The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-16 00:00:00

MORNIN,t3 SUN. AMERICAN NEWS. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM. THE UNITED STATES. - - - - We have received New York papers to the 23d inclu i*e, brought by the Bablraore, which reached Havre on silo 12th. They contain but little intelligence worth ex- Invqing. The following paragraph from tb.e Oneida Observer is the only reference we find in these papers to the case of /rl l Leod A number of journals bay° s'Ated confidently that an appeal would be taken ft urn eae recent decision of the Supreme Court, in the case of M'Leod, to the Court of Errors. This, we 1 3elie.ve, is an error. It is not, Ire understand, intend ed by the counsel , of M'Leod to Ila °ve for an appeal, l',ut to bring the case to trial as soon as may ,e, probably in this county, in ac cordance, we lea rn, with the expressed wish of the prisoner. Tl' .e argument of the Supreme Court is deemed to ham' ,ettled conclusively the legal points in the ;controversy ; und the hope of obtaining a reversal of its decision by in appeal to the Court of Errors, is not, we believe, and ulged by any body. M'Leod is now in k_icharge of the Sheriff of this county, in whose cus 'nay he w ill probably remain until his trial, which we learn he '1 anxious should take place as soon as possible, ~ 41 1 1.1; er .tirely confident, as he asserts, of his ability to t o itynish the most conclusive proof that he had no parti hilaPatio n in the outrage for which he stands indicted. Sin writing the above, we have learned that the Su .lPreur .iCourt, on applimtion of M'Leod's counsel, have gralv,ed an order changing the venue for his trial to this .010,11111'y. It will take place in September. (From the Journal of Commerce of the 23d.) 'THE LOAN.—The Bill which has passed both Houses Congress, providing for a loan of twelve millions If dollars, makes the scrip redeemable in three years :Absolutely, End at any time upon six months' notice groin the Government. These provisions will pro bably prevent the stock from being taken by foreign capitalists. The time is too short and too 'llocertain to enlist them. In this market the same ob ection will have its. influence, and as the stock cannot, ke treasury notes, be used in the payment of duties, ''nor sent about dr." country as a remittance, the market . for it will be c , infined to those persons who take it as a -, Inv Whore and how the interest is to be jutid4olr.ains to be det:rmined. With the shape in winch this. - loan.is put,. it will not sell by a great deal so 'well as a. five or ten years' stock, nor so well as treasury notes. A Five per Cent. stock payable in five years, Would. have been , taken instantly at par, perhaps at a Preyokam. , • - •NEW 'YORK MONEY MARKET. NEW YORK SALE OF STOCKS, JULY 22.-1,000 dols. Ohio 6 per Cent., 944 ; 1,500 dols. Corporation Fives, Water Stock 844; 2,000 dols. Illinois Sixes , 55 4 ; 2,000 dols. Indiana Bonds, doll.. 57A- ; 2,000 dols. ditto, dollar, 574';"4,000 dols. Indiana Ste rlin g 57-1- ; 25 Shares" 'Bank of 'AMerica, 104 ; 6 ditto Bank of Commerce, scrip, 971 ; 50 ditto Delaware and Hudson, b 60, 1084 ; 50 de. do., 1081 ; 50 do. do. 1074 ; 110 do. ditto, b 30, 108 ; 25 ditto North American Trust, 84 ; 5 0 ditto, ditto, 8/ ; 125 ditto ditto, s 30, 8+ ;_ 100 ditto 15 . S. Bank, 174 ; 300 ditto ditto, 171 ; 3 25 ditto ditto, lq; 50 ditto Mohawk, R. R. 694 ; 125 ditto Patter son R. R., 51i- ; 65 ditto New Jersey R. R, 72 4 ; 25 ditto, 78; 50 ditto N. Y., Prov. and Boston, 34/ ; *l 5O ditto Harlem R. R., 254 ; 75 ditto ditto, 25 ; 100 ditto ditto, 241. PFLILADELPRIA. SALES OF STOCKS, JULY 22 .-1 300 Lehigh Loan 6's, 1844, 62; 100 shares United States tank, s 5 fiat 18; 1 ditto, Reading 11R, 28; 10 ditto, Schuylkill Navigation, 54k; 10 ditto, ditto, 544; 1 ditto, Camden' and Amboy R. R., 85. THE MARKETS, JULY 22. The sales of Cotton to-day are 500 bales ; yesterday - , for the whole day, 1,500 bales at a shade of advance ; in • some cases et. The good feeling is checked by an ad - Vance in freights to Id, for Liverpool, and 1 ct. for Havre. The packets to sail soon are engaged full. Flour remains as foi , several days past. corn droops. A parcel of Northern .;sold to-day at 0fc;:561135., not delivered equal to 64e.; with the- usual 41iration to de liver at the purchasers'place of 'deposit. t ßye'is 63e. bu. 2,800 brls whale oil ,sold at 30cts. gal.—nothing done is bone. Both sorts of Ashes remain at's dol. 50c. per 100 lbs. 100 hhds. Porto Rico Sugar sold at 7 cents; 100 do. St. Croix upon an order from the South at 84 to 91 cents. Brandy is extremely dull! There is no movement in European bills. The sales at the Stock Board are small, and at dull prices. TEXAS AND MEXICO. (From the New Orleans Bulletin.) Important results may be anticipated from the military expedition which has recently marched from Austin in the direction of Santa Fe. The ostensible object 6- )f the movement is to take possession of the coun try ing east of the Del Norte, as an integral portio n of the Texan territory. It might be supposed that the strength of the armament was scarcely ade quate to the purpose to be accomplished, as the popu lation of that region is rather too numerous so be conquered by so small an army as three hundred But, if we understand the plan of the Texans, th e i r expedition is to do more by persuasion than force of arms. The grounds for the supposition are, that not long since the capital of Texas was v . isited by an emassy of three Commissioners , se n t 'from the department of Santa Fe, with full powers to— negotiate a treaty ivith the young republic. There can be little doubt the late expedition is des -. Patched for the purpose of complying with en gagements thus entered into. Unless at the pressing Invitation of the inhabitants, it is hardly probable that Texas would have sent six hundred miles into the interior an armed force on a Quixotic tour of con quest and romance. The fact is well known, that the pro vinces in the north-east of Mexico are thoroughly inclined to an alliance with Texas. Their remoteness places them out of the reach of the General Government, and lends the greater facility to the achievement of independence, While the proximity to Texas, and the sympat h y which fre quency of intercourse, community of interest, and geographical apposition, create, is all on .the side of the Anglo-Saxon government. Already have there been palpable indications of this disposition in the province of New Mexico, where Sante Fe is located, and the same feeling pervades extensively the adjacent departments. We are, therefore, in elined to the opinion that the Texans will be received with open arms by the population of that region, and be greeted as invited guests rather than as an invading army. The annexation of New Mexico may now be looked upon as quite certain. This cannot occur without exercising an influence on adjoining departments, and it would not be surprising, if in a short while the Texan league in cluded all the States between the Del Norte and the California Gulf, a domain equal almost in extent to our Whole Union. SIX DAYS LATER from AMERICA. MR. M'LEOD'S CASE. • HAVRE, AUG. 12, FIVE O'CLOCK, P.M. The packet ship Burgundy has just arrived. She brings accounts from New York to the 26th ult., six days later than you have received. The only matter of inter ' est in the journals respects M'Leod. He had declined to appeal to the Court of Error, and his trial had, conse quently, been definitively fixed by the Supreme Court to take place at Utica during the Assizes, to be there held th e second week in September. The appointment of Mr. Everett as Minister of Eng land had passed the Senate. 4RRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA LIVERPOOL, ►SATURDAY MORNING. The splendid steam-ship Caledonia arrived in the Mersey this morning. She sailed from Boston on the Ist, and Halifax on the 3d inst., bringing New York Palms of the 31st ult. Their contents are of little im portance, and contain nothing fresh respecting the case of Mr. Di'Leod. (From the Morning Courier, July 30.) ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. The Great Western steam-ship arrived at New York Yesterday with her usual punctuality, after a very fine Passage of fifteen days. WASHINGTON, JULY 29. With the exception of Messrs. Rives and Archer, all tarts of the Whig party represented at Washington in the cabinet and in Congress are agreed upon the Bank Bill, and you may confidently expect that it will now also tkas the House, and will receive the signature of the -L7resident. The Bank Bill just passed in the Senate was intro duced into the House of Representatives on Wednesday, aild was read twice and referred to the Committee of th e whole, without any previous reference to the Cora . • in' • • lace on the Currency. • TIA. ----- TEMPERANCE IN NOVA SCO'. The Halifax Herald concludes a most encouraging ac• count of the spread of Temperance pr i nc i p l e s in that co lony with the following paragraphs, showing thew v tion that" has been effected in the Rum busine at the port of Halifax : The Spanish brig Beatriz arrived at this port lately from Porto Rico, with a cargo consisting of 124 hhds. Molasses, 152 bbls sugar, and six pipes of old rum. The sug ar and molasses sod , and sold well; the rum, how ever, could not command a price; it was at length offered at i s . per gallon, in bond, which it could not obtain. An offer of it was then made for the payment of the duty on it, at which it was refused in the Halifax market, and yes terday, the Beatriz sailed from this port, taking back to the West Indies the six pipes of Rum which she had brought into this temperance place! The last cargo of the same sort of rum which came to the consignee of this one, brought readily two shillings and sixpence, in bond, where it paid, also, the duty of two shillings and two pence, and now the article could net find any who would take it for the payment of the duty on it only ! The fact needs no further comment than the remark that the reign of rum in Halifax is, ;:or ever gone. W e h a ve been shown an account sales cf eight hhds. of gin, effeoted within that period, by a house in this city, containing 443 gallons net, the net proceeds of the whole of which, amounted to only eleven pounds ten shillings and ten pence! Thus yielding but sixpence farthing per gallon, out of which the expenses of impor tation, and interest for time were to be deducted. Not truth room for speculation in that trade now, we appre hend. THE SLAVE TRADE.