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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1846.

healed all warfares. The wildest man in the most
savage country will yet be reached by the improvement
of ;which you may be called the authors. In regions
which seemed to be divided between the despot and the
slave the sense of common interest is amalgamating
both into the admission of human comfort. The custom-
house and the passport systems are everywhere coming
down, and man will visit man without necessitating the
magistrate's permission for the act. But should the re-
suscitation of the old enemy be ever seriously attempted
it was a happy announcement which stated that your
association was only in a state of suspended animation.
The country every where will take its tone from you ;
and what you have uttered here will find its echoes to
the extent which will most probably end in preventing
the evil feared. You have achieved the greatest victory
announced in human history. We have loved our ene-
mies, and in return many of them have begun to love us.
—(Loud cheers.) A powerful Government is on our
side, and has only to pursue the principles which gained
it popular support to carry us forward in the way of
peace and happiness, Those yet unborn will look back
on you as having been partakers in this great work, and
envy your good fortune in being sharers in so happy a
performance. The Gallant Colonel sat down amidst
loud cheers.
The CHAIRMAN said he had next to introduce one
whom he was sure the company would be glad to once
more welcome amongst them. He meant R. R. R.
-Moore, Esq.
The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. R.
R. R. Moore and several other gentlemen.
In returning thanks for the acknowledgment to the
distinguished visitors for their attendance,
Lord MORPETH said—He felt that at a meeting
where the members had sat so long, and listened
so patiently to all the proceedings, the best thing
would be to say good night to all. For himself;
and he believed for their other guests, he might
say that they felt themselves amply repaid for any
trouble they had had by the company and the applause
of the meeting. He believed he had only been in that
room once before, and that was fifteen years ago. On
that occasion Lord Brougham was present, and also
Lord George Bentinck. He regretted that he was not
then present. If, however, after the lapse of another
fifteen years, he should meet their two present repre-
sentatives, he believed that they should have the same
tale to tell as they had then. There was only one thing
wanting to conclude the meeting, and that was a vote of
thanks to their chairman, who also was the president of
the Sheffield Free-Trade Association, and they would
concur with him in the opinion when be said that he
was worthy of every honour they could confer upon him.
His Lordship then put the question to the meeting,
and it met with a ready and hearty response.
The CHAIRMAN having replied, three cheers were
given for the Queen, and three for the Free-Trade Go-
vernment of Lord John Russell, and the meeting termi-
nated shortly before eleven o'clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S. —YESTERDAY.
THE GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Morpeth—taken.
ST. LEGER.
5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes
8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken
8 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy
9 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago
20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Cranstoun's Cranebrook—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken.
WARWICK RACES.—TnuRSDAY.
The Foal Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added ; for three yrs
old colts, Bst 91b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Once round and a dis.
(7 Subs.)
Mr. Skerratt's Romance (h b) (Marlow) 1
Mr. Wreford's West Countryman 2
Betting-4 to lon Romance. Won in a canter.
The Castle Park Stakes of 10 sovs, each, and 25 added.
One mile. (5 Subs.)
Sir J. Gerrard's Morocco, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (E. Edwards) 1
Mr. Meesom's Dart, 4 yrs, Bst 81b
Mr. Meiklam's Susannah, 2 yrs, a feather..
Sir C. Cockerall's Seljuk, 2 yrs, a feather
Betting-6 to 5 agst Susannah, 2to 1 agst Dart, and 5
to 2 agst Morocco. Won by a neck.
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Winner
to be sold for 2001. One mile. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Bristow's Carrissima, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b ...... ...(Denman) 1
Mr. Barton's Reliance, 4 yrs, 7st 41b 2
The following also ran :—Mr. Collettts Nannie, 3 yrs, Est
—Mr. Phillips' by Physician out of Theano, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—
Mr. Raworth's Engineer, 3 yre, Est 101b—Sir C. Cockerell's
Amazon, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Mr. Wall's Borrani, 4 yrs, 7st 71b.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Carrissima, and 3to 1 agst Amazon.
Won by a head.
The Two Years Old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added ;
colts, Bst 61b, and fillies, Bst 31b; winners 41b extra.
T.Y.C. (11 Subs.)
Lord Caledon's cby Simoon, out of Cassandra (Marlow) 1
Lord Warwiclge Aliwal
Sir C. Cockerell's Congress (h b)
The following also ran :—Mr. Meiklam's Sassanet, Mr.
Carr's Butterton, Mr. Haworth's Commerce, Mr. G. Shep-
herd's Secundum.
5t02 on Cassandra colt. Won by half a length.
Match 500 guineas, h ft. Three miles.
Mr. Collett's Pal, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Whitehouse), beat Mr.
O'Brien's Jonathan Wild, 3 vrs, Bst.
7t04 on Jonathan Wild. Won by a length.
County Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared,
with 50 added. Once round and a distance. (11 Subs.
one of whom declared.)
Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Abdale)
Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, sst 51b
Mr. Waller's Columbus, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
6 to 5 each agst Jenny Wren and Sis to Pergularia.
The Warwick Cup, by Subs. of 10 sovs. each, with 10C
added. Four miles.
Mr. Moore's Wolf-dog, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ................(Nat) 1
Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ....... 2
Mr. Waller's Regalia, 3 yrs, sst 811

Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, Est llb ......... 4
The Town Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Cowper's Roebuck, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b (H. Darling) 3 1 1
Mr. Wall's The Crown Prince, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
Mr. Robbins's Valiant, 4 yrs, Bst 81b d 1 3 dr
Each race won in a canter.
LATEST BETTING ON THE ST. LEGER AT WARWICK.
4 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes—taken
7 to 1 agst Brocardo—taken
7 to 1 agst The Traverser
9 to 1 agst Grimston
10 to 1 agst lago
10 to 1 agst Fancy Boy
20 to 1 agst Cranebrook
50 to 1 agst Romance
The others as before.
ECCLES RACES.—WEDNXIDAY.
WEDNESDAY.
The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, two
miles and a dis., 4 subs., were won cleverly in two heats by
Mr. Lamplough's Legacy, 6 yrs, (owner); beating Father
Mathew, aged, and Paddy, aged.
The Selling Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added, one mile
and a half, were won in two heats by Mr. Thompson's Hudi-
bras, aged; beating The Potter, 5 yrs, and Greenfinch, aged,
(fell.)
Tile Manchester Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added,
twice round and a dis, 7 subs, were won in two heats by Mr.
Thompson's Hudibras, aged, 9st 41b; beating Brewood, aged,
Bst 111 b, and two others, easily.
DARLINGTON RACES—TUESDAY.
The Terrace Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added ; for two
yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. The second to save
his stake. About half a mile. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Jaques's Dipthong (Cartwright) 1
Sir J. Gerard's New Year's Day 2
Won in a canter.
The Darlington Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of
20 sovs. each, h ft, and only sif declared, &c. The second
to save his stake. Two miles.' (22 Subs., 9 of whom
declared.)
Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs, Est ...... (Longstaff) 1
Meiklam's Aristotle, aged, Bst 41b 2
Mr. Kitchin's Lucy, 4 yrs, Est 61b 3
Mr. Lane Fox's Little John, 5 yrs, 7st 21b
Mr. W. Scott's Malt, 3 yrs, Est 31b
Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs, Tat 21b (carried
7st 61b)
The Railway Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, for
three yrs old: colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. The second
to save his stake. Mile and a half. (4 subs.)
Mr. Harland's The Cossack Maid (Templeman) 1
Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring
Won by half a length.
The Tees Stakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added, mile-and-
a-half, was won in two heats, by Mr. W. Scott's Driflield,
3 yrs, beating Mr. Walter's Ratcliffe, 5 yrs ; Mr. L. Fox's
Little John, 5 yrs ; Mr. Damson's Red Rover, 5 yrs ; Mr.
Lancaster's Monsieur Perrot, 3 yrs ; and Mr. S. L. Fox's
Psalmsinger, 4 yrs.

O, New Burlington-street, Sept. 4,184 G.
MB. BEN T LE Y
Will PUBLISH the following NEW WORKS

DURING TUE PRESENT MONTH.

SIR N. HARRIS NICOLAS.
In 2 .vols. Bvo., with Portraits.
MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR CIIRISTOPIIE

HATTON-, K.G.,
Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth.
Comprising Letters from the most distinguished Statesmen and other

Eminent Persons or hia 'time.
Edited, with Notes, by Sir N. HARRIS NICOLAS.

THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON.
LIONEL DEEREIURST
Or, FASHIONABLE LIFE UNDER THE REGENCY.
Edited by the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON.
3 vols. post Bvo.

THE LATE J. T. SMITH, ESQ.
AN ANTIQUARIAN RAMBLE IN THE STREETS
OF LONDON.
With Anecdotes of their more Celebrated Residents.
By J. T. SMITH, Esq.,
Late Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum, Author of " The
Life of Nollekens," and "A Book for a Rainy Day."
Edited by CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D.,
Author of " Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions," &c.
2 vols. Svo.
IV.
11. C. ANDERSON.

A POET'S BAZAAR.
By H. C. ANDERSON, Author of " THE IMPROVISATORE

From the Danish, by CHARLES BECKWITH, Esq.
3 vols. post Bvo., with a Portrait and Memoir of the Author.

THOMAS INGOLDSBY,
In one volume, neatly bound, price Gs., with an Engraving:
COUSIN NICHOLAS.
By THOMAS INGOLDSBY.

FORMING THE NiW VOLUME OF THE STANDARD NOVELS

AND ROMANCES.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
(Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.)

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND
LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage,
and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
requested to be addressed.

All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to instructions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
Triumphant success of another New Burlesque.
THIS EVENING

The performances will commence with WATCH AND WARD.
After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic,
Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon,"
entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs.
F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinlech, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver,
Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother,
Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlavv, Miss
Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A
WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan,
Meadows, Kinioch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE,
THIS EVENING

Will be performed an interesting Drama, entitled THE MYS-
TERIOUS STRANGER. In which Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith,
Selby, Worrell, Boyce, Sanders, Greene, Cullenford, Glennaire,
Thomas, Waye, Gordon ; Miss Chaplin, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss
Harding, Miss Brooks, Mrs. Lambert, Miss Taylor, and Madame
Celeste will perform.
After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de-
nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pas de Pip-
pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen-
naire, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson,
Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss
Taylor, Miss Harrison, Miss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c.
To be followed by au original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM
PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright.

STRAND THEATRE.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of HAMLET. The
Ring. Mr. Waldron ; Hamlet, Mr. Gregory ; Laertes, Mr. Leigh
Murray; Osric, Mr. Grafton; Polonius, Mr. Manders ; the Queen,
Miss Dorrington ; Ophelia, Miss M. Glover.
To conclude with the Comedy of THE HONEYMOON. Duke
Aranza, Mr. Davidson ; Jaques, Mr. Whittaker ; Juliana, Mrs.
Percy ; Violante, Miss M. Glover.
Private Boxes, &e., may be engaged at the Box-office, from
eleven till four, and at all the Libraries.

PRINCESS'S TITEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) of THE
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby ;
Mr. Ford, Mr. J. Vining; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder; Sir Hugh Evans,
Mr. Charles Mathews; Master Slender, Mr. Compton; Mrs. Page,
Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling; Anne Page, Miss
Georgiana Smithson.

After which, an entirely new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled, A
CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining ; Twiggleton, Mr.
Charles Mathews; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr
Bonner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling.
To conclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE
BARBER BRAVO ; or, 'i he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr.
Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and
Miss E. Ilonner will perform.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge.
Transcendent talent, brilliant success, and crowded houses. Re-
Engagement, for Six Nights more, of the distinguished Tragic
Actress, Miss Cushman, and her sister, Miss Swart Cushman,
positively their last appearance in London.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of ROMEO AND
JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman ; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman ;
Nurse, Mrs. Daly ; Mercutie, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Capulet, Mr. Heslop ;
Benvollo, Mr. Johnson; Tybalt, Mr. Fredericks; Friar Lawrence,
Mr. Neville; Apothecary, Mr. W. Smith.
After which an entirely new Farce, entitled THE BARBER AND
THE BRAVO ; or, The Princess with the Raven Locks. In which
Messrs. E. F. Saville, Neville, Lewis ; Mrs. E. F. Saville, and
Miss E. Terry will perform.
To conclude with the Melodrama of THE TWO DROVERS.
Messrs. Fredericks, Neville, Pelham, Heslop, Wood, Lewis, Con-
way ; Mrs. Daley, Miss Terry, and Mrs. Saville will sustain the
principal characters.
Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock.

