The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-04 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

On Sunday the KING gave a magnificent fete to
the Members of the National Assembly at Sans
Sousi. The Prince of PRUSSIA has been attacked
by the cholerine, a mild species of cholera.
The Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette has the following
from Berlin, dated the 30th ult. :—" It is stated that
the two squadrons of Hussars, which came in yes-
terday from Potsdam, were called upon before
their departure to make a solemn promise to op-
pose all ideas of anti• Prussian unity. Count Bu-
Low, one of the first officers of the regiment, gave
them a dinner previous to their departure, during
which he addressed them in the following terms:—
So long as the Hussar shall have:his sabre by his
side, and cartridges in his cartouch-box, he can have
no reason for thinking of a fraternization with the
mob of Berlin. For my part, I know not what a
people means. I know only a King, obedient
soldiers, and faithful subjects. Besides, I do not re-
cognise either a German Unity or a Vicar of the
Empire.'"
Ther Berlin correspondent of the Independance of
Brussels writes on the 30th ult. :—" Our city was
disturbed last evening by demonstrations which
journalists, when similar manifestations are made in
a legislative Assembly, designate as Mouvements en
sena contraire. The Radicals and their adherents
made acclamations in favour of the unity of
Germany, and sung aloud in the streets a
song which was composed, not in accordance
with their ideas, by Father ARNOTT, the burthen of
which is where is the country of Germany Some
of the Prussian black and white flags having been
displayed under the Linden trees, groups assembled
and insisted upon their being removed. The new

constables were forced to interfere. As an illustra-
tion of German unity, there was a great interchange
of violent blows, and it is said, wounds of more or
less gravity were given and received. In opposition
to these self-created Germans, the burgher guards
returning from their military exercise, resounded
Prussian airs, such as I am a Prussian! Behold
my flag, &c.

HOLLAND.
The Journal de la Haye, of the Ist instant states

" A Cabinet Council met to-day, which lasted several
hours; at the close of which, M. DONKIN CUaTEUS,
Minister, ad interim, of Justice, tendered his resig-
nation to the KING, in consequence of the rejection
by the First Chamber of the two last projects of law.
It is not ascertained whether his MAJESTY has ac-
cepted his resignation.

DENMARK AND TEE DUCHIES.
The Victoria, arrived from Hamburgh at Hull las
evening at six o'clock. She brings no intelligence of
importance from the Duchies.

ITALY.

LOMBARDY.

CHARLES ALBERT has abandoned the line of the
Mincio, and has retired on the Ogiio. At Turin the
people are so dissatisfied with the new Ministry that
they have demanded its immediate dissolution, and
the concentration of all the executive powers in the
hand of the KING, who would, it was said, be at
once proclaimed Dictator.

According to the National Savoisien, the following
resolution was agreed to at the sitting of the Cham-
ber of Deputies of Turin on the 29th ult. :
" The King's Government is invested, during the pre-
sent war of independence, with all legislative and execu-
tive powers. It may by royal decree, or under ministerial
responsibility (the constitutional instituticns being re-
spected), perform all acts for the defence of the country
and of our institutions."

The Pensiero Italiano publishes, by authority, a
private letter, dated Milan, July 28, two o'clock,
P.M., which is as follows :—"I am authorised to
give you the satisfactory information which I
have just received from Signor Toit.ELLI, an officer of
his MAJESTY'S staff, that he left the army yesterday
at Goito, amounting to 40,000 men, in perfect order,
and only fatigued by the battle which had taken
place, and in want of provisions, which were rather
scarce at that moment; but he (Signor TORELLI)
having been sent expressly to Cremona to procure
provisions, the necessary measures were immediately
taken, and the army must by this time be well pro-
vided. There was no doubt but that the offensive
would be assumed as soon as possible. Should ru-
mours be current to the prejudice of our army, you
may fearlessly contradict them on the faith of the
information I here give you, which has this moment
been read to our anxious public, and also dispatched
to Turin."

