The Sun. — London, England, 1833-09-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Another instance of • the bad faith which characterizes all the proceedings of Spain in her conduct towards the Government of the Queen of Portugal, has just been furnished by M. de Cordova, the Spanish Minister, who was distinctly seen assisting and encouraging the Miguelite troops near Lisbon, when they were defeated by 'Villa Flor. This Minister, who deserved a different treatment, was allowed to embark on board a Spanish frigate, bound for Vigo ; but he has thought proper to land at Figueiras, in order to resume his system of neu trality. He had better take care, however, for should he be caught a second time in the army of Don Miguel, perhaps he may not be allowed so eaGily to escape. Nothing can exceed the barbarous atrocities committed by the Miguelites in their retreat from Oporto. Their advocates here assert that they were justified in destroy ing all the wine at Villa Nova, but what advantage could they gain by blowing up and setting fire to the warehouses ? It was a wanton act of pusillanimous revenge, which will infallibly ruin many families. It is a positive fact that the several detachments which were sent by the Generals of I)on Miguel received orders to destroy and ravage the whole country through which they passed : those or ders were specially ratified to General La Roche Jacquelin, who was directed to destroy and burn everything that offered the least resistance in Alemtejo. Moreover, the declared intention of Marshal Bourmont is to make Portugal a new Vendee ; he has ordered the rebel army to move in the direction of Santarem, and their march is distinguished by the most atrocious cruelty and devastation. The French officers have hoisted the white cockade : they make no secret of their mad project of placing Don Carlos on the Spa nish throne, and excluding the infant Queen, to whom the Spanish nation have so recently sworn allegiance. Don Carlos persists in remaining Portugal, notwithstanding the orders of the King of Spain to quit that kingdom, and repair to the destination that was appointed for him. The Frenchmen, after placing Don Carlos on the throne of Spain, mean to proclaim Henry V. in France, and have chosen Portugal as their first theatre for their magnifi cent achievements. Considerable anxiety is felt by the public, and much more pretended by the false friends of Portuguese liberty, as to the result of Bourmont's attempt upon the capital, with the repeatedly beaten and demoralized re mains of the Miguelite army ; but, in fact, there is nothing to fear : the troops of Villa Flor are animated with the most determined spirit ; his forces are strengthened by troops sent from Oporto, and replenished by numerous levies; the works of defence are carrying on with the greatest alacrity ; the best spirit prevails amongst the people, who are determined not to be ont done by the heroic citizens of Oporto. The following is the opinion of an experienced and distinguished General upon this subject :—" I resided at Lisbon in the year 1823 ; I went over on foot, and observed with the greatest at tention the different quarters and the environs of this capital. I do not think Bourmont rash enough to attack it ; and I am rersuaded that if he ventures to do so, he will be completely beaten, for his forte lies in making la petite gurre a-la•mode des Vendeens. The capture of Algiers has gained him a great reputation, but the glory of that easy conquest is due to the officers of engineers and artillery who served under him.—Times. It is strange that the Speaker, in enume rating the measures that had been completed by the Commons, made no tnention of the Lord Chancellor's admirable law reforms, though the Sovereign thought them worthy of a very dis. tinguished notice. Surely this, if intended as a slight, was a piece of great indecorum ; and yet we can hardly suppose such an omission to have been unintentional. The Speaker, as a lawyer, must be well able to appreciate the value of those reforms, and his constant attendance in his place must have reminded him of the importance which the Members attached to the Bills when under discussion. It is at the same time, we confess, very difficult for us to conceive the Speaker wanting in personal courtesy or in official respect.—Times. What can be the use of Parliament passing what has absurdly enough been called " The Cholera Continuation Act" if nothing is done in the way of precaution to arrest the progress of the disease ? In the absence of any authen tic account, from all that we can gather, there seems good reason to hope that, instead of spreading, the disease has very much subsided ; but if so, no thanks either to the Government or the parochial authorities, neither one nor the other of whom have taken, as far as we can learn, any one step to stay or to arrest its progress, nor can much gratitude be felt, or compliments paid, on the score of medical skill, which somehow or other seems to consider this new disease as an object rather of fear than of investigation, and leave it to run its course free from any interrup .. tion. But in proportion as medical aid is and vAlable, in the same degree are we called upon to provide by every natural means for its dimi• nution and extinction. It is quite clear that the Home Secretary, without creating any unne. cessary alarm, might, on the first reappearance of the disease, have called upon parishes to adopt such means of cleanliness and precaution as are known to have been instrumental in check ingprogress l ast year . T o t hi s en d a con stant itntisn.pection should be kept up of the state toiflotshee partswhole which,from the nature of their in habi:ants, are most likely to genera t e di sease . That nothi ng o f this sort has be en d one i s appa rent froth ace state that the n e i g hh our h oot k alluded to are i n , We would inst a nce th e lower tarts of Westmin er report, tile s:ate of which is such that, accordi ng to cautions were sent to Members of l'arliatp et abandon their public duty ratherlethan.utrgas far a s th e h' g r t i l l 'e n m th to e risk they were exposed t o . generality are concerned, even this kind of r n inn . is thrown away. I\letnbers o f parliament, it is true, have been released f rom the danger; but the Members of the Governm ent , or , t some of them, remain to encount er it, without those obvious remedies the scavenger's cart and a free supply of water being resorted to, or so much as thought of. In a large overgrown me tropolis like this, as well as in our large p ro . vinctal towns, thoEe objects should never be lost sight of; nor should the necessary precautions ever await the moment of alatin which the ap proach of contagion gives rise to. But not to resort to them when the danger stares us in the face is worse than folly, and leaves those who disregard them as much without pity as without excuse.