The Sun. — London, England, 1839-06-10 00:00:00

kr ° l , ` , .t _ ~~ ~ EVENING EDITION. THE CHUR DUCATION. I GRAND BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Earnest hut peaceable—and because peaceable therefore the more earnest—friends of religion, we have ever lamented, as a national misfortune, the hardened worldliness and vulgar hectiiring spirit which have injured to so great an extent the cha racter of the ministers of our Established Church. We are too reasonable to insist on extraordinary acts of disinterestedness from a class of persons who—though required, indeed, to advance the cause of virtue by example, as well as by precept— are yet, we do not forget, mortal men, " passioned as we." We are not so romantic as to expect, nor so harsh as to demand, from that class of persons a rigid practical exemplification of the moral virtues they enforce on others. Whether there would not he a certain fitness and propriety in such a con formity of profession and behaviour—whether it would not be a circumstance rather beneficial to the interests of religion, that the preachers of charity were charitable, the advocates of peace peaceable, and the panegyriits of moderation and content free from the imputation, at least, of inordinate selfishness and insatiable cupidity, we will not say ; but of this we are certain, that the course which Churchmen are now pursuing in regard to the tartly, but welcome, proposal for popular education --the envy, hate, and all uncharitableness which they are not ashamed to manifest in the spirit of their opposition to it, are, if not discreditable, at least deeply injurious to them. That the murky mists of self interests (and no real self interest, but only a false, mistaken conception of it) should de scend on a whole brotherhood, visiting them with the plague of a blundering blindness, so obfuscating their five senses, that " knowledge"---knowled ge of themselves, their true predicament, and the figure they present to an observant world—should be, not "at one," but at every " entrance, quite shut out," this so deep, caliginous visitation, positively leaving them neither eyes to see, nor ears to hear, nor heart to understand what is going on, but causing them, in quaking at everything, to compre hend nothing—this, we say, would be almost iacre dible, did we not unfortunately perceive it to be true. Now for any particle of the pure philanthrophy, the kindness without exception, the benevolent car •f the people's good, which made the primitive Church of CHRIST the blessed landmark of regene rate human nature--for any show of spiritual purity —for any wisdom or morality, in short, above the common level, we have already said that we had not looked ; but unquestionably, having regard only to the vulgarest aspect of their affairs, placing , them on a mere commercial footing, we did enter tain an opinion of the sagacity of the Clergy of this country far too high to permit us to foresee the course they appear to have adopted. That course is one which has neither virtue, wisdom, prudence, common sense, nor common interest to recommend it, and would seem to bespeak only that preliminary dementation which the proverb annexes to the idea of divine wrath. There is not a body of men in the kingdom—not a fishmonger's • company--not a society of publicans—that would not have behaved with more of magnanimity , as well as discretion in any case affect ing their common interests, than the Clergy of the Established Church have done ; who, considering themselves—by right of what Iran scendant charter of monopoly, they vouchsafe not yet to inform us—possessed of an inherent, indefeasible title to all and sundry the souls and consciences of , the British people, denounce the terrors of excom munication against her Majesty's Ministers, and their supporters, for daring to suggest a scheme of education which does not constitute them, in pursu ance of the said imprescriptible right, sole patentees of a people's hopes of salvation. Oh, toleraqt and reasonable men, and who thus practically approve your high claims as instructors of the people, and substantiate that title to their confidence and affec tion, which one day you say that you possess, an other day, that you must unite to recover!—.43 it by thus unblushingly laying bare the cloven hoof of Mammon, without a rag to cover its startling unholiness, that you hope to make good the " presumption, nay certainty," that your schools, " though under the legal superintendence of the Establishment," would be "attended without scruple by Dissenters ?" Often as we have felt the danger of disaffection, and even revolt, to which the Church lay exposed by the intemperate and fatuous conduct of her mi nistry, we never seem to have beheld that danger as one of positive imminence and immediacy till now. In the 'first place, we have a DEMAND FOR UNI VERSAL POPULAR EDUCATION, made by the people —a demand in its very nature irresistible. Yes„believe us, Tories, tremblers at free knowledge! Believe us, obstructors of heaven's light ! Miser able wooden window-shutters, believe us! A people which is seiciently educated to ask for education, is a people sufficiently powerful to take education, whether ye will give it them or no ; and your poli tics ought to tell you, if your passions forget, that what one can no longer withhold with impunity, one had best get credit for ceding with grace. In the second place, we have the RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE. These, as you ought to know (if the spirit of the first Dissenter be not yet dead in your hearts), concern the most irrepressible of known moral principles; and CANUTE'S chair by the sea shore was a throne of practical wisdom compared with the fixed seat of inexorable bigotry from whence you would thunder your impossible commands for ' a religious uniformity. • Here, then, are two moral powers in operation, both of proved irresistible might; first, the DEMAND FOR EDUCATION, made by a people wise enough to want it ; second, the RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE, claimed by the same arguments which gave that now dominant Church that disallows them its own sole, original title to an independent existence. And to these, the not new-waked, but vigorous, well - meridian powers of the national mind, the Church, so far from conceding one iota of her ex clusive and already practically useless pretensions, rather takes the occasion to put forward her least tenable claims, as if seeking gratuitous mate rials of provocation and dissension, with an inveteracy and a blindness to consequences, diffi cult to account for on any principles of sane con duct. Does not the Church perceive that her passion ate resistance to a scheme of education, in which the largest and most emphatic feature is its provi sion for the religious wants of the community--a scheme in which orthodoxy is subserved to the ut termost extent compatible 'with religious liberty— does she not perceive that her opposition to such a measure as this can only lead to one conclusion in the minds of men, namely, that she has found, or thinks she has found, a bar to some cherished perquisite--some fraction of the enormous indirect tithes that find their unseen way into her coffers, and the consequence—indicative of the strength of her attachment to the people—is, that against their mighty universal hopes she places her one small fear ? Fear, observe, not danger ascertained—. eve n to that fraction of her resources—but fear, m ean•spirited, cowardly, and above all, baseless f ear. And such a feather in the scale is the whole m_ oral at happiness an d contentment o f the people of G e Britain, when balanced against one grain of the fears of an over -gorged ecclesiastical oligarchy, thve at then e former ,c must—shall — you see i t does, " y, miser shall pop u l ar d ar k ness, with popular y, allprev a il to to the crack of doom, that the equanimity of a merciless, but, unfortunately, also nervous and timid tyrant, may suffer no second shock I Iva, well, " let us keep our temper," as the may the p eop l e o f serivice—CM,s7,--Fd loses it. A nd GeartUrifpply keep theirs. On Friday a grand entertainment was given by the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress at the Mansion House. The Egyptian Hall was laid out in the style usually adopted on Easter Monday, and was decorated with flags and trophies. The whole of the superb service of city plate covered the table behind the chair, which at the Guildhall banquet to the Queen formed part of the throne. There were about 100 guests at this entertainment, and the decorations of the Hall were seen to much more advantage than on the festival to which we have alluded, and on which four hundred persous are usually crowded together. It was a most select party, upon the plan of those exceed ingly numerous parties which have graced and elevated the civic hospitality of the present Mayoralty, by assembling together persons of rank, and fortune, and birth, who never met at the table of a citizen before. The present dinner was designated an entertainment for the Foreign Ambassadors principally, and for other foreigners of distinction, a great many of whom were present ; and the Grand Duke, if he could have prolonged his stay in England, was to have ho noured the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress on the oc casion. It may be proper here to mention that at an early period of the visit of the Grand Duke the Lord Mayor sent an invitation to his Royal Highness, re questing that the Il►ustrious Prince would appoint a day for visiting the city, but it appeared that his Royal Highness's engagements were already completed. Amongst the distinguished guests we ob served the Right Hon. the Earl of Dunmore, Lord Dunboyne, Lord Worsley, their Excellencies the Baron Moncoaro, the Portuguse Minister, the Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, the Count Mandelshon, the Wurtemburg Minister, the Baron Munshausen, the Hanoverian Minister, the Baron de Bartoul, the Cheva lier de Rebello de Carvalho, the Hon. Edward and Mrs. Buttar, Sir Jehn, Lady, and Miss Hall, Captain and Mrs. Alsager, Mr. and Mrs. Fararr, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Wilson, Major-General Wright, Major Marshall, Admiral Cator, many Dignitaries of the Church, &c. &c. The baml played popu lar airs in the saloon as the company arrived, and in the music gallery during and after dinner. 