The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-11 00:00:00

I ;*NgIONG EDITION. ~~ :.A.i-ZET and CITY NEWS. lIRSDAY .41: • ared with the fluctuations in the 5%6 the last day or two the variations t are * " . light, Corrals having only moved withi P-o of during the e7hole day's operations. The opening prise fir the Account was 88f, the lowest point :t7i, and the last prise : - .43 (buyers), this being the whole effee: produced on the Lnglish market by a fall of the Frensh funds which occurred on Tuesday of more than 2 per cent. Au idea is gaining ground, therefore, among the speculators, that possibly the disturbances among the lower orders may have as much to do with the shock that French credit has received as politics ; and others, who follow this trail of reasoning, go so far as to connect this movement with the mad enterprise of Louis, which would appear, therefore, not so insane as was at first supposed. That politics, at all events, have produced the whole of the recent effect both oa the French and English funds is altogether out of the question in the city reasonings on this matter. Dutch stock, from the perilous situation in which the securities of that country, encumbered as it is already by its debt, would be placed in the event of hostilities, has been considerably affected for some time past, the prices gradually and steadily becoming lower. The Two and-a-Half per Cents. to-day lea%e off at 49} to .50. HERALD.—Private letters from Paris are san guine with respect to the probabilities of an accommo dation of differences on the Eastern question, and sin gularly enough the measures taken by the Government on account of the disturbances among the workmen aro cited in support of thu opinion. For, it is argued, that these are regarded with a certain favour as tending to withdraw the public mind from the consideration of ex ternal affairs, and the agitation to which they had before given rise. It is remarked that a grossly exaggerated importance has been assigned to these assemblages of the working classes, and, aays o ne writer, it was really ridiculous to see tromps of the line, artillery, gendarmerie and national guards parading and incumbering the streets to the number of tens of thousands, and all against some bodies of unarmed workmen, not exceeding in the whole about 1,000 men, who would have been easily dispersed in your city (Lon don) by a score of policemen. Under cover of the commotion thus produced and encouraged it was sup posed the Government contemplated making such ad vances or concess:ons as wou!d lead to the re-establish ment of more friendly relations with the other great Powers on the Turco-Egyptian dispute. It may be observed, however, that this, after all, is little better guess work in the writers, although worth refer ring to as tending to show how opinion sets in Paris amen.; the more aetive commercial classes and stock speculators. The Manchester papers confirm the views taken under this head in respect of the recent induces there. The moat considerable of these, that of Mr. Henry Forth, commission agent, is set down from "good authority," as stated, and about which there can be little question, at from 30 to 60,0001. in amount of liabilities, which are precisely the sums mentioned at the time as the probable extent, when alluding to the absurd misrepresentations of an esenoir Whig paper,in which they are variously stated at from 2.50,000/. to the monstrous amount of 400,000/. It transpi: es also that the share dealings or specula tions of the house were to nothing like the length as ,, ,ert c d, although even at 10,0001. et dead stock in vestment of that sort, which appears to be acknowledged, the amount would seem sufficiently large for any con cern actively engaged in business, unless endowed with a considerable surplus of unemployed and unproductive capital. As to the effect on the Share Market here, it was doubtees greatly exaggerated in some of the papers. The truth is the accounts of these failures were received at a moment when the Stock and Money Markets were seri ously affected by other and more weighty causes, and consequently any, however inconsiderable, addition of rinfatourable intelligence was sure to be made - the most of by those interested, so as to increase the gloomy erepreh , •nsions entertained. The Manchester failures were exhibited in their proper light at the time as merely accessary and not leading causes of the panic prevailing in the market. They exercised the more influence how ever because under the circuinstarces associated with other events of more threatening import, just as the last feather :5 commonly said to break the back of the over loaded beast of burden. CHRON LE.—WQ learn that considerable orders b ar b bc('n received within the last few days from Franc fur the purchase of lead, the exocution of which ha already had the etnct of etusing a rise in that articl of nearly 2.1. per ton, and some large orders remair unexecuted in consequence of the limits being too low. Au extensive sale of saltpetre took place to -day in Mincing-lane, which brought an advance of 6d. per cwt. on the previous quotations. The price of hemp has beau advanci.ig steadily for some time. The feeling pre•ails that Mehemet Ali will be corn pel.ed to evacuate Syria, and that this will b e accom plished under the provision of the Quadruple T rea ty, without draggins us in t o a war with France. posT.--Money was plentiful to-day, loans upon the deposit of stock being obtainable to any amount at the moderate rate of 3 per cent. per annum for short periods. The Consol market was, moreover, compara tively tranquil. "What little business was transacted there seems to have been confined to time bargains. No dealings of the least magnitude in money stock took place, nor does it appear that, throughout the whole of the late panic, any amount worth naming was thrown upos the market. 'The share market exhibited much !more firmness. The quotations for some of the principal railway shares have, indeed, advanced mate rially on those of the last dr.y or two, the only excep tion to the generally improved tone of things being in the unproductive foreign bonds, which laboured under still greater depression than yesterday. 'file favourable change in the state of the Money Market to which we have adveroed has been in a great measure produced, it is to be presumed, by the infor mation that has obtained publicity during the last two ila)s respecting the position of the Bank of England. Rumours to the effect that a difficulty might be again experienced by ego Directors in keeping their stock of gold were current in the early part of the week, but which were found, upon inquiry, to be based upon no substantial foualation. SUN.—This morning the Consol market opened bet ter, but subsequently receded slightly. The current quotations for immediate transfer were 88 and 871, and for time 881 to 87i ; the intermediate quotations being those at which the latest bargains were ef f ected. Ex chequer Bills brought 10s. to Us. premium, and India Bonds 12s. to 7s. discovnt, being a shade lower. The New Three,and-a-Half per Cents. brought 961 to 96; ; and Wink Steak for the opening 1681 to 169. Money was easier to-day. There was not so much vacillation in the Foreign Market. Spanish Bonds, ahhough dealt in to a fair extent, averaged rather higher ; the Actives were at 22i to 211 ; and the Passives at 51 Portuguese New Five per Cents. were heavy at 311 to 31a; and the Three per Cents. at 21 to 211. Colombian Six per Cents. brought 211 to 22i, being a slight rally ; Mexi can Bonds of 1825 touched 25 ; Brazilian of 1839 were done at 761 ; and Chilian at 42 to 43. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were depressed all day, at SO to 49k. The Share Market has been to-day in rather a less depressed condition. In the afternoon the more :cur rent quotations were for the Great Western 13 to 14, the New 3-} to 4, the London and Birmingham 66, 'the New 20, the Quarter Shares 18k, the South Western 121 to 13i prem., the Brighton were at 124, the Northern and Eastern at 11, the North Midland at 18k, and the Eastern Counties at 131 discount. Late this afternoon an express arrived from Paris j with news that the Russian Admiralty, had ordered 18 ships of war to join the British squadron in the Medi terranean, all of which were to be placed under the command of Admiral Stopford, who, with four ships he expected, would have a fleet of 50 vessels at his corn- 'nand, 26 of which were English, 18 Russian, 4 Aus trian, and 4 Turkish. ORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALIIS—v-- erraiLDAY. THIS ST. LEGER Yesterday wa s the last public beltg v in town, and it proved a very important one to thos(einnwhodsae- speculations have comprehended Crucifix ; she broke gallop in the morning, and was declared not to start before bnefoirerbusiness cem menced. Few will be surprised at Ibis, as the b e tti ng for some time past has been calcul a t e d to engendert doubts as to h er tenn numb r e r, amount.and the ge reaching Doncaster ; the public are sufferers n o a n The betting is now confined to a s ma ll field is cot likely to exceed eight orLauncelot was backed at 1 3 to 8 and 7 to 4, and at the latte;r p layers would have gone on ; still it is worth notice ce the that 20, and afterwaids 13 was taken freely about Maroon, and 16 18 to 1 about Gambia and the Shah jointly, all being i n s and stable. Gibraltar's friend,. mustered in stren g th, and Scott's put in a consiLerable sum at 3 to 1 (afterwards offered ) •, he • is now at Doncaster, where Broadwath, Fitzroy, Trustee, and tlia Young-tin have also arrived. Dr. Caius, Calypso, and Trus tee were in request at the under-mentioned prices, and some little )ets made on outsiders, whose starting may be considered very doubtful : The last prices were : The held for choice ag,t Lord Westminster's lot 6 to 4 on two agst the field 13 to 1 apt Launcelot—take 7 to 4 3 to 1 agst Gibraltar—taken and afterwards offered 18 to 1 agst Nlaroon—taken 20 to 1 agst Dr. Caius—takcn 2 , 0 to 1 ngst C a l ypso — ta k en , t to 1 agst Trustee—take 2.5 to 1 40 to 1 age, Gambia—take 20 to 1 agst St Indrew taken 60 to 1 agst Fitzroy 100 to 1 . ' 1000 to 10 rg If st W e are—taken 10 00 to 10 ag heon st T i 6 to 4 l a id on Maroon—taken (3 to 4 on Launeel agst Gambia. ot agst Gibraltar. 