The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

runi""""" TO TOURISTS. LOYAD LONDONDERRY'S STEA.MI VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE, By the RHINE and the DANUBE, in 1840-41, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOO22KSELLb IS',, In 2 vols. Svo., with Illustrations, s. our 4 1. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborou gh-street. Just ready, in three volumes Bvo., with nutnero•as Pl a t es , &c. NARRATIVE OF VARIOUS JOUF,NEys IN BALOCHISTAN, AFGHANIS'SAN, and the PANJAB ; including a ResiderAS. in those Countries from Ins to 1838. By CHARLES 74 WiSON, Esq. Richard Bentley. l':oew Borlington-street, Publisher in Or dinary to her Majesty. UNRIVALLED DI,STRIBUTION !-8,200 MONEY DIY' ! ENDS will be divided en 30th No vember neat, among-,t. 8, I.i . lelected Bonds of the Loan nego tiated in the yeav 18'20, guaranteed by the Government and his Royal Hig,twer, the GRAND DUKE of BADEN. Distribution at. Carlsruhe, the Metropolis of Baden, on 30th November 'Arai.. 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Those who remit £l5 before a rise in price. will have been: established, will receive an order for the surplus of £2 105.,. together with a warranted SELECTED Bond. To those. whose order reaches us too late for being attended to, their? rernittanee w ill'be returned by - first pos E t. HEIN BROTHERS. H a mburgh, 26 th July , 1842. LONDON: THURSDAY MORNING, AUGVST, 4, 1842. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 4. Will be prestinted LOST AND WON.—Lepton, Mr. Diddear Cottercll, r. W. H. Bland; Mistress Layton, Miss Faucet. After which., THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.--Bowbel 1,, Mr. Harley; Azar, Mr. Baficer ; Niza, Ws. Hughes. To be followed by the Musical Play of THE EXILE —Baron Al tradoff, Mr..l. Bland ; Count Calmar, Mr. Harker; Petroff ore its, Mr. Harley ; Daran, Mr. J. Vining ; Alexina , Mis s Faucit ; Cathe rin, , Miss Murray To conclude with the New Burlesque Wallet, called GRIZELIX Characters by Signor Oxberrini and Madge. Louisotta Vairbro. tnerini. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s.— Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Box'ss to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In eonsequence of the immense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnarnbula," supported by the tint musical talent this country can produce, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, AUGUST 4. Tho performances will commence with Belilni's LA SONN AM. BU LA.—Arni 3a, Miss Ramer; Liza, Mrs. Serle; Rodolphe, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. G. Stansbury. After which, THE QUAKER —Steady, Mr. Leffler. To conclude with THE ARTFUL Doo6E.—Demosthenes Dodge, Mr. G. Wild. Places and. Private Sexes may be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Lox Ottice, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully Informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be, ton_ bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this fawn'. rite place of recreation its pecilliar celebrity, with additions. and in trod•sctions' which render them mow generally attractive, The MENAGERIE has been orriched by many valuable and im portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding Tine Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tahlesu d'action ' repre senting the Proce s sion of the Papal T roops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. Thy BAN O includes some of the most eminent Performers, con. lusted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Itogratrur.e of the PROMENADES ItSIC A LES selectedf rom the stablest - works of the great Masters. 'The ILLUMINATIONof ST. PEVER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIRANDOLA of ST. ANGELO, with all the gorgeous Spectacles and magnificent introdotftions that have called forth ac clammations of delight and admimion on each evening of their ex hibition. terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASCADE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. The Gardensere open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, witk the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, !lino:dela of St. Angelo, Re., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, i.d Thursdays. Adaulssion One Shilling. It tv as properly observed last night by Mr. V. Smts - a, that " Lord STANLEY had placed the House Of Vommons in considerable embarrassment." At '4IY: end of the se3sion the \oble Lord brings for 'ward a Bill to annihilate the constitution of New foundland, and he ushers it into notice by flaming accounts of atrocities perpetrated in the colony, all of Avhich he wishes the House to believe are the con sequences of that freedom and independence he is anxious to destroy. lle appeals to the prejudices and influences the passions of Members, and leaves them apparently no alternative but to crush the constitu f.on at once, or allow the colony to remain a prey to all kinds of mischief. Ile carries the House with him, because the Members have no time for reflec tion. Such a mode of getting a law enacted inflicts disgrace on the House of Commons, and is unjust to the colony. The Parliament of England first bestows a Legis lature on the colony, which implies a grant to the colony of supreme power, and then, at the instiga tion of Lord STANLEY, it plays the tyrant over the colony, and insists on, resuming the power of which it had, as was supr aced, for ever denuded itself. The very attempt to put an end to the constitution of Newfoundland ; Implies in the House of Commons a disregard of. the rights it has rather guaranteed than crerhtea. And why does it take so vio lent and revolutionary a course ? Some charges which have never been deliberately inquired intc% tire made against the Legislature ; at once it is. ccAr:icted by Lord STANLEY of inefficiency; and at once it is proposed to annihilate it. Let the reader conceive for a moment a saperior power sitting in judgment on our Parliament, conceive it accused and tried unheard, as the Parliament of England is accus • iag and trying that of Newfoundland, and how speedily could it he convicted? It would only be necessary to point out the purpose for which the Parliament is entrusted with power, and the present condition of the people, to ensure its instant condemnation. Mr. PARING TON, indeed, said " that the Legislature ,f New foundland had been charged with three of the greatest crimes of whic.h a l*gislature could be guilty— tyrttnny, mismanagement of the public finances, and tampering with the administration of justice." These offences, „perbaps, the reader will sup pose, when he remembers the customary exer cise of the privileges of the House of Commons, the dilapidation of the public revenue in conjunc tion with our enormous taxation, and its present in- tention of taking away the constitution from New foundland, can easily be matched at home. Mr. PARINGTON does not accuse the Legislature of Newfoundland of impoverishing and starving the people. That is a crime which is committed only by the Legislature of which Mr. BAKING ton is a member ; and were its acts to be judged in its absence as severely as the House of Com mons judges the acts of th 4 Newfoundland Legisla ture, by a superior power, we doubt whether its exist ence would be assured a single day. All that can be alleged against the Newfoundland Legislature is that it favours one party, and that party not being equally predominrnt in our House of Commons, power is to be taken from it and given to another party. In these proceedings we see something like the wantonness of tyranny in the House of Commons. It resumes a power over a legislature it has pre tended to make independent. Without waiting to hear the parties on whom it sits both as accuser and judge, it passes sentence. It acts on the most narrow and partial views—the views taken by one party in the colony, and perhaps even by one person, who may be a military martinet, anxious to substitute military discipline for civil free dom. Our House of Commons, too, is an assembly co mposed almost exclusively of Protestants, and the strongeAt arguments against the constitution are founded on its objection to the Roman Catholic reli gion. It will, however, succeed in doing wrong. The House decided, last night, by 68 to 13, that it would go into Committee on the Bill. The Bill was after wards: fought through Committee clause by clause, Mr. O'CONNELL resisting on every question. Lord STANLEY was enabled by a majority to attain his ob ject. He has, .by ; :his exaggerated, and, we think, party views, terrified .the Howe of Commons into t'e).