The Sun. — London, England, 1840-07-29 00:00:00

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The Syrians continue to pursue the:, week of . mmicipa. shiest they have under And ererytbinas hats *us to believe that the day , of retribution la nn ilistant. To any observer gifted with judgment end a knowledge of the iinhabitante of these counteire, it must be evident that a 'state of things which - cornea; an entire nation to be con stantly under arms to resist the tsrannical demands of an odious Government, cannot last. If it were otherwise, we should (*pair of every idea of justice and humanity-- 1 "e two principles which in our times regulate all coun.. °its - where there are governors and people to be governed. The insurgents become every day more united; the ilnterests of their common country have extinsruished those dissensions which sprung from the difference of descent and religion—passions which were skil fully worked spots by a Government whose maxim, Ditide and govern," includes the entire political ssystem invariably applied to Syria. The theatre of the 'military operations has extended ; facts have acquired rmore importance, and prove the talent of the leaders who command the insurgents. The Egyptian troops are at vantzed beaten, or held in check on all points. On the th of June the peasants, commanded by Emir Ali, at lacked Beyrout; their forces were not considerable, but courage supplied the want of numbers. At the sight of the French flag, which was flying on the corvette Diligente, arrived from Alexandria, these brave fellows cheered with 'delight, for they revere the French name, and hope, Is he trier right or wrong, that when France shall have become aware of their unfortunate position and of the energetic de termination of their despair, she will assist them to resist oppression. The discharge of musketry and canon was incessant from four o'clock in the afternoon until midnight, but the leases were not in in proportion to the length of lime the battle lasted. The Egyptians had fourteen men stilled. The following day order was restored, and the besiegers retired to their camp. Some da) s after the garrison, having been reinforced by a,OOO men, made a sortie, but they were not more forte tate than that of Set de. Having been gallantly received by the insurgents, the Egyptians fled, and reached Bey rout in great disorder, after having lost a number of men and left 300 muskets on the field of battle. Some per sons who were placed on elevated terraces were spectators of the battle, which was fought not more than a quarter of a league from the town, The movements of the two parties Cooks be distinctly observed, and it was a comical sight to ace the conquerors of Nezib flying before peasants, running down the hill with all the precipitation of terror, and scarcely attending to the voices of their officers. When the garrison returned into the town, they beought with them as trophies some innocent gardeners. efnom they seized at some paces from the gates, and an European hat that a seldirr carried on his gun. At One sight of this hat it ssas at first feared that the runoways had revenged their defeat on the person of some 7esuropean, but fortunately it "'nos discovered that this hot was picked up on the road 2 e 3 n o r the Lazarett o . Deoseg the night of the 22d to the "..i - June Soliman P t e a arrived at Beyrout. The fol , W bi 'ng day he sent s e rne ships of war to bombard Djouni, shil it ne occupied b f the insurgents, but the only result of estpeditt .n ''that threatened slgas the useless consumption of powder. The next d ay tarea! I • Soliman Pacha left for Seyde, which was y the Emir Haider and the 6,000 brave fellows Lb h e o'Jrnrn . antis. On the 28th of June Abbas Pacha, e ar " g , 3 when of Mehemet Ali, arrived from Al e xand r i a on ". the steamboat Nile, and the same day the steamer tq as- s) espatched to Scyde, wher e S o li man P ac h a em b ar k e d lsetur n to Beyrout. On the 29th a sortie was made, and again the Albanians ' a nd Egyptians exp er i ence d a s h ame f u l d e f eat; t h ey l ost a number of men and arms. Towards evening the mountaineers encamped on the bill of St. Dimitri, which commands the Lazaretto. They hoisted the Turkish flag, and published the follow nog proclamation " PROCLAMATION. .‘ To ALL OUR BROTHERS, WITHOUT RELIGIOUS DISTINC TION, IN ARMS FOR THE SAME CAUSE. " We have taken arms in order to deliver ourselves from despotism and brutal treatment. God, who is just, will grant us success, Let us prove ourselves worthy of His 'divine protection. Let there be no pillage, no assassina lien- And, since we are fighting to be restored to the legitimate government of our Sovereign, the Sultan who reign s at Constantinople,. we hoist the metropolitan flag in order to show that we only want justice. Let him who shall be affected by fear be proclaimed a coward, and let him die by fire, " God Islay permit that we be put to death, but not that we should be slaves like our beasts of burden. " God is just 1" There are at present in the harbour of Beyrout fourteen Turkish or Egyptian frigates, the English frigate Castor, the English steamer Cyclops, and the Sardinian corvette Eagle. The garrison of the town amounts to about 20,000 men. It is composed of Turks, more disposed to return home than to fight against the mountaineers ; Egyptians, either blind of one eye or too young to support the fatigues of war; of Albanians, in fine, quite ready to join the flag of the best bidder. A conspiracy was discovered on board the fleet which conveyed the troops, and was organized amongst the Turkish crews that the treachery of Ahmet Fethi Pacha delivered up to Mehemet Ali, and we are assured that see veral officers aod sailors were put to death. About 200 men have stScceeded in escaping frem the executioners of s their bret'eren, and have taken refuge amongst the insur "tv, 'esith whom they will join in fighting for the same 1, 4 , 4 '':e It is said that there are two Frenchmen at the she4dof the insurgents, one the Viscount de D--, with title of Generalissimo, and the other M. de C—, e ici , t h the rank of Major-General. A report has been cir ;tiled that 30,000 Egyptians 'are to join the 20,000 r ,ready at Beyrout, but st is generally believed that the ; 20 vernment could never assemble so many troops on the l e Point with ou t d anger . I n f act , T r i po li, S e yd e , Aleppo, St. Jean d'Acre, and Damascus, are more than ever in waist of troops to contain the inhabitants within, a nd t, to repel the insurgents from without. The report that 1 1,.(e a :, tr e a k ry cl:l i a t te is dthat Emir Bechir had sent six Princes as - "ages to Mehemet Ali is without foundation ; on the eou t expected that this chieftain will unite with whi h it! n Ymen to cleanse the Syrian land from the hordes c st it. It i s , affirmed that the celebrated Abd.el-Rhaman, chief th; th e former i nsurgen t s o f N a pl ouse , has left that town at 'to : en d of 15,000 Bedouins, and 4,000 cavalry, to come • e assistnn of the mountaineers of Lebanon. The l i n t su i: rct ien has gained ground rapidly, and, as things go, ;glebe to be seen that Syria will become the grave of ,j e e tt _ met Ali. The satisfaction which the French Consul r,„:nded of Mahmoud Bey, and the punishment which he sh e l (s ir ed should be inflicted on the Albanians who fired at L .._ \Jount de la Ferte Ckamplatrcux de la Guiehe and , 4 0 u o v r d onnaye has not been complied with, because the Zvh reo.r declared that he was afraid of the assassins. *treat will Mehemet Ali's partisans say who call his a !'g Government, and wish it to be substituted for that the Sublim e Porte, although it dare not punish a few ssghway robbers? But th er e are oth er f ac t s . A French -74n Gis assassinated, and satisfaction is demand e d o f t h e overnment of Beyrout, who, by its refusal, has rendered It necessary for M. Bouree to break off all communication With the nag. Egyptian authorities, and to take down the French ,__ 7 the oth er h an d , one of M. de Lamont ' s suite is 100 herously mu r d ere d. A comp l a i nt i s ma d e to Mr. re , the English Consul, who requires ample satisfac b riots, Angry discussions have followed, and blood has Country n near flowing. We ask this question—ln what Worst have such things been seen? Even during the 7st times of the Ottoman empire, when the worst pas sions_ were inflamed by fanaticism, have we ever teen so 'aoninsults offered to the European flags? DAMASCUS, JUNE 30. s, threatened by Said Emir at the head of 16,000 Syrians, have all solemnly sworn not to lay down their. arms until they have accomplished the ruin of the E gyptian Administratio n . A caravan of 200 camels, Which was conveying ammunition, cannon, and provi- Coo S to the Egyptian regiments encamped at Balbec, has fallen into their power. The detachment which escorted the crnvoy fled, and returned to Damascus 'with the loss of a few men. Osman Bey immediately set Out with four regiments of infantry, 500 cavalry, and some Pieces of artillery, to establish himself, so as to protect the communications with the troops at Balbec, but it is doubted that he will succeed in his undertaking, for on one hand Said Emir's 16.000 troops who intercept the road frem Damascus to Beyrout have been reinforced by numerous bands of mountaineers, and on the other the Egyptian troops, who always feased the Syrians, are at p r esent so disorgani ze d b y t h e numerous successes of the !!tter, that they h ave no w i s h to meet them in battle. V e .idedly the cau se o f t h e i nsurgents i s gained, and Me hemet a Ali would g i ve a proo f of wisdom by evacuating e tfountry which, like Arabia, c an on l y cause hi m the l oss men _ and money without any increase of glory or advan ne to the dynasty which he aspires to establish. vluated i he. following advices from B e y ru th t o t h e 3 d i nst. are by the