The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of ''aflame celeste. THIS EVENDTG Will. be presented RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson; Eatbleen. Miss Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bed tbrd, 0. Smith, Selby, and Cullenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws. After which a new and original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Wid.rette, Mr. Wright ; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, bliv,s Emma Harding. To conclude with THE DOUBLE BEDDED ROOM. Mr. Dul cimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season —Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be presented the Comedy of SPEED THE PLOUGH. Cha acters by Messrs. F. Vining, Leigh Murray, Kinloch, Bender,. Tur ner, and E ; Miss Villars, Miss Arden, Mrs. Griffiths, and Mrs. R. Homier. After which;'. allet Divertissement, in which Mr. Flesumore, Miss Marshall, I Mdlle. Louise Blanche will appear. To which will be added, the Farce of THE MARRIED R AKE. Mr. Frederick Flighty, Mr. F. Vining ; Mrs. ' Tr i c trac, and Cornet Fitzhenry Fitzberbert, Miss Villars ; Susan , Mrs. Bland. To be followed by a Vocal and Instrumental Concert, by Five Sons of Ethiopia. To cond. tdo with GWYNNETH 17 LUGHAN. Owen Williams, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Gwynneth Vaughan, Mrs. R. Honner. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Dayidge, Lessee . R ; Igement of Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY for Six Nights nriore. THIS EVENING Will be pre,seitted the popular Drama of THE DUSTMA3,i'S BE.LLE. Ned Mr. Keeley ; Sally Bloomly, Mrs. El .eeley. After which, JENNY LIND ; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Ilits Jenny Leatherlangs, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the popular Extravaganza of VALEN' TINE V.ND ORSON. Valentine, Mrs. Keeley; Orson, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with MARY, THE MA ID OF THE INN. Richard, %fr. T. Fredericks ; Harrop, Mr. Heslop ; Tricksey, Mr. - 3 Loren' ; Mary, Mrs. H. Vining; Dame Harrop, Mrs. W. Daly. it, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, cosi imence Half-prst Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Prnprletor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING A ;Tana Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINICE OF CYPRUS; cr tre horse of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fi re, and Water. Entire: y new Scene in the Arena, and first appearance tit Signor Ricardo in England, supported by the talented Artistes of ate lusta bibitraent: lit 11n rariouamodes of equestrati on. To ea:elude with ALESSANDRO 34ASSARONI. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. 'I WEATHEIL—Strw OFncE, AUG. 27. T iT7Jsrostwrza, Lowest, 54; Highest. 68 ; Noon, 69, BAROMETER, 30.33.—W1ND N.; fine. Weli'Fit AT LONDON-BRIDGE This DA.. 31-rning.: ig minutes after 2. i Evening .. 39 minutes atter 2 s 1 ,z - , : '.,-, i,f7f, ,, - 4 ~','1A...;e34 :;:: ',- '-' V'' '? l .`; ' ,. '" 4 '` Z..1': .. .' _Di EC ~ i 7.. ,? -..- ''• ' ' -r-"......4a4rit1_1....i;; . ....: ... ' '': ' ' - ', ,-"hirn.l.4l. . .ires_ ~.. _ Ift. .... ", - "%ta s!,:tir t y k lua ttit LON )')N, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1847. On Tuesday evening the Duke DE CHOISEEL PRASLIN committed suicide while confined in the prison of the Luxembourg. This, we take it, is a conclusive testimony that the deceased nobleman was in truth the 'murderer of the mother of his nine chil dren.. He bras escaped the avenging hand of Justice, he has hurried before a more awful Tribunal than that of hriman authority, he has plunged into the mysterious abyss of Death, after imbruing his bands in his o'Nn . blood and in the blood of his wretched wife. 'The departure of a miscreant covered with a guilt so tremendous must mar-e one shudder, but oanzt , st inspire any right-thinking man with in plirration to follow the spirit of the de.o with :ex pressions of indignation. There is a sangity Nen in •the death-chamber of the assassin—even over the , cadaverous corpse of the suicide—which bushes the - voice of wrath, and reminds us that the power of man is impotent before the majesty of the grave. Years hence the tale will be told bow the Duchess DE Cuotssux. PaAsmx was killed by the hand of her I:tti.sband - ; the sleeping apartment in the hotel Praslin will possibly be shown as " a place accursed" to those who are yet unborn ; the print of the bloody hand upon the wall will tell of the struggle of the poor lady in her last agony, and will attest the spot in NiOuldh the deed was perpetrated, like the stains upon the floor of Holyrood , or the broken flag-stones in the dungeon of Berkeley Castle. With ourselves, however, this horrible occurrence must be associated 'filth very different considerations. The self-destruc tion of the 'Peer who, within the last fortnight, has rendered the name of an august family infamous, and covered its. survivors with shame and desolation; makes it i ncumbent upon us to turn from the imme4 diate acte I% in this domestic tragedy, and scrutinizEi the cone uct of thOse persons who were morally responsi Me for the life of the accused and for the expiatic in of his crime in the event of his conviction. That; the Government has been most culpable in permitting the Duke DE PRASLIN to escape the igno— . minies of a trial and execution is beyond all denial. It were an insult to the common sense of the peoPlf: for the authorities to pretend that the suicide was a casualty which occurred wholly and entirely without their connivance. Every circumstance that has transpired since the fatal morning of Wednesday, the 18th instant, has betrayed the willingness of the Government, or rather of the subordinate officers of the Government, to facilitate that catastrophe which has just deprived the ducal murderer of an existence which had be come loathsome and unendurable. AVe cannot, of coarse, distinctly assert that poisons were con veyed to the Duke DE PRASLIN at any direct in:liga tion:l from a high quarter, or that the transmission of that instrument of death was under the express per mission of his official guardians, but we must most plainly and emphatically pronounce our conviction that indirectly the authorities have been accomplices in the suicide—that opportunities must have been intentionally afforded—that precautions must have been wilfully foregone—that efficient remedies must have been purposely neglected. These inferences are ine vitable from the facts that have transpired. Why, of itself, is it not a most suspicious particular, that during his life, when in confinement, the Duke DE CHOISEUL PRASLIN is treated as one who had swal lowed laudanum, and after his decease it is disco vered that he had saved himself from the bar and the scaffold by a dose of arsenic ? Antidotes are administered for laudanum, when they should have been antidotes for arsenic, and yet some of the most distinguished physicians in Paria were summoned to the aid of the criminal in the prison of the Luxembourg ! how is this be wildering and anomalous fact accounted for ? Why the Journal des Debars endeavours to explain the circumstances away by an extravagant assertion that a phial-bottle was discovered in the dressing gown of the deceased assassin, containing the dreg s of a poisonous draught compounded of arsenic and laudanum together! This is a mere prevaricatio n , a mere quibble to hide the damning complicity of those who should have appeased the popular indignation by visiting upon the head of the Duke DE PRASLIN the penalties of a crime which would inevitably have brought the head of a coalheaver or an artizan to the axe of the guillotine. That the occupants of the Chateau should abhor the notion of the execution of a Peer so noble by birth and position as the Gentleman of the Bed chamber to Madame la Duchesse D ' ORLEANSf 15 very conceivable. They must instinctively have shrunk from such a supposed profanation of the aristocracy. In yielding, however, to