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LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1846.

It is with sentiments of the deepest sorrow that we
have to record the death of Baboo DWARKANAUTII
TAGORE. This truly illustrious man expired shortly
after six o'clock on Saturday evening, at his resi-
dence, St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street. He
was in the fifty-second year of his age. His state of
health had been fur some time precarious, owing to
some organic affection connected with the lungs or
liver. We had fervently hoped that eminent medical
skill would have helped him over his late serious
illness, the fatal termination of 'which will be so
generally deplored. DWARKANAUTII TAGORE was the
second Brahmin of distinction who had visited this
country with the laudable motive of obtaining an
accurate knowledge of the means by which the bless-
ings of civilisation have been so extensively realised,
not only here, but in Europe at large, in order to
render himself a fitting instrument to assist in the
regeneration, political, social, and moral of the mil-
lions that crowd his native soil. His predecessor
the same noble career was Remmouuri ROY, and it
is matter of grievous lament that death likewise
prevented his return to the East. Both were men of
a high order of mind. DWAIIKANAUTII TAGORE
was pre-eminently endowed. lle was of the most
elevated rank of nobility recognised in India, and
was possessed of an immense fortune. The influence
of the heads of the Brahmins is known Only to those
who have resided in the East. When we find men
of such exalted position and ample means quitting
the land of their birth, where bigoted prejudices have

taken a deeper root than in almost any other portion
of the earth, and animated by an object the dictate of
the most extended philanthrophy, the mind is filled
with admiration. No surer means can be taken to-
wards fraternising the whole human race. IVhere
civilisation is advanced in a country which has
just had to feel the force of the conquering arm of an
invader, its progress is always slow. The violent
passions engendered by war are long in subsiding, and
it is incidental to the love of patriotism to suffer de-
feat upon defeat before the stranger be permitted to
exercise his usurped dominion in peace. But when
exalted personages have voluntarily incurred sacri-
fices, and travelled far and wide to illuminate their
minds, and then are enabled to return to their com-
patriots and enlighten them as to the vast power and
happiness of other lands, and the means by which they
are attainable—the mild influences of reason are most
favourably brought into operatirn, and the seeds
of human improvement are no sooner sown and
scattered, than the happiest indications of a promising
harvest are freely presented. How gigantically was
the power of Russia increased under the auspices of
PETER the Great, and yet how much was that
country indebted for its rapid development to the
untiring energy with which her eccentric, but gifted
monarch had pursued his researches during his early
years in this and other kingdoms. DWARKA-
NAUTH TAGORE lived to effect much, though
it was late in life when he first came
amongst us. No doubt his correspondence with
his countrymen of rank and affluence will have
the effect of inducing some of them to follow his
brilliant example. At least such is our hope ; and to
find it realised would prove some compensation for
an otherwise irreparable loss. Extensively engaged
in commerce when very young, and which he carried on
with astonishing enterprise, DWARKANAUTU TAGORE
became sensible of the incalculable benefits arising
from a free intercourse between different countries.
In Calcutta, which owes so much to his master
spirit, the intelligence of his death will be re•
ceived with the deepest contrition. To him they are
indebted for a magnificent public building, the
town-hall; the munificence of his donations to
every other institution, educational, charitable, and
scientific, was never surpassei. If a commercial
panic seized the city, he stood prominently forward,
and by virtue of his high character and princely
fortune soon restored confidence among the
mercantile bodies. He was a frequent guest
at the royal table in this country. In his own, the
Governor-General mostly resided a portion of the year
at one of his palaces. He was an intimate friend of
Lord BKOUGUASI, and shortly before his death was
gratified by two young men, whom he had main-
tained, at his own charge, at the London University,
having greatly distinguished themselves in the me-
dical school. He was beloved by all, both for his
public and private virtues. His death will be gene-
rally mourned.

It is our painful duty this day again to call the
public attention to the Draconic severity, the fearful
stringency of the naval code. JAMES SAYER, a young
man in the prime of life, has just been sentenced to
death, to be hanged by the neck on board such one
of her MAJESTY'S vessels, and at such time, as the
Lords of the Admiralty shall direct; and the Presi-
dent of the Court informed the unfor-
tunate young man that he could offer no
hope that the sentence of the Court would
not be fully carried out, and exhorted him
to prepare himself to meet his doom. And
what was the offence of which the wretched culprit
had been guilty to call for and deserve the greatest
punishment, the extreme penalty, known to our law
—a punishment that is never inflicted except in cases
of wilful, deliberate, and premeditated murder, and
against which, even in such cases, many good men
are daily uplifting their voices ? Surely it
must have been of a serious character indeed,
when no hope could be afforded—when no prospect
of mitigation could be held out. The lives of his
shipmates must have been seriously endangered by,
or through the default of the prisoner, when his crime
demanded so fearful an expiation—when the offended
laws of his country, or, rather, we should say, of that
branch of the service of his country to which he had
devoted himself, demanded
a the sacrifice of his life,
ignominious death. He
the infliction of a painful
had actually assaulted twon
sergeants,
Englishmen , express
his superior
officers ! Start rot, brother
scepticism. it is ess
not your incredulity, y
un-
doubtedly true that, in the nineteenth century, in the
year 184 G, nay, within the very last week, a
a fellovv-countryman, has been
sentencefeii°w.crde totu r se ffer death, and is at this moment
awaiting his fearful doom, for having in
on mseormgeeanitltosf.
excitement lifted his hand against tw
The circumstances were not of an aggravated charac-
ter, or such as demanded any extree pun
there was nothing of premeditation,m of in itsehnmtinenntal;
offence. The unhappy man had just returned
to his vessel in a disorderly manner, having
parted with some of his necessaries on shore;
he was forthwith, and while his excitement continued,
ordered to be put into irons, doubtless for the purpose
of being punished with a flogging for his offence, It
appears that he has twice recently been so punished,
the marks of the cat not having been as yet Who-

