The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

MEETING of the METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the members of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association took place yesterday, at their rooms, 448, Strand, Colonel T. P. Thompson in the Chair, when the following resolutions were moved and unanimously adopted : Moved by Mr. DANIELS, seconded by Mr. SOUTH Mousy, and unanimously resolved—. " That the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association view with sorrow the progress of disorder in the Northern counties. " That they are forcibly struck with the injustice, and the impossibility of any desirable issue, of vio lence used or threatened towards the master-manu facturers and owners of mill•property, for the pur pose of enforcing the maintenance of certain rates of wages when the trade of those mast ers an d owners i s by a direct organization of law prevented from being such as would afford it. "That they submit distinctly to the good sense of the operative classes, that such proceeding, though it may force the present expenditure of a few thousand pounds by way of staving off the destruction of property to a greater amount, is as incapable of any substantial and ultimate success, as a proceeding which should have in view the taking of three pints out of a quart. The three pints are by law not allowed to be there ; and the ant of man will not make them, unless by removing the law. " That they take the opportunity to express their strong and contemptuous sense of the fallacy, by which the operatives are told that the object of the masters in desiring the removal of restrictions on their trade, is to reduce wages. The masters desire the trade which they might have under improved wages if restrictions did not hinder it; and not the trade which they cannot. One shilling out of every two which are paid to the operative as the means of purchasing him bread, is a tax which the operative takes from his employer, and carries in his hand to the receiving-houses of the interested ; and this tax the operative is asked to call his wages, and cry out for its continuance. " That, finally, they trust for an abatement of the public danger, neither to the virtue of the dominant class, nor to the intelligence of the sufferers ; but they look for the appearance of a government or minister, who instead of dismissing the legislature to field sports at the moment when the country is declared threatened with insurrection, will proceed to take down the public mischief, by , removing the iniquity which is at the root of the disease." Moved by Mr. P. A. TAYLOR, and seconded by Mr. SHAW— " That a distinct and emphatic 'representation be prepared to Sir Robert Peel, repudiating the insinua tions by which it has been attempted to connect the present disorders in the country with the operations of the Anti-Corn-law Associations, and that a meeting be called for Monday next, at one o'clock, to agree to the terms of the same. " That an address to the people of Great Britain on the present circumstances of the country be issued by this Association ; and that a committee, consisting of F. Place, Esq., P. A. Taylor, Esq., and the Chair man, be reluested to draw it up." T. PERRONE-I' THOMPSON, Chairman. MOVEMENT OF THE MILITARY FROM CHATHAM. CHATHAM, AUG. 16.—Early yesterday morning. sonic considerable excitement was occasioned in this town by the report ofan express having arrived in the night ordering the military to be in readiness. It ap pears the report was true, as Major 'Wilson, Assistant- Acting-General, had arrived at the head-quarters of the Chatham division of the Royal Marines, about one o'clock in the morning, with despatches to the Com mandant for the immediate march of this useful corps. The Commandant, Colonel Elias Lawrence, before ten o'clock, had the whole of the men out, with all their accoutrements in heavy marching order. The baggage-waggons were prepared, and all the bag age was broug,ht out and placed on the parad e ground. It appared, however, that some misunderstanding had arisen, as no order had been received by whom the division was to be commanded or upon the troops arriving at Gravesend, whether they should march to Woolwich or go.by steam con veyance, consequently the marines were at this port the whole of the day. At five o'clock in the after noon the orders given out to the men were that they were to remain as they were until half-past seven o'clock. No orders, however, arrived until this even ing for their immediate march to Gravesend. The division comprised 396 rank and file, 16 sergeants, with .5 officers. The division is under the command of Col. Stevens, and they left their barracks at seven o'clock this evening, with their excellent band. The movement of troops at so late an hour caused con siderable sensation throughout the town. An ex press was also despatched to Canterbury on Monday evening for the immediate readiness to march, at a moment's ihotice. Two troops are destined for the disturbed districts. It is expected that between 700 and 800 of the line stationed at this garrison will re ceive orders to-morrow to be in readiness to march at a moment's notice. The recent outbreak in the manufacturing districts has caused - Considerable sen sation in the garrison. WOOLWICH—WEDNESDAY. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. Between six and seven o'clock on Tuesday evening four hundred and thirty, including officers and men, of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines, received orders to proceed immediately to Woolwich, under the command of Lieutenant -Colonel Stevens. The men, having been previously under orders to hold themselves in readiness, in case their services might be required, marched on the shortest notice to Gravesend, where they embarked , on board a steam vessel, and arrived at Woolwich at half-past three o'clock this morning. Late, or rather early, as the hour was they were billetted on the various hotels and public houses, and the scenes that occurred in en deavouring to gain admission it is almostdmpossible to describe, the inmates, particularly the female branches, wringing their hands and showing every sytnptom of despair, from a firm beli e f that the knocking at the door and the voices of so many persons in the streets could only proceed from a mob of Chartists or evil-disposed persons, and it was With the greatest difficulty the tired and hungry Marines could gain admittance. They ex p,-essed themselves thankful to be admitted to the tap-rooms, where, after partaking of bread and cheese and beer, they were content with the hard forms and tables on which to repose. It was generally believed, although nothing was definitely known, that the Royal Marines were to perform the duties of the 73d Regiment in the event of the services of that corps being required in the disturbed districts. This con jecture was realised betwixt two and three o'clock in • the afternoon by the arrival of a route from the Whr office, ordering all the effective men to march from Woolwich at half-past five o'clock to-morrow (Thurs day) morning for London, and proceed by railway into Yorkshire. No specific town is named in the, mute, as further instructions will be issued on their al rival in that county for their guidance, according to the circumstances which may arise to require their services at any particular place. Very little baggage will be taken with the regi ment, and all the recruits and sick, and the women and children, will remain at Woolwich. It is sup posed the effective men will amount to upwards of ph hundred, and they will be comman d ed b y Co eTl 8 c Frederick LOiies,' C. 13. and their' commandiadrier• solution passed to the following effect :—' That A troop of Horse Artillery is under orders to hold no mill should be allowed to work until they got themselves in readiness, in case their services may be a fair day's wages for a fair day's work.' required at short :,,„ tice . " Tuesday, 9th.—Met at five o'clock. Went to 1 Oldham,. Hyde, Manchester, Stockport, and TriE WEATHER, AND FOOD. 'Newton, Lees, Burg, and all other places roil - „d I about, and stopped every mill in the;,. Sol diers and police trying to stop us. --Took a sword from one of the soldiers; bl:b . ke it in pieces; made bloody noses for the. policemen. " Wednesday, 10th...