—Morning Herald. We insert in another column the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed ti to inquire into the present State of Agriculture, and of persons employed in Agri culture in the United Kingdom." According to the witnesses examined, " the result of their careful observations is, that during the last ten years especially, the tenants have becOme more and more distressed, their live and dead stocks have been reduced lower and lower, their capital rapidly has be en diminishing, and the land has been so deteriorating, that soils of inferior de scription have been taken out of cultivation al together." This is a gloomy picture. But let us examine it a little more closely. The de scription applies, it seems, to the following dis tricts :—Hampshire, Worcestershire, Glouces tershire, Somersetshire, Herefordshire, South Wales, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Berk shire, Lancashire, and Cumberland. With re spect to Norfolk, Suffolk, Sussex, the Lothians and Scotland, the evidence is either contradic tory or not conclusive ; whilst in Shropshire, Cheshire, Wiltshire, and the Isle of Thanet, the cultivation of the land is represented to be either in an improving condition, or at leas, not dete riorated. Here again we are puzzled. How of neighbouring counties, possessing the same cli mate, nearly the same soil, and having the same market, the one should enjoy agricultural prosperity and the other should suffer agricul tural distress,—this surpasses our comprehen sion. We suspect, after all, that the distress is merely the equalization produced by improved communications, and especially steam navigation. The facility afforded for importing animal and vegetable food from Ireland into Lancashire and Cumberland, must tend to an equalization of the prices in both. If we could conceive a capital of the size and population of London to derive its supplies from its immediate neigh bourhood, prices, and consequently the rent of land, would be very different from what they are now, when it derives much of its supplies even from the most distant parts of the empire. The Edinburgh papers tell us that the facility of transporting cattle to London has lately added greatly to the prices of the Edinburgh market ; but what raises prices in the distant markets tends to lower prices in the London market. We can easily conceive, therefore, that agricul ture may be depressed in one part of the island, and advancing in another at the same time. But improved communications, while they tend to equalize prices, and thus to raise the prospe rity of the remote districts, produce another effect in the nearer districts. The wages of labour do not fall with prices, or rise with prices. Thus the tenant in Kent and Surrey, who pays from one-third to one-half more wages than the tenant in Scotland, cannot lower his wages when his prices are little, if anything, higher than those received by the Scotch tenant. Let us hear what the Committee say respecting the wages of labour :—ln the course of this investigation into the condition of the land and of the farmers, the Committee never lost sight of the condition of the agricultural labourers, on which subject the witnesses were unanimous, and their evidence exhibits a curious anomaly between the condition of the employed and their employers. It appears that in all parts of the country—in the most distressed, as well as in the most prosperous—the condition of the labourers is in no instance worse than it was five or ten years ago ; and that, in most cases, their condition is greatly improved. The wages of the labourers, the witnesses state, have not been reduced in proportion to the reduction in price of the necessaries of life, and in many parts of the country no reduction whatever in their money wages has taken place since the war. This state of things is the more extraordinary, as the super abundance of labourers is represented to be greater than ever, and the numbers out o employ, who are provided for from the poor's rates, are very considerably increased." It is quite clear, that if prices are not much higher in the Home Counties than in Scotland and Ireland, while the Scotch labourer does not re ceive one-half the wages of the labourer of the Home Counties, and the Irish labourer not one-fourth, there must be a strong tem tation to employ capital in agriculture in Ireland and Scotland, rather than in the Home Counties. The wages in Scotland may in time also equal the wages in England ; but this effect will only be produced gradually. We thus see why the capital of the tenants in one part may decrease, while the tenants of another dis trict are adding to their capital. The Conitnittee seem to be much struck with the contrast be tween the condition of the tenant and that of the labourer. " The condition (they say) of the labourers, and of the cottiers (in Ireland), is represented as not corresponding with the improving state of the country, and whilst in England, the agricultural labourer, who can ob tain employment, -has increased his comforts in an inverse ratio to the distress of his employer, the condition of the Irish labourer