The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-29 00:00:00

ITOWCIN SUN. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND übitir Optitton. " Who runs may read." PUSLIC crxNxoN. --- The Chronicle takes the Post to task for its incon /asten c y in observing that " most people have much more Interest in the cheapness of money than in the cheapness Of anything else," and yet at the same time crying up t he political merits of Sir R. Peel, who, as our Contem- Porary observes, " did more by his Currency Bill, to- Wards making money dear, than any Minister by any one Act, either before or since." '1 he Chronicle then proceeds to hint at some of the projected swindlings of t he Tories, and among others, their not improbable s Oleme. of cheating the freeholder and all annuitants. A s the faction has not, never had, and never will have, a , sh re d of pr i nc i ple i n i ts composition, it is not likely to b e diverted from any plausible project simply because it 1 2!ay . be dishonest. Political 'dishonesty is the rule of Tory conduct—honesty is merely the exception. The Herald has some laboured hits at the Chronicle 10 r insisting on the independence and supremacy of the Scotch farmers ; but adds, by way of salvo, that the c Scotch counties deserve praise for having returned two C onservative Members for one Whig throughout. Con descending praise like this, from so influential an autho titY as the Herald, must be highly gratifying to Scotland ! --- The Post adduces the authority Mr. Huskisson to Prove that the Corn-laws, instead of being a curse, are a comfort and a blessing to the community ; and adds that it 18 a mere fraud to assert that the Whig policy on the subject " are in the spirit of Mr. Huskisscn's policy." Our Contemporary, we suppose, will next endeavour to Show that Reform and Toryism mean one and the same thi ng ; and that in advocating enlarged principles of free trade, Mr. Huskisson only meant to advocate prohibi tion in all its strictness. The Times is in raptures with the old institutions of the country, observing that " they have produced a . highe r standard' of' morality and practical religion than C an elsewhere be found." Strange, that, thus thinking, !,nr Contemporary should have laboured so hard to pull u°wo these "old institutions." Who more strenuous in abolishing the boroughmongering system, which—as the 14? 0 ries were constantly observing—formed the very tit', ° undation-stone of all good Government, and deprived (!'r whose support, the " old institutions" bf the country 1 , 4 1° 1114 - no longer exist ? We sincerely believe that there " not a single." old institution" that has not at one time or other, been the object of our Contemporary's bitterest hostility .and ridicule. To day, the " old institutions of th e country" are all` that is precious and sacred in his Yes—to-morrovr, perhaps, their- very antiquity may be hateful and obnoXibus to him The Adverti§er persists in attributing the results of t he elections to " the enormous folly" of Ministers in tilrewing themselves into the arms of the Tories. The Whigs l : have certainly been delinquents in this respect , to the extent insisted on by our Contemporary. L . - - The Ca m b r idge Advertiser, alluding. to the rapacity ° I the Tories, compares Sir Robert Peel to Act:eon, ob serving that " he is in danger of being devoured by his a t " dogs," and that as he " walks the streets, the sha dow of some disappo,inted Tory, worn and thin, will darken his path, pleading unrepaid services, and breath -4 out threatenings of desertion." The Brighton Guardian states, that the Whigs should hold no terms whatever with Sir Robert Peel's party, as it comes into office " expressly to uphold in justice, and to levy taxes on the bulk of the people for be hoof of a few." The Dublin Pilot confidently expresses its oponion, and argues forcibly on the hypothesis, that the Whigs Mu very shortly be reinstated in office. and FOIZ G ZIN. riots at Toulo Christina's protest, d„ Bohn Russell's use, addre Q ss ueen to the electors of Lon ' i --' are the pr i nc i pa l su bj ec t s discussed in the French 1-, cnir Pals of M on d a y. The deliberate vengeance of the G overnment is displayed in the number of arrests which are daily taking place in Toulouse. It appears to have Provoked crime to show with what ruthlessness it could Punish it. The Constitutionnel warmly applauds Lord John Itussell's political manifesto, and prelets that the Tories gill find him a troublesome customer in the new Par- went. The Courrier Francais says that the Whig Minis trY in remaining in office till the meeting of Parliament are making a sacrifice to the personal feelings of the Queen, who objects to the delivery of a speech framed Sir Robert Peel. The London correspondent of the Vebats expresses a similar conviction. The legitimist journal La France observes that Q u eeni. Christina hai only herself to blame for her mis fortunes. In giving a constitution to Spain she dug the 1 3 .4 into which she has fallen. The France is too hard upon ; -11 ristina. She did not voluntarily give a constitution to Pain. It was wrung from her. The legitimists have ° cause to quarrel with the ex - Regent f or her love of de mocracy. It was not love of liberty, but dread of Car -1 rBlll , that impelled Christina to sign a charter of rights, Which the Cortes were prepared, and very justly, to as Bert independently of her. The King and Queen of the Belgians had apart :gents prepared for them at the Tuileries on Monday. It 18 well for Belgium that King Leopold's Royal pro gresses are made with less state than Mo narchs usuall y • 'Play, as otherwise the revenues of the kingdom would ot defray his travelling expenses. Not but we hail with luereased delight every renewal of his Majesty's presence ; 111 ° 11 g us. In England, Leopold and his Con sort are 4v ourites with all classes. The destination of Admiral Hugon's squadron is no . l onger a mystery. Three ships of the line are to remain in ebservation before Tunis, and the rest will watch the p r ogress of events in Syria and Egypt. We ought not to F rance with indifference the immense naval force whi ch canoe is establishing in the Mediterranean. Intrigues for removing Espartero from the Regency ar e on foot in high quarters in Paris. It is even hinte d that the King Is no stranger to them. Espartero will se w _ have a difficult part to perform. The removal of . 1 1. 11 c Whigs from office will deprive the Regent of one of t he main props of his power. MISCELLANEOUS. Notwithstanding the postponement of the rate , the Church-partyresolution at Hackney are still deter mined to g et the e, olution rescinded. This they try to-clay at nine in the morning_ Upwards of 24,000 persons visited the flower show of t t? Surrey gardens on Tuesday, and besides ninety silver , r i zes, many guineas were presented extra to the best Producers of carnations and picotees. The occurrence of a singular death came before Mr. P ayne, the Coroner, on Tuesday. An iron splinter about t he size of a needle entering the thumb, caused the death of the deceased. --- The sale of Strawberry Hill, the recherche retreat of Horace Walpole, is delayed till next May. The body of a lady, attired in a red and black Saxony gown, Thibet shawl, and white Leghorn bonnet, a.s been found in the Regent's Cana l . No one has y et identified it. The body of Mr. John Dix., landlord of the Three 4 011 y Gardeners, Lambeth, who has been missing for B° ltie time, was found on Monday in the water near Ho ellester.bridge. He had carried on a good business for so me years, but lost property lately from building specu- Vions, and his name appeared in the Gazette, on Tues -143", the 20th. Medburst was released from prison on Saturday, °II account of the dangerous state of his health. AGRICULTURAL. The ' accounts from the west of England of the s tate of the crops are, on the whole, favourable. The Is : he at, generally, looks full and strong , a nd thou g h par ttliallY beat down by thunder-storms , the in j ur y done in at Way is probably less than it has been for the last four years. --- A field belonging to the Earl of Leicester, at Long -1.3)*, which three years ago produced only r ushes, has i _e!in turned into valuable land, by under dra inin g , and tn is '' season produced three tons an acre of exce llent herbage. MONEY-TRAZIE - CONI I VIERCE. --- The accounts from the west of Scotland are of a taost distressing nature. Among the houses in Paisley t hat have s t o pped, are some of the most ingenious, ex tensive and enterprising in the trade. Rumours too are afl oat, and too well founded, it is feared, of some exten ‘lve failures in Glasgow. The causes of these lament able results have been in operation since 1837, and the e° 13, nsequence is that thousands wi l l be thrown out of em '))*Ment, without any hope of work for months to torn,. I3ar iron has not been so low for many years. Some Persons imagine it will be lower still ; but it is not likely that i ron-masters w i ll go on losing money as they are doing at present. According to the present rate of exchanges gold is 0.22 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and o'o6 Per Cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The increase of trade at Southampton has lately b een astonishi ng . The total increase of the export s for the quarter ending the sth of July, 1841, as compared ' wi th the same period in 1840, has been not less than 124 ,000/. The imports have also increased considerably. MAW AND PDXACE. A glass-mender appeared on Tuesday at Marlbo rough-street, to answer the charge of detaining two valuable scent-bottles of the Countess of Blessington's. He pleaded ignorance of her Ladyship's address, though the man-servant had called on him 50 