The Sun. — London, England, 1835-08-27 00:00:00

PIPMNIM fey would select enters, said this thewelves tob L any other qua' The man 3.1 116 le but the ttiol it posible that at if Dr. 131,0 1 ' nake himself the Dissenters, ana , he would find , been at 811 y their don tY, they have lent to religious s to the political ligious principle, i we have derived rouse of Hanove r ilso discover that 3'6 of England sacrifice of tbeir ligious principle, tat same Churell .adation. ibject farther, il tnd time-serviA vn diocese, ow hich Dissenters urpose of sear' alified ministers; nce with disgus t, r the people for fellow -ci diens' will repel with wt to fix a stilt' .ted this e vednip ake place. It is shall take Pla ce back to the Cor iat under all the Supplies WOO House of Lords the Marquis of et to the p resent Lords expressed suspicion of the r France tow ards ?ression of sucht 'm b o th sides °` vise from no et alousies existinS )ain. The OP; with the aVOSVeu in insurrection /ROVG}Dor opposite, p tine mitY• Had thes e ed to the crioes Vain during t'e the recollecties tufty w i t h a hoe' —a horror so o zld r b e to drive —we should Oil grounds for de" This dist rvst it allude not te on by the o°l have found tbs Jot d pAymslir the implied c e° , l l n, the deba te / No new - 4 the question 0 exposition l ie disposal of t as broadly s ' l , it of the obilgeltti who guaran te ie the Quadr u P he to defend °sing the ab °li t 5 the inhabit a° Earl of Cl' t n e Ming that 110 the BiscaYade filch we ° la rely, that the ie in a struSg o .evation of 9°l 3lt was, ! o i l ° , e Spanish t' io produce d I - 6 le cause of t h e leir laws, their independenc; n renown ‘ ce ci , re their V r d inhabitants to aid no ta%e s d in taxes, ra ise cers , and % cre e lopular As bel , c s. They i' e " o eir con tinna 9c ° f ['he king s a d irbon line, Pt,. 7vance of t he h i a t generous, t oe 'eight into 0 Basque s rtics, and it tract we „, EEN'S G °VC ,, l*. e s ival priv ilev te , that the Pl 5 ; change rather tba ° , of pr ese rvi s : is rich cu°l) of the righ ts se thus pa lli ' les 133 )f the sq t . o; le nt of ;ompletelY 1 ir it )s t e red a 'P io ); the SP 3I I I O , fety of al° I lot were oc el/4 1 , 11 furuisi ii ”d the army 00 yes ; an d fr t o conforming,. of roveruru el '' ,rs to us cl uite , 5 ie talita gl°° , f the eoro'l;e 11 lege I " st , of :lc esP ens- The , yroe nt. e the le`) '7 l . 4 sed a P 3 ° 0 ,0 entire b u ", o o c ountry power of Urown:' Its *ant of Custcm;house regulations con- Verted its ports into asylums for desperate smugglers, through Whose agency a contraband trade *as Carried bit throughout Europe ; while its position between two Etbsnitite 111onarchieS, and the ignorance of its inha hitinitss led the pdpUlace id Cdniiiiind freedom with the unquestioned liberty of the brigand, and change with the substitution ' absolute of despotism for self-government. The error of which the Queen of SPA IN and her Ministers have been guilty is not in revoking thefueros of the Basques, but in revoking them all at once, and before the proper steps were taken to make the people comprehend the value of the privileges about to be conferred on them, in requital for those of which the freedom of the nation demanded the abolition. The act in itself was proper, but it was performed so rashly, and with so little regard to per sonal feeling, that we are not surprised at the conse quences by which it was so unhappily followed. It will be seen by a reference to the debate, that all parties agreed in deprecating the conduct of Don CARLOS, with regard to his well known proclamation. For a precedent, for a decree so sanguinary, their Lordships were compelled to refer to a similar procla• illation published by the French convention during the Reign of Terror. The House of Lords may be said to have virtually passed the Great Western Railway Bill. This mea sure has been somewhat' more than nine weeks before Q Committee of their Lordships during which time it underwent the strictest scrutiny. All that now remains is the formality of reading the Bill a third time with his Majesty's gracious assent to its becoming the law of the land, W 6. congratulate the proprietors on their ultimate success, and we trust that the heavy ex penses to which they have been put by the un fair opposition of the Southampton Railway Company will impress them with a conviction of the injustice, as well as the injury to the public, of following such an example, in the -event of other companies attempting to establish more convenient lines of general locomotion. We from the first supported the Great Western Railway Company, because we approved of the principle upon Which it proposed to facilitate the means of public con veyance ; and every other Company having the same object in view shall have all the assistance which we can render to it. The Irish Constabulary Bill, a measure calculated to be of the greatest benefit to Ireland, especially that claus e of it which proposes to transfer the appointment of constables from the Magistrates to the Crown, was lost last night in the House of Lords by a majority of t welve. In vain Lord GLENELG offered to concede some of the most objectionable points ; Mr. O'CoN NELL had voted in favour of the Bill, and that one Ci rcumstance was quite enough to induce the Tory Peers to reject it with contempt. Had the Hon. and Learned Gentleman been opposed to it, they would of Course have passed it with the greatest alacrity ; but sooner than he should have any share in the tranquil lization of Ireland, their past and present conduct P l ainly denotes that they would reduce the whole empire to a state of unmitigated anarchy. It is im- Possible that men actuated by such petty, personal feel ings, can ever carry on the business of legislation pro perly, for there is nothing that so warps the judgment as spleen ; and so thought Lord DUNCANNON, when he observed, that " if the Noble Lords opposite were determined to resist every thing for which Mr. O'CoN SELL might happen to have voted, it would be idle for Ministers to attempt to legislate upon any subject connected with Ireland." Really it is full time that this factious, vindictive course of conduct should be Put Et stop to. The country must not be deprived of all salutary measures of Reform, merely because the House of Lords entertain a strong personal dislike t? Mr. - O'CONNELL. They must be taught the pro- Priety of looking to measures rather than to men ; but t his desi ra bl e conv i ct i on can on l y b e i mpressed on thei r minds by a thorough reform of the institution. In their present temper they are inaccessible to reason, and will run all risks .rather than abate one jot of their Prejudices. They even seem desirous of provoking a collision with the other branch of the Legislature, just as if they, and not the Commons, were the influential b ody in the State I A few days, we trust, will suffice to bring this haughty nature to its proper level ; and satisfy even the most sceptical of their Lordships, that, as a branch of the Constitution, they have no °ther moral influence than what they derive from act ing in accordance with the interests of the people. As for their independence, of which they are constantly Ill aking su c h a para d e , i t ex i sts on l y i n id ea . " Fli ng b ut a stone, the giant dies." Test it by a collision with the Ro use of Commons, and it melts into thin air. I le people are well aware of this ; hence the decided 4tti tude that th e y h ave o f l ate assume d— an a ttit u d e , b y the bye, which is daily assuming a more deter trilled and formidable character, as the factious