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N0T1CE. posed to favour the policy ventured upon by the I
BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED Holy Father, and Bavaria will certainly not prove
GENTRY.Even France, whore
The NINTH and CONCLUDING PART of the New issue of this 1 inimical to his endeavours.
important National Work appeared on the Ist of September, and
Subscribers are recommended to complete their Sets Immediately, to , the sway of the northern despots has been latteily
prevent disappointment, as the parts will not long continue to bethority—half demccratic and
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The ADDITIONAL VOLUME forming a SUPPLEMENT to all 'half tyrannic—has found itself in too hazardous a
Editions that have been published of this work, and which will con- 1
1 position to combine against the PONTIFF.t. If
rain Pive or Six Hundred New Fatuities, will be ready in O•tober ;
Had 1, is therefore particularly requested that all further additions or we may credit the rumour that his Majesty
ccorreetions may be transmitted to tbe Author without the least dielay.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlberough-stroet 1 the Slack of the FRENCH has placed
--- 10,000 stand of arms at the disposal
of Pius IX., and if we may credit the sincerity of
M. GulzoT, when he declared that it was the bounden
duty of the European Governments to afford assist-
ance to the POPE in the extraordinary labour he had un-
dertaken—" C'est donc," says the Minister, "le devoir
de tousles Gouvernenients et de toutes les nations Eu-
ropennes, de pr&er Zeur appui a cette 'ache difficile et
sublime que le Pape s'est donnee"—We must believe
that France, oven France, is prepared to afford assist-
ance to Italian patriotism, and another obstacle to
Austrian. -avarice. Spain and Portugal, though inca-
pable of aiding the Romans, are, from their reli-
gious predilections and their political aspira-
tions, allied to Pius IX. in spirit and inten-
tion. Shall England alone remain supine when
the battle for freedom is about to be fought by the
people of that Eternal City from which she herself
first imbibed the sweets of civilization ? Shall
England alone remain unmoved when Italy is fight-
ing against her oppressors—when, with heart or
hand, the Sovereign PONTIFF is supported by Prussia,
by Sardinia, by Tuscany, by Belgium, by Spain, by
Portugal, and even by France ? It is impossible.
Under any circumstances it would be improbable, but
it is absolutely impossible that such should be the
case while the administration of our foreign affairs is
under the guidance of Lord Pa.wanas-rox.

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The manifesto, nominally addressed by Lord G.
BENTINCK to the electors of King's Lynn, on the

Pope. Last night an extraordinary courier of the Ca-
binet of Turin brought the news. The enthusiasm caused
by this very important step in Italian nationality is ex-
traordinary, and our Government has most willingly
adopted the proposal. This morning the Pope, on his
return from the University, where he had distributed
medals to the students, was waited upon by the Marquis
Pareto, the Sardinian Minister, and had a two hours'
conference with him. The Pope on entering the Uni-
versity bestowed much praise on the civic guard that re-
ceived him. He harangued the students with great ani-
mation, saying they were the hopes and support of their
country, exhorted them to study, and repeated to them
the promise of persevering with an undaunted step in the
path of reform."
The same journal has the following from Bologna,
also dated the 23d ult.:—
" The universal desire of the citizens has been acceded
to. The Pope prepares for defence. Troops constantly
arrive, and are distributed in three points of observa-
tion ; one of the defile of St. Gallo, by the Reno, on the
road from Bologna to Ferrara ; the second at Castel
Franco, between Bologna and Modena ; the last at the
defile of Bastia, by the Reno, near Argenta. Forli and
Aremna are two more centres of operation, for the con-
centration of troops, forming a line of observation along
the Adriatic. All the intermediate towns between Bo-
logna, and the two former are defended by the National
Guard, already in active service, and inspired with the
greatest enthusiasm."

24th of July last, but really directed to the various
constituencies throughout the whole country, with a
view of influencing the elections in behalf of the Pro-
tectionists, and also intended as an answer to the
masterly exposition and vindication of his policy
put forward by the late Premier in the Tam-
worth address, attracted considerable attention at the
time of its publication. The folly and absurdity of
the chief arguments contained therein were unspar-
ingly exposed, and freely commented on by ourselves
and many of our fellow-labourers in the good cause,
These notices were, however, to a certain ex-
tent limited. Sufficient space could not be

devoted by a public journalist to follow the
Noble Lord through the imposing array of figures
with which his prolix 2nd verbose epistle

