The Sun. — London, England, 1836-08-24 00:00:00

BRITISH SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. BRISTOL, AUG. 2?.—During yesterday and Saturday this city has been rapidly filling, and is at this moment the perfect seat of philosophy. We have men of all ranks — talent from all nations. The Bristol people, particularly the softer portion, have been on the full gaze, to see' what kind of creature a philosopher was, and I really believe that every stranger, whether he was a duke or. an Irish pig , driver, has been deemed to be sonic learned person. The influx of strangers is eery great, and the interest excited is in proportion. The Marquis of Northampton, who is well known for his great love of science, arrived here on Satur day last, and an appeal was made to him to take the Pre sident's Chair, on account of the absence of the Marquis of Lansdowne ; he immediately assented, and the Association was thus relieved of a great difficulty. Among the scien tific men at present here are Dr. Lloyd (Provost of Dublin), Professors Sedgwick, Wirer ell, and Henslow (of Cam bridge), Dr. Hare (of Philadelphia), Sir David Brewster (of Edinburgh), Dr. Dalton (from Manchester), Dr. Buckland (from Oxfotd), Mr. Davies Gilbert, the Rev. IV. Vernon Harcourt, Professors Daubenv, Forbes, Challis, Wheatstone. Rigaud, Shevelev, Moll, Cumming„ Johnson, Miller, Phillips, Parigot, Wilson, Mosley, Dr. Lardner, Sir R. Hamilton, Sir Charles Lemon, M. Von Raumer, Mr. Russell, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Lords Nugent and Edward Somerset, the Dean of Wells, E. A. Sanford, Esq , M.P., Baron Von Reaumur, Baron Charles Dupin, Baron Browne Mill (of Berlin), Marquis Spineto, Hon. James Talbot, Rev. W. L. Bowles, T. Moore, Esq., &c, The sectional meetings commenced their sittings this morning at eleven o'clock, soon after which hour most of themwere under the superi n t en d ence o f com pletely filled, their several Presidents, elected to the office on Saturday. The subjects at Section A (Mathematics and Physics), held at the Merchants'-hall, were principally relating to the progress of those questions for the solution of which several sums of money had been appropriated. Professor MOSLEY opened the first point by stating that there were many gentlemen present acquainted with the practical working of steam-engines, but the relations between the theory and practice were not perfectly understood. The piston of a locomotive engine was pressed on either side, one resulting from the friction on the road, and the other from the passive friction of the engine itself. If it was lifted from the ground, a person endeavouring to move the wheels would find a resistance equal to 1501bs. The cause of the resistance was this—that the traction upon the engine in duced additional friction of the machinery, and that probably was one-fourth of the whole amount of friction. If the en gine moved without a train, there would be a passive resist ance ; if a train was attached to it, there would be induced a considerable friction-of the machinery. There were, in fact, three causes of resistance—the friction of the carriage, the passive resistance, the additional friction by the train— the first and last varying according to the weight of the train. On the other side there was the expansive power of the steam. The quantity of work done was greater as the velocity was less. Inclined planes on railroads he considered to be injurious. Dr. LARDNER said in all inclined plans more steep than the angle of repose there was an unfavourable loss of power. The portion of mechanical force expended in ascending the plane was not repaid in the descent. Theo retically they might take advantage of the accumulative matter as a deposit of momentum, and make a perfect me chanical compensation, but that was not the case in prac tice, because they were obliged to check the velocity in the descent. He had never said, as had been represented, that inclined planes were not of importance, because the friction in the ascent was given back in the descent. When the engine was descending, great part of its steam was going off in the safety valve, therefore inclined planes were injuri ous. All the experiments led to the conclusion that every effort should he made to attain as perfect a level as possible. Every departure from a level, though it saved a quantity of capital in the construction of a road, entailed an everlast ing expense. The result of some experiments he had made was this—that in the ordinary state of the roads, the force necessary on a level was 71b. per ton ; but he found an extraordinary difference depending on the state of' the rails, a difference amounting in some instances to such an extent, that the friction was reduced to four pounds. When it rained and the rails were wet, he found the fric tion reduced to 41b. ; but as soon as the rails became again dry, the friction was again 71b. ; he should therefore sug gest, that two watering pots should be placed before the wheels, so as to give the engine an additional power of nearly 50 per cent. There was another point with regard to dust : he had let himself down a very steep inclined plane, and when he attained a speed of 60 miles an hour, he had a quantity of sand put on the rails, and the conse quence was, that the steam-engine came to a stop. As to the second subject for discussion—namely, " On tho application of our knowledge of the phenomena of waves with a view to the improvement of the navigation of shallow rivers and canals." Mr. RUSSELL said he would read from a paper the results of various experiments he had made, in whiCh they would perceive a very curious fact as regarded the pace of eight miles an hour. The table was thus 4 miles an hour gave a resistance of r - 4 6 ditto ditto 91 7A• ditto ditto 11 81 ditto ditto 9 ditto ditto 1 111 ditto ditto g 112 ditto ditto it 2115 ditto . 1 - ditto But at the rate of 20 miles an hour the vessel skated along the surface of the water, and there was scarcely any resist ance at all. When a vessel was propelled at a great velo city, and ..then stopped, it produced a wave varying in its form, according to the mass of the water, and he had fol lowed such a wave a mile and a half ; the velocity of the wave was uniform, and independent of the velocity of the vessel. If the vessel was going four miles an hour, this wave would go at the rate of eight miles an hour, and he had seen a large wave overtake a small wave, and pass it. The waves never exceeded in height the depth of the quies cent water. Vessels at a slow velocity did not divide the water, as was generally supposed, but pushed it forward in the shape of a. wave ; but where the velocity was greater than eight or nine miles an hour, the vessel did divide the water. It was possible to bring the vessel completely upon the wave, and then you had scarcely any resistance. A velocity of between four and six miles an hour on canals was unprofitable ; beyond 11 miles an hour you had a high ve locity, and comparatively little resistance. He recom mended a rectangular canal