spirit Which influences their Lordships' decisions, more and More developer itself. The language of complaint is no l onger in fa vour w ith th e commun ity. It i s ex enanged for th e more emp h at i c l angua g e o f indigna tion. The country has" ceased to lament the obduracy of the Rouse of Lords ; it has begun to question the utility of such an institution. It no longer goes a circuitous way to work, but comes direct to the point. It does not ask, why do the Lords do this, or why do the Lords do that, but why does hereditary legislation exist at all ? D o our readers ask far proofs of the i prevalence of this inquisitive . spirit ? We refer them, among other equally significant ones, to the resolutions passed at a late public Meeting at Salford, which was attended, not by the mere rabble—as their Lordships would fondly believe—but by the most respectable ,merchant s and tradesmen of the dist r i c t, men w h o 'lave a n interest in the preservation of the public trail ; but who at the same time will not allow them s e lves to b e d upe d b y t h e artifices of a faction, which Oerives its wisdom, as it derives its titles, wholly by he reditary descent. At this great meeting, the following was among the resolutions proposed and passed, amid general acclamations :—" That the time has at en t c y of f e Nth arriv e d w h en i t b ecomes the duty of every l his cou n t r y t o pet i t i on t h e Commons of Great utility an d I reland, to institute an inquiry into the utility or otherwise of the hereditary principle of le.- rtilatien) with a v i ew to t h e d e fi n i ng of the Consti- t 4 on, and fi x i ng i t on some 'common sense principl e ." heir Lordships may—as no doubt they will—laugh tel , the id ea o f an i nquiry like this ; but they may is Y en it, th at t h e f ee li ng which suggested not confined to Salford, but is generally Prev alent throughout the community. There is, in deed,,e rt _ no l onger t h e reverence that there once was,f hereditary l eg i s l ators. People have learned to r °A on them as among the luxuries, rather than the neee,st,aries, of the Constitution, and are strongly dis- POsed t to ascertain the fact whether they can ~t tlo away with them altogether. Not that ara averse to the institution of a second Chamber, but that they are desirous of having one that shall harmonize with the other branches of the Igislat ure, and not merely act as a clog on their l'nve ments. Did Nye requi re still fln - ther proofs of this spirit or the part o f t h e people, we should find them of ,t, T decla rat i on o f t h e enlightened Reformers it '"ewei.stle, who have at length discovered that Is a izeie farce to address the House of Lords ; Isior - When the 113/Mouth job was brought under the consideration of the Hottse of CiitifirioUsi Lord ASHLEY, who seemed to be taken the exposure of the pranks of his subordinate officer DAWSON, and quite unprepared to make any defend, resorted to the old Tory trick of throwing out insinua tions against the character of the persoti tOttiplaining. Mr. PEARSE'S offer to supply the stone for the Breakwater had been rejected, his Lordship said, be cause he had been a bankrupt; and Mr. SCOTT had got the contract, not for any political merit of his, GOD forbid I but solely because he was a better man. Since we last alluded to the abject, we have learnt a few facts, which we shall state without comment, leaving our readers to judge from them whether the probabi lities are in favour of the absence of all political motives in this transaction. Mr. PEA RSE never was a bankrupt or insolvent. At the time he tendered for the supply of the lime stone, he was the proprietor of a very large quarry at Plymouth, which he was then and is still working. Mr. PEA RSE was and is a staunch supporter of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. He supported the Noble Lord in 1832, 1834, and 1835. SCOTT is a Tory, and a partisan of DAWSON He is a member of the Plymouth Corporation— PEARSE is not. SCOTT is it large beer brewer, and owns as such a great many public-houses both in Ply mouth AND DEVONPORT. This enabled him to assist DAWSoN at Devonport during the late election, by the exercise of his influence over his tenants in these houses. Private letters from Madrid to the 19th inst., re ceived in Paris, announce the arrest of a number of persons of the highest rank, ,who are suspected of having been leaders of the recent insurrection in that capital. Among these is the Duke AP RANTEs ; the Marquis de la - s - NA VAS, recently a mem ber of the Cabinet ; M. GALIANo, a Deputy ; and M. CABALLERO, one of the Clerks of the Chamber. The deputation, sent by the insurgents with the copy of certain propositions to be adopted by the Government, were likewise seized, and handed over for trial before a court-martial. The four battalions of Urbanos have been disarmed, and the publication of the Opposition Jour nals suspended, till tranquillity is restored in the Capi. to The QUEEN has not been unmindful of the services of General QUESADA, who has received the appointment of Captain General of New Castile, and the honour of being a Gentleman of her MAJESTY'S Bed-chamber. The whole of the Parii Papers of Tuesday have been received. The debates in the Chamber of De puties on the Fieschi Laws, as those relating to the Press are called, begin to be more animated. On Monday the Duke DE BROGLIE made a long speech in favour of these laws, to the utter astonishment of the people of Paris. The Duke was one of those straight-forward upright men, in whom all parties consider they may safely trust where a_ distinct pledge is given, and his secession from the cause of liberty has excited considerable surprise in the poli tical circles of the capital of France. The debate was opened on Tuesday, by M. ROYER COLLARD, who, forsaking the Ministerial party, with whom he hitherto voted, attacked the principle of the new law with great vigour, learning, and eloquence. He maintained that the Press was the price of the Revo lution of 1830—leaving it to be inferred, that to abo lish it would be to place the country in the same state in which it was during the reign of CHARLES X. •M. THIERS followed, and attempted to defend himself from the charge of apostacy, brought against himself and his colleagues by th e o pp os iti on . His speech was not concluded when the Evening Papers went to Press. The following able article from the pen of M. CARREL (as we are informed) appeared in the National of Monday. One suggestion con tained in it may be serviceable to Louts PHILLIPPE : " In the Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, the centres ap plauded the following passage in a speech of one of the Mini sterial Members Remember what was generally thought of the Imperial Government some years ago, and observe how similar the way of thinking is at the present day.' " The applause of the centres proves how greatly the gentlemen who compose them would wish to turn against the freedom of the Press the sword of some military dictator. Doubtless, a military dictator would soon get the better of the liberty of the Press. Bonaparte employed no other means than the mere promulgation of a decree, or daining the suppression of all the Journals which had spoken ill of the usurpation of the 18th Brumaire, and forbidding the publication )f new ones without express authority from the Consuls. But the day before the majority of the Council of Five Hundred had been bundled out of the windows of the Orangery of St. Cloud, and it is likely enough that a mili tary dictator, who would at the present day put down the Press, would begin