The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1850.

Experimental improvements in the Royal Navy of
England are, of all things, to our thinking, the most
cistructive to its development. Against changes of
this dubious character we have invariably argued as
against a system injurious to the service, and, in the
highest degree, detrimental to its interests. Never-
the less, while we can never cease to oppose all such vo-
latile schemes of innovation, we must, at all times,
continue equally energetic in the advocacy of those
plans which appear to be calculated to secure to the
maritime power of Great Britain an extension of its
general efficiency. Among these, perhaps, the most
conspicuous, and, unquestionably, one of the most
important, is the adoption of the screw as
an auxiliary in navigation. Ever since the
first glimmering of the advantages arising from that
contrivance became perceptible, we have persisted in
forcing the subject upon the consideration of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Now,
therefore, that those advantages are no longer in
any respect suposititious, having, on the contrary, by
reiterated trials, been rendered apparent to the most
obtuse and hesitating comprehension, it is not to be
supposed that we shall cease to argue upon the sub-
ji-ct until such time as its reasonableness shall have
been practically acknowledged by the Government.
happily there is no great improbability that such
may be the case, intimations. having been afforded of
late of an intention on the part of the Executive
to forward this project throughout most of our
dockyards. At a moderate calculation, we may
expect before many years have elapsed to witness the
employment of the screw-power by all the vessels of
war sailing under the British standard. That such
a consummation would more than anything else tend
to enhance the maritime force of the empire cannot
be for an instant questioned by those who have
taken even a superficial ►iew of its operation. When
it is considered that, by the adoption of the screw in
preference to the paddle-box, our vessels will be enabled ,

to have full and uninterrupted broadsides, that they
may be more readily fitted, likewise, with complete
sailing power, that they cannot in action be so easily
disabled, that they will prove lsss unwieldly and
better able to receive all proper equipments, the
benefits arising from the improvement we have so
long and energetically advocated, will be perceptible
beyond the limits of opposition.
Prominent among those advantages (accruing to
our ships of war from the use of the screw instead of
the lever) which have been hitherto almost entirely
overlooked, is the capacity thereby afforded of secur-
ing greater symmetry in proportion, and consequently
greater strength, efficiency, and durability. This
circumstance is strikingly demonstrable by a com-
parison of the " Niger" and the " Basilisk." From
the official statement given as to the condition of those
vessels, It appears that the one fitted out with the
screws is no less than ninety- five tons lighter in the hull
than the one fitted out with the lever. This difference
is explained by Captain HALSTED to have arisen from
the following distinction—namely, that the shaft re-
quired for driving a screw is situated in the lowest,
and then fore the strongest part of a vessel, thereby
removing the necessity for applying any extra
strengthening, whereas the shaft necessary for work-
s lever is situated in the highest and weaksst part of
a vessel, rendering it essential, of course, to
support it with a vast quantity of extra
strengthening, besides causing an enormous strain
from the greater weight of the paddle. wheels. None
of these considerations, we maintain, should be depre-
ciated in importance by those upon whom devolve
the responsibilities of increasing the efficiency of the
navy of England. Another fact in connexion with
these same corvettes, the Niger and the Basilisk,
is likewise deserving of especial mention, tending as
it does to illustrate the superior advantages of the
system we desire to see universally adopted. Bear-
ing in mind the circumstance that the screw-vessel
the Niger is exactly of the same size and power as
her sister paddle-vessel the Basilisk, it is surely sur-
prising evidence of superiority on the part of the former
that she can carry no less than fourteen guns, while
the latter is restricted to merely six—not half the
number ! A multitude of equally startling contrasts
between the results of using the screw and lever might
be adduced, all tending to show the folly of not
henceforth entirely repudiating the ol&system, and
adopting in its stead an invention fraught with so
many and such inestimable conveniences. Fortu-
nately, however, the necessity of doing this in an
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abbreviated manner in these columns is ob.

viated by the appearance of a work upon
the subject now under discussion, in which
the question of establishing a perfect screw fleet is
considered in its entirety.* Already we have had
the satisfaction of quoting from this valuable and in-
telligent publication, in a previous sentence, in which

we mentioned the name of its author as our au-
thority. A reference to the book itself will present
the whole theme at once to the reader's judgment,
divested of all difficulties and obscurities, and sepa-
rated into four chapters of great lucidity both
in logic and arrangement. After taking into ac-
count the full-powered screw-ships, and contrasting
these with auxiliaries, Captain Itax.sTED demonstrates

by irrefragable arguments the peculiar recommenda-
tions of the screw for mail contract service, and while
discoursing on the forms of the screw ships of the
navy vindicates the possibility of restoring the most

ineffective. One remarkable observation made to.
wards the commencement of this excellent volume is
deserving of especial remembrance, epitomising as it

does the distinction between the screw ship and the
paddle steamer ; it is this, that " whereas the one will

sail best without her paddles, and paddle best without
her sails—the other will screw the fastest with
her sails, and sail the fastest with her screw." Of
itself, that brief and epigrammatic sentence is a pa-
negyric sufficiently powerful and judicious to enlist
the sympathies of all at once on the side of our che-

rishad argument. It is another and a brilliant teal

mony of the worth of a system essential to the we

fare of our naval armaments—so essential, indeed
that we shall not cease demanding it until its coup

plete adoption by the Admiralty.
* " The Screw Fleet of the Navy. Dedicated by per-
tzio.ion to the Right Hoe. Sir F. T. Biting. Bart., M.P.,
First Lord of the Admiralty." By E. P. Lhlsted, Egq.,
Captain R.N.. pp. 150. Simpkin, Marshi.ll, and Co.,
Loudon: 1850.

