The Sun. — London, England, 1832-08-27 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (Prom the Times.) PARIS, SATURDAY, 4 o'clock p.m. A Cabinet Connell, under the presidency of the King, was held yesterday at the Tuileries, whe re i t is said that the proposition of de c iding on the day on which it was proper that the Chamber should worn, was considered, and the 3d of October fixed Upon, after a good deal of discussion. None of the Ministers have, however, yet publicly said any thing in confirmation of the rumour as to the day of open ing, and I think that the 3d of November is more likely to be the real one. It has long been evident that 'Ministers are not over desirous of facing the Members of the Legislature, and nothing has recent ly occurred which would compel them tit do so at an earlier period than usual. The modifications which are to be made in the Ministry, and the new Peerages, will, it is expected, be announced in a few days. The former will con. silt of the admission into the Cabinet of Messrs. Dupin, lignon, and Thiers. M. Dupin is said to have been prevailed upon to accept the Seals of tFe Department of Justice, without the Presidency of the Council, which, in case of this arrangement be ing carried into effect, will remain vacant. The Members of the Ministry who will make room for the new comers will probably be Messrs. Sebastian', Girod de l'Ain, and Louis. The last-mentioned Minister has been for some time desirous of retiring, but the negotiation of the loan, and subsequently of the wished-for M'nisterial arrangements, has hitherto detained him in the Cabinet. It is well known that the King feels great reluc tance to dispense with General St,bastiani's services, as he is the deposita:y of certain diplomatic secrets which it is not found convenient to intrust any one else with at the present moment. The General has, besides, made himself useful by a certain pliancy of disposition which it is feared few others equally qua lified for the Foreign Department will be found to possess. If his health, therefore, will at alrpermit !rim to continue taking an active part in business, it Di very likely he will not quit the Ministry. Should he withdraw, M. Bignon will probably be his suc cessor. These changes, if they take place, will not bring about the least alteration in the domestic and foreign policy of the F. ench Cabine►, nor will they extend the influence of the juste milieu party in the representative Chamber. None but a thorough re newal of the Cabinet could lead to a change of sys tem. M. Dupin's name is still associated with fa vourable recollections, because his fame in liberalism has not been in any way tarnished by a participa tion with those measures of the present Govern snent which have mostly contributed in impairing its popularity. His well-known disapprobation of the state-of-siege ordinance, too, had somewhat re vived the public confidence in his patriotism. If a new Cabinet were formed under his auspices, no doubt but the national confidence in the Government would become much greater than it is at present. But with the conditions of his assuming office, which will necessarily make him subservient to the views of others, instead of allowing his own to pre vail, he can hardly escape the fate of those who have converted their professed liberalism under the restoration, into a stepping-stone to power under the present Government. The number of creations to the Peerage will most likely be not less than 40. Very few members of the Representative Chamber will be transferred to the upper one, because Ministers feel the necessity of being supported by their friends in the former at the approaching session. Two or three Deputies only are spoken of as likely to be made Peers'. Among them is M. Bertin de Vaux, the chief pro prietor and editor of the Journal des Debuts. The tone and proceedings lately assumed by the Swiss Diet have produced a remonstrance on the part of Austria, and an explanation of the intentions of that power with regard to Switzerland. An cflicial note has been addressed to the Diet by M. ne Bombelles, the Austrian Resident Minister, as suring it of his Government's friendly dispositions, and recommending that the arming of the cantons should not be continued. The President of the Diet has very properly replied, that however satis factory the friendly assurances made in the name of the Austrian Government, the cantons could not discontinue the treasures adopted to maintain their independence until their frontiers should be freed of the presence of the large Austrian forces lately collected there. Two condemnations to death took place the day before yesterday at the a-sizes, of the persons im plicated in the riots of the 6,11 of June. The Judges seem to have decided with much greater severity than had been anticipated by the Juries, as some understanding- seems to have existed that no sen tence 01 death should be pronounced on any of the convicted rioters. The public think that no politi cal offences should be punishable with death, after Polignac and his colleagues have been spared ; and so strong is this impression, that I can hardly think the King will be advised to leave these two men for ex major'. Z. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, AUG 25.-Five per Cents., 98f. 95c. 9911 99r. sc. 99f. 29f. sc. 10c. 99f. 92f. sc. 99t: 99f. 3c. ; Loan of 1931, 1001. 20c. ; Four per Cents., 83f., Three per Cents., 69f. ti9f. sc. 10c. 2fc. 15c. 110 e. ; National Loan, 99f. 25c. ; Bank Actions, 1,C60f. ; Rente de Naples, SOf. 90c. 81f. sc. 10c. ; Roman Fiveper Cents., EzOli !.;, 80; 11.ente d'Espagne, 12 11N 12; Royal Spanish Loan, 78 7734 78; Rente Perpctuelle d'Espagne, 57% z s ; Belgic Loan, 77 7714 1,4. Exchange on London- One month, money, 2511 75c.; Three months, paper, 25f. 6.5 c.; money, 2511 60c.