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A IN sIN oit TII' s MAGAZIN E. ilk_ In the forthcoming Number, in addition to the usual quantity of the ?MISER'S DAUGHTER, and the usual Illus trations by George Cruikshank, will be commenced Mr. AINSWORTH'S new Historical Romance, entith.d WINDSOR CASTLE, with a rea , miliceot Illustration so Steel by Tony Johannot, and numerousWoodeuts by W. Alfred Delamotte. Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen. Hugh Cunningham, S. Trafilgar-square. Nov readr.'at ail the Libraries, in 3 vols. ADY Bi.i._:SSi_Nti".FON'S NEW NOVEL, "THE LOTTERY OF LIFE." . Lady Bless;rrrtort's book has teen very pleasant reading to us. it is gracefully _written throughout, and with a lively p , wer of goad-hearted ridicule. Lady Ble3sington excels in what we may ealLrefiued caricature, in whiell'a spirit uf frolic exaggeration runs side by side with a cheerful fancy, shrewd übservation, and humour both sharp and genial. These volumes wi I add to Lady Blessington's reputation as a lively, acute, and agreeable writer."—Examiner. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great 51arlborough•street. THE NEW WORK ON INDIA. Now ready, in 2 vas. Svo., with a 3lap, and 22 Illustrations, T it E S IN h. A S EE, GAD AK, TSKARDO; The Countries adjoining the Mountain Course of the Indus, and the Himalaya, North of the Pan. By G. T. VIGNE, Esq., Author of " A Personal Narrative of a Visit to Affghanis- tan," &c. &c. " I look with great an.-tinty for your map and book resat• jog to Cashmere and Ghilgit, &c., by far the most interest ing portion of your wa-Alerings, and which will till up a great blank."—From a Letter to the Author by Sir Alexander Burnes,datecl Cabool, Sept. 16,1341. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great ?Marlborough-street. - NEW .COVEL BY MRS. GORE. No;, ready, in 3 vols. post Bva., Mat'. AMBASS D OR'S WIFE. . By the Author of .‘ Mo!hers and Daughters," The Dowager," &e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To e Eati at all the Librarieß. rill-10S. HARRIS anti SON'S TELESCOPES are warranted unequalled by any other house at. the prices. :yen;, carriage free, to any part of the kingdom. Cash Prat remitted. Exchanged it not approved. Tourists should nut without one. • A pocket telescope to show objects 8 miles off... £0 18 0 A pocket telesaope,to show objects 12 miles ... 1 10 0 A pocket telescope to show objee+s 16 miles..... 2 2 0 A pocket telescope to show objects 20 miles. ... 4 0 0 Thomas Harris anti Son, Opticians, 52, opposite the British Museum, London, established 60 tears.—T. Harris and Son are neither related to, -nor in aily -way connected with a firm of the same name. HIS ia9AJI the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, r vin AuTtioruSED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDE'NDS', which (though t'1 , 37 are NO Lori - ERIE'S • offer many pos•sibilities of obtains i:i" LARGE FORTUNES, ti EINE BROTHERS. at HAM BURGH and at LUBECK, A now f2elling BONDS for the said DIST:11BD riOrN S. Persons desirous to purchase cutv re2eive. PREVIOUS giving any order, the PROS" , 'ECTUS and PAIU'JCU ARS. uroa addressing, 'WITHOUT DELAY, a line either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, nr to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains 700 MONEY DIVIDENDS, as follows: 1 . 5,000 1,sf3tl 1,000 ....... 891) 600 400 9 00 150 ...... ...... 450 .. 120 1; 100 540 800 1,400 60 50 29,650 j :J 5 6 10 80 20 43 ......... ......... 593 ..... • • • 700 Money Dividends, amounting t 0... £72,170 Sterling. P.S. The N EXT POLISH DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, guaranteed by his Alajesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA nal take place on IA July. Direct for SELECTED and GENUINE BONDS WITH OUT DELAY to HEINE BROTHERS. Handmrgli and Lubeck, June, 1842. • THEATRE -ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. - THIS EVENING, JUNE 23. The Performances will commence with LUClLLE.—Characters by Messrs. J. vining, J. Bland, Oxberry, and Miss Faucit. After which, the New Farce, called UNCLE NlP.—Principal Characters by Mr. Marley and Mrs. Humby. To be followed by the New Musical Fairy Romance, entitled THE KISS, Oft BERT A'S 13 RI DA L.— A loxis, Mr. Barker; Hermann, Mr. Clement Waite; Bertha, Miss Crisp; Bennis, Miss Gould; Un dioe, Miss Hughes. To concluda with the Romantic Drama of THE DICE of DE A.TH. —Finest, Mr. Didelear ; Spiegelberg, Mr. J. Bland; Hans, Mr. Ox. berry ; Mephistophi!es, Mr. 0. Smith ! Louisa, Miss Crisp; Theresa, Miss Murray. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 28.- Gallery, Is. Doors oren at Half-past Six; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Pr:rate Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. tt 'll • 'Theatre has resumed its former popular position with a Series and Operas, supported by the first mus i c al talent this cow,- ~. - n produce. THIS EVENING, JUNE 23. ... Will be performed, Bellini's Grand Opera of LA SONNAM. DULA.— Ainina, Miss Renner; Liza, Mrs. Serle; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison ; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. G. Stan,,bury. After which, a Sallet call. d THE PUPIL OF LOVE, in which the Italian Opel* Dancers will appear. To eoncluke with :Ir. Leman fiede's JACK IN THE WATER. Jack, Mr. Gearge Wild; betty. Miss E. Terry. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry. SubscrilKrs, and the Public, are respectfully Informed that ON MONDAYS, TVENDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this faveu. rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in troductions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im portant acq u isitions in the classes of both 9nadrupegs and Birds. Feeding Time Five o'clock. The Colo -al V lEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Table , u d'actiou, mire venting the oce.sioir of th, Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. Th . , RAN 0 includes some of the inbst emine,it Performers, con. ducted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES Ai , 3SIC ALES selectedf rom the noblest works of the great Masters. The LUC M 'NATION of ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIRAN DOLA of ST. ANGELA), with all the gorgeous ipcctacles and magnilleerst Introductions that have called forth ac elamrnations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex. terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASCADE of BRILLIANT FIleR, SIX 1 Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Ptomenades Musicales, Illumination of St . P eter ' s, Giranilos of St. Angelo, Sic., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. All rptivertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of "The Sun." .1.0 N i f.. cPft! •:), a, * '''. 4. ..., At , ~. ." • .0 , -, , i;-.1 4-itzl Vi c, ,- Vs'i , 4 .,• - 5 - - . ....z.,[6.1< _J. 4 4 * 0 ~,, . 11 / 4 70 ) _ 0, -- f r i - -y7,, , • Az ~ .;*- .. --4riAr s . : _, ~.-4.- re `-'' e,, . 2 .." ., e..% ' •, ' 0 ' I•2P. ;,,‘ ';*--'' £ }\ %\. . . . „,1,....... tc 0 i . 4 1 .,. ‘.;:e. : ' " .... a et3unt t' LONDON THURSDAY HORNING, JUNE 23, 1842. \\ Lord BROUGHAM'S erroneous opinion on the sugar duties, by which he makes himself an advocate for keeping wholesome food from the people of England. Lord BROUGHAM'S error, it is plain, is the growth of his long connexion with the Anti-Slavery party. He has taken the lead amongst them, and all his feelings and opinions have become so bound up with their pursuits that he forgets what is now due to the suffering people of England. On these grounds we conclude that leading statesmenshould stand aloof from all Societies bound together by' some principle which is far less comprehensive than the general welfare. As far as we recollect, Sir R. PEEL has never made himself conspicuous at any such meetings. He has been the chief of a great political party, but never an active leader of 0. clique. He has participated, we recollect, at such meetings as those which were held to do honour to W ATT, SCOTT, and WILKIE, but he never sought popularity by catering for a few enthu siastic philanthropists. We approve of that caution, keeping himself separate from and above all minor sections of the community ; and, approving of his conduct, we regret to see the late leader of the House of Commons taking a prominent part on Tuesday at the meeting of the African Civilization Society. In Lord Join RUSSELL'S conduct, there seems to us a great want of decorum. The public is still smarting under the recollection of public money wasted, and gallant lives lost, by the ill-contrived ex pedition to the Niger. It should, if possible, have been buried in oblivion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could, unfortunately, boast that he had done his best to se cure that the expedition should be so fitted out as would be most likely to secure success. In truth, the public is made aware that but for his subserviency, as a Minister, to the African Civilisation Society, at least the cost of the expedition would-not have been de frayed out of the public purse. Lord JOHN Rus- SELL'S appearance, therefore, at the meeting of the Society, and his boast that he had taken part in fit ting out the expedition, is