The Sun. — London, England, 1837-07-20 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. 209 ;India Stock --- Slier Cent. Red. 9114% Ditto Bongs 3 per Cent. Cons. 91% 1 :South Sea Stock — 3x, per Cent..........—... ........ J Old Annuities .. ..... . ..... Ditto Red— .. . ... ....... 98.7,4 • 9 New Ditto.... ..... .—.-- ........ New 3% per Cent., 9 1 , ,i ! i i ' 3 per Cent. Annuities,: 1751... New 5 per Cent........ ..... — ! Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 45 44 46 pm. Bulk LongAnnuitiestoexpire i Ditto .500 45 44 46 pm. .14n. 5, 1960 14 13-161 i Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859 ' Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1960 Ditto Advertise 4 — Pin Jan. 5, 1880 - I Bank Stock for Acc0unt..„.....Acc0unt......... April 5, 1880 ........ JAIL 5, 1870 - 'Consols for Acconnt 9•2% Omnium pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. A ustnan Bonds Begian Bonds —: Ditto Account ........---- Ditto Account."... lO2, Portuguese Bond' — Brazilian Bonds .—. F37„' f Ditto Account 7O Ditto Account ............ ..... 83 N ' Ditto New Bonds ..39% 40% 401 Buenos A Tres Bonds ..... ...—.. Ditto, 3 per cent 25 Ditto Account ..... —...........— Ditto Account 25 4% 5% Chillisn Bonds ............. ..... .. —' Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account... ..... .. ..... .. — 1 Russian Bonds, 182'2... ...... • Columbian Bonds ... ...... ........ Ditto Account — Ditto Account ............ ..... Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, :824. —' Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account — I Ditto Account ..... ........ ..... _ Dmisli Bonds ....., ....... ,' Ditto Bonds, 1231 .. 19% ~', 17itt4 Account ....... - ; Ditto Account 19 % 1,4 Greek 80nd5.... ... . .........•—•• French, 5 per cent......„.. —f --?. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — -- 4 per cent. —r. --c. Ditto Account ..—..........-- ---- 3 per cent.. 7B'. 75, Meltcan Bonds, 5 per cent - Exchange 2sf. CO:. i)itto Account Ditto Account Litto, 6 per cent. .....~ — Ditto Acc0unt......—.......... _ ! Ditto, 5 per cent. 10074 14 s lespolitsn....... .............. ..---• ___ Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Great Western Railway Companv....... ..... . 45 5334 2 1 ,4 3% Brighton Railway Company (Stevenson's) 5 1% Brighton (Rennie's) London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 12 13 North Midland Railway Company l5 161' 15N South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 % British North American Bank PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JULY 18. 3 per Cent. Consols 90% Grand Canal Dets. 6 per cent. - Ditto Reduced ... ..... - Ditto, 4 per cent ~ ,i 3 per Cent. Stock 99 Hibernian Ditto New, 18:10 3SC per Cent. Debentures..,.,, 91% /National Insurance Co ...... .... - Bank Stock 11.77!4 , City Debentur es , 4 per cent. .. - Royal Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock - per cent. - MAILS. Arrived, Due Arrived. Due 'Arrived. Dui 0 America.......... 0 1 France.....„.,... 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 f1razi1............ 0 0 Guern. & Jersey 0 0 Malta .... 0 titrenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico. ......... 1 0 C irthagena ..... 0 0 Holland ...... .... I 0 Ostend.. ....... . 0 I Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica ..... .... 0 0 Sweden 0 1 Flanders ...... ... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Waterford...— 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning.........35 minutes aßer 4. I Evening...... 54 minutes after 4 WESTMINSTER ELECTION. The TORIES at their BASE WORK AGAIN ! ! ! The supporters of the Duke of Cumberland, determined to de stroy Liberty in Britain, as their Master has done in Hanover, have had recourse to every species of vileness and falsehood against the Supporters of British Rights, which they wish to trample under foot. _ _ Unable to say one word of truth against Colonel Evans, whose only fault is that of loving Liberty, and being at all times ready to die for it, these Duke of Cumberland Men have falsely accused him of flogging Females. Sir George Murray has profligately lent himself to this calumny, by giving it his countenance and allowing it to be made a promi nent reason for his obtaining the support of the Electors of West minster. He and his whole Tory party arc guilty of concocting this odious and infamous calumny, against General Evans, well knowing that it is a premeditated and malignant falsehood. The same remark must be made on the slanders put into the mouths of several unfortunate men, who either deserted, or were imprisoned for insubordination as soldiers, when under the com mand of Colonel Evans in Spain. Such base and unfounded insi nuations well become the dishonest Tories, who, taking a mean ad vantage of their wealth, have hired and suborned these men to slander a Liberal Candidate, because he is a Reformer-_a Friend of the People—loyal to the Queen, and opposed to the Tory attempts to establish Hanoverian tyranny in Britain. • Sir George Murray ought to be ashamed of the countenance he gives such conduct, wholly disgraceful to a man of honour. Men of Westminster, on the Day of Election punish Sir George Murray as this base conduct de:erves, and crush the hopes of the Duke of Cumberland Party, anti the wholz, Tory Faction. A PUBLIC MEETING of the ELECTORS of Saint GEORGE'S (which Colonel Evans and Mr. Leader will attend!, will be held TO-310aR.OW EVENI7N - G, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, at Eight o'Clock. The Right Hon. G. S. BYNG will take the C,air. Subscriptions towards defraying the expenses of this Election ar. received by the Central Committee. WILLIAM a'BECKETT, Chairman, Morley's Hotel, Trafal,gar.&pare, July 20, 1837. NOTICE. We shall be happy to receive ELECT lON Com munications and Advertisemeiltsfrom all parts of the Country. The SUN circulates everywhere— but more especially among large Constituencies. THE SUN IS ESSENTIALLY A METROPOLITAN COUNTRY NEWSPAPER. 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 of Shares, Banking and other Compinies, Market Intelligence, Bankrupts, Army Promotions, and all Political News arriving in London, up to the hour of Post, may be received in Manchester, Liverpool, Scc., the following morning ; and in Edinburgh, Glas gow, and other parts of Scotland in a proportionably short time. The same principle will apply to other part s o f 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 (ion 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. When once the Railway principle is universally in motion commerce will be trebled—and young men entering on business, at the age f 2l, will have seen as much of the world, and consequently become better and more intelligent citizens,, for all the great purposes oflife, as their great areal grandfathers did at the a d vanced age offour gen b erations. 