rated from his back, and, as may easily be suppose(l,llis
passion, his excitement, was increased, and in a moment
of madness he attempted to resist the manchtte, 11,-3
struck the sergeant by whom it was about to be
enforced, and afterwards, when forced into the fore
cockpit, while in the act of resistance, struck another
sergeant. It does not appear that either of the
blows were violent, or that the persons
struck were in the slightest degree injured, or even
hurt. This was the head and front of his offending,
and for this he is to be cut off from the face of the
earth, to be changed in one moment from a living, a
sentient being, full of health and strength, to a
breathless corpse. Gracious GOD ! can such things
be tolerated in a Christian country, in a civilized
nation ? What fancied necessity, what pro-
cess of reasoning, can possibly justify the
atrocity? Can Englishmen be silent under such cir-
cumstances ? Will not petitions be poured in both
to the Executive and Legislature for a mitigation of
punishment—a reprieve to the unfortunate man now
under sentence, suffering daily death in horrid antici-
pation—and also for a revision and radical reform in
the articles of war, the code under which such in-
human barbarity is sanctioned and tolerated ?
The subject of naval courts-martial was brought
before the House on Friday evening by Mr. WILLIAMS,
who has evinced an anxious desire for the ame-
lioration of the condition of our naval brethren.
It could scarcely be supposed that his state-
ments would be so speedily corroborated.
The naval court-martial is final in its nature;
there is no appeal from its sentence to any
tribunal whatever; there is no power by law to dis-
allow its judgment. The sentence of a military
court-martial must be submitted to the Commander-
in-Chief, and approved of by him before it can be
carried into execution ; but the contrary is the
cage in the navy : immediately on being pronounced
it may be carried into execution; any mistake' or
error is irremediable, We sincerely trust that oti
liberal Government will tarn their earliest attention
to the subject. They have already introduced many
and valuable changes, have siept away abuses,
and have evinced the strongest anxiety in
every possible way to improve the laws and the
mode of their administration, to ameliorate the con-
dition of those they are selected to rule over, to in-
sure equal and itnpartial justice to all. We give them
every credit for their good intentions, but their
hands must be strengthened, they must be
aided and supported in their exertions ;
the public voice must be heard ; a tempe-
rate but firm, above all, a universal demand
must be made for justice to our naval and military
brethren. Every instance of the abuse of power, of
the infliction of inequitable and disproportionate
punishment, must be proclaimed, published, and com-
mented on. Our representatives must make themselves
heard in Parliament, public meetings must be
held, and petitions adopted. There are many
and formidable prejudices to be encountered, but a
good, a noble cause, zealously supported, must even-
tually triumph, and be crowned with success. So
long as a necessity exists for an army and navy,
every principle of justice, of expediency, demands
that we should offer every inducement to the best
men to give their services, and to remove the causes
that have hitherto made such persons unwilling
to do so.

The ex-King of Holland, Louis BONAPARTE (Count
DE ST. LEu), the father of Prince Louis NAPOLEON,
died at Leghorn on the 24th ult. of a fit of apoplexy.
by which he had been attacked the day before.
It is stated positively in letters from Rome of the
20th ult., that the appointment of Cardinal Gum, as
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has defini-
tively taken place, and that he is at the same time
charged with the supreme direction of the Govern-
ment.

The treaty of commerce between Holland and
Belgium was signed at the Hague on the 29th July.
Letters from Leipsic of the 26th announce that
Prince JOHN, the brother of the King of SAXONY,
has resigned the command of the Saxon National
Guards.

Madrid Journals of the 26th and 27th have been
received ; their contents are unimportant. The
grand ball on the evening of the 25th, in honour of
the fete-day of Queen CHRISTINA, went off with great
eclat.