where it was intended the ye as by widenin g a cana l w i t h s l op i ng locity should be great, banks you increasing the resisting power. He felt convinced that by adopting a considerable velocity, the Atlantic might easily be crossed with stearn-vesels. At Section B (Chemistry and Mineralogy), which was held at the Grammar School, a paper was read on arsenical poisons by Mr. Herapath, and another description of an ap paratus for the analysis of mixed gases by Professor Hare, of Philadelphia. Some observations were also read from Mr. Herapath, on the ph,Jiornena of the Aurora Borealis, observed in Bristol on the Stir of September, in which he stated his opinion that this was only produced by electric clouds, gradually withdrawing, and leaving streams of elec tric fluid behind ; from which opinion, however, Dr. Dalton, in a subsequent conversation, expressed his dissent, on ac count of such phenomena occurring trenerally above the al titude of clouds. At Section C (Geology and Geography), held at the Rooms of the Institution, Park-street, a paper was read by Ed. Charlesworth, Esq., on Vertebral Animals found in the Craig, and another by Mr. J. E. Bowman, hieing notices of some recent excavations in the Bone Caverns at CAI, near Denbigh. At Section D (Zoology and Botany), held at Colston 's School, the commencement of a paper was read from Dr. Richardson, on the Zoology of North America ; and from Mr. Rootsey a description, accom panied with a living specimen, of the aranea avicularia, a monstrous species 'of spider, that sometimes entraps smell birds, brought over alive from South America amongst log wood. The same gentleman also communicated some ob servations on the growth of mangel wurzel, with the mode of obtaining sugar and malt from it, considerin g that there were certain geological situations particularly fitted for its growth, to the extent of about 500,000 acres in the kinr , dom. A specimen of sugar-candy, from the rhododendron pwilicunt, was likewise exhibited, and some observations were read from Mr. Webb Hall, descriptive of the accele ration of growth in wheat on light silicious sands, by ex posing them to heat in water ; and Dr. Daubeney described some effects of arsenical compounds in vegetation, and on the gr ow th of wheat in soils in which this was largely itn preemated. Section E (Medical Science) was held at Colston's School, where communications were read from the Dublin Committee, Sir David Dickson, Drs. O'Beir- Hie and Horston ; and Section F (Statistics) at the Chap ter-house, where a paper on the statistics of Glasgow was read by Dr. Cleland, descriptive of some singular facts in the 'history of that city. The whole of the meetings at the various sections commenced at eleven o'clock, and by the laws of the Association were compelled to adjourn at three o'clock. The evening soiree was held at the theatre, which was crowded to excess, and presented a congregation which, under no previous circumstances, had ever before been col lected in Bristol. - Soon after eight o'clock the late Dublin President, Professor Lloyd, made an appropriate address to the meeting on the occasion of resigning his office, and introduced his successor to their notice, who, on enlarging upon the objects for which the Association had met, ex pressed his wish that here as well as ot h er p l aces, political and religious animosity would be subdued before those exalted views which it had at heart. Dr. Daubeney, the nextSOC - fofary, - read the address, which is ordin ar il y deli veredat the *first evening, in which he detailed the various 17 objects to whiehthe attention of the Association had been devoted. during the past year. .~. ~ ~. •-• " Mr. JOHN TAYLOR, the treasurer, read the report of the finances ; from which it appeared that, with a balance fn hand of 509/. 16s. 3d, the total receipts of the last year were 3,185/. 15s. The expenditure during the same time, including the sum of 457/. to various scientific purposes, un der the direction of the Association, and 1,000/. invested in Three per Cent. Consols, left a balance in hand of 670/. The property of the Association was 3,500/. in the Three per Cent. Consols ; and with other available assets, was stated to be a total of 4,564/. The number of tickets issued up to this evening was stated as upwards of 1,000, a larger number than had been issued so early on any pre vious occasion. In the course of his report, by Dr. Daubenv, the advantages of the Association holding its meetings in provincial towns, with the continued intention of the meeting to do so, was referred to, as promoting that kindly and generous intercourse betwee❑ the patrons, pro fessors, and cultivators of science, which the society had so much at heart. At the conclusion of the meeting it was announced that a promenade would be held to-morrow evening, at Miller's nursery grounds, Durdham-green, in order to facilitate the introduction of members to each other. The preparations for laying the foundation stone of the suspension bridge at Clifton, are in progress. So soon as Monday commenced, preparations were made for hauling a hawser seven inches in diameter across the Avon, and connecting these splendid rocks, and after many hours of hard labour under the superintendence of Mr. Brunel, the hawser was hove up, and made fast on each side, and the rocks are now tied together. This is prepa ratory to drawing over the iron bar on which the workmen engaged in building the bridge are to travel from side to side. A curious experiment was made last week. An iron bar, 1 a inch in diameter, 40 feet in length, with a weld in the middle, was suspended on two strong supports. Weights were then attached to the bar, and it did not break, until it had no less than forty tons weight hanging to it. During the process, the bar stretched rather more than two feet. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. rank Stott:. "11;.,; India Stock 2613 3 per Cent. lied. in 3i o 3 per Cent. Cons. I , ( i per Cent Ditto Red Ditto ilonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities - New Ditto New :1!:, per Cent lOO%, 100 New 3 per Cent — 'tank Long Annuitius to expire i Jan. 5, 1800 15% 13-10 1 Oct. 10, 1650... ........... ....15 11-16 Jan. 5, Is4lo 15% ~ Jan. 5, !5A0.... — Aptil 5, !Ron — Jan. 5, 1870 — Onmium pm. 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... i Exch. Bills, .E.l,co+l 8 10 pin. Ditto 500 S 10 pm. 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Leghorn 484 Genoa 25 80 Milan 31 Venice 47 Naples 404 Palermo per oz. 121 Lisbon SSN Oporto 56 Rio Janeiro 36!4 Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres - - Dublin, 21 days' sight l6 Cork ll% PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 10% New Doubloons New Dollars j Silver, bars. standard 0 0 0 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America 0 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Cartl-ag - ei a...... 0 0 Holland I Dublin... 