--Cours Authentique. Dublin has been entirely deserted by its No bility and Gentry in consequence of the raging of the cho lera. The Lord Lieutenant took two of his sons to Wales, in the Vice-regal yacht, and on his return took up his re sidence at the Lodge in the Park. There are no less than 200 poor deluded creatures on hoard a hulk in Kingstown harbour, convicted at the different Sessions throughout Ireland of opposing the administration of the laws. A CHANCE FOR SPINSTERS.—A Corres pondent has sent us the following copy of an amusing b l and- bill, issued by a labourer, as an inducement to some b uahing damsel, beyond a certain age, to take him " for better, for worse :"—" A Bill for a Wife : Matrimony.— CHARLES WARREN, Marnhull, Dorset. My f,mily is as follows:—the eldest boy is 13 yeas old, the younger boy 5 years old, and a girl S years old. My home is my own, and I have no rent to pay. I have an acre of potatoes, half blurs and half whites, this year. My wife has been dead 1 2 months ago, last Shroton fair : the children live with themselves in the day-time, but I am always at home with them at night. Ido think that it would be better if there was a woman to look after them, both for the child ren and myself. I have got Ss. a-week for my work, and the boy 2, a week, and have constant employ. I want a good steady woman, between 30 and 10 years old, for a wife. Ido not want a second family. I want a woman to look after the pigs while lam out at work. July, 1832."—Dorset County Chronicle. TORY CANVASSING IN BUCKS.—On Mon day morning, about 9 o'clock, the Marquis of CHANDOS entered the quiet town of Newport Pagnell, on his regu hr canvass for the county of Buckingham, and was at tended by about 50 persons on horses, consisting princi pally of members of his troop of yeomanry. On the ca valcade reaching the Swan Inn, they drew up around the Noble Magni, to hear him, and several of the Whig party were there for the same purpose. When his Lordship took off his hat to speak, there were slight symptoms of disapprobation from one part of the crowd. Immediately a captain in the Marquis's troop was heard to exclaim, " If we are to have a row, it, let's :lave a good one !" and in an instant he and some members of his troop rode into the thickest part of the crowd (and which, by-the-bye, was standing on the footpavement), and at tacked indiscriminately men, women, and children, with the utmost fury. Much mischief must have resulted, but for the timely interference of some respectable inhabitants of the town, who rushed forward to remonstrate with them, and to prevent the crowd from retaliating. We mention these facts, for the twofold purpose of exhibiting the disposition which prevails among the Tories for resort ing on all occasions to brute force, and to add one more to the many proofs of the mischief which results from mdintaining and paying so useless, and for all good pur poses, so inefficient a body as the yeomanry cavalry. We regret to have observed a clergyman and a magistrate amongst this disorderly set. — Times Correspondent. POROSITY OF THE SKIN.—From microscopic observations it has been computed that the skin is perfo rated by a thousand holes in a square inch. If the whole surface of the human body be estimated at sixteen square feet, it must contain no fewer than 2,304,000 pores.— Glasyow Mechanics' Magazine, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 27, 1832. There appears to be no doubt among military men in this country acquainted with Oporto, of the practicability of Don PEDRO'S defending it permanently against the power of the Usurper. There are two sets of lines, the outer and the inner, and for them from 10 to 12,000 men are sufficient. The outer lines extend from about Nlacarellos Church on the Douro towards the sea, round by Villar, until they reach the river to the east, a little above the Bishop's Quinta. The inner lines comprise chiefly the city. We may calculate PEDRO'S force at from 8,000 to 9,000 regular troops, and nearly 5,000 Na tional Guards. Besides these all persons of a certain age are ordered to the lines,—they will amount to nearly 14,000. It is not generally known, perhaps, that the French Government was ready to lend assistance to the Portuguese Constitutionalists, to a much greater extent than they have done, but that, by an arrangement between Lord PALMERSTON and General SEBASTIANI, the object of which, on the part of the latter, appears to have been to obtain a warmer degree of support than could otherwise have been expected on the Belgian question, it was agreed that the Portuguese question should be left entirely in the hands of England, but that France, if called upon by the British Cabinet to assist in any plan for the furtherance of the Constitutional cause, should refuse her aid. In consequence of this arrange ment, no very efficient support has been given by the French to Don PEDRO; but he has been from time to time assured of the warm feeling in his favour entertained by the French Cabinet, and of its anxiety to see more done for the Con stitutional cause by our Government. The Marquis of PALMELLA, in his interviews with Lord PALMERSTON, did not fail to urge the peculiar claim of Don PEDRO upon this country, and to assert, that but for the courtesy of the French Cabinet towards England, much more would have been done by France for the Con stitutional cause. Although we regret to state that the Marquis has not succeeded in his ap plications to Lord PALMERSTON, to the extent desired, we have reason to know that he re tires' on the whole well satisfied with the result of his mission. We hear from a positive source, that unless the health of General SEBASTIAN! should not be improved very materially by his visit to the country, lie will be expected to give in his resig nation, anci L arMinister of rather more . liberal principles, as regards foreign policy, will be ap pointed. Whatever might have been the delu sion of the French Cabinet and the Sovereign, previously to the infamous protocol of the Diet of Frankfort, it has now been cleared