The Sun. — London, England, 1837-06-19 00:00:00

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank stock... ..... 3 per Dent. Red: . ''''''' 89% 90 89% 3 3 Per Cent con.% — ‘tPer Cent. ... . ........... 97 -- % th 0 Fled ......... ••• ... Ne w 3% Per dent _ Rev, Banks p et . c ent... — Jan g Annuitiesto expire ° 10. . 5, 1859 %so 14% 9 - 16 ....._ et‘ _ Jan. 5, 1869 _ J4ri• s, taw April 5, 880......1 J ar 4 5, 1870 .. _ lticEs OF I..........__.oRElGl,______fiJNus rnalura _ pm. ............ .• ustrian 80 00 Bonds Bonds ..,. ..... ..,„ ..... --_i _ ... Dit to Account arasilian Bonds ..... . Ditto Account _ Ditto Accouyres Bonds —1 C hilli:in .. Bonds ..... ..... .•-•••• Ditto Account _ C3huribian Bonds Ditto Account Colinnblan Bonds, 1824 — Ditta Danish Bonds .." cont .......... OA% 4 NW) Account —, Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 — _ k bi tt 3 Account izican Bonds, 5 per cent —; _ Ditto Account Ditto. 6 per cent. ...... ,••••• 4apolit an ‘„ Ditto Account. ... • ... ..... 7_ rI -_____ India Stock --. IDitto Bonds pm. !South Sea Stock — ;Old Annnitiea — New Ditto 13 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... Exch. Bills, £1,060 35 33 pm. Ditto 500 35 33 pm. Ditto S:•nall '35 33 pm, Ditto Commercial 3O Ditto Advertised — M- Bank Stock for Account „..... India Stock for Account 261 Consols for Account ...... 1,4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ' Ditto Account ..... ..... Portuguese Bonds Ditto Accwint Ditto New Bonds 43i4 Ditto, '3 per cent. 2974 Ditto Account .. Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1822 — Ditto Account Ditto Metallic. Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds,ls34 Ditto Account — French, 5 per cent........... f. —c. I 4 per cent. —f. —c. 3 per cent —f. —c. I-- Exchange —f. - Dutch, 2 per cent. ...... .....53 2% Ditto Account 53 1 , 3 Ditto, 5 per cent. 4914 9 I Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share ...eat Western Railway Company 45 51 50% trighton Railway Company (Stevenson's) 5 3 Prighton (Gibbe) RaiiWav 1 0% tlndon and Birmingham Railrray Company B5 140 139% 940 marichester and Birmingham Railway ...-..............._ 5 414 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 17. 3 13er Cent. Consols B9l Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 87% .., Ditto a • Reduced Ditto, 4 per cent 58% - Ver Cent. Sto c k 9 6 1,6 Hibernian Bank . itto New IFC3O ?.%4 Per Cent. , Debentures Bl% Nat, onal Insurance Co . o oat* Stock., ultrelnak Canal S tock. ____2 Canal Stock - per cent. - Mo HIGH WA min AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 17111 4.........31 utes after 3 Evening 53minutes after 3 MONMOUTHSHIRE IRON AND COAL COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the PROPRIETORS of SHARES 10 'the above COMPANY are required to PAY the FIRST CALL 21 TWO POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS PER SHARE to atessrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., London, or to either of the C ompany's other Bankers, on or before the sth , of July neat. All communications on the business of the Company are to be .a.4dressed t o t h e S ecre t ary , a t the Company's Offices, No. 3, Harington-h ouse , Bath, the Company having no Office or autho rised Agent in London. (Signed) By Order of the Board of Directors, JOHN J. SKINNER, Secretary. oath, 14th June, 1837 N EW WORK by the AUTHOR of " PETER SIMPLE," &c. In 3 vols. post Bvo., CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW WORK, N A It L E Y Y 0 W ; Or, THE DOG FIEND. IS NOW READY, And may be had of all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE WAR IN SPAIN. T his day, in 1 vol. post Bvo., with a View of Bilboa. 10s. 6d., SPAIN, AND THE SEAT OF WAR IN SPAIN. By HERBERT BYNG HALL, Esq., Late Captain of the 7th Royal British Fusileers, Knight of St. Ferdinand, &c. Henry C o lb urn , P u bli s h er , 1, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. THE HOLY LAND ILLUSTRATED. This day was published, in an elegant 4to. volume, price 25s bound; ILLUSTRATIONS OF JERUSALEM and MOUNT SINAI; • "slating of Twenty-two Tinted Views, including the most inte resting SITES between GRAND CAIRO and BEIROUT. •,„. From Dra w i n gs by F. ARUNDALE, Architect. v.v tth a Descriptive Account of his Tour and Residence in those interesting Countries. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The ' publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minutes past Three o' Clock. f. ‘ 4 ,,. :; ' ' f.,.7 . .e . .S 017 '' : ,, : r. 6 . - A: _y ,* —IN I k to, IP5 4 : N4'' %V T, ' f >;: ° J ) t, 4 ,4t. I A ‘iir '---- ' ' ''''‘. ..--;41:: . -... --- f A.,..2-:-> - - 4 .3.,. - ~, ,----- '-k 4 i:. s Nt . LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1837. TEE KING'S HEALTH. WINDSOR CASTLE, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1837. Tile KING continues in a very weak and feeble state. Notwithstanding, his MAJESTY had some quiet sleep in the night. After transacting his usual business yesterday, his MA x4sTY received the sacrament from the hands of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY with attention and great apparent gon afort. (iig ned) HENRY HALFORD. M. J. TIERNEY. WM. FRED. CHAMBERS. DAVID DAVIES. We have- snore than once adverted to the attempts made by the , most desperate organ of a very desperate faction, to ca lumniate the exalted Lady who stands in the interestin g relations of parent and guardian to her who in all hu man probability is destined in a few days 'perhaps h., ours—to ascend the Throne of these realms. Tb t apostate print to which we allude has greedily lahl hold of every circumstance which could be' distorted, by a depraved ingenuity, into matter of wacusation against her Royal Highness the bue!f.less af KENT. The secret of all this ye - I ; °r "us hostility is neither more nor less than this that tire high and important duties which devolved u pon he;r Royal Highness have been too faithfully discharge ,d, to g ive the Tories the least hope that the Princess VICTORIA will ever become the instrument _ _ of their ga elfishly factious purposes. This iit; the offence committed, and it is one which, Stt ikin g it does at the root of a mighty evil, must naturally excite the unforgiving wrath of those who live and mo ye azud have their being in this evil, while in the eyes of the great mass of the community of the .night-thinking people of England, Scotland, and Irelaad, it is the noblest recommendation to esteem and affection. It is worthy of remark, too, that while this factious reptile is spiti Wing out his venom at the Mother of our future QUEI T.N he is obliged, in spite of his nature, to bear testimony to the very excellence which he is en deavouring to m ndervalue. What are all those com pliments to the ;Princess VICTORIA—those praises of her ac,com pushed mind—her well cultivated under standing, and well regulated feelings—but the strongest Possib:le evidence, that her education has been conducted on the best of all' principles ? Can there be a more striking. pro , of of the Duchess of KENT'S merit—a st ronger c mto the gratitude of the people ? The Tel 1e: gade organ of the Tories has this morning Put forth : 3o,me remarks on the subject of what it calls " 1 t he POl vets at Kensington," whose very vehemence show s the state of alarm and utter desperation to which t he factio , n is reduced. "It is positively asserted," s ays this veracious print, " that, not the Princess Vic- TORIA, I )ut an older Personage, sent off , on Wednes day last, a messenger