MADRID BOLSA, JULY 28.—The Three per Cents. closed
at 341 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 211/2 ; the Debt
without Interest at 6%.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday.
The Bulletin des Lois publishes a royal ordonnance,
convoking the Chamber of Peers as a court to try
HENRY, and nominates M. HEBERT;Procureur-Gene-
ral of the Cour Royale of Paris, to be Procureur-
General of the Court of Peers, to be assisted by M.
BRESSON, Avocat-General of the Cour Royale; the
Keeper of the Archives of the Chamber of Peers to be
registrar, assisted by his Deputy. Duke PASQUIER,
the Chancellor, arrived in Paris on Thursday, and
went to the Conciergerie to interrogate HENRY. The
assassin discharged two pistols at once; they were
small pocket pistols ; the distance at which he fired
was so great that it is considered that he could not
have intended to kill the KING, as it was physically
impossible with such weapons, and at such a distance,
to have done his MAJESTY any injury. Indeed HENRY
distinctly disavows any such intention. " I merely
wished," said he, " to open the road to the guillotine."
He employed sixteen men in his manufactory,
but his affairs were very much embarrassed, and he
was on the eve of stopping payment. We doubt
much whether the eclat of a trial before the Cham-
ber of Peers is not calculated to excite the regicidal
monomania which at present appears to affect certain
weak heads periodically. An ordinary trial before
an ordinary tribunal, and a degrading punishment,
such as exposure and the galleys, would be more
likely to check it than the Chamber of Peers and
the guillotine. On this subject we find the following
very sensible observations in the Presse

"The attempt made on the King's life on Wednesday is
the act of a madman ; the author of it escapes from public
indignation by contempt. This wild undertaking can only
be explained by the reason which he appears to have him-
self given—that he was tired of life, and, being determined
to end his days, he preferred a tragical and striking denoue-
ment to an obscure suicide. This explanation is another
proof that with wi etches of this species it is perhaps dan-
gerous to surround with forms of two solemn a nature the
trial which ends in cutting them away from the bosom of so-
ciety. The desire of playing a part is sometimes so acute for
some depraved natures that they will accept the most odious
and infamous one. A dissipated fellow, worn down with
debauchery and shame, reduced to terminate at the bottom
of the Seine a life useless to all, and a burden to himself,
may allow himself to be led away by the abominable cele-
brity that is too generally attributed to the assassins who
fire on the King. Perhaps it would be better that a speedy
and vulgar punishment, deprived of all preliminary prepa-
ration, should take from them the destestable satisfaction
which they make the object of their ambition. It is in that
way that things pass in England and Germany, and the re-
currence of such frightful attempts is there much less fre-
quent than amongst us. But as the Court of Peers is already
directed to judge the matter, we shall not urge any farther
reflections, which could not now prevent the trial from
going regularly on. Only on what concerns ourselves we
shall avoid directing attention to a culprit who only deserves
to meet with universal disgust. We shall merely publish
such details as may tend to specify the nature of the attempt,
without adding anything to the wretched renown of the
assassin."

It appears that on Wednesday, shortly after the
attempt of HENRY, three young men were arrested
in the garden of the Tuileries, who were uttering
seditious cries. The Gazette des Tribunaux of Sa-
turday gives the following account of the trans-
action :
~ At a little distance from the spot where Henry was
standing three young men exhibited strong marks of im-
patience at the king's not coming out on the balcony, that
the concert might begin. They appeared to have drunk
more wine than usual at dinner, and their conversation be-
tnt, Ft! 11,1,1 iam!:
came in a short time exceedingly insulting to the King and
Royal Family. The persons who stood near them gradually
drew back to avoid a quarrel which they seemed not to be
in. Itwasiod the languageafterwards,nlyof
when
tthepersonsawftenagg
spareead o
had heard about that the King had been fired
aii
rumour
thert
three young men were struck with the gravity of the cir-
cumstance. On returningl
to
the .lace where they had left
them, they found them still uttering abusive
the King, but ignorant, language against
as they afterwards declared, of what
bad taken place. The -oting men were then arrested : one,
nineteen years of age, is a shopkeeper's clerk ; a second, of
the same age, is a writer in an avoue's office ; and the third,
and twenty, is similarly employed. When taken before the
Commissary of Police of the quarter of the Tuileries, they
did not deny the language attributed to them, but ascribed it
to having taken too much wine at dinner. They,denied hav-
ing any ill intentions against the King or his family, and
when asked if they had not been put forward by some poli-
tical party, one of them, in order to show that no motive of
personal themto act
interest had prompted
they
had done,
produced a ticket of the Mott-de-Piete for a coat which had
to furnish the funds for the dinner. They were
been pledged d placed at the disosal of
sent to the Prefecture of Police an . .
the lew-eficere of the Crown. A fourth individual, per, ac-

