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to Paris, by order of justice. A person was at the first moment sent to him, in all haste, by his family, to pre pare him for the announcement of the catastrophe. On Thursday night, also, his medical attendant and the eldest daughter of Madame de Praslin left to join him at Geneva. It is hoped that the presence of his grand daughter will soften a blow so frightful, and so difficult to support at such a great age, and by a father's love. Madame de Praslin was his only child, and the consola tion of his old age. She was the pride of her father, by the qualities which so eminently distinguished her, and by the virtues which made her so highly respected in the highest circles, whilst her charity caused her to be blessed by the wretched." The governess who has been arrested is not an English lady, as has been stated, but is French, and is granddaughter to the Baron de residing in the Chaussee d'Antin. Her father and mother are both dead. Her name is Mdlle. Henrietta de Lucy, or Luzy, and her age is from 33 to 35. Until the age of about 20 she studied painting under M. De lorme, when finding she did not shine as a painter, she accepted a situation as governess in an English or Scotch family, i n England, where she resided six or seven years. She returned in 1842 or 1843, and was recommended by a lady to the Duchess de Praslin, and resided in the family, as governess, until about five or six weeks ago, when she went to live in the Rue du. Harley. When Mdlle. de Lucy entered the family there was an Englishwoman, named Smith, who left shortly after she carne (but she was not a governess), and this has given rise to the error. The same correspondent writes : " The Duchess arrived, about nine in the evening, at the hotel in the rue du Faubourg St. Flonoi6. About the same time the Duke went to the rue du Harley with three of his daughters and a son aged about eight years; he did not remain very long, but could scarcely have returned before eleven or twelve o'clock at night. The Duchess of Praslin was born at Constantinople while her. father was Ambassador there from the Court of France. Her mother died of her accouche ment, and her remains were conveyed for interment to Olmeta, in Corsica, the family seat of her husband, and were probably the late Duchess will be interred. 'At the same time that the body of the mother was conveyed to Corsica the infant was sent to France in charge of a nurse. We extract the following from the Gazette des Tribunaux of Saturday : " As we have already announced, the water-closets of the hotel were emptied the night before last, and in the presence of the Inspector-General, M. Brissot Thivas, and one of the examining magistrates, the most minute search was made for the weapon with which the wounds were inflicted. The search commenced at nine in the evening, and was continued till the same hour on the following morning, but without success. While this fruitless operation was going on, the magistrates pro ceeded to a closer examination of the private apartment of the Duke, and it was thought fit to remove him from his bedeehamber, where he had been till then kept closely guarded and watched, to another room on the third floor, looking into the gardens of the Elpi, Bourbon. Follow ing up this search the magistrates at length discovered in the drawer of a desk in the cabinet adjoining the chamber the broken hilt of aponiard,l upon which were fresh stains of blood. It has been impossible to find the blade of this weapon, which, according to very warrantable presump tion, had been used in the perpetration of the crime, but had broken in the hand of the murderer, and thus ex plained the supposed employment of the butt-end of a pistol, such deep traces of which were found on the per son of the Duchess. On being interrogated as to his being in po-session of this fragment of a weapon of which he had evidently made use, :he Duke declared that be could not give any explanation of the circumstance. As he refused to telt what he had done with the blade, a search was made in the garden of the Elysie 'Bourbon, which is divided from the Hotel Sebasttani by a low wall, and also a narrow street or lane belonging to the property of the late Countess of Castelltne, but without an result. Mlle. de Luzy, whose arrest was announced on Thursday, was aga:n interrogated yesterday, when she denied hiving hail any intimate relations with the Dnke de Praslin, and protested with energy her deep at tachment to the noble family, who had loaded her with benefits. She exi.ressed great regret at having been constrained to quit the hotel, and the young ladies whose education had been confided to her. and endea voured t> explain thereby the terms of a letter addressed by her to the Duke de Prastin, which had been found among his papers. Nothing has been changed in the measures adopted on Thursday. The Duke continues to be care'ully watched ; but it is thought that the man dui Barret for transferring him to the prison of the Lux embourg will be signified to him in the course of to-day, all the necessary arrangements for that purpose having been made." The Duke de Praslin was removed from the Hotel Sebastiani to the prison of the Luxembourg very early this morning. He was in a private carriage, accompanied by the Chief of the Police de Surete, followed by two hackney coaches, in which were the examining magistrates, commissaries of police, &c. Ic is stated that the Du ke, before his removal, con fessed his guilt to a relation of the family. A couteau de chaste, with which the murder is supposed to have been committed, and several napkins have been found in a cesspool. The Gazette de France publishes the following further particulars relative t o th e di scovery ' of the knife with which the unfortunate Duchess of Praslin was murdered : •• The last act of the judicial investigation in this affair took place last night. As, notwithstanding all the searches made, it was impossible to find the weapon with which the murder was perpetrated, a requisitory, signed by the Attorney- General, was signified to 11. Richer, the contracter for cleansing Paris, who sent six carts the same night to empty the water closets of the Hotel Se bastiani, when the weapon was discovered. It is a couteau de chasse, and is ,aid to belong to the Duke." ANOTHER MURDER IN PARIS. The neighbourhood of the Bourse was on Friday thrown into consternation, a little before two o'clock, by the intelligence that a murder had just been committed on the clerk of M. Meyer-Spielman, money-changer, Rite Neure Vivienne, 26. It appears that the clerk, a German, aged 18, was sitting behind the iron railing which is usually found in such shops, when a well dressed man, of about 30, entered, and presented a bill of exchange. Whilst the young man was unfolding it, the other stretched forward his hand through the little opening in the grating, and seized on a wooden cup ; filled with gold, and :handful of bank notes, with which he attempted to make off. The clerk, however, who perceived the movement, rushed round into the open part of the shop and seiz-d the thief. The latter then, drawing out a poniard- knife, stabbed the young man on the hand and forehead. The clerk, however, strug gled with him, crying out all the time loudly for help. I lly clerk, however, contrived to force the weapon from him, and in his turn plunged It into the man's hg, and cut the fingers of his right hand. In the midst of the struggle the knife fell the thief stooped down to pick it up. The clerk ara l d himself of the chance, and opening the door, again shouted for help. A servant girl at the same moment entered the shop fr,:in the in terior of the house, and the thief finding hirns-lf hard pressed, made a last effort, end snatching up the knife, plunged it twice into the lower part of the andomen of the unfortunate clerk, who fell to the ground in an ex piring stare. The murderer then darted towards the Boors., but was overtaken by a commissionaire and Friehinuth, the proprietor of the baker's shop opposite. On-his person were found another wilt-lard knife and secaral gieccs of gold. The police-agent who fit st earth' u p reco gn i se d him as a thief by profession. Th e unfor tunate clerk was taken to the hosP its' of the Hotel Dien, on a li tter, b ut expiry don th e way. We may be permitted on this occasion to express a hope that the moneychangers will abandon the s yst emot display o gold and notes which th e y ma k e in their windows, and which has proved so frequently a temptation to robbery, and more man once has led to murder. TIIE MUTILATION NEAR RIEGATE.