The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-29 00:00:00

'TIIN SUN, LONDON

our beloved SOVEREIGN ; they must have con-
veyed to her an unspeakable solace in the mo-
ments of tribulation ; they must have imparted an
additional zest to her domestic happiness.
The substance of the Royal Speech is scarcely
more than a retrospect of the position of the na-
tional authority, the proceedings of the Imperial Par-
liament, and especially of the gigantic social
and commercial reformations which have rendered
the half-year last past so wholly unprecedented. Un-
doubtedly the events which have transpired during
that interval within the walls of St. Stephen's, pre-
sented to her MAJESTY a noble opportunity for en-
larging upon the blessings which must accrue
from their occurrence. Regal eloquence, upon
such a theme, might readily have been tolerated.
Nevertheless, the simple narration of the facts
will possibly convey more to her faithful lieges than
all the blandishments of rhetoric, or all the anima-
' tion of oratory.
The gist --of the Royal Speech may be briefly ca-
talogued. References to the extraordinary labours
of our Legislators, whether representative or here-
ditary, during this protracted session ; allu-
sions to the successful issue of our negotiations
with the United States, and to the triumph of our
soldiers on the banks of the Sutlej ; after this a
cursory reference to the increase in the naval and
military supplies, with which increase the Parliament
has so cordially endeavoured to compete with the
exigencies of both services; an expression of sorrow
at the re-appearance of the potato murrain, coupled
with an aspiration that the measures taken by the
Government may tend to diminish the miseries which
would otherwise follow from the deficiency in Ireland ;
—these, together with the customary congratulations
and recommendations of a Speech from the Throne,
impart to the present a peculiar and unequalled im-
portance.

escape than that one innocent persn should con-
victed, and juries are almost invaiably told that, if
they entertain any reasonable doubt, they are to give
the benefit of that doubt to the prisoner. Now, it
appears to us that the jury, by their statement that
there was a possibility that provocation had been given,
gave expression to such a doubt; and most assuredly
it was a reasonable one, and such as fairly might be
entertained by rational men. Both parties were sitting
at the same table ; each had, unhappily, a deadly
weapon, a knife, in hand; the woman was manifestly
a person of violent passions ; she had been in the habit
of using the most opprobrious language ; she had pre-
viously assaulted the prisoner, having bit his arm on
one occasion and slapped his face on another; the
wretched prisoner had ever behaved towards her in
the most temperate manner, having only held her
hands when she so bit him. Other evidence might have
been afforded as to similar acts of grievous provoca-
tion, but, by the strict rules of law which the presid-
ing judge was bound to enforce, it was necessarily
excluded. Is it not then, to say the least of it, pos-
sible, if not probable, that the pror girl might not
have acted on that as on former occasions, and again
assaulted the prisoner, and with a knife in her hand,
which she still retained when running up wounded
into the hall, and which remained clasped in her right
hand after death. The prisoner said that she had
goaded him to it ; there is no living witness as
to what was the extent or nature of that pro-
vocation, but taking the previous occurrences into
consideration it could not be of a light or trivial
character. The former excellent conduct of the pri-
soner, his unimpeached character, strengthens the
supposition, and his subsequent conduct corresponds
with a total absence of design—it repudiates all idea
of premeditation. He was transfixed with horror
and stupefied at seeing what he had done. He made
no attempt at escape, but at once submitted himself
to the officer, and acknowledged that his was the
hand that committed the fatal deed. He was over-
whelmed with despair, and sought not to defend
himself. In fact, as we have already stated, it was
to the humanity of others that he owed the defence
put forward at the trial. All this appears to us to
afford the strongest evidence of the magnitude of the
provocation. We trust that the case may
meet with a favourable consideration from
the responsible advisers of the Crovn. One
of their proudest boasts may well be of the
reformation they have effected in the criminal code of
the country—the mitigation in its severity. Already
since their recent accession to power they have ex-
tended mercy to many criminals under sentence of
death for murder. It was our pleasing duty yester-.
day to record another instance of that mercy, in the
commutation of the sentence on ROBERT WILLIams,
convicted of the murder of TMOMAS WIGGINS, at the
late Wells Assizes. The case of SMITH may chal-
lenge a favourable comparison with that of any
of the recently reprieved convicts, and most
sincerely do we hope that the recommendation of the
jury, arid the appeal about to be brought forward on
his behalf by his fellow-citizens, may not be made in
vain.

The proceedings of tire putt session are more in
accordance with the principles of our frog Constitu-
tion than any that have hitherto taken place within
the precincts of Westminster. Those proceedings
have confirmed and mellowed the boons accorded to
us by the glorious Reform Bill ; they have rendered
our House of Commons more truly the house
of the representatives of the people than the
extinction of rotten boroughs, or the limited
extension of the franchise. From the occur-
rences of this illustrious session the representatives
of monopoly have been metamorphosed into the re-
presentatives of the truest and noblest patriotism.
Those proceedings and the principles involved in
them have rendered place-hunting no longer the vice
of statesmen, they have abolished party, they have
purged all tendencies to peculation and selfishness
from the Legislature, they have kindled a reverence
fur the rights of the contemned in the bosoms of
our most eminent countrymen. The history of this
session is the history of the elevation of the
multitude : it is the true inauguration of the more
generous of the principles upon which our Constitu-
tion is based—the first equable adjustment of the
three primary powers,