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON 111111)(3E TO.MORROW. Turning 4:ninutes after I. Evening 34 minutes after 1. REDUCTION OF THE NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY. TO SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC, The Reduction of the Newspaper Stamp Duty comes into operation on THURSDAY, the Fifteenth of SEPTEMBER Next, when the Subscribers of TII E SUN will receive this Paper at a greatly Reduced Price. Sun Office, 112, Strand. The publication of TILE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. • • "=l, (T 6 c LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1836 The Tory Journals arc harping on the KI NO'S Speech with indefatigable perseverance. Day aftei day it sets them cackling, and for no other purpose, it would seem, than to show the public that they are of the cackling species. Never was there a speech so " unsatisfactory," so 44 unlike what a speech ought to . be." In no one respect does it square with their no tions of propriety. It is deficient in length, breadth, and thickness, and, worst of all, not one of the angles at the four corners is a rigbt angle. Such, or nearly such, is their mode of criticism. Keeping every other circumstance out of view, the mere fact that the Royal Speech is unpalatable to the faction, which is opposed to every thing in the shape of social improvement, is to us a strong a priori argu ment in its favour. I-Tad it met with praise or appro bation—had it even escaped censure from the hireling organs of that base faction--that would have been truly discreditable to the Melbourne Administration—that would have been mortifying indeed to the friends of Reform. What can be more natural, what more completely in character, than that the least allusion to Ire land should put the 'forks in a rage ? His MA- J ESTY expresses his lively gratification at the tranquil lity which prevails, and the diminution of crime which has lately taken place in that part of the United Kingdom. Now this is a source of heartfelt satisfac tion to every person of sound mind and honest heart throughout the British Empire—we might say throughout the civilized world ; but could anything have been more grating to Tory ears, or more gall ing to Tory feelings, than such an allusion ? Im possible. It was a reproach, though tacit, tenfold more severe than any direct rebuke' to the refractory Lords —even had it been consistent with constitutional usage, and not beneath the dignity of Ministers to administer such a rebuke—could have been. It held up before them a glass in which they saw their own deformity. It reminded them that the main object of their criminal policy had not only wholly and entirely failed, but that that unnatural and inhuman policy had produced effects directly opposite co those which they intended. Their aim has been by injuring, insulting, and exasperating the Irish, to excite that noble and keenly susceptible people to violent and illegal courses —t o goad theM on, if possible, to the commission of crime. And how have the succeeded? Let the state of Ireland answer. By the wise and conciliatory po licy of Lord MULGRAVE the people of Ireland have learnt two most important truths—namely, that the MELBOURNE Administration have their interests &incerely and anxiously at heart—are their truest and best friends—and that the Tory party, par ticularly the Tory party in the House of Lords, are their bitterest enemies. Impressed with this convic tion, confident that it is, for the first time these seven hundred years, the earnest desire of the Government to do justice to Ireland, the people of that country have shown that they can appreciate kindness in their rulers ; and that they are not the lawless savages which the Tories, in order to justify their cruel oppres sion, have always represented them to be. Ireland is tran quil, and crime, which Tory misrule occasioned, and Tory gold often fomented, has become more rare than in England, with all its boasted civilization. Such being the state of things—the tables being so entirely turned upon the would-be disturbers of Ire land—can we wonder that they do not relish the part of the KING'S Speech which touches them so neatly ? Does not the poor donkey wince when he . is tickled on the raw ? When we say that Ireland is tranquil, let us not b 3 misunderstood —we mean that the people are obe dient to the laws. That they should be tranquil, in the sense that the slaves of the Tory press would fain put upon that term, would not only not be merito rious, but would prove that they were themselves fitted for slavery. By obedience to the laws, the Irish people give the lie direct to the scampish lordling who has with others of the same kidney, denied them justice on the ground of their barbarism. But while they obey the laws, is it necessary that they should submit in silence, or in apathy, to the outrages and insults of a worthless Minion of faction, and the equally worthless crew who follow in his wake ? GOD forbid I The Irishman who acts thus pro-. claims himself not , only " an alien " of the very worst description, but degraded below the feelings and level of humanity. No, the Irish arc determined to redress their own wrongs, and to work out their own salvation ; but they will do it peaceably. There is ample room for the exertion of every energy useful to their cause, without breaking a single law. Union— union founded on unanimity among seven millions of men is an instrument of irresistible force. Let Ireland bring this weapon to bear on the degenerate peerage of England, and her cause is won. Let the Tories too recollect, when they prate about the apparent contra diction between tranquillity and agitation, that Ireland was never so tranquil as at the moment when the Ca tholic Association arrayed itself against the Govern ment, and compelled the Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir ROBERT PEEL to surrender at discretion. The people of Ireland were led on to that glorious victory by a great man, who has since become the greatest man of his time. They are again mustering under his banner—the SUN-BURST of green Erin— and they will again be victorious. We direct particular attention to the opportune ex posure of " Gentlemen connected with the Press " at Liverpool, and which posts the Marquis of SALIS BURY as a " founder" and leading proprietor of the Liverpool Standard ! Verily, our Noble Peers— Proteus-like—are now and then discovered in very common situations. Here is detected a Tory Lord, in partnership with a clique of Liverpool Commoners and Members of the Lower House of Parliament, share holders in a libelling local print, for years hid behind a screen, all of a sudden dragged before the public, and placed in the pillory of publicity l A family quarrel in the divan has fortunately led to the discovery. We doubt not that it is extremely unpleasant to " Gentle men who, for three years, have denied their adulterous connection with the Press. Mr. ALEXANDER has, however, made some atonement for having been so long the cat's-paw of these " Gentlemen " in ambush. A panic seems to have seized the culprits, and lawyers' threats have been in vain resorted to for the