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TEE SUN, LONDON, IVIONDAif 47ENING, AUGUST 11, 18451

with that characteristic energy and absorbing constancy
of purpose, without which it never could have been car-
ried out into practical working, must be considered to
have sacrificed his prospects of professional advancement.
On the other hand, in how vast a degree has the short-
ened route, in the opening of which he is truly described
as having been the " pioneer," advanced, multiplied, and
improved the resources:of those to whose Indian and Chi •
nese connexions so vast and almost miraculous a deve-
lopment has thus been given ! The Committee remark,
with equal truth and impressiveness, that _by some " it
may be assumed that a national reward is always be-
stowed, in one shape or other, upon those generous spirits
who devote successfully the energies of their lives to ob-
jects of great public utility ; but, unfortunately, it too
often happens that the public gratitude is not sufficiently
aroused till the grave has closed over the public benefactor."
It is delightful to think that the case of Mr. WAGHORN
will, now, not be added to that long list of great inven-
tors, great discoverers, and most meritorious public ser-
vants to whom contemporary gratitude has been so
shamefully wanting at different epochs of our history.
The pen of Robertson would have honoured, with a
noble record, the name of that Englishman, to whom the
glory was reserved of restoring the land journey and
maritime route of the old Venetian traders to the East,
in combination with the most perfectly organized admi-
nistration of that new power in navigation, the applica-
tion of which is the most signal glory of the nineteenth
century. In the first rank of those who have brought
together the remotest parts of the two hemispheres, for
all purposes of intercommunication, and by that means
of civilization, knowledge, refinement, morals, and hu-
manity, Lieut. WAGHORN will assuredly assume, with
posterity, a prominent position. In justice to the en-
lightened spirit of the present age, let his memory de-
scend to another, unconnected with any dishonouring
associations of national neglect and unrequited devotion.
We speak of this kind of approximation of two hemis-
pheres advisedly : and we may here quote another pas-
sage from the address or memoranaum of the Committee
to this very point.—" Not only England but even Ame-
rica participate in the advantages which Mr. WAGHORN'S
services have secured, and therefore owe an acknowledg-
ment to the individual who first stepped forth, in the
manner of a forlorn hope, to open a path which all men,
now, safely tread." This is strictly true. In a few
words, let us thus concentrate the grand results of his
spirited and unremitting labours in bringing the noblest
dependencies which ever owned the dominion of the
British sceptre within a distance now measured by the
lapse of a few days instead of many weeks. "Before
this zealous and enterprising individual stepped forth to
devote himself to a task of such magnitude, no part of
India could be reached in less than four months. The
mails from Bombay now reach England in thirty-four
days ; and the regularity with which the overland com-
munication is now conducted, is the practical demonstra-
tion of his original views on this subject."
Honour, then, to Mr. WAGHORN; and we respectfully
entreat at the hands of the enlightened British public a
prompt and liberal response to an appeal which has the
sanction and guarantee of individuals so distinguished
by the rank they occupy, the public stations they have
filled, or the princely mercantile establishments they re-
present, as those which grace the list of the Committee.
Six Earls and four other Peers unite with, we know not
how many, Members of Parliament, and of the first
among the merchants and bankers of Europe, to com-
mend this application in favour of Mr. WAGHORN to the
beneficial consideration of this country, and, we might
say, of the civilised world entertaining relations of
commerce with India. If Mr. WAGHORN needed one
additional claim on the gratitude of the great family of
commercial nations, he would have established it, in our
opinion, by his share in the memorable work of eliciting
from MEHEMET Au, the noble Pacha of Egypt, under
circumstances of peculiar political irritation and annoy-
ance, that sacred and unaltered respect for treaties
securing the facilities of postal and mercantile cQm-
munications between Asia and Europe, which the Go-
vernments of the oldest-established monarchies of
Christendom may contemplate with some feelings of
conscious shame, or more wisely determine Govern-
ments to emulate in future.

We understand that the following is a substantially
correct account of the report of the Select Committee of
the House of Commons on the London and York sub-
scription contract, which is not yet printed.
In the following 35 cases, in which Mr. HENRY BRUCE,
the petitioner, alleged that the names, descriptions, or
places of abode were fictitious and false, the Committee
have come to the resolutions appended to each name:—
Ince, W. H., gentleman, Crooms-hill, Greenwich—[Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Clarke, N. N., gentleman, tvi, Jermyn-streer—Oeitner heti-

tious nor false.]
Dart, P. F., gentleman, Saville-place--[Neither fictitious
nor false.]
Griffith, G. Darby, Major, 35, Lower Grosvenor-street--[Nei-

ther fictitious nor false.
Elliott, R. L., gentleman, 17, Upper Gloucester-street—
[Should have been place instead of street; but the error

accidental. ]
Gurnsey, C., gentleman, 39, Threadneedle-street--[Fictitious

and false.]
Theobald, T., gentleman, Finsbury-square---[Fictitious and

false.]
Taylor, F. E., gentleman, Bath; Garrett, M., gentleman,
Ware, Herta—[These two cases withdrawn by the peti-

tioner without any evidence being called.]
Shackell, W., gentleman, Maidenhead, Berks—[The address
not his own, but his brother's, and given to obtain a ficti-
tious and false credit.]
Jones, W. C., Esq., 22, Norfolk-street, Strand—[Neither fic-
titious nor false.]
Brown, C., gentleman, 30, New Bridge-street—[Neither fic-

titious nor false.]
Durham, E. J., gentleman, 90, Watling-street—[Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Chadwick, T. C., warehouseman, 91, Watling-street—[Nei-

ther fictitious nor false.]
Dowries, T., merchant, 3, Tooley-street---[Neither fictitious
nor false; but Mr. Downes signed the deed an behalf of
Mr. Reid, a responsible person, who, being abroad from ill
health, could Hot sign for himself.]
Dawes, II , gentleman, Darlington-place, Southwark—[Fic-

