The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-30 00:00:00

LATE EDITIONS of " THE SUN" in the CITY. MR. JOSEPH THOMAS, of No. 1 FINCH LANE, CORNHILL, has made arrangements by Mash the Pablie and the Tirade may be supplied with a THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN " AVERY EVENING at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK, And Subsequent Editions when Published. The THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN" contains the PROSEEDINGS of both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT ttp to SEVEN O'CLOCK, and all ether important in formation asceesible to that hour. On TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS a full Abstract of the " Lon aloe dazette"—Bankruptcies, Promotions in the Army and Navy, &c. kc., will be found in this Edi tion, the im p ortance if which will be appreciated by MERCH AN I'S and BANKERS for their FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. Advertisements and Orders for " The Sun" received by Mr. Thomas, No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; where also may be ' btained Every Morning, before Eight o'Clock, " THE MORNING SUN." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. LADY BLESSINGTON'S NEW NOVEL, " THE LOTTERY OF LIFE." Characterised by good sense, humorous observation, grace of mind, and versatility of fancy. "—Athenaeum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ILLUSTRATED TON BY Y GEORGE JOHANNOT CRUIKSHANK AND Price HALF-A-GROWN. The JULY NUMBER of A INSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. CONTENTS : WINDSOR CASTLE, An Historical Romance, By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Chapters I. and With an Illustration on Steel, designed and etched by TONY JOHANNOT, and Seven Woodcuts by W. ALFRED DELAMOTTE. THE MISER'S DAUGHTER, By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. With Two Illustrations on Steel, by GEO. CRUIKSHANK. ADDRESS. Nary O'Brien : a Tale. By Lady Harriette D'Orsay. the Jewish Marriage. By Michael Angelo Titmarsh. the Songs of Italy. No. 11. By Edward Kenealy, Esq. that's near enough. By Laman Blanchard. Nary Stuart. By Miss Costello. A Visit to the City of the Khalifs. By W. Francis Ains worth, Esq. Our Queen. Br M. Y. W. Capri at Sunset. By the Hon. Julia Augusta Maynard. The Two Noble Brothers. By Aliss Skelton. THE OLD FAMILY PLACE. By the Hon. Allis. NORTON. A Bagel Yarn. By Captain Medwin. She thought of him—and wept. By Lady Harriette D'Orsay. A Farewell. By Edward Kenealy, Esq. A Paper on Puffing. The Russian Prince. Part 11. By Lunette. The Lounge in the CEil de Bceuf. By Charles W. Brooks. The Rose of Jericho. By John Oxenford. A Song for the Sex. By Leman Blanchard. The Myrtle. By Catherine Parr. The Drama. Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. MRS. BUTLER'S WINTER'S JOURNEY TO GEORGIA, U.S. appear in the forthcoming JULY NUMBER of BENT LEY'S MISCELLANY, which will be embellished WITH TWENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS, by GEO. CRUIKSHANK, LEECH, and CROWQUILL, and will contain, among other Papers : The Absent Manager, by Drinkwater Meadows. Notes on an Overland Journey to Kennington, by Old Scratch. An Account of the last Derby Day, reported without having been to the Race, by Albert Smith. The Philosophy of Idleness, edited with Illustrations by Alfred Crowquill. The Boot, with Illustrations by Alfred Crowquill. Narrative of an Expedition down the Thames, with Illustra tions, by Alfred Crowquill. Richard Savage, with an Illustration by Leech. Epsom Downs, Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. A Trip to Kilkenny :—an Hibernian Waiter, Beggars and Irney, the Comforts of an Irish Shay, Crol3 Country Roads, Sportsman's Hall and the Ballyragget Hounds. THE BARBER OF BEAULIEU. WV an Illustration by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TT. of the GRAND DUKE of BADEN, in I the Year 1841. Capital Five Millions of Florins, to be redeemed with Nine Millions, Thirty - four Thousand, anSFifty- Aye Florins. The Third Distribution will take place on the rst of August, 1842, when the following consider able s ums may be obtained :-1 of 40,000 fl. ; 1 of 10,000 fl. ; 1 of 5,000 fl. ; 4„ c ,of fl . ;2 of 1,500 fl. ; 4 of 1,000 fl. ; 10 of 250 11. ;20 of 12... • 30 of 100 fl. ; 330 of 6 5 fl. — One bond , 10 s. Twelve bonds, I. Twenty-six bonds, 101. An Official Bulletin of the result will he forwarded to the Sharehalders. For further particulars, and to obtain Bonds, apply to J. A. STRAUS, Banker, Frankfort-on-the-Maine; or to JOHN SCHULZE, Foreign Agent, 32, Villiers-street, Strand, Yonden. IS IVIATEITY the EMPEROR o AUSTRIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS;, which (though hay are. NO LOTTEKIES) offer many possibilities of obtain. ng LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now felling BONDS for the said DISTBIBU PIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVIOUS giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PARTICU ARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line either to HEINE-BROTHERS, at HAMgURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains 700 MONEY DIVIDENDS, as follows: I of E..:5,000 Sterling .....£25,000 Sterling. 5,000 1,500 1,000 800 600 400 200 150 120 110 100 ..... 500 90 80 ..... 800 70 60 50 5 6 20 43 593 ...... ..... 700 Money Dividends, amounting t 0... £72,170 Sterling. P. The NEXT POLISH DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, guaranteed by his Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA will take place on Ist July. Direct ror SELECTED and GENUINE BONDS WITH OUT DELAY to HEINE BROTHERS. Hatnburgh and Lubeck, June, 1842. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 30. The Performances will commence with the Domestic Drama of TRE WITNESS.—I - fenderson, Mr. J! Vining; Tom Tremor, Mt. 4.berry ; Harding, Mr. J. Bland ; Catherine, Miss Faucit. After which, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.—BowbeII, Mr. Harley; Azar, Mr. Barker ; Niza, Ms. Hughes To which will be added the New Burletta, called THE WATER WITCHES, in which Messes Vining, Oxberry, W. 11. Bland, Ber ke , Misses Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, will appear. To conclude with tfe New Farce of UNCLE NlP.—Principal Cbgrecters by Mr. Harley and Mrs. Humby. axes, 4s. Pit, •..s; , - - Gallcry, Is. Doors onn at Half-past Six; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Groga,, at the Private Box-office; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. -------- ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the im,i ense 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, JUNE 30. _ . ---- • -- • -- - _ The performances will commence with Ilelini's LA SONNAM. BULA7—Amina. Miss Reimer; Liza Mrs Serle; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. O. Stansbury. After whieb a Drama call d THE CHOWN PRINCE; or the BUCKLE OF DIAMONDS, in which Mr. J. Webster will appear. To conclu e with Mr. Leman Rede's JACK IN THE W A fElt. Ji..ck, Mr. George Wild; Betty, Miss E. Terry. Places and Private 3oxes may be ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box Office, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Th n e r lity, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully Info N at MONDAYSt TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in troductions, which,xender them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'action, repre senting the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. Uhl BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con- Jucted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES M Sla , A LES selected( rem the noblest works of the great Masters. The 11.LUMINATIONof T. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the Gill A NDOL A of ST. ANGELO, wiih all the gorgeous !Spectacles and magnificent Introductions that have called forth ac otammations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex hibition4minating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CA i ) E of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. The G rdens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, Sic., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of " The Sun." rk` r 411,6 • vc u 4 4 'W‘ igs," . e 4 g * LONDON THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1842. It appears by Mr. T. DUISCOMBE'S statement, that the Guardians of the Poor of Norwich , being unable to procure silver to relieve the paupers, have issued tickets of Is. 6d. each, promising to pay them on de mand, when presented at their office, in amounts of not less than ten shillings. That is one of the cons•eqtrences of the conduct of the Government. Mr. GM:LUC:RN has discredited the gold coin. There is not sile r enough to supply its place, and so persons are obli3el.i to have recourse to a " small paper cur rency." As Mr. DUNCOMBE remarked, if the prac tice be permitted, we shall be inundated with such a currency; at the same time, the necessity which gave birth to it in this instance is so obvious, that we can not for one moment censure those who have . had recourse to it, or fancy that it ought to be prohibited. We have, on more than one occasion, directed pub lic attention io tho error, not to say folly, of the o v ern In cuts of Se WC1 1 11(fi, 'still iksi s tiriklm preserving to a .great,, extent, a: nii2taliic!„ and abov_e all, a gold currency, Nor can we .