The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-03 00:00:00

MORNING SUN. SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. The Seventh Annual Report of the Poor-law Coin :aissioners, just issucd, carries on the history of the pro gress of this great measure, both in England and Ire land, down to the present time ; and, with respect to Ireland, particularly, presents a very favourable picture of the benefits already produced by its operation, within a much shorter period than could have been reasonably anticipated. In England, the first point to be noted is the ope ration of what is called the " prohibitory order," during the last severe winter. The prohibitory order, that is, the order withholding out-door relief from able -oodied persons in health, was supported, with only a few exceptions, in which it had been for some time in force, and in the majority of the unions to which it had been more recently issued ; and even in the unions which were un able to carry it fully into effect, a considerable progress was made towards its ultimate observance. The Com missioners remark, respecting the operation of the pro hibition of out-door relief to the able-bodied in health, that it has produced the greatest amount of benefit, with the least amount of suffering, in the places where it has been in force for the longest time ; a fact which proves that the difficulties attending its enforcement has arisen chiefly from the changes which it necessitates on its first introduction, and that they are not inherent in the CCIII• di:ion of the labouring classes, and ir. the means by which they obtain their subsistence. The number of unions and parishes under Boards of Guardians to which an order, prohibiting out-door relief of the able-bodied has been issued in some form, is 437 ; the number to which no such order has been sent is 151. In their report for 1839, the Poor-law Commissioners stated their objections to the system of advertising for the services of medical officers, and gave their opinion that the best mode of remunerating medical officers was by a gross sum in respect of a pauper list, comprising ail those who at the commencement of the parochial year are in the receipt of relief, with the addition of a fixed sum for able-bodied paupers and their families, who could not properly be placed on the pauper list. They also recommended that the districts for medical relief should be of moderate size, so far as circum ences would permit, and they indicated within certain iiinits the amount of remuneration which they deemed to h e reasonable, suggesting that fractures, amputations, and other difficult surgical operations, should be paid for at a separate and higher rate of e e erge . Early in the present year the Commis eiireers took the subject of medical relief again ee their consideration, and issued a circular on the subject to a large number of Boards of Guardians tliroughout the country. The answers to this circular showed to the Commissioners that the Boards of Guar dians generally are averse to the adoption of the per-case system of medical remuneration, and that they will con tinue to remunerate their medical officers by fixed sala ries, unless prevented from doing so by the regulations of the Commissioners, or by the direct interference cf Parliament. In consequence of some recent instances of excessive or improper punishment inflicted by masters of work houses upon some of the pauper inmates, the Commis sioners have prepared a new set of regulations on the subject, which are to be issued generally to the unions. The Commissioners have also kept constantly in view the securing to the unions the services of an efficient body of officers • and although this object can only be partially effected by the Commissioners, since the officers are appointed by the Guardians, the Commissioners have endeavoured to raise the standard by dismissing incom petent officers, and by maintaining the salaries at a pro per height. The Commissioners some time ago issued orders to a large number of the Board of Guardians, authorising them to appoint a clergyman of the Established Church as chaplain to the workhouse. A Board of Guardians resisted the validity of the order, and it was brought be fore the Court of Queen's Bench. The judgment of the Court was confirmatory of the validity of the order, and established the power of the Commissioners to direct a Board of Guardians to appoint as chaplain for the work house a clergyman of the Church of England. Out of the unions and parishes governed by Boards of Guar dians, 346 unions and eight parishes have appointed paid chaplains. In order to carry into effect the spirit as well as the pro visions of the section of the Poor-law Amendment Act, which secures to every inmate of a workhouse the power of rewiring the visits of a minister of his own religious denomination, the Commissioners, looking to the help less and unprotected condition of the' inmates of workhouses, have thought it objectionable, on grounds of general policy, that they should be exposed to at tempts made for the purpose of changing their religious opinions. With this impression they have expressed their conviction that inmates of workhouses, who are members of the Church of England, ought not to be present at any divine service performed by a Dissenting minister in a workhouse, especially if the inmate be an adult. On the other hand, they have not thought it ne cessary to object to the indiscriminate presence of Pro testant Dissenters of all persuasions at the divine ser vice performed in a workhouse by a Protestant Dissent ing minister. Progress has been made in extending the provisions of the new Poor-law to new districts, espe cially in the manufacturing districts. Thus Manchester end Liverpool are now under Boards of Guardians. ~'he number of places not yet placed under Boards of nardians, and which are still under local Acts, or ',lnheres Act, is 77G, containing a population, according to the census of 1831, of 1,715,156. In consequence of instructions from the Government, measures were taken fur reducing the number of Assist .et Commissioners in England. There were seventeen Assistant Commissioners, each having a district. At the present time there are thirteen, each having a district. Pie Commissioners intend to fix the number of districts ;we've ' below which number they do not think they e•ht to be reduced. Some of the districts, from their ee a, and the number of their unions, almost exceed the ewers of a single Assistant Commissioner. For instance, the is hole of Wales, with parts of Herefordshire and ethropshire, form one district. Another district compre- I, ends Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, and the North Riding of Yorkshire. The Commissioners, in concluding their account of their proceedings in England, affirm that they have faith fully endeavoured to fulfil the intentions of the Legisla ture, as embodied in the Poor-law Amendment Act ; and declare that, so far from their powers being absolute and arbitrary, as they are sometimes supposed to be, they are subject to nearly all the possible varieties of responsibie lity, both legal and moral, in respect of their official acts, forming,l in the aggregate, a security against the abuses of power which can never be obtained against the acts of a merely local authority. In Ireland the introduction of the Poor-law has been very general. The whole country has been divided into 130 unions, which are all formed, and there is reason to believe that the new combination into which the whole of Ireland has now been formed will work harmoniously, end be productive of very important benefits, independ ently of Poor-law administration. A largo number of enion work-houses have been built, or are building. The chief desideratum at present is a suitable mode of mployment for the inmates of the workhouses. The male eetupers are, for the most part, elderly, and more or less .ntirm, although most of them are able to do something; rail with the view of keeping such of them from idleness es are not employed in stone-breaking, oakum-picking, eeitiyating the garden, and in the several kinds of house hold wort to be performed in their own wards, a hand rail' has been provided for the we of the establishment, and other means will be resorted to as time and opportu nity serve. For the female inmates there is less difficulty is 'finding employment. The ordinary occupation of the establishment, joined to making and mending the linen, &c., knitting stockings, picking oakum, and attending the children and the sick, have hitherto furnished occu pation for the far greater number of them ; but still so numerous is this class of inmates, and so much has been accomplished in the way of needlework and knitting, that houses are at this moment supplied with a sufficiency of clothing, made by the inmates themselves. Shortly after the workhouses of the two Dublin unions were opened, a marked