—Some sensation appears to have been created in Berbice, according to the Berbice Gazette, by the arrival in that port of a sla ver, a Portu g uese built brig, called the DettaS Favereira, captured off the Bra zilian coast, on the 16th of February last, by her Ma jesty's brig Fawn. after a chase of eight hours: — On the 19th of February, 1841, lat 22 30, long. 40, west, Cacupos, on the coast of Bra4l about 18 miles, observed a large brig standing in for the land; altered our course so as to cut her off if possible. On approach ing, she appeared not to have the least idea of our being a man-of-war—allowed her to close within range of our 32 pounder—fired a gun over her, and another as quick as possible ahead—she then up with her helm, attempted to rue, but appeared in great confusion. We continued to throw the shot over, a-head and a stern of her, without intention of striking, as we were positive of slaves being on board. After a short time she was increasing her distance, Lieut. Foote then de :ermined. to put a shot in the hull, but with great regret, on account of the unfortunate beings on board. Shots were then thrown close under her stern twice,—a third was about to be fired, when we observed her round to. The slaves were all below with the hatches on. On turning them up, a scene presented itself enough to sicken the heart even of a Portuguese. The living, the dying, and the dead huddled together in one mass. Some unfortunates in the most disgusting state of small pox, in the confluent state, covered from head to foot, distressingly ill with ophthalmia, a few perfectly blind, others, living skeletons, with difficulty crawled from below, unable to bear the weight of their miserable bodies. Mothers with young infants hanging at their breasts unable to give them a drop of nourish ment. How they had brought them thus far appeared astonishing ; all were perfectly naked. Their limbs were excoriated from lying on the hard plank for so long a period. On going below the stench was insupportable. How beings could breathe such an atmosphere and live, appeared incredible. Several were under the plank, which was called the deck, dying—one dead. We proceeded to Rio Janeiro with the prize. On the passage we lost thirteen, in the harbour twelve, from small-pox and debility—a number also died on board the recovery ship Crescent. After clearing the hold, and fumigating the brig, it was determined by Mr. Ousley, the British Minister, to send the brig. with a part of her cargo, for adjudication, to the nearest colony, under the command of Mr. G. Johnstone, mate of the Fawn. We sailed on the 16th of March with 180, well provided with medicines and directions in whit manner to use them. Tapioca and lime juice were also provided. Notwith-, standing all the care that a small crew could beStow on them, we unfortunately lost twenty, chiefly from scurvy and general debility. This unfortunate brig left Bahia fort, on the coast of Benguela, with 510 negroes ; and thirteen days after, on her capture, she had but 375 ! AFFRAY AND Loss OF LIFE.—The Florence (Ala) Enquirer of the 17th gives an account of a bloody affray ' which took place a few days before in Wayne county, Tenn., on the Savannah road. According to the account, an officer named Stutts went to the house of a man named Brooks, to arrest him, and took with him several persons for that purpose. Upon arriving at the place, Brooks came out with his rifle and shot a young man named Towery, who died immediately. Stutts, the officer, then fired upon Brooks as he retreated into his house, and put two pistol balls into his back. Brooks is still living, but it was thought he had received a mortal wound. A general fight ensued between the constable and his posse, and the friends of Brooks. .DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—During the thunder-storm on Monday afternoon, and just before the rain began to fall, two sons of Joshua Norris, of Wayne, one aged 15 and the other 17, were killed by lightning. One of them was driving the team, and the other was on the load of hay going to the barn. The hay was set on fire, and the oxen were struck down, but not killed. A man walking some distance behind the load was stunned for some minutes, but recovered. The hat of the boy walking was rent in pieces ; that of the one on the load of hay was not found—probably consumed with the hay. The body of the boy was pulled from the burning hay by his sister. —Kenebec Journal. The St. Louis Era states that no traces have been dis covered of the robbers of the Bank at Jacksonville, Illi nois—and that the Bank has increased the reward to $lO,OOO. On the other hand, the St. Louis Argus says suspicion has fallen on the teller, who occupied rooms above the Bank, and that he has beon arrested. It is said that the Bank will not lose the bills receivable de stroyed, as the mother Bank has a list of them. JUDGE LYNCH ABROAD.—There is a bevy of horse thieves and -bogus, gentry located in Oakland county. One of them, some days since, stole a span of horses, and his whereahouts'T wag, communicated by a worthy man employed in clearing land in .one of the adjoining towns. In revenge Tor this, a day or, tiyO afterwards, while he was absent from home, MS house -and • stable. was set fire to by one of the gang,'and all his furniture, together with a span of good horses, was • consumed:. Justice will have a job should these rascals be caught. Detroit Journal. By the statement of the deaths in New Orleans, from the Ist to the 15th instant, prepared by the Board of Health, it appears that the total number is 156—0 r an average of 82i per week. Of these 128 were whites, and 37 coloured persons. Two were cases of sudden death from drinking cold water, and three were sun struck. The proportion of deaths is large for New Or leans, when we consider that not a case of yellow fever has yet occurred. DEATH FROM A WORM IN THE EAR.—A man died on one of the flatboats on the New Orleans Levee, on the 6th inst. of a disease which baffled his physician. A post mortem examination took place, and upon examination of his brain it was discovered that an insect about an inch long, known by the name of a centipede, or 100 legs, had crawled into his ear, causing thereby an excruciating death. MICHIGAN.—A gentleman of Michigan writes that the surplus wheat product of the State will be this year 2,500,000 bushels; and the surplus pork, 300,000 barrels. If this be so, what au immense transportation business will i bo,dona..on the. Erie_canal.nexklall and spring.— Troy Whig. ILLINOIS WHEAT CROP.—The Alton Telegraph of the 19th July says that the wheat crop of Illinois was never finer than it is at the present season. It had been gene rally harvested, and secured in excellent order. PHILADELPHIA SHIPPING.—There are belonging to Philadelphia 39 ships, 27 barques, 41 brigs, 34 brigan tines, besides sloops and schooners. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, JULY 31. The amount of business transacted in the present week has been suite as small as we have recently had occa sion to notice. No perceptible change is apparent in the money market, and negotiations continue to be made with great facility. Domestic exchanges are without variation, and the de mand and supply are both limited. In sterling more business has been doing, and a fair demand has existed, without much alteration in the rate. The transactions in stocks have been less than we re member in any former week for many years. A small amcunt of contracts are maturing, but litle disposition exists to speculate either for a rise or fall, and the fa vourable aspect of matters at Washington seems to pro duce but little improvement. The Bank Bill has passed the Senate, and will undoubtedly pass the House, but opinions are freely hazarded that the President will not sign the Bill. We think differently. Of its beneficial operation upon the prosperity of the country and its agency in restoring a sound and healthy currency, we entertain great hopes. The prospect is now more fa vourable for the passage of the leading Whig measures than at any time during the extra session. By the Great Western we have ten days' later intelli gence from England. The character of the news is rather unsatisfactory, both as regards the money market, cot ton, and American securities. The failure of Indiana to meet the July interest had affected all stocks. We notice a sale advertised by the Comptroller of up wards of 900,000 dollars State Stocks, on account of sundry free banks. Our opinion has heretofore been ex pressed as to the unfavourable operation of our general banking law, and the fact of such large amounts of se curities being thrown upon the market, at a time of great depression, is not calculated to increase the confi dence of the community in the beneficial operation of a system issuing a circulating medium upon other than a cash basis. 'lle knowledge of such large amounts being held in such a manner has tended to reduce the value of ----- , - - these securities much lower than under any other circum stances could reasonably have been expected. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 31. $l,OOO New York State Fives and Half, 1870 $l,OOO do.- do $B,OOO New York City Fives, 1870 $2,000 do. do. $B,OOO Indiana Fives Sterling $2,000 Indiana Fives.. ,R2,0n0 do. do. 25 Shares United States Bank 25 do. do. do 1) 3 day! 16k :25 do. Delavrare and Hudson ... ...... ...b next week 107} 10 do. North American Trust Co. s3o days 74 50 do. do. do. 20 do. Commercial Bank- . - 6 do. American Exchange Bank - 864 25 do. 