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Bern , and gait 11)0 0 con` V the C en- ege t t he , e ve, bet S NT [on - ,ur If 14 011 0 1 O s e l ' fir Ic c ot 0), o t, Y ° vo 0 .XVRESS FROM_ PABA.S. • OVERLAND INDIA MAIL. despatches announced that the mail reaclxa Marseilles yesterday morning. • Dates from ,•, norabay June 19, Alexandria July 19, and Malta July , 24 - The' Oriental brought the despatches to M alta. 4,0 ilews'from China. Sir G. Brether had quitted Cal elaa for China with reinfiircements. • FRANCE. Anis, THURSDAY, JULY 29.—" A morning journal," says the Moniteur, " mentions certain precautions which the Commandant of the Polytechnic School had judged , haves to adopt this year, in respect to the granting or axes of absence to the pupils during the Three Days. This p a pe r h as b een deceived by false information : as in' the preceding years, holiday's - have been granted, either for the country or Paris, without any other gua rantee than the demand of the relations or correspon dents, and, as before, the doors of the school are and ...1 . • 11 remain, open from seven A.M. to midnight for the Pupils who lave not asked for leave of absence. " The funeral service for. the victims of et uly, 1830, t ook place Testerday (Wednesday), at Toulouse, and Passed fiff with order and dignity. " Several Toulouse papers," concludes the Moniteur, "have published an Address of the National Guards of • Martres to those of Toulouse. A Royal Ordonnance of Wechiesday disban& the National Guard of Martres." The Minister of War has appointed a Special Com mission to report on the service of ladS to the army. , It appears certain (says the Moniteur Parisien) tha t Ih- loan is again adjourned. The vintage and harvest account 3 much better, and the aspect of the corn market changed, no sales being ef fected, except at a decline of prices. • Paris quiet, and all the world at the Champs Elysees. The ToulonnaiS of the 25th brings news from Algiers of the 20th. A few'dayi before six soldiers and thirty 1 13 Pwers and colonists were carried away at Bouffariek by a troop of one hundred mounted Arabs , disgu ised under th e uniform of native gendarmes. The Arabs eentinued masters of the place, which they traversed to every direction, burning crops and haystacks which w ere net placed under the protection of the fortified Points. SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 22.—The Chamber of Deputies of SPai • n agreed, on the 22d, to the principle of the Bill rela- , tive to the alienation of the secular clergy-, by agaiajarity .!,.1 109 to 2. Another Spanish boat was capture d by 4 11glish seamen on the 16th, off Aigesiras, and brought il lto Gibraltar. The Senators and Deputies, representing the province °I Cadiz have addressed a memorial to the Minister "'I Finance, on the expediency of admitting the intro 7 Illiction of British manufactured cotton goods. The c apitalists decline to conclude-a loan with the Govern so long as the Cortes shall continue open.. The ‘lamber of Deputies, this day threw out another amend nient to the Finance Minister's project for authority to ra ise 3,000,900 of dollars on the mortgav of the salt and Other duties - . Senor Surra y Bull mace an excellent financial speech, but all to no purpose , as the De p uties are fi le i nt on bringing about another revolu tionar y ! outbreak. , -le funds are . lower. No purchases for cash, and 241-, Per cent. was obtained for Five per Cents., at 30 days' rote. One bargain for 8 00 , 000 re als in the Fives, at 21, r cash. Thirty-one bargains, for 16,200,000 reals, in pe Fives, at .25i 24j, 25, 251, for various dates. The _eputies this evening are still discussing t he Bill to au v" °rise the Government to raise 60 millions of reals. g , Letters from Toloso of the 24th, announce tha t the uuipuscoan. Deputation has disbanded the corps of Ca- Sadores, consisting of 300 men, and heal resolved to Icreatea corps of Miqueletes of GO men. T he Cap run-General immediately decided, that as this step had been taken without the Regent's authority, no other force should be permitted in the province but the I ;egUlar t roo p s , an d or dered the arms of the Caeadores t:_b d e deposited at St. Sebastian. The Deputation con . s, but in vain, that it is an infringement of their , " GERMANY. • Vinvpp --NA JULY 22.—The settlement of t he 15th p assed o ffi n without any fresh failures, and the Fu nds and Rail , itd shares are again improving. The North, 66- ; a 9 4- : Baal, 80. Funds, 1,556, 105, 98k, 761. I 4II IIFORT, JULY 24.-1,922, 106 i -, 98-i, 761. Cial 1 . 1 : 414. 9 JULY 24.-104. The labours of the Provin - Ri n , I ,et of Kcenigsber, have been approved of by the vos• 6 Ina letter, which specially praises the de bates hadtaken place respecting the liberty of the press. ' z ne retirement of Herr Werther and Herr Realm (Mi ntsters) is rumoured. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. The Constantinople and Alexandria correspondence -of the Augsburg Gazette of the 26th, fully confirm our previous advices; as to the complete reconciliation be tween the Sultan and his vassal, and of the excellent understanding existing in the Turkish capital between all the Ambassadors, including, of course, M. de Pou tois, the French Envoy, Whose relations had been re hewed with the representatives of the other European Powers. ------- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 29.—The sales of Cotton to-day amount t o 2,500 bales, without any change in prices. Exporters and speculators entirely out of the market. LivEnrool. SHARE MARKET, JULY 29 . — T he fol lowing comprise the transactions at the Stoc k Exchan g e this day :—Glas7ow, Paisley, and Greenock, 31 2 - ; Liver- Peel and Manchester Half Shares, 95 ; London and Bir . Il lingham Quarter Shares, 22i; London and South Wes tern, 53 4 . A.IANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 29.—Our Market continues flat, and only a limited amount of busi ess done—Birmingham and Gloucester , 59 to 61 ; Lon don and Birmingham, 160 161/ ; Mancheste r and Leeds, , sio ; Edinburgh and Glasgow , 374 38 ; London and South Western, 54 ; Liverpool and Mancheste r, 201 202 ; North Midl an d, 644 65?; Stafford and Rugby, 24 21. Jane etters have been received this morning from Rio liero, St. Kitt's, Jamaica St. Vincent's, and Cey o°fn ; but they are all of an old ' date, with the exception , Rid de Janeiro, the papers from which p lace reach to the 25th May, being seven days later than the former ac rxuns, but they do not contain any news of interest . Cent. on England was quoted at 31, and the Six per Bank Stock at 75. A telegraphic despatch has arrived, announcing the ar rval of the overland mail from India. The dates are if rom„ Bombay, June 19; Alexandria, July 19; and Malta, f., 4 . No news from China. Sir G. B r emer had quitted Calcutta for China with reinforcements. TILE FUNDS. Very little business doing, but the market is flat. Con- Opened at 894 k for Money, and 90 sellers for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 premium ; Sp anish Ftive Stock, 191 20 ; Portuguese Five p er Cents. 301 ; -unto Threes, 18,4. PRICES OP" SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. k. eat Western ..................... 65 A l lndon and Brighton .............. 50 r i a id l l el a :ea ci ter and Leeds ......... 70 MO.ittoto New Shares. .............. 30 ...... 20 Counties ... ............... 100 ^ and North Midland... SO Ditto New 5hare5.............. 10 HALF-PA ST ONE. The settlement of the half-monthly account in the Foreign Market takes place to-day. The fluctuation during the account has been so trifling that it is not ex- Pected that any difficulty will be experienced among the brokers in making up their accounts. Consols are flat at 89k -8- for Money, and 89k for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 16 18 ; India Bonds, 7 prem. Three per Cents. Reduced, 90 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents, 99. There has been rather more business doing in the Fo reign Securities. Spanish Active Stock is now quoted at ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 30+ ; Chilian Bonds, 62 ; Mexican, 254 6 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52+ ; Five per Cents., 101 k. Little business doing in the Share Market : Great Westerns have advanced to 85+ ; London and Brighton, 42i ; Manchester and Leeds, 49i- ; Ditto New Shares, 20. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, Money, 891 ; Account, 69 1 ; Colo mbian, 19i 20 ; Mexican, 251 26 ; S panish, 19v 20. Th e news from New Y ork has caused a depression in the Funds. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English Wheat this week has been good, of Oats fair and of Foreign Wheat considerable. The weather Continuing dry, though the trade was not brisk, Wheat sold tull equal to Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas, re mained. firm. Oats met a moderate demand at last quotations. /lour as last reported. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply was moderate, the demand brisker than on Mon day, , everything met with ready buyers at our p resent quotations. measts, 620 ; Sheep and Lambs, 8, 660 ; P i g s, 508 ; Calves, Beef, 3s. ed. to 4s. 10d. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. 2d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, ss. to ss. 6d. COLONIAL MARKET. • The market was quiet ; both shippers and the home trade operatedwith much caution, but prices were steady for all the leading articles. The imports were fair from all quarters. TEA MARKET. There was more life in the market, and prices were firmer ; tales of Company's Congou were made at 2s. :iid. cash, but in Free Trade there was little business don.. TALLOW MARKET. _The demand was dull but holders were firm , and P. Y. Candle could not be had under 475. 