The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-03 00:00:00

MORNING SUN. LONDON: TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1841. We have deliberately called Sir ROBERT PEEL the Tamworth quack, and our reasons for doing so ought to be stated. First, Sir RonEnT PEEL, with the very essence of quackery, calls on us to turn away our present physicians, and, without condescending to say one word in explanation of his own method, lie assures us that he knows a specific for our disorders. " Only turn away the other doctor," as he says, "and. place the patient in my hands, I will answer to cure him." "But how ?" is the reply., " you were one of his doc tors formerly, and your remedies made him worse and worse. What new one have you got ?" " That," answers Sir ROBERT, with a most ora cular shake of the head, " I will not state; but place the patient again in my hands." That is quackery, and the man who uses such language Must be a political quack. 'Secondly, Sir ROBERT is determined to ad minister a poison which all the cleverest modern State doctors who have most attentively studied State disorders, such as ADAM SMITH, DAVID HUME, M. TURGOT, Mr.' RICARDO, M'CuLLocn, Mr. MILL, &c. &C, declare to be _most deleterious in • its ultithate effects, and not even soothing of any . Painful symptom. Dr. PEEL, in spite of all the knowledge and warning • of all these great physicians, is to administer mo nopoly—nothing- but monopoly—one of the deadliest poisons that ever statesman adminis tered. When the find a wretched empiric crying up his own peculiar nostrum, which all those who have analyzed it and witnessed its effects have demonstrated to lie most injurious, what, can we call him but an obstinate, unnlitig-o.ted quack' and such a quack is Sir R. PEEL', Thirdly, Sir R. PEEL knows nothing whatever of the disease he pretends to pre!cribe for. He says it is a temporary intermnittant fever, the result of a little, - cold chill and stoppage of the caught fr om A mer i ca ; when it is cifeula,tion, p l a in that it is a vital disease affecting the s trength of the patient, and gradually wearino him out. The poison he propwes to administer, in - fact, has been so long prescribed by t h e Tories that, he patient is already sinkin g under it, an d t . the bungling q uack who is to undertak e t h e cure is thoroughly ignorant of the symptoms. Sir ROBERT PEEL, at the best of times, Was a mere compounder of medicines which others pre.. scribed; and on the faith of that empirical know_ ledge, he is now going to start as . a physici an . He bled and blistered under LIVERPOOL and CASTLEREAGH, he applied anodynes and soothing syrups under WELLINGTON, and when he acted for himself for a short time, he applied the Whig prescriptions. He never has been a chief prac titioner, and the wretched school of quackery he has been bred in ought to convince every reason able man that, in. starting from a compounder. of other men's prescriptions to prescribing him self, and at the same time prescribing the deadly poison of monopoly, he is an arrogant as well as an ignorant quack. What does he,,or what can he know about the disorders of society? Or what does that mean Lord, his great coadjutor, know about them, who, to conceal his own wrong, threw the blame of dear bread on the miller and the baker? What can any Tory know of society, who refuses on principle to consult titself, and will act on the rules which Tories have acted on time out of mind? How is it possible from such principles for any Tory to form. the slightest correct notion ofthe disorders of society ?:A. more delicate subject, and more exposed„to-Complicated disorders, than society is not known; and whoever pretends to cure its disorders by any nostrum, and particu larly such a HOSITIInt as monopoly. is and mn.o I, e an' ,Trii:tt ti;uf.A. rue brouJit by , t 1 Ovor'anti Mail l'rOn i India, though of no political or corn mercial interest, encourages the indulgence of a hope that our dispute with China. will not be much longer suffered to disgrace the British name at the Celestial Court of Pekin. Sir Gon- DON BREMER'S activity in procuring reinforce ments, is an earnest of the promptitude with which he will carry into effect the measures Government has directed against the rulers and people of the " central flowery land," now that he is disencumbered of that political pendulum, Captain ELLIOT, whose oscillations between London and Pekin would haveifeen - in the highest degree ludicrous, had they not in volved so deplorable a waste of British treasure, blood, and honour. How far a different line of policy, at the commencement of the dispute with. China, might have contributed to render an appeal to physical force unnecessary, is a question the solution of which is now of little consequence, so far as concerns the immediate contest. The philosopher might ex tract alesson of wisdom from it for the guidance of future statesmen, but in the present advanced stage of hostilities it is the future that concerns us, not the past. Enough that we are now actu ally at war with China—enough that we have for an enemy a barbarian Power, by whom any con- 1 cession on our part would be regarded as: prompted, not by justice, not by the dictates of humanity, but by a craven fear, a dastardly dread —enough that nothing short of the most signal triumph of British arms in China can secure to our merchants a respectable footing in the in dependent States of Central Asia—enough that any compromise now would convert the British name into a laughing-stock, and provoke insults and injuries, which must ' be resented at ten-fold disadvantage—enough, we repeat, is any of these considerations, to impress us with the necessity of following up the blow already struck with an earnestness, a celerity, and a force, which shall convince the Celestials that while something may be hoped from our clemency, everything is to be feared from our vengeance. The miserable procrastination of Captain ELLIOT will only appear a proof of our signal forbearance, if the hostile measures now adopted be enforced with spirit, energy, and promptitude. But how great soever may be the activity of the British invading force, several months must elapse before tidings can reach us of the restoration of amicable relations with China. The reinforcements which left India in May were not expected to reach the Can ton river before the middle of July at the earliest—perhaps not before the close of that month. It was supposed that Chusan would be re-occupied; and as the south-western monsoon which now sets in greatly impedes navigation in the direction of the Peiho River, much time must unavoidably be consumed before a British force can make its appearance in the vicinity of the Chinese capital. When once there, we have no doubt that the experience of Admiral EL LIOT'S blunder will neither be lost upon Sir GORDON' BREMER nor Sir HENRY POTTINGER. They will not be sent with their lingers in their mouths on a fool's errand back to Canton to squabble with inferior Mandarins for conces sions' which their duty requires them to wrest from the EMPEROR in person. They know the worth of Imperial promises too well to trust them without obtaining such a bond for their performance as even the sacred brother of the " Sun and Moon " will not dare to cancel in their absence. To settle the Chinese question effectually, we must make the Government and people of China properly acquainted with the stuff Joni.' BULL is made of. If we begin again with negociating we are lost. Our proper course is to fight first and negociate afterwards. When we have thrashed the Chinese, it will be quite time enough to discuss the grounds of quarrel. We can afford to be as moderate in our demands then as now ; and when the Celestial Govern ment i 3 made to understand that even an at tempt to dupe us cannot be made with impunity, self-interest will demonstrate to it that honesty is the best policy. We are unacquainted with the exact footing upon which our Government wishes to establish British relations in China. We only know that they are intended to include a formal recogni tion of our national equality; to open a direct channel of communication between the Repre sentative of her MAJESTY in China and the Court of Pekin ; and fix upon a clear, recognised. basis the commercial intercourse between British and Chinese subjects. These objects are all just, reasonable and praiseworthy, but it is only by the complete success of the expedition that we can make sure of obtaining them. The crafty ingenuity of the Chinese will raise a thousand objections, Which will soon be removed if the British