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EVENING EDITION. again repeat that that peaceable towne-thet e rick.manu e faeturing town—was worse treated than any town had ever been treated when taken by storm. He said that from his own knowledge, and he received the Noble Mar quis's to correction for venturing to deliver that opinion. Another statement that had been made was that there were plenty of troops—that theie was a Mayor and Superintendent of police; all that they had learnt from the newspapers, but they knew nothing, and it was clear the Ministers knew nothing. They had just been informed by the Minister., and he would venture to draw this conclusion from what they had stated, that those Magistrates, who did not bid the troops interfere until the town was burnt, and the property of the merchants de stroyed, were irresponsible—(Hear, hear)—aoci it ap peared-that there was no means of bringing these parties to trial. Tire Noble Earl (Fitzwilliam) had told their Lordships that a similar misfortune had befallen that town. Why, if the town was liable to these unfortunate acci dents that was a reason why her Majesty's Ministers should have taken the utmost precaution to preserve the public peace • What he said was, that there were means, such as issuing a Spec al C'orrinniision, of markieg the sense of the Govern ment, in regard to those transactions. There might be an inqu're ins:i•u•el into the eonduot of the Magistrates, the Noble Marquis knew something of this manner of pro c eding, though in a contrary settle, something ought to be done to mark the opinion of Government in relation to this important subject. But it appeared that nobody had any right to notice any of these things. Their Lordships should take care what they were itbcut lest they should fail under the lash of the Noble Marquis. They should say nothing, iworder that the Noble Marquis might not attack them as unjust, in stating that wrong had been done—all he hopsd was that he should not have another opportunity of making similar observations.—( Cheers.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE bad not denied the right of the Noble Duke or of any other Noble Lerd to advert the circumstances of the case or to form au opinion on them—but wleat he did say was, with great submission to the Noble Duke, that her Majesty's Government were not wrong in abstaining from forming an opinion on the circumstances which had taken place in the town of Birmingham within seventeen hours of the occurrence, and still more were they not wrong in abstain ing to form an opinion in the present imperfect state of information, and be still adhered to that opinion, and when the Noble Duke stated that wrong had been done, it was vsry easy to airnit that, but it was not so easy to form an opinion as to who were the wrong-doers in seventeen hours. He would.say that it was the duty of her Majssty'e Government not to form a hasty opinion, but te form a deliberate and a mature opinion before they pro ceeded.— l Cheere-) The Duke of WELLINGTON was sure the Noble Marspria would not eiiiingly or knowingly have misrepre sented u hat he had said. He had not alluded to the magistrates, but to another set of men, to those who had been gui!ty of riots a few days ago. Those persons ought to have been brought to trial by this time, by means of a Special Commis ion, or by some other mode. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—There are a great number of persons taken up, and awaiting their trial. descuasion then dropped, and a great number of Psers left the House. BUENOS AYRES. Lord STRANGI. ORD rose to present the petition of which he had given notice, at an early period of the Session. Learning, from what had passed in the other House, that cersociationa were going on between Mexico and France, under the mediation of Great Britain, he withdrew the notice he had given, lest anything he could have said should have interfered with that negocia tien. It would then have bean his duty to have railed their Lordships' atteetioir to the general system France was acting upon, and with the captious eagerness with which she laid held of the most trifling circumstances to convert •into a national quarrel, and uniformly endeavouring to extract therefrom advantages to herself. This petition related to the blockade of Buenos Ayres, and was signed by nearly three hundred of tha first merchants, traders, and shipowners in London ; and he had yet to learn that the favour and popularity with which her Majesty's Ministers were viewed in the City were such as to entitle them to disregard the representations of this petition.—( Hear, hear, bear.) He would not detain the House with any details of the original dispute between France and Buenos Ayres, as at the end of last Session he had fully expressed himself on those points. He would admit for the sake of argument, that in this instance might did con stitute right, and that France was entitled to make her de m aeds and to enforce them by an appeal to force; but he could not admit that that which might be perfectly just should be pursued by unjustifiable means ; and that the means employed by France were unjustifiable, he should proceed to show. He had a copy of documents - published by the Government itself, from which it ap peared that the French Naval Authorities, desirous of giving greater extent and efficiency to their blockade, had established a blockade at, and taken possession of the Island of Martin . Garcia. Her Majesty bad upon that occasion called upon the French Government for an explanation. The explanation was not satisfactory, and it appeared by papers laid on the table of the House of Com mons ow the 17th of April, that Lord Grenville was in st rutted to make further applications to the French Go verament. The result was a declaration en the part of the French Government that she would do nothing to alter the state of the affairs of her blockade. But she had done more —she bad handed over the Island of Martin Garcia as a possession to the revolted citizens of Buenos Ayres._ to those very persons whom she hid excited to rebellion, and as a reward fur their rebellion. Beyond this, still, France had issued a system of blockade, which he believed to be contrary to the law and practice of nations, and was about to extend that blockade along the whole sea boun dary of tile territory of Buenos Ayres. When he men tioned this subject last, the Noble Viscount said be had received no information of it. Lord MELBOURNE was understood to say that he had now. Lord STRANGORD wished, then, to know if the Noble - V;scourit had acknowledged the blockade, because, , if he had, it would be an acknowledgment of the most peri lous principle. But if* blockade were established, it ought to be impartial in its operation. This was not because the flag of the very insurgents whom France had coaxed into a revolt, was exempted from its operation. There was an otier evil resulting from this blockade, which was the un settlement of all those boundaries of Buenos Ayres, which had been settled by Great Britain herself, when the last treaey of peace with Buenos Acres was concluded. li' Mance . were thus to be permitted to sattle and un settle pareela of small Ststes, such a line of con duct would be fraught with the greatest danger. This also not only destroyed the° resources of Buenos Ayrc e, bur destroyed. the very Constitution of the colony. The Constitution of Buenos Ayres was based on a prin. c:ple of deleeatinn, and the consent of all the other States eas necessary for an alteration of it. France clamour. ins for a treaty established thi s hl oc k a d e— i t was a moyes de negoeier_but it was a blockade that was most expen sive to this country, end it was hardly possible to supp ;se that this blockade air-old have been allowed to continue at a great catpe:ise to us for sixteen months, when the whole object of Prance in establishing it was for the purpose of obtaining a debt of 0.000/. or 7,0001. It would be easy Li- him to prove the great importance of the trade with Buenos Ayres to this country ; but he would only read upon that point an extract from a h tter written by Sir Wore - thank Parrish, in which he described that trade as mot important. H. 3 should not have said a word on this subject any more than he had done upon the state of Mexico, could he have Sup. posed that this unjustifiable state of things was likely to have been determined through the mediation of this coun try, but be was forbidden to indulge in that hope by a let ter written by Mr. Backhouse, the Under Secretary to the Chamber of Commeice of Liverpool,- which stated that he had been informed by Government it was not the intention of Government to disturb that blockade. Now he would ask the Noble Lards opposite whether it had not occurred to them that there was a mode of making coy preffercd mediatioe very likely to be received— whether that mode was not by the employment of a suffi cient naval face ? The Frescut petitioners expressed their humble conviction that the commerce of Great Bri. bin stood in need of greater protection from the naval force of this country than it at present received ; and that when it was considered how large a portion of the revenues of Great Britain was derived from commerce, the peti titieners ,considered themselves fully justified in asking for a complete protection for that commerce wherever it might be required. Since these transactions there had been only three sloops of war stationed on that coast. He did not hla i me the Noble Lord at the head of the Admiralty for all this, but what he dal blame was that miserable and stingy system