6d. per cwt. For delivery ti last three months little was done, but prices were unchanged. NEW WORK, EDITED BY Boz —We are requested, to state that the publication of the new work, entitled " The Pic Nic Papers, by Various Hands," edited by Charles Dickens, Esq. (Boz), which was announced for appearance with the Magazines on the Ist of August, is unavoidably deferred for a foie days, on account of the pla tes b y Cruikshank, -2 ' l '; 84 e. Those who desire to obtain early copies, are requested to send their orders immediately to their respective booksellers. Henry Colburn, publisher, Great Marlborou r ,f , li street.. Agents for Scotland , Bell and Bradfutc itiarnb• h ; for Ireland , John • Cumtning Dublin. 1 g ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL GREVILLE-STREET. ▪ alma Scott, the y o ung woman who attempted to destroy herself by swallowing a large quantity of deadly poison, .talled - • fl I. - been discharged L . -cm the act,,,ttc u _ea , las hopital eared. It fortuLate fur her that this in stitution is open at all hours, for it was near two o'clock in the m orning w h en t h e police took her thither , and the aela Y of hall au hour would have cost the miserable girl. her us. DUTCH MAIL. HANovER, JULY 22.—The Hanover Gazette of this date, contains a" notification by the Minister of the In terior, announcing that the King has given orders, ener getically, to repress all unlawful resistance to the Con stitution, and especially every attempt to influence the election of Deputies to the Assemblies of the States, which is shortly to be convoked, and immediately to ar rest and deliver into the hands of justice those who shall be guilty of such dangerous intrigues ; at the same time all the authorities are called upon to exercise the utmost vigilance with respect to such unlawful practices, and without asking or waiting for the assent of superior autho rity to take energetic measures against those who shall be guilty of them, and, if necessary, order them to be imprisoned. DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTERDAM, Ju s t 27. Money. bins. Actual Debt, VA per Cent Jitto, ditto apm cox t. Anion Svniiic, 4 lN, per cent VON 1 Ditto, ditto, 354 per cent 74% S Commercial Company, et cent INN I:6N Ditto (1fi3.5 and 1t1.37) 5 per ce - t :02 Loan 1837, 5 per cont. Exchange on London, One month l2. C 5 Two months Hamburgh, One month Two months 33 56X 1 Dutch Papers, July 28. UNi.—rlaussisme, JULY Actual Debt, '2 per Cent. Rothschilit's Loan, 5 per Cent Lean of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent...- 3 per Cent. -0 ------- Thirty .13 eyell.-.--..- .. . - % .........--.......-..-..--.....-.....--• (I, 40) lOl Loan of City, 1•:12, 4 per Cent /1 Socicty ot Commirce, 4 1 ,4 per Cent (s% Bank of Belp,iuni, 5 per CenL. ......... National Srtciety . - Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, July 28. . AUSTRIAN FUNDB.- VIENNA, JULY 20 Five per Cents. Metalliques Fonts per Cents. 98% Three p.r Cents. Bank Shares ..- Allgemrene Zeitu.g. July 24 HABIBU ita BORSENHALLE, s. ll JULY 4. Bi Money Austrian 5 per Cents. - Bank Shares IC3O - Anglo- Russian Loan lO - 14 108 Russian 5 per Cent. let series, Certificate Inscription, Ist SNies 192 -101% Russian 5 per Cent. 1-lope and Co. 3d and 4th Setics ... 91% 9714 Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) 85% 1-4 3 % Dutch it ctual Debt, Syi, pea Cent tOS 50 Ditto 5 per Cent - Polish Bonds - New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 7 5 14 75 Notwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Can:. li lotlk Spanish, New 5 per Cents. l6 - CHANCERY COURT.-(TH IS DAY.) BATT V. ANNS. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, referring it to the Master to inquire what was the amount of the personal property of the testator received by the defendant after the payment of his debt:. TULLOCK V. HARTLEY. The bill in this case was filed for the reconveyance of an estate in Jamaica, for an account of the profits of that estate, and also for a declaration of the right of the plain tiff to the compensation awarded for 284 slaves that were upon the property. The plaintiffs were certain an nuitants and legatees, under the will of a lady named Simpson, and the defendant, John Simpson, was the eldest son and heir-at-law of that lady, and trus tee and executor under her will. John Simp son was for thirty years manager of the estates, and about the year 1823, he having in him the legal estate in the property in question, he executed a mortgage on some proparty of his own which was suffi ciently general to comprise the present property. The material defendants, besides Mr. Simpson were Messrs. Hartley and Cliffe, who for more than thirty years were the consignees of all the property in the West Indies belonging to Mr. Simpson, and being creditors of John Simpf;on to the extent of 90,0001. They took from him a conveyance of all his property in the West Indies, together with his estates in the country, and under that conveyance they contended they were entitled to the es tate in question. Under these circumstances the present bill was filed. Mr. COOPER was opening the case on the part of the plaintiffs when our Reporter left. PALACE COURT.-(THIS PAY.) ROBINSON V. PAUL. This was an action brought to recover a sum of money alleged to be clue for three quarters of a year's rent for some stables. The defendant paid one quarter's rent into Court, alleging that that was all that was due, and produced a receipt for the previous quarter's rent, signed by a man named Peach, who was in the employ of the plaintiff. It appeared, however, that Beach was entirely ignorant of the amount of rent due, but had received the money from Mr. Paul, who brought it to Mr. Robinson's shop, for whom he worked as a cabinet-maker. The de fendant was unable to produce any other receipts, as he stated that he always destroyed all receipts except the last. - . . The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Da maps, 6/. 15s. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) An eccentric but respectable-looking man, who gave the name of William Loudon, Sion-place, London-wall, was placed before Mr. Alderman Kelly, charged by police constable Harding, 270, with causing an obstruction in St. Paul's Church-yard. The constable said, that shortly after noon this day, he saw the prisoner sitting on the footway nearly opposite to Hitchcock and Rogers, with a large piece of chalk in -his hand with which he was writing various political mottoes on the flags. As a specimen of the prisoner's style and politics, the constable mentioned the following sentences—" Peel and Plenty—Russell and Starvation," &c. The footway was covered the entire length from Cheapside corner to Ludgate-hill, with those effusions of the prisoner's imagination, some of which certainly showed more imagination than delicacy. Mr. Alderman KELLY asked him if he would keep out of the public thoroughfares ? Prisoner—No, lam moved by the spirit, like the Quakers. The worthy Alderman said he knew the prisoner's family to be very respectable, and therefore deeming his intellects a little impaired he did not wish to confine him. The prisoner was then discharged on promising to forego his political career. BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Emma Russell was placed before Mr. Twyford, charged by John Bryant under the following circumstances : It will be in the recollection of our readers that the prisoner, a few weeks ago, preferred a charge against the complainant and two other men, for having removed property from her house in Castle-court, but Mr. Jar dine, before whom the case was heard, dismissed it, on the ground of its, being a disputed right of property. The complainant now charged the prisoner with having removed several boxes of his property from his house in Little Duke-street, during the time he remained in pri son awaiting the issue of the former charge, and called a witness who had removed the boxes at the direction of the prisoner. Mr. TWYFORD said he viewed the case in the same light as Mr. Jardine had done, although he thought there was great suspicion and dishonesty on both sides, but as yet there was no felony made out, and he should, therefore, discharge the prisoner. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DA.Y.) LONDON, JULY 30.—Wind this day at noon W. DEAL, JULY 29.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Wool. sington, from Ceylon ; Eleanor, Sydney, New South W ales ; West Indian, Jamaica ; Helen, St. Vincent's ; Ellen, Antigua ; Kingston and Caroline, Quebec. Ar rived from the River the Sarah Crip, for Mauritius ; Cape packet, Cape of Good Hope ; Ida, Jamaica ; Cul dee, Quebec ; Racehorse, Trieste ; Queen, Newfound land ; Governor Harcourt, Quebec ; Prince Albert, Pa lermo ; Confidence, Bilboa. Sailed the Plantagenet, for Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, JULY 29.—Wind N.W., very fresh.— Arrived the-Maria, from St..Andrew's ' New Brunswick ; Buckingham, and John and Mary, Quebec ; Harvest, Bathurst, Kellermont, Smith, North Calabar. Sailed April 29, Mary Ann, Chapman, Leghorn ; Eliza, Me diterranean. The Ann, salt-laden, got on shore near the entrance of the river Bonny previous to April 29, but was assisted off by the Pluto steamer without damage, after throwing overboard part of the cargo. The Louise from Antwerp, struck the North Split this morning and filled ; crew saved. OFF FEISGAR, JULY 26.—The William, from Bombay. KINGSTOWN.—Arrived the Islam, from Antigua. OFF DOVER , JULY 29.—The Loyal Briton, from Miramichi ; Hebe, Flood, Singapore. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 29.--Wind W.N.W., blowing hard.—Sailed the Southampton, for Calcutta, and brought up at St. Helen's. COWES, JULY 29.—Artived the Columbia, Clarkson, from Havannah. OFF SALCOMBE, JULY 28.—The Amietta, from Bata via, for Antwerp. TORBAY, JULY 28.—Arrived the Wanderer, Hull, for Calcutta ; Caroline, Shields, Gibraltar. Arrived off, the Rebecca, from Bremen, for Baltimore ; Marmion, Que. bee ; Emily, Constantinople. FALMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Helen, Munro, from Malta ; Nimrod, Hamburgh, for Rio Janeiro ; Sir James Cockburn, London, for South Seas, with loss of jib-boom. Arrived off, the Diadem, Smith, Port-au-Prince. S WAN SEA, JULY 28.