The Sun. — London, England, 1839-06-24 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BUXTON RA CES—TIIURSDAY. No race for the Chatsworth Handicap The Buxton Plate of 501. for horses, &c., that never won tha value. Heats, twice round. Mr. Funnally's ch f Petty Larceny, 3 yrs, Est l Ilb Whitehouse Mr. Frost's br f Viola by Filho, out of Moselle, 3 yrs, Est Illb . ........ Mr. Worthington's ch f by Recovery, d by Bustard, 3 yrs, 6st I llb Me. Marlow's b g Clithero, by Tramp, aged, Bst 91b Mr. Holland's b - f by Sir John, d by Anticipation, 3 yrs, Est I lib Betting-6 to 4on Petty Larceny Won easy. STOCKBRIDGE RACES—FRInAY. 0 2 2 3 0 0 bolted The Thruxton Stakes of 10 sows each, with 50 added by W. Etwall, Esq. Three miles. Twelve subs. Duke of Richmond's Confusionee, 3 yrs, fist 61b, W. Day ... 1 Mr. Sadlel 's Diamond, 3 yrs, 6st 10Ibs Mr. Etwall's Alumnus, 6 yrs, Bst 10Ib, and Mr. Wreford's bl f, by Camel, out of the dam of Stockwell Lass, 3 yrs, fist 61b, also started, but were not placed. Betting-6 to 5 agst Alumnus ;7to 4 agst Confusionee (t); and sto 2 agst Diamond. Won in a canter. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for two-yr-old colts, Bst 91b, and fillies, Bst 61b. T. Y. C. Six subs. Gen. Grosvenor's f Diploma Conelly I Lord G. Bentinck's b f Sal Volatile The betting began at 7 to 4 and 2 to 1 on Diploma, and 6. nished at 6t05 on Sal Volatile. Won easy. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each. One mile. Five subs. Gen. Grosvenor's 3lerrythought, 5 yrs, 9st Conelly 1 Mr. Etwall s Alumnus, 6 yrs, 10st 81b 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Wre ford's Wasp, 3 yrs, bst ; Hon. S. Herbert's Caracole, 3 yrs, ist 41b ; and Mr. Sadler's Specimen, 7st 21b. Bettin;-6 to 4 agst Alumnus, 2 to 1 apt Wasp, and 4 to I agst Mcrrythought. Won rather cleverly by three parts of a length. Wasp broke a blood-vessel, and was pulled up tome distance from home. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER—FAIDAr. THE LIVERPOOL cur. . _ _ The field agst 10 11 to 1 agst Cardinal Puff 13 to 1 agst Lanereost 17 to 1 agst St. Martin 18 to 1 agst St. Bennett 20 to 1 agst Jagger 20 to 1 agst Compensation 20 to 1 agst Toothill—taken 20 to 1 agst The Hydra 23 to 1 agst Alzira ST. I,ECER. 7 to 2 agst Bloomsbury 9 to 1 agst The Commodore—(offered) 15 to 1 agst The Provost 15 to 1 agst Charles the Twelfth COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FIELD V. AUSTEN. Mr. MAUNSELL opened the pleadings in this case. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD (with whom were Mr. F. KELLY and Mr. MAUNSELL), in stating the case on behalf of the plaintiff, said he was sure the Jury would agree with him, that this was a case of the utmost anxiety and importance to his client. It was an action brought by a gentleman in the medical profession for a libel upon his character; and the defendant had not been satisfied with denying, by his pleas, the publication of the libel, but had averred that the charges which it contained were true. The plaintiff came there to afford the defendant an oppor tunity of subtantiating those charges; and upon his part it waa a struggle for existence, because of all the pro fessions in which a man could be engaged, there was none for which a character for skill, and care, and prudence, was so absolutely requisite as that highly honourable and useful profession to which the plaintiff belonged, end which was necessarily admitted into the most intimate domestic relations ; and if, there fore, a charge of want of skill, care, and judgment, were preferred against a medical man, he had but one course to pursue—he must at once meet it boldly, and defy his assailant to the proof. Mr. Charles Ventris Field had been practising the medical profession for seventeen or eighteen years in one place in the parish of Rotkerhithe, where his practice had been very extensive. Originally he had been a pupil of Sir Benjamin Brodie for some time, and was subsequently the assistant and partner of a gentleman in the neighbourhood in which lie now lived. The defendant, Mr. Austen, was fully capable of apl reciating the value to the plaintiff of character and reputatio n for skill and attention in his profes sion,for Mr. Austen was himself a medical man, much youagm r, he believed, than the plaintiff, for he bad only been in practice about feur years; he had, however, been fortunate enough to obtain the situation of medical offi cer to the Board of Guardians elected for the purpose of superintending the m a i n t enance of the poor in the parish of Rothe' :lithe, in which both the plaintiff and defendant re. sided. Nosy, it appeared that last year a complaint had been made to the Poor. law Commissioners to the m ffect that a poor iceman of the name of Daly, upon being taken in la bour, had not received proper care and attendance from the defendant. An inquiry into the case was instituted before the Beard of Guardians, and the result was that they con sidered there was no substantial ground for the complaint, and they expressed themselves satisfied as to the con duct of the defendant. lie (Mr. Sergeant Talfourd)did not refer to that ease for the purpose of making it any ground of charge against the defendant; 'but he adverted to it shortly for the purpose of introducing the other circum stances of the case, with which it was connected ; for Mr. Austen had taken up the notion that the plaintiff was the person who had instigated the complaint. It was stated, and probably truly stated, that an anonymous letter had been written to the Board of Guardians or the Commis sioners; that letter was set out on the record ; and it was so spelt as to lead to the inference that it came from a person in a humble station in life ; the probability was that it came from one of the friends of the poor woman herself. Of course, be Itticss nothing of that letter ; he had not seen it.. He eiliala not tell whether it would be attempted to prove that it was the handwriting of the defendant. If so, there were many persons in Court who knew the plaintiff's handwriting, and could easily decide that question. Mr. Austen, however, charged Mr. Field with being the author of that letter ; that charge the plaintiff most solemnly denied ; and it would require the very strongest evidence to i n d uce the jury to believe that 'he had been guilty of the base artifice of misspelling the words of the letter for the purpose of s. reening himself from the consequences of a rding that letter. The defendant, however, had acted on that sus. picion, or rather, he was afraid he must say, on a long cherished determination to seize every opportunity which presented itself for the purpose of destroying the character of Mr. Field, and preventing him from exercising his profession in the place where he had practised for nearly twenty years. Mr. Austen, without any communication with tee plaintiff, had addressed letters, containing the gravest charges, to each of the Board of Guardians, and, amongst other respectable persons in the neighbourhood, to the clergyman of the parish. Not content with that, and as if to inflict the greatest possible pain and annoyance on the feelings of the plaintiff, Mr. Austen had enclosed one of those letters to Mr. Field himself, with an envelope containing terms which aggravated the injury still more. The Le iroed Counsel then read the letter, which con- eluded thus :—" Of his character, I should say that he was shunned and avoided by every medical man as a dangerous, ignorant, presuming fool, and cowardly poltroon. This ar.irnal answers to the name of Charles Ventris Field. and he lives in Paradise-row. In all my transactions I like to act openly and gentlemanly, and not to do timings sneak ingly Ike you ; and I have therefore enclosed a letter, which I have sent to the Board of Guardians, concerning your late handsome treatment of rne. "EDWARD AUSEN." Witnesses ( were called to provethese statements, T andalso to bear testimony to the professional skill of the plaintiff, when Mr. THESIGER addressed the Jury on the part of the de fendant, and stated shortly the facts of the several cases upon which the defendant relied in support of his justifica tion. lie then called witnesses, who were examined and crone-examined at great length. Mr. Justice VAUGHAN, in summing up the evidence to the Jwy, said that they were relieved of all trouble about the libel, becaus e the defendant had frankly admitted that he was the author of the defamatory publication on which the action cs as founded. The only question, therefore, which they would have ti determine vas that raised by the justification which had been placed en the record. The Learned Judge went minutely through the evidence, corn mentino cn it as he proceeded, and concluding by leaving it to the Jury to say whether the plait tiff had been guilty of malpractice, an] that he had exhibited unskilfulness in the several instances alluded in the pleas. The Jury retired for about three quarte - s of an hour, and then returned into Court, finding a verdict generally on all the pleas for the plaintiff—Dama3-es, 1001. The trial occupied the Court for two days. LLOYDS' SHIPPI N G-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JUNE 22 —Wind W. S. W. moderate. 23. ditto, fresh breeze.—Arrived, the Simon Taylor, Slader, from Jamaica; Charles Brooke, Bell, St. Vincent ; Pre mier, Ruth, Trinidad ; Coronation, America. PouTsmouTn, JUNE 22.