The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-20 00:00:00

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The distress in'Paisley has reached to such an extent—the prospect's of the manufacturers are so utterly hopeless, that a numerous body of the most valuable operatives of that once flourishing town are addressing the Crown, the Cabinet, a n d the country, for the means of clothing them, pre paratory to their expatriation to Port Philip or Sydney. The misery must be indeed great, and locally irremediable, which compelS whole fami lies to exchange the familiar scenes of childhood, the pleasant trysts and haunts of youth, the old hearth hallowed with ancestral foot-prints, and the old church-yard, rendered sacred to me mory and, feeling by ancestral ashes—those silent but impressive witnesses of the best reso lutions and the reciprocation of the holiest affec tions—fora chance home in the last resting-place • of the violators of the laws of GOD and their country. A tree cannot be uprooted without suffering. , Without the greatest care in the transplantation it perishes. The roots of a fa mily- strike, far deeper in the native' soil than . those of the largest tree. They extend over hills and dells ; they derive life and nurture - from streams,-moors;mountains, lakes, old ruins, and older traditions. Poverty inflicts no pain so great as when it tears up these roots, and' casts ' man forth like a weed upon the waves of the world, indifferent where he may find a spot into which Ile roa3 - . be transplanted. And yet to this lainentable pitch of wretchedness have a large -body of ttie induStrious operatives of Paisley come. Nor does their misery originate in any fault of thttrs. lh no part of the 'United King dom are the operatives a class more moral, more 'intelligent, and• more industrious than in Paisley: .If they have taken a more prominent part in past political movements than their fellow-workmen in other districts,: it is,. ,because they were always somewhat in, advance of public opinion. 'Though for the most part .self-taught, they shattering of not rest satisfied ,pith a sattering (1% .* ' libraries, of political' knowledge. They established.. trail prganised courses of lectures,. and encouraged, tO the utmost of their means, experiments in science. But' neither their knowledge, their Skill, nor their industry, could save them from the starvation effects of the Corn-laws. The markets for shawls and, cottons became gradu ally More restricted in those countries whose 'corn we refused to purchase, as they, in retalia tion, were obliged to manufacture shawls and 'cottons for themgelveS. First, prices declined ; next, manufacturers were obliged to put their Men on half time; and at last employment ceased in a great measure' altogether. The -wealthier classes in, the vicinity of Paisley, so long as they believed the distress to be tem porary, did all. : in their power to relieve it by subscriptions, and. employment upon the roads. ; But to . the indastrions self-depending operative, the bread of charity, in whatever form doled out, is always bitter, and the poor working peo vle of Paisley, finding from: the triumph of the Tories On the Monopoly Starviitia 7 law that hopes of improvement .in their con dition can no longer be entertained, call upon their country for the means of covering them with the necessary raiment fora decent ipld civilized appearance in New .South Wales. ',Weary of dependence, and hopeless of amelio rating their condition, at home, these poor people are eager to seek in., other climes the means of inning an independent subsistence, and, as they .well and touchingly express it, " of freeing their native country.frism the burden of supporting them, and of contributing to the extension of her, ,AJESTYB Colonial Empire." Their prayer will ~~ By the Corn Returns published yesterday it appears that the average price of wheat for the six weeks ending August 13th was Gls. 9d. It has therefore again risen 2s. 5d., and the duty has consequently fallen to 18s. Bd. The average price of the week ending on the same day was 725. 3d., or a rise of 2s. sd. on the average of the present week. Unless the present fine weather should cause a rapid fall in prices, which we do not im mediately anticipate, the average prices will continue to rise, and speculators will look forward to a period when the duty will be merely nominal, to make the largest possible importations. At the expense of the revenue they will do something to correct the mischief of the law, and fill their own pockets. Our readers, who remember the language commonly used by the Tory Journals from twelre to twenty years ago, will trace a remarkable coincidence between their . mode of then treating Parliamentary Reform and their present mode of treating the repeal of the Corn-laws. At that period they continually ridiculed the Reformers. They never condescended to argue the question— they made sport of its advocates. All the bad jokes, from Mr. CANNING'S Red Lion to the imi tation of little WADDINGTON'S Cockney-English, were all on the Tory side. The Journalists satirized day, after day, every person who spoke in favour of :Reform. As they waxed facetious, however, Reform grew in strength ; and when, as far as words went, the Hoots and the CROKEItS supposed the day was all their own, Reform was achieved ; and since then they have left off laughing at Reformers, and have cursed the Re form Act, though they could not undo it. Tfey have now adopted the same course as to the re_ peal of ;lieCorn-laws. Mr. CODDEN, a man of great talent and orumanding energy, stands in the place of HUNT or Conn76.7r, as a butt for the Tory wit. The Con rsf nc , Me-minded Trtqw., hr.vve--I.ft their fiinilie% and ull ft - li* ordinary pursuits, and have gathered together from all parts of the empire, to give the public accurate inNmation of the dondi tion of the poor, is now for the Torieg what the Radicals were from 1820 to 1830—the daily mark of their calumny, The Radicals, however, survived the intended annihila tion. HUNT and COEEETT both sat in Parliament ; and, from the present ribaldry of the Tory press, we antici pate a like and a speedy triumph for the cause which the energetic Manchester men and the enthusiastic Minis ters who have met at Manchester, are intent on promot ing. The 'subsistence of the people, their health and lives, are of too much importance to be affected by the buzzing of Tory flies. The struggling manufac turers will heed them no more than their own steam engines heed the insects that are daring enough to settle on them, and find, though the engine intend it not, death from their foolishness. The Times of yesterday reminded us of that bird which hides its head in the sands, and, seeing nothing itself, fancies that it is itself unseen. Speaking of the Corn-laws, our Contemporary said, " Not the less do we consider it unjust to plunge, without long notice and gradual preparation, even into that state of things which we think abstractedly best." As if, because the Times has not given a "long notice," and made a " gradual preparation," the subject had never been mooted. Pre parations have been made so gradual, notices have been given so long,' that the public are now heartily tired of both, and require that the notice shall be acted on, and the preparation carriel into effect. The Times is op posed to the present restrictions, but it will " not write them down," which is already effectually done without its help, because doing so " would mix up that Jour nal with the Ministers." Our Contemporary is so blindly In love with the Tories, that he un blushingly avows his readiness to sacrifice the public interest lest he. should be seen in company with the Whigs. Men are enjoined not to'follow a multitude to do evil, but the Tines casts the Gospel aside as easy as its own opinion when its party is to be served. It follows the multitude.of the Tories to do what it calls evil ; and it will not follow the lesser number, the Whigs, to do good. We can assure the Times that the Corn laws will be written down whatever course it may take, and that its silence will be as impotent to .prevent that consummation as its much writing was to stay the enact ment of the New Poor-law. EXPRESS FROM PARIS The French