Plenipotentiaries refer them to the arbi tration of the blue jackets. These are the boys to settle in a twinkling the Ko Tou controversy, which cost Lords MACARTNEY and AMHERST SO much trouble. Nor ought it for an instant to be forgotteu that the most complete triumph of British arms in China is demanded by the precarious tenure by which British ascendancy is maintained in the East. Great discontent prevails in various districts of British India, and several of the St ttes on our frontier only await the appearance of any reverse of our good fortune to take the field against us. The King of AVA wants but a pr :text to break openly with us ; and in Cabooi an 1 Affghanistan, we have as many open and secret enemies as we can wen:manage at present without seeking to increase them. Let us be tut victorions in China these hostile Powers will endeavour to conceal their designs, and tremble at the very thought of provoking our wrath. Thus one war reso le.tely and successfully carried on, will avert a Feries of conflicts fatal to our best interests, and to the progress of civilization throughout Central Asia. e refer with pleasure to an advertisement of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association, in another part of The Sun, announcing that the Association is prepared to send lecturers to any part of the United Kingdom on the payment of the lecturer's travelling expenses. This is a good move, for the ignorance of the people in many places is most deplorable, and nothing will so soon enlighten them, except some dire misfor tune, as discussion. If the Budget, bubble though it be erroneously named by the Tories, have done nothing else, it has kindled a . spirit of inquiry into the Corn-laws which will not be satisfied without a thorough and complete inves tigation. The effOrts of the 'Association will pro mote this useful end. The Paris Journals of Saturday have all been received, but they are more than usually interest. of barren of news of the slightest political The dissolution of the - National • _ Guards Toulouse hardly attracted any notice. The iv ationat is the o n ly journal which denou nces the conduct of the Govern ment in adopting such an extreme measure. We quote its leading observations " The Government has thrown :--- off the mask. It Commissioner at Toulouse entered into negotiation an aToulouse, and affected in had entered with the Municipal Council only to of peace and his language and behaviour, put to sleep the just conciliation ; but this was deceive the resentment of the citizens, and toP the public pub lic. He was in the mean time preparing d'etat against the city of Toulouse. h tt i sort of coup it isdiscord mind in that place is still affected at the which it has been the theatre, new eleme ets e o r nes of and agitation are introduced. Although evident to every honest man that the illegal, now tolerable, and anti-municipal circular o f -_q 1 ' 1 1 : mann; and the conduct of M. Mahul, were ' th e cause of all the evil, and that, without the devoted ness. of the Municipal Council and the intervention of the National Guard, Toulouse would have become a prey to all the horrors of civil war, a Royal Ordonnanee dissolves the Municipality and the National Guard, which had rendered such incontestible services to public order. We do not know to what immediate consequences this iniquitous and 'impolitic dissolution may lead, as regards the ..ity of Tonlowse, bet it cefinf4 fftil to ininostlron t! , ).-, ~-1,,, ,ig - ned it g-rsy€, , rspoit,ibiiity. ' l ['he mea ,:., w., ; ,s dier9ted bv that spirit of hostility NV hit which th() Government is animated against all those institutions Illicit are based upon the suffrage of citizens." The Quoridienne pronounces the fetes of July a failure. It would be strange indeed to find one of the leading Carlist organs satisfied with them. It cannot be denied, however, that there is much truth in the following picture of the existing state of things in France : The parasites of the present system flatter themselves with having put anarchy in chains and what have they done with order ? Where is it ? Is it in the celebration of that anniversary which fills the vanquished with ter ror, and which is repudiated by the victors ? Yes, withott doubt, there is an order which puts on foot a whole le gion of gendarmes, which sends into the streets and public squares swarms of sertens-de-ville, which surrounds Paris with 60,000 men until it can be enclosed between fourteen ,bastilles, which orders the soldiers of the garrison to remain in their barracks, with their knapsacks on their backs, as upon the eve of a battle, and which displays in the midst of the population all the preparation- of police and war. This is purely physical order, whose only principle is force. It may keep down action, but it cannot command the mind. From the present state of the receusement, it may be predicted that the result will be above 400,000 houses, which have hitherto escaped the tax.—Le Temps. Yesterday, in the same street, the residence of M. Rothschild was illuminated with a festoon of lamps ; close to it the hotel of M. Laffitte was in darkness. There is an, entire history in the comparison.—Gazette de France. We have received the following letter from Oran, dated the 18th inst. We have received accounts from our expeditionary columns, which are still occu pied with forming amidst the rich harvests 'of the large tribes. The damage sustained by the Arabs in this campaign is enormous for them, and in the memory of man the country had never suffered so much from the war. Their loss in barley alone is estimated at 300,000 boudjous of if. BGc. each. The column of General do Lamoriciere is to return soon. It has had to sustain several rather serious engagements. Our troops are much fatigued, and the heat is almost intolerable. Prompt measures must be taken to secure the comforts of the soldiers during this forced rest; for the transition from so active a life to absolute rest is always attended, par ticulary in this country, with serious diseases. The Arabs have appeared in great numbers near Mostagaren and Arzew, and have attempted to carry off the flocks of the Government, after having failed in their attempts upon our out-posts. The intentions of the Governor- Gene ral have pretty well transpired, and our divisions are not to begin their campaign for the province of Tlemcen, before the end of September or the beginning of October. The chiefs have attempted to renew negotiations with the Marabout Tedgein, and wished, as during last winter, to proclaim him Sultan ; but this chief, intimidated by the menaces of Adel liader, and by the remembrance of the seige which he caused the town to sustain. in 1838, would not accept these propositions, and has left among the regular troops of the Emir, the 400 infantry whom he sent to him in April.—Lc Constitutionncl. The Commerce says :—" There was yesterday a marked rise in the prices of. *the stocks. This was ex plained by an asserted resolution taken by M. Hurnann, to meet the Chambers without making use of the power with which he is invested of raising a loan. It was added that, in order to prove he was not in want of money, the Minister of Finances had announced his in tention of reducing the interest on Treasury Bills from 4to 33- per cent. Other persons accounted for the rise by the perfect quietness with which the anniversary of the fetes of July has been celebrated. The German Journal of Frankfort gives the follow ing from Vienna:—" It was stated some time ago that Don Carlos had obtained passports from M. Guizot, and tbat.after a short sojourn in Italy he would go to Sals burg, to fix his residence there. The Prince was to come here and present himself at Court. It is now said that the French Government has raised new difficulties, and demands either the abdication of the Prince, or the recognition of Queen Isabella by the powers of the North." As the diligence of Laffittc, Caillard, and Co., was, the night before last, arriving in Paris from Betncon, it got the wheels on one side upon a mound of earth, near the foot pavement, on the Quai de la Tournelle, above the Pont de la l'Archeveche, which had been left without any lamps, and it was upset with such force that seven persons were dangerously injured, three of whom, the conductor, a father, and his child, still lie in almost a hopeless state. An officer of the Octroi, who got upon the coach at the Barrier, had his thigh broken. The Univers states that the Pope has conferred on the Hon. James Talbot, second son of the Baroness Talbot de Malahide, and on his descendants male the dignity of Count of the