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. / Zbt LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1837. The City of London Election having been fixed for Monday next, it becomes the duty of every citizen who claims the name of Reformer, and who has it in his power by his vote, or otherwise, to advance the cause to which he professes his attachment, to bear in mind that the eyes of the nation are now fixed on the metropolis. Never, we fearlessly assert, was there a moment when so much depended upon the triumph of Refor m pr i nciples in the City of London. The question is not whethe r the next Parliament shall con tain one Reformer more or less as some people may be apt to view it. It is in reality one of far weightier moment. It is whether the result of this election shall go forth to the world as a proof that a great reaction against Reform has taken place in the capital of the empire, and as a d amper to the spirit of Reform in the provincial elections; or whethe r the conduct of the me tropolis is to be quoted as an indication not to be mis taken, of the progressive advance of the great cause, and its example held up to the rest of the kingdom, to give new buoyancy to the hop es an d new energy to theex ertions of the Reformers ? This is the light in which we would intreat every elector to regard the issue of the contest which takes place on Monday next ; and sure we are that he who does so regard it, and either gives a vote for Mr. PA LMIER or does not vote at all, is no friend, whatever he may profess, to Reform. Let not the electors be thrown off their guard by the specious pretexts and cunning artifices of the Tories ; neither let them endanger the triumph of Liberal prin- ciples by too great a reliance on the superior numbers of the Liberal party. What is the use of numbers if they do not come forward to record their votes and assert aieir principles ? Will it be any consolation to find, When the constituency of London have by their care lessness allowed a Tory to smuggle himself into the representation, that there was an overwhelming majo rity of Liberals on the register ? What a bitter satire would this be on the electors I What a subject of ridi cule to their enemies ! What a source of mortification to themselves ! No man must absent himself from the polling-booth under the plea of his vote not being wanted, and say to himself, " There is enough to do the business without me." It is the bounden duty of every sincere supporter of a cause to exert himself in its defence when it is in jeopardy, and no man has a right to expect from his neighbour greater exertions than he is willing to make himself. Let it be remembered, too, that in this election there will be no possibility of making amends for inadvertency or remissness. On former occasions the deficiencies of the first day were remedied on the second ; note, THE ELECTION LASTS ONLY ONE DAY, and " as the tree falleth, so must it lie." The whole time that is now allowed for taking the poll .is from eight o'clock in the morning to four in the afternoon. We therefore implore the electors to go to the poll early, and to act, when there, as if each felt that on his vote de pended the fate of the realm. The Tories of Oxford seem to be driven to great extremity in the support of that apostate Mr. HUGHES, whom they are trying to palm upon the electors of that city. They pretended the other clay to be very anxious that Mr. HUGHES should give a full explanation of his conduct to the constituency, and particularly to the friends of Mr. ERLE, the Liberal candidate. But, lo and behold when Mr. HUGHES had been patiently heard through a long and cau tiously-prepared speech, and when " the questions" were about to be put to him, his friends set up such a clamour that the gentleman—much to his regret no doubt—was not able to make him self heard,. and therefore withdrew from the meeting without satisfying a single Liberal that he was anything but a Tory of the very worst stamp—a renegade Liberal. As a matter of course the blame of the proceeding is laid upon the Reformers. That was in fact the object of the parties who proposed the meeting. It is gratifying to find that the courage of the To ries is cooling very rapidly. The country was told a little while ago by the organs of the faction, that there was to be a Tory opposition started in every place where a Reforming candidate was to be found, and sure enough a great number of addresses ap peared in the Tory newspapers, which answered the purpose of bringing a little grist to these party mills. Rut what has'become of the addressers ? Sir E. D. SCOTT has retired from Lichfield ; the Hon. E. LAS CELLES from Northallerton, Mr. DUMMY BALFOUR from Orkney and Shetland; a meditat onefugce warrant has, we believe, been issued against Sir JAMES GRAIIASI, and a great many more are on the wing ! ! ! The Tory gentlemen in Scotland, backed by the Tory cler.;i y, have for some time been making every exertion to stir up the religious feelings of the people against the .Government, with a view to influence the elections. England, they know, and they know also by what means, returned more Tories than Whigs to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Parliament, and, had Scotland acted with the same spirit, their party, they say, would again have been triumphant, and the Protestant Church secured against the machinations of O'CONNELL and the Popish priests. Now, though some sincere and weak-minded men may be led away by such assertions, and some effect may be produced on the old evang,e heal and hitherto Whig party, by the vagaries of Dr. CHALMERS, yet we arc convinced the number is very small, for the great body of the people have too strong a sense of gratitude and justice to turn against men who have been the greatest benefactors to Scotland, both in a political and a religious point of view. None of the three kingdoms owes half so much to the Whigs as Scotland. When they came into power that country was not at all represented—it was, in fact, completely at the mercy of the Tories, and the DUNDAS party could as certainly return three-fourths of the representatives, without the consent of the people, as the Marquis of HERTFORD, or Lord MoNsoN, could return Members for Aldborough or Gatton. But what, perhaps, was of more immediate interest to the great body of the people, the burghs were in the same wretched state. A few in dividuals monopolized the whole government of towns and burghs, scarcely one of which is not now overwhelmed with debt—they returned Members at the nod of the Government, and in return received appointments for their sons or brothers—and were allowed to carry on a system of jobbing and robbery to enrich themselves at the expense of their fellow-citizens. To a religious people like the Scotch the changes, however, wrought by the Whig Governments in the representative system and in their municipal institutions, are trifles compared with the vast alteration made in the appointment of their pas tors. Till the boroughs were reformed the people, with the exception of half a dozen parishes, had no voice in the choice