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

~ =- )0 ES st• /.. be ea lat 0' ire !P L) t,'" ed Lp re' O f pie ktir to jo ne e t ole Sif .f: fe ti# oaf ;s l ' of :01 I to he ich as •cof do -3 of th e ly .of iptg Articles. ~'~ is j, a nd Agtand scarcely kept in awe by the bayone tet, the Policeman's bludgeon, to talk of consti ill.authotities as something existing wholly ex Moral force, which, by some divine and un u n!cl appointment, subdues into order and a : J raussion the brute physical force of the com - eti At Sir ROBER T PEEL and his friends not de ye t hemselves. Nowhere, except in the aited States, do the constituted authorities i. st except by means of an organised physical urce--for nowhere. unfortunately, do they now ; ; °lll mand the h earty appro b at i on an d t h e w illi ng ü belission of the masses ; and nowhere," except Perh aps in Engl an d un d er t h e Whi g Adminis a,f,loll) are th e const i tute d aut h or i t i es en ' r-sed in any national attempts to found and It)i,,,rozerorf the e their power, or meriting the approba governed. From the opinions put 4urth b y Sir R. PEEL—from his avowing himself a disciple in politics of the atheistical doctrine f ° ; eha nee---fron t his vain belief, growing from a frilso theory, that it is a duty in him and his e utis to form a phalanx of Conservatives to put 14.:8Zitt the d es i re o f men to get r id o f d e f ect i ve --••we dread his accession to office as tite.cc'inmencement of a conflict between the or fu„tlized and the at present unorganized physical "ee of the community. T o that renowned letter of Lord WILLOUGHBY t - 1 1 : 21313 ", to whi c h we a d ver t e d two days a g o, tiere ; a ppended a list of the manufactured ar s, es Protected by our presen t tariff. We 4 :411 l ay it before our readers, that they may of e th il ": lll any of them a re e specially for the use t i c) , e 1193ourers, and form to them m a copensa- , f°r t a*gtheir bread:— Duties per Cent. ~, X. S. d. +okr as , 30 0 0 b manufactures'C'ttties (glass) 57 12 10 C2 4l e,s and soap (manufactured) C al tss (woollen) C ask ages ( a ll sorts) China( 30 0 0 clocks rnanaented) • 25 0 0 Cett on ; ...................................... l5 0 0 Co (rnanufactures of) 30 0 0 tct,'‘t.'er (manufactures of) 75 0 0 if:, .aCtS (sundry) G4'4llPOwder 53 11 • 0 ) 1 - 13 : (c°_ram - on . ) . 75 0 0 oio'"veplate or stained) 35 0 0 lu t .....at': "; .................................. 411,,, (manufactures jr anufactures cif) . ................ .._.-. 0 0 (silk Nu 0 , 4, Leath_) tillener cmanufactured) ti nen "Y (manufactured).. 1, 4 ,_ , cotton, and woollen (manufactaired) 4 0., 0 0 0 NrPe,r (taanufactured) , 5 0 I)„,entnent 1,i1‘,8 (earthenware) ii t !' .. (gold and siliter) ' Silk (manufactured) N , i. __ (Made up) steel °p of) I • Nil s O r iron Onanuftrctured TE11ihrpe5a.a....:22.........,..... . .tties ........... Ti ll . .............. .. 75 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 'V LlerY ......... „ 30 o. 0 ,arni,h .................................. W ELt , i , Nana 'actured) * n i'7 3 25 0 0 °-- (nlanufa ctures of) .. 2O 0 0 If w tot - e exr..:ept candles and, soap, and perhaps : (311 S) Which are rdade st) cheap here that only ti :ell Vev fine Swiss, prints for the use of the ;tr y! . can be.im_ riior.ted, there is not one of these the whic' d are not much more luxuries for r rich, than necessaries for the labourer. 4,e-cording t o Lord WILLOTJCiIiBY DE ERESDY 1 :4 the ri!st of the law-makers, however, because tels ce ) place, carriages, manufactured silks, orna h ted china, clocks, &c., & c., cannot be im lielLr,ted for the use of the ri c h w i thout paying a 4 Cluty, it becomes these law-makers to levy R I Z! Y tax on the labourer's bread. Such Ar e -61 1 r easoning, such one-sided conclusions, and M I ' must own, beyond our comprehension, other We earl compare them to nothing but that lA Pechnen of our legislators' wisdom which, 1 11: 1. ,,, r t ° encourage the industry and promote ttlti o , -t rutil of:the country, prohibits the impor t,* th ' of all kinds of fish except those delicacies f or ekt Lordships' tables—turbots, and lobsters \ven B4ll ''•e• But to our astonishment we find many k r .? - "fling and sensible people--for example, karkstr'"NToN, the author of th .e exce ll en t re telt da - () a price s and wages, which we quoted a Aer so 2 t ' s ago —exp ress i ng astc , n i s h ment t h at any kr ous 8 ca n d emand th e t o t a l, re p ea l o f suc h mon to le g i slation as the Oorn-laws. To wish 1 8 ,T etl wholly rid of ti.iis legislative felony .ti stn.; ti es(trib ed as the wildest political fana the re - ror our parts, we cannot understand . 1, c4 lalt ° : 1111:1 2 . Which goes to justify the continual lia 8.10 4 of - • which it sets out with ac owltd . .1 crime, tiBlEtt, glng) because it :is ordained by the Le /11041.'4. It is a n i n di cat i on, we t hi n k , o f great t klib;•,..,°l3lig th c Kity in th e D p ublic, to find any man de i '''' %all, „ e wish to ge t t o t a lly and unc .. ondi- Doti tica'irl'd Of a glar;,n, injustice as the wildest • f anatici sm . '''' e b e learn th Wi th Fsatisfaction, from a Tory print, 14 • . e su e hi g'i in South Derbyshire are likely . • t th 88 ' 1 :11. It is only requisite, we believe, ttin' ll 'e4 "Ice t o exert th emse l ves w ith th e energy 'brieg tF thr. occasion to gain seats from the 114. -la e(!veral counties. But they seem to. , su, 10` 41eives 411°. Jed that if they did not exert t iem °b....t 04: :ii_ Tories would allow them a fair share "Vs a. , nay representation. They have al thea tilite c'',e'd, apparenly, as. if they wished to con ' tile Tories and have neither put forth f etre ' Pe°Ple rngth, nor evoked the full support of /io)*liieh they might have commanded,. in 4tilee tl?c that the To-eies would exercise forbeari-f they !Ivards them, They must now be aware, ' they on suPh a principle, that they haveus aortic. a mistake. It would be imp for ti • .-‘l.? th. the Tories to abuse the Whigs more, to cattlpa.rtoesiti... —ern more, or be more acharne in their vq•cle,.,7ll),if they had gone the extre.me. length ..6111e etc Y, and embraced the principles Tories 40t Vtrter. They propose to start two Torie ' meat Surrey, they have ridden rough-shod.o •44-i'tiveral counties, and they are gettine,yys , ' kti. vit;siti°4 in Northumberland to Earl GREY'S tare zer els no extreme measure in political. war race 1-44- they are not ready and willing to em ts not to e' und it is foolishness in their opponents denuse all the taell themselves to the utmost, and 6 is said in their power to defeat the Tories. . 4/ti: sajd, for exanaple, that the success. o, thLieofirdy 4fir,:ll and Mr. CR.ESSWELL at Liverpool i c It is tev to the influence of t'he parsons. . tel.:l that thoset gentlemen have great inflii- Tc4i.lll the counties and equally certain that the titity's would not. walk so easily over the course. t_ llood_Were not hacked by the Established prie.s . tiTtits'il,ia great body- of hired and paid puolic 11S1v. 183 therefore, opposed to her MA: Cinty,L, 44,44 the Ministers scarcely do tei 4elve the %TEEN when they fail to exert them kett--- t 0 (A 11..., pr.'".rn and clieck this usurping body of for -al 'ne dislike of the bulk of the priesthood i 'Why epoiWhig Ministers cannot be increased, ania 'Prot, '°llld the Priesthood be patronised and ,j 0t by them? Why should not the Whig Drie:btils ex Pose the arrogance and avarice of the .ititlodttile)ettitt:idadulrafrpiyaelliyeifidhould they not be diligently up to that odium their in ty deserve ? Why should they ellit : continually brought before the public, as liegialc:f thelandlords in maintaining the tax on the tell 4 S bread. I , These gentlemen are very sus 13ectE,riae:f being wounded. A mighty array of • Drobrt., hostility and of public disap tlie:.'°n Mightbe directed against them, were theorunsters so 'to will it ; and they scarcely do ... 4Pareselves and their party justice while they titterand protect their bitterest enemies, and the Ileotilte.4elnies of the right and liberties of the 1, . conclude b . 11-1, e d with - , y •stating that we have just • c't to .1- mu pleasure that East Sussex is . . Tort be resigned. without a struggle to the . ' tr. eai acid we on, T. augur mostlfavourably from the 1 4At 'ewes) and Rye elections of the suc -,k --'41.•/SIIELLy. ... . • itill , . of 41, , ' 4.4 e Ttuitigu. `trisection in Crete and the European provinces . --" e121114e exbites no interest in England or .