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

EVENING SUN, GUILD HALL.—(THIS DAY.) A : , ,--dressed man, who gav, William Kidd, .;vas placed at the bar, before Mr. ~.. aian CorELA.ND, on the following extraordinary cliarg - ,,, Mr. Christopher Weldon said he was a goldsmith' and eweller on Ludgate-hill. About eleven o'clock this morning he saw the prisoner at the . bar drive his foot through his (Mr. Waldron's) window, and snatch out a gold chronometer worth 120 guineas, and a chain, 61. He was secured and brought into the shop and a policeman was sent for, but ten minutes elapsed b e f ore one cou ld b e found, hen the prisoner mss given into custody.. Other witnesses having been called in corroboration Of this statement, Mr. Alderman CoPELAND ordered an inspector to at band, and explain the reason why such a thoroughfare as Ludgate -hill was so badly watched, who upon his arrival said there were many of the men engaged in attending at the Old Bailey, and even at the present moment twelve of them were in this Court with charges. The prisoner who, it seems, had only just come out of prison a few days, and whose manner would induce person to believe him insane, was fully committed for trial. e the nag. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.--This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, with the party from the Castle, including the Duchess of Bedford, Lady Caroline Cocks, Earl and Countess of Errol, Lady Ida Hay, Marquis of Headfort, Hon. Major Keppel, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Wylde, attended Divine Service at St. George's Chapel Royal. The Rev. C. W. Knyvett took the first part of the service, and the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean, and the Rev. Mr. Cunning, officiated at the altar, the former I to , . Gentleman preaching the sermon, from part of the 24th verse of the 10th chapter of the Gospel of St. Mark, 4 ` Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief." The Musical Service was Boyce's in C—Te Deum, Jubilate, and creed, King's in C. The Anthem, "To God, 0 my Soul," (Ebdon), the verse sung by Mr. Turner alid-Mr. French. Dr. Elvey presided at the Organ. , This afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, fol lowed by the Royal Visitors and Suite, walked for some time on the Terrace of the Castle, to the great is ratification of the spectators within the parterre. -uoth military bands were in attendance. Her Majesty and the Prince afterwards rode out in a pony Phaeton, his Royal Highness driving. The Duchess , (4. Bedford, the Countess of Erroll, and Lady Ida - llay followed in a carriage and four ; Lady Caroline Cocks and the Earl of Erroll in a pony phaeton, and the Marquis of Headfort, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Wylde, and the Hon. Major Keppel on horseback. Yesterday forenoon her Majesty and Prince Albert Walked in the new grounds of the Little Park and the Slopes, and in the afternoon drove to Virginia Water. Viscount Melbourne, and Lord and Lady Leveson, took their departure from the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an Colonel Arbuthnot and Major Hope of the 72d High .,,landers, had the honour of joining the Royal Dinner 'arty last evening. llis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Kew , 131 1 Saturday on a visit to her Royal Highness the uttchess of Gloucester, at her residence in Bagshot Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge t ld the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by 4 dady Augusta Somerset, arrived in town on Saturday e vening. Their Royal Highnesses honoured the per- L orrnance of the Italian Opera with their presence, and 4 terwards returned to Kew. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town on Saturday Lord from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Ca stle. •Lord De Freyne, the Right Hon. Sir Alexander Jo hn 810n, Sir Robert Pirie, and Mr. Milner Gibson, had inter lqews with the Noble Viscount in the afternoon at his scial residence in Downing-street. Lord Oranmore had an interview with Lord John Rus sell on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Visc o unt Melbourne gave a dinner to the Cabinet Mi nisters on Saturday evening, at his private residence in S outh-street . The Ministers present were the Lord ~° 'llancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Nor- Ill anby, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the I kanc to ilor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Minto, Sir Jo hn D Hobhouse, Viscount Duncannon, Mr. Labouchere, George Grey, and Mr. Macaulay. Lord. John Russell will give a full dress Parliamen tary dinner party en Monday next, the 23d inst., at the f oreign -office, Downing-street. ..,I)espatches were received yesterday at the Colonial rice from the Governors of New Brunswick, Newfound d, Prince Edward's Island, and Gibraltar. CITY COURT OF REQUESTS.—On Saturday Mr. Hutcheson, the late candidate for the representation of the borough of the Tower Hamlets, was summoned befor e the Commissioners of the above Court by Mr. G. ""ftgloY, for 31. 10s., the amount due to him for seven days canvassing the electors prior to the election. It appeared t hecialmant had made several applications for the amount I t t the office o f M r . H u t c h e son w ithout success, and that e _r• Bishop, th e agen t o f Mr. Hutcheson, ultimately re 'gsed to recognise or pay the demand. The claimant oduced Mr. J. J. Kelly, landlord of the Ship and lack Horse, High-street, Shadwell, who proved the ring of the complainant, and who positively stated that Le had the authority of Mr. Hutcheson and Mr. 'kpltens, the chairman of his central committee, to qapley such persons as he thought were well ac ptainted with the neighbourhood and localities of G * Shadwell, St. John, Wapping, and St. ) 3 ,,ge-in-the-East, and that he consequently hired Mr. gley, considering him to be an active man as a canvasser. blr. Kelly produced documents which completely satis fied the C omm is s ioners that the claimant was entitled to re amount claimed, and 4igned an order accordingly A v't immediate payment. Other decisions of a similar Ileseription had been tried during the week in the same Court, and it is said that Mr. Hutcheson has al 'my paid upwards of 8,000/. for the honour of being a -Itndidate and without the honour of a seat in Par- Zile workmen employed in removing the houses b e a at against the end of the Abbey Church at Hexham , ve within the last few days discovered two very inte r-lesting coins amongst the rubbish. One a coin of the wilnan Emperor Antoninus, slightly broken, the other ne of the ancient Saxon Stycas, of which such a great ruzber were found at Hexham some years since.—Car 41e Journal. A CAUTION TO JEW CLOTHES SALESMEN. j',lsstac Jacobs, a dealer in second-hand clothes, in 10 11 month-street, was fined ten shillings for obstructing police-constable, No. 70, of the F division, as he was rasing by the defendant's shop, in private clothes, on trs tarday-night, by laying hold of his arm, and at- Zlapting to detain him to buy some clothes. The police i . ,,mstable immediately took him into custody, the Police 'ftamissioners having issued orders to that effect. FOUND.—This morning, about ten mi. Ves to six, as a young man named Thomas Anderson 2 8 proceeding to his employment at Millbank, he ob -"lred the body of a female, apparently about 28 years of :re , lying face downwards in the mud near the shore , cl ose to Johnson's stone-wharf, Millbank. She is about I Le feet aix inches high, with sandy hair, and had on a talc' cotton gown and black apron, but neither bonnet , ) 1 1 1 v1, nor shoes. • He procured assistance and had t h e conveyed to the workhouse in Dean-street, West , it inater. On Friday morning . a man employed in cleaning the drains outside the prison wall at Vilvorde, Belgium, : 4 8 overpowered by the foul air, and fell in; his father broth e r hastened to his succour, and met with the o p ill fate; and a fourth man, going down after the uersovas suffocated. A man who witnessed the acci wept, Was courageous and powerful enough to extricate four from the ditch; but two were quite dead, and a Laird died next day. „jigs, MAJESTY'S ARABIAN PONIES.—Great rficulty has been experienced in rendering passably fo rwarded the pair of beautiful Arabian ponies which were P_lwarded to her Majesty last year as a present from the 'tia!aitin of Muscat. Indeed the Queen has never yet the behind them, although some of the members of t " o e Royal household have frequently driven them in az 'apanying, her Majesty in her drives in Windsor Great ar• k. They have hitherto been pretty quiet in harness, re in driving them great care and prudence were ( Iltired to be observed from their well-known vicioas tils°Pensities. On the afternoon of Friday last, as they th.% being driven in one of the Royal phaetons from th e dews in Sheet-street , W indsor, to the Castle, for ofe jurpose of Lord Alfred Pag et takin g an airing, one nern became exceedingly restive , a nd durin g a violent ki cking, fit, he got one of his legs o ver the p ole, and „, broke it in two ; and before he could be quieted he floc th e o th er hi n d leg over the splinter - bar , where it was en tangled between the spokes of the w heel. His leg, h owever was extricated before he had don e himself very , riousinjury, and he was taken back to the stables. der Majesty has since commanded that neither of the krabian ponies are ever again to be driven in harness ; Vince it is very clear that, notwithstanding the greatpains Which have been bestowed in training them, by her Ma- Jest 's grooms to mak e th em t rac t a ble, t h er e are no h opes,now, of ever rendering them quiet in harness. DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF ST. NICHO- Lts's PAnisH,PEPTFortn.—On Wednesday the Magis tftte at the Greenwich Police Court was occupied f or a considerable time in hearing cases against no fewer t han one hundred and forty persons who had been sum- Inoned for the non-payment of Poor-rates. The Parochial officers and their solicitor, Mr. Sandon, ere present. The first case that came on was that of 7...