The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-17 00:00:00

.JavitNlNG COURT CIRCULAR. b WINDSO R , SUNDAY.— Her Majesty, the Princess Pbenloh e , P r i nce A lb ert, and the King of the Bel -114)18, came to St. George's Chapel this morning to ;,t,end Divine S erv i ce . T wo o f th e R o y a l carr i a ges th "ea, the first con t a i n i ng th e P r i nce o f H o h e n'ohe, t e Duch ess o f B e df or d , the C ountess o f Alb emar l e , an d neonates* Palmerston ; and the other Lady F. ryper, Hon. Miss Pitt, and Hon. Miss Spring Rice. r , number of the Noblemen and Gentlemen at the including Viscount Melbourne, Viscount oZ tn orston, Viscount Torrington, Hon. Colonel Caven fft,' LOU.I Sir W. Lumley, and Colonel Bouverie, ull eCetu wearing the Windsor uniform, walked to the The fr om t h e C ast l e. 4 1 be Ser mon was preac h e d b y t h e H on . a nd Very 0 3 :' the Dean, who took his text from St. Matthew, fo r l 'lllif and part of the 21st verse—" Render there -4;4! unto Catsar the things which are Ceasar's ; and o i,° God th e thi ngs th a t are G o d's." The first part t i .lee Service was chaunted by the Rev. Mr. Knvvett, In tas Canon. The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean h"Ti, the Rev. Lord W. Russell officiated at the Altar. To Deum and Jubilate was Nares in C. The ap t th, !Us and Kyri e Eli eso n the Hon. Mr. Ashley's, and h 4 lothetn, " Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse h i w ay," Dr. G. J. Elvey (who presided at the organ), ti sung by Messrs. Harris, French, and Turner, and "ter Foster. The Solo by Mr. Harris. ate Queen of the Belgians attended Divine service f i e lf Catholic chapel at Spital, attended by Madame , t io ogvorst. 1, 41 ! . he Duk e o f W e lli ngton arr i ve d a t th e C as tl e a t m 'Past four o ' c l oc k thi s a ft ernoo n, on a visit to her "‘°.lesty. th„ 11 , 4 Majesty th e Queen Dowager, accompanied by u .ilebess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and attended by her 4 11 1! left N une h am , O x f or d s hi re , t h e sea t o f th e reu bishop of York, on Saturday morning, and came It lest railw ay tra i n to Sl oug h, f rom w h ence her Ma sa ° Ptoceeded in her carriage t o her residence in 0 Y Park. The Duke of Cambridge took his de toliwri_uro from Nunehaut at an earlier hour, and arrived in at two o'clock. on Ile Pri ncess A ugusta rece i ve d v i s i ts yester d ay , an d S aturd a y, f rom t h e D uc h ess o f Gl oucester an d t h e tt 4 ti t k „ e .°f Cambridge. The following account of the terl °f her Royal Highness' s h e alth was issued yes da 41, 1 T he Princess Augusta bas passed a very comfort hiehnight, a n d th ere i s som e i m p rove m en t in her Royal g g n ess's symptoms. Clarence House, Aug. 16." ti oi 4 , t he afternoon her Royal Highness pasted some her drawing-room. "e following account was issued on Saturday " August 15, 1840. ti n tier Royal Highness the Princess Augusta con sea better. ;Clarence House." t0 0 ,,.. 41 e Duke of Cambridge went to Kew yesterday and attended Divine Service in Kew Cnurch. 1 ;.".03ral Hi g h ness returne d to town h i t h e a f ternoon . fr om Iseount M e lbour ne a rriv e d i n t own o n S a turday i b Winds or Castle. His Lordship attended a meet the E cc l es i ast i ca l C omm i, s i oners i n Whitehall- N e- Sir Sir H arry D. V erney h a d an i nterv i ew w i t h t h e rQie Vi scount at hi s official residence in Downing eet, th n e L l °nel Ready and Mr. Hoskins had interviews with qczarquis of Normanby on Saturday, at the Home- Vi s n4 'count Melbourne left town at f o ur o'clock on irday afternoon, on his return to Windsor Castle. alto fr om f the Governor G of e the Cape of C Gocd Hope n , „ ere received yesterday at the Colonial-office. De etches from the Governors of Nova Scotia and New sat brought by the Britannia, were received on relay at the Colonial-office. FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND THE ASTERN QUESTION. (From the Debate.) The name of France is not mentioned in the most im portant part of the speech of the Queen of England ; but its very omission will serve but to make it more conspicu ous. It would be ridiculous for us to complain of this, for we know that France is not so easily effaced from the map of Europe as from a itoyal speech. Even were we otherwise inclined, we hold a place iu the world, and it is impossible for us to avoid being of importance. If Eng land believe that the mernent has come for a separation from the nation with which she has been connected for the last ten years, we may view the circumstance with regret, but it does not become us to express it. It is the duty of those who in England itself blame this conduct, and fore. see its results, to do justice to the language or silence of their Government. The speech read by the Queen has not given general satisfaction. The Times states clearly enough that the words of Lord Palmerston would have had more strength and courtesy, had they been pronounced by the royal mouth. We tender full justice to the intentions of the English journal, as well as to the gravity and moderation of its language; but this courtesy of expression, to which we shall always be inclined to answer, can but increase our regret_ at being obliged to contradict de facto. You acknowledge that for the ten years the whole po licy of Russia has tended to dissolve the alliance which keeps her under restraint in Europe as well as in Turkey, and you manifest your desire of maintaining that alliance at the very moment that you wish to solve, without us and against our will, a question on which France and England have always been closely united, and break up the static quo founded and gua ranteed by England as well as by France, and which we wish to maintain as our joint work. Seven years ago, when Ibrahim, t fter the battle of Komah, was marching on Constantinople, the intervent;on of France and England arrested his progress and prevented greater perturbations on the censtitution of the world ; the Russians recrossed the Tuskish frontiers, carrying bst k as their spoil the treaty which, at their first demand, was to close the Dardanelles to the whole west. The balance of power, interrupted for a moment, resumed its march, until the day when the noble and unfortunate Mahmoud, pushed on and seduced by intrigues, tried the fate of arms a last time, and had the satisfaction of dying before his army vanished and his ships deserted. After Nezib, as after Koniah, Ibrahim advanced on Con stantinople ; his progress was again arrested by a French envoy, i. e. by a representative of the Western Alliance, and the Russians did not intervene. Thus, at every new crisis, France and England conjure the danger, and by their united forces raise up this ever-falling rock as in fisbuleus story. You assert that the deep divisions of interest and princi ple which separate you from Russia are a guarantee to us that, although agreeing with her on one particular ques tion, you must necessarily clash with her on ail others. You believe that you will stay events at your pleasure, and that you will confine them within a certain circle : this is a mis take which may he more fatal to you than to us ; in this there is not a particular question, but one which neither you nor we, nor any one in the world, can prevent becoming general, and which will carry us all along in its stream. You assert that in the ulterior consequences to which this convention may lead, you will not only not be in opposition with France, but will be in complete harmony of interests with her. But here the conduct of your Government seems to be a complete contradiction to all your political traditions, and if we refuse to bear a part in this inexplica ble proceeding, it is because the consequences which you consider problematical and distant, appear to us imminent and inevitable; it is because this convention, which pre tends to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, opens the gates of its capital to its most ruthless enemy. For depend upon it the Russians will get thither. They will get thither, because the Pacha will not yield— because it is impossible for him to yield. What I When the Turkish empire was governed by a man in the prime of life, of implacable courage, of inflexible resolution— by a ma- , whom the Pacha, in spite of himself, feared and respected—when Sultan Mahmoud lived, in short, you al lowed the Pacha to possess that Syria of which you want to dispossess him now. What has happened ? Has Turkey revenged Horus and Kon:ah ? Was it the, Egyp tian army which was dispersed and destroyed at Nezib ? Is it the Egyptian fleet which is captured in the Bos phorus ? Has the Porte, in short, re-conquered its pro- vinces and the right of dictating humiliating conditions to its vassal ? You arc well aware that all those questions must be answered negatively. And yet you want this glo rious old man, who made Sultan Mahmoud capitulate, shrink from this weak and feeble-minded Augustulus, whose guardian he is rather than his vassal, who lives but through hint, and as it were in his shade. You have the pretension of telling him that the more powerful he is the more he must yield the more be has gained the more he must lose, the more he has advanced the more be must retreat. You wish him, the oriental fatalist, to reproach fate for having made him fortunate, and to allow himself to be punished for having been successful. How can he understai d those strange paradoxes which are sent him from the other extremity of Europe ? u do not think of all this, as you must be blind. He will not yield, for he has in his favour good right lied the fact of possession. He has for him his great age, which will induce him to play with-ut regret and without hesitation the last act of his adventurous life. His empire belongs to him ;he has crewed and m:intained it, and he will carry it with him. if necessary, in his fall. He has received nothing peculiar or certain, and owes nothing to his descendants; he