The Sun. — London, England, 1832-08-01 00:00:00

Eliezer the Simple," is a splendid tale, full of Oriental imagery, strange adventures, and high wrought eloquence of diction. Judging from internal evidence, we should say that it was from th e pen of the Rev. G. Croly. There are numerous touches in it that remind us of the " Angel of the World." The notice of " Cha teaubriand" is clever, but too laudatory. It is monstrous to put this writer on a level with Sir Walter Scott. " Upper Canada" is a dry, statistic account of a useful, but heavy book. ME TR OP OLITAN. Mr. Moore contributessome pleasing verses on the " Poet Crabbe's Inkstand," in which he makes a graceful allusion to a dispute that has lately taken place between himself and Thomas Campbell. The squabbles of poets are prover bial. Like lovers, they are always quarrelling. " The Life and Writings of Sir James Mackin tosh" is tame: and jejune. Mr. Campbell led us to suppose, at the outset of this essay, that he would throw some new light on the intellectual character of the great historian and rhetorician, but he has not kept his word. On the " Naval Architecture of Great Britian" is an article wholly of a practical character. It may be po pular in the dock-yard, but not, we fear, with readers in general. " Foreign Policy" is the production of a man of observation and foresight. It is penned in the best possible spirit. The following is a fair sketch of the power and re sources of Russia : "In forming a judgment of this power, we are too prone to consider her in connexien with her territorial super fines, and to connect the downfall of Napoleon and his vast force with her puissance. This is erroneous. Vastness of territory with a scattered population, is weakness . rather than s t rength. Napoleon fell before the snows of her in clement climate, within which we grant her invincibility. While th ere, however, her power of m i sc hi e f is circum scribed. Both against Turkey and Poland, Russia exhi bited any thing but predominant strength. Her losses were prodi g i ous, and the contest was protracted, considering the means she possesse d , i n a manner t h a t s h o w e d the giant not yet come to full stature. 'What a century more may de towards making her the arbiter and absolute dictator to the rest of Europe, as some expect her to be very speedily, we can know nothing. Time may raise up ob stacles to stay her career. At present, any attempt by her single-banded upon Prussia or Austria, much less France, show that the universal reign of the modern Scythian is not yet to be. The combats of Warsaw are Proof of her actual feebleness ; as the cruelties and crimes perpetrated upon the Poles are tests of her incivilization. K nowledge and civilization must be the associates of those who achieve modern univer•al conquest. Russia has these t o, .attain. Th e att i tude f or E ng l an d to ex hibi t towar d s tills Power, is firmness ; civil friends let us he, but we should repudiate her alliance. The more we stand aloof from alliances, the better; especially with states which in modern times offer no parallel in oppression or cruelty, unles s We go to N ew Zealan d , w h ere t h ey fi rst roast an d then eat their enem i es . Th at t h e crue l t i es pract i se d b y t h e Russians in P o l an d cou ld h e w it nesse d by surroun di ng stat es untnoved, i s a proo f o f t h e i r deficiency in moral cou rage' no leis than in humanity. Like birds of prey, the European rulers pounce upon weak and petty States on every idle occasion; but when a carrion vulture strikes at the principle of their own existence, they quail before the Wings th ey m i g ht c li p by an ener getic e ff o rt_ Th e y know that brute power is their only support ; they feel their disunion from the nailliens of brave hearts whom t hey govern, and whom the sacrifice of a portion of their fe udal prejudices would enable them to rely upon in time of difficulty, better than on each other ; but they have no s Ympathy with their people, whom they fear, no common cause but with those for whose turp , tur!e they blush when t hey feel as men. Austria 'would ask no vengeance beyond scaffold for the leader, and a dungeon for the less active a mong Italians attempting to break their chains. A deci mation o f t h e peop l e, a suppress i on o f the i r native tongue, 1i living oblivion even to the names of tens of thousands of individu a l s, an open breach of the faith on which security Was guaranteed, Austria would not have bad the inhuma nity to Leopold, and even Metternich, would shudder at adopting useless cruelties, which Nicholas blas- P h eMously ch an ts T e D eum f or b e i ng ena bl e d to comm i t. Every aspect in which w e v i ew R uss i a , strengt h ens our hope in Napoleon's prophecy respecting her, and makes us wish that the snows of Heaven had permitted him to scatter her ill-combined members to the winds before his ow it ambition pulled him down. It is consoling that an ar my of a million of slaves upon the mu s t er ro ll, cannot be made a million in activity. Paskevitch proceeds to ex ecute the orders of Nichol is upon the system of extermina tmn which the Russian Court has adopted, and be is a s wo rthy instr ument ; t h e R ussian h ero and the savage are Pionitnuus terms. Ev er y ma il b r i ngs f res h accounts o f s the horrors perpetrated by this wretch. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL Contains among other Papers, of more or less interest, one of a highly entertaining cha racter, under the title of " Sketches of the War of the French in Spain in the year 1823." This was the campaign which was so valorously com menced and brought to a close (such as it was) by that paragon of warriors, Prince Hilt, now meditating in retirement on his past achievements at Holyrood Palace. There are many curious incidents related in this " Sketch," which at some leisure day we may be tempted to extract. At present, space and time forbid. TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. If tact, diligence, and a manly uncompro rinsing tone in politics, be the way to ensure Popularity, then does this clever periodical stand every chance. In the editorial department, the greatest pains-taking is visible ; all the articles are brought within a reasonable compass, and no ne are out of place or season. Mr. Tait ( 'nirabile dicta) has acted up to the spirit of his ll 'anifesto, or protocol, or prospectus, or whatever ot her alias he may please to give his introduc tory address to the public. " The Family of the e el(' Feet" is a tale in Banim's best and m ost forcibl e s tyl e . " Parliamentary Candi dates" sug ges t s some s h rew d hi n t s o n a point Justb .now of all-en gross i ng int eres t. " Louis of France" forms the shrewdest estimate e have yet seen of this incompetent monarch's Public character. The writer observes, with !eat truth, that the citizen King is a greater ` l, l ,. emy of lib erty t h an even Charles the Tenth. ve have n o space for extracts. • FRAZER'S MAGAZINE. The first article, entitled " Recollections of a G entlewoman," contains some curious character 14ic anecdotes of Madame du Barri, well known 48 the mistress of Louis XV., d ur i ng her brief a f t aY in L on d on , p rev i ous ly t o h er fi nal departure 01. Paris, where she was proscribed, and fell u nder the axe of the executioner. The anecdotes the penn e d i n that l i ght, m i nute goss i ping spirit 4 which the French memoir writers so excel, 4 4 in which our national literature is unhap ti P : 11 Y so deficient. " The Schoolmaster ' s Expe- Nce i n Newgatc" i s full of important truths, 4 / Ivt it i cannot but do great public good. " All-in he-ees, or Fancy I s l es ," is a rambling, inco i i l 4e nt allegorical sketch, o f which it is impossi- I t to make either head or tail. " Mary of ll t ees ; a Tale of the Scotch Highlands," is M k i ti e . old sentimental school, mawkish and lack lea') without aim or character. It affects ~r the descriptive, but not successfully. " Ro mantic Poetry of Spain," contains some graceful and spirited translations of some of the old national ballads of a country, dear to the heart of all lovers of romance and chivalry. " Eli zabeth Brownrigge," is a capital quiz upon Mr. Bulvver's novel of " Eugene Aram." It is so lively and good-natured, that the author of " Pelham" cannot possibly be offended with it. The remaining articles are of the usual average in point of merit. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. " Asmodius at large" is this month better than ever. The tale of Kosem Kesamim is full of fancy, and inculcates an elevated moral. It is far superior to the ordinary run of tales of fic tion. " Journal of Conversations with Lord Byron" improve as we become more acquainted with them. They contain many sensible, deli cate touches, which only a female mind could adequately pourtray. Lady Blessington is a nice observer, more so, perhaps, than Lord Byron would have liked had he been aware she was likely to give a full length of him. She subjoins some btanzas (hitherto we believe un published) addressed by Lord Byron to his w if e . They are stern and rugged, but full of feeling. "TO * * * * * " And thou wert sad—yet I was not with thee; And thou wert sick, and yet I was not near ; Methought that joy and health alone could be 'Where I was not—and pain and sorrow here! And is it thus ?—it is as I foretold, And shall be more so; for the mind recoils Upon itself, and the wreck'd heart lies cold, While heaviness collects the shatter'd spoils. It is not in the storm nor in the strife We feel benumb'd, and Wish to be no more, But in the after-silence on the shore, When all is lost, except a little life. " I am too well avenged !—but 'twas my right ; Whate'er my sins might be, thou wert not sent To be the Nemesis who should requite— Nor did Heaven choose so near an instrument. " Mercy is for the merciful!—if thou Hast been of such, 'twill be accorded now. Thy nights are banish'd from the realms of sleep : Yes: they may flatter thee, but thou shalt feel A hollow agony which will not heal, For thou art pillow'd on a curse too deep; Thou hast sown in my sorrow, and must reap The bitter harvest in a woe as real! I have had many foes, but none like thee; For 'gainst the rest myself I could defend, And be avenged, or turn them into friend; But thou in safe implacability Hadst nought to dread—in thy own weakness shielded, And in my love, which hath but too much yielded, And spared, for thy sake, some I should not spare— And thus upon the world—trust in thy truth— And the wild fame of my ungovern'd youth— On things that were not, and on things that are— Even upon such a basis hast thou built A monument, whose cement bath been guilt: The moral Clytemnestra of thy lord, And hew'd down, with an unsuspected sword, Fame, peace, and hope—and all the better life Which, but for this cold treason of thy heart, Might still have risen from out the grave of strife, And found a nobler duty than to part. But of thy virtues didst thou make a vice, Trafficking with them in a purpose cold, For present anger, and for future gold— And buying other's grief at any price. And