The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-24 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS, ore at the time a brief acf•ount of the action referred to by a Correspondent, who writes from South-street, West tnitrare, and should be willing to oblige hire; but on reflec tion he meat be aware that we cannot have a personal know ledge of the complicated circumstances involved in the prosecution, and that we should not therefore be justified in publishing a document casting such strong imputations on d.fferent-individuals. THE WEATHER—NOON, .1 UNE 4 23. AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer .... 67 1 Highest OS I Lowest 50 Barometer 29.80.—Wind S.W. - - - " ft;ll WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. ♦lcrning...... 42 minutes after 2 I Evening 2 minutes after 3. \ - T7r . T l , • •• • - C fr , t.J.:W:7 nit • zArronbMitton SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock. It distresses us beyond measure to hear the lamenta tioai of our refflected Irish Contemporary, the indtzfa tigahle, the consistent, and the unflinching Tory Mail. For tweke long years has it resisted the Irish Radicals, matVully supported the party of which PEEL was the H chief, denounced all the wicked attempts of O'CONNELL and the Catholic prie,ts, and bravely fought, in season • and out of season, for every right and privilege conferred originally on that useful establishment called the '• Protestant Church of Ireland." It contributed in a great measure to the return of its party to Aim, and reckoned no doubt that the principles for which they had so long contended would be rir}►rously adhered to when a Tory Lord Lieutenant was installed in Dublin Castle. But alas ! how short sir,!,ted i; weak and erring ma❑ ! "Put not your trust in Piim2es," said an ancient writer, and our ill-used fellow-labourer makes the response, Put not your trust in l'Ett., or in any Premier." The great Protestant leader hes been weighed in the balance, and, like the dig t gold, has Lean found wanting. He has ttirned his baeli, not on himself, lake the apostle of the Union and Orangc'ism, but on his friends. He has mounted the ladd:r—but we have not the beak to carry out the albite, and mere!) , announce tha awful fact, that the great and good cause has been ruined by treachery. What makes the case the more &plural& is, that PEEL has carried all the great men with him—the Duke, and STANLEY, and GRAHAM; even the good old Protestant, t.:e Kentish Baronet, has forgottew: " nusquam tuta fide," and all gone over with the renegade in a body. Tho Londen Correspondent of the Mail, writing. on the Irish Registration• Bill, thus describes the wicked deceivers :—" The fact is the discussion on the Bill at that period (last Session) having answered their purpose, Government are content to let the matter slumber, notwithstanding the most shameful abuses, which are more . nittnifest even at present than n hen they brought forward the denunciations of Lord STANLEY and the great mass of the then Oppositior. What was proper and necessary - when sitting on one side of the house is considered trivial and unimportant when a change of place occurs." Who will dray the Tory split now ? And what true Orangeman can ever again back the Minister whom one of his own journals described as JUDAS ISCARIOT, and who thus has peeormel a second time the part of that noto rious traitor It is some consolation, howeTer, to find that there are some honest men left, and that, should the heavens fall, our Contemporary is determined to do his duty. "In position,":,ays he, •' we are all alike in de; cadent of Government and individuals ; sod we claim the right, in common with our fellow-subjects, of giving free and fearless expression to our opinions upon public men and public measures." The unanimity which prevailed in the House of Com mons last night upon the necessity of re-establishing the power of Great Britain in Affghanistan cannot but be productive of immense advantage to our rulers in India. We now know that the native Princes in India, and she 'Governments of Lahore, Herat, and Persia, take the deepest interes', in the proceedings of the British Parliament, and that by means of active, Intel- Bunt agents, they are as quickly informed of what transpires in the House of Commons as the Governor- General of India, to whom despatches, with similar news, are seat express. To show with what expedi tion any news to the prejudice of India travels in Central Asia, we need only allude to the recent well-known fact, that the account of the fall of Ghuznce, the murder of Sir Wm. IPSAGHTEN, and the massacre of the garrison, reached Constantinople, by way of Herat, Ispahan. Teheran, and Erzeroum, crossing the immense Persian deserts, nearly nine clear days before the same intelli gence by the Overland Mail arrived in London. The " golden-footed" Monarch of BURMAII has spies at every one of our Presidencies in India, by whom what ever transpires to our prejudice is at once communicated to him, end he awaits but the hour of our humiliation in any quarter to fall upon us. The debate last night will satisfy these Potentates that it is no slight matter to precipitate a war with England—that whatever changes have taken place in the achoinistration of her GoTernment—whatever internal divisions may distract her people, she has but one mind', one purpose, cue determination when her honour is at stake, and he power to vindicate it disputed by fo reign enemies. Of the course pursued by Sir lloisEra PEEL, as well as with the tone and temper of his speech last night, we entirely approve. Whatever documents relative to the war in Xffghanistan the Government rwiy hate kept back or garbled, this is not a fit time to mo , e fur their prOduction. Besides, we do not regard them as of much importance. We know very well all the ~ .rauses of the war in Affghanistan. Persia, insti gated by Russia, had, in 1837, resolved to conquer Herat and Affghanistan, and extend her empire to the banks of the Sutledge. Our Government saw the danger of permitting mere tool of the AUTOCRAT to become our neighbour in India, and took measures to prevent it. Political agents were to Caubul and Herat, and the whole web of Russian conspir/4.y and intrigue discovered and made known to the world. We then found out thet without faithful alli es in Governors of Lahore, Caubul, and Herat, we coal I not counteract the intrigues of Russia. Hence the expedition for the restoration of unr pensionary the Shah Sowaii to the throne of Aft;;hanstan. We condemned the choice at the first—we condemn it still. It was the cause of all our disast,Ts. Sir ALEX. BURNEs likewise condemned it, in his dc-patches to the Governor-Gencral of Imlia; and this, we believe, comprise:, the important part of the suppres,:ed papers. But. the late President of th,. Board of Control, Si, - J. C. llonnottE, informed the llouse that the resoluti,n of re,toring Shah Soo- JAII was only tak2n lel:en it was known that no trust could he reposed in the most sacred engagements of DersT A10n. , .3:31ED, whose rapacity was unbounded. Now if _ . this was really the cas', anti if the Shah SOOJAII was a person in whom Lord AUCKLAND fit he could place coo nothing- could be more proper than suppress in the publication of despatches, passages reflecting upon the moral character and mental capacity of our loyal protege. Sir A. BURNNS Was one of the officers chosen to accompany the SHAH to Caubu], and it would have pli,teed that gallant, lamented officer, and his countrymen, in a queer position, had the Gov:mom:lH at home pub lished despatches in which the t.:11.111 was described as an incorrigible blockhead. Such proceedings would d o ubtl ess have preci,:itated the Caubill massacre, and affin-ded our enemies a pretext for attributing to British stupidity and insolence, What all the world must acknowledge to be an act of unparalleled treachery reflecting eternal disgrace upon the Affghan name and nation. We never concicituied the origin of the war in Aff ghalistan. What, we condemned and ever shall con demn, is the choice of such a cowardly knave and fool as the Shah boo.rAn to govern that country. HaVill:2; been twice before driven from the throne, it was clear to H 3 that he wai Wholly incompetent for the regal o!Hm. But lit justice to Lord AUCKLAND, we must await his arrival in England, to a:J7ertain upon what conce:vable grounds he adopte 1 the SHAD as his Im •o t We want some account of how and wherefore this original sin was coaHn•tted. • _ Seing that only nine Members voted for the pro duction . (1 4 1he papers, w e are glad that Mr. Hum': divided the House upon the motion. We should look for as large a minority had the motion been for burning Westminster Abbey, or converting St. Paul's Cathedral into a theatre for the performance of farces and burlettas. A motion to the effect that "this House direct Mr. Speaker to set. the Thames on fire " would command at least a minority of twice as many votes as were given to paralyse the war in Affghanisran. A British Envoy an I British army have been treacherously and barbarously massacred in culd blood in that country, and however distant it may be from the seat of our power in India, the Parliament of Grcat tnianimously de clarn4 that it shall be made to fee; that it is not beyond the reaeh ofour vengeance. An impunity must not be allow0:1:0 the AtyghAns, which would ruicourag.e treachery on the part of Nepali and airmail. Our empire in India has La . ; ceased t o b.! an empi re ot . opinion—it is a Go vernmFAt of strong., consolidated, imsistible force, as all who dtTute it, w WI- us will discover to their cost. The svhole of tine French ournals of Wednesday have reached us, but th 6: politic4l articles are of no im portance to Engl:sh reader-. - BOURSE— .2I A RI S, VVE:)NuspAy Just •,-). First Highest Lowe's' Last Price. . Pricf, /tenth 5 par Ctats;a4l.i..., 11 9 . UR 5 ,„ go 118 80 4per Cants. ...... lOl 45 ... 101 45 ... 101 45 ... 101 45 3 per Cants—. ..... 79 40 _. 79 40 ... 79 25 .. 79 25 Bnk of France Jelatan Plank Regan 5 per Cents. 1810 lt4% ... 104% ... 1,4% ... 101% iir•nirl ••, CC vr Cutch 5 per Cents. Vea,ialit..... .filsnan ..... 103% ... 103% ... ItBS ...1C3% RAILWAY aOIARES. V ••rsailles.K I'. L.B lO2 50 ... 102 50 .. 101 25 ... 101 25 Roam 517 50 ... 517 :.0 ... 517 50 ... 517 50 t.rleans Strasburg to Bale. ,. . ,.05 ... 205 «1'21'5 «. 205 EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. We have received New York papers from the United States, by the South America, Captain Bailey. They are later than those delivered by the last Boston and Ila Wax steamer, but not so late as those delivered by the British Queen, at Cowes. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The money market remains in the same inanimate state, and prices are nominally the same as at the close of business la-t night. Consuls, 91 1 4 91%, for the opening ex div. Three per Cents. Reduced. 