reduction took place in the num ber of beggars who usually infested the streets and neighbourhood of the city, and persons who had before been sceptical as to the results of the poor relief Act, were now heard to express themselves favourably of a measure which thus appeared 'to have rid them of the mendicants. A considerable portion of the be g gars : j ail then in fact been received i n t o t h e workhouses, aiid thus the public were relieved from their :e)licitations ; but this relief i% as only temporary, for the vacuum caused by the reception of these beggars into t ee workhouses, was soon filled by a fresh influx from 2 , 10 surrounding districts. Many, also, who had entered e 0 workhouses, either as an experiment, or through an appehension that mendicancy would no longer be per elitted, again left them, and resumed their former habits idlencse and irregularity, subsisting by begging, as before ; and thus, after a short time, the streets and su burbs o Dublin were as fully stocked with beggars as r,trer. ur perhap'. more so. Teis circumstance seems to have opened the eyes of tf` e inhabitant's of Dublin, and to have produced a very Zeneral conviction of the necessity of some enactment foe the suppression of mendicancy. The repression of inentlicancy is stated by the Commissioners as necessary je every union and so long, as the workhouse is open, available f o r the relief of the destitute. This eonviction, the , are satisfied, is also felt generally throuelame the country, particularly by . the small farmers and occupiers, who are indeed tare chief sufferer; the contributions being for the most part levied upon them. The congregation of the beggars in towns at certain periods, or at certain hours of the day, gives an appearance of the pressure being greater than in the neihbouring - rural districts ; but such is not the c ase , the alms which the mendicant col lects in the country being almost always taken to the fawn ;'or consumption, or for the purpose of being sold or eechanged to supply his wants or m inister to his ap- petites. The Commissioners think it manifest that this state of things should not be permitted to continue, and that it becomes a duty to protect the inhabitants of a union from the piessure of mendicancy, when they are compelled to pay a tax for relieving the destitute. It has been thought i , .);.some that persons will cease to give to beggars when called upon to pay poor-rates ; and that mendicancy will thus, without the enactment of any new law for its rrpression, be put an end to, cr at least be ,;0 reduced as no danger to be the great public evil it unquestionably cow is. The Commissioners cannot concur in this opinion. They believe that the mendicant classes will continue to itvy their contributions, and that the fears and freju diccs of the people will lead them to give alms, as here tofore, after the workhouses shall have been opened and thdlill)or-rates paid ; and that mendicancy will thus be c'iltinued, and its evils perpetuated, unless the regisla t:Tre shall protect the rate-payer from demands and threats, which, if lef‘ to himself, he will be total]y un able to withstand. Such baing the view of the case entertained by the Commissioners, they express their regret that the Bill introduced by Lord Alorpeth into the House of Commons for the repression of mendicancy should not have been proceeded with, though no less than forty Boards of Guardians made strong representa tions on the subject. The distress which has usually prevailed in the south ern and western districts of Ireland during the months of June, July, and August, from a failure of the old, and pending the incoming of the new potatoe_erop, will pro'- bably occur for years to come ; but the Commissioners hope that it will be felt in a continually decreasing ratio.- The intensity of the distress is necessarily in proportion to the length of the interval between the exhaustion of the one crop and the maturity of the other ; and this in terval, in the average of years and circumstances, can be reduced, and the duration and permanence of supply be insured only by the increase of forethought and pruden tial habits in the people. The increase of these qua lities is now, we are satisfied, in rapid progress in Ire- land, and to this the Commissioners mainly attribute the important fact that the pressure of last year was sus tained, not only without the usual aid from Government bnt with less suffering and privation among the people than prevailed during previous years. Yet the crops of last year, as a whole, were certainly under an average ; and that after the recurrence of two, if not of three, preceding short crops. The people must there fore, have become more provident, and must have hus banded their means. They have also begun to acquire a clearer perception of their real interests, and of the necessity of relying upon their own efforts. They are likewise better informed with respect to their social con dition, and the duties which it imposes upon them indi vidually and collectively ; and hence their improved habits and more general self-reliance. A portion, perhaps no inconsiderable portion, of this improvement may, we think, be attributed .to the agita tion of the Poor-law question in all its bearings, in every part of Ireland, during the last five or six years ; a por tion is also attributable to the organization which has been established throughout the country by the formation of unions ; and, lastly, and that in no inconsiderable de gree, to the spread of temperance which has happily taken place of late. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. The beautiful weather has made a great and excellent change in the harvest, a great deal of all sorts of corn has been secured in good order, and many farmers in the Weald have carted all their wheat ; but on the Downs, the quantity of seeds and green stuff in the barley has induced the farmer to use every moment he could to secure that crop, and hence we see large pieces of wheat still standing out. Another week of fine weather will secure, pretty nearly, an average crop of wheat, but of course there are exceptions.—Brighton paper of Thurs • day. The wheat crops come to hand much heavier and better than was expected. The forward oats have been got in well, and the backward crops look promising. The late fine weather is expected to work great im provement in the barley. The peas that have been har vested turn out well, and the beans are flourishing.— Maidstone Gazette. The harvest has begun generally in the neighbour hood of Newark, and in some places a good deal is housed but the rain of Tuesday night has greatly re tarted the harvest.—Lincoln Gazette. The harvest on the Tyne side has commenced, and will be general in this neighbourhood in another week. No new wheat has yet appeared in Newcastle market, but it may be expected that samples will be shown on Saturday next. It is generally considered that the wheat in the northern counties will be better in quality than that of the greater part of the southern districts, where the weather has been more unfavourable than with us. The weather has been very warm and dry since our last.—Tyne Mercury. The weather is very fine. We need scarcely add that the farmers have been " making hay while the sun shines," and that the harvest is drawing to a close in our locality. The accounts as to the yield are very con tradictory, some maintaininr , that it is an average crop, and others that it is not nearly so.— Worcester Chronicle. EAST LOTHIAN.—The har - vest has become very gene ral in the eastern divisions of this county ; we observe fields cut on Palmerton, Thorntonloch, Skatera, East Barns, Barneyhill, Oxwellmains, Wester Parkerton, Brandsmiln, Newtonlees, East Broomhouse, Newhouses, Lochend, West Barns, Belton, &c. The barley and oats seem of an average bulk, the wheat generally ." stooks" light. The weather has been very wet, but should it clear up, next week harvest will be general.—lnverness Courier. On Friday and Saturday the weather was dry and favourable for harvest operations ; and the farmers for many miles round were all busily engaged in their im portant labours. The harvest has merely been protracted to a rather late period of the season, which, so far, is of course unfavourable ; but with such a breadth of grain everywhere ready for the sickle, even a few days of fine weather would secure a large portion of the crop. The wheat after potatoes being as general short in the straw, is mostly standing, and that part of it which has been laid down is in general after fallow.—Edinburgh Observer of Tuesday. KENT HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Gazette.) MAIDSTONE.