thus once entered into crooked ways, The early Truth, which was thy proper praise, Did not still walk beside thee—but at times, And with a breast unknowing its own crimes, Deceit, averments incompatible, Equivocations, and the thoughts which dwell In Janus-spirits—the significant eye Which learns to lie with silence—the pretext Of Prudence, with advantages annex'd— The acquiescence in all things which tend, No matter how, to the desired end— All found a place in thy philosophy. The means were worthy, and the end is won— I would not do by thee as thou bast done!" BRITISH MA GAZINE. A work wholly devoted to ecclesiastical mat ters, which, we may add, are well selected and arranged. The cursory notices of new works are judiciously, and even pointedly, written. LA TV MA GAZINE. There is a brief, amusing memorial of Sir J. Mackintosh in this number, one or two anecdotes of which we subjoin, as they are probably new to our readers. In other respects, the work af fords few or no opportunies for extract : " Nothing could exceed the attention with which the lectures were listened to by a numerous auditory, chiefly consisting of students of the different Inns of Court. On one of these occasions a singular circumstance occurred. Mackintosh had taken his station at the table, and we were all expecting him to address us, when sudddenly a letter was put into his hands, by the perusal of which he was visibly much agitated. Well, indeed, he might be, for it announced to him an addition of three children to his already numerous family. He instantly m ode a hurried apology for postponing the lecture. The children died shortly afterwards. "It was about this period that a coolness commenced between Mackintosh and his friend Parr. The doctor, a staunch and zealous Foxite, was highly indignant at the conduct on the part of S:r Jame', which had led to the pa tronage of Mr. Pitt, through whose influence with Lord Sidmouth (then prime minister) he obtained the Recorder ship of Bombay. The attention of the public had recently been drawn to the trials of Arthur O'Connor and others, at Maidstone, for high treason, which were the occlsion of a celebrated repartee of Parr, of which the following i s an accurate account :—ln a conversation, at which several persons were present, Mackintosh, who hail strongly re probated the conduct of Quigley, an Irish Catholic priest, who was convicted and executed, was several times inter rupted by Parr's saying emphatically, in the intervals of smoking, "He might have been wore." At length he called on the doctor to explain how Quickly could have been worse. This was exactly what Parr wanted. Ac cordingly, having laid down his pipe with deliberate com posure, he replied, " I'll tell you, Jemmy, Quigley was au Irishman ; he might hare been a Scotchman,— he was a priest ; he might hare been a lawyer,—lie was a traitor ; lie might hare been an apostate."l' he doctor then exultingly resumed his pipe amidst a roar of applause at this unexpected sally." EDWARDS' S BOTANICAL REGISTER ; OR ORNA3LENTAL FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. CONTINUED BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY. We, as u sua l, i n t en d mere l y to state, as con cisely as possible, the contents of this beautiful and interesting work—but, before doing so, we feel compelled to extract a few just remarks made by this learned Editor, which, we trust, will re ceive due attention in quarters it would be need less to particularize. The article which calls them forth is the description of a beautiful Dille vynia—a green- house plant, from New Holland— the genus of which is obliged to remain i n un certainty, and, unfortunately for science, with lit tle likelihood of being cleared up " by those whose laziness prevents their completing a task for which they have, nearly thirty years since, been furnished with materials by the liberality of the British Government. It is time that this were looked to ; and we heartily wish that some enterprisin g young naturalist would convert to useful purpose the rich stores of information re garding New-Holland vegetation, procured at the national expense, and now open to all inqui rers, which are lying unemployed at the British Museum, to the disgrace of the keeper, and to the detriment of science. When we see the fate of the plants collected in Flinder's expedition, and in the fatal journey up the Congo by the lamented Dr. Schmidt, we can no longer won. der that a wise and careful Government should refuse to pay the expenses of scientific expedi tions. Let our reformers of science lay the blame of neglect of science to their own friends, and not to cheated Governments.—" COLEUS ARO MATICus" ( Sweet-scented Coleus), or the GESNERIA ODORATA of our gardens—native of India, where it is in common cultivation, chiefly on account of its great fragrance. The leaves are frequently eaten with bread and butter, or bruised and mixed with various articles of food, drink, or medicine ; flowers from March to May, and is readily increased by cuttings.