Smyrna Journal: , 1 4 1 , . hey state that the insurrection in the Libanus h h e a ir s Po" a serious turn, and that the insurgents declare t rte lion to recognise no other authority than that of the . They have published a proclamation to this effect. Abundant supplies of military store s f rom Alex andria had been landed at Beyruth, and 12 .000 Egyptian troopa were stati one d t h ere. T he so ldi ers, an d particu larly the Albanians, were i nso l ent to t h e i n h a bi tants, an d s, that they suspected the European residents of fa vouring the insurgents. It WAS supposed that the Egyptian at forces would attack the Libinus on several pointa °t ee ; the in surgents had retired into the innermost parts of it, in order to defend themselves the better. A skir mish had taken plzce outside the town, in which the hundred Eg } pt ans were driven back. A large convoy of two caels, with a quantity of stores, cannon, and ammunition, going from Damascus to Ba lee, had been seized by the Insurgents. Great numbers of the Egyptian soldiers have gone over to the mountaineers. Emir Mah moud, a grand son of Emir Beschir, who was sent to the insurgents to endeavour to pacify them, has remained with them, keeping 150 horse and 100 foot who went with him. A mutiny has broken out in one of the Turkish 1 ships ; but having been discovered in time, three of the ringleaders bare been thrown into the sea, and fifteen others punished with five hundred strokes of the bastinado. Their intention was to carry the ship back to Constantinople. M. Renaud, a clerk in the house of Messrs. Rostand and Co., being wounded by some Egyp tian soldiers, the French Consul went several times to the Governor to make a complaint, but could obtain no re dress. He then sent a despatch to Soliman Pacha at Seyde, from whom he received an unsatisfactory reply. In consequence of this treatment, the French Consul placed his •d rest ent countrymen under the protection of the Sarcinian consul, and then struck his flag. M. Di. pant the second consul, M. Jouannin the Chancellor, and M. La Ferte, had gone to lay the facts before M. Co 9hclet. The Viscount de Lemont, a Frenchman, uho had married an English lady, had placed himself some tittle ago under the protection of tho British consul. tine of his servants having been killed by some soldiers who mode " in -- .neir way into the house, and an application fcr the punishment or the Murderers being in- I effectual, the tons'ai and ,the ViscoUnt 'de Lemont, went to SoliMan had arrived at Beyruth, ritectriOnn by five cavass well armed, and insisted upon toe demand for justice being complied with. An alterca tion arose, and become so violent that Soliman Paeha laid his hand on his sword, and some of his guards advanced in a threatening attitude towards the Viscount. Upon this the Consul exclaimed that if M. de Lemont received the slightest injury, Soliman Pacha should anttter for it with his head, and at the same tithe oittered the five cavass, who were armed With double-barrelled guns, to fire upon the Egyptians if they made a step in advance. his brought the Pacha to reason, who promised that the murderer should be executed next day. When the next day came, Soliman declared that neither he am- Abbas Paella dared venture to execute the man, as the troops would revolt on seeing one of their comrades put to death for killing a Christian. This matter has also been referred to Mehemet Ali. Two Egyptian frigates had bombarded the villages of Giouni at:d Gioubel for a whole day About twenty small houses are burnt, and as many taken possessic,n of. The peasants fired from behind the rocks upon the Egyptian boats as they m-de for the shore, and killed several of their men. The English frigate Castor and steamer Cyclops, with the Sardinian sloop Eagle, had arrived at Beyruth. The frigate had refused to submit to undergo quarantine. The last advices from the interior stated that the insurgents still occupied nearly the aline positions. They had aban doned Balbec, carrying with them all their ammunition and provisions. Among them were two Frenchmen, one the Viscount d'Onfroy, who styled himself General-en- Chef, and the other M. Heritier, who was acting as chief of the staff." NEWS FROM FRENCH AFRICA. The Tartare steamer, which left Algiers on the 18th, arrived in the road of Toulon in the night of the 21st of July. ft brings the mail and a great number of passengers. It brings, also, the forowing news, dated the 18th : Accounts have been received from the expeditionary column under the command of General Changarnier, which has been sent from Bledah to the country of the Beni- Salahs, with orders to form a camp there. This column, composed of the 2d Regiment of Light Infantry, and of the 24th and 48th of the Line, arrived at its destination without any opposition, and immediately executed some corks on the new road of Nledeah. It has fixed its camp in a good position, and at the date of this news several block-houses were erected, and our troops were employed upon a redoubt, on which the telegraph was to be placed. When these works are once completed the line of telegraph which goes to Bledah, passing by the intermediate camps, will be continued to Medeah. For some days the workmen were considerably molested. The Arabs wounded some men, bat the enemy never ap peared in force, and it seems certain that they are dis heartened. The camp fixed in the territory of the Beni- Salahs will be permanent, for great works are executing. It is be lieved that it is intended to be instead of that at Mouzalas. It is in an excellent position. The country of the Beni- Salalis is fertile and there is no want of water; accord ingly our column bas very few sick, though the hot season hn.s set in. The plain is perfectly tranquil—ene fire is extinguished. It is thought that Abd.el-Kadcr is collecting the remnants of his regular battalions. As for the contingents furnished by the distant tribes, they have doubtless returned to their homes.—La Gazette de France. VIENNA, JUI,Y 18. —Count Esterhazy, Secretary to the Imperial Legation in London, arrived here express the evening before yesterday. Nothing has transpired of the contents of his despatches; but they are supposed to be important, as great activity was observed yesterday both in the Foreign.cflice and in the offices of the Legations of the Great Powers. Prince Metternich leaves Vienna to-day or to-morrow, with the Princess and children, to go to Konigswart, in Bohemia, where he intends to pass six weeks. The Eng lish Ambassador, Lord Beauvale, the Russian Ambassa dor, M. de Futueheff, and several other members of the diplomatic body will visit Prince Metternich at his country scat, and the scene of political affairs will therefore be transferred for a time from Vienna to Bohemia. The Prince, therefore, takes with him as usual a diplomatic suite, consisting of Barons Werner, Depont, and :Sieber, and M. Vohn 'Hubner ; Baron Vohn Ottensole will act for the Prince till his return. KHIVA-THE DRYING UP OF THE OXUS. (From the Athenceum.) According to some of the Turkomans, the drying up of the Oxus took place 100 or 150 years ago ; others say 500 years. It is variously related, as a measure of defence ; as an attempt to save the water ; as an hos tile act ; and as t h e e ff ect o f au eart h qua k e . Thi s variance of the traditions appears to us to demonstrate that the event in question was brought about silently and by degrees, and not by a s i ng l e e ff or t o f m a n or convulsion of nature. The injudicious cutting of canals of irrigation, may probably, by causing back currents and creating shoals, have laid the foundation of that disease of the river, as we may term it, which terminated its existence. We are aware that high authorities explain the matter otherwise. Humboldt and his disciples look back to the time when the Caspian Sea embraced that of Aral, and spread its waters far and wide over the - Steppes of the Turkomans ; but now, alas ! they exclaim, the process of desiccation is rapidly going on ; Khawaresm is no longer famed for that matchless fertility which a humid atmosphere at one time conferred on it ; the in land seas are sinking. and rivers are dried up. All these assertions, so far as they relate to the period of history, appear to us gratuitous. Khawaresm always owed its fertility, which it still enjoys in a degree proportioned to the industry of its inhabitants, to its canals of irriga tion, a system of culture which stands quite indepen dent of atmospheric humidity. No general desicca tion of a region can be inferred from the fate of a single river ; and as to the permanent sinking of the seas, it appears to us certain that it does not take place. The people on the shores of the Caspian believe that the sea rises and falls in a period of thirty years. When Hanway wrote, he was informed, and we believe correctly, that the waters of the Caspian had risen two fathoms above their former level. Eichwald informs us, that the ruins of a small fort, constructed in 1717 by Prince Bekewich, on Point Krasnowodsk, near the Bay of Balkhan, were submerged when that coast was sur veyed in 1764 ; but now again, covered wit's shells they stand above the level of the water. The sound ings found along that coast, and in the mouth of the Oxus, by the same excellent observer, in ;1825, exactly coincide in general with those of Woodroffe in 1743. But though Khiva is no longer watered by the classic waves of the Oxus, nor transmits the rich mer chandise of India by an easy navigation into the Cas pian, it has still abundant advantages in the copious stream of the Amudaria. Mouraview says that he never saw in any part of Europe the soil more care fully cultivated. The canals were constructed with much art, often crossing one another on bridges, while other bridges again afforded a passage over those com pound aqueducts. But while we arc willing to