The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-24 00:00:00

low ready, In 2 Toll. with numerous Engravings, price 245. bound. L ORD CA STL EREAGII'S NARRATIVE OF HIS JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS, THROUGH EGYPT, NUBIA, ARABIA PETRIEA, PALES- TINE, AND SYRIA, " These volumes are replete with new impressions, and are espe cially characterised by great power of lively and graphic description. —New 3fonthly. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. MR. BENTLEY WILL PUBLISH, MR. JESSE'S LITERARY AND HISTORICAL MEMO- RIALS OF LONDON, On the 27th inst. Two vols. Svo., bound, 283. 7a consequence of the great demand for all Mr. Jesse's works, orders should be immediately sent to the various booksellers, to se cure the punctual delivery of this new work on the day of publication. a, New Burlington-street, July 24. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. THIS EVENING (Saturday), July the 24th, will be performed (N, the second time), an entirely New Opera, entitled I MASNADIERE. The libretto founded on the drama of " The Robbers," by Schil ler, with new scenery, dresses, and decorations. On which occasion Signor Verdi will preside in the orchestra. Amelia, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Carlo, Sig. Gardoni ; Francesco, Sig. Coletti ; 3loger, Sig. Bouehe Arminio, Sig. Corelli ; Bola, Sig. Dal lori ; Massimiliano, Slg. Labtache. After whieh will be revived the admired Ballet Divertissement (by M. Perrot, the music by Signor Png•ni), entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS', Comprising " Le Pas des Deesses." Males. Taglioni, Rosati, and Cerito (Les Deesses); Mlle. Petit Stephan and Al dlles. James and Honore (Les Graces) • M• St. Leen (Paris) ; Mdlle. Lamoreux (L'Amour) ; Mdlle. (Hymen)Juiler:l2 • • Cassan and Thevenot (Nymphs) ; and M. Perrot‘(Mereur• e) The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, at the (Mice of the Theatre, price 10;. Ed. each. Applications for boxes, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the Box-office, at tha theatre. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform ance commence at Eight o'cloclr. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented THEIFaci. ; iSTRATAr4EM. Doricourt, Mr. Holl ; Sir George Touchwood, Mr. Stuart ; flutter, Mr. Had. son ; Mrs. Backe tt, Mrs. Glover; Letitia Hardy, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Francis Torichwood, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold. To be followed by the new comic drama, called. THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Somertord, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with HIS LAS r LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr. Hudson, Rivers, Mr. Tilbury; Charles Rivers, Mr. Holl ; Mrs. Montague Mrs. W. Clifford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be produced a new and original comedy in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, 3funyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woo!gar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplit), Mrs. Laws, &c. . To /)e followed by THE WRECK ASHORE. Mlles Bertram, Mr. Boycct ; Grampus, Mr. 0. Smith ; 31armaduke Magog, Mr, Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates ; Bella, Miss Woolgar. To oonclude with a new and original burletta, in one act, by Charles &MY, Esq., called OUT ON THE SLY; or, A Fete at Roshervllle. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be presented new and original drama, in two acts, entitled FLEUR DE LYS; or, Lovt's Triumph • Comte de Marigny, Mr. Bender; Maurice Vermont, Mr. Murray; Coquadrat, Mr. Oxberry ; l'ompon Mongflard, Mr. George Wild; Fleur de Lys, Miss Ellen Daly ; Isabel de Marigny, Miss Arden. To be followed by a new Dal et Divertism , nt, produced under the direction of Mr. F:exmore, called THE ROCK OF BEAUTY, in which the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, a new drama, cared THE NINTH HOUR. Louis Baguette, Mr. Emery; Charlotte Men ard, Miss Daly. To conclude with rm.'. MOMENTOUS QUESTION. rXINCESS'S THE A.TRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox. sole tossee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be presented a new drama (with music by Loder) entitled DYING FOR A KISS. The characters by Madame Vestris, Miss Emma Stanley, Mr. J. Webster. Mr. Granby, and Mr. Compton. To be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr, C. Mathews. After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr Granby ; =;tiackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Bottleby, Mrs. Foebroke ; Mary, Miss Marsh-ill. TO conclude with a new farce, entitled EARLY CLOSING; sr a Night at the Casino. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING Two frorgeous Spectanles In one nite‘t. First time this season, MIZtPPA; cr, Tile Wild Horse. Willi an its original t ffeets. Last week of the highly-successful Peruvian drama, entitle I THE STORMING OF. QUITO ; or. the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, kr. W. West. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestration. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. 'ROYAL SUkREY THEATRE. tinder the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented Shakspere's tragedy of JULIUS CA:3AR. Mr. 0. Bennett ; Cassius, Mr. Lyon; Marc Antony, Mr. H. Marston; Portii, Mrs. H. Vining. After which the interlude of SOLVING THE PROBLEM. Bel more, Mr. Fredericks; Mrs. Itchuore, Mrs. Vining; Harriet, Mrs. Ware ; Rose, Miss Terrey. To conclude with the melodrama of ELLA ROSENBERG. Boxes:. '43., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at iTalt.prct Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a drama. In three acts, called THE GUN SMITH OF ORLEANS; or, a Dead Woman Secret. After which a drama, in two aets, entitled .THE BROKEN PRO MISE ; or, a Sister's Honour and a Brother's Duty. Joseph, an orphan boy, Miss Vincent. To conclude:with DAMON AND PYTHIAS. Boxes, is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. First Representation of SIIAKSPERE'S RIVTIT-FLACE. The Harmonic Rock Rand every Evening. On MONDAY, July 16, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The celebrated Band of the . Estal;iisiWnent, selected from the Queen's Private Band, the Coldstrearns, and the elite of M. Jullie►i's Band, will perform a Grand Selection of Ancient and Modern Music, Daylight View of Gibraltar. Splendid Menagerie. Shakspere's Birth Place, from Drawings by Alfred Crowryuill. The Celebrated Harrnonicon F and will also perform at intervals, concluding with the Siege of Gibraltar. Feeding the Animais at Five; Jullien's Concert, Quarter-past Six ; Fireworks, Quarter-past _Nine. —No extra charge. Adatission to the whole, One,Shilling. THE WEATHER.—Snw OFFICE, JULY 23. TdERMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest. 72 ; Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 30.33.—W1ND W.S.W. ; fine. Hliill WATER AT LONDON-BBIDGE THIS D Morning.. 37 minutes after 10 Evening .. 12 ruinous after 11 .*: 44 • N . lie bs s mi GUI MA k rya; • o IVil, -4ed.:LINI I I. V - '• :I= 2 di . "l ' xtir • 3t0:.; MOTAting LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1847. On the dissolution of the present Parliament let it not be forgotten that it has been a glorious and event ful Parliament. The prorogation is known to be merely the immediate antecedent or precursor of the dissolution. In her MAJESTY'S most gracious Speech from the Throne yesterday morning, the dismissal of her faithful Commons was virtually pronounced. Therefore it is that we conceive ourselves justified in speaking of the Parliament which has watched over the destinies of the British Empire during six pro tracted sessions, from 1841 to 184; inclusively, as among the things that are departed. Great events have occurred during its existence, events such as must render the reign of VICTORIA not the least re markable in the annals of England. Moral revolu tions have been effected of such a character as to have actually reorganised the condition of society, and yet —a circumstance hitherto unknown —those revolu tions have in no manner interrupted public tran quillity, or caused the effusion of one drop of blood. Civilization had hitherto developed itself in a dis jointed state. A terrible convulsion has restored its component parts to their natural position : the result must be almost miraculous in the strength which must henceforth be evolved, and the symmetry which will henceforth be apparent. To the Parliament w hich has just completed its sittings we are indebted for this unprecedented innovation upon the prejudices which have been paramount during many centuries. History will record the narrative of this memorable Parliament as the Free Trade Parliament. And what events the historian will have to chronicle — what gratitude will be evoked from posterity ' .Among the move ments and chang es of the Sovereigns of the whole world s i nce 1841, some have been most ominous, others ha ve b een most propitious. The friendly intercourse commenced between he r Bri tannic MAJESTY and the K ING o f the FRENC FRENC Hh a been only too speedily followed by th e tendency of the latter to a depraved, a Machi ave lli an, and a despotic policy. The visits, whether of curiosity or amity, paid to England by the Autocrat, by the Prussian and Belgian Monarchs, by the eldest son of the Egyptian Pacha, and by the scions of the different European dynasties, have, in reality, recon ciled previous differences and confirmed pre-existin g sentiments of cordiality. 'While the northern throne of Stockholm has been vacated by the decease of One of the crowned lieutenants of NAPOLEON, the Papal chair has been filled by a benevolent and re forming successor of GREGORY XVI., in the person of Pius IX . While the crowns of t h e S pan i s h B OURRON S and the BRAGANZAS have been placed in imminent jeopardy by the infamous machinations cf the Gallic Cabinet machinations subversive of the sublime principle s of A national independence —the people of Pru ss i a h ave received a liberal constitution from the spontan eous beneficence°f their pat r i o ti c So- VEREIGN. Turk e y an d G reece have only become o fe thern kfailipciltpxcite th e more the insidious jealousies kimigri—gmpEßoa. The Swiss Confederatio n has struggletl, pigorously for the preservation of religious freedom, ana has witnessed th e ominous obliteration -of the Cracovian republic from the map of Conti nental Europe. Open warfare has not been restricted to the sterile wastes of Kafirland, and the voluptuous soil of Cashmere, it has extended its ravages to the coasts of the Celestial Empire, to the northern frontiers ". , THE . SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY___ M. of British India, to the desolate wildernesses of Algeria, to the fruitful shores of the Argentine terri tories, and to the mountainous regions and populous cities of Mexico. Wherever British arms have been engaged British valour has been triumphant. Wherever British interests have been involved in perils they have been invariably extri cated with skill and precision. Such are the foreign retrospections of the expiring Parliament. Internally the retrospections of the Free Trade Parliament are consolatory and unprecedented. The islands, it is true, have to mourn over the departure of many of their most illustrious children—an O'Cori- NELL, a CLARKSON, a GREY, a CHAL3IERS ; but they have to rejoice, moreover, at the conquest of many difficulties—at the dispersion of many formidable anta gonists—and at the realisation of many extraordi nary boons. Our Legislature has snatched nearly eight millions of our countrymen from the jaws of famine—it has prevented the gradual sacrifice of women and children in the factories—it has opened an inexhaustible cornucopia by emancipating com merce. Three names will be remembered with gratitude in connexion with these national achievements._ Three public characters will ever occupy a -conspicuous and supreme position in the records of the departing Parliament—three men—RIC HARD COBDEN, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. When the National Assembly, during the reign of Louis XVI., was dissolved, BARNAVE and his colleagues were treated with un grateful derision. Let not our gratitude towards those three great benefactors be thus ephemeral. Let the Free Trade Triumvirate be remembered on the hearths of the English people, and let the recollection of the liberative deeds of the last Parliament be an incitement to its successor ! The statement of Sir Joux HOBHOUSE, on Tuesday evening, respecting the state of Sinde, must prove in the highest degree satisfactory to the friends of the distinguished hfro at the bead of the Government of that province. it is unnecessary to remind the readers of The Sun of the continued and repeated calumnies that have been poured forth with such perseverance against the gallant veteran. No means have been left untried, no stone unturnejl, to poison and inflame the public mind. Facts have been distorted until scarcely a vestige of truth remained under the heap of addi tions and embellishments ; new atones have been in vented and promulgated with the most unblushing audacity ; and all the resources of mendacity have been put into requisition in order to prejudice the victor of Mecanee in the minds of his countrymen. It was asserted that he was a tyrannical oppressor, who had used the power entrusted to his hands to de pose some of the most virtuous and inoffensive Princes that India had ever seen ; that he had sacri ficed the innocent Ameers to his own thirst for con quest and desire for uncontrolled and despotic govern ment; that he had wasted the national finances in acts of the most wayward extravagance, and had set aside all the forms of-law for the gratification of his own mere pleasure, and wantonly and unnecessarily kept the district under the stringent rules of martial-law. Such were a few of the reports wafted from India by each successive mail, and echoed even on English ground by those who should have known better than to have afforded the slightest credence to such ridiculous and unfounded rumours. Meanwhile Sir CHARLES NAPIER maintained the even tenor of his way, undisturbed by his puny assailants. He was too conscious of his own high deserts and of the purity of his intentions, too well aware of the brilliant results he was achieving for his country, to regard the venomous outpourings of his malignant calumniators. He knew that their false hoods would necessarily recoil on themselves, and that time would develop the real facts to their lasting shame and infamy-rand he has not been mistaken. Day by day the clouds of darkness and error that had been accumulated have been dispersed, and the light of truth has shone with increased brilliancy and lustre—honest opponents have been changed into zealous and efficient advocates—enemies have been silenced, the various fallacies that had for a time deceived even honourable men, such as the charging the whole of the expenses of the army that should be kept to guard the fron tiers of our Indian empire to the account of the oc cupation of Sinde, and also charging the costs of public works of great and permanent utility, from which ample returns may be expected, to the ordi nary expenses of the Government, have been satis factorily explained, and any doubts or difficulties thereby occasioned, have been wholly removed. The character of Sir CHARLES NAPIER requires no vindication before his countrymen. It stands in that exalted position to which it has been elevated, as the natural consequence of a life devoted to the na tional service, during which exploits of the greatest brilliancy have been performed, and the honour of his distinguished and untarnished name been upheld, during which no single act could be adduced that his friends could have wished had been omitted. It must be a work of supererogation to accumulate testimonies in favour of such a man. What evidence of others can add to that which the simple recital of his acts and services will afford, services which have erected for him a " Monument= ere perennius," and secured him an exalted position in the Temple of Fame ? It may be unnecessary, for his sake, to adduce the opinions of the President of the Board of Control, or of the veteran Governor-General of India, who is equally distinguished as a soldier and a statesmen. We cannot, however, deny to ourselves, who have ever been the steady and unflinching sup porters of Sir CHARLES NAPIER—who have never for a moment been misled or deceived by the plausible tales that were circulated—the pleasure of citing theSe statements in corroboration of our views. Sir JOHN HOBHOLSE says, " Since he had been connected with Indian affairs he had ever found that officer (General NAPIER) sedulously attentive to his duties. If anything was wrong, to General NAPIER that evil was not to be attributed. The system might be objectionable, but, so far as General NAPIER WEIS concerned, he had most honestly, con scientiously, and ably carried out the form of govern ment . which w as su pp ose d t o h ave b een b est a d ap t e d t o the czrcumstances." And again, in speaking of Sinde; h e says,." O n th e w h o l e, d ur i ng the last five years, i b t ut h o a n d e bseerienouP:adciesftuulrlbyangeoev,ervnbedio.b hadTh bereeehn quelled dbleleden by General NAPIER, with his usual rapid't y, fifty-four hours ; an d at this moment the , in whole country was in complete tranquillity, well governed, and prosperous." " General NAPIER undoubtedly had done much good, and many great things. He had b • a alished slavery, made many canals, and effected other improvements ; and already a very p rom i s i ng account had been given of what was to be expected. Even but four years ago Sinde was the rendezvous of bands of cut-throats. Military government had, therefore, so far been beneficial." The extract from the dispatch of Lord HARDINGE is, if possible, still more convincing. That Noble Lord says— " With regard to the arrangement which will be best adapted for the future management of Sinde, I am of opinion that the whole of that province ought to be annexed to the presidency of Bombay ; that the troops and all the es t a bli s h men t s , b o th c ivil and military, should be furnished by, and committed to, the charge of the Governor In Council of that presidency ; that, so long as / . laic! - General Sir Charles Napier continues to exercise theeivil and milit ary d ut i es o f the G overnmen t, an d the command of the forces in Sinde, it will not be advisable to make any change in subdued. _ a country recently s • Great advantage appointments of h d - s ove a r ttended the union of the t% o Forces in Sinde. A. an . d . Commander of the likely to be disposed to ob warlike military people are more them than any other publiceOrffithe chief who conquered by the Government. This opinionr who . could be selected of affairs such as that which bas in to a state I arrived in India. The state of tl:exPed- Sinde since years 1844 and 1845, could not with audnilaub, during the ad mitted of the annexation of Sinde to thaentage . have . residency of Bombay. The Government of India could P ? se lected during the last three years a more effi n eien t have than Major-General Sir Charles Napier for the duties officer uties he so ably performs in Sinde. On publi c grounds, there. fore, there has beea no occasion , on which I could, with benefit to your lion. Company s service, have recom mended any better pla n for the administration of Sinde than the present." If any in this country should be found with suffi cient hardihood still to question the conduct of the illus trious conqueror of Sinde, we trust the testimonies thus borne to his merits will silence them. It must terminate any doubt that might honestly have been entertained, and none can now repeat or credit the oft-repeated calumnies but wilful and deliberate slanderers, who have their own' dishonest purposes to advance. We hope ere long to see those tributes of esteem and gratitude tendered to Sir CHARLES NAPIER that England has so often paid to gallant and distinguished officers, but which have never been tendered to a more deserving or faithful servant. Intelligence to the 7th inst. has been received from Constantinople. The Journal de Constantinople of the 6th states that several more conferences had taken place between the Divan and the foreign Ambassadors on the Greek question, but that it was understood that the dispatches from Prince METTERNICH had not changed the state of things. According to this journal, M. COLETTI was to write to the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, inviting M. MUSSURUS to resume his functions at Athens, and a vessel was waiting at the Piraeus for the letter. Favourable accounts had been received of the operations of the Turkish troops in Kurdistan against the rebel BE DERHAN BEY. He had abandoned the town of Djezireh to the Turkish General, after a conflict in which he had several men killed and wounded. tinder the head of Constantinople, we see it an nounced that TAHYR PACHA, formerly Minister of Marine, and lately Governor of Adrianople, has been appointed Governor of Bosnia, in place of KIAMILI PACHA. Madrid papers of the 16th have arrived. The loan of 100 millions of reak has been ad judged to the Bank of Union in the name of the House of SMITH and Co., of London. There was but one tender, and as there was no direct guarantee the whole affair is regarded as a failure. The Herald°, albeit as indignant as its contem poraries against Lord PALMERSTON for his speech on the non-payment by Spain of her debts, is yet more sensible:than they are, inasmuch as it propounds a plan by which those debts may be easily paid. The plan proposed by the Heraldo is a revision of the tariff, and the doing away with prohibitory duties. According to the Eco del Comercio the Spanish army in Portugal is about to return, in compliance with the wishes of the English Minister. A Carlist band has appeared in Arragon. An address, thank ing the QUEEN for having given orders for the erec tion of a monument to ARGUELLES, has been nu merously signed by members of the Progressista party. It was reported that Faro had surrendered to the Queen of Portugal's troops under VINHAES. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 16.—The Three per Cents. were done at 26i for cash; and the Debt without in terest at si. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. On Tuesday the Paris and Lyons Railroad Bill (giving to the company a lease of the line for 99 years instead of for 41 years) passed the Chamber of Deputies. The National thus describes the pro ceedings : " The Chamber has pursued its work. It has, con trary- to common sense and the evidence produced, voted the Paris and Lyons Railroad Bill. The day must arrive when, if justice be done, the words of M. Grandin, spoken in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, may be verified. This affair must conclude before the Court of Peers.' That Deputy made unavailing efforts to stop the Chamber in its course. It was in vain that he was st conded by MM. Luneau, Lherbette, Gamier Pages, and Deslongrais. In vain did several members of the Centres, viz., MM. Fould, Morny, Darblay, present and support amendments. In vain did M. Laeyer wish to supply an important omizsion. All modifications and all amendments were rejected, and whilst the com batants, out of breath and exhausted with fatigue, were still struggling, the majority, reinforced by MM. Gouin, Vivien, Stouvur, and other palladia of the Opposition, voted what they wished, how they wished, and as much as they wished. They were still voting at half-past six o'clock, and would have continued voting until midnight if it had been necessary to pass the Bill." The same journal in a very powerfully written article draws a comparison between the cases of MM. TESTS and DUCHATEL, and thus retorts upon the Debats— " ' Justice is done ; there is nothing more. Justice has been pronounced; there is nothing more!' Nothing more, indeed! Do you imagine yo u have put down all these accusations of corruption which have reached from the open tribune? M. Teste is degraded for having re ceived 100,0001.; M. Duchatel conducts the affairs of the Home Department, for having caused a theatrical privilege to be paid 100,0001. for. The former put the money into his pocket, and the infamy, we allow, is Greater. But if M. Taste took 100,000 f. for himself, M. Duchatel allowed 100, 000 f. to be taken by his friends. The concession of Gouhenans could not be refused, since it was favourably looked on by the engineers and the Ponts-et-Chaustt?s. The theatrical privilege, likewise, according to the assertion of the Minister, could not be refused, as a favourable report had been sent in, and the claims of M. Adam were admitted. However, M. Teste required 100,0001. in the first case, and in the second, 100,0001. were taken by writers in the pay of the Ministry, with the consent of the Minister ! A public trial proved this to be the case, and one of the persons who fingered the money acknow ledged it. Are there in the Chamber ten Members not convinced that this corruption took place with the con nivance of M. Duchatel ? Is there an individual know ing how to read, who has the smallest doubt on the sub ject ? -Yet M. Duchatel is not proceeded against ; he preserves his portfolio • it was sufficient for him to deny less audaciously than his old colleague M. Teste, and the Chamber passed on to something e l s e ! After that, boast of equality before the law ! Will any one dare maintain that the Ministry is innocent, and knew nothing ? Why, then, has it not prosecuted the persons who caused 100,000 francs to be handed over to them ? There is, however, no medium ; either the Minister is guilty of prevarication, or wretches have made improper use cf an imaginary credit. If these are not prosecuted it is be cause they are thought innocent, but their innocence proves that the Minister of the Interior is guilty. And how is a man, on whom rests the suspicion of crime, exalted by a considerable majority, when two ex-Minis ters are punished with degradation ?" The Courrier Francais, too, returns to the charge on the affair of the concession of mines in Algeria, and calls on the Ministry to prosecute the parties to the deed as guilty of coalition. It also insinuates that after Marshal BIIGEAUD had protested against the spirit of speculation and of monopoly to which the mines of Algeria were sacrificed, the Government, " for a consideration," gave encouragement to the coalition. This affair will probably become the sub ject of judicial investigation, for we find the following postscript to the article in the Courrier : " We have just received an assignation from M. Fran cois Jules Talabot, who cites the Courrier Francais before the Bth Chamber to answer for the articles which we have published on the famous deed of society, in which We have signalised all the character of a true coalition. M. Talabot, it will be seen, has taken time for reflection. If, by chance, he hopes to intimidate us, we can assure him that he is mistaken. Neither must he hope to stifle the affair by bringing it before a jurisdiction which interdicts the publicity of a trial. The deed, of which we have published the tenor, subsists: M. Talabot himself does not d en y it on t h e no tice which he has served upon us. We do not retract any of the reflections which this deed gave rise to, for it interests in the highest degree the future welfare of Al geria, and falls thus under the control of the independent press. We shoald have failed in our duty if we had not deduced the consequences which it appeared to us to involve. M. Talabot complains of the way in which this deed fell into our hands. We have no account to render him on this point. What is important is the deed itself, which nothing on earth—no menace, no con sideration, no power—shall prevent us from discussing. We will publish it again if that be necessary." The Commerce has the following on the subject of the rumoured changes in the Cabinet. After men tioning the Council held to consider of these changes, it says— shouldMinistersbers ofbteh de separated,one Conservative until t t f e t er party, ar ha opinion ty n w g oh fod theemci meet t d that influen tial nothing m e several M. important t o consider questions e the aio difficulties n F. Delessert' s , was ascertained. In consequence, in the evening, the Conser va ti ve Deputies met at the banker's s were de c of decided. First oftheßue Montmartre, situation, and First of all, it is said the resignation of Marshal Soult was approved of, and his place is to be taken by Guizot. It was also recommend e d t o accept the M. resig nation of M. Cuuin Gridaine, Minister of Commerce, who has several times manifested an int en ti on to with: draw. Next, the Conservative party, it is said, is to undertake at its risk and peril the foundation of a new journal, which is to share with the Journal des Debats the defence of the Cabinet. The new print is to take the place of the Epoque, of which the violent death is much regretted; but, in remembrance of the annoyances of all kinds which MM. Granier and Soler have caused to the Ministry, the Conservative organ is to have no chief editor. The political direction is to be entrusted to M. Muret de Bort, who is anxious to transport to the press the militant position which he has assumed on the benches of the Chamber." We find the following in the Gazette des Tribunaux on the subject of MM. TESTE and PELLAFRA : " M. Teste, whose features bear the profound mark of the terrible emotions which he must have felt during the tri a l w hi c h en d e d i n a manner so fatal to him, ap pears to have recovered all his calm since the delivery of the judgment. As soon as he arrived at the Conciergerie he demanded that there should be procured all that is necessary to occupy himself upon a work which he began several years ago, and which, be says, he will now finish. Orders were immediately given that his request should c tip Ie age, bh ya s andbbeen Gen. n c placed passed ubi i r e b iss. y be complied with. M. P e ll apra arr i ve d a t P ar is on Sunday . evening by th e N orthern Railway. He came from c L . Bt the rulssl the preliminary saemlee a . Therthliamt whichncihaamr y chamber e r which w as opro ceedings, such as ,th e s ' gn ifi cation of the decree of his being put in accusation, the act of accusation, the in- RNING-;:i . JULY 24, 1841. terrogatory, the choice of an advocate, &c., were com pleted with respect to M. Pellapra before he secretly left Paris ; and his constituting himself a prisoner at the Petit-Luxembourg is only in execution of the warrant for his arrest issued by the Chamber of Peers on the Bth July. It will consequently not be necessary to proceed to any new examination of M. Pellapra. M. Chaix d'Est-Ange has been, it will be rememb e red, chosen the advooate of that gentleman. It is supposed that the trial will be completed on Friday, and that on the next day the decision of the Court will be given." It is understood that ultimately M. TECTE w 11 be transferred to the fortress of Ham. General CUBIERES is about to set out for the United States. - The Orleans and Bourges Railroad was opened on Tuesday. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday, at 771. 70c. ; the Five per Cents., 1181. 65c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,277 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 973 f. 75c. ; Havre, 645 f. ; Great Northern, 5721. 50c. ; Avignon, 625 f. ; Vierzon, 583 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 485 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2701. ; Basle, 1821. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 4181. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 397 f. 50c. - Paris and Lyons, 4321. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 43 51: ; iordeaux and Cette, 438 f. 75c.; Boulogne, 365 f ; Spanish Three per Cents., 32%. LYONS, JULY 19.-Paris and Rouen, 9701. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 635 f. Vierzon, 592 f. 50c.; Northern, 5721. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 151 A-Dutch Rhenish, 3%- Great Western Canada, 3 % - Lyons and Avignon (Consti tuted), 2%-Northern of France , 1 234-Orleans and Bor deaux, 55/ 4 -Paris and Rouen, 38 A-West Flanders, 4. SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF NAVAL OFFICERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I think the commercial world, and the public generally, cannot know that a school was estab:ishe d some years since at New Cross, Deptford, by the aid of a noble bequest of the late Dr. Bell, and the assistance of Alderman Lucas and a few other benevolent indivi duals, to enable officers of her Majesty's navy (who de serve so much at our hands, since it is owing to their achievements and daring that England has attained her present pre-eminence, and her merchants and the commu nity generally, the wealth which has flowed in upon us), to educate their children at a reduced rate, and to pro vide for the gratuitous education of their orphans. or they would have come forward with alacrity, and gladly have availed themselves of the opportunity to enrol their names in support of so noble a cause. Too true it is, that the institution has not met with that assistance which it had every reason to expect from the public, and consequently the council was obliged at the outset to clog the admission to the school with an entrance-fee of lot., in addition to the payment of 251. per annum. This entrance money I am satisfied is a bar to the placing of many a boy at the school. because his parents cannot command the funds ; still the council say they cannot do without it. This entrance fee can be bought up for the trifling sum of 251., entitling the purchaser of the debenture for two lives constantly to have the son of a naval officer in the school, and who will thereby get a first-rate education on his parent paying the moderate sum of 251. a year ; and t • the gratification of assisting to educate many orphans of those who have fallen in his country's service. For want of this support, this noble institution, after an outlay of may thousand pounds is in danger of falling to the ground, or of being diverted from its original purpose. Surely in this crisis there must be many noble hearts who will readily step forward with this trifling sum to aid in averting such a calamity. Surely there must be many of our merchants and wealth?ci tizens who will readily admit that they owe much of their prosperity to the security afforded them by nur " wooden walls," and the gallant hearts who commanded them, and who will therefore be proud of the opportunity now afforded them of showing their estimation of the service; and surely there must be many of our wealthy aristocracy and landed proprietary who, knowing that they owe the quiet enjoyment of their possessions to the sanctity thrown around our shores by the gallant deeds of " the heroes of bygone days," will be found to step forward and assist the members of that service to w hotn we all owe so much. I firmly believe there are many su •h; and to them I would earnestly appeal, through you, for assistance to enable the council to carry out the objects of the Royal Naval School. I feel that lam occupying a large portion of ur space, and will conclude by referring your readers to the secretary, Mr. Eames, R.N.S., New-cross, Deptford, to whom I have sent my name as a subscriber for one de benture to commence the list.—l am, Mr. Editor, your most obedient servant, A COMMERCIAL MAN, Who thinks the Royal Navy deserve much at our hands. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in State yesterday to the House of Lords to close the session of Parliament with a speech from the Throne. The royal procssion was formed in the following order : A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying three Gen tlemen Ushers, Sir Frederick Smith, Mr. Arthur Black wood. and Mr. Alfred Montgomery ; the Exon of the Yeomen Guard, Captain Kincaid ; and the Page of Honour, Mr. Gordon. A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon ; the Groom of the Robes, Lieut.-Colonel Seymour ; the Silver Stick in Waiting, Col. McDouall ; the Groom in Waiting, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore; and the Page of Honour, Mr. Forbes. A carriage drawn by six bays conveying the Clerk Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget; the Equerry , in Waiting, Colonel Buckley; the Field Officer in Waiting, Colonel Sir Ord Honyman ; and the Comptrollers of the House hold, Lord Marcus Hill. A carriage drawn by a set of bays conveying the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Viscount Falkland; the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morley; the Lord in Wait ing to the Prince, Viscount Clifden ; and the treasurer of the Household, Lord Robert Grosvenor. A carriage drawn by six black horses conveying the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe; the - Lord Steward, Earl Fortescue; the Gold Stick in Waiting, the Marquis of Anglesey; and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Marquis of Abercorn. The Queen's Marshalmen, two and two. The Queen's footmen. A party of the Yeomen Guard. The State Coach, conveying her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, the ➢Mistress of the Robes, the Duche*s of Sutherland ; and the Master of the Horse, the Duke of Norfolk. The Queen and Prime Albert were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, and the Vice-Cham berlain. The State procession left Buckingham Palace by the temporary garden entrance at twenty minutes before two o'clock, escorted by a party of Life Guards. The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal Suite, returned to Buckingham Palace at five minutes past three o'clock, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain. The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past three o'clock. It was attended by his Royal ►Highness Prince Albert, the Lori President, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secre taries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Coioni ii Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Cnief Co,n missioner of the Woods and Forests, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. At the Council a Proclamation was ordered to be issued for the dissolution of Parliament. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lana nd Lord John Russell. The Court was attended by the MarqUis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Earl of Morley, Lord in Waiting; the Treasurer of the Household; the Vice Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household, and Mr. l i R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the French Plays with their presence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Macdonald, the Earl of Morley, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by ber suite, returned to her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, on Thursday night from town. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Baron Knesebeck, left town at half past ten o'clock yesterday morning for the continent. Their Royal Highnesses proceeded to the Bricklayers Arms station, and left by the South-Eastern Railway for Dover, from whence their Royal Highnesses will embark for Oatend, en route to Frankfort. The Duke of Cam bridge visited and took leave of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday morning at Gloucester House. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sale; of Cotton at Liverpool ''esierday were 3,000 bales, including 2,000 bales American, at 61-d. to lid. per lb. The market was heavy, and American might be called id. per pound lower than last week. In Railway Shares business was again dull. The market wa3 declining, and a considerable quantity of Stock was pressing. _ _ _ - The day of the prorogation of Parliament is usually characterized by much dullness in City circles, an i there is no exception to this rule upon the present occasion, business being quiet in most departments. The corn market is steady to-day but not higher, the demand being as slack as ever. The arrivals of foreign are large, and there is more English brought forward. In the English Stock Market there has again been a want of buoyancy, and the " Bear" party seem to have the opportunity of repairing some of their past losses, even should the quotations come round again soon, if they wisely " make hay while the sun shines." There can be no doubt that at the present time money is rather in demand, and that until after the 4th of August it may so continue, but with the near approach of harvest, and from present appear ances a good harvest too, whatever vague reports are circulated to the contrary, with abundant crops on the continent, with a largely increased amount ot' bullion in the Bank of England, and with the prospect of the French loan being deferred a while we cannot see any reason for despondency as to the future. Consols are now 88f for present transfer, and 884 f for account. Exchequer-bills have 1., alised Bs. to 1l s. premium. The New Three and-a Quarter per Cents. have been 90i to 901,- Bank Stock is 196} to 198. The transactions in the Foreign Market are but few. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 22, and the Passive ; Portuguese Four per Cents. have been nominal. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 571 i. In the Share Market there has been some heaviness. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 196 k 198 1918 Bank Stock .. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 883; 89 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 88% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 90% India Stock .. . • . .. 244 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. 10 5 Consols for Opening, Aug 26. .. 885 1 74 Exchequer Bills. l%d. 2d. 1,0001... 11 8 lip 5001. .... 13 9 p Ditto. Small .... 17 11 p ONE O'CLOCK. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Small • • • • • • .. .. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. • Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 4 per Cent Russian Bonds .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Passive Bonds Ditto, Three per Cent Ditto, for the Account • • .. Dividend,. on the above payable in London. .. .. .. 112!4 .. .. .. 4% .. 57%% 57% .. 90% 90;4 BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. 89 88% 90% 214 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 30% 112% 22 _4;74, PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . , .. • • 2% ••.. ••••• . • • • 1 % Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 17 •• • • 17 Birming., Wolva., and Dudley.. 10 .... 15% 3 4 154 , Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 .... 5 Buckinghamshire .. .. 61.45.... X dis. ••.. • • % dis. Chester and Holyhead 32% ••• • 26 ••••• • • • • • 26 v i Eastern Counties .. .. 20 19 7 % 20 19% 19 Do. rerpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1 . 61 . 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. % Ditto, York Extension .. 7% ...... Eastern Union .. .. 50 .... 60 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12% .... 15 Ditto, Thirds .. • • .. 13s. 4d..... 31,4 p„ Great Northern _6 .. • • ..4 % % %P _fili 15 3 % p 4 1 A Great Western .. .. 85 •• .. 117 116 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 15 .... 19% 19)i Ditto, New 17/, .. .• .. 7 .. • • 9% 9 Leeds and Bradford .. 45 . 94% London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .. • • Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent 9 .... .. • ....... 9 1 A Londen an North-Western ..100 •• .. 176 175......•. 175 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 12 .... 28 .. 28 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 11% .. • ...... 1 114 London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d... .... • .... 68 Ditto, Scrip 50/... .. • • 5 •• • • 5 14'A •••• • • • • 5 % Midland ..100 ....125 126.. .... • • 128 Ditto, 401. Shares .. .. 40 •• .. 474 47 ••• • • • 47% Ditto, 501. Shares .• .. • • 6 •• • • 9 % %••• • • • 9% Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. :Six per Cent. .. 100 .... 128 • • ...... 128 Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 20 .• .. 29 28% .. • • 28N Ditto, New • • • • • • 5 •• • • 9 % ••••• • • • • • 9 % Norfolk ..100 ••.. -- ••..•• • • • . 123% North British .. .. 25 .• .. ••• • • • Ditto, Thirds .. • • 1 •• • • 2% •• • • •• • • 2 3 North Staffordshire .. 714 .. • • 10% • • •• • • 10 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. • • 5% • . Royston and Ilitchin .. .... • • • • • • ..... Shrewsbury ana Birmingham 3% .. ••••• • • • • • Shropshire Union .. 4 .... 2% .. • . South Eastern and i)ovor .. • • 33% .. •. 36 Do., New (d 0.331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 17 .... 16% 15% bo., New (do. 1A) .. No. 4. 6 1 4.... 5%.. ........ Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 3%% p...... York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 37% • Ditto, Extension •. • . • • .. 10 .. • • 16 15% Ditto, Preference .. 8 .... 12% York and North Midland .. 50 86 Ditto, Preference • • • . 6 .... 15% 36% 15% 5% P 36% 16 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 20 .... 14 3 4 .......... Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • •. 7 .... 3%1 ..... Luxembourg .• _.. 6 .. .. ... Northern of France .. 10 Orleans and Bourdeaux .... 5% 14' 3,i 1% 12% 5% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. British North American .. .. 50 " .... 46 x d..... •• • 46 x d London Joint-Stock ••.• .. 10 .... 17 .• • 17% National Ireland .. • • 22% .... 19 ..... •• • • 19 Union of London .. .. • • .. 10 ...• 13 x 13 xd Real del Monte, Unrezistered MINES... •• .. 21( .......... 21 COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam ......C.F, 12 4% Gibraltar.... .• ••• • • • —1 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 2 Leghorn .. ...... ...... 30 50 Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 5 Genoa •• • • 25 90 Antwerp ...... • ... 25 85 Milan ••• • • • flamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 12 Venice... •••• • • • • Altona •• .. •• • Naples Paris, 3 days' sight •..• 25 50 Palermo, per oz.. • . Ditto, ........ • .... 25 80 Lisbon.... •••••• • • • • • • 52 Marseilles • • Bourdeaux.... ... • • • • 25 90 Rio Janeiro ••••• • • • • • 26 E'rankfort on Maine l2l£ Bahia .. ••••••• • • • • • • • Petersburgh, 3Us Buenos Ayres •• • • I lerlin .......... „ New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, effec.flo.... • lO 2 Philadelphia .. •••• • • • • Trieste, ditto lO 3 raices OF BULLION, PIE OZ. Madrid ••• • • Cadiz .. •.. Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Barcelona ....... geri11e.............• Silver in bars .....• •• 0 0 0 Captain Bernard, Captain Knox, Mr. Nesbitt, and Mrs. Franks and family, were among the passengers that embarked at Blackwall yesterday morning on board the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho for Antwerp. LITERA.TURE. FORTESCUE. A Noret By James Sheridan Knowles. Three Fels. In a novel, from the pen of a dramatic writer, we are naturally dispcsed to look for some peculiarities which may, in a certain degree assimilate it with its author's ordinary compositions. For instance we may expect the heroes and heroines of the tale to be possessed of a certain vitality more akin to the self acting personages of the drama than the automata of an ordinary romance, we m:y expect pecularities of temperament to be more nicely discriminated, and the individuality of character to be more clearly de fined. As a drawback to these advantages we may likewise anticipate that the dramatist, while he aspires in a novel as in a drama, to "hold a mirror up to nature," and pourtray life as it is, will also (forget ting for a while his change of materiel) in a novel as in a drama, endeavour sometimes to effect a compro mise between nature and stage effect, and diminish occasionally the probability of a denouement in order to enhance the attraction of a " scene." These pecu liarities, whether defective or otherwise, may easily be remarked in this novel by Sheridan Knowles. Many of the "situations," more especially the climax, where the chief personages of the tale are are all un expectedly assembled in a church, real evidence of the dramatic experience of their author. But " For tescue" has one great attraction which a drama can scarcely possess—namely, the earnest, genial, warm hearted style in which it is written. Many passages have evidently been thrown off hurriedly, under the impulse of the moment, and are consequently most animated—written con amore, as the saying is, than which never was saying more expressive. Among these passages are brief but earnest eulogies of Shakspere, inspired by a walk to Shakspere's Cliff, of Thomas Moore, suggested by a casual quotation, and, above all, of the great namesake and relative of the author, Richard Brins l ey Sheridan. Fortescue is a distant relative of the great orator, who is, in conse quence, frequently alluded to in these volumes. After referring to Mr. Sheridan's death and the poverty which surrounded it. Sheridan Knowles, who is evi dently his most devoted admirer, eloquently and even passionately eulogises his conduct, and denounces the little respect shown to his memory in his having no monument in the new Houses of Parliament. But let him speak for himself : Go, ransack the journals of the llraise for any vote of Sheridan's that was not to the truth of Liberty !—a phrase of his own, when he was arraigned for laying a thoughtless wager that the men, most of whom he mis trusted, because he knew them, would not succeed in their efforts to obtain office. If he had a fault in respect to his devotion to liberty, it was, perhaps, that of his loving it too much, where the land of his birth was con cerned ; for we perfectly well recollect a night, when kindled into burning—and how he could burn l—when kindled into burning at the enumeration of his counto's ages of Oppression and persecution, and at the relation of the game of blood that had been played, by luring or goading, to plunge her into insurrection ; he Attuck'the table with his clenched hand, and exclaimed, "By - had I been there at the time, I should have been myself a rebel "And Sheridan is not to have a monument in the new Houses of Parliament! Our love to the judicious com missioners! 0, for an Apollo to award them the honours of Midas! Give Burke a niche—not a crevice to She ridan! Write it down with a steel pen I—the handle, a cherished polished splinter from the abandoned hulk of any one of many ships, which, when they were new, and well found, and full-manned, he saved at the mutinous Nord 4 . To the kennel with rewards! After this they are offal and ordure! Leek on!—the Crown—the Ministry —the Parliament—the country ! and applaud the discrimination, disinterestedness, and justice of the sapient junta—Burk!—But never mind!" And then follows a passage, which we will not quote, but which, en passant, we must entirely pro test against, namely, some indignant and most unworthy remarks in reference to one of the biographers of Sheridan, who is styled, in irony, " a composer of mechanic's essays," —a title which, to our thinking, is a very honourable one. But while we disapprove of such observations we can, to a certain extent, excuse them, because like the warm-hearted eulogiums they are evidently written hastily under the impulse of the moment. The following passage relating to the death of Sheridan is of some interest : "Fortescue was left alone. lie read the account of his cousin's sickness and his death. " Solitary work!' sighed Fortescue—`A faithful wife —and one faithful friend!—And poverty—but that ex plains it. Providence ! where was the world in his bitter extremity—the world which he delighted, in structed, served? Alone!—Merciful Providence, alone ! —But now for company! They will show themselves at his funeral.' "He read the description of the funeral, and there, indeed, they were. Nauseous parade!' Fortescue cried. There was not one heart among them all!—What troops of them there were—to enjoy the credit of attending at the obse quies which they might have deferred, perhaps for many a clay, had only a few of them clubbed together, as they do, year after year, for a plate, to be run for by a race horse! And his strait must have been known to them— and there was not one of them--noble or commoner— who had not banqueted upon his genius, the most lus trous and diversified of his time! " Die!—but, I shall go to your funeral!" I wonder if they managed to squeeze out a tear. It would have been carving and gilding to their hypocrisy! A pity that such a piece of workman ship should he put out of hands incomplete. They had no hearts!—He had one.' " Here Fortescue threw down the,paper, stamped upon it, and wept. " had a heart,' Fortescue repeated; and good reason have I to know it—a heart that never allowed him to look at his own circumstances when those of an other solicited his assistance, and he thought he could accord it; and if not, he could not refrain from promising it. Some way or another he must relieve the heart that never looked upon need, or listened to it, without filling till it overflowed with compassion. Did I not know that man? I did, from the first—from the moment that my poor father introduced me to him, when his full bright eye looked thoughtfully and cherishingly upon the boy of his less fortunate relative. Did I not know that man! —Did I not love him!' " Here Fortescue's tears flowed afresh. " He had scarce dried them when Mrs. Parkyn re turned. Observing the newspaper upon the floor, she stooped to lift it. He anticipated her, and placed it upon the table. " Will you not keep it?' she kindly inquired. "' No, madam. All that I want, and more than I want, is imprinted upon my heart! Bloodless creatures;' " I know what you allude to, but there was one re deeming exception. A nobleman—it has been said an early friend—supplied him with one hundred guineas." "' Don't believe it, madam!' " Why, indeed, I heard but yesterday a new version of the story, and which I have every reason to regard as the true one.' " 'Pray tell it me.' " The act of friendship originated in the suggestion of an amiable poet, who urged upon Lord H-- the need of a supply, and offered to contribute the moiety. The proposition was met, and another interview was ap pointed ; but when that interview took place the person solicited declined, upon the plea that your cousin's wile had disabused a common friond as to the existence of any pecuniary difficulty.' " And what was the result ?' " The poet himself gave the money.' " God bless him ! and the peer, madam ?' " He reimbursed the poet to the amount he had pro mised, upon ascertaining that his demur had been founded upon a perfect fallacy.' " And with whom did the fallacy originate ?' " With Lord L--, who probably was misunder stood. In my mind the poet had all the honour !' " And let him have it,' rejoined Fortescue. "'The memory of the kindly deed belongs of right to him !' " • Rogers !' " Yes !' • • • • " The new version of the anecdote was the correc, one ; and it was a pity that one of Sheridan's biogra graphers—for Sheridan was the man to whom our hero had the honour of being allied—should have attributed to the nobleman the whole credit of a transaction, of the merits of which his lordship could l ay c l a i m, at the most, to but aninconsiderable and very quest i onable share. After all, there was nothing enormous in the boon It could hardly have involved a mortgage ! We ourselves, when at a pinch, ha ve b een o ff ered five times—ay, ten times the same amount by a Glasgow cotton spinner. and by a Glasgow merchant sailor—scions of Nature's noble family I" Besides the genial tone of kindliness which pervades these volume s , th ey are i m b ue d w i t h a genuine reli gious spirit, demonstrating by that best of all teach ings —the teaching by example—how beautiful and happy a feeling is a humble dependence upon God, and a constant and cheerful submission to His will. The main object of the work is apparently to incul cate the great importance of self-command. Henry Fortescue, the hero of the story, is a youth of great promise and good principles, hut endued with lively feelings, whose impulse he is ever ready to obey. I n order the better to illustrate the evil effects of suc h a tendency, the author of his history has placed him in a somewhat peculiar, and certainly very trying, situation with regard to the two heroines of the tale —Marian and Lucy. The characters of these ladies, as opposite as night and day, are both very excel lently delineated—that of Lucy is, perhaps, the most naturally done, that of Marian is more ideal. Marian is represented as the possessor of every personal grace, and mental and moral good quality ; while Lucy, the ill-educated daughter of uneducated parents, has only a beautiful face, and viva city of manner, to counterbalance the absence, of every other attraction. Marian is much younger than Fortescue—he has been accus tomed to regard her only as a chill, yet child as she is, she is devoted to him, and he himself fully conscious of her many esti nable qualities, believes that in time she will be a paragon of perf ction. Her mother is anxious to look upon Fortescue as a son, and all his bettor feelings prompt him to preserve his heart for Marian. This is a somewhat unromantic and business-like way of dealing with such a subject, as most novel readers will agree, hut this is the il lustration which the author of " Fortescue" has THE RIVER PLATE. MONTE VIDEO, MAY I.—The new Plenipotentiaries have arrived at their posts. The French war steamer Cassini, with Count Walewski on board, reached Monte Video on the oth inst., and proceeded to Buenos Ayres at daylight on the following morning. Our superb screw-steamer Rattler, conveying Lord Bowden, made her appearance here on Sunday, the 9th, and was boarded at some distance off by Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert. Shortly afterwards, upon an exchange of signals, her Majesty's steamer Firebrand was observed to take the Rattler in tow, and proceed towards Buenos A) res. The French Minister landed at Monte Video for some hours, during which he visited (accompanied by Baron Deffaudis) the Vice-President of the Republic, Don Joaquin Soarez, at the Fort, and is understood to have inspired confidence in the mind of the Government re garding the maintenance of this country's independence. His Excellency likewise visited the British Legation, and had a conference with Mr. Ouseley. Lord Bowden, on the contrary, did not land here, nor wait to have any communication with the shore. his Lordship is represented to be unwell. Commodore Herbert shifted hi s b roa d pennant f rom the Raleigh to the Firebrand, and is now, of course, in Buenos Ayres. The Plenipotentiaries had met in Bahia on the 25th 26th ult., on which latter day the Cassini left that port, direct for the Plate. The Rattler entered Rio de Janeiro on the Ist inst. and in a few hours took her departure for the same destination. Baron Deffaudis delivered up his portfolio to the Count Walevvski, as did Admirai Laint his command of the squadron to Commodore to h e Le te Pr4 ( l ) o r u ie r n . tal T m he in A is d t m er ir o a f l on presenting his successor War, observed emphatically, that "France had changed her men, not her measures ;" and the sentiment was as emphatically reiterated by M. Le P r ed our . Addresses of warm gratitude on the part of the Bri tish merchants and residents of Monte Video are about being presented to Baron Deffaudis and Admiral Leine, who proceed to France immediately, vie Rio Janeiro. A Brazilian vessel of war sails to-day for Rio, bearing a confidential agent from this Government. Brazil is be lieved to be on the eve of war against Roses. The steamer Antelope had arrived at Rio in twenty seven days from Liverpool. Owing to the accidental and most lucky assistance of stea m p ower,l afforded b y the Rattler's calling in there, our merchants were yesterday in possession of answers to letters home written pre cisely one hundred days back. This event has caused a sensation, and strongly suggests an improvement in the present packet service, which would not the less grate fully be received from the Admiralty because the River Plate trade owes but few favours in that quarter. ESCAPE FROM PRlSON. — W Ap a e m rs s o o n n n r a u m t e o d a V n i l apronl William son, - son, who had been committed for trial at Yarmouth, n at the assizeseut inad fo e r maPtaunryda a y. The bricklayers er i s n oon a havingerml escapeye uf u tcfh p rf o no nmor ftbreakfast,dressrailwaye e as they left b e hi n d, an d on Saturday. den t. having suitably besme ared his face and hands and other parts with whitening , p lac ed a hod upon his shoulders, o p n a t s h se e d fn t i h lo r w ou in g g h d th a e y d w o a o a rs. dise and missed, quietly in and St. Stephen's.—Bury Post. He ov w e d as SINGULAR CASE OP DROWNING.--A short time since Mr. Henry Ralph, yeoman, of Begber, near Stun minter, Dorset, went to bathe in the river adjoining his farm. He was followed by his favourite dog, and, as Mr. Ralph was swimming in the stream, the animal out of fondness for his master also took the water, and got on his master's back, which obliged him to turn himself over ; and when in this position, the dog again got on his bosom and neck, which caused his master to sink, to rise no more alive. A youth, a servant of the deceased, witnessed the sad catastrophe is ithout being able to ren der any assistance. Mr. Ralph was a single man, an d much respected by all who knew him.—Bath paper. GOLDEN EAGLE.—A remarkable instance of the strength and endurance of the eagle occurred lately on the shooting grounds of Knockie, in Stratherrick. Mr. Richmond, gamekeeper there, having watched a golden eagle take his station frequently on a particular rock, laid a large iron trap for the royal bird. In course of a few days it was caught; but, spurning to be held in fetters, bounded off, drawing out the stake which held the trap, and in this manner —carrying five and a half pounds of trap and chain fixed on to its leg—crossed and re crossed several times. After the lapse of a month the eagle was found (lead on the heights of Glenmo riston, sixteen miles from the place where it was taken. The score of vermin taken at Knockie lest winter and spring extends to 112 head. Among them are foxes, wild cats, martins, pole cats, and varieties of winged vermin.—lnverness Courier. FALL OF Two HoUSEs.—Yesterday morning, about five o'clock, the house No. 4, Wellclose.square, fell with a loud crash into the back premises of Mr. Fairfax, Hoop and Grapes, Cable-street. Fortunately, the house was uninhabited at the time, or serious loss of life might have been the consequence. On the same morning, b etween s i x an d seven o'clock, nearly the whole of one side of the extensive coach -factory, 313, Oxford street, fell into the street. From fear of further casualty, the thoroughfare in front is for' the present stopped. g, MELANCH OLY D EATH OF A GENTLEMAN.-^ThUFS day a gentleman, named John Eldridg e, a g ed sixty six year s , o f Bletchin l y Surrey, e xpired in the acci • dent ward o f S t. Thomas's Hospital under the following circumstances :—lt appears that the deceased was a large farmer at Bletchingly, where he had resided for many years. At an early hour he left home for Lon• don to transact some business in the City. He reach, d town in apparent good health, and whilst passing along Bishopsgate-street he was suddenly seized with a fit and fell insensible on the p av ement. lie was raised up by the passe rs b y, and carried into the nearest surgeon's, where he was bled, but still remained in an insensible state. It was subsequently deemed necessary to place him in a cab and convey him to the hospital, where he was immediately attended by Dr. Leeson, the eminent physician, but notwithstanding every care and attention that medical skill could suggest, he expired from the ef fects of apoplexy. CLOSING PRICES. adopted in order to enforce 16 more le•sson—navnelf the propriety of r,fusing a present grati6cation, in order to procure a yet greater one in future. This is al most beyond the power of Fortescue; tilaugh fully impressed with the excellence of Marian, h e can vith difficulty resist the influence of the fascina6r4 The parents of Lucy are also anxious for, ha? ill n" with our hero, and, encouraged by them t he yolisfg lady uses every art to captivate her hesitat isg lover' This part of the story is detailed with great m inuteness, and though made to appear in some degrE , e natural and probable, it is certainly not pleasing, the lady and gentleman having, as it were. changed parts. But if the conduct of Lucy is somewhat fora yard and deplacee, the character of Marian is very d.elicately drawn, she is evidently a favourite with tilt; author. He has endeavoured, and not unsucce;:e ;fully, to illustrate in her childish devotion, th e purity and unselfishness and other nrbler tttributes of love. Her pleasure on rece;ving a lett er ! from Fortescue is very happily described when hardly conscious of her own feelings, s h e de- scribes the happinesS of her heart to the beauty lof the weather " No, indeed, mother ; I never 3 .et saw the morning that was half so fine as this. It is n t fancy—l feel it." But we have now detailed :inn; cient, and must leave the denouement indistur.seu: The beginning of the first volume, befo re the r eal story commences, is very interesting, and c( mtains sonl e very admirable sentiments, but the cone luding Fo r.