques trian of great provincial fame, will make her first ap pearance in London on her splendid horse Snowdrop, trained expressly by Mr. William Cooke. BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH GAOL. —Lord Palmerston, in accordance with a memorial presented by certain inhabitants of the town, has appointed a commis sion—consisting of Mr. Weisby, Recorder of Chiches ter • the Inspector of Prisons for the Midland District, and the Medical Inspector of Milbank—to inquire into the truth of charges of cruelty, preferred against the governor of the gaol and other subordinate officials. Some extraordinary disclosures are expected. The go vernor, who has hitherto been supported, and his con duct approved by the Visiting Justices, resigned his situation on Thursday. THE PEACE CONGRESS is to hold its next meeting this year at Edinburgh, on the 12th and 13th October. ORDERS FOR NEW CLIPPER SHIPS.—We understand that the enterprising owner and builder of the famous clipper, the Sovereign of the Seas, has received instruc tions to build a clipper ship for the owgers of the Marco Polo, to sail under the English flag ; and that another house has also contracted for a clipper ship with the same builder. Our English builders should turn their imme diate and earnest attention to this point, for sure we are that John Bull has energy and pluck enough to compete with and surpass his Transatlantic descendants, if he will only try.—Liverpool Times. SERIOUS MONlTlON:—lnformation having been con veyed last week to the Bishop of Norwich that the Rev. A. C. Campbell, perpetual curate of Redisham, Suffolk, was officiating in Sir W. Dunbar's chapel at Aberdeen, his lordship has addressed a monition to him, requiring him to return to his benefice, and stating his intention to take such further measures as the proceedings may seem to call for.—Church and State Gazette. OMNIBUS RAILWAY.—We read in the Moniteur "The Minister of Public Works has just authorised the trial at Paris of a new system of railway destined to receive omnibuses drawn by horses. This system, already in use in some towns of the United States, con sists in placing rails of a particular form on ordinary roads in such a manner as not to impede the circulation of other carriages. The experiment will be tried be tween the Place de la Concorde and the Barriere de Passy, by the Cours la Reine and the Quai de Billy. The price of places in these new omnibuses will he 15 centimes inside, and 10 centimes outside." THE COLLISION ON THE CLARENCE RAILWAY.—On Thursday evening, the inquest, which commenced on Saturday, was brought to a close, and resulted in a ver dict of manslaughter against Wrn. Callendar, the driver of the engine Durham, which on Thursday morning last occasioned the deaths of Matthew Watson and Christo pher Norris by running into the carriage in w hich the y were travelling to their work at Whitworth Colliery. NARROW ESCAPE OF FIV:4I YOUTHS FROM DROWNING. —Last Tuesday evening the boat Mermaid was proceed ing down the river Orwell,h axing on board Arthur Beevor (son of Sir Thomas Beevo,r), John and Jeremiah Head (sons of Jeremiah Head, Esq.), Charles Cubitt, engineer (nephew of Sir W. Cubitt), and Charles Chevallier (a re lative of John Chevallier Cobbold, Esq., M.P.) when near Hog Island the boat fell in with the Orwell steamer returning from Londor. ; the swell she produced was so great that it soon filled the Mermaid, and she split open at the stern. post. Me. Cubitt instantly jumped into the riv.st and swam to the shore on the Hog Island side. "she boat now turned over, and precipitated the otl - hers into the. water ; some caught hold of the oars, a ad others clung to the side of the boat, and floated down with the tido to the point. Their cries for hel p were extremely painful. It hap pened that just at the moment, Mr. Owen Roe, carver and gilder, was p assing in a boat w ith a lady, within a short distance of the sufferers wh o called to him for as sistance • but he :proceeded to the h ard and landed him self and his friend. Edward Worrell, a boiler maker, a b c h e l ag o ri n gp g es y i n o g f p t t a h o r et t y h b, e ba o z r i n w agn e l on d l o itt r hh k e s t w ae ho r d,Waterman,wasimmreturning fr om a promptlyytrooo.mk rowed to the re scue of the youths, and arrived just in time to save th, em from a watery grave. Worrell is en titled to all pr, aise for his laudabla exertions. —Ipswich , Express. PROROGATION OF PAR Ii I A INIP:NT. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.) Their lordships met at two o'clock. The Lords Commissioners having taken their seats, the Usher of the Black Rod was dispatched to summon the Commons. The Speaker, attended by a numerous retinue of members of the LoWer House, having appeared at the bar, the Queen's speech was then read as follows : NIY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by her Majesty to release you from your attendance in Parliament, and at the same time to express her Majesty's cordial approbation of the seal and assiduity with which, during a protracted and laborious session, you have applied yourselves to the consideration of many subjects of great importance to the public welfare. Her Majesty has seen with much satisfaction that, by the remission and reduction of taxes which tended to cramp the operations of trade and industry, you have given fresh extension to a system of beneficent legislation, and have largely increased the means of obtaining the necessaries of life. The provision which you have made for meet ing the demands of the public service, not only in the present but also in future years, is of a nature to give permanent stability to our finances, and thereby to aid in consolidating the strength and resources of the empire. The buoyant state of the Revenue, and the steady progress of our Foreign Trade, are proofs of the wisdom of the commercial policy now firmly established ; while the prosperity which pervades the great trading and producing classes, happily, without even a partial exception, affords con tinued anq increasing evidence of the enlarged comforts of the people. The measure which you have passed for the future government of India has been readily sanc tioned by her Majesty, in the persuasion that it will prove to have been wisely framed, and that it is well calculated to promote the improvement and welfare of her Majesty's Eastern dominions. Her Majesty regards with peculiar satisfaction the provision you have made for the better ad ministration of Charitable Trusts. The obstacles which existed to the just and beneficial use of property set apart for the purposes of Charity and of Education, have been a serious public evil, to which her Majesty is persuaded that in your -wis dom you have now applied an efficient remedy. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, We are commanded by her Majesty'to thank you for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the present year, and for the pro vision which you have made for the defence of the country both by sea and land. Her Majesty will apply them with a due regard to economy, and consistently with that spirit which has at all times made our national security the chief object of her care. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Her Majesty commands us to inform you that she continues to receive from her Allies the assur ance of their unabated desire to cultivate the most friendly relations with this country. It is with deep interest and concern that her Majesty has viewed the serious misunderstanding which has recently arisen between Russia and the Ottoman Porte. The Emperor of the French has united with her Majesty in earnest endeavours to reconcile differences, the continuance of which might in volve Europe in war. Acting in concert with her allies, and relying on the exertions of the Conference now assembled at Vienna, her Majesty has good reason to hope that an honourable arrangement will speedily be accomplished. Her Majesty rejoices in being able to announce to you the termination of the war on the fron tiers of the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope i and she trusts that the establishment of Repre sentative Government in that colony may lead to the development of its resources, and enable it to make efficient provision for its future defence. We are also commanded to congratulate you, that by the united exertions of the naval and military forces of her Majesty and of the East India Company, the war in Burmah has been brought to an honourable and successful issue. The objects of the war having been fully attained, and due submission made by the Burmese Go vernment, peace has been proclaimed. Her Majesty contemplates with grateful satis faction and thankfulness to Almighty God the tranquillity which prevails throughout her domi nions; together with that peaceful industry and obedience to the laws which insure the welfare of all classes of her subjects. It is the first desire of her Majesty to promote the advance of every social improvement, and, with the aid of your wisdom, still further to extend the prosperity and happiness of her people. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past one o'clock. Mr. FRENCH moved for a copy t,f memorandum by Major Kennedy relating to railways in India.