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

W WORK BY SIR RICHARD BONNYCASTLE. On Thursday nt•at, August H, in 2 vols., small Bvo., with Illustrations, -- - EWFOUNDLAND IN 1842. A SEQUEL TO " CANADA IN 1841." By Sir RICHARD BONNYCASTLE, Knight. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY MRS. HOFLAND. Just ready, in 3 vols. post tivo. T E CZARINA; AN HISTORICAL :ROMANCE OF THE COURT OF RUSSIA. By MRS. HOFLAND. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. UNRIVALLED DISTRIBUTION !-8,20-0 MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided en 30th No. vember next, amongst 13,200 selected Bonds of the Loan nego ciated 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 30th November next. 1 Dividend 50,000 Florins 1 do. 25,000 " 1 do. 12,000 " 1 do. 10,000 " 1 do. 5,000 " S do. 1,000 " 10 do. 500 10 do. 200 ' 400 do. 110 200 do. 105 " 447 do. 100 " 7,300 do. 94 " 50,000 Florins '25,000 " 12,000 " 10,000 " 5,000 " 8,000 " 5,000 " 2,000 )3 22,000 " 21,000 46,700 " 686,299 " 8,200 Money Dividends, amounting to 892,900 Florins, or 741,4001. Stetting Money. 8,200 selected Bonds, each of which obtains one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ 716 8 12 florins equal to £1 sterling, a trifle more or - leis, 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 lath Augist, if not 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 £2 109., ' together with a warranted SELECTED Bond. To those whose order reaches ns 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 8. Will be produeed a New Drima called THE BROKEN HOME Characters by Messrs. (Merry, Diddear, Granby, W. H. Bland, Lynne, Orem, bliss Tyrrell, Mis., Stanley, and Miss Faucit. l'o which will be added, the Farce of DEAF AS A vosT.— Triitram Sappy, Mr. Haney; Sally Maus, Miss Stanley. TO be folio, el by BLUE BEA ltD.—Blue Beard. Mr. J. Bland; Shackaback, Mr. Osbyrry ; Setim, Mr. Leigh Smith ; Fatima, Mlbki To conc . ude with LOST AND WON.—Leyton, Mr. Diddear Cattiref, r. W. H. Blahti ; Mistress Leyon, Miss Faucit. Prit ate Boxes In he had of Mr. Grogan, :tt the Private Boa-office ; acid Off' Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sants, and Bally, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. `PHIS EVENING, AUGUST 8. Will be presented an entirely New Fairy Opera, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.—The Overture, and the wliole of the Ma. sir o , tnpo,ed by Mrs. G. a.'Recket, and executed by Mise Romer. Serb, Mr. W. I tarrtion, Mr. Leber, an increas 'd Band and cinducted by Mr. G. Stansbury. Atter which, a neenliirly eeeentric New Drama, entitled THE 3IEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL, supported by the entire Company.. To conclude with THE ARTFUL DODGE.—Demosthenes Dodge, Mr. G. Wild. Places and Private Soxes may be bad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Cos Mier, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully tptbrneti that ON 310NDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EV ENI N( FETES will be given, in which will.be ern- Al those popular Entertainments that have given to this raven. fit, place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in. te , ,tuctioni which render them more generally attractive. The )1 AGEHIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. ;,ortan: acquisitions in the classes of b o th Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW 017 ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'actioa, repre. Defiting the PfoC2ißioll of the Papal Troop, Guards, and Roman Noble's, to the Castle of St. Angelo. The BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con. tided by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES bI , JSIC A LtS selectedf rom the nobl es t wor k s o f th e grea t M asters. The ILLISMINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the °MANDL/LA of ST. ANGELO. with all the gorgeous epectacles and magnifieent introductions that have called forth ac clamations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex hibition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASC ADE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX 1 Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of It. Peter's, tlirandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, end Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 11,rning 5l minutes after 2 f Evening ..... 14 minutes after 3. , - , N . . 01 0 •01 tO 4 ..,QN;;DALINL At t;r: 0- 'lt, SO „. , , &ib j ;fl, LONDON: 110:' 7 DAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1842. WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL • "The Montrose steamer arrived at Southampton on Sitturday afternoon, and brings the extraordinary intelli gence that Spain has declared war against Portugal. The ;7in - wish troops are already assembling in large numbers on the irontier, and particularly in the vicinity of Bra ganza, at which point, we presume, hostilities will cum mence between the two countries. We borrow this announcement from the Hampshire Megraph. We have to add, that the Hampshire Indepen dent mentions a rummur that twelve sail of the line are or dered to be fitted out, which, taken in conjunction with the news from Lisbon, has an omnious appearance. The editor of the Telegraph seems not to be aware that the relations between Portugal and Spain have for some time (mused uneasiness. It was mentioned a week ago that she Spanish Govarnment had given official notice to the Portuguese Government that it was necessary, according to its views, to advance a military force to the frontiers of Portugal, in consequence of the disturbed state of the frontier district. .1t that time General RODIL's army, 12,000 strong, was on its march in that direction, and some troops had actually arrived at Braganza. Another army, it was also announced, was on its march to the. southern frontier of Portugal. It would seem as if some jealousy on the part of Spain, of the treaty lately concluded between Portugal and this country, combined with the ill-will which Spain entertains towards Portugal on ac count of their'commercial, or rather smuggling rela tions, was at the'bottom of this prompt proceeding on the part of ESPARTERO. From whatever cause it may arise, no man can answer for the consequences of any war which may now be commenced in Europe. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has very properly refused to wake himself or the Government a party to those corrupt compromises which Mr. ROEBUCK'S Com mittee has verified. He declined to grant Lord CHEL SEA'S request to be appointed to the Chiltern Hundreds, and the Noble Lord remains a Member of the House in spite of himself. By these means all these compromises will be rendered of no avail, and all the parties to them will tail in accomplishing their object. No better punish ment could probably be devised, and, the public will laugh heartily at the tricksters being tricked. What will become of the promised 2,000/. to be paid by Mr. IlussEnn and Lord CHELSEA, in the event of Mr. 'lilts not being elected, we know not. Possibly they may plead that they have done all they can to complete the other part of the bargain, and therefore they ought not to be called on to pay the mono): It is clear by Ltrd CREW/. endeavouring to fulfil his engagement, that be preferre l resigning his seat to paying his share of the 2,1109/., and it will be hard on the Noble Lord to compel him to pay the money and retain the seat against against his-will. Whether the unexpected refusal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer will exonerate him from the payment or not we know not, and it seems probable that the knotty point may cause as much negotiation as did the first corrupt compromise. On July 14th we ventured to express an opinion that the House of Commons, would, fur its own sake, throw out the Colliery Bill, as amended by the Lords, which fall; so far short of what the House of Commons supposed to be necessary for the protection of the colliery popula tion. Lord ASHLEY'S unbending benevolence, has, how ever, di 3 a,ppointed us. He r ecommended the House of • . Commons on Saturday to adopt the Lords' amendments, and they were adopted. Before Lord ASHLEY persuaded the House of Com mons to interfere with the subject, the Legislature was not responsible for the condition of the colher population. It was an affair betwixt the men and their employers; between the ciao's arid their wives; between the little trapper, and their parent: who ,ent them into the pit,. ',('tie only part of it for which tue Legislature was respon. Whicit staid be raid to grow from it: regulations apart from ail the laws which regulate property, Iva s the practice of binding' out parish apprentices under the Poor-law. For all the enormity of that, as it grew di • n'om an net of the Legislature, and was .sanetioned by it, the Legislature was strictly responsible, and it wes bound to int,efere and prevent the parish officers l'n;Ul '411.")g i poor o rph a n s i n t o s l avery , f or many pars • ;ender its authority. For all the other evils of the 3 . stetti it WaS no more directly responsible thwe. icr the fact that society consists of masters and won'. men, of capitalists and labourers, of opulent idle, s, and i ulustrions poor. Fearful, indeed, will be its re t,ponsi ility if it assume, as Lord ASHLEY would have it, the duty of regulating each of the many occupations soc i e kv, And of preventing every evil which the imagi nation of we ak and ignorant men may ascribe to it. He . induced the 1 louse of Commons to assume the responsi bility of