The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

THIS EVENING

perfectability has hitherto proved nothing less than
an impossibility, so have the productions of human
ingenuity or sagacity proved ever capable of being
remedied. The remedies are, indeed, forced upon
us by sheer necessity and by irksome experience, if
we be not previously convinced of their advisability.
Hence it is invariably considered as the best testi-
mony of wisdom to anticipate the inconveniences
which others can only recognise on their arrival, and
to make preparations for dilemmas which, if
permitted to transpire under no restraint, will be
inevitably productive of still greater and more serious
emergencies. It is always more graceful and
laudable to abandon an error voluntarily
than to be driven ignominiously to its
rejection. Sir ROBERT PEEL, by this timely move-
ment, acquired glory where the protectionist minority
only obtained for themselves universal obloquy and
permanent ridicule.

Will be perfOrmed the popular Drama of THE STEED OF SY-
RACUSE ; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood ; Pythias,
Mr. J. Dale ; Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nu-
merous Company, double Stud, &c.
After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by
the French, German, and British Artistes.

The whole concluding with the popular Drama, entitled THE
NAMELESS.

lioa•office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at seven o'clock.

We are rejoiced to perceive that the societies of
the Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn, ar.d Gray's Inn
have selected the better course, or that they have at
least given some indication of their readiness to pur-
sue that better course, and by so doing to prevent a
resolute and, to them, somewhat graceless interposi-
tion of the Legislature. By submitting themselves
to a wholesome and natural description of moral
regimen, they will prevent the necessity of swallowing
some unpalatable Parliamentary bolus. Howbeit
these venerable and honourable societies do not
as yet display much knowledge of the mysteries of
intellectual dietetics.

to the utmost extent, the fares should be reduced to

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

We alluded yesterday to the Second Report of the
Select Committee on Railways, or rather, we should
say, the draft of that report, prepared by Mr. MOR-
RISON, the Chairman of the Corinmittee, the publica-
tion of which was fully justified by the vast import-
ance of the subject, and the necessity that existed
for the views of the Committee, which have been em-
bodied therein, although it has not yet received their
formal sanction. being promulgated previously to the
recess, in order that public opinion might be fully ex-
pressed on the recommendations, and that the same
might be maturely weighed and considered at a period
of comparative leisure, before they should be made
the framework of future legislation.
The report fully points out the manner in which
the intention of the Legislature has been evaded, by
a course of proceeding on the part of the directors of
different companies, which, to say the least of it,
is by no means creditable to the parties con-
cerned, and is not in accordance with that
high feeling of honour, that straightforward course,
by which persons entrusted with the management
of matters so important to the commercial interests
should be actuated, and governed in their proceed-
ings. It was enacted that whenever the dividend on
lines which came within the operation of the Act
should equal or exceed ten per cent. on the capital
stock, the Lords of the Treasury, on giving three
months' notice, might revise the tolls, fares, and
charges. The Lona
.fide object of this law was, that
when a certain large remuneration for the actual ex-
penditure was returned to the proprietors in the
shape of dividends, the public should get the benefit
of the surplus in the shape of a cheaper means of
transit. This object was practically defeated by the
system of declaring, dividends on an amount of capital
far exceeding the actual outlay, and by the creation
of new shares for additional works at par, when those
very shares were at a large premium in the market.
Specific instances of this abuse are detailed in the
report, which fully warrant the recommendation of
the Committee, " that an end should. at once be put
t 3 the system of issuing more new shares than are
required to cover necessary outlays, in order
to divide premiums among proprietors, and thereby
swell the amount of nominal stock beyond the actual
outlay." This suggestion, we think, will be assented
to by all disinterested persons ; its object, however,
will be attained in a great degree by requiring that
the assent of the newly-constituted Board shall
be obtained before any augmentation of capital, by
the issue of new shares, can be permitted.
The vast importance of railways to the districts
through which they run are fully set forth, and it is
clearly proved that they are no less valuable to an
agricultural than to a manufacturing population.
The extraordinary revolution in the value of land by
the operation of railways must he very cheering to
the ruined agriculturists. We find that land along
the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway, which,
previous to its construction, was not worth
ss. per acre, now commands a market price
of from 30s. to 40s. per acre for the same land; and
this great increase is not surprising when we find
the superior cheapness and facility of transport both
for the farm produce and the means of improving the
fertility of the land, which is well illustrated by the
fact, that what by the old mode would involve an
expenditure of 1421. 6s. 3d., for the charge of car-
riage, would now only amount to 407. Bs. 9d. This
is quite sufficient, as an example of the vast benefits
conferred on agriculture by railway communication,
which would bring large tracts of land now lying
barren and unproductive into cultivation. To deve-
lop, however, these wonderful means of improvement,

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. Illggie ; Ellen, Mrs. H.
Vining ; Isabella, Mrs. i., e.
After which, the Burlesque of PAYEE ROSAMONDE. Fayre
Rosamonde, Mr. Form ‘n.
To conclude with DOMINIQUE, THE DESERTER ; or, The
Gentleman in Black.

the lowest possible rate, a reduction which would be
of mutual advantage to the railway proprietors and the
public generally, from the great increase of traffic ;
a larger profit would be obtained by the former while
the latter would have the advantage of the additional
activity excited, and the obtaining of the greatest fa-
cility of communication and intercourse between the
different localities. It is proved that the cost of con-
veyance diminishes with every increase of quantity,
and it is calculated that a charge which, with a traffic
of 20,000 tons, would only be remunerative at 10id.
per mile, would, with a traffic of 100,000 tons, be re-
munerative at one halfpenny per mile ; and, vast as
the disparity may appear between the two quantities
assumed, it is by no means improbable that such a re-
duction of fares would produce the increase.