--Agreed to. Mr. PELLATT also moved for a number of returns connected with education, which was agreed to. THE CAPE. In reply to question from Sir DE L. EVANS, Mr. F. PEEL stated that the plans of General Cath cart, with respect to the establishment of frontier posts in that part of the Cape from which the Kafirs had been dislodged, had only been provisionally sanctioned by the Colonial•office. LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE. Lord D. STUART drew attention to the want of a gallery which had been experienced in the library of the house, and expressed a hope that the defect would be remedied before, next session. _ _ Mr. M. MILNES, one of the Library Committee, said the point would, no doubt, be considered in the proper quarter. Mr. F. FRENCH took the opportunity of expressing a hope that some attempt would be made during the re cess to improve the ventilation of the house, by return ing to the old-fashioned system of having windows that would open. OMNIBUS TRAVELLING. Colonel SIRTHORP wished to thank the noble lord at the head of the Home Department, for the assurance he had given that steps should be taken to prevent omnibuses setting down in the middle of the streets. Lord PALMERSTON said he hoped the persuasive influence of his department would induce the omnibus interest to ahandon the objectionable practice. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Mr. M. MILNES not seeing the noble lord the member for the city of London in his place, he would take the opportunity of asking the noble lord at the head of the Home Department if under present circumstances he could assure the house that the moral confidence which the Government entertained respecting the evacuation of the Danubian principalites was such as to enable Parliament to be prorogued with out anxiety. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON said in a short space of time evidence would be given that Government did believe Parliament could be prorogued under present circum utances. With regard to the evacuation of the Danubian principalities, he could only say he was confident that the Emperor of Russia, having a due regard for the honour and character which the Sovereign of that great country must always be inspired by, would take the earli est opportunity to evacuate the principalities of his own accord, now that there was a prospect of the dispute being amicably settled. (Cheers.) THE PROROGATION. Scarcely had the noble lord resumed his seat when Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the house to attend at the bar of the Peers to hear the Parliament prorogued by commission. The SPEAKER at once left the house, attended by all the members present, and on his return the members gathered round the table, when a copy of the Speech was read. The Speaker then shook hands with many of the mem bers, and the house immediately afterwards broke up. And so ended the eventful Session of 1852.1853. INCREASE OF TRADE.—The Poole Herald gives a very flattering account of the increasing traffic in that port. So large a number of foreign trading ships have never before been seen in Poole. The cattle trade is extending, and a marked increase in the clay trade is observable. For the past two or three months eighteen or twenty vessels hap) cleared the Custom•houso weekly. MONEY MARKET CITY INTELLIGENCE.' CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. There was more inquiry for cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 6,000 bales, including 1,000 for export and on speculation. Railway shares were firmer at an advance of j to per cent. on the leading Stocks. The weekly statement of the Bank of England, made up to the 13th of August, shows changes still in the same direction as of late. The bullion was further reduced, and it remains to be seen whether the recent imports will have altered this, or whether the Continental demand still sweeps away the gold as fast as it arrives. The discounts of the Bank were increasing, while the lodgments of private deposits were decreasing, all indicative of the more active employment of capital. The account of the Government looks much better. Compared with the previous return, the changes were as fol lows : Active circulation. Decrease 422,780 Bullion 17,309,574 • Decrease 124,976 Rest Increase 1,543 Public Deposi:A 3,315,392 Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-day and other Bills 1,446,224 Decrease 130,137 Government Securities 13,027,582 Increase Other Securities 13,611,721 Increase 385,020 Notes unemployed 7,863,225 Increase 333,785 In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, there was no alteration. A New Zealand paper states that agricultural produce is so abundant at Auckland, that many full cargoes, in addition to those recently exported, could be spared, if vessels were at command to ship them. It appears that an unprecedentedly abun dant crop of wheat has been produced in the Auck land district this season. The amount of gold shipped direct from London during the week to Thursday last was 13,892 oz., all to the Continent. No silver was exported. The English Funds continue rather heavy, with but a limited business doing. Consols 98i for Transfer and Account. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 1018 1. Bank Stock has risen to 229. Exchequer Bills are par to is. discount. Foreign Securities have been brisk. Spanish Three per Cents. realise 478 A, and the Deferred Peruvian 60i. Portuguese Four per Cents. bring 45. Mexican are 27. Peruvian have been largely dealt in at a rise to 85 and 852. Railway Shares have been very quiet at about the previous rates. Banks are much the same. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Brom the Official List. ) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ......... 931. 9 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 1 per Cent. Annuities lOll Consols for Account Bth September 9814 Exchequer Bills, ld. £1000 2500 Small 1 d 2 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian t ouds, 4A per Cent. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. _ _ Russian Bonds, 4. per Cent lOl Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 96 7 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47., a Venezuela Bonds, 3i per Cost. • ........ Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent l6i TWO O'CLOCK. Consols 9BA / Ditto September Account 9BA MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) Nothing very remarkable has turned up this week in the mining market, but a fair average amount of busi ness has been transacted in shares. In the metal market, the advancing movement con tinues, particularly in tin and iron.—The annual sale of Banca took place at Amsterdam on Wednesday, when 112,000 slabs sold at an average of 72 florins, which is about 1251. per ton in the Thames ; this advance has enlivened the market considerably. English tin and plates are nominally as quoted, but owing to short stocks, must, as we have before said, rise in value.—Copper must also advance in price, unless a large and unex pected supply comes from abroad, of which at pre sent there is no intelligence or likelihood.—Spelte at Ilarnburgh is about 231., and here for the October arrival 221., stock low in both places. The sale of Staffordshire pig-iron during the past week has been very extensive. Scotch pigs are 675. per cwt., although 70s. has been paid to effect large purchases. In Welsh b ars and rail iron an increased demand has sprung up from America and the continent, so that makers have now such an accumulation of orders on hand, they know not when they will be able to execute them. In the Bullion Market,—Mexican and South Ame rican dollars, ss. o,ld. per oz. Bar silver, ss. 11d. per oz. standard. Bar silver holding 5 grs. gold, ss. 14d. per oz. stand. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. stand. Spa nish doubloons, 78s. per oz. Columbian doubloons, 765. 6d. per oz. The gold mining shares this week have shown more firmness ; business has, however, been far from active, but there has been less disposition to press sales, and prices of the leading stocks have slightly rallied. There is, however, scarcely any real improvement of tone in this market, which is almost devoid of speculative move ment. On Monday, a marked decline was observed in the Australian descriptions ; this was attributed to the discouraging reports put forward by the Sydney jour nalists, though at the same time most encouraging ac counts were received by the Colonial Gold and Port Philip Companies from the neighbouring colony. On Tues day there was a marked improvement, Agua Frias and Anglo-Californians being most in favour. On Wednes day and Thursday speculation was more rife ; but on the whole, up to the close of yesterday evening, the mar ket cannot be said to be characterised with any activity. The arrivals of gold this week have been very consider. able ; the Bella, from Pernambuco, has brought about 80,0001. worth, saved from the Condor, burnt at sea; the Washington Irving, 15,000 ounces, value 60,0001. ; the Shakamaxon, 14,108 o zs ., value 56,4321. ; the Henry Tanner, 16,840 ozs., value 65,360/. ; the Maid of Auckland, 21,060 ozs., value 84,000/. ; the Tamar, 10,952 ozs., value 43,8081. ; the Harbinger, 113,571 ozs., value 454,0001. Further sums have come over in private hands, but their value cannot be accurately ascertained. Gold continues to be sent to the continent although the Australian imports of the week are not yet generally deliverable. Some 9,000 or 10,000 ozs. of the cargo of the Shackamaxon are in course of dispatch to the Kentish ports. In Miscellaneous Shares the market has been firm. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 20.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W., and showery DEAL, Aug. 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—American Eagle and Andrew Evans, New York ; Medium, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Rosa, Guernsey ; Alice Maid, Algoa Bay. Aug. 20 (9.19 a.m.—Per Elec. Tel.) Arrived from the River, and sailed—Kate Howe, Cardiff ; Taniora, Cape of Good Hope ; Demetrius, Constantinople. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 19.—Wind, W. to E. Arrived— American Eagle, New York. FALMOUTH, ug. 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Royalist, Bahia ; Charlotte, Santos ; Prima, Quebec, for Truro ; Teti, Taganrog ; Dispatched, Salonica ; Slyhedin, Staines, for Hamburgh—cargo heated; Adia Acena, and sailed for London ; Eden, Aug.eghorn. HASTINGS, A 19.—Arrived—Omega, Bombay and St. Helena. SHIELDS, Aug. 19. Wind, W. Arrived—Ann, Rouen ; Princess, Havre. Sailed—Calcutta, New York ; Lucy, Constantinople ; Shields, do. ; Percy, do. ; George, do. CLYDE, Aug. 18.—Arrived—Marmion Havannah and Malaga; Collingwood, Mauritius. Sailed Catherine, Boston ; X. L. Hughes, Melville, N.S.W. ; Agamemnon, Quebec. . _ SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 19.—Arrived—Indus (a), Alexan dria. Sailed—Unione, Constantinople. DARTMOUTH, Aug. '.9.—Arrived—Dartmouth, Smyrna, PLYMOUTH, Aug. 19.—Wind, S. Arrived—Oriental, Quebec; Melini, Labrador° ; Lady of the Lake, St. Maio, QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 18.—Wind, S. Arrived—St. Jago, Cuba ; Medora, Monte Video ; Cornelia, Havannah ; Win, Shrift, Alexandria; Louisa, do. ; Maria, do. ; Wasa, Odessa. TEIGNMOUTH, Aug. 19.—Wind, S. Arrived—Harber dine, Labrador. • , POOLE, Aug. 19.—Wind, S. Sailed—John Thompson, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 19.—Arrived—Princess Victoria, Quebec; Alt e P e t er, C rons t a dt ; Ch ar l o tt e , A rc hangel. Sailed—Drago, Constantinople • Leonard, Quebec. DUBLIN, Aug. 18.—Arrived—Alfein, Quebec; Maria Matilda, Odessa. PETERHEAD, Aug. 17.—Wind, N.W.—Arrived — M a i ; zenthien, Greenland, with 13 tons oil ; Enterprise, with with 27 tons, do. ; Union, with 76 tons do. THE AZTECS AT THE ADELAIDE GALLERY. — the removal of the Aztec Lilliputians from the Hanover square Rooms to the Marionette Theatre, in Adelaide street, their popularity has very much increased, and the same distinguished class of visitors by whom they were honoured at one place, favours them with its patronage at the other. The romantic tale told in connection with them, undoubtedly renders them more mysteriously in teresting, but its truth or fictitiousness has very little to do with their intrinsic attractiveness. Beings so singu lar, so unlike all others of the human species, so ancient looking, so quaint, and so amusing, have in themselves the best story that can be told concerning them, though the lecture which accompanies them is replete with inte rest, and is most pleasantly given. THE WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. — This society bay° this week purchased their seventh estate, consisting of above eleven acres of building land at Muawell-hill. From its contiguity to London, and to the railway station, it is admirably adapted for cottage villa residences. It is believed that it will be allotted in time to entit le . the allottees to be on the register for the c ounty of Middlesex next year. ince LATE;7 FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The leading columns of the Paris journals con tinue to be almost destitute of interest. In .some of them there is no original article on a ny topic, and in others we find only repetitions. The Empress has sent 3,000 f. to the Mayor of St. Valery-en-Caux for the benefit of twelve widows and thirty-three orphans, left destitute by the pre sumed shipwreck of the adman, a vessel of St. Valery engaffed in the cod fishery at Newfound land, of which no news has been heard since the beginning of the year. Marshal de St. Arnaud, Minister of War, will leave Paris to-day (Saturday) to preside over the council-general of the Gironde. He will pass in review on Sunday the troops in garrison at Bor deaux. During his absence M. Ducos Minister of Marine, will hold the portfolio of War ad terim. M. Fould, Minister of State , has ad taken hia departure for the Tarn to attend the sit tings of the