3to 1 asst Cha TM! cue. 6 to 1 offered agst'i:les the T we lf t h — ta k en Launeel t u , who is friendless. 20 to 1 agst llai-gellin?", 1841. 25 to 1 ag,t Coronation colt—taken —taken. MEDICAL RELIEF IN ROME, PRUSSIA, AND ENGLAND. The following are extracts from a publi ca tion pre senting a view of the provisions for the sick poor, by Mr. Marshall, a surgeon who has had considerable ex perience in the medical treatment of the rich s well as the poor : Roxix.—ln Rome, with a population of 160,000, and without enumerating 18 minor hospitals for poor sick foreigners, there is hospital accommodation for the sick, the hurt, and the scabbed, the convalescent, the incurable, the lying-in, and the lunatic, to the amount of not less than 5,000 beds; and there are actual!, ac commodated upwards of 34,000 patients. This ex hibits certainly a frightful extent of bodily suffering in so small a community, but displays also, in favourable contrast, an immense expenditure of human beneficence to alleviate that suffering. Of 2,000 lying-women, delivered in the St. Rocco Hospital, not more than 12 died in childbed, although according to Morichini's calculations, instrumental as sistance was employed in the ratio of five per cent. of the whole number of deliveries. A third part of the insane are reported to recover— the number that die are ❑ot stated. In the large hospital for females, and in the female department of that for incurables, a community of female hospitallers, introduced from Genoa in imitation of the French Sisters of Charity, attend to the sick as nurses, and themselves bleed and perform all the minor operations of surgery. In that for incurables, St. Ca millus, in 1584, founded his order, the members of which have the spiritual direction of it still. This order, dis tinguished from the other clergy by a red cross worn on the upper part of their black mantles and known as the " Chierici, Regolari Ministri degli' Infermi," " are obliged by vow to attend upon the sick at their own homes, when sent for, even during plague, or any other contagious disease." . PRUSSIA.—The medical system, as a whole, is sub ject to the Minister of Health, who, for convenience, is also minister of education, and ecclesiastical matters. He is assisted by two medical councils, one for contriv ance, the other for execution ; to either of which he applies according to the nature of the case. Under him are all medical men, and he exercises his control by each provincial government, who again employ functionaries to carry it out in the respective districts, by a general superintendence of medical matters. If the poor were to be neglected by the commune, it would be reminded of its duty, in Berlin—by the police ; in the country — by the provincial government. The sick poor of Berlin have access to Russian baths, sulphur baths, and baths of different kinds, with herbs, &c., and even have them brought to their rooms when unable to leave there. When recommended by the poor's physician for removal to the Gailbrunn (water:ng place) they are sent there at the cost of the poor's administration, and provided with free board and lodging. The poor's physician is not merely responsible for visiting the poor, but is also an officer for the care of the general health of the community, and is therefore expected to direct the attention of the police to every evil by which the health of society at large may be affected. In order to an effectual administration of medical relief generally to the poor of any country, the manage ment of any provision for affording such relief should be committed to a director, professionally qualified to say what is and what is not necessary ; and officially confined to the single task of superintending the opera tions of all the subordinate instruments employed to render that relief generally applicable, and always cffi •ient. Where, as in England, the directing power is a Board composed of individuals, whose other duties are such as to preclude the possibility of their giving an undi vided attention to the single object affording prompt relief in time of sickness ; that object can only have a share, and sometimes, perhaps, only a small share of their attention ; and of necessity can only participate with other objects in a division of their sympathy, while of itself an object sufficiently vast and important. to de mand and to deserve undivided attention and sympathy, without which, it is obvious, it can never secure thos..: energies or that zeal which are indispensable to its a' tainment. It would surely be no more than a reasonable nonce:. sion, not only to the profession, but to common scnz and justice, and to the interests of the poor, were son' medical knowlecip infused into the " Commisson." REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN IRELAND.— Mr. O'Connell, on his return to his native hills, has ad dressed a letter to the electors of Ireland, in which lie urges very strong reasons for an effectual and immediate re-registry. At the conclusion, be says, " There is one additional reason why every man who has already regis tered should renew his registry. It is this : That Stanley's atrocious Bill threatens us again in the ❑ext Session. He had four majorities against the franchise ; but the principle of continuing existing registries has been asserted by the House of Commons, and (bad as he is) acquiesced in by Stanley hkrnself. Nnw, every man who registers, comes within this principle, and will retain the right to vote for eight more years, in spite of all Stanley's machinations and of his tyrannical Bill. Therefore, to secure a triumph over the Scorpion in any and in every event, as wet] as to be able to serve the friends of Ireland, and to contribute to save her from her cruel and unrelenting eneraies—let every man reregister—it is literally now or never." On Tuesday night last, about ten o'clock, Stewai t, No. 133, G divi , ion, was passing through .North , ampton-square, Clerkenwell, when his attention was at tracted by a stionrj, light adjacent to the iron gate of the square, which induced him to proceed to the spot. On his arrival he found that there was something ph izzing with a blue light, on which he stamped his foot. The instant he did so an explosion took place, which was heard at a considerable distance from the spot, and the immediate neighbourhood was involved in a sts.te of alarm. Stewart was laid prostrate upon the groune', in a state of insensibility, and he was carried to Mr. :Bunn, surgeon, of Skinner-street, Clerkenwell, when, on ex amin ation, it was found that he was dreadfully wounded and scorched. The police, on searching, found a quantity of string which had been soake•l in turpentine, whic h had teen tightly twisted Lad twined about a circular bit of C or cemented plaster of Paris, which contained a quantity of charcoal, coke, and burnt leather, and co mbus tibl• matter --(Can this be the terrible implement c.f war alluded to by a Contemporary V, An accident, attended with fatal results, occur rod at the Brierley Hill works, near Dudley, on Monday week. A young man had his leg lacerated by the ma chinery whilst at work. The prompt attendance of a sur geon from Brierley Hill was obtained, who suggested the immediate amputation of the injured limb; and sent for another surgeon to assist in the operation. Whilst the patient was on the operating table a third surgeon arrived, and claimed the case. An altercation arose between the sons of Esculapius, which was protracted until the patient died without any steps being taken.— Waver/lump/on Chronicle. TILE DEVIL OUTDONE! - " JEZEBEL" M‘Natts Ix BELFAST.—A meeting was held yesterday ( Monday) in the Commercial Buildings, having for its object the formation of a Diocesan Auxiliary to the " In corporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." The Archdeacon of Down presided. Mr. Russell, the Deputation from the original Society, gave a detailed account of its operations, advantages, and requirements—by the last we mean want of funds to in crease its missionaries, and extend its labours. The Rev. Hugh M'Neile, of Liverpool, followed in support of a resolution ; but in a speech, the strongest part of which had more to do with the propagation of intense bigotry and all uncharitableness, than with the promulga tion of the Gospel. The doctrine and discipline of the ' Church of Rome—a repetition of the libel against the Rev. Mr. Hearne, a clergyman of that communion, for which Mr. Al' Neile's confrere, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, was lately convicted (omitting the name of the libelled, from fear of unpleasant consequences)—a tirade against the " Infidels of the Legislature," and against Pa pists, Arians, and Socinians—and last, though by no means least, a fulmination against " the Hon. and Learned Mem ber for Dublin, Mr. Daniel O'Connell,"—" a clever politi cian, but profoundly ignot ant of theology, whether good or bad.." ( Such were the Reverend Gentlemen's words.) S [ , caking of penances imposed by the Romish clergy, and of their exalting tradition to a level with Divine re velation, he described those Ministers as having " tran scende ci the devil I"—" the temp•ed surpassing the tempter" their practices as " the master-piece of Satan l"—and the an gels of hell as " gloating over their errors I" We have n. rtes of the meeting, but cannot afford space for a report of it till Thursday. The above sample will, how give a pretty accurate idea of that portion of the bus; ne is which the audience received with most applause. —/ Vo) , tliern Whig. .A.TSIUNDANT FRUIT SEASON.