—The man John M`Carthy, who was so savagely maltreated by the labodrer Fisher, is progressing . very favourably, in Guy's Hospital. The cut which he received upon the Arm was so deep that it severed the muscle and brcke the bone ; the limb, however, was not cat through, as has been represented. From further inquiry it seems that words had arisen between both men and women, in Chepstow, respecting the quantity of corn each of them had cut in a given time, the Irishman contending that he would accomplish a greater breadth of cutting than the English labourer. This led to some ilt-feeling, and Weartny left the house. Fisher at 'the moment jumped up and swore that ll'Carthy should not leave in that manner, anner, but th at h e (31 ‘ Carthy) should return an d s i ng song, Fsisher, a pot of beer. M•Carthy would- not do so, and Fisher. struck him; blows were exchanged, and finally M'Carthy w as wounded in the arm and cut upon o r -t h ree the head, in two being picked out of places, small bits of skin e. s ca lp. - Happily none of the' ivoUnds are so dangerou at frst represented; it will be some tune, however, be fore ss the pour fellow has suffi ciently recovered to be-able to leave the hospita l to give DEATH OF GENERAL SIR GEoR C °C( tg n e elt C l'i oe .-- kb ‘ u ‘ r r i e s announce with regret that General Sir GE died on Wednesday morning, at Shah?? dente, near Bray, in the county dThteheesti mableDublin, and warm-hearted veteran had attained vanced age of eighty - four. Up to the ad last year, he retained excellent health and spirits. ALARMING FIRE IN TOTTENHAM COURT -ROAD. This morning, shortly after one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out on the extensive premises in the occupation of Mr. Walker, o rgan-builder. Nu. 26, Franci,-atreet, Tottenham-court• road, communicating to Mr. Ripley's, tailor, and Mr. Bernasione's, modellers, adjoining, and slso igniting a numb , .r of habitations occupied by pour people in New Inn-yard, as well as Dunbar's irLII factor/. The Fire Brigade and engines of the County and West of England companies were quickly on the spot, and with snti the aid of a plentiful supply of water succredA in 3d4;s ( s u r i s ng the flames by three o'clock, but not Lefore . Walker's, Itinle '.and 13 na,:one's premises y TheN er .i . . were completely tutted."CßowN property is to,ured. EXTENT AGAINST A POST-OFFICE KEEPER. —On Saturday a , " Uhder-Sheriff} BurAcrt:ct of extent was executed before Mr. ward Dear, of Red 1: 1 , 1. to ascertain what prop , rty"Ed of on the 7th of Au i , ni street, lloltiorn, was p ism-sae , l host-offi,T keeper, and debtor The de . enclant was a sei zure had been math. for the ia . tor to the. crown. A sei executions at the suit of 'udincome tax, and there were position was oft to the `=tent. er, dit, , rs, but no op been valued ac 1601., the Jury The Property hav,ng amount. The amount ofry gave a verdict fur that the crown del. be 14n. . .A was stated_ to:- The quarittrvf iron, produced by S . W . den • si'26 115,10 k totti, of which 110;000 were -- e in 1846 exported. " ; ' THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST IS, 1847. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the THIS EVENI NG ection of Mame Celeste. Will be presented RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson; Kathleen, 311-e Woolgar. Other character's by Messrs. Paul Bed ford, 0. Smith, Selby, and Ctillenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Ellen Chaplin, ln . iss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws. After ywitizh a new and original farce, stilled HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNT' WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan; Mary Wbite, Miss Woolgar ; ]Mlle. Cherry Bounce, Mies Emmal ncica liard m ing e 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 performed T PRINCE; or, The Buckle of Brilliants. Prince Albert Augustus, Mr. Emery; Frederick Storke, 31the Rill. After which, THE WATER3fAN. Torn Tao, Mr. Barker. To be followed by a Vocal and Instrumental Concert, h•y Five Sone of Ethiopia. To which will be added, a new Ball-t called THE PEASANT'S DREAM, in which the celebrated ipanish sneer,. appear. To eunclude with the Drama of TEE NOYADEB. Characters by Mews. Leigh Murray. Ozb._rry, and lindock ; Miss Alden, Mrs. Griffiths, and Mrs. R. Flonner. ii.oYAL SURREY THEATRE. ~'n , t' the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. Re-en 7 igementOiiii. and Mrs. KEELEY for Six Nights more. THIS EVENING Will be presented the popular Drama of THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally Bloomly, Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL. Pierre Pica. Mr. Keeley. To be followed by the popular Extravaganza of VALENTINE AND ORSON. Valentine, Mrs. Keeley ; Orson, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with Buckstone's Drama of THE BEAR HUNTERS. Principal characters by Messrs. T. Fredericks, Tindall, I helps, sad Neville ; Mrs W. Daly, Mrs. H. Vining, Miss E. Terry, Miss Love, and Miss Daly. • Tit. Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six. commence Halt Ft Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AM PHITHE ATRE, Proprietor and Manager %tr. K illiam Batty. THIS EVENING A gram' Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINCE OF CYPRI; cr He Horse of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Entire' y new Scenc in the Arena, and Brat appearance of Signor Ricardo in England, supported bx the talented Artistes of the t-but- We: meet, In arious modes of equestratton. To comiude with ALESSANDRO MASSARONI. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. r WbATLIEdt. - --Stm Orrtcz. Arra. 22. r IMONETZR, Lowest, 56; Highest. 74; Noon. 64 . BAROMETER, 29.78.—W1ND N.N.W.; showery. AUGUST 23. ritzitstostrran, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 67 ; Noon. 58. BAROMETER, 30.03.-WIND N.N.P. ; showery. UI.DI WA.TEIt AT LONDON-111L11101 , . THIS DAY. 13 minutes after 11. i rmenins 48 .itnnics 11. racteriltic ota noble and august body ? Let this -be remembert-d—M. TESTE is not the French Govern ment—M. DE BEAUVALLON is not the French Press —and the Duke DE CHOISBUL PRASLIN (whether guilty or innocent) is not the French Peerage. The Irish Relief Commissioners have published their fifth, and probably their penultimate report. From this dooument we are informed on the best au thority of the extraordinary extent of the operations carried on for the relief of the distress in the sister kin ;dem ; and we are enabled to form some estimate of the fearful amount of the destitution that required MO gigantic aid. The efficiency and beneficial re tilt of the system adopted have long since been es abl shed on the most incontrovertible evidence. It was impossible to deny the advantages of a course that banished famine from the land, and supplied a sufficiency of plain and wholesome food to millions who would otherwise have fallen victims by a linger ing and painful death. The extraordinary number of claimants who had recourse to the assistance thus afforded, amounting to more than one-third of the entire population, proved the extent and universality of the calamity by which all parts of the kingdom was affected, and also the impossibility of the evil being adequately met by any less comprehensive and decided course. The statement of the Commissioners, " that no in direct method of affording relief could have been of avail, nor could any measure, short of distributing food to the multitude, have prevented the effect of absolute famine widely extended," will, therefore, command a prompt and ready assent, and the states manlike and judicious measures of her MAJESTY'S Government will be fully appreciated. These mea sures have necessarily occasioned a heavy expendi ture, but three , millions of people cannot be fed with out a proportionate outlay, and the success -of the great experiment, the preservation of the . lives of so many of our Irish brethren, their extrication from `the wretchedness and misery by which they were surrounded, would far more than compensate for the . increase to our national burdens, even were we never to obtain the repayment of one shilling of our advances. We have shown how truly we regard, how deeply we feel for our fellow subjects in -that country, when we so readily interposed ourselves between the famine and its vic tims, end at a season of commercial distress and inactivity—when.the great bulk of our own people were obliged to submit to a great reduction in