cused of uttering seditious cries, an architect by profession,
and about nineteen years of age, was also arrested."
The same journal contains the following on the
subject of the false reports constantly propagated at
the Bourse fur stock-jobbing purposes :
" For some time prst, some very serious things have been
going en at the Bourse, and we are astonished that they have
not yet attracted the attention of the authorities. Nearly
every day the prices of the public securities, and particu-
larly those of railroad shares, are, alternately, by means of
' false news, raised or lowered according to the views of the
speculators who have recourse to these culpable manoeuvres.
This, it appears, is done without any person being aware
that it is an offence punishable with fine and imprisonment.
A few days ago, for instance, one of the Journals in its Stock
Exchange article spoke, as of a very simple affair, of a piece
of false news which caused a fall of 15 to 20 francs, and
stated this rnotivntary fall had permitted those who, in the
language of the place, rive called vendcurs a decouvert, to
realise their profits. There is at the Bourse a commissary
of police whose duty it is to discover and xlenounce fhe authors
of these rnangeuvrea, Is it possible that he can he igporanp
of what everybody else knows? It is said that he has or-
ganised a very active surveillance agalgst thp stealers of
handkerchiefs and snuff-boxes. This is very gpod, !pit I bieyes
of this kind are not the *0;1 dangerous, nor are they,
perhaps, the most culpable."
The KING, (Zulu, and Royal Family arrived at Eu
on Thursday night. They wake received every
where On the route with the most enthusiastic ex-
pressions of loyalty and devotion. Accounts have
been received from Algiers to the 25th, All was
tranquil at that date, although the province of Tit-
tery and the whole of the Medea!) division was suffer-
ing from want of corn. The Ahhbar publishes a letter
from. Tlauu3en of the 15th ult., which says—
" Three hundred and sixty foot of fine olive plantations
were buret down, but the cause of the fire had pot been dl;-
covered. The harvest was nearly all got in, and is much
less abundant than in the preceding years, which is to be
attributed to the scarcity of rain this sewn. The heat is iiir
tense—at two o'clock on the 15th it was 52 degrees, 2 degrees
greater than in Senegal."
The elections ORITIMfIPcO4 A §afurday, The
return of a large majority of sppporters of the
at T 811)
fe. Ts 161
cr e. e; per Cents. closedp r c on
et. the Paris Btohuersoe or Saturdsy
Trlda
Ministry was considered as tiorkifh,
road Shares, 1,2661. 25z. ; 'v! 2As ; flak:ye ;
Great Northern, 696 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 6701. ; Vieypn;
' Bordeaux, 543 f. 7.5 c.; Paris and Strasburg, 486 f. 50c, ;
rfoprs and 4921. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 505 f ;
45
no liirivaolk isrogE;rerit
JULY
jpr.y i7.-,Varseines and Avignon, 867 f.
Lyons and 4.lognolir gntl Cette, 489 f.;
d
Spanish Active, 01/2 ; pito Lion-100p Debt, 324:
.837707.-41 Dartstoapr. ;
Northern,
lartlidh( :73 86'97 ;filpfs
04. f.5.c?; ;vAitrvilsguanodn.
Lyons, OW 250.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AuGusT 1.

Boulogne and Amiens, 12)6—Bordeaux; Toulouse, and Cette
aelitnisie), 1 1,4 —Meet Bombay and Madras, 'A—Dutch Rhenish,
0/it:, —East Wiwi, —Great Western Bengal, %—Louvain Ala
kiltbre, 46—Luxembourg, ley---Northern of France Constituted,
13%—Orjegus god Bordeaux, B—Over Yssel, 2 dis.—Paris and
Lyons Constituted, b --Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 434.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)

The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present
were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Leeds, and the
Bishop of Chester.

BOWEN v. EVANS.
The further arguments in this part-beard appeal occupied
heir Lordships the whole morning.

ALLEGED DEATH by MILITARY
FLOGGING, AT EIOUNSLOW.—(THIS DAY.)
The inquiry into the cause of the death of Frederick John
White, a private in the 7th Hussars, or " Queen's Own,"
whose death is alleged to have been caused by severe mili-
tary punishment, was resumed this morning, by Mr.
Wakley, M.P., at the George the Fourth, Hounslow-heath.
The interest in the death of the unfortunate man had in no
degree subsided, for, notwithstanding the inauspicious state
of the morning, the inquest-room was crowded, and several
persons had gathered about the doors of the inn.
Mr. Clack attended, as en last Monday, on behalf of the
officers of the regiment. Mr. Mills, the Deputy-coroner,
assisted Mr. Wakley.
Mr. WAELET asked Mr. Clark if he had any witnesses to
call ?