—Wind S. to W., strong bre( zes an i squally. 23.—Heavy squalls from the west ward.—.4.-rived, her Majesty's ship Apollo, from Trinco malee, sailed March 3, Cape April 23, St. Helena Bth ult , and Ascension 13th ult. ; Mediator, Champion, New York. PLVNiOUTII, JUNE 22.—Strong breeze from S.W.-- Arrived, the Henry Alt:under, Pike, from Zante ; Ce cilia, tirunoe, Nantes. FALMOUTH, JUNE 21. Wind W. S. W. to S.W., fresh breezes. 22.—Fresh gales from S. S. W. to W. S. W.— Arrived, the Petrel packet, from Halifax, sailed 2d inst. Off port, the Fairfield, Beard, Jamaica. LIVERPJOL, JUNE 23.—Arrived, the Rochester, Wood man, from Now York; Republic, Woodman, ditto; Co. lumbus, ditto. SHEERNESS, JUNE 22.—Sailed, her Majesty's ship Win chester, fur the West Inclie;. MARGATE ; JUNE 23.—Off port, the Ralph Ihrnal, Bridges, from Jamaica ; Clarendon, Fisher, ditto. Yesterday the acceleration in the speed of the rl ails took place. The mail bags, which had left London tl.e previous night a little before nine, arrived in Lancaster at hall.pzst nine on Friday morning, being little more than twelve hours on the road. On Thursday night, at ten o'clock, a letter arrived which had been franked in London on the same mom i ig.—Lancaster Guardian. THE SIIIIIEVALTY.—A C ommon H a ll will he holden tomorrow for the election of Sheriffs and other civic offi c ers. O n F r i day an active canvass commenced amongst the members of the corporation, with seeming success, in favo ur of two new canditates for the important o ffice of S heriff. One of them is Mr. Wheelton, a mem ber of the Court of Common Council for the Ward of Far ringdun- Within, and the other is an equally well-known Liveryman of th•.,, Distillers' Company, firm of Seager, and Co., distillers. Mr. Eva ns , o f t h e Th e Synod of the Scottish Church in New South Wales appear to be anticipating the m ovement o f some of t h e i r f r i e nds in this country. hey declared themselves i n d epen d en t on the 25th of Dec. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. LATE DREADFUL STORM. _ - BRUSSELS, JUNE 20.--A great number of persons yes terday left their cards at the residence of Baron De Stassart, who is still confined to his bed. We hear that M. Gustave Leclercq, Clerk to the Chamber of Representatives, is going shortly to London ; it is supposed on a mission from the Government. On the 18th at seven in the evening a terrible storm from the west burs over the city of Ghent, with a degree of vio lence such as the oldest inhabitants never before witnessed. After a heavy rain, accompanied with thunder and light ning, an enormous quantity of hail stones fell, which were of extraordinary size, several were picked up that mea sured two inches in diameter. The stree's were covered with ice in less than a quarter of an hour. The storm continued twenty-five minutes without interruption. All greenhouses, all the skylights, and a great number of windows were broken to pieces; almost all the cellars are under water. The crops in the surrounding country are destroyed. The damage is immense. BRUGES, JUNE 19.—Jerome Bonaparte arrived here yes t(rday evening from Ostend, he set out from Brussels this morning by the railroad. BRUSSELS, Jt xa 21.—8 y a decree of the 13th the army is to be reduced to the peace establishment by the Ist of July next. The Echo du Luxemburg says that the ceded portions of the territory are to be evacuated on the 22d of June. The first boat bearing the Dutch flag arrived at Brussels this morning by the canal of Willebroeck. The Moniteur of this morning publishes (in thirty columns) the definitive treaties of peace concluded on the 19th of April, 1539, at London. 1. Between Belgium and Holland ; 2. between Belgium on the one part, and Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, on the other, with various annexed notes, and all the several acts of ratification. Among the notes is one relative to the palace of Laeken (which has been mentioned in the Dutch journals.) The declaration of her Britannic Ma jesty given by the Moniteur in the original English, as e ell as in French, is as follows :—ln preceding to the exchange of the ratifications of the treaties relative to the Netherlands and Belgium, signed at London on the 19th April, 1339, between their Majesties, the Queen of the Un.ted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the King of the French, the. King of Prussia, and the Em peror of all the Russia!, on the one part. and their Ma jesties the King of the Belgians, and the King of the Ne therlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, respectively, on the other part, the undersigned Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty is commanded by her Majesty to ex plain and declare :—That the Government of her Britannic Majesty does not consider the 16th article of the annex to the treaties above mentioned, or the corresponding article of the treaty, concluded on the same day between Bel gium and the Netherlands, to be applicable to cer tain tenements and parcels cf land, belonging to the House of Orange-Nassau and situated at Lacken, and intermixed with the Crown property at that Royal residence ; because it has been understood between the Governments of the Britannic and Netherland Majesties, in consequence of communications which took place be. twren them before the signature of the treaties of the 19th of April, that the before-mentioned tenements and parcels of land are to be sold by the house of Orange Nassau to the Crown of Belgium at their fair value; such tenements and parcels of land being necessary for the con venient occupation of the Royal residence of Laeken. Her Britannic Majesty's ratification of the aforesaid treaties arc exchanged under the explicit declaration and understanding above mentioned. Done at London the Bth day of June, 18:39. PALMERSTON (L. S.) The declaration of the Belgian Plenipotentiary is to the same effect, but shorter. It contains nothing correspond ing with the reservation in the last paragraph. The declaration of the Plenipotentiary of the King of the Netherlands is as follows : " The Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands having read the declaration made by the Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, and by the Plenipotentiary of her Mspsty the Queen of Great Britain, has de clared, that as he i 3 not furnished with any instructions respecting the exception alluded to concerning the patrimonial domains in the environs of the palace at Lacken, he thinks it his duty to require that it be under stood that the declarations cf the Blegian and British Pleni potentiarics do not invalidate the rights of his Majesty, the King of the Netherlands, es proprietor of the said domains, ( Signed) BENTINCK. London, June 8, 1839. ROME, JUNE B.—Letters 'from Naples say that the king will go in person to Sicily, with some troops, to put an end to the excesses of the banditti. Very rigorous measures a~e said to be in contemplation to prevent the recurrence of such scenes. Letters from Calabria say that on the 20th of last month, srolent shocks of earthquakes were felt in several parts of that country, but it was not known that any con siderable damage had been done by them. VIENNA, JUNE 13.—Five per Cents., 108 ; Fuur per Cents., 101 ii ; T:see per Cents., 821; Bank shares, 1,513. —Allgenzeine Zeitung, June 18. AMSTERDAM. JUNE 19.—Yesterday evening, about half past eight o'clock, three heavy thunder storms met and burst over the city with extraordinary violence ; the light ning was incessant, so that the air was constantly illumi nated for two hours ; in some places hailstones of immense size fell and broke some windows. We do not hear of any accidents in the city; at Gedang, a village about a league from Hoo rn , a f arm -h ouse was struc k and reduced- to ~ shes—at Osdorp a miller and his child were struck and killed on the spot. Yestt-relay being the anniversary of the battle of Water loo, and likewise the day of the marriage of his Royal Highness the Ilereditary Prince of Orange, there were to have been splendid fireworks in the parks. Though num ber of persons were kept away by the bad weather, there was, however, a considerab'e aslt.mbllge, the storm, how ever, prevented the full exhibition of the fireworks, but that the people might not be wholly disappointed, one piece, representing a military trophy, with the bust of our hero of Waterloo, the Crown Prince,; in Bengal-fire, was loudly applauded. TIIE HAGUE, JUNE 18.—His Excellency M. Gericke Van Heridynen, his Majesty's Extraordinary Commissioner invested with the superior civil government of the province of Limburg, left the Hague for Maastricht. We hear that his Majesty's steam-boat the Zeeuw shortly leave Rotterdam for :Mintz, where it is to be in rea diness on the 26th of this month, to receive the Heredi tary Prince and Princess of Orange. AMSTERDAM, JUNE 19.—The storm of yesterday evening did great damage in the environs of this city, especially on the west side and in North Holland. In some villages a vast number of panes of glass were broken; some churches, too, suffered in the same manner. MAESTRICIIT, JUNE 14.—Orders have been received to day at the Government Hospital, to have the supplies in readiness for the garrison of Reremonde and Venloo. AMSTERDAM, JUNE 20.