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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HIRD EDITION of " CON IN GSBY.' OR THE NEW GENERATION. By B. DISRAELI, Esq., M.P. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough. street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Svo., T H J I L T. A NOVEL. By the Author of " The Marrying Man," " Cousin Geoffrey," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJES ry 'S THEATRE THIS EVENING. AUG. 6, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Grist; Orsini, Mdlle. Favanti ; Alphonso, Signer Lablache ; Gubetti, Signor Paltoni ; Astolfo, Sig. A. Giubilei; and Gennaro, Signor Moriani. Between the Acts, a Divertissement, in which will be introduced the admired Pas de Deux from " Les Houris," by Mdlle. Cerito and 31. St. Leon. To conclude with LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny Elsaler• Phoebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringeire, M Perrot. On Saturday next a ill be produced (the first time in this country) Itlcci's Opera, " Corado D'Attamura." Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. a. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sig. MARIO respectfully informs the Nobility, Patron; to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place ON THURSDAY NEXT, AUG. 8, When will be performed (by desire) Bellini's Jpera of I PURITANI. Elvin, Madame Grisi; Giorgio, Signor Lablache; Ai tai o, Signor Maio; and Riccardo, Signor Fornasari. To be followed by a Divertissement in which M dlle. Cerito will ppear. In the course of the Evening, Selections from a Favourite Opera, in which Madame Persiani and Sig. Mario will appear. To c nclude with LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler ; Phebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre 41ringoire, M. Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. - MB. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. LAST TWO NIGHTS OF THE PRESENT SEASON 4 THIS EVENING, AUG. 13, Will be performed Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE SCOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. Strickland; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. W. Clifford; Miss Hard in stle, Mrs. Nisbett. In the course of the E; ening, Mr. John Parry will sing " Fare Rosamonde." To be followed by the new Farce, entitled THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. Euckstone ; Mr. Pennywig, .Mr. Strickland ; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett ; Miss Potts, Mts. Hamby. To conclude with TOM NODDY'S SECRET. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WEBSTER, LESSEE, And Last Night of the Season. TO-MORROW EVENING, AUG. 7, \Ma be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; Christopher Sly, Mr. Strickland; Katharina, Mrs. Nisbett; Bianca, Miss Julia Bennett. In the course of the Evening Mr. Webster will deliver a Farewell Address. Atter which, THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love end the Polka. Flinn pot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polka. Mr. John Parry will sing one of his celebrated Buffo Scene. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA- Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Success, Brilliant and triumphant ! he" Adventures of " Martin Chuzzlewit" having, on each repre sentation, ueen received with every possible mark of public appro. Isation by the most fashionable and crowded audiences, and having seen pronounced by the unanimous voice of the publie press to be one of the most Interesting Dramas ever produced from the works of the celebrated Author, a repetition of its performance will take place every evening till fUrther notice. THIS EVENING, AUG. 6, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, imery, F. nlathews, A. Wigan. Meadows, Kinloch Turner, Stanton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ;'Miss For tescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely Original, and much better than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo-Dramatic, Burlesque Extra. vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabian sights' Entertainment, entitled ALAI/DIN AND THE WON. DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principalcha acters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley ; Miss Woelgar, Mrs. Woolli ige, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Turner, M 1.5 James, Miss Carson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF ADMISSION. —Balcony Boxes. 4:.; Upper Eel; s, Ss. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes , 2 s. ; Upper' Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, 1 Private Boxes on the 13 deony Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second 'ller (holeWg eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit 'Tier (holding six persons), One Guir ea. The Box-office is n ope from Ten to Four o'Clck, under the direc tion of )Jr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theaotre. Continued Attractions and Overflows at ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, AUG. 6, Will be repeated an entire new E fuestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, kc., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. New Scenes in the Circle by the Unequalled Corps of British and loreign Equestrians—the Anti ,odean Professors. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eng. land's Hmest Home. Acting and stage.rimager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. .Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. 'sot Seventeen Nights of the Grand Opera Company—First Week of Cinderella and an entirely New Piece. THISEVENING, AUG. 6. Will be performed Rossini's Fairy Opera of CINDERELLA ; or, The LittLe Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss E. Terry, Miss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. King, ver, E. L. Mime. S. Cowel, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury , with double Band and Chorus. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, entitled GRAM A CHREE MOLLY. Embracing the whole strength of the Company. Places and Pnvai! Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box otice. from Eleven W Your. • ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TOM THUMB IN A BALLOON. TO-MORROW AND THURSDAY, Should the weather permit, TOM THUMB will traverse the •erdens in a Balloon, his Last Appearance in London. MODELS of VENICE and LONDON in the OLDEN TIME. Painted by Danson and Telbin. The 'ovation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all Ilsrmer prect'flent ; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck wttb its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delmea tion,and .re unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnesses. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unju2t ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa ipious Lake, to be hilly appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mon Jays, Tues. Bays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays conoucted by Mr. Godfrey, Are upon a scale of more than usual excellence; but words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. fearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same slime so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, that delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Southby, the Unrivaled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect *ate, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far wee most dttractive lounge hi or near the metropolii. Pending of the Animals at Five-.-Concert at Six—Conflagration at ti at . Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. .ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU EVOLI.M, the most magnificent and extensive Collaction of Histo rical Cie - levities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Per son. during 'Ficenty-five years of elaborate research, at a Cost of 60,000 guineas, and to 44., , mpletely illustrate, in the most in etructive and interesting' Ma 111167, :he most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES OLIVER CROMWELL, and WUIS XIV., to the deaths of 3EOItUE L, and the EMPEROR .NIFOLF.ON, In 1821. This unique iLlgeurn hu been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Ildral Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, lull their the Pro- Ladies, Also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; prietor has reeontly be en able to increase, by several ice. fine pictures, Sze., his previous almost incredible number and variety i.;! . 3ISS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relict - , and other , Ctlrlositles, in this most utstructive and. as hundreds have said it fought to be, a National Museum. Mary thousand have inspected it, aced THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PIJI3LIC PRESS tiaec stated that it cngle to be'seen by every one. The price of admis lion is e;duced to ONE SHILLING. vbe N A _POLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian VAIL" pie,,,a, 21v. daily h om Ten till Dusk. THE WEAtITER.—SuN OFFICE, Auc. 5. T HENKO)/ETER , L oß cst, 50; Highest, 71; Noon, 66. B kitomETE E, 29.9.—W0m, S.W. e Thermometer denotes the XoTE.—The number 32 on -a2 Itrem:ng point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is tfisahnv placed opposite 30, and rain at 2;s. fiftv:_T • WATER AT LONDOI4-BRIDGE TLIII4 I)AY. !Morning ... 40 Oinutes after 6 I Evening ... 2 minutes sfter 7. • " N P;;" r • ( a ; 1 .. — X 4O z . a , . 