The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-15 00:00:00

he Kc _Jurds hsve taken up arms to resist the pay -1 LATER from the UNITED STATES. ti ti er Populati o n, b ecome more an d more b ur d ensome i n A s i at i c LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVE NING . The same causes have led to a movement of the The royal mail steamer Acadia has just arrived, + mo untain tribes in L as i s t an , s o th a t th e commun i ca ti on be having left Halifax on the afternoon of the 3d, anp ft • L'nTurkey and Erzeroum is now interrupted. The dif ferences between Turkey and Persia are in the same state as Boston on the Ist, having therefore made the passage t before, Colonel Farrant, who has visited the frontier dis- from the former place in nine and a half and from f r et ' in dispute between the two countries, has returned Baston in eleven and a half days. She brings eighty ° , 1 , 1 ' Bagdad to Erzeroum. The conferences will become more , i -e ` y e , but the end of the negotiations seems to be remote, as passengers. eith er the Porte nor the Persian Sovereign are at all dis- I' The news by this arrival comprises on ly f our d ays, setl to male any concessions.—Allgemeine Zeitung, July 10, one of which was Sunday, all the previous dates having been brought by the Garrick and the Roches ter packet ships yesterday. The political intelligence is destitute of interest, and the following are the only extracts of importance from the papers : On the Gth June, the British barque Dominican, Capt. Salter, from London for Jamaica, was wrecked on the Folle, a coral reef in the vicinity of Aux Cayes, about twenty miles distant from the port, and was found to be totally abandoned. It is supposed that her crew and passengers took to their boats, and attempted to proceed on to Jamaica, being afraid to land at Aux Cayes, as they knew the island to be in a state of insurrection. Nothing had been heard of them when the packet left. '['he Dominican had a valuable cargo of dry goods, liquors, &c. Among her passengers was a Mr. Field, lieutenant of the royal artillery. Mr. President Tyler has surprised his countrymen by entering the married state, having espoused a Miss Julia Gardner, eldest daughter of the late Hon. David Gardner, of Long bland. The ceremony was strictly a private one, not more than a dozen people being pre sent in the church. MONEY MARKET, NEW YORK, JUNE 29. (From the .New York American.) The excessive heat of the last few days, which has driven many people from the city, and the general stag nation incident to the season, have produced a pause in the speculative spirit that for some weeks past gave ani mation to our Stock Market—and what are called " fancies" have suffered consequently a decline. The stable and dividend paying stocks remain as before, with rather a tendency to rise. Money continues abundant. Exchange on England is dull at 9i prem. ; and coin remains, therefore, without any demand for exportation. We have the accounts, usual at this season, of partial failure of the Wheat crop, and of damage to the growing Cotton crop, but they amount to little or nothing. It is indisputable that the yield of wheat will be immense ; and coming, as it will, upon a market already glutted, the prices can hardly fail to go lower. Some of the new wheat of North Carolina and Virginia is already in market, and several thousand bushels have been sold there at from 87 to 90 cents the bushel. The State of Pennsylvania, it is now hoped and be lieved, will restore herself speedily to the rank of solvent States. We borrow from a contemporary, the Republic, this statement : " The State interest, which falls due on the Ist of August next, will, by the terms of the appropriation law, be funded in a stock, and the succeeding six months' interest on the whole debt, due February, 1845, will be paid in cash ; so that from August, the large debt of Pennsylvania may be considered active." Certainly it is that no State in the Union can more easily than Pennsylvania meet all her obligations ; and, inasmuch as all branches of industry are flourishing there, we cannot doubt that the ability to be holiest will be seconded by the will and the deed. The adjournment of Congress puts an end, for a time, to all political agitation as connected with foreign affairs— and the opinion now seeming general that Mexico will not consent to any negotiation for the acknowledgment of the alnexation of Texas to the United States, that project may be considered as less formidable than here tofore. AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. ' 48130 ; JULY B.—With regard to the project of loan which n v r one of the con diti ons on w hi c h th e t o b acc o c o n tra c t is to oe auctioned, it would be very unjust for capitalists to Is'ermit tliemselves to be prejudiced by the recent conduct of P a in in annulling a similar contract. While in Spain the tobacco revenues were for the first time let out to contrac tors, having previously been collected by the State, in Portu g,ai contractors have always had their management. Rut ' f ile faith of contracts has here been, for the most part, faith ellY observed, and the principal and interest of a debt thus ',coed upon the tobac revenues theelves would be in- Tplably secure under all Governments. ms The break-down of their tobacco enterprise in Spain gives probability to the sup position that Messrs. Rothschild will successfully compete ei , er this contract in Portugal. The financial prospects of the Fr assumed so definite a shape as at present. 5 i „ v e Per cent. reduced in the expenditure of the State, and b '' e r cent. added to the great bulk of its income, which will „! I mmediately carried into effect, and is sure of approval in the entire amounts te a substantial increase of one-tenth in entire revenue ; and the additional half per cent. in the divi dend o n the foreign debt, payable a year hence, becomes ft'lY practicable. The receipts of the Lisbon Custom-house andthe year ending the 30th of June, 1843, were 1,974 k contos, those of the year ending the 30th of June, 1844, have this 2,259 contos, showing a clear gain to the revenue in t„ 18 single branch to the extent of 284 contos, or 64,2971. of, c omparative maps which have been presented to the `" l3 , the receipts of the Sete Cassis (Excise) for the past b l 4l. exceeded those of the previous year by 67 contos, and t h e receipts of the Oporto Custom-house exceeded those of „„ e Previous year by 283 contos, being a gain to the Trea- ZTY of about 79,000/. The entire Customs and Excise re b'lins of Lisbon and Oporto.exceed those of the previous year t he enormous amount of 634 4-5 contos, or 143,464 L —an p ere sse owing almost entirely to a vigilant superintendence "'II/Mevery ing nook of these establishments. This im ew• ernent will aid materially in carrying out the new final- Pro'e t The ce * Queen has come in from Cintra. a ,,senior C a b ra l' s operat i ons aga i nst t h e newspaper press are th' Nr as follows :—ln the jury list which he has made out for sic o f three months, and which is composed of seventy indi i,"nals, figure fifty-nine Government employes. A full exer ecFc of the right of challenge cannot fail to leave a majority 1 , 4 : 1 'P/oyes on the jury; and the Opposition papers, which dingess all be immediately tried, have every chance of ; convicted, and mulcted in heavy fines besides incarce be Le n. If this does not gag them, a -Star Chamber is next to ea.,snbstituted for a jury selected fairly from the country, the soa k ' s Star Chamber to be composed of judges and official per ti; This is the undoubted arrangement by which freedom tb,koughts is to be cherished in this land of liberty. ron Tojal is on the point of concluding an operation with ea ' bank for the advance of sufficient money to cover the anMenses of the State till the meeting of the Cortes. di spatch from the Portuguese Plenipotentiary in Rome OYnees that the Pope has consented to the entire sap ti„lon of the dispensed holidays in Portugal, to a diminu k—.ll. in the number of those which must still be strictly oh ' wc(l, and to t ference of the festivals of the patron s o i h , a ranb , b, is of churches in all cases to the Sundays. The requisite ",,,ef will be immediately forwarded. e grape crop is so advanced that its quality for the i'Zlng season may with tolerable safety be predicted. The mshe for many weeks past has been at times broken, and ost always cloudy, while the beats have been very mode -4e1"; If the advent of the genuine summer is much longer b a bfed , the grapes will be seriously injured; but it is pro tipe_e.that we shall have sufficient heat for the purpose of Tb e uN, and the fine weather seems to have now set in. ow _Jl:uit is fully formed, and all that is required is sun, to it With succulent juice. of"e commerce of Oporto and Lisbon was never in a state krater depression than it is at present. Outrages against ih at P FIY are now of daily occurrence throughout the wine 41 nets of the north of Portugal, and the robbery of churches ob l e g i sa,M resorted to. There are likewise numerous commer ot4lluree. The extensive and respectable house of Martin e nglas has failed at Lisbon and Oporto to a large amount. since were general merchants, and established some time v o i„_ foundry at Op or t o , w hi c h i s sa id t o h ave c hi e fl y in -04'87 them. Amongst the other failures are two very bad litio n „tionaingos de Almeida Ribeiro has had his f a il ure pro lispti-cu fraudule n t by th e T r ib una l o f C ommerce , an d J . ii)a e ola Medico, who fled from the town a few days since, w o 'ed to the merchants there some 40 contos (near 10,0001.), laedieirsued to Vigo, but was found to have sailed for Eng- Inet t! , l : l t he packet. The depression in the wine trade is im tegran' aand th unless the tariff convention is concluded with ", e ruin of the export trade is expected. There are rumours of the President's purpose to call an extra session of Congress, and as agitation is the chief hope of those who favour annexation, they will endeavour, doubtless, to promote the call. Ap do not think it will be made. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 29. 