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THE MORNING CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. with an ardent desire that omtno la of the committee. I venture to Marquess of Nokmanby has been eminently Conservative. He has given the Roman Catholics what they never had before a motive for preserving tranquillity, and for paying obedience to the laws, because they find tranquillity and obedience productive of prosperity and happiness. The compw1" few measures Ministers have been able t0 briB8 forward relating to Great Britain have been of the same character all strictly Conjervative, while the foreign policy of country has been directed to maintain our 0vm rights and interests, without intermeddling needlessly with the rights and interests of other nations.

Therefore a Tory member may very properly tell his particular friends and supporters, consistently with his first allegation regarding the supposed power of the Opposition, that really and truly the Whigs, formerly denounced as Destructives, are after all nothing but Conservatives, and that they did not give their enemies any of the opportunities of attack which those enemies at the opening of the late campaign had ardently hoped to enjoy. Upon some points the so-called Conservatives went far beyond the Liberals in their "zeal to destroy," for not long since they were for exterminating all the Irish corporations, and even now they MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. THURSDAY. There has been very little business transacted in the English Stock Market to-day. Consols are a shade lower, and left off at 94 buyers for money, and 94 to for the account.

Exchequer Bills were 73 to 75 prem. Bank Stock, 207J to and India Bonds, 73 to 75 prem. This being settling day in Foreign Securities, the business done was extremely limited, but, however, late in the day a marked rise took place in the Portuguese and Brazilian securities. Spanish Active was last marked at 2 1 1 to Portuguese Five per Cents. 86J to 37 ditto Three per 24 to Dutch Five per Cents.) I02 to ditto Two-and-a-Half per 54J to Brazilian, 83J to 84 and Colombian, 26J to J.

Great Western Railway shares have receded to 12 to 13 in consequence of the meeting held at Bristol yesterday having been adjourned for the period of six weeks. The full particulars have net yet transpired, but thG meeting was said to have been a very stormy one and of long duration. The other shares continue much the same. Birmingham, eld, closed at 80 to 82 prem. ditto, new, 23 to 24 prem.

Southampton, old, 46 to 47 per share; ditto, new, 21 to 22 North Midland, 2J to 3 prem. and Brighton, 2 to dis. British Iron shares are 9 to 10 per share; and Asphalte de Sevssel, 1 to 3 prem. The merchants and mining companies connected with the Mcxicos begin to be much disheartened at the tiros. IRISH RAIL WA SYSTEM.

If the report of the Irish Railway Commissioners holds out slight inducements to the em-' barkation of private capital in this description of enterprise, it certainly establishes a very powerful case for the adoption and execution of a judicious railway system in Ireland, regarded as a public work. Although a railroad itself," says this i able document, as a mercantile speculation, might not, all at once, realise the sanguine expectations of the projectors, it would still be an invaluable source of general viealth and prosperity." In calculating the probable return upon capital invested in Irish railways, the commissioners have, very prudently as it occurs to us, framed their estimates with reference to the existing trade and intercourse of the country, without allow-ance for the increase that would attend the progressive improvement of the country. The evidences," however, they state, of growing prosperity are such as can leave no doubt that, even without taking into account the powerful impulse which would be given to the general industry of the country through the operation of railways, a considerable addition might in a few years be reasonably expected." In proof of the degree to which intercourse is not merely promoted but actually created by the ST. THE RATIXG OF MARLBOROUGTI-HOUSE. Last night a vastry meeting was held in the vestry -room of this parish, when it was expected some notice would be taken of the refusal of the Queen Dowager te pay the poor-rates of Marlborough-honse, except as a donation the consequanee was that tho attendance of parishioners was extremely numerous.

Mr. West in the chair. Mr. C. Pitt called the attention of the meeting to a statement which had appeared in soma of the morning papers, where it was asserted tho parish had mnde some agreement with the Queen Dowager as to tha rating of Marlbo-rough-house.

Ha wished to know whether the money (104) had been paid, and if so, how the receipt was worded 1 Mr. Rawmngs, the collector, answered that the receipt had been given for money received In aid of the poor- "a'parishioner, asked if the receipt was different to that furnished to any other parishioner? Sir. Bawlinos said it was. Mr. Le Bketon rose to explain.

Mr Pitt Wc will not a'low that gentleman to step us. The Chairman said they should allow Mr. Le Breton to explain what had taken place, as it would probably save much time, Mr. Le Breton is, we believe, the elerk to the rrochUI He thought lie had a right to be heard Iconfusion, and cries of" no, no! j. Mr Davenport What is the answer to the question Ur.

Pitt: I pi otest against Mr. Le Breton's interference. Mr. Uawmsos repeated the answer. Mr.

Lo Breton again rose, and was about to address the chairman, but uproar induced him to ait down. The Chairmajj again said that Mr. Le Breton onght to be heard. Mr, Pbarce, one of the overseers, then explained tue manner in which Mr. Sergeant Merewether, the Queen Dowager's solicitor-general, had proposed that her Majesty would puy the money, but that in his opinion she had legally a right of objection to be rated, and that her Majesty a name shouli not he in the rate-books, bat Marlboreugn-honsc alone rated.

Mr. Davenport: What is tho entry now the ratebooks? Mr. Le Breton Marlborough-honse, 2,000." Mr. Pearce: Wo thought it prudent to aceept the offer thus made, rather than involve the parish in lawsuits. We were promised the money should be paid, even on the day became due, and we thought ourselves boand to accept the terms proposed.

Mr. Davenport thought the agreement might prevent the collection ef the rate at a future time. The Chairman said it ceuld not. If they received the money it mattered not whether tha rate was made a personal one, or that Marlborough-house alone was rated. Mr.

Myers observed that the Admiralty and the Ordnance offices wero rated in the same way. Upon every change of administration they changed owners. Mr. Rawt.inqs, in reply to another question, said tha name of the Queen Dowagerwas in the receipt he had given. Mr.

Wilson, overseer, remarked that Mr. Sergeant Merewether had said that they could not rate the Queen Dowager. Who were they to go to? If they applied to the Woeds and Forests they would have besn referred back to the Queen Dowager. The parochial board felt they conld not be authorised to go to law, and finding the money would always be paid they thought it was their duty to accept it on the terms the meeting had heard. Mr.

Pitt could agree with no such doctrine. What right had any body of men to compromise what was the right alone of parishioners in vestry assembled? He would suppose a poor man applied to for 30s. for rates, and when the collector called on him he said, Why, I have 30s. in my poeket if you choose to accept it as a donation I will pay you" Would the collector dare to receive tha money upon such terms hear I Why, then, was this distinction to be made between the great and powerful aad the poor For the future a vestry should he called when the rights of the parishioners were at stake. matter where tha rights ofthe vestry wereconcerned it should be decided upon by the vestry, and that any compromise was an unfair distinction, aud such as ought not to have taken place with respect to Marlborough-house." This waa the substance of the worthy gentleman's motion.

Mr. Pearce seconded "it. Mr. Gilbert Pouncey thought they wero wasting their time in mattcre which needeu no discussion. They were just where they weru before, and he quite agreed that there should be no distinction between rich and poor.

If a poor intia hail made a similar oli'er he thought it should have been accepted. The motion was put and lost by a very largo majority. The other business was disposed of (liaviBg no public importance), and the question, which has excited much of public curiosity, appears to be settled. LA NOTICES-Tiiia Day. PAIiACR COURT, WESTMINSTER Sit at hnll'-pMt nine.

Reynolds Dolman Reynolds Kimbtr Clmroploii Ponltiam RoBers Hutchinson Bennett vOvery Thomas Hill Croaaley Gotta-Stokes KIrby Luckatt Wornor-Uerapiey Lucaa. SECONDARIES' COURT, BASING HALL-STREET. At twelve. Gardner Foulkes Shewrd Bend-Goiiloa Hall. BANKRUPTCY COURT, BASINGHALL.STREET.

Samuel Ntblc, of Crown-wharf, Woolwich, Kant, at eleven precisely adjourned dltliend Tliomaa Viner, of Hungerford, Berkshire, hop-merchant, at half-past twelve last examination. Before Mr. Commlanloner Evans. Robert Beeton, of Blackfrlnra-road, linen draper, at half-past eleven nreclaalyi last exomlnatlon. Before Mr.