POSTPONEMENT OF TAE ROYAL VISIT TO SCOT-
LAND.—We hear that her Majesty and the Prince
Consort are not expected to visit the domain of
Balmoral Castle this year, owing, it is understood,
to the works in progress at the Castle not being in a
sufficiently forward state. Several ornamental
bridges are being constructed over the Dee, as it runs
through some of the walks chalked out on the royal
estate. The improvements at Windsor Castle, in-
cluding the drainage works, will be completed next
month, and the Court, it is expected, after the royal
annual aquatic trip in the Victoria and Albert yacht,
will proceed from Osborne to the Castle for the
autumn.

SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
POTTER V. THE SWANSEA DOCK COMPANY.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of 201.,
for services rendered as a clerk. The defendants denied
their liability. The facts of the case are these:—ln 1846
the above company was formed, and sanctioned by an
Act passed in July 1847. From December, 1846, till
the beginning of this year, the affairs of the company
were managed by two boards of directors, one in Lon-
don and the other in Swansea. Mr. Howden was secre-
tary to the London board, and engaged the plaintiff to
make occasional copies of proceedings, svc., and it was
for this that the plaintiff now claimed. An application
had been made to the company, and the answer received
was that they had paid the amount, which had been
charged for in Mr. Howden's account and paid to him,
and that they had no knowledge of plaintiff individually.
Mr. Howden was called, and said that ho was secre•
tary to the Cameron Steam-boat Coal Company, and was
at the time spoken of also secretary to the London board
of the Swansea Dock Company, but they had separate
linct /ittrirgate-Street. naintiti was
a clerk in the Cameron Company, but witness requiring
assistance engaged plaintiff under the authority of the di-
rectors of the Dock Company, to write and copy for them.
There was no arrangement as to the rate of remunera-
tion. The business was to be done afer the usual office
hours, and was quite distinct from the duties of the
Cameron Company. Witness considered that from 161.
to 201. would be a fair remuneration.
In cross examination he admitted that after the Act
of Parliament was obtained a lad was engaged as a clerk
but the principal writing was done by plaintiff or a
Mr. Nosworthy, at the office in Moorgate-street. He
(witness) had made a charge for the services of plaintiff
and Nosworthy. A dispute arose as to his claim, and he
ultimately agreed to accept 135/. as a balance, but
positively asserted that when the settlement was made,
he distinctly said he should exclude the claims of plaintiff
and Nosworthy, and that they must be struck out. •
The defence was that the witness was bound under
the settlement to pay plaintiff and Nosworthy.
Mr. Jenkins, the solicitor to the company, was called
to establish the defence, and stated that during the ne-
gotiation for settlement of accounts between the com-
pany and Mr. Howden, the latter refused to take 1001. as
a balance, on the ground that he should have to pay
plaintiff and Nosworthy. Witness said at the time that
the company was not liable to them, and it was ulti-
mately arranged that the 1351. should be received in full
of all demands.

The Learned SECONDARY said the real question was,
whether Howden or the company were liable, and whe-
ther, if the latter, they were justified in paying Howden,
supposing the amount to be inc!uded in the 1351.
The jury, after consulting for some time, gave a ver-
diet fur defendants.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Joseph Gosiett, a gentleman residing at No. 9,
Gloucester-place, New-road, was placed before Mr.
Bingham, charged with having wilfully destroyed some
voting papers placed on the door of Saint James's
Church, Piccadilly.
Police-constable 112 C, said, this morning, about four
o'clock, he was on duty in Swallow street, Piccadilly,
when he saw the defendant go up to the door leading to
the churchyard, and deliberately tear down the list of
voters produced. Witness went up to him and took him
into custody, with the papers in his possession.
The defendant said he had beer.
.supping out with a
friend, and was returning home, and in a moment of
thouOitlessness, he pulled the papers from the door..
Mr. BINGHAM said, in consequence of defendant's
want of thought, he had rendered himself liable to a
penalty. The list of voters was of great importance to
the public at large, of which circumstance the defendant
must have been well aware. He should, as a warning
to others, fine him (defendant) 405., or fourteen days' to
the House of Correction.
The fine was paid.

