The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, I ATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mts. KEELEY Another great Achievement Successf aly Triumphant !!! To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava ganza of " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for Old Ones," would be a work of supererogation • the Manage ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it wilt be repeated every Evening ! THIS EVENING, AUG. 23. Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. tlethews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, 2-tanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Smilers, and Keeley; Miss For. tescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss 4 , roves, Mrs. Usher. Miss Turner, and Mrs Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesgre Extra vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern tale, in the Arabi .n Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive Nev. Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha teeters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier. and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli .ge, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, MI s James, Miss Carson, Miss 'runt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes. 4c; Upper Boxes, Be.; Pit, Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, la 6d.; Pit. P. Private Boxes on the It i.e. my Tier (holding eight persons). Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit tier (holding six persona), One Guir ea The Box..ittice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Powerful Attraction at ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY First Week of the Eng,gentent of the celebrated Mr. Carter, the Lion King, with his splendid Collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, kc.—Chlaese War—Corps of French Equestrian Artistes—Mr. Batty's b autiful Stud of Trained Horses—New Scenes in the Circle, forming a Combination of Novelties unequ lied in one Evening. THI, 4 EVENING. AUG. VI. Will be repeated the Eastern Specticle of MUNGO PARK; or, The Lion Tamer of the Niger. Karfa, the Arab, Mr. Carter, wh 'rein he will introduce his beautiful performance with his trained animal•, lions, tigers, &c., in the cage, and on the open stage drive a Don in harness. Combats with the monarch of the forest, and other new extraordin ry feats. N w Scenes in the Circle by the British and Foreign Equestrians, M Ile. Heline, the French rider. trained steeds, &c. To conclude with an entire new E luestrian, Militery and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c., to realise the rrcent triumphs of England's Army and Nary. Feast of 2.50 Lanterns. Acting and stage.m mager. Mr. W. D Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till F,ve. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Posit.vely the last Eight Nights of the Opera Season. THIS EVENING, AUG. 23, Will be performed FRA AVOLO ; or, The Inn of Terracitri. Fra Diavolo, Mr. D. W. King; Lord Alleash, Mr. S. Cowell; t ()- rens°, Mr. E. L. Kline; Giacomo, Mr. Leffler ; Lady Allcash, Betts; Zerlina, Miss Romer. After which, a New Operetta, written by J. B. Buck tone, Esq., and compo ed by E. titzwilliam, Esq., entitled a SUMMER NIGHT'S LOVE, supported by all the Vocalists. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF fHE GLEN. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. STRAND THEATRE. MIS EVENING, AUG. frt, Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZLEWI r. Young Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. R tnoe; Old Martin Chuzzlewit, Mr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr A t•wood , Montague film, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Ms. Biddies; Mr. Pecksnitr,- and Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. H. Hall; Mary Graham, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, bein t an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin. Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwind iw , Mr. Attwood; Pony Picnic, Miss Carter. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and T.i URSDAY. throughout the Season, the Gardens will open with the following attractive Novelties : THE PICTURESQUE GROUNDS-FEEDING OF THE ANIMALSL' - -UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME, Painted by Damon and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled pro luction is beyond all tomer ,necedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinay beauty And fidelity of delinea tion.....d re unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex. hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific disp!ay at Dusk is unjust; it should be seen :o the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE ( oNcEaTs on Mon 'ays Tues days, Wednesdays, an :I Thursdays comucted uy Mr. eodfrey, are up• n a scale of more than usual excellence; , tht words fail In doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF Lf)NDON. Its fearful uh iracteristics are truthfully nourtrayed, but at the same time so beautifiilly blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, mat delight is predominant over terror: and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that t'outliby, •.lic Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The dens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, mid onnbining in many and interesting features, are by far e Moit ttive lounge in or n'ar the metro Doors opei at Nine—Feeding of the Animals at HAlf-past Four— Concert at fialf-paq Five.—Conflagration at Desk. Admittance, One Shilling. TIIE FOURTEEN lOWAY INDIANS, giving the•r WAR DANCES, GAMES, &c., at the EGYPTIAN HALL, under the explanations of Mr. Catlin, each day of this week, from Half past Two to Four in the day, and from Half-past Eight to Ten at night. Doors open half an hour previous. The spacious wigwam erecting tier the full and effective illustrations of this party with Mr. Ottlin's radian Collection in Paris, will entice them from London after a few days more of their exhibitions. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ,Jl4 - El SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of , ?.laborato research, at a cost of 60,100 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in- Otrnctive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LIUIS XIV.. to the deaths of GEORGE Il 1., and the EMI'EROR NAPOLEON, In 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the las' and present year, by the Royal FamEy, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambissalws, an I their Ladles, also, many thousands of thu Nobility, and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to in?. , else, by several very line pictures, Stc., his erevions almost inc - elible number an 1 variety of IMISS. Works of Art, and multitude lf valuable Beller. and other earlolifties in this most •ottructive a nd, as h un d re d s h ave sa id i t might to be, a Nationa! Atiseum. Y.o-y thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS sf the PUBLIC PRESS Piave stated 'hat It clam to batmen by every one. The price of admis• lion is rcdt...0. , 41 to ONE SHILLING.. The NAPOLEON lie seen only at the Flgypthu: MO." Nee:0111y. daily h om Tea till Dusk. TIIE WEATHER.—Suw OFFICE, Atm. 22. Tiznstomrrign, Lowest, 53; Highest, 66: Noon, 65 BAROMETER, 29.83.—Wmn, N.W. Kara.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers f a i r i s onnally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS D% Y. Mnrnin • ... 46 minutes after 8 I Evening ... 29 minutes rfter 0 dare my condemnation of certain recent publications coming from the reputed leaders of a section in the Church, I have now to state that my sentiments have undergone no change whatever since. On the con trary, everything has tended to confirm my opinion that the tendency of those writings is to Romanism." It gives us sincere satisfaction to see the Bishop of GLOUCESTER thus speaking out boldly on the subject of Puseyism, and expressing his strong, heart-felt conviction, of its injurious tendency. It is, indeed, an " old friend with a new face"—that is to say, Popery under the disguise of earnest Protestantism. It wears a specious and imposing aspect, but it is all hollowness within, like the apples of the Dead Sea, which are goodly to the eye, but dust and ashes to the taste. For the essence of religion it substitutes the form—the empty shadow for the solid substance• It makes its appeal exclusively to the imagination' but leaves the heart and the understanding altogether untouched. Its language is all unaffected benevo lence and humility, but the instincts of its nature are narrow, arbitrary, and ostentatious. In a word, it is a mere revival of the spirit of LAUD ; and should it ever, by any malign series of contingencies, take deep root in England, farewell from that moment—fare well for ever—to independence of thought and liberty of conscience I Since we last adverted to the bombardment of Tangiers, our readers will probably have perused the interesting private correspondence we have transferred to our own columns from those of a Morning Contem porary, and the account of the affair which has reached LLOYD'S through its agency at Gibraltar. In noticing this correspondence (comprehendingletters from officers on board H.M.S. Warspite, and other vessels), we must fairly premise that they have afforded us equal amusement and satisfaction. They demonstrate a few facts, from which, in our infinite love of peace, we now draw