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• • 13, Great Marlborough-s!reet. CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NEW WuRIC; " PERCIVAL KEENE," IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, in 3 vols. lienryColburn, Publisher, 13, Great. Marlborough-greet. HAMBURGii, iI:TH AUGUST, 184'2. A'S MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, • Eaviag IITHORISEDaTI GUARANTEED several DIS TRIHUTIONS of MONF.I DIVIDENDS:, by whieh, thoug! . .! they are NO LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES play be 9btainecl. HEINE BROTHERS, at 11431BURGI - 1, arc ÜBE acd WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTKIBLI I'IONS. Perqms aclirous to purchase MAN" re rive. PREVIOUS to gising sny order, the PROSPECTUS with full PA RTI .\ twoo addressins', WITHOUT DELAY, a line HEINE BROTHERS, at HAM BURGH. i•EATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. The rithFc is respectfully informer , that this Theatre will OPEN FOR THE SEASON To.nounow, SEPTEMBER 3, 1842, when Will be performed Bel Ii n i's Opera of NORMA.— Polio, Mr. W. .1 - larrison ' • Oroveso, Mr. Giubiki; Darius. Mr. Binge; Norma, Miss Adelaide Kemble • Adalgisa, Miss R..inforth; Clotilda, Miss Lane. Alt..cwhich will be orodu..ed a NCR , Comedy, in Two Aets, writ ten :ry rtuttgLu: Jerrolrl'F,q., entitled (;F, It l'R U DE'S V HEICR I OP WATVIILOO IN 183 - Willo 4014, Mr. Bartley; Vincent, Mr. \V. Lacy ; Guibert. Mr. Didclear; Jack Halcytm, sir. Har cy ; Cr 0,54,0, Ilead. , vs; Angelica, Miss t-ooper ; Mrs. Crossbonc, ; Gertrude. Mrs. W. 1.41cy. 1.;c1 -1A open at half-past `it, aini the Performances Legin at Seven. Dress lic:;es ;a., Second l'rice 3s. 6d lirst and SecomiCircies Second Vile? tR. 6d. • Is., Second Pelee ; Gallery Is. Tickets and ;lazes for the P:0311"3 to be taken of Mr. Whitlow, at the Box -011:ce, from Pen t ;II Four, where Season Tickets may he had. Private recces to he had at 'he Vox.Otti e; of Mr. Andrews, /£7. New lioncl-stroat ; Mr. Mitchell, Okl Bead street; arrl of Mr. Sams fill Mall. 11EATRE-140YAL. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. L AWL' NIGHT OF THE PRF.SENF SEASON. Tills EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2. Will hYper orraed the Drama entitlnl SELF ACCUSATION. — Characters by Messrs. Oxbeiry, W. a Bland, Lynne, Green, Mist Grt-.n ry, and Miss Faucit. 'l,, which will be added, the Faroe of DEA} AS A POST.-- Tric , trozn 6avpy, Mr Harley; Sally MAgris, Miss Stanley. To he foßowed by THERESE —Carwin,. Mr. Diddtar; Theres,, I 1;.., Fauelt To conclude wi ti MRS. W er, by Messrs. Granby, oxi,erry, Stanley, Miss Crisp, and Mn.s ttianbY. P.m...., 4.. kit, 46. Gallery, Is. Doors or eat at Half-past Six; morout - ee at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. P. irate Boxes to he hail of Mr. Grorin, at the Private Box-nfilce ; Ord Id efi4ll6. Andrew., Mitchell, Sams, and Daily, at theit Libraries. ILIVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense attraction. 'The Opera Company in Two Pieces. FOR 111 E Of MI - S ROMER. TfilS EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, I , , , •fcrmanres w;11 ecortinener with BeldriPs L.k SONN AM. JltJi A .— amii e. ?Hiss R.mmer ; Liza, Mrs Serie; liodolpho, Mr. I.eillier;..l,lvinu, Mr. W. ; with an increased Band, and a Powerrni rominetat y Mr. G. Stansbury. To ertnelittle wth Bishop's Op:7ra of GUY bl ANNERING Henry B rtram, Harrison; Julia Manvering, Miss Romer; Luck Bertram, Mrs. Serie P:.:eel and Private oiet may be bad of Mr. J. Kerschner, a the I.tx 011:eo, from, kleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The G , randola will commence this }Lek At Half.past Eight (4!;A ND EVENING FETES, MO3 DAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY, with the folewing =ltchiest combination of uniq • e attracihAl: Tha ocaeoratod MENAGERIE, recently enriched by several Zoo cal raritied. 11,e stupendous TYPORA,IJIC•MODEL A L.FRB6CO of ROME fro: m the left trink of the Tiber. MOM ENADES MUSICALES by the ustrivslled Bard of Wind liktruments, etweuctel by Mr. Godfrey incliining Berlioz' OrerturdEantastique, " Les Francs Juges ;" a New Grand Fantasia lsy Muller ; the Scitctions from Acis and Galatea," and "Oberon ;" Beethoven's Grand Rattle Sinfonia," with its extraordinary inv., dental ft' , ..ct2t • and a variety of popular pieces. Atter th/ Ciincert the IllthninitiOn of at. Peter's, and the Giran, dola of Saint Angelo, with Southby's magnificent Pyrotechnic Spec- Extraordinary Aquatic Fireworks on the Lake, and Superb Cascad, of Fire. Admission to the whole of the Entertainments, One Shilling. Open at Ten in the Morning.—Feeding at Five.—Concert at Half past Firm—Fireworks at Halt-past Eight, ffith-il Iv ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 29 minutes after II 1 Evening 1, minutes after 0. ~9 ~ ,~ ~~s LONDON: FRE) kY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1842. It seems, by the complaints in the Manchester papers, that the Mayor was absent in London when the riots began; that Mr. MAUDE, the sti pendiary-Magistrate, was not informed of the in tention .of the in-marching people in time to stop them ; and that Sir C. SHAW was not sufficiently elarrned. at the intelligence that they were com ing, which he had - received, to give an emphatic warning to the Magistrates. All these were for tiinate circumstances, and the consequence was that the people marched into Manchester, turned out the.mill bands, and had their holiday out in, comparatively speaking, a very peaceable man ner.. Notthat we suppose Mr. NIELD, the Mayor, a gentleman of .great mildness of temper and suavity: of manners, had hebeen present, would haVe taken on himself the awful responsibility of causing. a riot, which would most probably have ended in bloodshed,by unnecessarily and wantonly interferinm with the Turn-outs—not that we sup pose Mr. 3 / 4 .iirne would• have departed from his considerate line of conduct, and begun an affray, by assaulting the leading women of the party— not that. we suppose Sir C. Straw could, under any circumstance of zeal and interest, have com pletely ibrghtten those wise principles of forbear ance, which have generally distinguished the conduct of the Manchester Magistrates ; never theless, as some accident might in the first instance have provoked a collision between one or all of these Magistrates and the Turn-outs, we hold it to have been extremely fortunate that the Mayor was absent, that Mr. MAUDE was ignorant, and that Sir C. SHAW was not bristling with bayonets and zeal. The consequence of not interfering with the people in the first instance was to place them* imipably in the wrong, and make their cause appear erroneous to the bulk of the community; while, had they been interfered with, had a col lision, attended with bloodshed, in the first in sta:ice, taken place, passion and sympathy V;ould have enlisted themselves on the side of the Turn-outs, and what might have been, under such circumstances, their success and the public disasters, it is impossible to foresee. We eAteem the absence of the Mayor, therefore, and the non-interference of the Magistrates, in the first instance, which fair Contemporaries re gret or.hlatue, to have been !irist fortunate cir curiltrxes fur Manchester and the empire. t i. , said, we know, by the heated partizans of cofTeion, who are blind with rabid zeal in favour of th: . ? employment of terror as the only means of ig society, that it was the duty of the ,vistrates to interfere, and to put down the be gint;h:g of the tarn-ottot for wages with a strong hand. Possibly the law does prescribe that as a ditty. But we know that Corn-laws—laws to hang men for trifling offences—laws to keep the Catholicy o ut of the Constitution—laws to de grade the Dissenters, have all prescribed duties, p 1•1:-?rinIng which inflicted a great injury on so ciety, and were much better le ft unperformed. We cannot, therefore, a d o pt th e op:nion, because the 'tar: prescribed a certain ditty at Manchester, that ;,00l would necessarily %aye ensued from performing it. We have mentioned some re suns for forming aYdontrary opinion, and we venture to beneVe, 'after some consideration, that it was very fortunate, if such a duty be pre se:;bed by the law, that it was not performed. A u ounce of mercy and discretion, of kindness and affocti9n, in such a cas - c, 111 our opinion su:)re wortk than a ton of law, MO an army• of ,sol (Hers ; and we rejoice unfeignedly that tits law war 90t. vigorou3ly acted on in the first Kt Manchester. govcr Blat. The Corn Returns show that the average pricel of wheat, fur the week ending the 27th ult., was "153., and the price, we rejoice to say, has sinc e continued to tail. The returns show that the- Fief: in Lancashire, where it ought to rule high, is only 475. ad.; in Cambridgeshire it is only 315. Sd.; and in Suffolk only 533. 