ASTLEr* ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. " The
Merchant's Steed " triumphant. Entire change of Equestrian
novelties. Last Week of the highly popular Drama of " The
Nameless."

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a most powerful and entirely new Drama of
a peculiar and forcible construction, embracing scenes in every
grade of life and eventful acts of every day's occurrence, founded
on the popular work, "The Mysteries of London," entitled MARK-
HAM AND GREENWOOD ; or, The Brothers' Career. Markham,
Mr. Seaman; Greenwood, Mr. Walton; Tidkins, Mr. Searle; Ste-
phens, Mr. Anker ; Count Alteroni, Mr. Higgie ; Ellen, Mrs. 11.
Vining; Isabella, Mrs. Lee.
After which, the Burlesque of FAYRE ROSAMONDE. Fayre
Rosamonde, Mr. Forman.
To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TRENT.

Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND
THURSDAY.
VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC-
TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79.
A richly ornamented GOTH IC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior
Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
most complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend
from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the
lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to
his chrystal home.
The Glass Conservatory is splenditily ornamented with festoons
of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of
Carnivore by gas-light.
Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at
six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk.
ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 4.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest. 70 ; Noon, 68.
BAROMETER, 30 29.—WIND N.N.E., fine.

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triumph, they should have retaliated upon the
miserable invectives with which, for so long a period,
they were incessantly and pitifully assailed by the
monopolists, and not less in their hour of strength
than when they were in their expiring throes. A
spirit of self-rectitude has, however, dictated other
feelings, and thus consecrated, in the most dignified
manner, their noble achievement. In the language
of one of the speakers, "we have loved our enemies,
and in return many of them have begun to love us."
This is the effect of the conviction of having a
righteous cause in hand. It empowers its advo-
cates, by the exhibition of a manly forbearance,
to read a moral lesson, which we trust will serve to
allay animosities, and educe harmony from amid the
disordered passions which still rankle in many a breast.
Lord MORPETII, whose mind is so poetical, whose
taste is so pure and classical, and whose judgment
withal is so sound, delivered an impressive
speech. The principle that Governments ought
to intermeddle as little as possible with the
impulses of individual enterprise was cogently adverted
to, and it was predicted that the present Govern-
ment would enhance their claims to public confidence
by removing every remaining impediment to inter-
national reciprocity. His Lordship alluded to the
spread of the potato disease in Ireland, and in terms
which, we regret to remark, amply corroborate the
melancholy truths we have so frequently of late pub-
lished on this fearful topic. We will furnish an ex-
tract from the moving language of Lord MORPETU,
and the more so, since it aftbrds matter for serious re-
flection to the most inveterate protectionist :
" And does not this dark and mysterious evil, which
now seems to be spreading over vast tracts of country,
seem to bring something in the spirit of a solemn rebuke
to those who, in the earlier discussions of the present
session, without, I am sure, any intention to deal lightly
with the privations of their countrymen, yet permitting
themselves, with something like premature levity, to in-
dulge in sarcastic referenees to the malady in the pota-
toes ; and to those who have been lately filling the
market places and farmers' tables of our provinces with
dismal lamentations over the good old days of bygone
protection? I fear that lam presenting to!you no imaginary
picture when I say that if such measures are not taken—
especially in the sister country of Ireland— as I know
are about being taken—multitudes will run the risk of
famine." _

To buy in the cheapest, and to sell in the dearest
market—a doctrine which the monopolists have so
much struggled, but in vain, to cover,with ridicule—
was next handled, and in the most felicitous style.
We have not time to do justice to the admirable ex-
position it received at Lord MORPETH'S hands. Suffice
it, that every sentence embodied an important truth,
and carried conviction home to the minds of his au-
dience. The most encouraging feature of Lord
MORPETII'S address consisted in the assurance
that other countries are evincing a readiness
to imitate our great example. By none more
than by Sir ROBERT PEEL can this intelligence be
received with gratification, since he predicted in Par-
liament, that if his great measure of the session were
sanctioned by law, nations, proximate and remote,
would soon be found following in our wake. Already.
then we are told has Russia commenced relaxing her
restrictive policy; Sardinia and Sicily likewise;
Germany and the Rhine are starting in their slum-
bers ; the Pope of ROME is countenancing the forma-
tion of railways, those great accelerators of human
intercourse ; a Free Trade Association has been
formed in France, and our national paeans
have met with a response from the opposite shores of
the Atlantic. These are electrical signs, and England
may well feel proud of the high position she fills and
the moral sway she exercises throughout the known
world. Brilliant as has been her career in other
periods, still in none will the laurels shine so con-
spicuously sis those which she seems destined to gather
in the nineteenth century.

