The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-07 00:00:00

EVENING SUN. LEVANT MAIL. The Levant mail has arrived this morning, bringing ad %ices f rom C onstant i no pl e o f the 17th, Alexandria of the 16th, Ath ens o f t h e 16th, a nd Candia of the 3d ult. The following summary of the news is interesting : TURKEY. CFrom the Supplement to the Malta Times.) c _ !ALTA, JULY 23.—The single fact of importance at l instantinople is the appointment of Redschid Pacha as s ter Pl en i potent i ar y o f the Sublime Porte at the court of the King of the French. "This appointment," .;''s the M anzar i Sh ar k, " g ives immense satisfaction. tve are not s kill e d i n T ur kish politics." h Noun Effendi, ex-Ambassador of the Port e in France, ,It ‘ been nom i nate d a M em b er o f the Council of Justice. 41 1 the Members of the Council of Justice have been P r untoted Aft 4 commercial grade. paper, called the Progreso Bisatino, ap ver, J a red at Constantino la on the 7th of Jul). k ;ONSTANTIN O P LE uts 17.—T0 the contents of my letter 0 , the 15th, by the Vienna post, I have to add tit '', account of the negotiations now in progress be hetZll Titbit P ac h a an d the insurgents of Candia. Tha l litter have proposed to capitulate on the following cor .2- Tout a general amnesty be granted to the insure "nts, under the guarantee of the Christian Powers. stt l- That, while acknowledging the sovereignty of the the lan and remaining tributary to him, they be allowed of ," own institutions like the inhabitants of the island camas, ; That they be allowed to retain their arms. q "1 8 • f rhat no 'T ur k s b e p er mitted to reside in the district et !kin or to go there in greater numbers than sixty ;time. I n !: That in case the above conditions be rejected the Crgents b e a ll owe d to withdraw unmolested, retaining en' ar la I ns , and to dispose of their pr o p ert y in the island Ikth Y please. I)„,: e se proposals having been forwarded by Tahir Cra to th e P orte , in the steamer whose a rrival 1 an 'teed in my l et t er of last week, the Supreme Council k n ;_ decided on acce ptin g all of them, excepting the ' , tit (relati n g to the retention of their a rms b y the in- C Il ' en ts) ; and the steamer was accordingly se nt back to e an u a ia with thi s a nswer on Thursday morning. A ll uendi l except the mountainous part of Sfakia, has -taitt e d artn, and altl?ough w ,tee told of . rme Mainotes 1 4 , t _, „ , 1 .ite.v „ landed, t , i tere s no' :ar ~,,a. a tance for them T iicl a point d'apputin Crete. -e Candiotes had surrendered GOO stand of arms. C (-From the Manzari Shark of July 17.) ),T.', O . II sTaNTINOPLE, JULY • 13.—His Excellency, Said t i a unlb Effendi will be released from quarantine in two th - , 314 : u . Said Bey and Semi Bey will also get through at - 4'', early roxi week, and are, it is said, to be the guests Fe e ‘, 4 l , lv t Pacha, the Minister of Finance. Besides those B, a t he Sovereinm they bring valuable presents for the eita a . t , a v elide and all the high functionaries of the Porte I‘. ti n -- ,„" have had any hand in the settle ment of the Egyp aa;" question. It is now asserted confidentl y that the F° ll nt of the annual tribute payabl e b y the Pacha of t 'g rl YPt to the central Government , wi ll be considerably I: a ' a tte ' °ll, and that his Excellency Said Be)' will be the Zr of the new firman regulating that matter. b ee e haVe already stated that the c ro p s of grain have Productive to an unprecedented degree. This will neO stib nrrage agriculture more than all the essays on the h i „Jcet which have been published of late ; it was bad ti"' e sts for two years successively, that had disheartened ~,f'armers. The production of silk has almost every here,x been likewise most abundant, and the quantity for i t .Nrtation will be greater than on any former occasion. 'ilerefore, in Italy and France there has really been a deficiency, we shall be able to make up by shipments from h et s , ( yarter. The , commercial body may now hope for geve " - r t times here. For some months past it had suffered sal t e IY- Imports in general gave very indifferent re. hen:, and exports presented enormous losses, whilst the rexpenses of living at Constantinople (where what gati a lea:economy would be accounted profuse extra,va tio e e in England) went on without the slightest diminu terrls: It is when. exports are remunerating, that the en tisiog merchant makes money. hear the whole mercantile body constantly com evelinng of the dulness of the import trade, and yet ]iri rr southerly wind brings in cargo after cargo of h,,,, t . i sh manufactures, which gradually disappear some ;or other. We suspect, therefore, that things are, s eiit n l itY, not near so bad as they are in general repro to ~,"f t" to be. Every one grumbles, but nobody appears wh" er in the least. 'rhe fact is, T urke y is a country fain e resources are still vast, notwith standin g all the m e -- ; as sertions to the contrary which fi ll the European ar e ; and, if we have few rich men , we have none who absolutely poor. CANDIA. (From the Manzari Shark.) Our advices from this country have reached us by the French steamer Minos up to the 3d inst. only. -At that date it will be perceived that the insurrection was not quelled, although the whole of the district of Apocorona had submitted. At Sfakia other bodies of Mainotes had arrived, consequently giving cause to assume that more fighting would take• place before tranquillity was folly restored. Things, however, were in a favourable train for arrangement. • The following is an extract from our correspondence CANEA, JULY 3.—We have news that a severe skir- Z a l t took place on the Bth inst. in the dist rict of Pe• in the province of Candia, between the Turks u Greeks, which lasted several hours. The _areas uhimately obliged to abandotthar position, -and i ti t a ur tof them succeeded in gaining the mountains. All t ut S of excesses, not only upon those that were armed , thi s ai 8 ° on the unarmed inhabitants of the villages in ~i velit listriet, were unfortunately committed, which has rise to the enclosed proclamation. Much credit is „ItTahir Pacha, - who immediately on being informed p n , l .'` set sail for Candia, and, it is said, has severely m r d m e of those . engaged in these excesses. ter. Ali Pacha, in a frigate, with a corvette , . a choo ha, 4 :.1 three Government transports, arrived in the k - Suilti yesterday, bringing a fe w re g ular troops. ?the .The Turkish army has moved to the westward of 'and with a view of marching into the interior of ;`Sfak!, the head-quarters of the ins ur g ents. t,c,d and wh o l e o f t h e district of Apocoron a has submit . th at given up their arms, and it is g ratif y ing to state no excesses whatever have been committed. 1 3 ,:,: t r ":he cruisers daily continue to bring in small Greek ha : 8 tak en on the coast . A strong body of M ainotes tol,:rrived to reinforce the insurgents , and the y appear as far from submitting a s ever, although rep orts sh : l e v Prev a l ent some t i me ago that the princip al chiefs %, A e d some disposition to lay down t heir arms. _ skirmi s h too k pl ace in this neighbourh ood on the • chic J un which several were killed and wounded on both .. 1 , confidently asserted, that A shmed Pacha hay th6 a rrived , it is the intention of Ta hir Pacha to join e ' 11 1) of Mustapha Pacha. , or he llenbow, Captain H. Stewart , a rrived in the port Sodathese On the 30th from Athens , a nd is likel y to remain Candia, some time. The Tyne leaves th is evenin g for to learn the truth of the reports of the massacre wl, io). has taken place there. `` r the Minenve French frigate is also cruisin g off Candia. A line-of-battle ship is in sight, supposed to be a Pe 'n'h ui an. THE OF MUSTAPHA PACHA TO ',E OTTOMAN POPULATIO N OF CRETE. " As the unceasing endeavours of our most respected li t "r the Sultan harp no other view than the tranquil , and h a p p i ness o f his people w ithout exception, and since the wish of his Highnessis that no one should su f.- in the. slightest degree, without a lawful and just P t ive his -Excellency the Lord Hig h Admiral of the ( tto n , an empire and myself have not failed at all times I _ o inform the inhabitants of the benevolent and hu 'untie intentions of his Highness. But we learn with 'rent regr e t th a t i n the districts of Candia and Canea „fine inhuman beings, forgetting both themselves and t he ',rights o f th e peacea bl e su bj ec t s of our august Sovereign, have dared to commit actions which militate against the tr anquillity and honour of those subjects. How secretly soever these inhuman persons may endeavour to perpe ' trate their shameful acts, how muchsoever they may en deavour to conceal them, and however trivial these .vrimes may be, I shall by authority of his highness the Sultan bring them to light and punish with death those ahametul villains as well as their abettors. " Whosoever then in future, be he great or small, ahall continue to molest the life, honour, or possessions of those who are under the protection of ~ o ur Imperial Sovereign, or who shall endeavour to injure in any way 'whatsoier the possessions of the insurgent Christians, or Who shall address to the peaceable relatives of the in surgents language injurious to their honour, shall be severely punished without the slightest delay; and that ," one may be ignora nt of this our decision, the present f r , ° elsmation shall be p romul g ated in all the cities of the .sia, i d . Dated at Keramia, this 16th (28th) day of June, 1841 " bIUSTAPHA PACHA." EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA , JULY 16, 1841.—Everything appears q ui et in Egypt. The P ha, however, still his goes on with 1 8 warlike preparations. He has now be b un . t ., -(4.t8 ; •One on the coast a little outside the walls of the — wn,, the other at Ras-el-Teen, near his palace. 