The Sun. — London, England, 1837-08-25 00:00:00

":urth, he denied living with Elizabeth. His wife, tiraugh he r imprudence, had reduced him and forced him to her, but he bad made an arrangement with the pa rr3h of of Greenwich for her support. Mr. LAING— What imprudence has she been guilty of Pagan—Jealousy, your worship, jealousy.—(Laughter.) Mr. LAING asked the husband what he was ? Pagan—• A plumber, painter, and glazier. Mr. LAING said when he heard the first part, of the case he thought there was some provocation. It was a .lisgraccful affair, and the provocation was v.:,iticicat to jus tify all that Elizabeth had received, lie consulted with Mr. Halswell, who was on the bench, and who concurred with him in opinion, and the defendant was discharged without paying the costs. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Edlvarti ---. Smith, Henry NVey mouth. 'Fortuna- Roaa, Thr.-,can White, Wifilam M'Quing, Arthur Tole. and George Gibson, seamen, late of the I)on Juon down-ship, belonging to the Peninsular Steam Navigation CAnpany, appeared to prefer a complaint against John :Ralph Engledue, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Commander of the Don Juan steam-ship, for refusin g to pay them wages for a voyage performed between London and Lisbon and back. After hearing evidence, Mr. GREENWOOD said the Captain must pay the men the full amount of wages for the whole voyage. PRICES OF STOCKS TWS DAY AT ONE O'CLO(.'h. Rank Stock. . • COX , 11 India Siuek.....-- 259N 9 •3 4 3 per Cent. tie , : ....,, •,. • • 9-21414 I)itto Ronets 3 per Cant. eon... sx • 91 , ,,c, N 54, South Sea Stock ...... "..0 . -. 1 . 99_1. 3.4 per C..et.......... ............ Old Annnities .....='''','"•, ' Dittu P2 ~, A. Nelv ;Pi ;,-.. Cent.. 9 , A04 `4lo. l ...±•tS , iit. Annuities, 1:51.- --- lie% E. er Cent..... ... ..... -.... 0, --" ' /lath. Bills, £1,1 , 01' 45 47 pm. nwk Cong A Tnuitiesi , ten Ditto ...... ..... „...50, 45 47 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 ...,+.• - • 15 l-I6 Ditto Small, ... .... . 45 47 pg,.. Oct. 10. ' ',,„",,,,,- --- Ditto Commercial ....... . :::-% 77 - till. Jam. *t. "660 14 13-16 Ditto q Adver "•• , " .ii. —Pm S$N. Sllk. 5,1 , 3 R , - g3RkFc`th Po Account.... ..... -- &prii .., Ltit 4 "•••••• •-••• ..... ..... ~ T. it Stock for Account Jan. N. '''70..............w.A.% °-...... Consols for Acconnt - 91% Omnivat nw...... pm. RICKS OP rOREION FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE trCi...oeK, AustriVA Mods ........ —: Peruvian Beßtdis ...s . ~,..,,,, .4.- Beigistrt Bonds —, Ditto Aitsctititt . .«•..,...,...».. Ditto Account —' rdirtftte5e80ndit...........«..... Brazilian Bonds .. - — 1 Mt() ACeeiktit — Ditto Account . .... ......... —I Atte. Ni Bonds 39% Rlenos Ayres Boas ='-' Alt o Ac:o n !......... ...... 39 ii + 4i Ditto Account ........ - . 2hilli.r. Iton,is . ~.... ...... .i — Prufsian lords , v. — Dttto Aries-mut .. ........... , Russian Ronde, !1...2........ .. 1115, 2 C iArnhiai, Roods ~ — Ditto Aunt — Ditto Accot.et .... ..... ...... Pittb Metallic.... ........ Columbimo Bbids, !Nl. ..... . S'pattlan Bonds — Ditto Account D inivh 3onds Ditto Account Greek 80nd5....................... French, 5 per cent.......... —f —c. rittn rtrmcii, ins — ----- 4 per cent. ...... .... --C. —C Ditto Account •.... ........ - 3 per cent. ...... ......—f. —r. Mexican 130-a•'.s, 5 per cent — Exchange Ditto 1,. - count ........,,..... Dutch, 4i, per ctht. Ditt,, 6 per cent. ~...---.. -- Ditto Account 'at° Acc0unt................ Ditto, 5 per cent. IO2N N, Nea,litan ........ ..... ..... ....... Ditto Account — LEGALITY OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEB I. The following (lit-respondence has taken place in reference to a letter' frni the prisoners in the Queen's Bench prison, to the Lord chief Justice. It appears that this application to the Lc•ed Chief Justice was returned through the Dead Letter Office on the 17th of August, having been refuse , ' bccallse it was overweight. The subscribers to that docu ment then addressed the following note to his Lordship, and sent it with the document " Queen's Bench, Aug. 17, 1837. " My Lord,—This morning the letter addressed to your Lordship on July IS, by the prisoners in the Queen'sßench, was returned, having been refused on account of the postage. We conclude that the refusal of it has been acci dental, and by some official who was not aware that any letter on which private' is written, is never refused by a Privy Councillor. We now remit the letter to your pri vate residence, and solicit your earnest and immediate at tention to it.—We are, your Lordship's most obedient humble servants, &c." To this letter Lord Denman sent the following reply : " Portland-place, Aug. 17, 1837. Sir,—Your letter has been brought to me this evening, accompanying an address, under date of the 28th of July, which bears your own signature and that of several others, who describe themselves as having been inmates of the Queen's Bench prison for different periods, some indeed near twenty years, before my appointment to my present office. 4' I beg leave to assure you that I had no previous know ledge of such an address having been sent to me. •' The object of it is to express at some length the opi nion of the subscribers, and to require mine, on the legality of imprisonment for debt. " My answer must be, that I decline altogether to enter 'upon the discussion. I must say to you, and to those whom you represent, what I am obliged to say almost daily to some applicant, that I can hold no private communication on judicial matters. It is in my judicial capacity alone that I could afford redress to any one complaining of an un lawfrl restraint of his liberty ; but, these functions can only be exercised in court, after a full hearing has been allowed to all parties interested.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " To the Rev. J. Gould, B. I)., &c. " DENMAN." LATE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION The cause of this appalling calamity is involved in great obscurity. It was at first supposed that lightning had struck the boat which contained the gunpowder, but the crews of the vessels in the immediate vicinity, and the people ashore, declare that no thunder was heard, nor did they witness any lightning when the explosion took place. It has been rumoured that the crew of the ill-fated Maltese brig, the Guiseppe (for that is her name, and not the Jose, as was at first stated) were smoking tobacco and cigars, and shook the lighted ashes over the boat ; but the survivors have all solemnly declared that no person was smoking on deck at the time, and it does not appear that any ignitable substance could reach the boat. Mr. Cersan, the gunpowder lighterman, who is employed by two magazines, was to deliver a small barrel of powder of 24Ibs. weight on board the Gui seppe, and after making fast his boat (which contained about 9 cwt. of powder in barrels) he took that quantity on deck, and demanded payment for the same. The mate refused to pay the sum, 155., but offered to sign a receipt that the powder had been delivered, and referred Mr. Corsan to the broker or captain in London for payment. Mr. Corsan