was crammed ; sufficient fallacies were apparent, even

Madrid papers of the 27th ult. have arrived.
General NARVAEZ, who had arrived on the morn-
ing of that day, was to have an interview with the
QUEEN in the afternoon.
The Faro gives the following as likely to be
members of the new Cabinet :—DoNoso CORTES,
PIDAL, ARRAZOLA, SARTORIUS, ORLANDO, SANTIL-
LAN, OLIVAN, ROCA DE TAGORES, SELMA, RIOS,
ROSAS, BENAVIDES, and MAZARREDO.
In the course of the morning NARVAEZ had had
conferences with PACHECO, BENAVIDES, and BA-
HAMONDE. It was said that PACHECO would be ap-
appointed Ambassador to Rome.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 27.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 261 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at
17i, and the Coupons at 15.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
The National has the following observations on the
rumours which we mentioned yesterday, of another
Peer of France having committed a murder :
" The Patrie, in explanation of one of the reports
which we mentioned this morning, expresses itself in the
following terms Since yesterday public attention has
been absorbed by a report that a prince of the empire,
who is a Peer of France, has assassinated a young per-
son with whom he maintained intimate relations.' As-
sassinated ! The word is grave, and after the horrible
event which still occupies every mind, it would suggest
,ome drama of a similar nature. No, the princes of the
empire are not yet so far advanced as the dukes of the
ancien regime. If the details which have been repeated
to us are accurate, the Peer of France to whom allusion
has been made was not so determined in his attack on
his victim. It is true that she was a woman, and that
this woman had been extremely kind to him, and that,
in a fit of passion, he stabbed her with a knife. That
person was an Indian woman, much older than the
Prince. He had, it was said, brought her from India,
where he had passed four or five years. It was thought,
she was dead, but she was only wounded, and, as a Peer
of France cannot be arrested even when detected in the
commission of a crime, the Prince, we are assured, em-
barked far England. The affair, as may be seen, is but
of little importance, but, nevertheless, we live in a period
when it is not well to suffer such accusations against a
Peer to be circulated. If the officers of justice have not
taken cognizance of the matter, the police ought to be
informed of it. If the fact be false, it will be contra-
dicted ; if it be true, an explanation will, no doubt, be
given of the delay in commencing judicial proceedings
that has occurred. ' .
The Peer of France above alluded to is the Prince
of ECKMUSIL, the eon of Marshal DAVOUST, and the

on his own showing, to render the task of proving
that they did not warrant the deductions he attempted
to draw therefrom by no means a difficult one. The
able statesman against whose course of policy the
arguments were directed did not condescend to notice
the puny attack. He felt that he might safely let it
go forth to the public without observation or com-
ment on his part, well assured that no misunderstand-
ing either as to his character or motives, or as to the
great results of the free-trade measures he had carried
through the Legislature, could be thereby occasioned
in any save the wilfully blind—in those who would
not be enlightened, no matter how convincing the
proofs that might be adduced and palpable the deduc-
tions. The vast advantages of free trade are now too
well understood by the people generally. It has too fully
verified the predictions of its advocates, and borne too
well the tests to which it was subjected, to suppose
it possible that it could be in any degree injured, or
the faith of its votaries shaken by such flimsy argu-
ments as those with which it was assailed by the
champion of monopoly.
A gentleman, who writes under the signature
of " Plain Facts," was, however, resolved not to
let the gallant Protectionist thus escape. He has
taken the several details of his letter, and given to
each the most clear and satisfactory answers. He
has assumed the arms of the enemy, and met statis-
tics by statistics, and figures by figures ; indeed, a
more complete refutation of every point put forward
by the Noble Lord could not be desired than is con-
tained in "The Answer to his Address, by Plain Facts,"
which has just appeared, and which we heartily com-
mend to the public notice. The commencement is a
defence of Sir R. PEEL against the charges
of inconsistency preferred against him. He
shows that there was one thing wanting
to give importance to the powerful argu-
ments of those who advocated the most unre-
stricted freedom of trade. They wanted facts and
statistics to illustrate the truth of their doctrines ;
their reasoning was of the clearest character, their
theories apparently based on truth, but experience
was wanting as to the practical results, and some
uncertainty must prevail with respect thereto until
they were actually tested thereby. Sir It. PEEL, on
his accession to power, began the series of measures
that supplied the requisite data. He reduced the
duties on many articles of general consumption, and
totally repealed it on others—amongst the rest,
cattle, sheep, meat, and other descriptions of human
food, formerly prohibited, were admitted free, not only
without opposition from, but with the sanction and
assistance of Lord G. BENTINCK himself, and the success
of these experiments naturally led to the great and
final act of his Ministry—the abolition of all pro-
tective imposts (every duty henceforward being
collected for purposes of revenue alone), to which
the measures of former years all directly tended. It
would, indeed, be but a false consistency that would
lead even a private Member of Parliament, much less
a Minister of the Crown, entrusted with the destinies
of a great nation, to act against his honest convictions,
and to persevere in an erroneous course, of the im-
policy and injurious consequences of which he had
been convinced by recent circumstances. •
The argument that there could have been no
scarcity in Ireland, and that therefore the free im-
portation of corn was not required on that account,
because there had been large importations of grain,
flour, oatmeal, cattle, and swine from that country to
England during the first six months of 1846, is well
met by "Plain Facts." He reminds the Noble Lord
that flour and meat are rarely, if ever, articles
of diet within the reach of the poorer classes in Ire-
land, and, in confirmation of his views, he cites re-
turns from official documents, showing that even in
the
1847,1a5t a
period
monthsx of
during 1846,
whichanel theth efirst i threehtful monthsreality
of
could not be controverted or denied,ga very large
scr pt o nuoef provisionsaleo sh shows
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twerehe
vari-
ous
im-
ported.tiantitfy of the the same
thesis
deter island.
means by which the famine, or perhaps we should
say, the great scarcity, in that year was obviated,
and amongst others that, from the sth of Jul), 1845,
to the sth of July, 1846, there were entered for
home consumption 255,853 quarters of Indian corn,
end 87,734 cwt. of Indian meal, the whole of which
utmoonfthlsodoiafolBo4oGru;
twhielre tiono placeklB44 t
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wt hheo
efi rsatmsoiux
entered for consumption was but 38,711 qrs., and no
Indian meal. And taking the commissariat estimate
furnished to Parliament, he shows that that quantity
of corn and meal would have fed 690,800 persons
from 15 to 60 years of age for four months. He
also shows the gradual diminution in the exportation
of oatmeal, the description of food chiefly made use
of with Indian corn, on the failure of the potato,
during the six months selected by Lord
GEORGE for the purposes of his argument--
that in January being 118,251 cwt., and in
ttJuneahtaitono2fosfa,7no3ya lt caother
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oatmeal
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our space does not allow us ptroogv .01 s ithrough
e thisregret
ad-
mirable pamphlet; we are convinced, however, that
it will receive from all interested in such subjects the
attentive perusal which it BO well merit There are
few who may not receive much useful. information
from its pages.