—The warm weather of the last week has worked wonderful improvements in the hop-grounds. The hops have come out freely and vigorously, and in many grounds, where it was expected not more than three or four bags per acre would be got, six bags are now looked for. These remarks apply to those grounds, however, which are not affected by mould. Where the mould has been found the bines make little compa rative progress, and although the mould has not increased so rapidly as was expected, yet it has increased. The mould-stricken bines may produce a few hops at top, but the growth of the lower branches is completely im peded. Below the hills, in the Weald of Kent, the hops are generally much forwarder than in Mid-Kent, and will be ready to pick ten days or a fortnight earlier. They will, however, come in two crops. Some of the hops on the same bines will be dead ripe long before the others will be fit to pick. WATERINGBURY.—The hops have improved within the last week beyond the growers' most sanguine ex pectations, although a fortnight since most persons doubted as to there being an average crop, and the qua- lity being good. There are now some exceptions, but they are few and far between. BRENCULEY.—The present warm weather is very suitable to the hops, and they have made extensive pro gress during the past week, notwithstanding that several of our gardens are still in a backward state, though they bear a very luxuriant appearance. The season is too far advanced for them to realise an adequate weight to the show of bine. I observe some few grounds tinged with the " red rust," but we have no indications of mould here. TOWN MALusc.--Hops in this neighbourhood are fast progressing toward a crop, and seem taking all the advantages that favourable weather can offer. Where a fortnight back they seemed, as the planters term it, to hang in the burr,and further threaten to stick there, now " In golden clusters hang the bitter crop," thanks to the timely change, by which they have shown what they can do in the eleventh hour. ROBERTSBRIDGE.—The planters in general, and in particular the Sussex ones, who attend Robertsbridge fair, do a great deal of mischief in setting their own prices, as it is impossible for them to know what quan tities-and qualities there are in hand so well as the fac tors and merchants. CANTEREURY.—The few days of fine weather have greatly improved the hops, notwithstanding that the continued wet of the previous weeks has much accele rated the ravages of mould. Opinion is much opposed as to the ultimate realization of the calculations of the betters in favour of the duty. The burr has shown itself generally, and 160,000/. is freely backed. TICEDURST.—In this and adjoining parishes the plan tations have certainly made improvement durirg the past week, and the hops now show themselves, yet there are very many grounds short of bine, and which cannot do much. GODDIIIIRST.—The very fine warm weather, with fogs, we have had recently, ripens the hops very fast We had a great many factors and planters at Goudhurst, but the opinions were very . wide apart as to the amount of duty. Many were of opinion that the aphides, which have appeared- generally during the last week, may do much mischief, as they have come upon us quite sud denly. It was the opinion amongst the factors that there was every probability of planters this year making up a little of the loss of the last two, the consumption of hops being adequate to the new duty. If we consider the small quantity of hops in hand, which was supposed to • be very great two years since, with the immense increase of beer sent to India, &c., which is little else than a very L strong decoction of the purest hops, and which is now generally recommended to invalids by the faculty, this view is accounted for. The Earl de Grey and Lord Eliot had a long interview with the Marquis of Normanby at the Noble Marquis's residence in Hill-street, Berkeley-square. ERRATUM.—The name of the Consul at Rot terdam, printed yesterday Terrier in the Leader, should have been Sir Alexander Ferrier. ALARMING FIRE.--Wednesday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mrs. Shaughnessy, of No. 33, Shoemakers-row, Blackfriars, which at one time threatened serious consequences. The business carried on was that of a dealer in ladies' wardrobes, but the upper part was occupied by several families. At twelve o clock the flames burst from the shop with great violence and the inmates were soon noticed at the windows im ploring assistance. The ladders were brought from the station in Printing-house-square, and through their ex ertions all were safely got out, though one who had gone to bed tipsy, was with very great difficulty aroused. The engines soon after arrived, and in half an hour succeeded in extinguishing the fire. The Cherbourg Journal mentions that, a few clays ago, no fewer than seventy-seven casks of wine at Valugnes, in the Manche, were condemned by the Ma gistrates as unwholesome, and were by their orders staved, and their contents emptied into the river. The shores of the stream next day were covered with an immense quantity of dead fish, and the inhabitants are about to institute proceedings to recover compensation for the damage thus done to their fisheries. , On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, a scaffolding employed in the building of one of the houses in the Longue Rue Neuve, Brussels, fell down, crushing in its ruins five workmen who were on it. One was killed on the spot, and the other four were carried to the hospital St. Jean so much hurt that their lives are despaired of. Nearly at the same moment a journeyman Mason employed on a building not far distant, fell through the floorings above forty feet, and instantly died, leaving a wife and five children, of whom the eldest, a boy of twelve years old, was working with his unfor tunate father when the accident happened. The St. Petersburg journals record the death of a man named Mercian FedOtoff, in the government of Vladimir, at the age of 120, retaining his intellectual fa culties till the last. • ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER TilE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DA VIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Overflows to the Grand Equestrian Fetes—Last week'of Mazeppa. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 3. Will be acted Lord Byron's Spectacle, called MAZEPPA ; OR, I'HE WILD HORSE OF THE DESERT; introducing Mr. Ducrow's Magnificent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-trained Palfreys, Fairy Poneys, Equestrian Troop, and Companies of both Theatres. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felia Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. To conclude with, TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK, intro ducing Mr. Ducrow's Hanoverian Black Charger, and the entire Stud. THE SUN, LONDON'', FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1841. as wellnow as he will know it tilen. On this sub ject there can be no secret, and such an excuse is sheer fudge, worthy, we believe, of Sir ROBERT PEEL, but wholly unworthy of any straightfor ward sincere man. To put off the remedy for the public distress and the means of retrieving the revenue till February, adds insult to ;the injury he has already so unpatriotically inflicted on the i nation. Does he mean to take refuge in the assertion now almost daily made by his journals, that le gislation cannot remedy the distress? Why, then, does the legislature meddle with trade ? That will be a just excuse when there does not exist on the statute-book a single impediment to commerce. We, who demand perfectly free trade, might make such an excuse ; but, for the meddling Corn-law maker to allege it, is to acknowledge, however powerful he may be for mischief, that he is impotent to achieve any good. For Sir ROBERT PEEL to allege such an excuse, is to degrade his own art, and to teach the people that it is folly to expect the least benefit from legislation. It is an idle excuse. Wherefore is he Prime Minis ter if lie cannot promote the public welfare ? But, on whatever pretext, it is intended, we un derstand, to put off effective legislation till February, which will postpone all relief for nine months from the introduction of the Whig Budget, in order to gratify Sir R. PEEL and the Tories. We are well pleased to reflect, also, that this cunning man, had he been sincere, upright, and intelligent, might have attained his present high station without discredit. Had he hastened to take into consideration the Budget of the Whigs, he might, without any difficulty, have demon strated its inefficiency; he might, at the same time—for it is idle to say that he re quired official information—Mr. HumE would have made no such paltry excuse—have sug gested better measures. He might have proved to the whole public that he knew more of the matter than the Ministers, and he might have been carried into office as a patriot statesman, in stead of the leader of a band of monopolists. The cunning man has overreached himself. By sa crificing the public Welfare to his personal ambi tion he has earned the contempt of all right thinking men, and ensured, we