seems to have retrograded with the progress of cultivation. It must be admitted, however, that the evidence respecting Ireland as well as Scotland, is contra dictory, and is not sufficient to enable us to draw any just conclusion as to the real condition of agri culture in that country." We are glad to find that it is no longer assumed that agricultural distress means the distress of the labourer as well as of the tenant and landlord. The labourer may be thriving while the tenant is fast posting to the workhouse, and the landlord is obliged to make way for the mortgagee. We are not sure that the diminution of capital of the tenantry of the home counties will not produce some beneficial results. When it is found that wages and poor rates are so high that the occupant of a large farm must soon be ruined, a smaller class of tanners must follow. Between this class and the labourer the distance is not great. The labourer, seeing a possibility of raising himself, will be more frugal and careful, that he may become in time a cultivator of the soil. In all the districts where the farms are small, the farmers and labourers understand one another, and there are no glaring abuses of the Poor Laws. A great number of the supposed im provements of agriculture during the last war turn out to be no improvements at all. The theory of agriculture, with regard to rotation of ' crops, &e., is very simple. The great point is skill and diligence. It has been found, during agricul tural di stress i n E ngland, that the small farmers have stood their ground while the large ones have gone into the Gazette. In fact there is an essen tial difference between farming and manufactures. One wheel may set in m ot i o n mac hi ner y on o which one or two thousand rat., e p x e t o e p n l s e i v e ar f e a r e m m e r cannot hav e the vari ployed. B ut in agirii t °terations going on on thousand his farm under hi s eye. must trust to others, rn a l i s i. el e ti o t in re u s n t i l t l y til o i l and whoever is at the mere be defrauded. For one of mercy eof otters will always horn extensive farms is, that feeling between the farmer and labourer has been destroyed ; and the latter, with t h e condition ofi a hopeless serf; gets in time the vices of one. But things will find their natural level. If it be found more profitable to have sni-.11 thin large lams, we shall have small farms. It has, for .R A hundred years past, been found more profitable in Flanders, where the agriculture is tar better than h ever has been in any part of England.- --Morning Chronicle. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. TO-MORROW, Sept. 2. M. 31 (From the London Gazette.) G. K Clark, linen-draper, Bath 2 10 W. Brown, cattle-dealer, Wilmington, Kent T. J. Dimsdale, corn-lictor, Trinity-square J. Jackson, jeweller, Old City Chambers 1 1 - DIVIDEND. W. Crowther, apo• heeary, Sam's-buildings, Islington THE FIRE IN MONMOUTH-STREET. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) It appears that four families occupied the house. Mr. Josephs, his brother and his sister, and Mrs. Josephs, to whom the house belonged, occupied the shop and first floor. On the second floor there were two famili es—a cab-driver, named Pymas, and his wife, who occupied the back room ; and in the front lived the unfortunate family which has perished. In the third floor a carpenter, named Robinson, his wife, and a large family, resided. The origin of the fire is as yet unknown, though therehave been several reports respecting it. Mr. Josephs was the last person up; he had borrowed a newspaper from the opposite puhlic-house, the in mates of which retired to bed at eleven o'clock, and tirey then saw Mr, Josephs reading the paper at the window of the first floor, by the light of a gas lamp near the house. It is generally thought that the fire origitured from some accident with the gas. Mr. Josephs had scarcely gone to bed when the alarm of fire was rai'ed, and he was fortunate enough to arouse his brother and sister, who had gone to bed, and assist them in making their escape. The progress of the flames is stated to have been most terrific, and this accounts for the unfortunate situation in which the family in the front room on the second floor found themselves. It is supposed that their escape was totally cut off before they were arot.sed from their slumber. It had been stated that several persons were found to he missing, and that the bodies of five persons had been discovered in the ruins. It is now, however, beyond a doubt that the total loss of human life is confined to four persons, and that the distressing reports arose from the following circumstances : Pymas, the cabman, and his wife, were generally in bed at an early hour, but on this particular occasion Pymas was compelled to be out late, and his wife had left home to meet him, so that they were both absent when the fire occurred. The carpenter, Ro binson, was likewise out, and his wife and children being alarmed in time, made their way to the trap door in the loft; but their feelings and agony may be imagined, when it is stated that they found the trap bolted in such a way that all their attempts to open it were unsuccessful. They heard the flames rushing up the stairs, and saw the frightful glow of the Ere. The eldest daughter, a girl about 16, was severely burnt, and several of the children scorched; and in this dilemma they knew not what to do, when on a sudden the door was burst in, and they were called on to save themselves. It appears that some of the neig hbours, knowing that there were several lodgers in the house, had got upon the top of the house from their own Idrs, and burst in the trap-door. The eldest daughter was so injured that it was necessary to convey her to the hospital. The mother and other childr.ti were received into the house of a kind neighbour, Mrs. Reed, who keeps n clothes-shop two doors distant from Mr. Josephs', and they were afterwards taken to the workhouse. The whole of their property has been destroyed. Mr. Josephs' furniture and stock were burnt, and it is said they were not insured, but the house, which belongs to Mr. Josephs, was insured. The fire, which completely gutted the house, was got under in half an hour, the adjoining houses hutting sus tained no serious damage. The inquest on the dead bodies will take place this day. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) In addition to the particulars already published of this lamen , able arid tragical event, we have ob tained the following account of the nearly milacu ions escape of a woman named Robinson, who oc cupied the attics in Josephs' house, and her four children, through the heroic conduct of her eldest daughter. Her husband, who is a brass-founder, and works at Mr. Pontifex's in Upper Martin's lane, was returning from Clerken well on Thursday night, when the Sun fire-engine passed him on Holborn-hill, and on inquiring of the driver where the fire was, he ascertained that it was in Mon mouth-street. Feeling anxious about the safety of his own family, Robinson followed the engine, and on arriving in Morimouih-strect, found the house in which he lodged on fire. The whole of the lower part was then in flames, and there was no possibi lity of rescuing his wife and children from the ap parently inevitable destruction with which they were threatened. The flames rapidly communicated to the attics, and, amidst the cries and shrieks of, he wretched sufferers, the whole roof fell in with a tremendous crash, arid every soul in the house was supposed to have perished; however, in a few mi nuses afterwards, the inmates of rite adjoining house were seen bearing out Robinson's wife and children in their arms, they having effected their escape in the following manner :—Robinson's eldest daughter, through some misconduct, was forbidden her father's dwelling, but taking advantage of his absence from home on Thursday night went to see her mother,and just as she was about to depart, the house %vas discovered to be on fire, and the flames had gained such an ascendancy on the staircase as to prevent any person descending from any of the upper apart ments. The daughter, seeing the perilous situation in which her mother, and sisters, and herself were placed, seized a poker, and, jumping on the table, succeeded in making a hole in the ceiling and roof sufficient to admit a person creeping through. The mother then fist ascended, and drew the children up, one by one, after her. On reaching the fourth child she became exhausted, and let it fall. At this time the flames were bursting through the floor in several places, and the child's clothes instantly caught fire. Still the young woman's courage and presence of mind did not forsake her, and, although her own dress was then blazing around her, she seized her sister in her arms, and succeeded in clam bering through the hole on to the roof, and the whole party then took refuge in the adjoining house, and scarcely had they entered it when the flooring on which they had been standing but a few seconds previously, gave way. Mr-. Robinson and the four children were conveyed to St. Giles's workhouse, and the eldest daughter to the Middlesex Hospital,. having b een severe l y b urnt a b out t h e arms an d l egs We are happy to state, however, that she is not considered in any immediate danger. Robinson has lost the whole of his furniture and tools. One house in the neighbourhood of Monmouth street, where the above (buffol fire took place, was a short time since let out to various families, con. sisting of 53 human beings, and yielded a rent to the landlord of between 904 and 1001. per annum. The under-ground floor consisting of one apartment was occupied by one man, one woman, and five children. Ground-floor, two apartments, occupied by two men, two women, and eight children. First-floor, two apartments, stuffed with two men, three women, and five children. Stcond-floor, two apartments, con taining three me ,, , four women, and six children. Garrets, two rooms, occupied by three men, three women, and five hildrr n. Thus it appears that a house—and there*are hundreds let in a similar manner—in a densely populated and extremely un healthy neighboul boo t, consisting of nine small rooms, was occupied by no less than 11 men, 13 women, and 29 children, breathing the air of pesti ience in the dog days; and such is the confined state of the neighbourhood that a breath of air can scarcely enter within its purlieus. The protest against the third reading of the Slavery Abolition Bill by three ConNervative Lords, is uuderstoou to have been drdwn up by a certain ex-Seere tary, wl,o was sent for from the Continent, by express, and who arrived "just in time."j CRITICAL SITUATION OF LISBON, (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) In our last we gave information from Lisbon to the 13th of August, and from Oporto to the 14th ; since then we have the arrivals of the African and Hermes steamers, bringing the progress of events down to the 21st from Lisbon, and the 234 from Oporto; in this period we have two marked occur rences—The recognition of Donna Maria by this country and France on the I.sth, and the business like sortie of Saldanha on the 18th from Oporto, on the rear of the late besieging army. Don Pedro had also summoned the Cortes but how they were to be elected from the country in the command of Miguel's troops is a difficult question to decide. Our letters are not so violent against Don Pedro, and we therefore hope he is acting more conform ably to Palmella's advice, though it is more than strange that that Nobleman has no official appoint ment; it is, however, said he is to be President of the Council. By our Lisbon letter, it will be ob served the Miguelires were advanced to Santarem ; it does not say in what force, but that town is only 47 miles from Lisbon, and is on the Tagus. Two important subjects will occupy the attention of the Cortes,viz., the new Regency and the Queen's marriage. The latter is a most knotty point. It is believed that the wine destroyed by the