The Sun. — London, England, 1837-07-11 00:00:00

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. A ~, ,trian Bonds Peruvian Bonds .............. ..... 'Belgian Bonds...—. _ limo Account ..... ............ Portuguese Bonds Brixilian Bonds --...... ......... —I Ditto Account — 43% Ditto Account . ..... . .......... Ditto New Bonds Bucnos Ayres Bonds •..,,,;,,;;;; ........ Ditto, 3 per cent. !Bun Account ... ..... .. ...... —; Ditto Account k Chillisn Bonds .................... —: Prussian Bonds :hire, Acc0unt ...... .... ..... .. —1 Rua Bonds, 1822 ......... ••• ~11,mbian Bonds .... .. —, Ditto Account ....... ...• .. ..... ltitto Account —' Ditto sletall:c . Colombian Bonds, 182.1 — Spanish Bonds — Into Account . .......... ..... i Ditto Account ••••. ..... 20 ii I 1) ulish Bonds .............. ...... —,' Ditto Bonds, 1831 Ditto Account French, 5 per cent......„.. --f _c.Ditto Account G reek Bonds , Ditto Bonds, 1825 —l—.4 per cent. —f. —..c. --- Ditto Account - 3 per cent .......... —f. , _f• , Illc man Bonds, 5 per . cent..— ' Dutch, 2W, per cent............ 52 B° Account ritto, 6 per cent ............ —1 Ditto Account ... ............... 52% Ditto, 5 per cent. .......... lOO 993* out° Account ............... ' —I Ditto Account ...... N inolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Sh are (Treat Counties Railway Paid ' 2 % (h N eat Western Railway Company 45 52 50 49% Brighton (Rennie's) 1 7 4 Bright on (C un d y ' s) 3 03 4 3 43 I tendon and Southampton Railway Company 4O 21 Manchester and Birmingham Rai1way,,,, ,,, , % 5 North Midland Railway Company .............. .. 43; 15 15% .... MAILS. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due Arrived. 0 America.......... 0 1 France ............ 0 0 Lisbon 'I Brasil ...... ...... 0 0 Giiern. & Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 mamma Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico...." il C trthagena ..... 0 0 Holland ...... .... 0 0 Ostend.. ....... I D Odin... .....• 0 0 Jamaic a 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Flanders ........ . 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 t Waterford 0 HIGPI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning.........12 minutes after g. Evening 4.1 minutes after S. - - NOTICE. We shrill be happy to receive ELECTION Com munications and Advertisements, from all parts of the Coutiy. The SUN circulates everywhere— but more especially among large Constituencies. THE SUN IS ESSENTIALLY A METROPOLITAN COUNTRY NEWSPA PEI The EARLIEST INTELLIGENCE will always be found in THE SUN. FURTHER NOTICE. Since the opening of the Grand Junction Railway from Birmingham to the North, the circulation of THE SUN has already greatly increased, and must con tinue to increase. The reason is obvious. THE SUN can now be received in the North several hours earlier than usual, so as in many places to become a Morning Paper. A Second Edition of THE SUN, giving the Closing Prices of the Funds, the last Prices 9f Shares, Banking and other Companies, Market Intelligence, Bankrupts, Army Promotions, and all Political News arriving in London, up to the hour of Post, may be received in Manchester, Liverpool, kc., the following morning ; and in Edinburgh, Glas gow, and other parts of Scotland in a proportionaby .short time. The same principle will apply to other parts of the country when once the Railroads are open, and the sooner they are the better for THE SUN is a Railway Paper, having been the only Lon don Journal that for the last eight years consistently and uniformly supported the extension of Railways. Time saved is money saved—and distance saved is time saved. IVhen once the Railway principle is universally in motion commerce will be trebled—and young men entering on business, at the age 9f21, will have seen as much of the world, and consequently become better and more intelligent citize ns ,, for all the great purposes 9flife, as their great great granayathers did at the advanced age offour generations. Know ledge is power—and a Newspaper contains every species of useful knowledge in the most attractive form. SUN Newspaper Office, 112, Strand, London. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'Clock. The Reform of Parliament (Ireland) Bill was last night thrown out in the House of Lords by a majority of 38. This is an appropriate following np of the spirit of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S remark the other clay, that he felt disposed to legislate for Ireland in an impartial, conciliatory spirit—a remark which we stated at the time to be as void of "earnestness or sincerity as one of the smooth speeches of Belial. So far as mere wishes go, no man wishes better to the country of his birth than the Duke of WELLINGTON; but unfortunately he cannot get beyond a wish ; when he has really the power of conferring a sound, practi cal benefit on Ireland, then he becomes shy and dis trustful. But this is the Tory character all over ; quick to promise, tardy to fulfil ; tolerant in theory, in tolerant in practice ; gentle in word, tyrannical in deed. When the leopard changes his skin, and the ZEthiop his hue, then may we expect to find the Tories advo cating an enlightened, Constitutional system of policy. "If the House refused this measure," said the Duke of RICHMOND, speaking of the Bill in question, " they would refuse to let the country have the benefit of one of the best points in the Reform Act." This is strictly true, but what matters its truth to their Lordships ? They scorn to legislate on other principles than those of fac tion. - 4F- t ivy{7 „tot ZI -31:11+ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1837. The splendid Meeting which was held yesterday at the London Tavern is a subject of congratulation to the great community of Reform. It is an earnest that the citizens of London are as determined as ever to stand up for the great cause, in defence of which they have so often and so nobly distinguished themselves ; and it affords an example of promptitude, of energy, and of unanimity, which is worthy of being held up for imitation to the elective body throughout the em pire. It is calculated by those who are in the habit of frequenting public meetings, that, independently of the moving masses that were constantly going out and coming in, and which must have amounted to several thousands in the course of the day, there was a sta tionary assemblage of upwards of a thousand gentle men who took part in the proceedings almost from the commencement to the close. It is not, however, the numbers and respectability alone of this great meeting that are calculated to draw the attention of the country ; the tone and spirit of the resolutions passed, and speeches delivered, are worthy of all praise. The Chair was most appropriately and ably filled by JOHN TRA VERS, Esq., a gentleman of great wealth and high standing in the city, a Reformer also of the true stamp .