—Nothing more is necessary for travellers from this city going to Belgium, than to provide themselves with an ordinary foreign passport. ZIELAND, JUNE 18. —The 24th anniversary of the battle of Waterl..o was celebrated at Flushing in the usual man ner. No change has yet taken place in the position of the squadron on the Scheldt or in the strength of the se veral r arrisons. BREDA, JUNE 19.—W0 had a terrible storm yesterday afternoon, n hich did great damage in the city and environs. We learn that the Magistrates of this fortress, in an swer to the notice issued by his Excellency, Baron Chasse, the Governor, of the cessation of the state of war, have re plied that though every well disposed citizen must rejoice at the return of a state of peace, they consider it as a most pleasing duty to thank the General, in the name of the citi- fens, for the paternal manner in which his Excellency has exercised his high authority. THE HAGUE, JUNE 21. —His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange arrived on the lath at Frankfort, on his way to Stuttgard. He took Darmstadt on the way to visit the Grand Duke of Hesse and the Russian Crown Prince who bias still at Darmstadt. His Royal Highness arrived at Stuttgard on the 17th. Prince Frederick, of the Netherlands, returned to the ague on the 19th. We have most afflicting accounts from Nimeguen and other places, of the damage done by the storm of the I elth, DEMERARA. We have received British Guiana Papers to the Bth ult. Their contents are on the whole highly satisfactory; and the colony, under the generous decision of the mother country in favour of the coloured population, and the wise, forbearing, and impartial administration of Mr. Light, seems likely to attain a degree of prosperity which, under the old system, could scarcely have been dreamt of. Improvements of various kinds are either in progress, or in contemplation. Even the party (for as Homer has his Battle of the Frogs and Mice no less than his Siege of Troy, so we in our distant and least peo pled colonies, no less than on the grand arena of home, have our party rage and party contests) even the party the must indisposed to change, seems to have caught some thing of the spirit of our age, and talks of the need of macadamising the roads, of establishing omnibuses, of forming a steam-boat company, and above and beyond all of educating the new race of freemen I It is pleasin; thus to see " the extinguishers on fire." We trust they may unite with their more liberal and enlightened brethren, in endeavouring to promote such plans as these ; and are certain that the more they rise above selfish interests and narrow views, the more cause will they have to rejoice in such a policy—and to confess that it, like " charity, i s twice blest, blessing him who gives, no less than him wh o receives." Five of the bodies of the unfortunate young men who were drowned in the Thames on Thursday night have been found: one was found yesterday afternoon about six o'clock a little below the Red House, and was carried to that place; it was supposed to be the body of Mr. Griffiths. REPRESENTATION OF GLASGOW.—At a meeting of the electors and other inhabitants of Glasgow, held in that City last Tuesday, a series of resolutions was adopted in favour of Mr. Roebuck. " A Committee was appointed to wait on Mr. ...'swald to request him to with draw in favour of Yr. Roebuck, who was first in the field " SUPPOSED MURDER.—An inquest was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last at the Talbot Inn, Rugeley, on the body of Collins, a married woman, who was found drowned in the Trent and Mersey Canal, near the aqueduct, in the parish of Rugeley. As the inquest is not yet concluded, but stands adjourned to Monday next, in order to give time for collecting further evidence, we for bear to comment on this melancholy event. It appears that the poor woman had taken her passage from Preston Book to London, where her husband is believed to reside somewhere in Edgeware Road. At Hoo.mill lock, a few miles from the place where the body was found, she was seen in the condition of being forced into the cabin of the boat by the men who are now in custody on suspicion of murder. What took place subsequently is at present mat ter only of conjecture—but of conjecture the most fearful and terrible.--St7frordshire Gazette. THE STADE DUTIES. (FROM A . CORRESPONDENT.) Our attention has been drawn to a pamphlet recently published by Mr. HUTT, the Member for Hull, relative to the collection of the Stade Duties by the King of HANovER. Having read this clear matter-of-fact statement with care, we must repress our astonishment at two things—first, that any nation in the world should have had the hardi hood to volunteer so much offence and injury to the British flag ; and, secondly, that Great Britain should so long have patiently submitted to it. Here is a paltry German King, who has been heaping for five-and-twenty years together a weight of arbi trary and vexatious restrictions upon British com merce in the Elbe, which NAPOLEON himself, in the plenitude of his power, would scarcely have ex ceeded towards the most prostrate of his conquered enemies. What have our Rulers been about ? What have our Parliamentary Representatives been doing all this time, that not a syllable of remon strance has been breathed by any one against this outrage on our national interests and honour. That our merchants have complained of it both often and bitterly, Mr. HUTT has given us ample evidence but till the Hon. Gentlemen himself brought the matter under the consideration of the House of Commons at the beginning of the present Session, we cannot recollect that any individual whatever among those who undertake to superintend and to protect the public welfare, has ever bestowed on it the least consideration. The Stade Duties, as they have long been enforced, are a scandal and a reproach to our Legislature. Nor is this all : while we lament over the loss and detriment which has thereby accrued to an important branch of our national industry—while we denounce the violations of which the Hanoverian Princes have been guilty of the best interests of Great Bri tain—we must not shut our eyes to the fact that public men in this country, who are specially bound to vindicate our rights, and who might have removed all these evils if they would, and did not, are accom plices in the crime. Let us state the case as we find it in the work before us. In 1709 the Duchy of Bremen, which includes the town of Stade, was added to the Hanoverian dominions of GEORGE 1., on Great Britain paying as purchase money 150,0001. At that time the owners of Stade were accustomed to levy certain tolls on ships passing up the Elbe. These tolls had been fixed by a treaty. Stade no sooner fell into the hands of the House of GUELPH than efforts were made to encroach on the rate of tolls, the proceeds of which went to the account of the private finances of the KING. The French stopped all toll taking at Stade, when they got possession of the North of Germany, at the beginning of this century ; but when they were driven beyond the Rhine in 1813, the King of HANovEn resumed his privi lege. He resumed it with great impatience —he increased the rate of the old tolls and invented new ones. Among the many proceedings of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, it must be noticed, to its credit, that it suggested certain very excellent measures for regulating commercial intercourse on the rivers of Germany, and on the Elbe among the rest. These regulations, if carried into effect, would have deprived the King of HANOVER of all power of arbitrarily taxing shipping on that river. Unfortu nately, the Congress left certain matters of detail to be adjusted by the States bordering on the River, and the King of HANOVER contrived so to con found and embarrass the negociations thus entered into, in regard to the Stade tolls, that at the conclu sion of the business, he caused the final regulation of them to be adjourned to a more convenient sea son, and due care has since been taken that this convenient season should never arrive. By this piece of dexterity, he has contrived to levy tolls and impose restrictions, and enforce penalties on the trade of the Elbe, aceordini to his own sweet will, up to the present hour. It is almost worth while for a Chancellor of the Exehequer to take-a trip to Hamburg to observe what a clever and compre hensive tax-trap has been devised at Stade. It is absolutely a fiscal curiosity, and valuable to King ERN EST as it is ingenious, for it brings him in nearly 100,0001. per annum--money collected at his discretion, and disposed of at his pleasure. He also enjoys thereby the exquisite satisfaction of holding in subjection to his absolute control all the ships, cargoes, and crews that venture into the Elbe. His MAJESTY entertains a man-of-war supplied, we believe, by Great Britain, anchored off Stade, armed with guns, to play upon the trading vessels and steam-boats that offend against his laws or become disagreeable to his officer, and these guns are not unfrequently resorted to ; and though ships escape the distinction of being fired upon at Stade, the Captain of every vessel proceeding up the river, is required to execute a bond at that town, whereby he engages to surrender his vessel and all on board to the dictates of the Hanoverian officers ; and if any irregularity, real or imaginary, is detected in the ship's company, cargo, or papers, sinning against the ordinances and pleasure of the Custom officers of Hanover, " the ship and all on board," says Mr. HUTT, " fall immzdiately under the tender mercies of the Hanoverian authorities, by whom de tention, fine, and confiscation, penalties awarded, on no intelligible principle, and enforced without appeal, are dealt out as caprice or rapacity may suggest." This is a pleasant state of things beyond doubt —it becomes a great nation, and is calculated to inspire other countries with a profound respect for the dignity, public spirit, and administrative energy of Great Britain. It is the more deserving of at tention, says the writer, because every impediment thrown in the way of our commerce on the Elbe cements more strongly the commercial union insti tuted at Berlin, and because a shilling of impost levied on the introduction of our manufactures into Germany acts as a bounty to the productions of the rival artizans of the Continent. We trust that Mr. HUTT'S useful pamphlet will be widely circulated, and carefully studied. We particularly commend it to the attention of Lord PALMERSTON. * The Stade Duties Considered, by William llutt, M. P. Ridgway. TIIE LION, A TALE OF TIIE COTERIES.