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As soon as the Government was informed of the events at Boulogne, orders were sent to transfer Louis Bonaparte to the citadel of Ham, and this was carried into execution yesterday. At half-past eight Louis Bonaparte gquitted Boulogne, guarded by an escort. The object of the removal was simply to ensure the safe custody of the prisoner, and to deprive him of all communication with his accomplices ; but he is and remains included with them in a common prosecution. Measures have been adopted in order to keep apart as touch as possible each of the persons arrested on the Morning of the 6th, and in order to facilitate and effect the secret interrogation to which they will be subjected. THE REPORT OF THE MAYOR OF BOULOGNE TO THE MarTREFECT RELATIVE TO THE MORNING OF THE 6TH. " Boulogne-sur-Mer, August 6. Being informed at six o'clock in the morning that men in uniform were parading the streets shouting ' Long live the Emperor,' and distributing printed pro clamations, a copy of which was remitted to me, I im mediately sent to give you notice thereof, as well as the Commandant of the town, and the Colonel and Major of the National Guards. " I learnt that the individuals, who had landed at three or four in the morning at Vimereux in the boats of a steamer, had proceeded to the barracks, and had uselessly appealed to the troops of the line in order to prevail upon them to join ; that on the refusal of the officer who commanded, one of them, who called him self afterwards Prince Louis Napoleon, had shot at him with a pistol almost at arm's length, and had struck a grenadier at the very moment when he was hastening to save his officer. _ - - " I immediately took the necessary measures for call ing together the National Guards, and requested the Director of the Customs to arm all those who were under his orders. I met you, Sir, at the moment when I was proceeding to your house, and you have been, like myself, a witness to the admit able devotion of the National Guards and of the troops of the line, Who are alike indignant at that foolish attempt at in surrection. They rivalled each other in zeal, and were ail eage r er to march in pursuit of the conspirators. The en population rose up in arms, as it were a single man, and shouted Vice le Roi !' The Prince Louis and his accomplices, therefore, were not long in finding out that there was no chance of success. They went out re of th e town, and proceeded to the column of the eagle s army ' where th e y planted a national flag with agles . "The first measure which I adopted before leaving my residence was to order the Li eutenan t of the port, Whose activity and energy was known to me, to provide himself with a sufficient force in order to take possession o fthe packet, to bring it into the harbour, or to lay it uP on the coast rather than leave it in the roads, in order to deprive Prince Louis and his accomplices of the means of escaping. "Having learnt, Sir, that you bad left for the column with the Colonel and a detachment of National Guards which had been sent to the Calais gate, and seeing the firm determination of the population, of the National Guards, and of the troops of the line, I thought I might leave the town for a minute, as it was perfectly quiet. I left one of my deputies, M. Dutertre Delporte, my other deputy having left with a detachment of National Guards along the shore, and got on horseback, and took towards the column, where I thought an engagement was about to take place. I learnt there that the individuals that had landed had taken to flight on the approach of our brave National Guards, which I rt joined at a short dis twee. Their Colonel was at the head of them, on hors; back. " We took towards Vimereux, where we had been informed the insurgents were proceeding, but we were not long in being made acquainted that six had just been arrested by our National Guards, and that the others were taking to the flat shore in order to re-cm bark. 44 I returned as quietly as possible to the port, near which I saw some men in the sea, and firing going on. Being informed by a person upon whom I could rely that Prince Louis had spoken about disguising and con cealing himself, after having left the column, I had given orders to the National Guards to survey all the houses on this road, and to arrest any strangers that might be -found. On my arrival at the pier, the packet which had brought the Prince was safe in the harbour. Prince Louis and seven of his followers were not long before they arrived in boats under the command of M. Pallet, the lieutenant of the port, who, after having taken pos session of the steamer, and entrusted the charge thereof to one of the harbour masters, had been with the boats to withdraw the Prince and those that accompanied him from the water. " I caused them to be landed and conducted between tw o files of National Guards to the Inspector's cstab. lishment, where two carriages soon arrived to take the m u p. I got into one with the Prince and two of his officers, and M. Martinet got into the other with the other three. The last was sent to the Humane Society's house, in order to have assistance rendered Lim, which did not restore life. He was drowned. " The Prince could perceive by the enthusiasm with which the population shouted Vive le Roi how foolish his attempt must have been in the midst of citizens so devoted to the dynasty to which the nation owes its repose and liberty. You have been a witness, Sir, Mien, after I had forwarded your despatches, you re jollied us in the main street, and you accompanied us to the rhateau. " I have had all the conspirators confined provision. ally in those places that were available ; and after Laving adopted the necessary measures of precaution, I- handed them over to the King's Procureur, who, as well as the Judge of Instruction, was already on the spot. " On all sides the inhabitants stopped the fugitives, and delivered them over to the authorities, as well as t he paper s w hi c h t h ey h a d a bout them. Everything has been handed over to the Judge of Instruction. " I have adopted measures for relieving by the Na tional Guards all the different posts, and only leaving to the garrison, which is very weak, the charge of the Chateau. " I repeat, Sir, the devotion and zeal were admirable, Until I can point out to you those citizens who dis tinguished themselves the most, I must call your atter'• lion to those whose activity and ardour in the fulfilment of their duty I was personally enabled to appreciate. I p!ace first on the list M. Pullet, the Lieutenant of the port, and MM. Dutertre Delport . e and Martinet, my Deputies. The first-named himself arrested several conspirators. "1 am also assured that M. Bageret, the Commis sary of Police, displayed from the onset uncommon energy. . . " Receive, &c. " AL ADAM, the Mayor of Boulogne." " Having arrived at a sand bank, about 200 metres from the western jetty, the Captain, perceiving that there was firing from the shore upon some men who were swimming, stopped his vessel. I peremp torily ordered him to go on, threatening at the same time to make a prisoner of him, and forced him to gain the port. M. Cary had arrived on board with the second embarkation, consisting of the pilot Wadoux, five boatmen, and two marine gendarmes. The firing from the shore still continuing, I thought of seizing the embarkation, and also those men who were endeavouring to gain it by swimming. I gave orders to M. Cary to cause the steamer to come in, whilst I took to the shore. I took one of the boats, which I manned with five men and the two gendarmes, leaving under Cary's orders the pilots Huret and Wadoux, five men, and four custom-house officers. " I rowed as hard as possible to the men that were swimming : when I got in the midst of them, I consi dered it my duty to seize Prince Louis and his staff, composed of three persons, one of whom was dressed, like his leader, in full uniform, and nho had a sword, which I got hold of ; the two others had taken off their unifonis, in order to swim more easily to the packet. At the same time M. Du tertre, captain of light infantry, with the assistance of the Humane Society's men, was taking possession, by means of a little boat which belonged to that Society, of another officer in the suite of the Prince, who was much nearer the shore. I returned immediately, and landed at the stairs of the Pidou jetty, where I for mally gave you an account of the mission which you had entrusted me with. Under those circumstances, Sir, I have but to praise those men that were under my or ders. I shall recommend to your notice M. Cary ; the two creA-s of the pilot boats under Francois Havet and Nicholas Wadoux ; the boatmen Bather, father and son; Bernard Meunier, Jacques Malfroy, Nicolas Fournier, Louis Jennequin, Pierre Loisea, Nicolas Deschartes ; the four Custom-house men, Pierre Leleu ; Francois Hasle, and Joseph Pochet, but particularly Eater's son ; Water, under pilot ; Bernard Meunier, Pierre Loisea, Nicolas Fournier, and the two gendarmes, Their and Noyon, who were with me at the time I seized Prince Louis Bonaparte. " I have the honour to be, &c. POLLET, " The Lieutenant of the Port." ne, August 6, 1840." " Bout(); The following are the principal extracts from the in. t erro gatory which M. Davy, Sub-inspector of the Customs at Boulogne, subjected the Captain of the English packet the Edinburgh Castle, Captain James Crow, to undergo, he having had on board his vessel Louis Bonaparte and his suite. The interrogatory took place in the presence of M. Coquet, sworn in terpreter : " What day did you leave London ?