6.1. It seems quite certain now, therefore, that the price of wheat will be considerably below ats. before Christmar. The recent issue by the Stamp-office, of a cir cular relative to levying the Income-tax on the oc;piers of laud, in which the tithe rent-charge finds a conspicuous place, reminds us that this is the first year since the Tithe Commutation Act was passed, in which the selling price ofcorn is likzly to be considerably below the price by which the rent-charge is fixed. Our readers will recollect that, by that Act, the average price of the seven years ending with the COristmus preceding, determines the rent charge into which tithes are commuted every orear. Now, Abe average price of wheat for the seven years, 1835-1841, inclusive, was 51s. 6d., or abuse the present average price.• Hitherto the landowneis and the farmers have been tolerably well able to pay the charge, be cause the average price at which it has been , • fixed has been less than the price at which they Isold their corn. This year the case will be re- - versed, and it may be doubted ifin many cases the i!icreased quantity will compensate to the farmers fot the fall in price. Of course it would, if that had been exclusively determined by our own produce ; but as the fitll in price has been partly caused by the large importation of foreign wheat, it will be proportionably greater than is required by the quantity of our own produce ; and while the tithe-owner will rtjuice at the cheapness, the landowner and the farmer will grumble not a little at what they will lose. To the farmers and the landowners, that cheapness which-Sir ROBERT PEEL has done so much, ac cording to his own statements, tä promote, will be felt as a pure evil—to the tithe-owner it will be an unmixed good. The cheapness which is to compensate all other classes for the burden of the Income-tax, will only exasperate that ,burden for the agriculturists, and soon place them amongst the most discontented classes in the kingdom. When we think of the stern and inexorable demands of the tax-gatherer on the poor farmers —at all times much averse from making prompt payments—and think of those demands in con junction with falling prices, and the payMent of a heavy rent charge, we are compelled to pity the poor farmers. How they, will hate and curse the Tories and Sir R. PEEL when the Income tax is demanded of them, and wheat at 405.! Poor Sir ROBERT too, more wretched than ACT)EON, Who suffered from the wrath of a Goddess, he 1 has transformed himself, in order to be the leader of the agriculturists, and he seems now to he in a 1 fair way, like ACT.:BON, to be worried by his own dogs. ' We foresee that we shall have to defend him from his followers before Christmas, and we at once begin by declaring that the law under which the landlords and flamers will suffer was granted to their demands ; that Sir Ro_ BERT PEEL would have made a more liberal law if the landed aris!ocracy would have allowed him; and that the cheapness which they will as cribe to him is tar more the consequence of a bountiful harvest than of his measures. It was lately stated at a meeting of the artizans of Manchester, that the different classes of workmen had within a few years spent 3,000,0001. in their endeavours, by strikes, combinations, &c., to raise wages. It is now stated, that these persons have still in their possession, as members of Provident Societies, Burial Clubs, &c. &c., considerable sums, and we read of their recently withdrawing 1,500/. from a Savings' Bank at Stockport, and of their giving notice to with draw 1,0001. more within a week. We read, too, a number of ludicrous stories of members of dif ferent societies, under the influence of. persons who are at once ignorant and mischievous, having hastily withdrawn their money from the bands of bankers, with a view of promoting a run for gold. So far as these circumstances indicate the existence even now of a considerable degree of welfare amongst the working classes, they are extremely satisfactory, and reflect, we think, much honour on them. That they have any funds at all, after such expenses as they have incurred, and after such privations as many of them have endured for the last three or four years, demonstrates unanswerably that they are far, very far, from being that reckless, thoughtless, improvident set of men their detractors have pleased to describe them. Of what other class of labourers, at home or abroad, could such fa vourable accounts be given, after four years of interrupted employment? They must have made tolerable good use of the years of prosperity which they have enjoyed—considering how com paratively small at any time are their earnings— to have saved any thing, and to have applied the sums they are said to have applied to the im practicable purpose of raising wages. If these circumstances raise these men in our estimation, they also make them formidable. If they can undergo so much self-denial to ac cumulate funds against all the contingencies of life—if they can mistakingly waste large sums for an object which, by their mode of proceeding, is unattainable, what is to prevent their accumulating funds, and wisely applying them to self-improvement and to the attainment of political rights? In fact a large and influential portion of them are bend ing, their energies in that direction, and as their habits enable them to accomplish much, with comparatively small means, we may anticipate for them a great, and not to be hindered, acces sion of political power. Their quietness, while they suffer, and yet silently mature their plans, is one of the least favourable symptoms we have yet beheld of the present interruption of the ordinary business of the community coming speedily to an end. We were willing to hope that such would be the case ; we have stu diously avoided using any language that might encourage or provoke the continuance of the contest; on the contrary, we have endeavoured to promote its cessation, though too ignorant of the views and feelings of the parties to presume to offer advice or admonition to either; but when we see plans of at least passive resistance grow ing to maturity, and see some funds at hand to carry them out, our hopes that the contest is at an end are materially abated. Unquestionably much has been done by the rhodomontade and threats of the Tory Journals to keep alive fear, anger, and hatred; and if society should not soon relapse into peace, it will owe the continuance of strife to their fire-spouting articles. .. 4, _ .f,,,,... ,•_._ :t...4 .:, , it • . , , i - 4- ' . • 4,;:k. .. , . - ..... d 4, 10.,4;° u 0 11 '; ' -....- , ••• 'e"1: ''' ' . 4 ', ' "'s: •-•!' .7r ~ C, G : -. ,t," : ' ' 3 ' , -. ''''''' INDIA. • ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL. The following telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles. dated the 30th of August, at seven o'clock in the morning, has reached Paris:— MALTA, AuG.26.—The Great Liverpool, which ar rived this evening at live o'clock, with the dispatches from India, brings the following news from Jellalabad, and from the camp of General Pollock. They are dated the 22d of June, and are of the most dismal de scription. Sickness, extreme heat, the want of food, and the simoom, are decimating the army. The dis content and the inaction in which the army is left are at its height. " Ukb — ar Khan hcs seized the Bala llissar, and the treasures which were left there. " The Governor-;General has given full permission to General Pollock to act as he may think proper. " Symptoms of mutiny have shown themselves among the Sikhs. " The news from Cardahir is to the 11th of June, an I it is without interest. " Nothing important has taken place in China. It is said that the Emperor has fled into Tartary. " The preparations for marching upon Chapoo were completed ; but the army remained in a state of inac tion, and seemed to be completely overcome by dis couragement." [These are French accounts, and of course our read ers will judge them according to their merits.] DUTCH MAIL. THE . HAGUE, ATIG. 29.—We hear that the projects of law respecting the remaining portion of the penal code, which is shortly to be distributed among the Members of the States-General, contains, und( r a separate head, very severe enactments against duel ling. It is well known that the penal code at present in force does not contain a single word on this subject ; hence it has happened that actions which, at all events, arc highly blameable and immoral in a well regulated s•°c-iety, have for a long series of years remained un punished. Yesterday forenoon his Majesty gave a solemn au rlieire a t t h e P a l ace to Li e ut.-General B aron Mar hot, Aid e -d e _ camp to his Royal Highness the late Duke of Orleans. NEUFCHATEL, AUG. 23.