The Sun. — London, England, 1841-07-08 00:00:00

MORNING SITV SCENERY IN THE ISLE OF SKY. (From the "New Statistical Account of Scotland.") One scene in this parish—that of Quiraing-- must be particularly noticed. This remarkable formation of nature consists of a secluded piece of level and fertile ground which is concealed in the face of an almost inaccessible precipice. The hill in which it is situated, is about 1,000 feet in height, and slopes by a steep declivity towards the west ; but towards the north-east, it presents a face of rugged precipiees, much variegated by being here and there composed of huge basaltic columns, or massy fragments of fluted rocks. In other parts, large spaces, formed into concave sections, present themselves to the view, and have a majestic appearance from being ribbed transversely, either by small fissures, or protube rant seams, over which a little rivulet drizzles in moist seasons of the year. In the face of this huge precipice, then, Quiraing is enshrined, and en tirely'hidden from the view of the visitor. This' interesting spot consists ofa green plot of ground, formed into an oblong platform of sufficient ex tent to contain six or seven regiments of soldiers. It is studded all round with massive columns of rocks, rising up in lofty peaks, by the interven tion of deep chasms, which are for the most part inaccessible. On approaching the great inlet to the eagerly looked for platform, the passage is ob true te d by stones and rubbish, which have been washed down from the crevices by the gradual waste of successive ages. When these obstacles are overcome, the visitor finds himself at the entrance of a steep passage, which would seem to lead to the top of the hill. To the right of this entrance stands an isolated pyramid of rock, called the Needle. By considerable exertion the tourist gains the top of the pass, and beholds with indescribable wonder the scene which opens to his view ! instead of seeing, as he would ex pect, some narrow cave, he beholds a spacious opening before him, in the centre of which stands the above mentioned platform. By descending a short distance, and threading his way by a small path, he is instantly led to tha beautiful green plain which it was all along his object to attain. He now feels utterly bewil dered, and quite at a loss what to examine first, or to admire most ! He beholds the rocks frown— ing aloft, and the rugged cliffs ranging them selves in circles around him. Rocky pyramids, like a bulwark, encompass the fairy plain on which he stands. All is felt to be a dreary soli tude; yet there is a pleasing beauty in the silent repose. The golden eagle is seen soaring- aloft in the blue firmament. A panoramic view of distant sea and district below is visible, only in detached fragments, through the rugged cliffs and chasms between the surrounding pyramids. The rocks which compose these huge columns are so streaked and variegated, that the visitor's imagination cannot fail to delineate hundreds of grotesque figures of the wildest description on their surface. The nature of the day on which this in teresting place is visited has a great effect upon its appearance. It is so studded and encompassed with columns and pinnacles of all heights, sizes, and figures, that their flickering shadows, on a sunshine day, have an enchanting effect on all who behold them ! Light and shade are then so uncommonly divided, and so constantly changing positions, that the place, in consequence, is greatly enhanced in beauty. But should a dense mist envelope the spot, as is frequently the case, the scene is greatly changed. Instead of being lively and enchanting, a night-like gloom falls over it, like a shroud of darkness! The thick mist, slowly floating through the pyramids, and concealing their rugged pinnacles from the view, gives a sombre appearance to the whole ! The visitor's imagination will lead him to think that the gloomy pyramids before him bind earth and heaven together ! He cannot but admire ; but, at the same time, he is filled with a sort of awe, which causes him to ascribe the marvellous works which lie shrouded before him to the won derful doing of that Omnipotent Being who created all things. BATHING AT THE AZORES. As early in the morning as five o'clock the operations of bathing begin, and they continue until nine, ten, and eleven o'clock. A company of four or five persons. from Ponta Delgada, who have taken lodgings or own houses in the valley, assemble at their doors wrapped in cloaks and provided with umbrellas, under the ample shadow of which they saunter down to the baths followed by the bare-footed or liveried servant with his gaudy bag of towels. Another set of Villa Franca similarly dressed, or wearing strange-fashioned hats and bonnets, such as [now are only to be seen in the Ladies' Magagine, (of the date of steel-buckled hats and tall crowns), may choose to ride on asses ; and these, accompanied by their noisy driver, splash through the ford and hurry and scuffle in the same direction. A pale soldier and his young wife who cannot afford to ride ; obese shopkeepers from Al lagoa, abdomina tirdi ; merry children piled two and three upon one ass ; a helpless paralytic in his palan quin ; a wasted invalid whose heavy cloak hangs about him as if he were merely bones ; an aged countryman buried in his carapuca ; a sad woman and a melancholy boy, both afflicted with leprosy ; the handsome, well-fed, sleek mistress of the Governor, with her array of gaily dressed servants ; a pot-bellied morgado ; a good-tem pered and well-favoured Nun from Villa Franca, and her many friends and single attendant ; an amaurotic man, led by his mother, and staring at the morning sun ; waddling priests from the same place - meagre, yellow young men, with short li nen j ac k e t s an d recent English trowsers ; fat lads in blouses, and weakly village girls in blue cloaks and full grey petticoats, may all be met with, on one day or another, wending their way from the village to the Caldeiras in quest of their one thing needful—health. Having arrived at the springs, they either take their bath at once, or, if the bathing-houses are occupied, sit in the small verandas in front of them, or lounge about the boilers, take snuff, smoke, and gossip according as they may feel inclined. The choice of baths at the springs lies between sulphur, iron, and the mixture of both. There are four bathing-houses ' • one belonging to the Bar o n d e L aran j e i ros , w h ic h i s th e best; another open to the public, which is the worst ; a third, the property of the American Vice-Consul Mr. Hickling ; and a fourth, which contains the iron and sulphur waters mixed, or the cold iron-water alone, and called the Misturas, the property of I know not whom. In each bathing-house there is a reclining board ; and the custom of many of the Azoreans is to take their baths at a high temperature, to get into a profuse perspiration, dress, wrap themselves in a huge cloth cloak, and lie their lengths on the board for a period varyir,, ,, from a quarter of an hour to a whole one : after this, to envelope their mouths and neck, and oxasionally the entire head, in a pocket-handkerchief or napkin, that they may imbibe no breath of cold air on their way home; and sometimes on their arrival there to lie down once more and perspire again. But in neither of these have we followed them in our daily baths. The most agreeable temperature for the sulphur baths is from 92 deg. to 95 deg. Fahrenheit ; hotter than this they are debilitating, and much cooler, chilly. The mixture of sulphur and iron, as it is more stimulating, may be made somewhat cooler ; but a temperature between 90 deg. to 95 deg. is the most pleasant. Never has it been my good fortune to bathe in so luxurious a bath as the un mixed sulphur-water. If anything could possibly be found to reconcile one to earthquake, it is assuredly to be found in the baths of the Furnas. Here they are, whenever you may choose to enjoy them, by night and by day, in the cold and in heat, summer and winter, al ways the same, welling from their source in never-failing abundance; open at all hours, free to all, and fr ee o f cost. But let it not be supposed th at we are in a Bath p ump _ room, with its marble luxuries. Nothing can be less in voking than the appearance of these bathing-houses, which, for the most part, have a subterranean aspect; but, ex _ cept to the fastidious, they are all-sufficient for the one purpose for which they have been built,—that of amply enjoying the waters. And let a rheumatic and sour-tempered Englishman, exercising his national privilege of grumbling to its fullest extent, and whose every word and work, complexion, gait, and temper, —whose very clothes, hanging on the pegs of the bath room, indicate bile, after despising the appearance of these rooms, slowly, quietly, otter-like, subside into a sulphur-bath, tempered by old John Quiet, to the mode rate warmth of 95 deg. ; and then let him confess whe ther he be not at once a wiser and a better man, whether his discontent has not lessened, his lust for purple and fine linen vanished, and his care for marble and pump rooms faded away.—Bullars' Winter in the Azores. TORY OF AN APPROVER.