91a 9la ; Three-and. aHalf per Cents. Reduced, 1001 10()i ; Bank Stock, 1661 1671; India Bonds, 23 24 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 45 47 ' • New, 40 42, premium. Business in the Foreign Securities has been limited to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., at 52. The• quotation for Mexican has advanced to 37a 371. The number of dollars brought home on account of the dividend is now ascertained to be 58,000. The sshole *f the next dividend is provided for, and a surplus left towards the next. These frequent remittances, though small in individual amount, argue well for the good faith of Sinta Anna tn..% anis the foreign creditors. One part of the arrangement was, that a certain part cf the Custom. house receipts should be reserved to provide for the de bentures granted for the overdue Coupons; and the report of a relaxation in the duties now payable upon importations into Mexico is cnnfirmed by intelligence received yesterday. Independently of the satisfaction which these must give the bond-holders, by showing that the means of payment are thereby overrated, they will prove of in finite importance to the manufacturer. Many of the lower qualities of cottoa goods, and which only were worn, were for• rut rly so heavily taxed as virtually to be prohibited, and the trade in them was lost ; by the new tardy, such a reduction will be made as to render the shipments a matter of profit. The Share Market is t ather firmer ; Great Western, 88 ; London and B.rmingham Quarter Shares, 36 ; South Western, 01 ; Northern and Eastern, 40 ; Eastern Counties, 9} ; Brighton, 36. The Bonds quoted to-day are Portuguese Five per Cents., 37. t, ; the Three per Cents., 22h; Spanish Five per Cents., 21/ ; and the The ee per Cents., 221 3 . '1 he letters by the Medway have been delivered this morn ing, the latest dates of which are Jamaica and St. Kitts 20th, Demerara 13:11, Barbadoes 18th, St. Lucia 19th, Antigua 17th, and Dominica 21st May; Havannah Ist June, and Vera Cruz 2tl May. The accounts from the various islands are generally satisfae.ory ; the crops prornisint , to be-extremely abundant. T. ade, however, coitinued dull, although it appeared to be re viving from the late extreme depression. '1 he understanding between the planters and the labourers was good, and thelatter were working well and eheerfuty. The local intelligence is of little importance, and internal affairs were tranquil. Demerara, however, presents a complete contrast, and the situation of the colonists was gradually grossing worse. The poor negroes positively refused to work upon any terms, and many of the estates had been virtually abandoned. In addi tion to the falling off in the quantity of the produce, a report had been made to the Governor, from the House of Assembly, by which it appsars that nearly 300,000 dollars will have to he provided for, over and above any sum which may be voted for the service for the present year. This report also states the great falling off in the crops between 1837, the last year of the apprenticeship, and 1841 ; in the first of these the quan tity of sugar was 101,651,3301b5., in the last 52,043,8971b5. ; of cuffee - 4,340,:3501b5., and 1,214,0101b5. ; and of cotton 563,4531b5. against 19,2001b5. These accounts prove the dis astrous state of the country not to be ex-ggerated. JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American ......... 40 Union of Australia 25 .. 30i...... to LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE •l3.—The common qualities of American must be quoted a point lower than on this day week. The market was quiet to-day, and about 3,000 bales were sold, inclusive of 100 for export. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE, 23.—Our Market was very dull to-day, but there was not much st ock offered for sale. The transactions were confined to—Eastern Counties, Debentures, 101 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Halves, 85. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 2.3.—We haveno material change to note ; business is still very limited. South Western, 60i ; Manchester and Eirmingham,.24i ; Edinburgh and G:asgow, Quarters, 3 1 /. 2 to 3 3 / 4 ; London anti Birming ham, New 32 , . Shares, 29 i to 30 ; London and Brighton, 36 to 36k. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank 'Stock 167 India Stock —pm 3 per Cent. Red. .. ...... 91i I Ditto Bonds .... pin 3 per Cent. C0n5......... Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent. Red... ..... .100* Ditto New Annuities... New 34 per Cent......... Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 42 pm New 5 per Cen' — Ditto 5001...... 42 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 42 pm Jan. 1863 ... ...... 14 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 — I Consols for Opg. ...... 91i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto • Brazilian Bonds... 65 Prussian, 5 per cent.... Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent...... Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic . .... Colombian, 6 per cent... ' Spanish, 5 per cent. . .... 213 Ditto, 1824 253 'Ditto Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent — :French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — I Exchange —f —c Mexican, 5 per cent 37* French, 3 percent. —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 \ Dutch, 24 per cent. 524 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 100 i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) Ditto-New Shares (174 paid).. ......... ... 134 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... ..... 81 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid Great Western Railway (65 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ........ .., 351 London and Birmingham (90) ...... .. . Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 60 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) . 40 :oath Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) JUNE 23. —The British Queen s'eum-ship, from New York, arrived here this morning at 5 a.m., after a passage of 15 days, out of which she was detained by icebergs and a dense fog 12 hours near the banks of Newfoundland. She was 18 days on her passage out, and had heavy gales nearly the whole of the time tram the W. S. W. In lat. 43 N. fell in with 47 icebergs. She, on her homeward passage, in lat. 42, 47 N., fell in with 30 icebergs. Brings American papers to the 7th inet., on which day the Editor of the New York Herald eays, t‘ All our foreign and domestic affairs appear to be going on prospering, and to prosper. It is highly probable that our relations with England will soon be on the most friendly footing. It appears from certain circumstances that the negotiations which Lord Ashburton was specially directed to effect are likely to have a favourable termination." The Secretary of the Ocean Insurance Company, James S. S. hemer horn, has proved a defaulter to that institution to the extent of 150,000 dollars. '1 ho capital of the company was only 350,000 dollars. He has been lodged i❑ the City prison. TexAs AND AIEXICO.—No further invasion yet of either of tlicie countries. although both parties have frightened each other most terribly. Twenty-five passengers from the British Queen were taken in the Earl of Malmesbury steamer to Southampton, and landed there. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. JUNE 19 —Resolution schooner, Duke of Rutland, from Lymington, and proceeded to Southampton River. 20th.—Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from Southampton, at:d the next day sailed for Weymouth for his Lordship. 21st —Arrow cutter, Lord Godolphin, from Southampton; Intrepid cutter, Earl of Tyrcennel, from Plymouth and other Western ports ; Sapphire cutter, Lord H. Cholmondeley, from Southampton. 2'_d.—Alarm cutter, J. Weld, Esq., from London. SAILINGS. JUNE 18.—Witch cutter, 11 Oglander, Esq., from Guernsey. 120th.-13rilliant schooner, G. H. Ackers, Eq., on a crui.e to the westward. ! YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—llawk, Harriet, Arid, Flirt, Jack o'Lantei:n, Cu ters—Alarm, Hite, Intrepid, Pheebe, Corsair, Gany mezle, Talisman, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Sapphire, Owen Glendwr, Arrow. Kestreel yawl, Commodore the Earl of Yarborough. 'I he Earl of Yarborough is fitting his _yacht for a voyage up the Mediterranean ; she will be ready for sea next week. NVe continue to have numerous fashionable arrivals, but we have not so many of the large houses let as at this time Lst season : A. W. Corbet, Esq., and family; Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., arid family ; the Earl and Ceuntess of Bel more ; Sir James and Lady Graham, and several other families of distinction, have taken houses, and are expected at Cowes early ru xt week. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Foreign Wheat and Oats were very large. The trade was firm but very dull, and sales of Oats could not be effected without submitting to a reduction of Is. per q uar t er . In other things no alteration from last Monday. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply was rather short, and the demand was equally limited ; prices of Beef were somethi ng l ower ; of Sheep, Lambs, \ eal, and Pork. without alteration. Beasts, 436 • Sheep and Lambs, 11,190 ; Pigs, 327 ; Calves, 495. Bec ‘)s. 4d. a 4a. Gd. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. a 4s. 2d.; Veal, 3s. a 4s. 81 ; Pork, 2s. 4d. a 4s. COLONIAL MARKET. There was a fair business done, and prices were fully suf. taim-d for all ai tidies. The home trade were the principal operators, and the quantity of pro.'uce pressed for sale was small TEA MARKET. Prices firm, and the market had a healthy appearance. A good demand, and a short supply. Good common sound Congou, cash, Is. 9d. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The trade operates with much caution, but holders were firm, and get 48s. 3d. for small parcels on the spot. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) • LONDON, JUNE 23.—Wind this .lay at Noon, S. to S. W. Dear., JUNE 23.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Pollux, Blanker', Samabago ; Lord William Bentinek, Crow, and Thomas Iliekenson, Calcutta ; Royal William, Smith, Ceylon ; Mcglee, Bahia ; General Wolfe, ()Hard, Demerara ; Accra, Loaers, Cape Coast Castle ; Concordia, Skegaris, Africa. A rrd. from the River and remain —Janet, Eat, Hobait Town ; Fox, for New fi,undiand. PonTsmourii, JUNE 23.—Wind W., fresh breeze.—Acrd. Seringapatam, London, for :Madras. Cow Es, JtJr a: 23. —Arrd. Andrews, Boulson, and Elizabeth, Marshill, Bahia ; Gustave, Muller, Port Rico. BaisroL, JUNE 23.—Arrd. Englishman, Dyer, Africa. Sld. Ann, Newfoundland IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. A letter received at Lloyd's from their agent at Cork. states that Captain Hill, of the Guiana, arrived there from Moul mein, reports to have foutal an opening in the Barrier Reef, in Torres Straits, two miles wide, in lat. 12.12 S. The opening appeared quite free of danger, and is a new passage. I n coming through, Captain Hill also states, he saw the wreck of the Fergusson, lost some months since cn the Great Barrier, whivh bore S.W. by S., distant about six miles. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pubitt -fiptitton. " Whil runs may read." I'OREIGN. The leading articles of the French Journals arc almost exclusively on the merits of the different candidates for the approaching elections, and are far too personal in their nature to afford the slightest gratification to any reader, no matter of what party, who has not some inte rest in the success or failure of the parties whose preten sions are supported or condemned. The articles on other subjects are without novelty or importance. The Archbishop of Sens, while on a visitation, has been seized with a malignant fever, and carried back in a senseless state to his palate. There are hopes, however, that the attack, which at first appeared to be very serious, will not be attended with disastrous consequences. A letter from Brest says—" We are informed that the dig i ion under the orars of Admiral Casey is soon to sail for the channel,' where it will exercise, and that it *ill afterwards be stationed off Eu, during the sojourn of the King at that place." According to the law of 31st March, 1837, the accu• mulations of the Savings Banks arc deposited in the Caisse des Depots et Con,ignations. On 31st December in that year these funds amounted to 106,000,000 f. At the close of the last year they amounted to 241,60,552 f. having in the four years been increased by 135 millions and a half. The Sentinelb des Pyrenees states that the municipa lity and proviocial deputation of Burgos have signed a protest, declaring that the statement of a disposition having been mamfested by the inhabitants of that city to revolt, and proclaim the consitution of 1819, was wholly ti mnded. The Eco del Commercio of Madrid, Of the 14th inst., announces that Don Francisco di Paulo has accepted the command of a battalion of the Malaga militia. The A”gsburg Gazette states that the disturbances at Pesch had ceased. The journeymen tailors who were arrested had been set at liberty, and the mass of the ri,ters had returned to their work. Mehemet Ali ; says a letter from Rome, has written a letter to the Pope, expressing the utmost delight at re ceiving the mosaics which his Holiness sent him, and addressing him by the titles of " Your Beatitude," anc! "Lieutenant of the Caesars." The Pacha promises to send him the obelisk of Heliopolis. PARLIAMENTARY. The Peers met yesterday, but transacted no business of importance. In the Commons, on the motion of Mr. Wilson Patten, the standing order which requires the projectors of rail ways to give notice, in the months of February and M:sch, of their intention to introduce a Bill into Parlia ment was rescinded, which leaves the promoters of such Bills subject to the same standing order as the promoters of other private Bills, and requires them to give notice in October and November. Mr. O'Conneil's motion for the House to authorise the Belfast Committee to appoint agents, was withdrawn on the representation of Sir IL Peel, that the Committee ought to do what was proper on its own authority, though he would not promise anything on behalf of the Treasury. Mr. Ferrand made himself again conspicuous on this occasion, as if he intended to set up for the leadership of the ultra-Tories. A more daring and suit able leader they cannot have—we recommend the ultra- Tories to take him. In answer to a question, the Earl of Lincoln said the steps in front of the National Gallery were now ready to be opened, but it would not be convenient to open them till Nelson's Monument was further advanced. From a Effie conversation which occurred on th latter point, we infer that the Committee for carrying it into effect are likely to run short of funds. Mr. H. C. Baillie moved for papers relative to the origin of the war in Affghanistan, which brought the whole of the circumstances of that affair under the notice of the House of Commons. The debate, which is else where referred to, occupied the House the whole even ing. The papers were refused. The House sat till Two o'Clock. ONICY—TIZADE—COIyIMEZ!.CI3. s According to private letters received yesterday from Leeds by the deputations at present in London, from the northern manufacturing districts, it appears that nearly 20,000, or one fourth of the population, are at present subsisting on the poor rates. At Wolverhampton also the number of persons out of employ is immense. At a meeting last week at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it was officially stated that no lesl than 11,000 of its population are receiving parish relief. From the city returns of the income and expenditure of the Corporation of London, it appears that owing to several extra ordinary votes and grants, during the years 1838-9-40, the sum of 149,3251. Is. Bd. has been expended, being an amount ex ceeding the ordinary income of the Corporation, and leaving no surplus for the further discharge of debt. The emigrant ship Kent, of 690 tons burden, was totally wrecked in the Western Ocean, off the Seven Islands; on the Bth of last month. Seventy emigrants on board escaped, how ever, on the coast, but in a wretched condition. At the meeting of the Union Bank of Australia, held yester day in Old Broad-street, the balance of undivided profits for the half year was 64,109/. 13s. I Id., which enabled the Direc tors to declare a dividend of •255. and 20s. on the shares. The total assets of the Company to the 18th of June, 1842, were 825,624/. 3s. 9d. LAW AND POLICE. Next Monday week, the 4th of July has been fixed by the Sheriffs for the executio►► of the two culprits, Francis and Ciioper. Cooper has become humbled since, and Francis was astswished when the information was delivered. He declares that his motive for making the feint was to gain an asylum as a relit f from poverty. rnwn ARTS. The proceeds of the ten days' sale of the Strawberry-hill prints and drawings, which concluded yesterday, hat been on the whole as follows :—First day, 371/. ss. 6d. ; second day, 3171. 13s. ; third day, 218/. 95.; fourth day, 253/. 13s. ; fifth day, 2001. 7s. 63. ; sixth day, 318/. 14s. 6d. ; seventh day, 334/. 15s. 63. ; eighth day, 492/. is. ; ninth day, 4941. 4s. 6d.; tenth day, 8411. lOs. 6d. ; making a total of 3,b331. * .i.XTZRAILY AND -SCIZNTirIC. The Cambridge Porson prize, e insisting of Greek books pur chased from the interest of 400/. stock, for the best Greek verse On a dramatic passage, was yesterday adjudged to George Drucr, of St. Peter's. THEATZICA.L. We are sorry to learn that that popular actress, Miss Kelly, lessee of the theatre in Dean-street, Soho, is labouring under a sev, re rheumatic inflammation of the aide, which prevents her from discharging her professional duties. COURT-FASHIONAIME. Lord and Lady Stanley had a dinner party on Wednesday, in St. James's- square. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marlborough House yesterday, from Paris. Yesterday at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, Sir T. E. Winnington, Bart., of Stamford Court, M.P., for Bewdley, wai married to the eldest daughter of Sir Compton Domvilea, Bart. The attendance at Almacks on Wednesday evening was very numerous, there being upwards of six hundred persons present. :vii6q;ELLaNzous. A gorget of pure gold, as worn by the old Irish Chieftains, and a breastplate of the same have lately been found in the west of Kilkenny. Mr. Raper, chief clerk in the War office, in which depart ment he has been employed nearly half a century, died at Chelsea last week, in his 6(ith year. LAW INTELLIGENCE ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BOS.ANQUET. The information in this cause was filed upon the relation of a Mr. Leaser, for the purpose of having a certain charity carried on in a manner correspondent with the wishes of the founder, and to have certain abuses corrected; also, to have an account of all the moneys in the hands of the trustee. It appeared that Lady Munson by her wi I, dated December, 1729, devised upon trust to her nephew, Lord Munson, a house in Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, to:be used as an almshouse fo r six widows, and also 1,0001. bank stock for their maintenance. Joseph Bosanquet, the father of the present defendant had, in 1789, become ; , ossessed of the property. The stock, in the meantime, had accumulated to 2,059/. The present defendant, on becoming trustee, had appropri ated a part of the almshouse to the use of a schot,l, which proved a great source of annoyance to the widows. Under these circumstances the information was filed. The defendant in his answer stated that he had not got not;c3 of the intention of filing the information ; that it he had he would have had the nuisance abated • that since the filing of the informati on h e h a d removed the school, and that he had, in the first instance, only placed the children at school in the almshouse until a licusc was erected far ths.t purpose, 'as the poor school was too small. Lord LANGDALE said that the infotmation was a most frivo • lout , one ; no notice had been given to the defendant that the information was to be filed, otherwise a satisfactory expla nation would have been given by him on the matter. He must, therefore, dismiss the bill. He would, however, allow costs against the defendant, on ae co,tut of h:s want of prudence, in keeping so large a sum of money uninvested, which was contrar) to the order of the Court. QUEEN'S BENCH,-(THIS DAY.) BATEMAN V. PINDER. This was a ease which had beer. tried before Mr. Justice Wigh:man at Leicester, to recover a sum of money alleged to be due as a debt from defendant to plaintiff. Defendant had pleaded the Statute of Limitations. At. the trial it was proved that since the action had been brought defendant had paid 11. on account, which it was con tended was such an acknowledgment of the debt as would take it out of the statute. A verdict had been entered for the plaintiff, and a rule nisi had been obtained to set it aside, on the ground that the payment of the I/. on account was not such an acknowledgment of the debt as would take it out of the statute. The COURT gave judgment in the case this morning, and decided that. in order to take a case out of the Statute of Limi tations, there should be some direct acknowledgment and recog nition of the debt, to enable a party to bring his action_ that a payment. of money on account atter the a ction wa s b roug h t did not constitute such acknowledgment, inasmuch as such acknowledgment must be made before the commencement of the action, in order to enable the party to . bring his action at all ; and that therefore the rule for setting as i de the verdict must be made absolute. THE QUEEN V. HARCEY-QUO WARRANTO.