The Sun. — London, England, 1840-07-20 00:00:00

EVEN IN G ED I TION. lIANWELL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL RE-OPENS THIS DAY, July 20. Prospectuses and further particulars may be had on ap_p'ica tion by letter, post paid, to the Rev. T. T. Walmsley, D.D., Rectory, Hanwell ; J. D. Alacbride, Esq., D.C. L., Principal of Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; and of the Principal, the Rev. J. A. Etnerton, at the school. EREC HT HEIUM CLUB; or, AUXILI ARY ATHENYEUM. At a MEETING of GENTLEMEN desirous of FORM ING the above CLUB, held at the Committee-Room of the Offices of the Assmiation, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall, on Thurs. day, the 16th of July, instant, Sir JOHN DEAN PAUL, Bart., in the Chair, It was resolved, I. That the Club be now formed. 2. That the Annual Subscription bP Six Guineas , c ommencin g from the Ist of July instant. The Entrance Fee for the first hundred Members, Ten Guineas ; second hundred, Fifteen Guineas; and the remainder Twenty Guineas. 3 . That Sir John Dean Paul, Bart., and W. A. Mackinnon, l k , M.P., be appointed Trustees. oblemen and Gentlemen desirous of becoming Members are therefore r uested to signify their intention on or before Thursd ay , t h e 23d instant, on which day the Committee will sheet at One o'Clock, to make the first selection of Members from the List of Candidates. Application for Prospectuses to be made to the Secretary , I I E. Paine, E s q , at the temporary offices of the Society, No. , Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, to whom all other communiea "uns respecting the formation of the Club must be addressed. CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN IN DIAN GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, PIC CADILLY. immense and curious Collection is Open Daily front aen to Seven o'Clock. Admission One Shilling. Citizens of London intending to visit this Collection must 'eecis do it soon , as its t e rm of exhibition in this country is nearly expired. 12 . A LECTURE in the Room, and Costumes displayed on g .In figures each day of this week, at half-past three. MRS. GREY'S NEW NOVEL, In 3 vols. post Bvo., THE YOUNG PRIMA DONNA. A ROMANCE OF THE OPERA, By Mrs. GREY, Author of " The Duke," IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having, AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY .. .11 6 1311IUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) " r many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, .„ HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, if,e NOW SELLING SHARES f or the said DISTRIBU i2NB- Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE iIr,ULARS, (IS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR to %- up - on addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S--THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains SEVEN HUNDRED MONEY PORTIONS, Amounting to £72,170 Sterling. The Smallest Portion is £5O, And the largest Portion is £25,000. 0" ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. ' Novelty Two Entertai in One. Th e lon g ag nnounced . Gorgeous Nights' Spectacle. aided by nments 100 Fe ?tale Warriors , and re-engagement of Van Amburgh, with his matchless 'Collection of Leopards, Lions, and Tigers, who h v a nightly appeared to overflowing houses ; a combination Of attraction never before offered to the Public. Willis e act THIS EVENING. JULY 20. ed a Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled splen dour, entitled JANE OF THE HATCHET. Supported by the entire strength of the Company, and One Hundred Female Warriors. 417-1100 PA To conclude with, KaifaßKE ; OR, THE ARAB OF THE NIGER. Rillthe Arab, by Van Amburgh, in which character he r , be attacked by a leopard and a tiger, and finally encounter the whole herd in their dens. ROYAL SURREY ZOLOGICL GARENS. 'A FTH WEEK, and CONTINUED ARILLIAND T SUC CESS of BEETHOVEN'S BATTLE SINFONIA, With its novel and effective Introductions ! ! GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAMPETRES, By Godfrey's unrivalled Band. e vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, b .0 y sn son--Breaking up of the Ice—Melting of the S n ows— Release and Departure of the Discovery Ship. Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostie " or " Lime Light. Eruption of Mount Hecla, &c. Every Monday, T ues d a y, an d Thursday. Prograrne of the Concert for July 20th, 21st, and 23d. FIRST PART. Ove,-ture--Die Zauberfiete. Quadrilles—La Fille du Da- Pclaeca—Son Vergin Vezzosa. Waltz—Philomelen. Melange D,s Danses " Pas des Nati o n s " i ntro d uc i ng t h e Ty tolienne, Bolero, Quadrille and Tarantella (First time of per tr°rrnanee). Hyk-nu to the imperor Nicholas. New MS.•Over tir---The Dragon Fight, descriptive of Schiller's celebrated tall ad (first public performance). SECOND PART. GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA, Beethoven, with new effects and an augmented Band. , Trip -Ni g ht is Coming. The highly popular selection of 4 , 0 01- - ite Airs from " Robert le Diable." Waltz—Brandhofen. qauitsman's Chorus from Der Frieschutz. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Concert commences at Six. TO CORRESPONDENTS- Pioeuratiou fees are claimed by custom, and the Eccle *l"eal Courts will enforce the payment, but will not "Iforee large or undue fees. The clerk has no right what rer to refuse to swear in the Churchwardens, because the "es are not paid, as there is a legal mode of procuring * T r ess for withh o ldi ng th e f ees , w hile by refusing to wear in the Churchwardens he stops the business of the Pe ' t ish. We are informed, that if he persist in his refusal, nuludamus would probably be granted to compel him to 1 4 1 ;forn, his duty, he having a remedy for the non-payment li aad the law knowing nothing of the tradesman- Principle of setting off a right, as men set off one money ;!: 1111 againg another. " coinm un i c;;L ti on forwarded from Liverpool will appear to t:tom, w. HIG L , „, "lot h . 44 rf ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. H•+ W 3 minutes after 6. I Evening 21 minutes after G. üblieation of the Evening Edition of Tnz Stitt coin `_ meneed at 10 ►ninutes after Three. ,i, , -.... • - _-,irf -C= 2, .. 4.4.._ • 4100.•\;.!KT4-',p,A - -•-•, 74% ..,.., ,:. •f. , 4 ..,..,_ ' Iv , . . __,,?". ' • --: S. 1 , .-i . . . . u. .AL.IO .- \' V . At_ . 111 x. LONDON: MONDAY, JULY 20, 1840. W b o 7 See symptoms amongst some of our Contern u' 0 - ' sr 'es, who have hitherto joined us in vigorot.sly de la uneing the i n i qu i tous C o rn-laws, of a disposition "ax and flatter the landed interest into loosen g t heir gripe. They appear willing to sacrifice great principl e i n order to obtain some petty i'lnPorary advantage. They begin to speak the ;,: l 'downers fair, pretend *rot to doubt their patriot. 'm, and are rea d y apparent l y , like a wild beast 1074 by hun ger , t o t a k e any crumbs the land -43; s may give them, and lick their hands as those _ benefactors. However anxious we may be to pr ocure a repeal of the Corn-laws, we cannot join Y ie lding Contemporaries, and cannot but con er the landlords as having sacrificed the best iter ests of the community to the most vile and blind selfishness. ,„ T°OSt .give up to th e m now would be to turn a unpressive lesson into a farce. An ack.now 4,_"g:nent of th e i r power, a confession of their pu and goodness, would not only be positively l"; but em i nent l y mischievous, by encouraging ThemTn to pursue hereafter the same counle. Sub tssion would augment their power, and they woul d n ot fail to use i t . We believe their conduct as legislators to have been most iniquitous—a great breach of trust, and we cannot palter with truth and principle to obtain Vieittle present ease from their iron yoke. We be ve, too, that every day will bring forward facts watch will tend to make them ashamed of their eoll duct, to make the farmers look aghast at the irA- Tense los ses t h e C orn -l aws h ave i n flicted'on them, hale make th e un i versa l p eo ple indignant that they •lave so l ong su b m i tte d to t h e d omin i on o f some of t he most u n p atr i ot i c an d crue lly selfish men that mover cursed a noble country. It is one such fact that the price of wool is de b'ming, and likely to decline. At the Thetford ;gaol fair, held on Friday week, Sir WILLIAM I°L KEs said, "he learned that the growers 'would not obtain last year's prices. The a i ta k ' e of th e A mer i can markets, on which Iney greatly d epen d e d , was m uch the same as last year ; there was no improvement." The Earl of LEICESTER'S wool was sold, butthe Duke of NonyozK's and Lord ALBEMARLE'S was not sold ; and several private sales were made aft er the meeting was over, at a considerable reduction. It I s Cl ear, therefore, that the decay or ruin which the landlord s h ave i n fli cte d on t h e manufacturers is be ginning to tell on their own pockets ; and, with a prosp ect o f t h e i r surren d er before us, at no distant day, when truth and justice will be vindicated and rampant oppression humiliated, we cannot now %console the landlords with faint poise of their I,l oderation, generosity, and justice. 