- do otherwise than adriiiro the. numerous devices by which men, acting under the peessure of necessity, almost as obvious everywhere as at Norwich, overrule the decrees of Government and everywhere substitute a paper for a metallic currency. The great bulk of the business of this country, except mere retail, is transacted by means of paper, and be tween wholesale dealers of every description no metal coin ever passes. Every man, too, who keeps a banker's account—and t)ie practice is now adopted by hundreds and thousands, who a few years ago never dreamed of it—pays the bulk of his outgoings by cheques ; so that the substitution of paper for metallic money, in spite of the wishes and fulminations of Governments about their immaculate standards, and what not, has become almost universal, testifying irresistibly to the strength of the necessity which gives birth to it. COUR a r CIRCULAR. The Queen:held a Court yesterday afternoon, at Buck ingham Palace, for the reception of addresses on the Throne. The Bishop of London, accompanied by the Bishop of Llandaff (Dean of St. Paul's), and a Deputation from the Chapter of St. Paul's, and by the Rev. Sir Henry Dukinfield, the Rev. Mr. Ward, and a Deputation of the Clergy of the Cities of London and Westminster, arrived at the Palace, and were conducted by Sir Wil- Liam Martins, the Gentleman Usher in Waiting, to the entrance of the Throne Room, where the Lord Cham- berlain received the Deputation, and conducted them to the presence of the Queen on the Throne. Her Majesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and was attended by nearly all the Ministers of State, the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, the Great Officers of State, and the principal Officers of the Royal Household. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at- Arms lined the room, commanded by their Lieutenant, the Hon. Sir Edward Butler. The source of the necessity is obvious. It grows from the increasing barter of mankind. Of what use is money of any kind to a savage who supplies all his own wants ? As men depart from the savage state, and as each osie labours to supply the wants of others, and no one makes more than a very small part of what he uses and consumes, interchanges multiply. This process is continually going on. Division of labour, both amongst individuals and nations, is continually extending ; old trades and occupations are continually splitting, each one into several new trades and occupations ; and as the population of the world increases so interchanges multiply in the com pound ratio of that increase, and the extending divi sion of labour. But there is no corresponding in crease of the precious met*, and the substitution of paper to complete the barter, without the intervention of metallic coin, is the necessary consequence. DivUon of labour, let us repeat, springs from the multiplication of the species, for were there only one person he must do everything for himself. Barter is the necessary consequence of division of labour, and barter increases in a compound ratio, as it increases and people multiply. To carry on this increase in batter bullion does not increase, and paper money, which is essential to extended barter, is thus the ne cessary consequence of the principle of population. All the contrivances, therefore, of which we have heard in modern times—as people have increased very fast—the small note currency of the American war, the old one-pound notes, the shin-plasters of the United States cities, as well as the ls. 6d. tickets of the Guardians of the poor at Norwich, are the offspring of a great natural and inevitable condition of society. Traders of all descriptions, all who buy and sell— which includes the bulk of mankind—have good reason then, we think, to be displeased and discontented with their governments for always labouring under some pretext or other to suppress the paper money, which naturally grows into use from the necessities of man's condition, and to substitute for it their own damaged, ill-conditioned, incorrect, and costly coin. It is now some sixteen years since a departed Parliament, and being defunct, contrary to the pro verb, we may say as much ill and as much truth of it as we please, under the influence of a most ridiculous panic which had as little to do with one-pound notes as with the tides, took it into its wise head to put an end to small notes. When it did so it knew as little of the correct theory of paper money as it did of the recondite questions which have just been discussed by the sages at Manchester—and the consequence has been to deprive the public of a very useful instrument of barter, supplied in general by substantial and trust worthy men, and inflict on it the evils of a restricted trade and a gold coinage. It has not put an end to paper money at the same time, but it has driven the public to substitute cheques, drafts, &c., &c., for pro mises to pay on demand, which from their general nature are much more useful. The Bishop of London and the Deputation advanced, when his Lordship read the Address of Congratulation from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, and the Clergy of London and Westminster. The Bishops of London and Llandaff had the honour to kiss hands, and the Clergy then retired. The Lord Mayor of Dublin arrived in state, attended by his Chap'ain, and also by the Sword-bearer, Mace bearer, and other Officers of the Corporation. His Lordship was accompanied by Aldermen Sir John Power, Mackinnon, Egan, and Gardiner ; Town-Councillors James Buck and Guinness ; Messrs. Perry, Morne, J. Power, M.P., Matthew Gardiner, John O'Connell, M.P., and Counsellor Arabin. His Lordship and the Deputation were ushered to the Royal presence, when the Lord Mayor read the Address of Congratulation from the Corporation of the City of Dublin, to which her Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious answer. The Deputation then withdrew. The Protestant Dissenting Clergy, of the three denomi nations, arrived at the Palace to present a Congratulatory Address, and having been ushered up the grand stair case, were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the presence of the Queen. The Deputation consisted of the following :—The Rev. J. Howard Hinton, A.M., Chairman ; Rev. Wm. Stern Palmer, Secretary ; REV. John Pye Smith, D.D., F.R.S., &c. ; Rev. Edward Alexander Dunn, Rev. John Yockney, Rev. William Williams, Rev. Joseph Berry, Rev. H. B. Jeula, Rev. John Blackburn, Rev. Thomas Why did that stupid Parliament, too, apply one rule to England and another to Scotland ? In Scotland there was not one all powerful bank, having its cre ditor-fetters round the debtor Government ; and the Minister of England, being subservient to the Bank of England, persuaded the Parliament to do that to Eng land, which neither subservient Ministers nor stupid Parliament dared to do to Scotland. Time, we have no doubt, will do justice both to Lord LIVERPOOL'S Ministry and his Parliament, and when it does, it will condemn both for foolishly meddling with a great matter they did not comprehend. If people must, which seems very likely, take to issuing small notes, following the example of the Nor wich Union, we would recommend them to issue them for ounces, half ounces, quarter of ounces, or any num ber of ounces of silver, and have nothing to do with GOULBURN or his coin. Acting On such a plan they may soon laugh to scorn his nonsensical regulations, and soon bring into that contempt it deserves, the so called wisdom of Lord LIVERPOOL and his Parliament. MR. WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENT AT THE HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. This entertainment was to have been the last de livered by Mr. Wilson in England, but so great was the attraction of his last musical lecture at Store-street, on Monday, with its charming operatic selections from " Amilie," "Fra Diavolo," and other sources, that he has been requisitioned to rehearse the exact programme of that night again next week, but at the Queens Con cert-room, as above. Yesterday afternoon he repeated many of his favourites to a full, fashionable, and appreciating audience. In " Wha'll buy Caller Herring" he was one of the most harmonious vendors of fish anywhere out of Edinburgh. The air, which is in imitation of a chime of church bells, was unusually felicitous. Bruce's bold and noble "Bannock burn Address" the lecturer sang with his accustomed power. The stone of Bannockburn yet remains. The peasant still makes his venerable pilgrimage to the spot. " Och, man," said one of these patriotic visitors to Mr. Wilson when there, while his eye gleamed with Scots valour, and his bravery seemed up in arms ; " och, man, to think that this is the spot where the Bruce had his army before him—that yonder is the spot of the pits, in which Edward's cavalry fell—and there where Bohun had his head cleft in twain ! Man, let us drink to Bruce that fought, and Burns that sung." And so saying, out of a wine-flask from his pocket, the lecturer and the pa triot drank to their high memories. Room will not permit us more than to allude to the dim, sweet melody of " wearing awa, Jean." The expressive poetry that breathes through the lines—the thin weak voice of decay, speak ing, in the singer's person, of his own decline into the vale and shadow of death—the calm resignation he evinces, at quitting a world of care—his anticipations of the " fair day" in the heavens, where he shall meet his departed child, and to which angels wait to waft him, were all given with a pathos and expressive beauty by Mr. Wilson, as to render it an elegy, the sweetest ever sung! We regret that Mr. Wilson, in unison with his conclud ing song, is quickly to " tak his auld cloak about him," and to depart. Timpson, Rev. John Edgcomb Richards Rev. Robert Philip, Rev. John Tudor Rowland, Rev. Professor Hoppus, L.L.D., F.R.S., Rev. Joseph Belcher, Rev. John Hunt, Rev. Joseph Mason, Rev. Stephen Augustine Dubourg, Rev. David Denham, Rev. Henry Richard, Rev. John Andrews Jones, Rev. Thos. Lewis, Rev. Thomas Jackson, Rev. Joseph John Freeman, Rev. Stephen Joshua Davis, Rev. Israel May Soule, Rev. Wm. Bean, Rev. Robt. Ashton, Rev. Daniel Curtis, Rev. Charles Williams, Rev. William Grosser, Rev. John Adey, Rev. H. L. Berry, M.A.; Rev. George Verrall, Rev. John Edwards, Rev. George Wyard, Rev. John Morris, Rev. B. Woodyard, and the Rev. Matthew Jeula. The Rev. J. Howard Hinton, A.M., read the Address of Congratulation, and her Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious answer. The Rev. Howard Hinton, and the Rev. W. Stern Palmer, had the honour to kiss hands, and the Deputation then retired. Her Majesty afterwards held a Privy Council. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Duke of Wellington, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Trade, the President of the Board of Control, the Secretary at War, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting at the Court. At the Court Ali Ben Nasser, Envoy from the Imaum of Muscat, had an audience of the Queen, introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, .Master of the Ceremonies. The Queen gave audiences to Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Wharncliffe. The Protestant Dissenting Clergy of the Three Deno minations, after presenting their Address to the Queen, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and presented an Address of Congratulation to his Royal Highness. The Prince was attended by the Marquis of Exeter, KG., Groom of the Stole; Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting; and Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty's Court was attended by the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes; the Countess of Char lemont, Lady in Waiting; the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Lord Hill, Gold Stick inWaiting; the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) Equerry in Waiting ;. Mr. James Bunce Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms; Mr. Beresford and Captain Green, Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting ; Sir Benjamin Smith, and Messrs. Wilson and Wortley, the Pages of Honour in Waiting. Viscount Hawarden and General the Hon. Sir Wil liam Lumley, were th Lord and Groom in "Waiting. The Yeoman Guard lined the Grand Hall, commanded by Captain S. Sadler, the Exon in Waiting. The Queen's Guard of the Foot Guards, with the Band of the Regiment, was on duty on the Palace Lawn during the reception of the addresses. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accom panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in a carriage yesterday. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday. The com pany consisted of her Majesty the Queen Dowager ; their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians ; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, and the Hereditary Prince ; his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lord George Lennox, Hon. William Ashley, the Countess of Charlemont, Frances Lady Clinton, the Countess de Merode, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Madlle. de Baas, Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, Baroness Lehzen, Baron Stockmar, Baron de Dieskaw', l M. de Moerkerke, Baron de ErfaViscount Hawarden, lion. C. A. Murray, Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Sir E. Bowater. 'The Band of the Ist Life Guards attended during dinner. Her Dlajesty had afterwards an evening party. The company included Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister ; Baron de Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister ; the Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Worcester, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Jersey, Earl and Countess of Verulam, and Lady Jane Grimston, Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Right Hon. Henry and Hon. Mrs. Goulburn, Mr. George Edward and Hon. Mrs. Anson. Herr Dobler had the honour of attending at the Palace and performing during the evening. Mr. Hyatt had the honour of submitting to Prince Albert, yesterday, a finished proof of the whole-length portrait of his Royal Highness, in the robes of the Garter, with which his Royal Highness was pleased to express his approbation. The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, and the Hereditary Prince, left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday afternoon, for town. Her Majesty visited the Princess Sophia at; her residence at Kensington, and arrived at Marlborough House at five o'clock, attended by her suite. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Kent received an Address of Congra tulation yesterday afternoon at Clarence House, from the Protestant Clergy of the Three Denominations. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir George Couper, Bart. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, visited the Panorama of Caubul yesterday, and was pleased to express his approbation. DR. REID'S LECTURES ON CHE MISTRY. After last week's hiatus in this scientific course, caused by the occupancy of the great room at Exeter-hall with Mr. Hullah's music-classes, Dr. Reid resumed the deli very of his lectures last night, and treated upon the sub ject of acids and: alkalis. ,The former, he proceeded to show were producible from the fermentation and putre faction of animal and vegetable matter. Prussic acid, one out of this numerous class, was entertainingly dilated upon by the lecturer—that acid, a few drops of which, poured into a spoon and held to the nos- trils of a powerful bullock, killed him instanta neously, and which therefore had, in some instances, been used for that specific purpose. The vegetable alkalis coming under consideration, Quinquinna or bark, being rich in carbon and hydrogen, showed itself by experiment to possess the property of burning with much brightness. This alkali, and others of the same order, operates with different degrees of activity on the system, according to the diet and habits of the patient. Morphine, was thus found by medical experimenters on its first discovery, to have no power on some persons ; while, when rendered soluble, in the system of others, it became highly energetic. Dr. Reid finally treated on oily and resinous substances, and those of a kindred character, such as alcohol, ether, and naptha, all of which possess the quality of being volatilized easily. A series of bskiliant and adroit ex periments illustrated the evening's lecture. TOTAL DESTRUCTION of COOKE'S NEW ROYAL CIRCUS. (From the Glasgow Courier.) It is with deep regret we record that Mr. Cooke, the celebrated equestrian, has met with a great calamity since his recent arrival in this city, his splendid Circus on the green having been completely destroyed by fire yesterday evening. The fire was first discovered by the policeman who was watching the building, and he states that his attention was first directed to the matter by hearing something like an explosion on the south side of the arena, and by immediately afterwards per ceiving smoke issuing from that quarter. When he rushed into the place where he supposed the fire to ex ist, along with Mr. Barrow, the manager, whom he found stav o st n on e anding at the pit-door, they found a quantity of r fire, N,er v side . and A the general Catching ala holdalarm w o a f s the instantly wood workraised, but the being directly over the scene of the conflagration, that combustible material was com pletely in a blaze, and in less than five minutes after wards the whole roof was in one sheet of flame. For tunately all the horses were got out uninjured, and the sole loss, in the animal department, i s a d on k ey. A considerable portion of Mr. Cooke's valuable wardrobe, however, has been destroyed, and will add very mate rially to his loss. We are glad to learn that the pro perty is to a certain extent insured, Mr. Cooke, the pro prietor, we have been informed, having what is called a floating policy of insurance. Not more than a quarter of an hour elapsed from the first discovery of the fire till it had completed its work. The audience had begun to assemble for the evening's performances when it broke out, nearly 300 being in the gallery at the time, and a few in the pit and boxes, but the whole got out without the slightest accident. The Circus was only opened on Saturday last for the first time since its re-erection. Mr. Cooke's Circus has several times before been de stroyed by fire ; once in America, when his whole stud, as well as other property, was consumed. NEW TORY POOR Law—The 37th clause of the Bill now in progress will have the effect of throwing nearly the whole of the country paupers on the already over-burthened town parishes. It enacts " That if any poor person become chargeable to any parish through illness or bodily injury of himself, or any of his family, it shall not be lawful to take his examination or make any order of removal until he shall have received relief at the cost of such parish for forty days consecutively." Now, as paupers seldom apply to the parish until they or some of their family fall sick, and as the relief must be for forty days consecutively, the above clause will, in effect, give each pauper a settlement where he resides, render the Scotch and Irish irremovable, and throw all fever cases on the town parishes in which they occur. By the 11th clause, at least one paid chaplain is to be appointed to each district sc hool ; and, by the 30th clause, clergymen are guaranteed their burial fees on the burial of poor persons (not paupers) who die without effects sufficient to bury them, although Dr. Lushington, in the Hackney Church-rate case, declared that no such fees are legally due, but certainly it is a most pleasant ge t quartered upon the poor -rate f un d. Th e Bi ll i s prepared and brought in by Sir J ames G ra h am, indorsed rse to d Sir Robert Peel, and Sir Edward Knatehbull.— Carlisle Journal. . How TO ELOPE.