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young woman whom he attempted to assassinate was
brought by him from India, in which he had passed

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some time. The crime was, it is said, committed
whilst the Prince was in a state of furious jealousy.

Though a Peer of France, the Prince is under the

control of what is called a conseil judiciare, a person

appointed by his family with the sanction of the tri-
bunal, to prevent him from squandering away the
remains of his fortune, bis prodigality having rendered

such an appointment necessary.
According to the Patrie, the eldest son of the
Duke and Duchess DE.PBASLIN,!3, youth of seventeen,

driven mad by the misfortunes of his family, has

committed suicide.
The same journal contains the following announce-
ment, for which, however, we believe there is no

foundation :
" It is said that the Council held on Sunday, and at
which the King assisted, resolved to send a squadron to
the coast of Italy, in case the Austrians should refuse
to evacuate Ferrara. I; would appear that the English
did not confine themselves to a mere menace, and that
their fleet is en route for the Italian coat. It was even
assumed this evening that the E ,;fish vessels lately seen
off Otranto had effected a landing near Ancona. This
intelligence, fully believed at the moment we were going
to press, produced a lively sensation."
That the energetic conduct of the POPE and of the
King of SARDINIA, backed by the strong language of
the whole of the French press, has forced M. GUIZOT
to bo more respectful in his language when speaking
of the Italian Liberals, is evident from the following
article published. in the Revue des Deux 3fonaes,
which contrasts strongly with that of the Journal des
Debats :
" In a letter addressed to a personage well known for
his liberal principles and his devotion to the person of
King Charles Albert, that Prince formally condemned
the occupation of Ferrara. The King subsequently re-
peated the expression of his discontent in presence of
several members of the corps diplomatique, and particu-
larly the Nuncio of the Holy See, Monsignor Antonucci,
to whom he offered the support of Piedmont against the
exigencies of Austria. That determination was in-
spired by M. de la Villamarina, the Minister of War,
and the Duke of Savoy, who, although married to
an Austrian Princess, constituted himself, on this
occasion, the organ of the wishes of the nation.
Nevertheless, it does not appear that any official step
has yet been taken, and it is not certain, as stated by
the journals, that a note in that sense had been
addressed to the Cabinet of Vienna, although a very
angry polentique between the Piedmontese Gazette and
the official journal of Milan had roused the hopes of the
people of Turin. The agitati,m in Piedmont is very
great, particularly in the army, which is an important
symptom in the eyes of those who know the methodical
and cool character of the Piedmentese. This attitude of
Piedmont will not be without influence in the present
circumstances. It is the indication of a tendency to-
wards the only system of policy suitable to Italy ; we
mean, the conclusion of a defensive alliance, which se-
curing the Sovereigns of the Peninsula against foreign
influence, would establish between them a sort of reci-
procity in the accomplishment of peaceable and progres-
sive reforms. By uniting with the rest of Italy, King
Charles Albert would serve the interests of his country,
and prove himself faithful to the traditions of the house
of Savoy. Piedmont possesses an army of 52,000 men in
time of peace, which, if placed on the war footing, and
by calling out the provincial battalions, would be quickly
raised to double that number. Its navy is respectable,
its finances in an excellent condition, and its administra-
tion confided to truly distinguished men. Piedmont may
consequently aspire to a great share of influence in Italian
affairs, and with a little more decision or firmness on
the part of the King, inspire confidence to the Peninsula.
The states of Parma, Modena, and Lucca are completely
under the influence of the Cabinet of Vienna. The
Archduchess Maria Louisa governs in the name of the
Emperor Ferdinand. Modena is the citadel and princi-
pal seat of the retrograde party, and the imprudent So-
vereign of Lucca seems to delight in exciting his subjects
to revolt by his tyrannical caprices and in opening on
that side a gate to Austrian intervention. The import-
ance of these petty states is inconsiderable, and their
opposition would not be very dangerous if they did nut
constitute for their neighbours a permanent cause of
maadis-
turbances,sbures ofas was recently the case on the occasion of the
_Parma. In Tuscany the Liberal opinion
finds a more secure support. The Grand Duke has
given pledges of his good disposition, osition, and the upright-
ness of his character cannot bes questioned. The con-
cessions he made to public opinion spot!taneous,
and be has frankly identifieduis a himselfpieswwiltrt he thel interests:
of his people. As to the King
not to admit the importance of the mw,moyedibe
reforms
he has lately introduced in his dominloos, particularly
when we consider the difficulties of his position towards
Austria. There is little doubt but he will also, sooner
or later, adhere to the Italian alliance, Never, conse-
quently, were circumstances more favouraVe for that
union, which is an essential guarantee of national inde-
pendence, as the union of the population
"with the tie-
vernmente is the sole guarantee of liberty.
The Constitutionnel has the following from Turin,
dated the 27th ult. ;
.' A circular of Pricce da Metternich was lately sent
to all the Italian Governments. It contains rules and
instructions florme e istruzioni) for the maintenane
of
peace
in Italy. King Charles Albert was very indignant at
it, and caused an energetic reply to be made to it in the.
terms which it merited. M. de Metternich made,
the same circular, the demand to place, if necessary, an
Austrian garrison in the citadel of Alexandria; and, as
the events of Ferrara occurred at that period, the King
made a sclemn protest against foreign interventionin any
province whatever of Italy. Besides that, he sent to
offer to the Pope the support of his land and sea forces.
this informatien was received with great enthusiasm by
the people in general, and especially by the army, whose
anti-Austrian spirit is greater than ever. It is also re-
ported that Sardinia has inst acceded to the alliance
which England has concluded' with Wurtemburg? Ba-
varia, and the Duchy of Baden, to oppose foreign inter-
vention in Switzerland. It is not, therefore, astonishing
that Mr. Abercrombie, the English Minister, praises the
noble and energetic conduct of the icing of Sardinia,
whilst Count Mortier, the French Ambassador, blames
it, so to speak, publicly, and declaims on all occasions
against the people and princes of Italy. We are assured
that the gape, eueouraggd by the support promised by