titious and false.]
Hitchcock, G. C., merchant, 52, Broad-street—[Neither ficti-
tious nor false; but Mr. Hitchcock signed the deed on be-
half of Mr. Enthoven, a solvent and responsible person.]
Sherman, T., Major, 51, St. Mary Axe--[Neither fictitious

nor false.]
Bryant, J., gentleman, 108, Leadenhall-street— [Neith(
fictitious nor false.]
Strange, J., gentleman, 108, Leadenhall-street—[Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Jarvis, R. A., tailor, Commercial-road ; Harris, May, widow,
Tredegar-square, Bow—[No resolution in these two cases.]
Hamilton, C. T., M.D., 106, Cranford street—[Neither ficti-
tious nor false.l
Paine, J. D., architect, Lincoln's Inn-fields—[Neither ficti-
tious nor false. 1
Dance, T. C., Esq., East -street, Red Lion-square—[Neither
fictitious nor false.]
Badcock, 8., dairyman, Storey's-gate—[Neither fictitious
nor false.]
Porter, J., captain, R.N., United Service Club ; Mere-
dith, R., captain, R.N., United Service Club—[These two
cases withdrawn by the petitioner without any evidence

called.
Haines, W., clerk in Customs Treasury Chambers—[Neither
fictitious nor false.]

Haines, John, gentleman, Treasury Chambers—[Neither fic-
titious nor false. ]
Crawford, T. R., chronometer maker, Charing-cross—[Fic-
titious and false.]
Roberts, Isabella, widow, Steukly, Bucks—[Neither fictitious
nor false.]
Vickers, Judith, widow, Nuneaton, Warwickshire; Turner,
E. M., widow, Bristol—[These two cases withdrawn by
the petitioner without evidence called.]
Cox, 8., accountant, 7, Dyer's-buildings, Holborn—Neither
fictitious nor false; but Mr. Cox signed for some other
party, whose name he declined to give.]
In the following thirty cases, in which the petitioner
alleged that the parties were " from their circumstances and
station in life," utterly irresponsible, and unable to pay the
several sums subscribed by them, the Committee have re-
ported as follows in each case :
Monday, A., warehouseman, Elcom-terrace, Islington—[Al-
legation unfounded.]
J., gentleman, Tibberton-square—[Case withdrawn
Huston,
by the
petitioner without any evidence called. I
Harryson, G., Eden-grove, Holloway—[Allegation un-

founded.]
Nottage, G. S., gentleman, York-road, City-road ; Baily, S,,
gentleman, 35, Brudenell• place, Hoxton ; Law, E., gen-
tleman, Monkwell-street, City ; Hurley G., News-
agent, St. Martin's-le-Grand—[Cases withdrawn by the
petitioner without any evidence called.]
Barnes, G. S., gentleman, 48, Moorgate-street—[Allegation
not sustained ; but Mr. Barnes, by his own admission,
signed for some one else, and is unable from his own means
to pay the whole sum which lie has subscribed.l
Guernsey, S., gentleman, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street
—[Allegation founded.]
Pitman, R. 8., gentleman, 5, Powis-place, Great Ormond-

street—[Allegation unfounded.]
Wynne, T. W., gentleman, Devonshire-place—[Allegation

withdrawn without any evidence called.]
Tweddale, T., gentleman, St. Mary-square, Kennington—
[Allegation founded.]
Eagle, E., accountant, Surrey-grove Kent-road ; Bi yan,
H. S. Esq., 22, Clarence-place, Camberwell—[Allegations
withdrawn without any evidence called.]
Green, Thomas, share agent, 16, Old Broad-street—[Allega-
tion unfounded.]
Auber, James, gentleman, Union-street, Whitechapel-road ;
Marillier, Frederick John, gentleman, Walbrook-buildings
• '

—[Allegations withdrawn without any evidence called. j
William Prosser, the younger, gentleman, 13, Windsor-

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terrace, Pimlico; Hadley, George, gentleman, Sloane-
terrace, Sloane-street—[Allegations without foundation.]
llaslewood, Rev. F. F., Rainharn, Sittingbourne—[Allega-
-1 !Con withdrawn without any evidence called.]
Mortimer, Roger, stockbroker, 7, Shcrter's-court—[No reso-
lution.]
Felder, Edward, Esq., Ladbrooke-place, Notting-hill ; Turner,
B. 8., gentleman, 3, Stepney-green—[Allegations

. ._,
drawn without any evidence called.]
Hawkins, Thomas, 26, Thames-street—[Allegations not sus-
stained; but Mr. Hawkins, by his own admission, has
signed for another party, and is unable out of his own
means to pay the whole sum for which he has subscribed.]
Shotter, John, 13, Thames-street—[Allegation without
foundation.]
French, William, 12, Thames-street—[Allegation not sus-

tained ; but ➢ir. French has signed for another party, and
is unable, out of his own means, to pay the whole sum for
which he has subscribed.]

Smith, John, merchant, 2, Adam-court, Old Broad-street—
[Allegation without foundation. ]
Baxter, M. R., solicitor, 48, Lincoln's Inn-fields—[Allega-
tion withdrawn without any evidence called.]
Fenn, George, 1, Staple's Inn ; West, James, 5, Bedford-street,
Bedford-row—[Allegations withdrawn without any evi-
dence called. ] _ _