believe—for it would be an eternal reproach to England if such a rotten structure could stand—the speedy over throw of his power. If it be said he had not the power to effect this good, and that he was not bound as a Member of Parliament to make any such proposition, we reply that he had the power to prevent the Mi nisters achieving their proposed good, and that he was bound as an individual Member of Parlia ment not to do that unless he offered something else. That he had the power to stop them threw on him the responsibility of instantly doing bet ter. But avowing mercenary motives, as well as bad ambition, he excused himself from being a patriot by alleging that he had not received a fee. Judged by the words of his own mouth, England's preseni Prime Minister is as sordid as he is cunning and ambitious. According to the reports of the Tory journals, we must add Sir HENRY HARDINGE to the four Commoners whom we yesterday mentioned as forming the Cabinet. His appointment will not alter its character, or redeem it from being aris cratic and boroughmonp,;ering. Sir H. HAR DINGE, as a politician, is the Duke of NORTHUM BERLAND'S man, and sits for the borough of Launceston. This Gallant Officer was once pointed out by Blackwood as the person who might be relied on to put down Chartists, Radi cals, and Repealers by the use of the sword. GOD grant that his entrance into the Cabinet as Secretary at War may not be the forerunner of commotions which some men are apt to provoke when they expect in them to shine. The duty on wheat is now down to 6s. Bd. per quarter, and as the average of the week ending August 27th was 765. ld., while the average of the six weeks ending at the same date is 71s. 4d., it is quite certain that next week, the average of the six weeks will be above 725, if it is not above 735, and the duty will be down to 2s Bd., if not to is. Under the present law nearly all the corn which we shall import from the Continent this year will come in at a very low, if not a no minal, duty; and the protection promised to the farmer will, in point of fact, turn out next to nothing. The averages haie been worked up on the ex pectation that the crop would be very deficient, and the scheme to effect it was laid and begun to be carried into execution before the recent fine weather, which will rescue a large part of ' the harvest, and make it much more abundant than was expected. It is probable, therefore , and we hope the farmers will look to this, that the prices they may obtain fur their wheat will not be commensurate to their expectations, and perhaps not equal to the expense of growing it. They may depend that they play this game with the chances much against them. If they hasten to send their wheat to market—which, however, it is difficult for them to do—they only reduce the price by their own efforts. If they wish to hold it, they must look to the monied man who speculates in corn for assistance, and he will be sure to make his profit out of them. To make the corn market a place of gambling—to attract to it large monied capitalists in the expectation of making great profits —must be injurious to the farmer, who has neither time nor money to en able him to compete with the sharp gentlemen who have both, and work the market to their es pecial advantage. We should not be surprised to find the farmers grumbling before the begin ning of the next year. t h a T t he labouring th enelv o e eu c p l a a t s i s o e n s would do s whieh arisew el to b n t o he s observe pro gressr of society are always better paid than the old ones. Agricultural labour, and hand-loom weaving, with all kinds of mere unskilled hod carrying toils, are worse paid than joiners, gas fitters, engineers, &c. &c. The fact and the ex planation are both equally clear. The old arts are overrun with candidates for employment, the new arc not, because it takes time to learn them, and perhaps to reconcile men to the ex ercise of them. It is a fact, then, that wages are always protanto higher for practising new arts than for practising- old ones, and. it is a principle that such must always be the case. The labour ing classes, therefore, are as much interested as any other class, if not more, in promoting in ventions which give rise to new arts. We have already pointed out to them that, in the mann acturing districts where the new-arts have arisen . , and where machines have most come into use, the whole quantity of employment has much increased, wherefore they have no need to fear a lessened demand for labour from the multipli cation of inventions and machines. On these several accounts it is the duty and the interest of the labouring classes to promote to the extent of their means the progress of society. They are especially called - on to assist in removing every. obstacle to augment the supply of food, and generally to, .the increase of wealth, for on that depends the progress of population, and on the progress of - Population depends all improvements. Our readers already, we are sure, see where we would land. The Corn-laws impede the progress of wealth and population, and the working classes have a strong interest in procuring the repeal of them. That more new arts and higher wages may come into use, let the labourers combine to put down the aristocratic restraints on the increase of food. According to the Seventh Annual Report of the Poor-law Commissioners, which appears else where, the effect at first of opening . workhouses ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. " Deeds and Doings of the Dark House !" with its astonishing ititnie effects and startling situations, will continue to be played every evening, with the new and successful drama of " Sweet Poll of Horselydown." THIS EVENING, SEPT. 3, The New and highly-successful Drama of DEEDS and DO INGS of the DARK I.IOUSE; or, SIMPLE BESS of BIL LINGSGATE !—Bradburn, Mr. Dale ; Charles Elford, Mr. Seaman ; Davey Dubbs, Mr. Gardner ; Hoppy Bob, Mr. Paul ; Ann, Mrs. W. West ; Simple Bess, Mrs. G. Lee. Afte r thich, THE SCARLET MANTLE.—ArnoId, Mr. E. F. &vile ; Ernest, Mr. Dale ; Dyrke, Mr. Cullen ; Cor nelius, Mr. ,Fiardner ; Agnes, Mrs. W. est. Te conclude with SWEET POLL of HORSELYDOWN, in which Messrs. kases, Seaman Paul, Williams, Gardner, Cullen, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Howard, &c. &c. will perform. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, I s.--tialler), 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To. morrow, The Dark House, Swrlet Mantle, and Sweet Poll. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning...... 8 minutes after 3 I Evening .21 minutes after 3. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Correspondent of Stepney-green-terrace, who writes on Poor -rates, labours under a mistake. The county rates are paid out of the poor-rates, but they are not proportioned to them. The services of Mr. F. are not needed, and the article will not be used. " An Observer " has our thanks for his hints. know their value. We learn with no surprise that the Tories at Weymouth are endeavouring to establish a system of exclusive dealing, but the letter cannot be published. .t ....t„ : . f ...,.. ........ ; 01' 0.1 .4 4, . .. . ~.„ .... it #-:r .4. - .. ; , , j , . ii,---r„, ,-.‘ . . .. -,,,--ci. .l.„—„,:. , v ;If ;,, .0 0 ~-, -,- ,s:l ; *- 6 .4:,, , ... „.....,. 4 ...., - ~ • ' Ott c. LONDON: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1841. The hollow PEEL organs are endeavouring to blow out their favourite rind into a show of sub stance by the sickly breath of spurious huma nity. He is said "to have acknowledged in em phatic language his sympathies with the dis tresses of the working people." How kind in him to sympathise with those whom he dooms to starve. Oh, but he does not believe, we are told, that his preventing the cutlers of Sheffield from exchanging their scissors and knives for the flour of the inhabitants of the vale of the Mississipi causes any distress. He does not believe that for those to lay restrictions on trade, industry, and liberty, who are honoured and paid to pre vent all such restrictions, is injurious or wrong. What Sir ROBERT PEEL really believes, we pre tend not to say. He has been so long in the habit of using words, lawyer-like, to attain an end, not to signify his own belief, that we doubt very much whether he himself knows how to express what he believes; but if he really be lieve what is ascribed to him by way of excusing him for withholding bread from the people, his credulity surpasses that of the devout believers in the slaughtered THom. We cannot except an excuse for the Right Hon. Baronet which anni hilates his intellect, to give him a heart, and we set down his pretended sympathies with the dis tresses of the people, as included in the part he was for the moment called upon to enact. He does not believe, it is said, that the passing of such measures as the late Ministry recom mended would give relief to the