of their Ministers —many were forced upon them—dissent was consequently increased, and the security of the Established Church endan gered. Now, neither King, Ministry, nor private patron can appoint a Clergyman to a living against the will of the majority ; and the result has been increased harmony between the pastor and his flock—the ad vancement of true religion, and additional security to the Church. Yet the Tories hold up the men who have done so much for Scotland as the enemies of the people, and of the Presbyterian religion ! Can the Scotch people hesitate between the two parties withou the basest ingratitude ? russia has not lust a moment in denying all parti cipation in the CUMBERLAND revocation of the Con stitution of Hanover. King ERNEST AUGUSTUS and his advisers, the Tory Peers of England, are, by implication, denounced by the Court of Berlin, as only responsible for the consequences that may follow the perpetration of such an act of unmitigated despo tism. This fact is authenticated by the extracts from the German Papers, which we have given in another part of The Sun. Of the light in which the French Press views the Proclamation of the KING at Hanover, a tolerably correct idea may be formed from the perusal of an article headed " An English Tory, KING of Hanover," which we have copied from a Paris paper of Monday. We recommend it to the especial notice of the Electoral body throughout Great Britain and Ireland. No view of this question could be more correct—none better adapted to promote the triumph of just and liberal principles throughout Europe. By the packet ships, the South America and the Garrick, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday, we have rece i ved New York papers to the Ist inst. inclu sive. Th e Garrick has brought specie to the amount of 20,0001 . to meet the demands on the Liverpool anasd LalosondoconnAsigmnemri:hartis houses. s. The South America amount was not ascertained of when the board, heexre but ssstart t e h d e from Liverpool. In the United States money market we regret to learn there has been very little improve ment since the date of the last arrivals. The hioh prices offered for specie had the effect of unlocking THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1837. distance from the capital inscribed thereon. Thin is an improvement that has been long called for in France. The Garde National of Marseilles contains the following account of the execution of the galley slave GAVIOLI, condemned to be guillotined for the assas sination of a number of his keepers. The revolu tionary scaffold was not trodden by a ruffian more blood-thirsty and impenitent :—•-• ROCHEFORT, JULI 4.—At five o'clock yesterday morning the troops were heard quitting the barracks; a few instants later the cannon from the Admiral's ship resounded in the court yard of the bagnio, in the midst of 900 prisoners, on their knees, and bare-headed ; and in the presence of a strong de tachment of troops of every description, with two pieces of artillery, ready at the first signal to oppose the slightest re sistance. In the presence of this formidable array the head of the galley slave Gavioli was severed from his body in ex piation of the six or eight assassinations he had committed. The usual precautions were taken on this occasion. At the different military and civil establishments of the port each person was at his post, and a single mast could summon in a second an imposing force. Up to the very last moment the ferocious Gavioli maintained his usual daring character. The chaplain of the bagnio had passed the entire of the previous evening with the unfortunate convict, with the hopes that his exhortations would awaken in him feelings of salutary repentance but it was not without a special !motive that the convict affected signs of contrition. By this means he ihad obtained leave to address his com rades from the scaffold, and say a few words of exhortation and of adieu—in fact, the commencement of his discourse was of that character ; but suddenly changing from a mild tone, and assuming his usual ferocity, he concluded his dying speech in the wildest accents and vociferations, caning on his comps• nions to revenge his fate and their own. " Let each of you," he exclaimed, " be armed with a poniard, and your rights will not be despised ; stick them, stick them, without fear; the chopper of the guillotine can do you no injury." The following extracts, the first from a letter from Pampeluna, dated the 12th inst., and the others from the French Papers, contain the only news we find in these Journals : " PALIFILUNA, JULY 12.-1 hasten to communicate to you the letter we have this instant received from Saragossa from one of our officers. The Pretender has arrived at Almenavia on the 9th. All his troops have been concentrated on that point, and he has decided to attack Valencia ; but it is the opinion he will not succeed, as the population of that town are very hostile to the Carlists. " Espartero, already known as Generalissimo to the whole of the Army, sent from Vittoria an order to General Buerens to march in all haste, and at all risk, towards Valencia. This General, at the head of 7,000 men, left on the morning of the 9th inst. Daroca, marching on Puzal. You may be assured that he will arrive in time to prevent the Carlists getting pos session of that important town. " Oraa left Teruel, and is advancing on Valencia, as well as Nogueras. Espartero is advancing on Calatayud with his guards, and according to military calculations the junc tion of these three corps will be effected on the 14th inst. at Navigas, when the Pretender will be attacked on his right flank. " Accounts from Madrid to the 12th inst. state, that since 48 hours things have taken a more favourable appearance. The attempt of Olosaga and his party to obtain the power has entirely failed, now the Ministry have beeome more solid and firmer than ever they were, and the Government are continuing taking active measures to meet the Pretender in case he enters New Castille. There is already 700 cavalry at Leganerz ; to-morrow 10 more squadrons will arrive from Orana and Aranjuez ; other troops are coming from various quarters, and there is organizing an imposing force of the National Guards. The town and its environs will be able to make a strong resistance should the Pretender approach it. The report of the intervention of a French army of 50,000 men was again spread at Bayonne on the 13th, in the evening. —Pharc. General Rendon, who was wounded in the military insur rection at Hernani, is doing well. Colonel Wylde, the Commissioner of the English Govern ment, is going to the head-quarters of General Espartero. The letters from Saragossa of the 1 ith do not mention the mutiny of the division of General Buerens. That division was to quit Daroca on the 9th, to go to Molina d'Arragon, whence it would march in such direction as should be judged the mos', advisable. Gomez does not accompany Don Carlos in his expedition, as was reported ; he remains strictly guarded at Segura, where he is treated with extreme rigour. As for Casa Eguia, who fell into disgrace after the raising of the scige of Bilboa, he has been arrested, and imprisoned in a small fort at Sorlada, in Navarre. As for Otamendi, formerly Governor of Fontarabia, who has been exchanged, it is intended to bring him to trial for having capitulated without defending himself ; and meantime lie has been thrown into prison .at Estella. Saaz and some other chiefs are also in disgrace, and deprived of their commands.