The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-23 00:00:00

EVENING SUN Iwitted in a fit of passion. But it was his duty to tell them that these circumstances were - not to be considered by them. They would have to consider whether the act was committed With an intent to commit murder, or some injury short of destruction. There was one charge of murder .itself— whether it would be presented to them in that shape he did not know. It appeared to him to be a case of two ,drunken persons, a man and his, wife, where the female f.vvas.of violent temper and given to intoxication; resorting to personal violence when under the influence of intoxi cation. These circumstances would naturally lead them to the inference that this was the state of the parties when the blow was struck. However that might influence their judgment, he would leave it to them to say whether they thought it only a case of man . slaughter, or the higher crime. It did not appear to be necessary to occupy their time with many general obser vations on the nature of the duties they were called • Upou to perform. 'They were conversant with the scenes of life ; probably some of them were already acquainted with their duties. He was happy to say that there was Itut matter to involve difficulty in point of law or fact, but such as their judgments would readily get over. It was fitting that he should intimate to them that in corning to a conclusion they must be careful that the majority should not fall below the number of twelve, as • the law considered that a presentment could not he made, . unless the majority exceeded that number. The pro ceedings in the inquiry laid before them were necessarily ex parte, as they heard but one side, and they had only to consider whether the case should be considered by the common jury. With these general observations he would remit them to the discharge of their important duties. They would be detained some days, but they would have the satisfaction of ~rendering their valuable services to the public. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) • PAISLEY RACES.—FRIDAY.—(CONCLUDED.) The Silver Bells, with 50 added. Two miles and a dis. Lord Eglinton's Potentate, aged, 9st 31b (Lye) 1 Mr. Cook's Suliman, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b 2 stol on Potentate. Won by half a neck. Match-120 sovs. One mile and a half. Mr. John stone's The Returned, aged, 12st (Owner), beat Mr. Rodfern's Slashing Harry, aged, 12st. easily. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for foals of 1838. Mile and three quarters. (Six Subs.) Mr. C. Alexander's Archer, Bst Glb (Cartwright) 1 Mr. W. M. Alexander's bf by Jerry—Littlego, Bst 31b 2 Mr. Ramsay's Martyrdom, Bst 31b 3 A good race. Plate of 50 Guineas. Heats, once round, and a dis. Mr. Ramsay's Nubian, 6 yrs, Bst 13Ib (Noble) 1 Lord Egiinton's'lW. Caius, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Mr. J. Knox's The Lily, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb •3 dr Won by a neck. The Blythswood Stakes of 10 Sovs. each, with 25 added. Two miles and a dis. 3 Subs. Mr. Ramsay's Sunbeam, aged. Walked over. The Aftershots Free Handicap Stakes of 5 Sovs. each, and 20 added, Lord Eglinton's Zoroaster (Lye) 1 MtAinox's The Lily Mr. Ramsay s Suleiman fell • Won cleverly. LLOYD'S SH IPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Auc. 23.—Wind this day at noon N.W. DEAL, Auc. 21.—Wind S.W. 22d. S.W.—Arrived the Anna Siebedina, and Arrow, from Rotterdam ; Jacobus, Rotterdam for Batavia ; Paramaribo, Amsterdam for - .Surinam ; Zenobia, Owen, Calcutta ; Deltue, Oporto ; 'Xiirt, Bordeaux ; Emerald, Hamburgh ; Walter, from 'Westward. Arrived from the River the Emerald Isle, for Sydney; Springfield, Weisford, and Gilmore, Quebec; Medora, Cape Coast Castle ; Zante , Trieste ; Paramatta, Valparaiso ; Pauline Houghton, Mauritius; Ceylon and Ralph Bernal, Jamaica ; Caledonia, Norfolk ; and Julia, River Gambia. STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Marmora, Tram Constantinople. RAMSGATE, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Surinam, from Amsterdam, for Surinam, with cutwater dam aged, hav ing been in contact with a vessel off Beachy Head ; Plea . sant, Sunderland, leaky. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 22.—Wind S.—Arrived the Reis Effendi, Williams ; John Ormerod, and Rosa, from Monte Video ; Sandback, Demerara ; Susannah, Cumming, 'Savannah ; Fenella, St. Andrews ; Clara and Anna, Montreal ; Elizabeth and Herald, Quebec ; Sea-bird, ditto ; Branches, White, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Haidce, Newfoundland ; Wilberforce, Mon . 'zeal ; Bombay Packet, Bonny, sailed June 5, and. Fernando Po, 7th ; Amelia, Menzies, St. Mi thaet's ; Isabel, Leghorn ; John Lilley, Barkey, Africa ; Clifton, New Orleans ; Europe, Mitchell, New York ; North' Star, Charleston ; Mazeppa, Malta. Sailed the Adelaide, for Newfoundland; Iris, Fisher, Calcutta; Mexi 'can, Vera Cruz; Victoria, Berbice ; Chatham, Havannah ; Vermont, Philadelphia; Alexander, Baltimore; Senator, . 1 1attakesset; Medford and Oceanus, Boston; Emma, Leghorn ; Centaur and Black Dog, Gibraltar; Bride of Abydos, Mediterranean; Thomas Lee, Barbadoes. The Levant was aground on the S.W. Bar of the Mississippi on the 29th ult. The Malcolm, hence to Glasgow, . foundered yesterday off Lytham—crew saved. Put back the Rapid, for Galveston. OFF THE WIGHT, AUG. 19.—Arrived the Warsaw, from New York, for Amsterdam ; Diana, New Orleans, 'for Bremen ; Dolphin, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. OFF DARTMOUTH, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Martin Lu :Mei, from Singapore, sailed 24th March. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Wind W.S.W. to S.—Ar -6d the Sultana, from London for Sydney ; Sylvia and .I) gettefract, Quebec. Sailed the Mary Ann, for Madras. eowEs, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Sales, from London fo r l . Port Phillip.; Catharina. Anderson, Buenos Ayres ; 'lope, Collins, New Orleans ; Granger, Quebec. YAIRMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Mazeppa, from London for Algoa Bay. • Son THAMP'FON AUG. 22.—Arrived the Royal Tar ate am e,-, from Gibraltar, left the 12th, Cadiz 13th, Lis bon 16tii, Oporto 17th, and Vigo 18th instant. Sailed the Tagus steamer, for Gibraltar ; Pilot, Quebec. PLymouTH, AUG. 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the William Jardine, from London, for Sydney ; Alexander, .ditto fur Port Philip. Arrived off, Sally Bayes, Ancona. CARLISLE, AUG. 2.—The Samuel, from Quebec, which capsized on the Red Sands on the 18th, was towed into Port Carlisle the following day leaky and with loss of topmasts, bulwarks, &c. CLYDE, AUG. 20.—Arrived the James Dean, from Montreal. Sailed Cleostrato. Pictou. THE MARKETS-THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. tast week's arrivals were good of most grain ; and the fresh 31 PPly was moderate of wheat, and small of other corn. The recent rain caused the factors to hold wheat firmly at last Week's prices, at which superfine samples found sale, but other 'qualities were 2s. per quarter lower. Several samples of lets %heat, chiefly of middling quality were offered, which sold at 60s. to 725. per quarter. Barley, Beaus, and Peas as last reported. Oats firm at previous prices. The millers ad. tiered to:6Bs. as the top vice of Flour. New Boiling Peas sold at 40s per quarter. RIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURINO LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oat.. Flat, Lr is ntlish h r;,458 it% 1,561 qrs. 2 5,24 qrs. 9,6 3 sat Kr 'creig;;", '''''' " 22 440 ~09J 6,830 I,IEI - - wheat Red (old) PRICZB 011 BOARD OF SPIP —a. —s. Beans, Small (new) 40;.415. ...__....".".....- White (01d)...... —s. --s- (old) - a. ..._------- ReclZlB46) 565. 60>. Tick (new) 35 375, ,_----- Fine 625. 665. • (old) —e •—a --"---- Superfine ...... Harrow (new) 3Vs. ___'"'"---- White (184 f) ....f6t. 645. t. .._ - --""•--- Fine 665 . 705. Brank -"---, Super fine '4s. b2s. Oats, Feed -Foreitrn free 56 1. Bfls. New 15...235. ....3 4. 355. 40s. Poland --s -- a kali, y . 265. 52 i New 22.25•. ""---- G.-inding "Ss. 323 Potatoe B. S. ~-----... Halting 325. 35g. Alit p. *----- ,, • Fine N..w 625. 635. Irish His. ... 1i15.235. , j - ase, Grey, New If;s. 3Ss. Flour Town (per hack)... 655. Übs. --"--- Mal le New 40s. 425, Seconds 10-i. !Ss. _ . - - - ••••••-•-• 34s. 3 , ;5. I North Country.- 50i 551. Boilers...-. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The su pply of Cattle, Sheep, Lambs ' and Pigs, was good ; of Calve s mo d e rate ; the demand for Beef was by no means b _ ° risk, and the quotations were with difficulty realised. Mutton 411 d Lamb met a brsk trade, with prices rasher higher. The 'trad e for Veal and Pork was brisk. Beasts, 2,903; Sheep :and Lambs, 28,290 ; Pigs, 615; Calves, 155. Beef, 3s. 4d. to '45 ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Pork, 45. %0 ss. ; Lamb, 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. TEA MARKET. There was little business done, and holders were disposed to realise. Company's Congau moved off slowly at 2s. sid. cash. 'FALLOW MARKET. Prices were supported. but the market was quiet, and lts. 3d. wa s the value of P. Y. Candle on the spot, and 49s f it' delivery' in last three months. pfIOVISION MARKET. The prices of both Irish and Foreign Butter were tolerably steady, b u t not much business doing in either descriptions; fine qualities go off the most readily, at 90s. to 955., and the Bacon Market I h ,: be '` , /n at 983 to 1005. -"j"Sirevails; the present value of prime s' zeableWaterford I to 64s Der eat. landed. Lard in slow request but firm ' at 70s. to 745. landed. HOP MARKET. The Market was quiet, and prices on the decline; the ac - earints are favo ura bl e f r om the plantations. The duty is estimated at 160,000/. THE WEArHER.--.N 00X, AUGUST 2J. ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE -STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 65 f Highest 67 1 Lowest .... ..... 49 Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. ADULTERATION OF BEER.—TheCOMMiSSIOII - of Excise have lately turned their attention to the f requency u f this offence, and have resolved that the na me o f evor y publican who has been convicted of adulterating hi'r beer shall be forwarded to the justices to *h em h e will hav:e to apply for a renewal of his license, 4 11 d they have come to a determination of depriving such convicted party of his license altogether. This, certainly, is a very seve re measure, . but stil l it is considered abso: lutely necessary for the pr ate cti . on of the fair trader and the community. It is notot 4 0113 that a number of pub cans make four butts of thr.`e , and even three out o f tw o L :'agar, the mixture of water, gar, salt, and delete rious drugs, and then retail it to the honest artizan and others at 24d. and 3d. per pot. ilespectable' licensed v ictuallers living in the neighbourhood of these rot• gut rascals are too frequently compellei to close their houses, being unable to hold out against ;:zuch vile corn.. Petition, and too honest to adopt similar ;newts of re taliation ; h ence their certain ruin. The public ou g ht to know that every pot of beer drawn by a publican its him 3d., and is it likely that we are to have it from 'urn at the seine price ? It is the duty of the publicans then, . seeing the jeopardy in which they stand, to unite more firmly, and come to a resolution to sell a genuine article at a fair livin g profit, and those that under - sell f.tlid Play t r i c k s with their beer will speedily be driven from the neighbourhood in which they reside. —Sunday The General Steam Navigation Company s packe t the Ocean, J. Fife, from Rotterdam, arrived off Custom-house yesterday with the Dutch mail. SCHOOL of DESIGN —(THIS DAY.) His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided this day at the third annual distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Government School of Design, which took place at Somerset House, in the presence of a numerous au dience, amongst whom were many of the most distin guished artists and patrons of art in this country. Before the arrival of his Royal Highness we observed amongst the company Mr. Haydon, Sir Augustus Cal cott, Mr. Coekerill, Mr. Papworth, and Mr. Etty, the eminent artists ; the Hon. Fox Maule, the Bishop of Norwich, Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Labouchere, President of the Board of Trade ; Mr. Williams, M.P., Mr. Glad stone, Mr. Hodgson, Lord Colborne, Mr. Gillon, Mr. Wyse, Mr. B. Wall, Mr. Golly Knight, Sir R. H. Inglis. Mr. Basil Montague, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Bc.c. Soon after twelve o'clock his Royal Highness was con ducted to the Chair by Mr. Labouchere and Lord Dun cannon. He was greeted in the most enthusiastic man ner, and acknowledged the warmth of the reception by repeated bows. When the clapping of hands and cheer ing subsided, The Secretary, Mr. DYSE, then read the following Report : "I have been requested by the Council to commence the businesS of this day, by stating the result of their deliberations on the comparative merits of the drawings and models submitted by the students competitors for the prizes. "But before doing so, it may be necessary to offer some few words explanatory of the principle on which the selection of subjects for competition has been . made ; not only to remove any impression that the designs generally give an adequate notion of the extent and ver .sitality of talent passessed by all the competitors ; but to account for a deficiency of skill that may be observed in some of the drawings to which prizes have been awarded. Ateach of the three competitions which have hitherto taken place, the selection of subjects, with one or two exceptions has been varied. " On the first occasion, about a year after the founda tion of the school, prizes were offered for designs for certain important branches of industry depen dent on taste, without much reference to the capa bilities of the students, and not so much in the hope that, considering the very short period during which they have been engaged in preparatory study a great amount of skill would be displayed, as to obtain a reasonable ground for anticipating the future success and efficiency of the School. " Two years were then suffered to elapse before the Council thought it again advisable to offer rewards for design ; and, during this period, the condition of the school had considerably changed. " On: the first opening of the establishment, a certai amount of skill iii drawing Was required to qualify a student for admission to the advantages of tuition, be cause it was thought that a restriction of this kind would tend to maintain the superior character which it was proposed the central establishment should possess. " Experience, however, soon showed, that the almost absolute want of elementary education in art among the classes likely to avail themselves of instruction in the School of Design, would be an insuperable obstacle to its efficiency, unless this restriction was removed, and it proceeded to deal with its pupils as mere beginners. " The removal of the restriction, it is hardly necessary to state, had the effect of converting the institution for a time into a mere elementary drawing school. " When the distribution of prizes took place last year the great majority of students were engaged in learning the very first rudiments of art, and very few indeed were really capable of producing designs for manufacture ; and those had either attended the school since its commencement or had been previ ously engaged in branches of industrial design, by which they were enabled without difficulty to turn their study in the school to account. The subjects of compe tition last year, accordingly, were selected with immediate reference to the talents and capabilities of a few more ad vanced students ; while, on the other hand, numerous rewards were bestowed without competition on the pupils in the elementary classes. " This year a new selection of subjects for competition has naturally arisen out of the progress that has been Made since the last distribution. A considerable num ber of those who on the last occasion were mere be ginners have now advanced to the higher elementary exercises, and are capable to a certain extent of com mencing the practice of design. It was desirable, there fore to endeavour to stimulate their talents by offering rewards either for specimens of original design of the simpler sorts, or for the kind of work which, though not ranking as original design, constitutes the step imme diately preparatory to it. " Of the nineprizes now to be awarded, four are of this description : one being for the best painting of flowers or fruit from Nature ; one for the best model in plaster from flowers or leaves ; and the other two for original designs in outline merely. " Of the remaining five prizes, two are intended to en courage the right preparation of patterns for branches of industry which it must always be the business of the school more or less to attend to ; namely, calico printing and paper-staining. Two for decorative design, have been selected with reference to the growing public taste for a ' revival of the ancient arts of glass-staining, and the painting of arabesques ; and one for specimens of litho graphy, to reward the zeal, assiduity, and talent of the pupils who are preparing themselves - to assist in the exe cution of the elementary drawing-book for schools, which is now about to be published under the sanction of the Council. • " It only remainss to be added, as one of the most favourable symptoms of the progress of the school, that the number of competitors is much greater this year than on the former occasion ; and that if the instances of remarkable excellence are less numerous, it is due to the fact that the prizes have been intended for the most part rather to elicit the rising talent of the younger stu dents than to afford scope for the skill of those who are more advanced ; and consequently that the majority of the specimens are really the productions of beginners" Mr. COCKERELL, architect, then addressed his Roy. 1 Highness. He begged, as an artist and a member of the Council, to bear testimony to the care with which the designs had been selectected as deserving of reward. Every care had been taken to do justice, .and he could say that many of the designs which had been unsuccess ful this year, would last year have been deemed worthy of the prize. In making the selection, every thing that was essential to the art was taken into considera tion : first, the design ; secondly, the execution ; and, thirdly, that quality, without which there could be no real success—that is, deligence.—(Applause.) At the same time, he bad to offer his congratulations to the President upon the great success of the Institution within the four years since it had been estab lished.—(Applause.) It had been long the disgrace of this commercial and manufacturing country that the art of design was neglected, and that no such Institution as this was in existence. Thus it was that privacy pre vailed so much in our manufactures. In fact our artists had been ;living on the genius of past times, and lately upon that in the reign of Louis the Fourteenth. If we went back to the age of Pericles, and descended to the Medici, to Louis XIV. and the present King of Bava ria, we should see what could be done by the education of our manufacturers incorrect principles;of art. It might be hoped that by means of the present school and its branches they would be no longer behind the age or country of any of these great patrons of the arts. The artists who were members of the Council had devoted the best efforts with the most ardent zeal to promote the interests of this noble Institution ; but they must look to the great authorities of the country, to the manufecturers, aid to the public for co-operation and patronage. They had received considerable support from the Government and from Parliament, which last session granted the liberal sum of ten thousand pounds to and the school and its branches. It was hoped that a female branch would be established, as there were at least three departments of the arts which females could exer cise. He concluded by assuring his Royal Highness and the company, that whatever powers the members of the Council possessed, should be earnestly, ardently, and constantly devoted to promote the success of the Institu tion.