The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUG UST 21, 1850.

I Still, it appears to us, that, by a proper arrange-
ment, even that man's life might have been spared, and
a large amount of property saved, at the same time,
from confusion. According to the evidence given
on the occasion of the inquest by one of the
principal witnesses, a railway porter in the employ-
ment of the South Eastern Company, it appears that
the entire occurrence was purely accidental. From
the disjointed examination of this and some of the
other witnesses a tolerably clear notion of the cir-
cumstances of the case may be formed. It seems then
that these circumstances were as follows :—A power-
ful engine, driven by a man named STEVENSON, was
attached to a train of carriages, the last two of which
were unhooked on the turn-table for the purpose of
being shifted on to the express line, in compliance
with the directions of the head-porter. Only one of
these carriages had been removed in the required
direction, and the second was only three-quarters
turned round on the turn-table, when the engine al-
ready mentioned unexpectedly backing, the train to
which it was attached caused the last carriage con-
nected with it to strike the carriage on the turn-
table. Seeing that the latter (the carriage on the
turn-table) had at the moment an oblique or diagonal
position, extending over the line on which the engine
and the other carriages were backing, it may be at
once conjectured howthe last- mentioned carriages strik-
ing the buffer of the one on the turn-table caused it,
by its impetus, to dash against the supporting column,
and thereby produced the entire catastrophe.
Briefly, then, the blame of the accident appears t) be
attributable to the circumstance of the engine being
backed before the line was entirely cleared
by those who were shunting . the car-
riage. A larger amount of blame, however,
is attributable to the mode in which the roof of the
terminus had been constructed—the whole shed being
d-Tendent upon a single cast iron column, of such
comparatively slight proportions, that, according to one
of the witnesses, it might have been broken in two
by the blow of a sledge-hammer. Before the repeti•
tion of such calamities, therefore, can be henceforth
avoided, the sheds raised over the termini of our
railways must be constructed with a greater view to
their stability. This consideration should weigh
heavily with the different railway companies through-
out the United Kingdom.

Since we last directed public attention to the Irish
. " Land Qaestion " circumstances have invested it
with more than ordinary interest, and have forced it
on the attention of our contemporaries in both islands.
The friends of tenant-right from all parts of Ireland
have met in the Irish metropolis to promulgate their
notions on this vital subject, and to deliberate on the
most effectual means of carrying their of ject into
practical operation.
This important conference was remarkable for
numbers and for talent, but still more remarkable for
the cordial unanimity which prevailed throughout the
entire proceedings of a great body composed of the
most heterogeneous elements. Tae Catholic priest of
' the south, the Presbyterian minister of the north, laid
their differences of creed on the altar of their countr2--,
and met on common ground in the spirit of a generous
cotnpatriotism. These parties have been hitherto
kept asunder by the prejudices of religion, and if, in
the glow and fervour cf a first meeting, as fellow-
Christians and fellow-countrymen, some of the
speakers might have outstepped the limits of a calm
discretion we cannot help thinking the offence a very
venial one, and particularly when we look upon this
combination of different castes and creeds as tending
to cure that which has been ever locked on as one of
the greatest curses of Ireland—disunion.
After several days' deliberation, thin great and im-
portant conference eventuated in the enunciation
of their notions of the rights of tenants,
and in the formation of an association
called the " Irish Tenant League," the " sole
objects of which are to protect the tenant,
and to procure a good landlord-and-tenant law, by
the legal co .operation of persons of all classes and of
all opinions," &c. The rules of the Tenant League,
and the strictly legal and constitutional manner in
which they announce their intention of carrying its
objects into effect, appear to us moat unobjectionable.
But we confess we are, notwithstanding, somewhat
disappointed at the complicated machinery which
they propose to introduce for the adjustment of the
rights of landlords and tenants. We corfess that we
do not think they have taken the most speedy and
effectual mode of procuring a satisfactory settlement
of this question.
We find in the report of the conference the fol-
lowing as the mode of arrangement proposed between
landlords and tenants :
" That the valuation shall be ms.de by tribunals which
shall unite as fur as possible the advantages of impar-
tiality between landlord and tenant, cheapness, accessi-
bility, and nomination by the parties interested.
" That these advantages may be secures to a reason-
able &gree—first by local tribunals, consisting of two
valuators, one appointed by the landed proprietors, and
the other by the tenant-farmer of the poor-law union ;
secondly, by having these valuators bound to value ac-
cording to instructions embodied in the law; and thirdly,
by having attached to each local tribunal a registrar or
secretary, whose duty it shall be to register all the pro-
ceedings of the valuators, and to keep them informed
and reminded of the requirements of the instructions
under which they act."

We certainly expected something better than this
complicated puerility from the combined wis-
dom of the steady northern and the acute
southern. Undoubtedly the L?gislature can
embody in an Act of Parliament stringent rules
and instructions as to valuation ; but we do not think

it is within the province or power of Parliament, by
any legal,enactment, to bind any two men to an
agreement in opinion either on this or any other
subject. It is proposed that one of these valuators
shall be nominated by the landlord, and the other by
the tenant. Is it likely that these nominees of oppo-
site parties and jarring interests will agree in
opinion ? Is it not more in accordance with a know-
ledge of human nature and the history of arbitra-
tions that each arbitrator %ill look to the interest of
the party by whom be has been appointed ? And in
the more than probable event of a disagreement,
where is the umpire or tribunal to reconcile

their differences, or to bring the points at
issue to a satisfactory adjustment? This proposal
of but two valuators we cannot look upon otherwise
than as a lame and impotent conclusion. It is leaving
the matter as it is at present between the owners and
occupiers, or, what amounts to the same thing, placing
it in the hands of their partisans or nominees. We
can anticipate from such a course nothing but
interminable disputes and litigation.
We cannot say that the attempt made to define
what should be deemed rent has been more successful
or satisfactory. The introduction of new theoriea is
not, in our opinion, calculated to bring the question
at issue to a speedy conclusion. To give the arbitra-
tors the power to supersede every contract between
the proprietor of the soil and his tenant would tend
to unsettle all the laws and rights of property.
And to render nugatory all contracts in
reference to land by a complicated attempt to appor-
tion the net profits through the instrumentality of
arbitrators, without regard to, or perhaps in contra-
vention of, solemn engagements, would, we feel con-
vinced, but lead to eternal disputes and dissatisfac-
tion, and prove a disadvantage to the tenant as well
as to the landlord.

