The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-03 00:00:00

This day, price One-Shilling, REMARKS on the WAR, in AFFGHAN ISTAN. By the Hon. W. LESLIE MELVILLE, of the Dekr,al Civil Service. Wm. Tilackwobd and Sons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh, a nd '22, Pall-mall, London. -, MOH W 4TEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning 29 minutes after 10 I Etening 9 minutes aftctll. g lt , , *XTI'-T ~~j *trontiXtitton SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock. VERLAND MAIL. CHINA, INDIA, AND AFFG HAN ISTAN. Th4l following is from a Third Edition of a Morning Cot t2rnixirary The Berenice, with the Bombay mail of the 18th of June, arrived at Suez on the 18th ult. Her mail reached Alexandria on the 22d, at 3 A.M., Malta on the 27th, at half-past 3 A.M., and Marseilles, hy the Polyphemus, on the 31st, at 6 A.M. China news to the 12th of April, and Singapore Journals to the sth of May, have been received. It was said that YANG, an Imperial Commissioner, was en route to offer 40,000,000 dollars as compensa tion to the British for the expenses of the war, and the sarrendered opium ; also the cession "of Hong K6ng as the price of peace. The Chinese hal already commenced removing the ruins and rubbish preparatory to rebuilding the Bogue forts. Some fighting had taken place at Ningpo, in which 1,100 British routed 6,000 Chinese with the loss of from 500 to 700 slain. We had three killed and 40 ounded. The Agra Uhbar, of June 4, says that it was rc orted that an army of observation would be assem bled at Allahabad in the ensuing cold season. SCINDE. Among the items of intelligence which have reached us from Scinde, and which may be depended on as authentic, are an announcement that a large army, said to be 25,000 strong, is advancing from blushed to Herat, and that very suspicious conferences are being held at Hyderabad,;between the Ameers and others, requiring the most vigilant attention of Major OUTRAM. The Seiks are said to be in force on the Muree territory, without their object being understood. AFFGHANISTAN. We have news from Jellalabad to the 29th of May, .A.CHBAR Kiwi had demanded 10,000 rupees for Ge neral ELPHINSTONE'S remains. The Delhi Gazette of the 14th of May mentions that they had been in terred, on the 30th of April, within the walls of Jel , . lalabad. ACHNAR KHAN claims that DOST HAMED be sent back, and that we evacuate the coun try, leaving an agent at Caubul in exchange for the English captives. • The army, it was thought, would not leave the place until they moved to Caubul, there to- meet Gen. Is.ToTT from Candahar. _ _ _ • The Khyber Pass was being re-occupied by the AFREEDES, and the)whole road to Caubul stockaded and defended by all the obstructions the enemy could oppose. Captain MAcxnNziE has returned to Jellalabad on the 9th of May from Lughman, with terms for the release of the prisoners. General SALE'S victory over AKBAR KHAN had struck such terror into the minds of the people that it was thought our troops might have moved on to the capital without resistance, had not the force been deficient in every requisite for so large an army. A. letter from Saugur of the 26th of May announces the Booddelahs to have fled into the territory of Scindia. QUETTAH. Everything remains in statu quo. Half the Can dahar force had moved out to reinforce Kelat-Ghilzie, ' and make a demonstration on Ghuznee. `General ENGLAND crossed the Kojue Katha on the 2dtlay, with the loss of only four men wounded. Instructions had been given on the 14th of May from the Adjutant-General's office to withdraw the troops serving west of the Indus within the British provinces. •In the House of Lords, last night, a resolution Pledging the Government to take measures for the more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade was moved by Lord BROUGHAM. After a long speech frosts . the Noble and Learned Meyer, and a short dis cussion, in which the Duke of WELLINGTON, Lord WIIARNCLIFFE, and . the Earl of IttroN took a part, it was withdrawn, leave having been given to Lord BROUGHAM to prepare and bring in a Bill on the subject. We have read the speech of the Noble and Learned Lord , with painful interest ; but very .different from that produced 'in the House of Lords ...is the impression which it has made upon us. After our long abuse of foreign nations—Porttigal, Spain, the - Brazils, Mexico, and the United States—Lord BROUGHAM was last night forced to admit that the great slave traders of the world -s-the men who sup plied nearly all the capital embarked in this horrible t.stille-s-the men whose ingenuity defeated every at tempt of Great Britain to put it down—the men staler whose auspices it was now flourishing to an unprecedented extent, were British merchants ! Not withstanding our canting at Exeter Hall, and our boasts of the purity of our, faith, the rectitude of out principles, and the honesty of our commercial deal ings,-British capital purchases fetters for hundreds of thousands annually of the sable sons and daughters of Afsica! 'Now what inference would we draw froth that? We answer, the total inefficiency of all legis 'Ain.) for erasing this foul blot upon modern civiliza tions 'With our great merchan is covertly, and many foreign States, openly opposed to our efforts • in • the cause of humanity, we fear it is in vain to expect that mere Acts ,of Parliament will put an end to a traffic so lucrative as to tempt the most cautious merchants to engage in it. While slaves bring 851. a head at Cuba, who can be purchased in Africa for bad brandy, and gosad-for nothing fire-arms,- . it seems to us that there will be always desperate men enough- to engage in the traffic, regardless of any consequences which may attach to them from British legislation. To put down the slave trade all nations must unite in a crusade against it; and before they will cordially agree to do this, do mwtic slavery must be totally abolished. This will be .effected when the light of Christianity enlivens and invigorates the social institutions of Africa ; when the kings and chiefs comprehend the crw'l wrong of selling their people into slavery'; when arts and industry spring up among theist, and they arrive at the knowledge that the sale of their people is the least profitable, as well as the most wicked way in which they can dispose of them ; when domestic slavery is un known hi - the Colonies of France, Spain, and Por tugal, and the continent of A:nerica—then, and their only, may we confidently anticipate the total sup pression of that monstrous social wickedness —the African slave-trade ! . The most important news in the . French Journals, received this morning, ii the account of the funeral of the Duke of ORLRANs, which, will be found in another part of The Situ, and to which we invite the attention of our readers. The Menitrur of the Ist ,of August, publishes in its ofticiml part an ordinance of the 31st of July, by which M. Quesnel, advocate attached, to the department of the interior, is appointed sub-prefect of Pioermel, in the room 0f,31..N0wl de la Touche. _ Thus we seethe sub-prefect of Ploermel dismisSed, because he would not support the election of M. do La rochejacquelin. Is it thus that the Ministry of the 28th of October pretends to consolidate the dynasty ?.--Con stillailnnel. News from Algiers of the 25th of July has been re ceived by way of Mar4eilles and Toulon. The Aur,trian frigate Billona, commanded by the Archduke Frederick, ROn of the Archduke Charles, arrived at Algiers from T r i es te on the 21st. Alter the customary salute the Archduke landed, and proceeded to Blidah, e,,corted by a squadron of the chasseurs o f Af r i ca, an d accompan i ed by the Austrian Consul and his aid-dc-camps. • On the 25th the Governor-General of Algeria, General Bar, and other superior officers of the army of Africa, dined on board the 8i110n5.. 7 Comm erce. BOURSE--l'Ants, SATunDAi, AUG. 1. _.Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 3 per Cents.... 118 15... 118 3 0 ... i ltl 15., 116 20 4 per Cents 101 60... 101 60... 101 60... 101 60 3 per Cents 78 10... 78 10... 77 95... 77 95 Bank of France 32 4 5 .3225 —.3225 .. 3225 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1020 ^ ..1020 ...1020 ...1020 Belgian Fives lO2l ... 10 2 / 1 7 ... 1021 ... 104 1840 1034 ... 1034 ... 103 g ... 104 Dutch 2i per Cents s2g ... 52g ... 52g ... 54 Spanish Active 226 ... 22 ... 226 ... Neapolitan lO5 50... 105 50... 105 50... 105 50 Roman RAILWAY SHARES Versailles, R.B 292 50... 295 ... 292 50... 295 L.ll 96 25... 96 25... 05 95 Rouen Orleans. 560 ... 560 ... 555 ... 555 Strasburg to Bale 205 ... 205 ... 205 ... 205 DUTCH FUNLEf.—AMSTERDAM, Auo. 1. ii/one7. Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent ...... 51% 52% Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Almitt Svnclic,44 per cent. ..... ...... 93% RN Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 7 6% .64 Commercial Company, 4% per cent 14 4 ,4 144 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1E37, 5 per cent l9 99 34 Exchange on London. One month ....... 12 Li Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 75 Two months 35 50 Dutch Papers, Aug. 1. AUSTRIAN FUND.3.—VIENNA, JULY 23 rive per Cents. Metalhques Font per Cents• ••••••••••••••••• ..... ••••••••• ..... ........... 1110% I hrec pa' Cents. flank Shares ••••••••••• .......... .