concede to Khiva the full dimensions assigned to that state by geographers, namely, 150 miles in length and 100 in breadth, we see no reason to suppose that the entire of that area resembles a well-watered garden. On the contrary, we believe that the green and irrigated ter ritory is an oasis of comparatively small extent. A population of 300,000 souls, nevertheless, under a steady and strong protecting government, can easily increase the number of canals, and spread fertility over a much larger surface. Khiva is now the granary of the wandering Kirghiz and Turkoman hordes, and its importance in this respect may be much increased. Though the power of Russia can never restore the na vigation of the Oxus, yet skin and industry may extend a line of hamlets and gardens along the bed of that river, and thus strip of its asperity the desert inter posed between Khiva and the Caspian. There is no likelihood of the navigation of the sea of Aral, of the Syr-Daria or A mu-Daria, being prosecuted with suc cess : the camel must still continue to be the chief means of transit. This reminds us that the Russians have not yet con quered Khiva. Though their superior military organ isation and characteristic perseverance give them great advantages in such a contest, yet they have formidable difficulties to overcome. It was determined that the expedition should cross the desert during the winter, in order that the deficiency of water might be supplied by snow. But the intense cold (the thermo meter on the march often sinking to 40 degrees), and the snow-drifts, proved fatal to the camels, and the army was obliged to retreat to the Emba. It will now have to march in summer over a desert in which a scanty supply of salt and bitter water is found only every second day, and where the heat is insupportable. The Russian soldiers will scarcely be able to bear the torrid summer of the Turkoman Steppes. But if they reach their destination unwested by want and disease, they may yet possibly encounter an obstinate resistance from even a weak enemy, in a country like Khiva, intersected by numerous canals. The town of Khiva itself, as described by Hogg and Thompson, who, in this particular, are much superior to Mouraview, is capable of delaying for some time an in vading army. It is surrounded by a very broad and strong embankment or wall of earth, which is higher than the houses within, and has turrets along it at equal distances. Outside of the embankment is a broad and deep moat. If the Khivcly be as bold within their own walls as they occasi ona ll y s h ow t h emse l ves on the frontiers of Persia , the Russian army, which is, after all, a small one, may find itself in a difficult position. FURTHER PARTICULAR S OF THE EXPEDI TION TO CiiiNA.--Cape of Good Hope papers received ye - terday to the s th cf Ma y state, t hat her Majesty's ships Mel. rifle, of 74 guns, Adm iral and Commander-in -chief, - on the India station, the Hon. Geor g e Elliot, Captain, the Hon. R. S. Dundas; Blon de, fri g ate, Captain, T. 't ouc hi er, and Modeee, sloop of war, Comm and e r 11 . Eyres, sailed from Symon's Bay, on the 30th of April, for the rendezvous at Synffaporc, to join the expedition collecting there. H er ma _ j :ty's line of battle ship Blenheim, Captain Sir H. Fl em i ng Siembouse, Kt., arrived at Symon's Bay from England on the Ist of May, in company with the Columbine, :loop of war. Command( r G. Elliot, which wculd immediately proceed to the same destination. THE FIRST TROUBADOUR. —The first trou badour on record was a Prince, viz., William Count of Poiton. Hztlived at the end of the eleventh century, and at the colsmencernent of the twelfth, dying in 1122. He took part in the first crusade, and with most of his companions in that expedition, suffered numerous hardships and difficulties. THE SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDA YU LY 29, 1840. MESSKS; LovETT AND COLLIT . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—An erroneous impression having gone abroad, in consequence of what fell from Mr. Lovett at War wick, that he would not be able to appear 'in public at present, Dip Committee for conducting the forthcoming din ner to the above gentlemen will be thankful if you will insert in yoUi• valuable journal that they have seen Mr. Lovett since his arrival in town, and be pledges himself that he and Mr. Collins will both be'present. I am, Sir, your's, &c. July 28, 1840$ R. MOORE, Secretary. DEATH OF THE EARL OF DUR RAM. (From our Second Edition of Last Night.) COWES, .JULY 28. From the hour of his Lordship's arrival at Cowes there appeared no hopes of his recovery, and he has been daily getting weaker, but his medical attend ants considered he was not in immediate danger— that the acute disease had been changed into the chronic ; indeed he had had no medical man in at tendance for some days, and his amiable lady and family had been lulled into a false security. His Lordship had not eaten anything for a week past, excepting a little fruit, and had taken only beef tea. On Sunday and Monday he did not rise even to have his bed made ; his lad) was his sole and constant attendant night and day . ; no one else even went into his room. His Lordship had taken a great fancy to the town, and to the last was very anxious to pur chase or take on a lease of fourteen or twenty years a large house for his family, and Mr. Moore had applied to the Earl of Belfast, Sir 'Thos. Tan cred, Mrs. Goodwin, and others, for that purpose, his Lordship considering himself better, and that he would recover. At five o'clock this morning he was taken worse, and Mr. C. Day was for the first time called in ; he atteude tl immediately, and pronounced him dying—that he could not live five hours. At ten minutes past nine his Lordship expired. It was a terrible and unexpected blow to his lady and chil dren, for if ever a husband was Boated on by an amiable and affectionate wife it was John George Lambton, Earl of Durham. Lord Lambton was sent for to his father a few minutes before he died. His Lordship's daughters were also with Lady Durham. The whole family are in the greatest distress. THE GREAT WILL CAUSE. PANTON V. WILLIAMS. Sir Herbert Jenncr gave judgment in this long-pend ing cause yesterday afternoon, in favour of Mr. Williams, who it will be recollected was tried for forgery at the Old Bailey, about eighteen months since. Upwards of 30,000/. uepended upon the issue, besides real estates. The Proctor of Mr. Panton has given notice of appeal to the Privy Council. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of fitly 28.) SUGAL—The rates preyiously established have been fully supported for all descriptions of British Plantation, and on Wanes(ley and Thursday last there was a good demand both from grocers and refiners, the pec!eliases for the two days amounting to 1,200 hhds and tiettes, in eluding 341 hhds 85 brls St. Lucia at public sale which went at 81s to 86s for low to fine yellow, and 803 to 80s 6d for good and fine greyish brown; by private treaty 87s to 88s was paid for several parcels of fine yellow Antigua : on Friday, however, the trade bought less freely, and the sales did not exceed 300 hhds and tierces, but holders refused to sell excepting at former prices: This afternoon the demand was limited both from refs. ners and grocers for British Plantation Sugar; the pur chases did not exceed 400 hhds and trs, the merchants, however, refused to sell excepting at former rates, and the prices of Friday were maintained; in one or two cases, however, a slight reduction \VIA submitted to as is generally the case in a flat market. There wet'C no public sale. REFlNED.—Refined goods have been in good request for home consumption, and former rates have been sup ported. To-day the operations in refined goods were limited for home use, but prices were firm, and standard Lumps were not to be bed under 1094. Treacle sells slowly, and common has fallen to 42s per cwt In Bastards ,ind Pieces little doing. The demand for bonded crushed Sugar was limited at 34a 6d to 345 9J per cwt. MAURITIUS. —Tile operations have been limited by pri vate contract in both brown and yellow descriptions; but the rates previously established have been fully maintained. Fine brown at 80s a 803 61, low to good yellow 81s a 84s 6d, fine 86s to 87s per cwt. This afternoon there was no public sale, but 8,000 bags arc announced for Friday ; there was little done privately. EAST INDIA.—For Bengal of white quality there has been a good deal of inquiry by the home trade, who have offered former rates; brown and yellow sorts at former rates. For Manilla for export former rates have been maintained. In Java prices have been supported. Siam has maintained its former value. FOREIGN.—The demand has been limited for Brazil; former rates have been supported. For yellow Havannah prices have further improved 6d per cwt, on the spot 1100 boxes have been sold at 25s 6d to 265, besides a floating cargo of 2300 boxes to be delivered at this poi tat 255. For White the merchants arc not disposed to submit to lower Pates. For 80 casks Surinam Muscovadoes 24s has been paid for arrival. This afternoon at public sale 1164 boxes yellow Ha. vannah were offered and all taken in at 26s to 27s for middling yellow, being above its value. MOLASSES.—For West India the demand has been steady, and former rates have been fully supported; the sales however have not exceeded 180 puns. COFZEE.