will prefer downfal to degradation, and will sooner die a hero, as he was born, than give up the price of 60 years' toil. By an inconceivable error you displace the question, and transport it from Constantinople into Syria. Thus, it is no longer Syria, which is a province of the Turkish empire ; it is Constantinople, the 13,iphorus, the Dar dandles, which depend on Syria. You will not have the Pacha in Syria, but you cannot avert seeing Rus sia at Constantinople. Singular way of maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman empire 1 What is Syria for the Sultan ? a mere burden, a u eless limb, which he bas neither the power to keep for himself, nor to de fend against others. What is it for the Pacha ? every thing—for he has conquered it, organized it ; no matter how, and considers it as his own wo, k. And, at bottom, what is Syria, for you, for us, for the Sultan, for the Paella himself, or the whole world in fine ? What does it matter to us and to you, whether it be in constant rebellion against the sovereign or the vassal; whether it be under the domination of the Sultan, a prey to robbery and impunity, or under that of the Pacha, a prey to oppression, but free from pillage? What are Damascus, Aleppo, &c., for yLis or for us, when Constantinople is in question? Our al. bailee, as you said the other day, is tar more important in its consequences than any which can arise from the de crepit institutions and half barbarian powers of the east. Rely on it, it is Constantinople which is in question. It is for you a question of life or death. We say for you, for it interests you far more than it does us—are we your rivals and your neighbours in the east? Who bribes Per sia and raises her against you so as to turn her arms against your Indian possessions ? Who furnishes pre tenders I.) your principalities? Who is indirectly exciting all your indigenous tribes? Who is exciting China? Who is advancing to meet you in Asia? Why, it is Russia, and no one else? Wherever you turn your steps in the eastern world, where you derive your strength and your wealth, you everywhere find this patient, silent, in evitable, and eternal barrier. And yet you are going to take Russia by the hand and put her in possession of Con stantinople. History will never believe it—surely England will not do it. 11 ULL AND SELBY RAILWAY. rj,. 1 . 11 1 particulars will be found elsewhere of a most Cacholy accident, resulting In the violent death of :e i ndividuals, and the serious injury of several others, iuieh took p lace last week on the Hull and Selby 1,41, Coroner No one can read the evidence given before oroner without feeling satisfied that great care eksaness must have been displayed in packing the article tb ui ch led to the lamentable occurrence, although, as u sual in such cases, it is difficult to fix the blame upon 44 Y Particular party. The heavy deodand which has 11 ‘, e !? imposed on t h e joint Companies will, however, we d oubt not , produce a sa lutary effect upo n , the Managers the Selby lines, and if anythuh, , Kere . wanting i to s timulate other Boards t, continued (and if possible, n tteased) vigilance, it would be found in the me:unclioly 'teumstances connected with this tru!) mournful Jot% at this accident will be easily seized upon 1 . )) the enemies t 4 r il i i l 4, lway travelling we are quite prepared to expect. linb ic however, will not forget that out of the us e Vaillions who have been conveyed on railways in v t —tt , t i s eo years, these five unfortunate individuals in t he oohs " , t, with but a solitary exception we believe, ' 3 '4 a n r °4 eB who have met with mortal injuries, aith casu4it'i ' c ult of their own ; while the absence of minor to a u , es liar not been less remarkable. We venture on grt that f or one passenger w h o h as b een inju r e d toa e r i i "qs, one hu n d re d have suffered through stage other 8, steam-b oats , sa ili ng v e sse ls, or indeed any Von,' me ws of locomotion ; in fact, there is no greater 440,7. C onnected with railway travelling than the - ' n arY freedom from mishaps which has hitherto ha taet t e li p e i s te e r i i t sed, and will, we trust, long continue to c - easWe regret that one of the verdicts in this deplo . rable .. It:l a sh : 11 W have been deforrned by the introduction of respectin g th e s o-called " violation of the Sab in said to be sanctioned by the Directors. " The this "'lnk it consistent (they say) in connection . with the j l ,: ful event," to allude to the Sunday travelling on to• but where is the consistency, unless they mean ie s i n th e ,. uate that the visitation which called them toge t° be regarded as a murk of Divine displeasure ton ti wh ich view of the case is involved, besides other iiivierations, the injustice of punishing unoffending to n du als for the sins of others ? This is too serious atter to be treated with levity, but really the prepos ttZa notio ns o f t h ese S a bb atar i ans are su ffi c i ent to ti tle ° t he scoer laugh, although they cause the judi . t° grieV ff e.--Railway Times. skt:EtitßKA TION OF THE FRENCH ANIBAS- A t (' 1 :` 1 AT RAMSGATE. —RAMSGATE, SATURDAY EVENINO. 1)154,11:' -past two p. m., his Excellency the French Am ond at Ramsgate, returning to his post in eF ilne, accompanied by M. Herbet, one of the attaches E s crobass ) • and b • the remainder of his suite. His ' at e of eney had intended landing at Dover, where we hear 4 tri, th e gentlemen of his embassy was awaiting his th e al, but t h e v i o l ence o f t h e weat h er prevente d hi s taking llet s : : :, d inary route, and he reached this port after four Pe ctes r ough passage. Although this arrival was unex at th ' , as soon as i t was p erce i v ed by the colours flying tte,rne. ! nest aboard the Courrier French Government th at pack e t, an d b y t h e fi r i ng o f t wo sw i ve l s on d e ck, teri a is Excellency the Ambassador was the distinguished Pis s , 4t e,f the vessel, crowds of people hastened to the dial 1 ; 1 quay s . Hi s E xce ll en cy l an ded amidst the col-- 4 041 10 repeated cheers of the spectators, and a salute guns in the port. The local authorities and the Itead i e " consular agen t, & c ., re ceiv e d his Excellency on birtt 0g with the customary ceremonies, arid conducted tal sr "rough an immense concourse of people to the con. tatild residence. Immediately his Excellency's carriage tile be got ready he left Ramsgate amidst renewed t o i t ) rs : Preceded by a courier, who ordered the horses tQg k ept prepared on the road, his Excellency appear. 11 14eedingly desirous to reach as soon as possible his sic destination. ibutt th at th e all rise hear, there seems to be little doubt "Lii C a t the plan for the erection of the Royal Exchang e tl th - ` e n decided upon ; and the report is, that Mr. Tile's e , :ae selected. i\ I 'REHENSION OF THE GOVERNOR OF dis e ; v ua l UNION Wonettocse.— It having been last week s o f tap -ete d, that a quantity of stores provided for tire use ne s4 - i paupers, in the Sudbury Union Workhouse, had arhe aostracted, inquiries were instituted by the guardians, It w n a su sPicion fell on Mr. Fitzroy arcsFishe the Governor tliter:?scertained that he was living on ale of expels lael nid tar exceeding what his salary would meet, and that rec e i, e a ti n establishment, in London, kept by a woman who t o to ss 4 hls occasional visits, and, it is alleged, was sent P , op art , a short time since with a quantity of goods the at qUe4 °f the guardians. A local constable was in con " Fria e these discoveries employed to apprehend him fr om tb aY, but Fisher observing the approach of the officer and back of the workhouse, made a precipitate retreat, - elre ted 'lng into a boat, moored by the side of the garden, (From Galignahi's Messenger.) The National and the Echo Francais having made I °T . L He fled to Ipsve ich, where he took the mail the n e : t e° l l, but the rural police of this county overhauled several statements reflecting on the conduct of the Notional !ater,"„'aengers selected the gentleman wanted, took him Guards of Boulogne in the recent attempt of . Prince Louis,. 14 ery"" s v t ody, and conveyed him in a postchaisc to Sod- the Ministerial Evening Journal, the . ./1/onzleur Parz . szcn, P ikb . b bein very popular amongst the poor, on con t ra dicts them. This Journal denies that the National tre et n arrival being his old acqua in t ances, he was Guards fired on the fugitives when they sa d w in t the tti a4: :g With yells and execrations, accompanied with such water and in danger of being drowned, t. an b a . SO conra. to gestations of excitement aisainst him, as led the officers dicta the rumour of aiiv cries of in tens ionbeing uttered Ill:ar that at one time summary I?eniihni 'nt w oul d ha v e a rainst the Notional Guards fur their conduct Pray itflicted upon him by the mob. This, ' however, was The soldier of the litre who received the ball in his lily Ted, and he was safely lodged in durace. A quan- throat is not di ad, as teas , reported, but the b ill has not . 1 -Tni a - t , Pod& has been found, supp ised to belong to the been yet extracted. The Prefect has presented him with s ams Fishe r has since been taken before the Nlagis. 100 f., and the King has sent tOO f. he ma de an committed to Bury gaol, before reaching which, ( From the Boulonnalse ) Ivo," an ineffectual attempt to commit suicide.—/ps- SeGeral incorrect accounts have been promulgated as to ~_TGazette ap, • the effects found on board the City of Edinburgh, bus we .TMENT B URNS.