'e can understand why Lord JOHN RUSSELL e ATTORNEY-GENERAL should dislike the interkie.nce of Mr. KELLY with plans for belongs aln i sost exclusively to the Whigs. It really looks I;ke au :eagerness on the part of this Tory to reap and car.cy (NT, as many of his like have done, a genuine W . Sig harvest, t . We are T uite real , slso to admit the pro prety of the Noble ord'x statement, looking at his s it uat i on , t h at it i s only prudent to Watt " the fulther confirmation from experience o; the theory already so largely acted on, by abo lishing a considerable number of capital punish ments, before abolishing any more. The re sponsibility of a Minister, bound to uphold a par ticular system until it be demonstrated to be erro neous and injurious, is plainly very different from the responsibility of an individual who is only bound to obtain, if he can, the sanction of the world to his own opinion, and imposes on him much greater caution. Making allowances on both these grounds for Lord JOHN RUSSELL, we can hardly think that he was justified, when he saw Mr. KELLY'S Bill was supported by the great body of his own follow ers, and that he was supported chiefly by the Tories and his personal friends, in acting so directly and pertinaciously in the teeth of those principles which deservedly gained the Whigs the respect and esteem of all humane and reflecting men. To convince Lord JOHN RUSSELL of his mistake, his most bitter opponent, and the most determined enemy of the Ministry, took the same views as he takes, on Saturday, and, like him, the Times hopes to see Mr. KELLY'S Bill thrown out on the third reading. The two crimes which Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in common, we admit- with a great many other persons wish still to be subjected to the pe nalty of death, are setting fire to her MAJESTY'S ships, and rape, particularly the last. We will make a few obServations on each. It is now about seventy years since Portsmouth Dock-yard was set on fire, and JACK THE PAINTER was executed for that and other acts of incendiarism. Since that period, if any serious attempts have been made to set fire to the national vessels or to the national arsenals in which they are kept, they have escaped our recollection. We know, indeed, that cases have occurred in which men, grown de:- perate from long tyranny, have attempted to de stroy the ships - on board of which they were kept. It is not improbable, too, that some of the many men-of-war which have perished at sea and never been heard of, have been destroyed by those whose lives had been made so miserable by ill usage, that they cared nothing for the lives of others, so that they got rid of their own wretched existence, and enjoyed in losing it the demon-like pleasure of re venge. But with these exceptions no attempt of any importance has been made to destroy her MA JESTY'S ships by fire since about 1770. It would seem usttless, therefore, to keep a penalty on the Statute-book for an almost unknown crime. Perha.ps it may be said that the existence of the penalty has prevented the crime. We believe the impracticability of perpetrating it successfully is a more natural explanation. Every evening, winter and summer, at certain hours, her MAJESTY'S dock-yards are closed, and no person is afterwards allowed to enter or leave the yard except lie be known, rind there be good cause for it. Sen tinels and civil watchmen are planted all round ea ch yard, and both the military and civil officers go their rounds at different hours of the night. All the storehouses and work shops are carefully examined and secured every evening, by proper and responsibie officers, who see the buil dings cleared of the workmen, and see that no mi schief is done. In like manner on hoard every ship afloat there are guards and watch men; while c n board of ships fully manned every cor ner may be said to have an eye, and it is almost im possible for any crime to be committed in secresy. Now the se circumstances render it very difficult, not to say - impracticable, to perpetrate the crime of setting fi re to her MAJESTY'S ships with any chance of escape, and account, in our esti mation, much tuore satisfactorily for the non-com mission of the crime than the enforcement of the penalty of death. In other cases where that penakty has been enforced, the crimes for which it was inflicted have continued or in creased. While these proper precautions, therefore, are sufficient to prevent incendiarism, it is a wanton piece of legislative cruelty to decree the punish ment of dieath for an offence that is so very diffi cult of cola- mission. The ci,Tumstances in which the other offences may be committed are very different. The Times quotes the case of a lone woman abused in boat by four ruffians, and afterwards mur dered to conceal their guilt. But how came it not to occur to our Contemporary that this crime is sti 11 punished with death, and that it was committed in this case, and in the several other cases of which we have lately heard, in spite of the penalty of: death with which the offence is sure to be visited ? If the punishment operated as a pro. tection to women, we should concede the propriety of continuing it, but these facts prove that it does not. In truth, the existence of the punishment brutalizes the people, increases the number of ruffians in the land, and so lessens the protection which we are anxious to extend and secure to females of every class. A better protection than any the law can give is afforded by the progress of society. It is now comparatively seldom that any woman need be alone and unprotected. We all live, both by night and by day, surrounded by our fellows. From the increase of the people, and from the facts that many occupations are carried on at all hours, and that our streets and our roads are seldom or never deserted, women, unless by some carelessness of their own, are not often left unprotected. As railroads become the general means of conveyance, and all persons must travel, as it were, at the same time, and in company, there will be still less opportunity than at present for the commission of the crime in question. On these grounds, without now entering further into the subject, we regret that Lord JOHN RUS SELL should have gone, in the two instances we have mentioned, against principles which have been claimed and professed by the Whigs, at least since the days of Sir GEORGE SAVILLE, and should have given an undeserved triumph, by Mr. KELLY'S success, to those who were long the op ponents of all amelioration of the Criminal Code. at St. Cloud. The Duchess of ORLEANS has attained, in good health, the fifth month of her pregnancy. If the expected scion of royalty be a male, it will receive the title of Duke of VERSAILLES in compliment to the prayer of the inhabitants of that most loyal town. General Pfeil, the Prussian Envoy, has had his audi ence of the King to take leave, and sets out to-day fur Neufchatel, in Switzerland.—Moniteur. MALTA, JULY 6.—Admiral Stopford was to have touched at Corfu on his way to the Levant, but the Gorgon steamer arrived after he had left this port, but in time to give him an order to proceed forthwith to the coast of Syria. The Admiral's family then embarked on board the steam-boat Phcenix, which was to land them at Corfu, and then proceed to join the English fleet. The ships of war which are already cruising off the coast of Syria are the Pozoe:ful, the Bellei'le, and the Edin i burgh ; to those are to be joined the Thunderer, the Princess Charlotte, and the Bellerophon. SPANISH REFUGEES.—Some more Carlists have arrived at Perpignan, and the total number of the refugee soldiers now stationed there in the Champ de Mars is about 14,000. On the 12th instant a heavy and lasting rain came on ; to shelter themselves from which these poor people had to make huts with branches of tree% which they got from a neighbouring wood, but the greater part dug holes in the ground with their hands, and then, covering themselves with branches, huddled into them five or six together. On the 13th one of the priests attached to them said mass at an altar raised on the edge of the Champ de Mars. All the men remained on their knees the whole time of' the service, and, immediately on its being terminated by the priest pronouncing the words, " Ite misse est," they set up a general hurreh. We have received the following note : " TOULON, JULY 14.—Mr. Aymb, Secretary of Lega tion, who arrived yesterday post from Paris, and at whose disposal the Government steamer the Sphinx has been placed, is the bearer of the Convention concluded at Paris between the Representatives of the English and Neapoli tan Governments, who it is said have agreed to accept the arrangement proposed by M. Thiers."—Le Constitutionnel. The Sesostris which left Marseilles on Saturday for the East, has been forced to put back, after having passed the islands, in consequence of an accident to its boiler; instead of it the Ramsees has been sent, which could not leave till yesterdPy. It is affirmed, that it was known before hand that the Sesostris was not in a condition to keep the sea for any length of time. If this assertion is true, it must be owned that the Directors of the packet service are to blame, they cannot be too vigilant and careful, and should avoid giving passengers ground for complaining of delays affecting their interests. A letter from Cairo says that a proposal is much talked of in this city, which is going to be made to Mehemet Ali, to allow a monument in honour of Napoleon to be raised in the great pyramid of Gizch. The funds for the pur pose would be raised by subscription. It eppears, says a letter from Vienna of the 9th, that Count Fequelmont (the Austrian Ambassador) intends to stop some time at St. Petersburgh. Nothing is yet de. cideded respecting his successor. The Prince of Schvear zenberg and the Prince of Colorede Walse seem to be likely to obtain this office. Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, is expected here at Vienna in the month of September; but it is not believed that he will retain mueh longer his post at this Court. —Le Contnzerce. BRUSSELS, JULY 18.