The Sun. — London, England, 1832-08-23 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Times.) We have received the Pa r ris papers of Tuesday, and a letter from our private correspondent of the same date. They bring accounts from Madrid of the 16th, according to which Ferdinand has commissioned his Ambassadors in Paris and London to intimate to the French and English Governments, that as the neutrality in the atiiirs of Por tugal has been violated on their part, by the admission of French and English men into the service of Don Pedro, the Spanish Government will hereafter pursue whatever course it in'y deem expedient with regard to Portugal. It is added, that a messenger had arrived at Madrid on the I4th, from Sr. Petersburg'', with the E mperor ' s reite- rated declaration - of his intention to take no part in the Present contest for the Portuguese throne. Both these stories sound very improbable. The French papers seem to be sadly in want of matter to fill their columns with, and they have literally got up a discussion on the question, whether there is or not any subject of sufficient public in terest to enable them to carry on their usual paper war. The responsible editor of the Tribune has been condemned, at the Court of Assizes, on one of the numberless actions brought against that paper by the Government, to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 6,000 francs. The I Palter has made a new appeal to the public, who will, most likely, once more come to its assistance by subscrip tions for the sum required. (From Galignani's Messenger of Tuesday.) The Courrier Francois gives the following letter of the 15th inst., received by express from Madrid :—" Last evening a courier arrived in haste at the residence of M. L'Alcnlia, with despatches from M. De Montealegre, stating—first, that accounts had been received of the cap ture of a part of Don Miguel's fleet by Admiral Sartorius, who conducted his prizes to Oporto, where Don Pedro immediately enrolled in his service all such of the prisoners as were willing to enter, while those who maintained their fidelity to Don Miguel were kept in confinement. His intelligence was accompanied by a note from Don Miguel, by which he tells his uncle, that though he by no means considered his cause lost, his Catholic Majesty might, if the aid of the Spanish troops became necessary for the support of the good cause of Portugal, freely send his soldiers over the frontier, as the principle of non-inter vention had been violated by the navy of England. The note, however, concludes with expressions of the hopes of Don Miguel, that he would be able to dispense with hie succour, and that his own troops would be sufficient to gain a complete victory over the enemies of the throne and the altar. This morning a council was held, at which this great question of the intervention of England was discussed, and it is even believed that the courier which h!ings you this letter conveys to your Government the de cision it came to on this point. In this note M. D'Al cudia complains severely of the conduct of England, and acquaints the French Cabinet that henceforth there is nothing to prevent Spain from crossing the boundaries of Portugal. Orders have also been sent to M. d'Ofalia and M. Zea Bermudez, to insist, with the Govenrnents to which they are accredited, upon the rights of entering Portugal, created by the proceedings of England. While the Minister was engaged in writing these notes, a courier extraordinary arrived from St. Peteisburgh with de spatches from M. Perez de la Cavena, which appear to hive in some measure checked the arrogance of our Mini sters. In fact, it is said that these despatches were not very flattering to our Government, inasmuch as Russia dues not propose to afford it the support of its army, in ease a rupture should occur between Spain and Great Britain. The Emperor, however, says, that he feels pleasure in believing that the King of Spain will not abandon the cause of his Ally, the King of Portugal, were tt even necessary that an intervention should take place which would give occasion for the Russian Government sod all Europe to admire the bravery of the army of Castile. This phrase of M. de Nesselrode might be taken to have been dictated either by the Duke of Wellington or Princ e Metternich. After all, there is but little to ani mate the hopes of the Apostolics."—P.S " Reports are this moment spread that the ordinary mails have just brought intelligence that several towns in the provinces of the Algarves and Tras•os-Montes have declared in fa vour of Don Pedro, and hoisted the colours of the young Queen. Amongst others, Beira, a town on the borders of Spain, is named. This would be an event of extreme importance. There are insurrections at Vizeu, Almeida, and Coimbra ; consequently the success of Don Pedro is Insured." A private letter of the 12th inst. from Turin states, on the authority of persons of rank attached to the Court of the King of Sardinia, that at the urgent solicitation of the French Ambassador, the Committee of Legitimatists at Nice, with which many Carlists of the South of France Were connected, has just been dissolved by a Royal Order. Tile foreigners known as the principal agents of thi s Cama r ill a will be ordered to quit Nice. The Stuttgard Universal Gazette of the 18th instant has the following, dated Frontiers of Lithuania, July 10 : --"'" A general amnesty is much spoken of, to be appli cable to the Lithuanians, with the exception of about 60 P" m ciis• Prince Dolgorowki is at the head of the Go vernment in Lithuania, and to him application must be Made to participate in that favour. The petitioners are re quired to justify and humiliate themselves. In case of serious suspi cious c i rcumstances, t h ey may b e sent to Siberia. About 40,000 families have been removed from Lithuania, and their property confiscated." Extract of a private letter of the 17th instant from Stuttgard :--" Since the return of the King of Wurtem b. erg from Leghorn, the agent s o f A ustr i a and Pruss i a have be s i ege d hi m w i t h press i ng remonstrances, respecting his declaration relative to the Frankfort protocols, but the trench Envoy has done nothing to counteract them. Hence it results that the King now repents of the step he ventured to take, and in his semi-official journal retracts his forme r resolution. Several correspondents of foreign journals,' says that paper, and more particularly the Augsburg Gazette, consider the manner in which the decrees of the Diet of June 28 have been published, as a protest or reserve on the part of the Wurtemberg Govern ment against the said decrees: but whoever reads without prejudice the declaration published on the 28th of July, cannot consider it as a protest, and