The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-20 00:00:00

iEIET POLISH DISTRIBUTION on 15th MARCH, 1843. NEXT sIUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION on Ist of NEXT MONTH. SELECTION for the PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on /$t JULY next. SELECTION for the POLISH DISTRIBUTION on Ist MARCH next. The SELECTION for the AUSTRIAN DISTRIBU TION has already taken place, namely, on Ist of JUN E, THE DISTRIBUTION TAKING PLACE ON THE FIRST OF NEXT _MONTH. ---- JHE ATM; 'ROYAL, SADLER'S WELLS. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. For the BENEFIT of Mr. W. U. BROADFOOT. ON MONDAY NEXT, AUGUST 22, 1842,. DUCROW'S UNEQUALLED SCENES of the CIRCLE, and beautiful Trained Horses, with the Wonders of Signor Hillier, Mr. Hicken, Mr. Stickne y, Le Petit Ducrow, y.(l the whole o f Equestrian Corps. After which, THE WATERMAN.—Characters by Miss Agnes Taylor and Mr. J. W. Collier. To be followed by the Magnificent Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle of 'ST. GEORGE AND THE GREEN DRA GON OF EGYPT. 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The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectffilly Informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em, botned all those popular Entertainments that have given to this avail rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in. trt Auctions, which render them more generally attractive. • The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. ,or rant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. - Feeding. Time Five o'clock. The (2olossa I VIE%V OF ROME has ;Jaen repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'action repre senting the Procession of the Papal Tr o op s , G uar d s, and 'Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. The BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con ducted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES USICA LES selected from the noblest works of the great Masters. "The ILLUMINA.TIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIRA NOOLA or ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgeous SpectaeleS and magnificent introductions that have called forth ac t:laminations 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 IT FEET in height. tics Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening kovith the Promenades Mustales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, ..rsd Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. Hit: l WATER AT LONDON BRIDGF. THIS DAY. Morning 25 minutes after 1 f Evening ..... 53 minutes after 1. LONDON: SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20. 1842 Some of our Contemporaries, (we speak of the . lines and the Post,) are endeavouring to make the public believe that the variations in the demand for the productions of Manchester are the necessary consequences of what they call the fluctuations of trade. According to them, trade fluctuates ne cessarily and frequently. We have certainly, in our time, seen great vicissitudes in the condi tion of our community, but they have existed in Conjunction with a number of laws regulating, or ;pretending to regulate, and certainly restricting, cir cumscribing, and impeding trade. What proportion of those . vicissitudes has been caused by the laws, and what proportion was necessarily inherent in trade, is one of the nicest questions of political science, and is not to be settled by the hasty and crude assertions of our Contemporaries. It ..requires, indeed, we are well convinced, a long and searching, analysis to distinguish between the effects of laws and - the effects of trade itself; and all that we can now even attempt, in order to throw some light on this impor tant question, and not allow trade to bear the blame which belongs to had laws, is to indicate some of the principles which would seem to show that all trade, including the trade of Manchester, must naturally and necessarily, but for restrictive laws, be as steady and progressive as the wants of human beings. In all accounts which have ever fallen under our notice of men living in an uncivilised condition, like the .11. ed Indians for example, they are .represented as experiencing, as the seasons change, the extremes of . abundance and famine. In the summer season, when game and fish are accessible, they are toler ably Well fed ; in winter, they die in considerable nunibers from actual famine. Fluctuations in the condition .of society are natural and excessive in its early stages. The natural causes of such fluctuations seem not to abate as society advances. The seasons, making the earth teem with abundance at one part of the year, and, locking .it up in.sterility with ice and snow at another, are the same for the European children of the United States as for the Red men ; but' they never ex perience such terrible vicissitudes as afflict the Indians. The seasons also now vary, probably, from year to year as much as ever they did ; and the earth in ore summer and in one place, as last year in parts of England,' almost mocks the husbandman's toil, and in another summer, as at present, yields to all his labours a rich abundance. But while the produce of man's labour when applied to the earth or to the sea, in catching fish, varies much from year to year and place to place, his wants of food, of lodging, and of clothing, are nearly constant, or subject only to a progressive increase as population increases. It is therefore a dispensation of Provi dence, which appears to pervade all time and every stage of society, that great fluctuations in the supplies of food should prevail from year to year, from place, to place, and from summer to winter.- The wants of man remaining about the same at all times, it is a. natural and necessary consequence of this dis pensation, that society, unless man learn the art to provide against the evil, should be exposed to great fluctuations. SoCiety, in the United States, however, seems rather to advance steadily, than to fluctuate, and none of the communities of Europe experience, it is believed, the dreadful vicissitudes to which savages are ex posed. A very large proprtion of our own commu- nity, all the opulent and easy classes, know nothing whateier of dreadful vicissitudes between famine ..... and plOity, though the seasons continue to fluctuate, - It is.. : Pretty. well ascertained, also, that v great as have been the vicissitudes of our commu nity ghee the commencement of this cen tury, they bear no comparison to its vicissi tudes former times; and great as have been the variations of the prices of corn under the sliding scale, they bear only a small proportion to the variations of that price in the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries. Thus, as society has advanced, man has found the mea,nsof guarding against those fluctuations i n i ts eu n ditip, :which, but for' his skill, would be at all times the natural and necessary consequence of one season being less fruitful than another. What .are, these means ? They are expressed by one word-:r-TRADtt Trade, though it must partici pato in the natiral fluctuations of the seasons, is the Just published, in 6 Vols. small Bvo., price 15s. is boards. W.XERCISES, POLITICAL and OTHERS. By Lieutenant-Colonel T. PER RONET THOMPSON. Consisting of matter pr..vionfly yublished with and wit hoot the Au thor's name , an d o f some not p u bli s h e d b e f ore. London . F.tbrigharl Wilson. l i, Bi9hopsgate-stvect, HAMBURG% 12Tti AUGUST, 1i343. IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, Having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDEND, by which, though they are NO LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES may be obtained. HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURG% are Selling GENUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTKIBU Persons desirous to purchase may receive. PREVIOUS n giving any order, the PROSPECTUS with full PARTI CULARS, upon addressinK, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBUROH. P.S:—NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on 15th OCTOBER, 1843. ' • 4-0' tog. , 4 . au:A, , . • AO* y - 4 • • • • PIO . t • -.412 - 0 1117 • • 1110 ' 4 . bz means of equalizing them to men's wants, and saving society from those terrible vicissitudes which it expe riences where trade is unknown. What is the guiding principle of trade ? buy when and where com modities are cheap, and to sell When and where com modities are dear. It buys the corn when it is gathered in abundance from the field, and it sells it in winter whea the field 'is as 'barren as the stones