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UNRIVALLED , DISTRIBUTION !-8,200 MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided en 30th No vember next, amongst 8,200 selected Bonds of the Loan nego dated in the year 1820, and guaranteed by the Government and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE of BADEN. Distribution at Carlsruhe, the Metropolis of Baden, on 20th November next. 1 Dividend 50,000 Florins ...... 1 do. 2.5,000 " 1 • do. 12,000 " 1 do. W.OOO " 1 do. 5,000 8 do. 1,000 10 do. 500 10 - do. 200 WO do. 110 200 do. 105 467 do. 100 1,300 do, 94 50,000 Florins 25,000 12,000 " 10,000 " 5,000 8,000 " 5,000 " 2,000 " 22,000 21,000 ►' 46,700 " 636,299 " 8,200 Money Dividends, amounting to 802,900 Florins, or 741,4001. Sterling Money. S t 2oo selected .13onds, each of which obtains one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ '7 16 8 12 florins equal to £1 sterling. a trifle more or less, as per the day's exchange. All the Dividends payable without any deduction whatever. Direct for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Bonds are on sale now at £l2 10s. After Ilith August, if rat earlier, a higher rate will be established, since the stock does not suffice for the orders. Those who remit £l5 before a rise in price will have been established, will receive an order for the surplus of £2 100., together with a warranted SELECTED Bond. To those whose order reaches us too late for being attended to, their remittance will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. Hamburgh, 26th July, 1842. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 6. Will be presented LOST AND WON.—Leyton, Mr. Diddear ; Catered, r. W. H. Bland; Mistress Leyron, Miss Faucit. After which, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.—BowbeII, Mr. Harley; Azar, Mr. Bafier ; Niza, M s. Hughes. To he followed by the Musical Play of THE EXILE —Paron Al tradoff, Mr. J. Bland ; Count Calmar, Mr. Barker ; Petroff Servitz, Mr. Harley ; Daran, Mr. J. Vining ; Alexina, Miss Faucit ; Cathe yin-, Miss Murray To conclude with the New Burlesque ♦allet, called GRIZELLE!— ( haracters by Signor Oxberrini and Madlle. Louisotta Fairbro_ t nerini. Boxes, 4s. Pit, es.— Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six; commence at Seven ; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box.office ; Ind of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In eonsequence•of the imrr ense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnansbula," supported by the first Musical talent this country can produce, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, AUGUST 6. The performances will commence with Behini's LA SONNAM BULA.—Amina. Miss Romer; Liza, Mrs. Serie; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvin, Mr. W. Harrison; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted • y Mr. G. Stansbury. After which, THE QUAKEIL—Steady, Mr. Leffler. TO conclude with THE ARTFUL DC/DUE—Demosthenes Dodge, Mr. G. Wild. Places and Private Boxes may be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box Office, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectffilly intbrused th at ON MONDAYS, 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 render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and 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. Tha BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con. meted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES USW A LES selected( rem the noblest works of the great Masters. The I LI.O MINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIR A N DOLA of ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgeous Itectacles and maguitieent introductions that have called forth ac. clanmations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex. hibition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASCADE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SDCI 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, tairundola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays.'ruesdays, AL d ursdays. Adnssssion One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "11. Sudbury Electlr."—ln our paper of July 9, Com. taons' Debate, the date for the suspension of the Sud bury Writ should be "August 12," instead of "Au. gust 3," as there by error reported. f“.(41-1 w 'rElt AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. lilorning.4... 13 minutes after 1 I Evening ..... 42 minutes after 1. '• 446 .0 ! 4s „ —4tY l 3 ,Ar"'N'Zici' 14.11.**rembt. 77- lii, i t _Sulu LONDON: SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1842. In the House of Commons last night Mr. D'IsuAELI inquired of Sir R. PEEL whether the statement were authi•ntic that the British troops had been ordered- to withriraw from Affghanistau ? Sir R. PEEL replied that .ho understood despatches had been received, but he had not :yet had an opportunity of reading them. It was un der:stood about the House that Sir ROBERT is to give sonse further information on the subject to-day, in con stria .nce of an interrogatory put by Lord PALMERSTON. Th e ,evening before Sir ROBERT admitted, in answer to Mr. I eISRAEL; that a narrative of the occurrences in Affght :nistan, such as that described in the Indian Journa's. had been received in England ; but it was of mirt h a a ature that it could not be produced without a breach 01' confidence. The fact of that report having arrived, and the statement of its nature, are calculated to confirm Ithe terrible suspicions excited by the articles of the Boozy Times. Before Parliament separates, the fullest information on this momentous subject, which deeply concer.ls the honour and the power of 'England, ought to be laisi before it. We cannot allow Mr. T. BUNCOMBE'S motion for the release of the C.4artist lecturer, Mr. AlAsoN, and the seven working mon. now confined in Stafford gaol, to pass without expressing our hearty approbation of his great though unsuccessful exertions. The motion was for an Address to her MAJESTY to liberate these men. It did mot in terms call in question the decision of the Court which passed sentence on them, but it was founded on an: opinion that the constable had in the first instance oyevstepped his duty, and that the Magistrates had only sanex ioned his arbitrary injustice. It was to be ex pected., therefore, that Sir JAMES GRAnAm, who had strenuously advocated the propriety of a constable being allowod to decide concerning the sedition of language which he might by possibility not comprehend, would resist Xt.. DUNCOMBE'S motion. He did so ; and baying an unscrupulous majority to back him, it was negatived. The Minister decided that there should be no addretts to the Ministers, usurping the name and functions of the Sovereign, to pardon Mr. MASON. The source of mercy, which is also the source of power, was dried by the dictum of Sir J. GRAHAM, to justify a med. dling constable. We congratulate the Whigs on having returned, on this occ.lsion, to their ancient constitutional doctrines ; and we congratulate their Journals on their revived zeal for poprt,lar rights; but we cannot forget, nor allow the public to. forget, that in 1839 and 1840 they did not act on the principles they now espouse. We had then to censure them as severely as they now censure the Tories. Had they ,then listened to our advice, and been as ra tional in atfice as they are in Opposition—had they acted on their present principles, in the cases of STI:PLIENS, IVDOUALL, LOVETT, COLLINS, and the Bir mingham meeting, they would not have been so much hR ted as they now are by the bulk of the working popu hi ion. The change in the Ministry, which we, in coin nn with others, objected to, has had the extraordinarily be neficial effect of converting the Tories to free traders, &I id the Melbourne Whigs into advocates of popular ights and liberties. No person treats his friends more scurvily than Sir • PEEL. lie has silently but certainly compelled th e D uke of RICHMOND to swallow his own threat. The po Cr squires, who at the election rode, and run, and bit tstered in every county and at every town where they him I any influence, to return the friends of Sir R. PEEL, h a p re been obliged to accept grinding Bills, importation of ~.cattle, reduced duties on potatoes and meat, &c., and at tm Iry other things which they mortally hate, and have se lan •ely dared to murmur their discontent. The deceived p; mons, too, who set such a splendid dining and speaking ex 4 anp.le, who in their zeal for this world's favour sea rued careless of the next, and risked their salvation to pro mote the success of their party, are not to be allowed, afte r all they have done and suffered, to filch from the peg ple as large an amount as possible for Church-rates witi tout even rendering an account of the money they calk 'et. They are quite indignant that they were not take a into the councils of the Cabinet before it assented to S it J. EASTROPE'S motion, and they are still more India Dant at the calmness with which the Premier be- Ito) a s the bellowings of their impotent rage. To have ass el nod to the " motion of a low Radical, a decided enemy to - tho Church," is complete treason to the party; and we hal re the authority of the Post for saying that the High-Church supporters of SIR R. PEEL are ex tre oe v ; dissatisfied at the cavalier treatment they have ree eive,i from the Right llonourable Gentleman. lE 6e spites the Herald by obstinately following out Lord lERSTON'fi foreign policy, though that journal says , the I V oble Lord ought to bo impeached ; and Thursday he eves. a dared to blow up the great Times itself, Sir FRANC IS BURDETT, and the lightning inventor, whom they h tve taken under their express patronage. ore after at. tother Sir R. PEEL slaps his friends and sup porters in the face, and they say " it is very dist s ressi b n a g li but whit - :t is the use of making