Sacred Palace of the Lateran. The manufactories of Beaucaire are represented by the Courrier a du Gard to be in a very flourishing state. The silk ancrcotton works, and indeed all articles of the department, are in great request, and at good prices, and there is every appearance of an increased demand for the winter. The cloths, linens, and other manufac tures of Rheims and St. Quentin are also in the same promising condition. The King of Bavaria has issued a decree, that in all prisons and houses of correction Roman Catholic pri soners shall be kept perfectly separated from Protes tants ; and Catholics, condemned to hard labour in for tresses, shall be sent to those of Marienberg, Ober haus, and Rossenberg, while Protestants are to go to Wurtzburg. A fire took place on Thursday morning at the house of a manufacturer of chemical matches, on the Boulevard Longchamp, from the explosion of the fulmi nating powder , employed in making the matches. The fire was soon got under, but all the windows of the ma nufactory were broken by the explosion, and the owner of it wasmuch burnt in the face, hands, and arms. This King, upon the recommendation of the Minis ter of Public Instruction, has issued a Royal Ordon nance, creating for the College de France, professorships for the languages and literature of Germanic origin, and also for those of Southern Europe. Other Ordonnances appoint 1)r. Philarete Chasles, of the Faculty of Paris, to the first of the above chairs, and Dr, Edgard Quinet, Professor of Foreign Literature at Lyons, to the second. Extract of aetter from Leghorn of the 24th in stant :—" The•earthqualze felt at Marseilles on the ), t i was not confined to that city. A slight shock two was felt here in Leghorn, to the no little alarm of the inhabitants. The French corvette Grenadier- arrived in port yesterday. She will remain two :;:ears on station. the town is very full of strana , l.2s, being the bathing season, but the severe inners a the Grand Duke's eldest son and daughter put% n (lamp upon the usual gaiety, There are no hope; entertained of the latter child, as she is in a rapid o.ccline." BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, JULY 31. f , trst Highest Lowest Lad Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 per Cents ll5 60 ... 115 60 ... 1 5 55 ... 115 60 3 per Cents. ex. di, 76 85 77 05 ... 76 8.5 ... 17 05 Plank of France Lattitte Bank 1.0001. Seams IP4O ...IC4O ...1040 ...1610 5,0e4n . . Shares 51.0 ...51u0' —.5100 ...5100 Belgian New Loan 11244 ... 1 , 2% ... 16244 ... 102% *Anises Acura IO.X . goli ... :0• 14 ... :39i Passive."... 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4% 'Neapolitan lO3 :15 ... 103 35 ..l'3 33 ... 143 aS 110taaa.."............... 00000 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles. L.B 215 —. 215 ... 212 50 .. 212 50 It. B 337 5:1 ... 237 50 .. X 36 23 ... 336 25 Rouen 452 80 ... 452 50 ... 452 5J ... 452 50 Orleans . o 4BO m 480 ... 4t , 0 ... *0 Strasburg to Bale 235 ... £35 ... 235 .. 235 CAPTAIN CHAMIER S NEW NAVAL STORY. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post B vo. , T OM BOWL IN G, A TALE OF THE SEA. By Captain FREDERICK CHAMIER, Author of " Ben Brace," " The Life of a Sailor," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately, in 3 vols. post Svo., . T U It M ER. S A TALE OF MESMERISM, &c. • By ISABELLA F. ROMER. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MAJESTY R IS AUSTIIIA having A the T H O E R M I s E P D E R. and EMPEROR 13 A o - f RA NTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRIBUTIONS. Perstins desirous to purchase for the Neat Distributions may re?eive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH DUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £25,000 f6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 1,000 100 90 50 600 150 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of lil March last, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, who remitted, during a few years, 22 large Money Dividends, from 6001. and upwards unto 25,0001., besides many Dividends of smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. Last appeararce but two of Mr. Graham, and the last four nights of Miss Romer, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Leffler, and the Opera Cempany. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 3, Will be acted, :tuber's Grand Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. Zerlina, Miss forcer ; Lady Allcash, Mrs. Serle; Lord All cash, Mr. Roberts ; Lorenzo, Mr. Stoker; Bepr, Mr. G. Stansbury . Giacomo, Mr. Leffler; and Fra Diavolo, Mr. After which, THE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. Leffler; Solomon, Mr. Smith; Floretta, Miss Martin. To conclude with the Opera of JAME i THE FIRST OF SCOTLAND; OR, THE GUDE MAN OF BALLANGEICH. James the TirSt, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Jock Howieson, ; Marian, Mrs. Serle. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSRALDISTON. Last week of " Susan Hopley !" in consequence of the unpa ralleled novelty and attraction which will be produced toge ther on Monday next. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 3, Lajim The splendidly successful Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, of SUSAN HOPLEY ! OR, THE TRIALS AND VICISSI- TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL ! William Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville ' • and Susan Hopley y Miss Vincent, the accepted Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, WOMAN'S LOVE ! OR, KATE WYNSLEY, THE COTTAGE GIRL. _ _ Wilford Clitheroe ' Mr E. F. Saville; Hugh Wynsley, Mr. James: Hollyhock, Air. Gardner; Scaresbrook, Mr. Seaman; Kate Wynsley, Miss Vincent. To conclude with, BLACK EYED SUSAN. __ William, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Gardner ; Jacrib Twig, Mr. Paul ; Doggrass, Mr. James ; Susan, Mrs. W. West. 13oaes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To morrow, Susan Hopley, Woman's Love, and Black Eyed. Susan. RAILWAY SUN TIIE IS NOW PUBLISHING, PRICE ONLY SIXPENCE. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. K• rning......33 minutes after •'. 1 Evening 49 minutes after 2. 4 V 4 N Is „, ET m 0 $ II • r et , ffi,--1,131„ Tfig stN, LONDON. TUES OA'', AUGUST 3, EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received news from Paris of Sunday's date. The French journals of Sunday are for the most part oc cupied with Sir R. PEEL's speech at the Tamworth dinner. The Journal des Debais is the only paper of a Liberal stamp in which the oration of the Right Hon. Baronet is not turned into complete ridicule. M. Arzac, the ex-Mayor of Toulouse, has, it is said, been arrested by order of the new Commissioner, but the Government papers do not confirm this news. Our Madrid letters announce the reception of Queen Christina's protest at Madrid. It excited great sensa tion, and Mr. Aston was sent for to the Palace. The Constitutionnel states that M. HULIANN has pro posed in the Council to reduce the Budget of 1843 to the level of the estimated revenue for that year. This would enable the French Government to reduce considerably its army and nivy.. A German paper of the 29th contains a protest drawn up by the Second Chamber of the Hanoverian States against the late Royal decree, proclaiming their disso lution. The Paris funds are dull. Three per Cents., liquida tion, 76f. 90c. ; end of August, 77f. 10c. The weather very fine. THE CROPS.—THE AVERAGES.—We understand from a gentleman who has just traversed a considerable dis trict of the south of England, that the' crops of grain never looked better than at present. They need only a few days' sun thoroughly to ripen them, when, they will yield a harvest beyond an average. Hops and fruit are also abundant, and it the weather should now becom e fine we shall have, in respect to the bounties of Provi dence, little to wish fur. Sunday, and the greater part of yesterday, were warm and auspicious days, which must have had a most beneficial effect. The averages, though worked upon by speculators (and we know not why they should not be worked upon, for the speculators only wish to bring in corn at as low a duty as possible, and thereby benefit the people), are no index to the ac tual price, and fictitious sales will not, we believe, have any effect on the price demanded by the miller and the baker. We do not look, therefore, on the rise in the averages as an indication of a short crop sufficiently strong to counteract the evidence of abundance which seems to overspread our fields. FELTED CLOTH FILTER.