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LATE EDITIONS of " THE SUN " in the CITY. IVER. JOSEPH THOMAS, of No. 1 FINCH - L.VJL LANE, CORNHILL, has made arrangements by which the Public and the Trade iaay be supplied with a THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN " iVERY 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. _ . _ OR TUESDAY'S and FRIDAYS a full Abstract of the " Lon ion Gazette"—Bankruptcies, Promotions in the Army and Nary, &e. &c., will be found in this Edition, the importance 3f which will be appreciated by MERCHANTS and BANKERS for their FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. Advertisements and Orders for " The Sun" received by Mr. Thomas, No. I, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; where also may be sbtained 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 THE W A I•ER WITCHES, in which Mess,s. J , Vining, berry, Barke - , Misses Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, will appear. To be followed by a New Drama, called THE LONE HUT.— Principal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Diddear, W. H. Bland, and Harley, Miss Murray, Miss Crisp, and Miss Faucit. After which, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.—BowbeII, Air. Harley; Azar, Mr. Barer; Niza, M a. Hughes To conelude with the Farce of A DAY W ELL SPENT.—BoIt, Mr. J. Vining; Mizzle, Mi. Oxberry. Boxes, 4s. Pit, Gallery, Is. Doors open at Haifpast Six ; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Privaie Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-otlice ; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Batty, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnambuls ' " supported by the first musical talent this country can produce , it will be repeated THIS EVENING, JULY 4. The performances will commence with Behin i's LA SONNAIIt. BULA.—Amina, Miss Ramer; Liza Mrs. Serle; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison; with an increased Band, and a gowerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. 6. Stansbury. Ann' which, THE ARTFUL DODLlE.—Artful Dodge, Mr. G. Wi To cnnelu 'e with a Drama called THE CROWN PRINCE; or IWCKLE OF DIAMONDS, in which Mr. J. Webster will ap pear. Places and Private Boxes may be tad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the. 13oz Office, from Eleven till Four daily. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JULY 4, The Performances will commence with L'ONCLE BAPTISTE. —Baptiste Dupont, Monsieur Bouffe. To conclude with MICHEL PERRIN.—Michel Perrin, Monsieur Bouffe, _ _ _ . . . Boxes, 6s. ' • Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre (or ;Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per. formances commence at Half-past Seven. , Applications for Boxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Se- Euin's, 12, Regent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street; and at the Box-offiee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully Informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou. site place of recreation 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. portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some Instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'action ' repre senting the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. The BAN 0 includes some of the most eminent Performers, con. Ducted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES afil USW A LES selectedf rom the noblest works of the great Masters. -The ILLUMINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIRANDOLA ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgeotts - Spectacles and magnifieent introductions that have called forth ac. clunmations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex. ' htbition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASC &DE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. Tire Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, dirandolis of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tueodays, Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. 'THE WEATHER.-NOON, JULY 2. RJi AI GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET Tiiericorneter .... 60 Highest 65 Lowest 49 Barometer 29.91.—Wind W. HIGH WATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 45 minutes after 9 I Evening 24 minutes after 10. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of "The Sun." • . '....p,.• ~ - i ,-.7";;., . • s'•'. u 4, ~ -..,- Ir v , <4 . i •frrltaß'il 41,. ; _t—'' . 7 ,, ,, k -' •". :, • .... . . -. o w'Z'AlL:7",•• t vel ) . 4 , ct: * , Mt, LONDON! MONDAY MORNING. JULY 4, 1842. We hope and trust that the reported attempt on her MAJESTY, of which we insert the particulars else where, will be found, though very criminal, to be far less criminal than a deliberate design to attack her life. The escape of such a remarkable person as the would-be ask.sassin . is described, is a strange circum stance. In our present imperfect knowledge, how ever, we can neither, reproach nor accuse any person ; but the crime contemplated, and perhaps executed, wasnot, we are inclined to believe, such as to make her MAJESTY'S advisers repent of the mercy they have kia own to FRANCIS. Some of the Liberal party object to the terms and form of Mr. WALLACE'S motion. Though that does not ppear ,to us a good reason for voting against it, when it is essentially a motion for inquiry, it might possibly be advisable for Mr. WALLACE to withdraw it, and allow some of his friends to substitute for it a motion for the House to resolve itself into a COl anittee of the whole House, to inquire into the state of national distress, with a view of ascertaining the cause, of it, and providing a remedy for it, if possible. Slich a motion will be strictly in form; and must, we apprehend, after Sir ROBERT PEEL'S and Sir J. GuAlta.ses admissions, find numerous supporters, if it do not command the assent of a majority of the House of Commons. .• Sir L. 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 acq u iesced consequently in his mode of conducting the pubrc business. They were :not aware of the ex tent .of tire distress, and did not foresee its rapid in - creas ITow, when they are made aware of the fact, and propose an inquiry, Sir R. PEEL taunts' them with not halving Foposed it before. They had some re liance on his skill, and, therefore, they never thought of taking the patient out of his hands. He rewards this deference by contumely and shows himself as saucy and insulting as he is ignorant. • s reproach that inquiry was not before demanded implieis that it was and is necessary. He seems to think it desirable to relieve him of some of the vast respo risibility that is crushing him by its weight. He has aways been anxious to win the sanction of the Hour e of Commons; he has done much ever to gain overs alversaries, and he would no doubt be glad to have such an inquiry as would really make the House of Corm ions, in its collective capacity, and not Sir R. PEEL , exclusively, responsible for the condition of the councti .v. That is one ground on which we think 'a motini for inquiry only would meet much support. A no ther ground is the statement of Sir JAMES GRA BAN. He admitted that distress existed to a very : gmat degree, and he asserted "that there were no mea su res except those which the Government proposed, by ichich the distress of the working classes could be relieved." That distress, therefore, great as it is, and, inc rearing as it does - daily, is, according to Sir JA itit 4 (KAMAN and the other Ministers, hopeless and remediless. But surely the House of Commons, the whole Legislature, will not give in to such dreg dful despair, which is tantamount to consigning a g feat multitude of people to slow starvation and sevt .ral of our towns to ruin. The House of Corn mom i s cannot acquiesce in such a conclusion, but mu st be convinced that the Ministers who hold such 'an/ ;uage have not probed the question to the bottom, and must, for its own honour and character, con itit ate a searching inquiry. adopt Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S Conclusion is girt wally to abdicate the functions of Government. Can i the House of Commons dare to tell the people that " we, the Commons of England, undertake to refit late public affairs ; we will provide against the sroal !est evir',. such as the overturning of a railway car ige, or Cle neglect of Sabbath observances; we will: ensure an ample reverence at all times to the , priesthood ; we u ill never allow the Government to be rai want of sixpe 'rice—all its officers shall be well paid, and they s h a ll be as numerous as possible ; we will carefully k€ e up the rent of the land ownel.