It has been our painful duty of late almost daily to
furnish the melancholy details and to observe upon
the disastrous consequences which, by a marked and
generally spread visitation of PROVIDENCE, must
fall upon millions of our fellow-countrymen
across St. George's Channel. Merely to have furnished
the fearful statistics of the failure in the potato c: op,
whilst it would have corresponded with the rigid
duty of the journalist, would at the same time have
been but an ignoble method of discharging it.
We have, therefore, never refrained from clothing
the details with such observations as seemed
to us justly to emanate from a spirit of phi-
lanthrophy and the purest dictates of enlarged and
national benevolence. We have been actuated to
this course, first, because the misery and destitution
of the Irish have for years past become
terms so proverbial, that the better feelings
of the inhabitants of Great Britain are
apt, from the frequent repetition of the pauperism of
Ireland, to relapse almost into indifference, even when
appearances of a novel and awful devastation should
startle our very senses ; and, secondly, because w e
wished, with others, to be forward in assuring the
heart-stricken population of the Sister Isle that
our most extended sympathies, with their legitimate
fruits, should not be wanting during the terrible or-
deal of privation and suffering which it will be their
destiny to pass through. And righteously
enough has Ireland entitled herself to our
most considerate benevolence. The peaceful
attitude she assumed during the past year, the calm
resignation and well-sustained fortitude which she
now exhibits under the auspices of her self-chosen
popular leaders, in this the second year of an unpre-
cedented calamity, and the laudable manner in
which, under such trying circumstances, she has
repudiated, aye, spurned the traitorous advocates of
physical force, must claim our admiration, and secure
our incessant efforts to rescue her, to the utmost,
from the deplorable evils of threatened famine. In-
deed, the recent decrease in crime gives them an
additional claim upon our benevolent energies. Che-
quered, indeed, as the public peace has been at times
in Ireland, yet we conscientiously believe that no
people on the face of the earth, constituting as
most the Irish do an integral portion of the
civilised empire in the world, would, in a similar posi-
tion, have comported itself with so much of per-
severing and patient endurance, as the Irish
have for a very lengthened period. We ad-
mire them, too, all the more, from their hav-
ing declared in the British Parliament, through
their confidential organs, that any eleemosynary
relief which they have required, and may yet re-
quire, they regard not so much as a boon, as a posi-
tive right. They represent, and with too much
truth, that as we have for years under-
taken to legislate for them, their present
condition is no political fault of their own,
but that the shame of it must rest with
ourselves ; and it is not to be denied that this repre-
sentation draws conviction after it from the tardy,
but improved manner in which we are now legis-
lating for their several national wants and desires.
It is deeply to be lamented that at the close of a
session, so fruitful in good works, on which we have
elsewhere enlarged, our joy should be so seriously
detracted from by the state of Ireland. Every
day we have hoped for some redeeming intel-
ligence, but each hour has only served to confirm
our worst apprehensions. On Thursday the Earl of
RODEN, from whom however much we have differed
in politics, still, as a resident, painstaking, and consi.
derate landlord in Ireland, he has acquired an
honourable fame, addressed the house of
Lords upon the approaching distress in that
country. His Lordship described the province
of Ulster, a great portion of which he had recently
travelled through, to be without a field free from the
potato disease, and stated that he had received ac-
counts from the north, confirming all that Lord
MONTEAGLE had represented of the south of
Ireland. An appeal was made) by this noble-
man to the sympathies of those who might
be able to assist his afflicted country. "At the same
time," continued his Lordship, "if his voice could
reach the ears of those individuals who possessed any
property in Ireland, and it could have any effect to
speak to them from that place upon so solemn a sub-
ject, he would implore them, under every circum-
stance, to go home to their country and people—
(Hear, hear)—to live amongst them, and encourage
them in their present difficulties—(Hear, hear)—and
to show them that they themselves were willing,
under these great trials, to share with them the
evils they were forced to bear.—(Hear, hear.)"
More appropriate and feeling advice could not
be tendered, and his Lordship's own example en-
forces the precept with a peculiar grace. The evils
of absenteeism has been a Parliamentary theme
for the last three quarters of a century, but, un-
fortunately, has been hitherto dilated upon in vain.
It would seem as if PROVIDENCE, by the present na-
tation, would compel the proprietors of the
soil effectually to discharge the social duties which
they have so long and culpably neglected. Parliament
itself has already been quickened into a sense of what
is intrinsically required, and has passed a law by
which the rich owners of the land shall, if necessary,.
be compelled to support the famishing poor. 'Lord
CLARENDON warmly seconded Lord RODEN'S appeal,
and in a way which, we trust, will spontaneously pro-

SATUADAY MORNING AUGUST 29, 1844. A.

duce from those, whose duty it is to furnish it, every
possible alleviation of the raging calamity.

The College of Cardinals, composed as it is almost
exclusively of the most bigotted members of the old
worn-out, servile faction, continues -to throw every
obstacle in the way of the Pore and of his Minister,
Cardinal Glut. Not a measure of amelioration or
reform is proposed which is not immediately de-
nounced by the College. The Pore and his Mi-
nister, however, are not daunted by the faction, and
reforms in the civil administration and in the muni-
cipal institutions, which have been long demanded by
the people, are in progress of preparation. A letter
from Rome, dated the 18th, says that one of the
Cardinals having observed to the POPE that if he did
not alter his system, the people would demand a con-
stitution ; " and why should I not accede to their
desire," replied his HOLINESS, " if a constitution was
necessary to the welfare of my subjects ?"