Journals of Wednesday have all been received, but the news containedin them vvizi-ai;nfoor ,the most part anticipated in our afternoon e of yesterday. The illoniteur, in caution- ing the people Of the south of France against resisting the-takin g ' The census of die census, says- shotild k must and will be taken. It is fit that par tiesw that there is in France no Lbstacle, no embarrassment,no suffieiently s er i ou s to check the execution of the laws. The, Go vernment or of July will nat allow to perish in its hands , to be scattered at the pleasure of faction, that stron g' an d the p r ice national unity which our fathers founded at has co nstituted of so many sacrifices, and which for fifty years inotu ns he tituted our greatness as regards foreign countrie s m m d ateu r i internal prosperity. In answer to the , lea th ch e .ng fo c l o l l oLin n g s spirited remarks appear of the Natio - nal:— Who is it hoped to entrap by this common-place trash ? Was it the factions who n i d d re the drew up th e imperti aos nent circular of M. Humann ? d e lib e rations of the Municipal Councils of of r Toulouse, up u the e Paris, Orleans, &c.? Was it the factions who ta ught the people that a country which has a normal B udget ex penditure of 1,300, and a deficit of more t han 900 mi llions —a country to which is given neither glory, nor grandeur, nor prosperity, nor liberty, and in which the profligate penditure of the public money is at the cost of the blood and the sweat of the brow of the people, has a right to call for grace, and to resist new contributions ? Were the people in want of factions to prove to them that they were suffering ? Is the resistance of the tax-payers to excessive demands a new fact in history ? If revolutions have not always ended in •<s way, is it not always by financial questions that they ceztmence ? You send a dictator into a town, and you think thai. with him and your bayonets you will accomplish your object. You imagine that houses will be opened to you, and that you may go over private dwellings in spite of the law and in virtue of your own good pleasure, and that our citizens will not remember. that our revolutions have given to them guarantees which they are bound to defend. Because you have force in your hands, you think you may both use and abuse it with impunity, and you persuade yourselves that you can thus trample upon rights at your caprice. The French nation, so proud of its past, would sink to the last degree of degradation, if it were to bend to your i insolence." FRANCE. An extraordinary express brings news from Paris of Thursday's (yesterday's) date. Disturbances of a very serious character, in resisting the census, took place at Aubusson on the 15th. -At Ceret the people opposed the execution of the mea sure, wounding an officer of the gendarmes and several of his men who escorted the revenue officers. The Courrier Francais, in general so moderate At Bordeaux order had been restored, but 194 persons had been arrested, and excitement still prevailed. At Toulouse the operation of the census was going on with out overt opposition. The inhabitants remained quietly at home, but refused to open their doors to the Commis sioners. The town was guarded as in war time ; loaded cannon were planted in_the chief square ; affairs were at a stand ; many shops closed. The Emancipation of the 16th announces that the census was resumed at Toulouse on that day, and that the authorities had made on the occasion an extraordi nary display of military force. The city was tranquil, the people being satisfied to oppose a passive resistance to the revenue officers, who were admitted only into a few houses. The question of the census was still the principal topic of the press in Paris. Government had ordered an in terpretation of some points of this question to be inserted in the opposition Paris Papers. Tumults continue breaking out in the south. At Aubusson, and Livenhae, they had been put down by the military. PAnrs, Auc. 19.—Five per Cents., 1161 ; Three per Cents., 77f. 50c. ; Spanish, 20-i. I surely meet with attentive ears and open purses ! in iisi'lews of domestic policy, is still more vio -lon the part of that branch of the oligarchy of lent. We quote an extract from it, which paints the country who support. the Corn-laws. Cal- , in still more glowing colours than have yet ap culating, as they short-sightedly do, their gain by peared the violent resistance offered to the the extent of the poyerty among the inanufac- census in the Southern Departments : turers, they will surely'not refuse to assist in Ministers will endeavour in vain by circulars, or the Prefects by proclamations, to put an end to the alarm expatriating those whom they have, by starvation, which their measures have excited. The census is only made heart-sick of their country. being made in our southern provinces under the protec Hopeless indeed is the condition of that coun- tion of bayonets. It is a true campaign of the Ministry try, for whose miseries emigration is the only, or against the tax-payers. The army, which ought to be employed for the defence of the country, is only employed even the best remedy; but as no other can at in promoting the legal extra rigours of the Treasury. present be applied with such expedition in the From Bordeaux to Marseilles, and in the thirty or forty manufacturing, districts, it is a work of !mercy to towns which extend from the ocean to the Mediterranean, we v see regiments encamped on the public squares assist in promoting it. We could better spare with their only hei rearnion and muskets loaded and ready to fire. any class of eur fellow-subjects than those inge- Barricades are destroyed on one point only to be set up nious artizans who have produced the bulk of in another, and the peasantry rise with the dame impe r our wealth, and who will carry away with them tu ev o o si l t t ir ng as a te in w s o t r i k t :n c e o n n . u l e t ro is rs like a conquered country those arts which will sooner or later render the We find i.n La Sentin g elle de Toulon that the French colonies the formidable commercial rivals of the fleet in the Levant, under Rear-Admiral De La Susse s /will consist of the following ships :—lnflexible, 90 ; mother country; but as we would not see them Santi Petri, 84 ; Minerve, GO , Gloire, 52 ; Ambuscade, perish with hunger and nakedness, it becomes a 32 ; . Cornaline, .32 ; Fleche, 10 ; Bougainville, 10 ; ' duty to contribute to the procuring the only imme_ . Mcsange, 6 ; and Acheron steamer, of 160-horse power. diate remedy for distress so deep and so urgent. Thet Constantinople. Ambu.scade, is on the coast of Syria, and the Fleche With the strongest desire not to dry up the According to a statistical table which we have befor e fount of charity in any quarter, by regarding a us, the department of the Upper Garrotte has a population question involving the fate of a deserving but 454,7250 f souls ; before 1836, Toulouse had 59,000 in habitants; in 1836, it had 77,000; and now, in 1841,it has unfortunate body of operatives in a party point 90,000. The result of this will be, that the General of view, or attempting to turn it to mere party 'Council of the'llrpper Garrone, in making their allotment purposes, we deem it a duty to impress upon the of the taxes, will have to charge the city with a fifth in of a seventh of the whole amount to be paid by the British people how completely it demonstrates tead department ; . the city will pay more, the commerce less. the necessity of a radical change in the com- This is the Secret of the resistance of the Municipal mercial policy of this country. It is all very Council of Toulouse, the motive of the resistance of all the kindest, the Municipal Councils. It is local interest, the meanest, well for the agriculturists to call for protection, the most deplorable of all interests, which but when what protects them involves contends against the distribution ordered by justice and the ruin, ' the ' mendicancy, the expatria- by the laws for the general interest.