▪ Poor widow, who was summon ed for not paying 4dB . Gd., Her appearance bespoke the greatest poverty, 44 (1 she declared that herself and seven children had nothin g to eat on Tuesday but a pennyworth of bread. the sue•gestion of M Grove the claim was withdrawn. 411 e seco b nd case was r. that oft c old man who was in i a rrears to the amount of 11. 4s. He declared his utter na l'ility to pay, adding that if it had not been for his landlord he should have been starved. He further stated thatf or himself wife and children, had nothing but bread Crdleae)..s together. secretary He was released from the rate. _Mr. to the Deptford Pier Company, and one of the Churchwardens, said that no one could pity more than he did the condition of the p e rsons (the two cases above related being a sam p le of others)whom theyli ad that day summoned. He bad gone round the parish, and had witnessed the extreme wretched -11"8 and poverty that existed, a vast number being ktually without bread or bed, and although literally starving, they preferred it to go in g into the Greenwich 1 11 11 . 110 n, the Guardians of which had proce eded a g ainst himself and the other officers, and it had cost him 2501 . Bs. 10d. to redeem his goods, which had been siezed by th e guardians for the contribution due for the T hese o fthe poor of St. Nicholas. The par i s h under " l ese circumstances, had no alternative but to take the proceedings against the defaulters. The other cases Were re into. Some were excus ed, and others allow e d time. AMERICAN NEWQ. ARRIVAL OF CziIf.EDONTA. LIVERPOOL, S.I..;URDAY MORNING.. The splendid steam-ship Caledonia arrived in the Mersey this morning. She sailed from Boston on the Ist, and Halifax on the 3d inst., bringing New York papers of the 31st ult. Their contents are of little im portance, and contain nothing fresh respecting the case of Mr. M'Leod. (From the Morning Courier, July 30.) ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. ------- . The Great Western steam-ship arrived at New York yesterday with her usual punctuality, after a very line passage of fifteen days. WASHINGTON, JULY 29. With the exception of Messrs. Hives and Archer, all parts of the Whig party represented at Washington in the Cabinet and in Congress are agreed upon the Bank Bill, and you may confidently expect that it will now also pass the House, and will receive the signature of the President. The Bank Bill just passed in the Senate was intro duced into the House of Representatives on Wednesday, and was read twice and referred to the Committee of the whole, without any previous reference to the Com mittee on the Currency. TEMPERANCE IN NOVA SCOTIA. The Halifax 7 11 Herald ciudes a most encouraging ac count of the spread of Temperance principles in that co lony with the following paragraphs, showing the revolu tion that has been effected in the Rum business at the port of Halifax : The Spanish brig Beatriz arrived at this port lately from Porto Rico, with a cargo consisting of 124 hhds. Molasses, 152 bbls sugar, and six pipes of old rum. The sugar and molasses sold, and sold well; the rum, how ever, could not command a price; it was at length offered at ls. per gallon, in bond, which it could not obtain. An offer of it was then made for the payment of the duty on it, at which it was refused in the Halifax market, and yes terday, the Beatriz sailed•from this port, taking back. to the West Indies the six pipes of Rum which she had brought into this temperance place! The last cargo of the same sort of rum which came to the consignee of this one, brought readily two shillings and sixpence, in bond, where it paid, also, the duty of two shillings and two pence, and now the article could not find any who would take it for the payment of the duty on it only ! The fact needs no further comment than the remark that the reign of ruin in Halifax is for ever gone. We have been shown an account sales of eight hhds. of gin, effected within that period, by a house in this city, containing 443 gallons net, the net proceeds of the whole of which, amounted to only eleven pounds ten shillings and ten pence! Thus yielding but sixpence farthing per gallon, out of which the expenses of impor tation, and interest for time were to be deducted. Not much room for speculation in that trade now, we appre hend. THE SLAVE TRADE.—Some sensation appears to have been created in Berbice, according to the Berbice Gazette, by the arrival in that port of a slaver, a Portuguese built brig, called the Deuas Favereira, captured off the Bra zilian coast, on the 16th of February last, by her Ma jesty's brig Fawn, after a chase of eight hours:- o,n the 19th cif February, 1841, lat 22 30, long. 40, west, Cacupos, on the coast of Brazil about 18 miles, observed a large brig standing in for the land; altered our course so as to cut her off if possible. On approach ing, she appeared not to have the least idea of our being a man-of-war—allowed her to close within range of our 32 pounder—fired a gun over her, and another as quick as possible ahead—she then up with her helm, attempted to run, but appeared in great confusion. We continued to throw the shot over, a-head and a stern of her, without intention of striking, as we were positive of slaves being on board. After a short time she was increasing her distance, Lieut. Foote then de termined to put a shot in the hull, but with great regret, on account of the unfortunate beings on board. Shots were then thrown close under her stern twice,—a third was about to be fired, when we observed her round to. The slaves were all below with the hatches on. On turning them up, a scene presented itself enough to sicken the heart even of a Portuguese. The living, the dying, and the dead huddled together in one mass. Some unfortunates in the most disgusting state of small pox, in the confluent state, covered from head to foot, distressingly ill with ophthalmia, a few perfectly blind, others, living skeletons, with difficulty crawled from below, unable to bear the weight of their miserable bodies. Mothers with young infants hanging at their breasts unable to give them a drop of nourish ment. How they had brought them thus far appeared astonishing ; all were perfectly naked. Their limbs were excoriated from lying on the hard plank for so long a period. On going below the stench was insupportable. How beings could breathe such an atmosphere and live, appeared incredible. Several were under the plank, which was called the deck, dying—one dead. We proceeded to Rio Janeiro with the prize. On the passage we lost thirteen, in the harbour twelve, from small-pox and debility—a number also died on board the recovery ship Crescent. After clearing the hold, and fumigating the brig, it was determined by Mr. Ousley, the British Minister, to send the brig with a part of her cargo, for adjudication, to the nearest colony, under the command of Mr. G. Johnstone, mate of the Fawn. We sailed on the 16th of March with 180, well provided with medicines and directions in what manner to use them. Tapioca and lime juice were also provided. Notwith standing all the care that a small crew could bestow on them, we unfortunately lost twenty, chiefly from scurvy and general debility. This unfortunate brig left Bahia fort, on the coast of Benguela, with 510 negroes ; and thirteen days after, on her capture, she had but 375 ! AFFRAY AND Loss OF LIFE.—The Florence (Ala) Enquirer of the 17th gives an account of a bloody affray which took place a few days before in Wayne county, Tenn., on the Savannah road. According to the account, an officer named Stutts went to the house of a man named Brooks, to arrest him, and took with him several persons for that purpose. Upon arriving at the place, Brooks came out with his rifle and shot a young man named Towery, who died immediately. Stutts, the officer, then fired upon Brooks as he retreated into his house, and put two pistol balls into his back. Brooks is still living, but it was thought he had received a mortal wound. A general fight ensued between the constable and his posse, and the friends of Brooks. DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—During the thunder-storm on Monday afternoon, and just before the rain began to fall, two sons of Joshua Norris, of Wayne, one aged 15 and the other 17, were killed by lightning. One of them was driving the team, and the other was on the load of hay going to the barn. The hay was set on fire, and the oxen were struck down, but not killed. A man walking some distance behind the load was stunned for some minutes, but recovered. The hat of the boy walking was rent in pieces ; that of the one on the load of hay was not found—probably consumed with the hay. The body of the boy was pulled from the burning hay by his sister. —Kenebec Journal. The St. Louis Era states that no traces have been dis covered of the robbers of the Bank at Jacksonville, Illi nois—and that the Bank has increased the reward to 110,000. On the other hand, the St. Louis Argus says suspicion has fallen on the teller, who occupied rooms above the Bank, and that he has beon arrested. It is said that the Bank will not lose the bills receivable de stroyed, as the mother Bank has a list of them. JUDGE LYNCH ABROAD.—There is a bevy of horse thieves and bogus gentry located in Oakland county. One of them, some days since, stole a span of horses, and his whereabouts was communicated by a worthy man employed in clearing land in one of the adjoining towns. In revenge for this, a day or two afterwards, while he was absent from home, bis house and stable was set fire to by one of the gang, and all his furniture, together with a span of good horses, was consumed. Justice will have a job should these rascals be caught. — Detroit Journal. By the statement of the deaths in New Orleans, from the Ist to the 15th instant, prepared by the Beard of Health, it appears that the total number is 156—0 r an average of 821 per week. Of these 128 were whites, and 37 coloured persons. Two were cases of sudden death from drinking cold water, and three were sun struck. The proportion of deaths is large for New Or leans, when we consider that not a case of yellow fever has yet occurred. DEATH FROM A WORM IN THE EAR.