• France it all commensurate with its importance. Among established Governments the word insurrection has an ill sound, but, in the majority of instances, history will bear us out in asserting that in four cases out of five of popu lar insurrections, right and justice have ever been on 'the side of the insurgents. As long as dominion, founded on aggression and conquest, is maintained by tyranny and oppression, so long do the conquered people ret a i n the right of regaining by force what they.lost by weak ness. Now it cannot be disputed that the dominion of Turkey in Europe has been upheld solely by tyranny. The Turks never established any equitable claim to the Government of any part of Europe. They introduced no acts, they cherished no literature, they revived no national recollections, they fraternized with no class of the conquered people. Those whom they conquered they enslaved and brutalized ; and by resting their domi nion solely upon force they justified every appeal to it on the part of the objects of their tyranny. Now, small as is the amount of political knowledge in Candia, and in the provinces of Servia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, and Mol davia it is too great to allow the Christian inhabi tants to submit much longer to the oppression of the Sublime Porte.. Their independence may be delayed for a, few years by the threats of the Great Powers, which have constituted themselves guardians of the Turkish empire, but, assuredly, nothing can prevent their final emancipation from the Ottoman yoke. Now, the duty of the British Government is not to throw obstacles in the way of brave men fighting for freedom, but to take care betimes that they may not exchange the yoke of the SULTAN for that of the CZAR. Upo a this question Austria and England have a common inte terest. Austria's persecution of the Greek patriots during the war of independence originated in her terror of that country becoming a Turkish province, and the Emperor ALEXANDER betrayed the Greeks the instant he learned that D. YPSILANTIS and his gallant com panions in arms had resolved to raise Greece to the dignity of an independent State. Turkey in Europe is large enough to form an independent kingdom, and no thing will contribute more to restrict the dominion of Russia than the formation of a Christian State between her and the shores of the Bosphorus. We are the more eager to express our views upon this question from seeing that hitherto the Candiot insurgents have experienced great harshness from the European Consuls in that island. As an instance we quote from the Na tional the following Address of the French Consul, while that journal preaches obedience nominally to thesSuLTAN, but virtually to Russia and Great Britain : " Cretan Emigrants,—From the moment of your land in arms in the island of Crete, in my quality of Con. - . ..411 'n of g his laimed Majesty the King of the French, I have incessant'4 dec energetically against your hostile proceedings • .with respect to the Porte. Blinded, hitherto, by the perf dious te insinuations words which have misled you, You have remair a ed deaf to the dictated by sentiments of peace and . humanity; and, under I the pretext of reclaiming, know not what rights, you have introduced disorder into the isl -aid by insurging a part of its inhabitants against the go-, merit of the Sublime Porte, and you have foolishly rr 4/coned on the support of foreigners, for at present every / ewer repulses your enterprise and consi ders it. illegal. " In the vi, .sw of making you renounce the vain hope of a pretended - prOtector from France, I immediately sent back your des patehts, which I, as Consul of his Majesty the King of the F. cneh,.could neither keep an nor forward to my Government "- This official act should have enlightened d convinced Tnu that, far from creating delusive hopes, I wanted to induce ' you to leave a land where you could not long fail of being punished by the forces of the Sultan. " Now that the blockade is rigorously effected, and that military operations have commenced, by opposing an illegal re sistance to the Sultan's authority, you will shed your blood without any glory whatever. " Depend upon it, the inhabitants whom you are misleading will abandon you, trusting their interests and their future prospects to tho kindness of the Government of his Highness. " There consequently remains for • you no other means of safety than by submitting immediately to the authority of the Sultan—by throwing yourselves on his magnanimous gene rosity. " hasten, Cretan insurgents, to surrender and confide your persons to the humanity of his Excellency the Capitan Pacha. Cease to endanger by your presence the inhabitants whom you have misled by fallacious promises, otherwise you must ex pect the just punishment drawn down by your rebellious ag gression. " Trust in the•words of him who, far from abusing you, has never ceased, conjointly with the other Consuls, to show you your real interests, by stating to all the exact truth, which has just received the unanimous confirmation of all the Powers." REPLY OF THE INSURGENTS. " In spite of the proclamations of the Consuls of the Chris tian Powers, the Provisional Government established by the insurgents perseveres in the line it has traced relative to the Sublime Porte, as is proved by the declaration it has addressed to the Consul, residing at Canea." The attention of the French public, and of the Paris press, as we learn by our Correspondence from that capi tal of Sunday, is turned with the most vivid anxiety to the electoral contest in our own country. The probabi lities are calculated with earnestness by the quidnuncs of Boulevards, and the hordes of individuals connected in some shape or another with the existing French Ca binet are trembling, "some for their fortunes, some for their trade," ;is poor GEORGE COLMAN'S Chough and Crow erst did, according as they see the Monopolist and Anti-Monopolist returns fluctuating in the accounts brought by each succeeding post. Some of the leading journals, such as the Debats and National, have got edi tors despatched to England for that special purpose, who send them daily accounts of the most spirited kind, and they work up the incidents of our " life on the hustings" with a degree of picturesque dramatic effect, that has created a strong sensation in Paris. The correspondent of the Debats is said to be M. JtLEs CHEVALIER, now in England on an Anti-Slavery ; while ARMAND MARRAST, the well-known „lepublican, writes to the National. On Saturday m. 1% HENRY LYTTON BETI:WER, who acts as British Charge d'Affaires during the residence of Lord GE;iliviLLE at the charming villa of La Jonchere, between Malmaison and Manly, had an interview with GUIZOT, and delivered a communication from Lord PALMERSTON, to the . effect that the hatti scheriff having now been accepted by MEHEMET ALI, no obstacle now re mained to France giving in her accession to the Confer ence of the Four Powers, and signing the final protocol for the settlement of the Eastern Question. His Lord ship therefore requested M. GtrizoT 'to send powers to that effect td the Baron DE BOURQUENEY in London. We further learn that since the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessy expires on the Bth inst., Baron BRUNOW has declared that Russia is ready and willing to sign this final protocol without loss of time. It appears that M. BRESSON, French Ambassador at Berlin, had before leaving Paris a long interview with the KING, from whom, and not from M. tinizoT, he received special instructions to do all he could to promote a friendly feeling towards France in the Prussian Court. The KING and Court are now at Bizy, a small chateau on the Seine, near Vernon, in Normandy, on their way to Eu. It seems that very unfavourable reports of the health of the Duke of AU MALE have been received from Algiers. it was previously known that his Royal High ness was attacked by dysentery, but it is bow said that his condition is.alarming. It is said that the Queen of the BELGIANS will come to Paris after leaving the Court of St. James's. There is a talk in military and fashionable circles of a grand fete to be given this month by the Duke of ORLEANS, at Villars mar Neuilly, in honour of the conquest of Algiers. There was a report circulated the other day of nego ciations being on foot for knocking down all custom houses between France and Belgium. On this subject the independent of Brussels says : " It is true that at Paris as well as at Brussels the Govern ment is occupied with endeavours to draw closer the commer cial relations between the two countries : but at present nothing more than overtures and conversations have taken place. We believe we can affirm that no actual proposition has been made on one side or the other. This matter is too closely connected with the most important interests of Belgium for the Govern ment to lose sight of it for a single moment." The Charivari asserts that Mademoiselle RACHEL, when giving one of her readings before the Duke of WELLINGTON, perceived that all her audience were ignorant of the French language, except the Duke himself. She went on, however, with her reading and spouting, consoling herself, at least, with the idea that the Duke understood her. After It - was over his Grace ap proached the great actress ttnd said, " Mademoiselle, our guests have had a great advantage over me : they have had the happiness of hearing you o I au as deaf as a post !" The death of the Queen of HANeVER was known in Paris, but had not produced any further sensation than as it was expected to produce, much depression of mind in the King ERNEST. News lias been received at Paris, via Marseilles. from M. TRIERS, of M. MAVROCORDATO having posi tively refused to accept office. This was considered the more extraordinary as the King of GREECE was said to have thrown no difficulties in his way. Intelligence from Candi% has also been received up to the 18th ult. On the 13th t h e T urks defeated the in surgents, and drove them into the mountains, MusTA PACIIA, Governor of the island, pursuing them at the head of his rr:_gular troops. The Turkish loss was m to their own accounts, th a t o f th e Can sdioatlie; a 7 c o7 r to d r i s r le combat. Ti^:ero is no other intelligence from Candia, but the Courrier Francais asserts, we know not on what autho rity, that the English and French Consuls in that island have received orders from their Governments not to de clare themselves so unfriendly to the insurgents as they have already done. According to the Presse the sum already sent by ME HEMET ALI to SO SULTAN, on account of the tribute, is 1,250,000 f. " Everything, therefore," this journal adds, "gives reason to hope that even this reserved point of the difference between Turkey and Egypt will not give rise to any serious difficulty." We have received news from Hayti, dated the 18th of March. They are of an unfavourable nature. Instead of affecting a gradual disarming to lighten the burdens of the country. or giving it the means to discharge the debt to France, the Pre sident has ordered new levies. There is a want of hands for agriculture in that fine and fertile country, and young men enrolled in the unpaid National Guard, who do not appear when called on, are sent to prison. As Hayti is not threatened by any foreign Power, and less by France than any other, it is evident that the armaments are directed against the interior. It is known that serious dif-, ferences arose between the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate, on occasion of tha law on the Customs, that several members of_the Chamber, including the President, were expelled from it; since that time great irritation has pre vailed. Attempts have been made on the person of General Inginm, the most important of the Ministers. There is every reason to believe that on the death of President Boyer, there will be a civil war, unless the parties should be recon ciled. Hopes are entertained 'that the wisdom and patriotism of the Members may succeed in restoring the Constitution, which is in fact suspended, and in effecting the disarming, as that is the only means of re-animating agriculture and manu factures. One of our countrymen lately arrived from Hayti, writes to us from London on the 27th of June, that if President Boyer does not • change his system of Policy serious troubles are to be feared. It is said that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs had directed onr diplomatic agent at Port-au- Prince to make friendly representations.