3,000 Ohio Sixes, 1856 10,000 Indiana Dollar Bonds, 25 yrs 45 50 Shares United Service Bank 100 Do. Vicsburg Bank 50 Mechanics' Bank. 500 Farmers' Loan 50 Stonington Railroad 43 15 Erie Railroad lB 86 Syracuse and Utica Railroad 150 Reading Railroad 65 Canton Railroad 75 Mohawk Railroad 6O 100 North American Trust ll 20 Ohio Life and Trust 974 100 Paterson Railroad Bl 520 New Haven Canal 32 50 Long Island Railroad 100 Harlem Railroad 25 Norwich and Worcester Railroad DIVIDENDS.—The Bank of America has declared a dividend of 3 per cent. for the last six months, payable July 6th. The North River Bank, 34 per cent. payable July 8. The Tradesmen's Bank has declared a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent., payable on July 1. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 28—P. M. The Stock operations to-day were spirited, and to a larger amount than on yesterday, and prices were pretty well sustained. Pennsylvania Fives declined I, and United States Bank about 50 cents. a share ; 2,000 dolls. Pennsylvania Fives sold at 754 ; 2,000 dolls. at 754 ; and 14,000 dolls. at 754 ; 5,000 dolls. Vennes. see Bonds, 864 ; 2,000 Philadelphia County Fives, 94 ; 1,200 ditto, Sixes, 1014 • 30 shares Girard Bank, 11 ; 400 ditto, at ;59 Wilmington Railroad, 214 ; 100 United States Bank, 74 ; 20 Commercial Bank, 52. At the Second Board, 3,000 dolls. C. and Delaware Canal Loan at 644 ; 7,000 dolls. Pennsylvanian Fives at 751 ; 6,000 Reading B. Bonds at 72 ; 2,000 d o ll s . Ken tucky Bonds at 1044 ; 4,000 dolls. Pennsylvanian Fives at 754, s. 5 ds. ; 1,500 dolls. Wilmington R. Sixes, 1858, at 84 ' • 300 shares Girard B an k at 10 4 ; 200 Wilming ton R . at 21, s. 5 ds. ; U. S. Bank closed at 74 asked ; Girard Bank at 104 a 104 ; Wilmington R. at 21k a 21+ ; Reading R. Bonds, 72 ; Pennsylvania Fives, 75 4 a 75. UN IVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. - _____•,____ RSITY OF LONDON (Somerset House). Br ae M.A. EXAMINATION, 1844. Xx 4 ,,,,, n eil thematics and Natural Philosophy. — ' ll t RS—Rev. Professor Heaviside, ISLA.; George Geo B. Jerrard, Esq., B.A. or aessel (Gold Medal of the value of 201.), Uni bran „ versity College. E: li - e c " l , l . ll .—Logic, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of 'Alnd, Political Philosophy, Political Economy. 4141NR 8 —Rev. Henry Alford, M.A. ; T. B. Bur tll"i> Lscl., M is • Nas - sau W. Senior, Esq., M.A. -st4 e Roger s &I ' d' er (Gold Medal of the value of 201.), Spring Hill College. Renry Brown Creak, Spring Hill College. )( 1k .„„., MATRICULATION, 1844 4,4iNEßs—ln Classics, Rev. Dr. Jerrard; T. B. bur Philp a r" , Esq., M.A. In Mathematics and Natural ~ophy, Rev. Professor Heaviside, M.A.; George Jerrard, Esq. B.A. In Chemistry, Professor uanien, Fat g First Homerton Division. Anthony, Daniel, Homerton College. Arlid g e, John Thomas, King's College. John Bernard, St. Mary's, Oscott. Ball, Richard Dechamp, Private tuition. Barden, Patrick Edward, Carlow College. B ridgwater, Thomas, King's College. Chisholm, John, Stonyhurst College. C°ll. °x, William, University College. Collllor, Albert Wentworth, Carlow College. LBW ‘l l . , l‘l , T 2 i r (l i i, r a, C (l, l l - i ir g o imcn ~lleign g s College.Co College. , Walter Battershell, Ring's College. "reetny th" l , George, King's College. Griffith, Sainuel, Merchant Tailors' School. llabershon, Sainu , .l Osborne, King's College. l!ahn, Jonas Charlesson, University College. na n o,k r ll eY, Robe r, Manchester New College. . aril Charles, University College. Jackson, Edward Steane, University College. Ja ques, Edward, King's College. linighto, George Wallis, Stepney College. Lewi s, John, Lancashire Independent College. LPyson, University College. ' - ' ;‘ ,." ll g, Robert Weaver, Private tuition. '"lttyer, William Joseph, Stonyhurst College. Palmer, Edwin d, University College. Perera, Louis Anthony, Stonyhurst College. - p lk " . ter, George, Stonyhurst College. ; . ' e t s John Charles, St. Edmund's, Ware. ltosh'er, Henry Gladdish, University College. " alush ton, William, University College. . S[ henry lyde, Private tuition. ter, John, Spring Hill College. Benjamin, Spring Hill College. P"t, 8t James King's College. a.tharn, Sher ' ard Freeman, University College. 'r t owell, Willi am, University College. oA bridge, Charles, Stonyhurst College. Thor bridge, Charles Bosworth, King's College. ha tY, Stephen James, St. Mary's, Oscott. ilks, Samuel, University College. Second Division. Il r lnYtage, Alf re d, U n i vers ity C o ll ege . L 4 ,1 (1 ', John D eane , Private tuition. , Joh n, Horncrt;tle Grammar School. 11 e 44 "Y, Willi am , U n i vers it y C o ll ege . t:Bt, Robert, Homerton College. li"Yers, Henry, norncastle Grammar School. t a rdy, Maziere John, University College.. C„ rt ° l3l , Gustavus Matthews, Private tuition. ei""l', Edmund, Private tuition. Thomas William, Homerton College. 1'0", Frederick John, King's College. a'is, John, Private tuition. Pva"°ll, Benjamin, University College. 1-',411,, Charles James, Sedbergh Grammar School. atiti.nel', John, King's College. ri 'e Y , John Stonyhurst College. H e ] Thomas ' Wiliam, King's College. H u t rg"es, John Saunders, Carmarthen College. Charles Sayer, Private tuition. Afee,B"n! William Tanner, University College. ma%ttioni, Jam es , S t . Edmund's, Ware. Ar a lll 7, John, Ki ng ' s C o ll ege . 1.) 4 j u guarc, Charles Willi am , King' s C o ll ege . 1),,1V , William, Ki ng ' s C o ll ege. Hamilton Charles, University College. Charles William, Stonyhurst College. i te !", Marti n, U niversity College. ld, John, King's College. sirin, Th omas, Stonyhurst College. sh"rY, Willi am S covell, Private tuition. i t N'Tnan, Charles James, Private tuition. !nner, G eorge Robert, King ' s College. Spins{, Joseph Parker, Cheshunt College. 1, 4 e ns, Hen r y, Ki ng ' s College. 1171111131er, James Ed w i n, H omerton C o ll ege. ~~ill ads pe, Edward, Stonyhurst College. Morgan, Homerton College. L.. _ I"3,;ells* Matheson, M.P., who is proceeding the Ilse'B for with health, has paired off for the remaindert to th o e f A,tr's'c.',9, Aldernian Copeland, M.P.. ta ired lohn Dalrymple M.P., for Wigtownshire, has Of At with Mr. C. Leslie, ALP. or Monaghan, for the rest A ? session. (4't 4 Pne eting of the Council of the Royal College ~Ck'llln”),ns of Englano on Thursday last, Sir Benjamin '-ooDI,-; -"rodie, Baronet was elected president, and Samuel Presidentsd William Lawrence, Esqrs., were elected vice p4lt of the college for the year ensuing. l'intl„Tll. PaocEsstoNs IN IRELAND.—A Bill was ' l lioti i - ,," 00 Saturday, having for its object to continue for .1 1 . ,`:,' Year the existing Acts against party processions in 1 I,, lt 'in• has I,I4CIJL, JUNE 27.—The tranquillity of this . city Il 'ori t , been interrupted. All the manufactories are in full ariq Niestnenaccount of the approaching annual fairs of Brunn litb, • 'ta..4,. ..'GELErcr NORTH WALES, JULY 12.—His tii.t"Y the sing' of Saxony and suite, arrived here last 4., La from Abervstwith ' and ' slept at the Goat Hotel. His pizr's"tY ascnds. Snowd'in this morning, and afterwards Se r les his route to Bangor and Chester. b, r , bo dy of a n ort h of England seaman ~ , nad lt,,.;'` - arnploell, was recovered from the Thames,me on u l:k4l• 4Y ' li 's vi r , "' fallen into the river from his vessel, a naqu est. It LOW lie,at.Limeliouse Church, awaiting au COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SIINDAY.—This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite, and the household, at tended Divine service at the private chapel in the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked this forenoon in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of -Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings in the morning. Yesterday forenoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, went to Adelaide Lodge, in a pony carriage. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken an airing yesterday morning in an open pony carriage. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday afternoon at her residence, Frogmore Lodge. Viscount Jocelyn arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to the Queen. The royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday even ing included Viscount Jocelyn and the Hon. Augustus and Mrs. Liddell. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Duke of Wellington with his company to dinner on Saturday, at Apsley House. In the evening the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with their presence. - The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended Divine service at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley street, yesterday morning. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Mujor Stephens, attended Divine service at St. Peter's Church, Eaton•square. The Commissioners for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of West minster had a meeting on Friday, at Gwydyr House. The Commissioners present were the Duke of Sutherland, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, Mr. G. Vivian, Lord Mahon, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. Lord Stanley left town on Saturday, for Tunbridge Wells. A meeting of the Commissioners for the government of Pentonville Prison was held at the Council-office on Saturday. The Commissioners present were Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Richmond, Major Jcbb, Mr. Craufurd, and Mr. Russell. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office on Saturday from the Governors of New South Wales and the Mauritius. FIRE IN THE WEST INDIA DOCKS. On Satur day considerable alarm was created in the vicinity of the West India Docks, in consequence of a fire breaking out on board the barque Hand, 150 tons burden, Captain Chambers, laden with guano, and lying in the South Dock of the West India Docks, Poplar. The first dis covery was made shortly before one o'clock, at which time the flames were raging fiercely in the forecastle, and for some time the entire destruction of the ship ap peared inevitable. The necessary intelligence was promptly forwarded to the different engine stations. In the meantime, several persons connected with the docks attempted; by means of buckets of water, to subdue the flames, but, owing to their increasing vigour, it was soon seen that, without the aid of the engines, the fire never would be extinguished. A couple of the Dock Company's engines were, therefore, got into operation as early as possible, and water in copious streams was poured into that part of the vessel in flames. Notwith standing the fire continued to take its course completely round the forecastle, destroying, in its progress, the whole of the contents. Several of the brigade engines, with Mr. Crookland, the foreman of the district, were early in reaching the scene, and also Mr. Connorton with the West of England firemen and engine. With the as sistance of the brigade, the engines of the dock-yard got the flames so far subdued by half-past two o'clock, as to allay all apprehensions of their further extension, and in the course of another half hour they were entirely ex tinguished. _ _ _ TRAFALGAR •SQUARE.—The Earl of Lincoln and Mr. Young have introduced a Bill to provide for the care and preservation of Trafalgar-square, in the city of Westminster. It enacts, that Trafalgar-square, and all the works now being, or which may be hereafter erected thereon, shall be vested in the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, her successors and heirs, as part and parcel of the hereditary possessions and revenues of her Majesty in right of her Crown, within the ordering and survey of the Court of Exchequer. The care and man agement of the square, and of all the works therein, are vested in the Board of Woods and Forests. At the present time pass:;n7 s ,srs are conveyed from Newcastle to London, by stsam-boat, at tho rate of two shillings per head -~ rr~ y delivered ad just been 3g that the dead child, r,mbasqy is of an sac stingutsbed he rank of fairs. cates of the arnier, )11. the Chan , ' The report *tile to the reform Bill The KeePe r of Yessrs• t the rep( . o to give 1111° io formerly at the 010° Cunard, his a month. sday co t ': xl Franco is ,tes. ttenced llory. he questi.on he Swedish ns preserve t h e colours he German Lnufactur ea in America motion wa s )I M. Ling' 'man was le manner* event. ice havag ie military ud, and and JoseP b ant, of J o• lord of the Keen, nut sentence,' ing, on the trrison, by F the shore half of t he been Wu: i son er ba il t, and t hat be jury re- ntenced t° n the C 0 0: wast e ; and Of )e in rex''. 'or his his: ill crabs?' ncess All c e e i hich ve ssel ixony, an I the Duk e , last eve:n entertalw )-night , " I inst., tm shed pal, b iteb al 4 , 3. Barone,. Avitabilet tmorelaud, Brownlo6 [ary Ag ar ' arringto lb Lady F re " IL MVOs/ ve-squa l , A nuel 4 - o ble Dar 2cl ed the .1 ieir ReY"' and the cklenhurg Countess nd , 3unt at a oleo htsbridg, Len Vi r e ° ' r an d the tendid to their ridgy t )uke an n ' s enter' f Duchess °A c hess an " in F:00IP with big • le at ore usual as' s 3 v eil Lding the he Sad ?lative 5s Set 3 idler fl iculars of evidence for 3 ,t le v..- jury s evere l y, its out o le Hort; iek, JO , „- e atbel . „I eolu; oek, de sucsuch' IVE re al° ) 1 NW ° mill loo .ed there res poiCP was tbe' P e (ir e„ y hav e to ht clock as 1).7 , olutiovs ;reed tof , a state is 00 ich tbd it eigh t pp orte annti vi ' van ts o* f for ti' ° i „ led, 0)u and li• vil 1111(1 ato t(r. rWar6s n Con" 'brine d 1, wi t ? cons!" oin in rk °ll , 1 Bra' ov ii, t ' be ar shor ie, tb ° ad th° THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 16 3 1844, .• fixed there an insuperable barrier against the pro gress of further discovery; and were it not so, still little public interest can attach to a region which can never be rendered available for useful purposes, and where the scanty population are in that state of irreclaimable barbarism that they may almost be said to be aliens to the great family of human nature. The author's narrative of his second journey on the Polar Sea is the most entertaining, because it is the most fruitful in point of incident, and con , tains among other piquant particulars, one or two curious descriptions of bear-hunts on the ice; one brute was killed after a desperate struggle by the lance of a Cossack, and it was found that he measured above nine feet from the snout to the tail, and was so heavy from excessive fat that it required more than twelve strong dogs to drag him along. We close our brief notice with the authors descriptions of a night's bivouack on the Polar ice : " The day was now so far spent, and both men and dogs were so wearied by their exertions, that we deter mined to stay where we were for that night. The tent, before described, formed the centre of the little camp ; four smaller tents, or pologi, belonging to the merchant Bereshnoi, and to the richest of our drivers, were pitched near it ; and the sledges were drawn up, so as to form an outer circle, within which the dogs were tethered. This arrangement afforded entire security from any unforseen attack by bears, for they could not approach the camp without being discovered at some distance by the keen scent of the dogs. The weather was beautiful, and we availed ourselves of the bright evening twilight to warm ourselves before lying down to rest, by practising shooting and throwing spears at a mark. A piece of ice was made to represent the bear, certain spots on it were marked as the eyes, the nose, and the heart, and whoever hit one of them obtained a right to join in the next bear-hunt. During these exer cises some of the party were engaged in repairing the damages which the sledges had undergone among the hummocks ; others in skinning and cutting up the bear which had been .killed and preparing supper, &c. In doing this, the greatest frugality was observed in respect to wood ; the care of the fuel was entrusted to one of the Cossacks, whose duty it was to see that the least pos sible quantity was employed in boiling the tea and soup, to extinguish the fire the moment the cooking was over, and to preserve every fragment of wood, or of embers, for the next day's use. We were no less careful in respect to provisions." FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. 66. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. The modern French novelists, more especially Balzac and George Sand, are discussed at some length in the opening article in this Number. The Reviewer is an ardent admirer of Sand, and under takes to defend him—or rather her, for though as suming a man's name, the author is a female—from the charge of immorality in her numerous works of fiction. The defence is more ingenious than suc cessful, for few who have read "Jacques" can hesi tate to pronounce it an immoral production. Of Balzac, we are told, " there are few Frenchmen who write so incorrectly, none more detestably. Not to speak of his neologisms, nor of his use of active verbs in passive tenses, his style is crabbed, prolix, startling, and affected. French, in his hands, is no longer the light, idiomatic, easy, pointed, bril liant language we know it, but unwieldy, unintelli gible, and perverse!! These are great drawbacks to a novelist's popularity; but then, to make amends, Balzac possesses infinite vigour and minuteness of description, and a knowledge of character unsur passed, if equalled, by any of his contemporaries. The " French and English Bar" furnishes an admir able sketch of the celebrated living advocates, Dupin and Berryer, the latter of whom is the most eloquent, earnest, and intrepid lawyer in France. In the article on the " German Newspaper Press," the Reviewer remarks that this press is without in terest, without influence, without character, without sympathy, and is wholly devoid of all external autho rity. The article is written with ability, and to all appearance, in a strictly dispassionate spirit. In the " Anglo-Indian Army" we find, inter alia, a digest of the late memorable proceedin?s of our troops in the Affghanistan campaigns. Of the few remaining articles, the most entertaining is the quizzical notice of M. Alfred Michael's " Narrative of a Visit to England." COLLOQUIES CHIEFLY ON POETRY. Orr and Co., London, 1844. "A few months ago," says the author of this work, "I, as a printer, commenced undesignedly and with out manuscript, a page whimsically headed Collo quies on Poetry.' The one page germinated and be came two hundred, forming an unpretending volume, the first, it is presumed, that since the birthday of typography, has ever been ment a lly and mechanically the exclusive work of one individual unassisted throughout by copy, and subject moreover to con tinual disconnecting contingencies, comprehensible only to such as are acquainted with the fitful routine of a provincial jobbing-office." A volume produced, under the circumstances here stated may certainly be deemed a " Curiosity of Li terature" as remarkable as any recorded by D'lsraeli ; but it is something better than a mere curiosity, for though the author's manner, as might be expected, is throughout his "Colloquies" studiously involved, and not always in strict accordance with grammatical propriety, yet his matter is f requen tl y very good, and in the instance of his observations on the poetry of Wordsworth, show that he is a just and subtle thinker, and by no means deficient in critical perspicacity. A TRIP TO ITALY. Mitchell, London, 1844. In this slender octavo volume we have an account, by a barrister, of a trip made to Italy during the last long vacation. The author quitted England by way of Southampton, whence he embarked, per steam, for Havre, and thence for Rouen, of whose fine church of St. Ouen, which is the admiration of every tourist in France, he gives a brief but vivid descrip tion. There is nothing in his account of his Italian trip which demands particular notice. He travelled, with scarcely one exception, over perhaps the most hacknied ground in Europe, and adds little to our stock of information respecting the towns, and cities, and picturesque landscapes which he visited. He narrates easily and V.easantly enough, but his obser vations are all exceedingly superficial ; and his work is better suited to please a private party of friends, than the public at large. LL/Alll C Wl_ ~AXTON. C. Knight, London, 1844. This is a biographical memoir of the celebrated printer, William Caxton, of whom