The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-14 00:00:00

• NEW WORE BY MRS. GORE. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE POPULAR MEMBER. By Mrs. GORE, Author of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Dowager," " The Ambassador's Wife," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE SEASON. Madame PERSIA NI respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, her Friends, and the Public, that HER BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING. AUG. 15, When will be performed Mozart's chef d'ceuvre IL DON GIOVANNI . . Madame Orisi. Mdlle. F;;aniCanciiliame Persiant; Signori Firmasari, Lablache, F. Lablache, Galli, and Mario. After which, Selections from the new Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE, iiitroducing the Redowa or Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. refit. and M. St. Leon. To be followed by the Last Scene from DonizettPs Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgardo, Signor Moriani. To conclude with (last tittle) LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler ; Phcebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon ; Pierre Gringaire, M Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be madeat the Box efficri. Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will com mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM. LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Another great Achievement ! Successfully Triumphant !! To attempt to eulogise the gorgeous splendour of the New Extrava • ganza of 44 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, or New Lamps for OW Ones," would be a work of supererogation ; the Manage ment, therefore, contents itself by simply stating that it wilt be repeated every Evening! THIS EVENING, AUG. 14. Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. 'lathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner. ' tanten J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sand ers , an d K ee l ey; Miss For egone, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Graves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaganza, founded en the celebrated Eastern Pale, in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALAI/DIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive Ne, , Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, Sec. Principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, .1. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli le Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Ms ,s James, Mi s s demon, Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, Ac., Ac. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 4t.; Upper Boxes, Si.; PR, 25.'3 Gallery, 13d. Second Price—Balcony B oxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is Rd.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes en the lt , ac , my Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Halt Private Boxes on the Pit VI er (holding six persons), One Guir ea The Box. Alec is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec.. tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Under the especial Patronage of h.r Majesty the Queen, and Prince Albert, and honourd by the presence of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Mecklenburgh Stielits, and distin. guisheit assemblage of Nobility. Triumphant Success of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, AUG. 14, Will be repeated an entire new Equestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or. The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments. &c., to realise then cent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 210 Lanterns. S i denditl acts of Horseinanship.—The Dance of the Polka. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE ; or, Eng. land's H irvest Horne. Mr. BATTY respectfully acquaints the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that having just returned from the Continent ; and, notwith. standing his present unprecedented success and overflowing houses, be is ever anxious to produce novelty, to render this Establishment pre-eminent, and the first in Europe for its unequalled and extra ordinary productions, lie has succeeded in forming arrangements with the following first.rate French Artistes, in addition to his present 'Talented Corps of British and Foreign Equestrians :—Madame Lesette, Madam• Heline, Madame Philipe, M. Pierre, M. George•, and M. Ferdinand Semidt, from the Circle Olymp'que, Paris, Ham. burgh, &c , and who will appear in their various and novel Scenes of Equitation. Acting and stage.m onager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAVIDGCS ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Tea Nights of the Grand Opera Company—Second Week of Cinderella. and an entirely New Piece. THIS EVENING, AUG. 14, Will be performed Rossini's Fai , y Opera of CINDERELLA ; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Bonier, Miss Betts, Miss E Terry, bliss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, Lefler, E. L. Mime. S. Cowe'l, R. Hormel*, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double Band and Chorus. Te conclude with THE Q UAKER. Lubin, Mr. 8.. L. Hime ; Steady, Mr Leffler; Gilli in, iss Betts. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. (Mice, frog, Eleven to Four. STRAND THEATRE'. PHIS EVENING, AUG 14, Will be performcd MARTIN..CHUZZLEWIF. Young Martin l'huzzlewit, Mr. Bence; Old Martin Chuzzlevit, Mr. Ayliffe; Jonas Chuzzlewit, Mr Attwood Montague '1 igg, Mr. Roberts; Tom Pinch, Mi. Biddies; Mr. Pecksnitt and Mrs. Sairey °amp, Mr. H. Hall; Mary Graiam, Mrs. Coleman Pope. After which, a New and Original Burlesque, entitles! THE WON DERFUL LAMP, in a New Light, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abanasar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright ; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanl?y. To conclude with Selby's Farce of THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwindivi, Mr. Attwood; Polly Picnic, Miss Carter. UNPARALLELLED IN THE ANNALS OF EXHIBITION! IN HONOUR OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER'S ---_ BIRTII-DAY. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS DAY, August 14th, 1844, a GRAND FETE and FANCY SALE, for the BENEFIT of the SAINT ANN'S SOCIETY SCHOOL, will take place in these Gardens. The unequalled Menagerie ; Grand Modelled View of London in the Olden Time ; celebrated Russian Family Kantrowitz, from St. l'etersburgh, in characteristic costume, will sing a selection of their national airs. . The FANCY SALE, arranged in a beautithl Marquee, at which several Ladies of Distinction will preside. Biiiht'ssemired brass hand. Herr Meyer, the Magic Siff!cur, will go througn his wonderffil perfermances. The beautiful Model of Venice. The Promenade Concerts, with a most unique selection. The whole to conclude with the unrivalled representation of the Fire of London, with additional and electrifying effects. Doors open at One o'clock, announced by a Royal Salute, and the National Anthem. Kantrowitz Family, Three and Five. Herr Meyer, at intervals. Promenade Concerts, at Six. Conflagration, at Dusk. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEO3.I MU SEUM. the most magnificent and extensive C•llsetion of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been lbrmed by One Person. during Twenty-five years of Asborate research, at a coat of kin,fro guineas, and to completely Illustrate, lit the most in structive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CIIA.RLES 1., OLIVER CRCM WELL, and Lams xiv., to the deaths of GEORGE H !. ' and the EMPEROR lISPOLEON. In 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the las' and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to in - .P ease, by several very fine pictures, kc., his Previous almost Intrelible number ant variety of MSS., Work, of Art, and a multitude - U valuable Relic', and other curiosities, Is this most •Itstructive and. as hundreds have said it ought to be, a Nationa: Mjseam. ~^y thousand have Inspected It, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS 11 the PUBLIC PRESS have stated chat it cugh to be seen by every one. The price of adults lion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NA PuLKON MUSEUM is to Le seen only at the " Egyptian Asa" Plecalilly. daily h ona Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, Aria. 14. INrasmomETEß, Lowest, 53; Highest, 65; Noon, 54. BA/LOMZTER, 29.35.-WIND, W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is u ually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIG:f WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE VI'S DAY. Morning, ... I minutes after 2 I Evening ... 