The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-22 00:00:00

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY, incorpora'ed by Act of Parliament, 71, Lombard street, London. —Notice is heresy Given that the Half-yearly Gene ral Meetinz of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Company's Office. 71, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 30th inst., at Two o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual business and to declare the dividend for the Halt year ending 30th June, 1853. By order of,Directors. MARTIN PRATT. London, August Ist, 1553, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 22, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup parted by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, SARDANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. TILEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Auousr 22, Will be performed GENE VIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parselle, Cullenford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, llastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, will be presented SARDANAPALITS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. Ta conclude with WHAT! NO CAB? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 22, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Auderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. The Best Ventilated Theatre in London.—Excitement exraordinary. —The increasing demands at the Box-office to witness the memo rable spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, renders it imperative on the management to announce its oontinuance till SATURDAY, September 3, when it must positively be withdrawn, to make room for the new classical novelty which will be produced with un paralleled splendour.—Mr. W. COOKE will, by general desire, appear every evening on his maificent charger " Miss EMILY COOKE will positively appear on Saturday, Septem ber 3. - - THIS EVENING, AnowsT 22, And during the week, will be presented (5f th night) the success ful National Spectacle of 'i'LlE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, with military effects, reviews, terrific encounters, &e. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's original Scenes i tithe CIRCLE of Introducing Mr. Alfred Cooke (the Pre mier Rider) e Spirit the Oracle, or the Warrior of the Sun. Concluding with (88th time) THE CH ASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF. Box•oflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wes ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, AcousT 22, CHUSAN, Splendid M ENAGERIE, Grand Military Band, Vocal and Instrumental Concert. Marvellous display of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission, ls. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T ata DAT —Morning 3 min. after 4 I Evening 20 min.aft. 4 Tazloaaow —Morning 38 min. after 4 I Evening 57 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.--STIN OFFICE, AUGUST 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'07. WIND, S.W.—Fine weather. AUGUST 22. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'97. WIND, N.W.—Light breeze, and cloudy, warm weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, .ND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS Will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. eff...2 , ': ' %I) N"--#):OtP4.4 LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1853. Several noteable occurrences rendered more than usually memorable the Prorogation of both Houses of Parliament on Saturday by the Royal Commissioners. Occurrences for the most part, though occasionally of a personal character, pos sessing the attractions of public interest and some even of great national importance. A few of the more remarkable of those incidents were, as a matter of course, referred to by the Queen's Speech delivered the day before yesterday by the Lord Chancellor. That document, to be sure, was made up principally of those official inanities and ministerial platitudes for which state papers of this description have lone been proverbial. It was only precisely what might have been expected that the community should hear again that " My Lords and Gentlemen" were dismissed with her MAJESTY'S " cordial approbation " of the " zeal and assiduity " with which they had applied themselves to the consideration of matters affect ing the general welfare. It was simply to the letter what could alone have been anticipated that the " Gentlemen of the House of Commons" re ceived the acknowledgments of the Sovereign for the supplies granted by them for the service of the present year—the golden fruit culled annually from that branch of the Impe rial Legislature. Naturally though these and similar phrases may have fallen upon the ears of the community, there are other statements and other expressions calculated to strike more for cibly upon the minds and hearts of the popula tion. It was somewhat unusual, for example, to be informed in a Royal Speech that " The Em peror of th e F renc h h as un i te d w i th her M a j esty in an earnest desire to reconcile differences, the con tinuance of which might involve Europe in war." It was rather different from previous allusions to the subject through a similar channel, to find that Majest rejoices in bei ng a bl e t o announce the termination. ofwar on the fronti ers o f th e Cape of Good trope,,, tions could h ave the Neither of which intima be : p uet her th an most welcome to the nation and its rresetnhtaiatives. If for nothin g else, the Queen' s Spe ec h If must, on in pro rogu i ng session the British Parli ament by reason o f t h ose two passages at least, haveTbheeen regard e d w i t h considerable satisf ac ti on. England alliance between France and c b o e r t d w i a Aporen Queen f tls_betweene VICTORIA and the Emperor N the Cabinet of St. James and the Cabinet Tuileries ! And this cordial alliance, m oreover, at a period of unusual emergency, when the eastern portion of the Continent threatened t o be a-flame with war, when it was deemed advisable, in fact, by the most pacific of administrations to send the British and Gallic fleets to Besika Bay to be in readiness, if required, at once to penetrate the forbidden channel of the Dardanelles ! Coupled with this, the close of the protracted and expen sive struggle against the incursions of a bar barous race on the frontiers of Kafirland—the restoration of something like quietude among the colonists in our South African settlement ! It is particularly observable, however, that the QUEEN " rejoices" to be enabled to announce through her Commissioners this " termination of the war on the frontiers of the settlement of the Cape of Good,, Hope." He r M AJESTY d ee ms it advisable thereupon to • say no more than that " she trusts that sent the establishment of a repre sentative in that colony may lead to the makvelopment of its resources, and enable it to the creumsStintleemtohre defence." efficient provision for its future informingi utas distill:l the entitled to observation is Royal Speech, while to b receive from her allies cc her MA,JEs T y contin j e in 50 many words, that their un s the assuranc e of u nabated the most friendly relatiao desire to cultivate adding, nevertheless, thatusc,with this country," It is with deep . inte er MAJESTY h the serious misunderstanding4B view e d which has r arisen between Russia and the Ottenam, recently Porte, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1853. the QUEEN, through her Commissioners, can only venture to remark thereupon, that, "Acting in concert with her allies, and relying on the exer tions of the Conference now assembled at Vienna, her MAJESTY has good reason to hope that an honourable arrangement will speedily be accom plished." So that the upshot of all is, in reference to the close of the Kafir war, that her MAJESTY "trusts" that our South African colony may de velope its resources and make efficient provision for its future defence, under the auspices of the recent establishment of Representative Govern ment at the Cape of Good Hope. While in regard to our friendly relations with other countries, her Majesty " hopes" that certain pending negotia tions may lead to the conservation of European tranquillity. The truth is, that the good fortune upon which the country is being thus congratu lated by its rulers, whether