Comrolialaner Fovdlanquk. John l'lttar, of Holywell-atrent, Mllbank, merchant, at half-pait eleven precliely ehoiceof aislgnecs Hamilton and Agar, of Hlchea-court, at twelve dividends of the joint and separate estates, SIR WALTER SCOTT AND THE MESSRS. BALL A TYNE. Who has not read Mr. Lockhar't's life of Sir Walter Scott? And who does not believe that that great and good.man was ruined ch lefly through his connection with James and John Ballantyne We have seldom read a work which more impressed us with the stern independence of its author than Mr.

Lockhart's biography of his father-in-law. It would require, indeed, strong evidence to persuade us that b.2 has been intentionally dishonest. But we have just read a small publication of 88 pages, entitled a Refutation of the Misstatements andCalumnies contained in Mr. Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter Scott, respecting the Messrs. Ballantyne," which can hardly fail, wo think, to satisfy the world that Mr.

Lock-hart, from his ignorance of commercial affairs, has been led to do great injustice to tho Messrs. Ballantyne, and more especially to James Ballantyne. So far from James Ballantyne having ruined Sir Walter Scott, it is all but demonstrated that Sir Walter Scott ruined James Bal-Inutyne, and that Mr. Luckhart has been indebted to his imagination for the conclusions at which he has arrived. Sir Walter Scott's embarrassments appear to have been chiefly owing to his large purchases of land, without possessing capital to pay for them, and to his expensive tastes.

Money was raised by bills, and between Messrs. James Ballantyne and Co. and Messrs. Constable nnd Co. there were drawings and re-drawings without end.

Of all modes of raising money that by bills is the most expensive. James Ballantyne's personal expenses did not equal half of the profits of the printing business, and at the period of Constable's bankruptcy, when all the parties were at a stand, the debts due by James Ballantyne and as printers, did not amount to and James Ballantyne's personal debts were under 100. But, Sir Walter Scott's proper liabilities amounted to 10s. nndConstable and acceptances fell also to bo provided for by him, as well as Hurst, Robinson, and acceptances. The gross amount of Sir Walter's liabilities proper, and in consequence, of the bankruptcy, amounted to 88,607.

19s. 9d. Poor James Ballantyne, who had made himself responsible for Sir Walter Scott's debts, thought Sir Walter's land, if matters came to the worst, would bs available but here he was deceived. It appears that Sir Walter Scott had, on the marriage of his son, by the marriage contract left himself nothing but the life interest of his land, and the reversion, should his son or daughtcr-in-Iaw die without issue. It is asserted that had Sir Walter Scott, when he made this transfer, entered on a deliberate examination of his responsibilities, he would have found that he was not authorised to take the step.

But be this as it may, we are told that James Ballantyne all along considered Abbotsford as standing between him and ruin, from the extent to which his name was engaged for Sir Walter, and that, the catastrophe of January, 1826, first revealed to him the astounding fact, that a year before the foundation upon which he built all his hopes of safety had bean destroyed by the deliberate act of his friend and partner." Ballantyne's whole property was swept away, including even the fortune received with his wife, which had not been secured on the family. James Ballantyne after this storm resumed business, and was so far successful that, besides paying off all the incumbrances contracted, in order to begin the world afresh, he had realized at the period of his death, in 1833, a considerable amount of property." Had Sir Walter Scott's representatives had any claim on Mr. Ballantyne there were funds to meet it but the best proof that they had no claim is afforded by a deed of mutual release between Sir Walter Scott's representatives and Mr. Ballantyne's trustees and executors, subscribed among others by Mr. Lockhart himself.

Mr. Lockhart had a difficult task ts discharge, and, with the best intentions, he could hardly escape error, In this vindication of the Ballantynes considerable soreness is felt at the satirical touches with which Mr. Lockhart's accounts of their transactions with Sir Walter are interspersed. This is a subject on which we aro not competent judges, though it does appear that, for the sake of effect, John Ballantyne has hardly been fairly treated. But as to the money matters we havo less diffipiiltu in nrnnminmnir niminst Mr.

Lockhart. Wc r. are inclined to adopt the views of the writer of the Refutation," who observes: If a proper accounting had been gone into between Sir Walter Scott's representatives and those of Mr. James Ballantyne, the latter, as we have already had occasion to show, would have been ablate establish a very considerable claim against the former; and of this Mr. Lockhart could scarcely fail to be aware.

The facts, then, speak for themselves. That the printing establishment was a most profitable concern has been placed beyond all doubt by the profits realised from it since Sir Walter Scott's insolvency, in 1820, and the property which Mr. Ballantyne acquired in tho interval between that period and the time of his death. May it not, therefore, be fairly and legitimately inferred, that if Mr. Ballaatyne had previously carried on the buBines upon his own aceouut, without having had Scott os a partner, and had come wider no enaancments for Sir Walter, he would have realised proportional profits, Bnd thus left a large fortune to his family This conclusion appears to us to be a legitimate one.

Ine business before the bankruptcy was not less, but greater than after it. What, then, became of the profits, unless i they were ull absorbed by Scott, minus only the expenses of Mr. Ballantyne's family? James Ballantyne was ruined, and left pennies. Sir Walter Scott, or, which comes the same thing, his creditors, must, therefore, have got all. How this was effected we have already explained pretty fullv.

In purchases of land, made contrary io every of prudence; in buildings, plantings, ana improvemeuw, carried on with a total disregard to expense and in the Gratification of a taste for splendid hospitality and articles of vertu, habitually indulged-were employed the immense sums raised by means of discoants obtained at the different banks, and wluch deprived Mr. Ballantyne of all hepe of escape, and in the end brought about his ruin. THE WElIInVTON'sTATUE. TO THE EARI, OF LIVERPOOL. My Lord Feeling 'a deep interest In every thiag connected with the Wellington Memorial, I have made it a point of duty to attend every meetiBg in any way relating to its advantage or success, however inconvenient it may occasionally have been to myself.

I now take the liberty of addressing your lordship, as chairman of the meeting which took place at the house of Lord William Bentinck, on the 8th instant, where I hud the honour to meet your lordBhip and nine other noble and highly distinguished individuals, and, from what then took pluce, it was impossible I should be otherwise than fully asBurad that every persen present was anxiously desirous that the memorial should be a work of such a nature aa alike te do honour to the arts and to the country which raised it; and from the observations then made (so highly itled to consideration and respect) I could not help feeling i a source oi deep regret tuat tue previous coiuuuiuw nil ins had not been favoured with the presence ana councils or ir lordship and ths other noblemen then present. Your lordship, however, must not understand that by the above remark I intend to convey any, tho slightest, ceasare as I am quit aware the multiplied engagements in and out of town of your lordship ana other members of the committee form an ample apology for absence from sueb meetings. Yoar lordship, however, must nhow me to say that it is not, in my humble opinion or judgment, eitusr cindiii er fair that the motives of tho acting committee ehsuld be impugned, and aa attempt made to set aaide the reBultof their deliberations after tbey have proceeded, step by step, for upwardB of twelve months, to discuss and arrange all mutters brought before them for their decision, and to which their attention had been necessarily directed on account of the absence of other members (however unavoidable), no postponement having been solicited. 1 believe the principal complaint made was, that sufficiently explicit notice had not been given of the intention to make choice ef an artist at the meeting of the committee on the 9th of Jane. I take leave to observe en this point, that the circular convening such meeting was aB explicit and full as the notice issued by the committee of the City Wellington statue summoning the meeting at whieh both the nature of the memorial was decided, and Sir Francis Chantrey choBen to complete it and no complaint has ever been mads by any party that such notice was less explicit or fall than it should have been and it also happened that there was a larger number of members present at the meeting of the 9th of Jane than had ever before met at any one time and no person then objected to the subject being gone into for want of due notice, or from that not being the proper time for the subject being taken into consideration and from the numerons attendance upon that occasion, com-taraft with mv OTfnpripnftf nf the usual Dronortion that do attend committees of this nature, in comparison with the total number, it was reasonable to suppose that no larger number of the committee would ever be collected together.

Tbro ana inrieari. imnther matter incidentally mentioned onJ nnranl.lnod nf jhw4l WI1. that DaDCr Wd bSCD Clf- eulatea tnronen tne commiiiBu, otuuuuius noble uuKe tne cnairman oi ine cummincc, r.1 innrnalist. I COIlfeSB tllttt I PBTtl iittio in timt feeling; but on mature reflection I it tn im nhvlouslv the duty of those who hold official situations in a committee of this nature to submit any explanatory Intormatien tuey mm liuportuuv ions members, many of whom, It is evident, have not time or tn Cnt, inta details, er evon peruse the daily naaers aud I feel satisfied that it was done without the least intention to impugn the conttuct or wound the Jeel-ings or sensibility of any individual. It is perfectly unnecessary for me here to say one word respecting tbe artist then elected, as it was most distinctly stated at the meeing over which your lordship presided that no objection whatever was made to him.