their Ordinary comforts, occasioned by the double action of increased prices and diminished means—unhesitat ingly shared our resources with our still more needy brethren. Surely such conduct should satisfy the rescued people of the true character of the feeling of the Saxon towards them, and be far more convincing than all the diatribes of the APLIALEs and LATFANS, and their brawling coadjutors, who, for their own unworthy purposes, strive to propagate dissension and strife between those who should be united in the most amicable relations. The greatest number of electoral divisions under the operation of the Act, since the last report, has been 1,826, and the largest amount of gratuitous relief (which attained its maximum at that period) supported 2,920,792 persons per day, and the number to whom sold 99,920." Thii enor mous number had, " up to the Ist of August been re duced to 2,467,989 gratuitous, and 52,387 sold," showing a decrease of nearly 453,000 in the nu .i . ner eb.aining eleemosynary relief, and of more than 47,500 in those who paid for the rations obtained. " The cost of each ration, including establishment and expenses, averaged 2d." If we contrast this with the expenses of maintaining prisoners and paupers in either country, it will at once be seen with what eco nomy and prudence the relief funds were managed, and it will explain the reasons why " the amount of the expenditure on this vast measure has been less than was at fir-t anticipated." In a system of such magnitude, and of so novel a character, it would be unreasonable to expect that some abuses should not be perpetrated in Ireland, especially, where a system of jobbing in the county funds, by road- making, and other improper practices, has too long been a matter of painful notoriety. These abuses were unhap pily too numerous, ana were, of course, depre cated in the strongest terms by the Commissioners, whose circulars, instructions, and regulations, were pointed at the evil with a view to its suppression. It will be in the recollection of our readers what intense indignation was excited amongst the Irish Members thereat—with what energy Sir H. WiNsrox BARRON and other Members repelled what they. were pleased to term the unfounded accusations, and demanded a Parliamentary inquiry as to the grounds , on which they had been founded. In vain they were assured that it was by no means intended to have a universal application, that no imputation could be justly cast on relief committees in general for the delinquency or negligence of some few. They would not be appeased or contented with the assurances of the Premier and of other Ministers, but required that an opportunity shoilld be afforded of vindicating themselves from, the aspersions cast upon their honour, and thrice the battle was renewed by the chivalrous Member for Waterford. Those indignant feelings will probably be assuaged by the amende honorable contained in the present report—an ex planation which would, doubtless, .have been earlier supplied, if , he Commissioners could have supposed that their stringent and well-merited censure could have caused such anger. They now explain, as any cool and dispassionate person would have collected from the former documents, that the occasion for the. complaint was far from universal, and that they had the zealous co-operation of the greater number of the committees. The Commissioners also pay a compliment to the exertions of their inspecting officers, who (they say) have carried on a most difficult and arduous service with a degree of temper, energy, and intelligence highly creditable to them. ne termination of ail advances must necessarily take place in the course of next month, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament; indeed, unless it were intended that the Irish people shoul•i be per manently maintained from the Imperial Exchequer, it could not be further protracted. The intervening period will be the time when there is the greatest demand for labour, and when the produce of the soil will afford an abundant supply for all the people. The casting of so many persons suddenly on their own resources must, however, occasion, even under the most favourable circumstances, much distress and difficulty, and will require all the energy, benevo lence, and public-spirited expenditure that can be applied to meet the emergency. We trust that. the landlords of Ireland will not be found wanting to themselves. A new duty is imposed upon them. They must henceforward provide for the wants of the people, who have now a vested right to a maintenance out of the land on which they were born, and to which they belong ; and the owners of the soil may be well assured that their own future prosperity will, in a great degree, depend on the efficiency and fidelity with which they discharge that duty. They must no longer look on with spiritless apathy while their burdens are borne by others. They must help themselves, and when they have manifested an anxiety to do so, they may be certain that British sympathy and British aid will not be withheld. They must support their poor either in unproductive indolence or in works of utility. A wise, a reasonable man will not require to be told which course is most for his private advantage, or by which, the future welfare of his country will be attained. The Levant mail brings intelligence from Con stantinople of the 6th inst. The Journal de Constantinople has the following on the Greek question : " By the French packet•boat, the Pericles, which arrived on Thursday last, we have received news from Athens relative to the Turco-Greek difference. The question does not yet appear to be completely resolved. It is known that the first letter of M. Coletti, which was sent her, by the Vulcan t, not having been considered sufficient, the depar ure of M. Mussurus for Athens was delayed, and it is known also that the Micisttr of Foreign Affors, H. E. A'ali Effendi, had in his reply poitl.d out this circumstance to the chief of the Hellenic Cabinet. M. Coletti was simply required to authorise the Minister ..1 Foreign Affairs to transmit the expression of his re grets to M. Mussurus. The Mitii , ter of Foreign Affairs I..anied on Thursday, by the Pericles, the answer of M. Coletti to this communication; and, if we are well in formed, this reply leaves the same obstacles to the return of M. Nlussurus in existence; The delays which have just occurred are much to be regretted. Tho Porte has given mot of mat tarbbaxsuce, and avau tbi Ibrm in which it would accept the satisfaction due Itti M. Mils auras shows us moderation, and the Spirit of conciliation by which it is enitnated. Consr queittly--the last reeiat ances which have just been manitested at Athens have naturally surprised us, and may again put in qut stion a difference which appeared to be ma , lved, We are con vinced that the Cabinet of Vienna will not follow M. Coletti on this ground, and that Prince Metternich will act at Athens in a manner to put an end to this situation, and to prevent the complications which might result from it. At the present time the opinion of the Austrian Cabinet on this question must be known to the Divan, an extraordinary courier having arrived . last Wednesday from Vienna with dispatches for his Excellency the Count de Sturmer." The same journal states that the rebellion in Albania is acquiring a gravity which alarms the Porte : " The insurrection gained ground every day. The number of rertels was estimated at 6,000. Those t Upper Albania are commanded by Z inei Bey. and those' of Lower Albania by lljouleka. It is known that great rivalry reigned between the populations of those two diericts. This time it appears that the interests of the revolt have superseded every ()thew consideration, and that the insureents of Upper and Lower Albania fraternise, make exchanges of arms, ammunition and provisions, and eencert their means or deter ce. This understanding creates a new situation which, however, i s n o t without precedents, and the Porte has taken energetic measures for suppreesieg the revok. Till row n o engagement taken place between the rebels ant , the regular troops. The military authorities have wisely thought that it was preferable to wait the arrival of the blockading squadron which is to cruise on the coasts of Albania, and the reinforcements of troops which will b.. sent to the army of tioureelia. Besides several regiments which are on the spot contain a considerable number of Albanians, and it is necessary to take some precautions to be quite certain of their fidelity before leading them against the rebels." . Letters from Ferrara, of the 13th, state that the Austrian troops on that day took military possession of the city, and placed' loaded 'cannon, attended by gunners with lighted matches,. in the public squares. The Legate again protested against this step, as a violation of the treaty of Vienna. The Patria, a Florence journal, of the 13th, says— " Two of tke four little torts raised since 1831 along the 're, about a league and .26 half from' Breseello (Modena), were given, as is well known, to-Au`ptria after the dea hof Duke Francis IV. -These twO' forts have now an Austrian garrison. Ten or twelve Austrian battalions are concentrated. on the.