which crippled, shrivelled, and rendered inefficient for the ser 'vices expected from it, that great arm of on: national strength. The naval force of Great Britaie at present was not adequate to meet the exigencies arising in every quarter. It would have been far better if the money which had been expended in the idle trappings of the dietetor_ ship of North America had been applied to the mainten ence of national honour and national interests in the southern part of the globe. The country would then have had somet hi ng e l se to s h ow f or i ts money than the most volurninous and least readable Report ever laid on their Lordships' table, after having been previously sub mitted to the judgment of private friends. The Noble Lord concluded by stating- that the petitioners trusted it would be apparent to their Lordships that the course adopted by Government with respect to our foreign p o licy was most injurious to the liberties of the country,. and prayed their Lordships to adopt such measures as would cause the influence of her Majesty's Government to be exerted in such a manner as would lead to a more beneficial course of policy. Viscount MELBOURNE agreed that great attention ought to be paid to this petition, and the Nob!e Lord had not in any degree exagge rate d the importailee of this subject, or the extent o f t hi s trade. He consid ere d it to be ono of the most benefi c i a l trades possessed by Great Britain, fir it consisted in the export of the manufactures of this eountry.—( Hear, hear, h ear ) . That trade, cording to the last accounts h e b ad seen, was in a acr flourishing state, and was not so depressed and bsoken down as the Noble Lord had supposed —yet he did not deny that by this time that blockade might h ave operated very injuriously.—( Hear, bear, heal-. No doubt Commercial Powers suffered in consequenc e of hostilities existing between other Powers ; but ti,ey all knew the right of blockade was a right not only exer c i se d in war, but often exercised previous to war, and which the other party Might treat as an act of hostility if it thought proper. It was also welt known that the right of blockade was a right that this , country had not been very spariag; in the exercise.of ; that it bad instituted blockades of greater extent and greater magnitude than any other country that ever possessed power over the seas, arid that it bad en forced them with a strictness and severity unknown to other Powers. They ought, therefore, to be prepared to con cede to others that right which they had exercised them selves, and be prepared to submit to those inconveniences, which, when it suited their own interests, or their own honour and safety, they were not scrupulous in infl et. ing on others. The principles of fairness and equity ought to be considered. But he had no hesitation in saying hat blockades were matters of great misfortune—they ought not to be lightly instituted, and they ought to be '_put an end ta.as speedily as possible. It was not however for this country to tell other countries the blockades they were instituting were unjust, and that there was no ground for them. The Noble Lord had abstained from going into the case of Mexico, and the grounds of the dispute be ween France and Buenos Ayres. It was well known the con duct of those States bad been such as could not be justified, and this country had had great reason to complan of it. As to the particular blockade to which the Noble Lord had allude d, the blockade of the whole coast of South America, of course if that blockade was not supported by an officient force, it would, according to the law of nation?, be void. With respect to the Island of Martin Garcia, he was not prepared to say anything further than that the French Government had given a promise net to continue to occupy it. He thought the Noble Lord bad not made a very prudent observation when he stated what _be conceived to have been the moving e :use of the s e ttl ement of the affairs of Mexico, considering the eff ect an d i mpression which that obser vation might create, he could only say there would be no slownes s ; on t h e part of the Government, in aug menting her M a j esty ' s naval force on that station, if a neee,sity should wise for doing se. But he could assure the Nt•ble Lord, that whatever might have been the con duct of the French agents in that port, or the conduct of former Governments in France, there was, on the part of the present Government of F. ante, a gt eat anxiety per manently to settle all their unfortunate ei,:putes with these nations in that quarter of the globe; and he (Lord Mel bourne) was strongly disposed to think these disputes would, without much further delay, be brought to an end. Lord ASHBURTON contended that the encroach ments of the description that had been alluded to ought not to pass without notice, because if such encroachments were suffered with impunity, this country would at last be forced into actual collision with other Powers. The ques tion was whether the States of South America, because they happened to be weak, were to be trnmpled on by stronger Powers. The Earl of ABERDEEN was not aware of any in. stance like that in question, except the blockade instituted by this euuntry against Colombia three years ago, which it was said at the time was for tilt! purposes of negociation. In the course of three or four weeks this country by that very cogent argument—the argument of blockade—ob tained that fur w hi c h s h e was so negotiating. France was adopting the same system of negociation, and using the same cogent arguments with Buenos Ayres. The subject then dropped. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL. Lord RODEN gave notice of his intention to oppose the second reading of the Irish Municipal Corporation 8.11 The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to know whether there was any clause giving compensation to per sons for the loss of their offices ? Lord MELBOURNE said he did not know whether there was or not. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Lord had better inquire ; he could look at the Bill to-morrow. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. The Marquis of L ANSDOWNE moved that the House go into Committee on the Bills of Exchange Bill. Earl FITZWILLIAM was not aware whether the present Bill had been introduced in consequence of the recent proceedings of the Bank of England. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said it would have been introduced if no such proceeding had taken place. Earl FITZ WILL lAM said the subject was one of the greatest importance to the commercial world, and he was not quite sure whether their Lordships were altogether disinterested persons in the transaction, because all their landed estates might not be clear from debt; and though this did not relate to debts affecting land, nevertheless, any law which had a tendency either to raise or legalise tl.e interest of money, had a tendency to raise the interest of money on land. His opinion was that it would be better fee- the lender and the borrower that they should not be bound by any of those laws which regulated the interest of money. But he wished to hear some explanation of what were the causes which had led the Bank of England to take this step, and what were the;objects which they had in view in taking it. Lord ASHBURTON would not new enter into the general subject alluded to by the Noble Lord. The pre sent Bill proposed to repeal the Usury Laws, and the ques tion was, were their Lordships prepared to abrogate those laws. He thought the Bill a very clumsy one for the purpose. The Bill was not one which the necessities of the country required at the present time, but must be locked at as an alteration of the general law. He did not believe that the measure which the Bank had lately adopted would effect the object which they had in view, the curtailing their general circulation. He trusted that their Lordships would not be disposed to pass the Bill in its present shape —(The Noble Lord was very indistinctly heard.) The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could divine no reason why, if more than five per cent. should be allowed on bills, it should not be allowed where better security was given ; and why persons might not negociate such loans on the security of their property. He believed the present Bill to be virtually the same as that which had previously passed the House. He did not consider that cases of extortion would be rendered more numerous by this Bill, though perhaps they might be better known when transactions a: higher interest were legalized. Earl FITZ WILLIAM wished to have some explana. tion of the causes which had induced the B:nk to adopt its late measure with r egar d to ra i s i ng i nterest—a measure which was of very great importance, and excited great in terest out of doors. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the Bank had acted as it thought it was entitled to do,_ and thts-Biii-i -arose not out of th a t proceeding. but. out of the necessity to renew a former Bill now about to expire. The actual purchase of goods in this country from abroad had been to a great degree stopped from the want of some of the pro visions included in this Bill. It was necessary to legalize an interest of 51 per cent. Lord ASHBURTON explained. The House then went into Committee on the Bill, and the Bill passed through, and was ordered to be reported upon. - The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time next Friday. THE SCOTCH PRISONS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in making a statement previous to going into Committee, said that the condition of the prisons in Scotland was most deplorable, in point of Fizo, security, classification, and ventilation. Ample evi dence of that condition was to be found in the Reports of the Committees of the House o f C ommons i n 1826, and before the pas s i ng of the Municipal Corporation Bill. A meeting of sheriffs lately held in Edinburgh highly ap proved of the Bill now before their Lordships. The Earl of MANSFIELD had not ,objected to the second reading of the Bill, nor was he prepared to object to its going into Committee. lie did not object to the principle of the Ball, that of improving Scotch prisons, but he had objections to certain parts of the Bill, and with respect to which he should move an amendment in Committee. He thought the Biil might with great propriety have been divided into two parts, having for its object the building of local prisons, and of improving the exiating prisons, and prison discipline—a principle on which all were agreed; the other for the establishment of central prisons, should that be thought proper. After a few observations from Viscount MELVILLE, which were totally inaudible in the gallery, their Lord ships resolved themselves into a Committee on the Bill ; the Earl of Sh a ft es b ury i n t h e Chair. The Earl of MANSFIELD proposed several amend meats, all of which were negatived without a division, The different clauses in the Bill, with a few verbal amendments, were agreed to, after a desultory discussion, and the Report was ordered to be received on Friday. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE the Tithe Bill was re committed. Several amendments were introduced and the Bill as amended was ordered to be painted, and read a third time on Tuesday. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned at Half-past Eleven o'Clock, to Thursday. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by the Countess of Burlington, Baroneis Leliz: , n, Miss Quentin, Lord Gardner, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Sir Frederick Stovin, Lord Byron, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accomp an i e d b y t h e Princesses of H o h en l o h e, visite the Queen and the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Kent afterwards took an airing with the Queen Dowager and the Princesses of Hohenlohe in a pony barouche and four. Viecount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of her M.jesty. Her Majesty honoured the Italian Opera-house with her presence last evening. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Burlington, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Murray, Lord Gardner, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir F. Ste vin, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. The Princesses of Hohenlohe, attended by the Hon. Miss Eden and Captain Curzon, R. N., visited and in spected the British Museum yesterday morning. A Deputation of Joint Stuck Banks from the County Town of Drogheda, against the renewal of that part of the Charter of the Brink of Ireland, which prevents Joint Stock Banks being formed in or within fifty miles of Dublin, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer in Downing -street. The Deputation consisted of Sir , M. P., M r . D. O'Connell, William Somerville, Bart. ,M. P., Mr. Reddington, M. P., Alderman Thomas North, Esq., and Edward May-or of Drogheda, Alderman Henry Smith, Nicholas Esq., J. P. Nathaniel Hill, D. Lord Mr. Colville, and a deputation had an Lord Melville, interview with the Marquis of Norrnanby, yesterday at the A B tl Y i l n al s i o ' n, Esq., M . Colonial Office. _ _ _ _ _ - 7 - Eotr:mitice of the Lords of her Majesty's Moat Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday, to take into eon siderition an Act of the States of the Island of Jersey, f cr the enlargement of the Harbour of St. Hiliers. The Lords present were—the Lord President, the Secretary o f Sate for the Horne Department, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. G. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. •A Deputation from the island waited upon their Lordships. The Duke of Portland had an interview with Lord John inte Arl v r. ie N w Va w l i la tt c , e, ViscountlP. aSnldelbOlur.rne Russell yesterday at th. Home office. wreet.Warburton, yesterday M. PD.o,whnaidngat.l Lord Nuzent, Captain Nebel] R.N., Mr. Ogle, Mr. Morgan O'C onnell, and Mr. Powell Buxton, bad inter views yesterday at the Colonial Office with the Marquis of Normaeby. Lord Belhaven had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Rev. J. R. wo o d, and Mr. C. Wood, count Melbourne. M.P., had i nterv i ews yesterday with Vis- Lord Holland returned to Holland House on Monday from St. Anne's Hill. Despatches from the Governor of Sierra Leone were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. TO —TAILORS.—WANTED, in a highly respectable house, a person as FOREMAN, who tho roughly understands his business as Cutter. None need apply who cannot give twelve months' reference. For particulars apply to Messrs. Woollett and Co., 92, Hol born Hill, between the hours of ten and twelve. CHESTER AND CREWE RAILWAY, TENDERS FOR LOANS. The Directors of this Railway are prepared, under the powers in their Act of Parliament, to take up LOANS of MONEY on MORTGAGE of TOLLS arising therefrom, in sums not less than 5001., and to remain for three or fire years, as may be agreed upon, for which interest at the rate of 5 per cent. will be paid half yearly. Tenders, stating the amount, to be addressed to Mr. R. L. Jones, the Treasurer, at the Company's Offices, Post-office place, Chester. J. UNIACKE, Chairman. Chester, June 12,1839. THE NEW NOVEL BY ~, ,THE OLD SAILOR." n 3 vols. post 8v0.,: ITAMIL TON KING. By M. H. BARKER, Esq., ALA. (" THE OLD SAILOR,") Author of " Tough Yarns," " Land and Sea Tales," &c." WILL BE PUBLISHED TO-MORROW', the 18th INST. Richard Bentley, New 13urlin;(ton-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Re -engagement of the BEDOUIN ARABS, and engagement of Mr. WALLACK. THIS EVENING. jur,v 17, Will be acted Jecrold's Drama of THE.: RENT DAY. Martin Her - ood, Mr. Wallack. After which, the Drama of THE BRIGAND. Alesandro Massmni Mr. W a ll ac k. And the Unparalleled Exercises of THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with, THE BREWER OF PRESTON; or, the BLACK CHARGER. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. TO-MORROW, THI.TRSDAY, July GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM PE With (by Special Desire) the RES. ep retition, of Hand e l' s f amous HAILSTONE CHORUS. Exhibition of the Extraordinary newly-discovered Light KONIAPHOSTIC, Under the superintendence of Mr. H. Carter. Colossal Panorama, Modelled View of Mount Hecht, by Damon, during the Day, and at Dusk the Terrific Representa tion of an Eruption of that Volcano. . Feeding Hour Five o'Clock—Concert at Six. Admission One Shilling, • TO CORRESPONDENTS. The last manuscript of 6' Werner" is left in the office for him. We never saw the former one of which he speaks. THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY IS AT HAND, COUNTY VOTERS,—Before this Day you should make your claim to Vote in the terms pre scribed in the Reform Act, and put the claim into the hands of the Overseers of the place where is situate the property which entitles you to vote. BOROUGH VOTERS,—Before this Day you should pay your taxes, that you may be entitled to be on the Register of Voters for the current year. HIGH WATER AT LONDJN BRIDGE TO-MORROW Mornizr , 43 minutes alter 6. J Evening :5 minutes atter 7. c ' ob. I I ': i ef c t , At i llii); 4 l.-- %Z. -,, - it , i, •,,,.. L ~. ~,... ...:....,, ; ,.,t . ~.,....• ~.„.4.............,_ . .. ~.. ~...,..,, : A:4- z1.),.0 __-,411+ LONDON: WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1839. DEATH OF SULTAN IVIAHMOUD. By an extraordinary express from Paris, the Moniteur of Tuesday has been received in London, bringing the following most important telegraphic despatches, addressed to :the ;French Minister for Foreign Affairs:— " STRASBURG, JULY 15. " The Prefect of the Lower Rhine to the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs has just informed M. de Bacour, that on the 10th instant news was received at Vienna that the Sultan Mahmond died on the 30th . . . (Interrupted by nightfall.) The eldest son was proclaimed Emperor by the Divan: Hostilities ceased." The second despatch confirms the above_imil_ " The eldest son, although only 17, had been declared of age and proclaimed. " On the 28th of June orders were sent to Hafiz Pacha to suspend hostilities." The late Sultan, MAIIMOUD 11., one of the most liberal Princes that ever swayed the Turkish sceptre, was born on the 20th of July, 1785, and ascended the Imperial Throne immediately after the deposition and murder of MUSTAPHA IV., in 1808, being then in the twenty-third year of his age. The murder of his predecessors, SELIM and NIUSTAPIIA, by the Janissaries, who had com pletely usurped the Government of the Kingdom, and, like the Praetorian Guards in Rome, set up and deposed Monarchs at their pleasure, made a deep impression •on his mind. Seeing no other way to rid himself of them, he re solved upon their indiscriminate slaughter. From the dome of the mosque of St. Sophia he gazed unmoved upon the terrible carnage which gave freedom to the empire. So bloody a com mencement of a reign was supposed to presage a continuance of cruelty ; but happily for Turkey, the Sultan no sooner found himself free from per sonal danger than he directed all the energies of a daring mind to improve the social and moral condi tion of his