The Sun. — London, England, 1839-08-27 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION. EAST INDIA ELECTION, COLONEI: - SYKES respectfully entreats those friend who have kindly promised him their votes, and who have recently changed their abode, or may now be absent from home, will do him the favour to inform him of the address to which they wish their proxy papers to be sent. Committee Room, London Tavern, Aug. 26, 1639. fIS Majesty the KING o f PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possi bilities of obtaining - LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU. TIONS. Perscns desirous to purchase may receive, PREVI OHS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR. TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P.S. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions from NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS and upwards, to TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS. 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The- Royal assent was yesterday given to several Bills, preparatory to closing the Session. la att..wer to questions put by Lord STRANGFORD, Lord MELBOURNE stated that the United States had the best disposition to prevent attacks on Canada, that the Craver:lntent of France was- anxious to put an end to the blockade of La Plata, and that he hoped mea sures would soon be taken to settle the dispute with France relative to Portendic. The Bank of Ireland Continuance Bill, the Oysters' Fisheries Bill, after a few words from the Duke of WELLINGTO N and Lord BROUGHAM, were read a second time and committed. Other measures were forwarded. Lord BROUGHAM, after presenting petitions com plaining of the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill, and for the repeal of the Post Horse Duty Bill, moved for a copy of the London University Char ter, and took the opportunity to explain that he had given up his own Bill on Education because he wisJ,Jed the subject to be taken up by the Ministers, and he recommended Lord Melbourne to take to his Bill next Session. Their Lordships adjourned at an early hour. The only business of importance in the Commons was to move for new Writs for Cambridge in the room of Mr. SPRING RICE, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and for Waterford for Mr. WYSE, who has been made a Lord of the Treasury in the room of Mr. MORE O'FERRALL, who retires. Mr. WARBURTON made some observations on the contract for conveying the West India Mails, which he was disposed to blame, because the Ministers, in making it for a period ofyears, have not considered the improvements which are every day making in steam navigation, which may make the contract most onerous and disadvanta geous to the nation. One person, he said, had been offered 25,000/. for the share he held in the Company. Mr. Woof) defended the contract, and the discussion was not 'closed when the Usher of the Black Rod sum moned the House to the House of Peers, after which, at a Quarter past Four o'Clock, it adjourned. Th ,e substance of the charge made by Lord LYNDHURST against the Administration on Fri day evening was, that the Ministers could not obtain the consent 01 the Legislature to the measures they proposed. To judge of that charge we must come to some common agreement as to the extent to which Ministers ought to control and influence the Legislature. The real question is, how far the Executive Government should exercise legislative functions, and control the operations of Parliament. Now though Lord LYNDHURST may have settled this in his own mind, Mr. MAcA UL A Y justly stated, in the debate on tne Ballot, that this was a ques tion, which, so far from being decided, had not b , en even mooted by any constitutional authority, or any writer of eminence, and that it was and is a new question, on which neither Statesmen nor the public had either practically or theoretically expres sed or formed any definite opinion. A great Consti tutional lawyer like Lord LYNDHURST might perhaps have been as well employed in examining this question, and laying down the rules which sh ould guide the conduct of statesmen and the opinions of the public, as in making a furious party oration • but though such a labour would be dignified and useful, Aed might elevate Lord LNNimuasTiitzuld not degrade a rival, and his Lord s hi p s drl. by his n a t ure t o p re f er th e malicious t o t h e useft 7 Under the. good old regi me of the Borough mongers, such question question Aristocracy ,c-aunldd their arise, be cause, in fact, the cialaredelyusurped the. creat u t r h e e s bothfunctions of the Commons commanded the Ministry and commanded Par liament, and what the Aristocracy could agree on was necessarily performed by Houses. The Ministry, then, was the mere Organ of its will, Government measures w ere t h e decrees of atii',de Aristocracy, made known throu g h the Ministers, which the House of Coma:ons went throu.h t he farce of debat:ng and registerin g . T he question how far the Ministers should dic tate to the Legislature of the country is, there fore, strictly speaking, a new question growi ng out of Parliamentary Reform and the establi s h ment of a partially independent House of Commons. Lord 'MELBOURNE seemed in his reply to Lord LYS URST to have caught a glimpse of this cir cutunce, for one of his grounds of defence was. that i:iHslation was not the chief duty of the Exe cutive Government, it had the estimates to pre pare, the extent of the demi.idi for the public service to consider, and the administration of affairs to conduct. But neither Lerd MELBOURNE nor !.,rd LYNDHURST made the smalles t approach to ' i ~ settling the question of how far the Executive Go vernment ought to interfere with legislation, which must nevertheless be settled before Lord MEL BOURNE'S Administration can be condemned be cause it has not added a great many laws to the Statute Book. The inference which Lord LYNDHURST drew from the failure of the Administration to influence the Legislature was, that the former had not the confidence of the latter ; but though the House of Commons might reject the new laws proposed by the Ministers, it does not follow, as in fact the vote on the Irish Government proved, that the House of Commons had not full confidence in the Ministers in administering the Executive Govern. ment. In truth the Ministers have two sets of functions completely distinct, one as Ministers of the Crown, the other as leaders of the Legislature, and, generally speaking, though both Houses might repudiate their leadership as Legislators, they re posed confidence in them as the Executive. Lord LYNDHURST, being quite incapable, ap parently, of getting beyond routine, and framing a conception of a new and just line of policy adapted to circumstances, evidently forms his idea of what a Government should do by what it did when it was the mere organ of the Aristocracy, and the House of Commons was also under its command. Because Mr. PITT, Lord CASTLEREAGH, Lord LIVERPOOL, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, who administered the Government for the behoof of the Lords and the borough owners, could con trol both Houses, Lord LYNDIIURST jumps to the conclusion that Lord 'MELBOURNE ought to do the same. Unfortunately he is kept in counte nance by his opponents. The Ministers seem, like him, to be incapable of forming an idea of what is their duty under these new circumstances, and they have made themselves obnoxious to Lord LYND HURST'S censure, by blindly following the prac tice of the Ministers, who were the creatures of the borough-mongers. They have sought to monopolize legislation as well as to possess the Government. No independent Member has at any time much chance of getting a measure through the House of Commons, because the leading Minister of the Crown, supported by the majority, occupies it almost exclusively by party questions and the busi ness of the Crown. Not a few public Jour nalists give into the same routine idea, and continually speak of the Executive Government as doing nothing when it is- not forcing new laws through the Legislature. We hold that not to be its duty. We should have thought much better of the Ministry had they abstained from bring ing in and promoting the new Police Act, and the other twenty or thirty Bills they laid on the table of the House of Commons at the suggestion of some meddling, officious town clerks, some silly underlings of office, or some theo retical, dogmatical Members