—Dark purple Salpiglossis, a beautiful species of a beautiful genus, is remarkable for the intense blackish purple of its flowers. It is a biennial, and seeds should be sown in the summer, so that the young plants may be well established by the end of autumn. " Trumpet-stalked Sun flower"—" Turn-leaved Acacia"—" Pallid Aster"—" Long-leaved Sphenotoma," and " Crimped-leaved Solanunz," form the remain der of this month's number, and are all hand some and interesting. SPORTING MAGAZINE. The sporting embellishments to this Magazine are always excellent, nor are the present ones a whit inferior to any of their predecessors. Of the literary matters, we cannot speak in such positive terms, as we are no sportsmen, and such an execrable shot, that were we to stand in St. Paul's church-yard with a loaded blunderbuss, and aim at the Cathedral, we should be sure to miss it. " Cantabrigian Sprees, Larks on the Cam," reads agreeably enough. LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE Contains an exquisitely engraved portrait of Lady Grey, of Groby. Among the contributors to the literary department, we may mention Lord Morpeth, who is a very graceful writer both in prose and verse. We remember a few weeks ago reading some lines by his Lordship, inscribed (we think) on a column brought from Athens, and deposited in the grounds at Chats worth, the first stanza of which struck us as be ing a felicitous specimen of polished and melo dious versification. We quote them from me mory, that our readers may judge for them selves : These pillars stood on Sunium's airy steep, They reared aloft Minerva's guardian shrine; Beneath them rolled the blue lEgean deep, And the Greek pilot hailed them as divine. LADY'S MUSEUM. This is very considerably improved, both as respects its embellishments and its literary con tents. It may now vie almost with Mrs. Nor , ton's fashionable miscellany. Mr. Bayly, we understand, is the editor, and contributes some agreeable stanzas of his own composition. FINE ARTS. ILLUSTRATIONS TO BYRON. We are glad to see that this work " pro gresses" more rapidly than it has hitherto done. A fifth Number has just made its appearance, and fully sustains Finden's high reputation as an en graver of the first order of excellence. " Santa Ahura" is a glorious landscape, and the Vene tian sketch, and, above all, Delphi, worthy of all praise. did. On the 10th of May he was in the Three Tuns public-house, at Sheriff hill, with some company, among whom were William Parkins and Thomas Varty, and while he was in conversation with some persons, each of the two last-mentioned men flung a brick or stone at his head. He immediately went out of the room, and proceeded to wards his home. On the road he was met by ten or twelve persons armed with sticks. Having knocked him down, they beat him in a very cruel manner. He begged for mercy, and they said there was none. Elizabeth Par kin struck him on the head with a stone in the foot of a stocking which she swung round, and some others, among whom were the prisoners, struck him with sticks. When he was on the ground, he held his breath, to induce them to think be was dead. Eliza beth Parkin then put her face down to his face to discover if he breathed, and finding he did not, she said, " d you, we have done you." His hand was broken, several of his joints were displaced, and he was severely injured in different parts of the body. The Jury pronounced the prisoners Elizabeth Parkin, William Parkin, and Thomas Varty Guilty, but recom mended the woman to mercy. The JUDGE would consider of the recommendation. The other prisoners were acquitted. THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds lo}, Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 56 Regency Scrip par O 4 pm. • -• Ditto Account 0% dis. Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 lOOl,/, Russian Bonds, 1822 9914 Ditto Account 98% New Loan 9l Spanish Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account 14' Ditto Bonds, 18:23 13% Ditto Account — French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. —:1 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip 42 104 14 Ditto Account 424( Frz..nch Scrip !ICS, DUBLIN, JULY S. St. Patrick Insur.(pet Share Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto ........... .Hibernian Bank i Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine 'lmperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland ;Commercial Buildings ASSIZES-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) OXFORD CIRCbIT—STAFFORD, JULY 31. George Bailey, an ill-looking man, was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Martin, It appeared by the evidence that Elizabeth Martin was a poor woman who earned a livelihood by selling matches. She was the widow of a travelling musician, and was also in the habit of picking up money by the exercise of her talents in singing. On the night of the murder she had been amus ing a large party at a public-house called the Dog and Partridge, at a distance of 30 miles from Newcastle under-Lyne. The prisoner and several of the witnesses were of the company, and they remained until past twelve o'clock. When they left the public-house the deceased was not tipsy, although she had taken some liquor. She was the last person who left the house, and did not do so until she was assured by the landlord that there were no persons on the road, and that she could do so with safety. After she had proceeded a short distance towards New castle-under-Lyrae (her home) the prisoner came up to her, and they procee led on together. They were observed by several other witnesses (persons who had been with them at the Dog and Partridge) to be quarrelling together, and on one occasion the deceased fell on a bank by the road-side, and the prisoner fell upon her, apparently on purpose, the dispute seeming to be about the deceased's money, of which she declared she had none. A witness named Padmore, (who evinced a degree of stupidity almost amounting to idiotcy) stated that he saw the prisoner push the deceased down upon the bank with violence, and that his conduct to her was altogether very harsh. The prisoner forced her to aceompany him on a road which he stated was the road to Newcastle, but which she protested was not ; and when she at last com plied, the witness (Padmore) lost sight of them. Subsequently, at about a quarter to one o'clock, the watchman of a large factory on this last-mentioned road heard a cry of molder thrice repeated, and afterwards groans were heard ; but as they were fearful that it was only a stratagem of a gang of thieves, of whom they were afraid, they did nut proceed to the succour of the party, but shut themselves up close. On the morning after the murder the body of Elizabeth Martin was found in a pond a few yards from this factory, in the directio❑ of which this cry was heard. 