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The .„- Aebility. s u bse th ribe t rs to the Opera, and the Public, are re- PecifrAn Y inicillned lTHTS EVENING, August 17, be performed MoLEzart'sNO De ed celeb Ope FIGARO. ra, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS, leornsprising " Le Pas des Deesses." The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, 'price 10s. 6d. each. Applications for boxes, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the Box-office, at the theatre. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform- Male commezice at Eight o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA., COVENT-GARDEN. The Nobility Subseribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that THIS EVENING, August 17, will be performed Rossini's cele brated Opera, LA DONNA DEL LAGO. To conclude with a new Divertissement in Two Tableas, entitled LA NAYADE. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street; and at the Box-office. Bow-street Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; the Opera to commence at THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be presented RORY .O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ; Kathleen, Miss Wootemr. Otter characters by Messrs. Paul Bed ford, 0. Smith, Fielby, and Cnilenford ; Miss Marian Taylor, MIS% Ellen Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws. After which r. new and original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS NRITEL YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts, Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard ; Squibb, Mr. Redmond Ryan ; Ma-,y Wbite, Miss Woolgar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss Emma lir ff di ng . To conclude with a new and original barletta, in one act , by Charles Selib k Esq., called OUT ON THE SLY ; or, A Fete at Rosherville. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. Emery ; Captain Absolute, Mr. F. Vining ; •Sir Lucius O'Tritrger, Mr. A. Wigan ; Faulkland, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Acres, Mr. G. Wild ; Julia, Mrs. R. Honner ; Lydia, Miss Daly ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Griffiths ; Lucy, Miss Arden. After which, a new Divertissement, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear. To conclude with the Drama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Characters by Leigh Murray, J. T. Johnson, Oaberry, Tuener ; Miss Daly, Miss Arden, Mrs. Griffiths. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY for Six Nights. THIS EVENING Will be presented the GOVERNOR'S WIFE. Hickory Short, Mr KeeleY ; Letty Briggs, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by THE END OF JUNE. Nicholas Czarny, Mr. Keeley. After which THE MISER'S WELq. Keeley; Clans Hopper, Mr. Keeley. 'To conclude with the Nautical Drama entitled THE DREAM .&T SEA. noxeT. Is., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence Italf.rr Ft Six. Dolph Heyliger, Mrs. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed GRACE GREY ; o.r, Temptation, Truth, and Treachery. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Forman, Searle, and Miss Vincent, After which the CASTLE OF ST. ALMO ; or, the Spanish Bride. To conclude with FAYRE FOSAMONC. Fayre Rosamond, Mr. Forman. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Air. William Batty. THIS EVENING A grand Grecian and Fairy Legend entitled THE PRINCE OF CYPRUS ; or the Horse of the Elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Entirelv new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestration. To cotwande with a favourite Afterpiece. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAT. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Representation of SHAKSPERE'3 BINTH-PLACE. The Harmonic Rock Band every Evening. On MONDAY, August 16, and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, The celebrated Ba'id of the Establishment, selected from the Queen's, Private Band, the Coldstreams, and the elite of M. Jullien's Spud, will perform a Grand Selection of Ancient and Modern Music, Dayll.ght View of Gibraltar. Splendid Menagerie. Shakspere'. Birth Place, from Drawings by Alfred Crowquill. Ihe Celebrated Hisrmonicon Band will also perform at intervals, concluding with the Stege of Gibraltar. Feeding the Animals at Five; Jullien's Concert, Quarter-past Six ; Fireworks, Quarter-put Nine.—No extra charge. Athnission to the whole, One Shilling. Ll± WEATEIEIt..—SIIN OFFICE, AUG. 17. TETER - SWEETER, Lowest, 59; Highest. 67 ; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 30.12.—W1ND N.N.W.; cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. - Morning.. 24 minutes after 5. Evening .. 42 minutes after 5. futrtul -11iL LONDON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 17, 1847. Poor unfortunate Mr. SPOONER has had a godsend at the eleventh hour, and such a godsend as must afford unspeakable gratification to the Honourable Gentleman's friends and relations. Virtually kicked out of Birmingham, he has been almost as igno- Mminiously kicked into North Warwickshire. For "Rant of a better candidate—and this shows the•desti tution of their cause—he has been chosen by the local Protectionists as the representative of that county constituency. While in the very paroxysms of his grief at being compelled to leave Birmingham he is hurried to the hustings at Coleshill, and has the spurs of knighthood screwed into the heels of his boots. While lamenting, like LATINCELOT GOBBA, he is con jured away into a state of luxury as unexpected as that of CHRISTOPHER SLY. His good fortune is so sudden and tremendous that his breath is taken away. His gratitude is gasped out with the most miserable iteration. " Gentlemen," he exclaimed, "I beg to assure you all, from the inmost recesses of my soul, that I thank you—l thank you—l thank you." Whereupon, says the reporter, there was " much laughter," and we don't wonder at it. Such a wind falm such a dilemma is enough to bewilder such a politician. There can be little astonishment that the a icul ''',„2! rat:pce an an d of ur triumph at the return g :f Mr. D i 3 i s ivis wp io z n of Warwickshire. S h r . oonnu for the Northern 'reverses in the English counties it A m fte is' os r b t u o t f ra so t i !on m ar to y expect that they would make the Lancashiret eir vic tory. They forget the disasters in and Yorkshire, and: Middlesex, in the first flush of thei r success in Warwickshire. Nor can we feel much amazement if they are so far carried away by exulta tion that they forget the decencies of language as Lord J. SCOTT forgot them, when he termed Sir ROBERT PEEL " the great JUDAS ISCARIOT of 1841." The Liberals must be prepared for these extrava gances —they must regard them as the necessary ac ompaniments of the harmless spleen of the Protec tionists. They are merely the hissings and splutter inbe forgotten s co t c h e d a dd er, f or it m ust by no means that the adder of monopoly has merely been scotched —it yet remains to be destroyed. The last Parliament has the credit of first opening the gates which impeded international commerce. The new Parliament must acquire t he d glory of taking those gates away altogether, of wideni ng th e roa d o f gltrade between ourselve s the oth er nat i ons o f t h e obe. In our observations yesterday on the Report of the Select Committee on our Commercial Relations with China, we stated the great falling off of our trade with that country, the ruinous losses suffered by our merchants on their dealings, and that these untoward results were not owing to any want of demand for our manufactures, or from the increasing competition of other nations. England, in fact, at this moment enjoys no less than four-fifths of what may be termed the legitimate trade ; the whole of the imports into China (exclusive of opium) amounting in value to 20,390,734 dollars, of which 16,073,682 dollars was the value imported in British vessels, 2,909,669 dollars in American, and 1,413,433 dollars only in the shipping of all other countries. In ad