• and the profit oft I? farmer ; and we will at the same time tell the manta Sictu:Trs, who are starving by thousands, we can do a .otE ing whatever for them ?" Toe starving u mm e act arm , y say, "Why then MA US—why appoint z' Ernst ers with large salaries to promote our welfare If yoi r can do nothing for us, 'we. must look for other :r u l er , If you can give us no' protection and no a ; ' Istan ce ; if all your cares are limited to protecting the, property of the Church and the landowners, we owe You no allegiance, and we will not pay for useless Ind valueless services." No, the House of Commons d Are not, emsidering its vast pretensions, adopt the cc schntion of Sir J. GRAHAM,. and, by tellin g th e s t ar i ng .people it can do no thi ng for them, invite then to eek 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 afraid, no alternative. To avoid the latter is for the general good, but if the bulk of the artisans be to continue in their present state of destitution it is not for their good. If they must perish, it is better to perish amidst the animation of battle than by the lin gering, heart-withering process of starvation. Con vulsion ought to be avoided 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 refuses 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. It is a Conservative theory, that Government must take man as he finds him, and make laws in con formity to the existing state of society. In that theory we agree, and we repudiate the notion of some prac tical Radicals, and some philosophical writers, that by the agency of Government, of new constitutions, and well-adapted laws, we can increase the prosperity, promote the morality, and augment the happiness of the human race. The spray cannot rise higher than its source, and Government, however wisely contrived and finely adjusted, cannot improve human nature, from which it takes its rise. At the same time, we are not to allow a Government to inflict poverty, de moralization, and misery, on the community. Because Government cannot improve human nature, it does not follow that none of its acts are injurious to society. we only dispute the Radical theory, that Government can improve human nature, and we adopt the Con servative theory, that all Governments must take man as his CREATOR has made him, and must adapt its regulations to his condition. We expressly and designedly call this a Con-, servative theory, because we are about to apply it to disprove a Conservative error. At present, and at all times men strive and plan to procure all the things they need with the least possible labour. To this end the savage sets his traps, the agriculturist manures his land, and the manufacturer employs a self-acting mule. Very often the same end is sought by rapine instead of peaceful industry ; but it is so generally sought that it may be said to be universal, and a law of man's being. It is inherent in almost every individual as gravity is inherent in every particle of matter. The exceptions, like the apparent volatility of the atmos phere, only confirm the rule. Labour is the price, and the only price, we pay for all the wealth of the world. It is all purchased by labour, and the plain and palpable consequence of this universal striving is gradually to lessen the quantity of labour, which is another expression for price, by which all commo dities are obtained. The savage by the invention of a trap, for example, catches as many animals in a night, while he is en joying his repose, as he could run down in a week. The agriculturist, by the application of manures, or by varying his crops, doubles or trebles the produce with which the earth, the sunshine, and rain, reward his labour. In like manner the manufacturer, by inge nious machinery, multiplies many thousand fold the productive power of individuals. We may, by one observation, make the immense advantages of this natural system apparent. It enables a comparatively few persons to provide necessary subsistence for the whole ; it is the true source, then, of the possibility of a leisure class having any existence in society, and such a class is closely connected with all the arts and all the knowledge beyond that which is necessary to provide for mere subsistence. We do not assert that it is the sole parent of civilization, but it is one of its essential elements. That in the progress of society the different pro ducts of different labourers are exchanged for one another, makes no alteration ir► the general rule. Of this universal striving at all, times to procure com modities at little cost of labour, universal cheapness is the natural and necessary. result. Never were the efforts of this law of human na ture more apparent than at this time. The spirit of carnage being no longer allowed to waste the abodes of Europeans, their chief skill and ingenuity are turned to produce useful and agreeable commo dities at a cheap rate, that is, at the cost of a less and less quantity of labour. In England this progress durin g the last thirty years has been astonishing, and the same quantity of goods which then cost 10,000,0001., may now be had for less than half the sum. The reduction in money price, however, does not repre sent the whole reduction ; because, the extended use of paper money, and improvements in working mines and purifying the precious metals indicate that money itself is now the produce of less labour, or, is itself naturally cheaper, while the things it measures are also cheapened. Thus, the universal striving which is a law of man's nature, has in our age, and espe cially, though not exclusively, in our country, attained its object in an extraordinary degree. But what, in the meantime, has been the conduct of the Government, which ought, according to the Conservative theory, to have framed its laws with a special view to this great, permanent, universal, and successful striving after cheapness ? Why, the Conservative Government has passed laws and upheld laws, and has perilled its own existence in upholding laws which countervail, oppose, and endeavour to render vain the attempts of the universal people to reduce the price, or the cost of commodities. Instead of taking man and society as it is, the Govern ment, using the phrase in its widest sense, has resolved on modelling both on a pet notion of its own. It would not have cheapness—it has de creed dearness. It has passed a law to say that the people shall not procure their food by that very small quantity of labour, by which a piece of cotton cloth sent to the United States would buy a bushel of flour, or, sent to the Brazils, would buy a cwt. of sugar. It has set itself to constrain, alter, and mis direct the whole strivings of all the industrious classes, and the whole course of human society. It says the people shall not eat unless they employ three days' labour in gaining bread from our limited soil, when they might obtain it, by one day's labour, from the choice soil of the United States. It is this direct op position of the Government to the stream and course of society, this foolish attempt, in the teeth of the Con servative theory, to impede the striving of men to obtain abundance and cheapness after their own fashion, and, according to their own devices, which is at the bottom of all our present social misery. Nature or GOD commands man to put out his labour to the greatest profit—the Government assumes to know better than individuals how to make their labour profitable, and it impiously strives to counteract the laws of Nature. While our people have thus been successfully and nobly engaged in providing useful commodities at little cost, the Government has been employed in preventing other persons from doing the same for them. It has virtually said to the farmers of the United States and of the Continent of Europe, if you follow the good example of our people, which you would be sure to do, and produce food for them as they produce cloth for you, I will not allow you to bring your produce to England : at least I will place such a duty on it as to make it unprofitable, which will disable you from bringing it. Thus, while our people have been exerting their skill to provide cheap commodities, the mischievous Government has been depriving them of a market. It has, in a manner, prohibited other people from working for them, while it has encouraged them to work for other people. The consequences of this fatal, this anti-Conservative, anti-social policy is now evident in the want of markets for our goods. There is compa ratively little or nothing to be got for them. There is no sugar, no flour, beyond what our own Colonies and farmers supply. If you prevent men selling goods at a profit, you effectually prevent them being made. Hence, when you destroy the market for our goods, that is, prevent provisions , you stop being g i ven i n ex change for them, you stop their producti on • the labour which produces them ; you stop the em ployment for the people. This is exactly what has now taken place. The Government has prevented our people from receiving the food by which other people would buy their cotton and cutlery ; there is no longer, therefore, a corresponding market for those commodi. ties, no longer employment for the people in making them, and there is great distress in the land. This is all clearly traced to the laws, which, in defiance of nature, have expressly thwarted the efforts of our people to create or obtain wealth at a little cost of labour. If it be said that all the huge fabrics which have been built up in the manufacturing towns, that all the ponderous machines there employed, all the skilful, inventions there in constant use, the tall chimneys the deep mines, are not natural ; we reply, that if they be not, neither is