'Upon the re moval of the cloth the usual loyal toasts were proposed to the sound of the trumpet. The moment the Queen's health was proposed, the gas, which was scarcely visible before, illuminated the Hall with astonishing brilliancy, and added to the applause with which the toast was re ceived. The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, made a grati fying and eloquent allusion to the benefits conferred upon the various charities of the city of London, by the unbounded and energetic patronage of the illustrious Duke. General WRIGHT, in returning thanks for the Army, expressed the pleasure he felt at the high honour con ferred upon him by the invitation from the Chief Ma gistrate of the first city in the world. After a period of' upwards of forty years spent in the service of his ' Sovereign, it was gratifying to him to return to the bosom of society, and to be so kindly and hospitably received, in the midst of so much beauty and grace as he was as that moment surrounded by, in the persons of his lovely countrywomen.—(Loud cheers.) That was a delightful and important part of the reward of a soldier, when his " stern alarms were changed to merry meetings," and the blessings of peace were dispensed by those, without whose smiles peace would be of no value.—( Cheers.) Admiral CATOR returned thanks for the Navy. The Lord Mayor had, he said, done the service no more than justice by the observations with which his Lord ship had introduced the toast. There were many pre sent who were toe young to have any recollection of a time of war, who had hitherto only enjoyed the advan tages of peace. He, with several others who heard him, could remember the period when the British Navy had been called upon to protect the rights and privileges of the British merchant by sea, and the peace and com merce of the country.—(Cheers.) War brought with it many evils, and amongst them he was free to acknow ledge, that of pressing men into the service against their will. Ile admitted that that was no slight aggra vation of the business of war, but what would the British Navy be without men ?—(Cheers.) It was a choice of evils, hut the alternative was one of para mount emergency, and if ever the time should arrive when the services of the Navy should be required for the protection of the country, there would be no lack either of officers or Jack Tars to fight her battles.— (Cheers.) The Baron DE CETTO (the Bavarian Minister), in returning thanks for the Foreign Ministers, stated that he had been a resident nearly twenty years in England, and had had frequent opportunities of witnessing such banquets as the present, the like of which could not be seen in any other part of the world.--(Cheers.) The Ministers of Foreign Powers felt much indebted to his Lordship for the distinguished reception he had given them, and begged to take the opportunity of drinking the Lady Mayoress's health, The toast was greatly cheered and was acknowledged by the Lord Mayor in suitable expressions of gratitude. Lord DUNMORE returned thanks for " the House of Lords," a toast which was received with shouts o applause. He knew well that no circumstances wouh prevent their Lordships from excercising the independent and honourable authority with which they were invested, and the existence of which was so indispensible to the pre servation of the Constitution of England.—(Cheers.) He felt honoured in a manner beyond his capability of ex pressing by the association of his name with the senti ment of respect uttered by the Lord Mayor, in pro posing the toast, and would take the liberty without asking permission, which he knew would be willingly granted, to give, as the representative of the House of Lords, " His Grace the Duke of Wellinf,, , ton."— (Sliouts of applause.) The LORD MAYOR then proposed " the House of Commons." He stated that his fellow-citizens had reason to be grateful to the. Hon. Members of that House for many important services rendered to them, as a corporation, in defence of their rights and privi leges, as well as for the improvements which had been accomplished through their instrumentality. There were at that moment at the table several intelligent and use fnl Members of the House of Commons, the benefit of whose services the City would, he trusted, continue to enjoy ; and he trusted, too, that the great City in which they were then assembled would continue to de serve the countenance, assistance, and approbation of of the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) His Lordship proposed the toast, connecting with it the name of Lord Worsley. Lord WORSLEY expressed his regret that the duty of returning thanks fur the House of Commons, did not fad into abler hands, that justice might be done to the toast. He saw many around him who were much older members, and better qualified than himself for the performance of the task, but he assured the Lord Mayor that no one could feel more deeply gratified for the honour than he felt. He re turned thanks to the Lord Mayor for the invitation to the very splendid entertainment which they were all so heartily enjoying, and for the opportunity afforded to him of uniting his thanks with those of the great body of the people in the firm, manly, independent, straight forward, and disinterested conduct of the Chief Magis trate, in the performance of the duties of that high office.—( Loud cheers.) The services rendered by the company's honourable and spirited host he could not stop to enumerate. They were general, and the approbation excited by the resolute and able performance of them extended to all parts of the country. There were, however, a few who mur mured against the Lord Mayor, but to the:com plaints more strongly pointed out, and distinguished the good that had been carried into accomplishment. That the Lord Mayor should have raised some feeling of animosity, amongst a few solitary individuals (and the dissatisfied were very few) was not at all to be wondered at, but wherever he (Lord Worsley) went, into what ever company, public or private, he happened to be in troduced, he beard but one feeling expressed of the character and energies of the Chief Magistrate of the City of London—unmingled approbation.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord concluded by proposing the health of the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR in acknowledging the honour done him said, that it :was a high gratification to him, as he was convinced it must be to any public man, to receive such marks of approbation from his fellow eountrymen as he n as daily receiving. It satisfied him, that he was pursuing a right and advantageous public course and that his humble and unwearied exertions for the public good was more than duly appreciated.—( Cheers.) That applause was the most exalted reward he wished for, and was a great encouragement to him to perse vere. He was quite aware that he came in for a pretty large share of abuse amongst certain persons ; but when he looked at the quarter in which the ill feeling was generated, his ardour, instead of being damped, was raised to a higher degree of enthusiasm, particularly as the more indigent classes of the community were those who were most likely to be essentially served by his efforts.--(Loud cheers.) Sheriff JOHN3ON returned thanks for the Magis trates and Sheriffs of London. Captain ALSAGER returned thanks for the Magis trates of Surrey, and several other counties. Lord DUNMORE proposed " the Church," which he said required at the present moment to be particularly noticed. The Rev. Doctor DAVIES returned thanks. Sir JAMES DUKE returned thanks for the honour done to the Corporation by the manner in which the Lord Mayor had called the attention of the Meeting to the claims of th a t b ody. Although he had since he joined the Corporation station, he should perform his duties as one of them with as much zeal as ever. He should always feel proud to serve the City of London, either as a Member of its Council, or in any other capacity in which his exertions might be required. _ The Company did not leave the dinner table till after eleven o'clock, when they retired to the drawing room, and spent another hour most delightfully. The party was a full-dress one. There were a great many beautiful and splendidly dressed v. omen at the en tertainment, and a more magnificent and festive scene, could not have been exhibited. MAGISTRATES OF THE CITY OF LONDON. WHITEHALL, JUNE .