The Frankfort Journal publishes a letter from
Lemberg, the capital of Austrian Galicia, dated
August 1.5, which says :—" A new conspiracy has
been discovered. The plan has been formed by the
malcontents of Galicia and the Polish emigrants in
France. Three French emissaries have been arrested,
and brought to this place. Many important papers
were found on them, and, among the rest, a proclama-
tion in the Polish language exciting the peasant, to
revolt against the Government fur rk fusing them the
rewards which they merited for their late conduct."
The same journal states that the Austrian Govern-
ment disapproves highly of the intention expressed by
the PorE of dismissing his regiments of Swiss guards,
and it adds that Prince METTERNICH has made strong
representations to the Court of Rome on the subject.
The Congress of the Zollverein held its closing
sitting on the 19th, at Berlin. The advocates of an
increase in the Zollverein tariff have been defeated,
so that, notwithstanding the demands of the German
spinners, there will be no increase in the duties on
English thread. The British Consul-General at Leip-
sic, Mr. WARD, was present during the whole of the
sitting of the Congress.
On the 21st, the second Chamber of the Grand
Duchy of Baden decided in favour of a measure for
emancipating the Jews by a majority of 36 to 18.
The Emperor of RUSSIA. has dispatched M.
BLOUDOLF, his late Minister of Public Instruction,
on a mission to Rome. The Juris-consult FICHE,
who is devoted to the Roman Catholic interest in
Russia, accompanies M. BLOUDOLF.
4F
Madrid papers of the 21A have arrived.

Don FRANCISCO D'Assis is the object of attention
from all parties. N. SARTORIUS waited on him to
present to him the compliments of General NARNAEZ.
The Prince received him affably, and assured him
that he harboured no political resentments. The
Prince seems to be acting with great prudence, and
with the exception of the Tiempo, which
asserts that unexpected difficulties have sprung
up which are likely to put an end to the ne-
gotiations on the subject, all the papers seem
to consider that Don FRANCISCO stands an excellent
chance of being the husband of Queen ISABELLA.
On the 17th several persons were arrested at Bar-
celona, and placed at the dispos.:l of the Council of
War. On the same day several domiciliary visits
were made in the city, and seizures were made of
arms and ammunition. On the same day a riot
occurred at Santander, in consequence of the
arrest of the torreo CBICLANERO, who refused
to appear at a bull fight. The people attempted to
rescue him from the guards, who charged them with
their bayonets, and two persons were wounded. The
Political Chief afterwards published a proclamation,
explaining the facts of the case.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 21.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 34 for cash ; the Four per Cents., at
21i; the Five per Cents., at ; the Debt without
Interest, at 64 ; and the Coupons, at 20;.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
They, are almost wholly taken up with the report
of the first day's trial of HENRI'. During the pro-
ceeding 4, Mr. ConnEN was present, and according to
the France, made this remark to those who accompanied
him—" This is a madman, who is but too happy to
have found a pedestal for his folly, and persons in
their reason to listen to him." And Mr. COBDEN is
right. A lunatic asylum is the proper place for
HENRY. The trial which excited but little interest
was expected to be brought to a conclusion on Wed•

nesday.
The Chamber of D.puties was still occupied in
deciding disputed election returns. M. MATER, who
had promised to resign in a year in favour of a Legi-
titnati,t candidate, has been declared duly elected.
All the Opposition Members in the bureau voted in
his favour.

The Constitutionnel says, that after receiving the
address of the Chamber of Deputies, the KING will
return to the Chateau d'Eu, where he will be visited
by the Queen of ENGLAND.

PARIS, AUG. 26.—Five per Cents., 21f. 55c.; Three per
Cents., 83f. 70c ; Four per Cents., 108 f. ; Bank Actions,
3,4701. ; 11,mans, 102. ; Belgian Five per CeLts.,lB4o, 1023/4 ;
Spanish Three per Cents, 36%; Belgian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 100. Exchange on London, one month, money,
25f. 70e.; three months, money, 25f. 52 qc.
LATEST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 121 f. 65c. ; Three per
Cents., 83t. 65c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 27.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 1 4—Ditto (Espelete),
I—Dutch Rhenish, 5% —East Indian, X—Northern of France Con-
stituted, 13—Orleans and Bordeaux, B%—Paris and Lyons Consti-
tuted, 5%.

At a late hour we received a file of American
papers to the 15th instant, being fifteen days later
than the last arrival. They were brought by the
Hibernia. We have no space for extracts, but they
contain no important intelligence.

A Commission from hi 'r Majesty, giving the Royal
Assent to certain Bills before Parliament, which was
sent from town last night to Osborne House, Isle of
Wight, for the royal signature, was received in town
this day.

MR. WALLACE, LATE M.P. FOR GREENOCIL—This
veteran reformer is at present on a tour in the Highlands,
and his countrymen are paying him everywhere that respect
which his services in the cause of social and political ameli-
oration so richly merit. On Monday the burgesses of
Dingwall presented him with the freedom of this burgh, and
on Wednesday the freedom of the burgh Of Inverness was
conferred on Mr. Wallace.
THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE STORM AT LEICE,TER.—

TjptiTtliePrese7Ctitneactive measures have been going on
for the purpose of raising the necessary fund for the repara-
tion of the extensive damage done to St. George's Church,
Leicester. The estimated amount of damage done (as far as
the architect can at present determine) is 2,3001. A meeting
was recently held of the noblemen and gentlemen of the
county and town, at which Earl Howe presided, and it was
unanimously resolved to enter into a subscription for the
restoration of the church. About one-third of the sum re-
quired was speedily subscribed. Amongst the contributors
were his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Howe,
the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Stamford, the Bkhops of
Peterborough and Lincoln. and a long array of the leading
names of the town' and county.
FURNITURE BROKERS' LENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—

