The Sun. — London, England, 1837-08-23 00:00:00

SOAP. There is no circumstance which more clearly points out the relative condition and progress of society than the de sire and means possessed, at different periods, to promote personal cleanliness. It appears, from the household hook of the Earl of Northumberland, that in the middle of the fourteenth century the charge for washing for the whole establishment was not more than 4d. per week. In that document every item of household expense is minutely re corded ; and it is clearly obvious, that at the period in question that powerful and opulent feudal Baron was be low the level of the English cottager of the present day in the enjoyment of the comfort arising from personal cleanli ness. There is, indeed, no point of view in which the pre sent state of society in England exhibits so decided an ad vantage over the past, although much remains yet to be done in the further improvement of the habits and tastes of the mass of the people. This is a branch of statistical inquiry little inferior in importance to the means of reaching the highest standard of subsistence for the mass of the people, and on that account demands the study and attention of the enlightened statesman. The inquiries of that class of men have hitherto, however, been more frequently directed to the purpose of discovering the means of raising the largest amount of public revenue, without very nicely weighing in the balance the relative effect produced upon social comfort by the imposition of a tax ; and in no instance has this been more conspicuous in this country than in the case of the duties levied upon articles essential to promote cleanliness. We have been naturally led into these re flections by the effect produced by the partial repeal of the duties on soap. (Here follow the official returns.) Deducting the amounts from the aggregate quantity manu factured, it leaves 117,907,939 for consumption in Great Britain, or a fraction more than 7lbs. to each individual per annum. In addition to this, there is an allowance to be made for the quantity smuggled; which, however, there is reason to believe, has been much diminished by the reduction of the duty. The convictions during the year for frauds on this department of the Revenue, amounted only to twenty-seven, and as the fines imposed were of trifling ainoent, the highest only reaching 30/., it is a presumptive proof that they were deemed of little importance. As it is notoriously known that a large allowance requires to he inade for frauds committed under the high scale of duty, it r..aders it almost impossible to ascertain with accuracy the precise impetus given to production and consumption, by the repeal of one half the tax. In the ten years, from I Q•3O to 1830, the aggregate quantity of soap manufactured e,hielz paid duty, varied very little from 100,000,00011 n., F o that there is reason to believe that the consumption, for domestic purposes, has increased from 30 to 40 per cent. during the last year.—Econonzist. Bombay papers, announce the death of "Alljor. General Sir J. W. Adams, K.C.8., on the 9th of April last A public dinner was given at Worthing, on Wed nesday, to D. Salomons r 3 1., the Liberal candidate for Shoreham, when a piece of plate, the gift of the ladies of - Worthing, was presented to that gentleman. HIGH LA ND ERS.—A second vessel, the Mid- Loth'n e, has sailed from Skye, with emigrants for Austra lii. On the arrival of th2i vessel at Loch-Snizort, on the :Atli July, to take on board the emigrants, crowds from all districts visited the ship. Among the visitors were the Earl of Dunmore, and his brother, an officer in the Royal Navy, who, with the rest, expressed themselves pleased with the arrangements provided for the accommodation of the emigrants. The 4th, being- Sunday, an appropriate sermon was preached on hoard by the Rev. Mr. M'lntyre, who goes out with the ship. Oa the evening of next day the vessel took her departure amidst the cheers of the people, and the wild notes of the bagpipe ; the effect of the sevue was heightened by a beautiful and mild evening. The t,,ird vessel sails from Tobermory, in Mull, in the course of n, at man th .—Scots nuns% SALE OF A VS - H E.—On Tuesday, the 15th inst., -oil , of those illegal and dis;rtisting transactions took place ;: t Wieksworth, which are a dis : irac.e to the country, and on ,, ltt to he pr,wented. Tie wife of John Allen, of Turn (iiicli, eloped with J. T.:,10r, of Shottle, on the I lth of July last. Tne iejered husliand having got information that she was with Ta)lor, at Whalcy-bridge, went and found them together in loigings. lie demanded :11. for her clothes. which Tiylor said he would p:ty on eonclition that he would aeeompany them to Wirksworth on the market-day, and deliver her, as he called it, accordiug to law. They came together to Wirksworth, and Aiken purchased a halter, piaeed it round his wife, and .rave one end of the rope to Taylor,saying, " I, John Allen, vitas bereaved of my wife by James Taylor, of Shottle, on the 1 lth of July last ; I have brought her here to sell for 3s. GI. ; will you buy her, James ?" James answered " I will, here is the money, rind you are witness, Thomas Riley," callirp l : to a petrnan who was appointed for the purpose. The ring was deli vered to Allen with threw sovereigns and 3s. 6d., when be shook hands with his wife and her paramour, wishing them all the good luck in the world. She was married to Allen at Kniveton, about tan years ago, and they lived together till the time above named.—Derbyshire Courier. THE HILLS.—A correspondent, in writing from the hills, says, " So intense has been the heat here that sportsmen have been afraid, on more occasions than one, to lo .d their fowling pieces, lest the powder should ignite with oat the aid of flint or percussion." Now this is nearly as good as the gentleman who wrote from America, that " the fegs there were so intense, that when he put up his walk ing -stick above his head it stuck fast !" But whatever be the true merits of these cases, one thing is certain, that the present is the best shooting season which sportsmen have had in Scotland for many years. Notwithstanding the bad weather which prevailed during the spring months, and which it was confidently believed would destroy most of the young birds, grouse are more numerous and strong On the wing than they have been for a long time. How to recon cile these facts is a puzzler.—Aberdeen Herald. HoßsEs.—When in conversation the other evening with a gentleman who had unsuccessfully tried for a long series of years to effect the cure of windsuckers in one of his horses, by a variety of ingenious contrivances, he men tioned, with much satisfaction, that he had at last succeeded in his attempt. He said he had employed hard-wood man gers, without effect ; he next overlaid them with sheets of iron, still without effect—it was gnaw, gnaw, gnaw—crunch, crunch, crunch, w ith th e usua l p ern i c i ous res uilt. But one day lately, when examining the premises of Mr. Templeton, carpet manufacturer here, he observed a workman renew ing the covering on a wool-carding machine called the drum, and this gave him a hint that proved successful. This co vering, in outward texture, nearly resembles the rough wiry face of a domestic wool-card, and it occurred to our friend that were he to cover the usually gnawed furniture of his stable with this article the propensity of his Rosinante to make chips might be cured. The application was made— the horse renewed his old practice, but great was his sur prise to find his lips come in contact with a whole legion of tormentors whenever he attempted to get a bite of his manger. His philosophy was fairly at fault—and, after tapping his claret four or five times in succession, to his deep chagrin, in despair he gave up the practice. This hint may prove useful to those who possess windsuckers.