The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-04 00:00:00

LATE EDITIONS of " THE SUN" in the CITY. Mg. JOSEPH THOMAS, of No. 1 FINCH LANE, CORNHILL, has made arrangements - by whieii,thn Public and the Trade may be supplied with a THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN " EVERY EVENING at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK, And Subsequent Editions when Published. The THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN" contains the PROCEEDINGS 'of both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to SEVEN O'CLOCK, and all other important in formation accessible to that hour. Orr TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS a full A bstract of the " Lon don Gzette"—Bankruptcies, Promotions in the Army and Navy, &c. &c., will be found in thi s Edition, the im p ortance of • -which wi ll be appreciated by MERCHAN I'S and BANKERS for their FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. ------ Advertisements and Orders for " The Sun" received by Mr. Thomas, No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; where also may be lbtained Every Morning, before Eight o'Clock, " THE MORNING SUN." THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, JULY 4. —The Performances will commence with the New Burletta, called VIIE NV A ER NV iu wit:eh Mess.s. .1, Vining, xberry, fora.: , Misses Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, will apoear. :To be followed by a New Drama, called THE Lt NE HUT. Frl'nclp.ll Characters toy Messbs. 0. Smith. tbddear, W. H. Bland, and Marley. al , ss .Murray, bliss Crisp, and Miss ' , anat. tatter. wbich, THE ILLUSTRIOUS SfßANOult.Bowbell, Mr..tlarley ; Azar, Mr. Barer; NIZA, M ). Hughes Td conclude with the Farce of A DAY AN ELI. SPENT.—BoIt, Mr. J. viniug ; Mizzle, Boxes, 4.. Pit, s. - Gallery, Is. Doors (men at laalf.past Six ; coranieuce at Se:..en; Half-price, a Quarter before Nin,. Priva e ll,xes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-ottic., ; and of blasts, oLialrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. .In consequence of the enee overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnambuta," supported by the bust niusioal t.dost this country can proanee, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, JULY 4. 'the psatorinanesia Will commence with Bul.ini's LA SONNAM. BC I,A - .wAiniva, Miss Romer; Liza, Mrs. Serie; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvin°, Mr. W. Harrison; with an inzreased Band, and a rowerl'ul Chorus, condestea y Mr. O. Stansbury. After which, THE AICIFUL DO OtiE.—Artful Dodge, Mr. G Will. To ronclu e with a Drama call d THE CROWN PRINCE; or the BUCKLE OF DIAMONDS, in which Mr. J. Webster will ap- p.ar. Pl.,ees and Private L'oxes may be ad of Mr. J. Kerschner. at the I ox ()Mc?, from Eleven till Four daily. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THE&Titli. . . THIS EVENING, JULY 4, The Perf.irmances will commence with L'ONCCLE BAPTISTE. —Thiptisr..t Dupont, Monsieur Boutfe. conclude with MICHEL PERRIN.— Mich,l Perrin, Monsieur . Boni*. 33o2seg, Os.; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre (or :Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; - ' . U . allery, :M. _Doers will he opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per torinances commence at Ihili.pat Seven. Applications to• Boxes and stalls for the remainder of the Season. tote made at Mr. Mitchell's Library, :33, Old Bend-street; Mr. Se. lathes, 11, Regent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street; and at • Lase Box-olllee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven t►ll rive o'clock. ROYAL .SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the PUblic, arc respectfully informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THVRSDAY 4 , • GRAND EVENING FEI'ES will be given, in which will be em. bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite place of recreajon its peculiar celebrity, with additions - and in. trod Actions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. porudit acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. - Fe:Kling Tinie Five o'clock. ';'he Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Table4u d'action ' repre senting the Pi oce.,sieit of thu Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of SL Angelo. The BAND includs some of the most ennnent Performers, con. ..tucted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES siC A LEN selectedfrom the noblest works of the great Masters. The ILLUMINATION.if ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FlltE, and the Gilt A N DOLA of ST. ANGELO, wi.h all Use gorgeaus Spectacles arid niagnifieent introductions that have called forth ac el.mmations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex,. hibii ion. terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASC kDE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. 'Cho Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Plinnenades Mus Tales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Giraniltila of St. Angelo, &C. will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, atAi Ihursdays. Admission tine Shilling. al 1 Advortlsementa of a Disg - asting Character . or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from tho Column 3 of "The ann." • tAit Ott .1110 • LONDON• MONDAY MORNING. JULY 4, 1842. perish amidst the animation of battle than by the lin gering, heart-withering process of starvation. Con vulsion ought to be , avoidel at any cost of time or money, and it can only be avoided, we are afraid, by allowing the suffering millions to get • bread for themselves. They must be fed, or they must be convinced that the want of food is entirely their own fault: As long as the Legislature persists in making laws which are the mere. emana tion of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S will, or the will of the aristocracy—as long as it refusal to inquire, and per sists in maintaining restrictions, the people will not get food, and will not be convinced that the destitution is not the consequence of the law. To guard against a convulsion, therefore, inquiry and the abolition of restrictions are indispensible, and we trust the House of Commons will insist on entering into an inquiry. We hope and trust that the reported attempt on her MAJESTY, of - which we insert the particulars else whercy, will be found, though very criminal, to be far less criminal than a deliberate design to attack her life. The `'oung miscreant seems to have had nc other object in view than to make himself a little notorious,: and perhaps get a living. The act is not sit sill calculated, we are inclined to believe, to make MAJESTY'Sher advisers repent of the mercy they have IDhown to FRANCIS. There are many things about which a prudent man holds his tongue, and in our opinion the re ported indiscretion of Colonel DUNDAS js one. of them. Men may talk about it in society ; it is a bit of gossip proper to set the tongues of small wits, who at " clubs do congregate," in motion, but what can the Legislature have to do with such verbiage ? We therefore see it announced with some regret that Lord Woltsi.Ey is to ask Sir R. PELL a question on the subject this evening. We presume Sir ROBERT PEEL will treat the matter with supreme contempt. To notice ribaldry in Parliament is to give it importance. It is evident, from the prompt manner in which, according to re port, the imprudence of the Gallant Officer was met and corrected, that her MAJESTY will find protection in every company, and that she does not need the in terference of Lord WORSLEY, Sir R. PEEL, and the House of Commons, to ensure her, from tha bulk of the people, a heartfelt respect. Some of the Liberal party object to the terms and form of Mr. WALLACE'S motion. Though that does not ap?ear to us • a good reason for voting against it, when it is es,entially a motion for inquiry, it might po33ibly be advisable for Mr. WALLACE to withdraw it, find allow some of his friends to substitute- for it a motion fur the House to resolve it:elf into a Com mittee of the whole House, to inquire into the state of the national distress, with a view of ascertaining the eause of it, and providing a re:nedy for it, if possible. Such a motion Nill be strictly in fbrm ; and must. Our readers will remember that the House of Commons, a short time back, rejected, by 110 to 7, a clause which Mr. PAKIbIGTON proposed to foist into the Public-houses Bill, prohibiting licensed victuallers from opening their houses before one o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday, Christmas-day, or Good Friday. Before that clause was rejected, a Bill for the improvement of Liverpool had been introduced, which contained a similar clause, and it was allowed to pass through the House of Commons, with the under itanding that it should follow the fate of Mr. PA KIKGTON'S clause. With a want of good wish, how ever, as we are informed, the Tory Corporation of Liverpool is now endeavouring to carry the Liverpool Bill through the House of Lords with the reprobated clause, which it will not give up. Lord SHAFTES BURY, Lord BROUGHAM, the DUKE of RICHMOND, and other Noble Lords are opposed to this unworthy proceeding, , but it finds supporters amongst those, who, like the inquisitors of old, are always tormenting the people for their " soul's health." To 'introduce uch a clause into a private Act of Parliament is an infringement on the ordinary