—We have heard of a Yankee, Who one day asked his lawyer how an heiress might be carried off. " You cannot do it with safety," said the counsellor;' but I'll tell you what you may do; let her mount the horse and held a bridle whip; do you then mount behind her, an d you are, safe -= for she runs al, , ay with you. T he ner,day th e lawjer found that it was his o wn dipghter rho hatls.rmi.siway with his client. , , • DiPARTURE.::-Vi§C9 l ll l t and Viscountess Duncan 11.61 Hill-street; forSapperdowi r likrth.l 3 fitAine - • . . FIRE AT SIR HARRY FEATHERSTONE'S. - The beautiful Belvidere Temple on Harting-Hill Up Park, near Hastings, the seat of Sir Harry Featherstone, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. This building, which, from its commanding situat►on, served both as a sea and land marks was discovered to be in flames at midnight, and the country for miles round soon roused from their slumbers to witness it, destruction. Sir Harry Featherstone has for yeari opened his park and grounds at this season of the year to the neighbour hood for promenade and gipsey parties ; and it was at first sup posed that . one of these parties had omitted to put out the fire used by .thein in the temple, and that some sparks had commu nicated with the wook-work ; but an investigation is now going on to ascertain the real cause, and we fear-it will turn out that the fire was not altogether accidental—Brighton Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1842. without coming to the determination of presenting a piece of plate.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was then carried unanimously and the address was agreed to. Mr. BURGE moved that the following gentlemen be appointed a Committee to wait upon Sir Charles Met calfe, viz.,—Lord St. Vincent, the Agent of Jamaica, Sir Alexander Grant, Sir Wyndham Dialing, Sir Henry Lushington, Sir Edward Hyde East, Sir I. L. Goldsmid, Mr. Dehany, Mr. Bernal, M.P. Mr. Malcolm, Messrs. Colgan, Lyon, Hankey, Archdeacon, Long, Godson, Philpots, Erskine, Bowerbank, Spalding, &c. This motion having been seconded, was carried nern. dis. Mr. BURGE then moved a vote of thanks to the Chair man. for his conduct in the chair. Sir A. GRANT, in seconding the motion, having paid a tribute - to .the many good qualities of the Chairman, stated that, as he was intimately acquainted with the successor of Sir Charles Metcalfe in the Government of Jamaica, he might be excused for telling them that that gentleman left this country with an anxious desire to tread as closely as possible in his steps. Admiring his conduct from the commencement--usque aL incepto—he desired to walk in it.—(Hear, hear.) He was sure it would be pleasing to the meeting, as it was gratifying to himself, to know that they were likely to have the same line of conduct persevered in by the present Governor, as that which they had now met to approve of.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN briefly expressed his thanks for the honour which bad been conferred upon him, and the meeting broke up. JAMAICA MEETING. A Public Meeting of the Planters, Merchants, and others intereste4 in Jamaica was held yesterday, pnr suant to intimation, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, for the purpose of offering to the Right Hon. Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart., on his return to this country, an assurance of cordial participation with their fellow-colonists in Jamaica, in the deep gratitude with which they acknowledged the blessings of his adminis tration of the government of that colony, and their ex treme regret at, his resignation of it. The meeting was most numerously and respectably attended. Lord St. Vincent presided. The CHAmmAN, having briefly stated the objects of the meeting, as contained in the advertisement, called upon Mr. Burge, the Jamaica agent, to explain them at greater length. Mr. BuRGE said, that in compliance with what he be lieved to be the universal feeling of all connected with Jamaica, he had requested their attendance at that meet ing, in order that he might submit a proposition to them, which he had no doubt would be in accordance with all their views—a proposition for addressing Sir Charles Metcalfe, on his return to this country, and offering to him that homage of gratitude which they owed him, for his admirable administration of the go vernment of Jamaica.—(Hear, hear.) Of the many occasions on which it had been his (Mr. Burge's) lot to address an assembly of gentlemen connected with Ja maica, he could not recollect one on which he did so with more pleasure than on the present occasion. Too often a feeling of regret at what had passed, or of anx iety at what was about to happen, was apt to cause an unpleasantness to pervade their meetings ; they had now. however, no other feeling but that which must be grate ful to the heart of every man, that of doing justice to a distinguished public servant, acknowledging the inesti mable services he had rendered to them, and assuring him of the heartfelt interest they took in every thing that concerned his honour and welfare.—(Hear.) lie believed the occasions had been rare in which they had ever assembled to return thanks to a Governor 01 Jamaica on the close of his administration. Why it should be so, it was difficult to conceive ; but so it was. In one respect, certainly, there never was an occasion when the situation of Jamaica was so critical, when the difficulties to be surmounted were so great and arduous, as when Sir Charles Metcalfe was induced to accept the administration of the government of the colony. From the period of the commencement of his administration to its close, there was not only no part of his conduct which was wholly free from exception, but there was no part on which it was possible to dwell otherwise than with feelings of the warmest gratitude ; and at the same time it was impossible to entertain any other than feel ings of the highest admiration at the judgment and ability with which he had conducted himself throughout his administration. The very acceptance of the Governor ship ofJamaica of itself entitled him to their warmest gra titude. No one had forgotten that at the period when that valuable colony was offered to him it was sur rounded with the most appalling difficulties—difficulties which would have deterred almost any person from ac cepting the Government—difficulties which were such as to have caused an apprehension in an honest and honourable mind that they were almost insurmountable. And, of all men, perhaps Sir Charles Metcalfe was the person who might, if actuated by ordinary motives, have declined the acceptance of the government of the colony. He required no laurels; his reputation he did not need to have increased, for already had he gained laurels enough, already had he established a great reputation for consummate ability and skill in a very important Go vernment, which he had before administered ; and according to that measure of injustice with which the world often meted, it might have happened that if Sir Charles had failed in Jamaica his hitherto high reputa tion would in some degree have been impaired. But that gallant man had one motive, and one only--it was, to serve his country.— (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Burge) felt his incompetency, in any language of his o am, to express the motives which induced Sir Charles Metcalfe to undertake the Government of Jamaica ; Sir Charles had however, beautifully expressed it himself in a letter which he had addressed to one of the parishes of Jamaica, alluding,to the state of the colony when he entered upon the Government. (The speaker then re-ad the letter, Which was written by Sir Charles, and ascribed his Motive for accepting the Government of the colony purely to public grounds, at a time when he would rather as an individual have preferred retiring into private life.) With that motive he entered on the ad ministration of the Government of Jamaica, and every act of his life, from the period when he first touched upon the shores of that colony till he quitted them, amidst the tears and benedictions of the people, was directed towards the accomplishment of the object with which he entered upon it. The difficulties he had to over come were great beyond conception, and one of thegreatest of them all perhaps was this, that unhappily for years the public mind in this country had been imbued with a prejudice so deep and strong against that colony, that the actual condition of the colony itself, and the character and condition of its people were wholly unknown to the Government—were wholly unknown to the people of this country ; and it was in consequence of that ignorance, and the difficulty of overcoming it, that the Governor commenced his career in Jamaica. The first step he took was to disabuse her Majesty's Government on these points. With uncompromising honesty and fidelity, with a Jibe _ ality and candour all must acknowledge, he entered fairly and fearlessly on the conduct of the colonists. He reported it to the Government. He vindicated the colony and the island Magistracy to the Government, from the mass of calumny with which they had been nigh over whelmed ; and he observed to the Government that Jamaica, with regard to her institutions, and in every other point, should be treated with precisely the same consideration as the mother country.—(Hear.) He asked to govern the country on a system of strict impar tial and even-handed justice, to maintain the just rights of all, and to protect the Legislature and the Magis tracy, as well as the whole population, in the enjoyment of their rights, and thus to give to the people of Jamaica the proof that they were in reality, by the consideration of the law, part and parcel of the mother country. They saw then his Government proceeding on the vindica tion of the colony, and the protection of all in it, and they had him laying down, in his despatches, the principles for the Government of Jamaica. In these despatches he stated his intention of always attending to the wishes of the great majority of the population, and he always expressed a strong desire that the same laws should pre vail in Jamaica as did in England. Those were the principles with which he entered en his Govern ment, and those were the principles by which he brought it to a successful close. He restored goad feeling, and harmony, and order amongst all classes of the community, and he closed his administration, having rendered justice to all, protected the rights of all, and having so administered the government of that grett colony, that the affection and gratitude which had sprung up towards him in the hearts of all classes in Jamaica, would be responded to in England by the un qualified a pprobation of his Sovereign, and the testi mony of all persons who had regarded his administra tion, that it was one impartial and just, as well as wise and able.