The Sun. — London, England, 1837-06-17 00:00:00

IRISH LAW INTELLIGENCE. ( A I.ridf,.. - red from tl,o Dul.hin E+•eninq of Thursday.) CO UR TOF CO il/JION PLEA S, • hr..; E 16. BEEACII OF I'ILOMISE OF MARRIAGE. 'HENRIETTA ANNE HEAD V. SIMON GEORGE PURDON. Mr. West, K.C., offered the pleadings. This was an action for b , -each of promise of marriage. The damages were laid at 20,000/. '['he d‘ lenient pleaded the general issue and the statute of limitation. Mr. Litton, K.C., stated the case for the plaintiff. H. , said--Gentlemen of the Jury, the plaintiff in this case is the daughter of the late Mr. Michael Head, a gentleman well known as being of an ancient and respectable and of considerable Iraperty, in the county of Tipperary. The defendant, Mr. Simon George Purdon, is a gentleman who lived about a mile from her father's house, upon the opposite side of the river Shannon, at Terenana, the resi dence of his father, Major Purdon. The plaintiff was the third daughter of Mr. Head, and in 1824, or early in 1825, when she first became acquainted with the defendant, a happy member of a peaceful family, loved by those who had the honour of knowing them, and respected and regarded by all. At this period the lady who here demands retribution at your hands was a girl of 18 years old ; she was, I say it em phatically, the favourite daughter of her respected father ; her education had been of the first clans ; and her accomplish ments of the highest order ; tier personal attractions very great indeed. The defendant was at this time, when their connection commenced, a gentleman of twenty-seven or twenty-eight years of age, eldest son of Major Purdon, and residing at his seat, which, as I have already stated, was but a mile or a mile and a half from the residence of Mr. Head. It is important, gentlemen, to recollect his age, for it will remind you that he was no stripling, who could be imposed upon or drawn into any connection dis graceful to his family. Indeed, not only was be of years enough to be a man of the world, but by education and previous - life eminently prepared to be above any imposi tion upon his judgment. He had been educated at Ox ford, and spent a considerable time in diplomatic employ ment, as attaché of an Embassy to Sweden, of which Lord Vesey and Fitzgerald was the head. He came home from Sweden, in 1825, an accomplished gentleman, who had seen and known much of the world, and was every way cal culated to make an impression on a female heart to whom he took trouble to appear attached ; and, in addition to the cir cumstances I have mentioned, of matured years, know ledge of the world, and varied acquirements, which he had to assist him in winning the heart of this young and confid ing girl, he had also the ties of relationship, which procured for him a free entrance into her father's house ; for, in point of connexion, the parties were cousins-german. The eldest sister of Mr. Head was married to Major Pur don, and thus arose the relationship. I will bring his letters before you, and you shall judge out of them your selves the warmth of the attachment he professed, and wished to excite and receive in return. You will find that to Miss Edwards, to Miss Head, and finally to Mr. Head, he declared his determination of marrying the plaintiff whenever it was in his power to do so. The only obstacle in the way of their union was his father, Major Purdon, who, though he nowhere, or at no period, forbade his son to carry on a correspondence with his cousin, was not fa vourable to a marriage -at that time. There was no at tempt at concealing the connexion from him, and though he refused his direct assent to thoir marriage, he did not forbid the parties to meet. The distance between their residences was so short that they met every day of their lives that business did not take him from home ; for during part of their connexion he was high sheriff of his native country, and for a long time a magistrate and deputy lieutenant. I am to tell you that this was not an affair of a day or a month, but that it went on unremittingly for eight years, during which she lived in her father's house, scarcely ever going to a party, but living solely for him, her affianced lover, who declared she was more dear to him than a wedded wife. From 1824 to the beginning of 1827 he remained in the county, and was received at the house of Mr. Head as his acknowledged son-in-law. The lady's mother received his as a son, and her sisters as a brother, and during all this time Major Purdon was perfectly cognisant of his visits, and that he spent three-fourths of his time at his uncle's house. In 18.27 it became necessary for him to go to London on some family business, where he remained tiil September, 1828, with the exception of a short visit he made to the country in the summer. It was, I presume, about some arrangements connected with an estate of 5,000/. a-year which his family possessed, and which is now in his hands, that his visit was made. During his absence he wrote, as you will anticipate, very frequently to her whom lie wished to consider herself as his affianced and be trothed brids. Some of these letters I will read to you. The Learned Counsel then read several letters, and went on to say that from 1828, when the defendant arrived at home from London, till the death of his father in Febru ary, 1836, there was between him and Miss Head's family In uninterrupted scene of affectionate intercourse. He en gaged the confidence and affection of the lovely woman he deceived, and she remained, for his sake, a wife unwedded, and a maid betrothed. Major Purdon died in 1336. Mr. Purdon, at his father's death, found himself master of 5,000/. a year. In the meantime be became acquainted with the present Bishop of Derry, who was then Dean Pon sonby, and afterwards became Bishop of Killaloe ; and it is beyond doubt that before this period he had formed some design of connecting himself with one of the daugh ters of that Prelate. In August, 1836, he married Louisa Ponsonby, of his attachment to whom not a member of the bereaved, deserted, and almost disgraced family had ever heard. On the 6th of April, 1836, a letter was re ceived from Mr. Purdon, trying to account for his unmanly • conduct. (The letter was here read, and he offered in it as the reason for his breaking off the correspondence, that that his father left it a dying injunction upon him.) The Learned Counsel, after stating that Miss Head had written to the defendant, and received an answer from him, which he characterized as cold-hearted and unfeeling, and after remarking upon the conduct of the opposite party in plead ing the statute of limitation, concluded by an eloquent ap peal for his client. When he concluded, the bar ap plauded him by clapping vehemently. Evidence was then adduced ; after which, Mr. BENNETT addressed the Jury for the defence. The Jury retired, and after a few minutes' deliberation, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff-3,0001. damages, and 6d. costs. We understand that the Governor, Sir R. Bourke, K.C. 8., has received a dispatch by the Fortune, reinstating Mr. Riddell in the office of Executive Councillor. It is known to the public that the Governor suspended Mr. Riddell from this office about the close of 1835. In communicating that sus pension to the Secretary of State, his Excellency then inti mated his desire of retiring from the Government in the event of this act not being confirmed by his Majesty's Government. The Secretary of State, we understand, in a separate dispatch, earnestly urges his Excellency not to persevere in his inten tion. His Excellency, however, abides by his first decision— not to sit in council w ith Mr. Riddell. In this position of affairs Sir R. Bourke only awaits the return of Colonel Snod grass from Hobart Town to make the necessary arrangements for leaving in his hands the charge of the government, and for proceeding himself to England.