dition to this, the enormous sum of twenty three millions of dollars were estimated for the opium imported from British India on English or American account. The entire of this vast amount, exceeding 9,400,0001. sterling, has to be provided for at present by tea, silk, and silver—a hope is, how ever, expressed that sugar and China g r ass (as a substitute for hemp) may at a future period form important elements in the calculation. From the peculiar nature of the traffic in opium, it being to a certain extent unrecognised, and, there fore, a prompt settlement of all accounts respecting it being rendered absolutely necessary, the whole available silver is absorbed thereby, and consequently the legitimate traffic depends on our taking tea and silk in payment for our goods. Silk is at present moderately and fairly taxed in this country, and, almost as a natural consequence, the trade is steadily improving, the exportation thereof from China to England, in the year 1846, having amounted in value to more than 1,200,0001. It is, however, an article of mere luxury, and we cannot hope that a rapid increase of consumption will enable us to extend our transactions therein to an extent sufficient to counteract the influences we have already alluded to. To an increased consumption of tea, therefore, and to that alone, can we look for the means, not merely of extending, but even of main taining a profitable trade with China, and every con iideration urges us to adopt such measures as may tend to that result. It is scarcely necessary to dwell upon the reasons that render a general use of tea in this country in the highest degree desirable : it would provide the best remedy for the degrading vice of intoxication that is unfortunately too preva lent ; it would lead the hard-working artizan or 1 labourer to spend his evenings in the bosom of his family in place of in the public-house or beer-shop; it would make him enjoy his home, where, with his wife and children, he might quaff the cup " that cheers but not inebriates." and thus increase the social and domestic happiness of the people in general ; and, by interposing a guard against the demoralization and temptations to which a poor man is exposed while partaking abroad of unwholesome and intoxicating drinks, would materially lessen the amount of crime, and diminish the national expenditure in its most objectionable form—viz., police, prisons, penal settlements, &c. These reasons alone should be sufficient to induce our Legislature to spare no exer tions to attain so desirable an object. The Committee justly state that it can only be effected by a consider able reduction of the present rate of duty, which, on the average qualities of tea, amounts to over 200 per cent., on inferior qualities to 350 per cent.; and, although it is not so stated by the Committee, we believe that we are justified in saying that it amounts to fully 800 per cent. on the boheas, the qualities chiefly used by the humbler classes in our country. Such a reduction would be but a matter of justice to the Chinese, who do not in any instance impose a higher tax on our productions than an ad valorem duty of 10 per cent., while the average is but from five to seven per cent. Our dealing with teas also forms an exception to that adopted with respect to almost every other article of commerce; for while duties on other articles have been reduced with the happiest results, they have been considerably in creased on teas. By taking decennial periods we find that in 1801 the duty was 20 per cent. where the value was under 2s. 6d. per pound, and 50 per cent. above it ; in 1811 it was 96 per cent. on all values ; in 1821 and 1831, 96, and 100 per cent. ad valorem, and in 1841 2*. Id. per pound, or over 200 per cent. on average qualities, while in 1846 it was 2s. 2id. The only difficulty therefore in the way of a great reduction is the exi gencies of the Exchequer to which the duty on tea during the year 1846 produced 5,110,8971. Should the desired reduction occasion a consider able loss to the revenue, we contend that Parliament would be bound for the reasons above cited to sane it, and, if necessary, to provide for the deficiency of revenue by the imposition of taxes of some other description. We have long since stated our views on this subject, and have proved that a property-tax is not only the fairest, but the most eligible mode of raising the chief portion of the revenue. There is every reason, however, to suppose that if the duty were reduced to half, or even a quarter of its present amount, there would not only be no loss, but rather an improvement to the general revenue. We have had the experience of the last six years, by which it appears that, notwithstanding a reduction and aboli tion of duties to the amount of 7,620,0001., there is an increase of revenue from the same sources. This alone would prove an unanswerable argument in favour of the experiment, but a still stronger analogy is afforded by the articles of coffee and cocoa, on which various reductions have been made during a series of years. In bothi o i these instances the revenue has benefited con siderably by the reduction; and it cannot be said that tea is at pirteseenotuldas b e e xte o n b si t v a e in ly ed use a d t as it would be if a more reasonable rate ; for, while our average con sumption is but 1 lb. 10 oz., that in Guernsey and Jersey amounts to 4 lb. 4 oz. per head. It must also be borne in mind, that for every additional pound of tea brought into use, five pounds of sugar would be required, so that the revenue would receive a vast addition from this branch also, and the prosperity of our West India colonies would be materially advanced. These remarkable facts fully justify the Committee n their earnest recommendation that the duty on tea s hould be reduced from 2s. 21d. to ls. per pound and their belief that the revenue would not be injured, thereby. The only part of their report from which we dissent is, that which recommends a fixed in pre ference to an ad valorem duty, whereby the wealthier classes contribute less in proportion than the more humble. This we conceive to be the very worst po licy, although it is that which pervades our whole system of taxation. It will, we trust, however, be materially modified by the new Parliament, whose first and t important duty will be to g i ve their most a ttention to the mode by which th e re 'venue is collected, and we trust that in so doing they will pay that respect to th .u ea y bo d v e e ser r v e e p I . ort which it s 1 justly importance and ability so 3 While it is surprising that men of education and apparently of common sense adhere with a dull per tiP.acity (called by themselves consistency) to prin ciples that to everybody else are miserably obsolete, it is in no way surprising that they should attempt to defend their position in a most grotesque and pre posterous fashion. It is only in keeping w ith their character. Convinced that they are destined to b e the means of preserving the country from perdition by bringing it back to the commercial folly and finan cial ignorance of the " good old times," it is but natural that, like Alderman 'Cum, they should determine to t, put down" free trade and free-traders, f and ev w er e y. thing else th a t i s goo d and reasonable. only to select some achievement of a less impossible kind, they might acquire the fame of exercising a certain degree o f i n fl uence over t h e a ff a i rs of their generation. Like the eastern potentate who rose be fore the dawn, and bad the sun, with an authorita tive air, ascend the heavens from the eastern horizon, and descend to the western, they might obtain the applause of the least discerning as the imaginary cause of a movement immeasurably removed from the reach of their authority. Unfortunately, how ever, they pursue a course directly the reverse of that followed by the Oriental prince. They command the sun to rise from the west and to set in the east, and consequently draw duwn upon themselves uni- The Aug sburgh Gazette states that