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11144 H, wATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.NIORROW. Moraine 4l minutes after 3 . I Evening ... 57 minutes atter 3. EV ENIN G EDITION. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF STORIES OF WATERLOO. On the 28th inst., in 2 vols. Bvo., with Characteristic Illustra tions and Portrait, VICTORIES of the BRITISH ARMY. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. TO-NIGHT (MONDAY), Will be prro - mted an entirely new and original Nautical Drama of ietense interest and embracing effects of the most startling description, entitled BEN BOATSWAIN ; Or, SAILOR'S SWEETHEARTS. Ben Bowing, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Afterich the popular Drama of THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with 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. • ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. THIS EVENING, TO-MORROW, and THURSDAY, Auu. 26th, 27th, and 29th. GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM PETRES, By the unrivalled Band of this Establishment, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey. ExhibLtioa of the Wonderfully-intense and beautiful new Light KONIAPHOSTIC, Under the superintendence of Mr. H. Carter. • And the •ERUPTION of MOUNT HECLA. Admission One Shilling. Feeding Hour Five o'Clock—Concert at Six. In compliance with the incessant requests to secure places for viewinr , the Eruption a number o f reserved scats have been erected, r which may be engaged by previous application at the Walworth entrance. 4 ) (: ) .la A c r `fY -• „37¢P-, A er !c. -4,0, A.Cilic I.IIX. LONDON : MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1839. The declaration made by the CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEtzt.mt, on Friday evening, concerning the Corn-laws, to which we said we should ad \ ert, seems to us of very great importance. Mr. VILLIERS, that steady and enlightened advocate7of the abolition, took a similar view to ours, and said— Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated that in his opinion the confusion in our monetary system, and the state nC ai:prehension which existed throughout the country, were entirely attributable to the existing Corn-laws—(Cheers) _and this he stated as the re,ult of his experience as a pub lic man, and of the knowledge he had acquired as a Cabi net Minister and as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and this a is stated at the close of the Session when they were about to retire for the purpose of reviewing the past and reflecting on the prospects of the coming Session. He hoped the attontiou of the country would be drawn to this most im portant statement. This was the observation of the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, which MR. VILLIERS re fcrre to : There was at this if °trent a general rate of interest so aitterent between England and the Continent. The Hon. 141emb,r for Kilkenny attributed the high rate of interest a'tugether to the Bank. But the present state of the Cora-laws was at the root of the question.—( Hear, hear.) I' could not be expected that the country should make payment for five millions of foreign corn, and that that should not create an exchange against the country. What ever banks existed in this country the necessary cons°. q ienee of that altered balance must be the production of a 1 the phenomena which the Hon. Member attributed to the existence of the Bank of England. He thought the course pursued by the Hon. Member was very unjust. It diverted the attention of the people of England, and of the public, from the real cause of the whole matter. If we had a more free trade in foreign corn, and it was paid for by the manufactures of this country, we should not be subject to casualties so great, uor dangers so pressing. To the question of the influence of the Corn- i laws on credit, on the rate of interest, and on the current', we refer in a separate article. In this we confine ourselves to the fact that the CH A NCEL- LoR of the EXCHEQUER made a declaration that the Corn-laws lie at the root of our present diffi culties. Whether the Right Honourable Gentle man remain in or go out of office, that declaration will not be useless to our cause, and its influence over his character will not be altered by his subse vent position. Mr. VILLIERS said— The Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed in opinion with a large minority of that House on this subject, and yet when they looked at the constitution of that House, I .chat chance did they imagine there was of any change ! bt ing made in those laws, which, according to that decla. I ration, were the cause o f a ll th ese di sasters. Thi s was a most s 'ricus matter. Here was the cause of all the confu isi in pointed out, and yet no one could believe that any re , n rely could be applied. Did they really believe that things ( o rld be suffered to go on in this manner ? Could any Government be content, after this statement, with m tking the Corn-law question merely an open question ? At proaant their only choice was between a Government opposed to any change in the Corn-laws, or one which left ' these laws an open question ; but he thought that after the declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was the duty of the Cabinet to stake their existence on the ques tion, and make it a Government measure."' We think so too, and must add that such being' the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S opinion he has not done his duty to himself and the coun try by continuing a Member of a Cabinet in which the abolition of the Corn-laws was not considered a sine qua non of its existence. We have of late had frequent occasion to think meanly, and express ourselves unfavourably, of Mr. RICE, but this declaration sinks him lower than ever in our estimation. He is sensible that the Corn-laws injure public credit, derange the cur rency, and impede trade ; he is sensible, therefore, that they are, as we have frequently described them, of a devilish nature. Notwithstanding that he has consented to remain a Member of a Cabinet which would take no pains to get rid of them. He has j continued to be a Member of the Government and a consenting party to inflicting this mass of evil on 1 society. The poet says— " Ile who allows oppression shares the crime." Mr. RICE has allowed it, and, more than that, by not opposing has upheld it. He may, indeed, plead that he is not worse than his fellows. Mr. THottsoN, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord HOWICK, and the majority of the Cabinet, have consented to fasten this master iniquity on the land, contrary to their own better judg ment. There is but one Member of the Cabinet, as far as we know, who is heart and soul an advo cate of the Corn-laws. Viscount MELBOURNE seems, on this point, equally ignorant and self willed. His remarks on LordFITZWILLIAM'S motion, show that he has all the free-trade horror of a stupid landlord. We are obliged, therefore, to conclude that Lord MELBOURNE' S voice has pre vailed over all the rest of the Cabinet, and prevented .the Corn-laws from being vigorously assailed by the Government, and, in that case, assuredly overthrown. Now, Lord MELBOURNE, except as the head of the Liberal party, composed chiefly of the representatives of the towns, is really a person of no political follow ing or influence. Till 1835, we doubt whether he could have disposed of two votes of the House of Commons. We are sure that he never, till he was made Prime Minister by the Liberals, had as large a tail as Mr. O'CONNELL. As a politician h e is the creature of the Liberal voters of the towns, and with relentless or un • thinking ingratitude, on h h e imto has thwart their dearest int erests. Perhaps, however, the faultis , theirs rathe r than his 1835 was no s f r or his political life up to warra nt fo placing hi m at t h e h ea d i of the Liberal party. he h ave d ece i ve d ex pectations, lie hail not been followers must have been the inconsistent. His d upes i t of their own imaginations. For a long time was mane e the supposedGo that want of power, or want of v i ;our, m Ivernment halt in the course of reform, but the power it possesses at Court, and the vigou r it has I displayed against the Charti sts an d in Parliament I since the 9th of July, have convinced the public that the great want is want of inclination. If h alf as much vigour had been displayed in repealing the bread tax as in forcing through Parliament the oh -1 noxious Dog-cart Bill, the country would not suffer half its present calamities. We cannot quit the subject without notici ng the assertion of the Morning Post that the abolition. ists would rejoice in a bad harvest here, though they wish for a good one in Hungary . N o aboli tionist wi s h es f or a bad harvest, for he knows that a good h arvest wou ld as much promote the repeal of the Corn-laws as a bad harvest. A good har vest, now that manufacturing industry is slack, and money dear, wou ld so l ower pr i ces t h a t the CAYLEYS and other patrons of Corn-laws would roar out for a change as lustily as in 1835. It is in the nature of the accursed system, that good harvests or bad harves!s alike t est if y against it. An abundant harvest ruins the cultivator, a scanty harvest starves the manufacturer. The operation of the law is to prevent commerce from neutralising the inequality of the seasons, and so it makes the benevolently intended changes of abundance and dearth, in both cases, a serious affliction. gators of this movement. " Every one in Spain feels b " says the Debats, " that a compromise between the Carlist and Constitutional party is approaching. The former wish to preserve their privileges and the ofticers their rank. But the moment of pacification has not arrived. In human affairs it is often necessary that all their phase: be developed—all their chances exhausted, before a conclusion is arrived at, even when that con clusion is inevitably foreseen." BOURSE,—PARIS, SATURDAY, Ago. 24. Mr. HUME made some remarkable observations on Friday, to two of which we shall call attention. The first was this— It was lamentable to see that England, the richest state in Europe, was reduced to the absolute necessity of maintaining its credit by bills of accommodat ion on an other country. 