subjects. His chief opponents were the priests, who scrupled not to accu , e him of Infidelity, and who, by attributing every defeat sus.. rained by his arms to the displeasure of the Pro phet, raised a clamour against him among the zea ots of the Mussultnan faith, which greatly embit cued his life. In the war with Russia, which continued from 1809 to 1812, 11:_s lost Bessarabia and a part of Moldavia ; next followed the revo lution which restored independence to Greece ; and, to complete his misfortunes, the Paella of EGYPT intimated a determination to perpetuate the Government of Egypt in his own family. These reverses abroad, conjoined with the clamours of the priesthood at home, preyed upon the mind of the SULTAN, and brought on the distemper of which he died. His issue consists of two sons and four daughters, the whole of whom are living. The name of the reigning Sultan is ABDUL who was born on the 20th of Aprd, 1823. He will be assisted in the Government by his brothers in-law, who greatly distingmished themselves by the enlightened support which they rendered MAI' Nwun in carrying out reforms in the army, navy and finances of the empire. The disturbances at BirnTingham communicated some of their own characteristics to a debate last night in the House of Lords on the subject, which was hot and angry. The Earl of WARWICK introduced the matter by asking for information, and at the same time com plained that none had been given him, though he is Lord Lieutenant of the county, either by the Magis trates or the Secretary of State. He spoke of the Magistrates as Chartists, and as having neglected their duty. Men of ordinary capacity might suppose that it was the business of the Lord Lieutenant of War wickshire to give information to the Home Office ; and we ask why did not Lord WARWICK fly to his post at the first news of the disturbance, ten days ago, to pre serve the peace of the county ? That remark was not made in the House ; and Viscount MELBOURNE con tented himself with admiting that the accounts in the newspapers were correct, stating that he had little or no additional information to give. He declared that the Government had provided ample means for the de fence of the town, and defended the Magistrates. The Duke of WELLINGT O N attacked both the Mi i shane appointmentai e s d t nc e bo r e s ar epas a non n pry d toa rl towns oht Corporation weoent treated sthsnsoeMagistrates, liker soreness , na eka : rsnsnptoeowag a nni n i(caci condemnedi Magistrates.tm, never keEe : vat3nnein Birmingham, without t ti nlishttsgitneooh formationm condemned e h reflec tion the o of than those to which Birmingham hadjetraosmbifiee'de:ndigh:lrtepehsaer'hietmiaeydd.r: It;is comfortable for the selves already suffering the horrors of war, and to know that the same enemy which kin.iled the flames in Birmin h gham is scattered through every one of our towns, and tat the army and police—if on them the country is henceforward to rely for security instead of on the affections of the people —must be every-where. If every hour did not convince us that statesmen, like other d:s putants, only remember the facts which make for them selves, we should have been surprised at the Duke of WELLINGTON saying that these things could not have gone on formerly in this great country, once so fee and happy. Viscount MELBOURNE reminded him of Notting ham, and might have added. Bristol. Earl FITZWILLIAM reminded him that Dr. PatEsTsEv's house had been burnt by a Church-and-King mob about 1799, and might have added that not many years before Lon don itself was partially sacked and burned by Protestant boys under Lord GEORGE GORDON. EDI that the Duke should have forgotten those circumstances sur prizes us less than that he should have forgotten the rural outrages in 1820, partly under his own adminis tration, when the south of Eiglithd was lurid with flame, and the County Magistrates, and Tory Lords Lieute nant, and Tory Home Samtary took no precautions, 'and were at their wits' ends. Such scenes hate unhappily been too common in England, and when we add to these examples those of the Luddites in ISI2, the WaTsoN and Tnisms;woon riots in London, under the best of all Tory Governments, we are ir.ciieed to doubt whether England has much to boast of in this respect in comparison to the slave colony of Jarna'ica. The conversation of their Lordships, in which they rather bandiA criminations and recriminations backs wards and forwards, will b e of such general intere-t that everybody will read the whole of it, and we shall not further abridge it. We will merely remark that the accusations of the foolish T ory L or d s against the Ministers, for not having more information than the newspapers, ought to be considered rather as a compliment to the latter than any censure on- the former. The newspapers having gentlemen en thw spot, whose exclusNe business it is to notice such ev tuts and describe than), while the Government is neither au :horized to keep any such persons in pay, nor is it rec paired, can only receive its accounts when the Ma,s.is trs tes, and those who have been actors in the occcur renices, have brought them nearly to a close, and have time to write about their own doings. The distur bamees began at nine o'clock on Monday night, and the accounts of them were published in our Journal at six c'clock on Tuesday morning. How was it possible thal the Ministers, who probably did not go to bed till about four o'clock, could obtain from the Magistrates and others engaged in the business such early. and authentic accounts as the persons, wt.° wet ched the events, transmitted to us ? The complaints whi ch the Tory Lords made of Lord MELBOURNE will con wince the public of nothing but their own disap pob ited spite and ignorance. The Blockade of Buenos Ayres by the French was br uught under the notice of the Lords by Viscount STIIANCIFORD, when the incroaching conduct of France s properly spoken of. We are inclined to suppose the it its Government, like our own, if it employ itself pro• pei•iy, will find enough to do at home for some years without seeking aggrandisement abroad. " Viscount SrjItANGFORD presented a petition from some merchants of London on the subject, but he founded no motion on it. 7f he Earl of RODEN, always determined to show his iis trust of his Catholic countrymen, gave notice that he SIUI uld oppose the second reading of the Irish Munici ilal Bill. The Bills of Exchange Bill went through a Commit tee, and supplied an opportunity to Lord ASHBURTON to censure the recent conduct of the Bank of England. The Scotch Prisons Bill also went through Commit tee after some convettation as to the deplorable state of prisons in Scotland. The President of the German Diet has declined to lay before that august assembly the memorial of the Magistracy of the city of Hanover, appealing against the legality of the acts of the mock-depu ties whom the KING, by a stretch of arbitrary power, has chosen to recognise as the Second Chamber of the Sthtes of the kingdom. This document, of which we have received a copy, is dated the 15th ultimo, and is remarkable for the calm impressiveness with which it re capitulates every abuse of the Royal prerogative, since the ICING ascended the Throne, and the clearness with which it indicates the effect of such abuses upon the feelings and habits of a previously loyal, confiding, and happy people. After dwelling upon the system resorted to by the Government to obtain a num! • • of nominal Deputies barely sufficient to form a second Chamber—a sys tem the most scandalously corrupt and notori ous unconstitutional—the Memorial thus shadows forth the evils which it has already produced :-- "All the relations of the country are disturbed ; the Adminis'ration is without strength or energy ; the Ministers are without influ ence or confidence ; the inferior authorities are everywhere dissatisfied and vacillating; from being irreproachably honest they have become corrupt ; the internal , repose of the country has vanished, and is replaced by intrigue, distrust, and secret espionage ; family ties are torn asunder by political contention, while the general excite ment, whatever may be said to the contrary, is on the increase, and daily acquiring a more threaten ing aspect - ; and all this, too, in a country renowned on account of its unalterable fidelity to its heredi tary Sovereigns." This statement is so clear, so convincing, so earnest , as to require neither comment nor corroboratian, to make it sensibly felt in this country. Tho Kicg of the FRENCH has humanely commuted the capital sentence, pronounced by the Court of Peers upon the insurgent BARBES, into imprisonment for life, and hard labour. Though most of the Opposition Journals denounce such niggardly clemency as an aggra vation rather than extenuation of cruelty, we are glad to learn that the prisoner himself is of a different opinion. Under all the circumstances of the case, the life of BARBES is all that the KING would be justified in sparing, We quote the official notification from the Moniteur of Monday : The Council of Ministers met twice on Saturday, and once on Sunday morning at Neuilly, to deliberate on the execution of the judgment of the Court of Peers, con. demising Armand Barbes to capital punishment. In fluenced by the gravity of the double crime of which B irbes was convicted, the Council proposed to the King to lct justice take its course. But the King persisted in a contrary opinion; and, making use of his constitutional right, he has commuted the punishment of Barbes to that of the galleys. The following interesting particulars are added by the Presse : The King, after having resisted all the arguments of his Ministers, took a pen, and wrote underneath the report of the Keeper of the seals--" I make use of my constitutional right, and I commute the punishment of Barges to that of hard labour for life " The King afterwards said to the assembled Cabinet Council.