It will thus be seen that only six out of the sixty-five
specific charges made by Mr. BRUCE have been sus-
tained before the Committee ; that in some otl.ers the
Committee have come to special resolutions, pointing out
some irregularity of proceeding ; that three cases have
not been decided by them ; but that in forty-nine cases
uut of the sixty-five the petitioner's allegations have
either been withdrawn without the production of any
evidence, or have been quashed.
The Committee then go on to say that they have not
had time to go into the inquiry opened out by the fol-
lowing sentence of Mr. Bauces petition :—" That your
petitioner, by his agents, is still further pursuing his
inquiry into the bond fides and responsibility of the said
subscription-list ; and that your petitioner does not
doubt that he shall discover numerous other instances of
similar fraud besides those herein specifically alleged—"
but they are of opinion, from the character of the evi-
dence which they have heard, that there is no ground
for recommending any further investigation.
They add, that in the few cases which the petitioner
substantiated, or partly supported, much ofj the evidence
was collected after the presentation of the petition ; and,
on the whole case, they are of opinion that Mr. BRUCE
did not, in one instance, adopt the most ordinary means
of inquiry before he made his serious charges against so
many individuals, and that the petition was presented
with the view of defeating the London and York Bill,
and promoting the private interest of the Cambridge and
Lincoln Company, and that Mr. BRUCE has been guilty
of a great abuse of the right of petitioning.
The Committee consisted of the following nine Mem•
bers:—Mr. IlewEs (Chairman), Mr. BECKET DENISON,
Mr. B. BARING, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Mr. WARBURTON,
Mr. B. Escorr, Mr. ASTELL, Lord CLIVE, and Mr.
CrirtisTlE. We understand that all the resolutions were
passed by majorities of six to two, or seven to one, the
minority being generally composed of Mr. WARBURTON
and Mr. ESCOTT, and sometimes Mr. WARBURTON alone-
We understand that some light was thrown, in the
course of the inquiry, on the character of the sub-
scription-list of the Cambridge and Lincoln Company,
the aggressive parties. Not only had Mr. BRUCE, the
petitioner, signed his place of business in the City; as
his place of abode, in the Cambridge and Lincoln list
—a proceeding which he charges as false and fictitious
ap,ainst many of the subscribers of the London and
York Company—but Mr. THOMAS HAWKINS, one of the
London and York subscribers, who is charged with being
utterly irresponsible, was discovered to be a shareholder
of the Cambridge and Lincoln Company ; and a ficti-
tious address, 14, Darlington-place, charged in Mr.
I3RL-cE's petition, was found also to occur in the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln. Mr. SHACKELL. the Charter-
House pensioler, was found to be as large a subscriber
to the Direct Northern as to the London and York.

The article which we reprinted from the Sentinel in
our paper of Saturday, has a scope of incidental applica-
tion about it which reaches far beyond the latitude of
Quebec—although for that meridian it was especially
calculated. The reasoning so powerfully enforced to
demonstrate the possibility of re-establishing a half-
destroyed city without gold, is at least equally cogent to
show how the most flourishing of cities may be ruined
by gold. Indeed, the preponderance of evidence and
argument is now so overwhelming to prove the cardinal
error and incalculable mischief of the monetary system,
established by the Bill of 1819, that Sir ROBERT PEEL
himself, were he unbiassed by considerations of the most
direct personal interest in now upholding, as he then
was in propounding it, would honestly, and with the
frankness or au 1 ugltsh gentleman, acicnowiedge and
deplore, publicly, the ruinous results it has entailed upon
his country. We ourselves heard his excellent father
declare in Parliament his misgivings that the tenacity
with which his son, the present Premier, forced through
the Legislature the statutable recognition and establish.
ment of his gold standard of value at the then, and
thenceforward, Mint price of that metal, would be
attributed by the world at large to interested motives.
The venerable Baronet declared at the same time that
he himself absolutely exonerated the Right lion. Secre-
tary of that day from any such imputation. All our
respect for the first Sir RoneaT—all our concurrence
in his expressions of natural astonishment and remon-
strance that the best and m ‘st practical authorities
among the Directors of the Bank of England, and the
more eminent of the London merchants, had not been
even examined by the Committee which reported the
currency resolutions afterwards moved by his son—can-
not and never could lead us to the same verdict of ac •
quittal which parental kindness so readily returned at
the time But all that we desire to say at any time on
the vital subject regards the measure, not the man. It
was a measure with this:original sin indelibly stamped
upon its enactment from the first to the last ; namely,
that it was a stupendous boon to all realised money
capital, at a most iniquitous cost to all productive industry
in England. It has not diminished the National Debt:
It has largely diminished to the vast majority of those
who pay the bulk of the interest on that debt the means
of paying their contributions to that payment. It has
not made bread cheap. It has lowered wages. It has
not improved prices. It has multiplied production. The
prices of commodities not vastly over-excised, or over-
taxed have greatly fallen. The power of consumption has
declined in a still greater ratio. The burden of taxation
has been shifted rather than removed. How shifted?
In a manner the precise converse of that which would
have followed under the old monetary system that was
superseded by the legislation of 1819, and is now
under process of extinction by the destructive " com-
plement" of 1844. That is to say, that whereas be-
tween 1797 and 1819 taxes were professedly designed
and carefully adapted to be borne by the competent or
the rich consumer; ever since the prices of commodities
were determined by their natural or gold standard—
irrespectively of the element of taxation entering into
their production—more than one-half of the whole taxa-
tion (especially on excisable articles) annually raised to
defray the interest of the debt and the charge of the publie
services, is borne by the industrial community whose
labour is the first source of our sustained production,
under the grievously enhanced disability of deteriorated
wages. In a word, it would be ridiculous to require of
Sir ROBERT PEEL, and those who have been deluded into
the support of his currency views, to make out any affir-
mative plea in their favour. The only issue that can be
raised upon them is a negative one ; and a fearful re-
sponsibility is his, after deranging the whole circulation
of the country, violating contracts, enhancing debts,
mortgages, and liabilities, displacing settlements, and
convulsing private credit and public confidence through
out the length and breadth of the land ; a fearful respon-
sibility is his, for what his boasted panacea has not done.
His nostrum—his auram poilbile—which he insisted on
forcing down the throat of the country (his unhappy
patient), has proved a metallic belladonna. The Con-
stitution, which he was pleased to pronounce somewhat
too elastic and vivacious, his fatal sedatives have already
afflicted with incipient paralysis.
Is there anything like an encouraging feature about
the present relations of the country to the prospects of
the approaching harvest, and the operation of the esta-
blished standard of currency in gold at the Mint—not at
the market price ?
We shall be too happy, too sincerely rejoiced, to find
that the present superabundance of wet and uncertain
weather gives place to a few weeks of a warm, settled,
and bright season, sufficient for getting in the cereal
crops that have for some time past stood so much in
need of that genial encouragement. But what if the
present weather continue long enough to make our home
harvest a failure as to quality or quantity—both or
either ? We must import wheat from abroad. Afew
millions of quarters of foreign grain must be paid for in
a few millions of gold sovereigns ; for nothing is more
certain, than that the foreign grower or shipper will not
take your manufactures in return for his corn by choice•
If the market price of gold at Bremen, at Hamburgh, at
Dantzie, be, as it has been for some time past, dearer
than the Act of Parliament price in London, it is clear
he can do nothing better than realise his sales in gold,
here : and gold he will have. What is to supply the
place of the gold which will flow out of the country, as
the foreign corn flows in ? The coffers of the Bank of
England ? Why, their Weekly Return, of Saturday
last, shows, in round numbers, a stock, less by more
than a million than it was a week or so before.
Every 1001. which oozes through the doors of their