10it 101 K D 1 , ,-• Nr.r. ffllthm fIL LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1844. In the House of Lords, the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill was read a third time, and passed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved a clause in the Rail ways Bill, the effect of which was to compel com panies having any traits running on Sunday, to run tbird-class trains 'likewise. _ After some conversation, or what Lord CAMPBELL called a " burly burly debiter the clause was un derstood to be agreed to. The Earl of Mirvro, after adverting to the small naval force kept up by this country, and to the occurrences at Otaheite caused by the small ness of our fleets, moved for a return of her MAJESTY'S ships of war (other than those re served for harbour duty) in commission on the 31st of July, 1844 ; and also a return of her MAJESTY'S %hips of war present at Otaheite from the Ist of Sep tember, 1842, to the latest period to which advices have been received, specifying the date of the arrival there and departure from thence of each ship. The Earl of HABDINGToN replied in general terms to the topics in Lord MINTo's speech, for which we refer to the report. The motion was negatived without a The Common Law Courts (Ireland) Bill was passed. Lord IVITARNCLIFFE moved the committal of th e Poor-law Amendment Bill, and gave their Lordships a summary of its principal clauses. After some dis cussion, the Bill was committed pro forma, and ordered to be recommitted this day. Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter-past One. The Commons met at Twelve o'lcock, when after some routine hu3iness, Sir R. PEEL moved the second reading of the Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal IEII. lie stated that the object of the Bill was to re peal certain old statutes which were a disgrace to the country—adapted to other times, but calculated in these days to throw ridicule on the Established Church. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Charitable Donations and Bequests Bill for Ireland was read a third time and passed. The Insolvent Debte:•s Bill went through Com mittee and the House adjourned. The House sat again at Five o'clock, when Mr. GLADSTONE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to apply to private Bills the same principles which had been applied to Railway Bills. The object of it was to re duce the costs of private Bills. The Bill stood for next session. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE leave was given to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the relief and support in certain cases of merchant sea men, their widows, and children, and the House ad journed at a Quarter past Seven. Our friends across the Channel are making a ter rible " hubbub " about Queen POMARE, Missionary PRITCHARD, and Monsieur, BROUAT. If we are to trust to appearances, to orations in the Chamber of Peers, and national songs at the Grand Opera, the whole of Europe—nay, the whole of the civilised world—is to be thrown into commotion about a paltry island, which, till Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS went there, was regarded as a useless speck in the ocean, that no nation would take under its protection. Small as the island and its dependencies are, we ad mit our Government committed a great error in sanctioning its occupation by the French; not that they were worth any thing, but because they were purely British settlements ; they had been discovered by COOKE ; they were occupied by English missionaries forty-five years ago ; the inhabitant were trained up in the tenets of the Protestant religion ; and any man of common understanding might have foreseen that if we did not cast off Queen POMARE altogether, a col lision must take place sooner or later between French Catholics and English missionaries. The island of Otaheite was the very last which should have been placed under the protection of a Catholic nation. Lord ABERDEEN, however, thought otherwise ; he now reaps the result of his oversight, and he and M. GulzoT will have some difficulty in arranging matters so as to please Eng land and France. If Algiers, or even Toulon, had been occupied by the English, the event would not have caused greater excitement than this mise rable squabble about a petty Queen, who rules over some hundreds of half-naked savages. When Sir R. PEEL made use of the strong expressions in Par liament relative to this affair, we felt convinced that he had good grounds for his bold statements, and that a Prime Minister of England would not have used the phrase " a gross outrage, accompanied.with agross indignity " without sufficient reason. All the French papers, however, assert that there was neither a gross outrage nor a gross indignity that; if there were any outrage or indignity at all, they were committed by Mr. PRITCHARD, and here the parties are at issue. We only wish them well out of the affair. But is it not a miserable spectacle to see two great nations quarrelling about trifles ? While the peace of the world hangs on the entente cordiale, while the Governments of the two countries are on the best possible understanding, and all the sober, reflect ing class, are anxious to remain at peace, a firebrand is thrown into the midst of Young France, which it will require all the skill of LOUIS PHILIPPE to extin guish. He has never been defeated yet, and we trust his good fortune will attend him to the last. The public have no means of judging of the real cause of dispute, farther than this, that it is of the most paltry description, and if any serious consequences were to be the result England and France would become the laughing stock of the world. We trust that Sir ROBERT PEEL has not placed implicit confidence in the statements of Mr. PRITCHARD, and that his future policy will be guided by some better authority. One of those provincial causes which are some times found, on trial, to involve considerations of a character far more grave and extensive than might, on the mere statement of the facts be surmised of', them, was tried, last week, at the Kent Summer , Assizes. It was an action for libel, " LEE V. MEAD," and, although we cannot find room for the report of the proceedings, argument of counsel, &c., before , Mr. Baron PARKE, we will endeavour, very suc cinctly, to assign the grounds on which the action was brought. The plaintiff; a lime-burner, resident in the vicinity of Rochester, was interested as a share holder in the " Thames and Medway Canal Company." At a general meeting of the shareholders in this con cern, held in the early part of the year, a proposition for forming a railway along the banks of this canal was submitted for discussion ; and an estimate of the pro bable outlay having been brought forward, the work was ordered to be proceeded with, it being agreed that the necessary funds should be raised on loan notes. Accordingly the whole of the capital required was very soon contributed by the proprietors, and , the railway, according to the statement of the plain tiff's counsel, will be opened very shortly from this , date. There is, therefore, no reason to doubt that the " boniifide" intention of this Company is to carry out to its full completion the undertaking they have announced. It happened, however, that when their project was started, other lines of railway were suggested, and proposals for them published "for uniting Gravesend with Rochester and Chatham." Of these, one was termed the " Rosherville line ;" an other " Matthews's line," from the name of a soli citor who had projected it; and both are now, or lately were, competing lines before Parliament. It is not necessary for us to express an opinion on the merits of either ; but it does appear by the evidence 6f Mr. WEsTow, the banker of Southwark, with whom the Rosherville Company banked, that he re ceived instructions, personally in the first instance, from a director of that Company with regard to Mr. MEAD, the defendant, a note of which was entered at the time upon the bank books. These instructions were subsequently reduced into the form of an " agreement," which was taken away by the director in question, but afterwards brought back to witness by MEAD ; who, thereupon, destroyed it in his presence. The substance of such agreement was a covenant, on the part of the Rosherville Company's direction, to pay to MEAD the sum of 6001. When MEAD waited on witness on the eccasion of bringing back and destroying the paper "the 1172 had been thrown out on the standing orders." Accoru.." ct to the statement of Mr, Ser for good and sufficient pant SHEA, " Mr. MEA D , • hi s pap e r, the reasons, thought fit to advocate in .. superior claims to public favour of the Roshei line ;" and the Learned Sergeant added, he should be able to prove that MEAD had bound himself, on condition " of receiving 5001. to advocate the claims of that railway, and to op pose all the others suggested, in the columns of the Kent Independent." But Mr. ltiEsTorr, in his evidence, admitted "he had no conversation with MEAD, when the latter waited on him with the agreement, as to what was to be done for the 6001. ;" "but "Mead proposed that, if he continued his services, the directors should pay him 3001. down, and the re mainder on the Bill receiving the royal assent. This was not agreed to. It had been intimated to witness that the money had been agreed to be paid for Par liamentary services in canvassing Members of Par liament. * * After the Bill had been thrown out, these services were not required." We should wonder if they had been. Assuming that the money was to be paid, if at all, for Parlia mentary agency, the fact of the Bill being thrown out for non•compliance with the standing orders was an emphatic set-off, we should think, for any claim on that score. If it was to reimburse the "Independent" editor for writing one "line" up and all others down, the " quantum ineruit" determinable by the amount of his success, must have been pretty accurately represented by the symbol 0. If the gentlemen whose eagerness as directors originally induced them to suggest such an agreement with Mr. MEAD for his canvassing ser vices in the lobby and committee-rooms of the house of Commons, had been still so credulous as to have persisted in retaining them after the defeat of the Bill upon the orders, we should have marvelled almost as much as we have done, at finding an editor of a provincial journal thus enlisting