—Phare de Bayonne. GIRONA, JULY 11.-A bulletin of the military governor of Antler, says that that town was attacked on the 6th by the fac tions of Zarilla and Mallorca, composed of 700 men, and 30 horses. The garrison, though small in number, bravely de fended itself the whole day. In the evening the insurgents retired, having had some killed and wounded. PARIS, JULY 18.-General Devereux, a diplomatic agent from the United States, has arrived here, and has had several conferences with the President of the Council. It is said that these interviews relate to the commercial affairs of the two countries. --Le Commerce. FRENCH FUNDS.-Pssis, JULY 18. Fee per Cents., 110 f. 109 f. 95c Four and a Half ner Cents. 10,If. 50c. Feur per Cents., 101 f. !Three per Cnnts. 79f. 79f. sc. Bank Actions, 2,399 f. 75c. 2,397 f. sl`c. 2,393 f. ltente de Naples, 97f. 25c. 20c. tsc. Roman Five per Cents., 101% %. Spanish Actives, 21%%%. Spanish Passives, 5. Belgian Loan. Five per Cents . 103. Brussels Society, 1,5501. 1.585 f. • Belgian Bank, 1,420 f. 1,40-.1 75e. Portuguese Three per Cents. 26 25%N. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 251. 45c.; money, 25f. 42%c. Three months, paper, 25f. 25e. ; money, 25f. 22%e. -Corers Aullietiliaue. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 1101. Sc.l Three per Cents. 79f. 15c. Bank Actions. 2,395 f. Roman Five per Cents., 101%. Belgian Loan, 103. Belgian Bank, 1,419 f 75c. Portuguese Three per Cents., 253. Spanish Actives, 21%. Spanish Passives 5. Spanish Differes, 6. Mr. Macready, it is finally arranged, is to be the lessee of Covent-garden Theatre for the ensuing season, which will commence at the close of September. A letter from Lucca states that the Duchess San Theodora, who left Naples in order t• escape the cholera, was stopped at Leghorn and forced to perform quarantine at the lazaretto, where she died on the Ist inst. Yesterday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, Mr. J. Alderson, a gentleman between 60 and 70 years old, residing in Sussex -street, Tottenham-court-road, cut his throat in a shocking manner with a razor in his breakfast par , lour. When the servant girl entered the room for the pur pose of taking the breakfast things away, she discovered her master lying weltering in his blood on the carpet. A surgeon immediately attended, and sewed the wound up, but not any hopes are entertained of Mr. Alderson's recovery. The cause of his committing the rash act is assigned to some Stock exchange speculations. MR. SPENCER'S TRAVELS IN CIRCASSIA, KRIM TARTARY, &c.—Many adventitious circumstances exist at the present moment which give a peculiar interest to the countries delineated in the above-named volumes, and especially to Cir cassia. The extraordinary natural beauty of many parts of that country—the romantic historical associations connected with it—the proverbial charms of its females—and, above all, the patriotic war now raging there against her tyrannical op pressors, and the great results depending on the ultimate inde pendence of the Circassian tribes, to which the war may lead, tend to make Mr. Spencer's amusing and instructive volumes peculiarly acceptable at the present moment. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady Caroline Lennox are expected to leave Portland-place to-day, for Goodwood Park, where his Grace will entertain a large party of fashionable visitors during the races, which commence on the 2d of August. The mansion is furnished in the most princely style, in imitation of the age of Louis the Fourteenth. The Park has been laid out with infinite taste, the rides and walks pleasingly diversified, and the race ground is considered one of the best in the kingdom. On the night of Monday last, between 10 and 11 o'clock, as the gardener of J. Francis, Esq., of Camden-ter race, was returning f r om Harrow-on-the-Hill, he was stopped on the road, between three and four miles from town, by two men, having the appearance of haymakers, who demanded his money. The gardener had not more than five or six shillings in his pocket at the time ; but unwilling to give it up, and moreover being a stout sturdy fellow, he knocked the foremost man down, but was instantly felled to the ground himself by a blow from a bludgeon. He, however, succeeded in recovering his legs before the blow was repeated, and closing with the man who struck him, he threw him to the ground, and calling out " murder ! " two gentleman who were passing in a horse and g ig game to his assistance, but the robbers succeeded in making their escape, leaving behind them a large bludgeon, nearly as thick as a man's wrist. FAIRLOP OAK. —At the church just erected in St. Pancras, the pulpit is formed from the celebrated oak of Fair lop, and is most beautifully grained. This tree was the con temporary of the Druids, and from its noble size probably was itself once the object of worship, having the parasite mistletoe removed from its branches by the golden sickle. That it should now be in the centre of Christian worship must excite reflection in all who are acquainted with its " strange history," nor can the church be regarded as unworthy a visit by the most superficial. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.--. The sales of Cotton to-day amount to about 2,000 bags. The market has been quiet, but w i t h out any mater i a l c h ange in prices. T H E HOP TRADE, JULY 19.—Since our last week's report nothing of a de c id e d c h aracter h as ta k en p l ace in the market, excepting that the betting on the duty is rather higher, say 175 , 0001 . to 180,000/. In our report of next Tuesday we may probably be able to afford some guide of im portance to the market. At present, however, nothing is doing on account of the suspense and uncertainty in which the trade is, and no alteration in prices can be quoted. the coffers of the gold and silver hoarders in the more central States ; but the effect of this growing restora tion of confidence among the " money-changers" was scarcely perceptible in quickening the demand for other commodities. Of bills the supply was by no means abundant. Those on England brought good prices, and were in high demand. The prices of specie were as follows : PRICES OF SPECIE. Offered. Asked. American gold Sovereigns Spanish dollars Mexican dollars Five-franc pieces Spanish doubloons lBk ... Patriot 17.20 ..... Napoleons Am. half dollars The latest intelligence from New Orleans in these journals is to the 23d ult. Prices had declined, and