--Went to Glossopdale ; stopped every mill there. Masters thought to stop us; got knocked down. News from Man. chester. Master manufacturer sent a two-pound weight from the top of his mill; killed a' lass.' He was taken up; vengeance sworn against him. Bloody. fights. Two policemen ket killed. The lock-ups on Oldham-road get pulled down. They are. crying out tbr vengeance on every side. The shopkeepers are going hand-in-hand with us, giving sl., 4/., and 21. a-piece for men to go to Preston, Hull, and every manufacturing town in Great Britain and Ireland to stop them. Now is the time or never—lose this opportunity, and we are lost! lost! ! lost !! ! We get plenty of something to eat; the shops are open, they give us what we want. To-day, August 11, to Stockport ; they are stopt, but we go a parading the streets like soldiers, six abreast. ,News from Manchester; bloody fights.; soldiers ready to fight for the people ; police the same; now's the time for liberty. We want the wages paid in 1840 ; if they won't give it us, revolution is the consequence. We have stopped every trade tailors, coblers, ,brushmakers sweeps, tinkers, carters, masons, builders, colliers, &c., and every other trade. Not a cart is allowed to go through the streets. Our route is fixed for to-morrow to Manchester Exchange, through Denton (stopt all hatters on - Tuesday last), through Droylsden. Saturday, in different bodies, to Stockport, Derbyshire, Glossop, Hyde, Newton. Public meeting night a morning at five and six o'clock. Sunday P:iorning to meet at six o'clock, dressed in our - best; proceed to churches and chapels,. 'curn out every preacher in the open air: Resc;itition.—Any persons found working at any trade after being turned out, to be beaten out of the town at a cart harse.' " By order, &c." Paws, AUGUST 16.—The heat of the weather, during now some days, has exceeded that of any season known in Paris during very many years. " The year of the comet" is the only one to which the present is compared by those who recollect it ; and in that year the heat did not last so long. The effects are deplor able ; inflammatory diseases are rife, and vegetation nearly destroyed. Except in cases of life or death no surgical operation is attempted. Vegetables for the food. of man are so dear as to be out of the reach of any but the rich. Every article comprised in the word fourrage (hay, oats, straw, beans, potatoes, &c.) is already so scarce, and so ex travagantly high in price, as to suggest the worst ap prehensions for the ensuing winter. It is true that this excessive heat and drought are not absolutely general; but they prevail to an extent positively fearful. Last night was one of the warmest, if not the warmest, I ever experienced. To-day, at the mo ment at which I write, we have upwards of 100 degrees of Fahrenheit, but fortunately unaccompanied by that sense of suffocation which rendered Wednes day last nearly intolerable. • " The weather is too hot even for the vines," say the alarmists ; " the skin of the grape will become thick and hard, and will com municate to the wine a dryness that will very much detract from its value." This can hardly be true, however, for the best vintages of France have resulted from seasons of extreme drought and heat. Its effect upon the vegetables used at table is, however, lament able, and this, too, at a time when the total absence of fish and abstinence from butchers' meat (an absti- . nence recommended by the faculty) render vegetable food almost a necessity. A tolerable cauliflower costs from 15 to 20 sous ; a head of cabbage 12 sous ; a bunch of eight or nine turnips, of the shape and size of a pork sausage, 13 sous. A couple of small onions cost ld. Potatoes, which in ordinary years brought from 14 to 18. sous the. boisseau, .cost 48 to 50 sous now. Milk, butter, and poultry are rising rapidly. Even bread, notwithstanding the superb quality of this year's flour, is increasing in price. Nothing, in short, is cheap but fruit. You can have a good me lon for a shilling, and fine peaches (the best flavoured I ever met out of England) for a penny each. The grapes, generally speaking, have not yet reached ma turity, but they cannot fail to be fine, abundant, and cheap. These come, however, under the head of luxuries. Food is dear, and will be dearer.—Letter in the Times. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 17.- 7 The gun-brigs Rolla, 10, and Brisk, 10, have gone on to the eastward to be paid off; from the west coast of Africa, and if in 'a fit state will doubtless return to that station shortly. The Talbot, 26, Captain Sir Thomas Thompson, Bart., bound to the Brazils, had not arrived at Ma deira on the 23d of July. She has dispatches for Rear-Admiral Thomas, C. 8., and men for the squadron. There is no ship of war fitting out at Plymouth er Portsmouth. The Imaum, 72, intended as receiv ing•ship at Jamaica, will he ready in a few days to proceed, under the command of Lieut. Stewart. Letters have been received here from the Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord George Paulet, of the 4th of June, reporting her arrival at Rio de Janeiro from Spit head on the 18th of May, after a passage of nearly seven weeks. She was refitting to proceed to join the. Admiral at Valparaiso, and to touch at the Falk land Islands to land stores. The Alfred, 52, Commo dore Tunis, C. 8., arrived out from England the day previous. The Isis, 44, had left Rio for the Cape of Good Hope, where she would remain for some time with the new Admiral. The Siren, 16, Commander W. Smyth, arrived at Calcutta, from England, on the 4th May, and was to join Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker in the Chinese Seas, without loss of time. The Lords of the Admiralty will shortly visit this Dockyard, and other public establishments, on their annual tour of inspection. The Meteor steamer has been commissioned in tbe river, by Lieut. George Butler, as a tug boat for vessels of war. The steamer Hydra, Commander Murray, has passed by, for Woolwich, from the West Indies, to be Mid off, having been employed for some time in the editerranean. The Pique, 36, the lion. Capt. Stopford, is at Spit head, awaiting orders. She is destined for the West Indies. • The Salamander, Dee, and Avon, steamers, will shortly touch at this port, from the eastward. The Columbia steamer, for the North-American station, has passed by for Plymouth. The Buzzard, 3, brigantine, will shortly be com missioned at Plymouth, for the west coast of Africa. The Orestes, 18, is to be commissioned at this port, with a complement of 140 men. The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, arrived at Teneriffe, from Plymouth, on the 19th June, and, having re-victualled, left that island on the 23d, to join the squadron on the South American station. The Queen's yacht Royal George, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, is under orders for Woolwich, and will sail thence on Thursday, to embark her Ma jesty and Prince Albert on a trip to Scotland. At Spithead—Pique,_ 36. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Imaum, Nautilus, Echo, Sylvia, Cracker, and flag tenders.—Brighton Gazette. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, AUG. 14.—A letter from Verviers says :—‘= One of the most important works of the iron railway of La Visdre, and perhaps the most difficult in execution, has just been wholly com pleted. Yesterday morning at half-past eleven M. Petitgian, the engineer, accompanied by the contractors of the section, and in the presence of a great number of persons, placed the last brick of the tunnel No. 6, which passes under the great and picturesque mountain of Halmsart, near Goffontaine. " To execute this magnificent tunnel, which is 636 yards in length, and passes entirely through an extremely hard rock, art has had to over come all the obstacles which works of this kind can offer; it was, therefore, at first supposed that this gigantic work could not In terminated till the beginning of 1844. Thanks are, there fore, due to the engineers and contractors who have displayed on this occasion talents and ac tivity beyond all praise, and deserving of the gratitude of the public, who are so interested in the completion of the railway." 13nussELs, AUGUST 16.—1 t •appears that the opening of the sections from Courtrai to Mous cron, and from Mouscron to Turcoing and Ron buix, is fixed for the 18th of September next. There will, doubtless, be great ceremonies on this occasion, which will cement the alliance of France and Belgium better than all imaginable treaties, by the frequency and the facility of com munication between the two countries. DUTCH FUNDS.