nothing less than an insult to the public, whose interests he sacrificed, as a Mi nister, to serve the cause et* that private Society of which he is a member. his example confirms our opinion, that a statesman, whether he be actually in &fief.) or a chief of the Opposition, should carefully avoid becoming an active and passionate member of any such Society. What is very improperly and very falsely called the Royal Assent was last night given to the Income tax Bill. That measure is now the law of the land. ner MAJESTY may possibly, by the advice of her .11inisters, go through the form of affixing her name to the Commission, appointing certain dearly beloved cousins and counsellors of tier's to give her nominal assent to the Bill, by which it is converted into a law; but it is plain that her MAJESTY has no more will in the matter, than one of the Ushers of the House of Peers. It was only on Tuesday night, about twelve o'clock, that the Peers passed the Bill, and, legislatively speak ing, her MAJESTY could hear nothing of it before that hour. In sixteen hours, however, from that time, which would not suffice for the swiftest reader to read the Bill through and understand it, ner MAJESTY'S assent to it was formally sig nified. What is the plain inference from this, or rather, what is the certain fact ? Why, the so-called Royal Assent is riot the assent of the QUEEN at all, but the assent of the Minister to the 111 inister's tax. PEEL ordains the Income-tax ;• and PEEL forces it through the House of Commons, as Sir R. VYVYAN has stated, by a threat of resignation ; the House of Lords dare not touch the Money Bill ; and then Dictator PEEK issues directions to certain officers and certain Lords, who go .througlii a certain form—mocking Royalty— and they give P EEL'S assent to PEEL'S ordained tax. This Royal Assent is one of those shams or fictions with which' our law and Constitution abound, and which shams and fictions, according to those who ex pound the law and the Constitution, are more essen tial to the preservation of society than all the daily toils of all the artisans in the empire. Her MAJESTY, GOD bless her! has nothing to do with giving any assent to such an odious tax. It is a calumny on her to assert that she assents to it. She is its victim, like the people. Her income is dimin ished as well as the wages of the bread-eating artisans by the rapacity of the aristocracy. They sur round her with a gorgeous Court, which gives great salaries to themselves ; and the QUEEN, shorn of all real power, a mere pageant in their hands, is held out to the community as taking some 600,0001. ! a-year, from the people, when in fact she gets little more than the tenth part of the sum. The Lords and Ladies in Waiting, the Master of the Buckhounds, &c., &c., have the bulk of the money amongst themselves. Her MAJESTY gives up a part of her income to this tax, as the people must give up a part of theirs. Now, as the Income-tax is the consequence of the Corn-law, it follows that the QUEEN is actually taxed to preserve the wealth of the aristocracy. It results also frpm what we have said, that what is called the Royal Assent is merely the assent of the Minister, giving his own decree the so lemn sanctity and form of law. A great deal is said in both. Houses of Parliament about the advantages of monarchy, but they cannot spring from the Monarch having here any power. The President of the Republican United States has a substantial monarchical legislative power, and he has more than once thwarted, by his veto, the designs of those who sought to oppress both the President and the people. But our Monarch has no power to arrest the progress of any bad Bill, except by breaking up the Ministry, which cannot be done without the consent of *tin Houses of Parliament, and must always, cause great inconvenience. If her MA JESTY had - any such power, she would now be besieged by the suffering people from one end of the empire to the other, to give them relief by abrogating the laws which cramp their industry and deprive them of food. But it is due to her to make it now widely known, that She has no real legislative power ; that it is all in the hands of the Ministers ; that the , Royal Assent is their assent ; and they ought not to be allowed to hide their awful responsibility for the present condition of the country behind the throne. The African Civilization 'Society has already put the country to an expanse of 65,0007. for an expe dition to tglie Niger. The wealth. is a great deal to lose, but the loss of the brave men who were se (laced to volunteer on the pestilential service, and who perished in consequence, is still more to be regretted and deplored. But that, doubtless, is not the whole amount of the mischief which has been done by this assemblage of philanthropic, but ignorant and idle, gentlemen. They interfered with the genuine and legitimate 'commerce that was growing up on the Niger, and did what they could to ruin it ; and so in reality they impeded the attainment of the object they professed to promote. We beg to be understood as making no. objec tions in the abstract to such Societies; they are no doubt useful as a warning, if not as an ex ample ; they teach us that philanthropy, under the guidance of ignorance, may cause more mischief than the most sordid selfishness ; and they inspire us with 'a wholesome mistrust. of those who commit injustice at berae that they may be generous abroad. We reg. et ; cry much; however, to observe that 1 , 1 71 r, was present at their meeting. I z'-1 6 Pires to be a statesman. and to act for the public bencii:, shOuld care fully eschew an intimate con nection with clique of enthusiasts. A Minister of England should be a Minister of the whole people, and have no precielletion for sects and cliques. Lord J. ItussEra, should leave the coterie popularity that lo t ty be obtained by attending such meetings to the benevolent Lord Asithty. H e canno t forget, We should think, that ;his own ".‘linistry was overthrown the welfare o f th e p eo pl e v those who thougiu thm of their consistency, members of an Anti slavery 'ASSCCILtion. Last year, Dr- Lt.:BIIINGTON, and gen Oemen. like him, 3aeri fi clod' the int e r est of their constitunti patiftt of thet: Ampite to their connection with sida bbeicties. We deplorti what we regard ris - We learn with regret, that the Anti-Corn-law League, as will be seen by an advertisement, is com pelled to postpone the general meeting, which is to be held in London, from the 27th inst. to the sth proximo. If the League is to do any good before the Parliament prorogues, the first appointed day was not too early for it to assemble. CITY TOWN CLERIL—The election for this imlilh•tant office takes plabe this day, the principal candidates. are Mr. Sergeant Merewether and Mr. Pritchard. The latter gentleman has been long connected with the Cor poration of London, and has had many honours conferred on him for his services to the City. He is well acquainted with the bye-laws, charters, customs, and privileges of the City of London, and from his independent character, his habits of business, and general knowledge of all that relates to the first commercial corporation in the world, he may be safely recommended as a fit candidate for the office. We have been favoured with copies of a lithograph drawing by Mr. O'Driscoll, of the criminal Francis, who has been convicted of one of the deepest crimes that it is possible to contemplate ; and of the hardened villain Cooper, who has been sentenced to die for shooting the policeman. We cannot speak too highly of the like nesses. Mr. O'Driscoll has been very happy in hitting them off ; he has just caught the expression, and appa rently at the most advantageous period. They are struck upon good paper ; and those who are anxious to obtain a good likeness of the man who could so far forget himself as to fire a pistol at our beloved Queen, may depend upon having a correct one before them, if they have one of Mr. O'Driscolrs drawings. A CURIOUS LOAF.—A co n rre th sp e on p d o e s n se t ssi N o 7 l i o te f s i‘ : ; ofc, bread Derbyshire, i r ‘ s i o T ar h s er o e r ils'huarllsotoanfupwards of 400 years old. It is a funeral loar, be f ar t t; the date of 1436, and ye t a ) rs tthi a e g i o .a , m i . 7 l3,tih a oeeas e tp.t h autt e tp..be s! was liscovered upwards with some old writings, belonging The writer has been acquaintedwith wards of 50 vears, and called the attenti e on sa o l f d t s h n e te l e la the l n it has lid to the old bread some years e., 0 pl ' a u u d ,d m it g o a u tid a e r s , h N e v hciatnh truly d . become a Lion, and has suffered' b; pilfering of the curious. Sirs. Soars has handsome glass salver and beehi d v a e ir 7 , v greatly to its preservation and appearance. A s Sirs.'a add >, noted for the excellency of her 'How are (and often does) reply to interrogations, getting on ?'—` Well, pretty well ; we have an old loaf uncut in the house, and some decent cheese." i y w a ts Mercury. Tan WEATTIER.—(From a Correspondent.)