—A person at Brus sels has invented a filter, which appears to surpass, in the simplicity of its construction, and in its reported effects, most of, those hitherto brought under public notice. The filter consists of two pieces of felted cloth, several inches thick, between which a layer of powdered charcoal is placed. This is the first application of thick felted cloth for the purpose of filtration, and it is pro bable that it will be thus extensively used. Filters of this kind can be cleaned with the greatest cam—Amu tars' Advocate. THE WILL OF THE LATE LUKE HANSARD, EsO.—The will and codicils of- Luke Graves Han sard, Esq., late of Bedford-square, in the county of Middlesex, has just been proved in the Prerogative C9lrt, Doctors' Comrnens, by the exccutors, lliclard "gle, Frani:is Rivit;too, antl. ThOrilit!) Vorden. The per , ;ol.a.lpropn.ty ei the deecevsed has bet ii .:worn under time value of 80,000/. which is principally bequeathed to his children. lair. :Hansard was for many years printer to the House of Commons. NEW RAILWAY TRAIN CONTROLLER. — Vienna letters describe a useful invention by an Infan try Captain, H err F er di nand Freissauff de Neu d egg, o f a simple and completely successful apparatus, enabling the conductor of a s t eam train by pressure on a spring, immediately to deta c h the carriages from the engine, and instantly stop the f ormer. The ' apparatus is said to be further so contrived as to act of itself in the event of the locomotive quitting the line of rails, spontaneously, and at once, effecting its separation from the rest of the train tI,74MAIIY OF RIEWSI AND taint Opinion. Who runs may read." PUBLIC OPLITION. The Chronicle alludes to a remarkable measure now on the eve of adoption by Lord Francis Egerton, who is, it seems, " taking the initiative for raising a body of cavalry. It is supposed," adds our Contemporary, " that the example of his Lordship will be promptly followed by all the Tory aristocracy, and that the Tory Government will thus have a volunteer auxiliary army ready to start into existence the. moment of coming into power. Lord F. Egerton would hardly have resorted to this step withouCqirst consulting with Sir Robert Peel." It is very clairacteristic of the Tories that their first projected measure should be one for increas ing the military force of the kingdom. PoS sibly they anticipate an " ignorant impatience of taxation" on tha part of the people—a series of embarrassing public meetings where truths, more stern than courteous, may be spoken, so are making pre parations to disperse them in the good old Peterloo fashion ! If this be one of the remedial measures of the Tories,it needs no great foresight to predict their speedy downfall. The Chronicle proceeds to say, " the - state of the manufacturing districts is most alarming, and Lord Francis Egerton is determined to be prepared against any outbreak in his neighbourhood." Ile had much bet ter be prepared with some scheme for , diminishing the oppressive burdens of these districts: The yeoman's sabre is no answer to the poor man's cry of distress. The Herald has an article full of abuse of the Whigs, and praise of the constitutional merits of the Tories. Sir Robert Peel, in particular, is the object of our Contemporary's most extravagant laudation. "He will not," we are assured, " elevate ,llissent at the cost, and by the degradation, of the Church ; he will not encourage the people to assemble •for factious and lawless purposes ; he will not introduce mea sures into the Legislature for the express pur pose of drawing down popular odium on the constitu tional defenders of the monarchy, which he knows will be at once rejected ; he will not attempt to re duce the House of Lords to a mere recording portion of the Legistature." It is far easier.. to speculate on what Sir Rober Peel will not do, than on what he will do. The Herald may predict with tolerable certainty that he will do as little as needs be for Reform ; that he will discourage Dissent, and keep Mother Church fat and flourishing ; and introduce only such measures as may be acceptable to the self interest of his party ;—but not even his most influential organs can pretend to say that he will project any re forms that will be of real, lasting benefit to the commu nity at large. The utmost they can do is vaguely to express their hope and belief that he will. His reserve on this point perplexes them exceedingly ; but his party show no reserve on the subject of what they will not do. The Times, driven to extremities for a satisfactory reason for Sir Robert Peel's reserve, has at length dis covered that it proceeds from " the modesty" of his nature ! Our Contemporary is a good judge of the bashful and the diffident ; but in this case his judgment is wholly at fault. Imagine the " modesty" of an old Tory stager verging on sixty ! Aware, apparently, that this is not a sufficient explanation of the cause of the Right Honourable Baronet's reserve, the Times— anxious to be armed at all points—suggests another, in these terms :—" 'Sir Robert Peel, unkind man, will tell nobody what he means to do. He carries himself warily, like a man among thieves, keep ing his hand in his pocket, and his coat buttoned tight." Now, when it is borne in mind that it was among his own Tory supporters, at a public dinner at Tamworth, that the Right Hon. Baronet carried himself in this wary manner—exhibited this striking reserve—the compliment involved in the remark that he was " like a man among thieves" will be at once apparent. The Devonport Independent urges all Reformers to attend carefully to the Registration, observing that " the Tories are no longer to be conciliated, but to be put down," and that they " must now be made to yield to the strength of public opinion." The Cambrian doubts whether there are any men among the influential classes supporting the present Corn laws, and the immense mass of subordinate errors that rise out of them, who " can feel a deep and earnest con, viction that in so doing, they are supporting the right." Our Contemporary's doubts are perfectly natural. The Leeds Times expresses itself in very despond ing terms on the present state of trade, and is of opinion that " there never was a time when profits were lower and more unsteady ; when commercial distress was of longer continuance, and presented less prospect of re lief." The last effort of the Whigs was an attempt to remedy this state of things ; where are the rethedies projected by the Tories ? Even their most sanguine supporters cannot venture to say that they have any. The Berwick Advertiser recommends the agitation of the Ballot, as being more than ever imperatively ne- cessary. The Dundee Chronicle assures its readers that the " present position of the Whigs presents an awful picture of well-merited condemnation and just retribution for their manifold sins and transgressions of public faith." The spirit of this remark is too harsh and acrimonious: The Liverpool Journal remarks :—" Should St. Swithin continue to shower down his unpropitious in fluences in the same manner as he has been doing for the last few weeks, the Tory Budget will no doubt contain a proposal for an alteration in the Corn-laws. " We are in a state," says the Tyne Pilot, ", of almost unparalleled distress. Even in our immediate neighbourhood no one can shut his eyes to the misery which surrounds our working population. It is evident that some deadly evil is at the root of our system, and that evil we believe to be monopoly." The Hull Rockingham, speaking of Lord John Rus sell, observes, "by his generous proposal of a financial Reform, which he knew to be suicidal, by his disregard of the emoluMents of office in his anxiety to do what was just to the country, he has adopted the surest means of restoration to that high eminence which he abandons." Notwithstanding the result of the elections, the Bristol .illercury states that the "Liberal party may look forward with confidence to the future, for that in a short time the country will be governed by a firm and strong Liberal Administration." The Western Times asserts that the failure of the Totnes Bank has completely broken up the Tory party in that borough, and that the re-election of Mr. Petre is certain whenever a vacancy occurs. POREIGN. The Overland Mail, whose arrival at Marseilles was announced in The Sun of Friday, has reached London. The intelligence is very meagre upon all questions in which the public generally take an interest. On the 26th of May Sir Gordon Bremer left Calcutta for Canton with considerable re-in forcements. It was reported at Bombay that the new expedition would be directed against Pekin. We trust the