this sentiment of repug• Dances the Government of France has involved itself in a grievous and perilous dilemma. They have di verted upon themselves that popular indignation which was concentrated upon the suicide and the murderer. Public opinion has been so far roused in the metropolis, that it must by some means . be appeased. The peopl e are not to be cajoled in their fur y ; their rage has been enkindl e d recent evidences of crime, and by the many licentiousness, and depravity among th e hi gher classes of the community..avit Thmatustcrimbee, expiated, or Ili centiousness, that depl .ll - b ' e very sudden and or the consequences very app a lli n g. Fr fiance not in ' the mood to be ava trifled with ; it has been trifledsNriutphtioofn, late nd too en re peatedly by the disclosure of corruption, lity, and perjury, and debauchery, anidleblcooridssishedi among it s ru l ers an d i ts princes . coming ; it has been hastened by the supreme ruler and the l o f t i er minions of the Tuileries. Let them thank themselve s for the consequences of their schemes and their policy; let them remember that a nation enforces retribution when retribution is evaded ; let them call to mind their vicious acts in Spain, in Switzerland, in Portugal, and in the very precincts of the Tuileries ; let them hear in recollec tion the unnatural friendship contracted between France and northern absolutism ; and let them, in the hour of their more selfish remorse, curse the day when they permitted the suicide of the Duke CHOISEUL PEASLIN. The proceedings of the Court-martial assembled Portsmouth on Wednesday, for the trial Jou CONNOR, a seaman of the Agincourt, 72 guns, fi striking his superior officer, are worthy of the mo serious attention. We do not complain of the dec sion of the Court in awarding the sentence of an ign minious death for a blow, and not a very severe or struck in the heat of passion, occasioned and aggr vated by drink. Indeed, they had no option, a) when they declared the charge fully proved, the were bound to adjudge at the same time the extrei penalty, the Act by which such courts were lowed a discretion as to the nature and quantity punishment in similar cases, not coming into opera tion until the Ist of January next, and their earne recommendation to mercy sufficiently prove that if it had been in their power, the would have ordered a milder and more sui able punishment. We do, however, strong ly object to the Draconic severity of a code that could not only sanction, but render imperative, such a sentence for such an offence. It should not be pe x. mitted to exist in a civilized and Christian land. A. slight alteration has, undoubtedly, been effect( )d , during the past session, but it was by no meat Is, adequate to the evil, affording a discretion to tilt court, but it being still authorised to pass such a sentence, if the majority of the members of which c it might be composed should decide thereon. character of the various provisions may be estimate :el friam that under notice ; and we do not hesitate t say that the entire of the Articles of War should be' thoroughly revised, and the most extensive change effected therein. The circumstances of the case were very simpl, There had been no combination or conspiracy of an, kind which would render such an offence dan... gerous to the safety of the vessel, or calling for such, exemplary punishment. The prisoner had maintained at excellent character during the entire time of his service a period of more than eight years and a half, and wt regarded by the officers under NN hom he served a a an exceedingly well-conducted man, there havin g been but one trivial complaint preferred against hin during five years and seven months. Unfortunately„ on the morning of the 27th April, he was reported by one of the naval cadets for some trifling offence, and , being much excited and irritated thereat, bad becom e intoxicated, whether from obtaining additions tl liquor, or from the quantity allowed having taken al i unusual effect in consequence of his great excitement,, it did not appear. When in that state of inebriation.. and speaking warmly on the subject, the cadet wh, had lodged the complaint came in his way, an(l called out to him to make less noise, on which the' unfortunate man, who was infuriated almos t to madness, struck him a blow on the mouth ; he was immediately taken into custody, and has been, kept in irons until the present time, a period of fou t months. 'We are well aware of the grave characte r of the offence, and of the absolute necessity for put ting down, by the most stringent remedies, any act of insubordination, or resistance to superior officers-. in the execution of their duty ; but there are many phases or shades of the crime, and scarcely any the t would warrant a capital punishment. It should b e seen whether the accused party was associated wit' h others, or was wholly isolated in the transaction-- whether a tendency to mutiny existed in the ship—op• whether the crew were contented and tranquil. Abovt: all, it should be ascertained whether the act arose from any temporary ebullition of passion, or whether it had been premeditated and brooded over. But the article made no difference or distinction; it dealt with every variation of the act in the same sanguinary and bloodthirsty spirit—a resistance to a superior authority under any circumstances whatever could only be adequately expiated by the death of the offender. No matter how deeply his feelings had been burt, his passions aroused, or himself goaded to mad ness, by the taunts and_ insults of some beardless tyrant, the slightest outbreak subjected him to a painful and ignominious death. It is well known hoW, many opportunities exist of oppressing istilors2 A system of tyranny can be carried on for months under which the best-conducted man will be driven to desperation without being enabled to obtain protection in any quarter. He is not.merely subject to the will and pleasure of one despot," who may order him to be flogged without trial, or even hearing him in his defence, nay, with scarcely the necessity of assigning a reason for the degrading and odious infliction ; but he has many masters, any one of whom can render his life miserable. There are so many meshes within which he may be entangled, that no man can possibly escape if a superior should conceive an animosity against him. The 'greatest attention to his duties, the most zealous discharge of everything required at his hands, would be insufficient for his protection. What wonder then, that w't repeatedly hear of desertions from a service where such things are tolerated, and where even the remuneration is not proportioned to the toil, or at all equivalent to that which the same individual can obtain in the .mercantile marine. No wonder that seamen cannot be procured to man our fleet without a considerable delay, and, perhap., the operations of the press-gang. We are well convinced that our naval supremacy would not be in any manner endangered by the substitution of a more humane code for that now in force for the government of our seamen. Nay, we are convinced that the efficiency of our navy would be increased, and its discipline as adequately preserved, if our gallant seamen were no longer treated as slaves, who could only be coerced by brute force. At no period could the experiment be more properly made than at present, when, happily, we are at peace with all the world, and when no rumoured wars dis- turb our tranquillity. The changes might be gradual, and such as that no rink could be incurred by their adoption for a limited period. We will hope that the next session may not be suffered to elapse without putting the matter in train of settlement, that the claims, the services, and the condition of our gallant defenders may be fully considered, and that every beneficial alteration compatible with the efficiency of the service and.