—Amirrimax, Alio. 16. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, V.% per Cent .......... 52)4 52% Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Alpert Svndic,4% percent il4% 94% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 77i - ,7% Commercial Company, 4% per cent 143% .43% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 15 Two months Hamburgh, One month :35 81%, Two months 35 62, Dutch Papers, Aug. 17. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bitusens, Au°. 16. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 52% Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent IOON Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 9l ---- Three per Cent. --Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto 18401 lOl Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 92 Society of Commerce. Four and a Half per Cent B6 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent .... 77 ' National Society Excha ,, g, on London (short) ...... - -Brussels Papers, Aug 16. NI/ S Ilt 1 A Al FU N; laS..-VIENICII. Auo. 8 Five per Cents. Metalliques ........ Ifll Four per Cents. Three per Cents .. 7B Bank Shares ... Allgemeine Zeitung, August 12. - HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Atro. 13. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. - - .... ... : llO 19% Bank Shares 1660 1665 Anglo-Russian Loan 149% io9q Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 103% - Inscription, Ist series Russian o per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 9q Ditto in Certificates 97% New 4 per Cent. (1840) B9l 89% Dutch Actual Debt, u% per Cent. ....... Ditto 5 per Cent. Polich Bonds — New Tickets ll 8 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent BO 79'i Spanish, New 5 wr Cents. 1 . BARLEY FROM HU D S O N'S BAY.—Our readers may well be surprised to hear of barley from Hudson's Bay ; we were, certainly. That a country so far north as to be almost perpetually covered with ice and snow, and seldom trodden save by the bear and the Esquimaux, should produce.thisgrain, is not aji,ttle singular. Such seems to be fact.: • Messrs. NeWb err y and Dole_ , of this city, have for sale some thirteen or fourteen barrels of barley, the grains of which are so unusually large that they attract instant attention. They are full and plump, and nearly double the ordinary size. This barley was raised at Green Bay, the seed from which it sprung having been brought from -Hudson's Bay. It is said that a crop of this description of barley can be harvested in eight weeks from the time it is sown. This would be about the dura tion of summer in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay. It is evident, then, that this species of barley is admirably calculated for our latitude. Not only would an unusually valuable crop be procured in an unusually short space of time, but two crops could easily be raised in one season. Our country friends, we hope, will not fail to call and see the new article, and try an experiment which m a y .be -- attended .- 'with Such 'bege4cial ..resaltoooChtaigo . . American. . - , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1842. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. (From the Scotsman.) The announcement that the Queen is about to visit Scotland, has been hailed with lively satisfaction by her loyal subjects in this part of the kingdom. Such an event has, we believe, been for a considerable time past in contemplation. Her Majesty has, we under stand, expressed a desire that - her visit should be at tended with as little display as possible ; and the short ness of the time allowed for preparation, is probably intended to prevent unnecessary and expensive pa geantries. On the present occasion, therefore, there will be less external magnificence than on the visit of George the Fourth, twenty years ago. We need not look for the same muster of Highland clans. Scot land's mighty poet and romancer will also be wanting to animate the scene, and shed on the Royal presence the lustre of his genius and name. Nevertheless, We confidently anticipate that the reception given to her Majesty will be worthy of a hospitable and generous people, and there will, we know, be ensured for her the highest demonstrations of attachment on this, her first visit to the Scottish capital. Her Majesty is to leave London on Monday week, the 29th inst., in the Royal George yacht, attended by two ships of war, and is expected to reach Gran ton Pier on Wednesday. She will be accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and other illus trious personages, including probably the Duke of Wellington, and if the state of the country will per mit of their absence from head-quarters, Sir R. Peel and Sir James Graham. On landing, the Royal party will proceed to Dalkeith Palace, the seat of the Duke of Buccleuch, where they will remain during the whole of Thursday. On Jh ridav, the Queen will hold a drawing-room at Holyrood, th e ladies to appear in morning -dresses, an arrangement intended to pre. vent the ostentation and expense of Court costume. There will, of course," be a numerous assemblage. of noblemen and gentlemen in uniform, and a strong muster is expected of the Queen's Body Guard, the Deputy-Lieutenants of counties ' and other personages of note. On Saturday. her Majesty and suite will visit the principal sights of the metropolis, and on Sun day attend Divine service in the High Church. Having thus honoured the metropolis, the Queen will proceed on Monday to Scoone Pala ce on a visit to the Earl of Mansfield. She will afterwards visit Lord Willoughby D'Eresby at Drummond Castle, the Earl of Kinnoul at Duplin Castle, and the Mar quis of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle, where ex tensive preparations are making for her reception. In her route, she will see some of the finest of our High land scenery, including Dunkeld ; and, after a week thus happily spent, the Royal party will return to Dalkeith Palace, on Monday, the 12th proximo, and re-mbark the next day for Woolwich. A special meeting of the Edinburgh Town Council was held yesterday, when a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the reception of the Royal visitors. The strongest desire was mani fested by all parties to render these as complete as possible, and to welcome her Majesty in a style worthy of the capital of Scotland. This is a feeling in which all good subjects will participate. We hope, however, that the Committee will not suffer their loyalty to get the better of their prudence, as we are sure that any very costly display—which, indeed, the city can ill afford—would, in the present state of the country, be at variance with her Majesty's wishes. We do not profess much sympathy with that sort of utilitarianism which seeks to abolish altoge ther those external splendours in which so many find enjoyment ; but while we hold that our young and popular Sovereign should be welcomed with enthu siasm, we should regret to see such profuse extrava gance as attended the visit of George the Fourth, when, among other follies, 5,0001. was added to the city debt, to furnish out an entertainment in the Par liament House. Our loyalty will be best shown by respecting the judicious desire of her Majesty, that her visit should partake more of a private character than of an affair of state. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ASVS.-YESTERDAY. The bets and offers made yesterday afternoon, would not of themselves justify a quotation, but taken in con junction with the business transacted at Wolverhampton, enable us to submit the following list of market prices : ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 agst Colonel Anson's Attila—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Fireaway 12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Policy 15 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Seahorse 100 to 6 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele 20 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Cabrera 20 to 1 agst Mr. S. King's Cattonite 20 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger 25 to 1 agst Mr. H. Combe's Rosalind—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Golden Rule 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Eboracum 30 to 1 agst Mr. Kitching's Priscilla Tomboy 30 to 1 agst Mr Meiklam's Agreeable c 33 to 1 agst Mr. Clark's Master Thomas 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sir Harry—taken DERBY. 