The Sun. — London, England, 1836-08-18 00:00:00

- PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. — India Stock 26 1 1A 3 per Cent. Red. .................. 92 10/8 115 , i D so it u t t o h ß s o Sea Stock 1 pm. par 3 per Cent. Cons.-...........- 91 -- 7.• . 3% per Cent. ....... -.. .............. Old Annuities --'‘ Ditto Red 10054% ;New Ditto -- New 3%, per Cent lOOl6 100'3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 3 per Cent .................. ... Exch. Bills, £l,OOO l2 10 pm. clank I, o ngAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto 700 l2 10 pm. J an , 5, 1800 15 13-16; j Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1850 15% ' Ditto Commercial - pm. Jan. 5. izlie !Ditto Advertised — -- is:xi. Jan. 5, 1.0 Bank Stock for Account — Ain il 5,18 A. ) 'lndia Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 —'Consols for Account Omnium pm. 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 11;Agian Bonds — Ditto Account. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto Account — Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account — Chillian Bonds — Ditto Account — I , Colombian Bond s Ditto Account — Columbian Bonds, 1.571 ..... —244 6 5 Ditto Account '5%4 Dmish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 17;9.5 — Ditto Account 31exican Bonds, 5 per cent 2O THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Accoirat Ditto New Bonds 73%y, Ditto Account 73% 4 2% 3 Ditto, 3 per cent. Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 182.1 ll2 Ditto Account ............. Ditto Metallic ............... Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1 , R34...30% 29% 30% Ditto Account 30% 09% 30% French, 5 per cent , ,„„ 4 per cent . f. — c. _3 per cent. f. —c. - Exchange r. Ditch, 2! per cent. Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent 10 4 14% Ditto Account Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account ...... . .. - Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ch e ltenham and Great Western Railway 2 , 4 N. Great ‘Vesterii Railway Company Leeds and Manchester Railway Company Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company lOO 285 Brighton Railway Company Brighton (Gibbe) Railway 1 0%, Brighton (Rennie's) Brighton (Cundy's l 2 O''4 Northern and. Eastern Railway Company Wrth Midland Railway Company: 5 6 , ,6 South Eastern Railway Company 2 3 7. 7 , '!.l Arrived. Due 0 America • 0 0 Brazil... 9 uicsktres 0 H Carthagena fl I DuHill... I Flanders 0 MAILS. • ..lArrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 1 France 0 0 Listion 1 Omni. &Jcisey 0 0 Malta 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 ii Holland 0 Jamaica 0 0 Swednn 0 , 0 Leeward Islands 1 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON lIRIDGE To-MORROW. Arurning 19 minutes after 6. I Evening 47 minutes after 6. NEW SYSTEM OF SOCIETY. Slut published, in One Vol. Bvo. price 55., THE BOOK of the NEW MORAL WORLD, containing the RATIONAL SYSTEM of SOCIETY, founded on demonstrable facts, developing the constitution and laws of Human Nature and of SocieV. By ROBERT OWEN. London : Effingham Wilson, 88, Royal Exchange. REDUCTION OF THE NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY. TO SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC. The Reduction (fthe Newspaper Stamp Diag comes into operation on THURSDAY, the Fificenth of SEPTEMBER Next, when the Subscribers of THE SUN will receive this Paper at a greatly Reduced Price. Sun Office, 112, Strand. Tie puhlication of TIIE SUN NEW PIPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. 421 .r•>. ',4 i LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 183 G The Times of this morning anticipates the sub stance of the KING'S Speech with fear and tremblinr. Our Contemporary is evidently more than half convinced that it will contain some allusion to the recent refrac tory behilviour of the House of Lords ; and acting on this impression, he reads his MAJEsTY a moral ho mily worthy of an Archbishop. He assures him, in his most condescending manner, that he is in full possession of all the virtues and all the abilities requi site in a British Monarch ; and being thus. lauishly endowed, intimates that he will, as a matter of course, make no other allusion to the hereditary branch of the Leislature, in his speech from the Throne, than sucl. as may be flattering to its patriotism and sagacity. Our Tory Contemporary will, we apprehend, be disap pointed in this expectation. His MAJESTY does not forget that he is the sworn father and guardian of his subjects ; and bearing this in mind, he is not likely to pass by with indifference the injuries they have re cently sustained at the hands of an irresponsible oli garchy. But how came the Times to anticipate such an allusion in the KING'S Speech as that which as thrown him into such convulsions ? Have ,ourt intrigue and back-stairs influence been gain at work ? Have the Tory whispers of Buck ingham Palace reached the ears of Printing- House-square ? The genius of Toryism, we know, is ever vigilant, ever on the alert, and never more so than when inhaling the atmosphere of a Court. How ever, be this as it may, His MAJESTY is not one to be scared from the path of duty by the threats of a fac tion, and still less is he to be wheedled out of it by their artful flatteries. Even the compliments of the " leading journal of Europe " will not make him waver in his purpose. He acts —as he ever has acted—on principle. " But," says our Contemporary, " the King of ENGLAND has a will of his own, and WILLIAM the FOURTH is not, likely to relinquish the constitutional discretion with which our ancestors have entrusted him." Of course he is not, and this is the ver y reason w h y we f ee l persuaded h e w ill act as becomes him on the present occasion. But how absurd is it in a Tory organ to congratu late a King of ENGLAND on having " a will of his own," when it is notorious that that despotic faction deprived their Monarchs for years and years together of a " will," or anything approaching to it ; and were foremost to insult his present MAJESTY for being the first to act according to his own innate sense of right ! Can none remember the abuse lavished by the Tories on 'WILLIAM the Fourth for having dared to exercise his " will" on the Reform Bill, in direct opposition to theirs ? Is it forgotten who publicly declared in the House of Commons, that should that measure pass, it would cease to be honourable distinction to hold office under the Crown r If the Tories have forgotten these things, the people have not ; they at least bear them fully in mind, and know right well besides, that should any allusion be made in the KING'S speech unpalatable to aristocratic ears, the faction and its organs will at once change their tune, and pelt his MAJESTY with abuse, in the same ratio that they now pelt him with flattery. Fortunately, however, we have a MowARcH, who, strong in the confidence of his subjects, can afford t o laugh to scorn the worst menaces of the Tory s qua d . None knows better than King WILLIAm, that he does not reign by the " grace," or for the exclusi ve advantage, of the House of Lords, but for the gene ral benefit of his people. He is not the head of a faction, but of an empire. If, therefore, the interests of this last require that he should formally discounte nance, from the Throne, the attempts of an oligarchy to erect itself into a despotism, our gracious Sove• reign will do so unhesitatingly. And who shall say that the necessity for checking aristocratic tyranny has not already arisen ? Consider the recent conduct of the House of Lords ! Mark well its treatment, night after night, of the many valuable measures sent up to it from the