—On Friday Mr. have obtained the following front an authentic source. e Y , M P held an inquest at the Western General There were riot from 1,800 to 2,000 muskets as stated, Ni a il d Peit sarY; New-road, on the body of Sarah Burke, and in fact there was not a single else. The only arms lir e a t i years. It appeared that the deceased's parents found were five swords, two sabres, three pistols, and a ~;tt Nightingale-street, Lisson-grove, and that sword-cane. We were deceived when we said that has afternoon her sister sent her with a candle to wards of 500,0001. were on board. No more money has „„-dr room to get it lighted. The lodger lighted the been found than 21 napoleons, six sovereigns, two af. s et e, and the child, as she was descending the stairs pieces, three 21., and If. piece. The steamerhad also clothes on fire with it. The flames having been on board , nine horses, a live eagle, a Berlin carriage, a peaished, she was taken to the ab o v e institution, in which four oil quite new, some splendid uniforms, also quite new, %. 4 of her burns the following evening. The Coro- and g on Which are the names of the owners ;230r 21 cases tru e it it was a strange fact, but it is nevertheless and hampers of excellent wine, beer, ginger-beer, soda 4Z, t hat there is no effectual and general remedy as set water, brandy, and a ladies' dressing-case, with materials iizi.T.established for the cure of burns. This desideratum for work ; an album, in which the Prince had drawn views wankd, becaus e the hospital s o f thi s metropolis will of the Chateau of Arenernherg, and its surrounding v i l; loi leP precise records, or ease books, by examining scenery, and wrii!en several ;Amatory pieces of poetry. m ay be te results of their different treatm e nt o f b urns The Journal de Calais says, that as soon as P rince 4 i „,. known. Yet how easily this may be d one . V o L ouia was installed in his room the Chateau o f B o 1 ! tta Accidentally burned to death." 1040 e, he desired to have his tame eagle brought to him, On both sides we have been long turning in the same round of argument. Reasoning is now exhausted, and conviction must be formed. The Queen of England's speech, PS we have already stated, does not change the s . tuation; engagements have been entered into; should they become acts the responsibility of their consequences, whether immediate or t-i come, will not weigh on us. ( From the Presse ) The question lies in two words ; the honour of France has not been wounded, but the false policy of the respon sible agents of power has been confounded. These per sons, in order to conceal their fault and galvanize their system, wish to mix up national pride with their own posi tion, and therefore address themselves to our susceptibility, on which they know us to he very irritable. But let France reflect ; there is neither interest nor honour in •spouting a system, the principle of which is absurd, and the COIIISC. quenees of which might be fatal. (From the Gazette de France.) The journals of M 1 hiers begin again to talk of war ; but let them take care the war, it there be a war, rnu,t be national, not revolutionary. The revolution could only carry on a war of propganda, and such a w r, in the event of reverses, might be fatal to the country ; whereas, if war were to be decided upon, and supported by the nation, it would be a war of dignity and gen , ral interest, not a war of tuition. It is not doubtful for an instant that if all the communes of France were to send electors to the depart ments, arid these electors were to choose deputies, Europe would look twice before it would come to any determina tion contrary to the unanimous feelings of Frenchmen. A party is attacked without hesitation ; but this is not the c.lse with all entire people. A convocation of the nation at this moment would save not only France, but Europe, by re-establishing order in the whole wer►d. THE LATE ATTEMPT AT BOU- LOG NE. TrIFI SUN, Low now, MONDAY, A.MUST 17, IA4O, and that his request was complied with. "He every mi• nute repeated," says this paper, " that he had been de ceived. General Montholon, whose misfortune appears to have excited general interest, has s,veral times said the same to the Commandant. It was a shoemaker who shot the military intendant, M. Faure, at the moment when he was presenting his sword in token of sumondering himself. It appears that the man misunderstood his intention, and that he is very much grieved for what he did. It was this shot which excited the others to fire, and produced the loss of blood which ensued." This Journal adds that orders have been issurd to arrest the Viscount de Quo relles and Mme. Gordon. _ " Prince Louis Bonaparte," says the Constitutionnel, " was born on the 20th April, 1808, consequently he is in his 33d year. M. Faure, woo was killed, and has been designated as a military sub-intendant, is no other than a quondam huisier at Bourg, a native of Nantua, and well known for his jovial qualities and adventurous spirit. Af ter filling various situations at Paris, he was sentenced some time ago to two months' imprisonment as editor of a jou, nal, the Union, which was Bonapartist in its colour, and appeared without the required caution-money being deposited. To escape this confinement he went to Londoa, became secretary to Prince Louis, and merely invested himself with the uniform of a military sub-intendant for the affair at Boulogne." On Friday morning, at eight o'clock, the crew of the City of .Eutniuryh steamer, which brought Prince Louis Bonaparte and his accomplices to Boulogne, arrived at the prison of the Conciergerie. They are fifteen in number, including a cabin-boy, and travelled in a diligence escorted by a few municip-il guards. After having remained about two hours at the Coriciergerie, they were transferred to the prison of St. Pelagie. The Gazette des I ribunaux states that Prince Louis Bonaparte has become inure calm in his mind since his first arrival at the Conciergerie. He has not yet under gone any interrogatory, and it is not supposed that exami nations wilt commence until the arrival of all the other prisoners, who are hourly expected, and of the whole of tee papers connected with the affair. A portion of these papers has been received at the office of the Procureur du WI at the Court of Peers. BOULOGNE, AUG. 16.-1 feel it incumbent on me to mention a very gross case of police interference, which oc curred here on Wednesday last, towards two English la dies, a mother and her daughter. On the morning of the 11th a Commissary of Police, accompanied by two inferior agents, went to the lodgings of this lady, arid,after inform ing her that she had been denounced as having held an in tercourse with the Prince Louis Bonaparte, he demanded the keys of her desk, in order to inspect her papers. The lady stated that trie only occasion when she had ever met the Prince was during the last year at Baden-Baden, when visits were exchanged, and the intercourse, which was merely complimentary, ceased, and had not since been re newed. This did not satisfy the police-officer, who pro ceeded to institute a rigorous search for papers, which he read, and finding nothing, acknowledged the fruitlessness axis search, observing, " Maintenant, Madame, tous vos se crets me soot connu, ma's ils restent entre vous et moi." Having made this insolent remark, he required the lady to write her name and age, and the name and age of her mo ther, as well as the places of their birth, on two separate cards ; upon receiving which, together with an energetic protest from his victim, he departed. An application, I un derstand, was made to our Consul, Mr. Hamilton, but as the insult had already been committed, there was no possi bility of procuring redress, save in the form of a strong pro test. THEA rx ES. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. This theatre closed for the season on Saturday night. There was no novelty in the entertainments, or in the cast of the characters. The opera was, II Barbiere di Si viglia, in which Grisi, Signori Ruhini, Temburini, Mo relli, and Lablache performed their respective charac ters with,tlß-ir. .usual excelleace, and were rewarded with the accustomed applause of a crowded house. After the opera came the Spanish dance, La Castellano, by Mdlle. Cerito, who exhibited her usual activity and graceful elegance. The dance was followed by the last scene from opera, La Sonnainbula, in which Madame Persiani sang with more than even her usual fine style of execution and tempered melody. The whole concluded with the ballet which has so often obtained applause, and created delight in the lovers of this sort of spectacle, Le Lac des Fees, in which Madetnoiscle Cerito, Madame Guerra, Mademoiselle Pierson, Mdlle. Keppler, Mdlle. Briestroff, Monsieur Goselin, Signor Guerra, Ste.. did their hest to ensure approbation. It is needless to say they obtained it. Nothing could have gone off better. As is usual on the closing nights at this theatre, the national anthem " God save the Queen" was sung by the whole strength of the vocalists. It was finely sung, and in connection with the loyal feelings of the audience received the re spect which is invariably paid to it. The season has on the whole been a successful one, and the public and the manager may both congratulate themselves on the man• ner in which the theatre has been conducted. There has been no dearth of the brightest talsnt, and there has been no backwardness to give it encouragement. The orchestral strength has beer. very great, and in the vocal department the names of the first artistes have appeared. Toe ballets have also been exceedingly well got up. There has been ou all sides a spirit and a liberality which deserves praise. LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA. The following are extracts from the American papers, received to the Ist of August. by the Britannia : CUNAIiD FESTIVAL. (Fr um the Boston Post.) The Cunard Fe-tival, at East Boston, on Tuesday af ternoon, passed off well, and to the general satisfaction of the subscribers to the dinner. The pavilion was constructed by extending canvas from the principal front of the Mave rick House, to a distance sufficient to accommodate 2,000 persons. By this arrangement the piazzas of the house were converted into galleries, and beneath the lower one a temporary gallery wai erected, and the whole were occu pied by ladies, immediately in front of whom were the dig nitaries and guests, whose