in the street. It buys—or would buy, but the law will not allow man to equalise the effects of seasons in different political communities as in the same com- munity, and in different periods of the year—it buys the corn which is cheap in the United States or in Rus sia, and sells it in England where it is dear, or wanted by hungry men. The necessary effects of trade, there fore, which our Contemporaries describe as fluctuating and as causing fluctuations in the condition of society, is to prevent fluctuations, and to equalise the produc tions of fluctuating seasons to the steady and perma nent wants of men. Now, the practical question which our Contempo raries decide off-hand against trade, and to which these principles may serve to give a different aspect, is, Have the fluctuations in the condition of the population of Manchester, and other manufacturing towns, been caused by manufacturing, by buying and selling, or by the laws which have interfered to prevent or im pede, under the pretence of regulating, buying and selling ? Without saying that no trader may have miscalculated the wants of his customers, we have no hestitation in asserting that the fluctuations are chiefly the consequences of the " wisdom of Parliament." The bulk of the manufactures of Manchester are intended to supply almost universal wants. Fustians, calicoes. ginghams, muslins, are every where worn ; the per sons who wear them, too, are almost everywhere in creasing. * The customers of Manchester, in England, in the United States, in North America, in our colo nies, are rapidly multiplying. In that increase of population, we see a reason why the manufactures of Manchester should go on steadily increasing, none why they should fluctuate. But the law interferes, and will not allow the Alan- chester man to supply the wants of those people. It says to the Manchester manufacturers, " you shall not buy corn in America and sugar in the Brazils,' and, of course, you shall not sell—for where there is no selling there is no buying—when you like, or as you like, for the purpose of equalizing the produce of different countries and seasons with the wants of man ; but when some other purpose, which the law has in view, is to be answered—namely, keeping land in cultivation, as is said, in England. Here the law lays down a rule for the conduct of a trader, and enforces its observance, totally different from the natural rule of buying when and where commodities are cheap, and selling them when and where they are dear. It introduces confusion into the whole course of trade, and disturbs all its operations. It is plainly at va riance with the natural principle of trade, and is, we believe, the sole cause of those fluctuations which our Contemporaries believe to be inherent in trade itself. It may be supposed that when the law has substi stituted this artificial rule for the natural rule of trade, that men adapt themselves to it. So they do, to a considerable extent, and the sagacity of individuals prevents much of the mischief which en forcing this false rule is calculated to cause. But the law may, and is changed. Then men must learn new rules. And not only the law immediately affect ing corn and sugar, but affecting other things may be changed ; as, for example, reduction or increase of taxation, which alters the relative value of foreign and home-grown corn, or of foreign and colonial sugar; and, again, the law compels the trader to change his conduct. Moreover, the trader hopes, or supposes, the law may be altered ; many manufacturers, for example, may have hoped for the abolition of the Corn-law, and have guided their conduct by their hopes, instead of the facts. That is consistent with human nature. It is the uncertainty introduced into trade by the law, substituting the caprice of the self. interested law-maker: for the natural rule of buying when and where commodities are cheap, and selling them when and where they are dear, which is the cause of most of the miscalculations of the manufac turers and the traders, and of fluctuations in trade. We hope that our Contemporaries will take these matters into consideration before they again dogmatize about fluctuations in trade. We publish in another part of The Sun the letter n which the Messrs. BAYLEY, of Staley-bridge ex plain their share in causing the present outbreak, They are completely exonerated of having contri buted to it in any manner whatever, except by pro posing to reduce the wages paid by them to the level of the wages paid by other manufacturers. Our readers may not know, and, therefore, we must inform them, that on the conduct, as it now appears falsely, ascribed to those gentlemen, and on the supposition that they are members of the Anti-Corn-law League, the monopolist journals have raised a huge super structure of false charges against the League. They all amount to this, that the League caused and en couraged the outbreak. We admit that the League predicted mischief, as Mr. COBDEN said ; that it warned the Ministers and politiCians of all parties against such consequences, as likely to arise from the continuance of the Corn and Provision-laws, and like other prophets, it has been accused of causing the mischief which it had the sagacity to predict: Its fate is a great reproach to those who, from distorted and selfish views, have made its high merit a subject of blame. Another foundation for the censure of the League was some expressions supposed to have been used by Mr. FINCH, of Liverpool, of which that gentleman has given this exp!anation : In the report of the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law Conference of the 29th of July, appears a letter which I read to the Conference : it is thus reported : " Mr. Finch, of Liverpool, communicated the follow. ing letter from a party engaged in the iron trade of Liverpool : " Mr. Bills, of Darlaston, called upon me this morning (25th July), and says that an attempt is making to re duce the thick coal-getters from 4s. to 3s. Gd. per day and it is expected that the consequence will be a general turn-out of all the colliers. A very erroneous impression of the wages of colliers was given by Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons last week, when he stated that the dispute was befween 4s. and 3s. 6d. per day. It is true that is the universal wages given for the thick coal getters, but the thin coal-getters and the ironstone getters are reduced to 2s. 9d. per day ; and none of the colliers scarcely are doing more than two or three days' Work per Week. • - " The League and Anti-Monopoly Associations, with the assistance of the colliers, have the power of com pelling the aristocracy, in less than one month, to abo lish the Corn-laws altogether, and compel them also to grant the People's Charter. Let the colliers in all parts of the, kingdom cease working for one month, and the thing is done ; they have only to insist on these mea sures before they go to work again. This is the most simple and efficient measure that could be adopted to get all we want, without spilling a, drop of blood, or causing any commotion of any kind. The city of London would be without fuel, and all other concerns must come to a stand till it was settled " The Chairman said this would not be understood as a recommendation of the Conference, but it was a proof of the great feeling that was abroad against these laws. On that occasion I stated that I introduced it for the purpose of correcting a misapprehension as to the wages of colliers in the Staffordshire district, and to show the strong feeling that existed against the present Corn laws' and without identifying my se lf w i t h t h e op i n i ons of the writer as to the mode of effecting their repeal. The Morning Herald and some of the Conservative provincial papers, I observe, have remarked on the latter part of this letter with great severity as being expressive of my own opinions, and sanctioned by the approval of the League. Attempts are thus made, by quotations and garbled extracts, to connect the Anti-Corn-law League with the present disturbances. That dissipates another basis for the lying super structure of the monopolist journals. We happen to know also that it was impossible for any set of men to take more pains than did the members of the League to convinc e the Members of the Legislature that their refusal to do justice to the people would lead to serious consequences. For weeks and months they dwelt with no simulated alarm on the probability tat some outbreak would place all their, property at the mercy of a mob. We know, from no second-hand authority, from no hearsay or doubtful evidence, but