—The Municipal Council gave notice yesterday that the King of Prussia, our sovereign, though his time will scarcely allow it, has resolved, if the health of the Queen will permit, to visit with her this part of his dominions. He thinks to he at Ball on the 23d of September, and on the 24th at Neufchat e l, t o stop there till the 27th, and to DUTCH FUN W.... A MSTERDAU, Apr. 30. return on the 2Sth by t h e B risgau to Frihurg. Actual D.tht, '2)4 per Cent Money. Biqa. '^_li L 3 • utt o, ditto .) per cent. 0000000000• 10 4 14 11 4 2 Am tnv ndic ,4% per ...... 14% IY.rtn, ditto. ati, per emit ...... ......... ) 77% rrtnmerrial Comipany, 4!: p er 143 1 4 143% Ditto (1t3.'5 and 1637) S per cent. 100)4 :100N Loar. 11437. 5 per eent............ ....... $934 103). Exchange on London, One 1 , 2 20 Two months 12 15 Hamburgh, One month 35 s73i Twomontha Dutch Papers, Aug. 31. We hear that the Count and Countess St. Aulaire do not intend to return to the French Embassy until the middle of the month at the earliest. His Eicelleney bas been indisposed at his hotel in Uris, with a bilious at tack, from the effects of which he has recovered. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1842 MAGAZINES.-(CONTINUED.) MONTHLY MAGAZINE. We have here a very agreeable, social, chatty, sort of blank-verse poem by Leigh Hunt, which he calls " A Rustic 'Walk and Dinner." There are many subtle, fantastic, and some fine thoughts scattered through this poem, which breathes .the very spirit of placid enjoyment, and deserves special praise for the grace and freshness of its scenic descriptions. The next article, which' is in prose, furniihes us with an account of a " Progress through the cities of the Loire and the Seine," in which there- is nothing of particular interest, except a sketch of the town of Saumur, which, it may tic remembered, figures con spicuously in the Memoirs of Madame De la Roche jaquelin. "On Young People, 'and My Love of Them" is a cheerful essay, penned in a kindly view of feeling. Old maids and old bachelors—arcades ambo whose bump of selfishness on the. occiput is usually a.. iarge as an ostrich-egg, will turn from this essay with contempt, hut it will come home to the hearts of all parents. The remaining articles, whether in prose or verse, are of an average order of merit. body apprehended 'flitch harm, as . .the water had not as aulted the - city with rage and fury, but-stolen upon it with mild and friendly ph3rsiognotny. Worst of all were its at first invisible effects, and the bad consequences which followed. Great numbers of houses fell on the following day, after the waters had returned to their bed. Few could get rid of the damp. The inhabitants Were thrown upon a sick bed, and for weeks afterwards fatal diseases raged in many parts of the eq, The night was particularly awful, as the water cont inu ed t o rise till towards evening, and the intense darkness seemed to cut off all hope of escape in case it should get higher. Thousands of families, whose members were dispersed perhaps in different parts of the city, passed the night in the most painful anxiety. The scenes of horror among the 500,000 sufferers in that fearful night were no doubt sufficiently diversified and interesting. Thousands of comic as well as mournful anecdotes concerning that eventful day are . still' current iii Petersburgh. A gardener told me that, bein;:: in a tree which he was pruning, he had not at first observed the rapid rise of the water, and was then obliged. to mount fur safety upon the roof of a small garden-house. But so pro digious was the number of rats and mice which gradually joined him in this retreat, that he was afraid of being devoured by them. Luckily, a dog and a cat also sought refuge there, and with their aid he saved himself from so appalling a death. AFFGHAAISTAN. (From Colburn's United Service. Magazine.) In our last, a general view was given of the position of affairs in Alighanistan, and little has subsequently appeared to better our prospects. All that we have to show for the expenditure since incurred by the feeble attempt to increase our military establishment, is the mere safety of Sale's and Nott's divisions — not another step to any ulterior object. Our two corps are moving from the base of a triangle which is 800 miles in extent, and marching respectively on the other two sides ; they can give each other not the least support till they meet at the apex (Cabul). While our countrymen in India are calling loudly for satisfaction and the punishment of the perpetrators of the Cabul tragedy, and every soldier's breast swelling with indignation, we see the two divisions of the army stationary in the m ounta i ns , want i ng th e means of carriage for their supplies ; and how are they to procure them ? With every thing urging us on to redeem the national credit, and restore the national lustre of our arms, we are stopped on the high road by the commonest of physical impediments ; and while we ought to have in India the head of a Wellington to direct affairs, and remedy the complicated blunders, there is no one in high authority who seems to know his right hand from - his left; and all the subordinates exercise their own discretion or folly, as the : case may be. Reports have been published that the insurrection at Cabul arose from the discovery of a plan laid by Sir Wm. "M`Naghten to secure the person of Shah Shooja as a guarantee; and that the worthy Emperor of Dooranee, our very dear ally, only anticipated this measure by turning the tables on the British Envoy. Whether this story is true or not, the letters of Gen. Elphinstone (if they are ever allowed to see the light) will prove; but so far it appears possible enough. The Residents in India are so much accustomed to have Princes under their thumbs, and use them as puppets, that they might consider it quite a matter of business to lock up a n E mperor as l o ng as it might b e thought requisite. We have had, in common with most of our country men, an ardent desire to see the honour of our arms restored, and proper punishment inflicted on the barba rians who had perpetrated the wholesale massacre on our division retreating from Cabul under the faith of a treaty, without being at all aware that any under hand proceedings on our part could, have given a pre text for such an act. Should the reports just alluded to prove correct, the merits of the ,case will be mate rially altered, especially when we consider the cha racter of the enemy we have had to deal with : even should these reports prove unfounded, we much fear that the hopes we had entertained are not likely to be realized. The difficulties of the country, the nature of our force, and the total failure of the means of transport, leave scarce a chance that the army will be again able to occupy Cabul ; and consequently that, having no further o bj ect i n v i e w beyond the relea se of the divisions of Nott and Sale, already accom plished, the army will return within the Indus before the winter sets in. We have, indeed, on full consi deration of the circumstances, little doubt that orders to that effect have b een a l rea dy issued. Our reasons are these :—From the vast expenditure of animals of burden on the former advance, the whole of the North of India has been drained of its stock of camels, and is no longer able to . provide the means of carriage for conveying the provisions, forage, and ammunition of the army ;-L-that, without these means, it would be madness again to commit the troops in such a coun try. The divisions of Pollock and Sale having remained inactive a whole precious month, shows evi dently that they are stuck fast from this cause alone, or they would have been, at the time the accounts left India, already in po sses sion of Cabul. ' Although most painful to our feelings, we have thought it our duty to prepare the minds of our readers for the evacuation of Affghanistan. We shall look with much anxiety for the next accounts, and endeavour to find out such circumstances as may serve in any way to counterbalance this possible conclusion of one of the most u njust, unnecessary, and foolish wars, in which this or any other country ever was engaged. . 4, - ..47.0 . , '----, • Alr f l. ' ...TV, . ' iE:l:' , . 