The Sun. — London, England, 1839-07-10 00:00:00

WHITE CONDUIT GARDENS, (Open Every Evening) Second Week, and triumphant success of the BRITISH JIM CROW, Mr. DUNN, who will, THIS EVENING, and during the WEEK, sing and dance the celebrated Songs of '6 Sich a ge a ttin' up Stairs," " Clare de Kitchen," and '° Jump Jim Crow," in the highly amusing Vaudeville, intitled, THE COURT JESTER, or, THE BLACK SENTINEL. In addition tile Amusements will consist of a GRAND VO CAL CONCERT, by Miss Ford, (from the Theatre Royal Prury Lane), Miss Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, and Messsrs. Beason, Field, and Co. In the course of the Evening the wonderful Arab, AB SHE KIR ABDALLA will go through the whole of his extraordi nary Performance on the Corde Volantc. The Evening's Entertainments will conclude with a Magni cent Display of FIREWORKS. Admission Is. Juveniles 6d. Full particulars in the Bills of the Day. , - H HUI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning ...... minute after 2. I Evening Z 4 minutes after 2. WENIN'Gr EDITION THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. LAST WEEK of the SEASON, and of the PRESENT MANAGEMENT. THIS EVENING, JULY 10, Will be performed the Historical Play of KING HENRY V., From the Text of Shakspeare. King Henry the Fifth, Mr. Macready. After which, KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. To-Morrow, King Henry V., with The Portrait of Cer vantes, ard The Original. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Captain Marryatt's " Phantom Ship " nightly attracts over flowing Houses. Third appearance of the Bedouin Arabs since their return from America. THIS EVENING, Jury 10, Will be repeated the New Mystical Drama, entitled THE PHANTOM SHIP. Philip Vanderdecken, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Amine, Mrs. H. Vining. After which, THE BEDOUIN ARABS' UNPARALLELED EXERCISES. To conclude with, THE CURSE OF MAMMON. Realizing Hogarth's " Marriage A-la-mode." On Monday, the 15th, Mr. Wallack, the Proprietor of the National Theatre, New York, will make his first appearance in London these five years, in Two of his Popular Characters. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAMPE TRES, and ERUPTION of HECLA COMBINED ! ! Thin,' Exhibition of the Extraordinary New Light, KONIAPHOSTIC ! TOMORROW, JULY 11. • A GRAND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, By a splendid sand, composed of the most distinguished Instru mental Performers in the Metropolis, Selected and conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Commencing at Six o'clock. At Du:k will be introduced, for the third time, an extraordinary novelty, produced under the superintendance of Mr. H. Carter, called KONIAPHOSTIC, by which the Whole Gardens will be illumined in the most brilliant manner with One Central Light, To be followed by the ERUPTION of MOUNT HECLA. . . Admission One Shilling. Hour of Feeding the Carnivera, Five e'eloelc. r • ,: a 4 . 0" 47 . 2 7 ati '4l = - 401 , e„ t ;7r 4,11. Z - f) LONDON: WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1539. ILord BROUGHAM, last night, had the order of the day for the third reading of the Beer Bill discharged, and is on Friday to move a resolution on the subject of Leer, to be communicated to the House of Commons, by means of which the Lords and the Commons may be in good fellowship over that very interesting subject The Noble Lord also changed from Monday to Friday his Education Bill. The Blackwall Railway Bill was read a second time, after a short, but smart debate, and a division, in which the Duke of WELLINGTON, who led on the oppo i sition, was on the losing side. The second reading was carried by *3 to 2ti. Other contests, however, await the promoters of the Bill, for which they must be pre pared. Lord STRANGFORD postponed till Monday his i motion concerning Mekico, in consequence of the Earl ;., of Mtwro's absence from illness. The Tithe Commutation Act Amendment Bill was I read a second time, most of their Lordships declaring their approbation of a measure which, according to the showing of the Parsons, goes to mulct them o a very consideralo'e portion of their claims. s The Prisons' Bill (Scotland) Was also read a second rime. Their Lordships then went to dinner, having earned it by their extraordinary labours. It appears by a conversation between Lord MAHON and Lord PALMERSTON that Russia has been interfer i ing to mitigate the horrors of war in Spain, she having no :horrors of her own in Poland, Circassia, or else ; where, to instigate ; and that the result of her inter ference, stirring up the lazy humanity of the Western Powers, has been a convention with CABRERA to exchange prisoners, instead of murdering them. Russia 1 pleading for humanity is worthy of all admiration. It further appears from a statement made by Lord P A LkartsTux that a French officer has been dispatched with the concurrence of our Government, to promote a suspension of hostilities between Turkey and Egypt. In reply to Mr. O'CONNELL, the Noble Lord stated that the practice of this country was to acknowledge i every State de facto independent ; but though applica tions had been made, Texas is not considered in such circumstances as to warrant being acknowledged. In reply to Mr. HODGSON litNimc, Mr. POULETT TuorasoN stated that he is not to introduce a measure this year to carry the Report of the Steam Navigation Committee into effect. t Oa the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the .._... L o rds' amendments to the Jamaica Bill were agreed to. Sir ROBERT PEEL made no objec tion of course, because the amendments were his own. Thus he has his own way, by going through the House of Lords to get at it, and so be overrules, with the assistane of Ministers, the majority of the House of Commons. Sir ROBERT PEEL, referring to the outrage committed by the Magistrates at Birmingham, which is very un justly called by some journals Chartist riots, cautioned Lord JOHN RUSSELL how he sent the police on such errands. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then gave a history of the transaction, which does not much differ from our reports of it. We are happy to see that the Noble Lord does not approve of the conduct of the Magis trates. _ _ . _ _ Mr. VILLIERS brought forward his motion for a Com mittee to inquire into the timber duties, but, after a short debate, the motion was withdrawn, Mr. POULETT THOMSON having promised to take the matter into zonsideration. The House was subsequently counted out. Our country is overdone with monopolies. 'We are ai:nost as badly off' on this score as were out 'orefathers prior to the great rebellion ; and it would seem, so obstinately are they clung to, that nothing less than another rebellion will ever get rid of t h em . On the greatest monopoly, that of corn, we have frequently expatiated, and the public, thanks to the lecturers who are going through the country, and a short harvest, seem at length getting fully alive to the immense m►s chief that monopoly is causing. We have never attempted to estimate with any ac curacy the sum which it transfers from the pockets of the right owners to the pockets of those w ho have no other right to it than that which the law they make gives them, because it extends through so many branches, affecting all the co►:mmerce of the country, that 'we thought it a hopeless undertaking. If we were to rate it, however, at 100,000,000/. annually, we should not, perhaps, be beyond the mark, to say nothing at present of its limiting the supply of human food, and deranging the commerce of the whole of Europe. There are two other audacious and scandalous monopolies, that of the supply of the metropolis w i t h coals, and that of supplying the whole empire with sugar and coffee, to which we have fre quently called attention. Both these monopolies levy each a large tax on the people, who are by their means plundered under the authority of Par liament. The night before last Mr. HUMS brought under the notice of the House of Commons the Bank of England monopoly, and demonstrated that i t continually inflicts on the country great ai d irreparable evil. What it costs is not easily esti mated, but we can show that it levies at least 800,000/. a year on the people without any consi deration whatever. Every one of its notes is a pre mise to pay—a debt it contracts—a sum it borrows of the public. On the average, it has about 20,000,000/. sterling of such promises to pay in circulation, or it borrows that sum permanently and continually of the public. On this loan the Bank pays no interest whatever, while for every shillin g of this borrolved money which it lends again, it charges a high rate of interest. Tak ing it a t an averaffe o f 4 per cent., it takes out of the pockets of the ° people a sum of 800,0001. a year, without any other consideration than merely issuing a .few piece s of badly printed paper. Last night Mi. VILLIERS, in an able speech, brought another of those monopolies under the no tice of the House of Commons, called the Discri minating Duties on Timber. Those duties, on colonial timber, being 10s. per load, and on foreign timber 555., are calculated to give to the colonies the supply of that article. For the benefit of the jobbers of land in the colonies, who would have hurried us into a war about Maine, and the shipowners of England—for they alone profit by