The course which was finally adopted at the meeting, to draw up a memorial addressed to Lord Melbourne SHd her Majesty's ministers, and to circulate the same for the signatures of thosa members of the committee who shall concur therein, many of whom have not been present at any meetings of the committee, and conseqnently caanot be acquainted with ths merits of the question, is not in this case, I humbly submit, quite fair, and may Und to make it a party question, which I am confldeat your lordship would not wish, and which must be very detrimental to the object ia view, and canaot fail to injure the measures which all parties acknowledge they wish to see successful for many who are lukewarm in tha cause may consider it a sufficient reason for withholding their subscriptions. Upoa a full wajidnatieQ ef all ths cirvumitaneM, and of business in Ireland occasioned by the opening of new and convenient channels of commerce. Between tue cniei ports of the northern, eastern, and southern coasts of Ireland a regular and frequent Intercourse is kept up by steam-vessels with London, Bristol, Liverpool, and Glasgow and nine-tenths of the traffic thus carried on is stated to be new, such as the trade in fattened cattle. A well-arranged system of railways would have the effect of continuing and extending throughout the country the benefits which the outports have thus obtained. The advantage of such a system in facilitating and promoting the trade in fat cattle is particularly deserving of notice.

We give the words of the report We have already mentioned that a censiderable traffic has been established sinoe the application of steam-vessels to purposes of commercial transport, in the exportation of fat cattle. The direct benefit, however, from this trade, on the part of Ireland, is confined to counties adjacent to the eastern ports, or connected with them by canals; for the condition of the animals would suffer so much by their being driven any considerable distance, that they are necessarily disposed of in some neighbouring market, and thus the great feeding counties of Limerick, Clare, and parts of Tipperary and the Queen's county are precluded from the advantages recently opened ts other places, A railway Intersecting the country from Dublin would place the cattle of those rich pastures within reach of Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, thereby insuring to these markets a larger supply, and of superior quality, while the profits of the Irish feeder would be proportionably enhanced." The commissioners entirely dissent from the opinion that. railways are ill-adapted to the conveyance of goods of bulk or of ordinary value. They state that they Bee good grounds for calculating on a great extent of profitable traffic in agricultural produce and live stock, as well as in other articles. We have extended this article too long already but there is one passage more to which we must call attention before we close this part of the subject Amongst the inducements," says the report, which we may notice as holding out a prospect of support for such undertakings, are to be mentioned the numbers from all parts of tha United Kingdom, nnd even from the Con-tinent, who would resort to Ireland as travellers to view the natural beauties of its splendid and varied scenery, and some, no doubt, to acquire a more perfect knowledge of the character and condition of the people.

But the moral effects oi such intercourse will perhaps far outweigh the immediate pecuniary interests involved in it by the important influence which they will exercise on the fate of the country. Ireland, though for years past a subject of anxious attention in public, is really very little known to the British people and the disadvantage to both countries, arising from this circumstance, is much greater than is generally supposd." To these few words which we have printed in italics we cannot too anxiously entreat the attention of the public. They are unhappily but too true. The commissioners continue Connected as they are by the same laws, and identified in interests, any proposal to cement this union, by drawing their inhabitants closer together in the bonds of mutual intercourse and knowledge, claims general attention, and if it be calculated to promote that end should command general support." In views thus enlightened we need hardly say that we concur entirely. We feel it incumbent upon us to do all in our power to promote their circulation through the British public.

Let the Tories and their organs make what efforts they think proper to propagate calumnies and falsehoods regarding Ireland, and estrange the British people from their natural, their nearest, and their most valuable connections we feel convinced that the truth will make itself heard sooner than its enemies reckon, and that the liberal views of such men as Mr. Drummond and the other commissioners, to whom we are indebted for the work before us, will find more favour with the intelligent mass of Englishmen and Scotchmen than Lord (ilengall libels on his country, or The Standard's wretched appeals to the remnant of anti-Catholic and anti-Irish prejudice. THE EAHL OF URHAM. from tub patriot. When tho Earl of Durham undertook the honourable, difficult, and dangerous mission" entrusted to him "difficult and dangerous," said his lordship, I mean as affects my reputation" in a speech which produced at the time a deep impression, he threw himself upon the candour ef all parties.

The great object of that mission, he said, I can only hope to accomplish by the cordial support of my noble friends below me, her Majesty's ministers, which I feel sure that I Bhall meet by the active co-operation of Parliament, which I expect to obtain and by that generous forbearance on the part of the noble lords opposite, to whom I have been opposed politically all my life, which I am induced to believe they toill display towards me, from the candour which the noble and illustrious duke has exhibited on this occasion, as on all other occasions where the public interests ure concerned." Observe, his lordship's hope of being treated with such generous forbearance, after leaving the country, rested chiefly upon his confidence ia the high character of the Duke of Wellington. He knew the mischievous and reckless spirit which was likely to bo set at work, at the instigation of party spleen or personal vindictiveuess and his sagacity and foresight are strikingly evinced in the language we have citad. Tha powers with whieh the Earl of Durham was invested were confessedly extraordinary and despotic. The act which conferred them was stigmatised as arbitrary and unconstitutional aad those who dofended it, or acquiesced in it, did so on the ground of a stern necessity. But so general waB the impression that thsy were necessary, that the noble lord who most strenuously opposed the hill deprecated sending out the noble earl with mutilated powers, and pleaded for his being left to the exercise of aa enlarged discretion.

How forbearing, how generous, how statesman-use, lias been the conduct of that aristocratic assembly I Scarcely linl T.nrH Durham Rrrirpf! in flnnnitn. whpn nifl aoftointmentS aris severely criticised, next the composition of his council Is attacked and thirdly, the very tirst exercise of his large discretionary powers iB arraigned upon technical grounds. witn nil tna pettitoggmg ingenuity oi tne iawj er, mm the treacherous malice of personal enmity. Lord Durham has been guilty of banishing, without the farce of a trial, parties whose guilt was olear, but whom, in the present temper ol tne colony, it wouia nave ueeii dittioult to convict, and perhaps dangerous to punish, if convicted. It is stated that the prisoners petitioned to be disposed of without trial, and that they were banished with their own consent.

Bat Lord Durham sends them beyond liis own jurisdiction to tho Bermudas; and hence the mouths of the triple-headed guardian ot the laws are opened upon him, not for the injustice, the harshness, the impolicy of the act, but its illegality I It now turns out, too, that the very act investing LordDarham with such extraordinary powers contains an insidious proviso, inserted by a Tory lawyer, tying up his hands from using them, and nullifying tbe discretion confided to him a proviBO which would seem te have been deliberately framed as a trap for the distinguished nobleman in whom all partieB affected to confide. And thus we And the high-minded Peers faithlessly recalling their own act, and undermining the authority they concurred in creating for the purpose of retaining our North American colonies in allegiance! And under what influence has even the noble duke been betrayed into this breach of faith? Lord Brougham has been the will-o'-ths-wisp that has led ths house into the mire but who is behind Lord Brougham 1 Curiously, wonderfully strange, though It bs," says a corespondent of The Chronicle, the House of Lords ia the blindfold tool of Mr. John Arthur Roebuck. We ourselves saw, daring the debate on Thursday, Lord Brougham repeatedly in consultation with Mr. Falconer, of Gray's-inn, the brother-in-law and factotum ot Mr, Roebuck.

The conduct of the Lords aids all those concerned in the late troubles, those only who are still bent on Canadian Independeace, and not those who are now friendly a British connection aids them not Indirectly and la effect, bat aa efficiently and immediately as Mr. Roebuck can suggest The object is to induce Lord Durham to throw up his viceroyalty in disgust and thus there would be a chance afforded for throwing the colony into fresh disorder. But we trust that the intrigue will he baffled. Lord Durham will learn that, if the Peers are against him, the press is for bim-even the most respectable nortion of the Tory press and he will ealculateupon bavisg justice done to him bv the country Destructive Fire at Poplar. Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, dreadful fire broke out in the omrinfiranmof the extensive cement and plaster of Pans works belonging to Messrs.