22 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Philip 28 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Aristides 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Napier WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—WEDNEsDAY. Mr. Tokes's Ermengardis, 4 yrs (Stagg) 1 Mr. Bell's, Thirsk, 4 yrs Mr. Greville's Palmmon, 4 yrs Mr. Owsley's Happy-go-Lucky, 3 yrs The Holyoake Stakes of 20 Sovs. each, 10 ft, &c., with 50 added ; twice round and a distance. Major Hay's Retriever, 6 yrs Mr. Litchtwald's Hyllus, 6 yrs Portrait, Millepede, Ernest the First, I-am-not-aware, and the Young-un, were not placed. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added ; heats, once round. Mr. Davies's fhy Bran, out of Greenfinch's d, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Wheeldon's Robin Hood, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Haynes' Miss Middleton, 5 yrs. RIPON RACES. —MONDAY. The Two yrs old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added ; T.Y.C. Mr. Wrather's Nutwith . C4.lnnel Cradoek's Peggy N Captain Harcourt's Sir Ahstrupus The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. _.. ~. 11;le and a half. Mr. Dawcnn's The Biddy, 3 yrs (Hutchinson) 1 Mr. Hutchinson's Maria Monk, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Allen's Margaret, 6 yrs 3 TUESDAY. Handicap of 10 soya. each, &c. Twice round. Captain Harcourt's Arnagill, 4 yrs, walked over. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added, Two miles. Captain Hareourt's Arnagill. 4 yrs (Marson) 1 Mr. Gascoigne's Quilt Arnold, 4 yrs 2 501, given by the Corporation and Inhabitants ; threll yrs old, 7st ; four yrs. Bst 41b ; five yrs, Bst 111 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 3lbs, &c. Two mile heats. Mr. Dawson's The Biddy, 3 yrs Mr. Gascoigne's Quilt Arnold, 4 yrs Mr. Milner's Humphry, aged Mr. Allen's Margaret, 6 yrs 2 3 3 dr Mr. Warine's Saul, aged Four well contested heats, ROYAL PROGRESSES. THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S INTENDED VISIT TO MALVERN WELLS. 0 liquidi cristalli, onde s' etingua L'ardente sete a miseri mortali. Ma piu salubre e, se tra vive pietre Rompendo l'argentate, e fredde cora Incontra it nuovo sol, che, it puro argento Co' raggi indora. Malvern, noted from early ages for its Holy Well Waters, and which her Majesty► the Qeeen Dowager intends to visit, lies, recorded as a fertile spot, like a gem on the bosom of Worcestershire. But its well, situated on the side of the hill of the same name, is the greatest of its attractions; and this is not the first time that Royalty has visited it, or drank of its health giving waters. - Et is a theme that could only be wrought out by the poet, to describe the beautiful prospects that are to be seen by the spectator, once arrived at Malvern-hill. If a distant view delights, here you may see the counties of Monmouth, Here ford, Radnor, Brecknock, Salop, Worcester, Gloucester, and Stafford, together with many market..towns. If you are pleased with a nearer' view, the pear-trees of Worcestershire, at this immediate season in full bearing, furnish a rich summer scene. On the western side the apple trees of Herefordshire, with their purple hue, make an agreeable variety; add to this the va ried ground, the beautiful but diminutive hills, and' the rich, woods which improve the Here fordshire prospect. • If to the beauty of the situa tion be added the salubrity and pureness of the air, Malvern for the summer months affords as desirable a residence as is anywhere to be met w i t h iii England. The H oly Well, called Malvern Well, is situated itbduta . quarter of a mile below the village. Its waters are characterized by an extraordinary purity, that makes it exceed in this respect any other known. The purest waters in the city of Worcester contains fifty times as much earth, the hot well at Bristol twenty times, and the spring at Henwick-hill, near Worcester, twelve times as•much earth. As the best proof of its excellent clearness Dr. Wall, after a very dry season in 1743, evaporated three quarts of this Holy Well waterin an open silver vessel, when no residuum was left that could be. collected, only the bottom of the vessel was tinged of a pale yellow colour, which was considered to be some what of a bituminous or oily nature. At the well is built a large house, with all conveniences, for the reception of those who come to drink the waters. Perhaps nothing completer can be found of Malvern than an ancient song made in praise of this place and its waters, which is believed to have been composed in the reign of James the First : AN OLD SONG. As I did walk alone Late in an evening I heard the voice of one Most sweetly singing, Which did delight me much, Because the song was such, And ended with a touch. 0 praise the Lord. * * * * Out of thy famous hill, Fair Malverne, springeth A water, passing still, Which always bringeth Great comfort to all them That are diseased men, And makes them well again, To praise the Lord. * * * * Hast thou a wound to heal, The which loth grieve thee ? Come then unto this well, It will relieve thee ; . Here succour find from ill, By money given still, Thanks to the Christian will 0 praise the Lord. A thousand bottles there, Were filled weekly, And many costrils rare For stomachs sickly ; Some of them into Kent, Some were to London sent, Others to Berwick went, 0 praise the Lord. Malvern is said to derive its name from the British word moel, signifying bald, and were, alders, importing a bald hill with alders at its base, which was formerly the character of this place. Before the Conquest it was a wilderness thick set with trees, in the midst of which some monks, who aspired to greater perfection, retired from the Priory of Worcester, and became her mits. The enthusiasm spread so fast, that their number soon increased to three hundred, when they formed themselves into a society under the order of St. Benedict, and founded a monastery. An opinion is abroad, that in Malvern-bill exists a rich mine; for about the middle of the hill is found a species of talc, resisting the utmost violence of fire; some of the specimens are of the nature of steatites, and others have the splendid appearance of mica. In the year 1711, one William Williams, of Bristol, sunk a mine about a mile from the town, on the top of the hill, as you go to the Holy Well., He took a lease from the Bishop of Hereford, sank shafts, and built furnaces, but though he never ex tracted any considerable metal, he asserted that both tin and copper were to be found. Indeed it has long been a superstitious opinion with the people of this neighbourhood, that great quantities of treasure have been deposited in times past, on this range of hills. The origin of this is not easy to account for, but it has been considerably strengthened by some casual discoveries, particularly about finly years ago, when a quantity of silver coins were found. A peasant also, in 1650, as he was digging a ditch round his cottage, discovered a coronet of gold, set with precious stones. This of course only added to the belief in this ignorant principle. TASSO'S CURE FOR SPEAKING ILL.—The character of Tasso has obtained the highest praise. It is said of him that there never was a scholar more humble, a wit more devout, or a man more amiable in society. Some person reported to him that a malicious enemy spoke ill of him to all the world. " Let him persevere," said Tasso ; " his rancour gives me no pain. How much better is it that he should speak ill of me to all the world, than that all the world should speak ill of me to him." OLD PIGEON.-Mr. Isaac Stubbs of the Dale, near Kirkoswald, in Camberland, has in his possession a wood-pigeon upwards of twenty-three years old. The bird, for the most part, remains in the house, and fre quently has two very singular playmates—namely, the sheep-dog and cat. The docility of the bird is truly wonderful. "IT IS VULGAR."—Lest I should forget to men tion it, I put down here a rebuke which, later in life, Sir Walter gave in my hearing to his daughter Anne. She happened to say of something, I forget what, that she could not abide it—it was vulgar. My love, said her father, you speak like a very young lady ; do you know, after all, the meaning of this word vulgar ? 