6 ,, -4 , ,,;,„--,---_-„, ‘ tiatirt NORTH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. The present Number of this Magazine contains some remarks on the " New Taxes," not a fzw of which are as intelligent as they are seasonable. There is also an able essay on M'Cullagb's " Histo rical Lectures," which Mere noticed some weeks si cc in The Sun. METROPOLI lAN MAGAZINE. The clever Oriental tale of " SarvinFdroog" is here continued, and with unabated spirit. fhe descriptive portions of it, in particular, are remarkable for their graphic skill and energy, and the occasional snatches of rhyme exhibit no ordinary powers of versification. " Letters from Abroad to. a Friend at Cambridge" give some passablesketches of Swiss scenery. The lake of Constance, strange to say-, disappointed the writer's expectations, who merely remarks that it " resembles a branch of the open ocean, without any striking beauty of its coasts." SPORTING REVIEW. There is an animated description in this Number of a " Hurricane at Curacoa," which is from the pen of Colonel Hamilton Smith, who—as is evident from the minuteness and fidelity of his details—must have been an eye-witness of the impressive scene he describes. " Hyde Marston" is by the Editor. It is an enter tahthig story, hastily written, and full of incident. SPORTING MAGAZINE. The illustrations to this number are very creditable specimens of engraving. One is entitled "Lading a Brook," and another, a portrait of two dogs, the pro. perty of her Majesty and Prince Albert. • The first is the best, the sparkling lights of the sunny, tumbling brook being adroitly managed, and the perspective true to nature. Of the literary contents, the most amusing specimen is Mr. Mills's sketch of the " Sport ing Life of England." SPORTSMAN. Major Calder Campbell—a dextrous versifyer— contributes a gossiping, desultory paper to the. cur rent Number of this periodical, under the appropriate title of " Rough Recollections of Rambles Abroad and at Home," in the course of which he introduces a wild legend respecting a Hebridean mermaid, which serves to vary the contents of the " Svortsman." The plate representing " Grouse Shooting is appropriate to the season ; and, as an engraving, does credit to the artist. LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE. The Number before us is embellished with a por trait of a very pretty young girl, who is represented in the act of meditation ; apparently her thoughts are of an enlivening nature, for her eye is singularly bright, and a smile plays about her lips. The en graving is explained by some pleasing lines of the late Mrs:_ Maclean. The literary contents are neither better nor worse than usual. THE GREAT WESTERN' MAGAZINE. The whole of this Number is occupied by a series of two•and-twenty letters on the correlative position of the United States and England. The mutual inte rests of the two countries are discussed with freedom, and not unfrequently with ability, as regards their credit, commerce, and political relations. The writer, who is an American, endeavours to remove many in ternational prejudices, which at present interfere with and mar mutual confidence. BRITISH FRIEND OF INDIA MAGAZINE. "The War in China" presents a resume of the British operations, both naval and military, which have accompanied the proceedings on those shores. A paper on the " Commerce of Bengal" gives some valuable returns on that score, not elsewhero to be met with : each of them respectively show a vast in crease during the last five years. As exhibiting, however, a sad lack of requirement of intellectual food, the returns show that while there is imported brandy to the extent of about five lacs and a half, only three lacs of rupees worth of books and pamphlets are received from Europe. An interesting myll ey of other articles on the affairs of India makes up a very readable Number. THE CHURCHMAN. Painter. A paper treating on the late insurrectionary move ment among the working classes, attempts to investi gate the causes of this fifteen days' strike, but of course finds no ultimate solution of the question. " The Queens of France" furnish a recapitulation of the unhappy lives or fates of those born to the cares of Royalty. " College Life in France" commences an account of the insurrection of the Breton College boys against the " Catechism of the Empire" ordered to observed by Napoleon. A proposal appears among the correspondence for an Hospital or College for Superannuated Clergymen. FISHER'S earoNIAL• MAGAZINE. The recent defeat of the British troops at Port Natal, renders a notice of that South African settle ment of interest at the present moment. Details show that it possesses great advantages for agricul ture and commerce, and evidence appears to show that the native black proprietors have never shown themselves hostile to the trade and establishments of the whites. " A Tour through Egypt awl the Delta" has some entertaining notes on the ancient Bubastis. " An Account of Hang-Chow-foo," one of the lead ing. cities of the Chinese empire, derives interest from the fact, that our troops have probably made their march upon it from Ningpo before this, and that the next mail may bring some important news respecting this olden capital of Southern China. LITERATURE. RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS IN 1E42. Vol. I. Colburn, London, 1842. . We have read many descriptions of St. Peters burgh within the la s t four years, but none so copious and circumstantial as those contained in this volume, which is the production or M. Kohl, and forms the first portion of an elaborate work on the present social and political condition of Russia. The author, Who resided for a considerable time in that conntry, appears—so far as we can venture to form an opinion —to have discussed his subject in a spirit of perfect impartiality, and is certainly anything btit superficial in his accounts. He describes, not merely the exter nal aspects of St. Pctersburgh—its streets, palaces, quays, shops, promenades, &c. ; but gives us an insight into the domestic habits and manners of its inha bitants, such as could only have been gained by one who had been admitted, as it were, behind the scenes. As regards the site of the Russian capital, he tells us that not a city in the world stands on more dangerous' ground, 'for if a violent west wind should take place in. the spring, simultaneously with the highest tides and the breaking of the ice, all its fortresses and l' aces would be demolished, and the entire capital perish in the floods. This reflection, he adds, wrings the heart of many an inhabitant of St. Petersburg!), their only hope resting on the iinprobability that those three requisites for the certain accomplishment of their destruction—the breaking up of the ice, high tides, and a violent west Wind—will ever occur con jointly. As for partial inundations, these, it seems, are of frequent occurrence in the capital, and in many parts arc so frequent and sudden, that companies, on breaking up. at night, if the wind has meanwhile shifted, find the streets overflowed, and are unable, in consequence, to return to their homes. We subjoin some interesting particulars respecting the great flood which took place in November, 1824 : . - The water rose quite gently and innocently, as it does in all inundations at Petersburgh, since they cannot pro ceed from accidents ; and many people in remote parts of the city, not hearing the alarm-guns, and suspecting no harm, wondered to see the bright water glistening in the streets. Thousands did not suspend their occupa tions on account of it, but drove and waded through ; and hundreds forfeited their lives for their simplicity. Pro pelled by a most furious west wind, the water continued to rise, and at length rushed through the streets with such force as to carry away carts and equipages, pour ing through doors and windows into the ground floors of houses, and rising in thick columns through the open ings of drains. The distress was greatest in Basilius Eland, and the Petersburgh side. on which latter island many people of the lower class live in small and ht• no means solid houses. Many a wooden building was lifted gently and without injury from the ground by the water, and floated about in the streets with all its inha bitants. Carriages, whose passengers and drivers had climbed to elevations above the reach of the water, and the poor horses of which, unable to move freely on ac count of the harness, mostly perished miserably, col lected by dozens in the courtyards. Alt the trees IR the public places were as full of people as they are at other times of sparrows. Towards night the water had risen so high and the wind become so violent, •that there was reason to fear every moment that the men of war might he driven from their moorings and:dash in among the houses. The evil was more mischievous; because no- .rton't;7o:2bttton SUN OFFICE• Three o' Clock. A Correspondent has kindly sent us the copy of an Address to the " Spinners, weavers, and other trades of Manchester," signed " A Citizen," which he in forms us has been extensively placarded on the walls of that town. The writer, who claims an acquaint ance of half a century's duration with the operatives, and who is neither a manufacturer nor spinner—ad dresses some: excellent advice to the working people, which we hope may not be overlooked by them. After referring to the admission made by one of the Delegates, of the immeme sums lost to the working people by strikes, and incidentally alluding to their tendency to destroy kindly feelings between the em ployed and their employers, he continues :—" Let me appeal to your sober reason and right feeling—let me ask you as men, as men having wives and families