The Sun. — London, England, 1840-07-30 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. LETTER 111. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—ln performance of the promise made in my last, I will now proceed with the inquiry into what are the causes of the fluctuafd uncertain character of our present circulating mm . Coe of the charges very generally made and enter tained against the Bank of England is, that having the power to make money plenty or scarce, it is in the practice of abusing this power to the detriment of the public. Now let us see on what authority this charge rests ; and the only evidence that can be adduced on either side I apprehend is, the returns of the circulation of the Bank at different periods, and the reasons or causes which led to an expansion or cont-action of its issues. Whether these issues amounted to half a mil lion, or a million, more one month than another, is not the question, for the payment of the dividends—the state of the government accounts—payments made on account of foreign loans, and several other incidents, will occasionally produce this without the slightest action on the part of the Bank of England, but what we have to decide is, whether the Bank of England have at any time sacrificed the public interests to the promotion of their own by unduly expanding or contracting their issues. By the return made to the Bank Committee in 1832 the circulation from time to time is given, but without troubling you with the fractions, it may be stated as follows : From 1778 to 1790 it rose from 7 to 10 millions. 1790 to 1800 10 to 16 1800 to 1810 16 to 21 -- 1810 to 1817 21 to 29i and this gradual and continuous increase appears to have taken place collaterally with the extension of our trade, and the consequent demand for discounts, for by another return made to the same Committee, we find the amount of commercial paper held by the Bank under discount to be as follows : From 1795 to 1800 from 2 to 6 millions. 1800 to 1810 6to 20 1810 to 1816 14 to 11 At this time the Bank of England carried on a very arge proportion of the entire discounting trade of the kingdom, and there can be no question that these were the palmy days of the Bank of England ; and it is not a matter of much wonder that during such a period the Bank should have been able to divide bonuses, and to make additions to their capital out of their profits, amounting to no less a sum than 17,318,070/. The capital of individuals found employment, and was absorbed in the immense loans required by the Go vernment, aliol6 the prosecution of a trade which we were then carrying on to the exclusion of almost all other nations with nearly the whole world. But a new state of things was now about to arise. The war, whose end and object was our utter extermin ation, was decided in 1815, by the glorious results of a Waterloo,—the Government no longer required loans ; a large portion of the taxation of the country was instantly repealed, and left to fructify in the pockets of the public. and the channels of private wealth soon began to overflow, and to enter into active competition for employment with that of the Bank of England, having the effect of actually return ing the issues of the Bank upon itself ; and to such an extent did this proceed, that we find the circulation of the Bank of England reduced in 1818 to 27 millions 1819 25 1820 23 1821 2:3 1822 18 1823 18 and notwithstanding this continual withdrawing of the circulation of the Bank of England, such was the over whelming amount of private capital seeking for em ployment, that foreign loans to an immense amount were contracted for, money speculations of every quality and character embarked in, and hundreds of the wildest schemes that ever entered the heads of nsen to devise became itle order of the day, until, in 1824 and 1825, it reached its climax, and produced one of those con vuliive re-actions which shook society to its centre. Now, I would bee to ask, how it can be charged to the Bank of England, that up to this time it had made money plenty, when it had gradually reduced its cir culation front nearly 30 millions to 18. The dis counts of the Bulk had in like manner fallen cff, and from 11 trillions in 1816 it fell in 1817 to three mil lions, and for some years continued at tour, three, and two millions, until in 1830 it was no more than 918,9001, in fact it may be said to have disappeared altogether. A new race of men, called bill brokers, who twenty years before were " few and far between," sprang up like so twiny mushrooms, became a numerous and im portant body, entered into an active and determined co;npetition with the Bank, and established a kind of usage to discount the general run of commercial papi.r at a half per cent under the fixed rate of the Bank, be that what it might ; and paper of the first class I have known to be dune by them at 2A per cent. under the price of the Bank ; so that instead of the Bank of Eng lapd being as formerly the principal channel of discount, this extraordinary fact is now self-evident, that applica tion its only made to the Bank in the last instance, and whenever any presetre for discount is felt in that quart& it is a sure and certain evidence " that some thing ia etaten in the state of Denmark," that some pante-, have been going a head a little too fast ; that ape many millions have been embarked in railroads, in American bonds, in cotton, and other speculations, and that the public purse instead of being in its usual plethoric condition, shows evident symptoms of distress, and calla for the nursing assistance of the Bank of Eng land. And in the hour of its need it has never looked to the Bank of England in vain, for the Bank has never hesi tate,' an instant in unlocking its coffers and making any aeleances which the urgency of the moment required. Witness the panic of 1825 and the commencement of 182 u, when the Bank of England fearlessly increased its circulation from twenty millions to twenty-five mil lions, to cure evils and relieve distress, which all their previous efforts in reducing the circulation had been unable to repress or prevent. Tao language of the Bank Directors, on that and every other occasion, has been in substance this, " Notwithstanding this fearful crisis, brought on by your own improvidence and folly, has arrived, and the storm out of doors appears to be raging in a most pitiless manner, we know too well our own situation to be doubtful for an instant of the re sult. We know that we are ourselves in a solvent con dition—that we have a surplus of seventeen millions of the property of the nation as secure as it every shilling of it was in gold and in our coffers, and only satisfy us that vou have sufficient assets to meet to meet the claims against you, and although at the moment these assets may not be convertible, we will carry you through the tempest at all haiards." Such was the substance of the language employed by the Directors of the Bank of England in answer to the applications of Sir P. Pole and others, in 1825, and at a stiltlater date to the four American houses, and the conduct of the Bank of England on these oc casions reflects not only the highest honour on them for theirapirited conduct as a public body, but the ex traordinary expose of the affairs of those houses confirms in the most astonishing manner, the wisdom and the cor rectness of the decision which the Directors of the Bank of England came to respecting them. The infatuation of these Ang lo-Americans in incurring liabilities to the extent of seven, eight, and ten times the amount of any capital ever possessed by them, de served the whipping-post for their presumption, and (not withstanding the result of their affairs,) was a more re markable instance of the abuse of public confidence than any on record. The fact is, and it cannot be disguised, the Bank of England has been struggling for years for its very exist ence. The country Banks fell in 182.5 and 1826, and for a time a great amount of private business was trans ferred to the Bank, but gradually there has arisen in the place of the country banks a system of Joint Stock bank ing, professing to offer additional ultimate security to the public with additional facilities for the transaction of business, and notwithstanding tho Bank of England re volutioaized its mode of conducting the ordinary routine of its business,--established Branch Banks with the view to fill up the circulation withdrawn by the failure of the country banks