practices of legislation To apply it to such a place as Liverpool, where a great maritime population is every day driven from the ships as they arrive, and is obliged to take refuge in public-houses, or worse places, is an outrage on humanity. To limit it to the borough, while,that is surrounded by suburbs with not even a wall between them, is a gross act of injustice to the publicans of the borough of Liverpool. To insert such a clause in any Act of Parliament, or to make such a law, is a wanton and pharasaical interference with tha liberties and enjoyments of the people. We heartily hc k pe, therefore, that the Peers will reject this clause, which will be discussed this evening, we believe, on bringing up the Report on the Bill. wo apprehend, after Sir ROBERT PEEL'S and Sir J. GRAILIM'S admissions, find numerous supporters, if it do not command the assent of a majority of the House of Commons. Sir R. PEEL knows that the bulk of the House. including many of his usual opponents, thought well of his tariff, and hoped that it and his other measures might contribute to the relief of the country. They acquiesced consequently in his mode of conducting the public business. They were :not aware of the ex tent Of the distress, and did not foresee its rapid in • crease. Now, when they are made aware of the fact. and propose•an inquiry, Sir It. PEEL taunts them w neat having proposed it before. They had some re• liauce on his skill, and, therefore, they never though of taking the patient out of his hands. He reward this deference by contumely and shows himself a: saucy and insulting as he is ignorant. His reproach that inquiry was not before demandei. that it was and is necessary. He seems tc think it desirable to relieve him of some of the vas , responaibility that is crushing him by its weight. Hi al*ays been anxious to win the sanction of thi House of Commose ; he has done much even to gair . (overeversaries, and he would no doubt be glad to have such an inquiry as would really make the House 01 Commons, in its collective capacity, and not Sir It Pear., exclusively, responsible for the condition of the country. That is one ground on which we think s 10,06011 for inquiry only would meet much support. Another ground is the stertemont of Sir JAMES aIIAM. He admitted that distress existed to a ve ry - great degree, and he asserted "that there were no raeawresexceptfhoSe which the Government proposed by which the distress of the working classes could be relieved:" That distress, therefore, great as it is. and • increasing as it does daily, is, according to Si; j'Augg GiortAm and the other Ministers, hopeles!. 'nd rernediless: But surely the House of Commons, the whole., Legislature, will not give in to such tlreaklful despair, which is tantamount to consigning a treat` multitude of people to slow starvation and miveral of our towns to ruin. The House of Corn ... I:it4ons cannot acquiesce in such a conclusion, but -- mint be convinced that the- Ministers who hold such Aingusge have not probed the question to the bottom, and must, for its own honour and character, con stitute a searching inquiry. To adopt Sir JAMES Gamcsin's conclusion is virtually to abdicate the functions of Government the House of Commona dare to tell the peopl( " we, the Commons of England, undertake t( that regu late public affairs ; we will provide against tilt smallest evil, such as the overturning of a railwa3 carriage, or the neglect of Sabbath observances; we .will ensure an ample revenue at all times to the priesthood ; we will never allow the Government tk be in want of sixpence—all its officers shall he well paid, and they shall• be as numerous as possible : we will carefully keep up the rent of the land owner and the profit of the farmer ; and we will at the • same time tell the manufacturers, who are stdtving by thousands, we can do nothing whatever for them r • The starving manufacturers may say, "Why then tax us--why appoint Miniiters with large salaries to promote our welfare ? If you can do nothing for 11F, must look for other rulers. If you can g iv e us n( .proteetion and no assistance ; if all your cares an limited to protecting the, property of the Church and the landowners, we owe you no allegiance, and we will not pay for useless and valueless services." No the House of Com - rins dare not; considering its vas' pretensions, adopt the conclusion of Sir J. Gamime, and, by telling the starving people it can do nothing for them, invite them to seek other rulers. The House of Commons must inquire, and must give relief, or it will abdicate its functions. Betwixt restoring prosperity to the people and risking a great national convulsion, there is, we are efraid, no alternative. To avoid the latter is for the genera l goo d, but if the bulk of the artisans be to continua in their present state of destitution it is not for their good. if they must perish, it is better to THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1812. THE WEATHER.—Noon, JULY 4. 'OVAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A ONLAIDE 7 STREET 'Thermometer.— 70 1 Highest 7O I Lowest Barometer 29.84.—Wind S.W. HIGH \V ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning minute's after 9 i Evening .... f 4 minutes alto 10. ey f 5 • LIFE INSURANCE. The importance of life insurance, and the interest created by the remarks which appeared in our May number, induce us to recur to the subject. We then pointed out theithprovements which have lately been introduced into the practice of insurance, rendering it less exclusive, and better adapted to the various purposes and interests which have grown out of an improved state of civilization and an enlarged sphere of business transactions. We showed that persons labouring under known complaints, and persons going to different parts of the world might, contrary to the old practice, be subjects of British assurance ; that means had been discovered whereby a creditor might obtain a policy which could not be endangered by the acts of the debtor, and that there was one Life Company, the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, whose policies ..'ere rendered indisputLle.by their deed of constitu lon. 11re were necessa23.ly led to, the conclusion, chat these improvements were not only highly proper, mt that the assured were not placed in a fair and equitable position in transacting business with Life Companies who refused to adopt those improvements. As intimately connected with and vitally affecting money transaction policies, and all assurances which may come to be the subjects of transfer for value, the question how far a party has acquired a legal interest in, or a right to a policy, is a matter of deep im portance. It is proper and salutary that persons should not be permitted to speculate and gamble upon the lives of others and that no one should be permitted to obtain a policy upon a life of a person in whose existence he has no pecuniary interest. This gave rise to the Act 14 George 111., ch. 48, an Act in force in England and Scotland, but net in Ireland, which was introduced for the purpose of preventing " a mis chievous kind of gambling," by making insurances on lives or other events wherein the assured has no in terest. A very enlarged and different construction has been put upon this statute. Courts of law have ruled, that although the persons on whose life the policy was granted was indebted to the assured in the full sum contained in the policy, and although the assured shall have regularly paid the premium for a long series of years, yet he shall have no claim against the assurers except for the precise amount of the sum which may be due to him by the original debtor when the claim comes to be made against the Com pany ; that if the whole, or any part of the debt, shall have been liquidated during the currency of the po licy, the assuring Company shall have the advantage of that, and be entitled to a total discharge, or a de duction of a like amount from the claim against them. The question betwixt the assurers and the assured is, therefore, not whether the policy was fairly obtained for the security of a sum truly due when the policy was granted, but what, after an accounting between the executors of the deceased and the assured, is the amount of the claim of the latter. There is no doubt about this being the law of the case, it having been erequently so decided. In the case of " Godsoll against Bolder(); these views, so unjust to the assured, were carried out to their fullest extent. An assurance had seen effected upon the life of the celebrated Mr. Pitt to cover a debt. The assuring Company, in considera tion of the premiums, became bound to pay the sum 'assured within three months after the death of Mr. Pitt should have been duly certified to them. The, plaintiffs, who were the assured, averred that at the time of making the assurance, and from thence until the death of Mr. Pitt, they were interested in his life o the amount of the sum assured, and that they dilly paid the premium. • These averments were not denied; but the plaintiffs having "received payment of , their *.lebt,'after Mr;Pitt's death, -from his executors, the Company contended that, in terms of the statute before referred to,' they . were released from their obli ;ation to pay. Here, it will be observed, the interest was not only originally fair and complete, but that it continued until after the death of Mr. Pitt,. which was the event insured. Lord Ellenborough