The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-26 00:00:00

,144,r G EnTTION': COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Royal party left the Castle, this afternoon, for a drive in the Great Park ; th e Queen, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess of Rohenlohe with one of her children, occupying the fi rst carri age ; t h e P r i ncess Th erese, t h e D uc h ess of ' Bedford, and Madame Spaeth, in the second carriage ; .t l . l l Lady Ch ar l otte D un d as , an d t h e H on . Miss Spring "I e, occupying a pony phaeton. Prince Albert was on horseback, attended by the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, t i r• Geor ge E. A nson, t h e H on . M a j or Keppel, and 4vlr • Francis Seymour. Viscount and Viscountess Falkaral and son, the Earl of Albemarle, th e E ar l o f Errol, the Earl of Claren , and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, are expected to arrive -e)'• on a. visit to her Majesty. Sir William Fremantle will have the honour of 'wig with th e R oya l party t h is evening. • T he Duchess of Bedford and Baroness Spaeth rode le carri age an d f our to D ropmore t hi s mo rning. The a %ll* Miss Pitt and Lady C. Dundas took an airing in Pe ton this morning. The Marquis of Headfort, Lord in Waiting, the l e e• Col one l C aven di s h (Cl e rk Marshal) Equerry in ait ieg, and Mr. Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting ZPrinc e Alb er t, re t urne d from Woolwich to the • "tie yesterday morning, at t - .velve o'clock, after see nut ad e the , King and Queen of the Belgians embark for "st i The Princess Augusta, 'A e regret to state, continues , 1 1 :1 a very p recar i ous state . Th e accoun t issued yester maY morning was as follows : The Princess Augusta had a good night, but there is ( 14) improvement in her Royal Highness's symptoms. Clarence House, August 25." Sir Henry Halford and Sir Matthew Tierney at -I!eded the Princess in the morning. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness. Mr. Moore, 1 ! 5 _.. 130 has b een h er R o y a l Highness's constant attendant, Paid repeated visits at Clarence House, St. James's , in t4 tl course of the day. h The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, } reared Mr. Bailey with his company at dinner on 'nday evening, at his residence in Seymour-place. Lord John Russell has arrived at Drumlanrig Castle , D ' fries from Naworth Castle. THE CHURCH AN!) DISSENTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - Sia,—The Church party appears to be determined to damn itself in public estimation. The case of honest Thorogood has already excited considerable attention, and the relentless spirit by which he is persecuted re ceives the reprobation of every honest man. The late conduct of the Vicar of Rochdale is another proof of the mean and persecuting spirit of Old Mother Church. The bigoted spirit reigns in gaols. lam a Dissenter, and a Chartist prisoner. I lately received a letter from the Rev. J. Jenkinson, of Kettering, a Baptist, minister, and there was sent with it a parcel of pm phlets. (Lord Normanby, some six weeks ago, issued an order for me to receive books.) One of the pam phlets sent me from Kettering is entitled the " CHURCH AND ITS EXACTIONS." The chaplain of this gaol has withheld the pamphlet from me. He states that he intends to take Lord Normanby's opinion upon the pam phlet. He says that it " abuses the Church, and he does not think I ought to have it." Now, Sir, if this bigotry is displayei towards me, I am resolved not to attend the gaol church. It is a strange thing that a man who dissents from Mother Church, and who is allows I to receive books, should have a pamphlet favouring Dissent, and exposing the plundering exactions of the Church, intercepted by a gaol chaplain. I can assure this chaplain, and the Church party. that no pamphlet on " CHURCH EXACTIONS" can make me hate the " Old Lady" more than I now do. lam dosed here with high-Church poison, and I conceive I ought to have its antidote. I am, Sir, your obedient servart, HENRY VINCENT. Oakham Gaol, Rutlandshire, Aug. 25. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AT LUDLOW. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—In The Sun of last Tues day we gave the deposition of Mr. Mackreth, the wounded man, as well as that of Mr. Hodges, the sur geon who attended him. Subjoined is some additional evidence given on the inquest : Sarah Jones, chambermaid, deposed—l showed Mis ters to his bed-room, No. 20, about half-past ten. He had nothing with him. I put the candle on his dres sing table. and on going out shut the door. I brought the candlestick out of the room the following morning. The candle was burnt to the socket. After 1 had showed Misters to his bed-room, I went down and brought a candle to No. 17. to light Mr. Mackreth. I showed him his bed-room, and shut the door. On going along the passage I observed a light in No. 20, the door of which was half open. There was a basin and napkin in Misters's room, the latter of which is now missing. The window in No. 20 looks into Mr. What more's yard. I closed the window after Misters went into his room. It was open when I went in. R. Hammond, police officer, deposed—l went to the Angel Inn a little before four o'clock on Thursday morning, and found the wcunded gentleman lying on the bed. I saw Misters first about six o'clock. I saw some drops of blood near the door of No. 20. I opened the door, and savtiMisters in bed, nearly . covered with a sheet, but did not observe whether he was dressed. I said " Good morning." He replied, " I have just gone to bed again. I have been in the room with them." I was in Mr. Whatmore's yard shortly after six, and dis covered a razor opposite the window of No. 20, the room in which Misters slept. It was lying on the ground, open, stained, and partially wet with blood. I then searched the prisoner's room, and found the stain of blood upon the prisoner's curtain. This was about seven o'clock. I saw the prisoner in the room after he got up. He came in and stood at the corner of the foot of the bed. He said it was a bad job, and asked if the poor man was any better. He asked me if I had seen his stockings ;he had lost them. I distinctly traced the spots of blood from No. 17 to No. 20 door, and to within one inch of the door. Was pre sent when Mr. Mackreth's bed was removed. There was no carpet under the bedstead. There were marks of a :van's fingers on the floor, the left hand in particu lar, as though a person had lain there and rested on his belly. Where the right hand was it appeared as if a person had breathed on the floor, which was darkened, as if by heat or perspiration, to the extent or size of a man's body. The " Boots" found some lucifer matches under the bed. Dr. Lloyd carefully examined the shirt on its being taken from the prisoner. Portions of it were stained with blood ; upon the right sleeve in particular there were stains which appear to have been washed. There were other marks of blood on the back. Dr. Lloyd also examined the handkerchief taken from Misters. It had been recently washed, was partly dry and wrung, and appeared as if dried by the heat of the body. From the account given by Smith, the waiter at the Angel, it appears that Misters, who had been about Ludlow during the afternoon, did not make his appear ance at the hotel until after the arrival of Mr. Ludlow from Birmingham on the Wednesday evening. It ap pears also, upon the same authority, that after the con- versation with Hammond, the police-officer, in No. 20, Misters went down stairs into the commercial room, and sat down to breakfast with Mr. Jobson, Mr. Lud low, and Mr. Lacon. Letters received in Birmingham to-day state that Mr. Mackreth is gradually improving, and little doubt is now entertained of his recovery. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Murray, Esq., Mrs. Murray, and family, at Marshall i Cee t ,Pson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from the Continent; p___lty. Mr. and Mrs. Lillington and family , a t ditto, Ramsgate; Lord Bexley; Sir Walter and the Hon. CY Stirling ; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Beaumont ; Sir Bannerman, at the Burlington Hotel ; Colonel Luiltins; Lord Blayney ; Lady Deerhurst ; Lady Eliza eta Monck ; Sir John and Lady Pechell ; A. Foun 14ill es Esq. DEPARTURES. L ady William Powlett, for Lowther Cestle, Penrith ; e RQV. Charles and Miss Wetherell, from Thomas's Hotel, for Northampton; the Dowager Countess of l ' ! lci rton, and E. Godfrey, Esq., for Suffolk; Sir i sm and Lady Templar Pole, for Devonshire ; the Earl V . St. Germains, for Clifton; Colonel M. Adam, K. H., fo r Bright on ; Si r Ri c h ar d and Lady Bulkeley, for North II a les; Rowland Errington, Esq., for the Moors of Dur barn ; the Earl of Ilchester, for Germany; Sir Hesketh el eetwood, Bart., M.P., for Brighton ; the Hen. J. E. M.P., and family, for Roxburghshire ; Lord Ken stington, for Carmartheushire ; the Hon. John Charles u "(las. M. P., for Yorkshire ; Mr. Hyde Greg, M. P., front Joseph the Burlington Hotel, for Lancashire; Colonel Sir d asePh and Lady Whatley, for Erglefield House, Berks. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester Presented a donation of 51. to the collection at Wimble aham Church, near Bagshot, after a sermon on behalf of the Church Missionary Society. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness will leave Kensington Palace in the ensuing month, for a tour of visits, in the course of Which his Royal Highness will honour Sir B,•njarnin and Lady Hall with his company at Llanover Court, Aber gavenny. The Ftrst Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by Viscount Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K. C. 8., Rear- Admiral Parker, K C.B , left the Admiralty yesterday on an official tour of inspection of several weeks. Lord Melgund, M. P., will accompany the Commissioners. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and' Lady Sarah Villiers, who have been erroneously included among the company visiting the Duke of Rutland at Longshawe, have not removed from Middleton Park. The Noble Earl, • who has suffered severely from gout, is greatly improved in health, and will shortly see company at the above scat. LETTER SORTING.—A plan is in contempla tion, very similar in the modes operandi to that which obtains on the railways, namely, that a Post-office agent shall be employed on board each steamer to sort the letters on the voyage down to Bombay, so that on the arrival of the vessel the various packets may be despatched to their destination immediately. The weather, during the last few days, has been 11l Oat could be wished for at this season, and we hear !links . accounts from various parts of the country. Al _ ,t!igh tic storm of last week was very severe, it is now way that the result will not prove so detrimental as at one time dreaded.—Glasgow Argus. f ro ll ie Pollock and Govan Railway was opened 01 1 ' 4 Ruther g ien to the Broomielaw harbour, on Saturda, of e 2 2d inst., with a train of carriages containing the so n the spiiited proprietor, William D i x on, Es q . of Govan. alid friends, the engineer and contractors upon the lin e , and also trains of coal waggons. The contemplated • Extension of this line of railway, with a terminus at reomielaw harbour, to the Monkland, Wishaw, Coltness rfd,Hamilton coal and iron - stone fields, will render it one ; t ae most available means of ope nin g u p the richest dis. 1,- let in Scotland.— Glasgow Argus. THE QUEEN AND M ISS JANE PORTER.— Though no poetess on ordinary the mes of ima g ination, my heart was my muse here ; and I ca nnot forbear closing my little store of remembrances with a few lines which my aw akening faculties seemed to a ddress to one of the illus. t . trio us and i n t ere sting subjects of my medit ation. The y Were the thought of the moment , and were written down .. soon as I arose :- 4 ' Wake, Albert, wake 1 from dreams of hope arise, To clasp with blissful arms the hov'ring prize 1 A snow-drop from its heavenly Eden bends To seek thy bosom, and in light descends ; Not cold, but pure and spotless as its hue ; It breathes of Paradise—and breathes for you I" Feb. 10, Si x i n the morning. perhaps I ought to explain that the snow-drop has always , en an emblem to me of the innocence and unblemished fairness of of my young, and lovely, and honou red soverei g n. P.—Queen Victoria, from her Bir th to her Bridal TRAVELLING Tu PAISLEY.—The number of Irsons who passed along the joint Railway to Paisle y on Frfirst d a y of the races (Thursday) w as 6 , 500 ; and on iday, 8,200 ; when there were twenty-five trains up and tiventy..fiy, d own . O n the line from Avr there were ."'"A 3,000 to 4,000. By the railway f ro m Renfrew, :here there were thirty-six trains, there travelled, on l 'hursday, 2,800, and on Friday nearly 6,000. The canal boats were also crowded with passengers ; but, notwith standing the increased facility for travellit.g which is now afforded betwixt Glasgow and Paisley, the greatest d iffi • e ulty was experienced in getting either out or in, in con !.Silenee of the pressure, particularly at the railway sta tions. The scene at both ends frequently baffled deccrip tlne ; and not a few might be seen who had with difficulty e merged fr o m the crowds minus the skirt of their coat, while others sustained injuries of a more serious descrip -11". One woman had her leg broken at Paisley , w hile st ruggling to get across to the train ; and many mo re ar eaofully squeezed. PRINCE METTERNICH.—At twelve o'clock pas with Prince Metternich. This interview was the main ' a bject of my journey to Vienna. After all the warnings and advice I had received, in direct opposition to which I was fully determined to act, I might naturally have felt 1 : 11 e uneasiness. Convinced, however, that I had to do 94144 a really great statesman, I knew that the open 4 .traight-f o rward course was the best. I n re p l y , therefore, L° the Prince's first question, I informed him without re serve of the real objects of my proposed journey. My audience lasted for an hour and a half. I spoke as little as possible myself, while the Prince discoursed away with the o penness, clearness, practical good sense, and total absence of empty abstractions, which characterize the superior ,Statesman—a style as oppcsite as possible to the finesse, 4111; igUity, and mendacity of T and his sophisticated schoo2. The Prince asked me more than once, whether 1 'Jag not of his way of thinking ? It could to him have been of very little importance whether I was or not.— .laumur's Italy and the Italians. NARROW ES.CAFE OF TIIE QUEEN—It has before been remarked that the Princess Victoria had nearly lost Ito- life through the carelessness of a boy firing close to her nursery windows. A second providential escape from de struction masked her homeward voyage to Norris Castle, Isle of Wight, in the Emerald yacht. This vessel ran foul of the Active bulk, and the mainmast of the Emerald being sprung, her sail and a piece of heavy wood were de tcehed ; when the pilot of the Emerald, seeing them about to fall on the very spot where the Princess stood, seized h er Promptly in his arms, and lifted her into a place of safety. Tile instantaneous fall of the heavy rigging on the very space on the deck tccupied by the Princess an instant bciiire, sent a shudder and a cry of horror through out the vessel; for it is evident si.e must have been crushe d if she h a d no t been suddenly removed.-Queen Victoria from her Birth to her &idol. At the late Downsitife Assizes, Martha Ed munds was arraignegl for the poioning of her husband, George Edmunds, at Ballyveagh, oecr Kilkeel, on the 2th of April, by adnainizuring to him a q uotity of ar senic, mixed with water and whisky. A most hearirend , . in g scene occurred in the coursfi, of the trial. Counsel for the Crown produced a mere child, a little girl, to give cifidence against her mother. Th e p r i sone r remained, up tes this moment, composed and apparently unconcerned, but on the production of the child the strong feelings of Pature gave way, and she shrieked in hysterical phrensy. The sensation produced in Court is not ,tp be described. The good old Ridge Burton) wept—the Jury ,:laireated the removal of the from the table—the itiotiier grasped it convulsively to i..er breast Almost every .creature was in tears, and the tinforits:c.at prisoner, over come by her maternal feelings, sank down g fit, which Ncaa succeeded by a second, more violent than - tin. brit, before medical aid finally restored her. The child was not examined, and when the case closed, Lad the Jury re. , tired to consider their verdict, one of these also, doubtless overcome by his fe.elings, was seized in tha Poo4p with an apoplectic tit. The eoneequence was, that no verdwt vvas pronounced, as the Jury had to be discharged. The un fortunate woman was next day aga=te, put on her trial, when a. verdict of manslaughter was pronounced against nor. THE CLOVEN FOOT. • <CO' In another column we give an example of Non-In trusion principles, as practised by the Rev. Robert Bu cham..n, of the Tron Kirk Glasgow. A vacancy oe• curred lately in the Chaplainship of the Town's Hospi tal, and the inmates were permitted to hear a number of candidates, that they might enjoy the privilege of a choice. The Directors met on Tuesday last to make the appointment, when a petition was presented in fa vour of the Rev. Mr. Smith. The Rev. Robert Bu chanan, took it upon him to move the election of a Non- Intrusion friend of his ow n, and contended that this was not a case to which the principles held by the Non- Intrusionists could upply. The speech of the Rev. Gentleman was, we bear, of a peculiarly offensive na ture, as regards the poor inmates, and spoke little for his Christian charity. Taking many circumstances into consideration, which Mr. Buchanan must be fully alive to, the taunts thrown out were, coming from him, angularly injudicious, and he ought to have been the last person to make use of the lan guage that he is alleged to have uttered. What does the Scottish Guardian say to the doings of it's Reverend collaborateur ? Is the sanctified journalist prepared likewise to back out of its Nou-Intrusion doctrines, when it is not convenient to carry them into practice. This, among, many other instances, proves that the object of the Vetoists is not. to give power to the people, but to hand it over to themselves. Had the occupants of the Town's Hospital petitioned for Mr. Buchanan's friend, we would, no doubt, have found him loudly supporting its prayer. and glorying in the princi ples of Non-Intrusion. May we be permitted to ask to what end a variety of candidates were permitted to preach, save that the inmates might be allowed to ex press an opinion in favour of the individual whom they preferred ? One of the reasons given in favour of Mr. Smith appears to have been peculiarly cogent. A large number of the poor people are old, and they stated that they heard him better than the other candidates. But what mattered this to Mr. Buchanan, who was one of the disposers of a nice little bit of patronave, which he wished to send in the way of a friend ? We arc glad to say, however, for the credit of the majority of the ma nagers, that they refused to he guided by the sophistry of the Non-Intrusion oracle, and the Rev. Mr. Smith was appointed to the vacant office.