privilege it was to sit above the salt cellar. Col. Greene was Chief Marshal, and acted with great ease, promptness, and efficiency. The company were seated at the tables punctually atthc hour appointed. Colonel Josiah Quincy, Jr., officiated as President of the day, and was, as ever, exceedingly happy in his contri butions to the enjoyment of the guts's. The blessing of Divine Providence was invoked by the Rev. Mr. Stone, of Charleston. After the cloth was removed the President mhde a short and felicitous speech, which he concluded with the following sentiment : " Health, happiness, and prosperity to Mr. Cunard. May he meet with the success and enjoy the honours which are his due in both of the countries which he has now united." Mr. Cunard was formally introduced to the company . by the President of the day. He was long and loudly cheered. He spike a few words expressive of his gratification at the rec , ption he had met with, and apologised for being so brief by acknowledging that he was not a " speech maker." Mr. Quincy remai bed, with ready wit, tL•at if Mr. Cunard was not known by minis he was better known, for " his works did praise him." The following senti cent, most enthusiastically received, was then offered from the Chair : '• The. Sovereign Lady of Great Britain and the Sove reilin Ladies of America—the one governs all English men collectively, and the others govern all Americans one by one." The President then anncunced " Mr. Grattan, the Bri tish Consul;" who responded in a speech .of florid elo quence, and which seemed particularly to delight the dress circles." The following scntiment was then offered by the Presi dent of the Day . " The First of the Regular Line of Steam Ships—We will say nothing about the empii e of the seas ; but while Captain Woodruff makes such passages as the last, every Yankee will say, The steam-ship Britannia rules the waves.' " Mr. Webster, being loudly called for, arose and spoke at length upon the results of steam. He concluded. with the following toast : " The Peace of the World—May it long be preserved by the influence of civilization and Christianity, and by the power of all independent nations to defend themselves." By a volunteer . . "'The Justices of our District Court—Fitting guests on deck or dinner table as by statute they have jurisdic tion over all men " half seas over.'" His Honour Judge Story responded to the sentiment, and concluded by giving— " The memory of Watt and Fulton, whose combined genius united all nations, abridged distance, and turned upward the streams of rivers, for the purposes of com merce." Capt. Josiah Sturgis, of the Revenue Cutter Hamilton, the busiest man alive, gave the following " good one" : " The Hon. Samuel Cunard—the only man who has dared to beat the Queen." The President then offered the following:— " The Historian of America"—a collector of the deeds of the daughter, and worth) of the deeds of the mother. Mr. Collector Bancroft (the historian alluded to), re• sponded to this complimentary sentiment in a speech of unrivalled eloquence. It was beautiful—beautiful—beau tiful. He concluded by proposing the following sen timent:— " Old England"—she relinquishes , the ambition of striving to rule the sea, and effects the nobler purpose of connecting sentiments. By a volunteer. " Our Mother Country"—Unlike other old women, the older she grows, the handsomer she is. W. S. Skinner, Esq., Government Agent for the Brit ish Mail, gave the following:— " The prosperity of Mr. Cunard's family—may it be as unbounded as their enterprise and industry." Numerous other sentiments were sent to the table, as many of which were read as time would allow. The company gave three cheers for the Britannia, and quietly retired about eight o'clock. (From the Baltimore American of yesterday.) COLLISION OF STEAM-BOATS.---LOSS OF STEAM BOAT NORTH CAROLINA.—From J. Chapman Huger, Esq., of South Carolina, who reached this city yesterday morning in the Norfolk steam-boat, we learn the particulars of a fearful collision which occurred at sea on Saturday night last, between the steam-boats Governor Dudley and North Carolina , and which resulted in the loss of the latter boat, together with the passengers' baggage and the U. S. mails for the south.. Providentially no lives were lost. These boats both belong to the Wilmington and Roanoke Rail road Company, and at the time of the collision, which took place at sea, about sixty miles south of Wilmington, the North Carolina was running towards Charleston with the northern passengers and mail=, while the Governor Dudley was on her way towards Wilmington. The collision took place about one o'clock, A.M , of Saturday night last, on a beautiful starlight night, with a perfectly calm sea. The boats were going at the rate of twelve or foarteen miles an hour, and were seen by each other for a mile or two before they came together. How they managed to run into each other is not known ; the captain of each boat was in his berh at the time—having stood his regular watch—and the mate of each had charge of his respective boat. In the collision which took place the Governor Dudley's bow struck the North Carolina between the ladies' and gentlemen's cabin. The shock was terrible, and.,its violence may be inferred.from the fact that in ten minutes after it took place the North Carolina hid sunk to the water's edge. The passengers- of both boats were all in their berths at the time, and had barely time to 'escape with their lives. Th`e great coolnesi and self-possession manifested ' on the trying occasion by the captain of each boat, were doubtless the means of preventing any loss, of life. The small boats were immediately manned, and the passengers of the North Carolina all conve)ed in safety to the Governor Dudley. In about ten minutes after every one was transferred to the latter, the North Carolina, then down to the water's edge, heeled over. Among the passengers in the North Carolina were several Members of Congress—one of whom, General Dawson, of Georgia, lost $15,000 in his trunk. Other passengers also lust considerable sums of money, and some were losers of their little all. The aggregate loss of money was large. The Governor Dudley had a hole of about four feet square knocked in her bow, and at first leaked badly, but the aperture was in a measure closed with blankets, tar paulins, &c. She laid by all night, and the next morn ing picked up two or three floating trunks, which were all that was saved from the North Carolina—everything else having gone to the bottom in bar. The passengers of the North Carolina were all taken back in the Dudley to Wilmington, and while on the way thither some of the passengers of the latter generously raised a subscription to aid those who had lost their all in the sunken boat. _ _ The conduct of the captains of the boats is spoken of in the highest terms of praise by the passengers. ( From the Albany Evening Journal.) Tsia " Toot. —Our Trojan neighbours have added to the fleet of " floating palaces," which already crowd the waters of the Hudson, a perfect leviathan steam-boat. Much as we had heard their new boat the " Troy" ex tolled, it was not until we had found ourself on her decks yesterday afternoon, in company with about 1,200 ladies and gentlemen from Troy and this city, who bad been in vited to unite in a pleasure excursion to Hudson, that we became convinced how much reason our sister city has to be proud of her. The Troy is unquesticnably the largest steam-boat ever launched. We obtained from Captain Tupper the follow ing note of her dimensions. Length on deck, 294 feet ; 28 feet beam ; 61 feet extreme width ; length of prome nade deck, 212 feet ; ladies' saloon on deck, 44 feet ; ladies' cabin, 45 feet ; ladies' saloon below deck, 31 feet ; dining cabin, 39 feet. MEXICO —The brig Helen Maria, Sweetser, arrived yesterday from Tabasco, having sailed on the 7th instant. We have a report from tEe captain of the state of things there, but it it, scarcely intelligible. The fort and fortifi cations, it appears, are in the hands of an officer cf the Central Government, the town in that of its opponents, and it was supposed the latter would eventually obtain possession of the whole. The American brig Star, lying in 'robasco, had been fired into by the Central party, and was obliged to drop down the river. An American ship of war was expected to arrive there. The steam-ship Britannia leaves Boston foe Liverpool on the Ist proximo, at one o'clock p.m. The passage money is fixed at $l2O. Stewards' fees $5. About 80 berths, we learn, are already secured. The postage is 24c. per sheet, which may be paid at Boston or in Europe, as the writer pleases. A specimen of raw silk raised on Bayon Bede Rapides parish, in this State, has been exhibited to us. The worms from which the product was made were fed on the leaves of the wild mulberry. The quality and texture appears to be very fair. We rejoice at the rapid strides which this branch of domestic industry is making in our State. Planters will luse nothing by turning their attention to the culture. The decline price of cur great staple, cotton, should admonish the agricultural classes to prepare for turning their capital into more lucrative channels of busi ness.