away, and it is felt that the only security for France is in independence. The real object of the visit of M. de FLAHAUT to this country was to impress upon the minds of our Ministers the necessity of a cordial alliance with France, and the mainte nance of a high tone towards the despots of the continent. We trust he has been successful in his mission ; for whatever difference of opinion there may be as to the course which the French Ministry have occasionally adopted, there can be none amongst liberal-minded men as to the pro priety of giving warm and cordial support to France, in every attempt to maintain her liberties against the open and concealed attacks of the Holy Alliance. In this there is but one inter est, as there might be but one principle, between the two countries. Count FLAHAUT; who came over on a special mission from Paris, left town on Satur day, for Brighton, from which place he will em bark for Dieppe. Previously to his departure he had a. long interview with the Marquis of FAL, MELLA on the subject of Portugal. We have received no news from Paris by the Express of Saturday. The time for convoking the Chambers, and the necessary modification in the Ministry, now chiefly occupy the attention of the Government. Our Newcastle Correspondent informs us that Earl GREY and his family passed through that town on Saturday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, on his way to his seat, Howick Castle. His Lordship, on being recognised, was loudly cheered by the people, and multitudes soon flocked round to see the champion of Reform. His Lordship only stopped to change horses. He looked extremely well. It will be seen by an extract we have made from the Warwick Advertiser, that Mr. Cos- BETT and Mr. ATTWOOD are about to discuss in public the subject of gold and paper money. The price of admission to the discussion is to be is. each person, the ability to pay which, we suppose, is considered by both gentlemen a suf ficient index of qualification to judge of the ar guments they may respectively advance. It may perchance happen that the secondary conse quences of such a discussion, namely, the sub ject being taken up by the press, and the set ting of men's minds to think upon it, may be of service, but as to any immediate good resulting from any thing of the kind, all experience proves the idea to be futile. Not to go farther back than the last half dozen years, we have only to recollect what took place on the occasion of the public discussion between Mr. POPE and Mr. MAGUIRE on the relative merits of the Catholic and Protestant religions, also on the occasion of the public dis cussion between Mr. WOOLFF and the Jews, to be satisfied that the most favourable termina tion of the affair will be the separation of the parties without having made a single concert. If the question is to be decided by the auditory, it hardly requires a ghost to tell us that arguing against Mr. ATTWooD in Birmingham, Mr. COBBETT must go to the wall. Of all the trimming supporters of his Ma jesty's Government, Mr. ROBINSON, of Wor cester, has most distinguished himself by the lu dicrous inconsistency of his conduct. Whether on the question of Reform or of free trade, he always professed himself willing to go as far as possible ; but in the result the profession ap peared always to mean as far as he was obliged. Thus it happened, that seeing Reform could not be entirely defeated, he only voted occasionally against his Majesty's Government ; but upon questions of free trade, knowing that he should be supported by the avowed and professed oppo nents of Government, as well as by all interested in the matter, he took a more open course. For instance, it was shown that in consequence of the heavy duty which was placed upon Baltic timber we were obliged either to use timber of an inferior quality from America, or to get the Baltic timber through America ; that is, that the merchants took the Baltic timber to America, and then re-shipped it for this country as American timber. It was clear that this course of trade could be no effectual protection to Colonial tim ber, and the Government lost by it the duty it ought to have had upon that from the Baltic. tinder these circumstances Lord ALTHORP proposed to reduce the duty upon the latter so far as to make it no longer profitable to pur sue this smuggling traffic. What did Mr. ROBINSON and his friends the Tories do ? opposed the proposition in order to protect the colonies ! In a similar enlightened spirit did the Hon. Member, in the course of last Session, treat the House with various lengthy orations, all equally remarkable for bold assumption, lack of argument, wearisome dulness, and profound nothings. One of the worst of these, because one of the longest, Mr. ROBINSON has just been pleased to publish in the form of a pamphlet, we suppose as a part of his electioneering artil lery against the good people of Worcester. We trust that the time is not far distant when all the inhabitants of Worcester will see the fallacy of the arguments which such men as Mr. 110•• BINSON address to their passions and prejudices. In the meantime we hope that what we are about to say will be received by them in good part, a nd that they will bear in mind, that if there be one in terest more concerned in their welfare and in the flourishing condition of the whole of the manufac turing population of the kingdom than another, that interest is the newspaper interest. Trade never receives any great shock that the news papers are not the first to feel its consequences. The petition presented by Mr. ROBINSON, pre vious to making the speech before us, contains the following sentence We, in purchasing foreign manufactures, abstract so much profit on money from the wages of Briti s h l a b ourers. " This is the foundation of the petition—this is the argument urged over and over again in dif ferent forms of language by Mr. ROBINSON in every speech he makes. Again, the petition says, " The free trade system is a simple transfer of so much money from British to foreign la bourers." If this have any meaning, it means that we must purchase from foreigners no manu factured article whatever, inasmuch as there is no article which cannot be manufactured in England ; and the more unsuited to our physical situation the manufacture of' any article is, of course the more we ought to encourage its ma nufacture, for the greater will be the quantity of labour necessary for its production, and the more we shall gain ! There is no argument advanced by Mr. RO BINSON among the few that ate to be picked out from the ill-arranged verbiage before us, which will not in the same way admit of the reductio ad absurdum. Mr. ROBINSON says, at page 42, " The principal cause of distress in the ma nufacturing districts is the want of foreign markets," and asserts that the policy of the Government will not open those markets to us ? What policy will. then ? We long had enormous duties upon French wines and silks, but did the French ports on that account fly open ? We at last reduced our duties, but was it for the sake of France, or, as Mr. ROBIN SON and his friends continually ding into our cars, by way of concession to France ? No such thing. The duties were reduced because they were so high as to make smuggling sufficiently profitable to inundate us with French goods, and demoralize the whole of our coast populS tion. Mr. ROBINSON knows that when the importation of French gloves was subject to a prohibitive duty, they were to be had, as Mr. Husictssox said, " in any shop," and that at as low a price as now. Is it not then something worse than a delusion which can induce him to tell the people of Worcester that all that is ne cessary for their prosperity is a high duty ? But it is not merely with respect to an article in which he has an interest that Mr. ROBIN SON advances assertions the most unfounded, and arguments the most fallacious. He has taken upon himself to pass in review our com merce with different States, and seems in every instance to consider our intercourse with a country advantageous, not according to its amount, but according to the inability of the country trading with us to send us produce or manufactures in return ! Quite consistently with this notion, he appears to lament that the United States of America are now able to send us articles of consumption for our manufactures, instead of having to send us money, which must have been procured for her produce sold else where. Would he have us refuse to receive the cotton of the United States, in older to procure it at a dearer rate from other quarters? There is hardly a sentence in the seventy or eighty pages before us, which does not exhibit an in consistency. For once we will let the Hon. Mem ber expose himself. At page 48 he says,— " With Sweden our whole exports is 157,0001., a decrease of 2,0001. since 1820, and not ex ceeding the amount exported to one of our small West India islands. There is scarcely 1,0001. of British manufactures—and why is this ? Be cause Sweden prohibits many articles, and dis courages the import of others by high duties." We say nothing of the magnificent contempt for all the rules of grammar the Hon. Gentle man here and elsewhere exhibits; for it is by no means uncommon among the " practical men," as they call themselves, with whom the Hon. Gentleman is in league ; but it would appear from this sentence, that because Sweden chooses to pay dearly for some articles thingpric e below f this she may want from us, and to go without others which we could supply to her at a low rate, we are to refuse to take her iron. The transfer of orders from Birmingham to the Continent, which took place in 1820 and 1821 , in conse iron in this q o u o e u n n c ty, e r o is, of t o h f e o th o e u n rso lig : a high legis lator's notice. Again Mr. ROBINSON says, " With respect to Denmark, our exports in 1830 were only 227,000/., which is 60,0001. less than in 1820, though our imports from thence have advanced from 170,0001. to 404,0001. Danish ships enjoy more than double the carrying trade over British ships. Her duties are enormous; and, amongst other onerous regulations existing in Denmark, I find soetd themt hem iot to o any tho that a person importin g co tt on manu f actures into consignee, that coutl but country not allowed to n is obliged e to put King's store at Copenhagen, where they must be sold by auction, after a deduction of 30 per cent. has been made in their value. This is a regula tion which the Government would do well to get rid of, instead of giving further facilities to the importation of Danish timber." We un derstand the Hon. Member, in the first part of this jumble of words, to complain of Danish ships enjoying the greater part of the carrying trade between the two countries. If the fact be so, we presume that it arises from Danish ships being more cheaply built and navigated than our own, and yet, inconsistently enough, the Hon. Member, in the last part of the quotation, wishes to exclude the cheap and good timber with which we 'might build ships to compete with those of Denmark. In short, every argument advanced by Mr. ROBINSON is founded in fallacy, and to refute would require little more of us than to quote them, and push them a step further than the Hon. Gentleman has done. Only one ob servation more, therefore, and we have done with Mr. ROBINSON. We could, perhaps, urge several causes of the distress upon which Mr. ROBINSON and his friends place so much reliance, but it is sufficient for our purpose at present to state, that he admits it to have commenced before the measures of free trade, of which he complains, were thought of. He says, " In the year 1819, this country experienced the increasing pressure of commercial competition, both at home and abroad. Aggravated symptoms of that distres , , which has since become so general and severe, were evident amongst the whole