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The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-29

COLONIAL,

TEA.—Very little business has been done in this article,
and quotations are unaltered. A moderate quantity is
advertised for public sale next week.
SUGAR.—The market has ruled exceedingly dull, and
prices generally have receded 6d to is per cwt on late rates
for the inferior kinds, but for the better qualities former
prices were realised. In the Refined market purchases
have been made with great caution, and holders have ap-
peared willing to accept lower terms. There have been a
few sales of crushed for exportation.
COFFEE.—Tbis article has been in rather less demand,
although the prices of most of the finer qualities continue
firm. At the late public sales fall rates were obtained for
both plantation and native Ceylon.
RICE.—The market has been rather active for fine clean
descriptions, at slightly improved rates, but for rough and
inferior qualities there is little demand, and prices have
been unaltered.

RUM.—The demand has been very limited, and prices
have been without alteration. Good Demerara 2s 5d to
2s 6d; mid to good Leeward, 2s 3d to 2s 4d per gallon.
SPIOES.—The market generally has ruled dull, and at
the late public sales previous prices were barely sustained.
GINGER has been steady, and fine Jamaica was in de-
mand at fully previous rates.
SALTPETRE has been firm, and fully former prices were
realised, particularly for the low refractions.
TALLOW—The market has been very flat, and prices
have declined to P.Y.C. on the spot 53s 6d -and last
months 50s 9d to 51s per cwt.

DONATION FROM THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.
The Glasgow Regatta Club having applied to the Em-
peror for a subscription, the following reply has been re-
ceived :—" Palais des Tuileries, Aug., 1856.—The Em.
peror is very happy to receive favourably the request
which you have advanced to him in the name of the Re-
gatta Club of Glasgow, and to subscribe for a sum of
501. sterling. I have the honour of remitting to you
that sum in order on the bank of Mesere..Devatts and
Co., London. Send you also the sheet on which his
Majesty has deigned to subscribe with his own hand the
amount of the subscription. I beg of you to inform me
of the receipt of this letter. Accept, sir, the assukance
of my esteem'',
London, England, 1856-08-29

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.

LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, soup, Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the boat safe-
guard to health.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street,
London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay
and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer-
chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce.
N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA
and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.
London, England, 1856-08-29

ROYAL THRATIE ADELPHI.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
IRELAND AS IT 13.

Followed by
DOMESTIC ECOSTOMY.

To conclude with
TEM; ASISTIR -I.NCE AND YANKEE MODESTY.

STR ‘ND TNEATRE.
Manager. Mr. T. Payne.
T EIIS EVENING.
TOE SPOILED (MILD.
Little Pickle • ..... Miss Sanger.

Followed by
" THAT HOUSE IN HlGrif STREET."
Co!cutel Maitiand....Mr. Stuart.

The Sabot and Alliance Dances, by Sidles. Christine and Agnes•

After which,
TWO PRECIOUS SCOUNDRELq.
Messrs. Sidney, Howard, and Elerbert.
Mons. Fllll3 and Family.

To conclude with
THE STATUE V'EIL
Commence at half•past 7.
3s.—Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is —Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manazer. Mr. Alfred Wigan.

VHS EVENING

TIIE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

After which.
MEDB A.
To conclude with
SHOCKING EVENTS.

AiTLErg ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manner. Sir. Wm. Cooke.
Shakspeare's Richard the Third illustrated.
THIS EVENING,
The highly succeasflil production, Shakspeare's RICHARD THE
THIRD, with equestrian effects unprecaleated, imposing tableau of
the " Death of White Surrey," Battle of Bosworth Field, &c.

After which,
The ACTS of HORSEMANSHIP in the CIRCLE.
To coaclikle with a round of varied entertainments.
Rex-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Jun.

HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAT—Morn. 20 min. aft. I—Evening 41 min. aft. 1
'rc►-blosaow—Morn. 1 min. aft. 2 —Evening 19 min. aft. 2

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFIOE, AUGUST 29.
THIMMONETER, IN THZ SNIDE.
71—highest since noon yesterday. ,
53 —lowest this morning and during the night.
70 —this day at noon.
PAlOuitTler, 30.02—rising.
WIND. W.N.W.—Light, with dull, sultry weather.

STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN."

The Latest Edition of The Suit, Stamped, in
time for Post, may always be had from half-
past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening.
Subscribers in the Country will please to
observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION"

is always to be seen on the papers containing
the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced
in obtaining that Edition, a communication to
The Sun, Office will remedy it.

Sun Office, 112, Strand.
London, England, 1856-08-29

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By Command of the Pogtmaster-General.
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, 26th Aug., 1856.

Ceylon
India ..

CHANGES IN THE APPROACHES TO LIVERPOOL-At the
meeting of the Liverpool D,ck Committee yesterday,
the m trine surveyor, Lieut. Parkes, submitted hie survey
of the northern approaches to Liverpool, executed during
the eeason 1856. In consequence of changes in the chan-
nel, the marine surveyor suggests the following altera-
tions in the lighting and buoyage of the pool,—That the
light at present exhibited in Formby Lighchou-•e be dis•
continued, and Crosby Lighthouse brought into use ;
that the Formby Lightship be shifted about half a mile
S.S.E. B. from its present position ; that the NH
Beacon be shifted 400 yards to the northwar•i. These
three objects to form a leading line up the Victoria
Channel over the deepest part of the west middle into
the Crosby Channel ; and that the limits of the anal
water on eith• r side of this line be further defined by
additional buoys to be placed on each side of the bight
formed by the Victoria Channel in the west middle shoal.
With respect to these and other changes, the chairman
observed 'that the suggested changes should be carried
into effect as soon as poseible,
London, England, 1856-08-29

BOROUGH HOP.