•••••••••••••• EXPRESS FROM PARIS PARIS, AUGUST 2. The division in the Chamber, yesterday evening, on the admission or non•admission of 4Pauwels, a Con . - servative Deputy, was 191 for his admission, and 205 to adjourn it. This is considered by the Opposition as a blow to Ministers. I. Dufaure's party have given a strong proof of their opposition to the Cabinet. No sooner did the Minizterialists agree to vote for Sauzet as President, than the men of the middle pally determined to vote against him, though one of their own, and in favour of M. Dufaure himself. Three per Cents., 77f. 85c. FIVE O'CLOCK. The attacks of the Opposition continued to-day most fiercely in the Chamber, relative to the.election of M. Baude, and the Ministerial interference in his behalf. M. Duchatel made a far from satisfactory defence. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The prices of most cf the English Stocks are rather better than when they left off last night. Consols have been sold at 914- for Money, and are now marked 911 91i; and 91i, buyers, for the Account; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92+ • Three and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 101 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 ; Bank Stock, 170 1701 ; India Stock, 249 251; India Bonds; 32 34 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 52 54 ; New, 50 52 prem. Nothing has been done in Foreign Sceurities ; prices, however, remain nominally as yesterday. Mexican Bonds arc quoted 35 35+, at which some time bargains have been made. _ _ The transactions in Shares have been limited to Great Western, New, 64 ; South Western, 62k ; South Eastern, Scrip, 8 ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47 the New Shares, 34. The bonds noticed to-day are Portuguese Five per Cents, 33* ; Spanish Five per Cents, 21*, and the Three per Cents, 20* ; all speculations for time. _ The arguments in favour of permanently fixing the departure of the mail for India a few days later than the 4th of the month, according to the present regulations, will receive additional strength from the arrival of the present. The steam - vessel is stated to have arrived at Marseilles at six in the morning of Sunday, the 31st ult., and the letters cannot be delivered before the ordinary course of post to-morrow ; but more probably an extra delivery at an advanced part of the day will be required, thus imposing double duty upon merchants, namely, preparing the outward, and perusing the inward, correspondence. To estimate the extent of the labour properly, the counting-houses of parties engaged iu this branch of commerce, should be visited on, the day before and the day of the despatch, and upon the receipt of the letters all business is then completely suspended but that, and scarcely a thought is given to anything else. Some idea may be formed, from paragraphs which occasionally appear, of the number and weight of the packages containing the letters. Now, when making up the bags is put off at a short notice, or when letters are delivered on the same day, most of this correspondence would have to be re written. and even a third time, and in many instances it is obliged to be done ; but in the greater number of cases, the pressure is such that the answers are wholly neglected. All of these inconveniences would be ob viated, were the 6th or 7th of the month fixed fur the departure of the mail. By a chance vessel intelligence has been received from Rio Janeiro a few days later than that by the last packet: The markets for imports shewed no change, though the slight improvement noticed some time since had not, abated, but the confidence of merchants appears rather to have increased. Some parcels of the new crop of coffee had arrived from the interior, the quality of which was stated to be very superior to that of last season, and from all accounts the quantity was likely to be quite as abundant. The information from the Province of St. Paulo is but scanty, but it may be gathered, that, although the Government had from the first adopted most energetic measures to quell the in surrection, yet nothing but the presence of the troops prevented open violence from being continued. Much ill-feeling was stated still to prevail ; and it is to be feared that serious events may occur b efore tranquillity be completely restored. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWATS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto New .. ... . ...... 3 ...... 31 to Great Western Ditto Now ...... ......... 50 London and South Western 4116 ... 62i to INIANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 2 —No im provement is perceptible in our market to-day.—North Midland, Thirds, 198 ; Manchester and Leeds, 77 77 ; Ditto, Halves, 331 331- ; Manchester and Birmingham 28 281 ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10di CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH. FUNDS Bank Steck 3 per Cent. Red. .. ...... 921 Ditto Bonds inn 3 per Cent. Cons.... 914 Ditto Old Annuities 34 per Cent. Red... 101 Ditto New Annuities — New 34 per Cent... ...... 100/ Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 52 pm Ngtvs 5 per Cen. Ditto' 5001 52 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 186(1 ......... 124 Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2 s.l6 ; Consols for Acct....... 911 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... ( Portuguese , 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 1024 'Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian:Bonds.. — !Prussian, 5 per cent — BuenosAyres6 per cent. 'Russian, 5 per tent....., C iilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic . .... C ,lombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent — Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.....— Danish, 3 per cent — French, S per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange ' Mexican, 5 per cent..... 'French, 3 per cent 77f. 75 . Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 \ Dutch, 2i per cent. big Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto. 5 per cent. .. ... T E SITN S -12 r - SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pul)ltc eptutott. " Who runs may read." ronziGN. The talk at the Chamber of Deputie9 on Monday was the quarrel which took place at 'Neuilly, at the moment of the funeral procession, between M. Laffitte and Mar shal Soult. M. Laffitte is President of the Chamber of Deputieq by right of age, no President being yet elected. As President , he demanded to occupy the place of honour—in holding the cords of the pall of the Duke of Orleans. The Marshal defended himself as best he could against M. Laffitte's ire. The other Ministers said, that the Chamber of Deputies not being constituted yet, there was no place for its merely temporary President. "What 1" exclaimed M. Laffitte, " a Chamber of Depu ties not yet coastline, put the crown on the head of the present King, and voted the existence of the Chamber of Peers ; therefore, constitue or not, the Chamber of Deputies must be represented at this ceremony, and in ferior to no other body. I will not walk second even to the President of the Chamber .of Peers," added M. Laffitte. This quarrel of etiquette was put an end to by the putting eight cords to the pall, and giving one on each side, in equal rank, to be borne by the Presidents of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies. We have received the Madrid journals of the 31st ult. The Gazette and some other papers contain articles on the death of the Duke of Orleans, which are remarkable for good feeling and propriety. There is nothing very important in the way of news in these journals. A Ma drid letter states that near Olot and Berge, small bands of rebels have made their appearance ; several have been taken and shot. The sanguinary order of General Zurbano, at Barcelona. declaring that any person falling into the hands of the insurgents, and paying a ransom for his release, shall be shot, as having made himself a party to their offence, is said to have excited such dis- satisfaction at Madrid as to have induced the Regent to annul it. Great surprise is manifested in the Spanish capital by the appointment of the Countess Montejo as lady of honour to the Queen, in the place of Madame Beljida, as the former is said to be notoriously of Carlist principles; otherivise there can be no objection to Madame Montejo, as she is the widow of a grandee of Spain, and one of the most distinguished women at Madrid. The commerce publishes a letter dated the 17th ult., from the frontiers of Prussian Poland, announcing that, although the present harvest was most abundant and of excellent quality, the price. of corn remained high in consequence of the merchants of Stettin having made large purchases at the present price to be delivered at the conclusion of the harvest. A letter from Frankfort-on-the-Oder, dated the 21st ult., states that the fair of St. Maguint, which had just concluded, was well supplied with goods, but almost exclusively from the States forming the German Union, which met with a ready sale, but at rather reduced prices. Letters from Constantinople of the 13th ult., announce that the Schah of Persia is making preparations for a war against Turkey, and that a Persian army is to march against Bagdad, and another against Erzerum. Troops had already marched from Teheran to Amedan, on their way to Bagdad. It appears that the cause of quarrel is a disputed boundary line, and that the Schah had forwarded an ultimatum to the Porte signifying his intention to take possession of the. territory in dis pute if it were not ceded to him by the sth of October. PARLIAMENTARY. The