btallion collars In payment of demands on account of
corn purchases, may provoke a home demand of twice
the amount, from caprice, fear, fancy, or speculation.
Tile sapient scheme which fixes the Mint or legal Lander
value of gold at a specific rate, leaves everybody at full
liberty to uraw it out of the Bank in payment of their
own paper, and carry it into the market next door for
sale at 20, 40, 100 per cent. premium, as it may happen.
Commercial panic may then tread with giant strides upon
the heels of a metallic scarcity ;—the day of atonement—
that is the day of settling —for railway and joint stock
gambling operations may come upon us " like a thief in
the dark"_inercantile credit, public confidence, all
money transactions, determinable contracts, liabilities of
every kind, may be precipitated, convulsed, over-
whelmed. Legitimate trading and fraudulent specula-
tion may be swallowed up in the same common ruin of
real capital and its unreal representative. Enterprise
may be permanently crippled—credit annihilated—secu-
rities reduced to the value of the paper or the parchment
on which they have been engrossed. The horrors of
1825 may be re-enacted. Our commercial pre-eminence
may be tumbled down in headlong ruin, like some bright
planet suddenly dashed from its orbit and extinguished—
and in spite of all this, we can imagine Sir ROBERT at
tempting once snore to ridicule the authority of Mr.
ALIsoN, and perpetrate those sorry failures which, in
the pseudo-currency of his own Tamworth mint, pass for
jokes—on the apprehensions of such practical authorities
as Mr. SPOONER or Mr. ATTWOOD

Swiss papers of a late date have art ived. '1 he Jesuit
question was discussed in the Diet at Zurich on the 4th
and sth. On the sth, a division took place, the result of
which is, that the question remains in statu quo, neither
patty having obtained the required majority of twelve.
The votes were given in the following manner :--
1. Not to enter at present on the question, or, in other words,
the order of the day—Uri, Unterwald, Zug, Valais, Neufcha-
tel, Appenzell (Inner). Bale city, Friburg, Schwitz, Lucerne
(eight whole States and two half ones).
2. To consider the affair as federal--Berne, Soleure, Schaff-
hausen, vArgau, Tessino, Vaud, Thurgau, Grisons, Appenzell
(Outer), Bale.country, Glaris, Zurich (ten whole States and
two half ones).
3. To call on Lucerne amicably, looking at its directorial
position, not to proceed with invitation to the Jesuits-
-Geneva Tessin() (two States), Grisons not voting for or
against it.
4. To call on the States harbouring the Jesuits (Friburg,
Valais, and Schwitz), to send them away : Thurgau, Grisons,
Appenzell (Outer), (two whole States and a half one), Zurich,
Schaffhausen, Hans, and Tessino not voting either way.
5. To summon Lucerne to renounce calling in the Jesuits :
—Berne, Tessino, Thurgau, Grisons, Appenzell (Outer),
Glaris, Zurich (six whole States and one half one), Vaud,
Schaffhausen, Soleure, and Argau not voting either way.
6. Expulsion of the Jesuits from the whole of Switzerland :
—The same ten States and two half ones, named above, declare
the question to be federal.
7. Expulsion of the Jesuits by every means :—Berns, So-
leure, Schaffhausen, Argau, Thurgau, Grisons, Appenzell
( Outer), Bale country (six whole States and two half ones),
Zurich, and Glaris not voting either way.
8. To interdict for the future the introduction of the Jesuits
into a Swiss canton :—The same ten States and two half ones
which considered the question as federal.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday. . _