After the committeemen of these three bodies had
duly deliberated upon the necessity of some alteration
in their present system of legal education, they ar-
rived at the conclusion that such a necessity
really did exist ; and the consequence of this
conviction has been the publication of certain im-
portant resolutions. The solitary lectureship,
founded by the Middle Temple, is therein pro-
nounced to be utterly inadequate for the instruction
of the vast number of individuals annually called to
the bar, or, to speak more accurately, they deemed
it advisable that the advantages of such a means
of tuition should be under no restriction
whatever, but that every candidate should be supplied
with a similar boon. Acting upon this principle, the
resolutions propose that four additional lectureships
be founded, and, moreover, that a certificate of
having attended at least two of the courses of these
hypothetical or prospective lectures should be a ne-
cessary qualification for a barrister. So far the
arrangement is almost as much as might reasonably
have been expected under the circumstances, but
ONLY so far ! Certificates of having attended so
many lectures upon jurisprudence will be required,
but it will be wholly unnecessary for the bearer of
the certificate to evince the fact of his having gleaned
one lonely morsel of information from that attend-
ance ! As well might a professor of modern philoso-
phy shut a student up in his chamber with a copy of
BACON'S " De Augmentis" during so many hours in
the course of twelve months, and flatter himself that,
by so doing, he had instilled into the learner's mind
a thorough appreciation of the inductive
method of reasoning! Never was a more
lame and preposterous expedient resorted to by
judicial sages in council assembled ! Candidates for
the bar, besides handling a knife and fork during so
many terms, and by that means getting on excellent
terms with their profession and themselves, are to
knock their heels together during so many
lectures; but they are altogether relieved from
the necessity of listening to the lecturer, much
less of comprehending the drift of his discourse—the
examinations being voluntary with the candidates !
Either the fabricators of these resolutions imagine
the seekers of honour at the bar would have even a
more insurmountable objection than Sir JOHN FAL-
STAFF to answering questions "on compulsion," or
they must be labouring under the very erroneous
notion that legal students are the most industrious
scholars in the world.

The directors of railways are not always possessed
of a full knowledge of that which is most for their
own interest; they too often are influenced by nar-
row-minded and short-sighted views, that induce
them, while wishing to make the largest pecuniary
profit from the management of the gigantic monopoly
placed in their hands, to take steps by no means cal-
culated for the attainment of that object. What
would be a valuable and remunerative branch of their
traffic is too frequently totally destroyed or lessened
to the greatest degree by the magnitude of the price
charged, which amounts almost to a prohibition. The
experience of the past fully testifies that every reduc-
tion of the fares has been attended with an increase
of revenue. The difference between the prices origi-
nally charged on the London and Birmingham and
the present price is exactly one-third, and the statis-
tics of the corresponding improvement are highly in-
teresting. The reductions on the fare of the first-
class, adopted on the Ist June, 1844, was 171 per
cent., and the corresponding increase of passen-
gers was 19i per cent. On the second-class
the reduction was 26i- per cent., and the increase
consequent thereon was 61 2-5 per cent.; while on
the third-class the reduction of 33 1-3 per cent. was
met by an increase cf no less than 259 per cent. We
have thus the strongest illustration that the traffic
increases in a ratio more than exceeding the reduc•
tion of fares, so as to afford an increase of profit.
This is certainly too important a matter to all parties
concerned to be left to the arbitrary will of the com-
panies or their directors, and justifies the recommen-
dation, " that in return for their monopoly, compa-
nies ought to submit to an efficient system of control,
with a view to the security of the public against ex-
travagant fares and charges, and the adoption of
uniformity on the different lines in the scales and the
mode of charging." We shall return to the other
recommendations of the Committee, and examine the
data on which they are founded, expressing our
assent or dissent therefrom, with the several reasons
by which we are influenced. Our space to-day
forbids further notice.

Either these examinations should be compulsory,
or the additional lectureships should not be established
at all. A man can as readily be indolent in a lec-
ture-room as in his elbow chair, and we are persuaded
that these certificates will, in many instances, be little
better than guarantees that So-and-So has regularly
taken his after• dinner nap in the lecture-room instead
of at his chambers ! that Such-an-one has punctually
whittled the bench under the very nose of Professor
DRACO, instead of smoking cheroots over the last num •
betof Punch ! or that What's-his-name has periodically
tore-room instead of a real one at the divan. Nothing,
indeed, could be more signally fallacious than this re-
solution that the attendance at lectures should be re-
quisite, and the examination altogether superfluous.
Yet even this preposterous resolution is acceptable ac
an acknowledgment that some reformation is required
among the Learned (?) Gentlemen who aspire to
silk gowns. It is the first good step in a right
direction.