Weston, Mill-wall, Poplar. As soon as the flra was discovered, messengers were dispatched to the arious stations of the fire brigade The first engine which reached the spot was the parish one, which was a Dartv of poliee. but althoueh in pvwflent order, it was of very little use, iB consequence of the ireat extent of the fire. before tour the enKines from Wellclose and jeiirey squares stations, as well as the Wast of England, reached the scene of destruction were speedily followed by several ethers, all of which tuese were uc obtained from some ditches near the premises. Although the utmost exertions were made by the men near six o'clock before tbe flames wre subdued.

The loss is Sori as the streater part of th store-houses and cSEK entfrely coLmed. The fire was visible for many miles reund Ue metropolis. Although every inquiry was made, no clue could be obtomed asto its origin. Shocking Accidsnt. Yesterday morning an elderly lady named Waarnore was burnt in a shaking manner at her residence in King-street, Holbam.

It ep-oXeTtbattlK? unfortunate lady Iiad placed a lighted candle on the Rround, for the purpose of picking up some trifling article Xn the lower part of her dress caught fire, and be-wSy aialituM she was burnt in a dreadful manner, A vein of rich copper ore has been discovered i Mr. O'Connell. at Caherseevine. On K7BSta -lKT, ther. are 600 men Lime Inqusst on a Dwabf, On Wednesday even-i i at the London Hosnital.

before Mr, Baker, tne coroner, on the body of Ellea Driscol, who died tha V2th instant. From the evidence it appeared that the aecewed, thongh in the 22d year of her age, was only 37 inches in height, while her parents are of fallen down stairs, frao tured her skull in a shocking manner. She was remeved to the hospital without delay, where every attention paiA to her; but so serious were the injuries she received, that they ultimately caused her Accidental VMtB, nob emen and gentlemen wuo mi nn nH i7 va vour Bowertul CO- WIll reconsiuer your iK. .11 operation in carfying out ths object of the subscribers all its integrity and splendour. By such a Preetmg 11 apparent diffirences will be removed, and the event will prove most grateful to the feelings of the illustrious hero whose services it is intended to commemorate.

Aad with every sentiment of respect, Your lordship's obedient and humble servant, Thomas B. Simpson. Wellington-street, London-bridge, Aug. 13, 1838. To the EDITOR op the MORNING CHRONICLE.

Sin I have just been contemplating theexhibition pluced over the Triumphal Arch, Hyde Park-corner, upon which 1 will beg leave to submit a few observations. Placing the equestrian statue in that position is contrary to the practice ot all times, ancient and modern, to those of Pericles, Augustus, Adrian, Diocletian, Louis Frederic nnd is contrary to common sense, and to one of the established rules of architecture. In no time, ancient or modern, have the figures over a triumphal arch been placed ia any other position than on a line with the triumphal way over which they stand any other position would be contrary to common sense, for the conqueror placed over the triumphal arch is as it were there placed in the centre of a triumphal procession, which is meant to be as it were commemorated by the triumphal areh. Therefore must it appear to be the height of absurdity to place the conqueror at right angles with the procession ol which he is the centre and with which he moves, so that whilst the procession entering the arch from the south, und proceeding in the direction of the arch to the north, or Hyde-park, here is the triumphator who cuts the procession dead," leaves it to proceed without its principal north, and himself, having thus cut precession, triumphal arch, and all, proceeds solns cast to Whitechapel and this is the absurdity which yoa may now behold. Next, this statue is placed contrary to all arehifecturnl principle, for the summit or key-stone ef the arch is the Btron(en part of the arch, and therefore It is that upon all triumphal arches, ancient or medern, the figure is solidly placed on the key-stone or centre ef the arch, whereas in the exhibition of the person on the ewe-necked Cossack horse there is no part of tha horse which rests oa the strongest part ef the arch, but, on the contrary, the fore and hind legs rest on the lateral portions of the arch, which must be ready to tumble to pieces, having nothing ou the keystone to compress them and keep them together.

This is what I apprehend the architects denominate im porte a faux. The illustrious person in whose honour tma monu ment is erecteu must remain mure, ouwrwise mo uwutm-rect tact and taste would at once have pointed out the monstrous ubsurdities of this proposed erection. J. E. Dx.

20, Blandford-street, Portman-square, Aug. 10. DIS TRESSTN SHETLAND. To the EDITOR of theMORNING CHRONICLE. Sir In my letter, as printed in Tlie Morning Chronicle of Tuesday, there are some errors in the abstract of the survey of tho parish of Unst, which I shall feel obliged to you to correct, by inserting the fbllowiBg tabular statement, copied from the original document, which I inclose for your inspection.

I remain, sir, your obedient servant, 54, Burton-street, Vriday. A. BARCLAY. AUSltACT OF A SUBVEY OI THE TAUISH OPUNST, IN RESPECT OP FOOD, MADE ON THH CTH, 7tH, 8TII, lOTH, llTH, 12TH, AND 13TH OI MAltCH, 1838 602 Individuals having bo provisions. 207 1 week's provisions.

230 2 Ditto ditto. 213 3 Ditto 202 1 Month'a 140 5 Weeks' 207 6 Ditto 110 7 Ditto J88 2 Months' 10 9 Weeks' 00 10 Ditto 17 11 Ditto 123 3 Months' 51 Weeks' 47 4 Months' 10 18 Weeks' 15 5 Months' 4 oDuto ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto. 2,480 Average time previsions may last Dl days, nearly. STATE OF TRADE. Manchester.

There has been a fair inquiry both for goods and yarn during tha last fow days; but tbe buyers, who were compelled to give a slight advance last weiK in consequence of the increased firmness of the cotton- mnrKct at that time, have endeavoured to take advnntuM Of thesud-sequent decline in cotton at Liverpool. In this attempt they have not been very successful, but the business done at the prices of last week has been on rather a limited scale. Manchester Guardian. Dundee. The staple articles of manufactures continue as last noted, though a shade more is now demanded tor tha finer descriptions of dowlas, und rather higher rates are also asked for flax, or line yarns.

Wax continues firm at onr notations, aud there are no longer any sellers of P.T.R. under 40 per ton. The demand for linens ana yarns is steady, and we learn shipments of both are making to the Continent. The last advices from America Inform us that there is a gradual and perceptible improvement in business, and it is expeetcd orders for British manufactures will ml. nf irtiiTlttn, OTP increase auring tne autumn, nn abundant beyond example, and tho main souraes ol pros perity are untmpairea; so mi auewy tuiuiu.r.

the nsual activity in the commercial relations betwixt the respective countries is looked forward to. The defeat of tbe sub-treasury scheme, and the prospects of an early and general resumption ef specie payments, gave a more cMering aspect to trada than fer a long time past. The weather at New York was exceedingly hot-as high as 90 Fahrenheit in the shade, by advices of the 12th and i9tH-ana business, as usual at that season, rathsr dull. Ere our next publication later accounts may ha expected by the steam-ships. J)undee Courier.

THE CROPS, Sc. Harvesting has commenced in many places in this neighbourhood, and tho wheat is said to come to hand in a very promising state. Fine weather is now alone wanted to secure as gaod a crop of wheat as has been reaped for years. Oat-mowing has also commenced, mid a heavy crop is expected. Maidstone Gazette.

Ciiblmspord, Aua. morning proving favourable, the cutting of wheat, oats commenced generally in this neighbourhood, aud upen the more lorward fands in the county. Indeed, wheut, oats, aBd peas have In some place been stacked but instances as regards wheat ara indeed but vary raro. A nueber ol labourers from the Roothings and other northern parts ot the county have passed through here, as is customary, on their way to Kochrord and Dengie hundreds, and tbe southern parti, where thsy will no doubt find employment, but their service at home cannot long be dispensed with, as a few Bun-shiny days will bring on harvest in the remotest corners. These men, we observe witli satislaetion, are mora quire only the force of example to eoenro them from adopting the evil practice of aa excessive indulgence in drink, ana welook fertmd to a time not far distant when the temperance societies, assisted by the new poor-law, will ettect that desirable object.

It cannot ha teo strongly impressed upon this class that in no case but that of affliction can they now resort to ths poor-rate, a circamstance that oaghtto operate to induce thein to exorciso the greatest economy ia the time of plenty. The extravagant allowance ot beer to men during harvest is, indeed too well calculated to initiate the young in habit, et dissipation but Boine employers, and among tnese are seWl members of the Seetotyef Mtndf, check to this practice of allowing a certain quantity of animal food in compensation for a reduction begr; The experiment, we are assured, has been attended itn but little trouble to those who have provided It, ir. arititm for the substitute. uuurers iivjiiku Eiaiit ounces ol com porn, ur me ouiuc 4uj a portion of each, is better calculated to give more puyaitai strength than two quarts of beer the cost is about the same. The one, it must be admitted, permanently invigorates the frame, wnust excess oi urnm, i during harvest in particular, tends only to debilitate the body, to weaken the mind, and to produce premature age.

