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LOUISIANA STATE BONDS.—The DIVI DEND WARRANTS FALLING DUE on the lst of AUGUST on the BONDS of the above State, which were negotiated by the Union Bank of Louisiana, throUgh BARING, BROTHERS, and CO., WILL BE PAID on that and any succeeding day, wept TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at their Count ing -house, No. 8, Bishopsgate-street Within, where lists may as usual be obtained. 13, Great Marlborough-street. VOLUME FOUR of MAD. D'ARBLAY'S DIARY WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY ON MONDAY, JULY 25. •„. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW _NOVEL. ONE HENGE; Or,_ the ROMANS in BRITAIN. A Romance of the Days of Nero. In 3 vols. post Bvo. S T IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TCIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND _ft 1 DUKE OF BADEN, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS-- HEINE BROTHERS are now selling BONDS and CERTIFICATES for the said ciistributions. 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Postcript.—Orders for less than 51. will not be attended to. THEATRE-ROYAL. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, JULY 22. Will be Ares nted, the New Drama celled THE LONE HUT.— Pencipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Diddea W. H. Bland, and Harley, Mnis Murray, Bliss Crisp, and Miss Faucit. To which will be added, the Farce of DEA I , AS A POST.— Tristram Sappy, Mr Harley ; Sally Maggs, Miss Murray. 'Fs conclude with the DREAM AT SEA.—Characters by Messrs. Oxberry, W. H. Bland, and 0. Smith ; Misses Pincott and Faucit. Boxes, 4s. Pit, Gallery, Is. Doors oven at half-past Six ; commence at Severe; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Priva'e Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private BOX-OffiC3 ; And of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. n consequence of theim rense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnambula " supported by the first musical talent this couhtry ran pro tutv, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, JULY 22. The performances will commence with Beldiii's LA SONNAM. BULA.—Amina, Miss Ramer; Liza, Mrs. Serle;. Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison; with an iirreased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. G. Stansbury. After which, Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH; with all Locke's splendid Music, sung by the entire Opera Company. Places and Private Soxes may be ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the I ex Office, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. GRAND FLORAL FETE. ON TUESDAY NEXT, JULY 26, The ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SO. CIETY will hold their SECOND SUMMER SHOW for 1842, in the above admirably adapted Grounds, on the same scale of splendour that has always distinguished these popular Fetes. SEVENTY PRIZES of SILVER CUPS, GOLD and SILVER MEDALS, and the LINNEAN MEDAL, Will be awarded to the succes fui Exhibitors. Resides the Exhibition of Floral and Horticultural products, which from the fineness of the season and other favourable circumstances, is confidently expected to be unusually rich, varied, and extensive, the whole of the popular Entertainments for which this Establish. hier.t is so widely celebrated, will be given on a scale of grandeur eclipsing all previous efforts. Admission One Shilling. Gates open at One concert at itix. Fireworks at half.past Nine. The Evening Fetes, with all the usual attractions, every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Open from Ten in the Morning. Feeding Pour Five o'clock. THE WEA THER.—N ooN, JULY 21. it)y Al. GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer.... ) 114hest 72 1 Lowest 54 Barometer 29.81.—Wind N.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Darning 5l) minutes after I 1 Evening 13 minutes after All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency; are excluded from the Columns of "The Sun." 4 23 • c).O - , • -7 ; ,Foot o RO 1• • i, ' 4. 1 tot :Thuitt4 LONDON : FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1842. Another • debate on the condition of the people, hich" occupied the House of Commons till nearly half-past one o'clock, was caused last night by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE. The object of the Hon. Gen tleman's motion was to obtain an assurance from the Government that it would call Parliament together in October or November, if the measures recently passed should not relieve the distress of the people. The debate was almost all on one side. Only Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke to the question Boni the Ministerial benches, and neither of them made an effective speech. Lord PALMERSTON, on the contrary, wound,up the de bate in a speech which will be for some time remem bered by the Tories, particularly by Mr. GLADSTONE His cutting eloquence, and the more impressive facts stated by the Members for the manufacturing dis tricts, failed to convince the House, which decided by 147 to 91 that it would not vote for an Address to the QUEEN, that it would not disturb the Members in, their grouse and pheasant shoot ing, and that the people must help them selves, for the Parliament will not help them. We hope the people will take the hint. Never did an assembly o wantonly repudiate the power which the people ask it to take. It will not govern and guide the people, and they must, therefore, govern and guide themselves. Starve they must not, and we hope will not ; and as the Parliament will not give them relief, they have no alternative . but to reject - that power which rejects their prayers, and relieve them selves. They can do that peaceably and certainly, if they do not lack courage and independence. GOD helps those who help themselves. The Corn Averages published yesterday state the duty to be the same as last Thursday. As the markets have begun to fall, and as the weather con tinues favourable, it seems unlikely that the average prices will go higher, and the holders of foreign corn in bond must either introduce it at an Bs. duty, or hold it over in expectation of a higher price and a lower duty after Christmas. It is in truth stated by commercial authorities, that these holders are doubtful whether they shall lose more by paying the duty and bringing it into consumption at the present and declining prices, than by holding it. Many of them will probably be unable to hold, and must, as the least evil, sell for what they can get. Even large capitalists are likely to reflect that good and bad seasons generally run in triplets or quartets, that a succession of good seasons, which seems now beginning, may be expected, and that they are more likely to lose than gain by holding over. The result will probably be, that under the new law, as under the old law, all the corn that is in bond will be poured into the market contempora neously with our own harvest, and should that turn out abundant, will bring down' prices very con siderably. Supposing the corn now in bond to be entered for home consumption, it will pay an Bs. duty, while, under the old law, it would have been subjected, at present prices, to a duty of 225. Bd. The consumers will be so far benefited by the change; whether Sir IL PEEL'S agricultural friends will thank him for the change time will show. It is possible, however, that under the old law the averages 'night have been returned much higher; they might even have reached 735., and the duty would have fallen to i. We cannot tell how the speculators might have worked the old law, but the promise of an early, and probably a good harvest, would have had the sante elect of keeping down prices under the old as under the new law. In fact, it is not the change in the law, but the peculiar season, which keeps down the markets and the averages. If we could suppose that under the old law speculators would have so worked the returns as now to bring in corn at a nominal duty, while under the new law the duty is Bs., it would then follow that the new law has given the Government 480,0001., and taken that sum additional from the consumers or from the dealers. It has rendered the N P much Jess profit a bl e to the latter, and by INT fie , diminishing the i r motives and means to import, may tend ultimately to curtail the supply and raise prices. It is plain from the uncertainty which now pre- • vailsin the corn trilde, that the ne w law, has done no hmg to lesseik; is hazards. Those who, a few ticks ago were. culating on making larg e SUMS, - i"4- _.. are very likely to lose them. The trade in food, therefore, which ought to be steady, is, in fact, as un certain as ever, and only gamblers will engage in it. The last accounts from the United States represent the harvest there as extremely promising. At the meeting between the Anti-Corn-law Conference, on Tuesday, and the City gentlemen, Mr. ASHWORTH said that last September, while our people were starving, food, which had been sent to New Orleans to exchange for English goods, was lying rotting on the quays, because it could not be taken in exchange for English goods, in consequence of the Corn-law. It is plain, therefore, that the Corn-law in last Septem ber, and its effects last September ; resemble its effects in every other month of the year, kept employment and food from our people, and so kept down popula tion. They were limited to that supply of food which the Corn-law allowed to be brought in. Now, however, comes an abundant harvest here, and an abundant harvest in the United States ; food