-the maintenance and preservation of discipline may be effected. In consequence of the military preparations of the Sonderbund, the authorities of the canton of Ticino have called out their military contingent, and it is supposed that the other cantons who support the legi timate authority of the Federal Government will fol low this example. The case of the canton of Ticino is a precedent which settles the question of the right of interference on the part of the Federal Govern ment in continental matters. In 1815 the canton of Ticino refused to submit to the orders of the Federal Government, and the cantons composing the now re bellious Sonderbund were the first to insist on the en forcement of those ()piers, and on the supremacy o f federal over all cantonal government. Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived. The Heraldo states that PACHECO, who continues still in office, has demanded an audience of the KING, to " submit to him the considerations of public in terest which exact the immediate reconciliation of the royal pair." The Correo states that the reconcilia tion ought not to be despaired of. It is said that the bank of San Fernando has agreed to advance one-fourth of the loan of 1 00,000,000 reals. eMr d MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 20.—The Three per Cents. N Five pe e done cn ea e t 25 t at forifaosr paper; and h ; the Coupons, the Debt at l5 ; withoutthis Interest, at 5-k. ,Ve have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Duke ee PRASLIN died in the prison of the Luxembourg, at five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, from the effects, it is said, of arsenic. Full particu lars of the circumstances will bo found in another column. The circumstances of his death are, to say the least, very suspicious, It is strange that, kept under the immediate surveillance of the cleverest pulice in the world, the Duke DE P RASLIN should have managed to elude their vigilance, and thus escape from justice. It is equally strange that M. ORFILA and all the other physicians should have mis taken the symp toms of p oisonin g by arsenic for those of poisoning by laudanum ; unless, indeed, w e hypothesis, ueicsiids,etbhyat s h w av a i l n lo g w m in a g de l a a n ud u a n n s u u t c n c , e h ss e - , unsuccess ful the p h t after his transfer to the prison of the Luxembourg, made a second and more successful attempt by swallowing arsenic, in which case the question arises, hOve was it possible for arsenic to be conveyed to the Duke of Plianne in the prison of the Luxembourg without the knowledge of the authorities ; for as to the story told by the Journal des Debats, of the swallowing, by the Duke, of a mixture of laudanum and arsenic before his arrest, and which mixture took a week to produce its effect, it is not only ab surdly improbable, but physically impossible. It is not surprising, therefore, to find that the 'suspicion is generally entertained that the Ministry, having had enough of public investigations into the crimes of those connected with the Court, in the case of M. TESTE, (by the bye, who supplied M. TESTE with the pistols with which he attempted suicide in this same prison?) had purposely caused those precautions to be neglected which are uniformly observed with regard to accused persons of lower degree, in order to prevent them from committing suicide. The National, in the course of an article which will no doubt produce a powerful effect on the susceptible minds of the French people, after stating that three hours after the discovery of the murder, the Duke of PRASLIN was watched by M. ALLARD and his agents, who did not lose sight of him for a moment, asks, " then, could he poison himself in their presence without their having prevented him ? It was only on the third day afterwards that some mysterious expressions were dropped relative to an attempt at suicide. The public, who were aware that the accused was well guarded, did not believe a word of it. The statement was repeated, and details were added ; a phial of laudanum' was found beside another battle containing nitric acid ; the first was empty, and it was insinuated that the Duke might have swallowed the laudanum. Never theless, nothing was certain. The physicians who attended him were watching the effects of the nar cotic. There were reports of spasms, of prostration of strength, of extreme weakness. Nevertheless, copious vomiting followed; but laudanum does not cause vomiting. The treatment of the malady, which appeared to vary every hour, was most strange. One day the invalid was given broth and wine. The fol lowing day he was made to swallow a quantity of ice, and in this situation he was surrendered to the Court of Peers. He reached the prison on Saturday, and a remarkable improvement in his concation was announced. On Sunday the symptoms re-appeared. He was interrogated on the Monday, and he could scarcely answer. At five o'clock on Tuesday he slept the sleep of the just! But then the cause was ascer tained. It was no longer laudanum, it was arsenic. We are told that he took a considerable quantity of it, and the first physicians, MM. Parma, ANDRAL, and Louis, never suspected that. They gave him wine and ice ! The symptoms of poisoning by ar senic are so little studied and so little known that three physicians might have been deceived." The Constitutionnel has the following just observa- (ions on the consequences likely to ensue from elevating suicide into a privilege for the rich and titled criminal:— " If the honourable families which bare the misfor- tune to be allied to a great criminal can see without regret a suicide which frees him from a more terrible chastisement, it is not less true that a great social interest demands that in every case justice should take its course. In general, precautions are multiplied to prevent prisoners from escaping by death from the pro ceedings of ustice ; morality and example demand that they should appear _before their judges, and • undergo shame and remorse to the very end. The salutary principle of equality before the law requires that suicide may not be elevated to a privilege. A crime committed amongst the higher classes of society is always a public misfortune ; it weakens the confidence of the nation in those who are placed at its head ; it furnishes to poor obscure criminals a dangerous excuse ; it causes civili. cation and intelligence to be calumniated. The repara tion and the expiation cannot therefore be either top complete or too public. Whilst expressing on the occasion of M. de Praslin's suicide those severe but incontestable truths, we do not mean to accuse in any. way the authorities of having shut their eyes, and allowed the prisoner to escape his triai by a vqluntary death. But it appears to us that the facility with which' NI. de Praslin poisoned himself is perhaps the result of a grave error of the Procures r-General Delangle, which it is important to point out, and to put an end' .to. If, in place of being -merely garde a vue, the Duke, had been arrested and confined, it is probable that,he would not have found means to kill himself. The Tiro curettr-General thought he could not incarcerate a Peer of France without an express ordonnance of the Court of Peers. We do not think that this scruple has•the slight est' foundation." • One effect of this`ease will untioubtedli:be to de= . , prive by layit4lasia-Beers-of --Fkrasica. Ihe priVilege• which they enjoy, of being exempt from arrest in all' criminal matters, except by the authority of the Chamber, and-if ounce the question.of the abolition of any of the privileges of the Peers is mooted, there is no knowing to what, in the present temper of the French people, it may not lead. The Courrier Francais' says—" The Austrian Ambassador at Paris has presented to the French Government a note from Prince METTERNICH, ex plaining the causes which induced the occupation of Ferrara and the resolution' of keeping there for the future 'a strong garrison. - This note has not yet pro duced any prptest." , The Journal . des haws,' in an article on the , . occupation.of Ferra_ ra. by the Austrians, says that if it were intended-as a. provocation by the Austrians, the best manner to reply to to such a provocation would be to remain orderly and calm, arid show that the snare was discovered. The Journal des Debats would, probably, give similar advice if Stras burg instead of Ferrara were occupied, " always supposing " the dynasty got a " consideration " for it. The Gazette des Tribunaux announces that, in consequence of a complaint addressed by the Minister of War to the Keeper of the Seals, and containing a statement of facts implicating in a serious degree a person holding a high position in the War depart ment, a warrant was issued -for the apprehension of M. LASALLE, the functionary alluded to, who was arrested on Tuesday, in a maison de sante. M. LA. sALLE was attached to 'the Cabinet of the Secretary. The KING of the FRENCH and Royal Family were to return to Paris on the 28th instant, about which period the accouchement of the Duchess D'AumALE is expected to take place. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, at 76f. 55c.; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 15c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,230 f. ; Rouen, 950 f.; Havre, 598 f. 75c..; Great Northern, 537 f. 50c.; Avignon, 595 f.; Vierzon, 573 f. 75c. Bordeaux, 473 f. 75c. ; DiePpe, 270 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 391 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 370 f.; Paris and Lyons, 396 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 448 f. 75c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 31f. LYONS, AUG. 23.—Paris and Rouen, 961 f. 25c.; Avignon and Marseilles, 608 f. 75c.; Vierzon, 570 f.;" Orleans, 1,233 f. The. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 26. Northern of France, 10 % s —Paris and ,Lyons, VA—Paris and Strasbourg, 3 1 ,4j—Sambre and Meuse, BN. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER ktAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held to-day, at their offices, London bridge station. The Hon. Captain HOTHAM, the chairman of the company, presided, and stated that he did not expect that they should have had to assemble again, as it was supposed the' company would be extinct. The only circumstance that prevented their making their final arrangements was their not having succeeded in purchasing land at Portsmouth. However, the line from Gosham to Farnham:was nearly completed, and would be soon opened, so that there was nothing to prevent their disposing of their line to the London and Brighton Company. The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the balance-sheet, from which it appeared that the gross expenditure amounted to 293,057/. 18s. 11d., and which was unanimously adopted. The meeting then separated. We announce with great regret the death of Lady Westphal, which melancholy event took place yester day at Brighton. Sir George and Lady Westphal had arri ecl only a week ago at their residence in Brunswick square, and the death of her Ladyship, although she hs.d been suffering from illness during the last two years, was not supposed to be so imminent as has proved to be the case. Drafts of Prime, Ward, and Co., of New York, upon Overend, Gurney, and Co , were yesterday re fused acceptance, " until the arrival of next packet." THE ONLY COTTON MILL IN LIVERPOOL.—We learn with great regret that it is purposed entirely to close the "North Shore Mill," the only one in Liverpool, on the 11th of next month, and that it is doubtful when the proprietors will again open it, the trAe—spinning of twist for export—being anything but remunerative. About 500 operatives will thus be thrown out of em ployment, and with them, taking a small average as regards families, 500 more, or in all I,ooo.—Liverpool Standard. ey FRIGHTFUL STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION (THIS DAY.) FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER) ELEVEN O'CLOCK. One of the most fearful steam-boat explosions that has occurred either in this country or in America—so proverbial for fearful accidents of the kind—during the last few years, occurred this morning at the pierclose to the Fox - under-the-Hill, almost at the back of The Sun office, between which and London-bridge the Cricket, the Ant, and the Bee, three new and beautifully con structed steam-boats ply, carrying passengers at the small fare of a halfpenny each. As may be imagined, these boats, owing to the small cost at which they carry passengers, receive a vast amount of public patronage, particularly at the end of the week, owing to the numbers who avail themselves of the accom modation they afford in conveying goods between Billingsgate, Newgate-market, and the western por tion of the metropolis. Shortly before half-past nine o'clock this morning, whilst the first mentio ne d b oa t—th e Cricket—which bad on board from 150 to 200 persons of all ages and of both sexes, was about to start with her human freight to London-bridge, her boiler burst with a terrific explosion. Several of the passengers were blown into the air and fell into the river—others fell on the dsck from a considerable height—and when the immense cloud of steam and smoke had in some degree evapoiated, it was found that the decks were covered with ,the injured and the dying, that the sides of the boat had been blown outwards, and that several persons were in the after-cabin, which bad been driven several feet below the ordinary water mark, and that it had been filled with water. Assistance was immediately rendered from the pier and by watermen, when it was found that upwards of fifty persons had been more or less injured. Owing to the great excitement that prevailed, and the crowds that almost effectually blocked up all access to that part of the river, great difficulty was experienced in getting anything like authentic information of the horrible disaster. A generally credited rumour was afloat that several bodies were under the boat and the adjacent barges. From a careful investigation we have ascertained that upwards of eight bodies were picked up and conveyed in shells to the workhouse. The stoker, who was killed, was amongst them. The call-boy is lying in a dying state at the hospital. Up to twelve 'o'clock more than twelve persons had been taken to the hospital, some of whom were seriously injured. The dead are mostly men and boys: We are informed that but one woman was amongst them. Several women were on board. The number injured cannot be correctly estimated, as those who had the good fortune to .escape with a few scratches or bruises made the best of their way from the scene of the accident. Several fragments of wood and iron were blown a consider able distance, and we were informed that the houses in the immediate locality were shaken to their founda tion. The tide is flowing up, and twenty or thirty men are busily engaged in trying to raise the sunken part of the boat, in order to recover any bodies that may be in that part of the boat. The other boats immediately ceased running. Great credit is due to James Dodd, Jeremiah Leary, John Conner, and Joseph Taylor, who are employed as coal-heavers at Smith and Sharpe's, Waterloo-wharf, which is situated close to the pier. As soon as the accident occurred, and be 7 fore the consequences could be known, or whether or not a second explosion might not occur, these brave fellows rushed into the water, waded to the wreck, and succeeded in saving many of their fellow creatures from death. It is not the first time these brave fellows have risked their lives to save those of others. Whenever any accident occurs on the river in the neighbourhood of the wharf these men are always among the first to render assistance. An eyewitness who was standing at the yelled at the time of the accident, states that he saw a young woman with st . child in her arms blown up into the air by the force of the explosion, they, fell_ into the were 11410T-Ivit*** .7 -- This vessel,_ like" the Ant - **44 . 