The visit of Queen VICTORIA to the King of
Pnussii, on the banks of the Rhine, appears to be ex-
citing great attention amongst Frerch politicians.
"All the members of the corps diplomatique of Frank-
fort," says La France, "are at their post, in order to
attend the princely and political meetings about to take
place on the banks of the Rhine. M. BeLow, Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Prussia, has arrived at Coblentz,
and repeatedly transacted business with the King of
PRUSSIA at the Chateaux of Stolzenfels and Coblentz.
Prince METTERNICH has already had a long conference
with King FREDERICK WILLIAM IV. The chateau of
Stolzenfels, not being sufficiently capacious to accommo-
date the great number of distinguished personages expected
there, apartments have been engaged in the neighbour-.
hood. The Prince of PRUSSIA, the heir to the Crown,
who, in every important circumstance is consulted by
his brother, the reigning King, has established his re-
sidence within a short distance of the royal chateau.
In the conferences which are to be held there, a final
decision will be adopted with regard to the Spanish
question, and all those who flatter themselves that
Austria will entertain a different view of the question
from that taken by Prussia will be sadly disappointed.
The Archduke FREDERICK of Austria has left Vienna
for Coburg, to compliment QUEEN VICTORIA on her ar-
rival. The sojourn of her MAJESTY in the Chateau of
Stolzenfels will not cxtund beyond three days, and she will
afterwards make excursions in the neighbourhood. It is
not true that the Marquis of DALMATIA, Minister of
France, is to repair from Berlin to the banks of the
Rhine, since that diplomatist is now on leave of absence
and is replaced in the Prussian capital by M. HERSIANN,
the Secretary of Legation. M. GuazoT was desirous of
an interview with the King of PRUSSIA, to adjust, in a
sort of Congress, the Spanish and Swiss questions. Lord
ABERDEEN, who is a partisan of the cordial understand-
ing with France, was expected to support the views of
M. GUIZOT. But the overtures made in London and
Vienna have proved unavailable. Lord ABERDEEN re-
plied, that the journey of Queen VICTORIA was a journey
of pleasure, and the English Minister for Foreign Affairs
entered into no other explanation with regard to his own
voyage to Germany. Prince METTERNICH, on his side,
rejected the overtures made to him, in the absence of
Count FLAHAUI.T, by a French diplomatist sent on a
special mission to Vienna."
In the Journal des Debats of Saturday appears a long
article seriously refuting an insinuation made by the
Nationa', that the fire at Toulon was the work of per-
fide Albion. The charge made by the National is
simply absurd, and M. LE REDACTEUR must have laughed
heartily as he penned the paragraph, which can be re-
garded in no other light than as an experiment upon
the credulity of the quid nuncs of the cafés
It appears that nothing certain as to the origin of the
fire has as yet been elicited ,by the inquiries which have
been instituted.
The Tozdonnais of the sth inst says :

" That a galley-slave who was heard to say some days ago
that the almanac of the Bagne predicted the appearance of a
comet which would shortly illumine Toulon, had been arrested
and placed in solitary confinement."

The National has another to quoque article in reply
to the comments of the English press on the massacre
at Dahra.

The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS and the Duke
D'AUMALE visited the principal public institutions in
Bordeaux on the 7th, and in the evening went to the
theatre. They were received everywhere with the
greatest enthusiasm.
The Constitqtionnel says:—

" The news of the intended arrival in France of an envoy
from Morocco is confirmed. It appears that the choice of the
Emperor has fallen on Sidi- Ben-Arac, Governor of Fes, one
of the most distinguished men of the empire, and who has
always been opposed to war with the French. He will, it is
said, bear the title and functions of Extraordinary Ambassador,
and visit France, as did some years back the envoys of the Shah
of Persia and of Abd-el-Kader, and return immediately after-
wards to the Emperor to render him an aceountof his journey.
This paper also states that the question of the dis-
solution of the Chamber of Deputies had been discussed
in the Cabinet, and that it had been determined to post-
pone it for the present.
The French Three per Cents. have fallen 10c , Five per
Cents., 20c. The Three per Cents. opened at 84f. 30c., rose
to 84E 40c., and closed at the opening price. The Five per
Cents. opened at 122 f. 15c, rose to 122 f. 20c., and closed at
122 f. Loan not quoted. For Money-the Three per Cents.
have fallen 15c., and the Five per Cents., 30c. Bank of
France Shares the same as Friday. Gouin Bank 1,0001.
Shares, Ganneron Bank Shares, and Belgian Bank Shares
not quoted. Rothschild's Receipts have fallen 50c., being
quoted at 101 f. 50c. ; Roman has fallen lA. Portuguese Five
per Cent., and Neapolitan Bonds not quoted. Railway
Shares for the Account, settling of Aug. 16-Paris to Orleans
have risen sf. 25c. ; Rouen, Bf. 10c. ; Avignon to Mar-
seilles, 71. 50c. ; Boulogne and Amiens, sf. ; St. Germain,
3f. 50c. ; Strasburg to Bale, 2f. 50c. ; Versailles (Left Bank),
Rouen to Have, and Montereau to Troyes are unvaried ;
Versailles (Right Bank) and Bordeaux to Teste have fallen
2f 50c. For Money : Rouen have risen sf. ; St. Germain
and Paris to Orleans, 2f. 50c. ; Rouen to Havre, Strasburg to
Bale, Avignon to Marseilles, and Versailles (Left Bank) are
unchanged ; Orleans to Vierzon have fallen sf. ; Bordeaux
to Teste and Montereau to Troyes, 21. 50c.; Versailles
(Right Bank), lt. 25c. The adjudicated lines and promises
closed thus :-Orleans to Bordeaux, 687 f. 50c. ; Northern
Line (Laffitte), 542 f. 50c. ; Northern Line (Rosamel), 5241.;
Northern Line (Pepin-Lehalleur), 507 f. 50c. ; Northern
Line (Lefeu Decan), 5001.; Paris to Lyons (Laffitte), 527 f.
50c. ; Pat is to Strasburg (Hainguerlot), 515 ; Paris to Stras-
burg (Bechet), 3011. 50c. ; Lyons to Avignon (Talabot),
5371. 50c. ; Lyons to Avignon (Lecointe), 520 f. ; Tours to
Names (Mackenzie), 514 f. ; Bordeaux to Toulouse (Mac-
kenzie), 500; Bordeaux to Cette (Espelette), 516 f. ; Fecamp
to Dieppe (Selieres), 515 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AuG. 9.
Boulogne and Amiens.. 11 'OverYssel
Bordeuax &Mediterran Paris& Lyons (Lafitte) 3%
Bordeaux and 'l'oul "G

...,eaux and Toulouse
Do. and Cette
Dutch Rhenish
Dendre Valley
Dieppe & Paris Juliet —
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian
rt Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Great Paris and Lyons.
Jamaica Junction
Do. South Mdlnd Junc —
Louvain and Jemeppe —
Lyons and Avignon..,,
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzou

Ditto (Ganneron's). 2
Ditto (Calon's)....
Paris and Orleans 50
Paris and Rouen 413/4
Paris & Strsburg ( Gan-
neron's)
Do. (Compte deL'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre......
Royal North of Spain. 2%
Sambre and Meuse .... 6%
Strasbourg and Basle .
Tours &Nantsalgien.
zie's). —
Do. (Lefebvre's) —
Verona and Ancona —
West Flanders 4%

Orleans and Bordeaux

Madrid papers of the 3d have arrived.