in regard to the south or in regard to the east, whether in refe rence to Kafirland or in reference to the Danubian Principalities, may be said, strictly speaking, to tremble at this moment in the balance of uncer tainty. It yet remains to be discovered whether the Cape colonists are capable of providing for their own security by employing the newly acquired machinery of R e presentative Govern ment. It yet remains to be learnt whether the propositions transmitted by the Four Powers from Vienna may prov e equally acceptable at St. Petersburg and at Constantinople. Information has yet to be obtained, in fact, as to whether, in conciliating Russia, the Four Powers have not, to a lamentable extent, sacrificed the interests of Turkey and the rights of her political independence. Absolutely nothing—to put the matter in other wor d s —absolutely nothing positive has yet been learnt as to the value or as to the success of the mediation between the CZAR and the SULTAN : and yet we are expected thus prematurely to swallow the Ministerial congratulations. Briefly —there is only one circumstance in all these ne gotiations anent the Eastern Question in which we can, as yet, discover anything really and sub stantially satisfactory. And that circumstance is, the cordial alliance between France and England, which recent occurrences may be said to have originated. Another paragraph in the Q UEEN' s Speech, besides that in which it is notified that " the Emperor of the FRENCH has united with her MAJESTY in ear nest endeavours to reconcile differences, the con tinuance of which might involve Europe in war," deserves to be especially particularised Allusion is here made to the sentence in which the reality of Free Trade being a " wise, just, and beneficial measure," is thus ieclared bylthe SOVEREIGN.— " Her MAJESTY has seen with much satisfaction, that by the remission and reduction of taxes which tend to cramp the operations of trade and indus try, you have given fresh extension to a system of beneficent legislation, and have largely increased the means of obtaining the necessaries of life." An improvement, that, upon the unwilling recognition of the benefits accruing to the country from "un restricted competition"—that most unwilling re cognition which, it will be remembered, provoked in the House of Commons a long and stormy debate upon a resolution proposed by the Hon. and Learned .Gentleman the representative of Wolver hampton. Nothing, indeed, could be more ear nest or more generally acceptable than this refer ence in the Royal Speech of Saturday to the extension of " a system of beneficent legislation." Mr. COBDEN will no doubt shrug his shoulders at the congratulations addressed to the Lords and Commons by her MAJESTY on the Burmese war having been brought to "an honourable and sa tisfactory issue :" but that most distinguished of all the champions of Free Trade cannot, we feel assured, but regard with profound and unalloyed satisfaction the preceding tribute to the " wise, just, and beneficial" policy of Free Trade, that scheme of unrestricted competition which was heralded by ADA➢I SMITH, and eulogised by WILMA M HIISKISSON, and advocated by CHARLES VILLIERS, the "system of beneficent legislation" which was sung by EBENEZER ELLIOTT, and argued by PEYRONNET THOMPSON, and carried triumphantly over every ob stacle by the energy of RICHARD CoBDEN, and at last—not without a passing eulogium upon the " unadorned eloquence"' of its principal cham pion—incorporated by Sir ROBERT PEEL with our ancient but often re-modified constitution. Fa miliar though these truths have become to the mass of our population, they are none the less deserving of repeated consideration. The victo ries won by Free-trade principles are too im portant not to render it matter of interest to us when a Free-trade Cabinet is justified in causing their formal acknowledgment by the lips, or, at any rate in the name, of our SOVEREIGN. The legislation of the past session will, un less we are greatly mistaken, cut cut ample work for a future day. We have already shown that the Government of India Bill cannot be permitted to stand in its present highly objectionable form. The enactments so recklessly forced on Parliament, without time being afforded to obtain the neces sary information, and without even listening to the complaints of the parties chiefly interested, must speedily be repealed. They are of such a character that no trifling modifications, no petty amendments will suffice. There must be a com plete and thorough reform. The nominal autho rity of the East India Company must be abolished, and that of Queen VICTORIA substituted—the distinctions between the QUEEN'S service and the Company's service done away with, so that the Monarch of the United Kingdom shall be de jure, as well as de facto, the Sovereign of the Anglo-Indian Empire. Either that must be accomplished, and the blighting influence of the Company averted, or we must be prepared to relinquish our Eastern dominions, and to assume an enormous addition to our already overwhelming debt, by liquidating the liabilities incurred by the magnates of Leaden hall-street. We have no doubt of the result. The much-required amelioration is merely a ques tion of time. Sooner or later, that which justice, as well as policy, imperatively demands, must be accomplished ; but agitation will be rife during the interval, and will occasion many serious in roads on the public time. But it is not merely the India question that promises many arduous conflicts before it is finally set at rest. The fiscal business of 1853 appears likely to give ample occupation to the representatives of the people in 1854—not only in that which has been accomplished, and which requires considerable modification, but in that which has been merely postponed by the Financial Minister, which boldly " looms in the future," and which must be resisted by every person pretending to be the advocate of " unre stricted competition," however flimsy may be the veil under which he conceals his real predilec tions. The licensing system which the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced in his budget, and Which he merely adjourned, is at the same time the most inequitable and inexpedient that could Poefasbibulaiynbeessimagined. There is scarcely a branch , a channel for industry, in - which a man ' w hose industry constituted his only capital, Would not b e and the cons imposts. virt lnterfered with by the contemplated free competition, rauearl. monopolies would be created, a t Zrould be debarred from the the long run are saide honest emulation, which in tom a k e ic level." No ma everthing find its c ould try an experiment that might add to hi s i ncome collectora on. account of d enable hi m t o pay something to the t ax y earn ings. No ;he would be stopp e d i n immune b the o s f: i p m r o c f u o r r i n gpearmliciessnison and to exercise hi s con seniedeeersasbitly epaying abilities—to render his labour really productive. It is unnecessary to. say that the sums thus levied on the trader inuFit ultimately fall, and with eon _ sidera,ble additions—most enormous interest —on the consumer. If a man must earn sufficient to support himself and his family by the profits of his business, he must also gain sufficient to satisfy all the preliminary and incidental expenses ; and that he may be on the safe side, he will generally add as much as would many times provide for the demand. For every pound that found its way to the Ex chequer, f oiu r o r five pounds would, one way or other, fall on the general consumer—the public, and in plate of being a direct impost, as pretended, th e licence, for each trade would virtually inorem the indirect taxation by five times as much as was actually charged. Never, in fact, was there a propositi.)n savouring so strongly of protection, or so eminently calculated to cast heavy, almost in tolerable, restrictions on trade and commerce as that so boldly put forward by the Right Hon. WILLIAM EwART GLADSTONE, in reference to licenses, and which he has by no means abandoned, but merely adjourned. The Income Tax, which has been renewed with all its inequalities for seven years in place of three, under the notion that it will then be permitted to die a natural death (! ! must also give occasion for many energetic debates. The member of the middle classes, who earns by arduous physical or