purpose of averting the exposure. We trust, however, that the so long libelled and calumniated Reformers of Liver pool will follow up the chase, and dig out every fox from his earth— " Charge, charge their ground the faint Taxallans yield ; Bold in close ambush—faint in open field 1" Truly, after the Lords' discussions on the News paper Stamp Bill, during the present month, this Liverpool blowing-up of a hornet's nest is not a little edifying. It would appear that the LYNDHURST Lords have good reasons for jealously watching over legislation on the Press. Lord SALISBURY, we see by the papers, is grouse-shooting. When he receives the Liverpool Chronicle on the moors, his diversion will doubtless be sharpened by this sport of his Liver pool confederates. We do not doubt that the Noble Marquis will promptly disclaim all participation in the base system of calumny which has stained the pages of the provincial Standard, although as a share holder he may be culpable in not having sooner " cut the connection." We wait the denouement. The Li— verpool Tories appear to be in a galloping consump tion, and Lord SA NDON in a political atrophy. The Town Hall stormed by the new municipal constitu ency—a liberal local Magistracy—the Dock Trust transferred to the Reformed Corporation—the Tory scribblers and slanderers " unkennelled ;" truly the Liverpool Tories are to be pitied, but not by us We see by some of the Papers, that the Tories at tempted to get up what they call a Conservative Operative Dinner at Manchester, on Monday last. The thing was a miserable failure, as might have been expected. All of the really working class that the influence of the most rabid of the Tory masters could by intimidation and other unworthy means prevail upon to attend did not exceed 150. And how could it be otherwise ? Are the Operatives of Manchester such noodles or sycophants as to go down on their knees to drink the health of " Lord LYNDIIURST and the House of Peers ?"—which it seems was one of the precious toasts at this pipes-and-porter " blow out." A long winded twaddler—one HENRY—was shoved into the Chair ; and a still duller twaddler, of the name of JOHNSON, hiccuped out an enormous deal of ineon• gruous rubbish. The main burden of this " gem. maw's" address was to warn his fellows of a plot now on foot, the object of which was to place Mr. O'CONNELL on the throne of Great Britain ! ! Need we say any more to give our readers a clear notion of this " illustrious" assemblage. We must not forget to add that a Mr. WILKINS, some sort of a lawyer, belonging, we believe, to Liverpool, made a doleful complaint against the Manchester Liberal press, for having shown him up. Our only wonder is, how our Manchester Contemporaries should have thought it worth their while to break a butterfly on a wheel. Before this gentleman had finished his " ora tion," the few persons that remained in the room had fallen asleep. The rate-payers of the parish of St. George's-the- Martyr, Southwark, held a meeting yesterday for the purpose of passing certain Resolutions reflecting upon the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners. The meeting, which was neither very numerous, nor, with a very few exceptions, over respe c t a bl e , was pres id e d over by Mr. D. W. HARVEY, and was severally ad dressed by the Hon. Chairman, Mr. LYON, Mr. POTTIER, Mr. CONNELL, Mr. DAY, Mr. RUS TON, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. MATTHEWS, Mr. SHARP, and Mr. ANDERTON. Most of the speakers ad mitted that the old poor law system was very • objec tionable, and that with some slight modifications the law as it now stands is capable of producing results the most beneficial. We must do the Hon. Chairman the justice to observe, that his opinions retp‘tint the Poor Law Amendment Act were by no means in accordance with the views of a considerable portion of his audience. Though the meeting was a failure, we approve, to a great extent, of the ostensible object of it. We are of opinion that a large discretionary power ought to be vested in every parochial Board of guar dians, and that no pauper should be refused per mission to participate in the consolations of religion on the Sabbath. The Paris Papers of Monday have been received. The Moniteur contains the following official intelli gence from Madrid : A telegraphic dispatch from Madrid, dated the 17th inst., announces that M. de Rayneval died on'the preceding► day, at half-past six o'clock in the evening, after six days' illness, of a pulmonary complaint, combined with an attack of gout in the head. The same dispatch announces that the two Queens entered Madrid on the 17th inst., and that the city was tranquil. On the same day General Lebeau attacked the Carlists. Their battalions were on the frontier line. General Lebeau drove them back upon the Bastan and the Ulzama, after having killed, wounded, and captured a great number of them. At Engui he carried and destroyed the fortifications, and made himself master of their magazines. The Count de RAYNEVAL had been for some time in bad health, and had frequently solicited his recal, but LOUIS PHILLIPPE considered his presence in Madrid absolutely indispensable. The following vivid sketch of his character and habits, which we copy from our Contemporary, the Post, of this morning, is evi dently the production of one of his most ardent ad mirers : The Count de Rayneval was one of the ablest diplomatists of the Talleyrand school, and reckoned only second to that grand master by all European politicians. He was in London some years since as secretary of embassy, and he was also re markable for having accompanied Napoleon in the Russian campaign, and for having shared in all the dangers and priva tions of that unfortunate expedition. It was on his return that he met and married, at Dresden, the beautiful Polish lady who is now his disconsolate widow. The difficult task which was entrusted to his charge at Madrid he has performed in the most able manner, following the instructions of his master when favoured with them, and acting with promptitude and de cision in the various complicated situations in which he was left, often by design, without positive orders. He possessed great coolness, quickness, and sagacity—had the happiest knack in seizing on the prominent points of any case, and of seeing the exact length to which a sudden occurrence would impel the question he was engaged on. He was a staunch supporter of Toreno, and latterly of Isturiz, while he carefully abstained from committing himself to Mendizabal, whom he looked upon as the creature of England, and as de ficient in the talent necessary to carry Spain through her diffi culties. He was remarkably indisposed for business, and re. sisted like a child the frequent calls of his Secretaries when his presence was wanted ; but, once engaged with his papers, his energy was astonishing, and his dispatch was as remarkable as the unwillingness previously displayed to face the labour. M. de Rayneval was an admirable linguist, and spoke German and Spanish with great fluency. He