—Arrived the Ametyhst, David son, Cuba. KINGSTON, JULY 28.—Arrived the Islam, Morphew, Antigua ; Transit, Ferguson, Quebec. DUBLIN BAY, JULY 28.—Arrived the Navarino, White, Quebec. CoRK, JULY 27.—Arrived the Vigilant, Ritchie, from Port Rico ; Defender, Duncan, Quebec ; Chieftain, Dunn, Quebec. Off Port, 27th, Meteor, Walker, Ma nilla ; Maria, Morrell, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Corsair, Greig, Monte Video ; Barlow, M'Calline, Sa vannah. The Meteor, passed on the Bth September, in lat. 30, lon. 25, two immense icebergs, with high conical peaks and white with snow ; they were about six miles • apart, and could be seen from .the deck for 20 miles ; I the Meteor was steering from the Cape to Java. DUNDEE, JULY 27.—The Commercial Packet, Gibson, of Newcastle, having sprung a leak, was abandoned by the crew off the Isle of Man. Arrived the Apollo, Walker, from Quebec. HARWICH, JULY 29.—The William and Francis Knight, from Boston to London, has been assisted in here leaky, having been on the Gunfieet sand. _ ._. THE WEATHER.—Noon, JULY 30. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREE Barometer Thermometer... 56 I Highest 64 1 Lowest ... ...... 4 Wind W. —Frcezing Point 32 Deg. THE WETLEY MOOR MURDER.—William Simpson (who was acquitted of the charge of murdering William Hewitt) was, at the Hanky police-office on Mon day last, committed on the charga ufrobbingthedeceased. O'CONNELL THE LIBERATOR, ANI) THE AUTOCRAT OF RUSSIA. (From the Dublin Pilot.) An application was lately made by a lady of high rank to Mr. O'Connell to obtain from him an autograph, in order to make part of a collection of the - hand-writing of several " celebrated persons," intended for the Emperor.' of Russia. We have got a copy of the reply, dictated' by Mr. O'Connell, and sent to the lady at his desire, by the gentleman who acts as his secretary. How this re fusal prostrates an emperor, and places.a subject immea surably above him The following is the copy : Merrion-square, Dublin, 16th June, 1841. Madam,—l am directed by Mr. O'Connell to ac knowledge the honour of your Ladyship's - letter of the . 12th instant, and to express his deep regret that he is unable to comply with the request of so distinguished a lady. " The fact (to use his own words) is, that the hideous cruelties of the present Emperor of Russia, perpetrated in Poland even upon women and children, have marked his character with a deeper shade of infamy than that which stains the reputation of the Roman Nero ; whilst his Satanic persecution of Catholic Christianity has re duced him beneath the level of the ancient I)ioclesian. " Mr. O'Connell, therefore, cannot consent, by any act of his, however slight, to appear to pay a compliment to . so atrocious a monster." He respectfully trusts that you will not consider this refusal as a personal disrespect to your Ladyship, which it certainly is not intended to be. It is merely meant as the expression of his execration of a tyrant who has de served the hatred and contempt of the present genera tion, and whose name will be held in horror by more impartial posterity. 1 have the honour to be, Madam, your Ladyship's most obedient servant, J. O'N. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO PANS- HANGER. ST. ALBAN'S.—As soon as it was positively ascer , . tained that our gracious Queen and her illustrious CO sort would pass through St. Alban's, on their visit to Earl Cowper, at Panshanger, every effort was made to render their entry a triumphant one. The worthy Mayor (Mr. Rumball) convened a public meeting, to take into consideration what would be the best means to carry the wishes of the town into effect, and the call was quickly responded to by all the respectable inhabitants, of both sides of politics, whose only ambition seemed to be to outvie each other in the extent of their loyalty. A Corn mittee was formed, a subscription entered into, and funds to a large amount quickly raised. The trium phatasitlll,, planned by Mr. Boutell, was 120 feet long, and formed of different tbliages, on which were vati ous ornamental devices ; among others, " Welcome," " Queen and Constitution," " V. R." "P. A.," the whole surmounted with different emblematic flags. In the interior of both sides were erected galleries for the accommodation of the ladies, and the whole presented an exceedingly pretty and picturesque appearance. Indeed there was scarcely a house in the town that had not some ornamental work. At about one o'clock the Royal cortege was announced to be in sight by the firing of a small bat • tery-, which was placed upon the tower of the clock house, and the sudden chiming in of the bells of all the parish churches, and in a few moments England's hope and pride was greeted by the cheers of the loyal people of St. Alban's. A procession, composed of the Mayor and Corporation, and a long line of Com mittee-men, with a band, and numerous flags at their head, ushered her Majesty into the town. Her Ma jesty was pleased to express her gratification at the cordiality of her welcome, and the Marquis of Head fort was commissioned to state her thanks, in the strongest terms, to the Mayor and the inhabitants for the kind reception she had been greeted with. Her Ma jesty was accompanied by the same retinue that left Windsor with her, and was escorted through the county by the Hertfordshire yeomanry. During the time which was occupied by changing horses, the Earl of Verulam presented his Royal Highness Prince Albert with a bouquet, which was most graciously received by the Queen. Her Majesty will honour St. Alban's, on Saturday next, with a second visit on her return to Windsor. .....--. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) At Hatfield a triumphal arch, unique in its construc tion, and elegant in its effect, was also erected, and it was noticed - by the numbers congregated at that point of the road that the taste displayed was honoured by the royal notice. The immense mul titude of persons congregated in the capacious park of the Earl Cowper, at Panshanger, presented a coup d'ccil which must have convinced her Majesty that the loyalty of the people of Hertfordshire has suffered no diminu tion since that country was last honoured with the Royal presence, on the occasion of the review in Hatfield park. The whole of the carriage -drive, from the en trance at Cole's-green, was lined with vehicles. The children of the different charity schools in the neigh bourhood were arranged on each side of the carriage drive, producing a very pleasing effect. The boys and • girls from the Blue-coat School at Hertford occupied a prominent position. The Hatfield troop of South Herts Yeomanry, commanded by the Marquis of Salisbury, escorted the Royal party to Hatfield, where they were relieved by the B troop, under the command of Earl Cowper. Another portion of the same troop formed a guard of honour in the park. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert reached Panshanger at two o'clock precisely, the hour at which their arrival was announced, accompanied by Cols. Berkeley and Bouverie, the equerries in waiting,.the Marquis of Headfort, Lady Lyttelton, the Honourable Iliss Chandos, &e., and was • received with every demonstration of loyalty and respectful attachment. The party honoured by invitations to meet her Majesty comprised the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lord and Lady Clanricarde (who arrived at Panshanger on Wednesday evening), Lord and Lady Palmerston, Lord and Lady Duncannon, Viscount Melbourne, &c. &c. After the arrival of the Royal cortege the public were admitted to the railing of the terrace in front of the mansion, separating the pri vate pleasure grounds from the park, and her Majesty and her Royal consort, after partaking of a luncheon s promenaded for some time upon the terrace, accompanied by their suite. Nothing could exceed the enthusiastic joy displayed by the immense multitude at the oppor tunity. thus afforded them of evincing their attachment to their Sovereign ; the impression made by the gracious manner in which her Majesty was pleased to receive the homage paid to her will long dwell in the hearts of her subjects. The Royal party proceed on Friday,(this day) to Brocket-hall, the seat of Lord Melbourne' returning to Panshanger to dinner, and remaining there until Saturday morning, when they leave for town. The ad dress from the inhabitants of Hertford will be presented at Panshanger to-morrow, and extensive preparations are making in that town for the reception of the Sove reign, whose early hours have induced a belief that it is probable, it may be honoured with the Royal presence previous to leaving Panshanger for Brockct-hall. THE BLUE-COAT SCHOOL. As her Majesty is expected to visit this establishment at Hertford to-day, the following account of the Institu. on may be interesting : The Blue-coat School stands at the eastern extremity of the town of Hertford, on the north side of Fore street, and consists of three sides of a quadrangle, with the addition of a square building erected, so recently as Iboo, at the north-west angle of the original edifice, con taining a hall of the length of 100, and of the breadth of 40 feet. Besides these buildings there is a very lofty and airy infirmary, capable of containing a large propor tion of the children of this establishment. This noble building was erected by the Governors of Christ's Hospital, in London, on the foundation of King Edward VI., for the reception of the younger children of that establishment. This, therefore, being a branch of the great parent institution in London, we cannot avoid speaking briefly of the latter, in order to convey a clear idea of the regulations by which this institution in Hertford is conducted. The whole establishment origi nally consisted of 340 children, but the number, however, continuing to increase with the revenues of the establish ment, the Governors erected this school, by the voluntary contributions of high benefactors, in addition to their own, as well as another institution at Broxbourn. The entire establishment, Hertford School included, is at pre sent capable of containing 1156 children, including SO girls. According to a rule established in 1809, boys are ad mitted from seven to ten years of age, and are discharged at the age of fifteen years, with the exception of those who enter the sea service or go college. The complement of children at Hertford Blue-coat School is 416, who are drafted, in general, at the age of twelve years to the parent establishment in London. They are governed by their master in the schools, by the steward and matroness in the refectory, and by their nurses in the dormitories, and committees are consti tuted to examine the performances, and to report the neglects and defaults of these officers. The qualifications which are to fit them for higher stations in life are sedu lously attended to. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are of course the fundamental subjects of study. But beyond these the refinements of classical learning are made to imbue the minds of the young Blue-coat scholars, with those better and superior views, which are further heightened and adorned in the end by acquisitions in Hebrew, mathematics, and drawing. The number of boys who attain the last stage of the ordinary classical education is about sixty.. Out of which the scholars are chosen for exhibition by the head-master, without the interference of the governors of the Institution, of which there are seven at Cambridge and one at Oxford. In London there are four classical masters, two ushers, a mathematical, drawing, and singing master. At Hertford School there are a clas sical master, writing master, two ushers, and two mis tresses to the girls' school. At each place there is equally a matron ; there are six beadles in London, and two in this place ; thirteen nurses in London and nine at this place ; besides that most necessary of all comfortable ap pendages, a cook at each plaiT. To Hertford Blue-coat School there are also attached a physician, surgeon, and an apothecary, who is, how ever, resident in London. Thr government of this princely foundation is vested in the Corporation of the City of London, and noblemen and gentlemen of all ranks, who contribute 4001. to the support of this establishment. Twenty governors in two years are chosen in rotation by the other governors, and every alderman, at the first biennial nomination after he comes into the office of alderman, is allowed to name a governor, which governor is to be a benefactor of 2001. There is a president at the head of the charity, who is elected from the aldermen of the City of London by the body of the governors, for life, or so long as he continues an alderman, unless he happened to be a governor by benefaction or otherwise before he was an alderman. The first of December, 1787, a shark was taken in the Thames, near Poplar, in the stomach of which v:us ibutal ti watch with the name of Watsop engraved on it. The watch had belonged to a young gentleman who had been drowned near Falmouth. BRUSSELS, JULY 28.—The average price of Wheat last week was f 20.15, and that of Itye,,f 11.21. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIBA Y.'..JULY 30, 184 COURT CIRCULAR. 11.1ajesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal Suite, left Wobu rn Abb e y, Be:Vodshire, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, escorte 1 by a party of Hus sars, for Pansanger, Herts, to honour the Earl and Countess Cowper with a visit. The Duke of .Wellington, and some ofthe visitors at Woburn Abbey, took ,their de parture for town. Viscount Melbourne and other visi tors at the Abbey proceeded to Pansanger. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, returned to Cambridge House onWednes day evening, from their residence at Kew. The Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her prasence last evening. Major-General Sir John Harvey transacted business at the Colonial-office on Wednesday. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius wore received yesterday at the Colonial-office. LITERATURE. THE OLD EA,ig AND HIS YOUNG WIFE. 3 Vols. • Bentley, London. 1841.. The period to which the leading events of this story refers, is the commencement of the seven teenth century, when the Catholic, though still the proscribed, religion, was making desperate struggles in England and Ireland to recover the supremacy, and its agents were generally diffused throughout the kingdom, despite the dangers that beset them. The attempts of a high minded Catholic priest (Hugh Talbot) to escape from the persecutions of the Legislature and its • emissaries, who, as is well known, were all on the alert after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, form no inconsiderable portion of the nar rative ; terest from the heroine, Eveline Mac Or r, the which, however, derive s its main in beautiful daughter of an Irish Chieftain, who, in order to assist her father and her friends, reduced almost to destitution by the oppressive exactions of the English Government in Ireland, accepts the hand of a rich old Earl, Lord Carthwaite, on whose death she retires into a French convent, . where she remains nearly fifty years, her last moments cheered by the sight of the friend and lover of her youthful days, Phelin O'Neill, who has accidently discovered her in her retreat, and expires nearly at the same time with herself. The character Of thiejligh-minded heroine is de lineated with very passable ability ;tat first, there appearssomething cold, and heartless, and ambi tious in her nature, but these unfavourable im pressions wear away as we become better ac quainted with her, and ultimately she succeeds in rivetting herself strongly on our attention. Her vain, uxorious, old husband is also ably sketched ; but we could have dispensed with the dialogue that takes place between them, when in bed together on the bridal night—for, in the first place, it is in exceeding bad taste—and, secondly, it is in direct violation of probability. ft is not often that matters of business are dis cussed on such delicate occasions. The thrifty, worldly-minded Scotch Peer, Loild Thurso, whose wife and daughters live by letting out lodg ings at Edinburgh, is rather too much in carica ture, though the outline is by no means amiss; and the disputatious propensities of the old Scotch Nobleman, are in places developed with much of that fine tact which we admire in Smollet's in comparable sketch of Lismahago. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. GRAND SAILING-AIATCHES.—A fine day's sailing was yesterday's ; it • was from first to last a thorough scien tific exhibition. This day's sport was the concluding one of this season with yachts of the Thames Club, and, as usual, there were three prizes given for the respective classes engaged in the race. The Club, which boasts the august patronage of her Majesty and Prince Albert, has, during a succession of years, done much towards creating a spirit of emulation in the science of sailing. The following had been entered to contend : Yaehts. Tons. Owners. Colours. FIRST CLASS. Gazelle ...25...H. Gunston White with Red Arrow. Ada 25...H0n. H. M. Upton...Black,Red,&WhiteCtoss. Sabrina 21...L0rd Alfred Paget...White before Red. Widgeon 21...T. C. Snook ........Red with White Star. Gnome.. 24... R. and T. 111( esom—Blueand White with Star. SECOND CLASS. Lady Louisa ....I 3... T. S:nith Victoria.... ...... 18... T. and C. Stokes ...Blue with White Cross. TIIIRD CLASS. Dauntless Rival 10... W. Sawyer Red and White quartered. Bermudian Maid 8... H. Bailes Red and White. _ Little Vixen ...10...R. Wright Blue and Red quartered. Brilliant The prizes for the successful owners were silver salvers, not cups, as heretofore. The weight of that intended as the chief prize was 70 ounces, and that for the second class some 18 or 20 ounces less. A very pretty cream ewer was added to these as the award of victory to the light class yachts. The boat which came in first, of whatever class, was to take the most valuable of the prizes. The company assembled to witness the match on board the Sovereign steamer, but the attendance was not so numerous as on many former occasions, although equally as select. The wind. was blowing strongly from the WT.N.W., a fine whole sail breeze. A fair wind down to sail every reach, and a dead poser up to try their powers to the wind. In consequence of its being a very late tide the start was delayed until exactly a quarter to one. The race was most spirited, and the yachts spanked down to the flag-buoy, at Coal-house-point, in first-rate style, and rounded the flag-buoy in the following order : The Ada, 39 minutes 10 seconds past two ; the Ga zelle 30 seconds past three ; the Gnome 1 minute 40 se conds past ; the Victorine 3 minutes 5 seconds past; the Widgeon 3 minutes 10 seconds past ; the Sabrina, 3 mi nutes 15 seconds past ; the Vixen 9 minutes 15 seconds past ; the Lady Louisa 16 minutes 20 seconds past ; the Brilliant 17 minutes 8 seconds past ; and the Rival 17 minutes 15 seconds past. It wanted a full hour to flood : the tide was running dcwn hard, and the wind a dead noser. With these dis advantages, it was evident that nothing but power in the vessel, and seamanship in the captain, could command success. The whole of the yachts turned into the slack, and began the work of beating up. The Gazelle doused her topsail, being unable or unwilling to carry it, but the Gnome stood upright under her's, although by many nau tical men on board, is was asserted that she had a trifle too much of it, and that her bows were consequently buried in the water. The Victoria made a good board, and went out to windward of the Ada, Gazelle, and Gnome, thus taking the leading place. They all began to make fine play. Changes of position were momentarily ex pectecl,and manyan xious eyes were turned towards the spot, when on a sudden the mainsail of the Gazelle, which was at the moment challenging the first boat, was seen falling to the deck. Shead carried away her main halyards, and she was driven, before