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THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. Itir A S SA N LL 0. V_L AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. .f.tl.ted by HORACE SMITH, Esq., • Author of " Brambletye House," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 'TRANSPORT SERVICE AND TRINITY-HOUSE LIGHT DUES. Now ready, Bvo., price Is. PARTICULARS of the ILLEGAL TRANS FER to the TRINITY-HOUSE, by LORD VIS COUNT MELBOURNE'S ADMINISTRATION, of Cer tain Balances of Freight, left by Several Transport Owners at the Conelusion of the late War, in Her Majesty's Treasury, and of the Virtual Fraud Committed upon the Depositors by this Proceeding. With an Appendix, giving some useful in formation with respect to the Corporation of the Trinity House. By C. RICHARDSON, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, Barri, ter-at- Law. ‘. Publicity is the soul of justice."—JEß EMY BENTHAM. _Effingham Wilson, 18, Bishopsgate-street ; Hooper, Pall- Mall East. HAMBURGH, JULY, 1842. H IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, .IND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS;, by which LARGE FORTUNES may be obtained. HEINE BRO- ThIERS, at IAIMBI! RGII, are now Selling Genuine and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTEIII3U PIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may releive. PREVIOUS giving any order, the PROSPECTUS with full PARTI- CtLARS, upon addressint, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to lIEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGII. As we !eee;ve frequently anlieati , ns i(1- CERTIFICATES, we .4,sist bet; ti observe, that a CERTIFICATE is QUITE DIFFERENT from a BOND. and tat there is a gnat di'- ferenee again between BONDS and SELECTED BON 1)S —the SELECTED BONDS ONLY TAKING PART IN I'HE DISTRIBUTION WHICH FOLLOWS THE SE LECTION, and which should never be overlooked, being of %t.e greatest importance. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 2. The Performances will commence with CAPERS AND CORO :A4ETS.— CharaCters by Messrs. Wigan, Granby, and Oxberry, Miss IPincott, Mrs. Granby, and Miss Murray. Will be presented the !Musical Play of THE EXILE —laron'Al trawl, Mr J. Bland ; Count Calmar, Mr. Barker ; Petroff Servitz, Mr. Harley ; Daran, Mr. J. Vining ; Alexina, Miss Faucit ; Cathe rine, Miss Murray After which, YELLOW KIDS —Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, -Green. and Oxberry ; Mrs. Granby, and Miss Stanley. To be followed by LOST AND WON.—Leyton, Mr. Diddear ; , Cottercll, sir.. W. H—Blaed ; Mistress Leron, Miss Faucet. titer which, the New Burlesque .allet, called Ott IZELLE!— A 4 haracters by Signor Oxberrini and Madlle. Louisotta Fairbro- Moerini. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s.— Gallery, Is. Doors ouen at Half.past Six ; 'car:lnlet= at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ; and of Mess's. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries. ITCYAL SR - MEV THEATRE: . in consequence of the immense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnambula," supported by the first musical talent this country can produce, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, AUGUST 2. •-.,"he performances will commence with Beliini's LA SONNA M. bU LA.—Amina. Miss Ramer; Liza, Mrs. Serle; Rodolpho, Mr. Left tir ; Elvine, Mr. W. Harrison; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. 6. Stansbury. After which, THE QUAKER.—Steady, Mr. Leffler. To conclude with THE ARTFUL DODGE.—llemosthenes `Dodge, .Mr. G. Wild. Piaui And Private Boxes may be bad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box OfEce, from Eleven till Four daily. R.OYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subseribers, and the Public, are respectfully infonneti that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAV, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em. bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favon. rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in troductions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Yamling Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'actiou, repre senting the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. Tha BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con • haled by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROM EN ADES .frl USICA LES selected( rom the noblest works of the great Masters The ILLUMINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, 'Lad the GIRA NDOL A of ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgeous 41,-ctacles and magnifieent introductions that have called forth ac clammations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex hibition. terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, The CASC &DE if BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening '.Fetes, with the Promenades ;Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, sairandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, sad l'hursdays. Admission One Shilling. Hunt WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ncrntng...... 2 minutes after 9 I Evening 43 minutes after 9. "': 4 e ; • ' Af twry • fi r ° • ~:lboascAr :3, `'tjt j e LONDON : TUESDAY MOTtNING, AUGUST 2, 1842. The, old spy, informer, and betrayer system, to which we yesterday adverted in our Second Edition, was brought under the notice of the House of Commons last night. Mr. SHELL asked Lord ELIOT some questions on the subject, and the answers of the Noble Lord were, that he was aware of lIAcAN being in confinement, and that he had made communications which had led to the apprehension of individuals. He was not aware that HAGAN had been employed to administer unlawful oaths after he had given his evidence. But while the Noble Lord admitted that so to employ HAGAN was oljoctien able, he was of opinion that crimes arising out of secret societies could only be proceeded against - , by Vie evident e of an approver. Lord ELIOT is wrong. If murder or rebellion arise from secret societies, the persons guilty of them may be convicted without an approver. As long as the crime, such as the mere administering an unlawful oath, remainr secret—as long as it has no public bad consequences, it cannot be ascertained, it cannot be even known, but by ths , instrumentality of the approver. There is a distinction between crimes, per se, which are in some way public and known injuries, and mere offences against some ill •contrived statutes. To employ men to find out hidden offences, to convict other men on their evidence of a mere offence against a statute, which, not being an offence or injury against any human being, remains, its own nature, secret and unknown, is to employ reel to promote crimes, and is, let us tell Lord ELIOT and the Irish Government, a much greater crime than becominp a member of a secret society. The latter may lead to re injury whatever; the former is in spirit, if not in words, perjury, treachery, and inflicts injury to the person pu nished on such evidence. We deeply regret to see Lord ELIOT defending such 11 palpable inquiry, which would be a disgrace to any Go vernment. We had hoped that no Government in any part of this country would descend so far below the leve; of the general morality. There is no occasion for it; u is a t ratuitons revival in Ireland of the horrid blood inoney system, that erewhile prevailed in England. It is a species of legal burking, by which, for a few shilling,:: or a few pounds, a man is sold unto death by the forms . of law. We see no purpose it answers, except it may assuage the Orange lust for blood, and gratify the jour nals of the parry, by creating the crimes of which they maliciously accuse their Catholic countrymen. If the Government of Ireland make itself subservien! to the Orange party, and re-adopt its old, iniquitous, ant: brutal acts, we must retract the opinion and the praise we some time ago bestowed on it. We said then that i. was not the Executive Government, but the Legislature, which was in general to blame. The law, I% e wa' administered justly and mercifully, but the law itself i unjust, brutal, and bloody. It expresses, in most cases. the ignorant inhumanity of a past age, and is worse that the living race of men. In carrying it into execution, therefore, they temper it by their own humanity. Wert the heavy yoke of our progenitors not lightened by living kindness, it would be wholly unbearable. If, however. the Irish Government is now to carry into execution Orange law, by hiring or bribing ruffians to betray vic tims into crime, and if Orange Judges are to expound that law more according to the principles of the cruel oppressors who framed it than to the enlightened prin ciples of our own time, then will the Executive be as Lad as the law of a past and ignorant age. Insurrection Acts will, in that case, speedily be called for to put down re newed outrages, and Ireland will relapse into its former insecure and unprosperous condition. " In a Parliamentary Report relative to the sanatory regulation of towns, it is observed, that where there are children of both sexes mere decency requires four rooms —three for sleeping, and one for daily use. These are the least that is sufficient to afford to an average family the house-room necessary for decency." But we showed on Saturday that through a great part of the agricultural districts, and in a large part of our towns, the population live huddled in cellars, or eaves, or single rooms, render ing decency impossible, and puzzling the imagination, as the Bei , . Dr. GILLY says, to know how the inhabitants avoid unutterable horrors. " You may give," said a work ing mason, as qufAed at a late meeting of the North umber land Agricultural Society, " all the advantages you can to a hind's cottage, you can never give anything which is so great. as that of a second apartment." With proper notions of what is due to the other sex, this working mason stated that the second apartment was wanted as a sacred af;ylutu for the females of the house. Such r. remark proves how justly the people appreciate what de cency requires, and how completely, yet, the hinds of Northumberland are compelled to house all their family in one room. There is scarcely a log-hut in the United \SiitekiailtlPicat.not supply more accommodation than 4 2 "..