—(Applause.) His Royal Highness then distributed the following prizes in the most gracious manner. The successful students were warmly applauded by the company as they came forward to receive their several rewards. 1. To Mr. George Frederick Lambart, 5/. ss.—for the best Lithograph from Nature. Given by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade. 2. To Mr. John Patterson, 5/. ss.—for the best Painting of a Group of Flowers from Nature. Given by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade. 3. To Master Charles King, 3/. 3s.—for the best Design for a Salver. Given by J. G. Bridge, Esq. 4. To Master George Dyer, 2/. 2s.—for the best Design for a Silver Tankard. Given by J. G. Bridge, Esq. 5. To Mr. Octavius Hudson, Si. ss.—for a largo Design for Painted Glass. Offered by Mr. Alderman Cope land, M.P. 6. To Mr. George Thompson, 5/. ss.—for a specimen of Arabesque Painting. Given by Henry Thomas Hope, Esq. 7. To Mr. John Evans, 5/. ss.—for the best design for 3s.—for o Thomson, LcEs bestq. Mousseline de Laine. Given by J. 8. To Mr. William Cheseling Wild, 3. design of a Drawing-room P a p er . Gi ven by J. Thomson, Esq. 9. To Mr. Henry Durant. 3/. 3s.—for the best plaster model of Leaves and Flowers from Nature. Given by the Council. King and Dyer are boys not more than 12 or 13 years of age, and Mr. Wyld, who has gained a prize each year since the commencement of the school, has great natural difficulties to contend with, having been born destitute of the hand and leg of the left s id e ! Four teen young students received prizes of books from the hands of the Prince as rewards of good conduct, regu larity, and attention to students. Mr. LABOUCHERE then said, he was sure it would re quire few words, on his part, to insure a ready concur rence in the proposal which he was about to make, — namely, that the meeting should return thanks to his Royal Highness for having condescended to preside on that occasion. —(Applause and cheering.) He need not dwell upon the importance of encouraging a taste for the Fine Arts in that part of the community which was engaged in manufactures. It had king been the reproach of this country, that we had allowed our rivals in manufactures to outstrip us in matters of taste. It was, however, gratifying to perceive that we did not shut our eyes to our own deficiency, but con scious of its existence, had set about to remedy it. Since the time of Louis XIV. France had schools of de sign, and it was not to be expected that our manufac turers, not having such instruction , c ould e q ual them i n taste. In Prussia, also, the artistical education of the manufacturers was equally attended to. From what had been said by Mr. Carlisle, and from the patriotic zeal with which the Council devoted themselve to the good of the school, there could be no doubt of its producing the most important and beneficial results. In this school there were at present 135 pupils, and in the school esta blished last year in Spitalfields, there were already sixty pupils.—(Applause.) Communications" had been opened with the manufacturing towns of the United Kingdom, for the purpose of extend ing branch schools to them, and with the most encouraging prospects of success.—(Applause.) The Right Hon. Gentleman, after a warm eulogy upon his Royal Highness, concluded by moving the warmest and most respectful thanks for his honouring the Insti tution by his especial patronage. Sir R. INGLIS in a short, but very eulogetic speech, seconded the motion. . . It was carried amidst enthusiastic and repeated cheer ing and applause. His ROYAL HIGHNESS said, I thank you for your kind ness. It gives me great pleasure to see the prosperity of this institution, and I hope that prosperity will be always increasing. Having examined the works to which prizes bad been awarded, and which all merited the high approbation with which he seemed to view them, the Prince Ivithdrew amidst the acclamations of the company and the loud cheering of the crowd assembled in the street. • FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, AUG. 19.—Eleven large chests, containing archives of the country, have just arrived at Brussels from Holland. The Government has had them conveyed to the repository of the public archives, Palace of Justice, where they will be opened in the presence of Commis sioners appointed for the purpose. The average prices in the regulating markets in the second week in August show a decline of 42 centimes per hectolitre in the price of wheat, and of 52 centimes in that of rye. • ANTWERP, AUGUST 18.—It is said that the Depart ment of Public Works has obtained from that of War the site of the building composing the arsenal at Mons, tbr the terminus of the iron railway in the city of Mons. The immense quantities of military stores in that arsenal are to be sent to Antwerp. To effect this, plans have been laid before the Government for the creation of two magazines 120 yards long and 20 broad, near the old arsenal. This morning 147 young pigeons were embarked on board the Belgian steamer Princess Victoria, for Lon don, where they are to be l e t l oose on Sunday ne x t. RUSSELS, AuG. 20.--Last ycar there were in Bel , gium, fifteen persons above 100 years of age, of whom nine were women. One of these, Maria Theresa Mayer, of Antwerp, is 104 years old ; two others, Marie-Amn Stafsin and Catherine Abranth, of Luxemburg, who are above 105 years old. ANTWERP, AUG. 21.--We have a letter from Row lers of the 15th August, which says :—" The fine wea ther which we have had for some days has enabled the farmer to get in the whole of the crops of rye and two thirds of those of _wheat in the neighbourhood ; lliey promise to yield abundantly, !Ind it may be hoped that corn will be at a reasonable price this winter."—Journal du Commerce d'Anvers, Aug. 21. BERLIN, AUGUST 11.—The unpleasant wet' autumn like weather that we too have had for some time past has changed for the better during the:last two days, and we hope that it will remain so, that our farmers may not entirely lose the fruits of their labour. It is worthy of notice, that this year appears an exact counterpart of 1816, at which time, while in the whole of central Eu rope the weather was cold and wet, and the harvest in different, in Southern Russia the heat was uncommonly great, and the crops of corn so abundant, that from that year we may date the origin of the corn trade, and, in general, of the prosperity of Odessa. We have received from that town precisely similar accounts of the summer of this year, and thus we have a confirmation of our statement made by several observers of natural pheno mena, especially by our Professor Dove, in an interest ing Essay on Meteorological Phenomena, communicated to the Academy, that in every year an equal amount of warmth is diffused over the earth, that if in some parts it is colder than usual, there is, at the same time, in other parts, a degree of temperature above the average ; and, iastl3, if there were a free trade over the whole world, a scarcity of corn could not happen, because a bad harvest in one country would certainly be fully compensated by a good one in another. THE HAGUE, AUGUST 21.—The Staats Courant pub • lisbes a resolution of his Majesty, dated 31st July, this year, containing regulations respecting steam-boats. No body is to establish steam-boats in the sea-ports, or in the rivers and canals, for the regular conveyance of pas sengers or goods between two places in the kingdom, or between a port of the Netherlands and a foreign port, or for the purpose of towing vesselS between certain placer., without obtaining a license, which is to be given - in the King's name by the Minister of Finance, after consult ing the Estates of the provinces interested in the matter. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, AUG. 2.1. Money. Bills. Actual Debt. f , '34 per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Aincrt Syndic, 454 per cent 9l 91 3 i Ditto, ditto, 3y4 per cent 75 . 75 Commercial Company, 4S. per cent 155 15433( Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. ....., 97 971% Exchange on London, One month l2 C7;4 Two months Hamburgh, One month :35 ill% Two months 35 56 k Dutch _Papers, Aug. 21. 13ELGIAN P UNDs—Zsausexce, Ave. :O. V Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C.nt 101 ;1 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93 3 per Cent. ----.Thirty.seven . --- .. 714 -------(1340) INN Loan of City, 1:112, 4 per Cent. 9l Society of Commerce, 4Niper Cent 93% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 74 National Society, — Exchange on London (shoat) Brussels Papers, Aug. 20. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtarisk, Ave. 13 five per Cents. Metalliques Foss per Cents. Three par Cents. Bank shares ;572 ...Aufemeine Zettung, Aug. 17. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, AUG. 20, -- Bilis: Money . 5 Austrian per Cents. Bane Shares elf 95 AnKlo-Bussian Loan _. _ 10. 1 4 10s% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, C.rtiticate Inscription, Ist Se:ir , s 10:2 101% Russian 5 per Cent. Hap:, and Co. 3d and 4th Series ... 93 97& Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 864 Hi Dutch Actual Debt, 2 ~ i pe, Cent LO%. LO% Ditto S per Cent — - Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent...." ......... ...., 75% 75% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Aug. 10 —l3 54.