As picking has been commenced our market for all kinds
of hops of last year's growth is heavy, and the quotations
are almost nominal. The late rains appear to have much
injured the colour of the hops, yet a large growth is ex-
pected. Duty about 285,0001.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 31 8s to 6/ Os per cwt ;
Weald of Kent, 310 s to 51 Os ; Sussex, 2/ 18s to 41 12s.
London, England, 1856-08-29

ROYAL PRINCESS'S 'I FIXATRII.
TMs Theatre will Open for the Season on Monday next, Feptember
the Ist, when will be presented (first time under the present manage-
ment) Sheridan's tragic rlay of

Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET.
Under bite Management of Mr. Backstons.

THIS EVENING,
sECOND LOVE.
Followed by
The Spanish Dancers.

After which,
PRESENTED AT COURT.
To conzlude with
THE SPANISH SERJEANT.
London, England, 1856-08-29

STATE OP TRADE.

MANCHESTER, AUG. 29.
The continued wet weather acts depressingly on the
market, and there is but a limited business in cloth,
especially for fabrics suitable for Tndia and China, which
are consequently rather easier to buy. Printers and some
other kinds are steadier in price, and a demand springs
up from day to day sufficient to keep stocks moderate.
In yarns there is some demand for Germany, the Medi-
terranean, and Russia, as well as from manufacturer=,
and prices are supported, but the trade is far from
brisk,

NOTTINGHAM, THURSDAY.
The lace trade is qui,et, plain goods being most in de-
mand, with a scarcity in supply. For cotton quiltings
there still continues a good inquiry. In other descrip-
tions of goods there is not much doing. The unsettled
state of the weather I las some influence, and there is
little doubt that with a good harvest we should have a
very brisk trade. In. hosiery there is a good average
business doing for t'ae season, with satisfactory pm-
snects. Workmen are, well employed at good wages.
Yarns and silks firm.
London, England, 1856-08-29

Country Mitrketi

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DERBY SAIITFIFIELD.—AuGt.
Thero was a good supply of fat beasts today, and
i
well sal, but several lots remained on hand. Sheep and
lambs wore about the average, without any alteration in
price. The show of fat and store calves was good. FA'
pigs again scarce.

The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 6.,a;
mutton, 6;d to 7d ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 6d tc 6.d per
lb. ; pigs, ,Os 6d to —3 Od per score ; rough fat, 53 0.1 t 00
per 141 b. ; hides, 4d to 41d per lb ; calf-skins, 5d to 0 I
per lb.
London, England, 1856-08-29

Just published, price Nine Shillin;s, Part V.,

OLD TESTAMENT SERIES of SCRIPTURE
PRINTS, from the Frescoes of Raphael in the Vatican.
Edited by JAMES R. HOPE SCOTT, D.C.L. Containing
Fall of Jericho
Samuel Anointing David
Joshua Commanding the Sun and Moon to Stand still
David Slaying Goliath
Division of the Land by Lot
Jud,;ment of Solomon.
Parts I. to IV., at the same price, may be had, each containing
SIT Royal Plates.
-London : lloulston and Stoneman, Paternoster-row ; W. Gregg,
183, Regent-street ; and J. W. Parker, Oxford.

The Third Edition. Just Published, price -55., by post, free, ss. 6d.'
ON TRUE lz FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA,
with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the
Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread
Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.
" Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi-
sal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi-
:al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any
Jther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor-
rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,'
and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book
could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the cont
plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would
to saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of
'ZS3 importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize—
much money...... This volume is well qualified to put au end to the
empirical system of treating Spermatorrhoefs, and to place the treat-
ment upon a more rational and phydological basis. It is, therefore,
ikely,to do much good."—Medical Circular.
London: H. Bali:ere, 219, Regent-street.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on MONDAY, the Ist
of September, the WILTS and SOMERSET BRANCH of the Great
Western Railway will be opened to Yeovil for the conveyance of Pas-
senzers, Parcels, Carriages, and Horses.
For particulars of trains see the Company's Time Bill, to be ob-
tained at the Paddington station and .at the booking offices.
Paddington, Aug. 28,1856.
London, England, 1856-08-11

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.

FARRINGDON•STREET EXTENSION—NEW VICTORIA.•
STREET.—During the past week the barriers have been re-
moved on the completion of the roadway of the new street
from Farringdon-street to Coppice row, near Clerken-
well Workhouse, so that this thoroughfare is now opened
throughout for the passage of vehicles as well as for
general traffic. The pavement of the footway is entirely
completed and the paving of the carriage road will now
be proceeded with after as little delay as possible. Vic-
toria-street is intersected by three transverse main lines
of street, as well as by other subordinate approaches.
The first main line is a continuation of Charles-street,
which proceeds from Cow-cross, passing Hatton garden
to Brooke-street, Holborn. The second is parallel there-
with from St. Peter's Church, Saffron-hill, and eventually
will be continued in a direct line through Wilderness-
row to Old-street ; and•the third will run from Clerken-
well-green through Brook-hill, Vine-street, and Hatton-
wall, when, after crossing Leather-lane, it will join
the line which is formed by Portpool-lane to Gray's-
inn. Adjacent to the new street, and on the eastern
side thereof, lies a large portion of the land which
will be required in the execution of the new Metropo-
litan Railway, leading from the Post-office, by Clerk-
enwell-prison to Paddington, and for the purchase of
which that company are now in treaty. Clerken-
well-prison eventually is designed to form the principal
coal station of the metropolitan railway. The area of this
site is about 81 acres, and conditional agreements have
been entered into between the magistrates of the county
for taking the property upon certain conditions, among
which it is stipulated that a new county prison shall be
constructed, which shall accommodate the same number
of prisoners, and shall be erected upon a site to be ap-
proved of in a more open part of the county, where land
is not as valuable as in Coldbath-fields. Tower-hill.—
In order to facilitate the traffic proceeding to the Landon
and St. Katharine•dock from the west-end and City,
through Thames-str9et and Great Tower-street, over
Tower-hill, the barriers have been removed and the gates
opened which have so long closed the passage across
Tower-hill. Under the present arrangement the to
the eastward is directed to pass through George-street,
while the western passes through Postern-row. T"lsi°
Head Tavern has been erected opposite the Tower at the
eastern corner, near the Minories, under the direction
of Mr. Hill; and other alterations are in progress this
et
locality. Under the present arrangement the in
circuitous
route of Leadenhall-street, Aldgate, ande ev he f
Minoriesapor ien is,
avoided, and these thoroughfares arer
more particularly of their heavy traffic.—Building News.
lit ed