—Ayr Observer. HULL ELECTION.—The day of actual disclosure is of course at no great distance, and on that day we confi dently anticipate a display which will drive the Tories, i. e. the Tories who care for nothing but Tory predominancy, into a frenzy. On the fairest calculation we can make, the actual Ministerial majority will be about forty. This, taking into account the unprincipled efforts that have been made for Tory ascendancy, must be demonstration strong that Tories must relinquish all thought of again coming into power. They have done what they could, and they have done what they will never be able to do again. Were a new election to take place to-morrow their losses would be immense. Neither in Hull, Liverpool, nor in Norwich would their success be anything like what it has been, nor in many of the counties. The general feeling in regard to their practices is abhorrent of them, and though much subserviency may still remain, the manly feeling is reviving, with a resolution, in thousands of cases, to set at defiance all attempts to enforce submission to Tory dictation. What has just passed may be fairly considered , as a trial of strength, and, if with Tory wealth and Tory stratagem, aided by a Tory priesthood, and, comparatively speaking, a Tory magistracy, Toryism be left in the mi nority now, all efforts may well be concluded to be in vain for the future. Their Church and State and Poor-law delusion are at an end. The least reflecting must now see thee nothing was meant by the declamation on either of those subjects but to impose upon credulity, and gain pri vate selfish ends. To the majority we have mentioned not a doubt exists that several Reformers will be added, in consequence of the Parliamentary investigations which will be instituted into the legality of various returns. Mr. Hutt, we have very little doubt, will eve n t ua ll y b e M em b er f or Hull. We are not without hopes that Mr. Wood will be his co-partner. Similar transfers of representative autho rity in many other places are confidently calculated on, of svhich, perhaps, the most valuable result will be the ex- - posure of Tory profligacy and Tory determination to get into power, reckless of the means by which the object could be obtained.—Hull Rochingliam. On Sunday evening, as the Rev. William Bennett, M.A., evening Lecturer of All Souls' Church, Langharn place, was discoursing to a very numerous congregation from the parable of the Good Samaritan, he took occasion hi the course of his remarks, to notice the duties the rich owed to the poor, and those of the poor to the more wealthy, when a woman meanly attired arose from the free seats in fil , :e.„, l 4):alv . e ;lisle, and vociferated—" lam not poor, Sir ; 1 ~Tr 40 poor, Sir ; you are mistaken, Sir ;I am not Xt--•-:•:liitZ te ,S . was immediately taken out of Church by the e.:4..e -• • :s•• - e--eme • ..f t r e [ei,e, . .• . '4,4 . re is every reason for believing that she was 47.e7 : 1i1,.;.44.4-4ht,' uence of liquor. '4.. 4 .0"1-1 6 1' 1 7 4 , 31 ) sr e'''' ' _- • -----• ;se-- -,es, •-::: l-:•7:i.e.se:' • • es., s- - ..•••• • •-- STATE OF CRIME. Some tables compiled at the Secretary of State's office, dated Whitehall, Bth March, 1837, determine the amount of crime in the country. The offences in each county are divided into six distinct classes :—No. 1. Offences against the person.—No. 2. Offences against property committed with violence.—No. 3. Offences against property commit ted without violence.—No. 4. Malicious offences against property.—No. 5. Forgery, and offences against the cur rency.—No. 6. Other offences not included in the above classes. It appears that there were 20,984 committals in England and Wales. On the parties to which there were passed the following sentences :—death 494, transportation for life 770, for fourteen years 585, for seven years 2,249, and for other periods 7 ; imprisonment with, in some cases, whip ping, fine, &c , for more than three years, 1 ; for two years and above one year, 285 ; for one year and above six months, 1,4.55 ; and for six months and under, 8,384 ; that 33 were whipped, 303 were fined, 199 were discharged on securities, and on 6 sentence was respited and pardon granted, giving a total of 14,771 punishments ; 12 were found insane on arraignment, of whom 6 were in class 1 ; 19 were acquitted of being insane, of whom 11 were in class 1 ; 4,039 were acquitted on trial ; against 1,652 no bill was found ; there was no prosecution against 491 ; total ac quitted or unpunished, 6,182. And of those sentenced to death 17 were executed (of whom 8 were for murder, 4 for robbery, and 2 for arson), and the sentence on the others was commuted to transportation for life on 344, fourteen years 46, seven years 35, to imprisonment for three years and above two 1, for two years and above one 12, for one year and above six months 28, and for six months and under 5, whilst a free pardon was granted to 4 persons convicted. Of the total number of offenders for offences against the person, 1,759 were males and 197 females ; for offences against property committed with violence, 1,238 were males and 72 females ; for offences against property committed without violence, 12,992 were males and 3,245 females ; for malicious offences against property, 156 were males and 12 females ; for forgery and offences against the currency, 285 were males and 74 females ; and for other offences, 888 were mdes and 136 females. Giving a total of 17,248 males and 3,756 females. The state of education in all the classes, particularly class one, was miserably deficient, for 5,598 males and 1,435 fe males could neither read nor write ; 8,968 males and 2,015 females could only read and write imperfectly ; the very small number of 2,016 males and 199 females could not read and write well ; whilst only 176 males and 15 females had received superior instruction. Of 490 males and 72 females the state of instruction could not be ascertained. 