—A man died on one of the flatboats on the New Orleans Levee, on the 6th inst. of a disease which baffled his physician. A post mortem examination took place, and upon examination of his brain it was discovered that an insect about an inch long, known by the name of a centipede, or 100 legs, had crawled into his ear, causing thereby an excruciating death. .MICHIGAN.—A gentleman of Michigan writes that the surplus wheat product of the State will be this year 2,500,000 bushels; and the surplus pork, 300,000 barrels. If this be so, what an immense transportation business will be done on the Erie canal next fall and spring.— Troy Whig. ILLINOIS WHEAT CROP.—Tht Alton Telegraph of the 19th July says that the wheat crop of Illinois was never finer than it is at the present season. It had been gene rally harvested, and secured in excellent order. PHILADELPHIA SHIPPING.—There are belonging to Philadelphia 39 ships, 27 barques, 41 brigs, 34 brigan tine, besides sloops and schooners. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, JULY 31. The amount of business transacted in the present week has been quite as small as we have recently had occa sion to notice. No perceptible change is apparent in the money market, and negotiations continue to be made with great facility. Domestic exchanges are without variation, and the de mand and supply are both limited. In sterling more business has been doing, .and a fair demand has existed, without much alteration in the rate. The transactions in stocks have been less than we re member in any former week for many years. A small amcunt of contracts are maturing, but title disposition exists to speculate either for a rise or fall, and the fa vourable as p ec t of matters at W . Washington seems to pro duce but little improvement. be Bank Bill has passed the Senate, and will undoubte dl y p ass the House, but opinion s are freely hazarded that the President will not sign the Bill. W e thi n k differently. Of its beneficial operation upon the prosperity of th e countr y and its agency in restoring a sound and hea lth y currenc y , we entertain great hopes. The prospect is now more fa. vourable for the passage of the leading Whig measures than at any time during the extra session. By the Great Western we have ten days later intelli gence from England. Th e c h arac t e r of the news is rather unsatisfactory, both as reg ar ds the money market , cot ton, and American securities. The failure of Indiana to meet the July interest had affected all stocks: We notice a sale advertised by the Comptroller of up wards of 900,000 dollars State Stocks, on account of sundry free banks, Our opinion has heretofore been ex pressed as to the unfavourable operation of our general banking law, and tiu - fact of such large amounts of so beine-, thrown upon the market, at a time of (Ica::e of the community in the !..,enoficial oporot.i6n of a system issuing a circulating medium upon other than a cash basis. The knowledge of such large amounts being held in such a manner has tended to reduce the value of these securities much lower than under any other circum stances could reasonably have been expected. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 31. $l,OOO New York State Fives and Half, 1870 - 90i $l,OOO do. .do $B,OOO New York City Fives, 1870 $2,000 do. do. $B,OOO Indiana Fives Sterling $2,000 Indiana Fives.. $2,000 do. do. 25 Shares United States Bank s 3 days 17i 25 do." do. do b 3 days 14 __ 25 do. Delavrare and Hudson ............b next week 104 10 do. North American Trust Co. s3o days 7 50 do. do. do. 20 do. Commercial Bank 6 do. American Exchange Bank 864 25 do. Vicksburg Bank 53 _ . 150 do. Harlem Railroad 135 do. do. do 100 do. Paterson Railroad. 514 25 do. New Jersey Railroad T The transactions at the Stock Exchange this morning were to a moderate extent, and what little was done shows a decline in prices. Indiana sterling fives fell off ; Indiana fives ; United States Bank shares ; Vicksburg Bank I ; and New jersey Railroad the salve. EXCHANGE—FOREIGN.—This being the closing day for the steamer Caledonia, a fair business has been done in English exchange. On London we quote 8 a 81 Paris sf. 281, a sf. 27 -c. ; Holland 39i a 394 ; Ham burgh 351 a 353- ; Bremen 764 a 77. At Philadelphia, yesterday, the closing price of United States Bank shares was 171. NEW YORK MARKETS, JULY 31. Asrms.—The market this week closes firmly for first sort pots at 5,50 dollars, and for first sort pearls ut 5,624. The receipts of ashes during the week were 782 barrels, and the shipments 224 barrels. The stock of pots since Saturday last has increased 220, and the stock of pearls decreased 205 barrels, showing a net gain in the stock of 15 barrels. COTTON.—Since the publication of our weekly review of Saturday last, the arrival of the Great Western has given information as to the state of the Liverpool mar kets to the 13th, and Havre to the 12th of the present month. The intelligence, though rather unfavourable, has had no farther effect upon our market, so far as we can learn, than to givelt a rather more quiet tone. The sales of the week ending last evening were 3,250 bales, of which say 2,500 were Upland and Florida at 81- to 104 ; 450 Mobile at 9 to 12, and 800 New Orleans at 84 to 114 cents. The arrivals during the same period were 3,306 bales. The market closes very dull. The sales. yesterday amounted to only about 150 bales, and we have heard of no sales this morning. FLOUR. AND G - ItAlN.—Flour has been in good demand throughout the week until to-day, and prices continued to improve until a few sales of good brandi fresh ground Genesee were made at so, and from store at $5,874, being an advance of 374 a 5,0 cents. upon the prices of Saturday last. To-day the market is heavy, and we can hear of no sales. There are no buyers at $6. Georgetown flour moves off slowly at $5,75, an improvement of 25 cents. per barrel, upon the quotation of this day week. Corn is worth 66 cents. for Southern, and 70 cents. for Northern, both measure. Two or three small car goes of North Carolina wheat have been disposed of this week at $1,14 a $1,23 per bushel, according to quality. FETES AT BOULOGNE. THE COLUMN AND STATUE OF NAPOLEON. FRIDAY, Aua. 13.—This being the first day of the fetes in honour of the inauguration of the statue of Na poleon, the ships in the harbour were, early in the morn ing, gaily dressed out in their various national colours, that of France, the tri-colour, of course generally pre ponderating. The various public buildings, crowned by the ancient turretted belfry in the high tower, also ex hibited tri-coloured flags of goodly dimensions ; whilst throughout the town and along the cliffs, from almost every house, smaller flags of the same colour, projecting from the windows, or upreared on the gable-en& of the roofs, danced in the breeze. The effect, particularly from the sea, was gay and striking in the extreme. The town is already very full, nearly as full as it can comfortably hold, and yet the boats keep coming in from London, and Dover, and Ramsgate, with heavy and still increasing neighbourhood s loadsiTmilitary alone in th e t own an d estimated at from three to five or six thousand troops. The " solemnities" began with that very national sport, horsemanship. THE RACES (Fin' DAY.) The course is situated near the sea, about six miles on the Calais side. On the way you pass the column of Napoleon, and, not far from it, another memorable mo nument " to fallen greatness" on the spot where, in 1785, Pilatre de Rosier and his brother " intrepid aeronauts" fell from a height of some 5,000 feet. The course, which was very well attended, was kept by a detachment of the 18th regiment of the line. The races began with a Hurdle'Bace, 100 francs each, 500 f. given by the town. Heats, one mile and a half. The winner to be sold for 2,000 f., if demanded. Mr. Simons' Trim, aged Mr. Burton's Dangerous (late Meteor) dr First heat : Trim went off with the lead at a mode rate pace, cleared the first fence in gallant std le, and was landed on the other side without any accident, to the astonishment of all the French ladies. The pace then became more moderate until the next hurdle, when the jockey put his horse into a canter. Nothing was near him and he had it all his own way, for the simple reason that no other horse started. This, I believe, is what the regular chroniclers of the turf call—" a walk over." Second heat ; ditto repeated. The pace rather more moderate throughout. Maiden Plate of 500 f. for French three-yrs-old colts and fillies. Mr. Burton's Miss Exile, by Exile, —Sweet Moggy 1 Another walk over. Plate of 2,000 f., given by the Minister of Commerce, 100 f. each. Count d'lredonville's Astonishment, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Quick's Black Bess, by Cadland 2 Mr. Santerre's Maid, by Felix • dr The two went away at the'first starting at a slashing canter, and kept nose and nose for about half-way the first round. Black Bess now began to find the pace in convenient, and dropped a little astern. On passing the post the first time the distance between them had in creased to about three lengths, the pace was becoming more and more moderate, speed being evidently unne cessary. Eventually, as people had long expected, As tonishment came in an undoubted whiner by several lengths, Black Bess saving her distance cleverly in a long trot. Sweepstakes of 200 f. each. One mile and a half. Winner to be sold for 3,000 f. if demanded. Count d'Hedonville's Astonishment 1 Count de Sehlokoteh's Father Time, Shrewsbury Clock 2 M. Santerre's Ophelia, by Shakspeare dr Mr. Bushell's Festival This was another dead thing, Astonishment having it again all his own way ; Father Time making a waiting race of it, in hopes of catching him tripping. In short, it was another walk over ; heightened in interest by the ingenious regulation requiring the distance to be per formed within a certain time—five minutes and fifty se conds, as we heard. Nothing very fearful in that ; and Astonishment was again a clever winner. So ended the day's sport.. The next days fixed for the same amusement are Tuesday and Thursday next. To add to the gaiety and excitement of the town, this happens to be fair time. One of the shows pretends to give a representation of the funeral procession of .Na poleon at St. Helena, done with card or pasteboard fi gures about a foot high high, and very cleverly done, too, for the price, only two sous a head. SATURDAY, Auc. 14.