'Tis only common ; nothing that is, common except wickedness, can deserve to be spoken of in a tone of contempt ; and when you have lived to my years, you will b e di spose d to agree with me in thanking God that nothing really worth having or caring about in this world, is uncom mon."—Life of Sir Walter Scott. On Sunday a foreigner, a German, who was very well dressed, and had a silver watch and guard, besides a quantity of German coin in his possession, expired in the Westminster Hospital. He died without being able to State' Who or what' he was; and must be buried by the parish unless this should be noticed by some of his fri ienndYLorkO-sntrFereitl Westminster, and so e v id en tl y in ay evening the deceas e d was very capable of taking care of himself, that the police con veyed him to the New-way station. He became so much worse, that Mr. Pearce, the surgeon, was sent for, and found him labouring under delirium tremens. He advised that he should be immediately taken to the hospital, which was done, and every attention paid to him. He continued insensible up to the time of his death, and the only words he was heard to utter were something " Where is the captain ? I want to go to sleep." He was an extremely well made man, about six feet high, and twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, with a fair and very engaging countenance, and long auburn hair. LEttit.--Snittatif Abciptirr TO CAPTAIN Bun- DETT.—On Friday morning, while the 17th Lancers were performing their field exercise, under the command of his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, on Woodhouse Moor, Captain Burdett, during the move ments, and when the troops were charging at full gal lop, was thrown from his horse, the animal stumbling upon him. The unfortunate gentleman was so severely stunned by the fall that he lay as if dead, and the utmost anxiety was felt by his Royal Highness and the officers of the regiment. After the lapse of a quarter of an hour he was so far recovered as to be able to stand up, and shortly after was conveyed to the barracks in a coach.—York Courant. STATE or. TRADE.—It is stated that nearly all the mills in Dervisbury are in full work. Government, °Nakao the ocossiou of this brut uiess.— York Courant. -.•- . . ...4 . Just published, in 6 Vols. small Bvo ., price 15s. in boards. EXERCISES, POLITICAL and OTHERS. By Lieutenant-Colonel T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Consisting of matter previoutly published with and without the Author's name, and of some not published before. London Effingham Wilson, 18, Bishopsgate-street. CAPTAIN AIARRYAT'S NEW WORK. On the let of September, in 3 vole. post Bvo., PERCIVAL KEENE By the Author of "PETER SIMPLE." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in l vol. sms.ll Bvo. with illustrations, lOs. 6d. bound. R USSIA AN I I/ 1842 THE RUSSIANS, By , J. G. KOHL, Esq. " If some writers, from the minute accuracy of their details, have been likened to such painters as Mieris, Jan Steery, &c. Air. Kohl's work on St, Petersburg is nothing less than the Daguerreotype itself. He has really given us St. Petersburg, by winter and by summer—by day and by night--with its Neva, canals, quays, markets, shops, and houses—each swarm ing with its respective population, not stiffly drawn as it sit ting for their picture, hut caught in full life and movement, song, laugh, and talk—hit off in every shade and grade of mind, habit, speech, and costume—under every aspect of feasting and fasting, buying and selling, driving and walking, idling and working, teaching and learning, baptising, marrying, and burying, and all with a truth' and vivacity which it would be impossible to surpass."—Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Illustrations, 28s. bound, LORD LONDON DERRY'S STEAM VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE, By the RHINE and the DANUBE, in 1840-41. " Nothing can come more opportunely for the wants of our summer and autumn tourists than this lively and agreeable re cord of A Steam Voyage to Constantinople by the Rhine and the Danube.' It not only marks out one of the most pleasant and inviting tours that can well be accomplished, but forms as acceptable a companion as can be desired on the way—point ing out and commenting on all the objects most worthy of no tice. Lord Londonderry's interview with the young Sultan, his private conversatkns with Prince Metternich, his residence in the palace of Prince Esterhazy, and above all, his accom • plished I,tdy's introduction to the harem of the Sultan's prime sinister, afford descriptions, anecd les, and personal traits which could scarcei have been looked for in the work of any English traveller."—Evening Paper. . . The volumes reflect credit on the character of the author as a British peer, a gallant officer, and an observant traveller." —Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. Just published, in derssy Bvo., 240 pp., price 45., Complied by the INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF STAMPS AND TAXES, AGUIDE to the PROPERTY and INCOME ACT, 5 and 6 Vict. cap. 35 ; with forms of Proceed ing. Cases of Illustration, and Explanatory Notes, taken from authentic Sources, and Tables of Calculation. Second Edi tion, revised and corrected. To which is added a compendious Index to the Act. This is the only Guide printed officially for the use of those on whom the execution of the Act devolves. London : W. -Cloves and Son‘, 14, Charing-Cross. HAMBURGH, 12Tx AUGUST, 1842. H IS MAJ ES I . l' the EMPEROR o! A (ISTRIA. AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, Having AUTHORISED and GU A t.{ A N TEED several DIS TRIBUSIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, by which, though they are NO LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES seal be obtained. HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH,, are Selling GENUfNE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTrtIBU ['IONS. Persons desirous to purchase iwty receive, PREVIOUS o giving any order, the PROSPECTUS with full PARTI CULARS, upon addressins, WITHOUT DELAY,. a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P.S.—NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on 15th OCTOBER, 1843. NEXT POLISH DISTRIBUTION on 15th MARCH, 1.643. NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION on let of NEXT MONTH. SELECTION for the PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on Ist JULY next. SELECTION for the POLISH DISTRIBUTION on let MARCH next. The SELECTION for the AUSTRIAN DISTRIBU TION has already taken place, namely, on let of JUNE, THE DISTRIBUTION TAKING PLACE ON THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 19. Will be presented an entirely New Fairy Opera, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.—The Overture, and the whole of the Mo. sic, composed by Mrs. G. a'Becket, and executed by Miss Romer. Mrs Serb:, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Leffler, an increas:d Band. and Chorus, conducted by Mr. G. Stansbury. After which, the Comie Extravaganza entitled ANGELS AND LUClFERS.—Benjamin Brimstone, M:. G. Wild; Sally Gingham, Miss Terrey. To oonclu,te with the peculiarly eccentric New Drama, entitled THE M.EftIOIRS OF THE DEVIL, supported by the ent ire Com pany. Places and Private Soles may be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box Office, from Eleven till Four daily. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 5_ minutes after 0 E Evening l2 minutes after 1. U , ,• 109111.50' ° , 4 , "‘.7 .. :ap. 411 s LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Atm. 18.—Wind, this day at noon, easterly. DEAL, AUG. 17.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Triton, Hobart Town ; Resource and Gilmour, Quebec. OFF DOVER, Ave. 17.—Bloomsden, Orfeur, Ham burgh for Newfoundland, with loss of rudder, having struck the Dyk Sand ; Erfprinses van Orange, Rotter dam for Batavia. FALMOUTH, Auc. 16.—Light breezes and variable. —Ard. off Rhone, Johnson, New York for Havre. _ _ LONDONDERRY, AUG. B.—Arrd. Johnson, Quebec. Sid. Envoy, ditto. OFF SALCOMBE, AUG. 17.—Arrd. Camerons, Adam, Buenos Ayres ; Feronia, Jarvis, Nfogadore. PORTSMOUTH, Am 17.—Wind N.E. to S.S.E.—SId. Earl Hardwicke, Calc::tta. Arrd. off, Jacatra, Rot terdam, for Batavia ; St. Helena, Bremen, for ditto. The Sylphide, from Southampton to Morlaix (in ballast), ran on Bernbridge Sand Head last night, but was assisted off this morning leaky, and is coming into the harbour. YARMOUTH, Auc. 17.