with their own paper, and by a late concession have abolished its antiquated mode of discounting bills, still it is with difficulty that it can keep its paper in circulation, amounting at present to little more than sixteen millions, or about one-half what it was in 1837. For men of capital the Joint Stock Companies will give interest for his deposits,--for the merchant, manufacturer, and tradesman, the familiar and easy intercourse with the manager and clerks of a banking-house is preferred to a formal interview with the Bank parlour, and for those who have bills to dis count, the ready answer of our friends i n Lombard street, "They'll be done, friend, we thank thee;' is doubt less entitled and receives a preference over the official delay of such a concern as the Bank of England. Such, then, is the present position of this Bank, from which it is clear, that if it did nut derive an immense profit from the Government business, and enjoyed .ex clusive privileges, it could not continue to exist ; an d even with the possession of these, it would appear to be extremely doubtful whether it can keep its paper in circulation without great alterations in the system of our currency do take place. That the Bank of England and the Bank Committee now sitting a-e contemplating an extensive change is cer tain ; whether they will succeed in effecting it remains to be seen. But, at ad events, it becomes our duty to watch narrowly their proceedings, and to strictly in quire how far the present privileges of the Bank of England and those additional ones which it is reported it is in contemplation to confer upon her—one conserve tiap of the public interest. Having now disposed of the charge that the Bank of England has been either principal or accessory to the making of money either plenty or scarce, I propose in my next to show who it is that does, and what are the causes which operate to produce this continual fluc tuation, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. July 25, 1840. ~‘ ‘**. ~,r ' ''''• 4 ~ -, HISTORY OF THE TURF. Just ready, in 2 vols. Svo., with Portraits, &c. HISTORY OF THE BRITISH TURF, from the earliest period to the present day ; Comprising 1. 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Y& s ' 4 4 ti trb i e LONDON: THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1840. The Peers did not meet yesterday. The Commons met as Usual. Amongst the petitions presented we must mention one by Mr. HUME, from Leeds, with 16,000 signatures, for Extension of the Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Triennial Parliaments ; and petitions from Paisley and Kirkaldy, complaining of distress. A. new writ was issued for Cavan, Mr. MAXWELL having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. On Mr. FOX MAULE giving notice that he should to-morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Treasury to advance money for carrying on the administration of justice in Birmingham , Sir ROBERT PEEL asked Mr. Manx the nature of the communi ication which had lately passed between the Secretary of State and the Magistrates of Birmingham, directing them to suspend the Borough Sessions. Mr. MACLE (lid not give a direct answer, but it is to be inferred from what he said that the Sessions were suspended because the Treasury would not advance any more money without the authority of Parliament, which the Bill is to obtain. Sir E. WILNIOT inquired whether it would contain a provision to pay the county 2,000/. which Birmingham is indebted to it, but Mr. MAULE declined to answer. We see by a return just laid before the House, that Birmingham is afflicted with a large number of paupers, and an extravagant system of providing for them ; that the number relieved was, in 1839, threefold the num ber relieved in 1838 ; since then trade has not improved, and we have every reason to believe that the expense which will fail altogether on Birmingham will be ex tremely heavy. Of course whatever is advanced by the Treasury the town will have to pay when the dis pute about the Charter is settled. Mr. EASTHOPE gave up the case Of NATHANIEL CAVE for the Session. In answer to Mr. G. PALMER, who pointed out the great expense which might be caused by vessels sent from the coast of China to Singapore to be adjudicated and released, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that he had consulted Lord PALMERSTON and Lord MINT& on the subject, and every facility possible would he given. On Sir R. PEEL putting some questions about the coffee duties, Mr. LABOUCHERE announced his inten tion of giving up the proposed alteration in those duties for this Session. The delay in signing the Commercial Treaty with France,for which Mr. LABOUCHEItE wished to wait, rendered. it' impossible to bring forward the measure so soon us he wished, and he, therefore, gave it up. This is good news for the memorialists of Mincing-lane, but not good news for the people, for the alteration would have been a reduction of the duty. In reply to Mr. KEMELE, Lord PALMERSTON said that the Government was sensible of the value of Captain DOUGLAS'S services, who, our readers will recollect, armed a ship at Singapore and proceeded to Canton to help Captain ELLIOT, and was in communication as to the means of acknowledging those services. Lord J. RUSSELL explained the provisions of the Regency Bill. s hearty m a d concurrence. t h M o r r . FR S E I s r tu R IE . PE D wished disqualification of the REG ENT during the time Parlia ment was no t ass embled, but no t much heed was given to L hed a gave provisionit his what the Hon. Member said, and the Bill was read a second time without opposition. Mr. KELLY moved the third reading of the Abolition of the Punishment of Death Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL epposed the motion. He ob jected to the Bill because it was intended to pave the way for the total abolition of the punishment of death. He pointed out two cases of maiming with intent to kill, which had fallen under his observation, and neither of which called for any mitigation of punishment. '1 here was no longer any reason to believe that Juries thought the law too severe, and were therefore unwilling to convict. A great alteration had been made in the law, of which they had not yet sufficient experience. On these and other grounds, he was of opinion that the Bill ought not to be passed this Session, though some alteration should be made in the law next Session, and therefore he moved that the Bill be read a third time in three months. Sir C. BURRELL coincided in the Noble Lord's opinions, and seconded his amendment. Sir S. LUSHINGION showed that it was not the me- j TIIE SUN, LON rity but the certainty of punishment, which deterred offenders, and supported the Bill. The Earl of DARLINGTON, like Sir C. BURRELL, con curred entirely with Lord J. RUSSELL. • Mr. HUME was for the Bill, because crime bad been diminished by the mitigation of the criminal code. Mr. KELLY defended his Bill, and said amongst other things—" Only that day he had received a letter from Mr. Leathern, of Leeds, who said he had met the treasurer of the West Riding coming from the assizes at York, who said that the crimes tried there were of a deep and heinous character, but the Juries refused to convict because the loss of life would follow ; and he further was informed of a barrister who went to York, convinced that it would be unsafe to ameliorate the law of punishment any further, but what he saw take place at York had quite converted him to his (Mr. K.'s) opi nion upon the subject." Sir R. PEEL, after the most mature consideration, had not received from his Hon. Friend the impression made on his Hon. Friend's mind. He thought, as we stated a few days ago, that the Bill would not carry the public mind along with it, and he had no alternative but to vote with Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Mr. EWART exposed an inconsistency in Sir R. PEEL's argument, and supported the Bill. On a division, the Bill was put off by 78 to 51. It will be noticed that all the persons who spoke in favour of the Bill, except Mr. KELLY, were Liberals, and the majority of the votes given in its favour were also given by them. In fact among the Ayes we recognize no other Tories than Mr. FRESH YIELD and Sir C. DOUGLAS. It is, for us, curious and painful to see Lord JOHN RUSSELL supported on this occasion by three of the staunchest Corn law advocates—Sir C. BURRELL, the Earl of DARLING TON, and Sir R. PEEL. We infer, therefore, that