TLe Heraldo announces that the recently discovered
conspiracy had extensive ramifications both among the
civil and the military. Several further arrests had
taken place.
A corps of 12,000 men was to assemble at Pampeluna,

which ttre to be reviewed by the QI,TEVN and Goneral
NARVAEZ, during the visit of the Duke DE NEMOURS.

The Cacetd announces the establishment of a new
bank called the " Union," by MM. CARLOS SAMSON and
G. P. SAIGLAN BAGUERES. The capital is 60,000,000
real: de vellon, divided into 15,000 shares.
The Eco del Commercio states that the QUEEN will her-
self lay the first stone of the Aranjuez Railway in Oc-
tober next.

MADRID BOLSA, Auo. 3.—The Three per Cents.
closed yesterday 4 for cash and 4 for account over the
previous prices. They are quoted 30 cash, and 30i at
60 days ; 13 millions done. The other stocks are not
quoted.

Sir Robert Peel is expected to leave town this after-
noon for his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL -NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 5,000
bales, including 500 on speculation. There was no change in
prices.—Shares were steady, and prices much the same.
In the absence of any information of peculiar interest
from the colonies, or from elsewhere, we may remark briefly
upon the general state of the Railway Share Markets in this
country as well as on the continent. The general feeling is
that speculation has been carried up to too high a point.
The dealings at Paris, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, at Brus-
sels, and at Vienna, have of late been much reduced;
parties in those cities connected with speculations having
become somewhat frightened at the extent to which time
bargains have been carried on. At the same time it must be
observed, that in what may be considered the best lines of
railway, a strong desire is shown to purchase. It is much to
be regretted that in some of our own provincial towns the
rage for speculation has not been diminished. Indeed, at
Leeds, according to a priva e letter received to-day, there is
every reason to believe that a system something like repudi•
ation will take place—a rig equal to the pearl and coral of
1825.26 having been perpetrated there.
As no doubt but few of our readers remember this notable
scheme, it may be simply thus described. A company was
started iu the years stated, the Directors of which com-
plied with the applications for shares written by respect.
able people—they issued but a certain number, and then
through agents purchases were made, and those who were
Bears had to pay a considerable per centage to obtain the
means of delivering the shares.
There are some accounts from the Cape of Good Hope to-
day, but we do not find any late news of interest in them.
The Grain Markets this morning are in a most feverish
state, but the prices are on the whole rather lower. The
farmers are pressing forward their stock on hand, as, notwith-
standing the state of the weather, the barometer is rising,
and that too very steadily.
The Consol Market is pretty steady at 99% for Money,
and for the Account at 99. Reduced Annuities have been sold
at 99% %; and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at
102% %. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is 51s. and
495. South Sea Stock has fallen from 113 to 112.
The prices of the Foreign Bonds have improved to-day.
The Dutch Four per Cents. have touched par; the Spanish
Actives, 27%; the Three per Cents., 38%; and the Portu-
guese Converted, 64% %.
The Share Market is extremely firm to-day. A steady
demand for investment is apparent.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 211 2101/3 211% 210%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99%%
3 per Cent. Consols Anne... 99% 99
New 31% per Cent. Annuties 102%%%
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 ll%
South Sea Stock 112
Consols for Account 99%
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. 11,4 d.
1,0001.
5001. .... ....... .......... ..
Ditto Small — .. .. 53 51 pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred Stock - 19%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds
364
Ditto 3 per Cent...
38
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 21/2 per Cents
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 993/4 100
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE
O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Armagh, Coleraine,Portrush 1% 2% to 2
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Ditto, New..
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 1% 33/q%... to
Chester and Holyhead
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
and Leicester 1
Cornwall ...
l'irect Northern ... ......... .. 21% 2% to
Dundalk and Enniskillen 21,4 2% to
Eastern Counties
Do. New 4/. 169 7 p ... to
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d 11,06 p to
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. 88
Ditto New 14 Shares 24_ 11%...... to
Ely and Bedford liA 53/4M-• to
Great South and W. (Irish)... 15
Great North of England...loo
Ditto New
Great Western BO 236
Ditto % Shares 5O 126
Ditto Fifths
Hull and Selby
. . -. _ _

Ditto 4 Shares l2l/2 ...... 221/ to 231/2
Ditto Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle 25 ...... 551/2 to 56 ::
Leicester and Bedford 22s.
London and Birmingham ...100 248
Ditto 4 Shares
London and Blackwall 16%...... 111/2 to 111/2
London and Brighton 5O 7Bl/24... to 78
London and Croydon... 131. 15s. 9d 241/2...... to 25
London and South Western.. 41% 83% to
Ditto New .. 2l/2 l7 18 ... to 16
London and York... ..... ...... 21/2 5 ... .. to 4%
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
AlanellesLet and Leeds 76 .....202
Ditto Half Shares - 34 ...... 89
Ditto Quarters

Manchester and Birmingham 40
Ditto Quarters
Ditto New Quarters
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 22s
Midland
Ditto New
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 21/2
1511 1/2 . . . .
323925
3:14
44
1%. . .
tttt
0000
7241/2
Newcastle and Berwick
Newry anti Enniskillen
North British
Ditto New
Norwich and Brandon l4 .... . 241,E to
Ditto, New 1
Oxford and Worcester 2l/2 75/8%... to
Preston and Wyre
Richmond
Rugby. Worcester, and Tring 1
Scottish Central
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 21/2 4%%... to
Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. ...
Shrews., Herefrd &N. Wales 2% 3% to
South Devon
South Midland .. 225.
South Eastern and Dover ... 331/2
_ _