intellectual labour a precarious and fluctuating income, will no longer consent to be assessed at the same rate, and placed upon the same fiscal footing —any other is impracticable, as the owner of accumulated and realised property, of well cir cumstanced real estates, or of the dividends of Government funds. He will protest against the injustice inflicted on him by the dereliction of every principle of honour and consistency that should be binding on public men, by the base and scandalous tergiversation of those in whom he had formerly placed confidence, who, dazzled by the specious protestations of the Coalitionists, voted black white, in order to retain in office Ministers who were Liberal only in name, who with " free trade" on their lips, and " unrestricted competition" as their watchword, voted the per petuation of the salt monopoly in India, an d were pre pared to carry—if time permitted, for it was want of time only that prevented—thecoroplete success of the Budget in all its parts—the great extension, almost the universality, of the licensing system. The Succession Duties Act will also attract at tention next session. It was a fitting retribution on those who, satisfied with their own exemption, regarded the iniquitous Legacy Duties with com plaisance, if not with favour, thinking nothing of the hardships so long as they did not come home to their own thresholds. The repeal of the ex tension of the impost to all kinds of property, real or personal, settled or unsettled, had become inevitable. The former was not provided for through the indifference of the landocracy. They have, therefore, got the latter partially; and, unless we are greatly mistaken, they will now try to get rid of the entire tax, willingly assenting to the substitution of a judicious and equitably ap portioned property tax in its place. There will also probably be a counter movement, inasmuch as true Liberals, who cannot be contented with the inequality still subsisting, will exert themselves to render all kinds of property liable to the Probate as well as to the Legacy Duties, and to get rid of the untenable distinction between rateable and non-rateable property. There will, therefore, be no lack of stirring occupation on fiscal questions, to say nothing of the promised Reform Bill and the Indian agitation. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, A.IIG. 20. His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia left Osborne yesterday morning. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Newcasle, the Duke of Welling ton, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Sir James Graham, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Right Hon. C. Villiers, and Mr. W. Bathurst, arrived at one o'clock from Lon don to attend the Privy Council, and, with the exception of the Earl of Aberdeen, who remains on a visit, re turned about three o'clock. The Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Granville, and Mr. Vil liers had audiences of the Queen. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Count Alexander Mens dorff, drove out in the afternoon. The Hon. Beatrice Byng has succeeded the Hon. Mary Seymour as Maid of Honour in Waiting, and the Hon. Colonel Grey has succeeded Colonel Bouverie as Equerry to her Majesty. AUGUST 21. The Queen and Prince gave their annual fête yester day to celebrate his Royal Highness's birthday, to the labourers and workmen employed at Osborne, also to the seamen, marines, and boys of the royal yachts, to the non-commissioned officers and men of the detach ment of the 23d Royal Welch Fusiliers, the Trinity House men, and the Coast Guard stationed at East Cowes. amounting in all to about 500 persons. At three o'clock, the dinner having been placed on the tables near the house, her Majesty and his Royal High ness, accompanied by the whole of the royal children, Count Alexander Mensdorff, and the Earl of Aberdeen, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, took their stations on the lawn to witness the party in vited pass by in procession to the dinner, preceded by the Bands of the 23d Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Royal Marines. Her Majesty and the Royal party then entered the tents and passed between the tables, shortly after which, grace having been said by Mr. Toward, her Majesty's bailiff, the dinner commenced. After the dinner, and the usual loyal toasts having been proposed, dancing and rustic games were carried on with great spirit, which were witnessed from the Royal marquee by her Majesty and the Royal family. About seven o'clock the Queen retired, the bands play ing " God Save the Queen," and the party dispersed. The Royal dinner party yesterday included Count Alexander Mensdorff, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James and Lady Graham and the Misses Graham, and Cap tain Crispin, R.N. A commission under the Great Seal is about to issue to inquire into the discipline and management of the borough gaol and house of correction at Birmingham. The commissioners will be Mr.Welsby, the Recorder of Chester ; Captain Williams, Inspector of Prisons for the Home District ; and Dr. Baley, Principal Medical Officer of Milbank Prison. The Committee of Privy Council for Education had a meeting on Saturday at the Council-office, which was attended by Earl Granville, Lord President, and Lord John Russell. _ _ _ A deputation from St. Saviour's, Southwark, on the subject of a new street from Southwark to Westminster bridge had an interview with Sir William Molesworth on Saturday at the Office of Works and Public Buildings in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., Chairman, and Mr. Renshaw, Deputy-Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany ; Mr. D. Schuster, Deputy-Chairman of the Brighton Railway Company ; Messrs. Thomas Rider and Robert Jones, Wardens of St. Saviour's ; Messrs. Eli Richards and Thomas Bailey, inhabitants ; and Mr. Herbert Sturmy, solicitor. Mr. Peto, M.P., bad an interview with the Duke of Newcastle on Saturday at the Colonial-office. The Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston on Friday at the Home-office. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office on Saturday from the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, the Governors of Kong-kong, Ceylon, Australia, New Zea land, and Labuan. THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. The visit of the Court to Ireland will be extended over a longer period than was at first anticipated. Ac cording to the present arrangement the Court will re main there six days. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will leave the Isle of Wight on Friday next, in the Royal yacht, sleeping one night on the sea. The Royal children who will accompany her Majesty and the Prince to Ireland are the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. On the day of the departure of the Court from Osborne, the Princess Royal and the rest of the Royal Family will proceed by the Great Northern Railway to Holy rood Palace, under the charge of the Master of the Household, and other members of the Royal suite, where they will remain until the arrival of their Royal parents from Ireland. Her Majesty and the Prince will remain one day at Holyrood Palace, and then proceed with the Royal Family to Balmoral. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took her departure for Scotland on Saturday. Great exertions will be made at Windsor Castle during the absence of her Majesty in fitting up and repairing the dining-room which was so extensively damaged at the late fire. Her Majesty and the Prince will return to Windsor on the 21st of October next. northern suburbs of London, lying between • of the inhabitants of the meeting and Kentish Town the Camden T R 0 , c OM ON I B o F U S T H e B O M m M E U T N R I 0 C r A O T L I 0: . WITH — O n THE Thu r N s d O a R y T H e v E e R n N i n D g , I S a f r o o r ad th s, e C p i u ty rp , that locality and the City cation by omnibus between owseas h of and West-End. The following resolutions were passed : o e b ld tai a n t in t g he a d ß ir u e c e c t le m u e c a h n A s r o m f e s o T m a m v u einn i ,_ hbourhood ; Arms, Camd en - roa d, an d it s i mme diate neig "That it is ex p e di en t t o obtain omnibus upto communication m ß u re n c i .k ca n t o io ek n from the City an d Ch ar i ng - cross and omn i t b h u a s t s p o r m o p e r arrangements a should i n i n g the b e entered same and with that this meetin g of the inhabitants, own er s of property,, Thatand pp builders pledge themselves to support them." ' a guarant ee f und should be raised for the purpose of de fraying any loss that might arise or be sustained by the for°amp i p i r i b un t s u e appointed Camden -road make arrangements sewdsh desire r shall e of the e n neighbourhood." A committee of gentlemen was then rangements to protect thane praolpsor i et t w o 0 i mr t s h a fkr t oe h m e n eloess proprietors ss, ars yo fafar r. as the guarantee fund should be available. Nearly 250/. was subscribed in the room towards the guarantee fund, and the committee and secretary were requested to wait upon the inhabitants for further subscriptions. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The American advices represent money as being still scarce, this, however, will probably not lead to any serious pressure as the demand for corn and cotton will be large and the imports of Californian gold are continuous. It is stated by a party writing at New York, that— "By the arrival of the steam-ship Northern Light, we learn that upwards of $2,000,000 specie left San Francisco on the 16th ult. for this port, part of which has arrived, but the greater portion is expected in the mail steamer, which is now fully due. " The shipments of specie from California during the month of July were something less than those of the previous month, as will be seen by the following table : June 1, 1853...52,284,050 July 1, 1853...52,004,549 June 16, 1853... 2,223,870 July 16, 1853... 2,128,052 Total .........$4,506,920 Total 54,132,601 Being $374,319 less in July than was shipped in the month of June preceding." There are two or three ships in from Australia and New York, but the dates are old. The English stock market is very firm, but with out much doing. The information by telegraph from Vienna that the Porte has accepted the pro positions of the allied powers, has a good elect, although the contingencies that yet exist are not over looked. The large pu rc h ases o f mone y st o ck have intimidated the Bears, as a considerable amount of consuls will have to be delivered. The prices have been 98g. g. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. are 1911, /, and the Three per Cents. 99i to I. Bank Stock is firm at 2281. Exchequer Bills are pax to 2s. prem. The Foreign Stocks have b een ver y a c tive, and there are considerable purchases in Peruvian at further advanced rates, 85i and 86 having been paid for the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., and 60 and 61 for the Deferred. The Grenada Deferred Bonds have realised to Equador Stock is worth 5/. Brazilian Five per Cents. have been quoted 1011 2 - to 1024. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 45 to/. Mexican Stock is worth 27 to d. Sardinian Bonds have been at 96 to 97. Spanish New Deferred Stock is worth 231 and the Committee's Certifi cate is at 61. In English railways there has been more anima tion, and the quotations have advanced. Great Northern, Great Western, Midland and York, and North Midland have been in request. French shares are quieter. The Joint-Stock Bank shares have been very quiet and rather feeble. The Land Companies' shares have been higher. The Gold Mines have been nominally steady. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing :--- COMPANY. DATE. PLACE, &C. Ambergate Bideford Extension Aug. 24, London Tavern. Blackburn Bristol and Exeter Aug. 25, Bristol. Cork and Waterford Cornwall Aug. 27, Truro. Direct London and Portsm Aug. 26, London Tavern. Dublin and Drogheda Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union East Kent Aug. 21, London Tavern. Edinburgh and Glasgow Sept. 6, Glasgow. Furness Glasgow and South-Western Sept. 6, Glasgow. Gt. Sthrn. &Westrn., Ireland. Aug. 27, Dublin. Kilkenny & Great Southern and Western, 1re1and...... Aug. 30, London Tavern. Lancashire and Carlisle...... Aug. 31, Lancaster. Leeds Northern Aug. 30, Leeds. Liverp., Crosby, & Southp Aug. 27, Liverpool. Llynvi Valley Aug. 22, Bristol. Loughar Aug. 25, 4, Whitehall. Lowestoft Manc., Buxton, & Matlock Sept. 9, Derby. Manc., Sheffield, & Lincoln Aug. 31, Manchester. Midland Midland Gt. Western., Irel Sept. 2, Dublin. Monkland Newmarket Aug. 21, London Tavern. Newp.,Abergay.,&Hereford Aug. 31, London Tavern. Norfolk Aug. 29, Guildhall-buildgs. N. and S. Western Junction Aug. 21, 15 Parliament-st. North Devon Aug. 21, London Tavern. North-Western Northern Counties Union Aug. 25, London Tavern. Oxford, Wore., & Wolverh Aug. 31, London Tavern. Redruth and Charewater Aug. 30, 6 Queen's-st.-pl. Royal Swedish St. Andrew's and Quebec (Class A) Aug. 25, 26 Parliament-st. Shrewsbury and Hereford South-Eastern Sept. 15, Bridgehouse-hotel South Wales Aug. 243, Paddington-stn. South Yorkshire Aug. 23, Sheffield. Thames Raven Aug. 31, London Tavern. Vale of Neath Aug. 31, Neath. Waterford and Limerick Aug. 30, Waterford. West Cornwall Aug. 31, Throgmorton-st. West End & Crystal Palace Aug. 29, 3 Adelaide-place, London-bridge. West London Aug. 26, London Tavern. Whitehaven & Furness June Aug. 26, Office. York and North Midland Aug. 30, York. York, Newcastle, & Berwick Aug. 30, York. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock ... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 994 A 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities __ New 3i per Cent. Annuities Consols for Account Bth September 9Bl B Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO £5OO par 2 p Small par 2 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Bsi 6 5i Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto for the Account 97 6 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 23i g a Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6i P a .E7ALF•PAST TWO. Consols 9Sh Ditto September Account 9BA fi SHERIFFS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) THE USURY LAW.—IMPORTiNT QUESTION*. MOODY V. WRIGHT. This was an action to recover the sum of 51. is. 6d., the balance of a promissory note trade by defendant, and payable at seven days' sight, to ?laintiff or order, and on which money was advanced by plaintiff. The case was heard on the 28a July last ; and a ver dict having been given for the plaintiff, Mr. W. R. Garry subsequently moved for a new trial, on the ground that plaintiff had taken usurious %terest. Mr. W. B. Davies, in reply, contended that the 2d and 3d Vic., c. 37, called the Usury Act, did not refer to these cases, and cited cases and the opinions of Sir F. Pollock, Mr. Chitty, Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. Serjeant Byles to that effect. His Honour took time to consider his judgment, and to-day refused the motion, with costs. WEEKLY TRACT SOCIETY.—Mr. Rowland Elliott, who for upwards of nine years held an appointment in the corresponding department of the National Provincial Bank of England, has recently been appointed corres ponding secretary to the above institution. DEATH OF A SONNAMBULIST.—On Saturday an in quest was held in Ratcliffe on the body of John Bell Parker, captain of the brig Newcastle, who, early on Wednesday morning, lost his life in a fit of sonnam bulism. Deceased had for years been subject to this habit, and on the morning named he rose, dressed him self, and set out from his house in Bromley-street, Com mercial-road East, towards the basin of the canal. He was observed walking along, in an apparently dozing state, and was seen to turn down a yard leading to one of the wharves. In a few minutes there was an alarm that a man was in the water, but before assistance ar rived he had disappeared, and it was not till after some time that the body was taken out. Deceased had on his person at the time 211. in notes and gold, some silver, a watch, gold chain, and tooth-pick. A witness identified the body, and said deceased was frequently in the habit of walking miles in his sleep. Verdict—" Found drowned." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WAY.