We shall be glad to learn that meat is more generally substituted for beer. Essex Herald. In several fields of waeat near tun cny, mm uv mo con tinued rains, Brass is actually growing up uetweon me sibiks. This morning the rain came down Heavily anu copiously, anu continues falling without a nymptom of improvement. How- -o ti.

nf thn spaaona hitherto anoera almost in verted, and this happens to he the last of the dog days, may nope loruil linuieuiaiK rl willDe a cnange in iu muuu noon, which may bring the desired chaDge, Limericti Chronicle of Saturday. Kentish Hops. The mould in many grounds about Maidstone is getting into the burr but the best grounds are nrettv clear. Taken altogether, however, tney nave 1 1 ii iVin loot four Haifa maae consiaeraDit; linjiruvKiuuut The emaing week will probably ba an important one, and i miinn to tub nroimuuuv ut aviuu num nights, such as Saturday and Suaday, will place the blneB aimoBt Deyouu reacu vi uunumci, After the quantity of rain that has recently fallen, cold and windy weatner win aneci uiciukhuum). Admiral Sir R.

Stopfokd, with the squadron under his command, consisting of five line of battle ships, one frigate, four brigs, and one steamer, put Into the bay of Tunis, on his way to the Ionian Islands aud the Archipelago, on.i. leorn frnm Toulon whilst under sail, he was saluted by 15 gnns from the Jena, bnarmg the French Admiral ii Fort of Goeletta fired a salute of 21 cuns, which was immediately returned. As Sir R. Stop-ford did not communicate with the shore, it was presumed he would make no stay, but return to Malta The anniversary of the days of July was celebrated by the French an.u ail, fen wer fired a eraua dlnnerwas Ti, nnd the evenmir the crew resident ai i ums h--" of the Jena got up a theatrical representation. Steam-boat Accident.

Yesterday, between twelve and one o'cloek in ths afternoon, the Hamburg steam-ship Soho, and tue Antwerp sieamer i uicch vic-S on their way down the river, and raised such a torla, were lira th of their paddle-wheels, as to placa the barges, an5 other craft in great jeopardy. On arriving near Globe-stairs, Rotherhlthe, the two vessels, which were proceeding much faster than Buch large steamers ought to do in a crowded pool, passed a barge belonging to Mr. John Owner ordnance lighterman, laden with 250 casks of bottled ale and beer, each cask containing threa dozen bottles. The swell reudered the barge quite unmanageable, and she two or three seas and filled. The lighterman was compelled to jump overboard, and had he not been a very irood swimmer must have been drowned.

Ho kept himself above water until a rope was thrown to him by Mr. James Barton, the master of the Thames steam-tug, who took him on board. The barge turned over and emptied the principal part of her cargo into the river. A rope from the steam-tug was made fast to the lighter" by Mr. Barton, who towed, the sinking craft into Duke's shore, Limehouse, with 70 uarreis of ber in her.

Five more were afterwards brought to si Gunner. The remainder of the cargo, 109 casks, remain the bottom of the river, and, it iB covered. The loss will be a serious one te Mr. fcuww, M0 has suffered at various times losses to the by tin nwamping of his bargw and cargos by mam- it resist the reform of them, as if they wished therrr to fall by the mere effect of internal corruption and decay. Thus the session has been one of severe vexation and disappsintment to the Tories, for not only has the Whig Government been gradually gaining solidity and firmness in the House of Commons, but it has acquired throughout the country the reluctant confidence of many who a year ago looked upon it with distrust, and even with terror.

Those who, in the vacation, will have to employ themselves in accounting for not having fulfilled their promise of turning out the present Ministers will be compelled to admit that the utmost they could accomplish was the establishment of what the Tories are pleased to call a Government Opposition, or an Opposition Government. Long may it continue established Wednesday's Journal de Paris has the following paragraph Yesterday an extraordinary council was held, under the presidence of his Majesty, to consider the state of the rlollando-Belgic question. Marshal Gerard was summoned to attend it. Tho last dispatches from M. Bresson stats that the negotiation had taken quite a new aspect at Berlin, which required serious attention.

It was rumoured that a corps of 80,000 men was to be mustered on the north-eastern frontier, and that Marshal Gmard was to take tho command." The same journal speaks of Ministerial modifi. cations, and states that Messrs. Dupin, Vivikr, and Serts have been asked to take the places of the Ministers Barthb, Martin, and Salvandy. Our own letters do not represent a change as imminent, but state it as a probability that the present Cabinet will be altogether renovated, with the exception of Messrs. Molk and Montalivf.t.

M. Dcpin, it is generally believed, has waived his long-entertained scruples against taking office. The Moniteur of Wednesday contradicts the statement that the British and French commissioners had agreed to fix the limit between the French and English oyster-beds on the coast of Calvados at a mile from shore. The Courrier Francois publishes a singular document from Hayti. The Government of the Lower Chamber of that country, secure of seeing the State troubled by any hostilities on the part of France since the conclusion ef the treaty, have combined in making an attack on the Senate and cm the Conservatives of the island.

What has chiefly burdened the Haytians with distress and taxation, has been the keeping up an immense and disproportionate military force. The treaty with France renders this still more idle than before; and the Chamber of Representatives demands its reduction, accompanied by the re-establishment of a National Guard, by a financial reform and regular accounts, and by some regulations or laws to favour the labouring and agricultural classes. An address embodying these demands was voted on the 27th of April and on the 2d of May an attempt being made on the person of the Secretory-General of the Govern ment, General Inginac, led to a conflict between the Senate and the Lower Chamber. from the temps. Chaitas is confined in a maison de aant6.

It is difficult to make out of what crime he is accused, more than a mystification. What Is singular is, that no one com plains. The department of Foreign Affairs affirms that it lost no document. M. Fauaicius declares that he is not the dupe.

There remains, therefore, no accusation against Chaltas. This reminds one of the scene in Iht Barber of Seville, where it is said, Who is deceived here? We are all agreed." uur Madrid UorresportaeiH letter will leu tue i 'i, Btate of the ministerial crisis at Madrid when the last accounts came away. Bayonne letters of the 11th, with Saragossa ones of the 9th, bring nothing new. The Car-lists assert that 3,000 Catakinians of their party had crossed the Ebro to the aid of Cabbbba. We hear nothing of them.

Borso and Pardinas occupied Pobleta, and all Oraa's force are posted between the Ebro and the menaced fortress. Vienna, August 6. All the foreign ambas- Mttors will iiuve left Vienna at the end of this week to follow the court to Tyro) and Italy. Her Majesty the Archduchess Maria Louisa, Duchesa of Parma, will set out to-morrow, to proceed by way of Inuspruck to her own dominions, whence she will ge to the coronation at Milan. Brussels, Aua.

1. The Kino and Quken set cut the day before yesterday for Ostend, by the railroad, which their Majesties were to quit at the bridge of Placs-chtndall, wliero'their carriages were in waiting to take them to Ostend. Namub, Aug. 11. The patriotic meeting to propose an address to the Kinb against tbe partition of the territory took place yeBterday.

A great number of the in habitants were preoent. M. Maau, who was chosen chairmaD, proved how diplomacy had endeavoured up to this time to destroy the revolution; this, he said, would be the infallible result if we should have the baseness to abandon our brethren of Limburgund Luxemburg who have concurred with us in consolidating tha independence of the country. This speech was warmly applauded, and a committee appointed to draw up au address, which is to be discussed on Sunday next. Ou the 3d of August there was an affray between two Prussian regiments in garrison at Luxemburg.

Mrttssdt papers, Aug. 14. According to the Augsburg Gazette, the plague lias broken out on the frontiers of Strvia, and five er six cases of death havs occurred daily at Nissa, up to theS4fh ultimo. The efl'ect of this was expected to be highly Injurious to European trade with the oast, as that town is one ol th most important as an entrepot for goods. Within Ser-da Itself the sanitary state of the country was satisfactory.