'mil good authority we learn that there is some probability of the Pacha's soon going to Constan tinople himself to pay his respects to the Sul t "' A- high functionary from the Porte is ex- Peeted here also. There is a likelihood of the Hedjas being . Ai again put 'under the government of Mehemet 'lli ; some say that he . has asked for it himself, and '*hers that th e Sultan offered him this post, as being the oat able to keep the Arabs of that quarter under proper authority, ... Major Harvey, who was stationed at Jerusalem, ar- T'ett here by the Desert yesterday. From him we learn tim e the mountaineers in Syria, who had evinced at one t"ne great discontent at the taxes imposed upon;: ne „, Them, Turks .Y. the Porte, are now beginning to get_ islet again. axe using all possible me"..as .to conciliate r i ., 11, awl nave partly succeeded, _, ‘-' 01 !)ttl Napier is stilt, here, waiting for further in structions from En;',ana.• GREECE. 'We have received the Courrier Grec up to the 18th Anst. This Journal, of the 11th inst.. contains the- defi nitive formation of the Ministry, which M. Mavrocor eat% after overcoming all difficulties, has been able to establish. These are— M. Mavrocordato Minister of the Interior and Presi dent of the Council; M. Christidis, Minister of Foreign -Affairs and the Household ; A. Metaxas, War ; Cries's, Alari ne ; M. Mellas, Justice ; L. Valletta, Public In struction ; Tissamenos, Finance. M. Mavrocordato has given out a programme to the Governors of the kingdom, explaining the policy of the Cabinet, and his motives fu accepting office ; in Ws ad i'retis nothing is said a b ou t Constitutional Govornment. .)rdor, unaliimity, and justice are stron g ly recomtmo4ded, Ile ile - A Royal ordonnance has appeared with the following significant article : All the questions, of which the nature is important enough to be communicated to the Council of State, shall be debated therein." SYRIA. The accounts from Syria contained in our corre spondent's letter are satisfactory. Several causes of dis content with the population had been removed ; and although the Pachas kept in office by the present admi nistration are not the fittest for pacifying a country so lately in arms, and so jealous of its privileges, neverthe less, the promises and explanations of the Porte had had a good effect. The priesthood alone are discontented, from the hopes which they build on the influence and in trigues of foreign Powers, and from the circumstance o; the Sultan's reforms depriving them of the gains which they used to derive from litigations amongst their flocks PERSIA. A French officer, who went into Persia with Hussein Khan, and has lately returned to Paris, has furnished with the following account of the present state of that country. When he left Teheran, Persia was in the ter rible crisis of a civil war. Ali Mirza, a Lear relation 0 the Shah, long in the pay of England, and urged by hi: protectors, had raised the standard of revolt. As then is always some one of the Khans in rebellion, this woule have been only a common occurrence had not Ali Mimi , shown all the signs of serious warfare. Thus, he col lected 'an army of 10,000 men, made himself master o the southern part of the empire, and led the Shah to fear an attack. Exasperated by these apprehensions the. Shah spread the terror he felt on all around him. HiF government, at no time paternal, became sanguinary and, using the dreadful privilege he holds of decapitatio: by his own free will, he cut off as many as thirty, am' sometimes forty, heads a day on mere suspicion of trea son. Mirza Ali, (who must not be confounded with Al: Mirza ; Mirza, when placed after the name, signifying Prince), was dismissed with disgrace from his office 01 Minister of Foreign Affairs, and reduced to such a state of destitution that he thinks himself fortunat , when able to buy two sous-worth of melon. His successor is Mirza Aboul Hassan Khan, his uncle, who takes goof. care not to show his relationship to his distressed nephew b \ any act of charity or commisseration. The Shah's w rati. generally extends over a whole house, and when the chief denounced, every. subaltern is iftidanger. Thus Mirz: Mohammet Ali, the secretary of the ex-Minister, narrow-I; escaped with his life : being called into the presence e the Shah, the fatal li:ow 7 string was drawn round his throat, and his-ktongue was already protruding from hi. mouth, when the Prince ordered the cord to be relaxed. and in hia caprice even allowed him to resume his func tions under his patron, who is his uncle. The Shah', rage also fell upon Hussein Khan, the late Ambassadot to France, who so shamefully treated the Freud officers that were induced to go with him into Persia. Thik ex-Ambassador had six hundred strokes applied t, the soles of his feet—was then thrown, half dead, into ditch, and reduced to a state of distress equal to tha Hof Mirza Ali. Every one around the despot trembles Mirza Hadgi Agassi, who has long been his Prime Ali nister, is the only one who has hitherto escaped the sus picions of his master, and whose favour seems to increase with the embarrassments of the Prince. The disorder arising from this state of civil war and tyrannical system of government may be easily conceived. Genera . Damns and all the officers who accompanied him are re turning to France. One of the latter has been mur dered in a caravansary on the road, and his assassin: have not been brought to punishment. They arc know!. to be the muleteers who served him as guides. ' COURT-MARTIAL. DEPTFORD DOCK-YARD, AUG. 6.—Yesterday a Court martial was held by order of Lord Charles Wellesley, Colonel of the 15th Regiment of Foot, to investigate charge preferred against private Thomas Duffy, of th, same regiment, for " highly irregular conduct, and as saulting police constable John Martin, No. 219, of the division, on the night of the la August instant. The Court assembled at eleven o'clock, consisting of Captain Wingfield, as President, Captain Dickenson and Ensign Pardee, of the 15th Regiment. The President having stated the nature of the charge, the following evidence was adduced : Police-constable No. 193 R sworn—Said that at about one o'clock in the morning of the Ist instant, he observed the prisoner and another soldier knocking at a door in r. court in Dock-street, Deptford, when he told them to gr quietly to their quarters. The prisoner would not do so. but went on knocking at doors and shutters. He the: ran away. About half an hour afterwards he saw them again, when witness said he should take them into cus tody, upon which the prisoner struck him several times violently with his side-belt, and ran away, followed ,by his comrade. Witness then sprang his rattle. John Martin, 219 H division, sworn—Stated that on the morning in question the prisoner came on his beat running. Witness called to him to stop. Prisoner made no reply until overtaken, when he turned to the left about, and struck witness on the left side of the head, and ran up Deptford-green. He overtook him again on turning down the Green, when he was struck many times with the belt, and got his staff from him and threatened to run him through. Witness considered him self in very great danger. The prisoner had no side arms. 'flie police sergeant then came up, in company with another police constable, and secured the prisoner. After hearing evidence, Captain Cuthbert produced an extract of a former conviction of ,thu ra...nor fr,M* tlxt.- -}Z*;imentia court martial Book, stating that the prisoner had been tried by General Court•martial, dated August 7, 1840, for making away with his "necessaries," the sentence for which offence was; that be be committed to two months' solitary confinement, marked with the letter 1), and put under stoppage until the deficiencies were paid for. It was also stated that the prisoner's general character was very intlifferent. The Court then broke up, and the prisoner was sent in custody to the guard-room. WOO LWIC H.—FRIDAY. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Captain Nedham, Lieutenant Harvey, and 50 non , commissioned officers and men, are to proceed to Ports mouth immediately, where they will embark on boerd the Athol troop-ship for a passage to Jamaica, to com plete the companies on that station. The number of volunteers who offered their services on this occasion was surprising, but those only who have been a considerable period in the regiment have been accepted, as the majority of the deaths which recently took place were young men who bad lately joined the corps. The officers of the several departments in the Royal Arsenal are to meet the officers of the Royal Military Institution, for professional discussion, on the last day of each month. It is by means such as these that British officers will sustain their superiority for practical know ledge and information on military subjects over the offi cers of every other country in the world, and keep pace with the improvements and inventions of the present age. " GENERAL ORDER. " The Master-General has been pleased to apprae of First Lieutenant Kennedy being posted to the 3d batta lion, and First Lieutenant E. W. Fisher to the sth battalion. " 11. 1). ROSS, Colonel, "Deputy-Adjutant-General." " The Mater-General has been pleased to approve of the following transfers, viz : " Second Lieutenant Anderson, from Captain Ander son's company, Ist battalion, to Major Grantham's com pany, 2cl battalion. " Second Lieutenant Calder, from Major Gray's com pany. sth battalion, to Captain Horsby's company, 3d battalion. " Second Lieutenant Duplat, from Lieutenant-Colonel Chesney's company, 4th battalion, to Captain Bloomfield's . company, sth battalion. Second Lieutenant Gibbon, from Captain Stanway's company, Ist battalion, to Captain Story's company, Ist battalion. "H. D. ROSS, Colonel, " August 1. " Deputy-Adjutant-General. Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8., and G.C.H., inspected C Field Battery, Major Sweeting's company, on Monday last on the Common. The manoeuvring was excellent, and his Lordship expressed hunself highly pleased with the general appearance and efficiency of the battery. In the afternoon they were relieved from field-battery duties by Captain Bent's company, Ist battalion, and have re joined their battalion. Captain Bloomfield, with a detachment of his com pany, relieved Captain Collingswood, and the detachment of Major Rawnsley's company on Tuesday, from the re serve of instruction field batteries. Lieutenants Elliott and Scott are to do duty with Cap tain Bent's battery ; and Lieutenant Freese has relieved Lieutant Gibbon from field-battery duty. Major Sinclair has taken charge of his company, and Captain Low has rejoined the 6th b a tt a lion. The dismounted part of Captain Pester's troop of There join the wa s a troop east a i t n Leeds. of ten Royal Horse Artille r y em b ar k e d y es t er d ay f or H u ll, an d will pieces of brass ordnance to-day in the Royal Arsenal. The Gentlemen Cadets will assemble on Monday next at the Royal Military Academy, to resume. their studies. The vacation at this period has been a week longer than usual, that indulgence having been granted to them in consequence of their remaining a few days after the va cation commenced, to form a guard of honour when her Majesty was present at the launch of the Trafalgar. A detachment, consisting of two corporals and 12 sap pers and miners, will leave Woolwich on Tuesday next, for Sandhurst College, to assist the students there in ac quiring a knowledge of their professions. ROYAL MARINES. First Lieutenant Fraser, 4 sergeants, 1 corporal, 2 drummers, Oni 84 privates, joined the head-quarters of the Woolwich Division, from her Majesty's ship Princess Charlotte, a nd will be paid their arrears, extending over a period of four years, to-morrow. Lieutenants B. Varlow and Moubray, and 7 men, hare also joined from the Castor. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant Frederick Che valier Syer, :sailed from Woolwich on Wednesday for Portsmouth and Plymouth. The African steam-vessel left Woolwich yesterday for Chatham, to tow the Growler steam-vessel, recently launched there, to the City Canal, to be fitted with her engines by Messrs. seaward and Co. The Adventure transport ship sailed from Portsmouth for Woolwich on Wednesday. The repairs of the Volcano steam-vessel have been completed. by Messrs. Seaward, and she will shortly be commissioned as a packet. The Speedwell, tender to the Shearwater steam-ves sel, arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday from the North Sea, and will sail to-morrow for Harwich. The Firebrand steam-vessel, Master S. B. Cook, will sail from Woolwich for Che,thtim to-day, to attend upon the Lords of th e Admiralty. The,Heroine, 10-gun brig, building at Woo l w lo4 l expected to bo laun(he4 Cu the 16th 406 ..~yy : ~ 1 . i!--:tr THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7,184 L DINNER TO SiR R. STOPFORD AT PORTSEA. (From the Mornihg Post.) PoivriEk, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The dinner of last night, given by the inhabitants of Portsmouth to Admiral Stop ford, was followed to-night by a dinner of a different character, given by the officers of the Royal Navy and Marines resident in Portsmouth and the vicinity, in com pliment to Sir Robert Stopford for his distinguished ser vices during a long professional life, and more particu larly for his recent brilliant exploits in Syria. The dinner was held at the Beneficial society's Room at Portsea, at seven o'clock this evening, anctwas strictly cosfined to the profession and a few invited guests. The room, the largest in Portsmouth, was filled with a bril liant company, many of whom wore their well-deserved decorations, and the gallery accommodated about 200 ladies. The room was beautifully decorated with wreaths and garlands of laurel, and a variety of banners and transparencies referring to Admiral Stopford's various services—in Duckworth's action, at Copenhagen, the Basque Roads, Java, Gibraltar, Rodney's action, Howe's action, Cornwallis's retreat, &c., crowned by a large ban ner bearing the inscription, " Glorious achievements on die coast of Syria," and " Acre." Admiral Sir Edward Codrington presided in the chair. On his right hand was the distinguished guest Admiral sir Robert Stopford. CM - 1.B.; Sir E. Hayes, Bart.; Capt. Sir F. Austin, Col. Daly, Capt. Sir T. Hastings, Captain Loch •, and on his left, General Sir Hercules Pakenhain, Wm. Jones, Esq., Mayor of Portsmouth ; Capt. Lord A. Fitzclarence, Col. Johnstone, Admiral Hill, Capt. Chads, Admiral Sir C. Bullen, &c. Admiral Bouverie and Dr. Quarries officiated as Vice-Chairmen, and the dinner and its appointments were of the most recherche description. After the cloth was removed, and gra - ce said, Sir E. CODRINGTON rose and said that it was needless, in so loyal a company as he saw around him, to say that he first toast would be the health of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.—(Cheers.) It became him, how :ver, to add—what all present were, no doubt, aware of —that her Majesty combined in her character the firm '4ess and dignity of the Queen, with the gentleness, the senderness, and the affection of the woman.—(Cheers.) He had the greatest pleasure in proposing to them " The health of her Majesty the Queen." The toast was drunk with great enthusiam, and fol lowed bY'the National Anthem. The next toast.from the Chair was " The Health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Princess "'ttoyal,' which was dr:Link - with equaL:tknthusiaSiri with he preceding one. The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The health of the lucc - n Dowager," and strongly expressed the desire ever evinced by her Majesty not to be identified with any oolitical party in the country.—(Cheers.) The next toast was " His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church of England."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Lord Hill and the Army."—(Cheers.) Lieutenant-General Sir llF,ncuLts PAKENHAM, K.C.8., :cturned thanks. Sir HERCULES PAKENHAM, in proposing the toast of Lord Minto, the Navy, and Marines," gave to the navy ,f England the pre-eminence to which it is so justly en titled ; and observedihat he knew no difference between .rational extinction and our being left to poke our way a second rate power among the mightier nations of Europe. li E. CODRINGTON returned thanks on behalf of the navy. lie said that that service and the marines were io well united at present in a professional point of view, 'hat - it was . impossible, let them go where they would, or on whatever service, that they could ever fail to con iner.—(Cheers.) Col. WALKER returned thanks on the part of the ma rines, and said they had ever done, and ever would do, their duty.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—We have qow ar rived of that toast which forms the main object of the meeting—the health of our Gallant Friend and Guest , Sir Robert Stopford.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I have found great difficulty in giving my sentiments on the subject of Sir Robert Stopford on former occasions, because I felt too much upon the subject ; and it has led me into a certain degree of censure for omissions. I cm.: tainly did make omissions, for I die. not pretend to set torth all the merits of Sir Robert Stopford, because I well knew they were known throughout the whole navy of this country.—(Great cheering.) On the present oc casion, though—l won't say trouble—but the pleasure of attempting to do so, is saved me by the exertions of the Committee, in recording his services on the star over his head.—(Cheers.) To these I will refer you without going into the detail. I did so on former occasions. But there was one omission • there which I must rectify. I did not mean to touch on the affair of Acre, for I knew my Gallant Friend, when called upon, would give his own account of it, which would undoubtedly be • ten times more welcome to you than anything which I could say. I (lid not touch on the point of my early services with Sir R. Stopford, where he taught me discipline, and the advan tages arising from discipline, the object of which is to do justice to every man, and to give every man only his own duty to perform, and no more.—(Cheers.) There are those in our service, as well as many not in our service, who think that the duties of the service can be carried on and that everything can bo done within and about a ship without sufficient discipline. But if there be no punishment; there will be no discipline, and the conse quence would be that the bad Men would skulk from their duty, and the good men would have to do the duty of others as well as their own. On the discussion of this msass iii she is.+ss 40,mixrorri Z vuntuital w soy what I - doubt not the whole navy will justify me in, that if two ships were to be put into commission, in one avows edly the crew to receive no punishment, and in the other they were to receive punishment, but with strict justice, that the good men would prefer the latter to the former. That is a lesson which I learned in early days from my Gallant Friend, and the experience of a long life has enabled me to say it is right and just ; and it is one which I would recommend to my junior officers to put into practice. To show the advantage arising from it, and also to rectify the omission I referred to, I ought to have mentioned the action of my Gallant Friend at this meeting, in carrying his ship out of the range of the combined ships, his crew all the time obeying his orders. —(Loud cheers.) This alone shows how important it is to keep up that discipline which alone can enable the ' good to do their duty, and which enforces their duty on 1 the bad, who would otherwise be unworthy to perform it; and depend upon it a small number of ships in that state of discipline would be able to encounter double 1 their number if not in a state of discipline.—(Hear, hear.) This is a lesson which was 'also enforced upon ' my attention by another eminent •character—l mean Lord Howe—(Loud cheers) —whose instructions to me were, "If you have discipline, every man does his duty as he ought, and knows what his duty is ; and under such circumstances the greater the difficulty you have to en counter the greater the advantages you have in battle. In such a state of discipline the greater difficulties you can place your ship under in battle the more sure you are of success."—(Cheers.) There is another point to which I would wish to call the attention of the junior officers present, ever to consider honour as their leading 1 star ; and in this respect I will point to Sir Robert Stop ford as a bright example. No man who knows my Gallant Friend, but must be aware that in no one act of his life, in none - of his services, has h ever been guided by a mercenary motive, or by a mean disposition—that honour has truly been his leading star—that it has directed him throughout the whole course of his services, and has thus led to that high estimation which we, in common with the whole country, entertain for him.