reg,ul. sting employment in mines, and henceforth evory e v il w hi t. .h belongs to that occupati on , every acci dent in ;A mine, every hardship to which the colliers are exposed, will be justly laid to its door. The Bill to which the Commons has now assented falls far short of the Bill which the Commons thought necessary. and by assenting to it, that I'louse must answer for the much which is omitted, as well as the little which is done. According to Lord ASHLEY'S own statement, he has sacrificed the children in order to save the women. He admits, therefore, that he is henceforth the guilty sacrificer of the poor trappers—that HE offers up their infant happi ness on the altar of MoLocu. But if any persons de serve the care of the Legislature, it is children. Grown women can, in general, take care of themselves. They have a voice in , suck matters, and they know how to make it reach the Legislature. In fact, they have peti tioned, and have generally prayed to be let alone, though Lord ASHLEY and his friends, out of love to them, have disregarded their prayers. With most impertinent sell conceit, these philanthropists pretend to know bettir what is good for the women than they know themselvel ; and, in spite of their prayers, the Legislature has for bidden them, after a certain time, to be employed in coal pits. But to carry this crotchet of Lord Asa- LEY'S into effect, he has sacrificed the poor helpless, voiceless children. That is a specimen of the monstrous absurdity of pseudo-philanthropic legislation. The awful folly of it is equally conspicious. By so interfering it makes itself answerable for every evil, real or imagi nary, which afflicts mankind, and heaps on itself a load of responsibility which, in the end, must sink any and every Legislature which assumes it. Mr. O'CoNNELL, on Friday, in the House of Commo4 moved for " Copies of, or extracts from, the correspond ence between the Government and the Magistrates. rela.- tive to the witnesses produced on the trial of HARE and others, at the late Armagh Assizes, for Ribbonism," which naturally brought the question of the spy system in Ireland before the House. The papers were refused, but the motion afforded Lord ELIOT an opportunity of making a declaration which the country will be de lighted to hear—namely, that that atrocious system has been carried on without any encouragement, open or implied, on the part of the Government. The Noble Irish Secretary said, that " whatever advantage might be derived from obtaining information or the proceedings of secret societies by the aid of spies and informers, he thought the advantage would not compensate for the in justice and injury which would be done by employing paid agents to procure information." The Noble Lord previously stated, that if the local authorities were cognisant of the conduct of the informers, HAGAN and Cox, their conduct was altogether unjustifiable. We are happy to be able to record such language from the mouth of the Noble Lord. We always did him, personally, the justice to state, that we did not believe that he was cog nisant of the late unconstitutional proceedings of the Irish Executive, and we are really well pleased to find that we did him no more than justice. But the Noble Lord talked last night of the embarrassment of the Irish Government from most of the crimes committed in that country being prompted by, or perpetrated under the sanction, and at the instigation, of secret societies. Such embarrassment can be got rid of at any moment. All the Noble Lord has to do is to make it known throughout Ireland that the Government will no longer encourage any spy or informer, and that in every case prosecutions of criminals will follow the first information against them. So long as the spy system is continued, there will be secret societies, because the spies them selves will form them, and perpetrate crimes in their names, to bring their deluded members within the meshes of the criminal law. Once fairly and publicly abolish the spy system, and there will be an end of Ribbonism in Ireland. What inducements can the Roman Catholic population of Ireland now have to be. come Ribbonmen, and thus render themselves liable to incur a penalty of transportation ? Their religion is no longer in peril ; their clergy are not only safe from persecution, but universally respected ; their property cannot be taken from them, nor their personal rights invaded with impunity ; mem bers of their body sit in both Houses of Parliament; others of them are in personal attendance upoa the Sovereign ; their political chief and co-religionist is the Chief Magistrate of the capital of Ireland ; and in all respects before the law they stand on a footing of political equality with their Protestant fellow-country men. That a naturally shrewd race of men so circum stanced should voluntarily incur the penalty and dis grace of transportation from a country to which they are so devotedly attached, is consonant neither with the principles of rhyme nor reason. But it happens never theless, Lord ELIOT may answer. We admit that it does. It happens in this way. The poor Irishman, in attending some wake, fair, market, place of superstitious penance, or other gathering, is waylaid by the spy, who literally plies him with whiskey, and inflames his mad dened brain by recollections of the horrors of the last rebellion, and the wrongs endured by Ireland at the hands of England. When his victim is sufficiently in toxicated and bewildered for his purpose, the fabricated revelation of the existence of a secret society for the redress of all grievances is made, fraternization is pro posed, an oath of secrecy is exacted, and a password given. When every thing is ripe, a meeting ofthe dupes takes place at some Sheebeen, or unlicensed public house, information is forwarded to the police, and the infernal perpetrator of all the atrocity is rewarded for turning QUEEN'S evidence, as it were, and supplying the amount of evidence requisite for the conviction and transportation of his unfortunate dupes. This, we pledge ourselves, is the real secret of the existence of so many Ribbon Societies in Ireland. As these societies are denounced from the altars by the Roman Catholic clergy ; from the platforms by every Roman Catholic orator ; in the confessionals of the whole of the regular and secular priesthood ; and stigmatized and prosecuted by the civil authorities, they could not exist for six months but for the continued influence of whiskey and spies. Nor would the atrocious spy system be suffered to continue so long in Ireland, but for the handle which it afforded iniquitous and bigotted Ma gistrates to get rid of poor persons either troublesome or distasteful to them. They had but to place a mark upon their victims, and the spies did the rest. Half the trouble of a conviction was over when it was known that the accused had an enemy in the nearest Magistrate. We do not mean to say that the Magistracy were always cognizant of what was to follow. But the spies were careful to select as many of their victims as they could from among the disaffected, and those against whom local ill-will existed on the part of men of fortune and station in society. We, therefore, say decidedly, get rid of the spy system, and there will be an end of Ribbonism in Ireland. There is no political news in the French Journals. They contain nothing but accounts of the funeral obse quies of the Duke of ORLEANS, a report of which will be found in another part of The Sun. The Havre Journal of yesterday says—" At eleven o'clock this morning, twenty-one minute guns from the tower, and from the Rodeur moored in the basin, an nounced to us the commencement of the funeral service at Notre-Dame for the Duke of Orleans. At the same time all, the public establishments and the ships and ves sels in the port and harbour hoisted their flags half-mast high. A gun continued to be fired every half hour during the time the ceremony was supposed to last." The Toulo nna i s sa y s: —" We are now able to state positively that Admiral Baudin is about to relinquish the Maritime Prefecture. We also learn that Admiral Hugon will probably be called to Paris as soon as he has inspected the squadron, which it is said he will do at the island of Hyeres. The officers who are to replace the* two Admirals are not yet known." The Impartial, a Journal of Smyrna, :says:—" By order of the Porte the troops forming the camp at Adrianople, have received orders to march to Monaster. Four regiments have already set out, and two others have arrived from Constantinople. A considerable force will be collected to be sent to Albania." The Pope held on the 22d of July, at the Palace of the Quirinal a Consistory, at which he delivered an allocution on the religious affairs of Russia. This allo cution is short, but it is accompanied with ninety diplo matic documents, which contain a summary of all the negotiations between the Court of Rome and the Russian Government. At this Consistory the Pope proclaimed twenty-one Prelates of whom four were French, name l y , liens Nauds, Archbishop of Avignon, and Messrs. Ber leaud, Regnier, and Bardon, Archbishop of Tulle, An gouleme, and Cahors. The Federal of Geneva, of tho Ist, says, in a supple ment:—" The municipal elections of Geneva have just taken place. The Radicals have everywhere triumphed by a great majority and manifest their joy by noisy ae clamations."—Commerce. BOURSE--.PARIS, TuURSDAY , Au G. 4. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 118 118 20... 118 ... 118 10 4 per Cents 101 G 0... 101 60... 101 60... 101 60 3 per Ceuta 77 75... 