—Australian. Professor Porson was once travelling in a stage coach, when a young Oxonian, fresh from college, was amusing two ladies with a variety of talk, and amongst other things with a quotation, as lie said, from Sophocles. A Greek quotation, and in a coach too, roused our slumbering Professor front a kind of dog-sleep, in a snug corner of the vehicle. Shaking his ears and rubbing his eyes—" I think, young gentleman," said he, " you favoured us with a quotation from Sophocles : I do not happen to recollect it there." " Oh, Sir," replied our tyro, " the quotation is word for word as I have repeated it, and in Sophocles too ; but I suspect, Sir, that it is some time since you were at College." The Professor applying his hand to his great coat, and taking out a small pocket edition of Sophocles, quietly asked him if he would be kind enough to show him the passage in question in that little bock." After turning the leaves for some time, he re plied, " Upon second thoughts, I recollect that the passage is in Euripides." " perhaps, Sir," said the Pr,fessor, putting his hand again into his pocket and handing a similar edition of Euripides, " you will be so good as to find it for me in that little book." The young Oxonian returned again to his task, but with no better success. The tittering of ladies informed him that he had go t i n t o a hobble. At last, " Bless me, Sir," said he, " how dull lam ! I now recollect --yes, yes. I perfectly remember—that the passage is in lEschylus." The inexorable Porson returned again to his in exhaustible pocket, and was in the act of handing him an 2Eschylus, when our astonished Freshman vociferated, " Stop the coach—hollea, coachman, let me out, I say, instantly— let me out ! There is a fellow here who has got the whole Bodleian library in his pocket." Asses were first brought into fashion at Tunbridge Wells, in 1801, by Lady G. Seymour, when the Prince and Princess of Orange, and many other distinguished visiters, were there. This sudden and unlooked-for fashion was for a long time the topic of conversation, and caused many poetical efiusions. It is truly melancholy to observe the hundreds of famishing unemployed operatives with which our streets are literally crowded throughout the day; nor is the distress of the town confined to them alone, as all classes of our towns men, particularly the shopkeepers and keepers of public houses and beer-houses are complaining most bitterly. The money kept out of circulation in the payment of wages alone, is more serious than could be contemplated by a stranger ; but in order to give him some idea of the effect which it has on the general interest, we will state that, with a very few ex ceptions, all the mills are working three and four days a week ii7;Wsi k „pnly ; and to show more clearly the operation which such a , __7 l skim must necessarily have on the condition of the opera -I:>C7:.--f -' t...1.-4ritm t one firm will pay this week less wages by 5001. -----). -,- --- .. \ 4a 9. -t did a month ago, and 3001. less than it did last ./ 1 1) -- ,;S . , V - vriZe)fr- The only mill of any magnitude now in full work is ..yi :.,T . P*(....: 77 ,--,--:.:4114i 15 longin g to the relatives of our esteemed borough re ___,ltc.ieie tative Major Marsland.—Stockport Advertiser. : ' ::'. .;* '.. r. Marc Aillard, a rich proprietor of Marseilles, ,---- ..-..i....___V'Ja deceased in that city, has left a sum of 500,000 f. (20,0001.) a s ---- to'the poor. PRICT.S OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bahl; Stock - '', illi Jaws Ste, K ----, 3 per cent. tins 3 per Cent. Cons 3,, per Ce,it.. ..... . —Ohl A ininities Ditto lied New 4i per Cet.t.. —, 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — slew 5 per Cent.. Bank Li ng Annnitiesto expire Ditto 'O , 35 M pin. Jan. 5, IS.IO l4 9-16'7.' 4 D:ito .•. - • - ,11 .. .... 'l5 33 pin. Oct. It.. KV ..... ... Jan. 5, 8110 — Ditto Acivertisi , i — viz) Jan. 6, l' , Bo ...... ..... Bank Stock for Acc0unt.........Acc0unt......... April '., IS, I -4 , — !India 'acid,: for Account — Jan. 5, 1873....... - !Consols fur Acconnt . ..... -1'11(y %It ; Onnilurn PhICES OF }OREIG: FUNDS THIS DAY Al ONE uCI.OOK iiitrian Bou Beiceisc. Bond= Ditto Account....., Brazilisi. Bond. Ditto Account kluelios A yri:s Bonds ...... Ditto Account Chithan ...... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds ....„... Pet itvtati Bonds .......... - Ditto Account Portuguese Bond , —i Ditto Account •—•• Ditto New Bong.: ...... 4314 1, :, ti.tto, 3 per cent 2/ - Ditto Account ........ 30 Ptu:sian Bonds .... . ...... — 1 Russian Bonds, Ditto Account Ditto Account Colombian Bonds, !824 Spanish Bonds Ditto Account . ................23 4' Ditto Account — 13 tnivh Bonds .............. ...... Ditto Botals,lB3l 61!6 Ditto Acconnt Greek 80nd5......... ............... French, 5 per cent........... f —.7. Ditto Bonds, 18255 — 4 per cent. Ditto Account .......... Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account Unto. 6 per cent............. —1 Ditto Account Ditto Acc0unt................. — 1 Ditto, 5 per cent islaapolit,n PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Great Western Railway Company Brighton (Gibbs') Railway London and Greenwich ilailway Com Manchester and Birmingham Railwa Northern and Eastern Railway Comj British North American Bank y 5 Per Share 4*3i 9:50 1 1 !4 15N itn.n y 2O 5 pan y f 47 PRICES OF IRISH STC 3 per Cent. Consols 899 Ditto Reduced 3q per Cent. Stock 96% Ditto New, 1830 97% 3'4 per Cent. Debentures 89% Bank Stock .............. Royal Canal Stock . 33% Grind Canal Stock NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCH, Amsterdam C.F. 12 5 Ditto, at sight .... 12 3 Rotterdam `2 ;ti. 12 fiX Antwerp... I lamlourg . M.B. .a ;itona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto ......... ............ :1 51s 25 95 Marseilles. Bonnie:tux Frankfort UN Maine, Ex. M 154 Petenibuigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 Berlin Vienna, effective ti 0 M lO 19 10 '2 I Madrid 13% Cadiz.... 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Morning 42 minutes after l I Evening... ... :3 minutes after 2. On Monday next, June 19, in 1 vol. post Bvo., SPAIN, AND THE SEAT OF WAR IN SPAIN. By HERBERT BYNG HALL, Esq., Late Captain of the ith Royal British Fusileers, Knight of St. Ferdinand, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-strest. To be had of all Booksellers. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 15 minutes past Three o' Clock. Zi)t gltll4 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1837. THE KING'S HEALTH. WINDSOR CASTLE, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1837. " The symptoms of hlrs MAJESTY'S Disease has undergone no essential change since yesterday morning. (Signed) WM. FRED. CHAMBERS. DAVID DAVIES. PRAYER FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE KING, (To be used by direction of the Lords of the Council, June 16, 1837.) A PRAYER to be used immediately before the Litany, and when the Litany shall not be read, before the Prayer for all Conditions of Men ; in all Cathedral, Collegiate, and Parochial Churches and Chapels in England and Ireland, as soon as the Ministers thereof shall receive the same ; and to be continued during his Majesty's present Indisposition : Almighty and most merciful God, in whose hands are the issues of life and death, incline Thine car, we beseech Thee, to the cry of Thy people, and accept our supplica tions and prayers which we make unto Thee on behalf of Thy servant, our Sovereign Lord the King. Vouchsafe, of Thy goodness, 0 Lord, to assuage his pain, to relieve his infirmity, and to strengthen his soul by the consolations of Thy Grace, that so, resigning himself with all meekness and patience to Thy Holy Will, and trusting entirely in Thy mercy, he may be raised by Thy power from the bed of sickness, and long continue to go vern Thy people, committed to his charge, in peace and righteousness. And finally grant, 0 Heavenly Father, that when it shall be Thy good pleasure to call him from this world unto Thee, he may receive a Crown of Glory in Thy everlasting Kingdcm ; through the merits and mediation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. We are happy to state that the last report from Windsor describes ale state of his Majesty's health in as favourable terms as the one immediately proceeding. We refer to the letter of our correspondent for particulars : " WINDSOR, FRIDAY NIGHT, I I O'CLOCK. " His Majesty remains much in the same state as on Thursday night—that is with all the most violent symp toms of his malady very materially abated, but still extremely feeble, as the official bulletin of this morning, for once truly, stated. That the Royal patient was racked as he has so long been by the most frightful paroxysms of coughing, was naturally to be expected ; but there is one consolatory symptom which the official bulletin does not mention, though it appears to be one of great importance and of happy omen. His Majesty's voice and articulation, which had almost deserted him, have to day been observed to be gradually returning. "As Carly as ten o'clock this morning, a King's mes senger was sent off to Downing-street with state documents which had received the Royal signature. " There were no arrivals at the castle to-day, except Mr. Bridge, of the house of Rundell and Bridge, the emi nent goldsmiths, who waited on his Majesty by appoint ment—probably in furtherance of some kind wish of his Majesty to signify to those about him his grateful sense of their affectionate devotion to his comfort and relief. William the Fourth is ever studying to do kind deeds."— ilforiiiiv Herald. We think we may congratulate all who wish well to the working classes, and to that national prosperity of which the working classes are the,main, if not the sole, instrument, on the proceedings which tool; place in the House of Commons last night, with reference to the New Poor Law Act. It is well known that it has been the unceasing endeavour of a Morning Print to blacken the character of this Act by every means in its power ; to misrepresent its object, its tendency, its operation ; and to calumniate all who are in any way connected with its administration. It matters little from what motive all this rancorous feeling springs—some im pute it, in the first instance, to hatred of Lord BROUGHAM, who took a leading part in carrying through the Bill. Others say that the fact of the Bill being carried, as it were, by common consent, in utter disregard of the wallies of thunder hurled every morning from Printing-house-square, engen- THE SUN, LON IMN, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1837. dered an unconquerable spirit of hostility to the ►neasure and all connected with it. Whatever be the cause of this phenomenon, the Journal in question, and the few insignificant - persons whom it has been able to influence, have no great rea son to plume themselves upon the success of the war fare they have been carrying on against the Act, and against the general feeling of the country. Mr. JOHN WALTER put himself forward in the House of Corn mons, about three months ago, as the public organ of the malcontents, and obtained a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the new law, edifying the country, at the same time, with a detail of horrors which he had collected for the occasion. Well, the Committee immediately after its appointment set to Work—and that they have worked pretty hard is evi dent from the fact that they have already put upwards of seventeen thousand questions to the witnesses brought before them. Mr. WALTER'S cases are all minutely gone into, and a great many others besides. The Hon. Gentleman, for his own hand, put 3,370 of these questions, and called more than half of the wit nesses ; and now, when the enquiry is only half finished, he—the originator of the enquiry—the de nouncer of the law—the prime agent in the petty cla mour that has been raised against it—comes forward, and by his motion of last night virtually confesses that he has completely failed in making good his charges. We say virtually, because he has not the manliness to say in so many words what his motion really implies. He moves that the Committee be instructed to close their proceedings at the point at which they have now arrived, -under the pretence that they arc getting on very slowly, and that he himself is not sufficiently expert in the examination of the witnesses ! Lord Roux RUSSELL took pity upon the apparently bewildered Member ; and in op posing the motion told him that he was stultifying hithself and his cause ; for the Committee were just about to enter upon that part of the enquiry that might he expected to be most favourable to his views, namely, the operation of the new law in the manu facturing districts. The Hon. Gentleman was left in a minority of 30, in a House of 149 Members. The French Papers of Thursday, the whole of which we have received, announce the occurrence of a dreadful accident, which has cast a gloom over the Court. On Wednesday, being the first day of the fetes in honour of the Royal nuptials, a military spectacle was presented to the people in the Champs de Mars, which had scarcely terminated, when a groundless cry of alarm was raised among the crowd. A panic seized the assembled spectators. They rushed with one accord towards the Military-school, where they got so wedged together as to be unable to move for several minutes. Many fainted, and during the confusion thirty persons were killed, having been trodden to death by the multitude around them. One hundred and twenty others were so bruised and wounded that it was found necessary to convey them to the public hospitals, and we regret to add that the lives of several are despaired off'. This melancholy catastrophe has cast a gloom over Paris, in consequence of the recollection of a similar event having oc curred during the celebration of the nuptial fes tivities of LOUIS XVI. and MARIA ANTOI NETTE. The loss of life was much greater on the occasion referred to ; but the coincidence is too marked to escape the notice of such as pretend to dis cover in every evil a foreshadowing of something worse. In consequence of this fatal accident the grand ball, announced for Thursday evening at the Hotel de Ville, stands postponed to Monday next. A rumour prevailed that the ball would not take place at all, in consequence of the discovery of a regicidal plot, which was to have been executed during its celebration. But no credit whatever is due to such reports. They are among the natural consequences of the very lamentable catastrophe which we have just related. We copy from the illoniteur of Thursday the fol lowing telegraphic dispatches, which include the only news in these papers from the Spanish frontier : " BORDEAUX, JUNE 13, 7 P.M..