—The Queen has been pleased to issue a new Commission of Lieutenancy for the city of London, constituting and appointing the several persons undermentioned to be her Majesty's Commis sioners for that purpose, viz. :—Her right trusty and well-beloved Samuel Wilson, Esq., Lord Mayor of the city of London, and the Lord Mayor of the said city for the time being ; her trusty and well-beloved Sir Clau dius Stephen Hunter, Bart. ; George Scholey and Samuel Birch, Esqrs. ; Sir Mathew Wood, Bart, ; Sir William Heygate, Bart. ; William Venables, Anthony Brown, Matthias Prime Lucas, and William Thompson, Esqrs. ; Sir John Key, Bart. ; Sir Peter Laurie, Knt. ; Charles Farebrother, William Taylor Copeland, and Thomas Kelly, Esqrs. ; Sir John Cowan, Bart., Al dermen of the city of London ; Charles Evan Law, Esq., Recorder of the city of London, and the Re corder of the said city fur the time being ; Sir Chap man Marshall, Knight, James Harmer, Thomas Johnson, John Pirie, Thomas Wood, John Lainson, James White, John Humphery, William Magnay, and Michael Gibbs, Esqrs., Aldermen of the city of Lon don, and the Aldermen of the said city for the time being ; Sir James Shaw, Bart., Chamberlain of the city of London, and the Chamberlain of the said city har the time being ; Henry Woodthorpe, Esq., Town clerk of the city of London, and the Town-clerk of the said city for the time being ; John Mirehouse, Esq., Common Serjeant of the city of London, and the Com mon Serjeant of the said city for the time being ; Thomas Price, Joseph Daw, 'Thomas Whitby, Rich. Brook, John Blackett, Joseph Carter, William Sandell Angell, John Lorkin, Thomas Corney, David Allen, William Curl ing, John Downes, James Frisby, William . Green, Richard Hicks, Willi am Th omas H eat h, J o h n Kinners ley Hooper, Walter Anderson Peacock, WilliamPr nell Tyars, Robert W es t woo d, Th omas Quested Finn's, John Obadiah Jaques, James Ramshaw, William Ste vens, John Atkinson, James Southby Bridge, John Brown, Edward Godson, Thomas Pewtress, and Wil ham Richardson, Esqrs., Deputies of the city of Lon, don, and the Deputies thereof for the time being ; John Garratt, Edward Tickner, Robert William, and George Hibbert, Esqrs., Sir Robert Baker, Knt., James Brogden, and Stephen Edward Thornton, Esqrs., Sir Thos. Neave, Bart., Jeremiah Olive, Jeremiah Har man, Isaac Solly, Andrew Loughnan, Abel Chapman, Andrew Henry Thompson, Cornelius Buller, William Ward, and Melvil Wilson, Esqrs., Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., John Henry Polley, Robert Barclay, John Bowden, Henry Davidson, Abel Lewis Gower, Thom son Hankey, jun., John Benjamin Heath, John Gellebrand Hubbard, Charles Frederick Huth, Alfred Latham, James Malcolmson, William Cotton, Humphrey St. John Mildmay, James Morris, George Warde Norman, John Horsley Palmer, James Pattison, Chris topher Pearse, Timothy Abraham Curtis, Charles Pole, Henry Poreher, William R. Robinson, Thomas Charles Smith, Thomas Matthias Wiguelin, Bonamy Dobree, Charles Pascoe Grenfell, John Oliver Flan son, Rowland Mitchell, Sheffield Neave, Henry James Prescott, Thomas Warre, Money Wigram, and William Unwin Sims, Esqrs. ; Sir James Law Lushington, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Ho nourable Military Order of the Bath ; Sir Richard Jenkins, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honour able Military Order of the Bath ; William Astell, Campbell Majoribanks, William Wigram, William Stanley, Clarke, John Thornhill, John Loch, Char les Mills, John Mastermann, John Petty Mus pratt, Henry St. G. Tucker, and Henry Alexander, Esqrs. ; Sir William Young, Bart.. George Lyall, John Forbes, Henry Shank, Russell Ellice, and John Cotton, Esqrs. ; Patrick Vans Agnew, Esq., Compa nion of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, Wm. But terworth Bayley, J. Shepherd, Francis Warden, Mur tin Tucker Smith, and Josia3 Dupre Alexander, Esqrs. ; Sir Robert Campbell, Bart., Neil Benjamin Edmon stone, Hugh Lindsay, and John Goldsborough Raven shaw, Esqrs. ; Sir Henry Willock, Knt., Charles Franks, Thomas Vienne, Charles John Baker, Henry Berens, and Philip Pleydell Bouverie, Esqrs. ; Sir Richard Plumptre Glynn, Bart., Matthew Harrison, Henry Lannoy Hunter, Henry Kingscote, William Phillimore, Abraham Pole, John Thornton, Edward Vaux, John Willing Warren: John Beauclerk, James Whatman Bosanquet, Ebenezer Fuller Maitland, Charles John Manning, Brice Pearse, jun., Geo. Whit more, Abraham Roberts, Geo. Carr Glynn, Wm. St. Julian Arabin, G. Rickards, J. Muckleston Key, Theo. Green, George Henry Holm, Abraham John Valpy, Robert Seeley, and John Murray, Esqs. ; Sir Charles Price, Bart., Sir William Henry Poland, Knt. ; Benja min Barnard, Geo. Woodfall, Thomas Alers Hankey, and John Gore, Esqs. ; Sir Moses Montefiore, Knt., Sir George Carroll, Knt., Samuel James Capper, Henry Butterworth, Edward Tyrrell, William Croft, John Alexander Hankey, and Geo. Raikes, Esqs. ; Sir James Rivett Carnac, Bart., Charles Bosanquet, James An •derton, and Daniel Britton, Esqs. ; Sir James Duke, Knt., George Dodd, Francis Bligh Hookey, William Hughes Hughes, jun., John Johnson, George Meek, Ambrose Mcore, Joseph Oldham, William Matthew Thiselton, William Venables, jun., Josiah Wilson, Al fred Wilson, Cornelius Lea Wilson, Edward Lanford Peter Laurie, Edward Wilson, and Richard Lea W son, Esqs. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1839. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS. BRUSSELS, JUNE 6. —The day before yesterday, at nine o'clock, a heavy rain began to fail, and continued till the morning. In the night there was a gie at deal of thunder, and the lightning struck two or three places. The villas in most of the lower parts of the city are filled with water. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the train which had left Brussels fur Ostend at half -past six came back, having been unable to proceed beyond Capelle, where, according to the accounts given by the passengers,sthes dike of a canal has given way, and the railway is three feet under water. A•house built of stone has given way. At Burgt, near Vilvorde, nine small houses have fallen down, and twenty children arc said to be buried under the ruins. Between Brussels and Malines the railroad and the sur rounding country are inundated ; the standing corn, which looked so well, is now buried under water. It is said that five houses have fallen down at Wolruve St. Pierre. LIEGE, JUNE s.—Detachments of soldiers, discharged with unlimited furloughs, daily arrive here, some of them are quartered on the citizens for ono night, others merely pass through the city and proceed directly to their homes. A great number of waggons, carts, &c. have been sent to Venloo to bring away all the provisions, military stores, &C. The Chamber of Representatives met to-day at one o'clock. Among the petitions presented was one from the Chamber of Commerce of Venloo, requesting, in favour of Limburg, the same modifications of the tariff of customs that have been adopted for Luxemburg. The Minister Lf the Interior said it was impossible for the Chamber to attend to the petitions at this moment, but that it would be a subject of its greatest solicitude. The Central Section having made its report on the project of law respecting the Court of Justice in Luxemburg as amended by the senate, the law so amended was agreed to without any important discu ,sior!. The Minister of the Interior then read the Royal Ordinance, by which the Session of 1838- 1839 is declared to be closed. The Journals are full of accounts of the accidents caused by the storm. It seems that a great many houses have fallen down, and the number of lives lost is consider able. At Borgt, where a viaduct, that had been con structed under the causeway, to carry off the water, was found to be far too narrow for that purpose., the water rose to the height of 45 feet, burst the dike or barrier formed by the causeway, and swept away 17 houses that were in the valley lower than the causeway. All the in habitants who have perished, seem to have been overtaken in their sleep. The dead bodies of 13 persons of one family have been found in one of the houses that are un dermined. In all 33 dead bodies have been found; 14 or 15 others are missing. JUNE 7.—lt appears that the ravages of the storm have been very extensive. Letters from Antwerp and Liege give melancholy accounts of the damage done by it. THE HAGUE, JUNE 4. To-day there is a grand dinner at the country house of Prince Frederick, at which all the members of the Royal family are present. It was given to take leave of Princess Albert of Prussia, who leaves the Hague to-morrow to go to her estates in Silesia. It is said, however, that she will be here again in August to keep the birthday of our revered King. The Grand Duke Alex ander, who is be at Frankfort on the Gch, will stop there 10 days and then go on by way of Kipingen, (where he will go to visit his aunt, the Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimare,) Berlin, and Lubeck to St. Petersburg. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Orange, will go this week to Stuttgard, where his marrage with the Princess Sophia of Wurtemburg will be solemnised on the 18th. It said that the Prince of Orange will be pre sent at the ceremony. AMSTERDAM, JUNE 6.