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UN RIVALLED DISTRIBUTION !-8,200 MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided en 30th No vember next, amongst 8,200 selected Bonds of the Loan nego elated in the year 1820, and guaranteed by the Government and Ins Royal Ilighness the GRAND DUKE of BADEN. Distribughn at Carlsrulbe, the Metropolis of Baden, on 30th November next. I Dividelid 50,000 Florins 50,000 Florins I do. 25,000 " 1 do. 12,000 " 1 do. 10,000 " 1 do. 5,000 " •• • 5,000 " 8 do. 1,000 " 8,000 " 20 do. 500 5,000 " 10 do. 200 " 2,000 " 200 do. 110 " 200 do. 105 " 467 do. 100 " 1,300 do. 94 B,2oo l Money Dividends, amounting to 892,900 Florins, or 741,4001. Steeling Aloney. 8,200 selected Bonds, each of which obtains one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ 7 16 8 12 flor in s equal to tl 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 HAIIIBURGH. Bonds are on sale now at £l2 10s. After 15th August, if tot 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 £2 105., .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. llamburgh, 26th July, 1842. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 6. Will be presented LOST AND WON.—Leyton, Mr. Diddesir; Cotierell, r. W. H. Bland; Mistress Leyton, Miss Faucet. After which, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.—BowbeII, Mr. Harley; Azar, Mr. Bar , cer ; Niza, M s. Hughes. To be followed by the Musical Play of THE EXILE —Paton Al. tratiotf, Mr. J. Bland ; Count Calmar, Mr. barker ; Petroff Servitz, Mr. Harley ; Daran, Mr. J. Vining ; Alexina, Miss Faucit ; Cathe riu , Miss Murray crincludiSw:th the New Burlesque ► allet, called GR IZELLE:— Ch arac te r s Signor Oxberrini and Madlle. Louisotta Fairbro. tnorini. Boxes, 4s. Pit, :Is.— Gallery, Is. Doors ores, at Half-past Six; commence at Seves; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box.otfice and of Mebst s—Andrew', Mitchell, Sams,and Batty, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consetuence of the immense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnambula," supported by the first musical talent this country can proiuce, it will be repeated • THIS EVENING, AUGUST 6. :The performances will commence with Beliini's LA SONNAM BV LA.—Amin:l. Miss Romer; Liza, Mrs. Serie; Rodolpho, Mr. Letter; Elvin°, Mr. W. Harrison; with all inzreased Band, and a powerful Clkrus, conducted y Mr. G. Stansbury. Alter which, THE QUAKER—Steady, Mr. Leffler. To conclude with THE ARTFUL DOuLiE.—llemosthenes D‘Nlge,.Ar. G. Wild. Places and Private 3oxes may be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Lox Urtice, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nol,ility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, arc respectfully Informeel that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em ba.iied all those popular Entertalnintiits that have given to this favou. rite place of recroaLion its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in. trod Actions, which resider them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE' has been enriched by many valuable and im portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding Tithe Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tablem d'action, repro /WU ti II g the P:nco-sion of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. The BAN U includa soma of the most enimeot Performers, con hieted by M. Godfrey. and the Programme of the PROMENADES Al OSIC A LES sell cted: rum the noblest works of the great Masters. The I Ll.o MINATION of ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, awl tite GIR A N :)OI,A at' ST. ANGEt.O, wi h all the gorgeous Spectacles and inn/lit - went introductio s that have called forth ac. elsartations of delight and admiration on each evoning of their ex hibition, tumtnAing with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the C:1 SC XI) t: at .IA \T FI li.F, SIX t Y FEET in height. The Giri:ens are open Daily from Ten tilt Dusk. The Evening Fete:, h the omen:ides Mus tales, Illumination of t.t. Peter's, Gitan&l ,,, of St. Angelo: &c., will be given on MondaNs, Tuesdays, eLd AdiAission One Shilling. ii.rlll TEn AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. ‘L•rr.,lo , l3 arinutes after I I Evening ... 42 mint.tes after 1. T. 7 1.C100F4F,1 , W5.11w . ; 4, 4 , --4,,..,.. ,_ , P-,„',La, ~' - %-.„•it - N' 4 ff e , -2 ' - 1 • 4-- elato 1,,r,ftr,..04,,i•;Z1 ri - ' - ' ° I . • . . yr r - kf , V..-. V 4 ° NO ,;ttrL LONDON : SATURDAY MOANING, AUGUST 6, 1842. In the House of Commons last night Mr. InsuAELt ri inquired of Sir R. PEEL whether the statement were 4 authentic that the British troops had been ord:Ted withdr..w from Affghanistan ? Sir R. PEEL replied that; he ma rstood despatches had been received, but he had. I not y.et had an opportunity of reading them. It was un-..1 derstnod about the House that Sir ltonEwr is to give, some further information on the subject to-day, in con sequence of an interrogatory put by Lord PALMERSTON... The evening before Sir Reinmer admitted, in answer to Mr. D'iSitA ELI, that a narrative of the occurrences in Atlgintnisten, such as that described in . the Indian J.mrtials. - had been received, in England ;, but it was al such a nature that it could not be produced without at. breach of 'confidence. The fact of that report having arrived, and the statement of its nature, are calculated to confirm the terrible suspicions excited by the articled of the. Bombay Times. Before . Parliament .separates. the fullest information on this momentous subject, which. deeply concerns the honour and the power of England, oug:it to be laid before it. We cannot allow Mr. T. DuncomßE's motion for the release of the Chartist lecturer, Mr.3IAsoN, and the seven working men now confined in Stafford gaol, to palm 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 not in terms call in question the decision of the Court which passed sentence on them, but it was founded ont an opinion that the constable had in the first instance. overstepped his duty, and that the Magistrates had only , sanctioned his arbitrary injustice. It was to be ex—.' petted, therefore, that Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who had.: strenuously advocated the propriety of a constable being allowed to decide concerning the sedition of languago, which he might by possibility not comprehend, would resist Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion. He did so ; andL having an unscrupulous majority to back him, it was• negatived. The Minister decided that there should bet no address 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 up by the dictum of Sir J. GRAHAM, to justify a.. meddling constable. We congratulate the Whigs on having returned, on this occasion, to their ancient constitutional doctrines ; and we congratulate their Journals on their revived zeal for popular 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 office as they are in Opposition—had they acted on their present principles, in the cases of STEPHENS, APDOUALL, LOVETT, COLLINS, and the Bir mingham meeting, they would not have been no much hated as they now are by the bulk of the working popu lation. The change in the Ministry, which we, in com mon with others, objected to, has had the extraordinarily beneficial effect of converting the Tories to free traders, and thS Mtlbourne Whigs into advocates of popular rights and liberties. No pet;son treats his friends more seurvily than Sir B. PEEL'. ', He has silently but certainly compelled the DUke or RIM - MOND to swallow his own threat. The pccr ignites, who at the election rode, and run, and blustered In every county and at every town where they