—Le Temps. A Journal announces that the garrison of the capital tion by charity of thousands of honest w ill b e a l mos t entirely chaged after the breaking up of and industrious artizans, only a wicked and pro - the camp at Compeigne, which will be formed on the - Ist fligate Legislature could consent to grant it to of next h month. Th e Spanish Journal El Hablador P a t r i o t a , s a y s — We e learn that the Government of Morocco is c aus i ng them. To protect one class exclusively at the ~ expense of the lives of another, is nothing short a brig of 18 guns, and a schooner, the destination of of murder. Is it just or reasonable to leave the W which is unknon, to be armed and equipped in the port of . Larache. We advise the Spanish Government to have landed oligarchy in possession of the high this armament carefully watched.—Le Constitutionnel. rents of which the Corn-laws plunder the BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17. people, that they may have money to f 1 rst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price squander in gambling, in keeping racing- french 5 per Cents ll6 45 ... 115 50 .., 1:6 45 ... 116 45 4 per Cents IV 70 ... 99 70 ... 95 70 .., 99 70 studs, in maintaining an army of powder e d lac- 3 per Cent s . ex. di, 77 50 -. 77 :,1) ... 77 40 .. , 77 4) queys, and in corrupting the poor voters by , It an at is t a . n ra k", P i:•e7........;;;;; .......... .......;0 21 11i :PIO ...... 3 1 2 Z bribes at elections, while thousands of Indus- Belgian s N ix• Cents . trious, sober, and ,intelligent operatives are ipanish Active ..... Passive - 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4 . % obliged to appeal to the country for the clothing New Deferml lO ... 10 ... 10 ... 10 Neapolitan ..»....,.... necessary to defend them from the inclemency ~ 102% ... 102% ... 10234 " frirW A"I SRA R ES. of the weather in a voyage to Sydney? A thou- St. Germain .... '720 ... 728 75 ... 72.1 .., '728 75 Versatilesli ... 205 ... 207 50 ... 205 ... 207 :0 sand times we answer, it is neither just nor rea- sonable. This cry of the poor for bread will Orl eans 450 ... 450 ... 45.1 ... 450 .....- . . ... .........„ 4lO ... 480 ... 480 Strasburg to Bale 237 50 ... 537 58 ... 237 50 ::: 480 reach Heaven, and evil will befal the wicked 50 and selfish men who, to increase their own vvea: continue the accursed taxes upon food. FRENCH AFRICA. The news from Algiers of the 10th is unimportant. Between 600 and 800 individuals, belonging to the tribe of the Medgiers, bad made their submission to the Go vernor-General. The power of Abdrel-Bader is represented to be on the decline, and great preparations were making for a fresh campaign aninst him. It was said he had sued for peace. and that he had received for answer that the first condition of the treaty must be his being embarked for France. • A Ti'voilel) 1,4 T u4 ,i s .. Where. it was expectiTcra reinain many months. After a conference which the'Commander had with the Bey, the garrison of La Goulette had been increased from 1,200 to 6,000. If supported by France, the Bey was sup posed to be able to resist a ny a tt ac k s f rom t h e O ttoman Porte, as he had a regular army of 15,000 men, a good artillery, and could command a multitude of armed Bedouins. SPAIN. The accounts from Andalusia, received in Madrid on the 12th instant, led to apprehend that disturbances would shortly occur at Malaga, Seville, and Grenada. It was believed that the Government would demand ex traordinary powers from the Legislature before the close of the session. From Madrid we learn that there is every proba bility of an outbreak between Spain and Portugal. A letter from Lisbon of the 7th had been shown to Espartero on the 12th, purporting that a politi cal and religious crusade against Spain was getting up at Lisbon. At the same time the Spanish Government is in a state of great apprehension from other quarters. It was expected that tumults would shortly break out in all the great towns of Andalusia. At Valencia the Ultra-Liberals were discontented with Espartero's answer to the Queen's protest, and many murders have been committed. Spain seems threatened with a new revolution. The Republicans and Ultra- Liberals intend framing a new Constitution, and esta blishing a federal Peninsular Government, to include Portugal and Spain. The negotiations relative to the loan of 60 millions of reals have as yet beer. attended with no result. Madrid Bourse.—Five per Cents., 24i at 60 da GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette of the 16th announces the failure of the firm of Thomayer and Co., of Vienna, and adds that several commercial failures had also occurred in Trieste. The Gazette of Upper Germany states, under date Silesia, 2d inst., that the corn trade was particularly brisk in that province, and that wheat had increased 40 per cent. on account.of large orders from England. LINES ADDRESSED TO THE RIGHT HON. SHAW LEFEVRE, UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN BY BOTH PARTIES TO THE SPEAKERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. " The greater was his respect for the character of the Right Hon. Gentleman, who then filled the Chair, fur the manner in which he had performed the duties of his office, for though he was elected by one side of the House he had succeeded in earning the esteem of both."—Speech of the Hon. Member for Lancashire. "Homo factus ad unguem." Homo ad unguem factus—to express That pregnant phrase with fitting happiness Long Francis* toiled, but owned it passed his wit, 'Twas untranslateable—'twas exquisite : .Most simple phrase, yet phrase whose sense combines All that adorns true manhood or refines ; r . Paints to the mind thota sinners troe and chiste Which elder Athens so surremely Owed — Shadowing forth that ease of mode and mien So truly winning, yet so seldom seen. Speaking a mind well-watered—and the which Blooms with fair fruits, anditmiles with virtues rich— Fulfilling all that golden Homer sung Of Hybla flowing from his heroes' tongue— The suavid air—the beauteous graciousness Which youth so covetst and which old men bless. Such in mine eye the true translation seemed, And therefore Horace, I methought, bad dreamed : Trey too ethereal and trunscendant were To slake, for this gross world, a character— All stemed too finely perfected for earth— Were tut the poet's love—his fancy's birth. Such was 1% ith me—with all—the full belief (To poor 141manity's rebuke and grief,) Till yesterns o n before our knights and princes Felt like a truth that every mind convinces— All swore these graces still on earth to be—. E'en foes, LEFEVItE, found them all in thee. O best of worthies —worthiest to be The best-beloved by all earth's company, Of fame unflawed without a spot or stain ! Could Horace rise in this Augustan reign,— Thee would he own, and fold in high embrace, — The perfect transcript of his visioned grace. Long be thy life—long shine thou as the glass Whence men may form and fashion as they r a. ; Till in one wreath abo(e thy honoar'd tomb, " Virtue " and " Goodness ' round "Lefvre" bloom. * The elegant translator of Horace. Lord Worsley particularly dwelt upon the readiness with which be (Mr. Lefevre), had afforded his advice to Ho nourable Members, either in private Committees or otherwise, especially to young Members. —See Election of Speaker. - - - =-- • THE REGISTRATION.—It should not be for gotten that Wednesday, August 25, will be the last day for leaving with the overseers objections to county electors. The Tories bestow much attention on those matters ; and the: friends of Reform should not suffer themselves to be surpassed by their political adversaries. 1 , AV SUMMARY OF PIF AYD lthlt• Opinion. " [Vito runs may read." ronziGN. Advices from Paris, of yesterday's date, state that riots in opposition to the taking of the census continue throughout the South of France. The Paris Journals discuss no other topic. The Moniteur has an article stating that resistance to the census is useless. There is in France, says the offi cial Journal, no obstacle, no embarrassment, sufficiently serious to check the execution of the laws. -The National asks if the resistance by tax-payers to excessive demands be a new fact in history, and contends for the right of Frenchmen to resist the census. The Constitat ionnel admits that there was no truth in the repprt that Espartero had refused to renew the lease of the Military Hospital at Mahon. We stated from the first that the project for abandoning the hospital was vo luntary on the part of the French Government, and adopted to prevent the establishment of a similar institu tion by the British Government. From Spain the news is of the 12th instant, Conspiracies against the Regency were reported to be organizing at Malaga, Valencia, Seville, and Granada. The partizans of Christina and the Pope are busy in every part of Spain, urging the people to take up arms against usurpation and infidelity. Rumours of a war between Spain and Portugal were current in Madrid.