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441...„ - ORNING TO THE ELECTORS OF 3IARYLEBONE. GEN rr EMEN, Dissolution of Parliament must soon take -AL place, I again offer myself as a CANDIDATE for the honour ,;t representing this Borough. When I presented myself to you in 1837, I fully explained what my political opinions were. I referred to my votes in fa-, our of an extension of the suffrage, shortening the duration of Parliaments, freedom of voting, and the repeal of those clauses in the Reform Act which diminish the elective fran chi;e. I stated also that I had supported the repeal of the window la; a reduction of the public expenditure, the aboli ticn of Church .rates, arid a liberal system of education for the people. I have upheld these opinions during the ten years that I have sat in the House of Commons, and I still adhere to them. There are now other important subjects which occupy public attention, I allude to those great questions of Commercial Re form, especially the repeal of the Corn-laws, for which (al though a landowner) 1 have invariably voted, and which, not withstanding the present temporary obstruction, must even tually be attained. Since I have had the honour of representing this important Borough, I have done my utmost to secure to you the conti nuance of those local acts which place the government of the parishes in the hart& of the rate-payers, free from any inter ference of the Poor-law Commissioners, whose continuance in office I still consider as unnecessary, and whose rules and re gulations have been too often marked with severity and injus tice. In conduertin7 the local affairs of this great portion of the Metropolis, I have frequently had the satisfaction of receiv ing the thanks of the inhabitants, accl I now come forward as a Candidate for your continued support, in the full and entire belief, that as my conduct upon public measures has remained unchanged, I shall again receive the honour of your suffrages, and occupy that distinguished position at the close of the en suing Election, which I held at the termination of the contest in 1837. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, 65, Wimpole-street, June 5, 1841. B. HALL. ..Mr. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 4erning......51 minutes after 3 Evening l6 minutes after 4 4 # . • por t Ifr - • . TO THE REORNIERS OF MARYLEBONE. GENTLEMEN, TN consequence of the result of the Ballot in my favour, and the very honourable conduct of Mr. Young, I am now, in conjunction with your excellent Representative, Sir Benjamin Hall, prepared to go to the Poll without fear of any dieunion amongst the Reformers. I beg to repeat to you my political opinions. I shall support the proposition of the Government for cheapening bread and abolishing monopolies. I am an advocate for the Ballot, for the Extension of the' Suffrage, for shortening the duration of Parliaments, for doing away the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Act, and for abolishing the Church-rates. I am an enemy to the impressment of seamen, and desire to see amelioration of their condition, which must lead to the abo lition of corporal punishment. I wish to see the aged and the infirm poor receive out-door relief, and those who are compelled to take refuge in the Unions, to be treated in the same manner as the pensioners of Green wich and Chelsea Hospitals now are. The Unions should be considered as Clubs established for the benefit of the poor, and not as prisons for their punishment. I shall strictly watch over the interests of your borough, and will endeavour to preserve the privileges you enjoy under your Local Acts. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, CHARLES NAPIER. June 17, 1841. ELECTION FOR AIARYLEBONE. THE COMMITTEE for CONDUCTING the ELECTION of Sir BENJAMIN HALL and Sir CHARLES NAPIER sit daily at the Cafe Colosseum, New Road, where it is requested that all Communications sway be foewarded. J. DRAKE, 1 J. IVIMEir, BJ. Secretaries. L.~ June 21, 1841. _ Immediately, in 3 vols. post:Bvo. THE TORY BARONET; Or, TORIES. WHIGS. and RADICALS. A NOVEL. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MRS. GORE. Now ready, and to be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Svo., THE LOVER AND THE HUSBAND ; JILL AND THE WOMAN OF A CERTAIN AGE. Edited by Mrs. GORE. Author of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Dowager," " Mrs. Armitage," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 8, New Burlington-street. VIR.BENTLEY.has JUST PUBLISHED al. the following NEW WORKS of FICTION:— I. The QUEEN' POISONER; or, France in the Six eenth Century. By Miss LOUISA START COSTELLO, &uthor of " A Summer amongst the Boeages and the Vines." In 3 vols. pose Bvo. [I. The MARRYING MAN. By the Author of " Cousin Geoffrey," &c. In 3 vols. post Bvo. 111. SOME ACCOUNT of MY COUSIN NICHOLAS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Esq., Author of "The In goldsby Legends." In 3 vols. post Bvo. IV. CECIL. In 3 vols. post Bvo., Second Edition, with a new Preface, by the Author: V. COLIN CLINK. By CHARLES HOOTON. In 3 vols. post 6vo , with numerous Illustrations by Leech, Ere. VI. COMPTON AUDLEY ; or, Hands not Hearts. By Lord WILLIAM LENNOX. In 3 vols. post Bvo. VII. TIPPOO SULTAUN. By Captain MEADOWS TAYLOR, Author of " Confessions of a Thug." In 3 vols. post Bvo. VIII. The SCHOOLFELLOWS ; or, a By-way to Fame. By RICHARD JOHNS, Esq. In 3 vols. post Bvo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. RIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (thou g h they are NO LOTTERIES) oiler many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Arc now SELLING BONDSfor the said DIST 111 BIT TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £2.5,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 1,000 150 90 50 800 100 The lamest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, who remitted, during a few year, 21 large Money Dividends, from 6601. and upwards unto 25,0001., besides many Dividends .1 smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Splendid success.—Fourth Week of the first Vocalists in the Kingdom. The New Opera, " A Queen for a Day," and " La Sonnambula," on alternate nights, supported by Miss Romer, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Leffler, a powerful Band, and an extra Chorus, conducted by Mr. G. Stansbury. THIS EVENING, JUNE 22, Will be repeated the New Grand Opera, entitled A QUEEN FOR A DAY. With all the Original Music by Adolphe Adam, New Scenery, and splendid Appointments. Francine, Miss Romer ; Simonne, Mrs. Serle ; Marcel, 11:r. Wilson ; Tumbrel, Mr. Leffler. After which, THE WATERAIAN. Toni Tug by Mr. Wil,on. To conclude with, YOUNG LOCHINVAR ; OR THE BRIDE OF THE GRAVE. Lochinvar, Mr. N. T. Hicks. ROYAL* VICTORIA THEATRE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBADISTON Grand union of success in the hitherto une , x , aß e led , combina tion;.; or s te t d ra b n y ge;L . and attraction of " Susan Hopley !" " The Honey Mono !" and " Virginius !" s o Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, and Miss Vincent ! and also the New DraTHlSma of E " The Palace of Geneva!" VENING, JUNE 22, The SUSAN HOPdidly LEY succes ! sfu OR, THE E c TRIALS Drama, A in Dr Acts - TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL ! SS William Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Susan Hopley - by Miss Vincent , the acc e p ted Heroine of Domestic D rama. After which, the celebrated Comedy o f THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Rolando, Mr. E. F . Sa ville ; Balthazzar, Mr. James ; Jacques, Mr. Gardner ; Ju liana, Miss Vincent ; Volante, Mrs. Lee; and Zamora, M rs . Howard. To conclude with, the new Burletta. ent;tled THE PALACE OF GENEVA. Old John, Mr. Gardner ; Seliria, the Countess of Barotti, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 23—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. The greatest wonder of the present age AN DERSON, the GREAT WIZARD of t hr. e NORTH, nd is 3 N I RITHEI., now nightly performing at the above Theatre his won d erfulproof a incredible feats of Necromancy and Occultomacy. As a of the rising reputation and renown of this distinguished and not-to-be-equalled Mysteriachist, the Theatre is nightly crowded by ASTONISHED AND DELIGHTED AUDI._ ENCES, comp r i s i ng th e e lit e o f Science, Literature, and Fashion, in and around the Metropolis. To attempt to enu merate or descant on the wonder-workings of this unparalleled artiste would be useless--they must be seen to be believed, and when seen, must be pronounced the ne plus ultra of all that is astonishing, delightful, and rational. The various de lusions _performed by THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH are entirely different from those which gained him such immense patronage at the Strand Theatre some time back, which even at that time were universally allowed to be without parallel. The incredibilities he now enacts are the result of many years' research, inde:atigable study, and perseverance, to say nothing of his magnificent display of solid silver apparatus, forming a tout ensemble at once unique and elegant, and alone worthy the public attention and admiration. Strangers at present sojourning in the Metropolis should not neglect visiting the Adelphi Theatre—the 'temple of the Magi —the cheapest and greatest treat in London. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Half-price at Nine o'clock. Private boxes, to contain six, 1/. is. The Box-office is open daily from 11 to 4. Part es desirous of se curing places are requested to apply as early as convenient. Carriages at a quarter past Ten. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. UNDER HER MAJESTY'S ESPECIAL PATRONAGE. PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAMPETRES, by the unrivalled Band of Wind Instruments, The ILLUMINATION of ST. PETER'S and Superb -!F. w spisiiiti, GIRANDOLA of ST. ANGELO, WIONDAY, TUESDAY, AND THURSDAY. ":"-77:MITIMPtomenaie Musicale will include Berli.a' Overture ---- 1 - I . w ies' ' 't* a nion" _a -. : „ a _ al ion —a new Quadrille, composed for the occa ii le, 4 -~" , Court of Flora"—Jullien's celebrated " Nightin- Z 9* .,:. ., .4?--,. t Witli . Picc 010 Obliato by Master Hall—Grand Maria Stuart" and " Oberan"—" Les Cent istakoesni la rTine.ocoe:teeuriresttos::::ne Z auberflote" and " Za - , r „ Flikal-Alli.. a nders Grand " Firework Symphony." Adrnifti l 'ai --one S • hi G iun ir g au . dola at D u ,, s k. . M r. .-.2' tt UU. LONDON: TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1841. In the House of Lords much of the business of the session was wound up by that last act of legislation, the Royal assent, which was given to a great number of public and private Bills. We refer to our report for their names. On the third reading of the Criminal Justice Bill being moved, the Earl of WILTON moved that Manchester be exempted from its opera tion. After some conversation on the pro priety of giving compensation to the Town Clerk of Manchester, their Lordships divided, and the amendment was carried by 70 to 36. The Bill was then read a third time. _ _ Some conversation subsequently took place about that inviting subject the Clonmel Union, in conjunction with Poor-laws in Ireland, in which the Marquis of WESTMEATII and the Earl of MOUNTCASHEL had the greater part. Their Lordships adjourned without transacting any other business of importance, except receiv ing petitions. In the Commons, after the presentation of a great number of petitions, Mr. WAKLEY brought the invention of Mr. WARNER again under the notice of the House, and moved for some correspondence between the First Lord of the Treasury and Mr. WARNER ; but after obtaining an expression of sympathy for that gentleman and his ingenious invention, with drew his motion in the expectation that the subject will be brought forward in the next Parliament. The Lords' amendments to the Bribery at Elec tions, the Controverted Elections Trial, and the Criminal Law Amendment Bills, were severally agreed to. Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented her MAJESTY'S answer to the address on the Danish Claims. Her MAJESTY said she would comply with the request as soon as the House of Commons gave her the means of doing so. The House rose before seven o'clock. With the exception of the for mal act of prorogation, so ends the first Parlia liament of the reign of Queen VICTORIA. We have, from time to time, both by extracts from pamphlets and remarks of our own, endea- voured to show that the farmers are injured by the Corn-laws, and would be benefited by abolishing them. We learn with pleasure, from various quarters, that the fume's themselves begin to entertain a similar opinion. Lord PAL MERSTON, for example. tells us that the farmers about Tiverton do not believe that the Govern ment measures are an attack on the agricul turists. Mr. VILLIERS has published a letter from a respectable Agriculturist in one of the southern counties of England, who bears a strong testimony to the injuriousness of these laws to the farmers. The Agriculturist says : I should have thought the summer of 1840 would have convinced every landlord and farmer in the country of the bad working of the law. Wheat, in June 1840, averaged 70s. per quarter. The farmer had all his ex penses to pay during the summer after that high rate, but not one farmer in ten had wheat to sell; but when he came into market, Michaelmas 1840, to sl.l the growth of that summer, he was obliged to take froln 525. to 58s. per quarter in November, when he sells the greatest quantity of that summer's growth (see the muTket quo tations for Aylesbury, Chichester, and Winchester); and the mischief does not end there: it laid the foundajon for future mischief. He is called on by his landlord to pay a higher rent, and tenants are actually at this moment consenting to pay an advance rent from ten to thirty per cent. on account of the late high prices. It is in this way that rents are got up, and men are forced into con tracts it is impossible to fulfil, and when a bountiful \year comes, and prices fall, the country is filled with accounts of agricultural distress, and you then see the landlord going with the tenant in joetitioning Parliament Ito do something for the land6d interest, alleging that if something be not done the land will be thrown out of cultivation, the tenant will be ruined, and the poor labourer starved. They do not say' one word about the amount of rent they are receiving, being out of all pro portion as to that part the landlord is fairly entitled to, and it is that alone that causes all the tenant's misfor tunes and sorrows. The landlords, with 'all their cunning, will soon find out they have had their day. This gentleman writes from practical know-, ledge of individual cases; but it is quite certain, as a general rule, that prices will be high in summer when,the farmer has got nothing to sell, and low about Norember, when his crops come to market. The modus operandi in all cases, seems to us to be this. We speak of tenants who hire land not of landowners. The farmer is under an obligation to pay rent at Michaelmas, and the higher the rent in pro portion to his capital the more stringent the obligation. Besides his rent, he has a number of tradesmen's bills to pay about the same period. To meet these various obligations, he is obliged, in the majority of cases, to send the principal part of his crops to market, as soon as possible after he has gathered them in. The Agricul turist says, that not one in ten of the farmers has any wheat to sell about the month of June, which is a tolerably fair representation of the whole body of farmers. Nine out of ten of them are obliged to send their crops to market to meet their various obligations before Christmas. The farmer's produce is not at once bought by the consumers or millers, but by corn-dealers, and other monied capitalists. By at once taking the farmer's crop off his hands, they save him the trouble of continually seeking for cus tomers for small portions, and supply him with funds to carry on his farming operations for the next year. He has the wages of plough men and sowers to pay, and the keep of his horses to provide, though he must wait till the following harvest before he reaps the fruit of their labour. Undoubtedly it is advantageous to him to find a wholesale dealer to buy his crops, but the person who buys is a monied man, connected with other monied men, and they un derstand how to work the markets so as to give the farmer, who must sell, as small a price as possible for his produce. In fact this is necessary for the corn-dealers, in order that they may, on selling again, realise a profit. Their business is to watch the market, with their money in their hands, to buy cheap and sell dear. That is the principle of all mercantile transactions. Acting on this prin ciple, and having the means of command ing the market, it comes to pass in bthyetheinAarrictuylturiosft, that the f a a s rmer m corn at a low p r i ce i n November, andseenlltiliasosnhetidos pay wages a n d b uy a l l he needs through the summer at a high price. This is the nature of things under the present right of property; and it points out distinctly the disadvantage the far mer lies under, in relation to the monied capital ist, in consequence of the pecuniary engage ments which the former must fulfil about Mi chaelmas, We do not complain of this compulsion on the farmer to sell ; on the contrary, we regard it as one of those conditions which arise in society, without being planned or designed by human wisdom, which are extremely beneficial. Unless the agriculturist, in consequence of his pecuniary obligations, and in consequence of the great ad vances he has made, and the debts he has in curred, were compelled to sell his produce, he would be able to withhold fbod from the people, and starve all other classes into submission to his will. If the bulk of the agriculturists, instead of having nothing at Midsummer, had then in their own possession the whole of the crops, if they could live for more than one year, without selling any part of their produce, the lives of the rest of the community would be at their mercy. The in debtedness, therefore, f the agriculturists, which is their general condition as the harvest comes on—the fact that the whole of the crops, as they stand on the ground, and are gathered into their barns, though in their possession do not belong to them, keeps them dependent on others, and puts an end to their monopoly of the food of the community. We have now to apply the fact of THE SUN; LONDON, TVESDAt JUNE 22, II4I. - - - the dependence and general indebtedness of the agriculturists to the rest of the community to illustrate the injurious effects which the Corn law has on them. "'He is called on to pay a higher rent," " he promises to pay twenty or thirty per cent. more in consequence of some late high prices." By that amount his obligations and his depen_ dente are certainly