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 GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
constructed, which will he brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior
Telemachus ~elating his adventures to Calypso.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
most complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINET.LI will descend
from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in 'eight, to the surface of the
lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Lim, and bear him to
his chrystal home.
The Glass Conservatory Is splendkliy ornamented with festoons
of lamps, enabling the visitors to view tho matchless collection of
Carnivora 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.
THIS DAY, SEPTEMBER 2,
The Boys of the Greenwich hospital School, with their splendid
Band, will pay their Annual Visit to the Gardens.
On this occasion. in addition to the matchless attractions of the
Gardens, there will be a brilliant Display of Fireworks on and in
the Water, representing a Naval Engagement between a British
Frigate and a Pirate, the Bands playing " Britons strike Home,"
and "Buie Britannia.' The School will strive at four o'clock.
ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.

So immensely has the population of Cologne in-
creased of late years—more especially since it has
become one of the great centres of railway commu-
nication—that it has become necessary to build a
new faubourg, and several capitalists have formed a
company for that purpose. The faubourg, which is
designed for the accommodation of the working
classes, will consist of several large houses, divided
into small apartments.

Madrid Papers to the 25th ult. have arrived.
The Ministry had seized the Espanol on the 24th
for asserting that a dispensation had arrived from
Rome authorising the marriage of the QUEEN and
Don FRANCISCO D'Assrs ; and the Espanol of the
25th was likewise seized for complaining of the
seizure of the preceding day. The Heraldo has de-
clared in favour of the double marriage of Don FRAN-
cisco with the,QuEEN, and of Don ENRIQUE with her
sister.

The arrival of the Duke of GLUCKSBITEGH at
Madrid had given rise to a report that King Lours
PHILIPPE has demanded the hand of the Infanta
LUISA for the Due DE MONTPENSIER.

The troops enlisted by General FLORES, for the
expedition to the Republic of Ecuador, are to
rendezvous at Aspeitia, where, it is said, they will
be joined by a detachment of British volunteers.
According to the Eco del Conzercio, the Cortes
will meet on the 16th or 17th of September.
MADRID BoLsa, AuG. 25.—The Three per Cents.

were done at 34 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 214;
the Five per Cents. at 221 ; the Debt without In-
terest. at 63 ; and the Coupons, at 201.
We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
On Saturday, after the election of M. SAUZET, as
President, the Chamber of Deputies proceeded to the
election of the four Vice-Presidents. This also was
a Ministerial triumph, the following being the result
of the ballot :
Number of voters 338
Absolute majority .. 170
M. BmwoN . 201
M. LEPELETIER D'AULNAY lB3
176
. 129

M. HEBERT .
M. DELESSERT

M. BILLAULT (Opposition) .... 116
M. VATOUT
M. GEORGES DE LAFAYETTE B7
M. VIVIEG
M. ABBATUCCI..
M. DEBELLEYT.lE.
-M. DUPREY

M. DE TRACY , 22
M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT .... 20
M. DUFACRE

The three first gentlemen, having an absolute ma-
jority, were declared elected. M. DELESSERT, the
next highest on the list, is also a Ministerialist, but
not having obtained an absolute majority, he was not
declared elected, and a fre,h ballot will take place on

Monday.
The result of this ballot shows the overwhelming
nature of the Ministerial majority. The 11G votes
given to M. BILLAULT constituted the whole force of
the Opposition present, while the Ministerialists di-
vide their votes between M. DELESSERT and MM.
DEBELLETME and DUPRET.

The Courrier Francais thus comforts its party
under their defeat :

THE IVEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 1.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 74 ; Noon, 64.
BAROMETER, 30 3.—WIND N.N.E., cloudy.

" The Conservative party has had an immense majo-
r ray ; the Opposition expected it, and for our parts we
are glad of it. What is it we wish for An opposition
that will courageously defend our liberties, energetically
' plead the cause of progress, every day demand useful
and necessary reforms, and whose triumph will be so
much the more speedy as the abuses cf monopoly, of
privileges, and of reaction become more audacious and
more evident. The moment has arrived for such an
opposition to form itself: There is no longer a Minis-
terial campaign to make, and we think that this reason
will bring back certain men to a path which they ought
never to have quit-ed. The Parliamentary Left is beaten
—completely beaten. And why ? Because it has re-
nounced its programme ; because it has made itself the
slave of a man, when it was its duty to have been the
apostle of progress and of liberty. The lesson is severe
for M. Odilon Barrot and his friends. There are persons
who would profit by such a lesson, and who would
blush to combat any longer under the orders of an am•
bitions intriguant, in a word, to serve as a footstool for
M. Thiers. Because the Conservatives have the glory
of being presided over by M. &meet; because MM.
Bignon, Lepeletier, D'Aulnay, and Hebert have been
named Vice-Presidents, the cause of progress and of
liberty is not lost. We have seen Governments which
have possessed formidable majorities, and Whose con-
duct was condemned by a tribunal superior to Parlia-
mentary majorities—by public opinion. The victories
which have been gained by the practice of skilful
manoeuvres at the late elections will not be long in being
followed by striking defeat. Conquered to-day, we shall
he conquerors to-morrow,—for principles never die.
They may be misunderstood for an instant, but they will
triumph one day or another. It
is towards
day of triumph
which we desire to hasten, and it towards that object
that all friends of order and of our institutions will go
Kith us. If then you make a bad use of your majority,
we shall endeavour to point out the danger which
threatens you; but after all, you are masters; it is your
affair, and you are at liberty to disregard our warnings.
You refuse us, for instance, a Parliamentary inquiry.
The Centres are so docile, that such a refusal does not
surprise us. Does it prove that the Charribyr gains by
such refusal in dignity and in consideration? Ask the
country."