--not one of your merely speculative Reformers, who will give you as many good wishes as you please, and think they have then done their part--but a man who may be said to have. ‘. fought and bled" in the cause, The Reformers of London are well aware how much they owed to his unwearied exertions at the last elec tion ; and no one can read the admirable speech with Which he opened the business of the day, without being persuaded that his best energies are enlisted in the pre sent contest, and feeling a presentiment that they will be crowned with similar success. The e nt h us i astic reception given to the present Mem bers as they made their appearance to address the meet b, Is another featur e of the proceedi ngs which i s wor thy of rema r k. It is too often the case that Reformers—with the best motives perhaps, but with small discretion—are apt oo to act in wh at ma ove y be ca ll e d a crotchety manner ; rlkin g the great benefit of unanimous and con centrated action, and sph•tting hai upo points of minor import ance. The Reform e rs rs n of London act on a different plan. They are not insensible t o th e ad thevantage of having Representatives wh o accord with m and with one another even in m i nute matters • hut they estimate at a far higher rate the importanc e of that union, which presents an unbroken front to the enemy, and thus prevents him from settin g his foot within the citadel of Reform, although it may be pur chased at som e sacr ifi ce o f private opinion, or by s ome surrender of here a prejudice, and there a crotchet. The main point is to keep in view the great funda mental principlei on which the character of the indi vidual is based, and the political course which he has already pursued. The Chairman has we think very happily chalked out the line which it is the interest, and therefore the duty of electors, to follow in this respect in the following passage of his speech : But let me say to you that I think you should not—that )ou cannot hesitate as between two opinions, you must either They know nothing of Ireland, except that she is a thorn ever rankling in the side of Toryism, and are resolved therefore, so far as they are concerned, that she shall not obtain the blessings of good govern. ment. We trust that England, as well as Ireland, will bear in mind the conduct of the House of Lords last night. It is proof, positive and irresistible, that nothing in the way of Reform is to be expected from them ; that they will fight the battle of intolerance to the last hour; and yield only to the sternest and most inexorable necessity. When they find the elections going generally against their party, and their present three hundred Members in the House of Commons reduced to two hundred ; then, perhaps, they may concede a point or two, but till then, never. There fore is it that we urge the electors to be everywhere on the alert, and scrutinize rigidly the claims of those who aspire to be their Representatives. If a candi date comes forward and tells them that, although a Tory, he is disposed to Liberal measures ; let them have nothing more to do with him, for he will he pretty sure to play them the same trick that Sir GEORGE MURRAY played to his Perthshire constitu ents. Frank, zealous, unflinching Reformers, who know what is right, and will not hesitate to act accordingly—these arc the sort of men that the country now wants ; and these, we trust, the electors will make a point of returning to Parliament. Till this be done, nothing is done ; for it is vain to deny the fact that, hitherto, Reform has been little better than a game of cross-purposes—a sort of light shuttle-cock bandied about between the Houses of Lords and Commons, and then, when both are tired of playing the idle game, allowed quietly to drop to the ground. The whole of the Paris Journals of Sunday have come to hand. On that day the French Government received the following telegraphic intelligence from Spain : " BORDEAUX, JULY 8. —Letters from Saragossa of the sth state that the Pretender had reached Canta Viega with 7,000 infantry and 350 horse. It was not known what road he had afterwards taken. " The Carlists, wishing to profit by the insurrectionary state of the Queen's troops at Ernani, attacked tint place on the sth. They were repulsed by the Brigadier O'Dorinel." One division of the Carlists can only be referred to in the above dispatch, otherwise it would be impossible for the Pretender to make head against the forces under ORA A and DE MEER. We have no other news from the Spanish frontier. We find the following in one of the French Journals of Sunday evening : " are assured from the best authority that a representa tion has been made to Louis Philippe, from the Ambassadors of two great powers, and in their interview with him stated that the appointment of Marshal Clause! to the command in Spain would have a very bid effect at their Courts. Count Pahlon, as well as Baron Hugel, Charge d'Affaires of Austria, and Count Saint Simon on the part of Russia, have dispatched couriers to their Governments for instructions on the subject. At present obstacles against allowing the French Genera I to proceed to Spain seem to prevail, but the English Minister s fur the General's taking the command." On the sth instant the ordinary session of the Hel vetic Diet was opened at Lucerne. The speech of the PRESIDENT contained nothing of importance. The following are extracts from the Paris journals of Sunday : Just as we arc going to press, we receive letters from Oran of 25th and 27th June. The letters of the 25th announced that Lieut.- Col. Delarue, who landed the preceding day, had set out next morning on a mission to Abd-el-Kader, who was encamped with 2,000 cavalry on the banks of the Macta. None of the natives appeared in the market of Oran, accord ingly provisions were very scarce. The Government has made an agreement with some contractors for the supply of the fortresses which we occupy in the Regency. This con tract is at the exorbitant price of 162 francs for the metrical quintal, that is 81 centimes per hr.lf kil., (a kilogramme 2lbs.) In 1833 the price was 13 centimes. Mostaganem is not included in this contract. That town seems to be exempted from the embargo laid by our new ally on all our other for tresses. This would serve to explain the report, which is ge rally credited, that Mostaganem, to which, according to the treaty, we can only go by sea, it having been forgotten to sncure a way by land, was going to be ceded to Abd-eh Kader. But the more complaint we make the less disposed does the Sultan, whom we have just made appear to execute the clauses of the treaty, which are onerous to him. Thus, it is said, the Emir begins to intimate that it will be ofim impossible for him to supply the 5,000 oxen, and the quantity believed stipulated for by way of tribute, and it is generally Thus that he will be excused from delivering them. thisT wa s s t n h o e t t t r i e l :t u y n i d v e o r u s l t d ar l ilingoo d f i t e h d e , but cii a t n o ib o e u r r . disadvantage; The Arabs have hvgavee tboatvaell ba demolished the fortifications of L_ a T ( a l d r o r i n e e d d efna, which materials among them, and be used in building. The two compani es that we still still have on the site of Ratchs- vimm....m.m....M0Mminm5umn5.............r0nramm.m........... PRICES OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLoCk. have Reformers or no Reformers—you must have men who 'Rank Stock. ~.,« ........... .... 210 9p14 India 5t,,,K......... ................ per Cent. fl e d . 4l%yi Oat() lion 4 43 45 pm , are thoroughly and deeply embued with th e s pi r i t o f R eform, 3 per Cent. Cons 9l tHI% 'South sea Stock ......... .„..... who are really the representatives of the liberal interests of 71 ,~ per Cent. Ditto 11 , ..-d. ....... .....„ .. ......... 