—For W.est India there has been less demand from the home trade since we last wrote, nothing further has been done on speculation, and prices have given way 3s to 4s per cwt: at public sale 367 casks 180 brls and bags have been brought forward, a small part only of which found buyers at the reduction noticed above. The proposition of the Government to reduce the duty on Coffee being yet undecided, the third reading of the Customs Duties Bill in the House of Commons not coming on last evening, caused the Coffee market to be in a very dull state today, privately nothing was done. At public sale 145 casks 114 barrels West India, 1,996 bags Ceylon, 282 bags Java, and 726 bags Brazil from the Cape were offered. British Plantation was nearly all taken in, the importers not being disposed to submit to lower rates. Of the Ceylon a small part only was sold 2a to 3s under last week's rates, good ordinary went at 87s to 88s 6d, fine ordinary 90s to 925, low middling pale 97s to 100 s. Java sold at nearly last week's rates, good ordi nary pale fetched 62s 6d to 655. Brazil was all damaged, and fetched 38 to 41s per cwt. Coco/v.-1 his afternoon at public sale 19 barrels 287 bags West India were offered at auction and sold at steady rates, viz., at 50s to 52s for low and middling red Trinidad. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jtar 28. The Eat l of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at half-past Four o'Clock. Lord MORPETH and others from the Commons iirought up the Municipal Districts (Ireland) ; the Cdutt Houses (Ireland) Bill ; the Insolvent Deb tors (India) 13111 ? the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill ; the Toll on Lime Bill; and some other Bills. The House then adjourned during pleasure. _ _ The House resumed at Five o'clock, when the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack. The West India Relief Bill, tho Caledonian Canal Bill, the Friendly Societies Bill, and the Poor-law Commissioners Continuance Bill, were read a third tine and passed. The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions from Education Societies in Ireland, praying for an alteration in the system of education. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions against any alteration in the Corn-laws, and against Sunday trading. Viscount DUNCANNON gave notice that if the Alunicipal Districts (Ireland) Bill was brought up to that House in the course of the evening, he would move that it be read a first time and printed, and would fix the third reading for Thursday next. The Earl of GLEN GA LL gave notice that on Friday next be would move for a copy of the sentence passed on Lawrence Davis at the Clonmcl Assizes, for wilful and corrupt perjury at the election of a Poor-law Guardian. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from 1,160 persons of colour in the island of Barbadoes. Of the petitioners 1,100 were persons who had been emancipated from slavery, and on this account the pe tition was most interesting to him, as it no doubt would be to their Lordships, when they heard that this was the first petition which had emanated from any body of the emancipated people of 'colour in the exercise of that right which they had, in common with every other class of their fellow subjects, to lay their com plaints and wishes before the Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) The petitioners complained that the qualifica tion 6f Metn'ters of the House of Assembly was too high ; and also that the electoral qualifi cation was to 11;:h as to limit the elective franchise to 1,200 persons out a population of 130,000, and of this 1,200 not more tha. 200 were people of co lour. The consequence, art Plight be supposed, was that the interest of the emant,!;ated people of colour, who were unrepresented was net attended by that House ; but on the contrary the measures which were recommended by the Government for their protection and the amelioration of their con dition were rejected. They complained most par ticularly of the restrictions which were placed on their emigration to the other islands.—(Hear.) The restriction of which they complained, and in which to a certain degree he went along with them, though to a certain degree also he did not—was an Act by which every person was prohibited, under very severe penalties, front acting as an emigration agent without a license. Undeniably there was a great risk of abuse by persons acting as emigration agents, which it was necessary there should be some cheek to prevent ; since negroes might be inveigled on board a ship, and instead of being carried to Guiana, where they would be free, taken to the Brazils, where they would be slaves. But the negroes maintained the real object of the Act was to prevent emigration—to keep them in the island, and thus keep labour cheap. It was possible that this might be one great object of the Le gislature there, while it was clear, on the other hand, that this was a different case from the crimping system in the case of the Hill Coolies in the East Indies ; nevertheless it ought to be under some control, that the emigration of labourers might not on the one hand be made the means of carrying them into slavery in Brazil, and on the other hand, of improperly de taining them in the island. He hoped great attention would be paid to the subject by the Govern ment at home before they allowed the Act, which if it were disallowed, he hoped some other means, not liable to the same objections, might be found to prevent these abuses. LITERATURE. THE PARIS SKETCH-BOOK- 2 VoLs. Macrone, London, 1840. The author of these volumes, Mr. Michael Angelo Titmarsh—a feigned name, of course—has produced one of the most amusing books of the season, which he has illustrated—for he is an artist as well as author— with a variety of engravings of equal merit. In parti cular, his three sketches of Louis the Fourteenth dis play a broad satirical humour which we do not often sec surpassed. But our business at present is, not so much with his illustrations, as with his letter-press. The Paris Sketch-book, then, is a collection of es says, tales, criticisms, &c., most of which Nava reference to the great French metropolis—that metropolis which old Johnson, in his " London," bus told us he hated so cordially. Mr. Titmarsh shows, in every page, that he thoroughly understands French life and man ners, and, more especially, French art, on which ac cordingly he makes many pertinent remarks in his ad mirable essays on Versailles, and on the particular school of painting in vogue among our lively neigh bours. Nor do the fashionable literature and dramas of " young France" escap.a his satirical lash. In his comments on " Madame Sand and the New Apoca lypse," and on " French Dramas and Melodrames," the tone of his criticism is not less remarkable for its good sense than its spirit. As an acute delineator of character, we rate Mr. Titmarsh quite as highly as we rate him as a critic. In his details of the Parisian ad ventures of Mr. Sam Pogson, he paints the vulgar con ceited cockney traveller to the life, and with a good humoured drollery that never once flags throughout his minute description. The famous " Fetes of July," for which he seems to have no very inordinate sympathies, furnish him with abundant materials for mirth, and arch, satirical narrative, of which he is careful to avail himself to the utmost. We cannot help thinking, how ever, that he bears rather too hardly upon Louis Phi• Lippe, who has conducted himself with consummate coo'ness and address throughout a period of almost un- ' exampled difficulty. We shall look forward with eagerness to Mr. Titmarsh's next publication. If we mistake. not, he has sterling stuff in him, and, if he will try his hand at a humorous novel, we will venture to answer for his success. THE YOUNG PRIMA DONNA,-3 Vas. Bentley, London, 1840. The heroine of this story is a young girl named Ro salie, who was brought up in Italy under the superin tendence of a wealthy English family of rank ; and when she has arrived at the fitting age is transplanted to Eng land, in order to play the part of Prima Donna at the Opera House. Being very beautitul, and remarkable for her musical skill, and the rich and various melody of her voice, she is, of course, highly successful ; and becomes, in fact, one of -the lions of the London season, with half the aristocracy at her feet. Among her admirers, is a combustible young Lord Fitz Ernest, and a tall, romantic-looking Baronet, Sir Francis So merville, " a sallow, sublime sort of Werter-faced man," which last, being exceedingly anxious to marry the lovely Prima Donna, finding that otherwise he has no chance of gaining possession of her heart, is stuck, in consequence, by a jealous Italian, who bad long entertained a hopeless attachment for Rosalie. The upshot of the tale is, that the Prima Donna dies of consumption=—after lingering through upwards of forty pages—and that, of her two " sweet-he ar t s ," one marr i es an English lady of title, and the other goes abroad, and when we lose sight of him, at the c!ose of the third volume, bids fair to become a Methodist, and, possibly, a teetotaller! The story contains one or two high-wrought scenes ; but, as a whole, it is too sentimental ; and the sentiment, so far as we can judge, is not of a healthy, vigorous sot t, ; but strained and lackadaisical. However, the " Prima Donna" is a good watering-place novel ; and we doubt not that hundreds of boarding-school misses will devour it with avidity, while sitting in chairs on the sands of Ramsgate or Worthing, or wandering among the High Rocks—capital spot for such reading—of Tunbridge Wells. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. We were favoured on Monday with a private view of a Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, which has been painted by Lady Burghers!), and is to be seen at Messrs. Welch and Gwynne's, in St. James's -street, and from which an cngiaving is now being executed by Hodgetts. The painting represents his Grace sitting in a small inn near the village of Waterloo, busily en gaged writing home his official account of that celebrated battle. The likeness is a strong one, and the colouring throughout the picture is effective, without being at all gaudy or exaggerated. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (TUESDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—In the early part of the day the English funds improved + per cent. on the closing quota tions of yesterday, Consols being quoted at 91+ sellers for the Account. This rise was produced from a general im pression that the difficulties attending the Eastern question had been much exaggerated yesterday, and that the affair would terminate in negotiation. The advance, however, was not fully supported, the closing prices being 91-k for the Account, and 90i for Money. Exchequer Bills were quoted Is. lower, being 235. to 255. prem. TIMES.—The causes of the fall of yesterday in the funds are beginning to be more clearly understood, and it is now well ascertained that it would have been far less in extent, and consequently have excited much less attention, had not the peculiar situation of the market assisted and increased the effect of the sales which actually took place. The jobbers had been what is termed " full of stock " for some days before ; there were few speculators for the fall, and those acting for the rise were understood to be weak, so that when the stock was offered, which parties having a distrust in the situation of political affairs had given instructions to sell, confidence gave way generally. Many followed the ex ample set without knowing the motives for it, and other% sold stock to cover the speculations with parties who were supposed through their weakness to be incapable of sus taining any reverse. These things combined produced the greater pact, if not all, the effect which was described yesterday. The original sales were certainly caused by the disclosure of the' fact of a treaty having been concluded with three of the European Powers for the settlement of the affairs of Turkey and Egypt, to which France was no party, and the apprehension that England might thereby be placed disagreeably in collision with that Power. This was a calculation, there Fore, of future consequences with which many other capitalists coincide, but there was no real information of any disagreement be tween M. Guizot and Lord Palmerston, of which therefore no belief now exists. The market has partially recovered to-day, but is still lower than on Saturday, which proves that the mere speculative transactions have adjusted them. selves, and that the difference between the price of Con sols now and on Saturday represents the whole effect of the sales prompted by the state of politics. In other respects the prospects of the market are considered rather favour able than otherwise, as there is a demand for stock, which any decline commonly brings on, for investment by the public. The notion of a speculation for the rise prevails, however, in hardly any quarter. SUN.—The exports of bullion from the port o London, in the week ending Thursday last, were as fol. lows : Gold Coin to Ceylon ••• Boulogne B7 Silver Coin Hamburgli .. Rotterdam Silver Bars Ditto 4,000 - - The Foreign Exchanges were nearly the same this afternoon as on last post lay. The rate for bids on Paris was 25f. 50c. to 521 c. ;on Hamburgh 13 81 ; and on Amsterdam 12 The Funds closed rather more buoyantly, viz., Consols for Money, 90i 91, and for Time, 91i to I ; East India Stock rose to 2561. The excitement of yesterday materially abated this afternoon. Spanish Stock left off higher, viz., at 0 6-g- for the Actives. Portuguese were depressed at 33- to 34, Colombian at 26, and Dutch Two-and -Half per Cents. at 53. Shares were rather brisker, and a trifle better, than yesterday. THE MAILS.—WC understand that extensive alterations are intended shortly to he made in the South and North mails through Derby. It is believed that the night down mail will leave London at half past eight r.st., and ar rive at Derby at a quarter Fist three A.M. The up mail will leave Leeds at seven r.m., arrive at Derby at a quarter past ten r. m., and reach London at five A.I. It is said that the day mail will be despatched from London at half-past nine in the morning, arrive at Derby at a quarter past four, and at Leeds at half-past seven in the evening. The up day mail will leave Leeds at half-past three in the incrning, arrive at Derby at seven in the morning, and reach London at half -past one P.m. —Derbyshire Chronicle. I THE WEATHER.—A most welcome change has taken place in the state of the weather, and five days have passed without rain, or at least the showers have been so light as to do little more than moisten the surface of the soil. The sunshine, however, has not imparted that warmth which is so necessary to promote vegetation, but an absence of th e torrents of rain which have distinguished the last two months is deci dedly beneficial, and we begin to indulge the hope that at last the weather has taken up, and although the harvest mast be at least a fortnight later than was anticipated in the end of April or beginning of May, all may yet go well, and abundance crown the hopes of the husbandman.— Glasgow Herald. ARCHERY.-,—The silver arrow belonging to the Salisbury Archer Club, was shot for by that body- in their ! grounds at St. Ann's, on Thursday last, and gaimsel by Mr. Alexander Walker.--Edinburgh Courant, (PROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) (From the Globe.) The House of Lords was last night occupied by a long discussion on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Reve nues Bill, which was ultimately read a second time. The numbers on the division were :—Contents, 99 ; non-contents, 48.—Majority, 51. The measure may be therefore regarded as safe ; and the Tory Jour nals are relieved from the embarrassment which the discussion of such a measure necessarily occasioned. On the one hand, their professed respect for the source whence it emanated, and the high ecclesias tical authority with whose approbation and sanction it was introduced to and supported in Parliament, strongly impelled their commendation ; while, on the other hand, their inveterate habit of resisting all re form in our national institutions, however trifling the change proposed and imperatively necessary for their preservation, counteracted the influences to which they would otherwise have been obedient, and reduced them to a state of indecision at once painful to themselves and ludicrous to beholders. At one moment disposed to commend, in obedience to their reverence for authority ; the next, yielding to their innate attach ment to corruption, they condemned the proposed changes as fraught with danger, from the encouragement it would afford to attempt further innovations. The Times is " fully aware how delicate a subject this is from its relation to the most venerable and venerated of our establishments, and shall therefore treat it with cau tion." The Post prudently drops the subject as too delicate to be touched with hands profane : the Standard employs special pleading to explain away the obvious meaning of the Duke of Wellington's plain and pungent rebukes administered to the malcontents : while the Herald opens the floodgates of its grief, and by alter nate lamentations and reproaches, relieves its bursting bosom of the sorrow _which this heavy calamity to the Church had caused to one so devoted to its interests. (From the Standard.) The Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill was read a second time last night in the House of Lords, by a majority of 99 to 48, after a debate of great length, con ducted with a degree of ability and dignity, of .which few examples can be found in our time. No man, what ever may be his views of the question discussed, can justly complain that his opinions were not asserted with every possible advantage of learning and eloquence ; as little can it be alleged that any unfair, or uncandid, l or otherwise unbecoming arts were resorted to by the advocates on either side. It was, in short, such a contest as, whatever be one's feelings as to the result, must gratify all who are sensible of the importance of the Upper • House of Parliament maintaining its ascendancy, in all respects, in the opinion of the people. The first speaker alter Lord Melbourne, who con fined himself for the most part to quotations from the speeches of Sir Robert Peel, and who freely acknow ledged the deficiency of the temporal means of religious instruction, and the duty of the State to supply that de ficiency—an ackno vledgraent of importance from a Prime Minister and the leader of the anti-Church party — the first speaker after Lord Melbourne was the Bishop of Winchester, who opposed the Bill in an argument of ex traordinary power, and concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time in three months. The Archbishop of Canterbury followed on the other side with equal force of reasoning and eloquence, and in our humble judgment with better success. The other speakers were, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishops of Gloucester and Lincoln, who supported the Bill, with Lord Lyttel ton, Lord Devon, and the Bishops of Salisbury and Rochester, who opposed it. We have already told the result of the division. Our own opinions upon the sub ject of the important discussion have been now for more than five years before our readers, and we have within a few days briefly recapitulated the arguments by which we have been brought to adopt them. We refer to the speech of the Most Reverend Primate for proof of the irresistible force of these arguments in abler hands. (From the Courier.) In the House of Lords last night, the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Revenues Bill, on the motion of Lord Nlelhourne, was carried by a majority of fifty-one. This measure, it will be remembered, is chiefly founded upon the Report of the Ecclesiastical Commission, which, appointed in 1835, under the auspices of Sir Robert Peel, then at the head of the Government, laid the first result of its laborious investigation on the table in March of the following year. The