more cheering auguries than any we could indulge in on a recent occasion. For they suggest reasons for hope—we had almost said, confidence— that the repose of Europe, and the cause of European civilization are not about to be violated by the restless petulance and the reckless turbulence of the French people, or the weak and wicked connivance of the French Government at their offensive demonstra itrations. These happier anticipations, however, we derive not from any improvement in the tone of pub lic feeling in France towards this country, so far as we can collect it from the Paris journals, but we draw our inferences from the results of the naval field-day with which the Prince DB JOINYILLE has lately regaled the powerful squadron under his com mand, in the bay of Tangiers. These results, so feeble, so worthless, so utterly dis proportionate to the force employed, must have unde ceived the prepossessions even of the Prince DE JOINYILLB'S own overweening vanity. This im petuous youth (who could not restrain his ardour to cut a figure in the annals of naval bombarding, even until the return of her Britannic Majesty's Consul from his mission of mediation and remonstrance on behalf of our SOVBRBIGN to the Emperor of MOROCCO, to whom he had carried the final demands of the French Crown) ;—this truculent Prince—when the English force before Tangiers, as well as the Moorish authorities and inhabitants of that town appear to have been all equally relying on the pacific adjust ment of pending questions, wherewith Mr. DRUM MOND HAY, who arrived some three hours after the attack was known to be charged ;—this Admiral of France for nine hours battered away at the decaying walls if a paltry Moorish fortress, without dismounting half-a-dozen guns, effecting a single breach, hauling down one enemy's flag, demolishing any one whole .ection of the town, or landing a solitary soldier, or ongineer ! The squadron sailed or were towed out of the bay without even the holiday honour 'f giving the last shot. Yet the Prince DB JOINYILLE, who is so terrible on paper and his shot off so combustible and " ultra-WARNER" a projectile, in the shape of a pamphlet, at no less an object than the whole British navy, had under his com mand, according to the Revue de Paris, this over whelming armament, viz. :—" Le Suffren, 90 guns, one of the finest ships in the French navy; Le Jem mapes, 100 guns ; Le Triton, 80 guns, which, besides the usual ordnance, contains half a battery of Paix hans mortars; La Belle Poule frigate of 60 guns; Gassendi steam-corvette, of 2 20-horse power and 6 guns ; Pluton steam-corvette, 220-horse power, and 6 guns ; Asmodee steam-frigate, 450-horse power ,Ind 20 guns ; Rubis, a steamer of 160-horse power and 6 guns; and Pandour, brig aviso of 10 guns. Besides these last five ships," adds the same autho rity, " there are four other war steamers." So that the " various ships and vessels of the squadron form a total of 378 pieces of ordnance, not including howit zers and mortars ala Paixhans. In these ships and vessels there are altogether 1,200 men, not including, however, the engineer and artillery companies." The armament certainly made " a great noise," but not of that kind which posterity will mistake for renown ! In sober truth—if we may credit the letters alluded to Is to the mode of taking up his position, the disposi tion of his fleet, and the direction in which he opened his fire, the Prince DE JOINVILLE has still but an in different notion of seamanship ; and if be be but an indifferent seaman, he is a worse officer in command, and in absolute " muff" at gunnery. Either he had better return to the study of his theory of steamer buccaneering warfare on England, or put himself under iome more able and experienced direction in the appli cation of legitimate naval tactics. As for the French oeople—if they will not hear reason—if they will not understand the true character of our European policy, —if they will not appreciate the generous integrity of , ur deportment towards them, but at the instigation, ,f a lawless and unprincipled faction, pervert, by the vorst and most unwarrantable constructions, the real tendencies of all our administrative legislation in its Foreign branches—if they will not plumb the depth of that tranquil, inherent, British energy and resolu tion whose placid surface they affect to consider as the indication of a national timidity beneath ;—on their heads be the disastrous consequences of such perversity, if it tempt them. But we give them credit for abun dant sagacity. In virtue of that quality, they will read clearly enough, we apprehend, the lesson which the operations of a British armament on the coast of Syria and these of a French armament on the coast of Africa, are so well calculated to teach of the com parative naval efficiency, vigour and tactics of the two nations. Our neighbours, we may suppose, will now scarcely be brought, even by the ludicrous ravings of the National, to think the Prince DE JOINVILLB'S neditated crusade against the naval grandeur of England a very promising one; or its own vaticina dons as to her being presently reduced to the rank of I third-rate maritime power, any other but an effusion of the most ludricrous bombast. In these observations, however, we are far from in tending any disrespect to the French nation. We are quite as ready as the Morning Chronicle to render all honour to the undoubted courage, the spirit, 4.enius, and enterprise of the French people. But we cannot concur in those censures of our Contemporary which it has dealt out so unsparingly against British naval officers for the freedom of their disparaging opinions as to the behaviour of the French squadron off Tangiers, that are expressed in the " Private Correspondence" we have alluded to. Surely it was a matter open to the animadversions of all the world. Nothing could be more absolute or unqualified than the principle of "might is right," on which, in this affair of Tangiers, as in so many other analogous cases of recent occurrence, the French Government, or its servants, have rushed upon the last extremities of hostile demonstration to carry out the immediate objects of territorial acquisi ion, pecuniary compensations, or political resent ments they have had in view. Nothing could be more offensive and impertinent than the attempted reflections upon our strength and our honour, the wholesale calumnies upon our political and public morality, the blustering menaces and gas conading in which—within and, without the walls of the two Legislative Chambers, at the Court, or public theatres, at fetes and festivals—in dividuals, private and official, ministerial and opposi tionists, ex-ministers, and authors, including the Prince DE JoiNvinus himself, have indulged, where ever England or the English greatness could e co h u a l v d e b d e on m e a n d o e the subject of th e i r malevole more than our duty, and acted only as a brave and wise people, in not sufferin g ourselves to be provoked by such unworthy fooleries into similar courses, or still graver acts of excited indignation. But if we can claim no credit for the abstinence, because we have only smiled at these ebul.. litions of a too exciteable temperament —surely we are at liberty to laugh at such a ponderous pantomime as this of Prince DE JOINVILLE, disguised as an admiral, popping away at Tangiers for a whole morning, and popping away again before sunset, after accomplishing exactly nothing, at a very serious expense of powder, ball, rockets, coal, and steam power. Besides, English officers of the navy had some right to quiz a precocious genius who, in mental reveries, had already achieved so many nautical tri umphs between his departure from the coasts of Cen tral America and his last sailing out from Toulon, as to have expressed himself in terms of no very high respect for their service or themselves. The Prince has desired us all to " wait a little and see what he shall do ;" and a very pretty piece of business he has made of it. But shall we learn no lesson from this angry, though ridiculous and most unjust feeling of the French public ? Is there no moral to be culled from the experience of such a fact, as that the French De partment of Marine could fit out so promptly and so creditably such a fine squadron as, all of us mus a st allow, the Prince DE JoniviLLE commanded ? It is clear that all their prejudice and illiberality do not lead the French people or Government so far to un dervalue our maritime force and power, as not to have induced them to make ample and timely pre parations for this or any other such exigency. We read in the Revue des deux Mondes the following an nouncement : " A flotilla of smaller vessels, carrying siz, eight, and ten guns, and consisting of goellettes, bulancelles, and trineadores, and such other light vessels now very sel dom used, is to be sent to the Prince ; they are intended to approach the places to be attacked, whilst the larger ships discharge at a distance their bombs and howitzers. Whatever determination the Ministry may come to, the state of our ports and arsenals is such, now, that their deeifion can be promptly carried into execution." We don't doubt it. It is obvious, moreover, that the Prince's squadron is excellently manned. Now, having before our eyes this unhappy distortion of the public mind in France, this rankling sentiment of towards us, let not our ardent love of peace —no, nor yet this coup manquee, on the part of the Prince, divert our Government, for one moment, from' the solemn, all-important