Lords read the Insolvent Debtors' Relief Bill a third time, and passed it. After Lord Brougham had, in the name of such debtors, thanked the Lords, Lord Campbell proposed an amendment, and was somewhat mortified to find that the Bill had passed. The Suspension of the Slave-trade Prohibition Act, as relative to Portugal, was read a second time. Lord Brougham moved a resolution that it is ea pe dient to take measures to prevent the employment of British capital and British agents in the slave trade. The Noble Lord gave an eloquent description of the in crease of the trade, and referred, to several instances in which British capital had been engaged in it. The Duke of Wellington admitted the evils, and declared they ought to be remedied, but also said he saw no means to remedy them. Till they were devised, the sanction of the reso lution was not advisable. After a short conversation Lord Brougham withdrew bis resolution. Their Lordships forwarded a considerable number of measures a stage, and adjourned at Half-past Eight. In the Commons, Sir John Easthope obtained a re turn, after some little bickering by the Saints, of the amount of Church-rates in every parish. Sir R. Peel admitted that he was not satisfied with the law, but he could not promise a measure next session to amend it. In answer to Mr. Cobden, Sir R. Peel stated that two vessels were fitting out in the river for the Mexican Go vernment, and that our Government had refused to allow them to be manned by British seamen. In any contest which may take place, Sir R. Peel said, our Government is to be strictly neutral, and no English officer is to be allowed to serve in the Mexican fleet. Mr. O'Connell alluded to the internal regulations of Texas, but was told by Mr. C. Buller that the internal regulations of a State were not to preclude us from forming a treaty with it. The Bribery at Elections Bill (No. 2) was read a third time and passed. The House was engaged, for the principal part of the evening, in discussing the Copyright of Designs Bill on bringing up the Report. During the discussion Sir Robert Peel excited some amusement by adverting to the mode by which patterns arc distinguished, se lecting for the purpose one marked Richard Cobden and Co., and which he, appropriately for him, styled an ugly pattern. The ouse sat till One o'Clock. SHARES. Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 47 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid Great Western Railway (65 paid) _ _ 90 Ditto New Shares ( '5O pa id).. 644 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411 6s 10d pd) 62i North Midland Railway (100) - 594 . Paris and Rouen (18 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of English Grain have been small bnt of Foreign Wheat good. The runs of English Wheat which remained unsold, found buyers, at Monday's prices, but for Foreign there was scarcely any demand. Other Grain as last stated, with little done. The top price of Flour _"" as settled at 555. per sack. COLONIAL MARKETS. Thy operations were few, but holders were firm, and obtained full rates. TEA MARKET. There WWI little business done, but holders were firm, and obtained HI rates. Cc.mpanv's Congou Is. 90. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices steady, but the demand was limited, at 48s. on the spot. LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUGUST S.—Wind this day at noon E. DEAL, AUGUST 2.—Wind, N.E., moderate.—Sld, Giraffe, Sydney; Bombay, New Zealand ; Sarah, Port Phillip. PLYMOUTH, JULY 31.—Arrd.-off, Edward. M‘Kenzie, Quebec ; Forester, Knudsen, Bahia, • for Hatnburgh.. Arrd. Jane, Baxter, Monte Video... OFF PORTLAND, AUGUST I.—Care, St. Domingo, for Hamburgh. OFF POOLE, AUGUST 2.—George, Fenwick, Batavia, for Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 1.--Wind E. to S.E., light breezes.—Arrd. Creole, Baysor, Rio, sld. June 3 ; Li vonia, Reid, Aux Cayes, sld. June •17. ,Sld. Alchymist, Quebec ; Lady Mary Wood .steamer, Gibraltar. The Sarah,' which was on the Stag rocks, has been brought into harbour: - • BRISTOL,' AUGUST 2.—Arrch Coverdale. Fry, Barb; - does. Sid. Ann, Demerara ; Kite, Grenada. PORTPIOUTII, AUGUST. 2,-:Wind S. E.—Sld. Plante- • genet, Calcutta.. - , • „ LIVERPOOL, AUG. 2.--7,Wind Southerly, variable, and light.—Arrd. Kate, bcott, Monte Video, left May 14. • Sailed ' , Scotland, Brazil ; Nueva, :Yheria, Havannah ; United States, ' and Hibernia, New York ; Peruvian, Boston ;N Elizabeth, Ann, and Crescent, ewthundland Bridget, Archibald, Rio Grande .; Hightield, Africa. Arrived 'off; Glasgow ' (supposed from); Roinhay ; Vic toria and -Francis, Barbadoes ; Winseales ,and Eliza, Lusk - man. . . . OFF CORK, JULY 31.--,Arrd. Cassiopa i • H o d gson, Mauritius. A barque at. Hayle; fell over yesterday morning, and received considerable- damage. BERWICK, AUGUST I.—The John (sloop), from New castle to Arbroath; in running into New Sunderland, 29. th ult. _(having sprung 4 Jeak), ran, pn the beach, but is expected otf after discharging her cargo (cods). MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. A meeting of the wine-merchants of Bristol took place in that city on Tuesday for the purpose of adopting a memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, praying for a return of a portion of the duties on bottled wines in stock, so as to place them on an equality with those imported or taken out of bond under the amended duty fixed by the Treaty with Portugal. The memorial was accord ingly resolved to be adopted, and before the breaking up of the meeting a piece of plate of the value of 100 guineas was voted to J. Moore, Esq., the Chairman, in testimony of the gratitude of the wine-merchants of Bristol for his efforts in behalf of their trade. ELECTIONEERING. The writ for the borough of Southampton having been issued, Messrs. St. John Mildmay and Hope have ap peared on the Conservative side, while Mr. George Thompson stands forward for the Liberal interest. The nomination is fixed for Saturday, and the polling for Monday next. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The street leading from Farringdon-street for the formation of the line of road to Clerkenwell-green is to be carried on forthwith. The houses on each side are to be second-rate buildings, the frontage of each being about eighteen feet, and the depth about sixty feet, and they are entirely to be finished within twelve months. NAVAL AND MILITARY. By a comparison of the speed at sea, or what may be called the sea•tates of the Britannia, Columbia, and Acadia, which are known as the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ships, it appears that the average passage performed by them to and from Liver pool and Halifax, during the years 1840 and 1841, as calculated by chronometer, gives, the outward passage 13 days and 6 hours, and the home 11 days 3 hours. LAW AND POLICE. John WinninitTni vk-Ts finally examined yesterday at Guildhall, on the charge of stealing 155 bundles of er mine skins, value 3001, of Mr. Schacht, furrier, and com mitted for trial. Caroline Mason. a girl of only 14 years of age, was brought up at the Thames Police yesterday, for final examination, charged with plundering little children of their shr,es and dresses in various parts of the district. Out of a number of charges made against the girl by the mothers of the children, who crowded the office, three of the strongest were selected, on all of which she was found guilty of the felony, and committed for trial. LITE&ARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The sale of the Shogborough Ball property com menced on Monday with the hooks of the library. Seve ral high prices were fetched for rare editions, and there 'was realised for the first day's sale, 420 L 1.55. The speculum for the Dili of Rosse's leviathan teles cope was safely removed from the annealing oven, where it had lain nearly 16 weeks, on Saturday last. 1)r. Arnold, we are gratified to learn, at the time of his decease had just completed the third volume of his " History of Rome," and his friend, Archdeacon Hare, will superintend its progress through the press. SPORTING. _ Game of all descriptions, iile3;ants and partridges, are plentiful in the country throughout Berkshire - this year. The Brighton races commence to-morrow. COURT—FASHIONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll have arrived at Ar dineaple Castle, from Inverary. - The Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury left Grosvenor-square yesterday, for Tottenham Parke Wilts. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa have left Whitehall-gardens, for St. Margaret's, Islewortl3. The Earl and Countess of Zetland have gone to Uplcathatn ' near Guisborough. • The Earl of Wilton left town yesterday for Cowes. The Earl of Lonsdale had a I;rge dinner party yester day in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. Lady Peel and family leave Whitehall-gardens at the close of the week, for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. MISCELLANEOUS. A horse from Java, of the diminutive size of only 971 inches in height, scarcely as tall as a large Newfound land dog, was yesterday received as a present by her Majesty at Windsor. The two celebrated danscuses Duvernay and Fanny Elssler are both in London. LONGEVeITY. — Mr. Nagle, of Ballinamona Castle, county Cork, writes as follows to the editor, in the last number of the Southern Reporter:—" I think you will not have any objection to insert in your next publication the death of a very old man, my pound-keeper, on part of the lands of Clogher, near Doneraile, named Louis Nl'holeham. He died yesterday, at the age of 118 years and seven months. He was married to his first wife more than fifty years, and had no offspring. He married a second wife at the age of 1( 9 years, by whom he has had a son, a fine boy, and rery like the father. From his great age I have given him his house and the parish pound many years rent free, which made him comfortable and prolonged Eris life. He n :ver lost a teeth, nor had he a grey hair on his ht ad." A WOMAN IN A TRANCE.