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Ashbourne, only 12 miles distant. It is understood that the Uttoxeter troops of Yeomanry have been despatched to meet them between Leek and Ash ourne. The Magistrates here are taking every pre caution. One of them (I believe) has proceeded to London, to request assistance from Government. Should the turn-outs reach Derby, it is feared many would join them, as there are already great numbers ho cannot find employment or food ; and I have just 'been told that one class of men have already struck. 'l' he Derby and Chaddesden troops of Yeomanry have received orders to be in readiness ; and should the news brought by the next express not be more fa vourable, the inhabitants will be sworn in as special cmistables, as well as the pensioners. We have al relldy from 12 to 15 soldiers here recruiting. NOTTINGHAM. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) MONDAY NOON.—On Monday noon, the working pe , )ple of Nottingham and neighbourhood met on the open space fronting the Mansfield- road, known by the na;ae of the " Burton Legs," to hear read the news rei;tive to the strike in Manchester, and other places. Nottingham is at the height of political excitement, :t 0.1 seems impatient for the strike. The people are siiiiiming the greatest privations, in consequence of the badness of trade. I write in haste. There is• a beginning in Nottingham—God only knows where wilt be the end. Tne people are at this moment parading the streets in thousands. There has yet been no attack on property, and, I trust, there will net. There seems to be a disposition on the part of the mob to turn out the peaceable, but they have not yet conunenced. • LE EDS. 110NDAY NOON, AUG. Ls.—lntimation having rc;*i !hod this place (mi Saturday afternoon that a body or die turn-outs from Ashton-under-Line, Oldham, Saddlewortli;•&e:, had made a descent upon Hudders field, and had turned the hands out of. all the mills, Sze.,., whilst another section had advanced upon Sow erby-bridge and Halifax with the like. intent, and these parties sore likely to advance upon Dewsbury and Bradt'ord, and join at Leeds, the authorities, civil mid . have been active in making arrange ments for the protection of the peace of the borough. Early on Solidly morning a detachment of the 11th, or Prince Albert's Own llussars, arrived from York Barracks, another detachment having. gore iiirward to Hudilerslield ; and the Leeds troop of the York- Hussar Yeomanry were mustered by. Captain Upfon, and sent off in the evening, to relieve the I lth Hu , sars at York. Mr. Beckett, M.P., the Lieutenant-Colonel of the Yoikshire hussars, arrived at Leeds by the evening railway train from London, and immediately gave orders for the Aberford troop of the same regiment. Last night the Magistrates held a conference with his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge (wiw is now commanding h:s regiment, the 17th Hussars, at Leeds), with Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett, and the other military ; and at the termination of the interview an express was despatched to the Comman dant of the garrison at Hull tOr additional troops to be sent into the West Riding, and one troop of the l'ith Lancers was ordered to be marched in the night from Leeds to Bradford, to be ready in case of any out break in that town. The Magistrates also resolved to warn the muni cip:d special constables to hold themselves in readiness for active service, to call out the pensioners to act as additional constables, and to convene the principal inauu►acturers for next day at noon, to advise upon the steps to be taken. 'lib, following notice has also been extensively is-, surd this morning : NOTICE. AND CAUTION. The Magistrates of Leeds learn with regret that thc.-e are grounds for believing that a large number of lawless persOns are expected to visit Leeds in the course of a very short time, with the object of creating terror, and disturbing the public peace. " The Magistrates rely with the utmost confidence on toe peaceable and orderly disposition of the inha bitants of the borough of Leeds which has uniformly characterised their conduct. " It is the Magistrates' determination, with a firm and vigorous hand, to protect the persons and pro perty of her Majesty s subjects from injury and dAnger, and for that purpose they will put in force every means in their power authorised by law to ap prehend and punish all evil-doers ; and the Magis trates feel assured that they will have the cordial and energetic support of all classes of the inhabitants. " The Magistrates, therefore, invite All respectable and well-disposed persons to appear at the Court house this morning, Monday, the 15th of August, at nine o'clock, to be sworn in special constables. The pensioners resident in the borough of Leeds (being under the age of 60, and exempt from bodily infir mity) are required to present themselves at the Court house this day, Monday, at 12 o'clock, to be sworn special constables. " WILLIAM PAWSON, Mayor. W. WILLIAMS BROWN, "R. MARKLAND, "JOHN CLAPHAM, "RICHARD BRAMLEY, " WILLIAM CADMAN, "HAZIER STANSFELD, "GEORGF GOODMAN, " DARNTON LUPTON, Magistrates. - _ _ • Court-house, Leeds, Mondry morning, Aug . . 15." At present all is quiet; but active preparations are in progress, in the spirit of the placard. The Magis trates have been engaged all the morning in swearing in special constables, all the men in some of the prin cipal manufactories having been sworn. Colonel his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge and Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett are at the Court-house, ready to act according to any emergency that may arise. LEEDS, MONDAY EVENING, 7 o'CLocx.—The Earl of Harewood, who is the Major of the Yorkshire Regiment of Hussars, has arrived this afternoon at the head of the Harewood and Abcrford troops of that corps, which have been quartered in the t own , and are ready to act as circumstances may require. The following address has just been published by the gentleman whose signature it bears, the brother of the Member for Carlisle of that name. Mr. James Marshall is a magistrate of the West Riding, and a partner with his father in an extensive flax-spinning business here : "TO TIIE WORKING MEN OF LEEDS. " Fellow-townsmen,—You may in the course of a few hours be called upon, to decide upon a question of right and wrong, in which it is extremely im portant that you should decide and act rightly. " I, am therefore induced to offer you a few words, which may assist you in seeing clearly and distinctly which is the right course for you to take. " Yea may be shoKtly ealle'd upon to join the Lan cashire-operatives in the extreme and dangerous mea sure -which they have adopted, of compelling every 'where a total suspension of labour. Their objects are to obtain a higher rate of wages, paid a few years ago, and tho carrying of the People's Charter. " Can you, the .working men of Leeds, really pro mote either . object by joining in these measures? " That question you ought to consider with perfect cooluess.and freedom from excited feelings. " What have the operatives of Leeds to gain by a general strike ? Is there any call for such a mea sure ? Has anything of the sort been thought of ? Is there any prospect that higher wages can be ob tained in this way ? I believe no one can say that there is any such cause, ;or any prospect of advantage from such a measure. Then, why increase the already intense suffering by throwing . y ourselves and families out of work ? Are these the best means of carrying the People's Charter ? I entreat you to consider well this question. "Is it not a fact, proved in a thousand instances, that a great and righteous cause, which you believe yours to be, is in extreme danger of beine , ruined the moment that it s a d voca t es are t em pt e d to support it by illegal, or even by violent and compulsory mea sures Is not that the very course your worst ene mies would wish you to take? • " Hits not tile great object you have so much at freedom -,•-been largely advanced of , ato by the noble fbrtitude under suffering and patient ibetlionce to the laws that you have displayed ? By orreeting after every failure what had been wrong in :our conduct, you have been justly earning an in- Teasing share of respect and confidence from your . .11ow-citizens, who have seen you year after year handoniug your errors and taking higher and stronger rounds for the support of your rights. In nothing has this been more apparent than in manly confidence with which you have received nd supported men like Mr. JosephSturge, who have lined you from the Middle classes of society. mo 4 grievous, would be the injury you .