—N. U. Bulletin. Another disturbance has occurred in Kensington be tween a portion of the citizens and the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company, who are about to lay down a new track for the railroad through some of the streets heretofore unoccupied by them. Much fighting is said to have already taken place ; the sheriff and his officers have been called upon. The ship Renown from Monte Video brings intelligence to June 6. It iz stated that the blockade is still more rigidly enforced than heretofore. Time not permit a perusal of the papers, &c., before closing this letter. SHOCKING NI URDER IN MISSISSIPPL—On the evening of Wednesday last, the Bth inst., in the town of Wash ington, Adams county, Mississippi, an atrocious murder was committed upon the person of Colonel Thomas Winn, a native and resident of that place. The attendant circumstances of this murder are thril ling. Col. Winn had just returned with his family and a few friends from a visit to Jefferson county, and was seated in company at the supper table. The conversation turned upon the difficulty of the riding ; and while in its zenith, was suddenly and tragically checked by a sbot from the window, which struck the Colonel dead on the instant. No sufficient trace has been found to bring the mur derer to recognizance ; but two negroes, to whom punish ' ment had been threatened, and who have now absconded . , are suspected. A gun also is missing, which bad been in the house loaded for some time. Colonel Winn was universally beloved by those who knew him; he had the polish of a gentleman combined with the liberality of a democrat, and his loss is severely felt among his fellow-citizens. —NewOrleansSun, July II) DOGS —Nearly one thousand dogs have been caught and killed within the limits of Philadelphia since the commence r ment of the season. The catchers are still engaged in the' ha iness from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. each night. MvsTEßlous AFFAIR—The brig Galen, Captain Mer riman, from Boston, in lat. 26.00, lon. 75.00. fell in with a sloop called the Two Sisters. The sloop had on board three negroes ; one of the negroes was dead at the time they fell in with the sloop, the body remaining, as the other two were not ablc to consign it to the ocean. Cap tain Merriman was obliged to hoist the two negroes on board his brig, one of whom died a few hours after being taken on board the brig. One out of the three is alive, and on board the brig which has arrived at our port. All the information Capt. Merriman could obtain was, that the sloop was from Turks Island, bound for Cau casus, to wreck a vessel. They were driven to sea, and in a perfect wreckless state, not knowing where they were and what to do. They had been without provisions fer some time. It is impossible to state correctly how long they had been in this state of starvation. If •he negros' tale be true, it is lamentable—but perhaps they may be fugitives from this or some other Southern State, tryirg to make their escape —New Orleans Bulletin. • AFFRAY AT J EFF ERSON V ILL E • —A serious affray occurred at Jeffersonville, la., on Monday night, between a party of young men and some negroes, which resulted in the death of one of the young men by the name of Rufus Cunning. ham, and in the wounding of two others. The circum stances were briefly these :—Some negro boys, in the top of a tree, complained to a negro coming up of having been pelted with sods by some white boys standing near. The negro, called Bill Hick, intending to chastise the assailants, seized upon a youth, of the name of Lawton, who, though in the company of the boys, had no hand in the pelting, and tore his coat partly from him, and otherwise handled him roughly. Lawton being a young man much respected, a company of his associates collected in the evening after dark, and proceeded to a house where they supposed Hicks to be, for the purpose of Lynching him. 'I hey stated the object of their search, and demanded admittance, but were refused. They proceeded to break in the door. On forcing it they were met by a gun, presented to their breast, which one of them seized and turned away. Just at the moment a negro from a neighbouring house, called Vowel', running up, discharged among the assailants a gun loaded with a ball and buckshot or slugs, mortally wound ing Cunningham, and slightly wounding two others. The negro who discharged the gun is in custody, and will I c sent to Charlestown gaol. A meeting was called yesterday morning by some of the people of Jeffersonville, who were in favour of burning the negro, after the barbarous and disgraceful example of St. Louis, but for the honour of the town, we are happy that the voice of the better portion of the citizens prevailed, and it was finally resolved to permit the calm action of the majesty of the law. The negro in custody is said to be a slave owned in this city .—Louisaille Journal, July 14. OKRA COTTON.—This species of cotton has now esta blished amongst the planters of that part of Alabama, where it was first discovered and most extensively culti vated, an undisputed superiority over all other varieties of the short staple. The yield to the acre is extraordinary, and the staple finer, while its turn out from the gin head is still more astonishing. On good land the product is 3,000 pounds to the acre. (From the Baltimore Sun of Yesterday.) THE SEA SERPENT CAUGHT.—On Sunday evening about six o'clock as the schooner Wasp, Captain Wil liams, and the schooner Independent Eagle, Captain Owens, were coming up the Bay, they descried, about three miles below North Point, a strange-looking fish or serpent to the leeward. A boat from each schooner was manned, and a clat.se for the prize took place. A har poon was driven into the creature, and away it flew, dragging the boat for nearly eight miles, like a chip down a cataract. It was found necessary at length to stop the speed of this marine locomotive, and a couple of balls being shot into it, the death flurry came on, and it soon floated a lifeless carcass. It was born in triumph to the foot of South-street wharf, where it was visited by most of the old cruisers about town, who had been to every part of the globe, and knew every thing that partook of the nature of fish, flesh, or fowl, like a book. They all declared that they had never seen such a nonde script. It measures twelve feet in length, and nine feat from fin to fin; it has a head like a seal, with teeth, and its back is covered with a bard shell. It has four fins or flippers, and in its general appearance bears some resemblance to a turtle, or rather a monstrosity of that species of fish, which nature in one of her freaks had created. How it came into the Chesapeake Bay is a mystery. It can be seen at South-street Wharf. The Baltimore American says :—" The creature would be a curiosity, we should suppose, anywhere, from its enormous size, but it is certainly a rarity in our waters. its weight is supposed to be about ,0001bs." HALIFAX, AUGUST 3, 1840. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) By the steam-ship Britannia. The exceedingly long and tempestuous passage (75 days) which I hid out here, will at once explain the cause why my communications have been so long de layed. Ido not think it beyond my duty, as a public Correspondent, to observe how cautious persons intend ing to cross the Western Ocean ought to be in the se lection of the vessel and captain. In both of these par ticulars I was very unfortunate. The bold and enter prising spirit of Mr. Cunard, the Government steam packet contractor, is the theme of universal praise here, and throughout the provinces ; and the strongest hopes are entertained that he may be amply compensated, for the immense capital he has invested in the building of the steamers. The people of Boston have given him a public entertainment, in attestation of the high esteem in which they hold him as a public benefactor; and it is the intention of the people of Quebec to follow their example. The Britannia, notwithstanding the extremely ad verse winds she had to contend with, made the passage in twelve days and a half. She carries to England, from this place and Boston, a hundred passenrzrs. The reception of the Governor-General, Mr. P. Thompson, in St. John's, New Brunswick, was ex tremely flattering ; till classes had unanimously de►er mined to give his Excellency a hearty and enthusiastic welcome. A triumphal arch was erected between the New Market and the Coffee-house Corner, decorated with evergreens, flags, and a crown on the top, over which floated a flag with the crowa inscribed thereon. The materials and work, were the gratuitous gift of the Asseciatian of House Carpenters. His Excellency held a levee at the Court House, and addresses from the Corporation, Chamber of Commerce, and Mechanics Institute were presented, to which his Excellency re plied in the most gracious and affable manner. After the levee he went to the St. John Hotel, where the whole of the procession and the military passed in front. Upwards of 10,000 persons were present. I regret to say that Halifax was far behind St. John's, on this important and most interesting occasion. The Conservative party would not move in the matter, while the Liberals had not sufficient confidence in their strength to make a display. So much for party spirit. The visit of the Governor-General is to be considered purely complimentary, and therefore gratifying to New Brunswick in the highest degree. (From the Nova Scotian.) SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AND LORD SYDENHAM. The following correspondence appears in the last Gazette : (Copy.) 'Government House, Halifax, July 16, 1840. My dear Sir,—Adverting to the conversation I had with your Excellency respecting a paragraph in your reply to the Address from the Inhabitants of Halifax, I beg in this manner to call it to your particular notice, namely, "the abuses which disgrace the administration of those resources which you believe to be devoted to public improvements." This paragraph may be considered as conveying a severe imputation upon my administration. I am aware that you could not have intended it as such, but it is due to myself that you should remove every ambiguity upon this point, in so important and public a document. I therefore have to request that your Excellency will take such measures as will remove any imputation upon my public conduct, which this document appears to convey.