—Glasgow Argus. HORRIBLE MASSACRE OF THE CUMANACHE INDIANS BY TEXIAN TROOP S. (From the St. Lucia Independent Press.) The latest Texian Papers detail an act of brutal treachery towards a party of Cumanache Indians, by a detachment of Texian troops, under the Secretary of War, Wm. C. Cooke. A body of the Cumanaches, about sixty•five in num ber, arrived at San Antonio, on the 16th of March, with a Miss Lockhart, a little girl captured from another tribe about eighteen months ago. The object of the visit, it appears, was to hold a council with the agents of the Texian Government for the ransom of their pr:soner, and to ascertain if they would be paid for others in their possession. The Indians were in vited to a council, but while assembled in the room, two companies of troops were marched in, and they were de tained as prisoners. The Indians, finding they were be trayed, made a rush to escape, and a fight commenced, which resulted in the death of eighty five warriors, principally chiefs, two women, and three children. A small number, who escaped across the river, were pursued by mounted men, and every one killed but a renegade Mexican. The Texian loss was seven killed and three wounded. The next day a squaw was despatched to request an exchange of prisoners, and it was expected that she would return in four days with the captives. An expe march against the Cumanaches forthwith. dition was to LoRD JoHN ItussELL.—The following re quisition, addressed to Lord John Russell, and cravii ,, his Lordship's attendance at a dinner to be given to him by the reformers of Ghtsgow, was laid down in the Exchange on Saturday last, and bad received the signatures of three gentlemen up to the time of closing the rooms. We havii beep informed that a similar document has been laid down in the Tontine, which is respectably signed :—" To the Right Hon. Lord John Husssell, her Majesty's Secre tary for the Colonies. Glasgow, August 22, 1840. My Lord ; —We request you will have the goodness to set apart 1 a day, suitable for y our conven i ence, for dining with the Refc,rmers of Glasgow, that they may have the opportunity of expressing their thanks to your Lordship penonally, for the able assistance you afforded in carrying the Reform f3;11,, for for your long-continued and consistent exertions ut proraoting, the improvement of the laws, and amelio. rating thu 6901044)11 or Plc geople."—Glaspow Herald. 0 1 4 14 F, SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 11140. THE EASTERN QUESTION. SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH JOURNALS OF MONDAY. (From the Constitutionnel.) " The English press begins to comprehend the situ ation imposed on us by the treaty of July, and to acknowledge the legitimacy of the precautions which France has seen herself under the obligation of adopt ing. Lord Palmerston's journals, the Morning Chronicle and Globe, alone persist in misrepresenting facts, and resisting all evidence. There are scarcely any but these two papers on the other side of the channel which imagine that Russia, in proposing the basis of the new treaty, has benevolently renounced all thoughts of aggrandizement. There are only these two journals who do not understand that if Russian ambition abdicates the benefit of the treaty of Unkiar Skclessi, it is only because the Brunow treaty gives her other facilities, by breaking the alliance which could only prevent the realization of her projects. We hope much from the good sense of the English nation ; and, as soon as it shall have understood that it has more to lose than to gain from a crisis in the East, it will return to the thesis which the French Government has constantly defended, and will then render good and prompt justice to the miserable arguments of the Ministerial papers. The press is beginning to regard the Eastern question with a good faith and impartiality which confers honour on it. The conduct of Lord Palmerston has compro mised their policy abroad. We sincerely desire that it may not have for the internal affairs of England serious and lamentable consequences." (From the .lournal des Debate.) " We know nothing more unreasonable nor more op posed to true patriotism than the threats of our revo lutionary Press against Europe. All political parties have adjourned their hostilities, and have spontaneously given their approbation to the last measures of the Go vernment. This is as it ought to be. These measures were commanded by circumstances, and there eould be no hesitation. Whatever may be the signification and bearing of the treaty of London, our alliances were threatened ; the situation was a new one, and the Go vernment was bound to be ready for any event. The Government, then, has done its duty. The Ministry has been praised for its precautions its mea sures in respect to the army and navy have been approved of, because there was a guarantee against European perturbation, and perhaps the surest means of preserving peace. Nothing, then, but the blindness of the Republican party can make it imagine that France is waiting, not for a serious cause of war, but a pretext for war. The tocsin of the propaganda is to be sounded. What has con stituted the grandeur and force of the July revolution ? Not only the readiness which it has shown to sacrifice everything to, maintain its principles and intentions, but also that it has hitherto evinced no disposition to attempt anything against the repose, prosperity, and nationality of its neighbours. The treaty of London is an enigma, the meaning of which will soon be explained. It will be soon known if there was involved in it a national question or a question of Ministerial skill. But in one or the other case we shall not regret the appro bation that we have given to the last measures of the Government, and we shall not have a single word to retract of our praise." (From the Courrier Francais.) The King will not nor cannot separate himself from the Cabinet at a moment, above all, when its President is about to mire de Petranger. To abandon the Mi nistry, its energetic and reasonable policy must be aban doned. This policy is natural, and no other can be followed without dishonour, under the circumstances in which we arc placed by the treaty of London. The Ministry is ready to preserve peace, if reasonable propo sitions are addressed to us—ready to make war, if the conduct of the Powers places our interests in peril. The Ministry can laugh at the underhand attempts which the party of peace at any price is directing against it. But this party of peace at any price must tell us what it wishes. Would it have signed the London Treaty in the name of France ? Would it still sign it at the pre-. sent time? And, if it does not approve it, why should it blame the Government for resisting it ? The point in question is to decide what party shall be espoused at the present time with respect to the London Treaty ; and that Treaty, let it not be forgotten, is for war, and, unless it is modified, or is not put into execution, there is not the least hope of peace. M. Thiers, and France with him, protest against that Treaty. Would M. Pasquier and M. Mole advise us to yield ? If that is what is required, there must be courage to say so. PEACE OR WAR. We have received from Toulon a letter, which as serts that the fact of naval preparations going on there very slowly is indisputable. The number of workmen raised by the last Government order, and already ar rived at Toulon, is 335 ; but, at the same time, others have been dismissed. The following is given as the exact number of workmen employed on the undermen tioned vessels :—lphigenie frigate, 72 ; Circe corvette, 47 ; lndependante frigate, 9 ; Melpomene frigate, 6 ; Urania frigate 29 ; Poursuivante and Zenobie, 0 ; being in the whole 163. " If the armaments were in earnest," this letter adds, " the above number would not be suf ficient for a single ship, All these vessels will require a couple of months before any of them can be got ready for sea. The two sail of the line, Souverain and Ville de Marseille, will not come out of dock till the end of September." The Pilule of Caen observes that, notwithstanding the possibility of a rupture between France and Eng land, none of the English families residing in that town, at Avranche, and other places in Normandy, have thought of removing. This Journal adds :—" These families have considered, and with good reason, that a war is still extremely doubtful, and, at all events, know that residing among us, upon the faith of our hos pitality, they are under the safeguard of the national honour, and that, whatever may happen, their persons and their property will be respected. There are duties towards her guests, in fu.filling which France has never failed, and will do so less now than ever, even should the two Governments break asunder those ties, which, for the interests of liberty and civilization, we wish to see drawn tighter than ever." The Minister of the Marine, before he left Dunkirk for Eu, inspected the works going on at the port, and visited all the fortifications, giving orders that all re pairs, &c., should be carried on with the utmost ac activity. EGYPTIAN NEWS. (From the Semaphore de Marseilles) ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 7.