We had hoped that the session of 1850 would not
have closed without an attempt being made to place
upon the statute •book a measure for the reform of

he laws relating to lunatics and insane persons.

That without some such measure of reform, it is a
mere mockery to talk of the liberty of the subject has
been abundantly proved. How can we boast of pos-
sessing liberty of the subject when every subject in
the realm only holds his liberty at the
mercy of two apothecaries, who can at any
time secure his incarceration in an asylum where,
according to the rules laid down by the Commis-
sioners, he must remain for six months at least de-
barred from all association with sane people before
he can he liberated ? The necessity of some measure
of reform to prevent the present law from being
used as a duress to compel persons of property to
make a certain disposition of such property, has been
proved over and over again before our courts of
justice; and the indefatigable investigations of Mr.
PURNELL, the worthy and excellent Chair-
man of the Gloucestershire Quarter Ses-
sions, have shown how utterly useless is the
superintendence of the Commission, at the head of
which is my Lord ASHLEY, to secure humane and
proper treatment for the unfortunate lunatics con-
fined in an asylum, and how easy it is for the pro-
prietor of an asylum to obtain for those Commis-
sioners a series of certificates of good conduct, whilst
all the time the most atrocious cruelties are being
practised upon the unfortunate patients. It is not
from a want of a knowledge of these facts, it is not
from any feeling of lukewarmness, that the
friends of the cause of lunacy reform in the House of
Lords have abstained, during the present session,
from introducing -any
_measure to effect the great
object they have in vusw. A measure was prepared,
and would have been introduced and brought to
maturity, had it not been for the unfortunate
Illness of Lord COTTENUAM and of Lord LYND.•
nuasr, both of whom were in favour of some amend-
ment of the present law, and from both of whom the
most valuable assistance was expected. The
health of Lord COTTENHAM still continues
in a precarious condition, but Lord LYND•
HURST, who, during the greater part of the
session has been suffering from blindness, has,
we are happyto say, nearly, if not entirely, recovered
his sight, and will no doubt in the course of next
session render much valuable assistance to those en-
gaged in seeking a reform of the lunacy laws.
The Duke of BEAUFORT, whose experience as a
magistrate of Gloucestershire has convinced him of
the necessity of a reform of these laws, and who
presented the other day a petition to the House of Lords
on the subject from the Alleged Lunatics' Friend So-
ciety, will, we hope, undertake to draw their Lordships'
attention to the subj:•ct in the course of next session.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH is also, we believe, well
disposed towards the cause of a reform in these laws,
and we hope the present Lord Chancellor, following
the example of his illustrious predecessor, will also
O
render his assistance. On the whole we are of
opinion that the friends of a reform in the laws of
lunacy have lost nothing by the non-introduction of
a measure during the present session. Every
day brings to light facts calculated to prove the ne-
cessity of some measure of reform, and every fact
brings to our ranks converts from among the rich
and powerful of the land. We hope, and we believe,
that early next session a Bill will be introduced into
the House of Lords for the amendment of the laws
relating to lunatics and lunatic asylums, and will be
carried.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Aloniteur publishes the following telegraphic
dispatch :

"Be3acc,m, Aug. 19, 1 PM.
" The review of the National Guard of the troops of
the line, in the Champ do Mars, was magnificent. The
President passed through the city on horseback, acd
was received with enthusiasm. The windows were
crowded with women throwing bouquets. The President
has quitted Besancon to continue his journey."
The Bulletin des Lois announces the arrival of the
PRESIDENT at Colmar. Notwithstanding the official
announcement that the PRESIDENT was received at
Besan9on with enthusiasm, it is rumoured in Paris
that Besancon was the scene of a violent emetite, in the
course of which the PRESIDENT and his staff
were expelled from a ball-room, and which
was only quelled by the bayonet. On the
19th, in the evening, the PRESIDENT went to a
ball in the Place de la Halle, at which, says the offi-
cial account, he only staid fur au instant. His sud-
den departure was occasioned by the irruption into
the ball room of a crowd of workmen, who raised
deafening cries of " Vive la Republique," and on
whose appearance the President and his friends re-
tired. Left in possession of the room, the workmen
destroyed all the eagles and other imperial emblems
with which the room had been decorated, and it was
found necessary at last to clear the room at the point
of the bayonet, and afterwards to charge with a de-
tachment of cavalry on those assembled outside.
Tne fact of the short stay of the President at the
ball in the Town-hall, on account of its being inconve-
niently crowded, is stated in the following official
dispatch :

"BESANCON, AUG. 19, ONE P. M.
THE MINISTER C 2 PUBLIC WORKS TO THE MINISTER CP
THE INTERIOR.