—" Gentlemen, you throw over me yonr responsibility, but under these circumstances allow me to cover you with my prerog o ative."‘ When the Minis ters still persisted in endeavour►ng to make his Majesty change his resolution, he replied to them.—" How can you a ish, gentlemen, that the band which the sister of Barbes bathed yesterday with her tears should this day sign the sentence of death upon her brother? You are free to re fuse your countersignature to the commutation, but I will not sign the condemnation. " At half-past four o'clock on Sunday evening BARBES' sister communicated to him the intelligence that the KING had spared his life. He expressed his gratitude, saying that though he was prepared to die like a brave man, be was not indifferent as to the preservation of a life which he had justly forfeited. At two o'clock on Monday morning he was sent off with MIALON under a strong escort to Brest, and at the same hour the other prisoners were removed to the Fort of St. Michael, and the prison of Daullins. Their Lordships sat till half-past eleven o'clock, but aft cr the termination of the conversation relative to the Bi rmingham affair there were very few Peers in the H arse. \Ve have thought it our duty to condemn in string terms the several acts of the IVlagistratos in the north of England, such as the arrest of STE- Pir - Exs, and the demanding excessive bail of him ; Atte h as the manner in which the multitude were first attacked in the Bull-ring, the subsequent arrest of .:3 ome members of the Convention, and the demand in,7 of heavy and exc ess ive bail from them, W e did so - because we are very sensible that the discon tenta of the working c l as ses is very deep ro o t e d, an d ha ; not one but several sufficient causes. They ha re been soured by a long continuance of petty ve rations, and grinding oppressions, and of late mi tch inflamed by great political hopes and severe pol .',.'tical disappointments. The enfranchisement of the: middle classes was the complete and marked dis franchisement of all below the ten-pounders. Kt towing that their distress had in the Corn-laws, anti their discontent in their disfranchisement, just polii..- tical causes, and knowing that th e i r ill- w ill tows rds the middle classes and the Government was neither temporary nor trifling, we deprecated, witlb the means at our command, those proceedings wisi ch seemed to us likely to rouse into activity the lirtNe volcano on which society it , slumbering. _Si_ ens._. A 17. . Ilium_ _ i ....1; rte__ forth__ _exxxmlols___ ie.__ warm_; Lb t $ most obtuse, a n d the meetin g s at New= castle, Manchester, and London, in conjunc tima with the conflagration of Birmingham, mug: t make every reflecting person apprehend the WOrA t consequences from those imprudent measures of t3ie local Magistracy. ffaving condemned their acts, we are now cal led on, by the same sense of duty, to re pro bate, in the strongest language at our com ma tad, the foolish, mad, and wicked proceedings of t lie Birmingham rioters. They are now corn plet ely in the wrong. Before Monday they were e rrs neously named rioters. How ever sore l y we know they have been tried, how ever fi rm l y we are we are j ust ifi ed in saying,' the n a t ura l , and necessary c onvinced that such scenes are th e a l most, and as consequence 1 quite, e i t y e , .. t have h e happene d , of thei r peculiar s i tuat i on, the combi- inevitable, na:iot 1 of their own ignorance and the oppression the ve c.monussetqnueeist'ecrethaeslews'es cond emn w i t h a ll befor e con d emne d ourof o p t I ( l i e u r e s, r the cat uses. Both are evil. Both are t h e of f spring of the same syste:n. We never encouraged the legal vi o l ence of the Magist rates, and we are iiiegal vi o l ence of the mob. equally ron: th o e p , p ,e o r s y e dt.:;itos tbeginning the of th e C onvent i on and th e very fi rst '. bud of Chartis m we warned the people ag a i nst f o il oin the T ory wing paths, adopting by the bayonet and the Tory principles:,, and endeavouring to obtain their ends by violence an a' outrage. Betweenagmaaininsttatihnieinr)oa. a political abject or striving to i p )u o i l a it r ic v a i l li i e n e s a tit p u o tiz ica n li e: o t;b , lishin g governing man kind, i artillery, ii(l, id w s h e i e c k h i I. :f g the Tory plan of realize apolitical theory by cudgela and conflar,ra tion, 'which is 'threatened by the Chartists, we own we see - very list ie difference; and, hating cordially the terror employe d by the Tories as their only principle of Governinet at, we equally hate and . condemn ihe tensor threat, :ned by some of the Chartists, and which is not v beginning to develope itself in ar tningham. At all hazards that must b e stopped. The middle: classes and the Governme n t w ill spare s n u oi s n t e i t a u i t i td :, fo s ! n .0r r theexpen expense s° prevent a new terror b e i ng h)1 d terror to w hi c h men h ave become ac ci istomed ; but their success—and at present we tear see nothing better to wish for—will leave the s working classes ins state of worse bon dage than at present, and their hearts rankling with a inot e confirmed and dangerous discontent. When w elook at the present condition of ourpeople, see the Se., zion of Parliament about to close, and recollect the precious time which has been wasted in factious opposition and 'party wrangling ; when we recollect the numerous hours which have been linst night this theatre closed fur the season, and with thrown avraw on the Government of Jamaica, and tl;e management of Mr. Macready, upon which the fina, the Hot/set - 4c id Ladies, on unknown disturbances in stamp of public approval wt n im u pas l s e ed to w ti i i t e h m a a w oa a n. rm a a n r r t l i Ireland, and .on voting a few thousand pounds to Fii e s r a e u ro d r nce. earnestness l,here . tike may be doubts about the degeneracy of establish scb ools, while the Corn-laws have been maintained, and nothing the conduct of the whatever has been done to who believe it to be degraded, because ue have seen the of national taste in re g ard to the drama. We are of those v, and refusing to accept the soothe or re concile the peoples q t and exquisite poetry withoct it. But Mr. Legislator appears to us more like fatuity or is,rtreenldo eloquent he has not proved by his management madness 1 ;Ilan wisdom. With such dispositions that the ii - a'tienal taste is really elevated and pure, has done existing i -I). the people, we ask again as p ublic demanding pageantry, much to bring it back to a tone of moral beauty ; he has raised we aske d before, how are they to be go- its standard, and given virtue to its voice, by taking care that i n „.. it' the public would . have a . rich frame, it should, at least, i f should in reined ? IA system of coercion will be surround a good picture—if grand appointments, attractive possible, :and the attempt w ill speedily reduce scenery, and brilliant pageantry were demanded, the adorn. men bcommonc, cameL seene w t t to i ht h hi um i s o , thoset to h ht e eh a ro t co r r . e ; society in. England to a worse condition than ever meats should assume the character of national illustrations was soda ta in Jamaica. Must it not grieve every ft o woo ; ele:r oe ßritain's ketcha eat i vn as , u e cop h ru i oo e rnw f e nt s i ti congratulations, bard—that head glory, o fi Shakspere.t reflecting man, to see what has already happened? Our people are not naturally ruffians—they are not of a low and degraded caste : they are not the crowds who literally crammed his theatre last evening, deficient H. natural abilities, nor in humane nor think the less of our praise that we couple it with an and kin, ply feeling : th e form of beauty sits honest reserve of 'criticism. Tho performances of the night smiling at their hearts, as well as at the le i re King l Henry . the Fifth and High Lye Below Stairs. hearts of Peers and Peeresses : they have strong ' I formedep la o f Shaky was even of m more admirably E'er n. the . occasion first notice. affectior,s : they love their wives and children : they V d I ffcarefully,andt he en d r an en io gave the chorusses respect„ they- almost adore property : they have the &h, whi c h m i g h t b e construe d i nto h i s farewell, was admi . ;e d, as lo ng as possible, t h e ins tit u ti ons o f l ong and loudly cheered. There is no occasion to re peat our praises of Macready's Henry. It . is, we tbink, re their country : they are good patriots, and too in all respects his best, his brightest, his most beau. ready to shed their blood in its defence ; and how tiful pet formance. The prayer—the defiance—the trium must vve be appalled a t finding them flow pliant encouragement to battle—the camp night-walk, and ready to sacrifice property, ready to expose the joyous gallantry of the lover—in short, all the great their ,river; and littl e ones to d e struction, rea j% points of the drama, w ere re - enacted w i th the splendid , I effects which were so fin e ly b roug h t out at i ts first revival to stifle :all the am usements and pleasure s of and the applause all thro ug h was thr i ll i ng. At its eon: the ;amocent beings who meet us in every , 'anion the audience were kept some time waiting while corn er gal(' turn of our crowded cities, and m„'ready was changing the costume of Harry for that of really, fro m a feeling of dismal and dark revenge, to 1 the pi.. , vate Fentlem d an t , but d when he came his greeting was wild, eh. 