`Were he not restrained by a dread of France, Espartero wotilt4Qon break down the bas riers which make two kingdoMs of what Nature intended 1 should be one. PUBLIC OPINION, The Times contains a lengthy article on the Speaker ship, the object of which is to accuse Lord John Russell of inconsistency in having opposed the election of Mr. Manners Sutton, on the ground of his personal conduct. It also contains another article, referring to a recent dis pute between Lord Grantley and some of his tenantry. The Chronicle makes the following remarks on the present state of the law of libel :—" Something ought to be done in the way of altering the law of libel, if it be wished that enormotts injustice should not continually be done in the . case of newspapers. But, at all events, the justification of a defendant ought to be made less burden some. Connected as all countries are with each other in our day, there is hardly a statement in a newspaper which might not subject• it to an action, in which the defence would be attended with enormous expense. If newspapers are to exist, it is of immense importance that they should exist in a state of honest independence." There is no law that requires a more searching revision than the law of libel. As it now exists, it is frequently unintelligible, and always perplexing and vexatious ; and so constructed as to benefit the rogue far more than the honest man. Low, pettifogging attorneys, and their congenial clients are chiefly the parties that gain by it. The late Mr. Justice Bolland asserted that libels lurked in almost every column of a newspaper, for that every thing—according to the existing law—might be consti tuted into a libel which the party referred to might choose to consider such. Surely it is high time that this absurd state of things should be put an end to. The Post compares the Whig-Radical party to the " visionary political projectors" alluded to by Swift in his sarcastic " Gulliver's Travels." The comparison is a laboured one, but inapplicable ; but if our Contempo rary had gone a few pages further on in the volume, he would have found an account of certain " Strulbugs," whom the Dean represents as a set of prejudiced, bigoted, ignorant men, to whom age brought no toleration, and experience no wisdom—whose leading principle of policy was that everything should standstill—and who, in shirt, were little better than superannuated imbeciles. In these men our Contemporary—had he been so inclined—might have found many peculiarities that resemble those of the more inveterate Tories. The Cork Southern Reporter remarks that but a few weeks ago, Peel was firm at making no changes, or al lowing of alterations in his prescriptions, "but the harsh outlines of things are softened by perspective, and a near approach has revealed to Sir Robert Peel the stern diffi culties of his position. Heralds of his corning and omens of his power, Cavalry and Infantry, are marching upon Ireland. Ruined harvests are deepening the wail of multitudes that starve. Bankruptcy spreads like a plague ;on every side—in every form, the principles of a Tory Government, the principles announced by Sir R. Peel, are proving themselves fraught with horrible wretchedness, as they are marked by monstrous folly." The Doncaster Gazette, alluding to the high Wail:ll°- 1141 lately presented to Lord Morpeth in Ireland, thus , continues :—" The people of Yorkshire, animated by a similar feeling, intend to present his Lordship with a splendid testimonial—a gold vase, representing the Eme rald IFle in emeralds. For this purpose subscriptions, nnlin , ; , ^:l :::&r a mc , nnt t have already been opened in 4 -all the. polling distriiiis - r-oveir:the ... T ra of 2451. was sub scribed at the Bradford meeting, held yesterday week." The Chelmsford Chronicle says :—" It is well known that we strongly disapprove of the course which the Ministry took on the Corn-laws, but having staked their existence upon the question, they are fully entitled to ask the new Parliament—they could not ask the old— for a distinct and intelligible vote upon the subject." The Wiltshire Independent thus aims a stone at the Tory landholders :—" It is many years since the Quar terly Review (a Tory periodical too), warned the aristo cracy and the great gentry against carrying on the culti vation of their estates in too lordly a style, and against aiming to have a race of little lords under them for their tenants. We agree with that warning of the Quarterly Review : for we think the policy it recommended, was that of justice and safety and preservation for all classes." I MONEY—TRADZ—C 0 IYINZERCE. Horncastle horse-fair, the largest in the kingdom, com menced this year a day or two earlier than usual. On Saturday Mr. Elmore bought the little steeple-chase mare Flora for 100 guineas, which Capt. Skipworth sold for 400 guineas. 'Mr. Whitlam sold two horses for 500 guineas, and-a great number of horses fetched from 100 to 200 guineas each. The fair ends on Saturday the 21st. At Manchester the demand for yarn is better, and a fair amount of business done, though no advance on the already low rates. The goods' market is very limited, and sales made at only ruinous prices. At Nottingham the cut-up hosiery and drawer branch seem the most depressed. The full-fashioned hosiery branch, though extremely dull, feels the depression less than many other branches of the hosiery manufacture. As this branch is mostly carried on in the villages, the harvest will give them some relief, as great numbers of the stockingers know how to shear wheat, and are usually employed at this season in that occupation. The siik glove and silk hose trade is extremely flat. A new American ship, the Hendrick Hudson, made her first appearance yesterday in our river. She \vas built of fir at New York, and is of 1,000 tons burden— the largest liner that has ever been in a London port. LAW • :44..,17D POLICE. The uncertainty of the arsenic tests is again apparent in the case of a widow lady named Rawle, who lately died at Newport. Two surgeons considered that death was brought on by poison, but could not certify as to arsenic ; and Mr. Herapath asserted that what appeared to be metallic arsenic was. carbon, arising from animal matter. Further medical examination is to be made, and the inquest was'adjourned to Saturday. Charles Webb, who, thirteen years ago, stole a Post office letter, containing from 6001. to 7001., after eluding the utmost vigilance of everAffiCer, though 4,000/. were expended in seeking to apprehend him, was last week recognised in this country, and brought before the Bir mingham authorities. His trial will immediately take place. Five men were convicted at the Liverpool Assizes on Wednesday, of burglary with violence. A sixth, who turned approver, gave evidence against his accomplices, and his evidence was confirmed in many particulars by other witnesses. Judgment was deferred, there being five more indictments against the gang for similar offences. At the same assize, an action of trover was brought to recover the value of two horses. The plaintiff, a horse dealer, had put them on board a steamer that plies be tween Liverpool and Birkenhead, and paid the fare ; but the proprietor, not wishing to take them, turned them out, and, as the owner of the horses would have nothing to do with them, they were allowed to go at large, when they were found by the brother of the defendant, and kept in a field till they had " eaten their heads off." They were afterwards sold for three or four pounds. Verdict for plaintiff—damages 30/. Yesterday Win. Harnett, late manager of Messrs. llerbert and Co.'s carrying es;,ablishment, in Moorfields, was re-examined on the charge of embezzling upwards of 2,0001., and remanded for a fortnight. At Bow-street, William Fraser, a Barrister, and Thomas Aldridge, a short-hand writer, charged with obtaining a quantity of hosiery and other articles, to the amount of 71. 