Commons. Has it not more than once commenced its discussion of such measures, by expressing a strong distrust and jealousy of the people's representative s , and acting upon this principle, set all impartial deliberation at defiance ? And is conduct like this to be endured, four years after the Reform Bill has become the law of the land ? To what purpose did we , free ourselves •frotn, the thraldom of the bor'ugh .mongers, if weVe\still to be enthralled by the ors OuretPet was 'emancipation, not the shift g Volt oneNspot of captivity to another, from a lower dungeon to an upper one. But it is impossible that this intolerant behaviour of their Lordships can be allowed to continue ; the time has arrived when it is necessary to give it a check ; and none knows this better than King WILLIAM, whom the Tories ac cordingly are endeavouring alternately to frighten and to flatter into compliance with the interests of their faction. The subject of Church-rates was mentioned in the House of Commons last night, and though but inci dentally, still in such a way as leads us to infer that the Government have seen the imprudence, and be come alive to the impolicy, of the indecisive course which they hare hitherto followed on this important question. Lord JOHN RUSSELL took the opportunity afforded by the presentation of a petition, praying for the abolition of this unjust and oppressive burden, to correct a misunderstanding of what fell from him on a former occasion, in reply to a question put by Mr. HUTT with a view to ascertain the intention of Mini sters as to Church-rates. The Noble Lord now stated that so far from having said that he was certain the measure which he should have to propose next year would be unsatisfactory to that Hon. Gentleman, and others who took an interest in the subject, he then, and now, hoped that the measure which lie had in view would be satisfactory to his Hon. Friend (Mr. Wu . ..Ks), who had presented the present petition, and to the great mass (not part, as it is in some of the reports) of those who were interested in the subject. We think we are not too sanguine when we regard this declaration of the Noble Secretary of State for the Home Department as decisive of the intention of the Government to abolish Church-rates. When we say abolish, we do not mean that the name of the thing is to be changed, and the thing itself—the real, sub stantial, conscience -violating grievance—retained, under another form. None of this hocus pocus sort of work will satisfy the Dissenters, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL knows this well. So far from satisfying them, it would, were it attempted, utterly disgust them, and alienate them for ever from the Whig Government. But it will not be attempted. When the Noble Lord says that he hopes his plan will be satis factory to the great mass of the Dissenters. that plan, we are sure, cannot be so preposterous as to propose a transference of the burden of Church- rates to the Consolidated Fund, because such a plan, when proposed by Lord ALTHOEP several years ago, was scouted by the Di s s en t ers , an d served only to get the Ministry into discredit with that numerous and powerful body. We may, therefore, confidently rely on the total and speedy abrogation of this obnoxious impost. Any thing short of this, after the statement made by Lord JOHN RUSSELL last night, we shall hold, and the Dissenters will hold, as a downright breach of faith, the consequences of which, we need hardly say, would be fatal to the existence of the present Government. In another part of The Sun will be found an inte resting report of a public dinner given to Professor WILSON at Paisley, at which his friend CAMPBELL the poet attended. This is no more than a just com pliment to one who reflects so much honour on his native town, not only as being the worthy successor, in the Chair of Moral Philosophy, of such men as DUGALD STEWART and Dr. BROWN, but as being also one the first poets and pose-writers of the age. The Paris Palms of Tuesday bring no important intelligence from Spain. The Phare de Bayonne of the 13th contains the following announcement : " A battalion of six hundred men, destined to reinforce the Foreign Legion in Spain, crossed the frontier yesterday, under Colonel Conrad, who is to command the Legion. Colonel Wilde, the English Commissioner at the head quarters of the Spanish army, arrived on the 10th at Bayonne, from St. Sebastian, where he has been for the last three months. He left us yesterday for Pamplona, whore lie will find General Saarsfield, the new Commander in-Chief. General Lebeau, who succeeded General Ber nelle, was to be at Pamplona on the 11th, where he will be met by Colonel Wilde, who is commissioned to convey to him the congratulations-of General Evans, who is still confined by illness at St. Sebastian. The Captain-General has received a report of an action on the 4th, at Campo de la Masilla, in which the Carlists, under Quilez, are stated to have been surprised, and put to flight, with the loss of eighty or a hundred killed, many wounded, a great quan tity of muskets, lances, and other arms. The Queen's troops are alleged to have had but two killed and seven wounded." It was rumoured in Paris on Tuesday that ISTURIZ had addressed a note to the French Government, for mally demanding intervention ; but that the KING was as strongly as ever opposed to the sending an army across the Pyrenees. M. THIERS declared himself willing to grant Spain an efficient co-operation. He even went so far as to send for General BUGEAUD, and to request him to prepare a plan of the campaign. The gallant officer lost not a moment in complying with the wishes of the President of the Council. A plan was prepared, and a French force of ten thousand troops of the Foreign Legion agreed upon as a first auxiliary corps by the Minister and the General. On Sunday evening a Cabinet Council was called, and the plan submitted to it. MM. THIERS and PASSY supported the plan; the KING and M. AIONTALIVET opposed it. SAUZET said nothing—thus admitting that he cared very little about the actual decision of the Council. As might be expected, the KING tri umphed, the Council broke up,' and MM. Timms and PASSY sent in their resignations, which, to the great delight of both, were not accepted. However, to soften down asperities, as well as to manifest a proper respect for the Spanish Government, LOUIS PHILIPPE has consented to support the President's plan when subjected to certain modifications which he has proposed. These will impair but not destroy its efficiency. In the mean time he has commanded Ge neral BUGEAUD to hold himself in readiness for cross ing the Spanish frontier. Such were the reports in circulation in Paris on Tuesday. How far they may be correct we cannot pretend to determine. Indeed there may not be the slightest foundation in fact for a word of them, ex- cept that a Cabinet Council was actually held on Sun day night—that some proposition was discussed upon which the President of the Council was left in a mi. nority—that in consequence he, in conjunction with one of hi s co ll eagues , sent i n hi s res i gnat i on , w hi c h resignati on t h e K ING re f use d to accept. F or t h e tru th of more than this we cannot undertake to vouch. Adviee s from Berne state that the Swiss Directory has adopted the following resolutions, which it has embodied in a decree, in consequence of the strong re- 1 monstrances made by the French Government against the protection affordea by the Federal Government to political refugees refugees and other foreigners who have " Art. 1. That the s t a lp cantons, and who have abused the asylum accorded heerty,. or the . tranquility, or compromised by proven acts thZ the neutrality of Switzerland in nir i e n e t t ernational relations, that oa, be expelled the shall, with the concurrence of the Counter to the course of justice. " Art. 2. The cantons taking knowledge of every case must provide for the execution of article:l in their respective ter ritories. They are to take measures to this effect in with the Directory. " Art. 3. The Federal Directory is to see to the faithful, prompt, and un if orm execut i on o f t h e ar ti c l es 1 an d 2. I t is . , - ------- -- - - .... to address to the cantons, in case of need, directions and in vitations to that effect. " Art. 4. If ani - Can ton neglects or refuses to expel a fo- *, t '''s X) 1 ... , tt - 'V SUN "Ai 5 I DON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1636. " Art. 6. The Directory shall give immediate knowledge o the present decree to the cantons." The following are extracts from the Frenc:l Jour. nala : We learn from Port Vendres that Mai:shal Clausel is im patiently expected there, and it is hoped he will embark on the 20th ; but we hear it is reported that he will not sail till the beginning of September, because the preparations for the expedition to Constantine will not be sooner completed. This expedition is the subject of conversation of all our officers, who think that the army in Africa will be raised to 40,000 men, in order to strike simultaneously a great blow at all points, and intimidate all the Arab tribes which have not submitted to us.—Estafette, Aug. 16. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, AUBWIT IG, Five per Cents., 108 f. 90c. 95c. 9'..!c. Four and a Half Der Cents, 101 f. 75c. l'hrie per Cents. 8 0 f. Bank Actions 2,2701. Rente de Naples, 100 f 33c. 30c. Roman Five per Cents., 10 . 42 Spanish Actives,32 31T :331,04%%. • Spanish DiWeres, 13% 14 1414. Spanish Passives, 9!4 10 10',4%, Portuguese Three per Cents. 46%. fla)tian Loan, 305 f. EXCiIANGF. ON LoNnox. One month, paper, 30c. ; money, 251. 30% Throe mouths, paper, 251'. 10e.; money, 25f. 10c. —Cour./ duth..ntiame. BOURSE, QUARTER TO Foua.—Yesterday the Three per Cents. had risen out of the. Bourse to 80f. IThc. ; but to-day at the opening of the Bourse they were done at 80f. 15c., and afterwards drop, ed to 80f. loc., sellers, which is the present price. The Spanish Active Stock opened at 324, fell to 31i, and got up to 321 sellers. I.4nsT Yates.-Five per Cents., 109 f. sc. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 15;:. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, Gueb hartis, —; Ditferes, 1.24; New Loan, —; Active:, 32; Pas sives, 101; Ducats, 100 50 ; Romans, 1021; Pedros, —; Beigian3, —; Dutch. —f. —c. ; Haytians, 385 f. —c. ; —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 24 ; Con tinuation, —c, ; New Differes, 14i-; Five per Cent. Porpe tle,les, —; Royal Loan, —. Brussels and Gennan Journals, of the latest dates; are been received. Extracts from them will be found in our columns. Politically speaking, they are alto gether unimportant. The annexed extract from a letter, dated Cracow, the 2d inst., though take❑ from a French Paper, is inserted here as a commentary upon protection afforded to that ancient Republic by the Government of Russia, Austria, and Prussia : " The following is an abstract of the note delivered to the Senate of our Republic by Messrs. Hartman, Sternberg, and Leichman, the resident Miuisters of the three protecting Powers:— " 1. The militia of Cracow should be formed of men who took no part in the Polish revolution of 1830. The com mandant and officers of this militia should have served in the army of one of the three Powers, and have obtained per. mission from his Government to enter the service of Cracow. The officers should be appointed by the Senate. The com mandant should enrol the men. The old soldiers may return into service when there exists no suspicions as to their political conduct. The military force should consist of 450 foot sol diers and 40 mounted gendarmes. " 2. The police should be in the hands of the President of the Senate, who, with the concurrence of the resident Minis ters of the protecting Powers, shall appoint the Director, but preserve the general direction of the political branch, which has not hitherto been the case. The salaries of the Director and other officers of the police should be tripled. " 3. No foreigner should be allowed to enter the territory of Cracow without having—first, a passport ; secondly, cer tificates showing that his political conduct has been inoffen sive; and, thirdly, a permission from the President, counter signed by the residents of the three Powers. Persons from the environs, having certificates from the local authorities, may be permitted to remain in Cracow for three days. The three protecting Powers will allow persons lately expelled from Cracow to apply for permission to return, or to enter the territory of one of the three Powers. The residents declare that there is nothing in this note which is a violation of the charter of the Republic, and that as soon as its terms are fulfilled the Austrian troops will evacuate the city and ter ritory of Cracow.' "The President Haller and the Senate, on receiving this note, proceeded to take the measures to carry its conditions into execution. Opposition is impossible, as force is in the hands of the three protecting Powers." DUTCH FUNDS—Amman...sr, Alio. 15 Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent. 55 5 ,, 56 Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mutt syndic, 4% per cent. 97% 98 Ditto, ditto, :1 per cent BO% SI Commercial Company, 4 , .', per c. ut 153% 181 5 4 Ditto (1532 and 1833) 5 per cent.: lOl% 101% Loan 1830, 4 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 05% Two months —Dutch Papers, Aug. 16. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNA, AUG. 8. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1352 —Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug. 13. BELGIAN F UNDS—Baussus, Atic. 13. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl% Loan of City, 18.32.4 per Cent lOO 4 Loan of Thirty Millions 95% Society of Commerce, 4% per Cent. l3B Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 124% ...Brussels Papers, Aug. 15. HAMBURG BORIEN HALLE, Am. 13. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. B9 98 X Ditto ditto 3 per cent. 74% 74% Ditto Bank Shares 1353 1351 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Anglo-Russian Loan 105% 105% Paper Inscription, 6 per cent — _ Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 74% Ditto, 3 per cent. 46 -- Dutch 2% per Cents. 55% 55% Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7374 7334 Norwegian Lean of 1834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 p er C en t s. ... Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent — Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France —. - --Hamburg Papers, Aug. Jai TIIE SPANISH EXPEDITION.