On Thursday the sixth annual meeting of the members of
this institution, which was established for the purpose of af-
fording relief to members of the trade who may be overtaken
by distress, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern,
Strand, Mr. J. F. Kelly.in the chair. According to the re-
port the institution was progressing in a satisfactory manner.
[he receipts during theyear amounted to 1,333/.. which made
the total sum at the disposal of the committee 1,7771. 9s.••'
deducting a small expenditure, a balance of 1,097/. remained.
The invested stock amounts to 883/. After the election of
one person to an annuity of 151., the meeting separated.
ORDINATION.—OR Friday. the 24th ult., the Right
Rev. the Bishop of Glasgow held an ordination in Christ
Church, Glasgow, when Alex. J. D. D'Orsey, of Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge, Master of the English Depart-
ment in the High School of Glasgow, was admitted into holy
orders. Prayers were read by the Rev. C. F. R. Smith,
minister of Christ Church. The sermon was preached by
the Rev. Isaac Ilitchin, 'M.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge.
The candidate was presented by the Very Rev. the Dean of
Glasgow. and the oaths were administered by Archibald
Alison, Esq. Most of the Episcopal clergy o f Glasgow,
Greenock, Paisley, Ayr, and Ilamilton, were present. We
understand that the Rev. Mr. D'Orsey will shortly take
charge of a congregation in the western suburbs of Glasgow.
—Glasgow Courier.
SCULLERS' NIILICII —Thursday afternoon the scullery'
match, for 101. a side, between Maxwell, of the Custom. house
stairs, and Doyle, of Hungerford, to row from Battersea-
bridge to Hammersmith Church, a distance of four miles and
a half, was decided. Betting was 6t04 in favour of Doyle,
and considerable sums depended on the event. The start
took place at five o'clock, both men getting away well
together ; Doyle, however, gradually drew away from his
opponent, was three boats' length ahead in a quarter of a
mile, ultimately winning by 100 yards.
oeffinteserbyL
d e rieNdgctolin:
Mr. Steele, the medicalT
Mr. Assistant-Commissioner Hall instituted some further in-
quiries
in all
WORKIIOUSE.—On Thursday
Into the conduct of Mr. Burroughs, the master of the
Lewisham workhouse, the former inquiry not being coma-
his assistant,
were the principal witnesses examined, and their evidence
was, that the woman Margaret Stevens had informed them
ft thletePu°l-ni,a7v with
that she had had illicit connexion with the master; these
assertions were, however, positively denied by Margaret Ste•
rens. The master again entered into a defence of his con-
duct, and a crimmation of the schoolmistress. It is believed
that the inquiry is now finally closed.
FLEET STREET.- Thor-day the portion of Fleet• strt et
front Tanple•Lar to Fetter-lane, which having been re-paved,
was passable as a carriage thoroughfare, was again clotted to
remedy some defect in the stone work.

PROROGATION

MONEY •and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of last Night.)

There was a good demand for Cotton at Liverpool
yesterday. Sales 7,000 bales, about 1,000 of which
were on speculation and for export. The demand was
good both for export and the trade. Shares were dull
again.

In our Afternoon Edition of yesterday we gave the im-
portant announcement that the Directors of the Bank
of England had confirmed a resolution, passed, we
understand, by a large majority of the General Board,
which was held yesterday week. It is not necessary to
repeat again the notice. Opinions are very much
diversified as to what may be the result of this
change. Comparatively slight it unquestionably
is, but with all the elements of an increase of trade st,y
the active operation of the new tariff—the saaintainance
of friendly relations with all foreign powers—with a
rapid increase in the circulation of notes by the Bank,
and an unexampled stock of bullion—very many sound
men, in their opinions, look with some jealousy
to the consequences which may possibly result from
lowering of the rate of interest, the more so, as appre-
hensions are entertained in but allimited circle, that calls
for extension of railways must place the money market
in an unfavourable position. To our minds, however,
experience will show a state of things precisely
the reverse. So far from money being ex-
pended upon railways being a drag upon the
circulation, it must tend to give increased vitality to
the movements of the Directors of the Bank of England.
It would be, indeed, a waste of time to attempt to argue
the right of the directors to suit themselves, as
a Bank of issue, to the wants of the times, its
safe position being considered ; and although in
contradistinction to the repeated assertions of a leading

journal, that the reduction now made would tend to in-

jury, not to the advantage of the commercial body ; the
alteration is, upon the whole, considered sound in prin-
ciple, and no question must tend to help on the full de-
velopement of the advantages expected by the passing of
the Corn and Sugar Bills.