—.The present is uni ver sally admitted to be a prolific fruit season ; but we much question if any single tree can be found in this coun try at. the present date, equal in the production of its fruit, 'to a remarkable apple tree which was growing in an orcl as d of Mr. Hackman, at,Lindfield, in this county, in the year • 1777, an account of which appeared in the Sussex Adz 'eraser of November 3, 1777, an extract of which we subl )i a, for the perusal of the curious in horticultural pur suits• -" An apple tree in the orchard of Mr. Hackman, of lei ndfield, in Susacx, produced this year 47 bushels. The f ruit was weighed, and the average weight of each bush e. 1 was 561b5., by which it appears that the above re mark a hle tree bore one ton, three hundred and fifty-six poun weight."—Susaex Advertiser. A) :OTHER. CORSICAN VENDETTA. - Extract of als tier from Baltia: " A farmer named Carrara, 22 year s of age, residing at Rapala, has just been assassi hat( .d in cold blood, in front of his father's house, while he i at s taking the air with some of his neighbours, by a land e J proprietor named Scribani, a man of bad character and • violent temper. The latter having passed Cars ara with o at uttering a word, e , tered his hous,?, took down a load, si I gun, returned to where Carrara was walking w:th his I :i ends, and discharged the contents of the gun into his b .): , om. Carrara, Lathed in blood, was carried by his frier, d: i into his father's house, where he expired shortly after . Meanwhile the assassin gained a plantation adjoin ing . 1 e house, and in an hour after, when a large assem blage i of p,:J)ple was collected before it, discharged his re ! bade i gun into the midst of the assembly, but fortunately hit r o person. Scribani had become Carrara's sworn enemy b ecause he suspect e d th e l atter of having acquainted the g z i darnicr , ie with the retreat of hi s b rot h er, a clee.:ter, „h orn • they had shot in a r . eucont . re . with hire, His sus_ r were entirely without foundation. The ' .icr s pic , , , boweve , . „ rourde ri •r has not yet been taken. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1840. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. I (From the Standard.) For ourselves, the alarm suggested by such a condi tion of affairs (alluding to the Repeal agitation being encouraged by the Catholic priests) is greatly qualified, ' by a conviction of more than ten or twelve years' stand ing, that Ireland has been steadily advancing to a crisis (the effect of half a century of weak governmeat), when the fate of that country must be decided by a violent solution—less violent twenty, or even twelve years ago, than at present, but even at present not dangerous, as regards final results. In the worst case —the case for which Mr. O'Connell and the priests are manifestly preparing—the case of a Romanist re• peal rebellion, aided by a foreign alliance, perhaps invasion—tbe event would not be doubtful, and it may be questioned whether the consequences would not more than balance the temporary evil, great as that must be. One effect would be, the emancipation of the loyal and intelligent Roman Catholics from the thral dom to the priests and the rabble, to which they are con demned by the present system of government ; and the loyal and intelligent Roman Catholics, though now in silent slavery, and even compelled to swell the war-cry of their oppressors, are a numerous and im portant body. Another good effect of a solution would be the bringing us all back to the principles of the Constitution of 1688—the only principles by which the peace and safety of the United Kingdom can be permanently secured. The professed object of the present agitation is a matter of less moment than at first sight may appear ; indeed, in comparison with the evil of any organised agitation in Ireland, it is a matter of no moment. The agitation organised by priests and lay conspirators, with the avowed purpose of inflaming the people and intimi dating the Legislature, is the mischief and the crime ; and it does not make a shade of difference in either the evil or the wickedness of creating or conniving at such an agitation, whether its object be " Catholic emancipation" " resistance to tithes," that " social revolution" recommended by the sagacious Count de Beaumont, and not darkly approved of by Priest Conroy, at Cong, or a " Repeal of the Union." The mischief and the crime of such agitation as has been tolerated and even encouraged in Ireland, must be the same whatever be its pretext, just as one's garden and fences suffer the same injury when swept over by a field of hunters, whether the sportsmen pursue a stag, a fox, a hare, or a red-her ring. Indeed, if we were called upon to name which of all pretexts of Irish agitation presents in the abstract the least to offend the moral sense, we should not hesi tate to pronounce in favour of the repeal pretext. This may startle some, but we pray such to under stand us ; we know as well as they that repeal means rebellion ; but we also kilos/ that emancipation, tithe resistance, and the rest, mean exactly the same thing ; they were earlier and less honest steps in the one course, marked out at first by the priests and prosecuted by the aid of seditious agitators. We may dislike repeal of the union, but we cannot dislike it more than the Irish Protestants disliked its precursory mea sures, and it is not our dislike or their dislike which can fix the moral quality of any proceeding. (From the Courier.) We return to the question of lay patronage as too ' important to be lightly dismissed. A change in the existing condition of things, whether in Church or State, may be demanded at all times, on the ground of approaching nearer and nearer to that state of perfecti bility, of which all our institutions, when in the hands of our modern Reformers arc deemed so susceptible. But Parliament, we apprehend, will be asking for de monstration, such as the case admits of, that we are to hare something better before they consent to the overthrow of a system, which, with all its imper fections, has at least the merit of having raised up the great body of evangelical clergy, to whom, as we are told, the Christian world in Scotland is now under such iiifieite obligations. Aud, at all events, leaving the question of better or worse to after consideration, the Legislature will assuredly expect of those who seek the i change some information of the precise measure they mean to propose. On this point, therefore, our Church Reformers ought in the first place to agree among them selves, but this, so far as we can perceive, is very far from being the case ; and we shrewdly suspect that it this agreement among them, as to where the initiative is to be lodged, is to be made a sine qua non to the re peal of the Act of Queen Anne, the days of lay patron age are not yet numbered, notwithstanding tile funeral oration over its remains pronounced by the present Honourable Under-Secretary of State, when some time ago, addressing his north country constituents; we may venture to go a step further, and to say that under this condition most reasonable in itself and worthy of a wise Legislature's atten ti in—the days of lay patronage promise to be im mortal. No doubt present appearances indicate that the initiative is not again to find its way—directly at least—into the hands of the Church, the first and oldest channel in which it ever Slowed. It seems as likely to get back, as in 1649, to the Kirk Session ; and the heritors and elders, as in 1690, have but a poor chance of any part or portion of the prize. The " spirit of the times" points to popular election ; but what is popular election ? Aye, there's the rub ! Popular election, says Dr. Chalmers, is nomination by the communicants of a parish subject to be over-ridden by the will of the Presbytery. With him the "fundamental prin ciple" is henceforth to be " No pastor shall be in truded into a parish contrary to the will of the Presby tery, let the will of the congregation be what it may !" This, at least, is intelligible ; and we need be no longer at a loss to understand what is meant by the independ ence o/ the Church. She is first of all to make the com municants who are to elect, and then she is to ex ercise a control over the elected by them, when, but for the name and honour of the thing, they had as lief been no electors at all ! And yet we are gravely told, that the charge against the Church, that she is seeking power and privilege to herself, is utterly without foundation. But let us not be too hasty in our condemnation. The Church, we are told, is not seeking this power ; it is divinely and scripturally in herent in her, and she cannot surrender it. In whom, we long to know, is lodged this right of election to benefices in the Church of Scotland (for to all this extent the argument goes), as of divine and inherent right ? In the office-bearers, whom her great head has appointed in the Church distinct from the civil magistrate ! That is; we presume, in the ministers and elders of the Presby tery. And from whom did they derive this right, and by what credentials can they make good their title to it ? Is it as the ordained of those who have gone before them in the Church of Christ, even up to the days of the Apostles, in unbroken and