- - ;t im _b evo , trans ia by a peasant and industrious artizan 7 i - ii*nglait.. - ;`. , >a W - hateauTonr 'slators, our Lord ASHLEYS, our Captairt - EiTztois , d others, who interfere continually ~ r , with ,thepeetile,i-: - say/ to the indecent manner in which they are 104%0;14'6y have no right to plead ign orance of the 'facts-that the hinds of Northumberland and Dor ham. nreciowcit4 with their families in to one room, and that the weavers of Manchester have only damp and ill-ven tilated, ill-lighted caves to dwell in, because they are bound to know with complete and minute accuracy the condition of all those for whom they make laws. If they he ignorant, what shall we say for their excessive pre sumption ; if they be not ignorant, what excuse can be assigned for their scandalous neglect ? As long as they interfere with the occupations and rewards of the people, they must be regarded as responsible for most of the evils to which the people are exposed, and must be blamed for the unhealthy and indecent manner in which the people are lodged.. The object of those Bills which .were introduced into Parliament, both last session and this session, was to throw on the Parliament the onus of ordaining a com plete system of drainage for every town of the empire. It must also look to the sewerage, to all kinds of cleanli ness or filth, and be responsible for removing from E - cie ty every cause of disease. At least that seems to the object of those who call on the Parliament to perform these duties, and who compile books, like the Reports drawn up by the Secretary to the Poor-law Commission ers, to show how much disease is caused by the neglect of cleanliness, drainage, and ventilation. Such a vast extension of the duties of Parliament, though not justi fied by its present neglect, will naturally increase the anxiety of the people to obtain an influence over it. If those who desire so much to extend its duties de fend its present ignorance, or its present neglect, as L sometimes done, by alleging the rapid increase of our population, we must state that the tendency of population to increase is as well known a fact as the tendency of a stone to fall to the earth. For all its consequences the lawmakers are hound, as long as they interfere with trade, to provide. The increase of population is a law of nature, which lies at the bottom of all social phenomena. The progress and decay of nations is little more than the increase and decrease of people. For their well-being a continual increase of comfortable houses, of food and of clothing, is indispensable, and the Legislature which prescribes where and how they they shall labour, with whom and how they shall trade, makes itself responsible to provide all these things. The people, however, are starving ; the people are badly lodged ; the people are in rags ; in fact the Legislature does nothing for them. It expects them to provide all things for themselves, and a revenue for the State into the bargain. At the same time it will not allow free scope for their exertions. It even takes from them the means of providing for themselves. It makes no provision to stop the increase of people ; nay, it opens our ports to riff-raff and ragamuffins from all nations, as our streets testify, but it shuts the ports against supplies of food and against the materials for building houses. Either it ought to stop the increase of people, or it ought to supply them with food, houses, And clothing, or it ought not to interfere with thir occupations, and then it would not be responsible either for the increase of the people or the manner in which they are fed, lodged, and clothed. Their present con dition on these points, generating both moral and phy sical pestilence, speaks trumpet- tongued against the un bounded pretensions of our law-makers. The writ for Ipswich was last night ordered to be postponed till the evidence taken before the Election Committee is laid on the table of the House of Commons. For the second time within two months have the elec tions for Ipswich been set aside on account of bribery. That, however is only an exemplification of the general character of the borough. For years it has been con tinually bought and sold. In spite, however, of its general notoriety, and of the late decision which un 7ieated Mr. RENNIE and Mr. Wasox, the 'lonics, headed by Sir B. PEEL, persisted in issuing the writ, inviting a repetition of the bribery, while they withheld the issue of the writ for Nottingham. They are the real authors f the renewed bribery. Their conduct was not dictated 'ay principle, and were we to mention the motives and hopes which influenced them, we should be accused of want of charity. We leave them, therefore, to be imagined by our readers. Our principal object in re • erring to this matter, however, is to point out the in herent and incurable vice of the system, not to select one political party for reproaches. Both are only too willing to corrupt and debase the people. Such a radical disease .t,s continual corruption, indicates the want of a radical !tire; and to expect that from bribery laws, passed by those Arembers of Parliament who combine to cause the lisease, is like looking to the action Of accumulated filth And increasing nuisance to cure the typhus, that always at this season prevails more or less in our crowded towns. We hope that Mr. COBDEN does not mean, by the iuestion he is to ask to-night concerning some ships itting out in the river for Mexico, to interpose any ob ,tacle to our people supplying the Mexicans with vessels war, and men to fight them, if they be so inclined. Why not free trade in shipbuilding and soldiering as ,vell as in corn ? Of course, if our countrymen enter :nto such a service, they give up all claim to protection :corn our Government ; and, as long as they do not serve its enemies, we know no reason why the law should turbid them to serve Mexico any more than Texas. We Amid regret to see Englishmen fighting against English men, for that would very often be the nature of the contest; but without going the whole length of forbidding our people to enter into any foreign service or supply any state with vessels of war, we know not how that is at all Imes to be prevented. It may be right to ascertain what he Government knows of the fitting out of these vessels, ight to inform it that English officers, whom it may with dropriety forbid to enter into such a service, are about .o command Mexican vessels ; but, we think no free rader can, with propriety, interfere with the trade of )uilding and supplying vessels of war, any more than vith the trade of building and supplying locomotive The news received from Germany last night is, com mercially, of some importance. The cotton-spinners there are exerting themselves after the fashion of our land ords as to corn, to procure additional heavy duties on !otton yarn and cloth imported. It is, however, added, hat they are not likely to succeed. We fear, however, the bad example which England now sets will be very g - cnerally followed. Every day reveals some atrocious proceeding on the part of the Irish Government. The old spy system, which flourished in Ireland during the rebellion of 1798, s revived under the auspices of Lord DE GREY and Mr. BLACKBURN, whose agents first make Ilibbonmen, and :hen transport them. The infamy of these tools of a •orrupt Government was exposed, in all its revolting de ormity, at a late trial of persons accused of the crime of ;tibbonisto at Armagh. Five of them were found guilty m the evidence of a spy, named HAGAN, and a policeman timed Cox, and sentenced to be transported for seven ;ears. Mr. WHITESIDE, a liberal Tory, defended the „,risoners, and denounced the conduct of the Govern nent as atrocious. In his cross-examination the spy HAGAN gave the following account of himself. We ;note his evidence from that really Ldependent journal, Newry Examiner:— " I took the temperance pledge, but broke it on the 'doe- . ror's authority ;' I kept it as honestly as Father Mathew for a year. I was nabbed' in September last. I was eight days in • crib.' The first I spoke to about Ribbonism, alter I was necked,' was Constable Johnston, and told him to go for the Provost of Sligo, which he did. When I had conferred with hat gentleman, I was let out on heavy bail. After that I Mended meetings, made passwords, Ribbonmen, and all that. I made Ribbonmen by the hundreds. The police knew that vas the business I went on. I was ' out' from September ill February. I did not expect to be wanted by •he police till about Patrick's Day—till the assizes time. When I returned, I told them about the ,neetings. By the word them,' I mean Mr. Faw cett, Provost of Sligo, and the Magistrates. While I was out of gaol, I concocted about SIXTY-SIX RIBBON PAPERS, AND SCATTERED THEM ♦BOOT as well as I could. 7'he Magistrates knew all this. During the time I wrote several letters to people, and got answers. I took the oath of the Society, once, twice, thrice, four times—aye, fourteen times—l had no further to go, or I would have sworn, more. I AM THIS MOMENT BREAKING THEM ALL. I get my sup dolt from the Government. My conscience stretches some times. During the six months I was out I was as busy as ever it the old trade.'" "I WROTE THE RIBBON LETTERS, &C., DISTRIBUTED THEM, AND CANVASSED RIBBONMEN, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MAGISTRATES, but not of the police; the former were perfectly aware of what I was doing." Tile Government which employs such a wretch as this to make criminals, for the purpose of prosecuting them, covers itself with infamy. No honest, impartial man could believe him on his oath. In the policeman Cox, the other witness, he found a worthy colleague. Cox in his cross-examination said : • " I told the party that I ;vas from Termonbarry, in the county Roscommon. That was a lie. I told other lies on the occasion. It was another lie to say that a man from Stokes 'own was to have met me there. I may have told other lies ,hen. /think it quite right to tell the lies. It would not an swer me tell the truth always. 