If the Tenant League be not able to frame
some more simple and satisfactory grounds for legis-
lation upon this matter before the next meeting of
Parliament, it is to be feared the whole session will
pass away in useless and angry discussions about im-
practicable theories. The great objection to the Bill
introduced by Sir W. SO3Ik;EVILLE was its cumbrous
and complicated machinery. We have not as yet
been able to discover that the Tenant League
have much simplified the subject. 11 tale
upon this part (f the subject we cannot
avoid expressing our regret at the unwarrantable
language used by one of the reverend orators in
reference to the Right Honourable Gentleman the
Chief Secretary for Ireland. Rude wit is a poor
substitute for argument, and vulgar abuse should find
no place in tle councils of those who meet for high
ind important purposes. There should be some con-

,ideration fur the difficulties of men in cffice, and it
should be remembered that the representatives of the
tenant interest are not the predominant party in the
present House of Commons.
Had Sir W. SOMERVILLE merely wished to obtain
a little popularity, he might hare introduced some

sweeping measure of landlord reform, which would
be at once scouted out of the House, while

he would have acquired the character of a
great reformer and friend of the people.
But he has not taken this tours:', and
as we believe he means honestly, we are disposed to
think hini right in introducing only such a measure
of practical utility as will bo likely to receive the
sanction of the House of Commons.

We think the Tenant League would do much
practical good by turning their attention to the
custom known and acted on in Ulster as the tenant
right. The conditions of the ULSTER PLANTATION
would seem to xi+ to form the most equitable basis for
legislation upon this subject, and a clear definition of
what these conditions were, and what has been the
custom observed in reference to them would be of
serious advantage to the Legislature in the considera-
tion and settlement of the question.
One of our morning contemporaries appears to be
ignorant of the condition of this Ulster Plantation,
and seems to be under the impression that there is no
tenure of land in Ireland differing from the ordinary
tenure in England. We have frequently, through
the columns of The Sun, called attention to the terms
and conditions under which the confiscated lands of
the north were granted to " undertakers," as the
present landlords were then termed in the several
grants and charters of JAMES I. ; we cited state
papers and charters of 1608" and 1613, defining the
orders and conditions to be observed by the "under.
takers," upon the distribution and plantation of the
escheated lands of Ulster. By these conditions the
tenants were entitled to a large share of the privileges
of the landlords or undertakers. These undertakers
were not to hold these lands for their own individual
profit or advantage, even on pain of forfeiture. The
rights and privileges conferred upon the ' settlers or
occupiers was determined and recognised by the
Muse of Lords in the year 1846, in the case of the
Skinners' Company of London and the Irish Society,
in which it was decreed that the Irish Society were
merely the public trustees for the "plantation," and
not for the benefit of any merely private, though
collective, ownerships.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals cf yesterday.
It is evidenf, from the general tenour of the telegra-
phic dispatches detailing the progress of the PRESIDENT,
that his reception in the eastern departments has been
anything but satisfactory to the Imperialists. The
flourishes about enthusiasm, &c., &c., &c., with which
we were indulged during the first days of these jour-
ne)s, have ceased since the detailed accounts of the
PRESIDENT'S reception at the various places at which
he has sojourned, have been publishz.d in the journals.
For the first day or two, while the telegraph had the
monopoly of intelligence, these little exaggerations
might be indulged in with safety ; but they are now
no longer useful; since the scene at the ball at Besan-
con ; a scene which the journals of the Elyi ee endea-
vour, after a most absurd fashion, to distort into a
deliberate scheme of assassination. Really M. CAR-
LIER, should hire a fresh set cf litterateurs to invent
hi 3 plots of assassination for him, min who
have had some practice in the work, and
who keep probability in view in their
inventions, and it would be well that he should
din into their ears the 7720 t of TA LLEYRAND—
Surtout point de Zele. His present employes have
by their zeal spoiled everything. The jlloniteur du
Soir, for instance, in order to account fur th s PRESI-
DENT'S sorry reception at Strasburg, gets up a cock
and a hull story of a conspiracy to assassinate the
PRESIDENT of the Republic, the leaders of which came
from Nancy to execute the plan. If any such con-
spiracy exists, the leaders in it are certainly not Re-
publicans, or, if Republicans, they must be mad, inas-
much as it is clearly the interest of the Republicans
to increase rather than to decrease the number of pre-
tenders to royalty. To the Republican more espe-
cially is the life of Lours NAPOLEON of importance,
as he is the insuperable obstacle to the restoratiou
of the house of BOURBON. The same journal gives
the following account of the reception of the PRESI-
DENT at Beltort
" The Prince arrived at Belfort at nine o'clock in the
evening. During the whole of his passage from Besan-
con to that place the rain fell heavily, notwithstanding
which a considerable crowd had assembled, who wel-
comed him with warm acclamations. The President of
the Republic was met at Belfort by General Magnan,
who commands the division. At the moment of the
arrival of the President a number of the Socialists of the
place were collected at the entrance of the town, and
who, commencing their mauceavres made up for the
scantiness of their numbers by the violence of their
cries. As they appeared inclined to follow the carriage
~f the President with their vociferations, the troops
barred their approach."
If their numbers were so scanty what necessity was
there for the intervention of the troops to bar their
approach ? and bow could the cries of " a score of
bandits," for the writer afterwards speaks of them as
amounting in number to no more—how could the
cries, however violent, of merely "a store of bandits"
be even heard amidst " the warm acclamations of a
considerable crowd ?" M. CARLIER must provide men
who are better up to their business to describe the
visit to Cherbourg; a repetition of such glaring in-
consistencies will ruin all. The Journal des De.iuts,
which in the controversy between Louis NAPOLEON
and the Legitimatists has maintained a cautious neu-
trality, thus sums up the results of the Presidential
journey :