himself and his paper in the cause of a private undertaking, for an interested purpose. The only legitimate client of a journalist is the public ; and this sort of partisanship is at all times a dereliction of his duty to that client. We can by no means, however, go to the extent of designating this transaction, as the Maidstone and South Eastern Gazette has done, an attempt "to bribe Members of Parliament." We must suppose that, whatever estimate may be formed of the modesty of Mr. MBAD's claim for 5001. or GOO/. (it is variously stated), the appropriation of the sum was intended to be in discharge of professional expenses—and his own services. The "Radical Members" must feel greatly indebted for the imputation which this gentle man's vague manner of proceeding appear* to have exposed them to—very wrongfully as we are con e fident. But the amusing part of the affair is the subject matter of the libel. The Kent Independent of the 23 March published two letters :`'the one to the Editor, signed by that ulaiquitous and Ary civil gen tleman " A Constant Reader :" the Zer, an inelo sure, addressed to a certain " My dear HAYMEN,"— headed " Private and confidential," and purporting to be intended for the veritable "Mr. HAymErt" pro duced as a witness on the part of the plaintiff; and signed by " WILLIAM LEE," whose identity with the latter was carefully suggested by the writer's dating from one of the addresses of that gentleman. " A Constant Reader" informed the Editor that he had picked up the inclosure in one of the steam boats, and that "it showed very clearly what was going on behind the scenes. "Mr. WILLIAM LEE," writing to Mr. HAYMEN, is made to speak of "a recent exposure of the falling in of the chalk in the tunnel of our own concern"—of the " bedevilment" MAT THEWS hid led him into with his subscription list, and of his (LEE's) fear " that the whole affair will be exposed before they can get out ;" of his having in structed the Secretary of the (Thames and Medway) Company to deny all statements of adverse parties, true or false, "so that, by putting on a bold front, they may catch a few flat fish ;" and of his having laid a delusive wager of two to one with the parson of Frindsbury to show confidence in the concern," &c. &c. Perhaps the reader will have anticipated that these letters are altogether fabrications—gioss forgeries, without one tittle of truth in all the imputations they were evidently fabricated with a view to fasten on an ap parently highly respectable gentleman, Mr. LEE, the plaintiff. But when the editor of the Kent Indepen dent is applied to for the name of the author, he re plies in a strain of, we must call it, indecent levity, and affects to treat the whole affair as " a squib ;" it being considered nothing more, this correspondence had been inserted—and that he should as soon expect the Editor of Punch to be amenable to legal applications on behalf of Sir C. F. WILLIAMS or Lord BROUGHAM for the hard hits occasionally dealt by our facetious weekly contemporary on both those individuals.— Now, here is just the mischief of a dull, heavy-handed and very reckless anonyme attempting to gambol like our spirited and airy friend. The absolute prejudice which the forgery was calculated to produce to Mr. LEE in his commercial or trading position, was indis putably shown by evidence. The inconceivable in justice of the Independent's quoting Punch for " his bright example, as it is his theme," is abundantly manifested by the very curious letter of Mr. MEAD to DICKSON and OVERBURY, Mr. LEE'S solicitors. In this we fall upon the following morceau—a grammatical curiosity which Punch's ingenuity may perhaps elucidate :—" I have heard of a gentle man named LEE, who is said to be a lime-burner; but had I have desired to possess myself of his Christian name," &c. A verdict for 501. damages has probably admonished the Editor of the Independent, with sufficient force, of the folly of attempting to be very droll, when the effort involves attacks on pri vate character, which no other person in the empire would once have suspected of having been ever intended for " a joke." " Squibs" to be endurable, should burn a little more brightly, and be thrown a little less maliciously. We have intelligence from Madrid to the 28th ult., from which we learn that an extraordinary courier had arrived from Gibraltar, at the British Legation, with the following intelligence " The Prince de Joinville having learnt that the Moors had a third time attacked the French troops, his Royal Highness has addressed an official communication to the Governor of Gibraltar, and the commander of the English squadron. He states in the dispatch that he is proceeding to Tangiers in order to attack that place, and that he doubts not, from the harmony prevailing between France and England, that the English squadron will, during his operations, abstain from appearing off Tangier. The Governor of Gibraltar and Com mander of the Squadron have replied that the instructions of their Government order them to observe the strictest neu trality. That neutrality is to be observed until the arrival of fresh orders. It is affirmed, adds the letter, that the French squadron opened its fire against Tangiers on the 24th." A. letter from Cadiz of the 24th contains the fol.. lowing : " Yesterday, on the arrival of a dispatch from Marshal Bugeaud, the contents of which are not known, the Prince de Joinville immediately went on board the vessel bearing his flag, and set sail for the coast of Morocco. It has since been rumoured here, in consequence of some indiscretion on the part of one of the persons to whom the Prince had imparted his intentions, that he has gone to Tangier, to bring away the consuls and French subjects residing there, and to land them at Cadiz. This step was regarded as preliminary to the decisive measures which the Prince was authorised and de termined to adopt." Madrid Bourse on the 27th.—Three per Cents 261, at 60 days ; Fives, 20t for cash. The few expressions made by Sir R. PEEL in the House of Commons last week, relative to the impri sonment of Mr. PRITCHARD, have caused a great sen sation in Paris. Nearly all the journals are loud in denouncing the haughty language of the English Minister, and what some of them call the "timid and trembling" expressions of M. GUIZOT. On Satur day afternoon the Chamber of Peera was crowded to excess, drawn together from an expectation that some questions would be put to the Minister on the subject. On his arrival questions were put by the Marquis DR Bois and another Peer, to which M. GUIZOT re plied :—" There are doors which must not be opened every time they are knocked at ; so long as the proper time shall not have arrived, I shall not enter into ex planations calculated to injure the general interests of the country. lam of opinion, that all the assertions put forth by newspapers ought not to be noticed at this tribune. When the facts shall be known and cleared up, I shall be ready to accept a debate on all that the Government may have done." The Prince DR MosKowa defended the course pursued by the Noble Peer, and said, after the remarks made by Sir R. PEEL, explanations were absolutely necessary. Several other Peers took the same view; and among others, Count MOLE, who expressed his regret that, while the Cabinet observed a prudent reserve, it did not afford some words of encouragement to the French officers who commanded at Otaheite. M. GUIZOT replied that he was intent on upholding the honour and dignity of the navy everywhere, and he could not answer questions in that hall without more full in quiry. The subject was also adverted to on Friday, but in the absence of the Ministers, when Baron CHARLES MI MI made the following remarks : A •m not one of those who regard war with extraordinary in 1840, but in preach - "-once is too well accustomed t o war t o f ee l uneasiness. A.. .4; alarmed at such a colik..ngen-eY" or its consequen ces . l am , no partisan of war—l defended• ' big concord I frankly declared, that I f we uad no other alter native than war, we would engage in it witu .;"dour —nay, with transport. Permit me to add a few words on A roceni question connected in the highest degree with the navy and the colonies. I have seriously reflected on the intelligence just received through England—l have read all the official documents published by the English journals ' who are not certainly very friendly towards us. IPell, these documents proved to me what I already knew—that the officers of our navy who commanded at Otaheite have acted pro perly, and as behoves brave and rational men. They had received from the King's Government the order to govern the country—they have governed it—they wished the French flag should maintain the advantage. And when an individual, Consul or not, accumulating I know not how many profes sions, many of them most honourable, forgot his quality— not the quality of an Ambassador, but of a Consul—ow is of commercial agent—and became an instigator of revolt, I say that no Government would have hesitated an instant to arrest such a man, taken in the act of exciting insurrection. Nevertheless, gentlemen, our officers treated him with every attention, the English journals themselves admit it, and pub lish the document in which it is recommended to treat with kindness a conspirator who had infringed all laws and vio lated the rights of nations. Such Is the truth. Without in flicting the least injury on that factious Consul, Itelwas con ducted on board an English vessel, in which he left the country. Let him now complain to his Government ; let the British Parliament inquire into the facts. The British Parliament knows how to respect the laws of nations. There is in the Majority of both Houses of that illustrious political body, eminent men, who, no doubt, value national hononr above all things, as we do ourselves, but who also value justice. I will venture to affirm front this tribune that there is no• statesman who, after perusing the documents published by the