—Letters from Saragossa state, that on the 9th the troops of Oraa occupied Tamarite and its environs. The Carlist expedition was between Be navarre and Ager. Four battalions, detached from the corps of Espartero, arrived on the 9th at Saragossa, whence they were to march again on the 11th to join Oraa. The letters from Saragossa do not announce that Cabrera had passed the Ebro at Caspe. " BAYONNE, JUNE 13, 5 P.M —On the 10th Espartero ar rived at Lerin, which he found deserted. Oraa wrote on the Bth, from Fraga, that the Cerlist expedition was in Catalonia The number of prisoners taken on the sth was 170, of whom 12 were officers. He makes no mention of Cabrera, whose approach so Saragossa was apprehended on the 10th, but con.. fidence was restored by the arrival of Iriarte's division, sent by Espartero. " NARBONNE, JUNE 14, HALF-PAST 5 A.M.-011 the 9th the Baron de Meer, with a strong force, was in occupation of Balaguer, Camarassa, Castello, Alf,,Terri, and Mettarguet. Don Carlos was at Alos, leaving some troops and wounded at Ager. Ros d'Erolles and a party of Nav2rrese, after having traversed the Segre at Alos, were at Cubella on the same day. The defeat of Brigadier Osorio, has thrown open the access of the mountains to the rebels. Many of the 400 pri soners have taken service in the bands, which threaten several fortified points. They had not made their appearance before Scu d'Urgel on the 12th." The following account of the engagement at l3asbas tro in which the brave General CONRAD lost his life, will be read with interest. It is dated " l3ubegal, June 3," so that the writer may be presumed well ac quainted with all the circumstances : " Conrad was killed at the head of his legion : a ball struck him on the head, and made its way through the socket of the right eye, at the very moment that brave General was rallying the remnant of his troops. " Yesterday General Orfta's intention was merely to make a reconnoissance in the direction of Barbastro. He had as sembled 16 battalions, with 16th pieces of cannon, and 1,300 cavalry. The enemy were shut up in Barbastro with 18 battalions and 1,000 horse. The Christine forces were drawn up in three colunans, but this movement was ef fected with extreme tardiness. The right column (composed of four battalions) under the command of Villa Podierna, had not come up till a late hour. Buerens commanded the centre, and the left column was led on by Conrad ; each of these columns consisted of six battalions, of nearly the entire of the cavalry, having each eight pieces of artillery, and Buerens' guns were mounted on harnessed carriages. Barbastro pre sents the form of an amphitheatre, surrounded by olive trees to the extent of nearly a league; on one side of the town runs a brook almost dried up at this season, and the river Cinca flows in the opposite direction. A vigorous attack was to have been commenced upon the left, whilst the centre would hare been supported by the cavalry. The great mass of this army ought to have borne down upon the right , but the reserve corps did not follow the evolutions dictated by the very nature of things. General Conrad had arrived within mus ket-shot of the town ; the two batt alions of the Guards and and two nvoc mountain in the the African battalion formed the first brigade, supported by forty light horse, under the orders of Co ntreras, a brave officer. guns,Tbe six s t Frenchskiuu skilfully pieces worked,(ifu e a artillerysed dre dreadful enemy's ranks, but at the same instant confusion and disorder had arisen from some unknown cause amongst the battalions Del Principe, and of the Guides in the centre, and the enemy, near taking advantage of this unfortunate p anic, rus hed towards the opening. Conrad's artillery was i mmediatel y directed upon that point, its heavy fire drove back the enem y , but the brigade wasin dbyanfherreeof fresh bei tal io being cut which tliel lay ef twing n being then at tackedi ambuscade the Huesca road. Oraa finding himself unsupported by the reserve corps, gave directions for commencing a retreat in good order ; but this determination put an end to all discipline in the ranks. The arrival of a battalion of the Legion, and another of the 6th, might have warded off the impending disaster, but the former fled in con fusion. It was at that moment that Conrad, despair ing of success, rushed into the thickest of the combat, to meet death, which he preferred to dishonour; at the same time fell Marra, Aide-de -Camp of General Oraa. At last the Legion and the other battalions were restored to order under the protection of the rear-guard. A squadron of the 6th Light Infantry, stationed at the centre, had given way before the enemy's cavalry ; the retreat, however, began to assume a more regular appearance, the enemy not daring to carry the pursuit beyond the limits of the olive trees. Our communications with Saragossa have not been interrupted for an instant. Although the real loss of the Christinos in the above affair was not considerable, and that the enemy was com paratively the greater sufferers, it was an unfortunate circum stance for the Queen's troops to be forced to retreat to their former positions, and to turn their backs upon the enemy." In a letter from San Sebastian, which will be found in another part of The Sun, an account is given of General EVANS'S final departure from the capital of Guipuscoa, on his return to England. His depar ture is deeply regretted by the Spanish authorities. The following arc only other extracts in the Paris papers of Thur,,Alay, worth communicating to our readers : Two journals give this morning the following news, almost in the very same words :—" The telegraFh of the Maine has transmitted to the Maritime Prefect at Toulon orders to have in readinesz a frigate to be sent to Cadiz. Five persons has e been designated by the President of the Council to go on board--among them is a diplomatic character, well known for his secret participation in a number of Ministerial combina tions. The object of this mission is still a secret, which is well kept by the parties concerned, Nothing transpires concern ing it, and the Minister of Marine himself is perhaps ignorant of it. The affair was concerted at Trianon, after the arrival of a Courier from Madrid ; we believe, however, that Marshals Gerard and Molitor have been initiated into the secret. For these two days past, these distinguished officers have frequent conferences, and go together to the War Office." We have received, by way of Toulon, news from Bona of the 3d of June, and from Gheland of the 30th May. Our Corres pondent writes : " General Tread has given orders to all the Spahis to fur nish themselves with provisions for three days, and to hold themselves in readiness to mount their horses, for an expedi tion into the interior. This expedition