145% was :fitte4aip with Joyees's engines; with oscilliating cylinders, and the awful calamity was no doubt caused by an undue pressure of steam. Botb ends of these steamers, belonging to the " halfpenny com pany," as it is termed on the river, are alike, and there is-a rudder and tiller at each end of the vessel, to enable the masters to steer them without the• in convenience of turning round on leaving the piers. (ADDITIONAL PARTICUL ARS.) The following are the names of the persons brought to Charing-cross Hospital up to twelve o'clock as furnished to our reporter by Mr. M`Cain, the secre tary of the hospital : Thomas Willet. 'Thomas Shade (call boy). James Hulls. Virgo Birks (severe fracture Mr. Cahir. of the leg). Henry Rowland. . William Kay. James Sisrnan. Wille m Ayre. Benjamin Reesse. Williamßedgrave (a child— , Willi Am Rust broken leg). There is also one man lying dead at the hospital whose name we have not been able to obtain. Most of them have received severe injuries on their legs, and several are severely scalded. Scarcely any hope is entertained of the recovery of the call-boy. With the exception of the call boy all the others are in a fair way of recovery, but.it is impossible to speak with any certainty as to this. Our reporter noted the two bodies now lying at the dead-house of St : Martin's workhouse. One is that of -a respectable middle-aged man, apparently of i ds ,: His death was no years about thirty. live doubt caused by a severe ard deep cut on his right temple. A watch, with the name of "Dent" upon it, was found on his person. The other body is that of a working man, and from marks on his finger it is concluded he is a tailor. He has a cotton night shirt on, marked " J.E.," and a detached front. He is of a dark complexion, with black whiskers. As there are no marks of violence upon his person, no doubt his death was occasioned by drowning. He wore black trousers, and a satin figured waistcoat. - (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) The Cricket arrived at the pier from London bridge with a full complement of passengers. As soon as she had discharged the persons on board, she Vial taking in another cargo for London-bridge. The master of the vessel, Captain Martin, as is usual when the boats are loading, was not standing on the paddle-box, and fortunately neither the stoker nor engineers were below at the time. A sufficient number of passengers had gone on board to occupy nearly the whole of the seats on the fore and after decks, when a scene occurred of a most appalling character. The centre of the vessel with the funnel suddenly rose a considerable distance, and in an instant a noise resembling the discharge of a hundred cannons took place. At the _same instant clouds of steam and showers of buriiing coke, to gether with the ponderous boiler, and we regret to say a number of human beings, were „ blown high into the air. The after-cabin and deck, *ere' simul taneously shivered to atoms, the persons standing ' thereon were forced into the water. The shrieks of the passengers who were on the fore-deck were truly heartrending, and many of them leaped over board to save their lives. Some few minutes elapsed before the exact mis chief done could be ascertained. Wi4en the steam and smoke had in some measure cleared away a great number of the unfortunate passengers were to be seen struggling in the water. The boiler, weighing a ton or two, was forced about one hundred and fifty feet from the ill-fated vessel, to which a young man was clinging —the funnel of the boat was split completely up the centre, and after being forced a great height, it fell at the side of the fore-deck, after striking several of the passengers on their heads. The parties .belonging to the vessel feeling con• fident, from the great number that had taken their seats on the afterdeck, that other persons must have sank with that portion of the vessel, which it should be stated was some distance under water, they had the search renewed, and very speedily they found the body of a man dreadfully mangled amidst the wreck. The lifeless body was removed to the dead house of St. Martin's. workhouse. As one of the steamers was passing up the river the swell of the k ,idC.N. szrillfli water washed another body out from the wreck, and a fourth was found by a waterman floating towards `Waterloo• bridge. With the exception of the call boy not one of the unfortunate persons are known. Those at the hospital are so severely injured as not to be able to tell who they are. The last party picked up is well known to the people on the pier as being a daily passenger. He had 1/. 10s. in gold in his pocket, and 103: in silver. He wore a gold chain and silver watch. Some of his linen was marked J. N. B. There was a letter in his pocket, which may possibly lead to his identity. It was dated Wednesday, and commenced thus : "Dear John,—l am going to Walton's this after noon," and ended, " I shall expect you to-morrow (Thursday) without fail." (Signed) " W. N. SMART." One of the parties who was going by the boat to London-bridge, and who had just taken his seat when the disaster occurred, thus related the affair to the re porter. He said, " I had barely seated myself on the fore cabin deck than a scene which I shall never for get took place. The boat at first seemed to heave up and then down, and whilst I was considering what it could be I saw the whole of the middle blow up with a frightful noise ; at the same time I saw one of the passengers, whom I had noticed standing at the side of the chimney, ascend into the air with the boiler. The rush of smoke and steam that followed prevented me from seeing anything else, and I im mediately leaped over the side of the boat, and by laying hold of one of the chains of the pier I got on to the dumb lighter, and by that means saved myself. I have no doubt that con siderably more persons were driven into the river than have yet been found. lam led to this conclu sion from the number' I saw in the boat, and the comparatively few that I saw afterwards leaving. I should think that there were from 100 to 150 on board, and I don't think more than 80 left." There is no doubt that some of the ill-fated pas sengers were carried away with the tide, which was running down very strong at the time. (LATEST PARTICULARS.) Shortly before the fatal catastrophe the captain and crew, and engineer, left the engine-room, where everything appeared in its usual state of safety, and left the vessel to proceed to the pier, for what is at present unexplained, when in an instant a loud and rumbling noise was heard, like the first breaking out of a volcano, which was immediately followed by a terrific explosion,, which was distinctly heard for miles round the metropolis, and many persons ima gined that it was the roaring of distant thunder. At this moment the vast concourse of persons who had assembled on the pier were forced back in all directions by a dense mass of smoke arising, and by heavy weights falling upon and striking them. By the time -the dense smoke had cleared away, those who were 'fortunate enough to re main unhurt soon discovered that the boiler had burst on board the vessel, and that the decks, and all the passengers on them, were blown almost to atoms. A most frightful scene here presented itself on the after part of the vessel. The deck had been smashed into a thousand pieces, and all persons there were more or less hurt ; some were literally cut into pieces —legs, arms, and heads were seen flying in all directions. The screams from the persons on the bridges and piers in the vici nity were of the most heartrending character. Some of the persons on the pier had just seen their friends on board, and were only waiting for the vessel to depart, and in an instant they were blown in all directions. The scene is described by a person who was on board at the time es being of a most extraordinary character. The following is the statement of police-constable F 111, who was on board at the time : I went on board at about twenty minutes to ten. When I had been on board about five minutes I heard a terrific