dependent upon your labours—if acts of intimidation and violence have ever gained the object-sought ? Have they not, in fact, been generally followed by sufferings and loss to yourselves? Put the case seriously, and I know what your answer will be. Consider too the case of your employers. During the last few years many of them, once men of property , and giving regular employment to various artisans, have Sunk under the pressure of the times ; others have greatly reduced their capital, in endeavour ing to maintain their position, and to keep their concerns at work ; many, too, there are of the most wealthy who have not added one penny to their capital. - Again, therefore, I repeat your masters have, to a certain extent, been fellow-sufferers with yourselves during the late period of unexampled de pression." And again :—" Violence on your part begets anger on theirs. In your excited moments you call them unjust; they, knowing how their pro perty has been falling away for years, while continuing to employ you, call you ungrateful ; and some of them have already expressed an intention, f a repetition of such scenes should occur, to take their capital and trade to other countries. Think, my friends, think of all this, and let me indulge the hope that the few points in dispute between 'your selves and your employers may soon terminate." In every one of these truly benevolent sentiments we entirely concur. Disputes between masters and workmen must ever be injurious to both; and we feel quite certain that if conciliatory means were adopted on both sides, no serious difference ever could arise between them. But unfortunately . for them whenever they disagree, the organs of the agricultur ists, as the Tory journals call themselves, endeavour to widen the breach by stigmatizing the one party as tyrants, and the other as slaves—the one as plunderers, living upon the sweat and toil of the other. Their object is to divert the attention of both from the operation of those legislative enactments passed by the aristocracy, for the purpose of filling their own coffers at the expense equally of-the employers and the employed.- Pity it is that either, should be made the dupes of such roguery. We have often had occasion to reprobate the con duct of the dominant portion of the Scotch Church for many reasons, but chiefly for their encroachments on the civil power, their disobedience to the law, and the cruel sentences which they have passed on their unoffending brethren. At no time, however, did we ever read an account of their proceedings with such shame and indignation as on the occasion of the meeting of the Commission of Assembly, held on Monday, for the purpose of drawing up an address to their SOVEREIGN. Their proceedings at that meeting show that they are as disloyal as they are ungenerous, that they have no feelings in unison with the rest of their fellow-citizens, that they would willingly insult her MAJESTY by obtruding their contentions on her notice at a public levee, and disturb the satisfaction, and we may say, joy, with which she receives the congra tulations of her faithful people in the North. At that meeting it was proposed by a Reverend Gentleman, called MAKGILL CRICHTON, that an address be pre sented to her MAJESTY, stating the perilous condition in which the Church was placed, and craving her MA. JESTY'S gracious consideration to the same. Thismotion was seconded not by some obscure individual, but by a man who puts himself forward as the leader of the party, and the champion of their independence. A stormy :discussion ensued. The Auchterarder case, of course, formed a prominent feature, and this same champion announced, amidst laughter, that if the decision of the House of Lords were to stand, the Establishment was broken up. This announcement was taken by the moderate party for what it was worth. They cheered and laughed, well know ing it was a vain threat ; the other side, indignant at the 'mockery with which this solemn declaration was received, hissed furiously, and tremendous confusion and war of words ensued. A Reverend Professor, on being charged with the offence of "sneering," aptly replied that if he and his party did "sneer," or " cheer" (for the distinction was not made clear), " it was because they did not believe the announcement." This added fuel to the flame, and when the hisses subsided,the indignant orator, Dr. CANDLISH, said, "our enemies, then, rejoice, because they believe we are not honest men." Silence, which gives consent, prevailed, till a fourth speaker arose, but his voice was drowned amidst hisses and uproar. When on the interference of the Moderator, the storm was partially calmed, this Reverend Gentleman repelled the insinuation. " I and my party," said he, " do not believe the other party to be dishonest men ; but we believe that as they have blundered fifty times already, so they will go on from blunder to blunder, like drowning men that would catch at anything to save them." Loud hisses again resounded through the sacred hall. It was, indeed, a scene which would bring disgrace on any assembly, but in a religious assembly it amounted to profanation. "Beware," says the Sacred Volume, "of false pro phets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves ; ye shall know them by their fruits." We accordingly judge of men, not by their words, but by their deeds, and no better proofs could be required than this disgraceful uproar, these fierce denunciations against their brethren (whom Dr. CANDLISH callid " enemies"), and these insults to the most virtuous and religious SOVEREIGN that ever ruled these realms --no better proofs, we assert, can be re,quired that these men are not actuated by the true spirit of Christianity. After a long contest, the offensive motion was rejected, and a simple Address carried, but not without deep regret, and that openly ex pressed too, that they did not show the spirit of their fathers, the KNOXES and the MELVJLLES. KNox's rude treatment of the unfortunate QUEEN of SCOTS, is well known. Did these men wish to follow the example, lecture her MsJEsTv in her own Palace, and make her weep before all her courtiers? There is no news of interest in the Frerieh Journals, with the exception, perhaps, of the following ex tracts. On the question as to the probable effect of the French ordonnance increasing the, duty on Eng.. lish linens and threads, the Courricr Francois says : `• The impbrt ihity on linen threath was for the first time altered in 1841. The distinction which existed in' the tariff between certain descriptions of threads was done away with; and an average duty of twelve per cent. was imposed. The imports of linen threads increasing in France with the 'demands of the consumers, the complaints of the spinners recom menced, and, in order to satisfy them, the duty was raised to 25 or 30 per cent. Foreign threads, how ever, are still imported into the country, for spinning by mw.thinery is not yet extensively established in France, notwithstanding the stimulus of a duty almost prohibitive, and our manufacturers must purchase somewhere the thread that our own establishments cannot supply them with. During the month of July 1,319,600 kits. of linen thread were imported into France, being double the quantity that we r.•ceived in July, 1041, when the duty was 12 per cent. This fact proves what we - have always affirmed—the per fect inutility,. as far as protection is • concerned, of the ordonnance of June last. If there existed in France spinaing machines in sufficient abundance to supply the linen - manufacturers, the new duty would undoubtedly have acted on the supply from England as a pro hibition ; but :Is this machinery does not exist here, or at least exists in a trifling extent, it follows that the. use of English threads is a matter of necessity, and that the duty of 30 per cent. established by the ordonnance, only acts as a tax on the French consumer. The English, •therefore, may laugh at their ease at the ridiculous policy adopted by the present Ministry. The Augsburg Gazette states, from St. Petersburgh, that the report of the defeat of the Russians in the Cau casus had been fully confirmed. The grand extradition :,ttudertaken by General Grabbe, in the middle of ;June, against the Lesgbiens, in accord with Prince Tschernits chuff, but nut with the commander of the isolated body of the Caucasus, failed completely. This defeat is attri buted to the rashness of General Grabby, who, being de sirous of striking a grand blow, would not listen to the advice of the Circassian chiefs who accompanied' him, and advanced so far that, being suddenly attacked by the enemy, he was obliged to fight his way through the de files, with Out being able to give his trpops one moment's repose for four dajs and nights. The loss of the llus ians amounted to 6,000 men and SO officers. Early on monday morning the Duke de Nemonrs ar rived at Douai, on his way to the Camp at Saint Omer. Although no official notice of his passing through the town had been given, the civil and military authorities, end the National Guard, wero in readiness to receive him. On reaching the glacis the Prince alighted, and advanced towards the authorities unto• er.