understood English, but felt a Frenchman's unwillingness to speak it. He was also a perfect classical scholar, and well versed in ancient and modern literature. He was an enthusiastic musician, and when en gaged at the piano, or at the delightful little concerts whichhis own family circle afforded, it was almost impossible to withdraw him to the business of the embassy. He seemed to be haunted by a melodious vein, and in the midst of a crowded room he was often seen to pace it up and down, unconscious of the company, humming some favourite air, or pursuing some strain of which he had but a partial recollection. A more amiable man never existed, and all his evenings were spent in the bosom of his own family, blessed with the society of his lady, and a charming daughter, and one son, who is at tached to the Embassy at Madrid. The Countess de Ray neval is one of the renowned beauties of Europe. The im pression she made at the drawing-room is not forgotten at St. James's. Her daughter is also beautiful, and distinguished for her elegance and sweetness of manner. M. de Rayneval's appearance was not very preposessing, but his eye was re markably clear and brilliant, and it was impossible to converse with him for half an hour without feeling the full supremacy of his talents. He was beloved at Madrid for the simplicity of his character, and his memory will ever be respected by those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Respect for the relatives of a diplomatist to whose general policy we were always adverse, prevents us from commenting upon several assertions made in the above sketch. But M. RAYNEVAL is no more, and far be it from us to detract from the honours which his friends may think proper to pay to the memory of his talents and his virtues. On the 11th, the Constitution of Cadiz was to have been proclaimed at Barcelona. Disturbances were ap prehended, and according to reports which reached Paris to the 14th, they actually took place. A num ber of individuals suspected of entertaining Carlist opinions were massacred by the populace. The King of NAPLES had fixed this day for his departure from Paris. His Neapolitan MAJESTY has been strongly urged by the Royal Family of France to prolong his visit, but he absolutely refused to remain longer. Whether he has succeeded in his matrimonial speculations, or whether he so much as declared him self a suitor for the band of either of the Princesses of ORLEANS, remains a mystery. All the French journals of Sunday quote Lord LYNDHURST'S speech in the House of Lords in ex culpation of the freaks of the Tory Peers, not, how ever, unaccompanied with the expression of their strong disapprobation of such a course. The Journal des Debats, in particular, says that " It is not thus the House of Lords will obtain pardon for obstinately re sisting every popular measure presented to it. We fear, with Lord HOLLAND, that the House of Peers will do itself irreparable injury in the opinion of the people." This is strong language in the mouth of such an organ of Conservative opinion as the Journal des Debals. With the exception of the following extracts, there is nothing of any interest in these papers : Letters from Barcelona of the 9th inst., Cate, that on the Gth some alarming assemblages of the people were excited by the anarchical clubs. An unfortunate man, once a spy of the Count d'Espagne, was killed. General Mina, by employing only the troops of the line, and by exhorting the people to re main patient until the opening of the Cortes, has retarded the separation of Catalonia from the Government of Madrid, al though it almost exists in reality. Fresh troubles are expected on the 11th, the day when the Constitution of 1812 is wish ed to b 2 proclaimed. The French inhabitants of the town were moving their most valuable effects on board the French vessels. Mina is forced to temporize with the secret societies. The mails from Madrid of the 10th and 11th have again failed, having been probably stopped by Garcia. M. Deneux the accoucheur, is gone to Gratz, to attend the Duchess of Berry, who expects to be confined between the 20th and 30th of October. According to letters of the 12th from Saragossa, the Junta has decided that the plate and bells of the churches shall be melted down and converted into money. It is said that Va lencia has also had its insurrection, but no details have reached us. It is added, however, that no serious excesses have been committed. The Carlists turn to account the kind of suspen sion of arms arising out of what is passing in Spain to orga nize themselves. Cabrera, in his excursions, has succeeded in collecting 2,000 horses, which he has placed at the disposal of Don Carlos, and which ere long will be equipped and mounted. Don Carlos, as a recompense, has sent him the grand cordon of St. Ferdinand. As to Gomez, if the Carnet accounts are to be credited, he has got together many recruits and much money in his excursions in the Asturias, Galicia, and Leon, but he is deficient in arms to complete the organization of a respectable corps. We cannot conceive how France could so forget what she owes to the Liberal Governments of Europe as to give her sanction to the supposed treaty, referred to by the Nouvelle Minerve in the following para graph. Surely M. TRIERS has not quite lost his senses. PArds, AUG. 21. --SECRRT TREATY or EXTRADITION.— The Nouvelle Minerve, after having deplored the persecutions to which the political refugees are exposed, and the part acted b 1 our Ambassador in Switzerland, asks if it be true that France has joined a secret treaty with Prussia, Austria, and Russia, which treaty is stated to be conceived nearly in the follow ing terms : " The high contracting powers, considering the attempts recently made to disturb political order in Europe, desiring especially to reconcile the rest r i c ti ve measure s with the spirit of humanity and the claims of ci v iliz a ti on , have agreed : " Art. 1. That when a n i n di v id ua l s h a ll h ave been sentenced to punishment by the tribunals, for a p o litical offence, none of th e contracting powe rs s h a ll a ff or d hi m an asy l u m. " Art. 2. If these r e f ugees ret i re i nto a neutral territ or y, and if they there continue to disturb public order, the con tracting powers shall concert together to have them excluded from it. " Art. 3. The contracting powers adopt in common the mode of transportation to America, for all political offences ; in consequence, France engages to bring forward a law on this subject during the next Session, so that the Government shall be authorised to cause every individual to be transported frorNhe cd)atinental territory of France, who shall by his at tempth,trouftle good order in Europe." 4:.. . ' k ni4 l The 'tliniskerial crisis continues . By a t ac it agree, nk the solution seems to have been mad e su b or di na t e -to issue of the events in Spain. M. Thiers, it is s a id, had - Glared to those around him, that his intention was irrevocable, to resign his office, if the Queen should be forced to withdraw. The time for the President of the Council to keep his word seems to be come. It is affirmed that four Ministers would retire with him. Nothing is known of the instructions of M. d'Argout, who is at a distance from Paris, but his old diffe rences with M. de Montalivet do not permit us to believe that he can remain in the Cabinet.