'The body, when found, exhibited marks of violence on the bonnet, la hich was nearly torn to pieces, and the hand of the deceased was in her pocket, as though to save her money. Mr. Baron GURNEY having summed up the evidence, the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The JUDGE then sentenced him to be hung on Thursday morning next. The prisoner heard his sentence without any visible appearances of emotion. _ William Kennersley, the unhappy nun who was charged at the Coroner's inquest with the murder of his wife, and was brought into the gaol on Friday night last, was to have been tried for the offence this morning, but it was discovered that, after being let out of his cell, and taking his breakfast early in the morning, the miserable man had committed suicide by hanging himself. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DrimeAt, JULY 30. Mr. Baron BOLLARD and Mr. Justice PARKE arrived here on Saturday evening. On their arrival their Lordships opened the Commission, and yesterday attended Divine Service. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank Stock 31per Cent. Red. B3li 4 3% 3 per Cent. Cons. 83% 54 56 3 54 per Cent 9l Ditto Red 91 3 06 Kew 3}6 per Cent. 90%% 3 per Cent. 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The names of fifty-four men and women appear in the calen dar for the disturbances at the collieries; one of them is charged with the murder of Mr. Fairies, the Magistrate, who, a short time before, committed some of the rioters to prison. Others are charged with stealing fire-arms, and with having made atrocious assaults upon constables, and other persons who had refused to join in the com bination. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 3 2 pm. South Sea Stock 91.4 Old Annuities New Ditto. ........ 9 ' 2 741 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO l5 16 pm. Ditt0............500 l5 16 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial. ..... pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account India for Account Account Cons, for Aug. 29 33%')it PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONX O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO N Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 2121( 2 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at W. pm.) £2O 42% British Iron Mining Company £so 5% Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 4814 6 English Mining Company 12.3 General Mining Association ll Real del Monte Mining Co. ..., — United sTex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2!. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 2 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co Canada Company Provincial Bank of I reland 31 4 3% £1 5 6 2.5 VIOLENT ASSAULT BY SOME COLLIERS. Elizabeth Park;;;;;150, William Parkin, aged 20, Thomas Varty, aged 21, Isaac IValter, aged 21, and Joseph Elliot, aged 21, were charged with having attacked Thomas Thew, on the King's highway, and with having wounded him so as to endanger his life. Thew stated he had been a member of the Union, but withdrew from the society. The prisoners worked at the same colliery as he LONDON, W EDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1832. At a quarter past two o'clock this afternoon, his MAJESTY arrived from Windsor in a tra velling carriage and four, at St. James's Palace. His MAJESTY was attended by Sir ANDREW BARNARD as Equerry in Waiting. A guard of honour, composed of a party of the 14th Light Dragoons escorted the Royal carriage from Hounslow, and a detachment of the second Regiment of Life Guards took up their station in the Palace-yard, with their band, which, during the Levee, played several martial airs. After the Levee a Privy Council was held, at which the Honourable Mr. GREVILLE officiated as clerk. His MAJESTY returns to Windsor at half-past six o'clock. The Forgery Bill was read a third time last night in the House of Commons. After the necessity for such an amelioration of our san guinary criminal code had been strongly and un answerably insisted on by the ATTORNEY-GE NERAL) Sir C. WETIIERELL opposed the mea sure, as he has opposed every measure that had for its object the improved condition of the community. Yet Sir CHARLES is not of a cold or heartless turn ; he is simply a bigot, well meaning, but obstinate to a degree that might drive a saint mad with impa tience, and views the Forgery Bill, not as a question of humanity, but as a monstrous affront to the wisdom of our ancestors. In his reve rence for the past, he wholly overlooks the pre sent, and because it has been the fashion for years to hang all criminals convicted of forgery, would still continue that most amiable and praise worthy fashion. His political tenets are of the same cut and quality as his garments. Both belong to a period of the remotest