CARLTSLE AND SILLOTH BAY RAILWAY.—The works
on this railway are now rapidly drawing to a close. In
a day cr two it is expected that an engine will be able
to run along the entire line from silloth to Carlisle.
_ _
London, England, 1856-08-11

7BEEDOM OF THE PRESS IN SCOTLAND.

(From the Examiner.)

The prosecutton of the
on
leading liberal paper
of the North, the Scotsman, following
though
late
proceedings nearer home, shows that official
informations may not be filed against the press in
three days, its freedom is not entirely out of dan-
ger. If it has no longer to dread the central power
of the prerogative as handled by a tyrannical At-
torney-Goneral, it has to encounter aguerilla war-
fare dangerous in proportion to the skill, vigilance,
and malice that may happen to be embarkedlc airiet:
Though the great tyrant has disappeared, the petty
tyrant of the fields—or of the streets, as it may be
—has been permitted to assume his place, from a
kind of etiquette which juries
a have fallen into, of
awarding damages against newspaper, whenever
they are requested to do so by a prosecutor backed
by an expensive body of counsel. Let us see how
the case referred to exemplifies this danger.
A clever, well-conducted, prosperousY citizen
who
a
takes a large share in public business,
trans-
acts it well. He gains golden opinions
nd
from
classes of his fellow citizens ; a few only, pro-
fess to see deeper into motives than their
neigh-
bours can, excepted. After years of steadyhim
perse-
verance in well-doing, he has formed around
a considerable body who are enrolled under his
banner, take his name, and adopt their actions as
his own.
But as this band of followers enlarges, more
mysterious symptoms strengthen the suspicions
of the doubters, and enlarge their numbers. After
a succession of secondary suspicious movements, a
daring feat is performed by the tribune of the
Pe°Ple, in the exercise of his power. One of the
most illustrious men of ' his day is mysteriously
thrown out of the representation of a community
in every way congenial to him, and a man of ob-
-suresjActability is placed iu his stead. The
worldm is for the time entirely at a loss to know why
Mr. Macaulay lost Edinburgh ; and the chief
instrument of his rejection even assumes a Cato-
like austerity,
as the painful act of severity had
been prompted by if
reasons
they of a
highly honourable to
kind t
himself, were
was
explained, when,
be proclaimed.
The mysterywhen, on a subse-
quent vacancy occurrin,, it was announced one fine
morning to the electors of Edinburghb that Mr.
DuncanM‘Laren had consented to put in nomi-
nation as their representative. A
previously
light was
thus poured on all which had beennEitheriutsly dark.
Ent the coup was a failure. wastoo
m early or it was too late. The locum tote wI had
been put in, having acquired a taste for beilva
member of Parliament, would not move out ; and
the the citizens of Edinburgh, wondering by what de-
vices they had been influenced at the previous
election, brought back Macaulay to his seat with
acclamation.
The fruit of long years of patient management
was thus snatched hopelessly away, for the mask
had been thrown aside, and there was no longer a
chance for him who had so successfully worn it.
London, England, 1856-08-11

FR MAJESTY'S THEATRE.,
LAST FAREWELL NIGHTS at REDUCED PRICES.,
PICCOLOMINI— ROSATI—LE CORSAIRE.
TO MORROW EVENING (TUESDAY, August 12)
LA TRAVIATA.
Violetta, bldlle. Picculounlyi.
THURSDAY, August 14,
DON PASQUALE.
Norma, Mdlle. Piccolontini.
SATURDAY, August 16, LAST NIGHT.
To conclude with, each evening, the new grand Ballet of
LE CORSAIRS. Medora, Madame Rosati.
Reduced Prices :—Three Pair, 1/. ls. Two Pair, 1/. lls. 6d.
Int and One Pair, 21. 12s. 6d. Grand Tier, 3/. 3s. Pit, ss.
Gallery Loxes, 15s. Gallery Stalls, ss. Gallery Side Stalls,
3s. 6d. Gallery, 2s. 6d,
The free list suspended, the public press excepted.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Bucketona.

THIS EvErn-sa,
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.

After which
The Spanish Dancers.
Followed by
SHE LITTLE TREASURE.

To eon:Jude with
TEM POSTMAN'S KNOCK.

ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI.
n0151'1140! and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
PAUL PRY.
Followed by
IRISH AMITE kNCE AND YANKEE MODESTY.

To conclude with
OUR GAL.