the skill of the trapper, nor the art of the agriculturist, natural. But when we see that in all ages and all countries these kind of arts have come successively into existence ; that after man has learnt to appease the cravings of hunger at a small cost, he has invariably directed his powers to increase comforts and luxuries, we must contend that the mannfacturing system, though it assumes different shapes in different countries, is a natural phasic in the history of mankind. It is not con fined to England. It prevails, and has pre vailed, under different modifications, in every country in which civilisation has made any progress. The growth of the manufacturing system, therefore, is a natural portion of society, though it have been modified in different countries by their different political institutions. Here, owing to our aristocratic form of Government, it has assumed an aristocratic character, and cotton Lords and iron Lords vie with landlords in wealth, while the labourers under all three are equally in a low and degraded condition. But that is not the consequence of the manufacturing system, with all its beautiful in ventions—it is the consequence of our political form of society, it arises from political regulations to main tain the aristocracy, and foster such a distribution of property as suits them. There are many things about which a prudent man holds his tongue, and in our opinion the re ported indiscretion of Colonel DUNDAS is 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 WORSLEY iS to ask Sir R. PEEL 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 the bulk of the people, a heartfelt respect. Our readers- will remember that the House of Commons, a short time back, rejected, by 110 to 7, a clause which Mr. PARINGTON 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 standing that it should follow the fate of Mr. PA KINGTON'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 such 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 the liberties and enjoyments of the people. We heartily hope, therefore, that the Peers will reject this clause, which will be discussed this evening, we believe, on bringing up the Report on the Bill. One of the most important debates of the present Session of Parliament took place in the House of Com mons on Friday, upon Mr. WALLACE'S motion for an inquiry into the extent and causes of the present dis tressed state of the country. The Ministers opposed the motion, on various grounds, some of which were ab surd, and others an insult to the common sense of the House of Commons. Sir ROBERT PEEL, for example, taunted the Honourable Member for Greenock with not bringing forward his motion earlier in the Session. Does the Right Hon. Baronet forget that Lord KIN NAIRD some weeks ago brought forward a similar mo tion in the House of Lords, and that the subservient tools of Ministers in that House rejected it in the most contemptuous manner ? Would they have done so had they not been so commanded by the Right honourable Baronet ? Most certainly they would not. Their Lordships have had nothing to em ploy them all the Session, and doubtless would have had no objection to appoint a Select Committee of Inquiry. The Right Hon. Baronet hinted at the close of his speech that unless the people submitted patiently to be starved he would take care to repress them. The working classes want bread, and Sir ROBERT' PEEL is preparing bayonets for them. His remedies are the musket and the sabre. The patient manifests restiveness under the forcible administration of nauseous drugs, and the Doctor has at once recourse to a strait waistcoat. Sir ROBERT PEEL further objected to the motion, on the ground that the Hon. Mover proposed no remedy for the general dis tress. Now we regard the omission of a specific remedy as a reason which strongly recommended the motion to the House. Remedies aro best proposed when the ex tent of the evil is known. Had a remedy been proposed, all who objected to it would vote against the motion on that ground alone, professing at the same time to have no objections to simple inquiry. Lord J. RUSSELL, too, op. posed the motion, becauie it was too vague. Is there any vagueness in the fact that there are thousands of indus trious families in Paisley, Glasgow, Manchester, Shef field, and all the other manufacturing towns of Eng land and Scotland in a state of actual starvation ? Is there any vagueness in proposing to ascertain their ex act numbers, and attempting to discover in what way they can be relieved ? The fact is that Lord J. RUSSELL is perfectly aware that much of the distress of the country is attributable to the supineness and bad legislation of the late Government. They withheld their remedies till they knew it was useless to apply them— till they were certain that they would be defeated. How long the debate, which we are very glad was adjourned till to-night, will continue, depends upon those Liberal Members who represent starving constituencies. We trust, however, that it will be ad journed night after night till Sir ROBERT PEEL iS com pelled to give a simple answer to the question—Are the people to perish with hunger, or will the Govern ment adopt any means of relieving them ? We have Madrid Papers of the 23d ult., but they con tain no news of any moment. Tranquillity prevailed in Murcia, Valencia, Gallicia, Estrernadura, Castile, and Seville. Catalonia only was disturbed. On the Madrid Bourse on the 23d one bargain was done in the Three per Cents. for 1,400,000 reels, at 22 2-16, at sixty days; thirty bargains in the Five per Cents. for 19,600,000 reels at 301 31 and 34 at various dates with 11 coupons, and one in the Five per Cents. Inscriptions, for 200,000 reals, at 258, at sixty days with 1 ,4 prem., and the eleven expired six months' div. One transaction was effected in the St. Fer dinand Bank Shares for 92,800 reels at 132 for cash, and two operations took place in the Treasury Floating Debt for 213,000 reals, at 40 for cash without the dividends, and at 47 with the six months' interest and div. Exchange on London at ninety days 378 paper. There is nothing but election news in the Paris Jour nals. This class of intelligence has no interest for Eng lish readers, to whom half the names of the different candidates are utterly unknown. A letter from Madrid in the Courrier de la Gironde of the '2Bth of June, says It is known to our readers that the English ship Cambria was seized a fortnight ago, because it had on board prohibited goods which were not entered in its manifesto. A Custom-house officer: named Cosmo Sanz, who was put on board the English ship to keep watch, has disap peared, and the most minute search, ordered by the Spanish authorities, has not been able to discover what has become of him. It is unanimously believed that this unfortunate Custom house officer has been basely assassinated and thrown into the sea by the English, who think any means good provided they can insure the triumph of their commercial monopoly." The Courrier de Cadiz. which arrived yesterday, informs us that the greatest agitation prevailed in that city, and that British subjects were hardly safe.—. Commerce. BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 30. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricw. Prier. Frank %per Ce0t5.....••••• • 11 0 70 118 90 118 93 AperTeots. 1 01 60 ... 101'60 ... 101 60 ... 101 60 Spar 7 0' 9 0 •• 79 15 78 go 78 to Loan i5eem..4.4.0.11 78 9 0 ••• .713 78 78.90 THE SUN, LONDON, IVIONDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1842. 'Rink of France ?260 ~.32, ' .0 ...3260 ....S2lO LsOlttc t 3 ank I,ooof. Shares 1.025 ...1025 ...1025 ...1025 5,000 f. Shares 5042 50 —5042 50 .. 5042 50 ...5042 50 lie!rian Bank Belgian S per Cents. ..... 1810 IC4 ... 104 ... Iv 4 ... 104 apanish Active 23 ... 23 ... 23% ... 2334 Paksive 44 ... 4 1 4 ... 44 ... 41; 4 "despoil= lO5 60 ... 105 60 ... 105 60 ... tO5 60 !Oman ...... 103% ... 103% ... 103}4 ... 1C3% HALLWAY SHARES. St. Germain ........ ............. 800 ... 800 ... 800 ... ECO Versailles. R. F. L.B BO ... 81 50 .. 75 ... 82 50 Rouen ..... ...—...... ....... Orleans Suasburg to Bat. 192 50 ..., 196 25 ... 192 50 ... 