19 minutes Ater 2 their faults the elements of good preponderate in their character—were they but treated with proper consideration and courtesy by their superiors ; but in far too many cases their only portion is neglect ; those who should keep a kindly and watchful eye over their interests, never trouble their heads about the matter ; and the consequence is that feelings of bitter discon tent, all the deeper from being stifled, are slowly but surely engendered in the minds of the peasantry, and in this situation, their reason perverted by their pas sions, they fall an easy prey to the inflammatory arts of designing demagogues, who prevail on them to espouse the wild principles of the Charter as being the readiest means by which they may work out their own redemption, and bring their negligent superiors to something like a sense of justice and consideration. It is the fashion now-a-days to attribute all the vices of the lower orders to their poverty, and many touch ing, clap-trap speeches, are annually made in Parlia ment on this tempting theme ; but it is not so much their poverty—for poor they have always been, and poor in the very nature of things they must still con tinue to be—that is the cause of their present sullen ness and dissatisfaction, as the aristocratic hauteur with which they are far too often treated by those who should know better than to indulge in such ab surd airs of superiority, which are the unerring indi cations of a petty and narrow mind. Treat the poor and the lowly with kindness and forbearance; take a direct personal interest in their humble wants and wishes ; sympathise in their mirth, and be a friend to them in their sorrows ; exchange the haughty glance for the winning smile of courtesy ;—in a word, convince them by acts, as well as words, that you feel that they, like yourself, belong to the great family of human nature ;—pursue this course of conduct to wards the lower orders, and you will do more to re concile them to their position, elevate them in the social scale, and imbue them with principles of order and subordination, than if you were to remit taxes by the score, and surrender to them uncondition ally the entire five points of the Charter. Poverty may be borne, and borne too, without a murmur, for it is the lot of the majority of every kingdom in the world ; but it is difficult—a proyd and generous mind finds it impossible—to bear unrepiningly the con tempt, indifference, and supercilious exclusiveness of those who are placed in authority over us from no merit of their own, but merely by the accidents of birth and luck Though quiet and apparently inactive, the Irish Repeal agitators are evidently on the alert, watching the progress of events, and omitting no opportunitz that may present itself, of furthering their darling scheme of domestic legislation. O'Cornssnes ready ; intelligent, and energetic spirit influences all their proceedings, and presides over all their discussions, though the man himself is safe lodged within the four walls of the Richmond Penitentiary. At the last weekly meeting, for instance, of the Dublin Repeal Association, a motion was made and agreed to, having for its ob ject the extension of Repeal Reading rooms throughout the country. This motion, which from its ingenious character, would seem to have been suggested by the Liberator, will, if carried fully into effect, give a greater impetus to the cause than even the monster-meetings; there will to be sure be less noisy demonstrations, and the results will not be so immediately perceptible; but not one of the proposed Reading-rooms but will become a school of quiet, de termined agitation, where men will be in the constant habit of resorting, to read all that may be written from time to time on the subject of the Repeal crotchet, to debate the question with each other, and confirm each other's convictions. It will he impossible for any authority, no matter how stern and arbitrary it may be, to interfere with a pacific system of agitation like this. Power will be deprived of every pretext for interposi• tion, and thus the evil—for the continuous, systematic agitation of Repeal is an evil—will run its course un checked, assuming daily a more alarming aspect. How much of this might have been avoided, had Sir ROBERT PEEL but taken a hint from experience, and learned the valuable lesson to be wise at the fitting season ! There was a time—and that not so long since—when the slightest show of conciliation, if worthily followed up by acts, would have all but neutralised the Rep6al question, and caused it to be regarded by the majority of thinking people on both sides the channel as the mere clamour of a faction, instead of the stern demand of a nation. But Ministers hesitated, and tampered, and dallied with their obvious duty, keeping the mind of Ireland in a constant state of ferment; and now, at the eleventh hour, they have thrown out a hint—for as yet it is nothing more—that next session they will be pre pared with some remedial educational measure that they hope and trust—sanguine creatures! —will go far to pacify the sister country. We congratulate them on their tardy demonstration of good-will towards Ireland, but we are by no means confident as to the results. They have de. laved conciliation so long, that it has already lost half its grace, and whatever remedy they propos e will, we fear, be accepted as a boon wrung from their apprehensions and necessities, rather- than cheerfully accorded from their own kindly feelings. At any rate, however, the experiment is worth making, and we most devoutly hope that we may be mistaken it our doubts of the issue. And here, while on the subject of Repeal, we may observe that the Association has just issued an Address to her MAJESTY, in which occur the following remarks :—" In the British Par liament Irish interests are neglected, Irish feelings find no sympathy, Irish opinion possesses no weight; and the fruit of British legislation for Ireland has been the prostration of all those resources, moral and material, which can give dignity, prosperity, and contentment, to a nation." The experience of the four last Parliamentary sessions proves that there is too much truth in these observations, for during all that period—though the fruitful subject of her undeniable grievances has been often discussed and deplored with sincerity by the Whigs, with hollow mockery by the Tories—what real, substantial, com prehensive boon has been conferred on Ireland ? All that she has yet obtained from Government has been an Arms Bill, of a more stringent and insulting character than ever, together with a formal declara tion that her bloated sinecure Church Establishment stands in need of no Reform, and shall receive none ! The conclusion of the Association's Address to the QUEEN—which we may state, by-the-bye, is penned in a temperate, though energetic, strain— is not a little curious, for her Majesty is ac tually implored to assist the endeavours of the agitators " in obtaining a repeal of the Act of Union," notwithstanding that she has twice denounced the project from the Throne, and deliberately and reso lutely expressed her determination never, under any circumstances to consent to it ! It is a bright and truly original conception, this supplication to the QUEEN, that she will be kind enough to falsify her pledge, eat up her own words, forswear her prin ciples, and turn Repealer Government has just received news from Mr. HAY. The EMPEROR, he states, has granted to France and Spain the just satisfaction which they have demanded. Mr. ray is expected at Tangiers to-morrow evening. The French fleet is at this moment preparing to sail from Tangiers for Gibraltar." This intelligence had afforded great satisfaction to the friends of peace, as the return of the French fleet from Tangiers led to the belief that the Emperor of Morocco had accepted the ultimatum of the Government. Other parties, however, take a different view, and believe that the dilatory conduct of the Moorish Government and its inability to restrain or expel ABLI.-EL•KADER will lead still to serious consequences. Another cause of uneasiness has arisen from the departure of three ships of the line from Toulon, mentioned yes terday. It was generally believed their destination was Tangiers, but it appears from a Government paper, the Globe, that Admiral PARSEVAL, who com mands the squadron, has been ordered to direct his course to Tunis to watch the movements of a Turkish fleet, consisting of seven ships of the line and four frigates. According to this authority the French are resolved to protect Tunis. The Toulonnais of the Bth also states that the Marengo, a ship of the line, had received orders to join the squadron, and that its destination was the coast of Tunis. What with the affair of Morocco, the restless ADB-EL-KADER, and this new cause of quarrel, the French have quite enough on their hands in the Mediterranean. The following is the article in the Globe referred to : " It is possible that by this time a second division of the French fleet is giving as honourable an example of firmness as that under the Prince de Joinville. The journals some time since mentioned that a Turkish fleet had left the Dardanelles on a cruise, but since that time they have been lost sight of. This fleet, composed of seven sail of the line and four frigates, it appears, had made their appearance on the coast of Syria. When there, the Capitan Pacha summoned all the pilots on board his vessel, and inquired in what time they could take his fleet before Tunis, and on what points of that coast it would be possible to effect a landing of troops. A short time after this consultation the fleet left the coast of Syria, bearing away to the westward. The Porte has for a long time entertained a wish to dispos sess the Bey of Tunis, and to substitute for that inde pendent sovereignty a Pacha appointed from Constanti nople. France, on her side, has loudly expressed her intention to support the Bey of Tunis, and to prevent Turkey from establishing herself on the