—(Great applause.) My feelings, gentlemen, towards my Gallant Friend are so strong, that I cannot, I fear, express myself satis factorily ; but you will make some allowance for an at tachment which commenced as far back as 1789, and which has continued, without intermission, to the pre sent time—an attachment based upon esteem, an esteem which has continually increased. In conclusion I beg to propose to you, " Health, prosperity, and comfort for the rest of his life to Sir Robert Stopford." The toast was drunk with the most enthusiastic ap plause. Sir R. STorronw, in returning thanks, spoke as fol lows, having been loudly cheered on rising to address the company :—Gentlemen, if the feelings of my Gallant Friend on my left were so eloquently overcome, as you have just seen they were, in proposing my health, I leave you to judge what my o wn must be at receiving that most beautiful eulogium which he was kind enough to pronounce upon my character.—(CheCvs.) Bet, gen tlemen, finding myself here once more at the head both of the starboard and larboard division—(Cheei : s and laughter)—l feel myself renovated altogether, and re joice to find myself in this position.—(Cheers.) 1 see many worthy characters around me, gentlemen, on the present occasion, in the garb and disguise of country gentlemen—(Laughter and cheers)—but let me tell them—if Ido not wrongly interpret the. signs of the times—that the season will soon arrive when they must make up their minds to lay aside that garb, and assume that uniform which has ever been the honour and credit M all who have worn it.—(Cheers.) I do not mean to disparage, or by any means to speak slightingly of, any other class of men ; but, knowing' as I do know, and speaking as I feel, I must be permitted to say that 1 both know and feel that there is not a more meritorious set of persons, whether by land or sea, than British officers and seamen—men with whom I feel proud to re member that I have been connected for the last sixty years.—(Loud cheers.) My Gallant Friend, the worthy Admiral in the Chair, has been kind enough to observe that he continued his naval career under my auspices, and that from me he learnt very many good things; but, Gentlemen, if it was I who was so fortunate as to sow the good seed in the mind of my Gallant and Hon. Friend, I rejoice to be enabled to say that that good seed has not stopped there without producing fruit—(Hear, hear)—because I believe that there is in this company a worthy scion of the same stock who has served me in the course of my recent operations—(Cheers) —who on no single occasion failed to evince the most promising skill and ability—who was of much use to me in buoying out the channels of the fleet at Acre, placing his own ship in that situation in which, if her guns were not so loud as many others, they made at least as deep and fatal an impression upon the works of the enemy.—(Cheers.) I hope that my gallant young friend is near me tit the present moment, and that he hears me when I say that I only do him that justice which is due to him when I make these remarks.— (Cheers.) I will notattempt to -speak without referring to notes for the accuracy of what I am saying ; but in referring to the circumstances of the important business, or, I should rather say, the glorious achievements at St. Jean d'Acre—(Loud cheers)—and the irksome duties, for such you well know they in reality were—connected with those events, I cannot but look to my Gallant Friend on my right, Sir Thomas Hastings—(Cheers)—whose system of gunnery, followed up as it was, by so much active zeal and ability, was so effective, that if the great fOitress of Acre hen been ten times as strong as it was, it must eventually have yielded to its powerful attacks. —(Loud cheers.) I cannot help naming on the present 00044011 my gaff • $44 6461* friend S I F #Q)4041 Douglas—(Cheers)—who first introduced that system if SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF THE gunnery'into the service which has been so ably pursued • TIMES. by Sir Thomas Hastings. Gentlemen, there is one name • (FRoM A LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENT.) which, when speaking upon the events on whic h lam There has been u great assemblage o f t he work p eo p le now` addressing you, I have ever hitherto forgotten to out of employment et the works and colleries near refer. I mean the name of Capt. Fisher of the Asia— Wrexham. Upwards of 1,500 made their appearance at (Cheers)— who, when stationed off Alexandria, performed the above town on 'Wednesday, to demand from the Ala most efficient services, keeping a very large force in check gistrates employment or food. Ono or two Reform Ma with a very small one, and, when puzzled with orders • y gistrates met them, spoke commiseratingly of their con from Constantinople, which were almost always wrong— uition, and promised to assemble the general hod of acting so judiciously upon every occasion that , if h e had Magistrates on Saturday to discuss what c ould be done not so decided to act, we should have assuredly been for their telief. On this promise the people dispersed, plunged into a war with France.—(Cheers.) I cannot with the understanding that they were to assemble again but refer also at this moment to the assistance I re on Saturday (this (lay), to learn what the Magistrates ceived from the gallant son of the Archduke Char les of determine upon. In the meantime numerous' parties are Austria, as well as to the services of Admiral Wal- ranging the country, calling at the farm-houses to ask ker—whom I myself selected for the purpose of plac in g for bread, and do not fail especially to visit those per him with the Turkish Admiral and the Turkish fleet, a sons who. were conspicuous supporters of the Monopoly situation in which his conduct has been so ConspieuOus!v Candidates at the recent election. good, that he has gained the applauSe of the Turkis'h (From the Gateshead Observer, Aug. 7.) Admiral, which is no easy. matter, and has since been THE DISTRESSED WORKMEN OF NEWCASTLE.—CU himseIf saluted as an Admiral in that very ship of which RIOUS CORRESPONDENCE.—A meeting of the Committee he was himself the Captain but two years before.— for conducting the subscription for the unemployed ape (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have already taken occasion to ratives of NewcaStle was held in the Council-room, in mention the services of the marine corps.—(Hear, hear.) t h e G u ildh a ll, on Th urs d a y- morning last (the Mayor in I will repeat here, that. the services of the marines in the chair.) Amongst the Committee present were Ald. the late operations were illost effective throughout.— Lash, Councillors Straker, Robinson, and Burrell, and (Cheers.) I have ever forwarded their claims to the Messrs. W. Chapman, J. Grote, Bargate, J. Pollard, Admiralty, and I still hope that when I shall have Greenhow, Hotham, Scarlett, Brockett, Hanle, &c. The explained matters further to that Board, they will, Treasurer reported that the subscription list amounted though they have hitherto drawn a line in that respect, to 343/. 10s. ld., and that the payments to workmen em be induced to depart from it, with. regard to the claims played in draining the ditches of the race course and of those officers who were not included in the last brevet. levelling the banks amounted to upwards of 901. ; that —(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you may form some o p inion of the average number employed were about 200 per day, their services when I tell you that we were ordered to besides about 50 employed by the Corporation and paid expel and defeat 70,000 men under the command of a by them. The treasurer, Mr. Robinson, said that, ac very distinguished soldier, Ibrahim Pacha.—(Cheers.) cording to the instructions of the Committee, he had The fire of our steamers, gentlemen, in effecting this ob- forwarded to the Sheriffs of Newcastle and Northumber ject, reached so far into the enemy's country, that it ren- land copies of the subscription list, with a request that dered it impossible for them to attempt to app roach near they might be laid on the tables of the respective Grand the coast—(Hear, hear)—until at length Ibrahim him- jury-rooms. From the high Sheriff of Northumberland self was heard to say—" What, what can I do against he had received an unfavourable reply ; but the Corn these steamers, which make greater progress in t w o mittee would understand the matter best by havine . b the hours, than I can do in two days ?" — ( Loud cheers.) correspondence read. Mr. Robinson then read the let- The consequence was, that very soon afterwards, when- tern ' as follow : ever the enemy were seen, they could m ake ' no stand whatever against us—for nothing could stand against our fire—(Cheers)--and there is no doubt- whatever that, at the hoMbardment of Acre, if that mq,vnifieent explosion had not taken. , place, the enemy must, in two or three . days at the farthest, have hung out a flag of surrender— (Hear, hear, )iear)—for their fortress was so shattefed that not a man among them could stand- to his gun. —(Lood cheers.) Gentlemen, I Will say, then, after the suitable harangue of my friend Sir E. Codrington to the junior officers who may be present here, I will only say to them, "guns, guns, guns, and nothing but guns" —(Loud cheering)—for without guns you may as well stay in a harbour at home.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I am most gratified, I assure you, at the manner _in which you, my brother officers, have received me— (Cheers) —as well as by the kind and gracidus and liberal manner in which I have olso been received by the towns people of Portsmouth.—(Cheers.) I return you my sin cerest thanks, and I fervently hope that I never shall see any of you with wooden legs and arms—(Cheers and laughter)—but if I should do so , y ou ma y de p end u p on it that it shall ever be my endeavour to give you the best bertha it will be in my power to bestow.