-ould •lc to your own cause by any ill-judged vio- mice.,„ iilegal proceedings, which would certainly estr4::. yollr - moral power,, and undo all the results t lone; yourA or manly fortitude and exertion. Now, - teasti•,•-• like the universal and fbreed suspension of • hour can scarcely lead to any, results but confusion, • dreadful suffering—the collision of the people with le bayonets the soldiery. " make by this no appeal to men's reason or •=. Inoral sense of right and wrong, hut leave all to le decision of force and chance. I trust you cannot ug bubt which course is right to take. theanovement of your fellow-operatives in calm and friendly spirit of dissuasion, and do not • • - .ld to their error by joining in it ! If you do this, al•bv such- means should happily end the present • arful state,of things, the operatives of Leeds will in *d - stand. high among their brethre n , and deserve ▪ :eir laqing• respect and gratitude ; and they will gain • power and influence over their fellow-citizen s ofthe her classes of society, that will richly repay them r thi!ir fOrbearance and Conscientious discharge o f Never can a righteous cause be strengtheneij by any conduct not strictly just to others, and such as Christians ought alone to use towards their brethren. " I can honestly assure you that, if I were a Leeds workman, instead of an employer of workmen, my course would be the one I recommend to you. Believe me, it is not difficult for me to judge of what I would do in the situation of a workman of this town. Accustomed, as I have ' been, to witness the extent of their suffering* and the fortitude and patience with which they have * been borne, and to feel for and with each working man, it is not new for me to suppose myself in their place. I hope this assurance of constant sympathy may induce you to receive these few words of warn ing and advice with the attention and kindness which can alone make them useful. " With earnest hopes that it may please God to avert the troubles that threaten us, and to put it into the hearts of all of us to lay aside all strife and wrong doing, and to act as one Christian brotherhood, " I remain, yours faithfully, a J. G. MARSHALL." BRAD FORD. MONDAY, NINE, A.M.—This town is now in a state of great agitation. A large meeting was held about seven o'clock, in front of the Odd Vellows'-hall, which has just broken up, and everybody is in expectation ef something, but they scarcely know what. Few, if any, of th?. shops are closed ; and though all work seems at a stand-still, it does not appear that the hands have been turned out by force or intimidation, hut of their own free-will have abstained, thinking it safer to wait till the commotion is over. The Magistrates are busily engaged swearing in additional special constables at the Court-house, in front of which a body of soldiers are stationed. 'There were report's yesterday that a large body of I,:mcashire men were encamped in the suburbs, but the store seems to have been without foundation. The .4 ' Lancashire lads" are not •expected till to morrow. WAKEFIELD. MONDAY, LF-PAST Twm.yr..—This town is in a state of considerable alarm, in consequence of a large body of from four to live thousand coal-miners, who have entered the town during this morning. It appears that the pitmen in this neighbourhood have had their wages reduced from time to time, until they have determined either to hive an advance or turn out. A meeting, called by the following.. notice now going on:— _•• • _ _. "'l'o COALMINERS.—This is to give notice, that ,a meetinc , of coahniners, stewards, and masters, of Wakefield and its vicinity, will take place on Monday next, the 15th day of August, at ten .o'clock in the morning, at the Music Saloon, Wood-street, Wake field, to take into consideration the best way of amending the distressed state of the coalminers gene rally ; and it is hoped that every friend to his coun try, to himself and his rising generation, will now. step forward and extricate himself and his fellow-suf ferers frOm the appalling distress which has long been gradually reducing the Whole class of miners to a state of extreme poverty and indigence. Observe ! come, one and all, to the meeting, let nothing hinder." This meeting is in progress, in a room which will hold about one thousand persons. The. multitude out side is fbur times that number, many of them armed with large sticks. No masters, it is believed, are pre sent at the meeting, and an adjournment to the Heath —a large piece of waste ground, distant about a mile —is talked of. The Wakefield division of the York shire Hussars are parading the streets, and appear ances fbrbode no very quiet end of this Fathering. • A band of music and a green banner, bearing the follow ing inscription, "Britons, flock to the standard of liberty," is parading the town. COLLIERS AND IRON-MINERS STRIKE. IVe regret that we cannot announce any improve ment in the condition of the districts around Airdrie, Coatbridge, and Holytown. The determination to continue the strike seems as strong as ever, though individuals, here and there, have returned to their work, and others have shown a disposition to follow their example. Such cases are, however, but rare, and can scarcely be said to affect the dispute, or the condition of the, district. The plundering of the potatoe fields is as much the vogue as ever, and is by no means to be wondered at, seeing that the turn outs are almost wholly destitute of any other means of providing for themselves or their families. In the meantime, the authorities are taking such measures as lie in their power for the preservation of the peace. We understand that a few of the masters have now offered 4s. a-day, but the workers refuse to return to their employment unless these terms are offered in all the districts. The great extent to which potatoe stealing has pro ceeded need not be matter of surprise, when we have been informed that the men on strike and their de pendents (perhaps 30,000 persons) live almost exclu sively upon the potatoe fields, and look to them as the means, of continuing their struggle with their employ ers. The miners and colliers, it is true, deny that they patronise.t or- have anything to do, with the po tatoe lifting; but one filet is worth many unsupported assertions. On the night before last, the police were in quest of a. prisoner at Coatbridge, and searched no fewer than 254 houses, cottages, or lodgings, and only six men were found in all of them. That they were providing for their families at the time is little liablei to question, although few honest men will approve of the mode.—Glasgow Argil& Papers received yesterday from the Cape of Good Hope announce the arrival of the Lord Hungerford, East Indiaman, Captain Pigott, H. C. S., at Algoa Bay, from Bengal, on the 24th of May, and sailed again on the 27th May, for London, having on board the late Go vernor-General of India, the Right Hon. Lord Auckland, K.C.8., and the Hon. Misses Eden. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, MASANIELLO,'' EDITED BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ.—This romance, ushered in under the wing of Horace 'Smith, will de light all who are fond of spirit•stirring events. The revolt at Naples, headed by the young fisherman, may be likened to that of Rome, led by the more powerful Cola di Rienzi. The conduct of Masaniello in this re bellion is singularly illustrative of the change which vio lent excitement, and rapid ascents in power. will exer cise upon the human mind. Like many of the too ce lebrated persons of the French Revolution, his natural disposition was gentle and humane, but when once he held within his hand that power among the people, which is resistless, either fur good or evil, then com menced the workings of the evil passions, blending all the termer qualities of his heart. In the midst of ter rible scenes, in which he was so prominent an actor, the author redeems his character by giving many scenes of gentle love between him and his . wife, which read with exquisite beauty. The whole romance is full of spirited and well sustained action, which gives it the deepest in terest. Weekly Chronicle. The last session has seen nothing whatever done in mitigation of the evils of class legislation. The oppressed classes are to be farther burdened with taxation ; and the avenues to employment remain shut up as much as be fore. The golden opportunity of pacifying the people by some measure of justice, has been allowed to pass ; and the general overturn been brought to a stage nearer than before. Change has commenced. The old system has been loosened. • Discontent has been allowed to spread. The war between the "Haves" and the " Have-nots,"—the &Mon servile predicted by Dr. Southey, is fast approaching. Let those who doubt look to Lancashire for the evidence. " The rich," ob serves a Contemporary, " are infatuated, and the poor are getting their teeth and their appetites sharpened for a feast of fat things, and a festival of vengeance."—Leeds Times. CATTLE UNDER TIIE NEW TARIFF.—The supply ofeattle at Smithfield-market on Monday was much greater than for several weeks past. There were 60 head of cattle imported under the new tariff from Rotterdam and Hamburgh. They resemble very much the Linconshire breed, but are far inferior, to our own as regards fatness, and met with a very dull sale. The importation of foreign cattle offers but a poor profit, as our markets are so plentifully supplied from Scotland and Ireland with a much superior quality. On Friday evening, the chorigraphic corps of the Italian Opera will appear for one night only at the English Opera- house, before their departure for the Con tinent, for the benefit of Master Henri Laurent, the Ju venile Pianist, pupil and son of Mons. Laurent, stage manager at her Majesty's Theatre. The whole of the company of the English Opera will perform in three of the most favourite plays of the season, and Master Henri Laurent will introduce the celebrated " Mose in Egitto" of Thalberg, and we trust the young pianist will meet the support of the public. IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CATTLE UNDER THE Ni-:w TARIFF.