of the trading community, and of the various interests con nected with commerce and manufactures." Now one would imagine that it would be but ra tional i❑ a man making this admission, to attri bute the distress we have since experienced to the continued operation of causes which existed before 1820 ; but reason is a thing in which Mr. ROBINSON has small dealings. His logic is even more absurd than that of the poor Nor wegians, who, we are told, attributed the dis tp pearance of fish from their coasts in a particular year to vaccination being then introduced amongst them, for those events were contempo raneous ; whilst the reduction of duties to which Mr. ROBINSON ascribes the distress of his con stituents and other manufacturers, did not take place till long subsequently to the appearance of the " aggravated symptoms " to which he refers as existing in 1819. The following communication from the Ad miralty has been received at LLOYD'S this morning:— " Admiralty, Aug 1532. " Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of yesterday's date, inclosing an ex tract of one from Patras, respecting protection for the trade there and its vicinity during the approaching fruit season, I dill commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs of L!oyd's, that copies of your said letter and its inclo-ure have been sent to Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Hotham, Com mander-in-Chief in the Mediteranean.—l am, Sir, &a% (Signed) " GEO. ELLIOT." " John Bennett, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." " Freemantle, Western Australia, Feb. 14. . - - " The Faith, Willett, is in such a leaky condition as to keep a pump constantly at work. Her copper is com pletely worn off. She will be hove down." The following are extracts from Dutch and German Papers received this morning:— THE HAGUE, Aua. 23.—The Chamber of Commerce at Amsterdam has announced that the cholera having broken out in that city, the quarantine regulations for the channels of the Texel and Luther north than be suspended, only the ships and persons aboard bein g subject to a strict examination. It has farther decided that if the ships are bound to Friesland or Groningen, where the disorder has not yet appeared, they remain subject to the existing qua rantine regulations. Boss LE-Duc, Aua. 22.—Within these few days, Belgian troops have appeared in the communes on the right hand of the Meuse, opposite Kuyk. We hear that these troops, about 1,000 in number, came from Venloo, and have spread themselves over the country as far as 'Mosk, not far from Grave and Nimeguen. The accounts from the camp are very satisfactory. Prince Frederick has passed through this place on his way to the Loo, and we hear that the Prince of Orange yesterday set out from Tiburg, for the satne place. The Prince's absence will be short. Accounts from the frontiers say, that the patrols of the Belgian troops appear to be more numerous, as if they ap prehended an attack on our side. The cholera has nearly disappeared at Scheveningen, where only seven patients remain : it is very severe at Leyden, and has now appeared also at Utrecht. . - - . New Cases. Deaths. Recoveries. THE HAGUE, Aug.2l, 22, and 23. 29 19 5 MYITERDAM, ditto, ditto. 46 21 18 AYISTERDAM, ditto, ditto. 74 43 14 LEY DEN, Aug. 19, 20, and 21.... 150 52 37 As the disease has so nearly disappeared at Scheveningen, we hope that it will not be of so long continuance as it has been in France. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, AUG. 24. Actual Debt, 2y e per cent 43% to 44 Amort Syndic, 4% per cent ..... ......... Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 9 6 14 to 96% Ditto, ditto, 1832, 5 per cent B3 to 83% Exchange on London l2f 2 , c. to 12f. 17c. 5-10. Ditto, to months ,w —Dutch Papers, Aug. 25. ST. PETERSBURG, AUG. 10. —By accounts from the Caucasus and Daghistan we learn that the predatory mountaineers, led by the famous Chief Kazi Moulla, made several attempts in May last on vat ions forts of Daghistan, having previously made an unsuccessful attempt on Vladi Caucasus. Latterly Kazi Moulla had taken an unsuccess ful position 7 %versos from the village of Espili, whence he sent out his bands to plunder. Being surrounded by the troops sent against him, he escaped by a path that was not guarded, but he was pursued, and some of his adherents killed and wounded, among whom is his principal accom plice Hatnead Bek d'Avares.—St. Petersburgh Journal, Aug. 11. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 25. —The Austrian Obser ver contains news of this dare, which has for the most part already been published in the Allgemeine Zeitung. We extract the following :—" Last week various reports were spread of a great battle in Syria, to the disadvantage of the Ottoman army. It was added that several Turkish battalions had surrendered to the Egyptians, and that the Defterdar and Kadiasker of the army had been killed in a mutiny. It appears from authentic accounts, that at the beginning of July there was an action near Horns, between the Egyptian army and the irregular troops of Ateliemed Paella of Aleppo, in which some regiments of regu lar infantry that arrived later were obliged to yield to the superior force of the Egyptians, who, how ever, did not succeed in taking Horns. Hussein Pacha, with the main army, had not yet come up. M. Defterd tr. and Rudiasker had not lost their lives in a mutiny, but with many officers and soldiers had fallen victims to the hot wind prevalent in Syria at this season, or dif ferent endemic disorders. The apprehensions of the Porte lest the army should want provisions are removed, since news has art ived that part of the fleet from the Dardanelles, with a convoy of sixty transports, had at rived safe in the harbour of Alexandrette. The news of a battle between the two fleets is not confirmed. Great exertions are made to send troops from the capital to Asia, and se veral regiments, hitherto stationed in Rumalia, are on their march thither. Sir S. Canning is on the point of leaving this city on board the Barham frigate. VIENNA, AUG. 16.