—A., a well known blood-thirsty character, proposed to B. and C. that they should join him in committing a burglary where a good booty was expected. " I've no objection to the swag," said B. ; " but if we go out together, mind I'll have no crokers (dead men). If we can't do our business without them, why, then, I'd sooner follow some other game." C. agreed with 8., both consenting to join in the robbery, on the express condition of no violence being offered to any person. The same night the thieves entered into a house occupied by a single gentleman and his house keeper, who was deaf. The booty not being found where was expected, they agreed to proceed to the gentleman's sleep ing-room and search there--both B. and C. again protest ing that they would have no violence used beyond that of restraininc , him from leaving th e h ouse to give an alarm. The gentleman, either having no concealed property, or, being obstinate, refused to disclose where it was. A. became irritated from disappointment, and menaced the gentleman, who was sitting up in his bed, every moment becoming more furious and minatory, till at length the ruffian actually aimed a blow at the unfortunate gentle man's head with a small crow-bar. B. arrested his arm with one hand, while with the other he forced the brutal assailant from the spot. C., whilst this was going on, kept watch at the door, still commanding a view of the room ; and, witnessing the attempt of A., rushed forward to assist B. in preventing a fatal result. The gentle man, then becoming alarmed, suddenly sprang out of bed, and, seizing a sword which hung near him, made a pass at 8., whose back was towards him. The latter, feel ing himself wounded in the shoulder, turned round, and with a blow f rom hi s c l enc h e d fist knocked the gentle man down. A., who had recovered himself, then turned round, and levelled a blow with the before-named bar, which he still held in his hand, at the fallen gentleman's IN l': NN ' ' liakti, .caused instant death. B. and C. imme .c, . ._.. 1 1.. 4 . __72bl2 .e c , c:d their comrade as a blood-thirsty z t , ;7,- ,, s . ""' , 1 ,.. nj!,!.e . . house, resolving never again —, A wITA 2 1 in any other scheme of rob ?: 'ILA fk , , t. „4, — 3-21. ' 14 " P * 4t 7 at9leu on th at night ( ( .I'll Vl' "--, Airi,- , `.. f V t . ~ • ‘ . v......) , ,N- , 1 t's was subsequently carried off by A. A few days after this murder was perpetrated, a proclamation was issued, offering a reward and promise of pardon to any accomplice, not the actual murderer, who would impeach his companion in the crime. A. was the first to avail himself of this offer ; and making out his own statement of the affair, caused the execution of C., and the transportation of B. These particulars were _first collected from the malefactor that suffered ; they were also confirmed by his companion, whose sentence of death was commuted to that of transportation, and, finally, were verified by the actual murderer, who a few years subsequently was executed at the Old Bailey for a similar brutal offence.—Frazer for July. SUBURBS OF LONDON.—The vastness of su burban London distinguishes that city eminently from the Continental cities. A mile beyond Paris you are in a wilderness of sand hills, gypsum quarries, sterile rocks, and windmills ; beyond the walls of Rome there is literally an immense expanse of desert ; whereas Lon don, if we may borrow a bull, surrounds itself, suburb clinging to suburb, like onions, fifty on a rope. The suburbs, which George Colman described emphatically as " regions of preparatory schools," have • a character peculiarly their own ; once seen they cannot be mistaken. They are mar vellously attached to gardening, and rejoice above all things at a tree in a tub. They delight in a uniformity of ugliness, staring you out of countenance with five windows in front, and a little green hall door at one side, giving to each •house the appearance of having had a paraly tic stroke ; they stand upon their dignity at a distance from the road, and are carefully defended from intrusion by a body-guard of spikes bristling on a low wall. They delight in outlandish and ridiculous names, a lot -of tenements looking out upon a dead wall in' front, and a madhouse in the rear, club together and introduce themselves to your notice as Optic Terrace ; another regiment is baptised by the Christian and surnames of Paradise Prospect ; while a third lot, standing together, two and two, after the manner of the Siamese Twins, are called Mogg's Villas, Bugsey's Cottages, or Gemini Place. The natives of these out landish, regions Are less wealthy than genteel ; like Beau Tibbs, they live here for the benefit of their health—and fortune. When you visit them, they are eloquent upon the merits of an atmosphere surcharged with dust, which they earnestly recommend for your in-- halation, under the attractive title of " fresh air."— Blackwood for July. GYPSIES IN ENGLAND.—ShortIy after their first arrival in England, which is upwards of three cen tidies since, a dreadful persecution was raised against them, the aim of which was their utter extermination, for the being a gypsy was esteemed a crime worthy of death, and the gibbets of England groaned and creaked be neath the weight of gypsy carcasses, and the miser able survivors were literally obliged to creep into the earth in order to preserve their lives. But these days passed by ; their persecutors became weary of pursu ing them ; they showed their heads from the holes and caves where they had hidden themselves, they ventured forth, increased in numbers, and, each tribe or family choosing 'a particular circuit, they fairly divided the land among them. In England the male gypsies are all dealers in horses, and some times employ their idle time in mending the tin and copper utensils of the peasantry ; the females tell for tunes. They generally pitch their tents in the vicinity of a village or small town by the road side under the shelter Of the hedgei and trees. The climate of England is well known to be favourable to beauty, and in no part of the world is the appearance of the gypsies so pre possessing as in that country ; their complexion is dark, but not disagreeably so, their faces are oval, their fea tures regular, their foreheads rather low, and their hands and feet small. The men are taller than the English peasantry, and far more active. They all speak the English language with fluency, and in their gait and demeanour are easy and graceful ; in both points stand ing in striking contrast with the peasanty, who in speech are slow and uncouth, and in manner dogged and brutal. —Borrow's Gypsies of Spain. A FAIR IN CONNAUGHT.---.IIOVE to look on at a fair, it delights my heart to witness the cordial meetings and greetings of the kind-hearted people, to see the hearty kiss given, to hear the noisy laugh passed round. I wish I had the art of fixing on canvass this or that most picturesque group, when I could pourtray not only the round and jocund faces—blessings on them —of my countrywomen, but also the rich contrasts of colour in the costumes, which I wish they would not change—the scarlet mantle, the madder red petticoat with its many plaits, and brown boddice, the yellow ker chief, the sky blue stockings. Talk not to me of Swiss or German costumes, rather give me a. Connaught lass attired as I have just said, with her fair skin, her ruddy cheek, her mirthful black eye, and her white teeth almost sparkling from her half-opened, good-natured, and large mouth. She is no beauty to be sure—her head and form are Celtic, and not Grecian ; but there she stands before a tent, a kind, laughter-loving, amiable crathur. I see her there coquetting most in tensely, with Pat on one side, and he's a clean, comely, broad-shouldered, light-limbed, springy fellow ; he could run to Sligo and never draw breath ; he could hurl or fight till the cows came home. On the other side of her is a sailor in his many-buttoned and well-fitting blue jacket ; he wears a white dimity waistcoat and a red bandana tied carefully careless about his neck ; he is a specimen of manly vigour, a little weather-beaten to be sure. Sally, the deceiver, is dividing her smiles and pleasantries between her two admirers ; an old wrinkled body (Sally's aunt, no doubt) is standing behind—she is watching the lively colleen ; she would rather that S a lly was not so particular with Jack-tar ; Paddy with his bit of ground and his dacent cabin, would do better for her. Such groups you may jot down in your sketch book at a fair in Killala.—Otway's Sketches in Erris. The Tories are continually talking of their at tachment to the Throne, but it is certain that if they have any such affection, not the smallest portion of it is extended to the illustrious person by whom the throne is at present occupied. Open insults and dastardly inu endos are being continually resorted to by the Conser vative press, of which the Post of this morning gives, in a pretended notice to a correspondent, a most loath some specimen. "We hope," runs the language of the notice, " our correspondent is in error, when he inti mates that the intelligence of the death of the Queen of Hanover had arrived at Buckingham Palace on Saturday before her Majesty went to the Opera." Now, the edi tor of the Post can have no "hope " up on th e subject, he must know, for it was so stated in all the papers of Monday, that the intelligence alluded to did not reach Buckingham Palace until Sunday. The Post's " wish is the father to the thought ; " but it will wish in vain, before it can get hold of a real and substantial handle for the numerous air-blown calumnies against the Queen, that have been engendered by the foul breath of Tory malignity. REVIEW AT WOOLWICH.—On Tuesday, at twelve o'clock, Major Molesworth, Captains Bingham and Ponlden, Lieutenants Dalton, Burrrows, Dennis, and Graham, with 16 non-commissioned officers and 110 men, attended with the field batteries in the marshes for gun and rocket practice, under the command of Lieut.