—(Cheers and laumhter.) There is one subject more which I must mention befpre I sit do wn. In the present public state of affairs—in the p ; sent state of public men, I cannot be . that to Lord Mint() and accused of adulation b,-.s" g for the most efficient sup the Admiralty, lam indebte,.. . in steamers, port that ever Admiral obtained it: ships,..';of thisier - and in marines; and I gladly avail my se i . ;T p tunity of bearing this public testimony. to tt._ ree (The Gallant Admiral's speech was received w ith-t. . rounds of cheers.) Capt. Sir T. Hasniscs rose to propose the next toast, which was, " Sir C. Napier, the Captains, Means, Sea men, and Marines, who so nobly supported the Com mander-in-Chief on the coast of Syria. lle expressed his gratification at the compliment which had been paid to linn by the distinguished Admiral who had preceded him. AN hen he was first appointed to . the post be now held, the appointment was unsolicited, and doubting his own qualifications, he stipulated that he should be per mitted to resign at the end of the year, provi ded that impression on his own mind continued. Ile was, how ever, gratified to find that he could continue his duties with satisfaction to the authorities. Sir Howard Douglas's excellent hock had introduced this system. into the navy, and' in his endeavours to carry its principles into practice, he had the ho nour, when much doubt and some discouragement prevailed,• to be twice personally stimulated by the ad vice and approbation of his late Most Excellent Majesty, who took the deepest interest in the service to which they had the honour to belong.—(Great cheering:) But to turn from himself to the toast before them, they would permit him to make one or two remarks with reference to their services on the coast of Syria, and the crown ing exploit at Acre. It would not be forgotten that, in the olden time, this was the scene of the exploits of the warlike Richard against the . celebrated . Saladin —exploits which at that time won for England a re nown which .gave her a high rank amongst the military States of Europe.—(Hear.) In more recent times it was the scene of the exploits of one not inferior to Richard, and who himself walked upon the ramparts of Acre, to draw from the enemy a fire upon the strong part of the defences, and to withdraw it from the weaker part. This was the feat of Sir S. SMith. But lie rn_ight also allude„ to the 6railant Major . oldtield, - of whose gallantry% in various encounters had particularly attracted the admiration of the French themselves. In repelling an attack- of the French upon a breach he was mortally wounded, and one of the fiercest and most ex traordinary conflicts took place for possession of the wounded body of the gallant soldier who commanded the admiration of his men and the admiration of his ene mies. The body of the distinguished Major was at length carried off by the French, who buried him with tokens of respect and with military honours.—(Cheers.) These were feats of arms which had gilthsi the renown of Great Britain in Syria—but in comparison with these, even the achievements of Sir Chas. Napier and and the officers com manding theßoyal Marines, and of the m arines themselves, would be found to be as brilliant, and to have sustained with even increased lustrue the ancient and modern re nown of Britain in the East.—(Loud cheers.) Along with the actions he had alluded to, they would be re corded in the page of history, and the reputa tion of the gallant marines of the present day, w ould descend to posterity in conjunction, and undimmed by comp arison with the most brilliant feats of arms which had e ver dis tinguished the heroes of Great Britain. —{Applause.) The distinguished Admiral had remarked how much he owed to union and discipline ; but it was worthy of re mark, and recent events had proved it, that union must be cemented before its advantages could be ob tained, and then the battle was seldom won on the day of battle itself. He had always felt it to be of the deepest importance that the body formed by the navy and marines should be one iA spirit and in action. The re sults of such a union had been exhibited in Syria ; and hereafter, when the navy and marines of England were placed in similar difficulties, and had to contend against unequal odds, they would remember Syria from Acre ; and he was inspired with new vigour by remember ing how the many had sunk before the few.--(Loud and protracted cheering.) War for its own sake was to be abominated, but the love of country and the defence of our country hallowed it, and it must ever be a gratifying recollection that the recent. war in Syria was undertaken for no selfish purpose of ag grandisement, but for the necessary defence of our national position, and in promotion of that career of civilization of which the flag of Great Britain was ever the forerunner.—(Cheers.) Whenever the country should again call for similar exertions, the names of St4.ipfbed and Napier, and the remembrance of the past glories of the insrincs, would inspire our seamen and troops with new motives to exertion, and lie felt assured they wouid never' disgrace the flag on which so much additional glory had recently been conferred.—(Cheers.) Captain AUSTIN, late of the Bellerophon, returned thanks, and said tow greatly his brother officers and himself had ever been supported by the Gallant Chief under whose command they had served, and whom they all so highly honoured.—(Cheers.) Admiral BoUVERIE proposed the healths of Sir Chas Felix Smith and the Officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. lle expressed his regret at the indis position of Sir F. Smith at the time ho would have aeaped so inueli glory ; but he was gratified to find that Admiral Stepforil had found so able a successor for the cause in Sir Charles Napier, whose absence on the plc sent festivity he could not help regretting. The company separated ut a late hour. Newcastle, July 30, 1841. Sir,—By direction of the Committee for conducting the subscription in favour of the unemployed workmen, L have -the -honour to .enclose a list of subscribers, and most respectfully to request you will have the kindness to alloW the list to he placed on the table of the Grand Jury-room during the assizes. 1 beg leave to state, that the number of men employed in draining the Town Moor have increased from 52 on the first day, to 285 to-day ; they are paid one shilling per day, with the addition of one penny roll every morn ing. The relief, though so very small, I am happy to say, is thankfully received by the men. The Committee have determined to give relief only through tin medium of employment, and in no case to give money. I have the honour to be, Yours respectfully, ROBERT ROBINSON, Treasurer. 'To Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., High Sheriff of, Northumberland. Queen's Head, July 30, 1841. Sir,—l have received your communication under di rection of the Committee for conducting the subscription in favour of unemployed workmen on the Town Moor. I cannot conceive on what grounds the inhabitants of Newcastle can expect the county to contribute to a fund for draining the Town Moor, which is the property of the town. I have other grounds of objection, but this already adduced must prevent my complying with your req uest to lay the subscription list on the table of the Grand Jury-room, and thereby add my own recommen• dation of the matter to their favourable consideration. I may further add, that the Sheriff was not the party to „Lull this application, as pertaining to the Grand Jury should,;Ave been forwarded, nor was it forwarded at a proper time, or in a proper manner. I remaiir,,ir, your obedient servant, mk:THEW W. RIDLEY, Sheriff. Robert Robinson, Esi.,,Pcc. &c. 31, Side, N u :vcastle, July 31st, 1841. Sir,—l have the honour to.' a cknowledge the receipt of your letter of to-day. I think yo have in a great degree misunderstood the nature of the e oninunication I forwarded to you yesterday. Not much accustomed to official forms, I sent t;:c list, supposing it would be laid on'the table of the Grand JlO7 - room as a matter of course. In regard to the distress existing in this town and vicinity being excluiively alleviated by the inhabitants, I may state, that the liberal contributions of the Duke of Northumberland, the Bishop of Durham, and many others, to the fund for relieving the unemployed work- men, show that sympathy with the suffering poor is happily not confined within the limits of Newcastle. If I have erred in not forwarding the list " to the proper party, nor at the proper time, or in a proper manner," I must say I regret it exceedingly, but feel conscious that as I did it in my simplicity, and in the discharge of a public duty, I do think you might have spared the somewhat offensive remarks on the humble in rdividual who has now the honour of addressing you. I remain, Sir, yours very respectfully, ROBT. ROBINSON. To Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., High Sheriff of Northumberland. Mr. BROCKETT moved that " the thanks of this meet ing be given to Mr. Robinson, for the mode in which he has conducted the correspondence with Sir M. W. Rid __ lay, and thuL tlmiettcra uortAretsa bo amt.rea_ua.-41.4).1.1 nutes,9f the Committee. Mr. STRAKER seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. STRAKER, who has attended daily on the moor, stated that the men had conducted themselves well, and had worked cheerfully, even for the small wages they re ceived. The meeting was then adjourned until Thursday next. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING.—The General Committee held its last meeting yesterday morning at the Royal Hotel; Professor Whewell, President, in the chair. The officers of the Association were elected for the next year. A considerable addition was made to the members of the Council, of whom twenty-five were appointed, the great majority residing in London. The recommendations of grants to the different Sectional Committees amounted to 3,0831. 9s. Bd., and it was re solved that an application be made to Government for a grant of money in order to reduce the hourly observa tions on the temperature made at Plymouth at the ex pense of the Association. Colonel Sin(Es recommended to the Council in future to admit children to the benefits of the Association on the same terms as ladies' tickets. EVENING MEETING.