—Th e fanners and gardeners in the Isle of Wight will be serious lasers by the continued dry weather. With the exception of two or three slight showers, there has been no rain since March. The hay crop is a failure ; the oats, barley, peas, &e., are in a miserable state ; some farms have hardly anything green upon them. Yesterday (21st) the mercury fell to 29.32, and great hopes were eutertaieed.of rain, but to-day -it has risen to 29.42. •. a THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. JUNE 23, 1842 Parish Bank Friendly Society of Ruthwell.' Its capital amounted, at the time of publishing the second edition of his essay, to a sum exceeding 1,4001. " It appears, therefore, on the whole, that 'though some institutions similar both in their principles and de tails, had been formed before the Parish Bank of Ruth well, yet it was the first of the kind which was regularly and minutely organized' and brought before the public ; and further, that as that society gave the impulse which is fast spreading through the kingdom, it is in all fair ness entitled to the appellation of the Parent Society. If we spoke of the Original Society, the Charitable Bank at Tottenham would be entitled to. that appellation." JAY'S WORKS. Vol. 111. Bartlett, London, 1842. In this volume we have a series of morning and evening meditations for the months of July, August, and September, from the pen of Mr. Wiliam jay. The meditations are in general appropriate to the season, and a fervent, but unaffected spirit of piety pervades them, that cannot be too warmly commended. TRADITIONS OF THE RHINE. 011ivier. London, 1842. The numerous scattered traditions that are asso ciated with the castellated Rhine, and its neighbour hood, are here collected together in one small compact duodecimo, and illustrated with several apt embel lishments. The volume is the production of Captain Knox, who has told the different legends with great skill and simplicity, and will form an entertaining companion to the tourist of the Rhine. MAGAZINE OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Vol. Vll. Orr, London, 1842. . As may be inferred from its title, the present mis cellany is exclusively of a homely, practical character, and gives, among useful matters, several valuable sug gestions respecting the management of servants, needle-work, paper-hangings, quack medicines, &c. LITERATURE. BRITISH and FOREIGN REVIEW, No. XXVI Taylor, London, 1842. A selection from the speeches of that eminent American lawyer and statesman, Daniel Webster, has, it seems, been lately published at New York ; and the Number before us of the " British and Fo- reign Review" gives a copious and spirited notice of this publication, together with a brief biographical sketch of Mr. Webster, from which we learn that he is the son of a New Hampshire farmer, and was born in the year 1782. At the usual age, he was sent to Dartmouth College, in Vermont, where—like many others who have afterwards distinguished them selves by their intellectual powers—he was con sidered a very dull youth, and returning home in disgrace, went to work in his father's woods like an ordinary day-labourer. Two or three years; were thus wasted, but at the end of that period a sudden and surprising change came over the young man. He betook himself to the study of the law ; was at work early and late, denying himself every species of relaxation ; and at length by dint of severe, conti nuous study, aided by some few fortunate accidents, he rose into notice, and, as .a necessary consequence, into highly profitable emplorEent. In 1812 he en tered Congress, where he speedily became distin guished by his vigorous and argumentative speeches On the currency question. Four years afterwards he removed to Boston, in which city his profound know ledge of the law enabled him to carry all before him. He is Conservative in politics, and was leader of the Federal party when Jackson obtained the Presi dency. From that time to the present he has re mained firm to his principles ; and though these were for a long period unpopular, yet he never lost his hold on the people, but was—and still is— considered throughout the Union as the first states man and most eloquent orator of the republic. Du ring successive sessions he achieved an almost un paralleled reputation in Congress by his masterly expositions of the constitution, but his great triumph was his exposure of the Nullification doctrine in 1833, Now that the tide has turned in favour of his party, by the election of the late General Harrison to the executive, he has been appointed to the high and responsible post of Secretary of State. " Like Mr. O'Connell," says the Reviewer, " Webster is of Herculean strength and build. He -is dark, with black hair, a high and broad • forehead, large deep-set eyes that sparkle lustrously when he is ani mated, black overhanging eyebrows, a mouth of a kind of sculptured strength, yet of great beauty, faultless teeth, and a voice of extraordinary power and compass. The tout ensemble of his personal appearance is singularly impressive and imposing ; and his unaffected simplicity and perfect modesty are combined with a remarkable dignity of carriage in society. As Coleridge says of Southey, "he possesses but is not possessed by his genius." No man ever had his powers more completely under command. At a moment's warning the vast stores of his mind arc ready, and the most impromptu speech rolls from his tongue in perfect composition. He is al ways logical in conversation—this is his great charac teristic—enchains the attention of every listener by the driest argument, and has a inannerof the most singularly mixed grace and power. His eloquence, when he warms, is perfectly overpowering, and then he bursts out with a flow of poetry, which would hardly be thought possible from the severe cast of his mind. Miss Martineau, who met him at a dinner-party at the British Legation at Washington, says there is no merrier man. She describes him as leaning back at his ease on the sofa, shaking it with burst after burst of laughter, telling stories, crack ing jokes, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical part of one's constitution. Such is his pri vate boon companionship. Abroad, however, he is l the stern, plain-dressed, grave republican; and the common man who passes him in the street thinks lie can read the cares and responsibilities of the whole United States' Government on his great brow." Mr. Webster speaks but seldom in Congress ; but when he doesi he never fails to enchain the attention of all who hear him. His voice at first is low, and his manner quiet but unembarrassed ; his right hand rests upon his desk, and the left hangs by his side. Before he has finished his first head, however, his voice has risen so as to fill the chamber, and he has fallen into his favourite attitude, with his left hand under his coat-tail, and his right in full action. At this mo ment he seems like one under the influence of inspi ration ; but when his speech is concluded, he instantly relapses into his usual dreamy, abstracted state, and none could guess from his perfect repose of manner, how prone he was to strong political excitement. From the copious extracts made by the Reviewer from his speeches, as well as from the specimens we have seen from time to time in the New York papers, we should say that Mr. Webster's oratory was not so much remarkable for grace or polish, as for strong, rough, sinewy good sense. Nothing can be more simple, lucid, and straightforward than his style; there is no verboseness—no hunting about for striking forms of expression ; the speaker appears to take the first that comes to hand, perfectly satisfied so that it distinctly conveys his meaning. Occasionally his language sprouts into trope and metaphor; but instances of this rhetorical luxuriance are rare, and by no means to be ranked among his most successful essays. " Autobiography of Heinrich Steffens" is a notice of a work lately published in Germany, by the author of several admired novels, containing a series of vi id pictures of Seandinavian life and manners. in the course of this notice occur some inci dental remarks on the celebrated geographer, Malte Brun, whose frequent and easy transfers of loyalty," observes the Reviewer, "admirably fitted him for the time and place in which he lived." This quick witted political weathercock, who was, a Dane by birth, commenced his career in his native • country, as a furious democrat, and • assailant of all, authorities. Driven from Copenhagen, in consequence,' he sought refuge in Paris, and there forgetting all his former Jacobinism, he became one of the most devoted of the myriad- worshippers of Napoleon: As the Im perial star declined, however, so Malte Brun's en thusiasm declined ; and when the Bourbons were re instated on the throne, he suddenly discovered that the Emperor was a mere upstart Corsican usurper, and that Louis was the only true and. lawful monarch. In every other respect Brun was an amiable man, and perhaps his political tergiversations should not be too severely commented on, for those were the days of turncoats and apostates, when to rat was the rule, to be steadfast in principle the exception. Talleyrand used to say that he had swallowed not less than four teen constitutional oaths in his time, and would add, with infinite sang froid, that he had a readiness to swallow, and a stomach to digest, at least as many more. The " Church and the State" is argued in a bold yet temperate