—Two months, 13 3% RIGA. Am. 12. -Three Months, 3936. Pkvausouiton, AUG. 13.—Two months, 39 pence. STATE OF THE WEATHER AND ' CROPS. (FROM THE LATEST PAPERS.) The weather during the present week has been most propitious ; and the harvest is consequently proceeding rapidly. A fortnight or three weeks of such operations would go a long way towards the completion of the labours of the husbandmAL Should we be blessed with a continuance of the warm and sunny weather, it will yet have a wonderful effect in improving the crops ; but we regret to learn that under the most favourable cir cumstances both the quantity and quality of the grain will be to a considerable extent deficient.—Dover Chronicle. The weather on Saturday and Sunday last was very rainy, and Monday was also showery, but since then it has been remarkably fine, and has been productive of the most beneficial effect upon the crops. If this favourable weather continue, of which there is at present every prospect, harvest will soon be general in this district, and we are happy to hear more faVourable reports of the crops than were lately anticipatel.—Neweastle Chronicle. The fine weather of the last few days has produced a great improvement in the appearance of the crops. In several districts in this neighbourhood the harvest has commenced, and both the quality and quantity of the grain are excellent. The same, we learn, is the case in the counties of Derby, Nottingham, and Lincoln; in the latter one, the crops of oats are finer than for many years.—Coventry Herald. _ _ _ - Since Sunday last the weather has been uninterrupt edly fine; and should it only continue so for a few days longer, the sickle will be in active and general service (with trifling exceptions) throughout this district. From all we have learned, the wheat is in better condition than, from the heavy falls of rain, was generally anticipated ; the ears are well filled, and the quality of an average description.—Hull Advertiser. LEIZESTERSHIRE.—The crops, from all we can learn, are looking extremely well ; the wheats, promising a fair average crop, and barley being heavier than for some years past. A considerable quantity of barley has been cut and carried, and the corn is now progressing with. One or two lots of the Old Lammas wheat are remarkably fine.—Leicestershire Mercury. Last week some wheat was stacked in this neighbour hood, but we fear not in very good condition. How ever, by remaining in the stack till next summer, the kernel may harden and come round. The harvest here is now in full progress, and we hope for a favourable change of the weather after so long a continuance of wet.—Norfolk Chronicle. MAIDSTONE.—The weather of the past week has still continued very unfavourable to the bines, most of which are still reluctant to shoot out of their burrs into hop. There appears to be much inequality, not only in differ ent grounds, but even among the bines in the same grounds. We have seen a branch of hops, some of which were two inches long, from the ground of Mr. Matthews, of Far leigh, and other grounds may be seen where in several acres it is difficult to find a hop. The mould is on the increase. During the last fortnight, though we had rain at inter vals, there has, on the whole, on the Yorkshire Wolds, been a number of splendid days of sun and bristling breezes—weather highly favourable for forwarding the crops.--Hull Advertiser. On "Wednesday last the weather was very fine, but should it continue so, it is not expected that barley this season can recover so as to produce more than two thirds of an average crop. The oat crop looks exceed ingly fine, ard promises abundantly. Potatoes look luxuriant, and a good supply may be expected. Tur nips have been altogether checked, and if we have not mild weather ere long, the consequence must be serious, There will be a scarcity of cider in some places, as there is but a partial crop of apples. The harvest has com menced in many places. There were two bags of new barley shown at Kingsbridge market last Saturday.— Exeter Times. A very gratifying change in the weather has been ex perienced during the last five days in this county, and the harvesting of barley and wheat is proceeding in the early districts, but in thos e on l y .—Sh rews b ury Ch ron i c l e. Since last Monday we have had delightful weather, sunny, airy, and warm. The hay is nearly all housed, and the grain-crops are much improved.—Kendal Mer cury. N 4 \re had this week several days of fine weather, which must have considerably ripened the grain in this neigh bourhood. There is much grain within a short distance of Carlisle which wants merely a week or so of dry sunny weather to render it fit for the sickle.— Carlisle Journal. Fine dry weather has continued during the last week, and the crops in the neighbourhood of Lancaster have been ripening very fast,—Lancaster Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AttGUir 2 3, 184 i. ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE. CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS. • MANCHESTER, AUGUST 21. As. it was understood the proceedings of the. Confer ence would elOse this day, the number of. clergyinen in attendance was not - so. numerous as on previous meetirms. The interest evinced by the public on the important dis closures made by the different clergymen seemed by no means to have abated. •The.portion of the.hall set apart 'for strangers was more crowded than ever. • .About - half-past nine o'cloek the Rev. THOMAS SPEN cult, A.M., of Hinton Charter House, near Bath, the President of the day, took the Chair. He said there was one thing on taking the Chair that he regretted, and that was, that if the Church of England w as to be represented in this Conference, it ought to be represented by the Archbishop of Dublin, who was a very zefileus Lorn l::w repealer. He knew there was not a man in England who had clearer views on this subject. That excellent man said, that, if they were in conversation with tiny tine, and wanted to know if he were an honest and intel ligent person with whom they conversed, introduce the subject of the Corn-laws. however, this Conference had acted so well, and had got so much respect, that it would not be the last Conference, unless the. Corn-laws were repealed. If they did not wish to see a Conference in London—if they did not wish to see every minister attended by three or four of his congregation—if they did not wish to see Exeter-hall filled by 5,000 people—they must repeal the Corn-laws. He wished the young men of Manchester, the Young Men's Anti monopoly Association, could spare money to go up at the same tune ; for he was sorry to say there was a gin drinking public opinion that wanted to throw out Lord Julio Russell. And the licensed victuallers also wished to throw him out, because he wanted to restrict them and they cared more about selling strong drink than for the liberties of the peopk. He would like to draw a little public opinion from here, that when her Majesty went to Parliament she might go wafted on the breeze of free trade. And let the Lords spiritual, who did not think it too secular to attend to politics in the House of Lords, though they thought it very secular to meet on the Corn-laws, consider these things.—(Hear, hear.) If these young men went to London, and lined the ap proaches to Parliament, instead of the idle mob who went for mere curiosity ; if they had a few of the young suffering men of Manchester there to call out, " . No Corn-laws," he thought the present Session would see the Corn-laws destroyed. However, whether the young Men of Manchester would go up or not, they, the Mi nisters of religion, would pledge themselves to answer the first call. The lieV. J. W. lnssiF.:•Said it was considered desir able to make a small addition to the Committee to wind up the affairs of the Conference ; that two gentlemen should be put upon it from Scotland ; and that the va rious Chairmen of Conference shotild also be added to it. He moved " That the following names be added to the ExeCutive Committee already appointed :—The respec tive Chairmen, viz., The Rev. T.. Adkins, the Rev. Wm. Chaplin, the Rev. Dr. Cox, and the Rev. T. Spencer ; with Dr. Vaughan, of London ; the Rev. J a m es Robert son, of Edinburgh ; and the Rev. Alex. Harvey, of Glasgow. The Rev. Wm. WlCEtteow seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Rev. Mr. HOYLE, of Stalybridge, said that, after all that had been said of distress in various districts, yet still there were, in the northern districts near Manches ter, 200,000 souls for whom no one had yet spoken, the great majority of whom were with us in opinion on the Corn-laws. He mentioned some individual cases of a distressing nature, in which hunger, sickness, and penury made the misery most poignant. The Rev. PETER GUNN, Catholic parish priest of Eastern Temple, county Fermanagh, said he came to tender the Conference the moral energies and determina tion of -.3,000 people in Ireland against that inhuman law, which destroyed thousands for want. of food. If the Irish people knew the Conference as well as he did, who had not set foot in England till Monday last, they would unite heart and hand. He trusted that the end of this beginning would be, that England and Ireland would know each other better on the subject of the Corn-laws. When Mr. Spencer, last night, at th e t ea p ar ty, sa id t h at there were Roman Catholic priests attending this Con ference, it was received with a burst of cheering ; for which he returned his most cordial :hanks. A hired scribe had recommended to the incomieg Government to seize all the Catholic priests of Irelond, and transport them ; but the scribe little knew that those who at tempted to carry this into e ff ec t must c li m b to the task over the comes of seven millions of the people of Ire land. As to Ireland, that oppressed country, with high rents, heavy taxes, and tithe to pay, there was poverty in every valley ; the people were so naked and miser able, that perhaps one-fourth stayed at home, though taught their duty by their church to attend divine wor ship, because of their rags. The Rev. G. HARRIS. Independent minister of Ring wood, Hants, came by the wish of Mr. Cobden, to make a few statements as to the condition of the poor in his neighbourhood. It was remarkable that, during Con ference, not a single communication or statement had been made as to the state of the people in the great corn-growing counties of Norfolk, Essex, Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Dorset, and .Hants. He thought' it might be shown, that the agricultural labourers in some of these counties were suffering. greatly. The other side of Southampton the labourers did not work twelve hours a day, and got wood and turf cheap from the New Forest. A few of the farmers allowed their labourers to purchase wheat at Gd. per bushel less than the market price. Potatoes they were allowed to grow in the farmer's fields at 4d. per rood. One clergyman told him that the farm men who tcok care of the horses got 9s. a week. The average amount of wages was not more than 75.; thecom men wages were Bs,; but, as there was little work in winter, 7s. would - be no average of the year. Deduct ing 3/. 