grave disturb ances have broken out at Lucca, in consequence of TEE SUN, LONDON, AM' versal contempt and intolerable ridicule. Ask the endeavours of the reigning Duke to establish any dispassionate observer whether the talent himself as absolute, in spite of the constitution of 1806 of the once powerful p art y of Conservatism is disco- guaranteed by the Congress of Vienna. verable among those who are called Peelites, or among those who are called Protectionists. Can there be any hesitation or uncertainty as to the reply? Is it not obvious, that with a few stray and eccentric exceptions (like that of the nobleman christened by O'CONNELL " Hurdigurdy," or like the brilliant Member for Buckinghamshire, whom Punch seems to regard as the eloquent antithesis of HAMPDEN), the talent of the Conservatives is almost concentrated among the Peelites. Even at the latest moment the more sensible of the supporters of Sir Ro- BERT have acknowledged their former errors of judg ment, and have come over to the side of Reform and Liberality as boldly as Mr. MONCKTON MILNE& There is no doubt that the courage evinced by the ex-Premier has materially emboldened the more timorous among the converts to the popular doc trines, and there is no doubt, on the other hand, that the audacity of such adventurous spirits as Lord GEORGE BENTINCK has confirmed the obstinacy and deepened the obtuseness of his Protectionist brethren. Altogether, from these considerations we are satisfied that as the wiser members of the Conservative party have been guided to free trade by argument, so the more frivolous can only be convinced of their obsti nate absurdity by a system analogous to that of the reductio ad absurdum. They must be laughed into common sense by being shown the ludicrous nature of their position. The Swiss Diet was occupied on the 10th, 11th, and 12th, in discussing the propositions of the Com mittee relative to the dissolution of the Catholic League. We have already published these proposi tions. The Deputies of the Catholic League sur passed all their former sayings in the violence of their language. The propositions, however, were carried by a majority of twelve States and two half States. The following were the votes : FOR - Zurich, Soleure, Schaffhausen, St. Gall, Argau, Tessino, Geneva, Vaud, Thargau, Grisons, Glaris, Berne, Basle (country), and Appenzel (outer). AGAINST—Uri, Unterwalden, Zug, Valais, Neuf chatel, Fribourg, Schwytz, and Lucerne. Appenzel (inner) did not vote. As a specimen of the spirit by which the Sonder bund, or Catholic League, is actuated, we may mention that, according to the new constitution, which the members of that League have proclaimed in the can ton of Valais, Protestantism is not henceforth to be even tolerated in the cantons, and the refusal of the Diet to sanction this intolerance is complained of by the Sonderbund as a grievance. The liberty which they desire is the liberty of persecution. Madrid papers of the 10th have arrived. The Afrancesado Heraldo, after a long eulogium on the moderation of Don FRANCISCO D'ASSIS, again announces the approaching reconciliation of the KING and QUEEN. An abortive attempt had been made to assassinate General SERRANO by means of an infernal machine. There was again a talk of an approaching change of Ministry. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The announcement of the appointment of the Duke D'AUMALE as Governor-General of Algeria is con firmed. The KING signed the ordonnance of appoint ment before his departure for Eu. His MAJESTY wished to appoint him Viceroy, but it was thought too dangerous a step to take at first, more especially in the present state of the public mind in France ; therefore the Duke D'AUMALE will, according to the Revue des Deux Mondes, " be simply a Governor- General, placed, like every other public functionary, under the orders of a responsible Minister, and him self responsible for his acts." Knowing how unpo pular this appointment will be in France, the Revue, which speaks from the inspiration of M. Gnaw'', endeavours, by way of a diversion, to excite the Anglophobia of the French, by declaring that the appointment will give umbrage to England, and that after the marriage of the Duc DE MOSTPENSIER it is the most hardy act of M. GulzoT's policy for some time. We do not agree with the Revue on this point. M. GulzoT was much more hardy when, in the case of M. DE GIRARDIN, he read from the tribune a private letter and betrayed a confidence, to put down a political opponent. He was much more hardy when from the tribune he boasted how adroitly he had " fenced" with truth in his interviews with the Marquis of NORMANDY. He is much more hardy in refusing all investigation into the charges of corruption brought against himself and his colleagues. We believe that this attempt to render palatable a most unpopular appointment, by endeavouring to excite a jealousy of England, will fail. Instead of the false and hollow entente cordiule between the two Courts, we have an entente coraiale between the people of the respective nations, who will no longer suffer themselves to be the dupes of a designing intriguer. France and England have ceased to be each other's Mrs. GRUNDY, and if the appointment of the Due D'AUMALE is contrary to the interests of France, the nation will not submit to it one jot the more readily because M. GUIZOT, speaking with his usual regard to truth, may choose to represent it as likely to give umbrage to England. The Commerce says that the DUKE will set out forthwith for Algiers, to be installed in his new dignity. He will be accompanied by two Lieute nant-Generals and a brilliant staff. His Royal Highness has announced his resolution of retaining the services of Lieutenant-General BEDEAU, as he re gards the General as his first and most essentia auxiliary in the administration or the colony. The civil :administration of the colony is to be entirely re-organized. The trial of D'EsQUIVILLY for perjury has termi nated in a verdict of guilty, and he has been sen tenced to ten years' imprisonment. In allusion to the scene with DE BEAUYALLON on the previous day, the President, in summing up, made the following observations :—" It was not without emotion that we yesterday heard the man who appeared before the Court at Rouen, to answer a most serious accusation, and who may eventually have to answer another ac cusation of an equally serious character—it was not without emotion that we heard him say- 4 It is, then, a duel between M. BERTRAND and myself that you wish for.' No ! there can be no question of a duel here—no duel is possible with a man who, in a former meeting, has made use of arms which justice must characterise as fraudulent. Such a man as this does not deserve an honourable adversary, and men may henceforth refuse to accept any provocation from him without the lea.* ghi in upon their honour." The Prince DE JolNvr la nded at Toulon on the 11th, and set off immediately for Paris. His health has suffered so seriously, that he has been obliged to give up the command of his squadron, and place himself under the care of Baron I'IIS4:WIER, the chief surgeon of the KING. The Baron MARTINEAU DE CUENEZ, Under- Secretary of State for the War Department, is to be appointed Vice-President of the Cour de Cassation in the place of M. TASTE. The French Three per Cents. were done on Sun day, in the Passage de l'Opera, at 76f. 75c., the clos ing price of the preceding day. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 14—Dutch Rhenish, 2q—Lou va i n a la Sambre, %—Lyons and Avignon (Constituted), 2%- -Northern of France, 11—Orleans and Bordeaux, 434 — Paris and Lyons, 3%. V) , Ati dl k A wk l kkilid if-440z' 26 e . 