council-general, M. Abbatueci, ter of Justice, being appointed to act for him in his absence. The Moniteur publishes a report addressed the Minister of the Interior to the Emperor, a 3; ll b a approved by the latter, containing a list of a ll the medals awarded for acts of humanity and courage during the first six months of .1853. The number of gold medals is only two, but that of the silver. medals amounts to 416, viz., 30 first class , and second class medals. There is also a bronze medal, awarded to a woman for her zeal in re storing certain drowned persons to life. A decree has been published fixing the duties on corn, breadstuffs, rice, and dried vegetables at 25 centimes per kilogramme. This rate of duty remain in force up to the 31st of December next' Up to that date the vessels of any nation whichi shall arrive in the French ports with c,argoes corn, breadstuffs, rice, dried vegetables, and p c ' tatoes shall be exempt from the duties on thetonnag The Moniteur publishes a decree ordering , demolition of some of the present fortifications 01 , Havre, and the sale of the ground on account of the Treasury, and the construction of two forts 011 the heights of Ingouville, and a redoubt on the Place de Pro vence. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The New Gazette of Prussia publishes a letter from Vienna of the 14th stating that the P orte has accepted without modification the proposition! of the conference of Vienna. This, however, 311119 be premature. The Nouvellisteof Hamburgh contains news fro m the Danube of the 9th, which are connected Now those which have arrived from Constantinople rela; tive to the situation of Servia and the attitude ei Prince Alexander. The account in the above P ur ; nal states that the approach of the Russian trour had produced in Servia a great agitation. The g 0; vernment had taken all the precautionary measu re d necessary. All persons capable of bearing arms ha received orders to provide themselves with aralu ll c i Knitschanin has, it says, been na me general-in-chief, and the heads of circles have beef placed under his orders. " Prince Alexander, adds the Nouvelliste, "has refused to yield to th e wishes of those persons who proposed to send an address of devotedness to the Czar Nicholas." p _ The Journal de Constantinople states 11 1 Aleppo that it had been lately discove red that a band of Mussulman malefactors we s on the point, as in 1850, of rising aga' the Christians in the city, but the extrem e vigilance of the Governor Suleyman Pasha, th e commandant of the garrison, defeated their scheme s ' The latter frequently went in the night incog ill ! ° through the Turkish quarters, and one night In three different cafes, he saw groups of suspicious' looking characters, and found from their convere tion that they were engaged in the plot. J ra c i mediately reinforced all the posts of the city, au.„. s had the cafes surrounded by troops, and by t' - ` l a means a great majority of them were arrested all sent to prison. Five of the ringleaders of the con' spiracy were taken into custody ; one of them w", to have headed a party to set fire to the churches , and the others are the chiefs of bands who ha ' sworn to massacre all the Christians and ping ° their property. By the promptitude of the au the; rities on this occasion, the alarm of the Christian has been in a great measure removed. The Patr y archs of the Greek and the Catholic Armeni an Churches have addressed a collective letter, to Reschid Pasha, the Turkish Minister of Foreigli Affairs, expressive of their gratitude to the Sultan f for his kindness towards his Christian subjec ts °f Aleppo. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of th e 14th. The Governors of the various p rov i nces h°l l been instructed to stop the cir cu l a ti on o f unlicens' newspapers. The Gazette announces that the Queen has re : milted the punishment of six months' impris ° , - went, to which M. Francisco y Gutrerrez, ear sponsible editor of the journal Las Navedadcs, 11 ry ti been condemned for an article published in t' journal. THE HAGUE. A letter from the Hague, of the 15th, saYs " The Second Chamber adopted this day . 11139 1 0 mously the bill which opens the Molucca islana s bo the commerce of all nations. The monopoly of,t loss spice trade is now sup e rannuated, and the g st which it is possible the Government may at experience from the new measure will be cep:LP -- ; sated for in a very short space of time by the 1 ; n sults of more extensive commercial relations these latitudes." A letter from the Hague, 10th, states that a Deum was sung on the previous day in the p a° church of St. Anthony and St. Louis, in hono ur . ° the fete of the Emperor Napoleon. A grand ( IT; lomatic dinner was given by Baron &Andre, t u f French Minister, and in the evening the hotel ° the French legation was illuminated. she ARMY PRIZE MONEY.