English journals, the most inimical to France, will RP declare that the agents of the French Government acted correctly. I consider those documents to be authentic; and a letter from Otaheite, received yesterday by a general officer, a friend of mine, who communicated it to me, convinces me that the Governor of Otaheite did his duty. If he was attacked I should be the first to undertake his defence from the tribune," In conclusion, M. Dupin said, "By- voting the Bill now before the House, you will place the Naval Department in a condition to provide as speedily as possible against all con tingencies—l except none. It is a law of good administra tion ; it is in every respect satisfactory ; you may vote' it with an entire confidence." The Baron was repeatedly cheered during these re marks, and was greeted by many of the Peers on leav ing the tribune, The excitement, however, is not vnfined to the Chamber cl' Peers. On Friday a grand demonstration took place at the Opera on the performance of CHAULES VI. In the second act the national air beginning— " Guerre aux tyrans! Jamais en France, Jamais I'Anglais ne re g nera !" was called for, when the manager, M. PILLBT, came forward and said it would be sung in the second act. It was executed with a powerful chorus, and raptu rously appiawled, The affair has evidently become THE Sig t;4l, .BOND ON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1644. serious, and it will require all the skill of the two ca cabinets to crush the tumult. The Funds were very depressed on Saturday, the Three per Cents. having fallen to 81f. 20c., and the Fives to 121 f. 30c. With the exception of two Go vernment papers, the press evinces strong feelings of hostility to this country. The following are extracts from them:— (From the Journal des Debate.) " The English journals continue to comment on the news brought from Otaheite by Mr. Pritchard. The Times, how ever, appears to regret the hasty judgment which it gave on facts but very cursorily examined. It still cries out, but not in so high a tone ; and it admits:that it has been mistaken on one very important point. At the moment when Mr. Pritchard was imprisoned, the French authorities no longer exercised at Otaheite the right of protectorate, but of sovereignty. There was no other constituted authority in the Society Islands than that of the French flag. This fact the English journal now admits, and it is what we have stated from the commencement of the affair. Mr. Pritchard was no longer Consul. In the month of December, 1843, he wrote to the French Commandant that he had struck his flag, and, until the receipt of fresh instructions, should cease all official relations. Even in virtue of the laws of the protectorate, the French authorities had a right to expel from the islands any foreign residents or missionaries that might seek to disturb the established order of things, and they had a still stronger right to do so in virtue of the possession of sovereign power. Explanations have been asked on the subject of the English Parliament, to which Sir Robert Peel replied that a demand for reparation had been made to the French Government. On this point, we can only repeat what we have before stated. Has or has not Mr. Pritchard, by his conduct, justified the measures of repression adopted against him? The English Government can only have formed a judgment oa his statement, and it cannot be expected that such testimony would be impartial. We doubt not that the French Government will be able on its side to bring forward evidence at least as worthy of credit, and we persist in thinking that explanations will be ex changed between the two Governments which cannot but have a satisfactory solution." (From the Globe.) " There probably may have been a useless severity, and perhaps an abuse of power on the part of M. d'Aubigny in de taining Mr. Pritchard six days in prison, and he would have acted better in causing his immediate embarkation, as Go vernor Bruat afterwards did; but the demand for satisfac tion made by the English Cabinet can only evidently bear on the fact of the irregular detention of Mr. Pritchard, as a sim ple missionary mixed up in a positive manner in the outbreak of the natives, and whom the French authorities had indis putably the right, if not to detain six days in prison, at least to send out of the island. The difficulty, therefore, is not great, and those who so ardently desire a complication in the cordial relations subsisting between France and England will be again disappointed. As to the difficulties created by the Protectorate assumed by France, they must be accepted without complaint. They are the natural conditions ofevery extension of power; the world begins to be so full, that it is no longerpossible to extend on any side without disarranging some one, and without having obstacles to surmount. If there ever was a time when political power might be ex tended without remark, that time is passed. Governments must now make up their minds to struggles, which is their natural condition, both at home and abroad. The only thing to do is to act prudently, to accept necessary difficulties, and not create useless ones." (From the Constitutionnel.) " We have never wished for war, nor any interruption of friendly relations with England; but see to what this policy of peace at any price may lead. If, instead of disavowing Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, his conduct had been openly ap proved of, England would have acceded to it as a fait ac oomph; the proceedings of M. d'Aubigny and Captain Bruat would not even have been made the subject of controversy; the Times would not have used the arguments it has urged against us; in every paint, in shOrt, our difficulties would have been reduced to little, because our sovereignty, provi sionally exercised by our agents, would not have been brought in question. If, on the day Abd-el-Kader set his foot upon the Morocco territory, we had insisted upon his expulsion, he would not have acquired a force superior, per haps, to that of the Emperor himself, and we should not have been engaged in a war, the issue of which it is not easy to foresee, or in negotiations the problem of which is not solvable. M. Guizot, without consulting or comprehending the feelings of the nation, has, since 1840, without biding his time, 'hastened to reconcile England and France. He has increased the irritation of the minds of the people, wounded the just pride of the country, laid grounds for con flicts between the two navies, and created new causes for dissension in every part of the globe. We may add that M. Guizot did not dare show himself in the Chamber of Peers yesterday." (From the Qmotidienme, a Legitimatist Journal. ) " To approve of the conduct of MM. Bruat and d'Aubigny would be equivalent to removing the disavowal which rests on Admiral Dupetit-Thouars. The reparations will, there fore, be granted—everything will be accorded. The path of cowardice and ignominy opened by the disavowal will be per severed in. It is a necessity of the situation that has been imposed on France by the conduct of the Government—a ter rible necessity, against which the shuddering and indignation of the country will protest. If the English Government there fore demands all that the Times has threatened, the French Government must comply. M. Guizot cannot bring forward any argument against doing so, for he has placed on the Ad miral the responsibility of the taking possession. That dis avowal clogs the Government. It was before supposed to be but a slight disgrace; but now the cup must be drained to the dregs !" iss (From the Presse.) " Thus we see Sir R. Peel, on the authority of Mr. Prit chard's testimony, which is necessarily interested, qualifying in full Parliament the conduct of the French authorities in terms strangely in contrast with hie usual tone of language ! Why, before expressing himself in this manner, has he not sought to knew the motives which influenced the authorities to adopt such measures? Why did lie not wait for other in formation as to the conduct of Mr. Pritchard, besides that given by that person himself ? Why did he not understand that in thus expressing himself, he has followed in the course of a man whose turbulent spirit is a subject of distrust to every one ? What'necessity was there for him to reply so hastily to the question of Sir C. Napier? Why . pledge him self prematurely, without previous inquiry, without having any other guarantee than a passionate and partial version of the affair, by declarations which would place the French Government in the most delicate position ? It must be ob served that, in this circumstance, moderation is quite on the side of our Cabinet. On Thursday, M. Guizot was questioned on the subject in the Chamber of Peers; he might have at tacked and expressed himself with harshness on the acts of Mr. Pritchard, and have replied by some marks of appro bation to the gross reproaches made against the conduct of the Governor of the Society Islands. He would have been the more justified in doing so, as the conduct of the English ex-Consul (Mr. Pritchard) was as well known to hins as the moderation and loyalty of Captain Bruat. He, however, did nothing of the kind ; he let the question drop rather than take the initiative in a discussion which might oblige him to enter into details little honourable to an English agent. Sir Robert Peel should hate used the seine reserve. There is more than a want of tact in his conduct there is an :e s i l zt'io cowardice is demanded indiscretion, which merits a severe epithet. And in what M. a situation has ho publicly placed himself ? Qn the demand of the missionary Pritchard , or rather of the fanatical sect of which Pritchard is the rep resen tative, he has announced that lie has demanded from Pa ris n ot explanations but reparation. Iparation, iildeea I it is we, on the con t rar y, w h o ha v e to complain." (From the Courrier Francais.) " Thus while the French Ministry keep silence, Sir Robert