people; which is possible, but for that belief we should not quar rel with him. We never approved of the Budget. We always saidsthat the duties on our colonial sugar should be reduced, and a large reduction made in the discriminating duty on foreign sugar. We always said that, to make the reduc tion of the sugar duty profitable to the revenue, it was indispensable that the Corn-laws should be abolished. We never advocated or defended a fixed bread tax in any shape or form. We should not quarrel with Sir R. PEEL, therefore, for taking a liberty with the Budget which we took ourselves ; and our condemnation of him as a statesman in respect to that, rests on very diffe- rent grounds. He admits, we are told, the distresses of the people, which are undoubtedly very great, if not unexampled, and he sympathizes with them. He is aware of the deficiency in the revenue, for that is the chief ground on which his party ac cuse, and most unjustly accuse, the late Ministers. Here are two admitted evils, which any states man having a heart and a head would conclude could not be too soon remedied. If he loved his countrymen—if he valued our institutions, en dangered by deficiency of means on the one hand, andgreat discontent on the other—be would have discarded all other considerations, and. called on the Parliament instantly to devote its best energies to ascertain the causes of these evils, and if possible to apply a remedy to them. Did he so patriotically conduct himself? Not he. Not only did he take no step, which was his duty as a Member of Parliament, to relieve the public distress and increase the public revenue, but he would not allow others to take any such steps, and stopped and threw them down when they made the first feeble and tottering advances. By that he served himself and his party, but he committed a high crime and misdemeanor against the nation. Acknowledging these two facts of the distress of the public and the deficiency of the revenue, the Ministers announced a series of measures which they affirmed would relieve the distress and augment the revenue. Did Sir R. PEEL allow the House of Commons patiently to ex amine those measures, and explain to the public that after an examination they were ineffi cient and useless? Did he, too, at the same time, having a stateman's mind rich in means to pro mote a nation's welfare, lay a Budget of his own a longside that of Mr. BARING, and honestly earn the well-merited confidence of his countrymen by proposing some well-considered plan to give higher wages to the people and money to the State? He did not. He and his friends would not examine the measures of the Ministers, and would not allow the House of Commons to ex amine them, but rejected the proposed alteration of the sugar duties on a ground wholly foreign to the improvement of the revenue and the relief of the public distress—namely, that it might by possibility impede the well-working of the plan for emancipating the negroes. Instead of calmly examining what would be the effect of the proposed alteration of the Corn-laws, sure of being supported by the monopolists, he intervened with a vote of want of confidence, and brought about a dissolution of Parliament, so that instead of hastening to give relief and to augment the revenue, he has already postponed the 'possibi lity of either from May to September. In so acting he sported with that deep distress with which, .for a purpose, he pretends to sympathise, and sacrificed the best interests of the state to his mean and despicable personal and party ambition. But if he feels so much for this distress wh measures will he now take to remedy it? Report says that he is to ask for a vote of credit, and postpone all legislative measures till he has had time to master all the secrets of office, which it is in Dublin was to make a marked reduction in supposed will be about next February. This is th e mendicants of the streets, but the places of adding intolerable humbug to bad ambition. §ir those who took reftgxe in the workhouse were R..PEEL knows every thiug'neces B arY to be 4noivn soon filled by a fresh influx of beggars from the surrounding districts. After a short time, too, some of _those who went into the workhouses, got tired and returned to the streets, so that Dublin was, after a short time, more fully stocked with beggars than before. Such a re sult does not say much fur the New Poor-law. It is more satisfactory to find from the Report, that the Irish are becoming more provident, and have begun to acquire a clearer perception of their real interests, and of the necessity of rely ing on their own efforts. They are likewise bet ter informed with respect to their social condi tion, and the duties it imposes on them indivi dually and collectively, and hence their improv ed habits and more general self-reliance. It is stated by other authorities, that the use of wheaten bread is extending in Ireland, and superseding potatoes. We are inclined, therefore, to hope that the condition of the Irish is fast improving, and we hope that im provement will not be stopped by the change of Administration. We trust, too, as it seems to spring up amongst the people themselves, that Tory legislators, as it makes itself more manifest, will not take credit for an improvement which they have not been able to mar. It would be as well also if the Poor-law Commissioners, in speaking of such improvements, were to ascer tain, if possible, how much of them are the fruit of natural causes, always at work to increase the prosperity of society, and how much flows from legislation. to avoid seeming to interfere with the Greek Government. Communicate this despatch to the Government. If it is not more developed, it is because its aim is less to obtain an immediate and complete adoption of its views, than to invite the allied Courts to take the subject into consi deration and communicate their reflection. We will give them the most serious examination. It concerns the honour of European States to apply a remedy to the evils which might compromise their common efforts in founding the kingdom of Greece. We may hereafter discuss the question of the presumed unfitness of Greece for receiving a re gular constitutional Government, without going through the course of initiatory instruction re commended by France. But at present we are chiefly anxious to learn in what way the mode rate propos:ion of the French Cabinet will be received by Austria, Russia, and Prussia. To the Porte it must be a matter of the utmost in difference what form of Government prevails in Greece. The Paris Journals of Tuesday have all reached us, but their contents are without political inte rest, having for the most part been anticipated in our impression of yesterday. In the shape of general news, all that is to be found in them is included in the subjoined extracts : " The crop of olives in the South of France," says the Courrier du ward, " promises to be very abundant, and to indenuify the inhabitants in some measure for the rave.ges of the late inundation." A letter from Saragossa, in the Castellano of Madrid, says :—" On the 16th inst. a band of seven robbers plun dered with impunity all the travellers near Huesca, in the plains of Violada and Gurrea, six leagues from Sara gossa. The number of persons robbed during the day was twenty-eight, of whom two were females." A letter from Haarlem, 27th instant, in the Handels- Mad, announces the arrival of the Countess of Nassau, lately Countess d'Oultremout, and consort of the ex-King of Holland. She left immediately fur Dieren, on a visit to the Countess Van Wassenaar. We published yesterday the substance of an official note, dated the 11th of August, addressed by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Powers of Europe, on the internal state of Greece. We have now the text of this docu ment before us, and as the subject to which it relates is of the utmost importance, we shall give it at length for the more correct infor mation of our readers. Nothing can better de monstrate the hopelessness of private remon strances addressed to King OTHO than this ap peal to the Governments of Europe. Indepen dent States are naturally jealous of the shadow of foreign interference in their internal affairs, and it is a maxim of international policy that such interference is only warrantable in cases of the last extremity. Nor have the Governments of France and England been less observant of this maxim as regards Greece, from any undue protective claims arising out of the share they have had. in consolidating the in dependent nationality of the Greek people. While it was possible to hope that private remon strances would make any impression on the councils of the Royal idiot who sways the des tinies of that country, the idea of an appeal to Europe was not once entertained. But a King whose only answer to the official remonstrance of a friendly Cabinet made through the mouth of an ambassador was in the first instance