we believe that such a sense is not put upon it in this country. In our opinion, which will be shared by all men of sense and judgment, the Government of Wurtemberg thereby merely declares that the decrees of the Diet do not menace the constitu tion of the country, and that, consequently, these decrees will not be applied so as to cause an infraction upon the charter. The declaration was, no doubt, chiefly intended to put an end to misunderstandings and false reports, which a well.known faction had sought on this occasion to propagate with that malevolent eagerness which charac terizes it; and we believe that the declaration has partly attained the object which was kept in view." The Munich papers of the 15th instant state, that the King of Bavaria is expected in his capital on the 24th, at which time the deputation from Greece will likewi , s, arrive. M. de Gerstlacher, Charge d'Affaires of Baden, has transmitted to the French Government a letter, by which th e Grand Duke of Baden notifies to the King the death of the Margravine Dowager Amelia Frederica, originally a Princess of Hesse Darmstadt. The Court will go into mourning for four days on the present occasion. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARI S , Aun. 21—Five per Cents., 99f. Isc. °e • 20 c. Isc. 20e. 15c. 10c. Isc. • Loan of 1832, 100 f. 40c. ; Three I_ler Cents.; 6 9f.^5c.20c. 30C. ; Bank Actions, 1660 f. Rente r Naples, SI f. 35c. 40c. 35c.; Roman Five per Cents., SO SO ; Rents d'Espagne, 12 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 78% ; Rente Per. Vtuelle d'Espagne, 57% %; Belgic Loan, 77% ; Haytian rE L , ( a_n, 200 - Exchange onLondon—One month, paper, '2sf. 73c.; ti ,,fieY, 25f. 7ac. ; Three months, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, 25f. -,—Cours Authentique. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 21. ••• Me Royali st tender arrived here this afternoon from Lisbon and Oporto, all quiet, and no news from the former place, left Oporto 16th instant ; at that time Miguel's squadron of a 74, a frigate, three corvettes, and two brigs, were cruizing off there, also Sartorius, with two frigates, but no action had taken place (the few shots fired on the night of the 10th, off Lisbon, did no damage on either side). Miguel's squadron did not appear willing to engage, and Sartorius could not, before he got more of his squadron together, which he expected soon to do, and to attack Don Pedro, with 10,000 to 12,000 troops, was still at Oporto, and retained possession of the south, side of the Douro, but the 2d and 3d divisions of Miguel's army, being within a short distance, it was expected every day there would be an engagement; a trifling action had taken place at a village near Oporto a day or two previous to the Royalist's arrival, in which Don Pedro's party were de feated, owing to the treachery of one of his officers, Captain Rehocho (not Rebello), very few men were, how ever, lost, and the officer had been executed. Count Villa Flor had received a slight contusion in the action of the 7th, None of the officers of the Royalist were on shore at Oporto (where she remained only four or five hours), but gathered the above from the officers of the British 'hips laying there. Miguel's squadron had been laying close in with Oporto, but on Admiral Sartorius coming down in shore with his two frigates, they stood farther off. Oporto was there fOre NOT BLOCKADED. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S DEAL, AuG. moderate.—Sailed the Zenobia, Owen, for Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived off port the Sally and Esther, M'Nair, from Boston. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 21.—Wind E.S.E., fresh breezes.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Royalist, from Lisbon and Oporto, with a mail, sailed from Oporto the 15th, and brings an account of the naval fleets being off Oporto, without any decisive action having tiken place ; York, Spratley, from London, with loss of top-gallant-masts and yard, bound to Van Diemen's Land. FALatorrir, AuG. 21.—Wind variable, light breezes. —Arrived the Alban steam-packet, from Malta, sailed the 28th ult., Gibraltar the 9th instant, Cadiz the 10th, and Oporto the 15th ; and Ebenezer, Abnett, from Oporto. Cowes, A uG. 22.—Arrived the Courier, Gwatkin, from St. Domingo ; and Mogul, Blake, from New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, AuG. 21.—Arrived the Tacitus, Candler, from New Orleans ; Nandi, Prestman, from New York ; Climax, Rough, Rosella, Melburn, Monica, Stephenson, and Wasily Weleky, Wulf, from Sr. Petersburgh ; and Oak, Ritchie, from Riga. Off port—the Isabel, Griffiths, from Demerara. GREENOCK, Auc. 20.—Arrived the Pomona, Jones, from Grenada; Arrow, Bell, John, Daniel, and Supply, from St. Petersburgh. TORBAY, AuG. 21 —Arrived the John Guise, 31‘Fee, from St. Petersburgh. BRISTOL, Auc. 22.—Arrived the Eliza, from St. Pe tersburgh. STANDOATE CREEK, Auc. 2 0 .—Arrived the Mary Ann, Winter, from Beirout ; Freedom, Weeks, from Corfu ; and Gleaner, Chambers, from Genoa. GUERNSEY, Auc. 19.—Arrived the Rose, Le Alum rier, from Havanna!' ; and Britannia, Le Grand, from St. Peersburgli. Conic, AUG. I9. --Arrived the Cottager, Goss, from Newfoundland. LEITH, AuG. 19.—Arrived the Mediterranean, Wil,on, from Pillau. YARMOUTH, Aun. 22.—Arrived the Memnon, Ma ther, from Quebec ; and Ann, Hunter, from Archangel. Arrived off the Start the Caesar, from Buenos Ayres. The Earl Grey steamer, of Glasgow, caught are the 19th instant, burnt to the water's edge, and sunk at her anchor in four fathoms water, near Arran. The Active, Henderson, from Shields, was assisted into Harwich, leaky, having been on the Whiting Sand. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIDGWATER RACES, A UG. 21. The Bridgwater Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., 30 added from the Fund, and the second horse to save his stakes. Mr. Tayleur named Trump, 5 yrs Mr. Dilly's Wassailer, 5 yrs Mr. Taunton's Coronet, aged Eight paid ft. of 5 sovs. each. A Plate of 50 sovs. given by the Members for the County. Heats. Mr. C. J. K. Tynte's Coronet, aged Mr. Tynte's Wassailer, 5 yrs " The Perrat Stakes of a soys. each, with 30 added by the Ladies Handicap. A mile and a distance. Mr. Dolly's Trump, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Taunton's Coronet, aged CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, TVHITEIIALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTRY. . . Remaining at last 1tep0rt,2795- 7 -Klesv Cascs,993—Deaths,3o7 Recovered, 5 57 —Remaining, 2924. Total Cases since the com mencement, 37,228—Deaths, 13,712. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T IVEL VE 0' CLOCK. The letters by the Alban steamer have been delivered this morning from Oporto, but not of a later date than the 15th, the substance of which we gave yesterday. The above steamer also brings a mail from Malta and Gibraltar. She sailed from Malta on the 28th July, and from Gibraltar the 9th of August. Accounts have been received at Lloyd's by the above conveyance from Oporto of the 15th, stating that at nine o'clock that morning only three of Miguel's squadron were in sight. The weather was hazy, and they could not see any of Pedro's ships. They were fitting out at Oporto four vessels to join Pedro's squadron. All was quiet at Oporto. By the above information it would appear that something must have happened during the night of the 14th between the two contending squadrons to cause part of Don AI iguel's ships to sheer off towards the westward. In all probability they are going to return again to Lisbon, before Sartorius receives his reinforcements. We have the following by the French mail this morn ing :—Answer given by King Leopold to the Address of the Chamber of Commerce of Tournay—" 1 receive with great satisfaction the sentiments and respect expressed towards me and my Queen ; and I am still occupied for the welfare of the country. lam also aware of the ques tion now pending on the navigation of the Scheldt. A country cannot he happy if it does not possess the advan• tage of commerce ; and the liberty of the Scheldt can only assure that of ours. I shall never accede to disadvanta geous conditions. For several days past alarming reports have been spread on that subject, but they have no foun dation ; and I know well all the exigencies which Holland requires ; but we are not the only ones interested in the liberty of the Scheldt. Do not be alarmed, gentlemen ; onr affairs are in a more advantageous situation since my last journey amongst you Let the BeL4ians continue their courage and their noble patience, and place their confidence in me, which will procure to them the end they desire; and I have every hope that the time is not distant." From Brussels they state, that previous to the depar ture of Van de Weyer he had an interview with King Leopold. His Majesty is stated to have said to him, " Now depart ; you know your instructions given to you at Compeigne, and act accordingly. I wish that you obtain immediately the evacuation of the citadel of Ant werp ; but if your colleagues should wish to retard it, do not consent. France is on our side, and means will be taken to obtain the execution of the promises made to us." The following are further particulars received from Fal mouth this morning from Oporto, of the same date as the last accounts .—No military operations of any magnitude had taken place. There was a skirmish at Sonto Re dendo, four leagues on the Lisbon road, between the light division of Don Pedro and a part of that of General Povoas ; the former, as usual, disloged the latter from its positions, but a false alarm disappointed the con stitutionalists. Don Pedro was organizing considerable forces. His army, however, was confined to the city, whilst the forces of Don Miguel extended their line right and left, forming a cordon, round the city, with a radius of about 10 miles. All communications with Vallongo and Avantes being cut off, Gaspar Temeiro was appointed Commander in -Chief, and Sir John Campbell had arrived at the head-quarters of General Povoas. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 83a i for the Ac count, opened at the same price this morning, with little doing. Pot tuguee Scrip still continues to decline, and is now done at 6 discount. HALF-PAST ONE. All anxiety is now expressed in the city, both by the public and the speculators, for the arrival of the Lisbon mail, with further informatio❑ from Oporto, as it is gene rally imagined, ere this, the great blow, both by sea and land, has taken place. It is not expected that the steamer will arrive until Saturday next ; therefore, in the interim, no doubt various reports will be put into circulation. At present we have no later information from Portugal than what was received yesterday. Consols have been done at 83i for the Account ; at present they are at the above price, sellers, with little doing. Portuguese Scrip about 5f discount. THREE O'CL OCK. Consols are now S3l for Account. FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols Ditto for Account 83i Greek, 1 825:........ 26} Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825...... Buenos Ayres... Chili= Ditto.... Columbian 1824 PeruviAn ...... 10i Russian Spanish PRIVATE SOMERVILLE.—The discharge of Private SOMERVILLE, from the 2d (Scots Greys) ment of Dragoons, was forwarded, on Tuesday night, from the Commander-in Chief's office to the Co:onel of the Regiment, at Birmingham. He is to pay 301. for his discharge. LEGEND S OF THE RHINE._" Various le gends of Germany and the Netherlands are here put to gether in a most amusing and interesting form. When we tell the reader that they are from the pen of Mr. GRATTAN, whose " Highways and By-ways" are se well known to every lover of romance, we need scarcely re commend them as ranking with the most entertaining volumes of the season."... Chronicle. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A fashionably dressed young man, named Benjamin Crombie, was charged with assaulting a girl of the town, named Ives, and afterwards with assaulting a constable. Constable Thomas, No. 163, division C, stated, that at half-past 11 o'clock last night, he saw the defendant ac cost two girls of the town, in Regent-street—to one of whom he behaved in the most indecent and disgraceful manner, pulling her about, and tearing the clothes from her back. She called for assistaace, when the witness went up, and the defendant behaved to him in an outrage ous manner, collared him, and shook him violently. The girl did not appear to support her charge against the defendant. The defendant denied having behaved in the way describ ed, either towards the girl or the constable. He certainly spoke to the girl civilly, and the policeman came up, col lared him, and carried him off to the steion-house, where he was forced into a dungeon under ground, and confined amongst the worst description of persons until 2 o'clock in the morning, when a friend appeared to bail him. The inspector (Baker) said he knew nothing of the transaction, except that when the female was at the sta tion-house her clothes were certainly torn. The MAGISTRATE said, with regard to the place in which the defendant was confined, he had nothing to do with it. As the girl did not appear to complain, the assault upon her was out of the question ; but as the po liceman swore to an assault upon him, the defendant must pay a fine of 10s. to the King, no portion of which would go to the policeman. HATTON-GARDEN-(THIS