explosion, and before I could recover from the shock I was quite stunned by finding my wife and two children, who had accompanied me on board, had by some means been torn from me, by what means I could not tell ; all I knew was that the boat appeared to be sinking. Large missiles of all description kept dropping for some seconds, and when the smoke which the explosion had caused had cleared- away, I succeeded in rescuing my family; and thew I saw that the' dftelFsrol the _vessel had been . shattereci to-pieces; fuicityarfieirly all the passengers who had not been thrown overboard were either dead or dying. The hull ‘f the vessel was then filled with water, and was sinking fast. Only one body has been identified, it is that of Mr, J. Blunt, of Vauxhall-road, watchmaker. The drags are now actively engaged in endeavour. ing to recover the other bodies. It is expected that above 50 persons have lost their lives in the cabins, but as the tide was fast flowing, it is impossible to search for them until after the tide goes down. (FROM ANOTHER REPORTER.) THREE O'CLOCK, It appears, on further inquiry, that but four deaths have been caused by this distress ing accident =at least, only four have been found ; but it is presumed that several will yet be found. It was currently re ported that two bodies were found, soon after the oc currence, at Blackfriars-bridge, they having been carried thither by the tide, which was running down at the time of the accident, but we cannot vouch for the correctness of the infor mation. The boat is completely shattered, and al though every means were taken to buoy it up with barges, the greater portion of it has sunk. It is a complete wreck. The call-boy died shortly before three o'clock, in,the presence of our Reporter. His widowed mother, and some friends were at his death-bed. They were overwhelmed with grief, as may' be ima gined. His head presented a frightful spectacle. There were several severe gashes, each in itself suffi cient to cause death. He died from fracture of the brain. Up to the time we write the following will be found an accurate list of the persons killed:— The Call-b' A man dressed as a sailor—name unknown. John Littleton, 6, Bloomsbury -street. John Blunt, jun., watchmaker, 3, Vauxhall-bridge road. Two, we understand, are lying in a dangerous state at the hospital. The engineer's statement is to the following effect :—He says he was in the engine room at the time, and that he did not re- cover his consciousness until he found himself lying on the pier !!! There must, to all appearances, have been considerable neglect. We are informed that the sister of the unfortunate boy at the time the disaster happened was waiting on the pier with his breakfast. ('We shall give further particulars in our Third Edition.) POST•OPFICE NOTICE.—VIGO, OPORTO, LISBON, CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, M EDITERRANEAN , E GYPT , I NDIA, AND CuLNA.—The Iberia, for the Peninsular, &c., main s on the morning of the 27th (this day). The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, China, &c., via Southampton, will be dispatched from hence on the morning of the 3d September. The Erin, for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., mails of the morning of the 3d September. The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, China, &c., and Mar seilles, will be dispatched from hence on the evening of the 7th September. Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres —Her Majesty's brig Crane, for the mails of the 4th September (from August to January inclusive, the packet touches at Pernambuco and Bahia on her out ward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward). Sydney, New South Wales—The Kelso, for the mails of the 31st instant. West Indies, &c.—The Forth, for the mails of the morning of the 2d September. America—The Britannia, for the mails of the evening of the 3d September. The King of the Two Sicilies has just promulgated a decree, which, after setting forth the reforms he has effected since his accession to the throne —among others the paying off of the floating debt, the reduction of the public debt, and the lowering of the duties on grinding corn, on meat, on the exportation of olives, &c.—orders that from the Ist of January, 1848, the fiscal duty on grinding corn shall be abolished, that the civic duty on it shall be greatly reduced, the duty on salt shall be reduced one-third, at.d that the duties on the wines of Sicily shall be reduced nearly one half. The reduc tion of th e d ut i es on salt and on grinding corn will lessen the burdens on the people to a very large extent. FIRE AT NORTIILEACIL—On Saturday last a lad, in the employ of Mr. Garn, of Broadmire farm, incau tiously nit d a lucifer match for ligntivg his pipe in the immediate vicinity of his toast. is hay ,tack; a spark from the match set fire to one of the ricks, and in the course of a short time two stacks, containing about forty tons of prime hay, were totally destroyed.—Cheltenham Examiner. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were about 4,000 bales, with a steady market at former rates. American 6-P. to 7id. per ib. There was but little doing in shares, and prices: were again lower. As all attention is now centred in tha Corn Market, we may naturally be expected to refer in the first instance to its condition this day. A house of most respectable standing, and until very recently in the Sussex trade almost exclusively, has been declared un able at present to meet its engagements, having liabili ties to the amount of 150,000/. This firm even taking wheat at 40s. per quarter, and flour at 255. per barrel, shows ample assets and a fair surplus, but we believe it is hardly two months since the firm in question an nounced, by circular, its intention to retire from busi ness, though unfortunately this was deferred. The Bank of England is still reported to be acting liberally, and has advanced to some extent upon stock, the assistance being very acceptable now cash is so dear in the market. The anxiety for the next arrivals from New York is becoming very marked. The Public Securities have maintained themselves far better than might be anticipated, possibly in conse quence of the increasing disinclination to loan capital upon bill, while the crisis lasts. Consols have been 86i for transfer, but are now 87 to k. Time bargains, for October 14, have been made at par to 3s. premium. Bank Stock is marked 195 to 1961. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are 88 to 89. The transactions in the Foreign Market are wholly devoid of interest. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been nominally 24 to 26. The Three per Cents. have been done at 25i. Spanish Stock has not been dealt in. There has been an improvement in the shares of the North Stafford and one or two other lines, but the pur chases are not numerous. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 196% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 87 1 / 2 1 4% 3 per Cent. Consols Anus 8 7 1,E 86% 87', New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9 1-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 8% India Bonds 1,0001 3 dis. Consols for Account 8 7%3a Exchequer Bills. 2d. 1,006/. 500/. Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent l9 19 1 / 4 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent 25.4 Ditto, 4 per Cents Ditto Small Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 A per Cent 9 2 14 Dutch *, per Cent., 12 Guild 55% Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONr; IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pia SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting.. Boston, &c. 2% 1%...._ to Ayrshire and Galloway 2lh, — Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 10 .. .. Birmingham & Oxford Junc... 15 Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 .... . 16 Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 8 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 6 l /i Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire 8/. 