—The supply of . cattle at Smithfield market yesterday was much greater than for several weeks past. There were sixty head of cattle imported under the new tariff from Rotterdam and Hamburgh. hu resemble very much the Lincolnshire breed, but are far inferior to our own as regards fatness, and met with a very dull sale. The importation of foreign cattle otter,, but a poor profit, as our markets are so plentifully supplied from Scotland and Ireland with a much superior quality. Ousely Higgins, Esq., and the Hon. W. Stuart, l e ft, jermyn-street, St. James'.:, on Monday, for Scotland. GROUSE SHOOTING.—AII the shooting quarters on the "Dee Side" are accupied. The Duke of Leeds is at Mar Lodge, Sir Alexander Duff and family at Corrie moulzie; Mr. Farquharson and family at Invercauld, the Earl of Hopetoun at Castleton, Sir F. StoVin at Burmorel Castle, the Duke of. Cleveland and Sir Benjamin Hall at Gairnshields, Honourable Charles Cavendish and family at Birk Hall, Earl of Aboyne and Lord Frederick Gor don at Aboyne. The Highland meeting will be held at Castleton of:Braemar as usual, ar.d will be brilliantly supported.—Scotsman. Several correspondents inform us that there is the best prospect of admirable sport on the hilts. Birds are in great abundance, and vigorous on the wing:—Monmouthshire Merlin. Prince George of Cambridge is still in Leeds, and is to be • seen almost daily exercising his regiment of Lancers on WoodhouSo.Moot , Ito is a strict disciplin• arian, and an indefatigable .soldier. - • The Prince leaves Leeds.on the 23th instant; and returns in a month acter!., wards, to wake RUIN"! ermaneut stay.—Leeds Times. TEE SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDA Y MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1842. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WMTEHALL, AUGUST 15. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and ap pointing Field-Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief of all her Majesty's Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. THE CARTOONS FOR THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The Commissioners of the Fine Arts appointed to take into consideration the most judicious mode for the interior decorations of the New Buildings at Westminster, have just published their Report. It contains a well drawn view of the state and prospects of the English School of Painting, by the Secretary of the Commission, Charles Lock Eastlake, Esq.; some very valuable and experienced opinions of Cor nelius, the first fresco painter on the Continent, upon the subject, as also a body of research on this peculiar branch of art—its method of execution and preserva tion from deteriorative causes—along with historical notices of the finest specimens extant. Within the smallest possible space, we proceed to embody the substance of the Report :- ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT UVON THE PROPOSED FRESCO PAINTIGS FOR WESTMINSTER. THE CARTOONS AND THEIR SUBJECTS.—The Com mission, considering that Fresco painting has not been sufficiently cultivated in this country, propose that artists be invited to enter into a competition in car toons, and the notices,given by them on this score are : I. • That three premiums of 3001. each, three premiums .of . 200/. each, and five premiums of 1001. each, be given to the artists who furnish Cartoons that shall be deemed worthy of acceptance ; 2. That „the drawings be uncoloured, and either in chalk or Charcoal ; and, 3, That, the size of the draw ings-be not less than ten, nor more than fifteen feet in their longest dimension, with the figures not less than life;' 4. The subjects are to be from British llitory, or from the works of Spenser, Shakspeare, or Milton. The competition is tobe confined to- "British Artists" .(page 7), which is afterwards explained (page 48) as comprehending foreigners, practising the arts, who May have resided ten years or upwards in Great Bri tain. ::.The. time specified for sending in the finished Cartoons is extended from the first week in May to the first week in June, 1843. • WHETHER lIISTORICAL'' PAINTING IN FRESCO COULD HP, CULTIVATE D IN ENGLAND:—Mr. East lake takes this subject into consideratiOn, desirous of discovering reasons for showing that if duly encou raged by the State, there exists grounds for hoping that this branch of art would be cultivated and flou rish. He considers that its encouragement will chiefly depend upon the efforts of the artists themselves, and must make its way, not by virtue of a mere super ficial taste, but by the presence/of a vital impulse. LARGE SPACES DEMANDED tOR THE EXERCISE OF THE ART.—Painting in England, Mr. Eastlake shows, has not yet been admitted into churches or in public buildings which afford space. The Italian masters always had this advantage. In the last century, all the principal English artists, notwithstanding Ho garth's success in small pictures, painted the size of life—Reynolds (considered as an historical painter), West, Barry, Fuseli, Copley, Northcote, Opie, and others. WHY NOT CONTINUED.—REDUCED TIISTORICAL PICTURES.—The experiment of painting the size of life, as regards private patronage, seems thus to have been fairly made. The gradual change to reduced ilimensions, again appears to have been the conse quence of the insufficient demand for large works, arising in a great degree from the limited size of English dwellings, and hence the execution of small historical pictures. In comparing the treatment of these cabinet pictures with those other works of the largest size, and in which the figures are colossal, the small picture besides being executed with delicacy, generally exhibits a certain fullness of detail, while the large work is not only legs elaborate, but is com posed of fewer parts. From this it appears that the greater space never allows the introduction of mcre detail than the smaller, but generally, if not always, requires less. PLACES SUITABLE FOR FRESCOES.—It is evident that works of the magnitude of historical frescoes cannot be often in demand for ordinary dwelling houses. Those places which alone will allow its ex ercise and appearance will be churches, national and municipal buildings, the mansions and villas of affluent individuals ; all loaalities, in a word, where painting can be displayed to the public in its highest and most didactic form. Such was the enthusiasm on this score in the last century, that the English artists of the time offered to decorate St. Paul's Ca thedral, and other buildings. at their own expense. FOREIGN SPECIMENS OF FRESCO.—TheSe, of course, abound in the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, and other places in Rome. At Padua are the works of Avanzo ; in Florence those of Benozzo Gozzoli in the Palace Ricardi, of Angelico da Fiesole, Masaccio, and others; in Perugio those of Perugino ; in Assissi thcise of Giotto, all which belong to the 14th and 15th centuries. Venice, Genoa, the works of Luini at Saronno and Lugano ; in S. Giacomo, Spello, Orvieto, Pisa, and Siena an immense number of master pieces are to be seen. In England, about the middle of the last century slime frescoes were executed at Wycombe Park by Guiseppo Borgnis, a Milanese, under the auspices of Francis Lord Le Despenser. Francia and Raphael, Andre del Sarto and Guido, Guercino, Pordenone, the Caracci and Corregio, are a host of first-rate names in themselves. OPINIONS OF DIRECTOR PETER VON COR-. NELIUS.—This distinguished artist; who has executed so many works in fresco at Munich, as the " Glypto theke," the " Pinathek„' and the " Ludwig-Kirche," has given his statements on the proposed frescoes for the Houses of Parliament. He considers that the damp of the river will have no effect on frescoes ele vated in rooms as those in question, above the level of the water. He lays great stress upon the particular lime and colours to be employed, and on no point is more decided than on the necessity of placing a given series of frescoes under the control of one directing artist. He supposes that London smoke may un doubtedly have a disadvantageous effect on frescoes, but if after 50 or 100 years, dirt has accumulated much, they may be cleaned with bread or a wet sponge. Cornelius considers it time to begin the de signs, supposing the present building to be ready in seven years from this time. The German artists, ex pert as they are at drawing, always take some years to prepare their Cartoons. The first rough coat of mortar alone, after being laid, should allow six or twelve months to elapse, so that it be properly hard ened before it be painted on. The German painters suffer the lime to remain for at least years in a state of preparation before used for painting or coating the walls. Cornelius prepared the lime for the Ludwig- Kirche eight years before he painted there. .A great quantity is generally kept in Munich, and might be had, perhaps, for works in this country. The late Lord Monson intended to have had lime from Mu nich for the works which Cornelius was to have done for him at Gatton. LIME-COLOURS AND IMPLEMENTS FOE FRESCO PAINTING.