DAY.) EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SON. Win. Boyle was brought up charged by his father with robbing him to a great extent of rum and brandy ; and John Williams and his wife were put to the bar charged with receiving the spirits knowing them to have been stolen. The father, who is a publican in St. Giles, said that he had lately lost a great quantity of spirits to the amount of 601. ; and on Tuesday night last, at twelve o'clock, aft:tr he had shut up his house, he heard something rattle beneath the stair, and on looking there he found his son secreted, with two bottles concealed upon him. He then let him off, but in consequence of information, he yesterday had the premises of the prisoners Williams searched, when he found some of his bottles, and he then gave them all into custody. His son did not live with him, but lodged with the pri soners Williams, who are his cousins. Ann Williams, the daughter of the prisoner, about 16 years of age, said she had often seen young Boyle bring in spirits to her father's house. On one night last week she went to bed, and in the morning she saw the stone bottle produced lying there. In the course of the day, Boyle and her mother emptied the brandy it contained into four black bottles, and she then heard him tell how he got it. He said he secreted himself in the cellar, just before his fairer shut up, and when he went to bed be then opened the shutrers with a knife. On the Monday morn ing, about two o'clock, he came in with a bottle of rum, and he then said he had taken it in the old way, and that he had also got 7s. out of the till, 2s. of which he gave to her mother. The officer produced the bottle, which would contain about a gallon, and said, that the remains of many were lying in the cebar of Williams's house. The MAGISTRATE said, it was a most singular and dis gusting thing to see, first, a father against a son, and then a daughter against a father and mother. He would re mand them till Tuesday. The boy said, he had taken the spirits for sea-store to his sister, who was going to America, and that be had never taken more than a pint and a half. THE CASE OF MR. LLOYD. Yesterday police sergeant Mundy came before Mr. Ser. jeant Sellon, at Hatton-garden police-office, and reported that Mr. Lloyd (whose case appeared in our Paper of yesterday) had been removed by a friend from the George street station-house. Mr. Serjeant Sellon inquired the name and residence of that friend. Mundy replied, " the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, of 20, May's-buildings, St. Martin's-lane." Mr. Serjeant Sellon—Well, 'tis a very extraordinary case, and I am very happy that he is with his friends. Mundy then went on to state that on his arrival at the station-house with Mr. Lloyd, who walked without hat, shirt, stockings, or shoes, he sent for the Rev. Mr. Cald well. A very short time elapsed before that gentleman arrived, and was introduced to Mr. Lloyd, whom he re ceived very kindly, and then inquired what charge there was against him. To this question he (Mundy) related the whole particulars of the case, adding that he had taken him before the magistrates in consequence of a supposition that he was insane. Mr. Caldwell made answer that he was not at all surprised to find his friend in the condition he then saw him ; that he was aware of his intention to act as he had done, but that he did not expect it to occur so soon ; that lie believed Mr. Lloyd had acted according to his own principles, and in perfect accordance with the Christian religion, and that he was quite at liberty to do as he thought proper. Mr. Serjeant Sellon—What became of Sullivan? Mundy—Mr. Caldwell, as also Mr. Lloyd, insisted upon his keeping the clothes he had on ; and, as that was the case, he was desired to go about his business. Mr. Serjeant Sellon—Did Mr. Lloyd leave the station_ house in Sullivan's dress ? Mundy—Yes, your Worship. Ile left, leaning on Mr. Caldwell's arm, and went to the residence of that gentle.. man. A number of persons followed them for some dis tance, but myself and several other constables prevented their being molested. Mr. Serjeant Sellon said that he hid never heard of such a case before ; adding that Mundy acted very right in bringing it before a magistrate. The conversation then dropped. ASSIZES-(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-.LANCISTER, AuG. 21. GARDENER V. COWARD. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover the value of a mare. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff's witnesses that the plaintiff and defendant met at Ulverston fair in January last, and the defendant asked the plaintifff if he had a horse for sale. The plaintiff said he had, and the price was 12 guineas. The de'endant agreed to give 121., and paid a deposit of 5/. to bind the bargain. Four witnesses were examined, and they swore in the most positive manner that the horse was perfectly sound, and that only a week before they saw the animal draw a cart, heavily laden with turf, up a steep hill, and she did not exhibit the least symptom of being brokea-winded. They admitted that she was sold in March last, when with foal, for six guineas. On the part of the defendant several witnesses were ex amined, and they declared in the most positive manner that the mare was so broken-winded, that she could pro ceed only a very short distance before she was compelled to stop. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff for 11/. 15s. the amount claimed. BRISTOL, AUGUST 22. WILLIAMS V. JARROTT. In this case the parties are from---Glamorganshire, and the action was brought by the plaintiff to recover 90/. on a bill of exchange for two months, purporting to have been drawn by the defendant in favour of one John Harris, who indorsed it to the plaintiff. After some preliminary proof, a witness of the name of Hughes was placed in the box to prove the defendant's signature to the bill, which he swore to have seen the defendant sign. He was cross examined by Mr. Serjeant Alereweather, and admitted that the bill, though it bore date on the Ist of August, IS3I, was in fact drawn in the middle of July, and by the defendant given to him to deliver to Harris a week before the Ist of August. Upon this the Learned Ser jeant took an objection to the admissibility of the bill in evidence, it not having the proper stamp affixed to it. Mr. Crowder followed on the same side, and the ques tion was very ably argued by Mr. Follett for the plaintiff, who urged that if the objection taken by the other side were held fatal in the action, there would not in future be any safety to persons engaged in commercial pursuits, from the facility it would afford to the drawer and indor• ser of a bill of exchange thus concerting together, and thus defeating a bona fide holder, who could not be aware of the bill being post dated. The Learned Judge (Mr. Justice Patteson) decided that the objection was well taken, and upon Mr. Follett urging that a nonsuit should be entered, with leave for the plaintiff to move to set it aside, the Learned Judge stated—" So strongly do I fief the arguments in support of the objection, and so convinced am I in my own mind of their being well foun ded, that I cannot consent to do what you ask we, since we have so far entered into the case." The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited, but Mr. Follett intimated to his Lordship his intention to bring the case under the consi deration of the Court of King's Bench. Dr. INGLEBY, commonly called the Emperor of the Conjurors, died at Enniscorthy on Saturday last. COURT CIRCULAR. Earl GREY, accompanied by his Cwntess, and Lieut.