1101rAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET,
Under the Management of Mr. CUARLES ICUs.
THIS EVENING,
MUSIC 11,ITH CHARMS.
After whim,
THE WINTER'S TALE.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan.

THIS EVENING
THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

After which,
MEDEA.

To conclude with
THE WELSH GIRL.

ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee an 4 Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
Shakespere's RICHARD THE THIRD, compressed into 3 acts
Tntroduction'of Mr. W. Cooke's stud of highly trained horses—Death
of White Surrey—Grand tableau of eight noble steeds lying dead
in " the Battle of Bosworth Field," with other stupendous equestrian
effects.
London, England, 1856-08-11

SOUTHWARK.

ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.—EmiIy Davis, a decent-looking
female, about 0 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Combo, charg,-%1 with attempting to commit suicide by
taking a large quantity of laudanum.
Thomas Curtis, police-constable, 78 L, said that on
Wednesday night he saw the prisoner lying on the pave-
ment in Stamford-street, insensible. Thinking that she
was under the influence of liquor he attempted to rouse
her up, but he found it was utterly useless, and she
seemed as if she was dead. He immediately obtained
the assistance of other constables and carried her to a
neighbouring surgeon's, when it was suspected that she
had taken poison. The stomach-pump was instantly
used, when a large quantity of laudanum was ejected
from the stomach, and in a short time she sufficiently re-
covered to be conveyed to the workhouse, where she had
remained until the present time, when he took her into
custody for attempting to commit suicide. The officer
added that she was still in an extremely weak state from
the effects of the poison.

Mr. Combe asked the prisoner why she attempted
such a rash act ?—She replied in a very weak voice that
she did not know. She was very ill and unable to

speak.

- Mr. Combe inquired of the constable whether he knew
anything of her l—lie replied that he believed her to be
the wife of a respectable man, and that drunkenness had
caused her to take the laudanum. At present he had
not been able to find out anything more about her.
Mr. Combo directed him to make further inquiries,
and for that purpose he should remand her for a week,
when she would raceive every attention from the medi-
cal officer and the authorities of the gaol. She was im-
mediately removed by the gaoler and taken to Horse-
mongerlane gaol.
London, England, 1856-08-11

THE ENGLISH LAKES.--The HOLLINS
and LOWTHER HOTEL, GRA SMERE.—This beautiful and
favourite resort of Tourists and Visitors to the rake District is now
open for the accommodation of the public.
The above house and Establishment will he found worthy of
notice, being conducted on economical principles, and in the collo
of the Lake District; the views from which cannot be equalled.
The Mountains behind the house may be ascended through the
Plantations belonging to the Proprietor, in about twenty minutes
from whence may also be seen Nine different Lakes and f arns, es
also most of the notable Monntans in the locality, with Morecombe
Bay in the distance, which most of the guide books have omitted to
mention.

ALBERT SMITH'S MONT FLAN(',
.Ivlls_ TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except aturday),
at 8 o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornixigs at 3.
stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly'.

DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentl.Pmen
only) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models
and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in
health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12.
2, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SMXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and
highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery
by Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One shilling.
London, England, 1856-08-11

PUBLICATIONS.

Now ready,ln 1 vol., with 1,500 Engravings of Arms,
THE PEERAGE and BARONETAGE
for 1856.

By Sir BERNARD BURKE, Ulster King of Arms.
New Edition, corrected from the personal gommunications of the
Nobility, &c.
" The best genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and
baronctage, and the first authority on all questions affecting the
.aristocracy."— Globe.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

In course of publication, price ss. each, a series of
...„

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS of hiVING
CELEBRITIES.

By 3[&ULL and POLYBLANIC.
With appropriate Biographical Notices.

- Already puhlisbed—
No. 1, containing Professor OWEN, P.R.S., &e.
No. 2, „ The Right Hon. 'P. D. NI AOAUL SY.
No. 3, „ ROBT. STEPHENSON, ESQ., M PULS., &C,
No. 4, • „ • J. A ItO !BUCK, Esq., 51. P., &a.
Maull and Polyblank, 55, Graceehurch-street ; David Bogue, 86,
Fleet-street, and all book and printsellers.

This day is Fublisbed. complete in I vol., twice 6e.,
LADY LEE'S WIDOWHOOD,
By EDWARD BRUCE lIAMLEY,
Captain R.A., and Lieut.-Colonel.
A New Edition, with Murat ons•
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.

Nov ready, with Map, price 35.,
THE EUPHRATES VALLEY ROUTE TO
INDIA.

By a TRAVELLER.
Dedicated to W. P. Andrew, Esq., Chairmen of the Saluda and
Euphrates Railway Companies.
"After the very able work of Mr. W. P. Andrew, in advocacy of
the Itnphratcs Route to India, any further publication of opinions in
support thereof mieht almost have been considered an act of supere-
rogation, but we have snitch pleasure in noticing an anonymous
writer, whose views give fall corroboration to those recently enunci-
ated by Mr. Andrew. The object of the writer, who has evidently
given great attention to the subject, and possesses a vast knowledge
of the requirements o' India., is to prove the practicability of the.
opinions set forth-by O,nerat CRe-Wey for the junetion of the Medi-
terranean and the Persian Gulf via the valley of the river E uphr at es."
—Observer.
London : Edwarti Stanford, 6, Charing-cross ; and all Booksellers.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
CHEAP EXCURSION to the WEST of ENfif.AND.—On
SATURDAY, 16th August, an Excursion Train will leave Pad-
dington at 8 a.m., for Plymouth (offering facilities for visiting Tor-
bay, BrUham, Dartmouth, and thisouth coast of Devon), calling at
Weston-super-mare, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton-road, Exeter,
Creditoi, Eggesford, South ktolton, Instow, Barnstaple, Bideford,
Stareross, Dawlish, Teignmoulh, Torquay, Totnes, and Kingsbridge-
road, and will return on Wednesday, August 27th, from Plymouth at
6.30 a.m., Bideford at 6 a.m., and from intermediate stations as per
hand-bills.
London, England, 1856-08-11

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin, of the 6th, announces the
arrival in that city, from Frankfort, of M. do Bis-
mark Schonhausen, Prussian plenipotentiary to
the Germanic Diet, which has adjourned for the
vacation. lie immediately had an audience of the
King, and was about to leave for his seat in Pome-
rania.