—One hundred fine young recruits will leave the Dasher depot ship, off the Royal Arsenal Woolwich, for San Sebastian, on board the Glasgow steamer, on Saturday morning next. To-morrow, the men will be inspected by Colonel Wetherell, when they will have their uniforms and free kits distributed to them ; and on their arrival in the Downs, or at Portsmouth, they will have the 21. bounty-money paid to them. Each recruit enters for one or two years into the Legion, at his own option, which must be specified at the time of his enlistment. Two thousand more men are going to be raised in this country to fill up the va cancies that have occurred from deaths, sickness, and other casualties. It is expected that General de Lacy Evans will shortly return to this country to recover his health, which is much impaired from fatigue and anxiety of mind. Several officers who have served in the British army during the Penin sular war are going out on board the Glasgow steamer. A bustle was created at Hyde-park-corner yesterday before noon by the arrival through the gates of two post-chaises, with four horses to each, at intervals of half an hour. The postillions dashed through the gates of the Green-park ' • and, although hailed by the keepers (it b e i ng contrary to the rule established to allow any but the Royal carriages to pass through), they persisted, and galloped down Constitution-hill, the animals panting through exertion. We heard that they came from Portsmouth with only one person in each vehicle—King's mes sengers, said to be the bearers of important despatches for Government. The annual village feasts, or " thumps," have com menced in this neighbourhood, and the number of cheerful and happy faces which may be seen in these rustic assemblages, are a sure indication of a prosperous state of trade and domestic eomfort.,—Halifax Express. ...mr :. reiEner, whose presence a, in Switzerland the Directory may deem contrary to the first article of this present decree, the Directory has to refer the case to the Diet, whici will pro \ cPl iii, nounce,t§ de *si and , if need be, carry it into execution at the expense o he nton in default. " Art. 5. In he urse of a month after the present decree shall hav e b een a d op ed by a majority of the states, and com municated to the canton governments, the Federal Directory shall make a detailed report of its execution. This report shall be addressed to the Diet, or, if the Diet be neit'aer assem bled, nor convoked, to the cantons. The following from Trieste, dated the 3d inst., is from the Augsburg Gazette :—" We are at last free from the cholera. From the 20th to the 22d of July, the disease raged with vio lence on account of the state of the weather. On the 23d we reckoned 57 deaths, and from that day to the 296 we had from 600 to 650 cases, and 232 deaths. One of our physicians has fallen under circumstances which tend to prove the conta gion of the disease. Excessive apprehension is one of the most common causes of cholera." Extract of a letter from Naples of the 6th instant : " About ten days since the Board of Health here thought proper to exclude all steamers from Marseilles, Genoa, Leg horn, and Civita Vecchia, for no other reason, we believe, but that they came so quick they might bring the cholera without being aware of it. Strong remonstrances have however been made, which have induced them once more to open their ports to vessels of this description. Steam-boats are now admitted direct from Leghorn and Civita Vecchia to free pratique ; but if they touch or come from Marseilles or Genoa, passengers have to perform 14 days' quarantine in the Lazaretto at Pau silipo. Should, however, the accounts from Marseilles con tinue to be favourable, it is understood that the quarantine will be entirely taken off, or at least reduced to two or three days of observation. At Genoa it appears some three or four cases of cholera have taken place ; consequently the quarantine will be continued on vessels from thence." PARIS, AUG. 15. —lf we may believe a private letter from Arragon, received to-day by express, the Junta of Saragossa has sent Commissioners to Madrid, who are instructed to de clare to the Government that if the Constitution of 1812 is not adopted at Madrid, the city of Saragossa will not send Deputies to the Assembly of the Cortes, and will maintain itself completely independent of the capital and the Central Government. The correspondent adds, that at the departure of the courier, the Commissioners were already on the road to Madrid. We have received no news from Madrid nor from the theatre of war ; the only information that we have is from the journals of the frontier.—Messager. M. Guizot, we are told, wiil return to Paris to-morrow, in consequence of a special invitation. Is be recalled to reward or to reprove him for his speech ?11/essager. . _ THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning aze the French and Ostend mails, and ship letters from Quebec, Buenos Ayres, Newfoundland, and Jamaica. Buenos Ayres Papers to the Ist of June have been received, from which we extract the following : In consequence of the Fiestus, the Diario de la Tarde was not published on the 25th ; nor the Gazette Mercantile of the 26th. John Henry Mandeville, Esq., his Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, was presented to his Excellency on the 20th. The Minister delivered the following address : " Sir—ln delivering into your Excellency's hand the Royal letter, by which the King, my august master, accredits me as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, I have been strictly enjoined to assure your Excellency of the sincere regard and esteem which his Ma jesty entertains for the provinces of the Confederation ; of his satisfaction at the prosperity and tranquillity which they enjoy under their present Government; and of his earnest desire to cultivate and increase the sentiments of friendship and union which so happily exist between this country and Great Britain. It remains only for me to say, that it will be my ambition and happiness, as much as it is my duty, to promote, to the utmost of my power, the fulfilment of this his Majesty's most gra cious intention, and in all things consistent with that duty to do what may be most agreeable to the wishes of his Govern ment, and to those of your Excellency." His Excellency replied, " The Royal letter which I had the honour to receive from your Excellency, is a public testi mony of the friendship of his Majesty towards this Republic, and of his sincere wishes to maintain thereby the most perfect understanding in their relations." The death of the Marquis de Vins de Peysac, Charge d'Affaires of the Kipg of the French to this Republic, on Saturday last has produced considerable excitement in town. The Marquis was employed nearly the whole of the morn ing of Saturday, for the purpose of closing his despatches ; and other correspondence from France. The event happened after the Captain of the Soleil had embarked. A boat was however sent on board that vessel, which put on board de spatches for the Vice-Consul of France, with the melancholy news. The Marquis was upwards of 60 years of ag e , an d ap peared to enjoy the most robust health. The weather' has been seasonable, though at times cold. Exchange on London—highest price of doubloons during the week, 124 dollars; lowest, 121. The highest price of Ex change, 6i; lowest, 6 11-15ths. Rro GRANDE.—The accounts from Rio Grande are contra dictory. On the one hand, it is, said, that the forces of the Emperor will decidedly triumph over the Revolutionists; and on the other, that Bentos Gonzalves and his party would carry all before them. THE FUND/. Amongst the many reports which were circulated in the course of yesterday afternoon for stock-jobbing purposes, there is not one of them confirmed this morning, but they succeeded in causing a panic in the Foreign market, and considerably depressed the Spanish and Portuguese Securities. The for mer closed at 29 ; but on the arrival this morning of the ex press from Paris, with an improvement of 2 per cent. in the Spanish Active, the panic has abated, and Spanish has im proved to 301 ; Portuguese also, which closed at 721 73, may be quoted 732 74; Spanish Passive, 9/- 104 ; Deferred, 12/. 