" The PRESIDENT of the Republic departed from
Lons-le-Saulnier, at half past 10 yesterday morning,
and arrived at Besancon at half-past seven in the
evening. As in the previous places through which
he has travelled, so also during this day's journey,
he found in every place the municipal authorities, the
clergy, the National Guards, and great crowds of
the people, each and all of whom loudly tAitified
their devotion to the PRESIDENT, and received
him with the most lively demonstrations of affection.
"In order to celebrate the PRESIDENT'S appearance
amongst them, the town of Besstgan has given two
public balls—the one in the Town-hall,
other in the theatre—at both of which all classes
thronged in great multitudes.
"At the Mayor's request the PRESIDENT most will-
ingly consented to favour the assemblies with his
presence at both places ; but at the Town-hall the
place was so inconveniently crowded, that he could
only remain but a very short time, and merely passed
through those who had assembled. He afterwards
went to the ball held in the theatre, and tock part in
the proceedings, where he was greeted with the
greatest enthusiasm."
The reactionary party is now completely broken
up into sections, which hate each other even more
cordially than they bate the Republic. The Legiti-
matists have determined to oppose- any attempt to pro.
cure the prolongation of the President's powers, and M.
BERRYER has consented to join in this opposition. The
Count of CHAMBORD has publicly declared that no
reconciliation has taken place between himself and the
Orleans' family, and the partizans of the latter have
determined to start the Prince DE JOINVILLE as a
candidate for the Presidency in 1852. The Bulletin
de Paris thus speaks of the candidature of the Prince
DE JOINVILLE :
We spoke yesterday of a letter addressed by the
Prince de Joinville to a man of note belonging to the
moderate party, and we said that we guaranteed the ex-
actitude of our information. We say so again. This
letter, in our opinion, has a great importance in the
present circumstances, the Prince saying textually that
there are in his opinion no longer but two regimes
possible in France, the hereditary and legitimate mo-
narchy or a republic, but not a princely republic; and
adding, what is still stranger, coming from a son of Louis
Philippe, that it cannot any more be question of the mo-
narchy of expedients which we had curing the reign of
his father. It may be boldly conjectured that we have a
pretender the more. Whatever may be the adroitness of
form displayed in the Prince's letter, and that
adroitness is incontestable, it is easy to divine
the amt itious thoughts which it seeks to cloak ; and an
arrangement between the branches of the house of
Bourbon ought less to be looked for than a new candi-
date for the Presidentship in 1852. Already, besides,
certain influential members of the Orleanist party have
put forward the name of the Prince de Joiaville as that
of a man ablo, in certain eventualities, to counterbalance
another name. As to us, and it is also the opinion o

Ma. BARON PARRE.—A t the Chester Assizes, st
case came on before Baron Parke, in the Nisi Prius Court,
in which several of the witnesses spoke the Cheshire dialect
very broadly, so much so that the counsel engaged were
quite at fault in properly understanding what was said. his
Lordship, however, seemed to under•Aand the brogue quite
well, and explained to the counsel and the jury what the
witnesses meant as they proceeded. In summing up the case
he expressed his satisfaction at being able to give the infor-
mation in question, and explained the reason of his thorough '
acquaintance with the dialect, which he :aid was in conse-
quence of his having spent seven years of his life in Mac-
clesfield, a period to which he often looked back with min-
gled feelings of pleasure and regret. The Learned Judge,
then Mr. James Parke, was educated at the Macclesfield
Free Grammar School ; where be was entered a pupil in
1792, under the Rev. Dr. DAVIE'S... Chester Courant.

the most important personages of the Conservative opi-
nion, we think that if such is the thought of the Prince
de Joinville (and his letter, unfortunately, leaves no
doubt on the point), he yields not only to an imprudent
opinion, but commits a bad action. The party of order
has no need of a new representative. They who repre-
tent it are, on the contrary, only too numerous. And
if, in addition to the Bonapartist, Legit:matist, and Or-
leanist parties, we have that cf the Prince de Joinville,
it is the Reds that will triumph in 1832."
By a decision of the Municipal Council of Paris
the duty of lf. the kilogramme imposed on tea in
the }ear 1849 is to cease on the Ist of October next.
AI. L'Asraos, Archbishop of Toulouse, is to be
elevated to the dignity of Cardinal.
M. CHEILEIT, one of the editors of the National,
died of apoplexy, in Paris, on Monday.
PARIS BOURSE, AUGUST 21.—Latest Prices.—Five
per Cents., 97f.; Three per Cente., 58f. 40c.; Bank
Actions, 2,3401.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, AUG. 21.
Boulogne and Amiens, 7!a—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 14% —Dutch Rhenish, 2%—Luxembourg. 11,4
—Namur and Liege, 614—Northern of France, 14%—Paris
and Rouen, 23', ex div.—Sambre and Meuse, 2,A.

Midland 25,560

South Western
Great Western

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1850.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales o' Cotton at Liverpool yrsterday w. re esti-
ma`ed at 10,000 bales. of which 1,000 American were
taken for export and 3,000 on speculation, the buying
being more spirited, and *J. advance was teadily paid.
Prices of ord. and mid. American are *d. lower than on
Friday last. Surat aid all othEr kinds are also
lower.—Railway Shares were firm, with a fair buintas
doing.