had any influence, to return the friends of Sir R. PEEL, have been obliged to accept grinding -Bills, importation o f calif, reduced duties on potatoes and meat, &c., and sundry other things which they mortally hate, and have scarcely dared to murmur their discontent. The deceived parsons, too, who set such a splendid dining and speaking example, who in thioir zeal for this world's favour seemed careless of the next, and risked their 'salvation to promote the success of their party, are not to be allowed, after all they have done and suffered, to filch from the people as large an amount as possible for Church-rates without even rendering an account of the money they cAlect. They are quite indignant that they were not taken into the councils of the Cabinet before it assented to Sir J. EASTHOPE'S 'Motion, and they are still more indignant at the calmness with which the Premier be holds the bellowings of their impotent rage. To have to the "motion of a low Radical, a decided enemy to the Church," is complete treason to the party; and w, have the authority. of the Post fur saying that; the High-Church supporters of Sin R. PEEL are ex tremely dissatisfied •at the cavalier treatment they have , received from the Right Honourable Gentleman. He spites the Herald by obstinately following out Lord: P4LMEIISTON's foreign policy, though that journal says. the Noble Lord ought to be impeached ; and Thursday he even dared to blow up tli:!. great Times itself, Sir- F iLt vis Bur.DETT, and the lit., , Ltning inventor, whom. they have taken under their express patronage. Oil oe ; after another Sir R. PEEL slaps his friends and sup porters in the face, and they say " it is very distressing, b d:at is the use of making a noi se a b out it, we shall P: S 1. - -, pia get laughed at 1 . 4 .4 as ninnies ; we s h a ll g i ve an ad -- - Union 1 triumph to those hated free traders and Radical anti-C.!hurehaieii. There is no use in taking any not i ce 0: it !. To bring back the Whigs would do us nu good; and therfere, though we are very much disappointed and dissatiSeed, yet still, as we cannot make better of it, we thin!At neeJlesa.to weaken the Government by finding . faitlf. 4s So, with the meekness of lambs, the overbearing squires and the arrogant priesthood receive th© 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 preventing 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 axe 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. WA.RNER'S inventions under the notice of the House, and moved for a Select Committee, to inqu ire into his negotiations with the Government. Sir Ho WARD DOUGLAS, who had been appointed to examine the subject immediately stated that every op portun!ity 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 cull, or the atmosphere was damp, and his electrical machine would not work ; at all events Mr. W rAIINER did not achieve the mighty things the Times promised in his name. Mr. BROTEERTON men tioned on Thursday that the immaculate patriot had pre v;.ousl:y sold his invention to Dos PEDRO ; Sir G. COCK' auto' deprived him of hi:. rank, by declaring that be ne , ver was in the navy; and Sir ROBERT PEEL, by taking ; the same course as Lord MELBOURNE, completely vindicated the Noble Lord's conduct, and testified to the a ccura,cy of his judgment. By one shell he blew Capta in WARNER, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, and the Time 3 out of the water, and left these battered and bruis ed personages to console one another. it was very viteful in Sir ROBERT to defend Lord MI :i,BOURNE, and to disparage the Times. It was sti l E more spiteful to resist his dear friend, and sr ntl Sir FRANCIS BURDETT into the lobby with only a jug le joint in his tail. The lion. Baronet's motion was sup / orted by only 2 votes, and 72 were given against it. Ve apprehend that will extinguish for ever Captain, or Mr. WARNER'S claims on the national gratitude. There yet one place of reffige for him. We recommend him to) carry his scheme to the Chinese; they will at once ap pr mitt te an invention which will destroy the barbarians' ips in a manner so agreeable to their caution. They AX 2 fond of boasting, and the lightning inventor would ast 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 oh their honour, while other - men could scarcely be credited on their oath. Hence, in a certain House, whatever a Member asserts, the other Members, fur the honour of the whole body, are bound to admit it to be true. But this conventional respect for each other's word seems Lot to extend beyond Parlia meet, and ever since Lord STANLEY stated that his friend air E. FEEL was a capital hand at dressing up a .;tatement for the House, a suspicion has grown up in the public mind that all the things as serted by those honourable men may perchance nat be true. So we see that Sir JAMES GRAIIA.3I'S asser ,,ions in the case of Mr. M'DouALL, 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 be denies that the building was in any way damaged, and he proves that both Sir R. PEEL and Sir J. GRAHAM have dressed up the Deptford case for the House of Comnions 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, 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. POST OFFICI. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF LETTERS DELIVERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM : Week ending July 24, 1842 . . 3,909,532 Week ending July 25, 1841 . . 3,746,008 Week ending Nov. 24, 1839 . . 1,585,973 increase since 1841, on the week's letters . . . . . . 163,524 Increase since 1839, on the week's letters . 2,323,559 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—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 phaeton. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken their accustomed airing to-day. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite left for Bushy. Prince Albert and the Prince of Saxe Coburg rode in the forenoon to Virginia Water on a shooting excur sion, attended by Lord Jocelyn 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 Princ ess of Saxe Coburg, Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Murray, and the Hon. Matilda Paget. _ _ The Duchess of Buccieuch took her leave. Her Grace has been staying on a visit to the Queen since Wednes day. The Earl of Aberdeen also left to-day. The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Matilda Paget arrived yesterday at the Castle, and have succeeded Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux as the ;Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen. Captain .Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilier Guards) arrived to-day .on a visit. Yesterday Mr. Brown, of Slough, had the honour of :presenting to her Majesty a plant of the " Lilium Lance :folium punctatum," admitted to be the finest specimen .ever produced in this country, having upwards of fifty 'blooms of great size and extraordinary beauty, with -which her Majesty was pleased to express herself 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 her resi t .dente Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday. from a -visit to her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle. General Sancho, the Spanish Minister, transacted bu siness yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State ;for Foreign Afiairs. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From Me Votes and Proceedengs of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, AUG. 4. JOHN MASON. DIVISION ON MR. DUNCOMBE'S MOTION. Motion made, and Question put, " That an humble Address be presented to ber Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her Majesty's merciful consi deration the case of John Mason and seven working men, con fined in Stafford Gaol, with a view to their immediate dis charge."