Intelligence from Naples of the 22d ult. has been

received.
In consequence of some disturbances which had oc-
curred at Palermo, the Messrs. GALLo, together with
several other respectable inhabitants of the city, and
five non-commissioned officers of the garrison, have
been arrested.
General DESEGUET, at the head of 2,000 men, had
been ordered to the Abruzzi. The KING had gone to
Messina.

A supplement of the Italia gives the following from
Rome, 23d ult.:—
" Piedmont has decidedly pronounced in favour of the

THE__ SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMSER 3, 1847.

the King of Sardinia, has made known to the foreign
powers that he was not desirous of the intervention of
their forces in his states, and that he has given orders to
send three months' supplies to Ancona and Civita-
Vecchia, and to put those places in a state to resist all
surprise."

ayes-
,will be replaced in the depart-
mentT; e
M.
cunn Commerce
Gri d
asi
n
of Agriculture and Commerce on the return of M.
Guisot from the Val Richer. M. Bignon is believed to•
have accepted that portfolio, which was refu:2.ed by
Messrs. Vitet and Langer. A serious negotiation was
pending to induce Marshal Bugeaud to enter the Mi-
nistry in place of General Trersl. The Presidency of
the Council is positively to devolve on the Minister for
Foreign Affairs."
A duel took place at Enghien on Monday between_
two young officers, who have latterly been appointed
from the Military School at St. Cyr. They fought
with swords, and one of them was killed. Neither of
the combatants had reached 21 years of age.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday at 76f. 85c.; the Five per Cents., 1181. 50c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,232 f. 50c.; R0wn,9551. ;
Havre, 567 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 5371. 50c.; Avignon,
5881. 75c. ; Vierzon, 570 f. ; Bordeaux, 4661. 25c.;
Dieppe, 260 f.; Basle, 173 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg,
3901.; Tours and Nantes, 370 f.; Paris and Lyons,
3951.; Lyons and Avignon, 4481. 75e,
Lroxs, AUG. 30.-Paris and Rouen, 9531.75 c.; Avig-
non and Nlarseilles, 5961. 25c.; Vie: r)n, 5701.; Northern,
537 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 395 f.; Orleans, 1,2331. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 2.
Dutch Rhenish, 3 IA- Northem cf France, 114-Paris and
Lyons, 3%-Paris and Rouen. 36%.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were only
3,000 hales, but generally at steady rates. Railway
Shares were rather lower.
The ship arrivals are not numerous, but the intelli-
gence to June 29 from the Cape of Good Hope—given
in another column of The Sun—notices a further reverse
for the British troops, in an ill-planned enterprise against
the kraal of Sandilla, the Kafir chief. No doubt we
shall early redeem this mistake ; but such a want of
success is apt to inspire contempt in the natives, v.ho
appear to dread more the armed colonists than the dis-
ciplined troops.
The decision came to yesterdoy afternoon by the
Bank of England, to make the usual loans while the
transfer books are closed, at 5 per cent., gives satis-
faction here, although it is considered that the ordinary
course might have been adopted, via., the issue of a
public notice. The directors have atilt posted at the
discount office their last intimation, that the minimum
rate on bills of exchange was si, and consequently one
would infer that they only mean to advance at 5 per
cent. upon the funded and unfunded debt. A resolution
passed at one parlour meeting requires confirmation at
the next, and possibly we may hear more of the matter
next week. Certainly the Bank should consider, in the
first place, the mercantile community, whose trade,bene-
fits the country at large.
Yielding to the representations of many houses
greatly interested in the preservation of commercial
credit, Messrs. Overend and Gurney accepted late yes-
terday afternoon the bills of Pr:me, Ward, and Co.,
some of which were already protested. Indeed, many
parties interested were not aware of the determination
until nearly the close of banking hours, and immediately
ran to avail themselves thereof, and get the agreeable
endorsement " accepted" written on their paper.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts notice
a tendency to improvement, but even if the demand in
creases, it seems that prices scarcely move, and leave no
reasonable profit to the mill-owner, who has to pay so
dearly for the raw staple.
There is an improvement of to per cent. in Con-
sols, the quotations being 87,1 k tor money, and 88i to
for account. The Reduced Three per Cents. are 88 to
aed the New Three-and a Quarter per Cents. 89i
to 89 India Bonds of 1,0001. and under are ss. dis-
count. Long Annuities have been at 9to 9 1-16. The
speculators for a rise exhibit more confidence.
In Foreign Stocks there is no feature. Portuguese
Four per Cents. are heavy at 24i; Spanish Three per
Cent. Bonds realise 29i; Mexican are nominally about
19; Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 89k.
The Share Market is very well supported. The pur-
chases are not large, but buyers have to pay rather ad-
vanced rates.