- Colonel Cruttenden and Captain Lethebridge, Adjutant of the 7th battalion. At twelve o'clock the Earl of Err3ll and family arrived in a carriage with four horses, pre ceded by outriders, and accompanied by several gentle men on horseback. In another carriage with fo ur horses were the family of Earl de Grey ;his Lordship was on horseback. Amongst the officers who arrived at the same time were the Earl of Caidigan, and a great number of others belonging to the cavalry regiments. The noble visitors were received •by Lieutenant-Ge neral Lord Bloomfield and his staff, and shortly after wards practice commenced with spherical and case shot, and the firing was most excellent. The time occupied in the marshes was about two hours. Shortly after two o'clock the party assembled in the marshes entered their carriages, and proceeded to the mortar and howitzer batteries at the west end of the Pa rade-ground, where the guns and howitzers were manned b- Captains Warde and Mitchell, Lieutenants Buchannan, Irving, Mackie, Crofton, and Scott, and the men under their charge, the whole being commanded by Lieutenant- COlonel Wylde, C. 8., and Captain Grant, Adjutant of the Bth battalion. The practice at the mortar and howitzer batteries was excellent, several of the shells having struck the flag. At three o'clock the company, accompanied by the Commandant and his Staff, adjourned to the splendid mess-room of the Royal Artillery, where they partook of a cold collation. At a quarter past four o'clock the Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Lieut.- Colonel Dyneley, marched to the common, and went s v e u i t s e h i a s li d_ p is a t s in t ges ve h o'clock, through all t h e evo l ut i ons f or w hi ch that branch of de r practices continued y part until and about ock T , he whe thenoble their friends returned to town. We quote the en following from the C a j b our nal :—" In 14 w fought the battl e o f F orm i gny, i n Normandy, which was followed by the expulsion of the English, who for thirty -tree years had kept that coun try under subjectiOn. In 1486 the hero of that battle, John de Bourbon, in performance of the vow he made on gaining the victory, erected a chapel on the field, de dicated it to St. Louis, and founded a perpetual mass to be said daily by two priest s for til those who fell. In 167.2 i t was raised eisreese of the souls of Chapel Royal by the great Conde. to the rank of a Although durin the first revolution this chapel was converted ly into a granary, it was so far respected as a monument of g that the building suffered no mut i lation ; and King L ou is Philippe having determined o n restoring it, has given orders for the commencement of the works." It is rumoured in the fashionable circles that the Marchioness of Londonderry is about to publish a descriptive account of her late trip to the Court of the Sultan.—Courier. A RIGID SENSE . OF DUTY.—At one of our sea-port towns there stood (and, we believe, doth stand there still) a fort, on the outside of which is a spacious field, overlooking a delightful prospect of land and water. At the time we are speaking of, a Major Brown was the commandant ; and his family being fond of a milk diet, the veteran had several cows that pastured in the land aforesaid ; a sentry was placed near the en trance, part of whose duty it was to prevent strangers and stray cattle from trespassing therein. Upon one occasion an Irish marine, a stranger to the place, was on duty at this post, and having received the regular orders not to allow any one to go upon the grass but the major's cows, determined to ad here to them strictly. He had not been long at his post, when three elegant young ladies presented themselves at the entrance for the purpose of taking their usual evening walk, and were quickly accosted by the marine with " You can't go there !" "Oh ! but we may," ut tered the ladies with one voice, "we have the privilege to do so." "Privilege,;' repeated the sentry ; " fait an' I don't care what ye have, but you mustn't go there, I tell ye ; it's Major Brown's positive orders to the con thrary." " Oh—ay —yes—we know that," said the eld est of the ladies with dignity, "but we are Major Brown's daughters," " Ah, well, you don't go in there anyhow," exclaimed Pat, bringing his firelock to the port, "you may be Major Brown's daughters, but you're not Major Brown's cows."--Cruikshank's Omnibus. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Svo., with Portrait, MISS LANDON'S LIFE AND LITERARY REMAINS. Comprising above 100 Pieces in Verse and Prose, hitherto unpublished. Edited by LAMAN BLANCHARD, Esq. " Mr. Blanchard has iiire presented us with an authentic account of the 'extraordinary circumstances attending the la mented death of L. E. L., and has also given the fullest par ticulars the public can hope for of her life and literary career." " The literary remains contained in these volumes are, at the very least . as full of merit and value as any of those pub lications which took place during Miss Landon's lifetime ; moreover, they consist of her latest and most careful composi tions. All of these pieces, indeed, of every poetical character and style, are worthy of the high place of their writer among the poets of her country."—Naval and Military Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LTIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of 'AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMIIURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLIN G BONDS for the said DISTMBIJ TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributiont may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS awl PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH DUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at TIAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of 425,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 1200 100 60 1,000 150 90 50 800 100 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, ems remitted to London and vicinity by . HEINE BROTHERS, who remitted, during a few years, 21 large Money Dividends, from 600/. and upwards unto 25,00/., besides many Dividends of smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. ktOYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. The extraordinary ooedows attracted by " La Sonnambula," have induced Miss Romer, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Leffler to accept are-engagement, which enables the Management to produce Auber's " Fra Diavolo," with a strength of cast defying rivalry—Conductor Mr. G. Stansbury. THIS EVENING, JULY 8, Will be acted Bellini's Grand Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Miss Romer; Lita, Mrs. Serle ; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. Wilson. .. . After which, THE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. Leffler; Solomon, Mr. Smith ; Floretta, Miss Martin. To conclude with, THE HAUNTED WRECK. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Continued union of success in the hitherto unexampled com bination and attraction of " Susan Hopley !" " Othello !" ." William Tell !" and " The Hunchback !" supported by Mr. Osbaldiston Mr. E. F. Saville, and Miss Vincent! and also Mr. Brougham. THIS EVENING, JULY 8, The splendidly successful Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, of SUSAN HOPLEY ! OR, THE TRIALS AND VICISSI- TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL William Dean,. Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Susan Hopley by Miss Vincent, the accepted Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, SIMON LEE. Simon Lee, Mr. E. P. Saville ; Grace Hatnerleigh, Miss Vincent. To conclude with the Laughable Farce of HONEST THIEVES. Teague, Mr. Brougham; Obadiah, Mr. Gardner; Abel Day, Mr. Paul. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.—Gallerv, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1841. RAILWAY SUN THE WILL POSITIVELY BE PUBLISHED TO-MORROW MORNING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. %10rning......5 1 11 minutes altar 4. I Evening 4i minutes after 4. C LONDON: THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1841. It seems right to remind our readers that two distinct questions have been put to the electors by the late dissolution,—the first concerns the po pularity of the Ministers, the other their mea sures, or rather the principle of their measures, to increase at once the resources of the State and the prosperity of the people. To the second of these questions, the almost universal answer of the in habitants of towns has been favourable. Neither at Liverpool nor at London, was the battle won under the black flag of monopoly. The Tory candidates were in favour of free trade, but they objected to the men by whom it was offered, and to the time of offering it. At Leeds the return of Mr. BECKETT was due, we believe, to his local influence. It was the victory of a townsman over a stranger. If the majority of the counties have answered, or will answer the question as to the measures unfavourably, the great majority of the• towns have answered favourably, as to the prin ciple of the measures proposed by the Ministers- In fact, we have quoted from the Times, for two successive days, unanswerable proofs of the great popularity of the principle of the measures in the opinion of that journal. It expected to be overwhelmed, and its gratitude, for a victory or two, contrary to its expectation, has been un bounded. These measures speak to the purses and understandings of the people, and to govern them, the Tories must propose measures coinci dent in principlewith those they have now stirred up the people to oppose. The other question has been answered, we regret to say, in the negative. It is neither de sirable nor just to conceal the fact that the popu larity of the Ministers has very much dimi nished. Something is due to their possession