" The reception given to M. Louis Na?oleon in
Alsace, as in Franchc-Comte, Burgundy, and the Lyons
district, is everywhere very eager, and generally sym-
pathetic, but nut marked by what is called enthusiasm.
After so many revolutions this absence of enthusiasm is
not surprising. Who can abandon himself to such a
feeling when all is instability, and when the social state
itself is likely at any day to be called in question? In
like manner, as there has not been unity of thought
amongst the different classes of the population, so has
there been no unity of manifestation towards the Presi-
dent. Three distinct shades may be remarked—the
reception given by the rural population, the reception
given by the towns' people, and that of the bourgeoisie
in balls and banquets. The reception of the rural
communes is invariably cordial, and that cf the streets
merely respectful and reserved, except when organized
groups of Socialists have turned a legal cry into one of
opposition and hatred. The bourgeoisie receives the
President with kindly regards, as one who is at the head
of the party of order and of social conservation. With
respoct to those who put forth acclamations of a totally
pe-sonal kind, such as Vire Napoleon!' or Vive
t'Empereur!' they are evidently in a minority; and it
has been remarked that their ill-timed persistence has
very often caused the cry of Vire le Presic.l nt !' to be
changed into that of Vive la IlOublique.' Such we
take to be, impartially speaking, the true character of
the reception given to Louis Napoleon by the three
classes we have enumerated."

We believe this to be as nearly a just appreciation
of the reception of the PRESIDENT as may be. The
PRESIDENT of the Republic was everywhere well
received, while the supporters of the pretender to an im-
perial throne were only a miserable and thinly-
scattered minority.
The Government has received the following ac-
counts of the progress of the President of the Re-
[ublic by the telegraph :
`• STRASBURG, AUGUST 21, FIVE o'cLocrc, P N.
. _

"The President having left Besaeg in, at one o'clock
Rm., on the 19th, entered Balfort at half-past eight.
He alighted at the Hotel de Ville, ald assisted at the
ball offered to him by the town.
On the 20th, after reviewing the National Guard and
troops of the line, the President departed for Mulhouse,
where be arrived at two o'clock. A review then took
place at the gates of the city, after which the President
proceeded to the Hotel of the Industrial Society, where
he examined she remarkable productions of that city.
At five o'clock he left by the railroad, and reached
Colmar at six o'clock. The fatigue of the journey, how-
ever, prevented him from assisting at the ball offered
by the city.
" This morning the President reviewed the National
Guard and troops of the garrison, and at one o'clock left
fur Strasburg, where he arrived at half-past two o'cloAr.
During those three days the President experienced
Everywhere the same r(c3ption, and was saluted with the
same enthusiasm. _ _

" Alsace, as well as Franche Comte, manifested its
sympathy for him. Everywhere the rural population
bailed bim on his passage with resce:l and gratitude for
the services he has rendered his country.

THE PREFECT OF THE UPPER RHINE TO THE MINISTER

OF TILE INTERIOR.
"STRASBURG, AUG 22, 6 o'CLock, A.m.
_ " COLMAR, 21ST, 4 O'CLOCK PM.

" depaTr
thme President
leaving
h behind
ethie Republic n
dhim
the has
most j ufsatv, qui
tted
e nay,
ice-
pression. The reception given to the Chief of the State
by the immense majority of the population was both
warm and respectful. Everywhere the sentiments of the
people, who bless the re-establishment of order, were
manifested with the utmost energy. These unequivocal
manifestations triumphed over the efforts of the enemies
if society, who vainly sought to protest against the
general enthusiasm by a few isolated cries of Tiv.: la
Republique!'
THE PREFECT OF THE LOWER RHINE TO TUE MINISTER
_ _

OF THE INTERIOR.
- -

" STRASBURG, AuG. 21, half-pact 4 ~'clock, r.m.
"The President has made his entry 'lit) Strasburg.
He has been perfectly received along the road and by
the population of Strasburg."
M. ROMIEiY, ex-secretary to the PRESIDENT, and
ex-editor of the journal the Napoleon, has published
a work entitled "Era of the Cm3ars," in whin% he
et ntends that France can only be saved by a military
despot raised to the throne by Pretorian Guards.
The following are the chief items of the weekly
Bank returns :

Francs.
Specie .< 335,007,421
Ditto in the departmonts ... 117,098,064
Bills in portfolio ... 49,751,471
Bills in branches 74,668,445

Bills lying unpaid ... - 114,073
Ditto in branches '... 1,161,410
Bank notes in circulation ... 425,239,800
Ditto in branches ... 72 365,500
Credit to Treasury ... ... 68,545,060
Private credits ... 64 266,667
Ditto in branches... ... 23,814 839
Gold has increased three millions in Paris, and one
million in the provinces. The portfolio shows im •
provement in the discounted bills account to the ex-
tent of two millions in Purls, but a falling off of a
million and a half in the departments. The credit to
the Treasury has increased five millions.
The .Moniteur publishes a decree, signed by the
PRESIDENT of the Republic, investing M. Rouuan,
Minister of Justice, with the functions of the Minister
of Finance during the absence of M. FOULD.
PARIS BOURSE, AUGUST 23.—Latest Prices.—Five
per Cents., 971. 25c.; Three per Cents., 58f. 40c.;
Bank Actions, 2,3351.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE
LONDON STOCK-EILCHANGE, Aua. 23.
Boulogne and Amiens, 71/4—Namur and Liege, 61/8
Bonen and Havre, 9%.

HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed
steadily at previous rates. The sales were estinuted at
5,000 bales.—The Share Market was steady and previous
quotations were fully supported.
There would appear from the returns before us t)
have been increased employment last week for the assets
of the Bank of England, for although the circulation
was diminished, this was occasioned solely by the addi-
tion to the Public Deposit., the advances upon other
securities having frituAly increased, and to a large
amount. The fact, too, that the other deposits were
ratter dimkished, is further proof that money was
finding readier employment. Tho sum of the precious
metals was augaionted. Compared with the previous,
week, the changes ar© as follows--

... 30,204,270
••• 76,625
... 3,280,106
Increase . . 2 354
Public Deposits ... ... 7,261,305
Increase 977,903
Other Deposits ... 9,569,322
Decrease ... 143.463
Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,328,448
Decrease ... 19,341
Government Securities ... ... No alteration.
Other Securities ... 10,534,408
Increase ... 438,363
Notes ... 10,377,215
Increase ... ... 393,970
Bullion ... 16,853,931
Increase .., .. 51,745
Active Circulation ... 19,827,055
Decrease ... 322,345
The rates at which bills of exchange were negotiated
yesterday afternoon on the principal continental cities
were 11 47 to 59 on Trieste, being somewhat lower; 25
52} to 55 on Antwerp; 13 104 to 11 on Llambur4b, being
rather higher, and 25 521:t0 57i on Paris, which is much
the cam; all these quotations being fir ninety days'
date.

Notes Issu;d
Increase

Rest

Ditto, than. & Lin. Union 41.25... -- dir,.... to -
Midland. lOO ..... 23A Va... to -
Ditto, Coosa. Preferenco 1.00 - -
D.t to, 501. Sh arts ..... ...... 35 ...... - -
.fliclloo 1, Itirin., and I)erby...loo ..... -
Ave:an U, Congo]. Bristol and
Birrninoham, 6 per cent.... 100 ... .. - . -
4fifliand, Bristol and Glouc. 46 ... .. - . to -
Ditto ditto 29'. 19s. 6d .. -• -
Vitto,ErowashVal., Pref... 50
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 par ct.gua.)....100 .... . - to -
!.Z.idld. Great Wostern (Irish) 471 y - ...... to --
Middlesbro' and Reclean 6
per cont. guar. -
Nowca s!le and Carlisle lO3 --- - to
Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. -...-• to -
Newmarket v.... 23 ...... •-• -
Ditto Extansion Scrip... 21, 12a....... - -
Nawport Aborgy., and Herat. 6 ...... - -to -
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 1
Newry, Warronpoint, and
Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 ....• - ... .. to -
Norfolk ... ..... 100 ...... 16,-1...... to -
Ditto New 201.. l5 ...... -•-.... to -
Do. Extension ...... ... 20 - ..:to:-
Do. Guar. 5 ver cent...1;25 ~ - - to -
Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 - .•• ••• to .....
Northern Counties Union ... 4 - -
North British - - ...... .. .25 ...... - . to -
Ditto, Preference...... ... 5
North Staffordshire........... 17 lA, - ...... to -
North Western l7 ..... - -.... to -
)xford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton - ...... to --
Preston and Wyre - . to -
Do. Half Sharer....,. (A) 101. ,4 . - -
R3ading,Guildfd..,& Reigate 18 - ... .. to -
Royston and Hitchin .... .. 614- -
ro. Shepreth Extension.- %, - . to -
Scottish Central ............a. 25 ... - . to -
Scottish Midland -. 25 - -••-• to -
Ditto, New.- 22- - ...... to -
Srowsbury and Birmingkara 1314 - alis .. to -
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 9%, — ,dis... to -
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
--• ... t 0...-.
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - -.. to ---
Shrewsbury and Cheater
(Nor. W. kin.) - . ..... to
Ditto Halves, Ditto... 10 ... - ...... to -
Ditto, Oswestry io .....• - . ..... to --
Ditto ( Now )... - -
DittoS per Cant. Pref....-. 10 .. ... 11%. to -
Ktrooshire Union...
Saatli Devon 'so .....• - -..... to -
Ditto, Preference ....... . - . ..... to -
'oath Staffordshire... - , ... to -
South Eastern ..... ... 33178...... 1543 g... to -..
Ditto, No. 3. 3O - . ..... to -
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 -
South Wales ... - -
f3outh Yorkshire, Doncaster
end Goole ..... ... - , ..... to
qaefflold. Rotherham, and
Gook (N. 1)) Gila. 5 para. 181% - ... .• to -
Do. do. (South Div.) G - ~ ..... to --.
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Still. Coal ..... .... . 8 - . to -
raw Vale Extension ........ 91%$ - ...... to -
Filmes Haven Dock and
Railway ...., 17% - -
Vale of Neath ,.. 13 - . to -...
Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... -
Waterford and Limerick._ - 4714..... - -
Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw,
and Dublin - •••• • to -.
Wear Valley, 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ...... ........- 50 - ...... to -
Do. do. do. - to -
Do. do. do. -
West Cornwall of - to -,
elThitel oven and Furness 2O ... .. - -
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western..... -
Wilto, Somerset,EaWeyniontli 50 .. ... - ••• -
Y • at.k, Newcastle, and Barwick 25
Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 -
Do. G. N. E. Par. or Pref.. 9 - to -
Do. Hartlepool 15k. St Rly. 100 - to -
York and North Midland ... 50 - to -
Ditto. Preference ... 10 - -
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Aostrian) - to -
84)111m:110 and Amiens ...... ... 29 .. ... - .... to -
r:',entral of France ( Orleans
and Vicrzon) ... . ....... 20 -
Domerara. - ..... to -
Dutch Rhenish 8 - -
East Indian -
Ditto . - -
Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... - ..... to -
Do. Do 1 -
Louvain ala Sambre ......... 71a - ... to
Luxembourg
Ditto - ...... to -
ladrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege-- ..... .. 20 ,„. _ _ -
Northern of France.......... 16 ..... - -
Orlaan3 and Bordeaux ... - 7 ... _ -.- „.„ to -
Paris cud ( Ix-leans- 2O
t 0 -
Paris and Rouen -
Paris and Strasbourg ... - ...... to -
liooon and fla-are 29
Sambre and Meuse - ...... to -
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - -
'fours & Nantaa ... ... .. 14
• •• to -
rournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hasielt ...... a 20 .•..•• - •••••• to -
West Flanders B%
•••,.... to .-
MINES.