—A1l was bustle and preparation. The streets 'festooned with ropes of foliage and flowers-- tri-coloured flags, and other insignia appropriate to the occasion. The only public event was the distribution of prizes to the students in the college. SUNDAY MORNING, EIGHT O'CLOCK.—The guns COM menced firing salutes at day-break from all the forts in the harbour, in honour of the day; the like was also done at sunset last evening. The weather, which has been a little threatening, is now clearing up, and every thing promises a grand and imposing day. The Statue, the inauguration of which forms the all engrossing subject of men's thoughts and conversation throughout all France at the present moment, is from the design of M. Rosio, and was cut in 1840 by M. H. Denis. The Government has paid 60,000 francs for it ; there is said to be unevenness in the bronze, but it is considered a fine work of art, and of very surprising ap pearance. It is habited in the imperial costume : the head wreathed with a circle of laurel ; the right hand supports a sceptre, on which is surmounted the eagle ; whilst the left holds the star of the Legion of Honour. The story about the " right arm being stretched towards the sea in the attitude of domination," is therefore apo cryphal. The column on which it is erected, was adopted from the model of M. Labarre, the architect of the Bourse in Paris, and M. Moilte designed the three has reliefs with which the pedestal was to be embellished. The discovery of the box, which was inserted within the midst of the stone staircase of the column at its com mencement, containing crystal portraits of members of the Royal Family, and several coins of the reign of Louis XVIII., with a bronze tablet and proves verbal of the whole proceeding, will strangely puzzle an anti quary of some ages hence. The statue is at this mo ment lying on its back on a platform, a little above the base of the column, and it is said it will be got to its position to-day (Monday), by the assistance of a cele brated engineer, who has arrived from Paris for that purpose. The King has been, and is still expected to honour the day with his presence. Nothing certain, however, will be known on this score until the moment arrives. THE EARL OF HAREWOOD.—W e regret to Learn that the state of health of the venerable Earl of Harewood has.lately been such as to afford grounds for uneasiness to his Lordship's relatives and fri en d s . His Lordship's ailment is not, we understand, o f a very urgent nature, though at his Lordship's advanced age the least symptom of derangement in the system ought to be promptly attended to. Dr. Hobson, of Leeds, has recently been consulted by the Noble Earl, and, we be lieve, that, upon his recommendation, his Lordship has gone to London to consult Sir Benjamin Brodie, Si r M. Chambers, or some other of the more eminent of the fa culty in town. Admiral Sir Robert Stopford assumes the Go vernorship of Greenwich Hospital in the course of the en suing week. PRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1841. s 1 - tt t BELGIUM. 11.10 Ur ne it icy •t 'r- or)t to claim ail cm attention. From the we have received, we find that the Rye has been well got in (with a few exceptions) in all the sandy districts, which constitute the half of our great provinces. In those dis tricts, where the soil is stiff and clayey, the harvest is not so far advanced. We also learn from our correspon dents that all the barns of the great farmers are fortu nately full of corn of last years' crop, which has been scarcely touched." _ The king and Queen, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and the Princess Leopoldore, set out for Ostend by the iron railway, a little after one o'clock to-day, with a numerous suite, in nine carriage& Yesterday the King and Queen visited the national exhibition. They arrived at eleven o'cloCk. They were preceded by the Ministers, and. were received on alight ing from their carriage by the members of the Directing Committee, who conducted their Majesties through the fifteen departments, in each of which the Commission who superintended the whole pointed out the moSt: . re markable articles, and pres en t e d -'th e exhibitors to the' King. Between- , 400 and .- 500 manufacturers were' lire sent, whOm- the King' addressed with great affability, listening to all the observations which they desired to make to him, and which he even invited, proving by the questions lie asked the interest he takes in every branch of our national manufactures. Ills Majesty repeatedly expressed his • admiration at the great progress that our manufactures has mad e w ithin these few years. Many manufacturers presented petitions and memorials, which his Majesty received with kindness. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Auc. 12.—The Government has just been informed by the Belgian Consul at Lima, that the ports and landing-places in the south of Peru comprehended between Cabayas and Squinque, and Costa de Tarapoca to the point of Carapanho included, the closing of which we announced on the 11th of July, have been re-opened by a new order of the President of the Republic.. It "Seems that this result is ow i n g principally to the pro tests against the closing of these ports, made by the several foreign agents accredited to that Government. Yesterday noon the King came to town, and presided in a Council of Ministers. After the Council, his Ma jesty gave an audience to Sir G. Seymour, the English Minister. The Royal Family are to go to Ostend on Saturday. The Moniteur published a Treaty of Navigation be tween Belgium and Denmark, concluded and signed at Copenhagen, on the 13th of June, 1841. This convention has been ratified by the two So vereigns. _ _ BRUSSELS, Auc. 13.—The six persons condemned to death, whose appeal to the Court of Cessation has just been rejected, sent yesterday, by one of their Counsel, a petition to th e King, for a commutation of their pu nishment. A petition for pardon has also been sent to the King by the two persons condemned in the affair of the forging of notes of the General Society. ROME, JULY 30.—0 n Tuesday last Cardinal Lambrus chini, the Secretary of State, returned , the visit of Count Von Bruhl. There is every reason to conclude that the good understanding between the two Courts is beginning to be more and more confirmed. The day be fore yesterday the Rev. Dr. Smets, who is universally esteemed here, had the honour of paying his respects to his Holiness. He was very graciously received, and his Holiness was not a little pleased to hear from him, that in his sketch of the " History of Popes," there would be an essay on the question of the Primacy of St. Peter. Dr. Smets will leave Rome to-morrow, and means to return to his own country by way of Florence. HAMBURGII, AUG. 10.—The Tribunal of Commerce has fixed the 25th of August for hearing the statements of the FiScal respecting the Hamburgh ship Louisa, sus pected of having been concerned in the slave-trade. BERLIN, Aua. s.—Our Government intends, in case the rainy weather should continue, to restrict the expor tation of corn, and the distilling oebrandy from potatoes, that there may be no want of those necessary articles.— Hantburgh Papers, Aug. 10. THE HAGUE, AUG. 11.—The baptism of the infant Princess, daughter of Prince and. Princess .Frederick of the Netherlands, took place to-day in the Convent Church with great ceremony, in the presence of their Majesties and of the Royal family, the Foreign Ambassadors, the Ministers, the Chief Officers of State, and a great number of the inhabitants of the Hague. FLUSHING, Am. 9.—A vessel, towed by one of her Britannic Majesty's steam-boats, arrived here to-day from Amsterdam, with the statue of Admiral de Ruyter, • which is to be erected here. The vessel was saluted by the giins on the ramparts, as bringing the statue of the hero whose name is sufficient to immortalise the naval glory of the Netherlands. The statue is thirteen feet high, and weighs 7,000 pounds. It represents the Ad miral standing on the deck, with his back to the rudder, holding a telescope in one hand, and the other resting on his side. The shoulders and back are covered by a cloak, which falls in ample folds over the left shoulder. The model of the statue is by M. L. Royer. The dignified attitude and expression are much admired. BERGEN-OP-ZOOM, AUG. B.—We are positively in formed that this city and fortress will be honoured on the 20th of this month by a visit from our beloved King, for whose reception great preparations are making. TILBURG, AUG. 10.—His Majesty the King will ar rive here on the 12th, and on the 13th and 16th review the troops stationed in the environs. THE HAGUE, AUG. 12.—The Java Journals, from the 7th to the 14th of April, which we have received, bring no news. The King, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Prince Alexander, set out this morning for Tilburg. his Majesty will be back on Wednesday, and visit the town of Delft on the•way. We learn that the young Princess was baptised by the name of Wilhelmina Frederica Anne Elizabeth Maria. Prince Frederick sent to the Burgomaster 2,000 florins, for the relief of the poor. ST. PETERSBURGII, AUG. 3.