it may be remem bered, Jonathan Oldbuck, in Scott's " Antiquary," was so enthusiastic an admirer, and whom he was so proud to claim as his ancestor. The memoir is very minute and circumstantial in its details; is em bellished with several apt wood-cuts, and forms the first volume of Mr. K n i g h t ' s " Weekly Volume for all Readers." HISTORY --------- OF CHINA. Vol. I. Allen, Lyndon, 1844. Mr. Thornton, the author of this work, of which the first volume only i s as yet published, has under taken a most difficult t as k i n attempt i ng to give an ac count of China from the earliest records down to so late a period as the treaty w ith G rea t B r i ta i n, i n the . year 1844. He as we l earn f rom his prefale, a decided believer in the authenticity of the earliest Chinese chronicles, observin g , in justification of his theory, that " there exists (and, a cording to the na tive authors, always has existed) a Tribunal of His tory in China, the peculiar functions of which are to record the events of ea c h re i gn, an d t o protect these records from sophistication ; and instances will be ob served in Chinese history of attempts made by legi timate Princes, as well as usurpers, to falsify the annals, which have been defeated by the honesty of the guardians." In the more civilised periods of the world's history there might, unquestionably, exist a Chinese tribunal of the nature which Mr. Thornton describes, but the Chinese annals pro fess to reach back to the very infancy of mankind, and surely there could be no native chr on i c l ers at t h at pri mitive and benighted period ! The volume before us commences with the year 2205, before the Christian era—an epoch whose annals must surely be apochry phal, if not altogether fabulous — an d concludes with the Tcin, or seventh Chinese dynasty, A.D. 420. The volume evinces a world of curious and frequently entertaining research ; but the last h a lf o f i t is the most useful and instructive, because there the histo rian is treading on somewhat firmer ground, and is not so frequently compelled to resort to the aid of speculation and conjecture. The work is embellished with a map of China on a most enlarged scale, and drawn up apparently with the most scrupulous regard to geographical accuracy. ROMAN REMAINS IN THE C ITY .-- Last week, in the course of some excavations which are being made in Huggin-lane, Upper Thames-street, for the formation of a sewer, the men discovered an ancient Roman wall, about thirty yards from Upper Thames-street. It extended about 50 feet up the centre of the lane, and was about 4 feet wide, about 3 feet from the surface, and 6or 7 feet deep It was composed of flint stones, bricks, and mortar, irregularly intermixed, and so firmly cemented that an iron wedge was obliged to be used to separate the mass. A few days pre vious, while digging in Bread-street-hill, an adjoining thoroughfare on the west of Huggin-lane, leading out of Upper Thames-street, two other Roman walls, of a similar construction, about 5 feet from each other, were found, and which form a junction with the wall in lluggin-lane. These two walls, which front the river, it is supposed, extend a considerable way westward, as when the ear th was opened to make a sewer, last year in I ye-foot-lane, they reached there ; and as some remains of a Roman wall, within the last day or two, have been met in Peter's-hill, several hundreds of yards westward. A great number of red Roman tiles were found, some of which had inscriptions on them, fro m w hi c h circumstance it is concluded by antiquarians who have visited the spot, that at this locality, about 1,700 years ago, there was a Roman temple. Amidst the gravel, which was a few feet from the surface at the end of Bread-street -hill, were the ruins of what appeared to have been a first-rate Roman mansion. There were, throughout a distance of several feet, fragments of walls, many pieces of which had beautiful fresco paintings on them. On one o f them the honey-suckle flower was distinctly traced. There were a fe,v pieces of Roman tesselated pavement, besides which were some Roman and silver coins, one of which was of the reign of Vespasian. BIRMINGHAM ELEC T lON. RETURN OF MR. SPOONER. For some days past nothing el se h as b een t a lk e d of either in the public streets, in places of business, or in private society, but this election. There seemed, from the first, to be but one opinion as to the result, in the event of the three candidates going to the poll. The announcement of Mr. Sturge's de termination not only to proceed to the poll, but to keep it open to the last, filled Mr. Spooner's friends with delight, and struck the supporters of Mr. Schole field with dismay. Mr. Sturge himself never dreamt of success, but conceiving that he had preferable claims to Mr. Scholefield, having been in the field several years ago, and retired in favour of Mr. Muntz, to prevent a diversion in the Liberal interest, considered himself unfairly and unhandsomely treated by Mr. Scholefield's friends, in putting that gentleman forward to oppose him. The intense interest felt in the result of the election was strikingly exhibited by the aspect of the streets this morning. Everywhere the eye was attracted by colossal placards, issued by the various candidates, and in every corner of the town were to be seen small groups of persons talking over the all-engrossing topic. The polling booths were crowded by the friends of the several candidates a considerable time before the process of polling commenced. At eight o'clock, when the poll opened, many of the booths, seventeen in number, were literally besieged by the more zealous supporters of the respective candidates, all eager to record their votes, in the hope that others would be induced to follow their example, and that con sequently a favourable start would be made in favour of their side. From eight in the morning till three o'clock, when the constituency were pretty nearly exhausted, cars were to be seen flying about in all directions, hurrying to the poll those of the electors who pre preferred to be conveyed by such means, to the more common-place mode of transit, namely, that of walking. The conflict might be said to have fairly commened with the opening of the poll. From that hour all was bustle and excitement in every part of the town, and the constest was carried on with remarkable spirit until two o'clock, when despair began to take pos session of the friends of Mr. Scholefield. The state of the poll had by that time, as will be seen by the figures which follow, assumed an utterly hopeless aspect for them. The following is the state of the poll at the various" hours from eight in the morning till four in the afternoon : HALF-PAST EIGHT o'CLocK. Spooner Scholefield Sturge NINE O'CLOCK Spooner Scholefield Sturge TEN O'CLOCK Spooner Scholefield Sturge ELEVEN O'CLOCK. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Spooner Scholefield Sturge - ONE o'CLocx Spooner Seholefield Sturge - Two o'CLocx Spooner Scholefield ....... . Sturge - THREE o'CLooK. Spooner Scholefield Sturge CH—CLOSE. Spooner Scholefield Sturge Fours o'CLo, Spooner Scholefield Sturge 345 Mr. Scholefield's committee gave Mr. Spooner three more votes than reported by his own friends. Throughout the whole day the best feeling prevailed in the borough, but it was not a little remarkable to ob serve the impression amongst the working classes in favour of Mr. Spooner. There can be no question that Mr. Scholefield's defeat is in a great degree to be attributed to the disunion created in the Liberal ranks by the conduct of Mr. Sturge; but still, as will be seen by the numbers polled by Mr. Spooner, the opinions which he represents have made a great advance. At the first election, when Mr. Spooner started, he polled only 940; at the second, 1,800; and now his third and successful attempt, 2,101. After the state of the poll had been declared, Mr. SPOONER presented himself at one of the windows of the Public- office, and was received with a burst of enthusiastic cheers from the electors, who occupied the whole of the street in front of the building. When the acclamations had subsided, the Hon. Gentleman said, he thanked the electors sincerely for the honour which they had conferred. It was a common adage, " When rogues fell out, honest men came by their own."— (Laughter and cheers.) This had been verified by the result of the contest which they had that day brought to so glorious and triumphant a close. He could only thank his numerous friends, canvassers, and agents, for their incessant exertions in his behalf. He was well aware that men were too apt to attribute such effects to the personal claims of the individual in whose behalf they were made ; but in this instance he was satisfied it was not the character of the man, but the cause in which they were embarked that had contributed to their suc cess.—(" No, no;" and cheers.) He believed he had been merely the humble instrument in achieving a victory, the benefits of which he sincerely trusted would be sensibly felt by the borough which he now had the honour to represent.—(Cheers.) He hoped they would permit him to offer to the Conservative electors of Bir mingham his congratulations on their having achieved a share in the representation of the borough, to which they were justly entitled, and which ought never to have been refused, and which he boldly affirmed would never be rescued from the party into whose hands it had now been committed.—(Loud cheers.) He had also to con gratulate them that the name of "Radical Birmingham" had been extinguished, and that the Whig faction, who had so long attempted to govern the town, had been brought to its proper level.—(Hear, hear.) They had suffered, most justly suffered, the defeat which they merited, and which invariably attended all wrong. headed politicians, who foolishly led men to lengths which their judgments condemned.