will be pressed, as it were, on the people, and they will have nothing to give for it. It may be expected, there fore, that prices will fall considerably, and such a fall will, it is plain, be the consequence of the Corn-law, which would not allow the people in by-gone years to increase up to the supply of food which they could honestly command. When the Corn-law ruins the farmer, the folly of his own injustice will come home to him, and he may then, perhaps, practi cally and effectually learn the simple truth, that " honesty is the best policy." Alendicity in England is becoming quite frightful. Between it and the law there is a continual contest ; and we have to inform the public, that mendicity has obtained the victory. It has set aside the law; it has overturned its authority. It has overruled the enact ments of the proud and potent (query, impotent) Parliament of England, and reduced it into subjection, as it were, to beggary. We will quote the proofs from a useful article in the last Number of the Edin burgh Review. It is well known that the law of England has, time out of mind, been extremely severe against vagrants. The existing Vagrant Act, which " consolidates, amends, and repeals the prior statutes relative to va grants," renders idle and disorderly persons who will not work, who wander abroad and trade without a license, who beg or gather alms, liable to be arrested and sent to hard labour for one calendar month. Rogues and vagabonds who are incorrigible vagrants, as well as persons guilty of other offences, are liable to be punished with imprisonment and hard labour for three calendar months. Incorrigible rogues, who are a degree worse than incorrigible vagrants, are liable to be imprisoned and sentenced to hard labour for a year, and to be whipped. This is a very stringent law against vagrancy, and we have every day examples of the police Magistrates severely and summarily punishing vagrants by sending them to prison. In spite of this law, however, the writer in the Edinburgh Review gives abundant reason to be lieve that in England there are at this moment not less than 150,000 persons living in a state of practical vagrancy, " looking in one form or other to alms for support." He shows from various examples, both of the actual gains of individuals, as certained by inquiry and watching them, and of their expenses, that a beggar family nets from 3s. to 4s. 6d. per day. But, taking the average to be 551. a year, and taking six individuals to constitute a begging family, making the number of begging families to be 25,000, the vagrants levy a total sum of 1,375,0001. a year, at least, on the public. That is taxation not only without law for its warrant, but taxation in spite of the law, which the law has strictly forbidden, and has done probably all in its power to suppress. This evil has forced itself on the notice of the Poor law Commissioners, and they have caused a pamphlet, which describes the sort of vagrants most generally known, and cautions people against alms-giving, to be extensively circulated in the agricultural districts, but the evil is increasing. " Undoubtedly (says the Reviewer) it is a vast evil that in a moral, Christian, and enlightened community there should be thousands who prefer, from generation to ge neration, mendicity to labour, and crime to honesty. But this is an evil which belongs to all states, and which we cannot see any possible means of extinguishing. The evil which is now grea tly a ffli ct i ng the Eglish counties, and especially the agricultural districts, is the increase not so much of hereditary and permanent beggars, as of persons who are really destitute, and who, in default of sufficient food, firing, and clothing, come to the resolu tion to " travel," and earn their bread by walking from morn to night over amazing distances, and begging by the way." In spite of the Vagrant Act, therefore, vagrancy is carried on to a vast extent, and is rapidly and fearfully increasing. Why it increases, and how the law comes to beset aside, the Reviewer thus explains : " And what is the reason that the Vagrant Act is in the agricultural villages, and increasingly in towns and village districts, a dead letter ? How is it that the English farmers offer yet more frequently than ever their barns and their stables to the mendicant poor, supplying them with clean straw or hay ? How is it that when the Vagrant Act declares that all who wander abroad and beg, or gather alms, or cause their children to do so, are to be deemed idle and disorderly persons, and may be arrested, brought before a Magis trate, and convicted, that in the agricultural districts such an expedient is hardly ever resorted to ? How is it that when the Vagrant Act declares that every person who wanders abroad and trades without a license is an idle and disorderly person, yet in the agricultural districts he is never treated as such ? How is it that gipsies, though rogues and vagabonds, under the same Act, as well as fortune-tellers, and per sons living is barns, carts, and unoccupied buildings, without giving any good account of themselves, are not yet arrested ? The reason is obvious. There is such a mass of real misery and destitution in the agricultural dis tricts that neither the nobility, clergy, gentry, nor Ma gistrates will enforce the Vagrant Act against occasional and nOn-hereditary mendicants." " The Magistrates of England have been blamed for not exercising greater severity towards all vagrants. But if all the idle and disorderly persons spoken of by the Vagrant Act were conducted at this moment before the English Justices of the Peace, they would soon be unable to provide prisons and asylums for even a tithe of the number." At present, then, the misery of the people is so vast, and the number of vagrants so great, that the law is completely set aside. It is a dead letter, or worse, for it inflicts numerous penalties without restraining the evil. It had better be taken from the statute book, and not left there the memorial of a power impotent to cope with the evils it creates. The people would not then rely on the useless law for protection, and seeing that it has deceived them by promising to put an end to vagrancy, they would look this overwhelm ing evil in the face, and would most likely find courage and skill to conquer it. Such a mass of vagrants is now spread over the country, that they make the once delightful and secure vales of England neither safe nor pleasant to dwell in. Agricultural pro perty and sporadic dwellings, hedge rows, woods, and barns, are difficult to guard. Every inch of ground there is not, as in the streets of the metropolis, constantly lighted and watched by some living eye ; and the nobility, clergy, gentry, magistrates, and farmers, live under no inconsiderable awe of the mass of wretches they will not allow to get an honest living. Fearing the vengeance of the vagrants, they dare not carry the law into effect, or treat them with harshness and cruelty. Our Journal, yesterday and to-day, has supplied some striking proofs of the increase of vagrancy in the metropolis. Yesterday it recorded the fact that between forty , and fifty able-bodied vagrants be sieged Islington workhouse, and compelled the autho rities to provide them with a night's lodging. It has become, it seems, a common practice for vagrants to collect in scores, or hundreds, and make an " hos telry" of the workhouse. The master of the St. George's workhouse stated yesterday, at Union-hall, that upwards of 200 persons applied for admission to sleep there the preceding night, and one of them being refused, because there was no room, he deliberately broke the lamp over the gate, and so secured himself a night's lodging. Yesterday, also, three persons were examined at Marlborough-street, charged with in Hyde-p ar k, an d t h e constable said that sleeping between fifty and one hundred young females slept there of a4onight. Of the three persons examined, one w as a boy who cam e f rom a place in Gloucestershire to seek for employment; the two others were young women, who had neither home nor friends. Such is the condition, we are afraid, of many thousand young girls; and were Com missioners to inquire into their cond uc t and condition, it would be found somewhat more terrible, disgusting, and immoral than that of the collier girls whom Lord ASHLEY apparently wishes to drive into desti tution and vagrancy. In every part of our society, in the collieries, in the metropolis, and in the agricultural districts, we find evidence of the condition of the masses being most sad and most degraded ; and the increasing plagues of mendicity and pauperism, in spite both of the benevolence and the severity of the legislator, really should make him pause in his insensate career of attempting to regulate the industry, the occupa tions, and the subsistence of the people. Of the causes and cure of the increase of mendicity and pauperism we cannot now say one Word ; we shall conclude by quoting a passage from the Review, and by expressing a hope that we may be able at a future day to return to the subject : "It is a deplorable fact that the English agricultural poor, who have large families of very young children, live much better as beggars than they do as labourers. Eight or nine shillings per week will not support a man with a wife and five children." " No English agricultural labourer migrates for the purpose of begging when they receive 15s per week wages. Very few migrate for begging from the agricultural districts when the wages are 12s. 6d. or even 12s. But when the English la bourer's wages decline from 