—On Saturday morning the Deputy Coroner for Middlesex and a jury met at Enfield, to inquire into the circumstances touching the death of John Newson, aged 29, carpenter. It, appeared that on Tuesday evening last the deceased accompanied some friends to the En field station, for the purpose of seeing them off by the seven o'clock train. While taking leave of them the London train was set in motion, and his foot slipping, he fell down on the rails, and before he could recover himself, the whole of the train passed over one of his feet, crushing it in a most frightful manner. Assistance was at once at hand, and the deceased having been con veyed home, medical aid was called in, when it was found necessary to amputate the injured limb below the knee. The poor fellow, how.ever, died the next morn ing. Verdict—" Accidental Death." FIRE IN GOSWELL-STREET.—Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of two and three, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Feret, haberdasher, car rying on business at No. 111, Goswell-street. In the course of a few minutes after the alarm was given, seve ranlgelnagnidneosffiocfeL, orneadcohnedßrtihgeadsec,eanned. that Th e of fi r t e h m e e N n V e h t c• o n f E found the whole of the sto ck in trade enveloped in flames, but by great perseverance they succeeded in getting the mastery over the fire, but not until the valuable stock was nearly destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The itioniteur publishes the treaty of commerce between France and Chili. The Florus, of 90 guns, steam-ship and sailing vessel, was launched at Toulon on the 15th inst. A favourable symptom of the hopes of a speedy settlement of the Russo-Turkish question is, that the Emperor has left Paris for Dieppe, where he will remain till the end of the week. He will then, without delay, visit some of the towns of the de partment of the north and the camp of Helfaut. In addition to this, the Austrian Ambassador in Paris intends proceeding to some part of Germany on leave of absence. A memorandum has been communicated by the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Min isters of the several Foreign Courts with regard to the events at Smyrna. M. Salamanca arrived in Paris two or three days ago, with the object, as it is stated, of bringing out the project for making a railroad from Madrid to Bayonne. It was that project which occasioned more than one Ministerial crisis at Madrid, and the excitement, which was one of the consequences of it, was very near leading to something more vio lent. The Prince of Echmiihl, Duke of Aucrstadt, only son of the celebrated Marshal Davoust, has just died in his 43d year, after a painful illness, against which he struggled for six years. He served in the short expedition to Belgium in 1831, and acted as an officer of the staff, under Marshal Gerard, at the siege of Antwerp in the year 1832. He was subsequently decorated with the order of Leopold, and appointed to the Ist Regiment"` of Lancers. There was but little business transacted at the Bourse on Saturday, and the Three per Cents., which opened at 80f. 45c., closed at 80f. 30c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 85c.; Orleans Railway shares, 1,255 f.; Rouen, 1,098 f. Me.; Havre, 520 f.; Great Northern, 897 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 993 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 965 f. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean, 817 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 753 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 642 f. 50c. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 625 f.; Great Central, 558 f. 750.; shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 885 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. By a telegraphic despatch of the Bth from Con. stantinople, we learn that the Porte intends to send a commission to Servia. Rate of exchange lower. It is stated that a private telegraphic dispatch has been received from Vienna, dated the 19th, giving news from Constantinople of the 13th, to this effect :—" The Council had deliberated on the note of the Powers ; it was disposed to propose its ac ceptance to the Sultan ;" and it is further stated that a subsequent dispatch actually announces the acceptance by the Porte of the note, but that an Ambassador will not be sent until the complete evacuation of the Principalities by the Russians. Private telegraphic dispatches enjoy so poor a re putation that it would be dangerous to trust im plicitly to them, until they are confirmed by official intelligence. The movement of troops on the frontier of Ser via is declared, on the authority of letters from Vienna, and of official persons at Paris, to have no political meaning whatever, and that it is merely a matter of police, a measure of precaution against the contingency of an insurrectionary movement in that province. The last accounts from the Black Sea announce that the north-west winds had begun to disturb the navigation. Several ships anchored at Pender aklia and other places on the coast had been com pelled to quit their anchorage to avoid being cast ashore. The Journal de Constantinople, according to the correspondent of the Presse, receives a "subven tion" of 50,000 piastres a year from the Porte, but the influence of the representatives of France and England may produce some little effect on the tenor of the leading articles. Another English steamer cast anchor on Bujukdere on the 3d. The account of the execution of the 18 Ulemas is contradicted. They can be degraded and exiled, but the Koran forbids their being put to death. The Emperor of Russia held a grand field day at Zarsko-Selo. He was so perfectly satisfied with the result that he expressed to all the commanders his heartiest thanks, and ordered a gratuity of a rouble a-piece to every private. The gratuities of this year near St. Petersburgh alone amount to 400,000 roubles. In addition to a number of Austrian officers, the Prussian Lieutenant-General von Lindheim, with two other Prussian officers, was present at the above manoeuvres. The Emperor has, on the representation of the Chief of the Marine, ordered the full complement of men for the fleet to be made up, and designated the Governments that are to contribute recruits to it, as well as the number of Christians and Jews to be drawn from Poland. On the 9th inst. the Russian fleet off Cronstadt practised gunnery in the presence of the Emperor. On the following day the division of the White re • turned with the usual honours into port, to be laid up in ordinary ; the two other divisions of the fleet are still going through their evolutions in the Bay of Finland. AUSTRIA. The Wiener Zeitung of 17th announces that the state of siege will cease in Vienna, Prague, and in the Bohemian fortresses of Koenig-gratz, There sienstadt, and Josephstadt, on the Ist of September next, when the civil authorities and courts will fully enter into their natural sphere of action. As has always been the case since his accession to the throne, his Majesty will pass his birthday— the 23d—in Ischl. ITALY. A letter from Naples of the 15th inst. states that the advocate Lorenzo Jacovelli and the physician Stefano Mollica had been sentenced by the Special Court of that city to imprisonment in irons for 25 years, as accomplices in the events of the 15th May, 1848. The Special Court of Calabria had sentenced 17 individuals to death, two to imprison ment in irons for 30 years, six for 25 years, and one for 24 years. Four were acquitted. A letter from Turin, of the 18th, announces the return of the Count de Cavour, the President of the Council, to that city. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 16th inst. The Queen had published a Royal ordonnance, commanding that all matters imported for the works of the canalization of the Ebro shall be ad mitted free of duty. Letters from Cadiz state that great rejoicingshad taken place in that city, on the appearance of the Royal Decree confirming the railway concessions. The houses were all illuminated, and the munici pality had voted an address of thanks to the Queen in the name of the city. MAILS FROM SOUTHAMPTON.—On Saturday the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany's ship Euxine, Captain F. Meehan, sailed for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, taking the outward East India, China, and Mediter ranean mails, 60 passengers, a full general cargo, and specie value 169,7611. sterling, of which 66,0401. is in gold and 103,7211. in silver, distributed mum% the various ports as follows :—For Alexandria, 40,590/. in gold ; Malta, 6001. in gold ; Ceylon, 2,8901. gold ; Bombay, 31,7381. silver; Madras, 1,8951. gold ; Cal cutta, 17,7401. silver ; Penang, 1,500/. silver ; Singa pore, 12,2001. silver ; Hong Kong, 9,8201. in silver and 20,0651. in gold ; and Canton, 29,8781. in silver. CLITHEROE ELECTION.