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The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-17

LITERAT LIRE.

TEN YEARS IN INDIA ; or the Life of a Young
Officer. By Captain A. Hervey, 40th Regiment of
111adras Infantry. 3 Vols.
Notwithstanding the great number of works which
have been written on India, Captain Hervey's " Ten
Years" possesses to a certain extent the merit of
novelty. Not desiring so much to render his obser-
vations interesting as to make them useful, the author
has, in ensuring the latter object, effected the former
also. No guide-book could possibly be more valu-
able to the young voyager, and few travellers' tales
could prove more entertaining to the general reader
than the very minute and interesting details re-
corded in the ten years' experience of Captain Hervey.
The minuteness of these details it is that constitutes
their principal and most valuable attraction ; for
example, in the opening of the first volume
the advice respecting the voyage out and the first
landing in India is calculated to be of immense ser-
vice to the inexperienced, because, instead of general-
ising, it enters into particulars and what to many may
seem very trivial details. Thus the Captain notes
down for the benefit of his voyaging comrades—
It is a very foolish thing to unpack your guns,
rifles, or pistols at sea. When once subjected to the sea
air, the rust accumulates in a wonderful manner, and all
the subscquent care bestowed on them will not keep
them clean. Both my guns were much injured by the
exposure, and I regretted afterwards ever having opened
them."
Again, on arriving at his destination, the strati,
ger is strongly warned against engaging
any of the eager crowd of servants seek-
ing masters, who gather round ;,the unwary, and
with prostestations innumerable boast of their own
honesty and devotion,:—" Spose, jar, you yemploy the
me, I be very good servant for master! I die for
master! Spose master want shoes ; I make 'em
from my roan ishkeen ! and master want to drink, I give
my roan blood ! I poor man, sar, but I honest man
too, sar"—such an address being,:of course, nothing
less than a pre'ude to a system of fraud and thieving,
it the " honest man" b 3 so fortunate as to meet with
a credulous dupe. It is, however, quite unnecessary
to enumerate the many most useful and most
amusing hints which are here to be found collected.
Any persons about to follow the author's example
cannot do better than examine the records of Captain
Hervey's experience as a necessary preparation to
entering upon ten years in India on their own ac-
count. On the other head those, who, staying "at
home at ease," prefer crossing the Line only in ima-
gination, will find in these three volumes a very plea-
sant and interesting introduction to the various pecu-
liarities of manners and customs, and scenes and inci-
dents which characterise a life in India. The style of
the whole composition is of that easy and colloquial
character which at once places writer and reader upon
friendly and familiar terms.
London, England, 1850-08-17

SECOND DAY.

The Bramham-park Stakes, of 100 sovs. each. (6
Subs.) Apparently a certainty for Mildew.
The Great Etsor Handicap, for which 32 horses have
been accepted, and for which the letter C is represented
by the following powerful lot:—Caneaou, Collingwood,
Chantrey, Cockermoutb, Chatterer. Champion, Cock-
tail, Cranberry, Clothworker, and Cantab.
The Old Three yrs old Produce Stakes. (12 Subs.)
Mildew the favourite.

The County Plate. (13 Subs.)
The Filly Stakes. (4 Subs.)
The Chesterfield Handicap. (15 Subs.)
The Lottery Plate.

THIRD DAY.

The Convivial Stakes, for two yrs old. (8 Subs.)
The Great Yorkshire Stakes. (163 Subs.) Pitsford
the favorite.
The Gimcrack Stakes, for two yrs old. (42 Subs.)
A very open race.
The Queen's Plate for mares, the Members' Plate the
Consolation Scramble, and the Selling Stakes; ail of
which have yet to.close.
On this occasion the visitors from the metropolis will
for the first time be enabled to proceed to York by a
special train, the Great Northern Company having
announced one from the King's-cross station on Tuesday
morning next at 10 A.M., for first-class and second-class
passengers, to arrive at York about 4 P.M. They have
also determined to start a special train from York at
5 15 P.M. on Friday (the last day), which will afford the
metropolitans an opportunity of witnessing some very
interesting sport, and reaching town shortly after 11
o'clock.

Mr. Robert Hunt, the eldest brother of Mr. Leigh
Hunt, expired on Thursday night, at ten o'clock, at his
apartment in the Charter-house, in his 77th year. Her Ma-
jesty's second nomination has been promised (a corre:spon-
deut informs us) to Mr. John Lake, author of the " House
of " fhe Golden Glove," and the " Battle of Lon-
carty," a spirited epic in ten cantos, &c.

By order of Count d'Atterns, governor of Pres-
burg, the Jewish commune and tribunals of that city have
been abolished, which completes in Presburg the emancipa-
tion or the Jews, who are now in all respects assimilated to
Christians.

names of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the
APOTHECARIES'•HALL.—The following are the
science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to
practise, on Thursday' the 15th of August, 1a50: - David
Philbrick Morris, Colchester, Essex ; Henry Ward, North-
ampton • Benjamin W.,rd Richardson Somerbv, Leicester-
shire ; Yoseph Dixon, Reigate, Surrey.
THE TRUTH WILL OUT.—A Sahhatarian being re-
quested a day or two since to do what he could to get the
Post-office re-opened for Sunday delivery of letters, made the
following reply :—" I have questioned my conscience, and I
really and I cant."—Punch.
London, England, 1850-08-17

THAMES.