—A brick ground, covered with the lime plaster, is always to be preferred where practicable; lath walls are liable to bulge, thereby destroying the painting, and are perishable ; the lime, having under gone a certain preparation of mixing with water, and two or three filtrations to free it from impuri ties, is left in a pit from eight to twelve months ; the lime, however, for the first coat, need not be kept more than two monshs. This is allowed to dry perfectly before the next coats are put on ; and lastly, having been most carefully prepared, the lime of which the intonaco, or coat of fine plaster, is laid on. This intonaco, .on which great pahis are be stowed, is composed of two parts of fine sand and one of lime; it must be perfectly clean, sharp sand, as the presence of any earthy particles would in evitably ruin the fresco. Some of the old masters used pounded white marble instead ; the surface of this last coat is then slightly roughened, to render it fitter for painting on. A quarter of an hour after, painting may be begun upon it. As no other hair resists the lime, but becomes either burnt or curled, small pencils of otter hair in quills are used. The colours used are chiefly white, yellow, brilliant reds, brown, black, purple,. green, and blue, according .to-.` certain admixtures mentioned. Others, such as vermillion and chrome yellow, have been tried, but not found to stand. Colours prepared from animal and vegetable substances cannot be used at all, as the lime destroys them. It is the opinion of some of the Munich professors that frescoes thinly painted are least liable to change.. The frescoes by Paul Veronese; in the Alorosini Villa, near Castel Franco, were removed by Count Balbi - a few years since, and several of these 'works when re -transferred to canvass were sold in England in 1838. Barsrot. LIME RECOMMENDED FOR FRESCOES.-- The finest limestone used at Rome has always been the Travertine; the. ancients and all the great artists of the 16th century painted on it : the lime it fur nishes is of the purest whiteness. From analysis, it appears to contai n i n ever y degree of 100 carbonate of lime to the number of 99.4. The limestone, however, of Bristol, Durdharn-down, appears to be finer still, and is equal. or even superior to it, since it contains in every 100, 99.7 of carbonate of lime. DR. REID'S O PINION OF TUE PROBABLE EF FECTS or GAS ox FRESCOES.—Dr. Reid considers that, gas will not he at all injurious to frescoes in apartments ventilated as the present Houses ,of Parliament are : the noxious sulphur and anntonia contained by it, being carried off by the air-drains made for ven tilation. With 'regard to cleansing frescoes, Professor Hiss, on being consulted on this point, remarked that if frescoes were painted in the ',pen air in London, the rain would he the best picture-cleaner.. The obser vation is important as it assmnes the possibility of washing frescoes freely without injury to the colours. A snonc.Te and soft water only has been u sed to clean the 'frescoes at Bath • at Genoa they are .cleaned with vinegar, and Carlo Maratti used wine to wash those of. the Vatican. W e .notice amongst the arrivals by the Acadia, from Boston, Prince 'Murat, tire. • of th - e : former PI E of Naples, and nephow iffe'tippito,F ;Calaeon• Th'e 'officers of "the spe'rik of 116'. with great respect. We l indershiiidthArbe' proceeded' to Londou on Saturday . evening.--Liverpool Times. THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. "England expects every man to do his duty I" SIR,—I have been anxiously looking out, during the past week, hoping to find the announcement of a " great metropolitan meeting" to consider the awful state of the country, and to declare its opinion on the duty of the Government at the present crisis: Staffordshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, 'Nottingham, Derby, &c., are at this moment in a state of awful excitement ; life and. property are endangered, not by the exciting harangues of " destructives" or " levellers," but by the simultaneous bursting forth of the people's discontent, prompted by hunger and misery, long borne in silence. Troops' are being dispatched every hour to keep down the people, who, goaded by. Oppression, are rendered desperate. To me it appears criminal to remain in silence. If I were at present in my own locality, five hours should not pass ere such a meeting should take place. A large metropolitan meeting at this moment would produce an effect not easily to be described. It is the interest of us all to maintain peace and the security of property ; this can only be effected by the concession of the pelple's rights, and it is the duty of every man to declare that he sympathises with the suffering and oppressed people, and will not sanction, even by silence, the tyranny of Peel and his Tory Parliament. In thus • calling attention. to the subject, I have fulfilled one 'part of my duty. R. K. EHILP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—Readers of Newspapers, residing far away from the scene of the present agitation of the cotton manufacturers, will be somewhat puzzled to ascertain the real motives of ;the operatives in turning out for wages, because violent party politics so warp the judgments of Editors, that their opinions are com pletely delusive. The Tories and Monopolists can see nothing in it but the work of the Anti-Corn law League—the Chartists, or at least their leaders of the Press, are not a whit behind them in misrepre sentation and delusion. In one breath, they tell you that the free. traders are done over, and just expiring; and in the very next paragraph, they say " Behold the aboMinable work of the League, and the extent of their operations ! Half a million of people out of employment, and all that a few bloated capitalists may get rich out of the blood and bones of the labourers. If the manufacturer; are the real authors of the turn out for wages, it seemsa strange way of getting more riches, viz.', te giving their workmen higher remu neration, and consequently reducing their profits. But, then, say some " wise -acres," " They want to show the Government their power." Well, it is strange that manufacturers, who are always repre sented by such trashy papers as the most money loving persons in the world, should willingly, and by design, endanger their lives and the destruction of their property for the sake of a demonstra tion of power.. The truth is in none of these assertions. The strike or turn-out commenced with the operatives alone at Staleybridge, for the purpose of resisting a. proposed reduction in their wages. These hands went to Ashton-under-Lyne, and induced all trades there to leave their employ ment, under an idea of having a general higher rate of remuneration : these, combinea, went to Oldham, Hyde, Manchester, and in fact the contagion, or dis position of ceasing to labour, soon spread in all directions in Lancashire, Cheshire, part of Derby shire, and has been carried from thence into York shire. The motto was at first, a " fair day's wage for a fair day's labour ;" but the Chartist orators being the chief speakers at the various meetings held by the operatives, have endeavoured to mix up the Charter with the " Strike ;" or in other works, that labour should cease " till the Charter becomes the law of the land." Many of the labcurers consider this as unwise, and ask to keep it a " wage question" alone. A general delegate meeting is held this day in Manchester, the resolutions of which will be of great importance to the operatives ; and it is feared these may have a political aspect. The repeated re marks in Parliament against machinery and masters; the revival and reiteration of " Luddite' sentimentsby the Press, and by Senators—the continuance of unjust, anti-commercial, and self-destroying law,s, have pro duced that state of wretchedness and poverty, that society may be considered as a magazine of combus tibles ready to be exploded by any insignificant cause. And unwise must that Government be, that can slum ber and continue this state of things. Business is entirely at a stand. All is peaceale a.s yet, but what can hundreds of thousands do when the shopkeepers cease to supply them ? It is really appalling to contemplate the consequences. The much abused middle c!ass show great sym pathy with the turn-outs, wishing to see them better paid for their labour ; but will that feel ing he continued should it take the Chartist aspect ? I think not ; however, time will show it. To the great credit of the operatives . generally, they conduct themselves with great propriety, and show they are worthy of the best considerations of the wise and good. AN ENGLISHMAN. Lees, near Oldham, Aug. 15, 1842. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES-TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added. Once round and a distance. (Three Subs.) Mr. Goodman's The Shadow, 6 yrs, 9st 21b ... (Nat) 1 Mr. Jones' Portrait, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 9 Mr. Toke's Ermengardis, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 3 Afinc Match-50, h ft, one mile. Mr. Woodhouse's Caitiff received forfeit from Mr. James's The Prince. The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. Once round. (Six Subs.) Mr. Fowler' if, by Bran, Bst 01b (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Marshall's Our Nell, Bst olli. 2 Mr. T. Walter's Guzbeg, Bst 6Th 3 Won . in a canter. The Wolverhampton Stakes of 25 sous. each, 13 ft, and 5 only, if declared with 100 added. Twice round and a distance. The Second saves his stake. (Forty-two Subs„ thirty declared.) Mr. Bell's Thirsk, 4 yrs, Est 121 b. Major Hay's Retriever, 6 yrS, 7st 81b 2 Major Yarburgh's Ileslington, 4 yrs, 7st 21b 3 Mr. Jones"rubalcain, 6 y - rs, 7st 81b 0 Mr. Treen's Una, 4 yes, Est lllb 0 Betting.-5 to 4 agst Retriever ;2to 1 agst Hesling ton ; 8 to 1 agst Thirsk ; 8 to 1 agst Una and Tubalcain. Retriever tood a lead .of about a length, with Thirsk second, and Heslington last, at a steady pace to the back of the course in the second round, where Thirsk drew upon Retriever, and Heslington took the third place. On turning into the straight running, Thirsk challenged the favorite, and passed him a few lengths beyond the dis tance post. Ileslington also made an effort, but could not reach the leading horses, and Thirsk won a very fine race by a neck, Heslington being at the same time on Retriever's quarters. The Ladies' Plate of 501. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. E.-Peel's Canary, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 1 Hon. F. Ougley's Roderick, 3 yrs Mr. Spink's Margaret, 3 . yrs 2 „ . 'l'h© following started, but were not placed :—Mr. Tranter's f by Bran, out of Kaltaia, Mr. J. Carter's Negro, Mr. I'. Carter's f by Cam, out of Lydia, and Mr. Brooke's Caitiff, 3 yrs. WOn easy. ST. LEGER BETTING.-6 to 4 agst Attila, 12 to 1 agst Cabrera, 13 to 1 agst Fireaway, 13 to 1 agst Policy (t), 18 to 1 agst Cattonite (t), 20 to 1 agst Artful Dodger, 20 to 1 agst Seahorse,. 25 to 1 agst Priscilla Tomb o y, and 1,000 to 15 agst Sir Harry. CRICKET. THE MARYLERONE AND NEWPORT PAGNEL CLUBS. The return match between these clubs was played on Thursday and Friday on the ground of the former. Each eleven had the advantage of two professional players— , Good and Dean for the Marylebone gentlemen, And Hill yer and Bayley for the Newport Pagnel. The follow ing are the names of the gentlemen players : Maryle bone—The Hon. R. Grimstone, and T. A. Anson, 11. Kynastop, E. Bayley, —Wellesley, Hartopp, Levy, and Quarty, Esqs., and Captain Freer. Newport Pagnel.—The Hon. F. Ponsunby, F. Thackeray, J. Moore, C. Sergeant. and Nethercott, Partridge, Bayley, Rawlins, and Hayward, Esqrs. The Newport Pagnel gentlemen went in first, and scored 73 runs. The Marylebone Club in their first innings cleared 297. The Newport Pagnel Club in their second got only 24. The Marylebone Club thus won the match in one innings with 200 runs to spare. WAR-OFFICE, Auc. 16. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Lockhart Little to - be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grant, who retires Edward Robert :Starkie- Bence, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Little, Aug, 16. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Swin hoe, from the half-pay of the 25th Light Dragoons; to be Cornet, vice Fisher, deceased ; Edward Worley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Swinhoe, who retires, Aug. 16, 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. Sir T. Munro, Bart., from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Ward, who exchanges, Aug. 16. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—G. S. Gough, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Trower, pro moted in the 9th Light Dragoons, Aug. 16. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. T. W. E. Holdsworth to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sealy, who retires ; En i.ign T. H. Ratcliff to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ifoldsworth ; A. Gillespie, Gent, to be Ensign,.by pur chase, vice Rateliff, Aug. 16. 7th Foot—Smnd-LieUtenant E. Bellairs, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fortescue, who retires, Aug. 16. 9th Foot—Ensign W. W. Williams to be Lieutenant,, by purchase, vice Hartman, who retires ; Ensign W. Burden, from the 35th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Williams, Aug. 16. 12th Foot—Ensign J. C. Hearn, from the 81st Foot. to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lambart, who re th es, August 16. 24th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Price to be Quartermaster, vice J. Murray„ who retires upon half pay, August 1.6. 35th Foot—Sergeant-Major W.. Burden, from the 9th FOot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Butler, ap l - - pointed to the ,30ilt Foot ; E. B. Cooke,. Gent , to be P.: sign, by purchase, vice Burden, appointed to the 9th Foot, :Aug. 16. 60th Foot—W. F. L. MeaSon; Gent., to be. Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bellairs, promoted in the 7th Foot, Aug. 16. T. E. Moloch, front the 77th Foot; to be; hientenutx4 size Hackett, .who exchanges, Aug. 16. 77th Foot—Lieut.J. Hackett. from the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vicoMulock, who exchanges, Ang. 16. 81st Foot—W. B. Browne, Gent., to he Ensign, by .purchase, v ice !learn, promoted in the 12th Foot, Aug. 16. 84th Foot—C'apt. W. F. Harvey, from half-pay Unat tached, to Lu! Captain, vice Proctor, whose appointment has been cancelled, Aug. 16. 86th Foot—Ensign S. H. Woulfe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Strong, whose appointment hqs been cancelled ; R. C. Bowen, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Woulfe, _Aug. 16. 94th Foot—Lieutenant T. F. Scale to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hart. who retires ; Ensign IL J. \Vahab to be, Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Seale ; H. W. N. Voughan,' Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wa llah, Aug. 16. 89th foot—Captain E. Cottingham, from half-pay of the York Chasseurs, to be Captain, vice W. T. Servantes. who exchanges ; Lieut. 11-Ramsbottom to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cottingham, who retires ; Ensign R. H. De Winton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ramsbottom ; B. H. Reilly, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice De Winton, Aug. 16. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. I:. E. Ward, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be First Lieutenant, vice Sir T. Munro, who exchanges, August 16. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon C. Maclean, M.D. from 58.1 Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice I'. Smith, deceased, August 5. • BEtEVET. "Captain E. Cottingham, of the 99th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10. M EMORANDUIII.—The date of Second Lieutenant Piers Geale's commission in the sth Foot to.be altered to 4th June, 1842, his army rank to remain as at present. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire. Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—J. T. P. Linton, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 12. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia—Capt. G. T. Jacob, to be Major, vice J. J. Smith, promoted, July 30. Dorsetshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet F. Huddlestone to be Lieutenant, vice H. F. Yeatman, promoted ; J. E. Bradshaw, to be Cornet, vice Huddle stone. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM FREEMAN, builder, Acton-street, Bag nigge Wells-road, to surrender Aug. 27, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official-assignee ; Levy, Crescent place, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. HENRY OGLAN, victualler, late of Holywell-street, Shoreditch, Aug, 24, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Martineau and Malton, Carey-street, Lin coln's Inn-fields. THOMAS JAMES FEHR, draper, Birmingham, Aug. 26 and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Waterloo Rooms, Birmingham. Holme, Loftus, and Young, New-inn, London ; Bartleet, Birmingham. GEORGE BOYD and WILLIAM BOYD, .mill wrights, Kingston-upon-Hull, Aug. 30 and Sept. 27, at one, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Hicks and Marris ' Gray's Inn-square, London ; Galloway, Bell, and Todd, Hull. 'ROBERT NICHOLLS MIJNTON, jun., miller, Fletland-mills, Lincolnshire, Aug. 29, and Sept 27, at twelv&, at Standwell's Hotel, Stamford. Temple and Bonner, Furniiral's-inn, Holborn, London; Law, Stamforl JOSEPH BAKER and EDWARD SWINBURNE. timber merchants, BirminghaM, Aug. 26, at ten, and Sept 27, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham: Tooke and Son, Bedford-row, London ; Unett and Sons, Birmingham. WILLIAM TRUBRIDGE, grocer, Swindon, Wilts, August 30 and September. 