—An Imperial Manifesto of the 12th (26th) July, orders that the annual levy of recruits shall now be at the rate of five men for every thousand souls in the Eastern Governments of the em• pire. The Government of Orel, hitherto counted one of the Western Governments, is to be reckoned among the Eastern Governments ; due regard is to be paid to the state of the districts which have suffered by bad harvests DUTCH FUND3.--Asseraeuas, Am. 13 Money. 3111 s. Actual Debt, 2Y4 per Cent 5lB 51 Jitto, ditto 5 pet cent. ••.• IOJ it 1 00 l ii Ansel t Syndic, 4)4, per cent.... Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent. ........... Commercial Company, 4)4 p er cent Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 percent. 97 97% Exchange on Londea, One month.— Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 814 Two months 2 L U p N er p li S e — n n t. 35 58 Dutch Papers, Aug. 14. Actual u E l 13 .0 1 c A b I ' : 53 Hothschild's Loan, 5 per C‘nt ...... lOl !6 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent ......„ 93 RUNVIELS, Alle 13. . . ---------- 3 per Cent. — rhirty.seven------ ..... .... 71 L 4 --------- ----(1840) ..... ....... ..... 101% Loan ot City, 1732, 4 per Cent. ...... ........ 91 Societyof Commerce, 4 54 per Cent. 93% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.„., ........ ........ 74 National Society . .. .....•................. Exchange on Londom (short) —Brussels Papers, Aug. 13. AUSTRIAN FUNDS....VIENNA, Auo. 5 five per Casts. Metalliques - lO5 Four per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• ....... ••• ...... ••••••• 91% Throe per Cents. ........... se ............. •••••••••••••••••« 76 Bank Shares ....• 0000000 .••••••••«•••i. ••••••• 0000000 . 000000 1522 ....Allgenseise Zeitung. Aug. 10. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Amt. 1 . Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••• 0000000 •••• 107 •••••• Bank Shares l5BO 1575 Anlo-Itussian Loan lOl4 105% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Q.rtitieate Inscription, Ist Set iGS lOl% 101% Russian. 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series —. — 97% Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) B64i 1446 Dutch Actual Debt, 2K, per Cent 50% 50 1 4 Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75% 75! t , N.sswegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Cent IV-% 102, 4 spalish. New 5 per Cents. lO EXCHANGES; ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Auu. 10.-13 s%.—Two months, 13 3%, Rica. Juot 31. —Three Months, 39. sTocuttoi.m. Am. 3.— Seventy - f ive days, 11. CI. PRTERSBURGII, JULY 3 .—Two months, S 8 pence. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE LETTERS DELIVERED IN TIIE UNITED KINGDOM. Week ending July 2sth, 1841 Ditto July,l9th, 1840 Ditto Nov. 24th, 1839 . . Increase since 1840 on the week's letters 523,085 Ditto 1839 Ditto During the progress of a case tried a few days since at Warwick, Mr. Sergeant Goulburn gave the fol lowing curious illustration of special pleadings :—" With regard to the plea of justification, he hardly knew how it came to be pleaded ; but his client ought not to be made answerable for what the special pleader had done. It was well known that special pleaders had in their offices a lot of little boxes like pigeon-holes, wherein were contained pleas to serve as defences to all sorts of actions. He (the Learned Sergeant) perfectly well recol lected a scene that occurred upon the Home Circuit, when the celebrated Mr. Topping, being engaged for the plaintiff, was perfectly indignant to find that a plea had been put upon the record alleging his client was a Jana,- tic ; but Sir W. Garrow accounted for it by saying that the case had been sent to a special pleader, and he, rush ing to his pigeon -holes, pulled forth a plea of lunacy, and so it came upon the record." RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—Th follOt ing calcula tion of the last weekly return of 33 railways, 1,205 miles in length, given in our present number will, we believe, be of interest :—Number of passengers on 22 railways, 296,1404, consequently the total for thewe n e o km 3 i 3 is r t ai b l e . above 400,000. Th e rec eipts for passengers ways, 77,848/. 15s. 9d. ; ditto for goods on 25 railways, 16,126/. 18s. 4d. ; total, 93,975/. 14s. Id. This is an average of 78/. per mile per week. The traffic, there fore, is certainly at the rate of more than three millions a year, and carrying fifteen millions of passengers.— Railway Magazine. DEATH OF AN OLD POLICE OFFICER.—On Saturday, Mr. William Edward:; who for more than thirty years was attached to the police establishments of Bow -street and Hatton-garden, died of dropsy, which had but a few weeks made its appearance. Ile had been out in the early part of the day. He was one of the good old school of " traps" that were turned adrift on the coming into operation of the Metropolitan Court Bill to make room for the new police, and the sudden change from active life, it is considered, hastened his death. . The disputed question between the Great Western Railway Company and the parish of Corston is now settled by the Company paying all costs. The costs on the side of the parish were 3704—Rath Herald. Teit!:i ( t'o,ll ; PORTUGAL. L)r- , r...- tar on the 3d from Smyrna, Suds, and Malta, for Eng land ; her Majesty's brig Savage sailed from Gibraltar in company. :'he light at Europa Point was exhibited agreeably to public noticelon the Ist instant. The no-. velty of the circumstance drew crowds of persons: LISBON, AUG. 9.—After four days' debate .the " Capitalisation " proposed by the finance commission was - negatived on Thursday last, at the Chamber of Deputies; by 65 votes to 16. An amendment to it moved by M. Games de Castro ; was next discussed, and ulti mately referred to the Select Committee of Finance for consideration. This amendment is virtually to the same effect as the original plan, since its object is to authorise the Government to pay off the arrears to the public employes by an issue of bills or notes, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum until redeemed, the notes not to he legal tenders, and their payment to be guaranteed by the 3,000. contos worth of national do mains, which, as M. GomeSde Castro states, are yet un sold.' 'AS all the objections made to the capitalisation Scheme apply with equal force to the proposed substitu tion, it seems to follow of course that the latter will in like manner be thrown out. The rejection of the former by the Government is stated to be grounded, not only on a sense of justice towards the parties whose interests would be affected by the measure, but like‘sise on a feel ing of confidence that, by means of the other plans, both as regards the reduction of expenses and the augmenta tion of the resources, proposed by the extra-Parliamen tary commission, the required equilibrium between the revenue and the expenditure will at no distant period be obtained. The Marquis of Saldanha is to be sent as Envoy to Vienna, and has already received a sum of six contos for his outfit. The Spanish Government, it appears, feels very uneasy at the evidently retrograde tendency of that of Portugal, and particularly at the recent reconciliation of the latter with the Court of Rome. The fear entertained is, that the Portuguese Government, flattered by the recognition of the Pope, and the Great Powers, will lend itself to be an instrument in their hands for the subversion of liberal institutions in Spain, by means of intrigues carried on from the Portuguese territory. The circumstances that Count Flahaut, the new French Ambassador at Madrid, is half-brother to Count Villa Real, the Portuguese Minis ter of War, seems to afford just grounds for these fears. Explanations on these subjects have already been de manded by the Spanish Government, and, as I learn, the most positive assurances have been given that no design hostile to the present order of things in Spain is or has been entertained here. The Algarve guerillas, though reduced in numbers, have lately begun to be very troublesome, and have committed great depredations in different parts of that province. On two or three occasions they have been fallen in with by detachments of the regular troops, and of course have been worsted ; but in general, owing to the suppression of the National Guards, as well as of the Militia battalions by which the last Ministry at tempted to substitute that force, and to the removal of the greater part of the regular troops from the province, they have been enabled to carry on their marauding ex cursions with scarcely any opposition. The Minister of the Interior, in announcing the fact to the Cortes some days ago, took occasion to hint at the expediency of re storing the recently disbanded militia corps ; a measure which it is thence inferred the Government have in con templation, as soon as a fitting opportunity arrives for making the experiment of proposing it. The Marchioness of Fay - al (the Duke of Palmella's daughter-in-law) was delivered of a daughter on the 3d instant. The Marchioness is probably the youngest mo ther in Lisbon, having only just completed her 14th year. This event puts an extinguisher at once upon the last re maining hopes of her uncles, the Sampaios, the contest between whom and the Palmella family for the custody of the rich young heiress made such a noise in Lisbon a couple of years ago. The British schooner Euphemia, of Youghal, with coals from Newcastle to Lisbon, was wrecked on the 31st ult., near Peniche; crew and cargo saved. WEST INDIES. Her Majesty's packet Pandora, Lieutenant Morgan, acting commander, arrived at Falmouth on Saturday evening. Her sailing dates are stated to be—from Bar badoes, June 28 • St. Lucie and Martinique, 29 ; Domi nique and Guadeloupe, 30 ; Antigua and Montserrat, Jul) , 1 ; Nevis and St. Kitt's, 2 ; Tortola, 3 ; and arrived at St. Thomas's the same day. The island mails in return were brought to St. Thomas's by the Firefly steamer, and those from Jamaica by the Tartarus on July 22 ; on the following day the packet sailed for * England. The next packet, the Tyrian, arrived at St. Thomas's July 19. Passengers by the Pandora—Mr. Henry Gunter, E. A. Wallbridge, Lady, and family ; Captain Vernon, 33d Regiment : Mr. J. Colhoun, Mr. P. F. Esponosa, Mr. Robert Mathews, Rev. R. Dallas, Rev. 0. D. Toosey, and family. A small freight of 240 oz. of gold and 100 of silver. Vegetation had been considerably improved by boun tiful rains at those islands, which our late advices re presented as being parched ; the effect thereof on the coining crops would be highly promising. Trade at Ja maica was dull ; but the affairs at Grenada being quieted, a gleam of hope presented itself of a resumption of com mercial pursuits, and the receipt of money, as a con sequence, from the main. By this arrival we have been favoured with the Belize Gazette to the 12th ult. Of internal matters the papers before us contain little intelligence, but what there is ex hibits a favourable aspect. A general rising had taken place in Bolivia, headed by Generals Lara and Irogover, who have proclaimed General Santa Cruz Supreme Protector. "This officer (adds the Gazette) was expected at Guy aquil about the 20th ult., where he was told to hold him self in readiness to embark for Peru with a small force on the first favourable opportunity ; and as such an op portunity is now offered, he is momentarily expected in Peru. On his arrival the downfal of this degraded Go vernment is inevitable. In fact, nothing prevents its im mediate overthrow but the want of some officer of rank and influence, under whom all parties would unite." Upon this subject a Correspondent further writes:— " Col. Vivanco has been proclaimed Supreme Chief in the department of Cusco, Arequipo, Puno, and Moque gua ; and notwithstanding General San Roman, who was placed in command of the former by Vivanco, has de clared against him with about 1,000 men, yet he appears to be rapidly gaining ground, as the whole community is decidedly against the Government of Gamarra, who has degraded the country to such an extent as to place it in the class of a Chili= colony, sustained by Chilian influence, and subject to Chilian control." A new subject of dispute between the States of the republic of Central America, has sprung up, as to the choice of place where the National Convention should assemble. The State of Guatemala having sent dele gates to San Salvador, where the Convention was origi nally appointed to meet, it was found that the other States had determined to remove it to Chinandega, to which the Guatemalians decidedly objected, on account of its extreme remoteness and difficulty of access : here the matter rests. It is added, 'however, as a fact not un worthy of observation, that Guatemala is the only State that has shown any disposition to effect an adjustment of the British claims upon Central America. Under all these circumstances, the Guatemalian delegates have ex pressed their doubts of anything being effectively done for the good of the people by a Convention, be it held wherever it may. As a natural consequence of these proceedings the as sembly of San Salvador has already formed itself into a new Constitution, based upon the erection of the State into a distinct republic, to be called the " Republic of San Salvador," thereby elevating itself into the rank of a sovereign nation, which example, it was expected, would be followed by the States of Nicaragua and Honduras. This arrangement, in the opinion of the Guatemalian delegates, leaves it doubtful whether the general good of Central America will receive an attention unbiassed by the interests of the particular States, or that the specific objects of the convention can be impartially discussed and carried into execution. We beg to annex the exact state of matters at Fort Augusta : Of the detachment of 50 men, there were 21 deaths up to the 30th ult., besides one woman and two children. Of these, 20 men died of fever, and one of consumption ; the children of complaints in the bowels. Twelve men are still in hospital, but only two oases continue doubt ful ; the rest on guard, &c. WEST INDIA ENTERPRISE I—We regret to observe from Barbadoes, that Mr. Young, the proj ec t or o f aJoint stock Company for the culture of Victoria wheat, has at present been obliged to give up the project from want of encouragement. This is indeed too bad. We observe with satisfaction that the Governor- General of Cuba •has notified, that henceforth clearances will not be granted to vessels for the coast of Africa. This is a blow to the much longer continuation of the slave-trade in that island. THE WEATHER, CROPS, &c.—A correspondent who is making a tour of the island of Jamaica, writes from St. Mary's on the 28th alt.—" There has been very fine seasonable weather in this parish, also in Clarendon and St. Thomas in the Vale ; indeed, the whole country looks beautiful. The promises of a good crop next yew are everywhere, lam happy to say, very favour:it, a Oa the 30th he writes from St. Ann's—" We have had plea sant showers every day, and all nature is dressed in holi day garb ; labour cannot be obtained here as readily as could be desired ; Is. 6d. is the rate of wagrs offered by some properties." Atnons- the varied prcperty lately brought to the hammer by Messrs. Foster, of Greek-street and Pall mall, who will in a few days sell the beautiful theatre of Mr. Hamlet, the bankrupt, in Oxford-street, may be mentioned the whole of the interesting objects consti tuting the Adelaide Gallery of Practical Science, which on Wednesday was knocked down to Mr. Edwards, of Charing-cross, for 7001. The proprietors have lost 20,0001. by this speculation, but saved sufficient from the wreck to cover all demands upon them.—Observer. 'We can positively contradict the report that Ad miral Sir G. Cockburn goes to the Mediterranean in com mand of the fleet in that sea.. Nothing of the kind has yet been determined on. The officen named for the com mand are Admirals Sir Philip Durham, Sir George Cockburn, and Sir William Gage ; but we think the latter will most probably he the Sea Lord of the Admi ralty. Sir Jaines Graham, it is generally reported, will be the First Lord of the Admiralty under Sir Robert Peel's Administration.—Naval and Military Gazette. A new street has been recently formed opposite gill-pond-street , Bermondsey, crossing the mill-pond by means of a bridge, and leading direct into Rother luthe, facing • the new Church i n P ara di se-street, which is now seen to much advantage, and presents a very in teresting appearance with it s neat G oth i c tower and pinnacles from the entrance of the street about two hun dred yards distant, ADDRESS TO ENGLISH Th e c , of ;_': .H 771, Sidmouth are at hanti. Tl;feringF ' 7 We f or bread;- - ,..1.!3 give us stone Prance, Prussia, even Spain have freed themselves from the crushing load of an enormous Church Estab lishment. We alone are Church crushed. Other nations have found in the useless wealth of the Church means for lightening the public burdens. All the children of the working classes of England might h av e an education equal to th a t of Prussia placed within _their' reach with that wealth which now maintains in splendour the ene mies of the people. The Bishops and Deans have been fighting for this wealth, and the Deans had 'the worst of it. Why cannot the clergymen be governed as the army is, by one commander-in-chief, with an office in London ? The sum thus gained for the real improvement of the people is incalculable from its great amount. Let us look at these prelates. See them in the court of George the-Fourth, wearing their mitres where John the Baptist could not wear his head. Look at them in the senate, arranged against the rights and liberties of the people. The length of their lives averages three times that of a Sheffield grinder. The Bishop has nothing to trouble him. He has secure enjoyment of his palace, and his park, plate and paintings, the title of a Peer, and the income of a Prince. One dies at last—he has cleared two hundred and forty thousand pounds. Another lives, brother to the Marquis of Ely,—seldom to be found in his (,diocese, but enjoying his sinecure of ten thousand n-year in Ireland, where the peasant digs from sunrise to sunset for sixpence d-day. Compute the value of Church property belonging to Lord Stanley's family, and you will not wonder at his zeal for the Church. The Church of England is the richest prize for which the worshippers of Mammon could strive. For it they raise their riots, such as that of Lord George Gordon in London, and such as that in which the house of Priestly was burned in Birmingham, when that emi nent philosopher had to fly for his life, and found an asylum in America. For this Church they plunged ns into costly and bloody wars. For this Church they pass the laws which hold us in degradation. It was the re sistance to this Church thatmade Scotland what she is. It was the cruelty of this Church that sent the finest of our ancestors to people the wilds Of America. From this Church come all the woes of Ireland. And do we confound this incubus with Christianity, the last and best of the gifts of God to man. Look at Jesus. The carpenter talks to his poor countrymen and tells them the blessedness of poverty. He tells them he brings tidings to cheer andraise the poor. He tells them truly that he himself is poorer than the birds, poorer than the beasts; that he has neither nest nor den, he has not where to lay his head. He wants a shilling to explain what he is teaching—he has to borrow one from a hearer. He and Peter cannot raise half-a-crown to pay their taxes— he is obliged to send Peter to fish. He cannot bear to see the many hungry—he gives them bread. He is hated by his countrymen for not being rigid—they consider hun a man of no religion. He did not make the Sabbath a time for death-like inaction and mere ritual obser vance, but an opportunity for acts of kindness, a rest and a blessing. In every innocent pleasure of man he cheerfully