decided the case in favour of the Company. We cannot dispute ' that this is law ; but it was obviously not a just orl Nuitable settlement of the question between the as sured and the assurers. The Company do not calcu late their premiums upon the chance of the ultimate solvency of the person whose life is assured. They charge and receive payment, in the shape of pre- Aums, for payrrient of the total sum in the policy ; the probability of life is their ground of calculation, and having been paid according to that calculation, is there any justice in permitting thera_to get rid of their obligation on the ground that another party is able and may be forced to pay the debt ? The injustice which may be done under the sanc tion of this statute, which appears to have been framed for a totally different purpose, is so great, that Direc tors of Life Companies may be induced verbally to state that their Company would not avail themselves If it. This, however, is not a sufficient protection to ' he public. Lif e C ompan i es may not cons id er it t o oe for their interest at present to take advantage of what is so manifestly unjust, or they may, and cases 'lave occurred where they did, plead the statute upon he pretext that the assurance was in other respects h il lsy ; but as they could not succeed in making that a ppear, except to themselves, they pleaded want of in erest in the assured, and thus obtained what they considered justice by means of an unjust defence. • Policies on the lives of others are the daily subjects if sale, and an inquiry as to the continuance of the Of which they were Life Companies conduct. . ) reffected , igi n 1 d i e s bt s , el f d o o r m th e e nte s r e e c d uri t t l ?: on ; which shows the Companies have We extent of o b f y ctobnefiirdefanicre anti .whichhono:fu,irf nave pleasure, hoVveve , r in referr i ng to a Life f 14th Com ,:)any, the only one known to us, who openly and expressly repudi a t e s the Act _o George th e Third. We quote from the London , Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company's prospectus :—" The ordinary rule is, that if a. creditor be pa id his debt befor e the the benefit o policy ' becomes a claim, he loses _ become his policy, and the premiums which he has paid come forfeited to the office. This Company repudiates all such unfair advantages." The interest of the public requires that all Companies should adopt the same rule, and that , they should palish it in order that they may be bound to follow A.—Polytechnic Journal. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the King of the Bel gians, and the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. Jan es's. The sermon was preached by ,the Rev. Dr. Veath, from Acts, chap. 19, ver. 2. The prayers were read by the Reir. C. Packman, the lessons by the Rev. J. Baden, and the Communion service by the same clergymen. The musical service was Boyce , in C. The Anthem, "Praise the Lord" (Scott). Mr. oss presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, and the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, were in Waiting. . The Royal suite included the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, Viscount Haw:ll-den, Lord Colville, Him. Sir William Lumley, Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel Bouverie. Lady Anna Maria Dawson was in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent. Among the Nobility present were the Lords Wilton, Effingham, Bective, Gesford, Ingestre, Canterbury, Wrotteidey. and Eliot. _ _ . The Duchecs of Gloucester and the Princm Sophia visited the Queen of the Belgians yesterday, at Buck it-g,Yhtun Palace. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon. Prince George of Cambridge visited Prince Albert yesterday. -- Prince Albert, attended by Cul. Bouverie, rode out on horSeback on Saturday. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing in the Royal gardens on Saturday, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Th• Duchess of Kent visited the Queen on Saturday forenoon. . . The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the Queen of the Belgians on Sa turday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday evening included their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, the Countess de Merode, Lady Anna:Maria Dawson, Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, Count Hompesch; Baron de Dieskau, and M. de Moerkerka. The.band of the Coldstreatn Guards were in attend ance at the Palace during dinner. The Duchess. of Cambridge, and the Princesses Au gusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor ChapeL Lady Au gusta Somerset was in waiting on the Royal Duchess. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, left town on Saturday fbr Cambridge. The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston with their company on Saturday evening, at their residence on Carlton-terrace. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, I took an airing to Kew yesterday afternoon. Some of the Ministers and Officers of State attended at the Home-office yesterday afternoon. Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department, went in the afternoon to Buckingham Palace. The At torney-General arrived in town at half-past six o'clock, and immediately attended at the Home-office. Sir Robert Peel left town on Saturday, on a visit to Sir Henry Hardinge, at his seat, South-park, Penshurst. Archdeacon Davis, of Antigua, and Archdeacon Parry, of Barbadoes, had interviews with Lord. Stanley, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Lord Wharncliffe left town for Wortley Hall, near Sheffield. The Chancellor of the lvxchequer left town on Satur day, for Cambridge. Lord E. Somerset and Captain Denman had inter views, on Saturday, with Lord Stanley at the Colonial office. _ _ _ The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday. The Loris present were Lords Wynford and Brougham, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Lord Brougham gave judgment in the Appeal "Rev. Mr. Escott v. Mastin," affirming the decree of the Court below, with costs. THE CONDEMNED SERMON AT NEWGATE. Yesterday the condemned sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Carver, the Ordinary, according to the usual custom, in the chapel of Newgate. Orders had been previously issued by the :Sheriffs for the exclu sion of the public, so that none but the functionaries aid Cooper, the convict to be executed, and Francis, whose punishment has been commuted to transporta tion for life, and the prisoners who are confined for minor offences, or about to take their trials, were pre - sent. Those who are aware of the avidity with which seats have been sought for by persons who find plea sure in the indulgence of a morbid excitement, will not be surprised to learn that many were dissa tisfied with the new arrangement; but the reflecting portion of the community, who regard that greatest stretch of power, the taking of life by the authority of the law, as a thing too serious for theatrical display, will rejoice that an end has been put to such exhibi tions, and that we shall hear no more of crowds re sorting to Newgatc on the Sunday, under the influence of one of the most extraordinary and unaccountable passions to be found in the depths of the human heart. • Cooper, who appears to suffer exceedingly from the poison which he took soon after he committed the ofience for which he is condemned to die, was carried into the chapel by two of the turnekys, and placed on a bench under the sheriff's pew, and Francis was seated at some distance from him, but separate from the other prisoners, who were arranged within the iron railings at each side of the building. Cooper took more notice of the service than those who have been accustomed to observe his conduct would have reason to expect ; for, until within the last few days, he has betrayed a recklessness, which impressed the .Ordinary with the very worst opinion of the state of his moral perceptions. In fact, the officers of the prison, one and all, have considered him to be a most singular specimen of ruffianism, and just as likely to repeat the offence for which he is to die, if he 110 the power and opportunity, as he was disposed foterpetrate it, upon .finding that an impedi ment was offered to his escape from the hands of justice. His conduct in the chapel convinced those who witnessed it that a . favourable change had taken place in the thoughts of the unfortunate man. Francis upon entering the chapel shed tears, and wept frequently during the service. He seemed to be overwhelmed with the consciousness of his own unworthiness, of which he has spoken several times since the Ordinary . and Sheriff communicated to him the gracious interference of her Majesty in his be ; hal f. The Ordinary took his text from the Ist Book of Samuel, chap. ii. verse 25, " If one man sin against another the judge shall judge him ; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them." The Reverend Gentleman dwelt with great impres siveness upon the offence committed by Cooper, and also alluded to the crime of. which Francis was con victed. The former was evidently affected by what he heard, and the latter sighed and wept bitterly. Upon leaving the chapel, Cooper said be feared he should not be able, in consequence of the weakness and disorder of his legs, to." make his way" up the ladder in the morning without the assistance of those who conveyed him to his seat in the