Ditto New, N 0.2 7-- ••• 15M41,4 to
Ditto New, No. 3 2l/2...... 81A to
South Wales
Trent Valley ••• 2 .18
Welch Midland 2l/2 35/a... to
fork and North Midland ... 50

-
Ditto Selby
Ditto, Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 6 ...... 1114-- to
Bordeaux,Toulouse,andCette 2
Dendre Valley
Dutch Rhenish 3 ....,. 8,61... to .
East Indian
Great Northern of France

(Laffitte's)
Do. Do. (Rosamel's) 2 ..... 2V8... to
Louvain and Jemeppe
Lyons and Avignon
Namur and Liege...
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 4 ..... 11%
Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2
Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ...
Paris and Orleans... ......... ... 20
Paris and Rouen .. 2O 4214 4134 421 A to 42
Paris& Strashurg(Gannern's) 2 ...... 2%14 to
Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2 - to
Royal North of Spain
Sambre and Meuse
Tours &Nantes (Mackenzie) 2
Verona and Ancona 1
West Flanders

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY)
LONDON, AUG. 11.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W. to
W.N.W., moderate breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, Awl. 9. Wind S.W., squally. 10.—Wind W. to
W. S.W.—Arrd., 10, Camerons, Young, Saldanha Bay ; Mary,
Alitcheson, Grenada Commodore Passmore, Jamaica; Nep-
tune, New York. Arrd. from the River, 9th, Lanchester,
Purchase, Cape of Good Hope, &c. ; Warrior, Pike, Sierra
Leone ; Golden Eagle, Cribb, Nassau ; 10th, Thomas Hughes,
Butler, Port Philip, Adelaide ; Elles, Launceston ; Pauline
Houghton, Amoyl, Mauritius; Tweed, Walker, Cape Coast
Castle; Orion, Matheson, Buenos Ayres; Quebec, Williams,
New York; John Esdale, Jackson, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick; Catherine Stewart Forbes, Wright, Quebec; Cecrops,
Burrell, ditto; British Empire, ditto; Pearl, Montreal. Put
back, 10th, Albion.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 9 AND 10.—Wind
9th, Eliza, Jones, from London, for St. Vincent, with damage,
having been in contact with the William Bryan, of Poole ;
10th, General Palmer, transport, Macev, Rio Janeiro,
sailed Bth June. Sailed, 10th, Owen Glendower, Robertson,
Bombay. Put back, Sir John Falstaff, Rowell, Quebec.
pooL, AUG. 7.—Arrd. Flora, Pidding, Newfoundland.
MAnypoaT, AUG. 7.—Arrd. Trafalgar, Younghusband,
Quebec, got aground on the North Bank, but is expected off.
6. Sld. William Tell, Narrer, Quebec.

BRISTOL, AUG. 9.—Arrd.St: Vincent, Saunders, Trinidad.
10. Rankin, Mickle, Quebec, on shore near Black Rock, in
a dangerous position.
SWANSEA, AUG. 7.—Sld Dorothy Gales. Valparaiso.
DUBLIN, AUG. 9.—Wind N.N.W 8. Arrd. Patriot, Cuth-
bertson, Antigua. Sid Flora Macdonald, Grace, St. John's,
New Brunswi
KINGSTOWN, AUG. 9.—Wind N.N.W., strong.—Dart,
Samson, Prince Edward's Island.
WATERFORD, AUG. 9.—Wind N.W. to S.S.E —Sid. R. N.
Parker, Laugher, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Downes,
Doady, Miramichi.

WEXFORD, AUG. 9.—Wind N., strong breeze.—John,
M`Grath, St. John's, New Brunswick.
LIMERICK, AUG. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Jessie, Challi,
St. John's, New Brunswick.
OFF PETERHEAD, AUG. 6.—Welcome, Pell, Quebec.
ABERDEEN, Aug- B.—Wind N.N.W., strong. 6. Arrd.
Albion, Leslie, St. John's, New Brunswick. 7. Brilliant,
Elliot, and Caroline, March, Quebec. 8. Pens Olii, Mack

St. John's, New Brunswick.. Ott port, Arstlalsa,lSloiltrasll.
Sumps, Atm. 7.—Sid. Ann Welsh, New York.
HULL, AUG. 9.—Wind S.E.-8. Arrd. 'galena, Forbes,
New York. 9. Arrd. Employ, Fullerton, Quebec. Sld.
Corinthian. Davidson, St. John's, New Brunswick.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 10.—The Ullswater, Gibson, from
Mazatlan to this port, is on shore on West Hoyle, and, it
is expected, will become a wreck ; crew saved.
PORT TALBOT, AUG. B.—The Bideford, Major, from Neath
to Cornwall, foundered in the Channel, after being in contact
with the Elizabeth and Ann; crew saved.
DOVER, AUG. 10.—The Ondine steamer, from Ostend, was
towed in here to-day by the Belfast, with damage to ma-
chinery and loss of foremast ; passengers landed at Deal.

MARKET NEW.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY.

