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T a numerous MEETING of DELEGA TES ..A._ and MEMBERS of TRADE SOCIETIES, held at .; '. 6, Catherine-street , Strand, Aug. 11, the folio - wing Resolu- D tion was unanimously agreed to : 1 4, Resolved,--That in eonsequnti± of the brief period of time allowed to prepare fi t ,- the Demonstration on Monday, Aug. 1 12, to address the Queen on behalf of Mr. Lovett and others, prosecuted for political offences, and also to express our opinion i on the present alarming state of the co un t ry , thi s meet i ng I regrets that their respective Trades will not be in a condition to dg take part in such Demonstration ; but at the same time they feel so deeply the importance o f these objects, that th e y pledge ' themselves to take the necessary measures to unite their resnec tine Trades in a great Public Demonstration on their behalf, on an early day." J. 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They violated the right of property, it violates the right of life, Sundry Bills were forwarded. The Metropolitan Police Courts Bill was further mutilated by Lords LYNDHuasT and BROUGHAM, on the further considera tion of the Report. The Sheep-Stealers (Ireland) Bill, which was de scribed on all hands as a measure for compounding felonies, was put off for three months. The Bishop of LONDON, under whose pastoral care Christianity has thriven so much in the metropolis —as witness the Sunday teachers, in the streets, of Atheism —extends his protection, we see, to the whole empire of Ind, and to all the Christian soldiers serving there. The Rev. Prelate moved for some papers relative to tip:, suppression of idolatry, the employing British 'soldiers in idolatrous festivals, and the resignation of Sir P. MAITLAND of the command of the Madras army. On these subjects the Right Rev. Prelate expatiated at some length, and with some clearness, but with lament able forgetfulness or ignorance of the idolatry and irre ligion which prevail in his own diocese, and amongst his own flock. Viscount MELBOURNE answered the Right Rev. Pre late, and insisted that the Government and authorities of India were doing, and had done, all that had been promised to discourage idolatry; but he stated with the comprehension of a statesman, of which a Priest has no • conception, that the empire must not he endangered by affronting the religious prejudices of the people. The pilgrim tax, he said, was discontinued, and other efforts had been made to discourage idolatry. The Duke of WELLINGTON praised the idolaters as excellent soldiers, and warned their Lordships—h e did not condescend to notice the Bishop—how they risked the empire of India for the sake of religion. The Duke is not a man to think nothing. of the empire of the whole world if he can save a soul. 1 4 „The despatch es re ! a ti og t o Si r P. M AITLAND t h e i' D'shop of LONDON declined to press for ; the others were granted. i '''' committal of the Admiralty Cosirt Bill ,wa I mo.yed by th e L ORD CHANCELLOR: ho explained its objects. Lord LYNDHURST,chicv period of the Session, and o fi r ; aocncoun account of the late . 4 hc, entertained to the 11account of the objections i mittoe for three montlits , moved to postpone the Com _,oid BROUGHAM supported Lord LYNDnuasT ; Lo.rd MELBOURNE attacked Lord I . iI DROUGHAM for resisting the %Il i , as he had frequently required such a measure. i could not tell ag a i nst t h e i r Lordsl Lordship' s rai ll er y :i v , and the Bill was thrown out. I t must be morPtifs)Oing otes mons to see the inf an t s t h ey have reto the Com cafully nursed into life thus cruelly p ut t o death or mutilated. T heir i Lordships rose at H ilf-past N ne. The Commons met yesterd sy at Twelve o'Cl read the Birmingham Police Bill a thi r d t i me, boyck3Bantdo 8, in spite of the representatiies of th at borough, who wished it put off' for three month s . Th e Birming' ham m en may have hope in the Lonls, for th ey seem inclined to reject all the Bids sent up to them. Out Lord JOHN RUSSELL moving a Committee on the Manchester Po l ice Bill the motion was opposed by Lord GEORGE SOMERSET, the brother of the Duke of BEAryotiT, who tm,k up the IV hig ground, that it would supersede local authority, that it was brought for. inhabit. ants i n a h urr y, and was not required by the anis of Manchester. Mr. GRIMSDITCH, Mr. DARBY, and other Tories, opposed it because it was unpopular ; and the Whigs, such s Mr. M. PHILLIPS, Mr. P.THost. SON, and Mr. BROTHERTON, supported it, Lord JOHN RUSSELL defended the Bill, and the par ticular clause objected to, because it had been recom mended by Sir It. PEEL, he being a more submissive follower o f the Ri4ht Ilo n . B arocet on this point than Lord G. SomErtsLT or Mr. DARBY. lie also defended it as necessary to pres..rve the peace of Manchester. As:,-..a i rt but short debate e nsue d , t h ough not on party prinetp:e...s ; for Whigs voted and spoke with Tories, and Tortes voted and spo k e with Liberals, which ended 0 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1830. by the Bill being committed, 63 voting for and 17 zgainst the motion. A motion to substitute the Town Council, for her MAJESTY to appoint the Commit sinner, was lost by 63 to 10. The other clauses were agreed to. The Bolton Police Bill also went through a Com mittee. After passing several other measures through one stage, and after Sir F. TRENCH had indulged the House with a dissertation on short and long threes, the House adjourned at the very early and un usual hour of Five o'Clock. It begins to have little to do, and as what little it does is destroyed by the Lords, it has no temptation to continue its labours. Parlia ment we hope, and the country else hopes, is about to be prorogued. ever, manifested no haste to receive the opium, and appeared resolved, before opening the trade, to exact from the Consul of each European nation trading with China a distinct pledge that ho more opium should be imported into the Celestial Empire. Most of the merchants affected to think their opium well disposed of, as they regarded the pledge of the British Superintendent as binding the Go-• vernment of this country to make good their losses ; while others were not a little apprehensive that Captain ELLIOT had exceeded' his instruc tions. The question will give rise to serious discussions. The rate-payers of this country will not readily consent to advance from one to two millions sterling to cover the losses incurred by merchants carrying on a fraudulent and immoral traffic between the East Indies and China ; nor is it at all probable that the instructions given by our Government to Superintendent ELLIOT, would justify him in incurring in its name so heavy a responsibility. But supposing Captain ELLlor's instructions sufficiently ample, the Government, we apprehend, must look to the revenues of India—to the revenues of the country producing the opium— for the means of liquidating this debt of honour. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in his place in the House of Commons, declaims against the Chartists for talking of employing physical force to attain their political objects, and ends by moving to in crease the Army by the amount of 5,000 men. He very justly reprobates them for carrying dag gers and arming themselves with pikes, and he hastens to organize a police throughout the coun try, and in three of the principal towns, to be armed in some way or other, and drilled . so as to overbear all resistance. The Chartists talk of having a sacred holiday, and hint at the propriety of compelling other men to come into their terms. All the Journals of the Empire abuse them for dreaming of compulsion ; the middle classes de nounce them as physical force men, and hasten, much to the satisfaction of the journalists who assert that it is a sin to have arms, to arm themselves with the baton of the special constable. " Scoun drels," roars the yeoman after dinner, echoing with vociferous lungs the lesson he has just learned from the squire and the parson, " they talk of arming, do they ? I'll arm then." And he girds on his sword, brings down his fusee, and mounts his cavalry horse, ready for the charge. These are but types of what is going on throughout society ; and from the first Minister of the Crown, down to the most ignorant farmer, the use of physical force is denounced, to arm is spoken of as a heinous offence, and at the same time every man is ready to take up or employ some kind of arms, and organise phy sical force to support his opinion. What is the army—what the police—and what the yeomanry, but an armed physical force ? It is not therefore, arming in the abstract, or the use of physical force in the abstract, which is condemned, but those modes of attaining an object are condemned when adopted by others. A monopoly must be had of them to preserve other monopolies. The use of physical force and the