Milli WATER AT LONDON-r:RrnGx THIS DAY.
Warning .• 27 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 10 minutes after 11.

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A commissary of police was sent, on Friday, to
search llENnt's lodgings in the Rue de Limoges, in
consequence of the prisoner's statement that proof
would be there found that it was never his intention
to kill or injure the KING. On being conducted into
the cellar, the commissary dug up the floor in a spot
which had been indicated by HENRI, and at the
depth of eighteen inches he found a copper tube,
plugged at each end with wood. The tube was
sealed and conveyed to the Chancellor. HENRI de•
Glares it contains papers which will demonstrate the
truth of his statements.

Considerable alarm continues to be felt in France

TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 184 6.

at the rise in the price of c • orn, consequent upon
an apprehended scarcity. Riots have taken
place at Dijon on account of the removal of corn
from the neighbourhood, and troops have been sent
there from Macon to preserve order. Incendiary fires
continue in the district. Troops have also been or-
dered to Availon.

Chester and Holyhead... 2717
()hornet and Blythe 2
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
ClydesdaleJ unction ..... 15
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney 21A
Cork and Waterford ... 11/2 —
Cornwall

The Mom' teur publishes the returns of the imports
into France during the month of July last, from
which it appears that the Customs duties levied
thereon produced 12,957,914 f. Their amount in
July, 1844, had been 14,980,828 f, and in 1845
12,837,639 f. This decrease does not appear chargeable
to any other cause than the excessive illiberality of the
existing tariff, proved by the tables published by
the Non/Emir. In the articles of foreign threads
and foreign linens, this fact is glaringly demonstrated.
The quantity of foreign thread imported into France
in 1844 amounted to 6,255 metrical quintals. In
1845, under the influence of the new and rigorous
advance of the protective duty, 4,146, and in 1846
only 2,814. Of foreign linens, the quantity imported
in 1844 amounted to 3,002 metrical quintals. In
1845 to 2,201, and in 1846 to only 1,796 !
A letter from Cannes, of the 22d August, pub-
lished in the Toulonnais says :

" Lord Brougham and Mr. Leader have just afforded
us a spectacle quite unusual in this country. It may be
remembered that three years back these gentlemen
purchased the fine forest of La Croix de Gardy. The
whole of it has since been surrounded with a high wall in the
English style, and yesterday fourteen stags, as many does,
and a number of young fawns arrived here from Sar-
dinia, and are to be immediately let loose in the forest.
They were under the care of six keepers, in handsome
liveries of maroon•coloured velvet, with gilt buttons,
bearing his Lcrdship's crest. A pack of hounds arrived
here from England three months back, and everything
necessary for a hunting establishment is to be sent
from Paris. It is said that a number of sporting men
from England are to arrive here this year. Indeed this
place is becoming quite an English colony. On every
side are springing up handsome habitations, built with
English money, combining British comfort and Italian
elegance with French taste." •
The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de
l'Opera on Sunday at 83f. 72?,-c.

LYONS, AUG. 28 —Paris and Rouen, 958 f. 75e. ; Avignon
and Marseilles, 915 f. ; Northern, 710 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 31.

1 1/s

Cornwall & Cent'lDevon
1 lerby and Crewe
Direct Lincoln, East Itet-
ford, and Sh effd. J vac. 2% —
Direct Manchester

Boulogne and Amiens, 134 —Dutch Rhenish, 64 —East Indian.
Y.—Great Western Bengal, --Tiorthern of France Constituted,
131 h Orleans and Vierzon, 15—Orleans and Bordeaux, 834—West
Flanders, 4y, .

SUN EXPRESSES.—TEIGNMOUTH.—The inhabitants
of this quiet little seaport were much surprised and gratified
by the arrival of The Sun newspaper on Friday night, by the
express trait! of the South Devon Railway, containing the
Queen's Speech, delivered in Parliament that same afternoon.
The distance, upwards of 200 miles, being accomplished in
five hours, including stoppages. This is the first instance of
any newspaper express having arrived at Teignmouth.—
(From a Correspondent).