a clinging to Corn-laws and to cruel punishments are united. What the Herald, the great advocate for the abolition of the punishment of death and for starving people by wholesale, will say to this illustration of the propensities of the Corn-law men, we shall be very desirous of see ing. We regret nothing so much on the subject— for the abolition of murder at the gallows cannot be long delayed—as seeing Lord J. RUSSELL united with such men in such a cause. At the same time we can find some excuse for him in his situation, and in the fact that the public mind is scarcely yet ripe for the aboli tion. It has not yet got sufficiently rid of Tory preju dices. The abolition of the punishment of death is a measure of the Liberals, and would give a severe blow to Toryism. Mr. KELLY withdrew his Bill for Ireland. O❑ Lord J. RUSSELL moving that the Clergy Re serves (Canada) Bill be read a third time, Mr. HUME objected to the Bill, that it would not satisfy the people of Canada, and moved a resolution to give a more favourable consideration to the wishes of her MAJESTY'S subjects, aad that the Clergy Reserves should be sold to provide a fund for education. Lord JOHN RUSSELL defended the Bill as a fair settlement of the claims of all parties. Mr. T. HOE HOUSE supported it, because he thought it was not possible to get a better measure this Session. Mr. HUME divided the House on his resolution, which was lost by 51 to 10. The Bill was then read a third time anti passed. Mr. HODGES gave up the Constabulary Bill for the Session. _ _ . 0 thither. If capital be the strength of a Christian I Church, and its increase the great object of a re • ligious establishment, there is no answering this argument. The Bishop of WINCHESTER, however, pro ceeds upon different grounds. He has two objec Lions to this measure, which it is but justice to say, comes recommended by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY and the Ecclesiastical Commission. The first is, that neither the Universities nor the Cathedrals have petitioned in favour of it. 'Who but a Bishop would ever have dreamt that the Cathe drals would petition for their own dissolution ? If it were recommended to reduce the number of Bishops and apply their revenues to the smaller livings, would the Bishop of WINCHESTER put his hand to a petition to that effect ? We have not so much faith in episcopal virtue as to suppose he would. As to the Universities not having petitioned for the Bill—that, we think, may be accounted for on the principle of sympathy. There are funds beiona jug to these Corporations that might perhaps be usefully directed to the same purpose to which the revenues of the Cathedrals are to be devoted, and this may have somewhat influenced them not to urge the present measure too earnestly on the Legislature. When your neighbour's house is on fire, your own is in some little danger. The Right Rev. Prelate's only other objection is, that the State has no right to alienate the Cathedral funds front the purposes for which they were origi nally set apart, but is bound to carry into effect, to all time, the intentions of the pious donors. This is almost too absurd for a serious answer. We should like to know what rights the Bishop of WINCHES TER would allow the State to exercise, if he would deprive it of the right to deal with property be queathed for public purposes ? And what, may we ask, would have been the condition of this Right Rev. Father, and of his brethren—what that of the whole Anglican clergy, had not the State taken upon itself to alter the original destination of Church property ? Why, if th e f oun d e rs of those very establishments, the b rea ki ng u p o f which the Bishop regards as such horrid sacrilege, could know the purposes to which the funds bequeathed by them are at this moment applied, it would make their very dust quake, and their mouldering bones clatter in their graves. The New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Bill was passel with Omcndments. Scs crat measures were passed through a stage with out opposition or remark. The Drainage of Lands Bill was opposed by Colonel SIETHORP, on account of the lateness of the Session and of the Bill not having been discussed ; but on a division the Bill was read a third time ar.d passed by 44 to 5. The Parochial Assessments Bill was also opposed, but. got through a Committee after two divisions. The Report of a resolution oa the Coal Duties Bill, for continuing the tax on mils consumed in the metro polis, likewise met with opposition, chiefly on the part of Mr. HAwes ; but the Report was agreed to after a division by 38 to 10. It stated that the duties on coals and wines imported into the port of London shall be continued. A Bill in accordance therewith was brought i❑ and read a first time, and is to be read a second time this evening. The House did a great deal of business, and sat till Two o'Clock. The death of the Earl of DURHAM, who was recently looked up to as the future head of the Li beral party, naturally directs the thoughts to other leaders in the State. We look, however, in vain for any person who fills such a commanding situa tion in the public esteem as to make all the com munity say he must be Prime Minister. The na tion cannot boast of a WALPOLE, much less of a CHATHAM or a PITT. We are not, however, of opinion that the present race of Statesmen are dwarfs ; they have amongst them more integrity than WALPOLE, more knowledge of the wants of society than CHATHAM, and are less influenced and controlled by an all-commanding popular prejudice than was PITT ; but there are many of them who are equal to one another, and all aro muck nearer on a level with a great mass of public speakers and public writers, than were the statesmen of a former period. The rapid communication and general diffu sion of intelligence which now prevail, raise the hulk of the reading politicians nearly to the level of the Ministers, and produce an equality amongst statesmen. A single tall tree in a plain attracts gene ral attention, nut such a tree in a forest of tall trees is unnoticed. Because we cannot point to a great political leader, nominated by all the Prime Minis ter of the day, we are not of opinion that our statesmen have degenerated, but that the number of equally clever men has increased. Such a change in them is as favourable to de mocracy as the growth of intelligence amongst the people. There is no ministerial King, and there is no popular idol. The multitude have left off man worship, and reverence principles or abstractions. They seek good government—liberal government— government which shall be equal for all, and in which all shall share ; and the many politicians, equally clever, who are rivals for power, looking to the people for support, much enlarge the basis of the representation. The alteration which is taking place in the knowledge of the humbler classes, and in the relative situation of statesmen, are both favourable to the extension of democracy. We have a right seriously to complain of the conduct of the French Government in permitting a clamour to be raised against this country in the Paris press, which it has the means of stifling at any moment, by merely making known those facts which in England are matters of public notoriety, relative to the Oriental question. Seeing that Great Britain is openly charged with had faith to wards France, we cannot acquit M. TIIIERS of blame in allowing so pernicious a rumour to gain credence, when a word from him would suffice to disabuse the public mind of so mischievous an error. The French Minister cannot be insensible to the evil consequences of allowing groundless misunderstandings to ,prevail between the sub jects of two nations so long hostile to each other as the people of England and France, however strong may seem the bond of their present friendship. It is as difficult a task, as it is a noble one, to root out old international jealousies, and the Minister who attempts it should leave no cause for suspicion unremoved till a habit of reposing mutual confidence in the statements and intentions of each other is as firmly established between the inhabitants of the rival States as be tween their respective Governments. The embers of international jealousy are not easily extinguished. Embedded in the ashes of old quarrels they setun extinct, when it requites bur the application of any sort of fuel to kindle anew the fla►nes of bitter strife. In pressing this subject upon the attention