place of Divine worship. • Francis, in the delight he has felt at the mitigation of his sentence, has evidently forgotten what he was informed at the same time, that he was to be sent to hard labour for life to the most penal of our settle ments.' The warrant distinctly states the nature cf the penalty he has to pay. HEIM BREUNIG'S A.RMONICA- PIANO. The third morning concert of Herr Breunig was given the day before yesterday at Saville House, Leicester square, for the purpose of exhibiting the qualities of his harmonica-piano, just brought by him from Vienna: Singular in many respects, his instru ment is well worthy the attention of connoisseurs. In appearance it resembles the ordinary grand piano, but possesses the novel advantages of sustaining, strengthening, diminishing, or modifying the sonorous vibrations produced by the percussion of the hammer, (as in the ordinary piano) by a .current of air acting upon a set, of reeds located within the body of the instrument. The effect produced thereby, in the per formance of any operatic piece of music, is extraordinarily line ; and - by the combination of sounds elicited from the reeds, augmented by the instrumentations of the piano, its resemblance to the swell and power.of the organ is clOse and almost identical, with this superadded advantage, however, that it has a range of swelling and falling tones which that instrument wants, and which, in the ,present ease . , exquisitely attune themselves in exact proportion to the elevation or depression, of a singer's voice, or even of a numerous choir. We can only like.l the sound produced by the reeds to that of some dozen Syrinxes, full-blowing their cany tubes in concerted harmony ; while in those passages where the strength of the instrument i 3 sumnioned up, these might be supposed to cease, and Pan, the supreme, played on hiS pipe, his own grand and • sounding solo. Herr . Breunig'S piano requires some slight difference of touch from that adopted for the common range of keys, but a tolerable pianist soon acquires the mode. THE STONE-lIEAP TEST.—The accumulation of stones at the Leeds stone heap, broken by the paupers, amounts to 150.000 tons, and in order to diminish this stock, for which there is little or no &mand, the over seers have made, in many instances, a sort of compromise with the stone-breakers, by which they consent to allow them 6s. a week for doing nothing rather than 7s. 6d. a week for breaking stones.—Leeds Mercury. fortoublMtioa SG 'N OFFICE Three o'Cloch. INDIA AND CHINA. Ample details of the highly important news received this morning from India and China, will be found in an- other part of The Sun. W e shall here content cur selvts with some observations upon the leading points. The news from Bombay usually extends over a month, but in consequence of the detention of the previous mail to the 3d of May, and the sailing of the present one on the 23d of that month, in order to escape the first burst of the monsoon, the intelligence now exttltds over a period of twenty days. LTpon the who'e, how ever, the news is exceedingly satisfactory and important. The tranquillity which has so long reigned in the Bri tish dominions in the East remains undisturbed, not withstanding the reasonable fears entertained of the con trary, on account of the recent reverses in Affghanistan. In that country our arms are again successful. Major- General POLLOCK, had safely effected a junction with the heroic General SALE at Jellalabad, after forcing the Khyber Pass. They were both preparing to march upon Caubul, to take vengeance fur the murder of • the Envoy, and the treacherous massacre of our troops. General ENGLAND, having received positive orders from General NOTT to join him with his forces at Candahar, marched from Quettah, whither he had retreated, and forced the Pass in gallant style, without the loss of a single Man. Colonel BoriroN's brigade had arrived at the mouth of the Khybor Pass, and General Pou,oex sent reitigireinentS to assist' him in forcing it. His success was considered certain. The ascassination of the mi serable SHAH SoosAu is confirmed. An interesting nar rative of the circumstances of his murder will be found among our Atfghanistan intelligence. His succesoor FUTTELI JUNG was also murdered a few days after wards. General ELPHINSTONE 'is dead. Ho' sank, on the 23d of April, from sheer exhaustion, having been severely ill when the ill-fated garrison quitted Caubul. Most of the unfortunate garrison at Ghuznee were mur dered by the Ghazees. Colonel PALMER and most of the officers were made prisoners, in the expectation of obtaining heavy ransoms for them. The slaughter of the privates was frightful. Not more than 100 of these are supposed to have escaped. The survivors of the Caubul massacre are still in the power of AKBAR KHAN. They are tolerably well treated, but the ransoms de manded for them are enormous. Major REID was preparing to force the Bolan Pass on the sth of May. He had a convoy of treasure and 4,000 camels. General ENGLAND brought 10,0001. ster ling in gold and dollars to General NOTT at Candithar. The real war of retribution on the part of the British army in Affghanistan was expected to commence about the middle of June. The Bombay Times of the 23d of May, speaking of the - conduct Of the new Governor-General, whose abruptness of man ner at first alarmed the civil service officials, says—" The strictest secresy has been maintained as to . the policy about to be pursued towards Affghanistan; and it is probable indeed that beyond the resolution to cut the connection as speedily as pos sible, Lord ELLENBOROUGH has resolved nothing as to details, leaving himself to be guided by the chapter of accidents. To one desirous of quitting the country this is probably the wisest, or rather the only really wise course that can be pursued. Our prisoners and hostages must at any rate be recovered ; if this can be done with out advancing into the country our impression is that no advance will he made. That no new campaign for 1843 has been resolved upon, may be inferred from the fact, that no preparations of any sort are now on foOt for this. Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S proclamations, in refer ence to the surrender of Ghuznee—the advance on Jella labad—the victory of Sir ROBERT SALE over AKBAIt KnAs, and the future honours which await the garrison, have been . received throughout India with one bust of universal admiration. They bode a vigour and decision of purpose essential to a good Government in India, and which, conjoined with our knowledge of the char acter of the Governor-General, -has excited the most elevated hopes-of the auspiciousness of his rule." ___The .dom6stie _new.; from Bombay .is not,- however, very cheering. Cholera was raging in and around Calcutta, Bombay, and the Deccan. . There .sere ninety British merchant-ships in the harbour of Bombay one half of which were without freight or destination. Never before was the shipping interest of India suffer- ing so severely. There has been some fighting in China, in which the British blue-jackets have been again victorious. On the 10th of March, about 12,000 Chinese troops attempted to drive the British out of Ningpo, but were repulsed with terrible slaughter. The gates were left open, and they were allowed to reach the market-place before the guns opened upon them. They fled, leaving 250 dead bodies within the walls. They were hotly pursued by the 49th Regiment, which had not returned from the pursuit when the despatch detailing the attack was written. On the news reaching Hong Kong, Plenipotentiary Sir H. POTTINGER ordered Admiral Sir W. PARKER and Major-General Sir H. GOUGU to proceed at once to •Ningpa, to follow up the repulse of the Chinese with effective measures. Chinhae was also attacked by the Chinese, and an attempt made by sampans (fire-boats) "to burn the British shipping. Here also they were re. pulsed, with the loss of thirty men, and two mandarins killed. The main body of the Chinese army was to ported to be in a state of mutiny for want of pay, and as the provinces invaded were ordered by the Eammon to bear all the expenses of defending themselves, the disaffection among them was very great, There is little doubt that if the war be pushed on with vigour, as soon as a fleet can sail to the northward it will be brought to a speedy termination. In all conflicts with us the Chinese have found us invincible, and the EMPEROR must by this time tremble at the prospect of receiving a visit from the blur jackets at his Imperial residence at Pekin. Most of the French Opposition Journals of Satur day published the letter of Captain • BOUET to the Courrier Francais, with observations against the treaties for the right of search. As Captain BoUET's letter supplies them with many arguments similar to those which they have for some time been using, they do _not...fail to set them .forth in a very prominent manner, whilst they pass over in silence those portions of the letter in which the prin ciple of the treaties is approved of, whilst the mode of execution, on the part of the English cruisers, is reprobated in terms which some persons, taking into consideration the position in which M. BoUET stands with respect to the Government, may think strange. It is evident, however, from the channel chosen for the publication of this letter, -that ,it was unauthorised by the • Government. It remains to Ix, seen whether the 'course which 111. Bourr has thought proper to adopt will meet with censure from tthe Ministry. The Debate adds, that " the Ministry, in sending back Captain 130UET to his station, where he is speedily to arrive, sufli ' eiently proves its: desire to watch and repress abuses which may be tae sad, but frequently inevit...ble,. conse quences of the conventions entered into for the sup pression of the slave-trade." The Presse, says the letter, is impartial, and furnishes unanswerable arguments in favour of the aboaition of the treaties for the right of search, whilst at the same time it tends to remove the illusions of the alliance with England. The Sentinelle of 'Toulon says—" A Marseilles journal_ an nounces that General Bugeaud will shortly arrive at Toulon. This assertion is incorrect. The Governor-General does not think of quitting . Algeria. " It is said that General Bugeaud is going to be promoted to the dignity of Marshal, and that to avoid a re-election the ordnance will be pitblished before the 9th inst." of sta t es Nova that uss a i a , d The Sud says, that Admiral Hu g on's s q uadron left the Hyeres on the 26th of Jun e, and that it is g one to Na p les.