'rho greatest number of offences were committed i❑ the counties of Middlesex 3,350, Lancaster 2,265, York 1,252, Surrey 984, Kent 872, and Somerset 796. And the fewest in the counties of Westmoreland 20, Rutland 24, Hunting don 68, Monmouth 120, Cumberland 143, and Hereford 154. Wales is comparatively free from crime, the highest county being Glamorgan, in which 82 offences were com mitted ; and the IoTA est Cardigan, in which 5 only took place. But there is a great deficiency in the tables in not showing the proportion of crime to the population in each county. It appears that in every year the proportion of persons acquitted for murder and arson to those convicted was much larger than for any other crime, scarcely one-third of the parties tried for murder having been convicted, and for arson, in the two l-ist years, less than one in six. The total number convictions in 1834 was 15,995, and of acquit tali 6,456 ; in 1835, convictions 14,729, and acquittals 6,002 ; purl in 1836, convictions 14,771, and acquittals 6, 2 1:3, exhibiting a small increase of 42 convictions in 1836 over those in the previous year, and a decrease of 1,224 as cornp.ired with the year 18:34—the number of per,ons com mitted being less in every class. A shocking accident occurred on Monday about one o'clock to a man named George Jukes, carman, i❑ the em ploy of Messrs. S. and P. Mumford, Newcastle -street, Strand. It appears that the unfortunate man had been drinking, and was what is termed " rather fresh ;" he had lain down on some straw in his employers' stables, very near to the horse' heels, to sleep. He was called by his landlor,t's son to dinner, and answered " I will come directly I have fed my horsrs." But his landlord having waited some time requested his wife to go and call him again! and on her entering the stables she found the poor fellow lying under the horses' feet, covered with blood. She immedi ately called for assistance, and carried him to Mr. Lovett's, surgeon, Clare-street, when it was discovered he had re ceived two dreadful wounds on the head, one full six inches in length, and the other nearly as long. Mr. Lovett having skilfully bound up the wounds, the poor fellow was- con veyed in a ll:Arley-coach to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Very slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. It is supposed (for no one saw the accident) that the unfortunate man, in attempting to get up, fell forward against the horse's heels, and had been kicked as before stated. Had he not been discovered at the moment he was, he certainly would have been trampled to death. It is due to his employers to state, that immediately on being informed of the cir cumstance, they requested every attention should be paid to the poor man at their expense, and had him conveyed in a hackney-coach to the hospital. HIS LATE MAJESTY.—It is a fact worthy of observation that our late Sovereign, considered in relation to the different parts of his dominions, was actually at the same time William 1., William 11., William 111., and William IV. This seeming improbability will be understood by a consideration of the following facts. Of the kingdom of Hanover his Majesty was William the First, because until the time of George the Third the Sovereigns of that country were called Electors only. Of Ireland his Majesty was Wil liam the second ; for as that country was not added to the English dominions until the reign of Henry the Second, William the Conqueror and William Rufus were, of course, not Sovereigns of Ireland, and no native Prince of that name had ever resided there. William the Third of England was, therefore, William the First of Ireland, and our late Sove reign was, consequently, William the Second as to that country. Of Scotland his Majesty was William the Third, thus :—The kingdoms of England and Scotland were united in James the First. Previously to that era the only Monarch of Scotland bearing the name of William was the renowned William the Lion. The Third William of Eng land, therefore, we: the Second William of Scotland, and our late King, consequently, became, the Third William of the Northern part of his dominions. And, considered in re lation to England only, he was William the Fourth. MURDER.—We some time ago noticed the singular circumstance attending the apprehension at Perth of an Irishman, of the name of Richard New, on suspicion of hav ing murdered a man, near Mullingar, county of Meath. A person of this name having offered himself as a recruit to a party in Perth last spring, was remitted to the surgeon of the regiment for examination, and upon giving in his name and former abode, as above stated, it most singularly hap pened that the surgeon had just been reading an advertise ment in an Irish provincial paper, offering a reward for the apprehension of an individual of the same name and place, on suspicion of being concerned in a late murder there. His personal appearance answering to the description in the ad vertisement, he was judicially examined in presence of Mr. Sheriff Barclay, and as his declaration then emitted tended to increase the suspicion against him, he was identified by a countryman, a corporal in a regiment than stationed at Edinburgh, and eventually sent off to Ireland to take his trial at the assize in the county of Meath. The trial took place a few days ago, and terminated in a verdict of man slaughter, under the Judge's direction. The evidence against New, it appeared, was entirely circumstantial, and the most important part of it was the inconsistency of his declaration before the Sheriff here, with the facts established in evidence. He had stated in his judicial examination that he had had a quarrel with the deceased ; and the Judge, founding on that admission, in the absence of proof as to the beginner of the fray, gave the prisoner the benefit of it, and the jury found for the lesser charge as already stated. This was the fourth similar charge against New ; from the previous three he had succeeded in freeing himself ; but he was well known to belong to a banditti who have for a long time infested that part of the country ; and it was all but established in Court, that, in the present instance, New bad been engaged for the sum of forty shillings to murder the deceased, to gratify the revenge of a third party. Mr. Rattray, of the Procurator Fiscal's office, Perth, attended to authenticate the prisoner's declaration and such is the lawless state of that part of Ireland at present, that the criminal officer of the district advised him to leave the town immediately after giving evidence ; and he was accordingly escorted in a gig thirty miles, to the nearest mail line of of road, under the charge of two soldiers with loaded mus kets. Having been the leading evidence against New, the gang with which the latter was associated would have found means to revenge his conviction had Mr. Rattray remained but one night within their reach.—Perth Courier. M. TiticouPh—M. Tricoupi is a native of Mi s _ solonghi which during the war became the bulwark of Greece. His family, which was the first in that town, has rendered the greatest services to the country, by the influ ence it exercised, and by the ends to which that influence was directed. The father of M. Tricoupi was a well in structed man, of great integrity, and austere manners ; and he was the right arm of Prince Mavrocordato during the noble labours of the latter in that town. He shut him self up there with Prince Mavrocordato during the siege in 182:2 ; and be subsequently died there in 1825, much regretted by all his countrymen, and by everybody else who knew hirn. — Coehraile's Wanderings in Greece. The first great meeting of homoeopathic doctors was held at Frankfurt on the 10th inst. The number present was about 40, and some of the party had ccmc from Rus sia to join in the deliberations of their colleagues. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Brazilian Imperial Mining to. (Issued at 5/. pm.) 20 25% 4!4 Copiapo Great western Railway Company 45 5534 London and Birmingham Railway Company 9O 13i34 84 Ditto '4 Shares London and Croydon Railway Company 2O 9 34 South Brighton, Lewes, and Newhaven Railway 2 0!4 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 183'1 PRICES OF' STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0'C1.0r...1 , .. 1 dank Stock. 210% 11 ,IndiaStoek — 3 per Cent. Red. !12%36 'Ditto Bonols 3 per Cent. Cons 911. 1 4 %14 'South Sea Stock 3%, per Ceut.......... .... . ....... i Old Annuities Ditto Rod. ...9974 100% 1001 New Ditto ... 110 4 New 3% per Cent., 99 34 ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent.. ... ......... — '. Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 46 48 pm. Bank LongAnnuitlestoexpire !Ditto ...... .........500 46 49 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 860 14 13-16 Ditto Advertised. — —pm Jan. 5, 1580 April N, I(Bi3n ....... I India Stock for Account ,--- Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Acconnt Omnium pm. 1 RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds .. — Belgian Bond 3 lO3 Ditto Account — Ditto Account — P0rtugue5e80nd5............. ..... Brazilian Bonds ............ B4N% , Ditto Account — Ditto Account . — Ditto New Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds ........... -- I Ditto, 3 per cent ......... Ditto Account —, Ditto Account — iiillian Bonds ........ ...... ...... Prussian Bonds — L)itto Account . ..... ........... —, Russian Bonds, 1822 .. Columbian Ponds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Colu'nbiau Bonds, 16'24 — Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account D iniA Bonds ... .. Oitto Account ........ Greek 80nda............. ...... .. —, French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1925 —' 4 per cent Ditto Account ........... ...... —— 3 per cent —f. —c Me:tics,' Bonds, 5 per cent.... ' —... Exchange —f. --r. Ditto Account .. —' Dutch, 2X, per cent. 53 12% Ditto, 6 per cent... -- I Ditto Account — 'Ditto Acc0unt....................... ... — 1 Ditto, 5 per cent. 10234 54 Neap01itan......... .......... ....... —! Ditto Account — COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.F. 12 5% Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Antwerp... Harnkurg. M.B. 13 14!,,' Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto ........ ............ 3 M 25 90 Marseilles. Boordeaux Frankfort OH Maine, Ex. M 154 Petersbutgh, ruble .3 Us. 10 Berlin Jienna, effective 11......2 M 10 17 l'rieste......ditto lO 20 Madrid 3l Cadiz.... &Inca trcelona 34 Senile 34 MA Arrived. Due Arrived. 0 America 0 Jrazil ....... 9 0 Guerra. , Huenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamlin] ii C irthazena 9 0 Holland 1 1).1: Ain 0 (1 Jamaica 0 Flanders 0 0 Leewar, .NGE YESTERDAY. Gibraltar 4B Leghorn 'll Genoa i'.6 18 Milan 31 V • o 6 . enice Naples 58% Palermo per ot. I 14 Lisbon 50% Oprto 50;; Rio Janeiro 24 Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 dayy sight l% Cork I% PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin .E 3 14 11 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 __ .. New boubloOns New Dollars Silver. bars. standard (I 4 11 I LS. Due., Arrived. Du, 0 0 Lisbon 1 & Jersey 0 0 Mslta trg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 0 Ostend ....... 0 ..... 0 0 Sweden .. 0 'd rids 0 1 Watertord....... 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...—. 7 molutes after 8 I Evening.....4l minutes atter 8, MR. HAYNES BAYLY'S NEW NOVEL In 3 vols. post Svo., KINDNESS IN A NOVEL. By T. HAYNES BAYLY, Esq. IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. W 0 INT E N. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'Clock. l' 4 ws, (79 Zlnic, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23 , 1337. We have pleasure in announcing that the efforts of the Chairman and Directors of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society to extend the utility of an in stitution, which we were the first to pronounce fraught with the greatest advantages to the middle classes, have b een eminently successful. The public, with .that in tuitive perception of %viva:ever tends most directly to promote its social interests which generally guides it in the selection of plans deserving of patronage, recog nized at once the practical benefits which such an in stitution, if well foste,red, must confer on a numerous, intelligent, and most respectable portion of the popu lation of the United Kingdom. Men of business saw at a glance that the scheme of the new Company was based on business principles, and was to be conducted in a business-like form ; and men of a higher order of in telligence, but unacquainted with business, saw with equal facility that it placed within the reach of persons of limited income advantages hitherto confined to men of large fortune. What other Assurance Societies do for the affluent, it proposes to do for the shopkeeper, the clerk, the author, the artist, and the prudent eco nomist of limited income. No sooner, therefore, did we submit the subject to the consideration of the pub lic at large, than our appeal was responded to from all parts of the kingdom. The provincial Press gave every currency to our views, and otherwise aided most effectually in promoting the success of a measure in which all who seek to promote the happiness of the middle classes must take a lively interest. We say, emphatically, the middle classes ; for to men of large fortune the advantages held out to the assured by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, are, com paratively speaking, of little consequence. But it is of the utmost importance to the respectable man of busi ness, and to the man of limited income to know, that in all cases of emergency ttuo•thirds of the whole policy paid can be obtained without exposure, risk, or sacrifice. To such men—and there are thousands such—it is of in finite importance 'to be able to retire to rest with the consoling reflection that the immediate want of a few pounds can never reduce the one to bankruptcy, and consign the other to a prison. The fixing the sum which the assured are entitled to receive in the event of being overtaken by distress is an excellent feature in this Institution, because it at once specifies the extent to which policies can be rendered available under such circumstances, and relieves the assured from the ha zard of being compelled to dispose of them at a ruinous sacrifice. The urgent want of a trifling sum of money often compels men in business to dispose of policies upon which from twenty to thirty years premiums have been paid ; and thus to meet the exigencies of an hour, the economy of a life and the prospective happiness of a numerous family are frequently sacrificed. We need scarcely observe, that to such men this is sure to con stitute afterwards a never-failing source of bitter re flection. They are too old, and in general their cir cumstances are too limited, to think of remedying an evil which falls most heavily upon the weakest shoul ders. Thus the impression forced upon the minds of