is undertaken, in con sequence of the receipt of information that the Bcy of Con stantina was making a tour with an armed force, through all the tribes in alliance with France, to induce them to desert us, and to unite with him. The object of the General in this excursion, is to support all our friends in the interior, and to defeat the prospects of Achmet Bey, who wishes to detach them from us. " Merchant vessels arrive every day from Port Vendres, with horses. " The 17th regiment of light infantry, the 11th of the line, the sharpshooters of Africa, and the engineers, are still at Ghelma, employed on a great road, called the road to Con stantina. The work has already made considerable progress ; and if the expedition is undertaken, it will be extremely use ful to us, for the communications between that city and Bona." PARIS, JUNE 15. —We have no news from the frontier to day. Iriarte and Espartero are arranging a combined attack on Estella, which, in all probability, will be made before the 15th. The Carlists under Garcia, are concentrating their force, to defend the place. —Le Commerce, June 15. FRENCH FUNDS.-Psals, JUNE 15 Five per Cents., 10Sf. Sit 85c. 73c. fne. Four and a Half ner Cents. 101 f. 25c. Four per Cents., 99f. 50c. Three per Cents. 77f. 83c. 80c. Ssc. Bank Actions. 2,38 f. 2,377 f. 5Cc. Rente tie Naples, 961. 33c. 40c. 45c. Roman Five per Cents., 101% lv %. Spanish Actives, 24 23%%%. Spanish Passives, 5% Brussels Society, 1,555 f. Belgian Bank, 1,4101. Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 53%. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 37%c. ; money, 25f. 37%e. Three months, paper, -f. -c.; money. 25f. 17 c -tburs Authenlivie. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents.. l'lBl. 90c. Three per Cents. 77f. 93c. Bank Actions, 2,3i7f. 50c. Rente de Naples, 96f. 65c. Roman 1• ive per Cents., 101%. Brussels Bank, 1,410 f. Pcrtuguese Three per Cents., 2S T i ; Spanish Actives, 231. Spanish Passives 5%. Npsnish Differes, 7. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 53,14. Miguelites, 11%. Belgian Society, 1,5551. Letters and papers from Madrid to the Bth instant have been received. The Cortes were then engaged in perfecting the law for regulating the elections of the Members of both Chambers. The first article which enacts the election of a deputy for every 50,000, and a senator for every 85,000 inhabitants, was adopted after a very brief discussion. The other articles were under consideration; and as soon as this law is adopted, an election under the new Constitution will take place. There will be no dissolution of the present Cortes till the constitutional Cortes are declared duly elected, when the Constitution will come into full operation. No alarm prevailed in the capital respecting the move ments of the Carlists in Catalonia, as it was understood that the English squadron at Gibraltar would defend the coast, leaving to the QUEEN'S forces the protec tio❑ of the fortified points in the interior. What course Ministers propose to adopt, in order to bring the fratri cidal struggle to a close, is not mentioned in these Journals. We hear of organizations of National Guards in the southern provinces ; but not a word concerning the adoption of a course of proceeding cal culated to bring the civil war to a speedy and decisive issue. To us the apathy of the Cortes—of the Ministry—of the Regent—of the people, is some thing so strange and unaccountable that we can neither make head nor tail of it. Provinces are drenched in native Spanish blood without disturbing the equani mity of the Cortes engaged upon the details of an Election Law I TRADE Wall MEXICO. (From Last Night's Gazette.) Foreign Office, June 16, 1837. Dispatches, dated the 3d of April, 1837, have been received by Viscount Palmerston, G. C. B , his Majesty's Principal Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from Richard Pakenham, Esq., his Majesty's Plenipotentiary at Mexico, of which the following arc an extract and a copy : ( Extract.) _ _ . In the new tariff of duties lately promulgated by the Mexi can Government provision is made for the fulfilment of the stipulations contained in the fifth article of the treaty with Great Britain, by placing foreign vessels upon the same foot ing as Mexican vessels in respect to the payment of tonnage duties. By the 2d article of the tariff it is provided that " every foreign vessel arriving in the ports of the Republic shall pay twelve ryals for each ton, to which duty even national vessels shall remain subject, without any abatement whatever, when they come directly from a foreign port. The anchorage duty continues abolished for one and the other." I have to. add that, by a law passed on the Bth of last month, it is declared that the abatement of duty now granted on goods imported in national vessels shall cease within four months, counted from the date of the law—provision being thus made for the fulfilment of the stipulations contained in the 6th ar ticle of the treaty, which will come into effect on the 19th July next, and by which it is agreed that the same duties shall be paid on thQ importation into the territories of Mexico of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture of his Ma jesty's dominions, whether such importation shall be in Mexi can or British vessels. (Copy.) Mexico, April 3, 1937. My Lord—By a decree published in -Mexico, on the 7th of last month, it is enacted that the ports which shall henceforth continue open for foreign trade. are the following In the Gulph of Mexico—Vera Cruz, Santa de Tamau lipas (Tampico), Matamoros, Campeachy, Sisal and Tabasco. In the Pacific—Acapulco and San Bias. In the Gulf of California—Guaymas. In the Sea of Upper California—Monterey. The following ports, hitherto open for foreign trade, are by the same decree declared to be closed, except for the coast ing trade : Bacalar, Goatzacoalcos, Alvarado, Matagorda, Galveston, Huatulco, Manzanillo, Natividad, Mazatlan, La Paz, Loreto. San Diego, and Francisco. But the measure is not to take effect until after six mo nths, counted from the date of the publication of the decree. I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) R. PAKENHAM. The Viscount Palmerston, G. C. 8., &c., &c., &c. It is said that the beautiful and highly-accomplished daughter of the Countess of V—, one of the fair debutantes of the present season, and justly denominated "la belle blonde" Alrnack's, is likely to be united to the Marquis G—. Lady M. G. has not yet attained "sweet eighteen." An American paper says—" Travellers should be careful to entrust their baggage to proper persons only, as a gentleman a few days since, on alighting from a stage-coach, entrusted his wife to a stranger, and she has not been heard of since." THE CROPS.—The welcome change in the weather has given an impulse to vegetation, and the crops arc rapidly assuming a healthy appearance. The alternation of showers and sunshine has produced a most favourable effect on the pas tures and meadows. If the season continues to shed the genial influences of the last few days, the hearts of the poor will be revived with the promise of an abundant harvest.— Hall Advertiser. POLITENESS.—PhiIip Hone, Esq , of New York, I look upon as the politest man I ever did see ; for when he asked me to drink at his own sideboard, he turned his back upon me, that I might'nt be ashamed to fill as much as I wanted. That was what I called doing the fair thing.