times. —An old woman was brought before Alderman Kelly on Tuesday, at Guildhall, charged with begging. She had come from Hunslet, near Leeds, to see her only surviving child, the last of a family of thirteen, who was ordered for transportation, though, as the mother said, she was innocent, and, in answer to the question "Have you no friends ?" she made this affecting and eloquent reply—" None ; father, mother, brother, sister, husband, and children—all are gone ; I have not a friend in the world but God Almighty above me ; and sometimes I think he is hard upon me to take all away and leave me behind." At the Shrewsbury Assize 3 a man of the name of Sims was convicted of a highway robbery with violence, on a youth who was intrusted to convey on horseback 65/. in silver and copper, from Newport to Wellington. The lad behaved with great courage, but the prisoner succeeded in robbing him of the silver, which was after wards found in a ditch near the place. Sentence of death was recorded. Two actions for breach of promise of marriage were brought on Monday, one at Durham, with a ver dict for the plaintiff of 2501. damages ; and the other at Norwich with 50/. damages. In the former case a jus tification was attempted which failed, and consequently increased the penalty. THEATRICAL. The author of London Assurance has another comedy accepted at Covent Garden Theatre, which will be among the earliest novelties brought forward. At her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday Rossini's Turco in Italia was beautifully performed. Lablache as Geronio was in his best style, and Persiani not at all in ferior, but the audience seemed unable or unwilling to appreciate the excellence of the performance. Liszt, the celebrated pianist, arrived at Copenha gen on the 15th instant, and was to perform before the Court on the following day. COVILT--FASHION.AILLES. Lady Braye gave an elegant ball and supper in Park-lane on Tuesday evening. The company was high and fashionable. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has returned to Bagshot Park. The Duke of I3uccleuch took the railroad on Tuesday to Edinbugh, for the purpose of acting as Chairman to the Royal Hunt dinner. The report of Lady Frances Vane's marriage is con tradicted. Sir Martin Archer Shoe attended their Royal Highnesses the Duchess, Prince, and Princess of Cam bridge, through the rooms of the Royal Academy, on Tuesday, in Trafalgar-square. rcuraoußs or TAXI DAY. —We understand it is given out at the clubs that Parliament will not meet until October, when the country gentlemen and sportsmen shall have recovered sufficiently from the fatigues of hunting, shooting, &c., to attend to the business of the nation. Were the House to meet on the 12th of August, it would seriously interfere with pheasant-shooting ; were it to meet on the Ist of Sep tember, it would be as detrimental to the sports on the Moors—it is therefore considered but right and decent that the people should wait until the sporting Members shall have leisure enough to attend to their interests. At a place in Ireland, called New Birmingham, dreadful battles have taken place between the Catholics and Orangemen. The latter retreated with the loss of two carriages, but they brought down (shot dead or winged) five of their opponents. At Neagh great slaugh ter took place, when, after a hard fought battle, the Ca tholics retreated to look after their dead and wounded. The names of the commanders are not given, but a con stable of the name of Lyndon is praised to the skies, either by himself or the Orangemen. These Orange Tales are perfect in their way. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—His Royal Highness the Duke de Brabant is, we are gratified to state, still pro gressing, and rides out daily in the Park with his august mother the Queen of the Belgians. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal is in excel lent health, and is taken her accustomed airings daily. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal Suite, are expected to return to the Castle on Saturday, from the seat of the Earl Cowper. To-morrow (Thursday) morning, at eleven o'clock, the Royal party are expected to leave Woburn Abbey for Pansanger. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Cam bridge House yesterday afternoon to honour the Right Hon. Sir William Fremantle with a visit at his residence at Englefield-green, near Egham. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Lady Au gusta Somerset, visited their residence at Kew yesterday afternoon. . - • Mr. Backhouse, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, embarked from the Tower, with his family, at art early hour yesterday morning on the Ocean mail steam-packet, for Rotterdam, to visit the mineral waters of the North of Germany, for the benefit of his health, and that of one of his daughters. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Cham ber. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Judge of the Ad miralty Court, and Sir J. Littledale. Dr. Lushington gave judgment on the part of their Lordships in an appeal from Canada, " Sieur Louis v. Sieur Louis," affirming the decree of the Court below with costs. Lord Brougham gave judgment in an appeal from the Island of Jamaica, " Thompson v. Cartwright," re versing the order appealed against, and dismissing the petition below. Dr. Lushington gave judgment in an appeal from the Island of St. Lucia, " Ruand v. Bannatyne," reversing the Judgment of the original Court. Dr. Lushington also gave judgment in another appeal from St. Lucia, " Inglis v. De Bernard," affirming the decree of the Court below, but without giving costs against the appellants. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Rennalls, Mr. Ed mund Moore and other Counsel appeared for the re spective parties. THE QUEEN'S PROGRESSES. ller Majesty passed through Berkhampstead on Mon • day afternoon, on her route to Woburn Abbey, where the inhabitants were assembled to give the Queen a hearty and loyal reception. The royal standard was floating from the church steeple, and in the centre of the town other colours and flags bearing appropriate inscrip tions were also to be seen, which with a band of music playing lively airs, and a large assemblage of well dressed people, congregated to obtain a sight of " England's Queen," gave to Berkhampstead an appearance of ac tivity seldom before witnessed. It being understood that the Queen would change horses here, great num bers of ladies and gentleinen in carriages and other vehicles, had come from the surrounding country to re ceive her Majesty, who seemed much pleased with the plaudits which greeted her arrival. CHESIIAN, JULY 26.—Information having been re ceived of the intention of the Queen to pass through Chesham on her way from Windsor to Woburn, the loyal spirit of the inhabitants was raised, and they de• termined upon giving a hearty welcome to her most gracious Majesty. The principal streets were decorated with triumphal arches, colours flying on all sides, and bands of music playing, and the assembled thousands anxiously waiting the approach of the Royal traveller. Her Majesty was escorted by the town's-people through the little market town of Amersham to the top of the hill on which the rectory house stands. At that point the Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish and his son. Mr. William Cavendish, at the head of a great body of their tenants and personal friends, met, and became the es cort along the road and through the town of Chesham, in which town was assembled an immense number of respectable and gaily dressed people, all highly delighted with the opportunity of seeing their beloved Queen, and anxious to test their loyalty and affection. The boun daries of the manors of Chesham-Latimer form a circle of nearly twelve miles. Of those manors Mr. Cavendish is the lord, and we believe every one of his numerous tenants was present on this most interesting occasion ; and his hospitality, in the evening of this most me morable day, to the party. assembled under the large e lm tree, in the village of Latimer, will long be remem bered. The Royal progress through the immediates villages from Windsor Castle to Bedfordshire excited general in terest, and the preparations at Amersham and Berkhamp stead were on a very extended scale. At the latter place a meeting was held last week to take into consideration the best mode of testifying their respect to her Majesty and her illustrious Consort, and the result was, that a subscription was commenced forthwith to defray the ex penses of erecting arches of evergreens and flowers, and giving a public entertainment to the poor. On Saturday evening a very numerous and highly in fluential meeting of the nobility, gentry, and inhabitants of Woburn was held at the Town Hall, for the purpose of making arrangements to commemorate the visit of the Queen to the neighbourhood. Lord Charles F. Russell presided, and the Duke of Bedford, Colonel Seymour, the Rev. Mr. Hutton, &c., were present. A public subscription was at the close made for the benefit of the poor of the parish, and it was determined that the poor women and children should have a tea party in the Market-square, and that clothing should be given to the necessitous families of the town. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived shortly before six at the Park, escorted by a detachment of the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's regi ment), under the command of Lieut. Sutton ; and while mentioning that fine corps, it maybe as well to observe that troops were stationed every nine miles, the whole distance from Windsor Castle to the Abbey, A large concourse of persons loudly greeted the ar rival of the Queen, and the tenantry of the Duke of Bed ford on horseback fell in with the Royal cortege, each equestrian displaying a white favour, and proceeded en route to the fine mansion, a party of the military leading the cavalcade, followed by the tenants and military, suc ceeded by the illustrious visitors in an open carriage and 1 four, with the usual outriders. The carriage-way for the last half mile was densely crowded with spectators and horsemen ; the former might, without exceeding the limits truth impose upon us, be computed at 7,000, and the latter were at least 500. The Royal standard was then hoisted at the mansion, and the Queen and Prince, at a slow pace, and amidst the loud and repeated cheering of the spectators, ar rived at live minutes before six. _ _ Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, and. the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert, arrived shortly before the Queen. The Marquis of Headfort, Lord in Waiting, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Maid of Honour to the Queen, and Mr. Anson, Secretary to Prince Albert, came in one of the Royal carriages immediately afterwards. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who alighted at the west front, were re ceived by the Noble host and hostess, and conducted be neath a tastefully arranged temporary portico through the vestibule, 'remarkable for its beautiful mosaic pave ment, part of that discovered near the Porta Portese at Rome, up the grand staircase, embellished with nume rous portraits. Shortly afterwards the Queen made her appearance at the balcony, and was received by the as semblage in front of the house with a burst of applause which lasted several minutes, her Majesty acknowledg ing those marks of respect and gratification by repeat edly bowing. The Duke of Wellington was soon recognised, and welcomed. The calls were loud and protracted forth e Duke and Duchess of Bedford, and at length the Duchess came forward, whereupon the cheers of the multitude were most enthusiastic. Lord Melbourne was then called for. His Lordship made his debut to a Bedfordshire audience, after much pressing, and was most rapturously received. At eight o'clock her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert entered the grand dining room, accom panied by the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, and the following circle formed the party : The Duke of Wellington, Duke and Duchess of Lein ster, Duke of Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of Suther land, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and Lady Georgiana Russell, Earl and Countess de Grey, Viscount Melbourne, Marquis of Headfort, Viscount and Viscountess Palmer ston, Lord Charles Russell, Duke and Duchess of Somer set, Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lady Jane Fitzgerald, Dowager Lady Lyt telton, Col. Buckley, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Mr. Anson, the Hon. Henry Stanhope, &c. During the dinner and dessert a fine selection of music from several favourite operas was played by a band composed of several first-rate performers, under the pre sidence of Signor Puzzi, who superintends the whole musical arrangements during the entertainments at the Abbey. At seven o'clock the whole of the principal tenantry of the Noble Duke dined together in the Tennis•court, Mr. Bennett, his Grace's land steward, presiding. Up wards of 170 sat down to an excellent repast. Woburn at night was enlivened by a proluse display of fireworks, and three or four fire-balloons ascended in the evening, to the infinite delight of a large portion of the inhabitants. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES—TUESDAY. The Welter Stakes, of 20 sovs. each, 3 yrs old, lOst 121 b, 4 yrs 12st 41b, 5 yrs 12st 121 b, 6 yrs and aged 13st. The Craven Stakes Course, and gentlemen riders. (5 Subs.) Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph, 4 yrs (Owner) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth 2 The Innkeeper's Plate and a Match were not run out when the post left. BETTING AT GOODWOOD. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 6 O'CLOCK. GOODWOOD STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Orelia 12 to 1 agst The Maid 13 to 1 agst Carlotta 4 to 1 agst Dr. Caius 7 to 1 agst 4-Welfare 9 to 1 agst Exit 2 to 1 agst Master Tommy THE GOODWOOD CUP. 4 to 1 agst Pocohontas 8 to 1 agst Maroon 4to 1 agst Charles the Bto 1 agst Nautilus Twelfth 13 to 1 agst Dr. Caius The Welter Stakes, of 20 sovs. each ; Craven Stakes Course. Gents. riders, &c. (Five Subs.) Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Sylph, 4 yrs, 12st 41b 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth. 4 y r s, 12st 4lb 4tol on the mare. Won cleverly by a length. The Innkeepers' Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. The winner to be sold for 801. Heats T.Y.C. Mr. Dawson's The Drone, 6 yrs, Bst 101 0 1 1 r. Sadler's Variety, 4 yrs, Bst 1 0 2 Captain Pettat's Victor, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 0 2 3 Mr. Verratt's Maid of the Mill, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 0 dr Mr. Wright's Wanton, 4 yrs, Bst Lord Miltown's Semiramide, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 0 0 dr Mr. Hook's Miss Nowell, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 0 0 dr Lord G. Bentinck's Gobemouche, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 0 dr Betting-5 to 4 agst Victor, and 7to 2 agst Variety. A good race, but won easy at last. Match, 200, h ft. One mile.—Mr. Treen's Una, Bst 101 b, received forfeit from Mr. Theobald's The Black Duchess, Bst. _ _ _ A long and most excellent day's sport did not finish until within a few minutes of seven o'clock, by which all who had to return to Chichester had the satisfaction of losing the post for London by nearly an hour. BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE GOODWOOD STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Dr. Caius—taken freely 8 to 1 agst Welfare—taken 10 to 1 agst Henri Quatre 12 to 1 agst Exit 13 to 1 agst Orelia 13 to 1 agst Master Tommy 13 to 1 agst The Maid 14 to 1 agst Monops—taken 14 to 1 agst Carlotta—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's two 15 to 1 agst Bosphorus and The Corsair—taken GOODWOOD CIIP. 7 to 2 agst Pocahontas 4 to 1 agst Charles the Twelfth 10 to 1 agst Maroon 9 to 1 agst Nautilus—taken 15 to 1 agst Dr. Caius—taken THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Hester c—taken 30 to 1 agst William de Fortibus—taken The Company in the Grand Stand included, besides many others whose names we had not time to collect, the following distinguished members of the fashionable and sporting circles :—Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of Water ford, Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl and Countess of Eglinton, Earl of Albermarle, Earl Jersey, Earl Mil town Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Maidstone, Lord G. Paget, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord W. Lennox, Lord G. Lennox, Lord Sussex Lennox, Lord Somerton, Lord Temple more, Lord Rodney, Lord E. Paget, Lord J. Fitzroy, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord E. Russell, Count Bathyany ; Sir J. Shelley, Sir H. Mildmay, Sir F. Col lier, Sir W. W. Wynn, Sir C. Morgan, Sir C. Cockerel!, Hon. G. S. Byng, Hon. Col. Anson, Hon. Captain Rous, Hon. A. Berkeley, Hon. G. Ongley, Hon. J. Villiers, Hon. A. Villiers, Hon. C. Forester. Hon. Forester, Hon. Petre, Hon. J. Macdonald, Hon. S. Wellesley, Gen. Wyndham ; Col. Wyndham ; Col. Peel, Col. Char retie, Col. Synge, Col. Hornby, Col. Broadhead, Messrs. R. Etwall, W. Etwall, Thornhill, Payne, Greville, Oliver, Irby, Newton, Rush, Delme, Gardnor, Crommelin , Pet tat, Portman, Osbaldeston, S. Stanley, Delme Radcliffe, Shelley, Shafto, J. Bayley, R. Bayley, E. Fox, Philli more, Brand, Stonehewer, Knox, Hungerford, &c. The party at Goodwood House is confined to gentle men, and includes the Marquises of Normanby, Clan ricarde,' and Exeter ; the Earls of Uxbridge, Albemarle, and Jersey ; Lords Maidstone, G. Paget, G. Bentinck, and W. Lennox ; Honourables, G. S. Byng, H. Roils, F. Villiers, G. Anson ; Sir J. Shelley ; Col. Peel ; Messrs. Payne, Greville, Irby, Oliver, &c. ; Lord W. Lennox does the honours of the house. Colonel Wyndham entertains a large party at Pet worth. WEDNESDAY. The weather in the early part of the day was so threatening, that hundreds gave up an anticipated treat, and reserved themselves for the Cup on Thurs day. The wind blew " great guns" from the S.W., ac companied occasionally by showers. It cleared up about noon, but the effect was evident, as the company on the course was considerably below par both in number and rank. The subjoined return of the racing is made up to half-past four o'clock, our experience of the first clay having proved that with two Plates in heats, to delay the express until the conclusion would be to render it alto gether useless. The City Members' Plate of 50 guineas ' with 50 added by the Ladies, and 10 from the fund for the second horse ; 3 yrs, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 41b. The winner to be sold for 350, &c. Heats. once round. Mr. Shelley's Huon, 3 yrs (Chapple) 1 1 Mr. Smiths' The aid, 4 yrs Mr. Greville's Perseus, 4 yrs 2 dr Mr. Wright's Folly, 4 yrs (wrong side of post) dis. The first heat was won by half a length, and the second by two lengths. The Maid was the favourite for both heats. _ _ _ The Goodwood Stakes of 725 sovs. each, 15 ft and only 5, &c. ; the second horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Cup course. 