frontiers of Algeria. Hitherto the Porte has never dared to carry her plans into execution, but may at length have decided on it, thinking to take advantage of our dispute with Morocco. If such has been the idea of Turkey, she will again have reckoned without her host. The French Government, informed by telegraph of the departure of the Turkish fleet from the coast of Syria, sent orders for four ships of the line to sail from Toulon, under the command of Admiral Parseval-DeschOnes, to cruise be fore Tunis, and await the arrival of the Turkish squa dron. The instructions given to the Admiral are in con , fortuity with the constant policy of France; she will op pose the lananig of any Turkish troops, and any attempt of the Capitan ?ache against the Bey of Tunis. In the event of the Turkish fleet making its appearance there, the French Admiral is ordered to make known his in structions to the Capitan Pacha; to order him to keep off from the coast; and, if he refuses, to bring him to ac tion immediately. This may probably turn out to be a false alarm; but should it be so, France will not the less have been at the post marked out for her by her policy; and should the Capitan Pacha attempt to carry into ef. feet the long-entertained idea of the Porte with regard to Tunis, we doubt not that Admiral Parseval will do ho nour to the French name, although he has only four sail of the line against seven and four frigates." The same journal contains a few remarks relative to the empire of Morocco, and the importance of its integrity to England. " The position of Eng land," it says, " was a very difficult one, and that it required, in the first place, all the justice which was on the side of France, and afterwards all the confi dence of the British Government in the good faith of ours, to satisfy it either with the part we played in the game, or the part England herself played. Mo rocco is evidently the dependent of England, who maintains and protects it. England can only hold Gibraltar as long as no great power has possession of the coast of Morocco and Tangiers. Place French cannon on the African coast of the straits, and ti`iie importance of Gibraltar will diminish one-half. England is, therefore, obliged to maintain the Islam ism of Tangiers, in order not to have France there, as she is obliged to maintain Constantinople, in order to prevent Russia from taking it." The French Funds were rather more firm on Monday. THE BOURSE-MONDAY, AUGUST 12. Hiihest Lowest Price. nice. Price. Price. French Five perCsnts. . l2l 20 -. 121 30 -. 121 20 .. 121 20 Four per Cents. lO5 50 .. 105 30 .. 105 50 .. 105 50 Three per Cents... 81 70 .• 61 70 .. 81 60 .. 81 65 6tnk of France....... 3105 ..3105 .• 3105 ..3105 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sltareslloo ..1100 ..1100 .. 1100 5,000 f. Sharesso6s ..5065 —5065 —5065 Belgian Bank 665 .. 665 .. 665 .. 665 itelgian Fiyes,lß3l. 1840 1842.•..•... 1118 .. 108 .. 108 .. 103 Three 5........•... 76 50 .. 76 50 .. 76 60 .. 7G 50 ipanish Passive . bf .. 51 .. 51 .. 51 Neapolitan. . 98 35 .. 98 35 .. 98 35 .. 93 35 ... 103/ .. log .. 103 f .. 1031 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R.B. L.B . . 237 50 .. 237 50 .. 237 50 .. 237 50 Rouen .................... 975 .. 975 .. 975 .. 975 Rouen to Ilavre• • • Orleans • • Strasburg to 8a1e.... •• •. 237 50 .. 237 50 •. 236 25 .. 237 50 Avignon to Marseilles..•... 750 .. 750 . 750 .. 750 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15ra OF AUGUST. R0uent0Havre.......,.... 750 750 .. 748 75 .. 748 75 Orleans ................... 971 25 .. 971 25 .. 270 .. 970 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... i 37 50 .. 237 :0 .. 236 25 . 236 25 Avignon to Marseilles-- 757 50 .. 757 50 .. 757 60 .. 757 50 FALMOUTH, AUGUST 3.—By the Danish schooner Odin, Captain Engers, we have advices from Buenos Ayres of June 13. The highest rate of exchange upon England ruled at 3 13-16 pence; the lowest 31 pence. Doubloons 221 dollars. Exchange on France 39 to 40. Ox hides for England and Germany, 555. to 565. per pesada ; salted ditto, 38s. to 50s. ; calf skins, 445. to 455, There were 61 vessels in port, 16 of which were British ; one half were loading for England. This arrival brings no news of importance. This morning the barque Esk, of Liverpool, arrived from Bahia with advices to the Ist of July; but they are destitute of interest. PRINCB WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.—His Royal High ness landed at Woolwich last evening, between eight and nine o'clock. He proceeded almost immediately to town, and stopped for the night at the Prussian Lega tion, in Carlton-terrace. The Prince proceeded this morning to Windsor Castle, accompanied by the Cheva lier Bunsen. His Royal Highness from thence will pro ceed to Bushy Park, to visit her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Prince will afterwards proceed to Kew, and will visit the other members of the Royal Family. A sumptuous banquet, to be fullowed by a brilliant evening entertainment, will be given at the Prussian Legation on Friday next, in honour of the arrival of his Royal Highness. Their Royal - Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Grand Duke and Ductless of .Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and several of the most distinguished members of the aristocracy have also received invitations for this enter tainment. We have received Madrid journals of the 6th instant. If we are to believe a Government paper, the Heraldo, a most extensive and dangerous plot was on the eve of breaking out when the arrests took place in the capital, and at Barcelona. It infers that the prime instigators an ESPARTERO and OLOZAGA. " There is no deceiving ourse'ves about it," says that paper, "if we believe the information received from all parts of Spain, and, especially from foreign coun tries, the plot which has just failed at Madrid had most extensive ramifications, and was but a part of a general plan, at the head of which was a pernicious personage, whom the blindness of his friends pretended to raise to the highest station. That personage, august among his adherents, and, asso ciated, after protracted negotiation with his most inveterate enemy, directed these revolutionary at tempts, and was preparing to bring on the horrors of another war—a project in which he was supported by his alliance with other unlawful interests, as well as by ythe active d wi operation and ab un d an t mone y both withi n an d without Spain." Senor MADOZ, dis gusted with the state of affairs in his native country, had left Madrid on his way to Paris. Accounts from Barcelona announce the arrival at that place of the Duke n R 1 RE S t ( M h u N e o z) , nd. Father GONZAL ES , late Confessor o Quee n ZA t a Mother. The Three per Cents. were done at 28 to 28i for cash, and 284 at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 19 5-16ths at 60 days. _ The Paris Messager contains the following corn munication from Gibraltar, dated Apgust 5 :—" The EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ADEN.--" On the 4th (July), at 10 P.M., a succession of blue lights and rockets announced the approach of the Hindostan, with the Go vernor-General on board. She was soon after in the harbour, when a party of us went ori board with offers of bed and board.' We are all to be in full fig' by the Turkish wall at four A.M., to-morrow, for the in spection of the works, with which the Governor-General already appears to be as well acquainted as any one amongst us. It will be a very good thing for Aden, as the present uncertain limits of the cantonment prevent the merchants and others from building. The ex-Go vernor is expected in a few days, so we shall have an opportunity of basking in the rays of the setting as well as those of the rising sun. We are buttoned up to the chins, and the thermometer stands at 105 in the shade." INTERESTING TRAIT OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. —We extract the following paragraph, relating to his Majesty Louis Philippe, from the Voss Gazette, a Swedish journal :—" On the 2d Vice-Consul Burk celebrated the 82d anniversary of his birthday. On the same day he received a letter from the King of the French. written with his own hand, accompany a gold medal, bearing on one . side the profile of bis Majesty, and on the other the following inscription Given by King Louis Philippe to M. C. Burk, as a memorial of the hos pitality received at Hammerfest, in August, 1795." The letter, which was dated at Neuilly, Juno 6th, is in these terms It is always agreeable to me to find that the traveller Muller has not been forgotten in a country which he visited in simple guise, and unknown ; and I always recal with pleasure this journey to my mind. Among my recollections, I give the first place to the hos pitality so frankly and cordially granted me, a stranger, throughout Norway, and particularly in Norland and Finmark ; and at this moment, when a lapse of 49 years since I made this journey into Norway has left me but few of my old hosts remaining, it is gratifying to me to be able to express to all, in your p erson , w h at grate f u l feelings I still entertain." BAPTISM EXTRAORDINARY.—At Saint Mary's Church, Bryanston-square, St. Marylebone, on Tuesday morning, were baptised, by the Rev. Dr. Dibdin, Rector, three children, the progeny of the same mother (Mrs. Hodges, the wife of Mr. Edward Hodges, licensed vic tualler, Circus-street, New-read), at the same accouche ment, under the names of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, all being remarkably fine children, and doing well. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The earn ings for the week ending the 3d instant, show an in crease of rather more than 4001 . as compared wi▪ th the corresponding week of 1843.—The number of passengers who travelled on the line daring the week is gi▪ ven at 10,699.—Briyhton Guardian. KENT AND ALL ENGLAND.—The two elevens as sembled at Canterbury on Monday to play . this return match, but in consequence of the heavy rain that fell throughout the day the wickets were not pitched. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY tIVENING, ATJGUSTI 14, 1844. "A l ( ;, el ,„„„,„ • „,„ :• • „Az. • r i rJYGt• 011 4., SECOND EDITION. it k- Lk) fln LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1844. In an address delivered last week to the grand jury of the county of. Suffolk, Baron ALDERSON made the following remarks, which we quote for the of offering a few comments on them :—" In a neigh bouring county which I passed through on the cir cuit this time," observed his Lordship, " I had, what lam afraid I shall not have here—a day of rest; and I went out into the country and had the pleasure of seeing a match of cricket, in which a Noble Earl, the Lord-Lieutenant of his county, was playing with the tradesmen, the labourers, and all around him ; and I believe he lost no respect from that course ; they loved him better, but they did not respect him less. I believe that if the nobility and gentry associated more with the lower classes of society, the kingdom of England would be in a far safer, and society in a far sounder, condition. I wish I could put it into the minds of all to think so, because I am persuaded it is true." We cordially concur in the justice of the above reflections, and are pleased to find that Baron ALDERSON has not thought it beneath his official dignity to draw public attention to the fact that a nobleman high in rank was detected by him the other day playing a game of cricket—that manly old English pastime—with the humbler classes of his neighbourhood. The circumstance, though an appa rently tri v i a l, i s i n rea lit y an i mportant, one, ex hasbitingas it does, a kindly and healthy feeling on the part of the Noble Earl in question, which if it were generally followed up by the higher orders of society, would soon work a most beneficial revolution in the sentiments of the peasantry, who, if they now are—as is undoubtedly the fact—a prey to sullen, ill disguised disconte n t, are so, principally because they find themselves neglected by those who once were, and ought always to have continued to be, their friends and protectors. The ari-Aocracy and gentry of this country have much, very much in their power. Wealth is theirs and station, together with the im . mense moral influence that these advantages, when turned to a proper account, can always command; but if they will not make a right use of this influence, but will persist in expending their wealth, not to benefit their dependents, but to annoy and impoverish them, by filching from them from time to time parcels of their common-lands, and shutting up the field paths over which they have for years been taught to consider they have a right of way; if, moreover, they will persist in making their station felt, solely by adopting a system of haughty, jealous, exclusive ness and isolation ;—if, we say, our nobility and gentry will persevere in this offensive course of pro ceeding, what can they expect but that those who should look up to them with respect and deference, will regard them with distrust and aversion, and becom e daily more an d more alienated from them ? The English pe - Aantry were once a fine, noble, simple, independent race ; and still would be so—for with all summArtY OF NEWS AND Ur Optition. Who rxns may read.' 7032,EX0N. The Duke de Nemours, attended by his staff, visited the citadel of Besancon on the Bth. After remaining there some hours, inspecting the building in all its parts, his Royal Highness returned to the Prefecture to a dejeuner, to which all the officer.; who had accompanied him were invited. The Prince afterwardslproceeded to the Cathedral, where divine service was performed by the Archbishop. His Royal Highness gave a grand dinner in the evening to the authorities and principal inhabitants of the place, and after dinner proceeded to a ball, given in honour of his visit, at the theatre. He was received at the entrance by the Mayor and the Municipal Council. Upards of 3,000 tickets had been issued, and the evening passed off with great eclat. The Journal des Chemins de Fer states that the shares in the line of railroad in the Centre are subscribed for. Out of the capital of thirty-two millions sixteen have been taken in England, ten in France, and six in Germany. A letter from Boulogne-seer-Mer says:—" The affair of our railway is at length brought to a successful ter mination. The Company for the execution of the line from Amiens to Boulogne is definitively constituted. At its head is M. C. Laffitte, and with him are associated MM. Baxendale, L. Cubitt, and Tyndale, Mr. T. Devaux, of London, M. Calley de St. Paul, of Paris, and MM. A. Adam and Louis Fontaine, of Boulogne." The paragraph stating that the eldest sister of the Duke de Bordeaux had contracted a morganatic mar riage with one of the sons of the Duke de Blacas, has been contradicted in the most positive manner by the Quotidienne, the Legitimist journal. M. de Lamartine embarked at Marseilles on the 7th instant Tor Naples, whence he proceeds to the baths of Ischia. The Augsburg Gazette says that the Emperor of Russia has addressed an energetic note to the Porte, complaining that the Turkish Government allowed the sale of arms to the Circassians, through agents esta blished at Constantinople. The general junta of the Basque Provinces, in its sittings of the 2d instant, unanimously claimed the full and entire re-establishment of the Pueros. It decided that a committee composed of seven members out of every district, making forty-two in all, shall be charged to examine the question and give its advice to the junta. The Company formed for working the line of railroad from Paris to Strasburgh, the Council of Administra tion of which had become incomplete by the resignation of Count Molg and M. Ganneron, has just been re-or ganised, and Gen. Cubikes has accepted the office of Presiden t. The Baroness de Pignol lost her life a few nights ago in a melancholy manner. Her dress caught fire from coming in contact with a candle, and though prompt as sis' ance was given, she shortly after expired. A frightful accid, , nt occurred on Thursday at Mont martre, by the falling in of one of the quarries. One man was killed on the spot,inother died before reaching the hospital, and three others were seriously injured, amongst a hom is M. Richer, the proprietor of the quarry. A man named Anselme Perrin, who was condemned about five months since for the murder of an individual named Simod Devaux, was executed at Lyons on Thurs day. He showed great firmness to the last. A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 27th ult., given in the Journal de Francfort, states that the rains nhich have fallen almost incessantly during the last month have done considerable damage to the harvest. The crops throughout the whole empire had been very promising, but since the month of May there appeared in some dis tricts of the Transcaucasian provinces, and in the Cri mea, swarms of locusts, which did much injury both to the meadows and to the corn-fields. Upon twenty-four railroads in Germany, there were carried, during June last, 1,150,550 passengers, and the receipts amounted to 2,723,129 f. LAW AND PDX.XCEI. At the Wells assizes a man of the name of Fisher was convicted of the murder of his wife, and ordered for execution. We remember no other assizes when so many persons were found guilty of murder. The Lancaster assizes commenced on the 12th. There are 15 causes entered for trial. The calendar contains the names of 19 prisoners, of whom one stands charged with murder, one *ith rape, two with manslaughter, three with burglary, one with feloniously shooting, and one with bigamy. At Monmouth assizes, which commenced on the same day, there are 31 prisoners for trial, two of whom are charged with the widely-extending crime of arson, and five with a most horrible outrage on a married woman. On the civil side there aro eight causes for trial, but none of them are likely to possess any interest, except to the p a rties concerned. A t o_ , e Thames Police-court, William Tipler, the cap tain o f a Nc...re barge of sixty tons burden, was charged before Mr. Bro:lerip with committing an assault on James Richard Wo6:I.