-JUDGMENT. Lord DENMA N, in giving judgment in this case, said that it was a rule for a quo warrant() calling upon the defendant to shrw cause by what r;ght he claimed to exercise the functions of an Alderman of the borough of Liverpool. It appeared that on the 2.Sth of October, 1841, Mr. Harvey had been cleetee as Alderman to supply a vacancy. The qualification of Alder. man consisted either in being a Town Councillor at the time of tle election, or in being qualified to be one ; and among thi qualificationsof Town Councillor, it was required that he should be upon the burgess roll f the boruugh at the time of his election Nov the name of Mr. Harvey did not ap;:ear upon the burgess roll of the borough ; which was in force from Ist Noveinbe; 1840 to Ist November 1841, but it did appear upon the burgess lists made out by the overseers of the re.pectivc pari•hes cn the 3tl September 1841, which lists when revised constituted the burgess roll which would be the roll in force from Ist November, 1841, to Ist November, 1842, and his name had been ret lined on the li s t o f R ev i s i ng Barristers. The Court, however, held, that his name appearing in thoss lists did not con litlte a sufficient qualification, as there could not be two Lurges. rolls, and the only burgess roll in exist nee on the;Sth October, 1841, the d a y of his election. ' was tte roll whict clm! into force on the lit November, 1841., His name did not appear in that ro'l. He was consequently not q ialitied, and the rule must be made absolute. CHURCH-RATES-THE QUEEN V. TILE CHM ELWA EDENS OF HAWORTH-di.; DGMENT. In this case a rule nisi had been obtained for a mandamus, ordering the chapelwardena, of Haworth to pollect their portion of a church-rate assessed by the churchwardens and a minority of the vestry of the parish of Bradford, to which parish the ehapelry of Haworth was contributing. Lord DENMAN this morning gavethe judgment of the Court in this ease. He said that in this case the Court was called on to enfuee a rate made upon the prin ciple raised by Lord Chief Tustice Tindal in giving judgment in the Braintree Church-rate case in the Ex chequer Chamber. Church-rates were matters of Ecele siast;cal cogniz and therefore the proper place to raise an argument on this dictum of Lord Chief Justice Tindal was the Ecclesiastical Court. It happened, however, that the Chapelry of Haworth was obliged by custom to contribute to the Church-rates of Bradford; and thus the matter had been brought before the. Court. The Court had been urged to grant the rule, in order to raise the point, and enable the point to be I,tigated in the Ecclesiastical Court, but the Court would never interfere to force parties to involve themselves in a doubtfu 1 tigation, and, therefore, en that ground the rile could not be granted. The Lord Chief Justice, in raising this novel point had studiously avoided giving any opinion on the subject, and all the Judges had reserved a right to themselves to con sitter and give an opinion on the point when it should come regu larly before them. He felt it would be wrong to divest him self of the same freedom, and, theref,re, he should offer no opinion on that tuoint. These were reasons suf ficient for refusing the rule, but a different state of things had arisen since the rule had been appLed for. The pay ish of Braintree, acting upon the hint thrown out by Lord Chief Justice Tindal had made a rate inconformity with his suggestion. The question had been argued in the Spiritual Court, and that Court had decided that such a rate was illegal. That decision might be appealed against, but until it should be reversed, the Court was bound to respect it. On these grounds, therefore, the Tula must be discharged, THE QUEEN V. THE CHAPELWARDENS OF FENTON. JUDGMENT. Lord DENMAN said this was a rule of a similar nature to the one which tad been applied for in the preceding case, and must be discharged on the same grounds. But even if that had not been the case, the rule mud have been discharged on account of an informality in the affidavits. It was alleged that by custom the chap fry of Fenton was compelled to contribute to the Church.rate of the parish of Bennin ;ton. Now it did not appear that the inhabitants of Fenton had been summoned to attend the making of the rate. If they had not been summoned, the custom had not been complied with ; and if it were not the custom to summon them, then the custom was bad. EXCH EQUER-(T hIS DAY.) THE CORPORATION OF COVENTRY V. LYTHAM, AND OTHERS. The arguments in this case, which we noticed yesterday, were continued to-day. Mr. Richards was heard during the morning for the defendants. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY) . Tar - 11.—* • J.. 11 - 71L1 - drml.l9 THE LEVANT. IMPORTANT DESPATCH FROM CONSTANTI NOPLE. The Stromboli, which has just arrived, left Constantinople on the 11th instant, and brings an important despatch from the Ambassador, which is forwarded overland to England by the Vesuvius to Marseille , . The greatest secresy is main tained, and I am unable to learn any particulars ; but I have reason to believe this despatch announces the settlement of the Syrian question. MALTA, JUNE 15.—SHIPS IN PORT.—The Queen, 110, bearing the flag of Vile-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R: Owen, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean ; Howe, 120, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, second in com mand; Ceylon, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad miral Sir John Louis, Supe intendant of Malta Dock-yard; Impregnable, 104; Vanguard, 80; Calcutta, 78; Cambridge, 78; Vernen, 50; Magictenne, 24; Snake, 16 • Devastation, Vesuvius, and Stromboli, war steamers ; and Alecto and Poly phemus steam-packets. Ottomon frigate Chiaha Bahri, and Tunisine corvette Clia, DISPOSITION OF THE REST OF THE FLEET.—The Indus, on her way to Malta from Lisbon ; Thunderer, 84, on her way to Gibraltar from Malta, and the Formidable, 84, on her way to Malta from Gibraltar. Belvidera, 38, Jaseur, 16, and Lizard, steam tender, at Gibraltar. L'Aigle, 24, at Voitrla; Rodney, 92, Inconstant, 36, and Hecate war steamer, at Bey rout; Monarch, 84, at Rhodes ; Medea war steamer, off the River Xanthus; C; cops steam frigate, at Alexandria ; Savage, 10, and Phoenix war steamer, at Tunis; Locust steam tender, at Tripoli, in Barbary ; Scout, 18, at Corfu; Beacon and Magpie surveying ve , 4sels, at Paros; and the Promeibeus steam packet, on her w.ty to Malta aml C4ristantinoi le, from Genoa. MOVEMENTi SINCE JUNE s.—The Tunisine schooner•of war Denfir, took her departure from Tunis on the 6th inst., followed by the Phoenix on the 10th inst. The Tnunderer sail d for Gibraltar on the 9th, to relieve the Formidable, or dered for Malta ; an well as the liidas, from Lisbon, lch latter will be relieved by the Calcutta, to leave Malta as soon as the Formidable arrives, when a survey will be held on Cap tain Sir S. Roberts (still in Malta hopital), and it is very doubtful whether he will be able to re-assume the command of the Calcutta. The Locust was dispatched to Tripoli on the 10th. The Tunisine corvette Elelia, and the Ottoman frigate Chiaha Bahri, which latter is bearer cf return presents for the Bey of Tunis, art ived here yesterday from Constantinople, and the Stromboli has come in this morning from the same place, left on the 11th instant. The Vernon and Saake received sealed orders last night, and will, it is reported, put to sea to-day. 'the Vanguard anal Cambridge have also orders to keep themselves in readiness, but it does not appear that either the Commander-in-Chief or the second in command contemplate an immediate move. It is currently reported that a French force is expected off Tunis and Tripoli, but this has been said so often, that it is not thought much of. The crews of the ship s are kept in constant exercise, and this morning the boats of the squadron are all outside the harbour, practising boat attacks, wi:h the marines embarked. MAILS.—The Alecto arrived from the lonian Islands and Patris on the 10th. The mails for the same places will be conveyed to-day by the Vesuvius steamer. The Polyphemus, from Marseilles, ith the Overland Mail of the 4th lust , ar rived on the 12th; and the Great Liverpool, from England, came in en the same morning, and proceeded to Alexandria on the afternoon of the 13th. The Cairo Nile-boat came in from England on the 9th, having been into Gibraltar, Carthl gena, and Trapani (in Sicily), for coals. She left for Alex andria on the 13th, and will be assisted with coals by the Great Liverpool. The Aerelite. which left Gravesend on the 19th, and the Little Nile, which left Southampton on the 18th ult., tWo other boats intended to p'y on the Nile, have not yet appeared. IN RE JOSEPH R. LOYD, The intolyent's petition to be discharged was opposed by Mr. Woodruffe, on behalf of a small creditor, who obtained an order against him in the Tower Hamlets Court of Request. Mr. Cooke supported the petition. The names of thirty-eight creditors appeared in his schedule, the greater num e ref whom werk. administration creditors. It ap, eared, during a very te,dious investigation• that the in solvent had ca ried nta business.an Chapel-strcet, Cripplegate, and having failed in 1837 he applied to his land!ord, Mr. Jack son, of Leader.hall-street, who agreed to become principal in the business, and have the insolvent employed to superintend it. In pursuance of this agreement it was carried on until 1841, when it was finally given.up, the insolvent beirg in his debt to a large amount at the time, in security far which a bill of sale was given upon other property. On the 15:h of last March, the opposing- creditor being about to put in the execution against the insolvent's gcods, Mr. Jackson put his bill of sale in force, and thus deprived the insolvent of any redress, because it was alleged that where no goods or chattels were available in satisfaction of a decree from the local Courts of the Tower Hamlets, the wording of the enactment, entitled "An Act to amend and render more effec tual an Act passed in the . 23d year of the reign of George the Second, for the more speedy recovery of small debts in the Tower Hamlets," was so loose, that there was no provision for imprisoning the debtor. A long discussion ensued between the Learned Counsel en both !Lies, in which it was stated that there being no local gaol in th e district of the Tower Hamlets, and all the gaolers of the metropolitan prisons refusing to detain a prisoner on the war rant of the Commissioners, there was no redress for suitors in these Courts unle.s the creditor was possessed of chattels. The in olvent was eventually declared entitled to his dis charge. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) After the night charges had been disposed of, a respect able looking man applied to Mr. Jardine for advice under the following circumstances':—He stated that on the 4th of this month be left a bill for 401. with the West minster Investment Joint Stock Loan Company and Bill Discounting Society, at No. 7, Adam-street Adelphi, and it was to have been discounted for him, and the cash handed over by the•9th. The house, however, was now closed, the Society had failed, and the applicant could not get his bill. Applicant called yesterday at the office, and saw 11 man who was the only person on the premises, and he told him that if he called this morning he should have the bill. He called this morning but did not get it, and was told instead that no doubt the Directors would write to him about it. Applicant said too, that unfortunately he was a shareholder in the concern. Mr. JARDINE said he was afraid he could give him no assistance, as the value was beyond that in which he was authorised to interfere. He was not aware of any re medy except by action at law. Applicant—l suppose then, Sir, if I can't get my bill, I shall have to pay it when it bezomes due. Mr. JAnDiNE—I suppose so. Applicant then left the Court. . • MARLBOROUGH. STREET: (THIS DAY.) James .Ho!laud and Matthias tiforiarty, young hot-tem pered Irish tailors, were charged with the following robbery : Mr. John Rae of No. 5, Stafford-street, New B on d- s t ree t, tailor, stated that the prisoner Holland had for some time past been in his employ, and slept in a room adjoining the workshop, the prisoner Moriarty was also employed by him, but did not lodge in the house. The prisoner H o ll an d' s con d uct was so unsteady as to induce him ',the prosecutor) to warn hint to quit his lodgings, but on last Monday night it appears that at a very late hour, Holland, by means of the key of the street door, which he retained in his possession, gained access to his (the prosecutor's) workshop, and carried off three coats he had to make, one finished, and the remaining two only par tially completed. Neither of the prisoners came to their work on the following day, and it was subsequently ascertained that Moriarty sold the stolen property to a Jew in Petticoat-lane, Whitechapel, for 155., and that both the prisoners, during the after pelt of the day (Tuesday) indulged in a " spree" to Greenwich. _ The prisoners , expressed their regret a t h av i ng comm i tte d the foolish act they had done, it was merely a " spirt," ai.d they would work " night and . day to ma k e it good." The prosecutor said that it was most likely he should lose altogether the future orders of his customers if such delays from the faults of his servants, as in the present instance, were allowed to occur. _ Mr. AIALTBY said there was a clear case of felony against the prisoners, and upon conviction of which they no doubt wonid be transported, and therefore h e s h ou ld reman d t h em bringunti l Tuesday forwardthe next, to allow time f or t h e prosecut i ng party to necessary witnesses. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) COMMITTAL BROKER.— Geor ge Allen, a broker, was charged with the following gross act of oppression in levying a distress for rent ;—_ Susan Sankey, of 72, Regent-street, Lambeth, stated that she owed her landlord Bs. for rent, and the defendant came with a warrant of distress, and ho seized the whole of her goods, amounting in value to 51. 35. 6d., and he refused to wait until the evening for the rent, and took away the whole of her little property. A witness was called, who confirmed the poor woman's ac count as to the worth of her goods, and said that she nou'd have given 20s. for a mahogany table taken away, with other things, by the defendant, for the Bs. rent due by the com plainant. The defendant said that he had sold the goods, the valuo of which was exaggerated by the owner of them. The MAGISTRATE, in strong terms, denounced the conduct of the defendant, and adjudged him to pay W. 35. 6d., the va lue of the goods, and in default of payment he xas committed for one month to Kingston gaol ELEGTION OF SHERIFFS. (THIS DAY.) A Common Hall was held this day at Guildhall, for the put'. pose of electing the Sheriffs and other officers for the ensuing year. Shortly after one o'clock, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and other civic functi-maries, appeared on the hustings. The Common sergeant then read the names of the several gentlemen who were 'eligible to serve the office of Sheriff. Upon the show of hands being taken, the Sheriffs declared them to be in favour of Mr. Alderman Hooper and Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., citizen and haberdasher, and they were declared elected to serve the office of Sheriffs for the ensuing year. They then proceeded to the election of Chamberlain, Bridge master, and other officers, and there being no opposition, the present officers were re-elected. DEA rli PROM F OUL AIR.---Shortly after e l even o'clock on the morning of Tu es day, a mo s t deplOrakle occur rence, resultingin the loss of human life, took place on the premises of MI.. Davis, corn-factor, Old - street, St. Luke' s , under the following eircum,tances : —lt appears that a young man, twenty-one years of age, named John Ward, in the em ploy of Mr. Davis, bad occasion to descend %very deep well on the premises, for the purpose of cleaning it out, as it was found to be in a very dirty condition. Flo was let down in a bucket for this purpose, and had been there about five minutes when he was asked by those at the top, if all was right, to which he replied in the affirmative. He was called to a second time, and gave the same answer. Shortly after, on calling to him again, they received no reply, and about a quarter of an hour had elapsed from the time Ward first went down, when 1 boy was sent down in a bucket, arid on reaching the bottom, .:aped out that he was, he thought, lying there dead. The boy .vas instantly raised, and on reaching the surface, complained of feeling a sense of stupefa c tion come over him as he ap yrionuancithemdatih,ewbaosttroemcovoefrd the well. speedilyell. as possible, but life washe body of the unfortunate quite extinct. . . LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.—Spurious weights are being sold, it is s.i 1, in Londo n , as genu ine Mint sovereign and half sovereign weights, but which are made and stamped at Bir mingham, and are most shamefully wrong in weight. One oair, bought at a respectable shop in the City, has the sovereign weight 1 grain and 8-lOths too heavy, equal to aid. ; so that a 3uvereign, as issued from the Mint, would appear one grain, or twopence, too light, if weighed by this weight. The half iovereign is one-tenth and six hundredths of a grain too light, ind mill,therefore, make a half-sovereign which is too light appear of sufficient weight to pass current. The spurious weights have on o ne s id e an exact copy of the real Mint , veights—viz., the Queen's crest (a lion and crown), and the ,vords " Royal Mint, 1842;" and on the reverse, the words "One sovereign —J. and C. Ratcliff." Put the tree Mint weights have on the reverse the words " Curt., .5 dials. grains—sovereign."—Letter in a Morning Journal. HAtiovEß, JUNE 14.—Th e King, it is said, will leave this city on the 24th of this month , an d not return till Arptember. His M a j esty will go first to Ems, for the benefit f the waters, and a f terwards go to be prese nt at the g r and autumnal reviews on th e Rhi ne. Th e Crown Prince will go to Nosdernez, and the official announcemen t of his int ended narriage be made, as we understand, atter it has been laid be fore the British Parliament. 1 THE WEST INDIL.S. FALMOUTH, JUNE 22.—the Royal Mail steam ship Med way, Lieut. Smith, Commander, arrived this morning, from the West Indies, with mails from all the colonies and stations, about 60 passengers, a million of dollars, 150 terons of cochi neal, and 30 supernumeraries, lately belonging to the Medina. The Medway left the Havannah on the Ist; Nassau, 3d; Ber muda, 7th ; and Fayal, 16th inst. Mer Alajesty's brig Pilot arrived at the Havannah 24th May, and sailed 26th, with mails for Belize ; on the 27th the Royal Mail s:.eamer Teviot ar rived there, from the Gulf of Mexico, with mails and specie; and the Royal Mail steamer Trent also arrived there on the 31st following. The Royal Mail steamer Isis was passed near Nassau by the Ilet'vgay. The extraordinary haste made by the Commander of the Medway to get away to Southampton the instant he was able to thrust the mail-bags into the boat, and whiCh detained him hardly half an hour, quite operated against obtaining any particulars beyond the above; we have reason to believe, how ever, there is a considerable portion of her freight for account of the payment of Mexican dividends, and in reference to that Republic a new tariff was published on the Ist of May, to be put in force six months after, as usual. The reduction of duties was general, on many articles considerable, and on the whole was deemed liberal rather than otherwise. The irre gular arrivals of the steamers at Vera Cruz, and the hurried manner in which they departed again after arrival, continued to give dissatisfaction to the merchants of Mexico generally, who, it is said, have made strong remonstrances on the subject. In the instance of the Medway's arrival here to-day, as to time (eleven, A.m.), the midland and northern parts of Eng land and the whole of Ireland are paced in a better position than the city of London. The letters for the former proceed en route this afternoon as soon as assorted, whereas those for the metropolis and eastern division of England are necessarily de tained until to-morrow, half-past four, A. as. (17 hours after being landed !) If the General Post-office were to acquiesce in the reasonable proposition which has been made to it, to constitute the northern a London mail also, and despatched a little earlier, the Ci'y merchants would be in possession of their letters in this case, per Medway, a little after noon to-- morrow, and the very trifling inconvenience, if any such could by possibility exist (but which is not admitted), by the earlier departure referred to, it would correct itself in a very short space, as the railroad approaches Exeter by Taunton and Wel lington, and the old time, or even later, could be fallen back upon. It is not ju3t that the port of Falmouth should be made objectionable in the estimation of the public for what is solely chargeable to and remediable, nevertheless, in the hands of the Post-office authorities. HAMBURGH. THE QUEEN'S LETTER.—HAMBURGII, JUNE 20.—The Se nate having written to her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, expressing their gratitude fer the sympathy shown by her:Majesty by sending tents and blankets, and by opening a subscription for the relief of the sufferers by the fire, her Majesty has been pleased to return the following gracious answer : ~ Victoria, by the Grace of God, Queen of the United King doms of Great Britain acid Irel rid, Defender of the Faith, &c. &c. To the Burgomasters and Senate of the free Hanseatic city of Hamburgh, sendeth greeting. Our good Friends,—We have received the letter which you addressed to Us, on the 24th ultimo, expressing your gratitude for the assistance fur nished from this country to the sufferers by the late calamitous fire at Hamburgh. In acknowleding and thank ing you for 'the sentiments of friendship and attachment which are contained in your letter, we assure you that we most sincerely sympathise in the distress with which so many of the inhabitants of your ancient city have been overwhelmed by this awful calamity; and that it has afforded us real plea sure to be enabled to contribute, in some mariner, to their re lief. In the hope that, by the aid of Divine Providence, you may succeed in speedily repairing the effects of the desolation which has fallen upon you, we recommend you t o th e protec tion of the Almighty. Given at our Court at Windsor Castle, the Bth day of June, in the year of our Lord, 1842, and in the Fifth year of our Reign.