—The House divided '— MINORITY—AYES, Gill, Thos. Heathceat, J. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Hurts, Joseph Humphery, J. Mangles, It. D. O'Connell, D. O'Connor Don Pechell, Captain Philips, M. Scholetield, J. Aglionby, H. A. Barclay, David I3owring, Dr. Brotherton, J. Buller, C. Cave, Otway t:obtieii, Richard Dalineny, Lord Duncan, George Ebrington, Viscount Gibson, T. M. 30. Scott, R. Smith, B. luthell, H. Turner, Edmund Villiers, Charles 1. Ward, H. CI, Wood, B. Yorke, H. R. TELLEUS. Duncombe, T. S. Hawes, B. k'CoJrt, Capt. Arkwright, George Baird, W. Baldwin, C. B. Baring, W. B. Bateson, Robert Boldrro, H. G. lkjrthwick, Peter nottield, 13eriah Cockburn, Sir G. Collett, W. it. Cripps, W. O. Linn, Lord Mower, r it James Fuller. A. E. Gaskell,James Mines Gladstone, W. E. Gordon, lion. W. LJORITY NOES, Gore, Montague Gottlburn, Henry Gl*Jham, Sir James Greene, T. Hamilton, Lord C. Hardlnge, Sir H. Henley, J. Warner Hodgson, Richard Hogg, J. W. Hope, Hon. C. Howard, P. H. Jermyn, Lord I s narcnbull, Sir E. Lygon, . Gen. 111.stennan, John l.a c ist a o r n t: Nichol!, J. !li Lockhart, am ral.i.cr, Robert Peel, Hon. Sir R Polhill, Frederick Pollock, Sir F. Praed, W. I'. Round, John Sanderson, P. Sutton, Hon. h. Da Taylor, Thomas E. ,I,lumipoon, Aid ollernache, F. J. rre.ieli, Sir F. Verner, Colonel Vivian, .1 E. Wilmot, Sir E. Yount, slow, TELLERS. Irematntle. SirT. Pringle, A. LONDON BathGE.---In consequence of the partial .repairs which the carriage road of this bridge is about to •undergo, the following notice was yesterday issued by - the Lord Mayor :—" Notice is hereby given that on and -after Monday, the 15th day of August instant, no car riage, cart, waggon, or other vehicle, will be allowed to :Pas3 over Ltaidon-bridge into the City.—By order of the „Lord Mayor." THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1842. men have turned out :—lronbuckle, 3 ; Carnbro, 4: Merrystone, 9-; Gable, 4 ; Kipps, 2 ; Rawyard, 4;; Stonerigg, i ; Rosehillock, 14 ; Govan, Whiflat, 3 ; Govan, Whiterigg, 14 ; Burnfoot, 2 ; Holehill, 2 ; Easter Meadowhead, 1 ; Gartlee, 4 ; Airdriehill, 4 ; Priestrigg, 4 ; Chapelhall, 2 ; Cairnhill, 3 ; Cliftonhill, 2 ; Dundyvan, 10 ; Mossneuk, 4 ; Drumcoulter, 5 ; Watermaggie, 1 ; Dykehead. 2 ; South Stonerigg, 3 ; Todd's Pitt, Calder, 1 ; Greenend, 5 ; Gartuck, 1 ; Redbrig, 1 ; Ballochney, 4 ; New Carnbroe, 4 ; Gart sherrie and Gartgill, 6 ; Gartcloss (ironstone), 6 ; Greengairs, 2 ; Sheepford Locks, 2 ; Blackrigg, 2. In all 147. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HIGH LAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. This annual agricultural meeting, comprising its show of live stock and husbandry implements, commenced on Monday in Bruntsfield Park. Fifteen years have elapsed since a similar exhibition took place in this city, which on this occasion comprised upwards of 1,100 animals. The number of strangers attracted to Edin burgh on the occasion was immense. The space enclosed for the whole gathering amounted to about eight acres, and the banqueting-hall created on the Castle-hill was a large and elegant wooden building, capable of accommo dating 2,000 persons. On Monday the Earl of Rose bery presided in the room of the Duke of Buccleuch in Committee : the show of implements was excellent, and Dr. Madden delivered a lecture in the Society's Museum ; a dinner and ball concluding the day. Tuesday was the second, and great show-day. To this no fewer than 3,000 persons were admitted at half-a crown, and when the price was reduced to a shilling, the crowd was much more dense. The band of the Enniskillen Dragoons was present, and much enlivened the scene. The short-horned cattle attracted much attention ; twenty-four of them especially were fine specimens, while the Ayrshire bulls and the West Highland breed were equally numerous, and as good specimens. The great dinner took place at the closing of this day on the Castle-hill, the Duke of Richmond occupyine , the chair, and supported on the right by Sir James Forrest, Lord Provost of Edinburgh ; Sir Neil Douglas, Commander of the Forces in Scotland ; Richard Trotter, Esq., of Morton-hall ; Sir James Campbell, Lord Provost of Glasgow ; and the Rev. Dr. Grant, of Leith. On the left by the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Rosebery, the Earl of Mansfield, Lord William Douglas, Admiral Sir Philip Durham, and Sir Thomas M‘Dougal Brisbane. The Duke of Roxburghe acted as Croupier, supported right and left by Lord Napier, the Earl of March, the Earl of Buchan; the Earl of Traquair, Sir W. M. Napier, Sir Archibald Campbell, of Succouth, Bart ; and John W. Childers, Esq., M.P. for Melton.. EXPERIMENTS WITH PERCUS cUSSION AND CONCUSSION SHELLS IN THE MARSHES AT WOOLWICH. Wooovicu, AUG. s.—At half-past one o'clock, P.M., Major-General Drummond, Director-General of Royal Artillery ; Major-General Sir Hew 1). Ross, Deputy- Adjutant-General to the Royal Artillery ; Colonels Pa terson, Lacy, Dansey, Dundas, Chalmer, Belson ; l'injors Vaughan and Hope ; Captains Palliser, RObe, and Grant, of the Royal Artillery, attended at the marshes to witness experiments with percussion shells, the inven tion of Mr. Tuck and Serjeant Freeburn ; and concus • sion shells, the invention of Serjeant-Major Moore, of the Royal Artillery. Mr. Tuck had eight 32-pounder and eleven 6-pounder shells ; Serjeant Freeburn, two 56-pounder, and Ser jeant-Major Moore, four 56-pounder, or 8-inch shells. The first shell fired was one of the 6-pounders (Mr. Tuck's), from an iron gun, and it burst at the mouth of the gun. The second, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's) burst at the mouth of the gun. The third, 56-pounder (Serjeant Freuburn's), entered the bulwark, or representation of a ship's side, but did not burst. The fourth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's) struck the bulwark, and burst in side. The fifth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), burst on striking the bulwark. The sixth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), entered the bulwark, but did not burst. The sevt.nth, 56-pounder (Serjeant Freeburn's) entered the bulwark, but did not burst. The eights' 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), struck the bulwark. but did not burst. The ninth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), did not burst. The tenth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's) burst at the mouth of the gun. The. eleventh, 56-pounder (Serjeant-Major Moore's) burst at the mouth of the gun. The twelfth, n2-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), did not burst. The thirteenth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), struck the top of the mound and burst. The fourteenth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), did not burst. The fifteenth, 56-pounder (Serjeant- Major Moore's), entered the bulwark and burst betwixt the : - ,ides with good effect. The sixteenth, 32-pounder (Mr. Tuck's), did not burst. The seventeenth, 6-pounder (Mr. 