10s. for rent of their cottas , e and garden, would leave 181. 10s. or 6s. a week to the labourer ; and, if six persons in family, that was not quite 2d. per head. These were the wages throughout the whole agricultural district in which he lived. :He would ask the Chairman what provision would be made for any communication that might be sent hereafter from the country ? The Rev. WILLIAM M'KEnnow said that many had been received from agricultural districts, of which a digest should be made. The CHAIRMAN said, gentlemen were about to speak from those very districts, and he would call upon The Rev. Mr. G OODE, of Gosport, Hants, who said that he had given a st a t ement yes t er d a y as t o th e s t a t e of the poor in Hants. He was commanded by Admiral Boliverie ; Governor of the Dock-yard at Portsmouth, to express his cordial sympathy with the object of this Con ference, as also Sir George Staunton's, and a farmer's, who said, "_Tell the Conference, though I am a farmer, I would give 1,000/. myself if I could repeal the Corn laws."—(Great applause.) [At this period Thomas Gisborne, Esq., late M.P., entered the room, and was in vited upon the pla.forrn.] The Rev. Mr. MoRGAN, of Chichester, Sussex, said, the mechanics of Chichester, if they had constant em ployment, would be satisfied with their wages, but they were without work during four months every year, and suffered much, being above seeking parochial pay. The labourers' wages were 2s. to 2s-6d. a day •, but they were out of work Ave or six months of the year, and were supported by the parish and private charity. The most respectable agricultural labourers around Chichester and Western Sussex, two thirds being in constant employment, got 11s. to 12s. a week, but notwithstanding this they were much distresed in consequence of the high price of corn ; for, although their wages had been raised one-sixth, they had to pay more than double for their bread.—(Hear, hear.) Since the Poor-law they had lost their "head-money " (an allowance in proportion to the number of children.) The labourer could not buy meat or bacon, and lived much on bread and potatoes. The Re;.. M. A. GARVEY, Independent Minister of London, who had been sent, and his expenses paid by his people, said—he thought they ought to adjourn the Conference to London, or, if not,,their acts would not have the same effect on the country generally. Mr. INCERaow said there had been no motion as to the adjournment to London. It was a subject which re quired serious and calm deliberation in Committee. Mr. MAssiE announced that there were four resolu tions—one concerns the Magistracy ; another the do mestic hospitality which the Ministers had received; an other regaris the Ministers . of Conference, as to what the Cominittee suggests would be expedient for them to do ; and another concerned the Manchester Ministers ; another, the most important, he believed, was that the Council of the Anti-Corn-law League, with a liberality that had never said " no" to anything of expense relatin g to this Conference, were about to present an address to the Conference, which was to be closed by an address from Mr. George Thompson. 1 - The Rev. W. GILES, Baptist Minister, of Liverpool (amidst cries of " Spoke"), said he contended that if those cultivating bad arable land would convert it into pasture, they would do well. Next week 1,100 hands of Lane and Co., Stockport, would be thrown out of work, and 900 this week from Kerr and Co.'s. In Liverpool, 60,000 persons were barely existing in dark, damp cellars. The Rev. Mr. MASSIE moved, and the Rev. Mr. M`KEnnow seconded, a resolution, calling upon Mr. Gis borne, late M.P. for Carlow, to address the meeting. The CHAIRMAN put the question, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. Gissor.NE declared it was alleged that the Corn laws were necessary for the protection of the farmer. Upon that point he had a personal quarrel with those laws ; because they did not protect him. He happened to be a large farmer, and occupied 500 acres at the pre sent moment. The Corn•laws were made in order to enable the farmers of Lincolnshire and Essex to grow corn for the supply of the British people. A price of from 50s. to 70s. was necessary fo that purp ose ; b ut h e could not grow corn at COs. or 7 .. If he were to at tempt to do so in North Derbys re he should be ruined. Now, he wanted to know why the principle of protection should be applied to the farmers of Lincolnshire and Essex, and withheld from those of North Derby ? Why should the former be raised up to a thawing point, whilst the latter were left just below Zero ? — (Applause.) That very circumstance proved that the principle was good for nothing ; for it was not applicable even t o a ll t h e . . agriculturists of this country. The Rev. WALTER SCOTT, of Airedale College, near Bralfurd, said he came there as the delegate from the Operative Anti Corn-law Association at Bradford, who were delighted when they heard of this m eet i ng. H e had seen a good deal of the operatives in Bradford, and a short time ago he went into the cellar of one of them who had emigrated from the agricultural districts a few years ago when trade was bad. The change from a bracing good air to the unwholesome air of a cellar affect ed their health. Five of them were dependent upon the labour of one child at a factory, and one day he found that that girl had to return to her work without any dinner.—(Hear, hear). He could state many other facts of the same kind. This was not merely a poor man's question for the skill and capital of their employers was as necessary to them as their industry. He moved " That this Conference, without wishing to recommend the exercise of any authority that the constitution does not give or prescribe any course to be pursued by the members of it, after its dissolution ; yet this Conference consider that considerable efficiency may be given to its proceedings, if, in their several localities, they avail themselves of the press, and by congregational petitions to both Houses of Parliament." . The Rev. Mr..SOLLY, of Yeovil, seconded the motion,- - which was unanimously agreed to. The Rev. Mr. JONES, a Welsh Calvanist minister of Wrexham, said that nothing had been said about the mining interest. In consequence of the depression of the iron trade, there were in the town of Wrexham hun dreds of miners who were out of work, and who would starve but-for the exertions of the benevolent. A short time ago, 750 colliers came all at once to the Board of Guardians at Wrexham. There was great alarm, and sol diers were sent for; but the men were quite peaceable; all they wanted they said was work. The Board of Guar dians could do nothing. fur them, except a little relief temporarily ; and about 250 of them were admitted into die workhouse. Great distress prevailed, and it was the general opinion that it was owing to the Corn-laws. The Rev. Mr. SMITII, one of the tutors of Rotheram College, moved, " That the heartfelt thanks of this Con ference be returned to the gentlemen with whcm it origi nated, and by whom its preliminary arrangements were executed; and also to the numerous friends in Man chester and its neighbourhood for their hospitality." The Rev. WILLIAM AULD, of Greenock, seconded the resolution ; and The motion then passed ; and The Rev. Mr. MASSIE said, perhaps it might be pro per that the originators of the Conference should ac knowledge the compliment which had been paid them. He and his brother, Mr. M•lierrow, had, in some mea sure, the responsibility of the parentage—(Applause) and they should defer making an attempt at a suitable acknowledgement until the afternoon. The CHAIRMAN then adjourned the 'Conference to half-past four. AFTERNOON SITTING. The members assembled at .the usual hour in the af ternoon.. The uall was; if possible, more crowded than at any former sitting. The Rev. Thomas Spencer in the Chair. A motion was then made and agreed to for the admis sion of a deputation from the Anti-Corn-law League, to which reference had been made in the early part of the day. The Deputation then entered the hall, headed by. Sir Thomas Potter, with whom was Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., William Rawson, Esq., G. Wilson, Esq., and Messrs. Kershaw, C. J. S. Walker, Elkanah Armitage, J. Bazley, jun., A. Prentice, William Bickham, with George Thompson, Esq., and other gentlemen connected with the League. They were received with loud and reiterated applause. Mr. Ald. CQBDEN then read the following address : " To the Christian Ministers of all denominations in Conference