these duties—a tax is levied on the people, as Mr. VILLIERS proved, of at least 1,500,0001. a-year, or which has amounted, as Sir HENRY PAR NELL says, to 30,000,000/. in twenty years. To say nothing of the many other disastrous consequences of these duties, we confine ourselves now to the single circumstance of their levying 1,500,000/. annually on one class of the people for the benefit of another. Taking corn-laws, coal duties, sugar duties, bank monopoly, timber duties,: &c., into consideration, we shall scarcely err if we conclude, that half the annual revenue of the community is distributed by law, or taken from one class and given to another. It is not one class exclusively, however, who are de predators. The landlord preys on the shipowner, the shipowner on the sugar-grower, the sugar grower on the coal-dealer and owner, the coal dealer on the bank-stock owner, and the bank stock owner on the landlord. One preys on the other. Dog will not eat dog ; but what the Ame ricans call Humans, in our country at least, eat each other, and rejoice in the feast. The action of the Government, too, when we thus see its effects cumulated, becomes strikingly absurd. It is constituted to protect the property of each and all, and here we find it to the amount of half the annual income of the community, distributing property by law, and regulating a magnificent scheme of mutual and general plunder. We were not surprised, however much we re gretted to see, that Mr. VILLIERS had few auditors. It did not please the Members of the House of Commons to hear their fraud exposed. They kept away. One man, but only one, stood up unblushingly to advocate that system of plunder. The rest heard of it in silence, but indifference. Alderman THOMP SON was not ashamed to justify it. The account of such proceedings goes forth to the world ; the nature of such monopolies is well known to the majority of the nation ; and the consequence is, as might be expected, that the Parliament falls into utter and irretrievable contempt. Jobbers try to make use of it for their own purposes, but honest and reflecting men ask, with fear and tremb ling, what can come of this ? We know not, but the Chartists throughout the country know and say, that it is to support this general system of plunder that they are oppressed and sacrificed. About a hundred years ago the greatest writer o the age described the Clergy of the Church of England in the following words : The crowd confess The Reverend Flamen in his lengthened dress. Around him wide a sable army stand, A low-born, cell-bred, selfish, servile band ; Prompt or to guard or stab, to saint or damn ; Heaven's Swiss, who fight for any god or man. This picture, it must be confessed, is not very flat tering. That it was correctly drawn there is no reason to doubt, but every reason to believe, for Bishop Warburton, in commenting upon it, satisfied him self with exempting, from the - condemnation which it conveys, those of the priestly order who con fined themselves strictly to the duties of their calling. These have never been very numerous, and it is, we are sorry to say, no libel on the priesthood to assert that they are much less numerous at the present time than ever they were at any former period. The likeness traced by the inimitable hand of the great master may, therefore, be said to have been improved by time, and that to such a degree as to leave little, if any, room for further pro gress towards perfection. The effects of the clerical character upon the people must be considerable in a country like this, in which the Clergy, unhappily for both par ties, are endowed with so much wealth, and enjoy so many privileges. As the only State accredited expounders of Christianity and guar dians of morality, their example cannot fail to exercise a great influence on the faith and practice of the nation. When one considers the extensive range of priestly power, and also the innumerable minute ramifications through which the priesthood have the means of insinuating their in fluence over the minds of men of all classes, it is not wonderful that they should have been, by gene ral consent, held responsible for much of the evil which exists in every department of society. Will any man venture to say, that if the Clergy had really been, what they pretend to be, the successors of the Apostles, if they had been instant, in season and out of season, not only to inculcate upon the people by their teaching, but to exemplify in their conduct, the holy precepts of the Gospel—the humility, the meekness, the self-denial, the disinterestedness, the purity, and, above all, the charity, which form the sum and substance of the religion taught by CHRIST and his Apostles, and which shine forth as the actuating principles of their lives—will any believer in the truth of Christianity say that if the English priesthood, with the opportunities of influence which they possess, had acted thus, society would have presented to the eye of the philanthropist the sad, discouraging, and in some respects appalling, spectacle which it does at the present moment ? Yet the Clergy, to whom this state of things is mainly to be attributed, are the loudest in their cla mours about it. Like the pickpocket who hopes to elude his pursuers by calling "stop thief," they think to screen their delinquency by railing against Popery, infidelity, and dissent. Now, with respect to Po pery, why, it may be asked, should it be so over whelming an object of terror to the Church of Eng land ? It has not its five or six millions a-year of State endowment, with which to back its pretensions; it can appeal to no civil authority to enforce its ec clesiastical decisions, and rivet its chains on the reluctant conscience ; "the weapons of its war fare are not carnal," its arguments are alto gether of a spiritual nature, and are ad dressed to the spiritual man—to the reason, and the conscience. If such arguments pre vail, they are equally open to the Protestant Clergy. Why do they not use them ? Do they doubt their efficacy ? Then they confess that they have a bad cause—then they confess the in nate superiority of the Roman Catholic system of faith, even when shorn of all its temporal adjuncts, over their own, though strengthened by all the influence that worldly pomp and power can confer. Are they afraid of the greater diligence, persever ance, devotedness to their sacred duties, of the Ca tholic priesthood ? Let them blush to acknow. ledge it. The same reasoning applies to Dissent. It has been said that the blood of, the martyrs is the seed of the Church, and it may at least, with equal truth, be said, that the vices of the Clergy have been the seed of Dissent. That they are the main cause of that infidelity which it is so much the fashion for the priests to mix up with Dissent, for the purpose of bringing odium upon the Dissenters, there is no thinking person who entertains a shadow of doubt. The Clergy are in reality the worst of infidels, inasmuch as practical is worse than speculative infidelity. They tell the people that the Scriptures are a reve lation from Goia which it is the bounden duty of every man not only to believe, but to take as the rule of his life and conversation. How are the people, the great mass of the working classes, who are cruelly denied the means of education by the Clergy, and who can at best spare but little time for such inquiries, were they able to enter into t m— rn w are they to know wh e ther th ere be evidencesuf ficient to prove the truth of Christi an i t y ? They must of necessity take their faith at secondhand. They very naturally conclude that if what their " pastors and masters ' tell them be true, they—the pastors and masters—who are learned men, capable of understanding the principles and rules of evidence, and who, moreover, claim to be the lineal suc cessors of the first promulgators of the Chris tian r e li g i on, must be better convinced of the truth than any other persons can be, and, as a necessary consequence, must prove this convic tion to the world by the strict and undeviating con formity of their conduct, to all the requirements of the Gospel. When, therefore, the people see the priests of the self-styled Apostolic Church, the sole State-recognized i nterpreters of the S cr i ptures , setting at defiance, in their p ract i ce , and precept contained in those Scriptures, their a shaken. r,ot faith in the Christian religion is process of reason every maxim can it be otherwise ? By though not quite legitimate unnatural, How j,;(g, they judge of the system by its profes sors, wficri they ought to try it by its own mer i ts. In their circumstances, however, this is impossible, and well, therefore, may they retort upon the priesthood—" You are the real unbelievers, you are the practical infidels ; for while you profess to believe the Scriptures, and tell us to believe them, your conduct gives the lie to your professions— ' your practice is at war with your preaching. If you, who have all knowledge,' show us by your example, by your acts, that you disbelieve the Scriptures, with what face can you blame us, un learned men, who have no other test of their truth than those acts, for disbelieving them also ? If we are infidels, you, and you alone, are to blame." The Morning Post announces that the Tories in the Lords mean to throw out those parts of the Irish Municipal Bill on which the Tories