Joseph Ebden, the mate of the Ariel, a Woolwich
steamer, appeared before Mr. Ingham, to answer a
charge of assaulting Daniel Henry Cole, master of
the Vesper, a Gravesend steamer.
The complainant, whose eyes and face were swollen
and discoloured, stated that at half-past four o'clock
on Monday afternoon he was on the paddle-box of his
own vessel, alongside the Brunswick-pier, Blackwall,
when the defendant rushed from his vessel and struck
him a tremendous blow on his nose with his clenched
fist, which stunned him and caused two black eyes.
His nose bled so copiously that he lost three pints
of blood or more before he could stop the hemor-
rhage.
Mr. InsnAm—What did you say to him to pro-
voke him to strike you ?
Mr. Cole said he did not know—he said nothing
whatever; it was entirely unprovoked. The defen-
dant ran back to his own vessel before he could re-
cover himself.

The defendant said that Monday was a very wet
and boisterous day, and that when the Ariel came
alongside the pier to land her passengers, there were
the Vesper and another steamer alongside, and it was
necessary to land the passengers from the the Ariel
over a narrow plank. Some of them complained of
it, and he said it was a very wrong thing for two
steamers to be alongside of the pier abreast of each
other. The complainant said he was a fool, and told
him to hold his tongue. He told the complainant he
was not talking to him, but to the pier-man. On
which Mr. Cole advanced towards him, and had
walked from the after-deck to the sponson, when he
the defendant) stepped up to him and struck him, to
avoid getting a blow himself.
The master of the Ariel and another witness said
that Cole called the defendant a fool before he was
struck.

After a good deal of crimination and recrimination
between the parties,
Mr. INGHAM said the words were not sufficient to
justify such a blow as had been inflicted, and fined
the defendant 20s. and costs.

The complainant began grumbling when he heard
the sentence, and muttered that he had lost three
pints of blood and obtained two black eyes, and
wished he had spent 51., in getting the defendant well
licked.
London, England, 1850-08-28

LES FIUGL'EI'OT:4.

'alentina, Madame (Tifsi; Margarita di Valois, Madame Cas-
tellao; Dama d'Onore, 3.ladlle. Coat ; Urban°, Mudile. de Meric ;
the Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lavia ; II Conti di San Bris, Signor
; II Cone di Nevers. M. Massol ; De. Cosse, ;signor
Luigi Met ; De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Rommi;
Maurevert, Signor Soldi ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talamo ;
blarcello, Herr Formes ; and Raul di 7.,.Tangis, Signor Mario.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
The Scenery ty Messrs. Grieve and Teibin ; the Dresses by
Mrs. Bailey and Mme. Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Bla-
mire ; the 3tacninery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances arranged by M.
Alexandre ; and the Spectacle under the direction of Mr. Harris.
The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock.
The Prices on the above occasions will be as follows :—Boxes for
four persons, Pit tier, 21. 25.; ditto, Grand, 31. 35.; first and se2ond
do., 21. 2s. ; third and forth do., 11. 1 is. 6d.; Orchestra Stalls,
10. 6d.; Amphitheatre Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, 2s 6d.
Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls. or the Pit may be had at the Box-
office of the Theatre, and of the principal Librarians and Must:,
sellerS.
London, England, 1850-08-28

LAW INTELLIGENCE•

T V HITECHAP EL 'COUNTY COURT, Aug 27.
(Before R. LANGSLOW, Esq.)

EVANS V. HAIG. CAUTION T 3 NEWSPAPER SUB'

SC P.IBE RS.

The plaintiff, who is the proprietor of the United
Service G izeite sought to recover of the defendant, a
retired merchant, riding in Stepney, the sum of
1/.• 1.7 a, 6'l. f r.Gazettes. furnish,d m the Ist of July,
1848, to'tiae correspooding date of 1849.
A gentleman, who attended from the office of the
plaintiff, in answer to the questions of the Learned
Judge, stated that it was customary with newspaper
proprietors to be paid in advance "for all papers supplied
from their publishing office.
The defendant, who appeared by his servant. admitted
the claim, and pressed for time to pay the amount.
The Learned JUDGE observed that if parties indulged
in the luxury of newspapers, ttmy surely must know that
the proprietors of newspapers expected to be paid upon
delivery, if not in advance; and as Mr. Evans ap-
peared to have given the defendant an indulgent time,
he (the Learned Judge), would order payment forth-
with, with costa.
SHARP v. VALENTINE.—DELICATE INVESTIGATIONS.
The plaintiff, who is a collector of d• bts, and agent
in delicate ;investigations, sought to recover the sum of
five shillings of the Rev. W. Valentine, the Incumbent
of St. Thomas, Stepney.
Sharp deposed that he was instructed by the Rev.
valentine to call upon the husband of a lady who
had. committed a peccadillo in his church, and endea-
vour to obtain pecuninary recompense for his lady's ab-
sence of mind. He, in pursuance of suc'l instructions.
waited upon the lady's husband, who resided in Hyde-
park-square, and having explained to that gentleman
the nature of his mission, he was turned out of doors.
The affair was then brought before a committee of the
church of St. Thomas, when Mr. Pelham, a solicitor, was
instructed to prosecute the ladyr(whOse name did not ap-
pear) for embezzlement. Mr. Pelham, upon investigat-
ing the circumstances, found that such a course would be
unadvisahle, and the proceedings so far vended. HP, the
plaintiff. had made a distinct agreement with the defend-
ant, and could swear that the charge made was reason-
able.