-left bank of the Po, opposite Brescello. They. are , building at' present a bridge of boats, to be able, itnecessary, to cross the Po. A great number of arrests were effected last week at Reggio anti Modena. Matters remained in the same position at Ferrara on the 10th." . Another Florence journal, named the Alba, has the folloWing, itl answer to the question; " lias 'Austria the will or power to intervene in Italy ? "To the forty or fity thousand men of Austria Pius IX. can oppose upwards of tour hundred thousand men animated with that spirit of liberty which gives birth to prodigies and heroes. A single cannon-shot in Italy would set Europe on fire. A single cannon fired in Italy would accelerate the events which Austria should be prudent enough to pOstpone with the greatest care. In one word, Austria would not have to struggle against a few insurgent., as in 1831, but against the national guard and disciplined troops, supplied with cannon, arms, proviston , , entrenchments—in a word, aitainst troops possessing all the means, both moral and material, which a well-constituted Government can supply. And if the fate of arms, as it is probable, should declare in favour of right, what would be the future of Austria in Italy ?—and if the events of the Roman States should produce a counter-stroke in the other pro vinces of Italy, wcat would be the consequence ? In One word, the Italians a re ready to receive the Austrians; and Metternich and his Hungarians intimidate no one in Itay." It is said that the object of the late conspiracy at Rome was to seize on the person of Pius IX., and to carry him off to Subiaco, towards the Neapolitan frontier, where he was to be kept as a hostage by the Cardinals. Five hundred carbineers were for that purpose to have spread terror through Rome, by falling on the population on the night of July 17, throwing about inflammable matters, and setting fire to the hay stores of CzcsitosAccnio. The civic guard of Bologna is actively organizing. The Swiss Federal Gazette announces that the ma jority of the Swiss Diet has just fixed . a delay of a fortnight for the Sunderbund to destroy ail the forts that it has raised, on pain of a vote from the Vorurt for their destruction by the federal troops. • The Executive Council of Berne has just ordered" the calling out of several battalions. We do not yet know whether it is as Federal Directory,. or simply as Cantonal authority, that it has come to this deci sion. However that may be, it is to be supposed that circumstances of a certain gravity could alone have called forth the order of the Executive council., The lifoniteur Grec .of the 10th gives-the KING'S speech on the opening of the Chambers at Athens on the preceding day. The following is the passage in which his MAJESTY alludes to the differences between Greeoe and 1 urkey :—" I should have been happy to have an nounced to you, gentlemen, that the differences which I regret to say have arisen between my own and a neighbouring Government had received a settlement, to bring about which I have expressed my desire, and used every effort, but I have reason to hope, that this solution will not be much longer delayed, and that it will be in conformity with the dignity of both States, whose interests are becoming every day more and more identical." The payment of the i ns t a l ment d ue on t h e loan is thus te ntie alluded s to h o on Our engagements to the protesting t Powers it our duty t o direct o ur serious make measures, which while they ao; tm i support the interests of the Exchequer, of agriculture, the interest, an d eventually to liquidate and of navigation, shall place u s d e fi n iti ve l y i n a po tshiteinlnoatn it to pay the as the honour and credit of the coun try require. Faithful to this principle, my Govern ment has satisfied the reiterated demands of one of the three Powers for the payment of the half-year's in terest and sinking-fund due in the month of March." Madrid journals of the 15th and 16th inst. have been received. The Palace questiond still continue unsettled, and it was stated that the QUEEN hail signified to Senor PActlEco that if, in consequence of no reconciliation having taken place, any Dr all of the Ministers should be d&sirous of ri-sig►ling she would accept their re signation. SALAMANCA; it was said, would, as warm ing pan to NARVAEZ, 1 the ad interim chief of a new Cabinet. Thus the intrigues of the Afrancesados are hastening to a crisis, and with the return of NARVAEZ will come the forced abdication of the QUEEN, and the virtual destruction of Spain as an independent monarchy. The country of the Cid will become in fact an appanage of the House of Orleans, adminis tered by the Duc DE MONTPENSIER, as Algiers will be administered by the Due D'AusttALE —that is, if, as the Atrancesacios and their masters, fondly imagine,. corruption has completely destroyed the "old Castilian spirit. • RAFAEL TRISTANT, at the head of 100 : Carlists, was on the 9th defeated by the QuEEN's trtilope ._at Balsaremy, in Catalonia. * , MADRID BOLBA, AUG. 16.—The Thr: e per ,Cents. were done at 261 tor cash ; the Coupons at 15; the Fi've per Cents. at 17} for paper ; and the Debt without terest, at 51. occupied with the sa N t lr ur e h d,,y ay . e r T ec h ei ey ve ar d the P are principally papers ally of Friday and details of the murder of the Duchess Ds . PitASI.IN by her husband, who is in custody on the charge, and for whose trial the Court of Peers has been convoked. The whole of those details, together with the royal ordonnance convoking the Court of Peers for the trial, appear in another column. As might have been expected, the National and the other Repub lican papers take advantage of this dreadful occur rence to excite the popular indignation against " those in high places," and it must be confessed that the conduct of the upper classes in France has been such as t o ma k e th e rema rks of the Nat ional tell with crushin g effect against existing i nstitutions. " The P eerage i s ca ll e d on by royal ordinance to con statute it se lf t hi s d u into had issu . d a warrant for the into a court o f j ustice. Yester day morning M. Pasq arrest of th e D u k e d e Prisslin. Cer tainl y j ustice re quired nothin g l es t, and the Parisia n population, excited to indignation by the recital of the assassination, found it s w t h ra ( n in ge that, by a scandalous excep tion, the man a g ainst such crushing presumptions arose, should en j o y a particul ar favour, and b e si inply detained in his own hou , be. The s en ti men t s of eq uality which always axis. in th e m i dst of t h rt p eo ple did not deceive u. But the p eip l e must be to;d t hat. sccoriling to the rigorous t erms of the Char:er, t he Duke d- Praslin, Pee r "1 France, had the right to go a bout in all liberty. ibui. But what he did was execrable. That masters little. But the disrnal scene, such as it is recorded, creates a sentiment of horror. Introduce himself in a chamber 3,(l'.l=mdln lighted by the flickering of a night lamp—surprise a woman in her slumber—plunge a knife. jut!, h r throat —and when the wretched creature flies in diarray, uv ,. r _ throwing the furniture, seeking a rampart somewher o against her execut.otier, pursue her like a wild beast— Titsle=gl:l4bAlreif.ll;r4 the - S, don her at last when the rattle of the last agony tells - that all the blows have told—it is crime pushed to the extr.me of savage ferocity I Yes, witheut doubt ; bur if Article !9 of the Charter be observed, the criminal Peer of France has the right to be indignant at being detained even in his own house. His inviolability complete, absolute; no Procureur du Roi, no judge can teach his person without committing an act of illegality. M. Pasquier himself, in ordering yesterday that this chevalier d'honneur should be thrown into prison, openly violated the charter. The Droit showed this yes terday