to Lord DURHAM, being then 311 his WI rw to England, the purport o f the missive hav ing reforei ce to the formation of a Kent-Coburg iMi nistry. If ' th i s b e so, or, i n d ee d, w h e th e r it be so or nt ' the of fairs of the realm will be in a beautiful mess I before ant . ther f ortn i g h t h as exp i re d. For ourselves, e . hav e b ut one o bj ect at h eart i n re l a ti on to the fear ;au' : al crisis now opening on the people of Eng na• F tis that the future Sovereign may be enabled, fortliwitl 1, to cut her leading. strings, and to act on her "n r em ion and good sense, undisturbed and untor znented: d id l\T "r , supposing that the Duchess of KENT r eall y a se , . d o ff a messenger t o Lord DURHAM, is there ' l ,Y ti f V, ig at all wonderful or blame-worthy in that ? ih ould like to know in what the sin of this pro ceedi mg consists. We can s?e a great many good re re a a S,C, ins for it—not one against it. We can very , (1 , ) 4) , . magine th a t t h e f ac tion of which this F. int ig " 1 brazen mouthpiece, should feel no delight at the prospect of Lord DURHAM forming a part of any Ad ministration Such a circumstance, vie can easily be- lieve, to be little accordant with their taste. They would like a " beautiful mess" of a different flavour ; but as they will have no voice in this matter, and as the peopit of England consider Lord DURILI M worth much more than the whole of them put together, they must be content with their lot. Let them submit in silence, and with as good a grace as they can to a fate which they cannot avoid, and which querulousness will only render more intolerable. A petition was presented to the House of Com mons last week by Mr. D. W. HARVEY in favour of increasing the salaries of the twopenny-post carriers. The petition was - signed by nearly ten thousand per sons, consisting chiefly of merchants, bankers, and tradesmen of the metropolis, who urged in support of the petition that they did not consider their property safe in the hands of men so inadequately paid, and that public servants should - be placed beyond tempta tion. Captain PorAuLL also moved for a Com mittee of enquiry on the subject, which was opposed by the Government, and negatived. Looking at the work both these men and the general post-carriers have to perform, the confidence imposed on them, and also taking into account the recommendation of the Commissioners of enquiry, there appears to be no good reason for the course pursued by Government ; and we confidently hope the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will see the propriety of making some better provision in his Bill for the worst paid servants in the whole Post Office establishment. From re turns made in 1835 it appears that there are in Lon don 281 General-post letter carriers, and 464 two penny carriers, with an average salary of 561. 10s. each. In Dublin there are 89 letter carriers, and in Edinburgh 55 letter carriers, stampers, &c., with an average salary of 47/. 10s. each. Now we put it to Dr. BOWRING, who opposed Captain POLHIL L'S motion, and also to Mr. H UME, whether it is humane to place public servants entrusted with much property on 45/. a year—and some of them have not even that amount—many of them too with large families to main tain and educate in towns where provisions and educa tion are twenty per cent. higher than in other parts of the country. In London for instance education for the average number of children in a family costs at the lowest price 121. a year, and say 10/. for house rent, 12/. for clothing for the whole family, and Si. for me dicine and casualties, there only remains out of the 57/. 10s. the sum of 18/. 103., or about 7s. ld. per week to keep five persons in existence. The system is quite preposterous, and if Government take no steps to alter it, they may rest assured it will right itself. They were forced to alter the forgery laws, because juries refused to convict, and now that this subject is taken up by bankers, merchants, and tradesmen, who sit on juries, will they be anxious to return a verdict of guilty against any of those public servants who may be accused of letter-stealing, when they have thus en tered their protest against a system which exposes them to such temptation ? The whole of the French Papers of Friday and Sa turday, with the Charte of Saturday night, have been received. They contain the following telegraphic com munications relative to the progress of the war in the Peninsula : TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES. " BAYONNE, JUNE 14, THREE O'CLOCK.-Oraa writes on the 9th from Albelda, that Buerens, with the left wing of the forces under his command, is at Alferas, and Baron de Meer, with his right, at Balaguer, which he :occupies, as well as all the spacev comprised between the rivers Segre and Noguera- Ribagorzana... " the Carlists are up the river ; their bead-quarters is at Tra.o. "'braa has returned to Valencia, and gives up the command to the Baron de Meer. Six battalions have been at F,nguy since the 2cl, threaten ing the line between our frontier and Pampluna. It is be lieved that they have the intention of passing into Arragon. Espartero was still at Lerin on the 11th, where he was repair ing the fortifications." " BORDEAUX, JUNE 16. Oraa reached Saragossa on the evening of the 12th. He left it the next day with some bat talions, to go in the direction of Calatayud, in order to pro tect from Cabrera a convoy of money and ammunition, which had left Madrid on the 7th. Cabrera was at Molina of Araga on the 11th, with from 6,000 to 7,000 men. " BAYONNE, JUNE 16.—Oraa returned to Saragossa on the 13th. " The Baron de Meer, at the bead of 15,000 men, keeps still on the right flank of the Carlist expedition. " Villapadierna is posted with his division, observing Caba nero and Sena, who have taken Quinto. Yriarte has gone to Calatayud to re-join Nogueras, who is kept there in check by Cabrera, at the head, it is reported, of 10,000 infantry, and 800 horse. " BAYONNE, JUNE 17, HALF-PAST 2 P.m.- . --On the 13th, the Baron de Meer writes to the General-in-Chief of the Army of the Centre, that he joined battle with the enemy in the en virons of Isona, and completely routed him, after a combat of four hours. The loss of the Carlists is estimated at 2,000 men, and that of the Christinos at 500, pot hors de combat." Recent events Lave given us such reason to distrust the fidelity of the glowing accounts of the success o the QUEEN'S Generals, transmitted by telegraph to the French Government, that we feel no inclination to do more than chronicle those which we receive in a form so succinct. We want details to enable us to form a right conception of the value of DE MEER'S victory over the Carlists. " Estimated" losses do not altoge ther satisfy us ; and besides, we should like to know the effect produced by them upon the enemy. A re ference to this Journal of Saturday will suffice to con vince our readers, that we have net the highest opinion of the Baron DE MEER'S principles and military ta lents ; and therefore, that we sec no room for congratu lation in the announcement of his succeeding General ORAA in the command of the main body of the ad vanced division of the army. Nevertheless, the retire ment of ORAA, whose extreme caution would hardly allow him to attack an enemy in the Caudine forks, must prove advantageous in a warfare not conducted on guerilla principles. The pro crastination of the QUEEN'S Generals is more fatal to the constitutional cause than the most rash head long