—On the 29th ult., as soon as M. Cochelet had read the despatches brought to him by the Etna, he waited upon the Viceroy to ac quaint him with their contents. Tile strictest secrecy was observed by him with regard to the nature of the instructions he received by that vessel, but they are conceived to be of the highest import. The recommendation of M. Cochelet to the French merchants to act with prudence, on account of the gravity of circumstances, has created here considerable alarm. It was at a meeting conveyed for the purposes of electing commercial deputies that M. Cochelet gave that. caution to his countrymen. On the 30th ult. an extraordinary courier started for Arabia to recall the Egyptian army from that country. The Viceroy has ordered Achmet Pacha not to leave a single soldier in it, and even to evacuate the holy cities, which will again fall into the hands of the Wa habites. This decision, if absolute, may have fatal consequences for Constantinople. It was observed that this courier was sent off. twenty-four hours after the ar rival of the Etna. The Viceroy leaves to-day on a tour through Lower Egypt. No ca'e of plague had manifested itself 'during the four last days. The Nile rises with extraordinary . rapi dity, and is to-day 20 pies in height. Sir Moses Montefiore, iu his interview with the Pacha, addressed to him a discourse, of which the fol- lowing is an abstract : " A crime has been committed in Damascus, w which the Jews have been charged. The Governmen of that city has had recourse to horrid tortures in order to extort confessions from the accused. But as soon as your Highness was made acquanted with those facts, moved by the sentiments of justice and humanity which have ever distinguished you, have caused the proceed ings to be suspended, and directed the matter to be in vestigraed. " On being informed of these circumstance:, we set out to afford assistance to our co-religionists, placed under your protection. We accordingly beg of you to give us a firman, drawn up in the most authentic form, land investing us with the most extensive powers, autho rizing us to interrogate at Damascus all individuals from whom we may expect to derive information on this painful affair, to call them before us whenever we deem it expedient, and in whatever places we may think proper. " We also request that on our arrival at Damas cus the said firman may be posted up in the streets and in all the public places." The reply of the Pacha is not known. There are at this moment in Alexandria 19 ships of the line :(12 of which are Egyptian, of 100 guns, and 7 Turkish), 15 large frigates, and as many corvettes and brigs. This fleet, armed with 3,000 pieces of artillery, has been drawn up in three lines, in order to oppose an attempt to force the entrance of the harbour ; and batteries have been established before all the passages, so that it may be said , w ithout exa gg eratio n , that the roads are protected . by an impenetrable barrier. BEYROUT, JULY 28 —A few days ago 200 Alba nians and 300 Egyptian cavalry arrived from Haniman for the purpose of escorting a convoy of provisions and ammunition for the army. The sy stem of intimidation resorted to since t h e re cent revolt of the Maronitc villages continues to be en forced with r'gour by the Albanians and Druses, who are now acting in concert. The mountaineers will not be able for a long time to attempt a new insurrection. The French Consul , wh o refused to join Capt. Napier in a protest against the armed terror now perv a di ng t h e m ountainous districts, has written to Soliman praying him to abandon the harsh measures directed against the Maronites, and energetically insisting on the churches and convents being hereafter respected. The Russian Consul threatened to claim an indemnity on behalf of two congregations of schismatic Greeks living near Beyrout, whose churches have been plund ered ; he, moreover, caused a severe hastinado to be inflicted, before his hotel, on two soldiers who had in. suited one of his Janissaries. The Sheik Fransis Hasen, one of the principal leaders of the insurrection, had saved himself on board a French vessel. The foreign vessels of war now in our harbour are the Powerful and the Edinburgh, [ships of the line, the Castor frigate, the French corvettes Diligente and Brilliante, the brig Bougainville, and the Austrian cor vette Clemenia. The British steamer Cyclops left yesterday for Smyrna. . TRIAL FOR SLAVE DEALING. (Abridged from the Barbadian.) BARBADOES, JUNE 26. COURT OF VICE-ADMIRALTY. Mr. John Taylor, a young man of highly respectable connextions in the island, and whose father, for many years held a responsible situation under the Colonial Government, was charged before the Court with having► taken certain negroes, apprenticed labourers at the time, to Texas, in America, and having sold them there into slavery. _• The Court, which was held under a special Vice- Admiralty Commission, was presided over by the Hon. President Beckles, with Captain Leith, senicr naval officer on the station, Captain Ramsey, R.N., the Hon. E. N. Senhouse, the lion. J. Braithwaite, the Hon. T. J. Cummings, and Messrs. W. Orderson, B. C. Howell, D. Martindale, H. Criehlow, and J. Holligan. When the Grand Jury and Petit Jury had been em pannelled pro forma, the CHIEF JUDGE, having stated the nature of the accusation against the prisoner, and laid down the law, the Grand Jury returned a true bill against the pri soner. The Hon. Sir R. B. CLARKE, acting Attorney-Ge neral, stated the case for the prosecution, and in support of it called several witnesses. William Gunsell examined—Knows the prisoner ; saw him for the first time a few days before they left the island, down at Speights' s ; witness had been sent for by him, and on his coming the prisoner said it was rather late for what he wanted to see him about ; however, he must settle it. Prisoner told him that things would be in a bad state after the emancipation ; that the people would be knocking about in the islands ; that he was going to America, and wished to take several mechanics with him, to whom he would give forty dollars a year for four years, which proposal the wit ness was disposed to accept. That on the next day Taylor made out the agreement, which they both signed in the presence of Taylor's brother. Prisoner told him he intended to set up in business. Witness wished afterwards to decline the agreement. Taylor, however, gave him a dollar to get his passport at the Secretary's Office, and told him to tell Mr. King that he was going to leeward, for if he did not he would not get his passport. Wit ness did this, and got Mr. Codd (Panama, hat cleaner), and Mr. Porter to stand his security. At the time of the contract he was 19 years old. The agreement was in writing. Taylor kept one copy and he another, which he lost in Texas. They sailed in November (1835), stoppedat Grenada,took in provisions, and having done so they went into the port (St. George's) of that island, when all the coloured passengers were ordered into the hold, where they remained for a day and a night. None of them were landed there. They went then to Jamaica, and put into Anotto Bay, in that is land, where they were boarded by a customhouse officer, who was informed, in answer to his inquiries, that the passengers were free people. He told them that they must be kept on board, because if they went on shore and remained there any time they would be seized. They took in water there and then went to Montego Bay, which they left again for Texas, but put back for want of hands ; they could only get one man, and proceeded on their course. When off Havannah they met an American sloop of war, and they were all ordered below. The man-of-war hailed them, and they replied, and then went to Texas. They reached the mouth of the Sabine river, and then went on to Galveston. In their way they went ashore at Red Fish Bar, and landed in a boat belongin g t o a gentle man of Point Bolivar. Here they got waggons, an d , proceeding, they came to the Straughan's Bluffa where they encamped. They went thence to a place called the High Islands, and in their way thence to the Sabine pass were met by a• Mt. Gurney and his son, who asked if they had any fine negroes for sale, to which. Mr. Taylor replied, " Oh, no! they are not for sale," and they went their way to the Sabine pass. Here witness said they were boarded by a custom-house officer, named Captain Rogers, who after making many inqui ries detained them ; on his going to the Texan army, to see the Governor about it, Taylor meantime es caped ; and, as many of the Americans were at that time flying from their homes, he joined in the flight. After this Taylor sold him (witness) to Mr. W. Moore, by whom be was sold to a Mr. M'Ken nie. Witness says he was then sent to the Brasos to work for Mr. M'Kennie in various ways, which he enumerated ; that on New Year's-day he, with several others, went on a spree ; Mr. M'Kennie sent to call him ; witness told him, " No, he would not work on a holyday." Mr. M'Kennie then took him, tied him to a tree, took a bowie knife, and split his coat down the back, and gave him (he supposed) 500 lashes, saying; G—d d—n you, 111 make you work," &c.; 'ho -- was then tied to a chair and blindfolded bye handkerchief ; in this state he remained growling for pain,, when- M‘Kennie said, " G—d d—n you, you had better say your prayers, for if you go on growling you won't he alive to-morrow morning." After this he was sent to chop cord-wood ; then he waited on the family in Gal veston, next was working on board a steamer, where he was when he saw the British brig of war arrive, and heard it had come to get back the people. Witnes , said to the superintendent of the steam-boat that lit would like to go down and see about it, to which the superintendent replied, ‘a No, he could not af ford to let him run ashore in that way ; he had paid his money for him, and he would make him work ; if any gentleman wanted him he must come for him himself ; he didn't care if it was Captain Devil." Soon after some persons came on shore from her Majesty's brig Pilot; he then told the Captain he must go on shore, and he no longer refused ; he did go on shore then, and had his interview with Captain Hamilton. Taylor had whipped him once or twice ; had never given him a farthing of his wages, nor bad he ever received any from the people he was afterwards with, who made no difference between him and the other slaves ; they all worked from three or four in the morning to eleven or twelve at night, and were barely clothed and fed. Witness had never agreed to serve Mr. Moore or any other person ; he received the same clothes as the other slaves, and was treated it, the same manner as they were. The witness was severely cross-examined, but his evi• dence was in no poi n t ma terially shaken, though he showed much levity. Edward Whitt a k er , sworn --Was an apprenticed la bourer some time ago, last to Colonel Bush, who told him that if he would bring eight dollars, he could have his freedom. Mr. Taylor lent him the money ; h e afterwards agreed to go with him to leeward for four years at 40 dollars a year, and told him when he went to take out his ticket to say ho was g oin g to le eward. He delayed doing so, and Taylor in the mean time took it out for him. They sailed for Grenada, and the c hildren, Alfred Taylor, &c. They went th en to passengers were one M'lntosh , T h o mas in Ann, and two Ja maica, and put in at Montego-bay. Witness did not know then they were going to Texas. In the passage they met a man-of war by which they were boarded. The passengers were hid in the hold of the vessel. They stopped at Brassos, Point Bolivar, and High islands. At this place they were sent to pick up woo d . A man of the name of Conk then took them in wagaonstao:hs: p as s. They then crossed the Sabine, a n d encamped at Straughan's Bluff ; a man named Gurney m et t h em in a negroes to sell ;" t o wh i ch Taylor replied, " No, they are not for sale." piroguerraign Barbadian and said, foreign " I understand Y°ll h ave some fin' However, he came on board, and he and Ta ylor had some conversa tion in the cabin. sentence The witness then made some further statements, leading to tl:e conclusion that he had been sold. o in f g th a is sin C c o e A number of other negroes gave similar testimony, and after Captain Hamilton, agant for the Crown, had been examined, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilt. EjsicE t the a e i-ci s 7 n Court sincere regardt after rte, for your aged and respectable parents, it gives me great The CHIEF pain that I should be placed in a situation where it is my duty to pronounce You are the verdict of the Jury. sentenced to transpor tation for the term of fourteen years." DUEL IN LOUISIANA.--Tile i s from the Courrier de la Louisiane : i ppolyte Throuct and Paulin Prue, both as atrocious in the mode of conducting i , , as it was disastrous in its result, has just taken place following ... , F ‘‘ re RIGHTFU L no nnarrati ve trile, and long resident in this city. It originated in a bitterly contested law suit, and took place b * F e r t e w n e c e b n me M n M b . y in the following manner:—The principals were placed at five paces' distance from each other, back to back, with a pistol in each hand. At a signal agreed on, they were to turn round, until they found themselves face to face, and half an exposed,fie hwithout any means of de fence,ho was given them to fire. At the first discharge, which presented his bosom to to ur r k place instantaneously, they fi bl‘ r e. a e rs d pd t r o ies g sce e hn t a h : e g r te , rde b n u ilnb t l 'a tih ' n i e t g li a o fi u or . t r. effect. Prue then took his second pistol into his right seconds interposed, and, the bystanders, of the fate which awaited Prue, cried out from their places, I ia him,t id, a b tn u od t s hisos a precipitately v b c e i , i r ,r p t s i h ;a t 'raj adversary el),',atthans,tueimvteeral of but t s the demand ing who dared to interfere in a matter of the sort, invited Throuct to discharge .his pistol ag 4 i nst his opponent, Se D ei o u n g 't h fi im re s ; e ' l ' f whom there were net the ;nvitatiou ; but, having kept bath Throuot needeo Prue and tile bystanders for a considerable time in a state of the most painful suspense, still holdinff Prue covered with his pistol, and grinning ferociously, fired at last, and the ball passing through Prue's body, the unfortunate I man died instantaneously. THE SULPHUR TRADE. The Appendix to Mr. M‘Gregor's Report on the Commercial Statistics of the Kingdom of the Two presented by command of her Majesty to both Houses of Parliament, contains a copy of the famous sulphur contract, translated from the Italian, with some interesting information upon the subject of the . sulphur district, and the annual produce of the mines, besides a series of elaborate tables of imports and exports into the kingdom of the Two Sicilies up to very recent dates, with a detailed account of the injurious effect which a continuance of the sulphur monopoly would have produced on British commerce. Mr. M‘Gregor states that his Sicilian Majesty received him with great condescension, and expressed a most earnest wish to maintain a friendly understanding, and to con clude a commercial treaty with Great Britain ; but the Minister of the Interior, the Cavaliere Sant-Angelo, through whose instrumentality the monopoly to Messrs. Taix and Co. was granted, was averse to the British connection, and, through his influence at Court and over the Royal Confessor, expected to maintain it at all hazards. Being aware of the hostile views at the Minister of the Interior to the object of his mission, Mr. 111‘Gregor stated to Prince Cassaro that, unless he received an assurance that the monopoly should cease to exist on or before the Ist day of Ja nuary, 1840, he must break off all further negotia- tions, and leave Naples for England ; and that her Majesty's Government would hold his Sicilian Majesty responsible for full: indemnification of all injuries received in consequence of the monopoly. This energetic remonstrance produced the desired effect, Prince Cassaro having informed Mr. M'Gregor ' at the next interview, that his Sicilian Majesty had determined to abolish the monopoly—granting it was a great error—but that his Majesty could not involve his honour so far as to commit a confession of the error to writing. In consequence of this assurance from Prince Cassaro, and the unsatisfac tory state of British trade with the kingdom of the Two:Sicilies, Mr. M'Gregor in the absence of in structions, entered into a consideration :of the several articles of a treaty of commerce ; and on the 25th of November last, having signed each article as agreed to ad referendum, left Naples for England. Mr.ll,l‘Gre gor. says he understood that instructions to sign the treaty were to be sent after him, and that he proceeded to execute it subject to Lord Palnierston's approval, from finding it impossible to arrange, or even to enter upon the arrangements of the modifications of the tariff to be annexed to a treaty, until at least the principal provisions of such treaty should be understood by the Neapolitan Government. B,' minute personal inquiries at the different ports, Mr. M'Gregor states that in the navigation of the ports of Palermo, Ciirgenti, Licata, Catania, and Mes sina, there were employed annually, for five years previous to this monopoly, 563 British ships ; for the fifteen months during the monopoly, 179: dif ference of British navigation, 384. In short, he was convinced that the continuance of the sulphur mono-. poly, must inevitably destroy the whole British trade and navigation with the island, and of necessity break up from eighteen to twenty-five extensive British mer cantile establishments ; while, at the same time nearly all the sulphur proprietors, who are remarkably attached to the British nation, would be ruined. . The sulphur contract itself, in favour of Messrs. Taix, Aycard, and Co., proceeds upon a flagrant falsehood, that the production of the article had increased :300,000 cantars annually over the demand of the fo reign markets, and therefore the company is authorised to found their establishment in the royal dominions on the other side of the Faro, to purchase annually the sulphur which should be produced in Sicily, amounting to 600,000 cantars, experience having proved a larger production to be excessive, and the cause of great losses. To show the fallacy on which the contract proceeds, it is only necessary to mention that England alone requires about 300,000 cantars, and that France requires nearly as much ; so that these two countries would take about one million of cantars, and yet the monopoly confined the exports to 600,000 cantars, specially prohibiting the production of an additional 300,000 cantars, because for a few years previous to the monopoly it is admitted that the production had in gross been equal to 900,000 cantars. The actual quantity exported was as follows : Years. Catitars. 