morning in a very remarkable - article. The text of Art. 29 is formal : No peer can be arrested without the authority of the Chamber, and can only be tried by it in a criminal matter.' For the Deputies an exception is admitted in the case of flagrante delicto—for the Peer of France the flagrante delicto does not exist. He may kill, steal, assassinate, be surprised at the very moment, and say to the aut! ()rifles who arrest him, ' If you have not a more of the Chamber of Peers, you commit en ille gality in touching me.' It is consiquently necessary that the peerage should be assembled, that it should de liberate. that it should authorise the arrest ; till then all that is done against a peer, even if be be the most atro cious of assassins, is illegal, null, contrary to the most in• disputable text of the fundamental law. M. Pasquier not authorised by the peerage, has no more right than the first commissary eoltee why may arrive; tied M. Praslin, armed with Art. 29, may attack the Procureur du Roi, the Procureur Gi iral, the Juge d'lmstruction, and M. Pas quier himselt, tor the illegalcinstraintexercised on his in violable person. Let us incline ourselves with respect be fore these dispositions which consecrate equality before the law. Let us repeat, in bowing to them, the profound motives which ,M. Mahn!, Deputy and commentator the Charter, has given for this difference in the condition of the Deputies and the Peers; the former are subjected to the rules of the common law in all times, in cases of flagrante delicto ; the Po. rs .are at all times above the common law. Why? The illustrioui Mahul will tell es:—' It would not have ,heen becoming,' this learned writer affirms, to unite the supposition of flagrante.de lido cemmitted by members o that body of -the State wnich is the most eminent_ in dignity.' Thus a Deputy is surprised with his hand in the money-bag, and he is arrested ; that is becoming ; but a Peer during the night cuts the'throat of the mother of nine children, and the Charter will not suppose -in a member so eminent in dignity a case of flap ante .. delicto-that would.. not by becoming. The authl'irity of M. Mahul is iinuarnSe but this great genii* tar rid(discovered, the true reason. In a demohratic tioe ety It ours the Peerage ris, an institution so i.e.e.ful that the ineiolability of its mem bers is an affair of public order; and especially . in the time in which we live, each of tile ; Peers has the virtue of the wife of Csar„, which suspicions cannot reach. Suspicions must appear absurd to everybody after what we have recently seen. Suspect M. Taste; Peer of France and a Prestdent of, the Court of Cat:- sation, of having made a traffic of his functions for 100,0901.,--that is abominable. Pretend that Mr. Cu bilres, Peer of France, gave all, or part, of those 100,0001.—that also is shameful. Noblesse oblige, and the new knights think on this point like the old ones. What a pity that the Prince de Berghes gave himself up in his youth to a little 'fantasy for forgery! And by was M. Gudin in such a hurry? With a little more skill his fortune would have progressed rapidly. We have at present only two Ministers condemned fur corruption, an officier d'ordonnance, a chevalier d'hon neur, stealing at play; a chevalier d'honneur accused of assassination; these are trifles for persons eminent in dignity. From this we conclude that Article 29 of the Charter makes a very useful exception to common law, to good sense, to public morality, and that in vio lating it M, Pasquier has been guilty of an evident ille gality, and of an unconstitutional act. We demand, therefore. that until the vote of the Chamber be given, the Duke de. Praslin, Peer of France, and Chevalier d'honneur to the Court, shall be permitted to go at large." The Journal des Debats affects to be excessively indignant with the National for attempting to make " the solitary crime and inexplicable firy of an out rageous madman a pretext for unworthy insinuations" against society as a body. The Republican Na tional is, however, not alone in its opinions on this . matter. They are the opinions also of the great body of the people. Among the crowd assembled in front of the Hotel Sebastiani on Friday there were con stant allusions to the "Affaire Teste," and to other recent revelations of the corruption and immorality of the higher classeS of society. Even the Slide, which is anything but Republican, being the organ of the dynastic Opposition, and which may be con sidered :is speaking the sentiments of the great ma jority of the rbspectable middle classes of France, has the following comments on .the ordonnance for con voking the Chamber to inquire into the charges against the Due Da PRASLIN The Chamner of Peers is again summoned to assem ble as a court of justice. terrible and melancholy task have its own privileges brought on this assembly during the present year! After an accusation of swindling and corruption agAinst two of its Members, it is now called . on to pronounce judgment on an accusation of murder... What a deplorable tatality at a moment when so many scandals or acts of corruption, frauds and perjury, ar, imputed to men who have under the present system en joyed that share of influence and honour; at a time when the trials of MM. Teste find Cubiihres, of Beni.-r, of Eequivilly, of, Lagrange, without speaking of those which the Government has suppressed, tallow in succes sion, to the stupefaction of , the justly alarmed country! It would appear that it was VA sufficient to have seen in the heart of the Government, and.even in the most Plc vited sphere, the development of the most odious cupi dity, it was necessary that a crime almost inconceivable, which at intervals 'impresses . the imaginations of na ti ons with terror, should warn society that it is no longer go verned by the laws of morality, and that it is at length time for it to offer sacrifice to other deities than selfish ness and fear." As if to add to the excitement which has been created by the murder of the Duchess DE PRASLIN, another murder was committed on Thursday, in the open day, in the shop of M. MEYER, a money changer, near the Bourse. A man entered and pre sented a bill of exchange, and whilst the clerk was unfolding it, seized a bowl of geld and notes, and attempted to run off. The clerk seized him, and immediately the thief drew a. poniard and stabbed the clerk to the heart. He was at once seized and committed to prison. . The Court of Peers met on Saturday, under the presidency of Duke PASQUIER, the Chancellor,and the ordonnance constituting the court for the trial of the Due DE PRASLIN for murder having been read, the Attorney-General presented his requisition, and the following were nominated a committee to conduct the preliminary investigations :—The Duke DE• CAZES, Count DE ST. AULAIRE, Count DE PONTE- CoULANT, M. VICTOR COUSIN, M. LAPLAONE BARRIS, and M. VINCENT ST. LAURENT. The National still continues to denounce the scandalous corruptions of the Government employes of all grades, more particularly those connected with the commissariat of the army of Algiers. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Saturday, at 76f. 75c.; the Five per Cents., 1181. 35c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,230 f. ; Rouen, 9501. ; Havre, 600 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 533 f. 75c.; Avignon, 625 f. ; Vierzon, 575 f.; Bordeaux, 475 f .; Boulogne, 3651.; Dieppe, 280 f.; Basle, 175 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 392 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 372 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 395 f. 25c. ; Ly ons and Avig non, 448 f. 75c. MAIISEILLES, Aucs. 17.—Marseilles and Avignon, 6071. 50c. ; Northern. 5261. 25c. LYONS. Au°. 19.—P.rls and Rouen, 957 f. 50c. ; Avig nou.and Marseilles, 6071.50 c.; Vatrzon, 5651.; North , rn, 5281. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 392 t. 50c. ; Orle,nse 1,236 t. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LON DON STOCK EXCHANGE, August 21; . Boulogne and Amiens, 14—Central of France (Orleans and Viarzon), 16%—Dutch Rhenish, 3—Northern of France, 1074—Orleans and Bordeaux, s—Paris and Orleans,-4.8 — Sambre and Meuse,B%. SPORTING INTELLIGENC E . PAISLEY RACES.—FRIDAY. The Anybody's Stakes, of 5 sous. each, 2 ft, and 20 added. From the North-East Corner. Onde round. .Mr. Merry's Pilot, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b walked over The. Silver Bells, with 50 soya., added to a sweepstakes of 5 s'ivs. each, the second to save his stake. Two miles and a dis. (4 Subs.) Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 4 yrs (11. Robinson 1 ' • Mr. Robertson's Tom Tough, aged, Bst 111 b Mr. H. H. Johnstone, Roper's Daughter, aged.. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 cove. each, h ft, and 20 added. Heats. 2 miles. (4 Subs.) ME - 5011 - Alligator, aged • walked over The Railway Stakes of 10 sous. . each, h ft, with 25 added: • The winner to be sold for 100 sous. Heats. Once round and a die. (5 Subs.) Mr. Merry's John Harris, 5 yrs (H. Robinson) 1 1 Mr. Brunel's Titus Oates, 4 yrs, Bst 61b The Alteishots Free Handicap, of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added. One mile and a die. Mr. Nicoll's Moscow, 4 yrs (H. Robinson) 1 Mr. P. Flood's Pawnbroker, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b 2 Mr. Campbell's Waverley, aged,.7st 71b Toddy Ladle, Bst, Titus Oates; Bst, and Alligator 7st 51b, also ran. The falling stars which generally appear about this time of the year were observed in B: lgium on the nights of the 9th and 11th instant. On the first of these occasions, as seen from Brussels, they were compara tively few in number, but, on the second, they amounted ro about twenty eight or thirty per hour. At Bruget , Mr. Fors leavin ter counted thirty-five an an hour, and describes one as g a column of sparks of reddish colour behind it. M. Mceler made similar observations at Dorpat. A CHARTIST BA/M.—The Chirtioita are raising SO scriptions to establi s h a - bank. to , be. dulled -the •• Labour Bank," with a capital of 50,6001. - RrrusAL--or CHURCH-RATISS.--41 a vestry. of St. Giieh',eatnberweli last Week, a church- rate .ot lid. in the tiound'wee rejected by t a poll of the a nujority; pariah was demanded, and will take Otee to-day arid to-morrow: • This is the* first time thal..thei annual rate. .bsi btu refused inthst psrisb. - . . MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CI7 Y, (11 7 .41:7.E1l 71) 7:II':EF. The Cotton Mark« t at Liverpool was heavy on Satu; day, and there was no alteration in prices. Sales 3,00 c bales. Railway Shares generally were better, and price: still rather tendA upwards. There are adviees of three days later date from New York. The Money Market was easy, and it is stated in the accounts before us— " We do nut see any immediate prospect of any specu- - lathe movement in anything but Cotton. Unless somi unforeseen accident should happen to the grain crops now - on the ground, there will be no chance for any speculations in bre adstuffs; and the only article in which we think a movement of that nature can spring up is Cotton. Accounts from the growing districts are uni versally bad, and if the injury to the plant anticipated realised, there will be another short crop, and ot course ti cerreepondii g improvement in prices. It is pretty wet: settled that the new crop now coming to market wit not exceed eighteen hundred thousand bales, and ehouli. the crop now inaturiug be anywhere in the neighbour hood of that quantity, we see nothing to prevent pricer advancing at least 25 per cent. above ruling rates. " The great tailing eff in the exports to Eurcpe or V. foreign ports since the Ist of September last, has re• dueed the stocks in those parts to a very low point, the) being only about one-half what they were last year b' correspending periods, and even a moderate demand f consumption, without any increase in the rate of supply e ould clear out the stock altogether. It will re quire a crop equal in extent to any we have ever had to bring up the stocks to the poie; they re ceded - from; A yield of two millions ot bales or . less from the crop now growing, wilt. .compel the manufacturers to reduce the consumptiou below their facilities; In anticipation of another deft cient crop, holders are very stiff, and more disposed to hold at present prices than to accept them." The exchange On London was supported at abou 1051 to 1061. The state of affair's in Mexico bad not assumed a more definite appearance,. but • the American journels still manifested some 'Confidence in the success of the negotiations entered into by. Mr.' Trist. • The India Overland'Meil brings 'precisely the yews we anticipated aftettb# pc - count of the - extraoroinary pressure expeiiented mitnety market should :haye arrived Produce,end: manufacture i. were pressed Open. the arketses: - of 'Caleti ti 1.1 and the other Presidencies, • and at the very- • period when,: from •• the .reduced imports coMpafatiVely low stocks, and commencement. of the husitiess ,liCason, : an active trade was exlierienced. the account of the panic here has disturbed every reasonable calculation. There are no other failures actually reported in the Corn Exchange to-day but the stoppage of Messrs. W. R. Robinson and Co., the, senior partner,.being the Go vernor of the Bank of England, is stated in some quar ters to be heavier than at first mentioned. The English Stock Market has been in a very quiet state this morning, but there is a decline in the quota tions of 4to 4per cent. There have been further money sales of Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, and al though cash 'is not quite so scarce in the Stock Ex change, it is fetr from easy. From Amsterdam we hear of loans for a month upon stuck being made at four and four , and-a-half per cent., a do Bided in crease, resulting, no doubt, from the recent ad vance here. The exchange also comes lower from Paris, and these circumstances, conjoined with the aspect of affairs at Madrid, and the mistrust in commer cial circles, checks the improvement in prices which otherwise might occur. Consols have been 87 to 4 for delivery to. morrow and for Thursday, while the rate for October is about 874 4. The value of Exchequer-bills has reached par to 3s. premium. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 894 to 89. Bank Stock is steady at 1964. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet again. Spanish Three per Cents. are about 30 to and the Five per Cents. 204 to 4. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 274. Mexican have been done at 184 4, and Chilian at 90. Dutch Four per Cents. are 884. Railway Shares have varied but little. We quote Caledonian, 32; Eastern Counties. 184 4; Great North of England, 230 to 4; Great Western, 110; Great Northern, 24 t., 3; Brighton, 484 4; North-Western, 1634- to 164; South-Western, 604 4; Midland, 115 to 117; North Stafford. 94 4; South-Eastern. 35; York and North Midland, 764; and Rouen and Havre, 234 to 24. ONE CLOSING rEIcEn OF isNITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. liank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced A.nns 87F 87% 3 per Cent. Consols Annukties B7 4 % 87 87 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 89 % 14 89 89 bong Annuities to ex pire J an. 1860 9% 9 9 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ........ - 8 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B tt Consols for Account 87%4 87 87 Exchequer Bill& 2d. I,oow. .. 5001. .... ... Small ONE CLOSING ?MCES OF 'FOREIGN tulips: O'CLOCK PRICES Braziliar; Bondi Ditto ' Small — 84 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent..... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 184% 18% Ditto. Account . . ... ... ....—..,. 18 1 , Portuguese 5 per Cents.... - -- -- Ditto, Bonds. 4 per Cent ...... —, Ditto, Account . - 27 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1t340 Ditto 3 per Cent • ..... .e...... Ditto, Account ...... - • 30 30 Dividends on the above payable in London. !_iutch 2 1 per Cent. . Ditto. 4 Ver Cent. Certificates 88% / 88% PRICES Of BUSINESM DONE CLoSIN Ur RAILWAY SHARES. PAID' AT ON k. O'CLOCK. Plt I (IE, , . Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction VA..... 14 l4 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2IA — Belfast County Down 10 ...... Birmingham and Ox !Ord Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Birming.,Wolverlepton, and Stour Va11ey..... 8 ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, _. , and Cheshire Boston, Stamtil, & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire Bl. 4s. :: aledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2 1 4...... .... .. . Ditto, Clydesdale J unc 35 Chester and Holyhead... 32% Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clarence IOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 . Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. lO . ; ... 7ornwall Ditto, Half Shares Dublin and ISelfastJunc. 20 .Dundalk & Enniskillen 12% East Anglia, 25/., L. k E. and L. and D.:...:. 