'Vicksburg Bank si _. .. . 150 do. Harlem Railroad 135 do. do. do 100 do. Paterson Railroad. 51 4, 25 do. New Jersey Rai1r0ad........ The transactions at the Stock Exchange this morning were to a moderate extent, and what little was done shows a decline in prices. Indiana sterling fives fell off ; Indiana fives a ; United States Bank shares -I ; Vicksburg Bank a ; and New Jersey Railroad the same. EXCHANGE—FOREIGN.—This being the closing day for the steamer Caledonia, a fair business has been done in English exchange. On London we quote 8 a 8} Paris sf. 281 c. a sf. 27ic. ; Holland 391 a 391 ; Ham burgh 35/ a 351 ; Bremen 761 a 77. At Philadelphia, yesterday, the closing price of United States Bank shares was 11. NEW YORK MARKETS, JULY 31. ASHES.—The market this week closes firmly for first sort pots at 5,50 dollars, and for first sort pearls at 5 ,64 The receipts of ashes during the week were 732 barrels, and the shipments 224 barrels. The stock of pots since Saturday last has increased 220, and the stock of pearls decreased 205 barrels, showing a net gain in the stock of 15 barrels,,.- COTTON.—Since the publication of our weekly review of Saturday la'.;'<fie arrival of the Great Western has given inft_ranation as to the state of the Liverpool mar katf, to the 13th, and Havre to the 12th of the present month. The intelligence, though rather unfavourable, has had no farther effect upon our market, so far as we can learn, than to give it a rather more q uiet tone. The sales of the week ending last evening were 3,250 bales, of which say 2,500 were Upland and Florida at 81 to 10i 450 Mobile at 9to 12, and 800 New Orleans at 81 to 111 cents. The arrivals during the same period were 3,306 bales. The market closes very dull. The sales yesterday amounted to only about 150 hales, and we have heard of no sales this morning. FLOUR AND GRAIN.—FIour has been in good demand throughout the week until to-day, and prices continued to improve u n til a f ew sa l e s of good brands fresh ground Genesee were ma d e a t $3, and from store at $5,87i, being an advance of 37i a 50 cents. upon the prices of Saturday last. To-day the market is heavy, and we can hear of no sales. There are no buyers at $6. Georgetown flour moves off slowly at $5,75, an improvement of 25 cents. per barrel upon the quotation: of this day 'week: Corn is, Worth. 66 cents. for Southern„and 70 cents. for Northern, both measure. Two or three small car goes of North Carolina wheat have been disposed 'of, this week at $1,14 a $1,23 per bushel, according to quality. S?AIN AND THE POPE. The following is the manifesto published by the Spa nish Government in answer to the allocution of his Ho liness, which has appeared in our columns : " The Christian world will with as much surprise as regret have received the allocution of his Holiness, which,' delivered in a secret Consistory, was immediately published throughout both Spain and Europe. In form this document is expressive of, the deepest affliction and grief—in reality it is a violent invective, bitterly accusing the Government and Spanish nation of being the perse cutors of the Church. Their faith is doubted, and they are menaced with exclusion from the pale of Christianity unless they return to themselves,•so that a seven year;' war, brought on and protracted by the ambition of reigning, was not a sufficient ill to the coun try, but that, having been terminated by the generosity of two parties in Spain, the common Father of the Faithful must cast on their half extinguished flame—a new brand—to excite the Christian world to spill oceans of blood, and to convert the civil war into one of religion. Now, in these times of odious memory, when a menace from the Vatican would suffice to shake the earth, and agitate the nations of it, doubtless their motive is very hostile ; but it shall also be in like man lier opposed, On this, as on many other occasions, Spaniards will discern what they owe to their faith, and what to their independence and surety ; what to the real interests of the Church of Jesus Christ ; and what the unjust and ever-encroaching pretensions of the Church of Rome. The Government of her Majesty will not descend to controversy ; will not enter into the laby rinth of subtleties and subterfuges, which is the refuge for every contested point, and • every new question, and to support which a new maxim, or a principle, is aiduced, a new example or an old one produced for imi tation. No, such a step were unworthy a great, a noble people, the Spanish Government will come to the point direct and resolutely. Exposing concisely and candidly the events that have taken place since the death of Fer dinand the Seventh, Government will show to Spain and Europe 'on which side they may seek' moderation, inge nuousness—on which obstinacy and absence of reason — so that no surprise will be possible at the just and vigo rous part the Government will take for the defence of the great interests confided to- its vigilance and -zeal. Scarcely was the monarch dead, than his Holiness gave himself up to expressions of the deepest grief, and offered to address to the Most High fervent pra3 ers for the preservation of the kingdom from every dis aster, the kingdom which he styled the orphan of her father. This had been a noble and pious wish, if unaccompanied by doubt on the part of the Sovereign Pontiff as to the legitimacy of the succession of our be loved Queen to the inheritance of her Sire. To this doubt was subsequently added his refusal to recognise her until the Holy Father had agreed with the other Powers, and also new complaints respecting the abuse to which certain journals gave themselves up against the ecclesiastics. Thus did his Holiness himself commence the disaster he pretended to fear, framing all the time new excuses in anticipation of new insults. _ _ " To dispel these doubts, the Pragmatic Sanction of the 31st of March, 1830, was invoked, comprising the in tentions of Ferdinand, and the evils of all classes of the State was communicated to him, they tak ing the oath of allegiance to the King's heiress, the Princess Isabella, recognised and obeyed as Queen of the Spanish nation. But the Holy Father recognised . in the Pragmatic Sanction, only an important do cument, worthy of examination when the question should be definitively on the eve of settlement—the weakness in Spain of the party of Don Carlos was represented to him —the small number of troops by which he was followed, that he was countenanced scarcely by one province or by one capital—by one fortress. Yet his Holiness expressed doubts, and inclined to a belief in the papers he received. " The question was insisted on ; the little show of reason there was to deny to the : young Queen' in whose favour so many riots militated, what was granted to Don Miguel in PortitaValthatigh a usurper and noto rious perjurer. IlisJPliness answered, that the recog nition of Don Migsta gaee only subsequently .. to, a two years' peaceable riossesifron, and on the express condition that although,' ant ex sting sovereignty was . recognised, it was without detriment to the claims of the Pretender. The Spanish Government, never theless, answered the complaints of the ecclesiastics by suppressing the offensive articles and punishing the writers, although it acknowledged the impossibility of gagging calumny whilst matter for censure was given. And when so many of both the secular and the regular ecclesiastics, not only were led away by the bad example excited in others, but also themselves became the movers and promoters of sedition, commanding the rebels, directing the pillage of the localities, carrying destruction and murder amongst peaceful habitations —when the religious ,houses were transformed into clubs of conspirators— when the churches were turned into depots for ammunition and powder—it was not easy to conceal such scandalous outrages from the public, nor to suppress in the public papers the indignation of parties, nor the malice of those 'who furnished the intelligence. The whole of these prpceedings were officially consigned to the documents to wlaicli his Holiness referred, and it was indeed extraordinary" , tfia the calutnny should be so se verely reproved, and nothing done to suppress the infamy whence it sprung, and which cherished it still. The ministers of. God and Peace, transformed into ministers of discord-and desolation, could-hut bring upon them selves the execrations of the public, and it was not to be expected that on presenting themselves before the people still covered with blood and crimes, they could command that respect which is due only to sanctity of conduct. Such excesses might have been in their origin repressed by the Prelates ; but these rsndered doubtful and unde cided by the silence of his Holiness, durst not hazard their intervention for the repression of such scandalous excesses, and this apparent indifference augmented the disorders, so that if the dangers of religion and the in consistencies of litr ministers had again increased, the blame must ! g in justice have been cast upon the conduct of ski many of her unworthy mem bers, and attribute"' to the silence of their head pastors. Such gr , considerations, such serious consequences, which could never be considered irreli gious or revolutionar , found no response in the bosom of his Holiness, who wa, notwithstanding, prompt to com plain of the summary and continual executions of the condemned ecclesiastics, as if, arrested arms in hand, they merited some better fate, or more respect than any other rebels. Thus passed away the time in useless ne gotiations, without any advancement of the question, which, however, was terminated by the categorical reply made to our Ambassador at Rome by the instructions forwarded to Cardinal Tiberi, Nuncio to his Holiness at this Court, and to the Archbishop of Nice, appointed his successor, but which instructions the latter never received, the whole expressing his Holiness's refusal to acknowledge Queen Isabella until her allies had done the same. There still remained