—The concluding general meet ing was held yesterday evening at the Town-hall, Devon• port ; Professor Whewell, President, in the chair. The meeting was but thinly attended. Mr. John Taylor, the President., read the Report.of the financial state of the Association. He stated that its assets and available property was 6,955/. 9s. 9d. There had been received in the town 1,280/., and 637 tickets had been issued. Dr. Robinson, of Arma4h, proposed, and the Earl of Morley seconded, a vote of thanks to the distinguished foreigners who had visited the town, which was responded to by M. Quetelets, who regularly attends these meetings at the expense of the Belgian Government. Various other resolutions were passed, after which the meeting adjourned till next day. The general flat ness of the sections was a matter of great complaint, there being at them but few papers of any considerable interest. The model-room of the dock-yard will be visited to-day, and a distinguished party is expected. The Plymouth Yacht Club gave a regatta yesterday, in commemoration of the visit of the Association. A great many of the Members have left town to attend the pro ceedings of the Royal Polytechnic Society of Cornwall, an unostentatious institution of great utility. ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUENCY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.—In England and Wales there are 63 boroughs, with a gross constituency of 21,175 electors, being an average of 336 each, which return 90 Members ; and 61, with a gross constituency of 44,115 electors, be ing an average of 723 each, which return 102 Members. In Scotland, four boroughs, with 1,351 electors and an average of 338 each, return four Members ; and 17, with 12,279 electors, an average of 772 each, return 17 Mem bers. In Ireland, 17 boroughs, with a constituency of 5,230, averaging 308 each, return 17 Members ; and nine boroughs, with 6,559, averaging 728 each, return 10 Members. From the foregoing analysis it appears, that in England and Wales, 124 places, with an average of 526 electors each, return 191 Members; whilst the po pulous and wealthy cities and boroughs of London West minster, Tower hamlets, F insbury, Marylebone, Man chester, and Liverpool (the emporium of the trade of the world), the gross constituencies of which amount to 100,202 electors, being an average of 14,313 each, re• turn but 16 ! In Scotland,2l, with hut 4 a an averageAntiinof Ire land, each, return 21 Me mbers ; while the im p ortant towns of Edinburgh and G las g ow, with 14,135 electors, a n average of 7,067 each, return land, 26 boroughs, with a constituency avenging 453 each, return 27 Members ; whilst the city of Dublin, with 12,290 electors, returns but 2 ! The united result will show, ; , th wa t li i l n st the lo C o o f mm th o e ns u P os a t rli i a n m }p( e ) n r t ta o n f t ti c ie it U ies ni a te n d : d Kingdom, 171 boroug hs, with a constituenc y of 90,709 electors, being an avera g e of but 530 each, return 239 boroughs, with a united constituency of 126,627, b e ing an average of up wards of 12,662 each, return but 92 ! e o m f ber. . The United King- England and Wales, with a c l o o n B s , t 9 it s u 7 e , ncy ei,wetors, return 500 Members, being un average of 1,637 1,006,702 electors, return ' nearly each Member. To each Mr tuber. Scotland, with a constituency of 79,015, equality, no constituency of returns 53, an average of 1,491 nearly far each member: of returns B l l o B s 97 , 3 a o n Ir dp6ous e t la n, averages, being lwi , uniop w tgfoh i na t l h na, oa3 a eo7j c n su sf averageoont itr s ant ti eur t od u i I.h e efl n ya, c ism y r3o less than 1,500 electors should return one Member, nor any of less than 3,000 two. There are eight boroughs under 200 electors each, 20 from 2 to 300, 42 from 3 to 400, 14 from 4 to 500, 20 from 5 to 600, 24 from GOO to 700, 11 from 7 to 800, 16 from 8 . , 9OO to 1000.-.-Piftburgh Courant, to Ne ? 414 16 !tutu UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Are. 7. 1841.—The Rev. S. Davies, o Queen's College, in this University, has been presented by the Bishop of Chichester to the vicarage of Burnham, Sussex, held conjointly with Littlehampton. The Rev. J. I)aintry, M.A., of Trinity College, in this University, late perpetual curate of Shedfield, Ilants, has been presented by the Bishop of Winchester to the rectory of Patney, Wilts, vacant by the cession of the Rev. T. Patteson—value 225/. ; population, 144. The Rey. 11. R. Crowe, of Trinity College, in this University, Rector of Beardsall, and the Hon. and Rev. Thomas Cavendish, Vicar of Doveridge, were on Friday chosen by the beneficed clergy of the Archdeaconry of Derby as the two Proctors to represent the clergy of the said Archdeaconry in the election of Proctors at Lich field, on Tuesday, to represent the whole clergy of the Diocese Of Lichfield, in the ensuing Convocation, pur suant to her Majesty's writ for that purpose. On Wednesday afternoon, a public meeting was held at Windsor, to express the regret of the parishioners at the loss of the services of the Rev. G. A. Selwyn, of St. John's College, in this University. recently appointed to the Bishopric of New Zealand, and to take into consider ation the best mode of offering him a tribute of respect, esteem, and gratitude, for his great zeal, indefatigable labours; and usefulness as one of the assistant-curates of New Windsor. It was agreed to present the Rev. Gen tleman with a piece of plate, and nearly 100/. was sub scribed before the party separated ; and it is expected, from the estimation in which Mr. Selwyn is held through out the town, that the subscription will exceed 5001. The Rev. Vincent Shortland, of Catherine-hall, in this University, chaplain to the Hon. the, East India Com pany, an d curate of Wendy, Cambridgeshire, has been appointed chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl Talbot. The Rev. John Freeman, M.A., of St. Peter's College, in this University, has been instituted to the rectory of Ashwicken-c►un-Lei gate, Norfolk. on his own Pe titi on . The Rev. John Thurlow, M.A., of St. John's College, in this University, was instituted last week to the vicarage of \Vorstead, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. CHURCH -RATES AT BRADFORD, YORK nuitE.—A Correspondent writes to say that on Wed nesday Magistrates' orders were served upon severa l o f the respectable townsmen, for non-payment of Church- ' rates. The next step he supposes will be distress war rants. lie begs us to advert to only one of, the eases, in which the rate was only 2s. 21d. and the costs 17S. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. The Brighton terminus of the London and Brighton RailiVay is now completed externally. All the works are on a magnificent scale, and the passengers' sheds and,station vie with any works of a similar kind in the kingdom. The station is even larger than that at th e L on d on ter minus of the f .orms a Birmingham Railway, in E uston - square , a nd the edifice pleasing anti prominent Aka front vari ous n parts of the tow n . It i s i n the Jtslia s tyle of architecture, -highly and tastef u lly ' orn amented, and has a cob:outdo runnin g round it,—Briyhtim Gazette. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. , FROM THE MORNING FATERS OF THIS DAY. TlME6.—Private letters received in the City from Amsterdam describe the plan selected by M. Rochussen, the Minister of Finance, for converting at once the im mense quantityof Dutch P4siire Debt, which, although a conversion into Active Stock has been going on for the last twenty-six or twenty-seven years, still amounts to about 870,000,000 for Ms. Several plans have been offered to the Minister for the desired conversion, and he has now selected the following one, which he has sub mitted to the State Council, where it has been rstified, so that the Bill which would be required to carry the scheme into operation may already be considered as fit to lay before the Chambers. The plan is that the whole of the Passive Debt shall be at once converted into a 2i per cent. Stock, to be calculated at 52 per cent., which is about the present rate of the Active. This price is to be reduced by a deduction of compound interest up to the moment when, according to the existing regulations, the conversion into Active Stock would have become due, the interest to be calculated at 4 4-sths per cent., being about the interest to be got by an investment in Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at the present price. This conversion would, it is estimated, augment the Active Two-and-a-half per Cents, by the amennt of 70,000,000 guilders, and the expenditure of an annual interest of 1,700,000 guilders ; while at present 2,500,000 guilders appears yearly in the Budget for cancelling as much Active Stock as arisesfrom the conversion of the Passive, besides an annual careening of Passive Stock at the rate of about 3+ per cent. To this plan an objection is raised, not on the ground that it would not be advantageous to the Treasury, but on that of justice ! and equity. To explain this objec tion reference is made to the history of the Passive Debt. The law of May, 1814, revived two-thirds of the ancient Dutch debt, thus creating the Passive Stock un der the denomination of " Deferred Debt" and " Bills of Chance," and likewise enacted that every year 4,000 " chance bills" should be selected by lot, and with 4,000,000 guilders of Deferred Debt, be converted into Active Stock, this amount beingtafterwards altered to 5,000,000. Another law, of February, 1818, enacted that, besides this conversion, another 5,000,000 guilders of Deferred Stuck should be bought and cancelled, an enactment which has been rigidly adhered to ; and. the Passive,Debt, which originally amounted to the nominal sum of about 1,200,000,000 guilders, has been - reduced to the present sum of 870,000,000, which, • according` to the present regulations, would cease to exist in 87 years. Returning to Mr. Rochussen's plan, it is remarked, that while the existing law of 1818 provides for the con version of the whole Passive Stock by the end of 87 years, the Minister has calculated his compound interest, not according to that law, but the old law of 1814, ae cording to which only 4,000,000 of Passive Stock was annually to be converted, so that the conversion would occupy 217 years ; thus putting the holders in the same disadvantageous position as if the law of 1818 had never existed. The conversion being thus against the interest of the holder, it is remarked, that to be effectual it must be rendered obligatory, and this would be attended with the further injustice, that Bondholders would be forced to accept it at the market price, while the nominal value of the present stock is at par. Hence it is argued, that the ingenuity of the scheme is so much counterbalanced by injustice to the holders, that public credit in Holland would rather suffer froin such a proposition being seri ously entertained, than be advanced by the benefits to be derivedby the Treasury. ADVERTISER.