— Coastitutionel. re A ad l i e ul ttefirrefrboumrstP;Lru latelyi in the utheermsaalt w German papers orks in Russia, the ancient property of the Strogonoff family. The immediately to some hay, gained such flames first appeared in the house of one of the workmen, and' head, that it was impol i c i o o m n n l i a u s n te i d ea t t i i i t r la . l i m 3 ;t, s i :J D l i e -et t l o ue enCiats to a r I h e e s m'T heont ) i v a i g th ra in " asaritanpgiet:i f n s tw t oydersatzsd ocarly two miles). A great everythi n g m of 2 done, all . the manufactories, 15 stores filled with salt, 30,0 c. 0 conies of wood, and the ancient and ma jestic cathedral, the stone dwellings and offices of the various employers, between 500 and 600 houses, and all that they con tained, fell a prey to the flames.— Gulignani's Messenger. 111. Thiers has left Paris l'or the baths of Vichy. The Univers announces that the Bishop of Orleans has been nominated Archbishop of Tours. BOURSE--.PAnis , S A TURDAY, JULY 2. !fret Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. French 5 per Cents •7 118 . 9 5 ... 119 15 118 110 ... 119 18 aller Com; r 79 3 ° ~2 ;t1 45 "' ,! 9 ' 25 1 9 45 BAtik of fran k, ' 1 1250 deltrian N ut; ******** 785 ... 76 5 71 0 ... 715 Belgian 5 perCentSlBlo ***** 104 ... 104 ... 104 .. 104 Vanish ........ t!‘2li 21 5,, 2 ' 2 % 22% Paolo, ... 4 % ..• 414 r"tuipeie4e7t7nTs. ...... '" Neapolitan. ... 1(5 ll5 60 ... 105 45 il5 Mwnsin RAILVVAY SHARES. St. &Imam ... 300 81'0 0 ato L.ll „.... 9 9 75 .. 90 v 7 50 Rouen :507 50 ... 5t17 50 ... 5C7 50 „„ 51.7 50. ........ Orleans .• ....... 517 ... 547 50 ... 547 50 ...:47 50 Strasburg to Elle . ..... . 190 25 197 50 196 25 198 25 sum WWI OF NEWS AND Pttbttc eptuton. TV/to runs may read." FOREIGN, India and China news has been received by the Overland Mail, which left Bombay ten days earlier than usual, to avoid the monsoons. The dates are, Bombay, May 23; Caubul, April 17-28; Calcutta, May 13; Ceylon, May 4; Macao, April 4; Chusan, March 2; Lahore, April 2i; Madras, !lay. 14; and Singapore, April 19. The London Mail of. April 6 reached Bombay, by the Cleopatra on May 12, and would reach Calcutta about the 21st, and Madras about the 19th of the same month. The intelligence by this conveyance is, upon the whole, very sat►sfactory. From our army in Afghanistan the news is of a most chewing character. General Pollock had arrived at Jellalabad, relieving Sale and the heroic garrison of that fortress, on the 16th of April. Ile had experienced but little opposition on his march, except from some roving tribes, who had only suc ceeded in cutting off a few camels; he had even been able, when assured of Sale's safety, to detach a part of his forces to the assistance of a friendly and. . The destruction of tt.c Ghunzee garrison is confirmed by the arrival at Jellalabad of a domestic of Colonel Palmer, who reports that scarcely had they marched out of the citadel than a hand of Ghazees overpowered them, and with the exception of a few of the officers, butchered the whole garrison. The death of Shah Soojah is confirmed. He fell by the hand of Zemaun Khan, the brother of Dost Mahomed, Akbar Khan has made a precipitate flight to the northward, carrying off the prisoners heretofore confined at Lughtnan, under charge of Ma homed Shah Ghilzie, who treated them well. General El phinstone died on the 24th of April, and the Affghans had agreed to send his body to Jellalabad. Our news from Canton is to the 4th of April. Ningpo had been attacked on the 18th of March by a Chi nese force, estimated at from 10,000 to 12,000 men. They were allowed to enter the town without opposition, but upon reaching the market-place were attacked on all sides by our troops, and instantly routed. About 250 are said to have been left dead on the field, while on our side not a single casualty took place. They state from Alexandria of the 20th, that Mehemet Ali had promised the Sultan to send seven regiments of the line into Syria, to assist in disarming the mountaineers. The English brig Ontario had suffered a total wreck at Alexandria. The Malta Times gives very interesting, but also very painful accounts from 'Tripoli. The Arab leader, Abd-el-Gelil, and his brother, Seif-el-Nasar, had been assassinated by order of the Bey Askar Ali- Their heads were paraded through the streets of Tripoli. then pickled, and sent off to Constantinople. The most horrible cruelties are said to have been committed by the Turks upon the Arabs. Three fine youths, children to Seif-el-Nasar, and a :on of Abd-el-Gelil, the eldest not more than 14 years of age, were all murdered. The unfor tunate Arab chiefs were betrayed to Askar Ali, and enticed to a conference, on solemn promise and oaths of safety, when they were traitorously butchered. But the ferocious joy of the Bey at his sanguinary success was overclouded by the publication of his official recal from Tripoli, which was hailed with uni versal enthusiasm by Europeans, :floors, Turks, and Arabs. All the Europeans and all their Consuls are united in hostility against the tyrant. The Paris papers of Saturday make a great stir about a long letter addressed by Captain Bouet, of the Nisus corvette, com manding the French naval station at Senegal, to the Courrier Francois, concerning the affair of the ship Les Deux Sews. In this extraordinary document Captain liouet declares him self a decided adversary to the conventions of 1831 and 1838 on the right of search, though he candidly admits that they were hailed with confidence and joy by all those who sincerely desired the abolition of the slave trade, and that they have effectually contributed to so desirable an end. The Moniteur of Saturday contains the following intelligence from Madrid :—" By a decree, dated the 26th ult., the Army of the North is dissolved. '1 he troops of which it was com posed are to pass under the command of the Captains-General of the 10th Division (Navarre), and the 11th (the Basque pro vinces)." The French Government papers publish the following tele graphic despatches :—" From Algiers, June 25 . — 'fhe Beni natiasser, a large tribe near Cherchell, and the . Bighas near Miliana, have made their submission. The whale chain from the Arach to Cherchell is ours. Nearly the whole of the pro vince of Titery has submitted. The chiefs are on their way to Algiers. General Changarnier has made new progress in the west of Sidi-Embarrak. The internal trade is considerable at Blidah." We have advices from Lisbon to the 27th of June. Neither the slave-trade nor commercial treaty were signed, but the two Plenipotentiaries had come to a better unerstand ing, and there was little doubt of the treaties being forwarded signed within a week or a Lrtnight. The Duke of Palmella will immediately join the Administration as Foreign Secretary and President of the Council. The remit of the elections was an immense msjority for the Government. BMW,' SY - -7CIZADE—c;OIVLMERCE . From Parliamentary Paper, it appears that the net home consumption of hard soap in Great Britain, which was 87,300,5-151bs : in 1632, h s Increased to 117,661,8761b5. for the year 1841. At Galway the markets still continue to fall, and notwith standing the reasonable price of provisions, the people, owing to their distress, have not the means to purchase, and are al together without employment. At Halifax, Leeds, and Manchester, trade during the past week Las been altogether at a stop; at Bradford and Roch dale steady and fair ; at Huddersfield there has been improve ment, but at Leicester depression still continues, and many hands have been thrown out of employ. LAW AND POL.XCE. . The ninety -thi7cf session of the Central Criminal Court, corn silencing to-day, has ninety- seven cases for trial, of which three are for intent to murder,and two for rape. The case of Nicholas Suisse, the valet de chambre to the late Marquis of Hertford, will, it is said, occupy two days, From an account of the state of her Majesty's Gaol of New gate at the present moment, it appears there are two within it under sentence of death, and thirty-one for transportation. Two of the more heavy cases of murder were adjudged at Clout-Act on Thursday, at the aittiege of the Special Commis sion in Tipperary. Patrick Byrne, charged with the murder of Mr. Hall, was found guilty, and sentenced to death; Kent, his suppled accomplice, was acquitted. Timothy Woods was also found guilty of the murder of Michael Laffan, at Pallas and ordered to be hung. :GlTErtiiii,lT AND SCIENTIFIC. M. de Sismondi, the celebrated historian, died on the 25th ult., at his country seat, near Geneva, in the 69th sear of his age. Thalberg will give concerts at the fall of the year, at most of the principal towns in the kingdom, and a series of dramatic performances at various places will be also given by Grisi and Mario. The South Australian Society have vested thanks to Lieut. Puller, R. N. , for the vast benefit he has conferred upon the colony by the discovery of a navigable entrance into the river Murray from Encounter Bay ; thereby opening a maritime communication with the large tract of country watered by the rivers Darling and Murray. 