( Remington's)
Ditto (liastricle) 5%......
Direct Northern

13/4

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
10,000 bales, including 500 for export and 500 on spe-
culation. The market closed very firmly, and was in
some respects rather dearer. Shares were quiet again.
Following out, at last, the principles of free trade
adopted by the Government and the Legislature of Eng-
land, we find several of the more influential portions of
the American press advocating the same cause. Take
the following extract as a sample from the .New York
Herald:—
" The demand for protection to our manufacturers
comes from the Whig party; it is yet and has ever been
a part of their political creed, at the same time they are
making efforts to inflate the currency. There is a
strange inconsistency in these movements, which can
never be reconciled. The effect of the first is to shut
out from our markets foreign fabrics, which would come
into competition with our own, while the effect of the
last is to open a wider door for their admission than
the first shuts. against them. In this way, one offsets
the other, and they never make any progress in the
accomplishment of the object in view. On the other
hand, we find the opposite party equally incon-
sistent in its political creed. According to the
democratic doctrine, a low tariff will provide a greater
revenue than a high one, and a reduction is therefore
demanded for the purpose of increasing the importations
and increasing the revenue from customs, at the same
time the party requires a currency, established upon a
pure specie basis. Here is an inconsistency as glaring
as that exhibited by the other party, and as difficult of
reconciliation. The party advocating a low tariff should
advocate an inflated paper currency, if a large revenue
is the object, or even for the collection of sufficient
revenue to meet the current expenditures of the Govern-
ment ; and the party in favour of protection should, in
the first place, as being of the first importance, advocate
a specie currency, and then get a tariff as high as pos-
sible : the high tariff, however, is a matter of secondary
consideration. A specie currency and a high tariff would
give us a very limited revenue."
The public sales of sugar and other produce are rather
large to-day, but there is a full average demand.
The commercial advices from. Buenos Ayres received
to-day are not of much importance. The exchange on
England was at 2 3-16. " The British brig Ririgdove,"
states the Argentine News, " which a short time since
steamer Lizard, from the mouth of the Salado, where
she had entered in the absence of a blockading force,
was on her arrival at Monte Video released by
Admiral Inglefield, and returned to the Salado. But a
few days after she was again seized by a French force,
and reconducted to Monte Video, when it appears a
discussion arose between the two Admirals with regard
to this unjustifiable proceeding. The result is not known.
The conduct of Captain Inglefield in this instance is per-
fectly consistent with the acknowledged rules- of
blockade, and is a virtual disavowal of the heinous out-
rages perpetrated by Captain Reed at Ensevada."
The Funds have been scarcely so high as they were
yesterday. Consols for the Account have been quoted
at 961 -a, and for Money at 96k. Exchequer-bills have
been firm at 21s. premium. Bank Stock has receded to
2084, and India Bonds are at 265. premium.
In the Foreign Funds there has been an increase of
business to day. Mexican Five per Cents. have fallen
from 27i to 26,i, and the Portuguese Four per Cents.,
which were yesterday called at 46, opened this morning
at 441, and are now at 451 for the Account. For Spanish
Three per Cents. the current value is at 37i ; for the
Five per Cents., .I6:1 ; and for Dutch Two-and-a• Half
per Cents., 591
In the Railway Share Market there is a feeling in
favour of an improvement in prices.
Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale yesterday was well at-
ended, and very good prices were obtained. Some of
he scrips show a considerable rise. The following are
a few of the principal saks:—
Louvain als Sambre •- £l 6 0
Reading and Reigate 1 2 0
Northern and Southern Connecting
Oxford, NV itney, and Cheltenham
Shropshire Union and Canal
Cambridge and Oxford
Grand Union
Over Yssel
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 3 7 0
Taw Yale Extension and Duck 0 10 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension ......
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
Great Eastern and Western 0 18 6
Churnet and Blythe
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 1 2 0
London and York
Manchester and Southampton 1 0 0
Great North of India
East Indian 0 17 0
West Riding Union
Paris and Lyons
Direct Northern 1 15 0
Great Western of Bengal 0 11 0
Norfolk Extem. to Norwich and Brandon 2 5 0
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield 0 17 0
oitTE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
sank Stock 209 2081,i 20814
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 964,V't 961/
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 9614
New 31% per Cent. Annuities 981/,% 981 A,
LongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 10'. 7-16 10 7-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001.. .. .
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for ACcount
V.x.chequer Bills, 1,0004, 11Ad.
Ditto 500/.
Ditto Small

96
96A,
Pm. 21
pm. 21
pin. 22
CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. PRICES
Ditto, DA per Cent., 12 Guild. 60
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18.16......... 27 261/z
261/
2
Ditto. Account ..... .............. 27V/,'2 26%

ONE
O'CLOCK

Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 44:A 45
Ditto, Account 44lh, 454 45
Russian Bonds .. •• ex div 11114
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account 26% Vg
Ditto, Passive
Ditto. 3 per Cent —
Ditto, Account ..... 37VA
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent...... 43
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch, 2LA per Cent .

26%

37%
43

Direct Norwich
Dublin and Belfast June. 10
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dundalk & Enniskillen
Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. ..... • 2314; 22%
Ditto New lO/. 16s.
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1......61. 13s. 4d.... .........
Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension.. 105.......
EastDereli'm andNor'cli 1
Eastern Union
Ditto. Quarter Shares 83/4
Exter,(Harwich ) 1-vs —
Do., Camb. and Ely..
East Lancashire
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%
Ditto, New
Edinburgh & Northern.. 10
Edinburgh and Perth... 3
Ely and Huntingdon 7
Enniskillen and Sligo •••
Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 514 —
Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50
Ditto, New .. 15 .
Do., 1/1 Shares (5 per
cent. guar.)
Glouc.,Aberystwith,and
Central of \Vales 1%...... ••
Goole, Doncaster, &c... 425.
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 21/Q

4 1/, ,

223/1
7, P

2%

••• •

24

24
3%

GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great Munster ... 21/......
Great North of Scotland 21/2......
Great Northcf England..loo
Ditto New 5
Ditto, New .
Ditto, New
Great Western B5 147
Ditto 14 Shares 5O
Ditto -1;1 Shares lO
Ditto Fifths

- 30 x int.