assembled, for the consideration of the laws restricting the food of the people, the Address of the Executive Council of the Anti-Corn-law league in Manchester. " REVEREND SIRS—We beg respectfully to tender you our - earnest and grateful thanks for the zealous and truly Christian services which you have rendered to the cause of suffering humanity, and to express our acknowledg ments for the sanction which your dignified proceedings have given to our p as t l a b ours , an d f rom wh i ch we shall derive increased encouragement and a new stimulus to our future efforts. " The religious world will regard the acts of your Conference as a noble illustration of the true spirit of a Christian ministry, whose benign influence can never be more consistently exerted than when vindicating the cause of the poor and destitute. " We highly appreciate the minute and startlin,-: array e of evidence brought by yo u f rom a ll p arts o f the mpire, and proving on such unimpeachable testimony the physi 7 cal and moral degradation of great numbers of the people, as well in the agricultural as in the manufacturing coun• ties. You have thus made it manifest that, during the long continuance of extreme scarcity and dearness of provisions consequent upon unwise and unjust legisla tion, the condition of the labouring classes has rapidly deteriorated—that the demand for labour has declined— that wages (notwithstanding the assertion of the mono polists to the contrary) have materially decreased—and that, from these causes, multitudes of our industrious fellow -countrymen have been cruelly and needlessly sub jected to all the evils cf misery, disease, and premature death. " SyMpathising with you in the still augmenting dis tress of our poorer brethren, and fortified by the facts with which your testimony has supplied us, we shall continue to advocate, and with renewed energy, the abo lition of these impious laws, which, by limiting the food of the people, and restricting the demand for labour, have been the main source of the manifold ills now al flicting the community. " Whilst giving expression to our grateful thanks of the inestimable value of your present labours, permit us to beseech your continued efforts in furtherance of the righteous and philanthropic work in which, as Christian ministers, you have engaged. " We would earnestly entreat you, in your respective spheres of usefulness, individually to use the influence of your sacred calling in awakening the public mind to the national importance of this great question. " We rely on the moral weight of your example ; we trust much to the efficacy of your pulpit exhortations ; we feel that to your supplications at the throne of the the Most High the poor and wretched may yet look with humble hope, and in the Christian confidence that jus tice, so long denied, will at last be rendered them ; and resting with firm reliance on your pious and patriotic ef forts, we look forward with well-grounded assurance to the early and triumphant issue of a struggle on which depends the happiness or misery of millions of our fellow creatures, and the prosperity or irretrievable ru i n o f our beloved country. Mr. Cobden, on concluding the address, was greeted with loud cheering. A motion that the address be received, and entered upon the minutes of the Conference, was then made and agreed to. — [Mr. George Thompson then addressed the meeting. We cannot find room for the speech to-day, but it is too good to be abridged, and we shall, therefore, take the first opportunity of giving it at length.] Votes of thanks were then passed to the Chairman, to the Ministers of Manchester, for convening the Confer ence, and the Honorary Secretaries, which closed the proceedings of the Convocation. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. POST.—The position of Ministers at the present mo ment is anything but an enviable one. In addition to the painful consciousness that they are doomed to a speedy expulsion from the offices. they ,love so ,well., thee suffer from several minor causes of affliction 'and embarrassment. They begin at last, we are credibly in formed, to repent the unprincipled tenacity of office which prevented their resignation when the House of Commons had declared that they were unfit to govern the country, and which again forbade them to resign when the people of the United Kingdom had de clared that in this instance, if in no other, the House of Commons had spoken truly and acted well. It cannot, indeed, excite much surprise that Mi nisters should look 'forward to Tuesday next with anxiety and alarm ; and still less can the embarrass ment and distress in which they have laboured so diligently and successfully to involve themselves • excite any commisseration or sympathy in the minds of honourable men. We see honest and straightforward men of all classes of society and in every quarter of the town rubbing their hands with infinite glee while they j ask each other, " What are Ministers to say in the Queen's Speech, which the Queen will not speak for them, on Tuesday ?" The conjectural replies to this question- are various and even opposite. But however they may differ in other respects, every reply that can be given to the question is equally an indication and presage of the weakness, confusion, and disgrace to which Ministers are irrevocably doomed—self doomed. Will they make the Corn-law question, upon which they have just appealed to the country, a prominent topic of the Queen's Speech ?or will they not ? Weak ness, confusion, and disgrace must result from either de termination. In the former case they will swell the ma jority against them on the address by the votes 'of all those Mmbers who, though disposed to yield to Minis ters their general support, have been returned to Parlia ment upon the faith that they will maintain without flinching the interests of British agriculture. In the - lat ter they will excite the dis gus t and incur the contempt of the whole body of their free-trade partisans, who will very naturally and justly accuse them of betraying and sacrificing the cause by so pusillanimous and treacherous a display of the white feather. Here is one stumbling block in the path of Ministers, and we have some reason to surmise that up to this moment the Cabinet. is very far from unanimous as to the manner in width they shall attempt to overcome it. HERALD.—When men begin to despair of making head against a successful adversary, but arc afraid to avow, publicly, the fact of their despair—they are pretty sure to give out that his forces are distracted by internal divisions. They attempt to disparage the repu tation of his success by ascribing to him a thousand ac cidental advantages—which he really never possessed ; —and to console themselves for the shame of present defeat, by anticipations of future discomfiture to their rivals through divided councils, and the factious preten sions of their members. The language which is held by the organs of our Whig-Radical Government has, for some time past, afforded amusing indications of this very ancient and somewhat clumsy policy. The whole stock in trade of their hopes and prospects of a return to power consists of reiterated speculations on the difficulties which it is assumed must necessarily beset Sir Robert Peel in his attempts to reconcile the conflicting claims and views of his various sup porters. One of these organs—a cackling hen, which sits upon every mare's-nest, entertains that primitive race of persons who are really its "readers," with a daily elaboration of this fond absurdity. A great deal of allowance, of course, is to be made for the habitual im- pressions on these subjects which the thorough-goin g hack in the service of Whiggery " all over the world," must have acquired in the course of so long a period of equivocal services as it has now devoted to the cause of the most sordid and selfish party to whose hands the destinies of this empire were ever confided. The whole of that party seem to treat the notion of a great public leader attempting to govern this country upon any certain and defined bases of an enlarged and pub lic-spirited policy—without being deterred from the prosecution of his generous object, by inability to provide place, office, emolument, or pension for all the needy relatives and greedy dependents of a party in possession of power—as a height of romantic virtue oa which it would be mere idiotcy to speculate. We are told by one of these organs that " in sober earnestness there is at the very threshold of power a most serious division in the Conservatioe ranks." And what (do the public imagine) is this assumption founded upon ? need Upon, truly, a most portentous, a most formidable con junction of circumstances. It seems that the Morning Post has actually fallen out with the Times ! Nay, more—that the Times has intimated some hesitation and doubt whether it may feel disposed to extend its patron age and support to the new Government I—the Times condemning the existing Corn-laws, and intimating its hope, rather than its expectation, that the first official act of Sir Robert Peel will be to put them down ; and the Post,on its own " assurance"—of " enjoying the full • confidence of the leaders" of the Conservative party—pledging itself with as much energy as may be supposed to enter into its composition, " that Sir Robert Peel entertains no such views as the Times has rashly imputed to him." It is time that this sort of delusion should cease. Sir Robert Peel is at the head of a party, the principles of which the Whig-Radi cals never will be taught to appreciate. The true in terests of the public service, the course which may best consist with the public honour, the policy whiCh may best consolidate the public safety, will be the great ob jects of all Conservative Government—no matter under what leader. The same disinterestedness which they have already displayed in opposition, the same steady devotion to the I, elfare