arming must be all of one side—all against the masses, all in favour of the few privileged classes, all to support political con stitutions as they are, and then they are right ; they are only wrong when the object is to effect a change. They are right, to maintain the monopoly of electoral power —wrong to obtain Universal Suf frage ; right to support laws, such for example, as the starvation code—wr ong to extort free trade ; right to preserv e or d er , suc h as a purple-clad capon fed Hierarchy and meddling Aristocracy on the one hand, and a ragged and starving, though in dustrious and ingenious people on the other— wrong by their means to reverse this system, and reduce the priests and the Nobles to dependence on those whom they say they serve. It is all nonsense for the privileged classes to decry the use of phy sical force, and of arming, for they adopt both, and by both maintain their privileges. As they say, it may be for the good of the ex cluded, unprivileged classes, for they do say this, that they should maintain and preserve their privi leges by the sword ; but then they ought to change their theories and their language, and ought to praise the use of arms and of physical force when confined to their side, and ought to tell the masses that they are quite unable to judge of what is for their own benefit, which they must leave to the few. They should at once say that the people have nothing whatever to do with the laws but blindly to obey them ; with the taxes, but humbly and un repiningly to pay them, and then they will obtain a a character for honesty and consistency, and have a chance of preserving their power. It does not add to their strength to stand convicted of hypocrisy. They declaim against the use of force; and em ploy it ; they appeal to the people to judge of their acts, and will not hear of a condemnation ; they pretend to be only the servants of those whom they insist on ruling, in spite of themselves, and whom they will not allow to have a will or thought of their own, much less a musket. The present language and the acts of the privileged classes are at variance ; they are a house divided against itself, and to succeed they must begin by bringing their own words and conduct into harmony. If they suppose that their inconsistencies are not read and noted by the masses, let them read what Mr. BRONTERRE O'BRIEN addressed to the meeting on Kennington Common on Monday. He said he had not exhorted his followers and friends to arm till Lord J. Rus- SELL had called on the respectable classes to arm. To decry taking up arms, and at the same time to arm, will not deceive the classes whom it is neces sary to humbug. They may be subdued, they may be enslaved, but they can no longer be duped. It has most unhappily, we grieve to say, been de cided by Parliament that the gri evances o f t h e peo ple shall no t b e redressed, that the Corn-laws shall not be abolished ; that extravagance in every depart ment of the State shall be continued and extended ; that the administration shall in every part be made more costly and extensive ; that the Debt shall be increased, and the taxes not remitted ; that the franchise shall not be extended, nor any practi cal benefit conferred on the people ; and such being the resolution of Parliament, and of the classes who support it, they must be prepared for the other alternative of subduing and enslaving those whom they will not content. We see no other way of continuing the society. The masses are as well aware of the object of social institutions as the Mi nisters; and finding in their instance that object has totally failed, knowing nothing of the laws but through the privations, sufferings, and distress they inflict, they can have no rational motive for obe dience, and must be put down by force. They are now turning against the aristocracy its own maxims, and are arming to attain their own object. They are imitating their betters, and in due season, if they obtain power, will use the gibbet and the bayonet, just as the aristocracy does, to secure it. Arrayed against those who will grant them nothing, they can only be subdued by terror ; and accordingly the army is increased, the yeomanry are preserved, and the police is to be augmented. The question that we formerly asked, how the people were to be go verned, is answered. They are to be enslaved. Such a consummation of following out Tory prin ciples, governing the empire according to the wishes of the Aristocracy and the Priesthood, and deny ing justice to the people, should make our States men and all the middle and upper classes, who have at heart the preservation of our national liberties and our imperial prosperity, pause and reflect on their course, and resolve to try another. When an old woman is hard pushed to " earn a living," her friends say to her " Why don't you set up a mangle?" Were it not that this is too honest a shift to find favour with the old women who fre quent a certain house of bad faMe in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, we would recommend to them, when all other shifts fail them, to try their hands at the craft and mystery of " mangling." If we may judge from the specimens of handiwork which, as mere amateurs, they are turning out every night, under the scientific instruction of two or three highly accomplished members of the society, who have served a regular apprenticeship to the trade, we really think • they have a good chance of doing a fair stroke of business. But to be serious—is it not " too bad" that the Duke of WELLINGTON and the two Ex- Chancellors should, apparently for no other reason than to show their power, persist in mutilating and destroying the Bills which have, after passing the Commons, come under the cognizance of the Upper House ? They ought to be held responsible for the discredit and contempt thrown upon the Cham ber of Hereditaries, by the proceedings of which they are the authors, for what can the poor noodles who constitute the mass of the assembly of Oli garchs be expected to do but " follow their leaders ?" l'hey are little better than automata, and are moved, or at least shelter themselves under the pretext of being moved, by wires pulled by men having the credit of being wiser than they can pretend to be. The news from the East is more curious than im portant. In order that it may be fully appreciated we quote the following paragraph from the Tempt, relative to the negotiations between the Cabinets of London and Paris, respecting the defection of the Turkish fleet : " On the first news of the defection of the Capitan Pacha having reached London, the English Cabinet showed the greatest irritation against Mehemet for hay ing accepted the surrender of the Turkish fleet. The English journals became the organs of their irritation, and exaggerated it. The English Cabinet saw in the capture of the Turkish fleet the pretext for intervention on the part of Russia ; and the integrity of the Ottoman empire appeared to it menaced by the circumstance. Perhaps the English Cabinet was not sorry to have cause for being thus angry. At any rate the English Cabinet took a resolution ab &at°, and demanded-Ist, That Mehemet Ali should be immediately enjoined to sur render the fleet: 2dly, That, on his refusal, the Eng lish fleet shou'd receive orders to burn the Egyptian fleet. This resolution, taken in a few hours after the re ceipt of the news, was transmitted to the Cabinet of the Tuilleries, with an invitation to adopt a similar one and to co-operate. The vivacity of the English resolution pro mised great obstacles to the prevalence of the more mode rate measures that France thought it just to propose. It appears, however, that these obstacles have not been met with. The French Cabinet substituted for the No propo sitions of England the following ones:—First, that the Pacha should be invited by the two Courts to restore the fleet : Second, That if he refused the Pacha should be told that he would be allowed to make no use of the two fleets against Turkey. The English Cabinet has consented to those resolutions." Whether the part of this statement which refers to the conduct of the English Government he correct or not, we cannot presume to determine ; but the impres sion is that it is altogether erroneous. However, the Augsburg Gazette informs us that the propositions ap proved ot, if not actually suggested by the French Cabi net,were submitted to MEHEMET ALI by theConsuls-Ge neral of England and France, and distinct answers required for the satisfaction of the two Governments. Nothing could be more characteristic of the Viceroy than his re ported conduct on this occasion. With the gravity pe cular to good Mussulmans his Highness assured the Consuls that he was himself the lowliest of the slaves of the glorious and mighty Sultan ABD-UL-AIEJID ; that all he possessed belonged to the Representative of the Prophet ; that whether the fleet