precipitancy could be. The former chills the energy of the soldier, fritters away the resources of the nation, cools the ardour of the patriot, and after a time, substitutes indifference for enthusiasm in the breasts of the people. This indifference soon extends to the inhabitants of surrounding countries ; and the generous are prevented, by the very warmth of their feelings, from associating themselves with the defence of a cause against whiCh the apathy of its objects is a species of high treason. Precipitancy on the part of the Generals would, on the contrary, indicate honesty of purpose and personal valour, even when most be traying a want of judgment. It would animate the soldier to noble deeds, fill the nation with enthusiasm, and command the admiration and respect of foreign countries. Besides no sudden reverses could greatly affect the ultimate triumph of the Constitutionalists. Partial defeat would only rally round the QUEEN'S standard the slumbering allergies of ten millions of people, and this only is wanted to expel Don CARLOS from the Spanish soil, without the aid of a foreign bayonet. Whether the QUEEN'S Generals at the outset beat or be beaten, we would have them fight— and fight th e y will if they be honest men. Eventually they must conquer in the triumph of the cause which they advocate with their swords. Details of the frightful accident in the Champ de Mars on Wednesday last are supplied by all the Jour nals before us. They arc all confirmatory of the ac count which we published on Saturday. For the par ticulars of this shocking cat as t ro ph e , upon which we wish not to dwell at any greater length here, we refer to our extracts from the Charte and the Messager. The conduct of the KING and the Duke of ORLEANS on this occasion has given general satisfaction to all classes. Most of the Journals are dissatisfied with the treaty between France and ABD EL KADEit, though as yet the details have not entirely transpired. On Saturday, Count MOLE was ased certain questions relative to it in the Chamber of Deputies, but he declined to answer them, alleging that it had not then been ratified, as there were still some points to be regulated before it could receive the Royal sanction. No further allusion was made to it, and the conyersa!ion dropped. Should the treaty be returned, however, to General BUGEAUD without ratification, it will place him in lather an awkward predicament ; as, acting on the faith of it, he has already given liberty to the whole of the Arab prisoners, and entirely evacuated Tafnd. The annexed extracts from the French papers in clude whatever else they contain of any interest : FRONTIERS OF SPAIN. According to the arrangements which the Carlists are making, it is inlubitable that a new ex pedition is about to pass the Ebro. With this view, they have assembled several battalions in the environs of Estella, and we are assured that 9 battalions arc going to take the field, namely, 3 battalions of Navarre, two of Guipuscoa, 2 of Alava, and two of Biscay, which will be commanded by Guer. que. It will be recollected that all the Carlist expeditions which we have announced have actually taken place. General Espartero gave orders on the 6th of this month to the 4th Regiment, to go and cover the line from Roncevaux to Pampeluna, and to occupy Zabaldica, Larragoana, Zubiri, &c. The Carlist deputation of Navarre has just made a forced loan of 400,000 reals do vellon. The names of the parish priests are among those of the persons who are to furnish this sum. The loan excites the murmurs of those on whom it is imposed. The troops which occupy the line of Ernani have not changed their positions.—Sentinelle des Pyrenees. The four battalions which arrived at Saragossa on the 9th, coming from Navarre, were to set out on the 1 1 th, in the morning, to join the corps of Gen. Oraa.—lndicateur de Bordeaux. The Barcelona journals of the 10th contain nothing very interesting. Brigadier-General Carlo has just issued orders to go immediately to Lerida with the column of Aspiroz, which consists of 3,000 men. News from Valencia to the Bth of June had been received at Barcelona. The united bands of El Serrador, Tallada, and Esperanza, which had passed the night of the sth at Ru beilos, have retreated to Jerica, into which place they entered on the 6th, occupying at the same time Viver and Manzanera. —Le Commerce, Jim 17. TOULON, JUNE 13."—Sevcral ships of the line are to be sent to Port Vendre to take in troops ; v.hether to convey them to Bona or the coast of Catalonia is not known. FRENCH FUNDS-PARIS, JUNE 16, Five per Cents., 108 f. 70c. 65c. 70c. Four per Cent., 90f. 50c. Three per Cents.; 77f. 80c. 75e. SOc. Bank Actions, '2,377f. 50c. 2,375 f. ttente de Naples, 960 45c. Roman Five per Cents., 101404. Spanish Actives, 243 i %%. Spanish Passives, 514. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 28% . EXCHANGE. ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 37%c. ; money, 251.37 c Tree months, paper, -c. ; money, 251. 17%c -L'ours Authentiaue. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, JUNE 17. Five per Cents., 1080 '7.5c. 7 , c. 80c. Four and a Hal ner Cents. 101 E 40c. Four per Cents., WE 50c. Three per Cents. rf. 83c. 90c. Bank Actions, 2,0720 s(c. 2,375 E Rente ae Naples ' 9;t. 45c. 50c. Roman Five per Cents. 101%14%. Spanish Actives, 24 23k. Spanish Passives, 5%%%. Belgian Loan Five per Cents, 101%. Portuguese Three per Cents. 283 i 7f, . EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 37.,ic.; money, 25f. 37%c. Three mouths, paper, -f. -c. ; Toney, 251. 17 c -Cours Atethenfiz:e. LAST PRICES, Five per Cents., 108 E 90c. Three per Cents. 78f. Bank Actions, 2,375 f. Bente de Naples, 96f. 75c. Roman live per Cents., 101 1 A. Belgian Loan, 10!%. Portuguese Three per Cents., 23%. Haytian Loan, 297 f. 50c. Spanish Actives, 23%. Spanish Passives 5%. Spanish Differes, 7. Brussels and German Papers have been received, from which some interesting extracts will be found in another part of The Sun. LITERATURE. TRANSITION. London, E. Clairton, 1837. This is a tale of domestic life, of which the scene is laid in England and Wales—principally in London. We cannot hold out to the author the prospect of great fame, or a large fortune, from its publication ; though regarded as a first performance, it is not alto gether without merit. • A matured judgment and a correct taste would have suggested other materials for the construction of a work of this kind than those furnished by the faults of a mother, the illicit gallantry of a naval officer, and the impenitence of a victim of early seduction. We can, however, acquit the author's heart of any participation in the sins against good taste of which we complain. His moral and religious sentiments do him the greatest credit, nor is he by any means niggardly in his use of them. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK. Tuts DAY.--Statistical, 8 P.M. ; Marylebone Literary, 11 P.m. (Dr. Lardner on Astronomy, also on the 26th, and July 3. 1 To-mmutow.—Linnwan, S ; Horticultural, 3 P. m. THURSDAY. —Royal Society of Literature, 4 P. ,SATURDAY.— Electrical Society, 7 P.M. LORD DURHAM.--Preparations are making at Lambton Castle for the reception of the Earl of Durham and his family, who are expected there in the first week of July._ Sunderland Herald. We are authorized to state that Dr. Chambers has not been knighted by the King. His Majesty, in giving hi m the decoration of Knight Commander of the Guelphic Order, was graciously pleased to permit him to decline the • honour of ordinary knighthood usually conferred with that Order.