of their own party, within the last two months. We should in that case have felt much more confidence in their judg ment, and should have been better able to defend them. To us it always appeared that it was their business, after the events of May, to have wound up the Session as speedily as possible, to have proposed no measures but those which were absolutely indispensable, and not to have encumbered themselves with a load of nonsensi cal and absurd legislation, under which they have broken down. While we, therefore, should have been disposed to praise them more had they added fewer laws to the Statute Book, we must admit that by their conduct in practically undertaking to con trol the Legislature they have rendered themselves obnoxious to Lord LYNDHURST'S censure. But there is yet another side to this question. If Lord LYNDIIURST think it the duty of the Exe cutive Government to influence and control the Le gislature —if the working of the two in harmony be essential to preserve the authority of either and both—if he and his friends could not form a Government, then, on Lord LYNDHURST'S own principle, it becomes a high crime and misdemeanour on his part to throw obstructions in the way of the Ministers, and he and his friends have been guilty of the very offence for which the Chartists have been punished—conspiring to bring the Executive Government and the Legislature into contempt. When he scolded the Ministers for doing nothing, did he forget that the Tories, by long speeches, by fierce opposition, by almost endless cavilling, by needless motions, were the great causes why the Ministers could do nothing? The Noble Lord, as - Lord BROUGHAM said, when he called the Tories Obstructives, stopped the Ministers, and then with tones of impudent mockery reproached them with not going forward. If it be a fault in theNlinisters not to have made three-score new laws, with which we reproach them not, that fault more properly belongs to Lord LYNDHURST and his friends, than to them ; for the Tories, though unable to do any thing themselves, always pre vented their opponents from doing ally thing. We have been made by late events heartily sick of the reciprocal abuse which the two parties heap on each other, but that must not prevent us from doing justice to both. With this view we have endea voured to state impartially some respects in which we think both have been wrong. When Lord LYNDHURST and the Duke of WELLINGTON first made their objections to the Chartist Mayor of Bolton, we at once stigmatized their conduct as introducing a new test into our manners, if not into our laws. Such conduct was indeed nothing unusual for them, because the Tories have held, both theoretically and prac tically, that no rersons but Tories were qua lified for office, and for many years they systematically and studiously excluded men from the Magistracy, and from every public office, be cause they held Radical opinions, or were Dis senters. They made, in fact, their own creed the test of fitness for all offices, and to differ from their faith on'matters of Government and religion, was to be a disloyal subject and an immoral man. The Whigs, to our satisfaction, talked, at least, against this principle, and denounced the Tories lustily for excluding Dissenters from the Ma gistracy and Radicals from political power. But now the Whigs are pursuing the Tory course, and are prosecuting and punishing the Chartists for their political opinions. Not a crime have these men committed ; they have merely talked most foolishly. The present Chartists are only the Radicals of the period antecedent to passing the Reform Act. The Tories take advantage of this conduct of their opponents and make out a good case against the Ministers when they accuse them of creating a Chartist Mayor and Chartist Ma gistrates at Bolton. We have read with some disgust the long tirades which Lord LYNDHURST and the limes have pronounced against Mr. DERBYSHIRE, the Mayor, and some of the Magistrates of Bolton, because they have espoused the opi nions and favoured the cause of the Char tists. Surely Chartism is quite as honest and as patriotic a political creed as Toryism. What the Mayor ought to do in our opinion is to avow his Chartism, and bid defiance to the Tories. He would at once disarm them. But he cannot do that without also flying in the face of the Whirrs, and thus it is that the Whigs, by act ing on Tory doctrines, and by being zealous to en force Tory laws, give arms into the hands of their opponents, and crush their own friends and sup porters. We have already noticed the "charge" which that fine specimen of Episcopacy the Bishop of EXETER, is delivering in the course of his triennial visitation. To promote the cause of intolerance, and to screw up the pretensions of the hierarchy to the full Romish pitch, seem to have been the chief objects which Dr. PHILLPOTTS had in view when he composed the charge which he is hawking about his diocese. There are, however, some rebellious spirits among the clergy over whom he claims the right of domineering. One of these rebels has ac tually had the boldness, not only to think for hi m _ self on some points of doctrine, on which the Bishop had referred him to the Liturgy and the Canons, but has proceeded to such a height of audacity —not to say impiety—as to publish in the newspapers a counter-charge in the shape of a letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of EXE TER. The Reverend person who has done this deed i s H ENRY ERSKINE HEAD, A.M., Rector of p niten, and Chaplain to his Majesty the King of H ANOV ER, a gentleman who, our readers may per haps recollect, has before now incurred the displca• sure of his Diocesan, and felt the lash of his un governable tongue ownfor presuming to have an opinion of his PHILLPOTTS for . mer occasion, at a confirmation, if we remember riht ineigled the Rector of Feniton into a n e atte n dance . in church hai7inc, on a ln rel igi ous matters. to hear his address, on t he understanding that no THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, AtTGUST 27, 1839, Letters have been received in town from Admiral STOPFORD'S fleet, dated the sth of August. At that time the Gallant Officer, with five sail of the line, was lying off' Tenedos. H er M AJESTY ' S ship Vanguard, in company with five sail of French line-of-battle ships, had gone further up the Dar danelles. Both squadrons were daily expecting re inforcements. The Daphne had arrived from England. The following are extracts from the Gibraltar Chronicle of the 13th instant. " Her Majesty's ship Talavera has arrived at Malta from Paros. " The Talavera will proceed to England next week, having been relieved by the Implacable • and the R o d ne y, Asia, and Mi n d en , w ill most probably be sent home like wise as soon as the Ganges, Powerful, and Revenge, join the squadron. The latter has not yet passed Malta. Al though the intelligence from Egypt stated, that the Otto man three-deckers bad got. out some of their guns for the purpose of getting into the harbour of Alexandria, that bis Highness the Pacha was fitting out-the officers and crew in the Egyptian uniform, changing some of the crews, and apparently preparing to unfit and re-.. main in ordinary; yet nevertheless the general opinion' that prevailed amongst the officers of the British squadron was, that Mehemet Ali would not retain the fleet be has so cheaply got possession of, but would restore the same to the Sultan as soon as he was assured by France and England, that his doing so would not be equi valent to consigning it into the hands of Russia, whose silence and tranquillity, under the late occurrences in the East, were quite unaccountable. In case of restitution of the Sultan's fleet, those of Great Britain and France will give it escort; and Said Bey, the Pacha of Egypt's son (a naval character), will be iavested with the tempo rary command. We learn that the Hastings and Benbow ships of the line may be expected here from England in about a fort nigh t.