was at Alexandria or in the Bosphorus it was equally within the SULTAN'S dominions, and subject to his sway ; and finally, that he was ready to accompany the fleet himself to Constantinople on receiving a firman to that effect from the Sublime Porte. This answer left the Consuls without any excuse for anticipating conse quences ; and yet it must have been clear to them that nothing was really gai ne d by so f r i vo lous a negotiation. No such propositions ought to have been made, if it was intended to learn the real designs of MEHEMET Au. The course which the two Governments ought to have pursued, was to have demanded that the Turkish fleet should be delivered up to them under a joint guarantee that it would not be employed against the VICEROY, in the event of the SULTAN renewing hostilities. Such a demand would at once test the sincerity, and discover the real designs of MEHEMET ALI. The only other piece of intelligence from the East is contained in the following extract from a letter from Alexandria, dated the 15th ult., which we quote from the Augsburg Gazelle : The English Government has presented a note to the Pacha respecting the movement of his troops in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf. The English demand whether the Pacha intends to occupy Bassora. The Pacha laughed at the idea as absurd, his only aim being to chastise the pi rates. But, to prove his good intentions, the Pacha has sent orders to Kurschid to evacuate the Bahrein islands. We do not credit this statement, Mehemet's influence being great in the Persian Gulf. The war against the Nesdel was undertaken for the sake of procuring 30,000 camels, in order to carry on the war against Assir. Ismael Bey, having been defeated near Deraich„Kurschid, with three regiments, took Deraich, and the Prince Ebu Turki, and marched upon Cosseir, which is but ten days' march from Bassora. From Cosseir Kurschid hesitated if he should riot march upon Bassora. But he was diverted from it by the Arabs, and by the accounts which they gave of the value of the pearl fishery of Bahrein. ' Letters and papers from Madrid, of the sth inst., have reached us, but they bring no intelligence of ge neral interest. The scrutiny of the elections for the capital was not closed, but it was ascertained that Senors ARGUELLES, MENDIZABAL, and CANTERO were among the Deputies legally returned. Dispatches from General O'DONNELL were received at the War Office on the 4th, demanding two millions of reals for the sup port of his troops. Count TORLNO, who has just ar rived in Paris from a sojourn in Italy, has been returned by the electors of Oviedo. The Exaltados are in high spirits, as they confidently anticipate a majority in the ensuing Cortes. The French Cabinet is divided in opinion upon more questions than those involved in the affairs of the East. M. CUNIN GIUDAINE has pledged himself to reduce the duty on colonial sugars, and as his colleagues have nei ther taken nor will approve of such a pledge, it is sup posed that some ch ange i n th e Mi n i stry must take place. The question of reducing the Customs' duties between France and England is also giving rise to touch difference of opinion. Belgium h as so i mproved in the We have received a fil e o f t h e C anton Press manufacture of various articles as t o r i va l E ngland in the French market, while in the sale of others a monopoly to the 2d of April inclusive, Th e tra d e was still h a s been allowed her of which it i s f eare d s h e cannot be stopped, although the Imperial Commissioner LIN deprived without a corresponding detriment to various was so appeased by the offer of 20,283 chests of branches of French commerce. It is altogether a opium made by the British Superintendent, C a clashing of petty inter es ts, and mu s t ever b e so w hi le ptain the restrictive system is suffered to cramp and n eu t ra li ze ELLIOT, as to permit the residents to be supplied tie nergies of European commerce. with provisions, and to grant chops or passpor ts to There a limited number of individuals desirous of pro- in th e F renc h j ourna l s o f M on d a y, th e w h o l e of hieh ?'" ceeding from Canton to Whampoa. It appears we h ave rece i ve d. L e tt ers f ro m Hung ar y state that that Captain ELLIOT at first meditated resistance; the Emperor FERDINAND addressed a second Imperial as, before proceeding from Whampoa to Canton to rescript to the Diet, commanding the Members to ab stain f r o m v i o l en t l anguage , an d ac k n o w l e d ge the vit. communicate with the Imperial Commissioner, he ordered her MAJESTY'S ships the Hercules, lidity of the election of the new Member for Pesth—th e former election having been set aside by the Court, the M e r ma id, a nd the Larne sloop of war under th e pretext t h at t h e D eputy e l ecte d was to p rocee d to H on g-Kong and hold themselves I accused of an offence for which he was to ... in readiness to resist any act of violence on the part . stand a trial, and therefore was not a fit person to repre of th e C e l est i al Government. C apta i n E LLIOT , sen t any port i on of the Hungarian people. As the c ommunication however, forgot that once at Canton himself, any offence of the Deputy in question was purely political, must according w ithit is not likely that the reasoning of the Sovereign upon policy of the the subject will make any great impression upon the Hungarians, who ought to be free to choose whom they , t t o he th e e o i i i i i i v n a la ri n a i b le le rsof these ves- Chinese authorities, many Europeans be impossible ; and this over- please to represent them. . sight rendered his The Courrier Francais of Monday has the following p a lanof resistance impossible. As I I to leave it. A t the to proceed to the factor thought proper we re allowed observations upon France - making Jean d'Acre or ) 7 , but none were suffered Smyrna a second Ancona, as reported by the Siecle of residents with the inhabitantstime, all communication Sunday : ,‘ It appears that. influencethe plan of the Ministry to counter the 66 inner city" was pro baltnceThe Ru,sian in the-East, and get nearer hibited, the servants of the were with drawn, and the usualto the theatre of events, consists, ingetting ' possession, suppl y of provisions and by a coup de main of St. Jean d'Acre or Smyrna. Such water refused. Thus coerced provisions without a force : a project indicates knowledge neither of the question nor adequate to dispute the passage of the Ri- 1 the ground. To obtain . possession of the coasts of Syria ver, which was strongly guarded by armed junks, and Egypt, Cyprus is the spot to be occupied. That . Captain ELLIOT had no alternativ e b u t island contains points of refuge and armament, as well . to yi e ld ; • • But of what use is it to guard Syria when which he did sooner, we think, than might have as positions. that danger Threatens ? how- j it is from the Black Sea been expected, The Imperial Commissioner, The history of the quarrel at Canton, between the Chinese authorities and the English merchants, which we insert elsewhere, is a curious specimen of the manners of that people. ping the Russians consists in the occupation of the Dar- 1 danelles. It is not enough to bring a fleet under the walls of the Seraglio; The freedom of pakgage to and fro Pottt lie insured. Let us remember the faults of Admiral Duckworth. A division disembarked in the peninsula of Gallipoli would in a very short time raise catrenchments which might defy 50,000 Itusjans. Tile fleet would be t b r a o s o e p ofs w It is hich , i n si t t u h r n th , o w s o o u p l d p r b t e o a f the rear- guard of the division, e o n p tr e e r n a c ti h o e n d fa i r n th t e he Dardanell es fleet that France and England ought to decide the question. From them either the Egyptian army or the Russian fleet can be driven from Constantinople. The Dardanelles are the true key of the position." A letter from Posen, of the 3d instant, quoted by the Commerce, states, that according to accounts from Po land, a camp is about to be formed at the gates of War saw, besides that already announced near Kalisch. It will be composed of eight battalions of infantry of the line, four battalions of foot chasseurs, 24 squadrons of Cau causian regular cavalry, one of horse artillery, and 32 guns. The Kalisch camp will comprise 16 battalions of infantry of the line, eight battalions of foot chasseurs, 24 squadrons of hussars, 20 squadrons of Cossacks, and 64 guns. The amount of these corps is reckoned at 50 000 men. If we are to believe the aides-de-camp of Marshal Paskew itsch, the two camps will form the vanguard of an army of 120,000 men, to be assembled on the Borodino." Letters from Rome mention that the young Princes Camillo and Marc Antonio Borghese had taken their oaths to the Pope, as Romish Princes, after their father's death. The former styles himself Prince Aldobrandini. The nunnery of