25 Du., 181., E. & H.... 25 Do., 3/.105., E. &H. 1 Eastern owities 2O ...... 1846( ex div... 1814 x. d. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 61. 133. 4d... ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... - Do., York Extension.. 7 4..... 6% astern Union ' 50 —.. ... ... ...... .. ... Ditto. Quarter Shares 12%. iiitt , ..Thiros ... .....136. 4d East Lancashire Ditto. New Do.. do., Exten. Scrip LI% --- •.. •• East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Half Shares ... 15 ...... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12/ 2 ...... • . —. Edinburgh It Northern.. 20 • Ditto, New - Ditto, Newport ..... ... 7 ...... ' .. • Ditto, catio, New . .... 1 1 /2 — . : • • Edinburgh and Perth... 2 Ditto, Extension ..... 10s. Exeter, Yeovil,Lit Lurch. 2%0..0. ...•• ..... - ' Unto, - Nev, - . • -;,...... .. Glasgow, Dumfries, and - : ' ' - 5 .. Carlisle ...• 8/. 6s. Bd''•• !: . ''" Glasgtiv, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 .:4.... ... - "Li.. Ditto„ .r.New Do.. L 4 >Shares (5 per cent. guar. ):... .... : . 12%.,... , . ...... . Great Northern - -2% Do 7 . Londonapd York 2%..r , ..: , ..-- ...... 11A GreatsOuth. 'and West. (Ireland) .;reat.Northof EnglatuL.loo .:.,...230% ex div 230%x.d Ditto, N evr 40/. Ditto, New 30/. 3O Ditto, New 151 l% — ' •reat Western Ditto % Shares ..... .. 50 Ditto.M. Shares ...... 15 Ditto kiftbs - 2(1.. Ditto, New In .... ~.. 7 ' - Huddersfield & Manche& 19 Ditto, Thirds ... Hull and Selby — Do. Ilalf Shares — Ditto IA Shares 12%. Ipswich& Bury St. EGM. 15 ...... Do., do., and Norwich 12 . ...„. ....... .. Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 • 60 ex div 6O x. d. :Attu, Thirds Leeds and Bradford 45 92, 92k ex div...924x.d. Leicester and Bedford... 16!.. ..... ... .. Coeds ;isewSinTry, ice:... 32 V it ...... -- . .... .... Do., Branch IA Shares 714.. -•— ••" ..... ••• •• Do. New Branch(blue) 2 A .... Do. Extension (green) 2 4" • ••• Do.NewExten. (pink) 214.••.. ~ Leeds a,.d Thirsk. ........ 31 ...... Ditto, New ............. 12 ".... Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. * A Liverpool, Crosby, and Soutbp ,, rt .... .......... 2 _ Liverp., M nc hstr& New- cast le Junction 2 1 2¢.. .... London and hlackwall. 161.135. 4d. ........ .. .... Do. New, No. 1 .. ........ Do. New, No. 2 3 /. 13e. 4ti; .... .... Do. Extension l2r /I .... _ London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 Do. Consul. Eighths.. 20 ..... Ds. (iflarant. ri per et. 9 ...... -- ........, — Do: Pref. Con. 5 perct. 50 ....., .4944 London andUrsanwich 121 1584 d... -.-- — Do. 1 1 reference —lB/ 1;s 2d - •.olidon and N. Westernloo ...164 163 163% x d 163% Do. Quarters L. & B. 12 - Do.. oft.. New - - Ditto Fifths ... .... 2 ...... - Do. t 4 Shares (G. J.) 20 Do 4 0148 bsree(L11.) 15 .1 l. -. 11, ... • 11e.,11111 ... „ .... Do. 40/. (M. & B.) 4O ...... •-• •••-•"*"*"" .... A 5 ...... - ............... Do. 10.. (31. & B.) B 5 . .... - ............... Do. 10/. .... & B.) C 1 ...... - ........ ... .... London, OxfurC, and 1 Cheltenham .4onel. &S. Western 41/ 6a 10d ...... 60 1 / 4 1 ,4 ..... , .... ' . - 41 Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 ...... -- ............... • 5.1 Do. New 50/. ... - . . .......... . Do. New 40/. ....-•- Do. Tenths (ConsoL) 50 ..... 5 •-- ....... ! ....... - 6 ,.." Ditto ditto ...... . - • ...... •,: ..... .. "" Ditto Scrip 50/. Ditto ditto 401 ... 4 ...... 4 ... ............ . London, Salisbury, and , •••• Yeovil ..... .... ..... -.. 1%. ..... ...... ............. " I. eadonderry&Ooleraine 25 ...... - ••••••"r •- " • Londonderry and Ennis- 95 oe killers -... 221/4.... -- . ••••• '''''••• Manchester and Leeds .82 ...... 95 .. .......... •.. • Manchester •"" Ditto ,•.,, Shares „ ... 88 •"" .19 . De. Quarter Shares... 141/4 - • ..... ••• . ....... .. . ..... Do. Fifths LI/2- • -- ..... Do. SiNteenths -,,,,, ...... --- ..... wet .. , , Do. Thirds (Reg.). -71. 4s. ...... --- ••••••"""• •• • "" Do. Liverp. and Bury 29 ... ... --- .•••••• *-"• Ditto(late Hud- , .-- '4 ••••! dersfield and Si. eft'. )28 ... ... .- ".• ....... Manchester,Buxton„and I # l°. 110. • Matlock..... oe Manchester, Sheffield, • and Lincolnshire 100 ...... -••• ••• """ .......... 2, Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 .. . ... •-•• '••••.• ..... . .. Ditto ditto (No. 2) 25 ...... -- . .... •••••••••• •••• Ditto ditto (No. 3) 7% ...... --- ..... " ........ "" Ditto and Grimsby-- 25 ...... -- ..,..... ...... . ~.. Ditto ditto . ... „„ 7 •••••• ~,,,...••.•..' " ...• ... t . ...;;•• .. Ditto ditto ..-... 4%..... . •-- . .0 --Ditto She ffi eld and . ' .. Lincolnshire 7% .. • ... •""".. .. " . ... -- Manchest. &Southanipt 2 l,de .. ... . -- 117"*"."• ..... oe «....•• ••• ill Midland lOO ......115 I ••ii 4• . Do. i itths • 9 ...... -••-• .......... 44 - Do. 40/. Shares . , Of Do. 501. Shares .. . 6 ..... 8 1 / 4 .w... Do. Birm.. and D er byloo ..•••. •-• • .... ••••*"." 01 Midland ConsoL Brist. & Binning., 6 per cent.loo ......121 x d .. •,... "..1• ...... :• ''' .... !" Midlnd, Brist. &Glocstr. 34 - ".• •••••• . .... Ditto, ditto 7/. 95....... -• •••••"'" • Midlnd,Leicest.& Swan- ...... ' ~ .. . 0. " nington, 8 per ct.guar. 5 0 .....• -- ...... Midland k...‘ real. Western Irish -•••• 30 ...... -- 4. ........... ~. 0 Newcastle sad Berwick 20 ...... 26 e•-• .. 1 .. -'"••• I Ditto New - ..... .0 8 .......... Ditto North Shields.- 25 - ... .-- - ......... ..... ..."' Newcastleand Carlisle-1W - • .......•,._•••••••• ...' Do• Quarters. •46v. - ...... -.•-* . ::,.-- . 0 4 Do. New Quarters RI. 186..i . d. ;"-,,,. ' •"j' .... r" - Newmrket&ChesterlOrd 13%".:.. .l + ••• •N • .... . .*: .. Do. Extension .........2/. 125.... - I r, •••• ....... ... Newport, Abergayennv ' ' -- .., , • - • ... , .... , . ... and Hereford 4 ..-.. . -- ... :, . ••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 _ • .... . . - ..........••• Newry, Warrenpoint, . .. •••••• .0. anti Rostrevtr lO ...... •••-• -• ...... .. Norfolk ........- 100 ...... .... .......... ~., . .... Do. New 201... - ....." a' ....- Do. Extension • .13 .... . . -.-. • ••••• •"" • - Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val 2 2 .. ......... ---- •••••"' •••••• .. ..... .... B O 5O Northern Counties Union 4 ... •-- „"z." ....... ... 7, ....... .. 14 North British ... .... - .14 Do. Half Shan a 12%...... 14 •••••• ... Do. Quarters ...... 5%••••• """ . - Do. Extension ........ - Ditto Thirds 1 ...... - .... ....... . !! Northern and Eastern 5O ...... -- ' ....... ••0 ..- ~I Ditto Quarter Shares 12%....•• -- ..... 7'. . kr Ditto New ...... .... 14 --- .. . ...... . ........... .., North Sta ff ordshire 7% ..... 9._ .• OP North Wales - . ........ North Western 4 ...... -- •••••••••• . ..0 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton - Ilio Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre• Do. % Sharer (A) 8% ...... 12% ............ . ..... Ditto ditto (B) - ...... Reading, Guildford, and ......... ...." Reigate - ...... ... ' Royston and Hitchin - - ........... . ... et Scottish Central - ••• "•••.. ••• . o fe Scottish Midland Ditto, New ... 1 10 74 ........ :: --..-- ... ... .. ............. ••••' Sheffield, Rotherham, ...... .5. and Goole ... 5 ...... -- •••••'" . , ... ,10 Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 34 .... • ~ .. ; ...... ' 7 ... ' Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 ...... IVeX." ....... • •••• ~ Shrewsbury & Chester .... ... .... D (N it ( t ' o r. H w alv M es in ... ) . ditto 16 8 ..... ' •. ---- "" . ::: ............... ',O Ditto Oewestry 12 ...... - ............ , •••• Ditto New - ..... ...• ..... .... Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 .. ..., -... ••• ........ ...; Shropshire Union . 0 ...... ....... .. •• South Devon` - ......... , •••• •••• Do. Preference - •••• ••• . 0 0 5.1 South Sta ff ordshire 2L 125.... -• ...... "" ..• .0 South Eastern & Dover 53% .. .... 35 ••• .. : . ••••,... ... Do.; No. 1.. 2O .: ..... --- * """ ... ... .e a 17 : ..... --- ..... ' .... .. Do , Ne. 3 .. ..... ___ . • ••• ..... .. . 0 Do., No. 4 , • 6 14 ....• -- ••• ...." South Wales south Yorkshire, Don- ' - ' caster, and Goole 2 ...... -- ............ 0 . ... Swans. & Loughor &Ca- •... .. 0 meron's Stm. Coal 2 -- ..• "••• " ..... . .....• . Taw Vale Extension - ••• "' .o. Thames Haven Duck -- .. . 0 ,ie ..... . , and Railway ' 171,42...... 0... ..111... ..... ; ..... 4.. ' ..** ' • it•' Vale of Neath - ', ' : . 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Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of London..-... • ..... .. ..