she could in any way re pair, at least a mile to leeward. Her chance with boats of such even tonnage was evidently gone—no chance was left for her, and, as far as she was concerned , the fortune of the day was determined. The Gnome and Ada made a sweet match for the second place, but the Victoria held her own, and it was evident, as they neared Grays, where the tide had made, that save accident, she must win, which was the result. In the lower part of Long Reach the Ada went to windward of the gnome, and took the second place. They arrived at Greenwich in the following order :—Victorine, 30 min. 40 sec. past seven ; Ada, 33min. past ; Gnome, 34 min. 30 sec. past ; Sabrina, 38 mm. past ; the Widgeon, 45 min. past ; the Gazelle, 47 min. past ; and the Little Vixen at eight o'clock. The Messrs. Stokes claimed the first class prize, although a boat of the second class, and the Hon. H. M. "Upton the second in value. Mr. Wright the third class. Atter waiting the usual time the prizes were presented by the Commodore, who made an appropriate speech, in which he complimented the Captains on the skill they had displayed. The healths of her Majesty and Prinee Albert were drunk with much enthusiasm. The Com modore and Stewards of the Club were attentive as usual to the comfort of their guests, and the refreshments were most excellent, and reflected much credit on Farmer, the Steward. The company arrived in town at nine o'clock. SIR R. PEEL AND• LORD JOHN RUSSELL My meditations led me to try and estimate the cha racter of Sir Robert Peel. Our Saviour speaks of a sin, against which he solemnly warned his disciples, and which he called the sin against the Holy Ghost. Divines interpret this as meaning sin against light and knowledge. Verily, Madam, in all earnestness, and in all sincerity, do I believe that Sir Robert Peel is guilty of such a sin. He sins against light and knowledge. His mind is not narrow enough to shut out from his view the consequences of commercial reform ; but for the poor sake of heading a powerful party that scarcely puts its trust in him—for the paltry ambition of being a great man of an hour—he declares himself determined, in spite of better knowledge and of common sense, to up hold a policy which immediately is grinding to dust thousands of your Majesty's subjects, and in its ultimate results must pour decay through all the channels of trade and commerce. From the contemplation of the chti racter of Sir Robert Peel, I turned to that of Lord John Russell. I had mingled in the crowd that hailed him, when he presented himself as a candidate to the citizens of London. I heard him in simple, unaffected, manly language, tell how he and his colleagues had pro posed measures which would add, by the natural ma gic of commercial freedom, at once to the revenue, and to the prosperity of t h e people. I heard him tell how they had advise! you, Madam, to exercise your Royal prerogativ,?, and appeal to the country on this °Teat vital question ; and though now the general result shows Lord Joho Russell defeated, and Sir Robert Peel victorious, oh, how immeasurably different the charac ters of the two men appeared ! Sir Robert Peel, sprung from the people, enormously rich, dying with anxiety to cogn i z ant of the mighty results whi c h would spring from id en tify himself with the aristocracy, w ith a m ind per ffectmlycomme7cial reform, yet sinning against light an d knowledge, clever, showy, and plausible. Lord John Russell, the scion of an ancient and noble stock, linked with the aristocraey:. yet the friend of the people, ad vancing slowly. Yet in the path of social improve ment, without showy plausibilitie s , or crafty dexterity, yet true to his convictions, and firm in asserting what he conceives to be just—can you wonder, Madam,. that in the contemplation, Sir Robert Peel stood .14) before me my enemy, and Lord John Russell my 'friend ' • that in the Statesman of expediency I b e h e ld t h e f oe o f my do wiestie comfort, linci the blighter of my children's hopes ; and in the Statesman of principle the fast friend of me and mine, the promoter of the uni versa l c o m fort of all your 34ajesty's subjects ?—:-Letter in M e chronicle.— SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TILE MORNING TAPERS OT THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—In the present state of parties, the proceedings at the dinner given by Sir Robert Peel to his constituents at Tamwcrth will, of- course, be read with some curiosity. The dumb show still continuos., Sir Robert Peel will tell nobody what he will do, as Minister until he is Minister. The point to which he sticks is—turn out the Whigs, and put me in, and then you shall see what you shall see. His own party are quite as much in the dark as the rest of the world. He says he is " constantly asked" what he means to propose. But he is asked in vain. " The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed." Why, then, are they •his party ? Plainly, on no ground of public policy. Some other tie binds them to him. They do not follow him for the sake of some known good to be achieved for the country. What can charity itself surmise but that they follow him for selfish and sinister ends, acting upon '4 , `4aitited" mo tives, in conformity with the tainted characters which their own journals ascribe to some of the more influen tial members of the faction ? The power of such charac ters to force- themselves into office may well make the expectant Premier uncertain about what measures it will be expedient or practicable for him to propose. No one who has studied Sir Robert Peel would expect him to confess to such a difficulty as this. His characteristic course would be to varnish it over, give it,the colouring of a free choice, and manufacture it into a s merif. This is precisely what he has done. In shrinkingfrom all disclo sure of his future policy, Sir Robert elahns to be in fluenced by a principle of propriety. , : lie vamps up en analogy to prove that it would be " nelsfit" in him, the aspirant to the premiership, to apprise tire nation of his intentions. lie affirms himself to be in the position of a medial man, who sees a patient suffering, wrongly treated, and without confidence in the present physician: and who declines to suggest anything because not regu larly called in, it would be "no proper advice." We know this is medical etiquette ; and we also know that if any physician of our acquaintance should see one for whom he professed half the regard professed by Sir 11. Peel for the country in this condition, and acting on Sir Robert's principle, should sacrifice the health or life of his friend to the etiquette of his profession, we should think him a most unexceptionable man of forms, and also as cold-hearted a scamp as ever indulged in false professions. TIMES.—The Government of Louis Philippe was recognised and supported by England in 1830, not from any enthusiastic admiration of its popular origin, but because it was, under the civet:mist s t; ,:.'•s, the form of government best fitted to secure \ • liberties of the French people, and to check the abuse of them. The great public interest of maintaining a strong and orderly Government in France, in order to curb thst revolu tionary spirit which had overturned the Throne of the elder Bourbons, and might again have devastated Europe, was paramount to all minor considerations of national jealousy. It was so then, and it is so still. Whatever tends to weaken that Government tends to re move the only barrier by which the world is protected from evils so enormous, that they cannot for a moment be weighed against the utmost success of Lord ron sonby's paltry intrigues. It cannot be concealed that the loss of the English alliance, the excitement of the military operations of last year, and the ad ditional burdens flung upon the country by a reckless and short-lived Administration, have considerably in creased the difficulties with which Louis Philippe has to contend. The state of society in France is too unsettled, and the authority of her rulers too insecure, for the friends of peace and order to trifle with such inflammable materials. It was the part of England to conciliate the nation and to support the Government : it has been the part of Lord Palmerston to irritate the one and to in stilt the other. The actual result of his policy, as far as France is concerned, has been to stimulate the bad pas sions of that restless and ambitious people, and to weaken the power of the established authorities. A few weeks more will put an end to this deplorable state of things. A Conservative Administration will inherit none of the passions and projects which have so agitated and con fused our foreign relations : but it will apply its steady influence to the maintenance of that good understanding with foreign nations upon which their internal order and the general tranquillity of Europe depend. POST.—The speech of Sir Robert Peel, which we had the satisfaction of giving to the public:yesterday morning, exclusively in the whole of our impression, cannot fail to do great good to the Conservative cause. How very dif ferent it is from the snappishness and deception which were the prominent characteristics of the written address lately given to the world by Lord John Russell ! .We have perfect confidence in submitting Sir R. Peel's.speeeli to the common sense and rational manly feeling of the country, that it will be received with warm ap probation. We care not whether they who sit in jusig ment upon it belong to the' Tory or the Whig school of politics, provided they be people of sense, and above the small malignities of party spirit. They will find it plain and honest and earnest, It is not deformed by any boasting. Notwithstanding a:1 the temptations to retaliate which have been fUrnished by Whig-Radical organs, there was nothing said unworthy the great leader of a great party. Sir Robert Peel plainly asserted the plain truth as to the censures which both the Parliament and the people had passed upon the Ministers of the Crown, but he did not for a manient lose sight of the respect due to the Crown itself, nor did he presume upon the probability that the power he now wields would make it necessary for the Crown to appoint him and his political friends in the room of those whom Parliament and the people have censured. HERALD.