Nunziatina, erected in 1576 on the ruins of the temple of Mars Altor, in the Forum, tell in the other day, and killed several of the nuns. THE MAIMETS (THIS DAY.) The Memorial des l'yrentes of the Bth contains the fo lowing letter : " To!osa, 7th August. " It is reported among the best informed persons, that three delegates from these provinces are going to France, And are on their way to Paris, in order to solicit the medi ation of Lours PHILIPPE, and the marriage of one of his sons w i t h Queen IsanELLa ; it is affirmed that MAItOTO and ESPARTERO have agreed in this step. Some Carlist letters pretend that the three English Lords who are now in the Provinces are come for a political purpose, which is connected with the interview between Maroto and Lori! Jolla flay. These assertions are completely false ; the Noblemen in question are gone to the provinces merely to gratify curiosity. These same letters publish a pro clamation by Maroto, dated from Orosco, the 23d of July, in which he declares himself favourable to an amicable arrangement. I have however, every reason to believe that this document was f rged at Bayonne, and the more so, as the Gazette of Onate makes no mention of it. _ fh 4 , DR N-E GE. return df Grain to=day is siiiall of everything except Foreign Oats. The favourable weather keeps the Wheat , trade very dull, but the factors will not submit to less prices than on Monday, having few samples of English left for sale. In other Grain there is little doing, and no variation' in value. Flour continues heavy in sale. " A movement in the provinces seems to be near at hand. We know also that even at Paris much intrigue was going on to bring about such au arrangement; but it is n it ot e nough to draw up a convention o f this dc,cription, must be accepted by the Spanish nation, and it is there that the difficulty would begin." The King who came to Paris on Friday and Saturday to preside in the Council has to-day summoned the Alt !Asters to St. Cloud. Count Mole is expected at Paris in a few days.—Le Commerce. BOURSE. .PARIS, MO:stDAY, ACG. 12. k irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. i rend') 5 per Cents l;2 45 ... 112 45 ... 11, 40 ... I.z 43 4 per Cents lO3 ~, I, 3 ... 103 ... 103 3 per Cents S./ 3 , . 1 ••• S O 45 "' Ni 38 mB ' 35 Bank of erance 2 8 ,i0 ...28J0 ...27115 ...2800 Lattitte Bank I.ooof. 518,,,, 1055 •- 1055 "' l4 5 "' 1055 5,000 f. N1i.,,, 5225 —.5225 ...5225 ...5225 Belgian 5 per Cents lO4 ~, 104 ... 104 ... 104 Belgian Bank 7l° 50 ... 772 . 50 ... 772 50 ... 772 50 Coupons ...... Spanish Ac ire 10 5 /4 ... . 10 'N ... 131%... 10% Passive 4ti ... .. ... 41,,i ... 41 4 'lea ol i tin Etonian ll 231{ •.. 10 3 ... 1023, ... 13.3 St. Germain Versailles, B. B L.B. :337 50 ... 3 15 ••• 3 3 7 LO ... 340 Havre Strasburg to Bale RALN.‘;';:B,37SSI:SSOI-...1...A... 166 : 8:33 : 77 5 55 . 00 .......: :6;381! 50 ......... (1)63:7 50 327 50 ... 327 50 -... 32; 50 ... 30 5 0 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Ate 3 Five per Cents. Metalliques Font' per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank hares English ... ..... I THE LXCHEQUEit BILLS' LOAN As we were going to press we received the fo!. lowing important correspondence relative to the proposed Loan of four millions : NEW COURT, Auo. 13, 1839. SIR,—`VC take the liberty of addressing you on the subject of the proposed Funding of Four Millions of Ex chequer bills, and shall feel greatly obliged by your in. forming us fur our own guidance, as well as for that of the public generally . I,t.—Whether Tenders can be made for any portion of the above sum, or if it is necessary that the whole of the four millions should be offered for at once, by each party sending in proposals? 21.—1 f the Subscriptions should fall short of the four millions, whether Tenders will be entertained ? 3d.—lf the tenders, at various prices, for portions Of the four millions will be accepted on the terms proposed by the different parties, or, if all the subscribers will be admitted on equal terms, provided they are above the mi. nimum determined on by her Majesty's Ministers? We shall feel obliged by as early a reply as may suit your convenience, and have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servants, N. M. ROTHSCHILD AND SONS. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c., &c. &c. W heat. 1 ,'260 qrs. Downing street, Aug. 14, Wednesday morning. Gentlemen,_l have this morning received the favour of your letter to me of yesterday's date, requesting some explanations in reference to the proposals now before the public for the funding of four millions of Exchequer bills. In reply to your first question, viz,, Whether tenders can be made for any part of the above sum, or, if it be ne cessary that the whole of the four millions should be offered at once, by each party sending in proposals," I beg to say, that under the Treasury notice of August 10, parties desirous of contracting, may send in tenders for the whole amount of the four millions ; but, if it be more convenient to the several parties, the Treasury will not decline receiving se parate tenders for sums not being less in amount than 500,0001. each, of Exchequer Bills. Your second inquiry is, " Whether if the subscriptions should fall short of the four millions, tenders will be enter tained?" to which I have to observe, that the Treasury will entertain any tenders which may be made, whether for the whole sum of four millions, or for any portion of that sum, provided that no tender be fur a less sum than 500,0001. in Exchequer Bills. Your third question is, " If the Tenders, at various prices for portions of the Four Millions will be accepted on the terms proposed by the different parties, or if all the subscribers will be admitted on equal terms, provided they are above the minimum determined by her Majesty's Ministers ?" To which I have to inform you, that in the event of re ceiving separate tenders at different rates, for sums smal ler than the proposed sum of four millions, the Treasury will give the preference successively to those tenders which are above the price con tained in the sealed paper, (or in other words, which contain an amount of stock in Three per Cent. Con sols, below the amount in that paper), on the terms pro posed in each Tender ; and in the event that such Tenders shall in their aggregate exceed the amount of Four Mil lions, the excess above Four Millions will be struck off the least advantageous of those Tenders. ARRIVALS. I Barley. i qrs. Subject to this condition, the parties will be admitted on the terms proposed by themselves. I must further observe, that in case of equality of Ten. ders as to the amount of Stock, the Loan will be divided in proportion to the Tenders. I have the honour to be, &c. T. SPRING RICE. Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons. Oats. 15 its. I 2,560 asks Understanding that it might be a convenience to the Subscribers, the time of paying the deposit will be post poned from Friday the 16th, to Tuesday the 20th. The time for bidding, and signing the contract, being however unaltered, Lamely, on Friday the 16th at tt.n o'clock in the forenoon. - Irish 1 - 1 ...., Foreign j 4,490 I 1,1,70 I 10,5rS BILLINGSGATE MARKET. ---- REPRESENTATION OF „ OUTHWARK.—Tues day a meeting of Conservative electors of this borough was held for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted in order to secure the return of Mr. Walter as a Member for Southwark, on the nest vacancy in the repre seatation. Robert Hentig, Esq., has been appointed hie Prussian Majesty's Vice-Consul for Hull, Grimsby, and Goole, vacant by the death of J. B. La Marche, Esq. BIRTH -DAY OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER.-- , Tuesday her Majesty the Queen Dowager entered her inspection of y ear, and in the morn i ng a g rand of a portion of the household infantry troops took place in Hyde-park in honour of the day. The men, preceded by their bands and drums and fifes, arrived on the ground at half. past nine o'clock ' and the inspection term i nated shortly before eleven. Several general officers and a large assem blage of di s ti ngu i shed ladies and gentlemenwere present. It, the evening there was a partial illumination. Most of the Members of the Committee of the House of Lords on Irish affairs dined together at the Trafalgar, Greenwich, on Saturday week. Lord Wham.. cliffe was in the Chair, and Lord Brougham and Lord Lyndhurst were of course present. Alter dinner the doors were closed, in order to prevent any knowledge of the proceedings being obtained; but the Noble Lords could not prevent its bei ng k nown to al who had ears that their meeting was m ost stormy. M or ning Chron i cle. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-011 Monday morning, between eight a n d n i ne o ' clock, a little girl named Mary Griffiths, betwee n s i x and seven years of age, was crossin g the end of Jame s - street C oven t-garden, when she was knocked down by a cart, and cne of the wheels passed over and crushed the bone of her right thigh. She was con veyed to Charing cross Hospital, where amputation of the limb was found to be indispensable. TEETOTAL MEETING.—On Monday atm. noon, at half pass four o'clock, upwards of 500 respectable rrsons held a tee-t ota l meeting on Peckham Rye. Seve ral persons addressed the asiternblage at considerable length, one of whom stated th at a b a k er i n L ong • acre, well know n , among their body, bad th at d ay s h own his devotion to the cause by taking a hammer and destroying upwards of 20 ; , dozen of wine which he had stored in his cellar. '....0. br Is. Oysters plentiful, and from los. to 40s. per bushel. Cod Is. to 25., 4s. and Bs. Good Salmon Is. per lb. Lobsters 9d. to 3s. each. Soles 6d. to 2s. 641. per pair. Salmon Trout Is. to Is. 2d. per lb. Whitings 3d. to 61. Haddocks 6d. to is. each. SPIRIT MARKET. There is but a moderate amount of business doirg in this Market. Proof Leeward Rum 3s. sd. Good Jamaic 4s. Bd. as its lowest price. Brandy ranges from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 3d., and the best marks at 4s. to 4s. 6d. Geneva continues at is. 10d., with but a moderate demand._ British Corn Spirits are 10s. 3d. HOP MARKET. The trade is waiting for the new Hop. The accounts are good from all parts. Little is passing in the market, andprices are nominpl. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 2d. ; Lamb, 4s. ad. to ss. 44. ; Veal, as. ad. to 4s. ad. ; Pork, 3s. 10d. to 4s. 6d. ; Irish, 3s. 6d. to 3s. Bd. Poultry, for each, Geese, 4s. Q. to 6s. ; Fowl, 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; Chicken, Is. 6(1. to 2s. 6d. ; Rabbit, 6d. to is. 14. ; Leveret, 2s. to 4s. ; Turkey Poult, 3s. to 55.; Pigeon, 44. to 9d. ; Duck, ls. 9d. to 2s. 6d.; Quail, 9d. to Is. 3d. Eggs in large supply, and prices as last quoted-say ss. 6d. to 7s. per 120. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY) DEAL AUG. 13.—Wind \V. S. W.—Sailed, the Trident, Todd, for Sydney, New Sonth Wales; Meg Merrilies, Skinner, Mauritius, Amity, Glover, Demerara. LIVERPOOL, Aco. 13.—Wind variable.—Sailed, tbeZoe, Tairabouchier, for Bahia; Lord Sandon, M'Kandy, Mira rnichi ; Adcr, Ponsonby, Canton ; Rapid, White, Bahia; Medora, Kay, Ditto; Imogen, Downs, Calcutta; Mary, Christian, Santa Martha; Waterwitch, Lang, Tampico; Palemnus, Norman, Jamaica; Tallahassie, Crocker, Jaco linto ; Smith, St. Lawrence, Brown ; Garrick, Palmer, New York ; Indefatigable, Ritchie, Quebec ; New Bruns wick, Frobisher, Ditto; Kelsick \Vood, Thompson; Tasso, Christie, Montreal; Washington, Adams; Fortitude, Sel by, Charleston; North Star, Benedict, Philadelphia; Abrona, Barren. St. Johns, N. B. ; Glasgow, Little, Bala • more; Ambassador, Elliot; North Briton, James; Cornelius, Betts, Alexandria ; Margaret Jane, Roach, and Victoria, Power; Providence, Major, Newfoundland; Hele, Shar. land, Lady Bassett, Shugg, Gibraltar ; Wesbake, Odessa ; Swiftsure, Tyack, Smyrna ; Trcgarthen, Tre garthen, Constantinople ; and Achille, Canac, Messina. Off port the Grcenlaw, from Bahia ; and Baker, St. Croix. PORTSMOUTH, Avo. 13 —Wind. N.N. E. toW.—Sailed the Duchess of Northumberland, Geary, for South Aus tralia. Off port the Sophia, M•Nair, frem Calcutta— sailed 3d March, Madras 3d April, and Cape 15th June. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 12.—Wind, N. W. to S. W.—Sailed the Royalist, Durant, for Dania. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning— French mail ; ship letters from Madras, 2d April ; Calcutta, Bth March. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—WC have had a moderate demand for Cotton to-day without materiel change in prices. The sales 1,800 bags to the trade. We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 13th June. " PORT NATAL—We have forborne to copy from the public journals the declarations, &c. of the Farmers at Port Natal, expecting some information from some less liable to be moved by feelings, with the assistance of which we might be liable to lay before our readers some unquestionable conclusions on which it might be safe to act. The accounts of the country and of the present condition of the emigrants, if correct, are calculated to allure the dissatisfied from most parts of the colony ; con sequently if they are incorrect, they will only alure them to their min. The tide has so often suddenly tuned with these people, and an impression is so easily made by re ports in the present state of the public mind, that no man can be held guiltless who rashly propagates false or un founded statements on the subject. • " The report that it is the intention of the British Go vernment to colonise Natal on principles somewhat similar to those acted upon in South Australia is, we believe, rather an anticipation than a fact. It, is, however, ex tremely probable that some measure tending to the same end—the prevention of private war in the interior—will speedily be adopted." The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London, for the week ending on Saturday last, consisted, according to the official returns, of 5,859 ounces of gold coin, 4,000 ounces of gold bars, 80,000 ounces of silver coin, and 24,360 ounces of silver bars. By the above it will be perceived that the exportation of the precious metals still continues, although not so considerable as heretofore. There was a material improvement yester3ay afternoon in the Foreign Exchanges, and bills were more plentiful. The operations of our Bank with that of Paris begin to have an effect on the rates of the Exchanges, and it is expected that they will gradually improve. Nothing has as yet transpired respecting the funding of the four millions of Exchequer Bills, or who are the parties intending to send in their tenders. The same ex citement prevails among the monied interest, and the gen. tlemen of the Stock Exchange, as they are very anxious to have an explanation on the subject from the Chancellor of the Exchequer previous to the bidding,, which takes place on Friday next : the opinion still prevails that no person can bid without he is in possession of the 800,000 Exchequer Bills. In all probability should any party pro- ceed to the Treasury on Friday next, with an intent to give their tender, the Chancellor of the Exchequer may alter his plan. _ . Consols opened at 91i for the Account ; Money, 914 ; since which a sale of 50,000/. Three-and-a-Half per Cent. took place for Bank notes, consequentiy Consols receded to 914 i for the Account; Money, 91k to a ; Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem. ; India Bonds nothing done; Bank Stock, 185 187 ; India Stock, 247 249. The above Stock was sold by the Government Broker. In the Foreign Market, Spanish 19/ ; Portuguese lower, 29h s ; Three per Cents, 184 19 : 1 ; Colombian, ,32A; Mexi can, 28i; Brazilian, 7 ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents.. 54/ ; Five per Cents., 103/ /. uF STOCKS THIS DAY Al ON 2 O'CLOCK. Bank Stock lndia Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 914, X 4514 ! Ditta Bonds 5 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. (11 % ~ iilf, South Sea Stock — :h i , per Cent ; Old Annuities 9t' Ditto Red. 9 9 1, 9 ii I New Ditto New 34 per Cent .... ....... 98%% i 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. - I Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ... 3 4 pm. Bank Long Annuities toexpire , Ditto 500 ... 3 (i pm. Jan. 5, 1560 l4 7-16 4 1 Ditto Small 5 4 7 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial par Jan. 5, 1860 l4 3-16 , Ditto Advertised ..... pm. Jan. 5, 1880 — ' Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 - India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 —l Consos for Account PRICES OF FOREIGN FL/ NDS THIS DAI AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account — Portuguese Bon (!s . ... Errazilian Bonds - Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Cbilian Bonds D tto Account — Russian Bonds, 1821 Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 182.4 Spanish Bonds 19%% Ditto Account 32% li Ditto Account. Danish Bonds Ditto Account Def. rred 8 , Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. —f. _c, Ditto Bonds, 1825 — i -- 4 per cent —f. --e. Ditto Account — -- 3 pee cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent —.- Exchange. —4. — c , Ditto Account — Dutch, 2% per cent. 5 A% Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account 54% Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent 103% Neapolitan — Ditto Account...". ...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. .., 10 974 Brighton Railwzv 'l2 London and Birmingham Railway Company Ditto New Shares London and WeAmimtir Bank COUBSE OF EXCH A Amsterdam. C.F l2 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 6% Antwerp.... Hamburg.. Altona..