—On Monday morning, the 18th ult., and aged widow, named Betty Butterworth, of Wolstenholine Fold, Spotland, near Rochdale, after eating a hearty breakfast, lay down and fell fast asleep, and continued ,r 1 that state until the Friday following, all attempts to awake her in the mean time having proved unavailing. When she oke, she asked for some porridge, which being furnished, -he ate with apparent greediness. It is stated that about six al( nths ago she slept upwards of a week in a similar manner. zil.e is in a good state of health. IVEDNVSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1e42. LA W INTELLIGENCE. NS9WENT COURT-- , (THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF JOHN PAULE. The insolvent was described in his schedule as collect ing-clerk to a soap-manufacturer in Lambeth. Mr. WOODROFFE opposed his petition to be discharged, on behalf of a creditor who held a bill of exchange, dated 18th September, 1840, upon which the insolvent was sued and a verdict given against him, when he moved for a new trial, and the application being granted, a verdict was again returned against him.. The costs to which the opposing creditor was thus put in the recovery of his demand exceeded 100/. The Learned Counsel also said that the insolvent having stated in his exami nation that he had carried on business as a grocer in High-street, Poplar, his present petition could not be entertained, inasmuch as he had not described himself as of that business in his schedule. Ale. COOKE, on behalf of the insolvent, contended that he was not of age at the time he carried on business its a grocer, and even iflie were that he bad given it up on the 10th of September, 1840, eight days before he con tracted the liability under which lie was now opposed, and consequently in point of law he was correct in his description in the balance-sheet. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said he could not. entertain the petition as the insolvent was at present described. He should, therefore, order the case to stand over, that the insolvent might re-advertise and file an amended balance-sheet. . IN RE SYMONDS. The insolvent was an engineer , end builder. His peti tion to be discharged was opposed. in person by an at torney named Rutson. He was not supported by counsel. Upon Mr. Rutson being sworn, The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said to him, in an exceedingly low tone of voice, " You had better speak loud, as the insolvent, I understand, is very deaf." Th e Insolvent—lndeed I am, Sir, I can scarcely hear a word.—(Loud laughter.) The opposing creditor stated to the Court that he discounted a bill of exchange for the insolvent under a representation that he was in very solvent circumstances at the time, hut when it became due it. was dishonoured, and he found that all the machinery, tools, &e., which were upon his premises, were alleged to have been made over to a person named Sharpe.. After the insolvent had examined Mr. Hutson at great length, Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said he should order the further hearing of the case to come on again on Thurs day week, upon which day, if the insolvent were not prepared with evidence relative to the disposal of the property, lie should further adjourn it without enlarging his bail. IN RE GEORGE LEEK. The insolvent in this case, which has been already re ported in The Sun , was called for judgment, when The Learned CIIIEF COMMISSIONER said it appeared to him that 'the insolvent was one of those persons who, when contracting.debts, seemed to calculate on this Court as a means for paying them. lie always had some re lative who was ready to become the alleged proprietor of all his assets .previous to his arrest, and under all those circumstances the sentence of the Court was that he be imprisoned, at the suit of one or more of his creditors, for the period of eight months, from the date of his vest ing order. . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) HUNTINGDON RACES—TuEsDAY. The Huntingdonshire Stakes, of 20 sots. each, 10 ft., am - . 5 only if declared ; with 50 added. Two miles. Lord Kelburne's cby MuleyMoloch, 4 yrs (Wakefield) I Colonel Peel's I-am-not•aware, aged Mr. Nightingale's Ajax, 4 yrs Mr. Thornhill's E. 0., 4 yrs 4 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. I. Day's Tamburini, 6 yrs ; Mr. Booth's Benjamin, t yrs ; and Colonel Peel's Norma, 3 yrs, The Hinchinbrook Plate of 501. Heats, once round. Colonel Peel's Prosody, 3 yrs (Bartholomew) 3 1 Mr. Button's Evasion, 3 yrs 1 '2 Mr. Booth's Colchicum, 6 yrs 2 3 di Three yrs old Sweepstakes of 5 suvs. each, with 2t added. Heats, one mile, Mr. Thornhill's End and Odds (Pcttit) 1 2 l Mr. Phillimore's Solomon Colonel Peel's Norma POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET: (THIS DAY.) SHOPLIFTING AT MESSRS. HOWELL AND JAMES'S.-- Mary Ann Davis and Esther Howell, two young and well-dressed females, both in the family way, and who were stated to be the wives of respectable mechanics, were placed at the bar on the following charges of shop lifting : It appeared that between seven and eight o'clock last evening the prisoners, in company, together, entered the shop of Messrs. Howell and James, of No. 9, Regent street, silk mercers, lacemen, &C., and asked to look at some lace. Several boxes of that article were shown them, some of which were of a veryvaluable description,and after examining them for a considerable time, and in a manner that excited the suspicion of one of the shopmen, they made a trifling purchase, and were about leaving the premises,• when two pieces of lace fell from them on the floor. but of which they took no notice, but walked hastily on, without waiting for a shilling change that was due to them. They were watched as far as St. Martin's-lane, where they turned up a court, and appeared to be in the act of arranging a portion of their dress, when another card of lace, of the value of about 3/., the property of Messrs. Howell and James, and which was amongst those which had been shown to the prison ers, was seen to fall on to the paveinent from the person of the prisoner Howell. They were then given into custody. The prisoners were fully committed to Newgate for trial. A second charge was preferred against the prisoner Davis, for stealing. on the 3d of last month, under similar circumstances, at the shop of Messrs. Hayward and Co., of No. 81, Oxford-street, lacemen, four pieces of lace, of the value of 101. The property was dropped in the shop be fore she left the premises. Mr. Robinson, the solicitor, attended on behalf of the prisoners. The prisoner Davis was fully committed on the second charge. UNION HALL.=-(THIS DAY.) Henry Gill, a painter, was charged with committing an outrageous assault on Mary Thompson, a young female of respectable appearance. The prisoner was employed at a gentleman's house, where the complainant was living as servant. On the preceding afternoon, the family being out, the defendant, who was previously engaged at work on the exterior of the house, knocked at the door, and said he wanted a ladder. The moment, however, he got inside, he began to take improper liberties with the girl, who to escape from him, was compelled to take refuge in one of the rooms, in which she locked herself until the family came home. _ _ The prisoner, in defence, insinuated that she was a depraved character. The complainant's master and mistress spoke in tho highest terms of her moral conduct, and they were con vinced there were not the slightest grounds for the vile imputations attempted to be cast upon it. Mr. COTTINGHAM, in strong terms, condemned the conduct pursued towards the girl by the defendant, and inflicted a penalty of .51., the highest the law empowered him, and, in default of payment, committed him for three months. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedutgo of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, AUG. 2. DESIGAS COPYRIGHT BILL. Motion made, and Question propos^d, " That the Amend ments made by the Committee to the Bill be now read a second time :"—The House divided MAJORITY—AYES, 78. Forbes, William M'Geachy, F. A. Fuller. A. E. Masterman, John Gasket', James Milnes Meyncll, H. Gladstone,. W. E. Mundy, E. Miller Gordon, Hon. NV. Nicholl, J. Goulburn, Henry Norreys Lord Graham, Sir James Paget, F. Greene, T. • . Pakington, J. S. Gregory, W. H. Peel, Hon. Sir R. Grogan, E.lward Polhill, Frederick Harcourt, (L G. Praed, W. T Hardinge, Sir H. 