—l have the honour to be, my dear Sir, Your's very truly, (Signed) C. CAMPBELL. His Excellency Charles Poulett Thomson, Governor- General of B. N. America. (Copy.) Government-House, Halifax, 16th July, 1840. My dear Sir Colin—l cannot comprehend how any one can pretend to affix a meaning to the e xpression to which you refer, different from that in which it was used, and in which you and I well understood it ; but I am sure you will believe me when I say that nothing could give me greater pain than the possibility of its being tortured into such a meaning as that which called for your observations. As you well know my making us e of the words in question, was to express my feelings of the abominable system pursued by the Assembly with regard to the road grants, by which, either by law or usage, t a h l e bs y yesiitv vote em away large sums of mon e y , in small amounts, for local improvements, under th e authority of their own unedeer Com missioners and with a n audit by themselves---a b and g e si lve r s o — u twoheicvhet%yvanstapnerifnecEtlyngilnacnrde,diubnletiltoitmy notice by yourself, through Lord Durham's Report. My complaint, therefore, was exactly the reverse of the meaning which is pretended to be given to it, namely, that the money is not, as it ou g ht to be , left under your control, to be applied under your responsibility cour se from which , when it has been followed,derived tliePro so to much t the m t men of all parties w vi h ni o cem h h a u v as e st sayin justice conversed w pouo it ib h ntt m tehixn e p u re p s o s n ed th b e y s u bj ee t of my an swer, particular , any that I have not liard and de upon slightestthi this must the u true ppos meaningethat those o fyou anh dao have therefor e been them the hei. suggested a e expression , t o m f us t res H ul o t w o e f v m er a , li f c r e om or to they may contradiction c o li r e i g ti i o n n at , e, no I l e s a s m whatever iolentp motives, or in whatever quer r party ter,tlie them h a e equally . anxious to give in justice to myself than to you, though I b • y requesting possess no other means of doing so than you to make what please ' of h . use you letter.—Beli " eveitne, my dear - Sir Colin, very truly your'' , (Signed) C. POULETT THOMSOV .. Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbells ac ° .. Lvc. &c. ~.. - 'IN G IMIZION vi t, . -----,. - RON t , 'KE 4 T and CITY NEWS , . , • f 4,-..--...:-... i r; 'ICH' R l ._ n VENING. II fl II tlit - Treasury Bill having been tit , tt k 4..,, vr t I.STU I DAY , Nei . '-' . - 1... _, , be Whig and the Go '—evepenuent e ,; Was a matter of course 14, , ' L' l / 4 . Sll 4ftK Fr merl e . ' - - id be adopted to cast ,\ • ViaNee. ,s'nee.e. ee - e 1 ef ; 0 a. ,,,,, ne of the favourite objections W . Y-e.t 'flan•i - - -- r which they con ceived, or rathef it. • otiletl44rde to the President over the pubic rnortlty, wtase their own language, they foresaw in the Bill an union between " the purse and the sword." The defenders of the Bill have, in answer to this objection, shown that no - new power is con ferred on the President, as he cannot take a dollar from the Treasury without the authority of Congress —cannot even touch his own salary -unless paid by other persons. He can neither " loan out" the money from the Treasury, nor empower others to do so. Even the appointment of persons to keep the money does not rest vsith the President alone, but be must have the con currence of the Senate, whereas formerly the State Banks that kept it were selected by the Treasury department without the co operation of either House of Congrees. Another charge which has been brought against the Bill is, that it creates a different currency for the Government from that employed by the people. This objection, which is very remarkable, is easily disposed of by the Go vernment party, who say that the currency pro vided by the constitution and laws both for people and Government .is specie or its equivalent, and that the constitution expressly forbids anything being made a tender to the people except gold and silver. If the people choose to take anything of less value, as, for instance, depreciated paper, it is a voluntary act, with whi,h the Government has nothing to do, and it seems ex tremely absurd to adduce the vicious system of currency introduced by the banks as an argument against a measure the very object of which is to counteract the banking in fluence. A third objection offered is very similar to the foregoing, and charges the bill with innovation and a de parture from the views of those who framed the constitu tion. This, as might be supposed, is answered by a repe tition of the fact that tie constitution appointed geld and silver to be the currency, and hence, far from being a change of the constitution, the Treasury Bill is merely a change of an unconstitutieual practice. Again, neither 1 1 the constitution nor the original laws pre vided that the public money should he kept in banks, but, on the con ; trary, the original laws required the treasurer himself to I keep it. The reception of the news by the Democrats in diffe rent parts of the United States, that the T:easury Bill had passed, was moat enthusiastic. At Reading 100 guns were fired ; at Albany there were fireweeks and illumina tions ; at the Democratic celebratioe at Philadelphia, the ail WAS called a " glorious measure," by which the trea sure collected from the eernings of the people for public gond is rescued from perversion throuelo Bank instrumenta lity to private gain and public prejudice. The Democracy of Prince William county, Virginia, at a general meeting, parsed a series of resolutions, among which was one ap.. proving of the Sub-Treasury Act-Ist, Because it laid the axe to the " upas tree" planted by Hamihon, nurtured by Adams the elder, Adams junior, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, arid their adherents; 2d, Because it had rescued the people's money from the banks and " paper barons ;" 3d. Because it places the national treasure in responsible hands, under the revision of a responsible chief magkerato and responsible Congress ; and, 4th. Because it has in terposed a barrier against the overweening accumulation, of bank capital. A revieiv of the commerce of France for die first half-year of 1840 has appared in the French papers. It seems from this that the imports in 1839 exhibited a deficiency of 7,000,000 as compared with the year 18:38. Tile deficiency would have been much greater bad not a bad crop' rendered necessary a supply of grain from fo reign countries. There had been a decrease io the imports or materials for reauufactures—cottons, silk, wool, combus tiLles, and metals. The greatest increase had been on colonial sugars. This was the result of the new law ap. proximating the duty on that produce to that levied on hove and foreign manufacture. In the first half-year of 1639 there had not been more than 25,000,000 kilogrammes cleared, but in the first half-year of 1840 the clearances reached 45,000,000 kilogrammes. The stock in warehouse wac 30,000,000 kilogrammes at the end of the half.year 1839, whilst that for the same period in 1840 did not ex ceed 6,000,000 kilogrammes. The consumption of cotton had increased to 27,000,000, and there was also an increase in the irapoi ts of raw and worked silks. In wool in bulk there had been a decrease. Amongst the materials used in the process of bleaching and dyeing, the imports of coe.ii. neat and indigo had increased. With respect to olive oil, there was no alteration; and nitrates had decreased. Pit coal and metallic substances had increased with the excep tion of cast iron, which, on the contrary, has decreased, no doubt on account of the bad condition of the foundries in Fra nee. HER A LD.—The aspect of commercial and money affairs in the United States continues adverse. The ex traordinary fall in the price of United States Bank Shares, which are quoted as low 29 61 to 2, but were actually done at 59i and 60, has naturally caused considerable alarm among the holders in this country, where they are very largely disseminated. The rumours current in America as to the causes of the fall were, that Mr. Nicholas Biddle, the former wel!-known President, was discovered to be a large defaul:er in respect of advancel made or taken by him, or liabilities in which lie had not only in volved himself but the bank. Other late officers of the institution were similarly ioculpatei. The Courier and Inquirer of New York stonily denies the truth of these rumours, but its assertions must be re ceived with caution, as being one of the papers well known to be in the pay of the bank, or largely indebted to it for advances, u hich is the same thing in the end. This great depreciation in the shares of this bank will be very extensively and severely felt by large classes of the com. munity in this country of moderate fortunes,. who have un happi;y been led to invest the greater portion of their pro.. perty in that way, through the gross and ignorant if not vinful misrepresentations of certain portions of the pren. One of the most indiscreet in this line has been the Banher's Circular, which would seem to be the represen tative of certain of the City bankers and discount houses. It has been almost invariably puffing off the United States Bank Shares and securities, with which certain of the London bankers it is now known were loaded, and by this means a large proportion has been artfully got rid of among the country bankers, who again, upon the honest faith of such recommendations, have passed them off upon unfortunate customers who chanced to hay money fur Investment, It is said even that the Lor,do bankers have employed travelling agents to go rou,n among the country banks i n th e regu l ar trading way el get or,lcrs and throw off these American bank wares an A ° a . .. setitles. According to all a pp earance the United Stat d Bank t, ill wind up very indifferently, for judging from t es present value of the shares, there will not be more thlle IW. in the pound for the shareholders. It may be safean assumed that those on the spot and in the direction of 09 aiiiirs trust he competent judges, and it is hardly poasibl t they would not buy themselves, and get all their connece tions to purchase also, if the price was much below the intrinsic value of the article. POST.