1 consider it was only my duty to tell the lies. When it comes in my way as a policeman, I -lon't think much about telling a lie. The public good can only •he effected by that." Cox has evidently imbibed the Machiavellian spirit of ,he Irish Government. He believes with the author of ,he " Prince," and Mr. Attorney-General BLACKBURN , :hat the public good is only to be effected by li es, an d so ue tells them, and swears them, and transports those who are credulous enough to believe him. Except in Russia there is not, out of Ireland, a Court of Justice in Europe in which the testimony of such monsters would convict any man of a crime to which penalty of five shillings attached. But under the parental Government of Lord DE GREY, their evidence is sufficient to send scores of Roman Catholics to Norfolk Island. Judge CRAMPTON, who presided at the trial, admitted that the conduct of the witness, HAGAN, as described by himself, was " strange," and " at variance with the spirit of the Christian religion," but he did not tell them, as we con tend it was his duty to have done, that these witnesses were not to be believed upon their oath. Mr. WHITESIDE well exposed the base conduct of the Government in em ploying such wretches to betray innocent men into crime for the purpose of prosecuting them. We regret that we can only make room for the following extract from his speech : "I never knew that it was the duty of any:Government not to use their most strenuous, their incessant, their undivided exer tions to guard against the perpetration of crime, but rather to make criminals, in order that they might show their vigilance in the punishment of the offenders of their own creation. hiever , •knew that a Government could not only tolerate, out absolutely sanction the mission of a tutored spy, who was let out on the people in order to entrap into his wiles the innocent and the unwary. Many have doubted the propriety of receiving the evidence of a villain steeped in crime—a monster, who feared not, it might be, to embrue his hands in the blood of his fellow-man, or (as in the present case) who was a participator, according to his own admission, in the offence with which the pri so ners at th e bar are charged—l say many have doubted the propriety of employing the evidence of that corrupt accomplice against the life and liberty of his fellow-man. However, I do not question it, nor do I object to juries acting on such testimony, provided it receive full corroboration from faith worthy witnesses. I could have had no objection, if, when Hagan was first apprehended, a trial against these unfortunate men had been instituted ; then by his evidence, let the case either stand or fall ; but when it is well known that the information he then possessed was not sufficient to obtain a conviction—when it was fout:d that with his whole stock-in-trade of news, no sane person would be presumptuous enough to bring a prosecution forward—when it was found that, as matters then stood, littiemere than patched • up stories and a superabundance of villany could be de tected on the `conscientious' scrape-grace—they invest him with new powers, full impunity is awarded to him, he is decked out with all the ability to deceive, to decoy, to allure, to betray, those upon whom he can foist his villainy ; and when he has made a rich harvest, he returns home, parading the long list of his victories, and from a paternal' Government claims honours, rewards, and patronage, in proportion to the amount of crime which he has the unparalleled, monstrous audacity to pride having perpetrated, during his cursed career, on the lives and properties of those whom it was the duty of a wise Government to i'protect and foster against the wiles of iniquity, instead of letting slip on them the organised, pre meditated, and deep-laid treachery of a tutored spy !" What is Mr. O'CONNELL about that he does not bring the conduct of the Irish Executive Government before Parliament ? It is impossible that Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ELIOT can know and sanction such an abomi nable system as is here denounced by a most respect able Tory barrister. Lord ELIOT is incapable of sanction ing the entrapping innocent men into crime, to fill the pockets of Crown lawyers, and supply blood-money to ;pies and informers. We, therefore, hold it to be the duty of some of the Liberal Irish Members to bring the question before the House of Commons. ! There is not much political news in the French Journals. In the Chamber of Deputies on Friday an exceedingly tumultuous scene took place on the report relative to the election of M. LAROCHE-JAQUELIN, for Ploermel, being presented. Some objections were made against the return, but the . bureau proposed unanimously that the Hon. De puty should be admitted. M. BILLA ITT rose, not, he said, to oppcse the admission of M. LAROCHE-JAQUELIN, but to complain of the conduct of the Ministry in the elections in general. He accused them of having supported the Le gitimist candidates against the Dynastic party, and founded his accusation on a letter written by M. DE LATOUCHE, the Sub-Prefect of Ploermel, which de clared that the neutrality imposed on him by the Ministry, with respect to M. DE SIVRY, M. LAROCHE JAQUELIN'S opponent, not having been guarded, he had considered himself released from any further obliga tion, and had voted for that opponent (M. DE SIVRI). The Minister, M. BILLAUT argued, had acted thus be cause a Deputy of the Extreme Right was less dangerous to the position of the Cabinct than ono of the Left Centre. The Minister of the Interior denied that the statement just made was founded on truth ; the Sub• Prefect had forgotten his duty to the Go vernment if he had voted for M. DE SIVRY. M. ODILON BARROT said that there was this difference between the Government and himself, that he was not ashamed to acknowledge the support he gave to any particular candidate. M. BERRYER declared that, whether in elections or other political matters, he had never looked at anything but the interests of his country. M. LAROCHE-JAQUELIN was then admitted to take the oath and his seat. The Theatres Royal will be closed this evening, and will re•• main so until Wednesday evening inclusive, on account of the obsequies of the Prince Royal. The other theatres will be shut only on this evening and Wednesday. The King and Queen of the Belgians will remain in Paris until after the funeral and interment of the Duke of Orleans. On the occasion of the death of the Duke of Orleans the Polish refugees have presented an address to the King. Among the signatures are many eminent names. According to a Royal Ordonnance of the 24th of July, the family council of the King's grandsons, the Comte de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, will be presided over by the Chan cellor, and will be composed of the Princes when they have attained their majority, and the following persons in addition, via.:—Marshal Soult, Marshal Gerard, M.' Portalis, First President of the Court of Cessation ; M. Dupin, Procureur- General ; and M. Barthe, First President of the Court of Accounts. Letters of condolence have been received by his Majesty from the King of Sardinia, the Grand Duke of Baden, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, and the Grand Duke of Saxe Coburgh, in auswer to the notifications of the death of the Duke of Orleans. The body of the Duke of Orleans will be removed from the church of Notre Dame for Dreux, on Thursday morning at four o'clock. It will pass through Sevres, Versailles, Pont chartrain, and Houndan. TEe prefect of the Seine-et-Oise has ordered that, as the funeral car passes through the towns of hiidepartment, the line shall be formed by the National Guards. The clergy of each place will also assemble on the occasion. ADDRESS OF THE CHAMBER OF PEERS AND THE KING'S REPLY. His Majesty came yesterday to the Tuileries, and received the grand deputation of the Chamber of Peers, with the Chan cellor at its head. The Chancellor presented to his Majesty the address in answer to the speech from the Throne, voted on Thursday by the Chamber. It is couched in the following terms : " Sire—The Chamber comes to unite its grief with that of a King, with the despair of a mother and venerated Queen, and with the mourning of a nation. A great misfortune has fallen upon us. That Prince whom your care and your example had formed for the glory and happiness of France, to whom situa tions so difficult and circumstances so diverse had given the education of experience—who grew up in respect for the laws and in love of his country—whose valour on the field of battle our soldiers were proud of, and whose wisdom when he took part in our councils we acknowledged—this rrinee has been torn from us so suddenly that we can scarcely believe that he whom we loved to see by the side of his father is there no more. If paternal grief admits not of consolation, it is a duty for us to say what ought to sustain the courage and constancy which have never abandoned the King in the most severe trials of his life; it is a duty for us to proclaim what ought to maintain the nation in its security, even when it is profoundly affected and afflicted. Yes, Sire, this grief which unites all classes and all opinions in one sentiment is undoubtedly a sad, but it is also a powerful, proof of the attachment which France has conceived for the d ) nasty which she has called to the throne, and to which she has entrusted the preservation of her liberties and her honour. Yes, Sire, in this public calamity it cannot be doubtful that we all love the monarchy that we have founded ; it is placed above the storms and discussions inseparable from the political existence of a tree people. It is the fixed point to which our rights and our affections are attached. It has now become indispensable to fill up a chasm in our institutions. Our confidence in the future has teen betrayed. Providence has been severe towards us; but we should be urgrateful it we forget how frequently it has preserved us. It win prolong for many years the life of your 111,jesty. God still protects France, to which you are so necessary ; the Royal child, whose birth was a source of public joy, wilt grow under your eyes ; he will gather the lessons of your wisdom. Your sons, those sons of France, those faithful and devoted servants of tEe Stat e , will constantly set him the example of love of the country and of the fulfilment,of duty. His mother, that Princess who shared our love and confidence with the husband for wham she for too few years was the cause of happiness, will devote her life in rearing the King of our children for the future welfare of France. And the whole nation, surrounding him with its love and its hopes, will prove to him that it is a noble task to reign by the laws over a great and powerful empire." The King replied— " Messieurs les Pairs—l am much affected by this address. I find in it the expression of those sentiments with which my own heart is penetrated, and a new pledge for that union of all the powers of the State on which is founded security for the present, and a guarantee for the future, against the dangers to which they might have been exposed from the cruel blow which has fallen upon me." Most of the Members of the Chamber had joined the grand deputation charged with the presentation of the address. All the Peers had crape on their arms, and on the hilts of their swords. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, JULY 30. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 117 90... 118 ... 117 90... 118 4 per Cents. lO4 40... 104 40... 104 ... 104 3 per Cents 77 75... 77 90... 77 75... 77 90 Laffitte Bank 5,000 f 5020 _5020 —.5020 ...5020 Belgian Fives lO2/ ... 1021 ... 1021 ... 10'4 1840 1034 ... 1034 ... 1034 ... 1036 Spanish Active 224 224 ... 2'4 22{ 4 Passive Roman BELGIAN t UNDS—BayssaLs, Jinx 30 Actual Debt, IN per Cont. Hothschild's LO3ll, 5 per Cent lOl l4 Loan ot Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 90% • • --- 3 per Cent.......... 0% (1340) lOll,, L0.:91 of City, 1732, 4 per Cent 543% Society of Commerce, 4 SperCent. S6 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 73 National Society — Exchange on Louden (short) - -Brussels Payers, July 30. HAMBU RGH BORSEN HALLE, JULY 29. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1( 31 1629 Anglo. Russian Loan 1(94% 18.9 Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO3 10214 Inscription, lot series . .. Russian b per Cent. Hope and Co., Od and 4th Series 9B 97;4 Ditto in Certificates 9B 97% New 4 per tent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt. u% per Cent. ......... Ditto :, per Cent. Polish Bonds — New 'Pickets 11•8 Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Spanish, New 5 p r Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURGH, JULY 29 —l3 9%, Two months 13 734. PETERSBURG, JULY 22.—Three months, 38 pence. RIGA, JULY W. —Three Months, 35%, 'PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JULY 26. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. Prussian English Bond •,1830, , per cent L2i. Exchange on London ..- 2 423 i, Prussian State Gazette, July 27. Thirty.sQven. FROM THE DAN U B E .--Prince Metternich will certainly go to the Rhine towards the end of August, b u t ma k e a very sh or t s t ay ; he will not be accompanied by the Princess. THE SUN, LONDO, TUESDAY` MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1842. SU MARY OF NEWS AND fiuubitcapttlion. " Who runs may read." POSLEXGEt. The funeral procession for transferring the remains of the late Duke of Orleans from Ncuilly to Notre Dame, took place on Saturday. The troops of the National Guard and of the garrison were all under arms, and lined the road the whole length of the procession. The clergy, both on hot and in carriages, were far more numerous, and in grtater pomp, than at the funeral of Napo:eon. The heart of the Prince, con tained in am urn, covered with crape, was borne in a State mourning coach, with four ecclesiastics, `1 he hearse followed with the body, drawn by eight horses. The cords of the pall were borne by six grandees on horseback. Marshal Soult. an, three tither Aiarshals, bore four of these cords. The Princes, the Aiinisters, the Deputations of Peers and Deputies followed in a lone. line of mourning c o ac h es . The editor of the Gazette de France was on Friday prose cuted for alleged seditious libels which appeared in that paper on the 19th and 20th ult., in articles referring to the contem plated Regen cy, and sentenced by default to two years' im prisonment and a fine of 24,000 f. The funeral set vice for the repose of the soul of the Duke of Orleans was performed on Wednesday in the Jewish sync. gogue. A hymn, in French verse, composed by Halevy, Has sung, and produced a great sensation. This is the first time in Paris that. the French language was ever permitted to be used in the religious ceremonies of the Israelites. Baron Larrey, the eminent surgeon whom the Emperor Na poleon pronounced to be the most honest of men, died on Monday last, at Lyons, in the arms of his son, who had ac companied him on his inspection of the troops in Africa, from which he was returning. Two days previously Baroness Larrey, his wife, expired in the arms of her daughter at bievre. The Baron was seventy-six years of age. The Madrid Gazette of the 2:3d ult., i.ublishes a decree specifying the fortifications erected during the late civil war, which should be demolished and which should be maintained. Amongst the former are the Castles of Molina de Arragon, the Fort of Guadalaxara, and all the principal towns of the twelve military districts. PARLTAMENTAILY. The Peers read the Bonded Corn Grinding Bill a second time last night, after a few objections from Lord Beaumont, and a few sentences of approbation from Lord Monteagle. It will victual ships cheaper, but will corder a benefit rattier on the ship-owners than On the seamen. In answer to the Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of Had ilingtou stated that he knew of no intention to make any altera tions in the packet stations of Donaghadee and Port Patrick. Lord Brougham postponed his proposition about slavery till to-day, on account of the ianess of the Lord Chancellor. The Colliery Bill was read a third time and passed, after some objections made by the Marquis of Londonderry, and, after an amendment, compelling the coal owners to find some accomoda tion for inspectors to visit their mines, had been inserted by Lord Campbell. The Parish Constables Bill was read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned. Sir Robert Inglis, in the Commons, presented a petition from a man who asked the Parliament to rescue his son's children, from their grandmother and popery at Rome, and hand them over to him and Protestantism. The Ipswich election writ was ordered to be withheld till the evidence shall be printed. The Southampton writ was ordered to be issued, as was the writ for Belfast. In reply to Lord Hobert Grosvenor, Sir R. Peel betrayed an inclination to place the improvements of the metropolis unthr the Board of Ordnance, and to devote what is miscalled the public money, which, in truth, is money taken from individuals, to effect improvements in the metropolis. In reply to Mr. Shell, Lord Eliot said he knew of Hagan, the informer, but not of his having been employed to administer oaths after he had beet taken into the pay of the police. Mr. T. Duncombe brought the case of Dr. M'Douall, Mr. Mallalieu, and the Deptford meeting before the House, and proposed a Committee to inquire into it. The motion was re sisted by the Ministers, on the ground that the assembly in the Broadway was riotiou,, that it was a c•uitinuation of a riotous assembly in the chapel, and that Dr. M'Douall was properly apprehended, and rejected by 89 to 30. In a Committee of Ways and Means several appropriations were made. The Court of Chancery Offices Bill was read a second time. The Tobacco Regulations Bill was opposed by Mr. T. Dun combe, but he was defeated by 53 to 9, and the Bill went through Committee. The Ecclesiastical Leases Bill was reported, after some ob servations from Mr. Vernon Smith. There was no business of importance transacted, though the House sat till One o'Clock. MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. The expected turn-out of the colliers in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton, Bilston, and Wednesbury, the second within the last month, took place on Saturc!ay right ; it is feared that serious disturbances may be the consequence. EMECTIONEIMING. The writ ordered for the election of a Member, arrived in Nottingham on Saturday. In the evening, Mr. Sturge and Mr. Vincent addressed the electors, and Mr. Walter chiefly on the Poor-law. On Sunday morning the writ was proclaimed by the Sheriff. The nomination is fixed for Thursday, and the polling for Friday. _ The election of a Member for Reading will take place about next Tuesday week. AL AND IVIZLXTAnIe. The Admiralty have ordered Mr. Oliver Lang, master ship wright of the Woolwich Dockyard, to submit a plan of a steam vessel of 1,650 tons burden, and suitable for engines of 600 horse-power, with a crew of 300 men. The largest first. class steam-frigates at present in the navy, do not exceed above 1,000 tons, and 400 horse-power. LAW AND POLICE. The trial of Mr. Owen Lynch, the principal in the late fatal duel at Galway, took place at the assizes there on Friday, when he was adjudged Not Gutty. Whelehan, who was convicted for the murder of his wife at Tullamore, King's County, and the day o f w h ose execut i on was fixed for riday, is said to have been reprieved ; but, according to other statements, only for a limited time. THEATRICAL. Mr. Beverley, the late manager of the Sunderland, Durham, and other theatres, died at Scarborough last week. He was born at Hull in 1772. COlTlLT—r.asinoivAnLE. The Duke and Duehess of Cleveland have arrived at Raby Castle, Durham, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton arrived at the Clarendon on Saturday, from Goodwood Park races. The Duke of Devonshire leaves Chiswick to-day for Chatswort h. Lord and Lady Winchilsea are on the point of leaving Eng land for the Continent. Lord and Lady Pensonby left the Clarendon on Saturday, on a visit to the Bishop of Oxford, at the Deanery, Canterbury. The Countess of Leicester and the youthtul Earl are now making a Continental tour. MISCELZANEOUS. A grand banquet was given on Friday by the Lord Mayor to the Governor and Directors of the Bank of England, the East India Company, the East and West India Dock Com panies, and several other large mercantile and commercial bodies, in the Mansion-house. Nearly 200 sat down to dinner, among whom were the Dukes of Cambridge and Buccleuch, Lord and Lady Sandon, &c. LLOYDS' SHIPPING LONDON, AUGUST I.