also by kicking- the gentlemen of the centres out of the Palais Bourbon (Chamber of Deputies), not for being anarchists, but because of their being a set of incapable and babbling meddlers. The liberty of the Press and that of the tribune are inseparable; they can only prosper or fall together. They ought to exercise forbearance towards each other, notwithstanding the jealousy subsisting between them. It is possible, however, that the gentlemen of the centres care no more for the one than for the other. At all events they care for peace, as they have sufficiently made it appear. Now, military dictatorship and peace at any price are irreconcilable. The gentlemen of the centre wish to have nothing to do with the Press. " The Press," say they, " has been the cause, in five years, of the insurrections of April, June, and November." This is untrue. The Press has kept back instead of preparing the explosions of those unlucky days. But let us compare those deplorable occurrences with those of the last five years of the empire. In 1410 Napoleon was at the height of his power. He was united to a Princess who was won by the French bayonets in the fields of Essling and Wagram. The bourgeoisie of Paris were mad with joy. From 1810 to 1812 Napoleon buried 200,000 French men in Spain. From 1812 to 1813 he lost 300,000 of them in the snows of Russia. From 1813 to 1814 he dissipated in the plains of Saxony, Westphalia, Bohemia, Italy, on the Rhine, and beyond the,Pyrenees 500,000 men, the reserve of 25 years of war and revolution. In 1814 he gave up France to the coalition, moneyless, without soldiers, without a Go vernment, without liberty, without public virtues, and without patriotism. In 'lBl5 the same things occurred ; and after all, we have had to bear the Restoration, the emigrants, the priests, the massacres on the part of the Royalists in the south, the payment of 1,500,000,000 to Europe, a billion to the men of Coblentz, and all that for no other good than to get finally at the ordinances of July, and the patchwork of the 7th of August. It is true that during the interval of thirty years, from the coup d'etat of Brumaire to the coup Vial of July, the Press was almost always in fetters. The go verning principle lied been respected, but that principle de voured and ruined whole generations. And who can say how many now dead would be living still, how much France would be more powerful and rich than she is now, if the Press had not been destroyed on the 18th Brumaire, and if France had not been guilty of the cowardice of suffering herself to be trampled upon by a soldier? It was found twice necessary, in order to get out of the yoke and the ruinous schemes of that soldier, to throw ourselves into the arms of the English and the Russians. The promoters and accomplices of the usurpation of the 18th Brumaire are eternally reproachable with their crime."' FRENCH FUNDS.—PAine, Auouvr Five per Cents , 1091. sc. 10c. 15c. 10c. Four and a Half per Cents., lull. 85e. Four per Cents., 99f. at. Three per Cents. 78f. 65c 70e. 60c. Bank Actions, 2,0251. Rente de Naples, 96f. 9'c. 80c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%54% Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 33% 33. • Rente d'Espagne, Three por Cents.. 22 2114% 21. Royal Spanish Loan, 3.3541( 33 32M%. Bente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per t cat.,3l 334 f 33 32N 33. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 102 u. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cent., 87?.4 Portuguese Three per Ceuta. 55% as. Haytian Loan, 360. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, -4 —c. ; money, 25f 52%e. Three months, paper, —f. —c. money, 25f. 40c. Barka, TRUE o'CLocK.—The news from Madrid has and• lutie therefore decided in future to petition- the csirritrions for a redress of grievances ! The patriotic . Aleweastle men Were, it may be remembered, among the Most enthusiastic supporters of the Reform bill ; their array of thotisands did infinite service to' the cause ; and they now assure us that, should the deedsion require It; they are ready to make a similar array of strength. The North thus detite's find the test of the kingdom ready at a day's notice to follow its egrirrlpie? will their Lordships still persevere in their present course of conduct ? If they do, they will assuredly fall ; and will fall unpitied, because they have been thrice warned I MIMMEMEI ri StrN, LONDON, TIIURBIAV,GtTST 2 1 i, 183 had a favourable effect on the different securities ; the Three per Cents. opened at 7&f. 6*c., and rose to 78f. 80c., buyers.' Spanish stock has been looking up till about half past 'two, wheti a sudden depression tdok place ; the New Loan, which was currently done at 41, fell to 39 ; the Active Debt from 401 to 38 1 , and the other securities in proportion. 2 The fall has taken place in consequence of a report that a re volution gala to that of Saragossa and Barcelona has broken 'out at Seville. QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 1091. 10c. ; Three per Cents., 781. 70c..; Five per Cents. Spanish, 33 ; Three per Cents. Spanish, 21 ; Cortes, 33 ; Coupons, 17 ; Gueb bards, 33 ; Differes, 14; New Loan, 39, 2 ; Actives, 394 ; Passives, 12; Ducats, 96 . 80; Romans, 101 x; Pedros, 87 ; Belgiatis, 1021 ; Dutch, ; Haytians, 3601. ; Miguels, ; Brabant Bank, —, BASLE, AUGUST IS.—As a remarkable document connected with the struggle between the Catholic Church and the Swiss Government, we give the following note, (but just become public,) directed on the 23d of May, by the Bishop of Basic to some clergy of Argovia, who had omitted to read (from the pulpit) the proclamation of the Great Council : " In reply to your letter of the 22d of May, I have the liflnhsir tO answer, in all histe, that I cannot indeed order you to pfdlfißliffite the Proclamation, which was to have been a rt to i t he p a e n o pl episcopale o n t on 7 i iftctht sanction, jogllawl and I, criminallylt aas becausendp Bishop,rysoousucehr an order UPOID . t. be neither can nor will ; but as you have omitted the promulgation and aro in „ cutcd by did tivil power, brethren, in the pfetsbre of circumstances, r es7 v 'i e n r g all the rights of the Chad!, Rod merelyto t the most deplorable consequences to yOtt, yOtif parishioners, the State, and the Church, to yield to force, and to promul gate the proclamation. May the Most High take his Church under his Almighty protection. " With diStinsuished esteem, your devoted friend, " JeSEFI4 ANTHONY, Ep. B. " Bishop of Basic. " P. S. This note is for the guidance and katiEfaction of your Reverence, and of the Members of your Chapter, and strictly confidential."—Frankfort Papers, August 22. " AMSTERDAM, AtiOt/tT 24.—His Majesty's birthday was kept here to-day with great festivity. His Majesty has com pleted his 63d year. ". The bad news from Madrid has had a great effect on the funds. There Were numerous sellers, but little was done except in Cortes and Five per Cent. Perpetuelles, both which moved indeed a little at the close, . but on tile whole remained 4 per cent. below yesterday's prices. Three per Cent. Perpetuelles and Deferred Debt were Ifr per cent. lower, Coupons nes less than 3 per cent., and Ardouin 4 per cent. lower than the pre ceding prices. In the last little was done. The decline in the Spanish Funds has also affected all other Funds, Dutch and Foreign. The Duteli recovered a little towards the close." DUTCH FUNDS—A NISIF RIMM, AUGUST 2t. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 531 5414 Loan (1830) 5 per cent. A mort Svndic,4l4 per cent 9.3 93% Ditto, ditto, 3% Per cent. 77yi 78 1 4 Commercial Company, per cent lOB 10A34 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. SPANISH FUNDS. Loan. London (1832! 