98% % • New Ditto weening in your expectations of any man or any set of men New 3' 2 6 per Cert.. 96% %, 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... Hear, hear .) You have Nevi 5 per Cent.. Bar.k LongAnnuttiestoexpire Ditto 500 45 45 45 pm. find out—you never have heard of two watches which went Jan. 5, 1860.. ..... ....14 11-16% Ditto Svtall exactly alike. How then can you find ono man to represent Oct. 10, 1859 l4 9-16%; Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, !Bfid .---- : Ditto Advertise , l —— pm all your opinions—your mixed opinions ?—And how is it likely Jan. N isso ............. --- i Bank Stock for Account... ..... that you could find four men of that stamp ; therefor°, Gen. April N 1880 - ...... .. -- India Stock for Account ... — ;25i tlemen, don't expect too much of any man. Take the broad, J. a. 5, 1870 Consols for Account tkrontum Pm. intelligent, liberal cast of character, exacting too much from no man, but leaving a little to his discretion. Do not be too hard upon them —expect them to do their duty, in the general acceptation of th e wor d . Ad .. - and se co hi them. —( clear, h ear. ) The simple question e nfidenc e to be put to your selves is, whether your present Members—for to them I look with the greatest confidence myself—whether they have in times which arc now passing away, done their duty faithfully and honourably, and is ith the best intentions towards you." We need not say how the meeting answered this sensible appeal of their Chairman. The unanimous resolution to support the present Representatives at the approaching Election is a sufficient proof that they think these gentlemen " have done their duty faith fully and honourably" to their Constituents. We cannot conclude this article without noticing the singular contrast between the two Meetings—that which we have been describing, and the Tory on? held on the opposite side of the street at the City of Lon don "Tavern. At this latter place, the Tories could not with all their exertions muster more than 200 persons—a miserable set out where so much is at stake, and a convincing proof that, talk as they may, the Tories have. given up all for lost in the City of London. Mr. LYALL, who was their man, if any man of their's cou!d possibly have a chance, saw at once the hopelessness of the contest, and backed out of it, or rather, would not be driven in ; and it is well known that Mr. HORSLEY PALMER has not only come forward very reluctantly, but has literally been dragged into the " beautiful mess" prepared for him by the "absurd" Tories, as Mr. LYALL very justly describes them. We shall ere long see Mr. PALMER following the prudent example of Mr. LYA LL, and escaping with all his might from the fatal embrace of his " friends." goer are entirely in want of water ; they arc forbid to go and procure it at the mouth of the Tafna, opposite to which the i land is situated, because that river is included in the territory ceded to Abd.el-Kader. The letters of the 27th add nothing these details ; only they inform us that the steam-boat which conveyed M. Delarue to Oran, waits for his return to bring him back to France, as well as General Bugeaud. The last letters say nothing of the renewal of hostilities between General Bugeaud and Abd-el-Kader ; on the contrary, they announce that the treaty is in course of execution. Have later accounts been received ? This is not likely. But, then, we ask again, how shall we account for the silence observed by the Government ? The Ben Sens has the following article :—" The telegraph of the Admiralty has been at work during a great part of the day. From the reports which have spread respecting the affdrs of Africa, it was inferred that the troops about Toulon had been ordered to embark immediately on board the ships of the line of the squadron intended for Admiral Gallois. It was affirmed that a superior officer had set out with an officer of the War Department. It was further asserted that the Cabinet was ready for a renewal of the war in Africa, and that M. Delarue had his instructions on this head ; viz., to cause the ratified treaty to be published, and to avail himself of the bad faith of Abd-el-Kader in the execution of it, to annul it. The silence of the Government will long authorise the most conflicting repot ts."—Le Commerce. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1837 AN TI-SLAVERy MEETING. ---- A meeting took place this day at Exeter Hall, which was numerously and respectably attended, to take into considera tion the present stste of the N,Tro population in the British Colonies, particul ,rly in iela.ion to the wo king of the appren ticeship system establ'shed under the " Act for the Abolition of Slavery," and to adopt measures in consequence of the con tinued sufferings of the Negro race. The ladies formed the greater portion of the audience. Two emancipated Negroes were introduced, and were warmly received. Precisely at half past 12 o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex entered the great room, and was received with the most deafening plaudits, which lasted for several minutes. He wore a crape cap, and looked remarkably well. On tak ing the chair, his Royal Highness observed that much bad been done by this country in abolishing the horrid traffic of slavery. He was sure that, by the perseverance of the Society, it would meet with co-operation from the Govern ment.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped that the proceedings would be conducted with moderation, as it would carry conviction to the mind of the pub:io, that the subject for which they had met was one of the most vital importance, and would mainly t.md to induce the Government to take up the cause. His appearance might, on the occasion, have a beneficial effect— ( Hear, hear)—and he hoped it would, but it required the as sistance of others; and having madc:these few observations, he would leave the management of the resolutions to gentlemen who would address the audience with that moderation which the sub je2t demanded—(applause)—whichsi as a disgrace to the Statute book, but in making statements it should be borne in mind it was only on one side of the question, and representations should be made with calmness, for truth looses nothing by simplicity, but on the contrary, it adds much to the credit and character of the qusstion. He expected the audience would listen with attention to the statements, and that their hearts would go with the laudable object which the Society had in view. Rev. Dr. BURNETC mcvel the first resolution. The Rev. G::i,tleman went at great length into the evil effects of the app enticeship system in the West Indies, and concluded by observing, that as a new Parliament was about to be formed, every exertion should be used at this most important crisis to encourage the collection of candidates for the repre sentation of the people, for he thought that when men were elected into office, it would be too late to impress upo ❑ them the necessity of advocating the liberty of the Negro ap prentice. After apologizing for the absence of Mr. Buxton and Dr Lushington, he anticipated the conviction of success when he looked towards the Throne—( Cheers)—and saw the rising Star of the hou3e of Brunswick, who would contribute so much to the full enjoyment of all the rights of justice and freedom.—( Cheers. ) Mr. STURGE, of Birmingham, rose to address the meeting, when our Reporter left. The only Members of Parliament on the platform were Mr. Barnard and Colonel Thompson; the meeting did not appear likely to separate till a late hour. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(Asper Load of 36 Trams.) CDsD)tail AND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay...... .£4 5 te £4 10 New Meadow Hay 315 4 5 Useful Old Ditto eine Upland Meadow and Rye.grass Hay 5 5 5 la °overplay Oat Straw.. £2 oto £2 2 Wheat Straw 2 3 2 5 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .f 4 0 to £4 b Niw Meadow Hay Usettil Old Ditto 4lO 415 Fine Upland Mc ohm and Rye erass Hay Cl,ver Hay (extra line ,t6 10 Generally Oat Straw ..........t 20i•.f 2 2I Wheat Straw 4 2 2 4 WHITECHAPEL. Ca/rse Meadow Hay ..f4 sto £4 to New Meadow Hay •.. Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ....... Cl-iver tiay 5 10 6 5 CU Straw £2 oto.f 2 2 I Wheat Straw LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JULY 10.—Wind E. N. E.—Arrived the John Barry, Ash, Memel. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 10. —Wind E. S. E.—Sailed the Royal William, for Madras; and Gladiator, for New York. PLYMOUTH, JULY 10.—Wind E. Fm.mouTn, JULY 10.—Wind E.—Arrived the Louisa, Munro, from Bermuda. CLYDE, JULY 7.—Arrived Hebe, Marshall, Newfoundland. BLYTH, JULY B.—Arrived the Martha, Walls, from Memel. PENTLAND FRITH, JULY 10.—Arrived the Jane, Rame, from Konigsburg. ABERDEEN, JULY 4.—Arrived the Prosperity, Smith, Riga. omp HULL, JULY 10.—A rr i ve d t h e Margaret and Cathherina, from Rig a; M ary Ann Melville, from Pillau; Rhine, T - son, fromditto; and O xen b urg, from Kid. HUMBER, JULY 9.—Arrived the Anna Catherina, Stettin. SmALsurqn, JULY 3.—The Honi ng , from Grieswald to the North Spa, was on shore near Rutt on the Ist inst., hay in.. struck up on a wrec k . ' Et.siNoart, JULY 4.—The Obus, from St. Pctersburgh to [lull, which was on sl.orc near Landscrontt on the Ist inst., fl , ated off the following day without assistanc e or apparent damage, and proceeded. The Magnus, bound to Quebec, put back to Kilrush on t h e 7th inst., with loss of fore an e main masts. The Scotia, Wingate, is lost under Sweet Rose —crew saved. The William, Clay, from St. Petersburgh, arrived at Co penlpgen, with damage, having been on shore bound to Hull. THE FUNDS.-(THIS MAy CITY, 7'IIVIL VE O'cLocic This is a very dull m orn i ng . W e h ave no arrivals of the least consequence, an d not a s i ng l e s hi p letter ; conseq uent l y there :s a great scarcity of information in the city at the pre sent hour. The Funds were buoyant during yesterday, in consequence of the payment of the divizinds, and the purchasing of stock. Although small in separate amounts, they amounted together to a considerable sum. 'THE FUNDS. Consols closed at 803- to 91 for Money, an d 921 f o r t h e Account. In Exchequer Bills a purchase was made of 50,0001 , which produced a rise in that security. c uso i, opened at 92i for Account ; Exchequer Bills, 43 45 prem. ; India Bonds, 43 45 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2094; India Stock, 258+. Money was not so scarce, for, commercial purposes, as it had been,for some days. past.- I ; the Foreign Market, Spanish Active closed heavy it 90 a ; opened at 24,/ s with Coupons. No business doing in the above stock, owing to the great uncertainty of the opera tions of the Carlists. P or t uguese , 42;1 43.-1'; Three per Cents., 26:i 271 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521. HALF-PA S7' ONE. Consols bavo been during the morning steady, at 92} i for the Account ; at present may be quoted at 92} - for Money, 901. Exchequer Bills, 43 45 prem. ; India Bonds, 43 45 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2094. .-•- - In the Foreign Market, they have been active in speculating in Spanish Active than for several days past. Spanish, which was in the early part of the morning at 211. has improved to 2q 22 with Coupons. Portuguese, 43i ; Three per Cents., 261 271 ; Peruvian, 191 ; Mexican, 21 22 ; Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., 52. _ _ THREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 92i. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. , ank Stock 2X9% Omnium —:1 I.cr Cent Red. 94 2 India Stock 3er Ccnt. C0n.... ........... ..... 91 Ditto F9nfle ..... 4.) 33 % , ,er (. nt s rer Cent. Red 98% Ditto Old Annuities New 4,', per cent. 98% Ditto New Annuitic i per Cent. Assented — Ex. Bills, 10004 •'3d.... -1 3 In. Dissented — Ditto 50)1.. !,ung Annuities to expire Ditto 50 il 45 fun. .I,lB.lKin I4N Bank Stock for Opg. ......... ... • 0.. t leml ll% India Stock for Act. Jan. IWO •••".. N FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per'sent. Ditto, Nuw Ditto 43% Prussian, 5 per cent. — i Russian B.,this. 5 per coat Spanish, 5 per cent — Ditto. Consolidate , l °I ; Preach, 5 per cent • ' Excliang:— French, 3 per cent — —' Dutch, •2, per cent. ........ 521 /ti i Ditto, 5 per cent........... ••••• 9971 ' .LIES. LI fERATUIIE. PERSONAL MEMOIRS AND CORRESPOND ENCE OF COLONEL CHARLES SHAW, K.C. F.S. and C. In ± Vols. London, Henry Colburn, 1837. The time selected for the publication of these very amusing and interesting personal reminiscences of an officer as brave, generous, and high spirited as any that unsheathed a sword in defence of Constitutional liberty in Portugal and Spain, is remarkably well chosen. The French Press teems with publications recording the gallant exploits of the French Foreign Legion in the Peninsula ; and, by way of set-off, we presume, unscrupulously denouncing such of our gal lant countrymen as took up arms against the Spanish and Portuguese Usurpers as little better than unprin cipled mercenaries, influenced chiefly by the certainty of pay and the hope of plunder. The Tory Press of England, ever ready to sacrifice truth and its own convictions to advance the cause of tyranny, repeats with avidity the foul slanders of the Anti-Liberal and Anti-English Galilean prints, feigning to regard their testimony, in the absence of any less equivocal, as quite impartial. Everything is deemed important which can in any way influence the approaching Ge neral Election, and the end is invoked to sanctify the means. Now the appearance of Brigadier-General Shaw's Memoirs at such a moment is an event doubly interesting from these circumstances ; his evidence will set at rest the conflicting testimony of anonymous writers ; and as first impressions, if allowed to take root in the mind, are never wholly eradicated, his ac count of the conduct, feelings, and treatment of the British Auxiliary Legion in Portugal and Spain —ap pearing contemporaneously with those of the traducers of that gallant body—will serve to correct those mis statements now in the course of publication, which otherwise would doubtless be received as incontrover tible facts. But independently of these circumstances —of any considerations apart from the pleasure which the least reflecting may anticipate from the peruial of these portly volumes—we regard their publication with delight. They abound in incidents, adventures, and anecdotes, related in the frank, jocund, and off-hand style of a kind-hearted, high-spirited soldier. There is no smoothing down of rough edges—no rounding off of the dove-tailed points and angles of character— no process of elegant dilution to please the palates of the morbidly sensitive so much as attempted in Shaw's Narrative. First impressions —always the truest and best--are