Migulites does not exceed 2,000 pipes ; and from what we can collect Miguel's troops do not exceed 18,000 men, but they are or can be all concentrated. The Hermes brought a report of the death of the death of the death of the king of Spain, from Coimbra. LisßoN, AUG. 19 —(Private Correspondence). —The telegraph of Monte Gordo, on this side of Santarem, announces that yesterday afternoon the authorities of Santarem left that place, and that the rebels had entered Chdmusca with some cavalry, and it was expected they would enter Santarem that night. S;gned by the Juiz de Fula, principal magistrate. The telegraph of Don Vista, close to Santarem, announces that a countryman who arrived there fiorn Santarem stated that the telegraph at Santarem had been destroyed, and that the Guerillas were in Torres Novas, Golegao, and Chamusca, arid that he saw a number of troops ente. Santarem on that day. TUESDAY, AUG. 20, TEN O'CLOCK, A.M.--A cor vette and steamer, the Doridinba frigate and a brig of war, have been sent up the river; the frigate can not, however, go more than three leagues above the city ; the smaller vessels will get up thirty miles. The guerrillas have entered Santarem and Cartaxo, where they have plundered and murdered almost all the Constitutionalists. A great number of fugitives are arriving this morning from those towns and the surrounding country. - AUG. ha;re only time to say the troops of the line, about 3,000, have all marched from Lisbon on Villa Franca, and the Duke of Terceira will join the army to•morrow or next day. The Govern ment people seem to be quite at their ease on the subject, but the inhabitant., particularly the British residents, who have more or less committed them selves with the Pedroites, are not without appre hensions. The blockade of the Douro is over, arid a soldier-like sortie from Oporto had driven the Miguelites from their works, and some miles on the Valonga read, taking many prisoners; but Lisbon is in jeopardy certainly. It is said Mr. Hopper, the Consul-General, has been re-called, his conduct here having offended your Miguelite faction at home, and your Government has been weak enough to listen to the complaints against him. HAMBURG PAPERS. BERLIN, AUG. 24.—M. Bresson, the French Ambassador, has returned from Dresden. M. Ancellin, Minister of State, has arrived from Top li,z ; Prince Augustus, from the Rhine; arid Major- Gen. Ross (of the Bri , ish service), from Hamburg. AUG. 23.—At t•chweldt, arrangements are making in the Castle for the reception of about fity or sixty Russian civil and military persons of dis tinction, who are expected to arrive there overland by the way of Konigsb:rg. Report says, that the Emperor will arrive there under an incognito, ac companied by Count Nesselrode, and that uur So. vereign, who was to set off from Toplitz yeverday, will have an interview at Schweldt with his Impe rial son-in-law, who, it is said, also contemplates a journey to Vienna. WILNA, AUG. 12.—1 n the month of March, some Polish fugitives, blind instruments of the revolu tionary Propaganda, made an attempt to penetrate into Lithuania, to excite troubles there, and to re plunge the country into the anarchy which it had but lately so happily escaped. One of them, named Michael Wollowicz, collected about ten de serters, or vagabonds, infested the forests, at the head of this band of robbers, and attacked the post waggons. The local authorities soon discovered them, and had no need of the armed force to check their proceedings. The peasants themselves un dertook the task, headed by their landlords. In a few days, the whole band, including Wollowicz, were taken prisoners, and ►n the hands of the Go vernment. Wollowicz defended himself, and with his dagger wounded a man named Kolenda, who was endeavouring to seize him. The criminals were carried to Giodno, tired by a courtmartial, which, after due investigation and proof of the facts, sen tenced them to the lcgal punishmr-nt. Wollowicz, convicted of highway robbery, taken with arms in his hands, and besides convicted of high treason, was hanged, and his accomplices were punished as their crimes deserved. In the course of the inves tigations, the vigilance of the authorities, seconded by the good dispositions of the inhabitants, suc ceeded in discovering other emissaries of the Pro paganda. Three individuals, named Schimanski, Piezakowski, and Ja'kewicz, were arrested at Wilna, Bialystok, and Grodzio. An investigation was made, and the first confessions of these indivi duals leave no doubt of their criminal purposes. The clearest light is, however, thrown on the views of these apostles of murder, by the papers which were taken at the time of their arrest. Among the most remarkable documents is a seditious pro clamation, in which they invited their countrymen to join them, in order to overthrow the Govern ment, and declared that between five and six hun dred of their comrades had been sent into this pro vince, and into the interior of the empire, to excite troubles ; that there were in every part of the em pire agents of all nations who bad similar objects, namely—the overthrow of the existing Govern ments ; the assassination of the Princes, and the highest public functionaries, &c. &c., at the same time they promised that the liberating armies should shortly appear on the Vistula. Lastly, they an nounced the speedy introduction of the Republican Constitution into France, and the murder of the King. In Germany they affirmed the whole nation was in their favour, and that the revolution would soon spread over all Europe. No less remarkable are the instruc tions with which the missionaries were provided re ' specting the mode of forming barals,of regulating high way robbery, and employ the resources, which they roust thus obtain,in increasing the number of their par tisans by all possible means of seduction and cor ruption. Among the indispensable articles with which every emissary must be furnished, were a dagger and a vial of poison. Such are the arms which a revolutionary propaganda emply to obtain for mankind the greatest degree of happiness. We may, however, console ourselves with the conviction, that it reprobate beings, from the very dregs of society, bind themselves as the blind and wretched instruments of an assassinating sect, the mass of the nation—all honourable persons—reject with horror such infamous projects, and abandon their authors to public punishment. VIENNA, AUG. 19.