Anglo ?lexicon lOO ..,.... -
As' ur:au .. ..... -
Australian 4
Barrossa Range... .. .
to
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal -
Bolaaos Scrip
Bri till.. Iron
Brazilian Imperial ....• ..... 24,A......
Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 39 -
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15
C-obre Copper ........ ....... 40
Genw.al •• •,.... 29
Real &AM:onto, Unregistered ..•
Do. Black Debentures. —
—.......—
. to
Do. Red Debentures ..
to
Santiago de Cuba lO ••• ••• .....
Tin Crcft....
to
United Mexican
JOIITT STOCK SANE S.

Australasia
British North American
Colcnial .. .
Commercial of Lcndon
London Joint Stock ~... lO
London and Westminster... 20
National Provincial of Engld. 85 to
Ditto, New
National of lroland ..... 22% — .. to
Provincial of Ireland ... 25
Ditto, Now
Union of Australia 25
Ditto, New .. 2% — ...... to
Union of L0nd0n..........„.. 10
Union of Madrid

COURSE OF
Amsterdam ...... •• .. 12 1
Ditto, three months 12 214
Rotterdam .•• . •• 12 2%
Antwerp.... ........ 25 57%
Brussels.. • • 25 57%
Harp burgh .• • • Id.B. 13 11
Paris, 3 days'sight • • 25 35
Ditto. 3 months .... 35 60
tdarseilles . • 25 GO
Bounleaux.... •• ... •
Frankfort on Maine..,. 121.16
iier1in...........• •• • • —';
Vienna, effee. •• .. 11 55
Trieste, ditto .. 11 55
Petsrsburgh, Sil. Ebbe,. 37 !,4
Kadrid •• .. • • •....... 491 i
flareelona .•

EXCHANGE.
Gibraltar.. •• .........;
Let:horn ........ •• •• 30 72%
Genoa .......• •• •• 5
Milan ...• ............

Ei3vLllGe.—..—.•:

Venice ........ ........
Naples ••.••.• • •• . • • • 40%
ealertno, per0z........ 1224
Nlessina .. ••.••• • • • • • • 123
Lisbon.. • • 53%
)p0rt0..............
Rio Janeiro • • ...... • •
3.lenos Ayres
New York, GO days'sight
Philadelphia • • • •
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OE.
Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars • • 0 0 0
Silver in bars ...... • • 0 0 0

YD'S SHIPPING.--(T HIS DAY.)
LOND AuG. 24 —Wind at noon W.S.W., moderate
bre( z 1 and cloudy, with rain at times.
SUNDERLAND, AuG. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd.
Sappho, Q xebec; Star of the East, ditto.
NEWP,RT, AUG. 22.--Wind W.— Arrd. Pacific, Saw-
yer, Richibucto. Sld. Tartar, Cape of Good Hope;
Opher, City Point; Falcon, Qaebec,
STUDWELL ROADS, AUG. 23.—Wind fresh.—Arrd.
Waterford, Robinson, Quebec, for Port Madoc.
SUIELD3, AuG. 23. Wind W., fresh.—Sld. Brilliant,
Cape of Good Hope.
HARTLEP‘3OL, AUG. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. liepsa
Holrne., Quebec.
WHITBY ROADS.—Arrd. Rub,rt and Mary, Quebec.
BRIDLINGTON QUAY, AUG. 23.—The Highland Chief
was dismasted in a thEnder :quail yesterday, and has
been assisted in Lore.
.ALMERIA, AUG. 14.—The Courier, Cardiff to Galatz,
was stranded on the beach of Point Helen, between Ra-
guetas and Adra, yesterday; crow saved.
PILL, AUG. 23.—Wind W.N. W.—Sid. Alert, Q tebec.
BRISTOL, AUG. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Jamul sad Eden, Nolan, Baltimore.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Petrel,
Taylor, Callao; Courier, Bawes, Arica; Creamro.ie,
Macao; Broad Oak, Goulding, ditto; Lannert, Corduer,
Maranham; Clydesdale, Ferguson, Antigua; Mersey,
Taylor, Jamaica; Precursor, Rutledge, Savanilla; Vi-
corie, Tampico; Houghton, Doani., New Orleans; SJle,
Norman, Charleston; Saranak, Dunlevy, Philadelphia;
./Eolus, Driscoll, New York; El Dorado, St. Step' en's,
New Brunswick; Cynthia, Newfoundland; Candidate,
Forbes, ditto.
WHITEHAVEN, AUG. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Cam-
brian, Roper, Quebec.
QUEENSTOWN, AUG, 22. Wind W.N.W.—Arrd.
Agnes, Stephenson, Earbadoes, and sailed for Liverpool;
Union, Adams, Honduras.
WARREN POINT, AUG. 22.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd.
Marmora, Duncan, St. John's, New Brunswick.
DEAL, AUG. 23.—Wind W. to W.S.W., moderate.—
Arrd. Castle Eden, Thornhill, Madras; North Star,
Palmer, Mazatlan; Agnes and Ann, Rio Jaceiro; Ca-
ledonian, ditto; Islam, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River
and sld. Elizabeth, Port Philip; D romo, Cae Coas
Castle; Devon, Beliz,; Faside, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick; Devereux, Quebec. Ski. Tallintire, Coquimbo;
Duke of Norfolk, Jamaica; Marquis of Queensberry,
Mirarniehi. Her Majesty% steamer Victoria and Al-
bert and the squadron from Ostend passed Southsand
Headlight vessel at six P.M.
DOVER, AUG. 23.—Wind W.S.W.-6.15
Her Majesty's steamer Victoria and Albert, and the
Fairy, Black Eagle, and Vivid, forming the Royal squa-
dron from Ostend, and proceed at 7.30 rig., fur Osborne,
Isle of Wight.
NORDEN, AUG. 18.—A board, apparently the cover
of a chest, four feet long and on; tread, has bee-i pickt.ci np near Dorrnmersorghl, and is marked as follows:
" Por la Belgique. A an Execia Sr Genl Dom M.
Paceco y Obes, en Monte Andea, Rio de la Plata.
Per Conducta del Snr. Capt. Rowley, de la Rlmne, l3ri-
Consignados a Messrs. Tross y Ca, Rio de
Janiero,tannca' y
Cls. No. 18. Claces."
ANTWERP, AUG. _2.— Progre , arrive i 0 -
rend, from Liverpool, received conideral le damage from
contact with the James, London, to Tralee.
ALG 23.—The Sylphs, arrived at Guadeloupe,