4s l% dis. to Calt:douian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, l.lydesdale Junction 35 Chester and Holyhead.. 32% — Cheltenham and Oxford Clarence. lOO _ _ ....... ._ Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Cornwall Ditto, llalf Shares ...... ... ni l ..... Dublin and Belf,:st Junction.. 20 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 121, ...... East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. ;Lad L & D. Ditto, 18/., E. & II Ditto, 3/. 108., E. & H... 1 Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., do. N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension 7% 6% to Eastern Union 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Ditto., Thirds 135. 4d — to East Lancashire Ditto, New' • 10 Do., do., Extension Scrip... 1 1 ,4 — East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow SO Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1% 1 5 14 to Edinburgh and Noithern ... 20 Ditto, New..... ... ......... ... 2% — ...... to Ditto, Newport .. ... ........ 7 Ditto, ditto, New ...... ...... 1 1 / — ...... to Edinburgh and Perth Ditto, Extension Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — to Ditto, New ` Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s. 8d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. 1.4 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% ..... .. Great Northern ... 6 Do. London & York Exten. 2 1 ,4 l% to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 35 Great North of England 100 231 Ditto, New 40/ Ditto, New 301 ... 30 ... .. .. ... to Ditto, New 151.... l% Great Weitern BS Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares l5 Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New•l7/ . 7 ...... • .... to Hudd.erstield and Manchester 19 .. .., Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby SO Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 1 ,/ 2 — Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15 Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Carob. and Ely) 2 1 ,1 y...... 3 Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO .... Leeds and Bradford 45 ..... 92% to Leicester and Bedford Leeds, Dewsbury, & Munches. 32 1 / 2 — Do., Branch 1 / 2 Shares ni — to Ditto, N. ew Branch (blue).. 2% Ditto, Extension (green)... 2% — Do., New Exten. (pink)... 21 /$ — .....: to Leeds and Thirak 3l Ditto, New ...... ... ...... .. 12%. Do., do., Prefer.,6 p er Cent. 3%. .... Liverpool. Crosby, and South- port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction. ...... ... 2 1 4 — to London 4.. Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d 6 Ditto New, No. 1 . Ditto New, No. 2 3l. 13, 4d.... Do. Extension London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d — Ditto Preference lBl lis 2d... ...... to London and North Weatern..loo 164 163... to 163 1 / 2 Do. Quarter .....L. and B. 12 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ...... ... G. J 2O Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 15 ..... Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . ... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 2 London and S. Western.... 41/. 6s 10d 601 60 to 60% Do. New ConsolidatedBths. 40 Ditto New 504 ....... ....... 32 1 4...... to Ditto New 401..... ..... .. .. 26 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto Scrip 504 - Ditto ditto 40/ Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 48 31 Jg A to Do. Consolidated Eighths... 20 ...... Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .... Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11 4 — - Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Londonderry and Enniskillen 22 1 / 2 — ... to Manchester and Leeds B2 ..... 96 Ditto Half Shares - 38 ...... 42%...... to -- Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths ... 6 4 9 3 /4 to Ditty Sixteenths ........... 614...... „ to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) 7l. 48 ....... Do. Liverpool and Bury... 29 Do. Half Shares (late Hud dersfield and Sheffield... 28 Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. Itanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto lA Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, I A 3 Shares (10.3)... 7 1 ,4 — Ditto Grimsby 25 — to Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ... 4% to Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7 1 h...... Manchester and Southampton 214 — ..... to Midland 100 11 6 11...... to Ditto Fifths Ditto, 40/. Shares 4O Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 6 Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34 - Ditto ditto 71. 95.... .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct. gna.).... 50 .... . M e idl eas d. G u r e e a at ad W p e e st rw ern ic ( k lrish) 3 20 0 N w Ditto New Ditto North Shields.. ..... 25 — ...... to , Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto Quarter Shares - ...... to Ditto New Quarters.. 8/. 18s. 9d — ••... to Newmarket and Chestc,rford 1311 — Ditto Extension 4. 12s. — . ..... to Newport Abergy., and Heref. 4 Newry nud Enniskillen ...... 7 N.,i folk to 113 Ditto New 201. Ditto Extension Do. t-crip, 1647. N. of Norlik 2 Do. do. Wstvet.ey Valley... 2 ... .. to Newry, Warre n p o i n t, and Rostrevor Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British W'' Ditto Half Shares. - ...... to ..... Do. Quarters 4N•••••• -- . . to Ditto, Extension - .... .. to .... Ditto Thirds .... 1 ..... •-- ~•••• . to ...- North Staffordshire............ 7 1 / 4 •••••• 9 4 74 ". to Northern and Ea5tern ......... 50 ...... - •• •••• to .... Ditto Quarter Shares - ..... to ~ Ditto New - ...... to ort.: - ., Wales 31 ,44 ..... ---- ..... to •••••• North Western - ...... Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton - ....... t o o .....- ' Portsmouth I )irect Preston and Wyre - ............ ro -•••••• Ditto, Half Half Shares ....(A) 8% ...... - ........ to -- ! Ditto ditto () 1 , 4 .... -•-• .... to .... Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7%...••• •-- •".., to --• Royston and Ilitchin ......... IN•••••• -., ;1 to Scottish Central Central ............ ... 20 ...... 2i iss , :l . to ..... Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 17 1 / 4 ..... - -- ••:: . to .0.0 10 ...... .-- ... Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and ... to Goole . to m Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3%•-• l'hi . :::,. to -" Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3 ..•••• -- ' Shrewsbury and Chester .to ..... ...,. (Nor. W. Min.) ............16 ...... -- ... Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ••• •• '-- ... to -... 12 ...... --- .... to •"' Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) ... 1 ...... -- ...... . 0 ..... i. ..... Shrewsbury and Hereford ..• 2 ...... -- ~ to Shropshire Union - ... ..... 0 ..„. South Devon ....... ...... - ...... to •••• Ditto, Preference lO ...... --- .... to South Staffordshire 2l. 12!••• - ". 7z ... .... to •"" South Eastern and Dover - Ditto, New, No. 1 - .......... to ••!-' 17 ...... -- to Ditto, New, No. 2 .... 15 ...... -- ... to --•,, Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4 ..• .. 6 1 4 ...... --- .... _t o 91 South Wales .. to South Yorkshire, Doncaster , '''' and Goole 2 ...... IS Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. C0a1... Thames Haven Dock and 2 ...... -- . ........... tt°o - Railway - 17 1 / 4 ...... • to 'raw Vale Extension •• •.. to Vale of Neath - Wakefield, Pontefract, and Waterford and Kilkenny Goole * il o ••••••••-•. Waterford and Limerick..... 32%••• •• ""- . to ••". Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, .... •••• • ...• and Dublin .... West Riding Union 4/, 2s. ..... ; (I'l• .. 0 4 • ...... .... ..... 0 .... West Cornwall 8 ..• •• -- .... j Whitehaven and Furness ' Windsor, Staines, and South vOn . t. ..' Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 2 5 ••••" 3 4 70 ... --. . .c..