de clined leaving the powder without the money, and the mate ordered the boat to go away, apprehending danger from its remaining along side. Mr. Corsan handed the small barrel of powder to John Matthews, his apprentice, who was in the boat, and it was immediately placed under the hatches, or wooden roof, with the remainder of the powder. Mr. Corsan was about to descend the gangway ladder when the Dreadful explosion took place, and the boy and boat, with its contents, were blown to atoms. Mr. Corsan states that be had one foot on the gangway, and was about to leave the ship, when the powder skiff blew up, and forced hint to the other side of the vessel. He was stunned and fell on the deck, where he laid until the water reached him, which brought him to a state of consciousness, and he mr.naged, just as the vessel was sinking, to climb up the rigging, where he remained until Lieutenant Simpson, of the revenue cutter, took him off and put him into the Thames Police-boat. He had no further recollection of what occurred until be reached the Dreadnought hospital-ship. He is much scorched ; his head is cut in several places ; and his face is quite black, and in a mutilated state, so that his own family can scarcely recognise him. The boatswain, and a lad belonging to the ship, were looking over the ship's side toward the gun powder skiff when it blew up—the former was killed, and blown a considerable distance into the water. His body lies not been recovered. The lad escaped with his life, but be is greatly disfigured ; the gunpowder has seared his bosom, face, and head, and deprived him of one of his eyes. 'rhe mate had just reached the cabin, when he was thrown down by the explosion, and severely cut by the glass and frame of the cabin sky-light falling upon Ihn. He rushed upon deck with his wounds bleeding profusely. He is now in the hospital ship with the lad, and both are going on favourably. There were four other seamen, and a female named Papolardo, the wife of a foreigner, on deck, and they all escaped without any ma terial bruises, but it was some time after they were taken •ut of the rigging that they recovered from the shock ; in deed, for some time they were bereft of sense, and stared about wildly. We understand that Mrs. Papolardo, wh• is en Englishwoman, is now labouring, under severe illness from the effects of the fright. Constamino Coneozlio, the master of the Guiscppc, was in London when the explosion occurred, and knew nothing of the loss of his ship until he reached East Greenwich next morning. Her masts only arc visible above the water within a short distance of Mr. Partrick's mill, which was shaken to its foundation by the ex plosion, while the windows in his dwelling-house were broken. The concussion of the air also shook the Pilot public.. house in New East Greenwich, and the private h . ,, uses forming Ceylon-place adjoining, the inmates of awhith r ushed into the fields in a state of great terror, inquiri .g of each other what had happened. Th shock was sen ,i. h'y felt in Woolwich, Greenwich, an'' Blackwall ; and the explosion was distinctly heard es: en in Westminster and at Purfleet and Faith, where there are extensive powder ma gazines. Many of the inhab;:Lants at each place for some time were labouring under great apprehension that the ex plosion had tal - ,en plats:: at the other. The shin was laden, besides her ballast, with 43 or LO tons of '.;nain cables, and her starboard side was blown right out of her. This day is the anniversary of the death of three distinguishe - d individuals—the unfortunate Chatterton, the Peet, in 1770 ; David llume, the celebrated historian, in 177 6 ; and the ingenious James Watt, in 1810, whose life way. one of continued use2ulness to his country. via Mrs. Gore's new and admirable novel, " Stokeshill pan z t , , o to r i d le Man of Business " forms an excellent corn ' ksirs. Armytege," that haughty gentlewoman hav ing been 'avery inch of h dant, :Mr. Barnsley, theehr "a woman of busines r s." , 11:.•?7p e .. . who has wriggledero of the . present ti.11 , -, is an attor ney himselfentiet into tho positio n of a country g \more aristocratic la estate belonging to a dci ,411...-becume the purchaser of vt. .aged "old ancient family" (as the country folks haye ain)ibeen the guardian of a Peer during hi s m i nor i t y .: Ils a seat in Parliament, &c. &c., with the view ;,? ~ exidtit ttet furtir, h i s the story, ow n. consequence ; but wo shall varietyare included a vast tr figures, all of which are a w re ne d h ashed in with Mrs. Gore l 6 usual smartness. Every one who covets a new novel' nlllit reed " Stokeshill Place." CAPTURE OF A GRAMPUS OUTSIDE THE PORT op Livritroot.—Yesterday morning some fishermen, who were entering the port, saw a large grampus floundering Amongst the banks at the mouth of the harbour. After some trouble they succeeded in killing it, when they made it fast to their smack, and towed it into the Prince's Dock Berlin, where it remained the whole of yesterday. The fishermen admitted the public on board the smack at a tinny a head, whereby they realized abundance of coin. e creature is about fourteen to sixteen feet in length, and proportionately thick. It is supposed that he had en tered the channel in search. of herring s , and was left by the tide b ew ild ere d amongst t h e sand banks.—Liverpool Albion. PRICES OF SHARKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . Paid. Per Share Brighton Railway Company (Stevenson's)...., 5 0 % Brighton (Gibbin Railway. 4 Brighton (Rennie's) South Brighton, Lewes, and Newhaven Railway 2 Rri , ish North American Bank Colonial Bank OVA 1634 24 HIGH NVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. NI ping......... minutes after 1 , 1. I Evening it minqies atte• II The publication of Tula SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. lh ~':~` ~"a~ 2 1 .4 LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1837. Our intelligence from the Spanish capital is highly interesting and important. Second editions of the Charte, Messager, and Gazette de France of Wednes day night, announcing the change of the Madrid Cabinet, awl the evacuation of Segovia by the Car lists, have been received this morning. We give the despatches in the order in which they appear in the official Evening Organ of the French Government : " TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. " Bayonne, Aug. 23, Three, A.M. " THE AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " MADRID, AuG. 19.