•d. Several addresses were delivered to his Royal Highness, to which he replied with great judgment, recommending union and fraternity in maintaining• the free constitution of France, and thus enable the King to accomplish the great task he had undertaken, and console him for the severs blow which had so deeply w ()crated his heart, and filled the whole country with grief. in reply to au allusion to the Regency, made by the Colonel of the National Guard in his speech, the Prince said he sin cerely hoped he might never - be called upon to fulfil that task ; but if it should be the will of Providence one day to impose it upon him, all his care and exertions should be anxiously devoted to insuring the freedom, prosperity, and happiness, of the country, After conversing som time with the personages by whom he was surrounded, he passed along the lines of the National Guards and troops of the garrison drawn up to receive him, speaking to the officers and soldiers in , kind and condescending terms. lie then took his leave, and continued his. journey. A letter from Berlin, of the 22d inst., states that Ko nigsberg and the small town of Solzen are to be con verted into fortresses, and that the port of Memel is to be protected from all attack lay strong fortifications. The old castles, in the small towns of Labrian, Ragnit, and Neidenburg, are to be transformed into citadels. BOUKSE--PARIS, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 120 30... 120 30... 120 25... 120 25 4 per Cents 104 50... 104 50 .. 104 50... 104 50 3 per Cents 79 35... 79 40... 79 20... 79 20 Rank of France 3255 ...3255 ...3255 .. 3255 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1035 ..1035 —.1035 ...1035 5,000 f 5042 50...5042 50...5042 50...5042 50 Belgian Bank 775 ... 775 ... 775 ... 775 Belgian Fives lO3 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103 1840 lO4 —. 104 i —. 104 ... 104 Spanish Active O2 —. 22 —. 21a ... 211 Neapolitan... lO7 20... 107 20... 107 —. 107 Roman t ,e 7 Arr - 4?tciAPY OF NEWS g AND apititkt. IVho rules may read.' I' ON !MUM. There are in Trance 1,329 public hospitals and homes of succour, jiving' aid to 152,830 poor patients, and 6,275 bureaux of charity, succouring 695,932 poor persons. The' ferrtile religious establishinent3 give aid to 1,200,00 V ;44. persons, and. instruction, by means of 10,371 teachers, to 620,950 children. The Brothers of the Christ ian Doctrine, in number 2,136, instruct 150,000. 'I he number of teachers in the primary schools amour #s to 62,859. There arc 15 deaf and dumb schools, and the number of blind pro-, vided for is estimated at • .20,000. The French Minister o. f Public Works bss issued ,a circular to the Council General of the departments, recommending them to t 4 Ike into their consideration the best means of prevent ing the recurrence of dis asters from inundations. :The Minister has also com missioned M. Dumont, an engineer of the Pouts et Chaussees, to take a tour through the north of Italy, in order to study the system followed there in the embankmeht of great rivers and streams, so as to ad vise the Administration how far it may be applied with. advantage in the valley of the Rhone. . The Madrid mail of the .24th ult. brings not a par ticle of news of interest to English readers. MOINES-TIULD.Er -COMITERCZ. The operative shipwrights of Liverpool met last 'Wednesday, to considec the xules and regulations of their trade. There appear :to be certain differences between the employers and tie men, and a deputation of the latter has been orklered. to wait upon the masters to come to an adjustmen t. The ribbon trade was n eve: r known to be so greatly depressed as at present hr. Coventry. The weavers can barely earn a subsistence, and hundreds are-With out the commonest necessanlet of life. A general meeting of the Shareholders of the Paris and-Rouen Railway was he] d in Paris on the 30th of last month. This undertal, ing was commenced -last year, and it has now madd' — great progress. • Eight thousand workmen, with engineers and overseers, are at present employed on the w 4 )rks. A Council meeting was hteld at Manchester on Wednesday, at which the May or defended the condict of the Magistrates. The collicws have held meetings at West Bromwich, and finally sppointed a Committee of twelve to endeavour to comma' to some terms with their masters. ELECTIONDESING. Mr. Leslie is still the only canttlidate in the field for the representation of Monaghan_ MAW AND POLICE. Linney, the Chartist, was examined at Dudley on. Thursday, for riotously creating an assemblage, and remanded till to-morrow. Robert Brown, a letter-carrier, was charged at Bow-street, yesterday, with stealing a letter contain • ing money, which he had to deliver. An assistant inspector of the Post-office having missed several letters containing coin, addressed to gentlemen, in the Temple, wrote a letter to a resident there, enclosing marked money, and posted it, It was found to have been non delivered, and in the prisoner's district. A half-crown of the marked money was found upon him. The prisoner was remanded, for additional evidence, till to-morrow. William Maynard, a driver of a Lisson-grove om nibus, was fined 20s. yesterday, at the Marylebone office, for furious driving. Mrs. Colonel Affieck appeared at Marlborough street yesterday, for the purpose of recovering a month's wages from a servant, whom she alleged to have engaged by a written contract. The servant, who came forward to complain of her mistress's treat ment, was ordered to have her clothes delivered up to her, which Mrs. Aifieek had retalned, the lady deter mining to carry her case to another Court. . • PZNZ ARTS. The splendid service of plate, weighing upwards of 38,000 ounces, executed for the Count Woronzow Dashkaw, was forwarded yesterday in the Jupiter, for .; St. Petersburgh. COURT-PASUIONABLE. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne are • • now at Salzburg. The Earl of Shelburne is still residing with Lord and Lady Leveson, on the banks of the Rhine. The Earl of Besborough returned to Cavendish" ,• square a few days since. • 4 The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield left town on • Wednesday, to pass a month at Bretby Park. The Earl and Countess of Mountcashel have arrived at the Pulteney Hotel from Ireland. The Earl of Cardigan has gone to join his lady in Germany. The Countess of Kerry has taken a h'use in Colne, Wilts, for the autumn. .Lord Ashburton is expected to arrive to-morrow at Portsmouth from New York. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday from Hyde, Isle of Wight. Lord Dalmeny left the residence of the Earl of.•!/ Hosebery on Monday, for Scotland. The Earl of Orford has returned to Wollerton • Park, from a tour. MISCELLANEOUS. Leamington Spa has been especially gay. this sea son. The three Royal birt:days in August ; a fancy bazaar in the ruins of Kenilworth Castle ; Miss Ade laide Kemble's and Rubini's concerts, have with many other things, contributed to its pleasures and amuse ments. Dalkeith Palace is about seven miles from Edin burgh, and has a spacious park. The Regent Morton occupied it during the reign of Queen Mary, and from its character as a stronghold, it then acquired the significant name of " the Lion's den." COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRO➢I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. AUG. 26TIr.—Breeze yawl, Thomas Leigh, Esq.,, from Ireland. 28th. Galatea schooner, C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., from Si.lcombe. 30th. Rein Deer cutter, John Moore, Esq., from the Mediterranean. 31st. Harriet schooner, John Beardmore, Esq., from Cherbourg; Aurora cutter, Wm. Beach, Esq., from Weymouth ; Talisman ditto, Robert Meiklam, Esq., from Torquay. _ SAILINGS. AUG. 26TH.---Gitana schooner, John Irambrough, Esq., on a cruise to the Westward. Hebe cutter, A. W. Corbet, Esq., for South ampton, left for the season. 30th. Falcon yawl, R. Denis George for Cork. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE ' STATION. Schooners—Flirt, Galatea, Jack-o'-Lantern, Har riet, Hussar, Gem, Merlin, Ci rcass i an, H aw k , Z ar if a . Cutters—Aurora, Corsair, Cynthia, Emerald, Fanny, Flower of Yarrow, Forest-11y, Medina, Nau tilus, - Phebe, Rein Deer, Sapphire, Talisman. Yawls—Alarm, Claude, Breeze. Water Lily. • EAST COWES PARK. - On - Wednesday last, the first of a series of amuse ments, given by the enterprising and talented projector of this new and beautiful town, took place. The day was remarkably fine, and the zephyrs which abound on this lovely isle of the sea, bringing health on their wings,. added to the c om f or t o f a nu mb er o f ladies and gentlemen who were present to witness an excellent display of archery, and take a view of the Cosmorama, showing the groves, and gardens, and villas of the park as a very short period now rill exhibit in in reality. A fine prize bow and arrows, given to the successful competitor, Captain Wilson, by G. E. Brooks, Esq., gained much admiration. Among the company we noticed the lady of the Home Secretary, who was prevented being present himself by an express requiring his attendance at a Cabinet Council in London ; Gen. Sir Henry Watson ; Mrs. and Miss Archwright ; Lady Listowel ' • Miss -Ward ; Rev. Mrs. Geneste an d A t ki nson ; Mr. Vegg, and three or four hundred of the neighbouring gentry. The pleasure grounds as laid out give great pro mise ; and it was the general opinion of the company that only residences were now wanted to make this watering place popular, and a place of general resort. We hear that several cottages ornee and family man sions will be immediately commenced, and ready for occupancy early in 1843. - Numerous as are the departures at this.season; the houses are filled up nearly as fast. The reduction of rent in September, being nearly half, greatly tends to fill with bathers the houses which during July and August were occupied by yacht's men now tired of the sea, and engaged with the partridges. Ventnor is also filling; the bathing is very much improved. (FROM A CORRESPONDEN TO—Sir James Graham left town on Saturday for the Isle .of Wight. The Right Hon. Baronet, however, returned on Monday evening, and is now in daily attendance upon his impor tant official duties at the Home-office. It was generally expected that the Home Secretary would have accom panied 'or ,joined her Majesty in Scotland, but we have heard that it is now doubtful whether the Right lion. Baronet leaves London for some time to come. PRicE OF COI-FEL—Considerable disappointment has been felt at the prices of this necessary of life con tinuing apparently, if not really, as high as they were previous to the tariff coming into operation. The same money is generally asked ; and when questions are put the usual reply is, " You have a superior quality at the price which lOas formerly charged for an inferior article." In some cases, where purchasers refused to accept the explanation, and insisted upon a reduction in rice as well as the " better ar ti c l e ," t h e price has been, lowered twopence or threepence a pound rather than all3w the customers to go away. We believe that soniev dealers charge at present is. Bd. for coffee which •was previoualy sold at 25., and were this general no complaint need. e4st. The reduction in the duty on colonial cotlVe amounts to no less than fivepence per pound.— Glotteetter Chronicle. 1 ,71 1. J' ~f to' toi ili . COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester left Bushey-house, Bushey-park, where her Royal High ness had been staying on a visit toiler Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday morning for her residence in Bagshot-park. ills Royal Highnesg the . Duke' . of . Cambridge ar rived in town yesterday from his :residence at Kevi. In the afternoon his Royal Highness attended at the Horse Guards, and afterwardS returned to Kew. The Chancellor of the Eicchequer arrived in town yesterday from Ryde, Isle of Wight. Dispatches 'were sent off *kit evening fer the Go vernors of the West India Colonies; from the Colonial office. The splendid gerVice. of plate; bVeighing upwards of 38,000 ounces, eiceCtited• fel' • the Count Woronzow Dashkaw, was forwarded yesterday in the Jupiter for St. Petersburgli. Th 6 Magnificent . Centre-piece, en riched with devices from the legend of St. George and the dragon, the titular saint of Russia, had, together with other principal pieces o 4 the service, been sub. mitted to her Majesty and Prince Albert. The style is that of Louis Quatorze. Loss or LIFE IN A BRICK - KILN.---Some sensation was created yesterday in the neighbourhood of Maiden lane, Copenhagen-fields, by the report that four boys had been found in a brick-kiln, and that fatal conse quences had been the result. Vpon inquiry it was ascertained that about a quarter before six o'clock, police -sergeant Shaw received information that four lads had been discovered by John Paisley and Charle3 brickmakers employed in Rhodes' fields, in the brick-kiln. The police-sergeant immediately proceeded thither, and with the assistance of other con stables, succeeded hi drawing out the lifeless bodies of two lads, and in rescuing two others, apparently in a lifeless state. Assistance having, been procured, the victims were removed to the St. Pancras workhouse, and the bodies of the deceased boys were deposited in the dead house adjoining, the workhouse, and the re maining two having been attended by a surgeon, they were removed to the University College Hospital. PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX EXEMPTION. —The great boon proposed by the Minister to exempt every person from this tax whose income does not amount to j 150/. early, is likely to be lost altogether by vast num bers, in consequftce of the mode which has been adopted in carrying the Act into operation. The asses sors, whether under the authority of the Tax Office or not it is not presumed to state, do not deliver at the houses the printed form for claiming exemption ; and if such form be not properly filled up, Signed, and sent in to the assessor in due time, no return of duty—whether stopped at the Bank, or assessed on houseS and paid by the tenant, or assessed on the party for profits from trade or profession, however small the income may be— will be made. Therefore it behoves every person, whose whole income, from every source whatever, does not amount to 150/. per annum, immediately to cell on the assessor of the parish ton' a printed exemption form, and to have it filled up properly, and returned to, him with out delay, or the Peel bl ess i ng o f :31. per cent. will be assuredly levied on every person, even if his income is only I'J. per year. . _ A letter from Bologna states, that on the 13th two floors of the Abbadia, a benevolent institution, gave way with between 700 and 800 poor Workmen in them, bearing everything to the ground.- ,Immediate 'aid was afforded, but a length of time elapsed before all'the vic tims of the accident could be extricated from the ruins. Three persons wore killed, and upwards of 70 wounded, some of them dangerously. YORK, AUG. 31.—1 t has now been arranged that the Chartist prisoners against whom bills have been found will be tried by the Judges at the present Assizes in the ordinary course. Mr. Manic has left the pro secutions to he conducted by the county in the usual way. This will no doubt be a great saving of expense, and the Judges deserve the highest credit for their readiness to take upon themselves so onerous a duty, after the labours of such a circuit as this. The case of Armytv:e and others for a riot at Leeds, is appointed to be taken to-morrow, before Lord Denman, .1% ho will finish the civil business today. Numbers of travellers of all clan;es are passing through this city, on their way to Scotland. Si r ll e h ert Peel arr i ve d on M on d ay, and stayed all night at the Dea ne ry. 1)r. Cockburn's first wife wela a sister of the Right lin. Baronet. Arrived last week, at Liverpool, the ship Cheshire, from the Marritius, having brought home the orphan I, family of the late Lieut.-G en . si r Lionel Smith, the me lanchoN details of whose death, and that of his wife, Lady Sinith, were published a short time since, both having died within three days of each other in - the month of January last. The heir to the title has just entered his ninth year. - . The Rad i cal de Ca/tors states that lately, as the prison-van was renoving some prisoner:l, one of them expired just as the vehicle arrived at Gramat. The con ductor was obliged to take the dead;,: body into his seat, as the re ~ulations.reghire that, dead or olive, they must be Cellvired at thoTplue'ofilleirleitfifition:. RAILWAY SHARES Versailles, R.B ...... 286 25... 286 25... 286 25... 286 25 . L.B 95 ... 100 ... 95 ... 100 Rouen Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75... 203 75... 203 75 BEAUTIES OF THE INCOME -TAX.