—We have mentioned that Colonel Murray had come from Paris to Brussels to surrender himself prisoner on an accusation of attempting to assassi nate his wife on the Boulevard of Waterloo. In 'the month of November last a handsome lady, mounted on a white horse, and followed by a servant in livery, was taking her usual ride on the Boule vard of Waterloo. All on a sudden she per ceived her husband, whom she believed to be at Paris. Being rather alarmed at his appearance, she turned round and descended the Boulevard and went home. On her return she aeain saw her husband on the Boulevard; he had in his bend a cane of ueusual di mensions. On returning home with her servant, the fair amazon saw the vestibule spotted with blood. On exa mination it was found that the servant's horse had a wound near the tail from which blood flowed in abundance. M. Doutreliene, one of our ablest veterinary surgeons was sent for, and declared that the wound was caused by .fire arms. But as no report was heard either by the lady or her servant it was concluded that an air gun must have been med.' Such are the facts on which the accusation of Colonel Kent Murray is founded. The Colonel, however, meets the accusation, by plead ing an alibi ; he affirms in a memorial, which he has lately delivered, that, in the month of Novem ber last, :and especially on the day when the at tempt was made he did not leave Paris. We are assured that he adduces the minutest details, and offers to prove this alibi, while several witnesses, who have been examined in the preliminary proceedings, declare that they, saw the Colonel at Brussels some days after the alleged attempt, and Mrs. Murray, her man servant, and her maid, declare that they could not be mistaken. HAMBURG, JULY 9.—A letter from Kiel says that the dispute between Denmark and the Hanseatic city respect ing the transit duty is settled. The duty remains as it is, but Denmark engages not to make any addition to it in 28 years. BOURSE.—PakIS, SATURSDAY, JULY 18. irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents llB 95 ... 118 95 118 SO 1 S SO 413 CT Cents lOB 75 iO4 75 ... 108 75 108 75 3 per Cents BO 45 l.: 86 45 .:: 80 40 ... 80 44) Bank of France 5760 —.3770 ...3700 ...3770 Latfitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 11..5 ...1135 ...1135 ...1135 Belgian Bank . 3 pet Cents 77 10 ... 77 10 ... 77 In .. 77 In Sparthh Active i'F% ... 3% ... 9.8% ... 28% Passive 6A, ... 7 ... 67 ... 6/ New Ucferred Neapolitan Roman ItAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. B L2S ... 525 ... 5W2 50 ... 522 50 L.B. Orleans . Strasburg to Bale 417 50 ... 417 50 ... 417 50 ... 417 50 The Madrid papers received are of the 11th instant' but the news they bring is of no political interest. The only rumour which prevailed of any moment was, that ESPARTEAO bad advised the REGENT to dissolve the Cortes, and consult public opinion upon the pacific policy of the State by a new election. Her MAJESTY approved of the advice of the Commander-in-Chief, and instructed her Ministers to hold themselves in readiness for another appeal to . the Spanish Nation. On the Bourse, business was brisk, and the funds generally firm. The closing prices on the 10th were— Five per Cents. 26 1-16ths for cash, and 26 13-16ths at 60 days. By the arrival of the Iberia steamer, at Falmouth, on Saturd:ty, from the Mediterranean, we have received Lisbon PaPcrs of the 13th inst. The Chambers had voted the Add;'ess, in answer to the Speech from the throne, by a large majority ; although, from other ap pearances, it was evident that the Cabinet was in ho minent peril. A bloodless duel had been fought be tween: two deputies, the Count DA TAIPA and Senor JOSE ESTEVAO, relative to a hasty expression which fell from one of them in the•course of debate. Were truth not sometimes offensive, the expression would hardly be ever misapplied in speaking of a Member of the Legislature either of Portugal or any other coun try. The offending deputy had merely said that his opponent " bad no sha:ne in his face,"—a discovery easily made, we presume, but which only a person labour ing under a similar moral deficiency, could have enun ciated. REPRESENTATION OF MA NCIIESTER.--The Man chester Times states that Mr. Greg has announced .• _ _ r The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all been duly received. In the ilioniteur of Saturday we find the following news from French Africa : TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " ALGIERS, JULY 11. " MARSHAL VALLEE TO THE MINISTER OF WAD. " On the 4th I occupied the territory of the Beth Sales. The army experienced no resistance. 1 have established a line of telegraphs between Blidah and Medeah, places which are thus brought into communication with Algiers. On the sth the expeditionary army re-entered into its gar risons. All is now at rest in the province of Algiers. I have sent back to Oran the battalions which I brought into this province two months ago. I send you my reports by the mail." W e noticed in The Sun of Friday a charge made by the National against Marshal BOURMONT of having betrayed NAPOLEON at the battle of Waterloo, and ie, our impression of Saturday we stated that a son of the Marshal had given notice of an action of defamation, which, in the name of his father, he intended bringing against that Journal. We have now to quote from the Gazette de Languedoc, for the gratification of our military readers, the following explanatory letter on the subject from the Marquis DE BARTILLOT : " Sir—l have always been on terms of the closest in timacy with Marshal Gerard, and although we differ on political subjects Kcannot but render justice to his great talents and his straightforward conduct. I have frequently conversed with him respecting Marshal Bourmont, for whom he entertains feelings of sincere friendship. Marshal Bourmont had just heard that his relations and friends had been arrested in Brittany, and had been subjected to severe persecution. " This intelligence caused him to decide upon joining the King at Ghent, and to abandon a party which had so grossly deceived him. This determination he openly avowed to Marshal Gerard, who endeavoured to dissuade him from it, but failed in his attempt. " The day after this conversation M. de Bourmont wrote to Marshal Gerard, informing bim that he had transferred his division to General Hulot; that he had given all the necessary orders, &c., and that in crossing the frontier he had prohibited the persons in his suite from entering into any political or military discussions. " Marshal Gerard told me that he had preserved this letter, and that M. de Bourmont had taken all the precau tions therein stated. * * * * * Accept, &c. " Marquis de BARTILLOT." The Star packet, Lieutenant Smith, with the Wm " To the Editor Odle Gazette de Languedoc." India mail..-, has also arrived on Friday, bringing on freight The trial of Madame LAFFARGE excites great into- about 15,000/. sterling. Her dates of sailing are—frore rest in Paris. Of the robbery of the diamonds she Barbadoes the 2d of June, Tobago the 3d, Trinidad the 10th, Grenada the 12th, St. Kitts the ltith, Tortola the was found guilty, and sentenced to two years imprison 17th, St. Thomas's the 18th, Porto Rico the 19th, and C a ment. She wil l next be tried for the murder of her hus- YI I the 22d. band, of wh om she is accused of ridding herself by Cape i n l e.V on-der-Luders, one of the most beautiful poison admin istered in some cakes which she prepared and accomplished actresses at 1-lamburgh, destroyed herself in for him as a token of her great affection. that city last week, but from what cause is entirely unknown. The report o f the arrival of Admiral BAUDIN in Early in the morning sh e rose, dressed herself in her riehesi toilette, put on all her diamonds , and then sent out her servant Paris is not confirmed. Not a word is said in the official colum ns of the illoniteur about the South Arne- to buy some fruit for breakfast. As soon as she.was alone she laid herself on a sofa, put a pistol to her mouth and blew out rican expedition. her brains. A second pistol loaded was found by her side. The Presse observes with justice that the Tories dare I HORRIBLE MURDER AT LIVERPOOL.—A not propose the appointment of se t Of HANOVER to the Regency, although at present heir apparent to horrible murder was committed early on Saturday morning upon the body of John Bibby, Esq., one of the most respect. the British Crown. Such a proposal would go a great able merchants of Liverpool, and late Conservative Member of to raise a rebellion in England. Pitt-street Ward. This gentleman had barn dining with some urning home, when it is sup way TilCrg is friends atEv h erton, and tac ts k •a e s , posed that French our: but little news of any moment in the has been sent to the ruffians on the e Family are near Liverpool. I was found on Saturday a s f e te rn r! Castle of H1,3:0 10eng":11..E,RA 1,. * b o de 0. 1 P ic r , in s e , e i FRENCH and the ~,,,,. POLIGNAC. r vi o -a a s d. at His attacked, and murdered b . noon in a pit, about three miles from his residence at Booth, 'rho King of the F 1 - . .., . . his intention of retiring from the representation o Manchester on the next general election. It enters a , great length into the considerations which should deter mine the Liberals in selecting a candidate to supply his place, and discussing the merits of Dr. Bowring, Mr. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Villiers, fixing on the hitter as the most proper person to represent Manchester on the principles of free trade. The town could not, we are persuaded, make a better choice. The Times concludes—" We may here mention that Mr. Cobden, to whom, if a townsman were to be selected, all who are anxious to obtain.poiitical and commercial reforms would naturally look, has most decidedly refused to sanction any proposal to offer him as a candidate for the representation or Manchester. It would be a noble consummation if Villiers were returned for Manchester, and Bowring for Wolverhampton. THE BOROUGH OF FINSBURY is placarded, we see, with "Tooke for Finsbury." The forecasting gentleman thrusts himself forward rather early, as there is no vacancy in the representation. The Reformers of Finsbury have reason to be proud of their two Members, and must regard this interloper—who cannot surely offer himself on the Tory interest, though he probably ex pects to conciliate Tory support with contempt_ard . dignation. A prosperous attorney , particularly if he belong to one of the canting sects, is about as unfit a character as walks the earth to rep resent a great, liberal, and populous borough. NEW DUTlES.