— We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Malborough-street, has this day published " The Lion, a Tale of the Coteries," in 3 vols. post Bvo., which can be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just pub. lisbed the following new works of fiction:—l. Cranmer, by a Member of the Roxburghe Club, 3 vols. •2. Fair Rosamond, or the days of King Henry 11., by the author of " Royston Gower," &c., 3 vols. 3. The Highland Inn, 3 vols. 4. The Banished, edited by James ilorier, Esq., author of " Hajji Baba," &c., in 3 vols. 5. The Phantom Ship, by Captain Marryat, 3 vols. ; and 6. The Youth of Shakspeare, by the author of " Shahs peare and his Friends," 3 vols. 39, ALBENIARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.-- The Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists to the Royal Family, are happy to inform the public, that after thirty years' practice they have succeeded in effecting a most important improvement for Deafness and Defective Vision. Their Invisible Voice Conductor is constructed upon such a principle, that when fixed in the ears it is not perceived, and in company most severe cases of deafness are not in the least perceptible. The Messrs. Solomons are highly gratified to find that numerous individuals of the highest respectability are daily calling to express their feelings of gratitude for the great benefit they have de- rived. Their newly-invented Spectacle Lenses give relief to weak, dim, and imperfect vision. It is particularly ne cessary to observe that the Messrs. S. have no connection w ith persons of the same name, nor with any one who have, and who are daily endeavouring to imitate them ; their valuable improvements in the material are secret to themselves, and are solely confined to their establishment, 39, Albemarle -street. No travellers are employed. METROPOLITAN ANTI-BRIDGE TOLL As sociATlON.—A petition to Parliament and an address to the Queen have been drawn up by the above association, and are in course of signature at the various localities con nected with the Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Midges. The prayer of the petition and of the address is, that these bridges may be immediately thrown open for the use of the public free of toll. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1839 SOME CONSEQUENCES OF THE CakN-L hW S. (From the Spectator.) Except in times of actual panic, the business of the country has seldom been in a more unsatisfactory state than at present. The pressure on the Money Market is severely felt. The Bank of England, upon whose store of bullion there is still a heavy and almost constant drain, has ad vanced the rate of discounting bills of exchange and pro missory notes to 5N per cent. For some time the Bank has been striving to turn the Foreign Exchanges in fa vour of this country by sales of Exchequer Bills and other Government securities, but without success ; and it is extremely doubtful whether even the extraordinary advance in the terms of discount will have much effect in the desired direction. Under these circumstances, it is suggested that the Bank of England might enter into some arrangement with the Bank of France, by which a portion of the specie in the vaults of that establishment, amounting to about 18,000,000!. sterling, might be trans ferred to the concern in Threadneedle-street. The Morning Chronicle says— " The simple knowledge of the fact, that the Bank of England was entitled to draw upon the Bank of France for two or three millions sterling, would of itself give life and animation to every branch of trade, and the bills would soon bring the exchanges into a wholesome state. The remedy of the present existing evil, of want of confidence and perfect stagnation of business, is sim ple in the extreme ; and if the Batik of England will not adopt this plan for the general gold, it is bound to do so for its own security, instead of raising the rate of discount to 51- or 6 per cent., which, when practicable, must engender the greatest inconvenience and difficulty to the whole mercantile body." This appears to be a simple operation, and that it might give temporary relief we are disposed to believe ; but the real cause of the present difficulty will not be permanently removed, or prevented from recurring, byany juggle upon the exchanges. It is not far to seek, and a plain man may comprehend it. Payment for corn imported to supply the deficiencies of the last and preceding years' har vests must be made ; and as manufactured goods will not be taken by the Continental creditor, perforce gold must be sent. The necessity ofa larger expenditure for bread di minished the purchases of other articles—such as cloth ing—by the great bulk of the people ; and the failure of the home trade has not been compensated by a foreign demand. Hence the state of things described in the following paragrarh from the Manchester Guar dian, a journal by no means inclined to exaggerate evil under a Whig Government. " We scarcely remember to have witnessed, except in periods of decided panic, a more gloomy and spiritless market than that of Tuesday. The demand for yarn was extremely limited, and the prices which were readily and freely offered last week could in very few instances be obtained. In most descriptions of goods, too, the business done was very small, and, generally, at loser prices. In consequence of this unpromising state of the market, the working of short time is again rapidly extending. The spinners and manufacturers in Ashton, Stalybridge, Hyde, and the neighbourhood, who had re sumed full time, have again resolved to restrict their time of labour to a time not exceeding four days per week : and an agreement to that effect was then signed by forty-seven of the principal firms in that neighbour. hood. It is expected that this example wi Ibe followed by the principal spinners and manufacturers in Stock port and the neighbourhood. In this town, too, the working of short time is extending ; and the extensive works of Messrs. Birlevs and Co., have been this week, we believe for the first iiine since their establishment, re duced to three days per week. Other mills have been reduced from four days to three, or from three to two days ; and several have been stopped entirely." Now, the operation which the Morning Chronicle proposes with the Bank of France, could only act bene ficially by enabling the Bank of England, secured for a time by the supply of bullion irregularly obtained, to discount freely, and thus give an artificial stimulus to trade. A genuine wholesome commerce would not thereby be generated. Under the existing Corn-laws, seasons of commercial difficulty must occur, whenever scanty crops compel Englishmen to seek wheat abroad for home consump tion. The derangement of the exchanges and the troubles in the money-market, now prevailing, were forcibly pointed out by Mr. Grote, in his speech on Mr. Villiers's motion, as the inevitable result of a large importation of foreign grain. That prophecy has been accomplished to its full extent. It is fearful to estimate what might have been the consequences of another bad harvest this year. Present embarrassments would have been incalculably aggra vated. But, happily, (and this is the bright spot in the prospect), while all else around is gloomy, there is a promise of abundant crops. Will the country then forget the time of scarcity, and cease to demand the only means of avoiding it and its consequences in future—a free trade in corn? RAISING OF THE RATE OF INTEREST BY THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—It will be seen from the article on the London Money Market, in another part of our Paper, that great excitement has been caused in the City by the raising of the rate of interest by the Bank of Eng land to five and a half per cent., and confining the ad vances entirely to bill* of exchange. This rate of inte rest, which has never before been charged by the Bank of England since the lowering of legal interest, from six to five per cent., in the reign of Queen Anne, has been brought about entirely by the operation of the present absurd system of Corn-laws, which compels us to supply the deficiencies of our native produceby sudden and violent imports of grain at enormous prices, to, be paid in gold, instead of by gradual imports at moderate prices, for which payment could, in great part at least, be pro vided through the ordinary channels of commerce. If the eyes of the merchants and manufacturers of Eng land are not F.peedily opened, by the occurrences now passing before them, to a full perception of the evils of the present Corn-laws, they must be much more blind and insensible than we conceive them to be. Let the landowners have a tax upon corn, if it must be so ; but, at any rate, let them collect it in any way that will not produce other evils far worse than the mere amount of tax itself,—deranging all the channels of trade and commerce, and endangerin g the very foundations of our monetary system.