enhanced. The high price of corn has an influence over the price of all the things he purchases, including seed corn, &c., and increases his indebtedness to the shopkeeper before his crops are gathered. The enhance ment of all his obligations by the Corn laws is certain, the chance of his obtain ing the Means of meeting them by a cor responding rise in the price of what he has to sell, is contingent and uncertain. We be lieve, on the old principle, "that in the end the usurer sweeps all into his till," as the farmer has then to deal with the monied capitalist, that he never will obtain a rise in the price of what he sells corresponding to the rise in his rent, and in the price of all which he has been obliged to buy. It should also be remembered that prices are influenced in some degree by the paper in circu lation, and the monied men with whom he has to deal have a great control over the paper cir culation, which they may, perhaps, contract in autumn and winter, when they have to buy, and expand in spring and summer, when they have to sell. The Corn-law, then, aggravates the unfavourable peculiarity in the condition of the agriculturist which we have pointed out, and makes him more indebted s and more dependent. It increases his obligations, forces him to sell, places him more at the mercy of the monied capi talist, and compels him to accept lower prices than he ought for his produce. To in crease his independence, and make him as much as possible a free agent, would be for the best interest of the farmer ; the Corn-law in creases his certain burdens, diminishes his free agency, and, by making him a greater debtor, effectually prevents him from getting rich, if it do not impoverish him. The letter of the Agriculturist contains also an important statement bearing on wages : The great bulk of the consuming population in this neighbourhood never taste meat, which they would do if bread was cheaper. I am in the habit of selling a considerable number of fat sheep to the Portsmouth butchers, and they say they cannot sell meat when bread is dear ; indeed a person may soon satisfy himself of that fact by inquiring at any town in dear years. It is said by those gentlemen, who are advocates of the pre sent Corn-laws, if you reduce the price wages would fall in a corresponding proportion, and that th labourer would not be benefited. I say quite the contrary, be cause I find in this neighbourhood that wages never do vary with the variation in produce to the full extent, and that dear years are invariably years of privation and hardship to the labourer. That is another important testimony to refute the foolish Tory theory that wages vary with the price of corn, which, on the face of it, over looks the fact that a great number of labourers arc paid monthly or yearly wages, in which changes are only made at long intervals, and are never made to correspond with the yearly fluc tuations in the price of corn. We copy from the Aberdeen Herald a state ment of the population of that city. The result of the census is " that the increase during the last ten years is not equal to the increase during the preceding ten years." " The increase in the manufacturing establishments has been much less during the last than during the preceding decennial period; and it is certain that within two years back the number of hands actually employed has been considerably diminished.' The Corn-law, then, has achieved the object for which it was passed, and is now upheld—it has checked the increase of the manufacturing popu lation. The Tories have suceeded in the devilish wo fk of stopping the growth of our towns. Betwixt the charge which we have, always urged agaii:ist the Corn-laws—namely, that they put human be; figs out of existence—and the as sertion of some of our friends, that the popula tion was advancing 2 t the rate of so many thousand persons per (I.CrY, we have always been aware of a contradiction. We adhere to our own opinion ; the result of thd Census wil l show, we think, that the increase of PoPula.. tion, the sign and source of social prosperity; has been arrested by the starvation laws, and a blo;v has been given to the healthy power of Great Britain, which may cripple her for ever. The Aberdeen Herald mentions another circum stance of some consequence, in reference to the present discussion on the Timber Duties. "In the spring of the present year nearly a hundred ship carpenters, many of them with their families, left the port to form a building establishment in one of our North American colonies." The effect, then, of the timber duties, is to drive men abroad, instead of remaining to enrich the mother country by their industry. All other necessaries for ship-building, except timber and corn, are cheaper here than in the colonies ; and if timber could be brought hither freely, on pay ing a small duty, much of the ship-building which is carried on in them would be carried on at home. Now, much as we wish to see our colonies prosperous, their prosperity ought not to be obtained at the expense of the mother country. The timber duties are a bounty to en rich them at our expense. The number of appeals made to the working classes in all the journals ought to convince them that they hold at present a very high station in political society. The. Tories are quite as sensible of their influence as the Whigs or the Radicals, but since they have discovered that it is not likely to be exerted in their favour, they deprecate its being exerted at all. We believe that their own fate and the fate of the country is now placed in the hands of the labouring classes, and one manly and simultaneous exertion on their part, one general or rather universal expression of their opinion in favour of a perfect free trade in corn, cheap bread, plenty of employ ment, and high wages, would secure the greatest change, or, we may say, the great est revolution, in the laws of the country that ever was made. Tf the populace, we assert em phatically and from knowledge, declare gene rally in favour of cheap bread, the aristocracy, whatever it may desire, will not resist the de 'nand fur justice, when backed by the power of the people. We are happy to be able to assure our readers that Lord PALMERSTON'S return for the borough of Tiverton is all but certain. The Tories will, of course, make a show of opposition against him ; but it will be a mere show ; and we doubt much whether their pet candidate, Mr. C. Ross, will even go to the poll. This is auspicious tidings, more especially when it is borne in mind that Tiverton is situated in one of the most decidedly agri cultural counties in England, and where, consequently, it might reasonably be presumed that the clamour against Corn-law Reform would be at its height. But the Devonshire farmer is no longer what he once was. The progress of events has enlightened him. Common sense has silently and gradually worked a healing influence upon his mind. The mischiefs accruing from a longsystem of Tory misrule have been brought home to his own door; and he has at length learned to discriminate between his best friends and his worst enemies. Hence when Lord PALMERSTON entered on his canvass of the Devonshire farmers, he found he had no longer prejudiced, benighted spirits to deal with, but a body of men shrewd, inqui ring, resolute, and fully capable of appreciating the sober, convincing arguments he addressed to them. His canvass was, in consequence, most flattering, and equally so the profound respect and attention with which his Address to the electors—a report of which will be found in another column of The Sun—was listened to. In this Address, which has the rare merit of being wholly devoid of anything like cant or mysticism; which speaks the truth, and speaks it boldly; which, scorning all clap-trap appeals to the passions, is directed ex clusively to the reasoning faculties of its hearers ; in this calm, convincing Address, his Lordship proves to the satisfaction of every thinking man that the Minis terial Corn-law measure—we quote his own words — instead of being an attack upon the agriculturists, is designed t 3 preserve them from changes much to their disadva ntage ." L ord PALMERSTON i s right. Corn - law Reform is a di rec t b ene fi t t o th e a griculturist ; and herein lies the secret of Tory hostility to it. These self-willed Monopolists are q uite shrewd enough to fore see that the in s t ant t h e eyes of the farmers are opened, they will fully appreciate the practical value of the Mi nisterial project ; hence their incessant endeavours to misrepresent. its character, and rouse t h e prejudices of the agriculturists by the unprincipled declaration that it is' a direct attack upon their interests. Were it really so, not a word would the Tories say . against it, but keep themselves discreetly aloof, knowing well that the blunder would immediately recoil upon the Whigs ; but its excellence, as a great re medial measure, alarms them, and they are resolved, if possible, to strangle it in the cradle ; for your true Tory hates anything that wears the aspect of sound, practical Reform, with as much cordial intensity as his kinsman and patron, the Devil, is said to hate holy water. Lord PALMERSTON was singularly happy in his strictures on the . sugar monopoly, justly remarking that it was . an oppressive tax upon the general consumer, kept up for no other pur pose than to serve the selfish interests of the West Indian planters. And yet it was but the other day that ..we voted twenty millions of hard cash to