196 25 SUPPOSED THIRD ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF H ER MAJESTY. (From a Second Edition of the Dispatch.) It is not without much regret and indignation that we find it our painful duty to place before the public such particulars as, in our haste, we have been enabled to collect, regardi n g another supposed at tempt to destroy our beloved Queen. A deed more dastardly can scarce be well conceived than that of taking a sovereign's life by assassination ; and we may hope, for the sake of the English character, that, if such an endeavour was intended, the miscreant will be apprehended ere the sun goes down. This day, at a few minutes before twelve o'clock, as her Majesty and Prince Albert were proceeding in their carriage through St. James's Park, attended by their suite, from Buckingham Palace to the Chapel, Royal, St. James's, another diabolical attempt was thought to have been intended on the life of her Majesty, notwithstanding it was only yesterday determined Francis should not suffer on the scaffold. When the Royal cortege had proceeded a short dis tance from the marble arch, towards the Duke of Sutherland's mansion, a young man of the name of Dassett, residing at 42, Church-street, Paddington, observed a deformed lad, having a large hump on his right shoulder, and dressed in a long, shabby, brown frock coat, and seemingly fustian trousers, lying half crouched down by the side of one of the trees opposite the railings of the Green Park ; his attention being particularly directed to him from a very singular ex pression of countenance, he saw that he had a pistol in his hand, which he at once seized and wrested from him, but not before it had been snapped and missed fire, although there was powder in the pan. Dassett, who was in company with his brother and uncle, Mr. Jones, of North-street, Maida-hill, collered the lad and informed a policeman of what he had seen, but it is stated he did not seem inclined to take the charge, and the lad in some way escaped. A crowd soon collected, and it was thought the guilty party was Dassett himself, who had then pos session of the pistol, and he was taken to the station house in Gardiner's-lane. The pistol, upon being examined, was found to be loaded with a small quan tity of powder, and a piece of tobacco-pipe ; it was also very currently reported that there were some gravel stones in it, but this, it is stated by Dassett's brother, is not the fact. An examination of the witnesses took place, and expresses were sent to Sir James Graham and Mr. Phillips. The result of what occurred is, that the most active exertions are being made to discover and apprehend the party who was seen with the pistol, and which, from his singular appearance, there is no doubt will soon be done. The Royal carriage, on each side of which an equerry was riding, was about twenty paces distant, when the lad, for he did not appear to be above six teen years of age, was first seen as above described, and, of coarse, there was an instantaneous rush to see her Majesty as she passed, and this confusion it was that favoured the escape of the really guilty _party. Up to two o'clock, Dassett was at the station-house, and the other lad had not been traced. The news soon spread like wildfire through the metropolis. and hundreds of people flocked to the station-house to hear the result. What is the real motive for this, the third attempt, and so near the same spot, against her Majesty, for that the pistol was intended to be discharged for some purpose there can be no doubt of course is not known, but the clemency shown to Francis has not apparently hal the effect it was supposed. By half-past two o'clock the people, who had as sembled at the station-house, were all dispersed ; but the spot in the park, where the circumstance occurred, was thronged. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. This morning, shortly before twelve o'clock, as her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert were proceeding in their carriage from the Palace, through the Park, for the purpose of attend. ing Divine service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, a person about 18 years of age, with a hump back, rather shabbily attired in a brown frock coat, and light coloured fustian trousers, was observed by two youths, brothers of the name of Dassett, to pull from his pocket a pistol. Suspecting that he contemplated mischief, they immediately seized the pistol, but by the rush which took place at the moment to get a view of the Queen as she passed, the ruffian's escape was favoured, and we regret to say that, up to this moment (half-past four o'clock), the police have not succeeded in apprehending him. It is stated that Dassett immediately informed a policeman of the cir cumstance, and showed him the pistol. The police man however treated the matter lightly, but the by standers, seeing the instrument in his hand, insisted upon his being taken to the station-house, believing that he was the delinquent. He was accordingly conveyed to Gardiner's-lane, where he still remains in custody. Intelligence of these circumstances was instantly dispatched to the Secretary of State fur the Home Department, who at once directed summonses to be issued for holding a Privy Council. At half-past two o'clock, Lord Stanley, Sir E. Knatchbull, and several other members of the Cabinet, and Sir George Clark and Mr. Phillips, Under-Sec re t ar y o f St a t e , h a d as sembled at the Treasury, where they remained inves tigating the matter for nearly two hours. Sir R. Peel, we understand, is at Cambridge. We believe that Prince George of Cambridge, Sir George Clark, and many of the heads of the public departments, had been in the course of the day at the station-house, to learn the fullest particulars of this extraordinary affair. On inquiry at the station-house, at four o'clock, we learned that the Commissioners of Police, Colonel Rowan and Mr. Mayne, were then making a most rigid investigation of what had taken place, but any information on the subject was not suffered to transpire. (From the Third Edition of the Weekly Chronicle.) The horror created by the third attempt on the life of her Majesty (the details of which will be found in another column) is on the increase, and we now give the latest particulars of this diabolical affair :—This day, at a few minutes before twelve o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Albert were pro ceeding in their carriage through St. James's Park, attended by their suite, from Buckingham Palace to the Chapel Royal, St. James's. When the Royal cortege had proceeded a short distance towards the Duke of Sutherland's, a young man of the name of Dassett, residing in Church-street, Paddington, ob served a deformed lad, having a large hump on his right shoulder, and dressed in a long, shabby, brown frock coat, and fustian trousers, lying halfcrouched down by the side of one of the trees opposite the railings• of the Green Park ; he saw that he had a pistol in his hand, which he at once seized and wrested from him, but not before it had been snapped and missed fire, although there was powder in the pan. Dassett, who was in company with his brother, collared the lad, and informed a policeman of what he had seen, but it is stated he did not seem inclined to take the charge, and the lad in some way escaped. A crowd soon col lected, and it was thought the guilty party was Dassett himself, who had then possession of the pistol, and he was taken to the station-house in Gardner's-lane. The pistol, upon being examined, was found to be loaded with a small quantity of powder and some gravel stones. The- Royal carriage, on each side of which an Equerry was riding, was about twenty paces dis tant when the lad, for he did not appear to be above sixteen years of age, was first seen as above described, and, of course, there was an instantaneous rush to see her Majesty as she passed, and this confusion it was that favoured the escape of the really guilty party. Up to two o'clock Dassett was at the station-house, and the other lad had not been traced. Intelligence of these circumstances was instantly despatched to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, w h o a t once directed summonses to be issued for holding a Privy Council. The report of the third diabolical meditated assassina tion of our beloved Queen has, as may naturally be ex pected, caused an extraordinary degree of excitement, and at 5 o'clock, on our Reporter proceeding to the Park, he found it crowded to excess by persons of all ranks, most of whom had gathered together in the immediate vicinity of the Palace, awaiting, with the utmost anxiety, the arrival of any intelligence respecting the infamous occurrence above alluded to, and also with the view of giving vent to their feelings of loyalty, should her Majesty (as it was reported she would, notwithstanding what had taken place) go out again to enjoy her usual afternoon's ride. On the Reporter hastening to the station-house, in Gardner's-lane, Westminster, where, it was stated, the youth, who happily frustrated the regicidal attempt was taken, he accosted a diminutive inspector, who was sitting very comfortably at the entrance door, in order that he might, if possible, be enabled to elicit from him some facts; but, after putting several questions to him, at which he gave either negative or evasive answers, he at length admitted that h€ was not at liberty to communicate particulars to any one. Amongst the rumours now current is one to the effect that the pistol taken possession of had no lock, neither was it loaded. Another report is that the youth who is said to have presented it at her Majesty did not in point of fact do so, but merely ran alongside the carriage with the implement in his hand, and that the probability is that it was nothing more than a foolish joke, but that finding it was taken up in so serious a way, he deemed it prudent to effect his escape. Her Majesty has not left Buckingham Palace th!s afternoon. [FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.] The latest particulars of the villain who presented a pistol at her Majesty in the grand mall, St. James's Park, while proceeding to chapel yesterday morning, is described in a notice which was sent from Scotland yard to the various police stations, at a late hour last night, as follows : _ He was a young man, apparently about 16 or 18 years of age, very fair, long hair, has a mark or black patch on the side of his nose, of very dirty appearance and was dressed in a coat much too large for him (a dark brown surtout) and a small dark cloth cap. He has a hump-back, and was in com pany of another man, who was suffered to escape by the police. The other man was captured and de tained until further inquiry is made. A young man of the name of Wright, a cripple, well known in the neighbourhood of Lambeth, was near the offender when he presented the pistol. Orders were also sent from Scotland-yard to the different police stations, for the ins?ectors to send out a num )er of men incog. to endeavour to apprehend the man who had been let go by the constable of the A Division, which was acted upon last night, there being about six men of each division despatched in various quarters for thut purpo3e. The two police-constables (one 156 A), who let the fellow escape, are suspended, the person having been given in their charge for the attempt, which they laughed at. STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JULY I.