—Five per Cents. 87 11-16; Four per Cents. 76 9-16 ; Bank Stock, 1,144 I.— Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug. 21. BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL SOCIETY.—On Wednesday week a numerous meeting of the proprietors of the above Society was held at Dices Royal Hotel, to de- termine whether or not the gardens should be open on a Sunday, or any part of that day. THos. LEE, Esq., the Magistrate, was in the Chair. A letter was • read from the President, Lord DARTMOUTH, regretting his inability to attend and vote for the proposition of opening the gar dens. A very spirited debate took place on the question. The Rev. T. MosELEY, W. MARSH, J. A. GARBETT, and J. A. JAMES, and Mr. R. CADBURY and EYRE LEE, spoke in favour of the gardens being closed ; Dr. DAR WALL, Mr. J. PARKES, Mr. W. PHIPSON, and Mr. W. PARE, spoke on the opposition side. A recommendation of the Committee was ultimately adopted by a considerable majority, by which the gardens will be opened on Sunday to proprietors and subscribers and their friends, from three in the afternoon till sunset. No money, however, is to be taken that day.— Warwick Advertiser. By the She/drake, which arrived this morning from Halifax, whence she sailed on the 9th instant, we learn that the winter bad been extremely severe through. out Nova Scotia, the ice not having broken up at the time the packet left. The earth's produce was consequently very backward, and great distress generally prevailed, especially among the emigrants that had arrived out, the price of all vegetable food being very high. No intelli gence had been received of his Majesty's packet brig Re cruit, Lieut. rionGEs, which sailed from Falmouth on the 11th of April last, with the mails for North Atneric s ; it is, therefore, to be feared that she had foundered at sea. The Recruit's time of return to this port was the llth ult. Second Edition of the Falmouth Packet. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—It is our painful duty to record the breaking out of a fire in this city, last night, attended by a destruction of property to a very considerable amount. At about half-past seven o'clock flames were perceived in the upper story of ILsunr's ex tensive printing office, Cecilia-street, corner of Temple lane. There was no person in the house at the time. Shortly after nine o'clock the roof and lofts of the print ing offic e gave way with a tremendous crash, and all was reduced to one immense mass of ruin. The premises of Mr. HARDT, we believe, are insured. The accident oc curred, as we are informed, in consequence of some of the boy e li s engagedi of papersntheestablish in the office mentleaving in lightedthe candleamongstngt a parcel tipper story. The melting of the type in the printing office de terred persons from entering the premises, consequently the destruction of property was to a much greater extent than otherwise would have been the case. The loss is es timated at about 7,000/. —Dublin Morning Register. A curious idea of the American notion of " the fitness of things " is tund in the name they have given one of their new villages at the foot of the Niagara Falls. They have called it Manchester ! What incon gruous ideas the very name must call up in the minds of dB English travellers !...1 1 2arichester Guardian. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.: FROM LLOYD'S DEAL, Auc. 26.—Liiin71§.W.MOderate.—Arrived the Maria, Owston, from Laguna ; H. and M. Coats, free Virginia; and Ara'iian, Geldowny, from Havannalt remains the Mary Ann, Hornb!ow, for Madras. Sailer the Alfred, for Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, 25 AND 26.—Wind N. W. strong bre. 22.-Arrived his Majesty's ship Plumper, flog Africa. Off port, the Sampson, Chadwick, from Net York ; Latona, Patterson, from Quela;:.c ; and Zrnobia Owen, from London, for Bengal. Remains the Uptol Castle, Duggun, and Belle Alliance. Arcot!, for 11.binhay, ae' the latter for the Cape and Madras. Sailed the 'Willfait Thompson, Stewart, for Mauritius; Eleanor, M`Taggar for Bombay and Georgiana, Young, for Bengal. COWES, AUGUST 25.—Arrived the Cacatha, Boumat from Bombay, Failed, May 1 ; the Virginia, Coffin, frog Matanzas, and Brothers, Mosey, from Virginia. BRIDPOR.T, Auc. 24.—Arrived the Atlantic, Doane from Pugwash. TOPSHAM, Ann. 24—Arrived the St. Patrick, Nortof from Algesiras; the Venus, Williams, from Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, Ave. 24. AND 25.—Arrived the Sheldrak packet, from B Tinutla, sailed the 27th ult., and frog flalifax the 7th inst., the Adahlne, Murry, from alessa Active, Rea-, from London, for Gihriltar. Off port, th St. Laurence, Blair, from Montreal, for London. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25.—Arrived the Higgenson, frog Barbados ; Diorno, and Commodore Morris, from Neo Or!eans ; Ocean, Elatol, Rockers, John Barry, and John Cillendix, from Quebec ; Trinacria, from Palermo Robert James, Haynes, Royalist—and Adventurer, KeikleY from St. Petersburgh. Off Imort the Murray, Hoodoo from Jamaica, and the Caledonia, from St. Andrew's New Brunswick. GREENOCK, Auc. 24.—Arrived the Science, Snell from Surinam ; Westmorland, from Virginia ; Sir E Co lrington, and Portaferry, from Quebec ; and Mercator Wilson, from Pictou. GLOUCESTER, AVG. 25.—Arrived the Nisthorpe, Aron Quebec. The Frances and Ithry, Edwards, from Dublin t Liverpool, ha• put into Holyhead, with damage, and top i bowsprit carried away, having been in contact with steamer. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock ... 190 189 1 4 190 3 per Cent. Red. ...... ......94 3 per Cent• Cons. ,8 3 5A 3 , 4 per Cent.... • Otto Red ( Y2 I ,AM Kew 3% per Cent. 9I%M 3 per Cent Ann. 17'26 - 4 per Cent. 1826 Rdlk Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860... 