* --,. R- - 46 A . ~.4., :, .•..., , , , 4 . ." lb' , et-, i'' ~ 1., . .;" ~ --- 7,,,•,e t ..... c` ..47', 11 ' • - ' p -,_-I._ - ` 4 ',.... , , 'i,•.,') ~4, '; ' . 3,_ A ... ,:ge,..• 1i i . ...._ :,,, Ky 1 , ,,, , ..7.,"1N, 0, . 4 . _..,., r 0 . 1. MP :.r 4 li 46 ;l 4, agii=t6s ' " : -, 1 -7- j‘ ~-. 7 =7.4 .R. ,' . , , . •'••• -..- Ztt .ffl`sing a Bill, the necessity for whirl they cannot judge c 4 and the effects of which they cannot cakulate. Ttv 3 two elections of Nottingham and Southamp ton, i vhich have now commenced, are distinguished by a feature worthy of attention. Both are contested tl le one hand by the representatives of the most Alba al opinions of the day, and on the other by the rept esentat;.ves of the most ancient ultra and thread bare prekAdices. • A ottingham, JOSEPH STURGE, the Quaker, the Aro pion of Corn-law repeal, and of extended Iffr age, fights the battle against Mr. WALTER, the he .mpion of ultra-Toryism. Against the latter we Ave, we believe, no prejudices. We rejoice to see a man lifted into great power and wealth by means of 'his connexion with newspapers. Belonging, like Mr. WALTER, to the Press, we share, in some mea sure, in his elevation. It is reflected over every jour nal of the empire. At the same time, our class pre judices cannot induce us to wish Mr. WALTER success in his present undertaking. He goes to Nottingham to earnz; into effect that compromise which was a vir tura •sale of the electors. He is the prominent instru rnent for reducing to practice one of the corrupt cora prainises which a Committee of the House of Com p ions has just denounced, and which the House itself was only prevented from visiting with its severe dis pleasure, by its pre-engaged faith not to punish what ever delinquencies might be brought to light. For Nottingham, therefore, to elect Mr. WALTER, will be to admit that its electors are bought and sold, and that they are unworthy of possessing the franchise. We know Mr. WALTER only through his connec tion with the Times, and that journal has lately taken on itself the task of sneering at those who have en deavoured to procure the repeal of the Corn-laws. It has held the Conference up to odium, and defended the alaominable law which is ruining Nottingham. To elect Mr. WALTER will be to vote for the destruction of the town. Supporting the principle of protection to agriculture, and appealing to the prejudices of the people in horror of the old Poor-law, which degraded all the working classes into paupers, Mr. WALTER is in every way the friend of measures which .pauperise the people. In the speeches, too, of his supporters, in opposition to Mr. STURGE, he is held up as the friend of war. He disparages that gentleman as unfit to represent Englishmen, some of whom at least are peaceful. He is a Friend, and therefore opposed to war. Mr. WALTER appears, then, in the field at Nottingham as the advocate of bloodshed and strife. He stands on the old Tory principles of electoral corruption, of popular debasement, and of war abroad to preserve oppression at home. Mr. STURGE stands on principles the reverse of these. He is a firm and decided friend to peace, not only because peace is lovely in itself, but because men can scarcely enter into war without submitting to be slaves. He wishes for the independence of the people, and their enfranchisement ; and while he advocates a large extension of the suffrage, he eschews all those corrupt practices which debase and enslave them. He stands on the democractic prin ciple of free trade and free elections, and may be taken as the representative of principles which are only now beginning to have weight in society, but which are destined to be the guides of future gene rations. The same contrast is visible at Southampton, where Mr. G. Tuompsox, invited by the electors, appears to oppose Mr. HOPE, the rejected, we believe, of Wey mouth, and Mr. MILDMAY. Mr. THOMPSON says, in an excellent address he has published have nothing to recommend me but humble talents, honest intentions, liberal principles, and a public life, every hour of which has been devoted to what I be lieved to be the cause of justice and humanity.—(Cheers.) Rank, fortune, family influence, political connections, I have none. Gentlemen, I come to take a share in an honourable struggle for an honourable post. A battle is, before us. Let me tell you how I intend to fight that battle for myself. I shall fight it—not by bribery- , -- (Great cheerin—not by treating, not by rude perso nalities directed against my opponents,_ not by fawning and flattery bestowed upon my friends, not by promises or pledges of any secular kind to the poorer members of this constituency. I shall fight the battle before us upon principle. Upon the principle of purity, as regards the conduct of this election ; and principle as respects i the political views which I hold. My appeal will neither be to the cupidity of one party, nor the fears of I another." His principles he thus announces " Gentlemen, there are two great measures which I shall earnestly prosecute. The one is the total abolition of the Corn-laws—(Great cheering)—the other is the ex tension of the suffrage.—(Renewed cheers.) I will not cease to demand for my countrymen both food and freedom." He is, therefore, completely one of the democracy, and he stands upon the most enlarged and most mo dern principles now advocated, to secure the ascen dancy of the people. Like Mr. STURGE, he appears as the opponent of that terrible corruption which has affixed a stigma on Southampton, as well as Notting ham. We can form no opinion how these elections will terminate, but it will not pain us for our cause should both be decided against us ; that ;•ill only be the continued success of old vices and old arts ; while should they be decided in favour of the new men and the new principles, it will be indeed an un expected triumph. We hope much from the energy and skill of Mr. STURGE and Mr. TnomrsoN, and their friends, and their success would be a great honour to Southampton and Nottingham. It would inspire new life and new enthusiasm into the popular party throughout the empire. The electors of Nottingham have, heretofore, been distinguished by their services in the cause of popular rights. We have no recollection that Southampton ever - merited such approbation. It has now an opportunity of ac quiring a great name in history, and Nottingham may wipe away the stain lately cast on its reputa tion ; for either to miss the opportunity will expose it to censure and disgrace. The eyes of the kingdom will be fixed on them, eager to see which of the great principles, now brought into avowed conflict, the men of Southampton and Nottingham will suppoi t COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR,WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, walked in tho Slopes and Little Park this morn ing to Adelaide Lodge. The Duke of Cambridge and his daughters, the Princesses Augusta and Mary, Lady Augusta Somerset, and Baron Knesebeck left to-day. The Marquis of Exeter also took his departure. The Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, and the Honourable William Ashley, arrived at the Castle in the afternoon on a visit to the Queen, from Bushy House. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal have been taaen airings to-day, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. This afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Prince of Saxe Coburg, attended by the Hon. Miss bevereux, Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Wylde, and Captain Hood, rode on horseback into the Great Park ; the Princess of Saxe Coburg, Viscountess Jocelyn, and Lady Caroline Cocks following in a carriage. The Earl of Liverpool and the Earl of Aberdeen ar rived on a visit to the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Charlotte Dundas will join the Royal circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left her residence at Bushy, yesterday, on a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town, yesterday, by the Great Western Railway, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness left town in the afternoon, for his residence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge returned to Kew, yesterday, from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. A Deputation from the retail wine dealers of the me tropolis, consisting of Messrs. Coates, Kislingbury, Watchorn, Gurney, P. Fountain, Whisson, Budd, N. Whisson, Rawbone, Garrett, Young, and Rockley, ac companied by Mr. D. W. Wire, their Secretary and Solicitor, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, yester day, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Right Rev. Dr. Walsh, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nova Scotia, had an int e rvi e w w ith Lord Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. A Deputation on the subject of International Copy right, including Mr. G. P. R. James, Dr. Ure, Mr. William Hewett, Mr. Murray, Mr. Longman, Mr. Colburn, Mr. M'Dowall, Mr. Murray, j u n., and Mr. Dickinson, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Earl of Glengall and a Deputation on the subject of the Shannon Navigation had an interview yesterday with Sir Robert Peel in Downing -street. Viscount Killworth, Sir William Pearson, the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie, Count Reuss, and Count Flahault, were among the passengers that left Lon do n yesterday morn ing by the General Steam Navig stion Company's mail packet Ocean, Capt. J. C. Hast, for Rotterdam. The Marquis of Huntley, Captain Mercer, Sir Thomas and Lady Trowbridge, Col. Pemberton, Count and Countess Daniacki, Rev. John Parkin, and the R ev . W. Parker left the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, ye s . terday afternoon, in the General Steam Navigation Com. panyra steam ship_ Soho, Capt. Whitcombe, for Antwerp, en route for tie le. T.HE S'CA'N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1841 OPPRESSION OF THE POOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. herewith send you the cases of two of those paupers to whith that admirable article, which appeared in your paper on the 29th of July, reerre...d. The first is the CASE OF WILLIAM HOLDING. " I am a hand-loom weaver. I have a wife and four children, and I have received two shillings per week from the parish for the last nine months. I owed elevenpence for poor-rates, and was summoned before the Magistrates for non-payment of the same. I told them my earnings ; that I had four days' work at weaving per week, and two shillings per week from the parish, which the Magistrate's clerk con sidered to amount to one shilling a week per head for us to live on. He then said to the Magistrates, You see, gentlemen, he is not able to pay. He then turned to me, and said, We have done with you. I then thought it was settled; but, in a short time after, a person came with a notice and said if my poor-rate was not paid, a warrant of distress would come. My wife said, Well, we can't help it, for we are not able to pay. Next came two constables, who opened the door, saying Where he is ? and, although I was laid on the bed close by their left hand as they stood at the door they were not able to see me, in conse quence of the darkness of the cellar in which I lived, but my wife, pointing to the bed, said, He is there. They said, Come, thou must go with us ; so I got up, and begged that they would not handcuff me, as such a thing had never happened to me before. So, they took me away, and when we got to the dungeon, they forcibly pushed me in, and locked me up. The following morning they handcuffed me to a cart, and the other three were chained by the legs.. Thus we started for Lancaster, the rain pouring down so rapid that we were soon wet to the skin. When we got to Blackburn we begged they would allow us to go to a fire. The policeman laughed, saying, We will take you to a fire, you'll see. Thus saying, they thrust us into a dark cold hole, in which there was a privy, which stank so very bad as almost to suffocate us, We were forced to remain there for about forty mi nutes, and were then brought out again, wet and shivering with cold, the rain still falling in torrents. In this state we were hurried through Preston, to Lancaster Castle. The turnkey cried. shame on the policemen, for using us in the manner they had done. 'When we had got within the prison -walls, we soon found we had got among the friends of humanity. We could not muster one penny among us all, but the kind strangers, when they heard what we were, very kindly invited us to the fire, and gave us some thing to eat. There was one man in particular, if ever I see him again I will do all in my power to serve him. A subscription was immediately entered into, which paid our rates, and left us eightpence halfpe nny each to come with to Burnley. I had been out of work for some time, but had got work under the Manufacturers' Relief Committee, and had worked three days when they took me off to prison. I expected my wife to be in labour hourly, and was delivered of a child in three days afterwards ; she was left without any attendant for two nights, and had she been seized with the pains of labour in the night, she must have perished before any assistance could have reached her." CASE OF EMANUEL BEAUMONT. " I am a power-loom weaver, and I have only worked three weeks since last Christmas, and those three weeks were in February last. I have lived upon charity, and what I could get from the parish, until June, when my goods were sold for rent, and, at the same time, a warrant of distress was taken out against me for non-payment of my poor-rate ; I was thus turned out into the street, and the week follow ing I got work under the Manufacturers' Relief Com mittee, and worked about six weeks, when they took me off to prison. My poor-rate was ls. 11d., and I have a wife and two small children, and my wife was delivered of a third child just before my goods were sold, but the child died in consequence of my being too poor to procure a doctor to attend her, therefore I consider my child murdered by the system which makes me poor. I was chained by the leg, and my treatment on the way to prison was similar to that of William Holding." I visited William Holding at his dwelling, and *he above statement was made to me, and a respectable person in the Methodist connexion, whose name I am at liberty to publish. The cellar contained one poor bed, in which lay the wife and her new-born babe, and three other small chil dren, which was very annoying to the mother and her infant; and how this English labourer could find a place to rest his head in that nest of human beings, surpasses my comprehension ; but so it is, that six persons must sleep in this miserable bed. There was also one old chair, which is not worth 2d., one three legged stool, one mug, one tin cup, and one old tea chest, which is used as a table. These are all the goods, in the shape of furniture and utensils, which this miserable cell contains; and as regards the cha- Aacter of the men, let it suffice that Holding has been a member of the Methodist Society, and a Sunday School teacher, for many years, and at this time he is a class leader in that body. The other, namely, Beaumont, is now, and for the last four years has been, a steady and consistent member of the Total Abstinence Society, and when he appeared before the Magistrates, he was told that his case had been dis posed of along with several others which led him to think that no further proceedings would come against him. By inserting the foregoing in your valuable Jour nal, you will much oblige yours, the inhabitants of 14bergham Eaves, in public meeting assembled. THOMAS MARQUIS, BENJAMIN SOUTHWORTII, JAMES METCALFE, The Committee appointed by the rate-payers, at a pub lic meeting duly called by the constable of the parish Burnley, August 1. MESSRS. HANSARD AND THE TIMES." • The Messrs. Hansard, the printers of the House of Commons, have addressed a very curious letter to the Times, which we have copied for the amusement, as well as the information of our readers.. It is ne cessary, however, that we should state the occasion of this letter, and add one or two particulars of colla teral information, in order that the public may fully enjoy the joke. For the last eight or ten years we have been continually applying to the Messrs. Han sard to let us know how it was that the Times hap pened so frequently to be successful in obtaining sooner than any body else, not excepting Members of the 'Rouse, copies of Reports of Committees, and other interesting documents placed by order of the House of Commons, in the hands of this firm, in order to their being printed for the use of Members. We could never obtain the least light from the Messrs. Hansard into the nature of this mystery, and all that we could do, therefore, was to take care that so many intimations of what was going on should be given to these tradesmen, that they should not have the slightest pretext for denying, whenever the matter might attract the attention of their em ployers, that they had all along been cognizant of its existence. Well, the matter has at length/attracted the notice of the employers of