a noise about it, we only get • laughed at as ninnies ; we shall give an ed.. ition triumph to those hated free traders and Radical nti.t ;tin rchmen. There is no use in taking any notice of it To bringback the Whig's would do us no good; and therefore, though we are very much disappointed and dissatisfied, yet still, as we cannot make better of it, we thing it needless to weaken the Government by finding fault." So, with the meekness of lambs, the overbearing squires and the arrogant priesthood receive the chastise ment of the Premier. Our readers may perhaps remember that about two years ago we had to combat the extravagant assertions of the Times in relation to the inventions of a Captain WARNER. That journal held up this intrepid adventurer as one of the greatest pyrotechnical geniuses that had ever existed. He had invented, that journal assured us, an explosive compound that would blow up the rock of Gibraltar. At the distance of six miles he could knock down the strongest walls, and scatter a line-of-battle ship into fragments as easily as a child dashes its toys to pieces. This wonderful genius was known as the Light ning Inventor, and it was a kindred genius made the Thunderer take him under his especial patronage and protection. For not allowing this paragon of a destroyer to pro secute his experiments at the public expense—for not giving him a great sum of money, and so pre;enting him from carrying off his invention to Russia or France, to the permanent injury and dishonour of Great Rritain, Lord MELBOURNE and the Earl of MINTO were spoken of by the Times as the.enemies of their country. They were said to be sacrificing its honour, and risking its safety, by not patronising and rewarding the lightning inventor. We are not sure that our Contemporary did not conditionally threaten those Noblemen with im peachment for their studied neglect of Captain WARNER; but we are quite sure that the Times praised his inven tions to the skies, and denounced the Whig Ministers most vehemently, for not profiting by them, and reward ing the inventor. On Thursday that pattern of political honour and con sistency, who is every way worthy of the Times, Sir F. BURDETT, brought Mr. WARNER'S inventions under the notice of the House, and moved for a Select Committee, to inquire into his negotiations with the Government. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, who had been appointed to examine the subject immediately stated that every op portunity had been given to Mr. WARNER to prove his assertions ; he had been invited, coaxed even, to perform his wonderful feats, and receive in a full purse the great reward of a nation's gratitude, but he had not made his appearance. Hulks and forts were prepared, but not Mr. WARNER. His familiars, probably, got sulky and would not come to his call, or the atmosphere was damp, and his electrical machine would not work ; at all events Mr. WARNER did not achieve the mighty things the Times promised in his name. Mr. BROTHERTON men tioned on Thursday that the immaculate patriot had pre viously. sold his invention to DON PEDRO ; Sir G. COCRBURN deprived him of his rank, by declaring that he never was in tha navy; and Sir ROBERT PEEL, by taking the same course as Lord MELBOURNE, completely vindicated the Noble Lord's conduct, and testified to the accuracy of his judgment. By one shell he blew Captain WARNER, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, and the Times out of the water, and left these battered and bruised personages to console one another. It was very spiteful in Sir ROBERT to defend Lord MELBOURNE, and to disparage the Times. It was still more spiteful to resist his dear friend, and send Sir FRANCIS BURDETT into the lobby with only a single joint in his tail. The Hon. Baronet's motion was sup ported by only 2 votes, and 72 were given against it. We 'apprehend that will extinguish for ever Captain, or Mr. WARNER'S claims on the national gratitude. There is yet one place of refuge for him. We recommend him to carry his scheme to the Chinese; they will at once ap preciate an invention which will destroy the barbarians' ships in a manner so agreeable to their caution. They are fond of boasting, and the lightning inventor would most likely be there elevated to the rank of a deity. It used to be the boast of English gentlemen, that they were to be believed on their honour, while other men could scarcely be credited on their oath. Hence, in a certain House, whatever a Member asserts, the other Members, for the honour of the whole body, are bound to admit it to be true. But this conventional respect for each other's word seems not to extend beyond Parlia ment, and ever since Lord STANLEY stated that his friend Sir R. PEEL was a capital hand at dressing up a statement for the House, a suspicion has grown up in the public mind that all the things as serted by those honourable men may perchance not be true. So we see that Sir JAMES Gum:rases asser tions in the case of Mr. M‘Dou.w., at Deptford, that there had been a riot in the chapel, where the seats were broken up, that the meeting at the Broadway was a continuation of the meeting at the chapel, are ques tioned by Mr. WADE, one of the trustees of the chapel, who seems not to share the conventional respect which Members of the House of Commons have for each other's assertions. Mr. WADE affirms that there was an interruption at the chapel, but he denies that the building was in any way damaged, and he proves that both Sir R. PEEL and Sir J. GRAJIAM have dressed up the Deptford case for the House of Commons and the Tory public. If we are not to believe the assertion of Members of Parliament, of what value or utility can the laws be of which are founded on those assertions? The Parliament has already sunk very low, but to what depth it will reach if the public generally discredit the assertions of Members, no man can tell. If Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, &c., have no love for truth, the sooner they assume it, and convince the world, if they can, that they are in earnest, the better for them and for the world. A careful perusal of all the intelligence brought by the overland mail relative to the war in Affghanistan is not calculated to impress an attentive and generally well informed reader with a conviction of our ultimate triumphs in that country. Large as is the force already there, it appears that we can effect little or nothing from want of camels, gun-carriages, waggons, and a ne cessary supply of provisions and water. General POL LOCK'S force is suffering severely from climate, want of baggage, and deficiency of food. For a whole month 10,000 men had been at Jellalabad doing nothing. The expenditure of beasts of burden in the Affghan war has been enormous. General TroLLocK had but 3,500 camels at Jellalabad, and had written to the Government of India that without 7,000 more, he could not advance upon the city of Caubul. Since the commencement of the war, 68,000 camels had been seat t o C au b u l, so t h at . . the stock in India was almost exhausted. The heavy guns, too, had all been left behind, as the Passes could only be forced by the lightest pieces of artillery. The Calcutta Star—a highly rvspectable journal —states posi tively that Lord ELLENBOROUGH has already resolved to seize the first decisive victory over the Affghans to evacuate the country altogether. The Editor asserts that he himself saw an order from the Aeljutant- General's Office, dated "May 14, 1842," beginning Instructions having been issued for the with drawal within the British provinces of the troops serving west of the Indus, it has become necessary to make arrangements for the comforts of the different corps during their march across the Punjaub." The Bombay Times applauds this policy, 1.4 s wise, just, and necessary. The war there has already cost us upwards of seven mil- .ons sterling, and cannot be maintained at a less sum than three millions annually, of which two millions in coined silver must be drawn annually from the Indian Treasury, never to return to it. " Our armies," says that Journal, " are dispirited by mishap, and the ofli. cers ruined by their own expenses, and beyond measure sick of the war. We have no baggage cattle to carry our artillery or commissariat, nor is it possible, at any price, to procure them. The winter sets in beyond the mountains early in November, and the snows are not entirely cleared away before April arrives ; so that as we have no fortified post, camp, or cantonment—and shrunk before from the cost of their construction at Caubul—any expedition which could have been undertaken would have been for a few months only ; the enemy would have eluded us among the mountains, and our army would have to fall back pell • mell in October, leaving us to renew the war again next year at an expense of twenty millions sterling. We therefore consider the order for the abandonment of the country, said to have been issued by the Governor- General, as the most wise and manly one that could have been resolved upon." When to these considerations are added the alleged treachery of Sir W. M`NAGHTsmr, which led to his murder, and the fearful massacre that followed, it would seem that we cannot too soon wash our' hands of that country. The Journal of General ELPftiNsTosE, now in the hands of the British Govern ment, " shows," says the Bombay Times, " that Sir W. M'NACRTEN lost his life in consequence of having laid an ambush to get into his hands the Caubul chiefs as sembled to meet him in conference ! Two regiments were in readiness to have rushed out upon'thorn, secured them, and carried them to the camp. The intended treachery was discovered in Airne, by the Affghans, who accordingly prepared a counterplot to carry the Envoy and his attendants into Caubul. Sir W. APNAcirrEN would not suffer himself to be placed on horseback—a violent altercation ensued—blows were exchanged, when