—We congratulate the public—and Sir Robert Peel not less—on the speech delivered by the Right Hon. Baronet at the dinner given by him to his constituents on Wednesday evening the 28th instant, in the Town Hall at Tamworth. It was a manly, unaffected, plain, intelligible expose of his own views of his own posi tion under the circumstances of the present eventful crisis. The report, which we published in a portion of our impression yesterday, and which we repeat to-clay, it is perfectly refreshing to peruse after the recent inflic tions we have witnessed of such vulgar balderdash and incoherent raving as formed the staple of the last perform ances at the Corn Exchange, Dublin. Sir Robert treated whatever subject he touched upon with the frankness of an Englishman, the independence of a gentleman, and the dispassionate judgment of an enlightened statesman. There was no "clap-trap" about his address. lie went directly to the points which he wished to enforce and illustrate, and made up by mere argument and sound reasoning—for all that the friends of " repeal" would say was wanting in force and fire. He relied only on admitted facts. He left to others the bad eloquence of unscrupulous invective and studied misrepresentation ; and he elicited testimonies of enthusiastic approbation and expressions of personal attachment from the com pany whom he addressed, which " liberators" and " repre sentatives" of whole kingdoms in their single persons may be surprised to learn were so elicited without indul gence in a single vituperative charge against a political opponent—without a single insinuation of jealousy, or malice against an unsuspecting friend. It is impossible to avoid contrasting (mentally, we mean, for we have no intention of visiting the penalty of the actual collation on our unoffending readers)—the simple, brief. and digni fied acknosvledgments of the Right Hon. Baronet.to his constituents for their continued support and confidence, with the stilted extravagance, the fawning obsequious ness, of the thanks uttered by O'Connell on analogous occasions. ADVERTISER.—The Morning Journal which is privileged to possess the confidence of the Tamworth Baronet, continues its piecemeal developments of the course of policy which the Right Hon. Gentleman means to pursue when lie 'shall appear before the public in his new capacity of Prime Minister of England. If on some points of vast importance the morning organ of the expectant Premier is vague and indefinite in its intonations, there are others in which it is so ample and explicit in its revelations as to leave no room for doubt or misapprehension in any mind. The question of the ballot is an instance in point. If any one felt at ' a loss as to what conclusion ought to be come to with regard to the probable course which Sir Robert Peel, when he shall have wrested the reins of office from their present possessors, means to adopt onthe question of the ballot, he has only to consult the Puddle-dock oracle of yesterday - , and his darkness will be enlightened at once. For ourselves, slippery, sliding, and supple as we know the Premier elect to be, we never had the shadow of a doubt as to the course which, on that question, he would pursue. We knew his bitter hostility to the right of secret voting, and his determination, so often as the subject should be mooted in Parliament, to resist the adoption of the Ballot with all the appliances which his position as the First Minister of the Crown, and leader of the House of Com mons will place at his disposal. If any one should have been sanguine enough to suppose for a moment that the Ballot would be included in the category of " expedient" questions, such person must have totally misconceived the character of the Right Hon. Gentleman., Whatever may be his other concessions. to _the popular demands, whatever other Tory "principle" he may immolate on the shrine.of his favourite expediency," the surrender of his prejudices against the Ballot is a. sacrifice which he will never make. There is something in the moral con stitution of the man at irreconcilable variance with thJ secret and unbiassed exercise of the electoral qualification. • MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE. —The Madrid correspondent of a morning Contemporary has informed the public in seve ral of his late communications, that the Spanish Govern ment is about sending to this country a remittance to pay one dividend on the Three per Cent. Stock created for the conversion of the arrears of coupons of the actual Active debt. This report was mentioned again in a con fident manner in the Morning Post of yesterday. We are inclined to think that this information is rather pre mature, as the conversion of the coupons has Lot taken place, for which the bondholders have to thank the mem bers of the Committee, and therefore no payment can be made until the matter is arranged. We do not profess to know to what purposes the Government will apply the loan of 600,000,0 00 resis t (about 600,000/. sterling) for which the sanction of the Cortes has been demanded ; but we have been given to understand that the intention of the Spanish Government is to apply 60,000/., which w ill b e paid by this country for the p urc h ase of the island of Fer nando Po, to the settlement of part of the arrears of interest due on the indemnity bonds, which amounts to about 3'0,000/. annually. ADVERTISER.—It is a matter worth noticing, per haps been stated in the amounts received from Frankfort to-day, via Rotterdam, that the Italian hanker Belloni, who suspended payments at Trieste, a few days back, owing to the stoppage of the Vienna firms, has been enabled to resume again, and further, that the eminent houses of Bethmann, Bonn, and Floer - s b e im, at Frankfort, had withdrawn nearly all the large amount of bank and private assets deposited with Gey Muller, before the house failed, so that they will escape with compar4tively trifling losses. On the other hand, .we are sorry to state that the banking and exchange I firm of 3/49nie, at Vienna, has fallen into einbarra.:ss- public in the City have been much stir . their building, while the legal riled d lt a E t S th .— e p T e l. rt 7 ;lls):cit ' y w* ith which the San Fire -Office 'l le boundary line is still undecided. ad operations till they obtained the action against the proceedings of l q l u as e v stio b n een con c c o e n rn tin in li g l of k. , ewers under " Michael Angelo as they had procured that, not ktrisceee_mchs a t n h c e e y llos suspend in jti. the notice t , iat the Commissioners would the Commissioners ini Ac s t s , i , o , n b e u rs t as soon withstanding appeal to the Chancellor, th ey went on as before, though the question was still under 'ided. A reference to the law reports of the day will du liv that the Chancellor con siders the 'case as yet undisposed of, and sugg es t s th at the decision of it court of law may be procured on the construction of th . 1 s t a t u tes connected with the mat ter. The Sun Megf under ibusa. circumsta nces , are scarcely justified in currying arc &sir invasion against - public improvement. • The Commimsioners of Sew ers , it 13 said, are determined to continue to the last the conte s t for the cause of the public. • IVIES 51ER71._/11' LECTURE AT THE lIA.NOVER-LNUARE ROOMS. The perplexing and incomprehensible Mystery, whic2 , , since the year 1775, has from time to time attracted the attention, incited the controversies, and divided the opinion of the most eminent physiologists of Germany, France, and England, is once more made the subject of public investigation in this country, by a distinguished French physician, M. Lafontaine. The professor seems to hare made an ill-advised choice of the theatre for his exhibitions. The Hanover-square rooms have an aris tocratic character, and the judgment of the aris tocracy in all matters of science or common sense has no weight with any enlightened portion of the English public. Since the delusions of quackery as prac tised by St. John Long and Morison, received so much support from rank and title, under circumstances in which only insanity or icliotcy could be imposed upon, it is ab surd to submit to the examination of the " fashionable world," a subject upon which the whole '° scientific world'' is divided, and which involves so many considerations of doubt and uncertainty, and suspicion, as this rexata questio of Mesmerism. When the open, candid, and philosophic experiments of Dr. Elliotson were conducted at the University College, we gave in The Sun, not only detailed-accounts of the experiments themselves, as we witnessed them, butalso a succinct and adequate narrative of the principal facts which have marked the progress of this " Mystery,' which must either be regarded as an awful discover y in physiological science, or a frightful result of con spiracy and fraud on the part of men holding the highest reputation for knowledge, skill, and honour of the pre sent age. We yesterday attended the lecture of M. Lafontaine and witnessed with pain, if we may not say with horror, what appeared to be conclusive and unquestionable proofs of the power which one human being may possess of en tirely subjecting to his will the physical an moral faculties of another. The room was crowded to excess at the hour appointed for the commencement of the lecture and the illustrations with which it was to be accompanied. Several gentle men complained that the room was too small to accommodate the large number of persons who had been admitted, and an adjournment to some more capacious apartment in the same building was pro posed. But M. Lafontaine, after some delay and inquiry, explained that he had taken the small chamber because he did not expect to be honoured by the presence of so large a company, and it would be impossible to prepare, within the space of two or three hours, any apartment of greater dimensions. Yet he requested those ladies and gentlemen who felt it inconvenient to remain in the crowded lecture-room, to postpone to a future day the observation of the facts which they had come to witness and to receive from his doorkeepers their tickets, or the money which they had paid for them. This suggestion was received with great applause, and so many availed themselves of it, that all who remained were able to ob serve the phenomena exposed to their investigation, with little inconvenience or interruption. As soon as order was established a French gentleman came forward on the platform, and said that M. Lafon raine could not speak one word of English, and as he had resided some time in the country, and could express him self with some degree of ease, he offered himself in the 'capacity of an interpreter, throwing himself upon the indulgence of this auditory.