these injured innocents, for which We are now annually paying not less a sum than eight hundred thousand pounds ! Twenty millions to a set of men, who cry out that we are doing all we can to ruin them ! What a world of meaning is comprised in this one significant fact ! Sir GEORGE GREY and Mr. TUFFNELL made their public entry into Devonport on Saturday evening, sur rounded by crowds of the Liberal electors of that borough, who, with flags and banners, had gone a consi derable distance out of town to receive them. " DERny DAwsoN," brother-in-law of the would-be Premier, has taken the field as the nominee of the Tories ; and though he does not stand the shadow of a chance of being returned, the fact of his re-appearance on a stage where he has been already twice defeated, creates much excitement among the constituency. Devonport re jected Mr. D_A.WSON when in office, so that he has no thing to hope from his being a candidate for place. Better representatives in Parliament than Sir GEORGE GREY and Mr. TUFFNELL, the Liberal electors of Devon port could not desire, and right glad are we that the im portance of their public services is properly appreciated by their constituents. Letters received this morning from Devonport state the Liberal party there is nobly discharging its duty to itself and the country at large. " Down with the Corn-laws" is the motto of every Re former in Devonport. We arc given to understand that the leaders of the Liberal party at Norwich have effected a compromise with the Tories ; and that all the honest electors of that city have determined on resisting to the utmost what they justly look on as a sentence of disfranchisement. 'We conjure them to persevere in this resolution. The watch-words of every Reformer in Norwich should be no compromise—no surrender. lie should hold nothing in common with the Tories, but avoid the faction, as he would a pestilence. There can be no half-measures pur sued with safety in a case of this sort. To coalesce with a Tory is to play the part of an Iscariot, and be tray the cause of Reform. How can a man who calls him self a Liberal, assist in furthering the return of the Mar quis of Dot to ? If Norwich be true to herself—true to the cause which she professes to have so much at heart— she will lose not a moment in resisting all attempts that may be made by the mere trimming, time-serving class of her electors to compromise with the hated Tory faction. We subjoin the following spirited address, which has just been issued on the occasion :-- TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF NORWICH. Electors ! will you be sold? Will you allow your franchise and the well-being and safety of the country to be sacrified by a clique of interested individuals, who may be influential, but are not the friends of the people, if they thus sell your dearest rights? Rights for which your forefathers suffered bonds, im prisonments, and even death. You are the parties who should act, and unto you the un-enfranchised look for pro tection ;up then and be doing ! Throw off such traitors to the cause of liberty. Let your watchword be No Compromise A requisition to a most eloquent Advocate of your interests will be laid at various parts of the city, for signature, in the early part of the ensuing week,—when all who despise slavery in any shape,—who hate the monopoly of the franchise by a few —are earnestly requested to sign. Committee-room, Vineyard, Magdalen-street, June 19th, 1841. We have received the whole of the Paris journals of Friday and Saturday. They contain no political news of any interest. Baron MEUNIER having complained in the Chamber of Peers of the inhuman way in which the war was carried on in French Africa, and of the large augmentation of troops for that service, Marshal SOULT said that the recent exchange of two hundred prisoners, under the auspices of the venerable Bishop of ALGIERS, who had so benevolently taken an active part in the transaction, would, he trusted, convince the world of the desire of the French Government to give to the war in Algeria a character more in unison with the practices of civilised states. He was glad to add, that AI3D-EL-KADER himself had paid a tribute to the humanity of the French, by ordering that no more heads should be brought to him, and declaring that if any were brought the bearers should be without reward. As regarded the destruction of the dwellings and establiihments of the Arabs, he would obserVe that it was one of the necessities of war—a necessity which was unavoidable, but which also he saw with unfeigned regret. With respect to the augmenta tion of troops in Algeria, and the statement that the aug mentation was daily going on, and would be continued, he begged to say that he did not anticipate any necessity of the kind, and, on the contrary , ' thought that in a s h o :!; time the Government would be able to recal some of the t:'^ o PS." This explanation gave great satisfaction to the Cham!'er• According to (ourrier Francais, M. Hamann wtll not bring his new loan intothe money market before October. The Commerce says tha,i . Is soon as the Session of the Le gislative Chamber is officially c l .;'seti, the King will visit Eu, but will not proceed at all this year to Pau and the South of F;:tnce. The Augsburgh Gazette gives a letter front Hamburgh, of the 9th instant, asserting that Lord Palmerston has refused to ratify the Treaty entered into with the Hanseatic towns, :.s his Lordship cannot, in the present position of affairs, take upon himself to effect so great a change in the Navigation Act. Prince Paul of Wurtemberg has arrived at Stuttgardt from Paris. Prince Michael Wolkonski was married at Warsaw, on the 2d inst., to the Princess Anne Paskiewitsch, daughter of the Field-Marshal, and Maid of Honour to the Empress. Lieutenant-General Halkett has been appointed to the com mand of the Ist division of the Hanoverian infantry. A letter from Constantinople, in the Augsburg Gazette, says : " The Turkish army in Syria amounts to 20,000 men, and the troops sent to Candia to 5,000. The garrison of Constan tinople, including the guards and the artil!ery, consist of 25,000 men, and there are 5 to 6,000 men in the forts of the Dardanelles ; thus all this force amounts to only 55,0 00 men. In the capital, the provinces, the fortresses, Romelia and Asia- Minor, there are only imperfect regiments and battalions which do not amount to 50,000 men, so that the whole of the regular army is only 100,000. The mortality this year is great. The typhus fever has been raging at Constantinople since the month of January. In the four military hospitals which contain 2,000 sick. 350 to 400 have died, and every re giment has several hundred men invalided every six months. A numerous band of forgers, who have been counterfeiting the notes of the National Bank of Austria, have just been dis• covered in the Grand Duchy of Modena. Accounts from Bourg furnish us with some additional par ticulars in the affair of Besson, whose re-appearance, after having been so long beiieved to be murdered, is attended with so much mystery. On the 9th inst. the men accused, but ac quitted of the murder, and who have since been in custody on the minor charge of robbery, were released, on the denial of Besson that they were concerned in the actual attack which he admits was made upon him, and the circumstances of which are still unknown, except that it is said, on the examination of the person of Boston by men of the faculty, the scar of a slight wound above one of his shoulders has been discovered, and it appears he has been several times bled in the arm. The wit nesses on the trial of Savey for the murder have been, it ap pears, committed for perjury. Pierre Goyet persists in his declaration that he saw a man murdered by Philibert Savey, and that being caught by him at the time, he was made to lay his hand on the dead body, and swear that he would never re veal the act, adding, that he saw the body, covered with blood, the following morning in the wood of Arnac. SWINDLING.—The Emancipation of Toulouse gives the following account of an impudent attempt at swindling :—" A person assuming the name of Ribes, presented himself a short time since, to M. Dorrieu, Receiver-General of the Aude, re siding at Carcassonne, and requested to open an account with him, having arranged with M. de Bray, Receiver-General of the Haute Garonne, to pay intolll.lDurrieu's hands 150,000 fr., which that functionary was to realise for him. At the same time he produced a paper signed by M. de Bray, acknow ledging that he had received from Ribes bills to the amount stated, and for which he would give credit when received. M. Durrieu having acceded; to the request pf Ribes, this per - sonage retired, saying he intended to make purchases of pro perty in that country, and was returning to Toulouse. Two days afterwards, M. Durrieu was surprised by receiving a let ter from M. Ribes, dated at Somali, requesting a remittance o 25,600 fr., on account of the 150,000 fr., to meet an urgent and unexpected demand. M. Durrieu, before parting with the money, prudently wrote to 111. de Bray to inquire whether any of the bills in his hands had been paid. This blew up the plot, for none of them had been, nor were they likely to be realised. Informations were laid before the Magistrates of Toulouse, and Ribes has been a rrested at Narbonne, with the fraudulent documents in his possession . On Thursday the annual distribution of prizes was made in the Hall of the Institute by the Academie Francaise. M. de Jouy was in the chair, and all the most distinguished members of the Academy were present. A report was read by M, Vd lemain, and the prizes were then given away. One of 5,000 f. was awarded to M. Reybaud, author of " Studies on Modern Socialists, St. Simon, Fourier, and Owen ;" another of 3,000 f. to M. Dubourg, for his " Life of Cardinal de Cheverus," and several smaller prizes were declared. Th e p rize of p oetr y was given to M. A. Deseessarts, for his work on " The Infancy of Civilization and of Christianity in the East." The first Gobert prize was declaredto be still due to M. Augustin Thierry ; and the second.was awarded to M. Bazin, for his " History of France under Louis XIII." The sitting ended with a report by the President on the Monthyon prizes for humane conduct, and with their distribution. ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. —A large and distinguished as semblage, among whom were General Coletti , the Greek Am bassador, Count G as p ar i n , M. GeotTroi, of the Institute , M. Isms:ben, and M. F. Delessert, met on Wednesda y evening at the Hotel Meurice, to listen to the philanthropic expositions and arguments of Messrs. Forster, J. J. and Samuel Gurney, members of the London Society for the Abolition of Slavery, against that inhuman system. The business of the evening was opened by Mr. Forster, who briefly explained the great ob ject of the Society, and the beneficial results it has produced during the sixty years it has existed. I .llr. J. J. Gurney then took apneral view of the state of slavery in America and the West Indies, proving, by facts collected by itisia,7!lf during his recent travels in those countries, the salutary etfeets of the emancipation of the negroes in the British colonies ; and by detailing the present flourishing condition of the island of Antigua, he showed that the abolition might have been effected without previous apprenticezhip, and even with. out any indemnity to the slave-owner s. Durin g his address, Mr. J. J. Gurney was repeatedly interrupted by loud plaudits; Mr. Samuel Gurney depicted the frightful state of the slaves in the island of Cuba and other colonies, and demonstrated the necessity for France to follow the example of England in abo lishing slavery in her settlements. M. Francois Delessert re turned thanks to the three phililithropists, expressing a hope that France may soon be induced to follow in the footsteps of England, and take a decisive part in these measures, so greatly in the interest of moralityland humanity. The assembly sepa rated at eleven o'clock, full of admiration for the three mem- bars of the Society of Friends, who have devoted a large por. Lion of their lives and fortunes to promote so sacred a cztre. These gentlemen had bt en on Tuesday evening presented at the soiree of M. Guizot, where they received from the Minister and many eminent men numerous marks of interest and esteem. Galignani. We have received the following letter : " Totmorr, JUNE 15.—The Acheron steamer, which was sent from our port on the 27th of May, with de.patches from the French Consul at Canea, in the isle of Candia, returned yesterday. This vessel left Candia on the sth, and has not to perform quarantine, as it has had no communication on the way. " Tahir Pacha, the Turkish High Admiral, was there with twelve vessels, one of which is a frigate bearing his flat , anti two steamboats; the rest are transports. Th e 9,000 Turks and Albanians who have been landed in the island, have com menced operations against the insurgents. A very smart ac tion had taken place in the plain some leagues distant from Suda. The Turks say that they had the advantage, and that the whole coast and the plain are free ; the insurgents, they say, are driven into the mountains. One fact is certain, namely, that in consequence of the blockade the insurgents eould not receive anything from Greece, and were in want of arms and ammunition ; but they had armed themselves with lancer, pickaxes, and other instruments; they had very few muskets. It was said in the country that the Turks would never be able to penetrate into the mountains. There was an English frigate at Canea. The Semaphore, of Marseilles, of the 15th, says—" A tele graphic despatch from Toulon, received here yesterday, an nounces that the Dante, Levant packet, which has been ex pected at Marseilles ever since the 11th, had been obliged to put into Civita Vecchia, having sustained some damage. " In consequence of this despatch the Leonidas is ordered to go and take the Dante in tow, and bring it to Marseilles. We do not know whether the despatches which the Dante had on board will be given to some other steam-boat before the ar rival of the Leonidas."—Le Commerce. _ _ _ BOURSE-PARIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 19. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents ll4 50 ... 114 70 ... 1 4 50 ... 114 70 4 per Cents 99:0 ... 99 30 ... 99 20 ... 99 30 3 per Cents. ex. div 76 65 76 65 ... 76 6..; ... '76 65 Bank of terance Latlitte Bank 1.0001. SI ares 1077 50 ...1C77 50 ...1675 ...1075 5,000 f. Shares 5185 ...5165 ...5185 ...5185 Belgian Bank 5 per Cents. New Loan 1(1% ... 1 1% ... 101% ... 101% Dutch 23y per Cents. ... 53 ... 13 ... 53 ... L 3 spatinsh Active :3% ... 23% ... t 3% ... t 394 Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% Neapolitan lO2 25 ... 162 25 ... 132 , • 5 ... ,02 25 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L 8..... ... ... R. B 335 ... 345 ... 332 5'J ... 335 Rouen 455 ... 455 ... 4:5 ... 455 • Strasburg to Bale 231 25 ... 131 25 ... 231 25 .. 231 25 Orleans . 4BB 75 ... 488 75 ... 468 75 ... 4EB 75 It has been stated, on what appears good authority, that Lord Roden is drawing a sinecure of 2,7001., one of the old remanets of Tory Government. His Lordship is one of the active supporters of Sir R. Inglis's visionary scheme of taxing the people to build new churches. Has it never struck this respectable and pious nobleman that he might afford a good example of zeal in this holy cause, by devoting some part of his sinecure towards the promotion of what he deems so essential an object ? As his son, Lord Jocelyn, is one of the Tory candidates for Leeds, should this meet the eye of the electors, they will probably give him a hint on the subject at the hustings. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Although the Stock Market was rather thinned to-day by the attractions at Woolwich, those parties who remained to do business seemed to entertain a better opinion of the Market, and the consequence was an im provement in Consols from 894 to +, to 894 to 4. Ex chequer Bills of 1,0001., were firm at 6 to 8 premium, while the Small Bills touched 10 to 12 premium. Bank Stock was worth 168 to 169, being a rally of 4 per Cent. India Bonds brought 1 discount to 1 premium. South Sea Old Annuities were at 87*, the Long An nuities at 12 13-16, the Reduced Three and a Half per Cents at 98* to 4, and the Three per Cent Annuities at 894 to 4. The same inanition was perceptible again to-day in the Foreign Market, and the quotations evinced no symptoms of a rally. The settlement to take place on the 30th inst., promises to be as unimportant as that last effected. The New Portuguese Five per Cents. were heavy at 33 to 4, and the Three per Cents. at 19*. Spanish Active Bonds were dull at 22 for Money, and 224 for Account ; Mexi can Bonds were at 27 to 264, a slight decline ; Colom bian at 204 to 21 ; Chilian at 605 to 60i ; and Brazilian at 674 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 524 to 1. and the Five per Cents. 99 1 1 to 100. Shares had a moderate sale at rather favourable rates, viz., Great Western Railway, 254 to 26 ; The New, 114 ; the Fifths, 61 ; the South Western, 144 to 154 ; the North Midland Thirds 4- ; and the Eastern Counties Debentures 24 premium ; Birmingham and Gloucester were 36 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow 2 ; Brighton 6 ; and Manchester and Leeds New, 184- discount ; British North American Bank Shares were 3* discount, and London and Westminster, 2 premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) A Lisbon mail has arrived, brought by the Tagus steamer. The Tagus left Gibraltar on the 10th, Cadiz 11th, Lisbon 14th, Oporto 15th, and Vigo 16th. By the above arrival we have intelligence from Lisbon of the 14th of June.. It appears that a decree has been issued under the date of the 26th of May, approving the conditions of the contract made between the Government and the Confianee Company. The Company areto furnish the Government with 4,200,000 rs. in money, and 1,200,000 in lawful papers of the debt posterior to the 31st July, 11 , 33. It also appears that the project of the loan about to be contracted between the Government and the tobacco contract for the payment of the dividends enters to-day;nto discussion in the Chamberof Deputies. There is not a word respecting the treaty with England. Further particulars will be found in another part of the paper. A list of the new Ministry has been published. tIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 19.—The improve ment of the Cotton Market still continues. We noticed to-day the sale of 4,000 bales entirely to the trade. The prices are firm at Friday's quotations. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE I9.—A very limited business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange this day : —London and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 23 ; Ditto new, 24 ; London and South Western, 54. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNK . 19.—Our Market still continues depressed. London and Birmingham, 157 to 158 ; Ditto New Thirds, 24 to 2.1; ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 53i ; Manchester and Leeds, 52 to 53 ; London and Birmingham, 23 to 23%; Bank of Manchester 6 ; South Lan cashire Banks, 51. We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 14th April. These papers are entirely void of any news ; they are filled with intelligence from England, and the Queen's Speech. We have also received Hobart-town Papers to the 20th of February. " We have received advices from New Zealand to the 2d of February from the Company's settlement, from which place the Lord Sidmouth has brought up 50 emigrants." We learn from Havanilla that the natives, in the event of any land being taken away from the original English pur chasers, by Captain Hobson's Commission, are determined to resume it, and arc preparing to defend their rights by force of arms. They have collected a great quantity of fire-arms and ammunition ; the natives still retain the best land, nor will they sell it except at the most advantageous rates, and they will not work without payment in dollars. The na tives begin to look with jealousy upon the fresh arrivals of English intruders. We have been favoured with a letter from a gentleman in Port Nicholson, which gives a far mere favourable view of the settlement, and the prospects of the country, than any we have yet received in this colony. We shall in our next number make some extracts. Portz Pm LI P. —During the year 1840 the number of vessels anchored in the harbour of Port Philip has been of such a magnitude as to be altogether unprecedented in the annals of colonization. Exclusive of Sunday, there has been a daily average of arrivals throughout the year to the number of 313 ; tons 51,938. HOBA RT Tow x, FEB. 18.—The markets have had a slight tendency to , decline : since our last report considerable quan tities have arrived, some of which went off on the wharf at Bs. 9d. Wheat Bs. 6d. to 9s. 3d. Oats 53. to ss. 6d. Barley, English, ss. to ss. fid. Hay 7s. to 7s. 6d. per cwt. New Hay 41. 15s. to Si. 10s. per ton. Potatoes 14s. to 16s. per cwt. By the Hamburgh mail arrived of the 18th June, we have received Papers of the same date, bringing the exchange upon London 13. 5, a quarter of a shilling lower than per last ac count ; Gold 429 ; Metalliques 1063 ; Bank Actions 1,648. We have received the JOU) nal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDATtI, JUNE 18.—Some business has been doing in Integrals, still the prices have not varied much. The Actions of the Society of Commerce have improved owing to the announement of the dividend of 1840 to-day, which was fixed at 75 florins. Accounts from Amsterdam state that Prince Joinville will return to the Hague at the end of August; on his marriage ith Princess Sophia, daughter of Hind Guillaume, it is expected he will receive a marriage fortune of 5,000,000 florins. What with canvassing for the approaching' elections, and the launch of that noble man-of-war, the Trafalgar, at Woolwich, business as well as speculation in the Funds will be entirely neglected this day. A great number of the members of the Stock Exchange will leave soon, to be present at the launch. Consuls, which left off on Saturday at 89* *for the Account, opened at the same quotation this morning; Reduced, 891 *; Three-and-a-Half Reduced, 9SA-; Exchequer Bills, 6 8 prem. ; Bank Stock, 168 169 ; India Bonds, 1 dis. 1 prem. In the Foreign Market the prices as yet are nominal— Spanish Active left off en Saturday at 22*, opened at 21i 22 *; Deferred, l o j 1; Passive , 4 i 5 1; Po r t u guese , 33 * ; Three per Cents., 191 20 ; Brazilian, 671 681; Mexican, 27*; Colombian, 201 21 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 1; Five per Cents., 99 1 A 100. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 631 to Edinburgh and Glasgow 4O 3Bl to Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton - JOINT STOCX BANKS. London and Westminster • .. 20 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 15. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 97 ; Grand Canal 5t0ck......... 5t0ck......... — Ditto Reduced ...... I Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... 85k Ditto New, 1830, 974 I Ditto 4 per cent . . 4 36 per Cent. Deb 5....... 90h [ Royal Canal Stock Although no business of any consequence has been done dur ing the morning in the British Funds, ne vertheless Consols continue firm, and have rather improved from the morning price of 894 to 894 a for the Account ; Reduced, 894 4 ; Three-and-a-Half Reduced, 98h % • Exchequer Bills have advanced one shilling, 6 8 prem. ; Bank Stock,l6B 169 ; India Bonds, 1 dis. 1 prem. Half the members of the Stock Exchange have already left, to proceed to Woolwich to be present at the launch, and the remainder are expected to follow. In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Active 22, heavy ; Mexican, rather lewer, 26 1 7 ,- ; Colombian, 204 21! Chilian, 64) 4 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52 4 4; Five per Cents. 994 100. SHARES.—The Share Market is deserted. Birmingham and Gloucester 634; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 33 4 ; Great North of England, 901 91; London and Brighton, 434 44. Ilre have a great number cf ship-letters this morning, but most of them are of old dates. The attracti on o f the Trafalgar launch has thinned the City of even some of its most business-like occupants, and thtfs served to add to that decided appearance of dulness that has already so lon g characterized allmercantile operations. Judging from the declarations up to the present time, we are not likely to have any very great activity in the produce markets this week. There are further sales of Tea again to-morrow, and this cheelci speculation in the article, and makes prices heavy. From Liverpool it is satisfactory to learn that the Cotton Markt't was still brisk. Consols, Account, 89a sellers; Mexican, 27 27i; Spanish, 22i Although there is scarcely any thing doing, the markets gene rah}, have a tendency upwards. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 169 India Stock — 3 per Cent Red B9a Ditto Bonds , 1 3 per Cent Cons — Ditto Old Annuities ... 87; 3i per Cent Red 9 4. Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent — Ex. Bills, 1,000/. ...2id Bpm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 Bpm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860 l2 12-16 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct. 1859 l2 11.16 India Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. — nsols for Opg 89i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian 80nd5.... 67L Buenos Ayres. 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent 6% Colombian, 6 per cent 2l Ditto, 1 824. Danish, 3 per cent. Greek, ISz5, 5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent 26i Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et Portuguese, 5 per cent 33 Ditto, New Ditto loi Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 per cent Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent 22 Ditto, Deferred . 101 French, 5 per cent.ll4f. 25c. Exchange .. —f. —c. French, 3 per cent. —f. —c Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 524 Ditto, 5 per cent 100 SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 63 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) . . .... Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway(4o paid) Great Western Railway (65 paid) - Ditto New Shares (50 paid -= 619 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) lO.l London and Brighton (50 paid)... 44 London and South Western Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... .. Ditto New Shares (30 paid) North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto Thirds ( 5 paid) riELGIAN I. UNDS—Buussius, JUNE 19. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ....... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. .... 3 per Cent — ------... (1340) lo o`4 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. Bl% Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent es Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 74 NationalSeciety. ..... — Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, June 18. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Jima 12 Five per Cents. Metalliques • 105?4 Four per Cents Three per Cents. Bank Shares —Allgemeine &Rung. June 16 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JUNE IS. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares l64s Anglo. Russian Loan lOl4 107% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Seies lO2 10136 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th ' Series ... 9,34 --- Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) 875,, Se% Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe. Cent 5034 Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ............. Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent.. Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 1834 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. _ Thirty.seven ..... •- •vv. HAMBURG, JURE 18.-13 6%.—Two months, 13 5 PETERSBURGE, JUNE 11.—Two months, 38 tt.l6 pence COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. It was at tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial Departments, the, President of the Board of Control, the First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Lord Steward, and the Lord Chamberlain. Her Majesty's Speech on closing the Session of Par liament this day was arranged and agreed upon. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Lans downe and Viscount Melbourne. _ - . • • • The Court was attended by Lord Poltimore, Lord in Waiting; the Vice-Chamberlain; Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; and the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal Suite, left town soon after one o'clock yesterday afternoon for Woolwich Dock-yard to witness the launch of the Trafalgar. The Royal party left Buckingham Palace in the following order :—ln the first carriage and fourwere the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, and the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Suther land. In the second carriage and four were thelady in Waiting, Lady Barham; the Master of the Horse, Earl of Albemarle; the Lord Steward, Earl of Erroll; and the Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Uxbridge. In the third carriage and four were the Maids of Honour in Waiting, Hon. Miss Paget and Hon. Miss Anson`; the Lord in Waiting, Lord Poltimore • and the Lord in Waiting on Prince Albert, Lord George Lennox In the fourth carriage and four were the Groom in Waiting, General the Hon. Sir William Lumley; the Master of the Household, the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray; the Treasurer to Prince Albert, Mr. George Edward Anson; and Dr. Proetorius. In the fifth car riage and four were, the Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, Colonel Wemyss; and the Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. A party of Hussars escorted the Royal party. The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Baron Knesebeck, left Cam bridge House for Woolwich, to witness the launch of the Trafalgar. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Lord - Poltimore, Hon. Charles A. Murray, lion. Sir William Lumley, Colonel Wemyss, and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the Italian Opera-house with their presence last eveni4-. Mr. Charles Buller had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil sat yesterday. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, the Judge or the Prerogative Court, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Dr. Lushington. Mr. Pemberton, the Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Purton Cooper, Queen's Counsel, for the appellants, and Sir William Follett, for the respondents, were heard in a petition of appeal of Porral v. the Right Reverend H. Hughes, from the Supreme Court of Gibraltar. Some other motions and petitions having been disposed of, an appeal from British Guiana was heard by the Court. Their Lordships rose shortly before four o'clock. THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S FETE AT CHISWICK. On Saturday afternoon the Duke of Devonshire gave a splendid chjeuner at his beautiful villa at Chiswick, to her Ma jesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. It was a very select party, the invitations being limited to not more than 120, so that the visit of the Queen may be consi dered as private. The preparations, however, were governed with that princely display whieh always accompanies the fetes of the Noble Duke. The grounds, owing to the recent rains, were beautiful, and the taste with which they are laid out is so well know to all the nobility as to render a descriptive notice altogether unnecessary. Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert, attended by Lady Barham, Lady in Waiting ; Lord Poltimore, Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. Miss Paget, Maid of Honour; Col. Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting ; and Lord G. Lennox and Sir E. Bowater who were in attendance on his Royal Highness Prince Albert, arrived at a quarter past one o'clock, and on alighting from the Royal car riage, the Queen and Prince were received by the Duke of De vonshire and Duchess of Sutherland, and were conducted to the Grand Saloon, where were the Duke and Duchess of Su therland, the Marquis of Stafford and the Ladies Leveson Gower, Marquis of Normanby, Earl and Countess of Carlisle, and Lady Mary Howard, Viscount Duncannon, Lady Polti more and family, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Burlington's family, Lord J. Russell, with Lord Ribblesdale and family, Viscount and Viscountess Leveson and Sir J. D'Acton, Lady Dover with Lord Clifden and family; Lady Caroline Lascelles and family, Lady Charlotte Greville, Mr. C. Greville, Hou. C. C. and Lady Catherine Cavendish and family,llr. G. and Mrs. Cavendish, Mr. R. Cavendish, Mrs. W. Cavendish, Lady Fanny Howard, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Brand, and other branches of the Cavendish, Howard, and Leveson Gower families. The Queen and his Royal Highness partook of a sumptuous dejeuner, consisting of the choicest delicacies, and served in a style of great splendour. Owing to the uncertain state of the weather, her Majesty was unable to promenade the delightful gardens that surround the villa, and consequently the entertainment was within doors. At a quarter to five her Majesty and Prince Albert took leave of the noble host, and departed with the Royal attend ants far Buckingham Palace, the band in the vestibule playing the National Anthem, both on the arrival of the illustrious visitors and on their departure: A highly respectable assemblage congregated on each side of the road to the Duke's mansion from Turnham-green, and greeted the Queen and Prince with slight cheering. It was, for some time, a generally received opinion, that the climate and soil of South Australia were uncongenial to the growth of wheat, barley, pota toes, &c. This idea, we have reason to believe, got afloat, from the circumstance of some persons having in the early part of the colony's existence, failed in raising crops during the summer, and on land turned up for the first time. The absurdity of this opinion, which was for some time prevalent, will now become apparent to every one who will take the trouble to ride or walk a few miles into the country in any direction around the capital. In the course of compiling this publication, we have ourselves had occasion to visit most of the settled districts in the colony, and we can affirm, from personal observation, that most of the crops we have seen could not be surpassed anywhere. We have seen wheat gathered, within the last fortnight, . which will produce fifty bushels an acre; and we believe the farmers will bear us out in the assertion, that produce of all grain that was sown in proper season will average thirty bushels an acre. In many parts of the country —in the Mount Barker district pArticniarly—the Nocci had been put in too late; and wherever this has been the case, the prbduce of the crops will be indifferent, This unseasonableness of sowing is to be attributed to the circumstance of the settlers, M almost every instenee, not having obtained their land until about May, June, and July. The utmost confidence, however,. exists as to the capabilities of the soil and climate even among those whose crops will be a partial failure this season ; R.Tid no better proof of the existence of this confidence can be had town the fact that almost ever y• *tau: is pre• paring a double, many a triple and q - 40 : co:qpi9 qqaiit4y of land against next seed time.—South. ifilstralion News. CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS ' ItEguLATIoN AO'F? The Apt of P4rliaglnt which receilT4 tllO Uyill A4sent on the 7th of August last, will commence its operation on the Ist of the next month, as will be seen by; reference to the 4th Clause—but the complete exercise of its powers will be suspended until the Ist of July, 1842. MaRN' ENG ED PrlOt_; - SOUTH DUR 11 AM. Libe- We observe that while Mr. Bowes, the ral Member for South Durham, one side by a Tory, in the person of a 111 r. Jagl e i', Farrer, a knot of injudicious men, professing Libe to ral opinions in Darlington, are endeavouri,g oppose him also, because his views on the subjeet of the Corn-laws do not exactly square with their own. We think Mr. Bowes wrong in the view. he takes on this subject, but a snore manly ana is opposed on honourable statement we never read than ones, address to the electors of his county. Mr. B owe : it seems, prefers a moderate fluctuating duty r a fixed duty. We apprehend th at the greatf t art of those who stand up with the Go vernor for the fixed duty, would append descending in amount as corn rose to the Pri k e _ of 1839 and 1840. The difference, therefore, _uu: tween these contending parties is, in a n prole e. bility, only a difference of words. Yet on a we count of such a difference on a single P° illt lg r , see a band of Libe . rals agitating against the , Bowes with as much heat and industry' as i f U., to it a sea . el l had been retained for that purpose by the 181) r i • be patrons of South Durham, Lords Loudonde 1 and Eldon. The Darlington gentry better to give up all to an enemy, than anytil'.