4:olOrlitT—ra.suxoNAßliz. His Majesty King Leopold intends embarking at Woolwich Dockyard so-morrow for Ostend. A marriage is on the tapis between the son of Sir Sandford Graham and the Hon. Miss Maynard, the daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Maynard. The Fox Club dined on Saturday at Lovegrove's Hotel, Blackwall. Tie Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Downshire, and several other Noblemen, gave fish dinners last week at Love grove's. The Countess of Jersey left town on Saturday for Cambridge. E•irl Fortescue has returned to town from Castle Hill, Devon. Lord Wharncliffe left town on Saturday . for Worley Hall, near Sheffield. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday for Cambridge. The Right Hon. Sir R. and Lady Peel left town on Satur day for South Park, near Tonbridge Wells, on a visit to Sir H. and Lady Emily Hardinge, who have invited the Right Hon. J. W. Croker and a select party to meet the Right lion. Baronet. 7NIXSCELLANEOUS. Orange meetings - 17di;;;;;Tonssiill;mtinue at Ennis killen and other places, notwithstanding Lord de Grey's " con ciliatory " letter. The noble and amiable Marchioness of Waterford from the latest accounts is, we are glad to learn, fast progressing towards convalescence. The will of the late Earl Fortescue, written by his Lord ship on a small ,heet of notepaper, has been proved at Doctor's Commons. The personal property is sworn under 50,0001. Jan - es Brogden, Esq., formerly. M.P. for Launceston, and Chairman of the Ways and Means under the administration of the late Lord Liverpool, died last week at his seat Friar's House. Last week two men lost their lives in attempting to cross Lancaster Sands. _ . . The Queen's barge, the meat venerable and substantial spe cimen of boat-building we have of about 250 years ago, has been brought down to Woolwich dockyard from Deptford, and is now at the boat-house there, for the purpose of being re fitted. It is said to have been constructed for the use of Henry Frederick, Prince of \Vales, sun of James the First, and the .most accomplished Prince of his age, who died in 1612. It was in this boat the remains of the immortal Nelson were con veyed up the river when the solemn and imposing spectacle of his funeral took place. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 4.—Wind this day at Nocn, S. DEAL, JULY 2.—Wind S.W.-, moderate.-3d. Wind S,W., strong.—Arrd. Sir Charles Napier, westward ; Liddell, Fred sham, Sunderland for Bordeaux, with loss of foremast, main topmast, &c., towed in by a steamer from Rye Bay, and has gone to Ramsgate. Sld. New Pink, Valparaiso ; James Cruikshank, Demerara; Wild Irish Girl and Coromandel transports, Bombay; Vibelia, Rita. Her Majesty's steamer Geyser, for Quebec, has put back, with several others. DARTMOUTH, JULY 2.—Sid. Fox, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, JuLY 2.—Sld. Blenheim, New Zealand. The Swallow, London to St. Michael's, and the Grace, London to Dublin, were in contact off the port, and both have received damage. PORTSMOUTH, Juts' 3.—Wind N.W. to W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Vestal, Jamaica, sailed 21st May, with 229,492 dollars ; Ajax, Thomson, Palermo, sailed 14th April. Sld. her Majesty's ships Hose and Vestal, Sheerness. FALMOUTH, JULY N.W. to W., fresh.—Arrd. Harmony, London for Bombay ; Aurora, Gallipoli, and sailed for St. Petersburgh. Std. Tagus steamer, Alexandria. The Little Nile steamer, from London to Alexandria, reported to be lost oh' Cape Finisterre, has arrived at Gibraltar. OFF DOVER, JULY 3.—lndepiendte, Bonston, Wivenhoe, for Havannah. CORK, JULY 1.--Sailed Indemnity, St. John's. WIYENHOE, JULY 3.—A schooner, name unknown, from Dantzie to London, with wheat, got on the Middle Sand in the Swin, on Thursday night, and afterwards sank in deep water, crew saved. LiveirrooL, JULY 2.—Wind fresh.-3., Wind W.N. W. moderate.—Arrd., Randolph, Galt, Singapore; Clarendon, Grant, Bombay ; Winchester, Ferris, Charleston; William Parker, Sewell; Mersey, Hamilton; and Helen, Stewart, Quebec; Nautilus, M'Wood, Monte Video; Birkenhead, Brown ; and Susan E. Stoxell, Bailey, New Orleans. Sld., Tremont and Ondiaka, New York. Arrd. off, Sandbach, sup. posed Demerara. FINE ARTS. I , Ve were favoured on S a t ur d a y with a private view of a Series of Portraits in costume, which are being exe cuted by Mr. Coke Smyth, and which Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnagh, of Pall Mall East, are about to pub lish, by command of her Majesty, in periodical numbers, under :he title of " Souvenirs of the Bel Costu me." The portraits, the majority of which are yet unfinished, are all full lengths, and represent the different personages in the exact dresses which they wore at Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the ball in question. Generally speaking, the likenesses are good,—that of the Marquis of Normanby, in particular, ma y b e recognised at a glance. The portraits of the Queen, also, and Prince Albert are excellent, and are finished off with infinite skill and care. We cannot doubt that, when completed, the series will be a highly popular one. MONEY and COMI.VIERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The mat ket continues exceedingly firm, but without any particular feature. The details of the political intelligence from India have given general satisfaction,, and the general impression appears to be that the war will shortly be brought -to a conclusion more satisfactorily and with less txpense than had been anticipated. Consols are 91% 91% fur the Opening ex dividend ; Three per Cents. Re duced, 91 .91i ; Three-and-a- Half per Cents. Reduced, 100 a 100%; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 99a 99j; Bank Stock, 166 167 ; India Bonds, 25 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 47 48 ; New, 43 45 prem. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been—Dutch Five per Cents., 101*; the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51a ; and Brazilian, 65; Mexican is quoted, 36 1 4. The demand for Shares has been good, and putchases to some extent have been made in London and Birmingham Quarters, 46%; Great Western, 86, the Quarters, 61 1 / 2 ; South Western, 60 1 / 2 ; South Eastern, 23%; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 44& ; (Leal North of England, 77% ; Midland Counties, 70, the Quarter Shares, 17 - % ; and North Mid land. 59k. The distrust occasioned by the Mexican affair, is not in the least degree mitigated, and dealings in the bonds are exceed ingly limited. Colombian, 21% 22 3 4 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 21, and the Three per Cents., 2 The letters by the Overland Mail, have been delivered this morning, but from the short period which has elapsed since the despatch of that immediately preceding, contain but little com mercial intelligence. It is to be regretted that no improvement is to be noticed in the demand for European goods, but, on the contrary, prices are lower than they were by the last accounts. The resistance of the Chinese is viewed as unfavourable, and tending to prove that the dispute xi ill not , be so easily ar ranged as had been imagined. Several parcels of goods had been disposed of at Canton, bat it was owing to a scarcity of dollars, and the Hong merchants apparently preferred to bar ter than to keep their produce un hand. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 2. Transtetions were rather limited, and prices were unaltered. 3,000 bales were sold, including 300 Americans for export. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 2.—Business was very flat, and the sales limited. There were some improvements in Edinburgh and Glasgow, which were sold at 421, and in South Eastern New, at 4*. The other transactions were— Chester and Birkenhead, •25; New, 121 s ; Eastern Counties, 8 ;, New, 6 1-3. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 2.—Our market still continues heavy, although rather more business has been done. The sales are—Manchester and Birmingham, 23; Sheffield and Manchester, 33/ ; South Eastern, New, 3a; and Union Bank of Manchester, 7 per share. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 166 India Stock —pm 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 91i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cone Ditto Old Annuities 3i per Cent. Red... 100,} Ditto New Annuities — New ai per Cent......... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 43 pm New 5 per Cen'. Ditto 5001 43 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ... l2& Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 1839 Jan. 1860 i Consols for Opg. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... ;Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent iDitto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds... — ;Prussian, 5 per cent. Bueno s Ayres 6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent —i Ditto, Meta11ic........... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2lh Ditto, 1824 22 Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent 36* ;French, 3 per cent. —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2& per cent. 5ll Peruvian, 1825, 6 per tit. I Ditto, 5 per cent. 101 i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 49 Bristol Exeter (70 paid) ..... . 42 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... Ditto New Shares ( paid) ... Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 44& Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 77 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... . Ditto Quarter, Slues (2) paid) ... 461 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 60* Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) l7& North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares ( 40 pact) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 234 Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) THE MARKETS.-(T HIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of grain last week were moderate, and the fresh supply small. Fine \Vheat sold readily at Is. per quarter ad vance, but in other sorts there was no alteration. Barley, Beans, and Peas in limited deint.nd, at previous rates. Oats a slow sale, and hardly maintained their late value. Fcr Flour a moderate demand at former quotations. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Cattle was short ; of Sheep, Lambs, and Calves good ; and of Pigs middling, with a moderate trade for all descriptions. Beast, 2,339 ; sheep and lambs, 34,533 ; pigs, 347 ; calves, 215 ; Beef, 2s. Bd. to 4.. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal, 3s. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork, 2s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Lamb, 53. to ss. 6d. TEA MARKET. _ _ There were many buyers, but few parcels were offered, an Is. 9d. was the lowest rate of sound Common Congou cast: Company's, Is. 94d. per lb. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat to-day at eleven o'clock, to hear :ip peali. The Peers present were—Lord Cottenham, L, rd thougharu, Lord Campl..ll. and'th: , E2-r! of 0111'1:nine. ROBSON V. TIIE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. '1 he arguments in this part•lieard appeal were resumed to day, but had not concluded when our Evening Edition wens to press. • CHANCERY COURT-7(THIS..DAY Neither the Lord Chancellor or the Vice Chancellor of Eng land sat in their Courts to-day, in consequence, we under stand, of having to leave town for Cambridge, to attend the installation of the Duke of Northumberland as Chancellor of that University. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY. SMITH V. HENLEY. The bill in this case was filed by the plaintiff, to have a spe cific agreement performed. The plaintiff had entered into an agreement with an auc tioneer, named Warren, to have a lease granted him of certain premises situated at Lumpton, near Hounslow, for twenty-one years, at 801. a }ear. The property belonged to a Mr. Ete, who subsequently, upon the plaintiff repair ing the premises at a cost of 127/. refused to grant the lease. After some time, however, he agreed to allow the lease to be drawn up, 'but before it was prepared, lie went abroad and died, leaving the defendants as his lega tees and executors. They, upon the plaintiff applying to them for the purpose, refused to grant the lease, alleging that there never wa.s any agreement entered into to that effect. The plaintiff now filed the bill in order to have the agree ment performed. Lord LAN a DALE, after recapitulating all the circumstances of the case, directed an issue, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any' such agreement as was alleged on the part of the plaintiff had ever been entered into. He did nut think he could dismiss the bill. VICE-CHANCERY.-(TFLIS DAY (Before Vice-Chancellor BRIJ CE. ) DAMES V. OAKES. His Horrouu gave judgment in this cause, which was part heard on Saturday. The question related to the omission of a rent-charge of 425. from a deed which was prepared by the de fendants. The facts were wholly uninteiesting, and the case turned chiefly upon parole evidence of a very contradictory character. His Honour directed an issue for the purpose of determining the rights of the parties. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY ( Sittings in London. ) GIBSON V. BRUN. This was an action brought by the official assignee to re cover from the defendant, for the creditors at large, the amount of two bills of exchange (for 208/.), alleged to have been paid to the defendant by an undue preference. For the defendant' it was shown that the bills were given and became due, and were paid, some time previous to the bank ruptcy, and that the bankrupt had several other dealings sub sequently with the defendant. The Jury, without Lesitat:on, found for the defendant. CRIMINAL COURT.-TIIIS DAY OLD COURT. The sessions at the Old Bailey commenced this morning, before the Right Hon. the Lord ;Mayor, Alderman Sir Chap man Marshall, Mr. Alderman Lainson, the Sheriffs, and the Common Sergeant. The Grand Jury having been sworn, . The CO3IMON SERGEANT, in the absence of the Recorder, briefly delivered the charge to the Jury. He said their labours would be light, owing to the short time which had elapsed since the last session, and he was happy to say that the offences con tained in the calendar were, comparatively speaking, of trifling importance. One case to which he would allude was a ease.eq piracy. 11th and 12th of William 111., chap. 7, provided for these cases, by which it was enacted, that any person laying violent hands upon a ship, contrary to the orders of her com mander, that person would be guilty of piracy. It Vould appear in the evidence that the parties charged had on the 2.3 d of Fe bruary last seized the ship in which they were employed, and not only assaulted the captain and the mate, but grievously as saulted the captain's wife also. The next case to which he would allude was that of a man of the name of Gardner, who was charged with stealing a post-office letter. The letter had been delivered into the custody of the letter-carrier, but he having for a moment laid it dosn, the prisoner was seen to take it up and secret it in another room of the Post office. It would be necessary for them well to consider this case, as it was one which involved the character of several persons connected with the Post-office. The next case to which he would make allusion was that of robbery from the . person of a deaf and dumb man. He merely alluded to this ease to say, that the prosecutor was perfectly competent to give evidence in a Court of Justice, as a person would be provided who would interpret his meaning. These were the only cases which occurred to him necessary to niake any remarks upon, and he should theiefere at once dismiss the Jury to the dis charge of their duties. The calendar contains the names of 97 prisoners for trial. Two are; charged with burglary, five of uttering and having in their possession counterfeit coin, three cutting and wounding, six embezzlement, one forgery and uttering forged instru ments, one house-breaking and larceny, forty-five larceny, three larceny in a dwelling-house, seven larceny from the person, eleven larceny from a servant, one stealing a post letter, three misdemeanor, three revolt on board a ship, two rape, three receiving stolen goods, &c., and one of robbery. '1 he Court then proceeded to swear the common jury. POLICE INTELLI G ENC E. Y.) UNION 11ALL.--(THIS DA Caroline Harris and Mary Evans were charged with selling spirits without a license. Furniss, an Excise-officer, stated that on Sunday morning he went, accompanied by another officer, to a house of ill fame, in Falcon. court, having received private information that the proprietor was in the habit of selling spirits of amost deleterious description. Witness called for a quarters of gin, and was im mediately served with that quantity, when he and his brother officer drank some, and afterwards took the defendants into custody, they having sold them the spirits. Both officers after drinking were seized with a kind of stupor from the deleterious nature of the drink.