spirit, and will, therefore, be sure to displease all zealots. The high Churchmen will find fault with its concessions—the Dissenter with its lukewarmnesss—and both will combine to denounce it ; but the moderates of all parties will view it with the attention it deserves. In the review of "Borrow's Account of the Gipsies of Spain," there are some curious particulars respecting the social habits of these wandering, predatory tribes. The females are, it seems, whether married or unmarried, remark able for their chastity, and " would resent to the death, any attempt on their persons. In the rare in stance of an unchaste gipsey, the offender is put to death without mercy." The influence of caste .is paramount among them, and nothing will ever in duce them to marry without the pale of their own fraternity. Of course, they are accomplished thieveS, and their skill in this respect would do no discredit to the best educated London conveyancer. Of the few remaining papers, . the ablest is a critical disquisition on a " History of the Jews in Spain and Portugal." THE :HISTORY OF SAVINGS BANKS, 4.c. By John 7'idd Pratt, Esq. Shaw and Sons. We have seldom met with a book containing so much useful, well-arranged ; and practical information, as this work, just brought out by Mr. Pratt. It eves an interesting history of Savings Banks in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, with the period of the establishment of each institution, the place where it is held, and the number of depositors, with the total amount, classed according to the latest official returns ; also an appendix, containing all the : Parliamentary . Returns that have been printed relating to these in stitutions, and an account of the several Savings _Banks in France. It is gratifying to find, according to the author, that though some of these institutions have been established for more than twenty -Eye years, and at first without any limit as to amount of investments, the Savings Banks of this country have not been abused in the manner generally sup posed, .but that they are what the Legislature origi nally intended them to be--pl aces o f d epos i t f or t h e s increase rious classes smalles of savingsher Majesty'sbelo ng iug custody .to thean and industrious subjects. It is a fine trait, also, i n th e c h aracter of these useful institutions, that the whole manage ment, with the exception of the office of Secretary, is not only undertaken and conducted gr a t u it ous l y, but in all cases has been , and in many instances is now, attended with expense to the trustees and mana gers. We can safely recommend the work as the most complete account, both as regards history and details, of these useful institutions. It will be seen from the following extract that Mr. Pratt gives the Rev. Henry Duncan, of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, the merit of originating Savings Banks " Mr. Henry Duncan states, that early in 1810, while he was engaged in some inquiries relative to the condi tion of the poor, he read a pamphlet, proposing a scheme , ror the gradual abolition of poor-rates in England. lo this plan the author, Mr. Bone, gave the whimsical title of Tranquillity.' Mr. Duncan, though he considered the scheme too complicated for general use, conceived that one of its subordinate provisions, which proposed the establishment of an economical bank for the savingsl of the industrious, might be so modified as to be carried separately into effect with great advantage. He accord ingly published' a paper giving au account of it, and pro posing that the gentlemen of Dumfriesshire should este • blish banks for savings in ,the different parishes of the county. His zeal was applauded, but his recominenda tion was neglected. Steady, however, in the pursuit of his object, and rejoicing in the prospect of the benefit which he anticipated from it, he resolved to bring his plan,to the test of experiment, by .such an. establishment in his own p a ri s h. To this he gave t,l?-4 male of The COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, his Excellency Count Mensdorf and his sons, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the King and Queen of the Belgians yesterday morning, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Excellency Count Mensdorf, the Duke of Welling ton, and the Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf, honoured Mr. Babbage with a visit yesterday, at his residence in Dorset-street. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. The I..ince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accom panied by the Hon. Lady Lyttelton, were taken their ac customed airing yesterday. The Royal Dinner-party at Buckingham Palace in. chided their Majesties the King and Queen of the Bel glans, his Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Melbourne, Lord George Lennox, Right Hon. Sir James and Ladv Graham, Countess-de Merude, Baron de Dicskau, M. fie Moerkerke, and Sir George Couper, Bart. Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The company consisted of his Royal Highnesl Prince George of Cambridge, the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Au'aim, Baron de Barante, M. de Barante, Baron de Nieumaan, the Austrian Minister ; the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and the - Ladies Elizabeth and Evelyn Gower, the Earl and Countess of Delaware, and the Ladies Elizabeth and Mary West, Earl and Lady Catherine Jermyn, Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clemintina Villiers, Earl and Countess of Haddington, Earl and Countess Stanhope, and Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope, Earl of Liverpool, Viscount and - Viscountess Canning, Viscount Clifton, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Baroness Keith, and Meddle. de Flahault, and Maddle G. de Flahault, Lord Alfred and Lady Adelaide Paget, Mr. G. Edward Anson, Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley. The yearly in,pection of her Majesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard took place at St. James's lace on Tuesday, when the whole of the corps was in spected by the Captain, the Earl of Beverley, attended by the Clerk of the Cheque and the other Officers of the corps. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council held a meeting yesterday morning in the office of the Comptroller-General of the Exchequer for the trial of her Majesty's coins in the Fix of the Mint. The Lords present were—the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharn ciffe, the Lord President, Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Monteagle, Comptrol ler-General of the Exchequer ; the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Privy Seal ; Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Lord Fitzgerald, President of the 'Board of Control ; Sir Henry Hardingei Secretary at War ; Lord Lowther, Post-Master-General ; Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, Master of the Mint; and Lord Bexley. The Lord Chancellor charged the Jury (composed of Goldsmiths) relative to their assay of the specimens td the different coinages, gold and silver, deposited in the Pix of the Mint since the last trial. At the conclu sion of his address, his Loidship delivered the trial plates to the Jury, and appointed four o'clock, in the House of Lords, to receive their verdict, should they by that time have finished the assaying of all the coinages. The Foreman of the Jury invited the Lord Chan , cellor and all the Privy Councillors present to cline with the Goldsmiths' Company, in their Hall in the evening. The French Ambassador and the Swedish Charge d'Affaires transacted business at the FOreign-office. A model llustration of an improved mode of stopping and preventing collision in railroad travelling, was on Tuesday submitted by Mr. Lee to the Earl of Ripon and the Right• Hon. W.ll..Gladstone, at the ace of the Board of Trade. The Cabinet Ministers dined with Lord Stanley yes terday, at his residence in St. James's-square. Captain Fitzroy had an interview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Judicial Committee of the Privy. Council sat yes terday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lords Wynford, Brougham, and Campbell, and the Judge of the Prerogative Court. " Smith v. Fell," from the Prerogative Court of Can terbury, and "Sparrow v. Harrison," from the Dean of Arches. were heard and disposed of. Sir William and Lady Gomm have left Farrance's Hotel for Chester. MISS CHAMBERS' MORNING CONCERT. Assisted by the first talent of the Opera, this lady's concert . t o ok place yest er d a y morn i ng a t her Majesty's theatre. Madame Frezzolini sang in very brilliant style the duetto " Serba i t uo i segre ti," with Signor Poggi. The barcarole " Bel piacer quando sereno," and a subsequent duetto from Mercadante, exhibited Guasco's voice to fine effect. Strength was linked with sweetness, and some passages in the latter were softly tremblottante and beautif u l. M a dame Per siani dispatched her portion of the duet " Oh Guardate," in a glitter of high sharp notes, and her pleasant archness was in excellent contrast with the robust tone and manner of Lablache. Blagrove performed on the violin a concerted piece from William Tell, with