—The Calatrava Ministry have tendered their resignations altogether (en masse), in conse quence of military demonstrations, which have brought about no collisimi nor disturbance. By a Royal decree of the 18th, the Cabinet is composed thus : " MM. Espartero, Minister, and President of the Coun cil, Don Pedro Chacon retaining the interim of the War Department. Bardaxi, First Secretary of State. Vadillo, Minister of the Interior. Salvato, Minister of Justice. Pio Pita Pizarro, Minister of Finances. General San Miguel, Minister, ad interim, of the Navy. " All those Ministers, excepting M. Bardaxi, are Mem bers of the Cortes. The Carlists have evacuated Segovia, leaving their their sick and wounded ; they appear to be moving towards the interior of Castile. " Nothing new is known respecting the Pretender. Ma. drid is tranquil." " Bordeaux, Aug. 22, 1837, Half-past Five, p,m. " Zariatsgui has retired with all his forces to Segovia. Vigo still occupied Abades on the 15th, and was about to approach Segovia. Two brigades of Espartero's corps had marched from the environs of Madrid towards Segovia. " The Governor of Daroca announces that, on the 16th, the Pretender and his troops were in the environs of Ca marillas. On the same day Oraa had left Cella, and was marching upon Perales, and Buerens was proceeding from Santa Eulalia towards Visiedo." Conclusion of the despatch published yesterday dated " Bordeaux, August 21," and ending with the words—" Interrupted by nightfall." " Oraa had arrived on the 15th at Cella. On the 18th, at Sarragossa. Nothing was said about the Pretender's movements upon Castile, first announced. Espartero was at Madrid on the 16th." " Bayonne, Aug. 21. "THE AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER , " MADRID, Aun. 17.—8 y a decree of the 15th the state of siege has been raised. Espartero left Madrid yester day with a large part of his troops, in order to march to wards Segovia. " According to reports received by the Government, Don Carlos was on the 14th at Alfambra, where it was supposed he intended to effect his junction with the several chiefs of hands, in order afterwards to more upon Cuenca by the Sierra d'Albarracia. " Buerens was at Monreal, and Oraa was at the same date to arrive at Teruel." The appointment of ESPARTERO to the Presidency of the Council is news indeed—news for which the past career of that General had not prepared us. We have long had doubts of the immaculacy of" ESPAR TERO'S patriotism—we know that such was his dislike of the Constitution that he purposely declined taking , the oath to observe it—and we cannot, therefore, con template without apprehension his elevation to a post which places at his disposal the means of realizing the fears apprehended from any display of the political con victions which he is presumed to cherish. The open treachery of such a man as ESPARTERO would be of far less consequence —far less dangerous to the Consti tutional cause —than the substitution of his temporiz ing, procrastinatin g , pseudo-liberal policy for the straightforwa r d course adopted by CALATRAVA when summoned to the direction of the Itoyal Councils. That ESPA RTERO'S predilections arc Carlist we know ; that he meditates the ultimate triumph of the Pretender while leading the armies of the QUEEN is all but the conviction of four-fifths of his countrymen. Hitherto t,lie Carlist Press affected to regard ESPAR . TERQ as a General injured by the unjust suspicions of Government jealous of his merits. We were told that he would have done better if he could ; but that Iwith such a formidable foe as Don CA RLOS, and a military chest supplied by MENDIZA BA L, it was quite impossible for the greatest warrior and the most enthu siastic admirer of the Constitution to annoy the Car lists more than he had done. But matters - are now changed. ESPARTERO has contrived to 'oust the Ministry, and has now the civil and military power of the nation in his own hands. His treacheiy would, in the opinion of the Carlist organs, place Don CAR LOS on the throne of Spain. The moment so long waited for is presumed to have arrived. The pear is ripe. This sufficiently accounts for the animus • which pervades the following extract from the morning, on the subj ect of alp POst of this 4 :51l of the Calatrava Cabinet, throu 11 successful i n t r i gues o f ESPAR TERO The nomination of Espartero to the chief post in the Cabinet is a circumstance of a most remarkable native. He is destined to play a striking part, but whether he will prove a Cromwell or a M.onek remains yet to be. determined. We should not be surprised if the latter should turn out to be the case, as there arc many circumstances connected with his late proceedings which induce us to think that he is not unfavourably disposed towards Don Carlos. Indeed, it cannot be concealed that sonic months since an understanding was said to have been brought about between Don Carlos and the Conde de Luchana, and observers had reason to believe in that insinuation when they saw how carefully the General avoided disturbing the opera tions of the Carlists, and that he did nothing more than occupy the ground which they abandoned to him. We do not assert that Espartero is in the interest of Don Carlos, for among the happy fruits of the civil war in Spain the crime of being a double traitor is not one of infrequent cc currence. It would be strange if the contest should he brought to a close in this remarkable manner." It would be indeed strange were the Spanish contest so to terminate ; but it so happens that its termination is not in the power of ESPARTERO, should he betray the Constitutionalists. Were ESPARTERO to declare for Don CARLOS to-morrow, the Pretender would not be - an inch nearer the occupation of the thfOne of THE SUN, LONDON, PRIMA , AUGUST 2n, _NA Mpain than he is at this Moment. An afhied On the part of France and England would be the immediate and the necessary consequetic less than six months Don CAiiLd3 rvould be exile, WC thcr' r "7: repeat that we do not dire :15ont the open treachery of EsPA RTERO o l 'r t i i en s a l h l :s : trw p a rocrastinating habits, his mischievous influ ence over the ltoyftl mind, his misapplication of the reSOkiretB of the Government, his intrigues, and his hostility to the Constitution, that we dread. The following extract from the Messager of Wednesday night s will convey a tolerable idea of the means by 'which the new Spanish Premier is most likely to re- I tard the triumph of Constitutional freedom t " We have a letter from Madrid of the Nth, lthich gives some details respecting the manoeuvres resorted to by Espartero, to obtain, at least at Madrid, an appearance of popularity. When be made his entry into that capi tal he took care to have himself escorted only by picked battalions, and to leave in the neighbouring villages the re mainder of his troops, whose destitution and misery rdght have excited against him popular indignation. Moreovur, the day on which the troops marched off before the Queen he attempted to procure himself by dint of money a triumph which deceived nobody, and the ridiculous vivals uttered by some vagabonds were received with hisses by a large part of the spectators." Of ESPARTERO'S colleagues in the Ministry we have not space to-clay to express a lengthened opinion. PIZARRO and SAN MIGUEL are the only members who are presumed to have any influence in Spain, and the very little they have is greater than any to which their respective merits entitle them. The whole of the French Papers of Wednesday hare been received. They contain no domestic news of any moment. From Spain they bring important advices, the substance of which we have embodied in an article on the subject of affairs in the Peninsula. Annexed are extracts from them : A letter from Toulon of the 18th says :—" Orders have just been given to the Trident (of the line), and to the Styx