44 -V - '-z" eclat 4*: T • 'KOS ,7.; FROST ' . = AIR v 40111 tr. SURREY THEATRE. This theatre was crowded last evening to witness the debut of the Keeleys. It is, we believe, their first appearance on this side of the water. The first piece was The Governor's Wife, in which the Hickory Short of Keeley was superb, and the betty Briggs of Mrs. Keeley the ne plus ultra of amusing vulgarity. Then came the End of June (the Lyceum version of the old farce of_ Thirteen to the Dozen), in which Keeley appears as the tailor (the character originally sustained by Liston), and then the Miser's Well. The evening's amusement concluded with Buckstone's drama of dynes de Vere. The house was crowded in every part ; and the engagement of the Keeleys, who were received throughout with genuine hearty Surrey applause, will prove lucrative to the ma nagement. VICTORIA THEATRE. Wilks's drama of Grace Gray was revived here last evening, and Miss Vincent, as the heroine, pro duced quite as thrilling an effect as she did in the same play some four years since, on its first production; and we have no doubt but that this revival will have a run. A drama, entitled The Queen of Poland, followed; and the performances concluded with the burlesque of Fayre Rosamonde, in which Forman, who is now a member of the Victoria company, kept the audience in a roar. The house was well at tended. CREMORNE GARDENS.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Green again ascended from these gardens in the great Nassau balloon. The balloon having been inflated, and the usual preparations made, Mr. Green started on his aerial trip. When fairly up, it took a S.W. direction, and the breeze being somewhat strong, it proceeded in fine style, until it was lost to the wondrous eyes of the as sembled spectators. Among the distinguished visitors who honoured the gardens with their presence, were Earl St. Germains, Earl Rosebery, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir George Wombwell, Earl Clanwilliam, Earl Ferrars, Prince Louis Napoleon, Lord A. Lennox, Lord Alfred Paget, &c. MUNIFICENT LEGACY.—The funds of King's Col lege Hospital have just received an addition of 1,0001. by a legacy under the will of the late Miss Colyer, of Farningham, Kent. PRAYERS FOR A SEASON OF PLENTY.—" Some time since," says a correspondent, " the Rev. Hinton Smith decland that he could no longer conscientiously use the prayers appointed in our Church service for a Limo of dearth and famine, and substituted, after the general one, the thanksgiving for plenty. The former pray( r, however, is still persistt d in in many churches ; an anomaly which ought, I think, at once to be rectified. —Plymouth Times. The Pre s t on Pil ot mentions an instance o f one o f the electors having been bribed with a " Bank of Ele gance" note TUESDAY EVENING, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very firm. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 500 were American on speculation, and included 3,800 American at 61d. to ; 400 Peruvian, at 71d. to 81d. ; 200 Egyptian, at 81d. to 91d. ; 400 Surat, at 41d. to 51d. ; and 100 Sea Island, at 14d. to 15d. per lb. Tbero was some im provement in Railway Shares, and a large business was expected to be done, but that the money market con tinued so extremely tight. North-Western and Midland were in good demand. An evidently interested party, who writes from Ha lifax, and is displeased that we do not incur the risk of publishing the names of firms in difficulties the moment such are spoken of, is mistaken if he fancies we shall gratify any such morbid curiosity. At best it is a pain ful duty to notice such matters in any shape, and we are not disposed to chronicle stoppages until confirmed on 'Change. It is quite sufficient for us to advise our readers at first as to the general fact,leaving the rest for sub sequent substantiation, and affording the opportunity to any firm in difficulties to receive assistance, and make pri vate arrangements. Indeed, there are many men of business in the City, with whom we have conversed, and who decidedly protest against this " gibbetting " at all, and as we usually receive the salutary caution from those who favour us with information, not to give names until fully ascertained that the house cannot go on, we shall endeavour, as heretofore, to merit the confidence reposed in us. An instance, in point, occurred but a week since in the corn trade. A house was reported to have stopped, and we noticed the circumstance on the same morning, with out giving names, a precaution which we had reason to congratulate ourselves upon, as the rumour was subsequently contradicted on authority, and the house, by assistance rendered, was enabled to go on, though events have again brought it to a stand. The late City Correspondent of a Morning Contem porary through a similar occurrence, and although the Parti.c were spoken of on 'Change, involved the journal in the heavy expense of two or three compromised actions, so difficult is the proof of what corn radn rumour may assert. If there were any object to be gained by precipitate publication, some in ducement might exist, but there is literally none. The firm to which we aliuded yesterday as having suspended at Antwerp, is that of Messrs. Frazer and Co , and the liabilities are said to be 60,0001. or 70,0001. Another word en passant for the Halifax speculator, who wishes us to take the gloomiest view of matters. A fortnight since " excellent paper" was discounted, as then as serted, under this head, at 5i and 6 per cent., and we saw it done. At this present time 6 to 61 is about the charge for first class bills, and of course higher for other descriptions, from which we presume our Halifax complainant takes his average as to the value of money. We feel that we have devoted too much space to the notice of these subjects, to which, however, we shall not again recur. The wool sales, which will continue until about the end of the month, are progressing much better than might be anticipated, taking into consideration both the tightness of the money market, and the quantity put up. It may be hoped that the " fall" trade with America, which promised to be extensive, although it is difficult to say whether the heavy corn failures, expected in New York, may not somewhat mar the prospect, will keep our manufacturing interest in tolerable activity, though the high price of cotton sadly interferes with the profits. The expectation seems to be that not only the next but also succeeding steamers will take out bullion. The English stock market has been very quiet, but further money sales have depressed prices, and thrown some gloom over it, because, according to the reports in circulation, the sales are making for the Bank of England. Consols have dropped from 87* to 861 for present transfer, and from 87k to 861- 3 - for account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 89* to 884. India Stock, for account, has been at 239. The Reduced Three per Cents. have realised 874 to 87*. In the Foreign Market there is no activity. Spanish Five per Cent. Stock has realised 201, and Portuguese Four per Cent. 27. Mexican Bonds have improved to 18-a. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, are 56 to 564. Railway Shares have been without any general and marked variation, and the settlement of the account has occupied chief attention. Many lines are now quoted ex-dividend. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 7 % 14 i 3 per Cent. Consols Anne B 7 l /s 86 3 / 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9 1-16 9 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 13-16 Do. 30 Years, Empire Jan. 5,1860 8 13-16 34 India Honda huooz • 0000000 Ditto ender 1.0001 Consols for Account B 7 l /s 8678 India Stock 239 Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 5001. ... Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 81. q. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. 18% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cents DSivpiadnenisdlisßoonndst ji h v , uensn e P/ . . 11 C 50 ent,..18-:0_. 2014 27 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llO above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 A per Cents BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. rut. SHARE. Aberdeen ........................ 