__. Morning Paper. Yesterday being the 22d Anniversary of the glorio us Battle of Waterloo, which restored general peace to Europe, by the downfall of the ambitious Napoleon, his Grace Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, the only chief of the allied troops now living who was at that ever memorable engage mernent, gave his usual banquet at Apsley.house, to the Right Hon. Generals Lord Hill, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army (and his Grace's constant companion in arms throughout the Peninsular war), the Marquis of Anglesea, Sir Hussey Vivian, Sir Henry Hardinge, Lord Fitzroy S o _ merset, Sir A. Woodford, Sir R. C. Hill, Hon. G. Town send, Sir G. A. Quintin, Lord R. Manners, Lygon, Sir T. G. Woodford, Lord R. Somerset, Lord Saltoun, Sir G. Bowater, Sir George H. Berkeley, C. Hill, P. Drummond, Sir T. May, Hon. 11. Murray, Sir Robert Gardener, Sir G. Freemantle, Macdonald, Hon. D'Oyly, Sir C. Rowan, and all those Generals and Staff Officers at present in town who were with his Grace in the field of action on Sunday, June 18, 1815.—The band of the Grenadier Guards in their State uniforms, of w hich Regiment the Duke is Colonel, were in attendance, and performed some of the most favourite marshal airs during this grand military banquet of England's brave sons. His Grace presented himself at the window several times whilst in conversation with his companions around him, and looked remarkably well. The Duke of Wellington was among the prome naders yesterday afternoon in the Zoological Gardens. The company was, as usual, very numerous and fashionable, and was principally attracted to the new and commodious house in which the three giraffes were exhibiting their stately forms. They had been removed thither the day before: . The Brazilian Minister was among the inquirers at the Palace during the last week after the health of the King. The Bishop of London preached a sermon _yester day morning at St. George's, Hanover-square, in aid of the charity schools, in the course of which he expressed his regret that the funds had not been so well supported of late. Seven or eight villages in one of the vallies of the Tyrol have abandoned the Catholic and embraced the Protes , taut faith. The Austrian Government, after deliberating upon this circumstance in Council, has refused the inhabi tants permission to emigrate into Prussia. Transylvania has been assigned to them as a place of refuge. Examples of whole communes changing their religion are by no means rare in Germany. There has not, however, been a single instance of a Protestant or Lutheran commune being converted to Ca tholicism. A few years ago a similar case occurred in Silesia. On the other band, several learned Protestants of Berlin, car ried away by fanaticism, have become Catholics, and applied to the• Austrian Cabinet for refuge and employment. This species of struggle between the two Cabinets, though not carried on openly, has been perpetual.— Galignani's Mes senger. On Saturday evening, a lengthened investigation took place before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, and a respectable Jury, relative to the death of a female infant of Mrs. Algar, a widow. Mr. Liddle, parish surgeon, deposed, that he had ex amined the body of the deceased, which appeared to be a full grown child, and did not perceive any marks of violence en it, either externally or internally. He submitted the lungs to the usual test of immersion in water, and from their floating, arid their being :lightly inflated with air, it was his opinion that the deceased had breathed subsequently to its birth. Ile admitted that the mere floating was not a decided proof that the de ceased had lived after being born, as during delivery it might give a single gasp, which would give that appearance to the lungs, and then died. A female deposed that Mrs. Alger had been making arrangements to be confined at her house, and that she was after to take care of the infant. The Coroner re marked, that the evidence of the l as t w it n ess negatived the assumption that the mother premeditated the destruction of her infant ; and, under all the circumstances, the case was not sufficiently strong to warrant them in returning . a verdict of murder or manslaughter. The case was in the hands of the Magistrates ; and they had the power, if they thought proper, of sending the mother for trial for concealing the birth of the deceased. The Jury concurred with the Coroner, and returned a verdict accordingly, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1837. CRIMINAL COURT-(TIIIS DAY.) OLD COURT. • The RECORDER took his scat on the Bench at ten o'clock. TVilliam England and Thomas May were indicted for stealing on the 12th , of April from a garden in Cross-lane, Islington, a quantity of carpenter's tools, the property of Robert Martin. The prisoners were again indicted for steal ing from the same premises on the sth of June, a quantity of tools and a working-jacket by climbing over a garden-wail, the property of the same prosecutor. The facts, which had no novelty in them, were fully proved.—Guilty. • The RECORDER instantly passed sentence of transportation for seven years on both the prisoners. Thomas Graham was indicted for stealing on the I 2th of June, in the parish of St. Luke's, Chelsea, from the house of Wm. Ewin, eight sovereigns, six half crowns, and other monies, the property of Edward Allison. The prisoner had been apprentice to the prosecutor, who had missed the money on the day in question. He had received it only on the day before. He subsequently went to Southampton, and found the prisoner on board the Ata/unta steamer. lie had in his pos session a watch, for which he said lie had given 31., but which was not worth 20s. He had also purchased some new clothes, and all the money was spent except four sovereigns. When taken into custody the prisoner said the money was left in an open drawer, and he took it all but one sovereign. The RECORDER said he was very sorry, on account of the youth of the prisoner, and the sudden temptations, together with his previous good character, that the case was too clearly out made. The Jury instantly returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy. The RECORDER said he was bodnd to pass sentence of trans portation upon the prisoner for life, but as the prosecutor and the Jury had so strongly recommended him to mercy, he should be confined in the Penitentiary for twelve months. NE CO UR T. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) George Winter was indicted for steal;ng, on the 7th of June, in the 'parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, a piece of silk, value 1/. 17s.;the property of William Smith. The prisoner came into the prosecutor's shop about half-past seven o'clock, and asked to be showed some trifling article. The shopman went to the lower end of the shop to procure what he wanted, and on his return be found the prisoner had gone, and on going after him discovered the prisoner had concealed a piece of handkerchiefs under his cloak. The moment he found himself pursued he went into a court. and dropped the plunder in a passage.—Guilty. The prisoner was indicted on a former occasion, and was in formed by the Court he would not have an opportunity of re peating his system of shoplifting. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK We have received Valparaiso Journals to the .sth January. They are almost entirely barren of intelligence respecting the war with Peru, active hostilities having not yet commenced. Preparations were still making on both sides. General Santa Cruz has levied a contribution of 100,000 dollars on the inha bitants of Lima, and issued severe decrees against any per sons favouring a debarkation of the Chilians. The Chilian Vice- Admiral was off Guayaquil with a part of his squadron, watching the movements of General Munn. Another part of the Chan) force was blockading some Peruvian ships at Puna. Private accounts say that the war had assumed a more active appearance. An expedition was preparing at Valparaiso of about 3,000 troops to invade Peru. Exchange on London, 7 1.16 pence. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY,) _ WYATT V. STOCKFN. This was an action for false imprisonment brought by Mr. Henry Wyatt, son of Mr. Wyatt, ihe ale-b:ewer, o'f•Poripool lane, against Mr. Charles Stocken, stationer, .53, Regent. street, Piccadilly, under the following circumst,.cces. The plaintiff's brother, ado was married to a Miss Sinlth, rented a house in Chad's-row, Gray's Inn-lane, in which his sister in-law had an interest, and put up, among other. fixtures, a handsome marble chimney-piece, valued at 12 guineas, which he subsequently sold to Miss Smith on giving up possession. While the house remained untenanted Miss Smith received information that some persons had broken into it at night for the purpose of removing the fixtures, and wrote a letter to Mr. Henry Smith, the plaintiff, requesting him to go to the house in Chad's-row and remove for her any things that were likely to be carried off. The plaintiff, after apprizing a policeman of his intention, went with two men for that purpose, and while engaged in removing the chimney-piece, the defendant, accompanied by two policemen, arrived, and gave the plaintiff and the two men who were assisting him, into custody, on a charge of felony. It was stated that the defendant Stocken was the landlord of the premises, hut there was no evidence given on the trial to establish the fact. Mr. Wyatt and his assistants were conveyed to the station-house, and thence to Hatton. Garden police-office, where he was dii-charged on his own recoguizances to appear on,a future day, and show his authority from Miss Smith, which he accordingly did, ai.d the case was dismissed. Witnesses having been examined, who proved the forogoing facts, Mr. PLATT addressed the jury for the defendant. Lord DENMAN in summing up, observed that the defendant's Counsel bad very properly admitted, that there must be a verdict for the plaintiff; and he had also very fairly stated, what could not be denied, that it could not be considered as a very light matter when a man was treated as a felon. It would be for the jury to say under such circumstances what damages the plaintiff was fairly entitled to. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damage: 501. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( T HIS DAY.) DEAL, JUNE 18 —Wind W. S. —Arrived the Alfred, from Madras ; Governor Maclean, from Sierra Leone ; Caleb Angus, from Honduras ; Demerara Packet, from Jamaica ; Vernon, from. Madeira ; Saladin. from Palzrmo ; Terrible, from Galipoli ; Superb, from Trepab i ; and Iris, Belfast. DOVER, JUNE 18.—Arrived the Favourite, from New York. ISLE or. WIGHT, JUNE 18.—Off port the Adventure, from Havannah; and Charlotte, from Charleston. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 18.—Arrived the Procris, Quebec. PORTLAND, JUNE 17.—Off port the Emerald, New Bedford. SWANAGE, JUNE 18.—Arrived the Vrow Catherina, Leghorn. Cowas, JUNE 18.—Arrived the Osmond, from Rio Janeiro; Gulnare, from Havannall ; Pleiades, from Matanzas ; and Fame, from New Orleans. FALMOUTH, JUNE IL—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Star Packet, from Rio Janeiro, sailed the 19th April, Bahia the 27th, and Pernambuco the 7th ult. ; Pigeon Packet, from Vera Cruz, sailed the 3d ult., Tampico the Bth, and Havan nah the 18th ; Ann, from Ceylon ; and Wheatear, GUERNSEY, JUNE 16.—Arrived the Eliza, from Havannah. BRISTOL, JUNE 16.—Arrived the Elizabeth, and Africa, from Jamaica ; Nelson, from Barbadoes ; Midas, fronrOdessa; Rapid, from Marseilles; Astrea, from Malaga; Dandy, from Lisbon : and Urania, from St. Übes. LIVERPOOL, JUNE IL—Arrived the William Rushton, from Valparaiso ; Richard, from Trinidad; Donald, from Berhice ; Mary Bulmer, from Barbadoes ; Edinburgh, Canadian, George, Orwell, and Orozembo, from New Orleans; George Can. ning, from Charleston ; Elizabeth Bentley, from Savannah ; Holman, and Pow taten, lion' Mobile ; and Violarae, from New York; Martha, from Alexandria; Betsy Black, from Licata; Experiment, from Tarragona; Endeavour, from Marseilles ; Solace, from Gibraltar ; Sophia and Isabel, from the Mediterranean ; Hope, Wismar ; and China, Charleston. STANGATE CREEK, JUNE 18.—Arrived the Union, from Smyrna; Exeter, and Perasto, from Trieste. The Laura, from Liverpool, was on shore on the Wind ward Bank, Demerara, the 3 , 1 ult., but expected off with the springs. The James Laing, from Sydney to New Zealand and Eng land, having been on shore, put back to Sydney, where she was condemned and sold. _ The Astrea, from Amsterdam to Surinam, arrived at Flush ing, with damage, and must discharge. • THE MARKETS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week the arrivals of all descriptions of corn were mo derate, and the return of Flour was also middling. The trade for every article remained unaltered from the previous Monday. This morning there has been again a moderate fresh supply of grain ; but the weather is now so very favour able for the crops, that the buyers manifest much cau tion in their proceedings. Fine Wheat still scarce, the factors demanded more money for such ; but they could not effect sales on any better terms than this day se'ettight ; for other qualities the trade has been dull, and last week's terms are hardly supported. In Bailey there is little doing, and prices are unaltered. Beans and Peas remain as last re ported. There has been a fair 'demand for Oats to-day, but last week's rates were not maintained without difficulty. The Flour trade continues dull at no variation in prices. ritlCEs ON B ..BD OF slur Wheat, Red (old) --White cold) — , —', -,--- Red 218.36 4 ,- -u. 4415. .---- Fill_ 484. 545. ---- Superti..e.. :,ss. 535. Wli.te (1836) 45, s . 's. -- Fine 'As. 5-Bs. ---- Superfine tiOs. 635. --- Foreign free —s —5. Rye :345. als. Barley t2l.s. ttfis. -- Grinding gas 28s. Malting 3d..33{. .Malt 465..545. Fine New slis 58i. Pease, Grey, New :354: 375. Maple New ' l Bs. 403. White 3Cs. 38s. --- Boilers 385.40,. Beans, Small (new) 37x.4 (old) 42,485. - Tick (I,cw) (old) bss. 425. ---- Harrow (19CW) :16S 245. (;:id) 13rank Oats, Feed --- New - Poland New •i!I Vs. - Potatoe ~ a s -- New '4l `_'33. - Scotch - Irish I7s. Flour Town 4..er sack) .Veconds 41,45;. --- Country 40: 42 . Itrati THE FUNDS. The unfavourable turn in the state of his Majesty's health since Friday has greatly impeded all operations in the funds as well as in commercial affairs, it being now ascertained that there are scarce any hopes of a favourable change in his Majesty's illness. Consols, which closed o►► Saturday at 91.1 91 ? 