—Messager. It is asserted that Gcn. Sebastiani, Who came to Paris with the intention of going to take the waters of Plombieres, will not quit Paris at present. His friends say he has stopped to pay his respects to the King of Naples, to whose Court he has been accredited, and that it is now too late to take the waters. Persons who are well informed pretend, on the con trary, that confidential intimations from the Palace having acquainted him with the great probability of a Ministerial crisis, the General thought he ought not to be absent at a time when his support might be useful to his friends the Doc trinaires. What ►s certa►n is, that M. Sebastiani has been very active either for his own account or that of somebody else.—Messayer, Aug. 22. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAnts, AUGUST 21. Five per Cents., 10:if 80;7. 75c. Four per Cents.. 101 f. 25c. Three per Cents., 801 SOL sc. Bank Actions, 1,‘270e. rtente de Naples, 100 t. 10c. 1001. Roman Five per Cents., 102%36. Spanish Actives, 31 32 31 30A. Spanish Differes, 14 1314. Spanish Passives, 9:14%% 4. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 44% % 44. Dutch Two and a half per Cents.. 56f. EXCIIINGEt ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 9.0 c. ; money, 25f. 20c. Tkree months, paper, 25f. 5c.; money, 25f. —c —c 'ours Aulkentioue. BOURSR, QUARTER TO FOUR.—The Spanish news has had a favourable effect on the funds ; the Three per Cents., which left off on Saturday at 801., have improved to 80f. 15c., they have since receded to 801. 10c. ; the Spanish Active Stock opened at 31, 1 per cent. better than Saturday, rose to 31+, but can only be quoted now at 30+ buyers. LAST Pi:min.—Five per Cents., 1081. 95c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. sc. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, Gueb bards, —; Differes, 11+; New Loan, —; Actives, 30+; Pas sives, 9+; Ducats, 100 —; Romans, 102+ ; Pedros, —; Belgians, —; Dutch, 56f. —c. ; Haytians, —l. —c. ; Miguels, 16; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 254; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 134; Five per Cent. Perpe. tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, Auo. 22. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 553 55% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mort Syndic, 4% per cent 97 ;„ 98 Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent. BO FO% Commercial Company, 4 1 4 per cent 182% 183 1 4 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. ... ...... Loan 1836, 4 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 u 7% Two months ...... —Dutch Papers. Aug. 22. HAMBURG BORBEN HALLE, Am. 20. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. 99 98 Ditto ditto 3 per cent. Ditto Bank Shares 1346 1344 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Anglo-Russian Loan 10.4% 105% Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bends, 5 per cent. 73 Ditto, 3 per cent. 44% ..... Dutch 23 4 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. Anglo_Danish Loan, 3 per cents 73% 7 % Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. ... ....... Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 29 29 Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Benum, Atm. 18. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent 102% 101% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100 * 100% Exchange on London, three months 60% —Prussian State Gazette.;Aug.l9. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French Mails, and ship letters from Trinidad and Rio Janeiro ; and from Sydney of March 30, and of the 20th of April. The Sidney Papers to the 30th March state that—" Two announcements of fresh sales of land by the Government have taken place. These successive sales must necessarily have a most impoverishing influence upon the finances of the colony." These papers contain the following " TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The Petition of the undersigned Members of the Coun cil, Magistrates, Clergy, Landholders, Merchants, and other free inhabitants of New South Wales, showeth : " 1. That your Petitioners being deeply concerned in what ever affects the welfare of this remote portion of your Majesty's dominion, feel it to be their duty, on the occasion of the expira tion of the existing act of Parliament, and the enactment of the new law, for the government of New South Wales, to bring under your Majesty's consideration some of the chief difficulties and evils they are at present exposed to, and which unless averted by the timely interposition of your Royal autho rity, and the wisdom of the National Council, your petitioners are apprehensive will seriously retard the advancement of the Colony, and endanger its best interests. " 2: That altho - ugh the Colony exhibits the marks of agri cultural, commercial, and financial prosperity to an extraor dinary degree, is unhappily counterbalanced by a lamentable depravity of manners and the prevalence of crime, owing to the towns becoming more populous, and not keeping up an effective sysrem of police, and the consequent relaxation of discipline amongst the convict population. "3. That your petitioners have witnessed with sorrow, the pro posed application of a large proportion of the fund arising from the sale of Crown land to other purposes than the encourage ment of emigration, notwithstanding the faith of Government was pledged that the revenue arising from this source should be entirely devoted to this important object. " 4. That by a recent judgment of the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land, it has been determined that your Ma jesty's royal prerogative is sufficient, sanctioned by the con currence of Parliament, to delegate an authority to alienate the Crown Lands ; consequently your petitioners have no title valid in law for the possession of their estates. " 5. That doubts are also entertained as to how far the Mar riage Laws apply to the Colony. "6. The Judges of the Supreme Court do not hold office upon the same footing as in other parts of your Majesty's do minions, and are liable to be dismissed at pleasure. " 7. That the power to appoint Justices of the Peace, and to dismiss them at pleasure, is vested in the Governor of the Colony. " 8. That hitherto the Government of the colony, and more especially its police establishments, appear to your peti tioners to have proceeded upon no consistent plan, or definite rule of action. " 9. That the Legislative Council, as at present consti tuted, is in a great measure inoperative, from a majority of its members being Government officers. " 10. That by the provisions of the Colonial Jury Law, individuals having undergone sentence of transportation for their crimes, as