—The Alnwick Packet, 'Lee, from Newcastle to Leghorn, sprung a leak off Scarbo rough, 24th inst., has put into these roads, and must discharge. BRISTOL, AuG. 17.—Arrd. Ann, Smith, Trinidad ; Thomas Hanford, Herbert, St. John's, New Brunswick. SHIELDS, AUG. 16.—Arrd. Thos. Metcalfe, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, AuG. 16.—Wind E.—Arrd. off, Lerwick, Currie, Ceylon ; mainmast sprung, and short of pro visions. ..-.„..-. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Cham pion, Raipholland, Sydney. Sld. Syrian, Rio Grande ; Mantura, New Zealand. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—Kyle, bound .to Calcutta, 9th ult.., lat. 11 N., lon. 23 W. ; Daphne. Cape to Liver pool, 12th ult., lat. 14, lon. 22 ; Calcutta, London to Van Diemen's Land, 12th inst., lat. 48, lon, 9, by the Victoria, arrived off Plymouth. Standard, of 13elfist, from Quebec, 27th ult., lat. 46, lon. 53 ; Seantous, of Aberdeen, for Quebec, 30th ult., lat. 46, lon. 49 ; Ceres, Watkins, from Sligo (out 36 days), in lat. 46,10 n. 43, by the Resolution, arrived off Plymouth. Jane. Liverpool to Trinidad, 27th ult., lat. 4, lon. 14 ; George Hendrik, of Hsmburgh, June 16, lat. 8 S., lon. 30 W. ; Persian (AM. Bark), 28th ult., lat. 39, lon. 39, by the Mary Ann, arrived at Cork. Ant, London to Miramichi, and Faside, Clyde, to Miramichi, 24th ult, off Cape North, by the Lord Byron, arrived in the Clyde. Golden Fleece, Liverpool to Bahia (out 36 days), lat. 8, lon. 3, by the Robert Small, arrived in the river. A reward of 2001. has been offered for the appre hension of Air. Burton, the absconded vestry-clerk of St. Luke's: ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAY, RAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou. rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in trod;actions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding Tune Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Table .0 d'actioa, repre. tenting the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. Tha BAND includ,s some of the most em!ne•lt Performers, con. ducted by Mr Godfrey and the Programme of the PROMENADES tI OSIC A LES selected 'f rom the noblest works of the great Masters. The I LLU MINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIR A NOOLA of ST. ANGELO, wish all the gorgeous Spectacles and magnificent introductio.is that have called forth ac. clammations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex hibition. terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASC ADE of BRILL' ANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening ctes,with the Promenades Mus tales, Illumination of 4. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, .itd I'hursdays. Admission One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE INCOME-TAX.—A Correspondent calls on us to give some explanation to our readers of the Income tax law, and of the papers which the Income-tax gatherers are sending from house to house. He wishes us to undertake an impracticable task. So many doubts and difficulties belong both to the papers and the law, that the opinion and advice of a practise: barrister is quite as likely to lead his clients astray as to guide them safely. We should probably .do more harm than good, therefore, by attempting to give an analysis or explanation of a law, which, being like all laws, a role of conduct, is confcsed, complicated, and almost incomprehensible—equally a disgrace to the persons who framed it, and to the people who feel themselves compelled to submit to it. abg -un* LONDON : FIZII).a MOILNING, AUGUST 19, 1842. We learn with great satisfaction that a number of mills, factories, dye-works, and other establishments, resumed work in Manchester on Wednesday. The masters had previously come to a resolution, gene rally adopted and generally circulated, not to resume work till they were requested by their workpeople ; the resumption of work, therefore, is of more im portance for the inference it enables us to draw, that the workmen wish to return to their labour, than for the fact itself. We hope from this circum- stance that we shall now be able, day after day, to congratulate the public on the gradual restoration of tranquillity, and the gradual return of all the people to their accustomed occupations. Quite enough, however, has been done by this temporary turn-out to make all classes, master manu facturers, shop-keepers, landowners, shipowners, mer chants, the monied class, fundowners, tax-eaters, statesmen, and clergymen—aware of the formidable power possessed by the multitude, which a very little improved organization, a little longer time for prepa ration, and a slight change in circumstances, may enable them to use with greater success, than at pre sent. In spite of the ridiculous repugnance of some Tory writers to a manufacturing population condensed into factories, and aggregated about coal fields and steam-engines, that population cannot be got rid off. It pays most of the taxes. The landlords know, too, that it pays high rents. Even the priests, we believe, . are quite sensible of the improved value gives to tithes. The ruling classes, therefore, putting reason, justice, and humanity out of the question, will not allow that population and the wealth it creates to be annihilated. Beautiful and self-acting as is much of our machi nery, it does not yet enable the capit a li s t an d the landlord to dispense with human labour. In truth, the more it has been improved and multiplied, the faster have the crowded hives of the North increased in population. As has been, so we may infer will be the progress. For the'salce of nation a l pr osper i ty an d* national happiness, our towns must continue to in crease and absorb from the rural districts the popula tion which can there find neither employment nor food. It is clear, therefore, that even Tories must make up their minds not only to the continuance but to the increase of the town population. On this ac count, the display which the multitude have now made of their power, ought to be for all classes an impressive, and if it be not an impressive, it will be a fearful lesson. It seems to us that the Turn-outs chose a wrong time for action, and have been as much foiled by cir cumstances which they did not foresee, ius by the vi gorous measures of the Government. We adopt the view taken by the Manchester Guardian, and conclude that the whole affair, if not fully planned, had been concocted and much talked over for some time. Its commencement is nearly coeval with the anniversary of Peterloo, which is remembered, in Manchester and its neighbourhood, with the most enduring feelings of indignation. Its immediate cause was an actual reduc tion of wages, of which notice had been given a month before, and which the manufacturer, it is said, was only prevented from withdrawing, at the last hour, by the cavalier proceedings of the men. In the colliery districts, and in various otherplaces, propositions were made to lower wages. These matters, coming to gether, in the sacred month of August, hurried the Turn-outs, we believe, into action at an unfavourable time. We are, in fact, mainly induced to believe that a turn-out had been long previously planned, by its being carried into execution without discretion, and without regard to existing circumstances. At this moment the early and the abundant har vest, and the settlement of those trade questions which Sir R. PEEL so foolishly agitated, unnecessarily increas ing the difficulties of the country throughout the spring and summer, are working together to revive trade. The markets for manufactured goods have begun to look up, the demand for labour has increased; and just as the great mass of the artizans, who have endured almost unheard-of privations, begin to hope for better days, begin even to taste the advantages of more work and cheaper provisions, the fore• planned turn-out makes them sacrifice both hope and benefit. The willingness, nevertheless, with which they in general complied with the request of their fellows to turn-out, argues for the plan hav ing previously received their assent ; while they must have done it with a heavy heart, to think of the great sacrifice of beginning prosperity which they were 'called - an to make. They could not act with that alacrity which they might have felt months be fore, when