of the empire, — not to the per sonal aggrandi sement o f the Memers of their own party,--will be their characteristic qualifications for offi cial power, their irresitible claims on public confidence. The inherent distinction between the principles of the Whig-Radicals and those of the Conservatives, will acquire, from day to day, increased development ; and a grateful country will learn to render due honour to public men whose first care for the public service will be—to provide efficient and trustworthy servants .for the discharge of all its various duties, and the main tenance of their establishments on a footing of perma nent vigour and act i v i ty . S uc h , i n short,is the just authority or influence, among the Conservatives, of the principles for the vindication of which they have so suc cessfully combined all the various classes of a party (" of the same name, but of a different nature " as the Government Journal phrases it)—that the leader of that party must respond to them. - He will no more ven ture, be he who he may, to depart from them, on any essential points or leaaing questions, even to retain the " confidence " of the Morning Post (I) or to propitiate the sanction of the Times, than the party itself will ever venture to forfeit its popularity and authority with the country by imitating the shameless nepotism of the Whigs, in swamping the public departments and the higher classes of office with their troublesome depen dents or needy relatives;—whenever the long line of Elliots and Cowpers and Russells and Greys and Foxes which have been provided for, by the especial champions of Parliamentary Reform, shall have left any vacancies for other Ministers to supply I• TIMES.—The fastest friends of the present Corn laws, in effect, if not in intention, are the Jacobin blas phemers, who, with a profaneness too glaring to be called hypocrisy, daily pollute the most sacred names and subjects for the purposes of faction. We say, for the purposes of faction ; because, although we think it by no means a mark'of faction to argue against the Corn laws, we look upon it as perfectly clear that the mass of folly, falsehood, and wickedness, which disfigures a cer tain portion of the Ministerial press, is not, even by those who use it, imagined to be argument at all. It is the misshapen offspring, on the one hand, of the selfishness of certain class-interests, whose motive for agitating this question is the desire of gain, which they would wil lingly secure to - themselves by any amount of public or private mischief, and who look upon the excitement of popular passions and the dissemination of popular fallacies as the nearest road to their end. On the other hand, it is taken up by a political party, always unscrupulous enough, but now in a rabid state, and gnashing its teeth under the pangs of recent defeat. Anything to inflame the people is their motto : they cast about for the materials of sedition with the energy of men whose existence is at stake. If an opportunity offers at the same time to degrade and dishonour the name of religion, it is eagerly seized, as being quite in the way of their trade. Lr fact, when they take religion into their loathsome oiabrace, and still more, when they prevail upon any of the outward professors of religion to become accomplices in this prostitution o' sacred things, they probably appear to themsel ves t o b e answer ing a double purpose, and killing two birds 'with one stone. But in this, as in many other things, they are gross self-deceivers. They cannot succeed in - bringing religion into contempt, because England is a religious country, and they arc universally known to .be hol low impostors, scorners • of everything like real reli gious principle. Still less can they palm upon the people at large (whatever they may do with weak and vain and not entirely disinterested men lik e M r . B a pti s t Noel) the belief - that their uncharitable blasphemies are either-honestly meant, or true in Fact. Every candid op ponent of the Corn-laws feels indignation at the at tempt to represent what (as the Wesleyan Conference accurately stated) is "primarily a question of political economy," as a religious question ; and shudders at the Jaeobinisra which stigmatizes all who think differ ently as tyrants who " cannot with a clear conscience ask for their daily bread." Such arguments will help no cause ; they carry their own condemnation palpably written upon the face of them ; they dishearten and dis gust intelligent and honourable friends, inspire enemies with a confidence, both moral and intellectual, in their own views, and convince neutrals that measures which to be so supported must be rotten even to the core MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—To-day's accounts from Manchester mention a better tendency in ithe manufacturing market, conse quent upon the very improved state of the weather, and the more staple appearance of the cotton market at Li verpool. The news from China brought by the New York papers is generally credited in the City, but, at present, it does not in the slightest degree corroborate that lately received by way of Marseilles and Paris. On the con trary, so far as it goes, it is at variance with it, as none of the facts, some of which are of an official character, and by no means unimportant, are at all adverted to, though the date of the " news" through France was stated to be much later. However, it is unnecessary to pursue the subject further at present, as the arrival of the next mail, which may be shortly looked for, will set the whole mutter at rest. The feeling of the trade was strongly shown to-day, as, althou g h Saturday is not a day of much business in tea, the decline in value was full 2d. per lb. CHRUNICLE.—The quarterly returns of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, just pub lished, when compared with the preceding returns, show an increase in the circulation of 407,0001.; in the de posits an increase of 210,0001.; in the securities an in crease of 737,000/, and in the bullion a decre ase o f 64,0001.; the stack on hand of the latter being 5,206,000/. There is an increase in the " rest" of 56,0001. The in crease in the circulation may be attributed to the pay ment of the July dividends, which always create a tem porary " flush" in the Money Market. But the increase in the securities shows that the Bank Directors had also been increasing . their discounts when they relaxed the rule of confining their negotiations to bills not having over sixty days to run. The impression, however, pro duced by a consideration of these returns is not particu larly agreeable, for we see symptoms of the bad old system, viz.. an increase of the circulation simultaneous with a decrease in the bullion. It was owing to this pernicious course of policy that the Directors found it necessary for self-preservation to apply the " screw" with such convulsive and disastrous force in 1839. We trust they will avoid splitting on the same rock in 1842. HERALD.-1t is hardly worth while to revert to the peevish assaults of the City Times, of which another for lorn hope is pushed forward to-day, about the Macao letter of April 27, the:crying sin after all of which is that the Herald had it, and the Times had it not, but it may be as well to remark that, although the Canton news re ceived in New York by the ship Akbar may not be con sidered as perfectly authentic so far as it rests upon the sole authority of. Captain Dumaresq, the commander of the vessel, yet, exclusive of the additional fact that pri vate letters of the 16th of April are referred to as having been seen by the editor of the New York Mercantile Price Current, which in their tenor render the probabilities of the Macao letter stronger, it should be remembered that extracts from Canton papers are actually given to the I Ith of April, showing the apprehensions of an unfa vourable turn in affairs, which it will hardly be sup posed were forged by the captain or editor, or both jointly, any more than Capt. Senhouse's letter of the 7th of April, which stands in the light of an official docu ment. And what object—cui Bono—could these Ame ricans have to falsify news or forge newspaper extracts ? The statements impartially given, both on the favourable and unfavourable side resulted in lowering the prices of the Chinese produce brought by the Akbar, which it should have been the policy of Capt. Dumaresq at least to have endeavoured to raise. As to the ludicrous in crimination of the Times about being "tale-bearers," for such is the stigma cast for inserting certain news from Gclignaui's Messenger received by extraordinary express atconsiderable expense, it is only necessary to say that the " tale-bearer" at second-hand, as the Times was on the same occasion, must be by far the most culpable party (if blame there was) for having sinned with its eyes open after 24 hours' reflection. A s to the " tale -makers," that is an account: which must be left to be settled by the Times with its own correspondent of the Semaphore at Marseilles, with whom the tale originated, and by whom invented, if invented it was. POST.