The saes of Wheat in the provincial markets are in-
creasing. The official returns for the last week give the
quantity at 97,969 quarters.
The wine trade have been amused, if not a little scan-
dalize', by some proceedings in which it has bern
thought judicious to invoke the name of the ex-King of
the French. There may be some want of taste on the
part of an individual who has brought the mutter under
review, and there is an appearance of officiousness too,
but if some of the smaller wine importers have been spe-
culating upon his Majesty's came for the purpose of selling
trash said to be his property, end which a Mr. G. Ridley
tells us, brought only ls. 4.1. per gallon for brandy, and
7s. '. per dcztn for Champagne, there may be a slight
ground for the interference of the latter gentleman
when the more important firm of Matthew Clark and
Sons announces that they are deputed to hold a genuine
auction of royal property. With these preliminary re-
mat ks, and son e distaste for the whole affair, as savour-
ing too strongly of tl e " tuff oblique," if not the" puff
direct," we give fur what it may be worth, the corres-
pondence that has passed :
" 27, Cartel ci Friars, Londor, July 17, 1850.
" Monsieur le Cump.e de atieuilly.
" A Monsieur,—l, tho undk:signeel, am authorised by
several influential wine merchants of the city of London
most respectfully to put a question to your Majesty, re-
lative to a representation ut a sale by auction of 260
hogsheads of French wine, said to be the property of
your Majesty, as per frontispiece of the catalogue and
advertisements inserted in the London papers, which
I have respectfully enclosed fur your tla-
jesty's perusal. This plan of attracting at-
tention to property in connexion with your
Majesty is so cemplettly novel in the wine marker,
that the trade have reason to doubt your Majesty is not
cogniz Int of the proceedirg. Your illustrious name, in
connexion with the celkbrated hankers., Messrs. Coutts
and Co., seems quite unnecessary for the legitimate ob-
ject in disposing of merchandise, more particularly ca-
pricious property like wine; and the trade, believing
your Majesty never intended your name to be bandied
about in the manner herein described, conjecture it is a
maLeeuvre of some One in a less dignified
position than your 'Majesty, and for pur-
poses at present inriplicable. Will your Ma-
jesty therefore, fur the sake of justice and the honour
of your exalted position, deign to reply to my request,
on behalf of the wine trade, stating it is your property
as described, and published with your authority, as per '
documents encloser+.

"Apologizing for intruding upon your Majesty,
have the honour to be, Mons.eur le Cumpte de Neudly
your very humble servant,
(Signed.)

"GEORGE RIDLEY."

In consequence of this letter a gentleman called from
Messrs. Coutts and Co. to express their surprise that
they bad not Leen applied to, and this gave rise to the
following:—

" 27. Crutched Friars, London, 20th July, 1850.
" Messrs. Could and Co., Bankers, London.
Gentlemen,—ln consEquence of a gentleman having
called upon mo from your house, respecting a letter ad-
dressed and forwardtd by me, on the 17th inst., (on
behalf of the wino trade), to the Count de Neuilly, re-
lative to the use of his name, in coujunetion with that
of your house, respecting a proposed public ssle on the
25th instant, since postponed sine die, and your house
being now in possession of the said letter, will you
favour me with an answer to the same, viz.—lf the
wines in question are the bona fide property of the
Count de Neuilly. IF they are, certain it is they have
b,en purchased recently by him on speculation, and not,
according to the statement made, originating in a mys-
terious manner, also bringing your house forward before
the public in a most unprecedented manner, no doubt to
give eclat and success to a very doubtful transaction.
" I am, gentlemen, your most obedient s, rvant,
(Sigurd) " GEORGE RIDLEY."
This brought a reply, the subjoined reply, from the
brokers—

" Great Tower-street, 221 July, 1850.
" Sir,—We aro re vested by Messrs. Coutts and Co.
to desire that you will not again trouble either the
Count de Neuilly or themselves respecting the wines
referred to in ) our letters. These wines being in
our hands, any commuLication respecting thsm should
be made to tv.
" We are, Sir, your obedient servants,
(Signed) " MATTHEW CLARK AND SON."
" Mr. Ridley."
This afternoon the wines are being sold, and the auc-
tion, from the equabble above referred to, has attracted
rattier more attention than usual.

