The Sun. — London, England, 1834-08-08 00:00:00

NEW YORK PAPERS. (From the New York Evening Post of July 16. Had the Bank consented to pursue the course which it is mow about to take, three or four months ago ; had it never ex •erted itself to create pecuniary embarrassment, and to spread panic and confusion among commercial men ; there would have been some ground for the fulsome praises which are bestowed on it now, for adopting a course of policy absolutely forced mpon it by the prosperity of the country and of all surrounding institutions. Mr. Biddle comes forward to relieve the com munity when they have been relieved without any assistance from him, and do not care a fig's end for his aid. He is willing to extend his loans when money is so plenty that merchants can get what they please from other sources—that is to say, he is willing to step in and share the profit of lending money, when he finds his grand scheme of coercion wholly without avail, and that the country prospers in spite of him. DREADFUL RIOTS. Saturday Morning, Two o'Clock.--July I. The worst anticipations of the day have been realized. For ye hours our city has been the prey of an infuriated mob, or ether mobs, who have been carrying destruction before them every direction. All the efforts of the watch and of the military, as they were conducted, have not availed to stay the work of desolation, nor scarcely to retard its progress. Pro bably not less than 1,000 troops have been on duty, including two squadrons of cavalry—but so general was the impression among the mob of the illegality of firing upon them without the presence of the Governor, that they were rather disposed to laugh than to tremble at their approach. Mr. Tappan's store was attacked at half-past nine last even ing, by a number of boys and men, who fired volleys of stones and broke the upper windows, but did not attempt to force the doors. On the first appearance of the watch they scattered, and after standing about in squads for some time, dispersed, and before eleven o'clock had all withdrawn to other scenes of ac tion. The missiles, only in one instance, were sufficiently powerful to break the window-shutters. Between ten and eleven a large mob assembled at Doctor Fox's church in Laight-street, and smashed in the doors and windows, and demolished the interior of the building. From the church they proceeded to Charlton-street, where he re sides, but a strong detachment of watchmen was placed in a line across the east end of the street, and prevented all ingress to it. After remaining some time about Charlton-street, the mob proceeded to Spring-street, and attacked the Rev. Mr. Ludlow's church, the doors and windows of which they began to batter in, when a small party of watchmen arrived and put a momentary stop to their proceedings, and took one or two of the ringleaders into custody. Thoir companions, however, soon liberated them, beat the watchmen off, and maltreated some of them. They then recommenced the work of destruc tion, broke in the doors, shattered the windows to atoms, and entered the church. In a short time they broke up the inte rior of it, destroying whatever they could. The Session House adjoining shared the same fate. About half-past 11 a strong detachment of cavalry and infantry arrived on the ground, and the cavalry charged at full gallop against the fret barrier, which gave way, and they passed on to the second, against which several of the horses fell before they got through it. They then cleared the middle of the street, and the infantry took possession of the church, the interior of which was already nearly demolished. Between 11 and 12 o'clock, a detachment of the mob pro ceeded from Spring-street Church to the Rev. Mr. Ludlow's house in Thomson -street, between Prince and Houston, broke the windows and doors, but were prevented from going in by the arrival of a squadron of cavalry. Mr. Ludlow and his ftmily were out of town. About 11 o'clock, another mob attacked St. Philip's Afri can Episcopal Church, in Centre-street, Rev. Peter Williams, a coloured man, pastor, and demolished it almost entirely, in cluding a fine organ. The furniture they took out, and burned it in the street. The windows of the African Baptist Church in Anthony street, were broken to atoms. The African school-house in Orange -street, which is also used as a Methodist meeting-house was totally demolished. About nine o'clock a detachment of the mob at the Five Points commenced an assault upon a small wooden building in Orange, near Bayard-street, occupied as a barber's shop, by a coloured man, named Marsh, the front and interior of which they soon demolished. The black intrepidly kept possession of his premises, discharging a pistol three times at his assail ants, the last of which unfortunately took effect, and severely wounded Elisha Spence in the leg, as he was passing on the opposite side of the street, on his way home. The rioters then joined the main body in Leonard-street. A strong body of the watch shortly afterwards arrived at the spot, and succeeded, with little difficulty, in putting the rioters to flight, • and dis persing a much more numerous body of spectators. We learn from Newark, New Jersey, that a tumultuous proceeding of a kindred nature with the riots in this city took place there last evening. The Rev. Mr. Weeks ; it seems, the Pastor of the fourth Presbyterian Church, was about to preach a sermon in favour of immediate abolition, and had ascended the pulpit for the purpose, accompanied by a black man. A mob, following the example of the rioters here, broke into the church, put the congregation to flight, tore the interior of the edifice to picces, and dashed the windows to fragments. " AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. " Dismststra.—The undersigned, in behalf of the Executive Committee of the ' American Anti-Slavery Society,' and of other leading friends of the cause, now absent from the city, beg the at tention of their fellow-citizens to the following disclaimer : ".1. We entirely disclaim any desire to promote or encourage intermarriages between white and coloured persons. " 2. We disclaim and entirely disapprove the language of a hand bill recently circulated in this city, the tendency of which is thought to be to excite resistance to the laws. Our principle is, that even hard laws are to be submitted to by all men, until they can by peaceable means be altered. " We disclaim, as we have already done, any intention to dis solve the Union, or to violate the constitution and laws of the coun try, or to ask of Congress any act transcending their constitutional powers, which the abolition of slavery by Congress in any state would plainly do. " July 12, 1834. " ARTHUR TAPPAN. " JOHN RANKIN." JACKSON MoNEY.-.The Bank papers, since the Gold Bill passed the Senate, have left off their marvellous witty jokes about " Jackson money." They have done the deed, however, and it is now too late to repent. The name of Jackson is now identified with metallic money, and those who bestowed the cowmen by way of ridicul e wou ld be glad to withdraw it again ; but the people - will not let them. They are opposed to Bank rags, and ilia favour of " Jackson money." HIGH IN ATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 55 minutes after 4. I Evening ...... ...I5 minutes after 5 COURT CIRCULAR. Prince Talleyrand had an interview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign-office. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgic Minister, also visited his Lordship yesterday. Captain Mackinnon ( Aide-de-Camp to Lord Aylmer, the Governor of Lower Canada) had an interview yesterday with Mr. Secretary Rice, at the Colonial-office. Several Irish members of the House of Commons had an interview yesterday with Viscount Althorp. Despatches from the Marquis of Sligo, the Governor of Jamaica, and also from the Governor of the Bahamas, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Earl Bathurst has arrived in town from Cirencester. Mr. Saintsbury, secretary of the West India body, transacted business on Wednesday at the Colonial-office. In the reign of George 11. the Legislature made a vigorous effort to root out gin -drinking ; but Tindal tells us that within two years the act for that purpose had become " odious and contemptible ;" and it was stated by Lord Chol mondeley, then one of the ministers, in his place in the House of Peers, that at the very moment when gin-drinking was pro scribed, and the most vigorous efforts were made by Govern ment to carry the law into effect, above 7,000,000 gallons of gin were annually consumed in London and its immediate vicinity; and that the officers employed to prevent the illegal sale of spirits were hunted down like wild beasts, and some times even murdered in open day 1 Yet—for folly would seem to be everlasting—hereve have a committee of a reformed House of Commons recommending a recurrence to a measure productive of such results 1 Perhaps Mr. Burke went too far when he affirmed that the alembic was " a benefit and a bless ing." But it is absurd to contend, because spirits are occa sionally abused, that they are uniformly injurious. We might as well propose that the press should be proscribed, on the ground of its being employed to print rubbish like this report, as that distillation should be put down, that the intoxication of a small portion of the dregs of the populace may be prevented. (ADVERTISEMENT. PATENT SOAP COMPANY.—An experiment has been made within the last few days, before the Committee and others connected with this Company, which has far sur passed their most sanguine expectations. It was ascertained that the article could be produced at a lower price than was originally stated by the patentee ; the cleansing qualities have been proved to far exceed that of common soap. It is more cleanly in its appearance and use, and in addition a very im portant quality has been discovered, which of itself renders the compound almost invaluable, and cannot fail to command an immense sale, viz., that it can be used in salt water with almost equal effect to that of soft water. We beg to remind our readers that the Share List will be closed on the 21st of August, after which day no more will be allowed except upon such terms as the Committee may think proper. The shares, we understand, arc being taken up with great avidity. A MISERLY FRENCH DUKE AND A SHABBY KING of THE FRENCII.—The following anecdote will demon strate the penurious habits of the present King of the French : —Louis Philippe being in London several years a go , entered a bookseller's shop in Holborn, where he thought he was not known, and asked for a work on the naval affairs of England. The bookseller, who had not a copy left, told the Duke to call again, and promised to find it for him. The Duke did call again, and the bookseller, who had been fortunate in procu r i ng the vol umes , as k e d f our poun ds. Louis Philippe offered two pounds ; this Jewish offer the bookseller declined, and meanwhile Louis Phillippe bargained for a three shilling book, which he immediately paid for ; but before quitting the shop he addressed himself thus to the bookseller, " As I have given you a great deal of trouble, I leave you this three-shil ling book as a compensation." Having said this, the Duke d'Orleans walked out of the shop, leaving the little book behind. The bookseller followed him to the hackney-coach stand opposite his shop, and threw it into the hackney-coach, where the French Prince was already seated, apparently not displeased by receiving the three shilling volume. The book seller has still on hand the naval books which Louis Philippe ordered. —Morning Advertiser. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1834. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, evidently repenting of the vast change produced in the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill by the rejection of the 70th clause, relative to bastardy, and seeing the imprrapriety of defeating a principle sanctioned in the Commons by a majority of 114 to 39, gave notice the other evening of his in tention to move certain amendments on the third reading, which might remedy these inconveniences, and mitigate the hardship that would be in flicted on the woman by such injustice and partiality. As public business, however, required his presence elsewhere, the Duke of WELLINGTON undertook to move the additional clauses on the third reading of the Bill this evening, and candidly stated his reason for adopting such a course. We objected from the beginning to that part of the Bill as it originally stood, and contended that, considering its cruelty to wards the woman, its unmerited lenity towards the man, the general feelings of human nature, and the vast expense to which parishes would be put by un principled men, those provisions of the Bill could never be carried into effect ; and it is some gra tification to find that after all the long speeches in favour of the principle, after all the alterations, the adoption of amendments, and the rejection of these amendments,—the House of Lords, at the last stage of the Bill, has seen the necessity of further alterations, and the propriety of rendering something like justice to the injured female, without letting the heartless seducer escape. The Duke admitted the extreme hardships of that part of the Bill towards the woman, and the expediency of softening them down in con formity to the feelings of the public, and the feel ings of a vast majority in the House of Com mons. Had he always judged of the feelings of the public as he has done at last on this occasion, he might yet have been prime minister of England ; but how, indeed, could there be any doubt, even at the commencement of the discussion, what opinion every impartial man would pronounce on a measure so fraught with severity and injustice ? No people in the world have a keener sense of justice than the English, and their leaning naturally is always towards the weaker party. With what reason, then, could it be expected that they would sanction a law, or stand by and see it carried into effect, which would consign the victim of seduction to a workhouse, overcome by poverty, heart-broken with her own degradation, loaded with sorrow and shame, and ruined for ever in the estimation of her friends, —while the man that caused her ruin by false promises and insidious designs, should in the eye of the law be regarded as comparatively blameless ? The human mind revolts at such injustice ; and in England there would have been but one universal cry of indignation raised against it. Though the proposed amendments scarcely go so far as the rejected clause, and not so far in our opinion as justice demands, still they will do much to " soften down the extreme hardship" of that part of the Bill. From the low tone of conversation in which the alterations were adverted to in the House last night, their precise extent - could not be ascer tained, but enough was heard to justify the belief that they will obviate the chief objections. According to what transpired, the proof against the man is to be taken at the Quarter Sessions, and not as now, at the Petty Sessions or police offices. The oath of the woman is not to