of the French Government we feel assured that our real object cannot be mistaken. Old England is as formidable at this moment as she ever was ; and while most anxious for peace with all the world, and especially with France, there are few of her allies in a better condition to take the field, should she be forced to contemplate the necessity of drawing the sword in defence of her honour and just rights. But we would cast oil upon the troubled waters. In lleaven's name, what has happened to set the French and English nations together by the ears ? Why should we quarrel about the Eastern question ? What has MEHE MET ALL done for France, that her Government should not only propose now to :sacrifice the Otto man Empire to his ambition, but involve Europe in a general war ? In proposing to restore Syria to the Porte, the Great Powers only redeem a pledge given by them to the SULTAN at the com mencement of these negotiations—namely, to main tain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire ; a pledge of which France was as ready as England to gua rantee the fullilment. We recommend, therefore, a more moderate tone to our Contumporaries on both sides of the Chan nel. It is easy to indulge in vulgar abuse, and to appeal to the international prejudices of the igno rant, whether French or English ; hut public writers have surely a higher duty to perform than to pander to the worst passions of their readers. Abuse of England is the staple of most of the articles in the Paris Juurnals of Tuesday. In the Moniteur only is there no attack made upon British duplicity. Our deprecation of such lan guage is briefly but plainly expressed in an article which will be found elsewhere. That Lord DURHAM, had he lived, would have been a great leader, another all-engrossing CHAT HAM, wielding the energies of the State by his single arm, we are far from supposing. He was not a man for much display, and could never stir up the enthusiasm of a mob, or enlist the warm feel ings of a popular assembly in his favour. It was not that he was too vain, for ROBESPIERRE was extremely vain, but withal extremely popular. We believe that Lord DURHAM was too honest. To be a leader, a man must submit to be the organ of the popular prejudices; and Lord DURHAM was too sincere, was too bold and too pi ond, for that. He was above flattery of any kind, and if he had been placed at the head of the Reformers it must have been from a deep conviction of his worth, joined to a ne cessity for having him, and that necessity would have made him their master. Looking at the democratic tendency of society, we are inclined to suppose that Lord DURHAM could not have be come, or could not have remained, the chief of the Reformers. But he is spared the trial, and many persons, supposing that he might have fillet; that high station, feel additional regret at his loss. 0 all the speeches delivered on the second read ing of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, that of the Bishop of WINCHESTER has afforded us the most amusement. That a Bishop might not be a bright genius is a supposition which ex perience would perhaps fully warrant ; but that the Fathers in GOD of the Anglican Church should claim the privilege of talking greater nonsense than any of her MAJESTY'S other subjects, is what we were not prepared to expect, until we read this Right Reverend effusion. The object of the Bill in question, as our readers are aware, is to increase the smaller livings of the Church, in which many of the best men in it are all but starving, by taking from the Cathe dral establishments a portion of their superabundant wealth. Prebendaries, Canons, major and minor, residentiary and non-residentiary, are the drones of the Church. They are really and trulyfrages con sumere ?tali. They have no other duty to perform than to enjoy, in idleness and luxury, the good things of this life, without so much as thinking about that which is to come. It does not, there fore, seem an unreasonable proposition that the number of these supernumeraries should be dimi nished, and that the stipends of those who work for their bread should be somewhat increased out of the funds thus t•et at liberty. SIDNEY SMITH—we cannot find it in our heart to put , 6 Reverend " before that name— de fends the Cathedral establishments, on the ground that they serve the same purposes as prizes in a lottery. Every body knows that the prizes can fall yet what multitudes flock to the lottery to a very few , office with their cash, each in the hope that he or s h e m ay be one of the lucky few. So it is, argues Church. The hope of one the inimitab le author of the Letters to Archdeacon SINGLETO N, in the a Cathedral prize draws capital into the day cliu gettingrChurch, h ch. wo uld otherwise never find its way The war in Syria is now acknowledged to be very serious. This will soon change the current of public feeling in France. However much the Syria a a nne e x h e a d ng t e o , E vi g ie y n pt, it ttir fo se u r i i i t ( i i me ti i i r a ts t friends of MEHEM ET A LI i n P ar i s m i g ht d es i re undergowill to ee the VICEROY cannot, of himself, conquer the Syrians. M. TRIERS is not such a Quixotic friend of the PACHA'S as to dream of supporting him by arms ; nor will he be mad enough to interfere hostilely, should the British squadron afford facilities for the return to Constantinople of such Turkish ships as the VICEROY may send with reinforcements to the Syrian coast. The rising in Syria, if successful, will render the opposition of France to di- award of the other Great rowers completely nugatory. Nor can France justly complain of this, seeing that the ultimatum which they propose is the same as that agreed to verbally by France herself when the Five Powers conjointly charged themselves with settling all differences between the SULTAN and his vassal. THE BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. The following are extracts from the .Malta Times and Mediterraneo to the 16th instant : The Wasp, 16, Commander G. Mansell, arrived on the 12th instant from Gibraltar, baying been relieved on that station by the Jascur. The Talbot, 26, Captain H. J. Codrington, arrived on the 12th instant from Corfu, having been relieved on that station by the Tyne, Captain J. Townshend. She will proceed in a few days to Constantinople, and there relieve the Dido. 84 COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Jumr 29.—The remains of the Earl of Durham were Placed in a coffin this day, and will be taken on board his yacht this evening, and immediately proceed to Sunderland. Earl Grey arrived this morning. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Wright an• 3 family, at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-square, from Nottingeam ; Gerard Spark, Esq., at ditto, from Boston; Mrs. and the Misses Rush, at ditto; Sir John Beresford and family, in Harley street, from a tour; Mr. Crofton Vandcleur, Colonel Thompson, at Fenton's Hotel ; Mr. Hollond, M. P., and Mrs. Hollond; Lord and Lady Lichfield; the Hon. Colonel Westenra ; Colonel Arbuthnot; the Hon. Ed mund Byng; the Countess Dowager of Charleville ; Sir T. B. Capel ; Mr. and Mrs. Kingscote ; Mr. Radcliffe ; the Hon. Miss Grirnston ; Major-General Frederick. The Rhadamanthus steam-frigate, Commander A. Wake field, took her departure hence for Vourla, shortly after the arrival of the Alecto from Marseilles, and conveyed the dis patches and letters brought by the London mail of the 4th, and likewise a mail for Smyrna. The Cambridge, 78, Captain E. Barnard, arrived at Spithead yesterday, to take on board Mr. Abercrombie for Genoa, and will relieve the Bellerophon at Malta.-- United Service Gazette, July 4. The Vanguard, 84, Captain Sir D. Dunn, K.c . 8., is out of the basin, and completing her refit alongside the hulk in Portsmouth harbour. Her officers are complete, but she is still very short of A. Blbid. The Magicienne, Capta in F. T. Mitchell, sailed from Torbay on the 20th inst. for Lisbon and the Mediterra nean.