—The day before yesterday, the 4th of August, at half-past nine in the morning. " Had you any merchandise on board ?—No. " How many passengers had you on board ?—I think that there were about fifty-six or fifty-seven, according to the steward's report. " Did you take all your passengers in London ? No ; but I can tell you the places where I took those passengers, without being able, however, to say what number I took in each place. " Do you know the names of the passengers that you had on board: —No; but this morning, about two o'clock, with the exception of three servants, all the others stripped themselves of their private clothes, in order to put on uniforms. Two of them had stars on their uni forms, and I was told they were princes. I forgot to ask yJu if you had any papers. Hacttl them over to me if you have any.—l have only the ship's papers and my license. I thought on leaving London to go to Hamburgh. " When you left London what were your orders? Mr. Bleaden, the Secretary to the Commercial Steam packet Company, to whom I applied for instructions, told me,' I do not know where you will go to ; wherever you are directed you must go. Prepare to receive about fifty or sixty passengers. A gentleman whose name Ido not know told me afterwards, I have ar ranged with the Company so as to reimburse the loss of the vessel if that should happen.' " Did you observe that those gentlemen drank much during the latter part of the time that they were on board ?—They drank immensely, and I have never seen men drink more than they did, and all kinds of wines. Were you aware that the passengers that were on board had much money about them ?—lt appeared to me that they had a great deal, and I observed at the time when they embarked that each soldier received 100 francs. Before they landed nearly all of them cut off their mustachios. " What was the number of soldiers on board ? About thirty. Did you observe that there were some soldiers under arms on the coast at the time your passengers landed ?—There was nobody on the shore. " I had forgotten to ask you if you were aware that signals were made on board your vessel which were answered from the French coast ?----No ; no signal was made on board nor was any seen from the land. " Tell me if you knew that there were arms on board, and at what time the men armed themselves ? I had no knowledge of the arms that were on board, but when they were taken from an iron chest for the purpose of arming several men. There were three or four chests. (From the Gazette delTribisnaux.) The arrests which took place yesterday and the day before amounted to eight ; to-day three persons, against whom there was no charge, have been set at liberty. M. Bacchioccbi, Chamberlain to the King of Wurtem burg, is amongst those who remain in custody. A domiciliary visit took place, it is said, at tbe hotel of the Duke de P—, but no seizure was effected. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—YESTERDAY. The Wolverhampton Races having attracted at least one half of the usual attendants here, business was uncommonly flat and uninteresting : the little that was transacted was confined to three or four St. Leger horses, and may be briefly disposed of. Launcelot varied from 3toltolo to 3, and 7 to 2, and was backed for one hundred pounds at the smallest of the three prices shortly before the room closed. — Crucifix had three or four friends present, and nearly three hundred pounds were laid out at 8 and 9to 1 ; the layers, how ever, were numerous, and 8 to 1 " went begging" towards the finish. Gibraltar was in favour, and 12 to 1 was taken in three or four quarters about Maroon. Offers to back Broad watt' at 20 to 1, and Alonzo at 1,000 to 15. Galen's price was nominal—we observed no disposition to back. LAST PRICES. 3 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's Launcelot (taken, and afterwards offered) 8 to 1 t!gst Gen. Yates's Gibraltar (take 9 to 1). 8 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix. 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Galen. 12 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's Maroon (taken). 30 to 1 agst Duke of Clevelands 'fheon (taken to 101. ) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Clark's Alonzo (taken). _ _ - ----- NEWCASTLE RACES (STAFFORDSH FRIDAY. Two-yrs-old Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each, and 20 added by W. H. Mille., Esq. Half a mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Davison's be fby the Earl, out of Miss Branch, Bst 1 Mr. Massey's ch f Naamah, Bst ... Mr. E. Buckley's ch cby Laurel, out of Shoehorn, Bst 31 b 3 A very fine race. The Maiden Plate of 50t. given by S. H. De Horsey, Esq., for all ages. Heats, twice round and a dis. Lord Westminster's f Daphne, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Francis) 1 1 Mr. Frost's Brother to V a in, 4 y rs, Bst lib 5 2 Mr. Page's the Romp , 6 y rs, Bst 111 b 3 3 Mr. Thompson's Fenella , 3 y rs, 6st 11lb 2 4 Mr. C;lyn's Judy Callaghan, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 4 dr Won cleverly. The Hurdle Sweepstakes of 5 sov. each and 30 added ; twice round and a dis. ; three leaps ; were won in three heats by Mr. Jones's b m Mary Wood, 6 yrs, 11st 111 b (J. Wadlow ), beating Mr. Walters's Goldhurst, 6 yrs 11st 71b (who won t he first heat) ; Springflower, 1 Ist ; and Rex, 71st 81b. STIRLING RACES.—FRIDAY. The Union Cup of 50 guineas, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sots. each, h ft. Once round. (4 subs.) Mr. Merry's b c Lanner, 3 yrs, ist 31b walked over. The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added by the Mem ber for the Town. Two miles. (5 subs.) Mr. Bowman's br g Easingwold, 4 yrs, Bst 51 b ... 1 Lord Dunmore's br h Aladdin, 5 yrs, 9st Mr. Holloway's b g Constantine, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b Won by a head. The Glasgow Cup of 1001., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, p. p. ; three-yrs, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9 st 121 b. Winners of 501. once this year, 3lbs extra; twice, a Gold Cup, or Queen's Plate, 71b extra; thrice a winner, 101bs extra. Mile and a half heats. (7 subs.) Mr. Fairlie's Pyramid, 6 yrs Mr. Ramsay's Martha Lynn , 3 yrs Mr. Holloway's Miss Nick , 3 yrs 4 1 1 Mr. Merry's Lanner , 3 yrs Won easy. The Clackmannanshire Cup of 501. added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 6 sovs. each, h. ft. Once round and a dis tance. (6 subs.) Mr. Maitland's Sunbeam , a g ed, 9st Lord Dunmore's Aladdi n, 5 y rs, Bst 61b 2 Won by nearly a length. The Tradesmen's Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each 105 t 71b each ; thorough-bred horses, 7lbs. extra ; winners onc e this year of 50/., albs; twice, 71bs ; and thrice, 101bs extra. The winner to be sold for 100 guineas, &c. Heats, once round. (9 subs.) Sir D. Baird's Morning Star, aged Mr. Thomson nd Chance, aged Mr. Johnstone's Changeling, aged Four others started. Won by half a length_ The Sanchie Stakes of Mile each, with 30 added by W. R Ramsay, EA. and half heats. (7 subs. ) Mr. Bowman's Easingwold, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b... —,. Fairlie's Pyramid, 6 yrs, Bst 71b . THE REPORT OF THE LIEUTENANT OF THE PORT OF BOULOGNE TO THE MAYOR OF THAT TOWN, RELA IIVE TO THE MORNING OF AUGUST 6. " Sir—On the morning of the Gth of August, the dr:vintners of the National Guards beating to arms, I proceeded immediately to the post, where I met, about half-past six, M. Bageret, the Commissary of Police, and M. Ai qxis CLauveaux, who, being accompanied by an officer of t:Pe garrison, commanding a detachment of troops of the linN, were conducting as prisoners, General Montholon and another superior officer. " Previous to that I had observed an English steamer, named the Edinburgh Castle, ,:nchored in the roads be fore th e h a rbour. Not being satis:."