were de feated in the House of Commons. We presume they will be successful. The Tories in the House of Lon's really lord it over the QUEEN and Commons. The assent of both these parties is obtained to the details of the Irish Bill, and it is sent up to the Lords by a very considerable majority. The moderate men of their own party approve of it, i and voted for it against the bigots, whose intole rance Lord ELIOT happily exposed. Neverthe less, the Tory Lords are to beard the QUEEN, the Commons, and the moderate men of their own party, and mutilate the Bill. We can wonder at nothing they do, after they have carried an Address which is an infringement of the prerogative, which is a per fect mockery, for without any such Address the Lords can debate by resolution, or otherwise, any question they please, and which is also in declared opposition to both the QUEEN, acting by her Ministers, and the Commons. In fact, while the Bishops are to ap proach the Throne to-morrow, supplicating her MAJESTY not to confirm the appointment of a Board of Privy Council till they have had an opportunity to discuss it, the) had already discussed it and decided against it. The Bishops have excited the Tory Lords to carry up an insulting, because hypocritical, if not false, address to her MAJESTY. Ministers will be wanting to their own dignity and the dignity of their Royal Mistress, and be want ing in what is due to the Throne, united with the Commons, if they do not to-morrow give the Bishops and the Tory Lords such a sharp answer as shall convince them that they are not to trample on the other two estates of the realm. It is with great regret, though we confess with no surprise, that we see the President of the Board of Trade announced last evening that he had no measure to propose this session for the prevention of calamities by the loss of steam-boats. Since the culpable sacrifice of so many human beings in the Forfarshire and Northern Yacht, he has had nearly a year to digest some plan ; he has had the Report of two gentlemen well qualified to assist him ; nay, he admits that a Bill is in preparation, yet he cannot introduce it till next Session T. Was there ever such trifling with human life ? The Houses of Parliament, when it suits their convenience, suspend their Standing Orders, and pass Bills with amazing rapidity ; yet Mr. POULETT THOMSON will not attempt this course, or get out of the jog-trot of lazy legislation, to carry a measure which concerns the public safety, about which there could hardly be a party dispute, and which, according to Captain PRINGLE and Mr. PARKES, is imperatively called for to protect the lives of her MAJESTY s subjects against the gross negli gence and grasping cupidity of steam-boat owners. By next Session these gentlemen, or perhaps Co roners' Juries, may have to record their opinion that " several vessels were sent to sea with boilers and machinery in so leaky and disabled a state, so ill found, ill equipped, and in so imperfect a condi tion, that the fatal catastrophe by which a hundred human beings miserably perished could excite no surprise." Will the public admit as an excuse for such a calamity on the part of the Legislature or of Mr. POULETT THOMSON, that, after a year's warning, they had not time to devise any remedy ? Would that some spirited Member of Parliament would take up the subject, and see whether the Legislature are so callous to the interests and safety of the public, as to risk, even for three months, the possibility, nay, the probability, of similar disasters ! There is an absolute dearth of political intelligence in the Morning and Evening Paris Journals of Monday. The Court of Peers was still sitting, though whether' from weariness or apathy, or a predetermination to pro nounce a particular verdict, its proceedings were con ducted with less decorum and less dignity. Though sitting as Judges, the Peers openly manifested their par tiality by receiving copies of the Procureur-General's speech for the prosecution, printed at the desire of the Government, which several of them were not ashamed to read in open Court. But these symptoms of a determination to find the leaders of the accused guilty only impel the Opposition journals to the manifestation of greater zeal on behalf of the accused. They implore the Government to avoid the fatal error of attempting to crush political factions by the shedding of blood, and they enter into lengthened arguments to show that BARBES cannot be regarded as a greater criminal than Prince POLIGNAC, whose life was spared in the midst of the fury of a popular revolution. The Memorial Bordelais publishes the following pro gramme, purporting to be the basis upon which Austria proposes the pacification of Spain. It is said to have been communicated by Prince METTERNICH to M. ZEA BERMUDEZ : " 1. The marriage of Isabella 11., with the eldest son of Don Carlos. A supreme council of five members (a sort of regency) to be consulted in every exercise of the executive power up to the day of the definitive celebration of the marriage.-2. A general political amnesty.-3. The Estatuto Real to be re-established such as it was founded in April, 1334.-4. Councils-General of depart ments or provinces to be created, which shall elect amongst their members the procuradores of the Cortes. At each convocation of the Cortes by the Crown, each province to send three deputies. The councils-general to be renewed every five years. Their presidents to be named by the King from a triple list presented by the councils.-5. The municipal councils to be reinstated as in April 1834, awaiting a new law which the Crown shall propose to the cortes.-6. Don Carlos and Queen Christina to receive pensions for their lives, and to travel abroad." The Prince DE JOIN VILLE, in the Jupiter, has joined the French fleet at the mouth of the Dardanelles. The National very felicitously ridicules the extreme precaution taken by the Prefect of Police to preserve the peace of the capital, and concludes by observing, that if ever France erect a temple to Fear, that func tionary deserves to be appointed high priest of the pale goddess. The letters and papers from Madrid are of the Ist instant, but the only news they bring is the departure on that day cf the French Ambassador, the Duke DE FEZENZAC, for Paris. M. FEUER was to act as Charge d'Affaires in his absence. BOURSE.--Paais, MONDAY, JULY 8. HALF-PAST TIIREE.—The firmness of yesterday at Tor toni's has been followed to-day by an improvement in the French Stocks. For the AeConnt-the Three per Cents. opened at 791. 50c., declined to 79f. 45c., rose to 79f. 60e., and alter oscillating to 79f. 55c., closed at 79f. 60c., a rise of 15 cents. The Five per Cents. opened at 1111. 85c., and closed at Illf. 90c., a rise of 10 cents. For Money the Three and Five per Cents. are 10c. higher. The Bank of France Shares are unvaried. The Laflitte Bank 5,000 f. shares are sf. higher, and those of I,ooof. have not been quoted. The Belgian Bank Shares are 2f. 50c. better. The Spanish Active isi loiter, having from 191 declined to 19, and then recovered to the open ing price. Should the Chamber of Peers adopt the three bills which have passed that of the Deputies, some confi dence may hereafter revive to a certain extent in Railway undertakings ; but in the meantime there will not be any of importance, for the Havre Company, it is evident, will wind up their concerns, and do nothing more. The efforts making to induce the Chamber of Deputies to grant the loan of 5,000,000 f. to the Versailles Left Bank are very great, and the Shares have in consequence advanced 201. The Versailles Right Bank have declined 1 Of. The Havre have advanced 15f., the expense hitherto incurred being presumed to be small. The St. Germain have not altered. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. nice. French 5 per Cents 3 per Cents 79 40 ... 79 45 ... 79 35 ... 79 45 Bank of ' , ranee Laffitte Bark 5,000 f. 8h 5220 ...52 2 0 ...5220 ...5220 Belgian 5 per Cents 102% ... 102 S ... 102% 102% Bank 765 770 765 ... 770 Spanish Ac t ive ... 19 19W Neapolitan 99 65 99 70 ... 99 63 ... 99 70 Roman RAILWAY SHAREa. St. Germain Versailles, R. B 652 50 ... 655 ... 645 ... 650 LB. 175 ... 183 ... 165 175 Havre Orleans . Strasburg to Bale 293 ... 290 ... 290 ... 299 DUTCH FUNDS.—Ammanam, JULY S. Money. Bills. % Actual Debt, IN per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amen Syndic, 4% percent... . ... 95% 96% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent Bl% 82 Commercial Company, 4%, per cent IBON, MN Ditto (1822 and 1833) 5 per cent. — Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 leer cent. 96 Si 99% Exchange on London, One month l2 01 Two months AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JUNE 28 . Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1515% —4l l gemeineZeitung, July 3 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BnaList JULY 5. Al& Money, St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. ....... ........ 103% 102% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 103% 102% VXchange on Landon, three months ... 6 21 —Prussian State Gazette. July 5. COAL-PIT ACCIDENT--,Two men were killed o n Wednesday last, and six others s e severe l y i n j ure d t h at their lives are i n imminent danger, by the fire damp, in a colliery at Leigh, near Bolton.—Preston Observer. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1839. FUNERAL OF THE LATE LADY FLORA HASTINGS. The remlins of this much-lamented lady were removed at an early hour this morning from Buckingham Palace on board of the Royal William steam-ship, lying at the St. Katharine Docks, for the purpose of being conveyed to the last resting-place of her Ladyship's maternal ancestors in Scotland. The Post says that the following particulars connected with the death and funeral of this lamented lady are authentic. The steam-vessel which conveys the remains is expected to arrive at Leith on Friday. On the following day (Saturday) the body will be conveyed in privacy from Edinburgh to Loudoun Castle, a distance of sixty miles. On Sunday it will lay in state at the Castle ; and tho in terment will take place on Monday. A confidential officer of the Duchess of Kent's household, by the command of her Royal Highness, will attend the body from the moment of its departure from Buckingham Palace to that of its being depo posited in the tomb. The funeral on Monday will be at tended by the numerous friends, tenants, and retainers of the families of Hastings and Loudoun in Ayrshire. The world already know that the Marquis of Hastings and the whole of his Noble Family are impressed with the deepest sense of gratitude to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent for the unremitted and affectionate attention she has paid to their feelings through the whole progress of this agonizing occurrence. It gives us unfeigned satis faction to add that from the period at which the death of Lady Flora was distinctly foreseen, her Majesty has en deavoured, and endeavoured with suecess, to excite a similar feeling in their minds, by evincing the utmost anxiety that all possible attention should be paid by every inmate of the Palace to the bereaved and afflicted family, and that their wishes in every particular should be com plied with. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JULY 9.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived the Berkstein, Clarkson, from Bombay ; and Rob Roy, Marsh, New Orleans. Sailed the Reform, Knight, for Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 9.—Wind S. S. W., strong breezes. —Arrived her Majesty's steamer, Lightning, from Lisbon. Off port, the Duke of Bueeleugh, Close, Calcutta; Ca. milla, Barton, Jamaica ; Halifax, packet, Trinidad ; and Queen Victoria, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, JULY 9.—WiEd S.W. FALMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind W. S. W., to S. \V., fresh breezes and squally.—Arrived the Liverpool, steamer, Burney, from Gibraltar—left 27th ult., Cadix 25th ult., Lisbon Ist inst., Oporto 3d inst , and Vigo 4th inst. ; and Francis, Russel, Jacmel. Off port the President, Dc Ruyter, from Aux. LIVERPCOL, JULY 9.—Arrived the Hibernia, Cobb, from New York ; and South America, Baislaw, ditto. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.' Small supplies of all sorts of grain—the attendance of buyers limited, and scarcely any business transacted, but the factors held firmly at the prices of Monday. Flour as last reported. Accounts from Ireland of the oat crop are more favourable than of late. Wheat. 1,3 it vs English Irish I --- Foreign ARRIVALS. I Barley. 1 Oats. I F!nur .-- qrs. -qrs. 1,620 acks - 2,630 - 1,3 0 - La Is. NEWdAtE AND LEADENHALL. A good supply ; trade pretty good, and prices unaltered. Beef 3s. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal 3s. Bd. t , ) 4s. Bd. ; Lamb 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork 3s. to 4s. Bd. Poultry a good supply, and the demand pretty fair; prices rather lower. Geese, 4s. to 6s. 6d. ; Leverets, 3s. to 6s. ; Fowls, 3s, to 6s. ; Ducks, 2s. to 3s. ; Chickens, Is. 3d. to. 2s. Gd. ; Pi geons, Gd. to 10d. ; and Quails, Is. 3d. Eggs, 4s. 9d. to ss. 9d, pr 120. CITY FISH MARKET. Fair supplies and a good trade, prices remain steady. Tur bot, 4s. 6d. to 20s. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. per pair; Lobsters, 9J. to 3s. 6d.; Salmon, Is. to Is. 6d. per lb. ; Mackarel, 4d. to 10d.; and Haddock, Bd. to Is. 2d. INDIGO SALE.--(SECOND DAY.) The attendance is good, but not much spirit. Fine descrip, tions were fully up to last sale, but ordinary, middling, and un decided qualities 2d. per lb. lower. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, T W ELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning—French Mail; Ship-letters from Sierra Leone, St. Domingo, and Jamaica, Bombay, 24th February ; St. Helena, 18th May ; Calcutta, 6th March ; Singapore; New York 16th June and 19th June by the South America. The Quebec papers received this morning to the 14th June, give the comparative statement of arrivals, tonnage and passengers at the port of Quebec, to the 10th June inclusive, for the years 1838 and 1839, by which it appears that this year there are 37 more vessels ; also in tonnage, 8,722; passengers, 1,908. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET OF TUESLAY.—The Cot ton market continues dull and the demand very limited. 'l'o -day's sales confined to about 1,000 bags. American papers have been received to the 20th . June by the packet-ship, South America. From the Commercial Record of the 18th June : " The Banks are doing very little in discount way at pre sent, and money of course is becoming rather scarce, as is evidenced by the state of the stock market. The sales at the Board of Brokers yesterday, were confined almost ex clusively to what is called " fancies" at a decline„of from to 1 per cent. upon Saturday prices. By the Liverpoolateamer arrived at Falmouth, we have received the Lisbon mail of the Ist inst. She sailed from Gibraltar on the 27th, Cadiz 28th, Oporto 3d, and Vigo 4th instant. She brings accounts that the Foreign Minister had laid before the Cortes his expected project relating to the foreign debt on Tuesday last. He presented to the I Chamber a voluminous mass of papers, which he said were the result of the labours of the Committee appointed in July, 1838, to propose a mode of satisfying the claims of the foreign creditors, the particulars of which will be found in another part of the paper. We have received the Gibraltar Papers of the 28th June. These Papers are as usual anticipated by the French Journals in the news from the theatre of war in Spain. THE FUNDS. Consols which closed yesterday at 93} for the Ac count, and 92 ex. div. Money, opened this morning at 93i, Money 92k; although there is little doing as yet the Market has a firm appearance, an d C onsols at present may be quoted 93i a for Account. Exchequer Bills, 20 23 ; India Bonds, 28 30; Bank Stock, 191 k 192 k; India Stock, 250 f .251 f. The Foreign Exchanges were again rather lower yes terday. Spanish Active closed 184 192; Portuguese same , 331 34 ; Brazilian, 77 78 ; Three per Cents., 201. 21 ; Cclombian, 33 1 ; Mexi can, 26 Dutch Two- Five per Cent s ., 1031 i• and-a- Half per Cents., 5-11- . i. ; I'ItICES OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ol'vE O'CLOCts.. Bank Stock 192 India Stock • 3 per Cent. Red. 92N % l Ditto Bond s .7 30 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. , South Sea Stock — 3', per Cent 85 331 i Old Annuities — Ditto Red. New 144 per ✓Cent 'IN )sr 3 per Cent. Annuities 1751 New 5 per Cent. Exch. Bills, ..f , 1,000 91 122 2 pm. Bank Long Annuities toexpi re Ditto ............... 500 2 1 :23 20 pin. Jan. 5, 186 0 l4%i-16 Ditto Small ~4 0, pm _ , Ditt3 Ac co u n t AB3 e:ic: Oct. 10, 1830 — Ditto Commercial — pm. 14 :34 6 % Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1860...... —.— pm. Bank Stock for Account ... 191, Jan. 5, 1880 Aprils, 1880 — India Stock for Account ... Bold,rduCs 1 Cent, . 2 Jan. 5, 1870 — Congos for Account 9 3 % 34. PRICES OF FOREIGN FONDS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOc F. Austrian Bonds _ Peruvian Bonds 11,072.3 i roiDr)tiiittittgoouAe;Eiewßoutnnot„,,sa.s ... 71 -2- 14 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account s .4 ,13777 .i l pßrujelsi : st t ita t i o nn , Ditto, 3 33X 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds — D tto Account 37 8 7 -- , ,5 . t . D , t i Dittot o,Metalli c Account Columbian Bonds ............... 31_1 4 .7 1 i , 33 ,1 i ; 'P lSitt B o7 .k Bond s ccou nt. Ditto Account ............... _ Columbian Bonds, 1524 ...... Ditto Account ............... -- l' D I a e s t s 2r v r e ed 4 Danish Bonds Ditto Account ............... 8 % , Fren ch , 5 POI cent. Greek Bonds f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 —' I ----- 4 per cent. Ditto Account _l ---..... 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. _... ..., per cent. .. Ditto Account Dutch, o xchange. —l. —c. _, Ditto, Ditto Account .............. 5 • 1 14% Ditto, 6 per Cent............. 5 per cent .. Ditto Account Neapolitan ....! , Ditto Acc0unt........ .... • k,IO•XCSI-IkiAr(lNibOrl_2ltaYrESTEttDA a. .. COURSE _ti o .. i: Amsterdam (-; r Jitto, at sight rt 3t z erdzra ~ U. 1 . 2 6 !Genoa 25 75 1 , 2 5 i Milzin,.„ . 31 Antwerp..„ I-liinburg, Altona l3 13 ' N aples Paris, 3 days' sight._ ...... 25 35 Paleraiu per oz. 120 Ditto... ...... ........ .3 Ms. 25 65 Lisbon 54 33 Marseilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 152 Bahia ,7 - '.'etersbutgh, ruble... 