Since Monday last up to Saturday evening, the arrivals of
English Wheat were rather above an average scale fur the
time of year, while the total receipts of Oats—including the
foreign importations—were moderate. Of English Barley not
a single parcel came to hand, and the supplies of all other
Grain were small. The quantity of Flour from our own coasts
exceeded 8,000 sacks. Fresh up, rather an extensive supply
of Wheat came to hand coastwise and by land carriage,
especially from the county of Essex, which, added to the
arrivals reported last week, and the quantity left over on
this day se'nnight, formed a large supply of upwards
of 13,000 quarters. As might be expected, therefore,
and notwithstanding the prevailing changeable weather, and
the somewhat unfavourable accounts which continue to reach
us from our large Grain districts respecting the appear-
ance of the growing crops, buyers evinced but little inclina-
tion to meet the demands of the sellers; hence, the trade
with nearly every description of Wheat of home produce may
be considered inactive. Where parties were anxious to
sell, lower rates were complied with; yet, generally
speaking, the sales were conducted at last Monday's quota-
tions, but a clearance was not effected. Holders of foreign
Wheat, the supply of which was by means large, were
firm. The sales, however, were only moderate, at last
week's figures. Grain under lock was steady, at full prices.
The transactions in Barley—nearly the whole of which was
of foreign growth—were on a limited scale, at unaltered cur-
rencies. The supply of Malt was limited, yet the trade with
that article was in a very slugggish state, at prices about
equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. The show of
Oats being small, that grain moved off steadily, and last
week's prices were well supported. In Beans very little was
doing; but Peas and Flour were quite as dear. The Seed
market was somewhat inactive.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier 63s to 64s
Red .•.•• • . • . 518 to 56s Oats Yorkshire and
Ditto, White.. s6s 67s Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 23s
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe
coin, Red..... 480 56s Youghaf and Cork,
Ditto, White.. .. .. 54s 63s Black ... • .
Irish, Red •••• • • .. ---8 —8 Cork, White ..• 21s 23s
Ditto, White —s Scotch, Feed. .. .. 20s 22s
Rye—Old ••• • • • —8 —s Beans—Tick . ..
New. •••• • • .. 308 32s Pigeons .... 388 43s
Barley—Grinding... 258 27s Pease—Grey ......• 38s 40s
Malting ... • . • • 30s 338 Maple ...• . • 38s 43s
Chevalier •.• • .. 348 White ,••. • • • 369 39s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .. •
folk •••• • • .. 58s 598 Flour—Town-made .• . 42s 49s
Brown ... .••. •. . • 528 58s Suffolk .. •. • 37s 40s
Kingston and Ware 588 63s Stocktn & Norfolk 368 40s
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
Wheat—Dantzic .. • ... 46s to 48s Beans
Hamburgh • • 37s 42s Pease ••••• • • • .. 338 36s
Barley • • .. • 20s 21s Flour—American .•• • . 198 21s
Oats- —New ••• • • • 19s 21s Baltic ..... •• • • 19s 21s
eed ••••• • • • • ... 15s 188
SMITH

:FIELD.

Tke Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, and in some
instances the quotations had a downward tendency. The
primest sorts were disposed of at 4s 4d per 81bs. Although
we bad an increased number of Sheep on offer, it was by no
means large for the present season. Prime old Downs moved
off steadily, at full prices; but all other breeds were a slow
inquiry, at late rates. The arrival of Lambs from Leicester-
shire being on the increase, the Lamb trade was dull, at a
reduction in value of 2d per Blbs. For Calves we had a slow
demand, yet the quotations were supported. The Pork trade
was dull, at last week's currencies.
Per Blbs. to sink the offal. _ _

s. d. s. d
Inferior Beasts 3 0 3 4
Second quality ditto. 3 6 3 8
Prime large Oxen 3 10 4 0
Prime Scots .. 4 2 4 4
Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 4
Prime small ditto 4 6 4 10
Suckling Calves, lB 0 30 0
Inferior Sheep .. 3 6 3 10

s. d. to s. d
Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4
Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8
Southdown Wethers 410 5 0
Ditto out of the wool
Large Hogs .. • ... 3 0 3 8
Small Porkers •• 3 10 4 2
Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 20 0
Lambs .. • ....... 410 5 8

SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts,224 I .
26,880 Sheep. I
Calves. 1 Pigs.
3 170 305
NEWGATE AND LE it DENNALL.

The arrivals of slaughtered meat for these markets, from
Scotland and different parts of England, during the week,
have been seasonably good, but by no means extensive. The
supplies killed in the metropolis having been on the increase,
particularly those of Beef and Veal, the general demand rules
heavy, and prices have, in some instances, a downward ten-
dency, while some difficulty has been experienced in effecting
clearances. About 20 carcases, of foreign Beef, and 40 ditto
of mutton, have sold—the former at from 2a 10d to 3s 4d, the
latter, 3s 4d to 3s 10c1 per 81bs.

At per stone, by the Carcase.
a. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Beef, inferior 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior .. 210 3 4
- middling ••• • 3 0 3 2 middling.. 3 6 4 4
- prime large .. 3 2 3 4 prime •• .. 4 6 4 8
- prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 2 8 3 6
Veal 3 8 4 8- small ........ 3 8 4 2

Lamb. 4s lod to 6s —d.
ARRIVALS DURING TILE PAST WEEK.
Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs.
Scotland • ............... 20 300 200
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
___

Suffolk ..

Cambridgeshire .. ••••••• • • • • • • •
Surrey . ..... ......... •.•• • • •
Devonshire •••••••• • • • • • • • •
NViltshire ••- • • • •••• • • •
Other parts •..••• • • . • • •• •

24 40 - -
20 60 50 100
25 120 00 140

........ 20 90 60 80
40 200 60 300

Total
Previous week's arrival 2Bl 1,520 450 810

Difference since our last 67 240 170 220
BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
Owing to the favourable accounts which continue to reach
us from the plantations, the demand here, for all kinds of
Hops, is heavy. The duty is still called 190,0001., with very
few backers.
BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS.
We have had several parcels of Foreign Potatoes on offer,
since our last, and which have sold at very low rates. Of
New English Potatoes the supplies are abundant, yet the
demand is steady, at from 3s to 6s per cwt.
WOOL MARKET.
The imports of Wool into London since this day se'nnight
have been very moderate. In the private contract market a
full average amount of business is doing in English, as well
as in Foreign and Colonial qualities, at, in every instance,
full rates of currency.