17s. 6d., under false pretences, were held to bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. SPORTING. An extraordinary cricket-match was played on Mon day and Tuesday Jest, at Hall's Cricket-grouud, between the one-arm and one-leg pensioners of Greenwich and Chelsea hospitals. On this occasion the Navy beat the Army, the Chelsea pensioners scoring only nineteen runs, and the Greenwich tars 176. Considering that cricket, more than any other game, requires the full complement of arms and legs, this match must have been TZIE.ELTRICAL. The Chronicle states that :—" The Duke of 'Welling ton, passing through Canterbury last Saturday, on his way to town from Widmer, stopped to change horses at Wright's. He asked Mr. Wright to show him the Can terbury corn letter of that day (being market day), when he observed wheat quoted as having fetched 86s. He asked was it true that that price had been obtained in that day's market, and being replied to in the affirma tive, observed, 'lndeed, then something must be done."' Mr. O'Connell has accepted an invitation to a public dinner at Highbury Barn on the 30th. During the late Glasgow election, a publican resident in the suburbs, received a letter by the post, purporting to have issued from the Tory candidate, authorizing him to keep open house till the election was over. The land lord was of course in extacies ; threw open his doors ; spread his tables with his best viands, and called on every passing Tory voter to come and eat and drink as much as he pleased. At the close of the election he went to the Tory Committee-room, and presented to the candi date a bill as heavy as one of Dr. Philpotts's pamphlets. or Sir James Graham's speeches ; when, lo ! to his in expressible astonishment he learned that the letter was a forgery ! He has since been all but broken-hearted, and hates the very mention of the word " Tory" as much as the Devil is said to hate holy water. The Post contains the following important intelli gence :—" Yesterday the Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Peel walked arm-in-arm to the Houses of Parliament ; and Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham came together to the House of Commons on foot !" This is, indeed, a momentous sign of the time ! No wonder our Contem porary records it with special particularity. 7Z237 , 201722.8 OF 'X'ZIE 13.4.1 r. - The Conservative prints assert that the Right Hon. .T. C. Herries will come forward for Bradford, vacant by the death of Mr. Lister. We understand that upwards o , unds worth of mob were hired yesterday by th•` . ,' ton Club Com_ mittee, for the express purpose of cheering Sir Robert Peel. It is rumoured that the Tamworth quack-doctor in tends to adopt the homoeopathic principle—that is to say, to prescribe infinitessimal doses of reform by way of remedy for John Bull's malady. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY; TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 19.—The sales to-day amount to 5,000 bales, at steady prices. There is little alteration since yesterday. 500 have been taken by exporters. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, AUG. 19.—Rather a li mited business has been done at the Stock Exchange this day, and prices are more fluctuating. Midland Counties Quarter Shares, 194 ; London and Birmingham new Shares, 32/., 24 ; Eastern Counties, 7 ; Grand Junc tion Half Shares, 984 ; South Eastern an d D over, 1 71 . MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 17.—There is a marked improvement in the Share Market, and prices have an upward tendency :—Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 21i ; London and South Western, 524; London and Birmingham, 160 161 ; North Union, 80 ; Huddersfield Canal, 261- ; Bank of Manchester, si. The I - lamburgh mail has arrived with the letters and papers of Tuesday's date. No alteration had taken place in exchange, though gold was rather higher. THE FUNDS. The English Stock Market continues firm. Conso:s are now 891 for Money, and 891 -a for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 13 15 ; and India Bonds, 5 7 prem.; Three per Cents. Reduced, 894 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 98 : I 99 ; Bank Stock, 168 169 ; India Stock, 245 247. Spanish Active Stock, 194 20 ; Passive, 4 ; Deferred, 98 10* ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 292 304- ; Ditto Three per Cents., 174 184 ; very little bu siness doing. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths ion and Selby 5O ...... 50i to -- London and Brighton London and Birmingham ... 90 Ditto Thirds - Ditto New ~.. 2 London and South Western ' 38}- 51}...., te 521 Manchester and Leeds ... 70 North Midland Ditto New York and North Midland... JOINT STOCK RANKS. National of Ireland HALF-PAST ONE. The business doing in the Stock Exchange has been to a very limited extent. Consols are now 89i 4 for Money, and 894 for the Ac count ; Exchequer Bills, 13 15 prem. There have been but three bargains done in the Foreign Market—Colombian Bonds at 20-I ; Spanish, 19i ; Dutch Fives, 102. There has been more business duing in the Share Market than for some days' past. Great Western are 81a 4 ; the New, 56f ; ditt o Fifths, ; Hull and S e lby, 56; London and Brighton, 434 ; Birmingham Thirds, 534. ' • the New, 23i ; South Wester n , 52 4 ; Manche s t er and Leeds, 56 ; North Midland New, 31i ; York and North Midland, 779. _ _ QUARTER TO THREE. The intelligence received here from the Continent within the last few clays is not very gr a tif y i ng f or our commercial interests, since in addition to the proposal set on foot for a Customs Union between France and Belgium, Luxemburgh and Brunswick are reported to be on the eve of joining the Prussian League. The feeling of the Tea trade as to the inaccuracy of the intelligence purporting to come from China, and to which we bore testimony on the very day the news was published, is sufficiently tested this morning by the in disposition evinced at the public sales in progress, to offer any advance on the previous quotations. The weather works its benefits to the poor. Corn is clown Is. to 2s. per quarter to-day. Consols for Account, 89i ; October, 89i- ; -Colom bian, 20f, ; Mexican, 25i 26e ; Spanish, 19i 31,. MRS. WAYLETT'S BENEFIT.—This excellent actress will take a benefit at the English Opera House on Monday next, when a great treat may be expected. The evening's entertainment will commence with The Ladies' Club, and will be followed by three favourite short pieces. In the course of the evening Mrs. Waylett will introduce the songs of -"Kate Kearney" and " I'll never be married again," with several other airs. Mr. Eliason, lessee of Drury Lane, will perform a fantasia on the violin ; Mr. Harper, sen., will play some airs on the trumpet obligato ; and Miss Foxall will give the bravura " Let the bright Seraphim." The selection of pieces is good, and the performers, we are certain, will to justice to them. as ridiculous a one as the translation of Don Quixotte, which was proposed to be undertaken some years ago, by two gentlemen, one of whom did not understand a word of Spanish, while the other was equally ignorant of English ! At Easton, in Nottingham, a single cricket match was played by two Commodores, both wooden-legged, which proved a source of great amusement. Pearmain hopped thirteen runs ; Moreton twelve, when he was clev er ly . . . caught out by his opponent, who was hailed victor of the " subscription purse." The English Opera-house has, we understand, been taken for a limited period by Mr. Heraud and his friends, for the purpose of testing the merits of the unacted drama. Messrs. Elton, Phelps, Mrs. Warner, and se veral other performers of note, have been engaged. The house will open on Thursday, with an adaptation of Mr. Stephens's " Hungarian Daughter," to be followed by a new farce from the pen of Captain Marryatt. COURT -- PASHXONABLE. The Dowager Lady Glenlyon's mansion, in White. hall-gardens, which adjoins Sir Robert Peel's, has bees taken by the Right lion. Sir Henry ilardinge, M.l'. for a term. A great number of persons of rank and fashion