'l'uck's), burst on entering the bulwark. The eighteenth, 56-pounder (Serjeant-Major Moore's) en tered the bulwark and burst with excellent effect. The nineteenth, 6-pounder (Mr. Tuck's) entered the bulwark and burst. The twentieth, 56-pounder (Serjeant-Major Moore's), entered the bulwarks and simultaneously burst passing through one side, with tremendous effect, be twixt the bulwarks. The result of the experiments to-day show that the two 56-pounders fired on Serjeant Freeburn's principle did not burst. • Two only of Mr. Tuck's 32-pounders were good, the fourth and eighth; and three of the 6- pounders, the sixth, seventeenth, and nineteenth, the thirteenth bursting on the top of the mound ; the con structiun and singular shape of the shells being liable to cause them to deviate from a direct line. had the prac tice been at a greater distance than four hundred, the range to•day, there could have been no calculation Of . the course Mr. Tuck's shells would have taken. Under these disadvantages the firing to-day was of a very superior description, and the aim excellently taken. Two of the 'guns, the 56-pounder and a 32-pounder; Were fired with Lieut.-Colonel Dansey's improved friction tubes, and Went off in every instance admirably, although en trusted to gunners and drivers who' have'never witnessed their action before, the firing of a blank one by Licut.- Colonel Dansey, before the experiments commenced, being sufficient to instruct the tnt to discharge this most simple, yet important discovery. 'rbe bursting of three of Serjeant-Major Moore's shells out of four appeared to give great satisfaction to the officers present, who complimented Serjeant-Major Moore on his success, and expressed their opinion that they were decidedly the best yet submitted for trial. It is also satisfactory to know that no danger is to be ap prehended to those employed in' firing, t 'by the introduc tion of this shell, in the event of its principle being adopted after future experiments, as it is equally safe to work as the shells at present in use. Percussion shells, on the contrary, are equally dangerous to those who work them as to those against whom they might be di rected, in the event of the least want of care in moving them about, and daring engagements this could not be obviated, and they could only have been made avail able in defending fortifications. Serjeant-Major Moore's invention,retainiug the presentport-fire, and adding a con cussion principle to cause the shell to explode the moment it strikes an object, seems most likely to be successful. SHUGBOROUGH HALL SALE. FRIDAY.—The works included in Wednesday's sale being of a much more valuable character than the two preceding days, much better prices were realised, and there was a fuller attendance of fashionables, many of whom were considerable purchasers. We subjoin a few of the principal works disposed of :—Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in England, 5 vols., 1762-71, and one other-51. 16s. 6d., Slatter. George Omerod's His tory of the County Palatine and City. of Chester, 3 vols., London, 1819-181. 7s. 6d, Edwards. Polychronycon, black letter, imprinted in Southwerke, by Peter Trueris, the XVI. daye of Maye, 1527-41. 155., Skitter. A fine tall copy, in russia, with the frontispiece, of Samuel Purchas, his Pilgrimes and Pilgrimage, containing a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Laud Travails, by Englishmen and others, 5 vols., London, 1625-281. 75., bought by the Knight of Highbury, a gentleman very curious in books. Joh. Jac. Scheuchzer's Physica Sacra, fine impressions of the plates, in 5 vols., Augsburg and Ulm, 1731-5-5/, Anson. The Rev. Stebbing Shaw's History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, large paper, 2 vols, half-bound russia, London, 1797-1801- 7/10s., Bohn. A remarkablyclean and desirable copy,with a brilliant impression of the frontispiece, bound iu russia, of John Taylor, the Water Poet's, Works-10/ los., Rodd. Thesaurus Graeae Antiquitatis reparatm et dis gestm ab Jac. Gronovio, in the original binding, (late 1697; and Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanorum, a Joan. Geor. Groevio, 1694-81 Bs., bought by Lord Rosebery. A very fine copy in the original calf binding, with the additional slip of arms, of Dr. Robert Thornton's An tiquities of Nottinghamshire, date 1667-51. 10s., Bohn. 23 volumes of Piranesi's works relating to Architecture, all in perfect order, and half-bound in russia-401., Bohn. A very splendid copy of James Stuart's Antiquities o f Athens, in 4 vols, with very fine impressions of the plates, date, London, 1776 and 1816-17 /. 2 5., Rodd. A splendid copy, in 3 volt, with very fine impres sions, Recueil d Estampes d'apres les plus beaux Tableaux et d'apres les plus beaux Desseins ,qui soot en Prance, divise suivant les differentes Ecoles, Paris, 1729-44- 18/. 7s. 6d., Long. The Ordnance Townland Surveys of Ireland, in 25 vols. calf, double-lettered, and in the finest state, produced after a spirited composition 94/. 10s., bought by Toovey. The Ordnance Surveys of Englund and Wales, pasted on linen, and arranged in 11 cases, Rc., fetched 31L 10s. ; bought by Rodd. The sale of the wines commenced on Thursday, and they being of very superior vintages, for which Lord Lichfield is celebrates], produced very good prices from the more aristocratic portion of the company who were the principal purchasers. Some very choice old Port wines produced from 655. to 70s. per dozen, of which there Were 42 dozens, the greater quantity being pur chased by Mr. "Marlcwell, of the London hotel, Albe marle street. Sherry wines realised from 50s. to 70s. STAITAT MATER.—The final perfo rmance of this fine composition took place last evening at her Ma j est y 's Theatre, before au audience almost as nu merous as those which have attended on the previous occasions. Not withstanding the distaste which has of late been evinced, upon religious grounds, for this composition, it was igain received with loud applause, and E"bi"i was , us •)efore, encoled in his air dentree. The choruses Pr"' laced a magnificent effect, the salitorian voice of thr ;rent Padre Labhiche swelling conspicuously beyond :Lis compeers. Whatever be the objections which are raised against this species of entertainment, it appears to tie a general source of regret that this should be the last ppurtunity (for this season, at least) of hearing it in its present perfection. Viscount and Viscountess Pollington have left Dover-street, for the German baths. DEPARTURE OP THE BRITANNIA STEAM SHIP.— carri e d oat pro ceeded a very n LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. —At about half-past ii her to and large Rlail e five last night, the Britannia weighed anchor , and Halifax gh tay passengers,n and Boston. She including Sir Allan M'Nab. .- . 0•• Tbt TO THE HON. THE PROVOST,I MAGISGRATES, TOWN - COUNCIL, AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENOCK. Having endeavoured in vain to impress on the Minis ters of the Crown the absolute necessity of something being immediately done for the revival of trade, the em ployment of the working classes,, and the sustenance of; those of the people who could not find work, I have left my place in the House of Commons with unmingled dis may and disgustat the treatment those vital questions have received from the Queen's advisers, and have re-, turned home with the determination of laying . before. you, very briefly, the part I have taken in bringing for ward these matters, togethei with the opinions I have formed regardinr, your future interests and those of the . country in general The public prints will have informed you that the House of Commons has been occupied for nearly a fort night with one discussion after another regarding the existing general distress. The debates I allude to were on motions by Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Villiers, and myself, (for Lord Howick allowed the valuable motion to be pro posed by him to end in smoke ;) and you may have seen that, in spite of all the varied forms in which the universal distress was represented, and incontestibly proved, the Queen's advisers decidely refused, in the most explicit manner, to give anything like a promise or pledge