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OU/STANA STATE BONDS.—The might be some excuse for this conduct on the score of DEND WA,ARANS FALLING DUE on the Ist of self-interest, if there was the slightest probability that ACGCST on the BWIDS of the above State, which were this country would ever enjoy, like Hanover, the bless nw:zotiated by the Union Bank of Louisiana, through BARING, . t his . aternal sway •; chance of such but as ever y succeeding day, except TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at. their Count- an event is gone, and he can now be regarded only as a iing-boa=e, No. 8, Bisho - psgate-street Within, where lists may foreign potentate, we can see no earthly reason why he ai usual be obtained. ------- should not be treated as such. His behaviour towards both the SOVEREIGN and people of Great Britain certainly entitle him to no peculiar favour ; yet the Tory Govern ment, whether we look at his pension of 21,000/. a year, the negotiations respecting the Stade duties , or any intercourse whatever with Hanover, treat him with as much awe and respect as if he were one day to become their master. Never was there such a gross instance of this timid, wavering, and unstates manlike conduct as was manifested in the brief conver sation which took place last evening on these obnoxious and illegal tolls. Mr. ITurr, who deserves every praise for his perseverance in endeavouring to abate the grievance, wished to ascertain from Sir ROBERT PEEL whether the negotiations were conducted, as he had reason to believe, on a basis injurious to our mercantile interests. Sir ROBERT PEEL would give no answer. The late Foreign Secretary made a similar attempt with a similar result. Mr. Hurr then simply s . sked whether, as had been stated, Lord ABERDEEN had signified to the Hanoverian Government his determination to adhere to the policy of his prede- L!es.or, but the Premier very pointedly declined to snake any communication whatever. It is evident, from this ominous taciturnity, that concessions have been made to Hanover which Sir R. PEEL cannot defend, and which , there is every reason to believe are inconsistent with the rights and interests of this country. This is dis graceful conduct. We believe no Sovereign in Europe is personally more hostile to the interests of this country than this petty Sovereign—this pensioner of the people of England. and it is mean and despicable thus to truckle to his anti English whims and prejudices. We trust, however, Mr. Hurt' will persevere with his motion, and that some Peer, in the meantime, will try whether Lord ABERDEEN is as mysterious as Sir ROBERT I PEEL. 13, Great - Marlborough-street. 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One Bond Itl One Selected Bond Twelve Certificate5... .Bondsobtainims EA CH a Divititnd between Ist September, 184'2, and let September, 186. G.irt Mutes, 98,500, 400 of which obtain one selected Bond, be longing to the Distribution ol Ist Sept. 1812. Selected Bards, 400, obtaining each a Dividend on lit of Sep tember,lBs2 ; largest Dividend,3,333/. 6s. 81 Smallest Dividend, Si. Bs. 4d. BONDS and SELECTED BONDS are SIGNED and STAMPED by the GOVERNMENT, and under its Gunrantee. GER TIFICATES are SIGNED and STAMPED by the BANKERS, who issue the Certificates. Direct for BONDS and CERTIFICATES, or for SE LECTED BONDS, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. Lubu4c, Bth July, 1842. Postaript.—Orders for less than 5/. will not be attended to. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, JULY 2'2. Will bo wes rated, t e New Drama called THE LONE MIT.- Trlnaipal Characters by" Messss. 0. Smith, Diridea W. H. Bland, ;;;id Harley, Miss Murray, Miss Crisp, and Miss Faucit. To which will be added, the Farce of DEAF AS A POST.— Tr:strain Sappy, Mr. Harley ; Sally Maggs, Miss Murray. Ts wmelnde with the DREAM AT SF:A.—Characters by Messrs. Oxberry, W. H. Bland, and 0. Stith ; Misses Pincott and Faucit. ;nwaa, 4s. rit, Gallery, Is. Doors ones at half-past Six ; commence at Sat'e's; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. rrivate Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogai, at the Private Box-office; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. n consaauence of the immense overflows that have been attracted ley the performance of " La Sonnambula," supported by the first musical talent this eouLtry can produce, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, JULY 22. The performances will commence with Beldni's LA. SONNAM BU Amina, Miss Ramer; Liza, Mrs. Serle; llodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvin°, Mr. %V. Harrison; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. G. Stansbury. After which, Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH; with all Locke's spl , ndid Music, sung by the entire Opere Company, Places and Private Soxes may be tad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the ; cx °Hive, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. GRAND FLORAL FETE. ON TUESDAY NEXT, JULY Di, The ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SO CIINY will hold their SECOND SUMMER SHOW for ISA in the &wove admirably adapted Grounds, on the same scale of splendour that has always distinguished these popular Fetes. SE-YENTY PRIZES of SILVER CUPS, GOLD and SILVER MEDALS, and the LINNEAN MEDAL, " Will bo awarded to the succes fui Exhibitors. Besides the Exhibition of Floral and Horticultural products, which frent the fineness of the season and other favourable circumstances, is CYR tidently expected to be unusually rich, varied, and extensive, the whole of the popular Entertainments for which this Establish.. ment is so widely celebrated, will be given en a scale of grandeur eclipsing all previous efforts. Admission One Shilling. Gates open at One Concert at Six. Fireworks at half-past Nine. The venijog Fetes, with all the usual attractions, every Monday, Tuesday ' and 'fhursday. Open from Ten in Morning . Feedin g Hour Five o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. ca•ning ...... i 0 minutes after I 1 Evening 13 minutes after 2. There is no political topic of any interest discussed in the French Journals, except the Regency question, and that has no further interest for English readers. The KING is bearing his bereavement with all the firmness of a stoic. The poor QUEEN is the must afflicted of any of the Royal far. - .ily. A letter from Algiers, dated the 10th, at four o'clock, pub lished in the Toulonnaise of the 17th, has the following intel ligence :—'‘ The night before last Ben Salem fell upon a tribe which had just submitted to the French authority, and caused all the men, without exception, to be beheaded. He has car ried the women and girls into the mountains. This news, which is received as true, is, however, in need of confirmation." The accounts from St. Domingo of the 17th of June, make no mention of a revolution in that island ; they state, however, that President Boyer is dangerously ill. The Haytian Journals have immediately thought of asking the French Government to grant a delay for the pay ment of the indemnity to the colonists. The Patriota, which first raised the question, represents it as a case of im perative necessity. The Feuille de Commerce appeals to the generosity and liberality of the great French nation, in the most pathetic and suitable terms. BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 117 35... 117 40... 116 90... 116 9') 4 per Cents 101 80... 101 30... 101 30... 101 3 3 per Cents 77 40... 77 40... 77 10... 77 10 Bank of France 3170 ...3170 ~.3170 .. 3170 Laffitte Bank I,ooof. - 1, 11 Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from Vie Columns of "The Sun." ex coupon 1020 ..1020 ...1020 ...1020 5,000 f 5035 ...5035 —.5035 —.5035 Belgian Fives lO3 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103 1840 lO3l ... 1031 ... 1031 ... 1031 Spanish Active 22* ... 22* ... 22* 22* Passive ...... 4* ... 4* ... 4* ... 4* Neapolitan.. Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B 297 50... 297 50... 297 50... 297 95 L.B 95 ... 97 50... 95 96 25 Rouen Orleans. 548 75... 548 75... 545 ... 546 25 Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 202 50... 197 50... 197 50 te4l ,- . DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTXRDAM, JULY 19. None,. Bills. Actual Dal, 1 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mot t Syndic, 434 per cent... ............ Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent ............. Commercial Company, 4% per cent 1445 145 Ditto (H 35 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cont. '.B% 99 , 4 Exchange on London, One month l2 r% Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 75 Two months 35 50 Dutch Papers, July 19. BELGIAN P U NUS—BRUSSELS, JULY Is. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 92 3per Cent — ----•..•••• 70g, (14n) 1(256 Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent. 933/ Society of Commerce. 4 % per Cent 66 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ... 17 National Society .. Exchange on London (shot t) ...... . oo —.Brussels Papers, July 19. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—.VIENNA, JULY 11. fiveper Coots. Metalltgucs .. IeIN Foot pet Cents. Thrce p:r Cents. Bank Shares .... ..... ..... ....... ....•••••• ....... me HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, JULY 15. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1640 Anglo-Russian Loan lO9 1 4 109 Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO3 Inscription, Ist series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 9B Ditto in Certificates 07% New 4 per Cent. (1840) B`i% 60',; Dutch Actual Debt, 25 /4 per Cent. ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. - Polish Bonds — New Tickets US Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 765 78% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. IS k.t./ Atit, Thirty-seven• MR. GOITLBURN AGAIN.—We certainly thought, after the light gold affair, which excited such just indigna tion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be more strictly watched, but we find him at work again, com mitting another act of folly, which, as usual, will fall on the poorer closes. In order to prevent the adulteration of snuff and tobacco, a clause has been inserted in aßill for the better regulation of the trade, by which retailers are prohibited from having in their possession (among many other articles) lime, sand, ochre, or any s,yrup, liquid, matter, or thing, which may in crease the weight of tobacco or snuff, on pain of Corieiting the same and 2001. In every town and village throughout the country there are small shops, in which many of the articles prohibited are add, together with tobacco and snuff, and the consequence is, that these small shopkeepers will be depraved of half their trade, which will be transferred to the large dealers. 