the Sirdar seized a pistol, and shot him on the spot.' , Another account says : " For several days before the last fatal confereftoo, th e Envoy exhibited a di sc omposure and irritability of temper altogether foreign to his nature. He became silent at the same ti me , an d uncommunicative ; and although something of unusual moment at emed to be harassing him, he avoided all intercourse or consultation with his usual friends and advisers. On directing a couple of . regiments with guns to be got ready for emergent ser vice, Gen. Elphinstone caution e d hi m as t o th e steps whi ch appeared to be in contemplation—the peculiar nature of which was kept strictly concealed. The Envoy said snap pishly that he need not concern himself about the matter, but have the troops ready when required—the plot thickened well, and would evolve itself apace. The plot, Tour Excellency !' said the Commander-in-Chief, Plot is an ominous word in the mouth of an English man It proved too true. It was an ill-omene'd word for Caubul ! These things, which now begin to trans pire in fragments, will by and bye be brought to light entire. A war commenced in injustice, appears to have been conducted throughout in the midst of delusi7us, and terminated in one of the saddest attempts at fraud and faithlessness for which a Briton ever yet required to blush." As everything connected with this mysterious affair is of the utmost importance, we quote yet a thud frag- ment:— " Sir W. M`Naghten appears, for some time before his demise, to have acted like a fated man ; he revealed his resolutions to no one, and sought the sympathies of none. We have already noticed his order for a couple of Re giments, with guns, to pounce upon the Chiefs as sembled for conference. On his way to join them on the fatal 23d of December. Captain Mackenzie—who, like the rest, feared the consequences of an ambush or counterplot—warned him that he was walking into a pitfall, and that a trap was laid for him ; he would listen to nothing—but like one destined to destruction, rushed upon his fate. The expression used by the party who placed the head of the Envoy before Ameen Oola —that Sir William M'Naghten had wished to have the insurgent chief's head, but had lost his own in going in quest of it—as reported by the early narrators, now be comes intelligible to us, referring., as it doubtless does, to the foul play intended by the Envoy." The Bombay Times concludes an interesting article on the affairs of Affghanistan, as follows : " We refer our readers to the fragments of the memoir of General Elphinstone. The last named paper was sent home by the steamer of the 23d of May. Parliament, we trust, will insist on its publication. It shows that to the former Governor-General we owe it that cantonments were not constructed at Caubul fitting for our army, and that to his ill-judged parsimony we are indebted for the outbreak of the Ghilzies of the passes, who revenged themselves, first on Sir Robert Sale, and afterwards on the retiring army of General Elphinstone, in consequence of the tribute which had been undertaken to be paid them being withdrawn.. The letters of Sir Alexan der Burnes to the Government of India, betwixt 1837 and 1839, have been moved for in Parliament. This is not half enough ; we must have his communications to the Envoy, from December 1839, to July 1841. We must also have the whole of the 'papers .of Mr. Ross Bell, connected with the affairs of Scinde ; and those of Captain Bean on Shawl affairs and we shall then be able to judge whether it arose from a series of untoward and unlooked for accidents, or a system of unprincipled recklessness and mad mis management, that the late fearful crisis in our affairs was brought about. In addition to this, we demand the personal examination of Mr. Charles Masson, an indi vidual admitted in 1838, by the Supreme Government, to have more knowledge of these ill-omened countries, than all the rest of their employes put together. There are in his possession, certain papers, which will, in all likelihood, snake their appearance on his examination; which, conjoined with the other documentS already re ferred to, will make the people of England stare !" We give elsewhere some interesting details of the war with China, to which we especially invite the attention of our readers. TLere is no news of any political interest in the French Journals. The Chamber of Deputies is en gaged with the verification of election returns, aLs ay s a disagreeable part of the business of the session. Madrid Journals of the 27th ult. have reached us. They bring no news of any interest. On the Bourse on that day two bargains were transacted in the Threes for a million of reals, at 21k, for sixty days ; and 32 bar gains in the Fives for 20,200,000 reals at 30 8-l6:1 for cash, 301, I, 34, at various dates, with the eleven coupons. OLD GLORY AGAIN.-Sir Francis Burdett does not grow wiser as he grows older. Few but must remember his zealous patronage of St. John Long, that remarkable medical gelius, whose peculiar lot it was to rub two female patients to death within the short space of twenty four hours, and to enhance the comfort and felicity of a third, by boring a hole in her back, about the size of a parish poor-box ;—few, we say, but must remember Sir Francis's zealous patronage of this individual, and his startling statement that he had seen a flash of light rubbed out of one of his patient's heads ! Thursday the credulous Baronet figured in the House of Commons as the patron of an invention equally extraordinary with that of St. John Long ; and called on the House to grant a Committee to investigate the merits of a projectile, which could destroy a line-of-battle ship at the distance of six miles, and with a battery erected at the Isle of Wight, lay Portsmouth in ashes ! Captain Warner, who is the inventor of.this tremendous projectile, may really be able to accomplish with it the wonderful feats just alluded to. We pass no opinion on the practicability or otherwise of his scheme ; but cannot help observing that Sir Francis Burdett's patronage of it, looks exceedingly suspicious, and gives it an appear ance of quackery, that possibly may not belong to it. If Captain Warner—to use Sir Robert Peel's expres sion—" be blown out of the water," it will not be so much by the Premier's opposition to his claims, us by Old Glory's support of them. TAE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1842. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES.—THURSDAY (coNcLuDED). Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each Col: Wyndham's Singleton, 3 yrs 2 5 1 1 Mr. Smith's Knightsbridge, 4 yrs 1 6 2 2 Mr. Rush's br gby Requisite, 4 yrs. Mr. Goodman's Chummy, 3 yrs Mr. Theobald's Glonnary, 3 yrs Mr. Priaulx's Sister to Cheat, 4 yrs 5 3 dr Mr. Balchin's Affection, 4 yrs The winner was claimed. FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats. T. Y.C. The winner to be sold for 200/., &c. (5 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinek's Miss Heathcete, aged, I let 101 b 2 1 1 111x.Theobald's Pocahontas, 5 yrs, flat 21b .. Mr. Tolieu's Delusion, aged, l Ist 101 b, went to the post, and at the word " Go" went off with Pocahontas, and after a tolerable race, was beaten cleverly ; it then appeared that Miss Heathcote bad been left behind, and that it was no start. De lusion was then drawn. The first heat was won on the post by a head, and the others in a canter. A Free Handicap Plate of 501., given by the Stewards. Heats. The New Course. Sir G. Heathcote's Nora Creina, 4 yrs, 7st6lb (Crouch) 1 1 Lord G. Bentinck's St. Jean d'Acre, 3 yri, bat 101 b... 2 0 Mr. Balchin's Affection, 4 ps, 6st 811 Lord Chesterfield's f by M uley Moloch—Young Petuaria, 3 vrs, 6st • Mr. 'Rush s ch g by Plenipotentiary, out of Obelisk's dam, 3 yrs, 75t... ...... .. 4 4 First Heat-6 to 4 agst Nora Creina, and 4to 1 agst St. St Jean d'Acre. Won in a canter. Second Heat-2 to lon Nora Creina. Won by two lengths, A dead heat for second place. Handicap Plate of 401. Mile heats. The first heat was won by Colonel Wyndham's Singleton, and the second by Mr. Balchin's Dromedary. The third heat was not run when our account left. Chummy and Glenury started, but were drawn after the first heat. _ . SALISBURY RACES.—THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. One mile. Lord G. Bentinck's Peloponnessus, 3 yrs, walked over. The Stand Plate of 100 sovs. added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each. Ii ft, and 5 - only if declared. Two miles. Mr. Treen's Una, 4 y - rs Lord I'almerston's None, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Sadler's Defy, 4 yrs, Est 121 b The Gold Cup of 100 sovs. T wo miles. Mr. Herbert's Arctic, aged (Rogers) 1 Mr. Treen's Una, 4 yrs The City Members' Plate ofso/., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 3 ft. Mile and three-quarters. Mr. Etwall's Thistle Whipper, 4 yrs 0 0 1 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Peloponnesus, 3 yrs 1 0 dr Duke of Richmond's The Currier, 6 yrs 0 dr The Scurry Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added. T.Y. C. Mr. Etwall's Palladium, 3 yrs (W. Day) 1 Mr. Sadler's Bellissima, aged 2 Mr. Herbert's Teetotaller, 3 yrs HAVERFORDWEST RACES—TUESDAY. The Pembrokeshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, li ft, &c. Two miles. Mr. Gough's Fausta, 4 yrs (Dodgson) 1 Mr. Langley's Rancour, 4 yrs Mr. Parr's Rough Robin, 5 yrs Mr. Henderson's Seabreeze, 4 yrs . 4 The Handicap of 5 sovs. each was won, in two heats, by Mr. Henderson's Greedy Sam ; and the Sweepstakes, by Mr. Gough's Greenfinch. Handicap Sweeptakes of 1 soy. each, and 50 added. Heats, two miles. Mr. Gough's Fausta, 4 yrs (D o d gson ) 1 1 Mr. Parr's Rough Robin, 5 yrs 2 dr Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added. Heats, two miles. Mr. Langley's Rancour, 4 yrs (Bradley) 1 1 Mr. Parr's Ate, 3 yrs The Handicap of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, was won by Mr. Gough's Greenfinch. NEWPORT (SALOP) RACES—TUESDAY. The North Shropshire Stakes of 3 sm. each, and 20 added. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Davies' fby Bran—Greenfinch's darn, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Walters' Miss Winney, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Standbank's Hooka, and two others ran. The Ncvvport (Hundicap) Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10ft., - - &c. Thrice round. Mr. Morris's Fat Tack, aged walked over. The Cavalry Cup was won by Taffy, and the Ladies' Purse by Brunette. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with the Stand Parse added. _ Heats a mile and a half. Mr. Arthur's The Star, 4 yrs (Marlow) 0 1 1 Mr. I)enham's Staivenir filly, 4 yrs Mr. Peace's Wide Awake, 3 yrs , 3 3 3 Mr. Stundbaa's Hooka, 3 yrs Mr. Hewitt's Rebecca, 4 yrs The Avolate Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, were wun in two heats by Mr. Robinson's Finality, beat ing Query And two others ; and the Cavalry Plate by Mr. Haynes's Miss Middleton. The Bordeaux journals state that during a thunder storm, a few days ago, in the commune of Mios, the electric fluid fell on a quantity of cattle, and killed 100 of them, and the two keepers. Ile responsible Editor of the Gazette, de France, M. Aubry Foucault, vas taken on Monday to St. Pe lagie, t 3 undergo the year's impritonnient to which he hal been tenttneeJ by the Court of Assize. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND ti bite JAHattoti. " Who runs may read." POREIGN. The original columns of the Paris journals are full of comments upon sq ua bbl es i n th e Chamber of De puties about contested elections. They are of no im portance to the English public. A letter from Nuremberg says :—" The highly im portant undertaking of the canal connecting the Rhine and the - Danube is near its completion, that portion of it, in the vicinity of Neumark and • Altdorf; where stupendous excavations have been required, being accomplished under the direction of M. Spaeth, civil engineer of Nuremberg. The Government had in tended that the whole should be opened by the end of July, but it appears that the line between Nu remberg and Bamberg will be the only part opened to the public this year. Another undertaking connected with the canal, and of equal importance, the establishment of a railroad from Augsburg to the Saxon frontier by Nu remberg and Bamberg, has at length been begun, the King of Bavaria, himself taking a lively interest in it. The delay has been painful to the public, who attributed it to an apprehension in the Government that it would be injurious to the canal; but this railroad will closely unite the north and south of Germany." The Madrid Journals .of the 27th ult., with only one or two exceptions, censure in the strongest terms the conduct of General Zurbano in Catalonia, which they say is distinguished by barbarity and atrocity towards all who are suspected of being enemies of the Govern ment. Our readers will remember that this is the Ge neral, who, on taking the coxamand of the district to which he has been appointed, issued an order for shoot ing any person who, having had the misfortune to be taken by rebels, should consent to pay them ransom for his life and liberty. The Marchioness of Belgida, the Lady of Honour to the Queen, dismissed by Senor Arguelles, her Majesty's Guardian, has written a letter to the Peninsular, ex plaining the motives that led to her dismissal. She states that there was an inquisitorial service around her Majesty not required either for the Queen's safety or that of the State, and which could only have for effect to degrade the throne and insult the proverbial loyalty of Spaniards. " I believe," says the Marchioness, "imbued as I am with Liberal principles, that a system of frank communi cation would accustom her Majesty to be accessible to all ranks of society, and to receive every individual, without reference to his political opinions. A coterie watches her Majesty's actions and words, and this sys tem of isolation and exclusion I do not think ought to be adapted to form a noble and magnanimous soul, nor a good, indulgent, and conciliatory character. In this state of things I should compromise my delicacy, and my dig nity, and duty, if I became an accomplice in a system that I believe t o b e b a d, a n d I preserved functions which I could not exercise usefully for my Queen and for my country." PARIMELIV/ENTAItY. The House of Lords met as usual yesterday, and, after for warding a considerable number of Bills, including the Lribery Bill, which was read a second time, on the motion of Lord Campbell, adjourned to this day. The House of Commons met at twelve o'clock, and was en gaged, principally, with the Newfoundland Bill in Committee till four o'clock, Mr. O'Connell eppoaing and dividing on several clauses. The Bill went through the Committee. Ordered to be reported to-day. Alr. O'Connell moved for copies of correspondence between the Government of Ireland, the Magistrates, and the police, relative to the emplo%ment of spies to foster, and then detect, Ribbonism. Lord Eliot declined to produce it, because, pssibly, his Lordship is ashamed, at letst we hope so, of the conduct of the Government on this subject. Mr. O'Connell divided the House on his motion, which was lost by 72 to 24. On the House resuming at five o'clock, Lord Palmerston gave notice of a motion for correspondence between a Alember and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, relative to a refusal of the Chiltern Hundreds. The Chancellor will not be a party to election compromises. In reply to Mr. Villiers, Mr. B. Baring stated that orders had been sent out to promote the abolition of slavery in Singa pore and Penang. From India drafts of laws for the gradual abolition of slavery had been transmitted to this country, and the Directors of the East India Company bad signified their assent to them, Dlr. Redhead Yorke drew the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the irregularity of the delivery of the Income tax papers, when that lively official was jocular about gentle men not yet having had the pleasure of filling.them up. To do that will requite legal assistance, and we would propose that for each paper Government be charged an attorney's fee. Some persons say that they are made complicated on purpose. The Ecclesiastical Corporations Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir James Graham added clauses relative to letting mines, and there was a slight discussion on the principle of appropriating Church property, when Lord Palmerston re marked that the present Ministry took a middle course, jus tified by no principle, of dealing with Church property, but only for one particular purpose. Mr. M. Philips opposed the motion for the Speaker to leave the chair, in order that the House might go into a Committee on the Bankruptcy Bill, but gave way, and the Bill was dis cussed in Committee. It occupied the principal part of the evening. The House rose at a Quarter past Two. PUBLIC OPINION. The Herald observes, in reference to the Ipswich eke tion :—" Ipswich is defended -by the advocates of cor ruption on the very ground that we anticipated: The ex penditure at the lust election was too small to constitute venality. Bribery is not bribery so long as the price of a vote is only thirty shillings ; make it thirty pounds a head, and an election Committee may void a return without being abused by a journal, the politics of which vary according to the state •of the biliary secretions or the electioneering interests of its chief proprietor. The law formerly meted out punishment for larceny accord ing to the value of the stolen goods ; the Times would, in manner equally barbarous, regulate the decisions of Election Committees by the price given for the suffrage. What, void an Ipswich election because .5001. have been spent in purchasing votes ! Forbid it the undetected thousands that have been spent on forms occasions." The Chronicle says:—" The Times has taken to 're flect upon the decision of the Ipswich Election Com mittee; and the more it reflects the less it likes the de cision. But it turns out with marvellous exactness, that every topic of lamentation to the Times is adapted to afford satisfaction to the public. In its leader of yester day, we have a succession of vituperations that will com mend themselves to all honest minds as grounds of ap proval. We begin to think there must be considerable preniise of good in this decision, to make it seem so un savoury to the palate of corruption. The Times com plains of the Committee for a Report tending to over turn all the notions which the world has hitherto enter tained upon the subject of bribery.' This is just what was wanted. 