—Yesterday a return ll . that the unclaimed prize money amounts to 1, 412,° 1 68 3 2s. 5d., the whole of which is accounted for on the Crm-J side. There is a large sum invested. Last Y ea 723,379/. 15s. was refunded to claimants. GREAT ROWING-MATCH. —The great rowing-rnstfilla between James Candlish, the champion of the Tyne , 4 e a Messenger, of Teddington, for 1001. a side, stands ii,'„ol for Tuesday next, over the usual aquatic course—lAr-ro Putney to Mortlake. The celebrity of the Inca "' en "! cr the event one of considerable interest to the rowll6 public, and a first-rate treat is anticipated. eg APOTHECARIES' HALL..—The following are the n a tn he of the gentlemen who passed their examination it' t 0 science and practice of medicine and received certifica,_, to practise, on Thursday, the 18th of August, 1 8 ; Thomas Middleton Williams, Wellow, Nottinghateobirno Wm. John Newman, Sydney ; Peter Wm . j',,01 . .t.° 310 ' Devon • port , Wm. Roger Banks, Birmingham Altham, Bentham, Yorkshire • George Stopfor'd Tallarci Sheffield; George Maynis Pittock, Deal, Kent; Edward John Longton, South port,Lancashire. ci_e_ PoST-OFFICE.—A return, obtained by Mr. Tollenia.!Z M.P., was yesterday published of the amount of P° Bl4l a N money actually received by the Post-office for 111 • Willi ct conveyed by steamers and other vessels under controan, with her Majesty's Government. The amount Pe r ; t he num is stated at 822,390/., exclusive of the cost o r French and Belgian packets, transit of the Australian mails through EgyPt , 3 the amount payable to the East India Compan o rd i n ary of any payment fonethoef CEYLON RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the seventh ,_es, general meeting of this company was held at the . tau r ri . al rc Copthall-buildings ; Mr. J. Stewart in the chai report was read, which stated that sinc e the last ao, the meeting of the proprietors, the anticipations_ ha d directors, as expressed in the report then preselll'u ov er to a considerable extent been realised. A very P_ raer . ful demonstration had been made on the part of the . ' d i o ,te chants and planters in Ceylon, urging the ion i v y necessity for the introduction f railways into t n na ftd i t . portant colony. The local government had als rseor ne recognised the importance of the question, and. o f the mended the subject to the favourable consider:dietl,36oas home government. In consequence of reprose,L e tors to this effect made to them from Ceylon, the al;selve had deemed it right to lose no time in placing the, sta te in communication with her Majesty's SecretarY a' . . ros of for the Colonies, with a view of procuring such to, d Government assistance as in their judgment Waus'_f"the tify the proprietors in proceeding with the objects of as, company. On the result of their negotiations b l o g de . cercained, the proprietors will be called together ter,.. liberate thereon. In the meantime the directors r L 4 1 7 1, mended that the company be kept in abeyance;, /. 80 , amounts showed a balance in hand amounti n g to a' %o re ld. The report was adopted. New directorsl. elected, elected, the retiring directors and auditors re•e and the meeting separated. Par"' . er . „ ; the RAILWAY REVENUE.— -Yesterday a return to ment showed that in England and Wales durt i re half-year ended the 31st December last, the to p un ted coipts by railways from all sources of traffic ara s. od. to 7,624,449/. 15s. 3id., of which 3,746,623/• fron was from passengers, and 3,877,8261. u., the goods, cattle, parcels, mails, &c. In Scotland, ; same period, the receipts were 854,867/. 6 t os. 6d. 371,0681. 3s. 9 3 / 4 d. from passengers, and 483,77 9 • ts vi e-e from goods, &c. ; whilst in Ireland the receiP ginge rs, 370,9561. 11s. ld. ; 242,4761. 12s. Bd. from P" 5 and 128,479/. 18s. sd. from goods, &c. PROPOSED RAILWAY TO RUTHIN.— of the inhabitants of Ruthin has just been h ld r i alo s , purpose of taking into consideration a propos:11cl ie :; th e to Ruthin ; F. R. West, Esq., MT./ " S o niP" e Y chair. It appearing that the Mold Railway froot had abandoned their intention of making a ilij Ate(' be A publieu .orttfe Mold to Ruthin, it was decided that a c om ow m n an d formed to communicate with the adjacent t fr o obtain their co-operation towards having "'a to Llangollen vt4 Corwen, Ruthin, and Denbigh Another public meeting WM determined upon. 1N... Earl 43 f L trea, llby tow Ur e Abe Th Isle i Ai Judc initt; tart ofz, th e tis; 4401