'What an absurdity also, to enact that such persons shall not have sand or lime in their possession, under a penalty of 2001. Why not also prohibit stone, which may be ground to sand, and ale and porter, and fifty other arti cles of daily consumption, which may be used to increase the weight ? If these are included in the words " any matter or thin„" this settles the business, and no man, for the future, will be allowed to retail snuff, except in buildings like the Non intrusion Kirks, called " wooden buothies." The Bill was evidently intended for the wholesale manufacturers, and ought to be confined to them alone. Have the Go vernment an object in view, by thus encouraging Mr. Goulburn to commit blunders? A. CASE OF Oventssiox.—At Guildhall yesterday Mr. Richard Taylor stated the following gross instance of oppression. He observed that " for some years a number of poor fruit-women had been allowed to stand or sit by the edge of the pavement in Holborn, with the leave of the housekeepers, and without inconvenience to the public. A few days Lince they were all driven array by order of Mr. Harvey, to whom he wrote privately on the subject, and who inclosed him, in reply, a formal Re port of Inspector Martin, from which it appeared that the women had been turned off, in consequence of a Mr. Phillips having taken a house, close by where they used to sir, and opened it as a fruit-shop, and having written to the Commissioner to say that he could not pay his rates unless they were removed." This is an other illustration of the truism that there is no crime more severely punished than poverty. Why are these poor creatures deprived of their fruit stand, and thereby of th e means - o f earn i ng a scanty livelihood? Are they noisy or quarrelsome, or addicted to drunkenness? Not so; but they are poor and help less, and therefore fit subjects of persecution ! Their stand, too, offends Mr. Phillips's sense of shop gentility ; and as he seems to be the influential, and they the help less party, they are turned off as a matter of course. Thus left absolutely destitute, the next step taken against them will be to treat them as "rogues and vagabonds," who have no " visible means of obtaining a livelihood ;" and thus they will be twice severely punished for being guilty of the heinous crime of poverty 1 its way, that this ease will be strictly inquired into, for, in way, it is as gross an act of oppressiou as even a Tory income-tax. MINISTERIAL PIIEASANT-SHOOTINO.—In reply to a remark made by Lord Palmerston last night in the House of Commons, to the effect, that he wished Par liament would meet again in October, Sir J. Graham observed that they would then be "all engaged in pheasant-shooting." This is just the sort of reply we should have expected from the Home-Secretary, and shows how completely h e h as caug ht t h e true Tory spirit. He makes no attempt at evasion—affects no sympathy for th e p eop l e ; b ut b o ldl y states t h at unt i l the season . " phe asant - s h oot i ng " i s over, Parl i ament will have nothing to do with the consideration of the national distresses. There will be time enough for business, when lion. Members have got tired of holiday-making. The people are so used to . starving, th a t i t can d o t h em no I.arin to starve on a few mouths longer. If they want a remedy, let them w art for it. It is much easier fur them to give up eating, , than for Minist ers to g i ve up " pheasant -shooting. Pleasant Tory logic this But when October comes, with its short days, and in clement nights, and distress with disease and despair in its train, no longer confines itself to certain districts, but stalks far and wide through . the cou n try—then Sir James Graham will, perhaps, feel that Mini s t ers h ave Paid too dear fur their whistle—in other words, p ur - Clhased the diversion of" pheasant - sh?oting" at too high a price. Possibly, however, when tired of " phea sant-shooting," our humane Tory legislators, true to their uld predilections, may take to p e asant -shooting, by way of variety; and truly, as in the case of leterloo, , th will have an excellent opportunity of doing so. TIAMBURGH, JULY 19.—8 is Ro , al Ifghness the Crown Prince of Wurtemburg, traveling under the nam3 of Count van 're e k, accompanied by the Cut nt van Sentherin, has arrived in this city. • .j t mai Vlbitton SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. The speech of Lord PALMERSTON in the Hone° of Commons last night, upon Mr. T. DUNCOMDE'S motion for calling Parliament together in the autumn, should no abatement take place in the general distress of the country, will tell better in the manufacturing districts than any delivered in Parliament since the commence ment of the present session. The Noble Lord showed that but for the Corn and Timber-laws we might at this moment be enjoying an almost nominally free trade with Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and the German States, now forming the German Commercial Union. This would have given full employment to our manufacturing popu lation, and removed the whole of the distress which threatens to entail the most frightful miseries upon these Islands. But Sir B. PEEL preferred humbugging both sides of the House to the adoption of a straight fOrward, honest, and efficient plan of commercial policy. He proposed an Income-tax for which the alleged pretext was that it would enable him to prepare a tariff which would cheapen the price of all the necessaries of life ; but when the Income-tax was carried, and the Tariff was brought forward, he turned round, and told the landholders that he had so framed it that the price of nothing would be reduced with which they had the means of supplying the market. Anchovies, pepper, pungent sauces, and Spanish flies would be cheaper, for these were commodities not dealt in by English agriculturists ; but he would take care to keep up the price of bread, butter, cheese, beef, and beer. The labourer would get his bacon no cheaper, but then warm plasters would be considerably lowered, and a blister might be had for almost nothing ! This thimble-rigging system has not, however, answered. The new Tariff, notwithstanding the importation under it the other day of four Swiss bull's, has not diminished the general distress throughout the country. To so alarming tot extent has it increassei, that Mr. DENCOMBE says, and says truly, that the 'peace of the country is not worth forty-eight hours' p'archase ; and yet the Premier will not pledge himself to call Parliament together in Novem ber, should the, winter threaten to set in without any improvement in the condition of the famishing millions- Lord PALltEasToei expressed a wish that Parliament should meet in October. " What !" exclaims Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in the true spiritof the so-called representatives of the starving people, " and give less pheasant shoot ing ?" The master-chord in the heart of the House was struck. Loud cheers and laughter followed this welk l!tead and most important query. Lord PALMERSTON had the moral courage to answer—" Yes, I really hope ;" but he must have felt that the hope was illusory. °The starvation of millions of poor people is doubtless a sad thing—a dreadful thing, especially when it occurs in novels and romances, *and the scene of their suffering is laid in the great Desert of Senaar—but when it hap pens so rear the West-end as Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Glasgow, and Paisley, and is trumpetted forth daily in the newspapers, why then it is a vulgar affair, more fur the consideration of Poor-law Guardians and Relieving Officers, than aristocratic Members of the Feritish Senate. Doubtless the House of Commons is not disinclined to talk about the distresses of the people, and now and then condescend to read their petitions, and occasionally print them at the people's own expense; but such condescension is not to expected in the shooting :reason ! If people will starve, let them choose a proper lime to starve in, and not when Honourable Gentlemen require to beat up their preserves. It is now clear that however great may be the distress of ism people, Parliament will do nothing for them. It Les declared so almost ever 3 week since the commence ment of the Session. It will not repeal the Corn-laws. nor will it call upon Ministers to let loose the millions of spearters of wheat now spoiling in bond ! What elten Arc the people to do ? Are they to starve ? Are - they to die peaceably of hunger, to figure in another speech from the Thu - one, as having died with as praiseworthy passiveness as her MAJESTY has told us they bore the first brunt cf famine ? Will they glory in the acceptation of that crown of martyrdom which Parliament and the landlords so perseveringly ofrer them ? Goy forbid. They are not made of quite such malleable stuff. What then re ttains for them to do ? We say, emphatically, abolish , the Corn-laws themselves, mace Parliament will not do it. 'Perish all iniquitous laws rather than one valuable hu map life should be lost. Let them only dare to declare the, Corn-laws abolished, and there is an end of them. The law of Goss, which is paramount to all human leginla tien, and the law of nature, which is but an imperfect expression of the law of GOD, equally auth n-ise men to preserve their lives at all hazards. This, in the present etz,;e,is not to be done by isolated acts of outrage—by cow es Hy and Wicked midnight incendiarism, or i any thos ses which evince y as m uc h depravity as they do suffering on the part of the perpet rators. They are e• i n ) erishinn the open day by thousands— t h ey must demand radress openly, and by thousands. They will th us compe l Si r R. PEEL, and his slaves in both Rouses of Parliament, to do them justice. They want employment, a w l p ee . nsanent employment they can only have w h en all import duties upon human food are totally,' and for ever, abolished. The forbearanc e of the preent Government towards the King of lieriovEß is quite incomprelrpible. Iherl/4) THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1842. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tlublic eptutou. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Regency question occupies the whole of the French Journal 3 received this morning. As we stated yesterday, the details have no interest for English readers. The Courrier Francais says—" Prince Albert, the consort of her Majesty Queen Victoria, is reported t,) have written a letter to King Louis Philippe on the late tragical eTent, couched in terms of the most a&cting condolence. The Duke of Wellington has, it is addcd, likewise written to his Majesty, expressing his deep re gret for the loss the French nation and its Sovereign have sustained." The Moniteur of Wednesday has the lollowing : " Notwithstanding the profound grief which overwhelms the King, his Majesty, wishing to show how fully he appreciates the universal regret and the sentiments which have been manifested towards him, will receive to morrow the Corps Diplomatique, the Peers and the Deputies, and the public bodies and deputations." The Frankfurter Journal has the following reflections on the death of the Duke of Orleans :—" This catastrophe is likely to fix the new dynasty more firmly on the throne. It will intimidate the weak and vain, rouse the loyal from their lethargy, and paralyse the ambitious, who cannot under the present state of things rely upon suc cess. The great body of the people are deeply affected by the loss of the heir-apparent, and all true Frenchmen sympathise with the King who, after having been so long the object of the attempts of assassins himself, has re ceived the severest blow in the loss of' his son. Evil be to him who shall dare, under these circumstances, to attack tl•e Count de Paris when he ascends the throne." The French Government has received a telegraphic despatch from Bayonne, announcing that the session of the Spanish Cortes was closed on the 16th. The accounts from Madrid, by the regular post, are only of th© 12th. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of that day. M. Gonzales, the late Minister for Foreign Affairs, re plying to the speech of M. Marliani on the 9th, declared that it was not true. as stated by that gentleman, that he had accepted the propositions of Sir A. Aston for a com mercial treaty with England. Sir A. Aston had, he said, invited him to enter into negotiations on the cotton question, but he had constantly refused to do so until the opinion of the Cortes should have been taken on the subject. The " Roman Annual Almanack " gives the fol lowing:—" On the 18th Sept. next our Holy Father the Pope will accomplish his 77th year. He has occupied the chair of St. Peter eleven years. The sacred college is composed of . 60 cardinals, 6 cardinal bishops, 43 car dinal priests, and 11 cardinal deacons. Cardinal Ruffi is the most aged, being 87 years old, and Cardinal Schwartzenbcrg, who is 33, the youngest." The little town of Markdorf, not far from Heiligen berg, was, on July 10, visited by a dreadful fire, which consumed 60 houses, the church, and the town-hall. There was plenty of assistance at hand, but a supply of water was wanting. A letter from Constantinople, June 29, in the Augs burgh Gazette, states that the British Ambassador had two conferences with the Reis Effendi, a few days be fore, relative to the affairs of Greece and Syria. The result is not known ; but it is generally believed that the Divan is inclined to yield to the wishes of England, by giving to the inhabitants of the Libanus, as Sovereign, the Emir Emin, the eldest son of the Emir Beschir. With respect to Greece the Reis Effendi replied evasively. The Ottoman Porte has just addressed a circular to the members of the Corps Diplomatique, announcing that for the future no Greek or French Journal will be per mitted to appear in the Turkish dominions without a special authorisation, even when the foreign Powers should accord it protection, as it was inexpedient that such publications should scatter about calumnies and falsehoods. The public consider this measure as the first step towards a censorship. PAIMIAMENTAItY. The Lords met yesterday, but transacted no business of importance. . In the Commons Mr. Hutt tried in vain to extract from Sir Robert Peel some information about the state of the negotiation as to the Stade dues. Sir Robert said ' his mouth was closed, that he could not speak on the question, and so Mr. Hutt was obliged to give up his motion on the subject. Mr. Hume postponed his explanation about the Raja of Sattara, and withdrew his motion about Indian finance. In answer to Mr. Parker, the Solicitor-General said the Government meant to pass this session the Law Bills introduced into the other House. The House was principally occupied with a debate on Mr. Duncombe's motion, which we notice elsewhere, and sat till Three o'Clock. MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. The colliers and men employed in the iron-works at Ketley, Shrewsbury, have made a partial rising, and on Wednesday night attacked one of the banks. They are scattered in groups among the hills about Ketley, and the Yeomanry are out. According to accounts from Nottingham, the power machine owners have a little lowered their stock of nets, bat the plain cotton hose branch, the glove trade, both silk and cotton, the silk knotted branch, and the silk hose trade, are still in a most depressed state. ECCLESZASTICALL. The motion for a church-rate made yesterday evening in the vestry of St. Paul, Covent-gardent, by the Churchwardens, to be imposed on the parishioners, was defeated by an amendment. NAVAL AND MILITARY, Lieutenant Burton, while employed with the officers of the Monarch, in recovering monument; at Xanthus in Greece, which are said to approach in ; beauty the Elgin marbles, fell a sacrifice to the malaria. Several large ships are further being taken up for the con veyance of troops to India; and enlisting for the artillery, and other regiments, is actively going on. MAW AND POLICE. A farmer, named Pusey, residing at Eton, having prosecuted two men at the petty sessions there, for stealing from his field a peck of peas in the pods, value 6d. hid the consolation of paying 14s. costs for the liberty of punishing them.: A deodand of 50/. was passed on the Royal William, Mar gate steamer, yesterday, at the inquest held at the White Hart Inn, Kent. on the body of John M`Millan, whose death was caused accidentally by the collision of that vessel, in Erith Reach, with a sailing-barge of London. Francis Payne, H. Whitear, and Richard Howell, were yes• terday committed for trial at Union Hall, for stealing upwards of 2501. worth of brass filings, from a pin-manufactory, at Reading, Berkshire. Mr. Little, of the firm of Gibbons and Little, Redcross. street, appeared yesterday at Guildhall, to answer the com plaint of Mr. Grafton, vendor of mint weights in Chancery lane, for selling two counterfeit balances for the weighing of the gold coin of the realm, knowing them to be such, and by which he was liable to a penalty of 50/. Mr. Grafton, how ever, not pressing to conviction, and the defendant undertaking to sell no more of these weights, the complaint was allowed to drop, unless the officers of the Mint chose to enforce the fine. The Hon. Francis Needham appeared at the same office yesterday, charged with using threats of violence in a letter, and sending a parcel containing a halter and a cat-o'-nine-tails to Mr. Bristow, a Magistrate, of Nottinghamshire. The parties are related by marriage and litigants in Chancery. On the defendant's retracting his expression, and being bound to keep the peace for one year, in the sum of 1,0(01., Lord Blay ney and Captain Kincaid becoming his securities, he was dis missed. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE. (THIS DAY.) The members of the Conference met this morning, at ;welve o'clock, at Herbert's Hotel, Palace-yard, Mr. Taylor in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he had to congratulate them on the improvement that every day presented itself. The last night's debate was au example of this. Their cause had evidently made much progress during the last ten days. They could not at one time get any one to advocate the measure of stop ping the supplies ; but last night there were more than one, or two, or three Members who declared their readi ness to do it, or were prepared to sanction it when the time came. Last night a stand was made ; to-night another would be made ; so he thought they had every reason for hoping that before long such continued exertions made in the House and out of it, in all parts of the country, must give them the certainty of complete success. Every day the Conf . : rence received num berless letters, all breathing the same spirit, and congra tulating them on the improved prospects that were every day opening to them, and their determination to exert tA!mselves in their various districts to promote the objects they had in view.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman then proceeded to read the following communications, the first referring to the statement made in the Manchester Guardian of the improvement in trade, which statement Sir 11. Peel had alluded to with evident satisfaction : THEATRICAL. The Officers of the Royal Artillery performed yesterday at the Woolwich Theatre Coleman's play of the Poor Gentleman, and the burlesque burletta of Othello Travestie. COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Duchess of Northumberland gave a sumptuous dejeuner a la-fourchette at Zion House, to about four hundred farhieu• able*. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds arrived in town yesterlay from Antwerp. The Marquis of Headfort had a grand dinner party on Wed nesday. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort gave a splendid enter tainment on Wednesday at Beaufort House., The Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha visited the Chinese collection and the Colosseum yesterday. 11ISCEI.X..