—The transac tions in wool d ur i ng th e p resen t wee k have not been extensive, and the manufacturers continue to limit their purchases to their requirements. Prices are stationary. FOREIGN WOOL TRAI*E, LEEDS, JULY I.—There has been no improvement in the Foreign wool trade during the past week, the manufacturers only buying for their present incon siderable wants. YORK WOOL MARKET, JUNE 30.—The show of wool has been very large here to. day, but there was only a moderate at tendance of buyers. The market has ruled heavy, and although a great many sales have been made, in most cases they were in favour of the buyer. The following are the prices : —Best quality 10d. to Io%d. ; inferior do 9d. to 9%d. ; locks and cots 7d. to Bd. per lb. DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, JUNE 25.—We had an abun dant supply of wool at market this day, with plenty of buyers. The market was far from brisk in the early part of the day, but at the close nearly the whole was sold, yet the prices of last week could not be sustained. Hog 12s. to 13s. ; Hog and Ewe 1 Is. to 1 Is. Bd. ; Ewe 10s. to 1!s. ; Locks 6s. to 7s. per st. GUISBROUGH WOOL FAIR, JUNE 28.—We had a thin show of wool at market to-day, and about the usual number of buyers attended. At the commencement great prices were asked, but sales could not be effected ; towards the close, how ever, the farmers were reluctantly obliged to give way, when the whole was nearly all sold at the following quotations : Fine Cheviot Hog, 100.; Hog and Ewe, 9d. to 9d. ; Ewes, Bd. to 9(1. per lb. In Moor Wool little doing. TRADE OF LEEDS.—The markets at our Cloth Halls during the week have borne the same dull aspect which has char acterized them for some time past. There is still nothing doing in fine hoods, and low cloths are not so much in demand as they were a month or two ago. The principal demand appears to be for beavers, fancy cloakings, and tweeds, and even in those articles there is scarcely half the usual demand at this season. Business is correspondingly dull in the ware houses, and there is little disposition on the part of the larger buyers to purchase until the near approach of harvest. BRADFORD MARKET, JUNE 30.—Our market to-day is not abundantly supplied with the sorts most in request, which com mand late prices. Noils and shorts are very scarce, and ready of sale, which is, however, rather to be attributed to the limited quantity making than to increased demand. The condition of the spinners still continues in the same unsatisfactory state : the comparatively high price of wool, compared with the cur rent rate for yarns, renders it quite impossible to cover cost, and the spinners, in order to make to themselves the least pos sible loss, are curtailing their production to a fully greater ex tent than we have heard of at any period during the past win ter. We have had a good attendance of merchants at our piece market to-day, and fair business was done, comprising a great diversity of kinds, both in fancy and plain cloths. We are sorry we cannot report any improvement in prices.—Leeds Mercury. MR. CROUCH'S IRISH ENTER TAINMENTS. We attended on Friday evening Mr. Crouch's third, and therefore, last but one entertainment, at the Marylebone In stitution, Portman-square, intended to be illustrative of the character, music, and wit, of the " Green Isle." That we an ticipated a pleasant display may be imagined, for (like the old Greek), your Hibernian, meet him where you will, shows himself an animal of glorious senses. Whether his mould be fine-cast, or whether it be downright plebeian, yet so indige nous are the better qualities within him, of wit and of humour, that his most ordinary figures of speech are sure to be corus cant with the one, or, at least, abounding in the latter—and this in the crone, equally with the spalpeen. But it is in their songs especially that these qualities are most palpably dis played ; in these a distillation of either essence is concentrated, and in the sets of words which Mr. Crouch last night se lected, and found fitting airs and voices to which to wed them, both were excellently brought out. We cannot more than make a running commentary upon one or two out of the score in the programme. A couple of Moore's songs with their beautiful sentimentalisms—half a (been of Lover's, alternately fine, delicate, and pathetic, with several composed and sung by the lecturer himself, formed a fair treat of melody. Miss Dolby, who always comports herself pleas ingly, sang " The Angel's Whisper," with graceful stress ; the refined idea of the poet that the smile, placid and full, of the sleeping child, is caused by gentle susurrations conveyed to it by the lips of those sky-visitant s, is one of the gentlest images that exist. Mr. Leffler lent his strength to the company, among whom Mr. Redfern, Miss Spence, Miss Bassano, sang very creditably, while Mr. Morgans comicalities spiced the entertainment uncommonly. Agreeably with the expression of Mr. Crouch, we are glad to find that the primitive Irish music has still some favourites in the metropolis, and that spite of the great relish for foreign talent, there is room, nevertheless, for "a sprig of shillelagh." CHURCH RATES. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) GREAT MARLOW, JULY I.—The Church party have car ried the rate, with little credit to themselves, as all sorts of trickery have been resorted to. The Vicar, Thomas Tracey Coxwell, decided that no one should vote if he owed a Poor rate, consequently the poorer classes were prevented from re cording their votes against the rate. The Church party took care to pay the rates for all that were willing to record their votes in the favour of a Church-rate. The Overseer's resi dence was beset with a select few at midnight, to make the Church party right on the Poor-rate book ; and where they had neglected to do so, the Churchwardens themselves pro. vided the means. One of the Churchwardens actually paid the rates of William Smith and Richard Muspratt in the Vestry-room when they came to the poll. On the other side, I think the Dissenting body might have exerted themselves, as they did nothing but record their votes, and, in a great many instances, stayed away, thus net taking the active part they ought. One the other side every vote was polled that could be brought up by threats, and one man declaring (William King stone) that he came there and voted against his will. I his poor fellow is to be pitied. Intimidation has had its effect. A wholesale system of bribery has been practised in this, as well as at Parliamentary elections—paying the Poor-rates for those who chose to come forward and tax their neighbours can he called nothing else. The poorer class of Dissenters in se veral instances were forced to come and vote for the rate, under the penalty of losing their employ. Only 273 polled out of 400 or 500 rate-payers. Persons polled for the Rate l5O Persons polled for the Amendment... Majority for the Rate -- 27 DUTCH AND BELGIAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JUNE 30.—There seems to be every reason to believe that within a year from this time the Belgian iron railway will be joined to that of Rhenish Prussia. • The railway from Antwerp to Germany was com menced in 1833, and as it is to be completed next year, ten years will have been spent in laying down this line of thirty-one leagues. The Moniteur Beige promulgates to-day the law for the construction of a canal from Zelzaete to the North Sea. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, .101../ 1. None,. Hills. Actual Debt, S.* per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Ainoi t Syndic, 454 per cent 93 931; Ditto, ditto, 31 per cent 7ll 7(0)4 Commercial Company, 4., per cent lso* /51 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9e% 99), Exchange on Londe*, One month -12 12)4 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 t-1)4 Two months 35 37* Dutch Papers, July 2 BELGIAN e U N US—Biturans, Jumti3o. Actual Deot, as., per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 99 3per Cent, 72% (1340) IC3 Loan of City, 132, 4 per Cent. 93% Society el Commerce, 4 4 per Cent. R6 dank of Belgium, 5 per Cent...