1 Eastern Cnion, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6
Do., (;less B& C 25
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) ...;1) ......
......
......
EastLatuailire
Ditto, New Quarters 6% — ••
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
Lience Quarters ... 6%...... ... ..
Ewa Lincolnahlro, guar.
6 per Cent. .. ......... 25 . 2e%
-:c..'innpreh and Glase.ow 50 „,....
Edir., Perth, & Dundee 25
Ditto, Newport . 15 .. ••• •••
,:xeter•Yeovil, & Dorch. 25,,, —
Exeter and Exmouth... 213.
Glas„zow, Durnfrios, and
Carlisle B/.65. 8d....
•••
41asgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ..... .
Do. Preference Consol.
• ..... "*"*."
Gloucester & Dean Forest 14 - ..reat Northern
Do., ',2 A Deferred ... 121,4...... -- ... ....
Do., 1,4, B 6 per Cent... 11 t¢...,.,
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 121,¢ ..... 111%
• teat South. and West.
(Ireland) ...
Ditto, Eighths
2t2 •. •.•.• ...... 2'7.
scat North of England.loo 240 241 x.d.
Ditto, New, 40/ ...... ... 40
Ditto, .New, 30/ 3O
Ditto. Nw.v.ls! l5 ..•.•.— ... ...... _—
Great Western 10k/
Ditto, Now 171.- ..... 15 ...
Hull and Sexy ........ 50
L itto, Iladi Shares ... 25
•••
Do. Quarter Shares... 12N —
m Eancter and Ceriisle.„ ••••••
50
Ditto, Thirds
hiu.c.Lnire oi. 1 orkshire 166 ...... 39% 35% 39 ..
Do. Quarters ... 231,4 — ••• •
D. halls.- ........ -.. Mi 2
Do. Thirds ......... lB .. —
Do. Now,Gua.6 perch 10
Ditto .ll.oclderstield
and Sheri.) 5O
Do. (NV. Riding Umun) 11% — • ... •
Leeds•
and Bradiord 3;:
Leeds and Thirek
Lio., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 6
i .0., do. No. 2 17
Do., do. ......No. 3 5 ...... ... ........ ••Do., Pref. Quar., 1813 9
Liverpool, Crosby cud . . _
Southport. l2 - .••••
London & B lack wa11...11/. 68. 3d...
L.K.uun, Brighton, and
South C0a5t...... 100
••
Do.Guarant. 5 perch. 9 ......
Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50
Do., New, guaranUed
6 per Cent . ...100
1..0r don and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — .. ... ...... ..
Ditto, heft): ence...... 20
Douro', and N. v.,..tern 100
Ditto, New Quarters 17
Ditto, Fitt,-
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C 1 ......

281/2

1 p
39

113/4
18
1314
2

, -
Lcndor & .i. W.st4rn ..ICO 601(1/2 61 x.d.... Cn4x.d
Do, New 504 . ....... 42 IA — ..• 00000 .... -...
Uo. Now 4W.. .. 34 - •••••• .....
Do., New Ps ere: ence.. 5 ......
Londonderry &et laraiii. 25 ..... ... —
Do. ih Shares ......... 5
oadonderry and Ennio-
ki:len 25
Do. 4 Shares ••• 71A ......
-owestoff. guar. 4 per ct 20 ........
Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 - .•• ....... ••.

Id archostoraiuxton,mad
Matlock 51;4
VlAlleLi., ter. Shoal& ld,
:. /id Lincolnshn e... 100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... ..
Ditto, New ICI. Pref... 10
Do., Manchester and
Lincoln 1ini0r......4/. 2s. - dis .... .. — Idis.
N.lidlani ...
Do. Consolidated Prel.100
Do., 50/. Sharon ..,.. 35 ...... 93/a 1A... 9li
Do., hirm. and Derby it 0 ...... 14 131,2 ...
D,}. Consolid. Bristoi &
Birm:ng., 6 per ct.... 100 121% ... ...... .. ... 121%
Ditt3,Brist. & Glocstr. 46 — ......
.....
... _
Ditto ditto . ...... 29f. 16s. Od
Do., Erew asliVal.,P ref. 50 - _
-'nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo
Alidiand Great Western
Irish
aliddlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
Newcastle
•
and Carliale.loo ......
Do. Quarters
....
Newmarket
ewport, Abergavenny,
,-nd Hereford
6 ....•• --
Newry and Enniskillen 7
• awry, Warrenpomt,

I,iei:---13:1giten—advices—iveforther details of the in-
jury done by the floods, and state that the crops were in
some parts much damaged in const quenee. In France
they have escaped comparatively without injury.
At Amsterdam, on the 20-h instant, the Dutch Funds
were well supported, and an animated business was done.
Spanish Bonds were less in favour, and Mexican were
higher. Peruvian were more offered. Dutch Two-and-a
Half per Cents. were 571 to 3-16.
With a most inactive market for Public Securities we
have continued Leaviness in prices, and the rather
conflicting reports about the potato and coin crops
are the mein cause. Consols have been quoted
96 to 96i for Transfer, and 96i a for Ac-
count. Exalt-Tier-bills have reali,ed 6.55. to 6Se.
premium. 13111 k Stock has rises to 212 and 213. The
New Three-and-u-Qaartc r pf.r Cents. Lave been marked
98i a. India St ;elt is 264 to 266.
Foreign Sticks arc rather more dealt in. Peruvian
Bonds have been 80k to 811. f r the Four-atd a-Half
per Cents., and Vie I.)eferred 33 to 344. Mexican have
Spanie; Three per
Two-and-1;-Half per Cents. have
been voted 29i and Brazlian 92k. Portuguese Fuur
Cents.
tCs.el3;
, ttl.
.h avDeubteeehn
been 57-k to 14.
The last week's railway reef ipts ascertained up to this
day are in round figures as ur.der:
1850.
Brighton
Dover 17,039

and Rostrovor
Norfolk ... ... ...100 ..... 1434 15
Do. New 20/.
Do. Ext. Guar. 5 - 20 —