Peel's starts the question ! He proclaims the innocence of M. Pritchard and the violation of the right of nations by the French officers at Qtaheite ; he hesteas to declare Great Britain grossly and indignantly outraged in the Per son of her Consul, and concludes his speech by talking of a reparation due from France ! To what are we reduced, when a Lord of the Treasury , before he has examined the whole question, shall in the whole face of Europe let fall the word reparation from France ? Is the House of Commons the supreme tribunal to decide on the honour of our nation ? Is Sir Robert Peel to decide , and M. Guizot the person to l i obey ? Is the sentence irrevocably passed on the officers of our navy ? Has the English Minister on the other side the sentence, and to say to M. commenced a pusillanimouS concession, j a cz i eo t s s ts, i y kani t :ol o r. . now p the act of from him. In t hi s deplorable affair, France began by a avowal, and will finish by a reparation. No, We cannot be lieve it, it is time to put a stop to such an infamohs course ! Never were we so degraded I Never under the Restoration would a Ministry have held the honour of France so cheap I The English reign in France ? ' fqr wp suffer their insults, and confide to them the care of slur affairs, and their reign will continue as long as M. Guizot shall remain in office. Exlo, M. Galzot, or do not sing E The Leg,lislt shall never reign in France.' Stupid Ninlstry, or stupid people:— : -it is one or the other." THE BOURSE—SATunbky, AUGUST A. First Highest Lowest Lest Price. Price. Price. Price, French Five perC3nts l2O 25 .. 120 53 120 25 .. 120 50 Four per Cents. Three per Cents.• •• • 81 40 .. SI 40 .. 81 25 .• 81 30 Dank of France 3OBO 3035 .•3080 ..3085 08411 _TY!'llk —•• • " * Belgiall ifYps,lB3l. ••• , • • 104 lO4 .. 104 .. 104 1840 ) 184........ 1081 .. 108' .. 1081 .. 108 Dutch TWO 11n4-11-4151f... • . 611 .. 61 .. 61 . 6 1 Spanish Throes r.rtrr,•••• 52 4 •• 3 2 .. 3? i • • 32 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 431 • . 42 .. 434 431 Neapolitan • :1 . , - 0 .. 93 6Q .. QB - 50 06 - 50 Roman •• • • ...... ..... .... 1031 .. 1031 .. 1051 • • 1031 RAILWAY SHARES. VerWiles, LB.— •......... 232 50 .. 235 .. 232 50 .. 235 U'n!•!!?•••• •••• 375 .. 375 .. 372 50 .• 372 50 Rouen .. 7 60 •. 90 •• 065 • • 965 Rouen to Havre 0 .. 7k - ,2 50 .. 750 •• 'is9 si) Strasburg to 8a1e.... Avignon to Marseilles-- 755 .. 755 . 755 '• 755 n4ILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15T0 OF AUGUST. Versaincd, L. 11.• ..... 242 50 .. 24 2 50 .. 242 50 .. 242 50 ...,.,.. .. 375 .. 372 50 372 50 Rouento Havre-- . Vto via .• 787 50 7.11 2 970 .. 950 •• 960 Du, Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 235 .. 236 25 .. 232 50 . 235 Avignon to Marseilles.• • • 750 .. 757 50 750 •• 757 50 REVISING BARRISTERS FOR TITE ----- _ HOME CIRCUIT. Tlic Learned Judges on Saturday signed t he a pp ointments of the follo w i ng gentlemen as revising ba r r isters for the dif ferent electo ra l districts upon the Home Circuit :-.7, llERTFoupsittnE.—Hertford, St. Alban's , Canterbur3r, sariay.rieb ? an d G ronw i e h ; J. Espinaßsey Esq., and J. D. Chambers, Esq. ROCHESTIM AND CDATITAIII.—J. D. Chambers. EssEx---Colchester, Harwich, and Mahlon : S. R. Bosan quet, Esq., and Sir W. Riddell. . "WT•""t 3 T4i44Qjr, Hythe, and Dover : Russell Gurney, Esq., and Phillips, Esq. SussEX--Lewes, Hastings, Rye, Brighton, Horsham, Chichester, Arundel, Midhurst, and New Shoreham : A. Jtvland, Esq., and S. Ri c h mon d Esq. 'Bl-ritgEt—,Gnildford, Reigate, Lambeth, and Southwark : S. C. C. Fyslie, Esq., and J. Deedes, Esq. - 7 -- Her Majesty's Attorney-General, Sir W. Webb Follett, and family embarked at the Blackwall pier on Satur day morning on board the General Steam Navigation Com any '1 steam-packet Giraffe, Capt. R. S tranach, for Rotterdam. Between eleven and twelve, on Saturday, the south and south-western suburbs of the metropolis were visited by a hail-storm, which forttinately lasted only about ten minutes, many of the hailstones being very large. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. --On Monday afternotiti, as a party of youplis were amus i ng themselves in a small 'skiff; nearly opposite 'to SOmer'SetAilial.f, ' l3 ankside, one of them who - was' rowing; catight what is technically called a crab," a n d l os i ng hi s b a lance, fell backwar d, and , at the same mom en t, th e b oa t go t athWaq the hawse of a sailing barge moored in the river, and upset. One unfortu nate lad, the son of a respectable hatter, residing in Union street, Borough, named Harrison, was immediately drawn under, and carried away by the tide and drowned. The re mainder were saved by the praiseworthy promptitude of the master of P4e of the Chelsea steamers. PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, Auo. s.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer; Royal Tar, Captain Henry Foster, arrived this day, at two p.m., from Gibraltar, bringing the following ;nails :—Gibraltar, July 27, 7 p.m.; Cadiz, Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. ; Lisbon, July 30 ; Vigo, Aug. 2, 4 a.m. Her dates of departure are as follow:—From Gibraltar, July 27, 7 p.m. ; Cadiz, July 28, 10 a.m. ; Lisbon, July 30, 5 p.m.; Vigo, Aug. 2, 4 a.m. Ships ofWarlying at Gibraltar.—Her Majesty's ship Formidable, with flag of Sir E. Owen, the Caledonia, the Albion, and the flecla steamer; the Albion and Hecla left at 10 a.m. for Tangiers. The Danish frigates Geflon, Thetis, and brig Mercurius ; the Nor wegian frigate, Freira; and three French steamers of war. Vessels passed off the entrance to Vigo.—The P. and 0. steam-ship Tagus. Specie on board.—About ten packages. List of Passengers.—Lieutenant Anson, R.N., Mr. Burney, Mr. Goodsir, Mr. Murdock, Mrs. Murdock, Captain and Mrs. Beale, Mr. Ledsame, Lieutenant Lord C. Butler, R.N., Mrs. Gordon, and four Misses Gordon, and servants, Lieutenant Douglas, RN., Mrs. Garcia, Mrs. Richardson, Mr. Daral, Lieut. De Plas, (French Navy), Mr. Furby, Mr. Kendall, Mr. Custance, Mr. Javares, Mr. Castilho, Mr. Demen, Mr. Murdock's two servants, two soldiers of 79th regiment. LISBON, JULY 30. By the ship Desengano, which arrived here from Angola (on the western coast of Africa) on the 25th inst., accounts have been received from Loanda to the sth of June. On the 27th of May an armed boat from the Por tuguese corvette Urania, had captured the Brazilian brig Caqador, at the mouth of the river Dande, with 850 slaves on board. The prize was taken to Loanda to be judged. Another Portuguese ship of war had captured the Brazilian schooner Francelina, which, though without any slaves on board, was found com pletely fitted out for the slave-trade. The endemic fevers were raging violently when the Desengano left Angola, and several Europeans had fallen victims to them, amongst whom was Mr. Thompson, one of the English Members of the Mixed Commission. Mr. Clinton, the other English mem ber, having very imprudently gone out shooting seve ral days in succession, during the greatest heat, was seized with the fever, in the delirium caused by which he destroyed himself by cutting his throat with a razor. Ile was buried at Ponte d'lzabel, near his own residence, and was attended to the grave by all the principal people of the place, the pall-bearers being the Governor-General, the Chief Civil Magis trate, and the two Portuguese Commissioners. The Portuguese officers, who emigrated into Spai# after the suppression of the recent revolt at Almeida, have been informed by the Spanish Government, that they must either quit the country, or submit to be sent to Majorca and Minorca; and in consequence of this intimation many of them have applied for pass ports to proceed to France. This step, there is no doubt, has been taken at the request of the Portu guese Government. The Finance Minister has succeeded in obtaining a loan from the " Union Commercial," of 350 contos, to be repaid out of next year's revenue, with the enor mous interest of upwards of 30 per cent. The heat at present here is intense, the thermome ter being every day as high as 98, and some days up to 100 in the shade. The Duke de Palmella is recovering from his severe illness. UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. The Great Western, Captain Matthews, which left New York on the 20th of July, arrived here to-day, at noon, with sixty-five passengers, after a run of fourteen days and sixteen hours. The tt eaty for the annexation of Texas, although thrown out by the Senate during the late session, is in tended by Mr. Tyler to be the ground upon which he again claims to be continued during another term in the Presidential chair. The candidates in the field, Messrs. Clay and Polk, are both, if not opposed to, neutral on the subject of annexation, but it is a darling scheme with the retiring President, and accordingly, he has pub lished in the Government paper, the Madisonian, a number of " secret" documents which he sent to the Senate while that body, with closed doors, was debating the project, with a view to induce them to pass it. First, there is a " a message," from Mr. Tyler to the Senate, in which he strongly expresses his own opinion in favour of the treaty, as the only remedy of keeping Texas out of the clutches of England ; the message also shows, that General Jackson entertains the same sentiment as Mr. Tyler himself, and all this is strengthened by the testimony of Mr. President Houston. A letter from a Mr. Allen to a Mr. Walker, dated Houston, March 1, 1844, shows the feeling in Texas in favour of the annexa tion, and that "if the effort fails, President Houston will make a free trade treaty with England." Finally, there is a " circular," addressed to the French, Spa nish, English, and Russian Ministers, by an employe of the Mexican Government, in which the Santa Anna version of the project is put forth. This document goes at considerable length into the subject, and shows that the treaty, if effected, would be an act of gross injustice