'e••:,r , s'' convert ha .ppy and secure abodes into scenes of 'pith s pl u a p u e d n its ous. Th A o ll w t o l m ie e h n ou w se uv r o o d se tn a o n i d r wo e and d esolation ! Such a condition is at pre- heraonwoir:eerdchhie ‘rf.: the men their hats,the pit poured out its sent full of 'calamity and teems with future horrors.v, and the ladies continued to cover enthusiasm in a voile Too soon measures cannot be taken to change it ; the stage with bouquets,' garlands, and flowers without end. and we p roc l a i m a l cu d t h at i t cannot b e . im-I As soon a s t h e ent h us i as , -n had su b s id e d M. r Macready proved by the use of the sabre and the musket, delivered the followin g a dd r , (18 '7 . This being the last time I " Ladies and Gentlemen ' which ore the only remedies the Tories ever yet a. before you—( A cry of car, have the honour of ap earl!) ' found .for the consequences of their own misrule, . h ' I hope not')—as the dir - P director of • '5 cur amusements, I wish .YL The Court of Peers met on Monday, and after re gistering the commutation of BA RBEs'sentence, resolved itself into a Legislative Assembly. The following extracts from the Journals of Monday include all the news received from the French capital : The latest accounts from Valencia give grounds for be lieving that the two battalions of Christinos who were in si;--16vimrnander-in-0:fof the kingdom of Arragon, had arrived at Saragossa, and imme diately set out for Carinena. A letter from Algiers of the sth of July, has the follow ing p?ragraph:— ; "On V Wednesday last, the brigade of Bounrick received information of a plan of the Arabs to at• tack the farm of M. Aubin. The Quartermaster, Ciementi, immediately 1. - counted his horse and followed by four gendarmes hastened to the defence of the farm that was threatened. Alas ! it was an ambush. On arriving at a spot planted with trees, these brave men received the fire of fifteen muskets, which killed the unfortunate Clementi on the spot. Another gendarme fell ; happily he was enly wounded, a ball having passed through his thigh ; he was saved by his two comrades, who, notwithstanding the danger, pursued as fast as their horses could gallop through these cowardly Bedouins, who ran away from thesmw o horsemen, uttering terrible yells. It is re markable that the Quartermaster's horse, frightened by his master's fall, ran away, and pursued the Arabs, who, doubtless, captured him, for he has not been since seen.— ConstitutionneL BOURSE.— PARIS, MONDAY, JULY 15. HALF -PAST THREE.-BUSiDe43 has been slack in the French Stocks. In the morning the Three per Cents. were done at Tortoni's for the Account at 79f. 40c. The market opened at 79f. 50e., declined to 79f. 45c,, and they closed at 79f. boo., being 5 cents. higher than on on Saturday. The variations in the Five per Cents. have b!cn no greater; they opened at 111 f. 75e., rase to 1 1 If. 80c., and closed at 111 f. 75c., being a rise of 10e. For Money the Three per Cents. are sc. higher, and the Five per Cents. 15c. The Bank of France Shares unvaried, as are the Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Shares. The Belgian Three per Cents, have advanced 10e. ; the Five per Cents. have not been quoted. The Spanish Active is 1 lower; from 192- it declined to 19.1. The Railway Shares have in general advanced ; the Sr. Germain sf. ; the Versailles Right Batik 21. 50c. ; the Versailles Left Bonk 15f. ; the Strasburg to Basle and the Mulleousen to Therm 51. ; Bor deaux to La Taste have declined 101. The Havre have not vAried. A general meeting of the shareholders in this last Company will be held in the beginning of next month, when it is reported that tire statement then to be made will show that, if the concern is %voiond up, there will be little or no less. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price i'reaell :., per Cents ...... lll SO ... 111 SO ... 111 73 ... 1 1 7a 0 per Cents 79 45 ... 70 50 ... 79 40 ... 79 40 Rank of erance '2725 ...2725 ' - —.2725 —.2725 Lanitte 13,,k 1.‘ , 00f. Sn 10;5 ...11l i 5 ...IUIS ...fois eielgian 3wr cent Bank• ;81 ... 781 ... 7S • ... 7SO Coupons .15 )utch 2 per Cents 53 .. 55 ... 55 ... 55 Spa ,i,t) Ail iVit • 1!• , 34 ... 1:.0,,i ... II) ... otc, Passive 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4% N'ea olit.in ttonian 101;4, ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% RAILWAY SHARED. ' ----- St. Germai" % . ,,sailles, it B L. B. 305 3/0 3'5 !ti7 50 fiavr St.ra,btir,z to Baie 3lO . 315 ... 310 315 Ilulhauseo to lliann . . 3 5 377 50 ... 37.5 ... 377 50 tiorge.lux ‘o Lv les a 4lO 410 ... 4io 41;1 COVENT-GARDEN 1 HEATRE. and which the Duke of WELLINGTON, we regret to s: , v, seems N%ith his friends ov?r emp!oy. ! We are happy to state that at the date of the 1 latest arrivals from Birmingham no further disturb ances had occurred. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1839. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) Wheat. I,Bfo ira 1 Conso?s opened this morning at 91/ i ex. div., and 92k ex. div. for the Account, August 29; Exchequer Bills 14 17 ; India Bonds 20 25 ; Bank Stock 189} 1901 ; India Stock 252 254. An improvement took place .yesterday in the Foreign Exchanges ; Spanish Active same as they closed at, IBi IN-; Portuguese rather better, closed at 341 /, at pre sent 34ft i ; Three per Cents. 214 22; Colombian 32A -3 3 ; Mexican 25A- 26A-; Belgian 102,i / ; Brazilian 771. 78/ ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 644 i ; Five per Cents. 1031 i. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ........1904 Bt.N India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 9IX,N 21% ,'South Sea Sto c k --3, per Cent. --- , Old Annuities Ditto Red. 9974 100; New Ditto - New 33 per Cent ..... ...095;!4% i 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17.',1 -- New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, ..£l,tloo i 6 15 17 pm. Bank Long Annuitie s toexpire 1 Ditto 500 ... 14 19 p m. Jan. 5, 1860 l4 5-1(3 ; Ditto Srnali l6 .t) pm. Oct. 10, 185 l) l4 3-16 :. Ditto Commercial - p Ditto Advertised ..... - - - m p m, . Jan. 5, 1 • 480 -1 Bank Stock for Ac coun t ... - Aprils, 18811 -.1 India Stock for Account ... --- Jan. 5, 1870 -1 Consos for Account....., - 92 1 % 2 PRICES OF FOREIGN FU NDS THIS DAI AT ONE °TEO( E. Austrian Bonds - Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds - Ditto Account Ditto A:7COLlnt Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds - Ditto Account - 1 Ditt, Accouflt vll47iS Milan Bonds D tto Account . Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account Colunebiae Bonds, 1004 i Spanish tSoLids - Ditto Account Danish Bonds - Ditto Account - i Del rred . -reek no,Rls French, 5 Be' cent - ------ 4 per cent. Ditto Account - ---. 3 pe; cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. - --_--. Exchange. -f. -c. Ditto .account ......... ..... Dutch, 2 , , per cert. 54 atto, 6 per Cent. ........... - • Ditto Acc.mrit.. ....... ...... Ditto Account ............... -.. Ditto, o per rent ... ....... 1 374 S'eupolitan --! Ditto Account - 'ti iCES 01 , :i1A111.•;S I'll t s D A ': AT uNE wci .00K. Paid. Per sn„„ . . 6% 7 35 Si 66 L 33., ariern Countivs ltailvvay ..„ .. • York and North Midland Railway Coolpany 30 London Joint Stock Bank.. COLiThk; ...'i. EACH ANiii.z. YESTERDAY. I , ;stcrilaoli .... ..... ....C.V. Iti 5 1 ,' • tiiir,t, 4PI litto, , 'igh I I , Yi_ri-I.,rii 2L; is 6 : Genoa .„. kil:Vic,!• - I,,itiarg. ILB. i 3 ;2 Venice ... 11i';',,,.. if; i' , 34 Naples .. - 4 O 4O .t (iay .:lie'l 2 . ,-17.0 i l'.i er .i.i . ....... ........per oz. 120 F 1 it , ..................3 ills. 25 i 0 i 1 I:L.3n Mr.r.e.iles i tourdeaux - Joleiro 2714 Frankfort on Mains, E L M. 152 B a hia ... 27 ~,i erliutsh,rubl, . .i...3 Us. lON Bazazos Ayr. Berlin Vienna, effective 0...3 M 10 5 Phil. a l e l p hi a 45 friesl.2 l ......ditto lO 6 Il'itit.E Ut , BULLION , per OZ. &Isdr Silboa . . 3arcelona kv Mc 36 36 Silver in Bars Some anxiety has HALI-AT ONE. prevailed in th e cou P rse S of the morn ing to ascertain if any tenders had been received at tht Bank for the Dead Weight. We are informed that seve ral letters have been received by the Bank Directors, and it is also stated that 161 has been offered for some of the Dead Weight, which produces at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. Nothing effectual has as yet transpired on the subject, and it is supposed will not until to-morrow, at the meeting of the Directors. The sr:ttling of the Consol Account is going off well, it is still a Bear account, and they arc borrowers of Con sols from day to-day. Money appears to be easy and Consols scarce. The contango, which is the continuation of the Account, was in the morning at 2- per cent,, at pre.. rent is only i per cent. Consols at present are 92 for the 29th August ; CorL cols for Money 911. Exchequer Bills, 16 15 17, and India B on d s, 20 22 ; Bank Stock, 1903 1891 ; India Stock, 2524, In the Poreiglombian, 32, ; Danish, 7 s , n Market little doing. In Spanish nc thing do ne ; Co 5 • Portuguese, 344 ; Th ree per C ents ., 214 j ; Dutch 'f wo.and-a-Hal! per Cents., 54i ii ; Fire per CAlts,, 1031. lIALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. We this motn-nt hear tha• t'lerc were sixteen offers f(r tae dead weights at various prices, and that the Batik have refused all the tenders; some were 16kand 161. HAMILTON KING.