of office. Government is, in its own nature, a tres pass on the natural rights and freedom of men, and those who have to administer it must, of necessity, frequently come into collision with in dividuals or bodies of men. To quote one instance. The powers of the Government - were never, we believe, under similar circumstances, more leniently exercised than by the. Whigs in the case of the Chartists. We know, as we have frequently before stated, that the leniency of the Government was ob jected to by many of its supporters. We do not say or think that the Chartists committed any offence ; but the law of England is a wide net with which barristers and judges can entangle almost every action. Neither do we say that the Whigs wer e as lenient as they might have been. We expressed a different opinion at the time, and we maintain that opinion now. Nevertheless we repeat, that, looking at the be haviour of previous Ministers in similar circum stances, and looking at the behaviour of other Governments, the powers of Government were never more mercifully exercised. But though the . Government only executed the law in no unjustifiable manner, the being obliged to execute it brought it into odium with a great body of the people. Other similar in stances might be quoted to illustrate the princi ple that to administer the Government neces sarily carries with it unpopularity; but these will suffice to explain one cause why the Minis ters are not so popular in 1841 as in 1836. Without ea;tering into minute particulars, it is plain, that with the clergy, the landowners, the monopolists of all kinds, with those they have turned out, and those they have kept out of office, the Ministers must be unpopular. They are also unpopular with the Chartists and some extreme Liberals. They have yielded, it is thought, too much to the Tories, and have excited, by apparent weakness,, the contempt of their opponents, and the mis trust of their allies and friends. They have been bitterly and most unmercifully assailed by a lying Tory press, which has not been wholly unsuccessful. So far as the town elections have turned out unfavourably, then, we must ascribe the result rather to the unpopularity of the Mi nisters than to the unpopularity of their recent measures. The Tories, we believe, take a similar view. They are well aware —and every hour, as com mercial distress increases, strealgthens their con viction—that Sir ROBERT PnL cannot govern 14 *,. ''Ai,.. 4 ....V , --1t_.2,:z.../ A It. cV \ fr 11l _,I 41U/ 4 4 , ,N 4 41W 4‘iii, % -- ~ , - ;_ki 'llWir,?' r ,x , ,—.1,.. 47. 7 : ... ,- .7, 7 .s . .: ntiti , ,,e ' _T JAW , ~.., 0 ~, , A ,,,A the country on the principle of maintaining all the existing monopolies. Yesterday the Times inserted the Earl of R.A D NOR'S letter, to show that agriculture does not need protection. It continues to harp on the popularity of the proposed measures. It in a manner admits, therefore, the necessity of them. The Times, at least, whatever Sir R. PEEL may propose, is evidently preparing to throw the landlords overboard, in order to obtain for the Tories the credit of supplying the wants of the State, while they reduce the burdens of the people. The Tories have raised a cry against the Mi nisters in order to turn them out, and the in stant they are in power they will and must adopt measures like those they object to. They force on a dissolution—they disturb and convulse the country—they avow an intention to .coerce the QUEEN in the names of Monopoly and Conser vatism, and they are preparing, even before they are in office, to adopt something like the Whig measures. They are resolved to reap the harvest which other men have sowed, and they bring down a large force, raised under false pretences, to chase the honest husbandman from the field. This proceeding, if carried out, will be a sort of political piracy. It can only succeed in the long run if the people be as corrupt as the Tory poli_ ticians. • We give them credit for much more honesty . ; and whenever the Tories begin to act on their piratical intentions, they will chase them from office with the ignominy they deserve. The doctrines of free trade are making pro gress amongst the agriculturists. We have evi dence ofthis now lying before us in an "Address to the Landowners and Farmers of East Cumber land, by a Landowner and Farmer,"published. at Carlisle, and in two speeches delivered at Rye, in Sussex, on this day week. The address to the landowners and farmers is an able as well as ex tensive production, and it goes at length into the subjects of Corn-laws, and sugar and timber du ties. Our readers will see much good sense in the following passages:— It appears to me, therefore, that the whole derange ment or contraction of our currency, and consequent ef fect upon our commerce, are traceable to our Corn-law§ and other restrictions upon the absolute necessaries of life, the depression in trade and want of employment keeping pace with our restricted currency from the causes before stated; because had a regular importation of grain been allowed at a moderate fixed duty, markets would have been open for our manufactures which would have been bartered for the grain imported, instead of pay ing for it in gold, and the exchanges or trade would then have been properly balanced—the restrictions in the cur rency avoided, and consequently the want of labour and fearful depression in the trade and commerce of the coun try, which is paralysing every joint and sinew of its indus try. And what is likely to be the consequence of our pre sent unwise and partial legislation for the benefit or supposed benefit of a portion of the community ? It is ruin to the manufactures and commerce of this great country, and is likely to drive our merchants and manu facturers with their capital to other countries, where more profitable employment can be found : and what then will become of our landed proprietors ? They must sink to their former level by their own wrong-headed ness, because it is 'utterly impossible that they can con tinue in prosperity when the other great interest is de clining. If they think otherwise, they must be the most besotted of all men : one can hardly for a moment sup pose it, yet they must have 'credit for sincerity, but that only at the expense of their judgment, and that is in believing the landed proprietors are honestly of opinion the prosperity of the country depends upon agriculture alone, and that they can swim whilst the other great interest is sinking ; such belief, however, can only arise from ignorance of the subject which it ought to be the endeavour of every parson to remove, and there are no means so effectual as discussion in showing them their true interests, and that by permitting the regular im portation of grain, sugar, and timber, at moderate fixed duties, and encouraging our own manufactures by thus obtaining .markets for them, we are avoiding our own ruin, and preventing the destruction of our country. I won't argue the point as to the question being a landlord's •or tenant's, for the latter now see, if it be a question to either, that their interest would scarcely be affected, and I wish the landowner was equally en lightened. The tenants do not despair in being able to cope with the foreigner with the fixed duty proposed, and they feel also that they would be benefited in the general welfare of the country, and that the operatives (for they, the farmers, are the operatives on the lands) must sink or swim together. Then, the last question is over-production by our manufacturers, but that is a question of degree depending upon the markets open to them, and certainly if they be shut out as they unques tionably are, by our corn, sugar, and timber duties, from the markets of the world, then over-production is easy and may be admitted ; but open such markets by an in terchange of products and it would be difficult indeed to cause over-production by the labour of our country, for we should have a steady and regular demand for our goods, by which the supply would be regulated almost to a certainty ; but, under the present system of fraudu lent averages and protection, there is nothing but un certainty to the agriculturist as well as manufacturer, and starvation to the labouring class. Indeed a sliding scale regulated by averages can never be free from the frauds complained of. Such sentiments do honour to the East Cum berland Landowner; they seem indigenous to the country, for Sir JAMES GRAHAM was renowned for the extremes to which he carried his Liberal opinions, before he was perverted by bad com pany, and became a renegade from truth and honour. Let us now turn, however, from the north to the extreme south of England. The Brighton Guardian, published yesterday, con tains the speech of the Mayor of Rye, JEREMIAH SMITH, Esq., whom it describes as an eminent agriculturist, from which we make the following extract, recommending it to the perusal of the farmers all over the kingdom, and to the peru sal of landlords who suppose they can for ever •dupe the farmers:— The Mayor observed that he felt himself repaid by tLeir kind approval of his conduct. Their honoured ,Representative had touched upon the Corn-laws.— ( Hear.) As a farmer, he (the Mayor) would give his opinion as being interested to a slight extent in the cultiva tion of land. He had well considered the subject, and was m nv ready to embark his lot in the fate of the change. (C heers.) He was well aware that it must soon come— (llk tar, hear)—and therefore he said, now was the time to make a good and just bargain. If they as farmers did not in eet it, the opportunity would be lost.—(Hear.) It was ;asked what should they do if they did not grow corn ? He replied, they should grow some thing else. He treated it as a question of two farms.