'This was the fact, and it would tend materially to injure the credit of the country. At this moment the commercial interest in the country ranged from 6 to 10 per cent. The interest of the Bank of France was 4 per cent., and the banks of Lyons 3 per cent. Mr. HumE attributed this in a great measure to the conduct of the Bank of England, and added, which is the second observation to which we solicit attention, — That the repeal of the Usury-laws, as regarded commercial transactions, placed not only the foreign commerce of the country, but the home commerce, on quite a different footing to what it ever had been. On former occasions, when transmitting goods to any part of Europe, merchants might calculate that the charge on their advances would not exceed five per cent., but now they were obliged to be cautious lest they should subject themselves to the grinding charge Gf 10 or 15 per cent. The consequence was there was a discouragement to all foreign commerce. What would the nation say if England gave a power to any Company to alter at pleasure the length of the foot-rule—(Roars of laughter) —or the size of the pound—(laughter)—yet, the Bank of England had a worse power of altering the cur rency. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents l:2 SO ... 112 80 ... 112 75 ... li2 75 3 per Cents BO 85 ... 80 93 ... So BO ... 8' 9.1 Bank of erance 2795 ...2795 ...2790 ...2790 Latfitte Bank I.ooof. Sh 1062 50 ...1062 50 ...1062 50 ...1662 50 5,000 f. 5h.... 5225 ...5225 ... 5225 ...5225 Belgian 3 per Cents ... 71 80 ... '7l 80 ... 71 83 ... 71 SO Bank 7(5 ... 76i ... 763 ... 7t5 Coupons ..... Spanish Ac ive .., ... Passive 414 ... 4S( i ... Oi ... 43i Don Miguel Neapolitan Roman 11*.% ... 102% ... 102% ... 102% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, It B 572 50 ... 587 50 ... 572 :0 50 50 L.B. 320 335 320 ... 335 flavr r Strasburg to Bale .. 31 - 2 50 ... 315 ... 312 50 ... 315 We hare received the whole of the Paris Journals of Friday, and Saturday. The Sugar question, the Spanish question, and the Oriental question respectively oc cupy the columns of our French Contemporaries. Of their opinions with respect to Spain, an outline is pre sented in another article. The revolt against MAROTO was generally believed to be at an end. Respecting this affair the Moniteur Parisien of Friday night pub lished the following telegraphic despatch : " Bayonne, Aug. 21, Noon. " THE GENERAL COMMANDING TIIE 20TH MILITARY DIVI- This latter observation was challenged on the supposition that Mr. HurlE asserted that the abo lition of the Usury-laws had enhanced the price of money. He subsequently denied that his obser vation could bear that construction, but undoubtedly the fact remains that discounts are now openly charged 6 per cent. or more, while formerly 5 per cent. was the highest which could be openly charged. No doubt the general rule was, when money was actually scarce and the Usury laws existed, persons who had to borrow were obliged to pay the market rate, whatever it was, and something more to cover the risk of violating the law. At the same time the repeal of the Usury laws has operated to allow the Bank openly to charge more than 5 per cent. for discount, and till they were repealed that great Corporation could not and did not charge more. All who had credit with it or kept accounts with it could therefore get discount at 5 per cent. when the markets were some what above that, and all those persons have been injured by the repeal of the Usury-laws. This class embraced many opulent merchants, and ex tensive manufacturers, who obtained that accommo dation by themselves, or through their agents, and such persons, accustomed in many cases to carry on business on credit, must feel themselves hampered and injured by that repeal of the Usury-laws, which allowed the Bank openly to demand more than 5 per cent. Now, there is an admirable reason why the Bank of England should be restrained from charging even as much as 5 per cent. Mr. RICE admitted that the rate of interest was higher here than on the Continent, but he contended that it was limited to bills and temporary accomodation. Money on mortgage could be obtained, he said, at as reasonable a rate as before the Bank of England raised the rate of interest ; and he attributed the rise, not to the Bank, but to the Corn-laws. According to him, therefore, it is only the floating capital lent out for short periods which is charged high, and capital lent for long periods obtains no higher rate of interest than 5 per cent. The operations of the Bank, therefore, only affect the floating capital, and fall heavily on those who, by discounting bills, have recourse to it. They are chiefly merchants and manufacturers, and as profits, generally speaking, are low, this difference of one, or two, or more, per cent. charged on the accomodation they receive is very injurious, and in many cases ruinous to them. But in what consists this floating capital which they borrow ? In Bank notes. And what are Bank notes ? " Promises to pay" issued by the Bank of England. Debts incurred by the Bank. It bor rows to lend again, and what therefore it really lends is the credit of the community, which it has the exclusive privilege of using, including even the credit of the manufacturer and merchant, to whom the Bank charges six or more per cent. The Bank Morrows 17 or 18 millions at no interest, and it lends again at 6 per cent. or 6i. Now we do not say that the Usury-laws should be re-enacted, God forbid ; but we say that the abolition of those laws has given to this Corporation agreat additional advan tage, and that the existence of its privileges are to tally incompatible with the abolition of those laws. It ought to be restrained from charging more interest than would cover the expense of borrowing to lend. Again, on the one hand, it receives the exclusive privilege of issuing promises to pay, and those pro mises to pay are falsely declared by the law to be an actual payment, which enables it to borrow eighteen or more millions of the public without paying a farthing of interest ; and on the other, the abolition of the Usury laws enables it to charge those who cannot carry on their operations without a share of those loans, 6 per cent. for what it lends, though it actually lends the manufacturers their own credit. All credit rests on future produc tion, and the Bank not being a producing body, like the manufacturers, must, in fact, lend them only the credit derived from some future produc tions—namely, their own, or that of some other productive labourers. We demand, then, the aboli tion of the exclusive privileges of the Bank, as the necessary consequence of the abolition of the Usury-laws. Taking Mr. RICE'S view of the influence of the Corn-laws on the currency, and he ascribes the high rate of interest to them as contradistinguished from the Bank monopoly, to which Mr. HUME .ascribed it, those laws have a most pernicious effect. 'They limit the currency by causing an export of gold ! They cause that rise in the rate of interest on floating capital which is so injurious to the manu facturer. They injure our foreign as well as our home trade. They check his operations which are always extensive in proportion as the rate of dis count is low ; and the high rate of interest check ing manufacturing industry, curtails the amount of wages and cuts off a large portion of the demand for the produce of agriculture on which the wages of labour would be expended. Thus we trace another operation of the Corn-laws against the agriculturists, whose interest we have always contended and still contend are greatly injured by them. SLON TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " The interview between Don Carlos and Maroto was to have taken place yesterday at Ormaistegui. The two officers who have been sent to them have not yet returned to Vera, and a kind of truce still exists between Elio and the revolters." On the report of the Minister of Marine, the KING has, by a Royal Ordinance, increased the number of Captains of ccrvettes from 150 to 160, the number of First Lieutenants from 450 to 500, and of Second Lieutenants from 500 to 600. A second Ordinance nominates various individual promotions in the naval service. The National contains the following account of the actual state of the French navy : In Commission—Four ships oF 120 guns each, one of 110, one of 100, two of 90, four of 86, nine of 82 : in ail, 22 sail of the line. Building—Four first-rates, 12 second-rates, 10 third rgtes : in all 26 sad of the line. Of these vessels 15 might 13: , got ready for sea in a few months, and, added to these Ictu4lly in commission, would raise the force afloat to 37 sail of the line. The number of frigates at sea is 37 ; building 21, of which !7 might be sent to sea at a short notice. Besides these, there are at sea, or nearly ready, 24 corvettes of from 20 to 30 guns; brigs, 49 ; gunboats, 10, Of galliots and other smaller craft (the least carrying four guns), 42 ; steamers, 36 ; besides transports, tenders, &c. On the merits of the Sugar question the most con flicting opinions Pre confidently published in these journals. In Havre, however, the ordinance for re ducing the import duty on, colonial sugar has diffused the greatest j o y. The vessels in the harbour hoisted their flags, salutes were fired, and the whole city was illuminated. From the East the news is not of a later date than the accounts received on Saturday. The Augsburg Gazette has a letter from Al itandria, of the 27th of July, which states that IBRAHIM PACHA was then at Marasch, and had not been joined by HAFIZ PACHA, as was reported. All fears of the pacific settlement of the question are for the present abandoned. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer, Secretary of the British Embassy, has transmitted to the King his letters of cre dence, appointing him Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of France, during the absence of Lord Granville. The Chevalier Mead, Counsellor of Legation, has de livered to Marshal Soult, Minister of Foreign Affairs, similar letters, appointing him Charge d'Affaires for the Netherlands, during the absence of Baron Fagel. Achmct Fethy Pacha has left Paris on his return to Turkey, accompanied by Prince Vogorides, and several French professors, for the education of his children. The King, Queen, and Royal Family arrived at Eu, on Thursday morning, at ten o'clock. Their Majesties were received at the entrance of the town by all the civil and military authorities, the Prefect and Mayor greeting them with loyal addresses, and the people hailing them with the most cordial cheers. Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have been received this morning. They bring the sad Intel lio-ence of the death of his Serene Highness the Duke Of NASSAU. We quote the paragraph announcing this event from a Brussel's Paper : A letter from Frankfort, of the 21st August says—" A Courier, who passed through our city last night, brought , he melancholy intelligence of the death of his Serene Ilighness the Reigning Duke of Nassau at the baths of Kiisingen. This Prince was born Juno 14, 1792. After the death of his first wife, he married the Princess Pantino, daughter of Prince Paul of Wurtemburg. His successor is Duke Adolphus, who was born on the 24th of July, 1837. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 17th inst. have reached, but their contents are of no political in terest. The number of Deputies then arrived in the c ipital exceeded seventy, and others were on their journey from all parts of Spain. The expectation of a speedy pacification of the Peninsula was very general. We refer to our City article for the latest intelli gence from Portugal. It is generally said that Mr. Macauley will not join the Ministry unless he have a seat in the Cabinet. The Hon. Gentleman rates himself high. Undoubtedly his talents are great, but they are far superior to his ser vices. If the empire were asked, What has Mr. Mac auley done to be a member of the Cabinet ? half of it would say they never heard of him. His great talents have hitherto been devoted to serving himself, not his country ; and there is perhaps a score of men in point of public desert who better deserve a place in the Cabinet than Mr. Macauley. However, he fixes his price high, and as he may be of great use to his future col leagues, he will probably receive it. Report says the Board of Trade is destined for Mr. Macau:ey. There will be other vacancies. Mr. Labouchere will positively, as has been already announced, retire from the public service. EXECUTIONS and COMMITMENTS. A return of the number of executions which took place in England and Wales in the five years ending the 31st day of December, 1833, and in the five years ending the 31st day of December 1838 ; together with the number of commitments, in each of those periods respectively, for offences which were capital at the commencement of the former period, viz., on the Ist day of January 1829. Number of Executions in the five years ending 31 December, 1833 Ditto ditto, ending 31 December, 1833 99 Number of Commitments for offences which were capital on the Ist January, 1829, during the five years ending 31 December, 1833 11,982 Ditto ditto, ending 31 December, 1838 11,332 Whitehall, 12th August, 1839. CHURCH RATES AT BOSTON, The French Journals begin to entertain confident hopes that the Spanish question is at last about to be settled. According to the Courrier Francais, the French Cabinet is on the eve of assuming an attitude which must convince the friends of Don CARLOS that his cause is hopeless. Ten months have elapsed since the Frency Commissary quitted ESPARTERO'S head-quar ters ; and now it has been thought requisite to replace him by no fewer than three officers, M M. ZARGOZIA, GUILHON, and JARDOT. Another, and not less strik ing proof of the disposition of the French Cabinet to abandon the neutral policy of the last five years, is indicated by the promised publication in a few days of General NIAROTO'S opinions on the best means of effecting the pacification of Spain, con fidentially addressed ty him to General HARISPE in 1836, in answer to certain questions proposed to him by that officer in the name of the French Government. MAROTO is reported to have then declared, that French intervention was the only means'of terminating the civil war, militarily and morally. That the Basque provinces would never have supported Don CARLOS had they known the extent of his bigotry, fanaticism, an d weak ness ; and that they continued to fight for him from a principle of honour which would disappear before foreign intervention. "As to Don CARLOS," states this remarkable document, "he would willingly give himself up on receiving personal guarantees. If the French army on the frontier showed itself merely ready to enter, and would issue a manifisto, declaring for the rights Of ISABELLA, but determined to interfere between both parties and stop further effusion of blood, guaran teeing an amnesty and the Fueros, under necessary modifications, to be considered in a Congress—the Cnristino, or constitutional army, not to occupy Biscay for a certain time, say five years—after snch a manifesto, the French troops entering would meet with nothing sate benedictions." The Memorial Bordelais has also an article on this I subject, in which it is stated that great events are pre paring in Spain for the pacification of the Basque pro vinces. Me asures are rumoured to b e un d er considera tion which will enable the QUEEN REGENT, on opening the C or t es on the Ist of September, to congratulate the country on th e tie prospect of that repose which is so essential to the moral and physical improvement of Spain. What these measures are the Memorial Bordelais does not inform us, farther than . that they will include among them a combined interventio n on the part of France and England. We ar e not over although otherwise satisfied that the this point ; Spain draws towards a cl ose . This is civil l. war in likewise the MAROTO n o opinion of the Journal des D e b ats, i an nouncing that the Ultra.Carlist revolt against articlest has been put down by General afo, greatly to the an noyance of the Pretender and his wife, the secret insti- LINCOLNSHIRE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) BOSTON, SATURDAY NIGHT.—It is five years since any attempt has been made to saddle this parish with a Ctiurch rate—at that time the rate was obtained, after a severe contest, by a majority of about fifty. For some time past it has been evident to the Dissenters that the Church party were organising and preparing for the struggle; they had obtained three Tory churchwardens; they had employed two of their own party to survey the Church, who reported that to colour the walls on the inside, and to repair the windows, &c., &c., it would cost 1601. ; in ad dition to this the churchwardens asked for 1101, to pay for the Sacramental wine, washing surplices, and for con ducting religious services ; for this a 3d. rate was pro posed, and, after three days' arduous struggle, the poll closed on Saturday last (the 24th), with the following state ment-297 for the rate, and 418 against the rate, leaving a majority of 121 against the rate. The Church party are at their wits' end ; they talk largely about law, and the Consiatory Court, but no doubt they will look before they leap, for although one of the churchwardens is a Tory la,yer, and, probably, would have no objection to involve the parish in law, yet the question with them is who will pay ;he expenses. Lord and Lady Jersey left Longshaw, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, on Tuesday last, for Alton Towers, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Shrews bury, where a distinguished party is expected on the 9th, to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and Lady Coetlia Underwood. FUNDING EXCHEQUER BILLS, SATURDAY EVENING.