1 6 7; 15-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, - Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ' Austrian Bonds B9 relgian Bonds Ditto Account 7514 ::razilian Bonds ......... I)itto Account 49 Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 Ditto Account chilian Bonds l6 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 1014 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 l l l /4 Ditto Account l2 Danish Bonds Ditto Account 69 , 4 Greek Bonds 23% Ditto Bonds, i 825 Ditto Account '5 4 1 / 4 Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 9.2 1 / 4 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account 23 434 i ....... ...... DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. — India Stock Ditto Bonds 4 pm. South Sea Stock 93% Old Annuities — New Ditto.... ........ 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, X1,000...12 11 12 pm. Ditto 50...12 11 13 pm. Ditto Small l2 11 13 An. Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm. Ditto Advertised ... 11 12 pm. Bank for Account — India for Account — Cons. for Aug D MN THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 47 8 Ditto Account... 464 7% 8% Regency Scrip 4t dis. Ditto Account ...4%%',4 dis. ;Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account. Ditto Bonds, 1822 IOOV, Russian Bonds, 1822 lOl Ditto Account ion New Loan tl3 Spanish Bonds, 1621 Ditto Account 13 3 4 % Ditto Bonds, 1823 l 2 l, Ditto Account 12% 'French Rentes, sp. c. —1 —c. ! Exchange —f —c. 3 per cent —f —c. --- Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip ' Ditto Account 43% r• • French Scrip l l4 pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £lOO Bolanes Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Ditto St. John Del Rey British Iron Mining Company Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at Si. prn.) 45% English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association 1 ReaLdel Monte Mining C 0...., — United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New So ip 2 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 19ils; 48 4 6 14 =2'2% X 1 5 6 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, ACG. 24. Bank Stock l9B St. Patrick Insur.(perShare Consols, 3 Der cent Gov. Stock, 3Y, per cent 90% .National Ditto — Eiitto, New. 1 per Cent — 'Hilaernian Bank .`. . ) 0 14 goy. Deh. 3V, percent.... &5%/ 9 Provincial Ditto — loyal Canal Stock ...., .... 391 i Royal Irish Mine — grand Canal Stock 2114 imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent — , Mining Co of Ireland I,llast Office Deb. 4p. c. - Commercial Buildines arrived. ESA I LS. Due. ) Arrived. 1 Arnerira 1 0 Hamburg 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 1 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 2 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Malta ... 1 1 France.... ........... ... 0 1 Sweden 1 Guo..rnsev&Jersev.. 0 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. \filming-48 minutes atter 3 Evening... 5 minutes after 4. THE GREAT CHARTER OF 1532 REPRINTED TO THE TRADE. THE THREE REFORM BILLS COM PLETE, for ENGLAND, IRELAND, and SCOTLAND, with the HISTORY of the PROGRESS of REFORM from the earliest period of English History to the present time, as published in the DOUBLE ATLAS Newspaper of the 19th, and concluded in the Atlas of the 26th of August, IS NOV REPRINTING, and will he ready for delivery with the MAGAZINES for SEP TEMBER, on WEDNESDAY MORNING, so as to be forwarded in the booksellers' monthly parcels to all parts of the country. ft will be reprinted on a large sheet, oc cupying twenty-four pages of the size of the Atlas Newspaper. Give immediate orders. Price One Shilling. Published at the Office of the Atlas Newspaper, Beau fort Buildings, Strand. NEW PORTRAIT OF LORD BYRON, THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE for September 1, Edited by E. L. Bu!wer, Esq , author of " Pelham," " Eugene Aram," &c., evil contain, among other Papers by the most distinguished Writers of the day:— I. The Future objects of the People. 2. Continuation of Lady Bless ington's Journal of Cony er. sationsivithLord Byron, (ae compan ied by a whole length Portrait, after a Sketch by Count D'Orsay). 3. The Home of Love, a Poem, by Mrs. Hemans. Lines to the Blue Anemone, by the same Writer. 4. A Psychological Memoir of a Provincial Man of (genius, " Jackson of Exeter." 5. English Song Writers. 6. Of the Three earliest Au thors in our Vernacular Li teratu re. 7. The Spirit of the Greek Dra. =tic Poets. 8 The Bosphorus, a Sketch. 9. Oriental Smoking. 10. Married for Money, a Tale. 11. Monthly Commentary—The Schoolmaster at Fault— Rail-roads—The Advantage of being condemned to be Hanged—Who is Sane ? Legal Sub' leties—Literary Exchange—Editorial Duel ling, &c. &c. la The Lion's Mouth. krt., Science, Criticism, Bio &c &c. l Bentley, New Burlington- Ar d the usual varieties in A graphy, Politico, Commerce, Published by Colburn and +treet. _ - alit tit A 5,.• we) 2 , emir vv- Due. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. The following was posted at the North and South American G ffee House:— NEW YORK, AUGUST I.