that they would propose any other measures for the restoration of trade, and the employment of the millions who are idle and starving, than those which are unavailingly in force already, namely, the new Corn Law, the Tariff, and the Income-tax. Firmly believing that the Corn-law is a cunningly contrived delusion, and that the Income-tax will be a fearful drag on the industry of the country, and that the tariff would do but little to relieve us from our dismal condition, I lose no time in stating to you that, unless some other measures be resorted to, I see no reason to expect that trade will revive in time to relieve the wants of the suffering millions, or to save from ruin and des truction the capital remaining in the hands of the pro ductive classes. The Ministers of the Crown have declared, both publicly and privately, that they will not consent to the application of public money for the support of the starv ing population. Nay, more, that they have unequivocally stated that the poor and less wealthy must be supported by those around them, who are still a little more wealthy than they are. This is an awful state of society, involv ing a responsibility by one party, none the less fearful because it is undefined in extent and in degree, than painful on account of the consequences too certain to follow ; while to the poor, the destitute, and helpless, it presents nothing but the certainty of continually aggra vating misery. No part, however small, of the fifty-four millions of money which is to be wrung from our pockets in this year of unexampled distress, is to be applied to keep the starving millions from being starved by hunger, na kedness, and cold ; for this enormous taxation is all to be applied to other purposes, which in the eyes of the Ministers of the Crown are more legitimate and urgent objects for the application of the taxes, than the preser vation of the people ; and more than this, they have re fused to raise a sum for the express purpose of meeting the present unexampled exigency. This is a ttue and faithful picture which cannot be contravened irons authority. The next point for your consideration, I think, is what can be done in such circumstances ? As your re presentative in Parliament, I can do no more than I have done ; and on this ground, and this alone, it is that I have in despair quitted the House of Commons, in order to lay these matters more speedily before you ; but, though absent, I am free and unfettered, and may hntnediately resume my duties should there be occasion. I have nut paired off. First, because something un foreseen may turn up on which I might, by an instant return to London, serve your interests and those of my country. Secondly, because I distrust equally both of the factions who contrive by turns to misgovern and op press the people of these realms, and would not pair off in favour of either. I receive my Parliamentary papers daily in course of post, and watch every movement which they indicate ; so that were anything useful to be brought firward, and at all likely to prove successful against morn than a hundred of a majority, who support Sir Robert Peel in everything he proposes or resists, I should be ut my post in thirty hours. But I see no prospect whatever of anything being done in Pailiam:nt for the suffering millions; and, there fore, I shall' venture to suggest for your consideration the , only measure which appears to me likely to make an im pression on the Ministers of the Crown, and which, us yet, ties not been fairly tried. I continue to believe that the Queen is kept in ignorance of the extent and suffering, and the actual condition of her agonised subjects; and also of the truly alarming state of te.e country. As a last re sort, therefore, f would rejoice to see a deputation of trustworthy men sent from every town in the kingdom, to obtain, as a body, an audience of her Majesty, so as to represent at the foot of the throne, to the Queen in person, a faithful picture of the appalling state in which their fellow-subjects are, accompanied by an earnest en treaty that she would not prorogue Parliament until something be done to alleviate their sufferings, and give hopes, at least, of an improvement in their condition ; or, if Parliament must be prorogued, it should be so only on the clear understanding that it be summoned again early in October, so that the then state of the country should be full} , considered, andprovision made accordingly for the coining winter. This appears to me as the only measure which could be resorted to with hope of success', and I would fain see it fairly tried ; fur, although it is true that the Ministers of the Crown, and their never failing majorities in the LOrds and Commons, have been, by the late proceedings in both Houses of Parliament, made more palpably re . . sponstole than usual, still I could wish, in such a fearful crisis as is now in progress, that the Queen herself should be waimed in the most solemn and impressive manner, p f the real state of the nation, so that the three estates of Queen, Lords, and Commons, may be all united in the fearful responsibility. It is with sincere sorrow I am induced, through a sense of duty, to make this communication, which is done, be assured in the firm conviction of all I have stated being bat too true. I have the honour to remain, Your faithful servant. Kelly, July 19, 1842. ROBERT WALLACE. STRIKE AMONGST THE MINERS AT AIRDRIE, &c. (From the Glasgow Courier.) A large number of the coal and iron-stone miners em ployed about Airdrie, and in the extensive mines for several miles around that district, we learn, struck work on Monday morning for an advance of wages. A gene ral excitement has consequently prevailed in the neigh bourhood of the several works since—particularly in the vicinity of Airdrie and Coatbridge, where some outrages on property have already been committed, the perpetrators ofwhich are alleged to have been a portion of the idle miners. On Tuesday a large meeting of the miners was held on the banks of the Monkland Canal, at a place called the Pottery—they came, from all quarters—Airdrie, Holy town, Bellshill,Chapelhall, &c. Their proceedings at the meeting were very orderly, but as they passed through Coatbridge, to the number of about 4,000, almost all of them carrying sticks, they cheered most vehemently, to the great terror of the inhabitants. The farmers all round are naturally a good deal alarmed, but the law will no doubt afford them efficient protection. At the meeting referred to several propositions were gone into. One or two speakers—these the more violent—proposed an im mediate strike, as the only means of bringing matters to a crisis. Au amendment was proposed, to the effect that they should continue at work fourteen days, until they had earned a little money and then turn out. Another resolution was brought forward by one or two of the Chartists amongst them, that they should not strike at all, but petition their masters fora rise, and also the Government for provisions free of excise duty. Nothing definite, however, was come to, and the meeting was adjourned till a general gathering, to be held yesterday, on the north bank of the Clyde, immediately above Dalmarnock-bridge, to which the colliers in this neighbourhood were invited to attend. During the forenoon, accordingly, considerable num bers of the miners, principally armed with large sticks, were seen flocking to the general rendezvous, for the purpose of deciding upon the terms of the pro jected general strike—a portion of those who are receiving the present maximum rate of wages not having yet entirely abandoned their work. At one period the persons present all miners were calculated to