-A ludicrous circumstance has attended the winding up of Mr. Spring Rice's conversion scheme, which has left the fact in doubt, upon which considerable wagers were laid, whether it was completed or not. Literally speaking, that was not the case, for at one o'clock yesterday, which was the limitation of time in the notice from the Treasury, about 7,0001. or 8,000/. remained unsubscribed for, and this fragment was taken, it seems, at the instance of some parties, who were desirous of seeing it d'sposed ,of, and gave information to those they imagined would act upon it. According to the letter of the notice, these last subscriptions should have been refused, but they were too happy, at the cashier's office, to see their master safe i n port, to stand upon any such niceties. The incident is of little importance except to the betters on the result, and the losers will not fail to contest such a point. It re mains to be seen --and the subject is a very anxious one at the Stock Exchange —how the parties will act who hold the new stock produced by this conversion. A por tion of them have already sold on s p ecu l at i on, and if the rest should prove to be in weak hands, the effect on the market must be extremely serious. Money is very scarce in the Stock-market, and Experohdequcueedr-bbiyllsth, ewchoincyherwsioenre, demandgi w a y .—Tinter. y Times. a only a ai sustainedn beginning b t 1 9 The salmon se. son is drawing to a close. The salmon fishing in Scotland will end the 14th of next month. I ttlETg, LONDON, MONDAY, AtIGTIST 18M. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1 1 CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The yearly comparison of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England has been published as follows : i The average of the month ending the 20th inst., as com pared with the average of the month ending Sept. 13, 1838, shows a decrease in the circulation of 1,803,00 01 ., a decrease in the deposits of 1,362,0001., and a decrease in the stock in bullion of 6,642,0001. ; wherefore it appears that the decrease in the liabilities is 3 165.0001., and this represents the total decrease in the quantity of money in the month ending the 20th lust., as compared with the month ending Sept. 18, 1838, in so far as regards the administration of the currency by the Bank of England. From the state of the foreign Exchange it is greatly to be feared that the drain of bullion, which still continues, and as the stock of bullion in the coffers of the Bank ap pears to be under 3,000,0001., will cause, 1 in the course of a few months, a suspension of cash payments. Arrivals this morning :—two French, two Ostend, and one Dutch mails. Also mails from Gibraltar and Lisbon by the Royal Tar, sailed on the 19th of August from _ Lisbon, from Gibraltar 15th, Cadiz 16th, and Oporto 20th. A mail has arrived from Jamaica by the Ranger, sailed July 20th, from Hayti 25th. We have received the Jamaica papers to the 21st July. (From the Jamaica Papers.) THE PRIVY CouNcit..—We understand that one of the objects for which the Privy Council assembled on Thurs day was to take into consideration the propriety of pro claiming the Ist of August next a holiday; this was de termined upon, and his Excellency the Governor has, ac cordingly, been pleased to issue his proclamation to that effect. ORANGE GROVE ESTATE.—Just as our paper was going to press the melancholy tidings arrived in this town that Orange Grove Estate, near Falmouth, has been burnt down; the fire is stated to have been originated by a spark from the boiling : house, and to have destroyed the greater part of the buildings. ANOTHER SLAVER CAPTURED.--Ott the morning of the 4!li ult. her Majesty's scnooner, Pickle, observed a very suspicious-looking vessel standing iii for the height of goes ,lic l an for d Pines, to which she immediately gave chase, firing several stranger paid no attention, continuing to run directly for u tlie de p r ur a po h s e c a o y f bringing ypresg her too ; but to which the of canvas', and soon after commenced heaving overboard casks and other articles to lighten her. The Pickle gaining last upon her now fired several shots with grape and cannistcr, which fell thick 'round her, but such was the determined obstinacy of the r..w that it was perceived they laid fl a on the deck on every gun being fired, and jumped up again immediately atter. After a chase of six hours, the vessel which had 'toisted Portuguese colours ran on shore in the bight, dis tant about too cables' length. Lieutenant Holland des- Retched his boats to capture her. It was now seen that the crew were pitching the negroes into the sea, and on the boats nearing they jumped °so rboard themselves. swam to the shore, and escaped into the thick mangrove bushes on the water's edge. On taking possession of the vessel she proved to be the schooner Sierra del Polar, 78 :lass from &tint, from tl a African coast, with 180 i.e. groes on koard, several of whom were in the most emacia 7ed condition. She had, originally, 255, but death, and several who had escaped into the woods eith the crew, reduced the number to 180. The scene of misery and filth which Tow presented itself on board this vessel is in conceiveable. From having such an addition to her com plement the Pickle steered for the Havannah, the nearest port, where she arrived on the 12th. By the advices from St. Thomas we perceive there has been no variation of consequence in prices. Exchange was a s before, 425 to 500 dollars for 100/. sterling, Beek drafts. Sugar is said to have advanced 3i dollars in the French colonies, in consequence of the permission lately to sell it, or send it to, or for any place. The Magistrates who proceeded to St. Dorothy; for the purpose of investigating into the origin of the late fire at Bushy Park estate, have committed one of the labourers, elm was caught in the act of applying the torch to the canes, to take his trial. By private advices received in this city by the Colom bian schooner Florida, which arrived on the 16th inst. 'rotn Carthagena, we regret to learn that the town of Quibido, in the province of Choro, in New Granada, h as been partly destroyed by fire, 75 houses having fallen a sacrifice. We have received very few Windward Island papers by the packet. The few we have contain nothing of interest. BARBADOES.--THE WEATHER•— " A succession of re freshing rain and showers during the last fortnight have af forded the most favourable opportunities to the planters and labourers, of which we are led to believe they have riot availed themselves generally." ANTIGUA.—We have no papers from this island ; but learn from the Barbadoes Mercury that it had been visited by an earthquake, accompanied by terrific thunder storms and heavy falls of rain. GRENADA.—We learn from the s,me source that Mr. M'Combe, the Editor of the Free Press, was still suffering under the unjust and despotic sentence of imprisonment. ST. VINCENT. —We are sorry to perceive that a trifling collision has been occasioned between the Lieutenant- Governor and the Assembly of that island, through the improper conduct of Mr. Stipendiary Nanton, the House having requested his Excellency to furnish them with a report of the proceeding of the Magistrates for the King ston district. ST. Cultism,Pusa.—We have the Gazette of this island . 3 f the 7th June, which contains the special meeting of the Legislature, to pass another Money Bill, which was mega. lived, and the Tax BM was then passed. We have received Demerara l apers to the 7th July, chiefly filled with English news. BARBADOES PAPERS, JUNE 26.—Yesterday and to day we have b. en blessed with delightful showers of rain. It is glorious:weather for the labourers to plant. The blessing of freedom has been grievously abused. Agriculture, the very life-blood of the country, the staff and support of thousands, is retrograding instead of advancing ; we hope to see better times. We have received Port of Spain papers to the 6th July:—The agricultural report states " Never do we remember a more favourabl e season for manu fecture as also for vegetation. The crop is now over, and is more abundant than could have been antici some exceptions, re quietly fallen back to mencement of sugar other have arriv e d i n t hi s C olony. THE FUNDs. ei p st hu a em t e e d v ‘d. ;a weedingtheg e s paid Negroes g with roes previouslyh goodav e also, w i tlol , withcommencement o and making. Emigrants still continue t o arr i ve b ut not i n large numbers. We have been info rme d on goo d autho rity,patien, about 700 l a b ourers o f oned t e h s a c t ri s p it t l i c o e n the or Our chief arrivals this morning are from the West Indies, by the Jamaica and Leeward Island Mails, which are of a favourable description in respect to the weather and agriculture in some of the Islands. In regard to the conduct of the labourers we have very few details, but we find there has been disorder amongst the labouring population, which extended itself to St. Dorothy's. A cane piece has been completely destroyed by fire , and about 800 acres o f p r i me canes have also been destroyed. The e ff ects o f m i sru l e are now the Island. 1 By the Lisbon Mail , received this morni ng , t h e accoun t s state that there is eve r y r eason to suppose th a t t h e w h o l e 1 amount of the loan , 4,200 contos Five per C ent . St ec k f or dde.loping themselves in a l most every quarter of developing ' raising 1,400 contos in Cash, has been contracted for. cent. discount. ex Paper move} 56 per i ; r Exchange consois o op n e L ne o d nd ti o l n is s m 6i orn to in sl; morning at 911 1 the Account 91a I, Money, and for very little doin g . Exchequer Bills, 12 14 ; Bank StoJk, 1 84 185 ; I n di a Bonds, 5 10 prem. ; India Stock Active, 24 6 247. In the 20 Fri Foreign Portuguese, Market the price s are nominal, Spanish 28 per Cents., i B i I I ; Colombian, 314; Brazilian, 774 78 4 1 . ; Dutch Two -and- a -H a lf p e r Cents., 63-,1 54. ii; Three PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 05 7 2 O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 1,4•74 India Stock ••.