there was a total stagnation of business. There was little or no demand for cotton ; and so serious were the apprehensions of the Executive, that in one week seven hundred and eighty trading citizens were com• pelled to give security that they would be forthcoming in December to discharge the Custom-house bonds due by them. To allay the fermentation of the public mind the President of the New Orleans City Bank had, on the 16th, addressed a public notice to the stockholders acquainting them with the real state of that institu tion. The losses at that time sustained, or which it was probable the Bank would sustain, in con sequence of the suspension of specie payments, would not together amount to half the surplus fund. The Bank, therefore, was quite able, without any de triment, to pay the regular half-yearly dividend upon its stock in September, and would do so were it not re stricted by a clause in the charter, forbidding the pay ment of dividends during any period of suspension of cash payments. The Directors, however, confidently relied upon the wisdom of the Legislature, and the in telligence of the community ; pledging themselves that if both were fairly excited in behalf of the credit of the Establishment, it would forthwith redeem all its engagements. The other Banks were preparing to follow the example thus set them, by can didly submitting the state of their affairs to the in spection of the shareholders and the public. Seven eighths of them are reported solvent, and with a help ing hand from the Government, they will all be able to maintain their ground. There is an unusual dearth of political news in the New York papers. A public meeting of the citiz en s was held at the Masonic Hall on th e - 28th ult., the object of which was to recommend Mr. DANIEL WEBSTER to be put in nomination for the dignity of President of the United States, on the termination of VAN BUREN'S official career. This is " live, horse, and you will get oats," with a vengeance. The latest accounts from Texas are important. The Texian Congress has passed several Acts, one of which, entitled " An Act to raise a Revenue by Im port Duties," to come into operation on,the lit instant, threatens to have an injurious effect upon foreign trade. We copy its leading restrictive provisions : " That there shall be and is hereby imposed, assessed, and levied upon all articles which may be imported into the repub lic the following duties, &c.:— " Upon all wines and spirituous and malt liquors an - ad valorem duty upon invoice cost of 45 per cent. Upon all silk goods and all manufactures cf every description made of silk, an ad valorem duty of 50 per cent. Upon all sugar and coffee 2; per cent. Upon teas 25 per cent. Upon bread stuffs, 1 percent. Upon Iron and castings, 10 per cent. Upon all coarse clothing, coarse shillings, coarse shoes and brogans, blankets, kerseys, satinettes, and cloths formed of a mixture of cotton and wool, 10 per cent. Upon all other goods, wares, and merchandise not specially enumerated, an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent. upon the invoice cost. " That there shall be assessed, levied and collected upon all vessels of the burden of 10 ton and upwards, arriving in any . port of Tuxiis from a foreign part the sum of 25 cents per ton Against such restrictions as these it is the duty of the duty of the United States Government strongly to remonstrate. England cannot do less without entirely losing sight of the commercial principles upon which she professes to act. Congress has authorized the Texian President to appoint Commissioners to settle the boundary be tween the United States and the Republic, and like wise send a Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of London. The President had named to the latter ap pointment General HENDERSON, who was preparing to sail for England, when the latest news from Texas reached New Orleans. The following extracts, from New Orleans Papers to the 23d ult., include all the latest intelligence from Mexico : The New Orleans Bee contains the message of President Bustamente to the Congress of Mexico entire. The finances of the country appear to be in a miserable condition ; but the new President is trying to place them on a more favourable footing. Spain and the Pope have fully acknowledged the independence of Mexico. The paragraph in the message re lating to the United States, correctly translated, reads thus : " In the flattering perspective which I have traced of foreign relations, I have the mortification to except the conduct held by the Government of the United States. Nevertheless, the law which authorizes the Mexican Government to act on the claims of that Cabinet and to take the proper measure for the safety of the nation, in case it should not condescend to grant the satisfaction to which we have a right on our own part, in duces me to hope, not without good grounds, that our relations with the neighbouring republic will be restored." " Concerning the internal situation of the nation, the Pre sident says— " Although good order and peace prevail - throughout al most the whole extent of the Republic, it is painful for me to except the departments of Texas and California, and a small part of that of San Luiz. The Government is unceasingly em ployed in directing measures calculated to insure success to the Mexican arms, and to restore to the Republic its most re mote limits in the territory of Texas.' " Several valuable gold and silver mines have been discovered in Chihuahau, of which information has been given to the Go vernment. The Journal of Merida states that the capture of the brig Emilio was made by the Tom Toby, under the American flag, which was afterwards displaced for the Texian flag. An insurrection had broken out among the soldiers of the active battalion of Chilapa; the causes are not mentioned. Several of the officers were imprisoned by the insurgents, and an Adjutant-major shot. Order had been restored, and two of the ringleaders executed. The French papers bring advices from Madrid to the 12th inst. The capital was tranquil, and the Ministers were reported to have acquired new strength by the late attempt of the Opposition to oust them. Want of provisions had compelled Don CAR LOS to evacuate Cantavieja. Under the convenient plea of ornamenting the Royal Chapel, and of pre serving the sacred ornaments from profanation, the Carlists have begun to strip the Churches of their plate, and all the rich vestments found in them. This scheme will not succeed with the priests. They at least will not be made the dupes of so shallow an artifice. General ESCALERA has beet appointed Comman der-in-Chief of the Army of the North. ESPARTERO commands the Army of the Centre, and has established his head-quarters at Guadalajara, whither he removed from Espeja on the sth instant. General JARREGUY (El Pastor) is second in command under ESCALERA, and is charged with the protection of the Basques. According to a current rumour the QUEEN'S Generals are at last on the point of