Singular Recoveby of Stolen Sovereigns. On Wednesday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a huckncy-coach drove up to the door of a house in Stacsy-street, James's, occupied by a person named Millhouse, and a female, in a very intoxicated condition, alighted from it, und asked the persons of the house to let her sleep there. They refused to do so, and she then drew from her pocket a purss, which nppeared to contain a number of sovereigns, and this sh flourished about, saying that she had got plenty of rnonny, and that she was able to pay for her lodKing. The persons seeing the condition she was in, aud thinking that ne might he robbed, gave information to one of the police constables of the division, who took the woman in charge, and conveyed her to the Vine-street station-house, where Jhe was searched by order of inspector Baker, and tweaty-one suvereigns and four ehillings taken from wr and being til jn an intoxlcuteti state, and unable ts give any aeconnt of herself, she was 'ocked up. in a short time, Mr.

Russell, a trades-rusiding In King-street, Covent garden, came to hi6) and gave information that his servant ribout an hour before, opened a drawer with a false key, abseended with twenty-four sovereigns. The in-cltob uPn hearing this statement, immediately suspected on i wl had just been locked up was the por-u nlio had committed the robbery, and he directed her to nawn to Mr. B8 jell, who at once identified her as his who had absconded from his house and taken the further appeared that when the woman left the i Te 8lle hud placed alighted candle in eucli a position that 8 fortunate thing that the house had uot been i for 'he interference of the police the money hZ 1 doubt V8ry speedily have found its way Into the nor8 experienced thief than the original de-f ator, and from whose clutches it would not have been so 'ly revered. Fire. -About half-past four ck J'Mterday afternoon a fire broke out upon the pre-1188 oi Jir- v00dwar(i.

timhM-merchant. of Paradise- "cet, Lambeth. One of Mr. WnndwHrd's workmen, it hearth, when I was i k. "'Uinev Cauetlt flrp.

unrl i mmedlateiT elniie sheds and other wooden buildings with ct the yard was filled. In less than fifteen minutes the tion in flames, and so great was the consteraa- excited that, up to the time of the arrival of the en-Pertv paUfrapt wt" msde t0 rescue aisy part of the or six were on the spot in an incredib.y wa i 'aet uot before every attempt to resist the flame ODemTl Tile remen, therefore, commenced their premiV. 'earing down a portion at the back of the a rai to Prevcnt he fire from communicating with wmon werc stpposed to De in aaiijBi. a cari 5e and the whole of the outbuildings, "rd nt i gigs were destroyed. The whole clock was a lieaD of smokine ruins.

Of ths destroyed it is as yet impossible to form is stated tint bp part of was tasared. pectofn long. continued blockade by the French of the ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz. The operations of the mining companies, it is feared, will be brought to a stand still lor ine want ol quicksilver and other materials and supplies which cannot be introduced from Europe to which is the fear of insurrectionary troubles, which the entire stoppage of the commerce and revenue of Mexico may tend to bring on, and in which foreign property will probably meet with but littlo respect. Without deciding in what degree the French have been aggrieved by the Mexicans, it seems to be the feeling in the City that some prompter method might be adopted for obtaining redresB than by the slow process of a block-add, which injures and ruins so many English and Auieri.

can merchants who are guiltless of the cause of offence. Blockades are becoming daily more Inconvenient as commerce is extending through the world, and some better understanding of the law of nations on this subject will probably be required before a much longer period shall elapse. In the present instance the French have suffered tho whole of the healthy months te pass away without taking active measures against the Mexicans, and now, a3 tho Philadelphia correspondent of The Morning Chronicle explains, it is impossible for Europeans to land at Vera Cruz, as a few hours are generally sufficient to bring on that well-known fatal distemper, the black vomit, and the season for this disease will continue until December next. Should the blockade bo not raised before that time, it is again believed that the differences between France and Mexico may be greatly aggravated by the appearance of numerous American privateers under Mexican colours, which will cruise against the commerce of France. But, however aggrieved the French government may bo by the acts of the Mexicans, the merchants and mining companies of London are anxious that some consideration should bo had for the interests of those who have no connection with the dispute between the two countries, and whose interests ought not, if possible, to be allowed to suffer from along continuation of this blockade of the only two important Mexican ports.

The following were the official quotations in the different markets during the day fiNSLISH FUNDS. Bank Stack. 8071 8 India Stock, 8 per Ct. 94 94 8 par Ct. 94V6 4 3t per Ct.ttod., 1W4 2 8 vr Ct.

iNaw), ma Oitts Bonds, 74 0 3 prom. South Sea Old Annuities, U2K Bank Stock for 208 1 Cans, for Aug. 94 Hi 4)6 BxcliCQuer Hills, 74 li 3 pm. im y-io F0RBI9N TONUS. Austrian, Belgian, 103 IS Brazilian, 8356 ti Colombian, 2fiis Peruvian Bonds, 1754 Portuguese 2 per Russian, 114 Spanish.

Ditto, 1838, 18)4 Ditto Deferred. 814 French Rentes, per 112f. 73 I Ditte, 3 per Blf. iiic. umo new, as Ditto.

1837. 29(4 uutcn a per Ditto Ditto 3 par asH 4J4 RAILWAY SHARES. Birmingham and Derby, 82 I Lond. anil Greenwich Oreat westero, 77 7i 716 I Loud, and Croydon New Scrip, 694 London an unpawn, Manchester auraungniiin, 7 Lond. and Blackball, 0 I MISCELLANEOUS.

Van Dieiuen's Land Agricultural, I Cuta Branca, 8S4 11 Cundonga, 10 UK 10 10 Bolauos Scrip, 32 Rymiiey Iron, ma COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty went in state yesterday to prorogue the session of Parliament by a Bpeech from the throne. The royal procession was formed tit half-past one, in the following order first carriage, drawn by six greys, contained Colonel Masters, W. C. Fowle, and the Honourable Heneage Legge, gentlemen ushers: aad Mr.

Parker Nuttall, the exoB ia waiting. The second carriage, drawn by a set of bays, contained Captain Seymour, groom of the robes, and Colonel Hoid, Bllver stick iH waiting. In the third carriage, which was drawn by six bays, were the Honourable Colonel Cavendish, clerk marshal; Honourable Major Keppol, groom in waiting: Master Cavendish, page of honour in waiting; and Colcnel Buckley, equerry in waiting. The iotirth carriage, drawn by a set of bays, con tained Lord Hill, gold sucu in waiting tue iiart oi nenes-ter, captain ot the Yeomen of the Guard; ths Ear! of Surrey, treasurer of the houiehold and the Bight Honourable G. Stevens Byng, comptroller of the household.

The fifth carriage, draw'n bv six blacks, contained the Mar- cmonessoi jiormanoy anu ijauy nurnam, muitwui iuk ucu-chambei the Duke of Argyll, lord steward and Lord in waiting. Her Majesty left the state rooms leasing on the arm ef the Earl of Belfast, vice-chamberlain, and preceded by Colonel Buckley, equerry in waiting tho Honourable Colonel Ca-vcndUh, clerk marshal the Earl of Albemarle, master of tbe horse aim Lord Uordner. lord in waiting. Her ma- tnalv'a trnin rona cimmirtptl liv Pnntnln flpvmrmr. OTnntn of "1 7 D- the rotas and JIaswr Utiveiidieb, page ol Honour in wait- inc.

I lie Uueen wore an armlet, witn ine motiooi me most, noble order of the Garter. IIr Majesty had alse a diamond stomacher and circlet. The Mistress si the Robes and the ladies in waiting attended her Majesty to ths state coach, which her Majesty entered a quarter before two o'clock. The Duchess of Sutherland, mistress of tho robes, and the Earl of Albemarle, matter of the horse, sat opposite to her Majesty. Ths band of the Grenadier Guards, who were ou duty w'ith the Queen's guard in front of the Palace, playod God save the Qaeen," and continued playing until her Mujesty had passed ander tho marhlo areh.

The state coach was preceded by the Qaeen's Marshalmen, the Qaeen's oottnen, ana tne leomen oi tne uuaru, ih ineir curuuuuuu costume. The Life Guards escorted tne state procession, and the band of ths regiment were stationed in the park near tue Palace. The crown was conveyed to the House ot Lords inoneoi the royal carriages by Mr. Martins, gentleman usher to her Mujesty. pniiimoil in tbfi Piilaee twenty-five minuteB paxt three o'clock, and wa9 received by the Vice-Chamberlain and the Master of the Household.

Her Majesty gave audiences to the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Colonel Lambf rt, field-officer in rue Yeomen or we uuara, who nueu uic 8 were commanded by Mr.Ellerthorpe, the clerk oi the cheque. Her Majesty rode ont on horseback yesterday afternoon between rive and half-past six o'clock, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Holienlohe, aad attended by Mim Miirrflv. Baroness Miss Quentin, Lird Gardner, Honourable Colonel Cavendish, Earl of Surrey, Honourable Major Keppel, and Colouel Buckley. Her Majesty Had a dinner party last evumim. nmuuK.u the company were their Royal Highnesses ths Duchess of Kent ana the uuKeol ussex, ner oeisuo iiisuucbb m.