1832 400,000 1833.. ... 495,769 1834 676,413 1835 661,775 1836 855,376 1837 764,244 1838 1,011,591 Total export for 61 years The excess of exportation in 1838 was made chiefly in June and July, in anticipation of the monopoly. The above returns give an average of 748,624 quintals as the annual production. The price in 1837 was 151 134 1 tares per Sicilian canter. The population of Sicily in 1837 is stated by Mr. M'Gregor at less than 1,800,000. The judges of the civil courts are paid about 1481. each, those of the superior criminal courts about 2151. each, and of the superior civil courts 2501. each. The taxation is extremely heavy. An estate yielding an average crop pays 30 per cent. of its pro duce as the amount of land•tax ; and there are a variety of indirect taxes besides ; altogether about 1,000,0001. of net revenue is thus collected, one half of which is sent to Naples, and the other half paid away to tha em ployes cif °the government and to maintain criminal prisons. No country,"says Mr. M'Gregor, "exhibits land-so highly taxed, nor one in which so little good is ' extended to the general community." The sulphur mines extend over a great portion of the centre, and down to the south coast of the island. The mineral is embedded in blue marl, and is occasionally found in gypsum and limestone. They have been ex plored and worked for 300 years, but the quantity mined and prepared for exportation was unimportant until chemical discovery, within the last fifteen years, caused an extraordinary quantity of the mineral to be successfully applied to manufacturing purposes. It is is separated from the various substances with which it is combined by means of fusion in kilns built of gypsum, stone, &., which contain from 50 to 60 cwt. each. It runs off by a hole in the bottom in a thin brown fluid, into a trough or mould, in which it cools and hardens into the form and solidity in which it is shipped.— Morning Paper. THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BLOOMSBURY. The fire which broke out on the extensive building establishment of Messrs. Winsland, in Bloomsbury, on ' the morning of Monday last, has proved of a far more calamitous character than was at first anticipated. This fire, notwithstanding the great exertions that were made on every side to get it, under, continued to rage with much violence for upwards of four hours. The arrangements made by the police (300 of whom were on the spot) for the purpose of keeping back the populace were excellent. The premises destroyed were of extensive and sub stantial description, covering upwards of an acre of ground, and forming a square. At the period of the outbreak of the fire Mr. Wins land was with his family at Southend. A messenger was instantly despatched to inform him of the occur rence, but before his arrival in town the whole of the premises were consumed. Yesterday Mr. Winsland caused an investigation to be entered into, with a view of ascertaining, if possible, the actual origin of the fire, in the course of which the following facts were elicited :—lt appeared that when it first commenced, which was about a quarter before eleven o'clock, all the workpeople employed on the pre mises were there at their business. Those employed in the joiners' shop, situate in the south-east angle of the building, were first alarmed by large volumes of smoke and fire issuing from between the floorings of the first story from the deal-plank warehouse underneath. They effected their escape (many by jumping out of the windows), and on getting below the interior of the lower portion of the building, which contained upwards of 200 loads of dried deal planks, piled in stacks, appeared to be one mass of flame through the entire extent of the building, nearly 50 feet in length. The men instantly gave the alarm,and ran to the house of Mr. Spearing the foreman, on the opposite sideof the building; and he being out, they advised Mrs. Spearing and her family instantly to remove. They then rushed to the counting house and saved the books of their employer, and eight minutes had not elapsed from its first discovery before the south-cast portion of the building was en veloped in flames. The cause of the fire is a perfect mystery, the deal-room being confided to the care of one man, and no light or fire being permitted near it. In the adjoining portion of the building, however, there was a furnace used for conveying heat by means of pipes throughout the building, in order to dry the wood ; that, however, bad no connection of itself with the deal-plank room. Since the fire has been subdued, the authorities of the London Fire Establishment. have been actively en gaged in tracing out the actual amount of damage occa sioned by the occurrence, and the following is the offi cial report returned by them last evening : The premises of Messrs. \Vinsland, comprising fin large brick buildings, consisting of carpenters' and joifierf workshops, show rooms, storehouse, marble show rooms, moulding rooms, plasterers' and masons' work shops, enpineers' workshops, warehouses, stables, cart houses, dwelling-house of foreman, extensive drying rooms, counting-house, offices, &c., totally destroyed. The buildings, which are the property of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, arc supposed to be insured in the Sun to the amount of 5,000/. ; the property and stock therein arc insured by Mr, \Vinsland in the Sun and other offices to the amount of only 7,000/., which is stated to be greatly under the actual loss. The extensive warehouse of Messrs. Hansard, in Duke-street—slight damage to the roof ; the building insured in the Sun, but stock uninsured The British Muse.4p, ctoses on Tuesday tier and will not 943? n 'tlie T ue sday following. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. r7R011.1 THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTEkDAY.) (From the Globe.) We extract an article from the Journal des Debats of Sunday on the state of parties in England. The .illorning Post has saved us the trouble of translating it from the French original ; and has also saved us the trouble of characterising the consistency of the Debats. " The article altogether," says our contemporary, " is . _ a bonne bouche. Such racy ratting we have never seen, excepting, perhaps, the never-to-be-equalled turn of our Conservative Contemporary the Times. That was unique ; but the present political jump of the Debats is scarcely less to be admired." The Post also re marks, " We felicitate the Debats on its new career ; and can safely say its article is much more stringent against its old acquaintances than any it ever addressed against the Conservatives. The reason of this is obvious. The Debals has now only to stick to truth—and plain facts in all times are stubborn things." They are !—and when the chance foreign ally of a party dots stick to truth, he is apt to stick to some truth which is just the most awkward he could have uttered. Thus the Debats talks of Lord Stanley's " unfortunate and impolitic Bill." It also talks of " the moderate fraction" of the Conservative party. Now this description of Tory proceedings and the Tory party echoes exactly our own sentiments as to their composition and policy. Yes ; their great gun of the session was an unfortunate and impolitic project. Their moderate men are but a fraction, much maligned by the main body of the party. When the Debats was look ing out for reasons why the present Ministry maintain their position, it might have occurred to it that, in a Government like that of England, which ultimately de pends on its hold upon public opinion, a party in power which prevents the adoption of unfortunate and impolitic measures, affecting the political franchises of a third of the empire, and which constrains the moderate fraction of its opponents to support its own measures, is precisely the party which ought to be in power, and which is likely to remain so. These unfortunate admissions neutralise the well-aimed malice of the whole article. (From the Courier.) We are very apt to cast blame and reproach upon other nations for the little regard with which individuals treat human life. In all probability we are wrong, as regards the destruction of life by means which for the present must be termed mechanical, and which are connected with defensive positions. Had, however, any observation of the kind been made as to the opera tion of the present Poor-law, it would not be in our power to defend it from a challenge which its sup porters will find no little difficulty to refute. If the Albanian or Bedouin be cursed with predatory ruffians