—Wind this day at noon E. N.E. DEAL, JuLY 30.—Wind N.W., by N. fresh; 31, N. N. W. moderate.—Arrd. Lord Goderich, Halifax; Anglesea, Row lan Rio; Louisa Baillie, Secudem; China, St. George. Sid. Boyne (transport), Halifax. The wreck of a ship, about 500 tens, totally dismasted, apparently North American build, was passed, 24th inst., in lat. 51 lon. 10, by the Anglesea, arrived in the Downs. OFF KINGSBRIDGEOULY 30.—Brownley, Knox, Algoa;Bay. Orr DovER, JULY W.—Napier, Sandford, Baltimore, for Amsterdam. PLYMOUTH, JULY" 30. Wind N.N.W. Arrd. Mary, Bickingham, Sierra Leone; the Sarah (sloop) Sweetman,from Liverpool, with salt and flour, was lost last night on the rocks near the stays —crew saved. GUERNSEY, JULY 28.—S1d. Adolphus Yates, Rio. SWANSEA, JULY 30.—Arrd. Enchantress, Forster, Cuba. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 30.—Wind N.E. to N.W.---31 N. to E.—Arrd. Plantagenet, London, for Calcutta ; Wellington, London to New York. Sid. Moffat, Plymouth and Hobart Town ; and H.M.S. Resistance, Cork. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 30. Sid. Lady Mary Wood (steamer) Gibraltar. CORK, JULY 29.—S1d. Albion, Quebec. DUBLIN, JULY 2.8.—R011a, Quebec, ABERDEEN.—Arrd. Albion, Leslie, and Caroline, Meuth, Dalhou,,e. PENTLAND FRITH, JULY 26.—Arrd. Thames, Bell, Da' hpusie. BERWICK, JULY 29.—The Rhine, Leith to Rotterdam, has been assired in here, with loss of mainmast, head topmasts, &c. GIBRA LTA R, JULY 2l.—Her 'Majesty's steamer Geyser, arrived hero from Patam, took fire on the Milt. which was fortunately extinguished, and proceeded on the 19th for Malta. OFF SA LCOMBE, JULY 29.—Edmund, Scinta, Valparaiso; Cherub, Demerara. FA LIHOUTH, J u 29.—Wind N. to N. E., fresh breezes; 30, N. W. —Arrd. Liverpool steamer, Gibraltar, left 21st inst., Cadiz 22, Lisbon 24,1 Oporto 26, and Vigo 27. Arrd. North Et k, Allen, Rio ; Sarah Maria, Oldridge, Buenos Ayres, eft May 14, and sailed for London. OFF ST. ALBANS, JULY 25.—Arrd. Ottord, Bogadius, Hemina for Rotterdam ; Darend Willem, Ricketts, Java for Amsterdam. LIVERPOOL JULY 3 1.—Wind N. by W., li g ht.--A rr d. ' Swiftsure, Tasker, Africa, left Cape Mount May 23 ; St orm King, Laguna. Sid. Gardner, Calcutta; Palmyra, Deme rara ; Agitation, Miramichi ; Pursuit, St. Julio's, N. 8.; Aristocrat, Alontreal; Lockwoods, Quebec; Mersey, N e w York. The put Ha backnnali, leaky, having tijavPineg struck the b ar of thetersburg, and fi ve , f or Geneva, Victoria Channel. EXPECTED NEW BEACON IN THE PENTLAND FRITH. Tttuaso, JULY 27. Skerry of the Island of Strotna (Pentland Frith) has been surveyed, with the view of the erec tion thereon of a beacon. CAUTION TO MARINERS—A SUNKEN ROCK OR WRECK. The Pearl, Lovering, frc;naCantes to Falmouth, was assisted into Scilly, and ran on the Beach at St. Mary's, being very leaky, having struck on a sunken rock, or wreck, about fifty lmiles from Pambceuf, 1-ILetic Island, bearing N. E. half E., distant three miles. PATENT HORSE SHOE.—We direct the attention of Farriers and Blacksmiths to all advertisement in an other column, relative to a newly-invented horse shoe, of which Mr. Rodway, of Holborn hill, is the patentee. We do not consider ourselves qualified to express any decided opinion about it, and merely call the attention of those inter es t e d to t h e su bj ec t. LORD L ONDONDERRY ' S N E W oßN..—Nothing can come more oppoi tunely for the wants of our summer and autumn tourists than this lively and agreeable record of " A Steam Voyage to Constantinople by the Rhine and Danube." It not only marks out G ne of the most pleasant and inviting tours that can well be accomplished, but forms as acceptable a companion as can be desired on the way, pointing out and com menting on all the objects worthy of notice, marking the various features that best claim attention, and, uniting the whole by a thread of personal incident, which gives a consecutive interest to the entire work. But as a book for home reading, this journal will be found still more acceptable, on account of the unusual advantages under which the writer travelled ; his ran k , and military and diplomatic reputation having given him access to scenes and society which are closed to all ordinary travellers. Lord Londonderry's interview wish the young Sultan, his pri vate conversations with Prince MAternich, his residence in the Palace of Prince Esterhazy, and, above all, his accomplished lady's introduction to the Ha r em of the Sultans Prime Min ister, afford descriptions, anecdotes, and personal traits, which could scarcely have been looked for in the work of any English traveller, and will (so far as we recollect) be found in no other similar record. COURT CIRCUI AR. WiNpson., 1 1 1ONDAY.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by her Lady in Waiting, paid a morning visit to the Queen, and remained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Princess of :FaxP Coburg Gotha, walked to Adelaide Cottage, in the Honie Park ; afterwards Prince Albert and his brother, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg, rode to Norfolk Farm, at tended by Viscount Sydney, Hon. C. A. Murray, Mr. George E. Anson, and Colonel Bouverie. The Prince of Wales and the Princess !loyal, were taken out as usual to-day. In the afternoon her Majesty and her Illusfrious Consort rode out into the Great Park, accompanied by the Prime of Saxe Coburg, and attended by Viscount Sydney, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Colonel Wylde. The Princess of Saxe Coburg, the Viscountess Jocelyn, and the Hon. Miss Devereux, were in a carriage. The Duke of Cambridge and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Ba , on Knesebeek, arrived on a visit to the Queen. Colonel Buckley has relieved the Hen. Colonel Grey in the duties of Fquerry in Waiting on the Queen, and Colonel Wylde has relieved Co:0nel Bouverie as the Equerry in Wait ing n Prince Albert. The Marquis of Exeter arrived at the Castle to• day. Her Royal Highi.ess the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Char otte Dundas and Sir George Couper, Bart., will dine with her 11L-jesty this evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday morning from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness attended by Baron Knesebeck, left Cambridge House in the afternoen for the terminus, at Paddington, of the Great Western Railway, and took his departure for Windsor Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge left Kew yesterday on a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. Sir Robert and Lady Peel arrived in town yesterday from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, at their residence the Priory at Stanmnre. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Stanley, arrived in town yeserday, from the Priory at Stanmore. The Hon. Mrs. Goulburn left her residence in Downing street, yesterday, for Hyde, Isle of Wight. Despatches; were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Gibraltar. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY ' MONDAY EVENING. The prices of the fu n d s appear to have run up too rapidly during the morning, and a slight reaction, as might have been expected, took place towards the latter end of the day. The market, however, left off very fairly, Consols being 913 91L for Money, and for the Account ; Reduced, 92 92k ; Bank Stock, 1691 170/ ; India Stock, 249 250; Exchequer Bills, Old 52 54, New 50 52 prem. In Foreign Securities the price of Belgian Stock was 1011 1021 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., .51i 511 ; the Five per Cents., 1011 102; Danish, 80 82; and Brazilian, 63 65. The quotation for Mexican was 351 36 1 / 4 . London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 180 182; Birmingham and Gloucester, 48 50 ; Great Western, 88 89 ; the Half-Shares, 63% 6414 ; North Midland, 59 60; South Eastern. 23 231 ; Eastern Counties, 81 9i ; Blackwell, 9 91 ; and Brighton, 331 34; Manchester and Leeds, 78 per share. The Bonds quoted to-day were Portuguese Five per Cents., 33i 33/ ; the Spanish Three per Cents., 20 211 E ; and the Five per Cents. 20 21. The alteration in the law of " Merchant and Factor" was noticed at the time it, was passed. The following circular, issued by Messrs. Trueman and Cook, to whom. the monied interest is indebted for the Act, is sufficiently important to be given in ea-tenso:— .' The Bill relative to advances to agents has now passed, and it is deemed expedient that the mercantile public should be generally apprised of the existing state of the law. " The main principle of the new Act is that Validity is given to advances bona fide made to an agent, who has been entrusted with property, although known and dealt with as an agent in the particular transaction. " All questions, therefore, of notice of agency, and of the state of the accounts between the principal and agent, which gave rive to much doubt under the old Act, are now at an end. "Independently of these questions, the old Law only gave validity— " Ist. To advances made to an agent abroad on consign ments to this country, where the agent was entrusted with the property for consignment or for sale. " This did not protect an advance made to an agent who was only entrusted with the goods for safe custody and deposit. The new Act makes it immaterial for what purpose the consignor or agent is entrusted. " 2d, To advances on Documents of Title. The new law equally protects advances on the goods themselves. "3d. The old Act did not give protection to exchanges of property, that is, where property already pledged is given up to an agent in exchange for other property which is pledged in lieu. " This transaction is protected by the new law. " 4th. Under the old law the advance and delivery to the lender of the document of title pledged required to be simulta neous, and very nice questions' were raised in each case as to the agents being entrusted or in possession. " Under the new law, it is sufficient if the transaction be bona fide an advance on property entrusted to the agent, and at the time subject to his control ; and it is not necessary (provided there be an agreement in writing) that the pro perty or document should be handed over at the precise time of the loan, though if it be delayed and the owner shall come