general principle of the Bill may be collected from the Speech addressed by the King to both Houses in 1835. His Majesty then said—" I have appointed a Com mission tor considering the state of the several dio ceses in England and Wales, with reference to the amount of their revenues, and to the more equal distri bution of episcopal duties—the state of the several cathedral and collegiate churches, with the view to the suggestion of such measures as may render them most conducive to the efficiency of the Established Church, and for devising the best mode of providing for the cure of souls, with reference to the residence of the clergy in their respective benefices. The especial object which I have in view in the appointment of this commission is to extend more widely the means of religious worship ac. cording to the doctrines of the Established Church, hold upon the v enerat i on and elec. and to confirm its tions of my people: Lord Melbourne was prin cipally occu p i e d i n r eplying to th e C ounsel who had been heard at the bar against the present Bill, and among other things he corrected the supposition of the Learned Gentlemen that it was intended to suppress cathedral establishments, when, in truth, the object was to make suc h a reductio n as wculd furni s h funds sufficient to remedy the spiritual wants which notoriously exist in many populous districts. If this alleged purpose be honestly carried ou t, we d o not v i perce e that the Chu rch will be injured by the sup pression of a few canonries, provided there be always left a sufficient number for the performance of cathe dral duties. SATURDAYThe . Peslonjee l i PORTSMOUTH, Bonial4ee, transport, Lieutenant Crawford, agent, is loading in this harbour with 3,000 bags of bread, h av i ng pre viously taken en board at Deptford 200 tons of other pro on Tuesday to visions, and she will sail join the squadrons in China. From the period of the year at which she sails, she will, if she pursues the usual route, meet with the north east monsoon; her course, therefore, to Canton will be round the southward of New Holland, and making a swe , p among the Pacific Islands, will approachthe China Sea from the eastward. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY. —Ord ers came down on Thursday for Captain Cater and Lieutenant Collis, of the Royal Marines , with 60 rank and fil e , to embark in the Cambridge, 78, for the Mediterranean; and at the same time Captain Steele and Lieutenant Parke, Royal Marine Artillery, with 60 men, were ordered to embark in the Pique, Captain Boxer. The Pique sailed this afternoon for Gibraltar, and h for Lieut.-Colonel W. Walker, and ' will call at Plymouth ker, some additional Marines for the same destination. Captain Steele takes with him a field train of artillery. The Pique, after landing the Marine Artillery at Gibraltar, will immediately re turn to this port. The Revenge, 78, has sailed from Lisbon far the Mediterranean. On Saturday last the very valuable Indian sword, presented by the late Earl of Dalhousie to the Royal Company of Archers, the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, was shot for in Hope Park, and won by Nathaniel Spens, Esq., younger of Craigsanquhar.—Edininirgh Courant. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For West India Rum of all descriptions there has been a brisk demand, both for home consumption and export; prices have improved Id for Leewards, and 2 d for Jamaica; of the former the large quantity of 380 puns have been disposed of, proofs at 3s 81d to 3s 9d, 3 to 4 per cent. over proof at 3s *lto 3s 10d, 6 to 18 over 3s 101 d to 4s 6d, 20 to 30 over 4s 9d to 5s Gd, 30 to 40 over os 7d to 6s; the purchases in the latter have amounted to 320 puns, 26 to 30 per cent. over proof at 6s to 6s 2d, 32 to 39 over 6s 3d to 6s Bd, fine 6s 9d to 7s ; superior high flavour 7s Id to is 3d, and fur a very fine parcel the high price of 7s 8•1 has been paid. We quote Cognac, first brands, of the vintage of 1836, 5s 2d in hhds, in puns 5s ; ditto 1837, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto 1838, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; ditto 1839, puns and hhds 4s 4d to 4s 6d per gallon. Geneva has been in good request for export at 2s to 2s Bd, which is 2d higher: for home consumption 2s 4d to 2s 6d has been paid for small parcels of fine quality. British Corn Spirits at lOs 2cl to lOs 31. TALLOW.—Tho demand for Russian Tallow on the spot has been limited since this day week. Holders have accepted Ms to Ms Gd for Petersburg Yellow Candle of first quality, being a reduction on former rates of Gd to 91 per ewt. For delivery in the last three months there are sellers at Ms Gd per cwt. This afternoon for Russian Tallow the nearest quota tions, were Ms 6d to 51s 9d on the spot for Petersburg Yellow Candle, and 52s for delivery in the last three months. TEA. —ln the early part of last week there was a good demand for Free Trade Tea of all descriptions by private contract, and prices slightly improved. To-day the market was dull for Free Trade Tea, and some parties being desirous to sell for cash, they have been compelled to submit to reduction on last week's rates of Id per lb, and have taken 2s Id to 2s lid for com mon coagou, and 2s ld for ordinary Twankay. In the speenfatiyo market. there was scarcely any business doing. „n 6 `Thisoeptlr e r i i s 8 `a f t er noon o :closed ed t tiaaastnt they 2sa market was Company'sdull for co T n e g a o, o l of 2s s 1 c k s i s n h d! zowitmicoaa.—FrTeohjerandaes been a a b y r as brisk d d e c m o s a n g d o uk2r Bengal, cash. and follows:cCsa:skhneg. : I I a t 2s 0 d , but buyers will by private contract large parcels have been disposed of at 3d to 6d advance ; 14s to 14s 6d for good middling white. Java by private contract 6d above previous prices. Caro lina for home use at 34s to 365. For exportation at 21s to 23s per cwt. This afternoon at public sale 498 bags Ben gal sold at 13s 6d to 14s for middling White but dusty ; Java in good request. ltintoo.—Since we last wrote the shippers have pur chased freely of all good and fine descriptions of Bengal at the quarterly sale ; nearly all brought forward his keen disposed of ; prices have improved and rule from April sales' rates to 3d per lb discount. To-day the quantity passed auction was 1,236 chest's (including 486 withdrawn). The biddings were more lan guid to-day, and although the proprietors bought in 340 chests, and withdrew a further quantity of :80 chests, prices were again lower, say good and fine 9d, and defec tive and ordinary is to is 6d per lb upon the last auctions. CINNAMON.—At the quarterly sale which took place yesterday there were few parties present, and little spirit existed in the biddings, yet there was a fair demand for Ceylon of first and second quality ; the former maintained last sales' rates, and in some cases went 2d above them, whilst the latter brought 3d advance for good and fine sorts. Company's was the most in request: third sorts maintained former rates, and the demand was steady. Broken went off slowly, at previous prices : of the Tell'. cherry a small part only was actually disposed of. Malabar was all taken in. SPICES.—This .afternoon 96 bags black Pepper at auction sold at stiff prices, viz.—ordinary stalky and dusty Sumatra at 3 a d to 31d, and middling Malabar 4d Fr lb. 67 chests Cloves sold at 2s 5d to 2s 6d for good bright Bencoolen ; 2; 84 for fine, and small dark Amboyna at is 4d to is sd, fine is 91 to is 10d, which is rather higher, 4 chests Nutmegs went at advanced rates; fine bold brown Sincapore at 6s 4d, fair consumers 4s sd, from the Cape 3s 10d.—Mace dull, and a part only of 17 pkgs at public sale sold at easier rates, middling bright went at 5s 3d to 5s Bd, middling dark mixed and mouldy 4s 5d to 4s 6d. The inquiry for Cassia Lignea increases, but holders are still reluctant to sell; 78a has been paid for a parcel of low middling quality of old importation. OILS.—The demand for common Fish Oils continues on the increase for home use. Seal at an advance on formee rates of 206 to 30s per tun ; pale at 27/ 10s to 28/, yellow and brown 25/ 103 to 261 15s. Southern at 241 to 25/ for middling to good quality. Cod at 29/. Southern Whale at 231 15s to 2515 s for middling to fine quality. Pale Seal for arrival at 27/ 10s. Sperm 951 to 961 for fit st quality. Linseed Oil on the spot at 25s 9:1 to 26R, for forward delivery 26s 3d to 26s 6th Rape 38s a 38s 6d for pale, and 37s a 37s 6d for brown. Palm at 37/ to 371 10s per tun. In East India Cocoa Nut former rates have been fully supported. MONNIOUTIL—EXTRAORDINARY TURNIP.— A turnip of an extraordinary size, for the season of the year, was, this week, taken up from a garden on the Castle-hill, be longing to Mr. Dawe, chemist, of this town, which measured thirty-five inches and a half in circumference, and weighed six pounds and an ounce ; it was perfectly sound and well shaped. —Hereford Times. A NOVEL DINNER PARTY.--A Correspondent from Cardiff furnishes us with the following description of a dinner party, which met in that town last week, and who were witnesses in a cause wherein R. D. Gough, Esq., was defen dant :—" This youthful group, in all about thirty, met to gether at the Horse Shoes tavern, in this place, where a good repast was provided by the respected host and hostess, Mr. i and Mrs. 11I•Leonard. On this interesting occasion , the worthy landlord presided, and to oblige my self-grati- I fication, I just looked in, where I found the Chairman sup ported on his right hy young John Griffith. of the parish of Llanguicke, with his curling locks, smiling o'er the age of 93; ' on the left was his youthful comrrde, Thomas Bowen, only 90. The Vice-Chair was very ably and facetiously filed by Thomas Griffiths, of the parish of Cadokton-juxta-Neath, aged 89 ; next sat David John, of Llanguicke, in his 84th year ; William I Williams, ditto, 83; Rees, George, Llangavelach, 89 ; John ! Bryant, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, 80; Morgan Rees, Llan guicke, 80; Ezekiel Williams, ditto, 60; Jenkin Williams, Langatock, 79. So that the first nine of this juvenile party amounted to 839 years. Of the remainder, tho ages varied from 62 to 76. Joke and anecdote filled up the va cuum of the afternoon, and I can assure you, many a tale was again recounted of hy-gone scenes, of early mountain I ' frolic, and of fun.