Sir James Duke, M.P., on Wednesday entertained
the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and a large party of Par-
liamentary and civic friends, at the Crown and Sceptre,
Greenwich. Sir James Duke is next in rotation for the
Mayoralty. Among the distinguished company present
it was remarked that there were three Members of Put.-

liament from the same Scotch county, and Admiral Sir
Charles Adam, who made an excellent speech in re-
turning thanks for the navy; the Right Honourable
Fox Maule, M.P., who returned thanks for himself and
Ministers ; Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., who spoke in
favour of reform generally, and, in well-deserved praise
of his very worthy friend, the chairman, Alderman Sir
James Duke, M.P., in particular. Sir James had been
originally in the navy, served with Sir Charles Adam
under Lord Exmouth at the battle of Algiers, and had
subsequently fought his way in the world to his present
highly honourable position. In his early career, he made
grateful mention of the countenance he received from
his friend and countryman, Mr. Hume. Tho Lord
mayor, in proposing the health of Sir James Duke, very
happily observed what the citizens of London might expect
from the splendour of the entertainment that day—a
very brilliant campaign of hospitality (champagne, no
doubt I) during the ensuing mayoralty—which was re-
ceived with hearty cheers and laughter.
HYDROPHOBIA.-AN EFFECTUAL PREVENTIVE FOR
HYDROPHOBIA.—In the event of a bite from an animal
in a rabid state or otherwise, sponge and wash the place
as soon as possible with clean water; then take good leaf
tobacco, and make a bandage of it on the place bitten
or lacerated; change the bandage three or four times a-
day for a week; this will effectually absord and extract
any poison that may have lodged itself in the part bitten.
If leaf tobacco cannot be obtained, take strong manu-
factured cut tobacco, and use it in the same manner. In
America, the Indians, in their travels through forests
and prairie lands, always carry the leaf tobacco with
them; and when they are bitten by serpents and other
venomous reptiles, they use the leaf tobacco in the way
described, and it is an invariable antidote against hydro-
phobia and other fatal effects.—R. M. TAYLOR, Glou-
cester, 1848.

We regret to hear that Lady Harriet Erskine, only
daughter of the 1.10-1 and Countess of Rosslyn, has been
very seriously indisposed. Yesterday the youthful lady
was considered somewhat better, and hopes given of her
ultimate recovery.
MR. EDWARD BAINES, or LEEDS.—The Patriot
of last night contradicts the report of this gentleman's
death, which we copied into our columns from the
Manchester Examiner. It states that he still survives,
although not the slightest hopes are entertained of his
recovery.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Ana. 4.—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeeo
and dull cloudy weather, with rain.
LIVERPOOL, Auc. 3.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. 2d,
Saghalien, Jones, China; Palmyra, Byrne, New Orleans.
3d, Albert Hayes, Montreal ; Lucy Anne, Askey,
Quebec. Sid. 3d, Rival, Barbadoes ; Louisa y Jesusa,
Havannah; Emigrant, Savannah; Caleb Grimshaw, New
York ; Cambridge, New York ; Emily, Africa ; Albert,
Halifax ; Ellen, Quebec ; Clutha, Labrador. Off port,
2d, Charles Jones.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 3.—Wind N.W. to N.—Arrd.
Hermann, Von Bockerath's Kahle, (for Hamburgh),
Batavia ; Jonge Henry, Groot, Santa Cruz.
COWES, Auo. 3.—Wind S. W.—Arid. Elise, Polk-
san, Porto Rico, for Ham burgh; Isabella., Merrell, Matan-
zas ; Caroline, Raschen, Virginia, for 13remen.
TORBAY, AUG. 3.—Sld. Southampton, Bowen, Cal-
cutta, with many of the other wind bound.
DEAL, Auc. 3.—Wind W. by S. to S S.W.—Arrd.
Memnon, of South Shields, Quebec. Arrived from the
River, Japan, Ancoyle, Mauritius; Mary, Frame, Cape
of Good Hope; Great Britain, Swinburn, Montreal;
Promise, Rettillick, Quebec. Arrived from the river
and sailed, Susan, New Zealand; Ilooghl), Adelaide,
South Australia; Aurora, Port Philip; Arequipa, Val-
paraiso; Trinity Yacht, Decca Dilnoch, Africa.
BRISTOL, Auc. 3. Wind W.S.W. Arrd. Ist,
Victory, Kent, Quebec. 3d, Jas, ur, Lovell, Africa.
Sid. Countess of Durham, Quebec.; Good..la, Quebec.
GLOUCESTER, AUG. 3.—Arrc4.—John, Quebec.
NEWPORT Auc. 2.—Sailed Chri-tian VIII., St. Paul
de Leando ; Invincible, Portland, United States.
SWANSEA, Auc. 3.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Eleanor,
Pratt, Dalhousie.