—The writ has been received for a new return for Clitheroe in place of the ejected member, and the nomination is fixed for this day. The candidates are—Mr. Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, Con servative ; and Mr. Jonathan Peel, of Knowlmere, Liberal. SUPPRESSION OF BETTING-HOUSES.—On Saturday the new act for the suppression of betting-houses re ceived the royal assent. It will come into operation on the Ist of December next, before which day all betting offices must be closed. According to the act, no house, office, or place, is to be kept for betting purposes on any race, fight, game, sport, or exercise of any kind. Such places are now declared to be a "common nuisance, and contrary to law." Betting houses are to be consi dered gaming -houses. For keeping such a place the owner, or occupier, will be liable to a penalty of 1001., or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for six months. Any person receiving money, or any valuable thing, as a deposit, on condition of paying money on the event of any bet, will be liable to a fine of 50/., or to imprisonment for three months. Money so received may be recovered from the person receiving the same. The act is to extend to stakes due to the owners of horses running races. Persons exhibiting placards, or advertising betting houses will be liable to a penalty of 301., or to imprison ment for two months. The penalties may be recovered by distress warrant, and half to go to the informer, and the other half in aid of the poor•rate. In case a com plaint lodged should not be pursued, a justice may au thorise other persons to proceed. Suspected houses may be searched by order of a justice, and the police com missioners may empower a superintendent to search houses suspected. An appeal for conviction under the act is given to the quarter sessions. The act is to have effect in England and Ireland, but is not to extend to Scotland. It is enacted that "This act shall commence and come into operation on the Ist December, 1853." It would seem that there is nothing in the act to pre vent a person making a bet with any one keeping, a place ;for betting purposes, and then turning an In former to get a large sum. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat brought forward in the leading country markets held on Saturday, were but moderate, and an active business was transacted, at an advance of from is to 2s per quarter. In barley and malt, very few transactions took place. There was a full average sale for oats and flour, but beans and peas were neglected. Most of the continental markets have ruled firm for grain, but our latest advices from New York state that both wheat and flour were dull, and rather lower to purchase. The supplies were on the increase. During last week, the arrivals of English grain up to our market were very moderate. From abroad the imports amonated to 37,754 quarters of wheat, 3,295 barley, 28,164 oats, 1,475 beans, 13 tares, 5,803 linseed, 30 rape seed, 4 mustard seed, 15 sundry seeds, and 2,180 barrels of flour. A very limited supply of wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market coastwise from Essex and Kent. Amongst it, we observed about 100 quarters of the present year's growth, tho quality of which, from its having been cut prematurely, was rather soft. Kentish red sold at from 54s to 58s, and white Talavera, from Essex, 60s to 65s per quarter. For old wheats, the demand, owing to purchases of grain and flour having been effected on French account, ruled active, at an advanced in the quota tions paid on Monday last, of from 2s. to 3s per quarter, and a clearance was easily effected. For forward delivery, there was an improved inquiry, and the currencies ad vanced 2s per quarter. Notwithstanding that the show of foreign wheat was rather extensive, that article was in improved request, and 2s per quarter dearer than on this day se'nnight. Several parcels were sold for France, and one or two float , ing cargoes from the westward were taken for the same destination on rather higher terms. The arrivals during the week were under 20 cargoes. The show of new English barley was small—that of foreign moderate. Sales progressed steadily at full cur rencies. We had only a moderate supply of malt on offer. All kinds moved off steadily, at very full prices. Although the aggregate supply of oats was good, a steady business was transacted, at a rise of quite 6d. per quarter. Beans, the show of which was rather on the increase, moved off slowly, yet prices were supported. In the value of old peas no change took place. New white boilers sold at from 40s. to 455. ; and new grey, 38s. to 40s. per quarter. The flour trade was active, and 2,000 barrels of American changed hands for shipment to France, at a rise of is. per barrel. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex gt Kent, Red •• •• new 45a to 52s Ditto ............ old 45s 535 Ditto, White new 45s 563 Ditt0........ old 483 63s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 45s 55s Ditto new • • • • .. 41s 50s Bye—Old • • • • • • • • 28s 30s New • • ...... 29s 31s Barley—Grinding .• • • • 255 29s Malting'. •• • • •• 305 325' Chevalier • • .. • • • 33s 36s fatalt—Saffolk and Nor folk.. • . • • • • • • •• 52s 58* Brown .• • • • • • • • 46s 52s Kingston and Ware 575 60s Malt—Chevalier .. • • 61s to 63s 'Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 193 23; Potato ...... .. • . 24s 28s Yoaghal and Cork Black. .. .. .. 17s 21s Cork, White ..... 20s 233 Scotch, Feed. .. .. 233 26s Beans—Tick .•••• • • • • 36; 409 Pigeons ...... 388 46s Peas—Grey .......... 324 37s Maple . .......... 358 38s White 388 41s Boilers .........39s 42s Flour—Towu-made... 46s 605 Suffolk . •• .. 37s 39s Stockta & Norfolk 36s 42s SMITEFIELD. During the last week the import of foreign stock into London amounted to 10,973 head. In the corresponding period of 1852, we received 13,005; in 1851, 10,101; in 1850, 7,212 ; in 1849, 4,987 ; and in 1848, 5,127, and in 1847, 5,003 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Harlingen 188 ... 708 .. Tonningen 546 ... 440 ... Hamburgh l2 ... 1,804 Rotterdam 5Ol ... 2,758 ... 675 Bromve ie 1 8 ... 173 .- 67 ... Dordt. ....... 21 ... 122 11 ~ . Antwerp ...... ... 20 ... Bremen 194 12 Amsterdam Ostend — Dunkirk Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 21 ... 131 ... 745 ~. - ... 355 Total .... 1,528 ... 7,240 ... 774 ... 671 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 1,765 _. 8,899 _. 906 _. 930 _. 614 1851 1,789 _. 6,884 _. 219 _. 660 _. 549 1850 1,308 ._ 4,879 —. 474 _. 526 ._ 25 1849 BlB ._ 3,661 _. 202 _. 216 _. 90 1848 6lO _. 3,919 _. 120 ._ 478 ._ -- We were very extensively supplied with foreign stock to-day The demand for it ruled heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. The arrival of beasts fresh up to-day from our own grazing districts were seasonably good, and in somewhat improved condition. The attendance of country buyers being less numerous than for some time past, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at last Monday's currencies, the advance of 2d. per 8 lbs. on Friday last being lost. The top quotations for beef was 4s. 4d. per 8 lbs., yet a few very superior Scots were worth a trifle more. From the northern grazing districts, we received 1,800 short-horns ; from other parts of England, 800 of various kinds; and from Scotland, 280 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of sheep were tolerably extensive, but their general condition xo . as by no means first-rate. Prime Downs, which were scarce, commanded full prices, viz., 4s. 10d. to ss. per 8 lbs. ; but all other kinds moved off slowly, at a decline of 2d. per 8 lbs. There was afull average supply of lambs on offer, and which met a very dull inquiry, at 4d. per 8 lbs. less money than on this day se'nnight. Prime small calves realised full currencies. Otherwise, the veal trade ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. In pigs very little was doing. In the quotations, how ever, no change took place. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 Prime Southdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 6 Prime large oxen 310 4 0 Prime small d 0... 