a month's silence, and when repeated, a silly laugh, could not be expected to adopt any course likely to keep the world in ignorance of his de plorable imbecility. We are not here indulging in mere declamatory charges against the King of GREECE. The outline of one fact, which - we have had from a well-informed quarter, will demonstrate this. Some time ado the Am bassador of a Great Power at the Court of Athens obtained an audience of the KING to read to him a despatch received front his own Government, setting forth in strong lan guage the abuses which prevailed in the Admi nistration of Greece, and adding, that unless pro per remedies were employed, the Powers friendly to Greece would behold with sorrow the destruc tion of her most valued institutions. During the reading of the despatch, King OTHO, stretched at full length on a sofa, amused himself with strok ing his hair, and giving it a school-boy gloss with the palms of his hands, and when the Am bassador demanded what answer he should re turn to his Government, a stupid stave of no meaning was all the notice his MAJESTY cande sceuded to take of the matter. The Ambassa dor withdrew much displeased, but by the ad vice of his Government he went again after the lapse of a month, and read over a second time his dispatch to the KING. His MAJESTY amused himself as before, and when the reading of the document was finished, burst into a horse-laugh in the very face of the Ambassador, whom he again dismissed without a word. If the weakness of the KING'S intellect was exhi bited in harmless eccentricities of conduct it might be borne; but unfortunately he is as mischievous as he is wanting in. all the higher faculties of the mind. He fancies himself an other NAPOLEON, talks incessantly of governing the kingdom by his iron will, and imagines that Providence has destined him to overturn the Ottoman Monarchy. He meddles with every thing, and is as great and as arbitrary in the kitchen as in . the Council of State. His first great care is his hair, which he is constantly smoothing with his hands, so that it looks as sleek as the skin of art otter. It costs him more trouble to supply the fancied deficiencies of his barber than to rule his kingdom. In such troubled times as these such a man i s no t fit t o b e p l ace d at the 'bead of any Government, and, in fact, the circular of the French Minister is tantamount to an invita tion to the Powers of Europe to establish a vir tual Regency in Greece. We now subjoin this remarkable State paper, which we recommend to the careful attention of all who take a deep interest in the regeneration of the cradle of all that is greatest in arts and in literature : The attention of the French Government is turned anew to the state of Greece, now that less pressing ques tions absorb it. The solicitude of the English Cabinet was lately awakened, and the other Powers have directed their attention to unpleasant facts, which, though not at tributable to the Government of Greece, would excite a fear that that Government is not strong enough to keep its employes within the bounds of a just, regular, and humane administration. This is the more to be re gretted, as the state of the kingdom, created by France, England, and Russia, seems to evince, that the Powers wero not dominated by a mere illusion in making such sacrifices to regenerate and render independent that country. The population has increased, agriculture has improved, and the revenue has been enabled to meet the expenditure ; there are symptoms of vitality and force, which, however, may be paralyzed or com promised by the weakness or negligence of the Ad ministration. King Otho, it is true, has exclusively the right of applying the remedy to these evils, which, though exaggerated, exist. To impose any measure on the King of Greece would be to deprive it of its effect, and none of the Powers would wish to call in question his Majesty's independence. But all the Pow ers are interested in offering such councils to the Greek Cabinet as may avert the catastrophe which threatens the interests of Greece. But such councils, in order to be efThetual, should be unanimous, and should not ema nate from rival influences. They should also be maturely considered, and couched so as to offend neither King nor country whilst exercising that moral authority requisite to serve that country. The greatest of these evils, and the cause of all others, is the weakness and inertness of the Government, unceasingly harassed by the rival preten sions of parties and individuals, and taking refuge there from in an isolation which removes it from the popular feeling, and places it in a position where it can neither know nor direct that feeling, it becomes alarmed, it stops short, puts off resolve, and appears as if it would full into nullity, for want of support anywhere. The most crying 'abuses and the greatest perils have been the result. It has sometimes been believed that a constitutional Government, in the general sense of that term, would be the best remedy for this state of things, by admitting in dependent powers to participate in legislative functions and in the direction of affairs. Far from sexing any ad vantage in this, the French Government do not see in the anterior organization of Greece, nor in the habits of the po pulation, the conditions requisite to ensure success. It thinks that such a combination would not be understood by the subjects of King Otho, and would furnish, on the con trary, fresh materials for disorder and anarchy. Instead of exposing the nascent monarchy of Greece to this new danger, the French Government thinks that the means of communicating fresh life, regularity, and support, to the Greek Government, might be found in some of the existing institutions of the country. For this purpose it might suffice to augment the attributions of the Councils b of State, adding provincial Councils to this Institution, as well as municipal ones, of which the basis already ex isted in the customs of the country, even under Turk ish domination. This combination would fortify and guide the Royal power, and would have the advantage of being grafted on national traditions, as well as of giv ing a clear meaning to promises which may be differ ently interpreted, but which there might be danger in al together neglecting. This arrangement could inspire no fear in those who dread the effect of popular in fluence on a throne not ion.. establish e d. I have suc cinctly stated the natu re of the b Councils th;t the Powers might offer to the Greek Government in case they should join the English Government in thinking it advise able to offer advice to Kiug Otho on the abuses of his government, and the dang ers w hi c h m i ght result there from. I have mentioned that the greatest delicacy should I be observed, and the most confidential manner employed Another of those inhuman monsters, who violate all the rights and claims of nature by ill-treating their own offspring, has just been condemned, at Strasburg, to the totally inadequate punishment of 12 months' imprison ment, having been convicted of confining in darkness, and an accumulation of filth, and beating constantly, so as to leave the body covered with bruises, excoriations, and scars, his daughter, who was only four years of age. A violent attempt at murder; followed by suicide, has just taken place at Pothieres, near Dijon. A farmer, named Trison, had long, solicited the hand of a widow of that place, who, on some pretence or other, constantly Postponed the day of their marriage. He at length be came furiotis, and calling on her, a few days since, seized her by the throat, and, as he thought, strangled her. He then cut his own throat, and fell dead beside the body of his victim. The Woman, however, soon after recovered from her insensibility, and with proper attention is in a fair way of doing well. Yesterday morning, in pursuance with the Ministerial circular recently issued, the soldiers of the garrisons of Paris, whose time of service had expired, being the class o( 1834, were discharged and sent home. The men were marched to the outside of the barriers, and there had their fuilles de route deliVered, while an officer and some men were stationed there to pre vent their return into Paris. On the previous day an order had been read to them, stating that any soldier so liberated, and not a resident of the department of the Seine, who should be found in the streets of Paris, would be arrested and taken home by means of the gendarmerie. A similar measure took place with regard to the garrisons of the Banlielie. It is stated to be the intention of the Minister of War to send home on pro visional furloughs, the men of the class of 1835, as soon as the recruits of 1840 shall have received the first rudi ments of their military education. A man named Lambert was tried on Saturday before the Court of Assizes for having murdered another named Lejeune on the 22d March, at La