the entire ecclesiastical question, which neither the Court of Rome nor that of Madrid could so easily cut short. Several of the churches of the State hav ing no bishops, her Majesty's Government lost no time in presenting to his Holiness the sage and virtuous ecclesi astics it deemed worthy the honour of episcopacy. In such cases it is usual not to postpone the confir _nation of such appointments, nor the exposition of the bulls, in order that the fold of Jesus Christ be not too long deprived of its pastors ; far from this, the Holy See, from year to year, obstinately refused to fulfil this im portant duty ; sometimes by the help, of theological subtleties, sometimes from interested motives, under the cloak of benevolent concessions. The first difficulty arose on the form of presentation without prejudice to the Dynasty question, the fate of which was left to - the fortune of war in the Peninsula ; in vain did the Go vernment, then faithful to the principle of condescen sion it had original:y adopted, propose divers forms, in which, omitting the candidate's name, the difficulties were surmounted, and the temporal interests of the Holy Father guaranteed. The Court of Rome rejected all, now under one pretext, now under another, but at length proposed a medium apparently to it the best suited to circumstances. It consented to omit in the bulls, every presentation on the plea that his Holi ness acquiesced, of his own accord, and in virtue of his Apostolic faith. " As an instance were cited the Bishops presented by the dissenting Government of America, whose nomina tion was -confirmed in the same terms as that of the Spanish Bishops ; finally it was said that the patronage of the Crown was notwithstanding recognised, and that his Holiness would make an official: declaration to that effect in a separate Act. The snare was skilfully laid, but not sufficiently so to catch the Government. In vir tue of his right, established by the canonical laws, and recognised in the most solemn manner by the Sovereign Pontiffs of every age, her Majesty was invested with the incontestable patronage of the Churches of her realm,- and it were both dishonourable and impolitic for the Government of Queen Isabella to consent to the positive violation of her public right. 'Why seek to guarantee the same by a separate Act, which would appear to be a concession ? " This was eluding the difficulty, and not setting it aside in good faith. Government had carried longanimity to the utmost extent of its duty, beyond which it could not go without derogating from its dig nity, from the rights of the nation, and from the peroga tive of the Crown. A determination was taken to re ceive no further bulls confirmatory of Bishops — elect, unless the rights of Crown-patrimage were expressly mentioned in the terms proposed, or others analogous. The of a protracted dissent of the Churches of Spain, and the interruption of the relations of a Catholic kingdom with the Sovereign Pontiff, might be fatal ; but the immense responsibility of these fatal con sequences would weigh entirely upon him who accumu lated difficulties upon difficulties, delays upon delays, and who would never come to an honourable resolution." Among the varied property lately brought to the hammer by Messrs. Foster, of Greek-street and Pall mall, who will in a few days sell the beautiful theatre of Mr. Hamlet, the bankrupt, in Oxford-street, may be mentioned the whole - of the interesting objects consti tuting the Adelaide Gallery of Practical - Science, which on Wednesday was knocked down to Mr. Edwards, of Charing-cross, for 700/. The proprietors have lost 90,000/. by this speculation, but saved sufficient frem the wreck to cover all demands upon them.—Observer. We can positively contradict the report that Ad miral Sir G. Cockburn goes to the Mediterranean in com mand of the fleet in that sea. Nothing of the kind has yet been determined on. The officers named for the command are Admirals Sir Philip Durham, Sir George Cockburn, a nd Sir William Gage ; but we think the latter will most probably be the Sea Lord of the Admi ralty. Sir James Graham, it is generally reported, will be the First Lord of the Admiralty under Sir Robert Peers Adminiotratiobi—Naval cfnd Military Gazette. TFH SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST IG, P4l. . • IRELAND. LORD VISCOUNT MORPE)2II—GREAT MEET . ING AT THE ROYA.I. EXCHAI•TGE. DUBLIN, AUG. .12.—A crowded, and most influential meeting of the citizens of. Dublin was held this day at . the Royal Exchange, "to consider the mo;t suitable means of testifying the national admiration of the public character of Lord Viscount Morpeth, and to mark the gratitude of the Irish people towards his Lordship for his long and most useful labours on behalf of our coun try, and his eminent services to the cause of civil and religious liberty." At two o'clock the body of this extensive building was filled in every part, and on the platform were, his Grace the Duke of Leinster, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart. ; Sir Thomas M`Kenny, Bart. ; Sir J. Kennedy, Bart. ; Sir Arthur Clarke, Sir William Somerville, Bart., M.P. ; Col. White, M.P. ; Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P. ; James Power, Esq., M. P. ; Robert Archbold, Esq., M.P. ; John O'Connell, Esq„ M.P. ; Richard Moore, Esq., Solicitor-General; Master Curry, David Doss, Esq., Rosstrevor ; Very Rev. Doctor Yore, Leland, Crosthwait, John O'Neill, Christopher Fitzsimon, Stephen Grehan, George ;Roe, Cornelius M`Loughlin, Thus. Hutton, T. S. 7 2, l oppinger, Wm. Mur phy, Patrick Curtis, William. Fletcher, Daniel Mur phy, Cork ; P. Vincent Fitzpatrick, W. S. Hart, Atkinson, Davis, W. Jagoe, O'Hara, Symes, Denis Moylan, Thomas Steele, George Evans, Thomas O'Mara, James Murphy, Charles Murphy, Dillon, Porter, Seagrave, Elias Corbally, Charles Barn well, Christopher Barnwell, Jeremiah Dunne, Barry E. Lawless, Frederick Daniel, Esqrs. ; Surgeon White, In spector-General of Prisons ; the Rev. Mr. O'Connell ; Robert M`Cleland, Nugent, Terence 'l'. Dolan, John O'Neill, J. Thunder, Terence O'Reilly, Esqrs, &c. Sir J. KENNEDY, Bart., moved that his Grace the Duke of Leinster be called to the chair, and that Messrs. J. C. O'Dwyer, George Rowe, and W. Harte, Esqrs., be appointed to act as Secretaries. The motion was seconded by the Hon. Mr. PONSONBY. The Duke of LEINSTER ascended the table amidst loud applause, and proceeded briefly to address the meeting. He said—Gentlemen, it gives me the greatest pleasure to have the honmir of taking the chair on the present occa sion, for I can assure you that nobody has a greater and a higher respect and esteem than I entertain for the Noble Lord whom we are now going to address, as well in 'his private as in his public capacity.--(Cheers.) Gentle- ' men, I beg that you will give all the movers and second ers of the resolutions a patient hearing ; and I also re quest that when gentlemen address themselves to the meeting, they will confine themselves to the object of it, and not introduce any subject' that will in any way create any ill feeling ; which, I am sure, would be, iu particu lar, very unpleasant to the Noble Lord whom we are met to compliment.—(Hear, and cheering.) Carew O'Dwyer and William Harte, Esqrs., were then requested to act as secretaries to the meeting. Mr. CAREW O'DWYER then came forward to the front of the platform, and said that on his own part and that of his Hon. Friend who had been associated with him in the gratifying duty of acting as secretaries to the meeting, he had to express his most extreme gratitude. He would beg leave to inform his Grace and the meeting that they had received a very great number of letters from various parts of the kingdom, all expressing the deepest feeling in conjunction with that which had called forth that meeting, and the regret of the writers at not being able to be present at the proceedings. There was one letter, which, with the permission of the meeting, he would ex cept from the rule which they had made, of not detain ing the meeting by going through all the correspond ence, and.that was a letter which they had received from his Grace the Most Reverend Doctor Murray : " Mountjoy-square, Aug. 12, 1841. " Gentlemen,—l have been just now honoured with your note of yesterday, requesting my attendance at a meeting to be held this day at the Royal Exchange, for the purpose of agreeing to an address to Lord Morpeth. " Permit me to assure you, that no language could ex press too strongly my admiration of the public character and private worth of that distinguished Nobleman. It would therefore give me singular pleasure to be able to join in the proposed tribute of respect to his Lordship. I regret, however, that duties connected with my office will unavoidably engage me at the hour appointed for the meeting, and will therefore prevent my attendance at it. " I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, " Your obedient humble servant, TO the Secretaries, &c. &c. "D. MURRAY." Biri.v,,tsmo2, DE, Bart., said he. had been honoured by proposing the first resolution, and, in duing. so, he should congratulate himself in having such a duty to perform on an occasion when the object was to express thankful ness towards a Nobleman to whom, iS Irishmen, they owed so much, and who, on leaving this country, took with him so universal a feeling of regret and esteem from all classes of the community.—(Loud cheering.) The resolution which he had to propose was as follows : —" That the eminent services rendered by Lord Viscount Nlorpeth to the cause' of civil and religious liberty, and his well known attachment to the people of Ire land, entitle his Lordship to the most marked de monstration of national confidence and regard."— (Cheers.) He had only to add, that the House of Com mons had, for the present, lost the benefit of the great services of Lord Morpeth ; but he might justly observe on this subject, that fully two-thirds of the constitu encies of Ireland would willingly have returned him had he consented, and, he might also add, that two-thirds of the representatives of Ireland would be willing, and would have received the full permission of their consti tuents, to resign in his favour.