NEGOTIATIONS IN THE RIVER
PLATE.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The reported failure of the " third" attempt made
by our Government, in conjunction with that of
France, to put an end to the disastrous and disgrace-
ful proceedings of the Argentine and Oriental re-
publics, so injurious to our commerce, naturally
leads one to suppose that there must be something
" rotten in the state of Denmark"—that the nego-
tiations have been based on erroneous or false pre-
mises—that the respective Governments were not
fully apprised of the difficultiea they had to encounter,
and consequently their Plenipotentiaries not provided
with ample instructions, so as to meet all emergencies
and provide against all contingencies : or, what ap-
pears very possible, there are " some wheels within
wheels," unexposed to the eye, which counteract the
working of the visible machinery.
It will not be, perhaps, unamusing nor uninstruc-
tive, to look back to the rise, progress, and present
state of affairs in the River Plate, in order to form a
judgment as to the probable result of our interference.
By the convention between Buenos Ayres and
Brazil in 1827, the independence of Monte Video, or
Oriental Republic, was established, and the two
countries above-mentioned guaranteed, pro tempore,
its nationality and institutions against all " foreign
interference.' This convention was to have been fol-
lowed up by " a treaty" between the two Govern-
ments, but which has never been concluded to the
present moment.
In consequence of some disputes amongst the two
parties into which the Monte Videans split, Oribe,
their President, was obliged to relinquish his post to
Fructuoso Rivera (who bad greatly contributed to
the province of the Banda Oriental being converted
into a republic), and to take refuge at Buenos Ayres;
whereas, after a time, he prevailed on Rosas to assist
him with troops of the Argentine Republic to replace
him in the President's chair ; hence sprung the con-
test which has now continued for ten or twelve years.
Oribe, not being able to gain possession of Monte
Video, the capital, nor Rivera to raise its seige or
drive the Argentines out of the country.
Brazil remonstrated with Buenos Ayres on its
forces entering the Oriental territories, but Rosas
declaring that he had no hostile intentions in view of
possessing himself thereof, and that his troops were
only to act as auxiliaries to President Oribe, the
Brazilian Government were satisfied.
Soon after the Monte Videans engaged in their
service a number of foreigners, French, Italians, &c.
The French Government having in the mean time
made a treaty with Buenos Ayres, forbad their sub-
jects from bearing arms against the Argentines, but
these persisted in doing so.
As this civil war appeared to be interminable, and
was loudly complained of by the merchants and ship-
owners of all nations as highly detrimental, and
atte ided with great loss to all parties interested,
Brazil, having put an end to the civil war in her own
province of Rio Grande do Sul, was anxious that
that in the neighbouring republic should like wise be
brought to a speedy close ; and being apprehensive
that she might be embroiled in some way or other in
the struggle between the two republics on her bor-
ders, proposed to England and France (who were
both in some measure bound to preserve the indepen-
dence of the Oriental State), by an amicable and
united effort, to endeavour to bring about a recon-
ciliation of the parties, and thus remove all impedi-
ments to the commerce and navigation of La Plata,
rescue the two contending States from present
misery and impending ruin, and elevate them to a
state of pace and prosperity equal to her own.
It appears England and France had previously en-
tertained an intention of interfering, with a view of
putting a stop to such unnatural and unprofitable war-
fare, but declined instructing their envoys at Rio de
Janeiro to act in concert with the Brazilian Govern-
ment, Ayres on a special mission,
boththose Governments, in hopes
of
and protracted strife to a
Nth credentials
id eappointedothea nd
obstinate
Buenos
plenipotentiaries to proceed to
Monte
bringingand
conclusion, honourable and advantageous to both
possible to say what might have been the
parties.
to be surmised that the result would
reslutltishaidmthe proposition of Brazil been acceded to;
less successful, but might have been
than that of the two European
bnmouottr
eshoa
vff
fortunate
it
Powers by themselves.
Since Rosas has taken ad-
vantageinterference of European
4merica. Secondly, to call
upon Brazil to assist ofhe
Oribe in expelling the French,
stateßepublics
States
inthereof,
t ha egaaiff n
as flitrr sa tt, i n raising a nrejudice in both
English, and other European forces from the oriental
territories
By the measures adopted by the first plenipoten-
tiaries (steps that would not have been taken had
Brazil had any share in the negotiations), the Brazilian
Government were placed in a very unpleasant situa-
tion, in the first instance, by the landing of British
troops at Monte Video to assist in the defence of that
city, and in the second place by forcing the passage
bf the River Parana—for although she warded off
the first remonstrances of Roses, and demand for its
aid, to expel the European invaders, by receiving in
Answer to an application to the envoys as to their in-
Itentions, that they had no hostile views nor preten-
sions as to the Oriental Republic, but merely inter-
vened as the governor of Buenos Ayres himself had
done in order to secure the independence of the former,
,and place it on a safe and permanent basis.
But with regard to the navigation of the River
Parana, in which Brazil was more particularly in-
terested, as the means of communicating from the
River Plate with her important provinces of Goyaz
and Matto Grosso, situate on the borders of the
River Paraguay, and extending on one side to the
Parana itself--still Brazil acknowledging the prin-
ciple that where the same country has possession of
both sides the entrance of a river, it has a right to
demand a sale, or interdict its waters to foreign ship-
ping, such as is the case with regard to the Elbe and
the Scheldt, and even in the Baltic and Danube,
Austria did not interfere.
The envoys, by intermeddling at the instigation of
the foreign merchants at Monte Video, rendered the
object in dispute more complicated, and in their
eagerness to open a communication by water with
Paraguay and Corrientes, they overlooked the conse-
quences benefitn
to, and for an uncertain and preca -
the forcing that river would
i inevitably le
iad
curred the risk (which is now being realised) of
mixing up one question with the other, thereby
greatly embarrassing their successors (the present
plenipotentiaries) and putting it into Rosas' power to
require indemnity for the losses sustained.
And to declare all vessels and their crews navi-
gating the Parana,
as such ; to which, pirates, and liable to be punished
probably, our declaring Brazilian
'
subjects and ships, pursuing the African slave-trade,
to be such, andsubject
were instigated.
Mr. Hood's endeavours to undo what the first
to our Admiralty Courts they
plenipotentiaries had done proved quite fruitless ; and
by the last accounts, the exertioes of the present
envoys are almost as hopeless, for, although they have
raised the seige of Buenos Ayres, unless they go
further, and give Rosas satisfaction, in respect to what
he terms the Argentine Question, nothing will be
the rose,"
done as to his withdrawing his troops from Monte
tei
Video, nor altering his views as to Corrientes and
Paraguay.
Oribe, if left apparently at free-will to settle the
Oriental Question, will still be influenced, " under
by the advice, if not commands of Rosas,
sofir that,first
trnfeproeidn t; ofon fatchte, theon
taffairsrary ofar
ethe Plateoßreiver
were not in a more satisfactory state than when we
cDmpli-
cated, in cons
.eqiisnce of Rosas' endeavours to draw
Brazil into a squabble with this country and France.
In fine, the query still is—When will there an end
be put to thissad •
state of things in the River Plate ?
and how is it to be done ?