4 8 410 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 Small porkers 3 8 4 0 Second quality ...3 10 4 2 Suckling calves ..20 0 25 0 Prime case.-wlled.4 4 4 6 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 9 Lambs 4s 6d to 5s 6d. TOTAL SUPPLY. . 5,299 1 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. Sheep and Lambs ..... —30,910 Calves .......... ••.•• • .. 347 Pigs 350 Beasts • 2,253 Sheep ............ •• 7,450 Calves....., ........ Pig 5............ •• •• •• 60 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug. 23, 1852, and this day, Monday, Aug. 22, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Aug. 23, 1852. Aug. 22,1853 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 4to 2 6 3 oto 3 4 Second quality ditto ... 2 8 210 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen ... ... 3 0 3 5:3 10 4 0 Prime Scots, dm ... 3 8 3 10:4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 210 3 213 4 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 4 3 613 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... ... 3 8 3 10'4 4 4 6 1 Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 0 4 24 8 5 0 Lambs ... ... 4 0 5 0 4 6 5 6 Large coarse calves ... 2 8 3 6'3 4 4 6 Prime small ditto ... 3 8 4 0,4 8 410 Lange hogs ... ... 2 8 3 4 3 0 3 6 Neat small porkers 3 6 3 8 3 8 4 0 Beasts... ... 4,827 5,299 Sheep ... ... 33,760 30,910 Calves... ... ... 399 347 350 SUPPLIES ON Seta, Aug. 25, 1851.—Beasts, 4,642 ; sheep and lambs, 31,560; calves, 383 ; pigs, 395. Aug. 26, 1850.—Beasts, 4,184; sheep and lambs, 31,620 . calves, 332 ; pigs, 255. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report, these markets have been well sup plied with each kind of meat. Beef, mutton, and veal have sold freely at very full prices ; but lamb has fallen 2d per Blbs. There has been more doing in pork than for some time past. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef,linferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., prime large 3 8 310 Do., do. small 3 10 4 0 Pork, large 3 0 3 6 Lambs.. s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 10 Veal 3 8 4 2 Pork, small 3 8 4 2 ,4s 8d to 5s Bd. BOROUGH HOP. As the accounts from the plantations are considered favourable, the demand for all kinds of hops is heavy, and prices are drooping. The vine is fast coming into burr. Last week's imports were 38 bales from Hamburgh, and 61 ditto from Antwerp. The following are the quotations : Mid and East Kent pockets, 126 s to 180 s ' • Weald of Kent ditto, 115 s to 128 s ; and Sussex ditto, 112 s to 124 s per wt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Very large supplies of English potatoes are on sale here, but the imports from the continent since Monday last have been only 275 hampers from Bremen, 12 baskets from Dordt, and 4 bags from Ham burgh. A large business is doing as follows :—Shaws, 80s to 90s; Regents, 110 s to 120 s per ton. WOOL. Last week's imports of wool were 24 bales from the Mauritius, 1,400 ditto from Moreton Bay, 1,587 from Launceston, 282 from Hamburgh, 102 from Antwerp, and 1,170 from Adelaide. English wool is in good request, and somewhat dearer, but foreign and colonial parcels com mand very little attention. SEEDS. There has been a good demand for Black Sea linseed, at 48s to 48s 6d ex. ship. On passage 49s has been paid. Calcutta is worth 48s 6d to 495, and fine East India rape 50s per quarter. All other seeds are dull ; but cakes are quite as dear as last week. Turnip,White, per bush. 9s to 110 Swede 108 12s Mustard, Brown ...... 7s 9s White, new.... 7s Pd 9s Tares, Winter, new.... Os Od Os Od Spring ..... 4s 6d 5s 6d l Canary, per quarter • 40s 44si Rye grass.. • • 28s 34s Clover, Reel Eng . (cwt.) 448 643 White .... 48s 65s Foreign Red.. • • .. 44s 623 White.... 518 65s Trefoil, new.. • • ...• 245 283 Carraway 468 48 ° Coriander ...• ........ lls 14 , Bempseed, per quarter 385 42 , Linseed, Eng.-;owing • • 565 CO , Crushing ........498 515 Baltic ••-. •• . 47s 50s Odessa .......... 48s 505 Li ns eed Cake, pr. ton — English . 81 Os 9 105 Foreign, per ton 7110 s 91 lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 4115 s 5/ 5s ltapeseed,New , pr Ist 2710 s 2810 s TALLOW. Since Monday last, a fair average business has been doing in our market, and prices have ruled about stationary. To-day P.Y.C. on the . spot . is spld at 51s per cwt. ; for forward delivery very little is doing. Town tallow is 50s per cwt. net cash ; rough fat, 2s 141 per 81bs. 1849. 1851. 1852. Stock this day •..• 25,583 , 24,288 33,006 41,158 17,025 39s Od 36s 6d to 38s Od to 39s 3d 518 Od to Price of Y. C. •••• I to 00s Od 37s Od 38s 3d to 398 6d 00s Od Delivery last week .. 1,301 1,788 1,519 1,724 1,911 Ditto from June 1.... 14,164 14,919 15,863 13,096 17,472 Arrivals last week .. 1,614 374 2,477 2,674 716 Dittofrom Juliet.... 14,276 • 13,583 12,336 13,626 11,182 Price of Town ...... 403 Od 38s Od 39s 6d 403 3d 52s 9`l PRESENTATION OF MEDALS TO LORD PAP MERSTON FROM THE POLISH HISTO.RICO SOCIETY OF PARIS. On Saturday a deputation, composed of Count Stall' islaus Malachowski, treasurer ; Mr. Alexander Chodzko, Mr. Julian Fontana, members of the Polish Histori cal Society *f Paris, presided over by Prince Adam Czartoryski, and of Lieutenant Charles Szulczewskiy vice-president ; Major John Gielgud, and Mr. John Terlecki, secretary, members of the branch society in London, waited upon Lord Palmerston to present his lordship with an address and medallions of gold, silver, and bronze, of Prince Adam Czartoryski, in testimony of their gratitude to his lordship for his sympathy wit ° the cause of Poland. Lord DUDLEY STUART, M.P., introduced the depa . tation, and, as patron of the branch society, addressed Lord Palmerston. He remarked that he had the honour to present to his lordship a deputation front, the Polish Historical Society of Paris, in con j unctio with gentlemen connected with the branch society of London, and he felt that they represented the feelings and the sentiments of the Polish nation to wards a great statesman, who had on all occasions el' pressed his sympathy for their sufferings. Their obj ect was to present an address to his lordship, as also so .0 medallions of Prince Adam Czartoryski, in gratitude tea his lordship for his sympathy expressed not only tl a i recent occasion, but on many previous ones , in beha their country. He had the honour to intro duce to Ja lordship gentlemen who were, he thought, an honour to the country to which they belonged. Count Stanisla 0 Malachowski was the treasurer of the society, an d cousi n of Count Malachowski, who was Minister of Foreii , Affairs at Warsaw during the war of independence. 31-r Alexander Chodzko was the Russian Consul in Persia, and sacrificed his position for the sake of hi s counts- 0 He was also a distinguished author of severa l scientiti n works published in that and other countries. Mr. Julia Fontana was a gentleman of great • accomplishruel who had tr ave ll e d in America and other p a rts of the No Lieutenant Charles Szulczewski was an officer in the as lish army, b u t now a naturalised British subject. He ba filled for some years the office of secretary of the Lite rary Association of the Friends of Poland, and might be said ' therefore, to be his (Lord D. Stuart's) right hand. IBe gained for himself t h e es t eem an d a ffection of every °IIA who knew him he re , and he was entitled to the gratitu"e of his own countrymen. Major Gielgud was the brothher of the general of the same name, who served during ii t r e . war of independence against Russia ; and Mr. John " . !'