who destroy his domestic arrangements, we have in England a power which to be sure does not invade the house, but effectually breaks away all hope from the poor but industrious labourer. Need we say that we now allude to the new Poor-laws—such regulations as were never imagined until the precious race of the Whigs were enabled to assume a power, which they have not failed to employ i❑ a manner that is much better understood by their miserable victims than by those who are compelled by public duty to take a view of their case. A system (so to call it) has been adopted by the political economists whom Whig notions of saving have brought into existence ; by which we can easily, and at the smallest possible expense, get rid of people who might become very troublesome to such as deem their pockets of more consequence than their hearts. What is it to such persons that others are formed exactly like them ? It does not exactly enter into our comprehen sion how anybody possessed of human feelings can coolly subject their equals, in everything but property and pos sibly education, to the slowest and most dreadful of all deaths. Yet this process is carried on in nearly every Union placed under the direction of the aver-paid Com missioners of Somerset House. (From the Standard.) The Morning Chronicle has, to-day, a long article in defence of the swindling trick exposed by Mr. Handley in the letter which we yesterday quoted from the Bristol .Mirror. Although our contemporary is good enough to ascribe to us all the positions of Mr. Hand ley. with the remarks of the Bristol Mirror, we shill not undertake to defend these positions and re marks. Not that they are not easily defensible, but because we respect the real cuique SWIM, which is never violated with more danger of giving offence than when one undertakes to support the arguments of another. We have merely to maintain our own position. We say that the trick exposed by Mr. Handley is a swind ling trick, and so it is. It is well known that the continental harvests are generally somewhat earlier than the English and Scottish harvests. It is equally well known that at this season of the year the stock on hand is generally the lowest, and this, of course, without reference to the prospects of the incoming crop ; but these prospects, though they do not change the amount on band, have a material and a proper effect upon prices, which will be low or high as the expectation of the harvest is favourable or otherwise. Now we have, under the blessing of Providence, a prospect of an abundant harvest, and prices would, therefore, be na turally low—so low, that the swindlers would have no opportunity of importing at a rate of duty to satisfy their rapacity. What do they ? They raise apparent prices, in part by forestalling, in part by fraud ; and thus contrive to get a good stock of foreign corn in the country, at a low duty, before the English corn can come to market. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam CF. 12 4 Ditto,. at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 5i Antwerp Hamburg 111. B. 13 11 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 55 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine 1494 Petersburg, 3 Us 37 Berlin Vienna, effec. fl. 3 Al_ 10 4 Trieste, ditto lO 6 Madrid Cadiz 36.1 Bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville NGE, YESTERDAY. Gibraltar 4B Leghorn 3O 25 Genoa Milan Venice 47 Naples 4O- Palermo, per oz 122?,- Lisbon 541- Oporto 5 ,4 Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres .. New York, 21 days'sight 461 Philadelphia PRICE OF BULLION, PER oz. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, bars...o 0 0 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10, Silver in Bars 0 5 0. We have been favoured with the following ex• tract from a letter, written by an officer on board her Ma. jesty's ship Pique, dated Gibraltar, Aug. 7 :—" In addi tion to the 60 marine artillerymen and 112 supernumerar marines, with their colonel, whom we took out from Eng . land, we have been busily engaged all this morning em barking 45 sappers and miners, ammunition, and 600 stand of arms, tents, sand-bags, barrows, shovels, &c., for making fortifications. We are off this evening, and our destination is not known, except to those in command, but it is w his pered, Syria." MURDERERS OF SHADRACII LEWIS.—The unhappy men who were, at the last Pembrokeshire As sizes, convicted and condemned to die, for the murder of Shadrach Lewis, hail been respited until further signifi cation of her Majesty's pleasure. On Saturday last an or der arrived from the Home Secretary's office, commuting their punishment to transportation for life. The accounts received yesterday give favour able reports of the corn crops. The fine weather of the last few days appears to have been general throughout the country, and there is, we are glad to see, a fair prospect of its continuance. The only drawback we hare to notice is, that the account of the hops in the various districts of Kent is very unfavourable. The Maidstone Gazette gives the apportionment of the duty throughout the kingdom as follows, on the authority of a correspondent to be relied upon :—The Rochester district, 15,000/. ; Can terbury, 4.000/. ; Sussex, 2,000/. ; Farnham, 700/. ; Wor cester, 4001. ; the kingdom, 2001. ; a total of 99,300/, WHO ARE THE MURDERERS ?--If there be, its any country, law by which a portion of its inhabitants are deprived of food which they might otherwise procure, and then, under the influence of want, commit ravages upon the property of others, then are the makers and up holders of such a law deeply criminal, and morally, though not legally, responsible for the offences thus committed. But if, in addition to this, the same law is so constructed as not only to deprive men of food, by limiting the supply, but further to decrease their means of obtainirg it, by shutting them out of certain markets for their labour —then is the guilt and responsibility of such legislators doubled, and they deserve, more than the criminal, the penalty to which he may become exposed. Hundreds arc brought to an untimely grave by gradual starvation. On the heads of the Corn-law faction rests the dreadful guilt of being immediately accessory to their death. There is no escaping from this fearful truth. " Who are the mur derers ?" We solemnly and deliberately aEsert--the authors and supporters of the diabolical Corn-law !___ Leicestershire Mercury. A woman at Ponte Ferreira, up the Douro, was so anxious to get rid of her husband, in order to marry her paramour, that she actually murdered the unsuspecting victim, and pretending to him that her husband had gone from home for two or three days, she invited the paramour to come and sup with her. He did so, and after supp er the monster in woman's clothes asked hi m h ow he liked the ' pointing food he had p artaken of, and on his r eplying very ou well, y wart, and y ou must she said, s , 13 , e T , h t e o r o e k h teolaytbs—e husband's have been eat i ng his I hi m by the hand into another murdered b o d y, where my r dear,nr, irunning u marryo tof me. the " house, he The fellow was Si horror struck that,w, u went to the ma gistrate's house and gave informati on . The woman was taken into custody.—Lishon Pap er . ASSAULT.—On Monday Augustus De Mor gan was brought up to the Greenwich Police-office, charged with having committed '- person of Mr. James Gillharn a a h vi,.lent assault upon the ~ ootmaker, aged 70, re siding in Nelson-street, c w e e tae police sheet as P -, kofess nwich. He was described in Lon don University, and residing of Mathematics at the hant Imxing described the on Blackheath. Mr. Gill assault, the Chairman said,. Fay, Mr. Dc Morgan, what plainant's charge ? A s ir,D have you to say to the (X)I 14- e Morgan—l adrekt the charge of assault, but feel . myself somewhat justiAed au the ground of having received provocation '' •at *b. , same time I beg it to be understood that Idid P.,o':, siir l ' ike at his head, his arm was not raised, and I str;;,et at him obliquely and not perptn . dicn. , ar!, , r, A swe'd. Mr. Smith (the elerk)—This appears 4 Most unwarrantable assault. The Chairman. told the Professor that his conduct had been very bad. He was therefore convicted in a penalty o f 51i, which was icamz. , - , diatcly paid, and the parties. withdrew. The defendant i was bailed by Profer.,.sor Airy, of the Royal Observatory. EVENING EDITION'. THEATRE ROXAL HAYMARKE Mrs. Fitzwilliam made her first appearance since her return from America, at this theatre, last even ing, and a crowded audience welcomed her return, as the return of an old friend should be welcomed. On this occasion, that admirable old comedy, The Country Girl, was revived, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, of course, being the Peggy, and we know of no lady on the stage who could give that character with half the arch simplicity that this delightfully natural actress throws into it. The letter-writing scene was first-rate, and elicited repeated bursts of laughter and applause. Characters such as Peggy have been in abeyance during the absence of Mrs. Fitz william, whose provincial engagements will, we are sorry to see, prevent her performing in London more than five nights. She is looking all the better for her transatlantic trip, and is as mirthful and vivacious as ever. Her