amount to between 3,000 and 4,000. The proceedings commenced about one o'clock, and continued until two o'clock, when a de putation appointed by the meeting set off for Glasgow, to lay their grievances and claims before the masters resident there. Considerable excitement. pre vailed, and occasionally burst of cheering welcomed the sentiments of some of the speakers. After the deputa tion had been sent oft; the men agreed to wait out until five o'clock for an answer. The general feeling seemed to be, that if anything like reasonable terms were pro posed, it would be as well to accede to them, and return to their employment. It was stated that many of the masters in the iron trade will be compelled to come to terms, as their supply of coal is nearly all made use of, and unless the men resume, they will have to ex tinguish their furnaces. Others, however, surmised that many of the masters, having large supplies of coal, arid but a short demand for them, will be very glad of the strike. It was almost six o'clock before the deputation returned, and even then they had nothing to communi cate to the meeting, farther than that they had been unable to find out or obtain an audience of any of their employers. In this state of things it was ultimately re solved to hold another large aggregate meeting to-day, in the neighbourhood of Buillieston. The assemblage then quietly dispersed. According to the statements of the colliers themselves, about a year ago the average wages of colliers in this district were as high as 4s. per day, which, allowing them to work four or five days a week (and this is considered a fair amount of labour for an ordinary working collier), gave them from 16s. to IL per week.. They are now paid, and have been for many months—the iron-stone miners on an average of Is. hod. to 2s. a day, the colliers at 2s: 3d. to 2s. 9id. The labourers paid last year at 12s. is week, are now paid at Ss. Tliey desire to have them back to 10s. The col liers and miners ask 4s. a Ala,, which they insist theh masters can well afford to pay. The miners are most exasperated against the contiactors ; the contractors, on the other hand, blame the masters. In consequence of 'a u application to Col. Fleming, C. 8., Commander 'of tin garrison here, by Mr. Sheriff Alison, a troop of the 611. Dragoons, under the command of Captain Crichton, and accompanied by the Sheriff himself, marched at six o'eloA yesterday evening for Airdrie, the centre of thi. disturbed district ; and two companies of the 66th Re. giment of Infantry, under the command ofCol. Johnston, and accompanied by Mr. Sheriff Bell, proceeded, per railway, for the same place. Troops have also been ordered from . Edinburgh and Stirling by express. Tic folloWing is a list of the places and number of the pit! stopped work:, roviops to yesterday, at aIJ of which the I LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 15th of July, 1837. At the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the COMPANY, held pursuant to advertisement, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on FRIDAY, the sth of August, 1842. JOHN HARMAN, Esq., in the Chair. The advertisement convening the Meeting was read ; the register of Proprietors having been produced by the Secretary, the Common Seal of the Company was affixed thereto by the Chairman in the presence of the Meeting. The Report of the Directors having been read, the following resolutions were passed:— Resolved—That the Report now read be received and adopted. Resolved—That a Dividend of 10s. per Share be declared payable on 15th September next. Resolved—That the consideration of the subject of appoint ing auditors be deferred until next half-yearly meeting. JOHN HARMAN, Chairman. Resolved—Thafa vote of thanks be given to the Chairman for his able statement 'to the Meeting and conduct in the Chair that day. C. R. MACKENZIE, Secretary. London and Brighton Railway Office, 10, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street August 5, 1842. ";:tronbXiittton SUN OFFICE Three o'Cluch. Mr. O'CONNELL, last night, in the House of Commons 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 encoutagemeut, open or implied, on the part of the Government. The Noble Irish Secretary said, that " whatever advantage might be derived from obtaining information of 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 inch 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 upon 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 awls 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 of the dupes takes place at some Skeebeen, 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 There - is no political news in the French Journals re ceived this morning. They contain nothing but accounts of the funeral obsequies 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 Toulonnais says:—" 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 llyeres. The officers who are to replace these two Admirals are not yet known." The loyal tial, 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, namely, Mena Nauds, Archbishop of Avignon, and Messrs. Ber leaud, Replier, and Bardon, Archbishop of Tulle, An gouleine, and Cahors. The Federal of Geneva, of the Ist, says, in a supple ment:—" The municipal elections of Geneva have just taken place. The Radicals have every where triumphed by a great majority and ma n if est their joy by noisy ac elatnations."—Conuneree. BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, AUG. 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 Cents 77 75... 77 80... 77 75... 77 75 Bank of France 3213 ...3215 ...3205 .. 3205 Latlitte Bank I,ooof 1025 ..1025 ...1025 ...1025 5,000 f 5035 —.5035 —.5035 —.5035 Belgian Bank 775 ... 7 75 ... 775 775 Belgian Fives lo'2 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 1840 lo3# ... 103# ... 103 k 103 k Spanish Active ... 224 ... 24 ... 24 Passive ...... '4l 4i Dutch 21 per Con's... 52* ... 52* ... 52* ... 52* Neapolitan lO5 50... 105 50... 105 30... 105 40 Boman RAILWAY SHARES ts_t. Germain Bl5 ~. 815 ... 815 ... 815 Versailles, R.B ... 293 75... 293 75... 293 293 75 L.B 92 50... 95 ... 92 50... 93 75 Rouen - ... 520 Orleans. .552 b 0... 555 ... 552 50... 555 HA2•IBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Atm. 2. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1135 1630 Anglo-Russian Loan 1094 Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certificate 1035i 102 X Inscription, Ist series ll3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 9B 97g Ditto in Certificates 9l 1 11754 New 4 per Cent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent MI% 50% Ditto 5 per Cent. - Polish Bonds — New Tickets N— B Loan, 3 per Cent. 79 78% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURGU, AUG. 2-13 9U, Two months 13 734. • STOCKHOLM, JULY 26.—Seventy-five days, 12 10. VIENNA, JULY 29.—Three months. 9. 42. • PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JULY 30. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. 103% ii. 3% Prussian English Bond , , 1630, 4 per cent. It 2 e, Exchange on Landon . 22 Prussian State Gazette, July 3:. 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 7—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 expezted to do is, to pitch into the individual who happens to be standing next you, and get as much fun out of hini 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 stilt more remarkable, is the fact that Feargus, who commenced it; was at the time engaged as Head Pacificator to Sturge s 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 younc , woman. It seems that the parties were to have been married to-morrow (Sunday), but happening to have a disagreement about the wedding dresses, the bridegroom elct, true to the instincts of his pr ofession, 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 bim twenty shillings, by way of encouraging his enthusiasm in the 'cause of optical science. See what it is to be carried a .vay 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 round 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 !"