duty of multiplying and expediting, on our part, all the objects of naval preparation. Above all, let them apply them selves, we repeat (for it is but very recently that we urged this call upon them), to some such scheme of encouragement, rewards and provisions, as !shall at all times ensure the full manning of our ships on any and every exigency. Let a fair and well digested system of registration in all our ports be the first guarantee for the extinction of the odious and dan gerous and unconstitutional system of impressment. Induce and persuade—do not seize and compel— your sailors to enter the noblest department of their country's service. Instead of tearing men away, reluctant victims to your political perils, with arms and violence from the ties, comforts, and occupations of their homes, make it their solicitude to enlist themselves under the banner beneath which BLAKE, MONS, and SANDWICH, RODNEY, DUNCAN, and NELSON, ST. VINCENT and EXMOUTH so often led their fathers to victory, over all antagonists. Remove from them the appalling prospects of an old age of unrequited service, and physical suffering ; of aching wounds, unsolaced by national grati tude ; of disabled limbs, or declining powers, unaided by the fostering care of national support. Give them encouragements at their entry; pre.: miums for stated terms of subsequent good conduct; honours and medals for distinguished services ;—above all, be just, and allot them fair pensions on retirement for length of service, or wounds, &c., received in the course of their duty in peace or in war. Let not this "length of service," so good and proud a title to such pensions, be made, as now, so far an indispensable element in it, that the youngest sailor on board—who may have most signalised himself and been most severely handled, and hopelessly disabled,—ia pre cluded from this benefit of pension by the necessarily limited period for which he has served you. But if it be objected that the public revenue cannot afford such an extended charge as this scheme of rewards and provision by pensions would entail, we reply, "Pro vide, then, the necessary funds, by cutting down all unmerited pensions, all idle expenses, now borne without equivalent or value by the State, for the ad vantage of individuals who have no claim upon their country. Let the sinecures which still support so many useless scions of the most unproductive branches of the aristocracy be diverted to the support of your best, your bravest, and your most efficient servants. Atone for the neglect of former Governments in the last two centuries ; and signalise this, by the most wise, beneficent, and righteous act of public justice, of national gratitude, which this empire has ever ren dered to the promptest and the boldest of its cham- pions." Madrid journals of the 14th instant announce the arrival from Paris of a naval officer, Lieutenant DE PLAS, who had travelled with great dispatch, and brought dispatches for the Duke DE GLUCISBERO and the Prince DE JOINVILLE. The Duke was to start without delay for Cadiz and embark for Morocco, as Charge d'Affaires at the Court of the EMPEROR. It was said that he had full powers to conclude a treaty of peace. This looks well, and is probably the result of the advice given by the most able general in the French army, Marshal SOULT, who knows well the uncertainty and horrors of war. The papers contain no other authentic intelligence, for the reports they furnish about the bombardment of Tangiers cannot be depended on. Madrid Bourse, on the 14th.—Three per Cents., 26i, at 60 days; Five per Cents., no quotations. The Paris papers are destitute of news. No fur ther intelligence had been received from the squadron under the Prince de JOINVILLE, if we except some highly coloured and contradictory statements ex tracted from the Cadiz papers, of which we give the following as a specimen. In a letter from Cadiz of the 9th, it is said that " the Commanders of the se veral European squadrons stationed in the Tangiers waters went and congratulated the Prince de Joni vILLE after the bombardment. Among them was the Infanta of Spain, Don HENRIQUE. It is also said that the Commander of the English ship-of-war sent the officer second in command, and that the Prince de JoiNvur.Ln refused to receive him. It appears that the squadron is proceeding to Mogadore, and that the PRINCE intends to destroy all the forts on the coast." The next paragraph has more the sem blance of truth :—" The Suffren," says the writer, " has remained in the Cadiz waters, and the other ships of the French squadron have proceeded towards Mo gadore. But that port presents little safety, and it also appears that the Moors have at that place consi derable fortifications. The Prince de Joixvimas, therefore, wishes to take possession of a little island near Mogadore, in order to command the town and bombard it with a chance of success. With this view lie awaits reinforcements." stop has been fixed diplomatically, no person can Ise cer • fain that this limit will not be overpassed. In such cases it is most difficult to assign the exact share which the fire is to have. The irresistible force of events is often less pacific than the intentions of men. In our opinion, therefore, there ought not to be too great a tendency either towards war or peace. By an excessive confi dence, and by exaggerated alarms, the press can deceive both men's minds and men's interests. It is events that must speak. Our duty, as an Opposition journal, is to hold ourselves well acquainted with the news that are given, to carefully examine them, to hazard nothing, to give under the form of a doubt such intelligence as ap pears suspicious, and to hold the public on its guard against speculators in false reports, who endeavour in such cases to tarn to account the fears or the confidence which they propagate." The next article is more peaceable, and carries more weight, as it appears in a paper which is supposed to represent the sentiments of: M. GUIZOT—the Paris Globe. That journal thus advocates peace : "If the men on Change really know the cause of the fall of the price of Stocks, they hare well kept the secret; for all the persons whose position enables them to know at least as much as the brokers of the real state Weal-affairs, are perfectly assured of a favourable solution of all the pending difficulties. Men may be agi tated, but things most certainly tend towards a settle ment in peace. People are astonished at the vivacity with which the English press has taken up the affair of Otaheite ; but, in truth, there is nothing astonishing therein but this astonishment itself. Above a year has passed since the Paris journals have been constantly , talking of Otaheite, Queen Pomare, and the English mis sionaries, and exciting public opinion even into delirium. They have gathered in a pack around them from 30,000 to 35,000 milliners and chamber ma ids ' cooks and travel ling clerks, students and gossips of all such classes, who have each contributed 50 centimes of their money, and 100,000 francs worth of their passions. All the portresses of France have an entire knowledge of the affair of Otaheite, and an intimate acquaintance with Admiral Dupetit Thouars. In a word, the public mind has been heated to a white heat by this matter, and now folks seem to be surprised that the English news papers should become the same. But by dint of de claiming against the English Government of reiterated provocations and insults, a reaction has necessarily been created in England, and the English are driven into a passion, and compelled to be violently angry in their turn, merely t.s keep themselves in countenance. After all, this can merely be considered but as the froth which is raised to the surface by dint of beating, while the substance at bottom remains calm and solid. Without the factitious irritation created by the Oppositions, in a miserable spirit of intrigue against the Ministries, the two Governments of France and England would have settled between them the affair of Otaheite in one quarter of an hour, for there was in reality nothing in it to arrest the attention, for any length of time, of right-thinking and loyal-minded men. Was there or was there not any wrong done by the French authorities ? If there was, England had a right to demand reparation ; and France ought not to hesitate in giving it ; for it is only by acknowledging our wrongs that we can main tain our rights. Now, it is clearly proved that the French authorities had the right to arrest Mr. Prit chard, and send him away, because he excited dis turbance ; and neither the English nor any other Go vernment can deny the legality of such an act. Only, there was on the part of the French officer an abuse of power—a fact which we are bound to admit. Nobody, therefore, can complain of the English Government for requiring that this ill-proceeding should be censured, nor can any man of sense bl ame the French Government for ding such censure. It is not at this moment, when we are bombarding six towns on the coast of Africa, that we should be accused of weakness in expressing re gret for a useless act of harshness. England, if she does not wish to be accused of folly, ought to be con tented with such satisfaction ; and France, if she does not wish to lie under a similar imputation, cannot refuse it. And as both the Governments are justly considered to be possessed of some rationality, the two kingdoms may be perfectly at ease as to the issue of this af fair. We have before noticed the change which has been operated