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Spooner, in continuation, observed that as there were many present who had not had an oppor tunity of hearing him express his sentiments on the pre vious day, he would repeat what he then said, in order that there might be "no mistake" in the minds of any of his supporters as to his political opinions. The Hon. Gentleman here entered into a recapitulation of the leading topics of his speech at the nomination, and pro ceedel to say, that so long as the present Government adhered to the spirit of the Constitution—so long as they carried out those principles which had placed them in power—so long might they depend on his support ; but he hesitated not to say that a deviation from that con stitutional course on the part of her Majesty's Ministers would meet that opposition from him which he was sure his constituents would wish him to offer.—, (Cheers.) He was free to confess that events had lately taken place in Parliament which were not cal culated to raise that House in the estimation of the country. There had been two or three Ministerial measures which had been handled and dealt with in a manner unworthy of the men who had the conduct of them, and unsatisfactory to the country at large. Twice or thrice had the House of Commons come to solemn decisions on the most important national points, and as often, at the bidding of the Minister of the day, rescinded those decisions and exhibited a weakness and imbecility unworthy of the British Senate.—(Hear, and applause.) The Hon. Gentleman, in conclusion, complimented the Mayor for the firmness and impartiality which he had exhibited in the discharge of the onerous duties of his office, and which was worthy of all praise ; and retired from the window amidst loud and enthusiastic cheers. Mr. SPOONER subsequently addressed a meeting of the non-electors in the large room of the Public-office, and on his return to his bank in New-street was loudly cheered by the populace. Neither of the other candidates made their appearance at the close of the poll, nor was any public demonstra tion made by their friends. Indeed it is reported that Mr. Sturge left town by the 2 p.m. train for Gloucester, and " has not sinco been heard of." The official declaration of the poll will be made on Monday, at 12 o'clock, but we need scarcely say that it will not affect in the slightest degree the final result, C, APTAIN ARNER'S INVISIBLE SHELL.—Consi derable interest has been excited during the last week among naval and military circles, by an intimation, very generally circulated, to the effect that a tri a l o f C a pt a i n Warner's newly-invented explosive power, for destroy ing ships, fortresses, &c., would be made off Brighton Chain Pier on Saturday. The experiment was an nounced to be upon a very large scale. Mr. Joseph Somes, the eminent ship-owner, who is believed to be somewhat sceptical as to the action of Captain Warner's formidable missile, having granted a large ship of be tween 300 and 400 tons burthen, named the John o'Gaunt, for the purpose of being experimentalised upon, a considerable number of scientific gentlemen, and some noblemen, who have manifested an interest in the invention, including Viscount Ingestre, Lord Loftus, and Lord Longford, left town on Saturday morning, for the purpose of being present at the promised trial, Captain Warner having engaged by the discharge of a single shell to blow the ship into a thousand pieces. On arriving at Brighton, however, the company w ere greatly mortified at finding that, owing to the prevalence of a strong westerly wind, and the absence of any steam tug to contend against it, the John o'Gaunt had not been able to make Brighton; nor, from the best informa tion that could be obtained, was it supposed that she had been able to reach Dungeness. Under these circum stances a postponement of the experiment was absolutely necessary, and the company returned to town not a little chagrined at the disappointment they had experienced. A large number of military officers who had been pre sent at the review were to have gone down by the two o'clock train, and a special train had been engaged to convey them home in the evening; but fortunately an express which was forwarded to London by Captain Warner, arrived in time to prevent their leaving town. It is now expected that the experiment will be made on Tuesday. Frequently, since the establishment of the low rates of postage, it has been found that letter bags, on being opened at the Post-office, emitted a stench scarcely en durable, but as nothing appeared on the face of the let ters or parcels to account fur this strange circumstance, the cause remained unknown until within a few days back. The discovery took place in this way, and we have positive authority for stating the fact :—A packet was posted in a country town, addressed to a surgeon in London, the envelopes of which, on its arrival at the General Post-office, having been almost destroyed by a quantity of blood having oozed out, it was carefully ex amined, and found to contain a portion of a human body, evidently forwarded for the purposes of dissection. The attention of the authorities was immediately called to the shocking fact, and we understand th a t measures h ave since been adopted to prevent any recurrence of so dis gusting an outrage on public feeling, and so gross au abuse of the facilities of communication afforded by the betlface...Obsorver. A PREMIER'S MODEST Y. RAILWAY BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Our glorious Dictator, Sir Attila Mar ' plot, improves daily ! every evening's discussion in the House, develops some new virtue—some cap tivating grace. The latest gem which has turned up from the exhaustless mine of his merits is—his astounding modesty ! At the fag-end of an exhausting session to a fatigued remnant of legislators, he brings forward a Bill founded on an enormously voluminous report of packed evidence (see Mr. Russel's speech), the said Bill affecting only some seventy millions of invested capital, and an equal amount purposed, or expected, to be invested in like manner. Some of the Members, adverting to the immense importance of the question, request an adjournment, that they may have a little more time to consider it ; and this modest Minister (this Cabinet Cymon !) actually snubs the parties in the manner which Dr. Birch may be supposed to assume towards his refrac tory school-boys preparatory to a horse-ing ! ! ! The cool insolence with which Ministers and Mem bers now assume the right of meddling with the private enterprises of the British people, is really exemplary. A few weeks since Lord Ashley proposed to regu late the hours of labour of half a million of opera tives. Sir Attila Marplot has just passed through the House a Bill shackling the whole currency of the empire, and now he modestly proposes to transfer (in effect) to Government the management--nay, almost existence—of railways (vide the able comments of the Times of Tuesday,) and actually hectors at Members who dare to ask a day or two to consider his exqui sitely modest propositions. He has lately adopted a new trick-- -(is there not a character in one of Dickens's works named " the Artful Dodger ? ")—this is, to request that the House will be so polite as to suffer his Bills to be read a second time (almost as a matter of form), and to take objections at the next stage. Now I have always un derstood that the passing the second reading of a Bill sanctioned its principle, and that future opposition was understood to be limited to matters of detail; so that his request is, " declare that it is right to limit the profits on railways, and you can afterwards decide if we shall insert 10 or 11 per cent." COMMON SENSE. P.S.—Another beautiful specimen of Sir Attila's modesty is to be found in his justification of these enormous grasps at power : " What motive," says the bashful Minister, " can Government have, except the desire to benefit the public, in bringing forward measures unpalatable to great and powerful bodies ?" " What motive," might Caesar have said, " can I have to desire to be made perpetual Dictator, and absolute disposer of the lives and properties of the Roman people, except a desire to benefit them ?" Johnny is certainly tolerably thick-sculled, but does the " bashful Baronet " really think this will pass ? CRIME IN FRANCE.—Ninety-five parricides in ten years! This is the progress of morality since it has been attempted to render it independent of religion ; this is the progress of what M. Guizot, in his doc trinary neologism, would call laic morality. We may, at the same time, e permitted to believe that the Pro cureur-General alluaed only to such parricides as have been condemned, and by public punishment have satis fied human justice. How many have escaped the axe of the law? Ninety-five condemnations imply more than ninety-five accusations, and it would be very rash to conclude that every one of those who have been ac quitted was innocent. It is not enough, then, to set down the number of parricides in ten years at only ninety five. Still this number was sufficient to alarm the people, ordinarily so frivolous, who seek in the Court of Assizes and the scenes it discloses for emotions and ex citement. It has become the topic of conversation in every society, and is commented on with strange feel ings. The application of extenuating circumstances to the case of Rousselet, an application which is badly understood, or not at all comprehended, seems to have added to the general terror. People ask them selves, why was this indulgence granted to a man who had not only acknowledged his guilt, but who publicly detailed all the circumstances of his crime, and hoped to find exculpation by making a charge of complicity, which was not only denied, but was legally proved not to have existed ? Was the jury wanting to the law ? Was the law wanting in justice ? We repeat these questions which we have heard put—but who can dare to answer them ? There are frequently, in the administration of criminal justice, mysteries so profound that every man of true conscience must humble himself betbre them. However, amidst all the uncertainties, there is one fact, unfortunately, but too certain—the constant and almost regular increase in the number of crimes since 1830. This is a subject of painful reflection, not only for the men who govern, but also for those who, through the press, have influence over the public mind. It would be well to search out the causes of the evil thus spreading over society, and the means by which its progress may be stopped.