—W e 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 this morning by the London and Birmingham Railway, on a visit to Lord Howe, at Gop sall-hall, Leicesturshire. Her Majesty afterwards pro ceeds on a tour for some weeks, honouring different noblemen with a visit. EXPRESS FROM PARIS PARIS, AUGUST 5. We have just received an extraordinary express from Paris, bringing the important intelligence of M. Sauzet's election as President of the Chamber. Be fore the first scrutiny the numbers were— Sauzet 2lO Odillon Barrot Dufaure 39 Dupin l6 Berryer No candidate having the " absolute majority" re quired, a second scrutiny was proceeded with, when the Ministerial candidate was elected by a majority of 25. This first defeat of the Opposition is regarded in Paris as of considerable importance. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 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 91,1 for Money, and for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 92i-:; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1001 101; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 100 - 1004; 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 51f, and the Five per Cents., 1001. The quotation for Mexican is 35f. The Share Market has not to any extent participated in the improvement of the Funds. Business to-day has been limited, andincludes both London and Birmingham ; 182 ; Great Western, 89 90; South Western, 62k; South Eastern, 234; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47i. The Bonds noticed to-day are, Portuguese Five per Cents., 334; Spanish Five per Cents., 20k, and the Three per Cents., 19i. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 47} to Great Western London and Birmingham 90 lB2 ...... to London and South Western 4156 ... 62i to South Eastern and D0ver......... 50 ...... 23i - to :CPRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUG. 4. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 991! Grand Canal Stock — Ditto Reduced ...... ... 1 Ditto Debs. 6 per cent— _ . Ditto New 1830......... 993 Ditto 4 per cent ... 3i per Cent. Dabs. 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, 411 ; Eastern Counties, 9 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 973 ; Man chester Assurance, 91. 18s. 9d. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. The supply, though not large, was quite sufficient, and lower prices were submitted to. Most of the country killed meat was in bad order, and some almost unsaleable at any price. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 4s. ; Mutton, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 2s. 4d. to 4s. ; Pork. 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. , Lamb, 2s. 6d. to 4s. TEA MARKET. The market was very dull, and Is. Bd. to Is. Bd. was the nearest price for useful Congou, cash. TALLOW MARKET. The prices of Russian Tallow were not quite so firm, but there appears to be more inclination to purchase, and 48s. must still be paid for really fine quality on the spot. For delivery in the last three months of the year 48s. 3d. was accepted for small parcels. HOP MARKET. The market was very quiet, and nothing but really choice qualities could be sold, and these only at easy prices. The accounts from the hop growing districts are decidedly more favourable, and the duty is 140,000/. to 145,0001. WOOL MARRET. There was a fair business transacted in both the Eng lish and Foreign markets at fully former rates. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKEL The, supply of iiieat was large, and prices again declined 29. per quarter. Oats id. per stone, Shelling Is. to 2s. per load, and Beans Is. per quarter lower than last week. No va riation in other articles. 6/neat, Red, Essex and Kent s. 534, to 554. em 511. Norfolk asat Suffolk .-..b. 51111. to 535. fine 535. Lin. and Cam. -s. 524. to :%. tine 54 . -- Yorkshire ...... 553. to 53,. fine 545. - White •.4 .. .1. 54, to 555. fine Mg. --- Foreign, Red. -s. -s. to 503. fine 55i. White -s. -s. to 58A. sine ls 0 •. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 24h. to Ns. fine .18 -- Lincolnshire ---- Yorkshire Wold ..... 24a. to 29A. tine 50s. -- Foreign -s. to -s. fine -s Beans, New -- Old Oats, Potato -s. to 90s. fine'. 2s. --,.- Poland -s. -s. to 20s. tine 225. -. Friesians' and Small -s. -s. to ISs. line 20s. - hsealing Sh‘llitig ... 27s. to 29 .od. per Lao* Malt Rapeseed -As- -I.os 2U. Os. 291. Os. per Last KINMEL PARK, NEAR ST. ASAPH.—The works have been pro iem. suspended in consequence of Lord Dinorben having found it necessary to obtain an Act of Parliament to enable his Lordship to re-build the man sion destroyed by fire, without diminishing the fortune set apart for the junior branches of his family. The Act is progressing through both Houses, and will receive the lioyal Assent in a few days, when the edifice, from the designs of his Lordship's architect, will be commenced, and will afford employment to a large number of work men in Denbighshire. - TEMPERANCE.— INTERESTING FACTS. —lt will doubtless be interesting to the friends of temperance. as well as the public morals generally, to know that the criminal prosecutions for this year are less by more than half what they were in the same length of time last year. We have it on unques ti ona bl e aut h or ity that the criminal prosecutions in the town of New Haven, from the Ist cf January, 1841, •to the Ist of July, 1841, amounted to 175; while from the Ist of January, 1842, to the Ist of Daly, 1842, they amounted to only 76, and of these sixty-seven were caused by intoxicating drinks.---New Haven Palladium. SUMMARY OF PIEWS, tl:- AND L - fIfTO Pubit c Op tit to tU7:'3,,l'Ali " Who runs mcy read." rox,Excaw. The French Journals received this morning are with observation s up on th e funeral' of the Duke of 9, : t leans. These remarks are in good feeling, for sT amiable was the character of the . deceased Prince,, al a so prudently did he abstain from mixing liniselfo with the party politics of his day, that his loss ha 4. 4 . 1 11 - spired the great majority of the nation with fe e lings deep regret, and his memory is treated with respect bY, even those who, politically- speakink , cannot be Supposea, to feel very great regret at the death of any member (')L the reigning dynasty.. It would have been disgracefU indeed to the national character if this had not been the case ; but it is, nevertheless, satisfactory to be en abled to record the fact, that by the tomb of the deceast 4 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 Wil l engage to convert them - to purposes of public utility% After this period, all such buildings as are not so ells' 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 peel 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 eo 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 reura 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 crap!! he wrote letters of condolence to the King of the French e and to the Duchess of Orleans, who is a near relative o f his house. The Gazette d'Augsburg has the following TI Pope has addressed a circular to all his Cardinals o# the differences which have arisen between him and the Emperor of Russia respecting the treatment of Catholics in Russia. His Holineas enters into details of the tour plaints of the