and Vantour steam-boats, to proceed in all haste to Bona, to take on board the sick, and convey them to the hospitals in France. The Fortune, Duraine, and Maine transports, now in Africa, are to be employed in the same service. It is said that there are 2,000 sick at Bona. The vessels sent to convey them to France will have to make several voyages. The steam-boats will take some medical men, whom they will leave at Bona. " The accumulation of so many troops on one spot, and in the most unseasonable season of the year, has generated fevers which are said to be of the nature of typhus. If the expedition to Constantine had been undertaken in the spring, we should not have to deplore this calamity. " The Jupiter (Rear-Admiral Gallois), and the Sante Poise, sailed yesterday for the Levant, and will complete the squadron in these seas. " A dreadful catastrophe yesterday threatened Vincennes, the adjacent country, andleven part of the capital itself. " About three o'clock in the afternoon the atelier of the fire-works, which was outside of the turret (donjon) blew up ; burning brands were thrown to a distance, and one of them fell on the wooden framework of the window of one of the apartments of the turret in which are deposited im mense quantities of ammunition ready for use. " The window frame had already caught fire, when it was fortunately perceived. A little later, and more than 20,000 persons, and millions of property would have been destroyed, for the explosion of the turret would necessarily have caused that of the great powder magazine, in which there are above 200,000 lbs. of powder inclosed in walls eight or ten feet thick. One is seized with horror at the idea of such a frightful catastrophe, and cannot conceive how the nume rous remonstrances of the neighbourhood, and of Paris it self, should have been hitherto disregarded."—Le Comte tutionnel. FRENCH FUNDS—Putts, AUGUST 23. Five per Cents., 110 f. 65c. 70c. 8”c. 75c. Four and a Half ner Cents. 103 f. 50c. Four per Cents., 101 f. 80c. Three per Cents., 79f. 25c. 30c, 40c. Bank Actions, 2,425 f. 2,420£ Rente de Naples, 91f. SUc. 45c. 70c. 15c. Roman Five per Cents., 102%X%, Spanish Actives, 20 , , , a%%. Spanish Passives, 5. Brussels Society, 1,692 f. 50c. Belgian Bank, 1,43.5 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 2i►%. [Xt.:MANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 40c. ; money, 25r. 40t: Three months, paper, Zf. 25c. ; money, Vat.Mio —Coors Authentieue. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 110 f. 75c. Three per Cents. 79f. 55c. Bank Actions, 2,420 f. Roman Five per Cents., 100%. Belgian Bank, 1,435 f. Belgian Society, 1,08:1f. 50c. Portuguese Three per Cents , 25%, Spanish Actives, 2:56. Spanish Passives 5. Advices from Portugal to the evening of the 13th inst., received by the Camden packet, which arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday last, from the Tagus, confirm the news which we published yesterday respecting the aspect of affairs at Oporto. From the annexed Correspondence, which we copy from Second Editions of two of our Tory Morning Contemporaries, it might be inferred that the Constitutionalists have every thing to fear from the partiality of the populace for the Charter of 1826. This, in reality, is not the case. The enemies of the Constitu tion are to be found in the Palace. The QUEEN is known to sympathize with them ; and in the diplomatic circles of the Portuguese capital there are few facts better known, than that the Prince Royal is only prevented from heading them by the advanced state of the QUEEN'S pregnancy. The Con stitutionalists are beset with intrigues ; the Cortes have been tampered with ; and, in fact, every engine that an unscrupulous Court and a dis contented nobility could put in motion, have been employed to effect the restoration of a Charter which guarantees the existence of a House of Peers. The French Ambassador has not been idle ; though, with his wonted ill-luck, Lord HOWARD DE WAL DEN is accused by the Portuguese with having perpe trated every mischief sanctioned by ST. PRIEST. Tile first extract is from the Post : LISBON, AUG. 12.—The Ministerial arrangement has been completed ; Viscount Sada Bandeira has been named President of the Council and Minister of Marine. Julio Gormes de Silen Saucher for the Department of Justice, J. A. de Campos, President of the Cortes for the Home Office ; Messrs. Castro Terceira, J. Oliveira, and Viscount Boveda, the honest but stupid Perane, continuing in office. I need hardly add that this Administration cannot last any more than the former did. It does not possess the con fidence of the public. Marshal Sandanha has entered Coim bra, proceeding from thence to Oporto, where it is expected that he tvill enter, notwithstanding the hurried shipment of two hundred men from hence this day for that city, per the Oporto steamer. The inhabitants are quite ready for a change, and he will be most welcome there. Colonel Soares Luna, the Deputy, has been sent to relieve Viscount Sada Bandeira before Valance, and it is surmised that his Excellency's troops have a secret under standing with the Charter party to go over on a given day. The town of Almeida is said to have proclaimed the Char ter, and a very wavering sort of feeling is to be met with here among the troops, National Guards as well as the inhabitants, well shown) that no stand will be made at the pus's in favour of the September b Revolution. As an in stance of the want of popularity attending the present Mi nisters, I can assure you that, notwithstanding the address made to the Municipal Guards, asking them to volunteer to go to Oporto, only 32 did so. Exchequer Bills are at 33 to 37i per cent. discount, and likely to go much lower, independent of which the Treasury is actually without five pence towards making any payment. The following is from the correspondence of the Times:— " By the latest accounts received this day, it appears that Marshal Saldanha, with 400 cavalry and 300 infantry, succeeded in arriving at Coimbra, on Thursday evening last, with General the Baron de Setubal, whose united forces have considerably augmented. The Baron de Bonifim, who is at Castello Branco, notwithstanding his superior force, had an opportunity of intercepting Saldanha on his rout to Coimbra ; but whether this apparent want of generalship arose from any previous understanding between the two chiefs, or want of zeal on the part of the latter, is yet to be known ; it. is stated this evening, and gene ra lly believed, that. Saldanha left Coimbra yesterday morning, and is moving by forced marches on Oporto, in con sequence of which the Porto steam vessel started this morning, with '230 men of the Lisbon Municipal Guard, and 80 Sappers and Miners, for that-city, under the command of Colonel Luna, of the Artillery, and a deputy of the Cortes. It is supposed that this .movement has for its object the again putting in a state of defence the lines of Oporto. The Viscount de Sada Bandeira has quitted the besi eg i ng army before Valence, leaving it under the command of th e Ba ron de Almargen, and returned to Oporto, where hi s pre sence was deemed more necessary, it is said, to organize a corps of artizans, An almost constant fire has been kept tip e 4 the dantagilelic7t.dh(t 0 1 e :C;an hi le oti c r a h ; which dod, c as t~'ett a a s ti shed having i c n o ts n sider n t3f • • ..