3 - for the Ac count, opened this morning at 914 ; Exchequer Bills, 33 35; ,India Bond, 33 35 ; Bank Stock, 206 207. In the Foreign Market, Spanish, which closed at 221 with Coupons, have improved this morning to 2* owing to the telegraphic despatch received of the defeat of the Carlists ; but we must wait for further particulars, to ascertain the de tails. Passive, 5-1- 5 ; Deferred, 7i si ; Portuguese, 43i 44 ; 3 per Cents., 28.4 29 ; Colombian, 231 241 ; Duch 2i per Cents., 53i. • We have no further arrivals from America. To the present time all is tranquil in the city, in respect to commercial affairs. HALF-PAST ONE. The accounts from Falmouth received this morning brings the arrivals there;of two packets from Rio Janeiro and Mexico. The information by the former packet states that no alteration had taken plar,c in the state of affairs, which, on the whole were satisfactorily, with the exception experienced by the stagnation in the Money Market of Great Britain and the United States. By the latter packet from Mexico, which left Vera Cruz on the 3d May, we learn that the new President had taken his seat, and that the internal state of the country was not in an alarming state, with the exception that near St. Lacy a consi derable amount of specie from the Interior had been attacked, and it was deemed expedient to bring it back again ; and, in consequence of which, the packet ;has only brought home 300,000 dollars. It was expected there would be very little by the next packet. The mines appeared to be doing well. To the present hour great anxiety prevails in the City for information from Windsor, to ascertain the state of his Ma jesty's health. We have no further intelligence or confirmation respecting the defeat of the Carlists at Isona, on the 13th inst. Tho speculators in Spain are anxiously waiting for further details which no doubt will be received to-morrow from Paris. To the present hour commercial affairs in the city are in a tranquil state. Consols have receded from the morning price of 91+ to 9ii I for Account, with. little doing ; Exchequer Bills, 35 33 prem. ; India Bonds, 33 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2061. In the Foreign Market, little business doing in Spanish Active, owing to the speculators waiting for a comfit-mak:in of the defeat of the Carlists. Spanish Active had reached in the morning 23 with Coupons, at present 23i ; Passive, bi-; De ferred, 84-; Portuguese, 43i; Three per Cents., 28i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52i. THREE O' CL O CK, Consols for Account, 91/ The Rev. Edward Battiseombe, A.M., late fellow of King's College, Cambridge, has resigned his fellowship, and renounced his connexion with the Church of England, having joined the Baptist denomination.—Patriot. We have had sent to us, this week, a jargonelle pear, approaching the size of a small hen egg, which was gathered on Saturday from a tree in the garden of Mr. Williams, grocer, Cleobury Mortimer, and is part of the produce of the luxuriant blossom which the tree, as we mentioned at the time; partially exhibited about the middle of April last. Several other pears, the offsprings of the same blossom, are still growing on the tree, whilst it also presents a fair and general crop of fruit, now nitting, arising from the blossom of the season.— Worcester Herald. FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday last, a disciple of Isaac Walton was amusing himself with the " rod and line," in the river running through the meadow of Gilbert Crompton, Esq., of this town, and after waiting anxiously for a length of time, had the mortification of not getting a " bite." At length, however, a " monster" got fastened to the hook—the float darted with the rapidity of lightening beneath the surface of the water—and the most skilful generalship was required to land the prize. The angler succeeded, after great anxiety, in " hooking him out ;" and was astonished to behold a four-legged animal attached to his line, kicking fiercely in the air, and darting looks of fire at his tormentor. Another person arriving, at the spot, the ve nomous reptile was put hors de combat, having first evinced its ferocity by springing at the angler ; and the two valiants gazed mutely over the remains of .an immense—water-rat ! Derbyshire Chronicle. SPORTING ETRAORDINARY.—LateIy, in Etlale, Derbyshire, a fanner standing on a bridge happened to sea in the stream below a fish amusing itself on the surface. Having his &clock at hand, he deliberately took aim, and was so for tunate as to be able to bag a fine trout, weighing- upwards of two pounds !—Derbyshire Chronicle. • At Scudamore Upton, Wilts, on the 26th ult., a hive of bees, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Cockerill, swarmed, and settled upon the head of one of his men servants I Al though much alarmed at the sudden adhesion of theiminvited wanderers, he was not long ignorant of the best policy to adopt in his critical position ; for, having unsettled one of the bees th at • at fi rst p i tc h ed upon hi s eye, it stung him severely. A hive was soon procured, and the bees got into it without further injury.—Sulisbury Herald. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Tuesday last, a gentleman of Carlow (a passenger in one of • the steamers) being desirous of visiting an old friend, an extensive brewer in this neighbourhood, came on shore for that purpose very early in th e morning, and not being able to find his friend, made his way to Mount Wise,' and observing a veteran whom he at once perceived to. be " every inch a sailor," made en quiries of him as to the scenery, ships, &c., in the view before him, and was obligingly made acquainted with every particular, and also invited to look at the Camera Obscure on the hill. Having satisfied his curiosity, the stranger offered his guide half-a-crown for his trouble, which was at once declined, as he could not think of taking a reward. After expressing thanks for such attention, the stranger expressed his regret that h e could not view the Dock-yard, stating that he had been at the gates, and found that the Commissioner could not be applied to, at so early an hour. His guide said, lie thought he could get him into the Yard, and at the moment a Lieu tenant in the Navy passed, who was hailed, and requested to gratify the stranger's desire to see all that time would permit. Observing that the request was replied to by a touch of the hat, and every other mark of respect, the stranger enquired of the officer the rank of the gentleman to whom he had offered the hall-erown, and being informed that ho was the Com mander-in-Chief, made an apology to his Lordship, which was received with the characteristic good nature of a British Naval Officer, and the stranger parted from his Noble Guide highly gratified with the condescending attention he had re ceived.—Devoliport Independent. The arrivals at Weymouth increase daily. The most popular promenade just now is Smallmouth Sands, than Which LOthili_ b r , can be more pleasant. Parties are constantly grading in that direction, to witness the progress of the new bridge erecting over the passage. The drive by this way and through Wyke is one of the most picturesque in the neigh bourhood—Salisbury Herald. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, 6y the Coreasi. s. d. to s d a A to s. d Reef, inferior I 0 3 4 Mutton, interior - middling ...... 3 6 3 8 - middling 4 2 4. 4 - prEne large - prime 4 6 4 8 _ . . -- prime Veal Lamb 4s Od. to 5i Bd. NEWCASII.E.UPON-TYNE CORN MARKET.