77 80... 77 75... 77 75 Bank of France 3215 ...3215 ...3205 .. 3205 laflitte Bank I,ooof 1025 ..1025 —.1025 ...1025 5,0001 5035 ...5035 ...5035 Belgian Bank... Belgian Fivvs lo2i ... 1021 102% ... 102% 1840 lo3i ... 1031- ... 103% ... 103% Spanish Active...l 221 22 22% Passive !••••• ^l} ... 4% ... 4% ... 4% Dutch 2% per Cents 52% ... 52% 52A ... 52% Neapolitan. Human RAJ LWAY SHARES. St. Germain Bl5 ... 815 815 815 Versailles, R.B . 293 75... 293 75. 293 75... 293 75 92 50... 95 . 92 50—. 93 75 Rouen 0r1ean5.............. ...... 552 50... 555 ... 552 50... 555 HA mBURGH BORSEN HALLE, AUci.2. Bills: Money Austrian 5 per cciarj. Rank Shares Anglo-Muslim Loan 10 94 lOU Russian '5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO3l -i 102 h Inscriptiosn, Ist series - Russian .5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Serie 3 99 97K, Ditto in Certificates ..... New 4 por Cent. (15401................ eir* SO Dutch Actual Debt, 2)6 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 79 78% Spanish, New 5 p' r Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDOV. HAMBURGH, 2-13 IN, Two months 1; 75i. STOCKHOLM, JULY S. Seventy-five days, 12 10. VIENNA, JULY 99.—Three months. 9. 42 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JULY 30. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. lo3li 1i3% Prussian English Bond, 1830, I per cent. 1124 Exchange on Landon „„ Prussian State Gazette, July n. rl % THE IRISHMAN IN:HIS GLORY I—The late row at the Nottingham election must have been a rich scene, and we quite envy the feelings of exuberant delight with which Mr. Feargus O'Connor must have taken part in it. It seems that two waggons, freighted—one with Stephens and his Conservatives, and the other with Feargus and his Chartists, found themselves face to face one fine morning last week, in the market-place. The result may be anticipated. The Chartist waggon took it into its head that the Conservative waggon looked impudent ; and, thus thinking, pitched into it with a seal that bore down all opposition. Feargus, of course, headed the Chartists. and, by all accounts, achieved wonders with his shillelagh. To be sure, in the warlike enthusiasm of the moment, he floored the wrong man ; and was throughout so full of his fun, that he staved in the short ribs, and bissected the craniums, of more than one member of his own party ; but what of that ? A skull is a skull, whether it grows on Chartist or Conservative shoulders ; and if in a skrimmage, an Irishman finds one skull more to his liking than another, sure, has'nt he a right to make free with it ?—to give just a delicate postman's rap at it with his shillelagh. In election rows it doesn't do to be par ticular. Punctiliousness and ceremony are thrown away on such occasions. All you are expected to do is, to pitch into the individual who happens to be standing next you, and get as much fun out of him as possible, previously offering up a supplication to Providence that he will be graciously pleased to direct your shillelagh to the skull of the right man ! What makes the drollery of this Nottingham skrimmage still more remarkable, is the fact that Feargus, who commenced it, was at th e time engaged as Head Pacificator to Sturge, the Quaker AN OPTICAL EXPERIMENT. —An Optician was this morning—as will be seen by reference to another part of The Sun—brought up to Union-hall, on a charge of as saulting a young woman. It seems that the parties were to have been married yesterday, but hap pening to have a disagreement about the wedding dresses, the bridegroom elect, true to the instincts of his profession, made an optical experiment on his bride, in the attractive shape of a couple of black eyes ! The latter, who had no taste for such experiments—not being of a scientific turn—immediately broke off the match ; and, not content with this, introduced her affianced husband to the notice of the Magistrates of Union-hall, who fined him twenty shillings, by way of encouraging his enthusiasm in the cause of optical science. See what it is to be carried away by one's pro fessional ardour ! EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY.—We understand that a Grand Flying or Centrifugal Railway is now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, " two hundred feet in length, down which a car, containing a living passenger, descends, and gains sufficient momentum to whirl it roand a circle forty feet in circumference, then ascends another incline in perfect safety, and during this transit, the head of the traveller is completely inverted I"—We wish that Sir Robert Peel could be prevailed on to ascend this extraordinary car ; for then—when once his head became " completely inverted "—there might be a chance of his adopting a different opinion respecting the Income-tax to that which he at present entertains. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by a nu merous suite, left town on Saturday by the London and Birmingham Railway, on a visit to Lord Howe, at Gop sall-hall, Leicestershire. Her Majesty afterwards pro ceeds on a tour for some weeks, honouring different noblemen with a visit. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, SA.TURDEY EVENING. The prices of our own Funds have almost completely re covered from the late forced depression—Consols leaving off at 9131 91i for Money, and for the Account ' • Bank Stock, 1693 1703 ; India Stock, 249 250; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53; New, 49 51 prem. The circumstances by which the fall of one-half per cent. was produced in Consols, has been very freely commentedupon. This was caused by a false report that events adverse to the continuance in office of the present Ministry of France had oc curred, and that they bad accordingly resigned. The rumour was most industriously circulated by parties known to be connected with the pigeon expresses and operated upon accordingly by several timid j obbers ; and the market having been made so as to suit the speculators the opposite side was then taken. So long as this system was confined to Spanish stock, &c., it was not worth any very lengthened notice, although, under any circumstances, most be highly deprecated. And the distinction is made, inasmuch as none but specula tors themselves were ever taken in, and they were perfectly aware of the real value of the reports. Now, however, when these same parties, finding that no more fleecing is to be carried on in, these bonds, and others of a like description, venture to fly at such high game as our own Securities, the attempts require exposure and every exer tion to render them unavailing. Some remarks have been made on the conduct of the Committee of the Stock Exchange in reference to this, and a comparison instituted between the effect these rumours and the late swindle played off in Mexican bonds. It would appear that the two cases are totally dissimi lar. In the latter a party is stated to have sold at 37, and then to have produced a letter, by the aid of which the quotation was driven down to 31. In the other it has been merely a verbal statement, resting upon the credibility of the party making it, and the value of whose testimony is now correctly ascertained, and in future will doubtless be appreciated accord , ingly. In the one case the proceedings of the body in question were not only very remiss, but indicated a desire to shield some of their own body; in the other it would appear they could not be called upon to exercise their authority. The prices of Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 1013 1023 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 513 513; the Five per Cents., 1013 1013; Danish, 813 823; and Brazilian, 63 65. 'f he quotations for Mexican were, 35 25%. London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 180 182 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 47 49 ; Great Western, 893 90; the Half-Shares, 631 643; South Western, 61% 62 1 ,! x ; North Midland, 59 60; the New Shares, 29 30; South Eastern and Dover, 221 233 ; Eastern Counties, 81 93 ; Northern and Eastern, 40 41 ; Blackwall, 9 93 ; and Brigh ton 333 341; per share. The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 201 213 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 333 33%; the Three per Cents., 193 20 ; Spanish Five per Cents. 203 201; the Three per Cents, 193 1931 (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The market has completely recovered from the panic of yesterday afternoon, and some extensive business has been done both in English and foreign securities. Con sols are 911 for Money, and for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 921:; Three and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1003 101; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1003 1001; Bank Stock, 170 171 ; India Stock, 249 251 ; India Bonds, 33 35 prem.; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 ; New, 49 51 prem. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been sold at 513, awl the Five per Cents., 1001. The quotation for Mexican is 35i, _ The Share Market has not to any extent participated in the improvement of the Funds. Business to-day has been limited, and includes both London and Birmingham, 182 ; Great Western, 89 90; South Western, 62k; South Eastern, 23+; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47i. The Bonds noticed to-day are, Portuguese Five per Cents., :331; Spanish Five per Cents., 201, and the Three per Cents., 19i. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUG. 4. 3 per Cent. Consols . ..... 