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) In making these observations, he was sure that he only spoke the sentiments of that meeting, and of the vast majority of his countrymen.—(Cheers.) 1). Ross, ofitosstrevor,schseconded the resolution, and was received wiih loud cheering.. He gave with all his heart his assent to the resolution which they had just heard, as it contained an expression of Lord Morpeth's advocacy of civil and religious liberty, and his well known attachment to Ireland, as manifested on several occasions.—(Cheers.) If there was but one act, in all Lord•Morpeth's career that could justify them in extend ing.the warmest praise towards him, it was what might be called the final measure which he brought forward in Parliament.—(Hear.) After referring to Lord 'Morpeth's conduct during the last sesFion of Parliament, he conti nued to observe, that the Ministry, and not one of its members more sincerely than Lord Morpeth, were most ' anxious to'carry out every measure calculated to benefit the country. The resolution was passed with acclamation. The Hon. C. LAWLESS (son of Lord Cloncurry) briefly proposed the next resolution :—" That we de plore, the recent event which has deprived the country of the services of Lord Morpeth in the House, of Com mons, as a misfortune of no ordinary kind to the em pire at large, but especially to Ireland, whose interest found in Lord Morpeth a - strenuous and constant ad vocate." Mr. .ARCHBOLD, RP. for Kildare, begged to second the resolution which had been proposed by the Hon. Mr. Lawless, and to deplore with • the meeting those recent events which would deprive them of the services of Lord Morpeth. He begged to second the resolution, which was put from the chair and carried unanimously. Mr. J. POWER, D.L., moved that an Address, founded on the foregoing resolutio ns b e presented to Lord Mor peth, and he trusted that that Address would be signed by every true friend of the country My Lord—We, the Reformers of Ireland, convened by public requisition, for the purpose of considering the most suitable means of manifesting our high respect for your political character, and our cordial attachment to wards yourself personally, cannot permit your. Lordship (with our recollection of recent events) to return to your official duties in England, without tendering to your Lordship formally the assurance of the profound respect and affection which we, in common with the Irish nation, entertain towards your Lordship. " We hold in our grateful remembrance the devoted ness with which, in early life, in those dark days of bondage, when a vast majority of our fellow-countrymen were' oppressed for conscience sake, your Lordship ranged yourself with the friends of Ireland; and we have marked the earnestness with which your Lordship has ever since essayed to impart life and spirit to the cold form of civil and religious enfranchisement which you and-others have created. " During your official career in Ireland, it has been your happy destiny to assist in those good measures of policy, whose object has been to raise Ireland to a just equality with other portions of the empire ; and we ven ture to predicate that whenever your official connection with this country may cease, your mind will derive a solace in your retirement from this fact, which we now proclaim, that under the Government of which you have been part, the social state of Ireland has continuously improved, and that a more unmixed loyalty and allegi ance to our gracious and beloved Sovereign have been established, than existed towards a monarch At any former period in history, since the commencement of British connection. " To recapitulate the various acts of public service which your Lordship has accomplished in Ireland would far exceed the limits prescribed to an occasion like the present. To enumerate the be neficent designs in which your : redb Ire land, would still more transcend the boundary which we have defined for our im mediate p ur pose. Let your Lord ship Lordship rt has ve b b y e the e n engaged, rendered but which have been hostility of the enemies of ship be assured that the people of Ireland treasure in their hearts the recollection of every benefit designed for the amelioration of their country. " To such of us as have enjoyed the opportunity of personal communication with your Lordship, it may be permitted to_exp . ress our . fond recollection of the kindliness of disposition, and the frank and courteous demeanor which adorn your private intercourse. Emi nent, indeed, must be those qualification s to which we, your friends, advert, when their existence in your person receives, even from your adversaries, a full acknow ledgment. " We cannot retire from your Lordship's presence without adverting t.o the recent event which has re moved your Lordship from the House of Commons, and giving expression to our hope that no tem porary impediment may turn your Lordship from those walks of honour and public utility in which it has hitherto been your pride to travel. It may be, my Lord, that in this hope there lurks some element not en tirely free from selfishness—these are not times, my Lord, when Ireland ca n s p ar e from her friendly ranks a defender so chivalrous and pure as she has proved your Lordship in the encounter with her enemies. " In conclusion, we assure your Lordship that the warme st good wishes of our country will ever accompany you in your future progress through life." Mr. JOHN O'NEILL said he had the honour to second the resolution. A warm feeling of gratitude existed in his (Mr. O'Neill's) breast—and such a feeling should exist in the breast of every true Irishman—in favour of Lord M o rpeth.—(Cheers.) Re (Mr. O'Neill) had been a resident of Dublin for half a century, and continued still to be a resident there ; he had remarked the conduct of the different persons that acted as Chief Secretaries during that period, and none of them had, he would say, acted so honestly, so fairly, so patriotically, and, he would add, so . 50mm:unlike as Lord Morpeth.— (Loud cheers.) Old as he (31. r. O'Neill) was, he hoped yet to see him at the head of the State.—(Cheers.) There was not upon the face of the earth—even in the most despotic countries—even in Russia or Turkel-, people so trampled upon as the Irish people. Mr. O'CONNELL came forward to second the adoption of the address, and was received with loud and long con tinued cheers. He said that he meant to propose that this address be universally signed, a fact which -he felt satisfied would require but little exertion to bring about. He had no doubt that such a multitude of signatures would be speedily obtained as would render this one of the most complimentaVy documents that ever emanated from a grateful people to their ruler and benefactor. — (Cheers.) For 600 years the people of Ireland had no other reason to look upon their chief Secretaries than as their bitter enemies and persecutors, until Lord Morpeth assumed that situation.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'Connell proceeded to pass a glowing eulogium on Lord Morpeth, for his goodness of heart, his literary talents, eloquence, patriotic virtue, and his love of civil and religious liberty in all parts of the world. With reference to his complaints of Lord Mor peth formerly opposing his measure for the equalization of the franchise between Great Britain and Ireland, he had subsequent proofs that Lord Morpeth's own opinion was in favour of the measure, but, being bound up with a Cabinet which was opposed to it, he was, for the time, obliged to defer it ; but, in some months afterwards, he found Lord Morpeth bringing in a most comprehensive and just measure for the extension of the Irish fran chise, which was a proof that Lord Morpeth had brought round the Cabinet to his opinion on the subjcct of the necessity of doing justice to Ireland on the subject of their franchises. - After alluding to the foul calumnies of the English press on the Irish people, Mr. O'Con nell turned round, and asked his Grace whether he had seen Louis Philippe's newspaper, the Journdl des De buts? That paper showed the joy of England's constant adversaries ; they hailed the advent of Peel to power as the best means of weakening the power of Great Britain, and holding out to them the probability of re gaining their lost glory. If he (Mr. O'Connell) were one of the old Celtic or Saxon race, and wished all kind of calamity to Great Britain, he could not take better means to effect his purpose than by bringing in Peel and the Tories at the present juncture. After a brilliant speech, which excited the warmest enthusiasm of the meeting, he concluded by seconding the address, which was adopted amidst loud acclamation. The Rev. Dr. YORE proposed that the address be printed and circulated for signatures,—Adopted. A resolution was also adopted, inviting Lord Morpeth to a public dinner. Sir Thomas Esmonde was the second Chairman. The meeting separated at a quarter past four o'clock. ANTI-CORN-LAW CONF.ERENCE AT MANCHESTER. The following letter has been addressed, by the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, to the Rev. J. W. Massie, of Manchester : Barlanark, August 10, 1841. My dear beg pardon of yourself and Commit tee, that even a second notice, which ought not to have been even required, should be still unanswered. The plain truth is, that I was very reluctant to say no, and yet I could not, witt.