—Your good friend VICTORIA REG. ABERDEEN. DUTCH FUN W.—AMSTERDAM, JUNE '2l. Money. eivs, Actual Debt, 24 per Cent aitto, ditto 5 per cezt t. Amax t Syndic,44 per cent f.,3 545( Ditto, ditto, 3y,', percent Commercial Company, 41i per cent l5O 15154 Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cont. 28% - 29% Exchange on London, One month l2 15 Two months Ilaraburgh, One month 35 i*.a Two months 35 25 Dutch Papers, June 22, isk,tAit Ar 4 1 uNim—BRUSSELS, JUNE 21. Actual Debt, 5 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan. 5 per Cent l ' 4l Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 9334 .--------- Spec Cent. .-----.Thirty.seven--- .. 7116 --_—.—_---(l,i4n) lOO,, Loan of City, 1'42, 4 per Cent. 13% Society of Corrim ,, rce, 4 iy per Cent F6 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7 6 34 -Natioaal Society .. — Exchange on Louden (shot t) ...... ....... - -Rrussels Papers, June 21. HAMBU 11(111 BORSEN.HALLE, June IS. Bills. Money. AtiArian 5 per Cents Bank Shares... . .., Anglo-Russian Loan Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate IO.IN 1(.3% Inscription, Ist series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series — 98 Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, ug per Cent. ......... Ditto s per Cent. Polish Bonds 135 New Tickets Anglo-Danish Lo..n ' 3 per Cent. .. 78; Spanish, New 5 p r Cents. IS BRIT ESH ASSOCIATION. - - - - - lIIANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22.—The first meeting of the General ommittee for the arrangement of the business of the week was held this afternoon, in the rooms of the Royal Institution, in Mosley-street. The Chair was taken by the Rev. Professor Whewell, and the meeting was very numerously attended, rmongst the company being the venerable Dr Dalton, the Marquis of Northampton President of the Royal Society, A. J. Murchison, Esq., President of the Geological Society, Sir W. H. Delabeche, Sir. John Robison, Secretary of the Raja' Society of Edinburgh, Professor Faraday, of the Royal Institution, Sir William Jardine, Baronet, F.R. S., Colonel Sabine, • and many, of the leading members. Colonel Sabine, R.S., the Secretary, next read the Report of the Council. The most important circumstance alluded to was that her Majesty had placed at. the disposal of the Association the building in Richmond Park, which was formerly occupied a: an obses vatory, but is now dismantled. Experiments in physical science are intended to be prosecuted here, and instrument: and apparatus deposited. It will be made immediately available. The Council had elected as Hon. Members Dr. Carl Ritter, of Berlin, Professor Bagulansky, of Breslau, and Professor Warthmann, cf Lausau. A Com mittee, also, for placing the nomenclature of zoology on a new basis, was formed, and a correspondence opened for the purpose of obtaining different series of meteorological observations fern Germany. The children of members and others are henceforth lobe admitted to the different sectional meetings fur IL yer an num. Evening meeting: will also be held if the length et the day proves insufficient. Yesterday ( Thursday) the sections were to assemble at eleven o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) STOCKLRIDGE RACES—(TfluasnaY CO)CLUDED, ) The Produce Stakes of 50 EOM each ; h ft. Mile and a half. Mr. Biggs' Elena Duke of Richmond's fby Elis , out of Baleine . Lord Chesterfield's Dil.l;ar Mr. Gregory's Barrier - 4 Match, 300, h ft, New Mile.—Lore G. Bentinck's Pclopou nesui received forfeit from Mr. S. Herbert's Clarus. At the Downham Races on Wednesday, the Dow nharn Plate of 50/. was won by Mr. E. K. Clarke's Sister to Glencoe; the Hack Stakes by Mr. Chaplin's Frailty; the Park Plate by Mr. W. Scott's Ellen ; the Ladies' Plate by Mr. Roge rs ' s Bridegroom ; and the Maiden Plate by Mr. Pettit's Smeetmeat BE 1 TING AT NEWCASTLE—WEnxEsnav EVENING. LIVERPOOL .JULv CUP. , -10 to 1 agst Heslington (taken); 14 to I agst Knight of the Whistle (taken) ; 15 to I agst Una (taken) ; 100 to 6 agst Rhodanthe ; 100 to 5 agst hince Carastoc; 1,000 to 5 agst Mus (taken) ; 100 to 5 agst Na. worth (taken); 100 to 4 agst Jolly Tar (taken). Sr. LEGER. —5 to 4 agst Attila (taken) ; 12 to 1 agt Bd. cour ; 12 to 1 agst Cabrera; 13 to 1 agst Auckland (taken) 15 to 1 agst Meteor (taken). Two men we re con d emne d on the 13th inst., by the Court of Assizes for East Flanders, to eight year& close confinenent, and exposition on the pillory for an hour, and to remain for ten years afterwards under the sur veillance of the Belgian police, for having, in February last, taken away the clasps which served to unite the rails on the railroad between Buggenhout and Termonde FETE AT QUEENSBERRY VILLA. The Duchess of Bucclettch gave a grand entertainment at the family seat, near Richmond, yesterday, to her Majesty the' Queen and Prince Albert, whi:h was attended also by the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Gloucester, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Kent, and other members of the Royal Family. To this splendsd entertainment were invited more than 500 of the leading persons in high life. The arrival of the Queen was expected about five o'c'eck, and long before that hour hundreds of persons began to con gregate on the Rise and along the Barnes and Kingston roads, in order that they might gratify their laudable curiosity of obtaining a glimpse of their bloved Sovereign and her illus • trious Consort. At the windows of all the houses, from the entrance of the village to the Duke's villa, parties were assem bled, and, indeed, the most intense enthusiasm was manifested by the inhabitants and visitors. At a quarter to six o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, and attended by the Lord and Lady in Waiting, and the other members imme• diately connected with the Court, arrived, her Majesty and her august relatives being received with loud acclamations of appro bation by the thousands assembled along the Royal route. The arrival of her Majesty was proclaimed by a Royal salute being tired on the island, and on the cortege reaching the villa there was a discharge of ordnance in the meadow on the oppsite bank of the Thames. The Duke and Duchess having been apprised of the Queen's approach, received her Majesty and his Royal Highness at the entrance to the villa, when the Queen took the Noble. Duke's arm, Prince Albert offering his to the Duchess of Buccleueli. Iler Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the King and Queen of the Belgians, were almost immediately can ducted to the front lawn, when the band (the Royal Horse Guards blue) saluted the Royal presence by playing the National Anthem. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, and attended by the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse, Lady Gore, andseveral of her Majesty's Household, had arrived in three carriages from Bushy Psrt shortly before five o'Clock. The Thames, in front of the villa, presented a gay and ani mated appearance, from not only the number of pleasure boats which literally covered its surface, but from the royal galley, the two Admiralty boats, and the Trinity yacht boat, with the watermen in their state liveries, moored in front, and a large yacht, which was what is termed dressed with all the signals used in the maritime servi, e, stationed in the centre of the river. The opposite shore, which commanded an uninterrupted view of the lawn and gardens in front of the villa, was thronged by a vast concourse of speetators. H r Majesty and Prince Albert, and the other illustrious guests promenaded the gardens and romantic grounds at tached to the villa for some time, and at seven o'clock diner was announced. The enterta nment was served up in a spacious and beau tifully-furnished marquee on the lawn, almost adjoining the mansion, lined with blue and white draperies, and carpeted with crimson .cloth. The table was illuminated by a richly wrought chandelier and various candelabra, by Messrs. Han cock and Co. The banquet was of the most recherche character, and the fruit displayed on the Royal table was of the finest culture. Another temporary saloon, fur it had more the appearance of a noble apartment than a marquee, was erected in the back g rounds belonging to the villa, to which the company passed through a covered pathway. It was in that marquee that the general visitors partook of a sumptuous' entertain ment. Some idea may be formed of the erection by its dimensions, it being nearly '2OO feet long by 36 wade, and the height of the dome in the centre was 50 fret. The interior was hung with scarlet and white drapery, the walls being sur rounded with festoons anti rosettes of blue, white, and scarlet silk. It was lighted by seven enormous chandeliers, giving, additional brilliancy to the otherwise splendid interior. Both tents were furnished expressly fir the occasion, by Benjamin Edgington, of Duke-street, Southwark, and were highly credit able Cr that respectable establishment. The circle invited to the royal table comprised, the Queen andYrnee Albert, the Queen Dowager, the King and Queen of the Belgian., their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess of Gloucester, their Serene Highnes-es the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge, the Prince of Saxe Meiningen, his Excellency Count Mensdorf, the Duke of Wellington, Earl of Aberdeen, Duke and Duchess of Suther land, and the more distinguished visitors of the Noble Duke and Duchess. At the conclusion of the banquet, the health of the Queen and Prince Albert was drank, with three times three. The fine band of the Coldstream Guards was engaged, in addition to that of the Royal Horse Guards. • At the close of the evening, the principal marquee was cleared for dancing, which commenced soon after nine, to We;ppert's full band of thirty performers. The grounds were illuminated at dusk by thousands of variegated lamps intermixed in the shrubs and parterres, and along the whole extent of the lawn facing the river were fes toons of lamps. The architecture of the bridge was ttaced by numberless illumination lamps, which were lighted at.dusk, and over the three principal arches were devices. There was a grand display of fireworks on the meadow on the opposite bank, under the auspices of Southby the artist, in which there were nine set pieces, some displaying trans parencies of the Qnsen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, &c. The party broke up soon after twelve. Among other illustrious personages present were the fol lowing : .Amha•sarlor —The French. Ministers—Austrian, Prussian, Saxon, Bavarian, Wurtem burg, Portuguese, Spanish, Belgian, Dutch, American, and Russian. Dukes—Norfolk, Cleveland, Wellington, Beaufort, Suther land, Leinster, and Hamilton. Duchesses—Norfolk, Cleveland, Beaufort, Northumberland, Sutherland, Leinster, and Hamilton. Marquises—Lansdowne, Worcester, Westminster, London derry, Downshire, Ailesbury, Clanricarde, and Salisbury. Marchionesses—Londonderry, Downshire, Ailesbury, and Clanricarde. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, thirty-three Earls, and as many Countesses,' more than forty Barons, and twice that number of -ladies of title. The entertainment alto gether was the most superb that has been given for many years in this couatry. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. An unusually large audience assembled last night at this theatre to witness the performances of Rubini and Persiani in the attractive opera of I Puritani. Besides these eminent vocalists, there were Roneoni and Lablache, the former of whom assumed the part hitherto played by Tamburini ; so that the opera was cast in a first-rate manner, and was applauded throughout with the utmost enthusiasm. Persiani, in the com paratively inferior character of Elvira, sang with all her wonted skill and sweetness, and gave the polacca, " Son vergin vezzosa," with graces such as no other vocalist can attempt with such daring originality. Rubini in Arturo achieved one of his most splendid triumphs, and was encored in almost every one of his airs, more especially in those wherein tenderness was to be ex pressed. Lablache was excellent as Sir Giorgio, and Ronconi imputed to Riccardo all the niceties of expression which ren dered it so attractive in the hands of hi, predecessor. At the close of the opera all the chief performers were called for by the audience, and made their bow, and retired amid enthu siastic acclamations. It is a long time since I Puritani has been so admirably cast as it was last night. The ballet which succeeded, Alma, eta Let File du Feu, is the best that has been produced for many seasons. There is nothing weak about it—there is no appearance of vamping up ; all is fresh, new, and glittering, and it seems the inventor of the ballet (M. Deshayes), the inventors of the pas (Cerito and Perrot), the scene-painter (Grieve), and the com poser (Costa), had all set their very superior wits together to produce a work that should be perfectly complete in a its kind. The curtain rises on the palace of fire, a magnificent s c en e , glowing with, crimson, while crimson fiends are performing "fantastic tricks," not " before high Heaven," but in the face of a different prospect. Belfegor, their king, endows a stalue ith life, and that the statue may have life, par excellence, that it may not vegetate in a mere torpid existence, that it may burst forth into all the fulness of youth and joy, it becomes Cerito. She is endowed with the power of fascinating all who see her. But there is an awkward condition. If she falls in love with any one, in return she is again to become a statue. Thus pro vided, she is sent on her trials, under the charge of Perephite, cleverly acted by Perrot. The first place they come to is a German town, which " Bohemiens" are forbid to enter. Cerito and Perrot came under this vagabond denomination; but who shall repel Cerito? The burgomaster may scowl, a glance from Cerito renders the law a dead letter, the very inscription of the regulations on a board becomes effaced, and leaves the board blank. But she is not satisfied with a mere entrance into the town, the daughters of the citizens must be lured into a dance with the two supernaturals. Perrot twirls round, one arter another, Mademoiselles Camille, Bernard, and Galby, but they are half unwilling. Cerito is needed to encourage them.. Quietly does she go through the waltz step, there is a calm resolution in her glance—she has determined on victory. But the dance has its effect on herself—she warms into it; she becomes energetic, and fresh fire is infused into her at every blow which Perrot strikes on her tambourine. The girls become delighted, the dance leads them on, and thus is formed the pulse de fascination. On they go ! There must be no pause. A brilliant saloon in Fiance is ready to receive them—one of the most superb ball scenes ever introduced on a stage, brilliantly illumined with gas in every part. The pas de trois by Cerito, Cami le, and M. Desplaces was ad mirable. There seemed to be no limit to the number of ele gant attitudes into which Cerito dropped, sometimes supported by M. Desplaces, and sometimes appearing balanced in air. There is a certain look of Cerito in these slow movements, a certain tenderness of expression, that gives them a character that is attained by no other danseuse whatever. M. Desplaces is a very excellent male dancer. He is perfectly unassuming, he does not attempt too much, but seems aware that dancers of the fair sex are the chief objects of attraction. Every group in the slow movement of this pas de trois told well, and met with marked app'ause. Of course it was followed by a quick move ment, and Cerito raised fresh acclamations by one of her bril liant revolving steps. The travellers move on to the city of Grenada, whither theT are followed by an exiled Moorish Prince, who has seen Cerito throughout her progress, and has become desperately enamoured of her. She dances a pas Espagnot before th e Sp an i s h Ki ng , w ith a light merriment which increases to the highest joyousness. The lover,dethrones the Spaniard, becomes King of Grenada, offers Cerito his throne, when she consents to accept it, and therefore becomes petrified once more into marble. The ballet was remarkably successful, and Cerito and Deshayes were called before the cur tain to receive the congratulations of the audience. -- - BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—The strictest ite precautiors are now taken to guard against the int rus i on of i roper pi r sons by the Commissi-ners of Police, and also by the authori ties at the Palace. At 10 p.m., when the livery porters go off duty at the lodges, a night porter relieves them, and remains at his post until morning. A strong party of the A division of Police is always on duty in the interior of the Palace during the night, and patrol the corridors, colonnades, &c., and one police constable in plain clothes, exclusive of one in uniform, is always in attendance during the day at the tradesmen's en trance, in Pimlico, to watch the egress and ingress of persons at the door. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—The two presentations to the Royal Navy, granted by the Lords of the Admiralty to the Royal Naval School, Camberwell. will be filled up this year. One has been accepted by the son of Lieutenant Hilby, and the other was offered to the son of Captain Morrice, but hi conse. querce of the boy's youth it was declined by the father. These presentations will be continued every year, and will no doubt prove a great incentive to4he pupils of the school, in inducing them to apPtay closely to those studies which qualify them for the distinction. SUICIDES IN LUNATIC HOSPlTALS.—Respecting the rarity of suicides in public asylums, it is worth mentioning that cut of 4,216 lunatics received into Bethlehem Hospital, from the 31st December, 1822, to the Ist June, 1842, five in. stances of the kind have occurred, or rne suicide in 843 insane persons ; whilst half the patients admitted, were discharged cured, aEd only 215 deaths are reported, or within a fraction of 5 per cent. '1 hese facts speak volumes in favour of Bethlehem Hospital ; and if similar results are met wi'h at other lunatic establishments, there cannot be any question as to the benefits conferred upon the insane, by public institutions appropriated solely for their receptitm anti curative treatment.—lifedical Gazette. In the reign of henry VIII. it was enacted, that in order to prevent the extension of 4. poysonage," persons guilty of the offence should be " boyled to deth." PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. ' (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House el Commons.) THURSDAY, JUNE 23. AFFGHANISI'AIV. Motion made, and Question put, " That there be laid before this House Copies of the Correspondence of Sir Alexander Burt es with the Governor-General of India, during his Mis sion to Cabool, in the years 1837 and 1833 :—Also, Copies of the Correspondence of the Governor-General of India wi.h the President of the Board of Controul, and with the Secret Committee of the East India Company, from tLe lst day of September, 1837, to the Ist day of October, 1839, relatile to the Expedition to Affghanistan :"—Mr. li. J. Baillie :"—The House divided:— Bernal, Captain Bowling, Dr. Brotherton, J. MINORITY-- AYES, 9. , Duncan George Wallace, R. Duncombe, T. S. TELLERS. Ewart, W. Baillie, H. J. Hume, Joseph D'lsraeli, Benjamin 'A. 75. Cobden, Richard Ainsworth, Peter Allix, John Peter Baring, W. B. Baring, F. T. Baskerville, T. B. M. Bateso , i, Robe: t l'lackburn, Juhn I. Blake, M. J. Broa.iley •Henry 'troche, W. B. Buller, E. Bu tei d, Wm. Campbell, A. Col. orne, W. Ridley Corry, It. L. Craig, W. Gibson Crip. s, J. Darby, t;eorge Dawnay, Hon. W. Denison, E. Beckett Dickinson, F. H. Douglas, Sir C. E. Easthope, Sir John E3stnor; Viscount Eliot, Lor Elphinstcne, Howard , JORITY-NOES, Ffolliott, Joh I Forbes, Wiliiam Forster, Matthew Fuller, A. E. Gladstone, W. E. Gordon, Hon. W. Goulburn, H. Graham, Sir J. Greet.e, T. G. Grogan, Edward Haimbon. W. J. Heathcoat, John Henley, J. W. Herbe, t, Hon. S. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Hogg, J. W. Hornby, John Husbey, Thomas Hutt, W. Jackson, J. D. Jocelyn, Viscount Jones, 'l'. Layard, Captain Legh, George C. Lincoln, Ear I of Li ton, E. Lockhart, William Mackenzie, W. F. Mai an, Don:ld MacGeachy, E. A. Morris, David Mundy, E. M. Nichol!, J. O'Brien, 1. O'Connell, M. J. Ogle, S. C. EL Owen, SirJ. rp pa ehe l i m illi e , ssr:ir Roberti t:lnakbe viscourft Prottieroe, F. Rashleigh, -William ushbrooke, Colonel Sheil, R. L Smith, Ve. non Sutton, Hon. H. N. Thornely, Thomas Wawn, John I'. Wortley, J. Stuart TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Pringle, Alexander MONEY MARKET and ()IT Y NEWS' FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. POST.