in the style Of the English press. It con tinues to believe that wrong has been done by a French officer, still exaggerating, it is true, the importance of that wrong; but as there is some reality in it, the press has reason when it relies upon the candour and honesty of France in acknowledging it. At bottom, the English press wishes for peace as much as France does, and it is not when peace is sincerely desired by both parties that war can arise from the harshness of a subaltern officer. It was better to wait to know what effect the bombard ment of Tangiers would produce in London. The effect is favourable to us. The feelings of the people of Eng land have remained unmoved, and thin proves that it has confidence in the good faith of France. She has an nounced publiclythat she will not fire a gun but to avenge injuries, the existence of which could not be denied, and that she had no views of aggrandisement in making war npan Morocco. England, in full reliance upon the word of France, has listened with calmness to the sounds of our cannon, although they had awakened the echoes of Gibraltar; the public funds hare not suffered any de preciation—a fact that proves there is in that stock market more good sense and less jobbing than at Paris." The other Ministerial paper, the Journal des De bats, comments on the Morocco affair in rather a different strain :—" Without doubt," it says, " the bombardment of Tangiers caused a.great sensation in England, and so it ought. It is.not to be wondered that the English, the possessors of Gibraltar, the pos sessors of Malta, the possessors of the Indies, with which Egypt is the most direct mode of communica tion, should look with jealousy upon anything that could by any chance establish a superior influence to their own at the mouth of the Mediterranean. The permanent and, for a long time past, irrevocable oc cupation of Algeria by the French, has already been for them a source of great inquietude." It then adds : • " The English press cannot altogether dissemble its uneasiness, but it acknowledges that the French Govern mentthat the foolish obsti nacy of the Emperor of Morocco has fully j us tified the only exercises just reprisals, chastisement inflicted on him, and that France and Mo rocco are two independent States, which may wage war on each other, if such is their pleasure, without England having in any manner a right to intervene. The French Government carried its patience to the utmost limits, and it may assert, without being suspected of weakness, that it only waged war in personal de fence. It did not seek hostilities ; it never had, and it can not reasonably have, any view of conquest, or permanent occupatioa of Morocco. It has declared publicly, and on several occasions, in the two Chambers, that it had not any intention of adding a single inch of ground to the possessions of France, already sufficiently extensive on the continent of Africa ; and if there is anything clearly de monstrated, it is that the sentiment of the country on this point agrees with that of the Government, and that public opinion universally declares itself against the per manent extension of the French dominion beyond the boundaries of Algeria. When, therefore, the English press rang e in battle array a quantity o f bi g words, to declare t hat Great Britain cannot consent to Morocco's becoming, like Algeria, a French possession, we cannot help thinking that it displays a resolution altogether out of season, and exhibits an amount of courage which is not called for by circumstances." As a counterbalance to the " big words " of the English press, we take at random, from a Contem porary of the Journal des Debate, the National, a specimen of boasting which it would be difficult to equal : The articles in the French papers are rather of a pacific character, if we except the Republican Na tional, which evidently hates Louis PHILIPPE more than the English. As our readers will regard with satisfaction every sympton in these articles of a re turn to common sense and justice, we make no apology fur giving copious extracts. The following calm re marks appear in M. Timms' journal, the Consti • tutionnel " The superiority which our officers have over their rivals is too well established for any one to deny it. It is the natural consequence of more extensive theoretical knowledge, and longer practical experience. Out of twenty years' service, fifteen years must have been passed at sea, whereas in the English service five years is only required, and it has been admitted by English admirals themselves that our ships are as smart in their evolutions as the English. The success of naval actions depends less on the number of vessels than the rapidity and precision of their evolutions, on the intelligence of the commander, and on the instruction of the officers and the resolutions of the crews. -In the event of a war, all our attention would be directed towards our navy. In numerable steamers would be built in every port. and some fine day, when a storm had completely swept the channel, we should suddenly land 50,000 men on some undefended point of the British coast. This landing and this result are, in our eyes, but a question of time and opportunity." The French Funds on Tuesday were rather more firm. The Three per Cents. closed at 80f. 40c ; and the Fives at 120 f. 20c. THE BOURSE—Tuzenar, AUGUST 20. Tint Highest Lowest Last Price. p r ice. Price. Price. French Five per C3nts ...... 119 65 .. 120 15 •• 119 55 .. 120 15 Four per Cents. lO5 .. 105 •• 105 .. 105 Portuguese Fi ve Three per Cents..... 80 10 .. SO 20 .• 79 75 .. 80 20 Rank of France...—. ..... 3005 —3005 •.3005 ..3005 Laoltte Bank. I,ooof. Shareslo9s ..1095 • • 1095 • • 1095 1840 . .. 1031 •• 10 Belgian Bank ........ •• •—• 650 .. 650 •• 650 .. 650 Belgian Fives,lB3l.. .. 1031 .. 103 103# 1031 .. 103 t •• 1031 Neapolitan. • .-• ......... ~, 97 50 ..97 50 •• 97 40 .. 97 40 Roman • 1031 .. 103 i Per Cents.. 431 .. 43 .• 431 • • 431 . 103 f .. 1031 ••• 1 "We wish neither to exaggerate the gravity of the present situation, nor to dissemble its eventual results. If it be true that certain journals have made the mistake of too much alarming men's minds, the organ of the Go vernment, which reproaches them with doing so, has perhaps fallen into the error of endeavouring to inspire too much security. The situation is such that, if there is no necessity to fear, there is to guard against possible events. We put aside all that has been mysteriously said about Mehemet Ali and the East. There are at the present moment but two questions we grant ; but it must be declared that from them may spring very grave complications. The country is aware of this, and holds ....•••••• itself prepared for all consequences. It would feel .01 alarm even from a single circumstance—that the Go- ..tarseines vernment should appear too certain of the pacific L .,,„..........., issue of these questions ; for such a certitude could MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.--The returns for only be the result of an anticipated resignation to solutions the most regrettable for our honour. In fact, the last week are favourable, The number of deaths when the incredible expressions by which the English .. the first was 932, while on the previous week they were 934. In the class, which includes epedemic, endemic, Ministers have qualified the indispensable measure taken and contagious diseases, there is an increase, as corn by our officers at Otaheite, against a Consul conspiring . against us, the strange doctrines sustained by the whole pared with previous summers, of deaths caused by English press with regard to th e p u blic right of nations, scarlatina, and diarrhoea. In almost every instance chiefly in small-pox, and the persistence that is shown in demanding a repa- there is a decrease. Deaths from consumption, old ration which is not due, are taken into consideration, the age, and violence, are below the average. The number idea naturally arises, to borrow an expression of M. Guizot's, that from a ll this there will spring either a small-pox appears to be greatly on the increase. The average is eleven, while last great folly or a great weakness ; that is, that England is week fifty-eight were carried off. The table gives decided to perpetrate the first, if M. Guizot does not ~ no return of th e num b ers t h at h a d no t be en vacci consent to perform the second. As to the question or nated. The following is an analysis of the list of Morocco, in spite of all efforts to the contrary, the po- , violentdeaths :—Fracture or contusion, nine cases, of Hoy of our Government engaged in the path of action is : this. If the limit at which the French cannon are to . wh ich four were by falls, and three by horse§ and Y Versailles, R. 8.., ...... R . A .. 1 LW 36 A 250 811A .. 36E285.0 .. 362 50 .. 362 50 220 .. 225 .. 220 .. 225 Rouen • Rouen to Havre......,.., 7OO .. 735 •• 700 .. 755 Orleans ....•• -• V 50 .. 942 50 .. 925 942 50 • .... .)32 Strasburg to Bale .. • ... 230 Avignon to Marseilles...—. 730 .. 232 50 .. 230 .. 740 • 730 .. 232 SO .. 740 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF AUGUST. St. Germain Rouen •••..••...... . Rouen to Havre .. 700 .. 727 50 •. 700 .. 727 50 0r1ean5............ - 932 50 .• 947 50 .. 920 •• 947 50 Strasburg to Baia ......... . 230 Avignon to Marseilles.-- 730 - 232 740 50 - 230 • 232 50 •• •• 722 50 •• 740 • .... "", ... t ft 41, -,,,..-;... AL .,i ~..., „ 1, 1 on- z•- ...: 8 _ .„_,..._ ~., . ......... . .• 1. e'.'!• , !v :.:,---F - --, , ... .•-; ,- qb: - . 1 11 r 7' ' , '• , )-L l ft,N. - Ni i ..„..1........., • - • ~., „. , ..,, • •N•e4.,, i;.... b , e. , .---: - .. *---..., ~ bi • „., . ~,,...r •m 0 • ,r,144, /WIT ~ , - . , - --,r. • , - ,, v• . -... .p. Month% 211 Th LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1841. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER'S Charge to his. clergy, which he delivered on Monday last at Newnham, at his triennial visitation, contains matter that is to Le objected to as well as approved. The stern, uncom promising tone, in which the Right Rev. Prelate speaks of the determination of the Church as regards the great question of popular instruction, is deserving of special animadversion ; while the calm, rational, but decided character of his remarks on the Trae tarian heresy, is not less deserving of approbation, and stands out in favourable contrast to the vacillating course of conduct pursued by himself, and re::om mended to his clergy, by the sly, temporising. jesuitical Dr. BLOMFIELD. But let us hear the Bishop of GLOUCESTER first on the subject of edu cation. Alluding to the institution of Sunday and daily schools, he tells us that they afford "an oppor- tunity to the poorer classes of obtaining the benefit of instruction, which if based on the principles of morality and religion, is among the greatest of human blessings, but if severed from those principles, it may prove like the fruit of the tree of knowledge, the fore runner of spiritual ruin." To the truth and justice of this observation no one can possibly object. It is an obvious truism—a safe and harmless common-place. which must obtain the assent of Dissenters of all classes. But mark what follows 1—" With respect to the necessity an:l importance of the Church perform ing its duty as the national educator of the people," adds the Right Rev. Prelate, " I bel'eve we are all agreed; and we are determined not to sacrifice any part of this duty in favour of others. In this matter we will neither make nor accept of any compromise." It is evident from this last remark, that by the "principles of religion," of which he speaks in the first-quoted passage, the Bishop of GLOUCESTER means the principles of the Established Church ; and to sever education from those principles is, in his view of the case, to bring about the " spiritual ruin" of all who may be educated und9r such circumstances. Religion and the Church are, with him, synonimous t2rms---one and the same thing ; and he cannot ima gine it possible that any sound devotional feeling can be found without the pale of the Establishment. Hence he will have nothin g to do with any system of national instruction hut such as is in strict ac cordance with the views of orthodoxy. "No sur render!" is his rallyin g cry. " A Church education or none !" is the motto which he inscribes on his ' banner, and which he expects his clergy to insist on with their utmost power of lungs. Thus, what appears in the first passage, to be a mere harmless common place truism, becomes —when taken in connexion with the second—to be a bigoted, ex-cathedra dogma, whose burblind intolerance cannot fail to give deep offence to Dissenters of all shades, and call forth the regret of every liberal-minded man who, though he may wish well to the Church, is by no means of opinon that it is but another term for religion. While such is the spirit that actuates our Episcopal Dignitaries—and by which, as a matter of course, their clerical subordi nates must in a great degree be influenced—we despair of seeing a system of rational education established on a sound, enlightened basis ; and can only offer up our humble supplications to Providence, that—to quote the impressive words of the Litany — it will please him to. endow the heads of our Church " with grace, wisdom, and understanding." But to turn to a less ungrac i ous t h eme. Speaking of theTrac t arian heresy, the Right Rev. Prelate observes— "'laving three 3 ears ago deemed it my duty to de- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 184 i. carriages; wound, one case (suicide); drowning, five cases, of which one was stated to be suicide ; hanging, two cases (suicides); scald, one case; and suffocation, three cases. Total, seventeen males (including one case put to tetanus), and four females. The ther mometer was highest on Friday, 67 . 5, and lowest on Thursday, 49 6 degrees. The quantity of rain in inches was 0 . 92, the highest amount for the last four months. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, Ancusr 17.—There was a grand dinner the day before yesterday at the Palace of Lacken, at which were present Lord and Lady Palmerston, Mr. Waller, Secretary, to the English Legation at Brussels ; Mr. Conway, Comptroller of the Civil List, and many other persons of distinction. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, a robust man. decently dressed, and who appeared to be either intoxi cated, or out of his mind, insisted on entering the King's palace, affirming that his Majesty had invited him to dinner, and that he was resolved on seeing h!m. He said he was from Beckerzeel, and that his name was De troch. He was conveyed to the Permanenio ; and having been interrogated by the examining Judge, lodged in the Petits Carmes till some information respecting him shall be obtained. The Journal of Liege, of the 16th, says :—" The rain which has fallen in torrents without interruption for these two days has suddenly swollen our rivers. The Ourthe, the Verdre, and the Embleve, have overflowed, and have carried away several stacks of timber which were on the banks, and which the rapid rise of the water made it impossible to save. The Meuse has risen five feet since yesterday,' and causes serious alarm to the inhabitants•of La Boveria, who suffered seriously by the inundation in March last." BRUSSELS, AUG. 18.—It seems to be now certain that the dikes of the Polder of Lillo cannot be completed this year. We receive very distressing accounts of the damage done by the inundation of the Ourthe and the Verdre. The iron railway between Cologne and Aix-la-Cha pelle is blocked up by a fall of earth, occasioned by the rains. In consequence of this accident, tickets could not be delivered yesterday to travellers who wanted to go to the first of these two cities. Workmen are employed to clear the railway as speedily as possible. BRUSSELS, Auc. 19.—The King and Queen will go this week to Ostend. The young Prince and the Prin cess are expected there, and everything is in readiness at the Palace for their reception. THE HAGUE, AUG. 20.—Their Majesties the Ki ng and Queen will leave the Hague to-morrow (Wednes day), in the afternoon, for Weimar. Bois DR Duc, Auo. 19.—The water is rising in an alarming manner, and, unless it speedily falls, we shall have a terrible inundation. It wants only , sixteen inches to reach the level of the dike round the town. This morning an express has come from the Groenendyk, and we hear that a detachment of Lancers has been sent to prevent the people from wantonly cutting through the dike. THE HAGUE, AUG. 20.—1 t is with great regret that we announce that the Court has received the afflicting news of the death of the Grand Duchess Alexandria, consort of Prince Frederick of Hesse, and niece of our august Queen.—Journal de la Rage, Aug. 21. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, AUG. 22.—Wind N.W., light breezes, and cloudy. DEAL, Aua. 21.—A.x. Wind, W.N.W. P.m. N.W. by W., light. Sid. Gratitude, Launceston ; Minerva, Nassau. RAMSGATE, Atm. 2l.—Arrd. Andrea Elizabeth, Christiansand, for Rochefort, with loss of bowsprit, &c„ having been in contact with an American barque, off Beachey Head. PORTSMOUTH. AUG. 21.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Hamlet, Sydney ; Lord J. Russell and Vittoria, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 21.—Wind N.N.W. Sld. Alex ander, Buenos Ayres. GLOUCESTER, AUG. 21.—S1d. 574, Quebec, and is ashore, on side the west pier. SWANSEA, AUG. 20.—A French lugger was lost on the Shearwater sands last night; crew saved. OFF NORTH FORELAND, AUG. 20.—Barque Druid, Bombay ; Pallas, Quebec. OFF PORTLAND, AUG. 17.—Patriot, Rio, for Stettin Druid, Pierce, Barbadoes. OFF SALCOMBE, AUG. 20. —Bombay, Singapore ; Pa triot, Boston. LIVERPOOL, Aua. 21.--Wind N. W., fresh.—Arrd. Edgecombe, Gibson, Benin ; Hottinguer Burnley, New York. Put back, Azores packet, Oran, very leaky. Off, Dee, Africa. _ ICHABOE.—Arrd. Margaret and Brooke, Liverpool. BERWICK, AUG. 19.—Arrd. Amaranth, Quebec. STOCKTON, Am. 15.—Sid. Athelstane, Quebec. HULL, AUG. 21.—Arrd. Standard, Thompson, St. An drews ; Amazon, Quebec. Sld. Intrepid, Richibucto. CLYDE, Ana. 18:—S1d. Fanny, Jainaica. 19.—Lord Byron, Quebec. ARDROSSAN, Aua. 14.—Ski. Henry, Quebec. LEITH ROADS, AUG. 18.—Arrd. Mathesis, Gordon, Ichaboe. GALWAY, Auc. 19.--Arrd. Midas, Quebec. WARRENPOINT, Auc. 20.—Arrd. Agnes and Ann, Quebec. ABERDEEN, Auc. 19.—Sid. Amity, Dempster, Quebec. LEITH, Ana. 19.—S1d. Pomona, Dalhousie. COUNTERMAND OF TROOPS IN IRELAND.—For some weeks past, there has been a gradual diminution of the military force congregated in Ireland at the period of the State trials. We mentioned, on Saturday, that twe regiments, the 60th Rifles and the 61st Foot, were under orders at Core, awaiting the arrival of transports to em bark for India. Those transports have arrived, but we learned this morning, from a source of unquestionable authority, that an order has been forwarded from the Horse Guards, and by this time has probably reached Cove, suspending the - departure of both regiments. The inference is, that their services may, possibly, be re quired much nearer home than India.—Dublin Evening Post. RHVOLUTION IN FRANCE.—A piece of news has reached us, and appears exclusively in the columns of this journal. We can pity, but not describe, the state of the poor Morning Post on reading the intelligence. There is a female revolution in Paris. All flounces are to be cut off ladies' gowns. All gowns are to be made very short. Above all—all elastic crinoline petticoats are to be abolished. Since July, 1830, a change so startling has not occurred in Europe.—Punch. ACCIDENT TO MR. EDWIN LANDSEER —On Sun day afternoon this distinguished artist, whilst riding along Porchester-terrace, was thrown with great violence from his horse, in consequence of the animal suddenly stumbling. He fell on his head, which was severely cut and bruised. He was carried to the house of Mr. Lin sell, the painter, where surgical assistance was speedily afforded him, after which he was conveyed to his own residence in St. John's-wood. He is still suffering from the effects of the accident, but we are happy to hear that no ill consequences are apprehended from it. FIGHTING MISSIONARIES.—It is a pity that Exeter Hall should ever be confounded with Woolwich Arsenal. A pity is it, that a fabric expressly built and dedicated to the gatherings of Christian charity—where she pleases to call her working children, the bright ones of the earth, together—should be made t o " sme ll woundily of gun powder." But so, within these few days, it has been. A meeting of the London Missionary Society has been held at the Hall, for the purpose of considering the naughty doings of the French blusterers at Otaheite; and the means proposed to meet the wrong committed was, to do further wrong. The best remedy for the wound was a gunpowder plaster I One reverend gen tleman proved that he had been misplaced by fate— certes, he should have been a post-captain, and not a meek, black-coated preacher of the Christian mission— for, with a quickness worthy of Sir Charles Napier, he enumerated the English na va l f orce o ff Otaheite, indig nantly compared it with the force of France on the same station, made a bold joke about Jack Ketch, and finally implied the necessity of sending Mr. Pritchard back to his consulate, with all the hubbub and glory of shot and gunpowder. For our own part, we think the lips of Christian charity all-sufficient to settle the difference; and should be very loth to call in the teeth of a man-of war. If, however, the London Mission think otherwise, we would earnestly counsel them to address themselves to Captain Warner, whose secret is still in the market; and who, doubtless, if only to spite Peel and the other unbelievers, would be very happy to treat with the peace-loving men of Exeter Hall for a reasonable remu neration, Thus, with the London Mission possessed of Warner's secret, they might disseminate practical bene volence by means of the long range, and insinuate true Christianity among the heathen by the invisible shell.— Punch. THE Moons.—The moors in Wigtownshire are very much above an average in game this year, but the birds are strong and wild, and in consequence of the variable weather, such large bags have not been made as might have been expected. A party of five, on Lord Stair's moors in New Luce parish, bagged 63 brace on the 12th by five o'clock---one of them (Robert Fergus son, Esq.) bagging 22 brace, shooting alone. Since then the same party have killed 115 brace.—Ayr Observer. On the night of the 10th, two mounted custom house officers of Abscon, named Nicoli and Denis, pur sued and attacked six smugglers on horseback to the boundary of the Pas de Calais. At the village of Grandremy they seized two of the smugglers, each with 300 kilogrammes of foreign tobacco. The inhabitants of the village, however, took part with the smugglers, and attacking the officers with stones, rescued the men and the goods. The officers could do nothing against such an overpowering force, and were obliged to return to Abscon, covered with blood and mud, with only the two horses of the smugglers, both valuable animals. A complaint has been lodged against the village of Gran d remy.—French Paper. DIVORCE IN AMERICA.--The principal grounds of divorce in the United States are adultery, desertion, and intemperance. In New York adultery is ti e only cause of divorce. The periods of intemperance acid desertion necessary to constitute divorce are : Intemperance. Years. States. Desertion. Years. Mississippi Indiana and Missouri 2 Maine and Ohio Pennsylvania 2 New Hants ...•• Connecticut Massachusetts an d N ew J ersey . It appears the marriage tie is dissolved cheap !r in New Jersey than in any other State, and whether this be an inducement to divorce or not, it is a fact that a large number of dissolutions annually take place. The mode of application in Mississippi is by filing a ?Dill in the Court of Chancery ; in South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, by special law ; in Alabama, Geork:iao and Wenuesse, by a two-third rote of the Leaturel MONE V' AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. The Stock MArket closes quietly thi s a f ternoon , Con sols being 9s a for Money, and 98f1 sellers for Account. Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 1021 / 1, and the New 101* I. There was no alteration in the Un funded Debt. Not the least increase of activity was perceptible in the Foreign Market, and prices, therefore, remained about the same as in the morning. Spanish Actives were 22*, and the Three per Cents. 33*. Mexican brought 351, and Colombian 13 French Five per Cents. were 119 f. 50c. Dutch Five per Cent. were 1001 to a 4. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester, li; Bristol and Exeter, 101 ; Ch ester an d Holyhead,l ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 18i ; Great North o f E ng l an d, 1 3 ; G reat Western, Half, 33 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 1-4- ; Bir mingham, 123 ; Ditto, Thirds, 36i ; Ditto, Quarter, 24 ; Croydon, 5} 4 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 23; South Devon, l*l ; South-Eastern, 4+ ; Ditto, New, 71 ; York and North Midland, Half, 271 ; Paris and Orleans, 17 to 164 ; and Paris and Rouen, 171 * premium. Eastern Counties were 11.a4- and Greenwich, 8 3/ dis. (From The Sill; of Last Night.) A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales 4,500 bales, including 500 fur export, viz., 400 Surat, at 24d. to 32d ; and the rest American, at 34d. to 5:ll—A fair business was done in Railway Shares, but the market had a tendency to droop : Caledonian, 4k. ; Chester and Birkenhead, Half, 15+ ; Dublin and Cashel, 6i ; Eastern Counties, 12 ; Ditto Registered, 13i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66; Glasgow and Dumfries, 11. 2s. 3d.; Grand Junction, New, Quar ter, 30f ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 32+ ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, 5f ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 52+ ; Midland Counties, 108 f ; North Union, 126; Scottish Central, 21. Is. 6d.; South-Eastern, 121 ; Ulster, 371 ; Paris and Lyons, 2 9- , 20; Lynn and Ely, 5. The Bombay has just arrived from Ichaboe, with a cargoe of guano. She left there on the 12th of June. At that date there were no less than 48 British ships there taking in large quantities of the manure. At the adjacent islands there were eight or nine other English ships similarly employed. This intesesting branch of trade appears to be very rapidly on the increase. From the shipping reports, it appears that a consider able quantity of Brazilian sugar has just arrived off the coast, not less than five large ships having waited, a day or two since, for orders. A portion of this, we are told, is the production of free labour. The bulk of the arri vals have been ordered to the Continent for sale. The Funds have been rather steady this morning, though at the opening there were several sales made at a slight depression as compared with the closing rates last evenin g . Th e G overnment b ro k ers have bought 5,0001. Consols at 981. For the account the present value is 981. For Reduced Annuities 99,4 has just been paid, and for Exchequer Bills 71s. to 735. premium. Bank Stock is at 199 for money, and one-half per cent. higher for the account. In the Foreign Market, the principal transactions have been in the Dutch Funds, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. having varied from 61i to 61k. There is not a quota tion for French Stock to-day. Spanish Consols are at 221 ; Portuguese Converted at 44 ; and Mexican at 35i. In the Railway Share Market the more prominent variation is the Birmingham and Gloucester Shares, which have fallen from 124 to 2 and 3 premium. Most of the other Shares are also lower. A considerable amount of business has been transacted this morning. In Banking Shares there has not been 'a transaction re ported up to the present hour. PRICES OF BRITISH F UNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Onicial List.) Bank Stock .. . •.. •••• " .. ............•..... 00000000 ••••••••• 199% 199 3 per Cent. Reduced . Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities leTif 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... 102 102 New 3% per Cent. Annuities...-. . ....... 101% lA% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860.. .......... . 12 9-16% South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities 97% Bank Stock for Account ... 