—Le Ccmstitutionnel. Our Madrid intelligence is to the 27th ult. It was said in some quarters that the only difference between the propositions of the Minister of Finance for a new loan, and the capitalists, with whom a negotiation has been at tempted to be opened, consists only in the amount. The Minister wants 35 millions of reals, and can only get . offers for 30 millions. We more than doubt the authen ticity of this rumour : if any parties could be found fool ish enough to advance 30 millions of reals to a Govern ment on the verge of bankruptcy, and devoid of courage and honesty enough to attempt to remedy the scandalous abases of the collecting system, or, if any body could be induced to assist a nation which possesses vast individual wealth, but has no party sufficiently patriotic to come forward in the Cortes and propose measures, practicable enough, for Spain to help herself, if such could be the case, the negotiators would undoubtedly " go the whole hog," and would throw away the odd five millions. The cause of the difficulty experienced by the Spanish Go vernment is obvious enough to whoever knows that two and two make four, and who is at all acquainted with the bad faith that has so long disgraced the public cha racter of Spanish statesmen. It is reported that the project of the Budget, which will shortly be submitted to the Cortes, will recommend a very shabby piece of economy—that of cutting down the young QUEEN'S Civil List by three millions of reals per annum, while the allowance made to ESPARTERO, as Regent, will be two and a,half millions. The allowance of the QUEEN DOWAGER as Regent, twelve millions per annum, stops of course. In the preamble of the project of law for raising 50,000 men for the army, the Minister of War stated that the active-service list of the army is to be fixed at 100,000 men, and the disposable reserve is to be 50,000, composed of provincial corps, and the skeletons of disbanded regiments. ,The former num ber is complained o f by some of the opposition party as too high, considering the impoverished state of the country. It was expected that the prorogation would take place on the 7th July. In the Fitting of the Deputies on the 26th, a motion was made by M. SANCHO and some other members, that all charges and imports made in the name of what is called the Royal Patrimony, established since 1814, should be abolished. Referred to a Committee. Another motion was made by M. : SEBASTIAN GARCIA, that whenever the taxes of the kingdo „ 3 , as determined by the Chambers, were found ins'-aficient to cover the deficit in any year, this deficit snould be made good by being portioned out in sums, to be raised for that special purpose, through out the kingdom. This was .also referred to a Committee. Advices from Valencia state that DON VELASCO Y FERNANDEZ, suspected to be Carlist agent travelling on a mission of importance, had been arrested. The remains of the Portuguese legion, 3,000 out of 15,000, had at length submitted to be dis banded on receiving part of their arrears of pay. A letter from Carthagena states that the authorities there were still occupied in conducting legal proceedings against the British Consul for the affair of the Dolphin English merchantman, said to be a smuggler. The Consul had left for England, being named to another post. The Commandant of the Jaseur had also set out for London. The last accounts from Catalonia stated that troubles had occurred in the manufacturing town of Vich, but had been suppressed. A rencontre had taken place in the valley of Salazar, on the Pyrenean frontier, between some French douamers and some Spanish pea sants, suspected to be smugglers. The former employed their fire-arms and wounded a young man. Orders had been sent from Madrid to repel force by force, and even to give some arms to the inhabitants of that valley. The Five per Cents. for cash were at 22 to 26k, and for account at 26i ; Four per Cents. at 20* cash. • THE SAGACITY AND JUSTICE OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.—This very celebrated Tory Journal, in an elaborate article on our South Australian Colonies, in cluding the South Seas Whale Fishery, observes, that " the indirect duties levied on oil of the British fishery, in the shape of duties on Baltic staves for casks, or fo reign provisions, and many other articles, amount to from 6001. to 8001. upon each whaling voyage," or 6/. a tun on sperm oil. In the same paragraph it is stated that an American ship, which has not these duties to pay on Baltic staves and foreign provisions, is fitted out and navigated at two-thirds of the expense of an English ship; and to this difference of expense the Reviewer at tributes the decay of our whale fishery, and the increase of that of the Americans. The reader will hardly be lieve, we presume, unless he see it as we now see it, with his own eyes, that the Quarterly Reviewer, after showing that the increased charge on the English ship arises mainly from our timber duties, which include Bahia staves, and our Corn-laws, which levy the duties on foreign provisions, has the astounding impudence or folly to conclude—" Such are the blessed effects of free trade." The only free trade that seems to us to exist anywhere is a free trade in lying, in which the Tories carry on a prodigious traffic. They trade, however, on a fictitious capital, and they " May depend on it,".as their leader, master, and great instructor says, that the bubble will speedily burst, and display them to the world. as they really are, a hapless nest of e Nvretched bankrupts in poli tical capacity. POPULARITY OF THE MEASURES OF MINISTERS. — The Times yesterday again bore its testimony to the popularity of the measures of Ministers. " Had not an ' opinion,' it said, " been entertained unfavourable to Ministers, they must by these measures " have carried their point in the town elections by an overwhelming majority." It is so deeply convinced of their popularity and justice, that its feelings are those of a thankful and half-incredulous admiration, that every town in the king dom did not return two Liberals by an overwhelming majority. A more decisive testimony to the utility and proptiety of the measures for giving us cheap bread than this of a most reluctant witness, it is impossible to have. It must encourage the Whigs to proceed in their present course of setting trade free, whether in office or out of office, as the sure passport - to popular support. We only hope that they will, when they again have an opportunity, make their measures more extensive, and go at once the whole hog, for they could not then be more calumniated than they have now been for attacking a pettitoe. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. Matters are certainly not so promising in the City as they were some time back, and though always finding pleasure in contemplating the brightest side of a dark picture, we cannot forbear to call attention to the somewhat unfavourable advices from most parts of the country, not exempting Ireland and Scotland, respecting the appearance of the crops. There.is the more reason to advert to this circumstance inasmuch as wo know from past, and we had almost said fatal experience, how powerful is the influence it exercises on the foreign ex changes. It is especially important, however, at the present moment as tending to show that the hard-worked and ill-paid manufacturing population may have another period of suffering to undergo, in consequence of the re strictive Corn-laws. The funds were depressed to-day, the appre hension of a demand for money arising, hav ing caused; numerous sales. In Consols there was a decline again of i per cent to-day, making per sent. reduction since Saturday. For present transfer, ex-dividend, the current prices were 891 to and for the opening, on the 16th inst., the same. There were a good many sales in all the other securities at a similar movement, in favour of the buyers, and money was worth 5 per cent. on the Stock Exchange. The premium on Exchequer Bills was still 17s and 145., and upon India Bonds it advanced to 3s. and ss. s temporary, and yet safe, objects of investment, these are now 'in some favour. The Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities were at 891 to 89* ; the Three-and-a-llalf per Cent. at 99* to 981 ; Bank Stock at 170 to 169 i, being rather better, and East India Stock at 248. The New Three-and-a llalf per Cents. were 981 to 98*. For the Peninsular, and other foreign bonds, there was no inquiry. Brazil were at 671 ; Mexican at 26i, to 27 ; Spanish at 21 * to 4, and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at 51*. The Share Market was drooping, Grert Western were 25* to 25 ; the New 12 ; the Fifths 61, and the South Western 16/ premium ; Brighton were 4* to s*, and Blackwall 9 discount. There was no alteration this afternoon requiring par ticular notice in the rates of the Foreign Exchanges, three months paper on Paris being taken at 25f. 60c. to 671 c. ; on Amsterdam at 12 41 to 4i ; on Frankfort at 150 ; on Hamburgh at 13 10i to l 0 ;on Antwerp at 12 3* to -4 1 ; and on Trieste 9 57 58. The following aro the official returns of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Silver Coin to Hamburgh 41,000 oz. Silver Bars to Hamburgh ~. 