positively and certainly, that the members of the League, particularly Mr. HAMER STANSFELD of Leeds, Mr. BRIGHT of Rochdale, and Mr. li..s.wsoN, went, as it were, from door to door of Members of both Houses and of all parties, begging and imploring them, on account of apprehended danger, to repeal the Corn-laws and to enable the manufacturer to give more employment and higher wages to the worlcmen. They expressly appealed to those Members of the louse who assume to be more godly than their compeers, and almost besieged Sir ROBERT INGLIS, Mr. MACKINNON, Sir THOMAS AcLANn, Lord ASHLEY, and men of t?rnt stamp, urgin g on all those to wbo►m they obtaixied access, THY, SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 142. the great distress and discontent of the people, in or der to induce them to take an'aciive part 1:: repeal ing the law which limits the suppl.) of food: The members of the League haunted the lobbies and re freshment-rooms of the Houses of Parliament, and lust no opportunity of entreating Members of the Le gislature, and particularly the Tory Members, not to separate without passing some comprehensive measure to relieve the distress of the manufacturing classes. To all these representations the Tor. Members turned a deaf ear; - and now that some taste of the danger against which the League warned them has actually come, the Tory journals (we think the Tory Membets will hardly venture on so barefaced a scheme) most unscrupulously and most unjustly accuse the League of having caused the mischief. But this plan will not succeed. The Tories and monopolists are the authors and patrons of that social system against which the people rise in insurrection. They impoverish and degrade the masses by their restrictions and burdens, and they must bear the blame of the outrages which ensue. The present outbreak, though the greatest, is not the only one. Our domestic history is a succession of distresses suffered by the people, and of outrages following therefrom. By them, and by similar facts, will the policy of the monopolists be tested, not by their theory that plenty, wealth, peace, and prosperity are caused by restrictive laws. Against their policy, so eminently triumphant in Parliament, the continued distress of the people, their discontent and turbulence, speak trumpet tongued. Systems of policy are tried by their effects. The Corn-law has not been overthrown—it exists in all its rigour. The monopolists have not yet been defeated ; they are the masters of the Legislature. In conjunction with their success, and the prevalence of their system, the community is thrown into great Idisorder ; there is a suspension of labour, and general alarm. They, not the Corn-law League,' have had the power . of regulating society ; and, if we are to judge of a tree by its fruits, the present condition of England is an everlasting condemnation of the monopolists. We have heard a rumour that it is the intention of Ministers to re-assemble Parliament in a short time in order to pass a Coercion Act for the manufacturing districts. We notice the rumour to express our entire and complete disbelief in it. Though the manufacturing population have ceased to labour, and •in many cases have forced others to cease from labour, the actual outrages committed by them, taking all circumstances into consideration, have not been of an aggravated character. With the exception of their conflict with the police at Manchester, they have caused no deaths, and have inflicted no wounds. They have broken windows, and in the Potteries have burned down houses ; but for these offences particularly the latter, which is a heinous crime, the law already pro vides additional penal laws.. A Coercion Act might exasperate the people, but could not prevent offences, and would injure trade. It 'would go far to reduce the .manufacturing districts to the condition of Ire land. Such a policy would be indeed fatal, and we give the rumour that Sir R. PEEL intends to adopt it an emphatic denial.] Although the Turn-outs have used the customary phrase of "Peace, law, and order," it requires no evidence to prove, however much they may admire order and desire peace, they do not respect the law. They complain of the law—they condemn the Corn law—they censure the law of primogeniture—they are decidedly opposed to the law which excludes them from Parliament, and of many other laws they em phatically complain. If they respected the law they would not have violated it. The great object which the Legislature and the Government should keep in view, is, we think, to re-inspire them with respect for the law. Terror will not accomplish that. A Coercion Act would: only make them hate the ,law the more, and would convert them all into outlaws. The only sure way to restore the law to its wonted dominion over their hearts is to make it just. A Coercion Act, would ultimately pro voke a still more extended revolt. We would have statesmen be very cautious how ley deal with this great malady, and not be influ enced by rabid priests, or guided by' acrid routine politicians. Strange thoughts are engendered in men, by comparing the professions of Governments with their performances—the theory of their formation with their actual practices. The celebrated Dr. CUANNING, for example, has recently published a second part of lii;Duty of Free States, which opens with this passage : My great aim, in what I have written, and now write, on matters of public interest, is to re-unite polities and morality ; to bring into harmony the law of the land and the law of God. Among the chief causes of the miseries of nations, is the divorce which has taken place between politics and morality ; nor can we hope for a better day, till this breach be healed. Men, entrusted with govern ment, have always been disposed to regard themselves as absolved from the laws of justice and humanity. False hoods and frauds are allowed them for their country or their party. To maintain themselves against their oppo nents, they may even involve nations in war ; and the murders and robberies which follow this crime are not visited on their heads by human justice. In all times, government has been the grand robber, the grand murderer, and has yet escaped the deep reprobation which breaks forth against private guilt. Such profligacy pervades the sphere of political action, that the confidence of the people is well nigh withdrawn from public men ; and a virtuous statesman is involved in the suspicions which his unprin cipled associates have drawn upon' his vocation. Public life is thought to release men not only from the obliga tions ofjustice, but from the restraints of good manners ; and, accordingly, the debates of congress [Parliament] are too often polluted by vulgar abuse, threats. and brawls. So this is the standard of political life, that a man is smiled at for his simplicity who talks of introducing re ligion into the conduct of public affairs. Religion, it is thought, belongs to Sabbaths arid churches, and would be as much out of place in cabinets or halls of legislation, us a delicate lady on a field of battle. A stranger might be tempted to think, that the Sergeant-at-Arms was sta tioned at, the doors of legislative chambers, to forbid en trance to the everlasting law of God, and that nothing but man's impotence prevents the exclusion of Him whose holy presence fills the universe. When men give such a character to Government, and to the principles of politicians, it behoves the latter to be much on their guard. Higher principles than either the rate of wages or the Charter would seem, by such passages, to be involved in the present struggle between subjects and rulers ; and Govern- ments should be especially careful not to precipitate it, and, above all, not to place themselves in the wrong, by devising new schemes of oppression, to be accom- plished by the instrumentality of law. The reports from the disturbed districts continue ,o be of the most tranquillizing character. In Man chester, and the neighbouring towns and villages, the majority of the workmen evince :every disposition to return to their wonted labours; and even in irork shire, where but the other day so dangerous a Spirit of insubordination was manifested, matters are hourly assuming a more pacific complexion. We confidently trust, that, ,in a few days, we shall be able to con gratulate our readers on the restoration of order throughout the mining and manufacturing districts of the north. It is not the least cheering symptom in the case, that the cry for the " Charter, and nothing but the Charter," has been in many instances a decided failure. Great exertions