Guildford, Fare'm. Ports. 5 .....
Harwich and Eastern
Counties Junction ... 2 ......
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto I;,i Shares
Do. Half Shares 25

Inverness and Elgin
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 9
Do., do, and Norwich 21/ —
Irish North Midland ... 1% —
Killarney Junctions IA
Kendal and Windermere 11/-2 —
Llncaster and Carlisle... 45
Do. New
Lame, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Carlisle
Lekester & Birmingham 225.
Leicester and Bedfjrd 225.......
Leeds and Dewsbury ... 171/2 —
Leicester and Tamw., &c. 425.
Liverpool and Bury ... 14 .. ........ ......
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New-
castle Junction
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d.
Do. New
Ditto Extension
London and Brighton... 50
Ditto, Fifths
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 23 1/2 x a... ........ 1/2 x d
Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d —
Do. Preference ...18117s 2d
London, Hounslow, and
Western ........ 2 •••••••• • •••
London and N. Westemloo 205
Do. Quarters
Do., do., New Shares..
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 121/2
Do., New 14, Shares
(G. J.)
Do. 401. Shares (L.M. ) 6
Lond. & S.Western 411 61 10d
Do. New Consol. Bths 40
Do. New
Do. New -
London and York 2l/2 . 2% 2
Do. 1/, Shares
London and Windsor 14'
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil .....»........... 21/
Londonderry & Coleraine 12 ........
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ... 121/2
Lynn and Ely ' 15
Lynn and Dereham l5 — .
Manchester and Leeds... 82
Ditto I,f, Shares
Do. Quarters 2
Do. Fifths
D 9, SiNteripAlo —
Manchester and Birmin. 40
••
Do. Quarters (A) 5 133/4
Do. Quarters (B) ... 5
Do. Quarters (C) 1

G 91%

8% x d

2
1%

81/2

781/-
1334

Manchester,Buiton,and
Matlock 425....... 11/2 p l% p
Manchester, Birm., and
_ Mould Junction .....

Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 1% 1
Midland lOO .....140 139
Do. Fifths 2
Do. New
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
Midlnd& East. Counties 2%......
Midland Great Western
Irish

Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction
Do. New
Newcastle and Berwick 15
Do. North Shields ... 25
Newcastle and Carlisle...loo
Newport &Abergavenny 2 ... . .
Newry and Enniskillen 4%2
Newark, Sheffield, and
Boston ...
Norfolk
Do. Half Shares
Do. Tenths
Do. Extension . 2
North British ..... 25
Do. Half Shari s
Do. Fifths 5

-
37 1/4

1114
2814

VA
38%

41/2

Do. Carlisle Extens. VA 4%....
North of Norfolk 23/4 ....
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 121/2 —
Do. New
N. Kent & Direct Dover VA — ...... . ......
North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3%3/4 p . 334 p
North Wales
Northern and Southern
Connecting
Northampton, Banbury,
and Cheltenham

59%

PRIC 3OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
E
IA.II.WAY SHARES PAID. AT ONti O'CLOCK, PRICE,,.
Aberdeen
.. 1)
Amber., Nott , Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2:'(3..... 2% 2 '''''''''''' 214
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrash l;5
Aylesbury and Thame.. I%
Belfast & County Down 2 1,,,i — •
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100
- D:tto New ............... 1.1
Birmingtam and Ox-
tOrd Junction ......... 2
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 2%
Boston, Stannd, & Birm. 023. —
Bristol and Exeter 75
Ditto, New .......... 5 ...... 101/4 -
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 .....• 51
Bristol tend Liver. June . 21/ ...... ........
Buckinghamshire
...... 423.2
1/4 dis
Caledocian ............. 90 . ... 16%
Ditto Half Shares.
...... 2172 1%.•

104

1,4 dis
164

Ditto Extension 21/2
Cambrian & Grand June 42s
Cambridge 4ncl Oxford.. I i 117;06%
Central......
Kant, 2l/2 ...

I%

Nottingham] & Mansfld. -
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham....
Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 -,...
Portsmouth Direct 3%
Preston and Wyre
Do. % Shares
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Richmond 10
Rugby, Leamington,and
Warwick
Scottish Central
Do. New 21%
Scottish Midland lO
Do. Extension
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek
Potteries, anderewe.— 1%......
Sheffield & Manchester 100
Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Shrewsbury and Birm... 21,..... 3
ShropsMre Union
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordsh. Jane,. 2N
Sligo and Shannon IN, —
South Devon...
South Midland.....,, 42s. —
South & Midlan'as June. 425......
South StaffordF:nire June. 21/2
South Ea,teru & Dover 331/8
Do., No. 1.., 2O
Do., N«. 2.
Do., No. a
Do., No. 4
St. Alban's, Hatfield, and
Hertford Junction ... 425. - ........ •—•
Staines and Richmond... 1 1 ....... ........
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2%
Souto Wales 5
Swans. kLoughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2
Taw Vale Extension ... 2 -
Trin,,,,, Reading, and
Basingstoke
Vale of Meath 2 -•-• ..... •• •