the demand for labour was lessening, and wages falling while the price of food was ex orbitant. Their new-born hopes as labourers tended to stifle their zeal as politiCal agitators. Again, all the masters, who now see a chance of better days, must have been very ill-disposed to the movement at this time, and exerted themselves much more, we be lieve, tp check it now, when they begin to work full time with a profit, than they would have done when they were merely keeping their mills going in order to prevent the machinery from falling to ruin. But these circumstances, so unfavourable to the Turn-outs, may not exist on the next occasion, and our hearty and sincere advice to the Government and the,public is to redress the wrongs and grievances of the manu facturers as speedily as possible, and take from them ball just grounds for hating as well as for resisting the law. We have not, like some of our Contemporaries, sought a party handle to this great question. We blame Sir R. PEEL, we admit, for having caused the 'calamity by his Corn-keeping out Bill, and his Income tax. To us he seems to have acted with as little dis cretion as the Turn-outs, who carried a pre-formed plan into execution, without attending to present circum stances. We may even say that his policy is almost as contemptible as the cry got up at Manchester, by some of the leaders, of " Go for gold,", because such a cry was efficacious in 1832, when half the opulent classes were ready to act on it, while we are afraid the Turn-outs could scarcely muster ten ten-pound notes amongst them. So Sir R. PEEL, when the nation requires to be relieved from fiscal and commercial burdens, in deference to an old Tory theory, chose to restore the finances by plaguing the people with a hated Income-tax. With this excep tion we have not regarded this subject in relation to party politics. In our estimation it is more a social than a political insurrection. It is caused by the unmerited sufferings and degradation of the working classes. It is an attempt, though a wrong one, to better their condition. It is an upheaving of the industrious classes, steeped in poverty, against the upper and opulent classes. That seems to us its real character, and neither. Whigs nor Tories are ex clusively to blame for that peculiar condition of the working classes which has forced on the out break, and will force on others if it be not redressed. Neither Whigs nor Tories have excited this social insurrection. We will not therefore, with some Liberal journals, stig matise the Tories for having provoked it ; still less will we, who are well aware of the conduct of the Anti-Corn-law League, admit for one moment that their pursuit of a righteous object makes them in the smallest degree blameable or responsible for the outbreak. We humbly counsel both parties to lay aside their disputes, and zealously bend their minds to devising a large and liberal plan of domestic policy, which shall remove the causes of the discontent of the industrious classes, and raise them in society. If this be not voluntarily done, their number is so great, their knowledge so extensive, their organisation so complete, that they can only be kept in obedience, if at all, by a military force, to the destruction of the liberty and prosperity of our country. The intelligence from the disturbed counties, if not quite so favourable as could be wished, is still of such a character as to justify us in repeating our belief that the reign of order will very shortly be restored. The anniversary of the Peterloo massacre, which was looked forward to by all classes in the neighbourhood with so much well-grounded anxiety, passed off without disturbance of any kind; and, indeed, generally, throughout Manchester and its environs, there are symptoms of a wish on the part of the Turn-outs, to return to their usual occupations. In Yorkshire, how ever, things wear a very unsettled aspect. Up to noon yesterday, Leeds was tolerably quiet, notwithstanding the stoppage ofsome of the mills; but large bodies of men were assembling and plundering the provision-shops at Stanningley, and it was supposed woul'ladvauce from thence to Leeds; but as there seems to be a sufficient mili tary three at hand to check any further attempt at outrage,we may calculate that there will be no very serious disturbances in that neighbourhood. It is in Staffordshire that the riots wear the most alarming shape. There - the mob have been guilty of the worst excesses, and several lives have been lost, in consquencc of the rioters coming into collision with the military power. The Staffordshire colliers, however, are remark able for their ignorance and brutality; and their present reckless bearing—so different from that of the majority of the Turn-outs in other quarters — proves that they are altogether swayed by the headstrong impulse of the moment. On the whole, we think we may safely congratulate our readers on the improving aspect of affairs in the mining and manufacturing districts. It is clear that the worst has passed, or is passing; and it now becomes the bounden duty of Government to institute a strict investi gation into all the causes, remote as well as proximate, of the riots, with a view, by an equitable system of remedial measures, to pre vent their recurrence. It will not do to wait till next February. Extraordinary exigencies re quire extraordinary attention and promptitude on the part of the Legislature; and unless Sir ROBERT set about the task of investigation at once, and in the right spirit, without the slightest regard to party considerations, he will find that the peace of the country will be liable to con stant interruptions. We have received only a few of the French Papers of Tuesday, the preceding day being kept a close holiday by most of the newspaper establishments. The following are the only ex tracts worthy of notice : We have received the Moniteur Algerien of the 10th inst. It contains the reply of the Minister of War to the address to the King, from the Governor-General of Algeria, in the name of the army, on the occasion of the death of the Duke of Orleans. Marshal Souk informs the Governor-General that he had received the com mand of his Majesty to express his thanks to the army, and also to the Council of Administration of the colony, and the Chamber of Commerce of Algiers, from which bodies addresses of condolence had also been received. The same Journal announces the formation of a com mittee charged to receive subscriptions from the army and colonists for the erection of a bronze statue of the deceased Prince on the Place Royale of Algeirs. There is no news of military movements in the Moniteur Alge rien. The Augsburg Gazette contains the following under its St. Petersburgh head : " Lieutenant-General Grabbe's appointment to the functions of Commander in-Chief of the army of the Caucasus, now fighting against the people of the mountains, has been confirmed. An action. took plaice lately in one of the defiles of Southern Deghestan. no; loss of the Russians, which has in some accounts been stated as very great, did not exceed forty officers, and six hundred men." The Con;titucionoiof liar;;;;; - Pubii;iied a procla• illation, by which General Zurbano assimilates smug' glers and those who harbour them, to the rebels an d their partizans. They are all to be shot, and the inlur bitants are bound under heavy penalties, and the Alcade s on pain of death, to pursue them, and give notice to the, authorities of their p resence at ever y p o i n t. Th e J ou rnal approves these measures, and adds, that it is the oti means of putting an e n d t o t h e smugg li ng o f De= man u facturers.—Le Commerce. . . BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY. A no. 16. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 119 60... 119 65... 119 50... 119 65 , 4 per Cents 101 75... 101 75... 101 .75... 101 P, 3 per Cents 78 75... 78 75... 78 70... 78 7 ' Bank of France 3250 ...3255 ...3250 3255 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1030 ..1030 —.1030 ...1030 Belgian Bank, 1841 lO4O —1043 ...1045 Belgian Fives _ _ 1024 ... 1024 ... 1024 ... 1021 1840 lO2l ... 103 - ... 102 i ... Spanish Active 214 ... 22i ... 24 ... 24 Neap,titan. Roman RAILWAY SHA RES St. Germain , 840 ... e4O 840 ... $4O Versailles, R. 13 ... 290 ... 290 ... 290 ... 280 L.B 92 ... 92 ... 91 25... 91 Pi Rouen Orleans. 560 ... 561 25... 560 561 w Strasburg to Bale 2OO ... 200 ... 