antiquity; both arc grotesque relics of generations long since passed away. If Sir CHARLES would desire to legislate beneficially for his age, let him haste to put on the new Adam, and shuffle off the old. We hope that Ministers will take the broad hint afforded nightly by the thin attendance of Members, and hurry through the business of the session, thereby sparing themselves the mortifi cation of being counted out, as was last night threatened on Mr. STANLEY'S Irish Bill. The Members of both Houses, sick of a protracted residence in London, are now hourly taking wing for the country. The anniversary of the Revolution has passed off quietly at Paris. Sunday was the grand day, and went off as smoothly as the two pre cedings days. The French Papers contain no news. The Frankfort edicts will not, we have good reason to believe, from all we can learn on the subject, be submitted to without a prompt and energetic remonstrance on the part of the mil lions whom they are intended to coerce. Not a few of the German principalities are already be ginning to take vigorous measures; and a refusal to pay any taxes is pretty loudly talked of among them. These are encouraging symptoms. We find the following in the Morning Post, which puts the case in so clear a light as to be deserving the attention of his MAJESTY'S At torney-General. We are of opinion that much public inconvenience will result from the long ad journment proposed by the Court of Review : " The ATTORNEY-GENERAL told Mr. WAR BURTON that he believed it was never the inten tion of the Court of Review to adjourn for the long vacation, and that he had looked into the Act of Parliament, which he thought sufficient to prevent them. He is certainly right. They cannot by law adjourn for any length of time, for the Statute says they must 'always' sit. Three Gf the Judges of the Court must always sit to form a Court, and the fourth may always be taking his pleasure. In his first proposition, however, the ATTORNEY•GENERAL must be wrong ; for why should there be an order of the Court of Review directing no petitions to be answered after the 16th of July but for the First Seal be fore next Michaelmas Term, and that all the petitions should be put into the paper on Tues day, the 24th of July, and that the Court would continue its sittings until such paper should be p,ot through,' if it never had any intention to adjourn ? And how can Sir T. DENMAN, knowing such order to exist, believe that the Court never had such intention ?" All accounts from the East concur in the helpless state of the GRAND SEIGNIOR, and force on the mind the belief that the grandeur of the Turkish empire is fast drawing to a close. The present Sovereign, with great ability, great firmness, and more liberality than any of his predecessors, has, ever since his accession to the throne, been subject to one continued train of calamity and disaster. The successful rebellion of the Greeks, encouraged by all the European Powers, deprived him, not only of his best sea men, but of some of the best parts of his domi nions. The destruction of his fleet at Navarino paved the way for the successful irruption of the Russians; and the same disaster has in no small degree led to the late victories of his too power ful vassal, the Paella of EGYPT. What with the extermination of the Janissaries, the con cessions made to Russia, the independence of Greece, and the rebellion of IVIAHomET Turkey is now less powerful, at least by one half, than she was but ten years ago, and must, on the first provocation from Russia, fall a victim to that power, unless supported by England and France. The cause of all these calamities may, without doubt, be attributed to the lateness of the regeneration which the Sovereign introduced into his Government. While all the other Powers around Turkey were gradually ad vancing with the improvements of the age— while even her vassal was following the same course—encouraging trade and learning, and strengthening the resources of Egypt, the seat of Government, till within these few years, was still under the same absurd and arbitrary laws and customs which prevailed more than three centu ries ago. Reform at length carne, but it came too late. The provinces had found out the weakness of the capital, and, like he Roman provinces in ancient times, are one after another withdrawing from their allegiance, and forming themselves into independent States. What a contrast does the Ottoman Government exhibit now, to the powerful display it made some 150 years ago, when the Turks laid siege to Vienna, and were prevented from taking the city only by the bravery of the Poles ; and what a trait of ingratitude does the Emperor of AUSTRIA exhibit when he lends his hand to complete the annihilation of that gal lant nation, which rescued Austria from the hands of the Turks ! Painful, however, as it is to contemplate the dismemberment of a great empire, and that under the dominion of a people who possess many good qualities, it can not be denied that the weakness of the GRAND SEIGNIOR at present may lead to good results. Egypt is fast approaching to a civilized state — Greece, we trust, will soon follow the example, and both will adopt many of the improvements of European life, which they would have been debarred from by the continued dominion of the capital. Despatches were received this morning at the Colonial.office from St. Lucie. MADAME JUNOT'S MEMOIRS.