The Learned JUDGE said that the defendant had not
thor,ght it necessary to appear to answer the suit, apart
frmn which it was apparent the plaintiff had a just claim,
and he should ordpr payment forth •Nith. with costs.
London, England, 1850-08-28

officers, 476 privates; eounued (now in this hospit‘l),
31 officers, 73 sub-officers, 687 privates; wounded, af.d
now in Danish hospitals. 14 offic,rs. 51 bub-officer,, 346
privates; prisoners, 10 officers, 18 surgeons, 57 sub-
officers, 1,005 privates. Total loss: Officers 77; sur-
geons, 20; sub-officers, 217; privates, 2,514. The mis-
sing, concerning whom nothing could be further ascer-
tained, are included amongst the fallen. A considerable
number of wounded have left the hospitals, and are now
under their colours. The eighteen imprisoned surgeons
remain voluntarily in the city of Schleswig in chuf ge of
the wounded in the hospitals there. The lists from
which the above figures bave been derived are now
printing, and will be issued in a few days.
WILLISEN.
_ _

" Head Quarters, Rendsburg, August 22, 1550."
Accounts from Copenhagen of the 22d instant have
been received. The breaking out of the cholera at
Schonen is diverting the public mind from the theatre
of war. No case of this fearful disorder has hitherto
appeared in Zealand, but several cases of malignant
cholera have appeared in Bandholre.
The cholera has also broken out in Malmoe, in the
province of Scania, in Sweden, where itrages with great
intensity. The appearance of this terrible disease in
a town lying exactly opposite to Copenhagen, from
which it is only three leagues distant, has caused a
complete panic there;
The Government has given orders that all provi-
sions coming from Mahnoe and its environs shall be
subject to a quarantine of ten days. It is worthy of
remark that this is the very first town that the
cholera has ever appeared.in. in Sweden, and that this
malady has never yet existed in Denmark.
Baron PecuLiN has gone to Berlin and Vienna as
Ambassador extraordinary.
The Berlin Voss Zeitung gives accounts from Co-
penhagen to the effect that the Danish army could
not undertake the attack upob Rendsburgh, and were
consequently preparing for their winter quarters in
Schleswig, and
Schlei, and
Dtheanetoswwreland that the
erecting for each a strong tete du pout.
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London, England, 1850-08-28

BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND

STOUR VALLEY.
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this
company was held in Birmingham yesterday. Mr. J. F.
Ledsam presided; and the following report of the board
of directors was read by Mr. Morgan, the secretary:—
" The first payment of rent from the London and
North-Western Railway Company for the half-year end-
ing the 30th of June last, is at the rate of 31. 6s. Bd. per
oent. per annum, being two-thirds the dividend of 5 per
cent., which was declared by the lessees (the North-
Western Company) at their last half-yearly meeting,
held on the 16th inst. The directors expect to have
the amount this week (although it is not dne until the
15th of next month), and the dividend warrants will
therefore be issued forthwith. With the view of en-
abling the shareholders to know the exact amount of
liability in respect of the expenses which will be in-
curred in carrying. on the business of the company
now that the line is in the possession of the London
and North-Western Company, the directors have made
an arrangement by which the half-yearly expenses
will be limited to a sum not exceeding one halfpenny
per share, which will be deducted from the dividend
warrants accordingly. The directors pave experi-
enced great difficulty in getting possession of some
plots of land, which has considerably delayed the com-
pletion of the railway. They have expended, however,
during the half-year the sum of 25,4121. 103. 3d. on the
works, and there now only remain between two and
three miles of permanent way to be laid. The road sta-
tions have been let, and are now in course of erection,
and the directors hope that no impediment will be met
with to prevent the opening of the line in a few months."
From the statement of accounts it appeared that a ba-
lance of 9,150/. 9s. remains in the banker's hands.
The CHAIRMAN moved, and Mr. SPARROW seconded,
the reception and adoption of the report.
Mr. ASTON wished to ask whether the London and
North-Western Company did not possess a very large
surplus, from which they could have declared a much
higher dividend?
The CHAIRMAN replied that there was a larger sur-
plus than that which covered the dividend announced by
the London and North-Western Company, but it was
with the proprietors themselves to declare what amount
of surplus they would divide.
Mr. ASTON said it was of great importance that the
shareholders in the Stour Valley line should have, ac-
cording
to their agreement, a fair proportion of the
London and North-Western profits. It appeared that
.perth eyshda ornee to so
t,
company could have declared a dividend of six per cent.,
a
hiet
Stourwou Valley proprietors
l have made
The
13nsd. had4d
North-Western-scuormplpuasnyd,eaclfaterredpabyyingthetheLofinvdeonpearndcendi
pounced, was five times as large v de dividend a nus the average surplus
of farmer years.

The CHAIRMAN remarked that the shareholders of the
Stour Valley line were entitled to two-thirds of the divi-
dend declared by the North-Western, not to two-thirds
of the surplus in hand.

Mr. INGLEDI (solicitor to the company) said the pre-
London, England, 1850-08-28

THEATRE ROYAL,
_IIATMARKIST

Mr. I. . Webster, Sole Lessem and Manager. Old Brampton.
Yor a few nights cub , Adelphi 'ompany and Adelphi Pieces.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Harry Stanley,
Mr. Boyce; Witherton. Mr. Cullentord ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lam-
Jeri ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Marian, Miss Harding.
Aster which an entirely new Extravaganza, entitled DO.
MESTIC ECONOMY. John Grimly-, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Grimly-,
Xi-B.F. Matthews.
To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE; or. Raising the
Wind on the most Approved Principles. Alonzo, Mr. P. Bedford;
Ferdinand, Miss Woolgar ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith; Ariel, Miss
Fitzwilliam.

Mr. Hudson will make his first appearance on Monday next, Sep-
ten:l6er 2, in " The Knight of Arva."
London, England, 1850-08-28

tcrests.