*any certainty, say yes. And now [ am sincerely.prryshat the former monosyllable must be my ans,,wer. Thef ? -inswer should have been given in the end of last . iveek, - but that: was then occupied with the mournfullx pleising duty till preparing the funeral sermon for the, latetxenerated and lamented Mr. Ewing. Not •enly do I feel dation of a public nature pressing upon me and 4mancling ftilfilnient—duties which I only can do, h ilvtrs- in e eul ttAl esio do the other, who may not hOpott at tlje tithe, g) 1)e thus bound ; but circum stances of a hob - testis Character, which you can partly gueA's,;'hut which I need not now detail, seem to require my beitig, at,home.7' I. shoulctdeelily`feel, however, that great injustice was done Me, were iffy absence suspected to arise from any indifference respecting the - rent object of the proposed' Convention. It is not so. It is far, very far otherwise. Some of my brethren call it a ''political question, and object to a ministerial conventipn respecting it on this ground. That should not frighten me. Admitting it to be a question of political legislation, I cannot on that ac count, regaid i,t as the less a questinn of humanity. Grant ing it to be w`problbm of politieg economy,, I dare not allow myself to forget, to whattiNast extent it is a ques tionpf domestic economy, ;mosktseriously and fearfully affeefing tbtebndititin of Myriads of families, and the fa milieso4 tlio4e who must ev'or be the lostaple of a com merciatnatiOnTs(rongth arid ; pthsperity. In such a view of it, it can neyet'he out of the legitimate sphere of the servants of that §hvicilFr who, while the great end of his mission wit's'*i(l.Seek and to save the lost," manifested, in the ftilfilling'orthat commission, so benevolent a con cern f6r - the-temperal as well as the spiritual interests of a sinful andsitffe'ring world ; the' one in such harmonious and, beantif4 keeping - with the other. And why should the politic-al aspect of the qttestion overpower the interest which, as ministers of the Gospel, we ought to feel in it as a question of humanity ? Politics themselves are a branch of ethics. Properly viewed, they are the morals of nations. They affect the character and the well-being of the world. Indifference to politics, in this view of them. is indifference to their results—peace or war—plenty or starvation—virtue or vice—prosperity or declension— security to person, property; and life, or the jeopardy of them all. Surely such indifference cannot be a feature of character which the Bible requires, either in Christian man or in Christian minister. lam no meddler with politics. But my simple reason is, that in doing what I can to diffuse the influence of Bible truth, and co-operat ing with fellow-Christians and fellow-ministers in the endeavour to leaven the community with its influence; I amdoing, what I conceive to be my proffer part . art in pro moting and ensuring rectitude - Of principle in the ma riagement. of public affairs ;—not that I regard the ma nagement of public affairs as a matter with which, as a Minister of the Cross, I have no concern. Although holding the essential distinction between the kingdom of Christ and the kingdoms of this world, I yet believe and am sure, that the spread and prevalence of the principles of the one are the. best security for the application of right principles in conducting the affairs of the other. Your avowed object, moreover, is consultation ; the comparing of both sides,—the hearing of the pros and cons. Attendance pledges no one to a side. This is fair play. Excuse all this prosing. lam anxious that my absence from tho Conference may not be misunder stood. May a right spirit pervade all your deliberations, and Divine wisdom and goodness grant a happy result. With best wishes to your associates, as well as to your self, believe me, my dear Sir, your's faithfully, ' RALPH WAR DLAW. THE NEW PEERS. The Earl of Gainsborough (late Lord Barham).—This title is a revival of an earldom which existed in the Noel family, his Lordship's ancestors, from 1682 to 1798, when, upon the death of Henry, the sixth Earl. the title and other honours became extinct, while the estate passed to his Lordship's nephew. Gerard Noel Edwards, Esq., who thereupon assumed the name of Noel. He was subsequently created a Baronet, and well-known as Sir Gerard Noel Noel, father of the present Earl. His Lordship inherited the Baronetcy on the death Of his father, in 1838. His Lordship, has been married four• times : his first lady was a daughter of the Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., and niece of Earl Grey ' • his present lady is the fourth daughter of the Earl of Roden, and sister to Viscount Jocelyn. Lord Maltravers (Earl of Surrey).—This title is one of great antiquity ; but it does not appear that any mem ber of the family was summoned to Parliament until about 1330 (4 Edward III.) Lord John Maltravers, with Sir Thomas Gourney, was concerned in the cruel murder of the unfortunate Edward ; the former was afterwards pardoned, and . King Edward constituted the murderer of his father soon after Governor of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark. The barony has been merged with the Earldom of Arundel, until 1580 the marriage of Lady Mary Fitzalan, daughter and sole heiress of Henry, eighteenth Earl of Arundel, with Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, brought the earl dom and barony into the Howard family. In the thirty second year of Elizabeth the barony fell under attainder, but was restored to Henry, twentieth Earl of Arundel ; and by Act of Parliament, 3 Charles 1., the barony of Maltravers, with other honours, were annexed to the title and'dignity of Earl of Arundel. His Lordship is the eldest son and heir to the Duke of Norfolk, is the present treasurer of the Queen's household, and is allied by marria g e to the present Duke of Sutherland and Countess of Grosvenor. Lord Ennishowen (Earl of Belfast).—This is a newly created title s and emanates from one of the baronies created for the purposes of civil jurisdiction in the county Donegal. To the north of the city of Londonderry lies the barony of Ennishowen, a large peninsula, bounded on the east and west by the gulphs of Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly. It consists of a central group of moun tains with a border of cultivation verging to the water's edge. His Lordship is eldest son and heir of the Mar quis of Donegal, and was for somdyears Vice Chamber lain to the late King, and holds the same office under her Majesty. Lord Vivian (late Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart:) —This gallant and highly distinguished oZeer is Master-Gene rat of the Ordnance, a Lieutenant-General in the army, and Colcne! of the 12th . Dragoons. He was created a Baronet in January, 1828. Lord Congleton (late Sir Henry Parnell, Bart.) —This is a newly created title. The Parnell family were long resident at Congleton, in Cheshire, and in the reign Ire of Charles 11. purchased large estates and settled in land. His Lordship's father, who died in 1801, was a strenuous opponent of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland. Earl of Stair (John William Henry Dalrymple).— His Lordship is called to the Upper House by, the title of Baron Oxenfoord. The surname of this family is de rived from the barony of Dalrymple, in the county of Ayr. The Earl of lieninare is similarly promoted to the Upper House by the title of Baron Keamare. Earl Fitzhardinge (late Lord Seagrave) is promoted from the Barony to ae Earldom. The title is taken from the family name, Fitzhardinge. Thomas de Berkeley, Lord of Berkeley Castle. county of Gloucester, fifth in descent from Harding, a Dane of loyal blood, one of the companions of William the Conqueror, was summoned to Parliament among the Barons of the realm in the reign of Edward I. T H E REGISTRATION.—It should not be for gotten that Friday next will be the last day fur 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. Notwithstanding the low freights at which ships are at present employed, and the consequent depression of shipping property, there are actually now ninety-four s hip s building on the river Wear, which, with thirty five vessels recently launched at Sunderland, makes a to t a l of 129, many of them of considerable tonnage. — Durham Chronicle. LITERATURE. The PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION for 1841. By Charles B. Dodd; Esq.—Whittaker and Co. Mr.'Dodd, with his usual skill . and expedition, has 'just brought out a new edition of this valu aLl2 and entertainin,T publication. It contains a complete list of all the Members of . the New House of Commons, with a great variety of in teresting details' personal as well as local, the state of the poll at every contested election, the number of 101. electors, the amount of assessed taxes for each borough, and the constituency of each 'county,' city, and borough throughout the United Kingdom, forming altogether, perhaps, the most useful Parliamentary, guide yet pub lished. As a specimen of the information fur nished respecting Members of the House of Commons, we take at random the denription of Mr. Muntz, the Member for Birmingham, which is thus briefly given : MuNTZ, GEORGE FREDERICK--(Binningha m. ) --S. of a German merchant of great respectability, who settled in Birmingham in the year 1783, and married a Miss Purden, of that town. B. 1794, m. in 1818 d. of Rev. John Pryce. Is a merchant, a metal and in ventor and manufacturer of patent yellow meta.l ship sheathing and bolts. Was the first Vice-Chairman a the Birmingham Political Union, and one of its tnoe strenuous supporters : underwent several prosecutions on account of an alleged riot at a Church-rate meeting in Birmingham—was convicted upon this charge in 1837, but the proceedings were quashed, the Judge (the late Sir J. A. Park) and the Court of Queen's Bench being of opinion that they were illegal, and that the prosecu tion should never have been instituted. A Radical Re former, " wishing to remove all abuses without injury to the just rights of any." Has written several pamphlets on commercial, financial, and politico-economical sub jects.