•. 247 3 per Cont. Red. 91%34% Ditto 80nd5...,_ Pm 3 per Cent. Cons. 91% ti South Sea Stock — 3% par Cent —l Old Annuities — oitto Red 98% 9 8% , New Ditto New 3% per Cent 99% 1 ,4 ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities 0/expire Ditto 500 ••• 14 9 pin. Jan. 5, 1860 i4 5-16% I Ditto Small 2O ... 14 9 pm. Oct. 10, 1859. — Ditto Commercial par Jan. 5, 1860 14% Ditto Advertised ... .. pm. Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock fur Account ... April 5, 1850. — India Stock for Account ... Jim 5, 1870 — Consos for Account 9134 4% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Urazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos J yres Bonds Ditto As.'ount Chilian Bon, . D - tto Accost.. t ... ........ -..—, Russian Bonds, 1822 — Columbian Bonds _ Ditto Acc ount — Ditto Account - I Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1824 — Spanish Bonds.. ....... ......._20% _____ ___ _ Ditto Account _ , Ditto Account. 201 , 2% ' Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Def .. Greek Bo ..... • French, 5 per cent. —f. Bonds .., _ 3 per cent. —c ... a. . . ... Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Bonds, 18'25. ... — per cent. -C. —e. Ditto Account .......... : Exchange. --4. —. c . ... Ditto Account _ ; Dutch, 25 per cent.......... 1.3% Ditto, 6 per Cent - , Ditto Account , Ditto Account Neapolitan. ........... Ditto Acc0unt........ ............ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DA 1 AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per ,s,hare. Great Western Railway Company 65 Ditto N'ew....... - - 1% pm. . Lo corn and Birmingham Rail :ray Company ... WI 145 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, AUGUST 24. 3 per went. Consols ... ... 91U Grand Canal Deb& 6 per cent. s per Cent. Stock ... LS ia Ditto, 4 per cent.... — Ditto Reduced ....... Hibernian Bank — Ditto New, MO .. ........... 98 q City of Dublin Steam Comp. 34 per Cent. Debentures... 111 , i National Insurance Company Bank Stock ........ • ' City Debenteret, 4 per cent. Grand Canal Stock. .... ...... Ballast Office Debentures, 4 --- Royal Canal Stock ........... per cent — ..... papers of th e HALF-PAST ONE. The Hamb urg mail has arr i ve d o f t h e 23d i nst ., with sam e d ate , b r i ng ing the Exchange on Lon don 13 4i, l ower i per col • t• , • Gold 4311, also lower ; Discount at Hamburg 6 to 61 per cent. Money scarce there. The accounts f rom Od essa to t h e 9th of August s t ate that althou g h t h e assurance given by our Court to the other Powers, consenting to the question of the East, the military preparation s in our country still continue, the two divisions of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, each of them composed of six sail of the line, four frigates, and five brigs, with two steamers, are not far from the Bos phorus. The corps d'armee of twenty thousand men is still at Odessa. The Memorial Bordelais states that the plan for the pacification of Spain will be executed before the Ist September. a O fe c w to d b a e y r a. Ac ii good deal of M oney Stock has come to mar k et. The Go. . A very gre a t scarcity of money preva il s. 3 1 per cent. c h o a u s n b t e , e w n h g ic iv h e i n a a fo t r th the vernment brok er h as been selling 31 R e d uce d , and at one period Consols Were sold for money at 91 Exch equer eratccenotfiniupaetriecne ofn t. for the Bills have been done at 9s. prem. ; in the early part of the day, they were 12 14. i Consols may be quoted at present 911 4, Money 91i ; 1 Exeiequer 8 11 13 12 9 p rem . ; 13 1n k Stock 18q; Indi a 247; Spanish Actire 201 il ; Deferred 9 ; Portuguese 261 ; Three p er C ents. 181 ;,Brazilian 77i ; Dutch Two. and-half per Cents. .53i. The market is heavy. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar, in Nli: clog Lane, and eiimparing the same against that of foreign sugars sold in the same market:— London, August 24, 1839. The Gazette of last night quotes the average Per Cwt. price of British Plantation Muscovado Su gar, exclusive of duty, at 'The number of hogsheads stated in the market to have been sold in the week ending the 20th inst. is 2,400 hhds., whereas, the returns of sales sworn to by the brokers in conformity with the Act of Parliament, show that the ac tual number sold amounts only to 1,525 hhds. 147 trs. and 77 barrels, estimated to contain altogether 24,275 cat. ; and it is upon this weight that the average price of 40s. 7d. per cwt. is computed. We readily admit that in the bustle of a market some inaccuracies may occur in reporting the quantity of business transacted, the vast dif ference however, between the actual sales, and those esti mated in the market, for the two weeks just passed, dis plays an evtggeration which can hardly be attributed to mi , telte. In the week ending the 13th inst., that difference is 714, and in the week under review 728 hhds. and trs., so that the estimated sales for a fortnight are made to ap p. ar as extensive as the real sales are for three weeks— these exaggerated reports of sales tend to deceive the public into a belief that the demand for sugar is brisk— % hile it is notorious to those who attend the market that the West India merchants experience difficulty in maintain ing the present quotations. Since the first May last, the decrease in the deliveries of Sugar from the bonded warehouses of this port, as com pared against the deliveries in the same period of 1838, has been 13 365, hhds. and Ira. Hhds. Trs. The stock on the 19th August, 1837, was 22 307 18th do. 1838, was 37 803 17th do. 1839, was 32 182 Being less in 1839 than 1838, by 4 121 Andinore in 1839 than 1837, by 9 875 _ _ _ There Vl'lro landed at the above date in 1837. 73 127 in 1838. 90 653 in 1839. 61 814 The deficiency in the stock of West India Sugar is abundantly compensated by the increase in the stock of West India and Mauritius Sugars, so that if the ships which leave the West Indies on the Ist of this month bring an average quantity of Sugar, which some parties bolie‘e they will do, we may confidently look to a fall in idct: before the Ist of October of 10s. per cwt. The rcfincries working under bond for exportation only, obtain for their produce, after deducting the charges of :ririprnt:•nt, the following price, namely : For Refined Sugar, equal in quality to the Per Cwt. double lo.tf standard For Ila.,ord Refilled Sugar F.,r Treacle The refineries which work West India bugar and Mo- Ilses for home consumption, sell their produce after de. ducting the duty, as follows : Per Cwt. R , fined Sugar, same quality as the above 593. Od. Bastard Ditto, ditto Treacle d•' - 36 ' Od. 'itto Js. _ The British nation therefore pays for Refined Sugar 26i. per cwt. ; for Bastard Sugar 21s. per curt.; and 225. cwt. for Treacle, more than foreign nations p^Y• If foreign Sugars were admitted to home use upon the same conditions as West India Sugar, the public would be supplied with Refined Sugar, adding the duty of 245., at 575. p,r Cent. ; Bastard, ditto, 24s at 425. ; and Treacle, vhich is admitted duty free, at 133. 6d. The difference be , ween the amount which the nation actually pays, and that for which it might be supplied, con , titutes the exact cost, as far as Sugar is concerLed, of Government favouritism to West India interests. PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sitt,—l quite agree with your yesterday's correspon dent, Mr. Johnson, that a want of rational Christianity is the basis of infidelity and insubordination, and gives Owen, and other infidels, an influence they would not otherwise possess. It is useless for the Church of England to build so many places of public worship, as long as she allows such a discrepancy of doctrine in her own pulpits, and at the same time is, except in name, so exclusive and intolerant towards others. The Athanasian Creed stands forward more prominent, and is more to be deprecated in the Church of England than in the Church of Rome. Now, is it less strange, instead of teaching men how to pass through things temporal, without losing the things eternal, to allow or connive at, the continual jingle about faith and works, and unconditional salvation. The bewildered congregations are astounded, but any thing rather than edified. To teach that the genera lity of mankind are doomed, or left to be reprobate, and that their conduct here has no influence for or against their future salvation, is to do away with responsi bility and to unhinge society. Such is not a fair statement of redeeming love. It is time the Church of England should look to this, and regulate the hopes and f ars of her congregations with a little more consistency, and more attention to the combined letter and spirit of Scrip ture, making, at the same time, such alterations in her Liturgy, Articles, and Discipline, as the lapse of time seems to require, in order that by common consent she may continue the leading Church of the blessed Pro testant Reformation. I am, your obedient servant, London, Aug. 21, 1839. A PROTESTANT. DEANERY OF EXETER.—The Bishop of Exe ter has received a letter from Lord John Russell, protest. ing against the interference of the Chapter or the Bishop with the rights of the Crown to nominate a Dean, and giving his Lordship notice that the Crown will take early legal proceedings to vindicate its rights and dignity.