'The world,' i. e. the bribing world, has hi therto acted upon its own lax and unprincipled notions. Bribery is notoriously treated as a joke at the Clubs. It induces no taint upon character; it damages nobody in society. Very gross cases were to be shunned, because of their folly, their publicity, and their inconveniences; but even such were deemed rather unfortunate than cul pable. The Ipswich Committee has startled this world' by applying the professed test strictly and ho nestly." The Post thus speaks of the approaching harvest : " The cutting down of the harvest is rapidly proceeding in many quarters, and under the most favourable auspices. Never was this country blessed with a finer season. It is true that no fineness of the weather now will wholly make up for the defective sowing of last autumn, and the wetness of the early winter which in jured a good deal of the seed. The wheat crops are, therefore, in many instances far from thick—there is a more than the usual distance between •the stems— but everywhere the ear is remarkably fine, and with such weather as this we may expect a quality of grain which will yield much more and much better flour than has been obtained from English wheat of late years. We doubt whether, since 1826, the harvest has been so early as it is this year." The Times expresses itself as follows, respecting cer tain clauses in Lord John Russell's Bribery Bill :—" We lately exposed the futility, except for purposes of mis chief, of those provisions in Lord John Russell's Bribery Bill which have passed the House of Commons. We showed that the zeal exhibited to defeat • compromises would only have the effect of checking the introduction of charges of bribery into election petitions by parties claiming the seat ; while the machinery afforded for, enabling investigations of alleged bribery to be prose cuted at the public expen.se at_ the instance of common informers, with the strange proviso that no seat should be affected by the result, seemed framed merely for the purpose of exposing Members and their constituents to an incalculable expense and annoyance, and bringing the constitution of Parliament into general contempt. If the Ipswich precedent is to stand, it is quite manifest that no candidate seeking a seat will dare to "bring against any sitting Member a charge of bribery which cannot be withdrawn, because no man can possibly be safe against a case of recrimination. On the other hand, if the same precedent is to stand,.Fharges of bribery will, as certain as the sun shines in heaven, be made by elec tors and prosecuted at the public expense, under Lord John Russell's Bill, against every sitting Member who is returned after a contest ; for, according to this definition of bribery, it will always be easy to get up such a ease beforehand as shall at least secure the petitioners against being saddled with the costs of the inquiry." On the subjesit of the late news from China the Ad vertiser remarks :—" Turning from India to China, the most important feature is in the intelligence that an Im perial Commissioner was en route to offer 40,000,000 dollars as compensation to the British for the expenses of the war, and the surrendered opiuM ; and also the cession of Hong Kong, on condition of peace. We have here, then, something like a promise of termination to our Chinese struggle. But what will the cants' say to the accepting of these terms ? According to them, the rupture was our fault, that England provoked it by entering upon an iniquitous and forbidden trade, and that having placed herself in a way to be wronged and in sulted, she was not justified in seeking reparation. What, then, are we to do now, since it appear s re paration is about to be proffered ? Why, pocket the dollars , and decline the standing disgrace' of securing Hong Kong, We are told ! There is logical ethics in this with a ven geance—' true honour and justice' we should most as suredly think ! Why, if we bad no right to e n te r upon the conflict, we have no right, on any plea, of touching a dallar of those millions. For the sake of putting an end to the war, forsooth ! Impudent incone ' ruity.! Canyon not end the war without pocketing a fraction of the dollars ? or accepting the dollars out qf mercy .to the sill ferino Chinese, why stick half way in so much kindness, and reject the other half of their offer ?" MONEY—TIimpz—COMMERC E. In 'Wakefield, every branch of business is reported to be improving a little. The shawl manufacture at Paisley, which has up to the present time suffered most, has taken a fresh impulse in the factory of Messrs. Holmes and Le Batard, where all hand's are employed. The master-tradesmen, resident in Chelsea and its vicinity, held a meeting at the Wellesley- Arms on Wed nesday, to investigate the causes of the present distress of the country. A paper was ordered.to be drawn up on the subject, and to be laid before the associated members of the Tradesmen's Society of Chelsea, as also the Central Society in the City.. At the third annual meeting of the Proprietors of the. London and County Joint-Stock Banking Company in Lombard-street on Thursday, it appeared from the Re port that the capital,:doWn to the 30th of June, amounted to 118,8751, and a dividend would be declared clear of the " Income tax 7 at the rate of 5 per cent, for the half year. At the establishment of the bank in 1838, the Proprietors had entrusted their Directors with 70,0001., which had since then increased to 800,000/. . ECCLES xAsTrear.. At the Londonderry assizes an important. and inter esting record was tried. It was the case of Fortescue, executor . of Afigee, against the Lord Bishop of Derry. The cause of action appeared to be that on the Ist of January, 1836, :the defendant, in consideration of the sum of 2,0001. being paid by Magee, promised to promote his son, the Rev. E. A. Magee to the first benefice in his power, but though he had advaneea the defendant a large sum, and wits willing to advance the residue, his promise had not been kept by the Bishop, though he had had various opportunities of so doing. The damages were laid at 3,0001., and a verdict was finally returned for the defendant.- • LAW AND POLICE. • Thursday - policeman 83, L division, was charged at Union-hall with assaulting Mary Ann .Luxton. He was severely blamed for his conduct and fined 10s., which anloutits to discharge from the force, the infliction of the smallest penalty being so treated by the Commissioners. Several cases of furious driving of omnibuses were brought before the Magistrates, at Clerkenwell, on Thurs day, and fines inflicted. The dangers arising from this practice are, however, now becoming so common, that the Magistrate stated he should in future commit to the House of Correction, with hard labour, as the Act em powered him to do. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The 119th annual festival of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester is announced to take place on the 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d of September, in the cathedral church of Worcester. TUEJLTRICAL. Rubini's benefit and last appearance at her Majesty's Theatre takes place on Thursday next, the 11th inst. Mademoiselle Caroline, who is looted upon as the finest female rider that ever entered the manege, per formed at Vauxhall lastnight, and added to the other attractions of the gardens. • COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Duke of Wellington is expected to leave town for Walmer Castle on Thursday next. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford left town on Thurs day, on a visit to the Dowager Countess of Sefton, at her villa, near Windsor. The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Chatsworth from t he metropolis. The Marquis and Marchioness - of Ely left Belgrave square, on Wednesday last, for Ireland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry leave Holdernesse House to-day, for Wynyard Park. Lord Eliot, Secretary for Ireland, is expected to arrive at Dublin Castle on Friday next. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager is not expected to visit the Earl and Countess of Brownlow this year. The Marquis of Salisbury is nuw on his way home from Paris. 2VIGISCRALLATZEOLTS. At a meetingheld on Thursday in St. Martin's-lane, for the purpose of taking into consideration the recent con viction for Ribboni:in in Armagh, a vote of thanks was awarded toile Morning Chronicle, Sun, and Advertiser, for their "constant and uniform exertions in the cause of humanity and enlightened phihmthropy, and their ad vocacy in the above case." Another public meeting on this subject is to be held next Monday night at the As sembly Rooms, Theobald's road. Mr. - Williams, the comedian, a favourite actor at the chief provincial theatres, died last Monday at his cottage, on the Kilmarnock-road. near Glasgow aged 52. The best hooks of Lord Lichfield s library were dis posed of at Shugborough on Wednesday, concluding the book-sale, which has realised nearly 1,5001. Yesterday the wine sale commenced, and 1%111 terminate this (Friday) evening. The rarest and most attractive part of the sale will b.- on Tuesday and Wednesday next, when the most splendid specimens of statuary, and some of the finest pictures in the kingdom, will-be brought to the hammer. A magnificent assemblage of rank is expected. Satur and Monday will chiefly be occupied in the sale of the furniture of the smaller bed-chambers. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The downward tendency of the funds has continued, apparently without any particular reason. A new cause, late in the day, was assigned, namely, that it is probable that some change may be made in the French Ministry. The exclusion of our linens having been accomplished no immediate effect on the funds ought to have been produced by such an event. It has long been notorious that the present policy of France is decidedly anti-English, and from the treaties just entered into with Portugal and some other countries, the two nations most probably will be placed in greater commercial opposition. But there are persons in the Stock Exchange ready to take advantage of every passing event to further speculation, and to the " bear" party the present full may be traced. Consols left off at 91-1 sellers for Money, and for the Account ; Bank Stock, 169 k 1701 ; India Stock, 249 250 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New 49 51 prem. • The prices of Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 1014- 1021 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51(51i ; the Five per Cents., 1011 1011 ; Danish, 811 ; and Brazilian, 63 65. . • The quotation for Mexican was 351 351. In the Share Market, London and Birmingham were 180 182 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 47 49 ; Great Western, 89:1 901; the Half Shares, 681; 69; South Wes , tern, 62 63 ; North Midland, 591 ; the New Shares, 291 301 ; South Thistern, 23 231 ; Eastern Counties, 81 ; Northern and Eastern, 40 41 ; Blackwell, 99. ; and Brighton, 34 34 per Share. The foreign exchanges were without any feature for particular comment. The nominal- quotations for the Bonds, were—Co lombian, 20i 20* ;. Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 331 334; the Three per Cents.,l9l- 20; Spanish Five per Cents., 20* 204 ; the Three per Cents., 19i 19* . (From The Sun of Last Night.) The pricer, of the Funds have rather given way since the commencement of business, but without it being pos sible to assign any particular cause. The conjecture, which is probably the must correct one, is that some parties, anxious to realise at the late advance, have been selling their stock quietly, the public transactions baring been but few, and those limited in amount. Consols are now 91.1 911 for Money, and for the Account ; Three per Cents. Re duced, 911 911 ; Three and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 101 101* ; New 'lhrce•and-a-Halt' per Cents., 1001 1001 ; India Stock, 249 251 ; India Bonds, 33 ; Exche quer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 prem. Foreign Securities remain without variation, business has been in Dutch, the Two-and-a .Half per Cents. at 514- the Five per Cents., 1011 ; and in Danish, at 821 There has been no quotation for Mexican. Operations in Shares have been confined to—Great Western, 901, the New Shares 631 ; Fifths, 9* ; Norther❑ and Eastern, 4i ; and Croydon, 12 ; the market, however, exhibits symptoms of emprovement. The Bonds quoted to-day are Colombian 201; Spanish Five per Cents., 204, and the Three per Cents., 20. The commercial letters from India contain, gene rally, inure favourable accounts. The pressure which had fur some- tiwe existed on the money market, had greatly subsided, and more confidence was displayed. The demand for European goods at C.,lcutta had in creased, while some advance in prices had taken place. Much complaint was made 'of the heaviness of stocks on hand, and so large were they at Bombay, that pur chases were in most instances made only on spe culation, in the expectation of a rise. Although the intelligence is stated to be more favourable, it still firs no temptations for shipping, since prices, though they have advanced, are in the generality of cases even now below a remunerating rate, but it leads to the expecta tion that this better condition of affairs is only a fore runner of permanent improvement. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 4.—We have had a tolerably steady market. The business done is as follows :—ManchOst,er•and Birmingham, 271 28 ; South Eastern Scrip, 71 7 ; Manchester and Salford Water Works, 511 ; Union Plate Glass, 3*. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS India Stock 250 pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 49 pm Ditto 5001. .. .. Ditto Small MBank Stock for Acct — India Stock for 0pg.... _ IConsols for Acct....... 91i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds... — . Prussian, 5 per cent. . Bueno sAyres6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ...... . .... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent...... Ditto, 1824 2Ol Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent B2l French, 5 per cent. —I. _ e . Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —e. French, 3 per cent —f. — e . Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, 6 per cont. 1t537 Dutch, 2i per cent....... 511 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per rt. .7 Ditto, 5 per rent. .. ... 1013 SHARES. Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) —. ••• Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid Great Western ttailway (65 paid) "iitto New shares (50 paid).. ............ 64 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ........ London and Croydon Rail way (T runk) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ........ .loi COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.I Amsterdam CF. 12 '4:Gibraltar • • 11. 00 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........'2 U /2 8 iGenoa . 25 b 0 Antwerp l2 7i!.llilan .... .6 3l Hamburgh 51.11. 13 15 Ve n i ce • 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 60 'Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 Months . . ....... 25 85 'Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 26 Frankfort on Maine... 151 i Bahia 1-' , .` - - Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Bed. 921 3 per Cent. Cons.... 31 1 per Cent. Red... 101 New 3i per Cent... looi N'w 5 per Celt:, Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 12 9-16 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 . .'etersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Berlin-- 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 957 Trieste, ditto 9 61:1 Madrid Cadiz 36t 36 Barcelona .36. Seville Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 4bi Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, FER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars X 3 17 9 Portugal ( old 17 New Doubloons 0 0 New Dollars. 0 4 10 Igilver in Bars... 0 4 11 LAW INTELLIGENCE, HOUSE OF LORDS, Aug. 5. Their Lordships sat to-day at Half-past Two o'Clock, to give several judgments. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord- Campbell, and Lord Kenyon. CULLEN V. SPROTT, Lord CorrENuAx gave the ,judgment of the Rouse in this appeal, recommending their Lordships to dismiss the appeal with costs. THE CONVENTION OF ROYAL BURGHS V. CUNNINGHAM. Lord BROUGHAM pronounced the decision of their Lordships in this case. He considered the judgment be low unsupported by the facts of the case, and he should therefore move that it be reversed. Lord COTTENHAM was of the same opinion as his Noble and Learned Friend. Lord CAMPBELL differed with the opinion of both his Noble and Learned Friendsrand must ,enter his protest against their judgment.—Judgment below reversed. SIR L. SKEEFINGTON V. BUDD. Lord COTTENUAM gave their Lordships' judgment in this appeal, which was argued a short time since. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Exchequer. His Lordship ad vised the affirmance of the judgment below, with costs. —Judgment affirmed. CLARK V. SMITH. Their Lordships also gave judgment in this case, reversing the decree of the Court below, with cost. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SNORE. Lord CorrENHAm gave judgment in this case, which, our readers will recollect, was argued some time since be fore the Judges upon a writ of error. In accordance with the opinion delivered by those learned functionaries, his Lordship recommended the House to affirm the decree of the Court below, declaring that Unitarians were not proper objects of the gift of Lady Hewley. The appeal was dismissed with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT—Guildford, August 5. (Before Lord ABINGER and a Common Jury.) ROLDSWORTH V. KING. . . The plaintiff in this action was the executor of g, rerson named Parker, and this action was brou g ht t o recoverlhe sum of 701., being the balance of an account alleged to be due for refreshment and other election expenses on behalf of the de fendant, the Hon. Locke King, on the occasion of his contest for East Surrey in 1837. Mr. Thesiger and another were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Platt and Mr. Peacock for the defendant. Mr. THESIGER said this action was brought by , the plaintiff as the executor of a person named Parker, who formerly kept the Swan Inn at Reigate, and he sought to recover the sum mentioned in the deefarstion, which was part of a larger sum, in respect of election expenses incurred on behalf of Mr. Locke King in 1837. In that year Mr. King and Mr. Angerstein were the candidates on what was called the Liberal interest, against Captain Alsager and Mr. Kemble. Mr. Coppock, whose name the jury bad probably heard of before, was the ge neral agent on the Liberal interest, but a gentleman named Birt acted as the agent at Reigate. Rooms were hired at the Swan, and various expenses were gone to, which amounted to a considerable sum, and the present action was brought to recover that amount. Mr. Thesiger then said that, on the 19th July Mr. Locke King came to the town, and after making a speech, and having, what he could not help thinking was rather a premature procession, considering that the election terminated in the defeat of . the Liberal candidates, Mr. King ordered a barrel of ale to be distributed among the people, and this formed one of the items in the account. There were also ribbands purchased to a very considerable amount ; and Mr. Parker paid 101. for men to form a procession about the town. There was no doubt that Mr. Locke King was well aware of all these proceedings, and that lie was liable for the balance of the account, the remainder being paid by Mr. Coppock and the local agent. The Learned Counsel then called his witnesses.