131; Colombian, 242 ; Mexican, 271 282 ; Dutch, 55i 56 ; Consols, 911 91k; same for money; Exchequer Bills, 10 12; India Bonds, I dis., par. ; India Stock, 2614- 262. It is stated this morning, that on the 9th inst. the Queen of Spain had sent for Arguelles to form a new Administration ; but as yet we are not able to confirm the above statement. We hear that Bills to the amount of about 8001., drawn in favour of General Evans for arrears of pay, have been pro. tested by the newly appointed Commissioners of the British Legion. PASTIIALF- ONE. Consols maintain the price of 9q- for Money ; 91.-} for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 10 12 ; India Bands, par ; Bank Stock, 213 ; India Stock, 2611. Spanish Bonds, which were buoyant in the early part of the morning at 301 31, have sinceireceded to 291--at present may be quoted 301. The report of the interference in France with Spain not being credited has had an effect on the market. Portuguese, 7s; Three per Cents, 44 ; Columbian, 25 ; Spanish Passive, 94 1 - ; Deferred, 12,1 T 1; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 56 ; Mexican, 28. It is rumoured, that not only the recruiting for the British Legion has been stopped, but that an order has been issued to disband about two hundred recruits, who are in readiness at the depot off Woolwich, which will be effected in the course of the day. Such a measure, at the present critical moment, is much to be lamented, when every nerve should be strained to maintain the efficiency of a force so essential to Spain. A private examination of the party alleged to have forged on the Bank took place this morning at the Mansion House. The Lord Mayor, after hearing evidence, remanded the party 'or further examination. The sum said to be obtained is 7,8001. No further arrivals at present from the Peninsula. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols fur the Account, NI. The late half-yearly meeting, being the sixth, of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, which took place at Birmingham 071 the sth inst., proved satisfactory to the subscribers. The receipts up to the 30th of June had amounted to 1,955,608/., the disbursements to 1,492,1001. With a balance of 463,5071., it was supposed they would he enabled to push the works vigorously. The greatest difficul ties were stated to have been surmounted in the tunnels at Kensall-green, Primrose-hill, Watford, and Kilsby, which are nearly completed. The first 21 miles from London are to be opened by next spring, and the whole is to be finished in two years from this time. DR. WILLIS AND GEORGE TILE THIRD.—A proof which he displayed not long afterwards of skill, or more properly to speak, of his empire over his patients, excited great amazement, not unmixed with alarm, as well as admiration. The King, who had not undergone the operation of shaving during more than five weeks, nor would submit to have it per formed, yet expressed nevertheless a strong desire to shave himself. Willis gratified him in his wish. " Your Majesty," said he, "is desirous to get rid of your beard. You shall have a razor given you for the purpose." He instantly put the in strument into the King's hand, who went through the process with perfect success ; Willis governing him by the eye through out the whole performance.— Wrazall's Memoirs. On Friday last Mr. David Hanbury went to Ha cheston to dine with 'his brother, Mr. 0. Hanbury. At the dinner table he sat opposite to Mrs. Hanbury, and shortly after sitting down, was observed to drop his head on one side. A slight noise was heard to proceed from his throat, and on his brother rising and going to him, he was found a lifeless corpse. A few seconds before he was conversing, and appa rently enjoying the pleasures of the dinner table. Medical aid was immediately summoned, but it was of course of no avail. Durinn. the morning Mr. Hanbury had amused him self hitting a few balls at cricket, and when he left off he com plained of a slight stiffness, which he said he expected to feel neat day.—Bury Herald. On Thursday last, at St. James's Church, in this town, a Mr. Young was married to a young lady named Mary Ann Rainbird. The fair one being unprovided with a papa to bestow her hand upon her anxious lover, the gallant clerk was asked, and readily undertook the office. During the ceremony the lady displayed a more than usual degree of maidenly trepidation; and when she came to sign the name in the registry-book, her hand was so unsteady that she was requested to wait a few minutes till she regained her compo sure. In the meantime the bridegroom walked out of the vestry, and requested the sexton to lend him as much money as would pay the fees. At this unexpected turn of affairs the grave man looked graver still ; and to all solicitations he re mained as inexorable as death. The minister smiled ; but the clerk looked blue—the conjugal fetters were rivetted, and I could not be undone.—Bury Herald. MARRIAGES.—The number of marriages solem nized at St. George's, Hanover-square, in 1835, was 896, of which 577 were by banns, and 219 by license. At the colle giate church, Manchester, in the same year, the number was 3,328, of which 3,030 were by banns, and 298 by license ; in the two parish churches in which marriages are solemnized, the number was 685—by banns, 529, and by license, 156. The number at St. Philip's, Birmingham, was 419, of which 387 were by banns, and 32 by license. The•provincial papers received yesterday all agr ee in stating that there will be an excellent harvest, and that the corn saved is of prime quality. There has been a scarcity of hands, but several have been provided from the workhouses. In several districts women were employed as reapers, and per formed their task with great expertness. A private letter from Milan, of the sth inst., says-- , 4 The daily number of cholera cases, which was never more than 73, and deaths, which never exceeded 38, has been for these many days past gradually diminishing, so that the number of deaths do not surpass 9. Some surprise was created by the violent eruption of the disease, on the 2d inst., in the hospital for old people, called the Pio Albergo Trivulzio, where almos t a tenth of the inmates of both se xes were a tt ac k e d. B y t h e regulations of this institution, no man can enter younger than 70. The ready and watchf u l cares o f t h e G overnment suc ceeded in preventing the disease from spreading, and in the succeeding days the new cases did not exceed 6 daily, although there are more than 400 infirm patients in the hospital. The news from the provinces arc also more satssfactory. In Bres cia the disease is almost entirely eradicated ; for some days there was neither a single new case nor any death. The same may be said of the towns of Bergamo, Lodi, and Mantua. One can hardly now say that Pavia has been visited by this dreadful epidemic; within 20 days at least there have been ony nine cases. In Vattellina the disease showed itself with some vio. lence only in the small territory of Talamonia ; in other place s , including Sandrio, w h ere t h e P rov i nc i al Delegation resides, the cases were limited to a very small number. At Chia venna, where, according to what has been stated by the Frank fort Journal, on th e 2 8t h u l t., one wou ld believe there had been at least 200 fatal cases in a few days ; but, according to recent and positive information, I can frankly assert that in that country, which is of great commercial importance, there has not yet been a s i ng l e case of cholera. This is another ar gument for placing no faith in the exaggerated reports which are spread about the prevalent disease. The Lake of Como has been this year very little frequented, on account of the panic caused by the daily occurrence of a few cases in Como. The effects of thi s pan i c are most strange ; in proof of which I will content myself with barely mentioning the following fact, out of many others which have happened :—ln the com mune of M---, a young man of 17 was so terrified that, to avoid the disease, he adopted the resource of hanging himself, and was with difficulty brought back to life. You may rely on this j being authentic."