conveyed in the language that first suggested itself to a mind busier with deeds than with modes of giving elegant expression to them. Brigadier-General Shaw is by birth a Scotchman ; and was early destined for the Scotch bar. After going through the usual routine of school discipline, he was sent to St. Andrew's to study Latin and Greek ; but his progress in the latter language would have anything but qualified him for a Greek profes sorship. Tired with hunting out words in his Lexi con, he took it into his head that it would be a relief to hunt the French, then kicking up a deuce of a dust in the Peninsula. But before deciding upon this step, he remembered that there was a witch's pond in the neighbourhood, the virtue of whose waters he de termined to test upon this occasion. He had heard that in the reign of James VI. of Scotland the witches caught in the vicinity of St. Andrew's were all plunged headlong into this pond—the humane sentence of their judges being, that if they swam they were to be burned, and if they sunk they were to be allowed to remain at the bottom. Shaw, in his double capacity of angler and subject of augury, altered the terms of trial to suit more conveniently his peculiar case. lie plunged into the pond unseen, having reso:ved with himself that; if he sunk his friends migEt make a lawyer of him; but if he reached the shore by swimming he was to assume the profession of arms. The experi ment decided his fate. He swain out a soldier ! In 1813 he was gazetted an Ensign, and ordered to Hol land, where he soon distinguished himself. In at tacking the village of Mexem, near Antwerp, he had the honour of a first interview with his late Majesty William IV., which took place under circumstances highly creditable to the Prince's personal courage The 52d were now ordered into the village to relieve the Rifles and 78th, and, as they were entering with their great coats on, a Prussian regiment met them. Each took the other for an enemy ; but Colonel Gibbs, who was an excel lent German scholar, prevented a collision which might under other circumstances have taken place. I think it was on this occasion that I had a conversation with his present Majesty. The regiment had removed to the left, and I was with the rear company, when a gentleman dressed in a blue coat with white lining came up. From his dress I thought he was one of the Commissariat, but remarking two musket-shots through his coat, I thought him a rather rash Commissary. I felt inclined to be offended, when, addressing me in a loud com manding tone, he asked, " What regiment is that ? Who commands it ?" " That gentlemon," said I. pointing to Capt. Diggle. " Is he the Commanding Officer ?" " Not Colonel Gibbs commands." It was odd that the men should have had the same idea of the mysterious stranger as I had myself. They, too, suppesCd he must be a Commissary, and began muttering something about " Bread Bags better in the rear," when my friend Capt. Anderson, of the Artillery, suddenly rode up. What was my astonishment on seeing him salute the supposed Mr. Commissary Bread Bags in the most respectful fashion, ut tering at the same time the following words :—" It . your Royal Highness moves a little more to the left you can have a little better view of the enemy. Sir Thomas Graham is in the steeple of the church." I, in a whisper, asked Anderson, What Royal Highness is this ?" when he informed me it was the Duke of Clarence who had landed from England the day before. The Duke's courage continued to be the talk of the army for some days ; but I said little, thinking I had got ten into a scrape for having mistaken his Royal Highness for a Commissary. The restoration of the Bourbons sent Shaw, like hundreds of his companions in arms, to vegetate on half-pay in his native country. But he remained not long die,' Having completed a ,ramblingt9ur through France And 'a part of Germany, he entered tbe service of Danna Maria as a volunteer in 1831, and only re turned from Portugal in 1835 to join the British Auxiliary Legion under General Evans. His account of the war in Portugal abounds in interesting anecdote. Indeed nothing can exceed the vividness of his descrip tions of the perilous services in which he was engaged. And yet _among passages overflowing with a sort of reckless gaiety, the result of an exuberance of fine animal spirits, we frequently find our attention arrested by such passages as the following : How littl e d o young men know of war, and all its miseries ! I do not wish to disgust young fellows with the military profession, as, with all its drawbacks, I prefer it to any other; but how apt a young man is to be led away when he sees an officer at home without his arm, to say to himself, How I should wish to look like that officer.' lie forgets the starva tion en d ured before going into action, the cold and bitter nights spent in drenched clothes, in wet fields in bivouac ; the m ome ld ntary f orget f u l ness of all misery in action, until the sho uer-bone, by a shot, is splintered into bits; then the little yinpathy felt, every one being for himself; then the excruciat ing pain endured by the shaking of the bullock-waggon, or the want of care in carrying him away, the little bones coming through the skin, making shriek with agony ' • then the time h e is allo we d to lie on the cold floor of a church, until the surgeon comes to dress him in turn ; then the pain of amputation, and when that is over, the necessi:y of shutting his ears to the screams of the dying, and his eyes to the corpses of those car past him, who, a few minutes before, had suffered an ope ration similar to his own. This appears to him very shocking, but this is nothing compared to the disgust which he expe riences in the dressings, washings, spli nte ri ngs , b an d ages, and cuttings out, w hi c h are the daily, nay hourly, detail of military sur gery. Of the foul air causedby so many confined in the same spot, and suffering the same incovenience, some idea may be formed, but no description can be given. Worst of all, too, the pa tient is obliged to witness the deaths of many around him, who, almost before the breath is out of their bodies, are robbed, and have their effects distributed among the attendants, roost of whom volunteer this service, to have an opportunity of plun dering the dead and dying. Often when a patient is thirsty, these attendants are either too hardened or too drunk to be able to give him drink, and very possibly offer him the nearest liquid to them, probably something which was intended for a wash. Or, while the ex piring man i s say i ng hi s prayers, a wretch is holding up his head with the one hand, while he is stealing the dollars of the dying man with the other. This was the daily scene for many days in the hospitals at Oporto, after the 29th, until they were to certain degree emptied by death. To the gallantry, the forbearance, the patient en durance, and the general good conduct of the British Auxiliary Legion in Spain, Brigadier-General Shaw FOREIG Au+ trian, 5 per cell' fSsl..n, 5 per cent B,w, !flu.' Bands rguenos Ayres, 6 per cent C ,than, 6 per cent Colombian 6 per cent Ditto, I'e34 D wish, 3 per Cent Greek Bonds, 182.5, 5 per cent — M xican, 5 per cent. I ),t to, 6 ler cent., 1825 Veru ciao, 1825, 6 per es!. t. 19% SHA Gre t Western Railway sli London and Birmingham Railway ...... .. PA Manchester and Leeds Railway Manchester