—.l with that unusual manoeuvre, I sought information, and N. Gotrot, the deputy harbour-master, informed me that a report was spread that that packet had effected a landing of some armed men, at the head of whom was Prince Louis Bonaparte. " Presuming as to the advantage that would result from taking possession of that vessel in order to inter cept every means of retreat, I forthwith repaired to your residence for instructions. Not having found you, I went with the like objects to the Sub-Prefect, where I met you, and I received orders from you to take any measures that I should deem requisite in order to seize the steamer, bring it into the harbour, or lay it on the mast. I went to the port. In passing before the National Guards that were drawn out on the esplanade, on your authority I asked the major of the National Guards to place a piquet at my disposal in order to maintain order at the port, and, in case of need, to ren der me assistance, which he forthwith granted me by giving me the light infantry company of the second battalion of the Legion. " I proceeded to the customs post, where I found M. Bageret, the comptroller, with his men under arms. Fores,eeing that those Frenchmen, whether armed or otherwise, had all landed, and that I should find little resistance en board the vessel, I only asked M. Ba geret for feur men that were armed, in order not to frighten the captain and crew of the steamer, who might have esc a p e d b y e a t i ng or filing his cable if I had come with too many persons. Besides, pro m p titude was required i n er d er to obtain the object which I had in view, and a few resolute men were sufficient. I had, besides, Wadoux the pilot and eleven men. " Before I put out I had the muskets concealed that were in the boat, and I gave orders to M. Gotro t, the Aeputy-harbou r - mas t er on duty on shore, to prepare immediately another embarkation with his crew, the pilot LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY. Wadoux, five boatmen and two marine gendarmes, which were f o rth w ith pu t i nto execut i on . A few minutes LoNDON, Auo. 11 Wind this day at n oon, light S. S a_fterwanis this boat, which was comni:lnded b y S. W , moderate.—Sailed d' Proud, M Cary, the first mate of the port, ca . Te to join me. In making for the roads I met the boat theEaDst for Singapore. Put thug pi irse Ee breeze, AUG. n z n e .; e r N a rvn i rain. George, Young, for Sydney, New belonging to the packet at a short distance from the back, the - S. moderate.--Ar- Iwestern jetty. I was hailed in Fren c h, an d as ked ifSou th Wales. ATTG. I was the pilot of the port. I answered Yes,' with- LIVERPOOL, Lawrence, Glover, from Orleans •; North out stopping the way of the boat. At that moment I thought that boat was placed there waiting my orders. Sailed the Queen Mal), Ainley, for Cal- Then doubling my speed, I boarded the vessel and roline, Revel.ina Victoria, Basso, Rio Janeiro ; John rAivmedertiehe SStavannah ; Mate Boon, Potjer, Licata ; Ca cutta ; R got upon deck. I gave orders to the Captain to get ready to go into the harbour, which at first he refused Quebec. Off port, Virginia Packet, to do ; but having signified to him that I andmy m;tl Were going to do it if he did not do so willingly, and The dispute among Walker,NewriHyEorlyvVe.garllkGerA,N SPINNERS: baying several times threatened to resort to force, he unsettled, and the dis, fuush • 04 by deciding upon doing it. tthreissselianscsoonfseagrutiesnacnes i s s ti v l e l r y remainsgrcat. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1840. -0- • [TERATURE. LETTERS FROM ITALY. Murray, London, 1840. Hacknied as is the theme on which Miss Taylor —the author of the little work before us—treats, she has contrived by dint of & lively, unaffected style, brief historical sketches and racy criticisms on art, to render it exceedingly interesting. Though she discourses uponjtaly and the Italians in an eloquent spirit, as though she loved her task, yet she carefully avoids running into enthusiasm or sentimentality, a fault which is very apt to beset English tourists, when once they descend from the Alps into the Milanese plains. Miss Taylor, as we perceive by her preface, promises a continua tion of her Journal. We trust she will keep her , vord. We extract, as a specimen of her manlier, some remarks suggested by the sight of the far famed statue of the Medicean Venus, at Florence : " At first (must I own it?) my eye rested unsatisfied on this statue the goddess who enslaves all hearts seemed to fall far short of my idea of feminine beauty ; but as I gazed on her long and earnestly, the small head and insipid face, which at first caught my atten tion, were forgotten, and, conscious alone of the ele gance of form, and the exquisite grace which pervades the whole figure, I stood a silent and delighted admirer before her. By grace Ido not mean mere loveliness, which is but one form of grace ; in its proper sense grace includes all that pleases the eye and satisfies the mind—the absence of everything which can offend or is unnatural : attitude, to be graceful, must be free from constraint and affectation ; but recollect that grace may exist with strength, and be found in the expression of any action of the mind, its passions as well as its gentleness. There is exquisite grace, for instance, in the Madonnas of Rafael, but there is also grace in the figures of his Sybils. A more beautiful specimen of this attribute of beauty could scarcely be presented to a novice like myself, than the Venus de Medici, and I think of my visit this morning as the first of many de lightful lessons in art I shall have during my residence in Italy. I could not help laughing to see a gentleman (an American, I believe) after gazing in speechless de light at the statue, turn to leave the room, and on reaching the curtain which covers the entrance, look back and kiss his hand to her, uttering at the same time a gentle Addio I' " A SUMMER AMONGST THE B 0 CAGES AND THE VINES. 2 Vols. ...Bentley, London, 1840. The Bocages of which Miss Costello—the au thoress of the present volume of travels—speaks, must not be confounded with that sylvan district, known by the name of the Bocage, of which ti.c Marchioness De la Rochejaquelin, in her details of the Vendean wars, makes such frequent mention ; Miss Costello did not journey in that direction, but confined her ramblings principally to Normandy, with whose picturesque scenery, and old ruined cas tles she was, as might be expected, highly delighted. Her work, written in a pleasurable spirit, imparts corresponding pleasure to the reader—especially the legendary portion of it, for she relates local tradi tions and superstitions with as much point and vi vacity as Crofton Croker has evinced in his " Le gends of the South of Ireland." The volumes are embellished with several cleverish plates. AN APPEAL TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC FROM A CANADIAN LOYALIST. Mr. W. P. Smith, resident at Detroit, at the breaking out of the Canada Rebellion, ornithologist and assistant geologist of the State of Michigan, was informed that the citizens of Michigan con templated an attack on Amherstburg. Being a loyal subject of the Queen, he watched their motions and succeded in delaying the execution of the plan. By his means an invasion which threatened to be most formidable was arrested, but he lost his situation under the Michigan Govern• ment. He was obliged afterwards to sell his col lection, his books, etc., etc., and suffered great losses in consequence. For a long time he has sought to obtain an adequate compensation from the Government at home. As he states his case, it appears a hard one, but he states only one side. He admits, too, having received under protest 1001. Being in possession only of his statement, we form no opinion of his case, but content our selves with remarking, that he describes himself to be a most ill-treated man. PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE, PART XXII. C. Knight, London, 1840. This Number contains the Third Part of King Henry the Sixth, and is embellished with not less than twenty-four illustrative plates. The occa sional obscurities of the text are cleared up by means of pertinent notes attached to the bottom of the page. COURT CIRCULAR• --- The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yester day afternoon at Buckingham Palace. At the Court the Rev. Dr. Thirlwall, Bishop of St. David's, had an audience of her Majesty in the Royal Closet, and did homage on his appointment. The Marquis of Normanby, Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in 'Waiting, assisted at the ceremony. The Marquis of Douglas had an audience of the Queen. The Privy Council was attended by the Lord Presi dent, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Henre, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Control, the Chief Com missioners of the Woods and Forests, the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. Her Majesty's Speech or, closing the Session of Par liament was arranged and agreed upon at the Council. Some decisions of the Judicial Committee were confirmed. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. the Earl of Lovelace to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Surrey, his Lordship took the customary oaths appointed to be taken. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in waiting._ _ _ Her Majesty gave audiences to the Lord President, Viscount Melbourne, and Viscount Palm(rston. The Court was attended by the Duchess of Bedford, Lady in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in waiting, and Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in waiting. Viscount Torrington and General the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, were the Lord and Groom in waiting. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians honoured the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's Park, with a visit yesterday. Their Majesties v isited the Duchess of Kent, at Ingestrie House, Belgravc-square, and lunched with her Royal Highness. The Queen afterwards visited the Princess Augusta, at Clarence House ; and the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The King of the Belgians paid visits to the Duke of Sussex, at Kensington Palace ; and the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. The Queen had a Dinner Party last evening. The company consisted of their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duke of Cambridge, the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, Baron de Bour queney, the French Charge d'Affaires ; the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duchess of Inverness, the Earl of Erroll, Earl of Ux. bridge, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Lord Keane, Lord George Lennox, Madame d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot, M. Van Praet, Duchess of Bedford, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Baroness Lehzcn, Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Colonel Jones, Viscount Torrington, General Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Colonel Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended at the Palace during dinner. The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday from the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester. The Duke of Sussex paid a visit to her Royal High, ness on Sunday evening. " The Princess Augusta continues better.' The following was iss ued y esterda y : " Clarence House, August 10." His Excellency Andrew Stevenson, the American Minister, tranlasted business yesterday with the Mar quis of Normanby, at the Home Office. Lord Ingestrie and Mr. Wood had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. Messrs. Brotherton, Hindley, Ewart, and Thornely, with deputations from Manchester and Liverpool, as to the Joint Stock Banks Act, had an interview yester day with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing-street. Sir H. Halford returned to town yesterday, from his seat in Leicestershire. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence leA town yesterday, on a visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at his seat Stowe, Bucks, to meet her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar. Mr. Vizard had an interview yesterday with the Marquis of Normanby, at the Home Office. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council Cham ber, There were present the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Attorney-General and Sir F. Pollock were heard by their Lordships respecting the harbour of St. Helier, in the island of Jersey. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. Lord Hill, from Portsmouth ; M. de Berg, from Paris; Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, from Chiswick ; the Earl and Countess of Jermyn, from Kent; Lord Crewe, at Mivart's Hotel, Brooke-street, from Bath ; Mr. R. Cavendish, in Berkeley-square ; Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart., in Portland-place, from Hampshire ; Mr. and Miss Crow, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street. from Paris; Comte Dictriehfein, at ditto, from ditto ; Colonel Hardy, at ditto, from Rugby ; Colonel Vaughan, at ditto, from Rug. Corweri, N. W. ; Edmund Higginson, Esq., at ditto, from Bromyard, Worcestershire ; Dr. Burt, at ditto, from a tour; Count de la Pastim, from Paris. DEPARTURES. E.' Corbally, Esq., for Aberdeen ; Mr. ' and Mrs. ° F. A. Grant, of Grant, from their residence, Ulster-terrace, Regent's Park, for Brighton; the Earl and Countess De Grey, for Wrest Park, Bedfordshire ; Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale, for Montreal, their se at in Kent; Lord Clarence Paget, for Wales ; Vis count Alford, on a continental tour ; the Hon. Stafford and Mr. Jerningh!tm, from WA-art.'s Hotel, Brook-street, on a visit to the Hon, Mr. Petro, near Bury St. Ed mund's; Baron Dimsdele, front ditto, for Cornfield Place, Hens ; Mr. Newdigatc, from ditto, for America ; Sir George Talbot, from ditto, for Tunbridge Wells; Sic Wm. and Lady Geary, for their seat in Kent ; Cornet Pullen, on a tour in the north ; Lord Wodehouse, for his seat in Norfolk; the Earl of Durham and Lady Alice Lamb ton, for Lambton Castle, Durham ; Lord Wm. Hill, from the Marquis of Downshire's, for Stroud, Gloucester shire ; Sir Charles Dalbiac, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, at Flours Castle, Roxburghshire ; the Earl and Countess of Brecknock, for the Wilderness, Kent; Lord and Lady Delamere, for their seat in Cheshire ; Lord and Lady Bridport, for Cricket Lodge, their seat, near Chard ' • Vi scount O s sulston, on a tour up the Rhine ; the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, from Ches terfield House; Colonel and Lady Katherine Harcourt, for the Isle of Wight ; Lord and Lady Leigh, for Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire ; the Bishop of Dur ham and Mrs. Maltby, for Auckland Castle, Dur ham ; Sir Bruce Chichester, Bart., M. P. for De vonshire ; Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon, for Brynkalt, their seat in Wales ; the Earl and Countess of Darlington, for Shropshire; Blantyre and the Hon. Misses Stuart, for Blantyre Castle Liddell Lord fordan Lady for ditto ; Ra v en s Castle;w ort h, a n L d a t d h y e HF Frances on A e s d o p u g s i o n an , d mi Ravens worthy f o Dover ; Mr, and Mrs. Fred. Hodgson, on a continental Major-General Sir John Barham, t o o f urd rfo H r z. fo M r ajnoarfahn;d Mrs. Massey, for Dover ; the Earl for Cheltenham I Hon. and Rev. Spencer Rodney, for Spa; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Heathcote, for Stocken Hall, Grantham; C o l. George Wyndham, on a visit to his estates in the counties d N i i t r t s o . ; GeneralC aptai n o S n i s r fow, Thomas f r and LeamingtonLady Hastings, of Limerick, Clare, &c. ; Lord John Scott, on a cruise in the Lupa yacht ; Major E. Gordon, for Cowes, Lord Powerscourt, o n a cruise in th e A ntelope cut- . ter yacht ; George Tomline, Esq., M.P., for Cowes • nSei r ar Cork ; Denham sNiror John and Ba r t . LadyM Mordaunt, f or Walton. P., for Mallow Castle, Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Mr. Monckton Manes, M. P., for Frystone Hall, Ferry-bridge; Sir James and Lady Hamilton, on a continental tour ; Lsne Fox, for Bramhaoi Park, near Wetherby ; M r. Holland, M. P., for St. Leonard's Sussex ; Mr. and Mrs. Dodd and Miss Sanders, from Montagu-square, f or Vienna ; Mr. and Mrs. Fowler B u tler, from Fladong's Hotel, 0 f dor -streei, for Dover ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Puuncett, from ditt o , f or di t t o ; James -Erskine, Esq , front ditto, for the Corttinent ; Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart., from di tto, for Ediribugh ; Ed ward Griffi th, Esq., from ditto, f or N ewcourt, Hereford shire • Rev. H. Graths and Ch ar l es Griff i ths, Esq., from ditto, for ditto._ bonded port, for all descriptions of foreign The Lords of the Treasury have approved o. goods,Newport with as athe exception of tea and tobacco, which will be allowed to be removed coastwise under bond. ENGLISa OPERA HousE.—.A new domestic in two acts, was produced here last evening under Ernestinde ; or, Woman's Love. The plot is Maitland a villain gambler arid roue, ruins not novel. , and seduces Ernestine, the Indy his associate Ernestine is the heroine of the piece. She of his love. adores Despard, who, in the course of the drama, and to h i s lost . fortunes, WOO 3 and wins an heiress of the redeem Rosalie, and h Ernestine, to prove her " woman's name of love,,' consents to . t e marriage of Despard with the rich . I in b ar affection!. . Maitland, stun with the double rival , o f a twofold villainy first the seduction, and after desertion of Ernestine by D ‘ d t • th crime, when Despard, L aTt a e r mpTin a g Un to s stab e "h is involved in a struggle, in which he is mortally drama, iwilja utridi.tils the o f . h!t. __. wounded, and the curtain falls. There is an under-plot r: v u niv i n g the courtship by Lord Facile of a Lady Babble which puts a dandy into the predicament of amusing ton, The interest ,i of the drama was rather flag gingly sustained. ...i iaps Mr. T. Grcen'sFacile" was the best latter .4 part in Ernestine,the play." Miss Fortescuc sus mined the role of the heroine, with considerable t it o l r an a lterating with . his part), played cleverly, and feeling a nd some power.. Maynard as Maitland (the Fii Tzianics enacted _t_hie villain Despard with an energy little too forced. apiece was announced for repetition w i t h somewhat doubtful succ ess . A JUDGE TAKING THE TEMPERANCE pLaDoE.—Judge Crampton was among the number of P°stulan h received . the pledge of teetotalis frm Fadier Mathew during his stay in Castlebar. Hi m s Loord ship, who has ever been . a steady and steadfast friend to the tem perance cause, was presented by the great apostle w i t h a s plendid silver medal on this occasion. —Mayo Telegraph. STANDARD NOVELS, No. LXXX. Bentley, London. 