have been made to inflame the minds of the Turn -outs on this point, and in some places the agitators have been successful ; but, gene rally speaking, they have 'received but little encou ragement to.. persevere in their machinations; the more intelligent among the operatives have seen through their devices, and avoided the snare laid for them; and their discreet example has influenced hundreds—we may say, thousands—of their fellow workmen. "We understand," says a Morning Con temporary, " that the Turn-outs in Ashton, Stay leyhridge, Oldham, and Rochdale, have come to the determination that they will no longer go for the Charter"—a significant fact, which will ac count for the tone of disappointment that is visible through the blustering address of the Executive Com mittee of the National Chartist Association, which has been just issued at Manchester. But though the " Charter" has, to a great extent failed as a rallying cry in the disturbed districts, it by no means 'follows, as a necessary consequence, that it should be regarded as a feeble and inefficient instrument of agitation. It has an immense body of active and energetic sup porters scattered throughout the provinces, whose in fluence will be sure to increase in exact proportion to the want of uprightness and sagacity in the Legis lature. Chartism is the natural result of the dis= appointment occasioned by the Reform Bill, and the incompetency of that measure --from which such a world of good was anticipated —to put an end to the system of class legislation ; and it rests with Government to make the "Charter" a mere dead letter, or a living influential principle. Let them do justce to the People ,:to it holuly ..nd promp ly without regard to class . interests, and the " five points' will soon sink into forgetfulness. The whole of the Ft ench Paners have reached Iv - , but they bring little news of interest, being chiefly occupied by the report on the Regency Bill, which was presented to the Chamber of Deputies by M DUPIN on the preceding day. The following are ex tract' : • We are informed that negotiations are still being car ried on with the Belgian Government, to obtain a more extensive treaty of commerce than the convention just concluded.—La France. The Teuionnaiiof the 14th, states that Admiral Hu gon's squadron .bas . returned to the islands of the Hyeres, in consequence, as was suppos e d, o f d es p atc h es which had been recei ve d by - the' Admiral. M. Paul Aubrey, editor of the Gazette de France, ap pealed yesterday to the Court of Cassation against the sentence of the Court of Assize of the Seine, which con demns him to a year's imprisonment and a fine of 12,000 f, —Le Constttutioneel, A letter from 'loulon mentions a fact, which requires explanation While the French - Government seems to be exclu sively engaged in . questions of internal policy, the British Government is actively prosecuting in the Medi terranean the accomplishment Of the work to which the treaty of July was a great step. "We have seen successively the agents of England speak as masters at Constantinople and Alexandria, intrigues at Tripoli and in Barbary, where, notwith standing the death of Abd-el-Gelib, English influence is solidly established lastly, the Consul of the same nation has obtained from the Bey concessions which sufficiently indicate that the influence of France has declined in that quarter. " But Great Britain is insatiable, and all this is not enough for her k she is now endeavouring to have a port in the East ceded to her by Morocco, fit to receive her vessels. Frost this point, in case of a conflict with France, she would incessantly threaten our possessions in the North of Africa. This is a very serious matter, of which' the Cabinet of the Tuileries ought not to be ignorant. It is evident that if England once gains a footing in Morocco, the affair is in a good way. She would begin by making herself mistress of. the commerce of Algeria, so that on one side would be the sacrifice without any profit, and on the other clear gain. Besides this, Abd-eliKader, in a given case, would soon be enabled seriously to molest us, without our being able to complain of any nations for threats of hos tility on the part of a Chief now powerless, for the main spring of the whole would be hid from our eyes. "It is certain that the English Consul-General has been for some time engaged in negotiations with the Emperor, Abd Herraman, for the conclusion of a treaty of commerce, including the cession of a place on the coast, to receive ships. " We cannot too strongly urge the Government to watch the proceedings of the English agents in the Bar bary States, and, above all, not to suffer England to fix an establishment in the vicinity of our African posses sietts."7--Le Commerce. BOURSE—PARTS, WEDNEsDAy, AUG. 17. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 119 70... 119 75... 119 60... 119 60 3 per Cents 79 80... 78 85... 78 80... 78 e 5 Sank of France 3255 —.3255 ...3255 3255 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1030 —lO3O ...1030 ...1030 5,000 f 5047 50...5047 50...5045 ...5045 Belgian Fives 1024 ... 1024 ... 1024 ... 1023 1840 lO3 .... 103 ... 1023 ... 102/ Spanish Active 22 ... 22 ... 214 ... 214 Passive ...... 4 ... 4 ... 4 ... 4 Neapolitan. Roman ............104 104 ... 104 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain ... 840 ... 840 ... 840 ... 840 Versailles, R.B ... 290 ... 290 ... 290 ... 290 Rouen ... Orleans.... . . 565 ... 565 ... 565 ... 565 Strasburg to Bale 2OO ... 201_25... 200 ... 201 25 BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussaLa, Au .17. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 394 Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 10074 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 9l —.— Three per Cent.... .....--...Thlrty.seven Millkns, ditto 7 o l' ~ ------- (1840) lOl% Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent P2 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent ll6 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 77 National Society • .... ... — Exchange on London (short) .......... ..... - -Brussels Papers, Aug. 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS...II2BNa, AM/. 8. Five per Cents. Metalliques • .. 1 , 411 Four per Cent 5..................... .......... ..... lOl% Three per Cents. l6 Bank Shares ••••••••••• •••••• 1610 Allgemeine Zellers& August 13. HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE. A VG. le. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Rank Shares Anglo./tussian Loan 149%, HAN Russian 3 per Cent., Ist series, Certific a t e 103%11193% inscription, Ist series lO3 I. — Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) 89% 894 Dutch Actual Debt, :1% per Cent . .... .... Ditto 5 per Cant. Polish Bonds New Tickets l6B Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. — 80. Spanish, New S per Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDOF. -- HAM BURGH, Atm 16.-13 9W. Two months 13 7W. STocattous, Ana. 9.—Seventy-five days, 12 14. VIENNA. A ult. 9.--Three months. 12. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERI.IN, Atm. 13, Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. .......... 103 7 4 I. 3 , i Prussian English Bond., MO, 4 per cent 102% -- Exchange on London --' e V‘3% Prussian Stale Gazette, Aug. 14. Owing to the meetings in the metropolis on Thursday evening the authorities at the Ilome-office were on the alert until one yesterday morning. The troops were kept under arms until-it had been ascertained that the meetings were dispersed, and the police were assembled at their respective stations to be in readi ness for any emergency. MADRID, Auc. 10.—Five bargains were concluded in the Three per Cents., at 211 for cash ,and 22 2111, at different dates, for 2,000,000 reals; and 26 in the Five per Cents!, at 281 f 1 29} 311 3-16 28 at dif ferent dates, for 21,00%000 more. One transaction took place in the debt bearing no interest at 5:1 at 59 days, for 5,000,000 reals. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, PRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al bert and the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, walked this morning to Adelaide Cottage, through the Slopes, and returned, to the Castle, through the Little Park, in a carriage. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal ,have enjoyed their usual airings, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytteiton. This afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg, rode out in a pony car riage and four, followed by Madame Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Norfolk, and the two Maids of Honour, in another carriage and four, and attended by Colonel Buckley, Colonel Wylde, Captain Meynell, and Ba ron Gruben on horseback. The Royal party took the direction of the Great Park The Earl, of Aberdeen arrived this afternoon from town, and Baron de' Moncorvo, the Portuguese Mi nister, left for the metropolis. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leinin gen, and attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas and Sir George Couper, Bart., will dine with her Ma jesty at the Castle this evening. Yesterday the Attorney-General and the Solicitor- General were in attendance some hours on Sir James Graham at the Home-office. The Lord Mayor arrived at the Horne-office from the City iu the afternoon. Mr. Sheriff Rog,ers arrived soon after wards. The Lord Mayor remained until near five o'clock. The Right Hon. J Nicholl, Judge Advocate- General, attended at the Home-office yesterday afternoon. Lord Fitzroy Somerset visited Sir James Graham yesterday afternoon. - Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches from. the Governor of South Australia, were received yesterday at the . Colonial-office. His Serene highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, attended by Colonel Wyld. and Baron de Gruben, arrived in town at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning, by the Great Western Railway, from Windsor Castle. On arriving at the terminus at Paddington, his Serene Highness entered one o f the Royal carria ges and paid a visit to his Roy a l Highness the Duke of Sussex at Kensington Pal ace . His Serene Highness arrived at Buckingham P a l ace soon after two o'clock, and partook of a dejeune with his suite. Shortly before three o'clock, the Duke left Buckingham Palace, attended by Colonel IVyld e an d Baron de Gruben, on his return to Windsor Castle. Ilis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar- , rived in town yesterday from his residence at Kew, and attended at the Horse Guards. His Royal Highness returned to Kew in the afternoon. Sir James Graham remained at the Home-office up to a late hour on Thursday night. Sir Robert Peel visited the Home Secretary. The-Commissioners of Police attended at . the, office during the night. Lord Fitzroy Somerzet,,the Military Secretary to the Com mander-in-Chief, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, VcrL. 5.- IVe are requested to state that the fifth volume of Miss Strickland's " Lives of the Queens of England," com prising the Lives of Katharine Parr and Queen Mary, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl borough-street, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following :-1. Russia and the Russians in 1842, by J. G. Kohl, Esq., 1 vol. with illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound-2. Newfound land in 1842, by Lieut.-Col. Sir Richard Bonnycastle, 2 vols. small Bvo., with a valuable map and other illut trations, 21s. bound-3. A Stem Voyage to Constan tinople, by the Rhine and the Danube in 184041, by C. W. Vane, Marquess of Londonderry, G.C.8., &c., 2 vols. Bvo. with illustrations-4. The Fourth Volume of Madame d'Arblay's Diary and Letters, with a portrait 1 of Mrs. Delany. Nobody likes you," cried a crabbed foundling in a quarrel with a neighbour. " Nor you," replied the latter, " not• even your mother." i . ~ SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 13 nil Itc Optittou. " Who runs may read." rop,ExaN. The King of the Wench and Royal Family pro posed leaving Paris for the Chateau of Eu on Sunday night next—a circumstance which was held to indicate that no expectation existed that the Regency Bill would encounter any delay, as his Majesty would re main in town to give his assent to it. " It appears," says the Courrier Francais, " that two principal difficulties will be started in the debatc on the Regency. A Member of the Left will, it is said, limit the action of the law to the ensuing reign; and it is possible that M. Lamartine, who thinks that the Queen •Mother‘has the best right to the guardian ship, may suyport this opinion frpm the tribune." The Paris Globe, a Ministerial Paper, contains the following observations relative to the approaching settlement of the differences between Great Britain and the United States :—" Those persons who are friendly to peace throughout the world, will learn with interest that Lord Ashburton has succeeded in terminating amicably with the Government of the United States the dispute respecting the boundaries of the States bordering the English possessions in North America. A conflagration, even of the smallest importance, could not take place without a general concussion following it closely. This would, above all, be the consequence of a quarrel between two nations like England and the United States, whose ships cover the seas. No people, therefore, in the whole civilised world, can remain indifferent to the satisfaction expressed by the English Journals in an nouncing this happy event." The accounts from Madrid are of the 10th inst., but they are totally destitute of interest. The jour nals, and the Patriota in particular, continue to de nounce the existence of conspiracies, which, however; appear to give little or no uneasiness to the Govern ment. The Germatt journals continue to be filled with accounts of conflagrations. On the 11th inst., the small town of Tambach, near Gotha, was almost en tirely consumed ; 50 only of the 500 houses of the place were left standing. The village. of Bechtof, in IVurtemberg, had been likewise visited by a destruc tive fire, in which five childre n had l os t th e i r li ves . The Frankfort Journal announces the death of M. Isaac Harlwig d'Essen, one of the heads of the G-erman Israelite Congregation, at Hamburgh, Havi ng no children, he bequeathed his fortune, amounting to 800,000 marts banco (80,0001.), to charitable institu tions in Hamburgh, Altona, and Copenhagen. PUBLIC OPINION. The Chronicle makes the following remarks in an article on the present distressed state of the country : " The causes of the present distress are various. We all know that the Bank of England has much to answer for in creating the over-trading with the United States, which was followed by a great falling off in the demand from that country. The Corn -law has added enormously to the evil. With a succession of bad harvests the most unrestricted trade in corn would still have left much suffering in the country ; but the Corn-law has inflamed the suffering till it has attained a magnitude which has plunged the people in absolute despair. When Government has ceased to care only for one class, the landowners, and has conceded to industry the freest exercise of its rights, it will be time to consider whether or not it may still be necessary to atone for former injustice to the labouring classes by schemes of emigration. But however this may be, the idea of the Times of ex cluding fluctuation from industry is the very height of quackery. With respect, however, to fluctuation, there is far less in the factories, than in those trades in which the machinery has remained without im provement for centuries. The hosiery districts were in the most distressed state long before Lancashire and Lanarkshire suffered. The owner of expensive machinery cannot allow it to remain idle, and he never, therefore, turns off any of his hands ; but in an instant thousands of workmen in the midland districts are thrown idle." In an article on the state of society in the manu facturing districts, the Post observes as follows " We return to the discussion which we commenced on 'Wednesday, concerning the state of society in the manufacturing districts, and the necessity for a far more careful system of government in those districts, in order to promote the ccinfort of the people, and to give greater security to the public peace. We are encouraged to proceed by the circumstance that we find we have already the co-operation of an influen • tial, part of the public Press. On 'Wednesday we stated, with reference to the British manufacturing districts, that nowhere else, in this or in any other country, • were to be found such enormous mass es of people heaped together, and wholly dependent upon a great manufacturing system for their support —a system which is liable to continual fluctuations, over which the masses who depend upon it for life have no control. And We called attention to the too palpable and most unfortunate fact, that this system makes it the interest of a compara tively small number of rich manufacturers, at one time, to gather as many workpeople about them as they possibly can, and