Chapelle, St. Denis. • He had suspected that Lejeune was the paramour of his wife, who had left him on account of the bad treatment she had experienced ; and without sufficiently ascertaining whether his suspicions were well founded, attacked him on the day in question with a bottle, by a blow from which he felled him to the ground. Lejeune cried out for mercy, but Lambert struck him on the head with an axe for cleaving wood, stamped on his body, and killed him. He afterwards informed his uncle of what he had done, and made little or no resistance to the gendarmes who arrested him. The facts of the case were proved by evidence, but Lambert attempted to excuse the act by affirming that Lejeune had previously menaced him with a knife. The Jury found him guilty, with extenuating circumstances, seve ral witnesses having sworn to his good character, and he was sentenced to 12 years' hard labour in the hulks. The official Gazette of Breslau announces that the King of Prussia has authorised the construction of a railway from Breslau to the frontiers of Saxony, passing through Liegnitz and Goertletz. A letter from the Baths of Kissengen, 16th instant, states that among the visitors at present stopping there ar© the Duke of Beaufort, Lady Morgan, Admiral La lande, M. de Nagler,Prussian Minister, &c. The Duchess of Kent, and the princely family of Leinengen, were expected. The Prussian journals publish a police regulation, by which any one inflicting wilful cruelty on animals is liable to imprisonment and personal correction. The third section of the railroad from Berlin to Frank fort on the Odor, passing through Dessau and Rosslau to Koswig, has been opened to the public. All the por• tions of the line which traverse the Duchies of Anhalt -I)essau, Anhalt-Coethen, and Anlialt-Bermbeiy, are thus completed. . . . The two vessels which were sent by the Pope to bring the alabaster from Egypt for the church of SL. Paul, at Rome, entered the port of eivita, Vecchia on the 10th instant. " A few clays ago," says the Memorial des Pyrenees, " an old man of eighty was murdered on the high road, in the commune of Amendeuix, by an indiot, who, when discovered near the body of his victim, said, The old fellow has had what he deserved, for he said to me bon jour.' The poor idiot remained by the body during the whole of the night, keeping guard with a knife, and in the morning attempted to stab the gendarmes who went to arrest him, but they succeeded in disarming and con veying him to prison." The Courrier de l'Eure gives the following account of an involuntary hoax played off a few days since at Ver neuil :—" The Bishop of Evreux being expected to per form mass at the Church of the Madeleine, and confer confirmation on . the pupils of the convent, among whom prizes were to be distributed, every prepa ration was made to receive the prelate in a suitable manner. At the hour at which the prelate was to arrive, a carriage was seen approaching from Bre teuil, and at once concluded to be that of the new Bishop. The inhabitants went out to meet him, the bells rung a merry peal, and the carriage was escorted with every demonstration of joyous and respectful welcome to the Hotel du Grand St. Martin, the court-yard of which was almost paved with expectant faces. At length the door of the carriage was open and the steps let down, when instead of the Prelate came forth the Marquis de D., who resides near Evreux, with a countenance exprgsin e ,o• the utmost astonishment at such an unexpected cordiality., of reception, rendered still more in contrast with ecclesiastical gravity by an im mense pair of moustachios. Having ascertained the cause of all, this empressement, he goodnaturedly sent the ringers a liberal donation for their exertions, recom mending them to outdo themselves when the Bishop should really arrive." The Obsjrvateur of Brussels states that the Queen of Wurtemberg, being a few days ago with her two daughters at the village of Brock, the inhabitants of which are remarkable for their originality, expressed a wish to visit the interior of one of the houses, the prin cipal doors of which, it seems, are rarely opened to re ceive guests. The house of .a rich widow was pointed out, and the owner was requested to allow some foreign ladies to visit it, but; a refusal was given. It was then hoped that by mentioning the name and quality of the Royal visitors the permission would be granted, but the widow replied that neither Queen nor Empress should enter her house, having no business there. A grand historical fete took place at Arras, a few days ago, and as we learn by the Progres of that city went off with great eclat. A concert and ball were most nume rously attended ; at the former, M. Marie and Mmes. Dorms and Pauline Garcia lent the aid of their po wer f u l - talents. A grand pageant, representing t 4 entry of Charles-le-Temeraire Into Arias, in 1469, Was, got up in excellent style, all the parts being most efficiently filled by inhabitants of the town, the Duke deßourgogne wino. represented by M. Leroux-Duchatel e t . In - his suite' marched the Lords of the Court of Bitrguntly, and of the'provinee of Artois. The corporations of the • the were all dignitaries of the church, the Mayors, th e , ejt: ' rs of the province and of the city, procession in the costume of that represented er % the °inn nies of Archers, Pikemen, and ll albeodiers age on . horseback C—a and on foot, gave an imposing and warlike aspect scene. Three • large b an d s ofi attend ance. A tournament was executedrnilsie were a moste n ct to the admir abler • manner, • and •to the a d m iration of twenty thousand persons who were assembled. Thirty-two knights, • with their' squireq, entered the lists, and went through a regular course of tilting. Several of the sub-officers of the 4th Lancers assisted at this part of the pageant, and contributed much to the eclat with which it went off: In the midst of the brilliant cortege of knigh:s were five young ladies, representing Mary of B urgundy,Margaret of York, and their ladies of honour, who personated their characters to admiration. It is ex pected that this fete will be repeated another year. The subscription raised by the Citizens has covered all ex penses, and has left 2,400 f. for the poor. ThE H AR , E , T .—It is now possible to form a pretty correct idea of the harvest of 1841. The principal kinds of grain are almost everywhere got in, the quality and the quantity • , wl y be estimated, and it a pp ears t h at the result is, that we have an average year, and that the prices will not be such as to affect the subsist ence o f the industrious classes.—(Then follows some notices respect ing the crops in different parts of -the kingdom.) —We will a dd to theSe details, which appear to us satisfactory, that the stacks of old corn are still considerable, and that in many places they will make up for the deficiency in the crops of 1841. It would be difficult at present to form an opinion respecting the prices ; the .prices in foreign markets are about the same as in the French markets, so that we cannot rely on im portations ; in fact, the importations in the first six months of this year, have amounted to no more than the value of two millions of francs ; in 1840 they were to the value of fifty millions. The crops of potatoes, beet-roots, turnips, carrots, &e., are remarkably abundant and of excellent quality. —La Constitutionnet The Session of the Spanish Cortes was closed on the 24th, but not by the Rekent in person, who was pre- MORNING SUN vented by indisposition. The Minister for Foreign Ari fairs stated on the preceding day that the negotiation for the cession of Fernando Po and Annabon to England had been first set on foot in 1820, and that they were resumed under M. Perez de Castro.. "At the present day," M: Gonzalez added, " the Government had been able to fulfil, by other methods, certain obligations towards England, and it withdraws the Biil."—Le Com merce. BOURSE--Panes; TUESDAY, AUGUST 31., f itat Highest Lowest Las.t Price Price. Pricy. price Frer.ch 5 per Cants ll6 50 ... ild GO ... 1 6 50 ... 116 5e 4% per Colts 4 per Cents l4l 70 ... 99 70 ... 99 0 1: , 9 6 0 3 per Contr. ex. div 77 35 . 77 40 ... 76 30 _ 77 35 Sank of France Lallitte Bank I,ooof. SI aces 11 , 25 .. 1(25 —119.5 —1025 5,000 f. Spares 5100 ...51 ...5100 —5llO Belgian 3 per Ceuta 7l 40 .. 71 40 ... 71 40 ....•71 40 New Loan l(4 ... 1.4 ... 104 ... 1(4 i,siitrh Active........ tl% ... 91 1 ,4 ... 21% 21g Neapolitan Roman IN% 102% 102% ... 102% ItAILWA aHARES. it Germain Versailles. L.P ...... 212 50 .., 213 75 ... 212 50.. 213 75 K. B 335 ... 335 ... 335 335 Strasburc to Bair, sharesrcd. 237 50 ... 237 50 ... 