1840. Mr. T. Hood's novel of " Tylney Hall" whieh first made its appearance in the year 1834, is here republished in the commodious form of one volume ; and the work being thus again brought under our notice, we have renewed our acquaintance with some of its leading dramatis personae ; but with the exception of " Unlucky Joe," whose character is the most natural, and the best sustained in the tale, we have found little to interest us. In his eager. ness to produce effect, and to keep his readers in • cessantly on the broad grin, Mr. Hood quite loses sight of propriety. His whole cockney fam►ly of the Twiggs, for instance, with their pastoral pic-nic and its disastrous results, are mere carica tures, though it is but fair to state that many of the scenes in which they are made to figure, are hit off with irresistible humour. As for the romantic Indiana, with her lofty airs and her piebald phraseology, she is a dull, solemn failure, sug gested evidently by Meg Merrilies, and executed in a style worthy only of the Minerva Press. The fact ►s, Mr. Hood cannot paint character easily and naturally, for he is too fond of grimacing and posture-making, and seems to think that simplicity is but another term for insipidity. In sketching short, detached humourous scenes, however, he ex hibits very considerable cleverness, as his " Sketches on the Road," and some of his incidents. in " Up the Rhine" abundantly testify. But other and higher requisites are necessary to accomplish the novelist ; and these he has not. FIELDING'S WORKS. Washbourne, London, 1840. Fielding's works in one volume ! We scarce', expected to see this, for hitherto they have filled ten thick volumes, of which " Tom Jones " alone occupied not less than four. Doubtless, our readers will suppose that the type in the present compact edition must necessarily be so small as to be scarcely legible, except by means of a microscope ; but this is not the case ; on the contrary, it is clear and distinct as day, and makes no greater demand on one's spectacles than " the last new novel." The Editor of the work is Mr. Roscoe, who prefaces it with a brief memoir of the author, and some critical remarks on the nature and tendency of his writings, from which we extract this passage :—" Fielding must be allowed to have possessed m re i n e thell her completevarvin artvarying Im of e moods d o s m ; m e u f n g p in e N n v t n l g l N n eaw views of moral truth a nd character, which he drew with equal skill and pathos pictures of joy or sorrow. This is somewhat loose and inappropriate criticism. Fielding had little or no command over the pa thetic ; indeed we cannot recollect one single scene in his novels calculated to draw forth a tear, though in his " Amelia" he strove hard to rouse the reader's sensibilities. Smollett occasionally exhibits pathos ; and in Richardson's " Clarissa" it abounds in a high degree—indeed the story is perfectly saturated with it, especially the last volume ; but Fielding seldom attempts it, and never with success. Again, we cannot agree with Mr. Roscoe that this eminent novelist " has the art of communing with Nature in all her varying moods." So far was this from being the case, that his range of character was remarkably limited, being chiefly confined to homely country life. When he soars above this, and attempts to delineate the fop or demirep of fashion, he usually overcharges his canvas with colour, as in the in stances of Lady Booby and Lady Bellaston ; and vie no longer recognise that perfect ease and truth of portraiture which we admired in his Black Georges, his Tow-wouses, Partridges, and Squire "Westerns. The most perfect character Fielding ever drew —and Mr. Roscoe cannot be a warmer admirer of this one than we are —is hi s P a rson Adams, which Goldsmith has imit a t e d i n his 1110ria.1\e1: " Vicar of Wakefield, and which y e t rema ins, and is long lik el y to remain, une q ualled in the language, wheth er w e re g ard the ori g inalit y of the c con ception, or the skill, minT: hope iNlr. lto minuteness, 'e harmonious l keeping of the details.s 1: labours with Fielding, 1 but give us tertlF? ,Richardson, an e d will our not conclude h is ed ito other sterling writers of fiction s in the same conve nient foam, 7 2 3 3 CORN-LAWS EFFECT OF LOW PRICES IN PUTTING LA ND OUT OF CULTIVATION. In the debate on Mr. Villiers' last motion, Sir Henry Parnell made a speech that was imperfectly heard, and, of course, imperfectly reported. In a recent Number of " Hansard's Debates" we find a corrected and extensive report of this speech, from . which we quote the following passage as well worthy the attention of agriculturists, Sir H. Parnell being both a landowner and an agriculturist, as well as a clever political economist : The assertion was still made that low prices of corn would throw an immense quantity of land out of cultiva tion, and that this would be followed by the ruin of farmers, by depriving agricultural labourers of employment, by diminishing the demand for manufactures and for manufacturing labour, and by rendering the revenue insuffi cient for the payment of the dividends; but the experience of the working of the Corn-laws proves that this assertion is wholly unfounded. For some years after the law of 1815 was passed, it was admitted by the opponents of it, that land would be throw❑ out of cultivation unless high prices were sustained, and it was said by persons of high authority that no inferior land would be cultivated, in con sequence of the large amount of capital and labour which was required to render it productive, without high prices; and, had there been no Corn-laws for some years after 1815, this would have been the case; for it appears, on looking at the prices of corn, that, for seven years, from 1815 to 1822, the average price of wheat was 755., and for ten years, from 1822 to 1832, that the average price was 60s. ; and, therefore, to have opened the ports to foreign corn would necessarily have thrown land out of cultiva tion ; but, since 1831, the case has been different, for, from that }ear, during six successive years, the average price of wheat was 50=., and for the years 1834-5, and 1836, no more than 445. Bd. Now, with these low prices, sufficient IA 23 grown for our own consumption, no more than 380,000 quarters of foreign corn having been imported in these six years; and, as the population had increased nearly five millions between 1815 and 1838, the fact was placed beyond all doubt, that the cultivation of land had been immensely increased during this period of so low a price as 445. Bd. The most abundant harvest ever known was that of the last of the six years—namely, 1837; and the proper conclusion to come to from these facts was, that if the ad mission of foreign corn were to have the effect of keeping down the price of wheat to 455., land would not be thrown out of cultivation, and none of those ruinous consequences would follow with regard to farmers, labourers, manufac turers, and the revenue, which are so confidently predicted as unavoidable if the price of wheat was below 60s. a quarter. On referring to the produce of corn in different years, and to the price of, it, it would be found that the largest quantities of wheat sold were in the three years of 1834-5-6, when the average price was 445. Bd. ; but dur ing that period, the country never exhibited a greater ex tent nor higher degree of cultivation ; and it was perfectly fair to presume that, at a price of about 455., there would be no reason to apprehend that much, if any, land would be thrown out of cultivation. REMARKABLY QUICK PASSAGE OF THE ARCHIMEDES, PATENT SCREW PROPELLER SHIP, FROM PLYMOUTH TO OPORTO. A paragraph appeared some days ago in the Shipping Gazette, stating that the Archimedes put into Shoreham, to effect some "necessary repairs." Whatever may have been the object of the writer, his assertion is wholly destitute of foundation, the Archimedes having circumnavigated Great Bri tain, and since made the voyage to Portugal, with out having once had occasion to employ ships right, carpenter, engineer, or boiler maker, to perform even the most trivial repairs. The vessel went to Shoreham, to receive on board an invalid lady and servants for conveyance to Oporto, which place she reached from Plymouth in seventy hours, being supposed to be the quickest steam commu nication that has ever been made between those places ; and this was effected without her having once had occasion to stop her engines. Another article in the Mechanics' Magazine of Saturday the 25th ult., evidently written by some person altogether unacquainted with the subject, states that Messrs. Fawcett and Barnes had been trying the relative power of " paddle wheels versus screws," and that a tug-boat, called the William Gunston, had pulled the Archimedes, stern foremost, at the rate of eight or nine knots, the power of the former vessel being forty horses, and the latter fifty horses. Every word of this statement is untrue. Mr. Fawcett was never on board the Archimedes, as described, nor Mr. Barnes _ he power of both vessels is stated at less than half what it is in reality, and that of the Gunston is imputed to the Archimedes, while the -smaller power of the Archimedes is given to the Gunston. The greater-powered vessel did certainly drag the smaller power ; but the difference was extremely trifling ; and a report of the whole of these interesting experiments, which are stated to have been highly in favour of "screws versus paddle-wheelS," will probably be communicated to the public.before long, by the scientific gentlemen at whose request and under whose able superin tendence the whole were instituted. HAMBURG H MAIL. HANOVER, AUGUST 3.