-The quotation for Mexican advanced from 36% to 37#, and fir aly left off at 36,i to 37#. The ostensible eau° was the ariival of the Medway with, as it was stated, tiltY thousand dollars on account of the dividend ; but in reality it may be discovered on the near approach of the settling daY• 'these and Spanish Bonds (which by the way have fallen to 221 for the Three per Cents. since the announcement of 'h e dividend) are the only documents which to any extent retain a place among the speculative operators, and w hile the one is depresseJ the other is certsin to rise, inasmuch as it wouldne" . answer to allow an account to pass over without fluctuations . It is with much regret that they are thtis obliged to be place d in connexion, but dealers s o an t th a t i t i s o bl• gatory so 10 0 °' And the regret is on this account : the Mexicans are doing every thing in their power to revive their national credit, by keeping up to the promises which they have made for that pur pose, and which, so long as they continue in the honouraule course which they are now rryuing, will doubtless be fu;' filled to the letter, while Spain, apparently possessed by o ° 3 ! infatuation, is reso r ti ng t o every paltry nick and dishone st chicanery, and is endeavou-ing, if it be possible, to sink herself lower in the scale of nations than she is at present placed. SUN.—Yes=terday Consols remained and closed at 9( a Selle rs for the opening ex dividend; Reduced 91% 918; Bank Stock 166% 167%;-Ex-cliqouer Bills, Old 45 47 ; New 40 42 prente The only alteration in Foreign Securities was an advance in the prices of Du:ch Bennis, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 528 ; d the Fi e per Cents. 101 101%; Belgian remained at Itl2 103 ; Danish 81 82, and Brazilian 65 66 , The report of a further remittance on account of the di'!' deied aided by a little jobbing, caused the quota:ion for Mexi can to advance to 36i 37%. 'lt may be here remarked that ou each successive arrival of these West India steamers, merchants , have experienced the annoyance of passengers being in Lon' don, bringing various reports, which influence prices, roil hours before the letters are delivered, in consequence of the mail-bags being landed at Falinoubb. The great irregularity with which correspondence new arrives from the West Indi" renders it imperatively necessary that every means should be adopted to facilitate the delivery of it when off the coast. 1 - 1 0 " ever opinions may differ as to the elegibility of Southampto n or Falmouth for a packet-station, it cannot be denied that until a railroad be completed from the latter, the former port must he preferable. In the Share Market, London and Birmingham, New, 1 15 , 177 ; Birmingham and Glou c e s t er , 49 51 ; G reat W estern , t- 452 Spa ; she Half Shares, 61% 62 : South Western, 60% 61 i; North Midland, 62 64 ; th e N ew Sh ares, 31 32; Easter" Counties, 84 9%; Northern and Eastern, 39 40 ; South Easte rn and Dover, 244 25% ; th e S cr i p , Zi 5%; Blackwell, 9% 10; and Brighton, 354 36. The quotations fir the Bonds were—Colombian, 25# 25%; : ruvian, 17 18; Portuguese Five per Cents., 37% 374: a"` Th: ee per Cents., 22 22%; Spanish Five per ents., 21% 2 1 1 ; the Three per Cents., 23. Private letters, by the British Queen, add but little to the in:, formation from *Ame r i c a, p u bl is h e d i n t h e secon d e di t i o n ( . 1 , The Sun. The f a v oura bl e v i ew o f commerc i a l a ff a i rs rec eived by the Acadia, are now coefirmed, although it is admitted th at a long period must e l a p se b e f ore she again become brisk. was generally reported among the private friends of the Frew dent, that all the questions now existing between this country and the United States, would be speedily and satisfactorily Id' jested, and these reports rere universally credited, in cause" quence of the idea that they originated with the President him' self. THE CONVICTS FRANCIS AND COOPER. --- - The day fixed by the Sheriffs for the execution of the Pr° culprits, now under sentence of death in Newgate, is n ext Monday week, the 4th o f J u l y. Th e f act was commun icated to them )esterday morning by the Chaplain of the prist?' in the pre encc of the Sheriffs and other authorities. Fran c !' who has been in a very dejected state since his convW tion, appeared much surprised at the awful inforreatin he having indulged in th e b e li e f th a t th e sentence wou ld it° be carried into effect. His despondency was, as may be su p' posed, much increased a t th e i nte lli gence, an d , on bcconu"'' a little more cemposed, he declared in the most solemn man ner to his attendants, that he had no intention to do h e r Majesty the slightest injury, and that there was nothing to the pistol but a little I order and a piece of paper. Fro° the communications made to his relatives, it would sr, pear that he is fully convinced of the extent of l ' ! " folly, and acknowl e d ges th a t he deserves punishmen t ' but adds that should h e s u ff er death, he will be a murdere d man. The father of the miserable youth has petitioned th e Throne for a commutation of the sentence, but how this sr, peal has been recei4d there has been no m eans , as yet, e' ascertaining. Francis has also declared that his only tive for making the feint, as he calls it, was that he wig"' gain an asylum where he would be relieved frcm the boas! and suffering attendant upon poverty. It is understood th a t some humane persons hav e i n t eres t e d t h emse l ves on hi s behal f ' and are about to make an earnest appeal in his favour. Other'i who have on former occasions loudly declaimed against cap' be punishment, have declined to interfere, lest they ma)' charged with a want of loyalty. VI , hether praying for the et c ,' ercise of the prerogative of mercy (which attribute is pos.ee e , by our gracious Que en t o an em i nent d egree ) b e an ac t whi c h can be construed into disloyalty must be left to the considera tion of those who have doubts about the matter. On the intelligence being communicated to Cooper, that tb day was fixed upon when he was to die, he received the info e g a r; mation, to all appearance, a s a ma t er o f course . He , become very humble, and cond uc t s hi mse lf i n a b ecom ing on tier, and is not violent as has been stated. He has mote tn a ;i once acknowledged that hi s sen t ence i s just, and has aband on , e e all hope that his life will b e s p are d. H e st ill rema i n s in tO infirmary, where h e h as b een ever since hi s committal 11-, prison. He suffers a great deal from his feet, in %%hid , t „ effects of the 'poiso n h e t oo k h as l o d ge d. H e i s, at t i m es, ver y reserved in his manner, and, at o th ers , commun i ca tive, tifir /e time speaking of the crime for which he is to suffer. i s evidently feels most severely th e aw f u l s i tuat i on i n w hich be , • placed, hut endeavours t o concea l hi s emot i on as muc h as pos sible sible by assuming a carel e s sness o f manner w hi c h a pprnac to hardihood. There does not appear to be any sympathy - him in the publicmind. • SUDDEN DEATH Yesterday afternoon an Intl--,,e ; was held before Mr. Wak!ey, at the Flower Pot, in the c ;, - lane of Sunbury Middl esex , on t h e b o d y o f 111 r. Robert LW. 81 years, which took place under the following circumstan ce 4 —From the evid ence o f th e witnesses, it appealed that Or deceased was a highly r es p ec t e d i n h a bi tant o f Feltharo, Hounslow, and of great skid as a practical florist. Oa I % l°-- day, while driven by Mr. Griffiths, his nephew, to Sunbu r y Common, with his w if e i n a c h a i se cart , he died on his seat t!' IN§ moment. He had started apparently i n p er f ec t h ea lth, sa) d he was never better in his life; and when about two hump . % yards from home, he s a id t o hi s neßhew, " John, what hear', ~1 5 ) them ?" pointing to some " pol's (beans and p eas tottet", for horses, and at that instant his head drooped, and he ~e t immediately. Verdict, " Natural d ea th on th e highway; DISHONESTY SUCCEEDED BY SUICIDE.—MT. 1 311 % - ht held an inquest yest er d a y a t th e F a l con, Cambridge-11:44'1, lietlical-green, en the body of Thomas !tusking, age" Mary !tusking said that the deceased was her husband, and resisted with him at No. 3, Green-street. On Monday wcel. last he was discharged fro m a s it uat i on as carman, for haf g i d appropriated to hi s own wants some money w i t h which ht' "". been entrusted to pay a debt. The condition to which dishonesty reduced him. was a constant source of uneasinesh t since the day of his dismissal his temper and habits undeffoce a great change. When witness awoke at six e t c i the on Tuesday morning, :he missed deceased from by room, and, after searching, found him in the yard suspended d, the neck to the beam of a s h e d. H e was t h en q uite det is Witness thought that he was b ro k en -h ear t e d a t th e issue 0f conduct, and feared that he s h ou ld no t aga i n o bt a in anotherP situ it ion. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." cel, The General Steam Navigation Company's ve' 1 1 the Giraffe, fromßutterdam, arrived offthe Custom-house at o'clock this day, with the Dutch mails. W ent/ ELABORATE ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS.—Mr. of. 82, Strand, having had the disti n g u i s h e d honour of con structing, by command of the Emperor of Russia, two A s tro!' to mical clocks, invites a public inspection of them previou s their departure. 1 BIR2'HS. a r• On the 17th inst., at Sh o ld en L o d ge, D ea l , t h e lady ~- Banks, Esq., of a daughter. 0.1 the 17th test., at Union-place, New-road, Reg en ,,Ta park, the lady of Captain Alfred Thomas, Bombay Army , - dau O ghter. f the n the 20th inst., at B roo kfi e ld, near R y d e , the air° °' Rev. Augustus Hewitt, of aeon. c l, er On the 21 s t inst., at Red. cross-street, City, Mrs. Alel a Baylis, of a son, s till born. R. On the 22d inst., at Southampton, the lady of the Rev L. Betison, of a son. On the 22d inv., the lady of•H. C. Lock, Esq., o f the Ha rnr stead-road, of a daughter. On the 221 inst., at Kingselere, Hants, the lady of a ver Fowler, Esq., of a son. ____...--------- MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at St. M ar y' s , I s lington, flar iet 4 ll 7- Crude Elizabeth, slaughter of Thomas W. Perry, Etivs.°` I. .nell.p!ace, Llington ,to :Cohn Ifilditch Evans, Esq., of Miele, On the Od inst., at Chiswick Church, David Taylors of liarkvford-place, Kennington, surgeon, to Mari a, daughter of the late Edward Clairton, of Oxford-stre 1) 1 ID. On the 12th inst., at W:lmer f; , Mrs. Churchill, wife of Lien' tenant-Colonel Churchill, of the 31:t Foot, aged 45. for d- On the 17th inst., at Croase House, Kings;and, here shire, Jahn Williams, Esq., aged 8.5. ,„i v ord On the 201 h inst., at Boulogne- sur-Mer, Captain Sir v•" Will m Corr Aste, R.. the 21st in st. l , y at Au N teuil, near Paris, Charlotte, it. late Colonel H. I 'erey Davis , n, and y o u nges t s i t ter of the la Francii Ifastings Doyle, Bart. , On the 22d inst., in Grove-end-place, St. Jonn Sarah, relict of the late J. Davison, EN aged 71. " St. J °l° ' On the 22d inst., at South am pt on , G eor ge Ernest the i fant son of the Rev. R. L. Benson. On the 19th inst., the Lady F. Jemima, the wife of James Coodeve, Esq , of Cliftln. London Printed and Published by MURDO YOL si d e in No 112, Stra n d, at Th e S un Offi ce , No. 112,, Stra the County of Middl esex , F r id ay , J une 24, 1841' .;h .:%' • -