„r • • r . o7 , lltv,in yr : 0 -";ailon, that one d the N.ltlonal battalions, *,:aLt! P lacos de Serra, had declared for the charter, and that an at- I tempt had been made to disarm them , bu t whether this ' attempt was carried into effect or not we have yet to learn. Nutherotis arrests tipati bal-e t",ken place in that city, amongst their number, Colonel ilaricig, Lletittrant , Colonel Mendez, and Captain Peixato, who were forthwith embarked on bold the Andorinka war cutter for this city, *hem they arrived this ttiofoing, Various are the opinions of the partisans of either side as to th final success, while , the Mlgnelites look on with silent delight," We are glad to learn that it is proposed to erect by public subscription tt memorial of the military achieve ments of the Duke of WELLINGTON, in an appro priate situation at the West-end of London. We say we are glad, because, sinking all political considera tions, and regarding his Grace in the character of a great military chief, we feel that he is entitled to all t he marks of respect and veneration that a grateful country can pay him. It is impossible indeed to over estimate his services in this 'respect. One by one, in the course of a long and harassing war, he def eated the bravest and most experienced Marshals of France ; and completed his career of glory, by putting an end for ever to the iron despotism of the greatest soldier of this, or perhaps, of any age. WELLINGTON was the con queror of NAPOLEON ! WELLINGTON gave peace to Europe ! How much is comprised in these few words. What a world of panegyric do they not convey ! The glories of MARLBOROUGH are eclipsed by those of WELLINGTON, for never was there so proud a victory as that achieved at Waterloo, when the noblest army, though not perhaps the largest, that France ever marched to battle, officered by her ablest marshals, and headed by NAPOLEON in person -=that hero of a hundred fights, and victor of all En rope—confessed the supremacy of the British Legions. GOD forbid we should ever allow political considera tions to interfere with our admiration of achievements like these ! As a warrior, the Duke of WELLINGTON belongs to no faction. His glory is national. It is not the property of party, but of the British empire. Whether Whig, Tory; or Radical, we all take an equal pride in it. Regarding the matter in this light, we feel that we cannot too warmly express our approba tion of the proposal to erect a statue in honour of the great Captain. Still more are we delighted with the generous spirit in which that proposal has been taken up by men of all parties in politics ; for among the subscribers we find the names of many of the most eminent and u ncompromising Reformers of the day. It may be urged, perhaps, that as one statue is already about to be erected to his Grace in the eastern quarter of the metropolis, there needs no second testimony of public admiration ; but it should be borne in mind that the one in the City is exclusively a compliment to the Duke of WELLING TON for his services in " promoting the building of London•bridge, and making the approaches thereto ;" whereas, the other is intended to be " a memorial of his great military achievements." Who the architect is to be, we know not ; but we should imagine one of the WYATTS would be selected, for they have shown themselves to be men of very superior talent in their profession, and none but first-rate artists should attempt such a task. When once the statue is re solved on, we trust it will be executed upon a grand scale ; that there will be no jobbing or cheese-paring spirit at work ; but that it will be rendered worthy of the nation, and of the illustrious man whose achieve ments it is to commemorate, so as to attract the admi ration of posterity when WELLINGTON, gathered to the great of past ages, lives only in the imperishable records of history. The result of the elections having disappointed the hopes and defeated the objects of the Hanoverians, the organs of that un-English faction are begin ning to sing small, and to content themselves with picking up the few crumbs of comfort which acci dent may throw in their way. The Tories had calculated on wallowing in rich and pleasant pastures in a few short months—they find themselves (alas T.) con- • demned to wander for an incalculable period in that weary wilderness which they have already trodden so long, and which affords neither sustenance for the present, nor promise for the future. This we regard as a situation by no means enviable, and we are not a little entertained with the ingenuity which can find topics of consolation to smooth its asperities, and even render it upon the whole rather desirable than otherwise. Some of this wire-drawn species of consolation is held out to the Tories by the Times of this morning to its readers. That clever Journal, according to its usual practice, writes a letter to itself, and then attempts to answer its own arguments by way of. comment. We think it has in this case completely overshot its mark, for the arguments in the letter are almost all of them perfectly unanswerable, and are but weakly as sailed in the commentary. " What can England do ?" exclaims the Times in its letter, " she has a rope round her neck of which Scotland holds one end and Ireland the other." Now we do think that the situation here described is a particularly critical one, nor can we at all discover what is to prevent the necessity of a Coroner's Inquest, and the verdict must unquestionably be, " died by strangulation." We will not, however, pursue the metaphor of our Contemporary any furthei, but congratulate him on the clearer view which he has obtained of the relative positions of the three divisions of the empire. He lately represented England as united to Scotland against Ireland ; he has now come to his senses, and he finds, not indeed that Ireland and Scotland are leagued against England —Goy for bid—but that the independence of England, borne down and trampled under foot by an arrogant and tyran nical aristocracy, has been rescued from destruction, and will be sustained by the invincible patriotism of Ireland and Scotland. The Scientific Congress of France will meet al Netz on Septqnber a. The writer then goes on to deseant in a truly lugu brious strain, on the deterioration which the English character has of late years suffered by the rubbing off of those national peculiarities which used to distinguish the natives of this part of the empire from the rest of the world. In other words, the English are getting rid of ignorance and prejudice. They are, as he truly remarks, no longer " exclusively" English ; and we tell him—though he seems to have a vague apprehen sion of it already—that it is to this increase of know ledge, arising from a more extended education, that he may impute the present downfal and future extinction of Toryism. " The weight of the Monarchy, the Aristocracy, and the Church, which used to press the machine to its proper bearings," has indeed pressed and oppressed the machine till it can be borne no longer, and the people have made an effort to throw it off. They have succeeded partially, and as they acquire more knowledge, and consequently more power, they will do the business more effectually. Our Contem porary has thrown the Monarchy, into one lot with the Aristocracy and the Church ; but this is all humbug. The Crown can only oppress the people by being made the instrument of the Aristocracy and the Church. Its own weight will never be complained of. And here we may just remark that the Aristocracy have always been, and will always be, the greatest enemy of the Monarchy, because their constant object is to make it, in serving their own selfish interests, hateful to the people. ' We had a few more remarks to make on our Con temporary's ingenious mystification, but we find we have not space to-day. LLOYD'S SillPrllif€4.