151 subs., of whom 102 paid 5 for each. Mr. Goodman's Orelia, 5 yrs, Bst 81b Lord Lichfield's The Corsair, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 2 The following also started :—St. Francis, 6 yrs, lOst 61b ; Arctic, aged, 9st 21b ; Welfare, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 1)r. Caius, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; Lady Liverpool, 4 yrs, Bst ; Jovial Bachelor, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ; Bosphorus, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b ; I-am-not-aware, 6 yrs, 7st 71b; Muleteer, 6 yrs, 7st 41b ; Isabella, 6 yrs, 7st 21b ; Monops, 4 yrs, ist 21b ; Exit, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (31b over-weight) ; Wirrestrew, 5 yrs, 6st 71b ; Master Tommy (h b), 4 yrs, 6st 71b • HenriQuatre, 3 yrs, Est 71b ; Carlotta, 4 yrs, Est 4113 ; and Monsieur le Sage, 3 yrs, sst 71b. Betting-11 to 4 agst Caius, 7 to 1 agst Welfare, 10 to 1 agst Monops, 10 to 1 agst Carlotta, 11 to 1 agst llenri Quartre, 12 to 1 agst Exit, 13 to 1 agst Orelia, 100 to 7 on Master Tommy, 100 to 6 on Corsair, 100 to 6 on Isabella, and 20 to 1 agst any other. The start was made under the personal direction of Lord G. Ben tinck, and was one of the best ever seen. Lady Liver pool took the lead at a good pace, followed by Master Tommy, Wirrestrew, Exit, Henri Quatre, and Monsieur le Sage, with the ruck so close up that we cannot at tempt to say what else was In front. They ran in this way to the first turn, where Master Tommy displaced Lady Liverpool, and carried the running round the clump to the hill, Orelia, now lying up. Carlotta and Isabella then took the lead, the former having her neck in advance, Orelia and The Corsair, Exit and Monops, following them. Carlotta was beaten at the distance, and immediately after Orelia and Corsair headed Isa bella, the male leading. This pair finished the race, Orelia, winning easy by two lengths, and The Corsair beating Exit and Isabella by a length ; the last men . • tioned two were nearly head and head at the finish. Monops and several others were well up. THE SUN, LONDON: PIitIRSTAY , JULY 29, 'sal. Mr. Goodman declared to win with Isabella. The Cowdray Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for 2 yrs, 7st, and 3 yrs old, 9st 21b; fillies allowed 31bs; winner to be sold for 150/. T. Y. C. 3 Subs. Mr. Trecn's Benedetta, 3 yrs .................. (Cono ll y) 1 Mr. King's Tommy, 3 yrs Lord G. Bentinck's Straw-hat, 2 yrs 3 5 to 4 agst Beziedetta, who won a g ood race by a length. The Steward's Cup of 300/., added to a handicap of 5 sovs. each. T. Y. C. 30 Subs. Hon. G. S. Byng's Garry Owen, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Nat) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Curry Comb. 4 yrs, 7st 21b Lord Eglinton's Potentate, aged, 9st The following also started but were not placed :—Lord Miltown's Wirrestr ew , 5 yrs , i s t 101b—Mr. Balchin's Dromedary, 4 yr s , 7 s t 101b—M r . T ree n's 3 yrs, 7st 101b—Mr. Jones's P a t r i ot , 3 yrs , 7 s t 71b—Lord Eglin ton's Amulet, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Mr. Goodman's Mungo Parke, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Mr. Gratwicke's Cle mentine, 3 yrs, Est 91b—Lord G. Bentinck's Half-caste, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Mr. Treen's Benedetto, 3 yrs, 6st 41b--Colonel An son's Witch of Worley Hill, 3 yrs, 6st—and Mr. Good man's Remnant, 4 yrs, Bst 41b. ' Betting-6 to 4 againallalf-caste,3 to 1 against Garry Owen, 6 to 1 against Remnant, 6 to 1 against Potentate, 8 to 1 against Una, and 8 to 1 against Curry Comb. Garry Owen made all the running at a great pace, and won by two lengths. The Queen's Plate of 200 guineas ; 3 yrs ist 41b, 4 yrs 9st 21b, 5 yrs 9st 131 b, 6 yrs and aged lOst 41b. About three miles and five furlongs. Duke of Richmond's The Currier, 5 yrs ......(Rogers) 1 Mr. Goodman's Belgrade, 3 yrs Sir C. Cockerell's Lady Liverpool, 4 yrs Betting-5 to 4 against Currier, taken ; and 6to 5 against Belgrade. The Currier made all the running, and won by nearly a distance. A RIVALS.—Lady Chesterfield, Count Matuevitz, Lord Macdonald, Lord Charles Manners, Hon. George Fitzroy, lion. M. Mostyn, Sir H. Seymour, Mr. Payne, Mr. Cot terell, Captain Ives, Captain Codrington, Mr. de Burgh, Mr. Charles and Lady Elizabeth Dickens, Mr, George Dashwood, and Miss Ricardo. The City Plate was not run for, when our account left. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. As may be supposed, the celebrated and splendid meeting at Goodwood must have attracted a large majority of the Lancashire turf gentlemen. The room this morning was moderately attended, but the ab sence of so many capitalists caused the bets to be neither heavy nor numerous. The prices will vary as letters reach from Sussex ; consequently, to-morrow the following figures may be very different from the specu lations then asked for. As near as we could glean, the closing prices against the horses names were as follows : 7 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, Bst 21b—t 8 to 1 agst Lord .Albemarle's Exit, fist 111 b—off 8 to 1 agst Mr. Smith's The Maid , E st 111 b—t 8 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Welfare, Bst 71b—off 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatte, 9st 41b—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Orelia, Bst Sib 10 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's Portrait, Est 71b—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gardnor's Monops, 7st 21b 15 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Confusionee, Bst— taken and then offered 15 to 1 agst Bosphorus—affered 50 to 10 against Orelia and the Maid, taken. Henri was at first laid against at 10 to 1. We did not hear Isabella and one or two others in the South bettings named, Dr. Caius, Henri, The Maid, and Portrait were most in demand. Offers to take 30 to 1 Dr. Caius wins this event and the cup. THE GooDwooD Cur.—Maroon was offered against yesterday at 12 to 1, at night two points less were taken, but 8 to 1 was snapped in a good channel at the opening of business at noon ; a point less would have been taken since. Charles was backed in scores at our price, and may be considered on a par with Pocahontas. Offers during the evening to lay 5 to 4 three beat the field. The field against any two freely offered. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Greatorex's Pocahontas, 7st 1 llb—t. 4 to 1 4 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles XII., Bst 131 b—t. 7 to 1 agst Lord Westrriaster's Maroon, Bst Mb—taken 8 to 1 agst Duke of Orleans's Nautilus, fist 121 b.—offered 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Colwick, Bst 31b—offered Vapour was named, but no price transpired. None of the other Goodwood events were touched upon to re quire comment. LAMBETH REGATTA. The annual oars wager, at Lambeth-stairs, took place on Monday, and was witnessed by a vast concourse of persons, who assembled in the Bishop's-walk and on the river. It was the twenty-first contest for a wherry and other prizes, given by the ladies and gentlemen of St. Mary's, Lambeth, to be contended for by fourteen free watermen ; but in consequence of the absence of Shel ton, who forms one of the Sons of the Thames crew now at Havre de Grace, in training for the great match there on Thursday next, it was found necessary to reduce the Lambeth wager to twelve members. The first heat con sisted of Lewis Richards and George Wylde (white), G. Wilson and W. Richards (light blue), and J. Maynard and E. Perry (green). The distance was from Westmi nster-bridge up to a boat off the Brunswick Hotel, down the Surrey shore, round a boat off Hungerford, and back to Lambeth stairs. Green came in first, white second. The men in the second heat were Henry Maynard and Charles Maynard (yellow), Edward Maynard and George Maynard (purple), and William Rolls and Richard Wil son (scarlet). It was won by yellow and purple. After obtaining some refreshment, white, green, yellow, and purple took their stations for the grand heat, starting from Vauxhall-bridge downwards. The whole party took the start well, and after a few strokes green and purple went a head and made a sharp contest ; green got the lead and kept it, coming in as the winners. They were closely pressed by purple. SPAIN. - - The following is the expose of the motives of the pro ject of law presented to the Cortes for the cession by Spain to this country of the islands of Fernando Po and Annobon :--- " The-unhealthiness of the climate on the Sierre Leone coast, where are actually established one of the mixed tri bunals of justice, formed in virtue of the treaties con cluded with Great Britain for the abolition of the slave trade, for the purpose of a summary judgment in cases of slave traders captured, demanded on the part of the two contracting parties a more salubrious spot for the transfer of the said tribunal. The Spanish Government had chosen the isles of Fernando Po and of Annobon, in the gulf of Guinea , bel on g in g to the Crown of Sp a i n b y formal cession, as specs fled in the treaty signed at the Pardo, in March, 1778. After the proposition of divers projects, then not exe cutable, England, on the 18th of April, 1839, offered to purchase these islands on reasonable terms, finding them more convenient than Sierra Leone for the protection of the clauses of the treaty of 1835. The mixed Commis sions, convinced of the advantage to be derived from the abandonment of Sierra Leone, and of the facilities af forded for the enforcement of the execution of the said treaty by an establishment on one of these islands, which, though belonging to Spain, had since possession aban doned, from their uselessness to the nation, considered advisable to admit the proposition of England, and in order to facilitate the views of the two countries negotia tions were opened. " The affair was concluded in April last, a report on which was laid before the Provisional Regency, which decreed that, except the Cortes consent, the 60,0001. offered by England for the islands should be accepted, and ordered that, if the cession took place, that sum should be applied to the payment of one of the current dividends, and the surplus, if any, to that of the interest on the debt contracted with Eng land in virtue of the treaty concluded on the 28th of October, 1828. Thus proving the Spanish nation's desire of fulfilling out-standing engagements. In order to the definitive conclusion with the Plenipotentiaries of her Britannic Majesty of the treaty for, the cession to England of Fernando Po and Annobon, his Excellency the Regent, during the minority of her Majesty Queen Isabella 11., with the consent of the Council of Ministers, has ordered me to submit to the Cortes the reasons which have determined the Government relatives to the afore named cession, and to propose to that corps, in confor mity with article 48 of the Constitution, the following project :—Sole Article. The Government is authorised to cede to Great Britain the islands of Fernando Po and Annobon, for the sum of 60,0001. offered, conformably to a special convention to be signed by the Plenipotenti aries appointed by her Catholic Majesty and her Bri tannic Majesty, an account thereof to be submitted to the Cortes after ratification. "ANTONIO GONZALES. " At the Purace, July 9, 1841." THE GOODWOOD CUP.