M. Thiers from Dresden, and Sir Charles Napier
from St. Petersburg, have arrived at Berlin.
A St. Petersburg letter, of the 30th ult. says
An Imperial decree published yesterday enacts that
M. de Boutenieff shall go to Constantinople, not as Am-
bassador, but on a special mission, and that be shall
retain his functions as member of the Council of the
Empire."
We learn from the Turin journals of the Gth that
a subscription has been started in Piedmont to de-
fray the cost of 100 pieces of ordnance for the new
fortifications of Alessandria. The Opiniene ex-
presses itself ou the subject as follows :

" This subscription is a manifestation against the
slavery of Italy ; it is a means of revealing how univer-
sally the independence of Italy is prayed for."
The Piedmontese Gazette, which is the official jour-
nal, says :
"The country seizes with anxiety every opportunity
of showing its devotedness to those principles of inde-
psndenpe and dignity which influence the palicy of the
King's government."
The Piedmontese Gazette states from Friburg, in
Switzerland, that Mgr. Masilley has issued a cir-
cular to his clergy, announcing that his return to
the diocese is definitively adjourned, it having been
impossible to come to an agreement relative to the
provisional convention which was to regulate the
intercourse between the State and the Church.
London, England, 1856-08-11

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin, of the 6th, announces the
arrival in that city, from Frankfort, of M. de Bis-
mark Schonhausen, Prussian plenipotentiary to
the Germanic Diet, which has adjourned for the
vacation. He immediately had an audience of the
King, and was about to leave for his seat in Pome-
rania. _ _

M. Thiers from Dresden, and Sir Charles Napier
from St. Petersburg, have arrived at Berlin.
A St. Petersburg letter, of the 30th ult. says :
"An Imperial decree published yesterday enacts that
M. de I3Jutenieff shall go to Constantinople, not as Are-
bissador, but on a special mission, and that be shall
retain Lis functions as member of the Council of the
Empire."
We learn from the Turin journals of the 6th that
a subscription has been started. in Piedmont to de-
fray the cost of 109 pieces of ordnance for the new
fortification's of Alemandria. Thu Oljinione ex-
presses itself on the subject as follows :

" This subscription is a manifestation against the
slavery of Italy ; it is a means of revealing how univer-
sally the independence of Italy is prayed for."
The Piedmontese Gazette, which is the official jour-
nal, says :
" The country seizes with anxiety every opportunity
of showing its devotedness to those principles of inde-
pendence and dignity which influence the policy of the
King's government,"
The Piedmontese Gazette states from Friburg, in
Switzerland, that Mgr. Masilley has issued a cir-
cular to his clergy, announcing that his return to
the diocese is definitively adjourned, it having been
impossible to come to an agreement relative to the
provisional convention which was to regulate the
intercourse between the State and the Church.
London, England, 1856-08-11

DIED.

On the Bth inst., at 3, Stratford-green, Essex, F. Vir_
Stranack, Esq., of 48, Mark-lane, aged 43.
On the Sth inst., at Esher, John Walton, Esq., aged 62.
On the Bth inst., Mr. Geo. Hammond, of 7, Broad-street,
Golden-square, aged 72.
On the 9th inst., Mr. Geo. Henry Heron, of Uxbridge,
aged 57.
On the Bth inst., at 14, Upper Gloucester-place, King's-
road, Chelsea, Mr. Robert Hance, late of High Holborn,
aged 77.
On the Bth inst., at Beach-terrace, Littlehampton,
Sussex, Mr. It. T. Johnson, of Norfolk-place, Islington,
and 2, Alclermanhury.
On the 9th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Dr. Cooke, of
Trinity-square, aged 64.

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112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county
of Aliddiegext t ay, A guti 11,1566.
London, England, 1856-08-11

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Now ready, with Map, price 35.,
THE EUPHRATES VALLEY ROUTE TO
INDTA.
By a Dedicated to W. P. Andrew, EsqTRAVELLER.
Chairman of the Scinde and
Euphrates Railway Companies.
"After the very able work of Mr. W. P. Andrew, in advocacy of
the Euphrates Route to India, any further publication of opinions in
support thereof mi flit almost have been considered an act of supere-
rogation, but we have much pleasure in noticing an anonymous
writer, whose views give full corroboration to those recently enunci-
ated by Mr. Andrew. The object of the writer, who has evidently
given great attention to the subject, and possesses a vast knowledge
of the requirements of India, is to prove the practicability rf. the
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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY__
C FIEAP EXCURSION to the WEST of ENGLAND.—On
SATURDAY, 16th. August, an Excursion Train will leave Pad-
dington at 8 for Plymouth (offering facilities for visiting Tor-
bay, Brixham, Dartmouth, and the south coast of Devon), calling at
Weston-super-mare, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton-road, Exeter,
Creditor, Eggesford. South Nlolton, Instow, Barnstaple, Bideford,
Starcross, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Torquay, Totnes, and Kingshrldge-
road, and will return con Wednesday, August 27th, from Plymonth at
6.30 a.m., Bideford at 6 a,na,r and from intermediate stations as per
4 4},,,
London, England, 1856-08-11

WOOL.