—. a p. ct. -
Do. Guaranteed 6%pc. 5 ••....
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
N. rthern Cou.uties Union 4 ......
worth British ... .... ... 26
Ditto Preference 5
North Staffordshire ...• ••••••• ... 17,6 GN
North-Western ....
I..)xtord, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton ...... 60
Preston &Wy re 25 ... ..
1)0. % Shares (A) a' IA :.....
—.
e.eading, Guildford, ,nd •••
Reigate
t;(yston and Hitchin ... 6 %.• ... 6711 x.i........-- 67i3 x.i
Do. Shepreth Exten . %
6cottish Central
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New
S frewsbury and Bina.— 13% — dis. ........ —d6
Ditto ditto. Class B. 9% —
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
qirew,:bury and ilerefd. 5 .....
Stirewbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves
Ditto Oeweetry
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO
Shropshire Union
S ,!ith Devon
Da. Preference
:,oszth Staffordshire Bl,
3 'nth Easter.
i )0., No. 3 ...... . ..... 30 ....•.Do., Registered No. 410
So ith V. ales
-., uth Yorkshire, Don-
c istor, and Goole
Si. effield, Rotherham, &
Goole (N. Div.) Gua-
ranteed_s per ceut. ... 18S4

15 4

Do. do (SOIL Div.) ...
S vans. & Loughor & Ca-

moron's Still C0a1.... 8
I'3W Vale txtension ... 9j2 . • ... ... ..... ..
'fkames Haven Dock
and Railway ........ 171,/ —
Vale of Neath l3
Naterford and Kilkenny 2U .
Waterford and Limerick 471/4
,Vatertil,Wxfrd,Wiclaw.
and Düblin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent
Guaranteed ... ..
Do. do. do. ... 25 ...... . ..... ~, :
Do. do. do. ... 15 .....
West Cornwall ..... .... 71 ... .. -.
•Vhitehaven as Furness 20
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 14
Wilts, Someract,& Wey-
mouth 5O —
York. Newcaeslo, and
Berwick. .... ......... 25
Do. Newcastle Exten. 20
D . G.N.E.Preference 9 ... _
Do. Hartlepool Dock
and Railway lOO
r ork and North Midland 50 ...... 1534% 151.4
._,t1... I' e aranco ...... 10
0
FOREIGN RAILWA Yb.
ling'. Italian (late Ita-
lian and Austrian)... 6%...... ...
doulogn. and Amiens... 20 ......
Central of France (Or-
d Vierzoli)... 20

14%
91/2

7 li

leans any
Demerara ....• ....... .....• 17%.„.„, ...
Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 8 ..... -- ... •
.... .
....
east Indian 0. 1/. ..... ett • OOP 7 -
••••..•.
Ditto ... ..... .... 2O
Great Indian Peninsular 5 •••••• -. .
Do. Do. ... ....... 1
Louvain Ila Sambre 71,E ..-
Luxembourg
Ditto .-
-
Madrid and Valentin... 2 ...„,,, _.
Neuter ant Liege ...„... 20 ... ~
Northern of France ...... 16 ...... -... -
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7
t'aris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... _
.. ...... ••
Paris and. Rouen 2O •••••• x.d. ... x.d.
Paris and Strasbourg
7% ........ ••• .04 7%
Rouen and Havre
S=tire and Meuse . 2O ...., -- ••• •••s• ...
-Arasbourg and Basle ... 14
fours and Na ites .14 ••• 811,
Fournay, Jurbise, Lan. ."
den, and Hassell.-- 20 '
West Flanders ..... -
8% •• •••

2%

MINES.
Anglo-Mexican lOO .....
Asturian ........... 15
Australian... - •••••• .........
Bassora Range ... ... 335.
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50
Bolonos Scrip ...... .. .. •••- ..
British Iron ...... l2
Brazilian Imperial
BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30
Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ....... ••• .••.••..
Cobre Copper
General . 2O
Real Del Monte, Unreg.
Do. Black Debentures
Do. Red Ditto ..
Santiav de Cuba.. IC - ...
Tin Croft ... ...... .. • 7 •• - --
United .uexican 28!•1
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Anitralasia . 4O -
British North American 50
Colonial
,uniinerelal of . London 20
Loi:duu Joint L_ took lO

Mih ew

Uriel
St. Ann

Tiff ...
Lady Eden

Mildew...
Mickleton

3%

......
314

-
27;4

L'ss AND RECOVERY OF 1,0001.—A gentleman
staying at the White Lion Hotel, in this city, having gone
to I'arkgate on Sunday last on a trip of pleasure, discovered
on his return to his inn in Chester that he had lost his
pocket-book containing LOCO/. He immediately informed
the landlord of his lore, and a person in Mr. Hilton's employ
was dispatched to Parkgate to make inquiries. lie soon suc-
ceeded in ascertaining that the pocket-nook and its contents
had been picked up on the beach at Parkgate by a boy, and
that it had been delivered to the ostler at the Mostyn Arms
Hotel. The latter retuned to Chester with the messenger,
and on restoring the property received a present of 0/. from
its owner.—Chester Courant.

ittiteinn
• ,

YORK AUGUST MEETING.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP

Branham Stakes.