—Mediterranen. -4 ' The Phenicien brought this morning our Cadiz Tiem pos. We see, by one of the Nos., that the accounts which the Editor has received from Valencia, are still more incomplete than those which reached us on Monday. He understood General O'Donnell to be still attacking Tales, the occupation of which we were able to announce ; and, as to the second part of the intelligence, his information seems again to have been more scanty than our own, for he cnly says, that the Brigade of the:Plain had sustained a severe loss, without stating where, or giving any other par ticulars." The French Journals begin to entertain confident hopes that the Spanish question is at last about to be settled. According to the Courrier Francais, the French Cabinet is on the eve of assuming an attitude which must convince the friends of Don CARLOS that his cause is hopeless. Ten months have elapsed since the Frency Commissary quitted ESPARTERO'S head-quar ters ; and now it has been thought requisite to replace him by no fewer than three officers, M M. ZARGOZIA, GUILHON, and JARDOT. Another, and not less strik ing proof of the disposition of the French Cabinet to abandon the neutral policy of the last five years, is indicated by the promised publication in a few days of General MaitoTo's opinions on the best means of effecting the pacification of Spain, con fidentially addressed by him to General HARISPE in 1836. in answer to certain questions proposed to him by that officer in the name of the French Government. MAROTO is reported to have then declared, that French intervention was the only means:of terminating the civil war, militarily and morally. That the Basque provinces would never have supported Don CARLOS had they known the extent of his bigotry, fanaticism, and weak ness ; and that they continued to fight for him from a principle of honour which would disappear before foreign intervention. "As to Don CARLOS," states this remarkable document, "he would willingly give himself up on receiving personal guarantees. If the French army on the frontier showed itself merely ready to enter, and would issue a manifesto, declaring for the rights of ISABELLA, but determined to interfere between both parties and stop further effusion of blood, guaran teeing an amnesty and the Fueros, under necessary modifications, to be considered in a Congress—the Cliristino, or constitutional army, not to occupy Biscay for a certain time, say five years—after snch a manifesto, the French troops entering would meet with nothing save benedictions." The Memorial Bordelais has also an article on this subject, in which it is stated that great events are pre paring in Spain for the pacification of the Basque pro vinces. Measures are rumoured to be under considera tion which will enable the QUEEN REGENT, on opening the Cortes on the Ist of September, to congratulate the country on the near prospect of that repose which is so essential to the moral and physical improvement of Spain. What these measures are the Memorial Bordelais does not inform us, farther than that they will include among them a combined intervention on the part of France and England. We are not over sanguine upon this point; although otherwise satisfied that the civil war in Spain draws towards a close. This is likewise the opinion of the Journal des Debals, in an article an nouncing that the Ultra-Carlist revolt against MArtoTo has been put down by General Elan, greatly to the an noyance of the Pretender and his wife, the secret insti gators of this movement. " Every one in Spain feels," says the Debats, " that a compromise between the Carlist and Constitutional party is approaching. The forme r wish to preserve their privileges and the officers their r an k. B ut the moment of pacification has not arrived. In human affairs it is often necessary that all hasecsonbecludseiovneloipseadr—rivaeldl tahte,irevcehnanwchesenexthhaatusctoend., their p hases a before elusion is inevitably foreseen." BOURSE.—PAars, SATUR D AY , 00 A . 24. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric e . P r i ce. French 5 per Cent 5......... 1!2 80 ... 112 80 ... 112 75 ... 112 75 3 per Cents,,,,,, 80 85 ... 80 90 ... 8 0 8 0 — B ' 93 Bank of france.... 2795 Latfitte Bank LOOK Sb 1062 50 —.1062 50 ...1062 50 .....2790 .1062 5,000 f. Sntsh 5225 —.5225 ... 5223 —.5225 50 Belgian 3 per C ents7l 80 ... 71 80 ..; 71 83 ... 71 80 Bank 705 ... 76i ... 763 ... 705 Coupons •••••••••• "•• 46 2.5 ... 46 25 ... 4.i 25 ... 48 25 ~ !.,1 ... 21 ... 201 ..., LON, Spanish /lc. ive Passive .. 4}.' ... 41.4 ..„ ,6 ..,, 41,„; 5 .. 5 ... 5 ... 5" (Lou Miguel .... 101 30 ... 101 30 ..„ 10! 30 . 101 30 4•ai olit.ln ... Itd% ..• 102 % ... 102 % ... 162% nor:an —.._ _ allusion was to be made tO him personally, no sooner had him there than he poured forth a. tor rent of abuse against him, such as we believe never before proceeded even from en Ilpiiopai mouth. Mr. HEAD it appears, in spite of the injunc tions of his Bishop, persists in reading the Scrip tures, and h as th ence di scovered that a fAbe doctiine has crept into the Baptistiiai service, as set forth in the Prayer Book. Baptism, he contends, is nothing more than the outward and visible ‘Tkit of that inward and spiritual grace, called "regeneration ;" Iwhere as th e Bi s h op of E xEtEit and the Prayer Book, hold that it is the tnetms of regeneration, and that all who are baptised according to the ritual, are To facto regenerate. It is clear that there is a wide difference between these dogmas. The Rector appeals to Scripture, to show that he is right and the Prayer Book wrong, and brings forward a multitude of texts to prove his position. We fear this will avail him little. It will most likely enhance his punishment—his guilt it certainly will, in the eyes of the Bishop. For if a clergyman be once suffered to pick holes in the Prayer Book, if he be allowed to assert that there is any thing there that is at variance with the Gospel, good bye to Conformity—adieu to the bond of union that holds the Church together. Such arrogance as this is altogether intolerable. What right has the Minister of a religion, the tenets of which are made part and parcel of the law by Act of Parliament, what right can the Minister of such a religion have to set up his private judg ment against the deliberate opinion and solemn de cision of the Church and the Legislature ? Is not this throwing contempt upon the " wisdom of our ancestors," who settled this and other points of doctrine three hundred years ago ? No, every man who becomes the Minister of a State religion, by that very act debars himself from all right and title to murmur against or question the soundness of any doctrine, or the propriety of any form which the State has prescribed. He makes a voluntary and plenary surrender of that right which is the natural inheritance of every rational and immortal being, the right of judging for him self in all matters involving religious obli gation. He transfers this privilege—and it were well for him if he could transfer his responsibility also—to the Church; must believe exactly as the Church believes, and push his inquiries after truth not a step farther than in her formularies it is said he shall go. Mr. HEAD; and men like him, think this a very hard case. They wince at the restraint which the Church imposes upon their free will and free thought ; but this is eminently unreasonable, be cause they knew, or ought to have known, that they resigned this free agency as religionists, wh en they ent ere d h er sacre d precincts. t 'The terms of the bargain were before them; they were simply these—" Here are such and such doctrines to be inculcated, such and such ceremonies to be observed, such and such canonical obedience to be yielded to ecclesiastical superiors. As an equivalent for any trouble or annoyance attending this sacrifice of independence, here are ' so much monies.' " Now, such a bargain can only be broken with honour in one way. If the malcon tent Minister of the Church finds the yoke too galling for his neck, he may slip his collar. He may throw up his office, but he must also relinquish its emoluments. On this part of the question Mr. HEAD is, in our opinion, not quite orthodox, but we cannot at present afford more room for this discus sion, which will be resumed in a future article. RAILWAY SHARES. On the report of the Minister of Marine, the KING has, by a Royal Ordinance, increased the number of Captains of corvettes from 150 to 160, the number of First Lieutenants from 450 to 500, and of Second Lieutenants from 500 to 600. A second Ordinance nominates various individual promotions in the naval service. The National contains the following account of the actual state of the French navy : In Commission--Four ships of 120 guns each,, one of 110, one of 100, two of 90, four of 86, nine of 82 : in all, 22 sail of the line. Building—Four first-rates, 12 second-rates, 10 third. rates : in all 26 sail of the line, Of these vessels 15 might be got ready for sea in a few months, and, added to those actually in commission, would raise the force afloat to 37 sail of the line. The number of frigates at sea is 37 ; building 21, of which 17 might be sent to sea at a short notice. Besides these, there are at sea, or nearly ready, 24 corvettes of from 20 to 30 guns ; brigs, 49 ; gunboats, 10. Of galliots and other smaller craft (the least carrying four guns), 42 ; steamers, 36 ; besides transports, tenders, &c. On the merits of the Sugar question the most con flicting opinions are confidently published in these journals. In Havre, however, the ordinance for re clueing the import duty on colonial sugar has diffused the greatest joy. The vessels in the harbour hoisted their flags, salutes were fired, and the whole city was illuminated. From the East the news is not of a later date than the accounts received on Saturday. The Augsburg Gazette has a letter from Alexandria, of the 27th of July, which states that Isanitim PACIIA was then at Marasch, and had not been joined by HAFIZ PACIIA, as was reported. All fears of the pacific settlement of the question are for the present abandoned. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer, Secretary of the British Embassy, has transmitted to the King his letters of cre dence, appointing him Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of France, during the absence of Lord Granville. The Chevalier Maze', Counsellor of Legation, has de livered to Marshal Sault, Minister of Foreign Affairs similar letters, appointing him Charge d'Affaires for the Netherlands, during the absence of Baron Fagel. Achmet Fethy Pacha has left Paris on his return to Turkey, accompanied by Prince Vogorides, and several French professors, for the education of his children. The King, Queen, and Royal Family arrived at Eu, on Thursday morning, at ten o'clock. Their Majesties were received at the entrance of the town by all the civil and military authorities, the Prefect and Mayor greeting them with loyal addresses, and the people hailing them with the most cordial cheers. Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have been received this morning. They bring the sad intel ligence of the death of his Serene Highness the Duke of NASSAU. We quote the paragraph announcing this event from a Brussel's Paper : A letter from Frankfort, of the 21st August says—" A Courier, who passed through our city last night, brought th e melancholy intelligence of the death of his Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Nassau at the baths of Kissingen. This Prince was born June 14, 1792. After the death of his first wife, lic married the Princess Pantino, daughter of Prince Paul of Wurtemburg. His successor is Duke Adolphus, who was born on the 24th of July, 1837. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 17th inst. have reached, but their contents arc of no political in terest. The number of Deputies then arrived in the capital exceeded seventy, and others were on their journey from all parts of Spain. The expectation of a speedy pacification of the Peninsula was ver ;enera: We refer to our City article for the latest intel gence from Portugal. MONEY AND C O MMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The Money market has been in a very unsettled condition to-day, and no doub t w ill cont i nue so until some of the weaker parties have eased off their new stock, or its equivalent in the Consols of the old creation. Money has also been very scarce and very dear again. Consols for present transfer were a shade better this afternoon, h av i n g closed at 91 4,which was also the last p r i ce f or Thursday next, t h e account day. The premium on Exchequer Bills ralli e d i n the afternoon from 9s. to 12s. The New Three and a Half per Cents, left off at 9sg, Bank Stock at 1844, The news from Paris relative to the demand which Admiral Roussin is to make at Alexandria for the restoration of the Turkish fleet, came too late to have any effect upon the Funds. Spanish Bonds were not quite so firm in the latter part of the day, the quotation being 20i to i, and Portuguese Three per Cents. fell t o 181. Columbian Bonds declined to 304, but French Five per Cent. Rentes improved to :13.25. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. rose from 53i to 54 to i. The Railway Shares were done at nearly the same price s as in the morning. The Great Western at 1 hpraemma. t ; I t 6 he i t N o e i w p a r t e m l! pr c e o m lo . n ; ia a l n ß d a t n h k e 5 pre m . S N h e a w r e s B b i brought The yearl y (Froln The Sun of La s t Ni g h t. ) comparison of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England has been published as follows : The average of the month ending the 20th inst., as com pared with the average of the month ending Sept. 13, 1838, shows a decrease in the circulation of 1,803,000/ , a decrease in the deposits of 1,362,0001., and a decrease in the stock in bullion of 6,642,000/. ; wherefore it appears that the decrease in the liabilities is 3,165,000/., and this represents the total decrease in the quantity of money in the month ending the 20th inst., as compared with the month ending Sept. 18, 1838, in so far as regards the administration of the currency by the Bank of England. From the state of the foreign Exchange it is greatly to be feared that the drain of bullion, which still continues, and as the stock of bullion in the coffers of the Bank ap pears to be under 3,000,0001., will cause, in the course of a few months, a suspension of cash payments. Arrivals this morning :—two French; two Ostend, and one Dutch mails. Also mails from Gibraltar and Lisbon by the Royal Tar, sailed on the 19th of August from Lisbon, from Gibraltar lath, Cadiz 16th, and Oporto 20th. A mail has arrived from Jamaica by the Ranger, sailed July 20th, from Hayti 25th. We have received the Jamaica papers to the 21st July. Thu PRIVY ) that one of the objects for which the Privy Council assembled on Thurs. ( C F O r u o From h L e_Ja ‘ m ve a i u ca: ld P e a rs p t e a r n s d . day was to take into consideration the propriety of pro claiming the Ist of August next a holiday; this was de termined upon, and his Excellency the Governor has, ac cordingly, been pleased to issue his proclamation to that effect. ORANGE GROVE ESTATE.--Just as our paper was going to press the melancholy tidings arrived in this town that Orange Grove Estate, near Falmouth, has been burnt down ; the fire is stated to have been originated by a spark from the boiling-house, and to have destroyed the greater part of the buildings. ANOTHER SLAVER CAPTURED.—On the morning of the 4th ult. her Majesty's schooner, Pickle, observed a very •sospicious-looking vessel standing in for the height of Pines, to which she immediately gave chase, firing several guns for the purpose of bringing her too; but to which the stranger paid no attention, continuing to run directly for the land un d er a heavy press of canvass, and soon after commenced heavin g overboard casks and other articles to lighten her. The Pickle gaining last upon her now fired several shots with grape and cannister, which fell thick around her, but such was the determined obstinacy of the crew that it was perceived they laid flit on the deck on every gun being fired, and jumped up again immediately after. After a chase of six hours, the vessel which had hoisted Portuguese colours ran on shore in the bight, dis tant about two cables' length. Lieutenant Holland des patched his boats to ca p ture h er . It was now seen th at the crew wer e p i tching the negroes into the sea, and on the boats nearing they jumped overboard themselves. swam to the shore, and escaped into the thick mangrove ' bushes on the water's edge. On taking possession of the ' vessel she proved to be the schooner Sierra del Polar, 78 days from Onim, from this African coast, with 180 ne. groes on board, several of whom were in the most emacia ted condition. She bad, originally, 255, but death, and several who had escaped into the woods with the crew, reduced the number to 180. The scene of misery and Versailles, rt.j3 3O .1i 5 . - 4 -7 30 572 to ... 581 50 St. Germain ' 1;06 -7 ... 605 ... 605 • Havre Strasburg to 8a1e.... ..... - 312 50 315 ... 312 50 ... 315 BELGIAN qt k UNDS—BRVPnEY..s, Aunnrl~oY • ••• ..... ;tI,4.I„PtIN /:,1 $ o•chlitt -O a Loan, 4, per C en t Loan of Thirty Millions 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent......... 71% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Society ef. conemereo 4 isOf Ctlit ..us. 110 Milk of Belglifin, . . .... Natiiiiial Satiety, . .. . . . Brussels Pdpei•s, Aii . ust24. /44 AUSTRIAN FUNIDs.