—We learn that the seat of the Com pany for promoting the navigation and trade of the Black Sea and the East; is to be at Amsterdam, where the grand meetings are to be held. There is to be a general factory at Odessa, the Com pany having obtained permission to have factories not only in different parts of the Russian Empire, but also in foreign countries. The Russian Government has granted several privileges to this Company, the foundation of which was suggested by the daily inereasing importance of the trade of the Black Sea. The chief founders of the Company are Messrs. Van Aken, Count Rodel, Van Gobbeloschroy Bcrrryer, and E. Barbier. The news of the taking of Daleo—must be very welcome to those who are acquainted with Sumatra, and take an interest in our affairs there. It is really an important event, as it establishes our power to the frontiers of the kingdom of Achim, that is over the whole territory which we can possess according to the treaty of 1824. Thus our troops will have little more to contend with on the west coast of Sumatra, and especially towards the north, unless differences should arise with the people of Achim. On the east coast we aro not so far advanced; Palembang and the interior to the north of Palembang, and between that and Bencoolen, are in a very unsettled state, and the people. so very low in the scale of civilization, that it will require much time and trouble to accustom them to a regular government. It is supposed that Palembang and Bencoolen being united, the seat of government will be fixed in the highlands in the interior on the river Mocrie, which falls into the sea at Palembang. IRE LAND. JUNE 6.--MORE COUNTY MEETINGS..---The County of Mayo has agreed to au Address, and a requisition is in pro gress for Kildare. STATE OF THE POOR.—We see in the journals from the &nth and West of Ireland sad accounts of the suffering peasantry. The existing scarcity occasions considerable alarm amongst them. From other parts of the country si milar disastrous reports have been received. REVENUE OF IRELAND.—In the Finance accounts for the past year the revenue derived from Ireland is stated to be 4,041,0001. As compared with the return for 1837, there is an increase of 126,0001., whilst, in consequence of the general tranquillity of the country, the expenditure in Ire land must have been considerably reduced by the withdrawal of so many regiments to maintain order in England— Dublin Evening Post. Loss OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.-Some account of the fearful ravages of the extended range of the recent thunder-storm has before appeared in The Sun. The latest reports, we lament to add, represent the storm as one of almost unexampled violence. The destruction of property in various parts of the country is great, and the loss of life lamentable. About three miles from this city, says a Limerick paper, the rain continued to pour in such a manner, and for so considerable a length of time, that the mountain torrents became swollen, and, mingling with the Blackwater, rushed impetuously forward, levelling in their course several weirs —carrying away no fewer than five bridges recently erected over the river—undermining partially the foundation of a flour -mill belonging to our respected fellow-citizen, Samuel Caswell, Esq.—rising to such a height (43 feet), that a large quantity of flour, oat meal, and cutlins, stored within, were completely saturated with water, and, of course, destroyed —burying in its rapid course two female children (one of whom was I' 3 years old ) who were at the time seeking shelter in an out-house from the fearful element —rasing several immense walls to the ground—tearing up trees, the growth of many years, by the root T—drowning two horses, seven pigs, and sonic sheep belonging to Mr. Caswell, and spreading its devastating influence over the pleasure grounds, which the same gen tleman bad tastefullyand elegantly there laid out. The potato ground, all along that district of country for a distance of five miles at either side of the river, is covered over with mire, scattering the seed along the surface. In almost all directions the impetuosity with which the torrents of rain came down has injured the growing crops ; and great inconvenience will be felt by the gentry and others residing in the neighbourhood of the Blackwater, in consequence of the several bridges having been carried away, and the circuitous route they must now take to come into town. In fact, no attempt at description, could convey any thing like an adequate idea of the destruction caused in the locality. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCIIEQUER, JUIVR 8. LEACH V. SIMPSON AND ANOTHER. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment. The plaintiff is the celebrated " Gnome Fly," who brought kis action against the defendants, the former one of the proprietors of the Birmingham theatre, and the latter constable of that establishment, under the followiry , circumstances :—On the night of the Ist of October last, after the termination of the performances, one of the box-keepers entered the box in which the plaintiff was sitting, and requested him to go and dress himself, as he was announced, in accordance with the terms of 1 * his engagement, to play in the next piece. This the plaintiff re fused to do, and instantly commenced haranging the audience, stating that the defendant owed him 101. 14s. 6d., and that until that sum was paid ho was resolved not to perform. This course of proceeding gave rise to an uproar, during which the benches were torn up, and bottles thrown about the theatre. The plaintiff sprung over into the pit, and scrambled, as he was wont, as a " monkey," across the heads of the audience in the pit to the boxes on the opposite side of the house, and ulti mately on to the stage, where he got into a scuffle with the defendant, the manager, who was compelled, with the view of putting a stop to the dangerous and riotous proceedings which were going on before the curtain, to give the plaintiff into the custody of an officer of the name of Rock, the defen dant, behind the curtain. The behaviour of the plaintiff then became so violent that the officer handcuffed him, and removed him off to the station-house. The Jury, on the trial, returned a verdict for the defendants. Mr. WADDINGTON, in the course of the present term, hav ing obtained a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside, Mr. Sergeant GOULEURN this day showed cause. Mr WADDINGTON was then heard in support of the rule. Lord ABINGER said that the Court were of opinion that the rule must be discharged. Rule for a new trial discharged accordingly. SUGAR BRISTOL SMA RKET.—The demand noticed in our last for all descriptions of Sugar, has con. tinued unabated during the week, and the importers having met the buyers freely, the stock is again reduced to about 100 it hds., principally Barbadocs. The prices paid have been rather higher than they were last week, which may be attributed greatly to the small stock on hand, the wind having prevailed from the eastward so long as to prevent any arrivals. No Molasses in the market..—Bristo Gazette. HANOVER. The Cabinet is in a state bordering on despair. The late resolutions of the German Diet had held out the pros pact of an inquiry, ex-officio, into the King's conduct. This rendered it imperative for his Majesty to make a last effort to come to an understanding with his subjects. Under these circumstances he bethought himself of the " rump" of what he had been pleased to call his Chamber." Upon mus tering them he found they amounted to the number of 26. Upon calculation he found that he only wanted 11 more, in order to constitute "a House." Tho writs were issued accordingly. Every effort was made, every defeat was dissembled, every humiliation was sustained, in order to procure 11 more elections. Fortune appeared to smila upon him ; he procured, not only eleven, but fourteen ; three more than he actually wanted. Upon this gloriou s result, Scheele is despatched post-haste to Frankfort, to inform the Diet that, if they would but wait a little longer, they would witness a most affecting scene; for this time the King would be sure "to do the thing genteelly, and astonish the natives." In the meantime Leist is removed from the Cabinet. Leist is a bit of a lawyer ; and your lawyers ar e sa d stick lers for formalities. Th e y w ill do very well in a court of law, " to make the worse appear the better reason ;" but they are not fit for executing any grand design. So he was told begone about his business, and to have an eye upon the King's interests in the Supreme Tribunal of Celle, which had exhibited symptoms of a refractory spirit. Forty members upon the list; the majority of them ready to rush into the Ministers' arms, and to ask for giveness for the trespasses of their late colleagues—the prospect was charming indeed. There was but one cloud one little speck in the horizon. 'What if the 29 should re. appear, who had protested, who had applied, to the Diet, and who had threatened to return as soon as the "rump' should presume to proceed business in their absence ? Truly, the 29 were considered to have resigned their places. Still it would be an awkward thing to have them knocking at the door, and demanding entrance. They must be in timidated. Five of them—though the German papers have named only one—five of them were given to under stand that measures had been taken to exclude them efficiently, or, if they should present themselves, to disable them from disturbing the placid aerenity of a Chamber of i ix ß v u ot t e h s e ; says l 5 ehleecwtoirlls come - the King's ch o ice. B es id es, there was one consolation. One of the 29 had ratte d —even the famous Dr. Lana. He has actually c o n sen t e d to be elected by a m i nor i ty. Of t a es c t o in n g sti a t g uc ail n is ey t to represent the interests of th e s i x electors, and the i nte rests of the King and country, an d heaven knows what o t the e 21, proceedings. he lad s interests besides. Some suspect that he will come to kick up a row, but in this they wrong him grievously ; he will mast probably come to say some very fine thinge, but not to do anything, unless it be to spoil everything. Still, there was greet rejoicing on the name of Dr. Lang ap pearing on this list. The eventful day was approaching. It dawned upon this city; the sun of the 28th of May was to shed its beams on a Chamber of full forty Deputies. Were they in their places? Oh, no—they don't come; alas, they won't come. On the first day there were present 33 ; on the second, 35; on the third and fourth day, 36. Ara . tters are mending ; we have no doubt that there w ill be a house one of these days, but still there have been fur ineffectual meetings ; at one of them a protest was presented from one of the twenty-nine (Dr. S:emens) against the exclusion of those who hod applied to the Diet; and what is worse, even Dr. Lang (et tu, jili Brute!) was not come. Old Scheele is going round, scratching his head, " dear, dear, what can the matter be ?" And this at a time, when, on the one hand, the people are cautioned against the payment of illegal taxes by Three Faculties of Law, whose deliberate opinions have just been put forth in a Second Edition, the first having been most inadequate to the demand ; while, on the other band, Aus tria is known to have declared to the Diet, that this state of things is not to be connived at much longer. A _LEPPO, MAy D.