'lepton, G. W. J. Henley, J. Warner Scott, Hon. F. Herbert, Hon. S. tieyrneur, Lord Hogg, .W. Sheppard, T. Hope, Hon. C. Smith, It. Vernon Howard, P. H. Someriet, Lord U. Hutt, W. Stanley, Lord Jenny'', Lord Stuart. H. . • Jones, Theobald Sutton, Hon. h. M Knatchbull, Sir E. Trench, Sir F. Knightley, Sir C. Trotter, J. Letioy, Ankony Wortley, Hon. J. S. Lincoln, Earl of Young, John Lockhart, William TELLERS. Lowther, Colonel Fremantle, SirT. Maclean, D. • Pringle, A. Viand, 'l'. D. Affix, John Peter Arbuthnot, Hon. II A rkwright, George Baird, W. Bateson, Robert Bolder°, H. (I . Botneld, Beriah Broadley, H. Broeklehurst, J. Browne, Hon. W. Bruce, Lord E. nu'lei, Sir J. Y. Clietwode, Sir John Clerk, Sir George Cockburn, Sir G. Collett, W. 11. Copps, W. • Darby, George Dawnay, W. H. Douglas, Sir H. Douglas, Sir C. East, .IBuller Eaton, R. J. Eliot, Lord Escoit, Pickham Flower, bit James Brotherton, J. Curteis, H. B. Duke, Sir James Forster, Matthew Heathceat, J. Hume, Joseph NORITY--NOLS, Morris, David • Palmerston, Visct. Plumridge, Captain Scholefield, J. Seale, Sir J. H. Thornely, Thomas Wood, .B. Third Clause (Grant of Copyright) the words nine calendar months' stand The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, A'Court, Captain Eaton, Richard J. Aldan), William Eliot, Lord Allix, John Peter E,cott, I3ichkam Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Ffolliott, John Arkwright, George' Flower, Sir James Baird, William Forbes, William Baring, W. B. Fuller, A. E. Bentinck, Lord G Gaskcll, J. M. Bolder°, Henry G. Gladstone, W. E. Sottield, Beriah Gore, W. R. O. Broadley, Henry Goulburii, H. Brocklehuret, J. Giaharn, Sir J. Browne., W. Urcei.e, T. G. Bruce, Lord E. Chetwode, Sir John I G la w ia g jt ' o ' n t , ;( t ‘ V v . ar J d . Collett, W. Bickford Hardy, John Colville, C. R. Hulbert, Hon. S. • Corry, H. L. Hope, Charles Grippe, J. rd P H. ..ovt , a • Currie, ltaikes HumpherY , J. Darner, Hon. Dawson Jertuyn, Earl Darby, George Jone 9, Dawnay, Bon. W. Knatchbull, Sir E. Douglas, Sir Howard Letroy, Anthony Douglas, Sir C. E. Lincoln, Earl of Duncan, George TELLERS. Williams, W. Philips, M. Question put, " That part of the Bill :" Lockhart, William Mundy, k M. Nichol', .1 O'Brien, 1. O'Connell. D. Pakmgton, John S. feel, Sir Hobert Peel, Jonathan Polhill, F. Pollock, Sir Fred. Praed, William 'l'. Smith, hanjamin Stanley, Lord Stewart, John Stuart, 14. Sutton, lion. IL M. Taylor, J. A. Trench, Sir Frederic Trotter, Jobn Vern9r, W. Vivian, John Ennia Young, John NO _NOES, Rt. Ilon. E. H e nley, home, Joseph Napier, Sir Charles Palmerston, Viscotin, Philips, Murk Blackstone, W. S. Bowring, Dr. Brother t on, J. Callaghan, Daniel ')irelt, E. Duke, Sir James TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Pringle, Alexander Scholetield, J. l'ufnell, Henry TELLERS. Williams, Wm. licathcoat, John MASS FOR TILD DUKE OF ORLEANS.—This morning the last solemn mass was performed at the French Catholic Chapel, Portland-place, fur his late Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans. The service was attended by the French Ambas sador antl his suite, and a great number of persons, amongst whom were several distinguished foreigners. A mass was aLo performed in the French Catholic Chapel, Somers' Town. This morning. about a quarte r to two o'clock, a fire broke out et Jr. Kitchener s, grocer, No. 10, Bowling. green-lme, Clerkenwell, which might have been attended with fatal consequences, but for the timely arrival of the parish en giees, whieh did not, however, succeed in extinguishirig it until nearly the whole of the shop had been destroyed. Happily no lives were lust. DARING INCENDIAREIM.—IIIformation was yester day received at Bow•street, and forwarded from thence to all the sta ion-houses oldie m etro p olitan and city po lice, that on the night of Northamptonshire, 'Tuesday last a barn in the oc cupation of Mr. Samuel Sha r p , of Guilsborou g h, con:aining wheat, barley, and straw, and a winnowing machine, and other agricultural im plements, together . with various outbuildings and four. ricks of hay adjoining, .were set tire to and totally de stroyed, it is supposed by the act of a vile incendiary, for whose apprehension a reward of 501. is oftbred. BETTING AT MANCHESTEII-YESTERDAY. ST. LEGER.-7 to 4 agst Attila, 9 to 1 agst Cabrera (taken), 10 to 1 agst Policy, 12 to 1 agst Fireaway. 20 t. 1 agst Cittonite (taken freely), 25 to 1 asst Seahorse, 25 to 1 agst Artful Dodger, 25 to 1 agst leoialind, 40 tc 1 agst Meteor. DEPBY.-25 to 1 agst Philip (taken), 25 to 1 agar Aristides, 33 to 1 agst Cotherstone (taken), 33 to 1 agst the Progress colt, 33 to 1 agst Canton, 35 to Parthian. THAMES ROYAL YACHT CLUB. The closing sailing match of the season amongst yachts be longing to this distinguished Club was:yesterday decided. The) started at eleven on Monday, and after drifting to Erith, in an space of five hours, were obliged to turn back, their captain feeling that it would be impossible, against the tide, to ar rive at the distance buoy at Coalhouse Point, before five o'clock as required by the articles of the Club. It was then determine. that, in accordance with the rules, the match should be re sailed on the following day (yesterday). The owners were at their po=ts early, as the morning indicated but little more aii than on the previous day ; and as there had been no opportunity whatever of going through the necessary preparations for a steam-boat excursion, the Commodore, W. Harrison, Esq., took his place in the Fortuna to witness the contest. At ten o'clock the boats were at their stations, the wind having fresh ened, and blowing from the east with a little of the south in it. The signal was given at a quarter-past ten; and Messrs. Mee nom's Gnome, of 24 tons, and Mr. Gunston's Champion, of 25 tons started, the distance being to Coalhouse Point, and back to Greenwich. The Champion took the lead, and held it, ar riving first at the distance buoy at three.o'clock, the Gnome being eighteen minutes later. The Champion retained the lead, run up in gallant style, and arrived at Greenwich, front ing the Hosrital, at a quarter to six, and the Gnome at six o'clock. The Club then assembled et the Royal Yacht Tivern, when, after an excellent dinner, the handsome service of plate was presented to Mr. Gimiton by the Commodore. SHADWELL REGATTA. The annual wager amongst the watermen plying in the vicinity for a skiff and other prizes. subscribed for by the ladies and gentlemen of St. Paul's, Shadwell, took place on Tues day, and appeared to afford a great degree of amusement to the " natives." It was a scullery' wager by six free watermen, in fire heats, upon the very old fashioned principle that the brst man of the first heat and first of the second should lay by, and the four worst contend for the third heat; the two best of them, with the two who bad lain by, for the fourth ; and the two first of these for the fifth heat. At one o'clock, William Dove, Shadwell-dock-stairs, red ; Robert -Skinner, King James's-stairs, yellow ; and Horatio Nelson, ditto, pink, started for the first heat, which was won by red. Directly after the conclusion of this, William Lane, olCole-stairs, white ; John Barnes, Bell•wharf, green ; and ames Mickerson, blue, rowed the second heat, which was decided in favour of white. The four unsuccessful men then started for the third heat, which was won by yellow and pink, and the fourth heat by red and yellow. At a little after seven, the two last-named went away for the grand heat, the distance' extending, as in the former heats, from Shadwell-dock, and row three times round, the whole way from Bell-wharf to New Crane. After a sharp heat red came in first, winning the boat. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford, was on Thursday last elected to the head mastership of Rugby School. The trustees present on the occasion were the Earls of Den bigh and Aylesford, Earl Howe, Sir G. Skipwith, Sir F. Lawley, Sir H. Halford, Sir G. Crewe, Mr. W. S. Dug dale, M.P., Mr. E. J. Shirley, M.P., and Mr. Holbeche. The Rev. William Henry Brookfield, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, late curate of St. James's, Picca dilly, has been elected assistant preacher at that church. He is also appointed to the incumbency of St. Luke's dis trict church, .Berwick street, Oxford-street, on the nomi nation of the rector of the parish. The Rev. Richard Kirby, 8.A., Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Bedford Exhibitioner, has been appointed second master of Felstead Grammar School. The Rev. Henry Atkinson, A. 8., assistant minister of Selby, has been elected master of Drax Grammar School, by the trustees of Reed's Charity assembled on the oc casion. We understand that the Rev. Faithful, M.A., tutor to Lord Cranborne (eldest son of the Marquis of Salis• bury), is to succeed to the vicarage of Cranborne, Wilts, void by the resignation of the Rev. F. H. Pare. The Rev. Egremont Richardson, 8.A., to the rectory of Oxcomb, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Furners, M.A. Patron, Benjamin, Grant, Esq., Scamblesby Grove. The Rev. Robert Allen, M.A., of Westbourne, has been unanimously elected minister of St. Peter's Chapel, Emsworth, Sussex, void by the resignation of the Rev. D. Davies, D.D. The Rev. Robert Wilson Evans, 8.D., senior fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the vicarage of Ha versham, Westmoreland, vacant by the death of the Rev. G. Lawson. The Rev. Joseph Leeson, 8.A., of Trinity College Dublin, to be assistant curate to the parish of St. Giles Durham. OBITUARY. At Farnham, the Rev. W. Hardis Lushington, third son of the Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, and rector of _Eastling, in Kent. At the Vicarage, Stebbing, on the 23d inst., the Rev. H. Sharpe Pocklington, vicar, aged 39. At the Rectory, Boxford, the Rev. John Wells, aged 72. The Rev. Joseph Goodenough, rector of Godmanstone, and perpetual curate of Nether Cerne. VAUXHALL GARDENS.