—Vm o rA, Ate 1 .8 Five per Cents. Met a lli ques Emir per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Rhares 11533 Zcitung, August 21 HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, AUG 23. Austrian 5 per Cents. ,14 Bank Shares 10 13 C 0 1406 106 An 10-Russian Loan lulls 106% Russir.n 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series — Russian 5 per Cent. Hop, and Co. 3d and 4th Se.i:s ...................................... . y,i 97 Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, pe Cent • 51 Ditto 5 per Cen• lOl Polish Bond 4 ............................................. 134% New 1 icket ..... . .................................. ...... J 524 Anglo-i)anish Loan, 3 per Cent 7l 7 1 Norwegian Loan, KU, 4 per Cent... " Jot EXCHANGES Ov LONDON. HAMBURG, AUG. 21.—:3. 44y--Two months, 11 PETERSBURGH, A UG. 16. —Two months, 30N. BREMEN, Auu. o. —Two months, t (0. BERLIN, AUG. '2o. Three months, 6. 21 %. STOCKHOLM, AUG, 16 . —Ninety days, 11. 34. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals The Sugar question, the Spanish question, and the Oriental question respectively occupy the columns of our French Contemporaries. Of their opinions with respect to Spain, an outline is presented in another article. The revolt against MAROTO was generally believed to he at an end. Respecting this affair the Afoniteur Parisien of Friday night pub lished the following telegraphic despatch : " Bayonne, Aug, 21, Noon. " THE GENERAL COMMANDING TIIE 20TH MILITARY DIVI- SION TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. ‘4 The interview between Don Carlos and Maroto was to have taken place yesterday at Ormaistegui. The two officers who have been sent to them have not yet returned to Vera, and a kind of truce still exists between Elio and the revolters." filth whieh , rbw pre§ented itself on board this vessel is in- boneiveabl . e. From having 811612 in addition to her corn, plement the Pickle steered for the Havannah, the neatest port, where she arrived on the 12th. By the advices from St. Thomas we perceive there has I slet'n no 7ariatien of consequence in prices. Exchange was as before, 4.'.5 to 566 dollafs for 10/._sterling-, Bank drafts. S ugar i s sa id to h ave a d vance d 31 dollars in the French colonies, in consequence of the permission lately to sell it, or send it to, or for any place. The Maglsteatc3 who proceeded to St. Dorothys for the purpose of investigating into the origin of the late fire at Bushy Park estate, have committed one of the labourers, who was caught in the act of applying the torch to the canes, to take his trial. By private adviccs received in this city by the Colom bian schooner Florida, which arrived on the 16th imit, from Cartilage6a, we regret to learn that the town of Quibido, in the province of Chord, in New Granada, has been partly destroyed by fire, 75 houses having folle.n a sacrifice. We have received very few Windward Island papers by the packet. Th e f ew we h ave conta i n nothing,of interest. BARBADOES. —THE WEATIIER.—" A succession of re freshing rain and showers during the last fortnight have af forded the most favourable opportunities to the planters and labourers, of which we are led to believe they have not availed themselves generally." ANTIODA.—We have no papers from this island; but learn from the Barbadoes Mercury that it had been visited by an earthquake, accompanied by terrific thunder storms and heavy falls of rain. GRENADA.—We learn from the same source that Mr. NPCombe, the Editor of the Free Press, was still suffering under the unjust and despotic sentence of imprisonment. ST. VINCENT.—WC arc sorry to perceive that a trifling collision has been occasioned between the Lieutenant- Governor and the Assembly of that island, through the improper conduct of Mr. Stipendiary Nanton, the House having requested his Excellency to furnish them with a report of the proceeding of the Magistrates for the King ston district, ST. CHRISTCPIIER.—We have the Gazette of this island of the 7th June, which contains the speci.il meeting of the Legislature, to pass another Money Bill, which was nega tived, and the Tax Bill was then passed. We have received Demerara papers to the 7th July, chi€fly filled with English news. BARBADOES PAPERS, JUNE 26.—Yesterday and to day we have b..en blessed with delightful showers of rain. It is glorious:weather for the labourers to plant. The blessing of freedom has been grievously abused. Agriculture, the very life blood of the country, the staff and support of thousands, is retrograding instead of advancing; we hope to see better times. We have received Port of Spain papers to the 6th July:—The agricultural report states " Never do we remember a more favourable season for manu facture as also for vegetation. The crop is now over, and is more abundant than could have been antici pated ; the Negroes have also, with some exceptions, re: sumed weeding with good will, and quietly fallen back to the wages paid previously to commencement of sugar making. Emigrants still continue to arrive but not in large numbers. We have been informed on good autho rity, that since the emancipation, about 700 labourers of one description or other have arrived in this Colony. Our chief arrivals this morning are from the West Indies, by the Jamaica and Leeward Island Mails, which are of a favourable description in respect to the weather and agriculture in some of the Islands. In regard to the conduct of the labourers we have very few details, but we find there has been disorder amongst the labouring population, which extended itself to St. Dorothy's. A cane piece has been completely destroyed by fire, and about 800 acres of prime canes have also been destroyed. The effects of misrule are now developing themselves in almost every quarter o' the Island. By the Lisbon Mail, received this morning, the accounts state that there is every reason to suppose that the whole amount of the loan, 4,200 contos Five per Cent. Stock for raising 1,400 contos in Cash, has been contracted for. Exchange on London 561- to 56:t ; cx paper money 56 per cent. discount. Consols opened this morning at 914 Money, and for the Account 91i very little doing. Exchequer Bills, 12 14; Bank Stock, 184 185 ; India Bonds, 5 10 prem. ; India Stock 246 247. In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal, Spanish Active, 20H Portuguese, 28i- 1; Three per Cents., 18y a ; Colombian, 311 ; Brazilian, 77 : 1 781 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53k 54k. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUIILIN, AUGUST 24. 3 per Cent. Consols 9 I ILA , Grand Canal Delis. ti per cent. - ( per Cent. Stock lhtto Reduced - , Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 1830 98 %ICity of Dublin Steam Comp. dyv par Cent. Debentures... 91 lj 1 National Insurance Company - Bank Stock - Grand Canal Stock - Royal Canal Stock - per cent The Hamburg mail has arrived of the 231 inst., with papers of the same date, bringi ng th e E xc h ange on Lon don 13 43, lower -1• per cent. ; Gold 431 A-, also lower; Discount at Hamburg 6 to 61. per cent. Money scarce there. The accounts from Odessa to the 9th of August state that althowzli the assurance given by our Court to the other Powers, consenting to the question of the East, the military preparations in our country still continue, the two divisions of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, each of them composed of six sail of the line, four frigates, and five brigs, with two steamers, are not far from the Bos phorus. The corps d'armce of twenty thousand men is still at Odessa. The Memorial Bordelais states that the plan for the pacification of Spain will be executed before the Ist September. A very great scarcity of money prevails. 31 per cent. has been given for the continuation of the October Ac count, which is at the rate of 7 per cent. for a few days. A good deal of Money Steck has come to market. The Go• vernment broker has been selling 3i Reduced, and at one period Consols were sold for money at 91k Exchequer Bills have been done at 9s. prem. ; in the early part of the day, they were 12 14. Consols may be quoted at present 91- Money 91h ; Exchequer Bills 12 9 prem. ; Bank Stock 1841; India 247; Spanish Active 20:i R ; 11:0,ferred 9 ; Portuguese 28- ; Three per Cents. 18i • Brazilian 77i , ; Dutch Two and-half per Cents. 