persons of limited and uncertain income has been, that Assurance Offices were neither intended for, nor adapted to, the encouragement of economic habits among the industrious classes of the community. But no objection of this kind can be made to the institution upon whose successful establishment we are now congratulating the public. The National Loan Life Assurance Society combines all the re spective and several advantages of a Savings' Bank and a Life Assurance office—thus adapting itself to the wants of those to whom habits of prudence and economy are of the utmost moment. To the shopkeeper it holds out the certainty of relief in time of need, without involving a sacrifice of prospective interest—a certainty of inestimable value to men of uncertain income in a country so commercial as England. Excellent, however, as is the plan of this Society, we presume to think that in the hands of Directors more influenced by a regard to the promotion of the national welfare than of their own pecuniary interests, it may yet be found sus ceptible of still further improvement. We throw out the suggestion,because on mature deliberation, we think we have discovered ways in which the utility of such a society might be considerably extended. We are of course presuming, as we have every reason to do, that the Directors are desirous of extending as far as possible the benefits which all classes ►nay derive from an Asso ciation so admirably suited to the wants of the most intelligent, moral, and industrious portion of the Bri tish and Irish people. The Tories are " working the register" —to use their own favourite phrase--In grand style. The c•ncee.s which has crowned their former labours in the same field, has emboldened them to lay aside all pretence to honesty and fair dealing in their political transactions. They now publicly boast of their own infamy, and de clare that they will, without scruple, resort to every means within their power by which they can exclude men of liberal principles from the electoral register, and place those of their own kidney upon it. Every one who is conversant with the state of political feeling in Scotland, knows that but for the fabrication of fictitious votes, the Tory landlords, with all their intimidation, would have been unable to influence the electors effectually in even a third of the counties. But by this new expedient—urged upon them, no doubt, by the hopelessness of their circum stances—an expedient which is a thousand times worse than the old parchment qualifications, inasmuch as it costs nothing, while they fetched high prices, the bona ,fide constituents in the Scotch counties have been swamped by a swarm of low and unprincipled parti sans in the shape of out-voters, life-renters, &c. We need not a stronger illustration of this than the simple fact that Mr. CARMICHAEL, the Liberal Candidate for Peebleshire, had a majority pffiftyfou r among the resident voters over IVP KENZIE, the nominee of the Duke of BUCCLEUG-11. This is a state of things that cannot possibly con tinue. It is absolutely necessary that some legislative step should be taken in the next Session of Parlia ment to stop the progress of an abuse which must, if not speedily arrested, produce evils incalculable ; for it is utterly futile to suppose thst it will not ulti mately be adopted by the party from whose principles it is abhorrent, but who will be driven to it by the strongest of all necessities—the necessity of self-pre servation. This, however, bad as it is, is only one of the vile practices employed by the Tories to gain the political asendancy which they have lost. They have another and no less efficient string to their bow, in the exclu sion of their opponents from the franchise. It matters not what may be the title of a Liberal to be enrolled in the register. He may have the most unexception able right imaginable to be there. Yet there he must not be. "He must be •bjected to right or wrong—he may not be able to attend the Court—he may forget—a thousand circumstances may occur to prevent him from obviating our objection—so much the better for us— in war everything is fair." This is the morality of the Tories in dealing with the rights of their fellow citizens. Are we misrepresenting them ? Let those who think so—let those who believe them incapable of the baseness of conduct which we have attributed to them —meditate upon the following " Notice to Electors," which we copy from a Glasgow Paper received this day. " The Tories have lodged an objection not only to every Reformer's claim for registration, without any exception, but to about THREE THOUSAND persons at present upon the roll. Their object appears to be to attempt to remove and exclude every Reformer from the privilege of voting, and to pack the Register; and unless the Reformers, at present upon the Roll, who have received Notice of Objection, shall send that No tice to the District Agent for the Reform interest, the Sheriff will strike off their names, and they will find themselves excluded when next called upon to exercise their right in electing either a Parliamentary Represen tative or City Councillors." Now we ask if such disgusting worthlessness as this was ever exhibited to the eyes of a nation ? If a Tory had the faculty of blushing, here is a state ment that would bring the blood to the face of every man and mother's son of the faction. The use to be made of it . by the Reformers, not in Glasgow merely, but throughout the three kingdoms, is to rouse every man's energies to defeat 'this general Tory conspiracy against the liberties of the country. Let every man look to the register, and see that no Tory name, with a suspicious qualification, be allowed to remain on the list without an objection being placed against it. Friday, the 25th instant, is, we repeat, the last day allowed for performing this most important of all duties. In stating the result of the elections yesterday, we calculated on a certain majority of thirty-six in favour of the QUEEN'S Government, without reckoning the gains which there is no doubt will accrue from the decisions of Election Committees. We find our Contemporary the Morning Herald rates the Ministerial majority somewhat higher than we did, making it amount to forty. A s our Contemporary is strongly opposed to the Melbourne Administration, it is not to be supposed that it would give the Liberal side the benefit of any members whom it did not believe to belong to it. We therefore subjoin its statement, and have no doubt that it is much nearer the truth than our own. We are always scrupulous in avoiding ex aggeration on such points : GENERAL SUMMARY OF TIIE RETURNS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. ENGLAND AND WALES. 159 County Members, of which are Con. Min. Conservative Ministerial . 4B 341 City and Borough, of which are Conservative Ministerial 500 Member: for Ungland and Wales 259 24 241 Conservative majority for England and Walea 18 SCOTLAND. 30 County Members, of which are Conservative • lB Ministerial 23 City and Borough, of which are Conservative 1 Ministerial 22 IRELAND. 