Mr. Clark said he had not ; at any rate he was not aware
at that moment that it would be necessary to do so.
Mr. WARLEY said he had received a letter from a person liv-
ing at Old Brentford, giving some information on the sub-
ject, and as he gave his name, he thought, in justice, that the
jury should hear it.
Mr. Mills then, at the request of the coroner, read the
following letter :
" Sir,—With a view to the furtherance of the ends of
justice, by a searching investigation, I submit the following
circumstances to your consideration, knowing that I cannot
place them in better hands. On Monday morning last, at
eight o'clock, 27th instant, the son of Mr. Goom, a newsman
of Brentford, was in Fleet-street with his papers in his cart,
coming towards Brentford, when a soldier of the 7th
Hussars, or Queen's Own, asked him to give him a lift, as he
wanted to get to Hounslow in time for the inquest. The
boy told him to get into the cart, and hastened his speed,
seeing the soldier was afraid he should be too late. On the
road the soldier told young Goom that about the com-
mencement of the inquest he was told he might have a
furlough of five weeks, if he liked, to go and see his
friends, which he accepted. When he arrived in Kent
among his friends, and told them what he knew about
the flogging of White, his friends told him he
ought to be at the inquest to state what he knew to the jury,
and they made a subscriptions to furnish him with money
to defray his expenses, and he came to London from Kent on
Sunday by a van. During this conversation they had got
to Kensington Barracks; a soldier seeing the other soldier
in the cart called out, saying, Well, how are you getting
on ?' The answer was, lam going to the inquest.' But
as they were coming into Hammersmith, a sergeant from
Kensington Barracks, on horseback, came after them at full
speed, and called out to young Goom to stop, ' I command,
you to stop, or I will immediately give you both into cus-
tody.' The sergeant then, after he had stopped the cart,
inquired of persons passing by where the station-house was, and
was informed up the lane He then ordered young Goom to
turn out of the read and drive up to the station-house, which
the boy did, but when they had got near it, the sergeant told
th
eghoargqueitentlytbebapcuklicteo, thebut bifarbreacakts-
the sergeant) 'would gallop over
The boy was then permitted ho would
wsuouldldienr,ntigf
tempted to runivahewelatyill 117
huilned
him. to come home with the
cart and papers.' The sergeant and soldier, he supposes, re-
turned back to Kensington Barracks, and I have not heard
anything further what became of the soldier, whetherhe is in
prison or at large, and J have just heard the soldier at the
barracks call him by the name of Simmons.'—Yours,&c.
Old Brentford, Aug. 1,1846. T. NORMANTON."
James How, the private of the 7th Hussars referred to,
said. he went away without leave to see his mother in Kent ;
he had a ride in the cart, as stated in the letter, but he said
nothing to the boy about the flogging. He got up at St.
James's-park and rode to Hammersmith, where the sergeant
stopped him. He was not present at the flogging, because
he had not received his clothes.
By a juror—Was punished fourteen days by solitary con-
finement for deserting.
Witness—Had only been seven weeks in the regiment.
Saw White go into the hospital after receiving punishment
from one of the windows of the barracks ; he saw him also
in the hospital, but he did not hear White spsak, neither
did he see his back.
Mr. Normantor., who was in the room, said he received
the statement from the boy's father, and that a part of the
statement which the letter contained had been corroborated
by the evidence of the witness himself.
Colonel Whyte here entered the inquest room, and the
letter was handed to him.
John Goom, the boy alluded to in the letter, was then
called—He said, on Monday last, as he was getting his
papers in Fleet-street, he was asked by a soldier to give him
a lift to Hammersmith, which he did. On the way the
soldier stated that he bad been present at the flogging of
White. On passing through Hammersmith, a sergeant came
galloping after them, and asked the soldier to go back with
him, or if he refused he would give him in charge, but he would
not do so if he went with Lim. The soldier accordingly left
him, and went with the sergeant. (The witness here iden-
tified the soldier How as the person who came in the cart
with him.) llow stated that he was going to the George
the Fourth, at Hunslow, to give evidence.
Colonel Whyte said How was not attested until White
had been punished.
Sergeant John Darley was then called and examined—
He stated that he was a lance sergeant in the 7th
Hussars. He did not make any complaint against the de-
ceased until he was confined. He complained of him on the
Ist of June to the orderly officer, Mr. Russell, for being
struck across the breast with a poker. He (White) struck
him on the evening of the Ist of June, about a quarter past
nine, in the barrack-room at Hampton Court. Was orderly
sergeant at the time he struck him. Went into the room at
eight o'clock. On going round the room, calling the roll
the first time, White answered to his name, and he saw him
on going round a second time, on account of some of the meii
being absent, and observed White standing near the bed,
partly dressed, with a poker in his hand. His hand was be-
hind him—the one which held the poker. I ordered him to
put it down, but he did not do so. I ordered him a second
and third time, bat he did not obey. I ordered the orderly
corporal of the troop to take a file of men and confine him.
As soon as I had given the order he knocked me down with
the poker; the blow struck across the chest. I recovered
myself, and ran out of the room, and I saw no mere of the
deceased until he was in the castody of the guard. I con-
sidered the deceased drunk. I was hurt by the blow, and
was in bed two days under medical treatment in consequence
of it. He did not say anything to me before he struck me
with the poker. I had had no previous quarrel with him,
and I was on friendly terms with him, nor had there
been any previous dissension. I never spoke six words
to him except as matter of duty. I had not been long in the
troop with him. In fact, theme was no ill will between us. He
never got into that state wi.liout knowing what he was
about. He was often the worse for liquor, and was,
Idid not
gav e
under-
stand, a quarrelsome man. I considered him a relspectable
man. lam not acquainted with his writing.
raise my hand to strike him before he struck me. I
evidence before the court-martial. White pleaded guilty
to the charge.
(The inquiry had not terminated when our report left.)