24th July, from Martinique, leaky, hour,
ground in entering. She makes two feet water per
and must repair.
PR MAUG.23.—Wind
OTSOI7TH, AUG S.SId. Paragon,
Mauritius. havV7.--ing taken lu3
TORBAY, AUG 23.—Wind S.W.—Slel. Alexandria',
Alton 134 y.
PLY.moura, AUG. 23.—Wind S.W.—Sld• her Ara'
jesty'B steamer Slllamander, Cape and Hong-IC-111;g:
diue, leflrxible, West Indic, ' ditto, Alban, Vire6t Inle-.
sj nif portt
FALM,UTH, AUG. 23.—Wind W.S.W.--w
RU3ti, BallUatit.
___

DAY)

MARKET NE WS.—( THIS
COVENT-GAItIOADT.
i)atil:Ao:111
were very extensive, the general demand ruled WOO
rt.;icio:sunhogthEittrihouenitsss.u—p,Aplpiersicootfs,both Fruit and 'Vegetsbles
2s to
Apples, 45 01 to 6s Od per lb; Hot-house Grie"
to 5s per Ib; Peaches, 4s to 12s per dozen;
is 6d to
4s to 12$ per dozen; Melons, 2s Od to 4s eachileVirsit:e2.-si
to 3s per dozen; Gooseberrie., 2s Gd to 33 6d per b.5.1:3
sieve;(,...o Currants, red, 3s Od to 4 ; 01 per half sieve; 0".
53 per dor!!
half'itt sieve;
to 53 per half sieve; black dido, 4s to 55 Per
48 to
to 13 61 per
~. halfp sieve ; Muscat of Alexandria Gr3Pcs,
as
16eivep;eriliaupberri, s, 41 to 8d par pottle; Cherries is
ditto, 53
, to 7s per half sieve; Apples, is 6d to ~..i,
rer_olbrib;r.
npuertshuDhel; Pears, is 91 to 2s 91 per bushel ; ""is
Gpirceiednincig:g6luesmst,o3,B2ss to 3s per half stove ; Orsleisoi
.b' eign Fru'ts— per bushel; Filberts, 8d to
to 45;
West
tlon2dsiapperinpeunizeptp.lo3,
15
Is 61 to 4s er dozen; Cherries, a per
Aprie t- . 4d to 6
er
; Lemons, 6s to 12s per 100; Almonds, 55 t° ^ .
eneui
ot nuts, lb
peck;
a3sSptoan6isilidiNttouls,urtszitlosbastsd, i3ttso ;t0 S4psacilit6tllo
itll3l2;ra:
per box. Nuts, 5s to 6s ditto; Spanish Onions, 143 to 201
4bsraeoei; Spinach,
_ En lish Vegetables—Cucumbers, 2d to le 2d rot
2s 6,1 per sieve; Cauliflosvers, 15 9:iie;
per dozen; Horseradish, 2s to 5s per h°l34 ic,
Parsley, is to2s per dozen bunches; Cabbages. "
doyen;
is
Isper dozen; Red Beet, is to 2s Od Per ico
2sMushroom, 91 to 23 per pottle ; Small Salad, 1 Lien
3dper dozen punnets ; Sage, 2s to 33 Pe- doyen'
bunches;Fren Globe Artichokes, 23 to 3s Gil Per 2d
B.oh Beans, 3s to 4s rer sieve; Cabbage Lttuce!, .I,
to
Carrot, perrditto;o t Mint,
bunches'
I ; Turnips,,,,,disbeor
ei:rs,t;eo9l63topelrsdozernid,:zen bunches;i es, .
91 to is er
.),,
~
to p
~:,,,aot3; 43 per cwt; ditto, Is 6d to 3s per bushel; 191 4
perp is
ditto; ; 56:111 atl3lotiss, 9641 tloeBrdhpael tr.
is
bi e; v eo;oSioourer,e,d 6tod tivr.,9l::
ighunch; V, getable M-rrow, is to 2s per dozen; Chench;
F to h 6 1 per bundle; lz-,ek,, 24 to 3 peer"udtto;
,ennel, 21 to 3d per d; Sarery, 21 to 3 ditto;
lb_,m)re, 21 to 31 per ditto; Mint, 2d per ditto. 61 fer
.k, Foreign Vegetables—French Carrots, 4:1 roi ;eel
bunch; French Beans, is 9d to 2s 61 per ha td to
Cucumbers, 31 to si, (Lich; Duch Melons, is Y
2s 41 ettc!l.
NE WiIATZI AND MEAD73OOII4 l'ilkuH'll,
Turkeys, 5s 01 to 7s Oct; Geese, 33 61 to 0;,, wild
is 6d to 23 64; Tame Rabbits, Is 3d t) Is 7u; ip,
ditto,4s 61
101 to is 1(I• Pigeons, 6d to 9,1; lloastingo ad
61 to 7s; aed :Leverets, 2s 61 to 45 each; I! 6el;
Fowls, 7s 61 to 10s; ditto Chickens, 3s 6d
i to liw,
Barn-door Fowls, 3e to 63 per couple; ng/rth el'itse,
6s 3d t) 7s; French ditto, 5s 81 to es; and
53 61 to 53 9d per 120; Fresh Butter, 91 to Is Per 02'
NEWPorcr.
1 to 43 6d; Veal, 3s 4d
Beef, from ', 5 yet
33 8 -5 8,10 3s 81; Dlutton,3s 2d to 49; it1111:11
to 43; or , .
811)s. P h 3. 6d to