5 per Cent. Cortes Coupons 204 to mg Cortes at Amsterdam, 5 per Cent 29% to 31 Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent 1934 to 204 Deferred Debt 12% to 1551 .. - Dutch Papers, Aug. 23. PIIUSSIAN FUNDS.—Baatm, Ave. 2 1 . • Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 41 pet reef. lOl% 100% Prussian English Loan, 1830;4 per tent 91) 7-12 99 1-12 Exchange on London, Two months 027% Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 21. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussm.s, Ave. 25. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent~ Rothehild's I.oaff, Five per Cent lOO Loan of City, irittZ, Four per Cent. 0 8 1,4 Society of Csmmetre. Four and a Half per Cent. 122 3 4 Hank tif Belgium, Five per Cent .. 108% SPANISH FUNDS.—Perpet. 301—Cortes, 27—. Deferred, 12, —Brussels Papers, Aug. 25. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vi *, Atm. 17. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. B.olk Shares —Allgemeine Zeittark Aug. 22. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The inhabitants of Newcastle have this day (Tuesday, August 25) acted as becomes the members of a free State when its liberties are endangered. At a highly respectable meeting held in the Town Hall, J. L. Hood, Esq., the Right Worshipful the Mayor, in the Chair, they have re solved that the alterations made by the House of Lords in the Municipal Reform Bill are such as render the Bill un worthy of the people's acceptance, and they have accord ingly agreed on a petition, praying the House of Commons to reject it. The speakers were Dr. Headlam, Mr. A. L. Potter, Mr. Greenhow, Mr. Rayne, Mr. Joshua Johnson, Mr. W. L. Hark, and Mr. Charnley. Dr. Headlam spoke well, and observed, that if the,people did not at this moment secure their just rights, in consequence of the ex traordinary infatuation with which the Peers have acted, they would be certain at no distant day to obtain them, if they showed becoming firmness and determination. All the Resolutions *eze carried unanimously. A great num ber of the burgesses weil! present ; but they demeaned themselves as sincere Reformers, willing to be treated like their fellow-townsmen, and despising the exclusive privi leges which the Lords, for election purposes, wish to se cure to them and their posterity for ever! The following are the Resolutions and Petition agreed to at the "PUBLIC MEETING IN GUILDHALL. " At a numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this town, in Guildhall assembled, August 25, 1835, " The Mayor of Newcastle in - the Chair, " It was unanimously resolved,-1. That this meeting has witnessed with astonishment and regret the wanton and capri cious mutilation of the Municipal Reform Bill by the House of Peers—a mutilation so totally destructive of all the essential qualities of the Bill, as to render it no longer worthy of pub.. lie acceptance. That, in the opinion of this meeting, these changes have been introduced for the expresz purpose of frus trating the great object which the people have in view--the right of freely choosing their own Municipal Authorities. " 2. That feeling acutely the utter disappointment of our hopes, that a great and beneficial measure of Corporate Reform would be given to the country, we address ourselves to the Commons' House of Parliament, praying, that they will not accede to those pernicious changes which the House of Peers have made in the Bill. "3. That the following petition to the House of Commons be adopted : and that William Ord, Esq., M. P., be requested to present and support the same:--and that the Petition lie for signature until Saturday evening, the 29th instant. " 4. That this Meeting cannot too strongly express their high sense of the patriotic — and dignified conduct of Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, and the rest of his Majesty's Ministers, in originating and defending the important measure of Municipal Reform ; and in offering them our grateful thanks for their noble advocacy of the people's rights, we beg to as sure them of our undiminished confidence, and firm determina tion to support them by every constitutional means. " 5. That th's meeting also avails itself of the present as a fitting occasion, to cffer their decided testimony to the chre ful, rigid, impartial, and satisfactory manner, in which the Municipal Commissioners, Messrs. Dwarris and Rumball, executed the arduous duties assigued to them, in having had to inquire into, and report on, the rights and privileges, and on the state and management of the affairs of the Corporation of this town. " J.OHN L. HOOD, Mayor." The Mayor having left the Chair, the thanks of the meet ing were unanimously voted to him, for his able and impartial conduct. " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ire land in Parliament assembled, " The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, " Sheweth—That your Petitioners have beheld with asto nishment and regret, the wanton and capricious mutilation of the Municipal Reform Bill by the other House of Parliament —a mutilation so totally destructive of all the essential quali ties of the Bill, as to render it no longer worthy of public acceptance. • " That, in the 'opinion of your petitioners, these changes have been introduced for the express purpose of frustrating the great object which the people have in view—the right of freely choosing their own Municipal Authorities. " That your petitioners, nothing doubting your anxious de sire to do justice to the people at large, and acutely feeling the utter disappointment of their hopes, that a real and benefi cial measure of Corporation Reform would be given to the country, most earnestly and anxiously entreat your Honourable House to reject the changes which have been rondo in the Bill, and, by the exercise of those powers which the Constitution has placed in sour hands, secure the great object of the people's wishes—a full and efficient Reform 5n Municipal Corporations. " And your petitioners will ever pray." His Majesty honoured the Earl and Countess of Erroll with his presence at dinner, in Richmond-park, yester day. His Majesty has visited Lady Erroll every Wednesday since her confinement, on his way from London to Windsor. The Duke of Portland and Viscount Sidmouth are amongst the last arrivals at Bath. The Duchess of Bedford, with Lady Georgiana Russell and a select party, have recently been making a tour of the Lakes, and left last week for Scotland. Ducker has been committed to York Castle for fighting a man to death.—llull Observer. • The Duke of Norfolk arrived at.thc Castle, Arun del, on Monday, visiting Littichampton on Tuesday. His Grace, we are happy to add, appeared in the best health. The Lords Commissioners of the Navy Board have . chartered the S usan for theconveyance of 320 male convicts to New South Wales, and the Layton and the Bardaster for carrying out 270, and 240 male convicts to Van Diemen's Land. Sir Alexander Malet, Bart., late an attache . to Lord Howard de Walden's embassy, at Lisbon, arrived the dav be fore yesterday at Lord Brougham's, in Berkeley-square;from the Portuguese capital. Sir Alexander and his lady, daughter of Lady Brougha m , are a b out to procee d to Turin, where , Fjir Alexander is appoi n t e d .9„eretary of teggtion. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. Drat, Aco. 20.—Wind W. N. W., fine.