-t THIS DAY.) DEAL, AUG. 9.4.—Wind E. N. E.—No a rrifrAt• the, Afflick, Ford. for Derrwrara. t,;( , ..:?t,—Arrired the Russia, Wackerfield, from Odessa, aria 4 ,.,:Zc1ti1!?, ”e'rnrlstt, from Licata. Dovmt, AUG. 24.—Aniveo Prpil , hty Castle, Bailey. HASTINGS, AUG. :24. —Arrived off, iOe 1 . 414•i44 , Tar, from Sierra Leone. PFIRTLAND, AUG. 24.—Arrived off, the Ontario, Huftiettolte, Irodi 4 .;01.16, PoaTsmorfii, ,014.—Wind E.—Arrived her .Thijcst3's Ship Caledonia, from the :Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, AUG. 23. Wind W. %. W. Arrived the Brooke, Bsasdale, from Bombay, 12th 111 ar e -S, St. Helena, Va July Camden packet, from Lisbon, 13th inst. Sailed her Majeety i s ?etcli, Sparrow, for the Falkland Islands. LIVERPCJOL, 'lL—Arrived the Shannon, Wilder, from Bombay, and Dauntiesl, Orton, from Richebucto. AI ARV rOtiT, Ann. the Mile, from Bathurst. and Maria Bell, from Quebec. IjELVAIT, At;o. 22.—Arrived the Edward Reid, from St. John's, New Drtniavvick ; Ranger, from London ; City of Londonderry from London, and Lively, Robarts, from ditto. CLYDE, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Atlas, Murray, from Tri nidad; Jane, Pattison, from Catania; Sclumania, Mac dougal, from Riga. Acct. 24.—Arrived the Express, Hodgson, from Catania ; Ocean, Diddle, from Quebec. Hut.t., AUG. 24.—Arrived the Cyrus, Robinson, from Miramichi ; Brunswick, Smith, from Quebcc ; Ricardo, Munro, from St. Pctersburgh. Yaltmottm ROADS.—Arrived Carrion, Elliot, Quebec. YARMOUTH, AUD. 24.—Arrived Maria Louise, Plensburg. The Brilliant, from Newport to Quebec, was abandoned on the 20th inst, near Galway, having 10 feet water in the hold. The Economist, Pearce, from Quebec, was on shore at Newport on the 23d inst.—leaky. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK The Ontario has arrived . off Weymouth ; and we are in formed that she has 700,000 dollars in specie. We have just received New York papers to ‘2cl August. The latest quotations of the United States Bank Shares was 1171. The packet ship Roscoe had arrived out with dates from London of the 25th June. The news by the Roscoe had a salutary effect upon the general aspect of affairs. In New York cotton was rising, and considerable sales had been made. British sovereigns were worth dollars 35 cents. ; Mexican dollars 91- to *prem. ; Trea sury drafts were at 4 per cent. Specie continues to arrive from all quarters. About 300,000 dollars had arrived in a week. Montreal papers of the 28th ult. have also been received. The news of the death of the King had arrived out. They do not make any allusion to the rumours of the agitated state of public feeling in the lower provinces. The private letters from Philadelphia, received this morning, of the 29th ult., bring the exchange, 20 to 21 ; United States Bank Shares, 118 119. Things continued in the same state as per the previous accounts. There was no change in the money market during yes terday, and the demand for accommodation continues. Consols closed at 91i for the Account, opening this morning at 91i 4 ; for Money the same. This being set tling day in the British Funds, little is doing except set tling the accounts against to-morrow, which is pay day. Exchequer Bills, 45 49 ; India Bonds, 47 49 ; Bank Stock, 2101 211. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active has improved to 20f 4 ex Coupons ; Portuguese, 354 394 ; Three per Cents., 241 251 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52 1 51 ; Colombian, 24 25. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols limit continued during the morning at 911 4 for Money ; at present 918 for the October Account ; Ex chequer Bills, 45 47 pre m. ; India Bonds, 47 ; Bank Stock, 2101 211 ; India Stock, 2594. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, which reached in the morning 214 with Coupons, are not quite so good, and may be quoted 211 1 ; Portuguese, 391 ; Three per Cents., 25/ ; Dutch T w o-and-a -Half per Cents., 528 The settling of the Consul Account is going off well. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for the Account, 918. BIRTH. --Yesterday, the Baroness Lionel de Roths child, of a daughter. COUNTY OF CAITHNESS. — The Liberal candidate for this county, Mr. Traill, has entered a formal protest against the return of Sir George Sinclair on the ground that the latter carried his election by unfair and illegal means. The scandalous acts of bribery and intimidation alleged against Sir George or his agents, will, we have little doubt, be sufficiently proved ; and there is, therefore, good reason to hope that Mr. Traill will yet be member for the county. Mr. 'Frain was on Friday week entertained at a public dinner in the County-hall, Wick. Mr. Sinclair, of Lybster, presided.—Scotsman. FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH TO MR. HOME.—The freedom of the city was yesterday voted to that rigid economist and stanch friend of the people, Joseph Hume—a mark of esteem to which his long and con s istent adherence to Liberal principles, and his high public character, justly entitled him ; and which will serve to show to the electors of Middlesex, that though abandoned by them, the estimation in which he is held by his countrymen is not in the least diminished.—Scotsman. An advertisement appears in the John 0' GrOt Journal, of seats in the parish church of Wick to let, in consequence of clerical interference in the election for that county. This is deeply to be regretted. The advertise ment states—" In consequence of the undue, unjustifiable, and unbecoming conduct of some of the clergymen of the Established Church, in mixing themselves up in the turmoil of a contested election, and advising the breaking of pledges, a number of seats are vacant in the parish church of Wick, and are to be let on very moderate terms. From a recent claim made by Mr. Horne, to be enrolled as a burgh voter on church seats, this description of property, it will be observed, may be made a v a ilable for political purposes, thereby considerably enhancing its value." F LORA MACDONALD.