—The defendants were remanded. , SUPPOSED THIRD ATTEMPT ON THE LIFI OP HER MA.UESTY. (From a Second Edition of theDispafch.) It is not without much regret ant indignation that we 'find it our painful duty t- plane iefore 'the public such particulars as, in our haste, we have been, enabled to collect, regarding another supposed at tempt to destroy our beloved Queen. - A deed snore dastardly can scarce be well conceives than that of taking a sovereign's life by assassination ; arid we may hope, for the sake of the English cleracter, that , if such an endeavour ,was intended, tie miscreant will be apprehended ere the sun goes down. This day, at a few minutes before twelve o'clOcke as her Majesty and Prince Albert were proceeding their carriage through St. James's Park, atten ded their suite, from Buckingham Palace to the Cba Pf lo Royal, St. Junes's, another diabolical attemp t wa9 thought to have been intended on the life Of h er Majesty, notwithstanding it was only yesterdftY determined Francis should not suffer on the scaffold. When the Royal cortege had proceeded a short of tance from the marble arch, towards 'the Duke °, Sutherland's mansion, a young man of the naino °' Dassett, residing at 42, Church-street, Padding ton, observed a deformed lad, having a large hump on his right shoulder, and dressed in a long, shabby, brn frock coat, and seemingly fustian trousers, lying '';, crouched down by the side of one of the trees 0pP 03 ., the railings of the Green Park ; his attention be' ns particularly directed to him from a very singular. e , r 4 pression of countenance, he saw that he had a prom in his hand, which he at once seized and wrested frd him, but not before it had been snapped and 11 1153e tti fire, although there was powder in the pan. rli s . who was in company with his brother and uncle„. A Jones, of North-street, Maids-hill, cohered the it and informed a policeman of what he had seen, bat e is stated he did not seem inclined to take the alai% and the lad in some way escaped. A crowd soon collected, and it was thought the guilty party was Dassett himself, who had then 1 0 ' session of the pistol, and he was taken to the Statio7 house in Gardiner's-lane. The pistol, upon h e an i° ' examined, was found to be loaded with a small ( 1 11 ‘4 5` .-.' tity of powder, and a piece of tobacco-pipe ; - , n e also very currently reported that there were 5° ,, -, to gravel stones in it, but this, it is stated by D9 o6 ' brother, is not the fact. An examination of the witnesses took place, expresses were sent to Sir James Graham and Phillips. The result of what occurred is, that the most actiol exertions are being made to discover and apprehe the party who was seen with the pistol, and Ncbic ill from his singular appearance, there is no doubt soon be done. au The Royal carriage, on each side of which t , equerry was riding, was about twenty paces disttt,;, when the lad, for he did not appear to be above. ?„,!, teen years of age, was first seen as above descrt7lo and, of course, there was an instantaneous rufh iS see her Majesty as she passed, and this confusieno, was that favoured the escape of the really guilty P 3r „' e , Up to two o'clock, Dassett was at the station -h° and the other lad had not been traced. The news soon spread like wildfire throug h tt metropolis. and hundreds of people flocked t ° station-house to hear the result. What is the , t bi motive for this, the third attempt, and so near, 010 same spot, against her Majesty, for that the pio t° ' intended to be discharged for some purpose &r e lic ( be no.doubtof ',course is not known, but the cl ean it shown to Francis has not apparently hal the ei was supposed. 03' By half-past two o'clock the people, who, ti ll , but sembled at the station-house, were all dispers e ' ; r i e df the spot in the park, where the circumstance oecit ' was thronged. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. ° l o Ck , This morning, shortly before twelve p r ince as her Majesty and his Royal Highness "„tlie Albert were proceeding in their carriage frol- to a• Palace, through the Park, for the purpose of °` ing Divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. .1°1,,c1, a person about 18 years of age, with a hmul 3 rather shabbily attired in a brown frock Ne t ' tit° light coloured fustian trousers, was observed h):0001 youths, brothers of the name of Dassett, to po ll Doi his pocket a pistol. Suspecting that he contouPt mischief, they immediately seized the pistol , be at o the rush which took place at the moment t 0 : 0 1,e view of the Queen as she passed, the ruffian, s t lO was favoured,- and we regret to say that, up t° , o lo moment (half-past four o'clock), the police ha s , tllO succeeded in apprehending him. It is stateee Dassett immediately informed a policeman of tit l i c e' cumstance, and showed him the pistol. The man however treated the matter lightly, but tliesistel standers, seeing the instrument in his hand, i i ,l ec iog upon his being taken to the station-house , ht'''i t iel that he was the delinquent. He was 80°1 conveyed to Gardiner's-lane, where he still tee in custody. to 'stlf Intelligence of these circumstances was Woes dispatched to the Secretary of State for tfif Department, who at once directed s ummor4lo l , issued for holding a Privy Council. At half:t r , o'clock, Lord Stanley, Sir E. Knatchbull, and '- other members of the Cabinet, and Sir G e orej. sY and Mr. Phillips, Under-Secretary of State, i t in fer sembled at the Treasury, where they rcmainede;f tigating the matter for nearly two hours. pieti Peel, we understand, is at Cambridge. 18re 00_ _ A that Prince George of Cambridge, Sir George 0 , r and many of the heads of the public departmenise,4° been in the course of the day at the station - 10 i learn the fullest particulars of this extr a° affair. (.1.016 On in co l at the station-house, at four we learned that the Commissioners of Pollee, es' Rowan and Air. Mayne, were then makingll tired ta 0111 rigid investigation of what had taken place, ' information on the subject was not off transpire. elf ) 1 .01 , (From the Third Edition of the Weekly Cid 5 . 0 The report of the third diabolical meditated fly ; tie es' tion of our beloved Queen has, as may natura ll 4o B6ll petted, caused an extraordinary degree of exc i l le fte and at 5 o'clock, on our Reporter proceeding to ni sk t e l he found it crowded to excess by persons of lu ffle dit t t most of whom had gathered together in then h tl 'ally o vicinity of the Palace, awaiting, with te ti ' ij - g 1, 1) 01 anxiety, the arrival of any intelligence resPe' iso infamous occurrence above alluded to, and:l o l slt f t i, the view of giving vent to their feelings '9„,` should her Majesty (as it was reported Soot OP. notwithstanding what had taken place) go Jp to enjoy her usual afternoon's ride. ho ose' t t i e On the Reporter hastening to the station Gardner's-lane, Westminster, where, it was sts'it°, youth, who happily frustrated the regicidal uttt-',,,b0 taken, he accosted a diminutive inspeet °l. ' ' in o ll io sitting very comfortably at the entrance dc'n r oto, l ; ii i, that he might, if possible, be enabled to el/ e " to ► some facts; but, after putting several questieitanoveto at which he gave either negative or evasiv e l ipertioe he at length admitted that he was not at ot communicate particulars to any one. A lll° t rumours now current is one to the 0 , 1,, pistol taken possession of had no lock, nob 15 loaded. Another report is that the youth ; poi 9 ,itb to have presented it at her Majesty did not J ae !of fact do so, but merely ran alongside the ear r . o lo ol l the implement in his hand, and that the P'. o l 4 e, vo i, is that it was nothing rri, re thin a foolis ii ; / s that finding it was taken up in so serf he deemed it prudent to effect his escape. r oso Her Majesty has not left Btiekinghall i afternoon. r e d 0 FROM OUR OWN IMPOUTER,I ree,e3` —The latest particulars of the villain will, 10 1 1, pistol at her Majesty in the grand nioll,*„l' Park, while proceeding to chapel yestertkliscolllot is described in a notice which was sent fr° lll ,,, t i oa yard to the various police stations, at a le ` - , 16 or night, as follows :—' 16 fi cl‘ He was a young man, apparently lihtn tt i or ce years of age, very fair, long hair, has . 3 11181 :: C ,-,p,pf patch on the side of his nose, of very-dirty forgetioty and was dressed in a coat mush t o° 11 0' so' co him (a dark brown surtout) and 3 in bf cloth cap. He has a hump-back, and," t ', escxl ,lea pany of another man, who was suffered re ,i a" o sP the police. The other man was coP tu , 0 014 ) Wtt t tamed until further inquiry is made. 11 I‘ e° of the name of Wright, a criPPlei we , the e i ff o e 4' l4 the neighbourhood of Lambeth, was h ee. , e re when he presented the pistol. Orders l ice shi „ J ell from Scotland-yard to the different Po r of boti titn 110 for the ins Jectors to send out 11 n " ,•,10°i incog. to endeavour to apprehend the 1 roi ,, a l- bo o , been let go by the constable of th e be ing r te . ' which was acted upon last night, there . 5 'I } l O six men of each division despatched in vial° 101 for that. purpose. 1, it , w is -e, The two police-constables (on e '"` xson 1 the fellow escape, are suspended, the P t ;opt , been given in their charge - for t he they laughed at. sl l % dig AO - - EXAMINATION OF THE 1 " 'iell oel4 " v t About half. past six o'clock, Sir Frederick. a opliteem pwwoaqt accompanied horses, a n l f o r i o l torney-Getieral, arrived at the Home-oflie 11l 0 4, 11- ' n in te h db i s y r A cs i rd. express eicichoeal Coleman. at ballen:i:anhwd•is,iisrpasectb,trc„ltStliy. f , ri l l i t 4t i , l iiiso. l e ; , diately joined the Council. four 0 s- r., 00 The inquiry was commenced at half -past , r e 0. 10 0 0 delay being occasioned by the absence from T oot, sM,,il e. to naby, the chief c'erk of Bow-street P°li rthe e le o lik e :; 41 1 not until the arrival of Mr. Taylor, 00 ° t' d be pr t he.; Hall Police Court. that the inquiry coo' 0 hing_A is, b . The following evidence may be relied WI ease' ' part of the statements of the witn e° f r om * - 0 'P h Privy Council, it having been obtained tabl e ." el va most authentic : lice-cl" ut i', / it The first witness examined was P° ...JO ° 0 .. e ., faial. Gre • 0 Partridge, A 136, who deposed 2 5 „ in rbe za rk, o'clock at noon this day I was 00 n qui t. 1,040 9 . - N but proceeded down to the mall i