53k. ihe market is heavy. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock 18414 India St :ick 0 47 3 per Cent lied 3 per Cent Ccus. 9i % Ditto Old Annuities N per Cent. Red tio Ditto New Annuities New 3x, per Cent OB% Ex. Bills, 1,0(5)1 9 1 l2 pm. New S per Cent Ditto 505 , / 12 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 12 pin. Jan, 1880 Oct. 1859 Jan 1880 ..... 91% FOREIGN FUNDS !Portuguese Bonds, Sper cent. Ditto, New Ditto. l'russian, 5 per cent Russian Booth, 5 per cent — !Ditto, Metallic n noi, e.shslgred r2O en; 9 French, 5 per cent 113 f. 25c. Exchange —c French, 3per cent —l. Dutch, 24 per cent. 5l Ditto, 5 per cent. 1034 " RES Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds 73 Buenos Ayrcs, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent Colomb.an, 6 per cent Ditto, 1.424 Danish, :3 per cent Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 Peruvian, 1825,6 per Cent..." Sll Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares London and Birmingham Rai Ditto New Shares London and Greenwich Rails Northern and Eastern Railwa 66 tilway 14 51% 32% way ay HAMBURG MAIL. HANOVER, AUG. 19.—The proceedings against the Magistrates are so far advanced, or rather closed, that the document's have been transmitted from the tribunal at Hanover to that at 03naburg, to be examined by Dr. Stuve, whom the Magistrates have chosen for their counse'. He has been called upon to inspect them, after the 15th, to bring forward the defence in a fortnight. Accounts have lately been received from Frankfort. They are said to relate partly to the latest addresses pre sented to the Diet, particularly to that of the city of Hanover, which was distributed on the 15th among the Members of the Diet. The accounts are said not to be conformable to the wishes of the friends of the Constitution. OSNABURO, Auo. 14.—Our city has lately been again the theatre of considerable fermentation. The petition to his Majesty, signed by some hundreds of the most respect able citizens, has been returned unopened, as you may have already learnt from the newspapers. The few persons who founded their hopes on recent events, particularly those at Bremeworde, now feel much disap pointed. Instead of material concessions, which they expected would be granted, the right of petition, Section 33 of the new draft of a Constitution, is re voked, and thus every subject is deprived of the means of petitioning his Majesty. No right of petition, a Diet of three months once in three years, Estates which can pro pose nothing, but merely deliberate on the subjects trans mitted to them; no responsibility of the Ministers ; the liability of all public officers to be removed, such are the general subjects of conversation. HANOVER, Ace. I4.—The military, who were called in from the neighbouring towns on account of the events which took place last month, left us to-day. Perfect tranquillity prevails in every part of the kingdom. No body except the correspondents of sonic newspapers know anything of excitement or fermentation. Those who take idle talk for fermentation must look on almost all Europe as in a state of fermentation, and many German States would be declared in a state of revolution if controversies in the Journals were to be taken as the standard of their political state. We know very well that there are individuals in Hanover, as well as other countries, who would prefer con fusion to order, because they do not find their account in the latter. But the number of those who would lose by confusion is too great, and the power of the Government too considerable for that party to show itself boldly. It is true that many things it dare not do appear in the papers as wishes or as pretended facts. People here are greatly amused by the mendacious attacks of the newspapers on the Cabinet Minister, Baron Von Schele, and we know very well that this hostility is not really directed against him. Among many forged reports is that which states, that two great powers wish for the dismissal of the Cabinet Minis er, in which there is not a syllable of truth. His Majesty has given the post of Governor of Minden to Major. General Victor Von Armtscheldt, who so highly distinguished himself in the Peninsular War. CIIRISTIANA, AUG. 16.—A courier from Stockholm, has brought the protocol of the Council of State, in conse quence of which the Storthing was dissolved to-day at one o'clock. His Majesty has refused his sanction, to the draft of a criminal code; 2, to the Bill for abolishing the Ordinance of 13th January, 1741, relative to religious meetings, and to others of less importance. M. Sibborn, Counsellor of State, yesterday communicated to the Storth ing, in the name of his Majesty, renewed proposals for making some alterations in the Constitution. The King gave orders on the 9th that conformably to sec. 112 of the Constitution, proposals should be laid before the Storthing then assembled for changes in sec. 17, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 , 82, and 92 ; and likewise a fundamental law relative to the admission of the Members of the Council of State to participate in the deliberations of the national representa tion, but without a vote ; which proposals are to be dis cussed and voted on in the next ordinary St o rthing. The first proposal was accompani e d b y a long letter from his Majesty In which he declares his conviction of the necessity of the changes in the Constitution (the principal change is in the Veld which his Majesty wishes to be absolute). His Ma jesty declares that he has most maturely considered the subject, that he is not actuated by ambition or a wish to increase the Royal authority. His Majesty's advanced age, he says, will not allow him the hope of opening the next Storthi ng , b ut t h e thought uppermost in his mind is tile future destiny of the two united kingdoms. His Ma jesty affectionately taking leave of the Storthing performs a sacred duty in making it acquainted with matters that he considers to be advantageous to the peace and political independence of Norway. The Storthing resolved unanimously that the Royal pro positions and the accompanying communication should be printed and published, and be discussed in the next Storth ing.—Harnburg Papers, Aug. 23. Co UR'll_.Aß. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, his Royal Highness Prince Paul of Wurtcmberg, accompanied by the Wurtemberg Mi nister Count Mande!slob, had an audience of her Majesty. Baron Munchausen, the Hanoverian Minister, had an audience of the Queen to take leave for a short time. General Alava, the Spanish Minister, had an audience to deliver a letter from the Queen Regent of Spain. His Royal Highness and their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C. B. her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Afftirs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Earl of Granville, G C. 8., her Majesty's Am bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of the French, was presented to the Queen by Viscount Palmerston, on his return from Paris. The Right Hon. T. Spring Rice had an audience of her Majesty, and resigned his Seal of Office as Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Mr. John Gardner Wilkinson was presented to the Queen by Lord John Russell. The Privy Council was attended by the Lord Chan cellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Depart ments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the India Board, the Ch a n ce ll or o f the Ducby of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Trade, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Duke of Sutherland to be Lord Lieutenant of Shrop shire, his Grace took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon. Mr. Francis Baring was by command of the Queen sworn of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, and took his place at the Board. Mr. Baring received from her Majesty his Seal of Office, and had the ho nour to kiss hands on being appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. Her Majesty's Speech on closing the Session of Par liament this day was arranged and agreed upon. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting, Rer Majesty gave audiences to Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Holland, Lord Hill, Viscount Melbourne, and the Earl of Albemarle. Her Majesty was attended by Lady Lyttleton, Lady in Waiting ; Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Treasurer of the House hold ; Colonel Armstrong, Groom in Waiting ; and Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty took an airing in the afternoon, attended by Lady Lyttleton, in an open carriage and four. Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, followed in a carriage and four. By her Majesty's command, Mr. George Heyter con veyed his picture of her Majesty's Coronation to Buckingham Palace yesterday, and had the honour of receiving a sitting from the Queen. The Duchess — of Kent, accompanied by the Duke Ferdinand and the Princess Victoire of Saxe Coburg, Prince Augusta of Saxe Coburg, and Count Alex ander Mensdorf, and attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, left:, Buckingham Palace at twelve o'clock yesterday for Bushy House, and partook of a dejeune with her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty afterwards accompanied the Royal Duchess and their Serene Highnesses to Claremont. The Duchess of Kent, the Duke Ferdinand, the Princess Victoire, and Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg, returned from Clare mont to Buckingham Palace last evening. The Royal dinner party last evening included the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenham, Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Duke of Argyll, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis of Normailby, Earl of Uxbridge, anti the Right Hon. T. Spring Rice. The Chevalier Mustoridi had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Colonial Office. Despatches from the Governor of Malta, and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. 'ASHIONABLE IN TELIGENCE ARRIVALS. Prince Paul of Wirtembcrg, from a visit to Sir John sod Lady Wi!hams, at Sudbrook Park, Petersham, Surrey ; Lord and Lady Acheson, from Dieppe ; Earl and Countess Granville, at Devonshire House, from Havre-de-Grace ; Lord Lilford, in Grosvenor-place, from Windsor Castle; the Earl of Uxbridge, in Bruton -street, from Cumberland Lodge ; Lord Leveson, at Devonshire House, from Southampton ; Sir Henry Rycroft, Bart., from Brighton ; Count Mensdorf, at Buckingham Palace, from Lisbon ; Colonel Cavendish, in Burlington-gardens, from Windsor Castle ; Lady Poore, at the Burlington Hotel, from Cuff nells, Hants ; Major Bryan, M. P., in Piccadilly ; Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley, in Grosvenor-square, from Brighton ; the Hon. H. M. Berkeley, M. P., from a visit to the Countess Berkeley, at Cranford Lodge, Hounslow. DEPARTURES. General Sir George and Lady Nugent, for Worthing; Sir Charles Hastings, Bart., from Cavendish-square, for Wellesley Hall, Nshby-de-la-Zouche ; Major-Gen. Sir Loftus and Lady Otway, from Park -crescent, for Harrow gate ; the Hon. Captain Hastings, R.N., from York terrace, on a tour; the Hon. Mr. Justice Johnson and family, from Albemarle- street, for Brighton; the Earl and Countess of Ripon, from Carlton-gardens, for Norton, near Steaford, Lincolnshire ; Sir Edmund and Lady Hayes, on a visit; Major-General Sir Hercules and Lady Pakenharn, at Portsmouth ; Captain Lord Churchill, for Plymouth Dock ; Sir. Hume Campbell, Bart., M.P., for his shooting quarters, Novar, Inverness-shire; Sir Wynd ham Dalling, Bart., for his seat in Norfolk ; Lord and Lady William Poulet, from Curzon-street, for the Albion Hotel, at Brighton ; the Rev. George Beckett, from Sir John Beckett's, Stratford-place, for Lincolnshire; Lord and Lady Barham and family, from Upper Harley-street, for Exton Park, Rutland; the Hon. Charles Villiers, M. P., from Chestcr.place, for Staffordshire; the Marquis of Anglesey and suite, from Uxbridge House, for Beau desert, Staffordshire; Mr. Bethel!, M.P., for Rise Park, near Hull ; the Bishop of Carlisle and the Misses Percy, from Suffolk-street, for Rose Castle, Cumberland; the Lord Bishop of Bangor, from Warren's Hotel, Regent street ; Lord and Lady Carteret, from Hill-street, for Hermes-place, Bedfordshire. CHANGES. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Princesses Augusta and Mary, at Kew Palace, from the Isle of Wight; Lord Ossulston and Count Esterhazy, on a visit to the Earl of Eglintoun, ;at Eglintoun Castle, from the Moors ; Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, at the Steyne Hotel, at Brighton, from Worthing; Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Cornwall Leigh, at their shooting quarters at Tolly, Inverness-shire, from Cheshire; Lord Worsley, from Southampton, for Appuldercombe Park, Isle of Wight; the Earl of Zetland, at the shooting lodge of Colonel Hidyard, on the Moors of Durham, from Upleatham Hall, near Guisborough, Yorkshire; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Bagshot Park, from Frogmore Lodge ; Major-General Sir Hercules and Lady Pakenham, at Government House, Portsmouth, from Cowes, Isle of Wight ; Sir James Boswell, Bart., from Wolverhampton, on a tour; Lord Forester, at Eglin toun Castle, from the shooting lodge of the Duke of Rut land, Longshawe, Derbyshire; Lady Caroline Stanhope, at the Duke of Leinster's seat, Carton House, Kildare, from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock. at Buxton Wells, Derbyshire; the Earl and Countess of Hopetoun and the Honourable Miss Macdonald, at Hope toun Castle, Linlithgoisshire, from a continental tour. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, A CO. 24.—The Dean and Chapter of Win cheater have instituted the Rev. William Henry Pooke, M. A., of Worcester College, to the vicarage of Kevil, Wilts, void by the death 6: the Rev. H. Richards. The Rev. John Leton Karr, B. A., of St. Mary Hall, has been instituted to the vicarage of Berkely, Gloucestershire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Henry Prowse Jones. Patron Lord Segrave. The vicarage of Goodworth, Chatford, Hants, has been presented to the Rev. Thomas Lascelles Iremonger, 8.A., of Ballot College, vacant by the resignation of the Rev, Wm. Evans. Patron, William Iremonger, Esq. The Vicar of Lancaster has appointed the Rev. Edward Dickinson Scott, Fellow of Queen's College, to the per petual curacy of Poulton-by-the-Sands, vacant by the death of the Rev. F. Butler. The rectory of Great Witcomb, .Gloucestershir e , h as been presented College,i edtotleßev. Charles Richard Pettat, B. A . of University, void by the resignation of the R ev. J. M. Browne. Patrons, J. Browne, Esq., the Rev, W. Hicks, and J. C. Shatford, Esq. The Lords ()f the Treasury have, in consequence of a memorial addrosse d o fto the them rento byf the ee g Zoological y beyond ciety, made a reduction the canal or tunnel in the Regent's Park, to the extent of two hundred pounds a-year. The statement of a Contemporary that Sir George Grey is about to retire from the office of Judge Advocate is incorrect. We understand th at a seat in the C a binet will be held by the Right Hon. Baronet in con nection with his present office. The Bishop of Winchester is paying an official visit to the Channel Islands ; his Lordship arrived at Guernsey on the 14th.—Sherborne Journal. IVir. Christopher, M.P., notwithstanding the as sertions made to the contrary, w ill come forward, in the event of an election, and contest the county.—Lincoln Chronicle. A Yankee supposes that the occupants of the Lords' benches in lawn draperies might be perhaps the Peeresses in their own right. MORNING EDITION. Methcught, the Tories and Whigs of the de, , Disposed for a little pugnacious play, (They often exhibit a turn that way) In Westminster Hall were assembled, bent On trying their skill at a Tournament I Each—the bare thought on't makes me smile— Was equipped in his own peculiar style, And armed, besides, at his own request, With the weapons that suited his fancy best; And a very queer show, I must needs confess, Some of them cut in their tilting-dress. As, one by one, each political Knight Enters the Lists for the mimic fight. First, Lyndhurst appeared, a sly, old earls, ; As ever walked over " the burnine marle ;"• He'd a lowering brow and a threatening hand, Like some Lynch-law Squire from Yankee land, Who, whether for place, or pelf, or prog, Is prepared at all hazards to go the whole hog. Him followed Melbourne, as chief of his clan, A tine, old English gentleman, Whose courtly manners, and modest attire ; Tallied but ill with his glance of fire : Having gravely bow'd to the gaping crowd, While the Heralds proclaimed their names aloud, The Knights set to, without more ado, And fierce the collision between them grew; But er'e they'd exchanged a score of blows, The vigorous