—The foreign exchanges were flat this afternoon; the very unsettled state of the weather hav ing caused so considerable an advance in the market value of Bonded. Wheat and an active speculative de mand, it is not to be expected but that remittances to the Continent will increase, and that with them there will be a fall in the rates offered for the pound sterling, which if carried to any great extent, would make it more profitable to ship specie. The Port Philip settlement seems to have been pro gressing favourably, and the season, from certain at inospheric appearances, would, in the opinion of the natives, prove to be tolerably abundant in rain, ao that the drought which periodically occasions such damage to the corn was not expected to be felt there at least. Nevertheless provisions seem dear, bread being 9d. the 21b. loaf, and wheat . 4s. to ss. per bushel. 'Wages were high certainly, but some of the newly arrived immigrants had formed very extravagant notions as to the rates current ; a gentleman who ad yertised for a groom, for instance, having received a visit from one modest applicant who demanded " 100/. per annion, with board and lodging." A very in; ortant resolution was adopted at a meeting of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, held to-day, and which we haie exceeding pleasure in noticing, viz., the acceptance of the terms proposed by Surra, y Bull, for converting the Coupons ,an arrear into a new stock, bearing 3 per cent. interest, under the understanding, as the Committee state, that every possible effort is to be continued to reduce the mass of debt by the sales of national properties, and to resume the payment of divi- , dends from the Ist Jan., 1843. This is at it should be. CHRONICLE.—At the special meeting of the Com mittee of Spanish Bondholders, held this day, the fol lowing resolution ;were passed : " Resolved—That this Committee continue persuaded that ,even in the present position of Spain she is fully able to allow five per cent. upon thenew stock into which the Coupons in arrear are to be converted ; yet consider ing that his Excellency Senor Surra filial' proposes this isra..g'exaent an a ungsana-t.e.- iteliewas tine 1 1 3 roaaury front the of the moment, while by pushing his retrenchments and commercial reforms he is preparing to resume the payment of tie regular five per cent. inte rest on the whole debt, from the Ist January, 1843, this Committee having great confidence in the honour and good faith of his Excellency, will endeavour to obtain the general acquiescence of the Bondholders in the said temporary arrangement, in the hope and under the un derstanding that every possible efibrt is to be continued to reduce the mass of debt by the sales of national pro perties, and to resume the payment of dividends from the Ist Jal.!iary, 1843, as aforesaid. "Resolved, That the sentiments and professions of his Excellency Senor Surra y Bull, expressed in his letter of the 28th June to Mr. Thornton, Chairman of this Committee, and in his speeches in the Spanish Cortes on the 24th June, 22d, 23d, and 24th July, and other occasions, are worthy of the Minister of a great nation ; and that the extract from his Excellency's speech communicated by the Correspondent of the Morn ing Post, under date of the 22d July, from Madrid, be published for the satisfaction of the holders of Spanish Bonds. "By order of the Committee, " THOMAS THOR.NTON, Hon. Sec. " Committee Rooms, Old Swan, Aug. 6, 1841." We are much gratified to perceive that the Committee have at last adopted the line of conduct that we have so constantly advocated. We understand that in the course of next week the Committee will publish a third Report, and we hear that it will contain matter of great interest to the holders of Spanish Securities. POST.— We hear of Joint-stock Banks being under advances to Joint-stock Trading Companies to large amounts—companies, the success of which, in some in stances, would appear to be very questionable. The secu rity given may be thought commensurate with the risk, but whether it be ,so or not is a point that can only be ascertained when some crisis or other shall arise to put the matter to the test. To us it seems highly injudicious to be staking the capital of banks upon the prosperity of any undertaking that may be interfered with by compe tition and numerous other contingent circumstances, nor do we think this could very well ne done, did it not hap pen, unfortunately for the inconsiderate shareholders who embark their properties in interests subject to the control of they know not whom, that the leading and influential Directors of the one thing are frequently the leading and influential Directors of another. It is in manufacturing districts such as Lancashire and York shire, and in great speculative communities like those of London and Liverpool, that the greatest injury is to be apprehended from the reckless combination of banks an d speculators, and the corrupt influences of Directors and Manager.s of Joint-stock Companies. SUN.—English Stocks were steadier to-day. Consols were quoted 89+ to 89+, for Money, and 89+ to 89+ f o r the Account, both closing at the highest rates. Exche quer Bills we 14s. to 16s. premium. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents. realised 98+ to the Three per Cents. Reduced Annuities 89+ to 90, and the Old Three and-a-Half per Cents. 984 to j-. Bank Stock was dull at 1691, and East India Stock at 247. There was no rally in Foreign Stock to-day. At last the Committee of Spanish Bondholders have attended to the voice of their constituents, or at least of the ma jority of them, by accepting the proposals of the Spanish Government for capitalizing the arrears of interest into an Active Three per Cent. Stock, by which means we may hope, ere long, to receive back a fracti on , at any rate, of the immense sums loaned. The Active Bonds . were 191 to and the Deferred o f 1839 at 15. Portu guese New Five per Cents. were at 29i, and the Three per Cents. at 18. Colombian were a shade better, viz.. 201. Brazilian of 1839 were at 60+, Neapolitanat par, Danish at 79, Russian at 114, and Dutch Five per Cents. at 102+. The Railway Shares were rather dull to-day. Great Western shares were 191 to 184, the New 8 to 4 ; the Fifths, 5 to + ; the Grand Junction, Half Shares, 50 ; the London and Birmingham Quarter 17+ ; the York and North Midland 29 ; and the South Western 13+ to 13+ premium. The Brighten were 6+ to 7 ; Chel tenham and Great Western 41+ ; and South Eastern 20i discount. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 2 :i' and Union Bank of Australia 6 to 54 premium. The Foreign Exchanges were flat this a fternoon. Bills on Paris w ere taken at 25f. 571 c. to 60 e. ; °n Am sterdam at 12 34 to ; on Antwerp at 12 3+ ;on Frankfort, at 1491 ;on Hamburg!' at 13 9+ ; an d on Trieste at 9 52 to 54. BREAK DOWN OF SIR ROBERT REEL...—A meeting of the Clarence Railway Company was held at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhili, London, on Tuesday last, to inquire into the management and state of affairs of the Company. The engineer, Mr. Child, having been asked in the course of the inquiry whether n , during the past six months, coals the i n quiry lost for wat .' Frequently ; but it tiros( of engine power, rep lied, from our having o nly a limited number of en g ines on the road, many of them having to undergo extensive re pairs. We have the Coxhue, the Cornforth, and the Sir Robert Peel in the shed. The. Coxhwa is undergoing a thorough repair, and will -soon be ready for service." A Proprietor : Is Sir Robert Peel in good repair ?--- Mr. Child : No ; Sir Robert Peel is always breaking . down.—(Loud laughter.) So with the machine and so with the man, ivlio, we verily believe, is likely to experi ence a greater break down before many weeks elapse than he ever encountered before. i y und thing er LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.—Bonaparte held a w i a le s r l v lPg ou e s d ta n tac i k ts . 'the lilr.:rty of the press in the greatest horror ; and so to lr i l l a e b n o l a ir " f % a i o v ! ) c u n r t , N % thatas 1 i l i i (s. passionseemed 'Great lean as he was, lie wits sorely afraid of little pa ragraphs, • EVENING SUN .- COURT C ERCULAR. WINDSO, Mni,cct, and walked as usual in tha forencon 111 tileClt : lli:i t' AlbcTt Castle, and in the afternoon, at I:ve o'clock, : . he Boyal party went out for a drive, her Majesty atte::2el by. the Duchess of Bedford and the Lady Mar G ert - rt e Vyaer, occupying a pony carriage and four ; the carriazo foll ow . ing (a pony phaeton) conveyed the Marquis Headrort and the Lady Olivia.Taylour, and in the la:;*, carriage were the Lady Caroline Somers Cocks and the Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish, the Maids of Honour in wait ing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert accompanied her Majesty ou horseback, attended by Colonel VTylde, Lord Alfred Paget, Major the Hon. George Keppel, and Mr. Vyner. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has been taken her airing twice to-day. Her Royal Highness is looking exceedingly well. The Hon.' W. Cowper took his departure from the Castle this morning. . Sir Henry Wheatley-arrived this morning at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. George Edward Anson will have the honour of joining the Royal circle at the Castle at dinner, this evening. Mr. and Lady Mary Gertrude Vyncr arc expected to take leave to-morrow. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, the 11th inst., at Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac companied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cam bridg►e, returned to town on Thursday evening from her residence at Kew. - . His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex paid a visit yesterday afternoon to thQ Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, at Cambridge ,House. The Duchess of Cambridge. accompanied by the Prin cesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge,. took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open carriage. Viscount Melbourne will have a full-dress dinner party on Monday the 23d inst. at his official residence. in Downing-street. A numerous party. of Peers have received invitations. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to his resi dence at Lee yesterday from Portsmouth. • _ _ The Hon. William-Cowper anived in , town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarenee left town yesterday morn ing fur Portsmouth. SIR R. PEEL'S MANIFESTO. In the present dearth of domestic news, trifles which would otherwise be despised, rise in value and are greedily devoured. On no other principle can we ac-' count for the prominence given to Sir 'Oben Peel's re cent speech at Tamworth. A more. empty and unsatis factory harangue was never delivered, and yet during the past week it has supplied daily, food for the press. Sir Robert has paid his addresses to the public, but re- . fused to satisfy- them that his intentions are honourable. In place of setting forth the principles on which he means to act, or indicating the measures by which he proposes to make up the deficiency in the revenue, the Right Ron. Baronet amused himself with trifling newspaper on dits, and candidly declared that he would keep his counsel until fairly ensconced in office. All this seems very strange, and has laid him open to the charge of a degree of reserve and concealment, un worthy of his position as leader of the party about to re sume office. Let us, however, do the Right Hon. Baro net justice. Our Liberal Contemporaries proceed upon the assumption that he possesses some secret—that having condemned the measures of the Whigs, he has something to propose in their stead. But no such thing. To us it appears that he stands very much in the situa tion of Canning's knife-grinder,— " Story! God bless you, I have none to tell, Sir!" His great object and that of his party has been to defeat the Whigs. To accomplish this, they have toiled for years, nnd, through the apathy of the people, they have at length succeeded. They proposed no measure of re form—they came not forward as the advozates of any popular principle, and the country has no right to expect any boon at their hands. They are pledged to nothing, and will yield as little as. possible--the object for whi c h they have struggled being attained the moment they enter the Cabinet. Why, then, expect from Sir R. Peel a manifesto of how he will act? He has been lavish enough of the stale cant about "maintaining the institu tions of the country in Church and State," which means that he is determined, if possible, to uphold every abuse; . and the result of the elections has shown that in the pre , sent state of ignorance and apathy, it is enough for his purpose. lie, therefore, proposes nothing—first, because the corrupt constituencies of England have av„eptrd him at his own terms ; and, secondly, because he wishes; do nothing if he can help it. He may be forced to make concessions to the people, but these are not matters of which he is anxious to claim the initiative, or of which he can be expected to boast. Hence the bareness of his recent speeches, and his refusal to indicate the kind of measures he will advance. lie neither knows what he way be suffered to do by his party, nor what he may be con gelled to do by the people ; and in this state of- ig noritoe as to the future, anything very explicit respect ing the line of policy,he may find it necessary to adopt, is of Course out of th e n question.—Scotsman. THE EXTENSION. OF RAILWAYS IN IRE LAND.—With respect to the appropriation of the stoelr, the subscription of wltirii is to 51..e_Truposaa—_ . railways in iiiiinight forward under the direction of Messrs. Goldsmid, Smith, and Thompson, it is made a stipulation in the letters of appropriation that, should the Bill not pass, the money will be re turned without deduction. The inhabitants of Camberwell, who, in con ' sequence of one of the Lords of the Manor having con sented to surrender his claim to the holding of Camber well fair, have been confidently looking forward to the suppression of this nuisance, are greatly disappointed at the determination of the Police Commissioners to sanc tion it for this year, on the ground that they must take the occasion of its being held to give notice of their in tention forthwith to put it down.—Corresponden t. During the past three weeks, ending on Satur . - day, the 31st ult., no fewer than 10,434 visitors paid for admission to view the Tower. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas Cavendish, vicar of Doveridge, and the Rev. Henry R. Crewe, rector of Breadsall, were on Friday last chosen by the beneficed clergy of the Archdoaconry of Derby as the two proc tors to represent the clergy of the said Archdcaconry in the election of proctors at Lichfield on Tuesday, to repre sent the whole clergy of the diocese, of Lichfield in the ensuing convocation, pursuant to her Majesty's writ for that purpose.—Derby Mercury. "OUR OWN ORDER."—We had not expected to find so mach zeal in the cause of free trade as has marked some of the contests in the south of England. Sussex, a county without a tall chimney, or ; scarcely a steam-engine, has done itself honour by the triumphant return of anti-monopolists for Brighton, Lewes, and Rye. At Lewes, the banners bore the inscriptions—" Harford, employment, and plenty !" " Elphinstone and com merce !" Honour to the men of Sussex !—honour to the electors of Lewes ! They have dealt a severe rebuke to the constituencies of Blackburn, Wigan, by rush ing from the plough-tail to the polling-booth, to rescue from ruin the trade of those towns so shamefully be trayed by their own natural protectors. We attribute the West Sussex return greatly to the efforts of those ex cellent journals, the Brighton Guardian and Herald, whose advocacy of free trade prindples has been long characterised by first-rate zeal and ability. If the free I traders of our manufacturing boroughs would secure the predominance of sound commercial views, they must support newspapers in their several localities for the dis semination of right principles. Anti-Brcad- Tax Circular. An accident of the most extraordinary and se rious character occurred on "Wednesday last to a lad aged fourteen years, named John Handley. He wa.s em ployed on the scaffolding of the church now erecting in New Town, and losing his footing he fell from a height of above fifty feet to the ground. The unfortunate tthion); was taken to the hospital, where it was discovered Tr act he had sustained a compound fracture of the jaw, ture of both arms and both thighs, and dislocated both wrists. Under th e efficient and seien the medical gentlemen connecte d hospital, we are happy to learn that, spite of the ter . rible nature of this calamity , the patien t risc our e likely to du admirable treatme nt of well. —Cambridge Advertiser. LETTERS. —Additional Ex N s fa N cil o iti F es i f ' otr.vpoLs IriE OF s about to come into opera ti on. Posting POSTING t and SteTr after NiGn next Tues day,half an hour later than at letters may b e P a quarter past six, at the Branch present, nanie/i,C at aven dish - s b t a r r d e c Lombard-street, the on Borough; find ( ' late fee of a penny each letter. But in payment of pas Oldt six C a v this convenience, the charge for which is order to (! h busiest time of its duties, it is ne- Postoffice at t e Offices at Char still till e r h o n s i s r.. „ the should be stamped, and that all inland letters only propeonrjtiYonate to the additional trouble it will give cessary fn , e d to the letter. Foreign letters may be thus that the fee d should be paid by an additional stamp a pre-paid in money at the option of the sender A n y. letter not conforming to this regulation, and posted without an additional stamp, must of course be treated as though they were intended for the next day's post. or p h Great American Aloe, which is said to flower but once in a century, and very seldom blooms in this country, may just now be seen in great perfection at Hqm Green, about five miles from Bristol, the residence of H. B. Bright. Esq. The flower-stem is at present 23 feet high, with 27 branches, on which there are upwards of three thousand blossoms. The last of these plants which flowered in this country was at Brislington, and so powerful was the attraction, that visitors came from a distance of fifty miles to obtain a sight of it. DUNGANNON ELECTION.—IMPORTANT IN VESTIGATION.—Mr. Howley, Q.C., has been directed by the Lord Lieutenant to hold an inquiry at Dungannon, on Monday, the 9th inst., into the conduct of Major Snow, Stipendiary Magistrate, of Lord Northland, and Mr. Pole, J.P., with reference to certain violent proceed ings that took place during the election, and also into the conduct of the police on that occasion. Sir: Richard Hoare, some time age, caused se veral barrows near Stonehenge to be opened, to discover what these erections of huge stones contained ; in them a number of curious remains of Celtic ornaments wore found, such as beads, buckles; and brooches, in amber, wood, and gold. 1 Viltshire Independent. Last week Mr. Baird, of Dunkeld, visited the Breadalbane and Atliol districts of Perthshire, and offered, on behalf of a Company in Australia, to shep herds, willing to emigrate thither, .10/. of yearly wage s , With half-wages during the voyage, besides the board and lodging usual in that colony. He succeeded in get tingfe: 3n a ga i i s 'e r N t v e, sp i ll u tiesrit h tis o s t it h voe‘reen t? dis t ricts. c,.eeeei due Otdhube ir o l y h f : o r si r i : c i ( a o) inutontsthra country s_ t . h t a hn t e gen tlemen ou similar errands. The principal difficult y IP „ impression that they will fare bet ter to tk caail 4iBengaged.—Perth Paper, this waS llof this inst ting per had and re The ste" g ni , te d. orr, i I 3 3 dr n nj 1 1 ti r cir