be allowed without other evidence, and on the evidence being satisfactory, the man is to pay for the maintenance of the child. In the case of a second offence, and when there are grounds for believing that the woman is irre claimable, the Bill as it now stands is to be allowed to take sits course. The Bishop of EXETER has an amendment to propose, the object of which is to reject all the bastardy clauses, and leave the ex isting law, with all its absurdities, untouched ; but such an amendment is utterly hopeless, and it would be therefore better for the Right Rev. Prelate to withdraw it at once, and render his cordial assistance in making the new enactment effective as a check on immorality, and at the same time consistent with justice and mercy. Those among our readers who have any predilec tion for curiosities, will receive abundant gratification from a perusal of the Report of the Select Com mittee on Drunkenness. It is really a unique produc tion, and might almost tempt one to believe that it had been penned under the influence of that very intoxica tion which it so zealously denounces We cannot define its character better than by saying that it is the perfection of twaddle. From a few sanctimonious ex pressions in it, as well as from its desperate defiance of all consecutive reasoning, and the full and entire igno rance of the state of the country that it puts forth, with lavish generosity, in every paragraph, we more than half suspect that Sir ANDREW AGNEW has had some share in this droll composition. At any rate, it is worthy of that blessed Baronet in his most inspired moments—which is saying a good deal for it. _ The object of the Report appears to be two-fold, first, to horrify, secondly, to assuage the feelings of those among its readers who may be afflicted with an undue portion of nervous sensibility. For instance, it sets down the crimes engendered by drunkenness at 24, and the remedies at 33,—which is in the very handsome and consolatory proportion of 24 remedies for every 1 crime. Some of the crimes, however, arc of such a vague and enigmatical character that there is no grappling with them ; and the same may be said of the remedies, which, as puzzles, are entitled to the pre-eminence even over that celebrated one of Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S own " Sphynx." Both would make capital riddles for next year's pocket-books. Among the results more expressly attributed to drun kenness, we find " extensive loss of property by sea,"— " the comparative inefficiency of the army and navy,"— " the injury to national reputation abroad,"—" the re tardation of all improvement,"—the hindering of edu cation,"—the violation of chastity,"—and the " loss of personal beauty 1" This, it must be confessed, is an appalling catalogue, though we cannot, for the life of us, make out how its different items apply to drunken ness more than to any other folly or crime. As for the pathetic allusion to the inefficiency of our naval and military forces, we simply beg leave to remind the Com mittee, that addicted to " deep potations" as both may be, still the one annihilated at Trafalgar, and the other at Waterloo,the power of the most sober kingdom in Europe ; whence we infer that there is a redeeming virtue in b aro°. which more than counterbalances any iniquitous quality that the Committee may suppose to reside in it. Again, why should " violation of chastity" be laid exclusively at the door of drunkenness ? Men of the world know right well that the seducers of female innocence are not your reckless, tipsy fools, but your cool, wary roues, who are too experienced in such matters to be ever thrown off their guard by intoxi cation. For one atrocity of the sort perpetrated by a tipsy man, ninety-nine are the result of sobriety and premeditation. BACCHUS in his inspired moments has always been held to be the foe, not the ally, of VENUS. But the Committee, who are philosophers, and fond of theory, think otherwise. With regard to the " loss of personal beauty," unquestionably this is a visitation to make one shudder; still, even here, "there is balm in Gilead," for we cannot take it on our conscience to say, that we ever remember one single instance of an Adonis having been turned into a Gorgon through the influence of "strong waters." WILLIAM PITT lost none of his " personal beauty" by his bibulous propen sities, though BARDOLPII and SHERIDAN may each have gained a nose by them. Come we now to the remedies for all these multiplied horrors. Two of the most notable ap pear to be—first, the establishment of Temperance Societies, the prime article of whose creed is to be a- full and • lively faith in the virtues of water ; secondly, that all spirit-shops should be thrown open to public view, so that the worldmay receive the prop er amoun t o f disgust by a fine full-length view of ever y s i nner who may chance to enter these abod es o f a b om i na ti on . Of the first of these remedies we say not hi ng , i t b e i n g noto rious that many members of Temperance Societies are two-bottle men ; but the last, we are convinced, will never answer any other purpose' than that of throwing three kingdoms into convulsions of laughter. Conceive a thirsty Patlander, fatigued with a day's toil, turning away from the. rurchase of a glass of his favourite whiskey, because some two or three dozen temperate individuals may be inquisitively watching his move ments through a pair of spectacles ! Conceive the blush that would bepaint his Hibernian countenance at being detected in the act of premeditating such an enormity Foremost among the remote causes of drunken ness, the Committee place the celebration of bap tisms, marriages, funerals, holidays, festivities, and such-like national atrocities--evidently implying, there fore, that these customs should be discontinued. Oh, " merry England I" what would become of thee and thy nut-brown October ale ;—what of thy social Christmas, and jolly harvest-home, were cant like this once to gain the upper hand in thy Legislature ! But this ANDREW AGNEW spirit must not be per mitted to make head, or it will turn a bold, happy, social community, into one- of saints and hypocrites. We hold with FALSTAFF rather than with BUCKINGHAM on this point. Not that we are advocates of drunkenness, God forbid ; but we are averse to that prying, canting, teazing spirit of Legis lation, which cannot let well alone, but is constantly, like Paul Pry, intruding itself where it is least needed. For Heaven's sake, Mr. BUCKINGHAM leave the poor to enjoy themselves as they think best. It is almost the only privilege they have left ; do not then deprive them of it, or saddle them with an excommu nication, merely because they have no faith in the wisdom of Temperance Societies. We say nothing of the bungling, illogical man lier in which the Report is drawn up ; but we cannot close without observing that it a t tr ib utes every folly, every vice, and every blunder under hea ven exclusively to drunkenness. The Committee ap pear to have drawn it up with their hair standi ng on end at the bare thought of such an unprecedented enormity. According to them the worship of Bacch us is the one only crime for which this country will stand accountable at the tribunal of after ages. Yet even here they make discreet distinctions. There is not the slightest allusion to the tippling at aristocratic clubs and mess-rooms ; the vials of the Committee's wrath are exclusively devoted to the poor man's cor dial at a spirit-shop. If he venture• on the sin of swallowing a single glass, they take special care that he shall swallow an anathema along with