27, at eleven, at the Bell Inn Swindon. Browne, Swindon ; Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. _ HENRY HARWOOD, woollen-draper, Beverley, Yorkshire, Aug. 30 and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. P. and R. Wells, Parliament -street, Kiniston-upon• Hull; Tilson, Squance, and Tilson, Coleman-street, London. WILLrA m DANIE L, pyroligneous acid manufacturer, Mynyddysllwyn, Monmouthshire, August 29, and Sep ember 27, at eleven, at the Westgate Inn, Newport, Mon mouth. Liewellin, Newport ; White and Eyre, Bed ford-row, London. JAMES BOTTOMLEY, woollen manufacturer, Delph, Yorkshire, September 1, and 27, at two, at the Cornmissioners'-room, Manchester. Rickards and Walter, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Higgingbottom, Buckley, and Lord, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancaster. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Bridger, mealman, Hampton, Sept. 8, at one—J. Bradshaw and G. Williams, woollen-drapers, Marvle bone-street, Piccadilly, Sept. 8, at twelve—W. B. Silk, builder, Jewin-street, Piccadilly, Sept. 8, at two—A. Pontecorboli, Italian warehouseman, Broad-street, Golden-square, Sept. 6, at eleven—J. Barrat, builder, Great Pulteney-street, Sept. 7, at eleven—J. A. Cater, brewer, Hertford, Sept. 6, at twelve. In the Country. R. Sanderson, corn-factor, Leeds, Sept. 13, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—J. C. Nicholson, merchant, Liverpool, Sept. 7, at two, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool—W. Routledge, wine-merchant, Liver pool, Sept. 8, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms; Liverpool —J. Johnson, innkeeper, Manchester, Sept. 7, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—G. Malam, gas manufacturer, Spalding, Sept. 7, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Spalding—lF. Young, blacksmith, Birchington, Kent, Sept. 5, at eleven, at the London Hotel, Margate— J. L. Shepherd and H. Drew, innkeepers, Southampton, Sept. 12, at one, at - the Star Inn, Southampton—C. Gate house, brewer, Chichester, Sept. 8, at two, at the Dolphin Hotel, Chichester—J. Higgins and J. Mannock, en gineers, Dukinfield, Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Manchester—S: Smith, cutlery-manufac turer, Sheffield, Sept. 8, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—J. Lloyd, farmer, Beaumaris, Sept. 8, at twelve, at the Uxbridge Arms Hotel, Carnarvon—W. Bushell, innkeeper, Evesham, Sept.. 8, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Evesham—T. Winder, ironmonger, Lancaster, Sept. 12, at twelve, at the King's Arms Inn, Lancaster— J. Maeaire, J. Linneman, and J. C. Berger, merchants, Liverpool, Sept. 7, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Anderson and W. . Garrow, merchants, Liverpool, Sept. ,8, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool— S.. Phillips and J. Phillips, Merchants, Liverpool, Sept. 8, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES--Sr:PT. 6. W. Lawrence, money-scrivener, King William-street— B. Marshall, tallow-melter, High Holborn—G. F. Fair clough , money-scrivener, Liverpool—W. Hooper, tobacco = nufacturer, Reading—J. Peel, picture-dealer, New eastle-upon-Tyce—J. Bowers, grocer, Chipstead, Kent— C. Carr, cotton-manufacturer, Heaton Norris, Stockport —W. G. Smith, surgeon, Vauxhall -walk. PAItTNERSIIIPS DISSOLVED. . B. and W. N. Nicholson, ironmongers, Newark-upon- Trent —li. and It Brown, bootmakers, Bishopso u t o Without—W. Mills and T.' W. Hill, bleachers, Deptford —W. Bailey and j.-B. Buckley, druggists, Waterhead Mill, Oldham—R. Hutchinson and J. Thompson, ship builders, Monkwearniouthshore—J. Jeffrey and J. Lester, bricklayers; East India Dock-road —E. Doyle and J. GOddep, attorneys, .Great James-street, Bedford row—R. and Cr. J. Sale, drapers, A therstone, Warwick— J. Crellin and M; Cavanagh, flour-dealers, Liverpool. J. B. M, Williams and W.. Angleis, printers, Bristol — A. B. Cochrane and J. W. Johnson, colliers, King,swin ford, Staffordshire—W. Millington and T. Morgan, jun., irminmsters, Tipton, Staffordshire —J. Quinsey and C. J. Devey, Roman cement makers, Tipton, Staffordshire— E. Gifford and W. Smith, spirit merchants, Thetford, NorAillt---W. and R. Fletcher, builders, Warrington— W. Elliot and C. Roberts, bootmakers, Bedford-street— J. North and F. R. Hedges, seedsmen—J. W. and E. J. Monnery, hosiers, Fenchurch-street—W. Boden and J. and W..Goodaire, manufacturing chemists, Windy lane, Harts Head Moog Yorkshire—A.i J., W., E., and T. Kershaw, worsted-spinners, Haworth, Yorkshire (so far as regards E. Kershaw.) - SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. DAVID KINMONTH, merchant, Dunning, Aug. 22 and Sept. 12, at two, at the George Hotel, Perth. LAUCHLAN ARTHUR, shoemaker, Holytown, Aug. 19 and Sep. 16, at twelve, at the Hamilton Arms Inn,. Hamilton. HENRY. COLL, jeweller, Glasgow, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glait.gow: JAMES CAMPBELL, potatoe-merchant, Clynder Houe, Rosene'ath, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10, at one, at the Tontine Inn, Helensburgh. A marble col - Lunn to . the memory, of otir lamented friend and widcly-honoured vonntry_pjap,. the late Sir Robert-Kei:Porter, is milk' being erected at the heid of is grave in the British Cemetery at St. Petersburgh. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTII, SUNDAY.—The 71st Regiment marched in here from Chichester barracks on Wednesday and Thursday, and embarked on board the Resistance troop ship for Quebec. The 32d Regiment will leave the garrison in a few days, and will be relieved by the 16th, now lying at Gosport. It is stated that the 32d will proceed to Win chester, and occupy the barracks there. The depot of the Rifle Regiment abroad, proceeded during the week to the Isle of Wight, where it occupies, in conjunction with the depots of several other regiments, Parkhurst Barracks, near Newport. now lying at Plymouth, is ex understood that it is pec ri te ile ll 6 l 3 :r th ei i nl. S. : i f n e l ‘ e v n c t fays, as it is one of the regiments which is ordered to replace the 32d and 34th. . - Tlit - GUARDS. — In consequence of the disturbed state of the manufacturing districts, all the troops in the Metropolis forming the Household Brigade have re .ecived orders .. to be ready for active s e r v i ce at a mu ,ment's tice. Yesterday tha Ist battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards marched early from St. John's-wood to the Wellington Barracks, Charing-cross, to occupy the posts of the 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards , sent to Manchester on Saturday last. The Coldstream Guards also left the 'Power yesterday morning for St. John-wood, and were replaced in that ancient fortress by the 73d Foot, commanded by Colonel Love, C. 8., who were conveyed by steamers from Woolwich Dockyard. : The whole , of Sunday two companies of the Ist battalion Grenadier Guards were held in readiness at St. George's Barracks, St. James Park, to be instantly despatched t o M a n c h es t er i n case o f need ; and the 2d ,4attalion of Scots Fusilier Guards expect " the. routo" tranquillity : be not speedily retore4,,All the reglnients of Guaidi have nearly completed their full complement, viz., 800 men. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 26.—1 t is hoped that owing to a trifling rise in the inlet canal, in another week or two the trade of this place will receive a fresh ho pulse from the arrival of the new crops, and the estab lishment of prices for the shiflik produce, under which head may now be comprised nearly all the exports of this country, as completely therefore in the hands of the Government as before the abandonment of the old monopolies. _ _ • The last mail took home a memorial to Lord Aber deen; signed by the majority of the British merchants here, representing to his Lordship, that according to the existing capitulations, they had conceived them selves exempted from all direct interference on the part of the local authorities, but that the proceedings of the Board of health in an instance before their notice, and the conduct of her Majesty's Consul- General in refusing to interfere, had excited consider able apprehensions, while they were unaware as to how lar the Consulate was warranted in submitting British subjects to the direct authority of the Egyptian Government. With regard to the proceedings of the Board of Health in the instance.referred to in this memorial, by the time this reaches, the aggrieved party will have arrived in England to obtain redress. There has been an application by the French Con sul-General to the Paella with regard to the transit to Suez. The matter of the French Consul's com munication'appears to have been without any refer ence whatever to the transport of passengers. or to any French company established, or to be established for that purpos2, but merely that with regard to the transport of merchandise. OF the projected navigable canal between the Mediterranean and Suez, Colonel Gallia Bey, has given in a very favourable report on the feasibility of this work. The fleet are actively preparing for sea under the new Admiral-in-Chief, Said Paella. Recruits are daily arriving from the in terior. The new French line of direct steamers be tween this and Marseilles will commence next Janu ary, and it is projected to reduce the quarantine of passengers from Egypt by these steamers, to only three days, if with clean bills of health. (From the Malta Times.) . , CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 27.