91 ; Bank Stock Three and Half Stock 991 ,1 Grand Canal Stock ... Ditto Reduced ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New 1830......... 991 Ditto 4 per cent .. 3i per Cent. Debs. -- MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. s.—The Share Market exhibits more firmness, Shares in our local Banks are still in considerable request. The transactions of the day were :—Bristol and Exeter, 41+ ; Eastern Counties, 9 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 91 ; Man chester Assurance, 91. 18s. 9d. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH, FUNDS Bank Stork l7o} 3 per Cent. Red. .... 92. i 3 per Cent. C0n'..... 914 3i per Cent. New 3i per Cent... looi New 5 per Cer' Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12a _ India Stock 249 1 :, Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities IDitto New Annuities - lEx. Bills, 1,0001. ...2d 5l pm I Ditto WM 5O pm Ditto Small Bank Stock fur Acct — Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGIN India Stock for 0pg.... I Consols for Acct. 91f or FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent 1101 Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... BuenosAyree6 per cent. Chilien, per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1624 Portuguese, 5 per cent. 'Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent....., 11.4 i Ditto, Metallic ...... . Spanish, 5 per cent 2o* Ditto, Deferred.... pi Danish, 3 per cent —i French, 5 per cent.ll7f. 50c._ Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — (Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent 3s} !French, 3 per cent. 77f. 50e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 , Dutch, 2i per cent. sli Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et. !Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 1011 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... 9l Ditto New Shares ( paid) ... Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... 47e Great Western Railway (65 paid) Londen and Brighton (50 paid) .. .. 34 London and Blackwall ( paid) ...... 9 London and Birmingham (90) , „.. ... jeol London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 62 Paris and Rouen (18 paid) South Eastern 1 tui Dover (SO paid) 23i Ditto Scrip. ( 10 paid) ...... ...... ...... 7i BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUGUST s. —The de wand for West India produce has been very limited with little variation in value since our last. The St. George cargo, consisting, of 2,300 bags Bengal, has been brought to market, and found buyers at fair prices. We have to report the arrival of the Eleanor and Coverdale, from 13arba:loes with 1,000 hogsheads. THE GALE AT CALCUTTA.—(From a letter dated June 8.)—" The terrific gale which visited Calcutta on Friday last (the day the regular mail was despatched) put all writing out of tke question; it was all we could do to secure ourselves in our houses. In mine, the windows were driven in, the verandahs carried away, and damage done to a serious extent. It is the worst gale I have witnessed during 12 years' Indian residence. The loss sustained by the shipping is dread ful. The Symmetry, Globe, Lord Western, Cavendish, Bentinck. and a French brig, all fine large vessels, have been totally lost in the river ; 43 other first.rate vessels are disabled ; and of the immense quantity of native craft always plying, there is scarcely a boat remaining. Bow many lives have been lost it is yet impossible even to conjecture, but the number must have been very great both of Europeans and natives. The damage done to shipping cargoes is computed at 500,0001. But we have not received accounts from the interior, and I fear the indigo crops, now ready for cutting, will have suffered terribly." THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1842. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND lubltc ptuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The French Journals received this morning are filled with observations upon the funeral of the Duke of Or leans. These remarks are in good feeling, for so amiable was the character of the deceased Prince, and so prudently did he abst a i n f r om mixinghimself up with the party politics of his day, that his loss has in spired the great majority of the nation with feelings of deep regret, and his memory is treated with respect by even those who, politically speaking, cannot be supposed to feel very great regret at the death of any member of the reigning dynasty. It would have been disgraceful, indeed to the national character if this had not been the case ; but it is, nevertheless, satisfactory to be enabled to record the fact, that by the tomb of the deceased Prince faction was silent, and rancour had no place. The Madrid Gazette of the 28th ult. publishes a de cree authorising the Directors of the Sinking Fund to grant, within the next two months, any portion of the confiscated religious buildings to such persons as will engage to convert them to purposes of public utility. After this period, all such buildings as are not so dis posed of will be sold by public auction. The Spanish papers assert that a new political party is nearly organised in that capital. The head of the party is Don Francisco de Paula (or, rather, Donna Carlotta, his wife), and their object is to force the eldest son of Don Francisco on the young Queen as a husband, or to compel Espartero to relinquish the regency in favour of the Infanta. This hopeless scheme will be knocked on the head without delay, and in order that Don Francisco may understand that Espartero will enter into no compro mise with him, he and his family are compelled to retire from Madrid without delay. The Wurzburg Gazette states that when the King of Prussia received the news of the death of the Duke of Orleans he burst into tears, and that, as soon as calm, be wrote letters of condolence to the King of the Frenoh and to the Duchess of Orleans, who is a near relative of his house. The Gazette d'Augsburg has the following The Pope has addressed a circular to all his Cardinals on the differences which have arisen between him and the Emperor of Russia respecting the treatment of Catholics in Russia. His Holiness enters into details of the com plaints of the Catholics in Russia, and of his own re monstrances in their favour, for the purpose of con vineing'the world that he has not neglected the interests of the Catholic Church." PUBLIC OPINION. The following is from the Herald :—" The present session of Parliament will, we take it, have done as much to destroy the confidence of the country in both the existing divisions of Parliamentary parties as any pre ceding session that can be remembered. The policy which Sir Robert Peel has pursued in internal affairs, however wise and salutary, however acceptable to the great majority of the community, and however gradually and cautiously developed, was not certainly antici pated by the people at the last general election, and was received with surprise by a large section of the great party over which he presides. It is perhaps more fa vourably regarded in its main features by the Conserva tive constituencies than by Conservative representatives. Sir Robert Peel has realised the predictions of his sup porters in the House of Commons, that he would be a great Minister ; but in accomplishing their predictions he has somewhat startled the predictors occasionally. He has maintained his own consistency, but he has not had much regard for theirs. He has endeavoured to de prive Conservatism of a sectarianism ; if he succeed he will be the founder of a great national party ; but should he fail, the country will either have to bow its neck again to Whiggery, attempting to cheat Radicalism. or a coalition Administration will arise out of the conflicts of parties." The Chronicle thus expresses itself on the subject of Lard Ellenborough's reported intention to evacuate Aff ghanistan :—" It is gratifying to observe that there is but one feeling, as far as any feeling has been yet ex pressed, upon the rumoured intention of Lord Ellenbo rough to evacuate Affghanistan. No Englishman can hear of such a resolution without shame and dismay. All parties, those who blame as well as those who de fend, the policy of Lord Auckland, must, at all events, admit that until our fellow countrymen who are in the hands of Akbar Khan are restored, and satisfaction be had for the murder of our Envoy, our army could not, under any circumstances, be withdrawn from Affghanis tan. To this Sir Robert Peel's Government is, fortu nately, pledged. Fortunately, we say, for, upon a care ful perusal of the Indian papers, we believe Lord Ellen borough had, before the receipt of his overland despatches, commanded a retreat! Incredible as this compound of cowardice, cruelty, and impolicy may seem, disgraceful to its author as a man, as a British subject, and as a statesman, nearly every Indian paper we have seen agrees in stating that Lord Ellenborough had actually determined to abandon so many of our country people to a dreadful fate, to leave the murder of so many more un atoned for, and to sacrifice the character of our nation and the safety of our Indian empire, by calling back our troops like a band of beaten robbers, instead of with the prestige of a victorious army. We may tremble fur the ultimate result,' says the Bombay United Service Gazette, when Lord Ellenborough has already began to waver, to vacillate, and to doubt.'" ONET--"TUADE-C 021/ZIVIERCE. The condition of the labwuring classes in Nottingham is becoming daily worse ; employment, in most cases, consists of their living upon a sholl pittance of work given out to them by the manufacturers, to keep them from absolute starvation. Their furniture and other comforts are fast disappearing from their houses, and their clothing is speedily converting into rags. At the half-yearly Meeting of the Directors and Pro prietors of the London and Brighton Railway, which took place on Friday, at the London Tavern, it was stated by the Report that the average weekly receipts on the line amounted to upwards of 4,0001. ; the traffic during the last six mouths has produced 63,3261. 