well as persons of bad repute, have been placed as Jurors, upon the same footing as magistrates, and men of unblemished reputation. " 11. Your petitioners most earnestly entreat that, in legis lating for the future government of New South Wales, your Majesty, with the aid of Parliament, will institute such an in quiry into the present state and condition of the colony, in relation to its eligibility as a place for the transportation of criminals." A general meeting of the Association had been called by the President, for the special purpose of considering the above petition, and the expediency of meeting it with a counter state ment. By the arrival of the Tamar schooner, from Launceston, we have received a copy of the Advertiser. It says of tl.c state of the crops :—" Some distressing accounts have reached us from the neighbourhood of Campbell-Town respecting the state of the crops there. The continued drought and ha winds have laid waste all the standing corn in that district. The farmers in some parts are cutting down their standing grain, which is burnt up, for fodder." THE FUNDS. Consols opened 91i 4 for the Account ; same for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 ; India Bonds, 1 dis., par ; Bank Stock, 211 212 ; India Stock, 2601 26 hi. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds 321 1 ; ' Passive, 9i 10 • Deferred,l3l 14; Portuguese, 721 ; Three par Cents., 441 45 ; Columbian 251 261; Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., 55i - HALF-PAST ONE. The Stock Exchange in the early part of the morning was in a state of turmoil in consequence of two Israelite brothers who had a dispute about the price of 341 Spanish; it would have been of a serious nature, but their having no pistols about them, the affair ended by threats of pulling each other's noses. The younger one would have had the advantage, as his anta gonist had one of superior length. Consols 91 3 1 ; for th e A ccount , 91 h-i- ; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 ; India Bonds, 2 1 dis. ; Bank Stock, 2111 2121 ; India, 261 k ; Spanish Bonds have been done at 321,- (the market has become heavy) and are at present 32+ ; Passive, 9:ki 10 ; De ferred, 14 ; Portuguese, 72 73 ; Three per Cents, 45 4 - 1 THREE O'CLock: Consols for the Account, 911 1. VIOLET ; OR, THE DANSEUSE.—This forthcom ing work is said to be one of the most exciting kind. The history of an Opera Dancer would, in any case, be one of con siderable interest, but there are circumstances, we understand, connected with the present story, which render it doubly curious. Travellers on the Danube will be glad to hear that there is now no quarantine to be performed by steamers at Galata, and that the quarantine of Orsova is reduced to five days. Miss LANDON'S NEW WORK, " TRAITS AND TRIALS OF,EARLY LlFE."—This is a very charming little volume. The fair writer says in her preface, " My object has been ra ther to interest than amuse —to excite the imagination through the softening medium of the feelings." This object has been completely achieved. We hardly know a more beautiful or touching story than the " Twin Sisters." Sometimes the prose is interspersed with verse, and such verse, too, as we rarely meet with in works of a similar description. " The Sailor is perhaps, one of the sweetest poems of its gifted authoress. The stories of " Frances Beaumont " and " The History of a Child," strike us as being the perfection of the class of writing to which they belong. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) MANSION-HO USE. Mr. William Phillips, a decent-looking man, was brought More the Loan MAYOR this morning, charged with having by the weight of his body, while in a state of intoxication, broken a square of ground-glass, value 6s. 9J., and creating a disturbance in the shop of Mr. Dale, a haberdasher, of London- wall. The Complainant stated that the defendant last night came into the shop and asked for some fronts. .. The Loin MAYOR—What, ladies fronts ?—( Laughter.) The complainant—No, my Lord, shirt fronts. The LORD MAYOR—Oh, you wear sham shirts.—(Con tinned laughter.) The Complainant—l told him we had none ; and requested him civilly to leave the shop, seeing he was in liquor, which he refused to do, and I then sent for an officer to take him into custody. The defendant denied that he was either drunk, or at all the worse for liquor, and stated that while he was in the shop, two gentlemen came in, one of them smoking a cigar, when the complainant snapped him up, and told him the sooner he made his exit the better. Words having passed between them, one of the gentlemen called in an officer, and in the scuffle he was pushed against the window, and finally dragged to the Compter, in which place he had spent a very uncomfortable night, of which he most bitterly complained, as he had given his ad dress to the officer of the Compter, and had been known for some years as an honest tradesmen. The officer stated he was intoxicated, but the defendant stating he had witnesses, The LORD MAYOR said he should like to hear what shade of intoxication the defendant was in, for since he had held office he had heard men described as being " fresh sprung." " drunk," and " blind drunk."—(Great laughter.) The defendant's man who was with him at the time, said they had only had one pot of ale between them. The Officer stated that witness was so drunk that he had actually tumbled upon the floor of the station-house on being desired to quit a chair he had taken possession of. The Witness said that that was owing to his having two or three iron tools in his coat pocket, the weight of which, on his rising from the chair, brought him to the floor.—( Laughter. ) The LORD MA TOR fined the defendant ss. for being drunk, and ordered him to pay 6s. 9d. for the glass he had broken. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. There are moderate arrivals of English Grain this week, but a good supply of Oats from Ireland. The weather having been very wet for several hours, the Wheat trade has improved this morning, and an advance of ls. to 2s. per qr. has been obtained on dry samples. Barley, Beans, and Pease are unaltered. There is a steady demand for Oats, at Monday's prices. In the Flour trade there is no alteration. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. English Irish Foreign O5O Oats. I Flour. 7,500 qrs. 2,500 sack* 12,500 SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, AUG. 23.—Wind E. N.E.—The whole of the out ward bound have sailed on their respective voyages. Arrived and proceeded for the river, the Henrietta, Gadzen, from St. Thomas's; Emerald Isle, Mowle, from Cork. Arrived from the river and proceeded, the Harrison, Nicholls, for Quebec; Claude ; —, Havana ; Victoria, Davis, for Prince Edward's Island. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 23.—Wind W.N.W. to S.E.—Ar rived from London, the Duke of Northumberland, Pope, fur Calcutta. No sailings. PLYMOUTH, Auo. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from Ports mouth, his Majesty's ship Madagascar, for the West Indies. No sailings. FALMOUTH, Auo. 22.