—Col. Crockett. The recent delightful change in the weather has given promise not only of improved but plentiful crops. A copious supply of rain within the last few days has so far altered the appearance of the grass that the probability seems to be that it will "not look back again." It is indeed consoling to reflect that during the extensive pressure and despondency in the commercial world the face of nature is cheering.—Liver pool Paper. Everything connected with mining in our neigh bourhood is of the most gloomy character. Our miners are beginning now to feel what before they had only heard of— " distress." But it is a passing cloud.—Cornwall Gazelle. When the American Indians saw Captain Morley take off his wig, they cried out that he had two heads. We understand that the contracts for the Midland Counties Railway, in the neighbourhood of Nottingham were signed on Wednesday week, and that the works commenced On the following day,--Doncaster Gazette. IMPEB lAI, PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day shortly after Twelve o'Clock. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from a place the name of which we could not hear, praing tlnit hooded corn might be taken out duty free, for the purposes of charity. The Hon. Member gave notice that he should on Monday next make a motion on the subject. Mr. R. STEWART presented a petition from Hadding ton, in favour of the Bill for preventing travelling on Rail ways on a Sunday. Upon the motion for reading the Order of the Day for bringing up the Report of the Committee of Supply, Sir GEORGE SINCL AI R postponed asking the question of which he had given notice, whether it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to propose any measures for the relief of the distressed and unemployed operatives in the manufacturing districts until Friday. He had been induced to give notice of his intention to ask the question from the distressing accounts he had received from Paisley. Sir A. LEITH HAY then brought up the Report of the Committee of Supply. Lord MORPETH brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Medical Charities (Ireland) 13:11. An HoN. MEMBER moved for 'a return'of the number of persons committed to prison since January, 1831, on pro cesses for tithes. Mr. V. SMITH moved that a message be sent to the Lords requesting Earl Grey might be Permitted to attend the Committee on National Education (Ireland.) On the motion of Lord MORPETH the 'Committee on the Dublin Police Bill was postponed till Monday.. The House then adjourned. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Mary Ann Bigivell, 24, was indicted for stealing, on the 2d . June, in the parish of Marylebone, two sovereigns, two shillings, and a Bank-note, value 101., of Henry Hall, her master, in his dwelling-house. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The prosecutor recommended her to mercy, and the Court directed him to forward anything he had to mention to the advantage of the prisoner to the Secretary of State. William Deane was indicted for stealing, on the Ist June, in the parish of Marylebone, two chissels, one saw, and one hammer, the property of William Ramidge, his master. The tools had been taken from the prosecutor's workshop, and were found in the prisoner's lodgings.—Not Guilty. Mr. Justice COLTMAN took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock. Charles Neweonze, 19, was indicted for forging and uttering on the 19th of May, in the parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark, a bill of exchange for 251., with the intent of defrauding Messrs. Barclay and Co., brewers. The pri soner was also indicted for a similar offence with the intent of defrauding Messrs. Cherrington and Co., Mile-end-road. After Mr. BODKIN had stated the case to the Jury, Mr. C. PHILLIPS, on the part of the prisoner, applied to the Court to allow him to put in a plea of Guilty, as be had acted under the influence of other parties. The COURT said that in such cases it was usual to have the consent of the prosecutor. However, it would be re quisite to examine witnesses to prove that the instruments in question were forgeries. After the necessary witnesses had been examined for that purpose, the prisoner was removed from the Bar. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.. DEAL, JUNE 16.—Wind E. by N.—Arrived the Hamp shire, from Charleston ; Rambler, from Cadiz ; Enterprise, from Messina; Ariel, from Limerick, and Lyra from Galway. STANGATE CREEK, JUNE 16. —Arrived the Magic, from Ve nice ; Argus, from Trieste, and Margaret Gray, from Mar seilles. DOVER, JUNE 16. Arrived the Bolivar, from Malaga. HASTINGS, JUNE IG.•—Arrived off, the Oberlin, from Ma• tanzas. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 16. Arrived off, the Patriot, from Syd ney, New South Wales. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind E.—Arrived off, the Boreal, from La Guayra. FALMOUTH, JUNE 15.—Wind variable.—No arrivals, LIVERPOOL, JUNE 16. Wind S.—Arrived the Heroine, from Maranham ; Thomas Tucker, from Nassau ; North Ame rican, from New Orleans ; Herald, from ditto ; Napier, from Mobile ; Othello, from ditto ; Mary Anne, from Licata, and Pomona, from Malta. SLIGO, JUNE 14.—Arrived the Advice, from Davis Straits —2 fish. DUBLIN, JUNE 14.—Arrived the Funchal, from Barbadoes, and Visitor, from Antigua. CoRK, JUNE 14.—Arrived the Industry, from Miramichi, and Nelson, from St. John's, Newfoundland. The Governor, Taylor, from St. Vincent to Newfoundland, was driven on shore near Cape Race the 20th ult. The Swallow, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, is totally lost in the ice, and all hands perished. MISSING WHALERS. (Extract from the agent at Sligo, dated June 14.) " The Advice from Davis' Straits to Dundee arrived in this harbour last night in a deplorable state. Out of a crew of 47, which sailed from Dundee, five only have arrived with her, two of whom have been sent to the Hospital. The Advice took on board from the Thomas, of Dundee, twelve persons, including the master and the surgeon, all of whom died, except the two latter, and the Advice would have be come at total loss had it not been that twe seamen volunteered to go oa board from a vessel bound from Liverpool to Ame rica, at a time when the masters, officers, and remainder of the crew had made up their minds to abandon her; but they were deterred from doing so by this timely assistance. The Advice has only two fish and about 20 tons of oil." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The following is extracted from the Montreal Herald of the 19th of May : " The pecuniary embarrassments of the United States have at last arrived at something very like a bankruptcy of the universal nation. In New York, in Brooklyn, in Troy, in Albany, and in Newhaven, all the Banks are known to have suspended payment, and every Bank in the Republic, with the exception of the illoitster—that object of Andrew Jackson's stupid and vulgar hatred—may safely be believed to have done so. Such a shock can hardly fail to affect the Canadas in some degree ; but we are sure that we echo the sentiments of the whole mercantile body when we say that the Chartered Banks of our city, whatever may be the temporary pressure, are ultimately as secure as the Bank of England." Reverting to the state:of mercantile affairs in the United States, the private letters received this morning are upon the whole of a more favourable cast ; and in the Canadas the people are satisfied with the measures which have been adopted by the various Banks not to pay specie, otherwise it would have been soon drawn out of the country by the Americans of the United States. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 911 for the Account, opened this morning rather buoyant at 91 t. Exchequer Bills, 33 35, premium ; India Bonds, 53, premium ; Bank Stock, 2061. The settling of the Foreign Account, which took place yesterday, has passed over without any difficulties being ex perienced. Spanish Active continues heavy at 214 to :22, with the Coupons ; Portuguese, 431 ; Three per Cents., 28f ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., The favourable Bulletin of his Majesty's health tends to improve the Funds.—Consols are at present 911. HALF-PAST ONE. Most of the private letters received this morning from the United States correspond with the information re ceived yesterday by the American papers that co.nmercial affairs have taken a turn, and that the losses which the Banks have experienced will ultimately be of a moderate description, as they have good securities. Consols which were in the morning at 91i are at preser.t 911, with little doing ; Exchequer Bills lower, 35 33 prem. ; India Bor.ds lower, 35 33 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2061. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active continues heavy at 21i ex• Coupons ; Coupens for November, 49 ; Portu guese, 431 ; Three per Cents,' 29 ; Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents, 531 ; Columbian, 23i ; Spanish Passive ; ; Deferred, 71 8. • Consols far Account, 9ti. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. In consequence of the backwardness of vegetation in this country green pease have become an article of impor tation from Portugal. Potatoes were last year imported from Holland, but they were not of a good flavour, nor of ap proved quality. LEG BAIL.—In our report of the Dewsbury petty sessions, a few weeks ago, we stated that James Rayner, of Gawthorp, was placed before the magistrates for fraudulently removing his goods ; and in default of complying with the de cision of the bench on that occasion, a warrant was last week obtained against him, and he was sentenced to be committed to the tender mercies of the Governor of Wakefield House of Correction. Previous to starting, however, Rayner asked as a favour of the constable in whose custody he was placed, and who exercises the terrors of the law over the lieges at Ossett, that he might be allowed to walk without handcuffs, at least through the town, to avoid observation. To a proposition so reasonable, the gentle Dogberry assented ; and in this way they travelled for about half a mile, until Rayner, tired of further restraint, made k regular bolt, clearing at one leap the hedge. One after the other they scampered over fields at a rattling pace, the constable at every stride being left further in the rear, until at length, being completely exhausted, and ex claiming after the mar., whom he could not overtake, " Go, d—l, go," he gave up, and retired from further pursuit, de claring that in all his future experience, he never will suffer a prisoner to go without his manacles..—York Courma, FINE ARTS. THE A BB 0 TSI . OIW FAMILY. Hodgson and Graves, London, 1837. We have just seen an engraving executed by Graves, from an original painting by Wilkie, no w in the possession of Sir Adam Fcrz nson , containing por traits of th e late s;r Walter Scott, his sons and (laugh t:rs, in the garb of south ceutitry peasants , who are sippo_cd to be busy in consultation respecting a merry making. The likeness of the Author of W averle y , who is, of course, the centre 'of the gronpe, and seems to be attired in the costume of a miller, is a striking one ; but from its youthfulness of aspect, it must have been taken years since, before age and grief had -fixed their broad stamp on his coun tenance. Of the portraits of the remainder of groupe we cannot speak, having never seen the ertgi• nals ; we may observe, however, that, as a wc.ll: of art , the engraving is carefully finished in all its details• Sir Walter's favourite Maida, a stag-hound of the ed Highland breed, is not the least remarkable figure 01 the groupe. He is a noble specimen of a breed, now, we believe, almost extinct. COURT CIRCULAR. Among those who left their Dunes at the table where th: bulletin was show n were sue Austrian, Russian, and Fre„,". Ambassadors and Cou n t ess S e basti an i, the Hanovarian ulster and Baroness d'O m pted a , the Danish Minister al.': Baroness Biome, the Grecian Minister and Madame P i ' coupi, the Neapolitan, Prussian, Belgian, Dutch, Sputo s l :' and Saxon Ministers, Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Conga" General for the Hanse Towns, the Portuguese and Ssl dinian Charges d'Affaires, Baron de Moncorvo, ges si t e Hummelauer and Lechtcnberg, the Archbishop of York, t(i. Bishop of London ; Dukes of Somerset, Richmond, 13 ,; ford ; Duchesses of Somerset, Leeds, Beaufort, Bedford ( 1 ° rict), Roxburgh. and Countess Sutherland; Marquissel Westminster, Winchester, Thomond, Ailsa, Dowesh ire 'f Granby, Douro, Bute, Lothian, Exeter ; Marchionesses ,o Ailsa, Winchester, Thomond, Westminster, and Cornwallis; Earls of Plymouth, Abingdon, Camperdown, CraseriZ Selkirk, Albemarle, and Falmouth; Countesses PlY° l° E . 13 11.. Kilmorey, Abingdon, Camperdown, Craven, Pembroke , nt scou mouth, Amherst, Albemarle, and Mexb o rough ; V i Combermere ; Lords Cranstoun, Dinorben, Duncan, Ciat°°' Tenterden, Farnborough, Rolle, Lynedoch, Newry, r r_ P : s ham, Ashley, Ellenborough, and Saye and Sele ; Astley Cooper, George Martin, Antrobus (George), P arke r. Charlotte Bertee, Selina Needham, Curtis, B. Johnston; Fitz Wygram (2), Douglas, Poland, Bartow, Saltoun,_ l3l „ 2 wood, E. Duncan, Richardson, Tierney, C. Bernard , er vey, Bathurst, Trunlestown, Ross, and Whatley ; 1315 1 r, Durham; Right Hon. Sir Brook Taylor; Honourable s Grant, of Grant, and Champion Dymoke ; Misses Abbott 1 ; Captain Byng, the Lord Advocate, the Attorney- Ger•_ A ; ers e Sirs—Edward Stanley, Astley Cooper, B e njamin William Curtis, John Johnstone, Martin Archer Shee, Thell i bs Reynell, Edmund Antrobus, Samuel Spry, M. P., J. B. F. Bathurst, J. Kempt, Robert Fitz Wygram, Robert Chem,; ter, W. Betham, W. Poland, H. Richardson, John St. Aubyn, Peter Laurie, Harris Nicholas j. J. W ß Y :Y tlnliett; ' rde r W. Horne, Rev. Dr. Kuper, Rev. C. Wesley ; the Re„° ° , G. of London, M.P., Alderman Winchester, Admirals ° L ' r ... a , Martin, Sir G. Parker, Sir C. Nugent, Sir G. Cock bu rn Gen. Gen. Sir R. Barton, Col. O'Reilly, Capt. Green, Mat i sle- Backhouse, George Byng, M. P., Emerson Tennent, John Hopton, C. D. Archibald, J. H. Walter, W. Lawson, Hulse, M. P., Jenkins. Mistres ses B r and, Archibald, Backhouse, Rideal, Winchester, Maltby. 1 ‘ 1114 6, Fraser, Macpherson (2), Tierney, Mawle, Harriet, Mash , Harcourt, Hart, Eville, H. Stothert. ,a At one o'clock yesterday afternoon summonses werei!„ sll ,: f to the Cabinet Ministers to attend a Council at the Council-office for the purpose (it was understood) of o rder' ° ° a form of prayer for the King's recovery. Nor At three o'clock all the Ministers except th e Lord C- be cellor and Lord Holland arrived at th e C ounc il-office; t n Archbishops of Canterbury and York and th e Bi s hop of a pe d don arrived, and were present at the C ounc il. The CC sat half an hour. Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office yesterday. The Rev. Wm. Bettridge and th e R ev . B en j am in Cr, °l 4, had an interview with Lord Glen e l g y ester d ay a t the Ca' °- Office. Lord Strathmore had anterview with the Chancellor of t hil Exchequer yesterda, in Downing -street. Lord Wm. Bentinek, and Messrs. Coates and Dorsett, b an interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday. Earl Fitzwilliam gives a grand dinner to-(13,,P f Mei at Mortimer House, Grosvenor-place. The marriage 0 -, a , ale Fanny Wentworth Fitzwilliam, third daughter of the . 01) 0 , Earl, to Mr_ Bridgernan ginkpaon, cousin to the Earl of t3r,. 10 ford, is fixed to take place on Thursday next. The ° t u b* bride elect is in her 24th year, and the gentleman is about same age. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. A. G. r tslg' hs ton and Co. was held on Thursday, when a statement of affairs of the firm was laid befor e th em . Th e li a bilities of' tP , O parties are estimated, we und ers t an d, a t 170,0001., an d „ 00 assets at 230,0001. to 240,0001., of which sum 10,000 L this side the water, in an available shape, and the reini o oo % is the United States. Messrs. I'. Wiggin and Co. are the principal creditors of Messrs. Ralston and Co. claimants on their estate are, indeed, confined almost 9 5 sively to the London houses. Of REVIEW AT CHATIIAM.—A grand revier , the troops in the garrison took place on Thursday mornieg s 'ol presence of an assemblage of upwards of seven the a . ug s t. spectators. General Lord - Hill, with a numerous sta g ' r• tended to witness the evolutions, which were under the 511 . At intendence of Colonel Pasley, of the Royal E ng i n eers• de d, nine o'clock the review c ommence d, w h en t h e troo ps Pail ill. in heavy marching order, on th e G ran d P ara d e , for Oleo spection of the Commander-i n -Chi e f. Th ey t h en assenlor. in Brompton Barrack-squar e , i n fi e ld-d a y or d er, f or th e j s c) pose of practising their field ope ra ti ons . Th e po i n t s of a d s od were a bastion on the right, with the covere d way a ttache I . o l+ a covered redoubt, which positions were d e f en d e d by 3 P f t he sional battalion of the 27th R eg i ment . Th e w h o le e i r troops then assembled and marc h e d past i n rev i ew orde r front of the Artill er y B arrac k s . Wthe We are sorry to state that th e b us i ness of h use,' teries is in a very depressed s t a t e , espec i a ll y i n t hose -cl kse who are in the American trade. Some manufactori es s O entirely suspended operations f or t h e present, an d othe rs only working one, two, or three days a week. . 0 1 GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The opeo ll :f e the Grand Junction Railway will cause very great chn s i o ril l the Post-office commu n i ca ti on b etween L on d on an d the aid,' of England and Scotl an d. U nt il t h e L on d on an d 1 ": 31 %, i ge! ham Railroad shall be completed, it is, we understand, e rr ; that there shall be two mails dispatched from London ' 4 ' o o; verpool and the North—namely, a morning and eveni 4 the first will reach Birmingh am a t s i x o ' c l oc k i n the e ve r „ 9 o, and the second at six o'cl oc k i n t h e morn i ng ; the b a t 00' be Pent by the railroad, a n d reac h Li ver pool, the firs t a 'olt ° night, and the second at n oon nex t d ay . From Liv er ril4 lsg London there will be three dispatches of letters—at he 0 1 s' six in the morning, at half-past two in the afteriton, he is' half-past six in the eveni ng . Th e l etters f or m ost of termediate towns between Liverpool and Birmingham 20 5 ' delivered in the course of the day ; those for London ":11 tei L vi oan. The mails to Glas gow an d Edi n burgh s 'd means of the new railroad, be accelerated half a day,' earh r intermediate towns on the North roa d w ill s h ar e in t"" travel` arrivals of letters and intelligence. With respect tettaia Ot lers, a passenger leaving Liverpool by the evening ek ae; half-past six o'clock, may reach London by nine (ado roar morning, or in 14 hours, inst ea d ( as now ) by the co llo° 22 hours. resp ect' THE CI RC A SS I A NS.—The public curro• siti qe in g this brave people, who have offered such forraid r e_ u sn eed'.., sition to the encroachments of Russia, is likely to oe4ii fro; gratified by an English traveller, who has p a s return travels Circassia, and is about to favor us with the result ot,igneee_r" in that interesting country. We allude to Ednlim e rie r erol, Esq., who during last summer accompanied the, Gnieral of New Russia in a coasting tour round P' ov i• ocl Sea. The Russian fortresses i n th e Caucasian If eibe cl e hitherto so hermetically sealed, will be now first de s , „ o ase s ' hsu IWO our author, who also traversed Krim Tartary, and s of opportunities of observing the manners and custonas_ primitive people—the Nogay, Krim, and Kard Tart r'"__ .m ber . A short time since a Mr. Lane, who for u ret i r e . d , of years kept the Plough at Pound Gate, and hasol;),7..gt to 'leopham on an independency, came over t with ao mason, of Gravesend, and ordered a tombstene,_vvriolg scription for himself and wife to be cut on it, 'to fin" for their respective ages and days of death. `-' or o f the order was completed, and Mr. Lane brought 0_ coo la t , fetch away his gravestone : and also to conveY2: tive tot 0 , coffins which had likewise been ordered, as pre.P e a V e gt roeg ivir , great event in which Mr. Lane appears to ta e k hus asesg.. b individual interest. By way of finishing th Lane, whilst at the Nelson Inn, entered into a e▪ lls cab ~„e e .-. garden. — d G igg n i e n n g wi li c i l s , G gr a a z v e e t , te. wilich is to be in 1,, last ' A wager of a singular kind was inn Blue Ce g l it , that a blind man could be found to walk from the who I ' s o o Office, Brighton, to the Royal Oak, Lewes , _ ho was _ e a ance, in five hours. A man named Parsons, 1 7 t, pds form thr the British army at Alexandria, and lost $' agates, s ra g i a utesi t he the task on Tuesday last in two hours and 25 life his e tance being eight miles. whole ° f purl, Montaigne retained during the ad been t he h ot an elderly female in his service, who of his childhood, and to whom he was the cal?f sta b n e t coo. li l o u of n d r e e a rs d t i a n i b i ' d h t i l s ie e m oin e p v o e s r i y tion b s Ody on e i l h se e the philosopher, whilst sipping his morni g. adop d.i,100. costed her as follows—" Nurse, 1 have ina!"!_„ w hat is this morning." " Indeed," replid the old I 0Y ; a but I h": • s t p t n r u i ! t e tt 1 1 . p_ 1 e do th n a t oo f l u c s :.,:ec c e s c, " Why, nurse, you need not tell any one, t. sand _ found out what no one else could suspect. La Sir ! .l ,o old fool. d bas e "' it that, Sir ?" Why, that lam an „ f you ba have u ears i sg me could have told you that 20 y that all?" observed the good woman; all along." NEW WORK by the AUTHOR of " PETER SIMPLE," &c. In 3 vols. post Bvo., CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW WORK, NAItLE Y Y 0 W Or, THE DOG FIEND. IS NOW READY, And may be had of all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboreugh-street. r 0