—According to Papers published by the order of the House of Commons, the general duty on Coffee is to be reduced from 15. 3d. to lOd., and that on coffee grown in any British Possession from 6d. to 5d., while the duty on coffee merely imported from British ports within the limits of the East India Corn pany's Charter remains at 9d. We apprehend that the intention and effect of this alteration will be to cause the coffee of Brazils and other foreign countries to be im ported directly into this country without being sent first to the Cape of Good Hope, and at the same time to ensure to coffee grown in British possessions its present ,rotecting duties. ren brra reat rther, ; and wai tg, on age, ante. of to it up fter to the haJ liateiy rap round, Ho done rraing mock. more 30k at could • im to three Tues- rlcWUi horns it bat is wit- Meat. father cage, nyself, it. It ' re leg. came I said e cage • itself. hed at downr, ;,and., alarm; nt And •. ceased is had )eatbr yed. IS 1, in a a d es. tribute in the mail lisenee, u lcer , 015 ga , , s hips :!ausee, • but fertile from trprise ge ncY those ri, was conti )3, the oduce the :h uP C , be n I t t tba rear is to" itious rtual! r ar u ai l:. in fur dig- rceiy f the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1840. HORRIBLE MURDER, AND SUL- CIDE OF THE MURDERER. This morning, about a quarter to ten o'clock, the neigh bourhood of St. George's_road, Lambeth, was plunged into the most painful state of excitement upon learning, that a murder had taken place at No. 4, Caroline-build ings, in that vicinity ; anti that the murderer, after com mitting the horrible act, had succeeded in destroying him self. The particulars, which are obtained from Inspector Randal, of the L division of police, are as follows :—Tho murderer, whose name is William Heeley, a shoemaker, cohabited with his victim, the wife of Thomas Wether ley, who obtained his living by exhibiting a seal about the streets in a wheelbarrow, passing it off as a sea-dog. ;Nary Weatherley left her husband and lived for a short time with her murderer, but upon the husband entreating her return and promising forgiveness, she put herself, penitent, under the protection of her lawful guardian. William Heeley upon learning her return became mad dened with jealousy_and in the absence of her husband went to the house, No. 4, Caroline-buildings, and after fruitlessly attempting to persuade his victim to resume her disgraceful life with him, he pulled from his pocket a carving knife and cut her throat. The poor creature, with the frightful gash bleeding, rushed from the house, and, upon reaching the flag-stone before that of No. 14, fell down and expired. The neighbour hood being alarmed, attempts were made to secure the murderer, who stood at the door brandishing the knife, and vowing instant destruction to the first who ap proached to arrest him. The few persons then collected were horror-struck, and, from want of physical courage and self-possession, they permitted the murderer to with draw within the house, and, upon the arrival of the police, who broke open the door, the man was found with his head nearly severed from the body. The neighbourhood is of a low description, there is no thoroughfare to the scene of this awful tragedy, and it may be deemed curious that is within a few hundred yards of the residence of the attempted regicide Oxford. The inquest, it is expected, will take place to-morrow. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, 4WEL VE 0' CL 0 CK. Arrivals this morning by the Iberia—Lisbon Mail, 13th June ; Gibrahar, 9th June ; Cadiz, 10th June; Oporto, 14th June; Vigo, 'lsth June. By the Star packet—Barbadoes, 2d Julia ; St. Thomae, 18th June ; Cape Henri, 22d June. By the Lyra packet—Vera Cruiz, 20th May ; Tampico, 28th May; Havannah, 15th June. By the above arrivals we have received Jamaica papers to the 16th June. " The mania for speculation seems to be gaining ground in this island. We have Joint Stock Companies, formed for Banking purposes, and for the culture of silk ; Joint Stock Companies for assurance from fire, and supplying the city of Ligunena with water. 'We have the city mills, which supply the town with bread at sd. currency or 31. sterling per lb. An engagement with three slavers took p lace off the coast of Cuba in February last. In a letter from the Island of Grand Caymana, it was stated that three or four slavers, bound to Cuba, were expected in March to pass through a particular strait, known only to pilots of Cuba. This information was immediately communicated to the Commodore, who, within a few hours, promptly despatched two ships of war to cruise under a Caymanian pilot, in the strait referred to. One of these vessels, after cruizing during the month of March, returned to Port Bengal in the beginning of April, the other about a fort right after fell in with three other expected slavers, and, from a letter dated Grand Caymana, the 30th of May, it appeared that the commander of the British cruiser attempted to board them. The slavers fired into and shattered the men-of-war boats. It is not stated whether any lives were lost; but the bold attack of the slavers proved successfnl to them, for they all escard, and no doubt with flying colours, as having overmatched Bri tish interference, carryiug their cargo of living mer. ebandize into the stronghold of West Indian slavery— Cuba. The prospects, as regards the crop, are decidedly gloomy, and the chances aro that the crops will fall consi derably short of the last. We have received Barbadoes papers to the 7th of June. We should think the crop of sugar of this unfortunate year is now nearly shipped. There have been sent away to the present period to England, Ireland, and Scotland, only 9,322 hogsheads. To the same period last year the merchants shipped nearly 17,000 hogsheads. There is hal,: doubt that the colonies generally will fall very short in theirsugar crop. The steamer has brought files of papers from Demerara, Tobago, Trinidad, Granada, and St. Vincent. In Trinidad great improvements in public matters are expected to result from the energy and ability of the new Lieutenant Governor, Sir Henry M'Leod, who, in his ad dress to the Council, has spoken out very plainly of the reforms be sees necessary. Rio Janeiro Papers to the 16th May. Exchange 30, Stock 76. From Sydney papers received to the 21st March, it ap peals that a destructive fire took place in Sydney ; th e whole pile of building known as the Roy al Hotel and old Theatre was in flarrea, and before daylight the whole mass was in ruins ; the destruction of property must have been very great. The Hobart Town Courier of the 6th March, state that little or no alteration has taken place in the price of grain. A Lisbon mail has arrived, brought by the Iberia steamer. The intelligence she brings is not of much im portance. It appears that Marshal Saldanha returned there unexpectedly from England, owing to his riot being able to settle the question with which he was charged. His arrival has caused some sensation, and report says it will be the carse of some important changes in the Mi nistry ; but a postscript to a letter, dated on the afternoon, says that every thing is likely to be made up, as the Go vernment found they had made a mistake, and that the proper description of bills to pay the British claims bear ing interest was to be sent to London, and that the change in the Ministry, it is said, will be put off for the present. THE FONDS. Bo doi Ann.n, . 00_ d. ._,,.5.0.. ../. .. 1.. . .. 'l3. '.50.. ..1 . . . 135 .6 The arrivals this morning of most importance are ...... f . r . om the Pacific and Mexico, which have brought near two millions of dollars, and we have no doubt that most of them will soon find their way into the Bank of England. The date from Mexico is old, having receivd later by the way of New York. The Rio Janeiro Price Current of the 20th May con tains the following :—The transactions in Stock since our last have been to a moderate extent, and chiefly 75i 1 however, during the last few days the rate has become firmer, and 754 to 76 has been paid for small amounts. Exchange 30, little doing ; coffee nothing done, shipments this month up to yesterday 41 546 bags. The Cunsol Market at present is rather heavy ; some Thrce-and-a- Half per Cents. of 1818 have come to market, left off on Saturday at 92k, at present 92 for the Account ; Money, 91i i- ; Exchequer Bills, 28 30 prem. ; India Bonds, 24 prem.; Bank Stock, 173 174; India Stock, 253 254. Money continues easy in the market. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is also Leavy, left off on Saturday 28i i, at present, 28k i; Deferred 131 ; Passive, 6j- 7k ; Portuguese, 351 36 ; Three per Cents., 231 24; Colombian, 274 284; Mexican, SOi 31 4 ; Brazilian, 80 81 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 53i 4; Five per Cents., 102. 103 1 . BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JULY 17. —Tbe market for the National Funds was heavy and falling, the actions of the Society of Commerce also lower one-half per cent. Ardoin's Spanish was animated, and 4 higher, owing to the favourable advises of the Bourse of Antwerp. Prices from Amsterdam, 534 ; Five per Cents., 1014 ; Ar doin's, 254. SHARE LIST, JULY 20.—Great Western, 384, prem. ; Blackwell, 25 4, prem. ; Birmingham, 94, 96, prem. ; Soulhampton, 584 595 per share ; Greenwich, 81 95 per share; Croydon, 125 per share; Manchester and Bir mingham, 10.8 discount. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 1735 4 India Stack ......•• . ••• 2545 3 per Cent. Red 92i 2 Ditto Bonds ........2 4 pm. 3 per Cents. Con. 9li i4l South Sea Stock 34 per Cent. Ditto Red look 100 New Ditto ___ NeW 35 per Cent. •• 28 p i : expire 99—il D i tto xi : t ee t hr o .Cl3 . ei . nl . l . ts . ; . bOUI. 30 28 pm. Jan. 5, 1860. .• ... 