--'The Masquerade, for which active preparations have been making the last several weeks, came off last night. The costumes on the occa sion were elegant and appropriate, though for the most scanty, there not being more ian one " masque "to twenty, in their usual habiliments. The entertainments of the evening, in addition to the concert, fireworks, ropedancing, • &c., consisted in the performances 0! the stud of Mr. Batty and their riders, both male and female, than which nothing of its kind could be better, and in the performances of Le Petite Taglioni, a precocious dansfeuse of great rromise, and of present excellence. The illumi nations were very splendid and appropriate. • The' in strumental band was equally good, and, on the whole everything was done that could attract and gratify, the public taste. The whole of the gardens were thrown open, and an extensive promenade afforded in the Italian walk. By twelve o'clock, the attendance of company was at its height, and festive groups were enjoying them selves in the saloon, and at the various supper-tables, Lord Gordon and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence wera walking about the grounds, and, after the Opera, the Gardens received-the addition of Mr. James Macdonald, Mr. Facer Wellesley, Captein Duff, Sir Charles Kent, Mr. Beech, Lord llanelagh, Lord Paget, Lord G, Fagot, &c. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the Grand Junction Rail way was held on Monday in Liverpool. From the. Be • port of the Directors, it appeared that the income of' the Company had been, from January to July, 207,635/. 14s. 7d. The net profit for, the last half year had been 113,661.1. 12s. 8d.,• to which must be added the reserve fund, amounting, with interest, to 8,2261. Os. 4d.; snaking a total of 122,4871. 13s. The Report says : " The income-tax, amounting to 1,8261. 18s. becoming payable to Government, will first have to be deducted for the three months, ending the 30th of June ; and the Directors, for the reason given by them on the last occasion of their meeting the Proprie tors, have again to advise that the sum of 5,0001. be placed to the fund for the depreciation and renewal of engines and other stock. From the - balance they ave now to recommend that a dividend of 51. per cen . be declared, amounting to 110,165/., leaving, after the a ove deductions, the sum of 5,495/. 14S. id. to be carried to the credit of the reserved fund, and applicable to future dividends. The depreciation fund, with the above ap propriation, will, consequently, be with interest, 10,0401. 7s. 6d. The net receipt for Sunday travelling is 'los. per share of 100/. EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL TREATMENT OF A CUILD.—EXuumATioN or TUE BODY.—Yesterday an inquiry, which lasted several hours, was gone into be fire Mr. Baker, at the Ship, Ratcliffe-cross, on the body of Sarah Miller, an infant, agcd eight months, who' was alleged to have died from the effects of poison. The body had been buried, but on information of the circumstances the case being transmitted - to the Coroner, he ordered it to be exhumed, as he deemed an inquiry necessary. Mrs. Esther Watson, of No. 8, School-house-lane, Ratcliffe, said that the mother of deceased lodged in her house, and always appeared to treat the deceased kindly. About a fortnight since, owing to the mother being attacked with cholera, the deceased was weaned. A few days after the child became poorly, and on Tuesday last, the grand mother said that she would boil a sheet of writing paper in milk and give the child ; upon hearing her say which, witness said she had never heard of such a thing being given to a sick infant. The sheet of paper was bought, boiled in milk and water, and some of it given to the child. Directly after, the child began to vomit, which continued at intervals, until her death on the fol lowing Thursday. The grandmother was called into the room, and in answer to questions from the Jury, said that she had brought up twenty-one children, and had always found writing paper a good medicine in cases where the bowels were in a relaxed state. Dr. Barnard said she had opened the body, and found:the cause of death to arise from inflammation of the lungs, which might have bepn brought on by cold. He did not think paper likely to produce any fatal result. , The Jury re turned a verdict, "'That the decease died from natural causes." Until within the last two years there was not a calf c xported from Ireland, while in the year 1840 the exportation of them amounted to 3,100, and in the last year to 8,900. THE PROROGATION.—It was stated yesterday about the Houies of Parliament, that . . the prorogation, by the Queen in person, will take place to-morrow se'rnight. It is rumoured in the diplomatic circles that a Noble Viscount will, in all probability, succeed a Noble Friend n t one of the Northern Courts. _ _ _ Mr El.nes, the Surveyor of Port of London, is ati res in llamburgh, surveying the damage done by the la - ,e extensive conflagration, for ,thp purlose of making a design for rebuilding the damaged portion of that ci 7 on au improved plan. SPAIN. . ST. SEBASTIAN, JULY 28.—The following manifes!o tddressed to the men and officers of the Army of the corth, by General San Miguel, immediately on his arrival in Vittoria, has just been published here TO THE CHIEFS, OFFICERS, AND MEN COMPOSING THE ARMY OF THE 12TH MILITARY DISTRICT. " Companions in• Arms and Fellow Soldiers,—Placed At-your head by the order of his Highness the Regent of the kingdom, I do hereby announce to you, that it is my iced determination to employ my best energies in order o render myself deserving of the confidence thus reposed 'n me. " Our duties as soldiers are simple. To defbnd with !mirage and loyalty the independence of the nation igainst external enemies ;_ to protect the laws and public irder against the internal foes and traitors who may at-. - ,empt to disturb them. Such are the duties and obliga 'ions which our country imposes on us. On all occasions you have proved to the world that you are animated by the desire to perform so glorious a task ; and such are .he titles which have given you a claim to the esteem old affection of all good citizens. " That portion of the country which is included in the 12th military district is distinguished for love of labour And the industrious character of its inhabitants. Its first necessity. is the preservation of peace and of public order, •inder the influence of which it can alone attain to prospe rity and happiness. If, then, any individual, whatever 5e the mask he may assume, shall dare to promote dis order, or to disturb the laws and the political system by vhich we are at present governed, you will, I trust, he ready to repress his audacity with the valour and pa triotism which always distinguish Spanish .soldiers. Should the moment of danger arrive, you will see me, vho am a veteran in the cause of Spanish liberty and independence, more than ever. ready to lead you on in the ;ood cause. " Companions in arm ! the first Magistrate of the nu don is at the same time its first soldier, and this 'noble chant( ty is h's best title to glory. No one better knows - he necessities of the valiant Spanish army,. no one la )ours more for its well-being, and no one makes greater Aforts in order that merit and good service shall meet with their due recompense. " But, above all, do not forget that subordination is the soul of military service ; and that without the strict observance of the principles of good discipline, armies cannot exist. " Long live the Constitution of 1837, the Queen Donna Isabella 11., and the Regent, the Duke of Victory and ! " EVARISTO SAN MIGUEL. " Vittoria, July 25." The General is expected to arrive here this evening ; he was to have slept last night at Tolosa. • The 4th of next month is the day now confidently !lamed for the arrival of Don Francisco Paulo with his family at San Sebastian. STATE OF TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 13.—The information I com municated to you in my last letter with respect to the hostile collision that had taken place between the Turks and Persians at Sulemaniah and Bayazid, and which was conveyed here by Tater in ten days from Bagdad, has been fully confirmed through other channels. It was expected also, that, though the forces of the Shah had suffered a trifling check, he would still prosecute the war, and it was added that he had already left Teheran at the head of a considerable army. and was in full march to the frontier. Among his other demands from the Turkish Government is an indemnity of 3,000,000 purses, or 1,500,000/. for the damage done to Persian property at the sacking of Mahamera by the Turkish troops some years ago, and it being unlikely that the Porte, however desirous of peace at this critical moment, will consent to pay so exorbitant a price for it, blow s and bloodshed, followed, perhaps by territorial conquest on the one side or the other, appear to be the only means left of settling accounts between them. The Shah, as well as I can ascertain, is much better prepared for hostilities than the Turks; he is reported to have 60 regiments of infantry, 20 of them disciplined by English officers ' • and his cavalry, according to all ac counts, is, for Asiatic cavalry, highly efficient. Ali Pacha, of Bagdad. who, by.the way, on receiving his firman of dismissal, civilly begged to be excused from obeying it, or resigning his post, alleging the extreme affection of the people .to his person, has not more than four thousand regular troops under his command. The Porte, therefore, has