Beef, from °747nITMCEAPI" 450 h
Lamb, 3s 6,1 , ..• Llu 0 ,
2d t
Is to 95 6d; to 43 4]; V-al 35 4d to 3s 10d; pork,
to 4s Od per B;br. ' '
'-'
64 t° as 6I•AI I n 2s 101 to gi
BXLIraeirGSGATV. Brillgt
Salmon; 83 to Is 2d per lb; Turbots, 45 to 119; , ~,,,
Cod
Is to I.er dol"'
• 83 per
Fish, 3s GO 63 6d each; Soles, Joe !
pair; ditto mall, Is 6d to 25 6d P ,__,6d
EAs, 83 to 11d per lb; Lobsters, 8d to 29 6d; Crauberog,
to 26 each;
Shrimps, Is 61 to 2s 3d per gallon; lirii, 2cl
23 to 3i per lb; Mullets, 3d to 5d each; Smelts, g
to Is 61 ' Per dez; Mackerel, 63 to 7d each; Woitivg ,
iodt°
2s 1 to 33 6,1 pe d .
Is 23; Huld - r ' oz; Plaice, 3d to 63; Gurnets,.
_eh;
Skate, 31
.e. to 4 i
ocks, 6d to 10d; ditto dried, 2d to 413105;1
- per 11); Oysters, CO'mu3on 85 tto 21;
ditto natives
and Pik° , natives, 32s to 448 pr bushel; Cop, I° '
•-•) 29 to 3s each.
The rt.' ItE,E.A.D. .1.5 ore
• Ices of Wheaten Bread in the inetropo 1 . db
from 7d to 7ld ,1,1 per 4.
loaf. 2; of Household ditto, 51 to vr"

1231bf,arlIrdtthid
801 b to o2'
UXDM DEATZICEZ.,„
ditto, 061 b to 1e02,541b6,163t4:1641b, lid to 11u; ditto, ditto,
d. Ca!i' Skins (.1-toh33::9clto'S
; ditto, 7!21b to 801 b, 2d to 2i 'O3P;
881 b, 21d to 3d; ditto, 881 b top6lb, 3d t
IA
01 to 4
d to is 2d; Lamb last
"
ditto,‘ 1041 b to full
6j; ditto ,
4s 0.1 00.1 t 9 53 6!; Horn' speorliog"
s:dns, is 10d to 2s 6d each•
per loadtto9 313
SNITIIFI TM-
laar I'VEMIZSIV23.
6d to Os;
sj 185;
Old Meadow Hay, 2/ 123 to Ws;
neCwadminEuLAA.N S to 41 03; and Straw, 11 3 ti2d,..
new ditto, d 21 33 to 3/ 53; old Clover, 31 159 to 4it
sj
new ditto,
2/ 8s to old Clover,
moderatoD._ o id
Meadowsupply,
uaays 1, u2gigli 55113 ttroa
3:11 167:
31 5s to 3/ 183 11 tO
r
per load. Both II ; and Stravv, •.' st 00
—9°Y and Straw moved 0115100 i/
quotatims. 18';
WIIITECII to 3.
new ditto APEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 2/ 125 4/ 100;
new so 21 8s t 3 3/ 51; old Clover, 31 129 to 11 89
per ditto,
31
53
3/ 103 to 41 93
to 3/ 183; and Straw, 11 23 to
load. Supply tolerbbly good, and trade dull.