Mrs. Anderson. This lady's instrumentation on the piano forte can scarcely be said to grow more perfect, since long ago she appeared to have reached the summit of her art ; but the rich retiring melody that rises up beneath her hand, altogether unob . truding, but laden with a depth of harmony—fits it . for the highest and re closest places—a shrine, a sanctuary,or a palace-vestibule. Mademoiselle Multini sang an Italian aria in a Very expressive manner, and with great purity of tone ; and the romance " La Pea di tutti i cor," by Signor Mario, breathed fully, as is its purport, a heart adoring. Ma dame and Signor Ronconi executed the " Fonte d'amare lazrine" in passionate'and sparkling style ; the'voice of the Mao; is possessed of great power, and capable of immense energy ; while that of the former is dulcet with lute tones. Miss Chambers herself graced the concert, which was fully and fashionably attended, with many, of her own vocal and instrumental performances. FOREIGN STEAM-VESSELS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB,—I have been much pleased with the manner in which you have exposed the unjustifiable hostility shown ,by the Belgian Government, under cover of the Antwerp Company, to English steam-vessels. This is very dif ferent conduct to what is experienced by Belgian steamers in British ports. Indeed I consider the indulgence shown to these steamers, in many instances, most unfair to wards the vessels of our own country. By what autho rity, .for instance, does the British Queen, now Belgian property, call at Southampton and take in passengers for New York, having Made her clearance at the port she belongs to ? and thus, in a manlier, robbing the British sh!powner of his Nr freight. What, I would ask, would become of an English ship were she to attempt to call at a foreign port under similar circumstances ? The owners would be made to pay dearly for their trial. Again, by what arrangement are these foreign ships brought higher up the River than Limehouse, that being the limit wisely laid down and adhered to until it became the fashion to give up the interest of British shipowners for distribtaion among foreigners, in which they have been in nowise backward of availing themselves ? I really hope something will be done to check the un due support afforded to the enemies of the British ship ping interests. I am: Sir, your obedient servant, June 22, 1842. AN ENGLISHMAN. MURDER OF A 'POLICEMAN.—BRISTOL, JUNE 22._ Immense excitement has prevailed throughout thif city since Monday, in consequence of its being known that a party of Jrishmen had attacked some of the police on Sunday, and beaten one of them in so brutal a manner that there was very little prospect of his surviving the effects of the ill-treatment he had received. The poor man was conveyed to the infirmary, where he received every attention that medical skill could de vise, unfortunately, however, without success ; as, after lin gering in intense agony until yesterday evening, he expired. From the facts elicited upon the inquest, which was proceeding when our report left, it appeared that the injuries, from which the deceased met hi s d ea th, were inflicted by a party of Irish men in an attempt to rescue a prisoner whom the deceased had in charge. He was first knocked dhivit by a brick thrown by one of the party, aid then beaten, while on the ground, by six or seven persona, all armed with bricks, until an accession of force enabled the police to save their comrade from further vio lence. Six Irishmen, all of whom are positively identified as having been of the party who attacked th e p olice, are in custod y . The Jou rna l du L o i re t states tlr.t a Polish officer, Who had fought i n th e arm y in Algeria, was bath i ng th is week in the Loire, no t f ar f rom O r l ea ns, when he suddenly disap peared. S ome p ersons r h o saw him go down gave assistance, and brought him t o l an d. H e s till breathed , but the bystanders, acting upon the m i sta k en ry,l.tion that thy. first thing to be done was to snake him throw off the water which he had swallowed, held him with his head downwards, and thus actually caused his de a th. It is astonishing that, although this :error been, so frequently pointed out , ,it persisted i n . Th has -fii'stbing to be done in cases of drowning is, to place the , :body 1 Itorisontal position, with tl9 head slightly rimed, PETITION OF THE FATHER OF FRANCIS TO THE QUEEN. The following petition from the father of Francis was yesterday transmitted to" her Majesty through Sir James Graham:— " The petition of John Francis, of No. 14, Tottenham court-road, in the county of Middlesex, " Humbly showeth—That your petitioner is the un happy father of the wretched convict now lying under sentence of death, and waiting the awful execution of the law in your Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, for having treitorously fired a pistol at your Majesty, on the even ing of the 30th of May last. " That your petitioner yields to none of your Majesty's subjects in devoted and affectionate loyalty and attach ment to your Majesty's person and family, or in abhor rence of the abominable, wicked, and wanton conduct of his unfortunate son. "That your petitioner is 51 years of age, and has • through life borne an irreproachable character for honesty, sobriety, and loyalty. " That your petitioner has a wife and four other chil dren dependent on his exertions for their maintenance and support, and that to the utmost of his humble means, and by the best possible example that they could show, your petitioner and his wife have ever endeavoured to bring up and educate their children in the soundest prin ciples of morality and religion ; and, above all,. to im press upon their minds their duty to ' fear God and ho nour the King? • " That in corroboration of the excellence of your pe titioner's character, he humbly begs to submit the fact that he is one of the artisans of your Majesty's Theatre Royal Covent-garden, and has been so for more than twen!pthree years ; during all which time he has discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of the successive lessees and managers of the said theatre. " That your petitioner's wife is most ardently at tached to her ill-fated child ; and, on hearing of the horrible crime he had committed, she was seized with the most alarmint illness, and has ever since remained in the utmost bodi y and mental distress, so much so that her life . is wholly despaired of ; and your petitioner dare not intimate to her the melancholy doom that awaits her best beloved son. _ . "That your petitioner most respectfully and humbly begs to assure your Majesty of the horror and detesta tion felt by every member of the convict's family at the wicked and impious outrage he has committed against your Majesty's most sacred person, and of your petitioner's recognition of the necessity for the inflic tion of some severe punishment, to deter others from similar attempts ; but at the same time believing that the pistol was not loaded with any destructive material, and that the real motive of his misguided child was nut to inflict any serious injury upon your Majesty, much less to make any attack upon your Majesty's valuable and precious life, your petitioner ventures must humbly to make this appeal to your Royal grace and mercy, and most earnestly and fervently to im plore that your Majesty will most graciously , listen to the prayers and supplications of an afflicted father on behalf of his guilty and wretched son, and mercifully spare his life. "And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray the Great. King of Kings to bless your Majesty, "and every member of your illustrious family, with lung life, and every earthly and heavenly blessing. - (Signed) " JOHN FRANCIS." THE WORKING CLASSES AND THE AItISTOCRACY. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sin,--When Members of Parliament and the Press of all parties are so loud and unanimous in praise of Lord Ashley's humanity, it would ill become a hum ble individual like myself to express any doubts on the subject. But if, Sir, you will allow these few lines a place in, your ialuable columns, I will most respectfully inform Lord Ashley how he may do an effectual service to the poor, and one for which they will feel deeply grateful to him. Let him, in the first place, endeavour, by the abolition of Peel's star vation Corn-law Bill, to procure us cheap bread, and enough of it to support our wives and families, with out compelling them to the alternative either of severe drudgery, or beino starved. You must recollect, Sir, that upwards of three years ago Sir George Strick land, in his place in Parliament, told the landowners that they were grinding the faces of the poor, and that rent-rolls could be maintained at their present rate only by the continued misery of the working man. I see the Duke of Richmond lately stated in the House of Lords that " the wages of agricultural labourers have already been reduced." No doubt they have, and so they will continue to he, if the landed aristocracy persist in screwing enormous war rents from the farmer, thereby compelling him in his own defence, to higgle with his labourers for the smallest possible amount of wages that will keep body and