There are no late Colonial arrivals announced in the
City this morning.
Consols for the Account have been very firm this
morning at 96i and for immediate transfer at 95i, a
f.ll of one quarter per cent. on the opening value. Ex-
chequer-bills reached 2Us. prieuilina tu-dts.,, but, me now
at 16s. Bank Stock commands 209. India Bonds are
at 28s. premium.
Mexican Bonds have remained at about 24 ;
Spanish Three per Cents. at 37 ; the Four-and-a-Half
per Cents at 971 ; and the Four per Cents at 94.
The Share Market is very firm this morning, and a
good deal of business is in progress.
BRITISII FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. 209 209
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96% lA 9614
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96% 95% 96
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 98% 14 9814
Long Annuities, Expire •Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 % 10%
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. •• 105 1-16 10 1-16
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto, under 1,000/. ..
Consols for Oct. 14
Exchequer Bills.
1,0001. „„
SOU • .
Ditto. Small

.. • . 96%%
d.
.... 20 16 pm. 20
.... 20 pm. 20
.... 15 20 pm. 20
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICEc.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 89% 89%
Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent .. .. 24% % 243{
Portuguese Four per Cent •• 42%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 25,8
Ditto, for the Account .. 26
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 37 3678
Dividends on the above payable in Lendon.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97m 97
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 5934
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9433 94%
PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. 15 .... 8% 931 ...... 9%
Amber., Notting., Boston, and

96%

Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 2% 2
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. .. 128 ..
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 66% .
Bristol and Gloucester .. .. 30 .... 51
Buckinghamshire 425. .... dis % die.
Caledonian .. 20 .• • • 1614 .. • •

2
128
_6_ %

Ditto. Half Shares
Cambridge and Oxford
Chester and Holyhead
Cornwall ..

1%....
......
5 .... 1

,

COURT CIRCV
Viscount Falkland bad an audience of the Queen, on
Thursday, at Osborne House, on his return from his
Government, at isT,Jvv, Scotia. The Noble Vi:count bad
also the honour to kiss "ca,,.ds on being appointed Captain
of the Yeoman Guard, and received from her Ilajesti
his Gold Stick of Office.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
the Lady in Waiting to the Queen, and the La,ly
in
Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, went on Thursday
afternoon, in the char-a-bane, to St. Clair. The Ha.
Captain Gordon attended on horseback.
The royal children walked and rode in the pleasure..
grounds of 0-borne House in the afternoon.
The royal dinner party at Osborne House in the
evening included her Royal Hivhn• as the Duchess of
Kent, his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and the Earl and Countess 0.
Wilton.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con'
sort took their early walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
airings yesterday forenoon.
The Hon. Miss Napier, one of the Maids of HOW
in Waiting to the Queen, kit Osborne House yesterday
afternoon.
The Royal Pavilion at Brighton—The following offi-
cial order was issued yesterday :
" Lord Chamberlain's Office,
August 28, 1846.
" Notice is hereby given, that the Pavilion at Brigir
ton will be closed to visitors, and that no orders to vie°,
the same c m be available after Saturday, the sth 01
September next."
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied hi
her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, arrived e$
her residence, Marlborough House, Pall-mail, at ten
minutes before one o'clock yesterday afternoon, frost,
the Hague. His Serene Highness Prince Edward el
Saxe Weimar accompanied his august relative.
Her Majesty landed at Woolwich yesterday morning,
from Rotterdam, attended by Viscount and Viscount, se
Barrington, Captain Taylor, Sir David Davies, and the
Rev. J. R. Wood.
The Princess of Prussia was attended by the Counts'

LAB

Direct Northern .. 231 .... 1% g lye
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... 414 ••.. • 414
Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 2314 23
Ditto New .. 10/. 165..... 7% p•• • • . 7% p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 138. 4d. -
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 34
Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 24% . .
East Lancashire .. • • .. 14 .• • • 22 34 23% •• • •
East Lit tcolnshire 114 %
Edinburgh and Northern .. 10 .... 10
Edinburgh and Perth .• 3 .... 3%
Goole, Doncast., and -heffield, &c. 425..... 31 dis 34 t s
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .... t,
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 29
Great North of England . ..100 .... - -
Ditto, New .. 15 . 51 .. •
Great Western ' 85 .. 148 144
Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 8.134 . 8314
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 • ... 2314
Hull and Selby .. .. • • 50 .... 104
Ipswich and Bury St.Edmunds .. 9 .... 814 8%
Ditto, ditto • • .. 21x1 .... 234
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 45 .... 64 V, • •
Ditto New .. 5 .. • . 1034
Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 2G .... 69
Leicester and Bedford 225. % dis.- dis
Leicester. Tamworth, &c. 42e. .... 38 dis % dls
Liverp., Manch., & NeWC• Junct. 234 -
London and Croydon ..131. 15s. 9d .. 2314'14
London an , North-Western . ..100 206%
Ditto ditto New Shares • • .. - 16 15% p 15%
London and South•Westem • • 41/. 6s. 10d.•. 74
Ditto, New .. • . 1731.... 2614.. ..... . • 261.,
London and York .. 214 .4 .• 2 „
Londonderry and Coleraine .. 1234 .. 531 .• •
Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 ....11414 1143
Ditto, Quarters .. 2 .... 8
Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... 11% 1114
Ditto Extension .. 425. .... 2%% p.... • • 2% p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 78 78
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 5 •••• 13% .. 13%
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% .. • • .• •
Midland ..100 .. • 140 139.• ••• • • • 139
Ditto, New .. .. 24 .• .. 3734 37 ••• • • • 37
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 ....115 113. •
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 4314 43 .. • •
Ditto, New . 1 .... 1114 . •• •
Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 .... 28%4% .. • •
Norfolk .. • • .. 20 .... 26
3.4
Ditto, Extension . .. 2 .. %•••• • • .. 2 %
North British .. 25 .... 3834 3914 •• • • 3914
Ditto, Half Shares • • 11 •• • • 17 16%
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 14 .... 4% •.••• • • • • • 4%
North Staffordshire 425. •• .. 3% 43% p 314 i
Oxford,Worcest.. & Wolverhmptu. 1234 .... 831. •• • .... •• 831
Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • 3% •• • • 5 •••• • • • •
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. •• • • 1% dis
Richmond .. .. • • • • • • 10 •• • • 19 ••• • • • .... 19
Scottish Central .• • • • 12% •• • • 19%,..... • 19%
Ditto New . •• •• •• 2114 .... 9% 9%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%...• 3 2% 3% • ... 34;
Shropshire Union . 423. % % dis.
South Midland 425. -
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. •. 44 43% 44 .. 4414
Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 ... 26 .......... 26
Do.. New (do. 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 18 1714
Do., New (do. 151.) No. 4. 231 .... 314 ...... •• ..
South Wales 5 .... 4143 • •
Vale of Neath .. 2 .... 134 ..... 1
Warwickshire and London • .. 425..... %di
Welsh Midland .. • • • • 2% •• • • %•••• • • • • •
West Riding Union .. .. 425. • . 314 4 334 p.. 334 p
York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... - -
Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 4631 • • 46.. •• ~ •... 46% 46%
Ditto. Extension • • .. 20 .... 394 ........ 394
E, and W. Riding Eaten... I •• . • 13% %