-----------„ DAY.)
CRIMINAL COUR.T.—(TII-'-'
OLD COUR7'.
(Before Mr. Barr Pe.,,,r!.4)13 1
i. •
John ..loolr.ing_ eoie
Jacob Edwards, a most gentle,' ' virg
deny man e ; 'al for hti „ in.
,_ 3,urrend e re d to take has trial _ll of
the 9th, 14th, and 31stof July last by rasa"
,
strument, ercl • by. illy
The ' (-mound to procure abort a nos g
prisoner, on being arraigned, Plende '
to each ' ,„a till
of the indictments. tnoo- t..
Mr JAMES applied to have the trial poi -wl pi t•
next . sessioe, on the ground that certain enoe, boo
nessesf who were mate, is! to the prisoner's dete_;fficteet
not yet been summoned, as there had not been sad' able
Erne tot tune
do so. He would in a very sh°r•
to'll
produce affidavits to that effect. a ofer °
Mr. Baron 12
LATT allowed the COO to gel
the affi 1 •
,avit was prepared, but ultimately tiOo con'
Mr. BALLANTINE, on thepart f the prosecU . 'oo' to
0 . , 9 to
sensed to trial was P
the postponement, and the
tho next
session.
garina
ATTEMPT DES."'" RP'
TO POISON BY CANTIaIa A ,jOl 0
ifSharp, a good-looking widow, Ras inclictey' vo ic.inge
harlo .
tousl causing to be administered to C A gr.
certain '
poison with intent to murder be. —0 an
u -
Mr. Robinson appeared for the prosecute., •
Prendergast,'deo°
jun., defended the prisoner. .o. at
On the • the eellorciot, ,
part of the proe.utit n miker 0
was adduct d:— Ile d. ~.'"" ge,
Mr. Davis. Davi was a waiter atthe Ning's ''''-a he s"°
Row. et Itake
He iceedlected seeing the prisorer iio tO it
door of the Pavilic n Theatre, and she told
which 0 too
a parcel to Mr. Elphinstoce, the comedian, wu
in to Mr. El an °l3
phinstoiae's dresser. • tone, 2 the
Thomas King was dresser to .Ir. ElPhirja el fre°
the 23d of Ju'y he received a reper pare,. Icon'
tamedtot the
a tart; Mr. Elphinstone gave it ba tOf thfat
ness, and he gave it to his wife who eat Pet oted jog
Mrs- King, the wife of the last witilegs'•og toerli-911
she ate part of the tart, and on the follow' f 0 000
she ate the rest of it, with the exoePti •Shler.
piece,f in which she saw a piece of greeD staffa 0031_.1
a terwards she became sick, and brought oPier radio'
able quantity of blood. She was still Lieu
treatment. a cOole..
he Wils - prl'
James Walker . teed that
ow, the ked
dia • Elphinstone s
nat the Pavilion Theatre. Ho 1334 she4ri bad 'lgor,
him
for four months; on one occasion ~,, with si,
nia?!o have some cenversation and Ws_ reca he
o,_which ho declined. He was a married roaue_t when„st,
writthename of Sarah Holborough was pre: ;own 70,1
.. s asked to have a walk and some Opt to ber, to
Ina prisoner. He received a note from area h
saw her „deo) og,
that evening, but her e" hey
heo
avoid her. and as
He met the prisoDer A they 00
the next • 11°' ed. e
night in a public•house,L " refas i 0 the
him to have. some gin and water, whion P r wee ~erea
the night of the 23d of Jul the Pris°°e .59 oP be
July WC vi , ,i.l
boxesof I, 6
the-Le-atre ;on that night the 0 part,L.'oo,
to him, but he refused it. Oa the next daY
~,,. Corgq,
tart w to iu•l*o costO"Jihot
39 shown him, and he gave it
surgeon. The riso was then given im, awed kin,
Mr. C 1- P ner 0
bane,' ea t P
eorne tan, a surgeon, of Whitee
_rodooe 410
on the 24th of July Mr. Vphinstone 1),',.9. l'h,e 4
part of a tart, which contained cantbarl7o to liT been
tity that was in the tart would be doiger don bad rf t°
Mr. Baron PLATT said that no iate° tre OP
to do 6 1 Ca
Proved on
Af,. „. the part of the prisoner
(fitt
"mg, and 5, AS °
The jury. , • 's direction .
8
. ueder biz Lordship ~
‘.borged. ~,,000A
the pri,oher, who was immediately el v
hisie loolti°g„, fere
Robert Goldsworthy, a respeati- -;.erig ,-.oclSce
man, was indicted with foloniouelY li,, to dell."
bill of exchange for 2001., with iliten" 1 far
COO 'tie
bert Elliot. wer° e° lle°
Mr. Hudd:estone and Mr. Cbarnock
~ gr. j3O
the rosecution, and Mr. Clarkson Anti be Pl'
defend
• d the ' . prisoner. et° I
A the osa tell
Mr. HUDDLESTONE having state.. 0011
d disc , for
called the following witness :-- and he d sve • •
Robert Elliot—Knew the prisoner,
..
cooto 0 0
several bills for him. The first h0..a,r,. 110 iii be fe;
30/. in 1849. The next was for dj` ortemad • Vl'
counted a 2001. b,ll fir him, whie,_h:Pli,orPonel %00,,,
cepted by a Mr. Lce. He gave Dim di,aol/0k .100)P1
for the 2001. He also applied to dim se 4,0 d bill
bill fur him fur 1701. I-knew Mr. Dee " fir'
1 d
lOW' 10
for several years. 0r4.--* Se to;
Cross-examined by Mr. ClingiLoilly• d the
, 00
merly lodged at the White Bear, -""e"ver oPe'l-er,) 130
wine-stores in Piccadilly but ho hod, not Jatigh2, of 0;
and there was no wine there- in or IS3- doll,
was not a prisoner in the Fleet in 1 beret:oll3,lG .0
had been in Whitecross-street, where henltt-eed°l,;f
five timer 5 erect 0v
months. He had been three _d or ~o wrs, 0
Paid hi; creditors in full the last time, and , fore P 1000
, ot. 001 or
of the b-i.ri.l4ra ' Ho • 9, hatikrur be c° t hti
ptcies. .1 aS . t. 9 fir 6 OP
age, and teat was the ground 00 which__ of 1)1
..,,,i, 5e 0
r•uas aispend. d. In 1827, at the o.l,s.!`time or Poieh pp
ptcy, he had no property, but at tou 8001, . 0, bil oe
e ,001. or fey
bankruptcy, iu 1839, ho had , as og , fiiii. ot,
made Lle cr ia OO
by 1 a lug speculations. editero Leo Jt De
rupt in 1842, when he paid his cr , Dot ten 0the
_;;t
would net >wear that hie debts wcr' cat, p,,,,,,1ee. 0
4 010/.; 5 oOrg, or cvon 10,000/ or id ,ie w hi: ;D
, 0 Lit.)ol ' 4,1 0 snot`
tli I. L ,ee e _ t 4,0 e i',o wi or
in i
e4e ',di:xi -iris debts WeTe autiu, ford ° ehog
prisoner in the Flect. While he wnwhistlia -
bill di*counter. Ile knew what a