soul together. I see some of these landed gentlemen have been very free in their abuse of us poor working men, and amongst other things accused us of gross cupidity, in making our wives and children earn their bread by their labour. Are not these gentlemen unable to " see the mote in their own eye ?" If they were, they would find that lay ing a tax of 2d. upon every loaf the poor man eats might be called by a worse name than cupidity. I should like to ask these gentlemen, who tax our bread to keep up their enormous rent-rolls, what was the sum their fathers or grandfathers received for the rents of their estates, and what they are now receiv ing? Depend upon-it, Sir, we poor fellows are not more heartless than our betters ; and if we could by our own labour earn a sufficiency of bread to support our , families, their would be less cackle about our cruelty to our children and wives. I cannot conclude without asking, whether it is not enough to make a cat sick to hear men, bearing the names of Gladstone and Goulburn, eternally prating about the horrors of slavery, whilst we poor devils of white slaves are obliged to pay from id. to 2d. a pound more for a little sugar to sweeten our coffee, that the West India proprietors may pocket two millions a year of our hard-earned money. So long as the Corn and Sugar laws continue, professions of humanity made by their supporters will by me be considered as little better than " fudge." A WORKING MAN. NOON IN THE JUNGLE. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 4!orning 2 minutes after 2 I Evening ..,.. ;!2 minutes after 2 efi e r9l'`N re>. ~ N. ( 4 ::•-t. 6L -' ,(41.:- / i 'i age°wf 4 + 4 410 It was verging towards noon, and •the orb of day was holding his brilliant course through the heavens, shining with an intensity unknown except within the tropics. . Limpid streams were sparkling down the rugged sides of the wood-covered hills, flinging their light and silvery spray from rock to rock, over which the graceful bamboo spread its feathery branches, while many-coloured flowers crowned the overhang ing crags, waving, like banners of elfin warriors, in the sluggish air. The cocil, or nightingale of Hindoo stan, was nestling among the leafy bowers of the mango tree; and, while draining its rich nectareous juice, poured forth in hurried strains, as if inebriated, her soul-entrancing melody. The dove had taken shelter in a thicket of odoriferous shrubs, and was faintly cooing to his companion. The vulture was pluming his haggard wings by the margin of a lake profusely overspread with the lotus. The hawk, overcome by the noonday heat, had ceased to persecute the timid hill chicore; * and the crane, exhausted by the meri dian sun, stood idly by the plashy rill, his watchful eye half closed in sleep, and no longer searching out his finny prey. Even the fatal cobra capella, yield inF to the sleepy influence 'of the hour, folded his ter rific crest in unwilling truce ; while the drowsy bee, couching in the hollow petals of the lotus, was hum ming himself to his mid-day repose.—From " Sa vindroog," in the Metropolitan Magazine. • Red-legged partridge. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, JULY 8, 1842.—The only eclipse of the sun visible in Great Britain until the 6th day of May, 1845, and the largest until the 9th October, 1847, occurs early on the morning of Friday, the Bth of July next. The penumbra, or faint shadow of the moon, first touches the earth on the north of the great desert of Zaara, in Africa, where the eclipse is first visible and it finally leaves the earth in the Pacific Ocean, near the eastmost of the East India Islands. The central and total eclipse commences a few miles to the west of Cape St. Vincent, and passes over Spain, the south of France, the north of Italy, Germany (pass ing near Vienna), Russia in Europe, Russia in Asia, (where - the sun appears totally eclipsed at noon), and China, ending near the Ladrone Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The portion of the earth upon which the dark shadow of the moon falls is an ellipse, the greatest axis of which is 10.5 miles in length. The total darkness at any place within the eclipse only lasts nearly fifty-nine seconds. At Edinburgh, the dark body of the moon comes in contact with the sun 70 degrees from his vertex, towards the right, at 48i minutes past four o'clock in the morning, the greatest obscuration being at . 40 minutes past five. when nearly seven-tenths of the solar disc will be covered by the moon. The last contact, or end of the eclipse, will be at 34 minutes past six o'clock, 153 degrees from the sun's vertex towards the left. The eclipse will be visible over the whole of Europe, the whole continent of Asia, except the southern half of Arabia, and the southern part of Hindustan, the north of Africa, and the extreme north of North America. —Edinburgh Witness. The King of the French has presented to Mr. Atkinson, of the Royal Mint here, a valuable gold medal, bearing the portrait of the King an6lQueen on the obver s e, o n the reverse Madame Adelaide, the King's sister, and his eight children, and round the edge the inscription, "Donne par le Roi a Monsieur Atkinson, 1842. Mr. Atkinson hal pre. viously the honour of dining with the King, both at the Tuile ries and the Chateau de Neuilly; and the medal was presented at the latter place on the evening of the 12th inst., in presence of the Queen and a numerous circle, accompanied with his Majesty's graceful acknowledgment of services rendered by Sir. Atkinson. at the instance of the French Embassy in London, with a view to the improiement of the Mint at Paris. • BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—Mr. Clarke, one of the Solicitors to the Company, has been in Exeter, com pleting the purchases of land in that neighbourhood required for the line. The whole of the rails to Exeter are contracted for, for the entire line, and we understand that there is no pro bability of the subscribed capital being exceeded by the cost of the work. The line will be completed within two years. — Bristol Mirror. HOW TO E VADE. THE C OME-TAX .—A certai n *entlernan iri a northern suburb of the metropolis has actually blocked up every window in the back of his house, where there were seven, by which he has so reduced the number of windows that he has no window-tax to pay. The amount he will have to pay for Income-tax is exactly what he has been paying for window-tax, and he is determined not to pay both. He says be will remain in darkness while the hicaroe.tax eoutinues• THE WEATHER.--NOON, JUNE c 23. . 1 nine cases out of a hundred ; and the only exception to ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET this rule is, when some enormous act of injustice happens 1 Thermometer.... 67 ) Highest 6B 1 Lowest 50 Ito rouse public sympathy. We believe, in s hort, _ ___ Barometer 29.80.—Wind S.W. 1 there is but. one opinion among all impartial me n on this ill-advised measure, and that opinion is truly expressed in the following extract from a provincial journal :—" We do maintain," says the Cheltenham Ex aminer, " that such a state cf things is positively unjust; it entails a serious loss upon persons in trade, and to those in the lower grade of life the injustice has been much greater. Of all the acts of the present Government this on the - currency has shown most glaringly their short-sightedness and unstatesmanlike qualities." The French Journals of Tuesday contain no news of political interest. We subjoin some miscellaneous in- telligence from them : PAR IS, JUNE 21.—The Prince de Joinville arrived on Saturday at Lyons, and on Sunday morning embarked in a steamboat on his way to Toulon. The Duke de Montrensier, according to the Memorial of Pau, will pass the season of the waters in the Pyrenees, as be did last year. Apartments are being prepared for his Royal. Highness in the chateau of Pau. A report, which created some sensation, was current yes terday evening in the diplomatic circles. It:was stated that the Republic had been proclaimed at Barcelona, and the muni cipal authorities changed. The troops of the garrison bad, however, it was said, succeeded in putting down the move ment, though not without some blood being shed.—Con stitutionnel. P On the 14th inst., at six in the evening, the chasseurs. of the garrison of Tarbes were leading their horses for exercise in the great court- yard of the riding-school, the weather eas perfectly serene, aid no threatening appearance was observed in the atmosphere, only a storm seemed to be gathering at a distance above Bagneres. All at once there was a tremendous . clap of thunder, and eleven horses, with their riders, were thrown to the ground. One man and eight horses were killed by the stroke ; two men were taken to the hospital, one of them in a most deplorable coneition ; it is hoped that the . other will be saved. Among the men who were thrown down, one wall leaeing three horses, he received no injury but some slight marks in the hand that held the reins. His cap was carried off except the brim, which remained on his forehead.—Ccmsti - tutionnel. .BOURSE'—PARIS, MONDAY, JUNE 20. First Highest Lowest Lad Price krice. Pries. Price. frer_ch 5 per Cents ll9 '5 ... 119 25 ... 119 5 ... 119 25 4 per Cents. ...... .. 