—Arrived the Lady Normandy, Teasdale, from Batavia ; Euphemia, —, from Vera Cruz; Ludlow, Pearson, (tont Jamaica ; Vicissitude, Snell, from St. Kitt's; Pomona, Prosser, from the Mediterranean ; Sarah, Hudson, from Oonrto; Idea, Cooper, from Limerick ; Malcolm, Pond, from Waterford ; and Iris, Cundy, from Bel fast. Arrived from the River, the Osborne, Knight, for Cape Coast Castle ; Giraffe, Brown, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Coriolanus, Dailey, for Halifax ; Ina, Dournier, for St. John's, New Brunswick ; Abbotsford, Pain, for Quebec; Time, Pybert, for Smyrna; Hopewell, Seaward, for Cape Coast Castle. And sailed, the Commodore, Cousins, for Water ford ; and Henry, Rave/1, for Poole. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 26--Wind N. W., fine. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 25.—Wind N. W. by N.—Arrived the San Josef, Golires, from Genoa. STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 26.—Arrived the Rebel, Jones, from Goule. DOVER, AUGUST 26.—Arrived off port, the Black Nymph, ----., from Africa. COWES, AUGUST 26.—Arrived the Minerva, Jones, from Havannah. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 25.—Wind N. W. to N. N. W., strong breezes, and fine.—Arrived, the Alfred, Beally, from Fer nando Po ; Siren, Clifton, from the Coast of Troy. DARTMOUTH, AuG.26.—Arrived off port, the Carlola, Prelas, from Cuba ; Ernest and Greslaw, from Baltimore. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 25. Arrived the Constellation, Hadlett, from New Orleans. CLYDE, AUGUST 24.—Arrived, the ,Helen, Nicholl, from Dciu."•rara. .Flockhart, fr o m J ama i ca t o Q ue b ec , was wrecked :i the 26th ult., a n d pa r t o f th e cargo , with the crew, saved. _ The C near Halifax, tin The Michael Miller, Williams, from Liverpool to Port Maddock, sunk on the Brazil Bank Oti the 25th instant— crew saved. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Aug, al, 1835, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan 1 and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 4ls Id. eats 1 Barley 27s Bd. Rye . ..... 34. 4d. l Pease..... Cod. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat 42s. 9d. I Oats Barley 26s. 2d. Rye DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wimat 44s. ,d. Oats Barley Ws i 10d. Rye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 10 to ££4 0 gew Meadow Flay 3 5 4 10 Useful Old Ditto 4 10 4 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay ..... ~, 3 15 5 l 0 Oat Straw , a 2 oto .£2 2 f Wheat Straw . 2 4 2 8 IIMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 15 Useful Old Ditto 4 10 4 15 kltte Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay .extra fine £5 15 Generally „ .„.„ 3 15 5 1 0 Oat Straw ....,, .. 1 I 10 to 1:2 0 1 Wheat Straw 2 9 2 5 HUNGERFORD. Coarse Meado%! Hay New Meadow Hay .,.. 3 0 Useful Old Ditto ' Fine Upland Meadow and Bye grass Hay • Clover Hay 3 15 5 10 Oat Straw ...... ..... .£1 18 to £2 0 1 Wheat Straw 2 2 2 5 REFORM MEETING IN PEEBLESHIRE.-011 Friday last, a meeting was held at Castle Craig, which was succeeded by a dinner, at which the usual Reform toasts were drank.—Dumfries Courier. THE DUKE DE NEMOURS.—His Royal High ness, attended by General Baudrand and Colonel Boyer, his Aide-de-Camp, returned to Grillon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, yesterday, from a visit to their Majesties at the Palace, at Windsor. The Duke intended to be present at the Entree Levee yesterday, but he did not reach town until it was over, and we believe his Majesty expressed his desire that his Royal Highness should not leave Windsor Castle at so early an hour as ten o'clock. The Marquis of Hertford invited the Duke to a sumptuous banquet yesterday evening, but his Royal High ness had a prior engagement to dine with General Sebastian, in Manchester-square. Among the visitants of the Duke, yes terday and the day preceding, at the Hotel, were the Duke of Wellington, Lord Hill, Viscount. Palmerston, Lord Holland, Baron Gersdorff, Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Melbourne, Earl Cadogan, Marquis of Hertford, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir Robort Chester, Count Lavradio, Chevalier . de Bille, Danish Chargé d'Affaires. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK.—We are re quested to state that the new work by the Authoress of " Do mestic Manners of the Americans," " Belgian and Western Germany," &c., entitled " Tremordyn Cliff," is published this day,by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street, and may be obtained of all Booksellers. MRS. NISRETT'S QUEEN'S THEATRE.—The crowded audiences that visit this theatre furnish a proof of the value which the public set on the services of the performers and the exertions of the proprietors to render it worthy of public support. Wo learn that Mrs. Nisbett will continuo for the re mainder of this week the fairy operetta of the Guardian Sylph. !t. is almost superfluous to say, that the admirable acting of Mrs. itloney and John neeve in this talented farce have added to their ipputation already acquired, as well as to the stock of public amusement. - - GREAT WESTERN RA ILWAY.--The Lords' Committee, after an inquiry of forty-six days, have come to a decision in favour of the Great Western Railway Big, There was a majority of twelve in favour of the undertaking. Such was the interest excited, that more than seventy of their LG•rd ships attended the Committee yesterday, and voted. TILE SPANISH EXPEDITION. — The regiment of cavalry to be commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Jacks (20th Light Dragoons), is to be raised in Cork, to which city several officers and non-commissioned officers will proceed from hence hi the course of the week. The whole of the Rifle Regiment, under the command of the Baron de Rottenburg, will embark from Portsmouth in the Lord Lynedoch, as soon as the repairs rendered necessary by her mishap off Ushant shall have been completed. The recruiting is going on favourably in several puts of the kingdom. On Monday evening it rained so fast as to remove several waggon loads of chalk from the Cliff. A heavy thunder storm passed over Uckfield on Tuesday ; but we had only a very slight shower at Lewes.—Lewes Observer. _Friday, being the 70th anniversary of his . Ma jesty'' was keit npon,.byihe Officers of the Royal Jer sey Militia, as an appropriate day to give a grand dinner to his Excellency Major-General Campbell, the Lieut.-Governor of this island. —.Tersey Argus. The harvest is completed in the neighbourhood of Lewes, and perhaps more abundant crops never were known. On Tuesday several samples of new wheat was shown at our corn market—Brighton Gazette. EA RTIIQUARE.—It was felt in Whitehaven, but more severely near it e ;:singharn, Egremont, and the inland parishes. It was a shock of shaking. without any premonitory warnings, and then all was ove?. We cannot learn that any mischief was done by it in this neighbourhood.— IVhilehaven Herald. DEPREDATION IN THE MOORS.—We (10 not be lieve that the gentlemen themselves who pay for ,anti shoot over the Moors are aware of the enormous loss they sustain 17 the depredations of a set of poachers who, for some years back, have assailed them before the 12th of August, and killed hundreds and thousands of heads of game for the Edinburgh and London markets, without qualification, permission, or title of any sort, and before the time permitted by the laws for sportsmanship. Such, however, we have the best means of knowing to be the fact.—Perth Paper. The wheat in most parts of the county Cork is already cut down, and next week will complete the reaping in that quarter. The craps at an average are good, and very productive and abundant. NEGRO LONGEVITY.