and Birmingham Railway North Midland Railway No other variations in the Prices of Shares since our One o'clge , List. - - We cannot but call attention to a noble steam ves sel, the Don Juan, just finished for the Peninsular Stea n Navigation Company. This noble vessel is of 933 tons btr den, and is worked by a force of 326 horse power. She bears the name of Don Juan in honour of M. Mendizabal, the cc lebratcd Spanish financier, and carries his bust at the figure- The fittings up arc of the most elegant and costly de scrytion. The Don Juan makes her first voyage to Lisbon on the 20th inst. bears the most ample and the most positive testimony, On no occgsinn did he ever know the men to be influ enced by mercenary feelings ; and he asserts, that had the Spanish Government treated them not kindly but justly, the Queen of Spain would not have found in her kingdom a force double its strength of half its efficiency. He remained with the Legion, sharing in all its hardships and privations, till within a few weeks of the termination of the period of service, when he left San Sebastian and returned to England. This interesting work, of which the above is an outline, is dedicated to General Lord Lyncdoch, and embellished with portraits of General Evans and Ad miral Charles Napier. We recommend it to the espe cial notice of literary purveyors for public libraries and reading-rooms. MEMOIRS OF CELEBRATED WOMEN. 2 Vols, Bentley, London, 1837. Two pleasant gossipping volumes, written in an unaffected spirit, and with laudable impartiality. The most carefully written Memoir is that of Queen Eliza beth, which however adds little to our knowledge of the public and private character of " Good Queen Bess." Madame de Maintenon is also a well-written biography, but was scarcely worth the writing. VISIT TO THE GREAT OASIS. Longman, London, 1837. The author of this book is a gentleman named Hoskins, who furnishes us with many curious parti culars respecting the natural phenomena of the great Lybian desert ; and also with an account, ancient and modern, of the Oasis of Amun, a :c1 the other Oases now under the dominion of the Pasha of Egypt. Mr. Hoskins displays considerable" antiquarian research throughout his volume, which possesses the still fur ther recommendation of being illustrated by a yariety of well-executed engravings. DOVE7'ON. 3 Vols. Smith, London, 1837. This tale is by the author of " Jerningham," a clever production, which was deservedly popular at the time of its publication. The present %%orl: is not in ferior to its predecessor in point of sentiment, though it has less incident, and less attempt at subtle analysis of character. The author apparently does not care to succeed by means of an artfully constructed, and well evolved plot, or any of those stirring, melodramatic scenes which tell so well with the watering-place class of readers ; but prefers rather to owe his success to the elevated character of his thoughts, and the vigorous simplicity of his diction. Many of the conversations in Dovcton are replete with sagacity, and display critical faculties of no mean order ; we must, however, protest against the author's sneers at the wits of Queen Anne's days. Whea he says, " there is no high toned feeling in their works—no lofty aspirations," he must surely either have never read, or else have for gotten " Addison's Reflections in Westminster Ab bey," which arc full of appropriate " high-toned feel ing." We sce also that he gives " Tom Jones" the preference to " Gil Blas," which we are surprized at; for admirable as is Fielding's master-piece, it con tains nothing equal to the episode of the Archbishop of Grenada and his sermons. We have read " Dove ton" with great pleasure, for it is evidently the con amore production of a thoughtful, and well regulated intellect. SPURTING IN TELLPIT'ENCE. TATTERSALL' S—YRSTERDL r. JULY STAKES, P.P.—(TIIIK DAT.) 7 to 2 agst Mr. T. Colman's Osprey—taken and afterwards offered 6 to 1 agst Anything, bar two—taken 7 to 1 23 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's Sister to Greemnantle—taken 100 to 20 agst Lord Exeter's an I Mr. Grevdle's Lots—taken It was not known whether Paganini or lon would be taken as third favourite. 5 to 1 offered agst the Duke of Grafton's Oxygen. The betting was very fiat, many subscribers having left for New market. The Chesterfield Stakes will be run on Thursday instead of Friday, as stated in our paper of yesterday. GOODWOOD STAKES, P P. 2,250 to 300 was betted agst Lord Chesterfield's Hornsca a day or two back. GOODWOOD cur, P. P. 5 to 4 on the field agst Lord Suflield's Caravan and Lord Ches terfield's Carew (taken), the backer of the two offering to go on ; 9to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's The Unknown (taken). Bay Middle ton is declared not to run any more. Elis is declared not to run at Liverpool, Goodwood or Brighton. 150 to 25 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal P u ff winning both the Liverpool and Doncaster St. Legers. NEWMARKET JULI' MEETING. Newmarket, Monday Night. The following race closed this evening, for to-morrow : andicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for three years old. New T. Y. C. Lord Exeter's Corban, Bst. 121 b ; Colonel Peel's Grand Cairo, Bst. 6th; Mr. Wilson's Quicksilver, Bst; Duke of Rutland's c. by Catton, out of Slight, ist. 1211); Sir M. Wood's f. by Langar, out of Isabel, 7at. 121 b ; Lord Exeter's Adrian, ist. 12th ; Mr. Bond's c. by Emilins, out of Legend, ist. 101 b; Lord Orford's Armenia, 7st. 71b ; Colonel Peel's Rotabel, ist. 71b ; Mr. Newton's t. by Shaloneare, out of Jeanettoii, 7st. 71b; Sir S. Graham's Avon, ist. 71b; Mr. S. Smith's La Mrprise, 7st. 7lb ; Mr. Bond's Can dia, ist. 71b; General Grosvenor's b. c. by Sarpedon, out of Pas torella, by Little John, ist. Mb ; Mr. Tliornlull's Castaside, 7st. 31b ; Mr. Clarke's f. by Polygar, dam by , Skim, out of Pentagon, 7st. Ilb ; and Mr. Edwa.rds's 1. by The Colonel, out of Bassilca, bet. 71b. GOODWOOD RACES, 1837. Acceptances for the Waterloo Shied, to be run for the last day. The Waterloo Shield, added to a Sweepstakes of '25 sous. each, 15 ft. Three miles and five furlongs. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sore., and the owner of the third 50 sore. out of the stakes ; the winner of the Trade Cup at Liverpool, of the Goodwood Stakes, or Goodwood Cup, to carry 3lbs. extra; beaten horses in any of these races (the second horses excepted) to be allowed 51h. Mr. John Day's Venison, 4 yrs, Bst. 101 b ; Mr. Sowcrby's Rioter, 6 yrs, Bst. Mb ; Mr. Robertson's The Unknown, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b; Col. Peel's Shne, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b ; Sir G. Heathcotc's Valentissimo, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Lord Suffield's Alfred, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Mr. S. L. Fox's The Carpenter, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Mr. Houlds worth's Felix, 5 yrs, Bst ; .11r. J. Hopwood no. b. m. Catherine, aged, Bst ; Mr. Forth's Famine, yrs, Bst ; Lord Albetnavle's Royr.l George, 4 yrs, Bst ; Mr. S. Herbert's Luck's all, 5 yrs, Bst ; Mr. Rush's Perkins, by Jenkins, 4 yrs, Bst; Mr. Robertson's Lucifer, 5 yrs, ist. 121 b ; Lord Tavistock's Jack-in-the-Grecn, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Lord Lichfield's The Glama, 5 vrs, ist. 101 b Sir. Rush's Roadster, aged, ist. 10ib ; Mr. Faille's Zohrab, 6 yrs, ist. 81b ; Mr. M. Stanley's Willesden, 4 yrs, 7st. 71h ; Mr. Finch's Mayflower, 6 yrs, 7st. 61b ; Mr. John Day's the Drummer, 4 yes, ist. 61b; Lord Berncr's Phosphorus, 3 yrs, ist. 41b; Lord Suf field's Caraxan,,3 yrs, 7st.3lb;,Lord Jersey's Daritt:s, 6 3 ‘i• - , ist. 21b; Lord • Jersey's Mendicant., 4 yes, ist. 216; Mr. Hartle's Barney Bodkin, aged, 7st; Mr. Wreford's Tyrant, 4 yrs, 6st. 131 b ; Lord Miltown's Cushneiche, 4 yes, 6st. 13Ib ; Mr. Thornhill's Mencliza bel, 4 yrs, 6st. 13Ib ; Duke o f Richmond's Sep o y, -1 y rs , 6 st . 