forward to claim it before it is handed over, he is entitled to do so. " On the whole, therefore, it is considered that as the law now stands, any merchant or capitalist may bona fide and in the usual course of business, advance his money to an agent on the security of property which may since the passing of the Act be entrusted to and in the control of the agent, provided there are no circumstances in the particular transaction from which the lender, as a reasonable man, could know or believe that the agent is acting male fide to his principal and pledging his pro perty without his authority, and provided the lender takes care to have the property or documents delivered to him by the agent. " This law is confined to eases of agents entrusted with the property ; a pledge for an advance to a man who has by stealth or fraud acquired the property pledged still remains open to dis pute by the owner. " The new Act does not refer to pledges for antecedent debts ; they remain under the old law. A pledge by a known agent for an antecedent debt is only good to the extent of any lien which the agent may at the time have against his principal. " The new Act only applies to goods entrusted to an agent after the 30th June, 1842, when the Bill became law, and does not apply to any previous transaction." ' (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Funds have again improved to-day, and the business has been very extensive, conducted chiefly by some of the most in fluential brokers. Consols have advanced to 911 914 for Aloney, and for the Account ' • Three per Cents. R e d uce d 92 92k ; Three-and-a-Hall per Cents. Reduced, 101 101/ ; New Three and- a-Ealf per Cents., IOOk 1001; Bank Stock, 169 1 / 2 170 1 / ; India Stock, 249 251 ; India Bonds, 32 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 52 54 ; New, 50 52 premium. Attention being chiefly drawn to our own market, Foreign Securities have been comparatively neglected, transactions have been, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51 1 , ; the Five per Cents., 10174. Mexican bonds are quoted 361 for Money, and 36 for the Account. The Share Market has been firm, with but little doing. Great Western have been sold at 89 ; the Half Shares, 63i ; Brighton, 34; South Eastern and Dover Scrip, 8; Eastern Counties, 6/. 9s. 2d.; the Debentures, 101. 9s. 2d. ; Northern and Eastern. 17; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47 3 4 ; and Paris and Rouen, 181. Spanish Bonds only are quoted to-day ; the Five per Cents. at 20L 21, and the Three per Cents. 20% 20g. Letters from the manufacturing districts, received this morn. ing, are of a more satisfactory nature than those of late. It is stated, from Manchester especially, that some extensive orders had been received, and that the execution of them will cause the employment-of many men now out of work. It is admitted that the prices are exceedingly low, but still sufficient to remu nerate them. A better feeling appears to prevail, and the i masters, it is said, are now convinced that it is far more to their interest to wait for orders, than to manufacture en speculation. Much of the present dis tress may be traced to this system, encouraged at first. by reckless advances from the Joint Stock Banks, in the immediate neighbour hood and subsequently, when they Were broken uir, by parties, who for the sake of the commission continued the plan by drawing upon their connexions in other countries. The result has been that foreign markets were completely glutted with English goods, which could have been purchased at a heavy d:scount, upon the cost prices. It being impos•ible to effect sales in order to meet the bills when due, numerous failures occurred, and the evil is now beginning to work its own cure, and, from the intelligence received during the last month, from most foreign ports, it appears that speculative consignments having ceased, the heavy stocks were being gradually diminished, and prices consequently improving. 'lbis is more particularly to be noticed at Rio and Australia, more especially at the latter place. It is not twelve months since when cottons were selling there at from 25, and in some instances 30 per cent. below the invoice ; and it was calculated that there was sufficient, which, if it were all taken off, would have required twenty two pounds from every individual, whether convict or free, of the whole population of the country. This state of af fairs is now happily at an end ; prices had risen to something like, a remunerating point, and orders had been sent home, but coupled with a strong injunction not to exceed the extent if their improvement were to continue. PR ICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JULY 30. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 99g Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New 1830 99i Ditto 4 per cent .. • 31 per Cent. Debs._ MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, 'JULY 30.—There is no material change in prices, and not much stock offering, but vt e do not consider our market to be firmer than yesterday : North Midland, s`9i; Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, :fib ; Leeds, 77 to 78; ditto, H a lf-Sh ares , 33i to 34 Grand Junction, 184 to 185. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Ilan]; Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ....,... 92 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons— 91% Ditto Old Annuities ... 3% per Cent. Red... 101 iDitto New Annuities... New 3% per Cent... lOO% Ex. Bills, 1,000!....2d. 52 pm Ditto 500/...... 52 pm New 5 per Ceri'., — Lone Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 52 pm Jan. 1860 ... 1 2% Bank Stock for Acct.._ Oct. 1859 Jan. 1660 — Consols for Acct....... 91% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. 55 Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 333 Brazilian Bondi Prussian, 5 per cent.. Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent..... 114/ Chaim), 6 per cent — 'Ditto, Metallic ...... . .... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent. 2og Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent --i French, 5 p er cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent..... 3(54 i French, 3 per cent —f. .—e. I)itto, 6 per cent. 1837 IDutch, 2% per cent. 51% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. i Ditto, 5 per .:!en:... .„ ..,. 101 i SHARES. Cheltenham and Creat Western (80 paid)... 27 East ern Counties Railway (23 raid) ... Ditto New Sha res ( pa id) Ditto Debentures .. .... . Edinburgh and Gl asgow (50 paid) ...... ... .174 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 64 London and Brighton (50 paid) , 33 London and 131ackwall ( paid) 9% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... Ditto New Shares ( 30 paid).. Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 5 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Paris and Rouen (18 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) . ........... ......- t3 ARE THE MINISTERS OR THE PEOPLE MOST IGNORANT ? FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) No sooner had the report arrived in Manchester that Sii James Graham had added insult to injury, by insinuating that the 70,000 requisitionists to stop the supplies did not un derstand the subject, than large public meetings were held, one in St. George's-road, at which were present from 6,000 to 7,000 persons, and a still more numerous une i❑ Oxford-road. Both meetings were ably addressed by Messrs. Falvey and Finigast, and a resolution passed repudiating the charge of igno rance made ngainst the people of Manchester by the Home Secretary. The proceedings were characterised throughout by the respectful, yet tirm determination, of those large assem blages of the people to obtain freedom of industry from the Legislature. The subject, too, was temperately, yet energetically handled by the speakers, and the constitutional doctrine affecting. the supplies, explained as well as if Sir James Graham himself had written on the subject : and if we may judge from the previous specimens of the worthy Baronet's pamphleteering, with much more moderat:on. It is intended to send a remonstrance to Sir James on his cold-blooded sneer at the intelligence of the people. One thing is certain, th:i men of England know that their supplies are stopped by the Corn-laws, and they feel that there it no thing, either morally or constitutionally wrong, in stopping the machinery of the Government that retains them. Manchester, July 30. HAMBURG MAIL. BERLIN, JULY 24.—The King leaves to-day, to proceed to Silesia. STUTGARD, JULY 24.—The Assembly of the Customs Union Congress attracts many visitors to our capital, which is usually deserted in the summer months. The cotton-spinners press for an augmentation of the import duties on English twist, yarn, and thread; and have sent the heads of the great manu factories of these articles in South Germany to support their views. But notwithstanding the zeal with which all the States of Southern Germany advocate their cause, it does not not seem probable that their object will be soon obtained. BERLIN, JULY 26.—Several houses dealing in corn have stopped payment, and a considerable number of bills are protested. On an average the harvest this year is thought to be far from abundant, and hence the prices in the market have been statienary for some weeks. Great complaints come from several parts of forage, in consequence of the long drought, and as the deficiency must be supplied by potatoes and corn, this must affect the prices of the latter. STOCKHOLM, JULY 22.—We learn to-day from the Eng lish papers the melancholy intolligence of the death of the Duke of Orleans. The King is much affected by it. His Majesty has sent M. Store, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the French Charge d'Affaires to express his great affliction at this sad event.—Hamburg Papers, July 29. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT—Gualjord, August 1. CROWN COURT —(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN). ThwaasHands was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Anne Skinner with intent to maim and disable her, or to do her some grievous bodily harm. It appeared from the evidence that, on the 16th of July, the prisoner and the prosecutrix were at the Bell public-house, Godstone, and the former, who was very much intoxicated, had an altercation- with the woman, and struck har with a pipe that he was smoking. After this the prisoner was proved to have borrowed a clasp knife of one of his companions, and almost im mediately he opened it, and plunged the blade in the neck of the prosecutrix. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was so drunk at the time of the occurrence, that he did not know what bad hap pened. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Justice COLTMAN said that the use of the knife had of late years became so prevalent, that the Judges were determined to endeavour to put a stop to it by inflicting the severest pu nishment found by the law in all cases where parties were con victed of the offence. The prisoner was then ordered to be transported for fifteen years. Mary Bryant was indicted for for feloniously intermarrying with Peter Wimble, her husband William Bryant being alive. Mr. Knapp conducted the prosecution. The prisoner it appeared was married to her first husband in 1834, and after living with him a short time, they separated, and in 1842 the prisoner married a second time. There was a doubt whether the prisoner was sufficiently aware of the fact of her husband b:ing in existence at the time she contracted the second marriage, and the jury, therefore, ret urned a verdict of acquittal. ()tithe Civil Side, Lord Abinger was engaged the whole of the day in trying a case of disputed right of way, the details of which were not of the slightest interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. A man who has been known sometimes by the name of Henry Knott, and sometimes by the name of Henry Note, was brought before the Loan MAYOR, charged with having de frauded, or rather robbed, several respectable tradesmen, of property. The prisoner had taken the house No. 62, in Sun-street, Bi shopsgate, and pretended to open an extensive business as a ge neral and commercial agent, as his cards indicated, but the only business he transacted was that of ordering goods, which were to be raid for upon delivery, receiving them at one door, hum bugging the bearers of them, sending them out at another door, and turning them into money as soon as possible. Various cases were gone into, at the end of which— The LORD MAYOR said—lt will be necessary for you to pre pare yourFelf, for you stand in a very serious situation. Prisoner—l know lamin a serious situation, but there is a strong prejudice against me for the acts of other persons. All that I have done has been in the regular way of trade.—(Laugh ter.) —The prisoner was then remanded till Friday next. IMPROVEMENT IN THE SELF-LIGHTING SEALING WAx.—We are happy to record an improvement that the patentees, Messrs. Davis, Brothers, and Co., of the Poultry, have just effected in the Self-lighting Sealing wax. The metal holder being now dispensed with, and only one operation required, a letter can be properly sealed with it, neatly and instantaneously, without the risk of burning the fingers, as we have done with the first sort, when we have lost or mislaid the holder. Not the least to astonish us is the price ; a large box, con taing a countless quantity, is sold for 6d. ; there are also threepenny, and even penny boxes. We advise our friends to try it, and are confident they will use nothing else for securing their letters. A tract of land at the Cape of Good Hope, far exceed ing in extent a German Principality, is to be sold by Mr. George Robins, on Thursday, the 18th inst. The estate, which is announced in our columns, contains 43,304 acres of fine pasturage, capable of feeding nearly 16,000 sheep the whole year; and when we remember the extraordinary improvement which has taken place in this colony in the breed of sheep, and consequent superiority of the IN 001, which now almost equ .1s the highly-prized Merino wool, and is eagerly purchased on its arrival in this country, a noble opportunity is of fered to a farmer with capital, who would here find ample scope to exercise his talent anti industry, with the certainty of immense pecuniary return, especially as the land, which is rich and fertile, is capable of agricultural improvement. The title is direct from our Government. which extends its protection to all settlers, a matter that all emigrants would do well first to inquire into. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—NEWPORT, JULY 30. The Queen Dowager will spend the coining winter in the Isle of Wight. Steephid Castle, the seat of Mr. John Hamborough, being absolutely engaged for the winter residence of her Majesty, who is to take posses sion on the Ist of o,,ober.—Hampshire Advertiser. ARABIC AND SANSCRIT.—Mr. Lewin Bowring, son of Dr. Boa ring, M.P., won the first prize at Haileybury College, for Arabic and Sanscrit, after a severe compe tition, a few days a7o.—Gateshead Observer. LONGEVITY EXTRAORDINARY.-011 Thursday last, at Dewsburyy died Phoebe Gibson, aged 76 years. Almost up to the period of her death she bad enjoyed uninterruptedly good health. She has !eft two brothers and three sisters, whose respective ages are as follow : Joseph Wood, 84, Elizahqh Wood, 82, Sarah Crossley, 80, Hannah Bsrnes, 74, William Wood, 70, and her own age being added makes their collective ages 4GG years. The first born of the family, Joseph Wood, served in the Egyptian and Peninsular wars . against Napoleon, and is now receiving a p e nsion of 14(1. per day.—Leeds Times. A letter from Lussac, in the department of the Gi ronde says :-=." A dreadful tempest has suddenly destroyed our standing crops ; the whole are destroyed. Our commune which is one of the richest in the department, and where agriculture has made immense progress, is overwhelmed with consternation. The hail, the wind, and the rain were so vioient, that it is impossible to describe the devastation which they have caused. The country will long feel the effectsof it. S mr.LE TR IT TII.—A ludicrous mistake occurred at a funeral in Marylebone. The clergyman had proeeeded with the service until he came to that part which says, " Our de parted brother or sister;" he then turned to the mourner who stood nearest to him, and asked whether it was a brother or sister ? The man, imagining it referred to the relationship to himself, very innocently replied, "No relation at all, Sir—only an acquaintance. "—John The General Steam .Navigation Company's vessel the Columbine frcm Rotterdamgarrived bff the Cu: tom-house at five o'clock, p.m., on Sunday, with the Dutch mail. LUXURIES OF LUNATlCS.—Government allows 381. 6s. Bd. per annum to Bethleru Hospital, for the maintenance (in food and clothing) of each criminal lunatic. Had this piece of information been known to the " old ladies" of the empire, we should have heard less of Oxford and his pretended luxuries.—Berwick Advertiser. Tau FLAX TRADE.—In accordance with a resolu tion come to at the meeting of Flax Spinners, recently held in this town, all the flax establishments in Leeds, with the exception of one, have commenced running only five days in the week. The consequent reduction in wages, will amount, in the agmgate, to betwixt 8001, and I,OOC/. weekly.—Leeds Times. DEATH OF A MONKEY FROM EATING LUCIFER MATCHES.—A few days ago a monkey, the property' of a tide-waiter in Leith, met its death in rather an extra oldinary manner. Being on board a vessel in the Docks, along with its owner, who was on duty, it fell in with some lucifer-matches, which it commenced eating. Finding itself growing sick the poor animal went to its master who was asleep and awakened him by gently opening his eyelids. No relief; however, could be ad ministered, and the creature expired, after suffering con siderable pain.—Scotsntn. VISIT OF THE PREMIER TO ROSS-SHIRE.--We are in!irrmed that extensive preparations are in progress at Redcastle, the seat of Colonel Baillie, M.P., in this county, in expectation of a visit from Sir Robert Feel, immediately after the prorogation of Parliament. Sir Robert is passionately fond of Highland scenery, and at the Glasgow banquet he spoke in terms of the warmest admiration of a short tour he had when a youth in the Western Highlands. There are differences of opinion here as elsewhere, as to the public character and conduct of Sir IZ. Peel, but come when he may amongst us, he will receive " a Highland welcome."—Ross-shire Acker tiger. PEDESTRIANISM.—An extraordinary match took place, at Day's Cricket Ground, on Monday last, a; tax o'clock in the evening, when a man named 13 Cootes, undertook for a wager of 50/., to run 1 mile — walk 1 mile—wheel a harrow 1 mile—trundle a hoop 1 mile—walk backwards half a mile—hop 100 yards — leap over 50 hurdles, ten yards apart—and pick up 40 stones, 1 yard apart—bein , eight various feats in ot.e hour ; which he accompliLd, having one minute :30 seconds to spare; and he was not at all distrt. , s3cd. It is said in the sporting circles that he can he backed for ot i. to go on loot siN, miles against any horse in this county, each to take, one buudFed leaps!—§a/i.d.- Het aid. * ~a; y -- - • THE MA Li N ETS.—(YESTERDAY.) con N EXCHANGE. F:ligit.h Grain. were 1 - ,::, , i , . , 1,1‘ ..:ood, and con , idetabie t•ii Foreign Wheat and Oats; and ,here was another good fresh supply of English Wheat. The fair weather, together with the large stcck of Wheat on hand, rendered the Wheat trade excessively dull at 4s. to bs. per quarter reduction from last week's terms, and Foreign 23. to 3s. per quarter lower, with a limited demand. Barley, Beans, and Pease meet a very slow sale at former prices. Oats very dull, and hardly supported their former cumncy. Flour is expected lower, but the top price has not settled. .RitivALs of GRAIN IN I.u. , DUN DURINt: . AsT WEF.X. v, heat. lt3rles ~ Plots. • 6,876476, 1,4 ~ 3,015 . 5,210 sate IP 6,5'• 8 38 WI I 896 ' 26,880 6,630 ritlcks ox BOArill OF sFir 'Vheat,Red (old) a —s. I Beans, Small.newr..... ... 34 :it. ---White (01d)..... —s. ,-- (old) Ited184!) -- Fine 62,56,. __ (old) -- Superfine..... 58 60s. -- Harrow (new) nls.34s. —White (1541).. 48 525. ---.-- (old) 388.4 W ...... Fine 56 6d, I3rank ••• ...3,0•11 4 --Superfine 65, Oats,Fced —Foreign free 48 68, —_ Ness 16i.245. tat SS 40s Poland ---s.--11 tZarlc, 2 , 32, ----New 224.25 e. Grinding "t• 30s . Potatoe —6.