Chesterfield Stakes.

... t alked cv. r

The F►lly Stukes. ,

•• ••• .
Frcdtne Stakes.

LLOYD'S SI-11PPING.-( THIS DAY.)
LONDON, AUG. 22.—Wind at noun S.S.W., limier ate
breez a end fine clear weather.
BAIIIA, JULY :I.—The Oporto, of and from Liver-
pcol to California, put in 25th ult. very leaky, has been
surveyed and will lighten. The Carthage, Boston, to
Calcutta put in on :29th ult. let.ky, and is discharging.
The Singapore, Hartlepool to Sit gap ire, put in Ist lust.
totally dismasted.
PERNAIVIBUCO, JULY 24.—The Hugh, for Cardiff, in
L tering this port got ashore on the bar; came off with•
out eLmage.
OFF SALCOMBE, AUG. 21.—Czar Peter, Guanet, New
Oilcans fur St. Peteraburgh.
HULL, Ara 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Princess Vic-
toria, I)un, Riebibucto; Liebe, Groat, Greenland.
DEAL, Arc. 21.—Wind W. to N.—Arrd. Pigeon,
Pam, Hamburgh for Newfaundland; crew refractory.
Arrd. from the River, Highbury, Valparaiso. Arrd.
from the River and sailed, Hyderabad, Hobart Town;
Trafalgar, Calcutta; Luige, Rio Janiero; Agamemnon,
Bathurst. Sid. Eliza, Sydney, Now South Wales; Mary
C.therine, Sydney, New South Wales ; Alverton,
Shunghae; Earl of Hardwick, Bombay; Barnard, Port
Natal; Paragon, Mauritius; Ellen, Valparaiso; Unicorn,
Demerara; Sea Queen, Porto Rico; Camilla, Newfound-
land; and others. Arrived from the River, Earl cf Hard-
wick, Ma-iras; Marchioness of Queensberry, Blirernichi.
The Belvidere, Shields to Genoa, has been on the Good-
, win Sands.
YARMOUTH, Ara. 20.—The Guard has lost covering
board, stauncheon, bow stove. and ether damage
and leaky; having bee n run foul of by a French schooner.
RAMSGATE, AUG. 21.—Wind Arrd. Tyne,
Storey, Quebec for Newcastle, to stop a leak.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 21. Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd.
Cilma, Rietten, Old Calabar; Swordfish, Green, Per-
nambuco; Cersair, Luid'ey, New Orleans; Vulant,
Sears, New Orleans; City of Lincoln, Ridley, New
Orleans, with 50,000 dollars iu Igo ie on freight; Star-
ling, Henderson, Savannah; Isaac Wright, Pt abody,
New York; Isabella Stewart, Mainny, St. Stephen's.
Sld. Atlantic steamer, New York; William Rathbone,
New York; J. H. Shepherd, New York; Isaac Webb,
New York; Oriental, Sr. John's, New Brunswick, The
Minerva steamer, hence to Kingston, on shore yesterday
near Beaumaris, has been got off and has put back to
repair.

bowmortE, Aua. 19.—Tho James of and from Glv.-
COW for Islay, has been driven on shore, but will pro-
bably be get off.
BERWICK, A tra 21.—The Mary schooner, of llara ich,
was to% od into Holy Island Harbour, disci:lasted in a
gale 19th inst.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.
PALERMO, ACG. 12.—The Board of Health has this
day ordered that vessels from the Islands of the coast of
Great Britain be subject to twenty-ono days' quarantine
for the men, and twenty-eight days for the goods.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
NEWGATE AND MEADENHALT...
Only a !ignited business was tr.iisa(!ted to thy, yet
priees wero well supporttd. Beef from 2s 61 to 3s 4d;
Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10(1; Lamb, 3s 6: to 4s 6d; Veil,
3s to 36 10d; atal Perk, 3s to 4s per Sibs by the carcase.
_ _