—Manchester Guardian. FIRE IN A COAL-PIT.--A remarkable circum stance has occurred at one of the coal works, near Oswestry, by the ignition or spontaneous combustion of an immense heap of lime coal, or " slack," amounting, it is said, to between 2,000 and 3,000 tons ; and a loss, we regret to state, to the enterprising proprietors of about 4001. This great body had been thrown together from time to time in a damp state, and caused the above singular combustion. It was disbovered smoking and burning about a foetnight ago, and all the colliers, &c., were im• mediately set to work in removing the coal away in small heaps about the ground, but a great body of the interior remains burning and the spot has been visited by hundreds of persons.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. UNCERTAINTY OF HUMAN LIFE. ---Thursday Westminster, on the body of Mr. late clerk to the works at West evening an inquest was held at the Duke of Ormond's d 4 i 9 e ' d under awfully sudden circum srajitiaaitnnaseedtekr.RPAartbilenbticeiaefryps:Peawtargeireeoddt, from the evidence that on Thursday morning the deceased was heard to knock violently at the wainscoting of his room. A person who lodged in the same house went into the room, and found the deceased on his knees, the blood flowing copiously from his nose, cars, and mouth. Deceased exclaimed, " There he is—there —there he is." Immediately afterwards he fell back and expired. The deceased, who was a respectable sober man, had held the situation a number of years. Verdict—" Natural Death." POSTAGE.—The idea of giving any paper ma nufacturer the monopoly of making all the stamped covers is so preposterous as well as unjust, that we cannot think the Government, or Commisioners of the Board of Stamps, ever contemplated such a thing. We have seen a specimen of the sort of paper which was designed for the envelopes of the penny letters, and we have no hesitation in saying, that it would soon he proved as easy to imitate that paper (and, ergo, to defraud the revenue), as it was for the Numismatists to multiply Queen Ann's farthings. But why, we ask, why have a stamped wrapper at, all ? No need, in our humble opinion, for any " job," either in the paper manufacture or the stamping-office. Let every person sending a letter or a number of letters, to the post, forward ther ew i t h as many pence as letters, and the busi ness is done. All the machinery necessary is the attend ance of a person at the post-office window, to take in the letters and money, instead of having then slipped into a letter. box ; and, be it recollected, one person has to be, under the pres ent system, in almost constant attendance at the window to t a k e i n " post-paid " letters, &c. We in vite the attention of t h e press arid the public to this sub ject, while there is )et time, for after the scheme is brought m in a to ymb ey s, operation, nl pE rßatoi t cu h e e . slow to in it, however defective or objectionable it cA,asr Eii constitutedsioeF Journal. o]; rßnoa authorities" xN c :11 0 1 bne verySa turdayS week, about half. past eleven o'clock, as a po lice constable of the N division was on duty near the Kings land-road Bridge, he heard a voice shouting flelp help I I'm drowning,. He proceeded to the spot whence the voice came, an d f ound that a person was in the Re gent's Canal. Th e d rags were immediately procure d,. and a man was promptly , dragged out and taken to the King's Head. There tne usual means f or resusc i tat i on were re sorted to for n ear l y an hour, but without effect. Th e body was then tak en to Shoredit.th workhouse, and next day was owned by t h e father of the deceased, who lives in Maria-street, Kingsla n d road at a short distance from the bridge, and w h o stated that, at a little after eleven the previous night he l e f t hi s son at the garden-gate speaking to a young w oman, his swe e th e a r t, when he said he would come in , terms with the Young w oman . D ecease d' s n ame is Ronald tie left deceas e d a pparently on good Waltham, and h e was only twenty years of age' On Saturday Lord Morpetli gave a grand public breakfast in the grounas of his Grace the Duke o f Devon shire, at Chiswi c k, i n which two splend id marquees, tended;uniav t b h l e e s tat whole o o ff the ee Cabinet weather, covering nearly f our acres of ground, had been erected, 700 cards h a d b een issued, and, the ra of the fashionable wor ld being present. Th e company began to arrive a b out one o'cicck, and the w h o l e h ad not left the grounds unt il after dark. A strong party of the A. and T divisions o f police were in attendance at the en trances to prese rve order. Ministers, and the e li te it st fully at the u DANISH CLAIMS. (From the Spectator.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer can find millions for Irish jobs, but when a long-standing claim, founded on justice is presented, he interposes the Crown's pre rogative to thwart the twice repeated resolution of the House of Commons. It is well known that many years ago the Government of this country obtained ample funds to compensate British subjects for the sei zure of their property by the Danes ; but it is only with extreme difficulty that liquidation of part of their claims has been obtained. The injured parties go the House of Commons ; the House calls on the Government, no minally to " adjudicate," really to discharge the debts ; and then, in utter contempt and defiance of the House, Mr. Spring Rice gets up, and declares they shall not have a shilling We suspect the secret is, that the Compensation Fund has been illegally expended. But that does not affect the justice of the claims ; and we recommend the supporters of the petitioners in Parlia ment to retort upon Mr. Rice when he asks money for his jobs—Pay your debts before we give you a shilling. (From the Weekly Chronicle.) The triumph of justice is slow but sure, and this Mr. Spring Rice discovered on Tuesday night, when he was left in a minority of 32 in his resistance to Mr. Cres well's motion respecting the still unsettled Danish claims. The class of petitioners, whose demands have not yet been investigated, is very small, and the justice of their claim to compensation is, of course, increased by every previous concession made. We trust that there is now some pro,pect of redress for these unfortunate individuals, many of whom have, we believe, been severe sufferers by the delay. Considerations of econo my never ought to overweigh considerations of justice in cases like this, and the unanimity displayed by the House of Commons, in dealing with the question, proves them to be fit guardians of the public honour, as well as of the public purse. (From the Britannia.) Ministers were, on Tuesday, left in a minority ;—the House divided on the subject of the Danish claims, the ayes being 95, the noes 32 ; the latter being led by the Right lion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He occupied, indeed, his appropriate position, for the ques tion concerned the good faith of the British nation ; and in spite of his irritable efforts to sacrifice it, the House of Commons resolved that it should be maintained. Although this topic has been so frequently canvassed, it may not be amiss to state precisely what these " claims" are, and on what grounds the country is called upon to recognise them. SO far back as the year 1807, England, at that time ready enough to preserve her proud name and untainted reputation, ar.d rather too "sudden and quick in quarrel" than willing to risk her credit and renown, by tamely submitting to injury from a foreign foe, engaged in an abrupt, and, it may be, not suffi ciently provoked, war with Denmark. " The Danish claims" grew out of one of our national fits of anger. We went to war with Denmark, having upon the very eve of it sanctioned the entrance of our merchant ves sels into Danish harbours, under the assurance that there was no danger of hostilities between the two states. Immediately afterwards fo:lowed the attack on Copenhagen, the destruction of the Danish fleet, and the half ruin of the city ;. an attack by the way, the justice as well as policy of which has always been a mooted point, for it is by no means clear that Great Britain could justify the act. The natural consequence was the seizure and confiscation of all English vessels and property found in other parts of Denmark. Sub sequently, and as matter of course, the parties whose vessels and property were so seized and confiscated claimed compensation from the Government of their country. These claims were resisted, but not denied. The claimants could, however, receive no