—(Hear, hear.) It was, perhaps, a rare oc currence that the esteem and respect with which the ad ministration of the Government of Jamaica was regarded by the people of that colony, was equalled, as on the present occasion, by the manner in which it was re garded by the Sovereign. lie, however, enjoyed the confidence, and the respect, and the admiration of the people of the colony and the people at home ; and it was the glorious effect of actions like his that their in fluence was neither confined to the age nor country in which they were exercised ; the administration of the Government of Jamaica by Sir Charles Met calfe would live in Jamaica in future ages as it would be felt and acknowledged in every colony of the British Empire, and no Minister—no voice of the people of England—could ever hereafter commit the fatal error of conducting the colony on any other form of government than that adopted by Sir Charles Met calfe. Happily he had been supported by her Majesty's Government—the Noble Lord the late Secretary of State, as well as his successor. They ought to do justice to the Government who responded to the feelings of Sir Charles Metcalfe. It was an act of justice to the late Government to acknowledge that they appointed an in dividual like Sir Charles Metcalfe, and then gave him their cordial co-operation, confidence and support. Lord John Russell deserved the . highest praise for the support and assistance which he rendered to Sir Charles Metcalfe. He (Mr. Burge) need scarcely tell them that unless Sir Charles's plan had met with the concur rence of the Government, his efforts would have been wholly fruitless. These were the observations which he (Mr. Burge) had thought it right to make in proposing to them the course which they should adopt. He could . not close his remarks without recalling to their minds, not only the claims which Sir C. Metcalfe's public ser vices had upon those connected with Jamaica, but the peculiar claims which he had also for the numerous acts of liberality and charity bestowed by him in the most generous manner, on all the charitable and religious in stitutions of Jamaica, and on every institution which has the benefit of Jamaica in view. His generosity was great. He laid an in . , istible claim upon every one by the kind ness and condescen:don with which he conducted himself. They were now about to make an expression of the obli gations which they owed to him for rescuing J ama i ca from the difficulties which surrounded her when he ac cepted the government. He should propose the adoption of a resolution agreeing to present an address to him on his arrival, expressive of a participation, cordial and sincere, in the sentiments which their fellow-colonists in Jamaica had expressed in acknowledging the benefits which had resulted from his administration of the Go vernment of Jamaica. Mr. Burge then moved the fol lowing resolution—" That an address be presented to the Right Hon. Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart., expressing our most sincere and cordial participation in the sentiments of admiration, esteem, affection, and gratitude, with which all classes of our fellow-colonists in Jamaica have ac knowledged the benefits which his wise, able, beneficent, and impartial administration of the Government have conferred upon them." The speaker concluded by pro posing an address which lie had drawn up for the consi deration of the meeting. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT seconded the motion. Sir I. L. GOLDSMID said, though he was not connected with Jamaica, he trusted he should be excused for saying a few worth, cordially approving , as he did, of the ad dress. He app rove d o f that address in conse q uence of the prot ect i on w hi c h t h e Right Hon. Baronet for whom it was int en d e d, h a d s h o wa to that class of p ersons to which he b e l onge d.—(H e ar, hear.) He had shown the utmost attention a nd kindness to the Jews of Jamaica.— (Hear.) He (Sir I. Goldsmid) was anxious to express his approbation of this address, too, on another ground. Having been intimately acquainted with the Ri g ht Hon . Baronet's father fO r mo re than fifteen years, he could say that the virtues which he possessed in so eminent a de gree appeared to their utmost ektent to have descended to his son. He should be happy, as far as was in his power, to testify his respect for Sir Charles Metcalfe in some more solid way than by presenting him with an Address; and he hoped the ;meeting would not separate SHIPOWNERS' SOCIETY. The Annual General Meeting of the Directors and Proprietors in this Society was held yesterday at the London Tavern, fnr the purpose of receiving the Annual Report of the Directors. - Mr. BARRY took the Chair, and in doing so said that they were met for the purpose of presenting the Annual Report of the Committee of Directors in the General Shipowners' Society, in which several matters of vital importance to the navigation of the country were set forth. He believed that every one present regretted the present state of the shipping interest, and he believed that the measures lately before Parliament would mate rially aggravate the distressed state of the shipping trade. Mr.Yourethen read the Report, which was extremely lengthy, in which it was stated that a deputation had waited on Sir R. Peel, to endeavour to prevent the then proposed reduction in the timber duties from being made, but Sir R. Peel declined to accede to their request, say ing that the time was now come when an experiment must be made. Mr. LYALL, M.P., proposed that the Report should be received, which being seconded by Captain DREW, was agreed to. Several other resolutions having been agreed to, ex pressing the opposition of the meeting to the proposed reduction in the duties on foreign timber, the meeting eparated. LOSS of THREE VESSELS by ICE. (From the New York Commercial Advertiser: June 3.) BARQUE ANN LIFFEY.—The barque Oscar, Perry, arrived last evening, having on board the mate and ten of the crew of the British barque Ann Liffey, whose loss has been before mentioned. The mate of the Ann Liffey states that when ten days out, at three A. M., in lat. 43. 8., long. 49., while running before the wind at the rate of eight knots per hour, weather thick, the Ann Liffey struck an island of ice with so much force a; to run the heel of the bowsprit clear aft, capsized the windlass, and took stern cutwater, &c.,entirely off. The crew anal passengers, twenty-two in number, used every exertion with crowbars and hand-spikes, to clear the wreck of the fragments of ice which fell on deck. The iceberg was as high as the foreyard. Sounded the pumps, and finding her sinking, took to the boats, in which they remained until two P. M., when it cleared away, and they were fallen in with by the Oscar. Capt. Lyle and eight others went on board the British barque Ganges, bound to Liverpool. ANOTHER VESSEL LOST BY THE ICE.—The British brig Stephen, Hensall, from Newcastle for Pictou, ran foul of an iceberg when 81 days out, and received so much damage that she was abandoned. The captain and crew took to the boats, were picked up by the John Romilly, from London, for St. John's; New Brunswick, and afterwards transferred to the American brig China, Small, and arrived at Pictou on the 28th ult. AND ANOTHER.--PICTOU, N.S., MAY 25.--The barque Isabella, Captain A. Thomas, from Glasgow, for Pictou, with 54 passengers, and a large quantity of dry goods, iron, books, &c., was lost at Cape North, on the north side of Cape Breton, on the 11th inst. She sailed from Glasgow on the Ist of April, and made St. Paul's Island on the 28th. She then became entangled in the ice, and continued in that perilous condition for eleven days. The captain, seeing the imminent danger the ship was in landed the passengers on the 9th, with much difficulty, over fields of ice, when the vessel was three quarters of a mile from the shore, and riding at anchor among icebergs. On the following day she slipped the anchor, and when turning she struck a rock and began to fill with water. She was then run into Aspy Bay, a distance of eight miles, where she now lies a total wreck. We are glad to learn that though the vessel has become a total wreck, and the cargo is materially damaged, no lives have been lost. COURT-MARTIAL.—A Court-Martial was held at Colombo, on sth July, and badjournment on the 9th August. 1841, to try Lieut.-Colonel James Macpherson, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, on a number of charges, of which the two fol lowing are the chief :—For violent and scandalous conduct, unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, while Commandant at Trincomalee, Ceylon, in endeavouring to ex cite private John Kenny, of H.M.'s 90th L.I. when on sentry over the Commissariat stores at Fort Frederick, on the night of 28th, and morning of 29th of March, 1841, to a breach of military discipline, in repeatedly provoking and ordering him to run him (Lieut.