„ r lecki was a gentleman who under a very mild eide r !" poSsessed most patriotic ardour, which had induced /10F! during the outbreak in the Grand Duchy of Posen, in 1848, to proceed there and take up arms in behalf ef b i t country. He was dangerously wounded in action, ,bOl having recovered, was again obliged to seek an 00°,0 in this country. These, then, were the gentlemen 'cod had the honour to present to his lordship an address,itll_ another evidence of the esteem and gratitude of la' Polish nation to one who, as a member of the Gov% ment of England, and as a statesman, had ever been f r r a supporter of liberty throughout Europe. His (L:as Dudley Stuart's) friend Count Malachowski, and r: f ; sibly one or two other members of the deputation, On desirous of offering an observation or two to his lord% on this occasion in French ; but as he believed all n t gentlemen understood English, it might be as well tni; any reply his lordship might make should be in native language. toe Count MALACHOWSKI then addressed Lord Pall:O re I in French to the following effect :—We are exceed ing obliged to you, my lord, for your very flattering „el kind reception this day. It will b e ano ther title a°,;. to our gratitude and to the respect which we cherisal:d. your lordship. For how co u ld we h e lp esteeming , 0 . miring, and loving a statesm an so ill us trious as Y e lordship, who has always held a language and a co ndo,' noble and dignified, as well to th e grea t of the day a s° the unfortunate of the morrow. We are today bu few individuals—a few stray soldiers of a cause C at and just. At a future day we may become a 13311 i - ' great and strong, which, called upon to fulfil its Pr ° " nc i dential and political mission, will not fail in its great rid difficult duties. We beg of you, my lord, to believe the our nation is ready, and will never shrink from any e t : c c ; rifice to reconquer that liberty, independence, and Pox it which it has enjoyed during ten centuries, and which, has never abused, and of the loss of which we see daily such tragical examples. In the interval we rely 111 ) . ,.. ° the sympathy of England, of which nation you V, my lord, one of the most worthy representatives. bring you, my lord, an address from the Polish 5 7,; torical Society, as a feeble homage of the gratitude i f ," r the distinguished protection with which you honouri.Ae't countrymen resident in England, accompaniedby a „ i e l; eis,., tribute of our esteem, in the shape of some medef,: t ia bearing the likeness of our excellent friend the pa ' l3- ' h g" President, Prince Adam Czartoryski. Of these we an . your lordship's acceptance. I have only now, in lbe elusion, to ask the permission of your lordship tha t, address which has been prepared may be read by Fontana, our excellent Mr. colleague. ,a, the FONTANA then read the address in Freme following being the translation in English:— "TO THE BIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, "My Lord,—The noble words uttered by your 1001%1 in the House of Commons on the discussion of the gray money for the relief of our countrymen, and the gee er° fil a sentiments pronounced by you recently in honour of Dudley Stuart, for his chivalrous devotion to the cen„ A se to _ o tbheoasremwishfoo,rtfuornethaendsa exile,of t i h m e p ir os c e ou u n p t o ry n , th ar e e p c o o l n e d s e c r u ; of gratitude towards the person of your lordship, " We, the council and members of te Pish Histoliteelbe Society of Paris, beinc , on thisoccasoiofnofftherienTthane of national sentiments, take the liberty sion of them by presenting this respectful address to I ° lordship. " It is consoling for humanity to see one xe on n eoLt s b e e- his illttniit: fluential men, and the most wor thy to ence on the destiny of nations, defending from the he i g, o of his European position the l aws o f international jus6„-.. " What have been the su ff er i ngs o f P o l an d from - violation of those laws ? Your l or d s hip h as more o f thi'll a once proclaimed them to the world. Thi s recollectien 0 1 our great national glory is at the s a m e ti m e a pledg e our future. " Desirous of testifying to your lordship all ittLet; tude, the Polish Historical Society begs leave to Pre" - , be you, my lord, copies of a medal whi c h it cause" m t ei -- • struck in 1847 as much in honour of its venerable .":00 dent (Prince Adam C zar t orys ki) as t o h onour itself woo homage thus paid to his virtues and his long caree r, secrated to the service of his country. "We unite our own wish es t o those our WWI ofcount 0 1611' that God may continue t o bl ess you an d preserve LIM the elevated position in which h e h as p l ace d you, for defence of the interests and independence of nations. " Done at Paris, 30th July, 1853. "For the President, the Treasurer of the Seeie t L i " STANISLAUS COUNT MALACHOWO.-* " ALEXANDER CHODZKO, Secret ' he r e Mr. CHODZKO then presented the medals, which Iv - • of a large size, and contained in a beautifully-ma - es tured case, on the lid of which, as also round the e„,q o of the medals, was engraved the following Latin in g c-; tion fundi, . a T tciu T e . n V e ic f e un com di i , ti s P oc alm ieta e s rsi at cl ori u. offert." On the face of each medal was a b a tifully•alec-t ea portrait of Prince Adam Czar •e u , „ toryski, surrounaeti inscription : aasaromioenniior, fe,-;t, "Vertuti Incolumi—Societa Histo •rica° P lona, in diem, 24th December, 1847, Pari s ii s , F.C." On the obverse was the followin . "Ad amo Principo Czartoryscio, g Pio, 179,—Afa.• ~.- 4 rum Polonarum, fervid.) tutori instauratori univ s 'l l 0. 5 . vilnensis, 1803. Conditori Gymnasii creminencis, Vindici rerum patriaum, 1815. Judici impavado, 1 ° f a g Dud Polonise Resurgentis, 1130. Nunc auspici esdl.2:oo civi forti cum adversa fortuna composito, ob Au" causw invicto." A the Lord Palmerston having received the address at medallions in the most gracious manner, m ime' Lieut. CHARLES SZULCZEWSKI addressed Lord `"" t he ston in English. He said—As the vice-president of er. Polish Historical Society in London, it would be sligin fluous on his part to add to the sentiments co ntain the the address which had just been presented to his 19t10 ship, but he might be expected to do so by those or and countrymen who had found a refuge in this freethey hospitable land. He could assure his lordship that o_f did not yield even to the British people in adiniratica, his widely-spread fame as a statesman, and of the e4to tion of mind which made him the protector of the i r i T ve r of nations, and of justice, freedom, and humanith a tecibi the world. Those who had been practically benefl so glorious a policy, felt themselves doubly and P e th a t he obliged to his lordship, and it was in the ir name the Lieut: Szulczewski) begged to tender to his lordshill.o t sense of their deep respect and lasting gratitude; udley to their noble and unflinching champion, Lord • 11 e per Stuart, was found in his lordship a true B r iton en , era? ready to listen to the representations of the hip friend of Poland. They were aware that sot the was ever desirous to cont r ib u t e towards nl n lo ut go , sufferings of the exile, and to raise his povverfal 7„ufated quent voice in their behalf, and in that of their and much oppressed country. He felt it, there f_r_Zisb most agreeable duty to assure his lordship that the polls nation hailed him as the expounder of the true -7, nr e character and sentiments of Englishmen, the chief fea ture character of which had ever been the love of liberty and ado of horrence of tyranny • and also as the great pren those principles of enlightened civilisation and b'sc arsoen . among other nations, whom he taught by his transom' dent and abiding example the real and most sacrea " towards their respective countries. PALMERSTON said he had nineh Pl e d d r es. having the honour to receive a deutation and aneaPolisb from gentlemen so distinguished belonging to th rit w ith nation, and in accepting the very handsome Pa " : e tboug ht which that address had been accompanied. feel a li t eeP that there was no Englishman who did not dtti interest in the history of Poland, which was a very J a P , dee p history. He could assure them tha t he had feite„..epea sympathy with Poland in its suffering s ; and in: ir roo st be . to a recent particular occasion , he had don svP could to give them aid, and should at all tiniel ti w ith happy to do so, as far as it was no t incoalP3'L one his duty as a member of the Government; !:2i r e ing . g or could sympathise more than he did in the „ w ool so noble and patriotic a people as the Poles m. ti fe themselves to be. He most cheerfully accepteaos acc— address and valuable pre3ent with which it wir toric' the I s its Society panied, from gentlemen connected with , ante could ello a it Society of Poland ; and if anything con value, it was that the deputation who had Ine_': d to him had been introduced by his noble irlu" and vie° Dudley Stuart, than whom a more sncrie d n ot elL ist ‘ friend of Poland or of liberty generallyhd lcasure on He (the noble viscount) had again rano UP thanking them for the honour they had COate'. him. The deputation then withdrew. . 759