at another time to decline giving these people any employment or any support. This is the great evil—an evil described by the Times journal, which yesterday took up the discussion of the subject, in these emphatic words—" The whole Manufacturing population are systematically. de pendent for their bread upon a source of employment which is continually fluctuating.' Considering what the mass of the manufacturing population is, it is in vain to hope for permanent peace and security while its condition is liable to such violent changes as must result from its subjection to the fluctuations of trade. Nothing, but very considerable capital can bear the fluctuations to which manutheturing trade has, of late years, been subject. The working-people have not this capital, and - our Contemporary comes to the con clusion that the fluctuations of trade ought to be taken into the calculations of the master manufacturer in his speculations, and that by him these fluctuations ought to be borne, and not by the working-people." The Herald says :—" The latest intelligence from Manchester is satisfactory only because it describes no new acts of outrage • but it is painfully o b v i ous that the confidence of the peaceable and well-disposed in the speedy restoration of good order, and in the early return of the insurgents to labour, is very small, and this is certainly most unsatisfactory. It will be observed, with the highest approval, that several Chartist leaders have been apprehended, and that warrants have been issued for the arrest of others whoare hiding—amongst others for Mr. Thomas Dun combe's worthy ally, Dr. APDoaall. This denotes that some clue or evidence has been obtained incul patory of these scoundrels, and that Government is determined that the originators, or instigators, of the outbreaks shall be punished, as well as the actors and perpetrators. The only regret that can be enter tained is, that these steps were not taken some days ago, and that they do not now extend to the more notorious of these leaders. In an emergency like the present, it is better that the authorities should err on the side of active repression, rather than be restricted within the limits of legal technicalities. Every hour that is unnecessarily lost in taking the most active means to suppress these disturbances, is a direct en couragement to their extension beyond the circle to which they are as yet confined, and which, it cannot be concealed, has a tendency to swell. The peace must be preserved, no matter at what price,' and if that price be blood, its shedding will be upon the heads of the ruffians who mislead the wretched and ignorant rioters." . We qubte the following from the Times :—" Sick ening and painful as it is to read such accounts as those which we have recently had to give from Pres ton, from Blackburn, from Burslem, and from Hali fax, it is impossible not to recognise in them the remedies of a critical disease, and in their effects we see the importance of grappling with the mischief in time. By the punishment of a. few wicked or in fatuated men, taken in the act of rebellion, thousands are rescued from an anarchy which (if once permitted to make head against. the law) could not end without the wholesale destruction 'of property and life. An example is given in one or two towns, and_ falls_upon a comparatively small number of individuals, which at once puts an end to the mad idea of disorderly crowds, that they are. stronger than the law, or can overturn ,. the Government of the country by their fia t. I f such an example were delayed, if the luxury of a blind and unreasoning benevolence were indulged in, the authorities would be abetting the delusion of the multitude, and drawing them on from crime to crime, and outrage to outrage, till at last a far heavier and more destructive chastisement would be the only way of preserving the peace of the nation. These reflections reconcile us, great as is the shock which the feelings of humanity must receive from every instance of severity inflicted upon these victims of delusion,—these, reflections reconcile us, as they doubtless reconciled those who had so painful a duty to perform, to the stern necessity of the case. Doubt less it is a dreadful thing for females, and lads of 17, 18, or 20, to be summoned suddenly and by a violent death into the pre sence o f their Maker, for acts of unreflecting turbulence committed at the instigation of others much more culpable than themselves. But it would be a far more dreadful thing if the lives and properties of the peaeeable men, and the honour of the peaceable women, and all the mighty interests in;. volved in the fabric of society in England, were lef exposed to the assaults of Chartist and Socialist mobs, flushed by the appearance of success, and. exasperated by the want of resources. The burning of houses and destruction of property which took place in the Potte ries on Monday, is but a faint example of what must be the inevitable conseljuenee of 'a weak forbearance on these unhappy obeasions." PIJS3.xC XMPROVERiII :iTS. A new toot-path flit the public etas bees formed. through the centre of the ground occupied by the late Ranger, in the Regent's Park, extending to the garden of the Earl of Coventry, where it branches off to the old road. LAW AND PO LICE. Margaret Easter, an Irish beggar or tramper, was found guilty at the D ev i zes ass i zes on Wednesday of the - wilful murder of her two children, Mary Ann Easter and Charles Easter, both about two years of age, and twins, and sentence of death w_ts pronounced upon her. The verdict of the jury is remarked to have occasioned great surprise from the nature of the evidence. The exami.iation of the Manchester rioters has been proceeded with in that town ; the majority of them have been remanded, with sureties to keep the peace ; many discharged ; and one or two sentenced to hard labour for a few days. On Wednesday last, at the York. Assizes, Benja min Dale and John Haigh were indicted for a bur glary in the house of Joseph Broadbent, at Thorpes, in the West Riding, and stealing therein a pair of trow sers and other articles. Joseph Dale, the father, an old and feeble man, was indicted for receiving the stolen property, knowing it to be such. Haigh was acquitted, but the younger prisoner Dale was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years, and the elder to be imprisoned eight months. . I'INIO ARTS. A magnificent piece of plate is about to be sent to Berlin, as a present from the Queen-to the King of Prussia. It consists of a splendid group of figures of frosted silver, representing St. George attacking the Dragon, &c. The base is also ornamented with shields and armorials, one of the former bearing the inscription :—" To commemorate the occasion of the visit of his Majesty to this country, the 23d of January, 1842." THEATIMICIS.L. The opera season closes to-night, immediately after which the various singers will depart in various directions. Persiani leaves for Antwerp ; Lablache for Manchester; Moltini is bound for Turin; Cerito goes to Liverpool; and Stephan to Milan. SPORTING. Birk Hall, in Aberdeenshire, the favourite hunting lodge of the Campbells, has been taken for some weeks by the Hon. Charley Compton Cavendish. Lord Fitzroy and other persons of note are expected to join him. COTIRT---FASHIONANLE. The Duke of Devonshire returns to Chatworth to• day from Bolton Abbey. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose are expected to leave Selby Hall, early in the next week, for Buchan Castle, Perthshire. The Marquis of Downshire is still visiting his estates in Ireland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have arrived at Ardverykie, in the Highlands, from Stan more. The Earl and Countess of Eldon are shortly ex pected at Encombe, Dorsetshire. Lord Fitzgerald, President of the Board of Control, has left town for Cheltenham. The Earl of Falmouth has returned to town from Northamptonshire. The Earl of Mansfield has arrived at Scone Palace, Perthshire, from Edinburgh. The Earl and Couhtess of Carlisle left town on Thursday for Castle Ilmiard, Yorkshire. Lord Melbourne arrived last week at Coblentz. IVIISCZZLII,NEOTTS. In some parts of Sweden religious excitement is at the present moment it a great height. There are numbers of preachers in the open air, and on the 10th instant, at Erksrote, not less than 3,000 persons as sembled to hear one of those out-door sermons. Dur ing the most passionate 'part of the preacher's exhor tation, several of the men threw away their coats and the women their rings , and ear-rings, which they trampled under foot, saying they were only the orna ments of the devil. Amongst the fanatics are two young girls, who have prophesied that the world will be at end in a month. SPORTING INTELLMENCE. TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACE .—WEDNESDAY. The Eridge Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and only 2 ft if declared, with 50 added ; the second saves his stake. One milei ard a half. (31 subs., 19 of whoni declared.) • Mr. Stevens's Bavarian, s_yrs, 7st (Evans) 1 Mr. Skingsley's Fama, 4 yrs, 7st 2 Mr. F. Clarke's Currycomb, 5 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 5 yrs, ist 7lb • 4 General Wyndham's As.patria, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Mere's Argos, 5 yrs, Bst 31b -' 6 The Visitors' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 35 added. Heats, one mile and a half. Winner to b e so ld f o r 1201., &c. (5 Subs.) Mr. Skingsley's Fama, 4 yrs, Bst 1111; (Ball) 1 1 Mr. Webb's Egypta, 3 yrs, 6st I.llb 2 2 Mr. Kling's Dahlia., 5 yrs, 9st Mr. Button's Evasion. 3 yrs, 7st 911; - Mr. Elinan's Agitation, twed, 9st 51b The Ladies' Plate of 20 sovs. each, with a sweep stakes of 2 sovs. each added, one mile and a distance, winner to be sold for 60 sovs:, was won in two heats by Mr. Stevens's Bavarian (Evans), beating Sweatmeat and four others. TUURSDA Y. The Manor Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a half. The winner to be sold for 250/., &c. Mr. Skingsley's Fattia, 4 yrs, Bst Blb ...(13e11) 4 1 1 Mr. Baker's 111ontexumo, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b Mr. Pettit's Everilds, 3 yrs, 7st llb -• , Mr. Smith's Allincalie, 3 y rs , E s t Bth ' 3 4 dr The Stewaz d's Purse of 30/., add - ed to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Heat*, one mile and a half. IVinner to be sold for 80i., &c. (Pour Subs.) Mr. Webb's Egypta, 3 ):rs, 6st Illb (Evans) 1 , 1 General Wyndliam's Abpatria, 4 yrs, Bst - 61b 3 2 Mr. Button's Evasion, 3 yrs. 7st 91b Mr. Balehin's Affection, 4 yrs, Bst 6th • - 24• The Hurdle Race was won by Mr. l'. Edwards' mare. IiEVON AND EXETER RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Devon,hire Stakes or 20 sots. each, 10 ft, and 5 ft only if declared ; the second saves his stake. Once round. (24 Suhs. ;13 declared.) " Lord G. lientinek's St. Jean d'Acre, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b 1 General Gilbert's Northendun, aged, Bst 81b 2 Mr. Roe's Cerito, 8 yrs, 7st - 3 Wou easy. • Sweepstake -of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, • half a mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Crofton's 'Muleteer, 5 yes, 10st 61b .1 1 Sir S. Spry's Jewess, 5 yrs, 106 t 41b Mr. Dixon's Lady Georgiana, 5 yrs, lOst 21b 2 3 A good race. - ' • ' Handicap. Plate of 30 sots., added to a sweepstakes of • 3 boys, each. • Heats, one mile (6 Subs.) Si: S. Spry's Grateful, Bst 21b (Horsley) 1 1 Mr. 'Ley's eby Elis, out of Partiality 3 yrs, Bst... 2 2 Won easy. The Ladies' Pu:Ne of 25 sovs.,l7d . ded to a sweepstakes of 5 sues. each, 3 ft. Heats, 01le mile, Gents. riders. (4 Subs.) General Gilbert's Tolman), 4 yrs, lOst 31b., walked over. FINE ARTS. We were favoured yesterday with a private view of a full-length portrait of Lord Brougham, which, we understand, has been painted for the Mechanics' in stitute at Newport, South Wales. 'The portrait is by a young artist named Evans, and does great credit to his skill and judgment. No one, for ari instant, can mistake the likeness, for it gives, not merely the fea tures, but the general expression of his Lordship's countenance. lie is represented standing near a co lumn, in an easy, graceful attitude, absorbed appa rently in thought; in the back ground we catch a glimpse of the London University, of which Lord Brougham, as is well known, was the p ro j ec t or , an d of which he has long been the firm and energetic supporter. As a piece of colouring—to say nothing of its merits as a likeness—the portrait exhibits much promise, and is indeed one of the best we have lately met with, of his Lordship. EAST INDIA STEAM NAYt• GATION. The steamer India having performed her last voy age from Suez to Bombay against the height of the monsoon, a circumstance unprecedented in the annals of navigation, it may be interesting to compare a statement of that steamer's performance on her last two voyages, the first having been made in the fair season, and the second against the strength of the monsoon. On her first voyage the India left Calculi. on the 10th of January last, and steamed to. Suez in 25 days and 14 hours, running 4,849. miles or 1824 miles per day, consuming 680 tuns of coal, or 7 6 .1 10 lb. per horse power per hour.' On her second voyage she left Calcutta, 9th May, and steamed in 34 days 4,658 miles against the wind,. averaging 137 miles per day, and under sail four days, total distance 5,089 miles, consuming 900 tons of coals, or Thlb. per horse power per hour. This result is most important, as showing that the communication by steam can be kept up with the eastern side of India at all seasons of the year. On the first voyage the Calcutta letters reached London in 46 days ; the second voyage her letters were de tained 24 days in Egypt waiting a conv6pc lIAMBURGII, AUGUST I.—The town of Malinoe in Sweden suffered, on the 3d of August. by a tire, in which everal persons lost their lives, though it broke o ut a t two in the afternoon. It spread w;th inconceivable ra pidity, to which the thatched roofs and a timber yard mainly contributed. Twenty-two houses m ere soon re• duced to ashes, .chiefly belonging to poor people, ivho have lost their all, nothing being insured. Happily the wind did not blow in the direction of the other part of the town. On Thursday at one o'clock, a great meeting of Chartists was held in the Market-place, over which Mr. J. Barber presided. Messrs. Sweet,' Meads, Clarke (of Stockport), Roberts, mid Smith (of Mansfield), were the speakers, and the fidlowing resolution was passed : " TLat we sh a ll l o ok upon an y i n di v id ua l w h o s hall be found committing . an illegal act as an enemy to our holy cause, and as such shall hand such otfendieg parties over to the authorities." The meeting was then adjourned to seven o'clock.--Nuttingledm Review. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENINL The funds did not leave off quite so well 0 they were in the afternoon, although the accounts b 7 several deliveries of the post were quite as good 0 these in the morning. It has been ascertained that all the military, in the neighbourhood of London, 'were under arms, shortly after-twelve last evening , and that orders have been issued to keep themselr o prepared for any summons this night also. 'These facts, coupled with the regulations of the City au dio' rities, and the presence of the Lord Mayor, who has come expressly from Scotland to resume his p ro per - authority, has given greater confidence to the citizens, all of whom are upon their alert, in consequence of it being understood that another meeting is about to take place to-night, which has already been ushered in by a tumultuous procession of boys; intermixed with some of the other sex about their own ages, throughout the principal streets. One of The great objects to be attained by these assemblages is the possession of the Bank of England. And it is a fat , but little known among the surrounding inhabitant' , that a stronger castle does not exist. It is so built that the roolatibrds a complete platform, which is largelY supplied with cannon, that embrasures are ready to be fbrmed at a moment's notice, and that a guard, with a sufficient number of experienced men, are, always at hand to r e p e l any a tt ac k. I t i s to b e h oped that no such extremity may occur, inasmuch as iron the difficulty of approach, and from the nature of the defences, any hostile party must necessarily exile" rience great loss, without deriving any adequate benefit. Were every book in the Bunk of England to be destroyed at the present' moment, the national debt, or the interest of the holder' therein would not in the slightest degree be lessened, because precautions have for years been taken against the possibility of such an event. Consols closed at 91f 92 for Money and for the Account ; Bank Stock, 169 f 174 ; India Stock, 250 '251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53; New, 49 51 prem. Foreign Securities were—Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., in which business wii.s chiefly carried on, .52 52f; the Five per Cents., 102 1024 ; Belgian, 101 k 1021 ; Danish, 82f 83f ; and Brazilian, 65 66. The Share Market closed firmly ; London and Birmingham were, 180 182, ex dividend ; mingham and Gloucester, 48 49 ; Great Western, 87i 88i ; the Half Shares, 62 . 