— (Hear..) If this would not grow corn a t a pro fi t , i t g could row beef and mutton. In France, meat was now as mucl t a question with the 'Legislature as corn was here. :In that country meat was 10d. and ls. a pound. France was a corn country, England was a grazing coun try ; and while they could grow corn, we could find meat, hops, and other articles.—(Cheers.) We could not sttind still, we must go on or fall, and therefore we must show that we can meet all nations.—(Hear, hear.) He knew they could grow corn cheaper than we could ; but th en we can grow plenty of things better and cheaper than they can, and if we could trad e , an d ge t a pro fi t, we shouAd not be sufferers. New, marnets would daily open to lus which we cculd supply ; but, if we restricted others fr, mm coming here, how could they meet us in re turn ?—( Cheers.) At the same dinner Mr. Sm.:vas was present, who ;s one of the 'best known farmers of Surrey. He some slime ago contended for a wager that he would produce a hundred head of finer cattle of his own breeding than Earl SPENCER. The Earl won the wager; but that Mr. SELMES could contend with him is a proof that he is no mean agriculturist. He is, in fact, an authority on that subject, and his words, therofdre, are worthy the attention of his brother farmers : Mr. Seli nes said, with respect to the Corn-laws, his opinions ware well known. When the present Corn Bill was passed in 1828, he was one of a Committee sitting in London to watch the progress of it ; and could assure them that up to the night of being brought before the House, it was. a question with the Ministry if it should be a fixed duty or a sliding scale. The prey-ant scale was adopted, and he considered it was was for the be st, because the farmers then as a fixed duty expected at least twenty shillings a quarter.—(Hear.) Experience had, however, convinced him that both were wrong, the farmers in wishing for so great a protection which could never have been maintained, and the Go vernment in adopting the sliding scale.—(Hear, hear.) He was satisfied a fixed duty was the best for all parties. In 1829 they had corn at 365. per quarter ; in 1840 they had wheat at 78s. per quarwr. In what way, he would ask, did thz, present laws accomplish the end intended by them of replating the price of wheat so as to give a steady protection to the farmer : ?—(Hear, hear.) Or did they make it benefieial to the country at large ? In a few years no less than seven millions of gold had been sent out of the country for corn. That could not be for the benefit of the country.—(Hear.) He certainly consi dered, -now that the . Poor-laws were altered, the farmers were not entLled to the same kind of protection they were entitled to some years ago.—(Applause.) He was not A commere;al man, but he could not understand on what .gropqcls ,a merchant could send out goods to take corn in return with a duty of 245. against him. There was not now a trade in corn ; but when we were pin hell. for 'it, and must h a v e it, we were obliged to ' sen far it. If the duty were fixed, all persons could trade. He firmly believed that if a duty of from ten to eight shillings a quarter were fixed, prices would be witch - rtes .dier, and general trade more flourishing. —(Cheers.) Seasons, they knew, must affect them to some extent ; but so it would all other countries at times. He could not think the present law had done anything to. regulate their prices, and no man could enter a farm with safety, nor could the 1 tradesman make a contract without risk, on account of the great fluct:iation in corn.—(Hear, hear, and. Applause.) He had always treated it as a dangerous question, and that if they went wrong they could not , speedily set themselves right again • but .they had now experience before them. He considered they had now a reasonable chance of fixing a duty which might be, maintained. He had for some time looked upon i t that it must come, and this was the time to make the best bargain ; but if the Tories obtained the Government, circumstances would be different, /Ind the bargain would be a worse one for the farmers.—(Hear, hear.) Since 1829 there had been eleven millions of quarters of corn imported at the average duty of ss. 9d., and only a year ago the ports were open at a shilling a quarter for two months, and therefore he could not understand where the danger was of imuidating this country with corn ; it was not done at a shilling a quarter, and he could not understand how it could by possibility occur with a duty of Bs.—(Applause.) When we can add such practical men as Mr. SELMES and Mr. SMrrJi , to Earl FITZWILLIAM and the Earl of RADNOR, as opponents of the present system, we think it is impossible to have higher practical and theoretical authority connected with the Lind, to prove that no injury would be done to the farmer by the proposed Ministerial change. The remarks of Mr. SELMES, relative to the Poor-laws, are particularly deserving of the atten tion of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and that squad of politicians who tax the people's bread, because, as they say, they have unjustly taxed the land owners' rent. As these gentlemen are very anxious nicely to adjust, as they say, the burdens of the different classes, and as they assign that as the pretext for the Corn-laws, why should they not proportion the bread-tax to the burdens on different land ? The poor-tax has been diminished in England —did they then have any thought of diminishing the bread-tax ? No. In Ireland, however, there was no poor-rate till very lately ; but the land lords of Ireland had an equal protection to the unjustly taxed, as is said, landlords of England. If the former received only justice then, they ought, now that a poor-rate is levied in Ireland, to have a higher tax laid on foreign corn, or in justice will now be done them. Again, in Scotland the poor-rates are little or nothing ; and why should Scotch grown corn be equally protected with corn grown in Sussex? Of course, the same principle applies to the different counties, and even to different pa rishes; and if the burdens of taxation be a valid reason of, taxing bread, that ought to vary with every parish, probably, but certainly with every county, and with the three parts of the kingdom. There is, however, no possibility of giving protection to agriculture in proportion to its burdens in different parts of the kingdom, nor has the Legislature ever dreamed of such a thing. All the arguments, therefore, about the burdens of agriculture are mere after-discoveries or inventions, paltry pretexts to excuse a wrong, and gloze over an indefensible fraud. If the people's bread be taxed as a balance to the peculiar taxation' thrown on the land, we call on those who assign that as a reason for the tax to adjust it accordinc , to the different burdens laid on the land in England, Scotland, and Ireland. We have received several communications from British merchants engaged in trading with mercantile houses in Alexandria, complaining that MEHEMET ALI utterly disregards that condition of the hatti scheriff which fixes the rate of export duty upon all merchandise throughout the Turkish empire, and we regret to have to add on the authority of letters direct from Alexandria, that these complaints are well-founded. A Correspondent at Malta, usually well informed upon all matters connected with :he East, assures us that Commodore Sir CHARLES NA PIER addressed a letter to the Pacha in May last, re presenting to his Highness in very energetic terms, that he had not redeemed the pledges made to the Gallant Commodore to restore the Syrian prisoners to their freedom, and to remove all, obstacles to that freedom of trade which the SULTAN had granted to all his subjects. The answer of his Highness the VICEROY was satisfactory. He assured the Commo dore that whatever remained to be don e was ow i ng t o the unsettled state of affairs, but that having accepted and promulgated this firman, the time was arrived to carry it faithfully into effect. With regard to the monopoly,our Correspondent says that the Pacha's letter stated that it would be abolished in a " manner agree able to the interests of the country,"—a phrase which he appears to think has a very suspicious sound in the mouth of such a master of the chicanery of diplomacy as MEHEMET ALL. However, it is gratifying to know that something has been done in the way of reminding MEHEMET ALI that the British Government is not likely to submit to the deprivation of any boon which thoSuuram has conferred upon British subjects trading with any part of the Turkish empire. The VICEROY, moreover, will soon discover that it is not his interest to fall to logger ' heads with a Government whose influence can be second to none in securing to him and his family the Pachalic of Egypt, and if need be, of obtaining for him from the Porte the remittance of a considerable amount of the im posed tribute. Letters just received from Vienna state that the Porte, alarmed at the progress of the insurrections in its Eu ropean provinces has consented to establish a Chris tian Government at Jerusalem. We trust this news is well founded. Before Commodore Sir CHARLES NA PIER left the Coast of Syria, he perceived the necessity of uniting the towns of Beyrout, Saida, and Tripbli, as far as the plains of Bekar, under the jurisdiction of the EMIR BESCHIR, Prince of LEBANON, whom he deemed it advisable that the Porte should invest with the rank of Pacha. As Prince of the Mountains the Kum might dispense with the title, but to maintain uniformity in the administration of the Turkish rule, we approve of