198 75... 200 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, THURSDAY EVENING• The accounts from the manufacturing districts in the Second Edition of The Sun of to-day, being viewed as more favourable towards a return to trail' quillity, the prices of Consols advanced, towards the close of business, to 91-k 92 for Money and for-the Ac' count ; Bank Stock, 170 171 ; India Stock, 250 25 1 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 prem. The Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 1013 102:-; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 52 52k the Five per Cents., 101/ 102+; Danish, 82} 833' and Brazilian, 65 66. The quotation for Mexican was 344 353. The Share Market left off firmly, London 0 6 Birmingham were, 178 180, ex-dividend ; Bir mingham and Gloucester, 48 49 ; Great Wcsterv, 883 891; the Half Shares, 63 633 ; North Midlaile, 56 58 ; the New Shares, 27 28 ; South Eastern an d Dover, 213 22; Eastern Counties, 93 91 ; -Northera and Eastern, 393 401; Blackwall, 83 9i ; and Brie" ton, 333 33i per Share. The Bonds in which, according to the official 10' have been dealt in to-day, are—Portuguese Five Pe' Cents., 333 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 21 ; and the Three per Cents., 204. It is being endeavoured to raise a speculation in these documents, but hitherto bargains have been wholly confined to certain persoas on the Stock Exchange, who have caused fluctuatio r A apparently for the sole purpose of inducing the publi c to join them. It need scarcely be again said, that 01 amount may be bought and sold, without any tion to deliver them in the one case, or to pay for the' in the other, but simply to receive or pay over the di f. Terence of price between that at which at the transn e ; tion may have been entered into, and that which t he, may be at the " making up," which latter is made b?; the chief operators, just according as the state of t heft individual accounts may happen to be ; thus the ri b ' lie is completely at their mercy. No circumstan ce have occurred, or from present appearances likely tn: c i ; cur, in the condition of the several countries whose b o are principally speculated in, which either held n' l ,, any expectation for arrangement with their fora!' creditors, or any prospect of immediate or even re ' mote payment of their obligations. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The letters received from Manchester this mornil i % state that the town and the surrounding districts we re perfectly quiet, and that the workmen showed ev e '? dispOsition to return to their employment. is t now said that they never willingly struck, b tl did so purely from compulsion, and t hitt they appear to have diicove red that their ge ; will end but in their own loss, if nothing more seri ot o l a arise than the non-payment of wages for the per' t the mills have been stopped. But it is feared Os, trade, even in the few days during which the out bre° 3 has lasted, has received too severe a shock to n llOl 4 to attain its late posit ion for some time to come, a ll that many masters who have long been workin.gr without profit, rather than wholly discharge thel hands, will hesitate now to resume, until it can 134 11 done with the certainty of remuneration. If s uch should unfortunately prove to be the case, the distress among the operatives must of necessity be great. Meanwhile business here is completely at a s tow' in consequence, with scarcely anything doing either i ° the produce or money markets. Consols remain at 91/ for Money, and 91i for the Account; Three Pe r Cents. Reduced, 92f ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents' Reduced, 1001; New Three-and-a-Half per Cent s ' 100 104.; Bank Stock, 170 ; India Stock, 949 250; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 pre. Business in Foreign Securities consists of a stn:;! transaction in the Two -and-a-Half per Cent. Dot Bonds at 521; and the Five per Cents at 102. The quotation for Mexican is 34/ 341. But little has been done in Shares ; the mark et ` however, is firm. Great Western have been sold ; 881; ; Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 471, ex- 6 1 South Western, 63 ; South Eastern Scrip, 61; an Brighton, 33a. Great exertions are again being made to redu ce , time speculations in Spanish and some other Ivor thle7, bonds. It had been expected that the evidefic`of adduced on the cases of the holders the forged Exchequer bills would have be e h sufficient to have deterred the parties from su c e j operations. Tiie whole of the money thus rai s . o is incontestibly proved to have been employed . 0 these speculations, to the ruin of all engage d l ot them except the principal operator. Even ebe this present moment the Committee of ' be Stock Exchange are engaged debating upon t expulsion of certain par ties who were WO mental in circulating the forged documents, but th e ; would be more profitably employed in weeding tb , official lists, by means of which a degree of curr e l ic r l is given to these speculative Bonds. Spanish P i e per Cents. have been driven up to 21*; and the Thr per Cents. to 20f. . _ PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUG. 16 %1 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 99i Grand Canal Stock ........• / Ditto Reduced ...... __. Ditto New 1830... 99{ Ditto 4 per cent. .......•• 3k per Cent. Debs. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. 0 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. . 3 per Cent. Cons.-- 92 Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent. Red... 101 Ditto New Annuities ... "*".- ---.0 New 3t per Cent... loo* Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d • -- D O N'w 5 per Cen' Ditto 5001. •• •• • '0 Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1869 ......... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct -•'' Oct. 1559 Jan. 1860 (Consols for Acct. 92 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO4 Ditto, New Ditto .... Brazilian Bonds... 65 Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent..... Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Aletallic . .... . 9;1 Colombian, 6 per cent... Sp an i s h, 5 per cent. ...• k i Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f• — 1: Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f .'" .....e• Mexican, 5 per cent..... French, 3 per cent. —f• . 2 1 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 D u t c h, 2/ per cent. ...... 6 4 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto. 5 pet :mut. .. .. Iv SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) ..... Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) . Ditto Debentures - 0/ 71 i : 1 . Great Western Railway (65 paid) 7 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) . London and Birmingham (90) .. Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid, ) ........ SI ... .1 .133 London and South Westein (411 6s 10d pd) 631 Blanchester and Sheffield (821 paid) 63 North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 2ll Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) There is now living in this county . a man nanl ea Ripley, who for the last 80 years (without intermissi u t has taken out a hawker's license, and has consequen t paid to . Government upwards of 3001. This patriarehl% hawker still travels the country, although he is now, : 0 the advanced age of 10 3 . The above fact was related , Mr. Taylor, stamp distributor of this town, by a gr 41 1 , 1, son of the aged Ripley, who also exercises the same cio ing.— Sussex Advertiser. AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 13.—his Majesty the Bri peror of Russia has ordered th e i ssue o f at third series f),. 60,000 Polish Treasury bonds, of one thousand Po florins, at five per cent. interest per annum, in the sika l ,, manner and on the same c on di t i ons as th e two preced loo series. ZIERICKZEE, AUGUST 12.—1 f the farmers graziers of this island have good reason to complain Sf the deficiency o f th e crop o f h ay , t h ey h ave t r iple gonn o , of satisfaction with th e h arvest , w hi c h i s n ow getting The grain is heady and sound, and promises to Y ie abundantly. It is besides gut in perfectly dry. had no' .; : .- `I R, ,_ ~~~ ~,ir,,.. •S+ day list rea fort pith sat llu abc fro MON Ga to 1 the lox add no the Scc tip 1 ma the iIIn hay Pri Du did tro , reg wic rou on ter thc leg for vex the ch lad hey y a~i. '' ~: