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EVEN ENG EDITION, Iwould serve todirect him in that course most likely to conciliate the good opinion and confidence of all classes. His Noble Friend, the Marquis of Normanby, in the measures he had adopted, had done mere than to follow up that course of policy which had been chalked out by Lords Anglesey and 1111esley. There was one other topic to which he would - but slightly al lude. At the period when his Noble Friend trok the reins of Government from his predecessor there was an army in Ire land of between 2:3,000 and 24,000 men. His Noble Friend had bled the good fortune to find, from persevering in the course he lo'ffd adopted, that the army had been reduced to 13,4 , 50; but since then upwards of 2,100 had been ordered on foreign service ; and there were now not more tbaa 10,500, or 11,000 men in Ireland. He (Lord Hatherton) would say that this state of things, so far from being a cause for apprehension, spoke volumes o f th e a d m i ra b le principles on which the Noble ' Marquis's Government had been condneted.—( Hear, hear. ) Lord BROUGHAM wished to know from the Noble Lord which course he meant to take—whether he meant to support the Bill or to throw it out ? Lord HAT El ERTON—Of course I am for the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM —Because the whole of the Noble Lord's argument was against the Bill.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord would have them believe that the evidence before the Committee spewed that Ribbonism did not exist at all. I Now he (Lord Brougham) did not go sorer as the Noble Earl who I had moved for the Committee, er the Noble Lord who was t Chairman, but still he could not agree with the Noble I Lord who h a d j ust sat down, that there were no as s ociations, no pass words, no organisation--and that the whole has to be i attributed merely to the publicans—that the publicans liked people to go to their houses and drink whiskey. The Noble Lord might as well say there were no such things as Benefit Societies, because they were all held at public-houses, and that there were no such things as lawyers going circuits, because they mostly put up at public-houses.—(Laughter.) Did the Noble Lord mean to say there were no such things as Secret Associations, hound together by secret oaths, and which were exceedingly difficult to discover. He (Lord Brougham) did not deny that the publicans had an interest in these associations, and that they played into the hands of secret combinationt, and he hoped the Magistrates would not sleep, but would be more astute when granting licenses, and would inquire whether the pnblican had allowed a Ribbon Lodge to be held in his house. They were most dangerous associatiuns, and he dol hope the Magistrates would do their utmost to put them down. After the length to which Irish subjects had been debated this week, probably the best mode of ingratiating himself with their Lordships would be to finish, which he should accordingly do, not discussihg the subject further than just to say, that he en tered his decided protest against its being supposed that he as a member of the Committee, went along with the doctrine that there was little or nothing in it. He thought it was a deli gerous, a wide-spread asseeiation, and not the l ess d angerous or criminal because it had not political objects ayerreu_mily for agrarian disturbances. What could be more frightful than a state of society iu which there should be such a combination— ( Hear, hear )—poesine over, with its secret oaths, to Liverpo o l and other places, which . is quite natu ra l, seeing that ' there are in Liverpool 30,000 Irishmen, 50,000 in another plate!, 60,000 in another—( Hear, hear)—who of course bring over with there their passwords and organization. " lam old enough to recollect the United Irishmen, who spread their association into this country and into Scotland, by means of the Irishmen settled there. —( Hear, hear.) I say again, my Lords, that this is a very dangerous association, and which this evidence' reveals, , and one requiring th e u t most v i g i lance on the part of the Go- I vernment. I caanot imagine a worse state of things than an association of this kind, pushing its ramifications every whore by means of secret oaths sad signs, not heir the be'tter, at all, for having no distinct purpose, being ready fir any mis.. chieveue object--having the machinery prepared—occupied now in agrarian disturbances, because time people of ' Ireland chose to say that in that of all countries lie landlords should net manage their own estates.—( Hear, hear.) That men could be had for a few shillings to shoot any person, either for taking a cer t a i n l ease , or f or paying his rent. Can there be an (eject IlloYe criminal—can there be anything going more to the very root of society ?—( hear.) And can any one suppose that it is not a machinery easily convertible to po litieal purposes—that there is not a ready mechanism for a re. hellions society ?—( Hear, hear.) Ido not mean to say that it is not the sincere desire of Government to put down these So cieties—l believe it is their strong desire—it has, indeed ; been arguld to-night for the Government as if they were charged with not doing their best to suppress Ribbonism.—( Hear, hear.) Nobody ever odd so —no one was more anxious to prove the negative in Committee than I , wee—in truth, it was no great compliment to the Government to free them front the charge of misprision of treason, which it would be, not to do their best to put down these frightful com bieations--ending, as they generally do, in murder. I f rame d the most eearchirg-the most drastic, questions to the witnesses, with a view of vindicating the Government. I asked, " Ha ve the Government done all that was p oss ibl e f or them to do to ! put down these Societies ?"—" Yee." " Was there any i one thing they could hare done to punish these offences which they have not done ?"—" No." " Is that ye:sr present deliberate opinion ?"—" It is, after full consideration." But not satisfied with that, I also asked, " if the Government had used all means which it was possible for mortal men to use, to discover these Societies," and the answer as , , that they had. And my impression is, that it would have been better—speaking as a professional man—that the case of the Government would have been better, if they had left it on my • • general questions without going into details —not that I have seen reason to alter my opinion. As to Mr. Rowan, I think it necessary to state that there could be no imputation on that respectable man. —(Hear, hear.) 31r. Rowan never gave credit to the absurd tales about Mr. O'Connell being—not King of England —but King of . Ireland, retaining, I suppose, his seat in the House of Comoro for though I think there could be no Crown in Ire . lanii.long,ltliout dependence on the Crown of England, yet I doubt if it could disqualify for a seat in the House of Com mons, as not being "an office under the Crown"—(A laugh)— but the absurdity is monstrous, and Mr. Rowan gave no credit to it ; he only did his duty by disclosing this tale with the others to the Government. My Lords, as to the inquiry, I must say I never saw mca who, like the Noble Lord opposite, had greater prejudices, act fairer, or with less symptoms of contrivance, less appearance of being in league with the witnesses, who were brought forward evidently with i no other design than to reveal the truth, whatever 1 it might be.—( Hear, hear.) I s till t hi n k t h e appointment of ; the Committee was exceedingly proper, and not only proper, but absolutely necessary. and your Lordships would not have discharged your duty, if you had not instituted the inquiry. 'The result of the inquiry has been most important ; for though I do- not go to the full extent with Nohle Lords opposite, I had use conce ptio n , before the inquiry, of the extent to which these combinations had been carried ; and there can be no doubt that they form a most dangerous weapon, ready to be used with fatal i effect by any person disputed to empioy it.—(H ear. ) O ne word , a , to the testimony borne to the i mpartiality of th e C omm i ttee by ; my Noble Friend lately arrived in this House (Lord Lurgan). Isome persons had said the Committee was packed, that is, chosen to work injustice. I envy not the feelings of those persons after the testimony thus borne by their friends and supporters. —( Hear, hear.) Nor do I envy the feelings of those who, by the majority of 22, chose to pass a vote of appro. bation before any inquiry.—( Hear, hear, hear, ) Lord HATHERTON wished it to be understood that he , di,: not think at all lightly of these Societies, which he con sidered highly mischievous—his argument was only directed against the extravagant statements of some witnesses. Lord PLCNKET said,. after the unequivocal statement of his Noble and Learned Friend that the Government had done its best to put down these Societies, which, by the concur.. : risme it had met with, might be justly considered a verdict of ) unanimous acquittal by their Lordships, he would only say that an experience of some forty years in public life enabled him to affirm, that these associations had existed in Ireland s i nce 1798.-4 Hear, hear.) Ihe machinery had been esta blished by the United Irishmen, and had never been since abandoned—( Hear, hear)—and it was remarkable that the United Irishmen had first been formed in the North, and among the Protestants, not the Catholics.—(Hear, hear.) He wished only to add that he had always found the Catholic; Priests dis posed to assist in putting these associations down, Viscount MELBOURNE said he had hoped that he should hare been enabled to allow the debate to close without troubling their Lordships.-but the Noble Duke had not only broken his own silence, but compelled him to make a few observations. The Noble Dnke had stated the reasons why he had supported the motion for a Committee, and had said that he was quite sa tisfied with the results, and conceived that it fully justified the appointment. Now he (Viscount Melbourne) had opposed the appointment of the Committee, on the ground that it appeared to him unnecessary and useless, tending to criminate the Go veynment of !eclat:id. Whether that was so nr not, it was notfor him to gay. But as to Ribbonism, his prediction had quite been fulfilled, seeing that not one circumstance had been stated before the Committee which had not been nctorioue years ago'. i There had been no new information on the su bj ect o f Sec r et Societies elicited. The object of those Societies had been well explained by his Noble and Learned Friend who had lately addressed the House. He entirely agreed with him on the subject, hut the house should recollect that it was necessary to approach this subject with caution. Every thing secret gave i great scope to the imagination. The eneallst matters became important under 'such circumstances. As his Noble Friend had stated there were most probably different views adopted by different persons belonging to these Societies ; many of theta Imight have ulterior views which they did not communicate to others, and it appeared, besides, that there were different idegrees in this Society. He did not mean to say but what these Societies were productive of evil effects ; but he believed that persons ought to be exceedingly cautious in believing a'l that was asserted regardins the several sarcastic observations had been indulged in by the N oble Duke. lie had alluded to the circumstance of an individual of great power and influence re minding the Irish that they were nine millions, and never could ask for their rights and be ' with safety refused. Now, although he meat admit that that was an individual of very great influence, yet they should recollect that that influence was not exerted through the mean! of secret societies but through public meetings. 14 Give ine, - said the Noble Viscount " the force and power of public meetings, and I shall not be much alarmed at any danger from secret societies." The Noble Duke had also brought forward two or three other charses. In the first place he said, that now for thetirst time, the existence of the societies was admitted. The Noble Duke he thought mast be la bouring under some strange illusion—their existence had always been admitted. The United Irishmen had sprung up suddenly, and in secret, and had been carried to a considerable extent with out the knowledge of the Government of that day ; but since that time the existence of secret societies had always been known and admitted. The Noble Duke had also charged them with putting into the mouth of the Sovereign, in various speeches from the Throne, congratulations on the tranquillity of Ireland. H e only reenembered that such had been the case on one occasion, at the end of the Session of the year 1834 ; and for that his Noble and Learned Friend was equally responsible with himself, and th ey certainly did on thafoccasion think themselves justified, considering the state in which Ireland had been previously, in drawing attention to its then state of t ra p_ guillity, of course thateant herative tranquillity ; and so i i ar as he recollected was th e . 4 ,1 ion on which such , , an allusion had teen made ; of co urse oeietie., bt. theey had not an idea ok that there were no secret s j us tifi e d in putting that expression z o hought they were the mouth of : the Sovereign when they considered the previous state of things in that country, The N'oble Duke had also said that they had notwithstanding their knowledge of the existence f h o! ' secret societies, reduced the peace establishment o Str t i ely e s . wa ki ng , this was erroneous—they had not reduced the Peace estObliehrnent. The peace establishment, as regarded -bath the neilitary and the naval force, was at thi s moment larger • than t t :e one tile) had received from th e N o b le Duke ' in 183(1; b that was sot what the Noble D u k e meant. He ex prain' e g afterwards that he alluded to the great diminution of the one which had taken place in Ireland in order to augme n t t h e force in Canada, without making any corresponding augmenta tion in the force at that country. This was a great quest i on of political interest, which he could not discuss at present, but he ark -that it frequently happened that the e ff ect w of ou g l e d he m ra er l erem o l p y inion might frequently make that force mere than sufficient for the preservation o f t h e peace, which under o th er circumstances would require considerable augmentation ; but at the same time, he must say that these opinions and predic tions were exceedingly impolitic, as front the weight necessarily attached to them, coming, as they did from such high authority, they were necessarily calculated to realize themselves. The Duk e o f WELLINGTON explained. With respect to secret soc i et i es , h e would observe that the society of United Iriahrnonsprung up, and had actually occasioned the rebel lion from the effects of which Ireland was still suffering, with out the knowledge of the Government, that society had a secret ergazination, and what he feared was that the ignorance and the carelessness of the Government, might, in this instance, pro-, duce similar unfortunate results, With regard to the reduc- don of the establishment, he believed it had been reduced in i i 29, and again in 1832 and 1833, so that in the year 1838 it was lower than it had been in 1830. In the year 1838 it was lower by 10,000 men than the original peace estaldish mere, that establishment having been reduced by the Government, to which he had the honour to belong, from motives of economy, and having been reduced still lower by the Government of Cord Grey from the same motives. Ile would say that the establishment had been mare reduced than on any other occasion ; when on account of the war in Ame rica, in his opinion the establishment in Ireland and elsewhere, ought not only not to have been reduced, but to have been considerably augmented, and he was ccnvinced that if exertions had been made two years ago, we should not be in the situaticn in which, he was afraid, we were now unfortunately placed. The Earl of RODEN replied. The Noble Lord ( Hather ton) had read Mr. Drummond's evidence to bad effect. Mr. Drummond said in one part that Ribbonism was a rope of sand, in another that it was a serious injury to the country; how then could the Noble Lord concur with Mr. Drummond? The Noble Marquis was much too severe on Mr. Rowan. That gentleman gave his evidence with great roluctance, and he was not more severe against the Government than the Inspector-General, the Magistrates, the police officers, and others who had given evidence.—( Hear, hear.) The evidence fully confirmed what he (the Noble Earl) had before said of the existence of Ribbonism. Yet the Noble Marquis had in 1837 denied the existence of Ribbonism, while in the year before three of its officers had forwarded informa tion to the Government of its existence. He hoped the Big now before their Lordships would produce the best effects, and in moving for the Committee he was only anxious to serve his country. The Marquis of NORMANBY explained, In his speech of 1537 he admitted that the Government had received informa tion from their officers of the existence of Ribbonism. They had instituted a prosecution, and it failed from want of evidence. Lord WHARNCLIFFE explained. Lord GLENGALL gave notice of his intention, on a further stage of the Bill, to call the attention of the Government to that part of the measure relative to arms. Lord DUNCANNON replied. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill ; several verbal amendments were made in the clauses, after which the House resu me d, an d t h e Report was ordered to be received on 'Monday. The House adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Argyll, G.C. H., Lord Steward of the Howie hold, had an audience of the Queen yesterday, to present the Address from the House of Lords, respecting the Slave Trade. Her Majesty communicated her most gracious answer to the Address. The Queen rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon, at tended by the Hon. Mrs. Brand, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quentin, Marquis of Headfort, Colonel Buckley, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Belfast, and Sir William Lumley. Viscount Melbourne and Viscount Dnncannon had audience yesterday of her Majesty. A deputation, consisting of the Bishop of London, Lord Ashley, M.P., M". Fowell Buxton, Sir Thos. D. Acland, M. P., Sir Robt. Inglis, 11. P., Hen. F. Calthoroe, Right Hon. S. Lushington, M.P., Mr. Ewart; M.P, Mr. Irving, M P., Mr. Samuel Gurney, Colonel Torrens, Mr. Macauley, M.P., Sir Henry Vernev, B ar t., M. P., and Mr. C. N. Buxton, had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yester day, at the Office. The Netherlands Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Despatches from Governor Light, at British Guiana, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES.—WEDNESDAT. The Town Plate of 50t., added to a Subscription of 3 soil eaeh for 3 yrs old, 7st 7th ; 4 yrs, B,t 71b ; 5 yrs, Sat 13th ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b mares and geldings allowed 31bs. '1 he winner to be sold for 2.50, and the second to receive 10 sots .Mile heats, (3 Subs). Mr. Balchin's Launchaway, 4 yrs ( Wakefield) 1 1 Mr. Hornsby's Romania, 4 yr 5..... Captain Pellet's Caliph, aged Won easy The Tradesm.fi's Plate of 50 sous, added to a Subscription o. 3 sots each ; 3 yrs old, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs, Sat 41b ; 5 yrs, Bst 10th 6 yrs and aged, Bst 12 ; Mares and Geldings allowed 31b'. The second to save his subscription, and the winner to be sold for 150 sovs &e. T. Y. C. Heats. (3 Subs). Captain Pellet's Caliph, aged ( Chapple) 1 1 Mr. Shelley's Olio, 4 yrs Mr. Monk's Nominee, 3 yrs... 2 dr The weather was miserable, an incessant rain, with a strong wind and a thick mist, having effectually neutralized the attrac tions of an indifferent list. In our account sent from the course, we stated that the race for the Brighton Stakes was given to Tawney Owl, in consequence of Ratsbane, (who won easy by three lengths) Ruby, Jemima, and Slang, having gone on the wrong side of the post, over which, we should have added, Merganser fell and threw her rider. Lord G. Bentinck's trainer has objected to the stakes being paid to Mr. Shelley. 3 dr WORCESTER RACES. — WEDNESDA Y. The Worcester Stakes of 20 soya each, h ft, with 20 added the second to save his stake, distance two miles ( 17 Subs, 9 of whom declared. ) Mr. Tower's gr g, Isaac, agd, Sst 101 b (Darling) Mr. Massay's b g, Tubalcain, 3 yrs, 6st 41b Lord Warwick's b c, Melodrame, 4 yrs, 7st 41b 3 The following also started,but were not placed :—Mr. Mick lam's bc, Wee Willie, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b; Mr. Flintoirs ch c Bilboa, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; and Mr. B. Collett's br c, The Dean, 3 yrs, 7si2lb. Sweepstakes of 15 soy. each, with 25 added, for two-yr-old colts, Bst 51b, and fillies, E s t. T. Y. C. (4 S u b s. ) Sir. Fowler's b f Lallah Rookh (Darling) 1 Mr. W. Hervey's b f Kate Nickleby Mr. B. Collett's ch c Cork, by Priam Mr. Bristow's bl c Janus The City Members' Plate of 501. ; two-mile heats. Mr. Tomas's gr g Isaac, aged, 9st 61b (Darling) 1 1 Mr. Walmsley's b g Catamaran, aged, 9st 41b ...... 0 2 Mr. Barrow's b m Catharina, aged, 9st 41b Captain Lamb's ch c Own Brother to Nimrod, 3 yrs , fist 101b dis. POTTERY MEETING.-WEDNESDAY. The Champagne Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. The winner to give two dozen of champagne to the Club. T. I', C. Half a mile. 8 subs. Mr. T. Critchley's bl c Dunstan, by St. Nicholas ......Lye I Mr. T. R. Price's b f The Rose of 3laclor The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. W. T. Copeland's ch f The Rose ; Mr. Edge's ch c by Muley, out of Dulcumara ; and Mr. A. Bower's ch f by Langar, out of Lady Stafford. Betting-6 to 4 agst Dunstan, 3to 1 agst The Rose, 3to 1 agst Maley colt, and 6 to 1 agst the Langer filly —won by a length and a half. Ha !dicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if declared, &c., with 100 a dd e d b y W . T. opeland, Esq., M. P., for all ages. Twice round, about two miles. 67 Subs., _ 34 of whom declared. Lord Chesterfield's ch f Industry, 4 yrs, &It 21b....(Birbach) 1 Lord Eglinton's b f Bellona, 4 yrs, 7st. Mr. T. Price's ch g Zillah, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. J. Allen's b c Percy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ; Mr. J. P o tt s na . b ro th er t o Goldhurst, 5 yrs, 7st 61b and Mr. Ogden's c St. Leonard, 4 yrs, 7st. Betting-6 to 4 agst Zillah, 6to 4 agst Bellona, 4to 1 agst Industry, 6 to I agst St. Leonard, and 7 to 1 agst Percy—a tine race, won cleverly. Handicap of 10 soy,, each, h.ft, with 20 added. Once round and a distance. Mr.:P. B. Price's:l3 g Captain;Pops, 4 Vl'9, Sit 41b (Counelly) 1 Mr. W. T. Copeland'.: b c May the First, 3 yrs, 7st ... 2 A good race. The Maiden Plate of 701., added to a Subscription of 3 501'.3. each, fur horses, &c. of all ages ; the second to save his sub scription. Heats, twice round and a distance. (3 Subs.) Mr. Ciegg's br c Abraham Cowley, 3 yrs (Lye) 1 3 1 Mr. W. 'l'. Copeland's b h Spelter, 3 yrs Mr. Moss's b f Miss Foote, 3 yrs Three well contested heats. HUNTINGDON RACES.-WEDNESDAY. - - - The Ladies Purse of bOL, by Subs of 2 sovs eaeh, with 10 added from the fund. Heats, once round. The winner to be sold for 100 MA'S, &c. Mr. W. Smith's b g The Unknown, aged, 9st 21b, (Buckle) ' Mr. Smith's eh c The Pedlar, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 2 2 Mr. Uwsley's ch in Victoria, aged, 9st 21b 3 3 A good race. _ Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 15 added from the fund, for 3 yrs old colts, fillies, and geldings. The winner to be sold for 3001. &c. Heats, once round. Mr. Drage's b c Johannus, Bst 51b Mr. Roger's b c Peon, Bst Mb 3 2 Col. Peel's bc by Longwaist, out of Hermesid, Bst blb 2 dr Well-contested. AT ATIIENS.—Mr. George Robins is unques tionably the Napoleon of " The Fifth Estate,"—as Auc tiondem has recently been termed,—for his territorial con. quests extend on every side, and übiquity alone can cha racterise his genius. One day we see bias in the centre of the metropolis, presiding over palaces and princely esta blishments—anon he is to be found in the fertile valleys of the west, revelling amidst cultivated gardens, umbrageous woods, smiling meadows, and scenes of more than Italian beauty ;—and again, before we have time to recover from his glowing descriptions, we hear of him in the mountains of the north, lording it over vast tracts of lake and moun tain scenery, or with a breath disposing of feudal castles and baronial halls. To these wonders we have long been accustomed,—and have ceased to feel surprise at the rapi dity or energy of his movements;—but that he possesses the means of still exciting our admiration he has given us ample proof by bringing within the sphere of his controul the most beautiful, and at the same time the most remote parts of Europe, and compelling the distant regions of the Sew world to acknowledge his sway. In his latest achieve ment he has extended his dominion to the classic soil of Attica, amid the groves of Academus, and over the shores of the Agean. There, where the shadow of the Acropolis falls upon the plain, where the immortal ruins of the ancient fane of Grecian worship still greet the traveller's eye,—in that _ _ Bright clime of battle and of song," the home of the heart to all who bold the mem or y of Greece in affection, has he established a new throne. We do not, , however, mean to imply that Mr. R o bi ns h as at last re ceived, in the sovereignty of Greece, the meet reward of his labours, but simply that he now has at his disposal a valuable estate near Athens, the characteristic beauties and advantages of which we fear to mar by using words of our own to describe. Nor should we have interfered at all with his province of description, had we not been forcibly struck by the strange chances which " the whirlgig o f time" brings about, not the least remarkable of which is the fact of an Athenian villa, on the site where, haply, Socrates or Plato may have dwelt, being sold by auction in Covent Garden. His advertisement of Athens is deci dedly hi s b est composition ; it i s too l ong f or i nsert i on here, but we cannot refrain from quoting a single passage, that leads to a most happy quotation. After stating that it would require the pen of Byron to do it justice, and, the naneederYeonserillenCe that h e a pp roac h es his task in fear trembling, he goes on to say that the chateau, which is placed in the Olive Grove, and commands a splendid view of the Acropolis and the city, is suited to a family not very large, bu whose minds the glory of that once faamreedm ci b t u y_ ed with reminiscences of " Shrine of the mighty an it be That this is all rernair fis thee i: ? he concludes by this ejaculation-- O h I that the pen of the great bard could at this moment len d til its influential aid and direct the one that now falters in vaiu attempt to a moderate portraiture of the landsce g Po—but this hopeless," &c.—Morning Herald, Aug. s. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 747. R S. GORE'S COURTIER LVI. OF THE DAY'S OF CHARLES 11. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-sleet. IS Majesty the. KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possi bilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to.purehase may receive, PREVI OUS to giving any o r d er, - t h e PROSPF!CTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a lino to HEINE BROTHERS at HANIBURGH. P.S. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions from NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS and upwards, to TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS. A RISE IN THE PRICE of the SHARES for the NEXT DISTRIBUTION will vet) , soon take place, there being only few of them on hand, and nearly all cleared off. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The " Ladye of Lambythe," increases nightly in attraction, and elicits rapturous acclamations of crowded audiences, Last night but one of the Veteran Dovvton. TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY) Will be acted the Old English Drama of THE LADYE OF LAMBYTHE. Eva, Mrs. Vining. Katherine, Miss Grant. Lucie, Miss Martin. Walter More, Mr. E. F. Saville. Wilbert, Mr. Dale, John the Jester, Mr. Smith. After which, Shakspeare's HENRY THE FOURTH. Falstaff, Mr. Dowton. To conclude with the last New French Drama, called DIANE DE CHI VRI, THE BLIND GIRL. -- - Hl6ll WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning...... 56 minutes after 2. I Evening ... :1 minutes after a mrl • j's l . IWa I • . frhi 0,0 6 - Zhe g U4l+ LONDON : FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1839. We see by the proceedings of the Town Council of Birmingham, that the members are much dis pleased with Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S new Police Bill for that borough, which is called insulting and despotic. They are all in a rage at it, and say that it excites no other feeling than abhorrence and disgust. We are not sorry for this. The Birmingham Whigs and psuedo Radicals were in a prodigious hurry to profit by the riot which the Magistrates caused to get a police to keep the Chartists in order, and they are now likely to repent their haste. They have realised the old fable of the horse and the stag, and begged the Minister to bridle and saddle them, that they might run down the Chartists. But the Ministers, having got the bit in their mouths, and being firmly seated.on their backs, will break them in -to their own purposes. We - refer to this very instructive lesson as an il lustration of the liberticide policy of the middle classes in every part of the kingdom. They are alarmed at the claims of the people ; they are anxious to retain their monopoly—to exclude the masses, and so they make common cause with the aristocracy and the hierarchy in establishing a des potic, a centralized, and a Frenchified Government, in order to keep the masses in obedience. The horse sacrificed his liberty to gratify his desire of vengeance ; the middle classes sacrifice their liberty to play the tyrant. The horse sought to run down an animal of a dif ferent species, but they are desirous to run or keep down their own brethren. They are anxious to imitate the idle aristocracy—they admire the pompous priesthood ; and to maintain these classes in luxury and idleness, or in performing labours that are more injurious than beneficial, the middle classes lend themselves- to oppress the labourers. Without workmen they could not live, much less prosper ; but they could live and prosper, as is proved by the United States, without a nobility and a State priesthood. Unhappily for themselves, the middle classes take a different view, and join the landowners, the tithe eaters, and the tax consumers, in keeping the lower classes in a degraded and enslaved condition. In their present terrors obliged to sacrifice their own liberty to avoid civil war obliged to supplicate the assistance of a large standing army in time of peace, and a new-fangled police to keep political agitation in check, and put down certain political opiniors, they may see the conse quence of their own acts. The new police imposed on Birmingham is a type of what the middle classes have everywhere to expect, for it is what they have everywhere called for. But after sacrificing their own independence and the liberties of the country, will the 4 - niddle classes secure their objects ? Will they be able to retain the lower classes in their present dependent condi tion? Will they be able to put down the opinions of the Chartists ? The Globe believes chat the levellers include a large proportion of the restless part of the working classes. If such be. the case, what effect will the punishment of LOVETT and COLLINS have on their opinions ? It will strengthen their conviction by a sense of additional injustice. The law r has been eminently successful ; the ATTORNEY-GENERAL is puffed up like a peacock ; and the Tory and quasi. Liberal Journals are pointing with exultation to the powers of the law. We admit its success. We grant its energy. We acknowledge that it has attained the immediate object. But what is next to be done ? We ask with earnestness and anxiety what will the Government next do ? Will the convictions reconcile the Chartists to the Constitu tion ? Will it extend the franchise ? Will it give employment and good wageS to the people ? Will it make them contented ? Will it convince them that the Parliament is the• .incarnation of wisdom, and that patience under the misery it inflicts is the chief human virtue ? None of these effects will follow by the success of the law. Hundreds and thousands of the million and a quarter of people who signed the National Petition will now embrace the principles of the Char ter with all the fervency of faith. A senti ment of honour will rally them under that standard. Where there was one demagogue leader in the days of Mr. HUNT there arc now a score, and soon there will be a hundred. Persecution, whether political or religious, only s er v es to ma k e op i n i ons known,to gain converts to them, and to fix them the firmer in the mind. Thus the prosecutions and the con victions of which so much is boasted will but increase the number of the Chartists, add to their fervour, and augment the terror which already prevails. Again then, we ask, what is the next step to be taken? We know not, but it seems to us impossible either by coercion to satisfy or by art to dispense with the working classes who constitute the bulk of the population, The middle classes will not be relieved of their alarm, and every year will add to the number and discontent of the people. They will find, therefore, that they have sub mitted their backs to the saddle and their mouths to the bridle without the least chance of running down Chartism by any such means. The sentences against the men convicted at Warwick will be found in another part of The Sun. HOWELL, JONES, and ROBERTS are sen tenced to death, and left for execution. Judgment of death was recorded against ASTON. Mr. COL LINs and Mr. LOVETT are severally sentenced to be imprisoned in Warwick gaol for one year. If putting the guilty to death could undo their deeds— if it could in any way repair the wrong they have done, we should not have a word to say against exe cuting the, three offenders : but as we are afraid that it would rather provoke than check crime, we hope, the sentence will not be carried into exe cution. THE SUN 4 LONDON, FRIDAY ; AUGUST 9, 18:39, of that prerogative, as so much waste paper. This is the proper way to deal with these gentry. who, through nothing but a worthless an d degraded clique of partizans, yet, from the accidental circum stance of their being the majority of the Assernbly,do just as they like, without any restraint of de• ency, and are daily the means of bringing the order" into that odour with the public that it absolutely stinks in the nostril. • It is full time, indeed, th-it this Lordly itch for trespassing on the privilege s of the SOVEREIGN were purged a•Aay. It is but a week or two since a gross attack was made upon the prerogative in the matter of education.. The Crown, forsooth, was not to be permitted to lay out the money granted by the Commons for a specific purpose, and according to all constitutional usage, tutit?ss their High Mightinesses, th e L or d s Spiritual and Temporal, had a finger in the pie I They accord ingly voted an address to the QUEEN, tel ing her MAJESTY, with their usual courtesy, that they feared she would make a bad use of the money, and praying that they might be consulted on the subject. They got a severe reprimand for their " disloyal insolence," and returned from the Royal Palace greater fools, if possible, than they went thither. This humilia tion ought to have taught them better manners, if it could not give them more sense ; but they are a set of incorrigibles. They next fell to work upon the privileges of the House of Commons, and actually presumed to strike out or modify certain money clauses in the Irish Corporation 13111, which sort of clauses they had no right, as every one knows, to touch. If this arose from ignorance, what a precious crew our hereditary law-makers m us t b e ; if f rom d es i gn, what a grasping spirit of usurpat i on d oes i t mani fest And now, again, on this factious question respecting the conduct of the Irish Government, they have made a second onslaught upon the QUEEN'S prerogative. Her MAJESTY Must not, in future, grant any pardon to a poor Irishman— an " alien in blood, in language, and in religion" —unless according to a rule prescribed in a resolu tion of the House of Lords I This looks some thing like a departure from the " old wa)s'' of the Constitution. The subjoined sensible observation-son the present state of Canada are extracted from an article in the Colo Gazette of yesterday headed " Prospects of Canada." We may observe that the Colonial Galette has, to use the words of the Editor, " fallen into new hands ;" and judging from the numl:ers before us, all who take an in terest in Colonial affairs have reason to rejoice at it. We understand that it will henceforth be conducted by the Editor of the Spectator, whose qualifications for the efficient performance of the duties of a Colonial Journa list are well known and highly appreciated " Meanwhil.e, time worst injuiy that can befal a colony is in the course of being irflieted on the Canadas. The influx of capital and population from the Mother-country is stopped. We k now o f great sc h emes of emigration and settlement, which arose out of Lord Durham's account of the capabilities of the country, but which have been frus. trated by the postponement of a final settlement of Cana dian affairs. The fashion of emigrating to Canada, too, is fast departing from the emigrating slasses in this country; The stream of outgoing calilt and population is turned from a land distract( d by civil war and suspense, and is permanently fixing of Austr a i ia itself in other c h anne l s . Pyl.ire money and more p eop l e will proceed this y ear to t h e petty colonies and New Z e al a nd, t h an to a ll the British provinces of North America. Thu emigrants to the 8,01. 1 . h w i l l b e follow e d in successive years by their relatives and friend :; ; for it is hard i n d ee d to interrupt or divert a well. established stream of emigration. Nor is this mill : emi gration from the Canadas, both of capital and people, is going on at a great rate, and pro.mds , s to continue. What can restore the economical prosperity of these Colonies? Nothing. says Lord Durham, but a final and permanent settlement of their government on time basis of union and responsibility. But how is this to be obtained ? Let not the Colonists rely on the operation of any cause originating in England. No party here cases or thinks much about them. They must depend on them selves alone. If they bad backed Lord Durham's report by a general and earnest demonstration of their wishes, the Canadas would ere now have been one province, man. aging its own affairs in its own way. How did the French Canadians for years together accomplish their exclusive objects? By combination, by uniting as one man, by organi. zing their means of pressure on the Home Government in cluding an actiee ageucy in England —by constantly acting on the say of their mother-country, Aide toi et le Ciel Caldera! Their resort to insurrection was a folly. If they had had the sense to abide by organized but peaceful agitation, they would have preserved their nationality for many a year to come. Have the English race in the two Canadas less of the quality of self-reliance? We have endeavoured to inform that they have no dependence here. The service will not be small, if it should prompt them to discard all false reliances, and to depend on nobody's ex ertions but their own." The French Government has resolved to act with promptitude and energy upon the Eastern question. At a Cabinet Council held on Wednesday—the second on tLe subject within the brief period of twenty-four hours —it was agreed that. a large military force should be collected at Toulon ready to embark on the arrival of an account of the - sailing of the Russian fleet, and that in the event of the Russian ships entering the Bos phorus, that Admiral LALANDE should seize a certain point in the Archipelago. These views were so strongly opposed by Marshal SOULT on Tuesday, that MM. PASSY, DUFAURE, and DUCUATEL tendered their re signations, and had he not yi e ld e d there would hare been a dissolution of the Cabinet. But the Gallant Mar shal prudently gave way, and the order for the forming A corps of reserve at Toulon, ready to embark at an hour's notice, was dispatched by telegraph. This has set at rest, for the present, the question of the dissolu tion of the Cabinet ; but a modification is becoming im perative. All agree in the opinion that Marshal SOULT has neither the talents nor the information requisite for a President of the Council, much legs for a Foreign Secretary of State. At the head of' the War Depart ment he might do very well, but he is utterly unfit for the offices which be now holds. There is n o t one of his collea g u es , with the exceptio n o f M . TESTE, who does not wish to get rid of him. From the Spanish frontier we learn that Lord JoHN HAY, and the Carlist Chief MAROTO, had a second in terview on the 29th ult., near Bilbao. Nothing of what took place bas transpired. There is every prospect of a much better harvest in France than was expected. The wheat is of a very finequality. " The Duke of Devonshire his just arrived at Paris. " Count Publen, the Russian Amba.sador to the French Court, who is now at St. Petersburgh, will not return to l'aris till about the end of September. Cuunt Medei n transacts the business of the legation in the Count's abeence. '• The approaching visit of the Duke of Orleans to Africa, is now officially announced, and according to the latest letters it was believed at Algiers, that the arrival of the Prince would be the signal for an expedition by land from Algiers to Constantine. If Abd-el-Kader should oppose it, this would be the signal for the renewal of hostilities. " A Journal says, this morning, that the reduction of the duty on colonial sugar, by an ordinance will not take place. " We do not know how fgr this statement is correct, we give it without answering for its authenticity." " BRUSSELS, Auo. L.—The average prices of corn dur• ing the last week, were Wheat, 241. 16c. ; Rye, 121. 4 c. per hectolitre. Wheat remains free of duty on impurta. tion, and may be exported on payment of 25 centimes, for 1,000 kilogrammes. Rye is liable to an import duty of 211. 50c , and to an export duty of Of. 25c. per 1,000 kilogrammes." BOUR S E.—PA ms, WRDNEjDAY, A VG. 6. ?list Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Pr ice French 5 per Cents ll2 4, ... 112 45 ... 112 40 ... 1.1 45 4 per Cents lO3 53 ... 105 50 ... 105 50 ... 105 50 3 per Cents BO 40 ... SO 40 ... k 0 35 ga 35 Bank of trance 2BOO ...2810 ...2800. ...2810 Laltitte Bank I.ooof. 1055 ...1055 ...1053 ...1055 5,003 f. 5222 50 ...522.5 ...5220 —.5225 Belgian 3 per Cents 7l 73 ... 71 75 ... 71 75 ... 71 75 Rek;ian Bank ' 765 ... 763 ... 765 ... 765 Coupons Spanish Ac lye ........... Pl% ... 19% ••• . 1 93 i Neapo lit a n Itoinati .lu2i 1024 ... 1024 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ......... ..... ,„ 615 ... 010 ... 612 50 Versailles, TI. B. ................. /35 637 50 ... 630 ... 632 50 LB. ...... Havre ..... 3,5 327 ... 310 327 59 ••• ......... 975 97i J ••• 975 Strasburg to Bale ........... ... 327 50 3 : 10 ••• 32;50 '" :33° Montpellier to Cette ......... ;190 1 330 ... 300 ... a.. 4) ASPEIA LIES AND 811 U iiENS. Seyssel (A) ....................... 225 ...1100 ...2(25...21x.0 ,russels and German papers of the latest dates have been received this morning. The former contain no news of political interest. In the German journals we find the following paragraphs, which are well worthy of attention : " LEMBERG (AUSTRIAN GALICIA), JULY 20.—We have received positive information that fresh disturbances have ----- . a . . broken out in the country of the Don Cossacks, and are not yet suppressed. The Russian Government has ordered It is to us matter of great present satistaction, and of considerable hope for the future, that the all the roads leading into that country to be strictly spirit of the Government seems to rise with the guarded, and our authorities have assembled twenty and et thousand men i n the •• of Lemberg. Zloezow, arroganc e o f t h e H ouse o f L ords. W e were, i n environs truth, delighted y y with the decl a r a ti on so calml Ternapol, which fo rma cordon along the Russian frontier, and cut o ff alt r communication between us and so determinedly uttered by Lord JOHN RUSSELL Voihynia ar;d Podolia; white that with the Ukraine and in the House of C ommons , an W e d nes d ay n i g h t , even Poland is very much impeded. Orders have been with reference to the Resolutions passed by the gen t itoiht, f r o re r .e l tsoh,oOuoro Government r f n r m e m emd, the as r garrisons e _of G alicia i f 7 rec a i,ni r i Tory majority in the Upper House on the previous immedi ately Auia i n nt a o r Hungary station e a d n d alo T n rt. T ransy lvania, v T an n i r l is t h o night, or rather on the morning of the same day— solved to take part in for be it known to the publi c th a t w h enever the any armed intervention in 'hat empire, and to be ready at Lords have a factious job in hand, though not at any moment to mnve an efli:tient land' or sea force for the other times, they can work beyond seven o'clock in conquest of Constantinople and the rest of the territories the evening. The Noble Lord administered a of the Osmanlis. The Imperial ukase directing that the RUSSELL corrective to their Tory Lordships, in Russian paper money s h al l no longer b e rece i ve d i n pay. ment at the Government offices, and fixing its value, has t h e shape of a sharp rebuke for their insolent excited the discontent of all paper-money holders, natives encroachment on the prerogative of the Crown, Augsburg Gazett e 31 inst. contains The of thethe as well as foreigners." and at the same time gave them t o un d erstan d that Allowing letter, which is p rece d e d b y t h e diplomatic sign he would consider . any Resol ut i on of the House, ~L ONDON, JULY 20 .—0 m. e weeks past Count Pozzo d i of - the two crosses i which presumed to interfere with t h e exerc i se ~....................... 13 ° 7 , 2 : 0 ga , e a note to Lord Palmerston that Rus sia would send a body of auxiliary troops to the Sultan if the Rgyp;iat.s passed Mount .Vhether Lord P..b. merston did not consider the danger imminent, or wlt trier he considered the assist,:nce r f Russia as ;n.l , spens• hie. in e,:se Ibrahim menaced Constantinople, ceer,.in it is that, with, ut any expl , rtatiorr, he coin ounieated the note to th:, Cabinet of the Tuileries. Lord Gets die remarked the addie,s and prudence of the note, and f,a e saw that the Russian Cabinet wished to preserve their liberty for acting in future, and that although no mention was made of itoet the treaty of Uukiar Skelessi formed the basis of the note. Howrver, it is thought that Russia will not pursue a p.,licy which would infallibly bring on a war, as she is deeply interested in preservitt peace, as Poland is not over quiet, and as the status quo has procured her greater advantages than any. other River. This opinion was soon ab , ndon. d, when we had reason to fear that Russia would , tctuallyassist th Porte, and means were taken to air, st the progress of %be Cz tr's already all-powerful influence. Cuo sequently, if a Rus sian squadron enters the canal of Constantinople, the squadrons of France, England, and Austria, wilt sail from the Archipelago into the Bosphorus, by the Dardanelles, and it is not possible to foresee whether this will be done by force or not, Russia will not direct!), oppose this move ment, but it will soon be kn,wn if the Porte refuses a &man. However it may be, all the Powers agree on the necessity of maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman Porte. The cowardice of the present Government causes serious fears on this account, but we must not forget that, even were the Porte to yield, means would be taken to pre vent the Pacha from profiting by his condescension." HAMBURG HALLE, Arc G. bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. - ~.• 1t4:14 106 Bank Snares 1497 1411. An 10-Russian Loan Russian a per Cent Ist series, Certificate . 10:1 102 Inscription, Ist Series. — Russian 5 per Cent. Hop, and Co. 3d and 4th Se i s 97% 97 Ditto in Certificates Dutch ~ctual Licht, 214 pc Cent 5-th 5; % MU,' 1 per Cell' Polish Bond; New ; icket Anglo..l !ankh Loan, 3 per Cent Norwegian Lean, l-34, 4 per Cent........ EXCHANGES O 1.0 DON. Hametmo, AUG. My.—Two monthg, la CHRIRTI.kNIA, JUNE '27.-1 hi month,, ti. STOCKHOLM, JULY :I').—S,vency-five days. IL lA, BERLIN - , AUG. a--Three months, 6. The injury which the Duke of Wellington did to the great cause of humanity—the Abolition of the Slave Trade—and to his own illustrious name, by the rejec tion of the Portuguese Slave Trade all in the House of Lords, had been repeatedly adverted to, before the powerful, eloquent, and argumentative speech made by Lord Palmerston last evening. That speech must in crease general regret, because it proves that the objec tions of the Leader of the House of Lords were founded on gross ignorance or gross re glect of duty—a charge never yet suecessfully made ageinst the Duke of Wellington. They arose, said Lord Palmerston from misconception and inadvertence—th e complaint that the notes and replies on the subject had not been presented, was answered by the statement that they had all been laid before Parliament, and had not been read, and the reason that no lengthened opening statement had been made was, that there was a perfect unanimity on the subject, that all parties had been consulted, and though Whig and Tory and Reciical had been unanimous on the subject, the Duke of Wellington alone was ignorant Of the fact. What Cln the people of this country think of a House of Lords that thus blindly follow a leader? His conduct, not one of the Peers that voted with him, not even one rabid Tory in the House of Commons, has ventured to defend, or palliate ; Sir Robert Inglis has passed on it the se verest condemnation, by the unqualified and enthusiastic praise of Lord Palmerstoe's spirited end humane con duct. Who are the imbeciles now, and where is the wonderful un.tnimity among the great Cons,Tratives— the bulwarks of the Coestituteon ? the prime organ of the Conservative party treated, tile odor day, the leader of the Opposition, its own proximate Pt ime Minis ter, with a degree of contempt, which in all its rabid articles it never heaped either on Lord Johr. Russell or Lord Meloourne ; and the next great leader, in another place, it. treats with contempi uous silence, and unites with S:r Robert Inali. in praising Lord Palmerston, Are these the shadows of coining events ? MONEY AN!) COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TIILIRSDAY.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been brisk ; the sales amount to 4,000 bales, chiefly to the trade, and at full prices. The Liverpool steamer, from Liverpool to New York, was spoken on the 4th instant, lat. 51, long. 15. We have received New York Papers one day later, by the President, Captain Chadwick. Neither the Great Western nor the British Queen had arrived out ; the latter could not have got out. Late from the West Indies to the 27th June.—The fol li;wing is from the Dispatch of the 22d June : DEFICIENCY IN THE CROPS.—Severil returns have been sent into the Governor, showing a considerable falling off in produce. A correspondent at St. Lucia writes :- -4 Believing you desire authentic information, I have it in my power to inform you that the return called for at this port from the sth January to the 31st May, 1838 and 1839. show a deficiency of ships cleared and of produce. We are extremely sorry to learn from a source the most authen tic, that, from the impossibility of earring on the cultiva tion with any hope of success, orders have been given to throw up !eyelet sugar estates. This is c7rtainly tv be de plored fur we were sanguine that with the returning energy of the Government, and the different policy which must and will be pursued towards the Colony, that circumstances .would mend, and althoulth we can Lye but one opinion with regard to the great bulk of sugar p:aittat:ons, still it grip ves us to see the devagation 11. d iu so cart)." " MONEY MARKET, 19TH, P.il.—TlL.re Was little mire buoyancy at the Stock Exchange thie morning, and price= generally improved, by reason of the prospect of a satis factory arrangement by the country banks for the redemp flan of their bil's. Bank of Commerce improved per cdttit. ; State Bank per cent. ; Mechanics Li:ailing Asso. ciation I per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson 1 per cent. ; Bank of Kentucky 1 per cent. " STATE OF TRADE.—Freights continue very doll ; there has been solve offering for the Liverpool packets, but at such rates, that little can be done; large shipments of corn have commenced." Accounts received from Liverpool this morning state that the suspension of payments by the Pkelix Bank on Tuesday is hardly deserving of notice, but as there are aim foolish rumours abroad, it is as well to state what we have learned on the subject. It is stated in 4 circu lar isto.cl by the mangers that the ultimate loss to the shareholders cannot exceed 2/. or 2/. 10s. per share, which after all, is a mere bagatelle; the whole ct.pital was only 80,000/, and the respectable and wealthy proprietors in the concern merely continued the branch of the Northern and Central Bank, in hopes of getting out ultimately without 1033. THE FUNDS. ' The only arrival this morning of conslivrice is the packet-sr ip of the London Line, from New Yurk, of the ' 20th July. which does not bring any poli'ical news worth notice. With respect to commercial affairs, the private letters state, " There was a fair amount of husine,s done. at the Stock Exchange y , st,rday, and prices of Stocks generally evinced more firm , es , , and in som4. kends tnere was a slight improver' out in rates. The M , ney Market continued without any pero , ptible alteration fur some days fa the Canadas tranquillity prevailed." Consols opened this morning at the quotations they closed at yesterday. 921 I for the A. -count, and for M ney 928, with very little coin]; as yet. Exchequer Bills. 57; India Bonds, 13 17 ; Bank Stock, 186 187 ; India Stuck, 25U 2521 Li the t Foreign Market Spanish A c ti ve i s a shade higher, 19 a i ; Portuguese, 29. 30, which they closed at; Three p .1 - Cents, 18.1 19; Br,zilian, 78i 794-; Colomoian, 32,1 i; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents, 641 55 ; Five per Cents., 1031 104. ritlcES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock —..... India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 923' % 15 ___ p . Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 9 2 % 1% South Sea Stock -- in. 3 , per Cent - Old Annuities Ditto Red IOO% New Ditto New 3;6 per Cent Bank Long Annuities toexpire I Ditto 500 ... 97 m. Jan. 5, 1860 14% , D itto Small lO 8 pro. Oct. 10, 18.59 — ' Ditto Commercial — par. Jan. 5,1% i — Ditto Advertised ...... pin. Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880. — India Stock for A ccoun t ... Jan. 5. 1870 .. ---.I Consos for Account 9y ii PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. A ostrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account ,_ Ditto Account — i Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1824. — Spanish Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account. 76 Pas s i ve Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Def. ried y , Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 - — ----.-- 4 per cent. —f. —O. Ditto Account -! ------ 3 per cent....... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — ----- Exchange. —t; —c, Ditto Account ..... ..... Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account _ Ditto Account ......... ..... SB% . Ditto, 5 per cent .. ...... ton A N _ _ eapolitan Ditto Acc0unt........ _ .. . .. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per share. 3114 10%4 11% 11 Colin Copper. Fsrlghton 'lady/ay ..... , ... London and Croydon Railway Company 4O 14/. I. 6d lIALF- PAST ONE. The affairs of the East and those of Sp tin now:occupy the general attention of the merchants and speculators in the Funds. According to the accounts received from Malta, it is positively stated that the Emperor of Russia has sent an E:ivoy to Mehemet Ali, to signify to him, that if the Egyptian ar m y a d vances, he will marrh his army to opp se U. It also appears that the movements of Ibrahim are kept in profound secrecy, and that he is very reserved on that subject. The second meeting of Lord John Hay with Maroto has caused much surprise, and the Spanish bondholders look on it in a favourable light, in consequence of which a great deal of business his been done luring the morning in the above securities. Spanish advanced ti 191 The Chancery delivered a quantity of stock this morn • ing, which has caused money to be scarce in the market. A few lots of Exchequer hills have been sold. Consols are b2i for Account; Money, 91k; Exchequer Bills, 75 ; India Bonds, 15 ; Bank Stock, nothing doing. The Hamburg mail of the 6th August has arrived. Exchange on London 13 3i;, Gold, 483; Motalliques, 106; Bank Shares, 1,494. In the Foreign Market Spanish, Act;ve, 191 ; Porn au:-se 291 30; Three per Cents., 19i- ; Brazilian, 7tl; Dutch Tao-and a- Half per Cents., nothing doing; Five per Cents., 103 i k. iii ~~ ~~~ 1~~ ~:~ y~I R I 0 TS 'WARWICK AS..,IZES. .SENTENCES ON T 1E i'iIISONE!:-=-. TIIURiDAY AF FEILNOON The trial of the i : St (it 114 . 1. vi 1,014 c, 1,•,1 with the late ells urhances at Birmingham Lavi ig terminated last night, Mr. Justice LITTLED , tLE proceeded to-day to pass sentence upon the various prisoners. Jeremiah Howe!, Francis Roberts, and .I.hn Jones were then placed in the dock, and the Clerk, of Ar raigns hat lug inquired, in the usual forte, whether tiiee had any thing to 'say wits sentence of de nth and execution should not be pass .d upon them, accerdieg to Los, Mr. Justice LITTLEDAL E having put on the black cap, s std, tee prisoners had been convicted of felony by. a jury of their countrymen, fur dernolishiu g the house o f James and Henry Bourne, at Birminghatn, and thet offence the policy of the law had for many years made punishable with death ; and although of late years to my offences which before were caOld, had, by the humane policy of the Leeislature, been mitigated, the punish ment for that offence had not been tuoug - ht proper to be reduced, but still remained a felany punishable with death. He thought, however, that even at that time, with regard to offences which still were capital, if thtre were any alleviating circumstances, mercy would he ge nerally extended ; but he regretted to say, their off Lice was not of that description, nor was it oee which, in the discharge of his duty, he could honestly recommend to mercy. The town of Birmingham, they were aware, had been for a considerable time in a very excited state. There had beed riots front time to time, which it had been found very difficult to suppress, till at length, on the 15th of July, they had reached their highest pitch. Houses had been demolished and burned, property to a considerable antouut destroyed, anti, but for the in terference and interposition of a superior force, the mob would have had entire possession of the town—a mute greater amount of property might have been destroyed, end many lives sacrificed. In that act of demoliii the prisoners had utifortunately engaged themselves, and had began the devastation, and he therefore fount. it rrcessary, so fir as as it lay in his power, to make al: example of those also had ban convicted, in order to pre• vela, the recurreece of similar outrages, both in Binning ham and . in other parts of the kingdom where they might be perpetrated. Ile coped teat some benefit, at least would result to society from their example, and the` those who had heard the account of these lamentable outrages, and the convictions that fhliowed, and who heard of their punishment, would be deterred trout tie. commission of similar offences. Although he could hold out no mercy here, there was a hope of obtaining it in another world, front that Alniighty 13, jag who understood a.l hearts, and who was always disposed to grant it where there was true repentance. Tht it time was fast approaching its end, and they ought to pre pare to meet their God. He entreated them to em ploy their time in true repentance for all their offences, and endeavour to obtain, through the merits and inter cession of their Saviour Ji.sus Christ, that mercy front God which they could not hope for front man. It now only remained f;,r him to pronounce the awful sentence of the law, which W S that they Jeremiah Howe!, Francis Roberts, and John Jones be scut Islay taken to the place from whence they came, and thence to the i lace of execution, and that they be there severally hanged by the neck till they were dead, and might the Lord, of his infinite mercy, have mercy on their souls. The prisoners, who did not appear to be much affected, were then removed frotn the clock. Tnomas Aston, a 3oung lad who was convicted with the three foregoitig prisoners, was then paced in the dock. Toe 14-arned JUDGE said it would be his duty to record jmignient of death against the prisoner, but he did not think the awful sentence of the law would be carried eff•et in his ease . . _ Neak, William Sim; s,William Bade:, Eleazer Hulles, and James Pomeroy, who had been convicted of a misdemeanour, were tnen placed at the bar, and sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for 15 calen dar months. John Drinkworlh, for a misdemeanour, to be impri. soned and kept to hard latiour for 12 calendar months. James Rhodes, for a misdemeanour, to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 9 calendar months. John Storey, Frederick Mason, and Thomas &liter, for a misdemeanour, to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 6 calendar months. John Tallow, for a misdemeanour, to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one cdendar month. John Smith, William Clift, and Thomas .King, who had been convicted of a riot, entered into their own re cognizances in the sum of 404 each, to come up for sentence whenever they were called upon, and were then ordered to be discharged. SENTENCE ON COLLINS AND LOVETT. John Ca/ins and Ilan. Lovett, for a misdemeanour, were then placed at the bar ; and in answer to the questions of the Clerk of the Arraigns whether they had either anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon them ? Lovett said, the Jury were prejudiced ag-ain,t him. He had it from good authority that several of them had expresscit a wish that all the Chartists should be hanged. He thought that was a very pod reason, taking into aciaiunt the evidence that had been offered at the trial, and the truth of the facts, and the prejudiced feeling of the Jury, why the circum stances Ought to we4h very much with the Court on the present oeclsion tti proilouricin ; : sentence. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said they had each been convicted of having published a seditious libel, and he had taken the circumstances of their cases into his serious consideration. With regard to Collins the Jury had recommended him to mercy on account of his hav ing received a good character. The Jury did not so recommend Lovett, but at the same time he had also received a very good character from the witnesses. Although the Jury had not recommended him to the merciful consideration of the Court, it would not make the slightest difference between them. The sentence of the Court was, that John Collins and William Lovett be each imprisoned in the common gaol of the county for one year. Collins said, in the year 1821 George Edmonds, Charles Maddox, William Greathead Lewis, and Thomas Jonathan \Voider were convicted of a simlar offence, and Lid mute an application that they might be imprisoned on the debtors' awl not on the felons' side of the prison. He humbly made a similar appli cation in thtir cases, and that the same indulgence might be extended to them. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said it did not appear to hhn that he hail any power to give directions to that effect. They alluded to what had taken place in 1821, in which an application to be confined oil the debtors' side had been acceded to. Although, generally speak ing, the debtor's side should b.; appropriated to debtors only, he did not mean to say that the Secretary of State had not the to make the order. but since 1821 some Acts of Parliament had been passed for the elass:fieation of prisoners, be thought in the year 1824 or 1825, which took that power out of the hands of the Jude, and kit the classification in the hands of the Visiting Justices. It did not appear to him, therefore, that he had any authority to give directions. If any application was thought necessars:, their course would be to apply to the Secretary of State. Colitis said that not a sery law time since, , about eighteen months ago, two persons, Guest and Watts of Birmingham, were imprisoned on the debtors' side of the gaol, not fur debt, but for selling unstanaped pub lications. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE hardly thought that had been done by the direction of the Judge . Collins believed the men had been tried before the Magistrates at the Sessions at Birmingham, anti the application was made to the Court. He presumed the present Court had quite as much power as the Court of Quarter Sessions. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE did not think ho bad any power to make the order. The CLERK OF ARRAlGNS—Certaihly not, my Lord, sitting as a Judge of Assize. The prisoners then bowed and retired. Wm. Dowling, an extensive ribbon manufacturer of Coventry, who had been convicted of larceny, was sen tenced to twelve months' imprisonment in the House o! Correction at Coventry. WEDNESDAY EVENING. Alin Bird was placed at the bar charged with having, on the 15th July, at Birmingham, demolished and destroyed, and pulled down the house of George Naden. Another count charged him with beginning to pull down and destroy; and in a third count he was charged with a riot. Mr. WADDINGTON Appeared for the prosecution, he was engaged not for the Crown, but for Mr. Nader, a grocer in New -street, Birmingham. The Learned Counsel then referred to the law proving ,the crime to be capital. The prisoner was undefended by Counsel. Edward Bladen Adams was first called and examined by Mr. Waddington--1 am clerk at St. Paul's Chapel, Birmingham. On 15th of July I was in the Bull-rin g , near the corner of Philip -street, ni ar th e Market Hal. I saw a great number of people coining up Digbeth, from Ehbastan-street arid front Spiceall street and New-street, towards the Bull-ring. I was in the Bull-ring three quarters of an hour before anything particular occurred. The fiist thing was a ru.iiing u p Moore -street, and then stones thrown in the Bull rind at houses and persons. I, in consequence, went into Mr. Taylor's house. I could see what was or ,goi g from the window. I saw the crowd coin down Moorl - s tr e et again into the Bull-ring. Th e windowe- Messrs. Bournei and of several other silo were broken. The crowd conio up t h„ as far as Mr. Naden's o pp os i te the n-ring New-street, ebout 100 yards from Messrs B el o t' u t r e e s t .. I did not see what they were ding at that . time, ' bta in a d. I state s e a f w te t re fie li vv t. ind to ) t e vs ti je arTs i l e iu n r ; t g e h :s t the te y appeared military arrive were p irily destroyed. Ther e w a r e holes broken through the shutters and windowB, person mi,4lit get through. I sa% l v s L il eg u g id ett t ' i s lul a k n:l Bourne's house s on lire , and an attempt made to set I Nll` N 141)1T t N • Charles - Nick;son, a sarldlcr, residing in Moore street, after corroborating the general evidence of the preceding witnesses, said-1 saw, at nine o'clock, the mob throwing s t ones at M r. N aden ' s shop. There vvaP much damag e d on: .. I sa.w the prisoner there. Idi i not know hi s name . I h a d no acquaintance t‘dh him. lam quit e sure h e i s t h e man. I was about four yards off him --n ot more t h an four. I observed bite partieularly, because he cam e th e most f orward i n throw tug stones ; an d h e h a d i n hi s h and a piece of iron, be twct.n two and thr e e f e et l ong . I s iw h i m throw man y stones. He was swingi ng t h e p i ece of i ron over h i s head. He said some thi ng , b ut w h at i t was I could no t d stinguish, and sh o ut ing . 1 saw h i m i n New s t r eet ; on the toliokig morning i n M oore - street ; an d I let him pass, as there was no policeman about ; and 1 knew that I wou'd knowhim ag a i n . H e h a d hi s arm in a sling in the afternoon ; a n d I gave him into custody. By the COURT—I siw him throw stones through Mr. Nackt:s wiiidos. I saw him throw several. By the Prisoner—l saw you throwing stones a fel minutes b e f ore n i ne . I po i nted you out next day, a" described the dress you were the night before. when the smock-frock was taken off which you wore your dress underneath corresponded with my description. Edward Bolton corroborated in every particular the evidence of the preceding witness, and swore panic:Ll-. lariy to the identity of the prisoner. By ilia Prisoner—l saw you throwing stones about nine o'clock. This closed the case for the prosecution. The prisoner in his defence stated he had not been in town from half-past eight in the morning of the riot until six next day. I was not nearer than Dale-end that night. I have win tsses to prove it. I saw them )'s terAity but not to-day. The witnesses were called but did not answer. A female from the gallery said she knew where they lodged and she would go and fetch them. An officer was sent with her. • Hannah Ryland was the first.—l live in Brie{chill! street, Birmingham. I work for my living. The Pri' soner was at my house at seven o'clock on AlondaY night, the 15th of July ; he left at eleven ; he was not out of the house during that time. By Mr. WADDINGTON.—I saw him all the time. I was in the house with him, and in the same room. There were nine persons in the same room with us ; 0 " was a young woman, with whom the prisoner keeps company ; neither of them live with me, but they often meet at my house. Ann Gre4thead is the girl. I cannot say how hc was dressed. He had, I believe, a smock-frock on. He had not his arm in a sling when he came to our house or left it. I did not go before the Grand Jury when he was apprehended. Ann Greathead—The night of the fire the prisoner was in my company from seven to eleven at Mrs. 1 1 1" land's house. He left my company about half-past eleven. Nickison recalled by Mr. WADDINGTON—When the prisoner was asked what was the muter with his arms the prisoner sAid it was the d—d London police who had struck' him the night before. 'rhe prisoner denied saying so, but that be fell from his own door. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, observed, that by the law of tile country, if any person were charged WO demolishing and pulling down a house, or assisting. in such d emo li t i on , or pulling down, and it were proved in evidence that the intention of the mob or party aej cused were to pull down and destroy, then the capital offence was proved ; but if the mob left the house with out being Raced or driven from it before the work of destruction was accomplished, it was laid down by the lAA, that the intention was not to demolish and destroy, On this point evidenc e had been given, and he thought the Jury would be abl e to distinguish ; if they had not that intention, he thought the indictment could not be proved ; but if, on the other hand, they were of a contrary opinion, then the prisoner, it they were s distied of his identity, would be found guilty, an I liable to suff , A. death as a felon. The Jury then retired to consult, and the Court a-Thorned to the Judges' house. The Jury delivered a verdict of Not Guilty there, at eight o'clock, having been in deliberation about an hour. CHARTiS MEETING AT LEAMINGTON. A Meeting- of Chartists took place on Wednesday evening in the grounds adjoining the Birmingham Ta vern. Although no previous notice of the meeting had been given, in a very short time there was a large as semblage congregated for the purpose of hearing the statements that would be made relative to the which had just terminated at Warwick. Doctor 'TAYLOR. addressed the meeting at some ength. He slid he had it from the best authority Dr.tthatthere were police men in disguise sent down u s spies. Dr. Taylor th en a ll u d e d to his having beira that daY discharged f rom prism without any e..-idnce having. bee n offered again s t hi m , an d h e was determined not to lose a single hour in agitating for the cause in the advocacy of which he had pissed his life. Englishmen . had m nay blessings to he thankful for, which Scotchrden were without. They had London policemen—they had Bishops—i hey had Poor-laws—and they had a propertY qul fi •ation for M em b ers of Parliament. But his l I countrymen did not envy them the enjoyment of these blessings. They rather wondered that Englishmen were such fools and slaves as to submit to these things... This, however, he could assure Lord John Russell, although his spies were present, that before Scotland would submit to such a state of things, the land from • North to South would be a sinoaking ruin—every field a field of battle, and every valley watered with blood. —(Much ceeering.) Mr. CAIIOG denounced the conduct of the Govern gent with great vehemence, in instituting the pre7;oo . t prosecutions, which he described as the basest aara most • despicable that had ever been exhibited by an y Go vernment in this country. He then procerAled. to ani nridvert in very strong terms upon the o'onduct of the Metropolitan Police, both at Birmingham, and in their evidence at the t r i a l s at W arwick. He complained of the malignity of th e A ttorn ey-Geo.oral, wh o w as mere'y a base tool of th e basest Government that ever swayed the destinies o f Eagland. They might attempt to put down the present agitation by these prosecutions, but they would signally fail. So long as he had breath be would exert himselt for the cause of freedom, and when. he was prevented hundreds would rise up in his place. —(Loud cheers.) Mr. WILsoN then addressed the meeting, and went into a long history of the conduct of the Police at armingh-an. Mr. HawrwELL afterwards addressed the meeting. which then seperated, after giving three cheers for the Charter. THE NEW PORTABLE ALARUM/ size •f a small Snuff Box, can be placed on the Dressing-table, and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Price Tlire✓, Guineas. T. 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Thomas Bartlett, A. nl., t 0 :Italia, oungest daughter of the late Li eutenant• Colonel George Skyling, of the loyal Artillery. DIED. On the 2d inst., J. Clayton .Jennyns, 'Esq., barrister aged 82. burn, On thelnv 30 e resk-th ult.l, t' tilavo.,, Colonel- Alexander , Wedder of str..am Gua.ds. odgp Muss e lb urg h , and late of the Cold- W. On the 4 In., at N ott i ng hill, Clara , eldest daughter of J, th. st Esq 1, , ,i1t101. I'r - ilium and i'utilishett '). Strand. .t by AiLIWo e , • • fire to Mr. Banks', chem'sts, and another house op. • pos te. There was a fire near Neison's monument, and I saw the prtsoner come from that spot to those houses. Ch tries Smith, store icc•ep, r, saw a great crowd come up the Bu.l-rutg. Ott the fith of Jaly. I was at Mr. shop ; I wtts left in care of it ; I e!o ed a I ad lactic little. 1 h ear d a great tuatu:t and no i se. ami saw a %ast nutn.,cr of people coming up the Bull' ring, and I ordered the door to be closed. The shut ters were fastened with bars of iron. I heard a break- ins of windows up stairs ; I went up ; the stones were coming into the dining-room very thick. The dining rn.!.ll wintiow-frames were made of copper and brass, anti were not broken. The furniture was injured and 1 ralt,ti. I heard a great noise at the shop-window. I %tent down, and it appeared to me they were Lreak ing wt.) the shop through the shutters with bars of iron. Ti,e shutters gave way and stones came into the shop. Nearly the whole of the shop front was reft open, but he lower part of the doors or the stone-work wore not broken. The mob then rushed in and helped them s ivus to the goods. The rioters cried " Fire! fire! tire! Bring fire here ! D—n him, fire him !" This went co till the military came. The military, I think, came in belt' an hour. I went into a sitting room at the back of my own shop, the door between which and the shop was broken. It was a glass door. They only broke the alas;. Three four-pound weights were thrown into the s hop. •- t time*, No. 112, St he county of Midd lesex.—Friday, Avila 9, 1839.