—A fine copy of the por trait of the celebrated Flora Macdonald (whose efforts to aid the escape of Prince Charles Edward in his miserable wanderings in the Western Islands, invested her name and history with a charm that still exists) has been hung up in our Town Hall, being presented to the Magistrates and Council by a native of this town, Mr. Fraser, Madras. It appears to be a copy from an original by Ramsay (son of the poet), of which a excellent engraving will be found in the " Johnsoniaca" lately published by Mr. Murray. A portrait (probably this by Ramsay) was painted of the Highland heroine in London, in 1747, for Com modore Smith, in whose ship she had been brought pri soner from Scotland. Twenty-six years after this date Dr. Johnson found Flora Macdonald in the island of Skye, and pronounced her to he of " a pleasing p e rson and elegant behaviour." She appears to have been of a dark com plexion, with homely intelligent features, having a strongly marked national or Celtic expression. There is a profu sion of bright colours and flowers about this painting, some thing in the florid Dutch style ; and it is probable that Ramsay had got some of his assistants (who were mostly foreigners) to aid in the subordinate parts. The lady might also wish, on such an occasion, to be as gay as possible, and especially to display the rose, as an emblem of the Royal cause she espoused with so much disinterested zeal and devotion.—lnverness Courier. HA WICK.—Mr. Oliver Rutherford, tiiH Sheriff of the county, has been in this place these three days past, endeavouring to find out the persons engaged in the distur bances at the election. A number of witnesses have beet. examined, but only one individual, of the name of Cairns, has been taken into custody. Lets of fun have been eli cited in the course of examination. One female, upon the Sheriff remarking that the constable-staves would have been as well in the hands of the wives, as of their husbands, replied, " Faith wad they, and the votes too ! It's but richt the women sude ha'c votes now, especially when we've gotten a Queen for King."—Kelso Ch; onicle. REWARDS FOR POLITICAL HONESTY. —The names of the poor (we mean the noble) fellows by whom bribes have been refused should be particularised. The world should know their names. They should be en wreathed with public honours. Acting upon the principle which is here suggested, we record the name of Robert Davies, a working tinner of Wakefield, who has fourteen children ! lie was solicited lay the 'Tory party in that place on the eve of the election, to sell some goods for far more than their value, which he refused, and he was then offered 301. to go into the country and amuse himself on the day of the election, which he also refused. • Honour to Robert Davies, we say, and may all England hear of him, to the eternal honour of his principles, and to the eternal disgrace of his tempters !—Philanthropia. LANARKSHIRE ELECTION.—At the poll at Airdrie on Monday, Charles Cooper was not allowed to vote, because his name was not to be found on the Sheriff's register. On that day a letter was written to Glasgow o n the subject, and the answer returned was that Cooper's name was scored out, He then voted under protest on Tuesday. On the proper books being examined after the declaration, it was found that the Sheriff, with his own hand, had scored Cooper's name out, and added, " Dead, A. A." Cooper went to the Sheriff on Thursday night, this ri ee willing)ti se v h e a r erde madebefor e the t h e e e t c e l s a r e a ci t i u o a n i ,. and entered a protest against Mr. Lockhart's being duly elected. ff it m ight (t il he aci She How it is likely to er.d, perhaps the Lord Advocate or Solicitor-General, to whom the matter is referred, may be able to inform us • , but we should think the Sheriff must stand in a ticklish position, if, by a dash of his pen, he sets this extensive county in a blaze again, which may cost each candidate some ds I thousan. • 1 o p oun d s.—Correspondent of the Caledonian Mercui y. BRUSSELS PAPERS. 1 mtcompanied by Prince Ernest of Wirtembur g and their on their way to join the Kin g at the Camp. 11. 6 1...G1 AN I , UNlM—Bitess 1.6, AUG. 23. Actual Deld, 2; , ,, per Cent. ,,, ... ..... .... 53X Rothschild'; Loap, S per Cent .... -------- BRUSSELS, AUG. 23.—The fol!oring nra the averar p, , ;.;,,A o f ~ri-,f!,,,, f- and rye for the ;Nock ending ate 19th inst...---W;wm, l r if, :3Z30.; Rye, 1 it. `-.5c. per hecolitre import dutic.l, 2373. : - .)C,. and 21f. 50t;. per 1,000 kilo grammes. and, The prices of iron have Wien considerably in Engl in concequenre of the American emir. Tile rails may now' l!,*e. had at ;300 francs per ton, delivered in Be l gium , whereas lye pay 420 francs to our maste r s of iron works, who CVC° do not care to employ them. — Journa l do la B el g i q ue. We learn frrytn Hanover, Holstein, and Mecklenburgb that the crop of coleseed will be extre mel y abundant. The Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, brother to the Kiq, - suites, arrived on the 21st at Li- g e from Aii la Chapelle, Loan of Thirty Millions.„.... .......... .. Loan of City, 1 5 3 2 . 4 per Cent... ...... ...•••••• 99 Society of Commerce, 43 .; per Cent lB Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.. ......... ....... -; 139)4 —Brussels Pgpers, Aug. 24. . • DUT( 11 FUNDS- ANISTEHHAM, Ana.. 2. .. Money. Bills• Actual Debt, 214 per rent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A wort Syndic, 44 per cent 93tei 94 Ditto, ditto, 33.-', per cent 75% 76 Commercial Company, 4 . ; per cent 163 It 33P. Ditto (1832 and 1833) 6 per cent. Loan 1836, 4 per cent. — Ditto 1+,457. ti per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 734 Two months HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Auu. 11. Bills. Money. Austrian Meta"lques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent Dir!_ ditto 3 per cent. Litt° Bank Shares A ng l o _Ru s sian Loan 10614 106 Paper Inscription. 11 per cent Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates t'ortugucse Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 4l Ditto, 3 per cent. .25 Dutch 2., per Cents. 52% 5234 • Ditto 5 per Cents 34; !‘i I`.*3 s Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets IS.N 152 i Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 70.4, 70 Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents f Spanish, in piastres, :3 per Cents.... ........... Cortes Lean, 5 per Cent 2O . Greek 4 per cents. 1i..33, guaranteed by France 93 se2g i PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—E.ERLIN, Bil Auo. 18. ls. Money. St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent ... .......... ...1014 7 =' 102) 4 Prussian English Loan, 18.30, 4 per cent. 101!4 1110% Exchange on London, three wrinths... 6 s 2s X • I —Prussian State Gazette. Aug. 19. THE MARKETS--(THIS DAY.) CORN El CHANGE. The supply of Wheat this week has been ~ n oderate, of Flour good, and of Oats from Ireland a fair qua Itity. The rain having ceased on Wednesday evening, and tin.' weather since then having been fine, the Wheat trade has again become dull, and receded to Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease - , are u naltered. The trade for Oats is slack at last c ootations. The Flour trade has again become heavy at former proes. AAR i. VALS. 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flout. & w ish ..... .. ....... 