—Private letters from Philadelphia mention s that a proportionate fall in the:Shares of the United States Bank had occurred at that place. The general impres sion was, however, that the movement was mere specula tion in both markets, and there was eventually a rally to 67i. It is the opinion of the writers of these letters that the losses of the Bank cannot exceed 25 par cent., and, the payment of a dividend in January next is under stood to have been fully determined upon. It has been observed by some of the leading men of business here that, as our capitalists have invested deeply in the shares of the United States Bank—for they are holders, probably, to the extent of from four to five mil lions sterling of the capital, which is, in all, seven millions —Le time has come when a meeting of them should be called, with a view to the appointment of a Committee to watch over the general interest, The next step that' should be taken is, it is considered, to send a deputation to the United States, for the purpose of investigating the affairs of tkie Bank, so that a report of its actual condition and prospects may be forthwith prepared and laid before the public. \lre quite agree in the propriety of such a course, and have no doubt that the suggestion here thrown out will meet that attention from ,the share proprietors which it deserves. PORT UGA L. LISBON, AUG, W.—The law for suppressing the jury is fiercely contested; the leading men of the Chartist party opposing the Government on this question. As far as re gards Lisbon and Oporto, the institution will be preserved, and only the qualification raised ; an amendment of Senhor Seabras to that effect having been adopted by the Govern ment, and carried. The Opposition divided 47 against 59 on the main question of suppressing it in the pro vinces ; and on Saturday, on the question whether the law shall have a retroactive effect, the numbers were equal-49 each, and the question will come on again to day. The Foreign .Minister (R. de F. Magalhaes) has submige:three important projects with reference to faci litating the conclusion of treaties of commerce—one em powering the Government to make such alterations in the tariff as may be judged il.ccessary upon terms of perfect reciprocity. Another is to empower the Government to make concessions in the tariff to such nations as may con cede corresponding favour to the wines or other principal agricultural produce tn. Portugal. The remaining project is to prorogue for three years longer the 2d article of the Dec. ee of the 16th January, 1837, as respects the im portaiou of foreign built steam-boats into Portugal. I believe the attention of the Government and leading men here is a rind deal terned to commercial matters, ano that the probability of a new treaty with England is very great. The American minister, Mr. Kivanagb, is still here ; but whether he will take his treaty with him after all is still a matter of doubt. One important reduction which this Government avtil no doubt sooner or later be obliged to make, is the repeal of the 12 milreis, or 31. per pipe levied on all wine shipped from Oporto for England. A report of an extensive conspiracy, in which seventy officers had entered, to upset the Government, having been discovered, is generally talked of. It is no doubt greatly .x.ig : zerated ; sonie arrests have taken place. Colonel Fouteura, an ex deputy, aho lately commarded in Al g.rve, and who, report says, was to be the War Minister o f the new regime of 1820, o' 1840, or whatever it was to be, was arrested here on Thursday; as also Major Ca bral, the same officer who captured Remechido, and who has been sent off to Peniche. Her Majesty's ship Cambridge, with the Hon. Mr. Abercromby and his lady on hoard, entered on the 7th, and will leave tomorrow for Genoa. The Donegal, and Espoir, and French corvette Coquette, continue here as before. Tao Queen is expected to return to Lisbon from Cintra at the end of the month. Her confinement is expected to take place in September. INDIA NEWS. We have received accounts and papers from Bombay of the 30th May, eight days later than the news which latel) came by the Persian Gulph ; also letters from our corre spondent at AlexarAria of the 27th ult. The Bombay Times of the 30th says that Lord Auck land has been requested by the Court of Directors to con tinue in office fur a further term of service, and that his Lordship will probably comply with the request. The commander at !Oen is to retire. _ _ Calcutta letters state the Chinese to have captured the IVater Witch, an English schooner, laden with opium and treasure, and to have masiacrird all on board. This comes in a private letter of the sth of May, the Calcutta Papers making no mention of it. Tae Emperor of Cochin China had purchased the Diana steamer at Calcutta for 70,000 rupees, and engaged the service of an English enginer. Letters from Candahar to the end of April state all to be quiet. The defences of Herat were proceeding in the best manner. Accounts from Penang of the middle of April represent several transports as having arrived with tire expedition. The 31st Native Infantry is ordered to Singapore. The Hcpe steamer had been lost on the Zet- Likatnma coast, on her way to Port Elizabeth. All lives were saved, but clrgo and property lost. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Ace. 15. At the meeting of the Court a letter was received from the Learned Commissioner, stating his inability to attend to-day in consequence of illness. During the last few days the Learned Commissioner has been un wearied in his endeavours to get through the heavy business of the Court, and has sat many times as late as seven and eight o'clock in the evening, which it is thought is the reason of his indisposition. It is ex pected the Learned Chief Commissioner, who has just arrived in town from his circuit, will preside in Court on Monday. Mr. Nicuot.s, the senior-barrister, who sat for Mr. Commissioner Harris last year, under an appointment from tie Secretary of State, cannot, without a renewal of the order, hold any sittinzs, or it is supposed the Learned Gentleman would have taken his seat upon the Bench to avoid any greater arrears from accumu lating. By the Ist and .2.(1 Victoria, cap. 110, sec. 33, it is enacted," That it the Chief or other Commis sioner shall he prevented from attending his duties, it. shall be lawful for any fit person being a barrister, and appointed by one of the Secretaries of State, to execute the duties of such Commissioner during his disability." The greatest inconvenience that was experienced was by several parties who had come expressly from the country for the purpose of justifying and opposing bail, &c., in several cases that were appointed for to-day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) MARGATE, AUG. 16.—Arrived, the Kilmaur, Blair, from Tobago ; Nesbitt, Marlow, Jamaica; Lady Raffi.:s, [light, Bombay. COWES, At:G. 16 —Arrived, the Laura, Day, from Singapore ; Lucilla, Perkins, Matanzas ; Matilda, Rose, H v ante . DARTMOUTH, AUG. 15.—Arrived off, the Anna and Louise, De Jonge, from Batavia; Anna Louisa, Collins, Rio Janeiro; Brothers, Quebec; Mayflower ; Headley, Hobart Town. FALM-IUTII, Am o. 15. Wind, W. to W. N. NV., strong breezes.—Arrived, the Express Packet, Halifax, sailed 28. h ult. ; Gem, Hannai4, Port au Pi ince, sailed June 29. Off Port—Emma, Lawrence, Havannah ; Enterprize, Smart, Taganrog ; Achilles, Marshall, Odessa; Rich mond Lass, Wheatley, ditto. DEAL, AUG. 16 --Wind, S. W. by W., moderate-- Arrived, tie Walmer Castle, Close, from Calcutta, sailed from S'. Helena, 231 o' June ; Charlotte, Keith, St. John's. N. B. ; Admiral Van Evertzen, Batavia ; Match less, Pitt, Africa. VE'SELS SPOKEN WITH. —The Clarles, from Bristol to Quebec, 7th inst., lat. 49, lon. 14 by the Harper, arrived at Liverpool ; Acadia, Liverpool to 11.ilifax, B,h inst., lat. 49, lon. 25, by the Joven Terega, arrived at Liverpool ; Harrison, Nladi as to London, sth inst., lat. 45, lon. 26 ; Lea, Liverpool to Virginia, and Superior, Liverpool t o New York, Bth, lat. 48, lon. 20, by the 3road Oak, Mackay, arrived at Liverpool ; Angelina, Liverpool to Quebec, Bth inst., lat. 47, lon. 25; Midlothian Lass, Leith to New South Wales, 11th, lat. 49, lon. 16, by the Wilsons, Campbell, arrived at Liverpool; Sally, Liver pool to Quebec, lat. 47, lon. 41, by the Thomas Naylor, arrived at Lancaster ; Peru, London to Valparaiso, and Larch, Bell, London to the Mauritius, 20 th ult. , lat. 39, lon. 12; Vi c t o ria, Liverpool to Jamaica, 24 th , lat. .1 . 2, lon. 11, by the Ner e id, Martin, arrived in the Creek ; Weser, Bahia to Bremen, 12th ult., lat. 31, lon , 3 1 Joseph. Cun a rd, Liv e rpool to Quebec. 31st, lat. 46, l on . 119; Elena, Pa'nier, Liverpool to Constantinople, 10th i"st, 1.0. 