performing some act of prowess that will astonish Europe. We hope such is the case ; though, to confess the truth, we have our doubts upon the subject. The Paris Papers of Tuesday have been duly re ceived. The Moniteur contains the following official news from Spain : , 6 NARBONNE, JULY 17, Half-past Six, P.M. " CARCASSONNE, JULY 17, A.M. " To the Minister of War. " Berge capitulated on the 12th for want of provisions ; the garrison, consisting of 220 soldiers and 400 National Guards, laid down their arms ; they are not prisoners ; 2,000 muskets, two four-pounders, and 1,000 cartridges, fell into the hands of the enemy. " General CASTELLA NE." The Moniteur likewise contains a copy of the Treaty between France and ABD-EL-KADER, a translation of which will be found in another part of The Su n . U pon t h e importance of its articles, poli tical and commercial, or upon the soundness of the policy that dictated such a proceeding, we do not con sider ourselves ca ll e d upon to offer any immediate opinion. The French Papers continue to denounce the tyran nical conduct of the King of HANOVER. The ten dency of their arguments is to prove that the KING has justified his deposition, by the people of Hanover. The Minister of the Interior and the Director of the French Post-office have conjointly ordered the erec tion of sign-posts at the entrance of every village, town, and city in France, with the name of the place and its LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JULY 19.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Arethusa, Gibson, from Rio Janeiro; Esquimaux, from Tobago; Sir W. Bentley, Gubb, from Quebec. OFF:MARGATE, JULY 18.--The Georgians, Wilson, Tobago. STANGATE CREEK, JULY 18. —Art ived the Brothers, Holmes, from Odessa; Amazon, Pitcairn, from Odessa. . . _ PLYMOUTH, JrLT 18.—Wind W. N. W._Arrived the Beau. fort, Neagle, and Bolivar, Richards, from Quebec. FALmoimr, JULY 18. —Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Ma. quasha, from Monte Video ; Antelope, Watson, from Tobago. GUERNSEY, JULY 17.—Arrived the William Moulmin, from Rio Janeiro ; Esperance, from Fayal. BRISTOL, JULY 18.—Arrived the Mulgrave, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JULY 18.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrived the Gar rick, Palmer, and South America, Barston, from New York ; MILFORD, JULY 17.—Arrived the Cheviot, James, from Quebec. HOLYHEAD, JULY 17.—Arrived the Endymion, Plewes, from Quebec ; and Tay, from the Bay of Chaleur. WHITEHAVEN, Jui.v 17.—Arrived the Robert, Barnes, late Dyer, from Sierra Leone. Rachael, Moffat, from New Orleans ; Carlton, from Dalhou sie ; Catherine and Ann, from Newfoundland ; Nightingale, from Pernambuco. The Berwick, Chase, bound to Natchez, has put back to Liverpool, leaky. OFF MARYPORT, JULY 16. —Arrived the Elizabeth, Bathurst. WORKINGTON, JULY 18.—Arrived the Bowes, from Quebec. CLYDE, JULY I7.—Arrived the Hero, Morris, from Tri nidad ; Oxford, from Trinidad; Victoria, Edmonds, from Barbadoes; Resolution, from Demerara; Deveron, from Sierra Leone • Canada, Allen, from Quebec ; and Hibernia, from Bay Chaleur. GLASGOW.—Arrived the Lindsay, from St. John's; and Euphernia, from Newfoundland. DUBLlN.—Arrived Carleton, Anderson, from Tarragona WATERFORD. —Arrived Argyle, Baldwin, from Quebec. Coax.—Arrived the Martin, Laurel, from Trinidad ; Chief tain, from Quebec; Urania, from Quebec; and Sarah, Sharp, from Newfoundland. BELFAST, JULY 1 7.—Arrived Mary Johnson, from Quebec. STOCKTON, JULY 18.—Arrived the Siberia, Fiswick, from St. Petersburg. HULL.—Arrived the Royal Tar, from Marsala; Resource, from Memel; Maria, from Konigsberg; Wealy, from Wy burg ; and Anna Catharina, from Stettin. The Latona, from Miramichi to Hull, was on shore on the rocks near , 16th inst. The Ranger, from Barbadoes, arrived at Liverpool with damage, having been in contact with the New Orleans, from Honduras. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Two packet ships have arrived from New York at Liver pool—the Garrick and South America. They sailed from New York on the lst inst. It is stated that they bring on an average 50,000 dollars each, and that a large quantity of specie remains at New York for shipment. The American Stock is reported to be getting up, and business is becoming better. In the Specie Market 112 is offered for American gold ; for sovereigns, 5 dollars 44 cents. ; Mexican dollars, 113. Twenty-seven Banks are paying in specie. THE FUNDS. Consols which closed yesterday at 91i for Money, and for the opening on the 21st July at 92i a ., opened this morn ing at 921 for Account ; Money, 9q- ; Exchequer Bills, 42 44 prem.; India Bonds, 42 44 prem.; Bank Stock, 2091.; India Stock, 256 257. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 20 ex-Coupons; opened this morning at 201 a, with Coupons; Portuguese closed heavy, all at 404 to 41 ; opened at same price ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 52- ; Colom bian, 244 25 ; Brazil, 41..1. _ . _ HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have been during the morning at 92? t for the Ac. count, with little doing ; at present may be quoted at 92 Money, 91. Exchequer Bills improved to 45 46 ; India Bonds, 46 44 ; Bank Stock, 209. In the Foreign Market the Spanish Stock heavy, and re. ceded to 191 ex-Coupons ; Portuguese, 394 40, very heavy although there is no confirmation as yet of the Constitution o Don Pedro being proclaimed at Lisbon ; Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents., 524 ; Colombian 24 ; Brazilian, 83k. Consols for the Account, 92k. THREE O'CLOCK. DUBLIN, JULY 17.—There is considerable talk in town to-day of a " delicate affair," which will shortly afford the " gentlemen of the long robe," as well as the lovers of scandal, ample employment for a time. The lady's husband was away for business, or pleasure—it matters not—and his unexpected return produced the ecclaircissement. The " gal lant gay Lothario" is d young gentleman from the far west in this " Isle of the West," a man of considerable fortune, and-at present a sojourner at a fashionable hotel in this city.—Morn ng Paper. It is intended henceforward to call Buckingham Palace by a much more appropriate title, and one which will record the time when the Sovereign of these realms first took up her abode there. The new name is to be " The Queen's Palace." On Wednesday morning, at about a quarter past eight, and during the absence of the workmen employed in building the Parr's Head public-house, in Aldersgate-street, part of a stack of chimnies, immediately over where they had been at work in laying the foundation, fell in, in cons9quence of the slipping away of a quantity of ground. The chimnies had been well secured with raking and other shores, in proof of which, the upper portion remained, whilst the lover fell in with the earth. Mr. Jones, of the adjoining premises, sus tained sonic injury in the shape of broken glasses, &c., but fortunately no other accident occurred. The bridge across Poole harbour was opened to the public on the 7th inst., Mr. Ponsonby, the late Member for the county, having been first allowed to drive over it with his family. IUTIIER.