satisfaction until, in 1834, Lord Althorp, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, obtained a vote of 295,000/., with a view to discharge them. But the grant was not made to apply to persons who had goods and vessels afloat ; participation in it was refused to them, upon grounds so weak as not to bear the smallest scrutiny, Last year, however, Mr. Cresswell succeeded to some extent in having their claims recognised ; but his design was frustrated by Mr. Spring Rice, by whom the " Com missioners" were ordered to report on the cases of indi viduals so aggrieved, without adjudicating upon them. This was adding insult to injury —heaping deceit upon treachery, and making the House of Comm ms a party to as contemptible a trick as was ever practised by a pettifogging attorney. To meet this difficulty, and . to relieve the country from another national reproach, Mr. Cresswell moved on Tuesday— " That an humble address be presented to her Ma jesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct the Commissioners to whom it was referred to examine the claims of certain British subjects, in respect of losses sustained by the seizure of ships and cargoes by the Danish Government in 1807, to proceed to ad judicate upon the claims which they have received, and upon which they have made a Report to the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury." The motion, although obstiaately opposed by Govern ment, was carried by a majority of just three to one. What follows ? , i f a manly straightforward course had been pursued—if there had been no shuffling—if the sense of the House having been taken, the rote was to be acted upon, Ministers would have appeared in new characters. For the sake of consistency they wen bound to act shabbily—and they did so. The Chancellor of the Exchequer at once tells the mover and seconder that he will balk them again. That the claim ants who have been for upwards of thirty years cajoled and cheated shall be cajoled and cheated as many years more, if it should please Providence to afflict the king dom-by keeping that most liberal, honourable, and con scientious statesman so long in office. " You have beaten me," be says : "but your vote is of no value till you ge another--a money vote." " I wish you may get it. What the amount of the outstanding debt from England' to the " claimants" may be we cannot say, but we doubt if it exceed the sum asked, granted, and issued from the Treasury for the accommodation of horses at Windsor THE COMING FIRST AND TWELFTH OF Jet.v.—.We understand that in the neighbourhood of Ma.. ralin, and other places, the Orangemen are already disturb ing their neighbours by nightly paradings kith drums, banners, &c. It will be quite necessary that the authori ties should exert themselves to preserve the public peace on the coming anniversaries of the faction.--Newry Exa miner. THE SILK CROP.—We have accounts from Milan to the 6th inst. The transactions in silk had been more active on the part of the foreign merchants, who either were not able or not willing to wait for the new crop. Our mercantile adviccs frcm Genoa state that the intelligence respecting the silk crop continued good, and if the fine weather then experienced continued, it was expected a very abundant crop would be realised. The business in silk was completely stagnant and the pric e nominal. REPRESENTATION OF KINSALE.—We have heard from an authentic source that it is the intention of Captain Napier, of her Majesty's ship Powerful, to offer himself as a candidate for the borough of Kinsale, in case of a dissolution of Parliament. The brave Captain Napier will stand on the Liberal interest.—Cork Paper. EXTRAORDINARY SIIOAL OF WHALES.--A large shoal of whales made their appearance in Ringabella Bay on Sunday afternoon. They were seen by Samuel Hodder, Esq., of Ringabella House, who was returning from Cove in his yacht. When the country people heard it they came in great numbers, armed with all sorts of weapons, pitchforks, adzes, griffons, &c., and as the whales got into the shallows, they used those with such effect that they captured no less than fifty. five. They averaged from 10 to 20 feet in l eng th, an d wou ld weigh about as mtch as a good cow. I'ne sea all round was reddened with their blood. From information received from a gentleman who witnessed their capture, it would appear that they were of the genus Delphinus Clebieeps, Cuvier—D. Deductor, Scoresby.— Col h Paper. COMMEMORATION OF WTATERLOO. Olt Wednesday evening the sergeants belonging to the first battalion of Coldstream Guards held their anniversary dinner in commemoration of the battle of Waterloo. A large apartment in the Wellington barracks was tastefully ornamented with laurel and banners; and upwards of fifty " good men and true," (not a few of whom wore the hono rary medals given to them for their services on that me morable occasion) sat down to dinner ; after which the usual loyal toasts having been given, the chairman, Ser geant-Major Lundie, propoled the health of the Duke of Wellington, which was drunk with the most enthusiastic applause. The hilarity of the evening was kept up until a lat hour. BoxlNG.--In the report of one of those brutal exhibitions called " a fight," which it appears from a Nor wich paper, took place last Tuesday at. Pulliam, St. Mary's, the following account appears—The spectators numbered from 1,000 to 1,200 and carriages and four, stage coaches, fly s , gigs, and all descriptions of vehicles lined the spot. Just before two o'clock, all being ready, Brassy entered the ring and threw up castor. Bailey soon followed, and each was cheered was by his friends. After some time lost in choosing a referee, time-keepers, and umpires, the men set to. Both seemed in fine condition, and were cheered on commencin g . The first was a short round, Brassy receiv ing a floorer. In the second, by way of returning the com pliment, Brassy caught Bailey a tremendous blow on the right eye, whi c h opened some eld wounds, and closed his PeeP , r- From this to the 17th, Brassy had it all his own way, when Bailey went in, and for two rounds appeared to be determined to go to work in earnest. Brassy showed not the least punishment—Bailey's physiognomy becoming not the most prepossessing, front its too intimate acquain tance with Brassy's knuckles Up to the 36th the rounds were a complete scramble, Bailey having by ill- the worst wheel he got Brassy on the ropes, and appeared to be admi. nistering some severe punishment. Brassy, however, on coming again to the scratch, still showed no distress, and the case was a clear one in his favour—Bailey show ing every inclination to receive, but none to give. In the 59th round, Bailey again contrived to get his oppo nent on the ropes, but was unable from blindness to admi nister any punishment, while his left eye was fast closing. Front this to the 71st everything was in favour of Brassy, who, however, was thrown in this round by Bailey (who was totally blind), and in doing - so the latter pitched on his head. When taken up he appeared quite senseless, and not being able to come to time, the victory was awarded to Brassy. Bailey, on coming to himself, would not allow that he was beaten, or that time had been called. The battle lasted one hour and tea minutes, during which it does not appear that Bailey had the slightest chance. Brassy showed a good deal of s?ienee. Bailey appeared a perfect glutton, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen attended Divine Service yesterday morn ing in the Chapel Royal, St. James's_ The Queen Dowager and the Princess Augusta also attended the Service. The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. N. Grenville, who took his text from the ad chap ter of the 2d Epistle of St, Peter, and the sth and 9th verses. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Pack man, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley; and the Communion Service was read by the Bishop of London, the lien. Mr. Packman, and the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Chant was Sir George Smart's: the Te Deum and Jubi late (Boyce) in A; the Sanctus and Responses in D Sir George Smart; the Anthem, " Praise the Lord 0 my soul" ( Croft), was sung by Messrs. W. Knyvett, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, and the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Court, were in waiting. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Normanby, lion. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord!Byron, Right Hon. G. Stevens Byng, Mr. Rich, and Colonel Wemyss. The Queen Dowager was attended by Viscountess Barringtcn, HOl. Mss Hope Johnstone, Hon. Miss Boyle, and the Lord Chamberlain. The Princess Augusta was attended by Miss \Vynyard. Her Majesty and suite returned in three carriages to Buckingham Palace after the service. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess of Leiningen, and attended by the Marchioness of Normanby, took an airing yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four ; Cul. Wem)P, Equerry in Waiting, followed in another Royal Car, iage. Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences of the Queen on Saturday. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Thei-esa of Hohenloile and the Princess of Leiningen, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Nor manby, Hon. Miss Cocks, Lord Byron, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Mr. Rich, and Col. Wemyss. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Ser vice yesterday afternoon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Princesses of Hohcriloe, took a carriage drive to Kensington on Saturday. The Duchess of Kent visited Lady Conroy at Kensing ton on Saturday. The Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. At the Queen's Drawing room, on Thursday, Anne Countess of Newburgh, was presented to her Majesty by the Dowager Duchess of Richmond. And Mrs. Sebastian Smith was presented to her Majesty by Mrs. Stewart. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager on Saturday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Miss Kerr was in waiting on the Royal Duchess. A portrait of her Majesty, intended for the Hall, now erecting at Ramsgate, was submitted to the Duchess of Kent at Buckingham Palace on Saturday by Mr. Fowler. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck returned to town on Saturday afternoon from Maidstone. His Royal Highness, attended by . Baron Knesebeck, honoured Lord Hill with his company at dinner in the evening. The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kyrr and Major Stephens, honoured the Earl of Liverpool with their company on Friday evening at Fife House. A Deputation from the Committee of J.:at-stock Banks, consisting of Mr. P. M. Stewart. Mr. Blewitt, M P., Mr. Finch. M.P., Mr. Muskett, M. P., Mr. Courtnay, M. P., Mr. NleTaggart, M.P., Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. E. Turner, M. P., Mr. Stuckey, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gil bart, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Vele, Mr. F. B. Smith, Mr. Rennie, Mr. Gooch, Mr. Copland, Mr. Marshall, ani Mr. Scrimgeour, had an interview with Viscount Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, in Downing-street. The Chevalier A. Mustoxidi, Mr. A. Stewart, and Mr. Levis Wilkins, had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Uxbridge had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from Sir A. Woodford, Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar. The Marquis of Lansdowne went on Saturday to his residence at Richmond. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Satur day for Tonbridge Wet's. THE NELSON MEMORIAL. On Saturday a very numerous meeting of the noble men and gentlemen comprising the General Committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for erect ing the Nelson Testimonial was hell in the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. Among the noble inen and gentlemen present, we observed the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Cadogan, Lord Colborne, Lord Bridport, Lord Ingestrie, Lord Melville, Lord Burg hersh, Sir George Murray, Sir George Seymour, Sir James Shaw, Sir William Bealtry, Sir William Parker, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John ,Macdonald, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir John Barrow, Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Spring Rice, M.P., Mr. Charles Wood, M.P., Admiral Dig by, Mr. John Wilson Croker, &e. &c. The Duke of WELLINGTON having been cal!ed to the Chair, Sir G. COCKBURN said he believed a number of let ters had lately been received by the Committee from the competitors ; he therefore wished the meeting to be put in possession of their contents. Mr. SCOTT, the Honorary Secretary to the Commit tee, then read the letters. From one, which was most numerously signed by exhibitors, it appeared that the artists wished that the decision of the Committee should be postponed for three weeks, and that the restrictions respecting the admission of the public to view the ex hibition might be taken off, so that the opinions of the public might be ascertained upon their respective works. The SECRETARY then read the minutes. The CHAIRMAN asked the amount of subscriptions that had been received. Sir G. COCKBURN replied, about 18,0001. A GENTLEMAN then observed that it was intended that the statue should cost 30,0001. On its being proposed that the Committee should proceed to the ballot, Mr. CROKER said, that before doing so, he thought it would be desirable that they should come to a dis tinct understanding as to whether or not they were to consider themselves bound to abide, in every particular, by the details of the design they should adopt. He thought it would be desirable that the Committee should have the power of altering the details. He would, therefore, move that, whatever design the Com mittee might adopt, they should have the power of making any variations or alterations in the details which they might deem expedient. It was the more desirable that such a power should be possessed by the Com mittee, as it might happen that the artist whose model was selected might not be able to furnish them with security that his — plan could be executed at the sum to which they proposed to limit the cost of the monu ment. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN seconded the motion. A MEMBER of the COMMITTEE was anxious to know how they would have to act in the event of not being able to raise the 30,000/. At pr es ent th e amou t sub scribed was under 18,000/. Sir PETER LAURIE had no doubt they would be able to raise the amount, but if they should fall a little short, probably the Chancellor of the Exchequer would help them.—(Laughter,:in which the Chancellor of the Ex chequer heartily joined.) A GENTLEMAN remarked that if they did not succeed in raising the 30,000/., he would vote for returning the money. It would be better to erect no monument at all, than to erect one unworthy. the reputation of Nelson. —( Hear, hear.) Sir GEORGE , COCKBURN was satisfied they would be able to rai3e the necessary funds. As yet they had not heard from India ; they had reason to expect large re turns from the East. A GENTLEMAN wished to know whether the power it was intended to confer on the Committee would extend so far as to enable them to lop off one of Nelson's arms, in the event of the artist whose design should be adopted having given him two, which, as the Committee were aware, several of the artists had done, though the arm had been shot off. Several Noblemen and Gentlemen answered, " Oh certainly." The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. The Committee then proceeded to the ballot, which lasted from a little after one till four o'clock. Sir Peter Laurie and Sir George Cockburn were appointed the scrutineers. At four o'clock Mr. Railton was declared to be the successful competitor, there being a majority of votes in his favour. The model which has been selected is No. 65 in the list, and consists of a fluted column surmounted by a statue of Nelson, and having on one of the sides of the square pedestal a carved representation of his being carried below deck when mortally wounded. The following are the terms in which the result of the ballot was officially announced : In obedience to the Resolution of the Committee, we, the undersigned, have examined the votes given for the Model or Des'gn to be selected for the Nelson Nlo morial, and we declare that Mr. Railton has the majority of votes. (Signed) "G. COCKBURN, z P. LAURIE, j Scrutineers. " Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, June 22, 1839." The number of designs sent in was about 170. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday afternoon for Tunbridge Wells, where Lady Theodosia Spring Rice is now staying. We have bad since re pleasure in learning that her Ladyship has consi derably improved in health since leaving Hastings. . Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer, our Secretary of Legation to the Court of Russia, arrived in town_onS:.. PENNY POSTAGE.—The question of the adop turclay from Paris. Mr. Bulwer called at the Foreign tion I by th e G overnment of an uniform rate of postage s Office in the afternoon. one to which very general interest is attached in the City, HERRING FISIIERY.—The herring fishing has and apprehensions are entertained in many quart ers that commenced at Thurso, under favourable a pp earances. O n the plan of Mr. Rowland Hill w i ll no t b e fully carried out. Wednesday week ten boats delivered about ninety crans of Ministers, however, are determined to carry out the plan. fish, which were to be shipped from Cromarty to Hamburg% A dcmi-official communication to this effect has been made At Sandside and Port Skcrra the take has also been great, to the committee of merchants and traders of the city, The oldest which has been for some time in communication with Ali' e e r nt n , ig ,g ht... Corespondent, never saw such a nisters upon this important question, which has given per . • person some b boats delivering say•s ouracboount fishing as has been upon this coast of late."