uninterrupted succession ? Then we ask very seriously and soberly, if these doc trines, with their inevitable consequences, are sanctioned by the Confession of Faith and the Reformed Presby terian Kirk of Scotland ? (From the Globe.) The Times of this morning contains, " from a Cor respendent,"—printed in large type, and in a conspi cuous part of its columns, thus indicating the value to be attached to its contents—an article upon the appoint ment of Dr. Shuttleworth to the vacant see. We have seldom seen, even in the varied speculations of our Con temporary, anything more confirmatory of the state of incertitude under which he labours as to the course it will be most for his interest to steer during the recess. Whether he shall continue to assume a bold tone, and hurl his bolts against the Government in uncompromising hostility, or adopt a milder one, and be ready to support a coalition; of moderate men taken from both sides of the House, is evidently the question now in debate. Until this point be decided, the public will be occasionally amused with these " feelers," adroitly put out to dis cover whether such a project as that broached in the cautious manner we have alluded to, will find favour with public opinion. The writer in the Times was ra ther too precipitate in his expressions of delight, at what he terms the " dead silence" of the Ministerial organs on the occasion of this appointment, and which the Edi tor of the Times finds it necessary to correct. We yester day, in announcing the appointment, bore a sincere and well-merited testimony to the learning and orthodoxy of the new Bishop, and to the service he had rendered to the Church by his zealous and successful resistance to the spread of the semi-Popish doctrines of Pusey ism, by his profound work, recently published, entitled Scripture, not Tradition. These we regarded as the probable inducements which led to his selection as successor to the vacant see ; and are persuaded that the public will concur in the choice, notwithstand ing the invidious attempt to depreciate Dr. Shut tleworth, by putting forth the pretensions of some other eminent men. One of these (Dr. Hampden) has been the subject of relentless calumnies by the Tory press, but his promotion to the Episcopal bench, it is cow dis covered, would have been highly popular ; " as he has, by his publications, within the last five years, created a most favourable impression among the clergy, and other stu dents of theology." In every word which the writer of the Times employs in recommendation of Dr. Hampden, all who are acquainted with his eminent virtues and high at• tainments will concur. Coming from such a quarter, it will be taken as a gratifying testimony of the power of sterl ing worth to eventually silence the calumnies of igno rance and bigotry combined, and to convert opposers and calumniators into approvers and even eulogists. When Dr. Hampden was appointed Regius Professor, every incentive which malice could employ was hurled against him, and those who appointed him to that honourable office. It is now discovered that Dr. Hamp den was, of all others, the most suitable for the vacant Bishopric ! This change of tone—we will not dignify it by terming such tergiversation a change of opinion—will not be without its use ; it will at least enable those who may be the subjects of vituperation or of eulogy from the same quarters,to estimate, at its real worth, the value of , either. The Times, and those who are regarded as the most rational, if not the most honest of the Tory party, see in the impracticable agitation of exploded principles of government, and the determination, by a considerable number of their influential followers, to force them, as ! the basis of its policy, upon any Ministry to which they w ill pledge their support, a barrier between the moderate and only practical statesmen on ! the Tory benches and the hope of regaining political place and power. Their only chance of office rests, as they plainly see, upon their open and avowed separa tion from the ultras of their party ; whose increasing ob. stinacy in urging their exclusive doctrines upon the adop tion of their leaders, compelled Sir R. Peel and the Duke of Wellington to divide against them on some, and to " fight shy" on other occasions, during the last Ses sion. " The fatal schism" in the Conservative party, which the Standard announced, has been evi denced by incessant reproaches, remonstrances, and denouncings of Sir R. Peel, and those who supported him, upon whom were cast every term of reproach and contumely which disappointment and malignity could d ev i se . These symptoms of dissension were too plain to be misunderstood, and the effects on any political party too obvious to be concealed, from so shrewd an observer as the Times. With the natural desire of one who wishes to make the best of moi tifying circum stances, and satisfied that the " turn out" of the Whig Ministry—which the Times incessantly, almost daily for the last five years, during each successive Session of Parliament, led the gobe-mouclies to believe would cer tainly take place " within three weeks," must now be postponed sine die—a " coalition" is suggested as the utmost which can be hoped for ; on the principle, we presume, that " half a loaf is better than no bread 1" POPISH PARAPHERNALIA IN A PROTESTANT CHURCH. A. correspondent of the Record communicates the following strange account : " While visiting the town o f R y d e a f ew d ays ago, my attention was directed to a bill, announcing that divine service was to be p er f orme d an d a sermon preached at St. James's Church on Wednesday, Aug. 12, when a collection was to be made for the benefit of some society, for which Forto o choir was to join that of Ryde. Attracted by curiosity, I went to that church, when I was struck with its appearance. I did not know at first to what denomination or sect it could belong. It was most profusely decorated with flowers from top to bottom in es ery direction, and while looking on these I perceived as many little pic tures of priests, beasts, fowls, crosses, crossed keys, &c., scattered all over the place, and in the centre was raised a formidable gilt eagle, with its wings spread, highly ornamented with wreaths of flowers. I should have been tempted to think myself in sonic Pagan temple, had I not, in advancing towards the top, discovered a small Roman Catholic chapel, such as are those dedicated to some particular saints, which ara to be seen in different parts of the large Continental Romish churches. There was an altar with two candlesticks, a raised paten, and some books with golden crosses in front. Above it, as projecting from the wall, was seen a part of a cross, with some women kneeling before it. And above that, the pictures of St. Jacobus, surrounded with hierogly phics. While wondering whether I was not in a Ro wish church, I saw, coming out from two different doors of the vestry, a clergyman at each door, followed by about twelve boys in surplices, who solemnly walked down each aisle in procession, to the other end of the church. When a signal was given, the music began to play, and the same procession came back with all the grimaces of a ballet march, and then a musical service was performed. After the sermon, six of the boys before mentioned went with plates collecting from pew to pew, and when that was done, they broueht the plates to the Minister, who, standing within the altar railing, took them, and after having placed them on a crimson velvet cushion, knelt down be fore them, lifting up his hands to his head and b )vv ing down. Whether ho worshipped the plates, or the altar, or St. Jacobus, I cannot tell, but what I know is, that anything but God was worshipped in that place. His holy name, indeed, was sung, but only as it would he in some opera, when it suits the purpose of the piece. After all the performance was over, some Latin anthem was chaunted. Upon my inquiring to what sect that chapel belonged, I was told the Church of England.' Is it so ? I never beheld among Protestants before such downright disregard to the first three com mandments." DIVISION OF PARISIIES.—The late Mr. Ser geant Lens used to tell with great glee, the following anecdote of his learned brother of the coif, Mr. Sergeant Hill : —" Hating business to transact with him he went to his chambers in New-square-inn, Lincoln's-inn, and found him with the bookcases, tables. chairs, and carpets on one side of the room ; the quantity of furniture crowcdd toge ther hardly leaving space fir the learned lawyer to move on that side of the room, while the other half of the apart ment was without a singly article. After the usual greeting, " Pray," said Mr. Sergeant Lens, " what do you intend to do with all the furniture arranged in this strange fashion?" The Learned Sergeant replied, " That since half his chambers had been found to stand in the parish of St. Clement Danes, he had formed this encampment on the side of the room be longing to Lincoln's-inn, to prevent the officers distrain ing his goods for the Poor-rates." At a future period Mr. Sergeant Lens visited his "brother in distress," as he facetiously termed him, and actually found the officers in the apartments, they having effected an entrance through the back windows, and his Learned Brother daring them to touch his goods out of the parish—the boundary of which he had carefully marked on the floor. The officers were so intimidated at the threats that they never again molested the Learned Sergeant, who continued to reside in the chambers without paying any parochial dues. A case similar to this one occurred only a few days since, in the very same parish. MALTA, AUG. 31.