18,000 " Silver Bars to Rotterdam 48,000 " Gold Coin to New York ... 151 " (From The Snn of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY s.—We have had a very good demand for Cotton to-day from the trade, con sisting of sales to the amount of 5,000 bales, at an advance of ner lb. since Friday. The Market closed firmly. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY s.—We have had a very limitedbusiness doing in the Share Market to-day. The following are the transactions :—Eastern Counties, si ; Great Western, 201. ; Midland Counties New, 22k. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY s.—There is an appearance of some improvement in our Market—prices firm. Manchester and Birmingham, 23 ; Stafford and Rugby, 2 ; London and Birmtngham, 159 to 160 ; London and Brighton, 37 to 37} ; North Midland, 67 to 68 ; Bank of Manchester, 6t06. The French papers received this morning state that accounts received from Trieste announce that the cholera morbus which had abandoned Europe, has made its appearance in the environs of that town, four persons of the village of Wimtun have already died after being ill two or three days. Accounts from Vienna of the 25th June state, that the army at present is organised in such a manner that in a short time they can put in the field 480,000 men. The accounts from Bordeaux state that at the present moment there is in that town a great many superior officers of the ex-army of Don Carlos, amongst whom is the General-in-Chief Villarent. General O'Donnell has been for some time past at Bayonne on his return from Paris. Al. Perez de Castro was to quit Bayonne on the 30th June to return to Paris with his wife and children. This journey of his was on account of his health. The decrease of the Revenue of 524,6401. on the year, and 3,6611. on the quarter, has not had any effect on the British', Funds. which opened this morning at the leaving -off quota tions of yesterday, 89g for the Account; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891 3 ;Three-and -a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 91i ex. div. ; New Three-and-a-Half, 99 1 ,1 ; Exchequer Bills, 15 to 17 prem. ; Bank Stock, 169 170 ; India Stock, 248 249 ; India Bonds, par, 3 prem. In the Foreign Slarket the prices are nominal at present. Spanish Active, same as it left off, 21 i 3 ; Deferred, 101 ; Passive, 4i S ; Portuguese; 311 ; Three per Cents., 201 19 ; Brazilian, 64 68 ; Colombian, 20 1 21 ; Mexican, 964 27 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54 *; Five per Cents., 100%. SHAKES.—Great Western, 2.5 i 26 prem. ; Ditto, New, 114 12i prem. ; London and Brighton, 5i 5 dis. ; dis. ; Birmingham, 69 71 prem. ; Southampton, 55 56 per share ; Croydon, 13b 14 per share ; Greenwich, 7} 8 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham. 17 16 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. - Per Share. Great North of England ... ..... 90 Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton 5O. 4si to .144 London and Blackwall South Eastern and Dover 33 : 144 to HALF-PAST _ONE. _. . _ Although scarce anything is doing in the British Market, Consols have become heavy since the early part of the morn ing, no doubt owing to the late failures; and it is stated that two or three more bankers are on the point of winding up. This has affected the Market. Consols, which were ,ea to 4, may be quoted, at present, 89k to *; Reduced, 891; ; 'three and-a-halt per Cent. Reduced, 89 ; Exchequer Bills, lower -15 17 14 prem. • Bank Stock lower, 169 k; India Stock, 248. The Foreign Market is also in a heavy state. Spanish Ac tive, 20* ; Passive, 4 3 / 4 ; Mexican, 26i 27 ; Brazilian, 67i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51* ; Five per Cents. 100 k. In Shares nothing doing. Great Western, 90%; New, 62 ; London and Brighton, 444.. ' Accounts received this morning from Rio Janeiro, 13th May, state that a loan has been effected to the amount of 500,0001., or 4,000 contos, .11 - 12/. 125., the major part of which has already been disposed of. The Coronation has been postponed to the 18th July, to the satisfaction of the loval inhabitants of Rio. The Money Market appears to be undergoing one of those partial and temporary changes to: which it has been so fre quently subjected within the last few months. Money, all cir cumstances considered, has been tolerably easy, but there is no question it would have been much tighter, were it not for the payment of the dividends at the Bank of England. The failures that have occurred within the last few days are of course the chief obstacle to a return of perfect ease-in monetary affairs. As to the statement of the revenue, it is what all must have been prepared for, who have Watched the reports given under this head from time to time relative to. the depressed condition of every branch of trade. Consols for Account, 89 1 ; Mexican, 26% 27% ; Spa nish, 21* Markets rather firmer, and money not so scarce. CLOSING PHICES. ' BRITISH FUNDS. Bulk Stock ...169k India Stock ...... 3 per Cent Red. B9a ,Ditto Bonds 5 Pm 3 per Cent Cons B9k Ditto Old Annuities 3* per Cent Red 99 Ditto New Annuities... 87k New 3k per Cent 9Bi Ex. Bills, 1,0001....2id 14 poi New 5 per Cent — \ Ditto 50 01 l4 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Jan. 1860 ... Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 'lndia Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. Consols for Opg B9k FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. 55 Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian 80nd5.......... 674. Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Iletallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 2l A Ditto, 1824 ..... Ditto, Deferred .. Danish, 3 per cent 'French, 5 per cent. ---f. —c. Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — Exchange c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —l. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625. Dutch, 2* per cent. ... 51* Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent 104 SHARES Eastern Counties Railway (23paid) Great North of England Railway (90 paid) 67 Great Western Railway (6.5 paid) ... 9o* Ditto New Shares (50 paid 614 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) loi London and Brighton (50 paid)... 451 London and Blackwell Railway (25 paid) 'l6 London and South Western North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto Thirds ( 5 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 144 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 4Gibraltar .. Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 Genoa . 25 85 Antwerp l2 7 Milan Hamburgh M. B. 13 14 Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 2.5 55 Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 'Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 85 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1504 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 38 Buenos Ayres Berlin. Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 957 Philadelphia. Trieste, ditto lO 0 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Madrid Cadiz 13ilboa 36* Foreign Gold, bars 3 17 9 INew Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona New Dollars... 0 4 101 !Silver in Bars 0 5 Ok . s••••l;luasste, JULY 3 int. ...... .... 52% Cent••••••••••••••••••• 100% ~ 4 per Cent.......... BS - 3per Cent. ..... •• ...... 6974 -(1c 40) leo X Loan or City, 1832, 4 per Cent. F2 Society of Ccrnmerce, 4 per Cent lit; Bank of Belgium, 5 per 75 National Society . Exchange on London. (short) ll 95 —Brussels Papers, July 3. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JUNE 25 fireper Cents. Metalliques - 105% Friar per Cents Three per Cents. Bank Shares ••• 1653 Zeitung, June 39 Seville ,, „. as BELGIAN V UNIX Actual Debt, 2 per Cci Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Loan of Thirty Millions, Thirty.seven. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked out this morning for some time in the newly-laid out grounds of the Little Park. In the afternoon, at five o'clock, her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians, took an airing in a pony carriage and four , attended by the Dowager - Lady Lyttelton, Countess Vilain XIV., Hon. Matilda Paget, and Hon. Henrietta Anson, in another open carriage and four, and the Earl of Fingall and Colonel Buckley, in a third carriage. His Royal Highness Prince Albert accompanied her Majesty on horseback, attended by Colonel., Bouverie, Mr. George E. Anson, and General Goblet. The King of the Belgians and M. Van Paget are ex pected this evening from Claremont. The Earl of Fingal has succeeded Lord Byron as the Lord in Waiting on her Majesty, and Mr. Rich has suc ceeded Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway as the Groom in Waiting. Lord Byron and sir R. Otway took their departure this morning from the Castle. The Earl of Morley is expected to arrive this evening on a visit. Her Royal Highness the PrinCess Royal was taken her accustomed airing this afternoon. His Majesty the King of. the telgians attended by M. Van Praet, left his residence at Claremont yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac companied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cam bridge, and attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, left town yesterday morning for her residence at Kew. The Royal Duchess and the Princesses returned to Cam bridge House last evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Glou cester yesterday, at Gloucester House. His Excellency Count Mandelsloh paid visits yester day to the Members of the Royal Family at their re spective residences. The Earl of Morley left town yesterday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, K.G., did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit to him in full uniform yesterday, for the completion of his Royal Highness's portrait, in the picture• of her Majesty's Marriage. LITERATURE. QUART B/Y ur, REVIEW, innI 18 N 4 0 1; CXXX V. The Quarterly Review is not in general re. markable for the unreadable character of its Con. tents, but this number is an exception, for any• thing more dull or profit than the majority of its articles we have not tnet with for many a long day. Not only are the subjects badly . chosen, but they are badly treated. Who, for instance, cares to read a heavy dissertation on the present state of Belgium, or to be told that the facts col lected by Mr. Tennent during his late three weeks' scamper through this most uninteresting of kingdoms, bear no slight resemblance to fic tions? The work, though published but the other day, is already forgotten, and it is a foolish as well as a hopeless attempt, to revive it. Again, what can be a staler theme for comment than the United States of America? Yet here we find nearly forty pag,es,on the subject, in the shape of a notice of "Sir Augustus Foster's Notes," which are at present unpublished, and which—if we may judge of the manucript by the Reviewer's extracts—are not unlikely to re main so. Sir Augustus was secrettiq to the British Legation at Washington, about the year 1806, and the following aye among the best of his American reminiscences: — I found among the democrats many highly respectable and worthy persons, and even among the lowest in station of the members of Congress several drcill, original, but unoffending characters. Such was the tavern-keeper who committed an act of great impropriety in my house, when I gave a ball for the Queen's birth-day, and w hen, the drawing-rooms being left empty on the company going to supper, he thought (poor fellow !) that he was alone and unobserved ; but two stray federal members who were rambling about espied his attitude, and the joke was too good to be lost, so they had it in all the papers and all over the States, in prose and verse, ring ing the changes on the extinct ion of the British fire. MY poor guest wrote me an humble let ter, sa y in g he would rather burst another time ; and I most grac iousl y answered, an d h op ed to lheasysedgoaginvelhdisalvlottheefosrampee for war, aeeb and ymysoothing how e ; but the grace less it is by any good words to sever a party-man from the mass of his political friends. Another original was a Philadelphian butcher, who used to frank his linen, there having been no limits to the privilege, and to send it to be washed at home; th e weight, however, as some of the Federalists a s s ured me , was not so tremendous as might he supp o s ed for the post - bag , since he Wasa t h i t s p. wnto stall at feast on his beef, to which he a g reed ; and I. profiting by a chiaThgileadheislpshhiizt andonly once a-week. I v i s it e d him insisted on hi s g i v i ng me a general invitation, went to his home en the banks of the De laware, where I really did get a luncheon of as fine beef as I ever tasted, and had only one regret, which was, that my honest host happened to be absent. It was told of him that at the President's table, observing a leg of mutton of a miserably lean description, he could not help forgetting the legislator for a few moments, and exclaiming that at his stall no such leg of mut ton should ever have found a place. I also heard that, being one day invited with several members of Congress to dine at the President's, he took his son, the young butcher, with him, who was a great country lout, and on going up to the Presi dent told him he had heard one of his guests had been taken ill and could not come, and therefore he had brought his son with him, who was very anxious to see him, and would not be in the way, as there was, he knew, a spare plate. Another eccentric member from the south, a printer and publisher, wrote as an answer to an invitation from the President, 4' I won't dine with you because you won't dine witt-rtie." Then there was a tavern-keeper from thie.north,.wheiWhen elected sheriff in his own county, used to tang criminal; itintselc tO save a dollar, and make his son drive the cart ; yet he was by no means an ill-meaning or uncivil person, though not parti cularly agreeable. The Reviewer, referring to Sir Augustus Fos ' ter's remarks on Moreau, whom he frequently met while a resident at Washington, takes the opportunity to sneer at Napoleon's Marshals—. especially Massena. His contemptuous allusion to this last soldier of fortune is certainly not warranted by what we know of Massena's mili tary career ; for the man who chiefly helped to gain the brilliant victory of Rivoli—who saved France at Zurich, when all but over whelmed by the forces of the Coalition Powers; and who executed that masterly retreat through Portugal which extorted the admiration even of his enemies, was assuredly no ordinary commander, but one of very superior talent. Lannes, too—the chivalrous—the intrepid—" the Roland of the French army," as Madame Junot calls him—surely, he was a soldier of eminence! Marmont we give up to the Reviewer's cen sure, for he was a man but of secondary talent, and wanted that first great requisite of a general, decision. Sir Augustus does not appear to en tertain a high notion of the American character, fbr an extract is given from his manuscript, wherein he condemns Jonathan for having treated the ashes of Washington with marked neglect; forcing Jefferson to sell his library in his old age; and leaving Munroe in a state almost of starva tion. We fear there is too much justice in this condemnation ; and the recent letter of Presi dent Jackson, where he speaks of his dreadful pecuniary embarrassments, does not tell more fa vourably for transatlantic generosity. " Min strelsy of the Bretons" would have been more acceptable, had the Reviewer gone deeper into the subject; but the article merely skims the surface, and this. in no very attractive manner. The " Australian Colonies" is a mere heavy com pilation, gathered from the most obvious sources. " Swinburne's Courts of Europe" points out some of the numerous editorial blundersin aposthurnous work published a few mouths since, which we also exposed in The Sun. " Whewell on Induc tive Sciences" is an instructive essay, but we fear it will be caviare to most periodical writers. The facts, too, are not well arranged, and the style, though familiar enough, is dry and tame. The " Budget and the Dissolution may be surmised from its title—is a slashing attack on some of the more recent pro ceedings of the Ministry. It is intended to be smart, but is dull by nlistake. In fact, so cruelly hard pressed is the Reviewer for jests, that he is compelled to have recourse to O'Con nell's Tail, on which threadbare theme he cracks sundry small jokes that are positively excruciat ing ! From one or two significant hints thrown out in the course of this article, we infer that the Peel section of the Tories are not disinclined to hoist false colours, and affect Liberalism, by way of qualifying themselves for office, for we are told that " protecting duties are in their nature, and by the very principles on which they were originally founded, liable to revision, alteration, and even extinction," which is in a great mea sure surrendering the question at issue between the Whigs and Tories. This ad captandum hint, coupled with Sir Robert Peel's praises of " moderation" in his crafty hustings speech at Tamworth, satisfies us that those of the faction who side with him, will stick at nothing to regain possession of place and pay. But the country will not be deceived by these specious insinuations, which are - put forth merely as feelers, for it knows well that, however it may profess to change, and and become moderate, Toryism is, and must be, essentially immutable—as much so as the laws of the Medes and Persians. Speak ing incidentally of the Corn-laws, the Reviewer states "the subsistence of the people was, until the late Budget, the first, and, indeed, the only object of any Corn-law in Eng land, or in any other country that we know of." What monstrous effrontery is this ! Who does not know that this impost was raised for the ex clusive benefit of the landholders ? They had lived in clover, and far beyond their means, during the war, and when the peace came they were afraid that the various alterations and re ductions it brought with it, would operate in juriously on their interests, so passed the Corn-laws, by way of protecting themselves at the expense of the people. But the day of reckoning is at hand, and they know it: hence their loud, wolfish howl against— what they call—the quackery of Free Trade. The article concludes with fierce abuse of Lord Melbourne, for having, " introduced Robert Owen to sully , the virgin presence of the Queen with his abominable doctrines," from which it is to be inferred,ire tpresumei that this sturdy Re former edified her Ma.Asty with an elaborate lec ture on Socialism, and did 1 - qs best to persuade her to become a convert oo his creed. This expres sion of amiable solicitude for Royalty comes with peculiar propriety from faction which has never missed an opportunity (If assailing the Queen in the most virulent manner possible ! But the Tories imagine that they/ere now within sight of the Promised Land of ofit;ce ; consequently, like the old woman in the song; they are discreetly desirous " to moderate the rancour of their tongues." CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XIX. Painter, London, 1841. The " Correspondence of Horace Walpole," the best and completest edition of which has been recently published by Mr. Bentley, is made the subject of some very acrimonious strictures in the present Number of this straight-laced periodi cal. There is an infinite deal of cant in their strictures, and much twaddling criticism, for we are gravely assured that Walpole was by no means so brilliant a letter-writer as has been supposed ; that he made up by blasphemous and indelicate allusions what he lacked in smartness and humour; and in his sketches of character was utterly reckless of truth and propriety. The secret of all this cynical criticism is, that he oc casionally indulged in an arch smile at the ravenous clerical pluralists of his day. He dis believed in the " Nolo Episcopari" doctrine ; and was doubtful whether even the gravest and mos t decorous Bishops could be fitly considered per fect models of apostolical innocence, simplicity, and disinterestedness. Above all, he accused an Archbishop of York of having been a buc caneer, and indulged in the luxury of a seraglio —a statement which he would scarcely have dared to make, had there not been some grounds for it, for we all know that it is only of late years that our Bishops have been chosen for their learning and private worth. For these hereti cal opinions, the Reviewer—like Twhackum in Fielding's tale—" saddles" Horace Walpole " with a judgment." Had he but kept his irre verent hands off Mother Church, not the slightest objection would have been made to his Correspondence; but because he declared that the old lady was no better than she should be, all pious and moral readers are requested to avoid his Letters as though they were a pesti lence. It is late in the day to declaim against Walpole in this puritanical fashion. He has long since taken his proper station as an author, and the Reviewer may be assured that his righteous-over-much indignation will only sub ject him to ridicule. " University of Cambridge" contains some useful suggestions respecting the mode of education which should be adopted at this great seat of learning. The following re marks deserve consideration :—" We can see no good reason for the permission granted to the no bility to take places in the classical tripos with out passing through the probationary mathema tical ordeal. In point of the advantages and honours of learning, it is degrading to a Univer sity to make a difference between her sons. Under her fostering care the peer and the pea sant should run the same race with equal advan tages ; and then, if the noble be distanced by the son a th e shopkeeper, " palmam qui inerui,t, ferat." "ftayth's Lectures on Modern History" is a shallow, tamely written article; and , " Chris tian Politics and Conservative Prospects" abounds in sophistical reasoning. The remaining papers may be dismissed with the remark. that they are neither above nor below the ordinary level. • FRENCH FLIRTATIONS.If flirtations exist at Paris, they certainly are not exhibited in public ; and those between whom the y are supposed to be esta blished observe a ceremonious decorum towards each other, well c alculated to thro w discredit on the Opposi tion. This appearance of reserve may be termet: hy pocrisy ; nevertheless, even the semblance of peopriOy is advantageous to the interests of society ; and the entire freedom from those marked attentions, engrossing conversations, and from that familiarity of manner often perMitted in England, without even a thought of evil on the part of the women who permit these indiscretions, leaves to Parisian circles an air of greater dignity and decorum, although I am hot disposed to admit that the persons who compose them really possess more dignity y or decorum than my hem or Blessington's Idler in France. =VESSELS SPOKEN WITII—The St. Leon, from New Orleans for Liverpool, lat. 32, lon. 78 ; Herculaneum, from Hull for Bombay, May 2s, lat. 7 N. lon. 22 W. ; Alexander Harvey, from Swansea for Cuba, 10th ult., lat. 24 lon. 31 ; Marthana, bound to London, 18th ult, lat. 33, lon. 37 ; Atlas, bound to London, 21st ult., lat. 31, lon. 34, by the Mary Ann, arrived off Hastings. Rival, from St. John's, N. 8., for Bahia, by the Islay, ar rived off Cork. E. Loudon , Lewis, at. 13 S., lon. 9 W • C orn elia et Henrietta, from Batavia for Amster dam, ' Max 17, lat. 1, lon. 23 W., by the Canton arrived at Browershaven. Nehalrnina, from Amsterdam for Batavia, Ist. 49, lon. 3 W., by the Amboyna, arrived at Browershaven. Mary Sharp, from Clyde for Calcutta, 22d ult., lat. 38, lon. 13, by the William, arrived off Dungeness. Amelia, from Rio Janeiro, Ist ult., lat. 9, 11.32, by the Pickwick, arrived at Cork. • MR. POWER THE COMEDIAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have just perused in your paper of yesterday a Memoir of Mr. Power, " purporting to be taken from the 06server," and sympathising as I most certainly do in " the heartfelt sorrow" therein expressed, I hope I may be exc u sed for troubling you with a few corrections of mis-statements and inaccuracies contained in the very commencement of that Memoir, which I am enabled to do in consequence of having made Mr. Power's ac quaintance the very day after his mother and himself reached Cardiff, in Wales, and having been on terms of the closest intimacy and friendship with him during the whole of his sojourn at that place. "'he mother of Mr. Power was not engaged in the year' 1813, or in any other year, in the company'of Mr. Williams at that place, but she arrived at Cardiff in 18H with her son, having been stranded on the coast of Glamorgan, near West Abertlaw, in a vessel bound from Waterford to Bristol, in which they, with a few other persons, had taken a passage. The passengers got safely on shore, saving, most fortunately, their luggage ; and Mrs. Power, with her son, proceeded on to Cardiff, in order to obtain a passage by water tosßristol, there being only one coach then on the route, 'besides the mail, and coach-travelling consequently expensive. At Cardiff Mrs. Power en gaged apartments at"the house of a Mr. Ridd, a printer, not M'Leod, who was then a schoolboy, and un known as a printer until many __:ears after young Power had left the place. What is meant by M'Leod's company, I cannot conjecture, as he, poor fellow, died a printer at an early age, and never had any other company, I believe, than his fellow-workmen and asso ciates in the press-room ; Mr. Ridd, hearing from Mrs. Power, who eagerly spoke of her young son's at tainments with the natural warm feelings of a mother, that he was gifted with more than ordinary talents for the stage, and perhaps (and who in this worldly world can conscientiously blame him ?) having a view to the printing and distribution of handbills, &c. persuaded her to announce him for " Recitations," and scenes from dif ferent plays of Shakspeare, as well as that of " Douglas," " Alexander the Great," &c. This was done at the Town-hall, in appropriate costume for each character, Mrs. Power giving any female dialogue that was requi site, and nothing could have been more successful than the speculation ; the Town-hall was filled with a most delighted audience ; young Power reaped golden opi nions from all sorts of people, and Mrs. Power more substantial evidences of approbation from the good folks of Cardiff. Mr. Ridd, pleased with. the youth's talents, good humour, and buoyant spirits, .which were the most exuberant I ever encountered at his age, proposed to his mother taking him as an ap prentice, which she readily assented to, and soon after wards left Cardiff. Her son continued with Mr. Ridd until that person's embarrassments compelled him to leave Cardiff and 115 s apprentice, for America, whence he never returned ; so that he quitted young Power, not the latter his employer. During the time Mr. Power was with Ridd, Frank Williams, who succeeded Mr. Baker as Iv manager (fa ther of Mr. Charles Baker, of different Metropolitan theatres), came twice to Cardiff with his Nomadic com pany ; and, in order to assist his treasury, just before the close of each season, young Power performed several evenings with Mr. Ridd's perfect concurrence, Mr. Williams being on each occasion much in arrears with him for playbills, &c. The experiment turned out a lucky one, the little theatre was, every night of Power's performance, crammed, and the manager's exchequer thereby amply replenished ; on. the first occasion, I be lieve, Mr. Power played gratuitously ; on the second, I think, he received the proceeds of a benefit night ; but he certainly never had any " engagement," properly so called, with "Frank Williams.?' Now the accuracy of the greater part of this statement can be fully ascertained from a most respectable individual, with whom, however, I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaint ance, but who is known, I believe, to a great many theatrical gentlemen, in London, namely, Mr. Adamson, the print dealer, &c. in Bedford-str set, Covent-garden, who, on the two occasions I have referred to, was a member of Frank Williams's company at Cardiff ; and in reference to Mr. Power's birth-place, which assuredly can in no way, either for good or evil, affect his high professional reputation, he himself always asserted most positively that he was a born Irishman, while many persons who profess to know better, declare as positively that he was born in Wales ; and I have been told by a gentleman well known on the London boards that he had seen a copy of the registry of