___ _____
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICKS.
3 per Cent. Reduced Anne 8814 881%
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7%Th 87%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 89%% 89%
Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 1-16 9 1-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 13-16 8 13-16
India Bonds, 1,000/.
Ditto under 1,0001.. .. .- 5 dis 5 dis
Consols for Account 88141,8% 88%
Exchequer Bills. 2d.
1,0001.
5001
49p 9 p
Small
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small B5 85
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto, Deferred 4
Portuguese 5 per Cents. Bl
Ditto, 4 per Cent. 24%
Russian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French, 5 per Cent. —f. —c. 1171. 50c.
Exchange —f. —c. 25f. 50c.
Belgian 41% per Cent ...•.. 921,4 % 921%
Dutch 214 per Cent.
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 89% 80,6
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SILARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE:Q.
Aberdeen
Amber.. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%..... 11/s l%
..
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% . •. .•
.....
- •••• ....... ••••

Belfast & County Down 10
Birmingham and Ox
15
-
ford Junction
Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley 10 ... ......••
Birming.,Wolverlepton,
and Stour Valley 8 ......
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 61,x —
Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinghamshire Bl. 4s. —
caledonian
Alf Share- 21,j

25
108

29%

741%
14Vz

32%
1

Ditto, Half Shares.....
Ditto, Clydesdale June 40 —
Chester and Holyhead... 32% —
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 — .. ....... .. ...
Clarence 784 —
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 —
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. lO
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares ... 314 ...... -
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 20
Dundalk & Enniskillen 12%
Fast Anglia, 25/., L. k
E. and L. and D. ...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 25
' Do. 3/. 105.,E. &H. 1
Eastern Counties
Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... 14 p 4 p
)itto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 10 ...... 9% 9%
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters
Do., New l4
T,astern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —
Ditto, Thirds ... ..... 13s. 4el
East Lancashire
Ditto. New -
Do., do., Eaten. Scrip 11,4 - ..!... ....... ..

~ ..--
East Lincolnshire - 9 ll 10%

Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 — ......•••••• ••
Ditto Half Shares ... 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Edinburgh & Northern.. 20
Ditto, New
Ditto, Newport ..... ... 7 ...... •••••
Ditto, ditto, New • .... 1%
Edinburgh and Perth... 2 .....•
Ditto, Extension 105.......
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. 2
Ditto, New .
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle ...............8/. 6s. 8d
Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New ......... .. 35 ......
14
Do., Shares (5 per
cent. guar.)
Great Northern
Do., London and York 2%.. ... 1,13%
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England..loo
Ditto, Now 401.......... 5
Ditto, New 30/ 3O
Ditto, New 15/ l% lB3/4 lB3/4
Great Western
Ditto, % Shares .. 5O 643/4 ex div 643/4 x.d.
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O
Ditto, New 17/.......... 7
Huddersfield & Mulches. 19 -.
Ditto, Thirds .... ..... 6
Hull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares.... 25
Ditto, 14 Shares 12%
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 15 .
Do., do., and Norwich 12
Do., do., Extens. Scrip
(late Camb. & Ely) 2%.....• 31A% 3%
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds
Leeds and Bradford
_ _ _