— Woolmer's Gazette. THE DUKE OFWELLINGTON'S VISIT TO THE GREAT' WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Saturday morning his Grace the Duke of Wellington, accompanied by his sore, the Marquis of Douro, and other distinguished individuals, paid a visit to the Great Western Railway Company's ter minus at Paddington, for the purpose of inspecting the new galvanic telegraph erected by Mr. Cook,: and other scientific works. The Duke and his party were shown over the various buildings by Mr. Simms, the chairman, and other principal gentlemen attached to the Company. His Grace, after a prolonged stay, expressed himself highly gratified with what he had seen, and . particularly admired the precision and rapidity with which the new galvanic telegraph alluded to conveyed the required signals by means of a connecting rod, extending through the line to the most distant stations. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— On Saturday morning, between: en and eleven o'clock, two men were dreadfully injured at Garwood's wharf, Horsleydown, in the following singular manner :—A vessel was lying off, taking in logs of mahogany, which were lowered by means of a wheel crane, which is constructed similarly to the tread-mill, the only difference being that the men working the crane are in a box, about sixty feet in circumference, and by treading on brackets the machine goes round. The men, named Newland and Moore, were at work inside the machine, lowering the logs into the hold of the ship, and one of the logs, weighing two tons and a half, suspended at the end of a chain, being too heavy fur the strength of the men, it run down with great velocity, hurrying the crane round like a fly-wheel, with the unfortunate men inside. All attempts to arrest its progress were for some moments impossible, and the men must have fallen six or eight times a distance of seventy feet. On the crane stopping they were taken out to all appearance lifeless, and were conveyed to the residence of Mr. Monkhouse, a medical man in the neighbourhood, where the proper means for their restoration were resorted to, but with little indication of success. THE HARVEST.—We are glad to see reports • in the great majority of the country Papers to the same effect as the following account from the Norfolk Chronicle . of Saturday last :—The drenching rain which fell early on Saturday morning, with the successive cold showers on . the Monday and Tuesday last, put a stop to the harvest on those days; but the weather having since become fine and ' dry, little or no injury has been done either to the wheat or barley ; and on Thursday and yesterday many acres of both were carried in goodorder. ALLEGED ASIATIC CHOLERA.—An inquest was held on Thursday, at Ratcliff-cross, before Mr. Baker, on the body of a man named Jolly, a butcher. Mr. Coward, a surgeon residing in the neighbourhood, said he had no doubt the cause of death was malignant spasmodic cholera, such as that which cut off so many persons about six years ago. SL•veral cases had occurred at the West end of the town. A woman, who stated that her husband had for. merly suffered severely from cholera, said that about five o'clock on Sunday evening she was called in to attend on the deceased, whom she found in bed, and labouring under the greatest apparent agony from an internal attack to gether with violent cramps in his limbs. His nails were black, his skin blue and shrivelled up; he retched vio lently ; and witness had very little doubt at the time that the attack was one of cholera. He died about eleven o'cicck the same evening. Deceased had lately been of irregular habits, and, it appeared, bad eaten some oysters while labouring under a violent bowel complaint. At first the surgeon though he had taken poison. Verdict-- ‘. Died by the visitation of God," THE LATE SIR JOHN ST. AUBYN.—The Baronetage of this ancient family becomes extinct by the death of Sir John ; but the large entailed eistateS descend to his nephew, the Rev. J. Moleswortle together with the ancient family seat of Clowance.— West Briton. DREADFUL EVENT.—At Machytilletli, on Friday, an incident occurred most afflicting to the pasties connected with the sufferer. ir. John Lloyd, of Lien fyllin, had that day attended the funeral of his mother, and in the course of the evening, being very much excited, he became drunk, and was put to bed at the Wynnstay Arms. Mrs. Ellis, with her usual care, sent two servants to his room to see if be was safely in bed, when they dis covered that he had thrown himself from hiS bed room window, and was lying on the pavement, three stories below, bleeding and insensible. Dr. Lloyd, with the inmates of the inn, rendered the poor sufferer every assistance, but his condition is almost hopeless.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. DISGUSTING FRoLIC.—Last harvest two men mowing in a field at Glanogue, Llansilin, Denbighshire, met with a nest of mice. One mass offered the other 2s. 6d. if he would swallow one —the offer was accepted. " Bobby" laid hold of the fattest, slapped him in his mouth, and his disgusting paunch received poor mousy, who, not liking his new res id ence, returned. The fellow became I unwell, and expectorated blood.—Shrewsbury Chronicle , CHARTIST APPROPRIATION.--The Brighton (Tsry) Gazette, says —On Monday evening Mr. Bron terre O'Brien, one of the Chartist leaders, addressed seve ral hundred persons at the Brewers' Arms, on the present political aspect of the country. In the course of his speech he contended that the soil of the country was the property of the nation, who had a right to take it from tse present holders, and let it out in portions at rents %Ilion sh suldbe devoted to national purposes. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Conn Rind Privy Council ofterm.on at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty artitred in town at half-past five n'ellek on Saturday afternoon, in tiff open carriage and four, escorted by a party of Light Dragektris, from Windsor Castle. Her Majesty was accompanied by her Koyal Highness the Duchess of Kent. and their Serene High , nesses the Duke Ferdinand and the Princess Victoire of Saxe Cobourg, Princess Augusta and Prince Leo pold of Saxe Cobourg, Count Alexander Mensdorf and the Royal Suite followed in three of the Royal Car riages and four. The Royal Suite included Lady Lyttelton, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Baroness Fene vessy, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Anson, Lady Har riet Clive, Baroness Lehzen, Lord Lilford, Hon. C. A. Murray, Colonel Armstrong, and Colonel Buckley. The Royal dinner party on Sa turda y included the Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Foley, and the Hon. Charles Howard. A military band was in attendance during the evening. Vis c ount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty. ' The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Prin cess Victoire of Saxe Cobourg, took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open carriage. Tile Duke of Cambridge attended by Colonel Jones, came to Cambridge House on Saturday from his resi dence at Kew. His Royal Highness returned to Kew in the afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the official residence of Viscount Melbourne in Downing-street. It was attended by Viscount Alel bourne, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Marquis of Normanby, the Right Hon. I'. Spring Rice, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Viscount Howick, and Lord Morpeth. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Mr. Chas. Wood, M.P., and Mr. Fowell Buxton had interviews with Vis count Melbourne on Saturday, in Downing-street. Despatches from the Governor of the West India Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. Mr. Chichester, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Russell, at the Home Office. on Saturday. The French Charge d'Affaires transacted business at the Foreign Office on Saturday. Mr. Fowell Buxton had an interview on Saturday with the Marquis of Normanby, at the Colonial Office. FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Beauman, at Long's Hotel, from Philadelphia ; Mr. Corbin, at ditto, from the United States; Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, at ditto,' from Staines ; J. Bruck shaw, Esq., at ditto, from Harrington. DEPARTURES. Le Compte and Compteses Mordinoff and Compte Tols tov, from Long's Hotel, for St. Petersburgh ; the Misses Musgrave and Miss Hazol, from ditto, for Tunbridge Wells ; W. Willis, Esq., from ditto, for Fritwell ; Thomas Farr, Esq , from ditto, for Paris ; Earl Ducie and Lady Caroline Moreton, from Scamore-place, Curzon-street, for Worthing; Lady Mary Ross and Miss Geraldine Ross, erouu Grosvenor gate, for Bonnington Castle, Ross-shire ; R. B. Hale, Esq., M P., for Gloucestershire ; Lady Baker, from Jermyn-street, on a Continental tour ; the Marquis of W;4erford and suite, for Eglintoun Castle, Ayrshire ; Sir FrancLS Hopkins, Bart., on a tour in the north ; Sir T. Gage, Bari., for Brighton; Sir Woodbine and Lady Parish, for St. Leonard's-on- Sea, Sussex ; Lord and Lady Maynard, and the Han. Miss Maynard, from Grosvenor-square, for the Earl of Eglin toun's tournament ; Lord Rayleigh, from Albemarle-street, for the seat of Colonel Stuart, Teiling-place, Essex ; Mr. Dunbar, M: P., for Belfast; Sir Montagu Chapman, Bart., M. P., for his seat in the county of Westmeath ; Lord Stuart de Decies, on a tour in Germany; W. L. W. Chute, Esq., M. P. for Norfolk ; Viscount Cole, on a tour ; Mr. Collier, M. P., for his seat near Plymouth ; Lord and Lady Ashley, from Upper Brook-street, for the tournament at Eglintoun Cattle : George Dupre, Esq., NI. P., from Portland place, for Calecon Park, Bucks ; A. R. Dottin, Esq., M. P., from Argyll-street, fur Southampton ; the Hon. Colonel Grenville Howard, from Grosvenor-square, for Ashtead Park, Surrey ; the Earl of Wicklow, for Brighton ; Lord Walsingham, from Portland-place, for Merton Hall, near Thetford, Norfolk ; Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, for Brighton ; Sir James Shaw, Bart., for ditto; Sir John Vaughan and the Dowager Lady St. John, from Mansfield-street, for St. Leonard's-on Sea, Sussex; Mrs. L. Fox, from Curzon street, for Hastings ; Major Price, on a visit to Lord In gestrie, at his shooting quarters, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire; Mr. Baker, M. P., from Old Cavendish street, for Wilton, Wilts ; Hoa. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, from Cii,"‘ham place, for Buxton-wells; Earl of Hardwicke, from Ncs Norfolk-street, on a visit to Lord and Lady Lovat, at Beau fort Castle, Inverness-shire; Mr. and Lady Caroline Maxse, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for the tourna ment, at Eglintoun Castle, Ayrshire ; Frederick Dundas, Esq., M. P., from Hanover-square, from the Orkney Islands; Viscount Burghersh, from Upper Harley-street, for the north ; Hon. Major-General Upton , from t he Albany Chambrs, on a visit to the Hon. Charles Compton and Lady Catherine Cavendish, at Latimers ; Arthur Aston, Esq., for Aston Hall, Staffordshire. CHANGES. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, travelling under the title of Prince of Culloden, and at tended by Colonel Cornwall, at Ancona, from Trieste ; Lord Forester, from the Duke of Rutland's shooting lodge, Longshawe, Derbyshire, for the Earl of Eglintoun's seat, Eglintoun Castle ; the Earl of Cardigan, from Deena Park, Northamptonshire, for his shooting quarters on the Moors of Inverness-shire; the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, from 'fester House, Haddington, for Eglintoun Castle ; the 11 , 11. and Rev. Francis Howard and family, at Harrogate, from Dublin ; Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, from the Star Hotel, Glasgow, for Inverness; Lord Mac donald, and the Hon. Miss Macdonald, from ditto, for ditto ; Major-General Hill. at Edinburgh, from Glasgow; Sir E. and Lady Smith and fa:nily, at Sir Edward's shooting lodge, on the moors of Ross- shire, from Hill Hall, Essex ; Major Vivian, and Lord George Paget, from the Royal George-square, Glasgow, for the Moors; Lord Ingestrie, at Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, from Ingestrie Hail, Stafford shire ; Earl of Cassilis and the Hon. Henry Hall Gage, on a visit to the Earl of Eglintoun, at Eglintoun Castle, from Liverpool; Earl and Countess Cowper, at Eglintoun Castle, from Pansanger, Herts; Lieutenant- General Sir Edward Kerrison, K.C.8., at Oakley Park, near Eye, Suffolk, from Brighton ; Lady Mahon, at Earl Stan hope's seat, Chevening, Kent, from ditto ; Lord and Lady Waterpark, from the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, for Eglintoun Castle; Lord and Lady Seymour, from ditto, for ditto ; Lord Francis Egerton, at Worsley Hotel, near Manchester, from Liverpool ; Hon. R Bootle Wilbraham, M. P., at Blythe Hall, Lancashire, from the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool ; Earl and Countess of Roden, at their seat, Tullamore Park, county Down, from Liverpool ; Count Lubeski, at Ardrossan ( N. 8.), from a tour; Duke of Buccleuch and William Ogilbie, Esq., at Commonside, his Grace's shooting-lodge, in Dumfriesshire, from Dal keith Palace, Mid Lothian ; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashburnham, from the York House Hotel, Bath, on a tour; Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice, from Ostend, for the baths of Baden ; Lady Sophia Hastings, at Loudon Castle, from Leaming ton ,Spa; Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, at Ardrossan (N. 8.), from Liverpool ; Lerd George Bentinck, at Eg lintoun Castle, from a tour. RECENT ARRIVALS AT BUXTON. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield, Viscount and Viscountess Anson, Colonel Anson, Dr. Granville, Col. Conway, Rev. E S. Thurlow and the Misses Thurlow, Colonel Gould, Mr. 0. Moore and Mr. Richard Moore, Mrs. My tton and Miss Lethbridge, Lieutenant-Colonel Flemming, Mrs. Robert Stanhope and Miss Hay, Rev. W. W. Fowler and party, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hartick, Mr. Sergeant Heath, Captain Thorpe, Rev. W. E. Lowe, Mr. Ellison, Rev. J. Bingham, Rev. Mr. Heathcote. The Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain, has accepted the stewardship of the Egham Race Ball, which takes place on Thursday next, at the Assembly Rooms at Egham. BRISTOL, AUGUST 24.—The Great Western left King-road this evening at seven o'clock, on her voy age to New York ; she has every berth on board of her filled, carrying with her 111 passengers, a full cargo of silks and other manufactured goods, and a large number of letters. The publication of the ordinance for the reduc tion of the import duty on colonial sugar has spread the greatest joy in our City, The moment the intelligence got abroad, the harbour assumed titite a festival appearance; all the vessels hoisted their flags, the tri-coloured banner was unfurled over all the public C4ifices and most of the private houses, and a brilliant illuminatio:: took place in the evening. —Journal du Havre. On Saturday morning, the 24th August, between Treport and Cayeux, the French Government steamer, Veloce, went alongside the St. Valery Company's Steam Packet, Castor, Captain Valery Buchan, when the latter had the honour to receive on board their Majesties the King and Queen of the Prench, Princess Adelaide, Princess Clotilde D'Orleans, Duke of Montpensier, and suite, ac companied by the Minister of Public Works, and assistants, and landed their Majesties at St. Valery sur Somme, where they were received by the authorities of that port, and an immense concourse of the inhabitants, from its en virons, with the greatest enthusiasm. His Majesty, after obtaining every Information (having for that purl) , se ex pressed a desire to visit the port of St. Valery), intimated that from its proximity to the capital, steps should be taken to render it one of the most eligible on the coast of Fra nce , Their Majesties admired th e ele g ance and s uperior accom modation of the Castor. The Castor arrived in the river this morning, having on board Lord William P aget and son, and other distinguished personages. BANK we OF seeIRELANDh eldlVlwoitNhoinPtoheu past Y.— week,Seve ral meetings at which resolutio ns have been p assed c o n demnatory of M r . have been Rice's policy in regard to the renewal of the Charter. Hostility to the monopoly is proclaimed throughout the country. The Irish papers continue to corm t 1 a u ate " the good men of Ireland," who, " though used to agitation, scorn ed to receive the impul se " f rom the English Char tists. The Irish, it seems, are taught to set down Char tism as something worse than treason, and accordingly the " hereditary bondsmen" have kicked it clean out of the country. The Dublin Evfning Post says, every body now asks where it is ?—and that echo answers where. DESPERATE ATTACK BY TWO EAGLES.—A few weeks ago a deaf and dumb lad was crossing a lonely moor In Ayrshire, when he was suddenly assailed by two eagles, which darted down upon him with the utmost fury. Fortunately, however, he was furnished with a good stick, which he plied aLout him with great vigour, until at length he succeeded in driving oil the one and killing the other. EVEN IST(i LITERATURE. AN REVIEW.—No. CIV. NORTE AlllEii: Andrews, r...?cton, 1839. The last number of this Quarterly Review--the nitwit influential and widely circulated of all the trans atlantic periodicals—has just reached us, and we have been struck with the general evenness and liberality of its tone, even where matters Are discussed, strongly calculated to call forth national pr e ;adices and predi lections. Of such a nature is the note of " Daviss Memoirs and Journal of Aaron Burr," in whieL one of the most conspicuous leaders of the American revoii:tion is as coolly and impartially treated as if it was a European instead of a Yankee critic who was giving an estimate of his character. Colonel Aaron Burr, it seems, during I thirty years of the most eventful portion of American history, played a very distinguished part in public a ffair:: "At one moment," says the Reviewer, "he ro se so .