—A female negro slave, of the name of Joyce Heth, is now exhibiting in this city, who has attained the extraordinary age of 161 years. A visit which we paid her yesterday has removed whatever doubts we previously entertained as to the facts confirmatory of this ex traordinary instance of longevity.—Pitsburgh (United States) Advertiser. Two philanthropists of the town of Bar, have just made an important discovery, copied into the Journal de la Meuse ; they have with the greatest success employed the skin of the potato in place of tobacco ; and further assures us that even competent judges in the art of " puffing a cloud," as well as amateurs who advocate the use of a pipe, have one and all been deceived by it. Harvest is now general.in Dumfries-shire and Gal loway, and indeed over the whole country, if we except moun tain lands, mosses, and moors. Continued solar heat, unpa ralleled since the year 1826, has accelerated the period fixed on by many as the commencement of harvest, by at least a fortnight, and dispelled at the same time many gloomy fore bodings.—Dumfries Courier. , The result of the Carlow petition mentioned in our last, must prove a severe blow to all Reformers, aggra vated by the bitter reflection, that had a few of our Irish Re presentatives been at their post, when their presence was most called for, we might i easonably calculate upon a decision di rectly the reverse of that which now claims our attention. iVa tplord Chronicle. A sturgeon, weighing 2101b5.; and measuring eight feet in length and four in girth, was • caught on Friday last, in one of the weirs between Swansea and the Mumbles, and ex hibited in our fish market . on Saturday. It was afterwards skinned by one of the fishmongers, and sold in various pieces to those whose tastes were excited by the Royal fare.—The Cambrian. CURE FOR DonnticEA.—A gentleman who has for some time past used the following recipe with great suc cess, requests us to publish it : --A table spoonful of vinegar and a tea spoonful.of salt, mixed with a gill of warm water. If relief he not afforded in the course of ten or fifteen minutes, a repetition - el the dose, he says, has been effectual in every instance he has observei..- r Thw York Paper.. • PARLIAMENTARY SUMAIA.RY. In the LORDS' last night, the following Bills were read a third time and passed—the Illegal Securities Bill, the Clerk of the Crown Bill, the Special Constables Bill, the Duties on Wood Collection Bill, the Insolvent Courts (Ireland) Bill, I and the Savings' Banks (Scotland) Bill. On the motion of the Duke of RICM!OND, the Tithe on Turnips Bill and the Tithe I e_e - erery Bill were severally read a second time, and ordered to be cointi,tted this day. To the former measure Lord ASHBURTON offered some opposition. There was some conversation as to the course the House would adopt respect ing the progress of the Municipal Corporations Bill, from which it would appear that the further discussion on the muti lated measure will be taken upon the bringing up of tic Re port to-night, and that no debate will take place on the thiLTI reading to-morrow. On the withdrawal of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY'S motion relative to the affairs of Spain, there was a highly-interesting debate. The sanguinary decree of Don CnnLos turns out to be authentic : it was execrated by all parties—even the Duke of WELLINGTON did not withhold the expression of his disapproval of the exter minating spirit of the Pretender's proclamation. Lord MELBOURNE., in the strongest terms, denounced the almost incredible barbarity of the monster who issued it, adding • that it was without a parallel, save in the annals of the na tional convention during the period of the French Revolution. Some jealousy of France, with respect to Spanish afEtirs was manifested pretty generally by their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM spoke on this subject with a plainness and in a spirit that found in their Lordships a congeniality of senti ment. He was long and loudly cheered. On the Constabu lary Force (Ireland) Bill, the Lords in opposition had their will—throwing it out on the second reading by a majority of 12 votes. The vesting of the nomination of constables iii the Crown instead of in the Magistrates, was the first and prin. cipal, but not the only objection to the measure. In the COMMONS', at four o'clock, there were only 38 Mem bers present ; consequently there was no House. IMPERIAL PARLI AMENT. THIS DAY, THURSDAY, Auo. 27. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. There were about fifty members present at the sitting of the House—but not one on the Opposition side. OATHS ABOLITION BILL. The Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill being read, Mr. TH 0 RNE L E Y made tome observations, as we under stood the Hon. Member, in opposition to a clause in the Bill. Sir GEORGE GREY observed that the clause to which the Hon. Member alluded had been brought under the consi deration of Government. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the clause. It frequently happened that in foreign countries affidavits taken before the constituted authorities of this country were required, and the clause had been introduced for that purpose. ~The Bill was then read a second time. HIGHWAYS BILL. On the motion of Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE the Lords' amendments to this Bill were agreed to. • DUBLIN POLICE BILL. The Order of the Day for the third reading of this Bil having been read, . . Mr: - JACKSON begged to enter his protest against the Bill. It conferred an additional power upon the Government, which, in his opinion, was impolitic and unconstitutional. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CIVIL BILL COURTS (IRELAND). . . _ _ Mr. LYNCH moied the further consideration ofthe Repor on this Bill. Mr. JACKSON trusted the Hon. Member for Galway would not press his motion. It appeared by the votes of Friday last that the further consideration of the Report of this Bill had been postponed, and many Hon. Members had left town under the impression that the - Bill would not be proceeded with further. The Bill gave very extensive jurisdiction to the Civil Bill Courts, and it was important that the public in Ireland, and especially the profession, should be made acquainted with the details of the measure, before it passed into law. He had another objection to the Bill, which was that an entirely new clause had been introduced since the Bill li id last been before the House, giving a jurisdiction to these Courts to raise lega cies charged upon real estates, and which it was important for the House to consider. He thought it a very valuable Bill, but he thought, at the same time, that the House should take time to gain information upon this clause. Mr. LYNCH said the Bill was brought in on the 4th of June last, and was referred to a Select Committee, which sat twenty days, and never was any question so thoroughly dis cussed as this. If his Hon. Friend thought the Bill im portant and valuable why not press it now ? Mr. JACKSON intimated that he should oppose the clause before referred to. Lord J. RUSSELL suggested to the Hon. Member whether it would be of any avail to pursue his opposition to, the Bill ? Mr. RUT HVE N spoke against the Bill. Lord MORPETH said that the idea of an intention to postpone the Bill originated in a mistake in one of the printed orders, which, however, was corrected the foilowinm day. Mr. JACKSON replied, that many Members had left town under the impression that this Bill would not be .brought forward