— Comir,an. 1 MANCHESTER, .J ULY 27.—Last night the ex- 1 1 teosive cotton manufactory of Messrs. Samuel Stocks and Son, situated at Heaton Mersey, was totally destroyed by fire. The building was upwards of forty yards in length, about twelve or 1 fourteen yards wide , and s.2ven stories high. Nothin,, like an 1 heard it estimate of loss can yet be formed; I have it variously stated at from 15,000/. to 30,000/. The origin of the fire is wholly unaccounted for. It is a matter of deep re gret to knew, that between 600 and 700 hands will necessarily be thrown out of employment by this calamity. GREAT MEETING Or THE BRONISGROVE OPERATIVE REPORMERS,—On Wednesday a public dinner of the Operative Reformers of Brornsgrove took place in a mam moth tent erected on the bowling-green of the Bell Inn, and previously a large assemblage walked in procession through the streets. The procession was headed by bands of music, and adorr.ed with a profusion of banners, flags, and other parapher nalia usually displayed on such occasions, and between it and the afternoon festival the ancient town of Bromsgrove had quite a gay air.— Worcester Herald. The Earl of DEVON, on the bringing up the Re port of the Select Committee on the Grammar Schools' Bill, suggested that the Bill should be re-com mitted. SEMINARY OF ST. SULPICE. , The Bishop of EXETER wished to know whether it was intended to lay the ordinance of the Governor- General of Canada, relating to the Seminary of St. Sulpice on the table of that House, and whether it was consistent for her Majesty to give her consent to the ordinance. Viscount MELBOURNE said it would not be laid on the table during the present Session ; at the same time he was of opinion that it was quite competent for her Majesty to give her assent to it. The Bishop of EXETER would remind the Noble Viscount that the Governor in Council could not make any ordinance affecting or alterini the religious 'esta blishments of Canada, and he would remind the Noble Viscount that that ordinance did affect the religious establishments in that country, by erecting the Monks of the Seminary of St.Sulpice into a body corporate. DR. M'GILL. The Earl of HADDINGTON, seeing the Noble Viscount in his place, wished to put a question to him regarding what had occurred in another place re lative to the last gentleman who had received the ap pointment 'of Chaplain to the King, in Scotland, from his late Majesty. It appeared that that gentleman had not received the usual salary. Of course be had not been pleased with this result, and had complained to the gentleman from whom he had received the appointment (Mr. Goulburn), who had made repeated representations to the Treasury on the subject, which, however, had not been attended to. He, therefore, put a question on the subject in the House of Commons, and the result had been an answer from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the effect that the Government could not accord the payment to him of the usual salary. He understood it was the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to discontinue the salary to her Majesty's Chaplains in Scotland, and to those who should hereafter be appointed to the office. He had two questions to put to the Noble Viscount on the subject. He wished to ask him, first, whether it was the intention of the Government to discontinue the 501. a year to Dr. M'Gill ; and in the second place, whether Government were resolved in discontinuing the payment of the same sum to the ten clergymen, her Majesty's Chaplains in Scotland. Viscount MELBOURNE was understood to say that the Government were not determined on disconti nuing the 50/. a year to Dr. M'Gill, but that they were determined on discontinuing the salaries of her Majesty's Chaplains in Scotland, who might be ap pointed hereafter. The Earl of HADDINGTON was sorry to hear of the intention of discontinuing those salaries. He looked upon it as an unwise and shabby proceeding. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Committee on the Promissory Votes Bill was de ferred till Friday. WEAVER CHURCHES BILL. The Bishop of LONDON rose to move the third reading of the Weaver Churches Bill. In doing so it was not his intention to trouble their Lordships at that time with any detailed observations, because he would take the opportunity of replying to any remarks which might be made against the motion. He would, however, state in a tew words the objects of the Bill, and the purposes it professed to accomplish, as their Lordships might not be aware of the entire cir cumstances of the case. The Bill was owing to the flourishing condition of the funds of the Weaver Trus tees. The state of the navigation was so flourishing, that the income of the trustees exceeded a sum of 34,0001., independent of ail the demands on them. The trustees held that they were discharging the most important part of their duty as trustees of the naviga tion, in providing church accommodation for those per son who worked on the canal. As matters at present existed there, the men who were very properly prevented from working on Sundays, assembled on the banks of the canal on that day, in consequence of there being no church accommodation for them. It there fore appeared to the trustees of the navigation to be their dut3 to provide that a ccommodation, which they proposed doing by taking 6,000/. from these tolls, and with that amount erect three churches on the bank! of the canal. Notwithstanding all tha t had been said against the measure he should not hesitate to say that the .. great mass of the middle-classes in the county of Chester were decidedly in favou r of the present Bill. H e Itrusted, therefore, that their Lord ships would unani mously agree to its be in g read a third time. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER looked upon the Bill as most monstrous and unconstituti ona l, an d he should therefore move that it be read a third time that day six months. If it passed it would affect the rate payers in every parish and every trust in th e ki ng d om . It was a most unconstitutional Bill, and. if, unfortunately it should pass into a law, it would be productive of the very worst consequences. He thought their Lordships should pause before they committed themselves to a bill of confiscation like that before the House— a Bill which was in direct violation of a trust.—(Hear.) He could not underst a nd w h at necess i ty t h ere was f or such a violation. The p art i es f or w h ose b ene fi t t h e Bill was professed to be introduced had petitioned against it. Half the neighbourhood consisted of Dis senters, and they of course wer e not i n f avour o f t h e Bill. The Noble Marquis th en re f erre d to t h e manner in which petitions had been got up in favour of the BM, but he owned he did not place much reliance generally upon petitions, as i t f requent l y h a ppened where the question was one of public interest that very unjustifiable means were resorted to by both parties. He had no doubt whatever of their being able to obtain by volum. tary subscriptions all the funds that were necessary for the purpose. If that means was objected to, let the churches be built out of the revenues of the Church...— I (Hear, hear.) The funds of that establis hment were I sufficiently ample without bringing forward a measure ilike the present, and he should decidedly oppose it. Lord LURGAN would say but few words on the MAJORITY-AYES, 72. • Atwood, W.—Greenwich I ngestre, Viscount—Staffordshire Raines, Edward--Leeds Ir n, Samuel—Cumberland Cannerman, A.—Aberdeen Jones, T. —Londonderry Co. Baring, F. T.—Portsmouth Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry— Bellew, B. M.—Louth, Taunton Bernal, Ralph—Rochester Lockhart, A. M.—Lanarkshire Blackburne, Ireland —Warrington Lushingtun, Rt. Hon. .s—Tower Blair, J. Wigtooshire Hamlets Bramston, T. W.—Essex South Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Bruadley, Henry—East Yorkshire Morris, IV—Carmarthen Brooke, Sir A. IL—Fermanagh Muntz, G. F.—birmingham Brownr.gg, J. S.—Boston Nichol!, J —Cardiff Bruges, N. H. L.—Bath Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Parker, John—Sheffield Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Pechell, Captain—Brighton Clay, William—Tower Hamlets Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir IL—Tainworth Cocnrane, Sir T. J.—lpswich Pigcit, David Richard—Clonmell Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling Praed, W. T.—m.. Ivcs Dalrymple, Sir A.—Brighton Price, Sir R.—Herefordshire Darby, George—East Sussex Itawdon, John Dawson—Armagh Dunbar, George—Belfast Rutherfurd, Itt. Hon. A.—Leith Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall Sandon, Lord—Liverpool lerguson,Sir IL A.—Londonderry Sanford, E. A.—Somersetshire French, f.—Rosscommon Scholetield, J.—Birmingham Gordon, Robert—Windsor Seymour, Lord—Totness Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire Shell, Richard Lalor—Tipperary Goulburn, Ilight Hon. H.—Cam- Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln U bridge nivirldlY Smith; It. V.—Northampton Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. It. G Somers, J. P.—Sligo Bt.—Pembroke Stanley, E. John—North Cheshire Greenaway, Charles--Leominster Stuart,. Lord J.—Ayr Grey, Sir George—Levonport Style, Sir Charles—Searborough Grimsditch, T.—Macc;esfield 'Penitent, J. E.