the Commodore's suggestion that the territory in ques tion should form a Pachalic. As to the EMIR himself, and the mountain tribes who acknowledge his authority, no arrangement could be more popular. It would in fact., be restoring to the Emin territory of which former Governors had de prived him for imputed acts of treason ; it would. give the Prince and his family unbounded confidence in the good faith of the Porte ; and it would raise up in Syria a power capable of protecting the Porte from any machinations of MEHEMET ALI in that quarter. We believe the EMIR himself is most anxious to receive some especial mark of Imperial approbation, and that he rests his hopes of success upon the influence of Great Britain at ,Constantinople. Shoald the news from Vienna re late to his advancement to.the Government of Jerusalem, we shall hope soon to hear of an improved state of affairs in Syria. The Madrid papers of the 28th supply us with no news worth relating. It was rumoured that the capital ists of the bank of St. Ferdinand had submitted a series of propositions concerning the loan to the Minister of Finance, but their nature had not transpired. The Go vernment have published the price of coupons, which have fallen to 21. Fives for Account (60 days) were at 261. to 27. The Paris news of Monday is not of much interest, the intervention of Sunday affording in general a cessa tion of political business, even in the anti-Sabbatical metropolis of the gay nation.' Our correspondence of that date brings us few facts of importance, the principal one being that the KING and Royal Family had returned rather unexpectedly to Neuilly from their excursion in Normandy. It was generally expected that they would have gone on to their chateau at Bu ; but this project has been suddenly counter-Ordered, and they have come back. It is supposed that LOUIS PHILIPPE, aware of the communication from the British Government urging France to accede to the last protocol of the Conference of London, has been anxious to direct this matter him self, more especially since Marshal SOULT is in the coun try, and the KING iS not fond of leaving too much in M. Guizoes power. It had surprised many people that the KING should have left the neighbourhood of the capital with all the Royal Family. The Dukes of ORLEANS and NEMOURS accompanied him, and in case of an enteute having taken place, there was not a single member of the Royal Family capable of acting remaining on the spot. Some sudden reminiscence of this kind may have dis turbed the rural meditations of the KING, and have re minded him that, like an Italian Podesta of the middle ages, he holds a wolf by the ears, and must not let go on pain of being devoured himself. It is said that the house, or rather houses of ROTHS crimp are ready to issue the new Russian loans, and that in a few days an emission of this paper may be expected in Paris. A rumour had reached Paris from the Levant that the Ambassadors of the Four Powers at Constantinople had given the Porte to understand that their sovereigns would not be displeased at seeing Syria formed into an independent State, and Candia placed under the protec tion of Russia. This combination is said to have origi nated with Prince METTERNIcit, but the report does not bear such evident marks of probability as to entitle it to immediate credit. The riots in England caused by the elections, and es pecially those at Liverpool, have caused a painful feeling among the more reflecting portion of the French public. The papers point exultingly to what they call the barba rism of the British nation, and mans• reflecting men dis pute our claim to that high degree of civilization which we undoubted possess. The wholesale bribery and cor ruption, too, by which so many seats have boen carried, have opened a door for the animadversion of our Parisian Contemporaries, of which they have not been slow to avail themselves. The . son of the Duke DECAZES was sent some time since to St. Petersburgh, and it is now said that his mist sion was to obtain the consent of the CZAR to the mar riage of the Prince de JOINVILLE with the Princess SoPHIA of Orange. He is a rather young diplomatist to be entrusted with an affair of so delicate a nature, and he is not very likely to succeed in it. Le Gall9is, publisher of the Abby Constant's Bible de la Liberte , has been taken into custody in execution of the judg ment of the Cottrt, of Assizes in May last, which condemned him to three months' imprisonmeht, 300 f. fine, and the costs of the prosecution, for publishing this work. The Court of Cassation, on Saturday, annulled a sentence of death, passed by a Council of War, at Bona, on the It9th February, upon four natives accused of robbing and attempt ing 4o murder some carriers on the road from Bona to Con- Eaan tizta. The decision of the Supreme Tribunal is founded on the fact that the accused, not being military men, were not l p liable to military law. Fortunat e ly th e sen t enc e h as no t b ee carried into execution, as was th e ease w ith T a l e b- e l-Ch our , who was executed without waiting f or th e re s u lt o f hi s a pp ea , the merits of which are to be decided upon in a few days. The Procureur- General has expressed himself strongly before the Court in favour of this appeal. A Nantes paper mentions that as the Cure of Brelonx was crossing an open plain, some dabs ago, during a thunder storm, with an umbrella expanded over his head, it was struck by lightning, but not burnt, while the electric fluid fell to the ground in a multitude of little sparks at his feet, and he re ceived no further injury than the pain arisit g from a smart electric shock. The temale boa-constrictor at the Garden of Plants recently hatched three eggs, and the three young serpents that have issued from them are of the greatest beauty., On Saturday, between nine and ten in the morning, as a respectably-dressed female, about thirty years of age, was walking on the Boulevard St. Martin, nt ar the theatre of the Ambigu Comique, she was observed suddenly to fold her arms over her bosom, and fall to the ground. A bystander imme diately picked her up, and saw to his horror, when he had forced open her arms, that she had plunged a knife into her bosom, and was bleeding profusely. Surgical aid was called in, and her wound was pronounced to be of a very dangerous nature. Neither the name of this female nar the motive for her act are known. A lady residing at Buc, between Meudon and Versailles, for her health, occasionally amused herself with firing at small birds in the garden of the house where she lodged. One (lay last week, while thus employed, she let fall a number of percussion caps, and a little girl who was with her stooped to pick them up. In risingagain she accidentally caught the trigger of the gun with her frock, and, the muzzle being turned towards her, discharged the contents into her own body, instantly killing her. The lady was so much affected by this lamentable acci dent that she became delirious, and fears are entertained that she will never be restored to her reason. Buc was nearly on the same day the scene of another deplorable catastrophe. A boy, only ten years old, of ungovernable temper, having been corrected by his mother for a fault, carried into execution a threat he had often made, and hung himself in a stable. A few few yews ago another boy of about the same age committed suicide in the same village, because he was corrected for play ing truant. bn Saturday evening the weather, which had been rather cool for some weeks past, became suddenly much warmer, and at midnight the thermometer stood at 18 degrees above zero of the Centigrade scale, or 64i of Fahrenheit. At 7 o'clock yes terday morning it had risen to 21 C., or 70 F. ; at noon to 27 2.10 C., or 81 F. ; and at 2 o'clock to 28 2.10 C., or 821 F. During the morning, however, and while the sky was perfectly cloudless, the barometer fell considerably, and and about 5 in the afternoon clouds gathering thickly in the west portended a storm. The wind rose, and drove before it with much violence a tremendous cloud of dust, which between 6 and 7 extended all over the metropolis. The wind then shifted to the N. W., and a thunder-storm ensued, attended with heavy rain, which lasted till nearly nine o'clock. The thermometer still remained at a high point. We quote the following from the Caen Journal In 1450 was fought the battle of Formigny, in Normandy, which was ,followed by the expulsion of the English, who for thirty-three 'years had kept that country under subjection. In 1486, the hero of that battle, John de Bourbon, in performance of the vow he made on gaining the victory, erected a chapel on the field, dedicated it to Saint Louis, and founded a perpetual mass, to be said daily by two priests for the repose of the souls of those who fell. In 1672 it was raised to the rank of a chapel royal by the great Conde. Although during the first revolu- tion this chapel was converted into a granary, it was so far respected as a monument of glory that the building suffered no mutilation; and King Louis Philippe having determined on restoring it, has given orders for the commencement of the works." The cup or vase which the Duke of Orleans determined to send to be run for at the next Goodwood Races, in return for that won by his horse last year, is finished, and will be sent off to England this day. It was exhibited for two days at the Jockey Club, and may be thus described :—lt weighs 43 mares, or 344 ounces, and measures in height 21-1 inches, and in width 131 inches. Its form is of the age of Francis 1., with two ansers composed of figures of Victory with displayed wings, supporting a wreath of the acanthus, gracefully wrought round the neck of the cup. The lower parts of the ansers divide the surface of the cup into two compartments, one of which con tains a representation in relief of a tournament of the 15th cen tury; and the other, the carousal given by Louis XIV. in 1668, in front of the Tuileries. The costumes of the knights are copied from plates and drawings made at the time, and preserved in the Royal Library. On four medallions are, an English race-horse mounted by his jockey—a Limousin horse ridden in the French style—a German horse and an Arabian, each mounted by riders of their respective countries. At the oot is an escutcheon with the cypher of the Prince Royal, sup ported by two armed men, and spaces for the insertion of the names of the winning horse and his owner, the date of the race, &c. The cup was executed by M. Klagmann, who made the rich sculptured ornaments of the sword presented by the city to the Count de Paris, and was finished by M. Durand, the gold smith, who gained the first medal at the exhibition of the useful arts in 1839. It is valued at 500 guineas. CURIOUS INSTANCE OF AVARICE.