20•/

3
Vs P

-
3%

4%

Wake&Li, Pontefract, &
Goole
Warwickshire & London 42s % dis
Warwick and Worcester 42.. —
Waterford and Kilkenny 8 —
Waterford and Limerick 221/,', — .... ........ ...
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wexford, waterford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley ... 2 ......
Welsh Midland - 21'
West Riding Union 425....... 3 I,_l p
West Cornwall
West London,Old Shares 20
Nexford and Carlow ... 21,;,
Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Worcester,llereford,Ross'
and Gloucester 425.....,.
Worceater, Tenbury, and ...
Ludlow ...... .... ... ... 2% ...... "'Worcester,Warwick,and
Rugby
York and Carlisle 2%..,,, :;_i •••••• •••••

34 p

-
3A

York and North Midland 50
Ditto % Shares .. 25
Do . Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Selby
Do . Extension
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Anglo-Belgian 4
Barbadoes ... 1
Boulogne and A miens... 14
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 ..
Do. (Espelete's) -... 2 .... .
Calais, Dunkrk,andWest

Flanders
Calcutta and Diamond

Harbour ....
Callao, Lima, and Pacific

Coast 1 .. ... ... .. .........
Central of Spain ...
Ceylon -
Demerara 2l/2 „. . ~
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and
Madras
Dutch Rhenish 6 —
East Indian ... ..... .... ss. -
Eastern Belgian Junctn. 21/2
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 314
Italian and Austrian 3
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1
Jersey.
Louvain ala Sambre ... 5 ... . 1%
Luxembourg... . 4
Lyons and Avignon 2 —
Madras
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... —
Mauritius 1
Namur and 'Liege
Nu of France Constituted 5 ...... -
North Jamaica' ... 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ......
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 83/4
Over Vssel 4l3s 4d —
Paris &LyonaConstituted 5
Paris and Orleans 2O —
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted
Rouen and Havre ...... 20
Sambre and Meuse ..„.. 8 ....
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic —
fours and Nantes Con-
stituted ..- ..... 5
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt....... 8
Trinidad
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
. 40

Australasia
British North American 50
Colonial 25
Commercial of London 20
London Joint Stock lO
London & Westminster. 20
National Prov. England. 35 .
National of Ireland 221/x.
Provincial of Ireland
Union of Australia
Union of London lO .
MIN

Real del Monte Unregd.
COURSE OF EXCHA
Amsterdam .. C.F 12 8%
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...... 2 U l2 9
Antwerp • ..
ilamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 13%
&Rona • • . ..... . • • ....
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80
Ditto, 3 months...... 26 10
Marseilles • .
Bourdeaux..*
Frankfort on Maine 122%
Petersburgh, 3 Us
Berlin
Vienna, effee. flo ••• • •
Trieste, ditto.... • •
Madrid ......
Cadiz •• •.. :

681 h
38%

13%

-
%

23%

4

- -
rES.

gGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar • • . • -
Leghorn ..... • 30 65
Genoa
Milan
Venice.......... • • ....
Naples 39%
Palermo, pr oz .... 119
Li5b0n................ 52%
Oporto ...... 52%
Rio Janeiro • ....... 25

Bahia ,
Buenos Ayr es ........
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .....

PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars • ... .... 0 4 9%
Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11

8i1ba0................
Barcelona ............
Seville ..... ...........

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday fore-
noon in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House.
Lord John Russell arrived in the afternoon at Osborne
House, on a visit to her Majesty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales. Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
took airings on the beach, and in the plantations of Os-
borne House yesterday.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, left town
shortly before twelve o'clock yesterday, for her residence,
Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty and her
Royal Highness were attended by the Countess Haack,
the Earl of Denbigh, and Count Puck ler.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at
Bushy House, to pay a visit to the Queen Dowager,
from her residence, Frogmore House.

A-dejeune was served to the august party.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took her
departure in the afternoon for Frogmore House.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Prussia and suite, returned to Marl-
borough House yesterday, in two carriages and four.
Mr. H. Barkly, M.P., and Mr. Macgregor had an in-
terview with th,. Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Mi-
nister, transacted business yesterday at the Fureign
Office.

The Milbank Prison Commission held a meeting yes-
terday at the Milbank Prison.
The Chairman of the Customs had an interview with
- ~.qterrlf4y. Mr_ Higham,
Secretary and Comptroller General to the Commis-
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had also
an interview yesterday with tha Right Hon. Gentleman.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of the Mauritius.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo-
nial-office, for the Governors of the West India colonies.
Lord John Russell left his residence, at Wimbledon,
yesterday morning, for Osborne House, Isle of Wight,
via South-Western Railway.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere left town on Monday,
for Ireland.