— (Groat applause.) It might be that English gentlemen who were sufficiently conversant with the French language to express them selves intelligibly to the lecturer, might be deterred from the effort by the characteristic modesty of the nation.— (Laughter, and very great applause.) All he could say to those gentleman was, that he would, to the best of his power, faithfully interpret to M. Lafontaine what they said ; and he considered it due to himself to state at the same time—whether to his credit or not—that he had formed no opinion upon the subject which was to be submitted to their investigation, and he had had no acquaintance with M. Lafontaine previous to that gentle man's lecture in that room a few days ago.—(Applause.) He was aware that many people in this country had paid some attention to the subject of Mesmerism ; but tliere was a still greater number who knew nothing whatever about it, and he would, therefore, bespeak the indul gence of those who had a previous knowledge, whilst he gave a brief account of the extraordinary subject which they were assembled to investigate.—(Hear, hear.) Frederic Mesmer, a young German physician, studvitg at Vienna. had his attention first drawn to this still in comprehensible subject by Professor Maximilian Dell, an astronomer well known over all Germany and civilised Europe for his labours in the branch of science which was placed under his direction, and for an extensive ac quaintance with physical science in every other depart ment. Professor Dell directed the attention of the young and aspiring student only to the fact, that one human being had the power of subduing and controlling the faculties, and regulating the sensations of another, with out the consent or will of that other. Mesmer, filled with enthusiam, and astonished at the success of his own ex periment, proceeded so far as to incur the hostility of the medical profession, which, like every other that depends mainly upon tradition, regards naturally the introduction of every novelty with enmity and distrust.—(Hear, hear.) Mesmer at length, scouted at Vienna, and sub sequently at Munich and Berlin, quitted Germany, and went to Paris, where the public attention was so much attracted by his exhibitions, that a Committee was ap pointed by the Government to investigate the truth of his pretensions. That Committee comprised the most illustrious men of science at that time existing in I s rance ; and amongst them two, whom all observers of nature, and all students of science, of every language and every nation, will hold in the highest honour—Lavoisier, the chemist, and Jus sieu, the naturalist.—(Great applause.) The members of that Commission recorded the facts which they had witnessed, and satisfied themselves, the Government, and the whole scientific world, by the statement that the results were produced by " touching and imagination."— (Laughter and applause.) The Learned Gentleman then went into a detail of the juggling and imposture by which Mesmer contrived to make money for himself, and to embarrass and obscure the most important and diffi cult question that ever was raised amongst those who, under the name of philsophers, have made man, in his physical and moral capabilities, their study. He had himself no decided opinion upon the subject which had called that meeting together. But he must say, that whilst he condemned a ready credulity, he also thought that a stubborn scepticism was adverse to truth. Bi gotry was repudiated by all those who made scientific investigation their pursuit, and he could not say which bi gotry was the most to be condemned—that which believed too much, or that which believed nothing. The gentleman, whose name we were unable to learn, and who spoke fluently and clearly, although with an accent which rroaked him as a native of France, con cluded amidst enthusiastic cheering. In the chair, which had been at all former meetings in this room appropriated to the President, a young gen tleman of remarkably healthy appearance, exhibiting none of the characteristics of a scrofulous or epileptic patient, Lad been nsg e in s g pe fo eeh fora considerable contshie interpreter,derabletimebaenfod he had retheeorne el- peatedly made signs of concurrence with the f uas the the observations . of that gentleman. We had no notiontlautt h b e e person who was to be operated upon ;but last sentence of the speech was concluded, we observed that his eyes were clesed, and his head fell back under the apparent influence of manipulations performed by M. Lafontaine, who stood . behind him The youth sunk into a state of Ab so l ute insensibility, in which he underwent a series of experiments which it wa s painful to witness, and difficult, if nit impossible to record. Pins were stuck into - his head, cheeks, and thighs, without producing any t. exhibition of feelingor sensation. The - electro-ma em ployed with its greatest for g c n e, c icnot"ch i ine b was La fontained:tothanbeed acceptedpe a resne l v l e i ip s t aticssistants i s t o n f n t thes; b e t t e n y r : 1 1 , visitorsae( madev%iio the experiments themselves. Several gentlemen, w ho ap the battery, but flung the wires from their hands with 'bricks of agony, whilst the subject of the inquiry was determined to try the force of uaerly unconscious that the electric stream pervaded his every nerve and distended every muscle. The repetition • of the experiment was painful.sfietdo every one in the room. Every one was that the helpless creature was entirely at the power o oerator, but everyone was shocked at such an exhibi tion.__ satisfied the of the . prostration of one human being to the will t had been conducted, manner in which the expeelreen to make themselves of another. When, after repeated discussions as to the and all those gentlemen who chose u had I:3iatisfied themselves and good faith of the Lecturer, ou subjects of exhibition for the r . pose of testing the performed a series of pose any fraud, 71. the company that they could either discover nor ex :t is impossible to describe, but gesticulations which ve the effect of restoring the which appeared to ud a sense. The distressed and " c on t l jn i e l youth to life a med to feel themse lves almost wearied assemb l y see as much relieved from a degrading bondage as the interesting object o f their sympathies. They had seen com lled to hold his legs and him for two entire honr? , Pe I • h h position in w iic t ey were placed arms in one rigidby no volition of his, but by the will of a ma ster, of w h ose presence be w as unconscious. When this puth his appalling state of subjection, a was released from l a dy volunteered to subject herself to the Prof essor' s er. ( Th ere were then loud d cries of" Name, name.") A Gentleman P ew said he was the lady's husband. He bad come to the room a sceptic, but he had seen enough to convince him that there m ust be something insc rutable in the in q uir y , and his wife having expressed to him a wish to submit herself to the experiment he would not oppose her.—(Cheers.) He came there prepared to believe that it was altogether a matter of humbug, but he should like to see it to the end.—(Cheers.) EVE NENTG SUN.. • The lady then took her place in the chair,. and M. Lafontaine having stated to the au dien ne that I he had never seen the - lady before, and that b e Was very doubtful, from the strength of will which she st emed to possess, whether his op erat i ons would have any .effect upon her, said he would try. I n two minutes and a half she was thrown into a profound' sleep, and M. Lafon taine said that she was completely mesmerised, and he would proceed to exhibit in her case the phenomena. which he had frequently exhibited •in the cases of other persons similarly reduced under the mesmeric influence. The lady's husband said that he did _not wish her to be subjected to any further experiment, and _IL Lafontaine accordingly restored her to a state of sense, when she declared that she was utterly unconscious of any thing more than that she had resisted, to the utmost of her power, the influence which was exercised over her, and which she found to ovezeovie her senses, and induce her into a state or sleep. A young lady who had sat for nearly two hours - upon the platform without any notice from the company, was then led forward by 1. Lafontaine. tie (in French) I have been disappointed in the attendan.'te of a female who has been subjected to Mesmerism, and in whom I might have illustrated some of the most important phenomena. But there is this young lady, who is, I am told, a natural sot:lmam )). ,:',";st. I am told she has been already before Bacot. Dttpotet ; but I believe she has not been perfectly. un d er ) .: - he control of any magnetiser. She is a natu ral aninn i,. - nbulist. I can bring her into the state of sorn- , nantbniiso , but it is not in my power to govern her or control her 4 e t , i s as I can th ose w h o are n a perfect state of maemetsm. - You will see mu c h i n h er w hi c h may look l i ike charNtanrY - however, it is my object to I have no control:over tho s e o arrive