THE NEW ACT To EXTEND TUE JURISDICTION OF
COUNTY Couwrs.—The provisions of the new Act to extend
the jurisdiction of county courts to 501,, recently passed, will
shortly be enforced in the various courts of England and
Wales. Among the sections is one giving an appeal to the
superior courts on points of law, and on questions respecting
the admission and rejection of evidence. The mode of pro-
cedure is to be by a case being settled by the parties, or their
attorneys, and if they cannot agree, then the duty is to de-
volve upon the judge of the court. Terms are to be made
respecting costs, &c„ by the courts before an appeal is
allowed, and to obtain an appeal, notice must be given within
ten days. Under this Act a higher rate of remuneration is
given to attorney§ and barristers, so that payment to an
attorney fur his costs shall not exceed 1/. 10s., and a fee to
a barrister V. 4s 6d., which payments are to be allowed by
order of the judge. It is understood to be the intention of
barristers to form a " bar" at some of the courts. It would
be well if some of the judges made arrangements not to Bit
to late hours, and not to take many cases. It was expected
that barristers, who were appointed to the situations of
judges, would devote their whole time. A salary of 1,0001.
a year is worth having by many competent persons, without
practising in the superior courts.
THE NEW STAMP AcT.—Tbe New Stamp Act
(13 and 14 Victoria, cap. 97) will come into operation on the
11th of October. It contains 21 sections, and a very long
schedule of the new duties which will then be enforced.
Aiming the provisions are several of a new character with
reference to stamp duties. The allowance of "one and a
half per cent" to sellers of receipt stamps is now repealed,
and the former allowance of " seven and a half per cent.
made." The stamp duties imposed by various statutes are
repealed by the new law, and the duties are to be under the
management of the Inland Revenue Commissioners. The stamp
duties on leases for one year, and on bargains and sales, are
wholly repealed. With respect to money received expressly
for stamp duty, it is provided that persons receiving money
for stalup duties, and misappropriating it, are to be liable to
the Crown for the amount in the Court of Exchequer, which
Court is empowered to enforce payment in a summary man-
lier. For securing the payment of stamp duties penalties
are imposed, with a proviso that they may be remitted, if it
bo proved that the omission to stamp within twelve months
arose from " accident, inadvertency, or urgent necessity."
Documents in courts have been rejected on account of not
having a sufficient stamp, and for remedy an additional
stamp may now be affixed, This Act will effect some im-
portant alterations in the stamp duties.
THE ASYLUM FOR Imo-rib—We notice that the
fund of this charity has been assisted by a donation of 3001.
from Mrs. Jane Tremaine. This society. seeking as it does,
to relieve the most helpless of the necessitous, will, we trust,
receive muck aupport-
London, England, 1850-08-28

RUSSIA.

The Petersbnrgh papers of the 17th instant, pub •
lished an account of as engagement which was
fought on the 3d of July by the Russian General
BaLGARD against the Lesginen, whom •he attacked
in their position near the village of Bechelda. The
Lesginen Mustered 4,000 men. They were defeated
with a loss of 320 killed (87 of whom remained in
the hands of the Russians), and 600 wounded. Six of
their largest villages were sacked and burned. The
Russians bad two men killed and 19 wounded.

The St. Petersburgh Gazette publishes the report
presented by the Minister of Finance at the annual
sitting of the Council.
The most important financial measures of the past
year are—the tmission of four new series of Treasury
bills of 3,000,000 roubles each, to meet the expendi-
ture of the Hungarian campaign; 2d, the loan of
5,500,000/. sterling, opened at London with the house
of BARING and Brothers; 3d, the withdrawal of the
prohibition to export coin decreed in 1848; and,
lastly, the privilege granted to the Bank of Kiew to
discount bills at six months.
The new debts inscribed in the Great Book in the
year 1849 amounted to 14.732,750 silver roubles. The
funds transferred to the Mortgage Commission amount
to 23,970,039 silver roubles.

The total capital of the Mortgage Bank amounts to
55,500,000 silver roubles. The Loan Bank of the
Empire possesses a ready capital of 8,700,000 silver
roubles. The loans upon mortgate amount to
284,000,000 roubles.

Oa the 23d of January last the sum of 300,000,000
silver roubles in bills of exchanKe was in circulation,
the reserved metallics bring 136,000 000. The savings
banks contain a capital of 1,233,000 silver roubles,
including interest.
London, England, 1850-08-28

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 28.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
68—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night.
60—this day, at noon.

BARomirrsit, 30-15.
WIND W.—fine breeze and suashiny weather.
Heavy rain in the night.
London, England, 1850-08-28

' ,t—YN(, I r
THREE EXTRA NIGEt ti AT REDUC:-'D PRICES.
The Directors have the honour to announce thAt the Subscription
Nights having Mee concluded on Saturday last• they have determined
to give THREE ADDITIONAL PERFOIMANC, S. and by placing
the Prices of Admission at a Reduced Seale. to afTord to a very large
portion of the Musical rublic an opportunity of witnessing some of
those magnificent productions for which the Royal Italian Opera has
become so celebrated.

TILI3 EVENING.
Will be produced, the First ActßMA.of Bellini's celebrated Opera,
NO

The princit al characters by Madame Grisi, Mane. Vera, Madlle.
Cotti, Signor Soldi, Herr Formeq, and Signor Tamberlik.
To be followed by Donizetti's Opera.
L'E LIM D'AMO RE.

Principal characters by Madame Castellan, 3ladlle. Cotti, Signor
Mario, Signor Tamburini, and Signor Ronconi.
On FRIDAY,
Will be performed Mozart's Opera of
DON GIOVANNI.