— Quotidienne. ABUNDANCE or MONEY.—A feature in the state of the Money Market, as respects the transactions of the present week, is that the Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities have touched par, while the Three per Cent. Consols have realised—the half-yearly dividend included —lOO4. Such is the abundance of money, notwith standing the various and increasing means of employ ment afforded by the railway and other companies, now so numerously brought before the public, that almost any amount of stock, probably hundreds of thousands excepted, would meet with immediate purchasers, if offered in the open market. The statement we made on this day week, that the surplus revenue of the financial year ending on the sth of April last, about 600,0002, would be applied in diminution of the Funded or Unfunded Debt, appears to have been very nearly correct. A much larger sum, however, is to be ex pended in the cancellation of Exchequer Bills than was anticipated. It appears by the notice from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, that in the quarter ending on the 10th of October next there will be applied to the purchase of Stock, in aid of the Sinking Fund, 23,8561. 17s. 4d., and in taking up Exchequer Bills, made out in pursuance of the Act 53d George 111., 500,0001. Inclusive of the sums received as donations and bequests, the total to be invested in the way just stated will be 527,403 L 4s. 2d., being one-fourth part of the income of the United Kingdom above the expendi ture in the year ending the sth of April last. The daily purchases of stock in reduction of the Debt will be soon over, but the investments by the Government brokers for the Savings' Banks and the Courts of Chancery and Bankruptcy form in the aggregate too formidable a sum to induce Bear speculators to operate with much con fidence. In short, this class of operators are becoming gradually almost extinct, though extraordinary political events would doubtless resuscitate them. The principal transactions in the British securities this week have not ranged higher than from 15,0001. to 40,0001. or 50,0001. —Observer. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF COWERS.—lnfor mation having been received by the police that a gang of coiners were in the habit of assembling together at a house' situate in Half-moon-alley, Milton-street, St. Luke's, for the purpose of manufacturing counterfeit coin, and that in order to elude the vigilance and suspicion of the police they carried on their illicit trade on Sundays, Inspector Penny, Redman 224, and Sergeant Brennan, 20 G, determined on visiting the place yesterday morning at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of making a capture of the delinquents, and being given to un derstand that they would have a desperate party to en counter, they armed themselves, in order to prepare for re • sistance. On their arrival at the house they were arranged so as to make a safe capture, and acting upon the information they had received, cautiously proceeded up stairs to the second floor, where they overheard voices and parties at work, evi dently coining. The door was barred and fastened inside, but the officers instantly burst through, and discovered a man sitting before a large fire with a plaster of Paris mould excel lently executed, for the purpose of making sixpences. A woman and a girl were also in the room assisting in the manufacture. The woman screamed and the girl fainted away. The man, however, smashed some moulds under his feet, and swallowed several counterfeit shillings that had been fresh made, and by which he was nearly choked. The officers, finding they had a desperate character to deal with, commenced securing him with handcuffs, but he fought, bit, and kicked at them like a madman. The officers searched the room, and found plaster of Paris moulds, Queen's metal, pewter, tin, salt and water, scissors, and all the implements applicable to the purpose of coining, and also a quantity of base coin newly made, with " Gots," all of which were so hot that Inspector Penny's hands were much burnt in seizing them. The officers took possession of everything in the shape of evidence, and secured the prisoners, in spite of considerable opposi tion from the mob that had assembled. The male pri soner gave his name Henry Brown, the elder woman Emma Brown, and the girl Eliza Jones. It appears that the party had for some time past occupied the apartment in the above house, and numerous persons of suspicious character were in the habit'of visiting their place, no doubt for the purpose of purchasing and manufacturing base coin. Sergeant Brennan was very severely injured, in consequence of the extreme violence and resistance of the male prisoner, who is known as a perfect adept in the nefarious traffic for which he was apprehended. MOORISH DESIGNS.—The Emperor of Morocco is raising troops in Europe. Already the Brussels journals announce that several scores of Braves Beiges have been en listed, and are on their way to Abd-el-Rahman. We need not French soldiers to destroy , these paltry mercenaries. Let the Government hire half the number of Dutchmen. But there is a nation of much greater importance, which is busy in the field against us—a nation alwayi . 3 perfidious and ready to wreak against France its diabolicalill - will. We need not say we allude to England. A well-informed correspondent from London writes—" War will be declared next month." I have this intelligence from the most positive authority. All the gun-makers of London are busy preparing arms; im mense provisions of lead and powder are making daily. I myself went with Sir Bouledog (a young Baronet and Mem ber of the Upper House) to inspect a store of weapons, of which he selected two formidable instruments, and when I asked for what purpose, he replied with insolent calmness— " My . good friend S. and a party are off to the Moors." The day is fixed for the 12th of August, half the young aristo crats of England have given themselves rendezvous in Mo rocco ; and this is our ally—this is the entente cordiale, this is England, in a word. We summon the Minister; we adjure the insulted nation ; we recal the wrongs of eight centuries of hatred ; we demand, is this true ?—The National 1 1 (translated by Punch). We announce with much pleasure the abolition of slavery in the British settlement of Hong-Kong. The ordi nance issued for this pu ..se has appeared in the Hong-Kong Gazette.—Anti-Slavery • irter. A GENUINE BULL.--An Irish paper lately gave an account of a duel, and announced the result of the meeting in these words :—" The one party was severely wounded in the chest, and the other fired in the air." Query, who wounded the sufferer? Mr. Bunn left London last evening for Italy, to make engagements for the ensuing season at Drury -lane. LITERATURE DIARIES and CORRESPONDENCE of LORD MALIPIESBURY. 2 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. James Harris, the first Earl of Malmesbury, who was engaged in the public service of his country, chiefly on foreign embassies, for upwards of thirty years of his life, was the son of the well-known author of" Philosophical Treatises" and of " Hermes," and was born at Salisbury in the year 1746. His father, who was Secretary and Comptroller of the Queen's Household, sat in Parliament till his death in 1780; and it is related that when he first took his seat in the House of Commons, John Townsend asked who he was, and being told that he had written on Grammar and Harmony, replied, " Why, then, does he come here, where he will hear neither ?"—an apt and ready sarcasm, worthy of Selwyn, or even Sheridan. The interest which the elder Harris's literary talents had obtained for him among the leading men of the time, enabled him to launch his son early into public life ; and the latter's own undoubted abilities, combined, with sound practical sense, perseverance, and inflexible integrity, such as was by no means common among the statesmen of his earlier years, raised him subsequently to the highest diplomatic distinction. "Of his boyhood," says his biographer, " I can give no anecdote but the following one, which was related to me by his kins man, Lord Shaftesbury, and proves him to have been a bold and active lad :—As Mrs. Harris was walking with some friends, before her house, in the Close of Salisbury, she descried a person climbing up the spire of the cathedral, and having obtained a glass, the better to observe so perilous a feat, imme diately dropped it, with the exclamation—' Good Heavens, it is James ! ' The astonished lady had identified her only son upon the apex of the tallest steeple in Great Britain !" In due course young Harris was sent to Winchester, and afterwards to Oxford, where he contrived, with exemplary dili gence, to learn just as much as gentlemen commoners usually learn at the Universities—that is to say, nothing at all. In the autumn of 1767 he was ap pointed Secretary of Embassy to the Court of Madrid, and having, during the absence of the Ambassador, undertaken upon his own responti bility, the affair of the Falkland Islands, on which, it may be rememembered, one of Johnson's finest pamphlets was written—he conducted it with such temper and firmness, as at once established his diplomatic reputation, and obtained him the post of Minister at Berlin. At this period Frederick the Great was in the full vigour of his genius, and Lord Malmesbury's Diary and Correspondence furnish us with some amusing accounts of his peculiarities, which, however, we must receive, cunt grano salis, for his Lordship's journal clearly shows that he entertained no very favourable feelings towards this illustrious Monarch. As an instance of his meanness, he tells us that at the festival given in honour of the Prince of Dessan's marriage, " all the apartments except those immediately dedicated to supper or cards, were lighted by one single candle! The supper itself was badly served and without dessert, the wines were bad, and the quantity of them stinted." If we remember rightly, the chief cause of the vio lent quarrel that took place between Frederick and Voltaire, was the disgust of the former at