• watorman, employed as col lector on board the Wate7man No. 12, a steam-vessel running between the Adelphi-per and Woolwich. The charge was proved, when Mr. Brdderip said he should be wanting in his duty to the public if ho did not mark this case with a severe fine, and he sentenced the defen dant, to pay a fine of 5L for the assault, or be imprisoned for two months. _ _ _ A man named Dixie, the owner and driver of a hack ney carriage, plying opposite the Greenwich railway ter minus, appeared at Greenwich police-court, to a sum mons at the instance of Mr. Flinch, chief clerk at this office, for refusing to take a fare, and ordered to pay a fine of .40s. and costs, and in default to fourteen days' imprisonment. Mr. Ffinch prayed the magistrate to remit the fine in the present instance, his object being to convince the defendant of the ill ega lity o f his condu c t, a well as for the guidance of other drivers, who, he un derstood, had resolved upon pursuing a similar course. Mr. Traill said he would respite the fine during six months, if the defendant did not offend during that time, and would not call for its enforcement afterwards. —rASEVCO AM LE. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Carlton H ouse - terr ace on Tuesday after noon , an d proceeded by railway to Dover, where the Noble Viscount and Vis countess were to sleep last night and embark there for Ostend. They purpose visiti ng the spas in the lower part of Germany, and then repair to Ischl, after which they go to Vienna for a month. The Duke of Buccleuch arrived at Montagu House on Tuesday from Leamington, where, in company with his Duchess, he has been attending the last moments of his sister, Lady Anne Scott. The Duchess will leave Leamington this day fur Scotland. The Duke of Rutland was expected to leave Belvoir Castle on Tuesday for his shooting box at Longshawe, where a small party of his Grace's friends were invited to shoot during the present week. The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, where his Grace has gone for the grouse shooting. His Grace has a party of friends staying with him. _ The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have arrived at Chesterfield House, from Brighton. The Marquis Conyngharn, as Commodore of the Royal Southern Yacht Club, will preside at the annual dinner of the club at the close of the regatta at Southampton, on rr:;day next. MIS 0 ELLANEOI7B. The Earl or Haddington, Admiral Sir George Cock burn, G.C.8., First Naval Lord, and Vice Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G. 0.11., one of the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, are expected to embark in the Black Eagle this day, and proceed to visit the dockyards at Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Pembroke. Between one and two o'clock on Tuesday Colonel Sir R. Sale, G.C.8., the hero of Jellalabad and Affghan, ar rived at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on a visit to Lord Bloomfield; and his Lordship, with the Chevalier Bun sen and Captain Meynell, proceeded to the residence of Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, to welcome the brave Colonel of the 13th Regiment of Foot. Most of the provincial papers complain of the continued heavy falls of rain. It does not appear, however, that it has injured the crops much. Some returns on the subject of ecclesiastical courts hare just been printed. It appears from an annexed summary of the particulars therein contained, that the gross total receipts of the judges and officers of the ecclesiastical courts amount, in the dioceses of England, to 101,1711. ; is those of Wales, to 4,882/. ; and in those of Ireland, to 14,4591; making a grand total amounting to 120,5131. The nett receipts are 101,219/. On Tuesday the sale of books forming the third por tion of the library of the late Duke of Sussex was re sumed. The number of lots disposed of were 253. A considerable portion of these were books relative to Charles I. and 11., which sold at remarkably low prices. The proceeds of the two days' sale exceed 5101. THE GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN SMITH AND SIM MONDS.—This exciting match, between Smith (the Chequer Lad) and Simmonds (of Birmingham), which has for a long time been pending, was fixed to come off yesterday. The men were matched for 1001. a side, and from the heavy stakes pending, and the well-known merit of the men, the greatest anxiety was created. Arrrangements were made for the fight to come off half way between Leeds and London, for the convenience of the pugilists' respective friends. Melton Mowbray was the locality fixed; and on Monday evening an immense number of the fancy left London by railway, and crowds of persons from Birmingham and Leeds were, early yesterday, near the supposed scene of action ; and on no occasion were so many spectators ever known at a pugilistic contest. The preliminaries were arranged, and the contest was about to be opened, when the local magistrates, with a strong body of police, interfered, and the parties who were to take . the most prominent part on this occasion were compelled to make their escape w speedily as psssible; and the great multitude of persons assembled were compelled to retire to their respective homes, much disappointed and discomfited, all of whom had travelled a great distance, and many having very heavy bets on the fight. Cumous FACT.—The best moral testimony can be given for the truth of the following statement, if re quired :—During the early part of - last spring, a lady detected a common garden pea in a hen egg which she was eating at her breakfast. It occurred to a gentle man who was present at the time, to ascertain whether or not this pea was capable of vegetating, after having been thus su bj ec t e d to t h e proces s of digestion, and " sub sequently carried into the egg-bag or oviduct of the fowl ; and, strange to say, the trial was successful, for the pea in question, after having been planted in a com mon flower-p o t, in due time presented the accustomed verdure and foliage, and fruit itself would have probably followed, were it not for an accident, by which the flower-pot, containing the pea, Ives broken, and conse quently the conclusion of this interesting experiment was unhappily prevented.—Glasgow Argus. THIS DAY'S NEWS MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE The transactions in Cotton at. Liverpool yesterday were on a limited scale, at easier rates. Sales only 1,500 bales. Then, was a dull market for Railway Shares, and prices had a downward tendency. Birmingham and Gloucester, 113 ; Dublin and Cashel, ; London and Colchester, ; Grand Junction, 218 ; Liverpool and Manchester, half, 97} ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossen dale, 41. 16s. 3d. ; Midland, 108- ; Trent Valley, 9 ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 11 s.; Orleans and Tours, IL 17s. Gd. In addition to the general details of the news brought by the Hibernia steamer, and inserted in another c9lumn, we! may add the following, which is of a mercantile nature, from New York. " We have recently been made very heavy debtors to Europeans by the sales of stocks in this country. It is impossible to tell to what extent these operations have been carried, but the amount sold is very large, These must be paid for as well as merchandise, the value of which goes to swell our indebtedness. The public mind may as well be prepared now as at.any other time for the movement of the precious metals across the Atlantic ; any sudden shipment of a very large amount would create a panic and a crush that would be attended with heavy losses. The safest course to adopt is, to become satisfied that nothing can stop shipments now—the thing has gone too far ; but let every one arrange his business so as to stop the tide as soon as possible. By restricting our importations--our exports will not decline, for foreign nations now only take of us what they cannot do without —the balance of track will soon come round in our fa vour, so that the exchanges can regulate it." The crops in the United States are very abundant, if the markets here only afford an opening ; and as re gards the State bonds being sent over there for sa l e , now that the prospects of the defaulting States are better, and prices may rise, we should be glad to see the Eng lish holders get rid of them on the other sicle of the At lantic whenever they can come out tolerably well. Great sacrifices we Could at this time recommend, as those who have so long waited may as well have the benefit of the improving prospects. From Canada we learn that there were abundant crops of grain. The following is a comparative statement of arrivals, tonnage, and passengers at the port of Quebec, in the years 1843 and 1844, to the 26th July inclusive for each year:— _ Vessel. Tonnage. Passengers, July 26, 1843 734 211,714 15,871 July 26, 1844 615 256,333 14,480 Less this year ... 119 44,619 1,391 The political news still alludes to a difficulty in the formation of Sir C. Metcalfe's ministry. The advices from Mexico are not considered good, and those from Buenos Ayres communicate nothing new. Port Philip papers of April 6 state the colony was going on tolerably well. The Funds are a little flatter, and the Government broker has obtained his Stock, Consols, at 99k. The general Money rates have been 99 to k, and for Time nothing has been done under 99k k. Exchequer Bills are quiet, at 725. to 745. premium. Bank Stock has not been higher than 1991 to 200 ; and South Sea Stock has receded to 1141. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents. are 101 f to i ; and the Reduced, 1021 to The Three per Cent's. realise 99:1 to par. The foreign investments have ; been quiet again. Spanish Bonds are a trifle better, the Five per Cents. being 22i to I, and the Three per Cents. 33 to k. Por tuguese Converted have been 431 and dull. Mexican Stock is heavy at 354, and Colombian steady at 13i French Fire per Cents. have been marked 120 f. 75c. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 61i to s. The Railway Shares have been rather less buoyant to-day. Binningham and Gloucester, Brighton, Man chester and Birmingham, and the French lines, are easier. Greenwich have improved on account of the proceedinKs at yesterday's meeting. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 199% 200 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........ 99% 100 99% S per Cent. Console. Annuities gyp i 4 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities 102% New 3% per Cent. Arm* 101%100( Long Annuities. Expire an. 1160 l2 7-1 6 9 - 1 6 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10t et. 1659 India Bonds,l,ooo ..... .......... Ditto under 1,000 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account . . ... 114% 93 3 4 2 , 7% 200 Sh. 4 A 14( Exchequer Bills, li(d. I%cl. 1,0001. .... 00000000000000 •••••• .. ............•• '72 4 pls. Ditto Smalr..„ ............ 74 72 pm. Ditto Advertised — FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCR. Columbian Bonds Mexican Bonds, 1 1137, 5 per Cent . ........... -, 35% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cont.... ............ Ditto Converted 4 3 1,¢ Spanish Bonds,, Five per Cent 1840 WM( Ditto Deferred 12% Ditto Three per Cent. French Rentes, 5 per Cent l2of. '7sc. Exchange Dutch 2% per Cents 61%% Dutch 5 per Cents 10 1 14%% New Loan. 4 per Cents. (1837) - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAY/. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ..... .... 112 to Dublin and Cashel .., 2% 6}4% ... to Eastern Counties . .... —..........—.. 23 .....„ l 2 Ditto New Registered SI. 6s. ttd....... 14 ........ t. Great North of England. lOO ..... .... 1011 ........ to IV7 Great Western ........... ............ 75 136 to Ditto 3. Shares Ditto }MN l2 ......... 24% ...... to Lancaster and Carlisle Liverpool and Manchester........ 100 ......... to .... Ditto % Shares London and Birmingham lOO ... — Ditto New Thirds London and Brighton 5O ......... 484 4 35 ... to Ditto Loan Notes London and Greenwich London and Croydon Lynn and E , y . —..... 1 1 4 .. 3% Manchester and Leeds 7O ..... .... ........ to Dit o 4 Shares Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties Birmingham and Derby.-- ...... 100 .. Newcastle and Darlington Junct. til North British Norwich and Brandon ... 4 ., 14N_...... to 1$ South Eastern and Dover Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 Paris ,nd Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O ..... .... 3€04 to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 13.—We have had a quiet market, without any particular change in prices. —Bristol and Gloucester, 55; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, li and 13-16 ; N or th B r iti s h, 2 9-16 ; South-Eastern, 391 ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10k. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE__ WEDNESDAY The show of English Wheat samp:es was very small, though of good quality. For the finest descriptions of both red and white the demand was active, and Monday's advanced rates were steadily supported. Of the other kinds a good clearance was effected. Foreign Wheat, the supply of which on offer was tolerably good, mot with more inquiry, at full quotations. The best grinding Barley was in request, and prices were well supported. Other kinds of Barley were rather dull. In Malt scarcely any business was passing. Oats, Beans, and Peas moved off slowly at late rates. ARRIVAL. Wheat Earley. English 1,530 qrs. f 12C qrs. Irish.. Oats. Flour 110 qrs. 2,870 sacks. . , I 13,740 I 13,690 —. Malt. 3.520 qrs. WEITECUAPEL. For Prime Beef and Mutton we had a steady demand, and prices had an upward tendency. In other kinds of met.t very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to Ss 8d ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 35 4d to 4s 4d, and Pork, 2s 4cl to 3s 10d per Blbs by the carcase. F•reign. ..... .... I 16,490 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 14.—Wind southerly, light breeze, with heavy rain. OFF MARGATE, AUG. I2.—Sunflower, Forrester, Bahia ; Ellen, M'Eacham, Demerara ; Royal Britain, Pearson, Quebec ; Grace Darling, Auth, Madeira. RAMSGATE, AUG. 18.—Arrd, Sir W. Clayton, Shields, for Southampton, leaky, having been ashore on the Alvas ; Valentina, Sunderland for Portsmouth, very leaky, having been struck by a sea. The Ardent, Petaron, from Limerick to Boston, struck on the Kentish rock on the 12th instant, and sank ; master drowned, crew saved. A sloop and a billy-boy are ashore on the Brake, but expected off. DEAL, AEG. 13., A.M.—Wind W.N.W., W. mod., 8 P.M., S.W. by S.—Arrd. Hooghley, Bayley, and Lar pent, Lovewell, Calcutta ; London, Gibson, Port Phillip ; Ellen, Demerara ; Jean Graham, Grenada ; Portland and Hero of Sidon, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Grace Darling, Madeira. Sld. Admiral Jean Ewartson, Batavia ; Waterloo, Ichaboe ; Mary Hay, Launceston ; William Jardine, Hobart Town ; Leland, Boston. Put back, Caledonia, New Zealand. DovER, AUG. 18.—A boat, marked Launceston, of Plymouth, John Pile, was picked up off Hastings, 6th instant. MUNBLES.—SId. Dorothy Gales, Valparaiso. FOWEY, AUG. 12.—The Rose, George, of this port, sailed from Penzance, 2d inst., for Wales, and has not since been heard of. PORTNILLAEN, AUG. B.—The Adelaide, Jenkins, of Carnarvon, went ashore near Nevin, 6th inst., with five feet water in her hold. LIVERPOOL, Auu. 13.—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. Lintin, Gillum, Bombay ; Flora, .Mitchell, To basco ; Hibernia (steamer), Boston, sailed let inst. ; Mary, Davies, Montreal. Sid. Severn, Brazils ; Lord Althorp and Blorenge, Calcutta ; Dartmouth, Batavia ; Douce Davie, Java ; Camana, Rio ; Majestic, Vera Cruz ; Helen Thompson, Africa ; Sheffield, St. George, and Martha, New York ; Grenada, Boston. Off, Onta rio, Barstow, New Orleans ; Orbit, St. John's, New Brunswick. HAVANNATI, JULY 1 7.—Arrd. Tay steamer, Havannah, after being ashoro on the Colorados, with loss of anchors, &c. LIVERPOOL, Aro. 13.—An outward bound schooner is aground on the Nutt Spit. WEYMOUTH, AUG. 10.—S1d. Seabird, Quebec. DUBLIN, AUG. 11.—Arrd. Gratitude, Harvey, China. Sld. Cleopatra, Ichaboe. Conk, AUG. 11.—Arrd. Bombay, Moore, and Grind lay, Ichaboe ; Nenassia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Sherbroke, Quebec ; Comet, Mazagan. ST. HELENA, JUNE 28.—Arrived previous to the above date her Majesty's steamer Penelope and ship Tortoise, Ascension. COWES, AUG. 13.—Arrd, Aurora, Binck, Rio. PORTSDIOUTH, AUG. 13.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breeze Sid. Quebec, New York. FALMOUTH, AUG. 13.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze. Arrd. Esk, Bahia ; Odin, Engus, Buenos Ayres, sailed. 13th inst. and proceeded for Antwerp. AFFAIRS OF OTAHEITE. MEETING OF THE LONDON MISSIONAIIY SOCIETY IN EXETER-HALL.—(THIS DAY .) A meeting of the London Missionary Society took place this morning in the large room at Exeter Ball; the rain poured in torrents all the morning; out, not withstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the large hall was more than three-fourths filled before the commencement of the proceedings. At twelve o'clock, FREDERICK SMITH, Esq., the Chairman of the Society, took the chair. He was accompanied into the hall by Mr. Pritchard, the British Consul at Otaheite, who took his seat at the right of the chair. The Rev. Mr. TRODEY, of Cambridge, opened the meeting by prayer. The CHAIRMAN then stated that the meeting had been called for the purpose of expressing the sympathy of the Society with their missionaries at Otaheite, with the missionary churches there, with the Queen of Otaheite, and with those natives who had been driven from their homes to seek refuge in the moun tains.—(Hear, hear.) A dark cloud was resting on the missions of Otaheite, which it was beyond the power of man to penetrate—but their comfort was that the Judge of the whole earth would do right.