—Galignanes Messenger. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Amelia Shepherd, aged 22, was indicted with unlawfully concealing the birth of her infant female child on the 2d of July last. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been in the employ of a gentleman named Terry, residing at Islington for upwards of two years. Latterly Mr. Terry thought she was pregnant, but the prisoner positively denied it. On the 2d of July, the prisoner complained of a sick head ache ; shortly afterwards she was discovered in the water closet. On Mr. Terry discovering her there, the prisoner said she was ill. Mr. Terry replied, this is a curious place to re main in then, and desired her to go up stairs, and he would send for a surgeon. The prisoner said if she did, she would not see him. A surgeon of the name of Harley was sent for, and upon examination he discovered that the prisoner had been lately delivered of a child which was subsequently discovered in the soil of the water closet, but without any marks of vio lence upon it. On searching the prisoner's boxes, no baby linen was found ready made, but a great deal of new calico was discovered, which doubtless was intended for the purpose of making linen for the child of which she was pregnant. Mr. CLaaxsoN addressed the jury for the prisoner, contend ing that the only inference that could be drawn from all that had taken place was, that the prisoner was totally unaware that she was about to give birth to a child at so early a period. Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up, and The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly recom mended her to mercy. Charles Cook, aged 19, a sailor, was indicted for forging and writing an order for the payment of 3/. los., with intent to defraud Michael Henry Hart. On the 25th of July the prisoner came to the shop of the proseentor, who is a sales man, residing in Ratcliffe Highway, and represented himself as the second officer on board the Tobago ; that he had an order from the Captain of that vessel, a gentleman named Ball, for 31. 10s., a month's pay in advance, and he wished to have the outfit, if the prosecutor would change the order. The prosecutor, not knowing the prisoner, refused to do so at the time, but subsequently, on his bringing a person named Dalton, who stated him to be respectable, the prosecutor allowed him to have several articles, to the amount of upwards of 2/., and gave him the difference in cash. The order was subsequently discovered to be a forgery, and the prisoner never to have been on board, or had any connection with the Tobago. The prisoner put in a written defence, in which he stated that he had entered into an arrangement with Mr. Dalton, who undertook to settle the matter with the prosecutor, which he thought had been done. Mr. Justice WILLIAms summed up, and The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Charles Watson, a rather respectable looking young man, was indicted with robbing, on the 28th July, a gentleman, named Burke, of his purse, containing 9/. 17s. 6d., at the Hay market Theatre. From the statements of the prosecutor it appeared, that on the evening in question he was in the dress circle at the Hay_ market Theatre, where he was robbed, of his purse. An officer, who took the prisoner in custody, discovered a purse upon him, containing six sovereigns and some silver. Mr. Burke, the prosecutor, identified the purse as the one he had lost. The prisoner (who, according to the statement of the officer, was a regular frequenter of the theatre), in his defence, said that he had been in possession of the purse about twelve months ; that he laid it by for some time, but took to wear it again about three months ago. The money was his own. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner was again indicted for robbing a gentleman of the name of Chambers of his purse and fourteen sovereigns, on the 2d of August. Green, the check-taker of the theatre, saw the prisoner take the purse from the prosecutor, through one of the glass win dows at the back of the boxes. The jury found the prisoner guilty also upon this indictment, NEW COURT. Nothing of any interest occurred in this Court this morning, HANOVER, AUG. 9.----In the country we see cheer ful countenancees. The harvest is good, and the price of corn is rising. Wheat is in demand for exportation from Bremen to America. The crop of wheat is the best of all. Rye was here and there rather thin, the barley injured by the mildew ; and the crop of hay was the worst, in consequence of the cold and dry weather. Potatoes promise to prove a most abundant crop.— German Paper. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 29.—Ferick Aclirned Pacha, the Ottoman Ambassador to the Imperial Austrian Court, sailed on the 21st, for Trieste, on board the frigate Tariri. Bahri Emerie Effendi, the principal Secretary to the Legation, with part of the ambassador's baggage, goes to Vienna by way of Semlin. The Austrian Vice-Admiral, Count Dandobo, who has been detained in the Dardanelles by contrary winds, has, since the 13th of this month, arrived this morning on board the Venere frigate off Kum-Kapar, near the Seven Towers, where he waits for a favourable wind to pro ceed to Bujukden. —German Paper. BRUSSELS, AUG. 14.—His Majesty returned to Lacken from the camp at Bureahloo, on Saturday evening. Accounts from the camp of Bureahloo, dated yes terday (the 14th), inform us, that on the preceding day it had been announced to the army, in the Order of the Day, that the King of Naples and the Prince of Salerno would arrive at the camp. It is said that the Princes are expected at the be g inning of next week..—Brussels Paper. The Minister of Finance informs the public, that Messrs. Rothschild, Brothers, are commissioned to pay, at London and Paris, the interest of the loan of thirty millions of francs, issued at 4 per cent., on the 26th July last, which in terest, according to Art. 3 of the Royal Decree of the same month, may be applied for in'those two cities on the Ist of July every year. —Brussels Paper. SHEFFIELD FILE TRADE.—Mr. Andrews, As sistant Overseer, stated to the Magistrates that he had re ceived information from the master file-makers in Sheffield, that the different parishes in England might send as many boys as they thought fit, as apprentices to the file-making trade. This order, it appears, has originated out of a late turn-out of the journeymen file-makers ; and as there appears no likelihood of any adjustment of the dispute being effected, the masters have resolved to take a number of boys. —Sheffield Paper. PERTH.