The biddings for good and fine wools at the public; sales
held since our last report have been rather active, at fully
the opening quotations; but inferior parcels have ruled
heavy. The following prices have been paid :—Australian
—Clean sheep's is 7'd to 2s lid; scoured 2s 2d to 2s
61d; lambs', is 11.1 to is I'& Port Philip—Clean"sheep's
is 6d to 2s ; snow white, 2s Cid to 2s 6d
hand-
washed is 8 to is 91d ; is 7d to 2s 2d ; locks, &c.,
is 2d to is 9d ; skin is dtois 9d ; grease 100 to ls
ld. Van Diemen's Land—Clean sheep's is 8d to 2s 6 ;
lambs' is 8d to 2s ; looks, &c., 10d to is 31d. Adelaide
—Clean sheep's, is 241 to is 6d ; pieces is 31d. New
Zealand—Clean sheep's is 4d to is lld ; handwashed, is
6d to is 8d ; lambs', ls 101 d. Privately, the demand is
heavy. Last week's imports were 496 bales from Swan
River, 1,222 from Melbourne, 27 from Ostend, and 19 from
Hambro'.

The following are the current rates of English wool :
Down teg3, is 3d to le 4d ; Down ewes, le 2d to le 3)d ;
half-bred hogs, is 2d to is 3; Kent fleeces, is 2cl to is 3d;
Leicester do., is ld to le 3d ; combing skin, is to is 4d ;
blanket wool, 9d to le ld ; and flannel wool, is to la 5d
per lb.
London, England, 1856-08-11

MARRIED.

On the 7th inst., at Easton Neston, Lieutenant-Colonel
Ogilvy, of the 2d Life Guards, eldest son of P. W. Ogilvy,
Esq., of Ruthven, Forfarshire, to Lady Henrietta Fermor,
daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of
Poto fret.
On the 9th inst., at St. John's Church, Upper Holloway,
Richard, eldest son of Richard Witherby, Esq., of West-
crescent, Highbury, to Eliza Louisa, youngest daughter et
the late Charles Stock, Esq., of Canonbury.
London, England, 1856-08-11

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DARING ROBBERIES BY BOYS AT TELE WEST-END.—
John Crofts, aged 14, William King, aged 15, and Rickard
Piper, aged 17, were brought before Mr. Bingham under
the following circumstances :

Police•sergeant No. 4 C deposed that yesterday (Sun-
day) afternoon, while he was on duty in Mount-street,
Berkeley-square, his attention was called to the three
prisoners, who were standing against the door of Lady
Fisher. The prisoner Crofts had a screw-driver in his
right hand, and when they saw witness they ran away.
Witness having received information of the prisoners
having taken off several brass escutcheons and figures
off the doors of the nobility, he pursued them with one
of the shopkeers, when they succeeded in securing the
whole of the prisoners. When they were searched at the
station-house 16 pieces of brass were found upon the
prisoner Crofts. One of the figures had been takes
from the hall door of Lady Emily Ponsonby, and the
whole of the other articles had been owned by the ser-
vants of noblemen and gentlemen residing in the vicinity
of Berkeley-square. Latterly, great complaints had
been made to the police respecting the numerous rob-
beries in the same neighbourhood.

The property having been identified by'the severa'
witnesses,

Mr. Bingham remarked on the conduct of the pri•
soners, and said that, to set an example to other boys,
he should send them to prison for one calendar month
each, with hard labour.
Committed accordingly.
London, England, 1856-08-11

MINES.

all Agua Fria
all ?inglo Califoznian
7 knstrallan
all IBaden (Gd. Duchy ofY
all Blfoliar. Iron & Coe:
14 ;British Iron

262 Brazilianlmp.(iesned
at £5 pm.)
all Do. Cocaea & Cuiaba
15 Do. St. John Dol Rey
Clarendon Cons. MM.

Co. of Jamaica
all Cobre Copper
,Colonial Gold
all iCopper Min. of Eng
all Do. Prof. 76 p. cent
Copiapo.
Fortuna

all Glenc-tal
all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg.
all I Great Polgooth.
all Gt Wheal Vor United
all , Liberty
all Linares..
11 Lusitanian .
all , Mariquita.. ......
all New Granada
all 'Nouveau Monde
all ;Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min
1 (Port Philip
all Quartz Rock
all Rhymney Iron
all Do. New
14i ,Santiago de Cuba
6s. 'Sort. Cons. Min. Co
all South Australian
all Do. Scrip...
all 'Do. 10 per cent Pref
Tam. S. & L. Min. Co.
all Fin Croft ..........
all United Mexican
;di Weller
all West Mariposa
12s. Worthing Mining of
Australia
London, England, 1856-08-11

SEEDS.

Linseed is without alteration. Linseed cakes are rather
scarce, and prices are rather firmer than last week. Rape
cakes are also in good demand. The stocks of rape and
oilseeds aro very small, and a few sales of Calcutta rape
have been made at 65s on the spot, and 63s for arrival.