to Mexico, as that country has never acknowledged the independence of Texas, and still regards it as a province of the mother country. The floods on the Mississippi had receded ; not, how ever, without doing serious injury. In many districts what are called by the Americans " bottom lands" had been much injured by the great deposit of sand, amount ing in some instances t. 5 five feet deep, having been left when the floods receded, . , The riots in Philadelphia continued to be discussed in every part of the union, eliciting a variety of opinions, according to the views of the respective parties, An in vestigation had taken place, and the cirewnstances will occupy the attention of the courts of justice. Some of the wounded party had died in the interim, and the affair appears to have left behind a rankling feeling between the Irish and the native American people, the results of which will, in all probability, lead to serious collisions hereafter in other quarters. One of the pri mary causes of the rioll--;tlie - alasenee of a police force 4 afticiently strong to` Veep the peace —appears to have been overlooked in the discussions with which the Ame rican papers teem. The Toronto Examiner of July 17th Contains a long eeeount of what might have p rov ed a very ser i ous an d liloodY riot, between a number of Orangemen and a large party of Roman Catholic labourers, who assembled in the neighbourhood of that city. It appears that the Orange party had formed the ilitentier, of going on bo ar d a steamer, with their party colours, music, and deadly weapanq, to tha F alls of Niagara, where th e y i nten d e d to have passed a gala day , a n d di ned at the hotel, on the. British side of the falls. The Roman Catholic lahourers assembled, to the number of 1,5 N, and declared th a t unless, the badges of the Orange party were suppressed, the arms thrown away, and every symptom of an offen sive character taken from them, they would prevent the excursion. The Orange party, fearing the consequences, consented, and thus a breach of the peace, which, had it occurred, would have been of a deadly character, was prevented. The labourers were armed with muskets, bayonets, scythes, reaping hooks, and every inlaginable instrument of destruction. These party broils betwe e n the Catholic and the. gralliao parties are giving much annoyance to the local authorities in Canada. The following is the commercial summary of the New York Commercial Advertiser for the week eildim the 20th of July " The appearance of business indicates greater activity in the commercial circles than has prevailed for the last few weeks, and there is every prospect that the commu nity will be actively engaged at a period earlier than ordinary in cor res po n ding seasons., The imports fir the fall trade ar e now touting in quite freely, arid as the West and South have hitherto bought but moderately, and are not supposed to have large stocks of merchandise. on hand, it may reasonably be expected that the sales to the country will exceed those of either of the two or three previous years, " During that time the country has been recovering from the effects of the great revulsion, and progressively improving its condition." The New York Express says:-- "The weather wince the sailing of the B r it ann i a h as eontiuued fine, and there ' has been nothing received in the city in relation to the harvest to lessen the prospect of a most abundant crop of wheat, corn, &c. The far mers will thus be able to send a lam amount of pork and beef to market," In Canada the crops are represented as being above an average, a part of which will go to swell the large amount of grain and produce generally, that can be exported to Europe, in the event of a demand in that quarter, 14c4ANGN.---Tbere hai been a fair amount of busi ness- in foreign bills for transmission per the Great Western. The transaction in bills on London have been at from 109 to 1094. The latest quotations are 109+ to 1094. Some drawers ask 1094, and somo small bills, with first-rate names, have been purchased at 10D:1, but bhe nfattot cannot fairly be quoted at over 1094. On Paris we quote at sf. 74 to 5E 261. SWEDEN, SPEECH OP THE KING Ob SWEDEN ON OPENING THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATES-GENERAL, JULY 20, 1844 : The position which I occupy in this sacred place, in the midst of the States-General of Sweden, brings to all our minds the recollection of a great and irreparZle loss, and the first words that I have to utter, are accompanied with unatrected grief and deep regret. These feelings must ever be yours as well as mine, and they are no more than a just tribute to him who now reposes in the peaceful tomb, my venerated father. his memory is dear to the two States that he by his power and genius united in tie:, which are In dissoluble. by their union lie established for the north a new source of strength and glory. It is in the firm main tenance of that which has been accomplished, and in bro therly concord and sameness of object, that we ground our future hopes, and find the best security for the independence and the welfare of the Scandinavian neeplc. The first meeting ef 4 mcnarch Ifie'representatives of a nation; in 610 to .. cdne'e'ri. 'wli'at . nMy be necessary for the future, is ilways an important and' solemn proceeding. g u ch depends upon cominnnication, that springs confidence In vows and 11190 v, just actions at;ks assured, and; with the assisidnee - Of . ProVidence, the repose and prosperity of the country we love will thus be promoted and established. In the temple of God we have invoked the protection of the All Powerful. his strength is indispensable to the ac complishment of the high duties imposed upon us u 11.; we rely upon it for the performance of our mutual obligations and attachments ; for fidelity, benevolence, and concord. I promise you, Gentlemen, to defend and maintain justice and truth, to help onwards the progress of knowledge, and to encourage and promote, by my efforts, the development of all those noble and endearing qualities that are to be found in the manly character and energies of the natives and inha bitants of the hardy north. These are my resolves :to you I look for a sincere co-operation, and for reliance upon the purity of my exertions for the good of our country—for the welfare of a magnanimous people. In calling you together, Gentlemen, in an Extraordinary Diet, I do but gratify my lively desire to meet the Assembly at an epoch which is a solemn one both for me and for you, that you may, at the earliest possible moment, be prepared for the consideration of those important arrangements for the benefit of the State which are the objects of my solicitude, and regarding which I bespeak your prompt attention and deliberation. The great social questions that were before you In the last session will again come before you and re-claim your particular attention and investigation. I shall cause to be brought before you, in due course, various matters of deep interest, and one of the earliest of these will be a project for a new criminal code. in conformity to the times in which we live, wherein we should studiously endeavour to combine with *the severity needful for the repression and punishment of offences the respect and tender regard which, as rulers and law-makers, we owe to the dignity of man. Appreciating the importance and necessity or amending and s►mplifying the administration of our internal concerns and the completion of our system of defence, I commend to your instant attention the consideration of these vital ques tions. With regard to the accomplishment of the public works to which I intend, at a future period, to invite your concurrence, I propose to make them one of the subjects to be submitted to you in a new Extraordinary Diet. It is with the most lively satisfaction that I communicate to you the fact that my accession to the throne has been viewed by all the Foreign Powers with the most gratifying friendship and good wishes. I shall take an early occasion to make to you the necessary communications on this and other points of interest. The relations of these united kingdoms with the States of Northern Africa, and the payment of an annual tribute, are injurious to our commerce, and incompatible with our na tional dignity. I have firmly resolved to break through an exaction which all the Powers of Europe, except ourselves, have long since refused to pay. My feeling on this matter is strong; and I have reason to expect that the negotiations which have been opened with referen:e to it will terminate I , pacifically, and to your satisfaction. The patriotic sentiments and feelings with which you are all animated, Gentlemen, will guide you in your delibera tions, and influence and facilitate your decisions. I pray the Almighty to be with you, and assure you all of my royal regard and affection. HAMBURGH AND DUTCH MAILS. UTRECHT, JULY 29.--The Netherlands Govern ment positively refused to admit English agents into Java. The new English law on the sugar duties allow the importation of sugar, the produce of free labour, at a reduced duty; but in order to enjoy this privilege, an English agent residing on the spot must sign a certificate of origin. The Netherlands will rather lose the advantage of this reduction than admit English agents in its colonies. THE HAGUE, AUG. I.—We have received Java papers to the 17th April. The Java Courant of that date says :—" According to an account received by the Commander of the station on the west coast of Sumatra, his Majesty's brig the Siewar, commanded by Lieut. P. Lanvage, has ran aground on a reef to the north of Poeloe, and is entirely gone to pieces. The crew, however, and part of the tackling was saved." BONN, JULY 26.—There has lately been found in the coal mine at Roth (from which our museums have already received several valuable acquisitions) the jaw bones of a kind of pike now extinct. Com paring them with the lower jaw bones of the present specimen of pike, the animal to which they belonged must have been almost ten feet long. THE IIAGUI, AUG. 2.