—A considerable sensation was created in the " Fair City" last Friday, by the Arrival of Earl Spencer, better known to our readers as Lord Althorp, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and leader of the House of Commons during the Grey Administration. His Lordship had come to Dundee that morning by the Forfarshire steamer from Hull, and in tending to pay a visit to Lord Lynedoch, he arrived at the Salutation Hotel hereabout two in the afternoon. The Noble Earl was met by Lord Lynedoch and Mr. Graham. After walking from the inn to the post-office, where he made some purchases, his Lordship proceeded in his Noble Friend's car riage to Lynedoch Cottage. His Lordship remained at Lyne doch till Tuesday, when he left for Brechin Castle, the seat of Lord Panmure. The subscription to the monument of the late M. Carrel, of the National, by the last report amounts to 8,674 f., or about 3474 BIRTHDAY OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—Yes terday was the birthday of the Duchess of Kent, when her Royal Highness entered her 51st year. At an early hour the Royal standard was hoisted on the tower of Kensington old church, and the morning was ushered in by a merry peal. At five o'clock her Royal Highness's tradespeople dined to gether at the King's Arms Tavern, and in the evening the High-street was one blaze of light, nearly every house being illuminated. The houses of her Royal Highness's town trades people were also illuminated. Four young ladies, students in the female depart ment of Missisippi College, having recently completed their studies, have been hono ure d w i t h t h e d egree o f G ra d uate. Colonel St. Just, the Military Governor of Malaga, who lately lost his life in the riots at that place, was nephew of St. Just, of the French Convention. The New York papers mention that Miss Frances Wright had been mobbed at Philadelphia, for attempting to deliver a lecture against the State Bank on a Sunday. A pauper, who died last week at Brinstead, in the Isle of Wight, was found to have hoarded up no less than 7001. in hard cash, while professing to undergo all kinds of privations. Shakspeare's plays are in course of translation into the Dutch language in blank verse. Macbeth and The Tem pest have been translated by Mijn Hoer Moulin, and he is now engaged upon Othello. POTATOE BEER.—M. Balling, professor of che mistry at Prague, has succeeded in making an excellent beer from potatoes. It is the colour of wine, is very strong, and very agreeable to the taste. CONFIRMATION OF THE BISHOP OF ELY.—Dr. Allen, the late Bishop of Bristol, was confirmed, at twelve o'clock yesterday, at Bow Church, Bishop of Ely. The obelisk of Luxor is to be moved by means of an apparatus worked by four capstans ; it is to be advanced in a straight line to where it will meet the axis of the place. There it will be received upon a turning platform, which will place it in the direction to be followed by it, until it arrives at the pedestal. These operations are conducted by M. Lebas. —Paris Paper. An Englishman, Mr. made a bet of 100 f. with a fellow-countryman, Mr. T--t, that he would make the complete tour on foot of Brussels, where they both re sided, in 45 minutes. The distance is 8,000 metres, or 8,750 yards. He accomplished his task on Friday in 42 minutes, but was so exhausted that his life is in danger.—French Paper. The Memorial de l' Allier states, that at the begin ning of this month, as a man was felling a tree in the forest of Pomay, near Moulins, he saw something glitter in the trunk, which he at first took for a snake, but, on nearer examination, found it to he a gold snuff- box. He took it to the Procureur du Roi, and on inquiry it was found that the box had been stolen a dozen years ago, with a considerable sum of money, from M. Villefort, an avoue at Moulins. The robber had been condemned for the offence, and died at the hulks several years ago. A reward of 1001. is now offered to any person or persons who can give information, by which the mysterious murder of John Finn, labourer, of Moulton (whose body has not yet been discovered), may be brought to light. Fifty pounds is offered by Government, and the other fifty by the parish.-- Boston Herald of Tuesday. At the last sitting of the Academy of Sciences M. Arago announced that a celebrated Danish watchmaker had invented a watch which at the end of the day indicates the mean temperature of the 24 hours, SHIPPING.-(TTIIS DAY.) FROM 'S.) DEAL AUGUST 18 ( LLOYD .—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived and pro ceeded DEAL, the River, the Larkins, Ingram, from Calcutta- - sailed on the 6th o f A pr il , and St. Helena on the 22d of June; and Rival, Briscoe, from Jamaica. Arrived from the River, and remain, the General Palmer, Dunn, for Calcutta: Thetis, Gill, for Si erra L eone ; Fairlie, Ager, for the Cape o f Good Hope ; and Eclipse, Fisher, for Mauritius. Com e down from the River, and sailed, the Limerick Lass, fioakt for Limerick; and Ariel, Carter, for Limerick. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 18..—. Wind N., fine.—No arrivals or sailings. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 17.—Wind N. E.—Arrived his MS' jesty's steamer Columbia, from Jamaica ; and City of Lillie' rick, —, from Bordeaux. Off port the Caroline, Gregory' for Quebec. No sailings. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 17.—Wind variable, light breezes..." No arrivals or sailings. MARGATE, AUGUST 18.—Arrived off the Dart, Detchato , from Cadiz. C.OWES, AUG. 18.--Arrived the Union, Alson, from Buenos Ayres; and Delta, Farlie, and Sun, Hood, from Havannah. GUERNSEY, Alio. 16.—Arrived the Griffin, Cook, from Dantzie. NEWPORT, AUG. 18.—Arrived the Bensley, Nixley, from Memel. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 17.—Arrived the Jessie, Grunn, from Quebec; Mariste, Storey, from Charente ; Enterprise, Hat ris, from Petersburg ; and Sophia, Rysel, from Narva. DUBLIN, AUG. 16.—Arrived the Dora, Bell, from London. CORK, Ave. 16.—Arrived the Emerald, B uc k, from London. The Hannah Moore, Moore, from Tobasco to Liverpool, was totally lost on the 13th May at Tobasco. SAFETY COACH. --This coach is of the ordinary size, and the point of suspension instead of being placed below the centre of gravity, as is usual, is fixed considerably above it. Whenever, therefore, the inequalities of the road elevate the wheel on one side, the body of the carriage oscillates, and in stantly assumes the same vertical position which it had on the plainest surface. —Hull Express. THE BISHOP OF DURHAM.—The Right Rev. Dr. Maltby, the new Bishop of Durham, accompanied by his family, arrived at Auckland Castle on Monday afternoon. On approaching Bishop Auckland, the Rev. Prelate was met by a large concourse of persons in carriages and on horse back, who paid him the respect of escorting him to the splen did seat of the see of Durham. After the usual ceremony of presenting a Falchion by the owners of Pollard's Lands bad been gone through in the vestibule of the Palace, his Lord ship turned round, and addressing the company assembled , returned them his thanks for the warm and hearty welcome with which he had been received ; and he hoped he should live on terms of the best neighbourhood and good feeling with those who had honoured his arrival with their presence. The venerable Castle of Durham, one of the ancient seats of the Bishops of Durham, having been appropriated by Act of Par liament to the purposes of the University of Durham, is about to be stripped of its greatness, and its interesting contente sold by auc ti on . Th e cas tl e was b u i lt during the reign o f William the Conqueror, and within its walls the former Bishops of Durham held their Courts with almost regal poreP and sway. —Newcastle Journal. The Journeymen Printers, anticipating a gre at de mand for hands, on the reduction of the newspaper stamp dutY• from the new papers which are expected to start in conse quence of that measure, have been taking steps to turn that event to their advantage, by agreeing to resolutions for the future regulation of the trade, the direct tendency of which l° to raise the price of labour in the market, and to increase the cost of printing generally, and of newspapers particularly. The resolutions to which we allude were agreed to at a meet ing of Delegates, summoned by the Committee of Manage ment of the Northern Typographical Union, held at Man chester, on the 27th of June, for the purpose of " taking into consideration a variety of subjects affecting, in the highest de' gree, the interests of their Honourable Profession." The Delegates amounted to thirty-two, comprising journeymen from the principal towns in the North of England. —Liverpool Albion. On Wednesday an attempt was made by Mrg• Graham to ascend in a balloon from the Cricket-ground , Leicester. The process of inflation commenced about two o'clock, and was completed about six. The car was then at tached, and Mrs. Graham entered it. At seven the cord was cut, and the balloon rose. Unfortunately, in crossing Wharf street, the net which surrounds the silk became entangled with a chimney, the car at the same time striking a spent , which protruded. The balloon rolled about, the bricks and chimney -pots became loosened, and a large rent was made in the silk. The car too was greatly tossed about, and Mrs. Graham was in imminent peril. She was at length taken in at a window by Lieutenant Freer and Mr. Macauley. Not withstanding her recent danger, Mrs. Graham has announced: her intention of making another ascent so soon as the neces sary arrangements can be completed. —Northampton Mercury. THUNDER STORM.