13i Ditto Small B N e e n w k s Lo p n er g Oct. 10, 1859. ...... Ditto Commercial ..... dis. C A e n n n t ; i t i . e . s . ..... J a n. 5, 1 8 60. ...... Ditto Advertised . } , m. Jan. 5, 1880. April 5, 1890. ... - India Stock for Acct... -- Jan.—..... Coii s (11. Di t to sf fo r AccountA c et. . .... 2 . .9 . 2 . 5, 1870. : Russian span.ish Bonds, 'go.. •• • 14 2__ FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ..... ..• Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account .....,..• Po ro rtu it g to ue l e pee S tar ond s Brazilian Bonds ... ...... 80 Ditto New Bonds - —...... P_ru n s e si f a e n r, Ditto Account ...... Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds ... . Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Acc0unt........ Chilian Bonds ......... ... Ditto Account ••-•• CopluirtboiaAnceßoounndts. .. .. ..... •••.•• Bonds . _ ...... Ditto Account .... -'. _- French ,5 79 i Passive per cent... 1035 24 284 a C D :D l n u i i m s t h t b o i ß A an o c n c ß d o o s u n . n . d t . s .. ~. .. 1 .. : 8 . . 2 . : 4 ; Greek D i Ditto oA Bondsce Acc0unt......... u . n . t . ................ .. _ Ditto Acc0unt......... per ce n t.., —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825.... _ Ditto, 5 Exchanee Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent : Dutch, 24 - —f. —c. Ditto Account ...... ..• per cent __ Ditto Account ..• Ditto,6 per Cent....• • ...... Ditto Account ...... ... Ditto ..._ Account Neapolitan .............• ES THIS DAY PRICES OF SHA B .C• a. d, L. AT ONE. Paid. •••• s• d. Z. s. d. Per Share. RAILWAYS. ... 100 Birmingham and Derby ...... . 21 ... .. _ 4 _ ..... to Eastern Counties ...................... _ 1 a ...... to to 15 Great Western .............. ... ,s io: 48 Ditto New ...... ......... • .. 0 " 45 ...... 44 ::.. - 3 . 0 ............ t t n o — Hull and Selby ............... ..• London and Biackwall ............ 20_. 22i ...... to London and South Western ...... ...... to 58 North Midland ................. 100 Ditto New to Sii South E j a o sLer r n sainodocDorer. 8ANE5.......... 3 2 0 3 British North American ••••:.••• 40 371. Cent., — money Union o:llANuEsstralia. ..................... United Mexican (issued at 2l• pm ) 40 HALE. P - AST ONE . Accounts from Amsterdam state that the Bank have reduced their rate of interest to 2i p er being very abundant there. LIVERPOOL COTTON M A RKET, SATURIIAT.—The market is firm and prices steady ; the sales tc-day are 5000 bags, 4 000 on speculation. p av p Y lies to the Foreign little doing. appearance, with Market and to Shares. g. stil T t hheaysaeinreath;emr aarkhae BATTLES AND SIEGES IN THE PENINSULA. Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross, has nearly co.npleted a series of maps and plans showing the principal move ments, battles, and sieges in which the British Army was engaged during the Peninsular War, from 1808 to 1814. This splendid publication commences with a sketch of the operations of the British Army in Por tugal, from the landing in Mondego Bay to the evacua tion of Lisbon by the French in 1808, and ends with the battle of Toulouse. The maps and plans are all from original surveys, of which the greater part were executed by Major Sir T. Livingston Mitchell, Knt., who was especially employed on that service, under the direction of the Quarter-Master-General of the Penin sula Army, and the troops have been placed on the plans under the direction of Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir George Murray, G.C.8., who has contributed also many original documents, and such explanatory remarks as seemed to be requisite. They are all on a very large scale, exhibiting the moun tains, rivers, and valleys, with the respective armies on their march, or drawn up for battle. The positions of the British and French armies near Torres Vedras, the plan of the fortified lines, and the operations on both sides during the disastrous retreat of Massena, deserve especial notice. The plan of the battle of Salamanca, on two sheets, showing the manceuvring of both ar mies, and that of the assault and capture of Badajos, are also beautifully executed. It is, in fact, a great national work which ought to find a place in every pub lic library or museum, and particularly in the libraries of regiments, and those attached to military stations. In dependent of their being executed in a new and beauti ful style of art, they possess great value from having been executed under the immediate direction of a Quarter-Master-General, never, perhaps, surpassed for skill and decision in his peculiar department, and from the surveys of a distinguished officer, of whom it was said in •the House of Commons, " that his military plans would ever remain a monument of the gory of England." They are valuable also as tending to illustrate the " Despatches of the Duke of Wellington," which are admitted by men of all parties to furnish the most interesting and most striking proofs of the good sense, judgment, and mili tary genius of that great commander. The publication of these plans originated from the private enterprise of Mr. Wyld ; it has been carried on at his own risk and cast ; and we confidently hope, as an encouragement to others, that the result will be as profitable to him in a pecuniary point of view as the undertaking is honourable to his skill and enterprise. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY 18, 19.—Wind %V. tO S. W. —0 ff port the Samuel, from Port Jackson, sailed March 25; Aurelius, Forbes, Quebec; Mozambique, late M'Leod, St. John's, New Brunswick. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 17, 18.—Arrived the Rsinbow, Arnold, from Quebec ; Orestes, Dickson, ditto. POOLE, JULY 18.—Sailed the Flora, Chaddock, from Newfoundland. _ PENZANCE, JULY 18 —Arrived the George Lockwood, M' Kenzie, from Quebec ; Resolution, Davis, St. John's, New Brunswick. MILFORDETAVEN, JULY 17.—Arrived the Naiad, Phi lips, from Riga. WHITEHAVEN, JULY 17.—Arrived the Solway, Simon, from Antigua. CLYDE, JULY 17.—Arrived the Jessie Mitchell, Thomp son, from Mauritius ; Ann Martin, Roebuck, New Or leans ; Cruickston Castle, M‘Kinley, Quebec ; Czar, Fow. ler, ditto. S filed, the Hanover, M' Pherson , for Trini dad ; Helen, Banks, New foundlane. CORK, JULY 17.-Arrired the Eliza Ann, Watson, from Quebec. Off port the Middleton, Turson, from Monte Video. PLYMOUTH, JULY 18, O.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Betty, from Riga; John and James, Dale, Quebec. Sailed the Industry, Gilpin, for Quebec. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arri7als were considerable of English Wheat, and very large of Foreign Corn, but inconsiderable of other articles. The fresh supply of English Wheat was moderate and inconsiderable of other Grain. The speculators and millers readily took off the best runs of English Wheat at prices rather exceeding last currency, and other qualities, including foreign, sold at former prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease, well maintained last quotations. The Foreign Oats paying duty ; this article. declined Is. per quarter. The millers as serted that the top price of Flour was raised to 655., but it is not finally established. Reports of the Whert crop continue unfavourable,, and the weather is still changeable. PRICES ON BOARD OF SVIr, Wheat, Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small (new) 44s 464 --- White (old) a .-3. ..-•••-..-----.- (Old? —Red (1839) 60s. 653• --..—..-. Tick (new 4os 41's -- Fine 665. 70s. (old) —s.—s. Superfine 725. 755. Harrow (new) 425.45 i.. ---- White (1839) ....665. 70s. -- line 725. 763 Branl - ... - -s• —° . -- Superfine 775. 80s Oats, Feed s.—s. —........F0reign free 83 L 846. New 2.6 Q. s Ryt• .33s 40s. Poland —s .—s• Barley 303.385. New "16.315. Grinding 30s. Mr. Potatoe —s. —s> Malting 18s. 425., wew "os 3ls. Malt 569., (ifs, Scotch 325.344. Fine New ens. 725, Irish 258. ... 276.305. Pease, Grey, New 3,..z 40s. Flour Town (per sack).— 533.625. Maple New 425. 45; Second. 54,568. -- White 403. 425. —..... North Country .... 50s 54:. Boilers 44s. 465. Bran llF.l2t. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEI4. Wheat. Barley. oats. Flour. English Irish ## - I-- f,533 Foreign SMITHFIELD MARKET.' There was' aiarge supply of cattle from the midland counties, as also from . A4, Inar.,s46_, _near ; London. The trade was in ge!neral very'a - ult„ l "! Inadleiyers, found in the market at re 'Waned prices. 13"eet from 2d. to 4d., and Mutton from 4d. to exh, according, to citialkty:; Lainb and Veal heavy sale, at the like decline ; and' the prime:lnnis' of Pork and young Porkers abbot 4d. unde_s,Fridaysis . rices, but the inferior descriptions were unalter. Friday 3s. - 2d. to 4s. 6d.; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal; 4s. 2d. to 55.;" Lamb, ss. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. • Beasts, 2,716 ; Sheep and Lambs, 24,590 ; Calves, 169 • P igs, 634. Hay, 31. 15s. to Si. 2s. 6d. ; Clover, 4/. 10s. to 61. ; Straw, 1/. 18s. to 21. 2s. HOP MARKET. There was a large business done in all descriptions of Hops, and prices advanced, owing to the continued increase of vermin upon the plant in nearly all the plantations throughout the country, by which there is every probability that the production will be much smaller than for some years. TEA MARIET. . . The public sales of Tea went off with more spirit than was expected, and a further advance in prices took place. Common Congou 2s. 2d. per lb. There was not much done privately, but the prices of Company's Congou advanced to 2s. ld. to 2s. lid. per lb., cash. TALLOW MARKET. The market quiet, and prices steady at 525. 3d. on the spot, and 525. 6d. for arrival in last three months. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum in fair request at late rates. Brandy dull • NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red. White. Wheat, Northumberland 4Bs —s —s. 70,1 Norfolk and Suffolk... ........ .... 71s. 764 745."03.. --- Berwick and Scotch 6 ls. 65s —s...t;Ss. Foreign 69.;. 738......... 725. 765. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk Stis. 38s —s. —s. Foreign 3os 34s S. s Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... —s. —5 O. —a. Grinding end Feeding Xis. 32s Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 64s 63s —s. —s. ' Beans Small 4os. 435....... —B. —E. --- —. Tick 42s. 48s —B. —s. Pease, White 42s. 445..... —s. —s. Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 29s. 308. —B. —S. --...--..--- Feed Foreign Flour (par sack) s2s. 55s — —3. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk.. ..... -s. t 6s. to 70A. fine 735. -- Lin. and Cam. -s. 645. to 695. fine 71s. ---- Yorkshire -s. 511 s. to 565. fine 64i. -- White -s 70s. to 725. Gne 775. .---- Foreign, Red . s. to 645. fine 723. White -s. -s. to 725. nne 745, Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk -s to 30. fine 360. --- Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Wold ' 9s. to -s. fine 31r, -- Foreign Beans, New ..... ..... 445. to 455. fine 47t. - Old Oats, Potato -s. to 30s. fine 325. --- Poland -s. -s. to 30s. fine :28. -- vriezland and Small -s. --s. to ‘2?e. fine 305, -- I*.zaling Shelling 36s. to 395. Od. per Load, Malt Rapeseed ...... -1 Os. 26/. Os. 501. Os. per Last, TCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans, Oatmeal. 7C to 80 1 29 to 31 \ 27 to 30 \ to `2 47 21 28 0 22 30 33 46 50 24 26 17 18 30 48 65 126 31 13 22 22 26 \ 48 68 \26 49 23 27 40 42 60 62 34 36 27 30 40 59 6 . 2 72 35 :..8 26 29 32 33 34 51 22 27 20 25 :33 34 62 67 06 33 45 48 60 '4 30 40 25 3.5 41 44 size of the measure varies throughout the c HADDINGfON CORN MARKET, I Wheat. I Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. Fi rs t 786 Od 40s Cd 39 s Od 50 s Od S ec ond 66s Od 38s Od 34s Cd 49s Od Third s3s Od 35s Od 32s Od 48s Od Average 3l. 53.41 4 12ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. 1 Wheat. I Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. First 7 , s Oa 42s Od 36s 4d 51s Od Second 62s Od 34s Od 31s 8d 493 Od Third 47s Od rss Od 24s 8d 44; Od GLASGOW CORN Mt.7.2..'KET.—July 15. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 2641 b. s. d. e. d. rsritish, old 370 to 39 0 Iri.b 23 6t026 6 ....--.--- new Canada, free 0 0 Beans, per 2601 b Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English 29 0 20 0 Pease, Scottish ..... Sottish 2l 0 28 0 Oatmeal,perl4olb.... Irish kbercleen Berwick Ooldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso ...... Kirkaldy Feral Tho 39 to 40 43 46 I -- )untry Beans 48s Od —a Od —s Od Beans. M 3 Od 496 Od 44; Od 240 260 go 24 6 24 0 26 0 220 240 40 0 56 SCILLY.—A singular and melancholy accident happened here last Sunday evening. The weather had been fine, and the water peculiarly smooth , but towards the close of the day some black and angry clouds made their appearance in the north. About seven o'clock, an Irish preventive man, called Murtough Sullivan, who had gone in a small boat, with one boy only, from Br}her to St. illartin's, to visit some ac quaintance, was returning to the former Island, when a squall came on suddenly, and the boat went down ! The corpse of the poor boy was picked up next day, but neither the man nor 1 the boat has been found. It is singular that the squall was of very short duration , and the rema i nder o f the evening was tranquil as before.— Cornwall Gazette. 1 The sequestered village of Woodblidge, wh ich adjoins Rendlesham Hall, presented an unusual scene of gaiety \ on Thursday last, in consequence of the a rrival of Lord and Lady Rendelsham and their infant heir at the family seat from Italy. A salute was fired from the Mill battery; flags and banners were seen waving from every house in the village, and in the evening a barrel of beer was distributed to the pnoior. Long life to the heir of Rendlesham was drunk with ne times nine. The Assize Intelligence received this day is 1 destitute of general interest. LITERATURE WASHINGTON BY M. G UIZ OT. Murray, London, 1840. This essay on the life and character of Washington was, it seems, prefixed by its author, M. Guizot—the present French Ambassador—to the French translation of the collected writings of the great American soldier and statesman ; " but as it has not been separately published," observes the English translator in his pre face, " and as the original cannot be procured, except in connexion with the voluminous translation of a book which is more likely to become familiar to the English reader in the language of Washington himself than in the French version, it has not been thought a work of superfluous labour to clothe this in troductory notice in an English dress." M. Guizot's essay richly deserves the honour of translation, for it is acute, dispassio na te, an d ana ly ses th e c h a racter of Washington, in his private, not less than in his public capacity, with more minuteness and sagacity than has yet been exhibited by any American writer, not except ing even Sparkes and Channing. The greatness of the illustrious founder of American independence was of the highest order of greatness. He stands in the very front rank of those pure and lofty spirits recorded in the imperishable pages of history. As a soldier he was far surpassed by apoleon, for though he had a strong predilection for warlike pursuits, yet his military genius was neither brilliant nor creative ; but in high moral qualities—in a certain serene sublimity of mind, which impressed all who knew him with reverence, and which never forsook him, even in the period of his deepest reverses—he was as superior to the French Emperor, as " Hyperion to a Satyr." Under no other leader could America possibly have worked out her sal vation ; for no other could so long have kept a dispirited army together, roused the flagging energies of the people, and infused vigour into the lethargic proceedings of Congress, by a course of conduct at once firm and conciliating, by a resolution that no obstacles could daunt, a patience that no provocations could weary out, and a cool collected ness of mind that no disasters could disturb. We remember reading in Dr. Channing's character of Napoleon a remark, to the effect that Washington was supported in all his efforts by the generous enthusiasm of the American people. This was not the case. He had in a great degree to create the spirit, by which he afterwards achieved his country's emancipation. At the breaking out of hostilities, the rage for free institu tions was confined chiefly to the more enlightened classes of American citizens. The majority of the lower orders were lukewarm ; averse to changes, the nature of which they could with difficulty be brought to com prehend ; and desirous of evading the toils and duties of military and other services :required of them by the exigencies of the times. Yet the master-mind of the great patriot overcame all these disadvantages, and eventually succeeded in obtaining a hold over the will of the lower classes of his countrymen such as no man before him ever possessed. What we chiefly admire in Washington, is his nicely balanced intellect—the compact and well-proportioned character of his great ness. He possessed no one excellence to the overshadow ing or detriment of another. His ardent love of enter prise did not mislead his judgment ; 11;s hatred of oppression did not thwart or interfere with his sense of justice; his innate modesty did not lower the tone of his self-confidence ; he was great alike as a soldier and a statesman ; and though his natural disposition was clement and forbearing, yet, when duty required it, he could be as stern and inexorable as Nemesis herself. The Americans may well be proud of this illustrious patriot, for he is the only character that Europe con descends to envy them. We subjoin M. Guizot's graphic sketch of Washington : " Washington was a planter, a man of family and of taste, devoted to those interests, habits, and pursuits of agricultural life which constituted the principal vigour of American society. Fifty years later Jefferson said, in order to justify his reliance on the entirely democratic organ], zatlon of American society, Oar confident expectations cannot deceive us as long as we remain virtuous, and vir tuous we shall remain as long as agriculture is our chief concern.' From the age of 20 Washington considered agriculture as his chief business, and thus his life was spent in the closest sympathy with the prevailing propensities, and the good sturdy habits of his country. Journies, field sports, the exploring of remote hunting-grounds, and in tercourse, whether friendly or hostile, with the Indians of the border, were the pleasures of his youth. He was of that active and enterprising disposition which takes delight in the perils and adventures to which man is exposed in the vast wilds of an unexplored country ; he was en dowed with that strength of limb, that perseverance and presence of mind, which makes a man triumph over such obstacles. Indeed, the confidence he felt in these faculties at the outset of life was somewhat presumptuous. For my own part,' said he to Governor Dinwiddi, ' I can answer that I have a constitution hardy enough to encounter and undet go the most severe trials, and I flatter myself resolu tion to face what any man dares, as shall be proved when it comes to the test.' To such a character war was of course more congenial than field sports or travel. At the first opportunity which occurred, he marched to the field with a degree of ardour, which in the earlier years of life ' is not always attended with equal aptitude and taste for the service. In 1754 George H. was listening to a de. spatch which the Governor of Virginia had forwarded to London, and in which young Major Washington concluded a narrative of his first skirmish in these words : I beard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound,' On hearing this, the King said —. He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.' Washington was of the King's opinion ; for when the Major of the Virginian militia was become Commander-in. Chief of the army of the