Donna Anna, 3lme. Grisi ; Elvira, Mdlle. Vera ; Zerlina, Mme.
Castellan; Leporello, Herr Formes; Don Giovanni, Sig. Tamburint ;
Masetto, Polonini ; 11 Cominendatore, Sig. Tagliatico ; and Don
Ottavto, Sig. Mario
The Opera will be supported by a Triple Orchestra and Double
C

• To conelVe with the 111,4 act of The new Opera,
JUIVE.
includiog the Grand. Procenion of upwards of 6CO persons.
Ou SATURDAY,
Will be performed wall the following powerful cast, Ileyerbeer's
grand Opera,
London, England, 1850-08-28

RUSSIA.

The Petersburgh papers of the 17th instant, pub
lished an account of an engagement which was
fought on the 3d of July by the Russian General
BELGARD against the Lesginen, whom he attacked
in their position near the village of Bechelda. The
Lesginen mustered 4,000 men. They were defeated
with a loss of 320 killed (87 of whom remained ill
the hands of the Russians), aod 600 wounded. Six of
their largest villages were sacked and burned. The
Russians had two men killed and 19 wounded.

The St. Petersburgh Gazette publishes the report
presented by the Minister of Finance at the annual
sitting of the Council.
The most important financial measures of the past
year are—the emission of four new series of Treasury
bills of 3,000,000 roubles each, to meet the expendi-
ture of the Hungarian campaign ; 2d, the loan of
5,500,0001. sterling, opened at London with the house
of BARING and Brothers ; 3d, the withdrawal of the
prohibition to export coin decreed in 1848; and,
lastly, the privilege granted to the Bank of Kiew to
discount bills at six months.
The new debts inscribed in the Great Book in the
year 1849 amounted to 14,732.750 silver roubles. The
funds transferred to the Mortgage Commission amount
to 23,970,039 silver roubles.

The total capital of the Mortgage Bank amounts to
55,500,000 silver roubles. The Loan Bank of the
Empire possesses a ready capital of 8,700,000 silver
roubles. The loans upon murtgate amount to
284,000,000 roubles.
On the 23i of January last the sum of 300,000,000
silver roubles in bills of exchange was in circulation,
the reserved metallics being 136,000 000. The savings
banks contain a capital of 1,233,000 silver roubles,
including interest.
London, England, 1850-08-28

THE LEGITIMA TIST . CONGRESS

AT WIESBADEN.

The Opinion.Fublique;l;li;ies the following from
Wiesbaden, 21st inst. :—" The influx of visitors con-
tinues,
__and you will not be surprised when I tell you
that Metz has sent twenty-five delegates ; that
Picardy, Franche-COmtt, Lorraine, Lower Brit-
tany, the Haute Garonne, &c., have also furnished
deputations. There is here a centre of attraction,
which acts on every point in France. At the dinner
given to the Parisian deputation there were seventy
at table. On one side was the Marquis d'Epi-
nay Saint Luc ; opposite the Count de Laferonnaye,
at one end of the table the Prince de Montmorency
satli. re t,hie un.,
De
Marquisl Rouge,
ouDgen,p &c. placed
Robecq, and in the midst of the pell-mell of political
is-Belliheerree,
confraternityßarthelemy
and there among the workmen. The table, which was of
a long oval form, was laid out in the ch • arming gallery on
the ground floor of the hotel. At the dessert the Prince
entered the room; we all rose. He made the round of
the table; on reaching the middle he asked for a
glass, which he filh-d, and, with a deep and vibrating
voice, said, lientlemen, I give you as a toast : To
France—to my dear country!' I need Slot tell you with
what enthusiasm it was received. It came from the
heart, and all our hearts responded to it; as our good and
regretted Jao.ques de Fitzjames said, In spite of all,
France is always great France'—she has come out, and
she will come out again from those momentary eclipses
which shade her rays without extinguishing them. This
cry To France !' long resounded—every breast was
heaving, every eye was moistened. By degrees
silence was restored, when one of us demanded
London, England, 1850-08-28

ITAL Y.

A letter from Naples of the 14th inst. says, " You
have read the account of the Italian flags which have
been hoisted in several places of Sicily, but you
are doubtless not avvare that political demonstra-
tions have been made at Cozenza, Potenza, and
other places in Calabria. In the first of these towns
about fifty young men assembled, crying, ' Long
live the Constitution and the King I' Others soon
joined them, and thus formed an imposing mass. The
troops then were ordered out, and made several
arrests, but the most singular part of the affair is, that
Ninaziante, informed of the affair, ordered the pri-
soners to be set at liberty, saying that the cry of
Long live the Constitution !' was not an offence."
London, England, 1850-08-28

trERiIIAIN Y.