it. In the House of Commons last night, Lord AL THORP brought up a message from his MAJESTY, to the effcet that having taken into consideration the present state of reversion of estates, accruing to the Crown by reason of attainder in Ireland, his MA JESTY had given directions to bar all such reversions. This generous sacrifice, which will be fraught with the greatest benefit to the landowners of Ireland, was warmly and deservedly applauded by men of all parties —by none more warmly than by Messrs. SIIAw and O'CONNELL. We understand that the Spanish Ambassador re ceived favourable accounts last night from Madrid to the Ist inst. We have received the whole of the Paris papers of Wednesday, with accounts from Madrid up to the 29th of July. The only particular they bring us which can properly be classed under the head of .News, is a telegraphic dispatch in the Moniteur, bearing date August the 3d, from St. Jean de Luz, to the effect that EL PASTOR informed the Magis tracy of that town, that on the Ist of August the Car lists were attacked and'driven towards Iturgoyen with great loss, and that the Queen's forces were pursuing them in all directions. The insurgents, under ZAVALA, had previously suffered a defeat at Egbar,a considerable town, which they had attacked on the 27th ultimo, in expec tation of -carrying it by storm, but the inhabitants so gallantly defended themselves, that, after a few hours desperate fighting, the Carlists were obliged to betake themselves to their heels, which happily succeeded in carrying them out of the reach of their brave pur suers. Twelve of the insurgents were killed, and about fifty wounded. The Madrid papers, in speaking of the conspirators who are about to be brought to trial, are unani mous in thinking that none of the chief parties implicated will be condemned, as the evidence against them is very inconclusive. They are, more over, of opinion that there was much less danger in the whole affair than was at first imagined, as the young QUEEN has not braver or more loyal subjects than the individuals now under arrest, At all events, their not being implicated in any plot with the Carlists is greatly in their favour, as is the well-known chivalrous devotion of PALAFOX to the glory of the Spanish name. We have received the Brussels papers. The Cabinet has been reconstructed, by the accession of four Ministers in the room of those who had resigned. The House of Representatives has risen, and the sitting will not again commence till the 15th of October, which is a month earlier than usual. The reason of this departure from the usual time of meeting is stated to be the anxiety of the new Ministry to try their strength in the House. It is further reported, that should General VAN HALEN, the Belgian officer implicated in the Spanish conspiracy, stand in need of such as sistance, the Government purposes applying for his release. What is particularly strange in VAN HA LEN'S arrest, is, that he is of the most High Tory principles. We learn from the Augsburg Gazette, of the 2d instant, that Syria has openly revolted against the power of IBRAHIM PACHA, and that in Damascus many of the troops deserted to join the rebels. MEHE MET Am had ordered a part of the army to march in defence of his newly acquired power ; and, according to the same authority, was under no very pleasant ap prehensions, lest the PORTE should take advantage of the critical state of his affairs, and order an army into Egypt. We will await other arrivals before offering any comments of this state of affairs in the East. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, Aua.6. Five per Cents., 105 f. 70c. 95c. 1061. Four per Cents., 93f. 962 f. 75c. Three per Cents., 75f. 53c. 25c. 45c. National Loan, 105 f. 70c. Bank Actions, 1,760 f. ' Rente de Naples, 93f. 93f. 10c. Roman Five per Cents., 944%. Rente d'Espa g ne, Five per Cents., 35 31% 25. Rente d'Espa g ne, Three per Cents., 34 34% at Royal Spanish Loan, 6455 Rente Perpet. d'Espa g ne, Five per Cents., 49 50% 49%. ' Bel g ian Loan, Five per Cents., 93%. Haytian Loan, 275 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. ; money, —f. —c. Three nionths, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f 15c. • —Cours ifutlientique German Papers contain some idle speculations on the prospects of success that the French and English fleets would have in case they combined to force the passage of the Dardanelles. A Russian spirit breathes throughout the article. BERLIN, JULY 26.—The Morning Chronicle says that Lord Palmerston, in answer to the inquiry of the Russian Cabinet respect ing the object of the English naval armament in the Mediterra nean, replied that it Witt ih the first Me for the practice of the crews; but that it had also been thought advisable to send those ships to that quarter where circumstances might unfortunately ren der their presence most necessary. In Paris and Berlin, as well as in England itself, persons supposed to be well-informed, speak much more positively of the plan of operations of the French and English fleets to be united in the Mediterranean, as it has been concerted between the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries. They affirm that the combined fleets Will have 8 or 10,000 troops on board ; net With to 1111111 a force to make themselves masters of Oftistantinople, but to take possession of the Dardanelles, and thus compel the Sultan and the Russian Emperor to dissolve the offen sive and defensive alliance atibiihtitig between them. Iti order to obtain this object, say they, a fleet with bomb-vessels is not suf ficient; for when Admiral Duckworth ) in 1807, , with eight ships of the line, fair frigates, mid many smaller VeSSeIS I forced the pas sage of the Dardanelles without loss, the fortifications were hi the most wretched condition, ligt ill the short interval from the 20th of February to the 2d of March, the Turks, with the assistance o Settle, Frefficii Older§ then at Con stantinople, had Olt the 6f the 1 art:l6lolW into ittich a good condition, that on the last named day the English Auniiral could not effect his retreat without loss, arid was obliged to confess that in a week litiff it ikettld have been itiiliotsibte. The "resent plan of the French and English is said to be to attack the forts of the Dardanelles by land, as well on the European as the Asiatic side, where the works are `stated to he 4ier . , *exit; with the troops on board, and so to obtain . possession of them kin the EUropeati side. The landing is to begin , in the OulYof aroSi in tirdei tel Obtain possession of town of Clalhpoli, whiehiS an important station for the Turkish navy, but imperfectly fortified on the other side. After the conquest of this plVe of the 1:6(10016i, iitilated to the south or it fife to be taken possession a In Asia the com bined fleet is to land the other half of the troops in the Gulf of Adramiti, near Antandros, from which place a short road leads along the sea coast to the forts of the Dardanelles on the Asiatic side, which it is hoped will be tsketi WitliOnt diflietiltit; in this manner the othentiSe dankeroiis passage will he rendered easy to the fleet. All these reatotimgs,,Which com e from persons who are initiated into the policy of the Fretieh Cabinet, take it for granted that the Turks and their allies will not tale the slightest precaution to prevent the projected landings, that they have n ot lately fortified the Dardanelles, arid that they . will not have any a rmy on the tyro sides or ,the,g l iaiti certainly indis putable that if the etfilthified il6et ihoifici successfully execute this plan, it may appear On the