—. ............. 76 National Society Exchange en Londais (short) ... —Brussels Papers, July 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Joffe 22. fire per Coats. Metalliques Four per Cents Three per Cents. Prink Shares • 1662 CURIOUS FACT.—Upwards of sixty years ago, a large earthenware stone bottle was p laced in the cleft of a plum-tree, in the front of a house at Ox Bridge, near Stockton, occupied by tho late Mr. Thomas Cal lender, for the purpose of being dried. A pair of Bluecads (Parus cceruletts, Linn.) commenced carry ing in materials for building a nest : the bottle was allowed to remain ; and they hatched and reared a brood of young ones. This has been repeated ever since with the exception of three years. The birds have this year repeated their annual visit, to the great grati fication of Mr. Callender, son of the before-namedg.en tleman, whose family have had uninterrupted possession of the property for that period, and who takes great pleasure in relatng many little vagaries of his feathered " stuck," to the numerous visitors who at this season honour him with their presence, to witness this curiosity in natural history. The original bottle is still built in. —Durham Chronicle. A few days since, Sir John Paul, of the bank of Strahan., and Co., Stra n d, sen t 1,0001. i n notes to t h e B an k o f England for 1,000 sovereigns. Upon getting them home and weighing, 27 were found deficient in weight. They were sent back with a request that they might be changed for gold of the proper weight. The Bank refused. Sir John Paul im mediately ordered his solicitor, Mr. Cookney, of Lamb's-Con duit-place, to serve the Bank with a notice of action ; upon the receipt of which the Bank sent to Sir J. D. Paul, and ar ranged the matter. SEIZURES AT CusTom-HOUSES.—The return 0. 306, June 4, 1842, shows a considerable decrease in articles seized, especially in spirits, of which 54,2713 gallons were seized in 1E32, and only 15,325 in 1841. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Utl lit OP ill tOlt• " Who runs may read." FOXEIGIV. The original columns of the Paris Journals are exclusively on the approaching elections, and are without interest to the general reader. A letter in the Rhone gives the following additional par ticulars of the whirlwind at Chauffailes and its neighbourhood on the 24th instant. Thirty houses were actually carried away. Six persons of the same family were killed, others were mutilated, children were smothered in their cradles, carriages were carried entire over the roofs of houses, plantations were torn up, and the largest trees were transported to an immense distance. A manufactory for spinning thread had just been constructed within half a league of Chauffailes. All the mason work was finished, and the carpenters were putting •on the root —not one stone of the building has been left on another, nor can it be discovered what is become of them. The roofs of houses were carried off to great heights and left on eminences. The church has been injured to the extent of 3,0001. The crops which were not taken off by the whirlwind, were cut to pieces by the hail, which was of extraordinary size, as large as hen-eggs in general, but at Chateauneuf of greater bulk. The Cure of that Place took up one hailstone which was three inches across. Not less than twenty persons have been killed." The returns of the aeounts of the Hank of France for the quarter ending the 25th inst., have just been publised. They present the following results :—Actif: the Bank had then in hand—Cash, 223,190,860 f. ; discounts and 10an5,166,763,449f ; branch banks, 39,354,328 f. ; rentes, public securities, and re serve fund, 64,167,143 f. ; credits and various items, 218,600 f. Total, 493,714,3t.3f. Passif: amount of bank notes in circu lation, and bills payable on demand, 226,691,421 f. ; accounts current, 179,008,304 f. ; capital and reserve, 81,900,000 f. ; sundry items, 6,114,657 f. The discounts, advances, and loans made during the quarter amounted to 242,450,300 f. Movements of accounts, current (private), 2,132,022,700 f. ; ditto (public), 234,516,700 f. General movement of the Caisses, 2,541,879,000 f. The new Spanish Ministers were, on the 22d, presented to the Queen, who received them very graciously. It was reported that General Rodil had sent orders to General Zurbano to march against Barcelona at the head of nine battalions. The most energetic and peremptory instruc tions had been forwarded in the mean time to the civil and mi litary authorities of Catalonia, and it WS, believed that General Van Halen would be superseded in the post of Captain General of that principality by General Lorenzo, the present military commander of Estremadura. The Spanish Minister of Finance had rejected the offers made by the contractors and the Bank of San Fernando, on account of the first series (40,000,000) of the loan of 160,000,000 reels. The !Minister would not admit a greater discount than 15 per cent., and the Patriota states that the Bank of San Fernando had sent in a fresh proposition for the whole sum at that rate. A letter from Rome, in the Augsburg Gazette, says : —" A concordat which has been entered into with President Boyer by Bishop Rosani, is at this moment before the Pope for his approval. In the first instance a Bishop is to lae appointed, and as the religious state of St. Domingo is at a low ebb, there will probably be an infusion of clergy from Europe. The Archbishop of Lyons has proposed to send fifty priests from his diocese, and the King of the French has generously offered to send them to St. Domingo, free of expense." The Patriota of Madrid, of the 23d ofJune, has the following paragraph :—" The accounts from Valencia, Murcia, Estte madura, Gallicia, and Castile, say that the greatest tranquillity everywhere prevails, though there is no went of agitators in those provinces. Since Escalante, the political chief of Madrid, has tendered his resignation, it is affirmed that the Ministers have advised the Regent not to accept it."__ Ia:LBLXC OPIATZON. Tho Morning Chronicle makes the following apt reference to the white-waistcoated school of legislators :—" Mr. Cobden did the public a great and permanent service some three or four weeks ago, when he described the nature of " white-waistcoat" legislation. From five to six o'clock the future white-waist coats' crowd the House to listen to the personalities with which business commences, to chatter, and make their pairs, and en cumber the bar of the House of COmmons. When the ques tion of the night is fairly launched, and debate really begins, these gentlemen quit the House and go off to dinner; and or der reigns till ten or half-past ten. About that time the ' white.. waistcoats' begin to drop in, the hum begins, and waxes more and more furious, until speakers are fairly coughed down, and the sense of the House is ascertained by a division. Here the white .waistcoats' are of great efficiency, and by their aid Sir Robert Peel imposes taxes, and refuses relief and inquiry. Thus we are ruled by these white-waistcoats,' who avoid the debate and seek the division ; and who, after preventing any one from informing them, practically show how easy it is to le gislate without information." The Post thus expresses itself on the subject of Political Economists :—" Among men of theory of the higher order, free-trade principles are in no less disfavour than they are among men practically familiar with , the causes that influence a nation's prosperity. As a body, the sect termed ' Political Economists' is to be regarded simply as the mouth. piece of the idle consumers of society. Of all pretenders to philoso phy,' these men are, assuredly, the most shallow whom the world has yet; been called on to follow. Their whole system is narrow, false, and self-contradictory. No two of three men are agreed as to first principles, or as to their application. They agree in nothing but in hatred of those' laws which yield protection to industry. The Political Economists' are, therefore, by consequence, the ready tools of money capitalists, and of idle consumers—of all the classes, in short, that thrive by cheapness." The Advertiser says—" Whatever may be the decision of the House, however, the temper of the times will brook no delay. The distress of the industrial classes is so wide and deep, and the signs of the hourly increase of that distress so appalling, that unless some prompt and radical measures be taken to in fuse a new spirit into the national circumstances, where the danger shall end, or whither it is tending, were' only too awful to bring within the limits of reflection. In fine, such is the suffering of all the lower branches of the productive masses, that ere the ensuing Christmas, either legislative me,sures must be employed to work out their redemption, or it is certain the results of a natural justice will." . The following is ficim the Times :—" We all know where ' a beggar on horseback' is apt to ride ; and no sooner had Mr. Roebuck got fairly on the back of }pis Committee, than he seems to have started with unusual velocity