—Business is completely suspended here, in consequence of the dread of a rupture between the Sultan and Ibrahim Pasha. More than seventeen regiment s o f i n f antry and cavalry have a l rea d y arrived here, besides two parks of artillery, and more arc expected. The troops are lodged in the mosques and coffee-houses. B read and corn, and almost every descrip tion of provisioris, ha ve di sappeared from our mar k ets , an d great distress and apprehension are very generally felt throughout the country. Soliman Pasha (the French Colonel Seve) and Aebmet Meneklis are hero, and hold . daily conferences with Ibrahim, who declares his deterim . nation to abstai n f rom every act ' of hostility, unless pro voked by the enemy. The Geographical Society has awarded one of the Gold Medals two of which constitute the Royal pre mium for the advancement of Geographical Science, to Mr. Thomas Simpson, of the Hudson's Bay Company, whose adventurous j ourneys i n 1837 and 1835, beyond the farthest point reach e d by Si r John Franklin, were lately described pelq, of Frankf ort , f or his improvements in in our Journal. Th e other medal was g iven to D. r. Rup graphy. A NOVEL SUPPER.-A man and woman of very equivocal c h aracter were last week held to b a il by the Magistrates of L am b eth -street for being drun k an d orderly. It app eare d that on Wednesday n ight last a physical geo. fits raffle took place at a public-house in Past Smithfield, for a bullock's head o f more than ordinary size, and the vvinner of the prize, it s eeme d , had made up his m i n d to give his friends a sumptuous treat. With this object in view, he procured half a hundred weight of potatoes, and having sent them with the bullock's head to a neighbouring baker's, in. vited nearly twenty common prostittees to be of the party ,to enjoy the sumpt uous feast. The immense pan contain. ing the baked head and the potatoes was borne on the shoulders of four men, and guar d e d by four others, with large broom sti c k s i n their hands, with adrummer and fifer in front, playing " The roast beef of Old England" as they marched along. The prisoners were among.the guests, and, on the principle, it was supposed, that good eating deserving good drinking, imbibed more than they ought, and this led to the present charge. AVERY'S ROTATORY STEAM- ENGINE. (From the Scotsman.) The wonderful simplicity of this engine led us to feel an interest in it from the first ; and those made upon its plan, with various improvements, by Mr. Ruthven, of this city, have been noticed more than once in our columns. Our last notice was about a year ago. Mr Rutliven had one then working (and has it still) in his workshop, turning several lathes, moving a tilt hammer and planing-machine, driving a grind-stone, &c. Like many others we were extremely incredulous as to the power of the machine when its structure was first explained to us. Our incredulity was removed in part when we saw it in operation in his shop. We were then satisfied that it was capable of doing a cer tain amount of work, but the task it was put to was not of that precise and definite kind to convince us that it could bo profitable in any circumstances. On Sa turday week, we had the pleasure of seeing it at work in this neighbourhood, on the farm of Mr. Allan, at Pilton, and in a manner fairly calculated to test its powers. The engine is one of six horse power, according 0 the usual method of computation. The radius of the revolving arm is two feet ; the length of the two arms, of course, four feet ; and they make fully 3,000 revolu tions in a minute. The cast-iron box in which they revolve is five feet in diameter, and about six inches wide externally ; and this box, with the two revolving arms within it, actually constitutes the whole machine, except the boiler, and the pump which supplies the boiler with wafer. The engine has neither beam, piston, parallel-motion, apparatus, crank, nor valve. It could be put with ease into a parlour book-case ! The boiler is a cylinder, two feet in diameter, and ten feet long. There are two small cylinders of twelve inches diameter connected with it, filled with water, but no steam is formed in them. Their use is to economise fuel. They may be considered as enlarged portions of the pipe which conveys water to the boiler, passed through the lower and horizontal part pf the flue, that the waste heat of the fire may be profitably employed in warming the water before it gets into the boiler. A polished iron cylinder, nine inches long and five in diameter, is attached to the axis of the revolving arms ; and a broad leather belt passing from it to a wheel, four feet in diameter, conveys the motion to the thrashing-mill. The motion of the arms, which constitutes the moving power, is produced by the reaction of steam, rushing from apertures about a quarter of an inch wide, in the opposite sides of the arms, at their outer extremities. The engine is worked with a pressure of four or five atmospheres. Its price, including boiler and pump, with the belt and wheel for communicating motion to the thrashing-mill, is about 1201. We are thus parti cular, because many will have forgot, and some will not have seen, the details we formerly gave. We saw the fire lighted, the motion commence, and the operation of thrashing and winnowing proceed for a considerable time. The engine has been two months in Mr. Allan's possession. He has been using it every week, and has already thrashed upwards of 200 bolls of grain with it. It has given him complete satisfaction ; and the following is his account of its performance : " Mr. Ruthven's engine thrashes from S to 10 bolls (4 to 5 qrs. ) of grain per hour. with a consumption of less than a hundred weight of coals. It is, besides, easily kept and m maged, and there is a great saving of grease. In addition to the thrashing-mill, it drives two sets of extra fanners, a humbling-machine, and two sets of elevators." Mr. Allan informed us that it required five horses to work the same thrashing machine, before he procured Mr. Ruthven's engine ; and neither the extra fanners, elevators, nor humbling-machine were then attached to it. With this addition, he reckons that the engine (of six computed horse power) does the work of seven or eight horses. With the apparatus in its present state, he is able, not only to thrash, but to winnow, clean, and send off to market, 50 bolls of grain in six hours, with a great saving o f manua l l a b our. We may add, for the information of persons at a distance, that Mr. Allen is one of the most extensive and intelligent farmers in the country. Professor Low, with Mr. Finnic of S sanston, an agriculturist of known ability, tested the performance of the engine some weeks ago, in the most careful man ner. They brought an experienced person with them to feed the thrashing-machine, witnessed all the parts of the operation, and had the coals weighed at the begin ning, and the grain measured at the termination of an hour's work. It would be improper in us to anticipate their observations, which will no doubt be published in due time ; but we believe we may safely say, that they will confirm, in all respects, the account of the engine's performance we have given on Mr. Allan's authority. Books on the steam-engine of the common construc tion tell us how many pounds it will lift one foot high, with a certain quantity of coals. But results in this form are incapable of being brought into comparison with those which we have given. We must, therefore, leave it to farmers who use Watt's engines to say, whet ther 4} quarters of grain, thrashed and cleaned in one hour, by an engine costing one hundred and twenty pounds, with a consumption of 1001bs. of coals, is, or is not, good work. The performance, we humbly think, is at all events sufficient to prove, that the principle on which the engine is constructed is not a fallacy, as some of our men of science have rashly asserted. For some purposes it will, no doubt, be inferior to the piston engine, but for others, there is no improbability in supposing that it may be found decidedly superiors We think, for instance, that if applied to locomotive. or steam-boat., its direct method of producing a rota tory motion promises to economise power to some ex tent, and to produce a great diminution in the chances of breakage, to say nothing of the saving in first cost which would probably be two-thirds. The thing is a least worthy of a trial. OXFORD CIRCUIT. DAYS AND PLACES APPOINTED FOR BOLDING TIIE SUMMER ASSIZES, BEFORE MR. BARON ALDERSON AND MR. JUSTICE WILLIAMS," Berkshire—Monday, July 8, at Abingdon. Oxfordshire—Wednesday, July 10, at Oxford. Worcestershire._ Saturday, July 13, at Worcester. City of Worcester—Saturday, July 13, at the City of Worcester. Staffordshire —Thursday, July 18, at Stafford. Shropshire—Wednesday, July 24, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire --Saturday, July 27, at Hereford. Monmouthshire—Wednesday, July 31, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire—Saturday, August 3, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—Saturday, August 3, at the City of Gloucester. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN SIO N-H OUSE. DISCOVERY OF A DAUGHTER OF KING GEORGE THE FOURTH AND MRS. FITZFIRRBERT.--A well-dressed female, of respectable appearance, who said that her name was Sophia Elizabeth Guelph Sims, waited upon the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of soliciting his Lordship's assist ance in proving that she was the daughter of Mrs. Fitzher bert, by George the Fourth, in order that she might obtain not honours rind distinctions, but a sum of money, which was left for her maintenance and education. [lt is proper to say, that if any money was left to defray the expenses of her education, it was quite evident there had been no appli cation of it to that purpose.l The LORD MAYOR said he had never heard that there was any issue from the connection between Mrs. Fitzher bert and the Prince, and he had seen, by a letter in the Times newspaper some time ago,, that it was mentioned incidentally by Lord Stourton that there had been no Mrs. Guelph Sims said that she had written to Lord Stourton, contradicting his Lordship's statement to that effect, as she was, according to the dying assurance of her nurse, and other circumstances of a mysterious nature, the child of that union, hav;ng been born of the body of Mrs. Fitzherbert on the 4th of May, 1802, at eleven o'clock at night, if the Countess of Jersey and Sir Richard Croft told the truth. The Lorm MaYon—What proof is there that there was any child at all resulting from what you call the union, but what every body knew could be no union at all ; or why, if you thought you were Mrs. Fitzherbert's child, did you not make a stir about it? I don't see how it is possible that a woman in your circumstances, believing herself to be the daughter of a King, could have been so long quiet? —Mrs. Guelph Sims said Mrs. Fitzherbert knew nothing about it. The LORD MAYOR—What I were you born without her knowledge ? Mrs. Guelph Sims—She supposed that her child was still-born, and was never told to the contrary; and 1 was always afraid, when I was informed by my nurse that I was the daughter of the Prince, to apply to either my father or mother. The LORD MAYOR acknowledged that it would be very difficult to convince him that there was any foundation for the supposition that Mrs. Guelph Sims's birth was at all superior to what appeared to be her present condition. Mrs. Guelph Sims said that she had certainly no guide in the affair except the dying declaration of her nurse, Peggy White, and the letters of Lady Jersey, which, in her opinion, as strongly as possible testified to her identity with the child that was born to the Prince. Peggy White received her from tile hands of Sir Richard Croft and the Countess of Jersey the moment after her birth, and about three weeks afterwards she was delivered over to the care of a woman named Boswell, in France, where an attempt was made to assassinate them both. On the Ist of Sep tember she was brought back to London to the Countess of Jersey, and baptized in the name of Sophia Elizabeth Guelph. She was then put under the care of Mrs. Hill, sister to P eggy Whi te, end wife of Captain Hill, who re ceived 2,0001. to adopt her, provided she was not claimed, and was commanded to call her Margaret Hill. The Loan MAYOR asked whether she had received any part of the money ? Mrs. Guelph Sims replied in the negative. The Countess of Jersey, she said, left in the hands of Lord Rivers, who was subsequently found drowned, 1,0001. to be paid to her upon her attaining the ago of 21 years; and Mrs. Hill was to receive 501. a year from Lord Rivers, or his heirs, till she reached that age, which happened on the 4th of May, 1815. Mrs. Hill died in November 'of the same year. She (Mrs. Guelph Sims) having been put in Possession of important letters on the subject, delivered them to Lord Rivers, at his request, upon his assurance that he would lay them bef,tre the Duke of Wellington, in order that they should be put into the hands of her Royal father, but the letters were detained ; and the Duke of Wellington, upon being applied to afterwards on the sub ject, declared that he had never received any commu nications of tho kind. One of these letters was for Mrs. Fitzherbert, Park-lane, and was written by the Doc- WORSHIP. STREET. Mr. Simpson, the superintendent of the tolls under the Metropolis Road Commissioners, gave iliformation of a daring attempt to rob the mail, between Enfield and Ed monton, which was witnessed by him. As the informant was in his gig on the road, he saw the mail post-boy struggling with two men, who were trying to pull him off his horse; his servant went from the chais:-, and attempted to divert the villains from their prey, but they were joined by three others, who attacked the man with the butt-ends of heavy whips. Mr. Simpson was joined by a gentleman on horseback, who went with him to the rescue of the par ties attacked, and the robbers decamped. The boy has been so very badly beaten that he is confined to his bed. Two of the men are in custody, and the Magistrates hsve granted warrants for the apprehension of the other robbers, who are known. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE (LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JUNE 7.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Hol. land, D ec k er , f rom B atav i a; E iperance, ackie, Calcut ta; Diana, Henot, and Louisa, B iley; Demerara ; Rosebud, Hepple, Leghorn ; Agnes, Stranack, Cadiz ; Porcupine, Mediterranean ; J. S)dskende, Gloppin, Smyrna ; and Manton, Mordaunt, Sourabaya. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Wind S. S. E. to S. S. W.— Arrived the Garante, Cardillo, from Messina. Off port, the Minerva, Brown, from Hobart Town ; Laura, Civekley, Algoa Bay; Eleanor, Turner, Barbadoes, sailed the 17th April ; and Mersey, Treadwell, ditto. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Wind S.E.—Off port the Sir William Curtis, from St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind S. to S.W., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Agenoria, Breedine, from Pernambuco ; Arethusa, Wakefield, Paraiba ; Hector, Reed, Odessa ; and William Hannington, Bell, Marseilles. Off port the Fleta, Flockett, from Pernambuco ; Claudius, Seobel, New Orleans; Emmeline, Ramsay, Port-au.Prince; and Tomlinson, Wallace, Odessa. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 7.—Arrived the John King, Bys son, from Mauritius. COWES, JUNE 7.—Arrived the City of London, Rey nolds, from Batavia ; Chase, Ritchie, Havannah ; Hebe, Anderson, Bahia; and Modeller, Langdon, Christiania. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—Rob Roy, from Halifax to De , merara, April 26, lat. 32, lon. 54 ; Archaya, Trinidad to Santander, 4th, lat. •38, lon. 42; Cr)stal, Portsmouth, to;Quebec, 13th, lat. 48, lon. 32: Emily, Pernambuco ' to Liverpool, 15th, lat. 49, lon. 30; Wilhelmina, Alicant to Gottenburg, 29:h, lat. 49, lon. 14, by the Mersey, Treadwell, arrived off Portsmcuth ; Banffshire, Pitcairn, Liverpool to New York, and Emeline, Ist instant, lat. 51, lon. 12, by the Chase, Ritcher, arrived at Cowes ; Zephyr, Batavia, 9th ult., lat. 38, lon. 37, Nelson Village, ' Baltimore to Liverpool, 23d ult., lat. 49, lon. 49, by the Agenoria, arrived at Falmouth ; Jane, Marseilles to Liver pool, 28th ult., lat. 51, lon. 16, by the Arethusa, arrived at Falmouth ; King William IV., of Hobart Town, 30 barrels, November 16 ; Nile (out 14 months), 1,000 barrels, September 2, by the Governor Bourke, arrived At Sidney; Australian, of Sydney, November 25, off' Three Kings, clean ; Clarkstone, of Lyons, same day, 600 barrels, by the Woodlark, arrived at Sydney ; Jane of Sydney, Nov. 20, 350 barrels, and Mars of Lon don, Nov. 21, 350 barrels, by the Jess, arrived at Sydney ; Robert and James Hayes, bound to Trinidad, 26th April, lat. 23. lon. 41. ; Ann and Amelia, Singapore to London 9th ult., lat. 39. lon. 28. ; Monima, from Sydney, I I th, lat. 42. lon. 35. ; Gamut, 16th, lat. 48. lon. 29; Pauline, from St. Jago de Cuba to Falmouth, ,24th, lat. 48. lon. 16. ; Harlingen. from Boston, 25th, lat. 48. lon. 15. ; West Indian and Romeo, 27th, lat. 50. lon. 14, and Hart.. ley, from New York to Havre, 28th ; John Smith, from Calcutta to London, 7th April, lat. 18. S., lon. 4. W. ; Imogen, Marshall, Canton to Liverpool, 23d, lat. 3. W. 20. lon. W. ; Camerous, 3d inst, lat. 49. lon. 10., by the Strabane, arrived off the Wight; Speedy, Stewart, from London to St. Helena, 16th April, on the Line, lon. 20. W., by the Euphrates. Wilson, arrived in the River ; Ve locity, from Cadiz to Newfoundland, 6.h ult. lat. 44. lon. 40. ; Robert and Ann, Newcastle to Quebec, 9th, lat. 47. lon. 23. ; Janus, of Jersey, and John and Isabella, Ex mouth to Quebec, flat. 47. lon. 33. ; Britannia, of Carlisle, from Amsterdam, lat. 47. lon. 32. ; Elizabeth Townsend, Liverpool to Prince Edward's Islands, 18, lon. 31; William and John, Havre to New York, 23d lat. 48, lon. 15 ; Washington, New Orleans to Havre, lat. 50, lon. 11, by the Celon, Cox, arrived at Portland ; Gazelle, Liverpool to Monte Video, April 3, lat. 2, lon. 24, by the Brutus, Douglas, arrived at Uver pool ; Avoca, Table Bay to Madras, 11 Feb.,lat. 8, S. lon. 81 E. ; John Hayes, bound to Cape of Good Hope, 27th April, lat. 12 N., lon. 24 ; Hornby of Bristol, bound to Barbadoes, 31st ult., lat. 48, lon. 11, by the Isabella; arrived in the Downs ; Victoria, Kopperholdt, Rio Janeiro to Hambro, 7th ult., lat. 36, lon. 41. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Robert Small, from Bengal, has arrived of Ports mouth, sailed from Calcutta Feb. 3; Saugor, Feb. 6 ; Cape of Good Hope, April 4; and St. Helena, April 15. The Mary, from China, has arrived off Weymouth, sailed Feb. 3 ; and St. Helena, April 6. The Isabella, from Bengal, has arrived off' Weymouth (bound to Hull), sailed from Calcutta on the sth, and Saugor, on the Bth Jan. ; and St. Helena, April I. The St. Lawrence, from Batavia, has arrived at Fal mouth, sailed on the 20th Feb. The Scotia, from Bengal, has arrived oil Portsmouth, sailed Jan. 29 ; St. Helena, April 9. The Strabane, from Bengal, has arrived off the Isle of Wight, sailed from Calcutta the 24th, and Saugor 26th Jan. ; and St. Helena, April 9. The Enmore, from Bengal, has arrived off Plymouth, sailed from Calcutta the 18th and Saugor the 23d Nov. Cape of Good H o p e , F e b . 2 0 ; an d S t. Helena, March 13.; The Duke of Argyll, from Madras, has arrived off Ports. mouth, sailed Feb. 6; Cape, April 3; and St. Helena, April 15. The Westminster, from China, has arrived off Dartmouth, sailed Jan. 26; and St. Helena, April 6. The Bengal, from China, has arrived off Kingsbridge, sailed Jan. 30 ; and from St. Helena, April 10. The Duchess of Northumberland, from Manilla, has ar rived of Salcombe, sailed Dec. 12; Singapore, Dec. 24; Cdpe, March 18 ; and St. Helena, April 1. The Emma, from Singapore, has arrived off Plymouth, sailed Jan. 28 ; and from St. Helena, April 11. The Persian, from Singapore, has arrived off Dartmouth, sailed Jan 27 ; and from St. Helena, March 31. The Susan Crisp, from the Mauritius, has arrived off Dartmouth, sailed Feb. 23 . ; the Cape, March 24 ; St. Helena, April 8. The Elizabeth from the Mauritius, has arrived in the Downs, sailed Feb. 22. The Florentia, from New South Wales, has arrived off Falmouth, sailed from Sydney Jan. 3; and from Pernam buco, March 30. Arrivals at St. Helena.--The Susan Crisp, April 6, from Mauritius and the Cape, and sailed on the Bth for London : Admiral de Ruyter, on the 7th, from Java, and sailed on the Bth for Amsterdam ; Blorenge, on the 7th, from Calcutta, and sailed on the Bth for Liverpool ; Scotia, on the 7th, from Calcutta, and sailed on the 10th for London ; Neerland Kr on Prinsed, on the Bth, from Batavia; Mary, Hilegonda. and Prince of Orange, from Batavia, and all sailed on the 9th far Rotterdam ; Javaan and Maria, on the Bth, from Batavia, and both sailed on the 9th for Amsterdam ; Balguerie, on the Bth, from Calcutta, and sailed on the 9th for Bourdeaux ; Orestes, on the Bth, from China, and sailed on the 9th for Bristol ; Nuevo Zefiro, on the Bth, from Manilla, and sailed on the 9th for Cadiz; Munster Lass, on the 9th, from the Cape of Good Ilope ; Bengal, on the 9th, from China, and sailed on the 10th for London ; Allerton, on the 9th, from Calcutta. and sailed on the 11th for Liverpool ; Strabane, on the 9th from Calcutta, and sailed on the 9th for Liver pool ; Abbotsford, on the 9th, from Ceylon, and sailed on the 9th for London ; Nile, on the 9th, from Manilla, and sailed on the 9th for Liverpool ; Ruby, on the 9th, from Calcutta, and sailed on the 11th for Bristol • Perthshire, on the 9th, from Batavia, an d sa il e d on ;he 11th for Cowes ; Antoinette Maria, on the 9th, from Batavia, and sailed on the 12th for Rotterdam ; King of the Netherlands, on 10th, from Batavia, and sailed on the 13th for Amsterdam; Delphos, on the 10th, from whaling, and sailed on the 14th, for the United States of America ; Countess of Durham, on the 10th, from Ba tavia, and sailed on the 10th for Cowes ; Jane Blair, on the 10th, from China and the Cape, and sailed on the 13th for London ; Captain Cook, on the 10th, from Ceylon and the Cape, and sailed on the 10th for London ; Venerable, and Emma, on the 10th, from Singapore, and sailed on the 11th for London; Cheribon, on the 10th, from Batavia, and sailed on the 13th for Amsterdam ; Wilmot, on the 11th, from Batavia, and sailed on the 13th for Cowes; Runnymede, on the 11th, from Manilla, and the Mary Eliza, on the 11th, from Calcutta, and both sailed on the_ 13th for London ; Aurora, on the I Ith, from Bombay,. for London on the ; 14th f Mandarin,ur Marseilles;or* the l2p n g t I from B: on u m rbb theao yn,la3fnot Rotterdam; o sositairtol Lon don Edward ßatav Paget, ia, and d theon Itl3,eth,l3ftrlot from Bombay, don ; Vrow Johanna Elizabeth, on the 13th, from Java, and sailed on the 13th for Rotterdam ; the Duke of Argyll, on the 15th, from Madras and the Cape, and sailed on the 15th for London ; andtiie of and theClar c ence a , p o e n , the London Calcutta e 15th, from Bombay, and sailed on the 1 5th for Li verpool ; Richmond, April 15, from tor, and signed by the Minister. Upon application for the correspondence to Lady Rivers, after the death of Lord Rivers, she (Mrs. Guelph Sims) received a verbal mes sage to call upon a Mr. flaye, but all the satisfaction she received from him was the infcrmation that, that if ladies would let princes go to bed to them, ladies should make princes take care of the children that might follow ; and that Lord Rivers was too much the gentleman not to give the letters to the Duke of Wellington. The LORD MA2 OR : —And what are you doing now in the midst of all these expectations 1 Mrs. Guelph Sims : —I am married to a journeyman baker, but he is in ill health. I have every reason to think that I am the daughter of George the Fourth and Mrs. Fitz herbert, and I am most anxious for inquiry. The LORD MAYOR : —lf George the Fourth knew it I am sure that he would have made prevision for you, but I dare say you will easily procure the assistance of somebody to solve the my stery—l can only tell you that the Lord Mayor cannot do it. QUEEN-SIIUARE. Mr. Chaplin, the extensive coach proprietor, appeared to answer a charge of severely horse-whipping George Denman, the toll-collector at the Kensington -gate, on the 30th of May. The complainant said that Mr. Chaplin rode up to the gate in a carriage atel four horses, when he gave him a ticket, which was not correct. Mr. C. then demanded back the ticket, and said he would give him the right one, which the complainant refused to do, and de. mended three shillings and sixpence of him. The defend ant said that if he (complainant) did not leave go the horses he would horsewhip him, and he kept his word by lashing him severely. When asked why he did not give back the ticket, the complainant said he would be liable to a penalty of ten pounds for so doing; but he could not show by what Act the penalty was inflicted. Mr. Chaplin refusing to give the complainant anything for his less of time, the Magistrates fined him ten shillings and costs. EVENING EDITION. CONCLUSION OF TIIE DIARY or THE TIMES Or GEORGE IV.—The intense curiosity which had been ex cited towards the concluding portion of this extraordinary work, will be fully gratified by its contents, which on exa mination will be found to be more than answerable to the expectations enter tained:concerning, it. The Diary portion of the work is at least equally full of piquant and mos t amusing matter connected with the p. rsonnel of the Court of George 1 V., w hil e t h e l etters are still more interesting and important. Among them we find a whole series ad dressed by the Princess Charlotte herself to the writer of the Diary, and another series from the Princess of Wales to the same individual. There letters are not only highly charac teristic in themselves, but they disclose circumstances of great interest and curiosity relative to the extraordinary and unprecedented position, in which these two illustrious per sons were placed as related to each other. The NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES are offered in double-bottomed engine -turned cases, wi th vertical movements, for Seven Guineas each, or, with highly finished horizontal movements, Jewelled and warranted, at Nine Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Goldsmith, Silversmith, and 'Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Lau don (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B.