—The piece of plate which, in accordance with the language of the turf, is this year called the "Goodwood Cup," and which will be run for at Goodwood on Thursday next (to-morrow), is a very elegant group in silver, designed by Mr. Cotte rill, and executed at the manufactory of Mr. Gar rard of the Haymarket, representing one of the most i mportant passages in the battle of Bosworth Field, viz. the onslaught made by Richard 111., and the moment iu which he cut down Sir W. Brandon, standard-bearer to the Earl of Richmond (afterwards Henry VII.) The group depicted by Mr. Cotterill, consists of two figures—Richard 111., who is on horse back, and Sir W. Brandon, who is dismounted, and whose horse is represented as in the agony of death. The tyrant Richard has caught hold of the standard of the Earl of Richmond, and is wrenching it from the reluctant grasp of the intrepid standard-hearer, who has lost his helmet, and is in vain defending himself against the vigorous attack of the last representative of house of York. The group is full of vigour. The com position is exceedingly pure, and the details of the armour and the peculiarities of the costume are winner t admirably represented. Th i s group is worth, without reference to the intrinsic value of the silver, as estimated by the owner, infinitely mo re t h an a mere "racing cup" of the olden time. It not on l y confers a boon upon art, placeo foramongstus, e his i r plate an elegant and a refined orn ament. Our ancestors were accustomed to make " too free a n i n d u l gence f rom t h e but it enables the fortunate bwuitnn fortunat e ly appreciate g en i us i n the pr i zes o f modern races, and whi ls t drink ing to the success of for tunate winners, reward them a nd encourage art at the c d o e n sc te e n uc t l s an o descendants, s, racingN ve cats‘‘ cups, same time, by a judicious selection of the prizes which form the stimulants of their endeavours. We understand that the Balquhain tenantry, in celebration of the majority of their young landlord, Count Leslie, and of his return to this country, have in vited him to dinner on Tuesday next, the 27th inst. A number of the neighbouring proprietors have been in vited to meet the Count, along with his noble relative, the Lord Lovat. We have the greatest pleasure in re ferring to such instances of right feeling between land lord and tenant, of which the County of Aberdeen has lately, paper. ex hibited many pleasing examples.—Aberdeen MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The symptoms of improvement in the Foreign Exchanges, though certainly not yet decided, have caused satisfaction, and the fine weather has had another good effect, viz., that of checking any further adiance in the price of grain. It is indeed high time, as our manufacturing population are reduced to such a state of poverty from want of employment, that . they can ill afford to pay advanced prices for the necessaries of life. There was rather a wide range in the value of Stocks to-day, in consequence of the increased extent of busi ness doing, atid in some of the funded Securities there were sales effected that led to a gradual decline off to 1 per cent. The market, though apparently unsettled, rallied slightly before the close of business. It had, in fact, perhaps gone too high within the last few days to enable some parties to resist the temptation of selling. For immediate transfer Clonsols have realised 90* to 89,1, closing at 898, and for the Account they were at 904 to 9u buyers. At the highest prices of the day the only bar gain was immediately after the opening of the market. Exchequer Bills were worthl7s. to 19s. premium ; the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 991 to 99k ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 99 to 98/ ; and the Three per Cent. 90f to 90.. Bank Stock was at 170 ; and East India Stock at 248. In the Foreign Stocks there was very little doing again to-day. Spanish Active Bonds at 20 to 19- . ; Por tuguese New Five per Cents. at 304 to ; the Three per Cents. at 18. ; Mexican at 254 ; Colombian at 194 ; and Brazilian at ; Austrian Old Bonds were 1081 ; and I)utch Five per Cents. 102 to it. The transactions in the Railway Shares were spread over some extent, that is to say, there were a few bar gains in most of the principal lines, but no large business in any one of them singly. Prices were not so good as yesterday. Great Westerns were done at 19 to 191 ; the New at ; the Fifths at 51 to f ; and the York and North Midland 25 premium. The Brighton were 7to 7i ; the Blackwall 94 ; the Eastern Counties 15i; the North Midland 34* ; and the Manchester and Leeds 20i discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 2i- premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 27.—The busi ness in the Cotton Market has been limited to 1,800 bales at steady prices. In export or speculation nothing of importance to notice. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 27.—The fol lowing are the transactions as reported at the Stock Ex change this day :—Eastern Counties Debentures 81 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 264 ; London and South Western, 54i ; North Midland Third Shares, 5. In Bank or Miscellaneous Stock nothing doing. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 27.—The market has been very- flat to-day, and the only business done is—North Midland Shares, si; Ashton Canals, 103. The New York packet ship, the Patrick Henry, was off Holyhead this day at, 2 P.m. She is not expected until to-morrow morning's tide, but may be up to=night. The following official returns have been published of the exports of the precious metals from the port of Lon don for the week ending the 22d inst. Ounces. Silver Bars to Hamburgh . Coins to Calais 140,000 Coins to Hamburgh 48,000 . - - - The Dutch steamer — Batavia has arrived, bringing papers to the 28th July, also the prices from Amsterdam of the 26th July i—Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51 15.16 ; Five per Cents., 101 3-16 ; Ardoins, 19 11-16. In the course of yesterday a good deal more of transfer business was doing at the Bank of England than for some time past, which proves that the public are not speculat ing in commercial affairs at present; they have no grounds to go upon. The British Market cortinues firm this morning, al though no business of any consequence is doing to the present hour. Consols opened this morning at the same quotations they left off yesterday-90 for the Account, for Money, 90* ; Three per Cent. Reduced,9oll ; Three and-a-Half Reduced, 991 a ; New Three and-a-Half, 981 99 ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 premium ; Bank Stock, 170 172 ; India Stock, 2481 2491; India Bonds, 6 9 premium. The Foreign Market is steady with the leaving off prices of yesterday to the present time. Spanish Active, 19i 20 ; Deferred, 91 1 ; Passive, 4i 1 ; Portuguese, 304 a ; Three per Cents., 181; Brazilian, 67 68 ; Colom bian, 194 204 ; Mexican, 251 264 ; Chilian, 61 63 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. improved, left off at 511 521 ; at present 521 ; Five per Cents., 1021. Shares:—Great Western, 20 21 prem.; New, 9} prem.; London and Brighton, 61 61 discount ; Blackwell, 94 '; discount ; Birmingham, 70 72 prem. ; Southampton, 54 55 per share ; Croydon, 124 13 per share ; Green wich, 74 74 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 18 17 discount. _ _ _ No alteration has taken place in the price of Corn to day, little business doing, and the market flatter. The papers from New York to the Bth inst, have just been received at the North and South American Coffee house, but their contents are not of importance. We take the following from the papers : " CASE OF MR. M'LEop.