- tion of the third volume, after the rea .1 interest i 5 over, is quite unworthy of the work. TI le charact er and conduct of Marian's uncle, who is then intro duced as just arrived from India, is mo: st unnatural and even revolting. Still we are ready to forget an imperfections for the sake of the many .at tractions by which they are accompanied, namely. atn long others , the good moral and the good and ennobli n g sentiment s which the whole work inculcates; the many agree able characters which it introduces tc) our n otice, among whom we have forgotten to part: icularise Mrs. ' Parkyn, whose kindliness, warm-hear tedness, an d plain-spoken manner is very naturally pourtrayed• The generous tone in which the whole to le is written, and the bursts of earnest eloquence with which it is interspersed—these are among the ati Iractions ( : 4 which " Fortescue" can boast, to whicki, let us add' not the least—the authorship of Sheridan .Knowles. THE LATE MR. W. MCVNFAT. (From the Scotsman.) In our obituary of last week we announced' the death of this venerable and respected gentleman, wl io died at his house, 11, Rankeillor-street, after a few days' illness' on the 6th instant, in the eighty first year of his ag e ' Mr. Moffat, we believe, was the last sury lying memb er d of the society termed " Friend of the Peopl c," institute at Edinburgh, in 1792, of which he was sec Taary. T he late Earl Grey (t.en Mr. Grey, and an a( :casiontil e°r. respondent of Mr. Moffat) was the founi ler and 9 ",r h porter of a similar institution in London. , from vvb lc originated many of the different Reform Sc .theties wards established all over Scotland. Few men in Se' land have done more for the cause of P'arlismen ta a reform than Mr. Moffat, who may justly be denominate of its principal poineers. The sem° liberal P rig ; ciples which he advocated in youth he supported ,1 advanced years, and in old age he enjoyed the f eii° s of seeing the principles for which he so long contend and for which he had suffered much, made the law ° the land. In the months of August and September! 1793, he attended the trials of Muir and Palmer, ; their gratuitous agent, in Edinburgh and Perth ; an d December following, early one morning, his house taken possession of by a posse of shariff-officers. books and papers were rummaged, a part of them sei Z V s and he himself taken a prisoner to the sheriff- e'er:, office, where he was liberated on bail. .7..gothingt b ° l4 ‘ ever, was found in his custody or condoilt which coil r he considered, even in, those days of terror, eilbso libellous or unconstitutional. His books and paPer s ' t ;il illegally seized, were never returned, althiough rePea applications were made for that purpose. —neither we many of the letters which he received fro in Earl GI and other influential persons, on the subject of e refoo In order to avoid similar acts of oppresoio n, Mr. Mew was soon after compelled, hurriedly, and at consids' sacrifice, to dispose of the little patrimony he V esess t,h; and remove into England, where he remained till h il year 1798, when he returned to Edinburgh with ha ja family. To Mr. Moffat's personal exertions roal t he great part ascribed the erection of the obelisk in or y red Calton Hill burying-ground, consecrated to the Me 11 1" o of the Scottish political martyrs—an objet,'.endea his feelings, and the inscription on which, lately,S.o.o pleted, he read for the first time only a few days P r ' his death. 'lO Ol The following paragraph, taken from the --- n yr• aronick, March 14, 1794, will testify better than 1/30, thing we can say as to the services rendered bY, to Moffat:—" It always affords us the highest plea su 'ibio give our testimony to individual virtue. It is eL t , of account we mention the name of Mr. William M" )-1-- cby Edinburgh. When Mr. Muir was abandoned a1030ni,,... all, this gentleman remained faithful to his friendsUir devoted much of his time to him in the nr i so n of P 0 iii burgh—followed him to England, and in the bu rg iot i'tho Newgate, and his present situation at Portell-rdeill administered to him every office of the most friendship." . 4 1, e ele When Mr. Muir, the political martyr, was on b"; r of his departure for Botany Bay, he addressed a I ,. a ee to Mr. Moffat, accompanied with a gold watch ando" The following stanzas formed a portion of the letter"' " This gift, this little gift, with heart sincere, An exile wafted from his native land, To friendship tried, bequeaths with many a tear, While the dire bark still lingers on the strand s • dit I soon will join the dim aerial band— This stream of life has little time to flow— Oh. if my dying eyes thy soothing hand Should close—enough—'tis all I ask below! This little relic, Moffat, I bequeath, While life remains, of friendship just and pure-- This little pledge of love, surviving death, Friendship immortal and re-union sure! THOMAS MUIR, ~794„'' Transport Surprise, March 12, YEOMANRY CORPS- a of , A return has just b een p resen t e d t o the D'OnS t° poin Commons of the total ex p enses o f the Y- 'IT a cavalry in Great Britain, from 1842 to 1846. 4 11 ' select the following details connected with th e ,pir: lerent corps in Scotland :—l n 1842, the Al — 40 1 regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 27 officers, of 474 men, cost 4,4811. 4e. 4d. ; the Upper 'O W 11 Lanarkshire regiment, co ns i s ti ng o f 4 troop officers, and 223 men, cost 3,1.501. 14s. In ns , s_,.° the Ayrshire regiment, consi s ti ng o f 6 tr °°r- ap,P"_,_ officers, and 473 men, cost 2,823/. 19s. 7d. ; ~1 0 01 Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, consisting 0 1. 13 officer?, and 248 men, cost 1,440/..155. 4d. ; in/6007 a Mid-Lothian regiment, consisting of 8 troops . , ,2° ,7 ur glill', and 379 men, cost 1,968/. ls. 9d. In 1844, the ---J a 47' regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers' ~,.3 11 0 0 4. ; men, cost 2,8231. 9s. 7d. ; the Upper Ward of shire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 13 offife r. , l lbi, n , 251 men, cost 1,3551. 12s. 10d. ; the Royal 3v' regiment, consisting of 8 troops, 26 officers , 0 .01 4 men, cost 1,9731. 18s. In 1545, the Ayrshire reg l c ot consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers, and 475 I nen lo6 4 2,854/. 16s. ; the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire r e g l consisting of 4 troops, 13 officers, sand 253 I n en „' CO; 1,3791. 12s. 6d. ; the Royal Mid-Lothian regial et t t 40: sistins. of 8 troops, 24 officers, and 364 Iroeoos 1,9461. 14s. In 1846, the Ayrshire regiment, c 00.100,1 of 6 troops, 26 officers, and 475 men, cost 2, 8381 ",; 5 4 the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, con sist 4 troops, 13 officers, and 253 men, cost 1,385/. 2s' p'' the Royal Mid-Lothian regiment, cons i s ting ot 8 I 's: • 23 officers, and 357 men, c os t 1,955/. 1 Is. ; t he O a Lo:hian regiment, consisting of 2 troops, 6 office r 5 ;00 0 98 men , cost 1,1811. 2s. Th e t o t a l c h arg e of the a to regiments of Great Britain, in 1842, amotlet 9 013 0 101,7041. ; the number of officers to 845, 9 11 " A tot pl number of men to 13,358. In the year 1843 th e g charge amounted to 95,470/. ; the number of ofbe e i 03 0 893, and the number of men to 14,311. In 184 rg 00 charge amounted to 87,622/. ; the number of offic' e s , : 01 0 873, and the number of men to 14,189. In L 8 'ro to charge amounted to 82,182/ ; the number of es' c 1 846 - 884, and the number of men to 14,353. And ' . .. ll ber ° the total charge amounted to 87,9481; the n ow officers to 884, and the number of men to 13,818' • f ah t. VAUXHALL-GARDEN B.—The third aseen.jaii/ Gypsoa's balloon took place last evening. - 1:443 4 - 0 01 ' stcnding the accident by which the first ascent rf n - ti elli tended, the intrepidity of the aeronaut and b l 5 A e ' Oaf, valiant associates continued undiminished , s fl e - p ioli ge l7 entered the car and took their places with In ig h t natt e : which would have dignified a better cause. - 1 ." - pel l '; of the gentlemen amateurs were Coxwell and barge of The ascent was certainly a fine one, and the disei l r il ipiel fireworks from the machinery beneath the ear, whirl and effective. The balloon, or rather the nGva w eno a rrrde s yt ehhcnb-aoe, north-east, considerable iht a ad, el t el h aorapapo p i bnp t ieeroae continued in sight a considersP to 0 the to e t v f a e ak n track si i nt ri ag g r t' w o h f h e t d c h Th h i e rec v v c f b a a tai s t °l a l K tki I : ef fi br e ld n iis t l it 1 1 „ e wo Mr. Cocking. Immedi a t e ly a ft er th e ascent the t the ° in the firework gr oun d were comm enced, a nd cede d ; conclusion dancing and the usual amusements s "; n i c ong s ;; The gardens were crowded with cornpanYt were many persons of rank and fa sho n whom firietyi arrangements this season have produced a gr e e il : lot of entertainment, and a constant success ion of vary different sorts. The great attraction in the e L'Of thhe of the evening is the performance of the fau 3l 'l or isle k b a ; Lejars, whose horsemanship is peculiar ambitions,6ll the arc also a number of minor exh i v ' be Tyrolean singers, &c., all good in their kiec i _ be for fineness of the evening co operated with the 0; 1 'i t he the extraordinary and the pleasureable to ." grounds. 1,10 ; S : DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO DESTRO', GUNPOWDER.—The Government Police Ga the offer of 150 guineas reward for the apPre bens lace d ;Ate 1 00 of the parties who, early on the morning of the tilll4rof a pound weight of blasting gunpowder on the j o seP' budroom window of the house occupied by . gr . _ " r ish Robinson, farmer, of Greewell mill Hionubser,olvinntebi_apro Pro eating of Ryton, in Durham, folded tightly as to form a cartridge, with a piece of linen ,r e pro eating with the powder, which had been `et on el i * hcd videntially, however, the fire became self-exting before it reached the powder. There is A BRI S TOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY h • st lgar' better feeling among r cest the trade to - day respecting aloes and several lots have been sold at an advan on Pr, , te d, d r a e t a e l s e r O s f not p c e o r n s c i w e e t . r l g ? u p m r s e s a e rnet prig s e s ,s e a n t t i s Bristol Gazette.