report is well founded. By com pelling the Emperor to shift his quarters a stronger im pression will be made upon the fears of the Celestials than if we laid Canton in ashes, and sunk Chusan in the Yellow Sea. The capture of the Bogue forts has been reported to the Emperor of China. The effect of this news upon a personage so regally decorous as the "son of Heaven, brother of the Sun and Moon, and cousin of their little Highnesses the Stars," as reported by himself, was ra ther startling. - It caused him to gnash his teeth "with combined imprecations." In plain English the Em peror not only swore like a trooper, but in his fist burst of passion he managed to stutter out a brace of oaths in a breath. The celestial toleration of the " outside barbarians" is exhausted, and the English are doomed to utter destruction. The Emperor has de creed that England or China must be annihilated. The ex-King of Cabool, Dost Mohammed, passes his time very agreeably at the residence of the Governor General of British India, Lord Auckland. rtlONalr-TRADE-COVIMERCE. The accounts of the herring fishery along the coast of Scotland, from Orkney to Berwick are, on the whole, favourable. In several places the fishermen have been more successful than for some seasons. The Staffordshire iron masters have reduced the price of iron 10s. per ton. The accounts from the manufacturing districts con tinue gloomy. Prices at Manchester are merely nomi nal. At Leeds some business has been done lately, but at very unsatisfactory - prices ; and at Bradford a mode rate amount of business was done last week, but by no means equal to that of former years at this season. NAVAL AND One hundred and twenty men have been ordered to Pembroke. tip nth-And the homebing. of tb" gu us, sronTxrrG. The aeronauts who ascended in the Vauxhall balloon on Friday were, Mr. Green ; his brother ; his son Captain Currie ; Mr. Sotheby, Jun., of Wellingtoa street, Strand ; and Mr. Monck Mason, who voyaged by balloon to Coblentz on the Rhine a few years ago. The grouse are said to be plentiful and strong on the wing upon the moors in the vicinity of Halifax. COUR.T--ziaszzionvkzxims. Earl and Countess Grey passed through Newcastle on Wednesday, on their way to Howick. The fishing temple at Virginia Water is under going a thorough repair, and it is understood that her Majesty and Prince Albert will pay frequent visits to this delightful spot during the stay of the Court at Windsor. The small frigate in which the Royal pair are expected to make frequent excursions has been launched. MISCELLANEOUS. The Marquis of Exeter, proceeding on Tue.4',l a ,y last to Newmarket, had his travelling carriage iorcibly driven against by a waggon, by which one pannel was broken, and his Lordship severely cut. At Barkway hi s Lordship received medical assistance, and is not seriously hurt. A pension of 2001. a year has been graciously granted on the Civil List, by her Afajesty, to Lady Jeretnie, the afflicted widow of the late Governor of Sierra Leone. From a Birmin,g.hain police case it appears that the ordinary cigars are infamously manufactured. Dadford, a man who carried on a wholesale trade in supplying. breweries, public-houses, and shopkeepers, had the ma terials of his craft seized last Wednesday. They con sisted of dock-horse radish and rhubarb-leaves, jars and bottles of pickle, anti other filthy and poisonous mixtures for colouring,.staining, and scenting them. , At the Mansion House, attention has been called lately to nuisances now existing in the City. Upon the subject 'of one—viz., the increase of fires in London— Mr. Booth, a Chemical Lecturer, has addressed a letter to Sir Chapman Marshall, showing that they in number less cases originate from the cembustible nature of the Warehouse stores. The Surrey side of the Thames has, within the last month, had two, one in which four ware houses were burnt down, and twenty-six honses damaged from spontaneous combustion of latnpblack ; and in a fire last week at an upholsterer's in the Westminster road, from the materials used in bed-making., The let ter enumerates a number of those storeS which invariably threaten inflammibdty, and mentions that pigeon's dung was the cause of destruction of the great Church at PiFa. RATIVIOURS OP THE EAT. The daughter of Sir J. Parke, one of-the Barons of the Exchequer, will, it is said, be shortly tharried to Sir Matthew White Ridley. - A " Court of Inquiry," consisting' : of immaculate Members of both Houses, is to be forthwith appointed for the purpose of examining all the candidates for office under Sir Robert Peel. The Commission, of course, will sit with closed doors, as some of the doingS of Noble Lords and Honourable Gentlemen could net bear the light. One Nobleman, in particular, whom the writers Of his own party have assailed lately, demands the fullest inquiry into his character: A rumour, and something more, prevails, that Lord Francis Egerton is about to raise a tr'oop cf yeomanry from among his numerous tenants, and 'that the example will be followed by the other Tory aristo cracy. If they insist upon this mode of keeping down the People, Peel must submit, for the bread-taxers are his masters, and their name is legion. SUDDEN DEATH --Lieutenant Harvey, who is said to have belonged to the Royal Navy, and had been resident in Calcutta for about a month, was found dead.on Sunday evening, in a room at Spence's Hotel, the body appearing to be in• an advanced state of de coMpOsition. The deceased had come round from Bom bay, and was living at Spence's. He is said to have indulged in intemperate habits to an' inordinate degree, to which is ascribed his sudden death.—llurharu, June 1. •SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN INFANT.—Late on Saturday night an inquest was taken' before Mr. Payne, at the Bell, Great Tower -street, City, 'on the body of Sarah Ann Batterley, aged ten months. The deceased's father was a private in the Ist Regiment of Gi•ertadier Guards, quartered in the Tower. About nine o'Clock on. Friday mornin g th e mot h er l e f t t h e room in which the deceased was for the purpose Of 'fetching a pitcher of water, the child at the time being 'on the floor' playing with a small toy. In another part of the room a washing-tub was on the floor half filled with water, and during the mother's absence the child crawled towards it, and, having thrown the toy into the water, raised herself on to her feet and tried to get it out • in doing so she overbalanced herself, and her head being immersed in the water she was suffocated. Five minutes after her mother came into the room, and raised nn alarm. A surgeon tried the usual remedies., but without cffect. Verdict, " Accidental death." DEATH IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION a — Ort Saturday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at, the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, on the bot, of Elizabeth Marshall, aged 23, a prisoner therein. 'The parents of the deceased were persons highly respectable. While under their roof deceased, who wr.s of prepossessing ap pearance, fell a victim to a se''..ucer, who subsequently deserted her: Shortly afte7.-wards she abandoned her home to pursue a life of 'Afainy. On the 16th ult. she was admitted into the above prison under a sentence of fourteen days' imprisonment, having been committed from .Marlborough-st-,Tet Police Court as a disorderly prostitute. On entering it was discovered that she was labouring un . ...ier disease' of long standing. She was plated in the, ;. n ti rrnarv , w h ere s h e continued till Thurs day last, ) . 6.F..en she died. The term of her imprisonment would b . ay. ) expired on the following morning. Verdict, " Natiral death." TYREADFUL ACCIDENTS ON THE EASTERN C'sr_lNTrEs RAILWAY.—On Saturday morning a man "lamed John Hoppinson, an excavator on the line of the Eastern Counties Railway, was carried to the London Hospital apparently in a dying state, in consequence of receiving injuries while at work near Brentwood. Early in the morning, as they were engaged in forming a cut ting on the line, a part of the earth on one side gave way and fell in. All the men, except Hopkinson, fortunately escaped in time ; he was buried completely under the embankment, and a long time elapsed before he could be extricated, and then he was found almost crushed. All his ribs were broken, as also his thight, with serious internal injury. On the previous Thursday morning William Cox was admitted to the hospital, ha ving received nearly as violent injuries, owing to a simi lar accident. Both these poor fellows are in such a pitiable state that it is not expected they can possibly survive. LAURENCEKIRK.