—The decision of the Su preme Court in this case will be given, it is supposed, within a few days after the commencement of the July Term at Utica, on the first Monday of the month." The Stock Market has been very dull, but prices have not materially altered. United States Bank Shares are Mooey is very plentiful. No alteration in the rate of exchange. CLOSINI BRITISI Bulk Stock l7O 3 per Cent Red 9OA 3 per Cent Cons 9O 3} per Cent lied 99A New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent Long Annuities toe spire Jan. 1860 l3 Oct 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. PRICES. FUNDS. India Stock ...............24S Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Es. Bills, 1,0001....2id 19 p-n Ditto 5001 l9pm Ditto Small l9 pm Bank Stock for Acct — India Stock for Opg — Consols for Acct 90 Portuguese, 5 per cent. IDitto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent I9L Ditto, Deferred . French, 5 per cent. —f. Exchange French, 3 per cent —f. —c Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 521 Ditto, 5 per cent 102 SHARES Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ..... . 311 Cheltenham and Great Western (621 paid) 21 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) 7l Great Western Railway (65 paid) B4 Ditto New Shares (50 paid 5Bl Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 9* Hull and Selby (50 paid) 361 London and Brighton (50 paid) 42/ London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 15* Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... 491 Northern and Eastern (30 paid) •••• 19 North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) 32 York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 75 Austrian, 5 per cent 1081 Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres. 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent — Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824. Danish, 3 per cent Greek, 18'45, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 231 Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 — Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct THE TORTES CAUGHT IN THEIR OWN (CLAP) TRAP. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) HULL, TUESDAY.—During the election for this town we had repeated over and over again the absurd lie that cheap bread meant low wages. The Tories incessantly dinned this into the ears of their au diences (where they durst face any), not that they persuaded any thinking working men that such would be the fact, for their fallacies were generally exposed before their faces and they laughed at. It was not the low wages fallacy that gained the election , b ut hard cash, with—worse—intimidation the most extensive ever practised here. Well, the Tories are beginning to have their cuckoo cry realised in a way they had never anticipated. One instance, and a significant one it is, oc curred yesterday. The workmen and " lumpers" em ployed by one extensive firm in the timber trade went to their masters and told them that at the election Sir John Hanmer assured them that if bread were cheap they would have low wages, but that good wages would attend dear bread. Now said they, "We have come to you—who might and main supported the Tories—to test the princi ple thus avowed by them. Bread has last week increased 4d. to 6d. a stone in price. Now is the time for you to show that your Honourable friends are in earnest in what they said—We want a- small pittance a day more to enable us to purchase the dear bread—we ask sixpence a-day increased wages." What answer did their consci entious Tory masters make ! They refused to advance them a single stiver, they might starve upon dear bread, for no more money would they receive. Therefore about 100 men left the yard, determined not to work until they received a money equivalent for the difference in the price of their bread. These timber merchants are deeply engaged in the Canada trade, and of course vehemently opposed to the Ministerial plan to admit good timber from the Baltic. The " lumpers" in.their employ (ever employed in discharging their ships) have threepence per hour wages; they are not employed by the whole day, but only by the hour, and they cannot work more than nine hours and-a-half a• day (that being the period the officers of customs are on duty, and of course ships cannot dis charge in their absence), thus they receive 2s. 4 0 . per diem, or 14s 3d. a week , e ven su pp osin g them to be em ployed every working hour in the week, which is very rarely the case. How will the Tories keep up the Corn-laws when these men come to suffer from want during a long and severe winter, for out of 14s. a week in summer, and bread verging upon 3s. a stone, they cannot save for any contingencies. They say now . they would be much obliged to Sir Walter James to furnish them with even some of the black bread of the foreigners he so much de. rided at Hull. It would be a luxury compared with the privations they dread they will have to encounter now that the wa g es bubble has burst, and they have the re fusal of 6d. a-day more to keep their families from starving. BADEN, JULY 18.—The sentence on Spontini has been pro nounced, and condemns hi m t o s i x months ' imprisonment with hard labour ; but it has been remit ted by the King, who granted him leave to travel for several months. It was to be foreseen that the King would act in this manner ; for though the Tribunal, ac cording to the law, could not do o th erwise than condemn Spontini, there can be no doubt that he had no intention of deviating. from the respect which he o wes t o hi s Ki ng , but was misled by a certain want of t ac t t o hi s we ll know n public declarations. We h ear t h at C ount V on Bedew, the superior attendant o f th e roya l t h ea t re , means to make no change , duri ng the nine months' ab sence of M. Spontini, in the p er f ormers an d t h e organi sation of our German opera ; this is certainly not a very a greeable prospect for the frequenters of the theatre, for iour opera has not been in so d e pl ora bl e a s t a t e a s it now is, at any time during the last 25 years. LITERATURE. SCOTT'S MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WORKS. Cudell, Edinburgh, 1841. In addition to his far-famed " Letters of Ma lachi Malagrowther " " Provincial Antiquiti es o f Scotland," and "Old Mortality," each of which is comprised in one cheap half-a-crown Number, we have here the first part of Sir Walter Scott's "Life of Napoleon," which is devoted exclusively to the rise and progress of the Revolution up to the period of the trial of Louis the Sixteenth. In this portion of his work nothing is more remark able than the keen, sarcastic powers which the author shows when discussing some of the prin cipal events and actors in the Revolution. He was imbued with a perfect scorn and hatred of this great national outbreak, and these feel ings are constantly escaping him. Of all the leading personages who figure on the• stage during the years of ferment, 1789 and 90—indeed down to the time of the Consulate—there is scarcely one on whom he condescends to bestow a good word, with the exception, perhaps, of young Barbaroux, in whose fiery and romantic character he seems to have found much to ad mire. However delightful the style, and ani mated the descriptions, we fear the " Life of Napoleon" will not be among the enduring works of its author. In correctness of facts it is surpassed even by Hazlitt's, who, in general, is anything but a correct writer. THE CORN-LAWS. A meeting of the working classes and non-electors, convened by placard, was held in St. George's Fields, St. George's-road, on Monday evening last, " to receive the report of the non-electors' committee (which was ap pointed at a meeting held just before the election), and to resolve upon the best means to be adopted by the working men of Manchester at the present important crisis, for obtaining the total repeal of the man starva tion acts." About 1,000 persons were assembled. Mr. John Kelly was called to the chair. He read the Report of the committee, which congratulated the meeting on the successful termination of the contest in this borough between the supporters of the bread-tax and the enemies of that atrocious injustice. It then stated, that, as many persons who voted for the anti-bread-tax candidates had suffered through their conscientious exertions in the good cause, the, committee trusted that the working classes would show their sense of the meritorious conduct of their friends amongst the electors, by supporting them by all means in their power. The report then expressed a re gret at the general result of the elections, and recom mended union amongst the working and middle classes, and energy in the cause,which would soon show the Gover nment that they could only hold office by doing justice to the people. The Report also stated that a list of elec tors who voted for the anti-bread-tax candidates would be printed and published. Mr. Finigan then addressed the meeting on the miseries which the Corn laws inflict upon the working classes, and moved a reso lution to the effect, " That this meeting of the working men of Manchester has seen with indignation the result of the late general election, by which a majority has been returned to Parliament in favour of the unchristian monopoly of food. That so far from representing the wants and wishes of the community, the majority of the new House of Commons represents a greedy band of monopolists, by whose corrupting and coercive arts they have been elected for the purpose of plundering and op pressing the great body of the people. The resolution then stated that, under these circumstances, and having no present hope but in the firmness of a gracious and pa triotic Sovereign, the meeting agreed to an address to the Queen. The address was also read. It expressed senti ments similar to those embodied in the resolution, and contained a respectful request to her Majesty to recommend the repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws to the new Par liament, and to dissolve it forthwith, if it should refuse compliance ; and further, to exercise her royal preroga tive, by dissolving every succeeding House of Commons which shall refuse to do justice to the people. Mr. M'Gowan seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. Aclandl the Anti-Corn-law lecturer, who drew a fearful picture of the state of the labourers in the agri cultural counties ; and stated his firm belief that, if there were not soon a change for the better in their condition, nothing could avert an impending revolution. The re solution was passed with applause ; and, on the motion of Mr. Daly, it was resolved that Earl Fitzwilliam and the Earl of Radnor be respectfully requested to present the address to the Queen ; and that the Chairman write to their Lordships, begging that they will avail them selves of their privilege as Peers of the realm, and ex plain to her Majesty at a personal audience the griev ances tinder which the working men are suffering, in consequence of the corn and provision monopolies.