—The university where Luther studied was suppressed in 1816 ; the convent where he became a monk is now an orphan asylum ; and the church in which he once read mass, is a Protestant one. His cell in the Augustine convent is preserved in the same state as when occupied by him ; and his table, his portrait against the wall, and his beloved Bible, are still to be seen there.—A S u m nzer i n G ermany. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—Within fifty miles of Alford were caught, in one trap, one woman, thirty-one rats, one cat, two dogs, and a man, all in the month of June, —Stamford Mercury. [Qy. Was Sir James Graham one of the thirty-one rats who were caught in this extraordinary trap ?] SIR ROBERT PEEL.—A letter received in Privy gardens from Drayton-park states, that Sir R. Peel, although not quite recovered from his late indisposition, is much better ; and it is confidently expected that in a few days the Right lion. Baronet will be restored to his usual good state of health. Tuesday evening an inquest was held at the Globe Tavern, London-street, Fitzroy-square, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Cock, who committed suicide by hanging herself to a hook in the wall. Iler son spoke to her diseased state of mind, and her general ill health, and the jury found a verdict of " Temporary derangement." ORANGE LODGES.—Orangeism has ceased to exist! There are no lodges whatever of the order in Ireland ! The loyal body had too deep and respectful a sense of what was due to the wishes of their Sovereign not at once and in good faith to dissolve. To this Colonel Perceval pledged himself. What, then, does the Ballyshannon Herald mean by the an. nouncernent it makes of the assembling together of some dozen lodges on the 12th instant? The Herald is in the confidence of the Ilanoverians, and does not disguise the fact, for it states that the Master of the Orange Lodge, No. 1489, or " Bal lintra Blues," informs it that the anniversary was ushered in by the usual tunes, &c., and that several " lodges" assembled in their respective " lodge-rooms," and dined together. Again it is set forth that the " Orangemen" of the " devoted" town of Garrison hoisted a flag on their " lodge," and that they spent the day in their " lodge-rooms," concocting measures for the formation of a new Society, to be entitled " The Queen's True Blues." The name is pretty and appropriate—for " blue, deeply, darkly, beautifully blue," their cause is acknow ledged to be. —Pilot. Monday, about one o'clock, Bolton was visited by a terrific thunder storm. The electric fluid struck the chimney of a cottage at the Cross Keys, Little Bolton, and bilged it. It then passed into the room and shattered the window-frames ; then into the house, and knocked several of the family down ; but, fortunately, none of them were seriously injured. It also struck a window in No. 6 room, in Messrs. Bolling's Coronation Factory, breaking a single pane of glass, and forced a spinner, named Patrick M'Mullan, who was in the act of putting up, on to a skip. It passed under the wheels of James Menzies, and broke his scroll-band, and set fire to the fluke ; it then tore off the lath and plaster under.. neath the flooring. The engines were sent for, but the fire was extinguished before they arrived. The lightning also struck a cottage near to Messrs. Omrod and Son's pin -mill, and tore open the spout, and split the door in pieces. It passed into an upper room in the factory, and ignited some loose cotton ; but the fire was soon extinguished.—Bolton Chronicle. A. short time since a young man named Thomas Proctor, a respectable inhabitant of the neighbourhood of Walshatn-le-Willows, met his death under the following- sin gular and distressing circumstances :---During a visit to a friend he accidentally took up a needle, and while in the act of care lessly bending it between his teeth, it suddenly snapped, and the greater part of it passed some distance into his throat. Severe inflammation following, which the best directed means were unable to check, after about twelve days' illness, he was prematurely removed from the circle of an affectionate family. —Essex Herald. A TURKISH BATll.—Wheti I entered, several of the bathers were up to their chins in the basin, their long dark tresses floating on the surface of the water; others, resting upon a step which brought the water only to their knees, were lying upon the edge of the tank, while their attendants were pouring the hot stream over them from metal basins ; some, seated on low stools, were receiving the mineralized fluid after the fashion of a shower-bath ; while one, lying at her length upon the heated marble of the floor—so heat e d t h at I could scarcely apply my open palm to it without suffering —w as s l eep _ ing as tranquilly as though she had been extended upon a bed of down.—The City of the Sultan. On Wednesday, as the workmen Were excavating for the foundation of the Great Western Cotton Factory at St. Philip's, they found a remark a bl y fi ne b ust of a Mammoth in the gravel overlaying the red made ; about 12 feet from the Sur face.-Isristol Gazette. ELECTIONS FIXED. CITY or LONDON.—Nomination on Saturday, the 22d in stant ; the polling on Monday, 24th. WESTMINS FER. —Nomination on Tuesday, the 25th ; the polling on Wednesday, the 26th. SOUTHWARK.—Nomination, Saturday, the 22d. FlNlBURY.—Nomination, Monday, the 24th; the polling on Tuesday, the 25th. _ _ _ _ LAMBETlL—Nomination, Monday, the 24th ; the polling on Tuesday, the 25th. TOWER HAMLETS.—Nomination on Monday, the 24th ; (no opposition.) The nomination for the following boroughs is fixed for Mon day, the 24th ; Bury St. Edmunds, Reading, Midhurst, St. Albans, Poole, Ipswich, and the cities of Lincoln and Glou cester. Cities. Date. Candidates. COVENTRY July 22... Right Hon. E. Ellice, Mr. Williams, Morgan Thomas' Mr. Hill, Mr. Bell. CANTERBURY July 24...L0rd A. Conyngham, J. B r ad. slum, H. P. Gipps, F. Vil liers. _ _ ROCHESTER July 24... R:Bernal, J. B. Hobhouse J. S. Douglas, Hon. Cape Best. Counties. Date. SOMERSETSIIIRE, East _ Candidates. Division July 29... W. G. Langton, W. Miles. West Division July 31...Diekinson, Ackland, Sanford Tynte_ DERBYSHIRE, S. D July 29... Sir G. Crewe, F. Hurst. North Division .... Aug. 2... G. H. Cavendish, G. Ark wright, W. Evans. `WORCESTERSHIRE, West Division July 31... Hon. H. B. Lygon, Capt. 0 J. Wynnington. Boroughs. Date. Candidates. TAMWORTII . .July 25... Sir R. Peel, Capt. A'Court, R. N., Captain John Towns bend, R.N. WEYMOUTH July 25... J. F. Buxton, W. W.Burdent Vise. Villiers, G. W. Hope• EYE July 24 WooosTocx July 25...L0rd C. S. Churchill, H Peyton. WALSALL July 25... C. S. Foster, F. Finch. HULL July 24... Sir W. C. James, W. Wilber. force, W. Hutt, B. Wood. GRANTHAM July 22... Hon. F. Talmash, G. g Wilby. WAREHAM July 26... H. Tawney, J. S. W. Erl Drax. BANBURY July 24... H. W. Tancred. HYTHE July 25...L0rd Melgund, Capt. H. Be' resford. TAUNTON July 25... Right Hon. H. Labouchere , E. T. Bainbridge, R. N. Lee. WORCESTER (CITY) July 24... G. R. Robinson, J. Bailey, Lieut.