— . l3 13% Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 Ditt0........ .......... 3 Ms 25 70 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 151% Petersburgh, ruble... 3 Us ION Berlin Vienna, effective 9-3 M lO 8 I rrieste......ditto lO B N GE, YESTERDAY. liihraitar 4B i Leghorn 'lO 30 Genoa.. ~ 25 75 31 Venice 47 Naples Pa1erm0.................per oz. 120 Lisbon 54% Orro 54!.4 Rio Janeiro ' 27 Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres... ..... New York, 21 days' sight 46% Philadelphia PRICEOFBULLION, per OZ. Itadrld .......... ............ 37% Portugal Gold, c0m.....i0 . 0 0 Cadiz.... Bilboa .... Barcelona 364 New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville ..... ......—......... ..... 364 Silver in Bars PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, AUGUSC 10. per Cent. Consols 34 per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 ......,.. 994 City of Dublin Steam Comp. ---. 34 par Cent. Debentures... 92 National Insurance Company Bank Stock .*. 1113.2 City Debentures, 4 per cent. Grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock HALF- PA ST ONE. The Cape of Good Hope papers gives the exports and imports from the sth January, 1838, to the sth J.nuary, 1839. In exports the total decrease this year is 57,8131. 16s. Id. ; in imports there is a decrease of 232.437/. The British market has been in an active state during the course of the morning, and business in most of the Funds have been doing in the early part of the day. Consols receded to 91i, for the Account ; Money 91-ki; at present may be quoted 911 ; they have been 91i for the Account. Money continues scarce, and in den:and ; ten per cent. has been given in the house on Consols for Friday next, and twelve per cent, for the Account on the 29th instant. Up to the present hour all remains a mystery respecting the funding of the Exchequer Bills, and we do not hear as ) et of any parties who intend to bid for the four millions. Exchequer Bills 3 4 premium; India Bonds lower, 5 prem. ; Bank Stock. nothing done ; lodia Stock, 247. Spanish Active 19a, improved ; Portug►uese 291 ; Three per Cents. lei 19; Coloration, 321 ; Dutch Two-and-c. Half per Cents. 541. Little has been doing in the Foreign Market. We have no account as yet of the arrival of the Great Western steamer, or the Batavier, from Holland. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—The Court continued its sittings yesterday, but the cases which were heard possessed no general interest. BANK OF IRELAND MONOPOLY.— Every post now brings the report of some meeting held to peti tion against the monopoly. Drogheda furnishes us with two meetings, one of the inhabitants, and the other of the Mechanics' Institution of that town.—Pilot. NOVEL PLEA FOR MERCY.—In a case of per jury tried at the Devonshire Assizes the Jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty, with a recom mendation to mercy. The Judge—On what grounds ? Foreman—Because it is an aggravated case.--Sherburne Journal. THE BIRMINGHAM RIOTERS (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY EVENING. —IL) nay last corn municAtion from this place, f iliforrned ycu that strong grounds existed for believing two, at least, cut of the three men now ►ying under sentence of death at Warwick, had no participation whatever •in the riots and incendiarism which disgraced our town on the night of the 15th of July. At that time a memorial, signed by about on© hundred of the respectable inhabitants, had been forwarded to London, praying for a commutation of the dreadful sentence passed on the unfortunate men. But to return to the case of Howell, Roberts, and Jones. There exists strong evidence to show that they had no par ticipation whatever in the occurrences in which they are said io have taken a violent and leading part ; and if the proofs of their innocence, collected within the last few days (when laid before the Secrete y of Sate as it will shortly be), do not tend to clear them altogether from the charge against them, it will at least afford indisputable grounds for further inquiry. Roberts stated upon his trial, when called upon for his defence, " that he had witnesses to produce who could prove his innocence, but that he had not the means of bringing them from Birmiogham to Warwick." Howell was also without w itneases :9 speak in his behalf, arising, I regret to say, from the same I. ;:, , verty, but he also strongly pro tested his innocence. Poverty will be found I believe to have been their crime, combined w!h the monstrous and defective state of the law, which, while it affords every facility for prosecution, denies to the accused the same means of disproving the charges brought against him. It will be in the recollection of those who have read the Re port of the trial, which appeared in your paper of the sth of August, that the case against Howell seemed to have been proven beyond the slightest question of doubt, seven witnesses having given testimony against him, and all agreeing in material points as to the identity of the pri soner (who had only one leg) with the leader of the mob who attacked the public office, and encouraged the people in firing Mr. Bourne's and other premises. The indivi dual in question was particularly noticed by ail the wit nesses, from the circumstance of his having only one leg, only one out of the seven swearing to his features. the remaining six satisfying themselves that as the prisoner had but one leg, he must have been of necessity the party who took a leading part in the disgraceful transactions of which they had been witness. In the excitement and confusion which prevailed this is not a matter of surprise, the more especially as the prisoner was found the next morning, it is said, in a state of intoxication, with a dan gerous weapon in his possession, Further inquiries, how ever, have convinced persons in the town who have taken an active interest in the fate of the unfortunate man, that be was mistaken for another individual with one leg, the real ringleader of the mob. Of the truth of thiS I have not, from the conclusive testimony which has come under my observation, the slightest shadow of doubt. The witnesses swore to having seen Howell leading on the mob fiom the Bull-ring towards Moore. strect,and to having taken a leading part in the violent transactions from 8 till 20 minutes Fist eight o'clock ; but it can be proved beyond the possibility of a doubt, and by the evidence of six witnesses, that not only was Howell at this time at his lodgings in Thomas street, more than a quarter-mile from the scene of riot, but that the lame man who led on the mob WAS NOT THE PRISONER. The question will at once occur to the mind of (very individual who reads this extraordinary statement, why were not these witnesses brought forward in the pri soner's behalf on his trial before Mr. Justice Littledale ? I have made the inquiry myself of the friends of the pri soner, and the answer is, " We had not the means." Indeed one witness distinctly says in his deposition, " If a shilling would have brought me to Warwick, I had it not." Others of his friends replied, " We thought he would not have been. brought in guilty, as he was at home at the time of the riots, and if things came to the worst we imagined he would have got only one or two months." It would be useless to enter into further speculations as to the manner in which the prisoner became confounded with the real offender, or the extraordinary supineness of his friends in not earlier coming forward to rescue him from the dangerous position in which their neglect placed him. The whole matter must, and I have no doubt will, undergo a thorough and searching investigation, the re sult of which, if lam not greatly deceived, will be the complete vindication of the innocence of the condemned man. In the case of Roberts, no less than ten witnesses will be produced who positively swear to having seen and spoken with him in a different pert of the town dui ing the riots, in which he is charged with having taken part. It will be recollected that the prisoner lies under sentence Of execution on the evidence of one man, who swore that he saw him throwing a brickbat or stone at Mr Bourne's windows. With respect to the other prisoner, Jones, lam not so well apprised of the nature of the evidence collected since his trial, or whether it is equally well calculated to disprove the charge brought against him, but I may remark that no proof whatever exists of his having committed a single act of violence. He is said to have been amongst the mob, but here the evidence rests ; and yet, as if human victims must be sacrificed to appease the outcry raised against the real perpetrators of the outrages, he too has been condemned to suffer. I have little further to add than that as circumstances transpire to increase the doubt and uncertainty of the prisoner's guilt, a deep and painful degree of interest prevails. Pending the investigation which must take place meetings will be held in the various ward divisions of the Borough, praying that the dreadful sentence of the law may be remitted in the case of the un fortunate men. A meeting of the Town Council took place this morn ing, at which several of the members expressed themselves in strong terms against the presence of the London police, and the threatened appointment of a similar local force far Birmingham. On the former subject a memorial had been forwarded to the Home-office, to which the following is the laconic reply : . . '►Whitehall, Aug. 9. " Sir,--I am directed by Lord John Russell to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst., transmit ting a memorial (addressed To the Lord Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury') from the Town Council of the borough of Birmingham, on the subject of the Metropolitan Police now at Birmingham, and to acquaint ycu that Lord John Russell is of opinion that the adoption of the resolu lion by the Town Council is highly imprudent. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " S. M. PHILLIPS. " To the Mayor of Birmingham." The reading of this letter was received with loud cries of " Oh, oh," one Alderman exclaiming, " it was straight forward enough, and could not be mistaken ;" and one of the Councillors gave notice of a resolution of a similar tendency for consideration at the next meeting cf the Town Council. At the conclusion of the discussion on this subject, the Finance Committee reported that the Corporation was altogether without funds. A . petition to the House of Lords against the Birming ham Police Bill was agreed to with only two dissentien voices. The case of the prisoners at Warwick was then intro dated, and a memorial to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, praying that he would advise her Majesty not to carry into effect the extreme penalty of the law, was carried unanimously. THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT. A plan having been laid to visit the mills in the respec tive districts, and stop them for the purpose of compelling the operatives to observe the holiday, on Monday parties proceeded on the mission allotted to them, and before the police could interfere succeeded in their object at nearly twenty places. One of these parties, upwards of 7,000 strong, took the mills in Oldham-road and Sulcoats, and marched in procession, headed by a band of music. A mar, named John Holmes, afterwards taken into custody by the police, walked at the head of this procession with a ban ner, on which was the cap of liberty, with these inscrip tions—on the obverse, " The earth, the right of man ;" on the reverse, " He that will not work, neither shall he eat." This party had turned the hands out of six mills be fore they were interfered with by the police. They were ultimately attacked by a body of about 60 policemen, sup ported by two troops of Dragoon Guards, and a party of the 86tit Infantry, about seven o'clock, and dispersed, Holmes and three others who attempted 'resistance being taken into custody. Another party went to Holt-town, visiting several mills in their progress, Mr. Chappe's among others, but dis persed on the appearance of the police. A third and very strong party visited the mills in the up per part of the Ancoats-lane and Pollard -street, and, withstanding the presence of a strong body of military in in the neighbourhood, as late as It o'clock in the day ma nifested such a determination to force the hands in Mr. Gray's mill to i elinquish work, that it was feared a riot would take place. These fears were at length allayed by the engines being stopped and the mill closed, but not till the Magistrates had been sent for, with a view to reading the Riot Act. A strong body of police soon afterwards arrived to the assistance of those in the neighbourhood, and this - party were dispersed. James Smith, the police officer, who was stabbed in the knee by a dagger, is the only per son who has received any material injury in these affairs. Several of the mills stopped this morning have resumed work, and the object of the movement so far appears to have been frustrated—at least in Manchester. A similar attempt was made in Stockport this morning, but several of the ringleaders being arrested at the onset, the parties became dispirited, and quietly dispersed. The following are the particulars of the examination of the prisoners, so far as they have yet been taken, in the Borough Court. Two of them, it will be seen, have been committed for trial at the Liverpool Assizes. The Magistrates present were Messrs. Thomas Potter, Mayor, D Price, D. Maude, and Absalom Watkin. W. Barker and F. Davidson were the prisoners first brought up. Mr. Beswick, head.consiable of police, said—This morning, a little before six o'clock, information was brought to the police-office of processions of persons going about from one factory to another, and turning the hands out to prevent them working. In consequence of this in formation I went with a strong body of police to Mr. Marsden's mill, in Gaythorn, where a large body of people had assembled. I rode a little in advance of the police, and seeing these two prisoners at the door demanding to have it opened, and saying that unless it was opened and the hands turned out, they would break it down, I got off my horse and seized hold of both of them to give them in custody to Superintendent *Mullin. The prisoner Bar ker then drew the dagger produced, and attempted to stab *Mullin, but was prevented by Inspector Pierce and policeman Booth ; but before he could be disarmed he stabbed policeman James Smith in the knee. M.Mullin, Pierce, and Booth corroborated this statement. Ann Green said—l am lod ge k eeper at Mr. Chappe's mill, Gaythorn. Chappe's mill 13 opposite to Masa and only a short distanc e f rom Marsden's. Aboutt'}siX o'clock this morning a great number of persons came to the lodge-door and demanded admittance. The , / said they wanted the engine to stop, and being afraid to deny them, I let them into the yard, and they stayed there about four minutes. While they were there the engine stopped, and the hands began to leave the mill. Joseph Holmes said—l am engineer of Mr. Chappe's TIIE PA RA CII UT E.--Up to last evening no tidings bad bet fl heard of Mr. Hampton's balloon, .which is suppowl to have gone in the direeti,:n of SiIiSCX. It has several of Mr. ElAropton's cards sewn, on it, tso that ro d:fiieulty will exist in a , e. , rtaininv to whom it belongs. A ie.Aard of 5/. has been offered for its recovery. E LN . LNG EDITION. mili, and was desired t'o step the engine by the-parries- en ticried by the last with sss. I complied with their ',viol), being afraid to rerue Ann they then went awaY. The next mill they went to was .Mr. ALssey's. The:, card if the hands did not lea e work a,ad come cut, they would return and fetch them oe. They said they had been to Mr. Owen Hartley's, and done tLe u - ame here. Mr. Higginbotham said—l ani . k•he manager of Mr. Marsden's mill. I saw a great nutnber of persons coming from the Albion mills towards our nlill,, and knowint , what they were about, I had previously wen orders to close ail the windows and doors, and I now closed the lodge gates. On the party coming up and dernandiry admittance, I re fused them, and a great number then mounted the walls and lower buildings of the factory, and th.reatened to come inside; but I told them I was prepared, ...rod if they did they would be kept there. They said they tcould have the engine stopped, but Lone of them ventured I,ltl the y3rd. I cannot say whether the prisoners at the bar are thobe who demanded admittance at the gates. On the pOl, 7 Ce corning up, those on the wally got down, but I could not see what took pine outside. Jacob Wormald, a workman at Marsden's mill, corrobo rated this statement.. Mr. Berwick recalled—l can swear to the prison ers being the men at the door. They appeared to have thrT , command of the party, and exercised entire control over' them. Davidson, in defence, said he was not near the mill in. question. Barker had nothing to say. Both the prisoners were committed for trial at the Li verpool Assizes. John Holmes, charged with carrying a banner at the head of a procession in Ancoats ; es also John Kirkhain. John Quin, and Thomas Crekcr, three other Char,:ists tais.'in along with him for similar reasons, were remandt'd• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HoRsZFERRYGRAND REGATTA Yesterday a grand gala day in Westminster, the ;;as very e lit e o f St. aurgaret's and St. John's having assem bled in numbers never surpassed at a similar exhibition. Until the last five year, the watermen at the Horseferry and at. Vauxhall-bridge were in the habit of collecting a few pounds from the inhabiOnts, and getting up a match in the best way they could, wh:eh was always