—The horizontal construction is stronily recommended fo- its superior accuracy. B I S. On Thursd a y, t h e 6th inst., the TII wife of the Rev. John Fors ter, of the Savoy, of a daughter. On the 17th of December, at Kew Cottage, Sydney, S e " . South Wales, the lady of Edward Dent Betts, Esq., of a son. On the 31st ult., at e Knightsbridge, the lady of John Babe'', Esq., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., the wife of Mr. J. Coward, of a son. of Sloane-street, On the 7th inst., at the residence of her father, J. S. Brovrn rigg,,, Esq., M.P., in Hyde-park -gardens, the lady of Charles Alexander 'Wood, Esq. of a dau g ht er . On the Bth i ns t., the lady of T.D. - Bainbridge, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. Mark Sm a ll pe i ce, of On Thur s d a y, th e G t h i nst., the Rev. H er b er t G o wer, M. A., of Littl e H empston, Arundel, Devon, to M ar ia, y o u ngest daughter of the lat e H enr y E vans Holder, Esq., M.D., for merly of the Island o f B ar bad oes . On Dorking,th e f 5 solicitor, o s i f t . o , r at, to F Alicia,u Ib oron s g e l o i ,onSussex, Young, Esq. On the sth inst. at St. Marys Lambeth, Ed war d V aughan Williams, Esq., Of Vimiera, -Wandsworth-road, to Nancy Dunkin, second daughter of the late John Wyatt Lee, Esq. Esq., of Betlev-hall, Stafford. On the sth inst., at Batley, Staffordshire, the Rev. Thomas L ' oril ' Stevens, only son of the Rev. Henry Stevens, Rector of Brad field, Berkshire, to Caroline Octavia, youngest daughter of V i a s n eo ol u 'e n r : s T q o u r a r r i e n , gt H on e , n t r o y I G 33f3sa e : O nnr o ygg r n g :A e E t an h n i si e ,q ' d :( l 3 ,n i t e , h ei.: t ; ei, i h,b, n ueb s ,i t ve . n , ota a fon t :th S ßue t eo . n3l.fia d aotle : N o: h :r avelyi : B: son of the Hon. Captain Archbishop Cranmer. Essex, a descendant of DIED. On Saturday, suddenly, at the Albion Hotel, Brighton, Char lotte, wife of .i. Hawkins, Esq., and relict of the late Benjamin Hall, Esq., M.P. for the County of Glamorgan. On the 4th inst., at Bexhill, Maria Rosaria Birch, elde>t daughter of the late John Branton, Esq., of Higham-hill, NS . thamstow, Essex. On the sth inst., in Dover-street, the Lady Sudeley. On the sth inst., in Soho-square, George Hyde, Esq., M.D., aged 58. On the 6th inst. at Fairtrough Farm, Chelsfield, Mr. James Alexander, late of Bromley, Kent. On the 7th inst., at Tickencote, Rutland, Charles Henry Burnett, on only the st son Bth inst., o f Mr. Captain j John i i j Wingfield,ones, of ofß Bridge-street, e ß2 :t y r a e l et, Artillery. South wark, aged 84. London : Printed and Published by ATURDO YOUNG, of O. 119_ Strvitirl sit 'ph. q.,.. 7 , 0 i in in lbe county of 31iddlesex.—Monday, June 10. 1839. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.—The Cap tain Cook, in March, from Ceylon, and sailed on the 29th for London ; Neptune, from Sumatra, and sailed April 1, for London ; Formosa, from Liverpool, and sailed April 2, for Sydney ; Felicity, from New South Wales ; Roxburgh Castle, from London and Plymouth, for New South Wales; Lively from Algoa Bay; Agrippinp, from London, and sailed on the 27th for Ceylon ; Richmond, on the 27th, from Ben gal, and sailed April 2, for London; Ligonier, on the 27th, from Breede River ; Cecilia, on the 28th, from Batavia, and sailed on the 31st for Gotterthurg ; Eagle, on the 28th, from Mauritius, and sailed April 2, for Lon don; Duke of Argyll, on the 29th, from Madras, and sailed for London ; Juseph and Victor, on the 28th, from Mauritius ; Lady Faversham, on the 29th, from Bombay Adelaide, on the 29th, from Bengal ; Hope (steamer), on the 29th, from Algoa Bay ; Britannia, on the 29th, from Calcutta; Atlantique, on the 31st, fsom Mauritius ; Louisa Munro, April, 1, from Calcutta; Transit, April 1, from Mauritius. Departures from the Cape of Good Hope.-The Cicero, March 26, for whaling; Hamilton, on the 2Gth, for Ame rica; Harold, on the 27th, for Calcutta ; Munster Lass, on the 27th, for St. Helena ; the Jane Blair, on the 29th, for London ; the Royalist, on the 29th, for Singapore ; th; Eleanora, on the 31st, for Calcutta; the Stirling-shire, and Bolivar, on the 31st, and Janet, April 2, for London; the Packet, March 18, for Ceylon and Calcutta ; Cleveland, on the 19th, for London ; Elizabeth, for Batavia ; Europa, for Calcutta ; Mary Hay, for New South Wales; Serail lante, on the 20th, for Nantes. Arrival at 13.1tavia-The Coromandel, Feb. 19, fora New South Wales, and would proceed to Singapore. Arrivals at Sidney, New South Wales.-The Governor Philip, Dec. 3, from Norfolk Island ; Governor Bourke, on the 6th, from the South Seas, nine months out, 1,0 70 barrels of black oil, an d 6 tons of whalebone ; Woodlark, from the South Seas, 100 barrels of sperm oil ; five months out ; Jesse, on the 7th, from Now Zealand ; Me dusa, and the City of Edinburgh, on the 12th, from Lon don; Lindsays, from Twofold-bay; the Pero, on the 15th, and William, on the 16th, from Launceton ; Alice, on the 17th, from the Cape; Caledonia and Elizabeth, from Port Philip ; Lotus, from Launceton ; Portsea, on the 18th, from Portsmouth and Hobart-town ; Camilla, on the 19tht from Hobart-town; Perseverance, on the 21st, from the Maurititia ; Susannah Ann, on the 2 9 d, from Launceton ; Currency Lass, on the 25th, from New Zealand ; Laura, on the 27th, from Liverpool and Hobart-town ; Magne t, from New Zealand ; Elphinston, en the 30th from Dub lin ; Sovereign, from Hobart-town ; Frances Spaight ant Glenburnie, on the 31st, from London; Gaillarden, from Hobart Town. Departures from Sydney, New South Wales.-The Par• land, Dec. 3. fur South Australia ; Dublin Packet, on the 12, for New Zealand ; her Majesty's brig Pelorus, ter Nor folk Island ; Hope, on the 13th, for Port Philip ; Bee, on the 10th for New Zealand ; Lindsays, for Twofold Bar Adelaide, on the 17th, for Port Philip ; Merlin. on the 24th, for India; Coromandel, for Batavia; %Earl Grey, for India; Eden, for Calcutta; Renown, for Batavia; ‘Vil• Liam Stoveld, for the Fishery ; Mandarin, on the 27th, fi' Batavia; Fortune, for the Sperm Fishery; Isabella, an the 30th, for Newcastle; Freak, for Swan River and the Mauritius ; William, on the 30th, and the Nereus, on the 31st, for Launceston Arrival at South Australia.—The Mona, from London. Arrival at New Zealand.—The Rifleman, Nov. 26, from Whaling, out 12 months, with 1,000 barrels of oil. Arrival at Port Stephen.—The Scamander, with 20 0 barrels of sperm oil, out eight months. Arrivals at the Mauritius.—Tbe James, Ewing, Feb. 17, from Calcutta, for repairs, bound to Cork, having experi enced a hurricane on the 2d of February, in lat. 18, 26 ' S., long. 74, 48 E., in which she carried away her main mast-head, topmast an d b owspr i t, and lost a suit of sails; Osprey, on the 19th, from Ceylon; Planet, from Bordeaux ; Ariel,from London. Arrival at Port Fremantle, Western Australia.—Th ° Comet, Dec. 4, from the Cape of Good Hope. Arrival at Port Adelaide, South Australia.—The Gle" nalvon, Dec. 29 , from London. We are glad to observe in our advertising columns of to-day that a Lyceum for the working classes is being established in Finsbury -square. When institutions of this kind are properly conducted they arc calculated to do much good. It gives us pleasure to notice at the same time that there is one in operation in Bermondsey, which we understand is meeting with great encouragement, is well attended, and in possession of a good library. There are also weekly lectures and a variety of classes for various branches of education. GRANT TO ROWLAND HILL.—It has been suggested that the Legislature ought to confer some ias sub stantial mark of th e i r appro b ation on M r . Hill, who h as laboured so assiduously to mature a plan which will be of the English immense a d vantage . W e know , however, that English G overnment i s always more rea dy to pensio a useless aristocrats, than to reward real merit ; but we hope the people will not, in this instance, forget their benefac tor. A national penny subscrition would be the mcst ap propriate testimonial for the originator of the uniform penny postage.—Leicestershir e Mercury. THE COTTON MARKET.—The statements as to the alarm produced amongst the American speculators by the intelligence of the diminished consumption of cotton in this country, are confirmed by several private letters of which we have heard. The speculators have, no doubt, so far " unflinchingly maintained their ground ;" but when they find, as th e y w ill d o on t h e arr i va l out of . the Great Western, that, instead of the Manchester demand becoming active, there has been a further fall ing -off to a large extent in the consumption, and that prices here, instead of advancing, have declined more than a penny per pound, the uneasiness which the Herald describes as prevalent in the monied circles will be very considerably increased ; and, according to present appearances, the next voyage out of the Liver pool, will put them in possession of still more disastrious intelligence. The fallieg-off in the purchases for con sumptien this year, as compared with the last, now amounts to about 192,000 bales, indicating (after making full allowance for the reduction of stock' in the interior) a very considerable diminution of con sumption, instead of the increase of at least four per cent, which Mr. Notte considers so unquestionable. It 1 , 5 , now perfectly cl ear , t h at , i nstead of an increase, there will be a considerable diminution in the consumption during the present year, —a diminution which at any rate will pre vent the stock at the close of the year from being reduced to the small amount which the American speculators seem to contemplate. It is understood that about 130,000 bays of American cotton are now on their way to this country, including all that were known to be shipped up to the latest dates.—Manchester Guardian. MONKS OF LA TRAPPE.—We understand that Mr. Macarius, of the order of La Trappe, is solicit ing alms i n t hi s quarter, for the completion of the monas tery of Mount St. Bernard, Leicestershire, being a branch of the Trappist settlement of Mount Melleray, in Ireland. —lnverness Courier. CRANAIER.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great M ar lb orough -street, has this day pu b' fished " Cranmer," a novel, by a Member of the W I :, burgh° Club, i n 3 vo l s . post Bvo., which can now he b e " at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just publishe d " Alarcos," b y t h e author of " Vivian Grey;" F air Rosamond ; or, Th e D ays o f King Henry II.," by . 1 Miller, author o f R oyston G ower ;" " The Banished , " an historical romance, edited by James Morier, EEO author of " Hajji Baba," " Zohrab, the Hostage," &c. ; and Captain Marryat's new naval story, " The Phantom Ship." ~~ :: , .; ~,. ic' ~f,t :::~,.