78. 2d. ; aud, after all deductions, an amount of 27,6451. 12s. lies at the dis posal of the Shareholders. NAVAL AND MILITALRY. The military Lieutenaut-Governor of Sheerness, Col. Walker, who, with the exception of the Earl of Loos dale, was the oldest officer of his rank in the service, died at Holland Lodge, near Edinburgh, last week, at an advanced age. LAW AND POLICE. James Pratt, a gardener, was charged at Union hall with absconding with Jane Illman, the wife of a pub lican at Reigate, and stealing fifty-six sovereigns, be sides a quantity of wearing apparel and other property. A woman, named Mary Ann Nigh, relative of the female who absconded, was also charged as being concerned in the robbery. The prisoners were remanded till Wed nesday. Josiah Overton was indicted at the Warwick Assizes, on Thursday last, for the offence of corrupt and wilful perjury, having deposed, by false oaths, as to the pay merit and receipt of a sum of money, which was found by the watermark on the latter to disprove his statement, and show that it had been anteemed. The Jury re turned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced transportation for life. The Messrs. Finden, the well-known engravers, of Southampton-place, New-road, passed their examination on Friday in the Bankruptcy Court. The 'Tableaux, known by their names, comprising the splendid gallery of art, upon which thousands had been expended, and little or nothing realised, were sold for 3,0001. On Friday Wm. Lenney, carrying on the joint trades of beer-seller and green-grocer, in Bexley-street, Cam berwell, was charged at Union-hall with the murd .r of his wife Norah, on the preceding afternoon. From the evidence given, it appeared to be the result of a quarrel. The prisoner stands remanded. SPORTING. The cricket match between Kent and England, which terminated on Thursday, brought in England the winner, with nine wickets to go down. THEATRICAL. The new amphitheatre at nov in a state of great forwardness : the decorative part and operations in the interior are suspended till October, when the new timber duties will come into force, by which the director, Mr. Batty, will save about 500/. COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have returned to Belgrave-square, from a visit to the Dowager Countess of Sefton, at Stoke Farm, near Windsor. The Earl and Countess Brownlow have arrived at Belton House for the autumn. Lady Portman has arrived at Bournemouth, near Poole, from Branston House, Dorset. The Earl of Wilton sailed from Cowes on Thursday in his schooner yacht, the Xarifa, on a cruise to Cher bourg, Guernsey, &c. Lord and Lady Albemarle left Berkeley-square on Monday for Newmarket. Lord Henry Bentinck has undertaken the superinten dence of the Lincoln Hunt, vice Sir Richard Sutton, re moved to Cottesmore. lIZSCZZLANEOLTS. Mdlle. Caroline, from the Olympic Circus, in the Champs Elysoes, Paris, appeared for the first time at Vauxhall on Friday night : instead of wearing a spangled frock she appears in a plain riding habit, and performs her equestrian feats with great grace and management. Since the contradiction of the report of the bursting of the caisson at the Goodwin Sands, that machine has been considerably advanced through the sand, and there is every reason to conjecture that it is approaching a chalky stratum. More than an usual number of Irish labourers are now on their way through Stamford, to assist in the work of harvest in the fens of Lincolnshire and Cambri:igeshire this year. Hundreds are nightly lodged in the barns and outhouses in the suburbs. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—.Mozart's opera of Cosi fan Tutti was revived on Thursday night at the Italian Opera, for the benefit of Signor Costa. Lablache per sonated Don Alphonso, which could not boast of a su perior representative. Persiani and Moltini enacted the parts of Fiordiligi and Dorabella. Rubini and F. La blache acted the two indulgent lovers, Ferrando and Guiglielmo. The acting of last night brought pleasing reminiscences of the days when Fodor was Fiordiligi ; Garcia, Gaigliehno, and Pasta, not then arrived at the zenith ofher glory, Despina. Since that period it has been played in an English form at the Lyceum, under the name of it for Tat, but that is now some time since. Among the gems of the evening, " Un aura atnorosa" was sung by liubini with the most exquisite feeling ; it was rap turously encored, as was also the celebrated sestetto, " Sento oh Dio." There was a general call fur Signor Costa when the curtain dropped o ver the o p era, and a just tribute was then paid him. Cerito, in her Gitana, attracted last night as many plaudits as e ver. T he house .was filled dn all parts ; and in one of the front boxes sat Grisi, whose absence from the opera , this season, has been so much regretted. LIGHT FOR ALL NATIONS. We are much gratified to learn, by the following communications, that there is no truth in the report of the Caisson having burst since its successful de posit on the Goodwin Sands. We have witnessed it ourselves a day or two ago, and its position seems ad mirably adapted for the humane purpose in contem plation. We Ate induced to believe, from several opinions expressed by promiscuous individuals, that the success hitherto of Mr. Bush's laudable and very patriotic endeavours in his periluus adventure, has sti mulated the envy of those who were busy in prognos ticating his failure. Let Mr. Bush, however, persevere, regardless of such people, and his success will redound more to his credit, for " Envy will follow merit as its shade, But, like the shadow, prove the substance true." There was nothing ever great or novel yet achieved, that did not oxcite the spleen of those who had not genius enough to conceive its possibility, or genero sity to applaud the undertaking, and honour its accomplishment. The following are the letters to the Editor of The Sun. 57, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Aug. 5, 1842. Sir,—l herewith beg to forward the inclosed letter, just received from Deal. It will convey authentic in formation of the state of the Caisson, up to such date ; and the favour of your insertion will tend materially to remove the erroneous impression created in the mind of the public, by the unfounded statement which appeared in the early part of the week. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN D. PAINE. Caisson, Goodwin Sands, August 4, 1842. Dear Sir,— Referring to the statement made by me, in contradiction of the report of the bursting of the Cais son, I beg to inform you that the works in connexion with the adaptation of the machine for obtaining a foun dation for the new lighthouse, are in rapid progress, in cluding the air-pumps, guages, valves, and apparatus. The Caisson has already advanced some considerable distance through the sand, and there is every reason to conjecture, from the appearance of the water and other indications, that it is already approaching a chalky 'stra tum, as was this day observed by Lieut. Batt, R.N. Mr. Bush intends to proceed with the excavation of the sand within the Caisson the moment the Government steam vessel arrives, and she is hourly expected ; reports of the progress of such works shall be forwarded to you in due course. One or two of the outer plates were cracked during the gale of last Friday, the repairs of which we are proceeding with, though such has by no means de layed our operations. I am happy to add that the air chamber and columnal cylinder remain as perfect and immovable as they were before the Caisson was launched from the Deal beach.—l remain, dear Sir, yours truly, For WILLIAM Busts, C.E., GEO. QUIDDINGTON. Mr. John D. Paine, architect, LitTcolti's Inn-fields. We quote the following from the Kent Herald, which partly refers to the passage of the Caisson from Deal, and the subsequent report : DEAL.—In spite of adverse predictions, and many ominous shakes of the head, the Caisson last week reached the sand, settling in safety on the interior part of it, facing the town, commonly known by the name of the " Inward Salt Bank." The occurrence took place so unex pectedly that there were no more than the ordi nary number of persons on the beach to witness the sight. No doubt the suddenness of tLe exit was a source of disappointment to many who had calcu lated on the extraordinary novelty of the spectacle. The arrangements as to the towing and steering were con ducted with much skill and precaution, by the Monkey steamer, and the "Lady Flora," commanded by Lieut. Batt. The passage out occupied about two hours and a half. It is also, perhaps, worth mentioning, that the spot where the Caisoon is placed has seldom less than six feet of water, even at low spring tides. Everything now seemed to promise a favourable re sult, and cordial greetings and congratulations sere mu tually exchanged, when Friday last brought a sad reverse; a strong north-west wind sprung up, causing a heavy sea on the sand,t he force of which the Caisson, notwithstanding its massive ribs, was unable to resist. The whole of the plates forming a segment of a circle which had been added to the upper tier since its arrival, were suddenly wrenched from it, damaging by extensive fractures those immediately beneath. Mr. Bush is still, we hear, confident of success, which nothing but the sudden advent of bad weather has fur the present defeated. DUTCH FUNDS.