again this Session. He had reccived letters from many gentleman in Ireland, complaining of this jurisdiction clause. After a few words from Mr. RONA YNE, the Gallery was cleared for a division, but no division took place. On our return we found the House in Committee on the Bill. Mr. PRYME in the Chair. _ _ Some verbal amendments were agreed to, and the Report brought up. STAMPS AND ASSESSED TAXES BILL. Mr. BARING moved that the House go into Committee on this Bill. Mr. WILES hoped some provision might be made in this Bill for remunerating the collectors of these taxes, especially in the Metropolis, for the great reduction made in their incomes from the reduction made in the taxes. Mr. BARING said the matter was under the consideration of the Treasury, who had the power of granting compensations. M. POTTER did not see why the Metropolitan Col lectors .cilio,Ael have a preference over the County ones. The SrP:gna..Ea then left the Chair, the Bill went through Committee, inn was reported by Mr. BERNAL. The Glass Untie, Bill was read a third time, and passed. On the motion cS ltir. HUME, the Orange Lodge Com mittee got leave to sit, no,:withstanding the sitting of the House. The ATTORNEY -:.4g NE R. AL gave notice that t0;,..-4elect ;,..-4elect Committee to search the morrow he would move for a . become of two Bills—the Lords' Journals, to sae what fizas% . Execution of Wills Bill, and one fos Regulating the Laws of Administrators, which were sent up soa x. months ago.—( Loud cheers.) PROTESTANT DISSENTIs.'"- Mr. WILK S was called upon to move " tb• consideration of the practical grievances of Protestant Dissento.:':" He said he would not now bring forward that motion, as 1 : 1 did not wish to distract the attention of the House from Om-, great questions which required their undivided attention. ,Early next Session he would bring forward the whole subject - , Od attempt to get redress for his Dissenting fellow-brethren. NAVAL COURTS-MARTIAL. Sir E. CODRINGTON moved for a return of all Naval Officers who had lost their half-pay, without their consent, on the investigation of a Court Martial since 1790. The Gal lant Admiral presented three petitions from persons who claimed that any charges made against them might be sent for investigation before the legal tribunal of that service— a Court-Martial. He called upon the Attorney-General to assist him. . _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was quite unprepared for the discussion—if the Gallant Admiral would postpone the motion till to-morrow, he would be prepared, and then some gentleman connected with the Admiralty would be present. After a few words from Mr. LABOUCHERE, the motion was postponed. SHANNON NAVIGATION. On the motion of Mr. BARING, the Bill for the improve ment of the navigation of the river Shannon was read a first time, and ordered - to be read a second time. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the adjournment of the House. CORPORATION BILL. Mr. WAKLEY wished to know, before the House ad- journed, when he and other Members might have an opportu nity of presenting some petitions in favour of the Municipal Corporation 13ill? Mr. W'ILKS also bad petitions to present in favour of the Bill. He did not like the way in which the petitions of the people were bagged and disposed of in that House. Mr. WAKLEY—Petitions were certainly sometimes bagged in that House. Ho thought, however, that if all the petitions were presented, and the discussion then taken on them, it would be the best course. We understood the - SPEAKER to say, that petitions on this subject had better be presented on Monday, when the sub ject would come under discussion. BONDED CORN. Sir E. CODIIIi[GT ON gave notice that he had a peti tion to present from Jame.: Sibley, praying the House to allow corn in bond to be ground for g.lnortation. In answer to a question from Mr. I . toniNso:v, the SPEAKER said that he would sit to-morrow at twet.-; o'clock, to which hour the House then adjourned. The Marquis of Anglesea arrived at_ his seat, Beat-- desert, on Monday evening week, after an absence of four years. The Gallant Marquis changed horses at the George Hotel, Lichfield, where a concourse of people loudly cheered him, and gave one cheer more for " Waterloo I" The Mar quis thanked them from the window of hiS carriage, at the same time expressing his gratification on being once more amongst them. He was looking extremely well ; the flatter. ing reception the Noble. Marquis met with must have been highly gratifying to him. The coincidence was extraordi nary, that it was exactly twenty years since he passed through Lichfield from the memorable battle of Waterloo. Scores - By relates 'that a boat dragged to the bottom of the Sea by a harpooned whale, became instantly so saturated With water in every pore, that it appeared like one which had lain in the bottom of the sea since the flood. The boat was regained by the return of the whale to the st*face, and with difficulty was hauled into the ship. A fragment of it, when thrown afterwards into the water, sank to the bottom like a stone. The Thames navigation is almost at a stand. The water is hardly sufficient for ai empty barge, nor can a transit of good by the Thames navigation be, looked for during many .weeks.to i...9rp'e,--,Bgattgtftrcury.. LITERATURE. MITFORD'S HISTORY OF GREECE, VOL. I. Caen, London, 1835. This is a good idea, and can scarcely fail to be sue ' ccssful. As originally published, Mitford's History of Greece was far too expensive a work to be pur chased by any but the " well-to-do" in the world, (and scholars seldom belong to this fortunate class) ; but the present cheap republication brings it within the means of the most slender and poetically disposed pocket. The work is intended to be completed in ten volumes, one of which will appear monthly, price only five shillings. The first volume is now before us, and b es id es the advantages of clear type and excellent paper, possesoes the still further recommendation of a memoir of the aatlior, from the pen of his brother, the late Lord ItedesdaL... In this memoir, which has a strong Tory taint about it, the good sense of the historian, in having insisted on the mischievous ten dencies of the old Greek democracies, is somewhat too ostentatiously trumpeted ; in all other respects it is temperately and fairly written. If not an elegant, Mitford was unquestionably an accurate historian, full of knowledge, scrupulous in his assortions, except where he comes to treat of the times of Demosthenes, when he purposely lowers the character of the Athe nian orator, in order that Philip of Macedon way gain by the comparison. This is a sad blemish, but requires only to be known to be guarded against. Taken as a whole, Mitford's Greece is decidedly the best history we have of the sort. MR. MAT,HIAS. ( From the Athenmuni.) It appears, as if among our other regular• weekly duties, Lac task of preparing an obituary notice of some person dis ting►t,;shed in literature or the arts was to be numbered— so ntnne - eus have been the deaths since the commencement of the year. We have now to record the loss of another• of the elegant scholars of the last generation, of one whose re putation was rather select than extensive. As a lover and successful cultivator of letters generally, but, in particular, of the literature and language of Italy, Mr. Mathias will not be soon forgotten : his Pursuits of Literature, the first part of which poem appeared in 1794, drew great attention from the keenness and erudition of its notes ; and his Italian Canzoni and translations from the English have been always