- Mr. Sergeant proved that h e res id e d at R e i gate , an d re membered the election in 1837, when Mr. Locke King and Mr. Angerstein were the candidates for the county: Witness was a member of the Committee which sat at the Swan. On the 25th of July Mr. Locke King came to Reigate, and car riages were brought from the Swan, and Mr. King addressed the persons who assembled, and he afterwards went to the Swan, and some of the Committee men and others had some refreshment. The election took place on the last day of Jury and the first of August. After the electors had voted colours were given to them, and also tickets to enable them to obtain refreshment. A band was also previded. The refreshment provided consisted of cold beet; tongue, and such things, and this was all found by Mr. Parker. He likewise provided car riages for the voters. The numbers that polled for the Reform candidates in that district was 268, and of this number only twelve resided in Reigate. Joseph Bosell, a brazier at Reigate, remembered the elec. tion. and heard Mr. King make his speech from a kind of open carriage. He ordered a barrel of ale for the people, and Mr. King sent for Malcolm, the chimney-sweeper, and told him he was to do the same for him that he used to do for Major Beau clerk, that is, he was to head the procession of the flag and bough men, and he did so. After this Sr.. flirt gave orders, on behalf of Mr. King, for Mr. Parker to pay the chimney sweeper for his men, and 101. was given him for that purpose. Malcolm, the person referred to, proved that he was em ploy ed to get the procession of bough men as he had done for Major Beauclerk. They had refreshments at the Swan, gene rally bread and cheese and ale for breakfast, and something for supper, and a little liquor between whiles. Mr. Bit t was then placed in the box, and in answer to ques tions put to him he denied that Mr. Locke King had ever made himself responsible for these payments. Lord ABINGER then intimated his opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to fix the liability upon Mr. King, and the plaintiff was accordingly non-suited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. Henry Knott alias Nott, who was a few days ago charged with having plundered a number of tradesmen, whom he ordered to send goods to his warehouse, at No. 62, Suu-street, Bishops gate-street, was brought before th e L or d Mayor for a second examination. The Justice-room was crowded the victims of the prisoner; The prisoner upon looking round, said that the room was filled with his creditors.—(A laugh. ) Mr. J. Hampden Crutch, of King's-place, Commercial-road, stated, that the prisoner, of whom he knew nothing, called upon him, and, after deseribing himself as a commission traveiler, who received the commission once a month, asked fur credit for that time for some grocery. Witness said he would give the credit if a respectable reference were given. " Uh," said the prisoner, 4 . 4 1 can give you as good as any in London," and referred him to a Mr.• Edwards, butcher, in Spectacle-alley, Whitechapel, who, upon being questioned, certainly did speak highly of Mr. Knott, declaring that the gentleman was a most upright tradesman, and paid not only for what he ordered, but what he borrowed, w 6 1 .0 utmost punctuality. Credit to the amount of 2/. 103. was accori6u,s;:i given, but Mr. Knott wanted more and more, and witness, after a very few visits, sus pected that he was " done," and determined to call and speak to the" referee," but found that the butcher had decamped, with all his traps, without taking the trooble to leave any message for inquirers. , The prisoner nodded his acq . uiesenee in the statement, and told his solicitor there was an invoice, and the transaction was as regular as any of the rest. Mr. Ludlow, the representative of. Messrs. Beasley, Smith, arid Co., ale and porter merchants, stated, that the prisoner ha I " cone "the concern out of about 121. worth of bottled ale when he resided in Nlitre.street, New-cut, r}itil appeared to be carry ing on the business of a hat-manufacturer. Not content with having get in a quantity of the best ale, Mr. Knott intro duced a friend of his of the name of Kitcher, or lather " Catcher," who followed the example. They even appointed a certain day at twelve o'clock for the payment of their ac counts, but they went off bag and baggage at five o'clock in the morning. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that the con tents of the house had been taken in a van to the Borough road, kept there all night, and removed, the Lord knows where, in the morning. Mr. Knott had promised 12s. a dozen for the ale, which was of the best quality, but he did not even return the bottles. The LORD MAYOR—Do you expect the bottles ?—(Laugh ter. ) Witness—Not at all. Mr. Hunt—You regularly sold him the ale; did you not? Witness—Certainly. I was introduced to him by a friend of mine; whom he victimised. Prisoner—All a correct tradesman-like transaction, I assure you, my Lerd.—(Laughter.) I owe for the ale most posi tively. The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Ludlow)—This is downriaht swindling; but you have given him credit ? Witness—] knew it, my Lord, bat 1 came forward for the sake of the public. Mr. W. Flaxman, of Barbican, stationer, said that in his absence a person called at his house from Mr. Smith's, in Sun street, and desired that a ledger, value IL 35., and a day book, should be sent thither, and stated that the clerk would pay for them. The ledger was left at Sun-street by the messenger, who was informed by a porter that the clerk and Mr. Knott were out, but that if he would call in the afternoon the money should be ready. Of course not a farthing was ever received. Mr. John Clayton stated that he let a house in Montagu street to the prisoner, who gave him a bill for the fixtures, bat Mr. Knott, the moment he got possession, went off to the land lord of the house and sold him the fixtures.—( Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Did you make no inquiry about the bill ? Witness—Yes, I asked him whether the acceptor was respectable, and he said that no man could be more se.— (Laughter. ) The LORD MAYOR—And so you took his word for the re spectability of his friend? Witness—l really thought the bill was a good one, but I found out that it was just the reverse.— ( Great laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—You found it would not de. Witness —Exactly 30 ' your Lordship. Prisoner—He made me out a bill of parcels in the regular way. your Lordship. I have a cart on the premises, which cost lel. and I cannot get the. Mr. Hunt —My client is willing to give up that. He admits that he has no claim to it. Witness—Oh, but it is detained for money, which the pri soner owes.—( Laughter.) Mr. John Heavens, of Ship Tavern-passage, Leadenhall street, market salesman, stated that the prisoner's clerk, of whom he had some knowledge, called upon him, and said he had a good customer for the house, and ordered books and stationary far Mr. Knott, to the amount of 71. 13s. 7d. Wit ness sent a young man with the goods ordered, and desired him not to leave them except he saw that the house was a re spectable one. The messenger lift the artibles, and gave a favourable account of the huuse, and attempts were made to get more goods, het **lout avail ; and as witness rather bothered the mitoses in Sun-street with calls, Mr. Knott warted upon him, and said all should be paid in an honourable way on Wednesday. The next time, however, witness saw Mr. Knott, was in the custody of a policeman, and Mr. Knott had in his band the invoice which witness had given to him. Prisoner— Yes, my Lord, it was a regular tradesman like hairless. The invoice is dated correctly, as your Lordship will see. The Loan Mavolt—:-Is there no case in which we can send man for ti ial ? The prisoner gave a shake of the head, very much in the ne gative.—(Laughter.) The policeman who apprehended the prisoner said he believed the next witness would tix him. Charles Payne, a lad in the employment of Messrs. Cros land, of Fenchurch-street, stationer, stated that he knew the prisoner. By direction of his employers he took a parcel to Mr. Knott, No. 62, Sun-street. lir: Hunt—Did you Lake the invoice with )ou ? Witness— Yes. Mr. Hunt—And what did you say to the prisoner? Wilness —I- asked hint whether he_ would pay the parcel then-or opeu.an account. Mr. Hunt—And what did the person say ? Witness—He said he would prefer opening a running account—(Laughter. ) Mr. Hunt—And who told you to ask him the question? Witness—My master told me.—(Laughter.) The Loan MA - von—Why this is simplicity itself. What can a Magistrate do when tradesmen are determined to be cheated? You may go home, my good boy (to the witness). John Williams, a lad in the service of Mr. Hailer, of Leaden hall-street, sta'ioner, stated that he took a parcul from his nvis• ter's premises to prisoner's. A fresh coloured man vi as presen when he delivered it. Witness was nut present when the 'hings were ordered. He was directed most particularly by Mr. Hades not to leave the parcel without receiving the money ; but the moment he appeared he received a fresh order from the pe,sair t and he then left it with the prisoner without. suspicion. The LORD 111 A von—Why did colt leave it against the order! of your master? Witness—tem - se as I received a fresh order; and was told I shonld be paid ft.r. both at the same time, thought it would be doing good to master to do as I did. Prisoner—You left the bill of parcels with me? %h ie° —Yes. Prisoner-Exactly so. You see, my Lord, it x as a regs l2l transaction. It was t ra d esman -lik e. —( A laugh.) „,„„,tnit" The LORD 1 1 .1AYOR••-1 am very sorry that I cannot. this man, who has b een so coo ll y p l un d er i ng t h e res pectab le unsuspecting trad esmen aroun d h i m. He i s a ver y defe r to fellow, and there i s a s i mp li c i ty i n his plans wh i c h showsll, he has s cat capital genius for swindling, t' hpe th will be tioned by the complet e exp bu osure o o f his e systelt Prisoner, your character is Kell known here. How long i 9 : 1 ! pray, since you were in the House of Correction? Pripet':!tu fhe House of Correctio n ! Oh, now I remem b er. That's a mistake. I was th ere on l y a b out a ga ll on and a h a lf o f spill' that did'nt pay duty, as they said. The LORD MAvost—Oh, that was all, was it? Prio ner " I don't recolle6t anything else, my Lord. 'eed One of the complainants—l thi n k, my L or d , t h a t his fri Mr. Kitcher, and his clerk. were part of the gang of swindle rs ' The Loan MAYOR,- I am glad you have discrimination enough to dank that at last. Prisoner, you are discharged- The prisoner hovied, and said in a l ow ser i ous t o ne to set ts of his c r edito rs , " I t o ld you i t wou l d i nt do, you m i g ht bays taken my word for that at any rate."