237 50 237 50 EXPRESS FROM PARIS• FRANCE. The Paris papers of Wednesday continue to speculate on the maintenance of peace from the accession of the Conservatives to power in this country. The CourPier Francais . states that M. Hu mann, the Mi n i s t er o f Finance, Ansists on the army being reduced to 3:20,000 Men,' and the fleet to 10 ships of the line. The Toulonnais Of the 90th ult. partly confirms this last assertion. According to the Moniteurpf Wednesday, the quantity of wheat imported into :France in July only amounted to 65 metrical quintals; other grain to 104; and flour to 0. The exports in the same mouth were—=wheat, 6,712 metrical quin tals ; other grain, 11,101 ; flour, 3,634. The quantity remaining in the entrepots on the Ist of August was— wheat, 115,693 metrical quintals; other grain, 20,969 ; flour, 20,411. The average price of what in the different markets of France) at the close of August, was 19f. 34c. ; iu July it had been 17f. 4c.; and in June 10f. 15c. PARIS, SEPT. I.—Three per Cents., 77fp..5c,_ fd money; 77f. 20c. for the 30th of September. Spanish, 21i. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid, of the 25th state that the Government had positively flounced its determination to pay off the tvere years' interest due on the old indemnity bonds, amounting now to about 6,000,000 of reals• Very advantageous offers 'had - been made to the Minister of Finance, in order .to induce him to enter into a private contract, forestalling the lease of the quicksilver mines of Almaden, 10 he had declared that they should be adjudicated only by public competition. The Five per Cent'' were done at 26„ for cash. Private letters from St. Sebastian, of the 28th ult., announce that the line ofcustoms would in the course of a fortnight be removed frem Ebro to the Pyrenean frontiers; that General Espartero has • notified that determination to be irrevocable the Commissioner of Guipuscoa ; and that the reinfbrcement lately ordered into the provinces► and the stationing of cruizers along the Canta brian coast, were for the purpose of enforcing that measure. It Was deemed probable that thug violation of the fueros would be resented by the people, and might accelerate the long pending crisis in the Basque provinces. GERMAN Y. - - Prince Metternich arrived at Coblentz on the 28th ult., on his way to Cologne. Colonel Barnett, the British Consul-Genera! in Egypt, and M. Kremer, the Consul-Genera l of Russia, sailed on the 11th from Constantinopl e for Alexandria in the Polyphemus steamer. DUTCH MAIL. AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 31.—Mr. William Hindelopen lately chosen Deputy for North Holland, having bee n absent from the sittings of the Second Chamber, it Ws!, hoped that the i n di s p os iti on w hi c h was th e cause of " would be shortly removed, but we are sorry to l ea rn to day the melancholy death of this excellent represents; tive, in whom the country loses an upright citizen an d one of its brightest ornaments. The Amsterdam Courant contradicts the intelligese e of the arrival of the Countess of Oultremont, w hi c h ivs ., : sent by a correspondent in that town. Though w e 10: no reason to doubt the accuracy of oar corresponden t ' we have taken other measures to ascertain the truth. AMESFOORT, AUGUST 30.—Lord Montague and fantw, arrived here to-day, and set out again on their journ e y after dinner. , THE HAGUE, AUGUST 31.—His Majesty tne T ryg arrived here yesterday morning, on his return from province of Zealand. A letter from Warsaw of the 20th .4_,un•ust says " eneral Rudyer and Vice-Admiral TiiaseY Nave a rrive in this city. The day before yesterday the first ston e of a new Roman Catholic church, dedicated to St. Chari er r Boromco, was laid in this city. It is to be built by orde d of the Government, and the expense will be defray e , e from a fund assigned by his Majesty, and a.considera b ' donation from Countess Melachowska. The Prince G°; vernor, with a numerous suite, and all the members 01 the Government, were present. The Prince laid t he first stone, and the Bishop pronounced the benedictio o • This church is.to be built in the form of a Latin crel in the Italian style of Bramante, and will be complete d in two years."—Dutch Papers, September 1. .... DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEItDAM, Aug. 31 Money. Bills. Actual Debt, t% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 pet cent. Amos t Syndic, 4% per cent 91% 91% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 75% 76 Commercial Company, 4!.', per cent 155% 156% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 97% 97% Exchange on London, One month l2 07% Two months .......... 11 99 namhurgh, One month 35 67 Two months 35162 Dutch Papers, Sept. 1. tsEI.GIAN I.l.ll4lM—Baussims, Am. 31. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cs nt lOl Loan otThirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93 3 per Cent. ..... „,.„ ------•• (i 340) lOl% Loan of City, 1'232, 4 per Cent 9O Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent 93% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent....... ...... National Society . Exchange on London (shm t) —Brussels Papers, Aug. 31. AUSTRIA N 1 , 11 Mits.—Vie:lNa, Aun. 23 f tve per Cents. Metalliques Fruer per Cents. 97% 1 hree per Cents. Bank .Shares WO • ......41tvemntze Zrittorg. Aug. 26. HAMBURG 111)14.ENHALLE, Ann. 28. Bills. M , "/ Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1615 --,, Anglo-nussian Loan mg, 10F,9 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist seriee, C.rtiticat e Inscription, let Se:ses lO2 10134 Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th Serics 98% 97X• Ditto in Certilicites New 4 per Cent. (1840) 86% 6!' Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 50% 50* Ditto ' per Cent — Polish Ponds New ! icket - , Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cen. Nmwegian Loan, ibni, 4 per Cia1t..........,,,,, II t:',% 1047. Spanish. New 5 per Cents 15% -'' Thirty.avven SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. is The St. Leger, as far as betting is concerneokho, settled as a certainty for the winner of th e Derby. Z:e offers yesterday were to bet 11 to 8 on hi m, b ut we b "ot no doubt that 6 to 4 might have been obtained wit i , b , ° cP the least difficulty, had a n y one b een disposed to y-01 the field. 7 to 2 was taken once to a small sum 1 , 11 Van Amburgh, 9t o 1 offered agst The Squire, P d itile agst Tearaway (no friends), and 23 to 1 laid to a agst Galaor. Offers to bet G to 4 that beats anything bar two, and 2 to 1 that he r sits dieham. It was reported that Teara, ,,, y is arrive ,. England. ECCLES RACES.— TUESDAY. lb . The Garrison Ilurdle Stakes of 5 Sovs. each, 1 0 1 1 , beating Mr. Helliburton's Little Peter, tin e added,and in twomile w a a n t d s a by ha L lt i ' e o u v t e . r G h o u r r d d o le n s ,s three spid f e ee r, t a l ) ; ee d a : los The Gentlemens' Purse of 201., added to a sweepst 3 ts , of .3 Sovs. each ; the second saves his stake. 11c3 :1 1(‘17° n ' e C i l e: I A 1r . Caldwell 's Venture. :Ni‘, if rr t .. h rice istr round hel.ltiopns ,snaL a . a n (i I d ), .a a Fr (is cl l l u o i r . s a , , 4 3 3 3 'r ,r3 s, (Clarke) 0 1 "2 1 I.l l‘ l i r r .. 11',InotiTiinssthlee'asdAislallidiscohf iliete;nt, ageds yrs .) 1 3 dr 2 dr A good race. THE GREAT ST. LEGER. - - (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) 1 Ab le As you h ave o f l ate devoted a corner in your ve, paper, to th e Turf, a few line s on th e coming St. 'il l ' it may not b e unacceptable. With the betting wor'rityr excites very littl e i nterest, the invulnerable sulle,,!,(001 of th e Oxfordshire na! -, having been so clearly est"" the at Epsom; that with health, condition, and fair pl a Y' a ,d, St. Leger, for the second time since its establishre:or must follow th e D er b y. You may f o rewarn' Y o o readers, th ere f ore, that Pegasus and Judex him as the winner, and that Van Amburgh, Nyht)iii he run a ston e b etter h orse than he did at Erwin, nfl d their second. The Squire is a very moderate hors e iot• Middleham a nd T earaway are gone to t h e right. 00' The field will be small and the race much f a ster t for the Derby. Yates will a l so ta k e C oronat ion, be to l i e a second will dip his hand in .the ac e/ - the first that comes, and trust to the chapter of t The dents, as he did with Theon, Gibraltar, and Ralph' ve nt, meeting itself will be bad, th an k s to b a d manl,,g e i the extravagant charges, and th e i m p over i s h es . Mato ° country. „ THE MINISTRY .— ADDITIONAL A" „-n jNea t; mENTs.—Woods and Forests, Lad Granville Souver-e ce es- Admiralty Lords, Sir George Cockburn and L"r d tad trie ; Governor of Canada, Sir Howard Douglas . c l i ro Eliot and Mr. W. Gl a d stone are to b e ma d e Friq cillors. The General St eam N av i gat i on Col ll P s d o if packet the Ocean, J. Fif e, from Iti - itterdarn, ar rive n ing the Customhouse at eleven o'clock yesterday In cir of with the Dut c h sna il, after A favoura bl e PP§ ll o..`” twenty-four hours. .„ THE RAILWAY SUN, AND TILE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE NOW RE-PUBLISHED, PRICE SIXPENCE EACII. Sun Office, Aug. 30, 1841.