Alr Amax/eta ra.
SNITEIFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3/ 17s;
new ditto, 21 103 to 3155; old Chive', 3/ 15a to 4/ 10s;
new tiitto, 3/ 33 to 41 0,; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 8.
per load. A lair average supply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow flay, 21 183 to 3! 183,
new ditto, 2/ 8s to 31 8s; old Clover, 3/ 10, to 4/ 6s;
now ditto, 3/ 5s to 3/ 16s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9:
per load. Supply moderate, and tr.ide dull.
W lIITECHAPEL. Old Meadow flay, 2/ 15s to 3116,;
new ditto, 2/ 8s t 3 3/ 64; old Clover, 31 12s to 4/ 10s;
new ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ Os; and Straw, 11 23 to 11 8.,
per load. Trade dull, at our quottrions.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Aug. 15, 1850, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
. . EYE. BEANS. pl.
PRICE .. 43*WHEAT '
8d 22sBAXLEY
8d ' 18sOATS.
4d 123* Od 128 s 2d 1 I 26su 54
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
nrAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I YEAS. SOd Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is 04
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN TIIE PAST WEEK.
Wheat, 97,969; Itarle;, 2,095 ; Oats, 7,962 ; Rye, 122 ; Beans, 3,809;
Peas, 728 quarters.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Br fore Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Andrew Studdeford. 17, described as a clerk, and
Samuel Fi,h, 40, a gardener, were indicted for an urana-
tut al offence.
Mr. Parnell appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Parry
defended the prisoner Studdeford, and Mr. Cooper ap-
peared for Fisk.
The evidence adduced was totally unfit fur publication.
Mr. PARRY was proceeding to address the jury on
behalf of the prisoner Studdeford, when
Mr. Baron PLATT interfered, and, under the Learned
Judge's direction,
The jury Acquitted both the prisoners, and they were
ordered to be immediately discharged.
FORGERY.—Dixon Dawson, a fine-looking old seaman,
of upwards of 71 years of age, was placed at the bar
upon an indictment charging him with feloniously
forging and uttering a cheque for the payment of 100/.,
with intent to defraud SirtJ. W. Lubbock, and Co.
Mr. Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Clerk, conducted the
prose cutior.
Mr. BODKIN stated the case to the jury. The prisoner
had been wounded at the battle at which the immortal
Nelson received the fatal wound which ended in
his death, and which occasioned a loss to England
that could never be replaced. The prisoner, after
leaving the navy, obtained employment in the
service of Messrs. Hawes, the eminent soap manu-
factut era of Lambeth, and while in that service he had ascertained that a lady of the name of Hawes, a relative
of the family of the Haweses, and who resided in Surrey,
kept an account with Messrs. Lubbock, and the cheque,
with the forgery of which the prisoner was charged, pur-
ported to be signed by Miss Hawes. The cheque wav
sent in a letter signed Jchn Johnson, which the prisoner
caused to be written for him. On the receipt of the
letter at the bankingehoueo suspicion was excited, and
measures were immediately adopted end the prisoner
was taken into custody. The Learned Counsel under-
stood that the facts he had stated would not be denied,
but the defence which would be set up was that the
prisoner was insane.
Mr. Dania Higham, a clerk in the banking-honse of
Lubbock and Company, proved that on the 18th of July
a letter was received at the banking-house, enclosing a
cheque purporting to be signed by Sarah Hawes,
a lady with whom they had an account. The signature
to that cheque was very much like the 'signature of
Miss Hawes, but in consequence of the inquiry that
had been made the cheque was not paid.
John Boncey, barman to Mr. Watts, of the Victoria
Tavern, Greenwich, know the prisoner by sight. He
recollected him being in hii master's house on the 17th
of July, for that day be showed the witness a cheque for
100 i, and asked him to write a note for him, which he
refused to do, as the witness was then very much en-
gaged. The prisoner then told him that the evening
would do. In the course of the day the prisoner came
again, and witness then wrote what the prisoner dictated,
and he desired him to sign his name to it, as for John
Johnson, which he did. Witness then enclosed the
cheque in the note, and posted it the following morning.
On the evening of the 18th a le ter was sent to his mas-
ter's house, in consequence of which ho went to the hos-
pital, and informed the prisoner that he had received a
letter fur him, to which he replied that ho did not expect
one so soon. The prisoner, on coming to his master's
house, gave a paper for the postman, signed "J. John-
son." Shortly after that he was taken into custody.
John Forrester, the noted Mansion-house officer,
stated that on the 18 h July he went to the Victoria
Tavern and took the prisoner into custody, and found
the letter upon him which bed been alluded to by the
last witness. He also found a tobacco-box and a draft
for 81. upon him, made payable on. Messrs. Lubbock,
and a receipt stamp attached to it., He also found a draft
upon him fur 1501. and a piece of paper signed "Dixon
Dawson," together with several other papers. On going
to tt e prisoner be told him:that her stwaesalainnga officer,and
had come to take him into custody fo
to which he replied that he had found it in
the tobacco-
;
box, and had sent it to the bank in the expectation that
he would get something for sending it. The prisoner
gave the name of Johnson.
Thomas Hardy, a clerk at Messrs. Lubbccks, stated
that the cheque was first presented to him about two
mouths ago, and he refused to pay it.
John Kerr. a Greenwich pensioner, staled that the
prisoner had bleu in Greenwich Hospitil since Oct.,
1849. His name was D:xon Dawson. Witness thought
that at times he did not appear to be right. Ile would
not put his bed and chest right, but was very attentive
at church.
James Rose, who wes ono of the turnkeys at Giltspur-
street, stated that the prisoner wrote the letter pro-
duced in his presence.
John Peac ck, u house-ogene carry lug on business; at
Shad well, seated that in July last, but wl at day he
could nut say, he was at the Pigeons, when the prisoner
came in sod 2.,,k(d him it he could (=sir him a eh( que.
A f:i. ad of the witness, of the name of Markham, who
was present, evoked the prisoner whet it was, and on the
production c f the 1 aper Mr. Alarkh: na said, " Why did
3on not get this be fore ?" The pi ie,oner answered, " I
have got plenty of mosey, aid I have gut inure money
than that; if you will let ono of your servants go to the
bank, I will pay him." No one went. The prisoner
then said, " Will you advance me some money upon
Wiiness said, " Oh, no ;" to which the prisoner
replied, " It was all right, you can get it on Monda%."
The prisoner thin went away, taking the cheque with
him.