A magnificent entertainment (the proceedings of
which are reported in another column) was given, on
Wednesday evening, to the proprietary of the Times
newspaper. We cannot but conceive that the various
circumstances attendant upon this demonstration
assume to themselves a public and almost national
importance. In paying so noble a tribute of grati-
tude and admiration to that extraordinary journal,
the many eminent personages who were principally
instrument al in so doing have virtually acknowledged
the power, and the dignity, and the moral influence
possessed and exercised by the press generally. The en-
tertainment given on Wednesday is at once a well-
merited par.egyric upon the character of the Times indi-
vidually and a recognition of the authoritative and
beneficent !force wielded by " the fourth estate " col-
lectively. For both those reasons the banquet, in
question is invested with a peculiar and enduring
interest. Nothing could well have redounded more
to the honour of the Times individually, or have ac-
corded bet ter with the vast and predominating in-
fluence of the press collectively, than the facts con-
nected with the recent proceedings at the London
Tavern. .In the Royal Exchange of the metropolis
of this great commercial empire a tablet is raised in
commemoration of the exertions of the 2‘`imes news-
paper in d ivulging one of the most extensive and orga-
nized fraucAs ever attempted in the mercantile world.
The exposu re of all the complicated and nefarious details
connected with that atrocious conspiracy was the
result of almost unprecedented enterprise, of almost
unexample •d courage, and of almost unequalled saga-
city. That enterprise, that courage, and that sagacity
were evide need by the Times newspaper. It was a
beautiful idea that, in gratitude for such spontaneous
and signal, services in guarding the interests of the
public, and in drawing retribution down upon its
moral assas sins—it was a beautiful idea, we say, that,
for the pur pose of commemorating such services, a
tablet, wit' h a suitable inscription, should be erected
in the cei itre of the commerce of the world, and
that two scholarships should be established at
Cambridg( 3 and Oxford, one connected with
the City of London School, the other with
Christ's II ospital. Among those who have contri-
buted to tl iese testimonials may be enumerated the
most eminent names in mercantile affairs—we may
say, indee i, considering their hereditary celebrity,
the most el minent names in the history of mercantile
affairs. I 'he catalogue in truth extends throughout
the princil 'al ramifications of commerce ; it embraces
the meccas stile and banking establishments of London,
Paris, Osl .end, Florence, Hasnburgh, Antwerp, Co-
logne, Le vant, Cadiz, Messina, Macao, Laguayra.,
and Naples 3 ; it is illumined by the signatures of
BARING, (,f RornscuiLD, and Of INIASTERMAN ; it is
responded t o by all quarters and sections of the com-
mercial wo) •Id in either hemisphere ; but, above all, it
is responde( 1 to with enthusiasm and alacrity by
" The mere pants of Old England—the seigneurs of the
seas 1"

As evident es of a cordial appreciation of the courage
and abiliti( !s of the Times newspaper, we congratulate
our Cont et nporary upon the fact of those testimonials
and of that entertainment. It is indeed an occasion upon
which no pi Aty jealousies could possibly insinuate them-

selves, and one in which we Scan fully sympathise with

the honour :able pride of the recipient. Such acknow-
ledgments of gratitude and respect are more than a

recompera e for the arduous mental and corporeal la-
bours of z ;ears, for the anxieties consequent with a
protracte e land adventurous contest, for undeserved
scurrilitie s and unmerited neglect. This conspicuous
and brill it rnt tribute to the Times must, therefore,
have affc r ded the proprietary of that journal senti-
ments c £ a most encouraging and elevating de-
scription. .