in that direction, nor has he shown any inclination to stop till awed by the rising cry, not of admiration or satisfaction, which his headlong nsa nceuvres have aroused. The last few days have probably made him aware of that feeling within and without the walls of St. Stephen's, which has been excited by his most reckless attempts to invade the constitutional rights of Englishmen— aqempts which he seems to have made with as little ceremony as he would have put off his own dinner-hour—to have re peated, persevered in, nay, re-produced in an exaggerated form, and begged the House to sanction even against its own Members, all with an unconscious coolness which does honour to his self-possession, though little to his discretion." rviomor The total income of Denmark in the year 1837, was 1,584,1331., and the expenditure, 1,561,920/. According to the resolution of the Shareholders and Go vernors, the Commercial Steam Navigation Company dissolved itself on Friday, at its meeting at the London Tavern. To re lieve the Company of its liabilities, the whole of the roperty is to be disposed of. It app ears th at . t h e sum o f 112,0001. has been offered for their vessels, which left the sum of 28,0001. to be raised. At Bilston, the state of the population is most di.tressing ; in that parish alone there are 3,000 persons in complete des titution. NAVAL AND MILITARY. A dangerous shoal, of from one to two-and-a••haif miles long, and not having mcre than 16 feet water on some parts of it, has just been discovered in lat.. 1 deg. 7 min near Pulo Ta ) a and the Seven Islands, on the passage from Batavia to Sin gapore. A new British war-steamer, of 700 tons, for lake service, is now building at Kingston. Her name is to be the' Chippewa," and she is to carry two long 82's and four 32-pounders. A portrait of Michael Angelo, supposed to have been painted by himself, has just been discovered at Florence. It is a half length portrait, and represents the celebrated artist at a very advanced age. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The Earl of posse has been chosen President of the British Association for the ensuing year. The periud of the next meeting is fixed for August, 1843. Grants amounting to 3,33 E/. were made for various scientific purposes. The annual distribution of prizes took place on Friday at the University College, London ; Lord John Russell in the Chair. It appeared from the Report that the number of the junior schools was equal with last year ; and whilst during the last four years the students in arts alternated between 147 and 149, this year they had increased to 155. From the time of the foundation of the College no less than 4,000 students had re ceived their education, in which upwards of 100,0001. had been expended. After four months unremitted labour, the first tube in the Artesian well at Grenelle has been extracted, having been got down to the depth of nearly 336 yards, when it had become collapsed by the pressure of tl.e water. LAW .B.IVD POLICE. A General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Southwark, held at the Town-hall on Friday, and at which formerly as many as sixty criminal charges have been tried at a time, broke up yesterday, there not being a prisoNer to arraign. At Bow-street on Friday three young lads, Charles Flatt, William Gordon, and John Lee, were charged with burgla riously breaking open and entering the dwelling house of 111 r. Ebenezer Benbem, Great Corarn.street, Russell-square, and stealing a quantity of plate, his property. They were fully committed for trial. THEATRICAL. Francisque, sen., the Paris actor, who from his great talent and originality had made himself so popular with the frequenters of the theatres of the Boulevards, died on Tuesday night, at the premature age of 40 rars. Rossini's Stabat Mater is at length to be produced at the Italian Opera House, with all the splendour and circumstance which the powers of Lablaehe, Rubini, Ronconi, Persiani, and Frezzolini, can give this magnificent composition. Co 11.71 , T-WASHIONABLE. His ExcellerTc; , Edward Everett, the American Minister, left town on Saturday to attend the installation at Cambridge. We understand that Friday next is the day fixed for the mar riage of Lady Mildred Cecil to Mr. Alexander Hope. Buxton was never known to be fuller of fashionable company than it is at the present season. The Duke and Duchess 01 Buccleuch gave another magnifi cent entertainment on Friday at Montague House. The party broke up soon after seven o'clock. A brilliant ball was given on Friday night at Sefton House for the first time this season. : 1 1ISCELLANEOUS. William Whitelaw, a farmer at Clincart, Glasgow. who died last Monday, subsisted for 30 years of his life without partaking of any other nutriment than milk, and grew up a strong, athletic farmer. Of the present British Consuls, the Vile-Consul at Toulon is a Frenchman ; at Nice, where in the winter there are above 300 families, both the Cor.sul and Vice-Consul are foreigners. In the Levant this functionary is sometimes a Greek, and fre quently a Jew. A lady, named Miss Williams, has been for some time em ployed in taking casts of the autographs, inscriptions, and de vices, in the cells and dungeons of the Tower of London; they are highly curious, and illustrative of many historicat points. Those graven by the hands of Anna Boleyne, are spell Boullen." HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The general dul ness of all branches of the hosiery trade still increases, and of course the destitution of all employed. The silk glove branch, which, after the frightful depression in 18:35 (arising from the loss of the French bobbin net i rade), had suddenly increased, and more than doubled the usual number of hands employed, has for the last two years been gradually sub,iding to its former number. The number of Frenchmen employed in making bobbin-net is now computed at near 4,000, aml the English bobbin-net workmen in France, at near 1,500, making about 5,500 workmen engaged in working about 3,100 ma chines ; whilst in England the workmen do not exceed 3.500, working less than 2,000 machines; of which, about 1,300 are in the midla n d count i es , pr i nc i pa lly in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, the bobbin-net trade being nearly extinct in the county of Leicester.—Nottingham Journal. MONEY and COMMERCiAL NE WS. CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. A further advance in the price of Consols took place this afternoon, and they left oil' at 911 91i for the opening, ex dividend ; Reduced, 91f+ ; Bank 165,1 1661 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 42 44 ; New, 45 47, premium. In the Foreign Market, Belgian Bonds were 102 103 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 51i. 51i, ex div. ' .• the Five per Cents, 100:1 101+ ; Danish, 81 82 ; and Bra zilian, 64 66. Mex can was quoted 36 36k. Shares also rather improved ; London and Birming ham were 176 178 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 49 50,; Great Western 861 87 k ; the Half Shares, 611 6 1 i South Western, 60 62 ; N ort h Midl an d , 60 62 ; t he New Shares, 30 31 ; South Eastern and Dover, 23 23k Eastern Counties, Si 9 ; Northern and Eastern, 39 40 ; Blackwall, 9 9i ; and Brighton, 34i 35k. The Bonds were th us quote d—C o l om bi an 221 22; Peruvian 16 17 ; Portuguese Five per Cents, 34 34i ; and the Three per Cents. 20 9 03-, ex div. ; Spanish FiYe per Cents., 20:7 ; 21 ; the Three per Cents., 21 211, ex that From the letters fr o m Ri o it may b e gat h e red ti! political matters there are very unsettled. The proposi tions made by the British Government for the abolition of the slave trade had been received anything but vourably by the lower orders, who apparently' greatly misunderstood the nature of them. Althoup the late accounts of the attacks upon the British we re _ •i much exaggerated, yet ill f ee l ing t owar d s us was grey manifested. If the Br az ili ans wou ld see t h e i r intereS in its true position, they would eagerly seize the opr t ; tunity now offered them of disposing of their prod ° . upon more favourable terms. (From The Sun of Saturday.) . for The funds still conti nue fi rm , an d C onsu l s are 91 1 917 tz l„g. the Opening ex divid en d, an d h ave b een d one at 911 e i le, for August ; Three p er C ents . R e d uce d , 9 ; Three- 1 1 2 1 :; Half per Cents. Redu ce d, 1001 1001 ; I n di a Bon d s, 25; chequer Bills, Old, 45 ; New, 42 44 prem. There have been no bargains in Foreign Securities ; P ric , ll . are nominally as on last evening. Mexican is quoted 3 13 ..„, g As is usual on Satu r d ay , li tt l e h as b een done in S h 7 , Great Western Halves, 61f t ; London and Birmingham'' 176 4 ; South Eastern and Dover, 23 ; Brighton, 35. m g ; . The only Bonds quoted to-day are—Colombian, 24 Spanish Five per Cents., 201 ; and the Thee per Ve a `::! 