—The investigations respec log the revolutionary placards are continued very zea lously by the police. The persons arrested are not yet liberated, but we do not hear that any proceedings have been instituted against them. STOCKHOLM, JULY 31.—Count Pope, the Minister of Justice, and Baron Von Stjerr.elt, Minister for Fo reign Affairs, have resigned. His Majesty expressed his surprise at this resolution, and though he accepts their resignation, observes, that he requires some time to make a choice of proper persons to succeed them, and therefore calls on them to continue for a short time longer in the exercise of their functions. The .tiftoub/adet says that the Councillors of State Cederstern, Lagerbjelke, Fahrans, and Ihre, have ex pressed their wish to retire as soon as his Majesty shall have been able to appoint successors. HANOVER, AUGUST 4.—His Majesty will go for a considerable time to Rolenkirchen, from which place he will make short incursions into the provinces. OSNABURG, AUGUST 2.—A petition to the King has been in circulation for some days, the object of which is to express the wish of the citizens that the new Consti tution may not be carried into effect. There are already 500 signatures. We know nothing except from the newspapers of criminal proceedings against the Magis trates or Burgomaster at Stuve.—Hambur z gh Papers, August 7. BELGIAN FUNDS—BRUSSELS, AUG. 8. Actual Debt, lyi per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ........... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent SJ , 3 " Cent. 7:7 Thirty -SQVen--- cv Lean of City, 1632, 4 per Cent 93 Society of Commerce, , fyi per Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent SY% National Society . E x change on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Aug. 8. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROH THE HORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Amongst the last acts of the Parliamentary Session now closing was the Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill, which has provided, we presume, for the release of John Thorogood from Chelmsford gaol,. By this Bill there only remains the money difficulty of the five-and-sixpenny rate, and the 801. of costs. Many parties, and for va rious motives, some out of charity, and some for shame, will doubtless be disposed to raise and apply the funds which the oppressed prisoner himself does not possess ; and which, if he did possess, be would not so apply. The visible scandal of a dungeon tenanted conscience sake through an indeterminable period, will therefore, in all probability, be soon removed, to the relief from disgrace of the naves of Church and of Christianity. The necessity of submission to the Bishop, which constituted the more formidable difficulty, is removed. John Thorogood may be liberated without _ . any compromise of principle on his own part ; while those by whom he has been so vindictively pursued arc preserved from any compromise of their principle of persecution. The business is settled in a thoroughly sordid spirit. The Chelmsford champions of the Church have secured the cash of which they incurred so lavish an outlay in hunting down their victim. The 80/. which they sent after ss. 6d. will return into their own bosoms ; or, rather, into their pockets, the cleanlier receptacle. They have not subdued resistance to Church-rates ; they have not quelled the spirit of the dissenting cobbler ; they have not avoided the indignant outcry of shame from all persons endowed with an atom of re ligious or humane feeling ; but they have " gotten the victory" of ss. 6d. and costs, as a condition of the libera tion of their prisoner. It is said for the Church, that she has no means of diso.,vning such dirty things. They arc a moral infection. (From the Times.) Our attention has been attracted to an error in our Parliamentary report of Saturday last. That error has reference to Fridey's proceedings in the House of Lords on the Birmingham Administration of Justice Bill. We, in common with several of our contemporaries of the daily press, represented the second reading of that Bill to have been carried; for who could have supposed that a Ministry, even weak as is the present, would have made no attempt to save a measure proposed and car ried by them through the other House of Parliament ? The Bill in question appears by the minutes of the House of Lords to have been rejected without a division, and to have thus added one more to the many defeats which Lord Melbourne's Government has sus- tained during the present Session, and, notwith standing which Lord Melbourne thinks it both consistent with the . constitution and decent to re main in office. One object of the measure was to sanction certain previous advances of money which had been made by the Treasury without consent of Par liament, to the extent of about 5,000/, This money had been applied towards the support of the Quarter Sessions of the borough of Birmingham, incorporated in 1838 under a Charter whose validity has always been questioned, and the right of the Crown to grant which was disputed before the grant received, by advice of Ministers, the sanction of her Majesty. This first object accomplished, the Ministers would indirectly have obtained indemnity for advances made by them without the authority of Parliament. The Bill also proposed that the Treasury should be empowered to make further advances to be employed under the direc tion of the Council for the payment of the salary of the Recorder, for defraying the expenses of holding the Court of Sessions of the Peace !or the Borough, for the prosecution, maintenance, and punishment of of fenders committed for trial at that Court, or at the Assizes for the county of Warwick, and for holding in. quests before the Coroner of the borough. (From the Morning Advertiser.) That there is but one step from the sublime to the rid culous was an axiom ever present to the mind of Na poleon, and frequently illustrated in his own chequered, brilliant, and disastrous career. The lustre of one por tion of the life of this great man illumined the dark in anities of another, and cast a light of glory and grandeur round the whole. But though from the sublime to the ridiculous be but a step as facile descensus, yet from the ridiculous to the sublime is an immense effort—a transition little short of miraculous—hic labor, hoc opus est, and therefore we cannot imagine any concurrence of circumstances or display of ability which can rescue the name of Prince Louis Napoleon from the unmitigated ridicule and contempt which his insane imitations of revolutions at Strasburg and Boulogne must attach to it. Let it not be asserted that success was all that was wanting to make these wild, unorganised, and frivolous experiments hold place with the mighty movement caused by Napoleon after his escape from Elba. There was no analogy whatever in the circumstances, Napo leon was certain, without any subornation or intrigue, to have in his favour, beside the popular prestige, the whole army of France, which owed its existence and its glory to him, and of which almost every officer had been pro moted and exalted in his service. Even Napoleon, however, had great difficulties to contend against in the aristocratic or imperial tendencies which he had evinced previous to his firstexile, and on his return therefrom— tendencies which made the French people lukewarm in his cause. But on what possible concurrence of events could Prince Louis calculate on accomplishing, under far more adverse circumstances, that which his great and most renowned predecessor had failed to achieve ? We cannot even venture a surmise. The attempt, however, is so universally regarded as that of a madman, that. it is needless to expose the stupidity and insanity which prompted it. (From the Morning Post.) Lord Melbourne has already within this year en nobled one Mr. Thomson. The Morning Chronicle of yesterday announces the proximate elevation of another. Of the past appointment we did not complain, because a gentleman of ancient family and large possessions has, by prescription, no unfair claim to a peerage. There arc other claims which are also happily recognised by the Constitution—those of merit and successful service. We are at a loss to imagine under which category the coronet of Mr. P. Thomson is to be justifies. We are not, certainly, unreasonable enough to object to the lowness of his origin ; but we have a right to ask when and in what way it has been adorned or Illus. trated ? Is it that the trade of the country so pros. pered under his care and control that the commercia interests will receive with satisfaction this token of her Majesty's favour to him and to themselves. The de rision or alarm with which they received the hare inti mation of Lord Melbourne's intention to appoint him Chancellor of the Exchequer, so marked and insuper able that it exiled him to Canada, is the best comment upon his superintendence of our commerce, and the clearest answer to this question. But perhaps the ) justification of this new honour consists in Mr. Thom son's Government of our North American provinces. His sole achievement has been the introduction of a measure which, almost undefended by his colleagues, has met the singular fortune of displeasing all men of all parties in the Legislature. It has, moreover, been ren dered nearly null and inoperative by the Duke of Wel lington's amendment. (From the Morning Herald.) The history of the Parliamentary Session of 1840 is sufficient to annihilate the last remains of confidence in all public men—more especially in the pretended cham pions of Conservatism. The Session opened with the discussion of the far-famed Privilege Question—an oc casion on which the House of Commons contrived to render itself more odious to the community than any House of Commons has done since the days of the Long Parliament. The pretensions of the Commons' House involved, in fact, nothing less than a claim to despotic power over the Queen's subjects, and over the most sacred institutions of the country. The most effective—the most highly-lauded (by Whig-Radicals) —of the assertors of these pretensions was Sir Robert Peel. The great Conservative (Heaven save the mark !) leader lent all his energies, and all the influence of his position, to a foul attack on the majesty of the-law, and on the independence of its most dignified and venerable administrators ! In this suicidal policy, Sir Robert Peel was supported by Lord Stanley, by Sir James Graham, by 11r. Goulburn ! Scarcely had the Com mons sneaked out of the consequences of their d scre ditable assault on the independence of the courts of law, when the question o f the Corn-laws was brought for ward ; and Sir Robert Peel, although still lending his influence to the maintenance of these laws, contrived, in his usual style of prudence, to take much lower ground I in defending the cause of English agriculture, than he ad done during the previous session. THE WEATHER. —We have been blessed, du ring the week, with the most brilliant as well as the most seasonable weather. The heat has been most intense, and it must have the most beneficial effect in ripening and ma turing the precious fruits of the earth. From all quarters, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, the same gratifying reports of the state of the weather continue to arrive. Let us hope, therefore, that the crops, if they should not be so large as the early pro mise of the spring gave reason to expect, will, at least, not fall below an average. The fine weather has, it will he seen by our market reports, caused a fall in the prices of wheat and flour. —Liverpoo ]Albion. The following shameful affair " came off," as the phrase is, on Thursday evening at Jackson's grounds : An Irishman, named Burke, of some notoriety for another similar feat in riding two horses from London to Hereford three or four years ago, backed a horse to go twenty miles over twenty hurdles within an hour. The poor animal accomplished the jumps and nineteen miles of the distance within the time, and was then dead beat, scarcely able to move or stand, and in such distress that a skilful farrier was of opinion he could scarcely survive the night. The horse was not previously trained for the work, but pur chased out of an omnibus a day or two previous. PFIRE.—On Saturday morning, at half-past six , o'clock, a fire broke o ut in the house of Mr. Croucher, A meeting of the proprietor s o f t h e hair-dresser, High - str eet, Shadwell. It was occasioned _.. ..-,c. by an escape of gas in t he kitchen. Two kitchens, with the staircase, were destroyed , an d the sho p and parlourDistrict Banking T I M Do . Yorkshire at Leeds. Th sustained considerable damage. The house is not insured. Friday banklasit submitted, c report on the affairs of A BLIND HUSBANDMAN.—It is a singular the then thelast adverting to the heavy losses circumstance, that on the farm of Mr. Parsons, of Row- sustained u t during few year, stated that they arese thorns, a man, quite blind, has been mowing regularly " princi „and y 1 with a accounts of considerable snl , - during the hay harvest. This man was for some time in nitude, and"involving conduct of the late general • " it was • ment, he contrived, by the assistance of another, to e m a ke elt appears that the uniform manager. practice of the di his escape to his paternal home, at Stab:shy, wh 111 rectors to inspect at short and • regular periods an ab supports himself as a husbandman. He mows very WI, street of the debtor balances, but ; I-. takes a proper width, and is considered to whets accounts in question scythe better than the generality of mowers. Besides and extent of a knowledge of their real character corn, and mowing, he can thrash, draw thatch, drill, beef k._ advance was kept from the directors by De rin - 1 means of false returns. W make himself generally useful in farming wor When this was discovered, a sub - committee assisted shire Chronicle, the Leeds board, and the result was the between three and four 1 placing of these accounts • Yesterday afternoon, . . . ll* dit . b b ' • in smash more satisfactory con o'clock, a messenger reached this city, bringing int N ev 1. ion y o taming cash and securities to an extent which on th e premisesaonfd Mr. m. at first they gence that a fire was ragingdid not anticipate. Independently of these the Church -farm, Himbleton,requiring circumstances , Ireland, of the directors attributed their low profits to en gines. Those of the the immediate despatch of the eng ~, th e continued depression of trade, especially in their accordingly offices were sent on Phoenix and Birmingham district. The losses, after consuming the reserved • with most commendable alacrit FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On to the scene of destruction 57 ' fund and balance of profits for the present year (after h t d the i but the flames bad nearly ex aus e emse ves before Saturday last, during the absence of his mother at market, pa 'in the last half-yearlydividend) were estimated at having destroyed the greater part of a rick of ; 1 g, their arrival, and sound a little boy named Martin took down a ginger-beer bottlo hay of between thirty and forty tons, a barn, and a rick of I 40,000/. To place the Bank on a secure l which contained vitriol, and supposing it wasginger beer. hay shares from straw. The engines, however, were serviceable in extin- \ footing, it was proposed to reduce the 'd e i e. to 10/. he swallowed a large portion of ocontents. Au agoniz guishing the burning embers, and preventing further mis- 1 151. per share to the amount now pal u p, , in et ath was the consequence, and the feelings of the un. chief. The accident arose from the over-heating of the I Per share ; the 5/. to be carried to the credit , ot an ac- happy mother were pitiable. Medical aid was at once of). hay-rick. We do not understand that any portion of the l count to be called the " bad debt account ;' that, so ; twined, bat was only availing in mitigating the wretches' vroperty was insured.— Worcester V erc ad. `soon as the actual a mount of loss on any bad debt is child's dying sufferings.—Merlin. SUN.—•The excitement of last week on the Eastern question and the great fluctuation in the Funds have calmed down, and everything is assuming its rented appearance of tranquillity. As considerable interest and anxiety are felt in the City, and indeed among the public at large, to ascertain who really are the parties implicated in the late scandalous attempt to affect the value of the public securities at the risk of fermenting a civil war in the country of a neighbouring ally, it may be as well to state that the Committee of the Stock Exchange held a meeting to day, with the intention of taking into consideration the propriety of vindicating their members from the imputations cast on them. It appears that the party who engaged the steam-vessel from the Commercial Company is not a Member of the House, and we pre sume, therefore, that he will turn out to be what is tech nically termed a jobber. The foreign securities generally had an upward ten dency. Spanish Active Bonds rose from 25i to 26-1 ; Portuguese New Stock, although the Treasury at Lisbon is represented, in the accounts of the 3d instant, received to-day, to be in a most wretched condition, improved from 32} to 331 8, and the Three per Cents. touched 22 . Colombian Stock went as high as 25, and Mexican rallied to 301, the former being for the Bonds of 1824, and the latter for those of 1825. Brazil Stock was firmer at 794 ands ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per C e e ri n ,C t i s iee . ns ‘ t l , l e l.a r tr e tte m9iiirae buoyantrtkoetiokoe.epsavtersy2istetaodly: a and h nd twee p have rarely seen it more free from excitement and extensive fluctuations than during the last fortnight, when every thing has been so bonleveree. The slight appearance of neekse s d in a then 3,, advance. Liverpool The — market aGn dr leadinge oa Southnt ,cr,acWestern, Saturday twearny,s Western, h 3 : 7. es ratherwere e dittol 9lasti ; flatness o m N a .e r , k , a d l n 6 t l ,l-: - N ; d e a L w y o , a n s 2 d 4 o f° 7 ll° a:n i . t s d t B!aek w all , ; ditu, and Bic ming and North Midland New, 41- prem. Brighton were 74, Midland Counties 9, North Midland 11, and Northern and Eastern 7 discount. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (MONDAY EVENING.) EVENING EDITION. with o d s interest,nres, rateably, divided in amongstproporti proportion the to ascertained, this account shall be debited w ith th e same , p an ro d pr t i l e ie to s r u s r o p t lu t s h , e the number of old shares held by each of them ; the new shares to stand at 15/. per share, as they are not connected with the losses which have been made : and further, it is proposed that no dividend exceeding 5/. per cent. per annum be paid to the shareholders until the losses are redeemed, and the reserved fund amounts to WAN. The dividend declared at this meeting was 2J, per cent. on the old shares for the last half-year. POST.—The Committee of the Stock Exchange met in the course of the day on the subject of the late revolutionary attempt of Prince Louis Napoleon and his party. It has been publicly stated that Rapao, the per: on who hired the city of Edinburgh of the Com mercial Steam Navigation Company, i s a member of the house. This the Committee distinctly deny, ard to do them justice, we really believe they have ever y desire that the matter should be probed to the bottom. Ra pello, who is an Italian by birth, is understood to have been speculating deeply upon the issue of the enter prise, which bad been considered by the patties en gaged in it capable of results so important to all Eu rope ; and, if such be the fact, he cannot well fail to lose (in connection with those associated with him in his stock-jobbing adventures) a large sum of money. This, we need not repeat, he richly deserves to do ; but there are many respectable individuals connected with the markets who consider that he desert es a much more serious punishment than any that can be found in a pecuniary disappointment merely. It i; not for us, however, to prejudge the case. Circumstances of a palliatory character may be elicited in the course of the expected inquiry which may give a somewhat dif ferent colouring to the whole affair from that which it has thus far assumed. The committee will, no doubt, perceive the urgent necessity which exists for the most searching investigation into the details of it, and this with as much promptitude as possible ; for however true it may be that Rapello is not actually a member of the Stock Exchange himself, the extensive stock transactions in which he is reported to have been concerned must have been carried on, if at all, through the agency of one who is, and the character of the es tablishment is, therefore, at least indirectly compro mised by them. The probability is, that there were several persons in the secret of the disgraceful conspi racy besides those who shared in the immediate personal consequences of its failure. Gen. Jackson has published a letter in the Wash ington official paper (the Globe) contradicting certain reports which had gone abroad, to the effect that his confidence in the present Chief Magistrate, Mr. Van. Buten, had been impaired. The ex-President ex presses much surprise that any one should have enter tained an idea that he could disapprove of the conduct of a man whose opinions are so fully identified with his own, and that he bad become indifferent as to the choice to be made at the next election between him and General Harrison. To suppose for a moment that he would think of giving his support to such an individual as General Harrison as a candidate for the Presidency would, he observes, be a mockery of all public principle, since he, Harrison, has never been identified with the Republican party in any of its great struggles. The following is the letter alluded to : " Hermitage, June 23. " TO THR EDITOR OF THE NASHVILLE UNION. " Sir,--From the many letters which have been re= eently addressed to me, asking for an expression of my views relative to the leading measures of the present Administration of the General Government, some of which are from well-known and respectable sources, re presenting that efforts are made in various quarters of the Union to incite a belief in the public mind that my confidence in the present Chief Magistrate has been impaired, it seems to be proper that some steps should be taken by me to undeceive those who are thus imposed upon. For this purpose, Sir, I beg the favour of you to give a place in your columns to this note, which I trust will be as acceptable to those who have written to me on the subject as a direct answer in the form of a letter would be. " From whatever cause, or whatever authority, state ments may be made representing me as having changed my views of the leading measures of the present Administration, they are unfounded and unjust. Of the wisdom and the importance of these measures, and particularly of that which aims at the establishment by Congress of a fiscal agency for the Government with out the use or aid of banks, time and the fullest oppor tunity for reflection have left not a doubt on nty mind. And the ability which Mr. Van Buren has manifested in developing the bearing of this great question, and of its antagonist one, on the free institutions of our country, and the firmness he has displayed in holding on to the true interests of the people when there has been so much temptation to compromise them, entitle him, in my judgment, to a rank not inferior to that of Mr. Jefferson or Mr. Madison as a patriot and states man. " With such opinions of the present Chief Magis trate and of the measures to which he has given his sanction—opinions which I have never failed to express when I have had occasion to speak on . the subject— it is surprising how any one could take up the idea that my confidence in him had been impaired, or that I had become indifferent as to the choice to be made at the next election between him and General Har rison. Looking upon the latter gentleman as the re presentative of federal principles in the present con test, and knowing that he has never been identified with the republican party in any of its great struggles against the influences which have been calculated to take power from the people and the States, and give it to the general Government—to suppose that I should for a moment think of giving my support to such an individual as a candidate for the Presidency wouid be a mockery of all public principle. " In respect to the statements which have been made in several of the newspapers of the day, that I disagree with many of my political friends in the esti mate they have formed of General Harrison~ military merits, I am not aware of having said anything to jus. , tify them. Having never admired General Harrison as a military man, or considered him as possessing the qualities which constitute the commander of an army, 1 have looked at his political relations al one in tle opinions I have formed or expressed respecting his pre tensions to the Presidency, and the consequences which would result to the country, should the suffrages of the people place him in that high office. " 1 am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, " ANDREW JACKSON." HERALD.—By the Reindeer packet dates have been received from Jamaica to the 30th of June, from Demerara to the 16th, from Barbadoes to the 14th and from Trinidad to the 13th. Neither papers nor private letters contain anything of particular interest. The riot affair, in which one of the Baptist missionaries of the name of Ward was implicated deeply, the details of which were given at the time, had terminated curi ously enough. Ward was discharged from further ac cusation, proceedings, or trial. Robertson, his relative, who exceeded him vastly in brutality of conduct. and language, as well as in excitements to riot, was let off on bail to appear when called upon ; which will be never. But some of the poor nigger labourers who were led into breaches of the peace by one or both of these men, were committed to gaol to take their trial, which of course, reasoning from the specimens of Jamaica justice aforesaid, means conviction and the treadmill. The least guilty get the most punishment, upon the proper principle of Fielding's Thwack-em, who flogged the poor boys by way of example and in ferrorem to the sons of the rick. The question :of immigration still continued to occupy, almost exclusively, the attention of the people in Demerara and the islands. I I