101 45 ... 101 45 ... 101 45 ... 101 45 3 per Cent F..... ........ 79 20 —79 40 ... 79 20 _ 79 40 B ,t,s. or oo': Knee Latlitte flame 8 / L1;(. sOares 50:11 —5052 SO . 5080 ...5052 50 selvan min. 1811 Belgian 5 per Cents. 1810 11:4% ... 1 ( 4% ... 1:4% ...101% IV ,pancsh Active '23% ... 23% ... 23% ... 2 3 1 a - :j 1) , ' P 4% ... 4% ... 4% 4% aslive . , 13 . ... . , Portuguese 5 per Cents. 31% ... 31% ... 31% ..., 31% ,.. .p . t0 I ~c apalinin !Oman RAILWAY sHAREs. ;joie ill V.:,saillts,ll. P. L.B 1 1.5 ... 105 ... 105 ... 105 t o= 74 fr Rouen 517 50 ... 520. 517 50 ... 520 1 J .00_do, . Orleans .. ...... -....... - 558 75 ... 5i85i8 i5 .... 558 75 ... 856 25 . Strasburg to 8a1e ...... 205 .., 205 ... 215 ... 2 0 5 , , f.dnr; . ou 1.2111.1: Li le U SM.—AMSTERDAM, JUNE YO. ~h ., • 51oney. Bills. N O N if Actual Debt, 2% per Cent J'tto,eitto 5 per cent. t .11 Am (al t svndic,4% per cent ...... ... ...... PAW, ditto, 3% per cent.. ......... Commercial Company, 41 per cent l5O 110% . „,j1 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1F37, 5 per cent. 98% :pox, '‘, , Jll'„,:. Exchange on London, One month l2 15 1 1, 1:.‘ Two months il 6d/ Hamburgh, One month 25 t 2% 7 Eil h ie Two months 35 25 . .i fi ;(l Dutch Papers, June 21. g' AUSTRIAN FUN DS.—lrlaNtra, JUNE 11, ; 0/ 4p OP live per Cents. Metelliques ~' Post per Cents Three psr Cents. 'dank Shares ..•"•.. 16,2 ,I:2' A.AIERICAN NEW s SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM THE ; 09 1° UNITED STATES.rf At five o'clock this morning the British Queen I f t arrived at Cowes from New York, having made the 6, o f passage in fifteen days. She left on the afternoon of 3. the 7th instant, and has brought letters and p a pers to that date inclusive. Their contents are not very portant. The prevailing opinion at New York is, that Lord Ashburton's mission will be brought to a• favourable and amicable conclusion, though but little is said on the subject in the American Journals. Tke Federal Government has indicated an inten tion of making some reduction in the United States navy, or at least of not carrying out the increase which was resolved upon some time ago. This is an indication that the pending negodations are likely to establish a good understanding, and that there is now very little probability of hostilities between England arid America. The American papers are very indignant at the contemplated reduction of their marine. The Warspite, 50, Captain John Hay, arrived at New York on the 2d of this month, and it is stated is to await the departure of Lord Ashburton. r gql The Great Western arrived at New York on the 4th• The British Queen has had a favourable passage:. She reports that there is a more than usual quantity 01 5' ice in the Atlantic. At one o'clock on the 1 9 th, in -d t ,il latitude 42.38 and longitude 52:45, the thermometer -4)/ suddenly fell from 60 to 48, and that on that and they following day she passed through a large quantity of . 4 4v4 drift ice and by a number of immense icebergs. The A r . passengers, about 50 in number, speak in the highest terms of the admirable skill displayed by Captain Keane on the occasion, and have addressed a letter of thanks to him. She also encountered a. number of icebergs on her outward passage. 44 .4 0: The commercial affairs of America are improving , but not very much: The Banks of Lancaster have notified their intention of resuming specie . paymen ts on all their liabilities on the Ist of next September. Messrs. Horsley Palmer and Ricardo hal arrived at New York. Exchanges—on London, 1071 to 108 ;on Paris, 5 37i; on Ainsterdam, 39 to 39k; on Hamburgb, • 35 to 35k; on Bremen, 76 to 76+. (From the National Intelligencer.) . A Tariff Bill for revenue was yesterday, reported by tbuilv f defatigable Committee of Ways and Means of the House ° Representatives; and now, if we may speak fi guratively o a t h 4 business of the session, all the irons are in the fire. We '‘44r that none of them may burn. - We have glanced our eye over the Bill, with a view to o' l the reader a general idea of its character. It proposes 10 0 / duties on goods imported from abroad, on the chief articles thereof, as follows: On unmanufactured wool exceeding eight cents per pound to value, 30 per cent um ad valorem. On the same article of the value of 8 cents, or under, F ee pound, a duty cf 5 per cent. ad valorem. t . On all manufactures of wool 40 per cent. ad valorem, Web carpeting, blankets, and some other articles, on which op al " ad valorem duties are proposed. On umnanufactured cation 3 cents a pound. 4,n 'l er e On all manufactures of cotton not otherwise specified, v r cent. ad valorem. On all articles of silk, according to their character, 30 or per cent. On unmanufaetured hemp, 40 dollars per ton. On iron, in bars and bolts, not manufactured by rolling' 18 dollars I,er ton ; on the same article, made in whole or in P ll by rolling , 30 dollars per ton. On le ad, in pigs, bars, rx..• sheets, three cents per pound. in, On cut glass, from '25 to 45 cents per pound ; on VII moulded, and pressed glass, from 10 to 16 cents per pound. I . On all articles of china or any other earthen ware, 3 0 P e Le/ cent. ad valorem. es* On tanned sole or bend leather, 6 cents per pound ; on skin tanned and dressed, 3 dollars and 80 cents per dozen, On bound books in the English language, 20 ce nts r ~t, pound, &c. On raw sugar, 2i cents per pound. IV if On teas, according to their quality, 20 cents, 15 cents , cents, down to Bohea, on which a duty of 3 cents only is P r posed. On salt 10 cents per bushel. es, 1 After going through a long enumeration of specific duti duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem upon all remaining articles4ea An additional duty of 10 per cent. on all articles in"? o t , in foreign vessels in cases, where a specific discriminatio n made in the Bill. All duties hereafter to be paid in cash. , The also proposes to repeal the proviso of the Lana. t he which tribution Act, hich suspends the operation of that A ct 3 11,a event of any duty being laid by Congress of a higher rite 20 per centum ad valorem. f r oo THE EA ILTHQC AKE IN THE WEST INDIES.--ACCO UI t Ponce, P.R., state that a very severe shock of an ea a le • , occurred there just before five o'clock p.m. on the I `,. I, bo o , which continued about four minutes. Ponce is aboa,t cn miles east of St. _Martinsville, Louisiana, from wh'; v a 0,1,, published the account of an earthquake having acci st oc e 0 ' : 4 ' three o'clock p.m. on the 7th ult. Allowing for adfer , _ on to longitude one hone and forty minutes, there is strong re:ioleo believe that these shocks were the effect of the 51 w4l o gi° movement from below the surface of the earth. lie %ic ( " tell us that it is to the volcanoes of South Americas °` and Madeira, that we are to look as the reason "I.j o es ° generally so exempt on this continent from these casiva " nature. , 4;0 e d ri f • His Royal . Highness Prince Albert reviele rsr • ; 9 w er battalions of the Foot Guards this morning in 117 Wagef:sii.V Neither the Queen nor the King of the Belglo Ps . 3P' present. ' Count Mensdorf, the uncle of her MajestY,,‘W departure from town this day for the Conant'', ~ 7 e The Queen is expected to leave town be d tw eet ptic -rnese licc i.:: l 4 :: five o'clock this afternoon, to honour with her Ne ss °„` ‘ d o r e the grand fete given by the Duke an 13uce1euch, at their residence at Richmond. CORN.—It appears from a return laid be t tr i ) th e e ment, that the amount of duty on Foreign o n o f . M r ., lec:ed in the United Kingdom frsim the t vi, 19,:i„ (the date Of the passing of the ne w Corrila of 17,1 1 ; 9 sth June, 1842, as 58,700 1 ., and the n om)" 1,09 a,?,•t in remaining in warehouse on the stk or June , e g rOl o _ r . b . • quarters. The total quantity of all sorts, warehouse on the same day a mounted to ters, and the duty collected for the abo,"4) i es iP period to 66,87 21 ., of which sum on l y 3,2" 0 1 1 , 4 , oil; collected on colonial grain. or e , t , 4 3 1 :4 FRENCH PLAYS.—Between La FilledildliTitP'Acis Les Vieux Peeks , a new tragic drame was p l ay : e n three ' entitled Un ,Zeal sous le Cardinal de Richelieu but cis which is embellished with the doings of half-a:T; poll' 05 of the days of Louis XIII. In the character of t i .a " nce , en .° try Chevrcusc, Madame Laporte made her app s d u e the to ate welcomed back to the stage with the favour() _ o der . t , a. agteeable actress who graced it some years eg, ," we n i of Mademoiselle Irma. She lcoked extretn!?_Ye irap. ers ' combined much feeling and good taste in th e trigete The theatre was well filled in all parts. ma . es tys ',O" THE HELDER, JUNE tne'S a i i r°r Y put to sea to-day with Rear-Admiral Palembang, Captain Frendenbergl biorudcasforou barostre‘ i r . s ofit e er ; rico q u s eil ihsiP distressieg accounts are received from CO t hat, re e• effects of very dry and hot weather, great scarcity of fresh water, and so paN"" - cattle can scarcely find paetitrer wiL sad ice the , +~. 