Mr. Power's christening at some parish in Brecons hire. Certainly, such an instrument, if properly authe 'nticated and duly verified, would of course set the mat ter at rest ; not that it can be deemed of the slightest me ment with reference to his talents, but it is of moment as :affecting the character of one who all admit to have been is every sense a gentleman, for veracity; to say nothing of that innate love of " native home," to be without which, is to forfeit, in my judgment, the character of a trite patriot. Mr. Power was not, in my belief, the man toloalm himself off for what he knew he was not, and it is, t . I think, a shame, without the most irrefragable evidence, to persist in asserting that he did not belong to the country he himself positively always asserted that he did. When he arrived at Cardiff in 1811, with his mother, he not only possessed a bit of the brogue, of a very genuine character, but truly he was endowed with a pretty considerable slice of that national peculiarity, as Mr. Adamson, whom I have before named, can, I am sure, testify ; and it marred considerably the general good effect of his declamation ; his mother also, Nvho in appearance and manners, was a perfect gentle woman, was in a slighter degree ameliable to tie same reproach, if reproach it be considered ; she was, as I have often been told by Mr. Power, but never as a matter of boast, a near relative of the cele brated Couns eller Grattan, and that his father had been in the army--in what situation I believe 'Dever heard. Had there hem the slightest grounds for 14 , ,presenting Mr. Power ns Welshman born, on his a rr ival at Car diff, it would manifestly have been his moth'r's policy and interest to .do so, as it would at once haVe enlisted the sympathy acid ardour of the natives in his behalf ; the attachment O. f a Welshman to his country and coun trymen being I 'believe as enthusiastic as that oF any people under Heaven ; but she knew there were no grounds for such an assertion, and I hope never more to witness any attempt' to tarnish his deservedly-high per sonal, and professional character, by the repetition of assertions which impugn his character for veracity, and thereby deeply wound the feelings of all his friends, and they are legion. Apologising most sincerely for in truding at this ilength on your time and columns, for which my only excuse must be the old Welsh proverb, " Yr Gwyr yr iTrbyn yr Byd"—" The truth against the world." I have the honour to remain, Mr. Editor, Your very obedient servant, Camden Town, jviy 6, 1841. P. J. THE DIAMOND. (From the Pelytechnic Journal.) There appears every reason to believe that this gem has received its name from its great degree of hardness, for; on reference to the words used to express the same article in different languages, a striking similarity will at once be evident as to the identity of the terms ex pressed ; indeed it almost appears as if it derived its name in the first instance from some specific property inherent in it, and that the different languages; with but, a few exceptions, have borrowed the word, merely al tering the verbage so as to coincide with the construc tion Of the several tongues. Thus we find that (11'61=0 is the word used by the Germans, the Dutch, French, &c. ; demant or diamant by the Swedes ; diamante is the word used by the Portuguese, Spaniards and Italians ; while almas is made use of by the Russians, dyamant by the Poles, admas by the Greeks, and Kira by the Hindoos. The diamond, when crystallized, is considered to be the purest form of carbon, and it is to Lavoisier science is indebted for the discovery, that when charcoal and this gem are burned in oxygen gas, both substances disap pear, and the oxygen )ecomes converted into carbonic acid gas. When it occurs in a pure state it is perfectly transparent, and is possessed of a very high degree of refractive power compared to its density. It is on this property that its superiority over the other gems depends ; for the rays of light, instead of passing through, as in other precious stones, becomes refracted again to its surface, reflecting those brilliant and beautiful tints for which it is considered so celebrated. It is the hardest of all known minerals, and is therefore capable of scratching all others. Its specific gravity varies fron t 3.488 to 3.600, the average being 3 . 52 . When submit ted to a temperature of 140 deg. of Wedgewood's Pro.. meter being rather below that at which silver m e lt s, it unites with the oxygen of the surrounding atmosphere being converted into carbonic acid gas, and is enti re l y ' dissipated. • Of late years considerable discussion has ensued re specting the origin of the diamond. Sir David Brewster states as his opinion that it is of vegetable origin. Sir Isaac Newton conjectured that the diamond was pro bably an unctuous substance coagulated ; and Sir D. Brewster, after detailing many important facts, considers that the conclusion is re n d ere d t h e more pro bableviz., that th e diamond amber,origi nates, , h fm i r c o hg r t a n d e u a c l l o y n s a o o 1 i ci d u a i r e t i o a n a o o f r y p s e t r a h l li a n p e s by other analogies, n ye a g teest,abll il ematter, ce form by time and the slow action of corpuscular forces. India has always been famous for its diamonds, more however on account o f th e i r super i or h ar d ness an d bril liancy than for their size ; in this respect they cannot be said to equal those from Brazil. Their locality is in allu vial sand or rubble, chiefly from the beds of rivers, and they are usually found fur the most part in high and rugged tracts of country, the vicinity of which Is peopled with numerous tribes, extending from Golconda across the interior of Orissa, The principal mines in former times were those of Raolconda, Color, and Sumbulpeor. At Raolconda the diamonds occur in narrow veins tra versing the rock, and mixed with the sand and earth which fill their cavities. At Galia Color they are met with in the soil of a plain, which stretches along the foot o. , weighing f some high mountains, and are found here f rom ten to forty carats or more ; t he y were accidentally me t i . v ..'tli in this situation by a countryman,lsitione of these w ho, on digging h.'s ground to sow millet i ,m se et to a gene ral search, stones of gi:eat size. Thi s gave i fourteen feet, until they even to the d et nth of fromteontwo,asb the earth with ; it found water, vr h,:ch served t period, 60,000 persons were is even stated that, at : one is h place. At Sumbulpoor, employed in the scan 'lr at 1 in Be nd in the sand a nd g ravel of the ng al, they. ar e fou i'nto the Mahanuddy. As re river Gouel, which falls obtained from this locality, they arc b no m eans so large gards the size o f those as those from Color , which yielded Shah Jehan , t h e celebrated. stone, weighing 793 of visited this mine 60,000 persons carats. When Tav_eurn of late, from some cause or other, were employed ; b t worked, probably from the supply it has not be en much having b ecome so exhausted as not to make it wort w hile to contin ue operations. The diamond mines o f Brazil were discovered in 1728, and yielded such an ab undant su pp l y to the mar ket as to lead the Portuguese G overn ment to limit the employed to seek for them. Large num b e r of persons • ends do not , however, abound in this countr , a l t hough tome of considerable sue We been occasional ly 4 met with. The European market is chiefly supplied from the mines of Serro do Frio. Of all the depositaries of diamonds, 'the most cele brated is the river Jiquitonhonha, which flows nearly as broad as the Thames at Windsor. When worked, the channel is turned aside, either by canals or pumps, and the earth from the bottom dug out. The cascaiho is then laid in heaps by the side of a flooring divided into various compartments, into each of which a current of water is admitted. While this passes through, the cas calho is kept in constant motion by raking it till the earthy particles are washed away. The negr o sta tioned at each compartment then begins a most diligent search for diamonds. When he finds ene he clasps his;', hands, and holds it up between his forefinger and thumb,: to the overseer, who places it in a bowl suspended from the centre of the shed. When a negro presents a stone of oeventeen carats and a half, he receives his liberty ; and handsome presents are given whenever any diamond. of inferior, though of considerable size, is found. The ,putting and polishing of diamonds was first in troduced in the year 1456 by Louis Berghen, a nati v e o r • Bruges, wil'o found that, on rubbing two stones together. a new facet ss:as produced, a discov er y th e resu lt on ly o f accident. A w.heel was subsequently invented which was made to revoCe rapidly, and was fed with diamond powder instead of csalifidrum, which was formerly used by the Ilindoos and Chn:ese, and this probably was the method employed in the mast remote ages in Asia.