*The oyster season commences to-morrow morning, at
six o'clock, at Billingsgate and Hungerford Markets, with the pro-
mise of a more abundant supply, and of a superior quality, to that of
several years
past, The custom of open!ng the batches of the
oyster-boats for sale, es the clock struck twelve on the night of the
4th of August, is now discontinued, in consequence of the loss of life
that invariably occurred through the dealers crowding tine
the boats
during the darkness of the night.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY,
still closed for the holidays.
The Cotton andSllTrare,-mQarteAtsßaTt Ethl:lertoool,TongsßaEtuE.
rday,
The accounts received from the country this morning repre-
sent that the storm of Saturday afternoon, in almost all parts
of the country, within forty or fifty nines, was very severe,
and that the damage to property has been great indeed—nay,
unprecedented. The crops have suffered in most places very
Considerably, and, in some fields, the wheat bas been laid
es flat as though a roller bad pssef:l over it. The
Corn Market was very fully attended this morning, and
prices of wheat were grin. About 600 quarters of new
wheat were on show, and mpstli were sold at the NIL
market value.
The advices from the manufacturing districts received to-
day state that an improvement has been imparted to the
markets fcr Manchester goods by the last news from the
United States, the anticipation being that modifications in
the Tariff Bill favourable to this country will be made.
" But (states the circulsr of Messrs. M' Nair and Co.) con-
sidering all circumstances, prices have been geueriliy well
sustained. fn goods the deghne has bsep partitil and tritling.
In yarns it hes' been greater. g-onfinM 'chiefly to some
numbers of water-twist, and counts air;(.l qdalitieg of
p 4 fq Tn;ll,lV,
PY sou; of the molt private accounts obtained from Cal-
pita, we are advised thus :-
4 seffee that from 20 to 25 ner cent: interest
was phargedfa dijeofintips s;7ot9 P4Pero, 11114 eiep. at
that rate little money was tote hid to the'hapits and rich
netiyes iieclined parting with their cash frOrti a ppm! ITopt
of gonfidenge,ff '
There art not any late colonial arrivals announced in the
City this morning,
In the Comet Market a slight tendency to 4.41111Qh, s Doershown this morning. Censors for the Account gpened at
@fi,
but are now at 96t6, For Transfer to-morrow the PriPP is
drill at 95X. are at o§, preminlp only;
India Ponds at ggs, promipm ; and the Thred-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. at 98. Very little business !s in progress.
In the Foreign Funds there has been a very g;',;..;;;i
gf business this morning, 4 eliffnt improlcriont has taken
place in the pri4ilian Five per IJents4 Which now feetch 90,
4114 the New hionds ; Portuguese J onr pPr Qoo tit. continue
t iv
4e rtctig,:tieriala,diii
ipaeet :traflertfliti
tanYitleaallt: 034
361. The
D ralliedut
ctiot 2T6wit;
lanti
per Cents. at 241',
TIT 49430 thp linos of established Railways are in-
rP494rti e
Cents.t/.t?. 444 the Four
preasing, as well as for the scrip of selected new projects. To-
-4,,T nriepa qre zeniirally un the rise,

Otilr; CLosrso
O'CLOcI4, PRICES.
114111 e 5.19 •, si 11 ,• *. •—• 20914
-114-ee titer OpPt• Itsduceci Annuities 96%14 96%
Throe i)er Cent. COMON Annuities 96 95% 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 98% Ski 9g
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .• 10% 10%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 111, 10%
Witt Bowls. 1,901. 28 22
Ditto, under 1,0001„. 22 22
Consols for Account • . • • .. 96S 96
ExclusgileT 1%(.1. 1% d.
1,000/... .... 12 8 pm. 11
5001. 12 12
Dittcs. Sing! 13 pm. 12
ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PItICES.
89
110
83%
314
25%
45% 45%
113

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Small
Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 8834
Equador Bonds .. 3%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, S per Cent
Portuguese Four per Cent
Russian Bonds ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, fbr the Account .. 26%3j
Ditto, Coupons
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 6
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 3634 g
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 98
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 593
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 041(1
PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. rAm. DONE AT
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. 15 .... 98% • .......
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. %34 ......
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .. .. • .
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 834 %34 ......
Bristol and Gloucester .. 30 .... ..........
Buckinghamshire 425. %34 d 15..... 1,4 dis
Caledonian .. 20 .... 16 15% ...... 16

21,E
131
8%

Ditto, Half Shares • • • • 2% • • • 1% •• ••• • • •
Cambridge and Oxford .. 1%
Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 28%14 ••
Derby and Crewe .. 2%.... 7% • • ...... .
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% %
Direct Northern .. 2% .... 1% 2%
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 ....
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165... 24 %. . .. .
Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. 2% %8 . . .
East Lincolnshire % 1,4 .....•
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 ....
Ditto New % Shares.. .. 12%.... 18
Edinburgh and Northern .. 751
Ely and Huntingdon ....
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .....
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 30% 31
Great North of England ...100 ....235 .
Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... 60
Great Western .. 85 ....154 . ......
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 •• .. 23% %
Hull and Selby !.. .• 50 ....
Ditto, Half Shares 15 .... 39 39
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 45 .... 67% •.. 66%
Leeds and Bradford) .. • • .. 26 .... 72 ..... ....• 72
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425..... %% dis %
Liverp., Manch., & New°. Juuct.
London an I Birmingham . ..100 ....233
Ditto, Quarters .. . .. 2 .... 33% 32%
Ditto, Fifths 2 .... 26% . .
London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 9% %.. • •
London and Brighton .. 56 • • . 66% %
Ditto ditto Fifths .. • . .. 30 •• .. 43%%
London and Croydon • • .. 131. 158 • 9d... 24
Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 10
London and South-Western .. 411. Gs. 10d..• 77% 77
London and York .. .. • • • • 2% • • %•••• • • • •

Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 2% .. 1% 2 ........
Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... ..........
Lynn and Dereham .. 15 .... 11 yi 13 ......
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 ....
Ditto, Half Shares .. 38 551,4 ..........
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 3 .... 12 IA ..
Ditto, Sixteenths .. . 9%..........
Ditto Extension 425. .... ......
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . ......

2g
54
24%
2%
lk

233%

235
3214
26%
9%
66%
43%
24
9%
77
2%

W.i
...... 124
9%
44 p

Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 •• •• 11% • ll'
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... I % p 132 p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1.36% 11-A,
Midland —lOO ....147 145 x div 145xd
Ditto, New ~ 21 .. 40% 40% 39% xd 39% xd
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .. • • 46 x div..... • 46xd
Ditto, New . 1 .... 13 12%
Newcastle and Berwick •.. • • 15 .... 2936 30
Norfolk .. • • .. .. • . .. 20 .... 28% 28 29 29
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 5 . • - •• •• 9%
Ditto, Tenths .. • • • • • • 2 •• • • 2% %•••• • • • • 2%
Ditto, Extension . • • • • • 2 .... 234 .. •• • •
North British .. .. • . 25 41% 42 41 43 4114 41%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • - 834 .... 14% 15 16A
Ditto Fifths

.... e

Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 134.... 4%
North Kent and Direct Dover •• 2% 1%••••••,•,.
North Staffordshire 42s•••„ 4% % p....••
Noitiunpton,Banbury,&Cheltlun. 2 .... I►% • .....
Oxford,Worcest, & Woiverhmpta. 12% .... 9% 9....
Portsmouth Direct . 3% ....
Scottish Central .. . 12% .... 19 18% ......
Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• 2%,..• 334 yQ .... . . . .
Shropshire Union 428. 1 di5......
South Midland 425... %
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • 46th.....•...•
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 21% .......
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%..•• 3%%••.,.
South Wales 5 •••• 2%3••.•••••
Welsh Midland 2%„•. 1%..........
West Riding Union • • .. 425. •• .. 3% % % 4% p
Witbeach and St. Ives .. •• 2 .... 3%••••,•••.•
York and Carlisle .. 1
York aad North Midland .. 50
Do. E, and W. Ridiug Exten..• 1 ...• 14%% 15 ....
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens:•• .. 14 12% • • ........
Dutch Rhenish .. • . 6 .... 6% .... ••. • ..
East In . ss. .... % ........
Great Indian Peninsular Is. .... 3•.... . . . . .
Louvain ala Sambre .. 5 •• • . ........
Madrid and Vaientia • ♦ .. .. 2 .... 1 •• ..
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 13 • • .... •. • .
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 7% 8 7 .. . .
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 534 % ........
West Flanders

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

London Joint-Stock ..
Union of London .. ..

MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered 334

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussEts, Aug. 1.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • •
Ditto Three per Cent.. ..
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto
Ditto, d1tt0,1840..... ..... lOO%
Ditto,ditto,lB42. . .
Ditto, 1844............... •••• • • • • •.. 99%
Ditto, 1836... ........................
Ditto, 1838
Ditto of the City, 1832 .. lOl
Ditto, 1843
Bank of Belgium 939
—Brussels P:.pers. Aug. 1.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—YIENNA, JULY 26.
5 per Cent. Metalliques. • • • • • ... 111%
4 per Cent. ditto.. • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 100%
3 per Cent. ditt0.................... 75
Loan, 1834 ........ •• • • 156%
Ditto, 1839 • • .• •• • • •
Bank Shares ••••• • • • • • • • .. •• • • •• • • 1568
Esterhazy's Loan •• .•
RAILWAYS.

The Northern, or Ferdinand 186%
Gloggnitz •••••• • • . . • • • ••• • • 134
Vienna—Milan ...... 11614
Leghorn - • • ...... ••• • • •••••• • • • • • • •• • • 107%
Pesth • • ...... ••••••• • • • • • • • ....... •• • 94%
Sienna ...... •••• • • • •
rosetto •• • • ...... ••• • • ••••••• • • • • • • • 93%
Oldenburg .. • •• • .• • • •
PestQla . • • •
Apennineu .. • ....... .
Pesth Bridge ...... •••••••• • • • • • • ..
—Allgerneine Zeitung, July 26.

LLOYD'S_SHIPPING.-.(THIS.DAY.)