—Reform : Britton ferry House, Glamorgansh. It contains also a list of the Peerage, with the dates of creation, and the ages 'of the Members; and in addition to the usual information given in former editions, has a new department, under the title " Explanation of Parliamentary Terms and Proceedings." . This will be found useful to new Members, of whom there are about 106 who did not sit in the last Parliament, arid nearly 130 who never sat in any Parliament. It will' be of service even to some of the old stagers, and to the common reader will furnish no little insight into the mode of conducting business in the Re formed HonSe of Commons. The book is beau tifully printed, and the arrangement altogether is well adapted for speedy reference. THEATRICALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. The past week has bean prolific in the production of dramatic novelties,. and, with the exception of the Italian Opera House, the season of which is drawing fast to a close, every theatre of importance has contributed its share. At the English Opera House, on Monday even in.., Mr. C. Selby contrived to place Mr. Keeley and Mrs. Waylett in "a peculiarly perplexing situation." Every evening since that gentleman and lady have found themselves equally perplexed,and there is every probability of their perplexities being renewed nightly to the end of the season. At the Strand Theatre on the same evening Hall produced as an afterpiece a version of Barnaby Budge, from the pen of Mr. Stirling. It was, as stated at the time, completely successful, and with The Frolics of the Fairies, will carry on the management triumphantly to the end of the season. At the Olympic the " Burnt-out" dramatic company of Astley's still con tinue their performances, and have been fortunate in receiving the assistance of various minor stars. This week Miss Mitchell, from the Philadelphia Theatre, vo lunteered her services in their behalf, and performed the character of Agnes de Vere on Monday. Another ver sion of Barnaby Budge was on the same evening pro duced at Sadler's Wells, where Elton has been starring it during the past week, and has been most ably supported by Marston and Mrs. R. Hon ner. Ducrow commenced his engagement at the Surrey, on Monday, with Mazeppa, and the scenes in the circle. The manner in which the pit has been adapted for the equestrian performances reflects the highest credit on the skill and ingenuity of Mr. Lowe, the mechanist. It is needless to say that the theatre has been crowded every evening—who ever knew the Sur rey otherwise ? At the Victoria, which, under the judicious management of Mr. Osbaldiston, has completely regained its former high chwacter, there was produced on Monday one of those touching domestic dramas for which this theatre has of late become so celebrated It is founded on the story of Mother Brownrigg's cruelties, and as Miss Vincent acted the part of the heroine, it is almost a work of supererogation to say that the drama was completely successful. This theatre, like its rival, is crowded every evening. On Wed nesday, at the Haymarket, a very pleasant two act comedy was produced, entitled Foreign Affairs. It is well written, well acted, and superbly got up ; and Will therefore run through the remainder of Celeste's engagement, whose personation of the Count St. Louis (the hero of the comedy), is excessively clever. At the same theatre on Friday . Mr. Placide, the celebrated American comedian made his bow to anEnglish public in the characters of Sir Peter Teazle and Lingo. His Sir Peter had—his Lingo very good. While on this subject, we would just hint to those concerned, that the dialogue of the School for Scandal is so carefully written, that it is exceedingly improbable that it can be 'amcnded; and therefore it would be advis able for those who act in it to adhere strictly to the text. Where, for instance, does Mr. Placide find that Sir Peter Teazle ever addressed Sir Joseph Surface as Joe. It is a vulgar familiarity of which the polished Sir Peter Teazle could never have been guilty. Joe, per haps, to his servant, but Joseph to his equal. Again, Mr. Wrench, as Sir Benjamin Backbite, talks ' of a - rivulet of letter -press . murmuring through a meadow of margin. Sheridan's Sir Benjamin speaks of a rivulet of letter-press meandering through a meadow of margin. Now letter-press may meander, but it can not murmur, and therefore Mr. Wrench is wrong and Sheridan is right. At the Queen's Theatre, which closed on Friday, Mrs. Honey has been starring it foe the last , few weeks, to the mutual satisfaction of herself and the manager ; and down in the far East, we understand that • Mr. Denvil is drawing crowds to the Pavilion every evening. „ - THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. This line is rapidly approaching towards completion, and in all ptobabiiity will be opened, throughout, about the Ist of October. The work is one of no ordinary descrip tion, and does great credit to the enterprising spirit of the people of this country, and the skill of the engineer, who had to encounter the greatest difficulties. The long tunnels, and the vast excavations, particularly within two or three miles of Brighton, cannot fail to excite the astonishment even of those who have travelled on the other great lines which now traverse the country, and natives, as well as foreigners, are absolutely at a loss to find out who furnishes the sums of money re quired to carry into effect undertakings far more vast and useful than those completed by the masters of the world. The part of the line finished (more than two thirds of the whole) is in excellent condition, and no. thine. can exceed the regularity of the system adopted by the Directors. Every servant of the Company appears to be at his post, and signals of the most minute descrip tion are regularly made on the arrival of a train at any points where the slightest danger can be anticipated, and every precaution is taken to ensure the safety of the passengers. •A correspondent of a Morning Paper (the Post) com plains that on arriving at one of the stations by coach, there was no porter to take his luggage ; that he had to wait long before the doors were opened ; and when that took place, a great scene of confusion ensued by the dif ferent passengers rushing to get seats. We have passed up and down the line occasionally, and certainly cannot , confirm the statement ; but if there are any grounds for it, the Directors will, no doubt, without delay, take steps to remedy the defect. They have servants enough on the line to attend to passengers, lug. gage, and every thing— many of them indeed seemed in want of employment, and as no fees are al lowed the Directors may be well aware that they will require to be looked after. There is a complaint,low ever, 'of more serious importance than this, namely, the high fares which th e Directors sa y they are com pelled to adopt in consequence of the heavy es made by the c oa c h p ro p rietors from ll char asnyinwea.rdt'rsuHthegatilni mayl‘-a be wait patiently till the to Brigilticiton,N..e il.h'onstlibtlyhei.tehreorree this, a lineis Opened. throughout. When that takes place t h ere should, be not only a reduction in th e fares but a third class train t o accommodate the work , ing classes. If the fares were. 55., 75., and 10s., the public an d t he Proprietors would be alike bene fited. The Company must compete not only with the Brighton coaches but with every railroad from London, and every large steam -boat on th e Th am es. A man with a family will not to Brighton while he can pay g elevenot Ramsgate, shillings a n head to twice go the distance, for h a lf - the price. While we admi re the spirit of the Proprietors who have raised t wo millions sterling, to complete this single line— a sum l arger than t h e F ren ch are ever likely to raise for the whole of France in a similar way — i and rd, ar m e ,e de e s a i n ro n u e s t to he s l ee t f h ee is li s n pirit m eet with its proper rev extreme regret at the ruinous e ff ect i t w ill have on the most splendid coaching establishments in the world. In a few weeks nearly all these will be swept from the road, hundreds of persons ' will be thrown out of employment, grass will grow whero horses and carriages, justly the pride of the country, were wont hourly to pass, and ere long the far-famed Brighton drivers, with their magnificent horses and coaches, will be numbered with the things that were. Regret, however, is vain. The movement has commenced, and must go on till new Lines of communication are established throughout every part of the kingdom. If we were to take the liberty of making a suggestion to the Directors in favour of those turned out of employment bv 'the opening of the line, it would be that all such per sOns who are equally fit with other applicants for situa tions should have the preference. THE EARL or HAREWOOD.—We regret to learn that the state of health of the venerable Earl of Harewood has lately been such as to afford grounds for uneasiness to his Lordship's relatives and friends. His Lordship's ailment is not, we understand, of a very urgent nature, though at his Lordship's advanced age the least symptom of derangement in the system ought to be promptly attended to. Dr. Hobson, of Leeds, has recently been consulted by the Noble Earl, and, we be lieve, that, upon his recommendation, his Lordship has gone to London to consult Sir Benjamin Brodie, Sir M. Chambers, or some other of the more eminent of the fa culty in town. MORNING St rN NAVAL INTELLIG] :NCE. (From the _Hampshire Teleg2 PORTSMOUTH, Aye. 14.