Catholics in Russia, and of his own re monstrances in their favour, for ,the purpose :of c,or: vincing the world that he has not neglected the interests of the Catholic Church." . T" PARLIALMENTAILY. The House of Lords met as usual yesterday, and, after rot!! warding a considerable number of Bills, including the Bribe . ll Bill, which was read a second time, on the motion of Lor Campbell, adjourned to this day. The House of Commons met at twelve o'clock, and was elv gaged, principally, with the Newfoundland Bill in Committee, till four o'clock, Mr. O'Connell'epposing and dividing on severe' clauses. The Bill went through the Committee. Ordered t ° be reported to-day. Mr. O'Connell moved for copies of correspondence betwees the Government of Ireland, the Magistrates, and the police/ relative to the employment of spies to foster, and then detect , Ribbonism. Lord Eliot declined to produce it, because' possibly, his Lordship is ashamed, at least 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 Palmerste e gave notice of a motion for correspondence between a Member, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, relative to a refusal 0 ' the Chiltern Hundreds. The Chancellor will not be a party t° election compromises. In reply to Mr. Villiers, Mr. B. Baring stated that order° had been sent out to promote the aboNion of slavery in Singe - , pore and Penang. From India drafts of laws for the grad " abolition of slavery had been transmitted to this country, std the Directors of the East India Company had siE,nitied their assent to them. Mr. 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 genii!: men not yet having had the pleasure of filling them up. To "° that will requite legal assistance, and we would propose that for each paper Government be charged an attorney's fee. Sonic persons say that they are made complicated on purpose. The Ecclesiastical Corporations Bill was read a third tim e and passed. Sir James Graham added clauses relative 1 0 letting mines, and there was a slight discussion on the principl e of appropriating Church property, when Lord Palmerston re marked that the present Ministry took a middle course, jo" tified by no principle, of dealing with Church property, bu t 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 die cussed in Committee. It occupied the principal part of the evening. The House rose at a Quarter past Two. PUBLIC °PINYON. The Herald observes, in reference to the Ipswich elec... tion :—" Ipswich is defended by the advocates of xcos ruption on the very ground that we anticipated. The t penditure at the last election was too small to conhe e co nstitute. venality. Bribery is not bribery so long as the price a vote is only thirty shillings ; make it thirty poun a head, and an Election Committee may void a retu id without being abused by a journal, the politics of wh ich vary according to the state of the biliary secretions or the electioneering interests of its chi 'proprietor. The law formerly meted out punishment Tar larceny accord ing to the value of the stolen goods ; the Times would, l;1 in manner equally barbarous, regulate the decisions of Election Committees by the price given for the suffrage.. What, void an Ipswich election because 500/. have been spent in purchasing votes ! • Forbid' it the undetected thousands that have been spent on former occasions." 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. Ile 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 Ellentorough's reported intention to evacuate Alf ghauistan :—" 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 Ella borough had, before the receipt of his overland despatches, commanded a retreat! Incredible as this compound of, cowardice, cruelty, and impolicy may seem, disgracefid 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 peoplQ 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 for the. ultimate result,' says the Bombay United Service Gazette-, when Lord Ellenborough has already began to waver, to vacillate, and to doubt.'" The Chronicle says:—" The Times has taken to 're flect upon the decision of the Ipswich Election CSiti•; 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 yeeter- • day, we have a succession of vituperations that will mu- . mend themselves to all honest minds as grounds of ap proval. We begin to think there must be considerable promise of good in this decision, to make it seem SP uri.! savoury to the palate of corruption. The Tinan coue=4 pains of the Committee for a Report tending to over turn all the notions which the world has hitherto enter=s ; tained upon the subject of bribery.' . This is just what e . 0 4- wanted. "The world,' i. e. the bribing world, ha s hi therto acted upon its own lax and unprincipled notions.: Briber 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 cal-• pable. The Ipswich Committee has startled th',s world' by applying the professed test strictly and 'e,o nestly." The Post thus speaks of the approaching harmst : " The cutting down of the harvest is rapidly proefee,ing in many quarters, and under the most favoterable auspices. Never was this country blessed Neith y, finer season. It is true that no fineness of the - wreath e r n ow will wholly make up for the defective sowir, g of last autumn, and the wetness of the early winter which in jured a good deal of the seed. The wher.t crops are, therefore, in many instances far from thic:a—there is more' than the usual distance betweete 'the stems--bits everywhere the ear is remarkably flue, and with such weather as this we may expect a qu a li ty o f gra i n w hi c h. will yield much more and much better fl ou than has been obtained from English wheat, of late years. We r doubt whether, since 1826, the har%st has been so early as it is this year." The Tones expresses itself as follows, respecting cer tain clauses in Lord John Russell's Bribery Bill :—" We' lately exposed the futility, except fur 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 ze,•,l exhibited to defeat compromise.' 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 expense at the instance of common informers, with the strange proviso that no seat shoulci be affected by the result, seemed trained merely for the purpose of exposing Members and them constituents to an incalculable expense and annoyance, and bringing the becomin consists of given out t from absoli 'otaforts Melt. cloth At the h Prietors of Place yeste t he Report atnounted last s i x rno all dednctit Posal of th Walker, milli Walker, w dale, was died at Ho ltdraneecl James hall with a lisan at RA' skies a qua Woman, who abscol tne robbei Zesday. Josiah ' 3l l Thurscl Perjury, 1) meat and the water' 41 U1 show turned a v transporta es The Al ftuthamp yesterday known by Of art, ur littl e or n, .___ .... .. I esterd of beer-s( berwell, N Lis wife 1 oYidenee 1 The priso The Cr terminate 'with nine The ne ;real for , the ini tirnbur di Mr. Batt The I Belgra,ve of Sefton The I Belton I ▪ Lady roole, fr • The 14 his scl bo urg . , Lord Alonday Lord deuce of tiloved lidlle Champ s Vaaixlla frock sh her equ, Since The cais! tonsidel *very ri strat um More Kliir themeixl.est illiS ye, l klld out FAOST OR STOLE N. This morning, between the COMMERCIAL BANK, No 3, Moorgate-street, and PATERNOSTER-ROW, a MAROON LEATHER POCKET-BOOK, lined with green ,ilk, and fastened with an elastic steel clasp, containing sundry letters, memorandums, and four bills of exchange, three of which are unindorsed, and payment of the whole being stopped they are of no use to any person but the owner. Whosoever will bring the same to Mr. D. NUTT, No. 158, FLEET-STREET, shall receive a REWARD of FIVE POUNDS. I3Ri Lo: thE vessel tatm Nier n R om; lioba