joined. His first miracle gave additional wine to a feast, and one of his last speeches vindicated the use made of perfume by a grateful poor woman. He sees merit in a poor widow, in afflicted Lazarus, and even in the nation and sect most hated by his countrymen, in a Samaritan. He paints the future woes of the selfish and heartless rich, he satirises the priests, and denounces as doomed the religious party, the oppressors of the poor. Dying, he leaves his mother a burden to his friend John, a poor fisherman. He taught us to call no man " Mas ter," no man " Father in God." The Lords and clergy men joined and had this reformer crucified for sedition. Listen to Paul the tent-maker, when speaking—" For my own wants, and the wants of those who were with me, have worked these hands." Stretching out—not de licate hands from lawn sleeves—but the hard hands of honest industry. Such hands have we. Let us unite, and with hand, head, and heart show ourselves to be men. Christianity was given by God to man ; poor men were sent by him to give it to poor men. It was not to make us tremble before man, to hate, nor to crouch. It was to enlighten and to cheer us poor men. Let no man deceive us, nor make us believe that it is our duty to be submissive, starving slaves. It has pleased the monopolists to place the Church in the front of their battle with us. They deafen us with their shouts of triumph. Is the battle really over ? AN ENGLISH MECHANIC. Liverpool, Aug. 14, 1841. THE KIRK OF SCOTLAND. The Commission of the Assegibly met last week and adopted a resolution which muTt inevitably lead to a schism in the Church. We cannot better describe the actual state of matters, or give expression to our opinion, than by the following extract from the Edinburgh Ob server of Friday : " The Assembly deposed the Strathbogie ministers, as all the world knows, for having carried into effect the statutory appointments with regard to the settlement of ministers ; and against that deposition a minority—large and influential—protested, and declared that they con sidered it null and void—illegal even on ecclesiastical geoundi—and that they would not cease to regard their deposed brethren as still ministers of the Church. In addition to this, it was unequiveally declared by many members of Assembly, and by several hundred ministers and elders, that they would hold communion with them as lawful and undeposed ministers ; and following out this protestation and resolution, many ministers and elders have done so in the fullest manner—the flocks of those gentlemen still adhering steadfastly to their pastors. And, over and above all this, the Supreme Civil Court has, by solemn decrees, declared that the sentence of deposition is utterly illegal, and interdicted any effect whatever being given to it. _ _ In this state — dmatters, the minority, commonly called the rump of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, made a re port that Mr. Grant, of Leith, Mr. Robertson, of Ellon, and several other highly respectable clergymen, have not only preached in the pulpits of the nominally-deposed gentlemen, but have interchanged the sacred symbols of our faith at the cotnmuniOn table—and for this ima ginary, sin, desecration, and so forth, have ordered their several Presbyteries to proceed against them with the discipline of the Church ; in other words, this Commis sion of the General Assembly—a thing utterly unknown in law as a Court of the Etablished Church—has direct ed proceedings tending to deposition or excommunica tion, against their brethren, because they have disre garded an illegal sentence, and have conducted them selves as office-bearers in the Church, just as if no such illegal sentence had ever been heard of. Thus circum stanced, the majority have, by their rash and reckless proceedings, forced on, and created a schism in the Church ; and the minority declare, that this being so precipitated and perpetrated, a necessity has arisen for an appeal to that power, by which the Church is esta blished as one of the institutions of the land—namely, the supreme executive and legislative authorities of the em pire. This is the present position of the Church. It were an easy matter to enlarge on the principles of high import involved in this new phasic of the contro versy—but we forbear. But of one thing we are quite confident, that neither the Government nor the people of this country will longer tolerate or endure the open and undisguised spiritual tyranny which these hot-brained fanatics aspire to fasten upon the necks of the pastors and the people of the Church of Scotland ; and we are greatly deceived if, in a very short space of time, these arrogant priests and pettifoggers be not most effectually put down, and sent back to their native obscurity, and deprived of all power to do mischief in the capacity of ministers in our Established Church. They must ere long be left to the full enjoyment of their 'vaunted inde pendence beyond its pale, or brought to submit them selves quietly, like other folks, to the supremacy of the law, by which that Church alone has its existence as an Establishment. We learn that, in the course of Thursday, a requisi tion, signed by thirty or forty of the party who are at present in seeming ascendancy, has been got up for call ing another and extraordinary . meeting of the Commis sion, in order further to take into consideration, and to decide on the course to be pursued in consequence of the schism which has now openly, and on all sides, been proclaimed tO have taken place in the Courts and Coun cils of our National Establishment.: The proposed meet ing is sought for the 25th of the present month of Au gust—and we presume public notification of it will appe ar within a day or two hence. On Monday last Sir Windham Carmichael An struther entertained the numerous tenantry on his exten sive estates of Carmichael at dinner, i n t h e Clydesdale Arms, Lanark. A similar mark of attention had been shown by the tenantry to their landlord a short time ago, and this dinner was given in return f ur t h e compliment then shown to Sir Windham. Covers were laid for one hundred, and the Honourable Baronet was favoured with the company of a number of the neighbouring gentry and friends from a distance. Amongst the strangers were Lockhart, Rfrey Eeslq,..s,litinhre.elvairMac,rtny c,apt Caulfield,b m er . f A or . County,Ntih,Nethe Rev. Col. 1 1Shi l fa r rl .. IL' Il la e lni n r r .b Y Gth G oed ordon Di c k son, W.S , Mr. Jam eil es ad S v ren a c t e e, X 1.5., Mr. Scott, o f Douglas, Mr. Walker, Mr. Richard, Mr. Gray, Mr. Anna,nd,Dr. Gibson, and several others. The eveni ng was spent * with the utmost har mony, evincing the best possible feeling betwixt landlord and tenant. The Member for the county assured the meeting that it gave him, an Upper Ward man himself, the greatest satisfactton to witness the very friendly terms on which the Representative of the noble house of Hyndford and the tenantry on the estates of that ancient family maintained their respective relations. Mr. Dick son was happy to acknowledge that the same good feel ing prevailed on the estates of Anstruther, in Fife, where the removal of a tenant for any cause whatever, except with his own express consent, had never been known. The meetin g was kept up till a late hou r ; and all sepa rated in the hope of witnessing a similar . happy assem blage at no distant day. THE Anrs.—Sir F. Chantrey, the celebrated sculptor, is now in this city, directing the fixing in the Cathedral a splendid moinunent, executed by hi m , t o the memory of the talented artist Northcote. The spot aelected is the chapel of St. Gabriel, on the south side of the " Ladye Chapel, in which stands the sumptuous monument of Bishop Branscombe ; the monument of Flaxman to the memory of Lieu tenant-General Simcoe ; the mausoleum of Chancellor Fnrsnian ; and other monuments. Several members of the Northcote family have been interred there. A drawing has been made of a most elaborate and splendid monument to the memory of Bishop Coverdale, who was promoted to this see by King Edward VI., and assisted Tyndal in his translation of the Bible into the English language, which, when executed, will be erected in the Cathedral, in thiscity.-- Western Exeter Tines. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the Giraffe, R. Stranack, from Rotterdam, ar rived off the Custom-hou se , y es t er day, with the Dutch mail. EVENING SUN CORONERS' INQUESTS. slanted ._. _. :4 -a the body of Mrs. Sarah Spencer, aged 53, a respectable widow, nurse in the family of R. Reid, Esq., a gentle man connected with the Customs, residing at No. 16, Portland-place. Thomas Grace, footman in the service of Mr. Reid, said the last time he saw . the deceased alive was at about half-past one o'clock; in the afternoon of Wednesday last, at the dinner table at his master's house. • He saw her shortly after, with her bonnet on, go out at the street door, and tnrn in the direction of Park-crescent. He had not seen her since. She appeared whilst at dinner in a perfect state of health, and le saw nothing whatever uliusual in her manner, which was generally lively. Mrs. Mary Barnes stated, that she was the female attendant at the Royal York-Baths, York-terrace, Regent's-park. About three o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday last, the deceased came and said, she required a bath. 