-Colonel Macpherson) through with the bayonet, and placing a native, armed with a broomstick as a fireloek, upon the post of the said sentry, with the intent to turn him and his orders into ridicule, Lieutenant Colonel Macpherson being at the time in a state of in • toxication, and improperly dressed. For threatening the lives of Brevet-Major Horace Suckling of the 90th Light Infantry, and of Lieutenant A. T. Heyland, 95th Regiment, staff officer of Trincomalee, sundry times between the 3d and 12th of April, 1841." The Court found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to be cashiered. They, however, accom panied their verdict by the statement that he was subject to fits of excitement from wounds received in the service, and by the result of a malignant fever contracted during a dangerous overland journey on public duty. The consequence of this statement has been, that her Majesty has been pleased to ex tend her most gracious pardon to the prisoner for the purpose of retiring from the service, receiving the regulated value of his commission. MELANCHOLY DEATH IN THE CAMBERWELL BATH. —Tuesday morning information was sent to Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, of the following instance of sudden death in the large bath in Addington-square, Camberwell, on the banks of the SurreirCanal :—A gentleman of fortune, residing at Clongall-place, Kent-road, of the name of Butler, and con nected with a firm in Tower-street, has for some time been in the habit of attending the baths, and was considered an excel lent swimmer. On Monday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, he went as usual to enjoy the healthful recreation of bathing, and upon entering, was handed, by the attendant, his towel, &c. At the time no one was in the bath but Mr. Fieldwich, statuary, cf the Camberwell-road; Mr. Beghie, and other gentlemen had just left the water, and were admiring the expertness of Mr. Butler as he was swimming in different directions in the bath. They were proceeding to dress them selves, and on turning round missed the deceased. At first they supposed lie had dived to the bottom, and were anxious, as all swimmers are, to see how long he would remain under water, but in a few seconds they were much alarmed by seeing Mr. Butler rise to the surface and struggling. It was a matter of great difficulty to render him any assistance, the depth of the water at the side of the bath being about three feet and a half, and gradually shelving till in the centre it is between six and seven feet ; the deceased was, at the time in the deepest part of the water, and nothing at the time was on the premises which could assist in securing him, save a pole, which WM thrown to him. In his exhauste state this was almost useless, but at last the body was got out, and Mr. King, of the Camberwell-road, surgeon, was sent for, and upon his arrival he declared life to have been extinct for some time. Upon inquiry at the bath yesterday, it was stated that the deceased was perfectly sober, and there is no reason to be lieve this was an intentional act on his part. Mr. King, without having an order to open the body, was inclined to think that the deceased, although in the prime of life, had suddenly been seized with apoplexy, which made him powerless, arid suffocation ensued. It is stated that a somewhat similar occurrence took place in the same bath about twenty years ago. DEATH FROM EATING PEAS.—On Tuesday Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the George the Fourth, Gilbert's passage, Clare-market, on the body of John Ledbury, aged 64, a carman. The evidence showed that deceased resided at 24, Clement's-lane ; that he was of miserly habits, and afflicted with lumbago, produced by a singular custom he had of sitting and lying naked in his room. About a week ago he appeared worse than usual, which he attributed to having eaten a quan tity of parboiled gray peas, which had remained ever since win ter, and which, during that season, together with bacon, was his favourite food. On Friday evening he went to the parish board room in Savoy-street, Strand, for medicine, and he said the people there were saucy to him, and told him to go to the hospital, and riot put them to expense. 'They gave him, however, a powder, which he took, but it did not operate. He afterwards went to the Metropolitan Free Hospital, Carey-street, where he re ceived a bottle of medicine and some pills, which he took, hut they had no effect. He then prescribed for himselt, taking two twopenny doses of jalap, one of them in ale, but they did not operate. His landlord administered an enema ineffec tually also. On Sunday he applied for advice at the King's College Hospital, and was admitted on Monday morning. Mr. George Johnston, physician's assistant at the hospital ; saw deceased when he was admitted. He appeared then very ill, and was in a dirty state. He was placed in a warm-bath, and on his being removed from it into one of the wards he expired. On opening the body, the lower portion of the in testines were found very much distended by the presence of a large quantity of peas. They had obstructed the bowels, and the obstruction was the cause of death. Verdict, " Died of stoppage of the bowels, caused by the swallowing of gray peas." COEBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR JULY, EDITED BY Timms , s HOOD.—An excellent number—full of entertainment for all classes of readers. The Editor, besides puttin • g forth his own strength in certain " Diabolical Sugges tions," and Epigrams, admirably applicable to present circum stances, besides one or two other productions, has procured some capital contributions from our most popular writers. A paper, entitled " Contributions to the Income. tax," deserves particular , notice. " The Barnaby s i n A mer i ca, " under Mrs. Trollope s auip.ces, are represented " going a-head" in glorious style, and Mr. Poole's continuation of " Phineas Quickly" is not only the best portion of the picture of existing manners in that cleve r wor k, b ut w i ll be found as full of .well defined character as any of his best dramatic pieces. There is also an admirably characteristic sketch of Life in Oxford, in the story called " A Day's Coursing at Woodstock," by the Author of " Peter Priggins ;" and the " Reminiscences of a Medical Student, with the title of " Romance of a Walk," will find many admirers. Captain Medwin's narrative, " De saga," a fantastic tale, after the manner of Hoffman, is as wild and wonderful as the most German production of the German press. A very touching story by Miss Youatt, called " The Sculptor of Avignon," cannot fail to interest her readers, whilst Mr. Blanchard's article, " The Thief of Time," and the essay " On the Perception of Danger," will touch their feel ings in a totally different way. THE HAGUE, .11-N E 26.—The Government has truss replied to the observations made in the sections of the Second Chamber of the States-General on the project of law relative to the office of Notary, THE WEATHER.—Nomc, JUNE 30f IIOYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Titermometer.... 61 I Hightst 75 j Lowest....•.. 51 Barometer 30.02.—Wind E. N.-- • . • HIGH WATER AT LONDON IMIDOR THIS DAY. ~c rning l9 minutes after 6 i Evening di Minutes after '6. o§4kvd,w• i'latolf - ? ISlttton SUN OFFICE Three o'Clock. The Great Western steam-ship, Captain Hosken, arrived at Bristol yesterday, having made the passage from New York in twelve days and :Ls many hours. She brings news from New York to the evening of the 16th inst., Leing, however, only some six hours later than the intelligence brought by the Columbia, via Liverpool. An evening edition of the New York Herald, states that the Commissioners appointed on the part of Massa chusetts, Maine, and New Brunswick, to settle the North Eastern Boundary, were assembled in Washing ton, and that, from information derived from an authen tic source, the writer had reason to believe that all points at issue between Great Britain and the United States would be amicably and speedily adjusted. We sincerely hope so. Lord ASHBURTON'S instructions are, we be lieve, exceedingly liberal, and since his arrival in Wash ington the amenity of his deportment has obtained for him the personal esteem of men of all parties in Con gress. The Federal and British Governments are sin cere in their desire to settle all differences in the most friendly manner, and but for the obstinacy of the people of Maine, the negotiations would be concluded and the boundary fixed in a week. There will be some difficulty about the Caroline steamer, as the trial of M'LEon proves that the American Executive has decided judicially that she was not a pirate. Respecting the Creole case we do not see how the Federal Government can dream of enforcing the law of a slave State beyond the boundary, and out of the jurisdiction of that State. The Journals mast violent upon these topics have assumed a moderation of tone which shows the prevalence of a growing friendly feeling towards this country, which is very gratifying. We have received the whole of the French Journals of Tuesday. The despatches from Africa fill eight columns of the llioniteur, but we have given the substance of them in a paragraph, in our Foreign Summary. The Royal ordonnance for imposing an additional import duty of 20 per cent. on linen and linen thread, has secured the election of seve ral previously doubtful Government candidates. The affair of the French African trader, the Deux Sosurs, searched by the British frigate Madagascar, is engaging the earnest attention of the French Govern ment. The captain of the corvette commanding on the Senegal station, to whom the outrage was first reported having arrived at Brest, was summoned to Paris' where he had a long conference with M. GuizoT and' the Minister of Marine. There is little doubt that explanations will be demanded, which we trust our Go vernment will be prepared to make in a satisfactory manner. Unless a different plan is adopted for carrying out this right of search, it is very clear that it will involve us in endless disputes with all our neighbours. As now con ducted it is intolerable, and we are surprised at no resist ance offered to it. Why, we repeat for the twentieth time, not have French officers on board our frigates to search French vessels ? They would acquire a knowledge of •ur seamanship, we grant ; but what is that when weighed against the perils of a war between France and England ? • In its second edition the Commerce states that the Tribu nal of Bilbao had passed judgment on several individuals concerned in the insurrection of last October; twenty are sentenced to death, and twelve to the galleys. Among the former are the Alcade of Bilbao, a judge of one of the courts, the Colonel of Militia, M. Benavides, a deputy, and M. Bastereche, a banker. Among the latter are General Iriarte, and M. Galiano, ea-Minister of State. Luckily, however, all these persons are safe in foreign countries. .13OURE--TARI9, TUESDAY, JUNE 28. First Highest Lowest LEIS Price Price. . Prig.. Prier. French 5 per Cent 5............ 118 65 ... 118 65 ... 118 511 ... 118 60 4per Cents. ..... lOl 60 ... 101 60 ... 101 60 ... 101 60 3 per Cent 5........ 79 —79 ... 78 70 ... 78 80 Birk ci, trance deir.an sank Bel Lian 5 per Cents. 1810 11:4 ... 104 ... 11.4 ... 104 ipanish Active 23% ... 23% ... 23% ... 23)4 Passive 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4% Naapolitan !Orman 11334 ... 103% ... 103%, ... 1(334 ISAILWAI . ;HAREi: St. Germain Vet aallies, It 1. L. 1.1 97 5C ...• 97 50 ... 1/7 50 ... 92 50 Ronan 520 ... 520 ... 515 ... 517 50 Orleans Strasburg to 8a1e.... DUTCH FUN D 3.— AlttirrEaDArd, JUNE 23. &loner. EMIL Actual Ucbt, '2 % per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. A iv.. rt Synclic,o4, per cent 1121( VS k 4 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 75% 76 4 Commercial Company, 4!.., percent.... IM) ito. Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cunt. VI) 1/9 Exchange on LondoN, One month i 2 15 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 7i Twomontlis ..... Dutch Papers, June 29, THE GERMAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—SO de lighted was her Majesty with the performance of the Huguenots at this house on Monday evening, that she has been graciously pleased to command a repetition of it to-morrow evening, when, accompanied by her illustrious Consort and the King and Queen of the Belgians, her Majesty will again honour the German Opera with her presence. Several Foreign Ambassadors, and such of the Nobility as are in attendance upon the Court, will b e pre sent, so that the house will be crowded with the highest rank and fashion in the land. The German company is richly deserving of the most extensive public support, and we trust that it will receive it. Mr. Schloss's ex cellent translation of the Huguenots will enable the English play-goer to enjoy all the beauties of the Opera. and appreciate the richness of the performance without any acquaintance with the German language. THE MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD.—We are happy to announce that the interesting and accomplished Mar chioness of Waterford is pronounced out of danger. We have just received this gratifying intelligence from a source on which we can rely. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY). LONDON, JUNE 30.—Wind this :lay at Noon, N. to N. E. DEAL, JUNE 29.—Wind S.W. moderate.—Arrd. British Queen, New York ; Frederick, St. John's, N.B. Std. Alex• ander Baring, China; Montreal, New York ; Duke of Cla rence, Halifax. Po ILTSMOUTH, J UNE 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. Lady Raffles, London for China. The Eddystone has come into the harbour, and is discharging. CovvEs, JUNE 29.—Arrd. Natchez, Lindsay, Havannah. OFF PORTLAND, JUNE 27. Harmonic, Safstrom, New York for Amsterdam. SWANSEA, JUNE 28.—Arrd. Elizabeth Hughes, Davis, Cuba. BRISTOL, .TUNE 29.—Arrd. Great Western (steamer) Hos kin, New York, sailed 16th inst. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 29.—Wind W. N. W. moderate—Arrd. George 'Washington, Burrows, New York ; Fingalton, Cragg, John's, N. 13. Sid. Rockingham, New York ; Samuel, St. John's, N.B. The Australia, Blanchard, from Bahia, grounded to-day in going into dock. DUBLIN, JUNE 27.—Arrd. Kingston, Richardson, Deme rara. Sid. Pearl, Quebec. Arrd. in the Bay, Pallas, St. John's, New Brunswick. CORK, JUNE 27.—Arrd. Nautilus, Mack wood, Monte Video; Eclipse, Duncan, Windsor, Nova Scotia; Ellen and Margaret, Gunning, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Pigeon, Hiscock, and Dorcas, Newfoundland; Rajah, Fergusson, Canton. BIDEFORD, JUNE 29.—The Crescent, Payne, from Swansea to London, was abandoned 27th inst., leaky ; crew saved. She has since gone ashore on Lundy Island, and is expected to be come a wreck. II um., JUNE 29.—Wind, W.N.W.—Shi. Reward and Ve nerable, Quebec. YARMOUTH ROADS, JUNE 29.—Arrd. Elizabeth Jane, Lea, Leith, for Calcutta, assisted in with loss of topmasts. The following has been received at Lloyd's : NOTICE TO MARINERS. Revolving Light on the Berling Rocks, Coast of Portugal. illtirographic-office, Admiralty, June 27, 1842. A revolving light was established on the Rock, called the Great Berling, on the Coast of Portugal, on the 15th of this month. It stands 365 feet above the sea, and may be seen seven or eight leagues ; and making a complete revolution in three minutes; it presents a strong glare, followed by a sudden eclipse. Ihe Lighthouse stands in lat. 39 deg. 25 min. N., and lon. 9 deg. 31 min. W. of Gret nwich. Navigators are also informed that the Light at Peniche has been discontinued. MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY. A General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held this day, at the Offices of the Company, Cornhill. We sent one of our reporters to attend the meeting, but he was in formed that nothing of public interest would take place at the meeting, as merely routine business would be transacted. CANADA COMPANY.-(THIS DAY) A General Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held this day at their Offices, St. Helen's-place, at one s'clock, for the purpose of declaring a dividend. No other business came before the meeting, and the meeting adjourned at half-past one o'clock. BILL FOR THE BETTER REGULATION OF MUNI CIPAL CORroRATIONs IN ENGLAND AND WALES.—This Bill has for its purpose the explanation and amendment of an Act of the sth and 6th years of William the Fourth, in which a doubt ful signification attached to the words " Contract" and Office or place of profit," in the said enactment, which pre. eluded Councillors, Aldermen, or Municipal Commissioners, holding any such in the gift or disposal of their particu lar Borough council. The new enactment makes the word " Contract " not to extend to leases, sales or purchases of 12nds, tenements, or hereditaments, or any agreements ap pertaining to such, or for the loan of money, or to any security for the payment of money only. Clause B also enacts that hereafter the office of sheriff shall not be deemed an office of profit. '1 he body of the Bill is occupied with regulative clauses for the termination and arrangement of actions, and the payment of costs connected with them, that may have been begun prior to the passing of the Act. A letter from Copenhagen states that the Cham bers are to be consulted as to whether it is necessary to allow the prohibition of foreign sugar to exist. In the duchies the suppression of the prohibition has produced the happiest effects, the price being considerably reduced. r• t • n r 473 ARV Of k 4p e t e' du AND OPtittOn• " Who runs may read." 1 1 07t,EXON. Despatches received by the French Government, state that the French garrison of Miliana, in the interior of Algeria, has suffered a severe check. About 500 French went to ravage the territory of the Mahildouar. Not a house, nor a village, says Major Bisson, who commanded, escaped the flames ; 6,000 oxen, 12,000 sheep. 100 pri soners, and a number of mules,laden with the richest effects, were taken. The Arabs, visited by this wholesale -tic; of robbery and destruction, to the number of 2,000, attacked the French, closing an to man. The combat laster half an hour, and the French commander says he never found enemies so inveterate. The Arabs gave them at length some respite, when the French retreat,ed. The Arabs of rousse pursued, and succeeded in. rescuing their flocks, though the mules laden with the household wealth were brought away by the French in triumph- This affair has been attended with. the loss of two car tains, three lieutenants, four sub-lieutenants, four c orpo . rals, and thirty rank and file, with two officers and seve ral non-commissioned officers and privates wounded. Count d'Appony, the Austrian Ambassador, returned with his family to Paris on Satuday night, after an eh' 1, sence on leave for eight months. On Sunday he vi sited . ; the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and afterwards went to the King and Royal family at Neuilly, where he pa w, the day. A correspondent of the National at Toulon, in a basil" postscript, to a letter with Levant and port news of re % 1 interest, says—" A telegraphic dispatch arrived here, ,•, ` this evening (the date is not given) , recalling th e Prince de Joinville to the Tuileries. Orders have been gien to the steamer Sphinx to go after the squadron and brl n g back the captain of the Belle Poule. We are loss i" o ti conjectures as to the cause of this sudden recal." • The Gazette de Madrid of the 21st of June says that : 41 the Government is desirous that justice and firmn ess- • 1 : should preside over all' the acts of the ne,v Mitdatri• This idea may be summed up in three points —fidelity t" the Constitution, probity in administration, and the le timate consequences of the Ist of• September. The Con' stitution swor.' to represent the - three principles of e th Spanish monarchy—the throne of Isabella 11., a rePre . sentative Government, and the Catholic religion. rr °- bity will be the base of all the acts of the Governmesto which will be true to the highest morality. A atr i , cs publicity—a rigorous vigilance over those employ ee " such will be the Minister's device. This is all too geu" to be true. "Fine words