Turnip,White,per bush. 225 to 25s
Swede —s
idast,srd, 8r0wn...... 22s 24s
White, new • .. 105 1 l•
rares,Winter, new.... 6s Od 6s 6d
Old— • ... —s —3
Canary, per quarter .. 565 625
Rye grass • • • • •• • • —5
OloTer,RedEng. (cwt.) —s
White • • • • .... • • —s
Foreign Red • • .. 61 6/ 55
White.... —s —s

Carraway .. 42s 44s
Coriander 25s 28s
'lmputed , per quarter —s —s
Linseed, Eng.iowing.. 63s s
Crushing .... •• .. 52s 56s
Baltic —s —s
Odessa ..-5 —s
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
English .. . ..101 5s 10/ lOs
Foreign, per ton 91 Os 111 5s
Rape Cakes, pr ton 515 s 5110 s
Rapeseed, pr qr. ...... 82s 849

Trefoil. new.........• —s —3l

TALLOW..

There is a moderate business doing in our market, and
prices are well supported. The quotation for P.Y.C., on
the spot, is 53s per cwt. Town tallow, 51s 9d nett cash.
Rough fat, 2s 10d per 81bs.

1852.

1853.

1854.

1856.
London, England, 1856-08-11

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna of the 4th, in the Bourse
Gazette, says—" A conference, which lasted several
hours, took place yesterday between the Ambassa-
dor of Naples, Prince Petrulla, and Count Baol,
previously to which the latter had conversed at
length with Baron de Bourqueney. Count Buol
again pointed out to the Ambassador of the Two
Sicilies the grave nature of existing circumstances;
and assured him that, in the event of the repre-
sentations of the Western Powers not being heark-
ened to the latter would assuredly break off diplo-
matic relations with the Cabinet of Naples, and
reserve to themselves future measures. Count
Buol added that Austria, having exhausted all
means of persuasion, would only oppose a pas-
sive attitude to the ulterior steps of the Western
Powers. He recalled the attention of Prince
Petrulla once more to the danger to which the
conduct of the Neapolitan Government exposed
not only the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but all
Italy, a danger to which Austria could not remain
indifferent. Prince Petrulla appeared penetrated
with the truth of these observations, and promised
to do all lie could to modify the present position ;
and he hinted that the Neapolitan cabinet had be-
gun to hesitate in its policy, and that ho hoped be-
fore long to transmit certain concessions which
would respond to the principal demands of the
Western Powers. Immediately after this inter-
view, despatches were sent from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and from the Neapolitan Embassy
to Naples."
Another letter from Vienna says :—" The great
German Powers are firmly resolved to carry the
question of the domains of Holstein Lauenberg be-
fore the Germanic Diet in spite of the objection 3 of
Denmark ; the powers which signed the protocol
of London do not share the opinion of Denmark
that it falls within the jurisdiction of the five great
European Powers. Franca is said to have male a
satisfactory declaration to that effect. It is certain
that a second note has been sent from Vienna to
Copenhagen, and that the reply to it, which arrived
last week, is not considered more satisfactory than
the first one ; it is, so to speak, only an acknow-
ledgment of the receipt of the Austrian note, and
an announcement, that Denmark is about to die-
cuss the question fully in a note to be presented
1 to the five great Powers."
London, England, 1856-08-11

DIED.

On the Sth inst., at 3, Stratford-green, Essex, F. w.
Stranack, Esq., of 48, Mark-lane, aged 43.
On the Bth inst., at Esher, John Walton, Esq., aged 62.
On the Bth inst., Mr. Geo. Hammond, of 7, Broad-street,
Golden-square, aged 72.
On the 9th inst., Mr. Geo. Henry Heron, of Uxbridge,
aged 57.
On the Bth inst., at 14, Upper Gloucester-place, King's-
road, Chelsea, Mr. Robert Hance, late of High Holborn,
aged 77.
On the Bth iust., at Beach-terrace, Littlehampton,
Sussex, Mr. It. T. Johnson, of Norfolk-place, Islington,
and 2, Aldermanbuty..
On the 9th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Dr. Cooke, of
Trinity-square, aged 64.

LONDOIY : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office, No.
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county
of Middlesex, Monday, gto 11,1856.
London, England, 1856-08-11

SOUTH WARK.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— EI nay Davis, a decent-looking
female, about 50 years of a ge, was brought before Mr.
Combe, charged with- attempting to commit suicide by
taking a large quantity of I: tudanum.
Thomas Curtis, poliCe-co nstable, 78 L, said that on
Wednesday night he saw 4113 prisoner lying on the pave-
ment in Stamford-street, insensible. Thinking that she
Two "ceder the influence of liquor he attempted to rouse
her up, but he found it was utterly u,cle.s, and she
seemed as if she was dean. He immediately obtained
the assistance of other constables and carried her to a
neighbouring surgeon's, whim it was suspected that she
had taken poison. The stomach-pump was instantly
used, when a large quantity of laudanum was ejected
from the stomach, and in a short time she sufficiently re-
covered to be conveyed to the workhouse, where she had
remained until the present time, when he took her into
custody for attempting to commit suicide. The officer
added that she was still in an extremely weak state from
the effects of the poison.