—This being the twentieth anniversary of the birth of Prince Alexander, their Majesties' second son, has been observed with the usual ceremonies. The Stoats Courant publishes a royal decree, by which the Minister of Finance is authorised to pro ceed by anticipation to the exchange of Lerrentin at 5 per cent., for bonds of 4 per cent., and to effect the transfer of them to the National 4 'per cant. debt. M. de Jonge Van Campens Nieuwland has been ap. pointed by his Majesty to the post of Minister of Justice, which he had held for some time ad interim. ELSINEUR, JULY 29.—The remaining, part of the Russian squadron, consisting of four ships of the line and a frigate, left our road yesterday, with a nor wind, to pass the Sound, and was out of sight at sunset. HAMBURGIT, AUG. 2.—The Universal Prussian Gazette begins to publish accounts from various parts of the kingdom of the horror excited by the attempt to assassinate his Majesty, and the gratitude to Divine Piovidence for his escape, which seems to have 'wen almost miraculous. A pamphlet, publishe4 on the 29th July, says that Tschech had stated that he had been the more impelled to execute his design by seeing that a woman, attempting to present a petition to the King and Queen, had no notice taken of it'by either of them. "This statement," says the Prussian Gazette, "is wholly unfounded. It appears, on inquiry, that the petitioner (who was erroneously re ported to be the daughter of the assassin) is the wife of a merchant, who is sentenced to imprisonment; and, from the examination which was deemed necessary, the following is found to be the state of the case. QA the evening before their Majesties' departure, she stood at the palace -gate and presented to the King a petition for a mitigation of her husband's punishment. The King had spoken very graciously to her, and on the same evening had the matter discussed with other things, and gave an order in compliance with the petition. The woman fearing the King's departure might delay the fulfil ment of her request went to the palace gate on the following morning and presented a similar petiti on t o the Queen just as, har Majesty was stepping into the carriage. Her Majesty received it kindly and gave it to the King who recognising the woman, told her very graciously to make herself easy, that her request was granted, and the necessary orders given. The woman relating the preceding particulars, says, that being deeply faceted, she was going to kneel and express her wish that Providence would grant him a happy journey, when the criminal fired the shot at her benefactor." This statement is eigned by Baron Von Arnew, Minister of the Interior.--liamburgh Papers, Aug. 2. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, AUG. 2.—The Preeurseur of Antwerp has the following article : " Thus, then, we have entered directly on a system of reprisals, with a war of tariffs. This is an unhappy necessity on the part of Belgium ; and though we la ment, in an economical point of view, measures of this nature, we must on this occasion applaud the firmness of the Government. We say frankly that wo did not expect that it w ou ld s h ow so much courage, and it was not without some surprise that we learned from the Moniteur this manifestation of energy:—.' But since the Government has entered on this course of repri4s, which the dignity of the country and numerous interests that were threatened pointed out to it, it is our duty, and that of the whole truly national press, to support it in its struggle with the Prussian colossus. " The Journal du Commerce of Antwerp, and the Organ des Flanders, have likewise long articles commending the conduet of the Government. His Highness Prince Michael Olrenovich, with his suite, has arrived at Brussels, and lodges in .the Hotel de Saxe, where apartments were bespoke for his reception. The organisation of the new lino of steamers between Ostend and Dover, which was said to have been com pleted on Monday, last, is deferred for a week, at the re quest the English Company, which was not ready to deliver the three steamers required for this service. Yesterday a destructive fire broke out in the cellars of M. Denville, grocer and oil merchant. It was discovered by some persona in tho street, who had great diffi culty in rousing the family and the lodgers. The progress of the flames was so rapid, that the inmates were obliged to escape by the roof. Besides the total de struction of the house and its contents, we have to state the deplorable fact, that a daughter of M. Denville, aged 19, and a son, aged 11, perished in the flames. By the new convention between the British and Bel gian post.offices, the postage of letters between England and Belgium is reduced to Is. for the whole distance, of which sum Belgium will take .5d., and England 7d. This is a reduction of more than half of the present rate. The prepayment will be optional. The journals, of what ever sire, will be charged and continued. Since we shall never receive the English journals in Belgium without extraordinary expense, the Govern ment should consent to suppress the extraordinary stamp duty. We ask it for the sake of the English families re siding in this oountry. Sr. MARYLEBONE.--THE 14100111-LAW COMMIS. SIONERS.—A meeting of the Si. MarylebonP, ; - "estry was held on Saturday, for tho purpose of ooPfidering the recent in terference of the Poor-law Commissioners, and their threatened intention of issuing rules, orders, and regula tions, for the management of IViarylebone Workhouse. Mr. Lowe having been %Vie() to the chair, the correspondence between the direetere and guardians and. Poor law Commissioners as also the evidence taken some time since before the Commissioners, at Fladong's Hotel, was road, and, after some discussion, ordered to be printed and circulated throughout the parish. The following resolutions were then proposed by Mr. Soden, and carried unanimously " That this vestry hear with ex treme surprise the threat of the Poor-law Commissioners to Woo orders for the management of the poor of this pariah, and thereby entirely subvert the principle of local self-government by a law not only unconstitntonal but grounded on injustice, unsuited to the wants and in sulting to the feeilugs of the deserving poor, most expensive in its machinery, and entirely inoperative for any general good.' ` -4` That the thanks of this Board be given to the Di rectors and Guardians for the very great ability displayed in their answer to the Poor-law Commissioners."—" That the vestry cordially agree with every word of such answer, and hereby ex G press their entire conftdianee In the Board of Direc tors and uo.rdic,r,;, , , and urge upon them to use every legiti tritits riNon in their power to prevent any inroads b e i ng ma d e Eby the Poor-law Commissioners. WELSH HERRING FISHERY. ~The herring fishery has commenced at Dinas this week, although the take gn i The tiommenonment is not large ; but it argues well liar a plentiful fishery, the herrings taken being large and very fat.— Welshman. WELSH SALMON risnEßT.7:74e, Salmon fishery is very successful here V4l, season ; there was not such a plentiN 4qply of salmon taken in the recollection of ti,se present fishermen. Prices at present, Salmon, 4d. per lb., Sewin g 3d.—We(shman SUMMARY CIF NEWS AND tlutatt Opt„ntott. " Who runs may read." PORYI3.3.ne. The few words spoken by Sir Robert Peel relative to the arrest of Mr. Pritchard, had caused a strong sensation at Paris. Extracts from the French papers on the subject will be found under the proper head. The Prince de Joinville left the bay of Cadiz, with the fleet, on the 24th, for the coast of Morocco. On Thursday evening the King and Queen received the British Ambassador, the Prussian and Saxon Ministers, the Chancellor of France, Count Mole, Barons de Mareuil, and • de Prejean, Generals Baudrand, de Colbert, and de Previa , an MM. Viennet and Boulay (de la Mcurthe.) A small printing-office has just been established at she Tuileries for the amusement of the Count de Paris. Brtelographic accounts received from all parts of France the fe'tes ofJuly have been cerebrated with the most perfe ct order. An English medical man, named Edmonds, was on Thurs day arraigned before the Correctional Tribunal, for prac tising his profession in France without sufficient license or, authority. Mr. Edmonds pl ea d e d i gnorance o f th e law of France, but the President replied that he must have been made aware of it by a former prosecution against him. counsel, however, defended him so well, and produced 90 many favourable certificates, amongst the rest one from 31 - Lisfranc, the eminent surgeon, speaking in the highest terms of his science and skill, that, the Avocat du Roi recommende d him to the consideration of the Tribunal. lie was, in conse . quence, subjected to a fine of only 30f. The great fair of Beaucaire has this year been extrenleli brisk in all branches of trade, more foreign dealers having, attended than in former 'years. The most numerous have been Spaniards, who came to purchase goods of mixed salt and wool, and silk and cotton, Which are now admitted into Spain on payment of moderate duties, instead of being, ne formerly, absolutely prohibited. Larger purchases ware made for Nice, Genoa, and Leghorn, which are free ports. There was a complete dearth of Americans, who, in former, years, before the great augmentation of th e i r tariff, frequented the fair, and did a considerable business. We learn from Montpellier that the number of persons wounded by the railroad accident of the 29th ult. amounts to fifty, but none of them are in danger. The Journal des Chemins de Fer states, cn the authority of a letter from Papeiti, that Captain Bruat, finding it neces - ' sary to bring building materials from the mountainous part s of the island, has constructed a railroad for that purpose. The intended ascent of MM. Bravais and. Martins to the summit of Mont Blanc, to