butter no parsnips." The following account of the movement of the port ' 5 Odessa is given in a German journal : — From Nov. 10 1841, to April 30, 1e42, there arrived at Odessa 96 English vessels, 63 Austrian, 54 Russian , 30 Sardilli lll4 ' '4 25 Greek, 10 lonian, 8 Sicilian, 6 Belgian , 4 Turkish, 2 Saniiot, 1 French, 1 Tuscan, 1 Dutch , and 1 Wil,l" lachian, in all 302 vessels, 167 with lading , and 1351" • ballast, giving a tonnage of 79,751 tons. The depar tures were 82 English vessels, 48 Russian, 40 Austria t il ' 27 Greek, 21 Sardinian, 1 2 lonian, 6 Belgian , 4 Turkis''' 2 Sicilian, 2 Dutch, 1 French, 1 Tuscan, 1 Prussia' 6 • 1 Samiot, and 1 Wallachian, making a total of 249 yes sels, 205 with lading, and 44 in ballast , represe nting capacity of 70,180 tons. A letter of the 11th instant from Belgrade, quoted by the Leipsic Gazette, says—" The Ottoman Gov er° ' went has decided that, in future, the Rajahs of the pr'i; vinces shall receive their letters and remittances, wh' e , have hitherto been sent through the Austrian post, WY, by the Turkish post. Now, as the mail for W )e res an d Salonica leaves Constantinople only twice a-week, as that by Bulgaria is not yet organised , it may be Will seen what a severe stroke trade and commerce m ust t ceive from this resolution. Besides, the Rajahs are . mistrustful and apprehensive, that they will not confiure, either their letters or their money to the Turkisirr, and hope that the Austrian Ambassador will interpes in their favour." The Austrian Observer states, under its Constariti'. nople head, that the last news from Trebizond IT; nounced that Sir H. McNeil, Britannic Envoy at t • Court of Persia, was performing piarantiee in that tocui'l and that he reckoned setting -out for Constantinopl e ° • the Bth instant. The Prussian State Gazette of the 23d inst. pu blish e r s , '- an order of the day of the Russian Minister of We,„ dated St. Petersburgh, the 15 th, giving rathe r a 1)°,',50 pous- account of an unimportant affair between Cossacks and some Circassians at Chapazai , in whico, the latter were defeated, and lost two pieces of can to The same order of the day relates another affair, ' which the Russians took a small fort of two guns. PARLIAMENTARY. The Peers only met yesterday to pass through a l a i stages the Bill for staying the operation of the J urish Lion of Justices Bill.. In the Commons, after the presentation of petitio, ns ; and after 'Sir Robert Peel had informed Dr. Bowl that the Government did not wish to interfere in Ter, l '.„ e ;, with the appointment of pachas, while, at the same t"'', he delivered a lecture on the Government of TarhT e Sir J. Graham moved the first reading of the e b ri ° e ' r s • Bill, and moved the suspension of the Standing Or .1l that it might be speedily passed. Lord John llto,s`o, took the opportunity to notice the bungling of the vernment. Mr. Thomas Duncombe took the opportunity of c al t a l' ing Mr. Guulburn's attention to the fact that the W et; of Guardians of the poor at No rwich, had issued tiel e , for 'small sums, which answer t he p ur p ose of bank net d Mr. Goulburn promised that justice should be done, e assured the House he had not before heard of the n t issue of small notes. In the end the Bill was rea d and a second time. his Mr. Roebuck brought up another Report from vi j Committee, which recommended that no person 5110 05 be present but the witnesses under examination• th e moving that the Report be laid on the table , d Hon. Member made a speech, th e g ist of which wif,, ask the Commons to sanction and con fi r m the prec's'ept ings of the Committee, which had the unanimous co n of Colonel Sibthorp moved to dissolve the C 0 The House divided, and the motion to lay the Re r r the table was carried, by 177 to 45. 1 ,601 ct Mr. Roebuck then moved that Mr. Cochrane 'sips. attend on the Committee and give evidence. The teo4'l,l Member stated his reasons why he objecte d toet the Committee ; and it having been stated fre, ° . l , Chair that there was no precedent for coropei s "ok, 4 Member to attend the Committee, the debate 100 1 journed to Monday to look for precedents, and 0 mittee was appointed to make the search. ent 'seal - On the motion to read the SinlburY Disfrauch l o sey?' Bill a third time, and after Mr. Blackstone had Ili a his 'amendment, the House was counted out, to journed. The expression of ß the P IC rimOPINION.e Minister in the late de b . B , 4 o' A ffghanistan, with regard to their bearing on Ros' 1 ":, Sir viewed in the following tight by the Morning Ifermid do e s ' Peel honestly declares that he believes that R°51,1-eligf! now support England in Asia. We freely join in that e in doing so, Russia pursues her own interests , hefarfolle, finds in the present British Government what sh e la ito in the principal European Cabinets for a century Po' the te e the memorable words of the Quarterly Review) , t with which she works.' But independently of the hooe s i ,, 'Ol , fidence of our Ministers in the support of Russia, there:: suspect, in their minds a sense of necessity for relying ° e " o tet support—a fear that Russia can and may disturb ou, r , tet t ' . possessions, and, consequently, a dread of being comp' sist her supposed influence in that quarter." tof 't;e The Times treats humorously upon the appoir.tmen - t pfi ' 0 Roebuck's Committee :—" Mr. Roebuck continues to world of his anxiety to spare the rulings of those gejlat o ty r o whom his Committee is intended to expose. A nd do our readers suppose that his affecti o nate considers," 0 ( ; taken Ile is absolutely killing them with kindnesie—l!eoloti4Pe good. He is actually pressing the House to adopt a ,choir of —and this simply to spare the feelings of the parties ,!.."1,01 is to disgrace—that even Members of the House of Liv o itie l , P o , shall not be allowed to enter the chamber of the 1 0 e o f p g He is absolutely afraid that the too sensitive feelinit gentlemen whose character is at stake should revol t if off :; their evidence before any other witness than himsei es day eight familiars—this evidence, which next We aP e fore te tt Thursday is, as Mr. Roebuck hopes, to be brought hircol3 House of Commons, printed in a blue book, and c Pot) through the kingdom, price eighteenpence.” th e The Morning Post makes the subjoined remarks on t , ig ae, io ‘ sent results of free trade, and the system of be a ' - dor ka s prices :—" Since 1819 this nation has been graduall,Y • 1 0 ,iie more and more of the free-trade notions and prineit l oo eg k at no . been more and more bringing them into action. , 00 1: 1 1 , e a, result. Look at the condition of our traders and 0 1 ,6, 1 , 1 0 factoring population. But we were prosper ous in Misers and it is conceivable that after the present gulph of in it c • been passed we may be prosperous again i n 1844, busf,alltolis tainly is not at all probable that even if we are, w e ,,,,ere ti e of tinue so for any length of time. As we are circl - e TA W 4 0 cannot be prosperous without doing more than in t rea sor i ; to things any country can continue to do. And th e be en •ole submit, is plain. The tendency of our policy ha,%. o oo ol o ch beat down prices and profits that no moderate an d . e 0 e ns business will suffice for us. If we be not doing o° c o e ' T he. as the demand of the whole world actually retloi,! .e6 ; o 6ts• 00 0 4 to be languishing. We are not making enough of pooch 101 41 , • result is too much work—then stagnation—then 14)° ,0 t . ..f °g o 0' again—then stagnation again, and so the conditiOn clay En oscilates, the condition of the worlo c i or s :, t he England gradually becoming (as a whole) worse tl' e co e The decision of Chief Justice Pennefather , in t " the IVP. ce ,!,, Ise fast Vindicator, is thus commented upon Y ti jet fosti fer Chronicle:—" The law as laid down by the adhered to, would annihilate all liberty of amounts to this, that no person has a right to .t faro any part of the conduct of any man in auth°, l- 2 e / I,rit s oo th e o r d faa' t ~ proceedings in a Court of Law, or petition to ; 1 0, " o v ert li d In practice the law is that any man may, aT, at i o n matters of public concernment, and the 1in1 1 . 1 .. e life . o that truth shall be adhered to. The whole pt! ,, , i l f Jt otc, e i v ot! land is an open infraction of the law of Lord Chwi that t we e i: nefather. Every public meeting, every Pu r o n n a ore of lished, contains matter reflecting more or le" the h ol de ' office. By the Irish reading of Eng:ish lase , e ba t of England are in the habitu .1 violation of the Ja he l a w; c ola say that he is not correct in his exposition of t"reatest re contend that were such law to be acted on, the , tion everira.,knoowzrnnyttLeT;sztlidis;mouldeboe Tvie ff era cte% l l7. o. nth le ' The General Shipowners' Society held day. S t i e r nual meeting at the London Tavern yester.oa.l: ! r ; _ Napier, Mr. Robert Barry, Mr. George e e d . to ettoe er t eet.i leading British shipping-masters ot the ~ e pu u la sent. The Report, which was of great l en t g li t t ". a meliorations which had taken place in tariff, C . regarding officers, anchorages, the s ound -t oo. at tp PUBLIC lIVIPEOUVIVII'Int of th e „ glf e The Select Committee on the " Iraprov ern ti `,evid en ,, - fea t ! tre t o of Towns," has just closed its labours, anaits le will shortly be laid before the public•• , that is an unanimous declaration of the inenleor!,, Ac t o e,,,, o n o f s , towns " ought absolutely to be discontinu moot, and it is further recommended that 1, 1 7 e t oet cese ee j o , to 45 d subject be in the first instant certain large towns and, ~.I )°Pu and Sr. 11 wber of. 50,000 ; but that Westminster tsuuey __ a ny_ eo tte tures for the celebrated dead, tsnd family „'` s u ,„ t he °V ~v 4( 0 11 ' the(°ntinedlation °' fa, a" s erge' e robic' a th s e p A ri e v t a . te property, should be exempted At Windsor Castle several tank s of c°1:1i"-- q.. 1 1, 0%10 et A ti • b k :;, ti4 R