12s. to 10s. 6d., and then fall to 9s. or even to 75., the labourer has only three courses to take—to starve on his wages, to enter the union, or to beg. In five cases out of seven he prefers mendicity. The great reason then why mendicity on the part of English agricultural labourers is increasing is, that wages are no t hi g h enoug h f or th e p r i ce o f provi sions, or the price of provisions is not low enough for the wages of labour." " But besides the agricultural destitute labourers, who will not enter the unions, and who, if they did, would render further buildings all over the land for their reception immediately necessary, the Irish emigrants, and the English manufacturing poor have to be taken into the account. They have been incorrectly told that the agricultural poor, and the agricultural districts, are not so badly off as the manufacturing poor, and the manufacturing districts, and so they migrate as beggars from the north to the south. They migrated to the north for work ; work has stopped, labour 'is not de manded, and now they return from the north to the south as beggars. The agricultural poor become beggars, because on the wages they receive they cannot live. The manufacturing poor migrate as poor, because they have no wages at all. Thus the tide of mendicity and misery rolls on, and threatens a vast augmentation . for the future." Thus we see that the want of employment, lo* wages, and the high price of food, are reducing the people of England, under our protecting laws, to the condition of the poor of Ireland ; and if we go on as at present, the three million paupers there will be matched by six million paupers in England. The annual Parliamentary grant of 8,9251. for the support of the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth, gave rise, in the House of Commons, on Wednesday to the annual evening's vituperation of the Roman Catholic priesthood. The calumniators of the Catholics, last night, were Mr. PLUMPTRE, Mr. BATESON, Sir. G. 11. SMYTIt, who has never gone out of mourning for Catholic Emancipation, and that old pink of Orange Magistrates, Colonel VERNON. The array of names is not overwhelmingly formidable for rank, influence, or intellect. Immaculate must be the system which would fail to array against it hundreds of such oppo nents. Lord CLE3IENTS with great good sense observed, that if half the time and trouble which were bestowed upon the conversion of poor Roman Catholics, were be stowed upon the education and instruction of poor Pro testants in Ireland, a most desirable result would be ob mined. This fact is notorious to all who are acquainted with Ireland. There thousands of Protestants are left in the most deplorable state of ignorance, while the whole influence of the Kildare-street Society is brought to bear upen the conscience of some old woman, with a view to induce her to swallow a bowl of mutton-broth on Friday I Happy is the travelling missionary, who can report that, by the temptation of a pair of brogues, or a new wallet, he prevailed upon a mendicant Papist to abjure counting his beads, and fasting when he could find anything to eat. The "dear man" is looked upon by the Society as a saint—as an apostle, expressly called to promulgate the Gospel among the idolatrous Papists of Ireland, and as every ap proach to perfection brings a higher salary, the candidates, upon such terms, find the business of Papist converting far too profitable to think of devoting any part of their time to the instruction of their ignorant co religionists. The Hon. Baronet the Member for Col chester, drew a revolting picture of the obscene course of education in Maynooth. It is very surprising that such a course of youthful instruction should produce the most zealous and moral priesthood in the world; and yet, strange to say, such is the known and universally ad mitted fact. But the course of education in 'Maynooth was defended by Lord ELIOT, as being the same as that which prevailed in all Roman Catholic Universities. The Noble Lord added, that in no place was there greater purity of morals than in Ireland, among the people whose daily conduct was influenced by the advice and example of the Roman Ca tholic priesthood. We ought to feel grateful for the forbearance of the Irish Members upon this occasion. We were somewhat apprehensive that they might retort upon English hypocrites the course of edu cation pursued ut the English Universities, and the state of morals among our own people, as detailed in the evi -1 dente recently submitted to the House of Commons by Colliery and Mining Commissioners. It would puzzle Sir H. INGLis to hold out, as examples to others, a well paid State priesthood, thousands of whose flocks are proved to have arrived at ripe maturity without ever having heard of GOD, or the great scheme of Chris tian redemption. The opportunity was a tempting one ; and, looking dispassionately at the question, we must say that the Irish Members manifested as much for bearance as good feeling and good taste in not availing themselves of it. Something, however, ought to be done to prevent these annual exhibitions of sectarian, anti-Christian in tolerance. The Roman Catholics are justly becoming disgusted with these foul attacks upon their faith, and if they be repeated from year to year the grant will be re fused, and thus the Government will lose all right to control the supervision and inspection of the education of the Roman Catholic priesthood. Many of the Irish priests already protest against the grant ; the Liberal Irish papers treat it with contempt ; and even Mr. O'CONNELL himself has become indifferent to it. Sir ROBERT PEEL is fully aware of this, and has acknowledged its importance by previously apprising the Roman Catholic hierarchy that, but for the great distress of the country, he would increase the grant to Maynooth, and that he would do so next year, if in' office. This, after all, is the great point to consider, viz., Is the right to superintend, and to some . ex tent direct the education of the priesthood of seven millions of subjects, worth the paltry sum of eight or ten thousand a-year ? Is the devotion of that priesthood, in a country where they are all-powerful, and where the laws derive their ant hority from mere brute force, worth such an outlay on the part of the British Treasury ? Lord ELIOT acknowledges that the Ro man Catholic priests exerted themselves most meri toriously and strenuously in assisting the Government to put down the disturbances in Tipperary. In fact the priests are the most efficient constabulary of the kingdom, and yet the bigots in the House of Com mons, to the number of forty-eight, voted last night for breaking the only link in the chain that binds them to the English Government. Bigotry and folly are always closely allied, but never nearer than when it seriously proposed to withhold the paltry grant made to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth. There is very little news in the French Papers, and that little is entirely confined to the Regency question, to which the majority of English readers are become indif ferent. 'We quote from them what miscellaneous gossip they contain : A letter from Naples of the Bth says that the squadron of Admiral Hugon was to sail on the 10th or 12th for Palermo. King Ferdinand had been on board' the Ocean (the Admiral's ship). All the vessels of the squadron fired a grand salute of all their guns on the occasion. The Duke de Broglie has arrived at Neuilly, where he waited on the Duchess of Orleans. Our readers will recollect that it was the Duke de Broglie who went to Schwerin to receive her Royal Highness and accompany her to France. The house to which the Duke of Orleans was conveyed after his fall has been purchased by the civil list for 110,000 f. A letter from Brest of the 19th says;:—" The new Maritime Tribunal appointed to decide a second time on the fate of Reivo, Viarma, and Ripoli, implicated in the affair of the Packs, has just condemned them to hard labour for life. The first tribunal had sentenced them to imprisonment only. The three prisoners had again appealed.— Gazette de Tribunaux. A letter from Constantinople, of the 29th of June says:-.... " Yesterday the Turkish steamer, the Reschid, set out for Syria with troops. It is given out that they are to take the place of the Albanians, but we know that this is not the case, and that the Porte intends, on the contrary, to increase the number of these irregular troops." The Porte has just adopted a measure respecting the printing offices, which bears the stamp of the spirit of reaction which prevails in the actual policy of the Government. A memoran dum . was delivered yesterday to the several legations interested in the question. That delivered to M. Mavrocordato, the Greek Minister, requires the suppression of several Greek printing-offices. The Minister means to protest against this measure, We hope that M. de Bourqueney will not carry his systematic deference for the Porte so far as to sacrifice to its caprice two French printing-offices, the susp ension of which i s also demanded, and w hi c h, h owever , h ave not given grounds, by any abuse, for the vigorous measure.— Commerce. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, JULY 19. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 117 35... 117 35... 117 '20... 117 30 4 per Cents. lOl 50... 101 50... 101 30... 101 30 3 per Cents 77 35... 77 35... 77 20... 77 25 Bank of France. 3175 ...3177 50...3175 .. 3177 50 Laflitte Bank I,ooof 1015 ..1015 ...1015 ...1015 5,000 f 5035 —.5035 —.5035 ...5035 - Belgian Bank 772 50... 7 7 2 50... 