—1 t is not generally known that her Britannic Majesty's steam-vessels conveying the Indian mails via Marseilles and France, take passengers with the mails, according to a scale laid down by her Majesty's Government. This passage is the most rapid in the Mediterranean. The Al'cto, Prome theus, &c., generally make their passage in three days from Marseilles to Malta, and from Malta to Alexandria in four days, and sometimes less, making the passage from London through France to Alex andria in 13 or 14 days. These steam-vessels are capable of accommodating from 40 to 50 passengers, and afford most excellent accommodations, while, compared with the ordinary French Government steamers which run in the Mediterranean, and sometimes in the same route, their sea-qualities are infinitely superior. The Prome theus made her last voyage from Marseilles to Malta, a dis tance of 645 miles in 65 hours, whilst the French steam ers take six days, or 144 hours, these vessels coasting Italy in their passage. The cabin passage by the English steamers, including everything, is 91. sterling from Mar seilles to Malta, and 131. from Malta to Alexandria. The French Government packets charge 91. 12s. for the cabin passage, besides which the passengers find their own table. Both lines of packets are commanded by naval officers, but there are few people in Europe who would not prefer the British commanders. MANCHESTER NEW POST-OFFICE. —O❑ Monday the business of the Post-office commenced in the new premises. They are admirably fitted up, and will form the finest office in the kingdom, while the improve ments on the exterior of the building will render it an ad dition to the architectural ornaments of the town. TIIE LATE DUEL AT MADRID,--A Madrid paper contains the following account of the late affair be tween the editors of the Eco del Comercio and the Correo Nacional General Infante and one of the editors of the Eco were M. Isnardi's witnesses, whim() M. Sartorius was accompanied by Colonel Cordova and M. Las Heras. M. Isnardi, who, according to the laws of duelling in Spain had the choice of weapons, chose the sabre. The two ad versaries, accompanied by their witnesses, presented them selves at 3 o'clock in the afternoon in a field situated near Vista Alegre, one of the Queen's country palaces in the environs of the village of Carabanchel. The di s t ance was measured, and the distribution of the arm; was made by lot, one of the sabres being somewhat longer than the other. Fortune was favourable to M. Isnardi, to whose share the longer weapon fell. The witnesses had decided that the combat should continue until they should give the signal to cease it. After a few bouts, Sartorius wounded Isnardi twice successively in the head, and one of these wounds was somewhat serious. The witnesses then interfered, and put an end to the combat. M. Isnardi was first carried to Carabanchel, where his wounds were attended to. In the evening he was conveyed to his house at Madrid." BENTHAM ON WAR WITH FRANCE.—Con quests made by New Zealanders have some sense in them ; while b the y conquered fry, the conquerors fatten. C onquests made the polished nations of antiquity-- s c oe o m n E.w q de uests made n e v Cr s oy i us e n n bt s ar yd o f a w rationala France a s tn script p e t i t e n o b the jpe i c ; . by Greeks moveables, inhabitants, and Romans—had everything went into i n them. t the Tea pocket as: krk n aaee d nr i. nt s d., , at Thebned the 1 i i e adays Prisoners s ir T. of r a n th some of a s i ng l e pr i soner, a D u ke of Orleans, exce e d e d one-third of th e nat i ona l reven ue of England. Conquests made by a mo d ern despot o f t h e Continent have still more sense in the m . Th e new pro perty being contiguous, is laid on t o hi s o l d property; t h e i n habitants, as many as h e thinks fit t o set his mark u pon, go to increase his armies ; their subst ance, as much as h e thinks fit to squeeze from them, goes i nto his originals, bating the essential circumstances. nation would b e violations o f com mon sense, were there_no purse. Conque sts made b y the British such thing a s j ust i ce. They a re bungling imitations of miserable Nothing but con fi rmed blin d ness and stupidity can prompt us to go o n i m i tating Alexan d er an d Caesar, and the New Zealander s , an d Catharine an d F r ederic, without the pie fit. QUEEN ELIzABETII.—T he following curious and interesting account of Elizabeth's personal appear ance is given by Hentzner, a German, Who visited Eng land in the re i gn of " Bonn y Queen Bess" :—" Next came 0 the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we are told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; ' her eyes small, 3et black and pleasant ; her nose a little booked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem h sueject to, from t heir too great use of sugar); she h a d in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops; she wore false hair, and that red; upon her head she had a small crown, reported to be made of some of the gold of the celebrated Ltinebourg Table. Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it till they mat ry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were sma.l, her fingers long, and hfr stature neithe r tall nor lo v ; her air wps stately, her man ner of speaking mild and obliging- That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; bee train was very long, the end of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels "—A Summer's D ,_ at Greenwich. CONSTANTINOPE, AUG. 19.—The Turkish fleet, consisting of one line-of-battle ship, one frigate, and two sloops, &e., under the command of Captain Walker, R. N., wi 1 Probably leave to-murrow. There are four English vessels deeply laden reported at the Dardanelles, among them th e Fid es, f rom Cardiff. I EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS FROM PARIS. The illoniteur of Wednesday publishes a telegraphic despatch from Madrid, announcing that on the 4th the municipality was still master of that capital, and that public tranquillity had not been disturbed since the sth. On the sth, the municipality of Barcelona, on the invi tation of that of Madrid, adhered to its arrangements. The Queen intended to quit Valencia for Madrid on the sth or 6th. General Diego Leon, who was appointed by her Majesty Captain-General of Madrid, left Barcelona on the sth for the capital. Four squa drons of the Royal Guard sent from Valencia to clear the road, were at Quintanar de la Orden on the 4th. Advices from St. Petersburgh state the Council of the Admiralty had given orders to send off immediately eighteen ships of the line from Cronstadt to the Medi terranean. Much apprehension was excited on the Bourse by the measures taken by Commodore Napier and the march of Ibrahim to the defence of Beyrout. Some trifling lttempts at riot were made in Paris on Tuesday evening, but were easily repressed.—Times LAW INTELLIGENCE SHERIFFS COURT, SIFT. 10. NEP/LAND V. EARL. Mr. KEIGHTLY stated the plaintiff's case. The defendant, Mrs. Mary Earl, in 1835 kept a lunatic asylum at Wooiton Common, and engaged the plaintiff, who is a carpenter and builder, to execute some repairs there, which amounted to 191. 17s. The action was brought for the recovery of this sum. The witness he should call in support of the plaintiff's case, would he knew, be a very unwilling one, because he understood it was intended to be set up as a plea against this de mand, that the witness alluded to, Henry Smith, was the actual proprietor of the establishment at the time the work was done, and that in consequence of having since passed through the Insolvent Court, he had ceased to be liable for the debt. Henry Smith deposed that be was the actual holder of the premises when the debt was contracted. Mrs. Earl was possessed of the fee simple, but had let the house to him and received her board and lodging in lieu of rent. In 1836, he took the benefit of the Insolvent Act. Witness's schedule having been produced, . . Mr. KEIGHTLY begged to call the attention of the Court to the fact of the witness not having stated in his schedule that he was the owner of the house at the time of his insolvency, and therefore ho must, either when attesting that document, or giving evidence in this Court, have sworn falsely. In answer to a question from the UNDER-SHERIFF, Mr. KEIGHTLT said he had no other witness to call in support of the plaintiff's case. The UNDER-SHERIFF then observed that it was quite ridiculous to submit a case to the Jury, where the party bringing it forward was endeavouring to invalidate the veracity of his own witness. Mr. KEIGHLEY consented to a nonsuit. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HO USE. Captain Fox, of the Diamond Gravesend steam vessel, appeared before the Lord Mayor yesterday, to answer the complaint of Mr. Lintot, a gentlema❑ who is in the house of Messrs. Foster and Co., African mer chants. Several gentlemen who reside at Gravesend were present, and evidently felt great interest in the sub ject matter of the investigation which took place. Mr. Hobler, jun., attended for the complainant. Mr. Lintot stated that he was constantly in the habit of going to, and coming from, Gravesend by steam. On Friday last he left London in the Sons of the Thames steam-vessel at five o'clock. All was well until the vessel arrived at Woolwich Reach, when the Diamond steam-vessel, evidently with the view of impeding and damaging the Sons of the Thames, ran down upon her„ and endeavoured to pin her against a barge which lay on one side of the river. A violent collision took place, and if the Sons of the Thames had not immediately stopped, a dreadful accident might have taken place. The LORD MAYOR—Did it appear to you to be the effect of design ? Witness—Most decidedly. It was deliberately and maliciously done. The Diamond then got ahead, and reached Gravesend first, but she might have done so without going near the Sons of the Thames. I beg it to be distinctly understood that I come for. ward entirely upon public grounds, for the lives of the public arc greatly endangered by such conduct as I witnessed. Mr. Thomas Nisbet, of No. 1, St. Dunstan's-court, stated that he was a passenger in the Sons of the Thames, and from his experience of the practice of the Diamond, he thought the captain would not lose the opportunity of m•iking a collision when the vessels reached a particular part of the river. He therefore watched Captain Fox, and saw him wave his hand, and the collision then occurred. It was severe, and there w..s a yell of disgust from the passengers of the Sons of the Thames, who were much alarmed, particularly the ladies on board. The LORD MAYOR—Was there any damage done ? —Witness—None that I heard of, but if the Sons of the Thames had not immediately stopped her engines the consequence might have been very bad. They were prepared for the collision on board the Diamond, for they put out her fender, and, I believe, lost it. The LORD MAYOR—Was there any necessity, in your opinion, for the Diamond to press upon the Sons of the Thames ? Witness—Not the least. There was a clear open space for her to go on, but she would drive us upon the barge. Mr. John Rowe, of No. 19, King•street, Holborn, stated that he went to Gravesend every day by the Sons of the Thames, and was on board when the col lision took place. It was tremendous, and he was much alarmed. It was not the first, second, or third time the Diamond had put the passengers of the Sons of the Thames in the greatest possible danger. There was plenty of room for four or five steamers of double the size of the Diamond to pass without touching the Sons of the Thames. Mr. W. Dulin, of the Poultry, was also a passenger in the Sons of the Thames when the collision took place. It was so violent, that he expected it had made a hole in the vessel. He sat down when he heard it said that there was no danger. Mr. W. Gibson, proprietor of Baker's Coffee-house in Exchange-alley, was in the Sons of the Thames, and observed the two vessels struggling for the mastery. The LORD MAYOR—Then they were both at full speed ? Mr. Gibson said they most decidedly were. The Dia►nond made a dash across the bow of the Sons of the Thames, and then took the lead. The collision caused a shake. nore was plenty of room for the Diamond to pursue her course without coming in con tact. Hillingham, the mate of the Sons of the Thames, stated that he had the charge of the vessel at the time the collision took place. He heard a gentleman in the Sons of the Thames say to the Captain of the Diamond, " Why don't you beat us?" to which Captain Fox re plied, " I'll be d—d if I don't beat you," and imme diately the collision took place, and it was so great that Captain Fox was scarcely able to keep his legs. If the engines of the Sons of the Thames had not been stopped at once, she must have been in upon the barge. The Diamond might have shot a-head if she pleased, for she was a much larger vessel, and a faster vessel. There was plenty of room. The LORD MAYOR—Upon your oath, might the collision have been accidental ? Witness—Upon my oath, it was not accidental. Captain Fox—That witness has perjured himself, in saying that I used blasphemous language. Mr. John Sherry, of No. 50, St. John-street, Clerk enwell, stated that it was to him Captain Fox used the words which had been mentioned by the last witness. He (witness) was almost alone on the deck, for it was raining, until the collision took place. When witness asked Captain Fox why he did not beat the Sons of the Thames ? the Captain ordered out the fender, used the words ascribed to him, and the collision immediately took place. The steersman of the Sons of the Thames confirmed the leading facts stated in the foregoing evidence. Captain Fox asked a few of the witnesses questions, with the view of showing that the Sons of the Thames caused the collision, by her obstinacy in not going to the left of the barge, as they ought to have done ; but they stated that there was not room for her to pass, while the Diamond had abundant space to the right. Captain Fox denied, in the most positive terms, that ho had entertained the most distant idea of doing the • Sons of the Thames a mischief, and was ready to pro duce such testimonials of good conduct, humanity, and ability, as would prove that the imputation was unme. rited. The steersman of the Sons of the Thames was the cause of the collision, and had previously, by his obstinacy, driven the Diamond amongst the colliers, and in fact, kept up such a system of manoeuvring in the river as was generally used to prevent the fast vessels from outstripping those who were not able to go on with similar -peed, so that the Sons of the Thames came to the Diamond and not the Diamond to the Sons of the Thames, which could, with the greatest case, have gone to the other side of the barge, as she was bound to do. Mr. Hobler, jun., submitted that the Captain had made out but an indifferent excuse for endangering the lives of 200 or 300 people. The LORD MAYoa—Whatever may be the difference in speed or the manoeuvring, I only look to the public safety, whic'a is greatly endangered, as these gentlemen have proved. . -- Captain Fox—My Lord, I bear no ill-will to the Sons of the Thames, and would not do her any injury. I am particularly cautious of slight vessels of the kind, for I know what the consequence of an accident must be. HiHingham— Don't calumniate the Sons of the ThAnes. The Captain then called witnesses. John Little, mate of the Diamond, stated that there vas plenty of room for the Sans of the Thames to go inside the barge, which lay aimut 150 yards from time shore, and she ought to have done so. Mr. Richard J. Wilkinson, of No. 8, St. Mildred's court, stock-broker, stated that he had much experience in the river, and understood the relative position of the two vessels. Ho decidedly was of opinion that the Diamond kept on in an exceedingly straight course. He was a passenger in the Diamond, and he thought that the Sons of the Thames ought to have gone to the left of the barge, and that she got into the dilemma through her own fault. There was a great deal of jeer ing in the Sons of the Thames, and Captain Fox was quite right in the course he had adopted. Witness came forward unknown to Captain Fox. Mr. W. Neville, another passenger in the Diamond, gave eviderce to a similar effect. Mr. Dawson, a Director of the Diamond Company, who entered the Justice-room when the evidence was nearly concluded, stated that no man had a higher cha racter for humanity, prudence, and attention to business then Captain Fox, and that the collision, after all, was not such as would break an egg.—(A laugh.) It really was not worth occupying the Lord Mayor's valuable time about. The Sons of the Thames, like other ves sei s which wished to impede when they could not out strip, was in the habit of adopting the system called " hugging," which had the effect of protracting the journey of the quick boats sometimes the whole way to Gravesend. The LORD MAYOR said that his time could not be better spent than in investigations of this kind. He had heard frequent complaints of the conduct of the old companies towards the owners of the Sons of the Thames, and he could not help saying that Captain Fox had not acted with his usual sound judgment in this case. He trusted that he should never have any other complaint, and he declared that the Company's vessels must start at different hours, the only way, in his opinion, to prevent future occurrences of the kind. Mr Hobler, jun., suggested the propriety of fining Captain Fox. The LORD MAYOR—I find I am not authorised to fine him. If such conduct is repeated it must be pro secuted, and I thank the gentleman who brought for ward this case in the name of the public, and have no doubt that the publication of it will lead to some bone ficial result. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-Lucie Bulging, 30th ult., lat. 43, lon. 25 ; Superior (Am.) 4th inst., lat. 48, lon. 11 ; St. Bartholomew, sth ; William, Newcastle to Constan tinople, 6th, lat. 49, lon. 7, by the Roohn en Pcndrecht, Plug, arrived off Eastbourne ; Hibernia, 4th July, lat. 41 S., lon. 43 W. ; De Kock, Batavia to Rotterdam, 23d ult. lat. 38, lon. 35 ; Hutchinson, Bristol to Quebec, 4th inst., lat. 47, lon. 13 ; Woodstock, Liverpool to De merara, 7th, lat. 51, lon. 8 ; Chase, Ritchie, Bahia to P2rnambuco, 11th July, lat. 13 ; St. Cybele, Bristol to Quebec, lat. 49, lon. 12, by the Dover, arrived off Sal combe ; Renovatio, Ball, Liverpool to Gibraltar, 2d inst., lat. 44, lon. 10 ; Saltevedel, Lcndon to Cape de Verde, 3d, lat. 45, lon. 9, by the Mary Anne, Moody, arrived at Falmouth ; Nancy, Halifax to Jamaica, 4th ult., lat. 27, lon. 67 ; Phoenix, of Greenock, 22d, lat. 43, lon. 40 ; Radical, 25th lat. 45, lon. 35, by the St. Christopher, Courts, arrived in the River; Charlotte, Batavia to Cork, 9th July, lat. 55 S., lon. 5 W. ; Mysore, Liverpool to Singapore, 20th, lat. 2, lon. 21 ; Active, Bahia to Stockholm, 16th ult., lat. 35, lon. 39, by the Favourite, Williams( n, arrived at Cork ; Allison, Newcastle to Miramichi, out forty-four days, lon. 4. The following has been received from Lloyds :-- GENOA, SEPT. 3 A private letter from Alexandria in Egypt, of the 17th August, reports that, a plot had been discovered among the officers of the fleet, to burn the Turk and Egyptian fleet in that port, ane that several officers had been arrested and since put to death. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST 19. _ _ The Turkish fleet, consisting of one line-ef- battle ship, one frigate, two sloops, &c. under command of Captain Walker, R.N., will probably leave to-morrow. There are four English vessels deeply laden reported at the Darda nellei, among them Fides, from Cardiff. The following vessels have arrived here : Her Majesty's steamers Cyclops, Confilnee, and Hydra, fcorn Smyrna ; Gorgon from Beyrout ; off port, her Ma j •sty's ship Bellerophon, from Vourla ; her Majesty's steam packet Alecto, from Malta; her Majesty's ship Princess Charlotte, Admiral Stopford, from Mitylene ; her Majesty's corvette, Daphne, from Levant. Tar tare French steamer of-war, from Toulon ; La voiseur from Smyrna ; Dilegente, French corvette, from Beyrout ; Tancrede, Government steam-packet, from Syra. Also arrived off port, the Austrian frigates Guerriere and Medea, from the Levant ; Clemensa, do. FAME, A BUBBLE!—Notwithstanding the wide-spread diffusion of his reputation, James would hu morously illustrate the limited and ephemeral nature of fame by an incident that happned to himself in a Brighton coach. An old lady, struck with his extraordinary fami liarity with things and people, at length burst forth— " And, pray, Sir, you, who seem to know everybody, pray, may I ask who you are?" " James Smith, Ma'am." This evidently conveying nothing to her mind, a fel low-passenger added, " One of the authors of Re jected Addresses.' " The old lady stared at them by turns, and then quietly said, " I never heard of the gentleman or the book before."—James Smith's Me moirs, 6.c. FATAL STAGE COACH ACCIDEIIT.—On Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, Burnett, who was driving the New Company's London and Bristol stage coach on its way to town, had started from Thatcha m , Berkshire, for London, about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, with a coach-load of passengers and luggage, and on his arrival at Speenham, five miles from Thatcham, he stopped at the Hare and Hounds, and, imprudently throwing the reins over the horses' backs, proceeded into the house for the purpose of obtaining refreshment. Whilst standing at the door, drinking some gin and water, he perceived the Old Company's coach pass by at full speed, which he had just before passed on the road. The horses of the New Company's coach, hearing the others pass, immediately started off at full gallop. Burnett instantly threw down his glass, proceeded after them, and with great difficulty succeeded in laying hold of the reins of the leaders. He, however, was thrown down by them, and severely trampled upon, and the wheels of the coach passed over his head, body, and legs, and when picked up in a few seconds life was extinct. He was conveyed to the Hare and Hounds, where his body awaits an inquest. Some of the passengers now jumped off the coach, and the horses, being without control, shot forward with increased rapidity, until their arrival at a place called " Jack's Booth," about two miles further on, where they were stopped by some ostlers. Burnett was one of the oldest stage-coachmen, having driven the " White Hart" and other coaches upon that road upwards of twenty years, and on this occasion was driving for another man unable to perform his duty from illness. He has left a widow and two children, who are well provided for. GLANDERED HORSES.—There has of late been so many exposures of the continued system of glandered horses being exposed for sale in Smitbfield-market, that a measure has been suggested, -nd the means of carrying it into effect as a remedy is being followed up with great energy by those who are interested in confidence being es tablished in the market. The proposed measure is the ap pointment of a resident veterinary inspector, by which ap pointment it is presumed that the honest purchaser may be protected, and by which the character of the market may be raised above the suspicions which at present presses so seriously on its respectability, and consequently upon its utility. It is the only free market in the metropolis, ought to be protected. _ _ NOVEL SCENE.—On Saturday last the village and parish church of HiEli Holyhead presented a rather extraordinary spectacle. The Right Rev. Athanasius Abdelmeish, a Syrian Jacobite Bishop, from Diarbekir, in Mesopotamia, and his interpreter, M. Joussuf Musselli, from Aleppo, were on a visit to the Rev. Dr. Wolff, LL.D., D. D., Curate of High Holyhead, with whom the Bishop had contracted a friendship when the Doctor wss in Mesopotamia. It having been previously an nounced that the Right Rev. Bishop would present him self at church that day, and would deliver an anddress in the Arabic language, which Dr. Wolff would inter pret, a very great sensation was excited in the neighbour hood. The church was crowded to excess, and many hundreds could not gain admittance. The estimated number present was from 2,000 to 3,000 persons. The Rev. Gentleman congratulated the Christian Church in England on the near affinity it bore to the Oriental churches, and alluded with fervent gratitude to Dr. Wolfs visit to Mesopotamia in the year 1623. After ser vice the rush to get a sight of him was immense, he being dressed in the Oriental costume, with a fine flowing beard. The Right Rev. Gentleman seemed to be highly pleased, and kept continually bowing to the assembled multitude on his return to the rectory house, accompanied by the churchwardens and neighbouring gentlemen.— Leeds Intelligencer. THE RUSSIAN ORDER OF ST. ANDREW.- This order of knighthood, which has just been conferred by the Emperor Nicholas on the Baron Brunnow, was in stituted by Peter the Great in 1698, and dedicated to the Apostle to whom tradition attributes the introduction of Christianity into Muscovy. It ranks very high among the Russian orders, and is only bestowed on men of the first con sequence. The badge is the figure of St. Andrew on the Cross, enamelled on an Imperial eagle, of which the two heads are ducally crowned, while the Imperial crown extends over both. The eagle holds in its dexter claw a sceptre, and in the sinister a mound. This badge is, on ordinary occasions, worn suspended by a broad blue ribbon, worn scarfwise over the right shoul der, with a star of eight points embroidered on the left side of the coat. On days of ceremony it is ap pended to a collar of gold, enamelled, composed of im perial eagles doubly crowned, as on the badge itself, and bearing on their breast, upon an escutcheon, a represen tation of St. George slaying the dragon. These are in termixed with ovals emblazoned argent, a saltire azzire, and with shield s , on w hi c h appear t h e l etters G . G. in a cipher, and at the top and sides of each shield an imperial crown and two banners. DONKEY RIDING.—Look at that stout marl with a rubicund face, in which good humour is plainly de veloped, and who appears absolutely to obscure the little animal beneath him. He complains to its owner that the donkey won't go. The fellow immediately administers sonic terrific blows on the hinder part of the sufferer. Goaded on by pain, the diminutive quadruped attempts something like a trot. The increased rate of speed con jures up a transient smile of satisfaction on the counte nance of his weighty burthen. But this cannot last long, The poor donkey, who has been jaded from morning till night, soon relapses into a walk. With a kind and chari table feeling, which does him honour, the rider dismounts and inquires for a stronger animal, capable of bearing him gallantly along. No sooner said than done. Forthwith, selecting one of his ponies, the proprietor proclaims him to be " a capital little oss, that can walk five miles, canter ten, and gallop wenty miles an hour —A Summer's Day at Greenwich. EVENING EDITION. FA LL OF A SUSPENSION-DRIP° IN INDIA. It is with feelings of much regret that We announce a lamentable accident which h a s just occurred at Ma° dras, attended with great personal injury to many /1. fortunate individuals, though, as vet, so far as we har e heard, with but one loss of life, On Monday after. noon the 33d Regiment of Native Infantry (or cortaia companies of that corps) were crossing the Sus Per i; sion-bridge at Chintandripett, on their way to escort his Highness the Nabob, and take part in the custon3all procession to his father's tomb, when one e nd the f great suspension chains at the eastern the bridge gave way, precipitating t h e roadwq and the concourse of persons then upon it (° l3 ° 01/5 a company and a half of sepoys) into the stream bog. The crash must have been tremendous, and g reat Per ne sonal injury sustained by many. We hear that o Subadar, four Havild a rs, and twenty-six men were !e' yerely hurt and bruised, and several more slightly la e jut ed ; indeed, had not the elevation of the bridge al l , °l o , the water been so small, and the water itself so sheit i e ,; the accident would have been attended with great as s of of life. The part of the bridge which gave W°l b - e l f the links of the eastern suspension chain, pass over the friction roller of the nortb-eastern Pt% Two of the three links have snapped across, a rt n ° , 46 examining the fracture it is evident that both, b f u'i'i v a more especially, has for a long time been in a dei e l o state, having A crack extending almost through i t ; f ar deed, it seems to us that the bridge has, at some °fray period, experienced a powerful strain, which had Pat the cracked these links, weakening them so far, that pressure of the crowd at once tore awl') the b [ r c maining fibres, and occasioned the whole fa : I d where t. to give way. It is a fact of some importance, tebag one perhaps not very generally know n ' which a concourse of people i s one of the greatest loa ds can b;z. imposed upon any structure, since it brlatgale vast weight within a narrow compass, and strain is especially severe in the case of a bodY I va tary marching in regular order. We may here Oboe that one of the few occasions on which we 1 23 / e "" t ° t an English suspension-bridge to fail was li tg) , u ,, ex' years ago at Morpeth, in Northumberland, wile"- ; auei posed to a somewhat similar strain to the one ' n Lion, being crowded by persons returning frern., 3 ,, of On two other occasions, where suspension br tu g - , of t h r o o m op e s h i a n v a e greivgennlalrvaitna,riethhaosvebreetnhedmuring the Pa give the bridges at Broughton and Montrose.