- The descendants of the celebrated diamond-polishers of Gol conda are still to be found at Muni Mudgoo, in the Pun chapoliam taluk near Gooty. The following are the most remarkable diamones an record. The largest that is known seems to be that sf the Rajah of Matan, in the East bakes. It is of the:. purest water, and weighs 367 carats, or, at the rate of 4 grains to a carat, upwards of three ounces troy. It is shaped like an egg, with an indented hollow near the smaller end. It was discovered by Landak about 100 years ago, and though the possession of it has cost se veral wars, it has remained in the Mattan family for 90 years. A governor of Batavia, after ascertaining the qualities of the ger°, wished to be the purchaser, and offered 150,000 dollars for it, besides two war-brigs with their guns and ammunition, together with a certain num ber of great guns and a quantity of powder and shot; but this diamond possessed such celebrity in India, and. was regarded as a talisman involving the fortunes of the Rajah and his family, that he refused to part with it at any price. The diamond possessed in the time of the traveller Tavernier by the Emperor of Mogul, a king dom now no more, weighed 279 carats, and was reckoned worth upwards of 400,0001. It is said to have lost half of its original weight in cutting. After these prodigious gems, tLe next -are-1. that of the Emperor of Russia, bought by the late Empress Catherine, which weighs 194, carats ; it is said to be of the size of a pfgeen's egg, and to have been bought for 90,0001., besides an annuity to the Greek merchant of 4,000/. It is reported that the above diamond formed one of the eyes of tine famous statue of Sheringan, in the temple of Brame, :slid that a French grenadier, who bad deserted into the Valabar service, found the means of robbing the pagoda this precious gem, and escaped with it to Madras, where he disposed of it to a ship captain for 2,0081., who resold .it to a Jew for 12,000/. ; from him it was transferred for a large sum to the Greek merchant. 2. That of the Em peror of Austria, which weighs 139 carats, and has m slightly yellowish hue ; it has, however, been valued at 100,0001. 3. That of the King of France, called the Re gent or Pitt diamond, remarkable for its form and its perfect limpidity. Although it weighs only 136 carats, its fine qualities have caused it to be valued at 160,0004 though it cost only 100,000/. RIOT AT AIRDRIE.—During the taking of the poll, and subsequent to it, on Friday last, the town of Airdrie was the scene of much confusion and disorder, in cluding injury to the person and destruction to property. After the poll had closed, the mob fell upon the house in which Mr. Baird's Committee met, smashed the windows and endeavoured to force an entrance, but fortunately those inside were enabled to barricade the doors, and the others who did not choose to stand a siege, escaped by the backway. In the meantime respectable persons were knocked down, and severely injured in the street, and when the rioters could get no more of this class to as sault, they knocked down each other. About eigh t o'clock,. matters wore such a very alarming appearance, that two Bailies, in the absence of the Provost, concurred in sending a written report of the state of the town to the Sheriff, and expressing the belief that unless the military were sent to their aid, neither life nor property would be safe. This was despatched by a messenger on horseback, who at once carried his com munication to the Police-office here, when Capt. Miller immediately proceeded to Possil, the residence of Sheriff' Alison, having in the interval apprised the commanding officer at the Cavalry Barracks that his services would in all likelihood be forthwith required. •The Sheriff imp mediately called out a party of the Lancers, and as they had been warned beforehand, the men were speedily in their saddles, and accompanied by Mr. Alison, they went along at a rapid rate, and reached Airdrie about midnight. But here, instead of uproar and bloodshed, the military found all the quiet of a rural village Sab bath, and topers and rioters alike at rest. The Bathes who had sent for the Sheriff and military Were not to be found, and the police or town guard only knew that a riot had taken place, but they knew nothing of the ringleaders. There was neither preparation nor re, f.eshment for the military, although they had ridden . ten miles in the dead of night, and. after a brief &- lay, the Sheriff and the Lancers retraced their steps to Glasgow, with the impression, we believe, that they had bim very scurvily treated by the authorities of Airdrie. —Edinburgh Courant. BRIGHTON, JULY 5. The Pavilion at Brighton is undergoing external repair. The windows in the dome copula are painted of a lighter colour than they were before, and have a much better effect, It was sonic time since said that her Majesty intended honour ing Brighton with her presence, and the above eirtu n stance is looked upon as an encouragement to the hope of a Royal visit. STEAMERS ON THE NEVA.—A St. Peters burgh letter says—" We have now afloat on the Neva 34 steam vessels, of which 15 belong to the Crown, and the rest to Companies or individuals. These last are, fur the most part, employed as packets between the capital and Cronstadt, Peterhoff, Oranienbaume, and • Schleysebourg. Besides these there are seven constantly running between this.city, Lubeck, Copenhagen, Havre, London, and Stockholm." Mr. Lyall, the newly-elected Tory Member for London, is a native of Gateshead. His father was a . small shipowner, resident in this borough ; but removing to London, he acquired a fortune by honourable and successful industry, which bas been largely increased by his son.—Gateshead Observer. LOCOMOTIVE FOR COMMON ROADS.--A gen tleman residing at Southwell, Dr. Calvert, has con structed a machine, which he purposes to call." The Alternate," because he rides or walks in turn according to the ascending orilescending inclination of the road he travels. By merely rising from his seat, and throwing part of the weight of the body upon the hands placed on a guiding bar, he walks with less fatigue than he could do without the machine, especially where the ascent is not very steep. On descending he sits down and rides at his ease with considerable speed. The propelling ac tion (the most powerful that can be exerted, and one of the most lasting) is that of rowing.—Nottingham Journal. The are three It is stated that the distribution of their colours to the new regiments of infantry and cavalry will take place stilln w encampedregiments a t o fLHus islarsurinagndtthheaFteorfeschofasJsueluyr.s, which vile, are to set out in a few days for Paris; and three squadrons f ro m each of these regiments, on th e full war .oetin •g, together w ith two battalions from each of the 12 regiments of • new fantry, are to be present at the ceremony. In consequence of this augmentation of force, the French army comprises 100 re giments of infantry, with 300 b 11'and 630 f atta ions, regiments cavalry, with 315 squadrons. GENERAL ELECTION.—We do not deny—it would be puerile—that we are somewhat disappointed with some of the results of the General Election. But, untoward it they are, we are by no means so anxious as many of our fries seem to he, of the ultimate result. At all events, it is the bounden duty of every man, ne cedt malis—sed contra audea-i tior ito! In Ireland, where, except in the North, we have an honest and a pure constituency, we must work them well. Whatever effect the returns may produce in the new Parla ment. in Ireland. at all events , w e shall have three-fifths of the Members.—Dublin Evening Post. INFANTINE DEPB.AVlTY.—Yesterday, three children, ranging from about 10 to 13 years of age, were • ce r aagistrate, Liverpool, charged placed before the poll shawl from the shop of Mr. with having stolen which . they had entered under the Williams, mercer, of ribbon. The pretence of purchasing a pennyworth a girl, was seen by a person in the r youngest pri the s hawl from a window, underneath which shop pulling ho lding should a )ask et to receive the article when it she was fall. The trio were seized, and while a police offieer was being brought, they were taken into the house. One of them coolly proposed that they should dance "Jim Crow " unt il the arrival of the officer. All • the prisoners had made from a do zen t o fifteen visits to t h e Police-office, and had been several times committed to gaol. They were agaip sent thither for a period of three months, and on leaving the bar one of them ex claimed Three months for stealing a shawl !"—Liver pool Times. We have given and maintained liberty to Eng land ; we will do it again. Witho u t I re l an d and her representatives the Reform Bill could not have been carried. Without Ireland and the Irish Members, the Reform Bill would have been long since re pealed. We care not. therefore, for an English jority against us. We will maintain an Irish' ma jority in favour of freedom. We are a nation, men of generous hearts and bold spirits; we will, as ever, aid England in her struggle for justice and freedom ; but if she fail, and if Orange domination seek to establish itself again amongst us, we are, we must, be ready to adopt all and whatever means freemen may use to protect their independence and their religion, the sacredness of their homes and the honour of their country.—Cork Southern • Replrter. On Sunday night, about nine o'clock, as Mr. Noble, cabinet-maker, of Marylebone, was proceeding through West-street, Smithfield, he was stopped and surrounded by a daring gang of thieves, some of whom pinioned his arms, whilst one of the ruffian , : dragged his watch, chain, and seals from his fob, and handed them over to a woman, who ran off with them. After threatening and ill-using Mr. Noble. the party escaped. Information was immediately given to Elliott, 132, G division, who from the description given of the party knew the whole of them, and succeeded in apprehending the woman to whom the property was handed, and there is every probability of her companions being shortly in custody. • At the station-house, she gave her name Jane Smith, and she was recognised as a notorious thief and street-walker, who had been frequently in custody, and connected with the above gang. She was remanded to afford an opportunity of tra c i ng t h e property and bringing the other delinquents to justice The above spot, Turnmill-street, and Cow-cross are infested with a notorious gang of thieves, and it is highly dangerous for any respectable person to pass through them at night. v • • * • .i . .." .... ORNING SUN. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y, JULY 7, 1841. INIORNINGr' SUN