more or less objectionable. Since that perioe.; however, Mr. Sheriff Johnson, the Churchwardens, Overset'rs, and other gentle men have taken upon themselves the whole of the conduct of this affair, and by their superiority, and great accommo dation afforded, have made it a day of pleasure anxiously looked for by the great majority of respectable inhabit ants. In order to make the affair as recherche as possible the Gipsy steamer was engaged for the day, not to accompa.NY the match but to afford a superiority of accommodation, es,' pecially to the ladies, than could have been accomplished in any other way. She came to her nioeringsfacing the Horse ferry at a little after twelve, ithd by half-past one she was crowded by all the fashion and beauty that the parish or its environs could produce ; the assemblage, in fact, surpassed that usually on board at the great sailing contests. The match was with sixteen pairs of sculls, two pair in each boat, and three heats; the distance in the first and second of these being to start from a barge moored off the Horse ferry, round a boat moored the upper side the Spread Earle, Millbank, through Westminstdr-bridge, and back to the buoys off the Horseferry... At two o'clock the following took their stations for the first heat :—Edward Gardener and Philip Elliss, green ; Joseph Royal and George Parker, red ; Samuel Chalk and John Piper, brown ; Ralph Gardener and Joseph Dew, stripes. The heat was well rowed, but the two first boats had the lead from the fir start. Red came in first, stripes second, and brown third. Immediately after this John Head and Rush, jun., yellow; Thomas Davies and Thomas Grace, white; Andrew Bray and Benjamin Hagne. blue; and Robert Evans and Robert Canes, pink, started for the second heat, which was, after a close push, won by yellow, blue being second, and white third. The men then refreshed, and the splendid party on board the steamer did some execution at quadrilles, &c., to a very g,ood band. At six o'clock the signal fired for the grand heat, and stripes', red, yellow; and blue took their sta tions. At this time the assemblage of company all up the bank was extraordinary, and several gentlemen's cutters added to the eclat of the scene. The start was excellent. Blue had it slightly at first, and after half a dozen strokes yellow had rather the foremost place, but red immediately overhauled them. Between red and yellow we never saw a closer match, but red maintained their lead, and won by only half a length, both parties being much distressed ; yellow was second, the otheve being a long way astern. The match was for two boats, and the day chosen in honour of the Queen Dowager's birth-day. The steamer was decorated with flags, and a superb blue silk one, pre sented by the ladies, adorned the starting -cutter. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelv,e e' Clock. The Consolidated Fund Bill went through ComoitaleY and the appropriation clause was agreed to. The Exchequer Bills Bill went through Committee. The Report on the Manchester Police Bill was received. _ _ On the'rnotion of Lord J. RUSSELL, a clause was added, providing that nothing contained in the Act should interfere with any Charter granted to the town of Man chester, or any act to be done in pursuance of that Charter. The Bill w a s ordered to bc read a third time to-morrow. The Report on the Balton Police Bill was also received. A similar clause was added to the one agreed to on the Manchester Bill, and the Bill was otdercd to be read a third time to-morrow. The Administration of Justice (parts of counties) Bill went through Committee. The Report was received, a nd the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL the Patents Invention Bill was read a thir•l time and passed. The Corporate Property (Irelat,d) Bill, went through Committee without amendment, and the Report was or dered to be received to-morrow. CHURCH DISCIPLINE BILL. Lord .1. RUSS ELL, in moving the Order of the Day for a Committee of the whole House upon the Church Dis cipline Bill, said he was of opinion that the Bill could not he so amended during the present Session as to make it satisfactory in its working. He would therefr,re propose to postpone it for the present Session. He would be glad to hear the oilnions of the Right Hon. Member for Oxford University respecting the amendments that were necessary to be made in it. Sir R. H. INGLIS said Le merely deprecated the fur ther progress of the Bill during the present Session, un der the chcumstances. No doubt it was brought. into another place early in the Sessi,,n, hut it lay by for a long time, and many alterations were made in it in Committee of which the clergy were utterly ignorant. Now, he did not want to screen the clergy from the most rigid scrutiny into their conduct—they were li a bl e to a ll the- usual tribunals of the country? But what he wished was, that in strictly ecclesiastical matters they should be amenable to eccle siastical tribunals only. With respect to the Bill he wanted that these to be affected by it should have the same time and facilities of considering the measure that would be afforded to soap-boilers, or any other interest proposed to be affected by any measure before the House. 'I he Bill, on the motion of the Noble Lord, was ordered to be committed on that day three months. COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONSTABLES BILL. The County and District Constables' Bill was then read a third time, and several clauses were added by way of riders. Lord G. SOMERSET wished to state to the Noble Lord that on reading the first six clauses it appeared to him there was hardly a sufficient declaration, that after the Report of the Magistrates had been sanctioned by the Secretary of State that the Chief Constable should pro ceed forthwith to carry those orders into execution. He also thought there cught to be some means afforded to the Magistrates before the rules and regulations of the Secre t .ry of State were acted on, of representing such views to the Noble Lord as their local knowledge might enable them to represent ; but of course reserving to the Secretary of State the power of acting as be might think fit with regard to those suggestions. He thought it his duty to press these two suggestions on the consideration of the Noble Lord, and suggested the postponement of the measure. Mr. DARBY said that parish constables were employed in carrying summonses, and they were perhaps th e most proper persons to be employed for that purpose ; hut if this Bill passed a parish might be left without wiy con stable at all. lie also objected to the 19th clause, the object of which was to get rid of high constables. Sir C. B. VE R E said that high constables had duties to perform which could not be done by the police, and he therefore proposed that the clause be omitted. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was desirable that the Bill should be carried into effect during the present Session, but he should not object to a short delay for the purpose of con sidering thesuggestions of the Noble Lord. The question of the formation of the rules was of such importance that it was not likely the Justices would omit attending at the Ses sions for the purpose of examining them. As to the ap pointment of constables, there did seem to be some amend ment required in the Bill, for it would be inconvenient to do away entirely with the appointment of parish con stables. He agreed to the proposal of the Noble Lord to postpone the further consideration of the Bill until to-morrow, in order that opportunity might be afforded for making it as perfect as possible. The further consideration of the Bill was postponed ac cordingly ti:l to-morrow, at four o'clock. • COURTS IN COUNTIES BILL. The Courts in Counties Bill passed through Committee, and wet ordered to be reported to. morrow. The House then adjourned till Five o'Clock. CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. Mary Bealy was charged upon three indictments, charg ing her, first, with stealing on the 4th June, a 5/. no te and 41. in money. the property of the Hon. Charles Lang : - dale, her master ; on the 14th of June three 51. notes ; and on the 20th of the same month a 10/. note and seven sovereigns, the property of the same prosecutor. The pri soner pleaded guilty to all the charge s . Mary Igo was indicted for stealing a cash box, contain ing a 30/. bill and sundry gold coins, the property of W. 11. Orland, her master. She was also charged with hay ink,; been previously convict, d. She pleaded guilty, and the Court sentenced her to be transported for seven yeirs IVnt. Hooper was indicted for stealing a silk handker chief, value 45., the property of Mr. Joseph Coxland Green, from his petyn. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The Common Sergeant sentetict.d him to be transported be)cnd the seas tir tl a tt.rin of ten ye.,rs.