determined on expediting all its disposable forces to the Persian frontier. These are, unfortunately, in respect to number, but very insignifi cant—three battalions of infantry,. a regiment of cavalry 900 strong, and 500 toptches, or engineers, were all that could be mustered, and left Constantinople yesterday: Serious as the danger in this quarter may appear, the Turkish Government has just now to face other difficul ties still more imminent, and still more appalling. Another outbreak has this week taken place at Nissa, on the confines of Servia. The Bulgarian peasantry, ex eited:and re-inforcediby emissaries from Greece, are again in open insurrection against the Suhan's authority, hav ing proclaimed their independence, and invited the whole Christian population of Turkey to join in their holy war against the Mussulmans. The Porte has long ago foreseen, and is in some measure prepared for this storm; it is now evident that the troops, which had been or dered to concentrate at Monaster, were intended for the prompt repression, if not prevention, of these disturb ances, and immediately on receiving intelligence of them, an additional brigade of infantry was directed upon Nissa, from Adrianople, by orders of the Government, and another I believe is already en route from Constantinople. Hussein, the celebrated Pacha of Widdin, has also been commanded to make a levy of Bash Boauks, or irregu lars, and descending along the Servian frontier, to fall upon the rear of the insurgents at Wissa. These ener getic measures will, in all probability, be attended with the desired effect ; but the nature and extent of the mis chief which has been long brewing through the whole of European Turkey, and in which there is undoubtedly much foreign leven and many foreign ingredients, are such us are neither easy to trace or eradicate. Negotiations for a commercial treaty arc, as I in formed you in a previous letter, at length on foot be tween Mavrocordato and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Porte, it seems, has at length consented to treat, and his compliance 'was probably hastened by the menacing aspect of affairs in Roumelia. PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The letter of Prince Louis Napoleon which has appeared in the Morning Post causes me much pain, as the Prince rightly judges that it could not be my inten tion " to insult misfortune." It was incautious in me to make the remark I did in the work to which he alludes, as I merely followed the general impression that Prince Louis Napoleon, when set at liberty by the French Government, accepted that liberty on his parole. ,I had certainly no right to offer an opinion on a poli tical question, which I do not pretend to, understand, and should not have ventured a comment on proceedings which Prince Louis Napoleon doubtless thought likely to advance the interests of his native country, and I am much grieved to think that an inadvertent 1% ord of mine should have added bitterness to the sorrows of a captive, whose fate—respected and beloved as he was in his pri vate character, by those who had the honour of his ac quaintance in England—Occasioned such deep commis seration. By those better informed than myself my casual re mark will be passed over without attention, and those . .vho shared my error will, I hope, if they were in the least guided by my opinion, on seeing the affecting letter of Prince Louis Napoleon, forgive n:e for having uncon sciously misled them, as I trust the illustrious prisoner of Ham will do, when he is aware of the sincere regret I feel for having distressed him. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obliged humble servant, LOUISA STUART COSTELLO. Richmond, Aug. 1, 1842. SHUGBOROUGH HALL SALE. During the last week many families of distinction have visited Shbgborough Hall, previous to the dispersion of its valuable contents by auction. The sale commenced on Monday last with the fine library of books. Shugborough, anciently written " Souborough," and so called from its situation at the mouth of the river Sou, was one of the palaces of the Bishop of Lichfield, and was built by Walter de Langton, biihop of that diocese in the reign of Edward the First. A copy, very neat and perfect, of John Bell's English Poets, fetched 51. 151. 6d., bought by Rodwell. John Dryden's Works, edited by Sir Walter Scott, in 18 vols. royal Bvo., produced 8/. from Henry Bohn. The Elzevir Classics, beautifully bound in red morocco, and richly gilt, fetched 71. 7s. ; bought by Rodwell. George Edwards' Natural History of Birds, Animals, &c., with coloured plates, in 4 vols., produced 51.55. A very fine copy otElias Ashmole's In stitution, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Order of the Garter, large paper, date 1672 ; bought by Bohn for 6/. 6s. Also a very fine copy of Sir Robert Atkyn's Aacient end Present State of Gloucestershire, large paper and newly bound in russia, date 1712, pro duced 51. ss. - Venerable Bedm liistoria, Ecclesiastic:L. Liable ct Saxonice, a Smith, fine copy, Can tab., 1722 ; and Badge Antiquitates Britannicm. Hanoy, 1605, fetched 4/. 1 4 s. 6 t l . from Strong. The Holy Bibl e and Common Prayer, illustrated with Plates by Ni c h o l Vischer ; also a folded View of Jerusalem, by W. Hollar, good impressions of the plates, in 2 vols.. date 1660, sold for 8/. Bs. ; bought by Bohn. A remarkably clean and perfect copy of Sir Henry Chancy's Historical An tiquities of Hertfordshire, very fine impressions of the plates, date, London, 1700 ; bought by Knight, for 7/. 17s. 6d. Doctor Thomas Comber's Companion to the Temple, or Help to Devotion, in the USe of Common Prayer, &c., in 2 vols., date 1672, and two other books, produced t;/. ; bought by ;Straker. A Buoke of Common Prayer of King Edwartle VI., in black letter, very clean, but slightly wormed, otherwise quite perfect, in russia, imprinted at London, in Flete-streetr,. by Edwardc Whitechurche, the fourth daye of Maye, 1549, very rare, produced la 2s. ed. ; bought -by Straker. A large paper copy of John Dart's Antiquities of Westmifister Abbey, in 2 vols., with fine impressions of the plates, sold for 91. 19s. 6d. The proceeds of the first day's sale amounted to 4201. 15s. THE PROPERTY AND LicostE:TAi.--The following notice has- been put up at all the parish churches, chapels, and the inns of court in the metropolis, and at the market-places and churches throughout the United King dom Notice is lietelly given, that all persons required. by the Income anOriiperty.•tax Act sth and 6th Victoria, rap. 35, to make returns of their profits arising from pro perty, professions, trades, 'and offices, are to deliver such returns ' at my dwelling-lions& enclosed and sealed, situate at (according' to what parish it may be), within 21 days from the date hereof, duly filled up and signed, and that any person who may not have received a form applicable - to his or her partibular case, may obtain the came on appliCation at my said dwelling-house." (Signed by the assessors.) In some parishes the forms sent to the householders are dated 23d of July ; others 30th, and Ist of August, 1842. w+~ WHEELAGHAN, THE CONVIGT! A curious case has arisen with respect to the. crcant Wheelaghan, who was convicted before Mr.. J 1". Lice Burton at the last Assizes of Tullamor3, ra 11 1 clearest testimony, for the brutal murder of his wi e under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. Ths J to g ° sentenced him to death, the sentence to be carrie d ii to effect on-Fridby, the 19th of July, thus giving do U' wretched man two intervening Sabbath days bee twee° conviction and execution—exhorting him to mak( di e best use of the time permitted him to remain in this 11 wit , in penitence and prayer, When the period approache g e l carrying out the sent ence , th e Cl er k o f the Crown :fill ed up a warrant addressed to the High Sheriff, and diNeting that the convict should be executed pursuant thereto Friday, the 19th day of July next," in place of inisla°: The point was raised below, and a representation 13 61 * made to the Sheriff that he could not legally execute man until the 19th of next July—that is, a year hentr,ce--' he applied to the Lords Justices upon the subject, "wb e . , l/ Sir Edward Sugden ordered a respite for a week. A tw.,,": ference has been since had between his Lordship, "r' Justice Burton, and his colleague on the circuit, ! LI ! Chia' Baron, w lien we understand that there was not in the point—that the sentence of the Judge, no. t t ' l k d warrant of the Clerk of the Crown, was the law; 111 ,0 the consequence • is, that the wretched man will unde , / , its penalty on Friday next. The following accounts pears in Saunders of this morning, which is errone( Wei i d so far as the mistake is attributed to Judge Burt , T CI, o n not to the subordinate officer of the Court : " TULLAMORE, SATURDAY.—Our quiet town i'4zi state of the greatest excitement, owing to a respit,3o. in arrived from. the Lords Justices, for Wheel:if: PP ' r . wri n. o was to have been exectuted yesterday for th( der or his wife. The cause of the respite is as follio".