the Messrs. Hansard, or, to speak more correctly, has been forced upon their attention by the ungrateful, or treacherous, or at the least very blundering conduct of the journal which has for years been enjoying, to the detriment of all its competitors, whatever priority in the publi cation of Parliamentary documents the run of Messrs. Hansard's printing-office could afford it. By long possession, the Times, it seems, had begun to regard so much as a matter of right the exclusive privilege of publishing whatever was sent to the printing-office of the Messrs. Hansard, that our Contemporary actually apologised, on Saturday last, to his readers for his inability to give more than a part of the Elec tion Compromises Report several hours prior to its being placed ini the hands of Members of Parliament, upon the express ground that this Report had not been sent so soon as it ought to have been sent to the office of the Parliamentary printer. The words of the Times were these, and they certainly have the merit of revealing the whole affair with a degree of clearness that does not admit of misapprehension: — " We are at last enabled to lay before our readers the greater and more important portion of the Report from Mr. Roebuck's Committee, which will probably be issued for the use of Members in the course of to-day. " Unfortunately, in consequence of the late hour at which the grand inquisitor confided the precious docu ment to the printer's hands, that portion of the Report which relates to the case of Penryn and Falmouth did not reach uein time for our impression." This was so explicit that the Speaker of the House was startled by it, and, as in duty bound, the Messrs. Hansard, the servants of the House of Commons, were startled *too. The latter, accordingly, betook themselves to the inditing of eloquent epistles to mys tify the matter if possible, by pretending that the whole affair is a matter of bribery, that the present is a peculiar instance, and that the copy must have been procured "by the vile means of a base bribe," given and received of course by the mere subs, or the subs of subs, in the several offices of the Messrs. Hansard and of our Contemporary. The Times in serts the letter, upon the principle, we suppose, that it ought not to keep back from its readers any thing that is calculated to make them laugh ; but stoutly refuses to lend itself to the Hansard mystification, pre ferring, as wethink very judiciously . , a better and bolder mystification of its own. IV hat chance was there, indeed, that anybody would give credit to the tale of a system of " base bribes" between the subs of two such establishments, without the knowledge of the principal persons, although continued for years, and presenting indications of its existence and effi ciency, which no man who did not wilfully shut his eyes could fail to perceive ? The story, eloquently as the Messrs. Hansard have put it forward, contra dicts itself so completely, that it does not require the • further contradiction we are enabled to give it, by the assertion that Messrs. Hansard were warned. not once or twice, but repeatedly, that the Times was constantly obtaining Parliamentary documents earlier than any body else could get them, and in circum stances which left little doubt that they were obtained at the office of Messrs. Hansard. The Times' mysti fication is better, as we have said, than that of the Messrs. Hansard, because it is bolder. It consists in the cool assertion that there has been no bribery and no breach of confidence whatever. The Messrs. Hansard know better than this. They know there has been bribery, and boldly come forward to say so. But, then, it was the vile and base bribery of servants. This, however, the Times can by no means swallow. There was no bribery at all; but if there were any, it was all arranged by such good fellows that the Times cannot think of doing anything tending to their exposure or punishment. What we respectfully recommend to the Speaker of the Hon.% of Com mons (to whom this disclosure by the rinzes has, we , have reason to know, been the source of some trouble and anxiety) is to give an order to Messrs. Hansard to send proof sheets of all important Parliamentary documents to each of the morning papers simultane ously, and as soon as they can be got from the press. This, we believe, is the only way to put an end to bribery and jobbing.—Morning Post. LAUNCH of the GREAT NORTHERN. This immense new steamer, lately built by Captain Coppin, was launched on Saturday morning last, in the presence of at least 20,000 spectators from all parts of the country, and of many from England and Scotland. Even so anxious were the Donegal Grand Jury, assembled at Litford, to be present, that they obtained leave, on a special application to the Judge, for that purpose. The weather was in the highest degree favourable to the full enjoyment of the magni ficent sight. Every available spot of ground from which a glimpse of the beautiful vessel could be had was occupied, as well as all the house-roofs and vessels in the river. We counted between 60 and 80 boats lying to, at safe distances from the ves sel, filled with ladies and their companions. Flags and streamers floated in all directions, and bands of military music greatly enlivened the scene. At eight o'clock the workmen's hammers were first heard, the wedges were driven, and the last obstruction was re moved at a quarter to nine, when Miss Reid, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Edward Reid, of Ramelton, and niece to Mr. Joseph Kelso, broke the bottle at her bow, the flag with the vessel's name, " Great . Northern," was hoisted, and the mountain of wood majestically glided into the water. Immediately a salvo was fired from various pieces of cannon sta tioned on the wharfs, and the utmost excitement and congratulation succeeded. No accident of any kind occurred. The Great Northern is the largest vessel ever built in this country. her dimensions are 220 feet in length, 37 feet beam, and 26 feet deep in the hold ;. burden 1,750 tons, 8.M., she is to be fully rigged as a 50-gun frigate, the length of mainmast to be 90 feet, and 33 inches diameter, mainyard 79 feet, and 221 inches diameter in the slings, foremast 83 feet, and mizenmast 76 feet ; she will be able to spread 6,400 yards of canvass. There are three decks, the upper one to be left entirely clear for action, and to be pierced for 44 guns ; the windlass and capstan gear will be placed betwixt decks. She is to be pro pelled by Smith's Archimidean screw, which will be 12 feet diameter, and 14 feet pitch, but the length will be only 7 feet; it is to make 88 revolutions per minute ; the gearing consists of a cog-wheel 20 feet diameter, working into a smaller wheel of 5 feet dia meter, upon whose axis is the shaft of the screw. The engine power consists of two cylinders, 68 inches in diameter, 4 feet 6 inches stroke, and to make 22 strokes per minute ; nominal power about 370 horses; there are to be 4 air-pumps, 19 inches diameter, and 4 feet 6 inches stroke, and cylindrical boilers. The engines are to be placed close abaft the vessel, leaving the midships clear for passengers.—Derry Standard. IED). • MAG4AZINES—(CONCLUD COLONIAL This Magazine, m ay be imagined from its title, is chiefly occupie a s MAGAZINE. with the consideration of Colonial affairs. Among the articles, we find a copy of the uew Ministerial tariff, unabridged, and printed, as the editor observes, " with more than common care, from the third or amended Act." This is a useful document, and its insert ion here is very appropriate. LONDON UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. A well digested number, containing a variety of articles in prose and verse, some of which—such as the translaticn from Boccacio's poem of the " Falcon" —are written with much spirit. We have no space for extracts. MURDER OF AN AUS TRIAN NOBLE.