199% Consols for Account ..... ............................... WV; Exchequer Bills, Pm. I%d. 15d. 500/.•• .0.4. •••••••••••• 00000 ..... •••••••••••• 71 - rim. Ditto 5 " ma 11 "..„...." ........ 73 pm. Ditto Advertised. 000 .... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Dutch Exchange 2% per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1 837, 5 per Cent. ....... ..... „ Ditto for the Account 35% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent..........„ — Ditto Converted 44 Spanish' Bonds.. Five per Cent 1840...„ — Ditto for the Account •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 223( Dutch 2 34 per Cents GINSW4 Dutch 5 per Cents.,,,.. ......... ....... .........„ 100,4 New Loan. 5 per Cents . (1837) ..... „......... PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PLR SRARR. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO .." ..... 107 102 ... to 103 Ditto New .. .. . „." ... ......„ ... 17% 25% ... to Chester and H01yhead , ....„.„.„..ead.............. 5 ... ..... 6 `436 ... to Dublin and Cashel ... 2% . 6 3(ik% t• Eastern Counties .....,........ 23_ ...... 11% .... to 12 Ditto New Registered 81. lis. Ad, „ 1374 „,.... to 14 Great North of England. Ditto New Great Western Ditto Fifths l2 ..... .... 2434 ....•• to —. Liverpool and Manchester lOO — to Ditto 36 Shares 5O .... ..... 103 to London and Birmingham ....,.... 100 2 2436 London and Brighton . .... •••••••••• 50 ••••••••• 473. •••••• to London and Greenwich ...... ...... 12% - London and South Western 41% ••..•. ••„ ..... to —• Ditto Eighths Lynn and Ely.. Manchester and Leeds 7O — •...•• to -... Ditto 34 Shares 3O ........ 52% to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ......... 543( Midland Counties ~................... 100 ........ 109 Birmingham and Derby - 100 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 21 North British Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover 3 236 37% 3836 to 37% Ditto New 11 3 •• ••• to Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 ••••••••• 1 % ••• .6 10 ..... Parts and Rouen 2O ..... .... 37% to PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Ann. 20. 3 per Cent. Consols 99 Three and a Half Stock ...... Ditto New, Is3o 3 36 per Cent. Debentures ..— Bank Stoc k Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. Royal Canal Stock — 4 per Ccnt. Ballast Office Debentures 4 per Cent. City Debentures ... LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE. Dublin and K. Road Drogheda Ditt0... Dublin and Cashel ditto Hibernian Bank 45% Royal Bank National Insurance 25 Patriotic ditto Mining Company of Ireland 7 Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company Ditto Ditto 6O Ditto Difto, 11336 —.. ..... ..... 50 .... British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Steam Ship Building Company MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, A CC. 21.—The market remains firm and a fair business done. Churnet Valley, k premium ; Eastern Counties Perpetual, No. 2, 20s. ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 215., and 275. 6d. premium ; Lynn and Ely, 4i ; Manchester and Leeds, 124 ; Ditto, Quarter, 101 ; Manchester, and Bir- mingham, 541 ; Ditto Quarter, 5i ; Newcastle and Dar lington, 48f ; North British, 2 1 1 , ; Paris and Lyons, 2i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS . - . . ... _,.. Bask Stock ----- 1!9 Indian Stock 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds ..... ......... pm.. 3 per Cent. Cons. 2% per Cent. Red 102% Ditto New Annuitie s ... 97 % New 3% per Cent. lOl% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%d... 73 pm New 5 per Cent. — 1 t)itto 5001 Long Annuities to expire 1 Ditto Small 73 pm. Jan • 1t460 12% ;Bank Stock for Acct.... 199% Oct. 1859. ....... Jan. les° lndia Stock for Acct.... . FOREIGN_FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ..... .... Tortuguese,s per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent............ IDitto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds — 'Prussian, 5 per Cent ..... .... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.: ;Russian, 5 per Cent...—. Chilian t 6 per Cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 13% Spanish, 5 per Cent i'2% Oitto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent 33% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent.... Ditto, Deferred..„.„.,,.„ — Daniell, 3 per Cent ...... ..... French, 5 per Cent...ll9r soc. Greek, 184, 5 per Cent.... Exchange —.l. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2 ) per Cent.... 613( Peruvian, 182.5, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent ........106% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) lOl% Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 8; Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) ~ ll Ditto Registered (8/6s 8d paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great North of England, 100 paid . Great Western (75 paid' Ditto Half Shares , 50'paid B3 Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid 6% London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, New 'Thirds, 2 paid Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) London and Greenwich (121. 15s. 4d. paid) 8 X London and Croydon (Trunk) ..... ... 19% Manchester and Leeds go paid/ Ditto. Half Shares, 30 paid South Devon, 5 paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Ditto New Shares, 4 paid York and North Midland (50 paid) — Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) Paris and Rouen. 20 paid . ................ ............... 37 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) BUXTON, AUG. 20.—Amongst the recent arrivals here are Major-General Sir J. Bryant and family, Sir George and Lady Phillips, Colonel and Mrs. Pole, Right Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Darner, Lady Charlotte Greville, Lord Francis Egerton and the Misses Egerton, Colonel Wallington, Mr. Edmund Peel and Mrs. Peel, Mr. Phillips, Sir W. Foulks, Lady Foulks, and Miss Foulks, Sir Thomas and Lady Briggs and family, Colonel and Mrs. Delap, Major and Mrs. Tatten, &c. We under stand Earl De Grey, who, with his C oun t ess , i s sojourn ing here, has derived most decided benefit from the use of these waters. An interesting ceremony took place last week at Val-de-h-Haye, near Rouen. A subscription of 5,000 francs having been entered into for a monument to mark the spot of the first restin g -pl ace on th e r i ver on th e oc casion of transporting the remains of the Emperor Na poleon to Paris, the inauguration took place on the 15th, in the presence of the authorities and an immense multitude. SHOCKING AND EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AT THE IMPERIAL GAS-WORRS.—Mr. Wakley on Wednes day held an inquest at the Albion, Maiden lane, King's cross, on the body of Abraham Hawes Goulding, aged 35, a workman employed at the Imperial Gas -works, in the immediate vicinity. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was what is termed a pattern-maker, or maker of pipes for the Company. On Monday last he was in the retort-house of the factory, w ith four other workmen, employed in moulding a pipe in a lathe ten feet long. He had a large iron gouge in his hand at the time, ‘t hen suddenly the pipe flew, and some portion of it striking the deceased, knocked him down, and in his descent the unfortunate deceased fell with his left breast on the edge of the gouge, which passed through his left breast and penetrated his heart to the depth of several inches. He was heard to exclaim, " Oh, l am bleeding, I am bleeding," but before any of his compa nions could get near him he had ceased to exist. The deceased had fixed the pipe in the lathe himself, and the whole arrangements respecting it were under his imme diate control. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death." SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vitbitt Optnton. Who rams may read." POZEIGN. , On Sunday evening th e ir M a j es ti es th e King sou Queen of the French received Prince Paul of Wurtens" berg, the Austrian Ambassador, the Minister of Justice, General Sebastiani, and Colonel Marnier. The Constieutionnel states that active preparations were making in Paris for the intended journey of th e King to England. M. de Montalivet, the Intendant of the Civil List, was said to have drawn a sum of 3,000,00 a out of the Caisse des Consignations to defray the sr penses of that visit. The Duke de Montpensier has arrived at Metz. M. Chaudordy, a Conservative candidate, has "bey elected for Agen, in the place of M. Bonet, who had re" signed. M. Chaudordy had 241 votes out of 255. Lord and Lady Palmerston left Brussels on Sunday for Prussia. On Saturday they dined with th e King and Queen of the Belgians, who paid marked attentiod 14) them during the whole of their stay in Brussels. The Observateur of Brussels states that there is $ report that the King of the French will return to raj' from England by way of Belgium. M. Apiau, who in the lamentable accident of the -8 111 May, 1842, on the Versailles Railroad (Left Bank), I ° 4 one of his sons, had another horribly mutilated, and ire g himself so much injured that he was compelled to hs ve one of his legs amputated, having appealed to the Cour Royale against the judgment of the Tribunal de Premier e Instance, which rejected a claim that he made upon 113° Company for damages, the appeal, after several healing was decided upon on Monday. The Court confirmed the decision of the lower tribunal, and ordered M. Apiss to pay all the costs. The general exhibition of the produce of national.' dustry in the States of Germany was opened at Berlin on the 15th inst. At the first the catalogue containe d only 1,913 members, but was expected to be shortly 111 " creased to 3,000. In the 1,913 Prussia reckons 1,3 15 ' but as yet only 21 of the States of the Confederati on have contributed. A strange circumstance occurred recently to the Duk e of Genoa, second son of the King of Sardinia. Ile .1 2 attacked and robbed near the Royal chateau of Racothr where there are several thousand men in garrison. An Englishman named Snow, accompanied by for e guides, effected the passage of the Col du Giant on th e 6th. He left Montanvert at two ,in the morning, after having crossed the Mer de G%ce,'the . GlaGi da Tacul (which was found the most . difficult pait of di! undertaking), and the Giant, arrive - d. at Cormateur 11` six in the evening. The closing of the different public libraries of Pai s for the vacation is fixed as follows:—The Royal Libre,' from Ist September to Ist October ; th a t o f Saints O nevieve from Ist October to 15th November ; that of t!I City from Ist September to 15th o f O c t o b e r ; a nd that the Arsenal from 15th of September to 15th of Oct?lier' The Bibliotheque Mazarine eas shut on the Ist and will be re-opened on the 15th of September. LAW AND POLICIL, At Marylebone Police-court Charles Williams, EA," a gentleman of property, residing in Park-square, tended before Mr. Rawliuson, by virtue of a wars" to answer the charge of having committed a violent 55 ,.; sault upon Sarah Jacobs, housemaid, in his service. appeared that a violent altercation took place betwee ll the defendant and his wife, and that the prosecutrix terfered to gave her mistress. The consequence volt that the defendant struck her a desperate blow on breast, from which she suffered very much. Mr. A r linson remarked that he could see no excuse whatel for defendant's conduct, and inflict e d on him th 4 penalty of 51. The defendant, by the advice of bis licitor, intends to appeal against the Magistrate's dee' . sion at the sessions. At Union Hall, Thomas Wetherell and Will Edmonds, were charged with gambling at Camberw e on the preceding day. Sergeant Kendall, P saw the defendants with a table in the fair, on wh ie d was spread a piece of oilcloth, with the apparatus ca lie a " Roundabout," and calculated to impose on - ~ e unwary. That Edwards acted the part of a "deo () ; duck," and as an inducement for the bystanders, prioc,l; pally youths, to " try their luck," he pretended to money at the game, which he was afterwards seen to P ti e l d back to his fellow prisoner. Wetherell was comtnit t for a month, and the other for fourteen days. G 011X1r --7PASSIIO MAUI LS. We are gratified in being enabled to state that b er Majesty is now sufficiently well to be enabled to dispel!!! with the further attendance of Dr. L o cock, who tong 111 " leave of the Queen on Tuesday evening, and left the C. stle for town, intending to proceed yesterday 00 3 a tour on the t ontinent. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with the ber °. ditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Str:i litz, accompanied by Baron Knesebeck and suite, toPssBtbe through Derby on Monday last, on their way splendid seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury, at Alton Mil' The Royal party arrived at the station at tivti d°Vote!, and after partaking of luncheon at the Midland _es t.. proceeded in three carriages and four to their nation. Sack' Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lad i MarY vile West have arrived at Aberystwith, om Conit'N and Bangor. The Noble Earl is expected to retail' 1° town at the end of the month on official business. The Duke of Wellington arrived in town on Wedner day afternoon, from Nuneham Park, the seat of 11 4 Grace the Archbishop of York. his Grace has suffeo" no inconvenience from the fatigues he has recently tor diTgone in accompanying his Royal Highness the , Prince of Prussia in his tour to Portsmouth, Ox fo M &c. His Grace attended at the Horse Guards 10 'Li." afternoon. The Archbishop of York has fixed the following dal for his public dinners at Bishopsthorpe :—Thurstrs Sept. 5 ; Thursday, Sept. 12 ; Thursday, Sept. 19 Tuesday, Sept. 24. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn arrived in t e RD on Tuesday fro m B r i g ht on , w h ere th ey h a d been staYl during the last f ew d a y s on a v i s it t o the Duke se Duchess of Argyll. On Wednesday the Noble pail' le Stafford House for Trentham. Ihe Earl and Countess of Westmoreland have f a Nuneham Park for Apethorpe, in order to prePre,,s the reception of his Royal Highness the Prince of F i .,'"" r a sia, who has signified his intention of honouring ,' O O Westmoreland with a visit upon his return from land on Tuesday next. 00 The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield left tom , Wednesday for his Lordship's seat, Bretby Park, L eice* tershire. re' The Earl of Roden and Viscount Jocelyn hav e t• turned to town from Ireland, where they have beeti,_ete tending the obsequies of their lamented relative, th e Viscount Powcrscourt. West' Lady Brougham left town on Wednesday for 1° moreland. Her Ladyship is, we regret to leanly delicate state of health. the Lord and. Lady Carrington have left Whitehall for . p r d season, and are staying at Grayhurst, his L O - 81 101 seat, near Newport Pagnell, where Lady Willoug D'Eresby is at present on a visit to her Noble daue n o Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley have arrived from Strathtieldsaye. OXISCEZZANZOIIIIII. de f' Plymouth regatta is appointed to come off on 0 0 ,, 11 r the 28th instant, being the anniversary of Prince A" - ;t1 birth-day. In the eveving there is to be a ball st ow Roy al Hotel, under the patronage of the Noble C° ll % . dore and members of the Royal Western Yacht C l° • o f The Right Hon. George R. Dawson, Commissio eet of Customs, is making a tour of inspection, in pursua n t a recommendation of the Revenue Inquiry Conit° l ; o o in their receot.report, that the members of the Co s t he Board should not only personally survey and inspee,l io departments in London, but should, at certain perina s ' a ft, spect the whole of the ports of the United Kingdn° l * Daa son is at present inspecting the Irish ports. p o st' " For some weeks past," says the Dublin Evening fo rce " there has been a gradual diminution of the militaryrow congregated in Ireland at the period of the State t 6 0th We mentioned, on Saturday, that two regiments, w e co ffer Rifles, and the 61st Foot, were under orders at /0 0 awaiting the arrival of transports to embark for _ s been Those transports have arrived ; but an orde re r ; et f le t forwarded from the Horse Guards suspending tu e parture of both regiments." oti Every debtor in the Liverpool gaol was Saturday last, under the operation of the new the abolition of imprisonment for debt. . o ver" A letter from St. Petersburgh states that the ment is about to send several professors ones ,!,060,1 veysi . ty of Cason and St. Petersburgh, i s c ii, ow" mission to Italy, Germany, France, Switzer° England. f re AO°ll FIRE AT DEPTFORD.—Wednesday ft ernengolo r, broke out in the private dwelling-house - 3 0f Or r ': orl — g i A '. No. 8, Union •street, High-street, Deptford • Gri t when n d fi in rs o t n y e er o e f e t i h ve e d ba h c a k d ro o o b m ta s ia in ed th a e fi u r pp in e h r o y_r w o i r tii i t h ti e j apartment. The necessary alarm being raiseul Doe_ A P . possible expedition an engine from her Majes t J ' i SW' yard was on the spot, with one from the Geriers,.waric." Navigation Company's Wharf, and also the Soo w est of bridge-road brigade engine, with that of th l e n t the ir England Company. The inhabitants having .„ 0 011 assistance, by means of plenty of water, got the "" e t on of the fire before the engines came down, but 1 bf '01 1 4_,6 considerabletwhartoeurih a Thesp acrak ufs damage aelloinf gthe was f fire from ro d o ani is 1 , more iaguhptpe odOr s e o s P e c h 0 0 ca T candle, Nay sealing some charts a few minutes befor e. is insured in the Licensed Victualler's Office. LANDLORDS.--SirGOOD LANDLORDS .-- Sir Henry Winston . .e B. e d 0. Bart., M.P., Lady Barron, and family, have arr l ' oar their beautiful marine residence at Ballinsairtjo has Ardmore, in the county of Waterford. Sir ° e xte nsil e commenced draining for all his tenants on bis r i o te' estates, at his own expense and under the eoP e __ e uent dence of a professed drainer. He is a roost exu._ and and indulgent landlord. He pays the rent-cbsure, for poor-rates for his tenants, and has bui lt slated hSr., is them. Edward Galwey, of Ducks pool, Es cP • rogninef„' aLo draining extensively on his estates.—Cwba r BRIGHTON, AUG. 21 . - Count Ness Pegg's Pegg's Royal York Hotel yesterday, for i f i3d a ii °l3' d i eg: turned this afternoon with Baroness Seebsel'it_ .000 0 , Kisseleff, the Russian Chargit d'Affaires at PaliZ 6u it 13runnow, the Russian A m bassador o.n London, is expected on a visit to Count. morrow. Among the latest arrivals here and Countess of Wicklow, Lord Gainshoroue,:;;oolo Elizabeth Noel, Viscount and ViscouiltekVr", Lad' Mr. and Lady Sarah Bayley, LadY lis t 4 Heytesbury, Sir George and Lady Worm) Aso Rolieby, Mr. and Lady . Sandford, Ficc. less '— rm." a re no l bS THE FAMILY Or S M ITIIB.-----L. , f i i n 62 th n e am ,, N es e o w f leorliairDgeiraeatornd iynteforresitia4.fiara. ° .~ b .~ 11 0 .0 a ' 4