772 50... 772 50 Belgian Fives lO3 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103 1840 lon ... 1034 ... 103 i ... 1 0 34 Spanish Active 22 ... 22 ... 22 ... 22 Passive Portuguese Fives 274 ... 271 ... 274 ... 274 Neapolitan... lO5 80... 105 80... 105 80... 105 80 Roman ... lO3l ... 1031 ... 1031 ... 103/ The Three per Cents. were done at Madrid on the 12th inst., with the Coupons attached, at 211 cash, and 21i at 60 days. The Five per Cents., with 11 Coupons attached, at 294 cash, and 30 304 at 60 days. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUL/ 22, 1842. SUM '''ARY OF NEWS AND Optittou. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Regency question is the leading feature in the original columns of the Paris journals. Some of them go into it with less reserve than circumstances would seem to warrant, nothing having transpired officially as to the course which the Mi n ist r y intends to adopt. It is assumed, however, by some of the Opposition journals, that the Cabinet will endeavour to make of the Regency question a means for strengthening its own position, and, therefore, without reference to the merits of the pro position which may be submitted, these journals at once declare their determination to prevent, if they can do so by appeals to the public and to the Chambers, the realisa tion of any scheme for the consolidation of power which may be entertained by the Ministry. The Constitutionnel says—" The presence of the King of the Belgians has produced a happy impression on the mind of his Majesty Louis Philippe. The King con tinues to transact business for several hours a day with his Ministers; and this occupation is an alleviation of his profound grief. Sometimes his Majesty gives way for a moment to a father's emotion, but soon resumes his occu pations. It is this manner of acting which has caused a statesman honoured with all his confidence to exclaim, that the King has a father's heart and a monarch's head. and it is to be presumed that the excellent health which he enjoys will postpone for a considerable length of time the application of a Regency Bill. The Queen's health is also satisfactory." We find the following in a letter from Paris of Mon day's date :—M. Thiers had an interview with the King of the French on the very day of his arrival from the Vichy waters, namely, Sunday last.- His conference lasted several hours, and, contrary to the expectation of his friends, M. Thiers had declared in favour of the re gency of the Duke of Nemours, and the guardianship of the Duchess of Orleans, instead of the widowed mother's sole regency. More than this : Thiers has endeavoured to engage M. Odillon Barrot to take the same views, but the latter, whose opinions in favour of the Duchess had been strongly expressed in the Siecle and Courrier Fran cais, has hitherto declined to co-operate with M. Thiers on this question. 'This may lead to a split between M. Thiers and Odillon Barrot. Popular opinion in Paris is certainly in favour of the Duchess of Orleans, especially in the bourgeoisie or epiciers of the revolution, who dis like the Duke of Nemours because he has uttered sen tences against the three days, and also because he is more aristocratic than any member of his family. The Presse states that by the treaty the Belgian Go vernment consents to reduce the customs duty ou French wines in cask from 2f. per hectolitre to 50c., and on those in bottle from 12f. to 2f. The excise duty is to be reduced from 33f. per hectolitre to 241. 75c. per hectolitre. The Augsburg Gazette publishes the following, under the head of Frontiers of Russia, July 2 :—" Two days ago we received accounts that a division of the corps of General Grabbe had been attacked in a forest by the Leghians, who put it to the rout, and then cut it to pieces. The loss of the Russians is stated at 1,500 men and 25 officers. The artillery being in the rear was saved." We learn from Madrid, July 12, that not less than four of the journals of the capital, the Herald°, Posdata , Corresponsal, and Especta dor, have suspended their pub lication, owing to the combination of the compositors for a considerable increase of wages, and it was supposed that other journals would also be compelled to a dupt the same course. Yermanos, the Archbishop of Therapia, was inau gurated as Patriarch on the 28th ult., and was reminded by the Grand Vizier that he was responsible for the loyalty of ten millions of the Sultan's subjects, PARLIAIVIENT.A.IM. The Lords met yesterday, but transacted no business of importance. In the Commons Mr. Hutt tried in vain to extract from Sir Robert' Peel some information about the state of the negotiation as to the Stade dues. Sir Robert said his mouth was closed, that he could not speak on the question, and so Mr. Hutt was obliged to give up his motion on the subject. Mr. Hume postponed his explanation about the Raja of Sattara, and withdrew his motion about Indian finance. In answer to Mr. Parker, the Solicitor-General said the Government meant to pass this session the Law Bills introduced into the other House. The House was principally occupied with a debate on Mr. Duncombe's motion, which we notice elsewhere, and sat till Three o'Clock. MONEY-TRADE-COMIVIZNCE. The Magistrates have been endeavouring to reconcile the differences between the colliers and their masters in the Potte ries :'the former body came on Tuesday to ultimate resolutions that they would " agree to work nine hours for one day's work, including one hour's cessation for food; for which labour they should receive 4s. per (jay with burn-coal, and that each master should pay in cash weekly." All the masters, except Mr. Sparrow, and Mr. Forrester, the agent for Lord Gran ville, are ready to cede to these reasonable terms. In September and October last year, while the people of this country were perishing for want of food, a traveller in the United States asserts that at New Orleans large quantities of flour, pickled pork and beef, which had been brought from the Mississippi valley for the purpose of being sold and exchanged for manufactured goods, were piled on the quay, and became tainted proviiions owing to want of purchasers. At a meeting of the merchants and bankers in the City, on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, to consider the distress of the country, Mr. Ashworth produced a pound of sugar brought over by a workman from New York, for which he paid three pence. He at the same time produced a pound of sugar of similar quality, which he had purchased in Liverpool for eight pence. Exhibiting both, he merely said, "Do you under stand this." _ _ ST &TISTZCS. At Bolton the destitution may be judged of from the circum stance that among a population of 1,000 families, consisting of 5,300 persons, there were only 1,553 beds, and only 466 blankets found among them ; being ten and a-half human beings to each blanket, and only two chairs for every three persons. According to the present calculation of trades in France, a Parisian can command any one of 1,587 physicians to attend him, 568 architects ready to build on his plan, 843 wholesale wine-merchants, 746 booksellers, 394 perfumers, 936 tailors, 341 glovers, 336 umbrella-makers, 495 butchers, and 106 bath ing establishments, with a crowd of other administrants to his comfort or luxury. xavaz AND MILITARY. The annual inspection of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich took place on Wednesday under the command of Col. Cleveland. Lord Bloomfield, after inspecting the whole of the men, horses, and appointments, complimented th e f orce on th e i r super i or cleanliness of person and soldier-like appearance. I.AW AND POLICE. The first meeting of the second firm of " Acramans, Mor gan, and Co., the extensive ironmongers," took place on Wednes day at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol, the Commissioners being Messrs. Arthur Pelmet, jun., Josep h Grace Smith, a n d William Tanner. After several debts had been proved, a question arose as to a proof endeavoure'l to be established by the Messrs. Lepper, of Belfast, cotton-merchants, who sought to prove upon the estate for three bills, two of 500/. each, and one of 608/. 12e., which had been renewed and guaranteed by them. The Court, after duly cotridering the circumstances involved, decided that they could not admit the pi oof. At Tullamore, King's County, on the 16th, Walter Wheela han was convicted of the murder of his wife at Killen, on the 31st of May last. It appeared he had formed au attachment for another woman, and on the unfortunate woman being missed by her relatives, search was made, and the body was found in a field near the house, which the husband had ploughed over the day after the murder. He was ordered for execution. A long investigation took place on Wednesday at Guildhall, before Sir Peter Laurie, into the affairs of the Westminster Loan and Investment Company. Several persons connected with the Company were present, and one of them stated that the case before the Magistrate had nothing to distinguish it from the stoppage of any other bank. The further hearing was adjourned till Wednesday. LITERARY 11/Tl3 ScxEriTtric. By a Royal decree, at Naples, the import duty on books has been reduced one-half. THEATEXCA.L. Fraulein Lutzer, the charming German singer, left London on Wednesday for Vienna. Staudigldeparts to morrow for the Continent. COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Marquis Headfort, was married at St. James's Church, on Wednesday, the 20th instant, to Amelia, only daughter of Alderman Thompson, M.P. The Earl and Countess of Verulam are expected to remain in Grosvenor-square, until the first week in August. Lord and Lady Poltimore left town on Wednesday for Devon shire. Lord Foley had a dinner party yesterday, at which the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, S. Rogers, &c., were present. Lady Beresford left Portland-place on Wednesday for Bou. Sir John and Lady Johnstone left Grosvenor-square on Wed nesday for Yorkshire. 