—A Vienna letter of July 18, says :—" An atrocious crime has just deprived the Finance department of one of its oldest functionaries, Baron Philibert de Stramitski, Director of the Accounts of the Austrian Public Debt, a man nearly eighty years of age, 55 of which he had passed in office. M. de Stramitski had a few days ago taken under his protection a young Venetian named Pupella, and given him a lucrative place in his office. In the evening of the 12th, the Baron, who was a bachelor, and had only two servants, was alone in his apartment. when Papella called upon him, and asked him to len d him a hundred florins. The old gentleman consented to do so, and went with Pupella to his chest to take out the money. He had scarc el y applied the key to the lock when Pupella struck him several blows on the head with a stone tied up in a silk handkerchief, and his victim having fallen to the ground insensible, he was filling his pockets with notes and gold from the chest, when he was disturbed by the valet de chambre of the Baron, who collared him, and, :ailing to his aid the other servants, kept him in good custody. Assistance was instantly given to the victim, but it was too late, for he was already dead. The murderer, who only a year ago in herited 80,000 florins (200,00 f.) from a relative, all of which he had lost in gambling, instantly confessed his crime, which indeed could not be denied, and added, that his only motive was to obtain the means of paying what he called some debts of honour. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 45 minutes after 11 I Evening 0 minutes after 0. ,ob t ft*: ..• 7w )34 , 4 3 / 4 -, MI 7 , - ... , i - *tronblZbittion SUN OFFICE Three o'Clock. CHINA AND INDIA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail from India, we have received Bombay papers of the 18th of June, with late and important intelligence from the Indian Presidencies, A ffghanistan, and China, of which am ple details will be found in another part of The Sun. The intelligence from China is to the 12th of April inclusive. The last Overland Mail brought an ac count of an attack by the Chinese upon Ningpo, which was repelled with great spirit by the English troops. The Celestials then set themselves to cut off the sup plies, which obliged the British troops, under the guidance of the gallant General Sir HUGH GOUGH, to march against a strong camp of 6,000 min, which they had formed at Tsee-Kee, about ten miles from Ningpo. The force was composed of detachments of the 18th, 26th, and 49th regiments, and a naval brigade, in all 1,100 strong. The Chinese fought well, but they could not resist the overwhelming influence of British discipline. They fled, leaving upon the field from 600 to 900 of their men killed, and many wounded. The British had but three men killed and forty wounded. Among the latter were Mr. HAMBLY, of the Marine, and Captain REYNOLDS, of the 49th, slightly ; and Lieutenants MONTGOMERY and LANE, of the 49th, severely. The 18th Regiment did not arrive in the field till the Chinese had begun to scamper off. There was a report that the Chinese army was imme diately afterwards strongly reinforced, and that they would again attack the garrison at Ningpo. A report prevailed in the bazaars at Hong Kong that YANG, an Imperial Commissioner, was on his journey from Pekin to Sir H. POTTINGER, charged to offer the Plenipotentiary forty millions of dollars, in full compensation for the destruction of the opium, the expenses of the war, and the evacuation of the Chinese territory. His Celestial MAJESTY is said to be terribly alarmed at the deliberate course of con quest and settlement adopted by the English, so con trary to the sudden overrunning, and as sudden eva cuation of invaded territories by Eastern conquerors. We trust this intelligence may be true, as it is high time that something were done to bring this very dis creditable conflict to a close. Nevertheless, the Chinese Government has not relaxed the execution of its edicts against opium smuggling in the Canton River. Of 100 smugglers seized near Whampoa, 44 were decapitated in Canton in one day, and 16 a few days subsequently. The Chinese authorities have issued an edict offer - ing quarter to such black or red " barbarians" in the British army as in the day of battle shall demand it, and declare that they were forced to fight against the EMPEROR, in opposition to their own inclination. This certainly indicates a very merciful disposition on the part of the Government. In the same edict great rewards are offered for the capture alive of " Barbarian Eyes" (officers), and of common red and black devils (soldiers and sailors). At Amoy all was quiet. The natives had all deserted the island of Koo-long-soo, garrisoned by the British. The garri son was greatly weakened by the withdrawal of 300 of the Royal Irish, by command of General Sir H. Gotois, to reinforce the more threatened garrison of Ningpo. Such is the substance of the latest news from China, where we regret to say no improvement l in trade had taken place. From Affghanistan the news is less satisfactory. Notwithstanding the frequency with which the Cau bul passes had been forced, AKBAR KHAN had not in the least reduced his demands , His last demand from General POLLOCK for the release of the prisoners was a sum of 80,000/. paid down, an annuity of 20,0001., and secure possession of the Affghan throne. Generals PoLtocx. and SALE were still at Jellalabad, unable to proceed to Caubul for want of camels and stores. They had a force of 10,000 men. On the Bth of May letters were received by General SALE from FUTTEII JUNG, the favourite son of the Shah SOOJAII, calling for reinforcements, as AKBAR had besieged him in the strong fortress of Balla Hissar. A subsequent letter stated that ARPAR had got possession of Ballar llissar by a clever strata gem. " Ile went to Caubul," says the writer, " taking POTTINGER with him, and gave out that General POLLOCK had agreed to place him on the throne of Caubul, and that Major POTTINGEE had accompanied him as Envoy, upon which almost all in fluential men, except ZEMAN SHAH, deserted poor FUTTER JUNG, and joined with that most particular rascal and assassin." The body of Gen. EurfiffisroNE, for which a ransom of 1,0001. was paid, arrived in Jellalabad, in a frightful state of decomposition, and was buried there. To our astonishment we find it stated, in the India papers, that our reverses in Affghanistan were the re sult of the discovery, by AKBAR KHAN, of a plot formed by Sir W. APNAGHTEN to carry off the Aff ghan Chiefs. The writers state that all the particu lars having been officially forwarded to the British Government, by the last Overland Mail, it is un necessary for them to detail events which they pre sume, to be now well-known in England. Our readers, however, are aware, that if such grave facts have been communicated to the Government the secret hitherto has been well kept. But justice to the memory of a highly-prized public servant re quires that the whole circumstances should now be made public. With a view to accelerate a full expo sure and investigation of facts, not to cast the shadow of censure upon the late distinguished Envoy at the Court of Shah SOOJAH, we quote an extract, from the letter of the Bombay correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, dated the 18th of June, the date of the departure of the India Mail : " The disclosure of Sir WILLIAM M 4 NAGHTEN'S deceitful conduct towards the Affghan Chiefs at Cau bul, to which, unhappily, may be attributed in a great measure, if not entirely, the series of terrible events commenced by his assassination, and terminated by the ghastly massacre in the passes of Teezen, came upon us with startling suddenness, and has rendered deeper and more permanent the grief with which all who have at heart the preservation of their country's honour must look back upon those calamitous occur rences. While censuring, with the bitterness of natural abhorrence, the monstrous perfidy of AK BAR KIIAN, and advocating a severe and well merited retribution, little was it thought that our own Envoy had planned an act of treachery so disgraceful as to form sufficient provocation for the deed by which he fell! If all that is stated be true—and the facts rest on evidence which it would be madness to call in question—Sir WILLIAM WNAGHTEN'S proceedings have fixed a darker stain on our honour than the whole of our reverses, and his name must go down to posterity with a stigma that nothing can remove. For AKBAR KHAN there was at least the plea of partial barbarism ; and this may even be applied in extenuation of the treachery—hor rible though it was—by which our army was de stroyed ; but for the British Envoy, none whatever can be urged. The blow which he sought to inflict recoiled upon himself, and he fell, the victim not more of the SIRDAR'S treachery than his own. "General ELPHINSTONE'S diary and statement, and the different narratives, depositions, and other official documents relative to the events which preceded and followed the disastrous retreat from Caubul, were sent home by the last steamer, though their contents were not made public here ; and your readers are therefore no doubt aware of the circumstances which attended the Envoy's attempted betrayal of the Aff ghan Chiefs. On this point, consequently, informa tion will be unnecessary ; and it will suffice to con fine the present summary to events which have oc curred subsequently to the occounts transmitted to England on the 23d ult." General ENGLAND arrived at Candahar, and joined General NOTT on the 9th of May. The force there consisted of 10,000 fighting men, being the same num ber as at Jellalabad ; but they too were prevented from marching upon Caubul by the want of camels and stores. The Ghilzies had again attacked Khelat i-Ghilzie, in consequence of which Colonel WYmErt, at the head of 5,000 men, was marching to attack them. On the 3d of June Calcutta was visited by a ter rific gale, which injured forty vessels in the DUTCH PAPERS. TILE HAGUE JULY 31.