—CURIOUS OCCURRENCE. —Some time ago, a piece of Brussels lace that had Seen laid out in 1)r. Fettes' garden, suddenly disappeared, and was missing for some time, till a bird-nester, in his pe. rambulations, discovered it in a blackbird's nest in the garden hedge. The whole piece of lace—nearly two► yards—was beautifully interwoven with the crust of the ;lost, and was of course allowed to remain Tantoneboo. .NonT /I R IDING REP ESEN TA TION.---We are glad to find that the,Liberal Association of the North Riding are upon the alert, and prepared promptly to sup port Mr. Cayloy, should the Tories carry into effect their threat of petitioning against the recent election, which is not very probable ; still less is there a chance of suc ceeding in having the election declared void. They are also taking steps to secure the proper representation of the Riding against the next Vacancy from a dissolution, resignation, or other cause. After this we need hardly caution Reformers, of whatever shade or opinion, to keep themselves at liberty, and entirely free from any pledge or promise which may hereafter fetter them in the pro per exercise of their all-important franchise.— York- Airman. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. There was a better market for the English Stocks all day, and a good business was transacted. One reason of this was the. discontinuance of sales by a wealthy corpo ration. Consols for immediate transfer have realised 891 to 89f, closing at 89k buyers, and for the Account 89t to Exchequer Bills have been 14 to 16 premium. India and Bank Stock were not dealt in. The new Three-and-a Half per Cents. were 98-t to 1, and the Three per Cent. Annuities 89k to 901,being an improve ment on each. South Sea Stock was at 991. The Foreign Stocks were heavy of sale again. Portu guese New Bonds were dull at 29i to 301, and the Three per Cents 18k. This was lower for the Five per Cents., the news from Lisbon under date of the 26th ultimo, being indeed as indifferent as ever, since in the opi nion of parties living in the country, the greatest difficulty will be experienced in raising the taxes among the people in the provinces, although without them the Government never can go on. Mexican Stock was only marked 251 to-day, and Duteh Two and-a•Half per Cents. receded to 82 and 511. The Share Market was not animated, but prices ruled higher - than on Saturday. Brighton were 7 to 61, Rackwall Crmydon 14-, Bristol and Exeter 27, Cheltenham and Great Western 41k, Midland Coun ties 15, and North 'Midland 35f discount. Lou' don and Birmingham Thirds were 211, the Quarters 171 ; the York and North Midland 25 ; the New Ilk ; the Great Western 20, Fifths ; and the South Western 14 8 . p„.i.m. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 2f ; Provincial of Ireland 15i to and Union of Au s t ra li a 5 a premium. (Prom The Sun of Last Night.) MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 31.—There has been rather more business doing to-day. The sales are :—Lancaster and Preston, 28i ; London and South Western, 534. ' North Midland, Halt; 321 ; Ditto, Thi r ds, 91:; Midland Couuties, Quarters, 21 ; Union. Plate Glass, 9i. .LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 31.—A better business has been done in the Cotton Market to-day, the sales amounting to 3,000 bales, of which the trade have taken 2,300 bales, and exported 700 bales at Friday's rates. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 31.—The day has passed without a single transaction at the Stock Ex change, the brokers having lately deserted the building. There are but few arrivals to-day, and the only one of a later date is from Demerara, the papers being up to June 22, from which we take the following : Ono of our leading mercantile houses deeply con cerned in the shipment of produce, and the sales of bills has failed to the extent of upwards of 100,0001. sterling doing immense damage to our smaller traders. It is anticipated that the immediate resignation of cer tain high public trusts, must be among the consequences of this truly lamentable public calamity. The situation of one or two other large houses is described as very precarious. It is impossible to forseeo where the pressure of the present crisis will stop. Governor Murray Maggregor, died on the 14th June. The Montrose steamer has arrived with a mail from the Mediterranean ; the dates are from Gibraltar July 22, Cadiz 23, Lisbon 26, Oporto 27, and Vigo 28, but they do not communicate any news of importance. The state of financial affairs in Portugal appears, according to. the showing of the Finance Minister himself, to be in a very bad way. The English Stock Market opened pretty firm this morning, at a slight advance upon the closing prices of Saturday. Consols are now 894 * for Money, and 89* -4- for the Account ; Bank Stock, 169 170 ; Three . per Cents. Reduced 901 ; Three-and-a-Half Reduced, 98Z -99 ; Exchequer Bills, 14 16 premium. Spanish Active Stock 19i 17, Portuguese Five per Cents. 29* 304, Ditto Threes 17* 184. Not much busi ness doing at present. The Continental arrivals consist of two French, two Flanders, one Dutch, and one Hamburgh mail ; but the intelligence brought by them is not of importance. The Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. came 51 15-15, and the Fives 101 11-16. No alteration in the rate of Exchange from Hamburgh since last mail. The receipt of the detailed advices by the overland mail, with two days' later accounts from China, has given a renewed impulse to speculative operations in. the Tea market, and matters at present are said to be all in favour of a rise, notwithstanding the diminished consumption, which has already begun to show itself on this account, and which will no doubt go much further, as the dearness of even greater necessaries of life, and the deplorable stagnation of trade in the manufacturing districts, will retrench to a serious extent the expenditure of the people upon this, as well as upon every other article. The accounts of the growing crops are, perhaps, more favourable on the whole, but the arrivals of foreign grain and flour continue very large, and it is now evident that, as prices in Mark-lane to-day were Is. to 2s. higher for bonded than on this day week, and is. for domestic wheats, the averages must advance, and im portations be thus effected at a lower duty ; however, the harvest may eventually turn out, and which it must be the fervent desire of every honest man to see abundant. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... :India Stock . ••• 3 per Cent Red 9OA Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ... 3& per Cent Red.: 99 Ditto New Annuities... New 3& per Cent . 9Bi Ex. Rills, 1,000/....2.14 16 pa, New 5 per Cent ' Ditto 5001 l6 pm Long Annuities to expire , Ditto Small l6 pm Jan. 1860 ~ 12/. 'Bank Stock for Acct... 170 Oct 1859 'lndia Stock for Opg._ Jan. 1860. VI Consols for Acct —89 n FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. 13clgitin, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent Chian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent l9a Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred 5... 91 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1815, 5 per cent — !Exchange — f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 231 French, 3 percent —f. —e Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 15& Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent 102 A 'B7[.EC;IIO.II•FXRINC. -- At Dartmouth, on Wednesday last, a dinner given to Sir John S ca l e , B ar t., prev i o us to his again re suming his Parliamentary duties. The Mayor presided, and many gentlemen o f th e army an d navy were present. LAW AND POLICE. At the Exeter Assizes on Friday, William Major, a man 74 years of age, was convicted of administering poison to Thomas Coombs, his son-in-law, his daughter, and several of their children. The wretched man it would appear was led to commit the crime fVouT some petty quarrel he had with his son-in-law, when he said to him, according to the•evidence of the daughter. '• You think to have the end with I, but I shall have my end of thee, and before Saturday night you shall die in . a ditch like a gipsey. If thee dust not I'll be d—d for it." The parties were dangerously ill for several days, but they all survived. The daughter, grand-child, and son in-law, were the principal witnesses. Baron Rolfe passed sentence of death on the prisoner. At Norwich, William Buck, an agricultural la bourer, was tried for shooting at Richard Goode, bailiff and gamekeeper to a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Little Snaring. The Jury acquitted him of murder, but returned a verdict of shooting with intent to do the pro secutor grievous bodily harm. Sentence deferred. At Maidstone, on Friday, the Court was occupied upwards of ten hours in the case Of Thomas v. Bird, and another. The action was for false imprisonment, and forcibly taking away from the plaintiff 5001., her pro peily. The plaintiff had been housekeeper for eleven years to an old man of the name of Bird, and alleged that she had received the money from him previous to his death, but the jury seemed to be of a different opinion, and returned a verdict for the defendant. The Cambrian gives an account of the inquest held upon the btAy of Joseph Bentley, who was killed by the collision of the " Merthyr" and " rims" engines, on the Taff Vale railway. The deceased was the driver of the latter engine, and the Jnry- were of opinion that he was the main cause of .the accident, from not having obeyed the instructions given him. A singular inquiry took place lately before the Chancery Commissioners at Dublin, in the case of ..14r. William Robert Sherlock, a man of property, and son of Captain Sherlock. He labours under the impression that his wife was daughter of William IV., and George IV., and that he was entitled to the Throne, and consequently that the Queen is an usurper. He sometimes drives into Dublin with a coach and four, which has frequently the addition of an ass. The Jury have pronounced him unfit to manage his affairs. SHARES Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) • Cheltenham and Great Western (62k paid) 21 Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... B3 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) • 43 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) lsg London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) . Ditto Thirds (32 paid) 4 London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2i Midland. Counties Railway (100 paid) .. .85 North Midland Railway ( 100 paid) York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 75 Ditto New Shares (10 paid) 'TH E WEATHER.—We have had a disagreeable change of weather this week, the wind having veered froom S.W. to N.E., with flying showers. On Thursday and Friday the glass was very low and the atmosphere remarkably cold, but we have not heard that vegetation suffered any material check in consequence.—Aberdeen Herald. STONEHAVEN.—Owing to some unaccounta ble neglect, several of of the clergymen in this neighbour hood received no official notice of the order by the Ge neral Assembly for holding the Fast on Thursday last ; and they, therefore, intimated to their parishioners that, although there would be a sermon given in the church, they would not require them.to observe the remainder of the day as a strict fast.—Aberdeen Journal. EXPOSING UNWHOLESOME MRAT FOR SALE. —Catherine Harrison, of Cleveland-square Market, was fined, on Friday, by Mr. Rushton, ss. and costs, for having exposed 161bs. of unwholesome beef for sale. Mary Bulmer, of St. James's Market, was fined in a si milar penalty, for having expoSed 71bs. of unwholesome lamb for sale. Alexander Smith, of St. John's Market, was, fined 10s. and costs, for having exposed 241bs. of unwholesome pork for sale ; and John Gregor, of Cable street Shambles, was fined ss. and costs, for having ex posed 91bs. of unwholesome lamb for sale. The com plaints in these several instances were made by. Mr. Geo. Holden, Inspector of the Markets.—Liverpool- FEMALE CORN-DEALERS OF CHARTRESer, .There is a corn-market every Saturday at Chartres, the most important in France, with the exception of Paris. It is worth visiting, for the sake of seeing_ the operations of the Women, to whom the entire duty of measuring the corn, delivering it to the buyers, receiving the price, and paying it over to the sellers, is confided. These women are more expressively than elegantly termed " leveuses de cull-de-poche ;" poche signifying, in the dialect of La Beauce, the sack in which the grain is brought to market. These women form an organised corporation, which has existed for several centuries. Th e y en j oy a reputat i on for the strictest integrity ; which is indeed sufficiently attested by the fact, th a t he whole transactions of the market, as above statßd, arc entrusted to them. Nor are they under any surveillance whatsoever. The buyer and seller alike put implicit confidence in them. The latter, when he has pitched his corn, leaves it entirely in their • hands, goes about his business or pleasure in the town, and returns in the evening to receive the amount of the sale, without making any inquiries or taking any further trouble about it. The amount of confidence placed in the hon-.•sty of these women, and the import ance of the charge confided to them, may be estimated from the fact, that 10,000 quintals of corn is by no means an unusual quantity to change hands in one market-day at Chartres, the whole of which is invariably disposed of for ready money paid on the spot.—Trollope's Summer in Western Prance. CONSEQUENCE OF A LONG COURTSHIP.— " John, how does it happen that you, who tried so hard for your wife, through a long and hopeless courtship of fouryears, now that you have won the prize, seem to care so little about her ?" " Why, buss, I'll tell you. I've heard of a man who wanted to jump over a stone wall. Ile took a good start and run a mile, and when he got up to folio Ivail he was so tired that; he had to lie - down and to sleep• by the side of it.. Wow I loved my wife so hard and so long befor., I could•get her, that I found my love had all run out when I had her fast."—Arnerican laper. Lord Lyndhurst, we regret to hear, is labouring under an attack of lumbago ; and Sir Francis Burdett met with an accident on Friday last, which will prevent him from presiding at the Conservative dinner at Derby. We beg to state, on authority, that there is,.nO foundation for the paragraph which has gone the round of the newspapers, announcing that Mr. Brunel is about to perform a match from Bristol to London, by the engine named the " Hurricane," within two hour s , f or 1,000/....- Gloyee4tershire Chronicle. MORNING SUN. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert enjoyed their usual walking exercise this morning tor some time in the Slopes in the new grounds of the Little Park. Lady Portman took her departure this morning for Bryanstone House, Dorset. Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Colonel Buckley es Equerry in Waiting upon her Majesty. Colonel Bouverie and Colonel Buckley left the Castle this morning. The uneavourable weather in the nicer noon prevented the Royal party from taking the wile tomed drive, and the carriages were in consequence countermanded. The bands of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, and of the 72d Highlanders, perform on alternate evenino at the Castle during dinner, and her Majesty's ptival band is in attendance at the Castle every evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to town at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, at her residence in 1331:" shot Park. The Duchess of Cambridge took an airing yesterday in a carriage. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday after noon from Panshanger, Herts, the seat of Earl Cowper. Mr, Newton Wigney-, Mr. Bowes, and Mr. G. 1)" 3 " combe, had interviews with the Marquis of Norm yesterday at the Home-office. The Hen. Edward Petre had an interview Is. Viscount Melbourne yesterday, at his official rei denee in Downing-street. Despatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Jas maica, and the Governors of the other West Indian Co lonies, were sent off last evening from the Cae;lia l.°6lce• Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence left towit-yiserby on visit to her Royal,llighnos the Duchess of Giouze;iter, at Bagshot Park. THE ESSEX CORN-LAW I °. PEALERS. in The cause of Corn-law repeal goes on swinim ieg ' Y this county. From the zeal with which meetings Are everywhere held, the crowds by which lectures al'e,ot tended, and the alacrity with which Associations' re ores up, the happiest augury may be drawn as to the Pr e g — h i t i of anti-monopoly feeling in Essex. A meeting " I „ c ips point of number and respectability completely e n ut i g .iiiag. any previous one, was the other day held at 11 , 3 0 ,b a ir , Mr. Sidney Smith, the well-known and talentee man of the Anti-Corn-law League was presell" t he along with several other gentlemen, addres„7, o l- meeting upon the grievances of the Corn-laws. r im „„a rious speakers were listened to with great unanini it Y enthusiasm of feeling; and resolutions highly conde„noi tory of the principles and effects of the Corn-laws "" ni i a mously agreed to. The same evening anoth er a iot similar meeting was held at Stratford, a place only, of of three miles distant from Barking, under the ausi)`—; us the Anti-Corn-law Association of the district, and ''ar:d'efl resolutions cordially passed, embodying the ( tees opinion of the meeting as to the injurious consecri;•-(0, of the Corn-laws, not only upon our forei g n but upon the great bulk of our population at home. • MANSLAUGHTER.—O n Saturday la : St, al chel ; stow, an inquest was held on the body of a young w °lll o . • who met with her death under the following ei re „, ti pa stances :—ln the previous week a number of young 7 1 - 16 . and women were ongaged near Chepstow, hayn,3l' During an interval of relaxation from their labours, 5° 15 of them commenced romping, and a young,nian ,sl°‘ 6 v bs, custody, attempted to kiss one of the 7 females• t he however, successfully resisted, and slapped hin i lu l t n hre vi face. In an ebullition of passion he seized a•pick , °n it at the young woman, who, however, stepped aside abet, avoided the blow. The fork, however, struck an . , °t in , young woman who was unfortunately close by , au' f flitted a wound in the temple, which in the course o.ed. few days brought on locked jaw, and her death fell°v"the A verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned agf.tinst the prisoner, and he was committed to take his trod at ensuing Assizes.—Bristol Mirror. .." Ai Se THE WEATHER AND THE CORN -I , ' 3r tor of There has been another week of gloomy, wet, an d s ' e s weather; and the corn-markets show its consequetie usiy a continued rise of prices, whilst the Corn-law rigerurn excludes those foreign supplies which, unde r „, c , re , r eal stances, would now be poured into the market. C ow object of that law was, in fact, to extract from t",;i l i n ed sumers the uttermost farthing that could be ° ," it .` ca (V from them ; and it does its work effectually., ,'"l, e t is we see the price of wheat in the Wakefield 14.0ri.cibly 70s. per quarter, and the results of the law t e . li b t e en re" on the condition of those whose r edearnings de h p 3 ; e e s od s ti t: e te d duced to the lowest point by the present of manufacturing industry. What effects 13 , e P r aeners i upon the currency, and through it, upon Ol e ,7 by trade of the country. we shall probably see by arl" Manchester Guardian. every stOl t t While the Tory press are making up and exaggerating every account, to show the desPeritree, disposition of the Irish people, urged on, as it is r to tended, by the " surpliced ruffians," it is satisfact °ll find that the judges give a very different account ,+ as they have nothing but facts to guide them, their c i ,:: dence is of far greater value than the vamped up il y ; ',(: - hoods of the Times. Mr. Justice Torrens, in addres s ,7 the Grand Jury of the city of Waterford, stated t t "i' l e there were only three cases for trial in the calendar. '„'d do not believe there is a calendar throughout Eng l3 it with so few cases. No doubt the electioneering has run high in Ireland, and where has it not ?, at so we have the evidence of the Times itself to sh e "; " -I;er far from the priests encouraging them, they , el . e "and olenc sons, are the most active in preventing vi bloodshed.—Brighton _Herald. pyre of An engraver, who had produced several P,,r a go acknowledged merit, committed suicide a few u n - I cai from a cause which shows that his strength of tw o by no means equal to his talent. Having Pr e P if a e r e e ted? ) ic new plates in aqua-tint, he was so sensibly a their not coming out with the force and beauty he had their anticiated, that he shot himse, and thus, at the age of p forty years, terminated a c lf areer which ga s lie r e ; e c promise of being brilliant. h os ' la FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday ts r c ot . Barry, who worked at Moore's soapery, in Le eds " was assisting some men to remove a heavy pan ; the men went away to get a roller ; the pan, aee ° " ca d. to one, was on its side, another said it stood on enesoine Barry was, with two others, steadying it. when by rell• accident it fell over upon him, and crushed hint sev but yt:as carried home, and surgical aid was procu rea, - - - he died on Friday last.—Liverpool Albion. PISS TAILORS' BILLS.—Sir Walter Scott . ca' under the necessity of fitting out his eldest son to 01r valry officer. When the bill was brought to him , pots served to the expectant schneider, " It takes nill e to make a man, but only one to ruin him." Lord WHICH IS THE WORST?—When the lat e , l icor Clive; was a boy, and once walking with a sehoolt l i , a t throng-la Drayton market, the two lads stopped to P 9 t he , a butcher killing a calf: " Dear me, Bobby , 6 ' 1).5 r 1(1; lad, "r would not be a butcher for all th e ":°it's 0 " Why, I should not much like it," said Clive ; ' or dirty, beggarly business ; but I'd a plaguy deal ra ther be a butcher than a calf !" ha ll When peiehes and nectarines are abou t or or ripe cover the side exposed to the sun with srPriin. specks of wax, in any desired shape or form, which an d, ders the sun from , colouring the parts covered ; ill he when the fruit is ripe, And the wax removed, it W found marked in the manner` described. re sen t In the parish of Rochdale there are at p 1,527 empty houses. . , the The present Poor-law Bill will expire o n 31st of December next. lit ' ld A f dav , . 1 V k 10° ..io-0 cl iew days ago, two large oak trees we up from the bottom of the river Wear, in Sun deritli k Harbour, by the excavating machine ; they wer e embedded in the sand, and are supposed to h 3v s",,arff• since the great flood in 1771, a period of seventy The wood is in a perfect state of preservation. A vessel just arrived at Havre from Callwn:aral brought a considerable. collection of objects o f n a p ' s a re history, and among them a white monkey. Its eY the red ; its hair quite white ; and its conformation, as . e . s to Journal du Havre remarks, presents many flua l° g. l that of the Albinos among the African n f A CHAPTER ON FLOWERS.—FIOWerS , created things, are the most innocent and sitnP i le or av most superbly complex—playthings for c hildhoou,' - co la ments for the grave, and the companion of tile,der corpse in the co ffi n. Flowers, beloved by the 15 . ,1 3 ' . , c i• in; idiot, and studied by the deep-thinking mu' u ', o oo ence ! Flowers, that of all perishing things are , - hey perishing, yet of all earthly things are the 4 1°6 " f en venly ! Flowers, that unceasingly expand t° their grateful, and to man their cheerful looks"jelo ners of human joy, soothers of human sorro w ; Lide's blems of the victor' s t r i um ph s , of the youn, "." blushes—welcome t o crow d e d halls, ''' and grae;f ul soilliattartyhegerax;ersesn, ! sio Flowers are, in the volume of rinturt oi u " God is love,!' is in the voluitee revelation. Wh a t a d rear y d eso late place w ould , Are face without a smile—a feast without a welcome • . iers not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not the the stars of heaven ? One cannot look closely at enr structure of a flower without loving it. Th e y a-- doll , blema and manifestations of God's love to the cr , ett lov e and they are the means and ministrations of trosolinil to his fellow -creatures, for they first awaken in h i s .nuti, The very 1 , for a sense of the beautiful and the good. lity of flowers is their excellence and great beaubt,esa,o,„, they lead us to thoughts of generosity detached from, and superior to all selfishness, ° suction, they are pretty lessons in nature's book of instr a d tyitching man that he liveth not by bread or froiniihfr:.., H-re. lint that he hath Itty,ther than an litcroozine. 19 Y ea° and moral th at ,On Sanday• afternoon a voting IA ° mans, - ..,, i n or age, of the name of Latimer,whose friends resiue h, Oakley. street, Lambeth, was drowned off Chelsea-iWe „, by a boat being upset, in which were four persons, thy.ne, of whom were saved, with great difficulty, bY s° ll3e l ' ' 'lti c oo tlemen who were in boats near them. 'l.' he body not be found. • , t in ci INTENDED REVIEW.—It is nec ted tn a " : ~. the cou of the reset k her MaSesty will ro" '.. the 72d rse Highlande p rs in n the wee Home L'ark, on wh i c h ( we., fla ir sum the Queen 1611 present this regimen t with a lit" ' h is of colours. His Royal Highncss Prince Alber t ' ,ill be present. Grace the Duke of Wellington, and a brilliqut st;tif 1