The German journals publish the circular dispatch
of Austria inviting all members of the Confederation
to meet for the purpose of " renewing the activity
of the original ftderul authority" upon the Ist of Sep-
tember nex►. The Austrian Cabinet renews the
solemn assurance, given in its circular of the 19th
ult., that its intentions are not to revive the old Diet,
but to open the road to a general accord as to the
best mode of substituing some other more appro-
priate central authority, and of revising the Consti-
tution.
The first Saxon Chamber, in its sitting of the 21st
inst., passed unanim. usly the Bill proposed by Go-
vernment for regulating the right of association and
public meetings.
Prussia declines to send any deputy to the Enge-
rin Council, and insibts that no difficulty shall be
placed in the way of the remainder of the Baden,
troops proceeding to take up their cantonment in
Prussia.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The fotlowing is a translation of the protocol agreed
upon at the Foreign-office, on the 23d of August,
1850, by the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Denmark,
France, Great Britain, Russia, and Sweden and
Norway.
" The Chargi d'Affaires of Austria has announced
that be has been authorised by his Court to adhere in
its name to the principles enunciated in the preamble
and article 1 of the protocol of the 2d of August,,lBso,
as also to the declarations contained in the articles 2 and
4; i
above
0f
it
hTebeing"The
mentioned
ueer
ma
Ministerly
awna cs d
::urooonnftioeeeperoseeltnr3samoht
idaaolrtnikha .
,n t the o
t prejudicestipulations
tho
e rights
the
while he accepts with
_satisfaction the adhesion thus given by the Court of
Austria to the protocol of the 24 of August, thinks it
his duty to recall to recollection that it is well under..
stood that the Federal rights of Germany aboveru,-
tioLed can only regard the Duchy of Holstein and that
of Lseenburg as tasn.ng part of the Germanic Come-
deration.
6. The Representatives of France, of Great Britain, of
Rus:ia, and of Sweden and Norway, while they unani-
mously render jos, ice to the rentiments which have de-
termined the Court of Austria to adhere to the principles
established by the protocol of August 2 in the general
interest of peace and of the equilibrium of Europe, have
taken nooLtLeEogf,tphe. anbEovve-ENml,Leutwio:leEd d
.pecßlitr
ouayiNions.
DE
rimy;
PALMERSTON' BRENNOW, J. T.
,REHAVSEN.”
The following is General WILLISEN s report on the
losses sustained at the battle of idstedt :
" Aft.-r a revision of the lists of killed and wounded,
prepared by order of the Commander-in-Chief, on the
basis of the hospital reports here and the communica-
tions from Copentia4,n and Schleswig, the folio*•
ing ruts concerning the entire loss of the
Schleswig:Holstein army at the battle of Idstedt have
been obtsined:— Killed, 22 officers, 2 surgeons., 3i sub.
London, England, 1850-08-28

(ERMAJ Y.

The German journals publish the circular dispatch
of Austria inviting all members of the Confederation
to meet for the purpose of " renewing the activity
of the original federal authority" upon the Ist of Sep-
tember next. The Austrian Cabinet renews the
solemn assurance, given in its circular of the 19th
ult., that its intentions are not to revive the old Diet,
but to open the road to a general accord as to the
best mode of substituting some other more appro-
priate central authority, and of revising the Consti-
tution.
The first Saxon Chamber, in its sitting of the 21st
inst., passed unanimously the Bill proposed by Go-
vernment for regulating the right of association and
public meetings.
Prussia declines to send any deputy to the Enge-
rin Council, and insists that no difficulty shall be
placed in the way of the remainder of the Baden
troops proceeding to take up their cantonment in
Prussia.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The following is a translation of the protocol agreed
upon at the Foreign-office, on the 23d of August,
1850, by the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Denmark,
France, Great Britain, Russia, and Sweden and
Norway.
" The Chargé d'Affaires of Austria has announced
that he has been authorised by his Court to adhere in
its name to the principles enunciated in the preamble
and article 1 of the protocol of the 2,1 of August, 1850,
as also to the declarations contained in the articles 2 and
4; it being always understood that the stipulations of the
above mentioned protocol shall not pi ejudice the rights
of the Germanic Confederation. _

•' The Minister of Denmark, while he accepts with
satisfaction the adhesion thus given by the Court of
Austria to the protocol of the 2d of August, thinks it
his duty to recall to recollection that it is well under-
stood that the Ft deral rights of Germany abovemen-
tioned can only regard the Duchy of Holstein and that
of Lawenburg as forming part of the Germanic Confe-
deration.

" The Representatives of Franco, of Greatile Britain, of
Russia, and of Sweden and Istorwa
Yu'ts they
to the • l
teneromusililyedrethideercojuusi!ticoef tAoutshteriabettoititu., ri
established by the protocol of August 2 in t hpe ncigenera esl
interest ofpeace and of the equilibrium of Europe, have
taken cote of the above-rnentionei declarations.
"Kol LER, D. REVENTLOW. E. DRoUYN DE [HUTS,
PALMERSTON, BRUNNOW, J. T. REHAUSEN."
The following is general WILLIsEN's report on the
losses sustained at the battle of Idstedt :
" After a revision of the lists of killed and wounded,
prepared by order of the Commander-in-Chief, on the
basis of the hospital reports here and the communica-
tions from Copenhagen and Schleswig, the follow-
ing results concerning the entire loss of the
Schleswig-Holstein army at the battle of Idstedt have
been obtained 22 officers, 2 surgeons, 36 sub.
London, England, 1850-02-26

PORTUCiAL.

Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the
19th.