3lXScisx.LANpous. The interment of the late M. de Sismondi took place a few days ago 'at Chenes. His will leaves the life-interest of his property to his widow, and his neice at Tuscany to become sole heiress after her death. His library is to become the property of M. Rossi, his executor, after Madame Sismondi's death. A representative of Russia lately said, " England and Russia are like man and wife." It is known that in certain hyperbo rean regions the proof of affection which the weaker vessel re quires is—blows. At a meeting of the merchants and manufacturers in the Town-hall, Manchester, on Monday, the Chairman stated that " the weak might go first ; but before we could see the snows of winter, at least three-parts of our whole manufactures must come to a stand. They were narrowing every week. There was not a manufactory of any description w ith which machinery was connected, which was not worse and worse every Saturday than the preceding." We regret to state that the venerable Member for Middlese,x, Mr. Byng, was seized with sudden illness at the House of Commons, yesterday, about five o'clock. He was supported out of the House by two friends, and put into a cab to be conveyed to his house in St. James's-square. On inquiry at his residence we were glad t) learn that he had recovered, and that no apprehensions were entertained that the attack was dangerous. George Robins may well be entitled the " Übiquitous.'• He announced yesterday the sale in the Cape of Good Hope of Forty-three Thousand Acres of Land, and it is the first sale of property in this healthy climate. The hill pastures are all covered with sweet grass, from the base to the summit ; and on the plains there is plenty of succulent herbage, with grass ; and the profit arising from ten thousand sheep (which the farm will carry) Is beyond calculation. A farmer with money, or the great capitalist, will find an opportunity at this sale to employ. " his ways and means" to extraordinary advantage. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds, Sir William Lawson, Baronet, • Mr. Balfour, and many' other pas sengers, - arrived yesterday morning, .by the steamer Antwerperr,:captam Jackson, after only nine hours paSsege,. froni AntWerp to tho 6t. ii..atharieu-wharf, Tower; . . HONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Consols left off precisely at the same prices they did yesterday, 90+ 90 - 4 for Money, and soi 90i for the Account, with very few real transactions, although they at one time were marked as low as 901 for immediate transfer ; Bank Stock, 165 1661 • India Stock, 248 249 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 46 48 ; New, 44 46 preen. The prices of Foreign Securities, in which more bu siness than has been usual of late was done during the day, were—Belgian, 1011 1021 ; Dutch Two-and• a- Half per Cents., 51 511 ; the Five per Cents., 101 1011 ; Danish, 82 83 ; Brazilian, 62 64. The Share Market was very dull ; the prices were— London and Birmingham 177 179 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 47 49 ; Great Western, 86 87 ; the Half Shares, 614- 62 ; South Western, 61 62 ; North Midland, 59 60 ; the New Shares, 29 30 ; South Eastern and Dover, 221 23 ; the Scrip, 21 3 ; Eastern Counties, 84 9+ •, Northern and Eastern, 40i- 411 ; Blackwall, 9 91 ; and Brighton, 33+ 33+ . per Share. The nominal quotations of the bonds were—Colom bian, 21 211 ; Peruvian, 16 17 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 331 C 34 ; the Three per Cents., 191 2 0 ; Spanish Five per ents., 21 21+ ; the Three per Cents., 20+ 21. The cause of the decline in the price of Consols noticed above, is to be found in the operations of the parties engaged in expfessing by pigeons. These indi viduals for a long time contented themselves with bar gains in Spanish and other bonds possessing only a nomi nal value. Foom time to time, but only at intervals, was a person unconnected with jobbing caught by them, so that for a long period bargains were confined to the dealers themselves, the individuals possessing the longest purse fleecing his poorer confederates. This system would, doubtless, have existed for some little time longer, had it not been for the al s-nce of the chief operator, consequent upon some transactions connected with the forged Ex chequer Bills. however, as it now is, dealings in this description of documents are completely at an end. It was necessary, however, now that Spanish bonds are no longer marketable, that new species of speculation should be found, and it would seem that the market for our own funds, which for many years has been as free from suspicion as the foreign market was tainted with the certain charge of manufacturing false intelligence, are chosen as fit instruments for victimising. The person particularly alluded to has for two or three Sundays been seen in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and by a singular coincidence filo.Fe pigeon expresses are immediately afterwards brought into play. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The market remains in the same inanimate state without any feature of moment. Consols are 90 1 ,4 90a for Money, and 90% for the Account. Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1001 m 0 ; New Three.and-a-Ealt per Cents., 994; Bank Stock, 166 167 ; India Stock, 249 250 ; India Bonds, 28 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 46 48; New 44 46 premium. Busi, ess in Foreign Securities has been limited to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 51 51/ • the Five per Cents. at 101 i 101 1 ; Belgian, at 104; and Brazilian, 63. Mexican Bonds are quoted at. 36b. In the Share Market London and Birmingham have been sold at 179 ; Great Western, 47 ; York and North Midland, b 7 ; Bristol and Exeter, 41i ; and Brighton, 334 331. The Bonds, in o hich time bargains have been made to-day, are Columbian at the quotation of 201 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33/ , Spanish Five per Cents., 201 ; and the Three per Cents., `20 3 4 _ . . The official amounts from the outports of the clearances of goods on the first day of the operation of the tariff, are more than proportionably great to London. The quantity of articles cf every day consumption has been large, and among them several parcels of foreign produce, which under the old system had been virtually prohibited. This remark applies particularly to Coffee, of which some extensive entries for that of South American growth appear. Although this description, from its delicate flavour, will not answer to use by itself, yet when mixed with other descriptions, this very delicacy will im- Twe it, thus affording a superior sort at a much lower price. he market here has already received an impetus thereby, and much briskness, both at public auction and by private sate, has to be noticed. The Tea trade, and especially the country dealers, are com plaining very much of the manner adopted by some merchants in forcing their stock forward. Sales consisting of nearly 50,000 paekages terminated only on Tuesday, and to-morrow others, containing nearly 25,000, will commence. The consequence of this is, that a sort of monopoly in the article is given to some of the large houses here, it being utterly impossible, in the time, for the generality of the buyers to examine the various samples properly, or for the distant ones either to reach the metropolis, or receive the result of the tastings and transmit orders. In the sales just concluded some of the catalogues were not delivered until days had elapsed from the beginning, and it is considered that some approach to periodical sales should be made, with a proper interval between the commencement of the show and the sale. In the English Market a sale in Reduced Three per Cents. for the savings banks, by the Government broker, caused the market to decline from 91i to 901 3 , the latter price at which the Stock was sold ; since that they have been down at 91i Con sols, and the whole of the markets are rather on the decline from the repeated sales of money stock. la the Foreign Market Mexican is flat, and several sales have been effected in Colombian; the market opened at 21i, and declined to 204 Spanish likewise en the decline., In the Share Market very little doing. Prices a shade worse than yesterday. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JULY 19. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 991 Grand Canal Stock .. Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New 1830......... 99/ 1 Ditto 4 per cent .. 3i per Cent. Debs. lavxaeoot. COTTON MARKET, JULY 20.—A good amount of business was done to-day in cotton, but prices were not higher. The market was freely supplied; 2,000 bales of Ame rican were taken on speculation, and the total sales consisted of 6,000 bales. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 20.—Business was ra ther flat to-day, and fi w transactions took place in any descrip tion of Railway Stock. The following Railway Shares were sold :—Grand Junction, 189; Ditto Halves, 94 ; London and Birmingham Three-fourths, ; London and Birmingham New, 30k; Ditto Quarters, 44. , MANCHESTER STOCK XCHANGE, JULY 20.