were among the numerous passengers who left London for Antwerp and the Rhine on Sunday last, by the steam ship Princess Vi c t or i a. . The Duke of Cambridge arrived in to►vn yesterday morning from Kesv. Lord Melbourne left town yesterday on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl of Winchelsea arrived in town yesterday from Sussex. At the suggestion of Prince Albert, a beautiful grotto and waterfall are being constructed in the Royal plea sure-grounds at Windsor. VIZSCIELLAINTISOUS. Among the ruins at the fire at Blackheath, much valuable plate has been recovered, and it is expected when the drawing room is reached, many jewels will be raked up. A meeting of the Blackwall Railway Proprietors was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, when Mr. Alder man Humphery explained the circumstances under which he had sold certain shares in the Company, and in con sequence of which he iad resigned his Directorship. Mr. Rennie was elected to fill the vacancy. On the 25th of August the statue of De Rnyter will be uncovered at Flushing. Yesterday. the Rev. W. R. Cobbold, the incumbent of Selbourne, Hants, died at the Belle Sauvage Inn, in con sequence of injuries received from having been run over on Friday evening by one of the mail carts. "Last Saturday evening," says the Nottinghani Review, the demand for bread was so unusually great in various parts of the town, owing to the almost certainty of a rise in the price on the following Monday, that many of the baker's shops are completely emptied." A Morning Contemporary states, that in the House of Commons yesterday " every eye was directed to Sir R. Peel ; and when he rose to speak, an almost death like silence prevailed." If the silence was as marked as that which the Right Hon. Baronet has maintained on the subject of his remedies, it must indeed have been " a death-like" one ! EJIIPERIAL PARLIA-MiENT: HOUSE OF LORDS;-(THIS DAY.) • APPROVAL OF THE SPEAKER,. Shortly- after two o'clock, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Norm anby, the Earl of Clarendon, and Lord Duncannon, took their seats beneath the Throne as Lords Commissioners, for the purpose of giving her Majesty's approbation to the choice of the House of Commons of Mr. Shaw Lefevre as their Speaker. Immediately after the Commons had taken their seats, Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black :Rod, was commanded by them to summon the House of Commons to attend the bar, and in a few minutes Mr. shaw Le fevre, accompanied by his mover and seconder, and a great number of Members, appeared at the bar.. Mr. SHAW LEI - TYRE then addressed their Lord ships as follows :—My Lords, in obedience to her Ma jesty's commands, her Majesty's most faithful Commons have proceeded, in the exercise of their undoubt ed rights and privileges, to elect their Speaker, anc. I have to acquaint your Lordships that, however unworn thy of it, lam the object of that choice, and I with all humility have now to ask her Majesty's most gracious approbation of that-choice. The LORI) CHANCELLOR—Mr. Shaw' Lefevre, we have it in command from her Majesty to as sure you, that her Majesty is so fully sensible of your zeal for the public good, and your ample suffi eiency to discharge the high and arduous duties to which you have been elected, that she fully approves and con firms you their Speaker. The SPEAKER—My Lord, with the most profound gratitude and respect I submit myself to her Majesty's commands, and it now becomes my duty, in' the name and on the behalf of the Commons of England, to lay claim, by humble petition, to the free exercise of all their ancient and undoubted rights, immunities, and privileges ; more especially those of freedom of debate, and freedom from arrest and molestation for their persons and servants, free access .to her Majesty, when occasion may require, and that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to put the most favourable construction on all their proceedings and actions; and for myself, my Lord, I have to entreat, that if any errors should be committed, it may be attributed to me and not to her Majesty's faithful Commons. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Mr. Speaker : We have it further in command to assure you that her Majesty most readily confirms all the rights and privi leges of her faithful Commons, which have ever been granted and confirmed by her Majesty's Royal predeces sors; and with respect to yourself, Sir, although her Majesty is sensible that you stand in no need of such an assu rance, her Majesty will ever put the most favourable construction upon all your words and actions. The Speaker then bowed to the Commissioners, and retired from the bar. The Lords Commissioner then retired. The Lord Chancellor shortly afterwards re-entered the House and took his seat upon the Woolsack. Several Peers then went up to the table to take the oaths. • Among the Peers who were sworn in we observed Lord Onslow, Lord Rollo, the Earl of Thanet, the Bishop of Rochester, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Teynham, the Bishop of Norwich, Lord Brougham, Lord Keane, Earl Fitzwilliarn, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci, Viscount Lorton, Lord Hastings, the Bishop of Down. Their Lordships adjourned at Four o'Clock. UST 0, ii44l. HOUSE of COMMONS—(THIS DAY _ The Speaker elect entered the House at two o'clock precisely, and took his seat at the table. At that hour there were not more than fifty Members present. The Right Hon. Gentleman was in full dress, but without his robes, the mace being borne by the Sergeant-at-Arms over his left arm. An additional table was placed in front of the Chair, and was covered with Testaments and copies of the Parliamentary oaths, to facilitate the swear ing in Members. The only Minister present was Mr. Macauley, and the opposition leaders were all absent. AG quarter past two o'clock Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod entered the House; and ad vancing to the Table, said--" Gentlemen, the Lords authorised by virtue of her Majesty's Royal Commission desire the immediate attendance of this Hon. House in the House of Peers. The Speaker elect then left the House, accompanied by the Sergeant -at-Arms, bearing the mace, as before, on his left arm,and attended by a l arge body of Mem bers, and after being absent about ten minutes, the Right I-lon. Gentleman returned (the Sergeant -at-Arms bearing the mace on his right shoulder), and proceeded to the Chair, all the Members present standing. , The SPEAKER said—l have to acquaint the House that the House has been this day to the House of Peers, where the Lords authorised by virtue of her Majesty's Commission, have signified her Majesty's Royal approba tion of the choice this House has made in electing me to the Chair ; whereupon I laid claim by humble petition to her Majesty to the free exercise of all the ancient and undoubted rights, privileges, and immunities of the Members of this House, more especially those of freedom of debate and freedom from arrest and molesta tion for their persons and their servants, and free access to liar Majesty when occasion might require, and that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to put the most favorable construction on all these acts. I trust I may now again be permitted to offer to the House the sincere expression of my gratitude for the honor it has conferred on me. I cannot pretend to discharge the duties of the office in which you have placed me with the ability that this House• may require, and I feel that I shall constantly require it. indulgence and assistance. With that assistance, (and without it my best efforts will be unavailing)—with that assistance I hope to be'able to conduct the business of the country in a manner which will be satisfactory to the House, and beneficial to all.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. LEY, the Chief Clerk, then proceeded to admi nister the usual oaths to the Right lion. Gentlemen. The Members were then called according to the counties in which their constituencies are situated. The list was called alphabetically, and the Members present belonging to the county came to the table, where they took the Oaths, and signed the Parliamentary Roll. This was continued to Four o'Clock, when the House ad journed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES.—THURSDAY. The Manor Plate of 501. The winner to be sold for 1501. Nests, 2 miles and a distance. Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 4 yrs, Bst 61b...(Balchin, Jr.) 1 1 Mr. Dockeray's Lyster, 5 yrs, 9st llb 2 2 Mr. Codrington na Negus, 4 yrs, Bst 31b dis. A fine race. The Town Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 sovs. added. Winner to be sold for 80/. Mile-and•half heats. Mr. Clifton's Whalebone, aged (Hornsby) 5 1 1 Hon. J. Sandiland's t _s yrs, Bst 91b 1 2 2 Mr. Codrington na Negus, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 2 3 4 Mr. Armstrong's Bonnet Rouge, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 4 4 3 Mr. J. Brown na Vixen, 6 yrs, Bst 71b 3 dr. Three well contested heats. The Hurdle Race was won by Conservative, beating three others easily. ABERYSTWITH RACES.—WEDNEspiIk. The Johnny Raw Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft., with 20 added ; two miles ; 11 subs. Mr. Pryse's gr cby Firma, Cheops dam, 3 yrs...— 1 Mr. A. Stephens na b fby Jack Tar, 3 yrs 2 A match for 50/., one mile, was won by Mr. Lewis's Tally-ho, aged, beating Mr. J. P. Pryse's Saltfish. The Cardiganshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; two miles ; 11 subscribers ; 5 paid 5 sovs. each. Mr. P. Pryse's br to Confusionee, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Mr. B. Davies's Merry Lass, aged, Bst 121 b Mr. Jordan's Bay Hampton, 6 yrs, 9st Hurdle-race Stakes of 7 sovs. each, 3 ft; 3 miles; 8 subs. Mr. Lewis's Tally-ho, aged, 12st Mr. J. Pryse's Saltfish, aged, 12st Town Plate of 50/., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; mile and half heats ; 3 subs. Mr. Parr's Aimwell, 6 yrs, Bst I llb (Owner) 1 1 Mr. Gough's Greenfinch, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b 2 dr WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY. TheWeymouth Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and 5 only if declared ; the second horse saves his stake ; 30 added. Twice round. Lord Villiers's Snowdrop, 3 yrs 'l Mr. G alpine's Blemish, 4 yrs 2 The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sop. each, with 20 added. Heats, one mile and a distance. Mr. Richards's Maid of the Vale, 5 yrs 2 1 1 Mr. Vincent's Tom Moody, 6 yrs Mr. Carter's Tom Tug, aged A Free Handicap or 2 sovs. each, and 20 added, was won in two heats by Mr. Richards's Maid of the Vale ; and a Free Handicap of 1 soy. each, with 10 added, by Mr. Gregory's Grey Leg. At the Tenby Races, on Wednesday, the Sweepstakes, with 201. added, were won by Mr. Henderson's Greedy Sam ; the Trades Cup by Mr. Griffiths's Smolensk° ; and the last race by Mr. Thomas's Old Puss. THE WEATHER.—NooN, AUGUST 20. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 78 f Highest 7B 1 Lowest ... 65 Wind S. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. NOVEL RACE. ' This morning a novel race, or what may morn perfectly be termed a swimmi ng ma t c h, f or a gold medal of the value of 20 guineas, given by the National Swimming Society, took place on the Serp e nti ne . Th e h our fi xe d upon for th e start was half-past six o'clock, but a fall hour elapsed before every thing was got ready, at which time there were between 2,000 and 3,000 persons present. Twelve persons were at length placed, each distinguished by a different coloured cap, and upon the start, which was given by Captain Alarryatt, RN., the competitors went off in a beautiful manner . In a short time t he person who wore a li g ht-bl ue ca p was a-head, which he main tained until he had nearly reached the opposite side, n•hen he was passed by white (a footman in the service of Lady Craven), who first landed, and then re-entered the water for the purpose of returning to the starting post, followed by blue, between whom a severe struggle ensued, followed by the others very closely. Just as they were nearing the starting - p ost, i t was discovered that a Mr. Lewis, who, it was stated, belonged t o th e Navy, was at least ten yards in. advance of white, and he was declared to be t he winner . The distance which the parties had to contend w as about 500 yar d s, which was performed in six mi nu tes. Several of the b oa t s o f the Royal Humane Soc ie ty were on the spot in case of accident ; but only one person was taken into a boat, who appeared to be completely exhausted. T 1 V II ,i,f; LNG - KIM THE MARKETS-THIS DAY. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Isabel. 18th ult., lat. 42. 10 " 4 E. ; Henry Brougham, 19th, lat. 42, lon. 4 ; Lily, of G lie rd, seq., 24th, off Cape de G a tt ; B en i n , Li verpoo l to Benin , 1 inst., lat. 46, lon. 12, b y th o M a tild a , arrive d at Liverp o b % Pandora, of Waterford, 15th inst., lat. 51, len. 12, by t 1 .0 Henry and Mary, arrived at Cork. Hibernia, Liverpool ; c1 New York, 31st ult ., lat. 45, lon. 38, by the amilla , , arrlv 9, at Rotterdam. Josephine, Hamburgh to Valparaiso. ""th, lat. 57 S., lon. 70 W. ; Elizabeth, Liverpool to Sydney, lat. 32, lon. 29, by the Mance, arrived a t Havre. Ite n Ziii: Clyde to Calcutta, May 17, lat. 21 S., lon. 69; Tong° l A A, ana, from Batavia, with fore and mizen masts broken, 2 """ at. 27, lon. 53. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.--The Queen and Pfinco Mbe r$ ii walked out as usual in the f oren o on , an d her Royal Higu ne " the Princess Royal was taken her a ccus t o med airings. In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince rode ,out !;,-/ poney phaeton ; his Royal Hi g h ness d r i v i ng . The Duette% Bedford, Lady , Caroline Somers Cocks, and Colonel liuckl I followed in another earriaoe and Colonel Wylde attended horseback. c as tle. Viscount Melbourne arrived this afternoon at the and the Earl of Morley is expected. and Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsth a l left in the morox7; d e . Colonel Wemyss and Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., al s o took e parture to day. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex honoured Hayter yesterday by sitting for the picture of her Maj est y • marriage. The'Duke' of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday =Mile; from Kew. • His Royal Highness, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Jones, returned to Kew in the afternoon. Their Royal High nesses Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge returned to Kew in the afternoon. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal re— turned to Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at - Windsor Castle. Viscount Melbourne left his official residence in Downing' street yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The late American papers brought by the Boston steamer, announce with deep regret the sudden death of Colonel Isaac Coles of Virginia, one of the distinguished men of the State, and the brother of Mrs. Stevenson, the Lady of the American Minister at this Court. A deputation from North Shields, consisting of Mesa'. Cuthbert Law, George Rippon, Alexander Bartheman,.. l4ll Robson, W. H . Morris ( Agent), and Willi ams , had an fute r ' view with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday, at the Horne' office. A deputation from South Shield , ,, consisting of Mesas. Barnard, J. J. Wright, Shortridge, Anderson, and Swinbure e s had also an interview with th e Noble Marquis, at the Home' office. Sir Howard Donglas had an interview with Lord John BO' sell yesterday, at the Colonial-office. At the Mansion-house yesterday Somerville, vih° was accused of having appropriated the instalments due upon the certificates of Scott, of the Sp an i s h A ux ili ar y Legion, an detained the certificates, waited upon the Lord Mayor to stat e • that he had paid Scott the am oun t of the instalments, and tha t he should procure the certificates for the complainant as soon a ' passible. He had, he begged to say, acted in the mano r n described,f forgeryin madeagainst consequence of thehim, and h negative eshould gives charge pay every , man whose instalments h e h a d rece i ve d, prov id e d no charge of the kind was brought against him. The Lord Mart expressed his gratification at the result of the investigation . e BRUSSELS, AUG. 18.