—Her Majesty the Duchess of Parma bas been pleased to comply with the repeated solicitations of Major-General Baron V. Marschall to be permitted to resign the office of Master of the Household, and to appoint in his room Count Cowles Van Bumbelles, Chamberlain to his Majesty the Emperor. The Augrau Gazette announces that the first stone of a new theatre at Augrau had been laid, and consecrated by the clergyman, Peter Horavatich. STOCKHOLM, AUG. 20.—The State Gazette con tinues to give the details of the tour of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Norway, and the cordial reception he everywhere meets with. A letter from Arendal, of 29th July, says that a sea serpent had been plainly seen in June, in Rodsfiord and Sundelops Fiord. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, AUG. 27.-13 9%; two months, 13 8%. BERLIN, AUG. 21.—Three months, 6 255;. STOCKHOLM, Ann 20.—Ninety days, 13 12. HAMBURGH, AUGUST 27.--BORSEN HALLE, HALF PAST Two O ' CLOCK.--The decline of Stocks in Amsterdam and London has depressed our market. Russian Inscriptions, in certificates, were taken to a considerable amount at 92k; and for Austrian Bank Shares there were also buyers ; Polish and Prussian Stock were offered; in Spanish or Dutch little or nothing doing. Discount 2 3 / 1 per Cent, money. End of August. Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent. 71% Anglo-Russian lOl Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 1820 92% Ditto, ditto, 1831 9 2 1, 13 Ditto, ditto, 1832. 92 Polish Bonds 120!,i Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 1233 Ditto Metalliques 95% Ditto 4 per Cent. 86% Spanish 3 per Cents. 4l Ditto 4 per Cent sl7i Dutch 2 per Cents. 49 Ditto 5 per Cents 93 —Hamburg Reporter. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 31.—The Orestes, 18, is hourly expected at Spithead from Oporto. Extract of a letter from the Mauritius, dated the 30th of April The Melville 74, Captain Hart, and Alligator, 28, Captain Lambert, are hourly ex pected here from Bombay. The Jupiter troop ship arrived here yesterday from Plymouth and Rio, having on board the 19th Regiment, and will shortly proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, to take the crew of the Badger, 10, Commander Stowe, to England, that ship being about to be converted into a receiving hulk. The Talbot, 28, Captain Dick inson, C. 8., will shortly leave this station for Eng land, her time of service having expired. The 46th Regiment put in here on the 23d, on its way to England, in two ships. The Is's, 42, Captain Polkinghorne, is lying here; and the Pelorus, 18, Commander Meredith, is at the Cape." Extract of a letter dated the Cape of Good Hope, April 19 :—" The Arab transport sails to-morrow with the baggage of Sir L. Cole; his Excellency quits his Governorship here on the arrival of La Belle Alliance, from India, in which ship he has en gaged a passage. Report says we are to have no more full Governors, but our next Chief is to be a Lieutenant-Governor, with a salary of 3,0001., in stead of 7,0001. as hitherto. Our Court of Justice is to be re-modelled, and the salaries amazingly re duced. Many families have left the Mauritius, fear• ing disturbances. We have had very dry weather, no rain for seven months ; our vintage inconsequence will be goad, but the corn-farmer can do nothing, and many cattle have died for want of grass and water. All is quiet and tranquil amongst the slaves and slave-owners, waiting patiently a reply to a me morial sent home by them some time back. What that reply may be we do not know, but there can be no fear of any disturbance here; our slave laws are certainly calculated for giving great trouble to the farmer, with little good to the slave." BRITISH MEN-,,F-WAR ON FOREIGN STATIONS. Tht Vernon, 52, Captain Sir G. Westphal, arrived at Halifax on the 13th of July from Bermuda, and the Ariadne, 28, Capt. Phillips, on the 25th from Jamaica; the Larne, 18, Corn. S. Smith, left Ha lifax on (he 23d of July, for Bermuda, in company with the Skipjack schooner; the Blanche, 42, Capt. Farquhar, Arachne, 18, C (m. Agar, Dispatch, 18, Corn. Daniell, and the Comus, 18, Corn. Hamilton, were at Ba(hadoes on the 6th ofJuly; the Harrier, 18, Coin. Vassal, was in the Madras Roads on the 27‘11 of March; the Wolf, 18, Com. Hamlry, and Magicienne, 28, Capt. Plumridge, were about that date cruising in the Bay of Bengal; the Satellite, 18, Corn. Smart, arrived at Madeira the 27th of June, and lett directly for the Brazils; the Firefly steamer arrived off Cadiz on the 7th inst. from Fal- mouth. The Athol troop-ship, and Stentor transport, sailed on Wednesday for Cork, to be in readiness, with the Caledonia, Revenge, and Romney, to carry troops in case of emergency. The Firebrand steamer, Lieut. W. Buchnnan, arrived here on Sunday, and sailed the next evening for Holyhead. She is a superbly fitted vessel, and intended as the future yacht for the Lord Lieu•e nant of Ireland. Her engine is of Maudsley's best make, and her paddles, of Morgan's construction, enter the water perpendicularly, and by means of a crank remain always in that position, creating no backwater, and projecting from the side not more than four feet and a half. The Racer, 16, Commander Hope, Wasp, 18, Commander Burney, Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Patten, went out of the basin on Monday last The Racer and Rapid will go out of harbour during the en suing week. The former will shortly sail for the West Indies, and the latter for the coast of Africa. The Challenger, 28, Captain Seymour, and Spar rowhawk, 18, were undocked on Wednesday. The Lynx, 10, will be launched on Monday, at half past twelve o'clock, from this deckyard, and will be immediately commissioned. The Ringdove, 16, at Plymouth, and Cruiser, 16, at Sheerness, have been commissioned. The Rose, at the latter place, will also be commissioned in a few days with the Sparrowhawk at this port. The Thames, .Griswold, one of the Portsmouth and New York line of packet ships, will sail to morrow for New York. _ The free traders Duke of Northumberland, for Calcutta, and Wellington and Madras, for Madras, have taken their passengers on board at this port; the first sailed on Sunday last, and the two latter on Wednesday. A Board of Admiralty (with the First Lord, Sir James Graham) will pay an official visit to this port on Tuesday. Sir James was here to-day making many minute and necessary inquiries. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Commander George R. Mundy and Lieutenant R. F. King, to the Favourite ; Commander G. A. Sainthill, to the Donegal, vice Shepherd ; Lieutenant Charles Henry Hamilton, to the Cruiser; Mr. A. Lethart, Midship man, to be Lieutenant; Captains John Wilson (a) and George Price, to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital; Mr. George Grant, Second Master, to the Sparrow cutter; the Rev. G. R. Lewen, Chaplain, to the Britannia ; Mr. Thomas Mitchell (a) is appointed Surgeon of the Establishment at the Island of Ascension. Royal Marines.—Brevet- Major White has been placed on the retirement, vice Captain Simpson, deceased; Captain J. Ash more, from the unattached half-pay, is appointed Captain of the Woolwich Division, vice White; Mr. Jas. Piers, to be a Second Lieutenant of the Woolwich Division ; First Lieutenant J. Fynmorc, of the Conway, and Second Lieutenant C. Parker, of the Asia, have exchanged. (From the Devonport Telegraph.) FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the 17th April, his Majesty's ship Brisk, employed on the coast of Africa, in the suppression of the slave trade, came to anchor at 9 a.m. i❑ Goree, a French settlement. Whiles preparing to salute the French flag, the gunner (Mr. Cole), attempted to draw the shot from the long 18-pounder, when it suddenly explo• ded, and blew him overboard. A black seamen instantly jumped overboard after the body, and brought it alongside, but life was extinct, the left arm blown off, and all the left side shockingly burnt and mutilated. The Commander applied to the French Governor for permission to bury the corpse on shore, (Mr. Cole being much esteemed and respected by the officers and crew), but it was refused. The ship weighed, stood to sea, and com mitted the body to the deep. The deceased has left a widow and two children, in Navy-row, to lapent his fate. We leave it to Frenchmen to ot rtiO t comment on the sympathy of the —a ° Goree. i `oori l The Melville, 74, With Admiral Sir . 1 7„ositini flag, was at B om b a y on t h e 23d of Aix"Fot,P l accounts of the reception of Mr. Jersolti f oor' Mauritius. A strong detachment of liiog,4 O le under the command of Colonel Wiltshir 4 o o t ° Queen's Regiment, amounting to 31° °° ' o r; which were to be added 250 Marines, W i lv - Willes, was prepared at Bombay, to orbit 1 Melville and other ships, to strengthen our f ' f; that island if neces , ary. The Melsill e Lr events, will proceed to the Mauritius on tbT ° ROYAL MARINES.—First Lieutenant T.,., P of the Conway, and second Lieutenant L'' r of the Asia, h ave b een p erm i tte d to exchalr in the Tagus. M r . J ames Pi ers i s appokr't cons Lieutenant at the Woolwich Divisinit Remaining in H amoaze .—S an Josef, V i rs i t Spey, Confl a nc e s t eam - vesse l, Orestes . I i i and Surly and Goodwill lighters. In Barnpool.—Speedy. ,t MONTHLY MILITARY OBITIJAPI General Sir James Affleck, Bart., 16 Dr., DA° Netvinatket. Lieut.-Colonel Hon R o b er t Cli ve , lg. p., yip Major 0 ter, late of R. Mil. Coll., Tours. t oil CAPTAINS—Frend, 55 F., Beilary, Madras; h. p , 69 F. ; Bell, b. p., 84 F.; Carr, h. Alex. Stewart, h. p., Sheffield Regt. ; Unatt. ; Carroll, ditto. lit tul o r LIEUTENANTS—May, 4 Dr. ; Knight, Cape rot Riflemen; W. B. Bartlett, late 2 R. Vet. Ba'' i say ; Falkiner, h. p., 1 G r . Gd s ., Montflaggl, 0 ; Clarkson, h. p., 6 F. ; B innatyne , b. r a , Robinson, h. p., 47 F. ; E. U. Mason, b. P. ' land ; Rutherford, h. p., 91 F. ; J ames Ste" OF 4 W. I. R., Halifax, N. S.; Thomas Jones, b. P" 13n., Salisbury. 0 .161 H ° CORNET, ENSIGN, AND SEC OND LIEUTENA-lirr 15 Dr., Maidstone ; Rivets, late 7 R. V. B°'; late R. Inv. Are., Twyford Lodge, Middlesei• coor QUARTER-MASTERS—Whitty, 2W. I. ; h. p. 5 Dr. Gds ; Allen, h. p. 20 Dr. al ‘ COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT--D e p. As. Wm. Stanton. . Or ri' jf MEDICAL DEPARTSIENT-.-Dep. Insp. Li en% 1 ... Cole, h. p. Staff Surg. ; As. Surg. Torrie, 1 . 11, 'Sst Sure. Johnston, 62 F. Chit toor , M a dras; - - - Burkitt, h. p. Staff. Oco STAFF—M. Coulthurst, D e p. Ju d g e Ad. Barbadoes. We believe the repo r t o f th e recall 0 , got ANGLESEY is well-founded. His L or dship's il i liatil ° probably the cause. It i s un d erstoo d t h a t the plib, WELLESLEY will be the new L or d-Li eu t e nant•••"*pg v, BRITISH NAVY IN 1833.—ACCOI:, a Parliamentary return, his Majesty's ships and eared commission at the commen cemen t o f t h e present Y o ait,i sisted of five first rate s , wh ose jo i nt comp l e ment' r .,, 5 t i i - V A to 2,910 men ; two s e c on d rates , 844 men; 'y ol k; rates, 2.358 men ; five fourth rates, 2,255 men' . ! ibi r ,4 l rates, 2,799 men ; fourteen sixth rates, 2,409 Ine", t ier, five sloops, 3,685 men; thirty-three yachts, l ' i er vessels, brig sloops, &c., 1,593 men ; thirteen it e ; eels, 464, men ; and twenty-six packets, 754 I ne o ll 'pli j total amount of wages for the officers and Ine° %Ora 22,500 in number, including 12 flag officers, one ipeo ~ r lore, 99 secretaries, s e rv an t s . & .., an d 2,3 21 4S , I" , 1 reliefs, was 687,3751. P a y o f a bl e seamen , 14 ' IN lunar month. tlie 0 ,0 MOUSTACH zos.