r
231,

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. .. .. 14 .... 13% % ........ 131 A
Bord., Toul., & Cette Mackenzie) 2 .... ..... .... •
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 114 .......... IU,
Dutch Rhenish .. .. .. .. 6 .... 6 ..
East In it& , .. . .. .. .. 55. .... % ••
Luxembourg .. .. .. .. 4 .... .. ••••• • .• . IN
Namur and Liege ......6 .... ••••• • • • • • 2%
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .• .. 13% % ..... •• • 1314
Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 8% ..... .
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5" 6%
Paris and Rouen .. .. .. .. 20 .• • • •••.• • • . •• 3714
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .. .. 4% %.... ..
Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .. .. •..... ..
MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered —•• .. •••••• • • • 3%
SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.
At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale of Railway Shares
yesterday the business went off with great spirit, and
almost all the shares offered were sold. The following
are a few of the principal sales:—
Vale of Neath £1 4 6
Great North of India 0 5 6
Grand Union

Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
Northern and Southern Connecting
Dublin and Galway ••• 1 13 6
West Riding Union ' 5 3 6
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield 0 17 0
East Indian 0 17 0
Buckinghamshire 1 17 0
Direct Northern 1 15 0
Over Yssel
Eastern Counties, York Extension ......
Norfolk Extern. to Norwich and Brandon 2 4 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 3 4 6
London and Blackwall, New .........
Birmingham and Oxford Junction .....
Cornwall and Devon Central
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham 0 11 0
Shropshire Union and Canal
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ... ........
Newcastle and Darlington, Brandling....• 42 10 0
Churnet and Blythe
... London and York, Halves ............... 118 0
.... 1 15 0
Louvain ala Sambre ........................ I 8 0
Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tune 2 0 0
Great Eastern and Western ................. 1 0 0
Reading and Reigate
••
Dutch Rhenish
Taw Vale Extension and Dock 0 12 0
London, Hounslow, and Western
London and York
West Riding Union
South and Midland
South Union and Manchester, Remanets 0 1 6

COURSE OF EXCIIA•
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 9y4
Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 6%
Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 10
Antwerp.... 26 20
Flamburgh M.B. 13 15%
Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 85
Ditto, 3 months...... 26 15
Marseilles .•.. • . 26 20
80urt1eaux......... • • 26 20
Fr:tuition oa Maine.... 122%
retersburgh, 3 U 5.... .•
Berlin ....... •• • •
Vienna, e free. rlo ••• • • • 10 15
Trieste, ditto.... • .. 10 14
Madrid • • 35%
Cadiz .• •.. ........ 36
Bilbao.. • • • • .. • • • • • • • •
Barcelona
Seville.. • ..... • .......

.NGE.----(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar. . -
Leghorn
-
Gen0a.....• ............ •• .. 26 20
Milan .. •• .. .•
•• •• • • • •

Venice.... .. . .•....•
Naples
Palermo, per oa . 1194
5214
()port° ............... 52Xi
Rio .Janeiro .... • • 24

DIED.—On the 27th i,
Pall-Mall, Edward Boyd, Esq.
of Wigton, North Britain, in t

Itahia ........ • • • • •• •-

Haack and Count Puckler.
Earl Howe (Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Dowsreq'
the Earl of Denbigh (Master of the Horse), Mr. Be".
ford, his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian
Minister •, the Chf,valier Reumont, Secrt-tary of Legge
tion ; and Baron Witzleben (of the household of the.,f
Princess of Prussia), received the Queen Dowager fo
the Princess of Prussia on their landing at Woolvvicu,
and attended the illustrious party to town.
His Excellency Prince Callimaki, Envoy Extroordi*
awl minister Plenipotentiary from the Sublim!
Ottoman Porte to the c;oui t of St. James's, arrive"
yesterday, at the Turkish Embassy, in Bryanstone
square. His Excellency is accompanied by his Lady'
Princess Callimaki and suite.
The Hon. Mr. Bruce, from Hong-Kong, had an inter-
view with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.„,
The Solicitor-General had an interview with Sir U•
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Colonel Cavendi6
had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentlerattl.ll
Mr. Archibald Boyd had an interview yesterday
Earl Grey at the Colonial-office.
Baron de Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted

business yesterday at the Foreign-office. '
The Milbank Prison Commission had a meeting Y