—The market remains steady without much business doing. Our only sales are—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 3%; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 60. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .. ...... 91A Ditto Bonds ...... 2B pm 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 9Ol Ditto Old Annuities - 3i per Cent. Red... 11004 Ditto New Annuities New 31 per Cent......... 991 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....9d 46 pm New 5 per Cen'., — Ditto 5001— .. .46 pin Lone Annuities to expire Ditto Small 46 pm Jan. 1860 .. l2 9-16 Bank Stock fur Acct — Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct...:... 904 FOREIGN FUNDS. _ . Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent. 54i Belgian, 5 per cent lOll Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds... 62i Prussian, 5 per cent. BuenosAyres6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic...—. Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, b per cent. .... 21 Ditto, 1824 2l,i Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c Mexican, 5 per cent 36i French, 3 per cent. —f. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent. 5l Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. . .01* SHARES. Bristol snd Exeter (70 paid) ...... . 41* Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ..... Ditto New Shares ( paid) ...• 6l Is 6d Ditto Debentures . . . lO/ Is 8d Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 45 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 62 . _ Hull and Selby (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall ( p►id) 9h London and Birmingham (90) London and South Western (411 6s 10dpd) 614 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... -. 26 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (80 paid) Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ~..,,,.. 87 A return respecting Church Patronage in Scotiandi which has been printed by order of the House of Com mons, exhibits in a strong light the blessed effects of the Veto Act. It was moved for by Mr. Wallace, in order to ascertain the number of causes arising out of this Act, and now pending in the Court of Session. The causes respecting patronage amount to twenty-five, arid are brought for the purpose of ascertaining such points as the following. Who has right to the vacant stipend ? To whom it is to be paid ? Whether the presentee' can claim damages against the Presbytery for keeping him out of the living ? and whether certain members of Presbytery have a right to sit in the General Assembly ? One of the causes is now before the House of Lords, and all the rest may follow ; so that whatever be the result, the lawyers at least will profit by these in terminable disputes, but the true interests of religion will suffer. Independent of these causes there are thirteen others arising out of a decision of the General Assembly, by which the ministers of chapels of ease were admitted members of Church Courts. Several respectable clergy men having been deposed by what they consider, incom petent authority, have appealed to the Court of Session against the judgments, and are resolved, if necessary, to carry the appeals to the House of Lords. The number of ministers and elders thu.; implicated in these suits cannot be less than two hundred, and the number of patrons and heritors must be considerably more. The public, therefore, may judge whether this Veto Act is what its authors describe it—" a healing measure.' Lieut.-General the Duke de Clermont-Tonnerre, Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Louis, died on the 12th inst., at the chuleau of Glisoiles (Eure), in his 90th year. lie was brother of the Cardinal of the Same name, and father of M. de Clermont-Tonnerre, ex-Minister of the War Department and the Niarine. On Tuesday morning, a working man, named Rene. presented himself, in the utmost agitation, betore the Commissary of Police for the Quarter of the Faubourg St. Antoine, and gave himself into custody for having caused the death of his own child. It appeared that, being left a widower with a 'young daughter, he had placed it out to nurse at Clichy, On Monday he drank rather too much wine, a! d insisted on taking the child out with him to show her to her godmother. He stopped at various wine-i.lops on his way, and at last got downright .cirunk. He still, however, instinctively took car;; of his charge, and even when he got borne gave her some milk and water. He then went to bed, placing the child by his side. When he awoke in the morning he found him self on - the floor, and the child under him already cold. He had fallen out of bed during the night, and dragged his infant with him. The case is at present under the consideration of the law authorities, and Rene remains in custody. We learn from Bourg, Ain, that, a few days ago, a huge mass of stone separated itself from the Chaz rock, and. fell into the bed of the Valserine, and on the high road.between Mijoux and Vancy. The river v%as cut in two, anti hal. , foriiL:d a6t 11;L:c vvhere the It is stated from Altona that the Jews of the Duchy of Holstein have been admitted to the rights of burgessel. COUWF CIRCULAR. It will be seen by the Order in the Gazette of Tues day last that the Court Mourning is for the usual period of one fortnight, but the Queen and his Royal . Highness the Prince Albert will wear mourning for a month. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday morning, and visited the Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha at Buckingham Palace. His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, accompanied by Captain de Branden stein, his Aide-de-Camp, honoured the Baron de Mon corvo, the Portuguese Minister, with a visit in Upper Seymour-street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex visited the Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha in the afternoon. The Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, attended by Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Chinese Collection with a visit yesterday, and also the Colosseum. His Serene Highness, attended by Captain Francis Seymour, rode out on horseback in the afternoon. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday evening included her Royal. Highness .the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Here ditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Colville, and the Baron de Brandenstein. A Deputation from the African Civilization Society, consisting of the Earl of Euston, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Thomas D) 3e Acland. Mr. Joseph Beldam, Mr. Samuel Gurney, Colotiel Nicolle, Rev. J. M. Trees, and Mr. Robert Stokes had an intervtew • with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Blair had an interview with Lord Stanley yester day, at the Colonial-office. The Portuguese Minister, the Brazilian Minister, and Lord Ponsenby transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Malta. SHUGBOROUGH HALL. As the princely property of this noble mansion is within the next fortnight to be subm;ged to the hammer, some account of its valuable contents unin teresting nct be unin terestin to the public, especially as upon azi examina tion of catalogue now published by Mr. George Robins, we discover an infinity of works of„art 01." the highest class, and therefore recommend a visit to Shug borough Hall at this lovely,. though somewhat dull sea son, believing it will amply repay the ccnuoisseur for the trouble of the journey. The hall has long been the abode of the Anson family. It is seated in a rich fertile valley, and was always re nowned for its hospitality. The Noble Earl, for several years, whilst he hunted the count , , afforded accommo dation to an endless number of guests, and the sleeping apartments of Shugborough Hall, which appear inter minable, were then in great requisition. The reception rooms are extremely spacious, and are adorned with some of the finest works of art in this country, the galleries and corridors containing a matchless collection of antique statues and busts, with some of modern date. Many of the latter were purchase d in Italy by the first Lord Anson, the celebrated Admiral and cir cumnavigator, who spared neither labs ur nor expense in forming the gallery, which was materially increased during the lifetime of the late Viscount, and aided by the skill and talent of Nollekens, who was frequ,ntly a visitor at Shugborough, the present extraordinary as semblage of antique and modern sculpture was brought to its present complete state. It is rarely so many life size statues of the ancient sculptors are found emigre gated together, and no finer specimens can be conceived than those which adorn Shugborough Hall. The most remarkable are Neptune with the Dolphins, the Young Bacchus with a Sate r, Paris with the Apple, the Venus de Medicis, Mercury, a Roman Youth, and the compa nion, a Female representing Comedy, the Venus Ac croupie, with an endless number of busts. Several finely sculptured Roman altars and pedestals, whilst the modern statues and busts are by Roubilliar and Nollekens, the latter having worked expressly for his patron t his cluf d ceuvre of Castor and Pollux is a group of extraordinary power and conception, and will serve as a lasting memo rial of this artist's wondrous talent. We proceed now to particularise some of the princi pal pictures, gems of the highest class of the Italian, Dutch, and Flemish schools, believing that few collec tions possess so many originals free from doubt or ques tion. A pair of grand gallery pictures by Guido, of the Angel appearing to