—June 17. Our supply of Wheat from the interior at this day's market vas but small, but we had fair coasting arrivals, and the whole met a slow sale, at a decline of Is. per quarter on the rates of last Saturday. In Barley there is no alteration. Oats were in fair supply, and prices about Is. per quarter -lower. Malt continues in limited request, at our quotations. There is little change in the value of Rye, but the sale is not so brisk as last week. Pease and Beans support their prices. Flour is ex, ceedingiy dull, and our quotations arc with difficulty realized, Nee. Wheat, Northumker!and —s 40, (11 .1 Norfolk and 5ua01k...... ...... —s —........ 57 , 53, Berwick and Scotch M. s L9 . Rye, NGrf,lk w and Suffolk Forel4n ; —r....... —s. —5. .: Barley, Malting, Norfolk and SaS.lk 294. 30; ...... —s. - . .-s. '..:t . Grinding and Feeding Malt, NoColk and Sufroll , 5 s 57: —. —s. 7 Deans, small 'W.. .f ., • - Tick 384. 40s -3 -S. - P,-ase, White 4 ' ,4. 445. . ... -E. -1 -- Gray ' 4 54 2:35 —.. Oats, Northumberland, l'ot.ttoc 3os. .is. 32s. 335. -- --- Feed ... ...... --- Foreign Flour (per sack) —s. —s 43s. 465. On Wednesday evening, after the fete of the Champ de Mars, while the crowd was pressing through the gates, and screams were beard on every side, M. R—, an honest shop keeper of the Rue St. Denis, supported his wife, whose inor mous rotundity rendered a passage through the, crowd by Wo means an easy operation. " I dare say," said he gaily to the persons around bins, " that the pickpockets are at work, but I have secured myself against their attempts."—" I should have been glad had I known your plan," replied a youth be hind him, " for I have just lost my'hAndkerchief,"--- . -" You should have done as I have done," quoth And pray how was that?"—" I crammed my watch, my 'purse, and my wife's bag, into my handkerchief, and put them all into my coat-pocket, fastening them with ten or fifteen pins ! Let them rub me if they can !" The young man comllimented him on the ingenuity of his plan. On reaching the quay, where the crowd was less dense, M. R— phced his hand wi,h confidence on his pocket, to take out the precious deposit, but, what was his surprise when he found that his coat was minus the skirts, and bad been transformed, in the neatest manner possible, into a jacket, thus affording to M. R— an opportunity of exercising his ingenuity to devise some other plan cf pro tection for the next fete.—Galignani's Illeggengcr. $I It INGHAM.-Many manufactories have ceased Work aliogetim.; some arc not more than half employed, and, in all probability, in the course of another week hundreds of workmen, in addition to those already unemployed, will be thrown idle and destitute on the town. 'I he chief cause of, this extreme depression is, unquestionably," the American failures. Most of our American merchants have, for some weeks past, been in possession of an abundance of orders ; but, in the present difficulties of the United States, it would be worse than madness to execute them.-IVolezrLempton Chronicle. The orchards are everywhere well fruited, and an unusually abundant crop may be now confidently expected. Cider is uffsred at very low prices, compared with its value before the late profuse blossoms gave assurance of so large a supply of apFles,—Tguntwt courier. ARRIVALS OF English Iri ,h F sreik n GRAIN lb I Wheat. 4,90 irs. SMITHFIELE This day's - supply was very - good alteration from the prices last quot J MARKET d, and the sale w•a dull at little )ted: PRICES PER STONE OF BLB. TO SINK TUE OFFAL 3. s. d. to s. d. s.d. to so-% Inferior Beasts `, 6 2 S Inferisr Sheep 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditt0...... 210 3 2 Second quality ditto 1 S 4 0 Prime large Oxan 3 4 4la Cous's-w.olled ditto ... 4 0 4 6 Prime Scotts, &c. Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 large :cogs li 4 4 0 i• rime small ditto Suckling Calves each —.16 0 33 01 Quarter old Pi i r . each . 15 u 20 11 Lamb ls 40. to Cs. Od. SUI - PLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep Calves. Pii.ls 12,132 I 23,712 I 231 4. 1 2 About :100 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban's road; about 170 up the other northern roads; show 201 (inio•i)ing 1 rishl from the western and midland districts ; aboqt 14i0 from Not 6,1 h, Suftlik. Essex, and ( am bridgeshire ; about 70 from K, nt a..il Sussex ; and most of tke ramai':der from the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of Londsn. :)NDON DUILING LA ST WEEK. oats. ' , 1..., 176 gre. 2;L12 qrs 5;? 7 sack. - 1°,277 A HUIIORIST. • Mt. Bosville; searcifiv ever quitied the used to say, that London - iilfrilltr - heYt residence in White and'that•hekne; , v no Place like it in Sunitmye. yore when in Yorkshire, Le. made a po;nt of not. visiting h • own estates, lest he should be involved in the_ carel and troubles of a landed proprietor. But ; though he seldom really travelled, he sometimes made imaginary journies. He used to mention, as a grave fact, film once he visited the Scilly Isles, and , attended a ball St. Mary's, where he found a young lady giving - herseif great airs, because her education' had received a " finish" at the " Land's 'End."• Another of his stories was that, having been at Rome during the last illness of - Clement the Fourteenth, - he went daily to the Vatican, to ascertain what chance he had of enjoying the spectacle of an in stallation. The bulletins, according to my ;rand-uncle's playful imagination, were variously expressed, but each more alarming than its predeceSsor. " His HOliness is very . ill ;" next, " his Excellency hi %verse ;" then, " His Eminence is in a very low state ;" and, at last, the day be- - fore the Pope expired, came forth the startling announce " His Infallibility is delirious." This pleasant original occasionally coined anecdotes at the expense of his own guests, and related them to their face, • for the amusement of the company. Parson Este was once editor of a paper called the World ; and Boss die alleged of •him, before a large party, that, one day, a gentleman in deep mourning, came to him at the office, requesting the ir sertion of a ready-made - panegyric on his brother, who died a few days before. " No," answered the Reverend Editor, " your brother did not choose to die in our newspaper, and that being the case, I can find no room for eulogies Upon him." Among Mr. Bosville's liberal friends, was the noted author of The Political Re g ister. Cobbctt - was in . Ne.rgate, my grand-uncle went in state with 4 horses to his carriage to visit the pri:oner ; and afterwards presented hini a thousand pounds, in token of sympathy, as he termed it, with the persecuted sufferer. The party in AKelbeek-street, as may be sup posed, never stood very high in favour of the Govern ment. The butler, one day, whispered to Mr. Bosville, after dinner, that some gentlemen insisted upon seeing him in the antechamber. Going out to them, he found Townshend, the police officer, and his myrmidons, in quest of two noted de mocrats, then actually seated at the dinner-table. Bosville . reeeived " the gentlemen" with great civility, and offered them refreshments if they would - not interrupt the socialities of the dining-rooM, pledgrig himself to be security for the 'objects of their search. These functionaries appear to have been almost as accommodating as the bailiffs, who so obligingly augmented the retinue of Richard Steele, at his memorable entertainment. Having mad:: this arrange ment, Bosvillc returned to table without the slightest symptom of discomposure, and prolonged the entertain ment till the usual hour. While the company were with drawin-r, the bailiffs were allowed to ex cute their office, and carried off the astonished guests to prison. The con cluding days of Basviile - are a melancholy evidence of the force of habit. He wished