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN•G
LONDON, SEPT. I.—Wind this day at noon N.N.E., light
breeze, and cloudy.
DEAL, Au°. 31.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. from the River,
and sailed, Scotia, Kerr, Quebec; Hendrik Hudson. Moore,
New York; St. George, Jones, Sydney, New South Wales.
DurlaNEss, AUG. 29 —Arrd. Helena, St. John's, New
Brunswick. Off port, 31st, Stadacona, Irons, Montrose.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 31.—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrd.
Prince Albert, Sebor, New York, and sailed for London.
Off port, Barbara Gordon, Ritchie. Tobago.
SALCOMBE, AUG. 28.—Arrd. John and Eliza, Youghal,
for Portsmouth, very leaky.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 31.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Eurydice,
Brown, Maceio ; Phoenix, Graves, Antigua; Jamaica, Bailey,
Jamaica; Apollo, Hewitt, St. Domingo ; Hannibal, Foote,
New Orleans; Thomas Bennett, Eldrige, Charleston; J. R.
Skiddy, Luce, New York ; Ashburton, Howland, ditto;
Mary Ann, Brown, Boston ; Condor, Gardner, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Liverpool, Swinford, ditto ; Jane Ham-
mond, ditto; Recovery, ditto; Philopontus, Jones, St. Ste-
phen's, New Brunswick ; Spartan, Prowse, Prince Edward's
Island ; Union. Montreal ; Dewdrop, Williams, Labrador.
Sid. 30th, Malibran,Stocks, Gulf of Mexico; 31st, Huguenot,
Graves, New York. Off port, Isabella, Kestrel, Jane, L'Alexy,
and Rappahannock, —.
MARGATE, AUG. 31.—A boat, supposed to belong to a
small Dutch vessel lost on the Long Sand, also a few pieces
of wood with oars attached, have been brought in here.
POOLE, AUG. 30.—Sld. Eliza, Lowe, Newfoundland ; Ceres,
James Kesbury, Newfoundland.
MARYPORT, AUG. 28.—Sld. Trafalgar, Quebec.
YOUGHAL, AUG. 28.—Arrd. Emily, Coombes, Quebec.
Sld. 27th, Dominica, Storak, Quebec.
PORTINBLAER, AUG. 29.—Several bulks of timber were
picked up this morning about four miles N.E. of this head,
and brought in here, marked W. I. B. in red paint.

TIIE FRENCH FLEET.—Lloyd's agent at Messina reports
the arrival there of the French fleet, under the command of
his Royal Highnes Prince de Joinville, on the 14th August,
from Syracuse, and his departure again on the 16th for the
northward.

OSTEND, SEPTEMBER I.—Lord Dunkellan and Mr.
Gregory. M.P., arrived here on Saturday by the General
Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Triton, from Lon-
don, after a fine trip of only ten hours. The Duke Noza
and suite, Lady Bruce, and Colonel Su!titan rived' on
Sunday by the same Company's steamer Soho, direct from
London.

SOUTH SEA. WHALE FISHERY.—III the course of the
present week a letter has been received from one of the crew
of the Mohawk, which left this port last year on a whalir.g,
excursion. She sailed from this on the 23d of May, 1515,
and arrived at Appinam, Lombock Straits, on the 23(1 of
November. The letter is dated the Ist of December, andat
that time the crew had captured one Sperm whale, front
which they obtained fifty-two barrels of oil. She crew wet e
all well.—Berwick Advertiser.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT LONCTON. —On
Wednesday a mo,t lamentable accident occurred at Mr.
Sparrow's Gould-street, coal-pit, Longton. Some boys were
playing together on the pit-bank, when the clothes of one
of them, named John Ford, about eight years of age, became
entangled with the chain attached to the engine drum,
which, in revolving, drew the child with great force against
a portion of the machinery, and crushed his neck and one
arm in a frightful manner. The unfortunate boy survived
the accident only about two hours. An inquest was held at
the Three Tuns Inn, yesterday, before W. Harding, Esq , and
a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned.—Staffetdshire
Mercury.

SUICIDE AT CHELSEA.— Shortly before eleven o'clock
on Monday a young woman, whose name, residence, or con-
nexion was not known, committed suicide in the river Thames,
very nearly opposite Creoderne Gardens entrance, by jump-
ing from the embankment into the water. Although the
clothes of the deceased remained in sight several minute=,
from the want of a boat very little exertion could be made
to save her. From her dress and appearance it would
appear that she had been leading a life of profligacy and
prostitution.

• DESTROYING HOpa.—The hop-planters in the coun-
try round the neighbourhood of Gravesend are subjected to
continual depredations, in consequence of the influx of
strangers in that locality, and men are, in consequence, em-
ployed to watch the grounds, more particularly on Sundays.
Added to the petty depredations of the visitors, others have
been found to carry on a sort of wholesale plunder, by
cutting the bine from the poles, and then retailing the
sprigs to the multitudes who visit Gravesend. On Thursday
last Henry Edward Hughes, a watehnan of Gravesend, was
detected in carrying away the greater part of a bine from
one of the poles in Mr. Clinch's garden, at Craig's Farm,
Held. He escaped from the custody of the men who had
him in charge while the constable went for handcuffs, and
when overtaken he drew a knife and threatened to stab
them ; but he was ultimatelysecured and lodged in the station-
house at Gravesend, and on Friday he was brought before
the county magistrates at Rochester, and was held to bail to
take his trial at the next quarter-sessions at Maidstone. The
punishment for this offence is imprisonment for any term not
exceeding three years, or transportation for 15, or not less
than No, years. •