—The Austrian steamer, from Trebizonde, which arrived on Sunday, the 24th, brought no news from Persia. The Tatar had not arrived. Preparations, - were, however, being made for hostilities, and Riza Kauli Khan, who commands the Persians, had had a skirmish with the Governor of Solhnania, and had been worsted. This news, however, demands confirmation. The English and Russian Governments have offered their mediation in the Turco-Persian business, and it will be doubtless accepted. The interests of the Persians in Constantinople are to be confided to Russia, during the period that hos tilities from that country menace Turkey. On the morning of the 25th the announcement was made to the public of the dismissal of H. E. Arif Paella, President of the Grand Council of Justice. He is succeeded by his Excellency Raouf Pacha, for merly Grand Vizier. Raouf Pacha yesterday went to tie palace, and took h's seat. SMYRNA, JULY 29.—The French squadron, under the orders of Admiral De la Susse, s:iled yesterday for Syra. Captain Forbes, of the American corvette Preble, died on Wednesday, 27th, after an illness of five days. The Vanguard and Cambridge were at Besika Bay on the 28th, and the Phoenix at the Dardanelles on the 27th. 'The Hecate had arrived at Alexandria on the 26th, too late to bring any news from the coast of Syria. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 26.—The troops have not as yet been paid according to promise, although some of the Coptic. clerks ..and other Christians have received aqua vita in lieu of pay,, which they have converted into money. at a heavy discount. Orders have recently been given by the Pacha, that henceforward passengers' baggage in Egypt shall pass through, without being at all subject to the an noyance or impertinent interference of the Custom house officers; that all passengers and their baggage arriving by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers from England, shall be landed at the Mali moudie canal near the Shouna, without passing, as heretofore, through the city of Alexandria, by which means six hours' time will be gained. The telegraph at Cairo is, as usual, to announce the arrival of steamers as well as the number of passengers they bring—that a propelling steamer be allowed to track upon the igahmoudie canal station-houses and depots to be erected immediately at Suez-,--the Lotus steamer is to' be repaired in the Pacha's dockyard, and when finished will ply again between Atfe and Cairo. These advantages will be highly beneficial to travellers to and from India, and are attributable to the energy and talent of Captain Eng,ledue, between whom and the Pacha the best understanding exists, and the Company cannot but appreciate the services of that officer,. so recently entrusted with important commissions in India. The Paella. has given large commissions, princi pally for ma.,:hinery of different kinds, the selection of which has been entrusted to the judgment and acknowledged good taste of Captain Engledue. 'the three sons of the Pacha paid a visit to the Tagus steamer, and expressed much pleasure at the attentions shown to them. SYRIA. BEYROUT, JULY 10.-A private letter of this date, via Alexandria, by the Emmetjee, announces that the news, although of little importance, had given some uneasiness. Mustapha Paella, it appears, continues to send emissaries to the mountaineers, obliging them, if possible, to sign documents, stating that they were satisfied with the Government of Omer Pacha, as was the case before ;' with the Druses and Mutualls, and the Turks, as a matter of course, he was successful. The Christians have, however, refused to sign the pre cious documents, and have, in fact, sent petitions by private people, addressed to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, complaining of the conduct adopted. These petitions were forwarded by the Austrian steamer. At the same time they beg permission that one of the house of Shekab be appointed to rule over them. On the 6th instant an Egyptian frigate, the Reshid, and a Turkish corvette, arrived with troops, 4,000 in number. The Reshid was sent to Jaffa, there to land her men. MALTA. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. Ava. 5, 1842.--On the receipt of the distressing intelligence of the melancholy and untimely end of his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans, Vice-Ad miral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's naval forces in the Mediterranean, testified the grief of the nation, by issu'ng the foll)w -ing general memorandum : ." The melancholy fact of the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans being unhappily con firmed, her Majesty's ships and vessels present will testify their respect for the memory of his Royal High ness, by the following demonstrations : " At eight, A.M., the ships' flags and colours will be shown as usual ; at noon, the French standard will be hoisted at half-mast, at the main of the Queen, Howe, and Ceylon, flagships, and when so placed, the flags, pendants, and colours of the ships are to be lowered and left flying at half-mast in a neglected state, the yards are to be dishevelled by bracing them into a neglected state, and the guards will parade with arms reversed, the bands playing a prolonged dead march with muffled drums. At sunset all must be revlaced." Chit; was continued for three successive days, and, by a request of the Admiral, all naval forces put themselves into mourning for the same period. His Excellency the Governor of Malta followed the Ad miral's example by requesting the officers of the gar rison and staff to wear crape round their left arm for a like term of three days, during which all places of public amusement were closed, and the royal standard at the palace, and the union jack on the several forts and cavaliers throughout the island were displayed half-mast high. Sums or WAR IN PORT.—Queen, 110, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir 'E. W. C. R. Owen, Com mander-in-Chief; Howe, 120, bearing th e fl ag o f Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, second in command; Impregnable, 104 ; Rodney, 92 ; Monarch, 84 ; h aw;' 78 ; Vernon, 50 ; L'Aigle, 24 ; M ag i c i enne, 24 Snake, 16 ; DevaAtation and Geyser, war steamers ; Prometheus and Alecto, steam packets ; and the Cey lon receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Superintendent, &c. of Malta Dock yard. DISTRIBUTION OF THE REST OF THE MEDITERRA NEAN FLEET. — Forrilidable, 84 • Jasseur, 16 ; and Lizard steam t en d er , a t Gibraltar.. Thunderer, 84, at Cadiz ; and Belvidera, 38, on the south coast of Spain. The Scout, 18 ' • and Medea war steamer, at Corfu. Vanguard, .80 ;. Cambridge, 78 ; and Plunnix war steamer, at Besika Bay, near the Dardanelles. The Stroinboli, war steamer, at Constantinople. The Inconstant, 36 ; Hecate and Vesuvius war steamers, at Beyrout. The Cyclops, at Alexandria. The Locust, steam tender, at .Tripoli, in Barbary; and the Savage, 10, at Tunis. The Beacon and * Magpie at Port Naussia, in the island of Paros. The Poly phemus steam-packet at Marseilles. itlovEmENTs SINE THE 27TH JULY.—The Tagus, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, arrived from Alexandria, bringing . the India mails, on the 27th July; and proceeded on her voyage to Gibraltar and , England on the 28th. The Polyphemus, with the overland mails for England, left for Marseilles on the 27th July. The Magicienne arrived from Tunis on the 30th July, and the ,Prometheus ' from Gibral tar, with the intermediate Lo n d on ma il. The Magi cienne is intended. for the Smyrna station, and will sail shortly, carrying up provisions and stores for the. Beacon and Magpie, surveying in the vicinity of Paros. The :Vernon is• said to be destined to relieve the Inconstant at Beyrout, froth. , whence the Hecate is hourly looked for, having been relieved_by the Vesuvius. The Devastation will re-- lieve the Phcenix at the. entrance of the Dardanelles,. from whence, it is said, the Vanguard and Cambridge hay , : been recalled. The Thunderer is - to return to Malta, and L'Aigle to proceed to Corfu, - to keep up a row guard in the channel, in consequence of some pi ratical acts having been committed thereabouts by small Greek craft. The Medea is said to have pro. . ceeded from Ancona to Corfu, likewise to keep alook out for piratical craft. The Geyser, from England, having relieved the Phcenix, - this latter will leave for England immediately she arrives from the Levant. The Prometheus is ordered to be in readiness to pro ceed to Marseilles at the close of the month with the next overland mail from India, which will, it is ex pected, be a very interesting one. The Alecto will convey the next intermediate mails for England to Gibraltar. The Iberia contract steamer has, at length, com pleted her extensive repairs, and has now resumed her voyages between Malta and the lonian Islands and Patras. During the absence of Lieut. Green, leave, his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief has selected Lieut. Hildebrand Stevens, R.N., of the Queen, to take charge of the mails by this stew:nen She took her departure