&NEOUS. • A number of curious suits of ancient armour were sold )es terday at Messrs. Oxenhaua's rooms; Lord Charleville, Mr. Hull of Wardour-street, as agent for the Board of Ordnince at the Tower, and a gentleman commissioned by the Russian Am bassador, were the chicf purchasers, the sale producing on the whole 6001. The musical entertainment for the benefit of the unemployed printers of Edinburgh, held in that city last Monday, was at tended by upwards of 1,200 persons. On account of her Majesty's intention to pay frequent vi.its to Claremont, a small barrack is about to be erected for the accommodation of her guard of honour, and the military in at tendance on the Court. The largest gun ever made in this country, weighing nearly 18 tons, and calculated to carry 4551b5. of solid shot, and shells of 3301b5., its length being 12 feet. was landed at the R oyal Arsenal, Woolwich, on Thursday, together with the howitzer cast by Messrs. Walker for Mehemet Ali, and two other 130 pounders, intended for service in Egypt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS. DAY.) BRIDGNORTH RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Pat3hull Stakes, of 10 sovs. each; thrice round. Mr. Owsley's Happy-go-lucky, 3 yrs (Bradley) 1 Sir R. Pigot's Roderick, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Raworth's Cattonian, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Key's Image, 4 y t , Mr. Wal:ers's GuTheg, 3 yrs Mr. G. Pritchard's inquisitor, 3 yrs The Maiden Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added ; heats, two miles. Mr. Bates's Country Lass, 4 yrs (Marlow) 1 1 Mr. Holmes's T he Merchant Lass, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Flintotts Constance, 5 yrs... Mr. Thompson's br cby Shrigley out of Fenella, 3 yrs 4 4 The Members' Plate of 30/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each. Heats, twice round and a dis. Mr. Morris's It .7ack, aged (Marlow) 0 I 1 Mr. Flintoff's lnti uder, 6 yrs 3 3 2 Mr. Langley's Rancour, 4 yrs ... OUNDLE RACES—THURSDAY. The Innkeepers' Purse was won by Mr. Parkhouse's Victoria —the Lilliputian Stakes by Mr. Newton's Brown Bess—the Hurdle Stakes by Mr. Bollin's Dragsman—the Town Cup by Mr. Newton's Lapwing—and the Sweepstakes by Mr. New s Lapwing. The Lords of the Admiralty have issued an order that from henceforth all hired men, employed in her Majesty's dock-yards, shall receive half-pay . and medical attendance during illness. WIESBADEN, JULY 16.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will visit. Wiesbaden this season. The eountry house of Von Rettberg is hired for her and her suite. It is not known whether Prince Metternich will cometo Johan nisberg. There is a report that the Empress of Russia will c( me to Ems, but no orders have yet been given to prepare for her reception. SCARLET FEVER.—During the last few days the scarlet fever has committed fearful havoc amongst children in the neighbourbo id of Holborn. - On Sunday last the whole family of a fin mai, namml Carter, consisting of three children, at the station 'n Holbcra, were carried off after a few hpurs' illness. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A COMMISSION AGENT IN DIANC HESTER, TO J. BROOKS, ESQ. Alancheilter, July 20, 1842. Dear Sir,—No doubt the article in the Guardian of yes t..rday caused you quite as much surprise as myself. Ist. As regards tie United States, I felt it my duty as the representative of an extensive calico printer, to endeavour to obtain some of those considerable orders for prints alluded to in the Guardian. I called upon Messrs. (mentioning three houses), and you well know these are the principal houses in the united States' trade, and of course would be a fair criterion to judge by. They were quite astonished at my asking for an order, and treated the whole affair as a hoax. 2d. In the West India trade, I asked Messrs. (two extensive firms), the latter of whom showed me his correspondence re ceived during the last three months, the whole of which gives the most discouraging accounts you can conceive—that few sales were made, and those only at a great sacrifice. 3d. As regards Canada, there is a very small business doing, much less than former seasons. Another house says the accounts from Canada were very discouraging, and that the improvement in the West Indies was not of recent date, alluding to Jamaica more particularly, where business had been at a complete stand. Bradford Reform Club Rooms, July 21, 1842. Resolved—That the Rratlford United Reform Club, having seen with considerable satisfaction the bold and zealous manner in which the An►i-Corn-law Conference, now in London, have pressed upon her 111ajesty's Prime Minister the absolute neces sity of destroying the odious imposition on the bread of the poor, cannot but award them its best thanks for so doing. But more especially as some members of the Conference have declared their intention of demanding the removal of the mother of all monopolies—the monopoly of representation; as, in the opinion of this Club, cheap, equitable, and efficient Govern ment will be looked for in vain, so long as the present partial system of representation exists. That while we hail with satisfaction the exertions of the Anti- Corn-lam League generally, we cordially invite them to come out unanimously, and aid in gaining for the people that political power, which will at once and for ever destroy the aristocratic domination by which this country has been reduced to its pre sent indescribably distressed condition, and which, if not de stroyed, threatens its utter ruin. That the spectacle now presented to the nation of a Parlia ment, extensively corrupt, perpetuating monopolies in the food of the poor, squandering the resources of the nation in disgrace ful warfare, rejecting the just petitions of the people, and dis regarding the most faithful and alarming representations of their destitute condition, ought to excite the indignation of every virtuous citizen, and justifies the people in withdrawing their confidence and support. That this meeting, therefore, respectfully but earnestly calls upon the representatives of the Borough of Bradford, W. Bus field, Esq., and J. Hardy, Esq., to use their utmost influence in Parliament, in co-operation with the advocates of popular rights, to prevent the granting of further supplies to the Go vernment. REPORT OF THE STATE OF TRADE IN THE EAST OF LONDON. In Wapping, and the adjoining parish of Shadwell, there are hundreds who have not earned a shilling since the last ten weeks, and this in the midst of summer, when these very men usually calculate on obtaining full employment. Our neigh bouring Docks, the London and St. Katherine, are full of vessels, the greater part laid up, which, under ordinary cir cumstances should be sailing to, or returning from, the different ports of the Continent or America. Of those which are loading, the greater part present a hopeless ‘, laying on," the export trade, being, as I know, but trifling, particularly as regards manufactured goods, the order of the day being, for what they do get, dead cargo--that is, the raw material, taken to the Continent and other parts, to be manufactured at the place of destination ; so that, as an old Rotterdam Captain observed to me, a few months since, live cargoes with us have almost ceased, so that freights scarcely pay wear and tear of ship. It may be urged by Sir Robert Rd or his friends that they have seen something lately doing in the docks and river ; true, that something being nearly confined to wheat and flour, working into bond, till the sliding-scale is worked to a low point of the duty, say to 6s. per quarter, if the weather continues fine ; Is. if in the course of this week we should be presented with a week of continued wet weather. The distress I have described as prevailing n the Tower Ham. lets is scarcely less severe than in Hotherhithe and Bermondsey, particularly amongst watermen, lightermen, porters (fellowship and corn ), shipwrights, barge-builders, ballast-heavers, and ma riners. It follows that the shopkeepers must suffer in the same ratio, and in my own case I may truly state that my business is re duced to less than one-half what it was this time twelvemonths. Many of my neighbours, unable to hold out against such a state of things, have closed their shops, driven to despair. Turn we to the neighbouring poor-houses, and we find them filled to repletion, and additional hundreds seeking relief. As yet there has been no great increase in the amount of crime, but the neck of the slimmer being broken, as we say here, and no hope of improvement on this side next spring, and the passible contingency of a severe winter, the patience of these suffering people will be severely tested. mr, sEuTTLEwoRTH said the Guardian had been for the lust twelvemonths in the habit of giving such repre sentations a s the one that appeared in the last number, though the state of things was worse there than it had ever beer. before. (The Meeting had not concluded when we went to Press.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) Lomax, JULY 22.—Wind this day at Noon, N. DEAL, JUtv 21.— . Wind W.N.W. to N., by W.—Arrd. Caes, Honduras , Sailed Symmetr y , Ceylon; Fourteur, Con turian, and Harrison, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 21.—Wind W.—Sid. her Majesty's ship Sulphur, and Termagant, Eastward. Afr. I'AL-moirrit. JULY ica2o.—Wind variable.— Arrived off , Seabird, Orm ond, Arty Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. A.skew, Valparaiso left Bth April Mary Scott, Horsb Llß erg, - Oxford ' R thbo e New York • Herna, Africa and Demerara a n , • •-eal ; Christine, St. Antonio. sailed Holy- Sanderson, Mon, "olumbia, Jamaica ; Isabella, Baltimore. wood, Monte Video ; Albion, Warrington, St. John's, CORE, JULY 19.—Arrd. New Brunswick ; Maria. OFF BRIXHATS, JULY OFF PLYI4IOUH, J ULY OFF THE WIGHT, JULY 21.—John STit, COWES, JULY 21. —Arrd. Caselda, Hall, Trinidad au, OFF WAREHAM, JULY 21.—.Carnatic, Hyne, Calcutta. BRISTOL, JULY 21.—S1d. Sybella, Mauritius. SWANSEA, JULY 20.—Arrd. Amethyst, Daviion, Cuba. SCILLY, JULY )2.—S l d. Susan, Quebec. CORK, JULY 19.—The Prince of Wales, from Montreal to Liverpool, with loss of fore-topmast, &c., having struck the ice on the Eastern edge of the banks, was spoken on the sth inst., by the Maria, Clarke, arrived here, which vessel fell in with large quantities of ice on the 2d inst., during a gale, and in thick weather, in lat. 45. vron, Cape. govey, New York. Macao. 4 Cuba. THE MAKKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrival of English Grain have been moderate, but considerable of Foreign Wheat and Oats. The Wheat trade was dull, but the holders would not take less prices than on Monday. All other articles sold slowly at last quotations. Flour as last reported. London average—Wheat 5,201, 665. Id. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts was rather short, but good of Sheep and Lambs. Prime beef, Veal, and Pork sold freely, but there was little, if any alteration in prices. Beef 2s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. , Mutton 3s, to 4s. 2d.; \'cal 3s. to bs.; Pork 2s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb ss. to bs. 4d. COLONIAL MARKET. A good business was done, and prices were well sustained. TEA MARKET. The demand cont:nues steady, and at the public sales a fair proportion was sold at full prices. No Congou of sound quality could be bought below Is. 8 1 / 2 d. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The market was extremely dull, but prices did not give way; P. Y. O. 4tis. on the spot, and 495. for arrival. According to the latest advices from St. Petersburg, it appears that the ship ments of Tallow were about 2,000 casks less then in 1841, to the same period. THE FUNDS—(CLOSINci PRICES.) BRITISH FUNA S. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... ... 91h :Di t to Bonds 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 9oa Ditto Old Annuities 3 i her Cent. Red.........100i ,Ditto New Annuities — New 34 per Cent... ...... 100 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 46 pm New 5 per Ceti' Ditto 500/..... .46 pm Lonv, Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. le6o ... ...... • Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 16 1 59 Jan. IE6O PI Consols for Acct....... 914 FOREIGN FUNDS. i a,6lee r e Austrian, 5 per cent. .., Portugu ese, 5 p er cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto , New Ditto Brazilian hnn Bonds. .. en t Prussian, , 5 per cent.... Bueno s Ayresti per cent. IRussian, 5 per cent. ...• 114 $ c Ditto, Metallic ...... . .... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2lh Ditto, 1624 — Ditto, Deferred.... , Danish, 3 per cent - -French, 5 per cent —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent 36i French , 3 percent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 137 I Dutch, 2} per cent. sli Peruiian,lB2s,6 per et. l 6 , Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... :01A SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 484 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... 46, E Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid . • Great Western Hallway ( 65 pa id ) London and Brighton (5 0 paid ) •• London and South Western (41/ 6s 10d pd) 52 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) ............... 59$ South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 22a York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 88 1):tto New Shares (20 paid) ........ ... : 35i - --- - r. INDISPOSITION OF THE LORD vILANCELLOR.—We regret to state th a t yesterday, during the ju dicial p roceedin g s in the House of Lords, the Lord Chancel lor was so much indis posed as to be obliged to leave the House ; and the Earl of Shaftesbury presided, bath tin the appeals and when the House afterwards sat in the evening for Parliamentary business. THE POTTERIES.—THURSDAY MORIIING.—The col liers are still out here, and,without any prospect of returning to - work. The troops Wore been removed to Newcastle from the race-course. Intellixotle has beeJi received here that the col. Hers and others at Ketly, in Shropshire, a distance of about thirty miles frow this district, hale turld rut ? and, if truth goo 1--- - itted vtolellCe? W--c -- - 4 report, comm I cefeafy to sendjor toy. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the rotes and ProceeLegs 1 the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, JULY 21. DISTRESS (MANUFACTURING DIS TRICTS.) DIVISION ON MR. T. DUNCOMBE'S MOTION. MINORITY—AYES, 91. Fitzroy, Lord Charles Pryse, Pryse Fox, Colonel Pulsford, Robert Gibson, T. M. Ricardo, .1. L Gill. Thos. Rice, E. B. Gore, Robert Roche, Sir D. Guest, Sir John Rundle, J. Hall, Sir B. Russell, Lord E. Hastie, A. Scholerield, .1. Hatton, Capt. Villiers Eeyrnour, Lord Hill, Lord A. M. C. Smith, B. Howard. P. H. Smith, H. Vernon Huma, Joseph Somers, J. P. Hutt, W. Somerville, Sir \V. Johnson, General Statisticld, W. R. C Langston, J. H. Strutt, Edward Langton, Col. G. Tapered, H. W. Mangles, It. I). Thornely, Thomas Marshall, W. Tulbell, H. Mitchell, t. A. Villiers, Charles 2. Morris, David Walker, R. Muntz, G. F. Ward, IL G Napier, Sir Charles War), J. T. O'l onnell, D. Wilshere, W. O'Connell, M. J. Wood, li. Paget, lord A. Wood, G. W. Palmerston. Visct. Wrightson, W. B. Parker, John Wyse, I homas Pechell, Captain Yorke, 11. R. Philips, N. Plumridge, Captain Ponsonby, Hon. J. Aglionby, H. A. Al(lam, William Barnard, E. G. Berkeley, Hen. C. Berkeley, Captain Bernal, R:ipti Blake, Mark Bowring, Dr. Brotherton, J. Busfeild, William Callaghan, D. Cavendish, G. 11. Clay, Sir W. live, E. if. Colidem, Richard Colborne, N. It. W. Colebrookc, Sir T. Crawford, W S. Dalmeny, Lord Dennistoun, J. Duff; James Duncan, George Dundas, Admiral East hope, John Ehrington, Viscount El:ice,ltt. Hon. E. Ellis, Wynn Elphinstone, Howard; Etwall, It. Ewart, W. Ferguson, Colonel Fielden, J. TELLERS. Duncombc, 'f. S. Hawes, B. Aclan J, Sir T. D oCCoart, Capt L. Allix, John Peter Antrohns, Edwud Archdall, General A rgIVI 'Olt, George Baird, W. Baluwin, C. B. Bankes, George Baring, W. B. Barrington, Viscount Baskerville 'l'. B. Isl. Bcntinck, Lord G. Blackburne, 1. Blackstone, W. S. eraniston, 'l'. W. Broadley, H. Broadwood, Henry Bruce, Lord E. Buller, Sir J. Y. Burdett, Sir F. JOHITY-NOES, Fitrroy, Captain Flower, James Follett, Sir William Forbes, William Forester, G. C. W. Fuller. A. E. 147. Loather, J. H. Lowth. r, ' olonel MacKenzie, W. F. M.Geaelly, F. A. March. F:arl of bleynell, H. diehard Morgan, Uctaviuc Mundy, E. Miller Neeld, Joseph Newport, Viscount Newry, Viscount Nicholl, J.; Norreys, Lord Packe, C. W. Pakington, J. S. Palo er, Robert Palmer, George Patten, Wilson Feel, Hon. Sir R Peel, Colonel J. Pemberton, Thomas Polhill, Frederick Pringle, A. Itashleigh, Wm. Repton, I;. W. J. Rose, Sir George ltous, Captain liushorook, Colonel Sheppard, T. Somerset. Lord G. Stanley. I,old Stewart, John Sutton, Hon. H. M Taylor, J. A. 'I hompson, Ald . Thornhill, George Tollemache, J. Trench, Sir F. Trollope, Sir John Tyrell, S►r J T. Verner, Colonel. Vivian, J. E. Walsh, Sir John Wodehouse, Hon. E. Wood, Colonel T. Young, John TELLERS. Fremantle, SirT. Baring, H. B Gasket', James Milne, Gladstone, W. E. Gladstone, 'l'. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, Montague Gore, W. R. 0. Con'burn, Henry h:un, Sir James Granby, Marquis of Grant, Sir A. C. Greene, T. Gregory, W. H. Grogan, E.lward Hale, R. Blagdon Halibut, 11. Hamilton, W. J. Hamilton, Lord C. siarcourt, G. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy, John Henley, J. Warner Herbert, Hon. S. Hervey, Lord A. Hind•, J. H. Hodgson, Richard Hogg, J. W. Hope, Hon. C. Hornby, John Hughes, W. B. Hus,cy, Thomas Inglis, Sir R. H. Irving, John Jermyn, Lord Joll►ffe, Sir W. Burroughes, H. Cardwell, E. Chelsea, Viscount Chetwode, Sir John Chute. W. L. W. Clayton, R. R. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Robert Cockburn, Sir G. Collett, W. H. Colville C. It. orry,lit Hon. H, Courtenay, Viscount Cripps, W. Dallier, Hon. G. ~arby, George Denison, E. 13. I "Israeli, Benjamin Douglas, Sir H. Douglas, Sir C. Douglas, J. D. S. Dutheltl, T. D. Duncombe, Hon. A East, J. Buller Jones, Theobald Ker, D. S. Knatchbull, Sir L. Knight, H. a Knight, F. W. Lefroy, Anhony Lincoln, Farl of Lindsay, H. H. Litton, Edward Lockhart, William Egerton. W.T. Eliot, Lord Escort, liickham Farnham, E. B. rcilden, W. H AUSTRALIA BILL, li Question put, " That the Bill be now "—The House divided : IJORIT Y—AYES, 68. Fuller, A. E. Litton, E. Gaskell, J. M. Mackenzie, W. F. Gladstone, W. E. Meynell, H. Gordon, Hon. W. Morgan, Octavius Gore, Robert Mundy, E. M. Goulburn, H. Muntz, G. F. Graham, Sir J. Pacae, C. Wm. Greene, T. G. Parker, John Hale, It. B. Peel, Sir Robert Hamilton, W. J. Peel, Jonathan Harcourt, G. G. Philips, Mark Hardinge, Sir H. Pringle, Alexander Henley, J. W. Rashleigh, William Herbert, Hon. S. Rushbrooke, Colonel Hinde, J. H. Smith, Vernon Hodgson, R. Somerset, Lord G. liornby, John Stanley, Lord Howard, P. H. Sutton, Hon. H. M. Hughes, W. B. Wood, G. W. Inglis, Sir R. It Young, John Jernsyn, Earl Jollifte, Sir W. Knatchbull, Sir E. Lincoln, Earl of SO UT Motion made, an read the third time. Acland, Sir Thomas A rchdall, General Baldwin, C. Barry Bankes George Barrington, Lord Bentinck, Lord G Blackburne, John I. , 3ramston, T. W. Broadley, Henry. Broadwood, H. Bruce, Lord E. Burroughes, H. N. Cardwell, Edward Clerk. Sir G. Collett, W. Rickford Colville, C. R. Darner, Hon. Dawson . Darby, George 1 Douglas, Sir C. E. Easthope, Sir John . Ebrington, Viscount Eliot, Lord_ Ferguson, Sir H. A. Forbes, William TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Baring, H. B. Aldan', William Bowring, Dr. Brothertop,.7.. VORITY—NOES, Fielden, J. Gibson, T. M. Johnson, General O'Connell, M. J. Scholefield, J. Thornely, Thomas Walker, R. Wawn, John T. Wood, Benjamin Cobden, Richard Duncan, George Ewan, W. ELLER% Hume, Joseph Aghonby, H. A. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Thl sales on the Stock Exchange to-day have been very trifling in amount, but some small speculative bargains have been made. Consols are 904 90/ for Money, and 90 3 / 4 for the Account. Three per Cents. Reduced, 91 91*; Three and-a.Half per Cents. Reduced, 1004 1(30- ; New Three. and-a-Ealf per Cents., 99 i- 100; Bank Stock, 166 167 ; India Stock, 248 249 ; India Bonds, 26 28 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 46 48; New 44 46 premium. Business in Foreign Securities has consisted of some sales in Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 51*, and the Five per Cents., 1001. The quotation of Mexican is 364 for Money, and 36* for time. In the Share Market the business has been limited. South Western at 62 ; Northern and Eastern, 40i ; South Eastern, 28; Brighton, 33 1 / • North Midland, 60 ; York and North Midland, 88; the Ne w Shares, 354; Edinburgh and Glas gow, 454 ; the New Shares, si. The Bonds, quoted to-day, are—Venezuelan, 27}; Portu guese Five per Cents., 334 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 21i ; and the Three per Cents., 20 3 / 4 . The French-Belgian treaty still continues a paramount topic of conversation, and remarks are freely made upon the policy which had led to the adoption of this course. It may not be uninteresting, under the circumstances, to notice a few parti. culars of the trade between this and the two countries, as given by official papers. In 1833, the first year after the separation from Holland, the , number of yards of linen shipped to Belgium were 59,197 ; in 1834 97,459 ; in 1835, 104,902 ; in 1836, 126,475 ; in 1837, 85,927 ; in 1838, 63,275; in 1839, 57,960; in 1840, 85,596. The quantity of yarn in these years were 12,2691b5., 41,5531b5., 31,0351b5., 58,0821b5., 588,5051b5., 1,340,9021b5., 722,4501b5., and 743,1721b5. respectively. There is also another item for thread and small wares, but of insignificant amount, being of the average value of about 6001. per annum. Those accounts have been published but to 1840. It is, however, well known that in 1441 the shipments were rather larger than the preceding year, arising chiefly from orders for the northern parts of France, to which the transit through Belgium afforded the readiest mode of access. The introduction of linen from the one country to the other being now prohibited, much of the stock thus accumulated will be thrown on the hands of the pre sent holders. It is considered to be doubtful by many, whether this agreement is not contrary to the tenor of some existing treaties with this country, and it is expected that the Government will take this matter up, as well as revive the apparently dormant question of Dutch aggressions in the East, since between the two an enormous injury is being in flicted on our trade. Two packet ships have arrived from New York, viz., the Oxford, at Liverpool, and the Philadelphia, at Plymouth. Both of them left on the Ist inst., consequently do not bring any later intelligence than that received per last steamer. The Oxford has brought home 32 cabin and 125 steerage passengers. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. nd Ciloucegter 100 '-•gery 3 .. 50 41'S 62 404 to ,;() to to Birmingham a_ Edinburgh and (la.._ Ditto New ........ London ant. Brighton ...... London and South Western . Northern and Eastern North Midland lOO Scuth Eastern and D0ver......... 23 York and N ,rth Midland Ditto New Shares . 20 - to ..- .LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JuLY 21. A good quantity of Cotton was sold to-day, and prices wire steadily maintained. 5,000 bales met with purchasers, and business closed steadily. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JULY 21.—Our market was quiet to-day ; a small amount of business was, however, done in the undermentioned Railway Shares:—Edinburgh and Glasgow aid South Easterns were somewhat. lower ; Eastern Counties, New, 6/. Os. 2 . 1 .; Gran d Junction, New Quarters, 274 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 184 ; Ditto Halves, 84 ; London and Birmingham, New 32/. Shares, 30i ; London and South Western, 62i ; Paris mid Rouen, 18i. MANCIIESTrit STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 21.—There has been a little more doing, without alteration in prices, except in Manchester and Birmingham; and Bank of Alanchester and Birmingham, 25k; North Midland, Half-shares, 30i; Ditto, 20; Bank of Manchester, 3i. PO LICE INTELLIGENCE. 111ARLBOROUG1-I•STREET. (THIS DAY.) Elizabeth Morris, a decently-dre , sed middle-aged female, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and breaking. window at the residence o f the Baroness Rothschild, No. 1.46, Police-constable, No. 105, of the C division, stated that yes terday afternoon, bet wren one and two o'clock, he found the prisoner sitting on the steps of the door of the Baroness's resi dr nee in a very intoxicated state, so much so that she was not fit to be brought before the Magistrate, and was, therefore, obliged to be locked up in one of the cells of the station-house till this . morning. Mr. Twogood, steward to the Baroness Rothschild, stated that, a short time before the prisoner was taken into the cus tody of the police yesterday afternoon, she came down the area steps, to the window of an apartment where ho was sitting, and solicited charity ; but li,, seeing that she was very drunk at the time, ordered her to g o awa y , but she continued herim portunity, until he was obliged to shut down the window sash to get rid of her, upon which she "rammed her fist through one o f the panes of glass, and Wowed him up through the hole," making use of most abusive and obscene language. She was ordered to be committed for one month to West minster Bridewell, UNION lIALL.-(THIS DAY.) A Sheriff's officer at Hastings was brought sip under the foLuwing circumstances. On the preceding night the defendant was taken to the station-house in the Southwark-bridge-road, intoxicated, in a cab, the fare of which he had no money to pay, and was locked up. When brought before the Magistrate, the defendant said that having a daughter in town whom he was apprised was badly treated, he came up by the coach to see into it. lie, however, dined with a friend on his arrival, and having drank too much, he was robbed of a gold watch, brooch, and rings off his finger, besides his purse containing all the money he brought up with him from the country. lie therefore trusted that he would not be further punished. The Magistrate discharged him. ELECTION CONIIIITTEES. (THIS DAY.) NEW C A ST L E- UNDER-LYM E. The Committee met this morning at el even o'clock, Lord Ashley in the chair. 11r. COLE, on the part of the sitting Members, commenced his reply to the argument of Mr. Sergeant Wrangham. The Learned Gentleman cited several authorities to show that the acts of an agent could not prejudice the right of the sitting 11ernber lle had not concluded his argument when we went to voiti. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADM IR ALT Y COURT—Thursday. THE LITTLE VVESTERN-SALVAGE. This was a claim for a reward for salvage services rendered to the Little Western, a steamer of 722 tons, by the Belfast, another steamer of 80 horse power, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, on her passage from Calais to London, with a valuable cargo, 80 passengers, and a crew of 18 persons. The Little Western had loft Ramsgate for Lon- don, with 90 or 100 passengers, r,n the morning of the 4th of April last, the wind blowing bard from the N.E. by E., and when off Kingsgate was struck by a heavy sea, which damaged her machinery, and she was drifting towards the shore, when she was discerned by the Belfast, off the North Foreland, arid the master, observing a signal of distress, or for assistance, on board the Little Western, put back and proceeded to her aid. He found that she was only two cables' length (a quarter of a mile) from a rocky shore, and had but a small bower anchor, which had a cable bent to it, and which did not hold. He ran under her lee, and taking her in tow in about four hours brought her into Margate Roads, whence she was conveyed to London. The value of the property salved was 12,000/. The action was entered far 3,0001. _ _ . Dr. lusituswrox said the principal foundation of the claim was the danger in which the property had been placed, and, looking to the value of that property and to the value of the vessel rendering the service, a steamer of 80• horse power—a class of vessels which were always regarded by this Court in a favourable view—though 3,0001. was a demand which he could hardly characterise otherwise than as a preposterous one, he thought 7501. was not too much to meet the justice of the case. SHERIFFS' COUR': Before R. 6ILLAM, Esq., Under-Sheriff, and a .Special Jury.) SEDUCTION.-POWELL V. VF.RRIN. This was an action brought by Mr. Edward Powell, as plain. tiff, against the defendant, Mr. Edward Perrin, to recover compensation in damages for the loss of his daughter's services, in consequence of her having been seduced by the i4efendatit. Mr. F. V. Lee and Mr. liuddlestone conducted she plain-. tiff's case; and Mr. Allen appeared for the defendant, who did not deny the facts of the case, and had put no plea of justifica tion upon the record. Mr. Huddiestone opened the pleadings, and Mr. Lee stated the case, which will be best gathered from the evidence. 'I he laintiff was a mineral, land, and coal surveyor. residing with his wife and two daughters at Hagley. tear Stourbridge; and the defendant, with his father and brother, carried on busi ness as extensive chain and nail manufacturers, near the same place. Elizabeth Ann Powell (a delicate and sickly-looking young woman, but who appearod to have once possessed considerable personal attractions) was called and examined by Mr. HUDDLE STONE.-1 am the daughter of Mr. Edward Powell, and am twenty-two years of age. I know Mr. Perrin, the defendant. My father is a land and mineral surveyor at Hagley. Perrin is a chain and nail-maker and manufacturer at the Lye. I became acquainted with him about four years ago, when I was on a visit to Miss Good's, at the house of her brother, who is a surgeon. I and his sister met him and his cousin on the Kidderminster road, on Good Friday, 1641, when he asked me if I was engaged. I told him I was not. He made me an offer, to which 1 replied I would consider of it; and he then said " I hope it will not be long first." He was in troduced to my mother, and afterwards visited at our house. The first time he came he said be was a bachelor, but he did not know how long he should continue so, as it all depended upon Miss Elizabeth (meaning me). This was on Easter Sunday. My father, who had been out of town, returned on the 2d of May, and Perrin came from that time up to the 18th, when he went to Hagley. He used to come twice a week, and he always asked me whether I was engaged, and if 1 would have him. On the 18th of May I met him at the Post-office, when he asked me to take his arm, and go for a walk by the Monument. I said " No." He re plied, " You had better go; it is a nice walk, a beautiful even ing, and no further than through the street." He at last pre veiled on me to go, and when he got to a wood near there he put very improper questions to me, which I did not at all like. I said I would have nothing more to say to him, and that I was surprised at him, and went away through the wood. I had got about twenty yards, when he overtook me, threw me down, and took advantage of me, while I was in such a!state that I did not know what I was doing. He begged me to forgive him, and not tell a soul on earth, and he would marry me whenever ipleased. He swore he would not do so again, and said I could hang him if I swore against him. I saw him at our house on the fol lowing Sunday, when he was talking to my father for nearly three hours about the iron trade, and said he had a large stock, and a contract for two years. He was in partnership with his father and brother, and they were all as one. He paid his men 100/. per week. He was introduced to my father as a lover, and received by him as such. On the 12th of July he walkedwith me in the garden, and said, " I am frightened you are ill." On the 24th he sent a man to ask me to meet him at the Monument, which I did, whets he said I did not meet him with that affection that I used to do. I had seen some one at Stourbridge who had put me against