—As upwarc Is of 1,800 sea men.. have recently been paid off in t he Bellerophom„ Edi4prgh, and Princess Charlotte, at .d nearly 1,600 more Will he dischated on the paying off of the Mel ville, s amara ng;',and. Dido, it has been found necessary to owa rnisgon some . -ships to receive the n again as soon. as they have had'a.: rim On shore, and n lore particularly as the Baltic and' St. Lawrence trade will not. require seamen for some incji*ths, a better time could not been fixed on.:lf,W4d. ; hear that the Ma labia, 72, Cam brian, 36, Spartaii,`:26, at Plymouth ; Formidable, 84, L'Aigle, 24, .51ren,. - 16, Styx steamer, : the eastward; with the Illustrious, 72 Madagascar, 38, North Sta r , 28, Pantaloon, 1 0 , Satellite, 18, and Dr iver steamer at this port, will form the force to be put i nto commission, together with . the Carysfort, 24, and D. Ido, 20, on their return to England. The Illustrious, 72, was coinmissionii& for the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, on Moulty last. The officer who commissioned her was only .2.4 hours from Plymouth, two of which he had spent hi Landon. Why could not our letters travel by the same, moons ? The Pique, 36, Capt. Boxer, has been :fitted with cabins for the accommodation of Viee-Admfral Sir Charles Adam, who will proceed in her to the - North America end West Indian command. The Pique i 3 ordered round from Chatham to this port, to receive on board the Vice- Admiral, who it is understood will leave I England on the l A t of next month. The Dublin, 50, goes to Spithead on Tuesday, and tYlll -roceeds in a few days after to Plyiriouth to receive :f Rear-Admiral Thomas. ti t e T i he 6 g Ebt.. . - ra, Commander Gostling, i.; ordered to be ready for Sal, .v the 22d. is also ordered to Shithead, and to The Bitten - 4 lb. expedite for forei gn The Champion, 6„ - nmander Byron,. at Plymouth, is ordered to the Coast of rcl- The Styx steam-frigate and the Siren,. 16, are both commissioned for service at the EastwO The Sapphire troop-ship is ordered , `o, ordnance and naval stores. The Impregnable, 104, Captain T. Forres C. 8., Q ,with Quebec ar rived at Spithead, on Monday last, from Plymouth ; she will proceed shortly to the Mediterranean. The Monarch, 84, Captain Chambers, sailed foc Gib raltar on Tuesday last. The Melville, 72, came into harbour on Thursday, and is stripping, in order to be put of commission. The Madagascar was taken into the dock this morning to complete her coppering. • The Captain, 104, formerly the Royal Sovereign, is now in dock at Plymouth, breaking up. The Warspite, 50, at this port, is to be commissioned by Captain Lord John Hay. The Champion, Commander Byron, at Plymouth, has been ready for sea some days, but is detained in conve (pence of her carronades not having arrived from Wool wich. The Prince Regent, transport, is appointed to conve the following depots between England and Ireland, in stead of her Majesty's steamer, Alban, viz. Foot' from Cork to Chatham, 33d ditto from Chatham to Cork, 27th ditto from Cork to Chatham. Steam con veyance has been provided for the passage of the fol lowing depots between England and Ireland, viz. :--Bth from Guernsey to Cork, 19th ditto from Cork to Chat ham ; 48th ditto, from Cork to Guernsey ; 35th from Portsmouth to Dublin. The Driver steamer was yesterday taken out of dock, and the Satellite, 18, was taken in to be prepared for commission. The Princess Charlotte, 104, will be taken into dock on Monday, and will most probably become the flag-ship for this port. The Oriental, steamer, Mr. Soy, Commander, with passengers from Alexandria and Malta, was released yesterday from Quarantine, and proceeded to South ampton. The 53d Regiment (10 companies) has been moved from Plymouth to Leith, in the transport Abercrombie, Robinson. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS.—Commander—W. Preston (late Stag), and T. R. Eden (Persian), to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—Charles Foreman Brown (Flag Lieute nant to Sir Edward Codrington), G. D. O'Callaghan, and A. M. Potbury, to the rank of Commander. Mate—Mr. James Hunt, (late Stromboli), to the rank of Lieutenant. APeorsruExrs.—Captains—John E. Erskine, to the Illustrious ; W. B. Bowyer, to the Madagascar ; F. W. Burgoyne, to the San Josef, with the charge of the Ships in Ordinary at Plymouth. Commanders—Fulford, to Illustrious ; H. R. Henry, to the Styx ; William Smith (b), to the Syren. Lieutenants—Wallace Houston, R. S. Hewlett, C. H. Beddoes, G. K. Ogilvey, and G. B. Rutherford, to Illus trious ; W. Morris (b), to Impregnable ; E. M. Lyons (additional), to Britannia; Walter Reid, to Madagascar; Douglas Reid, to Hastings; James E. Katon, to Illustri ous ; E. W. Saunders, to Excellent; W. H. Kenny (ad ditional), to Illustrious ; Thomas Hodgkinson to Syren. Masters—James Brown, to Illustrious ; C. Gaham, to Madagascar; Frederick J. Gruzelier, to Syren. Pursers—Mr. Thomas Kerrigan, to the Excellent, vice Street; John Reeve, to Madagascar; H. H. Chimmo, to Electra ; John Brickwood, to Syren. Surgeons—Dr. Gilbert King (Deputy Inspector of Hospitals), to Illustrious ; Dr. A. Bryson, to Madagas car ; William Roy, to Syren. Assistant-Surgeons—J. C. Bowman, to Illustrious ; J. D. Russell, to Madagascar ; J. W. Fletcher (additional), to Queen ; T. 11. Graham, to Tortoise. Secretary—James A. Smith. Esq., to be Secretary to Sir Charles Adam, on the West India station. Mates—ll. D. Rich, W. H. Baugh, and R. L. Bed -ford, -to Illuatrioue ; D. Blaecklen wad E.-A..L._Sel wyn, to Styx. Second Master—ll. Dormer, to Illustrious. Midshipmen—G. C. Lloyd and Allan Percy, to Illus trious. Royal Marines—Captain Hugh Evans, Lieutenants P. LT, Fellow-es, and C. F. Menzies, to the Illustrious. • Tim-following- -*fates- and Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants, on Tuesday; at the Naval College—Mr. _William Horton, ,Queen ; Leonard Hibbard, Matthew Connolly, late " Castor ; James Simpson, Henry Ash burton Kerr, late Princess Charlotte ; Wm. Houston Stewart, Carysfort ; Charles Doyle Kennedy, Hastings; Edward. Alexander T. Lloyd, Electra ; James Hunt, late Stromboli. • The following candidates were examined at the Naval College on TuesdaY, and found qualified for commissions in the Marine Corps :—Mr. Charles London Barnard, Richard Franklin Tucker, Henry Watson Hall, Henry George Johnstone Davies, Frederick William Hall, Rod ney Allen, Nevinson Willoughby De Courcy ; and Mr. Lewis Scott Reeves and George Hodges Ormond for caietship.—Second Lieutenant Schomberg has passed the preparatory - examination for studying for the Marine Artillery. Mr. Thomas Eastman passed for Naval Instructor and Schoolmaster at the Royal Naval College on Tuesday last. Amongst the gentlemen who passed their examination at the College on Monday last, for navigation, was Mr. James Hunt, of the Stromboli. We publish the follow ing letter, written upon the occasion of his brave be haviour at the capture of. Sidon, which was mentioned at the time by Commodore Napier in his despatches, and led the Prince Frederick of Austria to apply to the Admiral for Mr. Hunt's promotion. We are happy to say that he has . since been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant : • (corr.) Her Majesty's steam-vessel Stomboli, Sep. 28, 1841. Sir—l consider it my duty to represent the conduct of Mr. Hunt (midshipman), on the occasion of the 26th of September, whilst storming the town of Sidon, as no thing could surpass the zeal, activity, cool determination and courage, which he displayed, and the unfailing suc cess his conduct had over the men in cheering them on. He was entrusted with the colours, and ran a race with the Austrian officer, who should be first to display their national flags on the walls of the castle—an honourable rivalry between allies. I ben - leave to add, that - 31 r. Hunt was successful. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant. JOHN. R USSELL, Lieutenant. To Commander Williams, her Majesty's steam-vessel, Stromboli. __- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYDS. LONDON, Am. 14.—Wind this day at noon S.W. DEAL, AUG. 13.—Win d W.S.W.—Arrived the Supe rior, Bell, Batavia. F rom the river, Lana Rookh, Syd ney; Jane, Erskine, Pernambuco; Enterprise, Quebec. Sailed Great Britain, Montreal; John, Risk, Demerara; Janet, Willis, Jamaica. 'Dovint, Aro. 12.—Off port Ophelia, White, Quebec. Antwerp for Rio janeiro. TT •iGS AUG.. 13.—John, Rio Janeiro for OFF S.W. to S.S.W.— tT E T a n n , I' AUG. 13.—Wind Quebec, from London for New York. 3 :; trroN, AUG. 13.—Arrived Oriental, Falmouth. S.S.W.— Arrived the AUG. 13.—Arrived the Saladin, Dunn, Ha vannah, with chain plates and bulwarks carried away, having been in contact with a vessel. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 13.—Arrived the Ida, from London for Jamaica. FALMOUTH, AUG. 12.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W.—Ar rived the Antelope, from Marseilles. BBISTOL, AUG. 13.—Arrived the William Harrington, from Miramichi. Sailed the Psyche, Launceston; St. George, Calcutta; Mineiva, Mauritius; Lotus, Quebec. PADSTOW, AUG. 12.—Sailed John and Mary, Bathurst. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Mary Ann, Cook, off Green Island ; Henry Bliss, from New York, off Cape Chat, by the Ophelia, White, arrived off Dover. Jam White, Marseilles, to Cork, 17th ult., off Cape Nao, by the Antelope, arrived at Falmouth. Nouvelle Joffe, Cadiz, to Manilla, 3d ult., lat 9 N. lon. 16 W., off Cadiz., by the Jeune Nelly, arrived at Havre. Marie, Bor deaux, to Tampico, within soundings of Campeachy, by the Jenny, arrived at Bordeaux. Jonge Willem, Rio Grande, to the Channel, 21st June, lat. 3 S. lon. 25 W. ; Natalie, Bordeaux to Monte Video, 27th ult. 8, by the Vertrouwen, arrived at Helvoet. Suffolk, of Ipswich, 13th ult., between St. I" l aul's and Cape North, by the Em. B. Heard, arrived offf,Cape Clear ; Brig Bonner, lat. 30 N. lon. 57, by the --, arrived in the Downs. Hibernia, Liverpool, to Now York, 30 th u lt., lat. 45, lon. 38, by the Camilla, arrived in the Downs. Industry, Sligo, to Quebec, 7th, lat. 55, lon. 15, by the Rop.l Bride, arrived in the Clyde. • _ --- GOVERNMENT PROVISION CONTRACT.— The Lords of the Admiralty have announced the Go vernment provision contract for the ensuing year, to con sist of 15,000 tierces of beef, and 16,000 tierce , s oroao o r f tti p c. :: ‘ : ee k rse ,. for which quantity tenders will be received on the 23d of next month. The extent of the provision contract last y ea r was 13,000 tierces of beef and 15,000 tierces of pork d pork me s w w a s s itaLast ht yearw g at n h e increase contractors o n r ex t nest seem: greaterosuosstnsoeoiffi t3hane mademMessrs.D o a aup A eilin l 7 le tha n ti a s6 n lc. d i l A yss.b u y d p e e ; ri so ri n ie , jr an coeh. d l Limerick Chronicle.