LONDON, Auo. 3.—Wind S.E., moderate breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, Ana. I.—Wind E. to E.N.E.-2. S.W. to W.S.W., mode-
rate and flue.—Arrd. Minna, Havannah ; St. Andrew, Havannali ;
I. 0. Routledge, New York, and s ailed for Antwerp ; Stakesby,
Richards, Quebec ; Jane, Montreal. Arrd. from the River, Hazard,
Owen, Newfoundland; Sarah, Bridges, Jamaica; Nicaragua, Mar-
shall, Quebec ; Baron, Quebec; Aspasia, Crow, Quebec ; William
and Thomas Wilson, Quebec ; Marion, Bradley, Montreal ; Ann,
Seville, Newfoundland ; Fanny, Ayles, Newfoundland ; Victory,
Terry, Quebec • Fair Acadian, Madly, Quebec. Arid. from the
River and sailed Macedon, Itedknap, Madras; Albers, Marroeck,
Pictou; Vixen, Douglas, Port Philip ; Bengal Merchant, Calcutta.
PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 2.—Wind S. to S. W.—Arrd. her Majesty's
ship Athol, Halifax, sld. 22d June, and from Bermuda 11th ult.
Sld. Ist, Monarch, Walker, Calcutta ; Mediator, Chadwick,
11 :m New York.
York.
PORT TALBOT, AUGUST I.—The Cornish Lass.
muda, has arrived here leaky, &c., having been Pstl•runek by ft
lightning
off the Bishops on the 30th ult.
rrdA Victoria, Quebec. Sld.
PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 2.—Wind N..
Lady Bruce, Leddle, Australia.
d Eto S. strong breeznd cloudy;
FALMOUTH, AUGUST I.—Win.anelou. 31st ult.es a
C. T. Sutton,
2d, variable and light airs
d dy.—Arr
Bontillier, Para. Sid. 31st nit., Elizabeth, Marshall, Quebec.
Auu.2uss • AUGUST —Sid. Forth, Chapman, West Indies.
OFF TORBAY, JULY ••
SOUTIIAtIrToN. ya7ll, Matthieson, Calcutta.
GREENOCK, JULY 3l.—Arrd. Woodpoint, Brown, Nova Scotia;
Jane Curistie, Spiess, Trinidad ; Henry Wood, WArthur, Bathurst.
Sid. 29. Louisa, Watson, Pugwash. 31. Pioneer, Fox, Newfound-
' land ; Eophemia, Governs, Newfoundland. Aug. 1. New York
packet, Hossack, Quebec; William Stuart, Jamieson, Bombay.
COWES, AUG. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Carolina, Ugarte, Havannah,
for Bremen, with loss of sails.
SALcoMBE, JULY 31.—Arrd. Creole, Wessels, Cape Haytien.
ST. MAwES. JULY 29. —Arid. Martha, Longrigg, Port au Prince.
NEWPORT, JULY 3 I . Sid. Yorkshire Lass, Price, Quebec.
LLANLLLY, JULY 29. Queen, Robinson, and Jarro, Quebec.
n Stonehouse Pool.

--LIVEUPOOL, Aucusr I —Wind E.S.E., light; 2, X.N.E., ditto.—
Arrd. 1, Lancashire, Lyon, Savannah ; Eliza Jane, Prince Edward
Island ; 2, Metoka, 3laclaren, New York. Sid., July 31, Querida,
Lorrinaga, Havannah ; Jane Blair, KWh), Quebec; QuLen, Martin,
Newfoundland; Aug. 1, Theresa Jane, Wright, Maranham ; Amity,
Montreal ; 2, Ellerslie, Pagen, Hong Kong ; Amony, Clarke, Valpa-
raiso ; Republic, Sullivan, Philadelphia; Cambridge, Parstow, New
York ; Thomas Wright, Gardner, New York ; Cygnet, Heard, Boston;
Rapid Iloseason, St. Stephen's, N. B. ; Elizabeth, Buck, Quebec.
There being only twelve feet of water in Lake St. Peter, on the
12th ult., all the square-rigged vessels loading at Montreal had to
lighten.
DUBLIN, Auo. I.—The Galatea, Williams, from Quebec, arrived
at Wicklow Roads some days since, filled yesterday through the bow-
sprit, and capsized.
OuirtLixs, Jvl x 31.—Arzt, Ste, Mot, St,. John's; Desay Orden, r

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Br .ker, 3firamichl; ,John and Hannah, Stephetil, Mlramichl i
F .•ederW.,c :Young, Wallace, Itlchibucto ; Aug. 1, Ganges, Turple,
Q tiebec. 'Off port, Mozainbigne, St. John's; Urania, Oliver, Quebec.
Ltigniik:4, JULY 3b.—Arrd. Venture, Fullerton, Quebec; Ellen
Forestall, hunbary, Quebec; Borneo, O'Donnell, Quebec; iild 30th,
Primrose, Irvine, Quebec.
SCATTERIr ROADS, JULY 29.—S1d. Jane Black, Quebec ; Ocean,
Quebec; Moodkee, Quebec. OR port James and Frances Stone,
Bathurst, for Peterhead, with loss of bulwarks.
Hull., Ana. I. Arrd, Amazon, Person, Quebec ; Robert Lindsay,
Adams, St. Andrews ; William Lee, Berlsaet, St. John's.