—S. Malting 30 , 32, Malt 5 ,.. 60s Scotch 26.285. -- Fine New 625. 114* Irish 15a. ...165.22g. Pease, Grey, New 30s :3: - , Flour Town (per 5ack)....546.571. Maple New . Sls. ais Seconds bOs. Us. White .34. 365, —......... NNrth Country....4B, 588., --- Boilers 31is . 38a Bran Ss 91.. SMITH FIELD. Although the number of beasts was small yet trade was not very brisk, and but little alteration in prices from our last qua.. tat ions. Prime Down Sheep were in demand, and sold readily', at full rates, but other sorts and Lamb trade were exceedingly' heavy, and prices were lower. Calves being few the trade was , brisk. The Pork trace was slow without any alteration- Beef, 2s. Bd. to 4s Bd. ; M utton, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ; Veal, 3s. 26. ' to os. 2d. ; Pork, 2s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ' Beasts, 3,710; Sheep and Lambs, 29,700; Pigs, 345 ; Calves, 171. rich Foreign TEA MARKET. The prices were firmly sustained. Some low Congou sold. at Is. 9d., and good at 2s. per lb. Company's Congou ls. per lb., cash, but there is now so little remaining, that it is• difficult to make a purchase. 'TALLOW MARKET. The demand on the spot was very limited, but purchases could. not be made under 4ds. Fine YeliowCandle, and 48s. 6d. for delivery in the last three months of the year. PROVISION .MARKET. The demand for Irish Butter was dull, and prices gave way. Fine qualities 86s. to 89s. per cwt. Foreign Butter slow sale, and the best Friezeland was at 965. to 98s. per cwt. Bacon went off more freely, but at very low prices for the inferior sorts, viz., 425. to 48s. ; the best qualities realised 50s. to 52a. per cwt. landed. HOP MARKET. The accounts from the plantations were unfavourable, buts continuance of the present weather, it is thought, will restore , the plant, and the duty is backed at 140,00 W. The demand for the article is confined to the choice kinds, which bring full prices; inferior sorts neglected. PRLE OF B.4EAD. isle higher ri e f • .• - i the Mettoralis is 9hd tor the 41bi, oaf. Go, d Bread may be had a Bd. 1'11.1..E. , ON SEEDS Per Cwt. I Pet Quarte .iew English Re. C105e , ...60s 80s St. Fein .... .... ......—s 3118 5( M, Old itt Ditto —s —, — s R ye G asa ' —Vsti 1. New Foreign Dia°. .. • 5 :56, '7s,Tacey Grass —s —s 41 Oki Di to Di to ew White( ',over. 3:s .• s 61s'Dit 0, M. sowing.... —s Ms I di" Old Ditt DI, N se Treioil... —s 201 1os'H en Old Ditto l'refolium s —s —sl Per B .shel. E glish tarraway —s 4ds 50s;White Must.rd..., Os Od to 13.1/0 Foreign ••itts Coriand4r ... —s 13s _lli Tares 1' CE JF IL. . • Rape Oil, brown, per ton ) 44 Ditto, refined . . .. Linseed Oil 1,2 1; Liras ed Oil Cake at th Mill (per 10,11 , II 0 ria e ake. per to Pill EOF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. pc, 1211,. i own Tall..w .£2 9 0 Melting StutT .. X! 14 0 i : Yellow Russi White.. .. .. ... t , clGraves Soap Ditto ll 0 0 Good Drugs 0 .5 0 'A PRICE OF RA W FAT, per stone of Albs 1 3 .1 , e of Tallow (an stated by the Tallow Melters).. 'qt. B).iel. COAL MARKET. ' Ships arrived since last marker Arty, 185 4 i. . ti.; Chester Main 6 Walls End Caradoc 2l .IF ew iantield f100r... Tanfiuld Moor Bute's l3 6 Want End Bowburn . 1' I!I West Hart1ey........ Wylam Walls End Brown's Walls Erd Hilda ~, 17 6 W a ll s E n d Ri c h ar d son ' s T ees l 6. !! Walls End Perkins Wz.lls End Riddell's. Walls End Todd's Bensh Walls; End Belmoiii, Walls End Herron Wads End Shine , ... 16 6 lam 14 0 19 6' :0 19 0 Waal End Seymour Tees 1 Wart d ee. Walls End West Tees 1 S.' 1117/the... - 4 ; Hartley -„ Howards Nethertm Main I'6l Walls End 1 0~ COUNT 1Y CORN MARKETS. Sarte~. Oats. Beans. r tea•, Per Qua , ter. Abingdon. Andover Banbury Basingstoke Cirencester Coventry Daventry De) by Howile n. Hungerford INlalton s. to s. 57 5? 64 56 66 60 6 • 53 10 s, to 16 8. to S. S. to 5. 26 :16 20 31 a 29 :0 24 9:2 3 Is 21 t'S 20 18 26 23 :5 22. 31 24 29 20 26 26 16 21 28 no 26 29 3 18 S. to 4. 95 41 36 40 34 43 43 44 35 1 ° 38 40 ~ 40 40 • • ""*. f 6 Gt (5 76 39 36 :16 4'6 4i 1 c 0 52 12 E 2 68 65 78 29 37 26 32 32 35 23 29 :46 31 8 33 20 28 2:2 34 25 31 19 24 30 32 26 30 34 .1i Maidenhead Nottingham Waatage Warwick Winchester York 36 44 37 40 36 40 Imar •••19 - 76 - 43 - 3t - - 66 W.` Per Bushel. Bimainghornl s.d. s.d.js.d. s. d.ls.d. s. d.is.d, s. o. l l l‘d. 0 " 7 a 1 6{3 6 4 6 3 6 4 0 0 0 00101- , ' - o'• DEVIZES CORN MARKET. T. s. d. s. ft. Per Quarter. .s. d. ir d. t3oto 69 ti Oats... 2l or, ! i 0 , 59 0 to 6 Beans .. 34 g 4 aa, , 93 0 55 0 Flour (per sack)... 4 v • ?4 0 , 23 0 30 0 Bread (pergailon). 1 2 o' LEEDS CORN .d I.IIKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.. . 595. to 79 i. of - York. and Lincoln. 601b._ iarley, Norfolk and Sutliilk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe ...... ...... —Mealing, i•or. '9d. telthi (selling .29.. to 3',1 per li ;$4l CHELMSFORD MARKET. Wheat, White 53 to 64 Oats 22 I ig 4 A . . Red a ~ Barley Chevalier.... ... 22 3, Beans, Tick 30 Winding Ciii•LIENtrAM MARKEIS. .. . . Per Qulr eirst Wheat , Second Third deley e'er Bushel i, a. t. , s. d., Vet ii, , a I %he s , Battey 3 0 3 9 iluitt..o Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal Beans 5 G 5 4 Pork "ease Hay 41.59 to 4/. 10 s . 0.1. Ter ton.. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white—............ 659. to 705.....,. 01d............. —s. to 769 red................. (ins. to tins ...-- 01d—........... —s, to s Barley, Malting ..„..... 30s to 34s ........ Grnding.. —I. t0...1L Jats ..... - 215. to '21.5...,... 01.1—... —s. to ...s. 8ean".................—. 3,:. to 41•3 ......... 01d............... —s. to s. Pease —. ins. to —5..... Grey.....,.. 345. to —s. HUI,t CORN MARKET, Wheat, White (per Quarter) 62.. 643, Ms. Red Foreign • Barley, Maltilig . 3os 329.335. Gri &ling tdils 295. 3N. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) lBs 20s. 22r, . . Be2ns Pease, Grey ... . Blue and White 3 6 ,. 365. 108.. Linseed—, Flour per sack LIGHT FOR ALL NATIONS ON TIIF, Goo]) rag SANDS.—By a telegraphic report received on Saturday at Watson's Geneva Telegraph Office, information was tor' ; warded that " The caisson lately placed on the Ciof Sands burst during the evening."—B. L. 'CA nrsoi , Sr,p, rigyi tenceut. AFFAIRS or HONOUR IN " OULD " r -- Old Sir Capel Mol3neux . (not the last Sir Capel, but h predecessor) was one of those "butchers of a silk butto who mould not allow friendship to cool in the very heat. a rencontre. When about 80, be took offence at sometbli said by the late General Mahon, then a youngster se Major in the 9th Dragoons, q uar t ere d at Armagh ; an a h invited the Major to come out to Castle Dillon,' to he i t h o and then to breakfast with what appetite he might. e fired a brace of pistols, the young soldier taking tweed t shoot wide of the grey head, while the palsied hand of th old man was a sufficient security against anything ),tit tba ohicia, they say, may kill the d--1, namely, a charm shot. Six rounds were exchanged in this manreY, the oh cock stepping out at each int..rval during the reloadi n g of the t . pistols, to interrogate " Mahon," as he familiarly , secosted him, about his father's agricultural pursuits, and to enlighten him,: upon the relative virtues of red and white Narfolks. At last,.. the young Major got tired of the amusement, and sent a ball: whizzing by the Baronet's ear, which brought him. tn..- " Thank you, Mahon," said he, " that was well meant ; bte Come along now, we've had enough of it. 1 1 11, hand's not far , this morning. Let's finish it some other time. ' So saying, 'he., took the Major by the arm, and they walked together into the ,. breakfast-parlour, where Lady Molyneux, a pious woman, pm* waiting with the family prayer-book open, and wondering: " what in the world had kept them so long ? ' " A DISCERNING PunLic."--Never Wag there. l greater farce than to talk of the public thus. The putAie thus is a most unjust, illiberal, led-by -the-nose booby ; a foolish. goose, without discernment, without sense, vvithorAt honesty, without any good quality —a proof of which may 'oat found in ,j their support of that great, lubberly, ill-condor:ted, . print, the Kentucky Mercury, while this paper, managed wit? so much taste an d di scret i on, i s l eft to perish for lack of patrol, . age ! " A discerning public," forsooth ! The public is litcle better than a long.eared donkey.—Kestereky Warder. BITt TH S. On the 20th of March, in Macquarrie-street, Sydney, New South Wales, the lady of P. W. Flower, Esq., of a son. On the 28th ult., at the Lodge, Carmarthen, the lady of R. Downman, Esq., of a son. On the 29th ult., Mrs. C. H. Collette, Por.:hester-placeer• t Hyde-park, of a son. On the 30th ult., the wife of Alexander iilenry, Esq., et -.- John -street, Bedford-row, of a son. On the 30th tilt., in Alyddelton-square, the lady of Jo' 1 0 ; Cuxhead, Esq : , of a son. On the 30th ult., at Cloudesley-terrace, Islington, the I eat of J. H. Kettlewell, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 26th ult., at Paris, Oscar Oxholm, Esq., Gentle nett' of the Bedchamber, Captain in his Majesty the King of ow mark's Life Guards, and Knight of the Dannebro g , to Ad 4 100 Maria, the daughter of G. B. Kelly, Esq., ot Acton, Mid& l el 1 . On the 28th ult., Mr. William John. son of the late Mx NY Blake, of Duffas-hill, Croydon, to Mi ss Ann Sarah EbiJuf Q f the same place. DIED. On the Sth of Mar c h a t t h e N ew Zealand Crap:tars set' tlemcnt of Nelson, New Zealand, Harry Angel. 4 Bell, age 5 ' • On the 25th ult., at Baldoy le, Dublin, Roije r t Swift, barrister-at-law. On the 26th ult., ii York -buildings, ?skijor Thomas 1 )—dt of the Royal Artillery, aged 75. On the 29th ult., at P aradise-terrace, Islington, Mr. Es lai d Brooker, aged GO. On the 29th u lt., at St. Agues 'Villas, Bayswater, M it' P. Cook, late of Duke -street, Manchester-square. On the 29th ult., at Highbury- place, 'nary Ann Sophi wife of Henry Hut, EN. On the 91st nit., at daughter of John D o 7,alds.ll, Esq. te F°':est-hill, Rent., Mary Ann, yot Lai"' r ~.on ; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN rOv INo. 112, Strand, at The Sun ()thee, No. lig, strt 0, 0 the County of Middlesex, Tufsdgy, August 2, rft.2„ W heat. J ~a 1 ,da~ aac info the Tt me, 1 1 ~arc 41:1 tO a tolo seat cree