following day before Constantinople, and if n egotiation ; fails, may that eilki The etithittiasts at Paris, and the enemy of the Russians (accordi ng t o o u r accounts) go farther, and alre y see in imagination the English and French squadron sail through the channel of Constantinople, penetrate into the Black Sea, and destroy the Russian harhotirt end towns on its coast. I n this they betray a total ighoranee of localities. A large fleet cannot manoeuvre in the Ethane as in other seas. The Pontus, called by the ancients the iiitiOSpitable, is difficult to be navigated on account of the rapid changes of the winds ; and a fleet dispersed by a storiti would find no good harbour in which to seek shelter except those which are either in possession of the Russians, or under Russian influence. The combined squadron will hardly venture into the deep and well defended harbours of Sebastopol and Nicotujeff, nor is it likely that such an attempt would prove to their advantage. But the loss which the Russian empire might suffer by the projected burning of its forts on the South Coast, would probably be very inconsiderable. With the exception of Odessa, there is not in the -whole distance from the mouth of the Danube to the road of Kutsch, a single place of importance that could be bombarded from the sea' side, and Russian houses are built at so small an expense that it is not worth while to expend powder and ball in destroying them. The Allies besides certainly do not flatter themselves with the hope ' that the Russian Government will quietly suffer its towns to be set on fire. They win remember that their ships, as well as the Rus sian houses are made of wood, and are as easily set on flre.—Allge meine Zeitung, Aug. 2, BERLIN, Jula-11,;—Though people continue to talk a great , deal about the measures to be taken respecting the Journals, the Censorship, &c., it appears that all that has been published on the subject is but dreams of idle or timid persons. The wisdom of our Government, and especially the liberality and real magnanimity of that of Prussia, by which censure expressed in becoming language is tolerated, is too well known to allow us to apprehend any thing like what these re ports announce. His Majesty the King we know, on a former oc casion, said in a Cabinet order of Bth February, 1804, " Becoming publicity is the surest guarantee of the Government and the sub ject, against the negligence and ill-will of the subordinate officers." The Government will direct the stream in a peaceful channel, re membering the words of the great Leibnitz, who, in a letter in 160' , , says :—" Public opinion does much, and almost every thing in the world."—Frankfort Papers, Aug. 3. DUTCH FUNDS--AmtvrEnnAnt, Auo. 5. Actual Debt, 2 1, , , per Cent. Amort Syndic, 4y Q per cent. B9 to 8914 Ditto, ditto, 31.6 per cent. Loan (1830) 5 per cent Ditto (1832 and .833) 5 per cent. Lord J. RUSSELL moved last night in the House of Commons, that no new writs should be issued for the Boroughs of Hertford, Warwick, and Car rickfergus, before the 20th February next, which was carried by a majority of 67 to 18. This will show the House of Lords, that if they reject Bills for amending the corruption of Bormighs, the House of Commons will not fail to suspend the writs for them. The Stag (46), Captain Lockyer, sailed from Lis bon on the 26th ult., and arrived at Fahnouth on the sith inst. She left in the Tagus Rear 7 Admiral Sir William Gage in the Hastings, 74. ;;. The Pike, schooner arrived there on the 22d ; and olOthe 25th the Co7oance steamer left the Tagus for Oporto, in company with the vessel in which the Queen of Por tugal and Don Pedro had embarked for that port. Rear-Admiral Sir Blagdon Capel will hoist his flag this day on board the Winchester, at Chatham, and will shortly proceed to assume the command of the naval forces in the East Indies. The Portland, Captain Price, will touch at Tan gier, on her way to the Mediterraneaii, but is not to communicate with Gibraltar. The Firebrand steamer is at Helvoetsluys waiting for her Majesty, who is expected to embark at that port for England on, if not More, the 18th of the present month. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. HOUSE OF COM lIONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at 20 minutes past twelve The O'CONNOR DON presented a petition signed by three Deputy Lieutenants and several Landowners of the county of Mayo, praying to be relieved from the support of the constabulary force ; also a petition from John Bourke, of Porhunna, county Galway, praying remuneration for certain losses, which we could not dis tinctly hear. WESTMINSTER HALL. The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from certain owners of flag quarries in Caithness, praying that these flags would be employed in paving Westminster Hall, as they effectually resisted damp. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Colonel EVANS presented a petition from the churchwardens and parishioners of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields against the system of military flogging. The Hon. Member contended that corporal punishment was most cruel and degrading, and that it was quite inefficient in preserving military discipline. He instanced the system pursued in France and Russia, where the discipline of the army was most excellent, and where flogging was unknown. He trusted that some measure would be adopted by which this most abominable system of punishment would be put an end to. What he (Colonel Evans) would propose as a substitute was, that a greater power should be given to commanding officers in placing the men in soli tary confinement, mulcting them in their pay, and allowing them nothing but bread and water. He would also suggest that the men should be punished by hard labour, and by being sent to the co lonies abroad. He thought the system of granting discharges in the British army was founded upon error—the good man, who had the means, was allowed to purchase his discharge, but the com manding officer could not take any steps to rid the regiment of a bad man. This system should be altered completely, and after the improper characters had been sufficiently punished by being sent to the penal settlements for a certain time, or some other pu- nishment of that nature, they should be completely got rid of.— (Hear.) He trusted that the commission, which was about to he appointed for the purpose of inquiring into this subject, would be attended with those effects which the public anticipated from it. Mr. DENISON said he had a petition to present upon the same subject from -. He was most anxious that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite would give some statement relative to the fainting of some of the men at the late punishment of Private llutchison, as it would tend very much to allay the excitement that existed out of doors. When public sympathy was so much aroused by punishment of this nature, when the offender was looked izpon as a victim to cruelty and oppression, it was time that it should be put an end to, and some other system introduced in its stead. He hoped his Right Hon. Friend would take that opportunity, of as miring the House, that prompt measures would be taken to bring the Subject under inquiry. Sir JOHN BYNG was glad to find that the subject had been discussed with so much good temper and moderation on the present occasion. Had that course been pursued on fewer occasions, it would have tended much more to forward the views of the oppo nents of the system. He believed that many of those Members who had voted in the majority when the question was under