% whatever to a friend. We presume that ti„, leaders of this agitation are persons of too much substance and respectability to be in treat)" w l in the agents of the Tory party—(the party wb ° de , we hear Lord Londonderry has supplied with their vices, and Lord Eldon with money, e objects), but on occasions of this sort, honest In 3 . should not place themselves in ambi,,(ruons,jle think. it tions, and it becomes Mr. Parker and " -ha - e to look well to what they a re about. W e o lr a thought it right to make these observations he account of the respect in which we hold the Member for South Durham. We remember 1. assiduous support which he has given, as a 31 : 1 - 11- ber of Parliament, to the unfortunate an s ay, treated Danish claimants, and we mus t having been observers of his conduct, tha t a orve just and conscientious Liberal, a more attentlgh, representative, or a more courteous and,rilinny minded English gentleman, the House 0 ' `— mons does not contain. CENSUS OF ABERDEEN• popes The Lord Provost has kindly permitted us to p the official Abstracts and Notes relative to the ° P t he tion of Aberdeen. There are three columns under title Houses-Ist, unoccupied ; 2d, uninhabited. oy GENERAL ABSTRACT.—PARLIAMENTARY BOVN9TotaI Parishes. Houses. Families. M. East ........ 408 ... 23 ... I ... 1,015 ... 2,204 ... ": West j 728 ... 16 ... 0 ... 2,473 ... 4,578 • 5 10 North South .. 313 ... 13 ... 1 ... 1,020 ... 1,662 ... • t r • i g Greyfriars St. Clement's 409 S ... C ... 1,649 ... 3,268 ... 3 0 78 " Old Machar, part of 2,822 ... 96 ...11 ... 6,390 —.11,203 ...1 5 514 0 Branch Dev , part of 2 ... 0 ... 0 ... 2 8 ... ." ls Total 5,520 —179 ...15,172 :..27,591 1 1 " ABSTRACT OF THE ROYALTY. 41. 12 " Total 3,703 ...107 ...I2 ...11,533 —20;787 NOTES. will D e From the annexed summary and abstract s ~',3 " . „ iatsri seen that 63,262 persons abode within the Pon sll o ' boundary of the City of Aberdeen, on the night ° • t h the day the 6th of June. Comparing this number w!, on ly return for 1831 (58,019), the apparent incr ease int o ac' 5,243, but there are circumstances to be taken, much count which show that the actual increa se Is greater. 0 1(1 In the first place, the whole of the parisi. 0 31; Machar was included in the Census of the CitY I°la f 0 13 while, by the new arrangements, the portion liar, Machar that lies beyond the Don, and within- theo, liamentary boundary, containing a populatiou of 1,4 excluded. ble t"/ Secondly . .—lt has been found quite iraprarrlca obtain, by Inquiry on the part of the enumerate lop thing like an accurate account of the persons trseretorn or at sea, on the night of the 6th of June, but 0 3 4 0 * that has been furnished by the Collector of `-'lltbere shows that of seamen alone, belon g ing to the p oi. " must have been absent upwards of 2,000. f IS 3/ Thirdly.—lt is understood that the censils, ° .40 0 included all the persons who usually residen eau' the boundaries ; while on this occasion the biaing meration was confined to such as were $ will; on the night of the 6th of June. This ru l e no doubt, add to the accuracy - of the :s ec t 0 ' return: for the kingdom, but it must have the e' to ,o o decreasing the apparent population .of such larg e n trv., er as send a number of their inhabitants to the at, ttil s watering- places at this season. Aberdeen, f,r 9- t lees! cause alone, must have suffered to the extent or ° o & 500. In the west end of the city, many of the' houses are occupied by a single domestic. of t 1 1! In estimating, therefore; the actual population w , ¢ 3 in city, for the purpose of comparison with what it ofer 1831, these three circumstances ought not to be looked. The account would then stand thus 1 , 4 Persons who abode within the Parliamentary 6 3," boundary on the night of the 6th June........ Persons who abode within the northern istrict 1 ,4 9 ' of Old Machar Seamen (say) Belonging to families gone to the country ••••" Population of Old Machar and St. Nicholas, in 6 7,9 5 : 1841 Ditto in 1831 ...... ............................. . O P' Actual increase ................... , to th e . This increase (16 per cent.), though eqin ual",ropt° computed increase over the country, is not ;0. '' ar tion to the local increase in the preceding to Le *AI; 1821, the population of St. Nicholas and OP' 58, 0 : t i was only 44,796, and in 1831, it had risen , t° ,rhe A note to the return for 1831 says - l i to crease of population is chiefly attributed ' to increase of manufacturing establishments, an tensive public works which have been ill Pr" 1, 5 ht some years. Of the labourers, not agriculturai'll are employed in executing improveme nts to rn, „: harbour." It tells against the prese nt re• ro e comparison with the former, that there on tbs t harbour or other great improvements going sit hoeV A require an influx of stranger labourers ; for, su ito_a the new market and some other large " to 0 ,.40 , are in progress, they do not appea r t he L',; • more hands than are usually employed bY M ing tradesmen. The increase in the manufacturl-the blishments, too, has been much less durigl is eP t than the preceding decennial period ; en d l ra beri tain that, within two years back, the l' u , .idervr, hands actually employed has been e °° w .11 `5 9 diminished. The northern whale-fish er Y' f bs e l , 4 used to furnish employment for a number ° ui in Aberdeen, and must have helped to k e , el l ) , of ; f amount of the population, has, since the na l i o gen o f former census, gradually decayed, ' and is now a gi ber i. abandoned ; and it is understood that the con!, persons employed in the salmon fisheries iles,'. - Asb e e ',c derably decreased. It is true that the herrlast ' c oo has been carried on to some extent within the s w bo 0, years, but it is chiefly conducted by straug, a nd not arrive in the town till the month of .J lo 3 l ' reta r ly consequently, are not included in the cena as ,,,. s la b 0 Besides increasing its population, Aberdeen lout, P swelled, to some extent, the tide of eingrati°_,,tin sent a number of artisans and spinners to the li ° laua dr e el f ; and, in the spring of the present year, n early a o f ship-carpenters, many of them with their fer n it , one this port, to form a ship-building establislulleAt the North American colonies. a t. 1 id On the whole, there is reason to believe tha n t , 1 0 11 census had been taken in 1836 or 1837, Ab er ,r d i e l ? i s suP„ e gl; have had a larger return than it now hag. -1 , 0 n.b.., 0 ",. 4 sition is greatly corroborated by the fact th_ r a;; t i o e since that time, numerous old houses in t - . c t el e 0 _ the Gallowgate, the Vennel, and a whol e Green (see decrease in the South Parish) l'al v ot he r cleared out to make way for improvements, ah oy 0 1 011 causes, there has been no perceptible rise in ki r % carti' t o and little or no demand for new buildings• a hundred families must have been turned out er • p lat e . site of the New Market alone ; and, in the OE e 0 1 ,9' be Or united, nearly as many houses must have . n t he 0 ,4 nanted. There has been but little increase ' , ea rsf L • her of dwelling-houses during the last ten ) the such as have been built have been chieflY ftg the middle and. wealthy classes.—Aberdeen H era beep h . v ., ~ BEES ,v. GOSLINGS.--There migh t "" a cr a° ' seen, not long' ago,at Drum, parish of liiirkbeol,o7ooes and gander with a thriving brood of gosling s 'i l icb , f 0 about the farm-yard, or paddling in the born i'y Past the by limpid springs of Criffel Hill, runs sweetliali gtO 0 houSe. On Sunday week, as the family wer, e , re el t 4 to church, the birds were turned into a sralu r i t i c fo% e prevent them from straying within the rang ssures Of or other vermin, which haunt the granitle 3 0'0 63 Criffel. In this green there happened r ° geese wedo bees, and in escaping the. foxes the poor gee s ., 0 05 51 , 10 badly as possible : how the war begun it 15 ,la j rcilt: o l4 to say ; but, when the inmates returned from h v e - il . ke acts. whole flock were found in great agtall t " - il i ed t p . 1 , having been dreadfully stung by the veaorno eny d ot In a short time, the. old gander and all his Prl i t hat l i e while mother goose herself alone recovered, 3 0 11 i, c oa, i'S without the greatest difficulty. Insects in„ . but (bf of are often annoying and troublesome e nougP i lic h 9 13 : 0 4 almost the Only instance we know din ",hick this oat the class have inflicted a positive injury (" 1 upon the larger animals.--Dumfries CO"ric". rovivaite ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO ) - 6 ^ o ,aajr , ~t „ l it e a 2.3, t I 6 A t 4 G , , t A ut r Z i t I 7 1t 1 ,o . and a TerAl.tenr33aft9otterhcmitbphltyewthase pmoawdlroninNlargeadi'lroo-e,;iitog- eer, appears piously foreed open, victl All o t f o th h e v aff e strong iron instrument, applied to the lock wu 7,, i0 1L re c; the bar in its proper position and though ore a t to f,. a ° 0 , pppaadrleoncktlys haactirhoe,e,..ob. r. . ,,, ° 0 r rc o t .,s it open, A reward of 10/. has been offered. . des' e b n e d en er u s. s — ed, C tro 5 Of our t 115 • BREAD AND BACON.—One 0- ~..s t re" of men, Mr. Young, bacon-factor, of Mary-por'„,b.itiollhas adopted_ iS P ~.a ts i or a novel plan of testifying his d ,1 1 11- ' cc ~v' " it resisted all ei,,,for 0 ,„.., the Corn-laws. From one of is dooriTC Ir e o .holbh' s clee... iii appended an immense tlitelt of 100 '" we ll h e - ti. e l - - 41'44( 11, 10WeN iioo and 300 lbs., whit , ~ , lsb ev erY rated wit h p i n k an d oran ge ribbons, atl",,,bicli ,8,0i.9 seribed iii red letters "Real Berkeley bae?toa V ( c o , man Might keep in his house if the icrvi.,iging__,bi., abollshed." From the opposite post, in &r ob ot 'l'ol trast, hangs a diminutive flitch, weighl"7l 0 )1-0 e 4 0Ft decorated with blue favours, and inscribc:(: i6,_,40 man finds Fripp bacon, which a it dipcuirtisoor,. , fer . 94 the wionopolists and the baker. -A 3 . E. .