- Colonel GREY, M.P., left his residence at East Sheen yesterday morninz, for his seat Howick Hall, near Aln wick, Northumberland. Viscount ParmEßsToN visited the Noble Earl at East Sheen on Monday. The French and Netherlands ;Ministers transacted busi ness yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, with Vis. count PALMERSTON. DtPARTURE.-The Right lion. POULETT THOMSON, for Manchester. WINDSOR, AUG. 22. In the afternoon of yesterday (the King's birth day) the streets were thronged with the carriages of the company invited to dine with their MAJESTIES. At seven o'clock precisely their MAJESTIES and Royal retinue entered St. George's Hall, and took their seats at the table, where the whole of the company, amounting to 110, sat down to a most sumptuous banquet, served up on the mv.nificent gold service. The brilliant display of the sideboards had a dazzling effect. The band of the Royal Blues occupied the music gallery, and played various pieces during dinner. After the cloth had been removed the Marquis of WEL LESLEY proposed his MAJESTY'S health, which was drank with enthusiasm. The KING acknowledged the compli ment, and afterwards gave the health of her MAJESTY, which was also drank with the same eclat. After some time the company retired to the Waterloo Gallery, where they partook of tea and coffee, and from thence they pro ceeded to the two grand drawing rooms. Her MAJESTY'S private band, in full uniforms, occupied the grand music room adjoining, and played during the remainder of the evening. Among the company invited were the Marquis of WELLESLEY, Earl and Countess of SEFTON, the Ladies NIOLYNEUX, Lord ASIIBROOK, Sir WILLIAM and Lady FREMANTLE, Lady and Miss GORE, the PROVOST of ETON and his Lady, the DEAN of WINDSOR and his Lady, and the Commanding and Field Officers of both regiments, Lord and Lady MARYBoaouGO, and Sir JEOFFREY WYATVILLE. The following were staying at the Castle, on a visit to their MAJESTIES : —Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND, Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, Princes GEORGE of Cumberland and Cam bridge, Earl and Countess of ERROL, Lord FARNBOROUGH, Sir HILG ROVE TURNER, Lady WESTMEATII, Sir HENRY WHEATLEY, and the Duke of DORSET. To-day his MAJESTY drove out and took an airing in the Great Park. To-morrow their MAJESTIES will leave the Castle for Bushy, where they will lunch and dine. Their MAJESTIES will be accompanied by part of their Royal suite. They will return to Windsor in the evening. On Friday the KING will leave for St. James's Palace, where he will hold a levee. CREDITORS OF THE DUKE OF YORK. The creditors of the Duke of York had another meet ing yesterday, in pursuance of an adjournment, but it would seem that the executors still preserve a perfect si lence respecting the statement which was put forth a short time hack, that " arrangements were making for the im mediate discharge of hie Royal Highness's debts ; " and they are equally silent on the subject of the jewels of his Royal Highness, which, it was stated in a Morning Paper, were "about to be sold for the benefit of his creditors." These jewels, it is known, were valued a very few days after the death of the Duke, and were calculated as being worth 150,0001. They were carried down to Windsor by desire of his Majesty, but how they were disposed of re mains to be explained. It is known that a large propor tion of these valuables had belonged to the Duche e of York in her lifetime, and as some legacies bequeathed by her Royal Highness at her demise have been paid since the death of her husband, it is inferred that the jewels have been, in some way i r other, made available for that purpose. The legality of the application of any part of the personal property of the Duke to pur poses in which the interests of the creditors at large have not been consulted, is now about to be disputed; and steps are taking to obtain a strict review of the whole of the proceedings in Chancery and elsewhere—for which purpose the assistance of a professional man of eminence has been secured. On the subject of debts, supposed to be due by his late Majesty to the Duke of York, the cre ditors are also about to institute a rigid inquiry ; and it is expected that some conclusive evidence will be obtained on this head, from a lady resident at Brighton, who, it is believed, was intimately acquainted with the pecuniary transactions of the Royal Brothers at the time the debts are alleged to have been incurred. The majority of the creditors express great indignation at the veil of mystery which has been thrown over affairs i❑ which they are so deeply interested ; and some do not hesitate to say that a preference has been shown, quite inconsistent with that impartiality which the fair administration of the estate of the Duke would justify them in expecting. The amount of the debts of the creditors, who have now coalesced, with the view of promoting inquiry, and endea vouring to obtain an equitable consideration of their claims, is upwards of 70,0001. ; and it is expected that the sum will be considerably enlarged before the next meeting. BATH, AUGUST 18. Yesterday a meeting of respectable tradesmen, the friends of Reform, took piace at that ancient inn, the Darby and Joan, Bath, the landlord of which is well known for his patriotic conduct during the late struggle for the passing of the Reform Bill. They sat dow❑ to an excellent dinner to celebrate that event ; the room was elegantly decorated with festoons of laurel, flowers, &c. ; over the chair was suspended a handsome banner—motto, " Unity is Strength," also over that of the Vice another, inscribed " The People's Rights." In the early part of the day, a splendid white banner, decorated with laurel, was suspended across the street—motto, " Union Tri umphant ;" reverse, "We have Triumphed." The cloth being drawn, the worthy Chairman (Mr. Smart) rose and addressed the company, by observing, he hoped there would be no jarring interest as respected politics, to mar the harmony of the evening, but that sobriety and good order would be strictly adhered to. He gave the following toast :—" England, Ireland, and Scotland, and may the Reform Bill be beneficial to the whole," A song by Mr. Smith, composed by him expressly for the occa sion. After being encored, he said a few words expressive of his gratitude for the honour conferred upon him, and concluded by giving the 'following toast : " Liberty of the Press, England's glory, May it never be shackled by Whig or Tory." Mr. Lainbton, surgeon, then rose, and in a most energetic speech addressed the meeting at great length. He ob served, that unity was the only method by which our grievances could he redressed, and congratulated the com pany on the triumph they had achieved over the borough mongers. He sat dawn amidst enthusiastic cheering. On the health of Mr. Neate being drank, that gentleman, in returning thanks for the honour done him, said, he had been anticipated by his friend (Mr. Smith), in the early part of the evening, in what he meant to say with regard to the blessings of an unshackled press. Acknowledging, as they all did, their debts to it, he thought he could not do less than propose a resolution, " That the thanks of the company is due to the independent editor of The Sun newspaper for his unwearied exertions in forwarding to us, as well as to other parts of the country, the earliest intel ligence during the momentous struggle for the Reform Bill, the passing of which we are now celebrating." Mr. Neate concluded by drinking--" Prosperity and success to the independent editor of The Sun newspaper, of which he had been for many years a reader." The toast was received with great applause, and drunk with three times three. The resolution was carried by acclamation. After a few more songs, and the National Anthem had been sung, the company, at a late hour, separated, highly gratified. FUNERAL OF THE HON. MRS. WHITE.- Yesterday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the mortal remains of the late Hon. Mrs. WRITE, who had attained the great age of 105 years, were removed from her man. sion, 50, Baker-street, Portman-square (where she had resided upwards of 30 years), to he interred in the family vault in the old St. Marylebone Church, High-street. This venerable Lady has for a considerable time been con fined to her bed through extreme feebleness. She was a Lady particularly esteemed by all classes of society for her universal benevolence, and by whose death the poor will sustain a severe loss, to whose comforts her hand and heart were always ready to assist. MESS-Room CHAT.—The late Duke of Yoaa lateley remarked to Colonel W., at the mess of the 11th Regiment, that the Colonel was uncommonly bald, and, though a younger man than his Royal Highness, he stood more in need of a wig. The Colonel, who had been of very long standing in the service, and whose promotion had been by no means rapid, informed his Royal Highness that his baldness could be very easily accounted for. "In what manner," asked his Royal Highness rather eagerly. To which Colonel W. replied, "By junior officers stepping over my head." The Duke was so pleased with the reply, that the gallant Colonel obtained a promotion a few days afterwards. EXECUTION AT BURY. On Wednesday last William Twitchett was executed without the walls of our gaol, in pursuance of his sen tence at our late Assizes, for burglary at Stradishall work house, and for inhumanly beating Mrs. Biggs, the mis tress. From the time of his conviction Twitchett per sisted in asserting his innocence of the crime. The wife and three sweet children, and the brother of the unhappy man, took leave of him on Monday. On Wednesday morn ing Gilly, the accomplice, was confronted with him, when he repeated the statement made in his confession, that Twitchett and himself were the only persons concerned. Twitchett reiterated that he was innocent, when the boy exclaimed, " Don't die with that story in your mouth, Billy." Twitchett, however, per,.isted in his denial, but shook hands with Gilly, and said he forgave him. 'The boy cried very much. As he passed the grating of the yard in which Gilly was confined, the boy was addressed by Mr. Merest, the Magistrate, and conjured, if what he said was false, to speak now, before it was too late. Thy• boy, however, most solemnly asseverated the truth of the former statement, and remained intently watching the door which leads to the scaffold, until all was over. After some time spent in prayer, Twitchett addressed the crowd in a firm voice, nearly as follows :—" All you that are standing by, take warning ! What I am going to suffer for I am innocent of—the Lord knows it, and I hope the Lord Jesus will receive me." Ti e culprit died with out a struggle. The number of spectators was very large, and a great proportion were fetnales.—Bury Post. There was launched on Wednesday, from the navy docks at Cherbourg, a very superb barge, built for the King of FRANCE. It is 35 feet long, measuring be tween six and seven tons, and has a cabin of about twelve feet long by eight wide, and six in height, rising about five feet above the gunwale. It is painted white, and richly gilt inside, and enclosed with plate-glass windows. The top forms a platform, which is ascended by a light and elegant staircase placed at the stern. It is to be rowed by ten men, and steered by a man stationed at the stern. It has been towed to Havre by the steamer La Ramseur, which also conveys for the Naval Museum the model of the Rivoli 74-gun ship, built in the Lagoons at Venice in 1811, with all the frame-work and apparatus by which she was launched, and which raised her seven feet above her water-mark, though completely armed and pre visioned. The total amount of known British insects (according to the last census) is 10,012, which is equal to nearly twice the number of ascertained birds, aril to more than ten times the number of ascertained quadrupeds throughout the whole world.— Quarterly Review. Harvest in this part of the country may almost be considered general. The produce is turning out much better than was anticipated.— Glasgow Chronicle. The weather has proved unusually propitious, and the agriculturists have taken the advantage of it, by housing, in excellent condition, a considerable portion of their wheat crops. There have been some storms, accom panied with showers, in this neighbourhood, but the rain has not fallen in sufficient quantities either to retard the operations of the workmen or to injure the corm—Lewes Advertiser. The Post•oflice regulations to establish daily communications with London and Paris will not, it seem•, take place before the Ist of April, a de!ay which in Paris is attributed (we trust unjustly) to the English Post office. The assize ball at Exeter, which usually boasts an assemblage of 400 or 500 persons, was last week, owing to the prevalence of the cholera, attended by only thirteen, who, on ascertaining their exact number, were seized with alarm, and immediately separated, in obedience to the old saying, which declares that, of such a party, the whole of the members never outlive the year. BEES.