35 - to Belfast 10 2% ... Birmingham B A A i m yrmr b s e hin r gr , aeh N naad o ma t cd t , u i o n \Guv g onao . x f , tlily ß :ow o sz.Dr s da t opy o .. Boston to to -•-• 1311"1111Dg., WOl., & Stour Val. 8 Birkenhead, Lancashire, a nd Cheshire Juncti0n........... 6 1 h — ... to B os t on , Stamf., & Birming„, 5 B - to to Buck i ng h a mshire.. ............ 8 /. 4s 1 1 /0/ 4 dis. to Caledonian ••••• •••.,..., •-•••.. 40 Ditto, Half Shares ......... 2 1 A.. r D is o to . l , T an h d irds Exeter ...... Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 35 Chester and Holy-head... ...... 32 1 / 2 Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2 Clarence, .. ................... . ... 1 0 0 Do., lat Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - to Cornwall ....................... 7% _ to -,3/ Ditto, Half Shares ...... DvuubnalianikanadnßdelEfansntisJkuinueetnion.:. 2102 v to • - Eastern Counties ............... 20 7..18%4 x. div to Do. Perpet., 5 per et. No. 1 ,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., d 0.... ............ N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... 1 / pto Do., York Extension ...... 7% ...... 6% to Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 121,1 2 — Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d East Lancashire ......... 20 Ditto, New Do., do., Extension Scrip... im % to East Lincolnshire ••• 9 ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 , Ditto Half Shares ......... 15 .. ... to Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12 1 ,4 Edinburgh and Northern ... 20 ...... Ditto, New 2% ...... to Ditto, Newport .. •• • ...... .. 7 Ditto, ditto, New ... 1 1 / 2 Edinburgh and Perth Ditto, Extension Ely and Huntingdon Ditto, New 1 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 6s. 8d... .. ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ...... 35 D 0.% Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12 % ..... .. ... to Great Northern Do. London & York Exten. 2% — to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 3 5 Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, New 40/ Ditto, New 30/. Ditto, New 15/.... 1%...... •• ••• to Great Western B5 — to Ditto, Half Shares ...... 50 Ditto Quarter Shares ...... 15 Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/. Huddersfield and Manchester 19 .. to Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares ..... - 12%•••••• ...... to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 15 ...... Do. do. and 'Norwich ...... 12 ...... Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO Leeds and Bradford ...... 45 .. ... .. ... to Leicester and Bedford ......... 16s. ...... .•... to Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 32 1 , ...... Do., Branch % Shares...... 7% •.•••• -- to Ditto, New Branch (blue).. 2 ...... Ditto, Extension (green)... 2%....•• Do., New E x t en . (pi n k)... 2%.....• to Leeds and Thirsk 26 ...... .... . to Ditto, New ••• ...... •4 Do., do., P re f er ., 6 per C en t 3%. .... to -- Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% ...... ...... to London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d .. ... to Ditto New, No. 1,. Ditto New, N , 2 ... 2/. 13s. 4d.•••••• - -- - , INO. .0.73• - Do. Extension London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... ..... to to Ditto Preference London and North Western..lo o .. ..163 x d... to 162% Do. Quarter ... _L. and B. 12 ..... Do. do. New 2 ..... 2 10 1 / 2 to 11 ...... .... ...... to 18: 1 2 : : :. ....... -- •• ••• to Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters Do. 401. Shares.....L &M. 15 •••••• •••••• to Do. 401. Shares...Nl. and B. 40 •••••• Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 • •'••— - Do. 10/. .. NI. and B. (B.) 5 ...... - Do. 101... NI. and B. (C.) 1 ...... 578 to ..... London, Oxford, and Cheltm. 2 ...... Loud., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 48 1 A x d to Do. Consolidated Eighths... 20 ...... - Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ..... Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... - London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 59 1 / Q 60% to 60 x d Do. New Consolidated Bths. 40 Ditto New 501. Ditto New 401. ... ..... - .. - 26 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto Scrip 501. Ditto ditto 401 London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Londozderry and Enniskillen 24 1 / 2 to Lynn and Ely - Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds - Ditto Half Shares - 38 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths 6% to Ditto Sixteenths ... ...... 64...... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) 7l. 4s - . Do. Liverpool and Bury... 29 Do. Half Shares (late Hud dersfield and Sheffield... 28 Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto I 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, to Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 / 2 ...... Ditto Grimsby 25 — to Ditto, ditto. - Ditto, ditto ... 4% to -- Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 7V 2 ...... Manchester and Southampton 2 1 ,4 — ...... to 111idland 100 ll6 a d... to Ditto Fifths Ditto, 401. Shares 4O - Ditto, 501. Shares Riidiand, Birm., and Derby...100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 123 x d... to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 34 - Ditto ditto 71. 95.... .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct. gua.).... 50 .... . ?.lidld. Great Western (Irish) 30 — to Newcastle and Berwick Ditto New 5 ...... 8%...... to 8 Ditto North Shields.. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters.. 8/. 18s. 9d — to Newmarket and Chesterford 13% — to Ditto Extension 2l. 12s. to -- Newport Abergy., and Heref. 4 to Newiy and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk Ditto New 201.... Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1847,N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - Northern Counties Union .... 4 North British Ditto:Half Shares. Do. Quarters 4 34 — to Ditto, Extension % to Ditto Thirds 1 ....... ...... to Northern and Eastern Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Staffordshire Ditto Scrip (late Chumet and Blythe) 2 ...... North Wales 3% to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Portsmouth I)irect Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares ....(A) 8% — to Ditto ditto (B) 1% ..... __ . P.eading,Guildfd., & Reigate 7ia 8 Royston and Hitchin ...... to Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 17% Ditto, New lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 5 ...... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 1 / 2 ...... Ditto, ditto, Class B. 3 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. NV. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . Ditto, Oswestry l2 Ditto (New) Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union . 4 ...... South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference lO ..... South Staffordshire 2l. 125... %dia... to South Eastern and Dover Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 Ditto,New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4. . 6 1 4 5 14%... to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 Thames Haven Dock and Railway l 7 l, — caw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Waterford and Kilkenny 1 3 1,x ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 32%... .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin West Riding Union 41. 25.... 1 ,4% dia... to West Cornwall Whitehaveu stud ruiLICISti t3 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 25 York and Newcastle 25 ... .. 34% ...... to Ditto, Extension Ditto, Preference 8 .. ... W A ...... to t ork and North Midland Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... .. ... to Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Constituted) Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... • Dutch Rhenish East Indian _ ss. % to _ . Great Indian Peninsular 55....••. . to Great Southern of Madras Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada 34 ...... Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg ... 6 ...... Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % — to Madrid and Valentia . l2 ...... 5% to Namur and Liege Northern of France lO ...... 1010/ 4 . to 11 Orleans and Bordeaux ... Over Yssel 4/3s 4d.. .•, Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen 20 Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 Rouen and Havre 2O — to Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad.. ...... .. West Flanders 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London 2O — to London Joint Stock London and Westminster... 20 Ditto, New National Provincial of Engld. 35 ' Ditto New National of Ireland ... Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 2 IA to Union of London Union of Madrid 4O ...... ...... to MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO — to Astrian Mining Company ... 10 Australian Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 British Iron Brazilian Imperial ...,. .. ... 21 ...... Cobre Copper Galvanized Iron - ...••• to .-- Real del Monte, Unregistered United Mexican......2B!. 2s. 8 3 / 4 d. . . .. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 17.—Wind N.N.W., light airs, and dull hazy weather. DEAL, AUG. 16.—Wind, A.M., N.E., fresh; P.M., N.N.W., moderate.—Arrd. from the River and sld. St. George, Sidney; Victoria, New York; British Tar, Quebec; Pearl, Montreal; True Briton, Cape of Good Hope and Madras. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 16.—Wind N.—Sld. Alfred, Cal cutta. Off, 15, Koingenin Caroline Amalie, Detelsser, Rio Janeiro for Hamburgh. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 16.—Wind S.W.—Off port, Sir Francis Bondhead, Evard, Quebec for Sunderland. ' FALMOUTH, AUG. 16.—Wind variable.—Sld. Deve reux, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Ana. 16.—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. Constantine, Sampson ' New Orleans; Argo, Hughes, St. Joh n ' s , New Brunswick ; Aberdeen, M'Grath, Quebec; Circassian, Hore, Callao; Sovereign, Perrot, ditto ; Higginson, Hogg, Barbadoes; Henry Pratt, Condor, New Orleans; Hottinguer, Bursley, New York; Serene, Moore, Mytelene. Sld. Pictou, St. Stephens, New B runsw i c k ; D uncan, C a l cutta . O ff port, Boston, New York; Blarney steamer, --• KILRUSH, AUG. 14.—Wind E.N.E. Sld. Jane Black, Quebec ; Sisters, ditto ; Bryan Abbs, ditto. NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE, AUG. 16.—Wind N.E., strong breeze.—Sld. Apollo, St. Thomas. FALMOUTH, AUG. 16.—Wind variable.—Sld. Deve reux, Quebec. WHITEHAVEN, AUG. 16.—Wind N.—Sid. British Queen, Antigua. CLYDE, AUG. 13.—Arrd. Macedonian, American frigate, New York; Elizabeth Duckett, Quebec ; Ca pendia, Gull, ditto ; Hynsford, M'Alpin, New York. Sld. Agnes, Sophia, Demerara; British Isle, Ceylon and Penang. AUGUST 17, IM7. CORK, Auc. 14. Wind E.— Sld. Lord Petre, M iuritius. GALWAY, AUG, 6.—Arrd. Eliza and Jane, Wallace, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Emilia, New York. LOCHSWILLY.—Arrd. Royal Saxon, Ingleby, New Orleans. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) EAT IVICARICETS. SMITIIFIELD.—OId Meadow 11.4),2/ 15s to 3/ 15s; New ditto, 21 to 31; Old Clover, 31 15s to 41 15s; New ditto, 3l to 41; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 12s per load. Both Flay and Straw moved off heavily, at drooping prices. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/ 16 ; New ditto, 215 s to 31 3s; Old Clover, 3/ 15s to 41 14s; New ditto, 31 to 4l ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade very dull, at the above quotations. WIIITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/15s ; New, ditto, 21 5s to 31; Old Clover, 41 to 51; New ditto, 31 to 41; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been more disposition to pur - chase British Plantation, about 400 hhds having been disposed of at full prices. The public sales have com prised 8,262 bags 100 casks Mauritius, and 1,071 bags Bengal, all of which sold with spirit, at an advance of 611 to Is compared with the currency of this day week ; Mauritius brought 37s to 45s 6d for low to good yellow, and 31s 6d to 36s 6d for low to good brown ; Bengal 45s to 512 for low to fine White Benares. The quan tity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,160 hhds 80 tierces, and there were taken tor home consumption 1,401 hhds. The stock in the same places is 13,694 hhds 1.915 tierces. COFFEE.-452 bags Ceylon ; 335 bales and 207 half bales Mocha ' • 786 bags St. Domingo ; 553 bags Brazil ; and 200 bags Penang, offered by auction, were all dis posed of at lower prices, with the exception of the Mo cha, which maintained the former value. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 277 puns. There were taken for home consumption 151 puns 14 hhds, and exported 236 puns 22 hhds. The stock in the same places is 33,567 puns 1,202 hhds. RICE.-1,094 bags Bengal were all withdrawn at 13s 6d for good cargo. TALLow.—P. Y. C. is 48s per cwt on the spot, and town 525. TEA.—The market is steady, with a good demand for consumption. . - COAL MARKET.— Mow DAY. Charlotte .. .. ...... l6s 9d Braddyll's Hetton ... 18s 9d Chester Main l6s 3d East Hetton Davison'sWest Hartley 17s 9d Haswell l9s 3d Delaval Hartley ..... 17s 3d Hetton Hasting's Hartley l7s 9d Lambton Holywell Main ... ..... 16s 9d Murton .. . l9s Od Original Tanfield Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth's Pelaw.. 16s Od Richmond lBs Od Stewart's Hartley Tanfield Moor ..... ... 175 9d Caradoc . „ Townley l6s Od Hartlepool l9s Od Tanfield Moor Butes... 16s Od High Thornley West Wylam West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. Brown's Deanery l7s Gd Bewicke and Co l7s 9d Seymour Tees Gosforth l7s 9d South Durham l7s 9d Heaton Hotspur Killingworth l7s 9d Derwentwater Hartley 17s 3d Walker 17s 9d Sidne) 's Hartley WhJrncliffe Eden Main lBs Od 159 arrival; 0-129 gold. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner PANE.) IN RE LYNN. IMPORTANT TO LOAN SOCIETIES.—This insolvent, who had carried on business as a painter in Great Chart-street, Hoxton, came up on his interim order. Mr. T. B. HUGHES appeared on behalf of the St. George's Loan Society, Shoreditch, to oppose, on the ground that the insolvent had become security for a loan when he bad no reasonable means of payment ; that he had vexatiously defended an action, and had concealed his property. The insolvent said that he was to have had the money, and the borrower was only to lend his name ; but when the money was got he kept it. His HONOUR said that that was not becoming secu rity for another, and therefore the first point of oppo sition failed. Air. HUGHES said there were no less than seven loans obtained in two months, and when that from the St. George's Loan Society became due, defendant was summened, and defended the action in the Tower Hamlets County Court. His HONOUR said nothing appeared to show that it was a vexatious defence, and he could not hear the case of other creditors to make out that of the one opposing. Air. HUGHES pursued the examination, but at length sat down, observing, that with his Honour's opinion being so much against him, it was useless to carry the examination further. The interim order was granted, and a day named for the final order. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. George Dickens, a respectable looking young man, described as a chemist, aged 20, was charged, on remand from the last sessions, with stealing 51. and upwards from a dwelling-house in which he was a lodger. _ _ _ kr. O'Brien appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine for the prisoner. It appeared from the statement that the prosecutor, Mr. Arundel, a linendraper, carrying on business in Bristol, occupied apartments in the house of a person named Robinson, in a street in the neighbourhood of Regent-street, during a short stay in London in June last. The prisoner occupied an apartment next to the prosecutor's, and the brother of the landlord of the house lodged with him. On the 16th of June the prosecutor found that a carpet bag, in which he kept some law papers and a considerable sum of money—but he could not tell the exact amount, he believed about 451., amongst which there were three country bank notes—suddenly disappeared ; and the prisoner was proved to have a good deal of money in bis possession. It appeared that he had placed 311. in the hands of a person to take care of for him, and 9/. in the hands of another. It was further proved that up to the 16th the prisoner had been much in want of money, and that he had sold several articles of clothing for a few shillings, at the time the prisoner absented himself from his lodgings, and visited Gravesend, Rich mond, and other places. Witnesses having proved these facts, Mr. BALLANTINE elicited, in cross-examination, that two young women occupied one of the rooms of the prosecutor; one left before the 16th, and the other remained a week after; and he commented upon the fact that the prosecutor was living on intimate terms with one of them, on his own admission, and as no communication took place between the prisoner and the prosecutor, was it not very probable that the fe male so corrupted knew perfectly well that the money was in the bag, and might not one or the other of them have been instrumental in removing it, for when a woman's body was corrupted, her mind frequently became corrupted also. The prisoner was in the hab tof leaving home for a few days at a time ; and at the time in question he merely went to Gravesend, and returned a day or two after. Yet neither of the young women were called, though they were important parties in the case, and though the prosecutor had gone to fetch une of them, a young woman named Hall, who had been in the service of the prosecutor. No notes were traced to him, and it was to be assumed that he left 311. in sovereigns in the hands of a friend, and that he took these local notes to Gravesend, the least likely place where notes of such a kind would be available. The evidence was not sufficient to convict the prisoner. The prisoner's step• father, a Mr. Fulston, a miller of Derby, stated, about eleven weeks ago he sent the prisoner three five-pound notes, and about a fort night before two ten-pound notes, to fit him out for a situation that he stated he was was going to take. In cross-examination he stated he was not sen tenced to nine months' imprisonment in Derby Gaol— he was imprisoned nine months' in Southwell Gaol— he and others were charged with robbing a small sum of a person in a public-house —was net aware that his wife had been called " Devonshire Bess." Re-examined—The prisoner's mother had an an nuity of 401., and she was in the habit of sending him money. The imprisonment took place some time be fore his marriage. There was not the slightest truth in the imputation that his wife had kept a brothel at Grantham. (The witness burst into tears on being asked this question.) By the RECORDER—Earned a guinea a week in June and July last. Sent the money to the prisoner out of money he had saved from his business, which he gave up four years before. Did not keep it in any bank during the time; it amounted to 604 231. of which remained. His wife carried on the business of a milliner and dressmaker, nd they earned enough to live upon. The jury ultimately found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence deferred. THE FATAL DUEL AT CAMDEN-TOWN. The trial of Lieutenant Munro will take place to morrow morning. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) The Court was occupied the whole morning with Mint cases, none of which possessed a any:points worthy of notice. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The August adjourned sessions for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning, at the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green, before the Assistant-Judge and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar contained the names of 70 prisoners, 57 of whom were charged with felony, the remainder being misdemeanants. The educational condition of the prisoners is stated in the calendar as low as the following summary :—Unable either to read or write, 29 ; able to read only, 9; while the remaining 32 were described two , • of able to read and write imperfectly. Th e nunibl“- youths under sixteen years of age for trial was tWc lO . 13 d Considerable difficulty occurred in forming the g t _ / „ ; , s g jury, a number of the gentlemen Ornmoned h a ve og claimed exemption from serving on the g7slldjurY, „ at . Government officers. A grand jury halriog been length formed, The L , arned ASSISTANT JUDISV, in AddreSsiog tbe, dwelt on the inutility of grand juries as With resPtehe: cases like those coming before this Court. to ( the Bill which became law a short time ag?. f lfr o ir d s ,he would not comment at length. better administration of justice towards but he but Ile '`w e re continually his own experience in that Court, where boys eel to m c e n jn t a i t n ar u y al p l3, r ' i c n :m ip i l n e g . back again for jlidgatnity 1 . 11 ,:: ie' him the inutility—or more than inutility the J .— . pot IS tribow3l 111. mes Bunter, who had been convicted a t t . n e e, sy forsessionsjudgment, for stealing a gold pencil-case, was call u . when a bo til six The Learned ASSISTANT JUDGg sentence ~ months' imprisonment, w i t h bard la bour. a Wm. Scott was indicted , for gtealing 3 rto other , monies from the person of James -Ricketts . or , were It appeared that the prosecutor and the prise ° , w rved together in a public-house, when the lamer was anden gots with his hand in the pocket of the prosect:to, 'A fterwards he was lavishing money all about the neigh bourhood. , ,a, out The prisoner blubbered like a child, and 'u n ' •adge that if the jury found him guilt he hoped ille ) would be merciful to him y , beg of A verdict of Guilty was returned, when it ,--11_„_ 'O. O :i.lliam convictions being proved agai n ' t hiP-7 ten Learned Prisoner—Thank Judge sentenced him to be transported for: yea l r i Fitzgerald iiank rri do. You did sho w two b firs The prosecutors are y of iron, . u _ e value los., the property of Messrs. Cubist, - e s m q a u c a. r carryinge . b ild rs, of Gray's Inn-lane. the foreman m eweoncluag,seamiigenyeydd.iLeitonerded , rfeo t er h t jag:: sl i t s:0;41: 9::::::::, ey , // Ilk° at the London and North-Western RailwflY ie d by E to u w st h ° ere he gotit NV fr h o e tna n h,e thhiereosanpirdiasniotdnewwyseans qoabessetiroilted bs; a man to carry to another of the entrap e girsactos q o thg OP .t ' .: station. He was found Guilty, and sente nced to six im pr with hard labour. A BOWwell-dressed S' T ,prix.._ -----"-- ... 1 , y 7 , of John Jones at the station, . o tb .. e i:is: r eel name was Robert Bolt, was ch w ar li ge h d ad w gitibleasii 11 butcher-boy named George Meade. Wag - fi g t sc . The complainant said that he %vas Past - he re 1 0 ~in g Southampton-row, Holborn, this mornink,u;ss 100P1,7 s nE t g at Tm io a n .