him, and he then took advantage of me again, saying, " I have spoiled you now, and you can have no one but me." I was confined to my bed some days after, and was attended by Mr. Evans. Perrin came on the Monday; saw me in bed, and brought some oranges. On the Bth of August he asked me to walk with him in the garden, when he said he was frightened out of his wits that I was in the family way. 1 said I could not tell; and he replied, I suppose not, but if it is so, tell me, for the sooner we are married the better. He visited at our house continually after, and dined there as my lover, on Christmas day. On the 28th of January my mother took me to Dr. Davis, as I had a pain in my side, and was very ill. I was delivered of a male child on the 23d of March. I have been in a weak state of health ever since. I have been employed in the management of my father's house. The witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Allen, but nothing was elicited tending to weaken her evidence, or impugn her character. Mary Powell, sister of last witness, a very handsome girl, was the next witness examined by Mr. Lee, but her evidence was not material. Several letters were here put in and read, being correspond ence between the defendant and Miss Powell, and her father, Mr. Jones, his attorney, and Mr. Pargitter, the defendant's solicitor. In one of the letters the defendant wrote to ask her to meet him, and she wrote back a very feeling letter, in an affectionate style, telling him her father would not let her, that he had ruined her, and that it would be better for him to repent before it was too late, pacify her father, and make them all happy. Other witnesses having been examined, and Mr. Allen having addressed the Jury for the defence, they returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 500/. COURT OF B ANKRUPTCY,—JuIy 21. (Before Sir C. F. WILLIAMS.) DAVID HANNAY'S BANKRUPTCY. This bankrupt appeared to•day on his adjourned final exami nation as the manager of the late Marylebone Joint Stock Bank. He was opposed by Mr. Wordsworth for several of the Shareholders, and supported by Mr. Clarkson. After a long and tedious conversation, which elicited no facts of public in terest, it was arranged that a further adjournment should be made to the month of November, the opposing creditors giving the bankrupt notice of the objections they intended to raise one mouth before he appeared. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) OSBALDISTON'S BANKRUPTCY. The bankrupt, described as a horse-dealer at St. Alban's, but who in reality is the attorney of that name, and one of the Coroners for the county of Hertford, also appeared before the Court on his final examination. Mr. Commissioner FONSLANQUE said, in passing him, that although no objection was made to the bankrupt's right to the rule of Court, having furnished the best accounts he could, yet it was impossible that the assignees could be satisfied with the state of affairs presented in his balance-sheet. His transac tions as a horse-dealer showed about 501., while his profits as an attorney, who was really the person before the Court, was, with " official fees," 4,8881. ; his expenses of business were put down at 4,2781., and his family expenses 4,0001., so that he had in the ten years, the period over which these accounts reached, just managed, what with business and family expenses, to double in expenditure the actual amount of his profits.— The bani:rupt was then passed. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NoRFoLK ClRCUlT—Cambridge, Jag 20. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Special Jury.) FISHER AND ANOTHER 0. LILLEY. This was an action for the speaking certain slanderous words of the Plaintiffs impeaching their credit in their business as bankers, to which the defendant pleaded " not guilty " only. Mr. Kelly, Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Sanders conducted the case for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Byles that of the defendant. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Fisher, carry en the business of bankers in this town, and had been in partnership with their late faller, who had conducted the business for half a century. The defendant is P. brewer, living in the village of Grantches ter, about a mile i,'otn Cambridge. In the beginning of the ~:esent year there had ;;eon two or three extensive failures in th i „..wyn, and some alarm and panic was caused by that eir curnstanc.'• No suspicion, however, attached to the plaintiffs, whose credit Was and is beyond ,all exception ; their resources and their respectability in their business being equal and un- ' doubted. It appeared by the evidence that a Air. Balls, a currier in Cambridge, keeps an aceount with the plaintiffs, and that about nine o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the 26th of March last, the defendant called at his house, and knocking at his door, desired to see him. Mr. Balls accordingly went to the door, and the defendant, who was on horseback, asked him if he did not keep an account with Messrs. Fisher? Mr. Balls replied be did, whereupon the defendant continued, " They have stopped payment, and cannot go on, and asked if Mr. Henry (Mr. son) banked with them, to which that gen tleman answered he did not, but his other son did. Mr. Balls then told defendant that what he was saying was a most serious matter, and be ought to have it. from good authority, which the defendant said he had : he was satisfied about that. Mr. Balls, upon this, asked the defendant what was the use of telling him what he had done, as he could not at that time of night du anything, if the fact was true, and the parties thereupon sepa rated. For the defendant, it was contended by Mr. Ryles that this was a privileged communication, and his client entitled to a verdict. Mr. Balls was a customer of the plaintiffs, deeply interested in the communication made by the defendant, if true ; and if the jury were satisfied that it was made bona .fide, and not with the intention of injuring the plaintiffs. the de fendant was not liable to this action. He admitted defendanttedri'ithnut the least reserve that the statement made by h had no foundation in truth, and the defendant deeply regretted having made it. Mr. Baron ALDERSON told the jury that the plaintiffs must satisfy them that the defendant had uttered the words imputed to him ; that they were spoken of them in their business as bankers in the sense given to them in the declaration, and that ihey were spoken maliciously. Now, the speaking of words injurious to the character or trade of another, without having a justifiable occasion er excuse for doing so, constituted such a " malicious" speaking as the law required, in order to render him liable to an action of this nature. The words must be injurious ; they must be spoken by the defendant, and spoken without a lawful excuse. There was a large class of eases in which the uttering of words injurious to the character of an other becomes justifiable by the occasion on which they are uttered. Thus, where a party is applied to for the character of a servant, and tile master in answer bona fide makes use of defamatory words, he is not liable to an action, unless he is actuated by express malice. The interests of society required that this should be so. In like manner, where the plaintiff was paying his addresses to a lady, and the defendant, a near connexion of hers, wrote a ' letter to her to warn her against marrying him, stating as his reason certain matters highly injurious to the character of the rla'.ntiff, it urea properly left to the Jury to say whether, con sidering the near relationship of the defendant to the lady. and the immense importance to him and herself of the step she was about to take, he was actuated by malice in writing tile letter, or whether he had used the occasion as a cover and pretext for making a malicious statement. In that case the Jury found a verdict for the defendant. In the present case, however, the defendant is not applied to by Mr. Balls, he is a volunteer ; and he tolls him, not that the plaintiffs are "about" to stop payment, in which case the customer might perhaps withdraw his account, but that they had already stopped. This communication, even if it had been true, could not have benefited Mr. Balls ; and being false, it would be for the Jury to say whether the plaintiffs were not entitled to recover com pensation in damages for the unfounded an d in j urious statement. The Jury retired, and in a few minutes found for the plaintiff, wit' 1. damages. h 1001. OXFORD ClRCUlT—Worcester, July 20. In cyder to lighten the labours of. the Judgey, Yr, Godson, Queen's Counsel, sit to-day in the Grand Jury-room, and tried by about five oielock between 15 arid 20 prisoners. Lord Chief Justice Tindal, however, has not entirely disposed of the calendar, and one or two cases yet rennin. Alr. Justice Erskine has made great exertions to get through the civil business, but out of the whole 2S causes entered for trial, only one or two have as yet been undefended, and those which have been heard have been principally long' fighting" causes. CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice TiNnAr..) Richard Taylor was indicted for having, on the 2d of July last, feloniously fired a loaded gun at Hannah Taylor, his wife, with intent to murder her. Mr. F. V. Lee conducted the case far the prosecution. The prisoner had no Counsel. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel. that on the night in question the prisoner, who is a black smith, and lives at Old Swinford in this county, came home at a very late hour very much intoxicated, began to abuse his daughter, arid threatened to thrash his wife, who, to avoid him, ran round the room several times. The prisoner, being unable to put his threat into execution, took down a gun from the wall, which was loaded with shot, and present ing it at his wife, fired. The charge, providentially, lodged in the wall, a few inches above her head, and upon this the prisoner let loose a savage dug, turned all his children naked into the road along with their mother, set the dog upon them. and closed the door. The prisoner's wife, however, who had been committed for refusing to find sureties for her appear ance at the Assizes to give evidence against her hushand, flatly contradicted all that part of the case which went to establish the capital charge; but a neighbour who resided in an adjoin ing cottage deposed that she had heard the crtesof the unfor tunate woman, and the prayers for mercy which She made• to her brutal husband, and she also saw the dog set upon her. When apprehended, the prisoner made a desperate resistance, and attempted to set a large and ferocious lurcher at the officers, declaring at the same time he would never be taken alive. The prisoner was found Guilty of an assault, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. George Lester was indicted for having, on the 25th day of June, at Kidderminster, assaulted Hanna Thomas, with in tent, &c. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to twelve cal lendar months' imprisonment, with hard labour. EXCHEQUER-BILLS PREPA RATION. A Bill under this tit'e has just been brought into the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer," for further regulating the preparation and issue of Exchequer-bills." The first clause of this Bill vests the appointment of the As.- sistant- Controller of the Exchequer in the hands of three or more of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and enacts that the Assistant-Controller shall not be capable of holding his office at the same time, or together with, any other office under the Crown, or under any officer appointed by the Crown. The appointment of the chief and subordinate clerks is likewise vested in three Commissioners of the Treasury. 'the third clause repeals that portion of the Act 48th George 111., cap. 1, which enacts that all payments of principal sums or interest, &c., to be made on account of Exchequer-bills by the Paymaster, Controller, or other officer shall be made at an office to be kept in or near the receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster. The fourth clause renders it imperative for all future Ex chequer-bills to be signed by the Controller or the Assistant- Controller in his own name. The fifth clause enacts that, for a space of three calendar months next after any vacancy of the office of Controller.. General shall have occurred, it shall be lawful for the Assistant- Controller to sign Exchequer-bills in his own name as Assis tant •Controller, and to do all other things which belong to the office of Assistant-Controller, as fully as if the office of Con troller-General were not vacant. The sixth clause enacts that two counterfoils shall be made to every Exchequer-bill issued after the passing of this Acts one of them to remain in the custody of the Controller- General , and not to be delivered for the use or into the custody of any Paymaster of Exchequer-bills, unless by special direction of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. The seventh clause provides for the manufacture of paper: instruments, and machinery for the making of Exchequer-bills , by the Commissioners of Excise, or such persons as the Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury shall direct. The eighth and ninth clauses contain provisions relative to the contracts for such paper, &c. The tenth clause enacts that all persons who shall manufac ture or use paper, plates, or dies, similar to those used for Exchequer-bills, &c., shall be guilty of felony ; and the elevent h enacts that persons having unlawful possession of any paper manufactured for the purpose of being used as Exchequer' bills, before such paper shall have been duly stamped, signed , and issued, for public use, shall for every offence be guilty of e misdemeanour, and shall be liable to imprisonment for all period not exceeding six calendar months. COURT CIRCULAR. It will be seen by the Order in the Gazette of Tues . day last that the Court Mourning is for the usual period of one fortnight, but the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert will wear mourning for a month. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday morning, and visited the Prince old Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha at Buckingham Palace. His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Sale Coburg Gotha, accompanied by Captain de Brander stein, his Aide-de-Camp, honoured the Baron de Mon' corvo, the Portuguese Minister, with a visit in Uppe r Seymour-street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex visited the Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha in the afternoon. The Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Cohe,rg Gotha, attended by Colonel Bouverie, honoured tlie. Chinese Collection with a visit yesterday, and also ti!.: Colosseum. His Serene Highness, attended by C a pt. " Francis Seymour, rode out on horseback in the afteree;,-, The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace the terday evening included her. Royal Highness, re . Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the P e the ditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Goths, to Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Ch ariot Dundas, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Colville, and the Baron de Brandenstein. A Deputation from the African Civilization Society' consisting of the Earl of Euston, Sir Robert Hurl Inglis, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Mr. Joseph Beldam, Mr. Samuel Gurney, colonel Nicolls, Rev. J. M. Troy. and Mr. Robert Stokes had an interview with the Berl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Blair had an interview with Lord Stanley yester day, at the Colonial-office. The Portuguese Minister, the Brazilian Minister, end Lord Ponsonby transacted business yesterday at th e Foreign-office. Despatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Malta. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. JULY 15. Witch cutter, H. Oglander, Esq., from Woolwich and Southampton. 16. Sparrowhawk cutter, Thomas Hallifaz, Esq., from Lou don and ilyde ; Amazon cutter, Sir John Walsh, Bart., 51. P . ' from St. Helen's. 18. Midge cutter, John Petre, Esq., from Plymouth. 20. Xarifa schooner, Eatl of Wilton, from Plymouth. or proceeded to the eastward; Phantom cutter, Sir Wrn. Curt* Bart., from Ramsgate. 21. Corsair cutter, John Congreee, Esq., from Plymouth; Will-o'-the-Wisp, Capt. C. H. Williams, from ditto. _ SAILINGS. Juts 15. Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, for PIP' mouth. I. Witch cutter, H. Oglander, Esq., for Hamburgh and th e coast of Norway. 21. Camilla schooner, Thos. Hallifax, jun., Esq., for Sow thampton and Dover. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Jack-o'-Lantern, Hawk, Arid, Merlin, Camilla' Harriet. Cutters—Phantom, Nautilus, Sparrowhawk, Hebe, Emerald, Petrel, Phoebe, Nymph, Charm, Talisman, Amazon, Midg e ' Sapphire, Intrepid, Flower of Yarrow, Ganymede, Co rsai' Will-o'-the-Wisp. Yawls—Alarril, Breeze. The Secretary has sold Mr. J. Mciklam's yacht Cher ° 73 tons, to Mr. fliggins. This town is very far iron.. being so full of company as it s. ,r, at this time last year, many of the best houses being une e `4 pied; but there are numerous applications for them for the 'I I of August, to which date, though so near, the proprietors e l not wait. Amongst our latest arrivals are—Lady Hope Vere, to Prospecitt House ; Lady Harriet Paget and family, to Cewes Castle; 5 , James Graham's family, to Earl de Grey's villa; Thor. Th er " „ r hill, Esq , to Castle House ; Mr. Powell has taken Trafals3 House; Mrs. Canning, to Cannon Cottage. STONEMENGE.—An historical romance, of a 11 1 ° I.e t than usually elevated character—elevated no lets in sale:, than in the grandeur of the personages who figure in itch e just. appeared. It is called " Stonehenge." The period of t „4 story is the time when Britain was under the Roman yok e, %"s when our national religion was Druidism, Stonehenge b':, one of the chief places of worship in the island. From f'''", o land the , cone shifts to Rome (luring the time of Nero, ‘,11,° court is represented with extraordinary power , spirit , and se , hlatice of life. Nero himself, Seneca, Lucan , Otho , Grai ,t3"; lt Vitellius, and others are among the druinaiis persons. .„„ would I e difficult to find in all fiction a work of greater 1"- portance. 1/ . ' DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—This morning, about past two o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. p r ;,, cott, stationer and tobacconist, No. 2119, Upper Whiteeol,o street, St. Luke's. Several engines were, soon after the I la t be was given, on the spot, but, notwithstanding every e xertion , cr i house of Mr. Prescott, together with the stock and e t h er article of furniture was consumed. Mr. Prescott, l(!g e . he ir with his family, had to make their escape into the street in 7er, night-clothes. The premises of Mr. Harper, pa tten-ma er e next door, was also much injured, and several others 7 slightly damaged. B THS. On trie 18th inst., at the res itence of General Gore Beci ne' Weymouth, the lady of Colonel Browne, of a son. . On the lit: , inst., at Coidharhour F arm, Cro y don, Waugh, of Regent-street, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Worting House, near Basingstoke, the lady of John Lees, Esq., of a son. On the 20th inst., at North - end , Fulham , Mrs. Willisl° Perrnox, of a daug. On th K e 20th inst., at hter Crakehall, the lady of Henry ConsOble Maxwell, &q., of a son. On the 20th inst.. at the Vicarage, Aldeburgh, S'affollt,l‘irs. Henry T. Dowler, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 21st inst., the Rev. G. Martin, Canon ° Residen t ° ia ? and Chancellor of the diocese of Exeter , to Renira, ° daughter of the late Vice - Admiral 13 enti nck, and niece Ea On rl M the anrs. , " 21st inst ., at All Souls, Langham - p lace, Mayne, Eig., to Jane, daughter of the la te Rev. W. W" Rector of Branston and Waltham, Laneastet_______--/ Es :IED. j an O ,i n n tNheelsl(smthLiinnsgtw,oaotd,Lansdown-paratle, Cheltenham, 13e°- On the 19th inst., at Eaton-place Susan, youngest daughter of the late Edward Godfrey , E - q ' nd the Countess Dowager of 111orton. aged 6 years. Es .' a On the I9th inst., at Waltliamstow Fanny, thi rd daughter of Archibald and Hannah Comities; Corbet,' aged 21. Sou th- On blor.__lttle 1:i.......r....____1 inst., Ann, wife of Mr..l3aifosnker tt , i a e g 2 e o d t 6 h l i . nst., at Freernantle Lodge, ShirleYL" ar ampton, Martha, widow of the late John Noct" , .r ''' l* Eq. , On the 17th inst., at Andover, Hants, Thomas Heath, - ur, Pin" °f C oudesley-street, Islington, aged 33. _ --- _--------- f Erndon : Printed and Published by I%IIiRDO No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, , the County of MiddicEex, I's iday, July 5•, 18.42, . Y °,:jt YOUNG, n 6 ( 1 : i°,l N Th, 24 , h ( ilt A and Pure 4 111, N.l Pier LI LON 11 Railß th, G ob ttblii i 4 lilt .1