--Amancaram, Aua. 5. do sty. Hii's. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 00000 ........." 00000 :2 :21, Jitti,„ ditto 5 per cent. .••••••••••••••••. 00000 PA 11 11, A mat Svndtc. 44 percent 91% '4 Ditto, ditto, 314 4 per cent 7N '6% Commercial Company, 4 , 4 per cent 143% 14454 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. 00000 ".„ la% 100% Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 lni Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 '75 Two months 35 50 Dutch Papers, Aug. 6 BELGIAN . ÜbtDs-13numasta, Avc. 5 AetUkii pent..h, per Cent. ttothschild'a Loan, 5 per Cent lOl% Loan of Ihirty sfillions, 4 per Cent. ..... --3 per Cent.... — -..Thirty.seven—.-- .. . - .. Loan of City, 1:32.4 per Cent P3% iociety et Commerce, 4 },per Cent es dank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 73 National Society Exchange on London (short) — —Brussels Pavers, Aug. 5. A USTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA. JULY 2'J t ire per Cents. Metalltques Font' per Cents. llO5 Three pia Cents. 'tank shares .... ....... ..... ..... ........... ... . THE FINE CLOTH TRADE OF LEEDS.—It is well known that a very material cause of the scarcity of em ployment in the stable trade of this distric', during the last three or four years, is to be found in the change of the fashion—in the taste which has prevailed so generally for the use of the coarsest woollens of all descriptions. The amount of labour required, through the whole process of manufacture, to finish a piece of fine cloth, being about four or five times greater than is bestowed on the coarse qualities, as pilots, beavers, tweeds, &c., it is not surprising that in this branch of our national industry we have expe rienced an additional source of embarrassment and dis tress. From this cause it has been observed that many of the establishments in Leeds, where fine goods are made, have suffered most severely, and we are extremely sorry to say that there is no present hope of a speedy change in their favour. We understand that one of the most extensive of these houses have dismissed near forty hands, chiefly heads of families, on Saturday week, and about eight or ten weeks ago almost the same number, while through last summer and during the winter up to the present time they have worked but half time. Surely much of the distress and privation felt in this branch of trade might be relieved by our gentry and the affluent portion of society discarding the unsightly coarse garments they have been in the habit of wearing, and adopting the far more genteel and, we believe, returning fashion for fine cloths.—Leeds Mercury. During the short time that the exhibition of the Bristol Mechanics' Institution, at the Horticultural Rooms, has been open to the public, it has been visited by upwards of 20,000 persons.—Somerset County Gazette. THE BELFAST WRlT.—This writ was issued on Monday, as we expected. It will probably arrive in Belfast to-day or to-morrow. With respect to candi dates, we have nothing to add to what we stated on Tuesday. Mr. Ross and Mr. Emerson Tennent are the only candidates actually before the electors. The for mer gentleman arrived in town yesterday evening.— Northern Whig (Thursday). COMAIRRCIAL.—A degree of briskness prevails at our port, from the arrivals of vessels with corn, seed, and wood. Several Baltic sail have arrived during the last ten days, and we are happy to hear that better freights out to Petersburgh are likely to be obtained ; in place of one penny per foot, for which vessels have been going (of course at an immense loss), threepence is to be the price. This, though only one-half of what was obtained in previous years, is somewhat better to our shipowners, and, we hope, jo;ned with the facilities afforded by the operation of the Grinding-Corn in• Bond Act, thereby furnishing cheaper provisions, some profits may accrue. The corn dealers have been paying duty on large parcels every day ; it is said that upwards of 20,000 quarters have been paid duty upon in little more than a week ; that, at Bs. per quarter duty, will realize 8,0001. to the revenue, besides a large quantity of oats, &c.—no unimportant sum in the total receipts of Hull.—Hall Advertiser. MURDER OF AN INNKEEPER AND EIS WIFE.— On the night of the 25th of Juno last, the house of Mr. James Mawkdesley, the Oak Tree Inn, in Copprel, Lancashire, was broken into and entered by three or more persons, who stole 13s. in silver, and a pistol. Two of them beat and wounded Mr. Mawkdesley and Fanny his wife, so as shortly afterwards to cause their death. Inquests were held upon their bodies, and verdicts of " Wilful mur der" returned against persons unkuown. The tallest of the three men is about five feet eight or nine inches high, and wore a dark-coloured dress-coat and a hat. The two others were about five feet five or six inches high, and wore dark-coloured fustian jackets and caps. It is believed that the men had been in the neighbourhood for some hours pre viously, and had found means to ascertain the defenceless state of the occupants of the inn. Two bludgeons w ere l e f t by the murderers on the premises— one is a cart rail painted red, the other is of ash, and appears to have been cu t f rom a collier's sinking pick , and has . a string at one e n d to go round the wrist. A reward of 1001. will be paid by her Majesty's Government to any person furnishing such in formation and evidence as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offenders ; and Sir J. Graham will recommend the grant of her Majesty's pardon to any accomplice (not being the per son w h o actually committed the murder) who will give such evidence as shall lead to the same result.— Durham Chronicle. NEW ZEALAND COOKERY.--A supper cooked in the manner peculiar to the aborigines of New Zealand was dressed at the Star Hotel on Tuesday night last, by Mr. Wood, who had long been a resident of that island. A hole was dug in the ground, in which some stones previously heated by a wood fire, were rlaced. The dishes to be cooked, consisting of two legs of mutton, two hams, a piece of beef, two couple of rabbits, four couple of fowls, two apple and two plum puddings, with a plentiful supply of potatoes, turnips, carrots, and cab bage, were then placed thereon; the whole was then closely covered over with thistles and a mound of earth. After remaining thus enclosed for nearly three hours the earth was removed and the various articles dished up for supper, of which a select party partook, who expressed themselves highly gratified at the flue 1141% - ur and juicy richness of the respective dishes. LITERATURE. ENVIROAS OF LOADON. Part IV. Blackwood, London, 1842. We find in this Number minute and copious details respecting Bushey Park—so many years the resi dence of William the Fourth, when Duke of Cla rence; Wimbledon and its breezy common • Hamp ton, where Garrick's villa stood, and to which such frequent pleasant references are made in that most social and entertaining of all biographies, Boswell's " Life of Johnson ;" St. Anne's Hill, the favourite residence of Fox in his declining years ; Chertsey, once famous for its Abbey, and for a long time the scene of the poet Cowley's retirement from active life ; Claremont, where the late Princess Charlotte's happiest years were spent, and where she died ; and Shepperton—a town or village dear to all lovers of g*dgeon and barbel-fishing. The accompanying il lustrations are numerous, and, for the most part, of superior merit. The sketches of Wimbledon Com mon, and of a river scene, near Thames Ditton, are very sylvan and picturesque. SELF-CONTROL. Bruce, London. 1842. This is a republication in one volume—price only one shilling and fourpence !—of the late Mrs. Brun ton's novel of " Self-Control," which, on its first ap pearance, about fourteen or fifteen years ago, attained a more than ordinary share of popularity. The work is neatly printed, in double columns, and forms the Fifty-sixth Part of a little weekly miscellany, entitled " The Novel Newspaper." KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE. Part XLVL Knight, London, 1842. The present Part forms the Second Number of the Life of Shakspeare, which is written by the Editor in his most animated and graphic manner—a clear proof that it is a " labour of love" with him. The incidental allusions to Kenilworth Castle, and Sir Walter Scott's visit to it, are full of interest. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. A lady, elegantly dressed, entered, three days since, a bathing establishment in the Rue de Paris, at Havre, and asked for a bath.. She said to the girl in at• tendance that she would remain in it one hour, and desired to be left alone. The girl retired, but a few instants after, when passing, hearing a strange noise, she entered the room, and found the lady bleeding to death, from wounds which she had made in the veius of her arms. She was taken to the hospital, and is now out of danger. The motives for her thus endea vouring to imitate the death of Seneca are unknown. A quarrel arose, last week, at Havre, in a house on the Quay Lamblardie, between a German and his wife. The man came in drunk, and ordered his daughter, a girl of fourteen, to go and fetch him some beer. As it was one in the morning, the wife was opposed to her daughter going out at so late an hour. The man, in a fit of passion, began to beat the wife, when the child came between them to protect her mother. The father seized her, and flung her out of window, which was on the second floor. The child was killed, and the father was soon afterwards taken into custody. A humpback, named Pascal Faisiant, of about thirty-eight years of age, and of most repulsive as pect, was tried on the 26th inst., at the Court of As sizes of Loiret (Orleans), for having attempted to poison his father. This latter, an old man of eighty two, had given up his little property, some years ago, to his children for an annuity. The prisoner was always quarrelling' with the father, and had of late been so backward in paying the annuity, that the old man was obliged to send to him a huissier to receive a sum of 30f. which was due. On the sth of March the father went to work in a piece of ground be longing to one of his daughters, and about two in the day he saw his son glide along a hedge which bounded it, until he came where the old man's basket lay, over which he stooped, as if to put something in, and then retired as quietly as he came. The father proceeded to take his lunch, and was surprised to find that the bottle which his daughter usually filled for him was not more than half-full. The wine, too, was sweetish, and had an odd taste, which he could not relish. He took but little of it, and complained to two women who happened to pass by that he had a burning sensa tion in his stomach from the drink. They poured some of the liquid on the ground, when it bubbled up, leaving a white foam behind, and they exclaimed that he was poisoned. He went home, and his daughter gave him some milk and water, which caused him to vomit repeatedly. A medical man gave him some antidotes, and after the fifth day lie began to mend, and at last recovered. The liquor in the bottle was analysed, and gave a considerable quantity of sul phuric acid and arsenic. It was proved that the pri soner had purchased 50 grammes of each poison at Orleans the day the crime was committed. He was found guilty, and sentence of death passed on him. A correspondent writes from Leipsic on the 27th ult.—" Our wool fair this year has been generally favourable. The supply brought to market amounted to 40,000 steins, or about 825,0001b5., and the whole found purchasers. Nevertheless, in consequence of the stagnation of the manufactories of fine cloths in Germany, the superior wools suffered a reduction of between four or five thalers (from 15f. to 18f. 75c.) the stein, so that the highest price per stein was from twenty to twenty-four thalers, or from 75f. to 78f. 75c. There was a general complaint that the extreme dryness of the season had filled the wool with a quantity of dust, which the washing had not been able to remove. The chief buyers belonged to the Germanic Association, but among them were several English and French dealers." LLOYDS' SHIPPING LONDON, AUGUST 6.—Wind this day at noon S.E. DEAL, AUGUST s.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Ida, Wilhelmina, Amsterdam, for Batavia. The following vessels remain, viz. —Diana, for South Seas; John Knox, Batavia ; Thomas Henry, Ceylon ; Charlotte Wylie, Sierra Leone; Rebecca Jane, Ascension; Mary, Quebec; Rotnanoff, St. John's; and several others. Sld. Calcutta, Hobart Town. COWES, AUGUST s.—.Arrd. Reliance, Hutchings, Cuba, and sailed for London. A deeply laden bark, of about 400 tuns (apparently Briish), ashore on Florida reef, with wreckers alongside, was passed by the Reliance. OFF BRIGHTON, AUG. s.—Florentia, Ctoodwyn, Sydney. OFT SALCoMBE, AUG. 4.—Conder, Myiawarlie, Port au-Prince, for Bremen. OFF KINGSBRIDGE, AUG. s. —James, Port Phillip. Feutount, AUG. 4.—Wind N. to %V., fresh breezes. Arrd. Jane Erskine, Co At, Pernambuco, left May 30 ; Louise, Monte Video. LIVERPOOL. AuG. s.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Cap tain Ross, Green from Africa, left Bonny May 4, and Prince's May 10 ; Peruvian, G wakkin, Bunny, April 27 ; Governor, St. Domingo, and not the Covenanter, as reported; Archer, Ligonier, Champion, Miller, and Lord Seaton, New Orleans ; Sir C. Campbell, Charles ton ; Patrick Henry, Delano, Liberty, Merton, Lady Gordon, arid Ohio, Lion, New York ; Stephens. St. Stephen's ; Bockihire, and Minerva, Montreal ; British Queen, Ann, Jeffrey, and Princess Victoria, Quebcc. Sailed Britannia steamer, Boston. Arrived off, Adam Lodge, and Commerce. SCILLY, AuG. 3.—ArVd. British Queen, Benin, for London ; her Majesty's ship Hydra, Bermuda, short of coals and provisions. Penszow, AUGUST 4.—Sld. Belle, Quebec. OFF SClLLY.—Orpheus Digby, Madras ; Howard, Paulson, New York, for Hamburgh. BRISTOL, AUGUST s.—Arrd. Miranda, Brock, Cape Verd ; Emanuel, Pearson, Quebec. SWANSEA, AUGUST 4.—Arrd. Ocean, Windroff, Val paraiso ; Auricula. Oliver, Cuba. OFF CAPE CLEAR, AUG. 3.—Jane, St. Kitt's, Clyde. DUBLIN, AUGUST 3.—Sld. Watson, Quebec. HULL, AUGUST s.—Sld. Wave, Rio. BRIDLINGTON, AUGUST Amphitrite, from Sunderland, got on the Rocks off Flamborough Head last night, but came off this morning without damage, and proceeded. DUBLIN, Atm 4 —The Autumn, from Susa, with wheat, got ashore on Arklow Bank, but has been assisted off leaky, with cargo damaged. The Robert, from Barletta, got aground on the North side of the channel in coming in, and lies badly, but is expected off without damage. PERNAMBUCO, MAY 28.—The Newburn, Wrangles, from Mauritius to London, last from St. Helena, put into Rio Grande du Norte 6th instant, very leaky, and must discharge. HER MAnsTr's SLoor FAIRY.—Our readers will not have forgotten the disastrous late of the Fairy, in November, 1840, engaged in surveying the coast near Harwich, when in the squall, in which she was_ supposed to have gone down, Captain Hewitt, his brother-in-law, the master, Mr. Adam, mate, son of Sir C. Adam, then one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and the whole ship's company perished. It was thought that it was near Lowestoft s.ie was lost, and the Admiralty, desirous of regaining the valuable surveying apparatus, and the charts and memoranda, the results of years of labour of Captain Hewitt, sent a Government steam-vessel to look for her, and offered large rewards to any party discover ing the precise locality of the wreck ; but although con tinual search was made, nothing more was heard of this ill-fated vessel until Sunday last, when a letter was re ceived at Ramsgate, from the master of a fishing smack, stating that while he and the crews of other fishing vessels were employed in their avocations, a few clays since, off Lowestoft, their nets became suddenly en tangled, and upon hauling them to the serf:ace of the water, they pulled up the boom of a vessel, which, up in close examination, is believed to have belonged to the long-lost Fairy, which had been sunk in about thirteen fathoms water. We sincerely hope this circumstance will lead to a discovery of the hull, and the po,session of the important data which it cost the country so much money, time, and risk of life to obtain. The Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delawarr, is expected to arrive in Grosvenor-street to-morrow, by the South-Eastern Railway from Buckhurst Park, to make preparations in his department for the prorogation of Parliament in person by her Majesty, who is expected to arrive, according to present arrangements, at Bucking ham Palace on Wednesday afternoon. RATTIER CURIOUS.—In an account of the birds, &c, of the Andes, there appears the following curious record of a rara avis, called the Pteroptoehos Tarnii. This singular bird is found in time wood) parts of the Andes, and is very difficult to shout ; its cry is compared , to the neighing of a young colt. PERS! A. AN i TUB KEY. The aspect of affairs in several of the more remote provinces of the Turkish empire, and especially the outbreak of hostilities between the Shah of Persia and the Porte, appear to threaten the vast and complex question of the East with fresh, though nc' t unexpected, difficulties. A war between Persist and Turkey at the present moment would be en event of the deepest importance ; and although it is probable that the accounts of actual hostilities l° Suleimania are exaggerated, the character of the reigning Shah, the policy to which he is entirely subservient, and the distressed condition of Turkey' render such a war exceedingly probable. The ells' ratter of the Shah is marked by that vain, enterprising and ambitious temper, which led to the expedit i l against Herat; the policy by whi c h these errore the Persian Government are encouraged, is the se ° which has long exercised so powerful an influence over the destinies of Asia ; and, unfortunately , tb t. e condition of Turkey already emboldens her neig h bours to attack her, and her subjects to revolt. 