'Witness inquired whether she would like it cold or warm, and she said warm Witness then asked the deceased if she would sta . . ; in the waiting-room until the bath was got ready, or follow her to the bath-room at once, but she preferred the latter. Witness then showed deceased the bath, which is about five feet long anel two feet deep ; when she inquired if they had not a larger one, to which witness replied, " N o . Th a t was t h e usual size, tine. she would find it quite large enough." Witnes having then arranged the necessary linen for do ceased's use left the bath-room, and heard he; lock the door after her. The deceased had bee, in the bath one hour when witness knocked at 11-. door, but receiving no answer, knocked again, and th.. result was similar. She ascended to the skylight, aryl having got it open looked into the room. She then ob served the deceased lying in the bath with her head under water. She could only see the lower part of dc• ceased's body out of the water. She raised an abler. and Mr. Surtees, the brother of the late proprietor of tla . , bath, now lying dead, and the engineer, burst open tl • door. The deceased was then discovered lying on he: face at the bottom of the bath, and her legs hanging over the side of it, having on her chemise, flannel petticoat. and stockings. She was taken out, and medical aid pre • cured, and a vein was opened, but life was quite extinct. The Coroner remarked that there was little doubt but that the case was one of suicide, but as there was no distinct evidence, an open verdict would be proper.—The Jury ultimately returned a verdict " That deceased found dead in a bath, but whether she destroyed herself intentionally there was no direct evidence to show." On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the George the Fourth, Hounslow Heath, on the body of a fine-looking girl named Maria Payne, only sixteen years of ae•e, who poisoned herself. It appeared fr om th e ev id ence that she was the daughter of Mr. Thomas Pityne, sergeant gate-keeper of the re - view ground at Hounslow Heath, under the Quarter. Master-General, and lived at the lodge on the centre of the heath. During the last three weeks the de ceased had appeared remarkably dull and strange in her manner, And neglectful o f th e d ut i es ' she had to perform. On the morning of Tuesday last Mr. Payne, on coming home about a quarter past seven o'clock, heard the deceased in the garden retching and saying "Oh de a r ?" O n go i ng to h er h e asked her if she had taken anything that disagreed with her, but she refused to say, on which he fetched in a female neigh bour, when she was placed on a sofa and a surgeon sent for. Just previous to her 'death, which took place the same night, her father asked her what she had swallowd, where she had taken Wand who had given it to her ; upon which she replied, "I got oxalic acid at Mr. Ward's myself and took it," and then added, " Father, kiss me, you have been a good father to me-- 7 -you gave me good advice, and I am very sorry I did Clot take it—forgive me," and she soon after expired. She was generally of a very violent spirit. Verdict—" The deceased died from swallowing oxalic acid, being at the time in a state of insanity." On Saturday an inquest was held at the Duke of Wel lington, Hackney, on the body of James Stubbings, u respectable master builder, aged 61, who committed suicide by cutting his throat, and otherwise dreadfully mutilating himself. Joseph Hall, of Providence-pl ace ~ Hackney, said th a t f or th e l as t f our mon th s t h e ged lad been in a ver y l ow an d d es p on di ng sta .-His demeanour was at i n t erva l s ver y remar k a bl e , and ore last few days his gentral habits were so eccentric that his frien4.s thought that his mind was affected, but did not consider it necessary to place him under restraint, and he was closely watched by his family and a young man who slept with him. On Sunday morning, about 6 o'clock, a messenger from deceased's son called upon witness, and requested him to follow immediately to his residence. lie did so ; and upon entering the deceased's room he saw him bleeding from a large wound in the throat, and suffering from other injuries he had inflicted on his per son. Witness bound his throat with a handkerchief to stop the flow of blood, and sent for a surgeon. Mr. Cro combe, a surgeon of Homerton, quickly attended, but from the dreadful nature of the injuries his survival could not be expected, and he died the following clay. Wit ness had no doubt that the deceased had committed thi, rash deed whilst labouring under one of those paroxysms of pain which arose from disease of the kidneys. The jury immediately returned a verdict of " Tempo rary Insanity." STATE OF THE 'WEATHER AND CROPS. The weather in this neighbourhood Continues unfa vourable and unpromising in the higher i tiepin. Tues day night and Wednesday were excessively wet and bois terous ; and, though there was some improvement on Thursday, we had yesterday as 'unfavourable weather for ripening or securing the crop's as could well be conceived; a drizzling rain falling nearly the whole day, whilst the gradual sinking of the barometer seems to indicate a con tinuance of wet. From the notices which appear in the different provincial newspapers, the rain of Tuesday night and Wednesday appears to have been general throughqut the island ; but we infer, from the report of the Wakefield market yesterday, that the weather there was more favourable than in this town.--Manchestti Guardian. We have had very unsettled weather during the past week. The showers of rain have been very heavy and accompanied by high winds. We have not heard that any of the wheat in the immediate neighbourhood of the city has been damaged, but if the weather con tinues to be inclement it must suffer materially.—Exeter Western Times. Despite the unfavourable weather much corn has been cut in this neighbourhood (Aylesbury) ; the ear is full and large, but without a little sun the ►rain will not harden. We have had a day or two of fine weather this week, but it is far from being settled ; indeed, there is every prospect of more rain, which will injure that already cut, and retard the ripening of what is back ward, owing to its having been so much beaten down.— Bucks Gazette. NEWQUAY.—The harvest has partially commenced in the parishes of Lower St. Columb and Crantock. Several fields of wheat, barley, and oats are in progress of cutting, but from the showery state of the weather and the want of sun, the harvest is more backward than usual at this season of the year. The crops in the neighbourhood are promising a fair yield.—Cornwall Advertiser. CORNWALL AGRICUTURAL REPORT FOR THE PAST MONTH.—The last month has proved unusually wet and cold, the average temperature being only 57.97 degrees, and the quantity of rain fallen has been 4.12 inches. The quantity of watery vapour in the air was 3.73 grains per cubic foot of air. Th e crops of corn that were so promising in the begin ning of the summer have progressed slowly towards maturity, in consequence of the cold weather, and wheat that promised to he'above an average crop has in many places been laid down with wind and ram ; so that if the present unfavourable weather should continue a short time longer, dreadful will be the consequence. If; hair ever, the weather should now improve, and we should have some bri g ht d ays, we do not think' the damage yet done will be very serious. Barley is everywhere an ex cellentsort c ro p, an d l ess injured by the late co ld wea th er than th e w h eat. O ats also look well i n most places, but e o f f t w be weather we in greatest possible not only to the farmer, but t o th e m illion s comprising our whole po pulawte have ion. 'turnipsseen h but not so for war d as from growing rapidly. ayliavei(rinuiri,nrgtanthee; next month The weather throughout the p as t month has been un favourable to vegetation and the maturation of the crops. The wheat fields in every direction exhibit a considerable quantity and let the remainder o f th e season the sample will be i n f er i or . O ats are es pecially the late sown, whi c h s t an d t hi n upon the ground, and in high distri c t s th e year w ill b e turn indifferent, ou t a o s f t far advanced before the y come to the sickle. The potato crop will also be deficient ; failures are mor e ex t ens i ve than we believed them to be when we last wrote, and the high winds have produced much injury to those which are advanced, and in exposed situations. Turnips look tolerably well ; flax so-so. In the present month the different operations of pulling, rippling, and watering, & c ., will be going forward with the bulk of the flax-crop. .Northern Whig. The corn, which had been greatly prostrated about a fortnight ago by heavy rain, had generally recovered erect position, but has again been humbled by the heavy rains which took place since Tuesday. 'Winter oats are giving way to the sickle. In different parts of th© country the crop is represented as being very gait Should the present wet weather continue, it will not only retard the harvest, but do serious injury to the crops.— Drogheda Argus. The weather bas undergone a most favourable change the bleak and stormy showers of the previous ten or twelve days having been succeeded since Sunday by a mild and genial atmosphere. There is no doubt that the► corn crops.have suffered more or less, particularly in the low grounds ; but we trust that, should the present warmth continue, the► harvest will be somewhat of an average crop.—Ballyshannon Herald. On Saturday night, a soldier in the uniform of the 15th regiment was observed standing some time near the shop of Mr. Larom, a clothes salesman in Goswell-street. At last he went in and bargained for the purchase of a blue pilot coat, which he put on over his uniform ; and also a pair of trousers and a hat, and having taken possession of them and agreed upon the price, he pretended that the trousers be had on were so tight that he could not get the money out of his fob. At his request Mr. Lamm proceeded to assist him, and while so oc c upied the villain suddenly stabbed him in the throat with a knife, and then made off with the clothes. Mr. Lamm was stunned with the blow, and before he recovered the assassin had escaped. Luckily the knife struck against the co ll ar bon e, bu t the wound inflicted bled copiously. He described the soldier e 'as a young man, above five feet seven inches high, who had a " stye" o n the right eye, which was very red. Th e d ress was a red jacket and white trousers, a belt an d cap with brass plate, with the number of his regiment " XV."