Her Mansres steamer Conflict left the Tagus
for Portsmouth on the 15th, and on the following
day the Russian frigate Pallas sailed for Madeira, in
company with Commodore Maaree's squadron of
evolution, composed of the Prince Regent, 92 • La
Hogue, 60; Leander, 50; Indefatigable, 50; _Atm-
gent, 46 ;.• Thetis. 36 ; Terrible, 21 ; and Encounter,
12 ; the whole steering to the westward upon a cruise,
the Pallas taking the lead as far as could be seen from
the Tagus
The Duke of TERCEIRA bad refused the com-
mand of the First Military Division, from which
the Government wished to remove the Viscount
FONTS Nova, who, although one of the new
Peers and resident in Lisbon, had failed
to appear and give his vote in the Upper
House in the recent questions 'personal to
the Count of TuOMAR. Tne Duke of TERCEIRA
also refused the office of Lord High Chamberlain,
from which the Duke of SALDANIIA had been recently
dismissed. Neither of their Graces appeared to be
upon very cordial terms with the Cabinet, as the
Duke of TERcerna was offended at his unceremo-
nious exclusion from the nomination of chief of the
King's Staff, recently given to Viscount CAIIPAN•
HAA after it had been offered to and accepted by
him. The Duke of SALDANIII seemed resolved
to divest himself of everything calculated to
bring him in contact with the Count of TROMAR
or his supporters, and had given in his
resignation as Councillor of State, seeming
inclined to throw up his peerage also, if it
should be urged as a reason for his not being ame-
nable to the court-martial for which he had applied
to try him upon the grounds of his dismissal from
the post of Lord High Chamberlain—those grounds,
referred to but not specified in the royal decree,
countersigned by the Count of TuomAn. must, ac-
cording to the allegations of the Duke of .SA.LDANIIA,
be criminal acts to justify his dismissal, since it„,was
only after trial and sentence of death that two Lord
High Chamberlains hud been dismissed in the reigns
of DatuArxiazico V. and Don Joze, whilst all others
-had, from time immemorial, held the office for life,
and it had even been often hereditary in different
noble famPies.

The Lisbon exchange upon London is quoted the
same as last mail, say 541 for bills at three moiths,
but there apßoared every probability of its falling
next packet,.,as money remained over, and a few
transaction 3 took place at the last hour an eighth
below that qtiekkion, in consequence of the scarcity
of bill?. Paris was at 517; Amsterdam, 43k ;
ll2rnburgh, 49i;te 50; and Genoa, 508.
Few operations had taken place in stocks and
shares, those of. the Oporto Bank being alone in-
quired for. Qadtations in Lisbon Bank-notes fur
Five per Cents., 53 to 54 ; Four per Cents., 431 to 44;
Bank of Portugal.Share3, 80 to 75 milreis discount
per share; and fotmetal, Bank of Oporto Shares, 20
to 10 mitreis discofint per share. Lisbon Bank-notes
were at a discount. of 191- per cent.
London, England, 1850-02-26

THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF HUNTINGDON.

This was a rule calling upon the justices of Hunting.
don to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued
against them in the rr atter of a bastardy order granted
by them upon one Thomas Aldridge, the alleged puta-
tive father of a bastard chili). When the matter came
before the justices, and after the mother of the child and
Thomas Aldridge had Loon heard, the justices ultimately
made an order upon Aldridge to pay 2s. a week to the
mother for the support of the child; but whilst
the order was teing mode out, Aldridge gave verbal
notice to the justices that he intended to appeal against
their decision. The question was what was to be consi
dered the time c f adjudication in making the order for
the purpose of giving a notice of appeal.
The Court directed the rule to be made absolute.
WALTON V. GAVIN.

This was a motio❑ for a new trial, and thQ Con
gran'el the rule.

REGINA V. HARDY.

This was a motion for an attachment for revoking a
submission to arbitration under an order at nisi prius.
The Court directed the rule to be discharged, but
without mete.
London, England, 1850-02-26

224 state that the
,iroously voted the
of thalers demanded

National Assembly
charged with inciting the people to riot by publishing
the tax refusing resolution of that body, had con-
cluded at a late hour on the previous evening. The
jury retired at two in the afternoon, and remained
in deliberation till eleven at night. Their
verdict found M. Bucher guilty of exciting a riot,
and acquitted the other 36 persons tried with him.
Three who were absent were found guilty in contu-
macione. The sentence against M. Bucher was one
of 15 months' imprisonment in a fortress, and loss of
his office of assessor of one of the law courts. The
other three were condemned to 15, six, and three
months' imprisonment, respectively, with loss of their
offices, decorations, and the right of wearing the
national cockade.

The Kohler Zeitung has a telegraphic dispatch
from Berlin of the 231, stating that the First
Chamber had, on the previous evening, rejected the
Bill relative to the income-tax, and had accepted
another of a very different character. The Second
Chamber had that day come to the resolution to ad-
journ the debate on the new Bill during the present
seAsipn. The Second Chamber has voted an increase
of the.tax on beet-root sugar.

•
•
GERMAN Y.
vices from Berlin of the 9.
econd Chamber had almost unan
Extraordinary credit of 18,000,000 o:
for. the war department.
The trial of the deputies of the
London, England, 1850-02-26

HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Last night her Majesty and Prince Albert, accom-
panied by the Duke of S ixe Coburg, Lord Byron,
and Colonel Buckley, honoured this theatre by a
visit, on the occasion cf Mr Ransford's benefit.
The entertainments consisted of As You Like It, a
concert, and the farce cf A Rough Diamond. The
characters of Jacques and Rosalind were sus-
tained by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, and
the play was pc:formed with all the musical ac-
cessories, which are too frequeutly omitted in re-
presentation. Mrs. Kean's Rosalind was a most
charming performance, and her delivery of the epi-
logue was sufficiently effective to win the expressed
approbation of her Majesty. The singers who took
part in the concert were Miss Birch, Miss Fitz
Miss Ransford, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Ransford.
Buckstone's acting in the Rough Diamoni was a
most humorous and ligreeable termination to the ever -
lug's amusement=. The hou3e was crowded to ex-
cess, and her Majesty appeared much delighted with
the entertainment.
London, England, 1850-02-26

PETITIONS.

Mr. GRANGER presenteda petition from the soli
eit)rs of Durham praying for the repeal of the oertifi
eat° duty.

TEN HOURS BILL.

Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from
Bradford in favour of the Ttn Hours Bill.
MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S
SISTER.

Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from the
city of Bristol praying for a revision of the law relating
to the marriage of a deceased wife's sister.

STAMP DUTY.

An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition praying for
a repeal of the stamp duty and tax upon paper.

AGRIGUITtIZA.E. DISiRtSI

Mr. W. MILES presented a petition from forty-seven
agricultural parishes of Somersetshire, complainining of
the depressed state of agriculture, and prati•ing the House
to take this it-A their consideration; also a petition from
the same county against the annual certificate tax for
solicitors.
London, England, 1850-02-26

THE FRANCHISE.

On the motion of Sic DE LACY EVANS, returns
were ordered of appeals from the courts of the revising
b misters to the Court of Common Pleas, made up for
the year ending the Ist day of March, 1849; also, the
judgment in the case of Palmer v. Allen, omitted in a
former rcturn.
London, England, 1850-02-26

IN RE JOHN HOWELL TRISTRAM.

This was a rule calling upon John How ell Tristram,
an attorney of this court, to show cause why be should
not pay the sum cf 5561. Br. 7d. to Joseph James Mason,
and Ellen, his wife. It appeared that Mason and his
wife, as administrators of one J. Douglas, deceased, com-
menced an action on assumpsit, in the Exchequer, in
1846, against Tristam end Hardy, who were r a t. ors as
attorneys. The deA-ndants pleaded non-assumpsit, and
the thfendant Tristram pleaded besides that the
plaintiff, Ellen Mason, was not the administrttrix
of Douglas, she having allowed seven years to
e'apse ater the death of Douglas before she
took out administrator. The present rub, was ob-
tained fur the purpose of preventing Tristram availing
himself of the stotuto of limitations for so much of the
demand as a,:crued in the lifetime of Douglas. It seemed
to the Court that the present application could not bo
supported, and that the rule must be discharged.
London, England, 1850-02-26

H NYMA RKET THEATRE.

Last night her Majesty and Prince Albert, eccom
pani-d by the Duke of Sae Coburg, Lord Byron,
and Colonel Buckley, honoured this theatre by a
visit, on the occasion cf Mr, Ransford's benefit.
The entertainments consisted of As You Like It, a
concert, and the farce of A Rough Diamond. The
characters of Jacques and Rosalind were sus-
tained by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, and
the play was performed with all the musical ac-
cessories, which are too frequeutly omitted in re-
presentation. Mrs. Kean's Rosalind was a most
charming performance, and her delivery of the epi-
logue was sufficiently effective to win the expressed
approbAtion of her Majesty. The singers who took
part in the concert were Miss Birch, Miss Fitzwilliam,
Ransford, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Ransford.
Buckstont's actin; in the Rough Diamond was a
most humorous and igreeabie termination to the even-
ing's amusements. The house was crowded to ex-
c2s,, and her Majesty appeared much deighted with
the entertainment.
London, England, 1850-02-26

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FIEF MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS.

Mr. Alexander Ross, Surveyor-G.2neral, with
his secretary, visiting the ports in the western dis-
trict, with a VIE V( to economise this branch of the
public revenue. Some su2trannuations and removals
will take place lure.
London, England, 1850-02-26

CASE OF CHRISNA RAO WITHUL.

Lord DUDLEY STUART postponed until this day
fortnight his motion for a Select Committee to inquire
into the claims of Christie. ltao Witht►l, of Earode.
WINDOW TAX.

Lird DUNCAN postponed until this day fortnight
his motion on the paper fur to-night---" That, whereas
the pres( at mode a assessing, levying, and collecting
tax ‘s on air and light in England and Scotland inter-
feres most prejudicially with the health and sanitary
condition of the inhabitants of Great Britain, therefore it
is expedient that the window-tax should be rept altd."
London, England, 1850-02-26

SPAIN.

Mf.cirid journals of the 20th have isrived. Their
cJntents are unimportant.
MADRID 130n8.1., FEn 20.—Three Fr Cents., 291 ;
for account; Five per Cen'-.5., 124 paper. Exchange
on London, 50 20 sone-.
London, England, 1850-02-26

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

THORNBER V. SHEARD.
The arguments in this part-heard cause were returned
this morning. The object of the suit was to set
aside as fraudulent, and therefore void, an agreement
of the 13th of April, 1847, and a deed of conveyance and
other instruments as against the pla;ntiff Mrs. Thornber.
The further argument occupied the Court the whole
morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(i.kfore the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
PADWICK v. HANSLIP.
The further arguments in this part-heard case occu-
pied the Court the whole morning.
(Before Vice-Chalcdlor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
FYLER V. NEWCOMBE.
Tie further arguments in this suit, relating to the
Shropshire Mineral lialway Company, were rosurred
this morning, and appear likdy to occupy the whole (14.
The Vice-Chancellor Wigram heard motions, but
nothing of any interest came before hini during the
morning.

QUEEN'S BEN CH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and
Mr. Justic,, PATTESON.)
The COURT gave judgment this morning in the follow-
ing among other case;.
London, England, 1850-02-26

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, FEB. 19 —The KING has been
greatly relieved by a blister, and last night enjoyed
Some sleep. Ills MAJESTY'S appetite is also return•
ing. By desire of the AliniAer of Foreign Affairs
there will be a sitting of the Upper Chamber to-
morrow.

The Fir eposten states that a reply was sent to the
Prussian note last week, that it opposes the erroneous
view of the right of Germany and of Prussia to inter-
fere in the relations of the King of DENItAaz with his
Schleswig subjects, as is laid down in the Prussian
note. The new financial law still continues under
discussion in the Second Chamber.