make meteorological observation has not taken place, from the guides positively refusing t ° , remain through the night at the sum m it, as was proposed' They wished to return to the Grand Mulet every evening; because during the night whirlwinds are liable to ar i se , ani bury all within their influences under avalanches. A s to* would prevent the observations from being taken as fre quently as was thought necessary, the ascent has been abandoned. The Castellano of Madrid contains the following:—" Fue 3 Effendi, the Ottoman Ambassador to the Court of Madrid , is at present on a tour through Spain, visiting the principal towns and monuments. When looking at the Alhambrai he readily translated into French the inscriptions on the walls, although in the ancient Moorish characters. ll * afterwards visited the Charweuse, and in contemplating tb* ruins of that edifice, which had suffered so much from the re volutionary troubles, he exclaimed—" The hordes of Afrial would not have done so much injury." MAW AND POLICE. At the Stafford Assizes, William Beards, victed of the wilful murder of Ann Gr.:... .god 35, -els c,•' ..ths, at the parish"' Wednesbury, on the 16th of DI . P. - .015 last, and sentenced to be executed. Mark Sherwood was indicted at Newcastle for the m urder of hii wife, Ann Sherwood, in March last, found guilty, ana ordered for execution. At the same Court Jane Purvis, a middle-aged woman, If ° indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, $l. Leatham Shank, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the 23d 0 , June, by cutting its th roa t. Hi s L ordship having summ eo up, the jury, after being some time out of Court, found the. prisoner guilty of .concea li ng th e bi rt h .—To be impr i son ed for twelve calendar months. At Bodmin, Matthew Weeks was indicted for the - "NO murder of Charlotte Dimond, on the 14th of April, last, 1 1 cutting her throat. The jury retired for about half an hoer , and the foreman then said, We are of opinion that the Pr i " soner is guilty." The Learned Judge thou put on the black cap and passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, assuring him that no mercy:could be extended to him in this worht The particulars of this extraordinary murder are given in t l9/ assizes reports, . ' James Frost, aged 31 was charged, at Norwich. w ith the wilful mur When * calleder of d l larriet Frost on the Bth op April last. on to plead to the indietalni, he said goii t Y eneett. the eyes. of the world, bi‘ .., *"., not of God. He wa. ' acquitted on the ground of insaf ity . in . • The following is a surnr:lary of the arson cases which st oo d for trial at Norwich —the were ten in number, and the Per; ties implicate' , were ten also; of these there were, convicteut 4 ; acquitted, 2 ; bills ignored, 4 ; total, 10. - 4117013111T—PASINXONALISZIL O Saturday Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston enter' tamed Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscounte ss Jocelyn, Lord William Russell, Lord and Lady , Seyro° ll ; Dowager Lady Holland, Mr. M. Manes, Mr. E. Landsee_; Mr. Samuel Rogers, and a distinguished circle at dinner, their mansion, in Carlton House-terrace. A small party 8 . , sembled after dinner, the v i s it ors i nc l u di ng B aron Ni eu mao° Chevalier Bunsen, Duchess De Coigny and Mdlle. De Coign'', the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Count Marquis of Worcester, Countess Cadogan and Ladies gusts and Honoria ('adogan, Countess of Mount EdgecurolL, and Misses Macdonald, Countess of Mexborough and Lad}' Sarah ,Saville, Earl of Auckland and Hon: Misses Eden, Robert and Lady Sale and Mrs. Sturt, Viscount and bird countess Ponsonby, Lord Foley and Hon. Miss A. Foley, L i) Campbell, Mr. T. Duncombe, &c. Sir Robert Peel has, we believe, accepted-an invitari °a : from the Duke of Rutland, t o mee t a se l ect party, at Lag, shawe; Derbyshire, for g rouse s h oo ti ng, a b out the m iddle the month. The Duke of Rutland and Lady Adeliza Manners and Lo ra George Manners ha v e arr i ve d in town, from Southampto n, after a cruise in the Noble Duke's yacht, Resohltion. Duke purposes early next week to repair to L onga bove, shooting box in Derbyshire, where his Grace will receive distinguished party for grouse shootag. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have gone on a to a ll ll .; of the German Spas. The 14 o bl e E ar l and C ountess l e ft t , on Thursday, and embarked the following day for Osten We hear their absence on the Continent is not likely to protracted beyond three months. The Duke and Du c h ess o f B e df or d l e f t Goodwood . Par k —, Saturday, and have j o i ne d th e c i rcle assembled at Aruilo t o Castle, the seat of the D u k e o f N orfolk. Lord Southampton is among the guest s a t p resen t partaking the Noble Duke hospitality. . The Earl and Countess Grosvenor and family have l eg town ikor the season. The Duke of Sutherland, accompanied by his eldest 5° ,. t the Marquis of St a ff or d, was expecte d to l eave Trentliain '- Scotland on Saturday last. Viscount and Viscountess Canterbury, who have dal their sojourn in town b een res idi ng w i t h t h e Counteset. t Blessington, at Kensington-go re , l e ft on Th urs d ay last ° Rockbeare House, near Exeter, for the autumn. D o Viscount Morpeth has left Trentham, th e sea t o f the o f and Duchess of Sutherla n d, f or C as tl e H owar d , t h e Ear' - Carlisle's family seat in Yorkshire. Lady Jemima Eliot and family h ave l e ft D over - s t r eet f l o tt r , Pert Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall, and at the c lose of t ,O Parliament will be j o i ne d by L or d Eli ot, w h o wi ll re°l`;o"r there a short time with his fa m ily, an d th en go to D u blin the winter. The Hon. George Wentworth Fitzwilliam, M.P., arriv:, at Mortimer House o n S a t ur d ay , f rom a v i s i t to the I-I°be Mr. Wodehouse, in Norfolk, and l eaves t own to-day for ,t v , Earl of Yartirough's seat, in the Isle of Wight. Earl F' t william and the Lathes Fitzwilliam remain at Milton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• TATTERS ALL'S—YESTERDAY. elt The settlement for the Go o d woo d R aces b roug ht A attendance of subscribers, amongst whom we obser v ij several fresh faces. To say that all were satisfied won be very far to exceed the truth, few having left the roors with their accounts closed up ; but, as no cemp l ai l ! te reached our ears, we may take for granted it was qu i 0 as good as, if not absolutely better than, the ordinary ru e of settlings. The St. Leger betting began late it , L I afternoon ; it comprehended most of the favourites 6. . -- have recently figured in the public quotations: The eu'; at 3 to 1, and Valerian, at 8 to 1, 15 to 2, and in t hre a. or four bets 7 to 1, being most conspicuous in delaard 4,5001. was left with Mr. Tattersall to cover the be' " c i, 3,500 to 1,000 laid against The Cure at GooLlw° ° Takers of the odds qu o t e d aga i nst I thuriel and Re f Deer, and layers against the Prin cess an d the tfg; l # Buck, both, however , having been backed for small 511 } r in two or three qua r t ers . Th e D er b y b ett i ng was, pyri the short space of ti me d evo t e d t o i t, to l era bl y b r i s k, l' os i at prices that look well f or t h e " tra d e. " The genera averages at the close of the room were as under :--- ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure 5 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Vane's Valerian 7 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Bay Momus 11 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—take n 12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The I . : T i ncess 12 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day P (lig-a-1 's the 15 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's T . -Igl Buck 15 33 to 1 agst Mr. Har; - ) 3 ;1 s Lightning—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. ‘..nostyn's Milton. 4 to 1 ast 16 to 11! CIE DERBY'. g . John Day's lot agst, 'Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt 20 to 'I agst Captain Delme's Alarm 22 'Lo 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa Uda ll 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger -25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Seaman—taken , n ee 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Nutbourne--30 to 1 laRl O O , 30 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Minikin 30 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Virago colt—take° 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Twig 40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's hid—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Black Prince—take n 3,000 to 45 agst Mr. Wreford's Mouche colt—tak en 9 4 2,500 to 2,000 on the'Cobweb colt agst Seaman — l v een Alice Hawthorn left Goodwood to run for the , or glsi Plate at Salisbury ; will be at Brighton (in T ' w eelc for a similar prize ; and at Lewes' the following_,, e r al also for her Majesty's Guineas ; and the week v i " York. THE NELSON MONUMEN T ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN . 04 00 Sin,—l have read your very just remarks in y our i t of the article of yesterday, relative to the penurious c ondor Nei aristocracin not affording the means for furnishing t he one ° Monument t s o o w n ardsit, in Trafalgar-square.l subscribed tell P e _.4l / 1 and am willing to double my subscription 07;tor others, who can better afford it, will do the same , the cell''' . ment may, and will, be finished by Nelson's admirilig,, tlymen, who will have au opportunity of returning. _ I A j , tl Emperor of Russia his munificent donation, accninPaulrior their beat thanks, &c. The sum voted by Parlin men I L lone o c a r completion may be invested for its repair. The I r i bst• will then be what it professed to be, a grat eful - iarl °- affection to the departed hero, erected by the volou scription of his surviving countrymen. 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