—The average price of wheat last week was 22f. 92c., that of rye, 12f. 21c. WINDSOR,. AUGUST 19.—A day or two s in ", a lad in the employ of Mr. H e n r y Ad a ms, butcher, (1' this town, who has a farm at Datchet, caught a beauti ful blackbird, in one of the field s , w hi c h was perfec tl y white. While in the act of securing it, one of its l e g g was unfortunately broken, and up o n taking it to Windsor the lad killed it, but without in the least injuring 1 plumage. The Queen having been informed of the cir cumstance, sent a messenger to the boy's master, re questing to see the bird, and that it might be sent to the Castle. The lad, highly delighted, immediately trudged up to the Castle with the bird, which he left, with °' humble request that her Majesty would be graciously,. pleased to condescend to accept of it. The Queen Ifer, t the bird, and the " fortunate youth" was dismissed wit' a handsome present sent to him by her Majesty. Th e bird has since been sent to London to be stuffed as s curiosity. THE NEW POLICE•OFFICEs.—A commodious and roomy structure is in the course of erection ill Stepney-fields, (Arbour -square), Commercial-road East, and is in a state of great forwardness, as it is the inten tion to open it in February next, when the 'Themes Police and Lambeth-street offices will be removed there. It occupies nearly an acre and a half of ground, atidis to contain nineteen cells, van yard, stab lin g , and bar racks sufficient for the accommodation of upwards o f 100 policemen. —On Wednesday afternoon, about fivoe years of age, re named Miss Louisa Losson, about avlitinflenttl;, upond' Losson, at No. 22, DEATH OF A LADY FROM ..Sotl,eFloFeko,CAsTallOa(2l; siding with her sister, Madamehr Brompton-square, was taking her tea o be and sei eating zed ‘vit with a sa v n io d . - wich, she was suddenly observed os mane 1.• a t he n She h corner o t r r : l u :e o rg becamel o f the face, becoming alarmed, sent for illr. Pol lard,surgeon, a surgeon, living,'anothersquare, also for Mr. Gray, of immediately which the servants, becont in attendance, and both of whom wereical skill could suggest . was done, every thing thatlshuort, t avail, the lad ro m p t o n lady surviving only ten minutes. TILE CLERGY GONE GROUSE SHOOTING.—.• With respect to the paragraph which we 13u for want of a clergyman to bury it, we can gave last week, but unhappily without relative to the postponement of the funeral of a pauper at Of whom were out, and could no m t b e e n nd " g that ham 'no less than five clergy Review. f w o ' u er n e d. a_pp N li o e i l l. : iog,haa mil --- , SHOWER OF STONES. —On the evening of the 25th ult., during a violent storm, which was felt at Na' varre, Balbaita, and other parts of the country, a heavy cloud burst, and shed, as the Madrid Papers assert, al abundant shower of stones, which covered the ground for the space of a league and a half. Some of the stones are said to have weighed half a pound, injuring the cattle, and killing a great number of birds. This phenomenon , which was only a hailstorm, is, with the usual exagge' ration of the Spanish Papers, magnified into a miracl e. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, be tween six and seven o'clock, a fatal aceident occurred to Henry Blizzard, thirteen year:; of age, the son of Mr' Blizzard, an Excise-officer, residing in Cornwall-1 . 0 0 , 4 New-cut, Lambeth. The unfortunate youth, in compinY with others, his companions, proceeded to the liver Thames to bathe between Blackfriars and Waterlo? bridges ; he got out of his depth, and from the strength of the current was drowned before any possible assi st. . . time could be rendered him. THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—The weather for the last iew days has shown decided symptoms of impro ve ' meet. On Saturday we had a considerable fall of rain ;bu t the three succeeding days have been all that we could woh. In this quarter many fields of barley will be ready for the sickle in a few days; and if the present good weather continues, hareest will soon be general.—.... Scotsman. CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals of most kinds of grain hare bi et Pe a ' The weather having been fine during this week, has Waded to flatten the trade here. Sales of Wheat were made ls. to Oh per quarter below Aloaday's prites. Other Corn made a ver i slow sate at former quotations. The millers found difficulty ja maintaining 6is. as the top price of finer. Londni: averages :-- Wheat, 7,133, at 7Ss. 7d. • Beans, 1,432; 455. sd. ; Peas , 806 ' 495. 9d. SMITHFIELD MARKET. - The supply of Cattle was short, of Calves goed,:and Sheep, Lambs, and Pigs moderate. The demand for Beef sof thing but good, and our present prices were with difficulty tained. Mutton met with a fair demand, but Lamb a doll trade. The best quality of Veal and Pork sold readily. Beasts, 680 ; Sheep and Lambs, d,200 ; Pigs, 401 ; Calves, 305. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d.; Mutton, 48. to 5s- ; Ve l/ ' 45. 4d. t. , ) ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d• , lamb, 4 4 . tkl• t° ss. 4d. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices were sustained, but there was little life in the kets; privately a few sales were made, and the attetlens were of little moment. The imports were fair. TEA MARKET. The public sales were well attended, the demand goo', an 2 former rates se r e f u lly suprorte d . C ompany ' s CUUIOU 71d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firm, and the demand steady. On the spot P• ja i t Candle was w o r th 49 5 . 6d ., and 495. 3d. for delivery i n the three months. LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 29.—Wind this day at noon a, lA"' sant breezes, and fine. DEAL, AUG. 19.—Arrived the Content, from Ma lts ; Princess Victoria, Calcutta. Arrived from the River and sailed, the Mazeppa, for Algoa Bay ; Mary a nd Pandora, Bilboa. LIVERPOOL, Auc. 19.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Chieftain, Paine, from Bombay; William Ackers, Puerto, Cabello, sailed 9th ult.; Agnes Ewing, Dalhousie ; Elizabeth Sinclair, St. John's, ew Brunswick ; sure, Alexandria ; Scio, Smyrna ; Atlas, Sailed Christiana and Alexander Grant, for Bombay' ; Marmion, Singapore ; Bonawa, Buenos Ayres ; 4, 1 ;1: nas, Cape of Good Hope ; Swatara; Philadelphia ; -u r r tannia, New York ; Scotland, Quebec ; Britannia steamer, Boston ; Wave, Leghorn. Arrived off, the W. Proars e ' from Valparaiso ; Margaret Elizabeth, Bahia ; Queen' Quebec. The Tamerlane, to Quebec, grounded lasV,night h ,., t in the North Channel, but came off this morning without apparent damage, and proceeded. The Que en ' - Jar Quebec, was run foul of this morning by the Zet ie d steamer, and had her figure-head and cutwater cf°' . t away ; the latter had her paddle'-box stove and foremast sprung. sprung. The Navarino, bound to Africa, bus P"'" Beaumaris, leaky. Montreal OFF DOVER, Auc. 18.—The St. Thomas, frout COI penhagen, for Malaga ; Louise, Bremen, f or PhiladelP' '-- PORTSMO UTH , AUG. 19.-IVind W.N.11% to 5 Sailed the Bosphorus, for Syra. A the PLYMOUTH, Auc. 19.—Wi n d Iris, Henderson, from Malta. Sailed Nestor, Quebece,-,nl from DARTMOUTH, AUG. 18.—A rr i ve d t h e P a triot, °— Alexandria, and sailed 19th for London. FALMOUTH,AUG. 1 0 8 d .—Arrived A e ra s ry e - a Y gu o l u i n p g a i n Sisters, Beav er , from .A it d : for the West Indi es ; Calcutta, Quebec ; chebucto ; King Alfred, Alicant. Arrived off the l']Yf nor, from Shields, for Palermo. The Star packed, with the Mexican mails, is detained for Government de spatches. BUDE, Aua. 18.—Th e C a n a di an , of PadstoW, ing out last evening, got on shore to the northward, 1 311 expected off ,after being lightened. MILFORD, AUG, 18.—Sailed the Maria and Pe ro " broke Castle, for Quebec ; Nero, Leghorn. Coax, AUG. 18.—Sailed the Defender for Quebec* KINGSTON, AUG. 18.---Arr:ve.l the Dalkeith, Christie, from Smyrna. • PETERHEAD, AUG. 17.—The Diligence, RUSS en+ f or this port in entering the harbour this morning stays, and grounded on the back of the quay, but has been got off without damage. HULL, AUG. 19.—Wind, S.W. by S.—Arrived th e Amazon, Broderick, for Quebec. ~? Titi} .fr• 1. 7•.;.J 1 ~. • 1 a 3 J a b t~ b th, to] ~id Co Ca: ha Tnl th frc all de Sir We