—Scotsman. feet satisfaction EVENING EDITION. LITERATURE. LADY BLESSINGTON'S DESULTORY THOUGH7'S. Longman, London, 1839. We have as great a dislike of Aphorisms which are purely sentimental —and many such are to be found in Shenstone, and in the comedies of Colman—as we have of a Minerva-library novel ; and for this reason, that both convey false ideas of men and things, and argue an imperfect and maudlin sensibility in those who per petrate them. The aphoristic style can never be used with effect, except by people who have long and dili gently thought and observed for themselves, as was the case with Rochefoucault and Swift, and several others that we could mention, whose Maxims were not drawn from the fancy, but were the slowly formed results of years of attentive observation, and as such, possess a sterling value which it is almost impossible to over rate. Lady Blessington's " Thssultory Thoughts"--a copy of which is now lying before us —possess, though in a minor degree, much of the same value, for one sees in every page that the authoress has taken her own personal . experience for her guide, instead of noting down the mere conventional common-places of society. We subjoin a few of her Aphorisms that have most pleased US :- " Happiness consists, not in having much, but in being content with little." " Some people seem to consider the severity of their censures on the errors of others as some atonement for their own." " Friends are the thermometei-s by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes." " Forgiveness of injuries is apt to draw on the forgiver a repetition of wrongs, as people reason thus—' if he has forgiven so much, he can forgive more.'" " Many people mistake audacity for courage, yet they are dissimilar. Catiline was audacious, Caesar was courageous." Blessington here sacrifices correctness to anti thesis. Coasar was not a whit more courageous, either in a moral or physical sense, than Catiline, as is evident from Sallust's vivid personal sketch of the latter —especially of his extraordinary prowess on his last battle field. But to resume our extracts— " The heart is often made answerable for the errors of the imagination." " There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world." " No dust affects the eyes so much as gold dust." We cannot undertake to answer for the truth of this last Aphorism, for gold dust is a species of dust with which our optics have seldom or never been et - lib:trussed. Our garret indeed is so remarkably free from this incum brance, that we might wear our broom to the stump before we should detect the presence of a single particle. " There are no memories so short as those of the parvenu and the ungrateful man; the first forgets himself, and the second his friends." " We betray a profound knowledge of the world by withdrawing from it when misfortune assails us." " Gratitude is a prospective, rather than a retrospective virtue." " I lost my spirits and my health, But kept my friends, so did not wince, Until one day I lost my wealth, And never heard of friendship since." " Common sense is the most uncommon of all senses." By way of appendix to this amusing little volume, we beg to note down a few Aphorisms of our own, which, like the far superior ones of Lady Blessington, are the result of long and diligent obseevation : " Damon and Pythias were the two greatest friends of antiquity. The inference thcrefore is inevitable—one never owed the other a single farthing." " No philosophy, not even religion herself, can reconcile a man to the tooth-ache." " To dance a brisk quadrille in tight pumps with an, active corn on each t oe , m i g h t weary out the patience of even a Job." " Because a man happens to be a Publisher, it by n° means follows as a necessary consequence, that he should be a prodigy of munificence and disinterestedness." " An Alderman at a turtle feast makes the nearest SP' proximation to what we can conceive of perfect felicity." " A compulsory walk of upwards of ten miles, under a scorching sun in the dog-days, is apt to beget uneasy re flectic ns in the breast of a fat man." N o one wears so repulsive an aspect as a dun. Vcnus herself would look a fright, if she came in the disguise of a creditor." " The man who writes anything, whether in prose or verse, except for cash, is an ass." STATESMEN OF THE TIMES OF GEORGE THE THIRD. C. Knight, London, 1839. Some of the sketches in this Second Series of " His torical Characters of the Times of George the Third,'' have alrealy appeared in the Edinburgh Review, but the majority of them—observes Lord Brougham in his preface—are now for the first time published. Among the new ones is the sketch of Sir Philip Francis, in sup port of whose claim to the authorship of Junius, his Lordship brings forward arguments 'which, in our opk nion, are almost decisive of the question. He himself, however, does not seem to be convinced by, them, for he sums them up by saying, ." but here, perhaps, the similarity may be said to end. For there cannot hit - -prodticed - any eonsiderable pie Ce. of compoiilion known to have proceeded from it Philip Francis's pen, - whiclils of the kamblind with the letters of .;units, although passages of great excellence, full of point, instinct with severity, marked by an im- placable spirit, and glowing with fierce animation, have been selected for the just admiratiOn of critics,' Now these remarks, though intended to have that effect, are so far from weakening the impression that Sir Phillip Francis was Junius, that they absolutely tend to strengthen it, for they show that the one writer possessed precisely those qualities which are most re markable in the other. An " implacable spirit" is the chief characteristic feature of the letters of Junius,l and this, it appears, Francis possessed in a high degreasH But the manner of the two writers, it is urged, was different. We do not lay much stress on this cir cumstance, because the style of Junius is throughout an artificial one—got up expressly for the occasion, and, elaborated with the greatest possible care. In fact, it is a sort of feigned style, just such a one as a writer who had a perfect command over the resources of his lai" gtiage, would adopt fur the purposes of concealment . Now Sir Phillip Francis, it is well-known, had this command of language ; he had also every motive for concealment ; his political and personal prejudices more over, were those of Junius ; and his official knowledg e was just of that character which is turned to account in these famous " Letters." We repeat, therefore, that We lay no stress on the argument that Francis was n et Junius, merely because his own acknowledged writings were different, in point of manner ; for manner—that is to say, peculiarity of style—is always to be acquired, pro vided sufficient attention be bestowed on the subject; and more than once Junius refers to the extreme laboUr that his " Letters" cost him. But matter, by which we mean the staple of mind, is a very different thing. casm, wit, bold irony, sparkling power of imagery, - en d vindictive scorn — t h ese qua li t i es, w hi c h are the very salt of Junius, and still keep him fresh in our memories, are not to be acquired by even the most Herculean diligence , for they are strong, inherent feelings which nature atone gives, and which no art can imitate. Taking the whole circumstances of the case into consideration, - anu weighing dispassionately the arguments pro and con, though we will not venture to assert positively that Sir Phillip Francis was Junius, yet, we will say, that the evidence is strongly in favour of this hypothesis, and that many a man has been condemned in our Criminal Courts on proof, very little, if at all, more decisive. The character of " Madame de Stael "is delineated with great nicety, and truth, and freedom of touch. In the course of this masterly sketch occurs the following remark " Those persons who are self-taught or late taught (ss: , ,, , s,s6sis) are somewhat like persons who have risen unexpectedly to wealth, letter-proud, as these are purse-proud, v e ry a pt to f ancy b ot h th a t their own means are b o u n dl ess , an d th a t non e else possess any at all. Accordingly, besides their love of displaying their- stores, it is commonly observed of such men, that they both believe themselves to know everything, and suppose others to know nothing." This , is a shrewd and just observation. We have o urselves. seen such people as Lord Brougham here satirically glances at— men who having with difficulty, and at a somewh a t l a t er perio than ordinary, got up a small amount of knowledge, are 50 asto nished and delighted with the acquisition, that they are constantly crowing over it like cocks on a dunghill ; and crude and imperfect as are their acquire ments, imagine that they are capable of executing literary works, from whi c h even a Gibbon or a Hallam might shrink app a ll e d. Th ere i s no thi n g so disusting as this sort of pedantry, begotten by self-conceit on ignorance, and the sure test of a narrow, vulgar Of the remaining s k e t c h es of character , th e _ b e s s nature t are n those of Nap o l eon an d Washington , wh o m Lord other. Brougham has pla c ed in striking contrast t o each S londol. 1839. I -----.--------_ tale is evidently a man who W n ' ot 3 the V a " rt s — . which, well ; but he has vouclisaf.e.d. to few—of constructing on knows The interesting narrative. His incidents do not fit in well t author l SO LO MON SO . Li r iO l L o c d r r t f h i aN s n s d m S° a E r i i t ei. by the bye, is one with the other, but are loose and disjointed, and strung together without any regard to skilful arrange ment. His style too is at times much too curt and flippant to amuse generally, betraying, as it does on such occasions, an utter want of simplicity. The author, however, has a knack of drawing characters—as in his sketches of Dr. Hasty tbe g and the e r p ec a o re m n m ts e o n f d h at is io h n er o o f Shois lomon—and this is story.