held up to admiration for their grace and cor rectness. Besides these, he was the author of many other satirical and critical works, which will h^ found in the choice libraries collected 30 years since. Mr. Mathias re ceived his education at Eton, and Trinity College, Cam bridge, where he carried away several honours. He was, at one period of his life, Treasurer of the Household of Queen Charlotte ; and, for the last many years, resided entirely at Naples, where he died. The following per sonal recollections, kihdly sent us by a lady well able to appreciate his talents, will be acceptable to such of our readers as interest themselves in the private life of the man of letters. " I became acquainted with Mr. Mathias at Naples, in l 823. He had then been a re , ident in that city for some years, and was much esteemed and valued by the few among the Neapolitans who had any pretensions to litera ture. He had translated into Italian several of our Eng lish poems, which appeared to great advantage in their new garb, but his selections were not always fortunate, as wit ness 'Armstrong's Art of Health. The Italians were as much surprised as delighted at his proficiency in their har monious language, and I have heard several of the litterati amongst them bestow the warmest culogiums on the purity and precision with which he wrote it. Though his writings displayed a perfect knowledge and mastery of Italian, his conversation in that language was not remarkable either for its fluency or correctness ; but conversation in any language was not his forte, for his colloquial powers were so very limited, that one could not help feeling sur prised that a man possessed of so much erudition, should bring so little interesting matter into the general mart of society. Any allusion to the Pursuits of Literature was extremely offensive to him. It was believed that the per sonal severity of several of the observations in that book had drawn on the supposed author some very disagreeable demands for satisfaction, which he evaded, by equivocating about the authorship, a denial which he felt himself bound to persist in to the last. In stature Mathias was below the middle size, being scarcely taller than Mr. Godwin. In face he bore a striking resemblance to Sir Francis Burdett. He was particularly neat in his attire, and scrupulously clean in his person. He was uni versally respected at Naples, and though possessed of lit tle, if any, fortune, besides the pension granted to hint by the late King, he maintained an independent and res pectable station, and was a welcome guest in all the houses occapied by English residents. Among other nervous pecu liarities he had a constant dread of being driven over by the vehicles continually passing through the popukus streets of Naples, and it was often a source of amusement to his acquaintances to see him anxiously watching what he consi dered a safe opportunity of passing the crets-way, advancing with precipitation, and, when in the middle, retreating in terror, though no danger threatened, so that it often took him whole hours to walk half a mile if obliged to cross the street. Bless my soul, bless my soul, how dreadfully dan gerous,' would he exclaim ; I was without a moment of being► killed ;' though the carriage at whose approach ho trembled was 20 yards off. He ' was a gastronome in the full extent of the word, took a lively interest in the first appearance of green peas, was a connoisseur in wild hoar, and could disengage a bceafico from its envelope of vine leaves in much less than the ordinary time be stowed on such an operation, murmuring to himself all the time, Bless my soul, how very delicious, how very delicious The fine climate, the cheapness of the luxuries he liked, the cheerful society, and the respect his ac quirements had won for him, must have rendered the residence of Mr. Mathias at Naples the most agreeable ,art of his life. He spoke of it as such, arid seemed to 'ilk as if exposed to cold v.-1,11 a return to England ras named as among the possibilities of fate. Peace be to his shade ! he has dropped into the grave full of years, leaving many friends, and not one enemy—for those he had excited by idu4 Pursuits (f Literature he outlived." shrir TILE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) . CITY, 7'II'ELVE O'CLOCK. m attritio . Price Currents to the 7th May, have been re ceived at the N -th and South American Coffee-house. By the j eurnai * . du Coniwrce of Antwerp of yesterday, we find that the Empen r and Empress of Russia have left St. Peter burgh for Danteie, accompanied by the Grand Duke Constantine. let` from the Mauritius. Our arrivals this mortti..lg are very few •; only French and Ostend mails, with ship let THE E1 . " 5. The British rands left' off ti. - m yesterday, owing to a prevailing opinion that the amount, Of the West India claims make purchases in will be paid over to the Accountant-•t; of the Court of Chancery, who will, in the usual martitts." , the Funds with it. This had a general tel.'dency to improve the Consol Market. Consols, which left off yesterday at 89-a fo: Money, and 89'1 for the October Account, opened this morning at the same price, with little business doing as yet. Otn..nium 24 prem. ; Exchequer Bilis 22 ; India Bonds 6 ; 13an.k Stock 214 215. In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds have improved, owing to the information front Madrid that no further riots havetaken place in that capital, and that the Queen's power is fully re instated. Spanish Bonds closed at 401, have reached 4 Spanish Scrip left off at 19, at present 10 dis. ; Portuguatee Bonds 854. 86. HALF-PAST ONE. The letters received from Madrid this morning confirm the intelligence already in publication. The Consols Market has been very buoyant during the morning ; at one period Consols were 89i for the Accou,nt, at present they may be quoted 894 3, for money 89i; Omnium. i pm. Yesterday was settling day in Consols, and this is pay day. All is going off well. Exchequer Bills 22 ; India Bonds 4 6 ; Bank Stock 214 i: In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds had reached 42 ; at present they are 4111 ; Spanish Scrip 181 discount ; Portu guese 86} ; Three per Cents: 551-.!s ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 53111; Five per Cents. Mi. . 2.1 e Dutch mail has arrived, 21 per Cents. 541 ; per Cent... 101 9-18 . THREE 0' CL 0 C.IN-• Cons for the Accent, 894 TIIE FUNDS..,-13 LOSING PRICES. DS. 'ma., oinni !Tn., ' 2 % pm. Inclia Mock..., 2 i."l Ditto 80nd5.—.... 6 pm. South Sea Stock .. — Ditto Old Annuities ..... ...... — Ditto New Annuities ..........•• Ex. Bills, 10 , ;(.1 '2U pm. Ditto 5001 *1 on. Ditto 50P1 :2I Bank Stock for Opp. — India Stock tor Act. ...... , Consols for Act. I , UNI)S. A list ri.,n, 5 p: cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 iw; cent. Eelgizin, 5 per cent 10O! , Ditto, New Ditto .•...• 83 Brnilian Bonds BueLos Ayres, 6 per cunt — Rmstati 'Bonds, 5 per cent. ...• is. Chille), 6 per cent — Ditto, slctallic Colunibian, 6 i-er cCnt ...... ... -- , Spanish, 5 per cent 4 l'4 i iitto, 16.24 314 1 Ditto, 'Nil— 3 ;hole!,• ~.. i:t e.e.k Bends, 1e.:5, 5 per cent ---I (Exchange . ••• 251. 00.:', ?it x ican, 5 per cent., 1025.... - ... 1 French, 3 per cent 784: ....e, i•Paio„ 1815, ti per , cat" -; Dutch, 23 percent. 53 r crt ,,,a n o ti per cent ~„,.... • [ Ditto, 5 percent. • . • -II B rdlik hock 2 per Ceut Red 3 per Cent Coo& 8.; , 14 Tc per ('eat. .N.per Cent Red 9.44 New per Cent. 1; 6 14 4 ;Crt Cent. Assented ....... Dissented Long Annuities to exptre J. 1.11 .±-nn IG 7-16 Cet 1836 I6N Jan. 1BGO 1011E101 t •