-Col. T. H. H. Da vies. DERBY July 24... E. Strutt, Hon. J. Ponsonby, Hon. F. Curzon, C. R Col ville. BRISTOL (CITY) July 24... P. Miles, W. Fripp, Hon. 1 1 ' Berkeley. HASTINGS July 24... R i ght H on . J. Pl anta, R. H e l' lond, M. Briscoe. LEOMINSTER July 24...L0rd Hotham, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Greenaway. WOI.VERIIAMPTON July 25... T. Thornely, C. P. Villiers, J. Benbow, Captain J. R. Burton. PRESTON July 25-11. Fleetwood, R. T. Parker, Crawford. MONMOUIH, NEW- Z } July 25... R. J. Blewitt, J. Bailey, kill. PORT ; AND USK TORY RESIGNATIONS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) LICHFIELD, JULY 19.-I beg to inform you that Sir E. D. Scott, has resigned the contest, after a most disastrous canvass. Lord Alfred Paget, therefore, with the late Metw her, Sir G. Anson, will be elected on Monday next. NORTHALLERTON, JULY 18.—The contest for this borough has terminated in favour of Mr. Wrightson, the Liberal candidate and present Member—his Tory opponent , the Hon. Edwin Lascelles, fourth son of the Earl of Hare' wood, having retired, after making a most active and per severing canvass, but without the least chance of success• EAST KENT.—Mr. Rider comes forward with every pros" pect of success for this division, to the very great discom fiture of the Tories. There is good reason to believe that the representation of this division will no longer be left is the present hands, and Plumptre must give way to Mr. Rider. LYMINGTON.—Mr. Gregson will certainly eject o ne of the present Tory Members for this Borough. EAST SUFFOLK.--A very numerous requisition having been signed to Mr. Shafto Adair and Mr. Garden, a cconl° panied with assurances of support in every possible way* those gentleman have agreed to enter the field for East Suffolk, and a ll arrangements having been completed to tad perfect satisfaction o f every party, a triumphait retorts , cannot be doubted. EAST SURREY.—Mr. Locke King and Mr. Angersteio' 4 canvass is going on most favourably —the union of Re' formers is complete, and the Tories in vain have tried to sow mischief. All the leading men, both Whigs and It" dicals, have coalesced in support of the Liberal candidates; for the question in Surrey is felt to be, not one betwee 9 ; abstract propositions of Reform, but between good an d bit Government—between the friends of the Queen, and the friends of the Hanoverian Despot. MASONIC ASYLUM. Yesterday the second antiversary in aid of the: contenl' plated Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons, took place at the Freemasons Tavern, when about 2C,0 b re thren and visitors sat down to an excellent banquet. In the Chair was brother JOSEPH COPELAND BELL. After the cloth had been removed, and " 1\1;on nobis" sung , The CHAIRMAN said the first toast which he had to giv e was one which would be received with a melancholy i n terest , and which he need not say should be drunk in solemn silence, namely, " The mem o ry o f hi s l ate Majesty and then' late Patron."—(Drank in solemn silence.) The CHAIRMAN then gave a toast of a more cheering description, and which would be drank with an equal but a more lively display of devotion and respect, namely, the health of a lady who was not only the first in rank of her sex, but the head of the Government of this country. Though her reign might not prove as brilliant in victories ag those of her illustrious predecessors, Elizabeth and Anne , he trusted it would be distinguished by a still more happY omen—the peace and happiness of her subjects.—(Ch e ers) The toast which he had now to give was " The Queen."- --- (Drank amidst enthusiastic cheering.) Tune—" God save the Queen." The CHAIRMAN then gave, in appropriate terms, " The Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family ; "which was drunk amidst loud cheering. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of their Grand Master, the Duke of Sussex," a toast which, whether En glishmen or Freemasons, none could receive without vivid enthusiasm and admiration.—(Enthusiasti c cheering.) The following toasts then ensued :—" The past Gran , ' Masters, deputy Grand Masters, and the other provincial Grand Masters of England." " The Grand Masters of Ireland and Scotland, and the other ()Steers of those countries." Mr. llEact;Lus ELLIS, provincial Grand Master o f Mo naghan, returned thanks on the part of the Duke of Leinster and the officers of Ireland. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a toast which, on the' present occasion, would be received with peculiar interest and warmth, namely, " The proposed Asylum for Aged Decayed Freemasons." The worthy brother, after desc,:io ing the progress which the proposed institution bad macLe in the two years since it had been proposed, observed th a t it was not possible to speak to a body of Freemasons in, the language of doubt and despondency when the object was one of charity.—(Cheers.) Two years ago they had not 3 shilling towards the foundation of this asylum ; now the Trustees had upwards of 1,0001,, independent of the sub scriptions which, he trusted, would this evening most libe rally be handed into them.--(Cheers.) Brother PITT then spoke an appropriate poetic address, written by Brother J. F. Smith, of the Bank of England Lodge. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the hide: fatigable Treasurer of the Institution, to whose zeal, ac ti-• vity, and perseverance, they were all mainly indebted for the position the Institution now so proudly assumed. Be? could not himself do adequate justice to the toast, whicli he left in the hands of the meeting.—(Loud cheering, nod, it was observed that the ladies in the Gallery rose to ale toast.) The TREASURER (Dr. Crucifix), after reading a Report of the state of the Institution, returned thanks in a very impressive manner, and was loudly and enthusiaaicaDY cheered. The subscriptions amounted to upwards of 6001. The Chairman's health was proposed by Mr. HERCULES al.'s, in a strain of very pleasing eloquence, and suitably acknowledged by Mr. BELL, who, after complimenting the ladies, who then retired from the gallery, gave, as a con eluding toast, " The Stewards of the day ; an d may t h ei r successors emulate their ex am pl e ." Mr. G. P RICE re t urne d t h an k s, and the meeting then broke up. The Musical department was under the direction of Bro ther J. Lee Stevens, to whose assiduity and taste it did great credit. The performers, ladies and gentlemen, sang most admirably. Our friend Wilson, of Covent-garden, sang "John Anderson, my joe," in his own exquisite after dinner style. Nothing could exceed the hilarity and goo('A feeling which prevailed throughout the evening. A concert took place afterwards in a room up stn'irs The company did not separate till an advanced hour Q the night,