64 County Members, of which are Conservative 2O Ministerial 44 41 City and Borough, of which are Conservative ll Ministerial 3O 158 Members for Scotland and Ireland 5O 108 50 Ministerial majority for Scotland and Ireland Deduct Conservative majority for England 1 and Wales Majority for Ministers 638 Total of Members returned to Parliament. The whole of the Paris Journals of Monday have reached us. The Moniteur contains the following telegraphic dispatch from Spain, which, with the an nexed brief extracts, includes all the intelligence we have received from the Peninsula :--- " BAYONNE, AUG. 20.—Espartero's troops entered Ma drid on the 13th, to the number of nine to ten thousand men. The Carlists have retired towards Segovia. The General in Chief is shortly to march against them. 44 Madrid is quiet. 44 Nothing new respecting the Pretender." A Morning Journal says : " A European Congress continues to be spoken of as likely to meet for the purpose of considering the situation of Southern Europe. 44 This great measure has long been foreseen, and if all that is said of Italy were to be realised, we should see the Congresses of Trapp au an d L ay b ac h rev i ve , w i t h respect to the Italian and Iberian peninsulas."—Gazette de France, Aug. 21. The Journals of Madrid of the 12th and 13th are filled with details of the alarm produced at Madrid by the ap proach of the Carlists, and also of the extraordinary enthu siasm displayed on this occasion by the National Militia. The arrival of Fspartero, as our readers know, dispelled a ll apprehensions, and obliged the Carlists to retreat. A letter from Madrid, published by the Indicateur Bor delais, and containing the details of these events, ends with the following lines : " From the communication transmitted to the National Guard by the Captain-General of Madrid, the Queen Re gent hearing in the evening the cause of the alarm, said r ith e7ztreme cernposlire, Well, let them come ; the first rebel that shall approach within musket-shot shall hive the honour of falling by my hand.' This is a fact : add, Sir, that the Queen would keep her word ; for she is a capital shot, both with the musket and the pistol. " 1,000 men have left Soria to march against the Car list's junta at St. Leonardo. 4,000 men of the army of the North arrived at Burgos on the 7th. " A part of the rebel forces entered Galapagar on the 11th, and carried off all the money and tobacco. " After the surrender of the aleazar of Segovia, the pupils of the military school withdrew with their arms to the mathematical school, and resolved to defend themselves to the last extremity. In fact, as soon as the Carlists ap proached they fired a volley, which killed and wounded several of the rebels, and obliged them to retire. Then the Chief Elio presented himself to the pupils, and proposed an honourable capitulation, which was accepted.—Le Conn erce. The Paris Journals of Monday do not contain a syllable of domestic news. The dissolution of the Chambers was still a subject of conjecture. The two Sicilies are in a state bordering on open insurrection. FRENCH FUNDS -Pains, AUGUST 21. Five per Cents., 110 f. 90c. S. 8"e. 75c. Four and a Half ner Cents. I , lf. 50c. Four per Cents., JOIE 8 , c. 60c. Three per Cents., 79f. 45c. 41c. Bank Actions, 2,410 f. 2,400 f. Rente de Naples, 96f. 95c. 65c. 50c. 00c. Roman Five per Cents., 101 101 1 A 101 Spanish Actives, 21% 22. Spanish Passives, 5. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103% Brussels Society, 1,640 f. Belgian Bank, 1,430 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 25k. Maytian Loan, 350 f. 355 f. EXCNANDR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 40c.; money, 25!. 40e, Three months, paper, 251.25 c. ; money, 25f. '.. , 2!sic -Cour, Authentioue. LAST PRICES Five per Cents., 110 f. 70c. Three per Cents. 79f. 35c. Bank Actions, 4,400 E Roman Five per Cents., 101. Belgian Loan, 103 Belgian Bank, 1,411• f Belgian Society, 1,680 f. Portuguese Three per Cents , 25. Haytian Loan, 355 f. Spanish Actives, 22. Spanish Passives 5. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.' CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain and Flour reported this woek are small. In consequence of some hours continued warm rain, more money was demanded for Wheat this morning, and the parties succeeded in obtaining Is. per quarter advance on Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease remain as last reported. The Oat trade is firm, at last quotations. Flour is unaltered in value, with a fair sale. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. I 1,990 qrs. 7.10 qrs. E Irish F,reign Oats. Finns. 20 qrs 2,970 .acl. - s 6,400 7,310 3,080 16 Od rr sold. Aug. 17 lease. Brans. 42; Od 42 Od 39: 02 39. Od 31“ 02 4s Od , UNTRY CORN MARKETS, Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. is. to s. s. to s. s. s. Saxton Gainsborough — 56 30 30 40 Grantham Grimsby Horticastle 42 60 32 27 20 24 36 42 - Lincoln.. Spalding Stamford 43 56 28 33 21 25 36 44 York 5O 56 ;26 34 24 96 32 44 SC( H A DDIN G I Wla eat. at, CH 57, Od 526 Od 274 VS. Of IrCH M. 'ON CORN Barley. RKETS. lARI{ET.—Aug. IS. Oats. I Pease. Beans 433 Od First Second Third There wen 32s t;CI - I 34, 64 -s IA 323 Otl I 27s Od 29s 0.2 Wheat in inarket,2-18 . 16 Usisold.--0 Grey. U. 17c 21, --s Od —s Od .vhereut wi verage c I_l2th. DALKEITII CORN MARKET. Wheat. Harley. Oars. First 64s Od 34s 8i 34. 8:1 qecond sBs Os! 30s Od 3.2 s Od Third 40 Od STEAM Bo &T EXPLOSION.—On Friday evening last, about seven o'clock, the steam-boat Clarence, when on her passage from Helensburgh to Glasgow, and as she stopped at Erskine Ferry to receive passengers, was totally disabled, in one moment, by the bursting of her boiler. Pro videntially for the passengers and crew the explosion took place at the bottom of the engine ; had it been otherwise, or had it occurred in any other direction, there is little doubt that many of them would have been hurried into eternity, and few, if any of them, would have escaped dreadful inju ries. But several of the passengers had their clothes da maged, and the whole of them, as may easily be conceived, were thrown into a state of the greatest alarm.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. Letters from Rangoon communicate the intelligence of the death. of his golden-footed Majesty the King of Ava. The event is said to have been followed by civil com motions, and the country is represented to be in a most dis turbed state. Trade was stopped, and communications be tween the capital and Rangoon were entirely suspended. The British and foreign merchants were seized with con sternation and dismay at the imminent danger which threatened an immediate alienation of their property. Were it not for the powerful influence of the British Re sident, they would have been deprived of all that they earned during many years of toil and trouble. Colonel Burney's name is a sufficient passport for protection both of life and property in these eventful days of anarchy and confusion.—Calcutta Paper, April 16. - . BURNING OF THE MEDWAY STEAMER.— Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, the adjourned inquiry as to the cause of the death of Mr. Robert Mawrer, a pas senger on board the Medway steamer, was resumed, before the Coroner and Jury at the Town-hall, Gravesend. After hearing the evidence at length, the Jury returned the fol lowing verdict :—" That R. Mawrer was accidentally drowned while endeavouring to save himself from the Med way steamer, when on fire, the cause of such fire being unknown to the Jurors, and there being no evidence to prove how it occurred." It was Dr. Simon, of Exeter, and not Dr. Sey mour, who ascended in the Nassau balloon from Vauxhall Gardens on Monday last. A good deal has been said pro and con in the news papers respecting the recent marriage of Lord Lyndhurst with Miss Goldsmid. A correspondent suggests that even in his family arrangements his Lordship has shown his fond ness for, and sympathy with, rats, as before Mr. Lewis Gold smid (now Lord Lyndhurst's father-in-law) obtained a pen sion from the Tories, he had written a violent republican work, under the title of The Crimes of Cabinets. —Courier. The name of the individual is not Goldsmid, but Gold smith. We should think the name of Lewis Goldsmith sufficiently notorious. He was not a stockbroker, but a notary. "He is not a Jew," says the Times. He is a Jew. He is a Hamburgh Jew by nation ; and married a Jewess, who went to Synagogue till her death. His two daughters— Eliza and Georgiana (Lady Lyndhurst), are new converts to Protestantism. Mr. Lewis Goldsmith is an attache of the Foreign Office. He first published a truculent repub lican work against Kings and Priests, entitled the Crimes qf Cabinets; next a libel on the Buouaparte family, and on all the Liberals in Europe, entitled Cabinet of Buouaparte ; thirdly, a calumnious ultra Tory print called the Antigallican, in which he abused his present employers. Such is Lord Lyndhurst's father-in-law. _ The Marquises of Ailesbury and Salisbury, the Earl of Clarendon, Lords Saltoun, Castlereagh, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir W. H. Fremantle, all of whom are sharehol ders or renters of the English Opera-house, recently came to the resolution of voluntarily relinquishing the dividends, or any claim to them, for the ensuing seven years, in order to relieve the theatre from some of its incumbrances. There are 70 debentures of 250/. each in this theatre, but the holders of many of these bonds have, it is understood, refused to forego their claims, or to be bound by the reso lutions of the above named distinguished shareholders. Judging from the quantity of grouse at the poul terers', sportsmen fond of the amusement must have abun dance of sport. Grouse are even publicly hawked about in the streets in good condition, at 3s. and 3s. 6d. per brace. One of the means resorted to in canvassing the county of Middlesex by Mr. Wood's agents, was represent ing him to be the celebrated Alderman. In canvassing one voter, he told him he must vote for Wood, he was such a good man, he had been three times Lord Mayor of London. Mr. John Childs, of Bungay, who is well known by his resistance to church-rates, is endeavouring to get up . a county meeting on the subject of the ballot. He has this week published an address to the farmers and middle classes of Suffolk, in which, after noticing " the iniquities of Norwich and Ipswich," he decl ares that the present is the most favourable time for petit ionin g " foran alteration of the suffrage, and a secure m ode of exercising i t. " He calls upon the electors to assemble after harvest at one of the towns of Suffolk, as shall be m ost convenient to the grea test number, and lay their opinions before the new Par liament, and the Suffolk Chronicle says the call will be cor dially responded to. During the last few days the family of Mr. Charles Preston, Melton-place, Euston-square, have been thr own into a melancholy sta te of despondency, in consequence of the unaccountable absence from home of their e ld est son, a fine youth, aged fourt een. He is described as h av i ng b een dressed in a blue jacket and white trousers ; an d, as no rea son whatever can be assigned for his having left his home, it is supposed he has met with some f a t a l acc id ent. Yesterday morning information was received in Lon don by express, at the head fire-stati on , i n W a di ng - street, that a most destructive fire was raging in the village of Hockliffe-in-the-Hole, five miles on the other side of Dun• stable, in Bedfordshire. At the time the messenger left Hockliffe, a number of h ouses were on fi re. Th e exten t o f damage is not for the p resent k nown , nor i n w h at manner it originated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIk P y) DEAL, Auo. 2b.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Foxhound, Grey, and Eclipse, Allan, from the South Seas ; Sarah, Newley, and Ellen, Dixon, from Sydney ; Boadicea, Wright, from Launceston ; Bengal, Marjomc, from Calcutta ; Lon don, Lamb, from Cape of Good Hope ; Southampton, Briggs, from Valparaiso ; John, Forrest, Planter, Field, and County, Hall, from Jamaica ; Matilda, Luckie, from Demerara ; So vereign, Winter, and Reliance, Haslewood, from Barbadoes; Ann, Burger, from Tobago ; Emerald, Hill, from Antigua ; Norma, Darling, from Sierra Leone; Minerva, Weston, from Charleston ; Orlando, Blair, and Welford, —, from Quebec ; Emma, Robertson, from Trieste ; Venus, Randal, from Tarragona ; Lusitania, Gibbons, from Oporto. STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Brothers, Deas, from Odessa, and Mary, Gunton, from Leghorn. MARGATE, AUG. 22.—Arrived off, the Lion, from Mount serrat. DOVER, Aco. 22.—Arrived off, the Albatross, Westmore land, from Van Diemen's Land. COWES, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Dryad, Godby, from Ha vanna ; Pocohantes, Cook, and Colliseum, Windsor, frcm Matanzas. TEIGNMOUTII, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Hope, Symonds, from Miramichi. DARTMOUTH, Auo. 22.—Arrived the George Sutton, Trout, from Labradore. Off ditto, the Ceres, Thompson, from Barbadoes ; and Shaw, Chase, from Boston. BRISTOL, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Newton, Cise, from 134rbadoes. SWANSEA, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Cambyses, Heneagua. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pearl, from Southampton. Sailed the Phila delphia, for New York. PaLstou'rn, AUG. 21.—Wind S. S. W.—No arrivals. Sailed the Star (packet), for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 22. —Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the City of Limerick, from London, and proceeded for Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Auo. 21.—Arrived the Adams, Hill, from Bombay ; Falcon, Hull, from Bahia; and Victorians, from St. Andero. WHITEHAVEN, Auo. 21. —Arrived the Eliza Ann, Carru thers, from the Bay of Chalcur. FALMOUTH, AUG. 21.—The French Lugger Petite Village, in coming up the harbour grounded on the rocks off Bon Point, and remained ; she has since been lightened, and hove off this evening's tide. LIVERPOOL, Ara. 21.—The arrival of the Corsair off the Port is a mistake, no such vessel having arrived. The Margaret, from Liverpool to Miramichi, was on shore near Courtown on the 19th inst., full of water, having struck on Rush Bank. The Jessie Bell, Liverpool, arrived at Dublin leaky, &c., having struck on Blackwater, bound to Sydney, New South Wales. The Fanny, from London to Stockton, was abandoned off Scarbro' on the 20th inst., being on fire. The dullard, from Swansea to Yarmouth, foundered off Hastings yesterday ; crew saved. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Sydney papers have been received to the 27th of April. We subjoin the following : 4‘ We understand it is more than probable the Govern ment will despatch the Jaynes Watt steamer immediately to Port Phillip. By the Government schooner Isabella, we have no news of any consequence beyond the certainty of the death of Messrs. Gillebrand and Hope. Some jealousy exists between the Sydney gentlemen and the Van detnians, owing to the former party making arrangements to buy all the good land out of the hands of the latter market. The supply this morning was very limited, and prices much the same. Bread per 4 lb. loaf, is. ; Beef and Mutton, 41d. per lb. ; Veal and Pork, 9d. per lb. ; Pigs (roasters), 6s. to 6s. 6d. each. Best Wheat, 9s. ; in ferior, 7s. ; average, Bs. ; Van Diemen's Wheat, 7s. 6d. to 9s. 6d. ; Flour (fine), per 100 lbs., 255. ; second ditto, 235." We have received Launceston Papers to the 14th of April. The Bank or Van Dietnen's Land, and the Com mercial Bank, intend extending their capital to 100,0001., or 80,000/. at least ; they invite the public so to extend them. Cape of Goad Hope Papers to the 11th of June state, that the Lieutenant-Governor's treaty with the Caffre Chiefs was published in the Gazette, provisionally ratified. in Council. The Buenos Ayres paper of the 12th of June contains the following : _ " The Government of Buenos Ayres under date of the 14th instant, addressed a note to that of Chili, inclosing a copy of the declaration of war, and manifesto on the part of the Argentine Confederation against General Santa Cruz. The note speaks in indignant terms of this anarchical expe dition which it says Santa Cruz prepared in the ports of Peru ; and moreover that he has for six years committed outrages against the Argentine Confederation, leaving it no other alternative but war." The accounts from Rio Grande are contradictory. Ac cording to some there has been a cessation of arms between the Imperialists and Republicans, while others say that the Brazilian chieftains had defeated the Republicans. The highest price of Doubloons during the week, 133 dollars, lowest 129. The highest rate of Exchange upon England 6d., lowest 6d. According to accounts received this morning from Liver pool, we find that trade is improving there, as well as in various other manufacturing districts ; and raw material is greatly advancing in price. Consols closed at 911 s for the Aecount, opened a t the same price for money, 911 d ; little doing as yet. Exche quer Bills, 47 49 prem. ; India Bonds, 48 50 ; Bank Stock, 210 211 ; India, 259 260. Spanish Active closed at 19k, opened 19i E% Coupons ; Passive,si I, Deferred, 7i Portuguese closed 38i, opened 384 39} ; Thre• per Cents., 24125 ; Dutch, 52i 53k. HALF -PAST ONE. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning 914 for the Account, receded to 91i 4; at present may be quoted 9l ; Money the same ; Exchequer Bills, 48 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2101 211 ; India Stock, 2.59 260. Spanish Active, 20i 4 with the Coupons ; Portuguese. 384 ; Three per Cents., 2.5 ; Colombian, 241 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52i ; Brazilian, 84i ; Bel gian, 103. Consols for the Account, 9 THE FUNDS —CI Bank Stock 2ll BRITISH 3 per Cent. Red. 92 3 per Cent. Cons 91% 3% per Cent. 3% per Cent. Red .......... New 3% per Cent 99% 1 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Ja a 1860 l 5 l /8 Oct 1850 Jan. 1860 l4 13-16 FOREIGI Austrian, 5 per cent............ Belgian, 5 per cent ............. 103 Brazilian Bonds ............... 84% Buenos Ayres, 6 p er cent Cbilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent. Ditto, ,18343 per cent ......... — 24% Danish, Greek Bonds, 1825,5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per cent Great Western Railway SHA No other variations io the Prices THREE O'CLOCK. 4' USING PRICES. FUNDS. Omnium -- India Stock ..•....•..•..•..• --",_ Ditto Ronde .... ....... ..... 46 South Sea Stock ....... .......... -- Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities p()% klx. Bills. 10001 9 34 d. ... 48 Pr °. Ditto 500/ 4$ Pin' Ditto 5001 48 On' Bank Stock for Opg. India Stock for Act. ...... Consols for Act. FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 38/i 1 Prussian, 5 per cent. ...... Russian Bends, 5 per cent 11134 Ditto, Metallic - , Spanish, 5 per cent 204 Ditto. Consolidated ..... French 5 pel cent .....c. Exchange French, 3 per cent —f - -j " Dutch, 21 per cent.................% Ditto, 5 per cent. ..... ... .."' RES. 55 of Shares since our One e'deck Mrs. Stirling, who has acquired so much popularitY at the Adelphi and Strand Theatres, is engaged for th' leading comedy at the St. James's next season. The Norton Folgate Theatre will open under Te r / flattering auspices this winter—tho joint management being in the hands of Mrs. Honey and Mr. Cockerton. Saga Manager, Mr. Stirling. Viscount Melbourne, after an audience of her Nit; jesty yesterday, set off for his p a trim on i a l seat, B rocket H i ll, Herts, where his Lordship will pass a few days. 13y the recent demise of the Noble Viscount's only son, the Wl?' George Lamb, his Lordship's only surviving brother, s ir Fred. Lamb, Memos heir app arent to the family honours* It is in contemplation t o convene a county meeting on Penenden-heath, for th e purpose of voting a l oya l a ddre ct to the Queen. The M arqu i s Camden, our venerable respected Lord Lieut enant, h as b een consulted on the Ouv ject, and has exp resse d hi s earnest wish that the meet io , should take pl ace as soon as the political exeitementrr° duced by the recent e l ections has somewhat abated . ---;‘-n‘ fish Obsei ver. Sir Richard Musgrave, who was stated in o ur ob servations upon the representation of Ireland, contained I : our paper of Friday last, to be a Roman Catholic, sir find, a st anc h P rotestant of the Church of England. 'of Wm. Somerville is married to a niece, not a d a ughter , Mr. Deni son . L a d y Somerville is daughter to the ivi sr.. , 0 quis of Co n y ng h am, who was married to Mr. Deni s° sister.—Mornin g Chronicle. A gentleman playing at a game of cards the ot h h e o r evening, g ross l y d ece i ve d hi s antagon i st. A f r i e nd w ow . was present, an d cou ld no t en d ure to w i tness su ch in e o u ness, showed him his fault. "Oh !" sa id th e pl a yer, h i d know we are only playing for sixpences."—" If.r a been playing for gold what would you have done ? t he who is faithful in a little, will b e f a ithf u l i n muc h ; 1 . 0 man who will deceive for a pin will do so for a crown• ts i o this he added—" Great fid e lity t o G o d i s s h ow n by a bs o or, inn from little faults ; g rea t cr i mes natura ll y ex cite g ot and are, therefore, less difficult to be avoided?' unit On the accession o f Willi am IV., th e s oldiers t sentence for trivial offences received a general amnesty re was hoped th a t th e access i on o f Q ueen Vi ctor ia wool" t oot been graced w ith a s i m il ar b oon . S ure l y Lord Hi" tbs have forgotten t o d raw th e a tt en ti on o f our Sovereig n fact.