121 b ; Mr. John Day's Airy, 6 yes, 6st. 101 b ; Lord Suffield's Pocket Hercules, 3 yrs, 6st. 4th ; Lord Lichfield's Cartoon, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b ; Duke of Richmond's c. by Muley, out of Anna, 3 yrs, Est ; Mr. John Day's Chapeau d'Espagns, :3 yrs, sst. 121 b; Lord Lichfield's Cassandra, 3 yrs, sst. 51b ; Lord Exeter's Adrian, 3 yrs, sst. 51b ; Mr. Theobald's Loutherbourg, 3 yrs, sst. 31b; Duke Of Richmond's b. f. by Mamcluke, out of Conciliator, 3 yrs, sst ; Loid Stanley's Parolies, 3 yrs, 4st. IRELAND. CORK, JULY B.—GREAT MEETING.—There has been a great meeting of the citizens to ensure the return of two Liberal Members at the approaching election. It was con vened yesterday at the Diorama, fur the purpose of having submitted the Report of the Committee which had waited on Dr. Baldwin to their consideration; and also for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to ensure the return of two Liberal Members at the ensuing election. The meeting was most numerously attended. After passing a warm resolution of thanks to Dr. Baldwin for his former Parliamentary ser vices, and appointing a Committee to put two Liberal candi dates in nomination, the meeting separated. The Cork Southern Reporter justly observes, that " the auspicious commencement made at the meeting of the electors held at the Diorama, Cook -street, yesterday, in taking the necessary measures for securing the return of two Members for this city in support of the Queen's Government, is a sub ject of just congratulation. The meeting comprehended the entire Liberal i n t erest o f ever y po li t i ca l shade—the Committee which w as a p po i nte d represents every section and portion of it —and, should the necessity arise, the entire body of the city electors friendly to the peace and prosperity of the country will be brought into the field in one unbroken phalanx. The Committee appointed at the meeting assembled immediately afterwards at the Chamber of Commerce, and went to w or k without d e l a y i n arrang i ng the necessary d eta ils, and perfect ing such an organization of their strength and reso urces as %sill render any o pp os i t i on t o th e candidates in support of the Queen's Government hopeless. Mr. Callaghan will b e one of those candid a t es . Th e second candidate will be announced with as little delay as possible." Th e same journal, in reference to the Cons ervat i ve meeting convened by Mr. Irvine and Mr. Nettles, whi c h was a l so held tint same day, says :—" T he paucity of the attendance on this occasion is remarkable. At the former musters of the party at the Imperial Hutch from five to six hundred was the average number, and now, in an emergency " threatenirm the ver throw- of Church and S tate, " not one hundred can'be brought together. A contest for the county, however, being now an nounced, every necessary preparatio n must b e ma d e f or i t. A more obnoxious 'Tory candidate than Mr. Longtield could not be offered by the remnant of the Conservative party who put him forward. S U N i s . -LOT. „ THE EARL OF BUR N =2. a well-i n f orme d an d a bl e Correnkht..l" 1 The Earl of Durham has not resigned the-linhasey'te Rursia, nor is it his intention to do so at preikriellittritieVei only returned home on leave. His stay at St. Peters burg?' tiering the long proposed absence of the Emperor on his visit to the outhern provinces would have been uselese ; he has therefore taken advantage of it. to see his frien,is, to seek the improvement of his health, and to pay that at tention to his large property in the North which it re quires. lie had intended to have proceeded to Carleheef, and may now do so, to benefit by its waters. The obser tmions of the Morniny Chronicle, however just, were somewhet premature. Lord Durham does not seek office. It mev be forced on him. His return to the Cebinet would' certainly b© a tower of sircn:ith to the present Administration. It would be an assurance to the people, their interests would be advanced and protected. It would be a guarantee to Reformers, that Reform would progress with certainty and with wisdom. But Lord Durham could not now accept office but at a great sacrifice to his comfert and to his happiness. He is totally free of all false ambition—he is incapable of intre e ee—he would not undermine or supplant any one—he will (to good, hut is incapable of mischief. He is undoubtedly fond of dis tinction—of honest, virtuous conseefuence, and which may be fairly indulged in by any one possessing his abilities, and gifted so peculiarly with the powers of transacting busi ness—but he has no love for office, for its emolument, its patronage, or the power of interfering in public affairs. His vanity has been sufficiently indulged, his ambition fully gratified, by the reputation which he has acquired in diplo macy—deservedly acquired—and in a department with which he was unacquainted. He has given the fullest sa tisfaction t o th e S overe i gn w h om h e re p resen t e d, an d w h o was known to be prejudiced against him, and to the Sove reign to whom he was accredited—a Sovereign the most opposed in Europe to all the liberal opinions professed and maintained by Lord Durham. He has had conf e rr e d on him, by both, the highest honours, and unsolicited, the spontaneous acts of both liam and of Ni c h o l as —h onours con f erre d f rom their appro bation of the m inner in which he discharged his eduties as Ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburgh. From Wit ham the Fourei he received the Grand Cross (civil) of Order of the B ith—from the Emperor Nicholas, the Order of St. Andrew, granted to no other English Subject but to the Duke of Devonshire from private friendship, and to the Duke of Wellington for his great European services when they were sent on special missions to Russia. Lord Dui ham has every reason to be content with his present posi tion—respected and beloved by his countrymen, whose interests he has promoted and protected—admired and esteemed by ell his colleagues, in whose bosoms he has excited no jealousy by his known influence with the Emperor, and which he has never abused. Having upheld the dignity of his own country without attempt ing to lower that of any other—having strengthened the political relations, and revived the commercial interests of the British Empire, without injury to any other nation —ho can desire no other post. Such is the general con viction of his honesty, his sense of justi c e, hi s hi g h an d stern integrity, that he is considered to be as much the re presentative of Europe as of Great Britain. Possessing the entire confidence of the Empeior—who looks upon him as his best friend, and treats him as such—he has not created the least alarm in the minds of his favourites, or of any one person about his Court. The Russian looks up