3 Us. 10N Buenos Ayres Berlin .. . . . Viciins, effective f1...3 M. 10 7 Ttiette ditto lO Philadelphia 4f) PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. kladrld 37 Portugal Gold, Cadiz :)7 k; Foi•eiin 691d:in liars_ :3 H 0 . tli!boa .... New Doubloons ..... ..... 0 0 0 Barcelona `!614 New Dollars 0 4 10N Seville JIALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK We are sorry to announce that a failure of some impor tance has taken place this morning in the Stock Exchange. 'File gentleman speculated to a considerable amount in shares, and particularly in those of the Anti-thy-Rot. Some fears are entertained that it will be the cause of other failures. The Batavier has arrived, by which we have received Dutch Papers to the 10th instant. They bring the Dutch Funds as follows :.--Two-and-a- Half per Cents, 548 ; Five per Cents., 102 13.16 • Di scoun ts and Loans at 3 per cent. The a b ove papers do not contain any political news of importance. Money appears easy to-day, owing no doubt to the divi dends being paid. Consols are at present 931 for the opening; Money, 928 ; Exchequer Bills receded to 21 22 20 ; India Bonds, 27 31; Bank Stock, 192. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 198; Portu guese, 34; Three per Cents, 208 2 1 ; Chilian , 37 ; Co. lombian, 331 ; D u t c h Two-and-a Half per Cents. 54i.. NEWSPAPER PRESS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIA TION.—In addition to the professienal singers who have so kindly volunteered to attend at the second anniversary of this Association, to be celebrated at the Freemason's Ta vern on Saturday next, we have great pleasure in stating that Mr. Laporte has given his p ermission to all the members of his c ompany not actually engaged at the Opera House on that night, a permission of which they most reedily avail themselves,- Ladies' tickets to the number of 100 have already been disposed of, so that a brillian tas semblage may be anticipated. TIIE BRITISH QUEEN:—This stupendous ship left the river for New York this morning, at nine o'clock, calling at Portsmouth o n her way to receive those pas sengers who do not embark in London. She will leave Portsmouth on Thursday evening, and proceed direct on her first trans- Atlanti c tr i p. Tile number of passengers who have engaged berths is 200, and, with her crew, en gineers, stokers, firemen, and servants, she will take out no less than 32.0 persons. She has on board 800 tons of goods, besides 600 tons of coals and the stores and provi- I sitin g- She is the largest merchant ship that ever left this or any other port, and, when she leaves Portsmouth, pro perty to the amount of a million and a half sterling will be afloat—probably the richest ship and cargo that ever I sailed on the ocean. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow after noon, in Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of her Majesty. The Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Surrey, Viscount Mel bourne, the Hon. W. Cowper, and Mr. George E. An son, joined the Royal circle at dinner last evening at Buck ingham Palace. Sir Frederick Stovin has succeeded the lion. William Cowper as the Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen returned to Buckingham Palace on Monday evening from Lisbon. Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Princesses of Hohenlohe, and attended by the Hon. Miss Eden, Dowager Lady Badingfield, Earl Howe, and Cap tain Curzon, R.N. embarked at Whitehall-stairs in the Trinity Barge at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morn ing, for the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. Her Majesty and the Princesses were conducted over the Hospital by the principal officers. Her Majesty and Suite re-embarked and proceeded to Blackwall, where her Majesty visited and inspected the "British Queen." Her Majesty and the Princesses landed and returned to Marlborough House in a poney barouche and four, at half past fivo o'clock. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese beck, honoured Mrs. Montefiore with his company, on Monday evening, in Great Stanhope street. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the official residence of Viscount Melbourne, in Downing street. It was attended by all the Ministers except the Earl of Minto. The Council sat an hour. The Military Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, and Mr. Gordon, had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home Office. The American Minister and Mr. Stevenson left town yesterday morning for Tonbridge Wells. Colonel Bunbury had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Members of the Naval and Military Commission sat yesterday two hours and a half. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Richmond, 'Viscount Howick, Viscount Mel ville, Lord Hill, Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Charles Adam, Sir George Cockburn, Sir Alexander Dickson, and Sir James Kempt, were amongst the Comrcissioners present. UNIVERSITY IN TELL IGEN CE. CAMBRIDGE, JULY 6. Graduates in Divinity, from commencement 1838, to commencement 1639. S. T. P.—Bowstead, Caius Col lege, Wordsworth, Trin., Tatham, John's, Peacock, Trin., Rice, Trin., Stubbing, John's, Hall, John's, Fennell, Re. gin., Wilson, John's, Wrightman, John's, Scoresby, Regin., Bosworth, Trin., Wesley. Chr., Dodds, Pemb., Seaman, Regin., Dodsworth, Catb. Mem.—The two following were presented and admitted —but not created, viz. :—Simpson, John's, Worthington, Trin. S. T. B.—Wilson, John's, Johnston, Chr., Ingram, Regin., Atkinson, Pet., Kingdon. Sid., Philpott, Cath., Phillips, Regin., Birkett, Emman., Donkin, Cath. Rev. F. R. Hall, (John's) D.D., M. A. N. Crawford, (Trin.) NI. D., Joseph Walker, (Trio. Hall) LL.B. M.A. COMMENCEMENT, 1839. Tuesday being Commencement Day, the following De grees were conferred:— Doctors in Divinity—Dr. Bosworth, Trin ; Dr. Dodds, Pemb. ; Dr. Fennell, Queen's; Dr. Rice, Trin ; Dr. Scoresby, Queen's; Dr. Seaman, Queen's; Dr. Stub bings, Joh. Doctors in Medicine—Dr. Andrew, Caius ; Dr. Michell, Emm. Bachelor in Divinity—Rev. Thomas Donkin, Catherine Hall. Bachelor in Civil Law—Rev. J. Walker. Trinity Hall. Masters of. Arts—St. Peter's College—Martin Amph lett, Robert Chamberlain, Robert Cooper. Clare Hall—Alfred Adcock, Frederic Braithwaite, Alexander Ramsey, Frederic William Yorke. Pembroke College—W. D. B. Bert'es, W. C. Hot son, John Jackson, N. Keymer, E. W. Milner. Caius College—Benjamin Barker, Charles Clayton, John Fernie, Robert R. Hurlc, William Tennant, B. Wilkins. Corpus Christi College—Cornelius Hart, Henry Hugh Higgins, Edward Henry Landon, William Russell Parker, J. Patteson. King's College—Robert Abercrombie Denton, Charles Old Goodford, A. Long. Queen's College--William Bruce, H. E. Preston, Thomas Sedger. Catharine Hall—Benjamin Bayfield, John Heinery Carnegie, Thomas Dainty, Edward Kelly, W. H. King, John May, Thomas Miles, J. Robinson, John Stackhousc. Jesus College —P. W. Courtenay, Henry Jones Daubeny, Clarence James Hilton, T. W. Leventhorpe, Samuel Puxton Smyth. . _ _ Christ's Church-. Charles Thomas Johnson Baines, William Bates, James Coape, John Hart, G. A. Walker. St. John's College—R. Barber, Henry Barlow, Edmund Barnett, H. W. Beadon, Charles J. Cartwright, John Chapman, Arthur Christopherson, Thomas James Clark, Wiliam H. Coleman, John W. Colenso, Thomas F. Cooke, Henry T. Davies, John Julius Estridge, Charles Fellowes, Robert Fraser, John Denny Gilbert, Woot horpe Johnson, John Lawson, Daniel Ledsam, George Henry Marsh, Robert M. Phelps, Alphonsus W. H. Rose, Richard Sale, William S. Salmon, Alfred Smith, John G. Uwina, William Wilkins. Magdalen College—Joseph Buckley, Robert W. Day rell, William Lowe, James Nelson, W. H. Owen, James Wood. Trinity College—R. Burrowes Adams, Lucius Arthur, Andrew Bissett, Thomas Cooper Browne, James C. Campbell, Elisha Lorenzo Clark, George E. L. Cotton, F. E. Currey, Edward Hanson Denison, William F. G. Farmer, W. C. Frampton, J. R. Goodman, William Greenslade, G. B. Gregory, R. W. Hale, Charles Wil mot Hardy, Thomas E. Headlam, Thomas A. Hedley, Arthur Helps, Clement B. Hue, Alexander Hunter, Henry James, G. Dempster Johnstone, George John Lloyd, W. Fuller Maitland, John Smith Mansfield, E. V. Mason, Philip Wyvell Mayow, T. P.. Methuen, Frederic Iltid Nichol, William Alexander Osborn, Thomas Bradley Paget, Joseph Blades Palmer, William Lindsay Palmes, William Joseph Parkes, William Pirie, Charles Powell, Robert Prescott, William Cox Radcliffe, George Richards, Richard John St. Aubyn; George Watson Smyth, S. Thornton, John H. Timins, Sydney Turner, Vyell F. Vyvyan, J. W. Woodfall. Emmanuel College—Henry Robert Gilbert, Frederick Legard, Charles Walter Robinson, Wentworth Charles Roughton, John M'Mahon Wilder. Sydney Sussex College—Edward Bickerstetb, C. J. Furlon, Matthew G. Lamotte, John Thomas Henry Smith. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. The first of the two Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine commenced on Monday, the Ist instant, and terminated on Friday the sth. The following is the list of the successful Candidates arranged alphabe sically in two divisions, with the names of the Medical Schools at which they were educated : First Division—Ayres, University College ; Cook, Webb-street School ; Hindle, University of Edinburgh ; Lewis, University College; Ma: - ...kenzig, Ditto. ; Mauger, Westminster Hospital School ; Quain, University Col lege ; Smith, Birmingham School ; Taylor, University College. Second Division—Girdles one, University of Edin burgh ; Ilobson, University College ; Lang, Sydenham College ; Nicoll, Aldersgate School ; Purvis, St. Thomas's and Webb street Schools; Storrar, University College; Tornes, King's College. We understand the East India mails cro from Dover on Sunday next for the first time. —Dover Chron. The fine weather for the last seven or eight days has contributed greatly to the improvement of the grass in this part of the kingdom, and hay-making is progressing apidly. The crops, we understand, are upon the whole good. Grain of all descriptions never looked better.— Cambrian. CRIME AND THE CORN-LAWS.—We are not surprised to learn that the labourers of Devonshire, whose average earnings are eight shillings a week only, have been driven to acts of robbery to eke out their ow n and their family's subsistence. Lord Chief Justice Hale, who wrote in the time of Charles 11., computes the ne cessary expense of a labourer's family consisting of six persons, the father and mother, two children, able to do something, and two not able, at 103. a-week, or 261. a-year. If they cannot earn this by their labour, they must make it up, he says, either by Legging or stealing, -- Anti- Gunt.law Circular. SHOOTING A MESSENGER-AT-ARMS.—We understand that a young gentleman of this city, who had been for a considerable period in gaol at the instance of his relations, and at length was sent by them, agreeably to his own avowed wish, in charge of a Messenger-at- Arms to Greenock in order to emigrate, when the vessel was weighing anchor, and as he was in the act of bidding his attendant farewell, he unexpectedly produced a pistol, and instantaneously fired it in the Messenger's face. The shot fortunately did not prove fatal at the time, but faint hopes, if any, arc entertained of a recovery.—Edinburgh Chronicle. ATTACK UPON THE POLICE BY A GANG OF TIIINIBLE-RIG THIEVES.—On Tuesday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, as policeman Robert Clarke, No. 135 M division, was taking a man through the Mint, in the Borough, whom he had in charge for felony, a number of thimble-rig thieves beset him, and attempted to rescue his prisoner. He however succeeded in keeping the pri soner in safe custody until the arrival of Inspector Hornsby and a party of policemen to his assistance. The ruffians and their females, who by this time amounted to at least one hundred in number, commenced a general attack upon the police with stones, and seriously hurt ScrgeantTwohig and others of the force. One stone flung at Inspector Hornsby fortunately missed him, but hit one of their com panions, whom he had in custody. The police eventually took five of the most active of their assailants into custody, who will be examined before the Magistrates this day. HERRING TRADE.—Our accounts from Thurso are up to yesterday ; our correspondent says—" The fishing, both here and at Sandside, has been better this week than last. This morning the Thurso boats bad 7,8, 10, and 11 crans each. The fishermen state that they were from 20 to 24 miles off due north. The herrings are of a mixed description." Our correspondent at Sandside, under date 3d July, writes—" The fishing, for two weeks past, has been very limited, but still, when the weather admitted of the boats going to sea, a few were got. The highest fished boat landed nine crans this morning. This offers well for this week. The fishermen say that the fiEh are quite near the shore; the boats closest in last night were best fished.—John o' Groat's Journal. FA IRLOP FAlR.—Fairlop fair was attended by many thousands of visitors from the metropolis on Friday. There were a great number of thieves present, and one fellow having been taken for stealing a coat, was com mitted to Ilford gaol. A party of his co mpanions, how ever, attacked the officers and rescued him, a policeman being much injured in the affray. One of the ringleaders was taken and committed. —Essex Herald. LATEST FROM AMERICA. By the arrival of the packet-ship South America at Li verpool, from New York yesterday, we have received American journals to the 20th ult. inclusive—being five days later than those received yesterday. They contain a second letter from Mr. Wilder, of the United States' Bank, reiterating a declaration that that establishment had no thing to do with the " Cotton Circular"—a statement which is not credited by the New York Journal of Commerce, but we are assured is correct. There is very little news in these papers, and that little is from British and South America. Money was scarce in Wall-street, and stocks generally on the decline. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, JUNE 19. The sales of Delaware and Hudson Canal and Haarlem Railroad shares, yesterday, were again large ; and prices of all descriptions of fancy stocks have further declined. Haarlem Railroad, Utica Railroad, and New Jersey Rail road fell off 11 to 1/ per cent. from the rates of Monday. Canton Company shares declined 1:3- per cent. ; Mohawk Railroad, 2; Vicksburgh, 4 ; Farmers' Trust Company, I • Bank of Commerce and Boston and Providence Rail road,4 / per cent. The state of foreign exchanges, and the declining ten dency in rates on England, evince a more favourable course of trade. The transacions in bills for transmission by the packet of to-day were moderate at 84,85 to 4,86 dollars (91 to 6i per cent.) the pound sterling. Bills on France, sf. 12/r • to sf. 15 PHILADELPHIA MONEY MARKET. —Bichnell's Reporter of yesterday says— " Our money market was sadly depressed throughout last week. The rates on good paper varied from 12 to 15 percent. per annum. Th e prospect is certainly discou raging—that is to say, the immediate prospect of an abun dance of money. In other points of view we see no cause for apprehension." RATE of SALES at the STOCK EXCHANGE, June 18. 197 Shares of Bank of Commerce lOl 25 do. Placenix Bank 50 do. Dry Dock Bank b6O days 102 35 do. Lafayette Bank 67 do. Commercial Bank 25 do. Chelsea Bank 67 do. Atlantic Bank, Brooklyn b 3 days 95 25 do. New Orleans City Bank 50 do. Delaware and Hudson 40 do. Farmers' Trust Co. 30 do. Vicksburg Bank 50 do. Illinois State Bank b 60 days 89 40 do. Washington Marine Ins. Co 5 do. Merchants' Fire Ins. Co. 30 do. Equitable Fire Ins. Co 20 do. Hudson's Ins. Co. b 30 days 89 20 do. Guardian Ins. Co. 170 do. Canton Co. 109 do. Boston and Providence Railroad 12 do. New Jersey Railroad 50 do. Haarlem Railroad b t w. 51 20 do. Utica and Schenectady Railroad 122 THE CANADAS. LOSS OF THE JOHN BULL STEAMER.—We regret to say that there is very little doubt that more individuals were lost in the John Bull than the number which we stated yesterday. It has been ascertained that at least sixteen are missing, eight of whom were emigrants. We have also heard that one woman has lost six children ; she had nine on board with her, and three only escaped. The con fusion among the passengers was such that as soon as a boat could reach the steamer the rush was so great that many fell in the river. One woman caught hold of a rope tied round the neck of a Newfoundland dog, who in this instance, as in many others, behaved gallantly, and towed her ashore. The fire having originated in one of the engine-rooms, it was impossible to stop the wheel, which kept going a considerable time after the boat was aground ; 'fie boat with several persons on board, was drawn under the wheel, and every one perished. Very few of the cabin passengers saved their baggage, and several have suffered considerably. No blame can be attached to any of the survivors ; the individual to whom the blame might be at tached was never seen, and it is conjectured that he pe rished in the flames. The captain and purser were the last to leave the boat, and we regret to say they have lost all they had on board.—Montreal Herald. The body of Miss Ross, whose melancholy death we mentioned ha our narrative of the destruction of the John Bull steamer, has been recognized by her brother, who arrived hero yesterday morning in the Charlevoix, from Quebec. The body was disinterred yesterday from the _ _ . grave in which it was deposited on Tuesday last in the new burying ground, and turned out to be, as was surmised, the daughter of the late Deputy Assistant Commissary- General William Ross. The unfortunate young lady was on her way to Cot( au du Lac on a visit to her sister, the wife of Dr. Revans, when she met with her untimely death. The stables of the Queen's Light Dragoons, which were situated near the line 45, opposite Rouses' Point, were burned down on Thursday night. The horses were al' saved, but with considerable difficulty. (From the Quebec Mercury of Tuesday.) A circular letter from Colonel Young, Deputy Adju• tant- General of Militia, and now in charie of that-depart ment, has been addressed to the officers—commandindbat talions in this province. The object is to effect such a re-organization of the militia as shall render such portion of this force as it may be judged prudent to intrust with arms more efficient than it has hitherto been. Beausoleil, one of those marauders who have been ha rassing and plundering the frontier population, and burn ing down their houses, was brought into town yesterday, a prisoner. It is reported that several others have been captured..—Montreal, June 13. —Morning Courier. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (From the New Orleans Bulletin, June 10.) IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. -Our advices received on Saturday by arrivals from Tampico, Matamoras, and Vera Cruz, teem with the darkest forebodings to this unfortu nate country. From every state and department accounts of treason and anarchy were pouring in, and under aggra vations that will bear comparison with those tragedies com monly Lewd in old Spain. The Mexican presidential chair is no sinecure at present. Santa Anna wields the iron rod of command with great dexterity, but his blows arc required to fall so thick and heavy, that there is but feeble hope that the hero of Vera Cruz will be able to hold out very long. Already the states of Guanaxuato, Jana liseo, and San Luis de Potosi, have successfully resisted his mandates; and, at the latest dates, were making vigo rous efforts to re-organize an army that seemed to indicate the necessity for the immediate recall of all the forces under Bustamente and Arista, to prevent the total annihi lation of centralism in the interior. From General Urrea the news is not at all without hope. He is surrounded by Bustamente and Arista; and on the night of the 27th ult. the latter succeeded in surprising and capturing a small fort commanding the entrance to the river, where lay a trifling and ill armed schooner, which also fell into his hands without resistance, except what the bravery of a single French officer, with some five or six of his crew, could do; the rest of his dastard squad sur. rendered without a blow. The city of Tampico is so well fortified by the Federalists, that Bustamente thought it useless to attack it without more means, and accordingly he despatched a brig to Vera Cruz for heavy artillery, bombs, &c. The Censor of Vera Cruz of the 13th of May, an nounces the arrival of the conducta that morning with the following amount of specie, viz.:— The first instalment of the French indemnity 200,000 dols. From Mexico Puebla Jalapa Total 242,000 (lols On the 2lst the citadel of Guadalajara was betrayed by an ensign of artillery into the hands of Montenegro, Garcia Vargas, and other popular leaders of the patriots in the department of Jabsea. It was immediately garrisoned by more than 400 Federalists. About the same time, the squadron of operations in Durango revolted, and openly declared in favour of fede ration. The above facts, selected from a hundred of a similar description, are enough to make it evident that the capture of Tampico is not to decide the contest between the belligerent parties. ( From the New Orleans Louisianian, Ju►le 11 ) The news from Mexico," says the Houston Morning Star, " concerning the reception of Colonel Bee, although exactly what every person who has reflected for a moment on the subject, imagined it would be, excites considerable excitement in the community generally. Great anxiety is felt to gain further tidings from Colonel Bee." METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Courier of last evening thus speaks of a judg ment of the Carlow Election Committee, which was pronounced yesterday :—" The Carlow Election Com mittee, whose proceedings have not from the commence ment been liable to impeachment for their liberality, pronounced a judgment yesterday, which is as little calculated as any thing it has done to pro cure unmingled respect for its legal opinions and decisions. Occupied the whole day in considering the point whether the vote of a person who had given bribes was good or bad, the Committee at last decided it to be good. There would have been no question as to the vote of a person who had accepted a bribe. Here then is a grand distinction, exquisitely illustrative of election-Committee morality." The Globe draws the following portrait of the Ipswich Tories :—" The Ipswich Tories are fine specimens of their species. It would be difficult to find an equal number of men in the present day more distinguished by the qualities which constitute the essence of Toryism, or more proud of possessing them. They are none of your half-and-half-measure men. Conformity to the spirit and manners of the age —trimming to adapt themselves to the circumstances of the times, or the position of their party—enters not into their policy. They are back bone Tories ; who carry out their principles ;' stick ing at nothing likely to advance their cause, or to effect a triumph for the candidate they select as the rallying name for their partisans. Fraud and force are the weapons of their warfare. Intimidation and bribery are as regularly practised by them upon the electors who are accessible to either, as the writ is issued by th e Speaker when a vacancy occurs in the representation. In other towns these practices are occasional—in I PS . wich they are reduced to a regular system. The agents are always at hand ;the price of every man w h o w ill accept a bribe is known." The Standard, commenting on Mr. Hume's motion on Monday in the Commons, alludes as follows to the Bank of England :--" No matter what drains upon the quantum of gold in the world may be opened else where—no matter what wars or panics, political or commercial, in any other countries, may draw, as such causes always do, to the countries where they exist, an undue share of the common stock of gold, the Bank of England must always be provided. France and Russia may be, as they notoriously have been, hoard ing gold with a view to political enterprise—a 1 panic in the United States may require that every note in circulation be exchanged for gold, as was lately the case—a deficient harvest may cause the ne cessity of remitting millions of specie in exchange for corn ; the inexorable law still enjoins it upon the Bank of England to be provided with a sufficient stock of gold to supply the wants of the country. Every one surely must see the delicate nature of the duty thus cast upon the Bank. How is it to husband its supply of gold but by contracting its issues ; that is, diminishing the amount of demands to which it is liable ? How again to recover the specie drained off, but by some effort in the opposite direction when time and opportunity serve ?" The Times of this morning, after hinting at the necessity of a Reform in the Bank of England, says :—" How this is to be accomplished is another question, and may well em ploy the constant earnest attention of the best heads in the country in the interval which must elapse between the present time and the expiration of the Bank charter in 1844. We say expiration, because Parliament in its wis dom, instead of granting, as previously, a term absolute of 21 years, has reserved to itself, at the end of ten years, the power of revising the contract entered into in 1834, between the Government and the proprietors of Bank stock. It will appear in the sequel, as we arc firmly persuaded, that in stances of Parliamentary wisdom,' more perfect than this, cannot easily be adduced. If the Bank of England, as a corporate monopoly, shall survive that period, with all its existing rights and privileges, under the battery—for we can think of no better term—of new light which has been poured upon the world since the last charter was granted, it will be a phenomenon to which no age and no country, under circumstances like ours, can produce a parallel." The Morning Post observes, in reference to the penny postage scheme :—" Let us have cheap postage by all means ; but let us not throw away the Post-office revenue until we have provided some other, or found out how to carry on the affairs of the nation with a million and a half less of revenue than we have hitherto possessed. We say, again, that in proposing this abolition of a tax to the I-louse of Commons:, it is the business of the Chancellor of the Exchequer either to propose a substitute or to show how he can manage with a million and a half less of reve nue than has hitherto been supplied to the Treasury." The Morning Chronicle thus speaks of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's propositions respecting the penny postage t—" Mr. Spring Rice has walked into a Tory trap. Walk out of it again he may ; but it must be at the risk of leaving the penny postage behind him. Unfortu nately, while the escape will be his own, the risk is ours, and that of the community. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer plays Juliet to the Romeo of Toryism ; his bounty is as boundless as the sea.' There is the future tax-pledge to encourage Toryism. Sir Robert Peel, with his usual candour, says " there can be no clamour against a new tax ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer will of course face the responsibility of diminished revenue.' And then Mr. Rice replies, with a most winning smile, Neither, fair saint, if either thee displease.' So opposi ' tion is not displeased, and the winning is more likely to remain with the smile than to extend itself to the measure." The Morning Herald comments in the following terms on the conduct of the police during the late Birmingham riots :—" As to the Birmingham riots, these would seem to have been created, partially at least, if not entirely, by the London policemen themselves. All accounts concur in describing these men to have proceeded direct from the railway carriages, which had brought them down from London, to the scene of the meeting in the centre of Bir mingham ; end to ha, e been themselves the first breakers of the peace. Lord John Russell intended, no doubt, to exhibit the expertness of his favourite force in dispersing mobs; and had the meeting in question dispersed quietly, loud would have been the Whig songs of triumph over the results achieved without the interposition of the mi litary. The end, however, did not justify the House Se cretary's anticipations. The policemen were repulsed, and beaten; and but for the interposition of the military, they might, in all probability, have been dealt with after a eery serious fashion. Nothing, indeed, is more remark able, on all occasions, than the vast superiority of regular soldiers over the Home-office policemen, as conservators of the peace, whenever the peace is seriously threatened." The Morning Advertiser replies as follows, to a leading article that appeared in the Morning Chronicle of yester day, on the subject of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's penny postage scheme:—. We have looked upon tbe pledge which it pleaseth our Contemporary to attack, lesa in the light of a promise on the part of Parliament to make* good the deficiency than as the formal participation by Parliament in the responsibility of the transaction, under the unprecedented circumstances in which the measure is pro posed. We should have held the Chancellor of the Ex chequer to be deserving of impeachment had he propounded the charge with such a budget, in a less formal and solemn manner. Strong as our desire is that the measure should be carried, and confident as we are of its success, earlier or later, and that not distantly, we cannot suffer ourselves, for love of the measure, to overlook th e p os i t i on o f t h e Mi nister, and the duties which it imposes upon him on behalf of the country's interests." EVENING EDITH► N. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.—TuEsnAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for three-yr-olds. New T. Y. C. (6 Subs. ) Lord Tavistock's All-Fours, Bst. 71b. (Robinson) 1 Mr. King's Condor, ist. 41b. 2 Mr. Thornhill's Egotist, 7st. 91b 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Ray ner's Minima, Bst. 71b. ; Lord Exeter's f, by Reveller, out of Amina, 7st. ; and Mr. Goddard' s c . b y Sh ortwaist, d. by Bo badil, 6st. 121 b. Betting--10 to 6 agst Minima, 3to 1 agst All-Fours, and 6to 1 agst Condor (taken). Won by a length. Mr. Thornhill's Merganser, Bst. 101 b., beat Lord Exeter's Express, 7st. 131 b., New T.Y.C., 100, h.ft. Even betting. Won by a length and a half. The July Stakes, a subscription of 50 soy. each, 30 ft; for two-yrs-old colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 51b. New T. Y. C. (23 Subs) Lord G. Bentinck's b. f. Crucifix, by Priam (J. Day jun.) 1 Duke of Grafton's b. f. Currency, by St. Patrick Mr. Knight's c. by Buzzard 3 The following also started but were not placed :—Lord Exeter's Stamboul ; Lord Exeter's f. by Sultan, out of Palais Royal ; Lord Albemarle's b. c. Cambyses, and Lord Oxford's c. by Clearwell, out of Petulance. Betting-7 to 4on Cruci fix, 4 to 1 against Currency, 5 to 1 against Stamboul, 7 to 1 against Palais Royal, and 12 to 1 against Cambyses (t.) Won by two lengths. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. ABERYSTWITH RACES, 18.39. Acceptances for the Cardiganshire Stakes. Honest Ned, 6 yrs, 9st. 81b.; the 5 yrs. 9st. ; Whirlwind, 4 yrs, 9st. ; Merry Lass, 5 yrs. Bst. 10Ib. ; andgr. f. by Fungus d. by Rubens, 3 yrs, 7st. 121 b. PAISLEY RACES, 1839. Acceptances for the Glasgow Cup. St. Bennett, 5 yrs, 9st ; Zohrab, aged, 9st ; Edgar, 5 yrg, Sst. 31b. ; Bedershin, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ; Sunbeam, 6 yrs, Bst 21b ; the Hydra, 4 yrs, Bst ; St. Andrew, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ; Bellona, 4 yrs, ist. 31b. ; Constantine, 4 yrs, 7st. 31b. ; the Fairy Queen, 4 yrs, ist. 31b. ; Su'eiman, 4 yrs, ist. ; and Nubian, 4 yrs, 6st. 81b. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES, 1839. Acceptances for the Wolverhampton Stakes. Epirus, 5 yrs, 9st. 41b. ; Potentate, aged, 9st. ; Tothill, 6 yrs, Sst. ; Cowboy, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b. ; the Carpenter, 6 yrs, Bst. 91b. ; King Cole, 6 yrs, Bst. 61b. ; Normanby, 6 yrs, Bst. 51b. ; Chit Chat, 5 yrs, Set. 21b. ; St. Andrew, 4 yrs, Bst. ; Lugwar dine, 5 yrs, Bst. ; Gasparoni, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b. ; Ratsbane, 4 ys. 7st. 71b. ; Piceottec, 7 yrs, ist. 71b. ; Magpie, 5 yrs, ist. 41b. ; Hopeful, 4 yrs, ist. ; Melodrame, 4 yrs, 7st. ; Nickleby, 3 yrs, Est. 71b. ; Cruiskeen, 5 yrs, Est. slb. ; Chatterer, 3 yrs. Est. ; and Confusionee, 3 yrs, bst. 71b. 4WORCESTER RACES, 1839. Acceptances for the Worcestershire Stakes. Isaac, aged, Bst. 101 b. ; Chit Chat, 5 yrs, Bst. 10Ib. ; Wee Willie, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b. ; Bilbao, 4 yrs, ist. 41b. ; Angola, 4 yrs, 7et. 41b. ; Alelodrame, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b. ; The Dean, 3 yrs, ist. 21b. ; and Tubalcain, 3 yrs, Est. 41b. DEVON AND EXETER RACES, 1839. Acceptances for the Devonshire Stakes. Jack-in-the-Green, 6 yrs, 9st. 101 b. ; Passport, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b. ; Anna Boleyn, 4 yrs. Bst. ; Anne, 4 yrs, ist. 91b. • gr. c. by Priam, out of Speculat or ' s d am , 3 yrs, 7st 11b. ; 'Confu sionee, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b. ; and The Cnrrier, 3 yrs, 6st. WINCHESTER RACES, 1839. Acceptances for the Hampshire Stakes. Jack-in-the-Green, 6 yrs, 9st. ; The Skater, 6 yrs, Bst. 51b. ; Dormouse, 4 yrs, ist.lolb. ; Dart, 3 yrs, ist. ; Clarion, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b. ; and Gonfusionee, 3 yrs, sst. 101 b. HERTFORD RACES, 18.39. The Hertfordshire Stakes (Handicap) of 15 sous, each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared by Monday next. Calmuck, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b; Ruby, 5 yrs, F3st. 7lb ; Modesty, 5 yrs, Bst. 61b ; Telltale, 6 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Bravo, 6 yrs, 7st. 10Ib ; Slang, aged, ist. 91b ; Gardham, 5 yrs, 7st. 91b ; Bris tolian, 4 yrs, ist. Blb ; Cornborough, 5 yrs, ist. Blb ; Maid Marian, 5 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Tale-bearer, 5 yrs, 7st; Caligula, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b; Gimc , -ack, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b; Hahneman, 4 yrs, 6st. 1 . 21 b ; Isabella (late Maid of Hertford), 4 yrs, 6st. 1:2Ib ; Appleton Lass, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Jenny Jones, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b ; Kensington, 4 yrs, 6st. 41b ; Maid of Kent, 4 yrs, 6st. 21b ; and Susan, 3 yrs, 6st. SALISBURY RACES, 1839. The Stand Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap Sweekstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., and only 5 if declared by the 20th instant. i'dervan, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b ; Arctic, 6 yrs, Bst. 71b ; D'Egville, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b ; Joannina, 4 yrs, Bst ; 4 yrs, ist. 101 b ; Clarion, 3 yrs, ist. 71b ; Dart, 3 yrs, ist. 71b ; Montezuma, 3 yrs, ist ; and Confusionee, 3 yrs, ist. Nominations for the Cup. Artie, 6 yrs ; Clarion, 3 yrs ; Grey Moiling, 4 y rs • D ece p. tion, 3 yrs ; Dart, 3 yrs ; and Melbourne, 3 yrs. OXFORD, 1 839.-TuEsnmr. The Oxfordshire Stakes oo ofor before2ssov the . 19th each, h. ft.,. and only 5 if declared, Caravan, 5 yrs. 9st. 111 b. ; Calmuck, 6 yrs, 9st. 21b. ; Toot hill, 6 yrs, Bst. 131 b. ; Lugwardine, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b. ; King Cole 6 yrs, Bst. 101 b. ; Phoenix; 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. ; Alumnus, 6 Yrs, Bst. 61b. ; Telltale, 6 yrs, Set. 41b. ; Isaac, aged, Bst. 31b. ; The Skater, 6 yrs, Bst. 31b. ; Chit-Chat, 5 yrs, Bst. 31b. ; D'Egville, 4 yrs, ist. Illb. ; Mahon, 5 yrs, 7st. 101 b. ; March First, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. ; Huckster, 5 yrs, 7st. 81b. ; Gardham, 5 yrs, 7st. Sib. ; Adrian, 5 yrs, ist. 6113.; Joanni na , 4 yrs, ist. 61b. ; Slend er , 4 yrs, 7st. 41b. ; Davie Gellatley, 4 yrs, ist, 31b. ; Bristolian, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b. ; I-am-not-Aware, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b. ; Don Sebastian, aged, 7st. ; Oberon, aged, 7st. ; Re liance, aged, 6st. 91b. ; Dart, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b. ; Jenny Jones, 3 yrs, Get. 71b. ; Lauretta, 4 yrs, 6st. 61b. ; Confusionee, 3 yrs, 6st. 61b. ; Chilson, 3 yrs, 6st. 61b. ; The Drama, 3 yrs, Est. 51b. ; and Master Eady, 4 yrs, 6st. 41b. CALEDONIAN AND FIFE HUNT, 1839. Nominations for the St. Leger S takes—Malvolio, Easing- Wok!, Madame St. Clair, and Dolphi n . Challenges for the Whip__ 11r. Ramsay's The Doctor and Mr. Wauchope's Suleiman. A CANDID WITNEss.---At a late examinatie,n of witnesses (at Barnstaple) a man on being bound over: to appear against the prisoner, had the recognizances re ad over to him by the clerk—" You --. acknowledg,2 to owe to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, the sum of 251. ;" —on which he exclaimed, " No, Sir, I don't, for I never zeed her in my life." On it being explained to him, be consented ; but the same being read to him again for the appearance of his wife in another 251., he replied, " can't pay't at all, Sir; I bean't worth 501. if you zell every dish and spoon I've got."