—It is to be re gretted that this light, pleasing, and well-intentioned impost is by no means so popular as our " lovely" Premier fondly predicted it would be. The middle classes, with that " vulgar impatience of taxation"— to quote Lord Castlereagh's famous expression— which has always characterised them, are beginning to discover that it is as oppressive as it is un intelligible, and to resent Sir Robert Peel's medi tated invasion of the sacred recesses of their breeches-pockets, as a sort of personal affront, which it undoubtedly is. Letters, full of the sternest and most solemn pathos, are constantly appear ing in The &in, and other public Journals, on this touching subject; and among them, is one from a small fundholder, whose " income does not amount to 150/. a year ;" but who, nevertheless, was officially fleeced at the Bank last July ; and who states that he can only obtain redress, by journeying from his residence, " a distance of sixty miles from London " to Somerset House ; and attending there daily till the authorities are at leisure to hear his explanation! Of course, while in town, he must be put to con siderable expense for board, lodging, &e., w hi c h, with his coach-hire to and fro, will leave him a lbser to the tune of some six or eight pounds, even should he succeed in getting back the sum of which the Bank has eased him ! Under these circumstances he feels that he has no alternative but to make a present of the sum to Government, for 'which we do not think it at all likely that he will receive the thanks of the Chancellor of the Exchequer! This is one instance of the lively and gracicus work ing of the Income-tax. Another, is that of a young surgeon who, having filled up one Exemption Form, has had another open one left lit his house ; and being absent at the time from home, he has the consola tion of knowing that his whole establishment have read the second document, and are consequently acquainted with the fact that his entire professional income is under 150/., which he says will most likely do him infinite damage in the neighbourhood where he practiCes. These are but two out of a hundred other instances that we could mention, all of which tend to show that the Income-tax is by no means a paragon of financial perfection, notwithstanding that Mr. Goulburn declared in the Rouse of Commons that he wanted words to express his sense of its sur passing excellence ! Chancellors of the Exchequer are very apt to go off in raptures at the idea of a new tax. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The small amount of intelligence received as yet from India has caused almost a total cessation of business in the Funds this morning. Stock-jobbers and merchants are alike anxious for the detailed accounts, and until they . shall arrived operations are suspended. Holders of Stock are firm, and con sequently the prices of Consols are 921 for Money, and 93 for the Account, which is a shade above the rates ofyesterday. The transfer books are closed for Bank and Three per Cents. Reduced Stock ; some bargains have however, been made in the latter, at 931 with the dividend; Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced, 1018; New Three -and-a-Half per Cents., 101 101* ; India Stock ' 249 251; India Bond s , 34 36 ; Exche quer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 prem. In Foreign Securities, the business has been in the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 52*, the Five per Cents., 102*, - both of which are lower than the opening prices ; and in Danish at 83f. The, quot a ti on f or Mexican is now 34, having been as low as 33k. Transactions in Shares have been but limited, and the market is generally dull. Great Western NQW Shares, 60 60* ; South Western, 594 ; Brighton, 33* ; South Eastern Scrip, 6k ; North Midland Thirds, 28 ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow,. 49, include the principal purchases to-day. The Bonds quoted to-day are---Portuguese Five per Cents., '34 ; the Three per Cents., 20f ; Spanish Five per Cents., ex converted coupons, 16 ; the' Three per Cents., 20*, all for time. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 1.-Our Market to-day has been very flat, and tl:e only tran saction quoted is Edinburgh and Glasgow, 491. 1 ls. Bd. cum div. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... 3 per Cent. Cons-- 921 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3l} per Cent. Red... 102 Ditto New Annuities... New 34 per Cent... loli 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 51 pm N' 117 V 5 per Cen'. Ditto 5001...... 51 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 51 pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Jan. .1860 l2 7-16 Consols for Acct. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... ( Portuguese , 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — !Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bondi Prussian, 5 per cent..,. Buenos Ayres6 per cent — ! Russian, 5 pet cent....., 112 l..hilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic .... •. . .... Colombian, 6 per cent — ?Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto. 1824 — , Ditto Deferred.... . .. 94 Danish, 3 per cent 844 French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — j Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent 54 French , 3 percent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent....... 52 / 1 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 102./ SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) ... ..... Bi. Ditto Debentures .. .... .... ..... . ..... ...10/ 6s gd Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ••• 49 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid .... Great Western Itailway (65 "aid) ........... Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid) 604 London and Brighton (50 paid).. ......... ~ 33A London and Rlackwall ( paid) ..... 7i London and Birmingham (90) ....4 ..... — Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 49 London and South Western (411 tis 10d pd) 594 North Midland Railway (100) . 58 Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) Paris and Rotten (18 paid) * . 184 South Eastern and Dover (50 peed)......... Ditto Scrip (10 paid) LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 2.—Wind this day at noon N.N.W., light airs and cloudy. DEAL, SEPT. I.—Wind S.W., fresh—Arrd. Teazel., Westhaven ; Tanjore transport, tOr Quebec. RAMSGATE, SEPT. I.—Arrd. Meriin, Newcastle, for Bayonne, leaky, and with damage, having been run into by a ship on the.3oth ult. off Dungeness; one of the crew miz,sing. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrd. Ontario; Bradish, New York, sailed 2d nit., and pro ceeded for London ; John Line, London for Madras. OFF SWANAGE, AUG. 30.—Mozart, Wachter. Batavia. BatxuAm, SEPT. I.—Arrd. Vine, Ne‘vport,for Leith, dismasted. . FALMOUTH, Ana. 31.—Wind - N.N.W. to W.S.W., mo•l42rate.—Arrd. her Majesty's steamer Gleaner, West Indies, left Bermuda on the 23th ult. Arrd. off, Col chestr r, Withers, Bombay. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. I.—Wind fre , h.—Arrd. Independence, Nye, New York. Sid. Dan, Rio ; British Queen, Newfoundland. A ship, supposed outwi rd bound, is ashore on Dover Point. CORK, Ana. 30.—Arrd. Urania, Eleanor, Montreal. SHIELDS, AUG. 31.—S1d. Johann, Chribtoph, R o. The vintage has commenced .in the environs of Dijon, being even earlier than in 1822, which was a very. for►vard Aeasun. LA SE( Mr. at, twel and tin which ti The 1 and : extc The am( as proves rupts, pr9ved 11 ,7661. Stewart Dttrin partner, Charged seeded ; appeared in'Telatin 10,8191.] This ,1 debts ;:ho siderable J. A. Mai PO LI ostler, wn 111kintosh Falcon In] morning.. Wm. Fi 15 years o . sum of 20s Mr... 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The Public salt whole they shoil anticipated, for the prices realize( Sound low Congo Prices a shade Fine Yellow Can( at about the same of the year. SPORTi] (RE LEOME Mr. DTave .sadies' h e s ' ?idol Mr. Hall's Breewe kr. Stubb's Boum The Herefordshire • Heats Mr. Davieb' eh f bi 3 yrs .......... 11 1 r. T. 'Wilkes' Dr Mr. Robinson's Pi] The Hack Stake and a quarter, we three others. The Wolfby Stale, Mr. Davies' eh f, kr. T. Wilkes Dr lir. Breewe t The Hurdle Stakes. twice r ilohnan's The ba ron H et h sehild's lir. Davis's Vagar: T he Scurry Stak 41r. Buelt's Mined() The • BECCI Gentletnens' I • 2001, &ell4r. yettit's Fspart( Wendencles 1 % 11 lyt }F he' s F ra il ( Atr. %isles br h", %leepstalies o f 3.) 80 oltl f or 1 0 qtr,l‘l..l- .s ettit's S weettr Oswold'A Evasi Ali% Able's Lottery G rho' on) race;umbo Light beattns two 11, 0 uwn Stakes o .11r. 03wnld's Etasi( :N tr tr. Woocknek's . T urrier's Alice • The stand - Stake s of !tk. Bignnhrs Omni] r. Cleyeland'3 Bud 4,. • Il Al lythe's P ra i lt' oyep G ambf ; The Wboo Whet] l'ou nd, ,Cfur t h ree hu Iptain ,Innes' qeenh ttion and Lottl the TntSDAr, 1. 0 laling decli ned to co nlider the pr th e essa tion L a b ourE Matter into eon: rity cf 30 to 16 to r varions districts sh theM. The resul Were for ebl to litho' co ntinuer Forkthis afternoon It general resumpti town. It ts not k m q uded Mr. Thomas "Mor Norrew . It i s expet . Mr. AI. krty hem and 13 ,qasses. tie has all ,ft)ree, and to. the pel 't the individual w 11. 4 in this iinarter, op his policy in op] I.l ;li rro n A. warrant was is: l'ensio of Andrew an of the ece l'endered himself th Years of age, b een a Posed to all flatterster s llONviobV r 4 - BA cat