the latter's parsimony. The King had thought fit, in one of his economical moods, to curtail his philosophic guest's daily allowance of coffee, on which the latter in revenge pocketed all the royal wax-candles on which he could lay his hands, and was in consequence denounced as an in grate and a thief! Lord Malmesbury insists much on the fact of Frederick's cruelty, adding that " the most ferocious and brutal are sure of promotion with him." It is not thus that history speaks of him. He was a stern man and an inflexible disciplinarian ; but he was generally just, and could be at times even magnanimous, and was certainly anything but cruel in his conduct towards his subjects, or his death would not have been so universally lamented by them as we all know it was. On quitting Berlin, Lord Malmesbury was appointed to the Court of Catherine the Second, at St. Petersburgh, and his correspondence at this period is full of interest. As a matter of course, he saw much of the famous Prince Potemkin, and bears testimony to the wonder ful, and almost tyrannical influence which he exercised over the mind of his Sovereign. Favourite after favourite in turn gained the affections of Catherine, but Potemkin never. once lost his ho:d on her regard. She consulted him on all cases of emergency, endured his bold plain-speaking, and even submitted to his bullying without a murmur. This is scarcely to be wondered at, when one con siders the character of the two individuals. Beth were sagacious - determined unscrupulous both were equally devoured by ambition. In the nature of Potemkin Catherine could not but recognise the reflection of her own ; she knew, too, that their interests were in common ; that he, deprived of her countenance, would be reduced to a mere cypher, and that she could find no one else in her dominions so fully capable of sympathising with, and carrying out, her vast projects of territorial aggrandisement. While resident at St. Petersburgh, Lord Malmesbury, among other noted statesmen of that time, saw a good deal of Count Cobenzel, of whom he never speaks otherwise than with respect. The Count, however, was a very overrated diploma tist, and history has long since reduced him to his fitting level. He was familiar with all the forms of Court etiquette, and a devout idolater of royalty ; but there was nothing lofty or sa gacious in his views; nothing bold or decided in his character ; he was a mere political petit-maitre ; and when some years afterwards he had to transact diplomatic business with Napoleon, his utter want of skill, spirit, and efficiency were at once made apparent. The volumes before us close with the parti cu l ars o f t h e sp li t b etween t h e Whigs in the memorable year 1793, when Lord Malmes bury, who had then returned to England, joined the party who, with Burke and several others, seceded from Fox. His Lordship gives many curious and amusing personal details relative to this secession ; but we prefer quoting his graphic sketch of Frederick the Great:— " The chief amusement of the Ring of Prussia is playing on the flute, which he does in a masterly manner. I had an opportunity of hearing him for a long time, as I was waiting in his antechamber, to be presented to him. Though no person is ever permitted to be present at his concerts but the performers, and some very few others, yet so afraid is he of playing false that when he is to try some new piece of music, he shuts himself up some hours beforehand in his closet to practise it, and even then when he begins it with the accompaniments he always trembles. He has a very fine collection of these instruments, and is particularly nice in the keeping of them. He has appointed a man who has nothing else to do but look after them, and preserve them dry or moist as the season requires. They are all made by the same man, and he pays a hundred ducats for each flute. In the last war, when he distributed false money to every one, he took care that his flute-maker should be paid in good coin, fearing that otherwise he would im pose upon him, and give him bad instruments. " Great contradictions in the character of this mo narch—profusion of expense in some articles, and the most niggardly economy in ethers. As a proof of the first, the sum of money sunk in erecting the Chateau Neuf, near Sans Souci, where every room is fur nished in the most expensive manner, and that not in taste, but with loads of gilding and tawdry furniture. This edifice is his own architecture, and I think will not do him honour. It is built of the most flaming coloured brick, intermixed with stone pillars and niches, which are crowded, not with single statues, but whole groups, and these not after antiques, but according to the fancy of the workmen The disposition of the rooms in the inside is very bad, full of doors—four in the room de signed for his bed-chamber. One would imagine that in his buildings he has imitated Louis XIV. Like him, who preferred the bottom of Versailles to the terrace of St. Germains, he has given a preference for the situa tion of this new palace to a marshy meadow, before the side of a hill close by—like him, he has instituted Une Ecole Militaire, an HOpital des Invalides,' &c. As proofs of his meanness, one might cite the smallness of his pay to all about his court, and employed by him; but above all, the economy that is attended to in all manner of festivities given at his expense. On these occasions, he suffers no one to interfere, but orders everything, down to the quantity of wax candles, him self. I had frequent opportunities of observing this at the feast given in honour of the Prince of Dessau's marriage, at which I was present. All the apartments, except those immediately dedicated to supper or cards, were lighted by one single candle. The supper itself was badly served, and without dessert—the wines bad, and the quantity of them stinted. I asked, after dancing, for some wine and water, and was answered, The wine is all gone, but you may have some tea.' It must be observed, that these are not public entertainments where all mankind is admitted, and where these sort of restric tions are allowable, but those to which only people of a certain rank, foreign ministers and strangers, are suffered to come. I saw the King myself directing his servants in the lighting up the ball-room, and telling them where and how they should place the candles. While this operation was performing, the Queen, the royal family, and company, were waiting, literally in the dark, as his Majesty did not begin this ceremony till supper was finished, and no one dared to presume to give orders to have it done. When I was to be presented to him, his Grand Marechal, by mistake, carried me into a wrong room in the great apartment, instead of that appointed by the Kiug upstairs in his own. When he passed by, he would not suffer me to be presented that day." WRANGELL'SSIBERIA AND POLAR SEA. Madden, London, 1844. The expedition to the Polar Sea, of which the nar rative is contained in this duodecimo volume, was undertaken in 1820 and the three following years, by Admiral Wrangel], of the Russian navy, and the work is now brought out under the superintendence of Lieutenant-Colonel Sabine, R.A. It is an in teresting record of privations and difficulties in the regions of intense cold and barrenness, manfully struggled against and finally overcome, by a hardy band of adventurers ; but in other respects it can scarcely he called en attractive work, for we know almost all about the Polar Seas that we are ever likely to know, considering that nature seems to have ROYAL COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS. The final meeting of the Commissioners of Fite Arts for the present season took place, on Friday last, at Gwydyr house, Whitehall, when the opinion of that body on the merits of the respective artists contributing to the exhibi tion of fresco paintings now on view in Westminster Hall was formerly pronounced, by the selection of six from among their number, whom it has been determined to commission to execute works on given subjects for the decoration of the new Houses of Parliament. The Commissioners present were :—Viscount Palmerston, Lord Mahon, Lord Colborne, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. G. Knight, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Vivian. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the president, and the other absent Commissioners, having previously recorded their opinions in favour of thin aatists selected, no difficulty arose from their non-attendance : and some preliminary business having been transacted, the names of the successful competitors were declared as follow : Charles West Cope, Hyde Park-gate, Kensington gore. John Calcott Horsley, 1, Hi g h- r o w , Kensington Gravel Pits. William Dyce, IA, Royal-terrace, Adelphi. Daniel Maclise, 14, Russeil-place. Fitzroy-square. Richard Redgrave, Hyde Park-gate, Kensington. William Cave Thomas, 27, Baker- street, Portman-square. Mr. Cope, the first-named gentleman, received a first class prize of 3001. for his cartoon of "The First Trial by Jury," in the exhibition of 1843. He has only one sub,;ect in the present exhibition, a fresco, marked NO. 53 in the catalogue, and entitled " The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel." Mr. Horsley received a second- class prize of 2001. in 1843 for his cartoon of " St. Augustine Preaching to Etholbert and Bertha, his Christi an Q u n." He has two frescoes in the present exhibition, th e o 'o. 9, entitled "Prayer," the border to which was de s i gn and painted by Mr. Owen Jones, and the other, No. 63, entitled "Peace." Mr. Dyce's name did not appear in the catalogue of the Cartoon Exhibition last year, but he has an exquisite sub ject among the frescoes now exhibiting. It is marked No. 66 in the catalogue, and entitled " Two Heads from a Com position respecting the Consecration of Archbishop Parker in Lambeth Chapel, A.D. 1559." Mr. Maclise, the well-known artist, contributes to the pre sent exhibition a magnificent fresco, thus unpretendingly de scribed in the catalogue—" No. 74. The Knight." Mr. Redgrave, a name also not appearing in the catalogue of 1843, is the artist of No. 51 among the frescoes now ex hibiting. It had excited considerable notice, and is entitled " Loyalty "—Catherine Douglas barring the door with her arm to withstand the assassins of James L of Scotland. Mr. Thomas was a successful competitor in 1843, having received an additional premium of 1001. for his cartoon of " St. Augustine preaching to the Britons." He contributes to the present exhibition three subjects, a cartoon, a fresco, and an oil-painting, respectively marked—" No. 52. The Throne of Intellect ; ' "No. 54. Philosophy ;" "No. 55. The Throne of Intellect." It is understood that the commission to each artist will be to execute a cartoon upon a given subject, to be afterwards transferred to fresco in the usual manner, for the decoration of the interior of the House of Lords. The six subjects are, it is supposed, intended to fill the six panels, forming the in terior of that apartment. One most important feature is decided upon by the Com missioners —viz., that they are not to be bound to adopt the work of any one of the above six individuals, but that artists generally are invited to compete, on the full understanding that the best executed subject will be selected. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 14.—The Cornwallis, 72, Captain Richards, flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.B. , is expected to arrive in England _about th e 12th prox i mo. She left Madras for Ceylon en route on the 18th of May, and was accompanied as far as Trincomalee by the Pilot, 16, commander W. 11. Jervis. She was to touch at the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension. She has supernumeraries from the squadron on the station she has left, and *ill be paid off at Plymouth it is confidently calculated upon. The Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., was paid off, all standing, on Thursday. She will be recommis sioned after the stripping of the Camperdown, which will oc cupy the crew of the latter about a week; the officers and crew will then be transferred to the Queen, who will finish stripping,:and get her into dock for overhaul and refit. The Childers, 16, Commander Wellesley, was paid off on Thursday. The crew received their wages at the Pay-office of the royal dockyard, as in the case of the Wanderer. She was dismasted on Friday morning, preparatory to entering dock for repair. The Isis, 44, Captain Sir J. Marshall, K.C.H., is ex pected home from the Cape station early in October to be paid off. The Lightning steam-vessel. Master Commander William Roberts, arrived from Sheerness on Wednesday, and sailed on Thursday eveningfor Chatham, with the marines from the Queen. The Vindictive, 50, Captain J. Toup Nicolas, was at Val paraiso on the 16th April, awaiting the arrival of the Carys fort, 26, Captain the Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, from Mazatlan, with 2,000,000 dollars aboard, which would be transhipped to the Vindictive immediately on her arrival, when she (Vindictive) would sail for England. The Dido, 18, Captain Keppel, is expected in England in November to be paid off, orders for her return having been sent out to her on the East India station by tha last over land mail. The Fisguard, 42, Captain Duritze, was at Callao on the 24th of April, all well. The Prometheus, steam sloop, Commander J. Hay, ar rived at Gibraltar last, from Tangier, on the 24th of June. She made the passage from this port to Tangier in six days. She left Gibraltar on the 26th ult. for Ascension and St. Helena. Strong winds have been blowing the last few days upon this coast, which yesterday increased in violence, and towards night were very severe; the water rose and dashed ow the ramparts of the town during the night with fearful rapidity; the wind continues blowing this morning if possible with greaterforce, due west. The Resistance troop-ship is refitting in harbour. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander W. Tringham, came into harbour from cruising off the Sussex coast, and was paid wages on Thursday. The Collingwocd, 80, Captain Eden, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral Sir George Seymour, will leave tlit harbour for Spithead on the 20th inst. The Alligator troop-ship, Master-Commander J. N. King, was at Singapore on the 12th of April. The Lame, 18, Commander Brisbane, was at the Cape Verde Islands on the 15th of April. The Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliott, ar rived at Jamaica from Port au Prince on the 2d ult. The Rapid, 10, Lieutenant-Commander G. C. Earle, sailed on a cruise from Sierra Leone on the 21st of May. No commissions have yet arrived for the experimental brig squadron. There are some tine specimens of the genuine tar anxiously on the look out for the hoisting the pendant. In Harbour—Queen, Collingwood, Victory, Excellent, Childers, Rattlesnake, Resistance troop-skip, and Echo steam vessel. _ . _ In Dock—Victoria and Albert, Prince Regent, Rodney, Scourge, Pantaloon, Waterwith, Lily, Wanderer, Athol, and Seaflower. DEVONPOIIT JULY 12.—The St. Vincent, Up, Captain Rowley, arrived from Spithead yesterday morn - % She will here receive her final orders. The Adventure transport, Mr. Roskilly master, sailed for Woolwich and Deptford on Sunday, with Stores. The Swift packet, 6, having refitted, sailed on Saturday for Falmouth. to take out the next Brazilian mail. The. Sinbad lighter sailed on Wednesday for Portsmouth and Deptford, with stores. The Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote, is daily expected here from the Coast of Africa. On arrival it is expected she will be ordered to refit, and be forthwith dispatched to augment the squadron off the coast of Morocco. In Harbour—San Josef and Confiance. In the Sound—St. Vincent. PROMOTIONS. Lieutenant—Charles H. Douglas (1839) to the rank of commander. APPOINTMENTS• Captain—W. F. Martin, of the Camperdown to the Queen. Commander—l. W. Morgan, to the Queen from the Cam perdown. Lieutenants—A. S. Robinson, to the Porcupine, IL Stokes, to the Tartarus, W. G. Kemsworth, to command the Cres cent, vice Donellan, promoted; H. Loring, W. F. Feed, M. H. Rodney, C. J. F. Ewart, T. C. 0. D. Whipple, to the Queen ; R. Hall to the Queen. Surgeons—J. Robertson (b) to the superintendence of th'e William Jardin convict-ship; J. Acheson, M.D., to the Vic tory; R. H. Brown, to Haulbowline Hospital, Cove; W. Bruce, M.D., to the Queen. Mates—T. P. Cooke, to the Collingwood ; G. Bellis, to the Resistance troop-ship ; J. Simpson, E. H. Blake, G. Isl. Jack son, and A. P. Arkwright, to the Queen. Chaplain—G. R. Lewin, to the Queen. Assistant-Surgeons—H. Trevan and James Fisher, t 4 the Queen ; John Belcher, to the Virago. Masters' Assistants—M. 11. Fowl&r, to the Victory ; a: Beckett and R. T. Browne, to the Collingwoodi J. M. Bushell, from the Tartarus to the Porcupine. Second Masters—J. G. Anderson, to the Queen ; F. Fig den, J. North, W. Wilson, and J. Hancock (all acting),. to the Queen. Naval Instructor—G. B. Barnes, to the Queen. Paymaster and Purser—T. Jennings, to the Queen ; G. Dowell, to the Apollo. Naval Cadet—W. L. Gordon, to the Porcupine. Midshipmen—R. G. Pochin, to the Resistance ;J. C. Byng, to the St. Vincent; the Hon. J. Byng, to the Excellent. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the readers of your paper of the 91k inst. must have been led by your report of the inquest on the body of a child, who was drowned on Saturday last, to a very erro neous estimate of my conduct, I must beg you will do me the justice to insert this positive refutation of the waterman'a evidence. When the child was brought into my house, there were not the slightest indications of life remaining. Myers'a assertion that the heart was beating is a gross falsehood, for the child was then quite dead. I made use of no such ex pression as " be off with you ;" but I said to the man (who was in a state of intoxication), " close at hand is Charing crosi Hospital, where hot-baths and everything necessary in these cases are always in readiness—run thither with the child as quickly as you can ;" at the same time I dispatched with him an assistant, to inform Dr. Golding, and, if neces sary, to aid in the measures adopted for resuscitation. In taking these steps I conceived that I was pursuinethe best means that humanity and prudence could suggest, the hos pital being within two minutes run from my residence, a space of time infinitely shorter than must be consumed in any private house in getting together and preparing the requisite utensils and auxiliaries, which at an hospital are constantly ready ; affording, therefore, more effective means for the re storation of life in cases of emergency than the best directed efforts can accomplish when they have been delayed. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, 369, Strand, July 11, 1844. JAMES SCOTT. BUCKINGHAM. JULY 13.—The Duke of Buckingham gave a grand enter tainment yesterday at Stone, to the judges, magistrates, clergy, and to the counsel on the Norfolk Circuit. Above one hundred persons set down to a sumptuous dinner. The gorgeous display of gold and silver plate was truly magui • ficent. Amongst the company were, Baron Alderson, who introduced a Prussian judge, the High Sheriff of the COpty, Lords Brougham and Nugent, the Bishop of Lincold, Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, Sir J. Chetwode, Sir Harry Vesey, the Mayor of Bucking ham, &c. Justice Williams was detained in Court till a late hour, and was prevented attending the banquet. This morning Baron Alderson proceeded to Bedford, to open the Commission. Justice Williams is likely to be de tained in Court the whole of the day. Baron Alderson, in passing sentence on John Holbrook, who was convicted of setting fire to a rick of wheat, said that in all cases of arson, where the evidence was clear and satisfac tory, it was his intention to transport for life. There are several cases of arson on the Circuit, and particularly in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire. On the 17th and 18th of this month a temperance and peace festival will be held in the Park at Hartuarhowes, near Aylesbury, the residence of Dr. Lee. A large company its ex pected. Dan a 300" tO 13, aPPJ t t bd Sag° seen , tic° ,dod , ) on now Loci