tilt was brought to a close, For Lyndhurst, while striving in his passion, To gouge his opponent, Kentucky fashion I (A most unknightly deed, abhorred By all Rho beheld it) dropped his sword, And the Heralds proclaimed, by the Tourney's laws, Melbourne, the victor, 'midst shouts of applause. Next Peel and Russell strode briskly in, 'Mid the roll of the drum and the trumpet's din; The first, as he entered, doffed his castor, And bowed with the grace of a dancing -master : All smiles he looked, and so serene, You'd have thought him the mildest of men, I "men And he wore (and it fitted him well, no doubt,) An Orange coat turned inside out ; But though 'twas pliant enough, its weight, At criticd moments, so hampered his gait, That just while he strove to parry a thrust, By his coat-tails embarrassed, he fell in the dust, And, despite all his cunning and tact in the fray, His quick-witted rival carried the day. Old Glory came next, a pitiful show, Arrayed in the garb of a " faded Beau," And looking as sage (and as shy, alas!) As some knowing old goose at Michaelmas ; He ran a short course with Leader, who At the very first shock the poor Knight o'erthrew, And down he went with a terrible whack, Head over heels, on his innocent back ! Just as the battered old Beau withdrew, Phillpotts, the pride of bigotry's crew, A spit-fire, brimstone-tempered Priest, Whose every glance, to say the least, Told that he'd gladly revive the blaze Of the good old fire-and-faggot days-- Phillpotts skipped into the lists; but gloom Darkened his brows when he found that Brougham, With a well-pickled rod in his band, was the Knight Selected to test his mettle in fight; Vainly he strove to elude his clasp, For the stern schoolmaster with iron grasp, Just to give his spirits a wholesome jogging, Seized him, and gave him a precious flogging, Which I fear will embarrass, by the way, His seat of honour for many a day Last entered huge Daniel O'Connell, a Knight Equally ready for fun or fight; But, alas I his brows, deep seamed with scars Oi the Irish giant's former wars, His lion-like energy of phi; And bludgeon so neatly trimmed, I wis, Struck the Tory knights with such apprehension. That they quaked in a way I blush to mention— (Especially Bent, who, strange to say, Frowned at him first, then fainted away)__ While Dan, to whom sword► and spears were toys, And the thunder of war a mere pop-gun's noise, Roar'd lustily, " Who's for a skrimmage, boys?" Oh shame not a Tory quitted his station, To accept this flattering invitation ; On which, in his frolic, resolved on a spree, And breaking the head of somebody, Dan, finding from fear the Conservatives shied him, Pitched into Spring Rice, who stood beside him I I-- What followed, Ik: ow riot ; fur just as he broke The poor gentlemen's noddle, I laughed and awoke " With quick, uneasy steps the Devil walked Over the burning marle."—PA 11. A DISE LOST. -f This ingenious young man publicly threatened, some time ago, that he would meet Mr. O'Connell " at Philippi,"_tbat is, the House of Commons—and then, and there, utterly abolith him ! We do not find, and we have carefully perused the (1 6- bates of the Session, that Mr. Benjamin D'lsraeli has yet kept his word. Mr. O'Connell still walks abroad, as lively, and ap parently, as unconscious of abolition as ever. The number of failures in Paris during the last ortnight was 35, so that the entire number from the Ist of January to the 21st of August amounts to 760. Among these were 101 joint-stock companies.—Nationd. EASTER DUES AGA IN.—The goods seized from the proprietor of this paper for what the Vicar calls Easter dues, value near four pounds, were sold in the Market. place, by auction, on Thursday, the 15th inst., for one pound four shillings and sixpence. The barometer and table cover were bought by police officer Holt, the celery glass by the auctioneer, John Rigby, Market place, and the wins decanters by a stranger. The pau city of bidders is a pretty strong indication of the feelings of the public respecting these ecclesiastical extortions• Yet the pious money-hating Vicar cannot or will not see the signs of the times. The reformation in the time of Henry the Eighth was accellerated by the cupidity and licentiousness of the King, aided by the aristocracy, who shared in the spnPs of a Church grown too wealthy not to excite their rapacity. But the next reformation will be accelerated by the exactions and extortions of hireling Pars o n —Preston Observer. A TORY PEER.--We are informed that at the late Tory dinner at Williton, Mr. Tripp, the Steward of Lord Egremont, and the agent engaged in the very crc ditable business of upsetting the leases granted by the Irak: Lord, told the party assembled, that his Lordship was re solved not to have a Dissenter upon his estate—or some thing to that effect. Is this zeal for the Church a set off against the profits that will accrue for setting aside leases fairly and fully paid f or to hi s pre d ecessor? Does his Lordship Compound for sins he is inclined for, By damning those he has no mind for p D e o rs c e s „ h t e i i think pi s t s o e b t e u r y s (n indulgence from 1 —Somerset ersacountv te C G b azet h l u e r . ch by PAPER DUTIES—CAUTION TO STATIONERS, PRINTERS, &e.—By an Act of Parliament passed on the 19th July last, entitled " An act to consolidate and amend the laws for collecting and securing the duties of Excise on Paper made in the United Kingdom," (2 and 3 Wm. IV. c. 23.) which comes into operation on the I I th October nest, it is enacted, (sec. 38 ) " That every persun shall, on opening any ream, half ream, or parcel of paper, button• board, mill-board, paste-hoard, or scale-board, received into their possession, immediately write in large letters in ink upon the label attach( d to t! e wrapper, the wo rd • opened,' or shall acruss such label, with ink or otherwise, permanently cancel, obliterate, and deface the same, so as to prevent the said Libel t om being again made use of by any paper.maker; and every pets .n who shall not, on opening any such ream, half-resin, or parcel, msrked as aforesaid, immediately so write on, or cross or otherwise cancel, obliterate, or deface such label, or in whose posses sion any such labels, whether attached or not to any wrap per which shall have been opened, shall be found not so written upon, crossed, or otherwise cancelled, shall forfeit for each such label ten pounds, and every such label, with any wrapper to which the same may be attached, shall also be forfeited." THE POLITICAL TOURNA ZVIENT 'Tis odd how in slumber one's fancy strays, And what queer, unaccountable pranks she pi 0 81— T'other night, as I sate in my attic, intent On the coming Ayrshire tournament ; Of its Knights in burnished armour dight, Flourishing lances and faulchions bright, 01 its Heralds and 'Squires in plumed array, I And its ladies, beauteous as flowers in May ;—. As I dwelt on this theme, I began to feel A gradual sleep o'er my senses steal, And scarce had I sunk into still repose, When the following Vision before me rose. But, hark, 'tis the sound of the trump and drum. And the cry of the thousands, " they come I — O O comer-- --- LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.-- T o or three cargoes of wheat have arrived coastwise, but the aggregate of the week's arrival of grain, flour, a nd oatmeal is to a small amount. The accounts of the crow from most parts of the country are unfavourable ; at the present season of the year, however, the reports on this head have much less influence over the trade than the state of the weather ; and this having, during the greater part of the week, been fine, we have only to report a moderate business in wheat, of which, at 3 esterday's market, there were sellers at 2d. per bushel below Tuesday's quotations. To-day has been wet and sultry. Oats have become very scarce, es p ec i a lly fine qualities, and they command fully last week's rate: fresh parcels of foreign have sold, for merlin„ at 4 5 . to 4s. 2d. per 451bg. There is little oatmeal on the market, but more than enough for the demand, and prices remain unaltered ; 365. 6d. per 2401 b. an ext reme for Irish :nand facture. Flour has found a moderate sale at 50s. to 58s. per sack for home manufacture, and 38s. to 41s. per bushel for foreign. Barley has continued in request ; good par cels of foreign selling at ss. 3d. to ss. 6d. ; inferior at 4s. 9d. to 45. 10d. per 60Ibs. Beans and Peas meet only a retail sale at our last quotations. /~ ! ~ ( ~A