50, lon. 8, by the P. H. Dean, arrived in the River ; Leander, Dublin to St. .I,,hti's, 16th ult , lat. 47, lon. 4, by the Ann, Yardrew, arrived in the River. DRURY-LANE. Since our last an important event has very suddenly occurred. Drury-lane Theatre has been let to Mr. Eliason, and he is to open it as soon as his arrangements can be completed, with opera and farce ; music, vocal and instrumental, will be the principal attraction. We mentioned some weeks ago that there was a notion of Mr. Eliason's continuing his concerts at Drury•lane during the autumn and winter ; but we expressed our opinion that they would not be profitable at that season, and our doubt, moreover, whether the sub-committee bad the power to dispose of the house for any such pur pose. It seems that both these notions are coincided with : Mr. Eliason thinks that mere promenade concerts will not fill the house, and the sub-committee apprehend that under the terms of their trust they can no more let the theatre ostensibly for the promenade concerts than they could let it for a methodist chapel. There ore, Mr. Eliason has, in a manner, bound himself to give drama tic entertainments, and we should be sorry to say one word to discourage him in an undertaking which, if successful, will supply hundreds with employment who are now very maw] in want of it. We trust to cee at least the musical part of the profession rally round a man of such high and deserved reputation ; and, as be has placed himself in the gap for their benefit, we hope they will not begin their negotiations with the demand of exorbitant terms. It is this (as we have .over and over again urged, until the conviction has very widely spread) which has mainly tended to reduce theatricals to their present low ebb. Let singers and musicians join Mr. Eliason, heart and hand, and do not j,et them expect a scale of remuneration to which they are not entitled, and the effect of which would probably be to close the house and to deprive them' of all salary. We have all along ridiculed the notion of a deposit demanded by the sub-committee of managerneat at Drury-lane. It is idle in these times to expect it ; and by the total absence of all offers for the house, while deposit was required, these worthies and wiseacres have at length been compelled to relinquish the notion. As soon as it was known that such a claim would not be made, Mr. Eliason stepped forward, and offering a fair rent, while the receipts continued such as to enable him to pay it, he was accepted, and this is precisely the situation at which the matter now stands. If Mr. Eliason mean to confine himself to opera and true his expenses will be less, b ecause h e not require the costly additi o ns of a tragic corn but, as at present advised, it seem s to us ques b,l it is e whether audiences can be found to fi ll Drury every night of the week, when th e pertoiinces a r'favia r a°n ir e nlacelY ae ; so nv exclusively musical. However, it is not fair to prejudge any of his arrangements, and we end what we have to say on this subject by heartily wishing him suc cess, and, as we believe him to be a most wort h y man and accomplished art i s t, b y promising to give him our best support in his new and hazardous undertaking.— Observer. NARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday the lestry assembled at the Court house, Marylebone, for the dispatch of its ordinary parochial affairs. Mr. A. DANIELL in the chair. REMOVAL OF THE HACKNEY-COACH STAND FROM OXFORD-STREET. Mr. FLOOD, Vestry Clerk, having read the schedule of the weekly disbursement and in,ome, from which it appeared that there had been collected by the rate-col lectors, the sum of 3,3021., and that there was a balance in the hands of the Treasurer in favour of the Vestry amounting to 1,772/. I7s. Id. Mr. FREEMAN rose to propose a motion of which he had given notice, which was to the following effect : " That no hackney•carriages be allowed to stand for hire on the experimental pavement in Oxford-street." Ele observed that it was but fair that every opportu nity should be afforded to test the efficacy of the wooden pavement which had been laid down between Wells-street and Charies-street. The new pavement had given general satisfaction, and had obtained the support of the inhabitants, but unless the hackney car riages were removed, he considered that it would not have a fair trial. Mr. LOVEDGE seconded the motion. Mr. COCHRANE wished to know if the Metropolitan Wood-paving Company objected to a line of hackney carriages being allowed to stand there ? Mr. KENSETT said that they did. Mr. FOSTER thought that the wood pavement should be subject to the severest test. if it could stand the test of the hackney coaches, it would go far to raise an opinion highly favourable to the project. Mr. GiasoN opposed the motion, on the ground of the inconvenience thnt would arise from the want of a coach-stand at that part of Oxford-street. Mr. Ketiserr observed that the City authorities had with little difficulty caused the removal of the coach-stands from Fleet-street and Cheapside, and the pubiic had been greatly benefited by the change. They had a petition presented, signed by about four hundred inhabitants of Oxford-street, requesting that the street might he cleared of the stand. But, in justice to the Metropolitan Wood- Paving Company, they ought not to allow a stand there. He held in his hand a letter from a Mr. Harri son, Surveyor to the Company, and which was ad dressed to their surveyor, the effect of which was to urge the removal of the stand from the wood pave ment (the letter was dated March 6, 1840.) Tile Company had placed the pavement down a t th e ir own risk, and on that account he felt that u nless the y l eft the pavement unoccupied by the coaches they would not be deahng fairly with the Company.—(Hear.) Mr. lIARBUTT considered it but fairness towards the Company by allowing the stand to retrain, as they could then judge of are efficacy of the pavement. He was ,g , r ,ot ,r e in;; , t r ay stand a n uriotion being forti in the entire Oalo ret r i r et, and 1 1 0 -s v t a r l e ,butti would vote r u a , teed removal from any portion of the street. Mr. JOSEPH said that the Vestry had resolved re peatedly to remove the stand, but their resolutions always have become a dead letter. They have em to the ployed men at 30s. a day to keep carriages away, b ut when the men were removed the carriages came back again. Then they put up boards warning the hackney_ coachmen, who, when brought before the Vestry them that they could not read. He could not agree to the motion unless he were informed how it could be carried into effect. replied. The resolution, CorporationA o f London, and ask what course they adopted in respect to Fleet -street and Ir.GoNter. of the they could app l y Cheapside. ite to r than they Messrs. Rathbone, Theobald, Sec., addressed the Chair, when Mr. Freeman give an ac count been put from the Chair, was lost. THE RATE COLLECTORs. Mr. JOSEPH observed that it was the intention of collectors no t gie t e l o m un N: w es i t i r y y ttioleircarlel returns s n w t e h r e e were. He viewed such a c ourse as not likely to tend to any advantage, particularly as such reports as were given they knew would o btain publication. It was quite an unusual course. On that ground he should propose that a committee be formed to confer with the collectors, and that the committee do make their re port forthwith The motion having been seconded, a committee was appointed of fire Vestrymen, who retired for about twenty minutes. On their r eturn they reported that they had examined each of the collectors, and that they were satisfied with their examination. They added that there was the most prompt disposition on the part of the rate-payers to pay the rate, and that there would be no advantage gained by giving the collectors further powers. The report was agreed to be entered on the minutes, after which the Vestry adjourned. SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN CANADA. There are indications that the scat of Government will be changed from Quebec to Montreal, as more central for the United Legislature. Surveys have been mad 4 in the latter city, preparatory to the erection of public buildings. Some of the Quebec papers complain of this as au unwise alteration ; but they intimate that the position and s t rengt h of their city will always insure its importance, and that the eh. ng will only be felt by a few, or for a short time. —Nova Scotian. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.) We return to the question of the state of the British navy. In a single notice we could only touch on one or two of the more obvious points of the case. We procee d, therefore, to allude to some other circum stances which greatly add to the seriousness of the re sponsibility which nl a nd arethe persons at present nit in , :u the rring h o wever, let us briefly recapit u l ate t h e points on which sry in England we recently touched. These were—That the French arc evidently bending every effort to the increase of their navy, while on our part all is apparently wrapt in slumber. That the French, by their own official state ments, appear to be building at least 50 men of war of great size and power, while nothing on our side is done even adequate to keep up our accustomed numerical force of ships. That the French assure themselves of being enabled to bring into action, " in a very short time, 46 ships of the line, 56 frigates, and 48 war steamers." To meet which—or to meet even half this force, if collected at any given point, it is idle to suppose that our Admiralty could bring forward, in any sufficient time, even a decent fleet of twenty sail. " A statement derived from official sources" has just made its appearance, which presents at least one whole some symptom—namely, that the people at the Admi ralty begin to stand in some fear of the public mind on this matter. But such a statement ! Of the supposed increase of the French navy our Admiralty scribe thus summarily disposes:—" Many ofthese have no existence but in name—not a single timber has yet been laid down of these terrific monsters." Now, this is a rather se— rious charge against ,the present French Government. in If the Administration of one of the leading empires Europe can stoop to so miserable a manoeuvre as the official publication of a list of ships of war in active preparation, and capable of " being brought into action_ in a very short lime, " whereas, in fact, these said ship s . or the greater part of them, " have no existence but in name," then the lea st that such a Cab ; let can look for is to have its imposture detected, and itself held up to the scorn 0!. turope. If our Ad miralty can establish the ;act by sufficient evidence, that these v, kanr.7 ships and 20 frigates averred to be now building;: a the French ports are not, in fact, build ins ut then it is a public duty to expose the trick,. P:a.t to allay the misgivings which every Cabinet in Europe has a right to feel. But we must be permitted 1 to say, that an unauthenticated and sweeping paragraph