voice has lost none of its melody, and in the song of " Pit pat goes my heart " she was rapturously encored. Ihe other characters of the comedy were well filled. hat sterling actor Strickland made an admirable Moody, and the Sparkish of Mr. Walter Lacy was lig . ht and amusing. The interlude of Foreign and Native Graces followed, in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam sustained her original character of Emily Staples, and the evening's amusements .con eluded with the operatic comedy of Sweethearts and Wives, in which Mr. David Rees, as Billy Lackaday, succeeded in making the audience laugh right merrily at his sentimental sorrows. • CITY IMPROVEMENTS. The alterations in the vicinity of the proposed site of the New Royal Exchange are proceeding very tardily. The steeple of the church of St. Bennett Flock, in Threadneedle-street, has been taken down, as have also the neighbouring houses in Sweeting's-rents, giving to th's sacred edifice a very denuded appearance. No progress has yet been made in levelling the church of St:Bartholomew's, by the Bank, further than in the removal from it and the grave-yard of some of the bodies, which have been re-interred, at the expense of the Bank of England, at the neighbouring church of St. Margaret, Lothbury, with which this parish is now combined. This has met with considerable disapprobation from the neighbouring inhabitants, as, from the great heat of the weather, the disinterment is attended .vith cir cumstances of a very disagreeable nature, which is equally painful to the feelings of relativeS and friends. A large grave or vault is being excavated on the west side of the church of St. Margaret's, adjoining the burial-ground, which will be capable of receiving 70 bodies, and is intended for the reception of the bodies of those who are unclaimed by their friends. The body of Miles Coverdale, Bishop of Exeter, and the translator of the first Bible which received the Royal sanction, has not yet been discovered, and from the great lapse of time since lie has been interred, in 1568, it is rather uncertain whether it now will. In the case of these relics being found, there are three claimants who are anxious to become possessed of them. The Bishop of Exeter is desirous to have them removed to the cathedral of that city, he having been appointed, to that see in 1557 ; the Rev. Mr. Leigh, the Rector of SL Magnus, London-bridge, wishes them to repose in the burial ground of that church, to which he was appointed rector in 15(33 ; and the Bishop of London also claims them,. in whose disposition they will probably remain. There is no tablet in the church to his memory, but it is probable that the original was destroyed when the church was burnt in 1666, nathing of which remains but the venerable tower, built about 1438, and a por tion of the walls at the north and west side. Miles Coverdale was in early life an Augustine monk, but was converted to Protestantism, and exerted his best faculties and influence in advocating its cause. He was patronised by Thomas Lord Cromwell, and Queen Catherine Parr appointed him her almoner ; but he was ejected front his see, and persecuted by Queen Mary', who, by an an Act of Council in 1554, allowed him to pass to Den mark with two servants, his bags and baggage. On re turning home he declined to be reinstated in his former see, but repeatedly preached at St. Paul's Cross, after which be was presented to the rectory of St. Magnus, London-bridge, which he resigned in two years, ar,d, dying at the age of 81, he was interred in this church. A tablet, commemorative of his memory, was, a few years since, erected in St. Magnus Church. PARIS POLICE. Two good-natured-looking fellows, tailed jlizophy and .Icanniche, were called up before the Correctional Court, on the charge of having insulted a policeman while exercising his functions, The recollection of the drinking bout, which had placed them in their present predicament, made them smile as they entered the Court, but they soon became all attention on seeing the police agent come forward to make his charge. The policeman, who, if his name had been William, would have done honour to the appellation of the second Norman King of England, commenced in the following strain :—" I should have liked to have seen you there to have heard how their tongues run ! Good heavens! —what a bell. It is true ; you will observe that— The PRESIDENT—Speak plainly, and avoid useless Policeman—l must begin by informing you that the two defendants were over head and ears in wine or brandy. It is true, you wid observe, that when men are tipsy— The PRESIDENT—Speak of the insults you received. Policeman—lt was about five in the morning ;to be tipsy at that hour is rather too bad. It is true, vett will observe, that a man may drink at any hour. I saw one of these two individuals come out of a wine-shop with a large glass of wine in his hand, and go up to a sentinel and offer him the glass, telling him to dtink. His companion also engaged the sentinel to drink. I was smoking my pipe close to the guard-house, and went up to the drunkards and told them to make themselves scarce—sentinels were not allowed to drink while on duty. " And if he chooses to drink';" observed the man who held the glass. "It is contrary to orders," rejoined I, " and so be off." This irritated Murphy, who began vociferating a lot of big words, with such a voice that it might have been taken for the sound of the distant drum. The PRESIDENT—What did he say Policeman—Everything that can be imagined ; and then he finished by saving, " "You -- re3-beaded scoundrel, I'll plant my fingers and thumb on. your ugly It is true, you will observe, that I am red-haired, and that rod hair is no beauty. I ackn'Jwledge it ; but he ought to have respected me in my police functions, even though red-haired. The PRESIDENT—Did Jeanniehe alto insult you ? Policeman—No ; on the rJontrary , he endeavoured to pull away his companion., saying, " Come along ; you can't make an ass drink unless be list." The PaEstuENT—Well, that was not over polite. Policeman—Oh, it is an expressio❑ in great use in company. Alulphy—What the policeman has said is true or not ; for my part, I was drunk, and knew r.othing about it. The PRESIDENT—HOW came you to be 'gunk at five in the morning. Murphy—You see I had been drinking white wine, which you know is very heavy, and besides there aas a little tipsiness remaining from drinking the nig i rbt before, and even the night before that ; ant so alto gether you can easily conceive that I was not quite sober, and therefore you cannot reasonably expect me to rem ember what I did in such a state ; but I am really sorry, if I have done anything amiss, and I beg the policeman not to be angry with me. Policeman—l forgive . you with all my heart. I know full well that wine leads one into things for which one is sorry afterwards. It is true, that you will ob— serve, that people should not drink. The PRESIDENT here ordered the policeman to be silent ; and the Cou r t, l ess i n d u l gent than the victim of Murphy's intemperate language, sentenced Murphy to six days' imprisonment, and dismisset Jeanniche. Tim Durrell NAVY.—The. 0 st ratkill- of Brussels gives the following accosunt of the navy of Hol. land ;—" The navy in comtn:ssioA is composed of 9 fri gates, of which 3 are used as g;dardships ; 9 corvettes, 1 of which is used as a naval scimol ; 12 brigs, 1 of which is used also as a naval school.; 25 gun-sloops, 4 armed steam ers, 2 transports, and a demonstration-ship attached to the naval institution of Medemblick. The vessels not in com mission are 8 ships of the line, of which 5 are finished, and 3 building ; 12 frigates, of which 5 arc finished, and 7 are building; 9 corvettes, of which 4 arc finished, 2 are build ing, and 3 are, employed as hospital ships ; 9 brigs, of which 4 are finished, and 5 are building; and 68 gun boats. The total, therefore, is S ships of the line, 21 fri gates, 15 corvettes, 21 brigs, and 95 gun-boats. The crews in active service amount to 5,000 men ; the officers of the fleet are 472 in number. The number of marines in the dill rent ports is 383. The shipwrights and others employed in building and fitting out at Amsterdam, Wil ruene-sd. T k lemvord, Rotterdam, Helvoetsluys, and Flushing, amorant to 2,098. The budget of the navy is 5 , 250 0 00 Dutch do (4 their largest 37, 000/. ) shipsT h e f theDutch lihnacv have are n of 84 g one e th .ece The and cflicers are composed of 3 vice-admirals, 7 rear-admirals, 23 full-captains, 40 lieutenant-captains, 82 full-licutenants,, 172 lieutenants of the second class, 79 lirtidshirm en and 66 surgeons." A gentleman of this town lately engaged, for a wager of wine, to produce a good glasr, of mild ale in the month of August, from malt made front barley of this year's growth. The barley was cut on the Bth instant, thrashed, dressed, and steeped by th e 12th, and, from its appearance on the, working floors, a superio r samp l e o f malt may he :capected by Monday next, the 24th ; it will abtyktehe.t table,produ eotnionofab Saturday, rlli t a h r e tt , 29 / th be . mashed the following morn i ng, and the better reties on. Dmild ale g h o is n w t a li n op g aSS county -13::!C,N. Lord Saltoun has arrived at Ness Castle for the cason, where a numerous party will shortly asset, &hie. Lady Saltoun, and the Hon. Misses Fraser, e also arrived.