terday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall.
Mr. Pigot had an interview yesterday with Sir °.
Grey at the Home-office.
Dispatches from the Governor of New South Wald
were received yesterday at.the Colonial-office.
The Earl and Countess Spencer have left town for ale
season.
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward and Lady Kerrisot
held their annual rural fete on Thursday, at Otildel
Park, when the neighbouring gentry and the tenant]
were invited to assemble to witness the prizes awaruna
by the visiting committee to their cottage gardeners 0
labourers for good conduct, cultivation, and industs
The happy party amounted to one thousand, and 0' of
partaking of a good dinner and enjoying the aporssu,
the evening, re turned to their homes in order and 010
fulness for the encouragement and assistance sh°
to them.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
CANTERBURY RACES.—ThunsDAY. 70,
The Sweepstakes of 1 sov. each, and 20 added, two 014,
were won in three heats by Mr. Wotton's br f by Leaauo
out of Susan Watch, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b, beating Mr. MinPos
Lap Dog, 3 yrs, 7st 81b ; Mr. Sherrard's Petrowna. 4 Yr",d
61b, and Mr. Rowe's The Haunch, 6 yrs, lOst 31b, a"
dead heat between Petrowna and Lap Dog.
The Members' Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, one mile-and-a' b!Ill
Mr. Cooke's Auld Lang Syne, 6 yrs, 9st 61b ...... $
Mr. Sherrard's Petrowna, 4 yrs, 7st 3 dr
Mr. Minter's .Lap Dog, 4 yrs, Est 71b
Mr. Rowe's The Haunch, 6, yrs. 7st 101 b

IPS W ICH RACES--.WEDNESDAY.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. 1 1
Lord Lonsdale's Jericho, 4 yrs, 9st llb (Bartholomew) 2 0
Hr. W. S. Stanley's Vakeel, aged, lOst 21b ......... $
Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss, 5 yrs,9st 11Ib 3 dt
Mr. Abel's Vakeel, aged, lOst 2lb .........................
~ke/
The Town Members' Plate of 50/., added to a Sweeps''
of 5 soy. each. Heats, two miles. 1 1
Hr. Arber's Caroline, 4 yrs (Bartholomew) 4 $
Hr. Argent's Alvanley, 5 yrs
Mr. West's African, aged
Mr. Theobald's Chemise, 4 yrs ......... ................................. 120 013
The Gentlemen's Purse of 251., added to a SweepS".
3 sous. each, &c. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Howie( t's Libation, 3 yrs
Mr. Theobald's Pigskin, aged (Clarrv) 12 01

TIICRSDAY.
•
The Count• Members' Plate of 51)/., added to a Sweepst4U

of 5 sous. each. Heats, two miles. 1
Mr. Arber's Caroline, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Bartholomew) I
2
Mr. Argent's Alvanley, 5 3 rs, Bst 71b
Theobald's Chemise, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
The Ipswich Stakes of 3 sovs. each,. and 25 added, +of
miles, were won in two beta by Mr. Howlett's Liba`lol
3 yrs, 7st. 51b. (Clarry), beating Pigskin, aged, Bst 71b,
Fancy Girl, 4 yrs, Bst 7113. were
The Hunters' Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, t
won in two heats by Mr. Sparrow's Tiucton, aged, Wade&
(Mr. Fortescue), beating Mr. Dixon's Sir Fretful, "
list 71b, Vakeel, aged, arid another.
HEREFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAY (coweLtipErtocti
The Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, and 20 added. Heat* -
round and a distance. 2 1
Hr. Davenport's Florine, 4 yrs, Bst lib (Denman) 1 1 5
Mr. Charlton's f, by Tallyrand, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b...... 0 3 S
Mr. Wall's ch c, by Coronation, 3 yrs, Gst I Ilb .. 2
0 dr
Mr. Powell's Miss Susan, 6 yrs, 9st 61b 1
hs11:
The Farmers' Stakes of 50/. Heats, one mile and a-0 I
Mr. Hawkins' Teresa, 5 yrs, list Blb (Hawkins) 0
Mr. Turner's Charity, 6 yrs, list 10Ib
Mr. Bo,ley's Miss Susan, 6 yrs, list
dr
0r dry
Mr. Pulling's Eve, aged, list 0
Mr. Davis's Mermaid, 6 yrs, lOst ..... 2 2Jr
Mr. Vever's Viscount, 5 yrs, lOst 12Ib