iarnei qtly and truthfully, however, as we sym-
pathise vi bilith our Contemporary upon this interesting
and ausi &ions entertainment, we are disposed to
consider the circumstances of that testimony of
public api obation as illustrative of the character,
the influe nc )e, and the position of the Press, rather
than as an exclusive compliment to a solitary
member ( •f that estate—of the Press generic, not
individua 1. The occasion of this testimony, presided
over by t he. LORD MAYOR of the City of London, and
numberin g amongst those present several of our Bri-
tish Legislators and of our merchant princes, may, with-
out hyperl sole, be designated an epoch in the annals of
a free
i
press, a starting point in the history of a vast
, revolution. Such an acknowledgment
of the bene t its conferred upon the community by an
emancipated' press, and especially
by the daily news-
papers, does : not unquestionably (cannot, in fact,) tend
to their elevi .tion ; but it is at least a signal confession
of the elevati on which they have already attained, of
the marvellm is powers which are entrusted to them,
of the seer ed responsibilities which are thereby
entailed upi In them of being the conservators of
public mon tlit y, the stimulants to national intelli-
gence, the up olders of the rights and privileges and ,

immunities of every individual in this gigantic com-
munity. Invested with such prerogatives, it is but
just, nay, it is but honest, that the prt cise position
of this so-called (and aptly so-called) "fourth
estate" should be duly recognised and appreciated.
And, to proceed again from generalities downwards,
it is but just and honest to offer encouragement and
congratulation whenever those prerogatives have been
exercised valorously and conscientiously. They
were so exercised by the Times in the notorious case
Of BOGLE MAVIS LAWSON.

Throughout the proceedings at the London Tavern,
on Wednesday evening, the utmost decorum and
propriety were preserved. The speeches were in
every instance dictated by the best taste imaginable—
that delivered by Mr. WALTER was remarkable for
its combinatinn of sound sense and elevated earnest-
ness. No individual connected with the establishment
in Printing-house-square, at all entitled to such a
specific mark of approbation, escaped the deserved
eulogium of those who were assembled together in their
honour. M. J. T. DELANE, as one of the principal
editors ; Mr. ALSAGER, as the leading writer of the
" City articles ;" and Mr. DOBTE, as solicitor to the
Times, were each recompensed, or, we should rather
say, rewarded for their brilliant exertions in sustain-
ing the interests of the public—their guerdon for so
doing being the approving voices of their
fellow-citizens and of their own hearts. Since the
invention of printing the benefactions consequent
upon a liberated and conscientious Press have never
been so memorialised in this country as upon the oc-
casion of this spontaneous tribute to the Times. We
congratulate our Contemporary upon this occurrence,
and we moreover congratulate those who, with our-
selves, are anxious for the spread of enlightenment
and civilisation among all classes of the human race.

Letters from Leghorn of the 27th ult. announce
that at fifty minutes past nine in the morning of that
day another shock of an earthquake had been expe-
rienced, which had occasioned so much damage that
several of the inhabitants had been compelled to aban-
don their houses.

It is stated to be the intention of the Empress of
RUSSIA to proceed, in the course of next month, to her
delightful villa of Orianda in the Crimea, on the shore
of the sea of Azof. Her MAJESTIC will pass the
winter at Orianda.

Letters from Vienna of the 24th ult. state that
Count STADION, this Governor of Trieste, has left his
post without leave, having given only a few hours
notice of his intended departure to the director of the
police. His flight is attributed to the circumstance
of his having entered into a contract for provisions,
which the Aulic Council has refused to ratify.

Madrid papers of the 28th ult. have arrived.
According to these papers the QUEEN had, on the
preceding evening, been solemnly betrothed to her
cousin, Don FRANCISCO D'ASSIS.

The recal of GONZALES BRAVO from his post of
Ambassador to Portugal is officially announced. It
is believed that Senor DONOSO CORTES will be his
successor. Portugal has, it is announced, agreed to
deliver up fifteen of the Spanish refugees, on the
pretext that their papers were not regular. Are the
papers of the CABRALS regular ? Will Spain deliver
them up should Portugal demand it? This trans-
action is very disgraceful to all the parties con-
cerned in it.

MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 28.—The funds had risen in
consequence of the report of the betrothal of the Queen.
The Three per Cents. were done at 34i for cash ; the
Four per Cents. at 22 ; the Five per Cents. at 22i ;
the Passives at 64; and the Coupons at 20i.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
On Tuesday MM. BUSIERES, OGER, SAGLIO, and
LANJUINAIS, were elected Secretaries to the Cham-
ber of Deputies. The election of M. OGER is " a
heavy blow and great discouragement" to the war
party in France. This is the gentleman who was su
constantly denounced by the National as a Prit-
chardiste, and who, in consequence of these denuncia-
tions, was rejected by one of the divisions of the
Parisian National Guard when he was a candidate
for the colonelcy. The war party continued their
denunciations, but ineffectually—the rejected of the
National Guard was elected a Deputy, and now has
by the Chamber been chosen Secretary. The other

Secretaries are all Ministerialists. The officers of the
Chamber were installed on Wednesday, on which occa-
sion M. SAPEY, the temporary President, made a fare-
well speech on resigning the chair, and M. SAUZET, the
permanent President, made an inaugural speech on
taking possession of it. The following Deputies
were to prepare the address, in reply to the Speech
from the Throne :—M. MURET DE BoRT, the Duke
D'lsLr (Marshal BUGEAUD), Count D'ANGE VILLE,
and Messrs. LAS CASES, VITET, COURTURE, DES-
MOUSSEAUX DE GIVRE, DEJEAN, and DARU. They
are all Ministeri4lists.
We are sorry to find, from the accounts in all the
papers, that the harvest has been deficient in every
part of France. According to the statements of the
produce of the harvest, published in the Presse,
France will require to import one month's supply
for the whole of her population, between this and the
time of the next harvest; nearly half the largest
quantity of corn that all Europe has ever collected
in her stores. The price of bread is rising in Paris,
fish is scarcely to be purchased, and meat, vegetable 3,
and eggs are all very dear. Eggs are fourteenpence
a dozen, and fillets of beef, eighteenpence a pound.
A Toulon letter of the 29th ult. says :

" The corvette transport .Rhin, Captain Berard, has
just arrived here from New Zealand, whence she sailed
oa the 15th April last, touching at St. Helena and Oran.
From the latter place she brought Bishop Pompalierand
his vicar general. The Rhin has been absent from
France four years, during which time her crew has
enjoyed excellent health. The corvette Egerie, which
has only just returned from carrying a supply of stores
and provisions to the Mediterranean squadron, has
ordered to get ready to proceed to Bourbon and the
island of Mayotte, with a reinforcement of marines and
1,000,000 f. in money. This will make a sum of 3,000,000
which has been sent to those places within the last six
months. A steam-frigate is to be shortly dispatched to
Senegal with the corps of Spahis, which has been formed
to do duty at that place, and 500,000 f. in money. The
Castor steamer has just left for the island of St. Mar.
guerite, having on board same Arab prisoners, lately
brought from the north of Africa. The Labrador steam-
frigate left yesterday fur Algiers, with the mails and
some passengers; amongst the latter is Lieutenant-Ge-
neral Valliant, who is going to inspect the engineer de-
partment in Africa."

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday at 84f. 15c. ; the Five per Cents., 122 f. sc. ;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,278 f. 75c; Rouen, 9C5f. ;
Havre, 707 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 7151. ; Avignon,
922 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 577 f. 50c. ;
Boulogne, 4901. ; Troyes and Montereau, 3631. 75c. ; Basle,
220 f. ; Fampoux, 4001.; Paris and Strasburg, 4971. 50c.;
Tours and Nantes, 507 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 530 f..;
Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4851.;
Spanish Actives, 34; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33%; Ditto
Passives, 5%.
The following are the quotations for the new lines
LYONS, AUG. 31.-Paris and Rouen, 957 f. 50c. ; Avignon
and Marseilles, 915 f. ; Northern, 708 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons,
525 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 3.
Central of Spain, lA—Direct Bombay and Madras, %—Dutch
Rhenish, 6 —East Indian, yg —Great Indian Peninsular, % —ltalian
and Austrian, 114 —Louvain ala Sambre, I —Luxembourg, 1%
Northern of France Constituted, 13% —Paris and Lyons Consti-
tuted, s%e—Rouen and Havre, 27X .