Prineas Hohenlohe, Count Senfi't, Duke of Devonshire, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Lord Holland, Lord and Lady Barbara, aud Lord John Churchill. The band of the 1st Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. His Serene Highness tha Prince of Hohenlohe left town vesterday afternoon to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Bunhy-purk. Lord John Russell left towa yesterday afternoon fr tha Isle of Wight. Viscount Howiek left town yesterday morning.

Sergeant Goulbubn, Sergeant Lawbs, Sir Jambs Kempt, Sir John Taylor, Sir Robert Campbell, and other distinguished individuals, left town yesterday morning on a continental tour, bv the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Soho, for Antwerp. Bbighton, Aug. 14. Mansions are at a premium, but ample accommodation is to bo found on very reasonable terms. The Duke ef Devonshire will not occupy his residence at Kemp Town this season.

His grace intends passing the autumn on the continent. The Duchess of Bedford bus taken a mansion in Brunswick-square for tho season, and will ha joined in a tew days by the noble duke and the Ladies Rosbell. Prince and Princess Gagarin arrivsd from Dieppe last night, as also Boron and Baroness de la Perciie. The Countess ot Darlington, accompanied by Lady Augusta Poulett, have arrived in Bedford-square for the season. The Marquess and Marchioness of Abbrcorn and family occupy Byam-house.

Viscount and Lady Howick, Lady Charles Somerset, Colonel Walcot, and other fashienabhs left London yesterday by the Antwerp Company's steam-ship PrincesB Victoria. The same Company's packet Antwerp arrived yesterday morning, after a passage of SO hours. Lord George Setmoub was on board. rvii iWirT.iiv arrived at Mr. Bucklst in Curzon-sireet yesterday from the New Forest, to have the i Majesty at the DroroKatlon ol liuuoiu ui ntieuuiug W.

o-lnrl tn hmr that MlSS CHARLES, the accomplished actress, who played at Drury-lane during laBt 8eaon, 11 as oeen ay mi. iUAi.n garden. Ofrd Hnvtsn. -The fourth repre. sentatlon of The DeviVi Opera took place last night.

The ka mni.IllDprv WOrKS piece nus ueeu juuicivueiy uuimncu, well, and the stage arrangements, with the comic dwUime of wiblan are penect. mis is an inui wn Hrt. riilit. for tV mnaic is of a character to please all hearers, and reflects tbe highest credit on the composer, Mr. Macparren, Several pieces were greatly applauded, particularly the gem of the opsra, Good nieht," the beau-fiful hnrcarnle Buna bv Miss RA1NFORTU.

and BURNETTS ballad, which bids fair to rival la popularity the most iUC' cgssful compositions oi us ciass. Arrival of Mr. O'Connell. About twelve o'clock this day Mr. O'Connell arrived at his residence in Merrion-square, in excellent health.

The honourable and learned gentleman travelled by way of Liverpool, from which he croised te Kingstown ia one of the City of Dublin Company's steamers. The shipping list to the Chamber of Commerce from Kingstown, dated ten o'clock, a.m., reported a steamer in the offing with colours displayed. On reaching the pier it was found to have conveyed Mr. O'Connell, with the member for Meatu and ethers of his friends. mkm Eming Pvrt, facility of accomplishing it, the report instances a number of facts, some ot which are tamiuar to the public, such as the enormous recent increase of the omnibus traffic, the steam-boat conveyance upon the river, and the railway communication between Liverpool and Manchester.

Previous to the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester railway there were no more than 146,000 passenger's in the year travelling between the two places by coaches, whereas the present number, by railway alone, exceeds 500,000 The report proceeds to give direct proofs that Ireland is as capable as other countries of being influenced by the same causes, and of profiting by their operation, and there is this additional motive," it adds, to recommend the subject for consideration, that the backward state of the country, and its not unfavourable position, present a stronger obligation, as well as a wider scope for improvement." It appears that the results which have uniformly attended the opening of common roads in Ireland, through districts previously untraversed, are such as to afford a general encouragement of the very highest kind to every project having for its end the extension of the means of internal communication. Frequently roads first made with gravel, which were expected to last for years, were so worn before the expiration of the second year that it became necessary to supply substantial coverings of broken stone and even small portions of those roads were scarcely out of the engineer's hands before they were covered with the carts of the farmers, eager to take advantage of the improvement. To the following extract we earnestly call the attention of our readers. It contains a narrative not less creditable to an enterprising individual, than most satisfactory and gratifying as a proof of the readiness and capability of this maligned country to second and profit by every useful undertaking; and this even in districts which those who drive the infamous trade of slandering the Irish people incessantly represent as incurably demoralised and barbarous." Tho enterprise and intelligence of an individual has, within the last twenty years, supplied the entire of the south, and a great portion of the west of Ireland, witli means of internal communication, by a species of accommodation, and in directions, which till then had been un-attcmpted. We mean a regular system of communication by cars between the provincial towns; for it is worthy of remark, that while the intercourse has been long kept up by public coaches and other vehicles between Dublin and the great towns, and between the several places situate on those Hne9 one with another, there was scarcely an instance of a public conveyance plying regularly by the cross roads, until the individual we allude to undertook it.

We speak of Mr. Bianconi, of Clonmcl, whose flourishing establishments afford a distinct and unequivocal proof that Ireland is in a condition ts take advantage, speedily and effectually, of such facilities of internal com. munication as may occur. Mr. Bianconi is a native of Milan, who, when 1 settled in this country, was unacquainted even with the language spoken by its inhabitants.

With a capital littlo exceeding the expense of the outfit he commenced running a car between Clonmel and Cahir. Fortune, or rather the duo reward of industry and integrity, favoured his first efforts, and he soon began to increase the number of his cavs, and to multiply their routes, until his establishments, which arc still extending themselves in all directions, spread over the whole province of Munster, passed through Kilkenny to Wexford, Carlow, and Mountmellick, in Leinster, and penetrated into the counties of Sligo and Leitrim, on the northwest. He has now 94 public carriages in constant work, and the distances traversed by them exceed three thousand miles per day. These results are the more striking and instructive, as having been accomplished in a district which has been long represented as the focus of unreclaimed violence and barbarism, where neither life nor property can be deemed secure. Whilst many persons, possessing a personal interest in everything tending to improve and enrich, have been so misled or inconsiderate as to repel, by exaggerated statements, British capital from their own doors, this mttliiuent foreionsr clwse the countu town of lipperarii os the centre his operations, wherein to embark nil the.

fruits of his industry, in a traffic peculiarly exposed to the power, and even to tne caprice oj mc -peasantry, mo event nas SHOWn inai ins commence in men good sense and good feeling was not ill-grounded. By a system of steady and just treatment he has maintained a complete mastery, exempt from lawless intimidation or control, over the various servants and agents employed by him and his establishment is popular with all classes, on account of its general usefulness and of the fair and liberal principles ot its management. It shonld be recollected that the success achieved by this spirited individual is the result, not of a single experiment, which might havs been favoured by particular local circumstances, but of a series of distinct experiments, all of which have been successful. To attribute this to his perseverance and intelligence would be so far triia as timsn finalities are necessarv. in order to civs effect to tho hoot nrtrmtpH under the most favourable oircum stances but it must at the same time ue oovious nam.

no degree of personal energy or sagacity could create a constant intercourse where none had previously existed, had ni hoon in the nnnntrv itself a necessity for such fa cilities os Mr. Bianooni introduced, and an aptitude and capability of making use of them." The tacts here stated cannot os too geue any known and circulated, we beg our reauers io compare them with the daily and nightly calumnies of the Tory journals, or with such statements as men like Lords" Glengall and Donough- more have the monstrous folly, to say nothing oi the cruel injustice, to promulgate in their places in Parliament, respecting the social state of that part of Ireland with wmcn tney are most intimately connected, and which their personal interests (all higher motiveB being out of the ques tion) ought, at least, to prevent them trom systematically depreciating and detaining. "Misled and. inconsiderate are muu iwuio to 'apply to those habitual libellers of their own countrymen, whose monstrous exaggerations of disorders tor wnicn iney are themselves in no small degree culpable, and which they never yet adopted a single humane or enlightened measure to remove, have repelled, 1. A m.mt.av.