United States, he replied to some one who asked him whether he had ever made use of that ex pression—. If I said it, it' was when I was young.' But his youthful ardour was at the same time serious and serene, and it bore the authority of maturer years. From the first what he loved in war, far above the heat of battle, was the great effort of intellect and will, armed with power, to achieve some grand design—the mighty mixture of human agency and of fortune, which seizes and transports the highest as well as the humblest minds. Born in the highest of colonial society, brought up at a public school amongst his fellow-countrymen, he naturally took his place at their head, for he was at once their equal and their superior, formed to the same habits, skilled in the same exercises, a stranger like them to all elegant accomplishments and all pretensions to learning, claiming nothing for himself, and displaying exclusively for the public service that ascend ancy which a penetrating and sensible mind, a calm and energetic character, will always secure when they are joined :o disinterestedness." CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL OF MADAME LAFFARGE. CORRECTIONAL TRIBUNAL OF BRIVES, SITTING OF JULY 15. ROBBERY OF THE DIAMONDS. After some additional evidence of slight importance— The President delivered the judgment Of the Court seriatim. After recapitulating with great minuteness all the circumstances of the robbery, as given iu the evidence, he proceeded to examine the nature of the defence, which he divided into eight different points, and which he desig.. nated as improbable and absurd. He then delivered the following judgment . " The Tribunal, giving default against Marie Capelle, widow Laffarge, declares her attaint and convicted of hav ing, in June, 1839, fraudulently abstracted a set of dia monds belonging to Madame de Leotaud :—ln reparation of which, applying articles 401 of the Penal Code, and 194 of the Code of Criminal Instruction, the Court con demns her to two years' imprisonment, and in all the costs and expenses of the prosecution." INTEMPERANCE.--Out of 76prisoners brought before Major Sirr, at the Head-office, on Sunday morning, 51 were charged with being drunk, and found tippling in un licensed cellars. They were all fined ss. each.—Dublin Erening Packet. TIIE LATE LORD DUDLEY.—Though an only son, yet from infancy he never knew the happiness of domestic life, having been, at the early age of six months, placed by his rather whimsical parents in a separate house and establish ment, where they occasionally visited him ; but his education was entirely superintended by a succession of nursery gover nesses and tutors, and he always declared that his only expe rience of a happy home was when placed at last under the roof of Professor Dugald Stewart, at Edinburgh. His life of early solitude engendered those peculiar habits which oc casionally clouded the lustre of his shining abilities, and, among other strange customs, he acquired so un conquerable a habit of thinking aloud, that his inti mate friends used to say, in allusion to his two titles, that "Dudley was speaking to Ward." The ludicrous effect produced by these public meditations during his Majesty's Cabinet Councils, became a principle cause of his retirement from office. On one occasion, when a gentleman took him home in his carriage, to avoid a shower of rain, he conversed diligently with himself during their progress, saying, " I sup pose he will expect me to ask him to dinner ! I'm afraid it must be done." His companion being fond of a jest, instantly commenced an accompaniment, muttering to himself q?, audibly, " If he asks me to dinner , I sh all certainl y not go ! Upon hearing this, Lord Dudley laughed heartily, made an apology, and insisted on the invitation being both given and accepted.—Shetland and Shetlanders. " The will of Paganini has been opened at Genoa," says a letter from that place in the Delrats, " and the following account of its contents is given as authentic. The greater part of the fortune consists in housesl E remainder is in the fun ds in France, ng and , and Napl es . and lands ; t The total amount has been officially estimated at 1,700 , 0 00 francs, which is said to be rather an under than an over estimate. Paganini ha s left to hiseld s est sister the lif e i nterest d o v a i d c e a d p capital a o l f ly 7 b s eTvreen fra he nc rTo his s which, after her d ea th , to be sons and daughter s . young est sister he has left a life interest of 50,000 francs, on similar conditions ; to a lady of Lucca, whore name the will declares is not to be mentioned, he has left 6,000 francs a year for life, an d to the mothe r of his son 1,200 franc s a year for life. Thi ; lady is not a Jewess, as has been generally said, but a Roman Catholic, and a distinguished singer, who travelled with Pa ganini from 1823 to 1828, and sang in nearly all the concerts which he gave during that time. The bulk of the r o p pertv, afterwho s deductinghy the will,the legacies, plaeed n under is ebequeathed guardianship his of son property, , Mar quis Lorenzo Pareto of Genoa." We are authorised by Mr. Tooke most distinctly to disclaim on his part, all knowledge, instruction, or publicationri Finsbury," shnr yvery of r y a extensively p lacar d partici pation whatever, direct or indi rect, aa regards the rir ting nd containing posted throughout the Nv o r words a t " h oTookeroogh borough.- r WORCESTER, JULY 17.—The accounts from the whole of our Hop plantations are this week more unfavour able ; the greater part of the leaves of the plant are now gone dead and fallen from the bine, and the young shoots that have made their appearance are so followed up with lice and vermin 1 that it will be almost impo ss ibl e th e y can produce any crop (and \if any) of the most unkindly description. Duty estimated at 2,0001. to 3,000/. Present prices, per cwt.:—low new, from I 705. to 84s. i fine, 955. to 1055. 16.37'5 ) from 50s. to tks. EVENING EDITION. IRELAND. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CARRICK-ON- SHANNON, WEDNESDAY. —The greatest excitement prevailed in town this morning respecting the trials of the Riband delegates, arrested a few weeks since in this county, the particulars respecting which have been already fully detailed in the Register. Bills of indictment were sent up from the Grand Jury against 14 men for Ribaudism. Two of the prisoners were first put upon their trial, and after the case for the Crown had closed, pri soners' Counsel advised that the plea of " Not Guilty" should be withdrawn, which was accordingly done, and the prisoners pleaded Guilty. The remaining twelve prisoners then, following this ex ample, pleaded Guilty. DUNDALK, JULY 15.—The case of Patrick Callen, for Ribandism, which was settled yesterday for this morning, was commenced at the sitting of the Court before ten o'clock, and occupied the day. Tire Jury at half-past five o'clock agreed upon a verdict of Guilty, ~nd the prisoner was sentenced to transporta tioa fur seven years. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—It affords le considerable pleasure to be enabled to give so favourable a state ment of the Noble and Gallant Duke's health, that should his Grace continue as well as he was last evening, he will attend to his duties in the House •f Lords this alto nom. _ _ Tile preliminaries of the marriage between Lord Leveson Gower and Lady Acton are, we understand, now en tirely arranged, and the union will take place within a short period. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE. —We understand the marriage of Lady Elizabeth Howard and the Hon. Frederick Grey will be solemnized on Wednes4,ay, the ?9th instant, at Castle Howard, the scat of the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, in Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Carlisle leave town on Thursday or Friday next, accompanied by the Ladies Howard, to snake the necessary arrangements. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Duke of Devonshire, Marquis of Stafford, Ladies Levescn Gowtr, Rail and Countess and Lady Georgiana Grey, Viscount Morpeth, and a numerous family circle, are expected to Be present on the happy occasion. It is circulated in the upper circles that a marriage is on the tapis between a Noble Marquis, son of a ducal Scottish family, and England's wealthy heiress. METROPOLITAN WOOD PAVEMENT.—We have beard that this Company hail applications for 80,000 shares, having only 9,000 to dispose of ; 700, we understand, were refused, though the money was tendered the next morn ing after the closing of the list. CORONER'S INQUEST. SUICIDE OF A FATHER AND DAUGHTER, &c.—On Saturday, the inhabi tants of Hoxton were painfully excited, in consequence of the self-destruction of a man, of the name of William Brown, a shoemaker, who was many years an inhabaant of Hoxton, who drowned himself in the Regent's Canal ; a few days pre vious to which rash act, his daugter, a favourite child, in con sequence of some family difference, poisoned herself with oxalic acid. The jury which was impannelled to inquire into the eircumsta.iees attending the death of the father, assembled at the Victory, in the Kingsland-road, when Mr. R. Jones, commis sion agent, Heston, said that on Thursday forenoon, about eleven, he was passing by the side of the Regent's Canal, near the Kingsland-road, when he observed the deceased sitting by the side of the canal, at a short distance from the bridge. He was smoking a pipe, and appeared not to notice any one. Witness returned in a few minutes, and saw the hat of the de ceased, in which was the pipe that he had been smoking, close by where lie was sitting. Not finding deceased, he sus pected that he was in the canal. He then felt for the body with his stick, and found it. Having called to some persons, the body of the unfortunate man was taken out and conveyed to the Victory. Verdict—" Found drowned." A POLICEMAN FOUND DROWNED.