his dinner-parties to be con tinued to the very last. His health declined, and his convivial powers deserted him ; but the slate hung as usual, in the hall, and he felt more anxiety, than ever, that the list of guests upon it should not fail of its appointed number. Habitually inclined to scepticism, he was not prepared, amidst increasing infirmities, to seek for comfort in religion. Even. during his last hours, when he was confined to his chamber, the hospitable board was regularly spread below. • He insisted upon reports, from time to time, of the jocularities calling forth the laughter which still assailed 'his ear ; and, on the very morning of hiA death, gave orders for an entertainment punctually at the usual hour, which he did not live to see. It would be well fur those who think that religious consolations are easily attainable on a death-bed, and without habitual preparation, to take solemn warning from the last moment: of Bosville. —Life of Sir John Sirc!ceir. THE PLAGUE IN TURKEY. Most mournful accounts of the havoc the plague is com mitting are daily received, not only from those towns in the interior which suffered from its *visitation last year, but also from other places which then escaped the fury of its passage. Every city and village along the coasts of the sea of Marmora, but more especially Galipoli, Ganakorais, Silivria, Rodosto, Lampsaki, Artaki Mika!etch, Modania, Ghio, and Triglia, have for months felt the dire influence of this scourge. From the sea-coast it. has spread to the inland country as far as Philipopoli to the north, and to the west as far as Sofia. In Aria Minor the extent and rapidity of its propagation have proved equally alarming, nor has its malignity been less terrific, several flourishing hamlets ha%ang there also, within the space of a few weeks become vacant. It has more latterly made again its appearance at Smyrna, with symptoms of an alarming character. Within the space of six days, according to the latest intelligence, 4SO Moslems had died of this disorder, and the daily mortality among Rayahs exceeded twenty. In the ca pital the disease, which during the summer carried off one• eighth of the population, after alternately languishing and reviving during the winter, has within the last three weeks shown a decided disposition to re-assume its former in tensity. A general and deep consternation prevails in .con ; sequence, every one foreboding- a repetition of the scenes of distress and desolation which, during the space of six years it has been the lot of almost every family to witness. It ware fortunate in the present easergency had the experience purchased at the expence of the lives of the dearest among their friends and relatives proved of any avail to the survivors - -had it led to an improvement in the means for, preserv ing themselves from sharing a similar fate. But, alas for humanity !. the same degree of. ignorance as to the origin and nature of the disorder Antinues to prevail—the same divergency as to the mode of its propagation—the same woeful absence cf curative means. The sense of man's ig norance on these all-important subjects alone has become more generally felt, and this growing convection has had the effect of throwing - the weaker-minded into a state of per plexity bordering, in many cases, on distractedness; of re ducing .the sanguinity of others either to the lowest level of despondency and appalment; or to the stoical apathy of helplessness. I had occasion to inform you last year that a large portion of the Turkish and Christian population had abjured the notions as to the propagation of the plague pre valent for centuries throughout the East, and became converts to the more orthodox dogmas of European contagionists. Animated with the fervour and enthusiasm of neophyts, they scrupulously submitted themselves and their acquaintance to the sundry ordeals which the Franks living here daily undergo for the sake of keeping their persons and families beyond the reach of contagion. The result of these experi- ments proved highly unsatisfactory. Numerous well authenticated cases occurred both among the Turks and Europeans of individuals who had in no way trans- gressed the sanitary rules prescribed being seized with the plague and dying. Greater, yet proved the number of those who, either unconsciously, or willingly, remained with perfect impunity esposcd to the most complicated dangers of contagion. The reaction which has taken place in their minds has brought the Mussalmans back to their former predestinarian notions and passive resig nation to the decrees of fate. It has led them to v iew the theories of Europeans as being as vain and imaginary as their practices to ,screen themselves from its dangers are childish and ridiculous. Armenians and Greeks of the lower classes avowedly profess also the most sovereign con tempt for the opinions of Europeans and those of their Eu ropeanised countrymen with regard to the progress of the plague, and the means for arresting it. Tradition, which may be traced back to the days of Homer, teaches them to personify the cause of this scourge. They describe the plague as assuming the . gigantic form of a winged fe male, eladin black, itbow in one baud, and a quiver. filled with arrows on the left sboalder. This ministering angel of the angry Dirty eye-witnesses have seen hovering over the aeVoted city, and hurling its invisible, silent, but un erring, arrows, against the victims she has selected, until her resentments be assuaged. In the hope of succeeding in averting from their own heads the fatal missiles, they are in the habit of placing on the roofs of their houses offerings of various kinds, consisting for the most part of boiled wheat, honey, milk and wine. Should, however, any among their friends or relatives happen to be struck with her shafts, they consider it good po licy to conceal their grief under the appearances of joy, and to 'deprecate with the most servile homage the wrath of this troubled spirit. They acrordingly wait upon the patient to compliment him on the honour the kind and gentle Gossamer has conferred upon him ; they reverently kiss both: buboes and carbuncles as being marks of her con sideration, and repeat aloud, in the hope she may hear, the flattering words—" Blessed be the hour of her coming, blessed also be the hour of her departure from among4t us." I may _upon another occasion enter upon the enume ration of the various precautions of the " superior -minded European" considers "as efficient towards keeping hi mse lf free from the attacks of the disease, to enable their friends at home to form a conception of their actual mode of existence. , This-day is cilstinguislieJ by being the anniversary of one of the most interesting events recorded in the history of this country.—the signing of Magna Charta on the 19th of June, 1215. This great event should have been marked by an annual national Mr. Waghotn, the Fro :Ice-or of the steam intercourse • with India, arrives in Paris on Friday, on his way to Egypt, via Marseilles. The British Gevernment,in connection with the East India Company, intend to avail themselves of the French steamers between Marseilles and Alexandria three times in the month. Mr. Wav,horn will report to the British a'i Farm. Government and to the Enst India Com p an y , -u p ontbe whole of the route from Boulogne-sur Mar to Alexandria. We hear a l t re Boulogne adyso appointed it is, his intention agentstoapapnodincto.nre a Messrs. Hobert Gowe r Marseilles.—Paris Paper. men r ~~z -, '-`~' f _t. ~'