—his Majesty King 'Wil liam Frederick left the Loo on the 27th, to go to Silesia. On the 27th the town of Leenwarden was exposed to a catastrophe similar to that of Hamburgh. The preceding day was the last of tho annual fair, and on the 27th, at four in the morning, a fire broke out in one of the` handsomest booths in the market place. The flames spread with such rapidity that in half-an-hour the market place was like a sea of fire, and thirty-four of the booths were consumed ; others were pulled down to prevent the further progress of the flames. All this happened in the short time that passed before the fire engines could be brought up ; but in deed if they had arrived sooner they would not have checked the devouring flames. They however arrived just as the flames threatened the adjoining houses of the finest part of the town. Though five or six houses were considerably damaged, the progress of the con flagration was stopped, and the town itself saved. The grateful feeling of the inhabitants for their providential deliverance has tended to increase their pity for the unfortunate owners of the booths, who were unable to save any of their property, for whom a subscription was immediately commenced, which in a couple of hours produced 4,500 florins, but the total loss was estimated at 100,000 florins, and the local authorities have therefore appealed to the public beneficence. The King of the French has written to the King of the Netherlands an autograph letter, which was re ceived yesterday, and which expresses the feeling of that afflicted prince on the friendly participation in his grievous loss. BATAVIA, MARC n 16,--Rta-Admiral Machielsen, who has been appointed by his Majesty, Commander in. Chief of the naval forces in India, arrived here some days ago. Rear-Admiral Lucas has given up the command to him. The Government has testified Ito Admiral Lucas its entire satisfaction with the manner in which he has conducted the affairs of the naval department in India.—Dutch Papers, Aug. 1. r , ACCIDENT AT THE CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY.—VII Saturday last a rather serious accident happened to a woman, named Colley, who had ventured to have a ride on the Centrifugal Railway now exhibiting in Boar-lane. The carriage on this railway, as we stated last week, is carried at the rate of 120 miles an hour round a circular railway placed vertically, so that when the carriage is at the tipper part of the circle, the persons within it, who are not fastened in any way, have their heads down wards, and are kept in by the principle of centrifugal force, in the same way as water is kept in a bucket whirled rapidly round in a vertical direction. On Saturday, the woman, in company with a man, placed herself in the carriage, which being set at liberty, sped its way down the first inclined plane, from which it re ceives its great velocity, round the circular part of the railway, and up the second inclined plane, at the top of which a man is placed, whose duty it is to seize the car riage, in order to prevent it from running back again. On this occasion, however, the carriage, owing to its being loaded with the unusual weight of two persons, did not reach the ordinary height up the second inclined plane, and the man at the top being unable t o seize it, i t ran down again, and up the vertical circle, and threw the man and woman out with considerable violence. The woman had her forehead, nose, and other parts of her face dreadfully cut, and was conveyed to the infirmary. Her wounds, though not, we believe, dangerous, were of a serious character, and their effects will, most probably. disfigure her during her life. The man who was her companion in the carriage, fell upon her, and escaped uninjured. It is to be hoped that this accident will induce the conductors of the exhibition to use greater caution in future.—L(eds Times. _ vM THE WILD MAN OF KNARESDOROUGH.— The wild man has returned to his woods. After startling Parlia ment from its propriety by his fantastic vagaries, and obtaining for himself a reputation for unequalled folly, Busfeild Ferrand, Member of Parliament for Knares borough, has sought repose for his wearied lungs and exhausted frame in the shades of Harden Grange. Peace be with him. Let him in his solitude reflect on the significant sign of the success of his Parliamentary campaign, that, in the House of Commons, his antago nists wished him to speak, while his friends wished him to be silent. It is said, however, that the Knaresborough Tories are about to give the wild animal a feed. " May we be there to see." We could not wish for better fun —Leeds Times. Hooghley River, Many houses were thrown down, and great loss of property sustained. There were fears entertained that it would injure the indigo crop. The King of OunE's death, and the peaceable accession of his eldest son, SOOJAH JAIL, to the throne, took place in May, and were speedily commu nicated to the Governor-General in Council. India has suffered greatly from cholera this season. When the last mail departed the pestilence was happily on the decline. At Kunachee 200 men in her MAJESTY'S service, most of them Sepoys, have fallen victims to it. There is no news of any interest in the French Journals received this morning. Marshal GERARD has published an Order of the Day, dated August 1, in which he communicates to the National Guard of the Seine, the troops of the first military division, and those of the division extra muros, the following letter from the KING, dated Neuilly, July 31 : "My dear Marshal,—lf my lacerated heart could find some consolation in the misfortune which overwhelms me, it would be in the conduct yesterday of the Na tional Guard, the army, and the population. I take pleasure in addressing myself to you, my dear Marshal, in order to make known to all how deeply I am im pressed with it—to you, whose feelings of long date for me and my beloved son, whose loss we weep, brought you to the spot where this terrible blow assailed me. My dear Marshal, your affectionate " LOUIS PHILIPPE.'! The number of persons who visited the cathedral of Notre Dame on Sunday is estimated at 60,000. One of the King's aides-de-camp, two colonels, and two lieutenant-colonels from the National Guard and the army, two officers of the same rank from the navy, and two orderly officers of the King and Princes, are on duty round the body, remaining stationary in turns at the four corners of the catafalque, relieving each other every six hours. The number of-visitors yes terday was certainly greater than on Sunday, and they consisted generally of well-dressed persons. The queue extended to the Quai aux Fleurs ; many were in it from five to six hours before they could reach the cathedral. The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter from Con stantinople, of July 13, containing the following : " In consequence of the combat which took place, near Bagdad, between the Turkish and Persian troops, the Porte had given orders to all the disposable troops in Syria to be directed ,to that point. Disturbances have broken out at Sophia and Nissa, and a reinforcement is considered necessary. The Moniteur, of the 2d, publishes in its official part the following note : " His Excellency Lord Cowley, Ambassador of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, presented to the King, at a private audience yesterday at Neuilly, the reply of her Majesty to the notification of the death of the Prince Royal." The Globe says it is authorised to declare that the party in the Chamber of Deputies, of which M. Dufaure and M. Passy are regarded as the leaders, will support the Ministry during the present session, as to the Regency question, whatever may be its course as to the questions which may arise in the next session. The Siecle says " that the Members of the Centre and the Left Centre, being informed of the resolution adopted at the meeting of the Tiers parti, to support M. Dufaure as a candidate for the Presidency, have almost all sponta neously decided, that on the first ballot they would give their votes to M. Odillon Barrot, and on the second ballot, would unanimously give their votes to M. Dufaure, in opposition to , the Ministerial candidate." According to the Courrier Francais, a report is spread that M. Dupin is to be appointed to draw up the report on the project of law on the Regency, and to support it in the debate ; and that M. Sauzet is designed for an elevated post in the Cabinet. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, Ana. 2. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 118 5... 118 5... 117 95... 117 95 3 per Cents 77 70... 77 80... 77 70... 77 80 Bank of France 3215 ...3215 ...3210 .. 3210 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1025 ..1025 ...1025 ...1025 5,000 f 5030 —.5030 —.5030 —.5030 Belgian Bank 775 ... ' 7 75 ... 775 775 Belgian Fives lO2l ... 102 i ... 102 k ... 102 i :1840 lo3a ... 103 k ... 103 a ... 103 k Spanish Active 22* ... 22f ... 22* ... 22f Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain Bl5 ... 815 ... 815 Versailles, R.B 293 75... 293 75... 293 L.B 92 50... 92 50... 92 Rouen Orleans. 555 ... 555 ... 552 Strasburg to Bale.-- 202 50... 202 50... 201 -. 815 75... 293 75 50... 92 50 50... 520 bO-. 552 50 25-, 202 50 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The funds have fully maintained the advance of yes terday, and some extensive purchases have been made. Consols have risen to 92, but are now 911 911,- for Money, and 91i 92, for the Account; Three per Cents. Reduced, 91 92 ; Three an&a,-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 100 i ; Bank Stock, 1701 1713. ; India Stock, 2491 251; Exchequer Bills, Old, 52 54 ; New, 50 52 prem. Business in Foreign Securities has consisted of sales in Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 511 51i; the Five per Cents., 101 101 i; and Belgian, 1021. The Share Market has been steady. The transactions have included—Great Western, 90, the New shares ; Eastern Counties, 8i; New, 61. 6s. 8d ; Brighton, 34R 34k; the New Shares, 10-1. t he bonds quoted To-day are Colombian, 21i ; Spanish Five per Cents, 21-. 1 ; ; the Three per Cents, 20-v. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 3.—A fair amount of business has been done to-day. Our local Bank Shares are in good demand at improving prices. The undermentioned sales have been recorded :—Man chester and Birmingham, 28 ; Manchester and Leeds, 771 ; Ditto, Halves, 33i- ; Ditto Quarter, ; Sheffield and Manchester, 32 ; Eastern Counties, New, 32 ; Ditto Debentures, 10 1-3. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stack 3 per Cent. Red. •,.. 921 iDitto Bonds 3 per Cent. C0n5......... 91i Ditto Old Annuities 34 per Cent. Red... 1011 Ditto New Annuities — New 34 per Cent......... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 52 pm 5 per Cen'... . Ditto 500/ 52 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 .. l2i Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 1 , 59 Jan. 1860 • 124 'Consols for Acct. ..... • 91i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ,Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 1024 Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 644 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 2l Ditto, 1824 — !Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent 824 French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent — French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent. 514 Peruvian, 1823, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 1014 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... Ditto New Shares ( paid) ...• 6/ 6s 8d Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 474 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid) 64 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) .„, 346 Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 28 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 23i Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) ••• 7i CORN AVERAGEm. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended July 30, 1842, made up from the Returns of the Inspectorsin the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat......... 63i. Dd. 1 Oats ffarler tBf. 01. 1 Rya ..... 345. 9.1 Pease 335. 10d. AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. reAss .--.—.— .---- ---- --- .----,------ ----. June 25 63 11 27 6 21 7 31 7 34 9 4 33 35 6 July 2 64 3 27 ' 7 .22 4 32 3 34 9 ...... 16 65 1,8 27 4 22 0 36 6 34 10 35 5 M 30 63 9 18 0 21 5 :',4 9 34 7 33 10 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE FIE WEEKS Wheat 64s 7,1 Oats .. ....••• 21s. 10d.I Beans ...... ...345. 9d. Barley 27s. 9d. i Rye 333 10d. Pease 345, 4d. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat......... Od. 1 Oats Bar l e y s. Od. i Bye GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending July 30, 1842 : Passengers Merchandise 382 18 0 £1,305 5 6 Corresponding week last year ....£1,457 11 2 Darlington, Aug. 3. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. COMMENCEMENT OF THE OYSTER SEASON.—At six o'clock this morning, pursuant to the regulation of the Corporation of the City of London, the sale of oysters commenced at Billingsgate and Hungerford markets. At day-break upwards of fifty sail were moored off the gate, and presented a very interesting appearance. At Hungerford market six smacks had arrived by last evening's tide, and this morning three others only were added to them. The vessels were chiefly from Rochester, Winstable, Feversham, Milton, anti Sheerness. The following is a list of the prices, as obtained of Mr. Gold ham, viz. :—Pearl Natives, 325. per bushel ; Scotch ditto, 30s. ; Welsh, 21s. ; Milton, 16s. ; Common, 12s. to 14s. ; Over-sea, or stray oysters, I Is. The oysters are finer this season than we have seen them for a number of years, and notwithstanding the above unusually high prices, which is stated to arise from the comparative scarcity, the sale at each market was very brisk. THE NEW TARlFF.—Several barrels of American beef have this week arrived in town, one of them a joint order from several gentlemen anxio us to ascertain the quality and exact cost of such an article, and the rest to provision dealers. The quality was found to be excel lent, although, of course, not eval to prime pieces of home produce, and, all charges included, stood the im porters in twopence three farthings per lb. ; it has this week been retailing at threepence.—Perth Courier. I SUMMARY OF NEWS AND )übltc eptittou. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Overland Mail, with news from Ohina, Afghanistan, Tripoli, and Malta, arrived this morn ing. The details will be found very interesting, as givoli in an- other part of The Sun. The Paris papers do not contain one word of news in teresting to an English reader. They are all occupied with a discussion that took place on Monday irt the Chamber of Deputies relative to the election of a M. Pawels for Langres. This gentleman isr. charged with adopting, on a small scale, the English style of managing an election. He did not venture on such bribery and corruption as we have lately had so ,f many instances exposed in our House of Commons, but he sent his carriage for some of the electors to come to the poll ; he employed friends to canvass for him in the arrondissement, and The established a journal to write him up as a fit and proper candidate. Notwithstanding these sins, the majority of the bureau considered the election of M. Pawels as good and valid. The chamber, however, took a different view of the question. Under this impression a part of the chamber proposed timt an inquiry should be ordered, but the Ministers and the ma jority of the bureau ebjected to this extreme course, and recommended that the questson should be adjourned for further consideration. A rather violent discussion took place, but the result of the whole was that the Govern ment prevailed, and the case of M. Pawels was postponed • for further consideration. PARLIAMENTARY. The House of Commons was almost exclusively occu pied by the Newfoundland Bill last night. There was some conversation upon other business, which was postponed to make way for it, but that was the main business. The adjourned debate upon going into Com mittee, which Mr. O'Connell had moved to postpone for .! three months, was resumed ; and, after several speeches, it was decided by 68 to 13 that the Bill should be com mitted. Into Committee, accordingly, the House went, and Mr. O'Connell debated every clause, and divided on most of them. Performing such work, the House sat till One o'Clock. MONEY—TRADE — COMMERCE . Since the Royal proclamation of the 3d of June on the ;ht gold currency, the Bank has received between 4,000,0001. and 5,000,000/. sterling of light sovereigns and half-sovereigns (of the reigns of Geo. 111. and IV., and Will. IV.), all of which were placed in the Bullion office as condemned, and are not to be re-issued to the public until re-coined and of full weight. During the last month there have been eight steam-presses daily at work at the Mint to supply the deficiency thus caused im the gold currency. ECCl.ESxAssmat. Dr. Hannah, Theological Tutor of the College at Hoxion, has been elected President of the Wesleyan Conference : there were seven candidates. ELECTIONEERING. A serious affray took place on Wedne sda y at Notting- 1 ham between the partisans of the election candidates- - Mr. Rayner Stephens, who advocates the cause of Mr. Walter, and Feargus O'Connor. Warrants have since beep procured from the Magistrates against the latter, on the grounds of affray and assault, and the cases will be brought on immediately after the nomination. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. At a meeting of the members of the Metropolitan Im provement Society, held on Saturday in Covent-garden , among other statements in the report, attention was directed to the naming and numbering o f streets. In some streets it not unfrequently happens that there are five houses with the same number ; while in the co.in mercial part of the metropolis there are nolewer than 28 King-streets, 20 Queen-streets, 26 Charles-street s, 25 Church-streets, 20 George-streets, and 23 John' streets. LAW AND POLICE. William Powell, aged 27, and his mother, a decrepid woman of 72, were tried on Tuesday, at the Hereford Assizes, charged with the wilful murder of his aunt and her sister, Lucy Parker. Death appeared from the evi' dence to have resulted from bruises dealt in a scuffle be tween the parties. The female prisoner was acquitted, but the male prisoner was convicted of felony, and sen tenced to transportation for life. The action of Hunt v. Helps, in which the plaintiff sought to recover the sum of 2,0001. from the defendant, who is secretary to the British Fire-office, upon an s urance to that amount effected upon his property by t a b- plaintiff, was on Tuesday decided at the Guildford A.egze s ' The defendant by his pleas admitted th a t the p olicy ha d been effected, but he alleged that a fraudulent claim ha been made by the plaintiff on the office, and also t hat the premises had been wilfully destroyed either by the h? ap ; of plaintiff or his connivance. The ju d g ment was,te tha arson could not be made out, and a ver dict was enr(.l for the defendant on the two first issues, and for9l plaintiff on the third. of The liev. Stephen Aldhouse , lat e lecturer the Hallows, in the City, was charged with bigamy ltf :trate Wandsworth Police-office yesterday. The .- - e a d. re considered sufficient evidence had been prod u c e , to en ter mend the prisoner upon, and he was requir e nearance on Into recognizance and sureties for his appearance Saturday. SPORTING. The race for the silver sculls, constituting the Astra" pionship of the Thames, first instituted in the year 1.83 1 t w a s rowed for yesterday, between Mr. Wallace and 31r• Chapman, the rowers in former years, and won by the latter. COURT-FASHIONABLE. Lord Foley gave a large dinner party yesterday at hie house in Grosvenor-square. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland intend to remain at Sion House until the first week in September. The Duke of Richmond left Portland-place, by th e i n the railway, on Saturday last , for G ordon Castle, Highlands. The Earl of Aboyne has left town for Orton 10 11 ' near Peterborough. zYJCISCELLBNE OIII6 . A quantity of massive silver sa cramental plate, wbiebni is supposed to have been concea led since the p erm the civil wars in the 17 th century , Las j ust been covered at Norfolk House by the w orkmen employed h" - - embellishing that mansion. - Lewes Gaol is at present dreadfully crowded : in female department, fifty-three women prisoners and se l , children are pent up in only 18 cells. The official copy of the depositions ta ken beforrrtiohe Privy Council of the evidence addu ced against 040 Bean, the prisoner now confined in Newgate for led, supposed attempt on the Queen's life , ha s been p ublisl" o f The prisoner has not been committed on a charg e fo r attempting to shoot the Queen. His commitment is a misdemeanor, and it is believed that the Law Offic`i s of the Crown will resort to the provisions of the stet,.. i ., ° of Edward 111., which provides against p ersons a pM 4 ing before the Sovereign armed , u nder pain of fine "" imprisonment. A fracas took place at a meeting at LimehouSe: o f Tuesday evening, held relative to the managemeite the parochial schools of the parish, between Geu'vy Frederick Young, Esq., late ALP. for Teignnaou t N, Magistrate for the county of M iddlesex, and —l3laco, Esq., a gentleman of considerable property at Lirnehol l u il Mr. Wink used an expression which Mr. Young oYthi on him to retract, and on his refusing to do sop !",,4 latter gentleman placed a cane on his shoulders, ) givino him a slight tap, told him to co nsider hio ; 4 caned.' Mr. Baker, the Coroner for Middlesex, who l j f present, apprehensive of consequences, immedisLe attended at Lambeth-street, upon which the MagisP;:( sent for Mr. Young, and bound ov e r that gentlemenfrioot mediately in a sum of 100 L, and two sureties o f .. a rd each to keep the peace. Mr. Bluck has not been of, but has not yet sent any hostile communication.. ----- SPORTING IN TELLIGENCO . ( RECEIVED THIS DAY.) HUNTINGDON RACES.—WEDNESDA I r. ilPde d. The Two yrs. old Stakes of 10 sovs. eac h, and 40 Half-mile. • ~ Mr. Bird's c by Redsha nk, d b y Amadis (Edwardi Mr. Booth's Dovny - brook ............................... .. ;• I Lord Sandwich n Quee n Philli pp e ............... . ..... ;!, 4 Col. Peers f by Slane Mary Anne .................. Lord Exeter's fby Sultan out of Rhodocantha ... The Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Once round and the': I Col. Peel n Sir Hans, 4 yr 5............ (Bartholomel c / Mr. Thornhill's E. 0., 4 yrs .. ;.'. The Huntingdon Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 46 InldeaEtsv,erliaidsta,m3iley.rs (Pettit) : 2 p Mr. G, Thornhill's Mr. Button's Evasion, 3 yrs Two others ran. The Member's Plate of 501. Heats once rono d 'i Colonel Peel's Prosody, 3 yrs, (Bartholomew) Mr. Booth's Benjamin, 5 yrs Mr. Thornhill's Ends and Odds, 3 yrs J r ' SALISBURY RACES.—YESTERDAY.„,', Produce Sweepstakes of 50 SOW.. each, h ft. 1"'" a. Mr. Etwall's Palladium walked over. The Wiltshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, ,Ste• miles. ; 1 Lord G. Bentinck nd The Cu rrier, 6 yrs (Rege rs) • 3 Mr. Herbert's Arctic, aged .............................. .." 4 Mr. Sadler's Belissima, aged ........................... ." Mr. Hobson's Picotee, 5 yrs ............................. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three PIM Mr. Wreford's Wardan , 5 yrs walk eo The City Bowl, added to a Sweepstak es of 5 Soo. e &c. Heats, mile and a half. Mr. Sadler's Belissima , aged ( W. Day) dr 2 dr Mr. Kingston's Defy, 4 yrs Mr. Sadler's f by Ishmael, out of Dewdrop, 3 yrs: LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS PP( LONDON, AUGUST 4.—Wind this day at noon N „ ,,51( 1 ' DEAL, AUGUST 3.—Wind, N.N.E., moderate. Ann, Mundill, Jamaica. P L YMOUTH, AUGUST 2.—Wind variable. —A '' r ' Hoer, Mont Video. F op ALMOUTH, e AUGUST 2.—Wind E. light breeZes' Sid., Liverpool (steamer), Alexandria. PADSTOW, AUGUST I.—Sld. Clio, Quebec. STOCKTON, JULY 28.—51 d., Hammy, Quebec. _,.110 BOMBAY, JUNE 18.—The Vansittart and Cornw;eeo East Indianian, laden with cotton for China, has'e d the totally destroyed by fire, the one on the 3d, an P f other on the 10th instant. The Kate, coal IgtleP.:4o Oden, took fire, but it was extingui shed before •"." damage was done. THE HAGUE, AUGUST I.—lt see ms that 1 , - ./J of Baron Van Steckereen has not been purchased it Court of Nassau, but by his Majesty William said, however, that it is resented to the Princ e ho e • P l itt . c on ir t V in e u ea are eo happy tboolreeaarnfteTahterhmeraßrnoaygael. 1" A 41••••• 144 SPLEJ 'This %Mount The t don e an action, for the 1 , t on t 1 0 1 ' a fo vviden e , Thus I/% ( BI th , The] -43 nu A s very v Th to 131 vri , c ould Itecou eas. .i on tse vel Whi c wi t h th e ' t‘e(l, Vl4tl 6tre Vol] did: sa lt felli , toe( • ,but kit • lea( ha, brf Lie Ile Ti Anal A- ; k tt a 13 , to pr axe .. ehn • ti 11 9. y~'C "F,--