Mr. Combs asked the prigoner why she attempted
such a rash act ?—She replied in a very weak voice that
she did not know. She was very ill and unable to
speak.
, Mr. Combo inquired of the constable whether he knew
anything of her ?—He replied that he believed her to be
the wife of a respectable man, and that drunkenness had
caused her to take the laudanum,. At present he had
not been able to find out anything more about her.
Mr. Combs directed him to make further inquiries,
and for that purpose he should remand her for a week,
when she would receive every attention from the medi-
cal officer and the authorities of the gaol. She was im-
mediately removed by the gaoler and taken to Horse-
monger•lane gaol.
London, England, 1856-08-11

FARES THERE AND SACK

Ist class. Covrd. carriages.
Weston-super-Mare and Bridgewater 20s. .. 13s.
Taunton or Tiverton-road 22s. .. 15s.
Exeter ........... _• .
Crediton, Eggesford, South Molton, Instow,
Barnstaple, and Bideford ...... .•
Starcross, Dawilsh, or Teignmouth.... .. • • 255. • • 175.
Torquay or Totnes ......., .. .....
Plymouth or Kingsbridge • • ...• • •
Children under 12 half-price. Tickets not transferable, and only
available for the Excursion Trains.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
TOURISTS' TICKETS, COMMENCING IST JUNE, AND :TERMINATING
30TH SEPTEMBER, 1856.
NORTE' WALES.
Tickets, available for THREE WEEICs, enabling the holder to
stop at Rhyl, Conway, Bangor, Cacrnazvon, and Holyhead, either
going or returning, sre issued at the followinr, fares by the through
trains. The First-class Tickets are available by any train, and the
Second by such trains as have second-class carriages attached.

Ist Class. 2d Class.
Londox to Holyhead and back...... £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0
Oxford
Peterborough to ditto and back.... 210 0 ... • 115 0
Birmingham to ditto and back...... 2 0 0 ..•• 110 0
Wolverhampton to ditto and back.... 1 15 0 .• 1 7 0

To TEE LAKES OF WESTMORELAND AND CTJMEEHL AND
Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, to the above Lakes, are
issued at the following Fares by the through Trains. The First-
class Tickets are available by any train, and the Second by such
trains as have second-class carriages attached :
Ist Class. 2d Chu
London to Windermere and back £3 10 0 .... £2 10 &
0 Oxford
to ditto and back 215 0 2 0 0
Peterboromgh
Birmingham to ditto and back .. • 2 5 0 1 15 0
Wolverhampton

To TIM FAVOURITE LANCASHIRE WATERING PLACES,
LYTHAM, BLACKPOOL, FLEET WOOD, OR SOUTHPORT.
Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, are issued by the ordinary
trains of the Company. The First-Class are, available by any train,
and the Second by such as have second-class carriages attashed.

Ist Class. - 2d Class,
From London •• •• • .... £3 0 0 .. • • £2 5 0
P„ Oxford
...... •• 2 5 0 .... 115 0
115 0 .... 1 8 0
5
Birminghameterbou
„ Wolverhampton 1 7
From Fleetwood Royal Mall Steamer sails every evening (Sunday
excepted) for Belfast, and Weekly Excursion Tickets are issued at
the Steam Packet Office for Belfast, Armagh, the Giant's Causeway,
and back.
London, England, 1856-08-11

METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.

FARRINGDON-STREET EXTENSION—NEW VICTORIA.
STREET.—During the past week the barriers have been re-
moved on the completion of the roadway of the new street
from Farrinedor-street to Coppice row, near Clerleen-
well Workhouse, so that this thoroughfare is now opened
throughout for the passage of vehicles ae well as for
general traffic. The pavement of the footway is entirely
completed and the paving of the carriage road will now
be proceeded with after as little delay as possible. Vic-
toria-street is intersected by 'lave transverse main lines
of street, as well as by other subordinate approaches.
Tho first main line is a continuation of Charles-street,
which proceeds from Cow-cross, passing Hatton garden
to Brooke-street, Holborn. The second is parallel there-
with from St. Peter's Church, Saffron-hill, and eventually
will be continued in a direct line through Wilderness.
row to Old-street ; and the third will run from Clerken-
well-green through Brook-hill, Vine-street, and Hatton-
wall, when, after crossing Leather-lane, it will join
the line which is formed by Portpool-lane to Gray's-
inn. Adjacent to the new street, and on the eastern
side thereof, lies a large portion of the land which
will be required in the execution of the new Metropo-
litan Railway, leading from the Post-office, by Clerk-
enwell-prison to Paddington, and for the purchase of
which that company are now in treaty. Clerken-
well-prison eventually is designed to form the principal
coal station of the metropolitan railway. The area of this
site is about 8 acres, and conditional agreements have
been entered into between the magistrates of the county
for taking the property upon certain conditions, among
which it is stipulated that a new county prison shall be
constructed, which shall accommodate the same number
of prisoners, and shall be erected upon a site to be ap-
proved of in a more open part of the county, where land
is not as valuable as in Coldbath-fields. Tower-hill.--
In order to facilitate the traffic proceeding to the London
and St. Katharine-dock from the west-end and City,
through Thames-street and Great Tower-street, over
Tower-hill, the barriers have been removed and the gates
opened which have so long closed the passage acress
Tower-hill. Under the present arrangement the traffic to
the eastward is directed to pass through George-street,,
while the western passes through Postern-row. The Nag s
Head Tavern has been erected opposite the Tower at the
eastern corner, near the Minories, underprogressl this the dir.enction
of Mr. Hill; and other alterations are in progress
locality. Under the present arrangement the circuitous.
route of Leadenhall-street, Aldgate, and the 11_.imories is
avoided, and these thoroughfares are relieved of a portion,
mere particularly of their heavy traffic.—Buikling News.

CARLISLE AND SILLOTH BAY RAILWAY.—The works
on this railway are now rapidly drawing to a close. In
a day or two it is expected that an engine will be able
to ruu along on entirp line IZ9III Sillotl to Carlisle,
London, England, 1856-08-11

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

Very favourable accounts continue to reach us respect-
ing the general appearance of the potato crop. Our mar-
kets are very extensively supplied, and, although the de-
mand is steady, prices rule very low, viz., from 2/. 15s to
41. 5s per tan. The imports from the continent have
wholly ceased for the present.