4,240 qrs. 750 qrs. 660 qrs. 7,110 sack! Irish . .................. --- 460 13,220 ....... Fereign ............... 4,720 fa 7,910 ... --------=------ SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply was very good, and the sale wa dull at little alteration from the prices last quoted: PRICES TER sTobIL OF BLE. TO SINIC THE orr*Ls. to `• 01 1 s. d. to 1. 1 . I n t e rior Beasts 2 6 a 8 1 Inferior Sheep 3 0 3 S e cond quality ditto 2lO 3 4 Second quality ditto. 3 4 31. Prime large Oxen 3 6 4 0 Co a rso-woolled ditto.... 4 0 4 2 prime Scots, &c. ...... 4 8 5 0 Sinai! Porkers ....... ..... 4 6 41 0 36 4 0 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Lail , ' Hogs Crime small ditto S'ickling Calves each l6 u 32 I Quarti'• Old Pig keach) )2 4 20 • Lamb 4s 6d, t A 7 .;P. 63. SUPPLY AT Beasts. I Sheep. 635 R 6,020 MARKET. I Calves. I P 36 gis 5 DENHALL MAR ly the Carcass. NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, b s. d. to s d 2 a d t• • 0 . Beef, inferior 36 3 8 Mutton, inferior 4, 0 4 -- middling ...... ...... 38 3 10 -- m iddling 4t 4 1 - prime large 3lO 4 0 -- prime $ 4: 4 4 ' A 4 --- prime small 42 4 4 Pork , large ... ..... . .101 0 Vaal Lamb 4s Od. to 5s 24. About three years ago, a young lady came froth London on a visit to a relative near Bolton Abbey, and with a presentiment that she should be drowned in the . Strid, of mournful memory. For some time she refused to visit it ; but at last, overcome by the persuasions and ridi cule of her friends, consented to do so. On approaching the water, which was 45 feet deep, she threatened, with seeming levity, to leap in, exclaiming, "I am going!" Ai piercing shriek folloWed ; she had taen the fatal plunge - A gentleman, a few yards below, seized her bonnet ; but the strings broke, and she was drowned! QUESTIONS FOR THE LEARNED.—IS 11111 rjU.• brella an article of dress ? Is a dress sword on article OC clothing? —American Paper. Letters from Baireuth say that one hundred and fifty . houses (the greater part of the town) had been destroyed by fire at MUnclsberg, in the circle of the Upper Maine, in Bavaria. The public offices are burnt down, and scarcelY any thing could be saved.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle. ROCHDALE. —The first marriage, in this town, under the new Act, took place on Monday last, at eleven , o'clock in the forenoon, in the superintendent registrar's office, between Mr. Thomas Emmet and Miss Fanny Ro berts, both of this place. TALLOW.—The arrivals of tallow i n Lon do n duri ng the week ending August the 24th, are 10,763 casks, all from St. Petersburg. A most curious sight is to be seen at the farm of Mr. Thomas Palmer, Felpham, near Bognor, where is swarm of bees took possession of a rabbit-hutch, vide!' stood in a row with some others, and having killed Si% ;. young ones, and ejected the old doe, commenced their labours, and have already formed a very fine comb. They' do not interfere with the rabbits in the adjoining hutches.- - Brighton Paper. It is said that when some divines were disputing before Charles 11. about the visible church, he turned ther attention to the church of Harrow-on-the-Hill, which was afterwards proverbially called the " Visible Church"--• Lysons' Environs. A man who wishes to rival the American Sam Patch, of diving and leaping notoriety, attempted on Wednesday to slide down a rope from the cliffs at Dover to the bottom. He threw himself boldly from the cliff, but before he bad descended many yards he stopped, and became perfectly motionless, dropping at the same time two little white flags that he hcld'in his band when he started. He thus remained • in the most horrible situation that can be conceived, until alter a short but fearful pause, some person from the place whence the adventurer bad started threw him a rope, which he contrived to lay hold off and fasten round his body. BY the aid of this rope, and the exertions of his friends above , I he was rescued from his perilous situation. In a furious attack that Buonaparte made on Acre, in April, 1799, Sir Sidney Smith found it necessary to risk his ship (the Tigre, 74), by warping her into the shoal water on the south of the town, in order to flank the French batteries and trenches, and such were the fire and effect of this movement, that all was reduced to ailence in a verY few minutes. On this occasion, as Sir Sydney was going over the ship's side to land and hasten to the beach, the First Lieutenant and Master chose that unseasonable it 0- merit to serve him with a written protest against "placing his Majesty's ship in danger of being lost ;" to which he calmly replied—" Gentlemen, his Majesty's ships are bui l t' o n purpose to be placed in danger w henever his Ma j esty's service requires it, and of that the commanding officer is the bt :t judge."— United Service Journal. Last ! Neck a man, named Charles Moseley, was S sa m the; evidence that the prisoner an d c ommitted to W orcester g aol for attempting to shoot hi s cl wife. It appeass his wife had not lived !Lox ether for some years past, and that she lived servant ft, fstr. Brown, of B roa d-street; Yardley. On the 30th of last nisi nth Moseley went to .M e T Brown's house, and asked to see l wife. She was call a se d the with trigger: igg ocorw.. , der and sh ot, up stairs, and, on coming to the door vs:.'sre he was stand ipnrge's resented d ithr, pulled , a and i po t p ad out atledThe pistol fortunately missed fire, and the fellow made his escape' El tho was afterwards taken into custody in Birmingham, facts having been proved against him he was committee . The present promises to be a great plum season a and it should not be forgotten that all sSone fruit, and those the with pulp, ar e unw h o l esome , as th e i r s kin adheres to coating of the st omac h w h en ea t en r aw, which pr en" e Y di gestion, and produces diarrhea of the most dangerous The Imperial library in St. Petersburgh is at Plb . sent the third in rank and importance in Europe, contaitotet about 400,000 printed books and 17,000 manuscripts, 'A. is particularly rich in the literature of Central A sia, on", possesses 43 Mongolian and Tibetian works , collected a t Pekin, The Russian Government has established eightede: public libraries in other cities ;in Arobangel, yolo3 • Vladimir, &c. fins In the obituary of the Ilersford Journal WO the following notice :—" Sunday, in his 59th year vvn ~ James Williams, butcher , Oswestry , one of the 10 Council, and a Director of the Oswestry House of Indu,s t q: At a very early age he was taken into the late igr, u r , ton's service, and was always remarkable for his indulta activity, and integrity. At twelve years old he slauhteia, and dressed eight sheep in the hour ; and upon one acool sion, in order to cut up' the boasting of a L iver k , butcher (who had done the feat in 23 minutes),' Je, ra utts 1 , Hams slaughtered and dressed a beast in 19} This fact established him as ' the best butcher in EPP — So attached were Mr. and Mrs. Morton to this slot ( a servant, that they left him the whole of their property' h is since which, by his attention to business, he hat eloseo,`.o life a rich man' (15,0001 .), a lesson to many of h is trio' ~i