— (Cheers.) The missionary labours at Otaheite were suspended, the churches were dispersed, and the Queen had been under the necessity of flying from her country and taking refuge on board an English ship. These things had all been occasioned by an apparently insignificant circumstance. Four or five N ears ago some French Jesuits had attempted to land in Otaheite. The Queen had objected to their doing so—by stratagem they had effected their landing. Their object was to subvert the simplicity of the Gospel. The Queen exercised the right which she possessed to order them off the Island. They left, but not a hair of their head was hurt. For this supposed insult the French demanded a compensation of '2,000 dollars—this sum was raised by some friends of the Queen and paid them. Shortly afterwards the French returned and demanded 10,000 dollars ; this was a sum which it was impossible to raise. The alternative on the occasion of the first demand, which had been complied with, was the bombardment of the principal town of the island. On the occasion of the demand of the 10,000 dollars, the alternative was the protec torate of France. The consent of the Queen had been obtained to the protectorate by stratagem. Having become protectors, the French soon declared them selves sovereigns, the Queen was deposed, and sought refuge on board an English ship of war. It was a proud thing to , think that wherever the English flag floated there was a certain refuge for the oppressed. —(Cheers.) Since then the labours of the missiona ries had been interrupted, and their personal liberty had been infringed upon ; they were not permitted to go on shore if they were on board ship, or if on shore they were not permitted to leave the island. He had seen it stated in the newspapers that the Missionary Society had sent a deputation to Lord Aberdeen, and that Lord Aberdeen had stated, in his place in Par liament, that the Society had made no complaint to him whatever, and that they had stated that the liberty of the missionaries had not been infringed upon. Now that conversation had taken place before any evil had occurred, except the evil of the Protectorate, against which they had always protested as a great evil, because they knew that as long as that continued it would be impossible that peace and concord could be preserved in the island. But his Lordship had, at the very time he made that statement, two letters in his possession which showed a very different result. Those letters, which described the then existing state of things in the island, had been transmitted to Lord Aberdeen's office four or five days before, with a re quest that they might be immediately forwarded to Lord Aberdeen, as it was considered probable that questions might be put to him in the House of Lords, and that he might wish to see those letters before he replied to those questions.—(Cheers.) His • Lordship's memory on that occasion had been re markably tenacious as to what had taken place a year ago, but had been perf ec tly o bli v i ous o f t h at which d occurred within a few days.—(Cheers.) He was sorry to mention this, for it was always his desire to show a feeling of respect for those in high places—(Cheers)—but he could not help feeling that, if the same injuries had been inflicted upon any other community than their own, more notice would have been taken of the occurrence.—(Cheers.) The Rev. A. FREEMAN was then called on to read a statement detailing the state of Otaheite. The statement, after giving a history of the missionary labours in Otaheite and the Society Islands from the year 1797, and appealing to the testimony of naval officers traders, and traveller s o f a ll countr i es, i n proof Of the vast improvement, moral and intellec tual, which had taken place in the inhabitants in consequence of the missionary labours, proceeds to remark that the state of those islands had attracted the attention of the ambitious and intolerant Church of Rome. Some of the priests ofthat Church had been sent to spy out the state cf the island, but Pomare accepted them not ; and she had the same right to exclude them from her territory that Louis Philippe had to demand a passport from every Englishman who set foot on the shores of France.—(Loud cheers.) Seve ral Roman Catholic priests had subsequently been to the island, but they had obtained no proselytes. Po mare had subsequently, at the command of France, repealed the law prohibiting the entry of Roman Catholic priests into the island. The Missionary So ciety did not defend it, but they would ask with what grace could France or Spain demand its abrogation while they kept up laws in their own territories in Europe equally hostile to the liberty of mankind ? The statement then detailed, at great length, the history of the establishment of the French Pro tectorate, of the subsequent dethronemeut of Queen Pomare, and of the declaration by Admiral Dupetit Thouars that Otaheite was a French colony. Pomare protested against the conduct of Dupetit Thouars, ap pealed to the King of France, and sent to the Queen of England, soliciting aid. After a lapse of three months the chiefs and people became uneasy. Queen Pomare wrote to them a letter, beseeching them to continue quiet, assuring them that aid would be sent from England, imploring them by no means to ill-treat the Frenchmen, but to follow her example and pray earnestly to God to deliver them from their trials.—(Cheers.) That letter gave such offence to the French authorities, that her personal safety was in danger, and she was obliged to seek refuge on board her Britannic Majesty's ketch Basilisk—some of the chiefs were arrested, others fled to the moun tains, and martial-law was proclaimed. It was said that a French sentinel had been struck by an un known native, and by way of reprisals the British Consul had been seized, imprisoned, and expelled the island.—(Hear, hear.) A Frenchman had attempted to seize the wife of one of the chiefs • the chief had r es i s t e d , s h ots h ad been fired, and the chief was killed. These facts had been communicated by the Society to Lord Aberdeen, on the 30th July and on the Ist of August. The So ciety had asked for protection for its mission aries. To whom, under martial-law could they ap peal ? What defence was left to them when the French seized the British Consul, the legitimate guardian of English interests ?—(Cheers.) They did not wish to wait until all the mischief should be done. There was no hope for the personal safety of the mission aries, but in the withdrawal of the Frendi Pro tectorate—(Loud cheers)—and the restoration of the independence of Otaheite.—(Loud cheers.) Could not French magnanimity afford this ?—(Cheers.) They had no wish to create a misunderstanding be tween the two Governments, but it was their duty to awaken the public to the danger to which the Pro testant missionaries were exposed from the threats and schemes of those whose wisdom was not from above, but from beneath.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. W. HAMILTON, of Leeds, then came forward to propose the first resolution, expressive of the sympathy of the meeting with the missionaries at Otalieite. He would not make use of any exagge rated language—he would speak of things as they were—and he was happy to say that he had found a word sufficiently powerful to express his feelings. A gross outrage had been committed.—(Vehement cheering.) The expression had been used by one in high places, and he thanked him for the word.— (Cheers.) He came there in no spirit of nationalism. He was aware that many of our own colonisation schemes could not be justified. He admitted that the Roman Catholics had, as much right in Otaheits as ourselves, and if a law existed prohi biting them from landing there, he would not vin dicate that law.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) But surely the French who permit no stranger to set foot on their shores without a passport had no right to complain of it— " Quis tulerit gracchos de seditione querentes." There was something of romance connected with this beautiful island, which by the missionaries' labours had been changed from a Capreaa to a Patmos.—(Cheers.) That island was governed by a Queen who had been deposed by the French, perhaps because they would not suffer a Queen to sit on the throne of their own country. But it was not so that we read our history. Woman, who had her throne in the homestead, was equally en titled to the throne of the realm. She was to accept of French protection forsooth. Protec tion ? against whom ? Her subjects ? They loved her. The Missionaries—they were devoted to her. Her neighbours !—they were in firm alliance and friendship with her. The protection the French sought to give her was the protection which the vultures gave to the doves—the wolves to the lambs—covering and devouring thern,--(Cheers.) Was it right that that Protectorate should ever have been imposed? If it was right to accept and receive it, it was equally right now to disclaim it, on account of the piratical conduct and buccaneering system that - , had been carri e d on.—(Cheers.) He should not.? surprised if France conceded and made bland ado! sions-.—(Loud cheers.) Th e wors t G overnm ents earth were Gover nmen t s o f concess i on .—(Cheers: They might depend upon it, that the Governn3e' „ that would m a k e concess i ons eas il y, wou ld no t 11 slow to commit aggressions. The course that land been pursued by F rance was unwort h y the lan d the Gauls.—(Hear an d c h eers. ) - Th e pres el3 a question was one •of Popery or no Popery; s °, 4 , - on that subject the re never was a deeper blob' stained count r y th an France.—(Cheers.) It,uwo o for the Pr o t es t an t s o f t h at country—they stood ill' partly that day; and there were thousands there too' bling for their country's guilt and her doomV ili (Cheers.) He was no t an a d vocate for war", : hated it, b u t t yranny an d oppression, f a l se' l and injustice, h e h ate d much more.—( Ch e er% France had at this very day no l ess th an fi ve vesse l at Otaheite, while this country, the queen of the se ° ' ee had only a ket c h th ere. —((T reat cheering.) —Th i were many pre sen t w h o , d ou b t l ess, did not kl)° what that w as ; h e was not much of a nautical. 10,, but he thought he could tell them.—(Laughter.) It w , a small vessel, having one mainmast and a Inis e ,T io fine vessel tr u ly f ur a country like England, 10_„A " Flag had br ave d a th ousan d years, the battle Tv the breeze"—(Cheers)—to have at Otaheite• begged of them no t t o trust to politicians te civil liberty. Let them likewise not trus t p il Rome, she was as insatiable for power as ever,, never would pause in her career until she had, en worked her own downfal or made all the station of the world cringe to her gonfalon.