—Heather honey, we suspect, will be very scarce and high in price this year, the bees not having swarmed as usual. In the neighbourhood of Callender, and in Balquhidder, no more than two out of the score of hives have swarmed. We know one individual who had twenty-one hives this summer, and this only increased to twenty-three.—Stirling Advertiser. SCOTCH WOOL FAIRS.—The great northern wool fairs at Inverness, Kelso, St. Boswells, &c. are now all over ; they were better attended than was expected. The wools were generally in excellent condition, and as between 20s. and 30s. per pack of 2401b5. below last year's prices was readily submitted to, there was much more business transacted than had been anticipated. RECRUITING FOR DON PEDRO'S ARMY IN PORTUGAL.—Since Monday the agents for Dos; PE DRO in this country have been most actively employed in obtaining recruits for his army. Some hundreds have already enrolled themselves : each man, when he enrols his name, receives 18d., which is paid to him daily, un til he can be sent off to Oporto ; and as soon as he has embarked lie is to receive 2/. 10s. per month, besides provisions. Yesterday hundreds of persons were at the house of Mr. HETTINGER, the Old Star and Crown, in the Broadway, Westminster, applying to be enrolled, and each man receiving his 18d. There appeared to he no want of money, and the recruits are to embark in a day or two in steam-boats provided for the occasion. The recruits will go out under the command of an officer of great bravery and experience, who has sold his commission in the British army for the purpose of aiding the cause of Dox PEDRO in Portugal. At a number of other houses in the metropolis, Dox PEDRO'S agents are recruiting with great success, and arms and equipments for the men are already provided. CURIOUS COMPLIMENT TO SIR C. WE THERELL and Mr. CROKER..—.At the late Reform dinner given at Presteign, Wales, the Chairman (Sir Jousr WAL sttASI) gave the following toast, after a suitable apology, and alluding to the opposition made by same of the Anti- Reformers to the Bill :—" The healths of JOHN WILSON CROKER and Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, and thanks to them for their successful opposition, as by their exertions every clause and particle of the Bill was carried and made the law of the land." We understand that the announcement in the French Papers of the postponement of the new estdfette arrangement is premature. Nothing has yet been decided on the subject, and it is still hoped that the arrangement will take effect from the Ist of January. A little delay has arisen from the neglect of the Post-office authorities in this country in not taking immediate notice of some com munications from the French Government; but it is not of such a nature as to make it absolutely necessary to postpone the execution of the new plan. The German Governments are about to try the power of money in repressing the growing spirit of reform in Germany; an attempt is to he made to buy up all the writers on the liberal side ! "We are assured," says a French paper, " on good authority, that Austria has ap propriated a million of ducats to this species of commerce." GROUSE.—The sportsmen who have visited the moors in the Peak of Derbyshire, for grouse shoot ing, have been very successful, and scarcely any tolerably good shots have been disappointed in producing a respect able bag of game. The birds are very forward and strong. and more numerous than have been witnessed for many seasons past. 'We are glad to bear that the moors set apart by his Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, at Buxton, fur the accommodation of gentlemen visiting that salubrious watering place, are likely in future to produce a good supply of grouse, as it is intended that the utmost atten tion shall be paid to their breed and preservation.--Derby Reporter. ELOPEMENT AT RAMSGATE.—An occur rence at Ramsgate, on Saturday last, gave rise to much conversation among all to whom the circumstance became known. A lady and gentleman arrived at the Crown Hotel in a post-chaise from Margate, and ordered dinner to be prepared. The gentleman represented the lady to be his wife, and informed the landlady that it was theii intention to proceed to Dunkirk by the Royal George steam-packet, which started that morning at 11 o'clock, but that in consequence of the stormy state of the weather, his companion had declined to cross the water that day. The lady retired to her chamber at 11 o'clock, and the gentleman seated himself in the coffee-room, where he was smoking a cigar, when an individual, who proved to the " injured husband," entered, and, under the influence of strongly excited feelings, demanded if a couple, whose appearance he described, were then staying at the hotel ? He was answered in the affirmative, and, in an agitated tone, he directed the landlady's niece to conduct him in stantly to the apartment of the lady, who, he lamented to say, was his wife, and had eloped that day from Margate. The consternation of his faithless partner on beholding het husband can- scarcely be conceived. After she bad been keenly reproached by him for destroying his domestic bliss, she consented, at his request, to leave the town ; and a chaise having been obtained, the husband and wife de parted in company for Margate. In the meanwhile the Lothario disappeared, neglecting to take with him a hand some travelling cloak and a curiously formed knife, which seemed calculated fur any desperate purpose. At an earl) hour on Sunday morning the gallant returned to the hotel, and took away his cloak, apparently very dejected at the " untoward" event of the preceding evening. His exterior was highly fashionable, as was also that of the lady, who appeared to have scarcely passed her premiere jeunesse.— Morning Paper. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, We have given a copious account of a public meeting " for the purpose of establishing au equitable Labour Exchange," held yesterday at the Institution of the Industrious Classes, Gray's Inn-road. This association for exchang ine, labour reminds us of the Citizen of '%loliere, who had been speaking prose all his life with out knowing it. Nothing is more admirably performed at present than the exchange of labour. The charges for conducting the exchanges arc adjusted by competition, and will be found out inquiry to be well adjusted. In a thinly peopled neighbourhood, where the sales are few, the profits are necessarily high. They diminish with the quantity of sales which can be effected. In a great city like London, a very small per centage will, from the frequent returns, yield an adequate profit to the shopkeeper. We have heard, for instance, of a house in London, which, could it have added one quarter per cent, to its profits, would have obtained an additional 30,0001. a year. The equdable labour ex change is merely a new name for an old thing. It is merely a warehouse. The workmen who exchange their labour with each other, and allow a sum to be deducted for the expenses of the establishment, must effect sales in order to obtain meat, fish, bread, butter, eggs, fuel, tea, sugar, milk, to pay house rent, taxes, &c. The valuation of the workmen themselves will go for nothing in the maket. A fall in the price of cotton wool —an improvement in the manufacture, by which the cost of production is lowered, will compel the Association to sell the goods they have made at a lower rate than their labour rates, and thus they would be subject to all the casualties of traders. But it is probable that the Assceizo tion will embrace only those articles which the members produce. In that case, the workman will still be under the necessity of working for a master ; for the goods supplied by the members of the Association will form but a small propor. tion of what each individual requires. A Co-ope rative Society, in the proper sense of the word, is much more rational than an institution of tlw nature of that above alluded to. We can conceive a number of individuals contributing a sum of money for the purchase of laud, and then living on that land apart from the rest of the corn , munity, employing themselves in such a way as to supply adequately the wants of all. The Society of Rapp, in America, was an instance of such an Association. In that Society, all the attempts on au extensive scale have, we believe, failed. The Co-opera , tive Societies that still exist are, we believe, of a very partial nature. We do not mean to sa;i that a certain number of individuals may not, on the principle of this Association, exchange with each other the articles which they respectively produce. But, as it is a small share of the wants of each man which such a Society can supply, the members must still be connected much more extensively with those who are not members than with each other. Tile Yorkshire cloth on which tile tailor works must still be bought; the shoemaker must purchase his lea ther. A Mr. Bryce stated at the meeting, that " they were all manufacturers, and it was very well to exchange manufactures with each other. But would they get agricultural produce in exchange for their goods ?—(Hear, hear.) — They required this in the proportion to manu factured produce of at least ten to one ; and un less they could get this in exchange for their labour -notes, their labour-notes would be useless. —(Applause.)" Mr. Bryce termed them ma nufacturers, but this term is too extensive. The manufactures of the country are mostly produced by the aid of machinery, to command which requires an outlay of capital. The members of this society are not manufacturers in the proper sense of the word, but artisans and mechanics. —They produce none of the great articles of consumption, but merely work upon them when produced. They will overcome none of the difficulties with which society at present is doomed to struggle. The value of that great commodity with which all other commodities must constantly be measured—namely, food—is subject to constant fluctuation, from the state of the harvest. An abundant supply of food raises the value of all labour measured in food. A defective supply, again, lowers the value of la bour measured in food. The workman must either, therefore, content himself with less food than he has been accustomed to eat, or he must content himself with less of other commodities. In the latter case, these commodities will be in excess, and. consequently fall in price. If the workman endeavours to obtain the same supply of food as before, and the same amount of other commodities, this can only be by working more than usual, and thereby causing a glut in the com modity he himself produces. The Members of this Association do not seem to be aware that nature herself, by the irregularity with which she distributes her bounty, causes no small share of the distress and privation which must always pre vail, more or less, in every Society. Even an abun dant harvest abroad, while there is a defective one at home, does not altogether rectify matters. The Agriculturist, who has a scanty crop, were his prices beat down by foreign supply, would be a sufferer. But previous to the Corn Act, in 1815, a scanty supply here always raised prices at all the ports of importation to nearly the English level, so that the distress of the work ing classes was still great, notwithstanding im portation. The Chairman (Mr. Owen) stated that " the process which he intended to adopt would have the effect of destroying the interme diate class of traders, and rendering the use of money unnecessary ; and some means of employ ment must therefore be afforded to those persons which could only be by the purchase of land." We have already observed that the use of money can only be unnecessary to the Society in their dealings with each other, and these must con stitute but a small part of their dealings. With respect to the intermediate traders, they can only be destroyed by a more economical mode of conducting the exchanges. If this Association can to any extent carry on the business more economically than heretofore, well and good ; but at present the great complaint of all people who sell is, that the business of conducting the ex changes of commodities is already carried on so economically by men of great capitals, that they are driven out of th e fi e ld. It will be diffi cult for this Association to go beyond what has already been effected by competition in all the great towns. A Gentleman on the platform, towards the conclusion, pointed out several in consistencies in the plan. Mr. Owen did not meet the objections. He stated, however, that " his object was to destroy money and all capi tal." His object, then, must be to destroy all machinery and means for abridging labour, which suppose the existence of capital. 'We shall see how the plan works. If Mr. Owen can by any means economise the expense of conducting the exchanges of labour, he will be a public benefactor. But we have our doubts on this subject. However, let him have a lair