—The meeting separated about half-past nine o'clock.—Man chester Guardian. THE EFFECTS OF THE CORN- LAWS. The reductions which have recently taken place in the make of iron in this district, and the consequent dis charge of large numbers of men from the Works, has produced an extent and degree of distress among the working classes truly afflicting. During the week we have seen more than one gang of unemployed men, who, after seeking for work at the different establish ments in this and the adjoining counties without success, have travelled through the Forest of Dean, through Staffordshire, and into Shropshire, without being more fortunate. They then, as a last resource, returned to this neighbourhood, and we heard one of the poor fellows earnestly imploring employment for his meat only. This is truly a dreadful state of things, but are the prospects for the future more cheering ? We regret to state our belief that they are not ; and the hopes which we indulged of a favourable re-action in trade, from the proposed alteration in the Corn laws, are dashed by the unfavourable issue of the elec tions. We shall not speculate here on the course to be pursued by the supporters of free trade, and the enemies of the Corn monopoly, but we will record a fact that illustrates, in a very forcible manner, the ill effects of the sliding (or, more properly, swindling) scale. The price of flour has risen in this district, within a few weeks, several shillings per sack, at a period when we are on the eve of a harvest which promises to be at least an average one. This will grievously add to the sufferings of the poor—already too severe !—and will furnish another instance of the evil of a law which enables a few great speculators in London and Liverpool by fictitious sales, and various other dishonest means, to enhance the price of the first necessary of life to the labouring classes. This incident reminds us of an argument relied on by the monopolists in the course of the recent discussions in Parliament on the Corn laws, and which was also the great gun of the sup porters of those cruel and emaciating laws at every hustings in the empire, viz., that the reduction in the price of corn, which would result from the partial repeal proposed in the corn tax, would be followed by a corresponding fall in the wages of labour ; and that, consequently, the labourer and the artisan would be no better off for the alteration, or even the total repeal of the law. If the wages of labour, then, depend on the price of corn, and if they fall when a reduction in that price takes place, surely it follows as a matter of course, that when an advance occurs, they must rise in the same proportion. We put it, then, seriously to those gentle men who have availed themselves so liberally of this clap trap, to state the advance they have made on the wages of those in their employment, since the late rise in the price of bread. We ask those extensive manufacturers and agriculturists who still support these odious laws, whether they are prepared to give the best proof of their belief in the soundness of their argument—carrying it into practice, and raising the wages of their artisans and labourers in proportion to the recent advance in the prime necessary of life. If they act thus, they may, without inconsistency, use this argument in public on a future occasion ; but if they do not, they must submit to be considered as men who have defrauded the labourer of his wages, or as persons who, for factious and dishonest purposes, have made use of an argument which they knew to be fallacious and unsound.—Monmouth WHAT'S TO BE DONE? It would be affectation and folly to deny the . extent of achieved eon o el v e e d r e t d h . e people by ab.oyritth3e, of f liga ei rc gh h t y y in a thethe victory contest just greatly beyond anything the most sanguine among the/n -ye. good reason for re selves could have hoped for, or the most desponding of over this result. have been ithoieeiLnigb,earaalhsalriaovtehefe;reoedp.le forTh The most conflicting causes enly ha ° defeated party. We have seen adducedsufficient, in our Judgment, to account for the retomarkab events o y pa a r re ti aalsleyriobcedcur e assigned of the the only partially neglected registration, ' lit that month.ha.s if public opinion had veered round to :—to reaction, but that the Tories could not get u t? Toryism, how is it in any part of the country to declare a single public meeting dence in the Liberal Ministry ? eclare a want of confi tion have done much, but Bribery and intimida tion have carried not everything ; they could like a glow of Yorkshire and Leeds against any thing Chartists, few as the popular feeling. Nor could the accomplished much y . are among the electoral body, have balanced without mischief, unless parties were so evenly the scale. Still th them that their small weight could turn e question remains, whence it happens that parties are so nearlbalanced? Now the problem, sohotly debated, may be solved by looking at the state of ' 'this country. There is society in enormous wealth and most abject poverty ; a privileged aristocracy and an aristocracy of the purse, the latter stuixing to obtain the countenance of the former, by aid ing it in the establishment of an oligarchical despotism. Descending from them through the various grades of squirearchy, gentry, professsions, retired tradesmen, we find them all moved by the same desire of getting into the circle just above them, and for this content to sacri fice their independence of mind, their liberties, their consciences. Voluntary slaves themselves, they hate to see independence claimed and exercised by those below them. With such ramifications, the oligarchy could not fail to exercise an overwhelming influence over the dependent, which can only be counteracted when the 'rid is sufficiently excited to set at defiance popular min both promises and threats. It cannot be denied that, up to the moment of the announcement by Ministers of their great measures for unfettering the industry of the country, the people were perfectly apathetic, the result of the efforts made by the Whigs themselves to destroy the very excitement by which they existed, and of the disappointment occasioned by hopes unfulfilled and measures denied, which the country had a right to expect, and especially the pro tection of electors from the undue intimidation and undue influences to which they are subjected. But the questions selected by Ministers for their appeal to the people, important as they are, are of an abstract nature ; they address themselves to the reflective mind, they depend upon abstruse reasonings, and have many prejudices to contend against. The popular mind was MORNING SUN. I not prepared for deciding on them; and consequently they produced no sufficient excitement in their favour to overcome the influences wielded on the other side. Hence the results we have witnessed. A knowledge of the cause of defeat is necessary to prepare the defeated party to renew the battle with more wisdom. The very small majorities by which the Tories have succeeded everywhere but in a few counties are most en couraging, for they prove that a VERY LITTLE popular excitement would suffice to turn the nicely-balanced scale against them. It will be hard indeed if a popular opposition cannot succeed in winning favour, and strange ifs Tory Government should fail to lose it. The people have but to be united, and patient, and re solute, and their triumph cannot be far distant. Mutual concessions must be made between those who differ about details; anti-Tory and anti-Monopoly Associations must everywhere be formed, and ample preparations arranged to resist the attempt, that will doubtless be made, to im pose new burdens upon the country,, and to curt ail the rights and privileges, and the civil and religious liberties wrung front the oligarchy during the ten years of a Li beral Government. To despair of success is to despair of the progress of truth and right—it is to doubt God himself, who has de clared that INJUSTICE, whether of individuals or of parties,—whether accomplished by open violence or by bad laws—shall never long prevail; and Heaven helps those who help themselves.—Somerset County Gazette. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S NEW WORK.