24

Leicester and Bedf3rd... 16s
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 32% — ......
Do., Branch % Shares 71,...
Do. New Branch (blue) 2%
Do. Extension (green) 214
Do. NewExten. (pink) 2%

Leeds and Thirsk - -31 ......
Ditto, New 12% — .... ..... ......
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%..... 2%
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .... .......... 2
Liverp., Mnchstr& N ew-
castle Junction 2%
London and Blackwell. 16/. 13e. 4d. ...• ••••• •••
Do. New, No. 1
Do. New, No. 2 3l. 13s. 4d.
Do. Extension 12% ••-•
LOY

2%

radon, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O ...... 49 491 A
Do. Consol. Eighths.. 20
De. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50
London and Greenwich 121 15s 4d
Do. Preference lB/178 2d... ••
London and N. Western 100 167
Do. Quarters L. & B. 12
Do., no., New
Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 ...... - • ••• .
Do. LA Shares (G. J.) 20
Do 40/. Sh ares (L. 1,11.) 15
Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40
Do. 10/. M. & B.) A. 5
Do. 101. (M.. & B.) B. 5 —
Do. 10/. M. 4 B.) C. 1

6%

London, Oxford, and
Cheltenham -
Lond. &S. Western 41/ 65 10d 61%......- ...... 61%
Do. New Consol Bths 40
Do. New 501. ... ..... 32%.. .. 33% 34 ......
Do. New 40/.. . 26 ... .
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ......
40
Ditto ditto ....... .... 40 -..• ........ •••
Ditto Scrip 501.
Ditto ditto 401. ..... .... 4
London, Salisbury, and .....
Yeovil .••••,... ...••••• 11/2•••••• -- ...............
Loniondenry&O)lerabo 25
Loadenderry and Ennis-
... ........
k Ilf --•••-•• 221.4..„“ -- „
Lane

.ten
ueashire & Yorkshire 82— ...... ...........
•
Ditto V. Shares
......
.....
.
Do. Quarter Shares... 14%
Do. Fifths
• ..
Do. Sixteenths ...... 1 ..... • ..... • ........
... ..... ........
Do. Thirds (Reg.). 734. 40. ...
13! ...... ............

BARTHOLOMEW FAlR.—This day this almost
obsolete place k.f amusement commenced for three days,
according to annual custom. There were several ginger-
bre“,d stalls erected, the owners of which had to pay a
very heavy rent, aral also a few perambulatiw
shows and nut-targets, but very few persons were
fact, out of the number one quarter were the
City police. A short proclamation, by direction of the
Right Honourable the •Lord Mayor, was also issued,
ordering tho closing of the booths at ten o'clock cle,:h
night during the fair, under the usual heavy penalty%
.

Do. Liverp. and Bart
Ditto 14 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 28 ...... ...--
Do.(Waked•-1d,P0nte-
..... 421 A ..... .
fract. & Goole . -- •••..••••.•.
Do. (W.RidingUnio,
W i) U. 25...•...
Do. (VroAton Ss yr )25 ...... 37
Do. % Shares (A) 9 ......
Ditto ditto (B) ... VA
.....
Mancheater,Buxton,and
Matlock ............ ...... 426....... r mor. ..... fie .....

Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire 100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 71A
Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 -- ••
Ditto ditto . ........ 7
Ditto ditto .. .. 4%
Ditte Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 7lh

Mancliest. & Southitm pt. 2 j;ii ..... -
Midland
Do. Consolidated-Pref. — —
Do. 401. Shares
Do. 501. Shares lO .. 121,43/4% l2l
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Midland Consol. Brist. &
Birming., 6 per cent.loo ......122% 122%
Midhicl, Brist. &Glocstr. 34

,
Ditto, ditto 71.95..,.... ...... ... —
Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar. 50 ......
Midland Great Western
Irish
Newcastle and lierwick 25
Ditto New
Ditto North Shields... 25
Newcastle and Carlisle...100
Do. Quarters 5O .. . .
Newmrket & Chesterforel 13 LA
Do. Extension .........21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford . 4 .....•
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor
Norfolk ........ ...100 lO6 108 lOB
Do. New 20/. .. 5 ...... •••••• • -
Do. Extension

Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 .....
Northern Counties Union 4 ...... -
North British ... ..... ... 25
Do. Half Sharts l2 % ......
Do Quarters ...... .. 43/4 — -
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds . 1
North Staffordshire 714.... 10
North Wales
North Western 4
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 27% — ••••••••
_ _.

Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Roystcn and ilitchin ...

3cottish Central
Scottish Midland 17% — • •••••••••••
Ditto, New ... 10

'eilield, Rotherham,
and Goole - ..
Shrewsbury and Birm... 6
Ditto ditto, Class B. 3
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) l6
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8
Ditto Oswestry
Ditto New
Shrewsbury and Herefd 2 ......
Shropskire Union
South Devon 4O ... ..
Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 2/. 125....
-,outh Eastern & Dover. 33% —•-• • --• • • ..... 35
Do., No. 1 26 .....• •
Do., bit, 2.
Do , No. 3
Do., No. 4
South Wales ls
Louth Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 2 ...... --- ......... .••...
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal
Taw Vale Extension ... 4
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway -
Vale of Neath 4 ......
W aterford and Kilkenny 131. .... ..
Waterford and Limerick 35
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall ...... 4 ... • .
Whitehaven & Furness 8 —
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 425. — .
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. 35,4
Do. Extensiox
Do. Preference
ork and North Midland 50
Ditto Extension . ..... 25 ......
Ditto, Preference
Do. East and W est Rid-
- ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo-Belgian ... 4
Barbadoes 1 ••••••
Boulogne and A iniens 2O ......
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Constituted )... 4 .....

Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 14
Central of Spain ... .... 2
Ceylon
Demerara ... .

Dendre Valley -
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ss.
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Southern of Madras ss.
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 3LA
Italian and Austrian.... 4
Jamaica S.Mid..Junction 1
Louvain ala Samore ... 6 ...
Luxemb0urg............. 6
Lyons and Avignon 5 •..••• ........»
wiras
Madras. Nellore,, and
Arcot

l~
~$

Madrid and Valentia 2 - ..• ••
Namur and Liege
Northern of France. lO ..... 101,06
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Over Yssei 4/ 3s 4d
Paris and Lyons .. 8 ...... 3% • •••
Paris and Orleans 2O .
Paris and Rouen
Naris and Strasbourg 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse ..... 16 ••••
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
rours and Nantes ...... 8 -
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt. l2
Trinidad
West Flanders ...... ...,. 8
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Australasia
British North American 50
Colonial
London Joint Stock lO
London & Westminster. 20
Ditto New... ..... ...... 13
Union of L0nd0n......... 10
Union of Madrid 40
Commercial of London 20
National Prov. England. 35
Ditto, New lO
National of Ireland 22IA — ...
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
Ditto,New
Union of Australia
Ditto,New... ........ ... 21/, — • ...•

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY
LOYDON, SEPT. 3.—Wind S.W., light breeze and du;
hazy weather.
Dear., SEPT. 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Jane, Batavia;
Persia, Stephens, Ceylon; Majestic, Ibester, auritius;
Mountain Maid, Robertson, Braids River ; Sultana,
Africa; Elizabeth, King, Rio Grande; Tusker, Porto
Rico; Treasurer, King, Porto Rico; Helena, Rue, Tri-
nidad; Creole, Coltord, Dominica; Mary Louisa, Camp-
bell,r:Antigua; Morel, Quarle, St. Croix; Tindall, Ha
vannah ; Augusta, Duncan, Havannah ; Urania, Mathie-
son, New York.
RELATING TO THE THEMIS OF WATERFORD.
A despatch has been received at Lloyd's a
from the
Foreign-office, inclosing an extract from despatch
from her Majesty's consul at Lisbon, reporting the loss
of the British schooner Themis, of Waterford, John
Dobson master, at sea, on the 2d inst., seventy miles
N.W. of Vienna ; crew saved.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
INVESTIGATOR'S STRAITS.
The following has been posted at Lloyd's :
" Colonial Secretary's-office, Adelaide,
" March 23, 1846.
" his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been
pleased to direct that the following minute, relative to a
Harbour of Refuge in Investigator's Straits, be published
for general information.
" By his Excellency's command.
" A. M. MUNDY, Colonial Secretary.
['Minute.]
" I beg to call the attention of mariners navigating In-
vestigator's Straits, to the advantages presented by a
large bay situated upon the Southern Coast of Yorke's
Peninsula, nearly midway between Troubridge Shoal
and Cape Spencer, a place of refuge for shipping on
meeting with south-westerly and westerly winde, when
bound to the westward, or indeed during a north-easter,
if bound to Port Adelaide.
" In Flinder's Chart this bay is represented as surs-
rounded by shoals, to the extent of three or fboauremeixlea.
from the shore. Flinder does not appear iont, ofv show
mined the soundings minutely, and th_ i
ground is laid down rather as conj 1,1
been ascertained. It has, howevert
ect r
deterredethan
navigators
ihgaavtionrgs
from entering into the bay, except
engaged in the whaling businbess;
pproached with safety;
Ihne more reality, t the venturesome shoals
do not exist. The bay
and good anchoring guiroauYndieb:villbe found near the
sandy bottom, at about
western shore in seven p
beach,fain°fou;• fathoms at about half
one mile from the
astern shore of the bay, near
that distance.
Troubridge Hill,° nthethe ter is deep, and a vessel may
wrtaer of a mile of the beach before
approach within a
obtaining soundings with seven fathoms of line.
" The western shore of
Clothedy is form d
e b
any d
a trpees
ro-
montory of low aand hills,
aatro rock
with
oigartass
(the oak), terminating in
.fl yp ~ which forms
an effectual breakwater duringat anchor in soutli-west
sm gales
oot. Under
lee of this port ships may
ride h wr,
with every facility for getting tinder weigh whenever the
wind becomes favourable. Although the bay is open to
the south and south-east, winds from those quarters,
owing to the narrowness of the Strait, do not rata' a sea
sufficient to impede a vessel in weighing anchor.
" Mariners bound to the westward, meeting adverse
winds in the Straits, occasionally seek shelter under lee
of Point Marsden, or in Nepean Bey, or they bear up
for Port Adelaide. In either case, much more time
and distance is lost than by resorting to the bay in
question.
"For convenient reference hereafter, I purpose assign-
ing to this bay the name o: Stun, and to the low sandy
point form t, io th ww,terit pot -f it, tt,at of Day, op •rt.
1
" Tile wooded sandhills on Point DCVCTipOrt may be
about forty to fifty feet in height ; and at about h Fri
mile inland are salt water lageono, dry in Furamer,