for the 'lonian Islands and Patras on the 2d inst., and may be looked. fig:! back about the lath. FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS. ATROCIOUS MURDER AT PHILADELPHIA. The subjoined account of a dreadful murder which was perpetrated this morning, is copied from a slip issued by the Ledger. An inquest was held on the • body of the unfortunate victim, by Alderman Brazier, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder - against Smith. A man named Noah Lougee, who kept a broker's office in Third-street, above Chesnut-street, was - murdered this morning, at about a quarter-past six: o'clock, by a man who entered his office, it is sup posed, for the purpose of robbing him. Mr. Lougee.' received one or two stabs in the side from a dirk, one of which entered his heart and produced death almost instantly, . From the appearance of the wound, it would seem that the murdered man was stabbed across the counter, although he afterwards got to the door, -) and attracted attention by an indiscribable noise with „, his hands tightly pressed against his breast. The as sassin, though he resorted to the stale custom of beinc himself the loudest alarmist, crying, " Stop, thief ! • " Stop thief!" and i` Murder !" was immediately pur sued by a number of citizens who heard the cries,. and was finally captured, after a vigorous chase, in the fourth story of a warehouse in Front-street, near • Walnut, where he had endeavoured to secrete himself, On being arrested, the only reply he made to ques tions asked of him was, "he called. me a liar !" but it is reported- that he subsequently confessed to officer Russell that he purposely excited a quarrel with Mr. Lougee, with the intention of robbing and murdering : him. The dirk with which he killed his victim was .- • found in a heap of sand and mortar, at the corner of Third and Chesnut-streets, where he had thrown it in his flight. The murderer first stated that his name was Smith, but he afterwards denied it. His real name is Alexander. • • Mr. L. was formerly a broker in Cincinnati, and kept alao an office in Louisville: He was 48 years of age, and has left a wife and • three or four children. Alexander has been tried before the Mayor, and committed for " Murder " on the evidence adduced. —Philadelphia Gazette. No DOUBT ABOUT western paper says that young ladies who are accustomed to reading news papers are always observed to possess winning ways, most amiable dispositions, and invariably make good wives ; while on the other hand, those who read nothing, or what is far worse, novels, are 'generally unfit for either society or domestic cares, and their company is but little sought for by either sex, farther than the rules of common civility actually require. ANOTHER AMERICAN INVENTION.—An enter prising American, resident in England, has lately in vented a bomb shot of the most destructive character. . which he has sent to this country to be offered to o ur Government. The principles of this infernal wea- • pon are as yet' kept secret,' and will remain so until experiments are made to prove it, We understand that it as an explosive shell which bursts on striking ; ' it is provided with two edged cutters or wings, to clear the way for it into the side of a vessel. John ; Bull had better look out now or we will play the Kilkenny cat game with him with this infernal ma chine, and a few Paixhan guns against his long tems. - The model of this shell is in the hands of one of our most intelligent engineers, who will shortly proceed to Washington with it, for the inspection of the Secretary of War. THE BUNKER'S HILL MONUMENT.—The cap stone of this monument was laid on Saturday morning; July 28. At the first stroke of the public clock, a cannon was fired, and the machinery was instantly in motion. In sixteen minutes the stone was raised to its proper height, • and in about fifteen or twenty mi nutes more, a salute of twenty-six guns announced that it was laid on its lofty bed, where we trust it will remain for ages. The corner-stone of this monument was laid on the 17th of June, 1825, by General Lafayette, attended by ceremonies more -imposing than we have ever seen on any other occasion.. The address, or rather dis course, was delivered by Daniel 'Webster. The dinner table on the hill that day was set for four thousand guests, all under a single canvas roof. ALLEGED SEDUCTIONS OF JOE SMITH.—The Go vernor of Missouri has made a requisition on the Governor of Illinois for the surrender of Joe Smith. Joe Smith seems to be in the same predicament in which Mithomet found himself, when the Korcish tribe repudiated his mission, and attacked his person. According to the account of each of the other, his ,master spirit seems to have been overflowing with love for handsome women, and has been endeavouring to take to himself, out of the number of his prose- , lytes, at least half-a-dozen " spiritual wives :' HAVANNAH.—An accident happened at the theatre the other evening, which under other circumstances might have been accompanied with serious conse quences.: the immense chandelier of the Tacon theatre fell with a tremendous crash into the pit, and though ne one was injured, a few were most dread fully frightened. Had it fallen during the crowded houses of last winter, the consequences would have been terrible. ANOTHER SAM PATCH.—A fellow, who calls him self Don Collos, advertised to jump from the mast head of a vessel in the harbour of Rochester on Sun day afternoon. lie was also to dive and throw sum mersets in the water, &c. Disappointed in not get ting leave to jump from a vessel there, he came up with a crowd at his heels to jump off the Falls in the centre of the city. He was stripping for this purpose, when JusticeiNarner sent him to gaol as a vagrant. LET'S HAVE or I4MEDIATELY.—There has been a Cardinal of every . netion except an Irish one—per haps, lest he should encroach upon the authority of the Pope in making bulls. We can spare Bishop Hughes for that purpose.--He would look well in a red hat. MELANCHOLY.—A lad nam,id M`Carty was sen tenced to fifteen days' imprison, :lent at Boston, for crying newspapers about the stt:eets. Melancholy times when a person is fined for Cryh...g . • NEW MOVEMENT IN STEAM. 1 1, steamboat Bangor, built in this city, is to be altered .into a steam ship and sent from Boston to the Medim - ranean in a few days. She will take passengers, give ,them good berths, clean linen, and* excellent soup at Avasonable rates. We have always said that the Atlantic. and the Pacific would soon be dotted with steam vessels as thickly as abolition meetings of white people are' with negroes, and we now believe that at least one ha if of the steamboats that run through Long Island Sot tnd, ' up the Hfidson, Mississippi, and Ohio will be tur'ned into steamships, with ga...od berths, clean sheets, a nd good soup. This certainly is the age of steam. A BONUS.—A penniless loafer at one of our hot tls received the other day from his landlord a present of a small bill of fifty dollars for board. Not taki xig the hint, he was told the- nest day that Ws means • would be wanted on the morrow. Upon tihis, he packed up and and went to another house. " Why, Sin," said big new host; " how came you to le: we the House ?" " Oh, d—n it, they gave me a bonus offifty dollars for my rooms, and I thought I'd give 'ern up."—Boston Daily American. THE NEW EkCHANGE, ..13osToti.—This buil ding, which is truly an ornament to the city of Poston, is,now nearly completed. This building was conimenced on the 2d of August 1841, and will be completed soon after the termination of the first v.lar. FIRST-RATE TIMES FOR TUE 'GI:MS.—The follow ing is an extract from an Act of the Secittislr Poifia ment, paased in the reign of Queen Bwrgaret,. at out the year 1288 :—" It is statut and ordainit that da ring the reine of hir maist blissit Magestie, ilk maiden la of baith high and love estait shall hae libert7 to 1 le speak ve man she likes ; albeit,.gif he refuses ± - .o IC hir to be his wif, he shall be mulcit in ye sumo of an e hundredth punis or less, as his estait mai be, ex eel:at and always gif he can make it appear that he is be trothit to ane ither woman, that then he shall be free." The Malta Mail publishes a very curious docu ment. It is the excommunication pronounced the Homisli Archbishop of Sinyrna of Mrs. James Wiffttal, a .young Englishwoman, for having embraced the re ligion of her husband—Protestantism. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Europe (whaler), of Bremen, clean, off the Cape de Verds ; Johann Freid rick, for Batavia, lat. 8 S., lon. 25 'W., by the North, arrived off Beachey Head. Buteshire, from London, Jute 22, lat. 19 S., i on . 30 W., by th e Hudson, a rrived at Liverpool. Conradine, Bremen to Tampico, June 5, Ist. 22, lon. 86 ; South Amer - tea, Liverpool to New York, 28th tilt:, lat. 48, by the Pearl. Caroline, of Salem, 2d ult., hit. 4 N., 10n:23 W. ; City of London, for the SoLth Seas, ult„ lat. 11, ion. 2.1,' by the Griming, arrived at Liverpool, D c In --- 64 large riE Introdu' lad re ;Lain; Yalktly, - and and a copious essential an London : J. all Booksellers Just pu INspEcToi AGULL -ACT, i ng. 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