at Truth, a4 settrities under which', she sometimes chooses to veil b- herself. M. Lafontaine then used the passes, or movements of the head, which are generally employed in the subjec tion of a patient to the Mesmeric influence ; and the girl, having appeared for some time to be thrown into a profound sleep, suddenly rose up, and spoke with a. flippancy and boldness quite opposed to the modesty and: deference of her previous manner. M. Lafontaine said. (in French) " Slie.s now in a state of natural somnam bulism. I have to repeat that I am told she is a. natural somnambule. I think so from what I see of her.. ' She has never been reduced under the power of the mag— netiser. She is not now under my power, but I think I can do this—if any gentleman will write for me on a piece of paper any English phrase to ask her a question. I will think it, and she will give the answer." TIT girl said " Indeed I will not." Seoeral paperg were sent up to M. Lafontaine by persons who were curious to see the experiment carried out to its fullest extent, and he presented them closed to the eyes of the patient. On each occasion she said "I know very we/lwhat it is, butl will not tell you." He said it is not in my power to bring her under the control of the operation.' She is a natural somnam bulist, and she is in that state now. I may take her out of it, but I cannot control her. The young lady was then allowed to roam upon the platform as she pleased, and she exhibited a most piti able appearance of fatuity. She laughed, joked, and in terfered in the subsequent experiments in a man ner which drew tears from the eyes of seve ral ladies who sat near us, who expressed, ' before she was brought out in that helpless state, great ad miration of the gentle and sincere expression o: her counterrance. The Professor was then about to close the lecture and illustrations, when a gentleman, who was we 11- known to all the members of the Press who at - - tended at the lecture, and whose ingenuousness will be admitted by all those who have ever had the pleasure or his acquaintance, requested to be subjected to an•. experiment, for the purpose of ascertaining • whether or not he himself was susceptible of this mysterious influence. In eleven minutes and se, half he was thrown into what seemed to be a pro found sleep, in which he was, as far as we could judge,. powerless and helpless. When revived by the maaipula tions of the exhibitor, in answer, to questions put to him by several of his own friends, who had been the loudest in their denunciations of such incidents in the course of the illustrations as were niost doubtful, or least comprehensible, he said that whilst M. Lafontaine was making those passes which were intended to operate on him, lie felt a sensation of warmth pass up his arms from his wrists to his shoulders, and a sensation besides which he could not describe otherwise than by comparing it to that which one feels upon inhaling the nitrous oxyde gas. It was not the same sensation, but was something very like it. He did not think that he had been asleep at all. (In truth he was asleep ; his head fell over the back of the chair, and he was to all appearance in sensible.) He said that he felt a sensation of drowsiness coming over him, but he felt it in his power to resist it„ and he did resist it. He did not think he had been asleep; he was quite certain that his consciousness had not been_ suspended ; he knew very well that he had not been asleep the whole time. A gentleman then stood up and shook hands with the Lecturer amidst very great applause from all the company, who were evidently united in one feeling of admiration. for his candour and good humour. A considerable time was afterwards occupied in the exertions of the Professor to restore the somnambule from a state of unconsciousness, and after the lecture and. the illustrations bad occupied three hours and a half the company separated. ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. .Sia,—The conference of Ministers of the Gospel, to be held in Manchester, in reference to the Anti-Corn law movement, will have the effect of agitating the question of clerical interference with politics—than which no point of daily dispute is more requisite to be under stood. My doctrine is decidedly anti-political, and yet my congregation has appointed me to attend that con ference on the side of total and immediate repeal. Corn being at present under political regulation, let politicians defend the law, or alter it for another. I purpose to at tend as an advocate of liberty, but to have nothing to do with the upholding of politics. It is a question of poli tics or none. The Spectator, to which you reply in your leader o f the 26th, is afraid of more sectarianism from the meet ing. I wonder at this, considering that paper's usuAl liberality. I expect the diffusion of much generous feel ing from the discussiqn, as ministers of all denomina tions are invited ; and the question, like that of sla very, or any other enormous wrong, is common ground. There is no less of debateable material than on the ques tion of slavery. The withholding of corn, the shutting of ears to the cry of the poor, and such things, are too plainly and broadly written for matters of disputation. Politicians may argue the merits of sliding scales and fixed duties ; but ministers can only take up the Corn law as a moral question. If they take the Bible for their guide, the only Corn-law they will have to rule by must be that of Pharaoh, in which the Patriarch Joseph was the actor. But that was for the saving of life, and feeding the people ; a fact which shows that despotism can sometimes do more for the common good than Bri tish legislation. Because this country is half ruined by the doings of a political priesthood; why should your Contemporary be alarmed fur a meeting of ministers who have no political existence, and who in principle are either non-political, or, like myself, anti-political ? There is little probability that the Church will send her parsons to plead the cause of the poor, the hungry, and the naked. She is en riched by the starvation of the people. She is willing to say, " Be thou warmed, and clothed, and fed ;" but she will keep her hold of the key of the corn that is rotting in bond. Dissenters principally, who eat the bitter fruits of monopoly, and pine under political scarcity, will send their ministers to the conference ; and it is not likely they will take up the defence of politics, under whose - heartless pow er th e coun try is sinking into demorali zation and wretchedness, notwithstanding her amazing mental energies ; and the whole world is madean;reO • I of enmity and strife, and a field of bloodshed. om an expect they will take up the cause o f fr e ccit man's rights upon the broad basis o f "the gl orious liberty of the tons of God." deny me the privilege of meeting will your Contemporary r u t e n e k t o e n t a n l e l e s r s s P t, s e r: I co - n e l f er pea rg e :rd N i li n y g m3 B : e br a o u th se er i s .a o n ; n al m l refuse me the right i t n ic is n t o e n r llil of ri a a k be in e g ause ngai l n a s m t d runkenness. Would he have a mo s no t po e y politics to the fraternity politics ? lie might as .bf w of the broadshelete, will a think better on this matter, and 'lse-PL pa of rsons would have of reli gion ?ttihone and act in the political world with to discuss politics, being politicians. and energy, without firmness Many ministers, I am sorry to say, are in the same confess Li itP!'s. possible enough for ministers of religion error as your Contempora r y . The y t h ink, they have no politics, but should quietly let the rulers o f t he world do as they plea se. The y , therefore, bur y b us iness w thems elves among books duri n g the week, but c r eep to the pulpit on Sundays. Yet the y deceive themselves, for a they all labour to have their doctrines made universal, n d say that in that event war will be no mor e. If they are right in that expectation, they labour by their preach ing to realise greater political revolutions than the world has yet seen. They labour for the overthrow of every Government in the world. Where, when their aims are attained, will be the military power and honour by which Royalty and Nobility have all their glory? Ihe younger branches of aristocracy must then be ho nestly and usefully employed. The coercion of law will be over and gone. Compulsory taxation will be no more. And in every social regulation the voice from the Throne will be realised. " Behold, I make all things new." In every sentence that a minister utters, either in the pulpit or out of it, that infuses the spirit of peace into his hearers, he meddles with politics, and undermines exist ing institutions. It is-one-of-my highest and most pleasing duties to wean my congregation from politics, and to illustrate the happiness of a world governed by moral power ; to show its practicability from the creation of all nations of men into one blood ; and its hopefulness from the revelations of the Gospel. Yet I interfere much with politics, and always join the people, when, as in the Anti-Corn-law movement, their object is the lessening the quantity. In the lessening of the quantity, I believe all political im provement to have its being. I am, Sir, a general admirer of your principles, A DISSENTING MINISTER,. Walsall, July 28, 1841. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—It is pleasing to find this attractive place of amusement proving a refuge and means of support to the dramatic corps of Astley's, s o su dd en ly thrown out of their sphere of action by the fire at that theatre, and it is equally so to witness the per formances of such men as Mr. T. P. Cook, Mr. Rayner, and Mr. Hammond, who have given their services gra tuitously in the cause of charity. Mr. Keeley, Mr. Balls, Mrs. Honey, and Mrs. Grattan have also offered to per form without claiming reward from the treasury; and it is to be hoped so excellent an example will be followed by all whose names cm give aka to so worthy an elliot