the consideration of the House, had done so under the impression that some steps Viotild be taken to abolish the punishment of flogging. He could inform the House that the officers of the army were as anxious as any men for the abolition of corporal punishment—so anxious that when he n the command of a regiment, he was com of imperative upon the pelled to make the infliction officers. With respect to the opinions f Sir J. C. Hobhouse upon this subject, he ( Sir John Byng) min : state that that Right Hon. Baronet was as averse now as he had ever .2fen to the infliction of corporal punishment. The Hon. and Gallant 8ar...7 1et then concluded, by stating that he was sure that this grievance would be soon done away with under the present Government, the only anxiety being that it might not be abolished so hastily as to cause danger. Sir E. CODRINGTON congratulated the House on the altered tone of the debate upon the present occasion, as they now saw some prospect of the discussion leading to some practical result. He agreed with the Honourable and Gallant Baronet that the officers of the Army and Navy were most anxious to have corporal punishment done away with. He himself had often nearly fainted when compelled to witness the infliction of such punishment.—(Hear.) With respect to the issuing of a commission, he thought it would be better if it should be com posed partly of civil and partly of military men, at least, it was ab solutely necessary that there should be some military men upon it. He complained of the clamour against those officers whose unpleasant duty it had been to order the infliction of corporal punishment, however repulsive it might be to their own feelings—it never occurred to Hon. Members to blame the civil magistrates for the performance of their duties. He again congra tulated the House upon the prospect which was now held out to them, and expressed a hope that it would soon lead to some practical result. Mr. BUCKINGHAM said that the great cause of crime and insubordination in the Army and Navy was the drunk enness that prevailed so generally among the men. If the House wished not only to do away with corporal punishment, but to the causes thatgave rise to it, they must endeavour to raise the character of the men, which could be best done by opening the highest walks of the army to them, and enabling them, by good conduct and attention to their duties gradually to rise from the ranks to the office of commander. Colonel LEITH HAY said, with reference to the late punish ment of private Hutchinson, that the crime of drunkenness could not, except under peculiar circumstances, be tried by a re gimental courtmartial ; it was therefore necessary that he should be tried by a District Courtmartial. The gallant offi cer who had superintended the punishment had, therefore, no op tion, but was bound to see that the punishment ordered by the Dis trict Courttllartial was carried into effect. Mr. WILKS expressed a hope that the statements which had been made to-day would be satisfactory to the public at large. It was clear that the feelings of the public would not much longer be outraged by the infliction of corporal punishment, the result Of svhich had always been to increase crime instead of diminishing it. He agreed with the Hon. Member for Sheffield, that they must endeavour to introduce into the army and navy a superior bddy of men, instead of the refuse of the gaol and- the wt „,; ,, ouse ; and, by encouraging good conduct and honourable ambition, oen a . I ,zrect of rising to a higher station. Alts; AvßicEity sorry that so many mis-statements had been ttidcl6 ill thfi ptiblie prints , :srecting the punishment in flicted Upon the soldier tititchitootb Mr; SINCLAIR Jollied that the infliction of corpora:unish would be ihithediateli dono away' with, as it was too bad to .7 tani c me ! it a punishment which even thOsd siglin inflicted it could not witness without disgust and abhorrence.—( Cheers. After a few words from Sir S. Whalley, Sir T. Treithridge, Mr. Ashley; Captain Gordon, and Mr. Ruthven, Mri MACE expressed his gratification at the tone and temper displayed throughout this debate s as it was calculated to effect, more than any other mode, a satisfactory issue of the question. Hehad made, from misinformation, a statement of the proportion of the number of soldiers who had passed through the gaols of the country; it was not one fifth, but one tenth, and that was a frightful proportion.— (Hear, hear.) In respect to the coniposition of the Commission nothing had yet taken place ; documentary and oral evidence had been collected/ and Government had determined to refer that evi dence to a eammission.---(Hear ) It would be formed in such a manner as would promise a satisfactory result to the country and the maintenailcc of discipline in the army. The precise mode ought, in his.opinion, to be •left with Government, at the same time every suggestion was thankfully received, and information eagerly sought after. The moral condition and habits of The soldier ought to be first corrected, and though he did not believe that the army was more given to drunkenness than any other ,body of men, the best nieans of removing that vice would not to be lost sight of.—He was not not - a military person.(Hear, hear.) — but, he thought they had better get rid of the army altogether, than star tbv aoldiers to commit outrages u p on c i v il society, or violate the discipline Cf the camp.—(Hear, hear.) In justice to the officers of the army, S should say there existed throughout the service a most all9lts disposition to act i n a ccordance Lv...e . ir duty, necessnry to continue mode of -- it should be found , to do -nd he would add that govern.. t is with public opinion on this subject, ment would not shrink , afterdue pooigh investigator:.,. men notwithstanding the odium they might • inc ur Hettr. Colonel WILLIAMS , said that his experience on this subject began above 50 years flo • ago, and no man detested the system of Bogging more than himself, but he feared • ld pc tabandoned i.i is CCM 11Q b e res peLt to incorrigible Offenders. One great means of reducing floggi ng would' be to prevent drunkenness.—(Hoar. ) Colonel EVANS suggested that different Acts of Parliament peace. The be ma d e f o r t h e times of wa r and The petiti on was th en l a id upon the table; and it being three o'clock, the SPEAKER left the Chair. LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, Jinx 26.—The Chronica of to-day, contains a report to the Duke of Braganza by Senhor Agostinho Jon Friere, dated July 1, on the necessity of new regulations for the Military Arsenal, with the project of a decree on the subject; the beginning of which, divided into 2 chapters, 11 articles, and 80 sections, is given. The Gazette contains also an official notice of the operations of the Liberating Army, dated Oporto, July 26, 1833. This report of the operations, from the sth of July to the 25th, ends with the de feat of Don Miguel's army under the command of Marshal Bonr mont on the 25th. It ills ten columns.—Lisbon Gazettes, to July 26, inclusive. PRICES OF STOCKS THE Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 901% 3 per Cent. Cons...-. ......... 90 % 1A 3% per Cent. 99 Ditto Red. (6 1C4ii New 3% per Cent. Assented 100 9:144 4 per Cent. [Dissented 101%% Rank Long Annuities to expire Jan. 3, 1860 17 % 5 /6 Oct 10, 1861 l7 v-46 Jan. 5, 186^ 16 1-16 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 188 1 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds .. lOl% Belgian Bonds 99 Ditto Account 9BIA Brazilian Bonds 7B Ditto Account 78% Buenos Ayres Bends 32t4 Ditto Account 3; Milian Bonds 3 l, Ditto Account 304: Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 3O Ditto Account CO k Si) Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds ~.