% —Judge Burton, in signing the order for the cote vicl, execution, wrote the words, On the 29th of July til t Mr. Brady, the convict's counsel, raised an obP' t ` i ,„ to the form of the order, and contended that execution could not take place' until July 11eN i ; The case was submitted to the law officers, aDu s' re Thursday evening a Queen's messenger arrived: be from the Castle,. with an order to respite the exet for seven days, in order that the authorities may 3 soot sulted on the subject. At the same time the go% v e t o of the gaol was oirected to acquaint Wheelaghan Po t ty indulge the slightest hope of a remission of the see Pl', The unfortunate man received the intelligence Of '1 respite with resignation, and did not betray' 4 symptoms of joy. He acknowledges the justice cif sentence ; but solemnly declares that no one hail ° I . participation in the murder but himself. Thousa; ° O, country people flocked in here to witness the exec titi? te and exhibited great indignation at hearing of the rag' t ; which they think is only preparatory to his ullat t pardon ; and the Magistrates have been using all, the, influence with them to convince theM of their errsi . ." - Dublin Paper. 0 g , NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL' the The Princess Metternich gave a soiree, for - purpose of enabling. us (Lord and Lady Londondler r l to hear Thalberg, the famous pianiste. At this I enjoyed a long conversation with Metternich, ;r (or tive to an old and common friend of ours ; his country and the world, now no more !—I me wit . , celebrated Chevalier Von Genz. Eleven years Anil ) 05 7; dor at Vienna had made me intimately acquainted his singular abilities ; and Metternich repeated tc , I p fe once again, what I had often heard him say be that he never knew a man, and believed none evo'', e , c ); isted, who possessed such intellectual powers, and , 5 '1 3 facility and felicity in giving expression to them:. ps it not then passing strange, that this profound ge l this subtle politician, this phoenix of literature a n t , composition, should have died actually from an d” 0o , whelming excess of the passion of love ; and thif;/ . at an age when nature cools down the passiont‘ '; e t bids them subside ? for he was near four score so the case stands. He imbibed a maddening ato, eo ' ment for Fanny Ellsler, the Vienna danseuse, w t h more partially known, but of late conspicuous b ° , in England and America. Her early charms fascinations turned the philosopher's brain. bits of business wholly ceased ; and, on Prince Me tt e , nich observing and reasoning with him upon'this chl .l /6 i ; Genz assigned, as his formal excuse, " that he had' b e ir , so thunderstruck with the result of the days of ~tut o r that, from that moment, he had given up Eurolo tile lost, and was convinced that no effort could savle be world from anarchy and confusion; and, therefoa T er , ceased to occupy himself with State affairs." M. rt t o nich argued with him, "that, in proportion as V° re dangers arose, so ought men of capacity to rise 0 '.l l t ° energetically to the combat." But Genz then 0 1 f candidly avowed, " that he had abandoned ho l , s i e r; entirely to one engrossing feeling ; he proclaim: a, he gloried in it; he was fondly, passionately, "es: rately, eternally, in love ; and had only that : 0 11% tence and that deity." On this opera girl poor ctP:' o „. lavished large sums of money ; and, whilst exhib Weis his partiality, contracted debts, and ul tin! at iti l e J , died, in penury and wretchedness. iiisaier, however, to this enchanting creature, Funny', . an d to say, that she behaved very kindly to him, d an d attachle seemed vain of having subdued person of such high and undoubtedhat he. " a 5 Prince Metternich related also, t with his friend a few hours before he brat r. his last ; and that this individual, who WAS 110V t.. . 5 Wally known to be so timorous that he dreadod I ' l own shadow, nevertheless, by the force of the o°B predominant feeling, died with the greatest ness and courage, declaring he embraced ide 3til as a relief from the devouring passion that consui ll him. He thus departed, at the ripe age of fb„°, l gE ni . score, a victim to the affections ! Genz left 17Phr ti him some beautiful sentimental letters, in manuset, addressed to hi 3 fair Dulcinea, breathing fee stronger, perhaps, than ever were penned before• could not obtain copies.—Marquis of London' Constantinople, COURT MOURNING.—The Court goes out of tou r : ing to-morrow for the late unfortunate Duke of Orleg" ‘ ; WREST PARK.—The Earl and Countess De Gr ebe have kindly permitted the above splendid seat ow opened for public inspection on Mondays through o season. Of NUNEHAM PARK.—His Grace the Archbislioll o f York has given instructions for the gardens and pa" his princely family seat, near Abingdon, to be it ll° ,);, open for the recreation of all classes three days a 4c Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. aie r On Tuesday evening, July 26th, •as the ste o from Rouen •to Elbeuf was just preparing to stair t ; o , young man, who had the appearance of an English fell overboard and was drowned. Ills body 11- found.— Galignani. Two BROTHERS DROWNED WHILST B A THITP er , Yesterday an inquest was gone into before Mr. Y: 4l ' o f the Coroner, at the Victory, Kingsiand, on the bolie s er e John and James May, aged nine years, twins, wle, 11 „. drowned under the following melancholy circumst Oc' e d --From the evidence of several witnesses, it eplFl c t that the two brothers, accompanied by several 9' h t, boys, proceeded to the Regent's Canal, on Sunday Og o ll for the purpose of bathing. Being unable to ge t f itl to the towing-path, they climbed over a wall; li d got to the water by going through the pretnis e , s ,,ge Messrs. Tarrant and fletnlams. They undressed selves, and having sported about in the water for 6°. li time, James called out that he was sinking, alt!" 9l ;be at the time he was only about two yards frosa h i; side. The other little fellow immediately went :o to f assistance, but, being unable to swim, was in iviir l 'ho that himself. He, however, reached his brother, `` p t clung to him, and they! struggled for life. At this nicill' oe , a barge came up; the man in charge was called to' but he paid no attention, and the brothers sunk. mediately after a young man, who had heard the Vi c call out for help, jumped into the water, but was tlv s h il ei t cessful in finding the bodies. The drags were tdf brought, and after being used for three hours, the of John was recovered, but that of James was n ot ;I L I, covered till the following morning. The poor little , ha lows' parents reside in Mill-row, Kingsland-road. Jury, after commenting on the melancholy nature of;,i. case, returned a verdict that " The deceased were it‘ t ' dentally drowned whilst bathing." r es l THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY ANNOUNCH:N - ler FROM THE P ULPI T.—BRIGHTON, T U EWA V.—W e b e d that the Rev. Mr. Drummond, than whom a milder,,g more charitably disposed man we know not of, that he has been the innocent cause of painfully woo li i ie ing the feelings of a minister of the Gospel (for such t',i accused proves to be) and his friend, by hi s us i s nlac e observations, has made an ample apology, baenntoe. n e gl n .e d siu.. i s t pc i: c ; m3te e ff : 0 14 f e e v na • e t t l i cer t m , h oa a nn, t d, t the fl mop persons, t sa e os r uss l u : b i et a os l o tth ir o v e e dto drop. T in William Daking Moore, curate of the parishes „'", 1 1, Peter and St. Mary, Barton-upon-Humber, and his fri e ' re , as we have already stated, a fellow of St. John's Cad, d Cambridge. We believe that the Rev. Mr. Drumli cir) was led to make the announcement from some obserilo'r tions that had fallen from his clerk, and from the W i t , two notorious pickpockets having actually visite d chapel of ease the same morning. BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, the Via, countess Newry, of a son. On the 31st ult., at Arrble, Northumberland, Mrs. Thoroa4 Browne, of a daughter. . On the 31st ult., at Clapham New-park, the lady of Wlllia o Thornton West, Esq., of a son, still-born. On the Ist Inst., at Norwood, the lady of George H an keY' Esq., of a son. On the Ist inst., Mrs. Complin, of Charterhouse-square, a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Northwith-terrace, 31rs. M. Reid, of a son and heir. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at Trinity Church, Bath, William Somerset, Esq., second son of the Right Hon. and Bev. Lord Somerset, . and grandson of Henry, fifth Duke of Beau fort ; Helen, only daughter of the late Captain Donald, of her I"' jesty's 94th Regiment. On the 26th ult., at Kynnersley, Salop, Thomas Tow nsen Esq., of Hillmorton Hall, Warwickshire, to Christiana, thir daughter of the late Major-General Andrew Burn, On the 30th ult., John Allen Gil Mani, Esq., DIED. place, Fitzroy-square. ' • 'l% On the 31st nit., at East Dulwich, Elizabeth, relict of Bailey, Esq., aged 85. On the 31st ult., Mr. George Fitch, of Bishops ` wit hin ' On the 31st t he at Cambridge-terrace, Camden-town; Elizabeth, relict of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Cleve, of U Royal Artillery, Aged 50. -----......-.. of Busoll- • . London : Printed and Publi3hod by MIJIIDO YOUNG, "f No. 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 112 , Stra nd, in the County of Midditses, Wednesday, August 3, 1842 p The G WILKII ANGIE/ the Alorr, RO plained Professor introduci. Science. by DAN] form a p DISSOL CALKfi The last full deser next Cav G RA !lag round individua then dese the indivi Wh . ch TION of leetion of any extra Saloon a NAT LIFE A 3. Ellii John C Hunter George Professor ..Soiterro BA] ' The the plan prevision afford s su , • 'no us pay: * E I C , 1 12A 34, BR] E~ The Riga • HENRY Lancelot Stephen 1 Henry B. Robert B Robert I) Vaancis I Capt. 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