—Sunday morning the metro polis and its suburbs was visited by a dreadful thunder storm, which extended not only over London, but for many miles in south-easterly direction. For upwards of an hour the rain fell in torrents, and overflowed the low lands to a great extent. In some parts of the metropolis the streets were under water for a considerable time, owing to the drains and sewers being chocked up, and where they were in a defective state great mischief was done. The thunder and lightning was awfully, grand, peal upon peal, and flash upon flash, followed in rapid succession, and a few minutes before eight o'clock an unuse ally loud clap of thunder was heard, which seemed to procee ci A from t owar d s B lackheath, and continued for some time. boy passing over the heath, was at the same moment killed by the lightni ng , which we are informed struck a tree in the vicinity and shattered it to pieces. The electric fluid. wen t over Rotherhithe, where many persons were greatly alarmed, and entering the top of the George public-house, pear the Commercial- roa d, d estroye d part of the roof, passed through several rooms, and went out of the side, doing considerabl e damage in its progress, and striking a girl, whose arm We s so severely scorched that it is feared she will never recover, the use of it. M r . Wickers, an elderly m an , th e l an dl or d or the King's Arms, a water-side public-house in Mill-wall' Poplar, was stan di ng at hi s w i n d ow watering some plants an d flowers during the storm, and was knocked backwards by th e force of the lightning, which, however, did not enter the mom' He was for some time insensible, and it was several hours be' • fore he entirely recovered from the effects of this awful visits' tion. The electric fluid appeared to spread itself in all direc tions, and struck the mast of a sailing-barge proceeding down the river, and shivered it and the sail to a thousand pieces. The man at the helm was knocked overboard by the s hock, but he was immediately picked up by his mates, who wer e quite overcome with terror, and the noise of the thunder, which resembled the firing of a park of artillery. The violence of the storm abated soon after eight o'clock, but the rain con tinued falling heavily until eleven o'clock. Some other ace l ; dents, but not attended with serious consequences, o ccurre; during the storm ; and the st eamers , generally so much crowded on Sunday mornings during the summer m onths , were quite deserted in consequence. AWFUL THUNDER STORM.--We are not awar e that this island (Man) was ever visited by so severe a storm of thunder, lightning, and rain as on Wednesday evening last. It comm ence d a b out six o'clock, and continued till nearly 12. At Laxey, five miners named John Henry, J am es 10 . ; binson, Isaac M oore, James ' Henry, a n d J o h n K e ll y ( t he 6 7, having large f am ili es, and Moore a wife and child) met wit h an untimely death in consequence of the Laxey river bell; so much swoll en t h at i t b roke over its banks, and descend with such fearful rapidity into the lead mines at that place' that the men w h o h a d on l y just gone into the mines for tl.l night wer e una bl e to extr i cate themselves, and unfortunate l perished. The mines are completely filled with water. 14 , 8 the awful vi s it a ti on ta k en p l ace half an hour earlier, the ee: struction of human life would have been calamitous, as about 40 men had about that time left the works for the night. Two. horses, grazi ng on t h e estate of Tromode, about two rim e, from Douglas were struck lifeless by the electric fluid. The house of M r . Corkill, on the Gree n , C as tl e t own , was strut by the lightning, which tore down part of the gable, and se terrified the servant ma id t h at not the least hope rema i ns e , her recovery. Great quantities of hay have been wathce away by the rain, as also some cattle and sheep.—Correspon dent of the Cork Herald. TAXES.—WhiIe the country feels deeply the weigh . of some very heavy taxes, such as the window duties, stamp duties, many of which, besides that they are uneclut and unjust, are altogether exorbitant, the duties on insuran c. 7. and othe r v e ry h eavy d ut i es on consumable articles in ve r general use, suc h as tea an d sugar, the whole attention o f eu i r s , financiers se ems t o b e di recte d to t h e d ut i es on trivial art i c les' which nobody k nows or cares any t hi ng a b out, except, P e haps, th ose w h o d ea l i n t h em , an d w h o are always readY te raise an interested clamour in their own favour. Who with have ever thought, for example, in a country oppressed w ai, heavy taxes, of reducing the tax on castor oil and on 0 1 1111 ,,, n t..,7 or even on pepper ? Of what moment is it to the commu nity whether the duties on such articles are high or low ? f ever complained of the high price of opium or of castor 0 ' d, And there are certain fine woods, such as ce d ar and rose mnii es on which it is proposed to lower th e t axes ; but these V.'!" are in general extremely light. L e t any one calculate. t!e - a proportion which the duty bears t o the price of a finely 'Bnish ) , rosewood table, and he will s ee at once how i.,neusui l !,,, e . trifling these duties are, and how little they affe the P rl- 0 ... Of how little consequence, to o , to t h e comfort of the ce ln—, t nity at large, is the article o f currants—and of what mom en is it whether the price be Bd. or 10d. per pound ? Ye t r (' — P. Thompson confesses that lie has lo st 13 0 , 000 1. by t"" ‘) duction of this duty, w hi c h i s of so little importance that 6 , one either knows or cares about its amount. What an In. nitely greater b ene fi t would have been conferred on the r' e o f munity by the r e d uct i on of the duties on stamp receipts, t half the d u t y on fire insurances, whi c h p ro d uce r 3 ? re l. 600,0001. or 70 0,000/. a-year, and which could hay e bee fected with little or perhaps no greater loss of re ;venue .00. has be en occasioned by the reduction of the duty on eurr a —Edinburgh Courant. e de Two d a y s ago the tenant of a h ouse in the In" t he Bonne Nouvelle was about to draw a bucket of ,eater from t he well, when he heard the groans of a persons issuing fro e d bottom. Assistance was called, and a young man entATi t he by an upholsterer determined to go down r.ncl ascertar o t he cause. H e , a ft er some diffi cu l ty, succee d e d i n bringing ~„ho, brink a young woman named Amelie Aire, aged only 20/ an d from the resuscitating means taken, was restored t o life, se lf acknowledged that she had made an attempt to desixoy w ho in consequence of the marriage to another of a you - ogins " had engaged her affections.—Paris Paper.