—Twheeaselivuleiree t 0 the or vibration occasioned by the measured tread holy of military is indeed so trying to these stratuthis that it is considered by engineers that they lli t n ,iglit case bear butione-eighth part of the weight -they be otherwise safely loaded with.— Madras PaPfl.' THE MARKETS• Wheat. Y - S. ... , , 4 43 4 11 27 -.--, 19 4 , 4 50 0 45 COUNTRY MARKETS. Barley. I Oats. I Per Quarter.l s. to S. , Bath I 64 72 Blandford ......- 60 70 Bridport ......--.' - 68 - -i - - Chard ---I 56 18 20 26 24 28 Gloucester 168 72 32 46 26 33 Exe er INO 70 27 34 21 28 I Guildford ......-I 03 81 32 27 32 56 Newbury ..-.-I t 4 76 32 34 25 35 Reading --- I 50 80 32 42 I ‘.. - 6 35 412:00:. ~:--te:l-I,i'ios:l Salisbury .....- !52 70 30 36 1 26 34 Shirborne 166 72 3') 31 i 26 30 Sliepton3lallet,' 60 70 32 40 '24 32 Uxbridge —..1 - - 37 43 126 - 32 Warminster ,i 44 70 29 32 32 35 Winchester j64 76 - - - - - ; I ""- t'eovil 156 68 30 36 32 39 3 1 LEEDS CORN MARKET.SeP I . 9 . 625 . to 7 3s ' 1 Wheat, Norfolk and Suffitlk, 601 b..................... . .... 44 .• 18 715. ; 4 0 York. and Lincoln. 6olb. Earley, Norfolk and Suttiilk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ........... , ... ,!.:' to 0 1 " Grinding - .to 5 ' Beans - oe Outs, I‘, P l o e t a a t t i o n e g: . F . ....... . ___ , .... i .... t . 0 . ........... t . ) .......................... R . ...:.:. 8. 7 . . ............................... 37 5 . to 3 •/' ' 'Shelling tt DEVIZES CORN MARKET. a. 51 a Per Sack, s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. Loto 3 0 iirst Wheat 3 211ird 3 3 3 6 0 0 O Be a a ts a . (le . ) .. r . . ; . ... c . .... .. .. .. ~. Z1 ( 0 ) :) 2; 00 Second 24 0 ‘A 0 Flour (per beg) .... . , ..... 4 ...... P.,i1ey....... ( per ga11.)... .13 MARKET. 21 1 . s. IC4. 5 00 o '2Ol. Os.-New, 1 - ,/ - t° 4( to 48 Beans (Pen' Qr.) •••••'. 44 1 Rye ....................... !, Vs. to 435. , s. S. s. to S. 33 58 j ar 38 3i 128 S. to s. LO . 0 50 6‘) 172 14 52 54 40 46 5° 50 54 47 55 44 ' 5 , t 4 , 50 L . ig 40 , - , ..- , - 5 50 5 UUILDFOR Wheat, Old (PerfoaCi) IVI.Ic ear'ey (Per Qr.) I)at , Grey Pease, •„ ct receiv e° A RCIIBALD BoLM.—A letter, oc s in Newcastle from Sydney,A dated the 19 th of A P r i ' n 'd„'d, I —" I have seen Mr. A, Bolam several times. 02 . 0 con'' wil called on him yesterday, and I find him getting I v ' ear w ith posed in his mind, and I have no doubt he l he „ w ain the kindest treatment. Captain Mac Lean (t re sts Wi th tendcnt) is a very good man, and every tbillthe g ene' him but, his freedom. He has taken him from d. ral ward, and he is now employed i n th e clerk's " ar rter that will have to remain in barra c k s f or s i x months; one time he will be assigned to a m as t er , an d many a 0 (4 be glad to get him. It is a good thing to have su ch . g e friends and recommend a ti ons f rom h ome , othen y ' s n fteft might have been sent down to N or f o lk I s l an d , a s they st send well-educated men d own th ere . Y ou must kn°W sji td t t there they doomed were od a e,r r r3Af e , Cr sm m uiEiap f a rtde n hoi eiyoe,FinothgTe their set tyb t rN l my,oe e , gentlemen hvmh e oeeell n nmießroie a crhhuniu t etetrsi rsyfoAhua. eITHOUSAND.—In Norfolk p ._ Island, who 111 the et tge , l‘ l A P on Toulouse, the Spaniards, anxious to polis e ro ) thews was, they got ot' Duke of Wellington regarded them sltrl some r:nulPe std too t tnth i moh m ete l essi ~:uev:esaus: be el b a• il 1- 4hn s acr edee they would stop in the rear of the English, moved forwards and obliged the French to retire; such thing, they absolutely ran off out of sig ht ; sa" Wellington e x c l a i me d , " W e ll , bang me, if e ve " 10,000 men run a race before I" or re' The Corn Averag es t o A ugu st 29th, in %hot , port of Lewes market this week, show a decline in cl. Per as compared with the previous week, of 4 11 . 3 1 .600 0 _ 1 e quarter. It is much to b e regre tt e d that a prep ° a cre et• reduction per gallon in the price of flour wa s not lie s to by the millers, as it would have proved to the F:„,the ready disposition on their parts to assist in allefiaLralt 3 1 ' present condition of the mechanical labourer, " b° , T a bou r : times high pric. a affect the most, the agricultticura'by their ors in general b e i ng supp li e d at a re d uce d P° employers.—Susse s Advertiser. ' fed t LORD NELSON.—it was in the p ai n_ . go ll outertllat tchoeffinb,odl lay of Lord state Nelson, laced e p l d a a c y e s d in a n ie ll' t u a previo!!4,,drs'• moval to its final resting-place in St. Paul's ute"iroor's The Old Sailor, in his charming biography of t yr b b 'i, sval, tal hero, thus feelingly expresses f most affecting scene, and, as trotssev of the cre tbe ° P ec s; Victory were present, added a deeper interest tool sorra tacle. I well remember it, and the expressions. rt,felt'll from the many thousand spectators were truly ,ab l y He also observes, " I much regret that the car uP v eva the coffin was drawn, and which stood for many the Painted Hall at Greenwich, has been broken utrto the is really s urpr i s i ng t h at so i nteres ting an nbje.c so 10 4 , visitor should n o t h ave b een permitted to retinal 600 as a would hati gg to ether A Summer's Day a wick. ,'4 5 --H A LADY'S GOLD NECK ef. °, ig ht may be selected f r o m o f severa l p a tterns, price' we r eigtth , 110 sovereigns, Five G u i neas ; weig ht of five B ove nea s. asf Guineas : weight of six sovereigns, Seven Gni, .. ove reig, i , weight is given by comparison with the weight ift:,, n a clj being snore easily referred to than if stated in ounce w era° The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any that " into articles of this description. T. COX SAVORY, A , 7 Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watzhmaker, ece. , 01 (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), Lot L e. if h Drawings of the newest patterns will be sent pest ' plieation be made post paid. D en MR THS. On the Bth inst., at the Palace, Salisbury, Air'' th e of a son. Eton Coll e g e' On the Bth inst., a t th e P rov ost's Lodge, ° Hon. Mrs. Hodgson, of a daughter. T Terk' 138 On the Bth inst., at Stukeley, the lady of L. .• grP Esq., of a son ad heir. On the 9th in n st., at Park-street, G ro svenor - sq u ' lre' d, i G. Mathias, of a daughter. ey g e nt.r° l On the 9ch inst., at Don,hire-place, Old , ffl• lady of Wrner, son. vßusker Oft the F. 9th a inst., the lady f of James St. Geo r g e of Parliament-street, of a daughter. 'lP ° ifARRIED. Atri t On the Bth inst., at the hiritish Hotel, Edinburg.ll;srniao.b.: Bowie, Esq., to Annetta Antonia Louisa, daught er Thurnburn, Esq., late her Majesty's Consul at /Ve i l h , o, l ot On the Bth inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, ' ° , o3 s o ' Esq., eldest son of Captain J. L. White, and grar ne, er late Major-General John White, of Bengal, t° %on,. oil daughter of the late J. V. Dutton, Esq., of Birrniq ri e to On the 10th inst., at Trinity Church, 13 r oior t °; h ire , o f Harris, Esq., of Cainscross, near Stroud, G ine° Sophia Mary, eldest daughter of the late John Potter 3 ' Chelsea. Th en' 0 11 On the 10th inst., at St. Mark's, Kenn in g tou' oy s, eldest son of T. Lambert, Esq., of Brixton , t°_, 4, Jainalbe daughter of the late Isaac Fox, Esq. of St. Andrerw.:,,e,reay,b, On Lhe 10th inst., at St. George's, llanovejoisnie f Rev. C. Maswell, rector of Wyddial, Herts, t• Herts•o 11 ~i eldest daughter of the Rev. G. Mason, of Sandoo;,_v. On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras Church , the •R`cbarl, Reed, of Queen's College, Oxford, B. A., t o Ten'r youngest daughter of W. G. Poison, of the Inn sn er o barrister-at -law. f O D n a v t i h d e n i e th n in E s s t q . at of P B a e s l s m en o ta t Richard ert,, t. Lee, . 9 0 e i , ;:e 5 1 6 4 0 1e y . 5 ! daughter of the ' Rev. Loraine Loraine Smith, recto' ham, Northamptonshire. DIED: 3 , l i dor' Yesterday, Mr. G. L. Archbold, of Grevill e-strea, 71' garden man years a reporter for The Times. (yea On the 3d y i nst. at Hendon, Mrs Elizabeth Lockier,arfienri On the 4th inst. , , at the Royal Hotel, Clifton, Gol°'" r Fet. , Sullivan, C. 11., late of her Alajest 's 6th Regiment,°l,t elder ` On the sth inst., at Spring-wood, Rotindhay, t'n„,L. daughter of the late Nlattliew Rhodes, Esq., of that t"" 0 * / Ch oc' On the ith inst., at Ramsgate, John Price, E'q" er-ar, Dwgae-hill, aged 3. c P'ek quOnythe Bth o inst. t , William Barr, 9 Esq., of Bath-Plac ' ham, aged 65. On the 9th inst., Caroline Elizabeth, only of M r. Edward Mullins, s,licitor• of il i g h' On the 9th itist., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. W. Luca' , street, Southwark. et, Crib" On the 9th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Duff, of FOTC-Stre plegate, aged 69. . 0 _ squa re? On the 9th inst ~at Upper G t eet Bryan 3t " ~ a George-stree t, r , Isabella Mouel, wife of Mr. Moue]; aged 86. g . 4 of ....... E .......-.............,.... ouN— , 0 London: Printed and Published by 11111RDO sto w, ) No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, So. I i t? ' 1134 e. the county of 111iddlescx.—Friday, September.' t daughter 1 bac 4,