62 f ; South Western, 62i 63f ;. North Midland, 56 58 ; the New Shares, 27 28 ; South Easte,rn and Dover, 21f 22; Eastern Counties, 9f 9f ; Blaekwall, 8f ; and Brighton, 334 33f per share. The rates for the Foreign Exchanges remained with' out material change from last post day. The Builds were thus quoted :—Colombian, 201 20i : Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33f 334 ; the Three per Cents., 19f 20 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 20i .21 ; and the Ihree per Cents , ' 204 20f. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The anxiety to obtain information- relative to th• proceedings in the North, has not in the least s ub-. sided, but, in fact, rather increased, from the attempted demonstration in the metropolis last evening. The city, until an early hour this morning presented on unusual sight of being patrolled by merchants and several- of the civic authorities, with the Lord Mayor at their head, for the purpose of rendering assistance should an attack have been made on the Bank, which from the demeanour of the mob in passing that build ing, was thought not to be improbable ; at about three o'clock all apprehension was, however, at an end. Business being completely at a stand, the mercan' tile letters are but few in number ; these, however , give more favourable. accounts generally, and it may ue gathered that the outbreak is , virtually at an end. Much apprehension is exhibited as to what may be the ultimate consequence on trade, and fears are ex . ' pressed that it will be some time yet before it will he restored to its former state. As might be anticipated, but little. has been done in the funds ; holders, however, are firm, and the price of Consuls has advanced beyond that of yesterday' , being now 921, rather buyers, for Money and for the Account. Three per Cents. Reduced, 921 Three' and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 101 i ; New Three and-a-Half per Cents., 100 i; Bank Stock, 1691 17 0 i; India Stock, 250 251; Exchequer Bills, Old, 5 3 New, 49 51 prem. One transaction in Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, comprises all the bargains in Foreign Seculv ties. Prices of the others are nominally the same 0 last night. There has been no official quotation for Mexican Bonds. The Share Market is exceedingly firm ; and a rise of 21. per share has to be noticed in London and . Thr iningliain, these shares having been sold at 1811. ex• div., or rather more than 1001. per cent. prem. Great Western New Shares, 624, Fifths 9 ; Soutb.Western 624 ; South Eastern, New, 6.3- ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47. The Bonds quoted to-day are—Portuguese Fill per Cents., 331 ; Spanish Five per Cents, 211; the Three per Cents., 201 ; all for time. Some.very strong and persuasive feelers have been put forth, to endeavour to induce subscriptions for the Federal -loan of the United States, but fortu na tely hitherto without success. It is stated that the agents have proceeded to the Continent for the purpose of trying what may be effected . among the capitalists there, but have taken the precaution to leave powerful advocates behind them. To render any arguments of those gentlemen unavailing, it is necessary only to ittfer to the States of _lndiana, Illinois, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and a few others, not omitting the United States Bank, and some similar private insti tutions, by each of which the E iglish have been robbed to an enormous extent, and derided when seeking an arrangement by which their claims might be liquidated. MANCHESTER STOCK ENcHANGE, AwG. 18 . .—There has been shore activity to-day in the Share Market. London and Birininglanns are in good demand. The sales - are—Manchester and Leeds, 75k- and 75k ; Ditto, Halves, 324 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quar ters, 34 ; Manchester and Salfbrd Bank, 10i ; . Union Bank Of Manchester, 7f. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. ?lank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 921 Ditto Bonds .... 37 pm 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 92 Ditto Old Annuities • 31 per Cent. Ditto New Annuities_ New 31 per Cent... ...... 1001 Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 51 pm Ntw 5 per Cen. • Ditto 5001...... 51 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ... 51 put Jan. 1860 ...... 12 9-16 1 1 -lank Stock fur Acct.... Oct. 12t<59 Jan. 1860 l2l :Consols for Acct....... 92 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... 112 Portuguese, .5 per cent. ...- Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 331 Brazilian. - Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. . Buenos Ayres 6 per cent — Russian, to per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. — Ditto, Meta11ic....... .... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 6 per cent...-. 21 Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... . — Danish, 3 per cent - Fren c h, 5 per cent. —f. —r. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — 'Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent — French, 3 per cent. 79f. 25c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent 54 Peruvian,lB2s,6 perct. .Ditto, 5 per ••••en:.. SHARES. Cheltenham and Creat Western (SU paid)...7 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 47 Great Western Railway (65 paid) ' 88 Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid) • 621 • Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) - Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) . 471 London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 624 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (11 paid) 154 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid). Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. ) Amsterdam CF. 12 A Gibraltar .. Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... ...2 U l3 v Genoa 25 90 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 144 Veni ce ... ........ 47 Alton& • - Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, per oz .......... 120 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 'Li s b on Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro , 26 Frankfort on Maine... 1511 Bahia Petersbur g h, 3Us 37 !Bueno s Ayres .. berlin Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 957 'Philadelphia Trieste, ditto ... 959 'eaten OF BULLION, PER Ot. Madrid Cadiz 37 Portugal Gold C0m...3 17 5 Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloon! ......0 0 0 Barcelona - 0 0 Seville • A woman of New Stapleford, when returning from gleaning, on Wednesday last, was told that the " revolution" was coming I and seeing some Irishmen, she took to flight, and sounded the alarm as she went, by screaming with all her might. People who ran from . their houses to learn the matter, when informed of the " thousands upon thousands " of rebels approaching, joined the concert of screams, and presently- the whole . neighbourhood caught the news, and such a tumult en sued as can scarcely be imagined ; children were fetched from school, others from the corn-fields, &c., and all were locked up. A thousand blessiags would have beta bestowed on his 11 ,, ati, if any could hate mustered con. rage to itif;.mn their sons and husbands at the neigh bourinn collieries, but no one could be prevailed upon to run such risk ; at last the women committed the only sensible act in the whole affair, by locking themselves up ! and a vacant street, locked and bolted doors, and a death-like stillness, were left to inform the mob that the G„ t h urn it,.. s of N:'w Staplefbrd had taken time by the fin-dock, and .retreated to safe quarters.—f ottinylium Review. COPEZMAGIN, AUG 1 I.—The harvest is in full progress, and promises to prove very abundant. The rye; harvest in Fuhnen is nearly ended, and appears to exceed the expectations that were entertained of it. Captain Sir Thomas Parry, R.N., arrived in Lon don on Thursday by the General Steam 'Navigation Com pany's, steam .ship IVilberforee, that left Antwerp on the preceding afternoon. STATE or TRAIM.---It is stated that nearly all the mills in Dewsbury are in fall work. Govermnem orders i are the occasion of this briskness.— York Courant. We, in the fi Act for . Issue, I forged jesty, in • several Act of In ou have Tie' dispatch 1, at the ci as present deavourir, claimants sources o when we able to el tion previ Point wh( to the ch desirable the perso to the fol in consei against the sere at Calais, inediately as far as E)