—The foll ow ing is 5 0 . in which a fair-haired huzzar officer dyes his 10011 0' ~ black :—He gets a piece of silk varished with 8 faii varnish on one side and plain on the other' e ua A i bought at the umbrella shops, and is called inunwr ches oiotD silk. A piece of this is cu t, a b out fi ve inches three inches wide, and four strings of tape area° d e to it—one at each corn e r, A b o l e i s th e n C PC d i efl the middle of the silk to correspond with the 113 1 - t beJ pa , ient. On that portion of the plain side IP . 01 117 which is to go immediat e ly ov e r th e moustachi(lib OS a small quantity of a cream-coloured powder, W tpso7,o by Mr. Atkinson, of Gerrard str e et, Sob o ; and em j s ia r st before he goes to bed, ties on this silk with th e P r do towards his face, and the var n i s h e d s id e ontieL ts d' wears it all night like a mask ov er th e l o wer 1-. oor I , e al 0 face ; and in the morning, when i t i s taken Off, ''' d re° 0 tachios are of a black colour. Thi s operation reletio; be repeated once a fortnight, but the moustaclli% s or be brushed several times a day with a small brush l''' purpose. The common soldiers use a cheaper suet ter and, instead of silk, each has a cabbage leaf tied mouth all night. d il° We take the following from the JOgi ll ic ht' Havre :—" Even those who are best ac o ualuted % %Lw" , weakness of the human mind can form no id es tsi i , fanaticism of the Portuguese, and the advantage;i4 of it by the priests to favour the cause of : .D °l3 117 The audacity of the monks exceeds the credulitf,e? - e people, whom they deceive by their frau& 10 14 Grosos, who has just arrived here from Lid:ion/00S fated to us an instance which cannot be called ° A" • than impious. A priest was preaching at Bie .d Bs. s bal Y , having, in the florid language of the east, exal t " - , tr rsi, ' rues of Dun Miguel, be concluded his discourse ';',," a i a wooden figure of Christ, which was purl° e . 'oot r A l pis, / near him, and exclaimed, ' Answer, 0 Lord ! Ig t by 11 Miguel your beloved ar c h ange l S t . M ici , gel, °en n i e b upon the earth to save this kingdom, and war p , trio under his feet?' Th e woo d en Ch r i st , it Will t e oi imagined, being in t h e h an d s o f t h e mon k, did tly„ t ti 01 insensible to th e a pp ea l, an d, t h oug h unable 0( d gave an affirmative answer by a dignified Il i , n', l j! head. The preacher,. availing himself of $. V o ir, condescension, cont i nue d, '.l thank thee', 6 tbi . for having a id e d my en d eavours to persus",tkd believing people to listen to the voice of e • - 0 sr / - that thou h as d e i gne d to revea l i t through tn ,, - re,..,01 organ. Thi s , h owever 0 L or d ! is insuffiele °. tAr o tli quer su c h great i mp i ety . Fi n i s h t h y di v i ne vo r 0 0 0 41 again, 0 L or d ! an d say if i t b e not true t h a t D° f o tb is a king worthy to reign over Portugal !' g e . r h ls ,Vs s another assenting nod. Th e au di ence , 00 ' - eits!?o miracle, gave themselves up t o t h e u tmost I. be Id and uttered a general cry of admiration. i % g V*/ wishing to take a further advantage of the fe ea ,"o P. m , excited, again addressed the imag-, and said Joni true, 0 Lord ! that we ought to unite all o° r ; 10,3- ' insure peaceable possession of the throne t toir: holy, by expelling the unworthy Don Pedro , - hell minating the enemies of the state, and o f Or 4ft gion ? The Christ had become wearied by :pm t questions ot his minister, and made no sign• •I",, ' 0 Lord ! answer, I pray thee!' Finding th el . 0 0 moveable, the priest became enraged, and rush ed ,fi d f l ier " pulpit in a state approaching to madness. Oil tt '' oh which had served to perform this mummery. o f vets • pettedly broken, and no mover of the antics is tell s , could have been more disconcerted at finding b ' immoveable than was the monk at this disaPe BIRTHS. tal i On the 31st ult., the lady of the Lord Bisho p 00 st Fulham-house, of a son. _ or EA' On the 30th ult., the l a dy o f W. H. HOOL' — ' ..., trr Royal ospital, Greenwich, t v 130 w) o f On the 31st ult., Mrs. William Brennand,. , e - s• of a daughter. 0t 44 ~, On the Ist inst., the l a dy o f K enne tt i- , • - •,con, 0411" daughter. fool • _ it :. n On the 31st ult., the Lady Helena Corke , )fa daughter. _ College, 0 n t h the Sandhurst,3lstult. , at to S: . Marianne,Jam es 's „Of' ' , yeY"c h of,' MARRIED. Esq., Senior Professor of Mathematics at the lie: jaaP ;ill . c o of Will - ' t 7 iam Harper Dobson, Esq., of Harlow. 00 0, 40 On the 31st ult., at Clapham Church, Sorrel , la te o ft Thornton, of Battersea Rise, Esq., eldest son of tb e , h ter ° do' Thornton, Esq., M.P., to Harriet Maria, eldest (10;000c,f10 Rev. W. Dealtry, D.D., Rector of Claphalv, 3 ',,,,r, C° o l ,l , t' of the Diocese of Winchester and, also, the `'-#-, Ch dr Forster, 8.D., Chancellor of Ar:clfert and Donl esJ s t JO ° to the Lord Bishop of Li • ' Younge st l i°9 merick, to Laura, h O % of the _T o cp- On the Ist inst., at Cripplegate Church, 30 '" . 9 , to Miss Lucy Pearce, of Evesham, Vtrorcestershir— CthheurocnblY l' s 1a7,7"1*:',,1:: - , wed /10V ' On the 30th ult., after a p f l e l: w il l; ours ines i s t ' cl - : :e°cl4' ti i° Charles Polding, eldest son of Mr, and Mrs. 1e relictbemoo ar o l tt e hr - h . eie s , t at i t7 e , ttl e ii t O . 94, 01 Devon Militia, and M.P. fo; „d, 3S the rO f At Hartland Abbey, Devon, Mrs. Orc" 3 " oof t' uu r li e tt l . : : a ai r rt d , Orchard, s q many 1 f 0 Bourne, Esq., barrister-at_law. ..„ 6 6 Ra chel f ief' On the 30th ult., at Melksham, aged ' . 0 1 :,¢1 01 ' relict of the late Robert Fowler, of that Plac iqiiliP rl ,- 0 0 Years COl c ': wis ofe a 6 7o, On the 28th ult., at his house, ilac kne o 'f hi , e' ll ic' Calling Esq., of Great St. Helen's, in the S'.2d yep d by 1 10 - respecte lamented by his family, and highlY friends. igqihetoll-s'irielerts;t3hieatiinicifa3njt'els° °'('' fjelV) 7 - 40 Y I I PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY mu B-00 SUN OFFICE, 119, 0.1114". r hr r Tein;