MUMBLES, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Compton (reported) of
Sunderland, Quebec.

MILFORD, AUG. 2.—Arrd. Briannia, Irvine, Quebec,
for Pembroke Duck.

ST. IvEs, AUG. I.—Arrd. Oris. Williams, Quebec.
TRURO, AUG. I.—Arrd. Roslin Castle, Sadler, Quebec.
FLEETWOOD, AuG. 3.—Arrd. Rippe. Lamb, Quebec.
WEXFORD, JULY 30.—A rrd. 141n0,1kte, Quebec.
LIMERICK, AUG. I.—Arrd. Ann, M'lntosh, Quebec.
ABERDEEN, AUG. 2.—Arrd. St. Andrews, Penny,
Greenland, with 216 seals.

DUNDEE, AUG. I.—Fairy, Kerr, Greenland.
LLANELLY, AUG. I.—A sailor's chest, marked "John
Lawson," of Morbeth, was picked up on the 29th ult.,
near the Helwicks, by the Albion, arrived here.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHAN GE-FRIDAY.

The quantity of English Wheat received fresh up to-
day was very moderate, and the show of samples by no
means large, yet the demand for all kinds of Wheat of
home produce, as the weather is tolerably fine to-day,
was in a very inactive state at Monday's quotations, and
at which a total clearance was with difficulty effected.
Foreign Wheat, the imports of which have been very
moderate, was very slow in sale, yet the holders refused
to accept lower prices. In bonded Wheats next to no-
thing was doing. In Barley very few transactions took
place at late figures. There was a fair retail demand for
Malt, ready for delivery, at very full prices. Oats,
Beans, and Peas were in steady request, and late rates
were well supported in every instance. Indian Corn
and Flour were slow in sale.

English .• .• .•

heat.
5,850 qrs.

ARRIVALS.
Barley.
320 qrs.

Oats. I Flour
2,410 qrs. I 3,510 sic,

1ri5h.........
Foreign ......

6,130

3765-0 I -

Malt. 4,530 qrs. -
SMITHFIELD.

A full average supply of Beasts, as to number, was on
sale in this morning's market; but the general quality
of the stock was interior. On the whole, the Beet trade
was in a sluggish state, at Monday's quotations—those
for the best Scots being 4s to 4s 2d per 8 lbs. There
were on offer 15 Beasts from. France, 54 ditto from Por-
tugal, 209 ditto from Holland and Germavy, together
with 1,580 Sheep and Lambs, and 406 Calves from the
latter countries. Although the Lumbers of Sheep were
good, the demand for that description 01. stock was some-
what active, at extreme rates of value. Prime Duwn
Lambs moved off briskly at an advance in the currencies
of 2d per 8 lbs. Otherwise the Lamb trade was firm, at
full prices. Calves met a very dull inquiry, hut we have
no decline to notice in the quotations. In Pigs scarcely
any business was transacted. Milch Cows were heavy,
at from 151 to 181 each.