—(Cheers.) ~,,e ' them be prepared to give battle to this foe, and vi - Rome would perish hopelessly and abhorred, ' gres a ' f cruel as in guilt.—(Cheers.) The Rev. G. SMITH (Poplar) seconded the res c ! ti t ' : tion. They did not stand there to stir up wa r, but maintain peace.—(Cheers.) They were called Ur to express to their b re th ren , w h o were suffering , Otaheite, their sympathy for those suffering , (Cheers.) They were .called upon also to ren7 ii upon which Otaheite was, and what it is, to Inek o ! the buccaneers in its seas, and then to its inhabitss t , The Rey. Gentleman then went, at some length, i 1 , 3 ,,i, the history of th e m i ss i on t o Otaheite, observing t' , : the success that had att en d e d t h e m i ss i on woul d stiln .„ 4 l ' t late them to fut ure exert i ons i n other lands, if °AI were excluded f rom Ot a h e i te . T he present was fiftieth year of the e x i s t ence o f t h e Missionary wi L l ciety, and they were now called upon ~i wreath the cypress ab o ut th e l aure l s they Pt; won. They were called upon again to lift up r blood-stained b anner o f th e Cross, a nd to et' claim, "No peace with Rome I" ( 1 -: 0{ Cheers.) He would not att em pt t o prevent 1 ? man worshipping in hi s own way , b ut h e d i d no t Popery would be put an end to by the spirit o fl, l times. The Rev. G en tl eman conc l u d ed b y secon u' the resolution which was carried unanimously. ,p (The meeting had not c onc l u d e d w h en we vren. press.) CLERKENWELL.—(THIS A young man of genteel appearance and respect w g connected, named Church, was charged with ember different sums of m o n e y, th e property of h i s emp l o y" Mr. Humphries appeared for the prisoner. . 4 0 Mr. Alexander, artificial flower-maker, Kinds - woo deposed, that the prisoner had been six months to o g employment, O n F r id ay. l ast h e sent him out W t y flowers and to collect money ; he returned home is o r evening, and gave in his book, but no money. 0051 0 day he was sent ou t aga i n on t h e same mission, and b. witness 51. in the morning, out of 10/. 145., which be ceived. When asked concerning the remainder, be he lost it, and that he had received no money on the r vious day, Friday. Mr. Goodyer, artificial florist, St. Paul's chid yard, deposed, that he had paid the prisoner fotmi. shillings for flowers on Friday last, and entered thifp ment of the same in the book which the prisoner with him. • Other witnesses proved similar charges, when thie Boner was committed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAT.) WOLVERHAMTON RACES.—Tuzsr4l. j The Patshull Handicap of 15 soya. each, 10 it, I li only if declared, with 30 a dd e d. O ne m i le and 0 1" I Colonel Anson' s M arqu i se , 4 yrs (A Ws* Mr. Charlton's Nix-my-Dolly, 5 yrs .......... The following also started, but were not placed : 0, 4 Hook's Una, 6 yrs—Captain Vau g h an ' s Extegartoel yrs—Mr. Irwin's Mickey Fre e , 3 yrs—Mr. Foto/ The Rhine, 4yrs—Mr. Arthur's Miss Susan, 4 Mr. A. W. Hill's Beaumont, 3 yrs. A fine ruce. The Chillington Stakes of 10 soya, each, with 50 " T.Y.C. Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat Mr. Copeland's My Mary The following also started but were not placed,. j o hn E. Peel's Franc es ; M r . G. O ng l ey ' s Mystery ; sir b y Gerard's Pluto • Mr. Davies' f by Harkaway, 418111 Newton, and Mr. Cook's Yellow Boy. Won y The Cleveland C u p of 1004 eas b . yaubscription of 10 s,O rei ff ' each, with 50 added, th e second to receive 201. T ° miles. Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free, 3 yrs (Bumby) Mr. Jaques' Advice, 3 yrs oh Mr. Hook's Una, 6 y rs , and MdMeiklam's Arisiv_ yrs, also ran. Won eas y by two l engt h s . The Borough Memb ers ' Pl ate o f 60 L Heats, Vic4l round. The winner to be sold for 2501, SC* , I Mr. Hawkin s ' Ni x - my -Dolly, 5 yrs o 1 Mr. Collett's R or y O'M ore, aged cli 2 Mr. Jones' B r i t i s h T ar , 3 yrs - Mr. E. Peel's C ane , 4 yrs 3 Won in a canter. BETTING AT WOLVERHAMPTON. ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst The Cure 10 to 1 agst Red Deer—taken 13 to 1 eget Foig-a-ballagh. EBOR HANDICAP. 5 to 4 agst Franchise. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean have been delighti l g o ol 4 good people of J ersey with their performances. •°' enthusiastic reception was never experienced.h the theatre was li tera ll y cramme d r i ght after ni gh prices raised, t h e p i t converted i nto boxes, and dn'btallt fortnight the grea t est exc i tement prevailed t o thei places to witne ss th e p er f ormances of these accon3Pl- artists. be et : 4 THE HARVEST.—HRTVeSt operations haE „, '' bo' somewhat retarded by th e frequent showers whicii t bel fallen during th e p ast wee k ; b ut though man"' ° were heavy, we do nut think there has been .I ° ,. rain as to have d one any i n j ury to the corn. lA ' f 01 : ever, we should un f or t unate l y h ave a continuan ce ° same kind of weather for another week, we 1 , 51 1 03 05 considerable injury would be sustained. In .thl„ 0 01; diate neighbourhood the spring -sown corn, O' S T s Nit; parts of the country affected by the drought, „i n g t but of the wheat crop the accounts are most chee,„" e rks' to quality and quantity. It will be seen by our " . 14 0 , 1r report that there was an advance in Mark-lane °Ott day of Is. to 2s. per quarter. In the several CO tie markets within o ur di s t r i ct , hi g h er pr i ces vve r e 10 143 manded by growers, but there does not seem t e tar been any very grea t d eman d . I n our market on 'beg day the avera ge p r i ce o f w h eat was 435. 94"fiee, 14s. ld. less p er quar t er t h an i n the correspon dois le 8 0 ; of last year. Th e p r i ce o f b rea d , b est qualitY' As i per 41b. loaf ; secon d quality 7}d.—Can/bring ~ vertiser. WATERLOO.—" What did y ou thi n k o f `Yates di t he A I inquired of an o ld f e ll ow I f ound one morning 11 in my garden, wh ere h e h a d b een hired to assistld ersbi ji lazy head gard ener . " T h i nk of it, " said the ft lt b e d stopping and l ean i ng upon h i s spade, " I thoUg%tiao upon earth. I was utterly deaf with the ou r, ea / roar of the artillery on one side or the o i t he o e. the sound of the musketry of the men besiu c te 001 he could not see my companion's face for one mint n et, stood next me) for the thick smoke ; and t e o gni' • found him choking, retching, and vomiting in t. '"" t iale s of death, and c l u t c hi ng my very feet. Sottie so kiti o shot went tearing th roug h our ran k s, an d almost bottj the part of th e square w h ere I had b een f or sots he standing, seeming to loosen our files as it linl eb tlifj poor fellows head over heels, like ninepins on tl f the ° es • green ; and then we hoard the familiar tones °f Cal! ~t o colonel, to prepare for cavalry, as those devil li6 t her t- c r siers poured upon us, and we were wedged to l gplt° A a wall of iron again to receive them. That's At w on about my feelings, Sir," said the old soldier. 'je ll OP 0 , terrible sight, and awful to look upon. It earth," he muttered, as he resumed his span e Ld SO' mcnced diggin g w i t h f ear f u l energy.—Uni- our Magazine. Th e e- g ► 6 9l EXCURSION A ND H OLIDAY TRAINS.',4 0 5 sion trains durin g th e th ree race d ays broug ° ooS,', 6 persons, who were thus classified, viz., firs t „ o il second class 929, thi r d class 1,432, being e , t ' i c eedeu rir average of 897 each day. Thi s num b e r was e a s y 1 0° , 0 , the holiday train (the first o f a ser i es ) on Sun asteee ing, which left L on d on -b r id ge at a qu arter P the dsi and conveyed 922 p assengers to B r i g hton for of „„ Brighton Gua r di an . d e . ENGLISH THIEVES—POCKET-PiCg l is l. ' re d, 06 , re att the English thieves who, it will be rente r Ttan's`. 0 tected cutting away a "lady's bag" in e b o ad, Y fa i'the and for which offence he forfeited his bail- m inus t oo Tuesday last, apprehended at the Ayr ter for his Ayrshire Railway, and lodged in Ayr polite" attention to the admirers of Buerfosthettsaom°tirgolf; a genteel-looking young man, another was tried in the Gorbals Police-court, for ,shire li t u pick the pockets of the lieges of the 'Ventene ed _ A tp be h e station, Bridge-street, found guilty, and 5 ,„„ 0 05.-- tp o n , imprisoned for thirty days.—Other two , fi e Glat e r of the same gang, were tried on Friday, in r 1 call ll4 IVO r t e g e r . a c ri ° d u r stand afonrdfaotllothwein of them was found guilty, and sentenced dziontso' cattle their h show l o a n -be 1113 P a soned for thirty days ; the other was a rtIS dismissed.—Glasgow paper. of bl Ac Po r wiriuhursdaY' ri. collected on the Green, and began to :_,, Ar icul or RIOT.—On Thursday night a gan d :l : 10 1111 0 1 lice conseq d te re3 l Society's show-ground. The:: Po an e , & ion numerous an 6 tion of the enclosures of the Highland and on tly . 0 4 fared, but the rioters were so reinforcement, and captured sb . c e ,? l _ the poli_o videec e; off the ground. They soon, however,. t r i e le ttir A e n a g e le - s o V, Friday the culprits were brought before IO" for wan t °f that the few officers present were maltreated , w i t h when four of them were discharged 5 and the other two, named James bto7Tr o a fin e ; Jack, were found guilty, and senjte2oo6 each, or be imprisoned for sixty sen d of Monday. 5742.0,g0te i