—n , ,b(uTt wHhol!owjjs:d.ol.ol36ll; : cidentally knocked against the prisoner, ?"',°i t eld 0 - ,.; 6 at the superscription of a letter which, e at hand, and walking onwards at the same t . be-at him soner seized him by the collar and begat' to most unmercifully with a thick walking- sticlio o f tlia ide tlie street T wo at w ittkneestsiemsowhowere corroboratedon tthhee sotpapteows i t e e n ; ott _ to A frie n " assault. The prisoner said that he had been askea by t lo o ok le i a n v g e a t t he tk l e ett s e n r pe a r t se a rip h t o i u o s n e , thrust his face against him to look at it, at o pot:':: in the stree t ' leil ls°' w h e n the u° l3 t P o n O s time saying something to him which be F° 11 „ t ooPe"„ ha member. When he dropped the letter, he " ocei;i o pick it up, and the prisoner caught hold of a t ra „ P held in his hand, saying that it was his prePuhfbe,:beill was so provoked, that he certainly did strikei,io 0. N a Nii l th the walking-stick. A person who was 1 0 ,t, ba' the time woull prove the truth of his statera?;e Obi t he did not wish to call him lest , his n a . ie ti lll b l e g h in t eie e ' lished, and whatever " scrape' he LOP alt. he did not wish to bring another in to it.. ~fiableahe Mr. JARDINE considered it a very ul3Joull°/1 Use'jpriaotnher,bol. Even it the facts were as stated b y, ought not to have inflicted such a c asti g ati He would fine him 5/. The fine was paid' njtAr.) ---_ _....,, IVIARLBRO'-STREET--(Tnis )1- d e bet./ George Blenton, a well looking lad, was P 18 , c .. - •itli of Mr. Bingham, charged with being °accrue(' 7 0 1 r e other lad named Bear, (who is :treacly con 031 1 40, : g 1 ' trial), in robbing Mr. James Herman Vi r l itts ' of Regents'-street. etoPIP/401 the prosecutor, prisoner and the lad Bear were in til e vi bicb _,.. prosecutor, up to the 25th of July last, oti ~e i r e'' p th io e y y er a o b f sc u o p n w d a e r d d , s having o fi fteenp ot,previouslyndsinrnobobteesd appearonteo)a'r, thi T s ~atell . ? o e n p rn ar a t l i o cu n la tk rs e o 9 i t ' k th in e s e ta a n se t. have already • tat' / A gree - e vil' The prisoner having been identified by ti -1- 01 1 / - the depositions were taken, and the prisonef • 04 mated for trial. of 113 .40' George Mackay was charged on suspicion evarat Mr. Thomas Bignold, of the Feathers-taverlhoid go' street, Fitzroy-square, of a silver watch Oa g re ie' t i, of a quantity of wearing apparel, and three seY t be 5 4 a b ich The prosecutor stated that on the night Of 1 , , t o 0 air June last he retired to rest about twelve oclueoot,_,%elfr time his property was safe. He got u p the _,, Wl', t ee ing at seven o'clock, and on proceeding to dr e c' ote ref oe was surprised to find that some person had 1 00,,g d j 0 room and taken away all his wearing ePParen'neesltiP information to the police, who had been 11 , to t i ol, their as efforts to detect the thief, but could Dv's, ' r ey_ lthetyevtoeonkingth,ewphreisno,nf!romintionfcournistoadtiy.on theY had ' . a eeili t a° John teigtitiey, 17, Fitzroy M ket, prove - 6 040 prisoner and another man leave a Ch . e reatil erl ' h ,:a , . the morning of the robbery. The prieonereamio nollartito bundle under his arm, which he endeavo•ull. prei On hearing of the robbery he informed i"'•' 1,00; of what he had seen e 4, sew . Mr. William Crombie, coffee-house keep e r ' , 1 0 113 ff e re l o pl f s ee, New-road, said that on the morning ° ...d" $ / efe ok June, the prisoner came into his base ll'weil' the duplicate of a watch, in payment for 6 ,-airlA 1 136 which he refused to let him have on those ,* . e ". eP - ot iort Mr. Charles Paine, landlord of the Feathe'l'iis ! A te prisoner was in the constant habit of using' ~.41 -0 01 and he saw him in the tap-room the nigh t ta bf i de the robbery. He had not seen him since i"-0" 0 01° 4.81') vied i a n li c k u n st o o w d l y ed a g t o tobiethsteatrioat%eryT,hweasprisaeraol. '• 1 —_ ,ig l 3 r, 1 0 WORSHIP-STREET.—(Tr- ttgic;lol erate a ; Slie t tpo o Mary Shea was charged with a desP akneshboapnpde,rwuapsoanlsHoeelkenarßgeidderw, iatkndafisaiethitheitikr:sto.d- idol at John Diable, who has been living witil ' ..,,I)I husband. - 1 11 00 3 7;e y ' Helen Rider deposed that she was a eing p l e r i ces i i, lived with Diable as his wife, at Igo. 18 ' "'". te n t 1 11011 1 Shoreditch. At about nine o'clock last nig' lea jer . , ceived that the female prisoner, who i 3 li e . l. , o lo o w.:reir, was wasting the water in the butt. Sb e -- ; s rtti v ' t ie l 'i with her upon it, as she was convinced the Pr r akea d i r maliciously doing so in order to prevell, t o P or rt o f°! from proceeding with her washing. Fr,tsviooldwoue" that she would teach witness better, sh e be f;tim her ;" and on turning towards the stairs L ilo i - zio r who had in her hand a chopper, similar to it 0 ! tle te l cutting wood, gave witness such a blow with fieill top of the head as to cause a dreadful wu tl it - ir.l - }, contrived to reach her room, but veil i l,"i i n e d. 0 .0":51 from the loss of blood and effect of the vi°,!tsl er The House-surgeon of the London 14°8,,rhr tg ' 1 1, she had received such injuries as were 11'edt,:b,4,1,;) erysipelas, which would probably prodileeabol'ifeAl John Diable said that he arrived Lom ea t bi , 0 .49 past ten o'clock last night, when he feullia„ tale- 1 1 ; IV already described. He went down stairs l°' fis se2e l° & of fetching a police-constable, and in 2 st n r o - a . re ' some words with the male prisoner, w 1"" t arinwll '" e i;: i d the back room door, and who, on witnesl t, ,w - o f 1 0 '0 - shoimma and a d stremendous rendered mi n i b e l o n w t , for auanpdo Buie which j s b ei s eli c is T .0: 4 0 b 0 i 5., %: 0 40 groundgw a i v t h e thle• y The House-surgeon of the hospital sal , do deoe had also sustained a serious wound • fi er ll'''_:gefe -a ~ .3 t ° couPlodlic;swehrgereeanbtel3f.loiunsdaidaiththaotugthhe u h h e le r ad 9 .! most diligent search after it. A Asf * S im-. `u v ill The prisoners denied the charge a ltoget h ee e ';‘,. i fi l. , 41 Mr. ARNOLD remanded them for by tat W ' to ascertain how the complainants, bY th a t '4 have got on - 41 • 1 1) , DA 40 reaIrt SOUT ~,,a oc horge o e lVc i 't Martha of appeared this tempting to d r , t w rie a ds s rd c o o i us n cn v od e v y he young woman, s .e tate of intoxication tbo 'r roy A h ß er K sel — f in T o l n i e 1 0: t , , 0 , bt , tbe ) :l o 4op t,oniuthtehepreactreadeitn.g u s l h g er . a g th i e ° ll,;b "' , 0 .11: 10 e re d erdn to escuk t s eeannddsetadtthiobeny:slithoeuis.eetnabei.:, 4:0;0 l wa one of the cells, and in the course ° , virbl7iso : h e be brought up to Sh th e is w c a o s her gariterZtell'eloSo woo iron gratings. -room, and recovered sufficiently to b e e ; li The • bad 00 1, . se to policeman said the prisoner she o o ti t o tin, 1 0 rated fromgaol The • on the previous daY• ~_ o r, a tO t a to gaol prisoner begged, for God saner, ail ico al to again, to live upon bread and I va ber * , was the deliht f the ee e H h o c u ta a l e o e f ffe c c o t rrectim in g made Kok th° u c r u t t down and cab op o . he T Mr. COTINGHAM said that he could v t 'e r ' l i nL. than.ghsetutteteihnhgamoveueatsdeteh,noeft:na prieho,,:: 000ecoictioo0709;$ e offence—that low diet was likely t°, 00 0 , Jai l , adjudge her to be imprisoned four foul . 1 6 ' n. cif' 1 . e n ? ROYAL HORSE ARTLLLERT,••"'"W°?- fay r; f 11' id —The duty of the Rocket Troop is 1° 0 0 0 eso ,-' Timplished by part of each of the seven to P ete go of s lot . orse Artillery, and Captain Blake's troo,k o ntt r for tvely devoted to the rocket service, anu e r le rc oeyfrotli stationed at Woolwich, is now placed °°_, n orck a con s , service at the different hem stations, sou dor P‘,.' e lie f ` the garrison at five o'clock A. cute'daY, ° ri d (0 ''' SO: mend of Captain Blake, en rto ••-•- T.P° j o s ' A pr • iieVw re to Major major :ao:bmefianoi'ds,strotroupupa,tvithhai that station:„, rie 0 .-lia bean's__ troop proceeds to Newesstlo-on-j -relieve Captain Teesdale's troop, d l o t° ' 1117ei11% a p a r d oe t ehe.ewiatte °ll i 001 Wi t3ll 'lB Ol relieved will return to head -quarters ut :,.. 1 01 0 . 0 THE WOOD PAVEMENT.----YeSterdal lild tiOtI9V hoTIO O •a d I . t .h the wood pavement from Northum.--- _ a c; o r) , , Charing-cross Hospitall was removed tiu_enitace ti St. Martin's workhouse ;it is being r r lefit" granite. so ,00 a 0 SHOCKING ACCIDENT. ---YESNTCICI37. , c irr e e ff 40 3 7 r: ta1 01 1 : 0 eIY a lil attended annam w i e t d h Dvearvyidshmocakripnhgyc, iarcguemd staoce:__,7 a Olin an e%te l . l _ l ; b, s .1f 0 00 ° in the service of Mr. Ilackblock, Willow-walk, Bermondsey. It seems t°1:1 her by d , tit gaged on the top of a stack- of tan, seems gl . °tlllais °I means fell from the height of 50 feet to of „ e pot inf o , which he sustained an extensive injury w d ild v' p eS ' • curate . ow , the pelvis, which was most seriousl) Is sl ight • &i! He also received other injuries, and veryle, n . __. f are given of his recovery. lle was real° O f pr.- Hospital, where he was put under the care °L Lug, the house-surgeon.