—lbid. ifnrostm., Gibraltar. Megmra steam pac ket, Lieut. Commander Gold- Theointed to convey to the smith, it is expected will be a p p am l f o at n Tei i lr a ah n heof ls t l h a e ncl 4 s th a , m c l oro G i r o e g e e b e y , on the Volcano oalrcr arrival steam fr om the packet,lonian ia u Li ls e l u a t n . d Comma nderswill,i t ise expected, p e W e t e e s d t the e che 2 r 3 o d n proceed on the 23d to Gibraltar with mails for England. The Powerful and Edinburgh left Vourla for Beyrout on the 30th ult., and the Cyclops on the same for Beyrout and Alexandria, at which latter place she arrived on the 6th inst., having on board Mr. Wood, dragoman of the British E rn haEcy at Constantinople, in charge of despatches for C o l one l H o dges. She was to leave Alexandria again for Beyrout on the 7th inst. The Thunderer had proceeded to Beyrout. The Bellerophon arrived at Vourla from Malta on the sth, a n d the Princess Charlotte (bearing theifihaagt the o n fAdernn.i ral Stopford) on the 7th ins t. The Hydra arrived at C onstantino p le from Nalsasletat(ed (last tforoTmmhael'vt'ao Princess there, e She o Charlotte , which sailedue st f i r o o n m w Malta f or T Corfu,he latest saltered heraccounts course fro Naples e t s h c Levant.mention andbo , were the t o Implacable, reroai a tilland t b t o h e sulphurD aphn were lying Trade was in a most deplorable state. We continue without any tidings of Admiral Sir R, Stopford since his departure hence for the Levant, on the PARLIAME TA) DIVISIOIS S. 28th ult., in company with the Zebra. The Acheron steam-packet, with the mails for England, sailed for Gibraltar on Thursday last ; and the Volcano on the same day, with those for the lonian Islands and Greece. (From the rotes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. PUNISHMENT DEA'TH BILL. Third Reading. MINORITY—A YES, 51. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Langton, Col Gore—Somerset Alston, Rowland—Hertfordshire Leader, J. Temple—Westminster Bainbridge, E. T.—Taunton Lushington, Charles—Ashburton Baines, Edward--Leeds Matthew, G. B.—Shaftesbury Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Moreton, A, ll—Gloucestershire Bernal, Ralph—Rochester Morris, D.—Carmarthen Bolder°, Henry G.—Chippenham Nluntz, G. F.—Birmingham Briscoe J. I.—Westbury M us k ett, G eorge A.—St. A lb an ', brothel-lon, J.—Salford Pattison, James—London Castlereagh, Visct—Down Co. Pechell, Captain—Brighton Currie, Raikes—Northampton Phillpotts, John—Gloucester Douglas, Sir C. E.—Warwick Ponsonby, C. E. A. C.—Poole Ellis, Wynn—Leicester Russell, Lord C. J. E.—Bedford sh Eivart, William—Wigan Scholefield, J.—Birmingham Fre .htield, James Wm.—Penryn Style, Sir Charles—Scarborough Handley, Henry—Lincolnshire Thompson, Ald.—Sunderland Hawes, B. -Lambeth Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Hawkes, Thomas—Dudley Turner, Edmund—Truro Hill, Lord A. M. C.—t;vesham Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Co Charles—;:..shton Villiers, C. P.—Wolverhampton Hoohouse, 'l'. Benj.—Rochester Waklcy, Thomas—Finsbury Hollond,gßobert—Hastings Warburton, H.—Bridport Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire. Wilmot, Sir J. E.—Warwickshire Hume, Jose f th—Kilkenny Wood, Benjamin—Southwark Humphery, John—Southwark TELLERS. Kemble, 11—East Surrey Kelly, Fitzrt,t —lpswich Langdale, Hon. C.—Knaresbo. Lushington, Rt. ra m B—Tower rough Hamlets MAJORITY. Adam!, T. D.—West Somerset Adam, Rear-Adm. Sir C.—Clack. mannan Ashley, Lord—Dorsetsliire Baring, F. :F.—Port sin out ti BerkeTjy,;Hon. F. H.—Bristol Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Blair, J. Wigtoushire Bottleld, Bc nail—Ludlow Bradshaw, James—Canterbury Bridgeman, Hewitt—Ennis Broad ley, Henry—East Yorkshire Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Carnpbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Cole, flon.Art hur H.—Enniski tier; Da!merry, Lord—Stirling Darlington, Earl of—Shropshire De Horsey, S. H.—Newcastle under Lyme Esteourt, C. G. B.—Oxford Univ. Ferguson,Sir R. A.—Londonderry Gladstone, W. 11—Newarx-on- Trent Gordon, Robert—Windsor Goulburn. Right Hon. H.—Cam. bridge University Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G. Bt.—Pembroke Greenaway, Charles—Leominster) Grey, Sir George—Devonport Hamilton, Lord C.—Tyrone Harcourt, G. G. V —Oxfordshire Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight _ _ Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C.— Nottingham Hodges, T. L.-,West Kent —NOES, 78. Irving, John—Antrim Co. Knight, H. G.—Nottinghamshir. Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry— Taunton Lincoln. Earl :of—Northampton shire, South Loch, James—Kirkwall Macauley, T. B. Edinburgh Manle, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Morrison. James—lnverness Nicholl, J.—Cardift Norreys, Sir Denham—Mallow O'Eerrall, R. are Co. Oswald, ames—Glasgow l'akington, J. S.—Droitwich Palmer, Robert—Berks Palmer, George—Essex Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Parnell, Sir H. Dundee Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir R.—Tamworth Pigot, David Richard—Clonmell Praed, W. T.—St. Ives Reid, Sit J. Rae—Dover Richards, Richard—Merienethsh. Russell, Lord John—Stroud Rutherfurd, Rt. Hon. A.—Leith Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Scrope, Poulett—Stroud (Seymour, Lord—Totness Shell, Richard Lalor—Tipperary Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln ' Smith, It. V.—Northampton Somerset, Lord G.—Monmout hsl Spry, Sir S. T.—Bodmin Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr Stock, Dr.— Cashel l'esgnmouth, Lord—Marylebone Tufdell, Henry—Devonport Vere, Sir C. B.—East Suffolk Vernon, G. H.—East Rettbrd Wood, T. J.—Middlesex Hogg, James Weir—Beverley Hope, G. W.—Weymouth Howard, C. W. G.—Cumberland Howard, Sir R.—Wicklow to. Howard, Hon. E. G.-111orpeth Hutton, Hobert—llublln Inglis, Sir R. H.—Ox. University TELLERS. Stanley, E. John—North Cheshire Parker, John—Sheffield ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVS- V URS BILL. LIST of the DIVISION in tai. HOUSE of LORDS on the SECOND READING. CONTENTS.—PRESENT Effingham Errol Foley Gage Gardner Gosford Haddington Harrowby Hatherton Hawarden Headfbrt Holland llchester Kinnaird Lansdowne Leinster Leitrim Liiford Lismore Liverpool Lovelace Lurgan Canterbury, Archb. Durham, Bishop Gloucester, Bishop Lichfield, Bishop Lincoln, Bishop London, Bishop Ripon, Bishop Bateman Bolingbroke Byron Carnoys Charlemont Clanricarde Clarendon Colborne Cottenham Canterbury Cholmondeley Cadogan Charleville Clanwilliam De Freyne Duncannon Albemarle Brougham and Vaux Bute PAIRS —CONTEN' Carrington De Grey Keane PROXIES. Devonshire Dormer Diu,ferrnline Durham Ebrington Ellenborough Erskine Falkland Granville Hamilton , Howard de Walden York, Archbishop Bath and Wells, Bp. Norwich, Bishop Abercromby Audley Barham Bedford Besborough Bruce Dacre Derby Melbourne Methuen Minto Montfort Monteagle Moray Morley Middleton Normanby Poltimore Portman Ripon Redesdale Saye and Sele Scarborough Seaford Sudely Sydney Saltoun Thanet Wellington Wharncliffe Stanley Westminstcr Huntingdon Leicester Norfolk Northumberland Rossmore Segrave Shannon Stamford Suffield Uxbridge NO' Bangor, Bishop Carlisle, Bishop Chichester, Bishop Cork, Bishop Exeter, Bishop CONTENTS.—PRE Bexley Calthorpe Carbery Devon De Lisle Delawarr Eldon Enniskillen Feversham Grantley Kenyon Lyttleton: ' Manvers Montagu Ravensworth Rayleigh Shaftesbury Sondes Oxford, Bishop Rochester, Bishop Salisbury, Bishop Winchester, Bishop Aylesbury A ylesford Brecknock Strangford Verulam Colville Digby Forr:.ster Warwick Wodehouse NOT CONTENT.—PAI lengall Kinnoul Mansfield NOT CONTENT—PROXIFS. Camden I Sidmouth Guilford Rolle Mayo I Thurlow Onslow Wynford Plymouth RS. I Orford 1 Tankery it le Ely, Bishop St. Asaph, Bishop Worcester, Bishop Bayning Newcastle BRUSSELS and GERMAN PAPERS BRUSSELS, JULY 26.—The official part of the Moniteur Beige contains the treaty concluded between Belgium and paill„ by Mob the ships of. i.ekingdom eF 8,1,4- 7 ~ are' to be received in the Spanish ports ‘ -. of the Peninsula and the adjacent islalids in the same manner as they were re. ceived during the political union of Belgium and the Ne. therlands. Col. Murray was acquitted yesterday by the Jury of the Court of Assizes. The Court rejected the application of the Counsel of Mr. Murray to condemn Mr. Grant, ar,d Mrs. Murray to the payment of 50,000 francs damages for a calumnious accusation. (Brussels Papers, 27th and 28th July.) FRONTIERS OF ITALY, JULY 17.