—At one o'clock on Sunday morning, as the night police (Pimlico dis trict) were corning off duty, it was found that John Husband, 26 B, was missing. The sergeant had seen him about four o'clock, from which tune, up to four o'clock on Monday morn ing, no information whatever could he obtained relative to him. Inspector Moran, with three constables, procured a boat, and proceeded to Mr. Reed's wharf, Grosvenor Canal, Belgrave terrace; where, after dragging about half an hour, they disco vered the body of the unfortunate man, which was conveyed to the Pimlico station to await the Coroner's inquest. It is supposed that he fell asleep and walked into the canal, there being no effective barrier to prevent the accident. • DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT NA PLES.—Private letters from Naples bring shocking accounts of an accident which took place on the 26th June, on the railway constructed between Naples and Portici. Although the rail way was not entirely finished, notice was given that a journe,f was to be performed on that part which was finished. The public went in crowds to obtain tickets, which could ',lily be obtained by a certain number of persons, most of v;nom were of the first class of the people. His Majesty and the Royal Fa mily were anxious to join in the journey, but owing to its being of a dangerous nature, were persuaded not to venture. The Prince of Salerno was a'so prevented, having been taken ill an hour previous to the staring of the train. The exact number of persons who entered the carriages is not as yet ascertained, ' but supposed to be from one to three hundred persons. A short tune after their departure, the conductor was seized with apoplexy. The machine being deprived of its guide, went with great rapidity to the end of the railway which was finished. Unfortunately there was a bridge, not half covered, which went over a torrent; where the carriage, with the whole of the per sons in it, were precipitated into the torrent. It is stated that twenty persons were killed on the spot, and all the others dan gerously wounded. YACHT FOUNDERED OFF TEIGNMOUTH, Nrin FoUr. PERSONS DROWNED.—Saturday, last the li on. Mr. Vanneck, Captain Clarke, Mr. Barrett, and a sailor, left ' Torquay in an open net-decked sailing boat, and off Tejo mouth, about four miles from shore, sunk, and all on board perished. No one from shore saw the accident, but it appears that Mr. Richard Wake, of lleavitree, was sailing in his yacht from Labbicombe to Exmouth, and off Teignmouth he saw a boat carving a press of canvass, and, as he thought, endeavour ing to outsail his yacht. The wind was of shore, and in squalls, when suddenly Mr. Wake looked to see which way the boat was making, and to his surprise could not see her, but one of his sailors is positive he saw her mast a little out of the water, and that disttppeared. T here being no doubt the boat had sunk, Mr. Wake . bore down immediately to rend:T as- sistance, and traversed the spot for some time, but not a hat, oar, or any vestige remained. The relatives and friends of the parties at Torquay have since been endeavouring to find the Indies and boat, but hitherto without success. This melan choly event will, we hope, op -rate as a warning to persons fond of sea excursions not to ventur e with sai ls in an open boat.--. Western Times. —TIAOtNthOeFBiTnnHiEnghBamIRI‘QIIIIaNrtGerIIAseNI QII AR e e a s sions held on Saturday, the Recorder of the borough (M. D. Hill, Esq.) a n nounced that the present Sessions were the last whi c h wou l d D S I E S s S si O o L N U s. be held in Birmingham. Having taken a lengthened review of the advantages which the establishment of the Session had conferred upon the inhabitants of this borough, he said, that in consequence of the contested validity of the Manchester and Birmingham charters, much difficulty bad arisen in raising funds to defray the expense of their local government. The Lords of the Treasury had already advanced various sums of money for That purpose ; but they had declared that no further assistance need be looked to from that quarter. Thus, there would be no funds in Birmingham to hold the Sessions ; and it would be the duty of Birmingham to commit henceforth to \Vase leis Sessions, and not to Birmingham. The present Sess dons would, therefore, be discontinued. This declaration of the Recorder came like a thunderclap upon the Radical party here, as they evidently conceive it to be only as a prelude to the dissolution of the charter of incorporation itself. On Saturday last her Majesty the Queen and his Ronal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with a visit at Stafford House. The Hon. Colonel Cavendish and Colonel Bouverie were in attend ance on her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The illustrious visitors stayed nearly two hours, and during their visit inspected the magnificent gallery, only just completed, and its valuable collection of paintings. It contains some of the finest Mur. rillo's in the world, and is particularly rich in the chef d i rrurres of the Italian and Dutch masters. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THZ PRINCESS Au o 17 STA.—Up to a late hourlast night not the slightest improve.. ment was manifested in her Royal Highness's health, and the bulletin was of the same tenor as those of the previous days, that her Royal Highness did not pass a good night, but remained much the same. Her Majesty the Queen, at-. teaed by Lady Barham and Hon. Colonel Cavendish, visited her Rosa! Highness on Saturday last, and stayed some time with the princess. The Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Gloucester, and the other members of the Royal Family, waited on her Royal Highness yesterday and on Saturday. 'fl inquires of the nobility are very numerous, for it cannot be disguised her Royal Highness is alarmingly indisposed. MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A Clergy man (whose name we do not think it necessary at present to mention, who is a tutor at a respectable academy in the neigh bourhood of this city) dined on Monday the 22d alt, at Sion house, Clifton, which he left about half-past seven o'clock, per fectly saber, intending to return to Bitton by the Bath th ree o'clock coach ; as he was too late it is ;opposed he proceeded on foot, but lie did not reach home that night, and has never since been seen or heard of. Strict inquiries have been instie tuted by the police amongst the men wor king en the railmact, but hitherto without any effect. The missing gernlems: n was about 27 years of age, bit. 7in. high, with long dark hair; and had on a black frock coat and black stockings.—BntA Herald. SOUTII or DEVON.—The wheat in some situ ations is rather thin, but on the whole is going on well, and the blooming has received no check. The harvest on those lands which were sown early, will commance in about two or three wee k s . Barley and oats look well, and since the rain for the last three weeks, promise an abundant crop, with plenty of straw. A great quantity of hay has been got in, but much roe mains behiuu ; the crop in general is below an average one.: The early turnips grow well everywhere, and the potatoes are exuberant. There are many cherries, the same may be !'aid of apples, but the pears are not so promising. There an im mense quantity of plums, and this will be the third. consecutive plum sear, an event which has not occurred for long • a period. should the weather prove favourable for the next five or six weeks, the farmers generally will hesee no cause for complaint. Sheep shearing is ended.— IVes!ern Times. ACCIDENT ON TH:r; LIVERPOOL AND MAN citr.sTEn. RAILWAY.—On Saturday evening a serious collision took place on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, near this town, between two trains belonging t o th e Grand Junction Company. It appears that the train which left Birmingham at five o'clock, haling made a quick passage, had overtaken the Fecond •cl ass train which left at half-past three, and followed it at a moderate and what was supposed a safe distance, towards the town; but, on rounding the curve in the road, near Ord sall-lane, the engineer of the five o'clock train suddenly came in sight of the other train, which had been com pelled to, stop, in consequence of a Liverpool luggage train having previously stopped to discharge some pigs at the slip near Oldfield-road-bridge. The engineer immediately reversed the steam, and put on the whole force of his brake ; but he found it impossible to stop the train before it came in violent contact with the second-class train. Nearly the whole of the passengers in both trains were thrown from their seats by the we are concussion, and a number of them severely, though eit seems to happy to say none dangerously hurt. Thistof the aede engineers, or prove, that greater precaution on the p art some additional arrangements by the Railway Companies, are lace, and p necessary to prevent future acci dents i n dentsn the same resulting from the same causes. Manchester Guardran. FRENCH POST OFFlCE—Arrangements h a v e been made by the French Post-office authorities for accelerating England, b • special conveyances, direct the overland mail for 3 _ from Marseilles to Calais. By this plan it is expected that. the India mails will reach London 24 hours earlier than by that hitherto pursued. The engagements for the Hereford Aiusic Meet ing are progressing most favourably ; among those engaged for the vocal department are Mad. Dores Gras and Signor Lablaehe.—Hereford Journal. So great is the decline of Public taste for thea • trical exhibitions, that Mr. Mauley, the manager and proprie tor of the Lincoln theatre, is unable, from his severe losses, to pay the poor-rates on thatbuildin i q, and is himself living on a bare pittance at Derby. :qr. M.'s losses during the last at 49 fAe@e<led 2,0001, --Lincoln Mercury. '"59 irtg. 19; iris, ring ie3e cl 71 reer, lbers $2 . 33 10.56 0 91 2.68 by of !talcs na!es was, t was ?.1 rietly gru el ear- .inly