'fitn e , I , eti th o, t , t ~g eP 'vat . kz7;7.9 415 n.t! woo , w 5.1), SUN OFFICE Three o'clock. In the House of Commons, last night, Mr. HUME, in the absence of Mr. WALLACE, presented a petition, signed by some hundreds of the inhabitants of the be: rough of Paisley, complaining.of the change made in the mode of relieving the starving poor by the Government Commissioner. As we consider it of great importance that general attention should be paid to the cries of the poor in a season of general distress, we shall proceed to make our readers acquainted with , the grievances for which relief is sought from the House of Commons. The petitioners state that, for ten months past, thousands of the most industrious inhabitants of that town, after selling and pawning every article of wearing apparel that they could dispose of, have been entirely dependent for support upon the contributions of the charitable. The mode of relief was by a Committee composed of the local magistrates and clergymen, and, of our own knowledge, we can state, that a more charitable and actively benevo lent body of men do nut exist than the clergy and ma gistracy of Paisley. To spare as much as possible the feelings of the poor people, many of whom had been in very respectable circumstances, and hundreds of whom had never before sought relief, the Committee appointed tickets to be given to each individual, entitling the bearer to the small pittance of one shilling and twopence a week, being but twopence for daily sustenance. For this small sum, inadequate to sustain nature, such as were able to work, were compelled to labour ten hours daily. Frequent • meetings of the starving operatives were held, and , the Committee was petitioned to increase the weekly allowance. While these complaints were making, Commissioner TWISLETON arrived in Paisley to superintend the distribution of the relief fund. He at once informed the poor people that relief was only to be given in meal, bread, and potatoes, and that, if they did not like that, no part of the dona tions contributed by the QUEEN and her 3linisters were to be advanced. The humiliation of carrying their al lowance of provisions from a public chari table store, was deeply • felt by a population previously supported, and supporting others, by honest induStry. Hunger, however, compelled them to submit. But having neither fire to cook the oatmeal, nor salt to flavour it, nor soap with which to cleanse their poor ap parel, they represented to the Committee that some trifle Of money should be given them to purchase these neaes series. The Committee, seeing the reasonableness of this dEmand, resolved that a fourth of the pit tance granted them should . be given in money, but at the end of one • week the Commis- sinner rescinded it, and apprised the Committee that they had no more power to interfere, as the Government had taken upon itself to manage and apply the relief fund. Having assumed the functions of the Committee, he confined the allowances to bread, meal, and potatoes, in the proportion of six shillings weekly to married men with families, that being the maximum. As porridge could not be eaten - without salt, or cooked without fire, the poor creatures who received this were obliged to sell part of it at 20 per cent. loss to provide these necessaries, by which the sum for their maintenance is reduced to the wretched pittance of one penny half a farthing a day ! When remonstrated with, the -Com missioner told the Relief Committee that in treating the unhappy sufferers thus inhumanly his object was to make them as miserable as possible, in order to drive them to locate themselves elsewhere. The petitioners declare that this thousands of the starving poor would cheerfully do, but that they know not where to find employment ; and that, fearing that such usage may drive the people to desperation, they implore the House of Commons to interfere, so as to obtain for the miserable artisans more adequate relief, administered in a way less offensive to their feelings. • This is the substance of the Paisley petition, to which we invite the attention of the House of Commons and the country. We know not what conditions Sir R. PEEL, Sir J. GRAHAM, and such of their colleagues as voted towards the Paisley relief fund, attached to their donations.; but we feel perfectly assured that none whatever attached to the gift of our gracious QUEEN. She, at least, never dreamt of making her benevolent donation a means of humiliating and putting to shame her hard-working and loyal subjects of Paisley. We state distinctly that we regard the refusal of the Com missioner to place the QUEEN'S donation at the disposal of the Relief Committee, as an insult, on the part of those under whose orders he acted, to the sacred person of her MAJESTY. We will not mince matters. The QUEEN bcuntifuliy and benevolently con tributed to the Relief Fund raised by the Committee without attaching any condition to her gift, and it was an insult to the QUEEN to command that it should be withheld from the famishing poor if they insisted upon obtaining fuel to cook their scanty allowance of food. Nor shall the QUEEN remain ignorant of the way in which her benevolent donation was disposed of. Her MAJESTY shall hear of the conditions upon which only the famishing poor of. Paisley were to have any part of her Royal bounty extended to them. As to the Mem bers of the Cabinet, we leave them to explain the con ditions attached to their donations, to the House of Commons. We trust some Member will have the man liness to give them an opportunity of doing so at the first sitting of the House. We entirely disapprove of the appointment of a Com missioner to superintend the relief of the starving poor of Paisley. That duty should have been left to the local magistracy, assisted by the clergy. These persons know the temper and disposition of the people better ; they can tell exactly which case of distress is the more urgent; and they only can know when it may be desirable to relax the rules Of relief laid down for all ordinary oc casions. Relieving the poor brings them in familiar con tact with them, and acquaints them with their indi vidual habits, thoughts, and feelings. These are most important reasons why the relief of local distress should ever be entrusted to the local authorities. An other good reason is, that the local magistracy and priest hood have excellent opportunities afforded them for instilling honest and virtuous principles into the minds of the recipients of public charity. They know whom to admonish, whom to encourage, whom to spare the distressing • exhibition of woes, long concealed front every eye but the all-seeing sleep less eye of GOD. It is not alone cold, hard charity, consisting of so many mouthsful of digestible material food, that a starving people want. They want sym pathy, words of kindness, and encouragement to hope for better times, hardly less than food for the belly. The people starve whose minds are not fed as well as their bodies. We seldom remember any meesure adopted by a Go vernment which caused such general and well-founded complaints as the late bungling financial trick of Mr . IIt 7 NRY GOULBURN. Accounts from the country repre sent the proclamation against light gold as even more injurious there than in London. In small towns and villiges it has paralyzed trade, and, independent of the alarm excited, has caused a serious loss to those least able to bear it. Various schemes for meeting the evil, and retaliating on the Bank of England and the Go vernment, have been suggested, and some go so far as to recommend a run upon the Bank for gold, in order to bring the selfish concoctors of this unjust and mis chievous scheme to their senses. Unjust certainly it is, in the strongest sense of the word ; fur not only are the last holders of light sovereigns made to suffer . the loss which should have been borne by the public, but not the slightest preparation has been made for meeting a panic which all men of common sense might have fore , . seen. Nay the very parties who have been privy to the plot are increasing the evil by withholding any little relief in their power. When there is almn . dance of silver in the country, and the distress of the working classes generally is greater than at any period in the memory of man, a wise and paternal Government would have taken these circumstances into account, and, by having a large quantity of silver coin ready for cir, culation, would thus have effectually prevented the poor man from 'being robbed a second time. This has not been done, and the Bank even refuses to issue to any extent the silver coin in their possession, thereby wantonly adding to the original injury. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEQuER adds insult to in jury, by pointiug out the 56th of GEORGE 111. as a remedy for one par., of the evil. "I am glad," said he the other night, "to take this opportunity of making it known that those who refuse to take the legal coin of the realm are liable to imprisonment." This is great consolation, indeed, to tell a poor man who has not two sovereigns to rub against each other, that he may bring an action against a rich tradesman, Who refuses the legal coin, except at a loss of five or ten per cent. We are only surprised that the House of Commons did not drown the voice of the speaker by one universal shout of scorn and indignation. The poor man, who is the greatest sufferer in this matter, cannot go to law. The law affords him little or no protection fit ninety-