—The royal f am ily of Turin are in expectation of a visit from her Imperial High ness the Consort of the Archduke Rainer, Viceroy of Lom bardy and Venice, accompanied by two Princesses, her daughters. There is a report of a proposed marriage of the elder of these Princesses the Archduchess Mary ( born Feb. 6, 1821,) with the Crown Prince of Sardinia, Victor Emanuel, Duke of Savoy, (born 12 March, 1820.) The late accounts of arrests that bad taken place in con sequence of newly discovered secret intrigues in the Roman States, is confirmed ; the number of persons arrested is said to be 15. VIENNA, JULY 20._—The Turkish mail, which was ex pected to-day, has not arrived, but we have interesting ac counts respecting the Oriental question from London, according to which Lord Pal merston is said to have suc ceeded, supported by the wishes of the Austrian Cabi ne t, in obtaining from the English Cabinet a definitive resoln ti.n, according to which France will be wholly excluded from the further deliberations on the Turkish-Egyptian question, and England, decidedly supp or ti ng t h e Conser vative principle, will make a serious demonstration against Mehemet Ali, by sending a squadron to the Syrian coast, which will be joined by some Austrian men-of-war. CORON ER'S INQUEST. -BODY FOUND IN THE RlVER.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the workhouse, Parish-street, St. Olave's, on the body of a young man, name unknown, apparently between 19 and 20 years old. On Tuesday morning last the deceased was found by a Waterman, floating in the Thames, off Battle-bridge stairs. r f he body appeared to have been in the water six or seven .days, and was dressed like a sailor. The dress is similar to that worn by the men of the Dartmouth vessels. The Coroner ad journed the inquest until next Wednesday. • The Princess Charlotte Frederick of Denmark, who, previous to her marriage, was a Princes of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, died at Rome on the 15th inst. Her Royal High ness was 58 years of age, and had resided at Rome for a long time. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.--011 Monday a costermonger named Michael Sullivan, was taken to Worship street Police-court, to answer a charge of assaulting his wife. Before the time for hearing the case, how-ever, the defendant contrived to leave the Court, and made off unperceived. Some hours afterwards he entered his apartments, and some neigh bours found him there covered with blood from wounds which he had inflicted with a razor on various parts of his person. He had also jobbed the razor into his throat, but without sever ing the windpipe. Mr. Wildbore, of Shoreditch, one of the parochial surgeons, was sent for, and dressed the wounds, but the wretched man died about five o'clock in the morning. It has been determined to send another deputa tion from the Corporation (at a large outlay) to London, to re sist the passing of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. The de putation, we understand, is to consist of Mr. Professor Butt, Mr. ex-Sheriff Quinton, and Mr. John Thompson. Again we ask—what is become of John Jones ; or has he lost the confi dence of the Impracticables ?—Dublin Evening Mail. ATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The British Queen, which sailed from Portsmouth for New York on the afternoon of the Ist inst., was spoken on the 11th, ten days out, in lat. 46 deg,, 26 min., lon. 35. The Britannia, which sailed from Liverpool for Halifax and Boston on the afternoon of the 4th inst., was spoken on the forenoon of the 14th, in lat. 46 deg., lon. 48 deg. ; she would reach Halifax probably on the and Boston on the 19th, and make the passage under fifteen days. The British Queen, from the longitude she was in on the 11th, would scarcely reach New York earlier than the 18th inst. Bets have indeed been offered that the arrival of the Britannia would be announced at New York before the British Queen arrives at the latter port. SCAFFOLD ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning a a man named Luke Taylor, a bricklayer, fell from a scaffold in the New North-road, a height of forty feet. When raised up his face presented a most woeful appearance, and not a single feature thereof could be recognised. He was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he lies in a most deplorable situation. DEPARTURE OF THE DREADNOUGHT HOS PITAL SHIP FOR SHEERNESS.—The Dreadnought line. of battle ship, of 9sl guns, which for the last nine years has been moored off the Royal Hospital, at Greenwich, and has served the purpose of an hospital-ship, sprung a leak the latter end of last week, and shipped water at the rate of from 14 to 18 inches per hour; the engine pumps were consequently obliged to be incessantly at work until the breach was tem porarily secured with a piece of thick sail-cloth. At eleven o'clock yesterday morning the Lightning, Government steamer, was attached to the Dreadnought for the purpose of towing her down to Sheerness, where she is to undergo repairs. As soon as her moorings had been removed, the no ble ship floated majestically down the river after her pioneer, the Lightning, on the top of the tide. There being no rudder to the Dreadnought, it was necessary, in order to keep her steady, to lash a steam tug-boat to each of her sides. She thu proceeded to her destination at Sheerness with a convoy of three steamers. At the time of her departure there were about 400 sick on board this floating hospital, all of whom, with the medical officers, nurses, &c., will remain on board during the time she is hauled up into dry-dock for repairs, which, it is expected, will not occupy above a week or two, when th e Dreadnought will again take her station as an hospital-ship in the river. DEPARTURES. Lord Clements, M.P., for Donegal ; Colonel and Mrs. Wedgewood, for Aberystwith ; Lord and Lady Oxman town, for Queen's County ; the Rev. John and Lady Cecil Oldficld, for Palmerston House ; the Hon. Colonel Scarlett, M. P., for Manchester ; the Hon. Captain Stuart, for Quebec ; Hon. James and Lady Mary Newitt, for Armagh ; M. J. O'Connell, Esq., M. P., for Kerry ; the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, and Lady Georgiana Herbert, for Wilts ; Sir George Head, for the Continen t; ; the Marquis of Worcester, for Belgium ; Lord Audley, on a tour; the Archbishop of Dublin and Mrs. Whateley, for Tonby ; Mr. Talbot Patterson, for Tan-y-bwlch, North Wales ; Madame La Princess Soltykoff and the Princess Dolronky, from the Brunswick House Hotel, Ha nover-square, for Germany ; Judge Porter and Mrs. Met calf, from ditto, for Goodwood ; Mr. and Mrs. Schurter, from ditto, for Manchester. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKETS. The market was very dull, and there was no public sale. The arrivals were light. TEA MARKET. The demand was dull, but prices were fully maintained. Company's Congou dull at 2s. lid. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. Prices were steady at 525. for P. Y. C., but the demand was dull. PROVISION MARKET. Irish Butter in limited request, but prices firm. Dutch in fair request at 98 per cwt.....Bacon!old steadily at late rates. SPIRIT MARKET. For Rum the demand was good, and prices were on the ad vance, the supply being small. Brandy hca.y of sale, and prices yet &pressed. HAYMARKET. There was a good demand, and prices were fully supported, the supply being small. Clover 80s. to 115 s. New ditto 60s. to 80s. Straw, 325. to 365., Old Meadow Hay 60s. to 925. New ditto 60s. to 80s. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The sales in cotton to-day are 5,000 bags, of which 500 have been taken on speculation, and 300 for export ; prices steady. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, JULY 29.—Eastern Counties, 14 ; Grand Junction, 253 ; Great Western, 1031 ; Half Shares, 571; Liverpool and Manchester Half Shares, 91i; Brighton United Company, 274 ; South Western, 58i ; North Midland Half Shares, 33i. Market generally firm. A fair amount of stock offering We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JULY 27.—The Bourse in ge neral was very weak to. day ; the events of Spain causes excitement amongst the speculators, and to which may be added the complicated affairs of the East. The National Funds have fallen. The Integrales opened at 53, and fell to 524; Ardoin's fell to 21i; a good deal was sold for persons in the interior. We have an arrival from the Cape of Good Hope four days later, to the 21st of May, but as yet no papers have been received. THE FUNDS. As we have no arrivals this morning of any consequence, and the intelligence in the French Papers being still of a warlike description, the speculators and jobbers in the British funds are rather puzzled to know how to act, conse quently, for the present, they are speculating to a limited amount, until they can ascertain some clue as to what turn the affairs of the East will take. Consols which left off yesterday at 91 for the Account, opened at the same price, since which were done at 91k 4, but at present may be quoted at 91k sellers; Exchequer Bil's, 23 25 prem. ; India Bonds, par 2 prcm. ; Bank Stock, 174 175 ; India Stock, 255/ 2561. Spanish Active left off at 261 4, at present 264 s ; Deferred, 12i ; Passive, 61 ; Portuguese, 33:i 344; Three per Cents., 224 231 ; Colombian, 251 ; Mexican, 291 30 ; Brazilian, 79 80; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52/ ; Five per Cents., 1021 3. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. s. d. s. d. £. s. d. RAILWAYS. • Paid. Per Share. Great Western 65 Ditto New London and Blackwall London and Birmingham 9O 179 Ditto i Shares London and South Western 3Bl sBi to 58 Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shareq Northern and Eastern MINES. Copiapo MISCELLANEOUS. Patentlßolling lion HALF--PAST ONE. The Dutch mail has arrived of the date of the 29th of July, bringing papers of the same date. Prices from Amsterdam, July 28.—Two-and•a-Half per Cents., 514 13-16ths ; Five per Cents., 1008 ; Ardoin's, 20i. to 11-16ths. Consols which were in the course of the morning 91k + for the Account, receded to 908 91, owing to the Funds coming lower from Amsterdam ; at present may be quoted lower, 901, for the Account. It is quite an idle day in respect to speculations. Tho chief business doing is the settling;of the differences in the Share Market. To-nvirrow is the settling of the Foreign Account. In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Ac tive, 25+ 26 ; Portuguese, 348 ; Mexican, 30k ; Colom bian, 25}; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 52+; Five per Cents. 1028. Exchequer Bills, 23 25 prem. ; Bends, 2 to 1 disc. ; Bank Stock, 1741 1734 prem. Shares are heavy in Great Western, New. 561 1 • Lon don and Birmingham, 189 188; South- Western, 5E4 58 ; Northern and Eastern, 22k. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9lb ; Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 90$ Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per Cent Red........ 99i Ditto New Annuities BBl New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Ditto 5001 26 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 24 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 ... ...... 13i India Stock for Acct... Jan. 1860... l3l Consols for Acct 9oi FOREIGN FUNDS. A ostrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 3 3 7?, 13razilian 80w15... .. .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... _ BucnosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic - _ Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 25? Ditto, 1824 .2 c 4 . Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange -f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. _ e . Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. 30j Dutch, 2i per cent...... 52 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 102 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 76 Eastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares. . Hull and Selby London and Brighton Railway 271 London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway ... lBO Ditto New Shares 2B London and South Western Railway .. 57 Manchester and Leeds Railway Ditto New Shares Manchester and Birmingham Railway .. ... 20 Northern and Eastern Railway North Midland Railway Ditto New Shares 33i GOODWOOD RACES-(THIS DAY. The Racing Stakes of 50 sovs. each were won cleverly by Mr. Wreford's Warden, beating Amurath and two others. The Molecomb Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, &c., were won by Capt. Williamson's Decision, beating Mr. Sadler's Defy and the Langar filly by a head. The Goodwood, of 3001., by subs. of 29 sovs. each, and 100 added. 44 subs. Duke of Orleans' Reggarman Mr. Ramsay's Lanerclst Illr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff 3 Nine started; a fine race. Lord Henr — y Vane, Secretary of Legation at Stockholm, arrived at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, on Tuesday, with despatches from Sir Thomas Cartwright, our Resident Minister at the Court of King Charles John of Sweden. Alnwick Castle is expected to be full of company about the end of the ensuing month. The grouse on the moors on the . Noble Duk e ' s d oma i ns were never more abun bent. It is rumoured in fa s hi ona bl e c i rc l es t h at L ord Prud hoe, heir presumpti ve t o th e ti t l es an d vast estates of his Grace, is on the eve of forming a brilliant matrimonial alliance with a young lady of great beauty and accomplishments. At twelve o'clock this morning the funeral took place of Mr. Davis, of the North and South American Coffee house, much regretted by his friends. GOOD NEWS FOR SPORTSMEN.—From the very favourable season which we have had, birds are nume rous, and remarkably strong on the wing. Many coveys have been seen in this neighbourhood (Exeter), in as forward a state as they are usually met with on the Ist of Sept ember.-- Western 7imes. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and suite will embark on Friday next on board the Dart, for Dieppe, the vessel having been engaged by his Royal Highness for the occasion.--Brighton Guardian. The Marquis of Douglas, the only son of the Duke of Hamilton, is the young Nobleman alluded to as hav ing succeeded in winning the affections of the wealthiest heiress in the empire. YEN T 1 • ASSIZE IN TELLIGEN C "-"•.--4111111............ r 27. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—Dumum, Jo• SEDUCTION. CHAPMAN V. WARDELL. $Cll3:‘ This was an action by the plaintiff to recover cowl l oco tion for the loss of the services of his daughter in I quence of her seduction by the defendant. ti i l ' Mr. KNOWLES, in opening the case , stated th at s ra. ' was en action brought by a parent to recover' seg. tion for an injury above all others distressing to „ the it - Ts. He should be obliged to b r i ng b e f ore tb‘e' f the young lady herself as a witness, and this was one C i. lo l. painful circumstances that attached to cases of this 411 The parties, it would appear, were in point of WO' f o r , circumstances similarly situated. Her father was a , t ta mer and lime-burner, occupying sev e n or e i g ht hull° ,of acres of land. The defendant was also a farmer, one several children, on whom, in consequence of the Me n I afflictions of his father, the care of his pro P er had devolved. The young lady was now tweak three years of age. The defendant was a l l I a year and a half younger. She was one of a (10,. of four sons and two daughters. She was, as /f t( I usual, and most properly so, in the habit of a tteeding 4 the domestic affairs about her father's house, and of • with him to Darlington-market. While there is ,i 0 Easter of 1838, she met with Mr. Watson, a friend 0 ' 0, (other's, in , company with a young lady;of the name of O l e o and 3 .fendant. They were introduced, and the parlY to ily a glass of w i ne t oge th er at th e i nn w h ere t h e y 50 to stopped. The next day the defendant rode across to ..„0 residence of the pl a i nt iff' s son , w i t h w h om h e was on t l "i, of friendship, and ask e d t o b e i ntro d uce d to t h e Atl i ; This was ass e nt e d t o . Th ey went toget h er to t h e 1!., tiff's house, and spent the evening. From that time p the April of the following year the defendant co nduit . .. L P' visit at the plai n tiff' s h ouse , i n t h e e h aracter o f a o . ' o , In April last yea r th e d e f en d ant cease d hi s attentiG Previous to that time he had been apprized of the Ot t o which the young lady was, and in September she 'gag livered of a child. Miss Chapman was the daughter of the plaintiff. lived in his house, attended to the domestic coneerw a the family, and frequently accompanied him to Dalto ton market. [ She stated the circumstance under !l e i the acquaintance commenced, as detailed by the as In, Counsel.] The defendant continued to visit in her fan,/ family, as her suitor, for several months. In the begis p e r toneded of 1839 it t h o the defendant. se found she s Short in the famil after way, andnil y he fell off '° attentions, about April. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. AleVdef ' The first i m p ro p r i ety b etween t h em occure d i n Septrc t s 1838, the day of A c liff e f east . Sh e h a d b e en with, defendant seeing some of their friends home. On retno to her father's house about nine o'clock, her fatke r e ol mother wore not at home, and th e d e f en d ant ren al,o l the house till their return, a little b e f ore e l ev ea.ar." for the plaintiff—Damages, 500/. EXEIER-JuLr 27. LUSCOMBE V. PRETTEJOWN., Mr. CROWDER opened the case in a very pathetic ner. This was an action brought by the plainti ff' 00 spectable farmer, to recover from the defendant, 1 4 ' 6 ° (10 also a farmer, compensation in damages for the 105. 9 0 400 services of his daughter, by reason of the do e„ , o tel having seduced her. The Learned Counsel repre'bto that the plaintiff had a large family, and that his ciati t its Dorothy was in the h a bit of atten t 3ing King s 10 Market, and there selling eggs and butter, and i f i l s oel she was seventeen years of age ; that the eSs ie had been introduced to her at the marketdi after a short acquaintance he offered her W 1 „00 1 1 and commenced a course of courtship, and, having 00 60' sworn to marry her, he had taken advantage of he r o r le and had ruined her. The' girl then begged of 'lira 11 , / to her father, but he made various excuses to put °, n interview. In a short time the girl found she Was " - A l family way, and then the defendant advised her I,lll' medicine in order to procure abortion. Thus net ° lll O 4 lll he ruined her, but had recommended that wilia",„ tit have placed him on the other side of the halt. P'" course of 1838 the girl was confined, and the chid l c " living and a burden upon tho plaintiff. , V' Dorothy Luscombe—l am the daughter of Mi i t Luscombe, who is a farmer ; he has nine children• the youngest of the daughters. lam nineteen ys,' e dlo My sister is married to a farmer. In 1838 I assi s t oo father and mother. I attended Kingsbridge mSt W °l poultry and butter. I used to go to the Golci e , 111 ; Commercial Inn to wait for my father. I firat24 o o' defendant early in 1838 at that inn. On the 1, 0 01 Saturday I saw him in the market. He said he b,s, gOli a thing to say to me particularly, and asked me it `‘,. go for a walk. We walked into a narrow l aP rt e swore he would marry me, and he made impr° l3 lr, posals to me, and, upon his promising to marry al e ', o 9,`; way to him. He said if I was in the family way b bu m take salts and destroy the child. I was intimate four or five times. Jao Mr. ERLE then addressed the Jury far the def e r,J4 Susan Luscombe—l am seventh cousin of Do r(P 10 combe. Foster came to live at our house on 0 40 March, 1838. Dorothy Luscombe came' to ou r° see Foster. lier' ie pti Cross-examined—l never saw anything ay.rone te r, never heard anything particular against her ,chao if people said she went with other men. : bi"i e l Francis Foster—( Upon this witness present,,„'" o •agi, in the witness-box he was received with loud ow - 006 1 i was first acquainted with Dorothy in March, 18 381 i I ` l 4 l bridge market. I accompanied her to her Wi s h. " aeb l ",i intimate with her the second time I saw her, and G to o ij so several times. She wrote to me wishing t e , visa t> her. She told me she was pregnant, and that' father. She wanted me to marry her. $ (Y be ,4 Cross•examined—l am a farmer. I never s'': f i r fendant till last Thursday. I knew the plaintil "' e . - jr ai of 1. , ; , . r-mily. I walked home wi t h h e r th e firstth°; tidr ' her. I was not inti mate with her that night, o o l3°-11 `d next Saturday I was. I never mentioned thi- li ttorra until after I was subpcenaed. I wa.s sitting by c ile a . if for the defendant a ll th e ti me th e young woman viit examined. A IP Grace Hannaforth—l served my apprentice"' the plaintiff. . I left in August, 1837. I have 5e°, 11 ., 5 0: Gill coming home after nine at night with Miss J-'7. iO, O , As I was coming from Yingsbridge fair at ' 31 , 1 ;: $ 0 1 morning, I saw Miss Luscorabc and Robert Gill s" fe ll proper position. ei ° d Cross-examined—ln the winter'she often , f 0 .-01 . t e l' W night long. The Luscoaibe family are a lonsis i n d tb; s l They bear a very rough character. I 1 1 l t 9 / s to fist ( I nine years and a half, and soon after I I l e. there Dorothy's conduct was very imps-P°) lo' could then have been only eight years of ° gPecil s :o°' because Mr. Luscombe would come into ivY bas, c a I am now married, but am separated from WO! r He left me. It was not because I went with 0 s a that I know of. „j - 11 71 Mr. CROWDE R having replied, the Lea r pis / summed up, and th e Jury. found a verdict for - -Damages, 1501 The verdict was received with loud cheering; I 1 f aa_l_mus......ismommea, ,ersoni A f 0 LADY'S GOLD NECK G ,jobt may be selected from of several patterns, price,:i:er;ios'l: sovereigns, Five Guineas ; weight of five , s _, u o i ess• re ir o ', Guineas : weight of six sovereigns, Seven ti o f s oile A e d weight is given by comparison with the weigh t co so'frd being more easily referred to than if stated in oun .. , at is s The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any L" il into articles of this description, Ca° T. COX SAVORY, 47, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watchmaker, ‘S'C'' L o nd° - if (Seven Doors from Gracechurch- street), st fre e, Drawings of the newest patterns will be 4geh t P ° 40 ______/ plication be made post pa‘ 'd• f lpo, MA N ij ° :,;b SILVER PLATE of LONDON • o kiog ,1" TURE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, a l 4 :_ . o f V'fil d smiths, 14, Cornhill, London, , - ,pposite the - 1 3 v ,h f 0/ 4 4, 5/ The best wrought SILVER. SPOONS and IP pe t s , Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ;. tht wing's Pattern's 4ec(t o ttl i ounce. The following are tne weights recomme! , y e ti e, I artcles may be hadlighter or heavier at the same rice ' r o :, t Z. , :, f.,. /ol 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at I s „ e ) 4 1 12 ditto Dessert dito ........... 2O 7 2 .„ i / '' t . 12 ditto '1 able Fonts 3O '5. 1 .. o f l P 2 ditto Dessert ditto 2O 5 1 , 5 JO ~ 0,.. $ 1 6 ,, 2 ditto Gravy Spoons 1 ditto Soup Ladle 4 ditto Sauce ditto., .. e 1 6, 4 ditto Salt Speons(ctit strong) ........... ...... $ 0 , 1 ditto Fish Slice ....... •8.•• g , g 1 12 ditto Tea Spoons lO 7 •4 Pi ~•• j 0, 1 pair ditto Su g ar Tongs (stron g ) ............ 4 , 9 a. 12 King's Patton Silver Table Spoons 40 at 2 4., 14 1•61 12 ditto Dessert ditto 26 4 4.0 9 1 8 4 1 12 ditto Table Forks ... 40 ..,' 4., i I% 12 ditto Dessert ditto 26 ' 4... 4 'V 2 ditto Gravy Spoons '9 7, 4 ... 4 V I 1 ditto Soup Ladle l2 4 1 0. , 04 1 4 ditto Same ditto l2 •.... '/ 9 0 4 ditto Salt Spoons (strong gilt) ........ ..... , , 1 ditto Fist , , 2.:_ce ..................... ....I . )° , I !At Te:, skoona ................. ...... .......,.. c0., 7" 1.2. ditto 1 pair ditto Sugar' ongs. ............ 7,l ois paPer' „lei Price Current, int= drawings, and every inform ta a m ti P o e n d relati vj'e t t . o ,, t t h iorr er :ts ollll. 4 silver' or Sheffield plate, may be had on aPI I- 2. p aid b" 4 sent into the country, postage free, in answer t ° - ' .......—.................,______ B 1R TH S. ill On the 21 it inst., at Elmwood Lodge, ‘ wife of T. Bramley, Esq., of a son. On the Nth inst., at Longport Hall, tto la d y .. 0 4 Dar tiv Davenport, Et q., of a son and heir. VA'' Or On the 27th inst., the lady of J. H. Lloyd, , Sim i of a son. 0 , .1, Char ' On the 28th inst., at Hackney, the wife of ye . son, of a son. c ,f the ‘; On the 28th inst., in Robert-street, the lady i f ' , ~ 10 Brathwaite, of a son. a son. On the 29th inst., the lady of Sir William Fon t " 1 ° Croydon-01%0/ --- MARRIED. heste PI On the 29th inst., at St. Runwald's Church, C°ic:l3sl, the Rev. William Thompson , M.A. Ali n ister of bt00,5, Church, King's-square, London, Mr. J. V. 13 , r°u .lob° of Oxford street,. to Louisa, second daughter oft' Vir• sci of Colchester. , 13 6 ' Of On the 4th of May, at Surat, J. W. Hoare, EA' ogh t bay Native Infantry, son of Sir Joseph and the Jo t (li i Lady Harriet Hoare, Bart., to Jane Ellis Payne, eldest el s it ter of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Payne, corny- 41 ' i YI rison. sr= 7 .01 ° ow t i On the 28th inst., at St. George's, Han eldes t L ise, W. H. Carlin, of Ludgate-street, City, to Ann, el",i. of Mr. T. Nunn, Eagle Cottage, New Kent-roai'lioloe the same time and place, Mr. J. W. Gayle'', d_f illy ßorough, to Hannah Elizabeth, eldest daughter e Leominster, Herefordshire. ------ DIED. 1‘,0" O rd On the 23d inst., Mrs. James Wilkinson, JO beth, relict of the late J. 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