—Wind W. to S. W.—Arrived the Tartar, Connor, from Odessa. Off port, Dryade, Hare, from Sydney. Sailed, the Diamond, Patterson, for Petersburg; Falmouth Packet, -Hugo, for Plymouth. STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 23.—Arrived the Eclipse, Easter brook, from Zante ; Levant packet, Cundy, from Smyrna; Temperance, Simons, from Constantinople. HASTINGS, Aun. 23.—Arrived off port, the Hercules, Sim mons, from Sidney and Rio Janeiro. POOLE, Ana. 23.—Arrived the Perseverance, Lord, from St. Ander. JERSEY, AUG. 20.—Arrived the Pallas, Dobell, from Oporto. KING'A ROAD, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Sir A. Campbell, from Bathurst. WHITEHAVEN, AUG. 23. —Arrived the Camilla, Hamilton, from Richebucto. CORK, AVG. 22.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Kellar, from Pugwash. DUBLIN, Auo. 22.--Arrived the Augusta, Ray, and Coun tryman, Willis, from Quebec. SHIELDS, AUG. 22. —Arrived the Edgar, Davison, flora Miramichi. YAhMOUTEI ROADS, At7a. 23,—Arrived the Nancy, Atche son, from Quebec. HULL, Auo. 22.—Arrived the Rolla, Bastie, and Forster, Bibbin, from Quebec; and Ann, Watson, from Gelfe. SUNDERLAND, Auo. 22.—Arrived the Dove, Richardson, from Quebec. The Edinburgh, Lyall, from Sidney to Liverpool, has been burnt at sea. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH Balk Stock 2l'2 3 per Cent - R e d. 9 in, .5 per Cent. Cons 91% 1 per Cent. 3% per Cent. Red.. ......... lOO% New 3% per Cent 100 I per Cent. Assented — Dissented — Long Annuities to expire Jail. 1860 l5 1?-16 Oct. 1850 l5 11-16 Jan. 1860 15% FUNDS. 1 Omniam -- India Stock v6:34 ii Ditto 1: " s onds..... ...... 00000000 1 d i --A r South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities ..... --• Ditto New Annuitie: ..... • --- Ex. Bills, 1010/.... lO pm Ditto 500/ lO Per' Ditto 50ttl S pin- Bank Stock for Opg. ...„........ -- India Stock for Act. ..... ...... --' Consols for Act. FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese Bonds, S per cent. --., Belgian, 5 per cent IO3N Ditto, New Ditto '7154 Brzzilian Bonds - .. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cunt — Russian Binds, S per cent ... Chilian, 6 per cent 4434 Ditto, Metallic -- Colombian, 6 per cent. — Spanish, 5 per cent. —. Ditto, 1834 Danish, 3 per cent Greek Bonds, 1625.5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, S per ce n t. Ditto, ti per cent, 1825 ....... -- ! Dutch, t 1 per cent. ........ 55. Peruvian, 1925, 6 per cent ... ; Ditto, 5 per cent. ..... ............104% FOREIGZ , SHARES. Commercial Blackwall Railway Eastern Counties Railway O3 Great Western Railway London and Greenwich Railway 24 No other variationsin the Prices of Shares since our One o'clock, List. Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Adam, the Governor . of Madras, is daily expected to arrive in England. Lord Elphinstone is expected to start from Portsmouth in a fel/ days. Lord Yarborough is convalescent. The Countess of Carlisle left Grosvenor-place yes• terday, to join the Earl, at Castle Howard, in Yorkshire. Captain and Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley have , left Wharncliffe House for Wortley Hall, where Lord and Lady Wharncliffe are expected to arrive from a visit to the►r Majesties at Windsor Castle. The Russian Countess Lozerwichoff and suite have returned to town. ALTONA, AUGUST 20.—0 n the 17th, in the afternoon, died, at Louisenlund, hi s S erene Hi ghness th e , Landgrave Charles of Hesse, Field-M ars h a l , G overno r 0' Holstein and Sleswick, &c., in the 92d year of his age. THE CARLTON CLUB.—The mem b ers o f t his In' stitution have removed to a temporary residence in Dover' street, to which the furniture has just been removed, where th e Club will hold its meetings whil e t h e i r new h ouse i n P a ll-mar is undergoing important alter a ti ons an d improvements. 11 expected to be ready to receive the Club about January nel l • The County Polls Bill was robbed by the Lords the only clause that was of much value in it. They took the oyster out, and left the sh e ll. I t seems to b e t h e p l e asure 01, the Lords that the people should run the gauntlet of all the corruption and violence that can b e go t up b y a t w o day'sp° l Among the higher monetary circles of the City, a l uneasy feeling has prevail e d th ese f ew d a y s on the subject L.]. the foreign exchanges, whi c h gra d ua lly d ec li ne , notwlthstan o _ ing all efforts made to sust a i n th em , an d un d e r circumstan ce ' which, according to ordinary calculation, would not scent ,t, o . warrant such a state of thi ngs , inasmuch as trade is so de cd edly prosperous as to leave, separating commercial affairs from all others, a clear balance in our favour. The scale can 0 14 have been turned the other way by those large banking °Pe ri / tions which have brought into this country an inundation foreign securities, more particularly from the United State': which has gradually brought on the decline in the exchanges'and is carrying off our gold with great rapidity, and to a la r t, amount. The situation in which the administration of `„ t Bank are placed, is becoming, therefore, a very unpleas,'; one. Their object and policy must be to lessen the cirell_ e , tion, and make money scarce, which they might perhaps !l e a complish, but for the engagements into which they have 01 0 , 1 _, with the joint-stock banks in the country. However dear tol. may make money in London, they cannot alter the terms their contracts in the country ; and as the money issued that: soon finds its way up to London, when the rate is raised, r e the ters soon re-adjust themselves to the same level. 0° strong whole, there is a very general expectation of some srr . measures on the part of the Bank, within a very short perlod, —Times. E AST CUMBERLAND.—Mr. Marnire having c° &It cepted a Commission under the new Act for the Cotesu ° A t of Tithes, retires from the representation of the county A we requisition to Mr. James will be presented to-morrow , "'M r . (the Carlisle Journal) have every reason to believe that week James will accept the requisition, a n d th a t we shall nest we have to announce him as a candidate for East Cum be n c ian or and that on the following week we shall have the pl eas— c log congratulating the yeomanry of East Cumberland on posse - l i v e one honest Representative. Whether the Tories will t e , l ,, we to show fight we know not. They talk of doing so; r " - e - v erf suspect it will end in talk. In the mean time, bow eve ., r ' s - rev step should be taken to meet a contest. Desperate me" times fight desperate games, and it certainly would 11? o nly w ere It prise us to see the Tories venture upon a contest, • for the purpose of throwing expense upon their opponents k they have any such scheme in contemplation, they may tatbe for their con so l at i on , t h at i n sp i te o f a ll they can do, elf. beral Candid a t e w ill b e returne d f ree o f expense to him' ~' s -r E SUN, LONDON, WEDNERDAY, -MUST 24, 1836. ,