•. to "' ... York and Newcastle 25 ... Ditto, Extension lO Ditto, Preference .. ••• 14 1 4 ...... . to /1 8 ..... 1 1 A"'" to .•"" York and North Midland - ''-. iv' Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference - Ditto East and West Riding 15 243...••• Extension FOREIGN RAILWAI ". ~ to "# Anglo-Belgian 4 •••••• '-- .t° .... Barbadoes 1 .... to ...... .......... 3/ , ... Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 13 ' 4. to •'''' Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Constituted) Central of France ( Orleans 4 '''' ..... --- ....... t° and Vierzon) Central of Spain .. Ceylon - Demerara. ............ -- to •-• .......... to w ....•-- 2 1 / 4 ...... ... Dendre Valley - ... to ••"- ...- ...... to -.0! Direct Bombay and Madras 55 . •••• • -- - Dutch Rhenish . 7 ..... • . East Indian .. 5 5....•• •.... ---- ...... 0 to .... ss* ...... ... ~ Great Indian Peninsular Great Southern of Madras - .. „, to Great Western Bengal Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian ". ...... so ‘.....' Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ...... •-•• ~, to Louvain ala Sambre ..... - to ".. • ... 6 ...... --- .... ~ Luxembourg Lyons anti Avignon (Con- ..: .• te ..., stained) - •. to , .... ..... Madras ... to i Madras, Nellore, and Arcot l' .. ..... ... t° ‘... Madrid and Valentia .... 2 is ......... --; s ,k'''', to Namur and Liege .. - 12 ....... aio l ' .. .to .. . - Northern of France. lO ...... "... ... . t ° Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .. '''' :"..• t o ....... • •• ... Over Yssel 413 s 4d.... • "-- ... to 3Nt ..... to .... Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans.. - ,to ..., Pans and Rouen Paris & Strasbour •g • • Rouen and Havre 2O ...... •-•-•,, .... tO ..„,'" Sambre and Meuse .., tO Strasburg and Bale l4 ..... •••••• vii "* . to m Tours & Nantes 5 ...... -,-'''.. ••••- to Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt - t ° - •• - Trinidad ... 2% 8 ............ „„„_..... ‘..".. ~...:. ti '''' West Flanders .••• JOINT STOCK BANgS' to • •••• •-- ...... t° ~.- Australasia British North American - •........ 0 Colonial Commercial of London - ...... to ... ..-• London Joint Stock ..... lO ...... --• .. to _.,. London and Westminster 2O ...... --• ..... to - Ditto, New - "..... to National Provincial of Engld 35 •• ••• -- • .... to ".:..., ..... •."' to - Ditto, New National of Ireland 2 1 1.... Provincial of Ireland 25 1 2 0 ............. 4 4 . 1 .- A " : : , ,:,: • t t o .- °° . Ditto, New .. Union of Australia - • .... ,. Ditto, New 2% ...... - ... ..... ........ Union of London ••• 10 ...... •••••Union ,iv Union of Madrid MINES • to •••• Anglo Mexican .. lOO ...... •-•" • ...... to m , Astrian Mining Company Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal - ......... t: ‘.'.....- ... ~.. British Iron .. - "" .to Brazilian Imperial 2l •••••• --. .".. to ..... Cobra Copper 40 ...... •-• '..... to .0%, Galvanized Iron .. .. . te Real del Monte, Unregistered -•• •• ... ..-i A.lt' --.----------:.... i .is ji.- . 0 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPI.N ti--C 1 'l',t. bree ". LONDON, AUG. 27.-Wind N.N.W., iig.• _.,j ‘ , fine. to 14.4 j AT ifti DEAL, AUG. 26.-Wind N.N.Vir• -- Po e ' OA Commodore, St. Croix, Monte Video ; •'•"'- f ir Plod' liams, Demerara ; Aurora, CharlestoOlorke Ao. Walker, New York ; Nantuc H k al et, ifsdi N x e t , ;: l o a ; e i S r l o g i A t : l , p C or_ lll ' from the river and std., Derwent, Adet"'"dforu; tralia ; Triumph, Singapore ; Duk e o afiiio ell cutta ; Punjab, Calcutta • Jessee, Cape - 0 0 1 * Hind, Cape Coast Castle Golden Flee ` ? • Eliza, Trinidad ; Rosalind, Bri t % Pr d , John's, New Brunswick ; Victory, St. Lawrence • Agnes, Restigouche • i,c~trio' 6,,:01•j* Thomas Fielden, Watr Hen, Agne s, , m ra,g c t. t M r :A: nor, Ave, and Centurion, Quebec ; De e .,/,n4 W..,. - PiOv' r LIVERPOOL, AUG. 26. - Wind i' v • i „," betP i i t tol Princess Victoria, Thom s . Maranharo ; T- 1 ,00, $6 O Had win, Barbadoes ; Mandane, ilutobl e posotow Storm King, Robinson, Laguna ; Crerooollottsei,,bis; Orleans ; Edwin, /laden, Savannah ; F ° lbilli e k r og b ' den, Baltimore ; Monongahela, Jul ius ' O fl4e* Roger Sherman, Ga-kill, New Yor k 1 jatio ' ' o 3o '.l °' Delano, ditto ; Themis, Leighton , 6t * 26, . 14 .Ber Brunswick ; Margaret, Black, Quebec- calc utts ; Ste Greaves, Bombay ; Dl,nilla, Harrison., ;give , * tilt* bice, Adby, Berbice; Lockwood , '' l lf . ., • 14° 1 14 Orleans ; Alexander, Lads, PhiladelPri7o: 114°1 5 10 0 9 Martin, New York; Orezaba, Vinnis..,, , trd 13° 1•0 lf. Prince Edward Island. Sld . Sir ti.., ° ", - york; l0 00r Bombay • Scunee, Jamaica; America. Iley';oo9wiein'teD4 rence, O'Connor, Doyle, St. John's, Ne w ''"Goo, (1 ,71 01( Bird, St. Andrew's ; Aviem, Casa" ~,f; ogitha e " ~ Quebec; Columbus, ditto. Off port, m" ... i . 0 .0 1 :1 Orle • 0 • • -r. ; ans ,uititin -e.tc., ,va., --- -- e ,. , l oaf i d e lfre" .l 0 , OFF DUNGENESS, AUG. 21. --- ' A ' a it 0 C- 1 1 e Sierra Leone, for Hamburgh ; Boding , f'• s- ° fOrt" OFF BEACHY HEAD, AUG. 25.----- ° p. G Ore, Orleans,. Melilla, St. Croix, for Flens burg y'or lf '4,•: " OFF .HASTINGS.-Margaret Erans N V v. to 14100 PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 26. -- Wi nd 914- ilse ll ; Co tle° Arrd. William Mitchell, APLachlan, ailedl for ,hooi* Webster, IPlienzie, Havannah, and ..t, IS• l3 ' . ' o ff po r t~ Sid. Sutlej, Madras, and Calcutta. Poort, Batavia, for Rotterdam. b bsdeerdisillh , , OFF WEYMOUTH, AUG. 25,-- - S.r l &Arr." COWES, AUG. 26.-Wind N. by •.._- llarid OP Kilnwood, Ilavannah ; Virginia., bctit en "Ar . rd• -1 , PLYMOUTH, AUG. 26 .-- Win d N' lY ' .4 o° s* Hooper, Monte Video. v vr...4 1 . - ' MILFORD, AUG. 25.--Wind N. , • , • • • ' 0 044 ' Corregal, Quebec. MARYPORT, AUG. 26.-74V:11 1 : 4 W. "'.... Arra' I wo SI! Poole, Quebec. A robtlir' CLYDE, AUG. 25.-WindW.-Arru. - thi ditto; Callao. Sld. Royalist, Quebec; Oi lsbe ,g%io l, rendon, Miramichi. i ay _-rr • v i a d All t ijc4 l} FALMOUTH, AUG. 26.-Wind ,• „ ~,,.r h Ba r Wills, Quebec. Off port, Prince Ju u ‘ yogic. Rajathan, Bombay. New OFF PILL, AUG. 25.-G. Thompson, ebe, Si CARDIFF.-Arrd. John, Hiltohigs ! , ,,Q l 'l,4 oll :,_„fait gelr „ TOBERMORY, AUG. 22.--The lilu , . thre e te:„ . .,01. ton, was assisted in here yesterday wit . '" ddrltr t; AO in her hold; will discharge. The arl, . t p ight; Tyro, was driven out of the harbour 0° le fer abandoned, and sank in deep water. I,;velyr ° ,„ f a Sl ap FRASERBURG, AUG. 23.-The SIOOP ." ser do , V" - ness, was driven among the breakers lefi and abandoned. 2.4 ---StACIC A o §te 0 4 061* 0 ;7,1 1 ,0ch• OFF PORTSMOUT AUG. . Bloksul, Alatanzas fo H r 'A mste rdam, leaky, in ; . Air.) speetabl °un little, if e _______—__ —____ •-•.,.---- _ MARKET NEWs,—(TIIIS w _____—....-...-- icutlf• f EXCHANGE.----YR"" i 1 b to-s . A great gloom was thrown over the market. „ .4 0 1 re the announcement n a g n l d i s t h h e iN sh h o e w a t cement of the failure of another no ti A bre firm in the cores trade. The UAW _,, t he anything, short of 150,000/. Altbollitvee demandb ut Ctu arrivals moderate e ßo r af CORN e E , for that article was excessively du% % c acti i ° seri t" the p tons might have been purchased at a re e 00 14 ,1 ° lion of fully 3s per quarter. 4 0 t ' 4 „ iy bl" i of business, scarcely osfillsca°4ll4l2a9;asi 11 0 3 d slilli a ll ill a moiety of tbe sufi.„4o been disposed " do Wheat of. A very large quantity ? 10 t t was pressed for sale. ft" 0 0 cheaper than on Monday. The importe P.,so,bieg ceeded 27,600 quarters. In Barley next to "ii o,' 0 0 . wa4 doing, and the currencies had a downvvard teP,, pet The Malt trade was excessively dull, at Is t° i ' pa quarter less money. Oats were in larger soPPl e F e heavy request, at a fall in value of from 1 5 ° iota quar:Tr. All other articles might a en par e on Laster tura:, ilour,ii. 1 97? , ARRIVALS. Wheat. IsarbaY• English Irish. • • • • •• • • - ronign .!...• 27,990 sarezto 4 al 8 tO 1. 910 I Litiv el 26,490 O*tl. n 411. T NUN, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1847.