--A work of fiction, to ob tain any chance of popularity, should, above all things, ' abound in striking adventure, and in characters strongly contrasted and dramatically exhibited. It is to these qua lities that such extraordinary fictions as " R o bi nson Cruaoe," " Gil Bias," " Tom Janes," and other master pieces owe their power over the sympathi es of readers of successive generations—a power which, b y a i d of the same qualities, will be manifested in the forthcoming novel of Hamilton King," wherein the various startling, events, the perpetual change of scene, and presentment of charac ters, both in the highest moods of tragedy, and in the most eccentric caprices of farce, alernately raise emotions of surprise, terror, and pity, and those of irresistible laughter to render you in person my acknowledgments for the sym pathy which has cheered, and the pltronage which] has upheld me through my i:ricf bat difficult experiment. " Ia discharging this grateful duty, I feel that some re ference to the cond uct and results of my undertaking, and some explanation of - ray reasons for relinquishing it, may be expected by those who have interested themselves in its progress. In my opening address I set forward the de pressed condition of the drama, and the distressed etate and direct losses' of many of my brother artists, as the motives that induced roe, then in the possession of an ample prnfessi,nal income, to encounter the responsibilities of such an enterprise. " Let me re cal to your remembrance that in the same address I pledged myself to 'devote, without reserve, my zeal, labour, and industry to improve the condition of this great national theatre, and to advance the drama, as a branch of national literature and art, by the fidelity, ap propriwtness, and sunerior execution of the several means of scenic I believe 3ou will give me credit fur the endeavour--(Barats of cheers)—to accomplish my purpose. _ ‘' In each department of the drama' I promised to make the question of 'expense' secondary to my desire of pro. curing the most efficient aid,' to protect, at whatever cost, the resp .ctability of the audience,' and, 'trusting to the impression carried from the theatre, to abstain from all outrageous exaggeration in the playbills.' To these pledges I have strictly adhered —( Much cheering.) '• The results must have been obvious to the frequenters of the theatre, in the nightly full attendances with which it has been honoured. It has , been my recompense (and though circumstances have ten el to make it almost my only recompense, still it is a proud one)—it has been my recompense, Ladies and Gentlemen, in those attendances to rend a refutation of toe libel, that the taste for the classic drama in England is extinguished—( Cheers)—and from them to receive a confirmation of the faith which, against doubt and despondency, I bare still held in the enduring power of our dramatic poets, and, above all, of himiwho was not fora day, but for all time'—our own Sbakspeare. (Immense cheering.) "My reasons for relinquishing the direction of the theatre are briefly told. W►th the surrender of a large proportion of my professional income I have given up my time and labour for the last two years towards the restoration of. the drama and the character of this estab lishment. I was still willing, under serious risk, to continue the exclusive devotion of my time and energies, with considerable pecuniary sacrifice, to perfect, as far as possible, the work that was so brilliantly prospering under your encouragement ; but the amount of pecuniary sacrifice I was still willing to encounter was not an. swerable to the expectations of the proprietors.—(Loud cries of Shame I') It therefore only remains for me Ladies and Gentlemen, in vacating my present office, to render you the annual tribute of the performers' thanks— to acknowledge, as they merit, the benefits I have received from the co-operation of many eminently distinguished in literature and art; and, finally, to offer you, though in weak and ineffectual words, the assurances of my lasting and grateful recollection of the favour and support with which you have animated and sustained me throughout my ar duous and anxious task." The cheering at this termination was loud, hearty, and universal, and continued several minutes. The farewell must in all senses be considered most triumphant. CORN-EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain were seanty, but the genial state of the weather interferes with purchases, and we had a very dull trade for every article, at the same terms as Monday. Very little has been done this week in the flour trade. ARRIVALS Barip ? . COO qrs. English lrsh Foreign , n4O 10 I 2,351 I 4 NEWGATE AND LEADNHALL. The supply was good, but the demand rather heavy ; prices same as last quoted. Beef 3s. 2d. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d. ; Lamb, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. • Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. lOd. ; Iri s h, 3 s . to 3s. 6d. ; Geese, 4s. 6S. to 6s. 6d. ; Rabbits, 10d. to Is. 61 ; Leverets, 3s. to ss. ; Chickens, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; D uc k s, 2. to 3s. ; Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Pigeons. Gd. to 9d. ; Quails, Is. 3d. ; and Turkey Poults, 2s. to Zis. Eggs, 4s. 3d. to bs. per 120. HOP MARKET. The accounts from the Hop grounds are good for the growing plant generally. Trade very dull, and prices merely nominal. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies good, and so was the demand ; prices steady.- Tur bot 4s. 6d. to 15s. ; Solrs 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Salmon Is. to 2s. per lb. ; Mackerel 4d. to 8d ; Lobsters 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Whitings 3d. to 6d. Land Haddocks Bd. to Is. 2d. o.tel. Firm, £99.1r. 1.980 ac.o - brls. TEA SALE--(THIRD DAY.) The common sorts were nut so much in demand as the fine description•. Common Congous sell at Is. 2d. ; common Twankay, Is. sd. ; and common Young Hyson, 2s. per lb. ; Gunpowder, 2s. sd. to 2s. 6d. ; Hyson Skin, Is, 20. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. TITESDAT. —We have had a quiet market for Cotton to. day, without any change in pees. The sales 1,500 bales. The Great Western steamer, from Bristol to New York, was spoken, July 10, by the Token from Quebec, in lat. .51 15, kng. 17. The New York packet Garrick, of the 25th, was off Liverpool. Arrivals this morning _French mail ; no Ship letters. The letters and papers from New York uy the Garrick THE FUNDS. This is settling ;lay in Consols, consequently the brokers and jobbers are chiefly employed in settling their accounts. The extreme fluctuation during the above period may be quoted at 1 per cent; at present it appears to be a Bear account. At twelve o'clock this day the tenders for the dead weight take place at the Bank of England. It is sug gcsted that if the public and Companies cannot agree to the trice stipulated by the Directors, Govern ment will take the dead weight on behalf of the Sav ings' Banks, but at present this is mere supposition. It is not expected that any thing will be linovrn of what passes at the Bank until late this afternoon, or to morrow, when the weekly meeting takes place of the Directors. EVENING EDITION. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZE T? Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Edin 7 burgh, dated July 4,1839. To BE DEPUTY' LIEITTENANTS.-Sir A. Hay, Bart., Sir W. Hamilton, Bart., Sir J. Spittal, Knt., A. Anderson, Esq., R. Aytoun, Esq., W. Bell, Esq., A. Black, Esq., R. Cadell, Esq., A. Clapperton, Esq., P. Crooks, Esq., J. Dewar, Esq., G. Forbes. Esq., J. T. Gibson Craig, Esq., J. B, Gracie, Esq., G. Grant, Esq , R. Grieve, Esq., E. Henderson, Esq., J. Henderson, Esq., J. Ivory, Esq., D. Kinnaird, Esq., J. Learinouth. Esq., G. Login, Esq., J. Mackenzie, Esq., J. Macfie, Esq., D. M'Laren, Esq., A. E. Monteith, Esq., T. Maitland, Esq.. J. Mansfield, Esq., A. Millar, Esq., W. Plower, Esq., P. Ramsay, Esq., A. Rutherford, Esq., T. Sowers, Esq., W. Skene, Esq., A. Whi te, E sq., A. Wood, Esq., J. Hope, Esq., an d J. Thomson, Esq., Sir T. Robinson, Knt. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dorset. Dorset Regiment of D. Bishop, Gent., to be Ensign, June 24. - DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM JOHN PLENTY, agricultural implement maker, West Smithfield, City. THOMAS CARPENTER DIXON, oilman, High-street, Gravesend. BANKRUPTCY Mills, EDWARD MOGRIDGE, mill r, Tipton Mills, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire. BANK RUPTS. JOHN KENNEDY and SAMUEL HILL, iron dealers, Union Iron Foundry, Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire, to surren der, July 22 and Aug. 27, at the King's Head Inn, Newport. Hall, New Boswell -court, Lincoln's-inn, London ; Prothero and Phillips, Newport, Monmouthshire. JAMES THOMPSON, Manchester warehouseman, Man chester, July 31 and Aug. 27, at eleven, at the Commissioners'- roo.us, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Mid dle-temple, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Man chester. WILLIAM WALTER STUBBING, grocer, Manchester, July '2.7 and Aug. 27, at two, at the Commissioners'.roorus, Manchester. Payne, Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, Tem, ple, London. JOHN, THOMPSON BUCKLEY, cheese-factor, Liver pool, July- 27 and Aug. 27. a t one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.. Vincent and Sherwood, Templv, Landon; Birkett and Foster, Liverpool. WILLIAM NOBLE Y, innkeeper, Bickenhill, Warwick shire, July 23, at twelve, and August 27, at two, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Michael, Red Lion-square, Lon don ; Amos, jun Evesham. JOSEPFI FAIRBANK, worsted-spinner, Bradford, York shire, July 26 and August 27, at eleven, at the Court-house, Bradford. Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stocker, New Boswell -court, Lincoln's-inn ; Wells, Bradford. JOSEPH POULTON, grocer, Lane-end, Staffordshire July 31 and August '27, at three, a t th e Eagle Inn, Lani=end; Staffordshire. Norris and Allen, Bartlett's,buildings, Holborn, London ; Toulmin, Liverpool. JOHN THOMAS, baker, Bridport, Dorsetshire, August 1 and Aug. 27, at twelve, at the Greyhound Inn, Bridport. Templer and Son, Bridport; Clowes and Wediake, Temple, London.' THOMAS VINSON, tailor, Bideford, Devonshire, August 6 and Aug. 27, a t e l even, at the George Inn, South Illolton, Devonshire. Jones and. Son, Size-lane, London. WILLIAM MAGNALL, linen-draper, Manchesier, July 29, and Aug. 27, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester. Matkiuson and Sanders, Middle Temple, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester. CHARLES JACKSON, silk-throwster, Macclesfield, July 30 and August 27, at three, at the Maccclesfield Arms Inn and Hotel. Crowder and Maynard, Mansion -house-place, London ;. Grimsditch and Welsh, Macclesfield. GEORGE COWPER, tea-dealer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 7, at eleven, and Aug. 27, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Heald, Aus tin Friars, London ; Hewi s on, G rey - street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DAVID WORTHINGTON, flour-dealer, Manchester. July 27 and Aug. 27, at' ten, at the Cotnmissioners%rootns, Manchester. Adlington, Gregor, Faulkner, an d F o ll ett, Bedford-row, London ; Cl aye and Thompson, Manchester. HORATIO MASON cotton-spinner, Calver, Derbyshire, July 30, at twelve, and Aug. 27, at six, at the Commissioners% rooms, Manchester. Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London; Humphreys, Cunliffe, and Charlewood, Manchester. THOMAS BARKER and RICHARD AMSWORTH, cottton-spinners, Warrington, Lancashire, July 31, a):.: Aug. 27, at-ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. I%lislf:n -son and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle Temple, London; A.tkit:; , son, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester. LEONARD COOPER and MATTHEW CASE, cotton manufacturers, Manchester, July 26, and Aug. 27, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Sharpe, Staple Inn, London ; Rowley and Taylor, Manchester. SAMUEL KEN I', victualler, Salford, Lancashire, July 31, at eleven, and Aug: 27, at one, at the Commissioners'-roonis, Manchester. Bower and Back, Chancery-lane., London; Owen and Gill, Manchester. DIVIDEN arth S. IL Marriott, banker, Nampton D . Aug. 9, at two, at the office of Mr Hall, Northampton —S. Learns, grocer, Liverpool, Aug. 8, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Clarke, glazier, Liverpool, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—D. Haztehurst, Sheffield, and H. Bason, Whittington, Derbyshire, colliers, Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. C ERTIFICATES.—A noun 6. E. Back, haberdasher, Birmingham —T. Poynter, butcher, Aldgate High-street, City—J. Bloomer, nail manufacturer, Hales Owen, Salop—J. S. Higgs, woollen drapers, Exeter— E. Cope, scrivener, Birmingham--R. Philp, maltster, Judd place, St. Pancras—W. Gunnell, victualler, Cirencester, Mon ceAer -W. Al`Gill, draper, Li-verpoel. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. IW. and J. W. Thompson, Kingston-upon-Thames, brewers —I. Byng, jun. and R. Burrows, Keegwcrth, Leicestershire, common brewers and maltsters--W. White and G. Hall. Re gent-street, furnishing ironmongers —A. J. Waterloo and W. K. Alm-land, Birchin.lane, Cornhill, lithographic printers :k and land surveyors—T. and D. Littlejohn, King William , ,--. 4 ,, UT fl 4.- i 1.....- 'I r , . -n, ...........1- V.--- n..---m..-...., I , ..n-fy tustin-friars, attorne3s and solicitors, as far as regards the said J. C. Bell—S. S. Brittain and H. Boole, Sheffield, merchants and saw manufacturers—G. Hinchliffe and W. Hayes, West bromwich, Staffordshire, attorneys and solicitors —T. Un thank. and R. • Gray, Kingston-upon-Hull, wharfingers—C. and H. J. Flight, Park-place, tailors—G. Staart and J. p son, Birchin.la ne , i nsurance -brokers—J. Hopkinson and m W. Jowett, Bradford, Yorkshire, brass and i ron founders—N. Mack:nzie and H. Darling, Isiewgate-street, fringe-manufactu rers—E. Davies, C. Pugh and C. Bywater, Philpot-lane, tea dealers (so far as regards the said C. Bywater). LOSS of the WATERLOO STEAMER BY FIRE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 16.—The Morning Herald of this elty's date, states in its news from Spain, that four of the Quf.en's cruisers were sent to sea to look after the Waterloo steamer, expects d.on the Biscayan coast with ten thousand stand of alms on board, for the use of Don Carlos ; they need look no longer—this vessel caught fire in the Channel on Sunday last, when midway : between France and Ling: land, and endeavoured to make for the English coast; but, her engines soon becoming useless, she remained a log on the water ; and front the nature of her coal, the more water thrown on them the more combustible they became. At length, at half -past eight in the evening, having burnt to the wat er ' s e d ge, she filled with th e wash of the sea, and went down in fifteen fathoms water, about si miles to the south . .vard of the Nab Light. The men, in a small boat, succeeded in getting on board the Light Vessel about midnight, and information of the event reached our Port Admiral at daylight; the Vulcan Government steamer was immediately dispatched for the crew, and brought them in, n i ne in number. The men said the ship had cleared for Genoa, but they did not belieVe they were going there, their belief was that the arms they had ort beard, 7,000 muskets, were intended to be landed on the south coast of Portugal. Tao Captain prudently sai was bound for Italy. Mr. Sadler, the master attendant here, is making preparation to weigh her, if the Govern ment will give orders to that effect. Strange rumours exi‘t that she was set on fire on purpose. Another steamer, the United Kingdom, bound from London to the Mediterranean, put in here early on Sun day morning, having been on fire several hours on her passage: the flames were suppressed, and she is now .nd. r repair. Sailed this evening the Eagle, Sardinian corvette, for St. Petet sburgh, to obtain specie from the Russian Court !or the pervive cf Don Miguel. The Clio, 18, and Witicheqer, 50, will sail to-morrow for the West Ihdies and S.:uth America. The Mediterrani an sq sadron has been reinforced by the Poee,ful, S 4, Ganges, 84, and Implacable, 72. LLk)YD'S DEAL, JULY 16. —Wind W.S. W. Arrived the Th.sbe, Charters, tr,,rn Jamaica. Sailed the William Jar dine, Croo , y, for Calcutta. PouTsmorTn, JULY 16.—Wind W.—Sailed the Male oar, Pollock, for Bombiy ; Madagascar, Gimlett, Calcut ta ; Naidd. Lindsa3., New Providence. FALMOUTH, JULY 11.—Wind W. N. W. to W. S. W., fresh breeze.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Lowden, from Mi ramichi ; Thom ;s Wood, Cooper, Odessa. Off port, the James Harris, Wright, from Miramichi. PLl.xict;Tit, JULY 16.—Wind variable. LivertPooL, JULY 16.—Wind W. —Arrived the Token, Paulson, from Quebec; Charlotte, Peterson, Vera Cruz ; 11,rgaret, \Vayth, Odessa; Norman, Luckie, Trieste; Elegante Finis, Tarragona ; Messina. Sailed, the Maid, Sproule, for Sydney, New South Wales; Ellen Jane, M'Dowall, Mauritius ; R o . bert Whiternay, Bartlett, Valparaiso ; Catherine Whiter nay, Monte Video; Frisk, Whiternay, ditto; Emily, Wardle, Pernambuco ; Alexander, Scott, Demerara ; Henrietta, Longford, Maranham; Edwina, Miner, New Orleans; St. Lawrence, Chase, Philadelphia; M' Kenzie, Quelnc; Isabella, ditt o ; Al exandria, Turner, Alexandria. Off port, the G arr i c k , from New York, sailed 25th ; Tyrone, Quebec Si r A.. Tweed, ;tv'atter Scott, ditto; Susquehannah, Philadelphia. A YLESBURY.-- 1 tie vacancy in the representa -,, tcioanvenoefisthh,iswhßooseroufgathn,ilyhafrsombroulognhgt e f o o n r: l v e a c r t d iul l!r a . n W d . pa C r: sonal and property influence, is so well known at Ayles bury. The Liberals of all parties join in supporting and there is little doubt of his success. He is a warm friend of civil and religious liberty, and a supporter of principles dear to all Reformcrs, whilst his intimate ac quaintance with agriculture, renders him peculiarly suited -o represent the const . tuency of the hundreds of Aylesbury. BANK OF IRELAND MONOPOLY.—W e regret :much that the power of this withering monster impeded she expresion of the public today at the Commercial buildings. The locking up of the requisition calling the meeting by the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who was last year a Director of the Bank, and who is, we hear, to be Director next year—the refusal of the Lord Mayor to call the meeting, though requested by two hun dred tespectable citizens—the efforts generally of the per sons dependent on this establishment for commercial exist ence to frighten away an attendance, accounts sufficiently for the thin attendance. How_ver, these efforts of the monopolists will have the effect of increasing the feeling tt the people against the monopoly, and we trust that on Thursday such an expression of condemnation will be ob tained as must set the question at rest for ever.—Pilot of Monday. i\oVEL IMPORTATION. The steam-ship ‘lont:'os,y, Captain Murray, which arrived at Dcwne's \Vnarf, Lower East Smithfield, on Sunday, 'from Mont r,se. brought about six tons of periwinkles for the London market 1 r.. , f i a