—An elderly woman at Beaune, in the Cote-d'Or, although possessing property known to produce her an income of 40,000 f., lived in a wretched garret, lying on a flock bed, with no other covering even in the coldest nights than an old worn blanket. As there was a large chest in her room, it was generally believed that she kept a considerable sum of money amassed in it. This ru mour tempted some robbers, who resolved to explore its contents. Having got into the room during the absence of its wretched tenant, they soon broke open the supposed treasury, but instead of heaps of gold and silver, they first saw roll out of the receptacle a human skull, followed by other dry bones. This unexpected display of the remains of mor tality struck the rogues with terror, and they instantly fled without making any further search. The explanation of this extraordinary result exposes an instance of avarice perhaps un equalled. To the Magistrates, who were called in on the dis covery of the attempt, the old lady confessed that she formerly had a daughter whet died at Paris, and was buried in ground taken only for a limited term of years. When this period was elapsed she determined, rather than pay the price to secure the remains of her daughter a perpetual resting place where they were, and which would here cost but a trifling sum, to have them put into a crest, and brought to her own miserable dwel ling, where they had been for many years in quiet, until dis turbed by the cupidity of the thieves who had broken the sanctuary. The rogues, it appears, have not been discovered, and, for the sake of decency, the Magistrates have compelled the penurious woman to put herself to the expense of having the bones of her child re-interred in consecrated ground. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, JULY 5. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price.. Price French 5 ocr Cents ll5 ... 115 ... 1 4 51 ... 114 tO 4% per Cents ..... 4 per Cents 99 '25 ... 99 2 i ... 99 23 .., 99 23 ' 3 per Cents. ex. div 76 50 76 60 ... 76 36 ... 76 30 Oink of France Lallitte Hank I.ooof. SI ares 10. 0 ...10:,0 ...1650 ...1050 5,000 f. Stares 5150 ...5150 ...5151 ...5150 Belgian 5 per Cents. 3 per Cents 69 tO ... 69 50 ... 69 50 ... 69 5J New Loan lOl% ... 11% ... 101 1 ... 101% ipanish Active 22% ... f',2% ... ...2% ... 12% Passive 5 ... 5 ... 5 ... 5 RAILWAY SHARES. R. Germain Versailles. L. 8........... LB 322 50 ... 322 50 ... 317 50 ... 317 50 Orleans . ....... .. ••••••••••••••• 482 50 ... 482 50 ••• 4EO ... 480 Strasbuie to 8a1;"...... 233 75 ... 225 ... 2133 75 ... 235 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The accounts from the West India islands present no feature of novelty, having been partly anticipated by the advices via the United States. According to a return - made up to the Ist instant, it appears that the stock of Tea in London is 27,047,661 lbs. against 37,322,250 lbs. at the corresponding date of last year. The consumption of the article has been increasing considerably this year. The Stock Market was flat again to-day, being affected by the continued failures in the City. Con sols for immediate transfer were s per cent. lower, being at 894 to 4, and for Account they were marked 891 to 4, both without the dividend. Ex chequer Bills receded to 163. and 13s. premium, and India Bonds were ss. premium. Bank Stock was worth 169 to 170, the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 984 to 1, and the Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 891 to 4 ex.-dividend. The bargains in the Forei g n Market were ex tremely limited. Spanish Active Bonds were 21 to 4 ; Portuguese New, 301 to 31, being each lower; Chilian 60; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51 to I. All the Railway shares gave way slightly to day. Great Western were done at 24 to 25 ; the New, at 11; the Fifths, at 64 to ; the Birming ham and London Thirds, 214 ; the New, 23 to 224 ; the York and North Midland, 24 ; and the South Western, 161 premium. Brighton, 54 to 64 ; Midland Counties, 12 ; and North Midland, 314 discount. (From The Snn of Last Night.) Her Majesty's packet Seagull has arrived with the West India mail, having sailed from Barbadoes on the 17th May, St. Lucia 18th Nay, Martinique and Dominica 19th, Guada loupe 20th, Antigua 22d, Nevis and St. Kitt's 24th May, St. Thomas 26th, Jamaica June 2. She brings a freight of 80,000 dollars. Money is represented as being extremely scarce in the colony, and commercial distress prevailing to an alarming degree, owing to the unsettled state of Columbian affairs, as no remittances had been for some time received from that quarter. Numerons failures had taken place, and trade was almost stagnant. The Great Liverpool steamer has arrived from Alexandria, with the remainder of the letters which were left behind by the overland mail from India. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 6.—We have had rather a quieter market to-day, being Manchester market-day, causing a smaller number of bargains. The sales are 3,000 bales, at steady prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 6.—A moderate busi ness has been done in the Share Market to-day. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 38k; Great Western Half Shares, 62; Liver pool and Manchester Quarter Shares, 40. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 6.—The Market is rather heavy, caused perhaps by the announcement of some small failures here, and two at Liverpool.—Manchester and Leeds, 511 to 52/ • Edinburgh and Glas gow , 371 381 ; Li verpool and Manchester, 199 200; Eastern Counties, 8 si ; Manchester and Stafford Banks, 91. We regret to learn from the Demerara papers of the Ist of June, that an accident happened to the Venezuela steamer, provisioned and victualled, and ready for the voyage to Rio Janeiro, which prevented her from proceeding on the voyage. STATE OF BUSINESS IN JAMAlCA.—Attachments are the order of th day. The example set by the Colonial Bank is at present generally followed by the mercantile community, and we much fear that the result will be the ruin of hundreds of persons—the total destruction of the hopes and prospects of many who have hitherto been valuable members of the several communities in which they resided‘ previously to the establishment of the Banks. It must be admitted that failures were not so numerous then as they are now ; things have sadly altered for the' worse; the over liberal encourage.. ment held out by the Colonial and other Banks, and the facility with which parties procured cash on notes of hand drawn and endorsed by good, bad, and indifferent ; but so foolish specu lations have led to the commercial distresses which now pre vail, and which, alarming as it is, has not reached its height; from this period we may date the death-blow which has been MORNING SUN. given' to! the commerce of our town, since their attachments have been frequent in every part of the island. WAYS AND MEANS.—THE INCOME TAX.—The est ima te of the amount required to be raised by taxes for the s ervice of the year 1841, amounts to no less a sum than ont.Ak n ninety-five thousand dollars. The Combined Court wiii re assemble within a fortnight for the purpcse of determinio.l from what sources of revenuc the unusually large expendite shall be defrayed. • This day the dividends are being paid on Consols, and to" morrow they will be paid on Reduced, consequently niconeY contiuul,plentiful. Tie British Market still co n tinues in an inactive state, with out any feature at present worth notice. Consols opened at the leaving off prices at s9a ; Ex. dividend same for the 4,- count , :Reduced, 890 ; Three-and-a• Half x-d Reduced .' 98 1 / 99 ; New Three-and-a Half per Cents. 9Si a ei- Exchequer Bills, 14 16 premium. Bank Stock, 169 70i India Stock, '248 9 ; India Bonds, 3 5 premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active heavy, 201 21ii*,,„ .. ; D a e ; ferred, Joi ; Passive, 5 ; Portuguese, 311. .""`„,", per Cents., 181 19 ; Brazilian, 67 68 ; Colombian, 11 F l iv e s x el i: Ap a ite n rE , DutchSHARES. —Great Two. and-a-Half per Cents.,sli § ; ll* preen. ; London ands/i. W e stern, Brighton, 24125 2 -' 54pr:rd. D is. ; tioa,ckNwesill: 91 81 dis. ; Birmingham, 69 71 prem. ; Southampton, 55 per share ; Croydon, 131 14 per share ; Greenwich,' 71,ii per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 17 16 dis; PRICES OF SHARES ThIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western , 65 90 .... to Ditto New London and Brighton London and Birmingham ... 