—The re cent elections have furnished abundant materials for sober reflections to men of all parties ; and Mr. Buck ingham, having had an opportunity of seeing the working of our system, and comparing it with that of America, has given to the world the result of his conclusions, in an original sketch of an entire new plan of fixing the qualification, registering the electors, and taking their votes, so as to prevent mu c h o f th e excitement, riot, fraud, bribery, and corruption of the existing system. — It is a small volume, neatly got up, at a very moderate price, and from its high moral tone and tendency, de serves extensive circulation. A few days ago, says a letter from Marseilles, a deplorable event occurred in the village of Bouc, on the occasion of a charivari given to a sexagenarian widower, who had just married a girl of 23, and who, having ex perienced some obstacles from the Cure, had resolved upon dispensing with the religious forms of marriage, and to be satisfied with the cereniony at the Maine, This circumstance was supposed to have increased the anger of the charivarists, but it appears that the - great offence of the old man was his refusal to compromise with them by giving them a dinner. On the return of the newly married couple from the Mairie, they were fu riously attacked, and the female was dragged out of the cart in which she was placed, and inhumanly beaten by several women. The Mayor and the gendarmes inter fered, and with great difficulty rescued husband and wife from the fury of their ignorant and barbarous assailants. • THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The continued wet weather has begun to excite apprehensions as to the approaching harvest, in respect both of the crops of hay and corn, in this part of the country. A good deal of hay has been cut, but the principal tart of it is yet in the fields : it is generally thin on the ground, and will scarcely be an average crop. Owing to the long prevalence of dry weather, the straw will be defi cient ; in other respects wheat and oats are looking tolerable, but we fear they must suffer, unless we have now a continuance of fine summer weather. Hitherto we do not think much injury has been done in the neigh bourhood, though we hear a good deal of corn has been. laid almost hopelessly in the southern counties.—Tyne Mercury. ARRIVAL OF GA VIN SCOTT.—This morn ing, the above individual, whose case has excited so much the attention of the public, was safely lodged in the Po lice-office of this city. He was brought from London by the mail, in custody of Cuthbertson, one of the division officers, who had been despatched to London for the pur pose. On reaching Glasgow, the poor infatuated lad evidently felt much; on stepping from the coach, he ap peared to shrink from the gaze of the spectators, and his face was deeply flushed, but, on entering the office, it became deadly pale, and he seemed somewhat faintish, partly, perhaps, from the fatigue of the journey down wards. Soon after being placed in his cell, Scott fell fast asleep. Early as the hour of his arrival was (one o'clock), he was followed to the Police-office by a con siderable crowd, anxious to obtain a sight of his coun tenance ; and we may state; that yesterday, on the pas sengers by the Liverpool steamer reaching the Broomie law, there was a large crowd upon the quay eagerly ex pecting that he would come to town by that conveyance. —Glasgow Argus. ANTIQUITIES.—At Lyons, a few days ago, some workmen found, in excavating the foundations of a building, two gold coins of Augustus Caesar, a gold bracelet and necklace with pearls, and various other va luable objects of Roman art, all in fine preservation, and the intrinsic worth of which is estimated at I,ooofr. Near Beaucaire on the Rhone there has been recently disco vered a small statue of Jupiter, which from the nature of its execution, is supposed to be of the time of Tiberius, when native sculptors began to exercise their art in Gaul. We believe the breed of partridges is generally good in the adjoining counties, although in many of the coveys the birds are rather small.—Bristol Standard. THE EXHIBITION OF MANUFACTURES AT BRUSSELS. The public exhibition of the works of Belgian industry will take place at Brussels during the ensuing months of August and September. Belgium, long celebrated for the variety and perfection of its pro ductions, and for the extent and importance of its manu factures, has made during the last ten years great pro gress—a progress which merits the attention of the com mercial world. In the provinces of Hainault, of Liege, and of Namur, as well as in Flanders, proofs are every where to be met with of the commercial and manufac turing industry which has made of a country limited in extent one of the richest and most remarkable for its trade. Her relations with England, which are daily in creasing, have powerfully aided in the extension of her manufactures, and the progress of a science (steam navigation) which has become all but the mistress of the world. The foreigner will find his attention arrested by the immense factories of Seraing, by the cannon foun dries of St. Leonard, by , the iron and coal mines, and the numerous manufactories of arms and machinery, be sides those of glass, carpets, cottons, and stuffs, which, from the rapidity with which they are produced, are sold at the most moderate prices. The exhibition, although. made the occasion for the distribution of prizes, has a strictly commercial object, and is intended to afford the exhibitors an opportunity of disposing of their goods ; everything seen is, therefore, entered in a catalogue, with the name of the manufacturer and the price of the com modity. It is expected that the approaching exhibition will be attended by a large concourse of persons from, all parts of the civilised world. RELEASE OF MR. MEDHORST FROM PRI SON.—This person, whose case has lately acquired re newed interest in the eyes of the public, in consequence of the erasure of the name of Mr. H. Moreton Dyer from the commission of the Peace for the county of Mid dlesex, was on Saturday last released from his confine ment in the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, upon an order sent down from the Home-office. It appears that for some time his health had been on the decline, and that, since the interference of Mr. Dyer in his af fairs, the symptoms of an internal disease, the early stages of which had previons_ly manifested themselves, have been greatly aggravated. To such an extent had these symptoms increased, that it was found necessary to call for the advice and assistance of an eminent physi cian, whose opinion was of a nature to induce the Visit ing Justices of the prison to forward a certificate as to the state of the patient to the Marquis of Normanby. Subsequent visits tended to confirm the original impres sion of the medical attendant as to the danger of the at , tack, and further certificates were sent to the Noble Marquis, describing the character of the disease, accom panied w ith t h e expression of a conv i c ti on , that un les s Mr. Medh urst were set at l i berty t h e wors t result wa s t o mind of be anticip a t e d. Th e exc i tement crea ted in h the priso ner by the recent p roc eedings aris i ng alleged proposition of the ex -Magistra te . ibe supposed s to k t out of the be the cause to w hi c h hi s p re sent con diti o n may at tributed. Wesleyan Methodist So ciety The annual Conferenceheof the Oldham-stieet Chapel, in this commences the a week past, the " stationing WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE. town, this mornin g. has business, a nd and matters of arrangement, have preliminary g. b been sitting here ; and much of the Committee been gone through, with this anniversary. well as the introductory religious services, held In connection ofministers, few days, the arrivals from; During the last f the kingdom, have been very numerous ; all parts o the number at presentA in Manchester is, we believe, and large as is usual at the commencement of this "busio.h quite meeting.las It is well known that it is the practice a nnual of conference not to p ermit any reporter to be present during its deliberations • and, therefore, we cann o t pro mise any full or forma l report of the proceedings, eve n if it were desirable to give one. We shall, however, n otice some of the principal subjects of discussion ; one of which may be termed the silk-gown question ; it being likely that this verata questio will be brought be fore the reverend assembly, in connection with the re cent assumption of the silk-gown, by several Wesleyan ministers, in the pulpit ; amongst others, by th e Rev. William Bunting, of Cheetham-Hill, near this town ; and the Rev. S. I). Waddy, of Hull. We shall also give the appointments of ministers to the stations in this town and immediate neighbourhood, when they are made.—Manchester Gaardian. THEATRICALS.--A rumour prevails in this city, which, if authentic, cannot but promote much dis may behind the curtain. It is to•the effect that our ex cellent and spirited manager, who has so long and so dauntlessly opposed a valiant front to difficulties and perils which would have disheartened, or, it may be, crushed, many a m an l ess reso l u t e an d enterprising, has been at length compelled to post a notice in the green-room stating th at h e w ill be happy to receive pro posals of engagements from ladies and gentlemen for the ensuing season, but th a t h e grieves to state that, in con sequence of the almo s t total desertion of the theatre of late by the public, he will be obliged toform his salaries on a scale greatly lower than that which he has hereto fore been in the habit of awarding. This announcement will, we fear, cause the secession from our corps dra matique of many of its most valuable members. That it should come to this in the second city of the British empire ! Mr. Calcraft's zealous and most enterprising efforts in support of our national theatre must win for him the applause of every man who has the honour of our country at heart , and it is indeed disgraceful in.the last degree to the people of Dublin th a t they have. not seconded his able endeavours. The mere fact speaks libraries for our lack of taste, discernment, public spirit—nay, more, and of common intellect. It has been well remarked that the p ros p er i ty o f the drama in. a state is ever proportionate with the civilization of the people.—Dublin Paper.