•• - Ditto Bonds, 3925 • - 3:1% Ditto Account _ Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 32 Ditto Account 32 Ditto, 6 per cent 4Q Ditto Account •IS. Nearolitan 94W PRICES OF SHARES MI .8 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. l'er Share. £9 11% ss. at W. pm.) leo 714 150 115 dat 51. pm.) 2.1 :. - 23 20 21 10 13% 10 , 6 4'7, 614 ~. 1 F 4 ms 11% 12 22 4 10 374 49% 4,5 Ws. lid. fit 55 6% Alien Mining Company Anglo Mexican Mining Company (i, Itolanos MiniTt Company Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (Issut Ditto Macatibas Come , Ditto Scrip Ditto St. John del Rey Cata Bran, a Mining Company British Iron Company British Copper Comp ny Columbian Mining Company (issued English Mining Company .Hibernian Mining Company Mexican Mining Company Real del Monte Mining Co., Registered 63/. Ditto Unregistered United Mexican (issued at :1 pm.) Ditto Subscription Ditto New S: rip . London and Birmingham Railway Company l5 London and Greenwich Railway Company 7 Australasia Bank II) at 51. pm.)... Australian Company Canada Company General Steam Navigation Company National Provincial Bank of England Provincial Bank of Ireland Rio Doce Ccmpany Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company 53 V, 18 13 15 25 10 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUG. e. 3 per Cent. Censols 9 l l /4 Grand Canal Deb.. 6 per cent. 913 Ditto Reduced 9 1 14 Ditto, 4 per cent - 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Stock f, 8 34 Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 18.20 34 per Cent. Debentures 91% National Insurance Company - Bank Stock 222t.. City Debentures, 4 per cent... - Royal ('anal Stock Grand Canal Stock ........ - per cent. 93 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 I France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Guern. &Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 1 0 Carthagena 0 0 Holland 1 Dublin 0 0 Jamaica ..... ..... 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Waterford 0 THE SUN IS NOW THE LARGEST DAILY PAPER IN LONDON. ,fit• -• , .11111111 p ' 42 • , - ~~~ n+ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock 26 I% Ditto Bonds l2 11 pm. South Sea Stock 1:2% Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151 -- Exch. Bills, £1,000......42 43 40 pm. Ditto 500 42 43 40 pm. Ditto Small 42 43 40 pm. Ditto Commercial ...... Ditto Advertised — Bank Stock for Account...... --- India Stook for Account f264 Consols for Accoun t gO% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. I Peruvian Bonds at o Account .26 ..• Portuguese Bonds B:l,i Ditto Account B4si Ditto New 80nd5......... 8434 454 Ditto Account SUi, 4 145¢ Prussian Bonds it 1 .;:t Ditto Bonds, 18 . . lOl RURSiall Bonds, 18.' 106.4 Ditto Account lOO% Ditto Metallic Spanish 80nd5...46 510 i 4'4 5 41 , Ditto Account 453 i WA 5 4 Ditto Bonds, 1823 43 Ditto Account 43 4% French, 5 per cent. f. —c. 4 per cent. —f. —c 3 per ce nt. 76f. —c. Exchange 2sf. 40c. Dutch, 444 per cent.' 5l Ditto Account 51% 1 Ditto, 5 per cent ' B % l A' Ditto Account _ ki! 8% THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1834. LIST OF THE MAJORITY Of 69 (Tellers included) on Lord John Russell's Motion trv.v New Writ for Warwick do not issue till the 20th of Februar., 1835. Aglionby, H. A. Althorp, Lord Attweod, T. Paring, F. Barnard, E. G. Barry, G. S. ilainthidge, E. T. Berkeley, C. F. Bish, T. Blake, M. Blamire, W. Briggs, R. l'urton, H. Byng, Sir John Callaghan, 1). Chichester, J. P. B, Colring'on, Sir E. Davi( s, Colonel Dunkin, Sir IL Duncombe, T. Ewart, W. Gordon, R. Hawes, B. Hoskins, K. Howard, P. H. Hume, Joseph Kemp, T. It. Labouchere, H. Langdale, Hon. C. Lennard, B. Lester, B. L Lynch, A. H. Mackenzie; J. A. S. M•Leod, Marjoribanks, S. Maxwell, J. Methuen, P. Murray, J. A. O'Dwyer, A. C. O'Ferrall, R. M. O'Reilly, W. Oliphant, L. Oswald, J. Palmerston, Viscount Pelham, C. A. W. Pepys, Sir C. Perri)), Sergeant Peter, W. Philips M. Potter; R. Price, Sir R. Pryme, Romilly, Russell, Lord J. Ruthven, E. Stawell, Colonel Thomson *. C. P. Tower, C. T. Trotthridge, 4lncent, Sir F. w a li;fr, C. A. Walter, H . WarburtOg, , " Wedgwood, '''' White, S. Wood, U. W- Tm.,LaEs. G . Elliot . Captain Hay, Colonel L. PAIRED il'. Childers, J. W. LIST Qf 20 (Tellers Arehdall, General Brudenell, Lord Gordon, Hon. W. Halcomb, J. Hayes, sir E. Herries, J. C. Hotham, Lord Houldsworth, T. OF THE MINI ieluded) who voted a Mon, S. Murray, Sir G. R.ITY ainst the Motion.. T u llamore, le Vyvyan, sir i'.., 0. 1 Willoughby', o' Perceial, Co:onel Phillipps, C. M. Riofe, R. M. Ross, Charles Ross Stormont, Viscount zsixuas. Goulburn, 11. Shaw, F. PAIRED Orr:, Ashley, Hon. L-P ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. This morning at an early hour the first stone of a new rec,e l 7 house of the Royal Humane Society was laid on the banks ° i v Serpentine River by his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Duke appointed eight o'clock in the morning for the cereakoa). and notwithstanding the heavy rain which fell there was a nu ln , e y ous attendance of the friends of this Society, as well as le strangers present. The Committee of Management made aw 4.l preparations to receive the Duke of Wellington, and the to:,, measures were taken to render the ceremony as little troublesebl'i. as possible.. The new building is to be of the lonic order of ar , - 5 tecture, and will combine all those advantages which practice ea shown most desirable in the resuscitation of the apparently drel o o who may be brought into it. The old receiving house beingdy small and incommodious for the emergencies which so freflus,,- e occur, it was resolved by the Committee of the Royal lb' Society to promote a fund for erecting the new building. , Aer Precisely at 8 o'clock the Duke of Wellington arrived, allo* - 1 ,; inspecting the model of the new house proceeded to the 0 ' 5 , 4 and the coins of the realm having been deposited in the stone , Grace placed a copper-plate on it, on which an inscription Was,,,, e : graved to the effect, that the first stone was laid of the recei,",°a house of the Royal Humane Society, founded by Dr. Haw es ~o * - 0 Dr. Cogan, in 1774, by his Grace the Duke of Wellington , 1 11, ground granted by his Majesty George the Third to the Socis and subsequently extended by George the Fourth. The stone was then lowered, and his Grace the Duke of Wellifig () i ton, in the usual form, with a silver trowel, laid the first s tone the building. As soon as this was done, the Rev. Dr. Dal e d ick vered a short prayer for the prosperity of the Society , ‘ c ,. l3 or a carried deliverance through every clime, and rescued those traij death who might be struggling in the waves ; and imploring th'. tv of Divine Providence in rendering the exertions of the Socle suc Hiscessful. est Grace and the company present then proceeded to the tlid erected for the occasion, within which an elegant breakfast was une out. Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. In the e° di e of the entertainment the Chairman rose to express the thanks I ve i, company and of the Sociel y for the valuable aid his Grace of , 0 lington had rendered, and concluded by proposing the health of Duke of Wellington.