90 Ditto Thirds Ditto New •••• London and South Western .. o tol tt° North Midland (From a Jamaica Paper of the 2d l ßite. y fro.. _t is evident that the recently arrived Africans - Leone must have beers tampered with, or they wonWwpot severe in insisting upon their ex , ortionate demand of 35. _ so w ss. per diem ; they have been freely offered is. 6d• F" f ground, and a cottage, which, th e y re f es ed. The greate st . terest prevails there in respect to the irnmigratiom to Ja nl y,, a li c a a ss We have to announce the f a il ure thi s morn i n g of an '"" house which had several establishments on the Continen t ' ' t h e is stated that the failure is to a large amount, and that principal has disappeared. .;„ e the The British M ar k e t h as a very h eavy appea r a nce 3--,, for early part of the morning, and Consols have been done Money at 89k ; at present may be- fl uted 8 9 1 89at 1 7 for the 16th inst. ; 'ihree per :Cent. Reduced, sills; New Three-and-a-Half per Cent., 98k ; Exchellnyr not quite so good, 1 4 16 13 prem. ; ank Steck. 169 1 1 " ,„: ' l The Fpreien Market corresponds with that, of the E c n g i- a no business doing worth notice. P or t uguese , 30 3 4 1 ; n pt • Active, 21A to ; Deferred, 10* ; Dutch Two-sult l - 3 '"' alf ^e Cents., 51* ; Five per Cents. 100 a th is We understand th a t th ere are also several small failu res morning. Nei , The Shares Market i s i nac ti ve . G reat W estern , 9'A ; ` 1 ,,0 f 614 ; London and Brighto n 45 4* : L on d on an d Birtnint'i/ ; quarter share, 53,4 ; ditto third, 05 ; S ou th Western, "'d!" , North Midland, 68. CLOSING PRICES-. BRITISH FUNDS. .... Bulk Stock ... 170 India Stock ..... ....••• "• 5 pal 3 per Cent Red. 894 (Ditto Bonds ...... 3 per Cent Cons B9i ;Ditto Old Annuities ••• -- 3i per Cent Red 99 !Ditto New . Annuities... -- t o New 34 per Cent 9B, Exßills, , New 5 per Cent 1 . lOOO/....`2 1d 13P 0 -- Ditto 500/ ......... 40 0 , Long Annuities toexpi r e Ditt o 5 ma 11.... •• 1 p Jan. 1860 l2 15-16 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Opg. ••• 89 1 Jan. 1860. — Consols for Opg .......... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. --** Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditt o , N ew Ditto ......... --- ..... Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent. ••• . . Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent...... •"*: Chilian, 6 per cent 60 Ditto, Meta11ic............ ,si Colombian, 6 per cent Sp an i s h, 6 per cen t .....• 7 : ~. Ditto, 1824. Danish, 3 per cent _J. French, 5 per cent. --f• *--; Greek, --- 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent --f• 51 1 Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dut c h, 2i p er c ent. .--, n/ 4 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditt o , 5 per cen t. ..... .•.. ."-' SHARES Great North of England Railway (90 paid) 89 5 Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... 1 Ditto New Shares (50 paid 6 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) l°A ',.i . London and Brighton (50 paid)... 43i i,, / London and Birmingham R a il way (90 p d) 4 533 At , Ditto Thirds (32 paid) osi Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ,t 241 i , ......... ..••• 0.) i• London and South West ern - •. Midland Counties Railway (100 pa id) .. .. . ... 86 , 6E , North Midland Railway (100 paid) 33k Ditto New Shares (40 paid) DUTCH AND GERMAN PAP- 61° :,,,, , THE HAGUE, JULY s.—Th e C ourt gees in mollrf l it ;; for three weeks on oc cas i on o f th e d eat h of her ..) I N e the Queen of Hanover. in M. Thiers left the Hague the day before yesterdai , to the morning, to proceed t o A ms t er d am; h e intendl oo visit by the way the Slui ces o f K a t wy k an d t h e 3lnsu at Leyden. Letters from Wiesbaden, of the 29th of June, the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Orange at-r-. - 141.4EsTarcnT, JULY 2.—The Dutch and Belgian ' O O missioners for fixing the frontier lines between the to , kingdoms, have again adjo urn ed i n d e fi n i te l y f o r the I nc a pose of verifying on the spot 'the few points of diffe l relative to the frontiers of Flanders and Antwerp-4, Lunburg and Luxembur g a ll i s sett l e d, exce pt the "" bo culty about Martelange, which will probably have t° referred to a higher authority. 0 01 VLOADINGEN, JULY 3.—At f our o ' c l oc k this alto.' ' t he the first boat despatched from the fleet engaged 1' ft herring fishery on the 26th o f J une arrived be e• brought and landed 3,478 barrels of herrings. The ati ti produce of the fishery was sen t t o th e R oya l fa' oil.Y,:to the chief officers of State. The fir s t p r i ce f or tine sifr-ver the public was immediately a t seven hundred florius Lane). ;11 , MAESTRICHT, JUNE 3.—A C ompany has t e; formed 'at Cologne, the o bj ec t o f whkh i s to 0 .1 , goods from Rotterdam t o C o l ogne b y vessels exPries:feir fitted up for the purpos e a n d iron steam tugs at prices than they can be conveyed 1 „.) 3 7 the Beigift li railway. CoreTHE HAGUE, JULY 3.--His Extell enc y C o unt bet e Governor of the Kingdom of P,ohernia, has arrived with his family and suite. 10 5 We learn from Loo that the chase with falcon s ill) I, been very successful, 194 h erons h av i ng b een call, i . t y, which 101 having receiver] no injury were set at li be t ia after having rings put on them, numbered, and sty the place where they were caught. ST. PETERSDURGH, JUNE 23.—Up to the 23( l e d- June 502 ships arrived at Cronstadt, and 180 had 0 35 6 Up to the 14th 527 ships had arrived at Riga, an d sailed. r fl i g ST. PETERSBURGH, JUNE 25.—Th e i r Imperial •,„foe, nesses the Grand Duch ess M ar i a P aw l owna ,_ rein lied Grand Duchess of Wiemar, an d th e G ran d Duke , august consort, arrived, i n goo d h ea l t h , at t h e Pn' 3 ' & Peterhoff. They arrived from Stettin by sea. 641 T, d ST. PETERSBURGH, J UNE 25.—E xc h ange o n —n il 38 11-16.—Journal de St. Petersburgh, June 28. DUTCH FUNDs.—AmsTknuam, JULY 5 Money. . " Actual Debt, 234 per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 pier cent. Atheit syndie,434, per cent is 91 Ditto, ditto, 33 per ........ 74 Commercial Company, 4x, per cent.......„ 162 36.21A ' Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 97 97 * • Exchange on Londels, One montn.„,„,„„„ 12 10 Twomonths )2 (1 Hamburgh, One month 35 CA Twomonths Dutch Papers, July 6. AUSTRIAN FUNDS..-VIENNA, Jura 29, Five per Cents. Metalliquea Four per ........ Three per Cents. ........... ........... Bank shares .......... „ ....... 160.' •-•Allgemeine Zeitung, July 2. COURT CIRCULAR, i3Ol i• WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. - The Quoer L n ie Prince Albert walked in the P ar k this 130- r- I , i v His Majesty the King of the Behiitl.l',.. r tit tended by M. Van Praet, arr i ve d l as t event - ' the Castle. Sir James Clark ar r i ve d thi s I,norning tf t 0 0 Castle, and . toOk his d e p ar t ure i n t h e a fter ll°- on his return to town. 110' ; Her Majesty, Prince Alb er t, an d the a c• trious visitors and suite, have not taken the" customed airing this afternoon. o a Yesterday was the day appoint 3 d in 119n li v - for the obsequies of her late Majesty the e of Hanover. r CO Y Her Royal Highness the Duchess bridge, accompanied by the Princesses t o and and Mary of Cambridge, took an airing Y e ' day afternoon in a carriage. lie' A meeting of the Commissioners for t he ter duction of the National Debt too k place Ye - t he day in the Treasury. There were presel't r ot* Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Govern : the Bank of England, a n d a le Deputy tx° N 4 ' -- , r ere' of the Bank of England. Mr. liirrbarn! tary to the Commissioners and C om ptrolle - neral of the Executive D e p ar t men t,attend e ' meeting. a 01' Despatches from the Go vern ors of Ceylo n 1' Malta were received yesterday- at the C° l°l l . l ,:i; ' office. Despatches were also received yes te c to ° at the Colonial-office from tine Governors "` West India Colonies. -- - HER MAJESTY'S TITEATRE.—On " -ues tb 7 night Madame Garcia Viardot appeared here for - , 1 , , ps fi ou r n s e t l ta t yn i time (as idn ( a eL s xap a r n ce n ses o ni n eor n ne c nt e dby the bills) She j n re a s t o i s t i a ,. Ste., and afterwards in the exquisite ' duet with a n, : ilti binl 1 " Un soave," finish of execution that, together with similar merit / 1 )3 &c., acquitted herself with a delicac) u_ni his part, drew from the house a rapturous encorlioot : her concluding " Non piu mesta," the perfe ct stl and` "! of a crowded audience offered to her the most uneq„pdt .1 cal evidence of her success over bath its judglu eii— ).' feeling. .. ) 31 . DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A FEMA LE . it : l Paussie Acin.—Tuesday morning at an early hour " .r, your • determined act of self-destruction was committed by a _..., . 4 female, nineteen years of age of personal attraction, ns ti ,: Julia Ellis, who for some time ' past had been living ill 4/ , : family of Mr. Keene, surgeon, of No. 72, Crawford-Or:4 0 ' Bryanstone-square. It appears that for the last day. tto Mr. Keene had observed the deceased had appeared il l '`. • 0 and desponding state. On the above morning ( ay) at was awoke out of his sleep by something falling hei vil Y Toi . 4 . chamber ,• he immediately jumped out of bed, and in so is he stumbled over something on the floor, which afte l ; " l, l el' proved to be the lifeless body of the deceased, and close.taci ,d, right hand laid a bottle, containing a quantity of rui sn , e , y. to which she had obtained by some means out a the surges Mr. Keene immediately tried every means in his _P:ir e et, :// counteract the effects of the deadly poison, but to nu 1- , "'-' life was quite extinct. - I co tri