—( Laughter. ) GUILDHALL. FORGERY OF 300/. Thomas Bridges Everett, al ias Lewis John Blandfoid Elevin, a dashingly-attired wen' about 35 years of a g e, was brought t o thi s o f fi ce in cus tody of Sergeant Monday, 302, under the following cir cumstances :—lt appears that about three mouths since, bills, headed with a portrait of the prisoner, and giving a full descripti on o f hi m , we re se nt up to London, from Chelt en h am , w h ere the ipri soner had resided, charging hi m w i t h f orger y to th e above amount, and offering 501. for his apprehensio n, The police, both Metropolitan and City, were instantly put on the alert, and after minute inquiries, th y diseT: vered that the prisoner h a d fl e d t o t h e C ont i ne nt: I L appears, however, that a few d a y s s i nce h e h a d had the temerity to return to Engla n d, an d t oo k up hi s a bode a t No. 55. Harrow-road, and y es t er d a y a f ternoon , Sergeli, llt Munday, having received privat e i n f ormat i on o f the curnstance, immediately proceeded thith er , an d bonne been successful in capturing th e d e li nquen t, h e at onc e lodged him in the City Compter. Air. Alderman THOMAS BROWN said that , all that re" mained for him to do w as t o g i ve t h e pr i soner into the charge of the offi cer w h o too k h im , i n erder that he tnigh.,s be forthwith conveyed t o Ch e l ten h am t h at h i s case WV , be investigated by the Magistrates of that place. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. Henry Norman, a well-dressed young man, who..? the son of an opulent tradesman re s idi ng i n t h e neigh' bourhood, was charged on suspicion of stealing a gr.„ watch and appendages, value 521., the property of s'y Chevalier Wiercenskie, a Pole, residing at No. 3, Quee r street, Haymarket. It appeared that the prisoner had for the last six week: lodged in the same house with th e p rosecutor , an d ab° Ll three o'clock on the previ o us a f ternoon t h e property is question was missed from the Chevalier's draw ing-roole, it having been seen safe but a very short time Pre; viously, during which period the prisoner was noileT . to pass up and down stairs by the apartments, and shortly afterwards to leave the house' and, contrary to his usual custom, he did not re" I ":, home until two yesterday morning. On being into custody of Inspector Rogers, of the E division , 5 ,, six o'clock in the morning. on suspicion of POT! committed the robbery, he stated that . „ . 7 prosecutor had only a few shillings about him. P . .,7 on being searched, four sovereigns were found' wrapped up in his gloves, in his coat-pocket. He gave au account of the manner in which he passed ti'•• time, which turned out to be false. , I rile prisoner s tr on gly p rotes t e d hi s i nnocen ce, an said that he had been induced to give the statement e e had by his desire to keep his own affairs and resourc es private.—He was remanded until Monday next. UNION-HALL. CHARGE OF MURDEN.-Willium Penny, a beer-OKI keeper, in Bexley-street, Camberwell, was brought before Mr. Trail!, charged with the murder of his wife. Inspector Campbell of the P division stated, that tl:,e police were informed that a man had beaten his wife in such a brutal manner on th e p rece di ng n i g h t that 6 ' l ; died shortly afterw a rds. O n ma ki ng i nqu i r i es i n to tb i, case it was found th a t th e p r i soner an d his who was on the eve of her confinement, had sore ° high words together, which led to a squabble between them, during which the pris oner gave th e unfortunate woman such a dreadful kick in th e l ower p ar t of the ab domen, as to cause such a haemorrhage that she died t>i less than ten minutes after the infliction of the injury. , The prisoner, who u pp eare d to b e i n grea t distress 0 ' mind, made no defence, and was remanded. ICOURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAL—The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, walked in the Slopes and Little Park this morn ing, and returned to the Castle in a pony platon. Royal were The Prince of Wales and th e P r i nc ess taken their accustomed airi ng t o -d a y. "te left for Her Majesty the Queen D o wa ge r toil bt u Bushy. Prince Albert and the Prince of Saxe Coburg rode Roya in the forenoon to Virr-inia Water on a shootingr, excur ' sion, attended by LortfJoeelyn and Colonel Wylde. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Prince of Saxe Coburg, rode out on horseback , at tended by Lord Jocelyn, the Marquis of Ormond, and Colonel Wylde, and followed by the Princess of saxo Coburg, Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Mu, r and the Hon. Matilda Paget. The Duchess of Buccleuch took her leave. H..r Grace has been staying on a visit to the Queen since Wednes' day. The Earl of Aberdeen also left today. The Hon. Miss Murray and the lion. Matilda Paget arrived yesterday at the Castle, and have succeeded LAY Caroline Cocks and the Hun. Miss Devereux as the maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen. Captain Francis Seymour (Scots Pushier Guards) arrived to-clef on a visit. Yesterday Mr. Brown, of Slough, had the honour of presenting to her Majesty a plant of the "Cilium Lance' fawn punctatum," admitted to be the finest specimen ever produced in this country, having upwards of fifty lgooms of great size and extraordinary beauty, with which her Majesty wa s pl ease d t o express h erse lf highly gratified. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. William Ashley, Vice-Chamberlain, arrived at Ler resi dence Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday. from visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. General Sancho, the Spanish Minister, transacted bu siness.yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of Stat! for Foreign Attairs. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hold a meeting ou Monday next in the Council Chamber, t° deliver judgments on appeals which have bten heard by their Lordships. PROMISSORY NOTES. ( From last night's Gazette.) An account of the average aggregate amount of promissori notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been an circuit' tion in the Unite I Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated!), the Bank of Ergi nd, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stoa Banks, in Englan ! and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, hi, the Bank of Ire:and, and by ad o th er R an k s i n I re l and, an d the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks tnding tie 23d day of July, 1642, pursuant tit the Act of 4th Lnd sth Victoria, cap. 50 : ENGLAND. Bank of England £19,905,000 Private Banks 6,166,581 Joint Stuck Banks SCOTLAND. Chartered and Private Joint Stock Banks 2,715,6 En IRELAND. Bank of Ireland Private and Joint Stoek Banks 1,680,987 Total Bullion in the Bank of England £8,383,000 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, Aug. 5, 1842. TOBACCO REGULATIONS BILL'. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stß,—ln your report of the Parliamentary proceed ings, which I read in Tuesday's Sun, I find the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, when speaking of the above Bill, making use of the followir., expression, " A n d the trade will be put on a wholesome footing." Now in the name of common sense, how-can the trade ever be any thing else than upon an unwholesome footing, since the article (tobacco) will ever remain what it is— a p o ison. Anything is wholesome in the eyes of the Governinen t which brings grist to the mill. Poisoning the Chinese with opium, and administering to them leaden pills to assist its digestion, are very wholesome actions, and tobacco is just as wholesothe as opium or lead. I remain, &c., J. 11. M. Iludder3fiehl, Aug. 4, 1842. Li x~r GO - 11) COIN. The following notice was issued by the. Bank yes• :erday morning : _ _ Bank of England, August 5, 1842. The public are informed that, on Monday next the Bth instant, and until further notice, ligl.t gold coin, in amounts from la to 15CL,li be rece►ved in the Ro tunda, at 31. 17s. lOid. per oz. from nine o'clock in the morning till three in the afternoon. LLOYDS' SHIPPING LONDON, AUGUST s.—Wind this day ut noon W.N. to N.N.E., P.M., light and variable.—Sld. Anna, Ja tuaica ; Anna, Mundell, Barbadues. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 4.—Wind, N.N.W. to W.-- Arid. Twe(l (.tcainer), z•onduouplon, and gune into her ajesty's dockyard to rep it yards, &c. COWES, AUGUST 4.—Arrd. Arno, Dixey, . Cuba; left the 17th June. PLY MOUTH, A UGLY ST 4. --Wind N. W.—Arrd. Cru sador, Iluwe, Monte Video ; Corsair, Canning, Deme rara ; Sarah, London for Port Philip. Ski. Delia, Quebec. I 1 1R TH S . On the 3d ult., at Broeley Rectory, Salop, the Hon. Airs. Olaodo Forester, o a son. MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at Christ Church, Cambridge, the Rev. J. M. Neale, 8.A., of 7 riiiity College, Cambridge, to Sarah Norman, second daughte r o f th e l ate R ev. Th omas W e bster- B. D., Rector of St. Butolples, Cambridge, and Vicar of Oak, ington. DIED. On the 31st ult., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Laura, the wif of W. J. J. Higgens, Esq., Gf Faretield, Hants. On the 31st ult., Elizabeth, wife of Air. F. J. Marillier, of I ) , , radise-place, Hackney. Lon , iion . I tibt, ( l anti Published by 1111.31tD0 YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand at The Sun Office, No. .11.2, Strand, tn , the County of Aliddesest, Saturday, August 6, 18422 PtjTN Class . t e,galarly F or A N T N N as V . fly 1 1 °T Tr iyik,!,t a Qtr KGATI Eleven, day s , a Quart Ip s qay , Ti ‘VICI-1. '4AVESI we( talifly., P A a.r uy t 1 ;l e ju l l l , l B . , b,inibusE Prams start t ° a qua ZiaQkviall 1 441 3 , 30 sp.en ( ORAVE C 6 ULO t 1 :41tg; 4 tid e. ices • 11s S TD '4/1- L.Qtratirr 1114 ji°n baCk • T he first %ply , kint A. your oT l hall g. G :411aie. 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