201- 201 per share. eter Money continues exceedingly plentiful and easy, for mercial purposes at 3 to 4 per cent. The decision arrived at by the Committee of the Stook change on the Me x i can a ff a i r ," h as g i ven anything b u t P di , faction, except, perhaps, to the party immediately iielg ice bee To operate with such a letter in possession. to show it, andl, i , an effect has been pr o d uce d b y i t to operate further, and COutrh' wise, when five mi nu t es wou ld have been suf fi cient to ver ifl i tt report contained in it, is thought to be described by a 4. mild term—" indiscr e ti on ." T o repeat what may be mental to any party upon hearsay may be indiscreet when t 74 is no intere s ted m o ti ve , b ut w h en money is made bilt repetition, the term becomes completely changed. It ee'"'ig now be denied that the reputation of the Stock Excliseg e damaged far beyond what it was before. The decision offs premium for the c irculation of false intelligence, and, 1 7i . s . or later, the proverb of " dog eat dog," will be fo al rally fulfilled, since business will be wholly CO to those immediately connected with the markets 1 7 0 i. themselves. In th e p resent i mprove d state of eel ge nication with forei g n coun t r i es, w h en the t i me e' arrival can be calculated almost to an hour, certainly to 2;40 and but a short tim e i n t ervenes b etween sending 00 abroad and receiving an answer, nothing can be ! a t easy than to request an individual abroad to append a poit'7., containing such and su c h i n f ormat i on to a l etter to be forlfro by a particular steame r , w hi c h can b e use d or not, just " bs be convenient. And then if it be, and the tranaactiel ► brought before the proper tribunal, it is nothing but iod tion although many may b e ru i ne d t h ere b y. A: circular issued by an eminent colonial broker hes 0 tracted some attention in the City, inasmuch as it bt,i a certain extent d e p arte d f rom matters exe lus commercial, and stepped a little into polities. t bs great cause of the distress which at present exists arnorgool labouring classes is here attributed to the competition e la te at the manufacturers, w h ere b y to meet t h e l ow pr i ces con sel esr , thereon, they have reduced the wages by forty millions 1 1 :1, 0: as compared with what they were a few years back, and quently have had less by that sum to lay out in the neee"; y il, of life; to this, to ge th er w i t h t h e P oor- l aw, i s traced a ll tb! It may be noticed that the general opinion in the City is t bs tical to that above expressed, and that it is borne out bl t " intelligence from all p arts o f th e wor ld , comp l a i n i ng of o stocked markets. Papers have been received from Rio to the 12th of ItlaP t o contain no news. Exchanges on England 271 d. By t ye arrival accounts from Monte Video of April 29, bringing important intellig e nce th at G enera l Ri vera h ad been e:01 Supreme Director, of the war against Roses, and that 4,, Brown had given up hi s comman d, f or reasons w hi c h s puhlished, but which do not appear in these papers. se, PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, .1101 e• 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 99 'Grand Canal Stock ..... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent...* Ditto New 1830... 991 Ditto 4 per cent ...... 31 per Cent. Debs. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY I.—The is exceedingly heavy, and the only business done is ! so , Edinburgh and Glasgo w Q uar t er Sh ares at 3 / . 4s. per " CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock - Ditto Bonds ...... 25 _ P.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .. 914 3 per Cent. Cons__ 3i per Cent. Red... 1001 New 3i per Cent — New 5 per Cen' Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1660 ...... 12 9-16 Oct. 1659 Jan. 1660 . Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities 1j Ea. Bills, 1,000/....9d 4 : 1 0 - 0 1 Ditto 500/..... -` ', fot Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct India Stock for °pg.... IConsols tor Opg. " FOREIGN FUNDS. ~... ' Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Borah . — P russ i an , 5 p er cent. .. a. , BurnosAyres6 per cen t. Russian, 5 per cent.... ....~? Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... .. ... a ,3( ....4 Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent...,.. Ditto, 1824 223 Ditto, Deferred.... •, . ; !, t, _ Danish, 3 per cent — F renc h, 5 per cent —f• 4 Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — E xc h ange .....0 Mexican, 5 per cent 36 , French, 3 per cent. - -1. • .... Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent....... oil Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 'Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... ' r ' SHARES. . 49 Birmingham and Glouceste r R a il wa y (100 p) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) .....• Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 77 b Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 6ll Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... Ditto Thirds (32 paid) S9S London and Croydon R a il way (T run k) ..... 12 k Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ..... Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) • 601 North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares ( 40 paid) . South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) r9l Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JULY 2.—Wind this :lay at Noon, W. Ileo DEAL, JULY L—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. ilboo- Milne, Grenada. Sid. Fame, Grenada; England, for Qu Remains, Mary, Berbice. bet PORTSMOUTH, JULY I.—Wind N. to N.W.—Arrdirort. Majesty's:ship Rose, Rio, left May 12. Sld. Montreal, Nef b i a meii SOUTHAMPTON, JULY I.—Sld. Dee (steam e r), Bar b T D agus RT (steamer), Alexandria. 1 3 1 h;s; AMOUTH, JUNE 30.—Arrd. Archimides, Hart, . nc itt Fox, London, for Newfou n dl an d. A rr d. o ff, llary Fr . " - Smith, Havanna, for Amsterdam; Eliza, Halifax. Sl4' FALMOUTH, JUNE 30.—Wind variabl e and mo derate. do; Irt, Trieste. Arrd. off—Bernard, Buenos Ayres for Lb li bace Hill, Schnidt, Monte Video ; Hebe, Anderson, Perna' s ' for Hamburgh ; Offnang, St. Domingo, for Havre. DUBLIN, JUNE 29.—Arrd. Pall a s, M orr i s , St. 1 0 New Brunswick. rat' CORK, JUNE 29.—Arrd. M'Dougal, Fothering au-Prince. Sld. John M' Adam, (steamer), Halifax. yorlo HULL, JULY l.—Arrd. Delaware, Grafton, New Sld. Rolla, Quebec. alda' CLYDE, JUNE 28.—Arrd. Norval, Corbin, Newfee l 'oeir 29. Bellona, Mitchell, Quebec; George, Key, Kertelt ; meree, Hutton, Mobile. Sld. Atalanta, Barbadotli . lander, St. Kitt's; Merlin, Quebec. dr itit* SHIELDS, JUNE 30.—Sld. Achilles, Marseilles and Ni s " - LIVERPOOL, JULY I.—A rr d. o ff, Cl aren d on , flornbsY ! :Aitei chester, New York. Sld. Emersdall, Calcutta ; Bombay ; Denmark, New York. Wind N. W., light. PLYMOUTH, JULY I.—Sld. Cato, Quebec. Leo • Orr HASTINGS, JULY I.—D anes , F oster , Por t o 11 :e.ll Bremen. Ifti' hi BAHIA, MAY I3.—The Archduka Frederic°, Ivanie-"i t h t' left the harbour yesterday for Trie s te, h a s put back 7,; $ loss of false keel, having grounded on th e bar, and 111 " charge to repair. RAILWAY RETURNS. n Ole, We extract from the Rail wa y M igaz i n e the 511 . gr itil , . ceived on the principal Railways of GreatLfi,i o " tor the week ending on the d a y o f th e month . I ;,d,P to each. The return includes the money ree d ' passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, malls, ,1 •'' chandize : • • .1. Week Tan J. Name of Railway. Open ed. R in , 6 ' ~ , •0 1 : •• ended June 25 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 ! , '" -- .._ q 7 ii '.. ' ' 24 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 ""'",-,..• ; 0 ▪.. Brandling Junction 25 4-' 4 66 1 9 24 Chester and Birke n h ea d .. ~ . 0 , 25 undee and Arbroath ... 1 819 „I„' 6 25 Ed inburgh and Glasgow 26 Eastern Counties ......... 25 Glasgow and kyr ... 25 Glasgow, Paisley, &Greenoek 221 ••••• ' 7 25 G rand J unct., Chester &Crewe 113 , ns: II: 0. 25 Great North of England 45 "" 7 . '. 26 Great Western ▪.. Hayle op 13 . 0 1 . ' 25 Hull and Selby 8i 14:498,1 - I5 4 , '' 0 25 Lancaster & Preston Junction 20a 4 6 1 5 3 4,5 , , 24 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 25 London and Birmingham ll2l 17 ' 5° 0 5 1 4 .4 ' ' 1, 5 30 London and Blackwall ... 3 * 3 ,552 . , 25 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch 28 London and Croydon 1„ , 3 - 0 30 1. , .nd0n and Greenwich 3 i - 184 17 1 26 London and South Western 24 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 42 0 3 27 Manchester & isirmingliam 25 Manchester and Leeds 25 Midland Counties 5l 1,6 ' 1 !I li 2,5 Newcastle and Carlisle 6o* 535 ''' 10 5 23 Newcastle and North Shields 7 1,45 1 4 I 26 Northern and Eastern .....• -• 3 0 4 4,338 ig i i 25 North Midland 13 6 24 North Union 25 Preston and Wy re ........• 19 1 24 4 9 4 27 Sheffield and Manchester 7 7OO 5 1 1 30 South East ern 26 Ulster - 26 York and North Alailand —•. _.•! 2 • 8 Of —• smith , pot Cvtain ho s', r 1 NEWLY DISCOVERED SHOAL.- - ' vere d a , sjogr the Thomas Harrison, reports having disco Batavia to 7 xo t . lat. I de tlitofi h j6,' ~. • mentioned in any chart, on his passage ir L pore, via Banca and Rio Straits ; it lies 'the the seep t. on S., Pulo Taya beating N. half W'' an , having nor itei li half S. It is a very dangerous ,hial er :,,". 1 1 / 4, t tb . L 3 0.......4 $ feet water on some parts of it , an d 5 is with irregular soundings, varying bet we en fathoms hard ground.