—(Extract of a private letter.) —" I have seen the city of New York in the gloom of the yellow fevet ; I have also seen it deserted ; but I have noel seen it when it has been so generally deserted as it is st this moment. I refer you to our daily papers, froo which, those who are acquainted with our city, will God that we have no place of safety to fly to—it is all twain' us—the mail of this morning announces it f rom Sacket t Harbour to Buffl ), that is, from one end of our State to thl other. A despatch from Philadelphia states yesterday) that 10 new ea.es and 9 deaths had taken place ; it ba' broken out at Norfolk and Portsmouth." A mail ha: arrived from Halifax, bringing papers to the 7 , h of August ; also papers from New Brunswick t° the 29th of July, and limn Prince Edward Island, have bee received at the North and South American Coffee House. The Halifax Papers state that upwards of 2001. had been deposited in the S Bank th ere . . _ The New Brunswick Papers of the 28th July state tba' in consequence of a petition to his Excellency the GO' vernor, from the Board of Health for the county of St' John's, praying for aid towards the erection of a hospita l fur the cholera patients, 1,0001. bad been 31Iotted. The Prince Edward Island Papers are void of news... By the French mail received this morning, they wrist from Brussels that, on the 2lst inst. a courier arrived the from London, with despatches to Sir Robert Adair. A, Cabinet Council was immediately held at the Palace, an" it is thought that, according to what the King said, tbc propositions sent from Compeigne were favourably received by the majority of the Conference. The lollowing is nearly the subst,nce of these proposi' firms ;--44 To be paid annually by Holland 2,000,000 eA franks ; that Holland is to renounce the duty paid on Bel' gain ships navigating the Scheldt ; Belgium is to renouod the navigttion of the rivers in the interior, on conditio e , that she shall have permission to establish an iron roe and canal to communicate from the Scheldt to the Rhine; ; pet sons Warsaw sa secreting w r the m s Council shall b e of the river Meuse to b e fr ee th ere ; an d a l so some net/ An Administration, rha s t ha changes in the minor p ar t s o f th e t tea ty." beenis t sued all punished, and brought before a military council of war. Accounts from Constantinople state, that the informs' tion, both from the army and fleet, is very unfavourable . It was reported that an engagement had taken place 00 the 18th August, in which the Turks had a ship of the live burnt, three smaller vessels were sunk, and three frigate° were taken by the Egyptians ; but this requires as yet cot" firmation. The Algerine Moniteur has published an order of th e lay to the army, dated Algiers, Aug. 9, stating that cep' tain information had been received that the Arabs were concentrating their f. , rces to make an attack on the 10 or 20th, but the French army were going to anticipa" them ; there appears to he about 3,000 sick amongst the Ft ench troops. Letters from Mentz state that the Carlist party are agate at work ; reports of an alarming nature are spread in r l4 country, and the chiefs are again assembling ; everything announces th tt another insurrection is on the en of taking place. THE FUNDS. The Funds continue in the same state as for the three, days past, not the least spirit in the market. Consul . , opened as th e y l e f t o ff on S atur d ay , 83 -1- for the Accouo 6 as yet we have no further news from Portugal. The estr fette from Paris is of little import. HALF-PAST o.la. We have an exceeding blank day, both for inFornTatio s and speculations in the Funds, which causes a very great dulness in the city. The report of Don Pedro having bought a seventy g u ' i ship, does not gain credit, but his recruiting is going ° rj briskly. The most important events we have now to receive fro° Portugal will be from the imntycliate environs of Opotl ° ' We do not suppose that the Miguelites will venture tv storm Oporto, but surround the city, and cut off all 0 0 ' municitions with the interior el the country, so as to Pre' vent Pedro from recruiting his army with Portuguese' likewise to cut off his supplies. Consols have continued the whole of the morning 11 5314 fur the Account, with scarce a bargain doing to the present hour. THREE 0' CL 0 ago Con4ols 831 4 for Account. FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols Ditto for Account 83g .1-, Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 —.- Buenos Ayres... 22 Peruviia ........ ..• Milian Ditto.... Russian lOl Columbian 1824 Spanish e GREAT POLITICAL TREAT.—PUS , l - Discussrow BETWEEN MR. COBBETT AND MR. 0' wooD.—At the meeting of the Council of the Birmif ham political Union, on Wednesday evening last, blrl ATTWOOD announced that he bad that day received, ft ° , li ; Mr. COBBETT, a challenge to a public discussion on t' u r u d i en s t o sh subject of Gold and Paper Money. These two great P V e litical doctors both agree that it is a monetary disc' which afflicts the country. They totally disagree, I l h ir t ever, as to the remedy. Mr. Anwoon contending to the level of the means. Now Mr. COBBETT thinking andthe Amire.ancsnashnogurrldtibiaet the e te b d of the greatest importance that the country shoul d ,: c l, he divided as to the remedy which should be APP", i - at has thought proper to challenge Mr. ATTwOOO to disco the matter with him in public, that the country n 34 in able to decide which of the two plans is the most jus t principle, and the most feasible in practice. Mr- e woos promptly accepted the challenge ; and, in pute ua , - „,l 4 c e of the wishes of Mr. CORBETT, the discussion is to - y should d t tbhee cut burde ns place at Birmingham, on Tuesday next, most probablY Beardsw ort i t ' s R epos i tory, to which admission will b e ' j oy tained by tickets, at Is. each—tbe proceeds to be ocl us ba o divided, after the expenses are paid. Mr. ATTwoon re , announced his int en ti on o f p re s en ti ng hi s mo i e ty of the, 5 , ceipts to th e poor san d- w h ee l ers o f K ey -hill. The di ti ‘;/. sion is exp ec t e d to exc i te great interest.— W arw ick vertiser. ,50 His Majesty's steam-vessel Dee (of 7 lit tons and 200 horse power), C ommander 01,1 , 1E1 1 1 w r bs out of the basin at Woolwich yesterday ; she Wee a to' peid wages at Warren Bight today, and will proCee o es morrow morning to join Sir PUL T ENEY MALc ° 4e squadron, at Plymouth. The D e e is the first of the P man-of-war steam-vessels that has be e n fitted out and oo missioned.:The Rhadamantlens, Salamander, andPh g be of nearly the same dimensions, a re fitting out, and w o l t be got ready for sea ; but, it is understood, they willkor commissioned until their services are required. shire Telegraph.