- hi g 1 - as nearly to touch the loftiest officia l seat which the I . p eo p h , are called on to fill ; and at another, he f e ll so l ow a§ t o become isolated among his fellow beings." H e i s h o e cfatcd as little better than a mere adventurer ; without fix,' dness of principle, with out a spark of patriotism—indeed, ,„; shout even common honesty. Nothing can exceed in severn:,v— and we have no doubt the censure is just, though we are .:.'nacquainted with the particulars of Burr's public and priv‘te csreer —the following character of him :—" Acute in h:c con ceptions, rather than just ; keen in his intelleca: lai powers, rather than philosophical or capacious ; cunning in his projects, rather than noble or wise ; he seems to have shunned all occasions for any active exercise of a beneficent influence upon public affairs, in order to em- . ploy his t i: , olic hours in contriving new cyphers in which to envelope me " n ideas or worthless intrigues ; and his private ones in multiplying devices to form degrading re lations with weak or profligate women. His standard for all human action was low ; his estimate of the mo tives of others generally the meanest," In the artieb , headed " Prison Discipline," occur many philanthropical , suggestions, but we fear they are not sufficiently clractical to be followed up with any hope of advantage 10 ,0 the community. The Reviewer writes rather in the siO'it of an enthusiastic Perfectability-man, than of a sagacious' and cool Cosmopolite. When the Millennium takes place, then many of his amiable, well-meant suggestions may be advantageously acted upon, but not till then. Of" Kant land his philosophy," which professes to give a lucid expla nation of the hazy, perplexing metaphysical system of the German philosopher, we can only say, with Sheridan in t he Critic, " Egad, the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!" The Reviewer has evidently no dear, dafiiiite idea of what he is writing about ; he goes beating about the bush, as if he dreaded coming to the point —or, rethe.; as if he had no point to come to ; and his language, ir, apt accordance with his : thoughts, is vague, redundant, nd full of such puzzling expressions, as might drive eve.: CEdipus himself to desperation. What, for instance, is ..e be made of an hypothesis like this?—" Sense, in winch spontaneity exists in the lowest degree, furnishes intult,l ollB . Two intuitions, those of space and time, are found to possess the marks of universality and necessity, and i.berefeare have no objective reality. Space is no empirical CS 11 ; ception, but the necessary pre-requisite, or condition o, our ability to imagine anything as existing out of our own minds." In the article on " English Discoveries in the Ohio Valley," we have some interesting and curious details respecting the progress of civilization in the wilder districts of America. " Engraving" gives a history of the earlier stage of the art, and closes with a clever an4lysis of the character of the celebrated German artist, Retzsch. " Adventures of Robin Day," is a criticism on a recent novel, published at Philadelphia, by Dr. Bird, author of " Nick ef the Woods"—a romance which we remember reading pith much pleasure a year or two since. A SUMMER'S DAY AT HAMPTON COURT , Being a Guide to the Paicce and Gardens, with an Illustrative Catalogue of the Pictures, 4re., By EDWARD JESSE, Esq. John Murray, 1839. The title of this little work, and the respected name of the author of " Gleanings in Natural History," who has compiled it, are sufficient to recommend it to the notice of the public. But there are other thit,js to re commend it—among the rest some most adrniratele cuts giving striking views of the Palace, as erected. by Cardinal Wolsey. Two of these views are by S. Williams ; there are two, also, by 0. Jewitt, and a fiftlm giving a view of the interior of the Chapel, which for the beauty and distinctness with which it represents the fretwork, ought not to have been left anonymous. 13 addition to a brief description of the palace, both in its original and its present state, of the cartoons, and the nu merous paintings contained in this venerable structure, there are interesting anecdotes of Wolsey, Charles 1., and William 111., one of which gives a very different idea of the Dutch Prince from that handed down to us iw Harne. " Here," says Mr. Jesse, " Queen Mary, his consort, died of the small pox, and the King's attach ment to the Palace seems to have increased from the circumstance of its having been the ceene of the last acts of the Queen, who was justly entitled to his affec tion. When he died bracelets composed of her hair were found upon his arm ; and he said of her what few husbands can say of their wives, that although he had been married to her for seventeen years, he had never known her guilty of a want of discretion. H r is said to have drunk intemperately after her death. On his way to the Palace Mr. Jesse gives a description of the principal buildings of interest on the route, and subjoins some details of the habits and manners of those who once inhabited them. " Kew," he says, " . was the favourite residence of George 111., and perhaps the happiest part of his life was passed in it ;" and then adds, rather ungraciously, " he here first heard of the death of his grandfather George II." He does not forget, of course, to give us some additional gleanings of natural history, and also some gleanings of artists and the arts of which the following .7.lfords a favourable specimen :-- " The church-yard on licw•green is interesting from the circumstance of Gainsborough, Zoffany, and Meyer having been buried in it. It is somewhat of a reproach to this country that no appropriate monument has been erected to the memory of Gainshorough t perhaps the best, and certainly the most pleasing pair.ter of scenes from nature whom we have had in this kingdom," FINE ARTS. WELLINGTON AND NELSON. Acktrmann, London, 1839. This clever Plate, which is engraved by Reynolds from an original painting by Knight, represents the ealy,. interview which ever took place, in the waiting-room °` one of the Secretaries of State, between Sir Artbt Wellesley, shortly after his return from India, and the illustrious hero of the Nile, just previous to the latter's closing triumph at Trafalgar. " The views of Sir Ito' bert Calder's action," says the Edinburgh Review, ru which the anecdote is recorded, " had then just been re ceived. and this naturally formed a principal topic of their discourse. Sir Arthur said to Lord Nelson, ' this measure of success won't do now-a-days, for your Lord ship has taught the public to expect something more brilliant.' Shortly after this remark, Lord Nelson left the wailing-room, evidently to find out who his new friend was, and returning in a minute, renewed the con versation on a fresh footing. N e l son h a d at that time some project for occupyin g S ar di n i a , an d he wished Sir Arthur to take charge of the troops o n the Pccasioo . But he replied that he wo u ld ra th er n ot—that hp had just returned from India—in short, he did not enter ik:t° - that view. Soon afterwards Nelson sailed—the battle of Trafalgar was fought—and they never met again." is the anecdote on which this very interesting picture is founded. - Lord Nelson is represented stand ing near a table, on which lies a map of the Spanish coast ; and Sir Arthur Wellesley stands within a few feet of him, with his face turned towards the spectaor , and not as if he were in conversation with the great naval hero. It is to be presumed, therefore, that their brief dialogue has come to a close, and that both are eagerly awaiting the approach of the Secretary of State. The likeness of Nelson is, without exception, the most spirited and the most like life of any that we have seen of him. The attitude too, is full of ease and dignity. Sir Arthur Wellesley's is a skilful portrait ; but it is altogether, we think, on too large a scale —the counte nance especially ; the calm, resolute expression, how ever, which is so characteristic of his Grace's physiognomy, is admirably preserved ; and by this, if not by the figure, tb ,,:nectator at once recognizes the first military com mander of his own, or any age, The engraving is mezzotint is finlied with the trrnost care, even (lowa to the minutest details ; and cannot fail to b ec ome favourite with the public, if only from the nature of the subject. TIIE NEW POLICE LAW.—MOSt of the 1,07 I licans in and about the metropolis issued printed notices that, conformably with the law, their houses would be closed precisely at twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and not opened until one o'clock on Sunday ; and many cr_f them impressed upon their customers the necessity of pro: curing on the Saturday such supplies of liquor as they might require for Sunday forenoon. One victualler, pro prietor of a Urge gin palace in Somer's Town, had the following addition to his printed notice It app:ea rs e that the envy of surrounding nations, and wonder of to world's Legislature, has, in its wisdom, neglected to repeal the Act 9th Geo. IV. c. 61, which requires licensed victuallers to close their houses dining the afternoon ser vice on Sundays ; and it is doubtful whether they w ill not still be compelled to shut up at the usual hour of three o'clock, so that there will be only two hours allowed for such vast numbers of people to get a drop of beer for their dinner." The streets were of course free those indecencies arising from the turning out of groups of drunken and half drunken persons hitherto witnessed at the closing of the gin palaces just before church time on Sunday mcrnivg; but here and there might be seen a few melancholy look ing figures smoking a dry pipe, and regarding with a mournful expression the closed temples in which they had been accustomed to procure their dr o p s o f com f or t. We should conceive the following advertisement , which recently appeared in a provincial paper, rather dif ficult to be answered :—" If Catharine Morrison, who was supposed to have died at Hull, in Yorksh.ie, ie the 3,e4( 1834, should meet this notice, by calling en Mr. Crawferd barrister, in the Temple, she will bear of some thing to her advantage." ,#‘ • ,u,~,,