° Union of Australia ....... ........ ''''' Ditto,New... ...... Union of Madrid by . ' LLOYD'S 5111PPi144,,,A7 olociel*. LONDON, Arc. 23.__ Wind 144- - " . 4 ,„4 eir:d and cloudy. ~ gaebre o _l;ol trr DEAL, AVG. 21. - A Trd. Tralrellers.o4. Arr.... 0101 for Hull. 22d, Planet. Booth, Jsln fi gki De mers Item Pltaf p. the River and saUed, Henry James , m e . vallitlol $4l O Jamaica ; David Luckie, HondOrullitiopoSeorloool4 Quebec; Anna. Meer, Sierra Ler l l, ; _ tfo is ; 11 2 3 10 0.4 .. York. 22d, Z,.epard, Giljes, Pj aica ua; '"' eta ° . Quebec; Glenelg. China; Bil l, . „„ cope d e _„„. Sultana and Selina, Mogeclor. wi n d . w.....-..-.- r rV OFF HASTINGS. AUG. 22. - .." 'f ° ) ham, Quebec. 1 41.--Tw eedild ' dite OFF LITTLEHAMPT'ON, . AUG. .• - ' i ' SI nada, for Antwerp. , el. vi - ....Arra. ' x,,,,,• FALMOUTH, A UG.-Winu A`i oit: : Li rt, yl". ° lo ;d' it iir: lo l o .,.. - cane, Adamson, Valparaiso, March, freight 71,000 d,,llars. Otr po s s( h .n e , a ti ran ie u rr n a , GLseiiumb.i.,..fof!-)rHAu:wbuerreph; ;Fo.,:a_toetiredelcio,:Zwy,„_°lll6l.or Baltimore, for Antwerp ; Wou.sley, "r'' ,A Ot lie rif Cones. , ~,,, w..... Ar.-• 11- 112 LIVERPOOL, AUG. 22.-- win d .c.• savory', 4; lane, Heod rson, Savannah ; CalYPs°' Abtil. u . 600. C Y. o . i rk d. ; o F . edrit;tz:licre..thOalrivinver: ditto; r E ( U m r , . °V .c,..o ' nuti rea go ItwAseos: Philsae i P" D. an. Queb , c; Howard , Brown* di t to; jr , Nl' W York; Gvm rat Taylor, Redman, , „,. ilk i,' e, , E Q l u d e r b id ec ge ; , .Sarandit ditto; ; Sands VietosrieCaralaerrkedeiwttoy:o.„,rccuLlT:itiorili.orms.-7. Dromeeser. elitro; Clarence, ditto; .v,teete_w, so . ~ St Stephen 8. Pr __ . 0 1; Jamaica; Regalia. Ferguson, • .. , s id, 2G. wick; Sophia, Prince Edward' s Warm ditto; C(j1101_1d4 P. Ilarward, New Orleans; Bornholm, _ jteflts•-tio, i Quebe; Rose, Newfoundland. 21_ 1 ____lpirste United States. Boston ; St. Andrew, KV . ,.. ‘ "l rt. . , Ar o d Quebec; Briti.h Prink. ditto. Off f.', l ii a nt, ,7 ' Lady ut Lad/ v Lydia, Carona, 013, Quons2 of finntat, sndS....---. • \J ., - * 1 4 117 f ' s e 6;73. 4 , if Ark. ~ 'f t 17 : -pi- 7 .641 Z-. • .406 0 - 141 'lO •7'.Z.4r • Nto'4 . 0! biotin 3A ~---Attro I ON )ON. MONDAY. AUGUST 23, 1847. Public attention is at this moment directed to the political and social relations of Parisian society by the revelation of three crimes, evincing in their per- petrators the most heinous depravity or the most dia bolical guilt. From the recurrence of these crimes certain factious individuals are endeavouring to cast odium upon a great nation—to involve an entire city in a certain degree of dotnplicity—to attach to the most venerable institutions of France an aspect of such atrocity as could only be imparted to them by direct participation in the evil deeds of the rogue and the assassin. Without pretending to become the pane gyriAs of our neighbours across the Channel, with out, indeed, any inclination whatever to become their apologists or vindicators, we do most solemnly pro , test against this species of wholesale impeachment, we do most explicitly deny the logic of these infe rences by which calumnies are distorted into evi dences of crime, and insinuations are magnified into testimonies of conviction. Because M. TESTS ;s proved to have disgraced his official authority by the most flagrant acts of pecula tion—are his Ministerial colleagues to be regarded as, ipso facto, lovers and promoters of corruption ? Because M. DE BEAUVALLON is proved to have pistolled M. DUJARRIER to the death, with malice prepense—are the journalists of Paris in a body to be scouted as cut-throats and desperadoes ? Because the unfortunate Duchess DE CHOISEUL PRASLIN is butchered under the most suspicious, as well as the most diabolical, circumstances—are we to abhor the august nobility of France as a race inured to infamy and capable of acts of the most hideous and tremendous "character? Were such a system of reasoning admitted as just and sequential, who could escape from a similar degree of complicity ? Could any class, could any city, could any profession, Could any handicraft, could any nation ? Good Giiro 1 the whole globe would be darkened by supposititious as well as by actual criminality,—it would be peopled with imagi nary monsters as well as with those demons of huma nity by which the land is polluted, by which OMNI POTENCE is derided, by which the face of His divine creation is profaned. The population of the four continents would be one enormous congregation of men habituated to licentiousness and bloodshed. Not one creature would be free from the general leprosy of suspicion, not one but would be morally in the eyes of his neighbour an outcast and a ruffian. And yet it is by this ruthless principle of insinuation that the factious logicians we have alluded to are actuated ; it is this horrible principle which is avowed by some of our European Contemporaries ; it is with these insinuations that their columns are disgraced. It is impossible to deny that the present Adminis tration of France is composed of statesmen odious to many millions, that the literary world of the French metropolis has been rendered to a considerable extent notorious from the shameful lives and vicious propen sities of its most conspicuous ornaments, that the Peers of France have not been very materially elevated i , public estimAtion by many recent disclosures. Yet, acknowledging all this, it would be a grie‘oui misprision of justice, it would be totally opposed to the dictates of common sense, to deduce from three isolated occurrences the infamy of the French Ministry, of the French Press, and of the French Peerage, in the aLzgregate. As well might we say that all Italian princes must be ruthless and tyrannical, because CIESAR BORGIA desolated that peninsula by his arms and his diplomacy. As well might we loathe the noble name of SHIRLEY, because LAWRENCE, Earl of FERRERS, was hung on the gallows at Tyburn, as the murderer of his steward. As well might we despise every coachman in the United Kingdom, because DANIEL Goon had driven a carriage; every school master, because EUGENE. ARAM had fingered the grammar ; or every member of the constabulary, because JONATHAN WILD had practised as a thief taker. While, however, we express our indignation at the manner in which the conduct of M. TtsTE and of M. DE BSAUVALLON is made to reflect injuriously upon all eontempnra r y politicians and journalists in the French dominions, we would especially protest against the line of argument which has been adopted since the dreadful assassination of the Duchess DE CHOISEUL PRASLIN. We would insist upon the in justice of the latter inferences, inasmuch as the guilt of the accused is as yet only hypothetical, morally conclusive as the details of that frightful catastrophe are, the wretched husband of the Duchess DE PRASMN has yet to be declared her murderer. • His hair matches with the lock found in the dead hand of his wife ; the embossed coronet on the butt-end of his pistol has left an impression on her ghastly forehead; the floor conducting from their separate sleeping apartments is dabbled with blood ; the hilt of a poniard, marked with the same damning stains, is discovered in his chamber, — all these things may seem to the majority equivalent to a verdict, but his guilt or innocence has yet to be pronounced. The imagination of the public is suffi ciently harrowed, moreover, by the circumstances of this dismal tragedy, to require its horrors to be enhanced by virtually implicating in its atrocity the arwienne noblesse and the parvenus peers of the French empire. Th e sudden and bloody death of a high born lady, so gentle in disposition, and so harmless in life, that sh e i s d eclared to have no known enemy on earth, is o f i tself enough to raise the po pular passions to an extraordinary extent, and to enkindle indignation in the hearts of the most frivolous of the Parisians. H er d estruction, too, in the (lead hour of the night, stabbed an d cut a b out the throat, and bludgeoned over the heal; her mortal struggle ssith her destroyer ; the marks of a bloody hand upon the wall and bell-pull; the " ruffled" sound of the bell itself; the groans of the victim, the fin tive shadow of the murderer, the breaking in of the room door, and the spectacle which thereupon di , red itself to the domestics, are sufficient to fill the whole - capital vs ith commotion. Why then, at such a moment of unnatural excitement, are these dastardly insinuations thrown out—that the infamy of e ruffian is to be considered al the prevailing ohs. 7- 7 -