St. Peter, and Susannah and the Elders, are incomparable specimens of this splendid mas ter ; also Christ in the Garden attended by Angels, from the pencil of Carlo Maratti, does honour to the Italian school of painting ; a landscape by the side of a river, by Claude Lorraine, presents all the rich glowing effect of this highly-valued painter ; a mountainous landscape and a woody scene, by G. Poussin, are painted with great freedom of pencil; an Italian landscape, by Swanneveldt, is very rich in effect ; an upright moun tainous landscape, with a waterfall in the distance, and travellers going. along a pass, from the joint pencils of Both and Berghem, is a treasure of the highest class ; a warm glowing effect pervades,the whole scene, and it pre sents a rich combination of the talents of these highly emi nent masters; the Whale Fishery, with bears upon the ice, by Stork, is a fine specimen ; a small clear picture, by Cuyp, is a cabinet gem of the first order, the subject a View near Dordt, with a woman milking a cow on the banks of a river, a distant view of a village with Dutch boats sailing along, forming one of the most charming compositions that can be conceived, with an effect of light that illumines the whole, producing a scene completely true to nature. Perhaps no collection in the world can boast of so many or such splendid paint ings by William Vandevelde. There is one of very large size, representing a calm.with men-of war at anchor, and its companicn by L. Backhuysen, a fresh breeze, with numerous vessels and Dutch boats, and a man-of war at anchor . in the offing, may both be pronounced, without fear of contradiction, as the most capital produc tions in existence of these incomparable masters ; also a pair of smaller pictures by William Vandevelde, replete with interest and subject, finished in the most powerful and yet clear silvery manner, are pictures of the first quality, with a pair of smaller sized pictures by the same artist, are equally choice spcciments. An upright land scape, by Gainsborough, presents a beautiful bit of Eng lish scenery. A landscape, with sheep and a cow, by du Jardin, is a fine specimen of this rare and much esteemed master. An upright landscape, with. the Chateau of Teniers, is a pleasing picture by D. Teniers. There are, likewise, numberless charming works by mas ters of the highest rank. The extens".e library is also entitled to a brief men tion, embracing as it does many must valuable standard books, with a complete series of County Histories, the works of J. B. Piranesi, and a variety of splendidly illus- . trated volumes. This portion of the property com mences the sale, and occupies the three first nays, being followed by the cellars of wines, ve hich for extent and variety, may challenge competition with any in the county. There are many rare wines, for which the Noble owner was most justly celebrated, particularly in the variety and excellence of his Clarets and Cham pagnes, a hich are of the highest character. There are also several bins denominated Cabinet Wine, which it appears are of the supernaculuni order, being exported expressly for Ministers, and will no doubt produce great prices. This portion of the sale will bring together the Lon vicuna' of Staffordshire, and the surrounding counties. It forms the fourth and fifth days of sale, and includes same rare liqueurs, spirits, strong ales, &c. The furni ture of the mansion is divided into seven days, and em braces the numerous bed-chambers, the state-bed chamber and dressing-rooms, which were recently fur nished in the most splendid and gorgeous style upon the occasion of a Royal visit. The reception-rooms are all in good taste, adorned by an infinity of objects of interest and value, some porcelain and alabaster, which 'by the catalogue appears to be most excellently arranged and lotted. — The railroad-station is within five miles, and, coin • municating as it does to all parts of England, the utmost facility for visiting Shugborough Hall, during the view and sale is insured. The private view commences on Monday next. MONEY MARKET and CI T Y NEWS. TIMES. —A report prevails that there is an intention on the part of the West India Steam packet Company to apply to Go. vernment for leave to run one packet only in each month, and retain the terms originally settled of 240,0001. per annum ; or, If they continue to run two packets monthly, to increase the re muneratiett to 400,0001. per annum. So grand an experiment in steam navigation is certainly entitled to every indulgence, looking at the prospective benefits anticipated, but the signal failure of all the early arrangements has spread universal dis content among tit,: merchants, traders, and others connected either with the West ialies or the adjoining continents, and if the old cost of the sailing-pi.clots on that line did sot exceed, as is stated, 70,0001., the inanag,,:rs of this undertaking will have great difficulty in setting themsekyes right both with the public and the Government , and in proviii: that they give an adequate return for so large an additional outlai. RAILWAY DEODA.NDS. Our readers will recollect the late fatal catastrophe on the Eastern Counties Railway, when tour lives were lost. On that occasion the Coroner's inquisition which sat on the bodies imposed a deodand of 1251. in esob ease, amounting to 5001. The Railway Company petitioned the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, that the levying of the deodands might be delayed until the Company had an opportunity of testing the validity and legality of the verdicts. The Lords of the Treasury granted this request as a matter of course, and last Term the question wv.- brousht before the Court of Exchequer, in the shape of a motion that the Company might be at liberty to pay the amount of one deodand, and be discharged from the payment of the other three, on the ground that as the accidental deaths of all the parties occurred simultaneously, and by the same cause (viz., the engine), that there could not legally be but one drm dand enforced, for the value of the article nioving to the death of the unfortunate parties could not have four values, and conse quently four deodands could not be enforced. In the course of the examination before the Coroner, it however appears that that gen tleman (Mr. Lewis) examined witnesses as to the value of the engine, who agreed in stating it to be worth 1,5001., and with this information the Jury ( which were the same in ail four cases) imosed the deodands,, and assessed them at 1251 each, making a total, as before stated, of 5001. The Court of Ex chequer were of opinion thit the verdii t was right, and decided that the deodands must be paid. A question has since arisen whether the Jury, with such evidence as to the value of the engine before them, ought not to have returned a verdict for the full amount, viz., 1,5001. ; but if they had done so, another question arises, whether that verdict would not have been set aside by application to the Court of Queen's Bench. This, however, was not the point that the Company wished to moot, and we understand they have since paid the amount of the deodands into the hands of the Sheriff of Middlesex, in order to meet the Queen's writ, which will issue on Friday next. Thus, justice to the public, so far as it can by these limns be obtained, will be effected, and it may accomplish the object so much desired, of making the officers of railroad companies more careful of the lives and safety of her Majesty's subjects than it would seem, from the numerous accidents that have oc curred, they have hitherto been. 14. The , the Estates of the Kingdom was adjourned to-day jade- AnitelY.—FArsen Halle, July-16.. . THE KING - OF PRUSSIA AT POSEN. Letters received from" Posen and Berlin mention particulars of some interest relative to the King of Prussia, then on his way to visit St. Petersburgh. The Polish Nobles of the Grand Duchy of Posen gave a ball of the moat splendid description to his Majesty, with every demonstration of loyalty. The King seemed in the highest degree gratified with the reception hg , met from his Polish subjects, and behaved with the greatest, courtesy and kindness. B e i ng , h owever , o n his journey to th e Court of Russia, he was very guarded in his expressions, and confined himself to comm on pl ace ph rases . This was very na tural in the position in which ho was placed, but it was 4 0 natural that the Poles were somewhat disappointed at not hear ing any remarks of a political nature. On the day of the King's departure, the nobles and principal inhabitants of Posen assembled an the palace. The King was still in his closet, and ex pecting to be overwhelmed wi' h petitions, he had already made up his mindto submit to it as an unavoida/e annoyance, when Prince, Bogaslew Radziwill was announced. When the Prince entered the King said to him, laughing, " Draw them out, mon en facet," meaning the petitions; but the Prince, to his great surprise and gratification, said, that his ceuntry men had no pe titions to present to their Monarch, hut only one favour to re quest from him, which was, to intercede with the Emperor of Russia in behalf of their unfortunate brethren in Siberia. The King promised to do so at the first favourable opportunity, and left Posen highly gratified . with the delicacy of the Poles la totally abstaining from' asking any special or individual favour. A circumstance occurred at the ball given on this occasion. which, although trifling in itself, could not but produce a painful impression on the Poles. Among; the officers of the Ro3 al suite there was one decorated with the Russian medal for the capture of Warsaw in I b3l, but this occurrence ,eems to have been entirely an oversight, as the character of the King removes from him all idea or being ca pable of inflicting that or any other wilful outrage on the feel.T., ings of his Polish subjects. The King of Prussia, it is added , received on his journey many manifestations of hatred towards Russia, but when some went so fares to implore his AlajestY not to proceed, as he would be exposed to personal danger, he answered, " 1 am in the hands of God." Such fears are treated es absurd and without foundation, bet they give an idea of the feelings entertained in that part of the Prussian dominions. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JULY 14.—Letters have just been received from his Majesty, and from the Prince of Prussia, dated from the Palace of Peterhof. His Majesty was in excellent health. The Prince of Prussia was in danger of a serious accident on his way . to Petersburgh. The horses of his carriage took fright and ran away ; the ChaMberlain, who leaped from his seat , brae his leg. Happily the driver recovered the command of his horses before any further accident happened. A rgr.qouN, JULY 18.—Some of the equipages of the Count of Nassau are already gone to Neuland. It is said that his Majesty will return to the Loo on Wednesday, and after a short stay, set cut to Germany. BELGIUM. BRUSI'YLS, JULY M.—The Minister of Foreign Affairs re' minds captains of ships, and passengers, merchants, and under- . writers, that the passes (channels) of the Schelt, called Schaarvan Saeftingen and Pas van Everingen, are prohibited to pilots. Tho'e captains who, in spite of this notice, may ven ture into these passes, without tins consent of the pilots, are alone responsible for the consequences that may result from their imprudence. This warning especially concern the steamers which, to gain a few minutes in their passage from London , risk the safety of the passengers, and expose the cargoes t° almost certain injury. BRUSSELS, JULY 19.—The commercial treaty between Bel' gium and France was signed on the .16:h of this month.- - Afoniteur Beige. The Minister of Finance has just published a splendid folio' volume, which contains tables of the goods imported, es" ported, or passed in transit, during the year 1841. It 0" pears that we export to France to the =WI of sixty-five millions. We import from France to the val ue forlty-four millions. We have therefore the advantage of difference of twenty-one millions of f•ancs. We export t, England to the value of fourteen millions ; we import from England to the value of forty-four millions; the gain to Eng" land is, therefore, thirty millions; that is to say, we are 0 simple as to give to England what we gain from France, a ndl,e add ten mtlliens out of our own pockets. This is the who' mystery of our commercial situation. M. Van Praet returned the day before yesterday from Per?: with the convention which relieves our linens from the oroe nance of 2,jth June. The Journals of Liege give extremely long details of tb__ e ~ opening of the inclined planes of the railway at Ans, ne'" Leige. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending July 16, 1842 Passengers Merchandise 414 7 10 £1,349 15 4 Corresponding week last year ....£1,420 0 0 Darlington, July 20. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary' CORN A VERA GEE S GENERAL AVERAGE i'RICES OF BRITISH CORN , pt For the Walt ended July 16. 1842, made up from the Returns „d the Inspector. .n the different Cities and 'fawns in Englan d Wales.per Imperial Quarter 34- )°3 Wheat 6ss. 81. Oats £Bs. OS I Rye _______ po [........---o --- — . ,i 7 June 10 64. 0 2i; 8 20 6 3l 9 33 1 3 ` 6 17 63 10 ,1 26 /0 21 6 16 10 SA 9 1 -25 4 :2" 0 , 'July •-) 64 3 27 7 22 4 32 3 34 9 64 10 27 5 2 29 5 35 1 „, I, ' 5 16 65 18 27 4 0 38 6 31 1 0 '0 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX ‘" 4 Wheat 64 5l• 1 oats .... .. I.' .... 21s 81.1 8ea1....... L l' 1. 04 ' ttarlk4 27a. 41. I Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. esi Wheat Bs. 01. Oats 1 9 04. Barley 9B 0.1. I Rye ... ...... Os. ncl.l uease..... .. AVELROES OF THE LAM' SIX WEEKS. WPfsk ending wHEAT. BARLEY.[ OATS. I RYE. BEANS. THE MARK ETS.—N ESTER DA Y. COLONIAL MARKET. A fair demand for most descriptions of produce, and pr ices were sustained with firmness. TEA MARKET. There was a moderate business done in all kinds of Tea. 06 the prices at the public sales were fully maintained with fitly mess., Sound common Coneou, Is. Std. to Is. 9d. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. No re-action in the value of Russian Tallow, and the Marke t dull. P.Y. C. on the spot 48s. per cwt. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. There was a moderate supply, and fine middling and ordinarf qualities met a steady demand at our present quotations Clover, 2/. to 51. lOs. ; Hay, 21. ss. to 41. 4s. ; New Hay, 3' to 41. ; Straw, 1/. lOs. to 1/. 14s. LLOYDS' SHIPPING • Lownox, JULY 21.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. Sid DEAL, 'JULY 20 Wind S. W., light and variable. — w Fortuna, Sydney ; Castries, St. Lucia; Prince and Swan' Quebec ; Bride, Newfoundland ; Thomas Snooks, Bardcau% and Calcutta. OFF THE S. FORELAND, JULY O.—Emerald, Antigua. BRISTOL, JULY 20. Arrd. Countess of Durham, Quebec. OFF DOVER, JULY 20.—Acrd. George Dean, Le Chasseut, River Gambia, in 46 days. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 20.—Wind S.W_ to 5.5.W.......Arra• Palos, Flanders, Virginia ; sailed 19th ult. COWES, JULY f,o.—Arrd. Florence, Custing, Mentalism& VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Martha Pope, 15th ins t " lat. 50, lon. 8; Harriet, London to the Cape. 17th inst.' lat. 50, lon. 7, by the Palos, arrived at Portsmou th : Lord Stanley, lat. 41, lon. 65 ; Charlee M`Lean, Belfast to New York, lat. 41, lon. 63; Laura Anne, of Greened`' lat. 50, lon. 10, by the John Pirie, arrived in the Chtta; nel. Portsmouth ship. May 25, lat. 19 S., ion. 3 ; 3 , 31. 1 : Ann, Port Rico to Cowes, 14th inst., lat. 41 N., lon. x t ' . -Mayflower, supposed for Hobart Town, 17th inst., 1 1 1 , 49, lon. 10, by H.M.S. Wellesley, arrived at Plymou t „ Eliza Newcastle to Mauritius, Bth inst., lat. 39, lon. 1 ; ",,' by the Elizabeth and Ann. arrived at Falmouth. Yorick (outward bound), 15th inst., lat. 39, ion. 15, the Fifteen, arrived at Falmouth. Velocity, from,. verpool (out 15 days), 20th inst., off Malawa ; Newfoundland to Oporto, 11th inst., lat. 41, lon. 11, the Comet, arrived at Falmouth. Jane barque, 15 k . inst., lat. 48, bound West, by the Linnet, arrived atCl ie Brothers, of Leith, sth inst., lat. 39, lon. 12, IC i t s i, Thomson, arrived at Cork. Humayoon, Clyde t) re cutta, sth inst., lat. 42; lon. 14 W. of Paris, by thc , Joliet, arrived at Nantes. NOTICE TO MARINERS. • LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF SWEDE.'* t he, The following has been received at Lloyd's frog 1 Swedish and Norwegian General-Consulate :- 17, St. Helen's-place, July 21, 184 °v .l Sir,—l beg bare to communicate to you the folb' af f translation of an ordinance issued by the Royal IS Board at Stockholm, on the 10th of June: f e t " The Royal Navy Board hereby makes known, 0 the information of Mariners, that in consequence of ' t o alteration of the Anholt Lighthouse from a stational a revolving light; and, in order to prevent the t 1 4. e, being mistaken for the intended light at Morups Ta situated about one mile north of Falkenberg, the "', e l lowing change will be made in the alterations a nnour c A I by the Royal Board's ordinance of the 15th of 5 namely—That, cn the Hullen Lighthouse, which 1„'" intended to have a stationary lentille light with reft- tors; and the light at Morups Tange, which was int.e ll 'i' to be a revolving light, will be ma de a l en till e light the second class, with fixed flames." I have the honour to be, Your most obedient serrant. CHARLES TOTTII4. To the Secretary at Lloyd's. BIRTHS. On the 18th inst., at the residence of General Gore Brc lviner Weymouth, the lady of Colonel Browne, of a son. On the 14th inst., at Sevenoaks, the lady of the Teush dHkof a auhter. On the ec 18th er, inst. a t Ashfield, Midhnrst, Sussex, the ° if. , of George Gibson, Esq., of a daughter. an the 19th inst., the lady of Charles Jones, Esq. , such e(rn Al On tton, he Hants, of a daughter. 19th inst., at Newcastle-street. Strand, the w ife rl the nev. R. W. Dallas, Rector of Manchester, Jamaica, °5 daught On the er. l9th inst , at Fitzwilliam-street, Cambridge,the ladf of folio Griffith, Esq., of St. John?* College, of a daughte u r l.,, On the 20th the lady of Dr. Rowland, Quee n ' s( ' 114'. Bloomsbury, of a daughter. MARRIED. Jobs' On the 4th inst., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine. the Rev. marl Woolley, M.A., fellow of University College, Oxford, t°, o ff Margaret, eldest daughter of Captain William Turner, ha" T the 13th Light Dragoons. On the 18th ing.. at Wembury, Devonshire, C a ptain Z h‘ia.oe Maitland, 24th Regiment, to Emily, second daughter of Newland. WED. J theOn h 5 1 t 6 h thh i i n n s s t t. , , at jo G h i n br i a ) lz, on S , arah, the wife of M a j i ' r D. E. ohnson. 5: Fusiliers. widowOn othfethelBlatltie Suffolk, aged 34. i N ll l 7 . t.. l , lo a ms t Camberwell, l On the 18th inst., at Park-village,Es"3 Regent's -park, Ltiele' the wife of T. Atelladew. T a ylor, Or. the 19th inst:, at Maize-bill, Greenwich, William Esq., Admiral of the Red, aged 62. PI . ;;.,;,,, . )t • zu. No. 112, trand, at 'Die Sun uthee, No. 11 ' 2 9 1.1114`1" Friday, 22, 160. .