Rritiqll no douot, in instances ueyuuu uumin, capital from Ireland, but fortunately did not deter this enlightened ana enterprising iuiei6, Mr. Bianconi, from embarking in the undertaking above described, and in conducting which he chose for the centre of his operations, in a traffic peculiarly exposed to the power and even caprice nf the neasantrv the countv town of Tipperary the district long represented as the focus of unreclaimed violence and barbarism, wnere nei ther life nor property can be deemed secure 1 The history of the only railroad existing at present in Ireland accords with the opinion of the commissioners as to the increase of intercourse that follows the adoption of improved means of carrying it on The Dublin and Kingstown Railway has been in operation for three years only the prices are not lower than those of the ordinary conveyances, and the line being a very short one, no considerable saving is effected in point of time; yet it has more traffic than was ever known upon the high road, while the latter is still frequented to a great extent with carriages, horses, and foot passen-cers. The owners of hackney cars, who had derived all tho infnrcnurse between Dublin and Kingstown, and feared that they would be thrown out of bread by the railway, have actually experienced an improve. ment in thur business; not an, liiuecu, up.6 upon the same line as before; but finding the dehdt amply made up by calls to places not directly in the line of the railway, and in journeys and excursions to and from its several stations." The report states that the traffic of the trading steam-vessels between different Irish ports and ports in this country furnishes lather itrikinir illustration ef tb Witm HMV wvm 1 LA IV INTELLIG HOUSE OF LORDS-APPEALS. SCOTT AND 0T1I8 n.

JONKS AND OTIISH9. Lord Lvniiiiubst Btated that this waa an appeal from the Court of Chancery. It appeared that, some yaara since, two persons, named Evans and carried on liuslnesa a banters at Cheltenham that Mr. Donovan had an account with them, and was Indebted to them, in ii considerable sum of money. They became Vmnkrupts, and the respondents were appointed their assignees.

Mr. Donovan died after this bankruptcy hail taken place, and left a will, by which he devised certain properly for the payment of his debts, and then further devised certain realestatos to trustees on trusts specified In the wllhrrha creditors had applied for settlement of their claims, but had been Informed that the affairs ofthe testator were not then arranged, and they therefore waited till that arritagement should have taken place. After a considerable lapse of time, they found that the personal estate was not sufficient for the payment ef the debts and then It was discovered that the subjeet of th devise treated In the will as real estate waa not, In fact, real estate, but was only leasehold, and was, therefore, liable to the payment of the testator's debta. They then filed a bill to obtain payment from that property, as the property of the testator, always recognised as lite personal property, was Insufficient to meet their claims. The eeetitor aud trustees under the will put tn an answer, setting- up the statute of limitations as a dsfencc.

The cause was heard before the Master of the Rolls, who held that to he a sufficient answer to tho bill, which he, therefore, dismissed. The cause was taken by anneal before the Lord Chancellor, who, In February, rtursed It mi then broucht bv anDSal before this house, and was argued In 1835, and the question for their lordships to conlder was wbother, after the creditors had fer years treated one fund only as liable to them, and bad allowed the executors and trustees to deal with the other fund, they could change the ground of their claim, and come on ttila other fund. He wasof opinion that they sould not, and he, therefore, moved that the judgment of the Master ot the Holls be Kflloreu, anu mat ui tn wiwuciwi OBBT O. POH.BBS. The LotiB CnAjiCBt.toR delivered Judgment In this case, which was one entirely relating to a question of the competency of appeal.

The facta of the case were simply these. A testator had devised by his will certain property to the corporation of Glasgow en trust, to be employed for the benefit of certain charities In that town. The corporation had assigned the propsrty to another public body, the Kirk session, on condition that that body sheuld perform the trusts of the will. The new cerporatlon elected under tha Reform Act had denied the right of the old corporation to make the assignment und had raised an action In the Court of Session for the pur. Base if trylue that question, und preventing any further proceedlnga under the assignment.

The judgment of the Court of Session wjs for the defendants in the action, i ne queuum ureugiu u-uie court was, whether such an action was maintainable. The court hail decided that It was not. The appellant had then brought the whether such an appeal waa competent tue of a body, the original Judgment having been pronounced against the whole of that body, and not against the Individual members of It. His lordship wasof opinion that it was competent, and should therefore move to dismiss the petition, which prayed their lordshlpa tn declare it Incompetent, and then he should leave it to the party to proceed further If he should be so advised but his lordship desired to Bav that he gave him no encouragement to do ao with refereme to the question at Issue In the ordinal cause. The competency of the appeal was accordingly declared.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Dsvizus, AuoiIST 15. OROWN COURT. Before Mr.

Baron Parke. George MasMijne was charged with having shot at Bryan Ruts-bold, with Intent to murder him. Mr, Smith conducted the prosecution Mr. Bixobam defended tho Bmnllumbold slated that aalie was returning home or horseback from Calne, on the 17th of January last about six o'clock In KfllllCU T' t. -c the evening, he perceivea some iiutuie manaj Br terlng his own premises, which ought not to have been there and LiS rmoi them he was shot ot from a contiguous hedge.

The ball ased by hie breast, and broke his left arm, whereby ha r.k.,.1. for he could not raise it above his breast hit horse being frightened tan back with him. Cross-examined: never nau any quuire, soner. Hau noi neen a parisu wnwi 'B'" It appeareil from the evidence ofseveral other witnesses thaton the dav in question there was about an Inch and a half ot snow on the and that the tracka of the parson who had fired the shot had been tracea irom uuuuiu ucugc son named Minchln, whom one of the cottagers represented to be of such a uau character inameirameuiaiciy luiqreticu umi fired the shot. Tho tracks were measured, and clesely noticed by the witnesses, so as to enable them to state that they perfectly corresponded with the shoes of the prisoner, which were not produced until the 6th of March last.

George Eve, a police officer from London, apprehended tho prisoner on the 6th of February, kept him In custody that night, and did not tell him what the charge against him was. The following morning the prisoner said, If anybody says that I shot at Mr. Rum. boldheisallar. If I did It no person saw Ann Gray had lived with the prisoner five months previous to this affair.

On the day before tho shot was tired the prisoner sent her to a neighbour's house for some bullets, ond she received six, which she gave to him. On the day in question he came home about eight o'clock tn the evening, with a gun. Ho appeared verymuch dejected, and said he had heard a shot la the neighbourhood of the prosecutor. In a few days afterwards, when a Bow street officer came down to Investigate the matter, the prisoner Bald he was ill, and went to bed for a few days, but aha did not think he was ill, for he ale and drank "Another witness deposed that the prisoner had borrowed a gun of a neighbouring farmer two days before the shot had been fired, ami said he wanted it to shoot rabbits. This gun, with half a bullet and some shot, were found in tho prisoner's house when ht was apprehended.

The shot was of the same site as some which were found in the clothes of the prosscutor. After the shot had been Bred Halt a Duiietwas also touno in me prosecutor's flannel waistcoat, butlt did not correspond with that found In the prisoner's house. William Hoddy Was imprisoned In Marlborough gaol for stealing wood. On the 8th of February last the prisoner was placed in the aame cell with him. He asked the prisoner for what be there, who said It was for stealing his master's wood but tnat it was not altogether for that, but he was suspected of having area Mr.

Emnbold. He said that several had been taken up for it, they were nhle to clear themselves, but he had no person him. Witness asked him how came they to suspect nmw prisoner replied that It way by reason pi pre ill waa lata out that nlgni in xne "hosaothlm was witnm Be further Mia io "rc. tutor was a a dbo. to ine pour, um.

holrf kliie" half a lug of him when lie fired, and that to he had not fired too qHlck. He also atateo wboe a baa to tne poor, iu v-M clued aim that bad been fired at mi one; tnaiiucyiiuu tnl0Ult( ana u. away, but they did net find 0t on him. woman (meaning Ann "gonwrsatlon to hi. brother after ha Croii-exeminer-: Told this i co ofa rCTard havln been of.

V'nirtJ" person. prent during th. conversa- iliis a 'talUr conversation with the the wound of tho prosecutor fracture of the arm, whereby life nas endangered. Cross examined He never conildered the life of the prosecutor in dander from thewonnd. Mr.

Bingham submitted that as the life of the prosecutor had not been endangered by the wound the offence was not capital, aa it was not sufficient to bring the case within the recent statute, that the wound ahould ba In the abstract dangerous to life, unless the life of the individual wounded was endangered, Mr, Buoa Passb, butlsg consulted Mr, Juliet Coltom on th.