--The third volume of the English translation of the above witty and amusing work will be published in a few days. The present portion of these Memoirs relates, in particular, to the period of the Consulate, and exhibits, in their pro per persons, all the high personages, English, French, and Russian, who, at that time, formed the elite of Pa risian Society. Among the first of these, many interesting anecdotes, and particulars are given of the late KING— Lord and Lady CHOLMONDELEY the Duchess of GORDON and her four daughters —Lord YARMOUTH the Duchess of DORSET Lord Wurrwoavt..Lord and Lady CONYNGHAX, &C. o o l li(sz.Cent < - \a. - _ - ._ - 7.::,: , :<,\ / % ;.: . ; - ,1.: - __)-- - c.: - .v;::? FROM LL "- - - ... . . • r" t * r'Z''' . . Z'; '. ' / , .;t ^... .4 i , : '-'-Ac ..... * PoitTsmou fir, JULY 31.—Wind .tun • •:•t r ., .. Majesty's ship Beacon, for the Mediterranean ; in, the Amphitrite transport, for Guernsey. FALMOUTH, JULY 30.—Wind variable, light breezes. —Arrived the Simeon, Rounding, from Bourdeaux. BRISTOL, JULY 31.—Arrived the Chatlotte, Stratford, from Archangel. SLIGO, JULY 28.—Arrived the Favourite, Young, from Drontheim ; and the 13arbara and Elizabeth, from London. SUNDERLAND, JULY 30.—Arrived off port the Jentho, Langley, from Quebec. STocKTON, JULY 30.—Arrived the Hawk Packet, Clay, from Garelle; and the Leveson and Castlereagh, Lumsden, from St. Petersburgh. HULL, JULY 30.—Arrived the Robert Peel, Pambry, from Archangel ; Expresß, Akester, from St. Petersburgh; and the Archibald, Wendt-, from Memel. • HARWICH, JULY 31.—Arrived the Pomerania, Berner, from Wolgast. The Corsair steamer, from Liverpool, which was on shore on Scull Martin Rock, on Saturday, has arrived at Belfast, after throwing overboard between thirty an I forty tom of salt. CHOLERA INIORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTRY. Remaining at last Report, 930—New Cases, 347—Deaths,150— Recovered, 174—Remaining, 953. Total Cases since the coin. mencement, 23,307—Deaths, 8,745. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) NGE YESTERDAY. 'Leghorn 47 Genoa 0 6 5 Venice 47 Malta 46 Naples 4O Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 4B Rio Janeiro 'l4 Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight 13.6 Cork 1 BULLION, PER OZ. X. S. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 4 101 Arrived. HAILS. Due. lArrived. Due. O America I 0 Hamburg I 0 Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 1 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 O France 0 0 Sweden O Guetnser &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterfbrd HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 9 minutes after 6. I Evening... 32 minutes after 6. THE FIFTH PART OF FINDEN'S LANDSCAPE ILLUS TRATIONS to LORD BYRON'S LIFE and WORKS was PUBLISHED THIS DAY. EDINBURGH STEAM SHIP. THE UNITED KINGDOM of 1,000 tons burden, and 200 horse power, D. TURNER, Commander, will start from off GREENWICH, for EDINBURGH, on WEDNESDAY, the Sth August, at TWELVE AT NOON, and SUNDAY, the 19th August, at EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, calling off Scarborough, weather permitting. Passengers are embarked, free of any expense, by Wa termen belonging to the Vessel, at the Horse Ferry, Green wich ; and by starting in the morning will he on board only two instead of three nights, as is usual by starting at night. Goods received, as formerly, until Five o'Clock of the day before the Packet starts. Berths may be taken, a plan of the Cabins seen, and every further information obtained, by application to H. Under wood, No. 56, Haymarket ; the Spread Eagle, Regent circus, Piccadilly; or George Bell, Agent, 157, Fen church-street. N.B. This vessel being now completely decked over, ht r chief and fore cabin accommodation, and also her machi ❑ery, are very much improved. CI) Y • r: • A CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are small but the weather continues so extremely favourable for harvest operations, that there is scarcely any business transacting here today, and prices may be reported the same as on Monday last. The Flour trade is firm for fine quality. Wheat. English Irish Foreign 950 ARRIVALS. I Barley. 230 qrs. Oats. I Flour. 500 qrs.l 3,`.200 sacks. 2,700 I - brl6. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE 0' CLOCK. We have no arrivals this morning, consequently we can neither contradict or confirm the important battle in Portugal. _ _ Con.ola opened at the same price they left off at yeettr dly, t 33. for Account. HALF-PAST ONE. To the present hour we have no further information from Portugal. An Express has arrived from Paris, the c intents of which have not yet transpired. We do not imagine it brings political news ; but the improvement in Console leads us to expect that the French Rentes come higher. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at S 3, owing to the Chancery having sold 35,000/., have since got up to s3 a for the account. Portuguese Scrip has been done at par, owing to a call on the subscribers of a further payment of five per cent. THREE CL 0 CK. Console for account 83i. About twelve o'clock to-day her AIAJEsTy's sister, the Duchess of SAXE WYI3IAII, embarked on board the Att wood steamer, from the Tower stairs, which will convey her Royal Highness to the Continent immediately. The Royal Standard was hoisted on the Tower, and a Royal salute was fired from the wharf. Captain DnistrtAs accompanied her Royal Highness on board. The Tower guns being fired at such an unusual hour caused great excitement both in the city and in Southwark, until the fact was ascertained, when a number of vessels displayed their different colours. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, on receiving the honours of the Peerage, which it is understood now await him, will be the sixth Speaker during the last three reigns who has been called to the Upper House, o❑ retiring from the arduous duties of the Chair. The Peerages thus be stowed are those of Lord GRANTLEY, Lord GRENVILLE, Viscount SIDMOUTH, Lord REDESDALE, and Lord Cot,- CHESTER. The present Speaker was chosen to fill his high and dignlii,d office on the retirement of Mr. ABBOTT, at the close of the Session of 1817. The event of Mr. ABBOTT'S resignation was rendered remarkable by the vote of censure passed on him by Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, brother to the Duke of BEDFORD. The vote, we believe, now stands recorded in the Journals of the House. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON has represented the late corporate town of Scarborough in seven Pailia ments, having been returned under the influence of his Noble Relative, the Duke of RUTLAND, to whose political opinions the Right Honourable Gentleman is generally supposed to incline. The Speaker retires in the vigour of life. His eldest son, Mr. CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON, who will be of age next April, is in reversion to one of Cie most valuable sinecures in the kingdom—that of Re gistrar of Doctors' Commons. It is calculated that the Tories will not be able to return more than eight or ten of the whole number of Scotch Members at the next election. This is turning the tables with a vengeance. From the commencement of the presept century down to Mr. CANNING's advent to power in 1822, we believe Scotland did not furnish on an average more than six or seven Whigs to each Parliament. The liberal Members who were then as one to six, will now be as six to one to their opponents. Oran w , v o a s d lately ed 0 f ac cholera s o r t a aole a in patieat ing A in p ll u e tt v in . g. G th e e n b tl o e d m y into the coffin, when a liquid substance was ejected from the stomach of the deceased, part of which having fallen upon the Rev. Gentleman's finger burned it as intensely as if the strongest vitriol had been poured on it. He w.s obliged immediately to bandage the finger. On inquiry , we learn that there had been no medicines whatever ad ministered to the man during his illness.-- Galway Paper. ARRIVAL OF TILE LIBERATOR.—We have the pleasure to announce the arrival of the Liberator in our city, in good health, after the fatigues of such a tedious Parliamentary session. On the approach of the Albion steamer, last evening, from Bristol, to the eastern point of the New Wall, the instant Mr. O'CONNELL had been ob served, shouts of welcome were raised, which ran with rapidity along the line of citizens that covered the wall, and the opposite banks of the river. At six o'clock, the steamer having reached her landing station at Lapp's Island, three rounds of cheers again saluted the Liberator, :and the deck, in a moment, was filled by gentlemen, who hastened to congratulate the friend of Ireland on Lis safe return. The entire party proceeded to the Imperial lin tel, where they eined, and rested for the night. This morning, the junior branches left by the Killarney mail coach, on their way to Derrinane Abbey, and at twelve o'clock, Mr. O'CONNELL and the ladies proceeded, in their traveling chariot, for the same destination.— Cork Chro nicle of Friday. WASHINGTON IRVING'S LAST WORK.-- A new and cheaper edition of this last work by GEOFFREY . CRAYON, in two volumes, price 165., was publi.hed this Jay by Mews. COLBURN and BENTLEY, N ,, vv Burlington. street, of whom may also be had the following : The HEIDENMAUER, by Mr. COOPER. U. CAPT. SKINNER'S EXCURSIONS in INDIA. HENRY MASTERTON, by the Author of "Darnley.' The Tories are beginning to boast, and we fear with too much reason, that the result of the payment of taxes on the 20th inst. has been to disfranchise a large body of electors in the metropolitan districts, who have neglected to "pay up their rates. It is difficult to enter into details upon the subject at present ; but it is very currently stated, that in Marylehone, where the number of houses above the value of 101. exceeds 12,000, there will not be more than 6,000 or 7,000 persons capable of voting at the next election ; and in Finsbury, with 22,000 101. houses, the number is said not to exceed 10,000 or 11,000. The Conservatives are loud in their congratulations on the subject, and some of them go so far as to predict the general success of Toryism and Tory trickery in the coming contests. "We need not be alarmed," says one of the clique in a letter to an Evening Paper, " at the accession of votes which will be brought into play. In one of the London boroughs, out of a con stituency of 7,000, not 2,000 (or less than o ne-third) have qualified to vote. In a parish contiguous to my own, consisting of 700 might-be electors, 130 only have con formed to the clause before referred to, and consequently 570 of them are completely disfranchised. But to crown all, a collector on the Surrey side of the water set out early in the morning of the 19th, in the full persuasion of returning home with books cleared up, and laden with qualification wealth, but when that hour arrived he had the mortification to know that he could count the receipt of seven solitary shillings." These are 'fury truths, an.i as such they must be received cues gruno, until better au thenticated. We have reason to know, however, that the qualifications in the London districts have fallen short, far short, of the anticipated number. SHIPPING INTELLIGE.