to him as a patron, as if he were a native. The most ardent lover of liberty --the most determined reformer in his own country, he lives in the land of despotism without exciting the least alarm, or giving the least offence—valued, esteemed, and cherished. He never obtrudes his opi nions—he never comments upon the institutions of his country—he gives no countenance to discontent—he encourages no complaint—he lends himself to no party—he interferes not nor expresses any opinion as to what is Russian—his attention is only given to what is Bri tish, to what is European—he has obtained justice for his countrymen—h e has upheld the honour of his country, and preserved peace—he has been firm without insulting—he has been bold without offending—he has been frank with out irritating —he has been honest without alarming —he has been successful without wounding. There is no draw back in the embassy of St. Petersburgh to Lord Durham, but the abominable climate. He there feels his utility, and possesses all the enjoyments which can be desired by even a proud man. There he has done, and will still do good—there he has power to act, and there he has been successful. Here he will he limited in his power, and therefbre unable to effect what he would desire, and what would be expected of him. To be harassed to no purpose, —to have his tranquillity destroyed, and his health injured for no beneficial result,—would be folly on the part of Lord Durham. He wants not patriotism, nor would he be slow in making a sacrifice of himself, provided that he could effect a positive good. As yet, his services at home cannot be commanded ; there is no vacancy, and he would displace no one. He could not accept a minor situation ; he is too pure, too high-minded to cabal fir the major. Be will give his di,intererted support to the present Ministers as far as he cons ientiously can. He has no other object, but the goo I of his country. Hereafter he may be called to the councils of his Sovereign with the greatest advantage to the State—to the satisfaction and joy of the people, an f with the highest honour to himself. When any ac ci.lcnt shall remove Lord Melbourne from the Premier s'iip, Lord Durham mus t b e ehi s successor. His enemies now do him justice—hi s superior abilities arc admitted, an.l the prudence and judgment which he has exhibited in his conduct at St. Petersburgh, gives the lie to the cherge of the violence of his temper as a statesman. There is no one so easy 'of access—no one less repel ling —no one more ready to enter into a full discussion of a subject —no one more influenced by reason—no one who has a higher sense of justice —no one quicker in ap prehension —no one bolder in decision—no one more atten tive to business—no one more regular. He answers every letter, and generally by his own hand—he never puts off business—he has no procrastination—h e carries punctuality to an excess—it is almost painful to himself. He is un douLtedly impatient of folly, of trifling ; he abhors trickery; he scorns imposition, and cannot bend to subterfuge ; he cannot conceal his disgust at dishonesty, and therefore he has been and is still feared, and hated, and therefore he has been calumniated, and is yet attacked by the profligate and unprincipled. He was an impetuous youth ; he was too early a pere'on of consequence, and injured by the command of a large fortune before he had gained discre tion ; but the maturity of years, and the severe chastise ment of family affliction has softened and improved his character. There is no kinder husband—no fonder father —no better brother—or a more sincere friend. He may be sotnetvh it a severe master ; but no one more just, more kind. Ile is affable, playful, hospitable, and generous. He may h ive a high bearing ; but no on dismisses for mality in a personal communication more than Lord Durham. Ile is free of all affectation, aid puts every one at his ease. At Court he may be a courtier, but in his closet he it a philosopher .: no one more wiling- to be ad vised, or even admonished in sincerity. --Dlnyr.'es Times. Till: MINERAL SPRINGS OF GERMANY.-It iS no eari,, ,,, geration to say that there is scarcely a physical ill th.tt ‘• flesh is heir to," which is not either wholly curable, or capable of Leing more or less alleviated by those wondrous natural agents of the medical art—the mineral springs of Ger r-oany ;--and it affords us the sincerest gratification to learn that their curative virtues have at length met with a compe tent investigator and exponent in the person of Dr. Granville, ho is oz the point of giving to the world, in a popular form, the r, sults of his recent extensive personal investigations on this highly interesting and important topic. His forthcoming work on the German Spas will, if we are not misinformed concern • ing it, form a complete guide, as well as a most pleasant and amusing companion to the whole of those health and life-giving springs. ANECDOTE OF HIS LATE MAJESTY.—The free dom of the borough of Plymouth was presented to his Royal Highness by the Corporotion, and he got initiated into a so ciety of freemasons, meeting of the Prince George Inn in that far-famed town. The Pegasus, in the mean time, was g e tti ng ready for a foreign station, and the Prince left Plymouth for London, to receive instructions from the Admiralty, and take leave of his family. A story is related of a " spree" between Prince William and his elder brother at this time, which caused the world some amusement. The Prince of Wales had come to a m isquerade as a Spanish grandee, attended by four esquires. There happened to be a mask habited as a sailor, with a lady in the dress of a nun under his protection. The heir apparent paid a good deal of attention to the fair lady, more than her protector thought right or proper, and he, in consequence, threatened the Spanish grandee, very unceremoniously, with a drubbing, if he repeated his conduct. The grandee, Fup de s i q t u li i , r a e s s ,b beneath o n n e a t i t n h u e a d s h p i s a n i i l s l h c o n n o d b u l e c t ,t to while d t a h n e y y p p d a e o r e r ;l o n e y d re in b d g y a h l o i u s with an English sailor. Rougher expressions were used, and the ladies of Portsmouth Point hinted about. This as trio much for the sailor, who set-to at them all. A row ensued, and the constables entering, took the whole party to the watchhouse in their masquerade dresses. Once before the Dogberry of the night, they were compelled to declare themselves. The lofty Spaniard and the gallant sailor both unmasked. " What, William, is that you ?" said the eldest, " What, George, is that you?" exclaimed the younger. The constable was astounded, the brothers laughed heartily, and a fee in the palm of the guardian of the nocturnal peace, set all right again. _ TO - ItY DEBT.—Mr. Spring Rice informs us, that in six years, ending in 1836, there has been paid off 4,622,000/. of the Funded, and 3,700,000/. of the Unfunded Debt, making together 8,328,0001. This is of course the amount of stock extinguished, the money value of which may be about 7,:500,0001. It is indeed a driblet, compared with the money value of the whole debt; . but still patrioti c c i t i zens w ill Te jo:cc to learn that the ruin which the Tories wrought in twenty years, may be repaired in about six hundred, provided always that we give them no opportunity of plundering us a second time.—Scotsman.