—Letters from Lancashire mention that a num ber of irregularities have occurred in that part of the country and elsewhere in the north in the treatment of bills of exchange. Bills representing bona fide transac tions have, in innumerable instances, been refused pay ment by the acceptors, who have nevertheless maintained, and do so still, a respectable standing in the commercial world. The only kind of settlement that could be effected has been in the payment of a small proportion of the amount drawn for in cash, or an order on London, with a renewal of the remainder at four or six months ; and this notwithstanding that the bills have in most cases the indorsements of firms esteemed safe in Liverpool, Glasgow, and other leading places of business. In the instances referred to there have been no outward stop pages, but, to attempt any other mcde cf arrangement than that which we have pointed out, has been found useless, the more general plea offered by parties for a departure from the usual routine being, that sales of goods are impracticable, and that the banks are affording so little or no accumulation. A system of gambling in corn is going on upon a large scale, and it will appear a novel one to the majority of our readers. A speculator engages to give so many shillings per quarter for the "call" of wheat for the month of November, and so on, upon the same principle that a "put and call" may be obtained in the Consol Market. This desperate game bids fair to result in seri ous disaster to the Bulls, or parties going for the rise. ADVERTISER. --We have reason to believe that affairs in Canada are going on better than the journals of America would represent, for the opposition to the exist ing Government was no greater than ever, if we are not misinformed. The interesting intelligence received from China, via EVENING sty It appears by an official intimation that has just been issued, that the East India Company have altered the rate of exchange. The Directors now intimate, that they will receive cash for bills on Bengal at ls. lld. the Com pany's rupee, and upon Madras and Bombay, at Is. 11id. the Company's rupee. SOUND DUES. DECLARATION. The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and his Danish Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary arid Minister Plenipoten tiary at the Court of St. James's, having examined the Tariff of Duties on Articles not enumerated in the Tariff of Christianople of the year ,1,645, which has been drawn up on the part of Great Britain by Mr. McGregor, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Elsinore, and:on the part of Denmark by MM. C. G. Wessel and Royal Danish H. Olrik, T rans l ator , an d Comptroller of the Danish Custom-house at the Oresound, have, in the name and on the behalf of their respective Governments, agreed that the rates of duty specified in that Tariff shall be adopted for the space of ten years to come, commencing from the 15th day of the present month ; and, further, until the end of twelve months after either of the respective Governments shall have given notice to the other of its intention no longer tr , abide .‘is agreement. - In witness whereof, the undersigned have signed the present declaration, and have affixed there'', :‘e seals of their arms. Done at London, the 4th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1841. (L.S.) P.AL - MERSTON. (L.S.) ADOLPH BLOME. Tariff of Articles, the Rates of which, corresponding with One per Cent. ad valorem, upon the undermentioned valuations have this da^ been agreed upon between Mr McGregor, her Britannlo 11,1iticsty's Consul for the Oresound, on the one part; Eitd` .51.er , rs. Wessel and Olrik, officers belonging -t4+ his Danish Majesty's Oresound Customs on the other part, subject to the approval of their respective Governments, and with the understanding that the said rates are to be levied and paid at the Sound in rix-dollars specie, equal to two rix bank dollars in palter, and during the period of ten years, to commence On the Ist June, 1841. REMARK.—The coin in which the Sound Duty, Light Money, Fees, and other charges at the Sound, are charged and paid, is the rix-dollar specie, of which 9+, say nine and a quarter rix-dollars specie constitute, and shall fur the future be held equal to, one mark fine silver, Cologn weight. The rix-dollar is divided into 48, say r'ortv-eight parts, denominated stirers. It is understood that the said rates of duty are also to be levied in the Belts. , F. .?*: T. d V . ' E- It -8 ,„ Denomination ~,, 0 :1/4 . ~ r 4 .--.. s. C. , of 1 F .52 ` - ' - i Articles. t "" .:1 !" 15. 2 E.- t c. ~ ..F.. . s -0 ~ ... , si -r: 1:4 't 7 .!: , b ,-e, ~ .tt ! a-. . c 4 ao ''''' g In English. ca 1;!,' =r. _,,an .fi r. c .7.. o -.• z ------.! !stivers. rix-dol stivers. ' Annotta orßcucou' 9 1001 b ! 20 9 Old val. Argol or Tartar ...! 6 3001 b 121 6 Old val. Ai senic ! 12 3001 h 15 8 Auripigmentum ' 9 100 lb 12 6 ! Banda 6 3001 b 5 3 Camel's Hair Capella Alba ! 36 100 lb 12 6 Cardamoms• ' 36 100 lb 35 18 Cassia Fistula ' 36 100 lb '25 12 Cassia Lignea.. Cement Cocoa Coffee Coney Wnol ott e n —Manurac- 1 . . tures of, with the 1 . exception of white I c•':; ' common Calicoes L .9. various ... 1 p e r cent' and those articles I rad val. herein specified j Cotton Stockings, mens'& womens', 30 50 pair 12i. 6 „ ditto, half, or i children,' 136 100 pair 12 6 Cubebs Isinglass ' 6 100 lb 12i 6 Old val. Juniper Berries ' 26 800 lb 13 6 Lead Shot Manna Groats 9 100 lb 4 2 Ochre Oranges and Le mans, fresh 2 1 box 0 1 Pimento Rhapontick root 36 100 lb 75 36 Old val. Rhubarb 36 100 lb 75 26 Old val. Rice in the husk, i or Paddy i 15 400 lb 11 6 Sarsaparilla... ! ,36 100th 415 18 Spices, not further, enumerated or ! 1 per cent described I 36 .100 lb ... ad val. Sugar, raw 9 10011) I 10 5 Turmeriek Verdigris 9 100 lb 20 9 101c1 vat.. Wood for Dyeing : I i „ Sapan ” Sandal 30 1000 lb 15 •• „ Province : fi „ Cam & Gar wood I „ Caliatour „ Campeachy & H onduras 1 36 10001 b 15 8 „ Logwood .. I ~ Galicia „ Nicaragua or. Peach „ Sta. Martha' 36 1000 lb „ Rio de la 24 12 Hache „ Stockfish- I ;p' 10001 b! wood 30 800 lb • „ Fustick of all 371 sorts 136 1000 lb i 15 8 „ Ficet-wood. I ~ not further .30 10001 b ... il a p d er v c a e L nt enumerated i or described Yarn, viz.: . „ Cotton or Twist 38 100 lb 32 16 „ Knitting Cotton ... 18 501 b 130 15 „ Sewing ditto 501 b ) „ Turkey red. 30 „ Embroidery „ Mohair ... 30 501 b 37 18 Zinck, or Spelter: „ from the North Sea 8 100 lb „ from the B a lti c 3 100 lb 1 3 2 f Witness our hands and seals in London, the 13th May, 1841. L.S.) FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR, her Britannic Majesty's Consul for Denmark and the Oresound. L.S.) C. G. WESSEL, Royal Second Translator at the Oresound Custom-house. L.S.) H. H. OLRIK, Royal Comptroller at the Ore sound Custom-house. MONTROSE BURGHS.—We are authorised to state, that there is no foundation for the rumour, that Mr. Chalmers intends retiring from the representation of the Montrose district of burghs in favour of Mr. TT .ume. BRUSSELS, AUG. 21.—1 t is reported at Leige that Mr. Hoffman has just been chosen by the Go vernment for a mission to Spain, the object of which is said to be to induce the Spanish Government to aban don the augmentation of the duty on linens„ and to form new commercial relations. The English Opera House has bean engaged by an association of literary aspirants to dramatic fame, as a rallying point for neglected genius i and a stage for the representation of unacted dramas ; and with a view to redress the grievances of dramatists and to break up the monopoly of the patent theatres. The " Dramatic Au thors' Theatre," as it is styled, is managed by a " Coun cil," who, in the bills an nounc i ng th e ir first performance to take place on Thursday, appeal to the public for sup port, and claim indulgence for the " irregular form" in which they are compelled by law to present " a high tra gic composition." The tragic burletta alluded to, is a version, by Mr. George Stephens, of his " magnificent dramatic poem" The Hungarian Daughter, under the title of Martinuzzi, which is to be produced with songs and music, " according to Act of Parliament." The bill is garnished with laudatory extracts from newspapers and periodicals, which will rise up in judgment aga i ns t any unfavourable opinions from the same quarters, as to the merits a the drama in its new shape. The trage dians are Messrs. Elton, Phelps, and Selby, M es d ames Warner, Maywood, and Fortescue ; the vocalists Miss Collett and Mr. Morley ; and the tal en t s o f t h e per formers are such as to excite no apprehensions of failure,, in so far as the acting is concerned ; the play is to be followed by a farce, entitled The Cloak and Bonnet, from the pen of Captain Marryat. The novelty of the expe riment will doubtless attract a good audience, and we cordially wish it success. Though we are not very san guine as to the efficacy of the scheme in regenerating the English drama, or elevating the character of the stage ; still, as advocates of free trade, in theatrical business as well as in commerce, Nve shall b e glad if it leads to the placing of the theatre s on a fairer and more equal foot ing, by doing away with exclusive privileges, alike inju rious to all parties concerned. The performances will commence on Th'arsday.—Athenauni. We regret to state that the Hon. Lieutenant. Colonel Molyncux expired this morning at his house in Arlington -street. On Saturday his disorder assumed. such a serious aspect that expresses were forwarded to the Dowager Countess of Sefton, at Stoke Farm, and in the afternoon the Countess and the Ladies Molyneux arrived in Dover-street. The Hon. and Gallant Gen- tlemanliis been gradually losing his strength since Sir Benjamin Brodie performed the operation, and althouKh that eminent surgeon and Dr. Chambers have been in eonstant altendanee on him, his complaint has defied t ieir skill. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence left town on Saturday for Plymouth. the United States, has been most anxiously commented upon, especially by the merchants and others connected with the East India and China trades. Credit is given to the information in its more important details, and had the public sales of tea, which commenced yesterday, been continued to-day, no doubt prices would have ranged differently. By private contract on 'Change this after noon, there was not a great deal of bona fide business transacted, but prices ruled much lower than they did yesterday. Company's congou was quoted at 2s. 54d. per lb. It must however be remarked, that news re ceived from China, by way of America, has always been, and is still looked upon with some suspicion by our own merchants. S. Ur set, rips er- nn 141 ith