—( Cheers.) The Duke of WELLINGTON felt pleasure in assisting at a ,g mony so interesting as the present. He apologised for aPP °I ,I not so early an hour for the ceremony, but his engagements w° ° ' l allow him to have adopted any other course. He felt woo') 0 . the success of the institution, and would do all in his power t0,,,%1 port it. His Grace then proposed a toast, " Success to the ii°Y Humane Society."—( Cheers.) Colonel CLITHEROE returned thanks. and of The healths of Dr. Dale, Mr. B. Hawes, the treasurer , the Chairman, were drank, and the Duke, at about nine o'fau`" left the tent, and proceeded to Apsley House. i s The new receiving-house will be ready to receive pati er 2 s 4, about three months ; it will be a handsome building, from w e signs of Mr. Bunning, the ?..rchitect. The health of Mr. Blackeston, a libfiral subscriber to the ing fund, was drank. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 7, 1834. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) in This morning arrived the Medea steam frigate, Captain Au o ' to 58 hours, from Corunna, bringing a King's messenger with al:o w e, the despatches he carried out in the same vessel some daYs 5 1 01 It is a curious matter, and worth inquiring after, why this en e n ot should have a necessity of communicating with Corunna ; 3t qtr the road to Madrid ; it is a long distance from the seat of o lvl but still it is the spot at which the Canopus of 84 ent landed 1,200 stand of arms. Query—Are these arms to toe roe session of a British commissioner, or have they been sold O l io Spanish Government ? If they are still, in the hands of a 11 10 0 commissioner, this messenger's communication, through the m did of the Medea, may be as to the sort of persons to whom the.oor arms are to be delivered ; but if we really have a comm is° there, what becomes of our assertions of non-interference ?boir4 The Lulworth yacht, with Captain Mingaye on board , ur boca with him three or four foreigners, is cruising in the neighb' lia to between Brighton and the back of the Isle of Wight ; i ibese intercept anything coming from Spain, or whether to P' oo , foreigners on board of some vessel bound to Spain, pot 101 THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CI 0C c A Mexican mail has arrived this morning; she left Vera r tho on the 10th June. The news she brings was anti c ip a ted by express from Falmouth yesterday. see We hear that the Medea steamer, which was despatched t days ago with a King's Messenger, has returned from that poi' 50 hours. The information she brings has not transpired. or The express from Paris this morning does not communica te t he later intelligence from Spain than was yesterday receivecl 3 blot , telegraphic despatch from Bayonne, dated St. Jean de Lee, , f ;jria The French Government have received dispatches from "' re at to the 30th ult., at which period the cholera had resumed a intensity. In other respects the Paris journals are void of 11:,'::1 0 0 , A considerable naval armament was preparing to sail from Rentes higher, 75, 85 ; Spanish, 34. °° By his Majesty's ship Stag, from Lisbon, whence she Oi le vie the 26th, we have accounts that Don Pedro and the Quee n sled for Oporto. All was tranquil at Lisbon. THE . w e suspec t t L-tt severe losses FUNDS will be experienced by roil capitalists and s ecuii;.! p ors, owing to the immense failures a ita tel in the gambling p transactioo in the funds in that capital; it i s oe rP that four principal houses there have lost to the amount of millions of francs. __ Je d the re The accounts from Holland state that Spanish has recede d two per cent. The Carlist letters, received at Paris, are at complete orlir a r ' with the French accounts from Spain, and represent that luna is surrounded by the Carlists. o , o t, Consols, which left off yesterday at 90 1 % for the A ce opened at the same price, and continue so at present. P Spanish, which left of at 46 1 4, opened at 45 3 % to "iv i t !: owing to a report that the Cortes would not acknowledge to 4 4 1 A' extent the Cortes Bonds, caused the above Stock to recede to at present it may be quoted 44% %. 0 HALF-PAST 0 "' 0 • g We have no further arrivals since the morning ; notho 11s5 yet transpired respecting the accounts which the steamier e brought from Corunna. t f Spanish Stock continues very heavy ; in the early p at , ° e nt morning it reached 46 I A ; went down to 44 1 / 4 ; and at pr e r 44% 3 / 4 - ;. Portuguese Stock, 84 1 ,1 2 3 4. / 1 0 Consols continue steady, with no improvement, at 90% the Account. THREE CLOC Consols for the Account, 901 I. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES- FUNDS. India Stock ..... .................. ji Ditto Bonds .......... South Sea Stock ................... Ditto Old Annuities . ......... Ditto New Annuities •••• .. .... 4 .11 ,;o. Ex. Bills, 1f 4U— ........ •••• Ditto 5004 .................. Ditto C5Ol ............... Bank Stock for Act........ India Stock for Opg. ........... Consols for opg. ................. • FUNDS. o' ' Si Portuguese Bonds, 5 per c en t , ;04 Ditto, New Ditto. ........ . . .... Prussian. 5 per cent.. .•••• ...I 04 Russian Bonds, 5 per cent- ' .1 ( Ditto, Metallic ............. •••. ~• 4 , 4 Spanish, 5 per cent ............4> Ditto, 1823... .................... 40(• French, 5 per cent. ......• ot• Exchange ............... '" 05 1 % 9 French, 3 per cent., ............. 98 Dutch, 2, per cent....•••" ... Ditto, 5 per BRITISH Bank Stook 2:22 3 per Cent Red 003 i 3 per Cent Cons 90% 3y v per Cent. cog 84 per Cent Red. 98% New 3% per Cent 08;f 3 4 per Cent. A sented Dissented 101% Long Annuities to expire Jan 1860 Oct 1859 . Jan. 1860. 17 5-16 17 3-16 16 15-16 FOREIG/ Austrian, 5 per cent lOll4 Belgian, 5 per cent S33 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 3O Chilian, 6 per cell* Colurnhian; 6 per cent Ditto, 1824 2944 Danish 74% Greek Bonds, 1825.5 per cent 36 Mexican, 5 per cent , 1825 32 Ditto, 1825, 6 per rent. 4O Peruvian, 6pe cent POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Q 17 . E . 5N- S Q DARE. P es ter, MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A POLICE C ONSTABL E.-- day, Robert Cummins, a most notojeus and desperate e . 00 51 4 f ter, well-known to the police, was civarged with 1 03 ,. lic t i lie cutting and wounding J. Groves, a police constable 0' division.—The prisoner was remanded. Co HIGH LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.--The of Journal of to-morrow, August 9, will exhibit the fir s ii t i ee r , series of papers illustrative of the country life of the ; 0 39 classes, containing sketches of remarkable peragjeore 1, son dialogues bearing upon the events of the day. Thil l 0 00 having been unrivalled in public favour as a record of 1116 of literature, art, and fashion, possessing exclusive sottree6ablo formation and interest, will be found particularly acct.(' i_ i e. tl this season of the year to residents in the country, 11. ., 0 " snit sent by the booksellers and newsvenders free of offr Published for Henry Colburn, by W. Thomas, at the 19, Catherine-street, Strand. fa 9 - i° C URIOUS COINCIDENCE. —When the ‘ egt „,coo Indiaman was on fire in the Bay of Biscay, the l i:Gr e l'ae• command, the prese t Lieutenant-Colonel 'lo,ter —hen all hope of relief ,had. expired, wrote a Da t t ol • their situation, wh;,ch he enclosed in - vide ° scribing . t to the deep. Soon . after no. f e d l upor aescape,nd and committee turn to England, .be was aPP t . ) o ln 2..d at nii s command of the 93d Highlanders', badges, to which place he proceeded intOediat_elPniemcloul its ar rival, or soon after it, the identical bottle . °li an a, a one of the men of the 93rd on the coast of th.: 11 ,, 0 the y then s tat , i p e fot' . , D t centeata brought to the very num who had writl4 ~... AI u e i n th e I , of ea talist