THURSDAY. oler
The City and County Gold Cup of 601., added to $1 S gar'
stakes (Handicap) of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and 5 only
1
dared. Three miles. (17 Subs., 5 paid.)
Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs ist 31b .......................... 8
Mr. Day named Regalia, 3 yrs, sst 51b .........................
Mr. Griffith'syrs, th's Foxwhelp, 4 7st 9lb ........ ...... *rr.oll4
Handicap of 3 soya. each and 30 added. •Heats, once
and a distance. (7 Subs.) 3 1 S
Mr. Wall's Zeta, 5 yrs, Bst
Mr. Bosley's Miss Susan 6 yrs, 7st 41b
Mr. Pearce's Foxberrv, aged, Bst 71b
The Selling Stakes (4'3 sous. each and 25 added. Beets °I) 1
round and a distance. ( 8 Subs.)
Mr. 011iver's Teresa, 5 yrs, 10st lib
Mr. Vever's Very Bad, late Colheiress, 6 yrsPili over) 1 'CI
5
Mr. Waller's g by Coronation, out of the Maid of 0
Hampton, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b 0
Mr. Pearce's Foxberrv, aged, 11st 31b
Mr. Holman's Chevy. Chase, 4 yrs, lOst 31b 2 50
A hurdle match for 1,000 guineas, between CSPt
Neville's The Miser's Son (011iver) and Captain NV
Limerick (Scott ), was won by the latter by a head. 00°
The Hurdle Stakes of 5 goys. each, and 25 add;,
mile and a half, 4 subs., were wonin three 11° S'
easily, bey
ti
Marshall's Gipsy Queen, 6 yrs, llst 101 b (011iver)?
ing Thurgarton, Very Bad, and Sparta.
STOCKTON RACES.—TnunsDAY. „ 211
100'
The Tees Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 20 added; Sim 1
old colts, Bst 41b ; and fillies Bst llb ; winners of
extra. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) .e)
Mr. Dawson's c by D'Egyille d by H. Clinker ...... (L)
Mr. Medley's Pocket Venus... •••"*. .. 4
Mr. H. Stebbing's Brodie .......................................
Mr. J. Scott's Melsa ...............................................

•
Mr. Jaques's Miss Martin .
Even on D'Egville Junior. Won cleverly. ,5 sot
The Member's Plate of 501., added to a handicap of J.vg V
each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared; the second to
, 1
stake. Twice round. (16 Subs., 8 paled.) cis.) 1
Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs ist 2lb ...(Fran
..„ 5
Mr. Bowes's Ukraine, 3 yrs, sst 91b ................... "' ~. 4
Mr. Bainbrigg's Lady Claremont, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ..... ."
Mr. Johnstone's Sir Henry, 4 yrs, ist ........... ...gll3' of
sto 4 agst Little Hampton. Won cleverly by •a
ieiltaB,,,,
The Corporation Plate, of 25 sous, added to a SweeP,s9"; 6 ti,
5 sous each. 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst ; 5 yrs, Bst 61',,' Loa -
9st 2lb ; and aged, Bst 121 b. Heats. Once roallu
distance. (3 Subs.) 1
Mr. Bowes' Forget-me-not, 3 yrs (Charlton) gdt
Mr. Fox's Waxholme, 3 vrs ........................• ...... A •
Won easy. 0061
The Tibbersley Stakes, of 10 sous each, h ft, and 1,5
~ lb;
for 3 vrs old, 9st 4lb ; 4 yrs, lOst 71b; 5 yrs, l'ss A b‘"'
yrs, list 71b; and aged, list 91b. One mile au I
(2 Subs.) Gentlemen riders. .
Mr., S. L. Fox's Psahnsinger, 4 yrs (Mr. Robinson)
....
Mr. Da wsort's Obscurity, .5 yrs ............... ..... ...........

A fine race.
HUNTINGDON RACES.—TiwnsDAY. tb°
The Hitchinbrook Plate of 501., for three yrs old. 04';
winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, once round. 1
Gen. Grosvenor's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs (Edwards) la 2 aCm.
Mr. Hobs:ilk's Chatham, 4 yrs, Bst 61b ........... 3 "--
:11r. Stevenson's f by Montreal—Balance, 3 yrs ••• 5 -
The Huntingdonshire Stakes of 20 soya. each, 10 f;,-01)54
only if declared, with 50 added. Two miles. I.'"1
9 of whom declared.) IY)
Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b ....... 'S
Lord Eglinton's Britannia, 4 yrs, 7st ...................
4
Mr. Wigram's Kesheng, 4 yrs, Bst 51b .... . : ............ .......
5
Colonel Peel's am-not-aware, aged, ist.l.olb ••• ........
..... 6
Mr. Ward nd Venus, 4 yrs, 7st .. . ......
Mr. Onslow's Ruff; 4 yrs, 7st 121 b•
.....
Won by a head, after a very fine race. The Will° g°
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added.
1
be sold for 300/. Heats, one mile. (6 Subs.) 3
Colonel Peel's Samphire, 3 yrs, Bst 211.1.......(Nat) I 1
Lord G. Benthick's Binnacle, Bst 81b......••• .. ....
:4 g
Mr. Thornhill nd Sharpshooter, Bst 81b.... ........... 4 4 a
Mr. Batten's Sir Harry Smith, Bst 41b............ ••" A 7 dr
Mr. Baring nd Sis to Redcap, Bst 21b .................. es
Sir. 13eretOrd's Nutleaf, Bst 51b.... ............am' ......... cledi
Two Years Old Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, cad.thl)
colts, Sat 71h; and fillies, Bst 41b. Last half-milP,.
0 1
saves his stake. (7 Subs.)
Colon,l Peel's Vert- Vert, Bst 41b ........... "*"..(Na-
........
Mr. Stevenson's Doctrine, Bst 91b ......
laria
ROBBERY AT MESSRS. BANBURY AND- C 0.75 .-the
) USE.— On Th urd ay information was forwarde4 janjot
rious fadice-stati,,ns, that on Wednesday a man, Dam 41'
Richardson, a messenger employed in the banking
MheMessrs
s ic
°ant di be
ud
r,
and silver ; 504 is offered for his apprehension.
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Buenos Ayres .. ••• • • •

New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .. • . • • • • • •
PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 317 5
New Doubloons .. .• .. 0 0 0
New Dollars •• . • 0 4 9%
Silver in bars .. .•. - • • 0 4 11%

Lnatant, at Waterloo-place,
~ of Merton-hall, in the county
Oho 76th year of his age.