4 ,„ The position which Russia has acquired en "'" Caspian Sea, and in the provinces on its western i l coast, gives her a preponderating influence over, al t the relations of Turkey and Persia. The very n i r i s .. war undertaken by the Emperor Nicholas, ° n i l' accession, made him master of the province of -O s ; lisch, beyond the Arras, and gave him the fort re . o . of Abhasabad, on that river. The last ten Y L , e ,;, have been spent in unceasing attempts w snPP e , those mountain tribes of the Caucasus, whose inu st pendent valour still defends the defiles on the co in of the Black Sea; but the Russian outposts, Georgia completely command the principal route ir' d Tabreez to Erzeroum. A war between Persil 11 . /1 , 3 , Turkey is impossible without the connivance nr,. / ot , stigation of Russia. The mere apprehension of P ent tilities must impel Turkey to appeal to her It t t: enemy for assistance against her actual ass° o f whilst the desire of conquest or the gratificatioo,be his passions makes the Shah a willing tool lil' s , hands of Russia. Thus, the two Eastern States otif existence has been (especially within the last ',wof century) so closely connected with the politics Europe, are slowly impelled to mutual destructi on t o a pOlicy which has been an hundred times &t ee and denounced, but never effectually opposed. the The forces which the Shah can bring int ° 4% .,. field may not be very formid a bl e , if we judge -" ;., his failure before Herat ; but w h a t are the r o { sources, what the spirit and fidelity of the artnita, the Porte ? The Paellas of Diarbekir and 139 're already enjoying a species of semi-sovereignty , ' amongst the first to give signs of disaffection on the rumoured approach of Ibrahim Pas ha ecl 1839, the dissolution of the Turkish empire seed $ to be at hand. Are these officers likely to opP ° vigorous resistance to an invading army more el ? a toured to conquer by the purse than by the sw° l '..,r , can reinforcements be drawn frem the Albaninn2. o , risons of Syria, or the disturbed frontiers of r4 ;5 ,, pean Turkey ? Perhaps after all, in this emerg e ro ve the dreaded military resources of Egypt may P o y the best support of the Sultan. But whicheve r is the Porte turns—to the hopeless anarchy of Si r o f which is the only result of the late i n t e rventie l ' ge Europe in her affairs—to the threatening lan u . „ 3 or of the Rayahs in the northern Greek provinces or to the hostile preparations of an external l e t he in the East, the cause of all these dangers, fu l , ain e , only remedy for them within her reach, is the The protection she is compelled to seek iS is greatest aggravation of her peril—nay, th ere ore nothing so fatal to her existence and her w e the in these difficulties, great though they be, as i 4 ll ,, it es counsels of the Power to which she is " 0 1r in endeavouring to resist them. It was 'nst ,u v se' served by one of the English diplomatists best.lo. quainted with our relations with Persia, that the . o w ance of England was prized by that Power in P f r° ri l is tion to the shelter it afforded her from Russia. As ia tic spirit, and for the protection of India from,,A, sl b io , and European invasion, the treaties of Mr. Dil i ,* stone and Sir Harford Jones were concludec.7-0 Persia. But in the hour of danger we lent Pe rsia of support, and the consequence has been the total d ec or our influence at Teheran, insomuch that if wehelT for seeded in concluding another treaty with Pers, ta to ce commercial purposes, it is to Russian as s ' s pe leti that we are indebted for it. What more was ri- nt ries to prove that in the East, or at least in those the 0. where the influence of Russia is direct, a d ! !alli sistance of England remote and uncertain, °l ief ance of the latter is no protection from the r in pre' the former Power ? The Asiatics cannot ° ° e , w ith bend the inconsistency of our boasted otestant Russia in Europe, when they witness our ";mongst though unavailing contention with Russi l- themselves.ce The same causes which have lowered our infl be r in Persia, and made that Power a piece on th e sit board which Russia moves alternately to thee t he and the west, are at work in Turker. Sint dissension dissension which has sprung up in Eastern between England and France, neither of thein "'d resolutely endeavour to counteract the policY Russia, because such a course would strengt Russia herself by allying her more closely to the ow" Power. We are thus rendered subservient to % t il t : force of events not originating with ourselves, and are compelled to remain spectators of what we (IS l i a prove and condemn. t he For instance, the whole policy of Turkey to„.0 Christian Princes of Syria and the whole poptilsl.o, 1 " of that unhappy province has been unwise and j cious. But, in spite of what has been asse rteu eo several parts of Europe, the English Gove rn . 0 0e never intended, or professed to intend, to inteP o t by force for the purpose of improving the govei ll .,; l a te of Syria. The mischief which was done by Foreign Secretary could only have been incr°' un der an attempt which would have replaced Turkey the exclusive protection of Russia. the Under these circumstances, the maintenance wore status quo is all that we can hope for, but than we venture to anticipate.—Times. AUSTRALIND. p 4 WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—On Saturday last loy rdt be grants embarked for the depot at Deptf o rd, on h° 11 ,„ 0 , 15 ill Western Australasian Company's chartered ship settlement of Australind. e ore/ The vessel dropped down to Gravesend the 5 0- ore where, on Monday, the Ist instant, the emigran ts . .,, o o l inspected by Lieutenant Lean, R.N., the Guver.,, the officer appointed for that purpose. During the is% s ee ship was visited by ladies and gentlemen desiroosj eo o' the arrangements made for the accommodation anu irs ire fort of the passengers, and they expressed their ou t ps ,s Lion of the complete manner in which the ves se fitted, of the excellent quality of the provisions `up to the emigrants, their cleanly and respectable tnicli ante, and orderly behaviour, and the happy feeling ly appeared to pervade the whole party. John Chapman, Esq., one of the Directors and v' s ilif Chairman of the Company, arrived on board th,. 5 . 03 0 about one o'clock, when the emigrants were at 0' and examined and approved their fare. v oid Dinner being finished, all hands were drawn uP 9 ";hess the deck of the vessel, and Mr. Chapman addressed 'ffec' at considerable length, in very impressive terms ef,., 5 ,3i4 tionate advice, and concern for their welfare, 00' 1 ' dIY with best wishes for their prosperous passage to th h e d for tant region for which they were about to depart; s"„ o tri their happiness and success through life in the CO of their adoption. or° Mr. Chapman and the other visitors soon afte' s , e re' took final leave of the emigrants, who spent t'l % . on mainder of the day in much cheerfulness; and e,' ' !„' o ll/ the fiillowing morning (Tuesday) the ship got 110° _ A for her destination. We understand all the Trusty's cabins were e t ' r°' by capitalists (purchasers of the Company's 11 0 7,livi' ceeding to settle at Australind, and that they - cco ff' dually signified their entire satisfaction with the $ modations provided for them. qh for The "bill-stickinf department," connected W i/ ..d p 10 unsightly hoard in 1 rafalgar-square, is said to b r/P5 . about Tß E 3 A OO T / I . N a GA year. T ELECTIONS.--The Working l‘f r, en r) 'l Association r of this city h ave f orwar d e d a l e tter to e the B ougham, requesting hi a Lendship if possible, to g e ' t• provisions of the Bill n ow b e f ore Pi;rliiment, for pre 0, ing bribery at ele c tions * ex t en d e d to mun icipal elect —.Exeter Western Times. • The Maw:hester and Birmingham RailwayC°ifitr: pany will ni.en their line through to Crewe and , mingham on Wednesday next dant BLACK GAME.—Black grouse is More almo . , Are , the various enclosures of the New Forest, in HanlPsw_4l this year, than it has been known to have been for 070 t years past. This circumstance may, ill some niessiL f be attributed to the favourable state of the weer:, during the breeding season, but more so to the r e f, lance of the forest-keepers, who have (succeeded in feating the netting practices of the poachers .upoil t u „, young packs when they were little more , th an halt groW ; The whortleberry, or hurtberry , which is produced tf almost all the dry rising slopes of the forest, has this y e been very fruitful, and the same is eaten by the bloc: grouse with avidity, which , at this season , seems to coll., stitute their favourite food. - This circuai stanee has b e e'. much in favour of the bird s . T h e little pictureste village of Lyndhurst. situated in the tery centre of i tP; New Forest, is already o ccu p ied b y a few straggr b P e sportsmen, and it is expe cted that, in a few days lien.cn"; it will be crowded by the friends of the trigger, awa lu with anxiety the 12 th proximo. The bird s are well uPt in condition, and strong o n t h e wing , and excellent sP°r is anticipated , more especially by twi or three octog ena l rian sportsmen, oho find it less tedious and toilsom etu them to traverse the gentle " heather" slopes of the ::: Forest than it is to "plod their weary way " over ir e mo re rugged " tnuirs of the north."—Hants Advertiser. The advices from the Worcester hop districts spenil generally of improvement in the plantations ; and it " 1 , 1 , 4 supposed another eek or two of warm weather woo l, secure about an averae crop. Duty backed at 13,00 0 " the highest yet Colonel Sir Al tricts concur with these. quoted. xander TAhnedeardavnince,scf.rvom., other dis' las week at Edinburgh at an advanced age. , was onv of the veteran- of tl.e l'eninsuhir war, entered the armi is 1801 ; receiv. d det-orat.ons for his services at ' , Aldo: j l o ,o z, ul S o a u l s a e m ; a k ne n a ig , hVteitd.tolrsia3,ll:yrenees, Nivelle, Ortdhieeds, 1. , ........ and the Gotha, vice in 11 .21. C( In the Cob anc Coburg for sum , the del4 W e h barkatic for the flex '2 .the 'tern ~00ton-0 0 In- • , -pushy.in / of Shelf the. Ear: 4 speeia esti Sever aSterno( dinner. riesps office fri Islands, Yest( Walk e d Little Her Lady A kr. and the Roy. THE Or nit( it e ,d 4 ZOwn t?tto 04 YNC I a, n c ~~ _~ t ~E . 1