—Pelfast Handley, Menry—LinciAnshire Tufaell, Henry—Devonport Hodges, T. L.—West lie. , t Vere, Sir C. B.—East Sonata Hodgson, ltd.—Berwick-on-Yweed Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark Hogg, James Weir—Beverley R othma n, Edward—Cockermou.t B Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Dowaid, C. W. G.—Cumberland I EVENING EDITION. subject. He had formerly opposed the measure, but after hearing the statement of Counsel on the subject he felt he had never had to deal in Committee with a more serious matter.—(Hear.) The evidence given before the Committee set their minds thinking whether some remedy might not be devised for the melancholy state of things which it proved to exist. It was proved there were upwards of 1,000- em ployed in working the flats on the river. The trustees having with great discretion thought proper to. prohibit Sunday navigation, there were boats lying for enilea along the river, and the population drinking or smoking, wandering idly about the country. The Acts r egu lating the navigation imposed a toll upon the .;n. habitants of Cheshire, and they further provided. that all the surplus funds arising from the. tolls should be applicable to the county rates ; and he admitted that the Court of Chancery would not have allowed the trustees to do anything with the funds until all the purposes of the trust had been accomplished.. But the trustees said to Parliament we have so much of surplus funds—we have paid over 300,000/. to the county rates—we have brought together a large popu lation which is destitute of religious instruction, allow us to apply some of our funds to provide that Instruc tion for them," and he trusted they would not have• made such an appeal in vain. Lord STAN LEY, of Alderley.—Every one would egree in the proposition that where a large popula fun was destitute of spiritual instruction it ought to be afforded. But then came the quevion, ho.,v ought those funds to be provided ? The question was, w'ne titer they would make a new law, setting aside an Act of Parliament settling a trust,.a law which would lay down one of the most pernicious principles co far as trust property was concerned ? Many of their Lord ships held what had been Church property ; suppose the Church were now to say that there was a great want of Church accommodation, it was a very bad Act of Parliament which alienated the property of the Church, and what Parliament has done it can undo, we must have the property back--yet that was the very principle which was laid down by the Bill. The object of the Bill might be a very good one, but was it right, and would their Lordships give their sanction to carry out those objects by an act of spoliation ? They were establishing a principle which, if carried out, might strip them of all their property. The Bill was then read a third time. Lord PORTMAN proposed to strike out the wards in the 4th clause, which prohibited the ministers of the churches to be built, under the provisions of the Bill, from publishing banns, and celebrating marrialres therein. The Bishop of LONDON agreed in the general principle laid down by the Noble Lord, but if the utt nisters of these churches were allowed to celebrate mar rial,,,es and perform burials, it would materially interfere with the fees paid to the clergymen of the parishes in which they were to be built. Lord PORTMAN explained. He merely wished to prevent these ministers being prohibited by Act of Pariiament from publishing banns, or celebrating mar- nagcs. The amendment was then agreed to. The Bill was then passed. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 28 The SPEAKER. took the Chair at Four o'Clock, when there being only 26 Members present, the House Ad. ourned. PARLIAIVIENTA,I :DIVISION. (From the Totes and Proceedings of the House of Common...) MONDAY, JULY 27. SUPPLY. Twentieth Resolution, " That a sum, not exceeding £3,000, be granted to her M:lesty, towards defraying, in the year 1840, the expense of erecting a Hall at Edinburgh for the use of the General Assembly of the Chnrch of Scotland," read a second time :—Motion made, and Question put:—The House divided. TELLERS. I Maule, Hon: inxbgin Burghs lb:euart, Robert—Haddington, &c MINORITY—NOSS, 12. Baldwin, Charles Barzy—Totness Norreyi Sir Denham—Mallow Protherton, J.—Salford Thortlely;;:hos• - " Wolvertialn y ton Duke, Sir James—Boston visor , N. A . —Carlow Co Evans, Sir G. Be Lacy- u pestmin. Wakley, Thol. tas—Finsbury ster Wood, Ben j,,,,,„'n—':outhwark Hawes, B. -Lambeth TeJ-..: as. Hohhouse, T. Benj.—ltochestor Hume, Joseph--Kilkenny Hutton, Robert—Dublin Warburton, H.—Bridport ----......z........ SERIOUS RIOT AT LANCASTER. (Abridged from the Preston Chronicle.) It appears that in the neighbourhood of Lancaster therm exists among the lower orders especially, a very strong; feeling of dislike to the new constabulary force, which feeling they have never fail 'd to manifest whenever an occasion has presented itself. During the races on Wednesday the police stationed in the immediate neighbourhood of Lan caster, about four in number, were very ungraciously treated; having been frequently hooted, hissed, and other wise arnoyed by those to whom they were obnoxious. Towards the evening, when the races were over, in con sequence of one of the police having resented the insuits of the crowd, he and his fellow officers were simultane ously attacked and driven from the ground. This was the extent of the disturbance on Wednesday. It appears' that the superintendsnt officer at the Lancaster station deemed it prudent to app.'v at the head-quarters in Preston for a reinforcement to be in , readiness fur any eentingercy that might occur on Thursday. Accordingly on Thursday morning the body thus despaten ed, who, together with those already on the spot, made the total number twenty-six, proceeded from the s*.ailway station in military order, through the town to ;lie race ground. In their way thither they met wit h a rather rough reception from the crowd, and were frequently dur ing the day assailed with hisses, groans, and almost ever; species of execration. Mr. Malcolm Wright, of the Lancaster police, and his men, were on the contrary re, ceived with applause whenever they appeas . ed among the people. The prevailing shout of the mob wt.: that they bad no objection to their own country constalnLes, but they would not be dictated to, insulted, and butch: red by a set of Irish ruffians. Whatever movement was made by the " rurals," the populace cried uut " Down with the Irish rascals," " Down with the rural d—ls." Nothing, however, occurred of a very grave character until half-past six o'clock in the evening, when a pugilistic contest having taken place between two men, the police interfered, and they were immediately resisted with considerable violence by the surrounding mob. The police then began to lay about them with great fury, and,. appal ently, indiscriminately. The police were attackedi with sticks, stones, and whatever other weapon or missile could be procured. Unhappily, several who were wholly blameless met with severe punishment; one young mar., a joiner, of the name of Clemenson, in coming out of one of the booths, with a young woman, was knocked down by one of the police, who struck him a furious blow, which at once rendered him insensible. On attempting to get up he was again struck several savage blows, and was taken cff the ground for dead. After a skirmish, which we think was never surpassed at Donnybrook fair, the police succeeded in taking about a dozen per sons into custody, whom they had handcuffed, and laid upon the ground. On their arrival in the town the pri. soners were lodged in the Town-hall, several of the police 1 having in the meantime received serious ill usage from the mob ; one of them, at least, remains in a precarious state. In the Market-place the policemen formed a square, but they were in a short time driven to seek shelter. All kinds of weapons were used ; and, among others, a seven pound weight was thrown in among the terrified " rurals." A scene of tremendous disturbance ensued, during which the principal part of the windows of the Hall and the ad joining houses were broken ; atad though no further serious personal accident was sustained, the town continued in a , state of great excitement till midnight. KENT HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Gazette.) MAIDSTONE.—The hops in this neighbourhood are Iook• ing quite as well as last week—indeed some grounds are somewhat better. The burr is coming out fast, and looks well. The grounds of the " Flower of Kent" and Messrs. Gurney, Baxter, Penfold, and Peele, and those adjoining, present a beautiful appearance. If fine weather should follow the late rains, it is expected the hops will improve. HUNTON, YALDING, TONIIRIDGE , HADLOW, &C.—There is no improvement in the hops in this district. BRENCHLEY.—The hops are very bad indeed—so com pletely blighted in some of our best grounds, that they cannot produce 1 cwt. per acre. In some gardens the blocs are very short as well as black, and it is expected the poles will be drawn and the blues cut where they arc in tended to be grubbed. EAST KENT.—II , is a matter of regret that we are obliged to say that the hop plant is now fast sinking under the load of disease upon it ; in the immediate neighbour hood of Canterbury a few hops will be produced, but all the outer districts appear irrecoverable ; the produce will be trifling indeed, .and doubtless of a bad quality. A KINGLY SLUGGARD.—In the Household Book of the reign of Edward the Second, it ii stated that he ordered to be paid to Sir Nicholas de Beck, Sir Humphrey de Luttlebury, and Sir Thomas de Latimer, the sum of twenty pounds (then a very large sum indeed) "for dragging the King out of bed on Easter morning." It must have been a most difficult duty, certainly, to merit such a reward at th• hands o t' the lie-a-bed Sovereign.