The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-20 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR ; WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians rode out in a pony phaeton and four, shortly before five o'clock this afternoon, through the Long Walk, into the Great Park. The whole of the Ladies of the Court and visitors (except her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Charlotte bundas) followed either in phaetons or open carriages. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Majesty the King of the Belgians, rode out on horseback at the same time, accompanied by the gentlemen staying at the Castle. Their Excellencies the Turkish Ambassador and Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, are expected to irrive this evening at One Castle, on a visit to her i'laje s ty. Th e E ar l o f Li verpoo l i s a l so expected to join the Royal circle at dinner this evening. This morning Viscount Falkland, Lord George Lennox, and Colonel Cowper took their departure from the Castle. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, arrived at Marlbo l'°ugh House at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning from her residence in Bushy Park. Her Majest y p a id a v i s it t o th e D uc hess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and afterwards went to Ken sington and visited the Princess Sophia. At half-past t ree o'clock her Majesty went to Clarence House, ~,t • James's, to visit the Princess Augusta. Her 'loyal Highness received her august visitor in her dr awing -room. The Queen Dowager and the Duchess I da of S axe Weimar left Marlborough House at half- Past five o'clock in a carriage-and-four with outriders, °I I her return to Bushy Park. The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday from t he Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar. The following account of the state of her Royal H ighness's health was issued yesterday : . 4 The Princess Augusta has had a tolerable night and the same as yesterday. 4 Clarence House, Aug. 19." Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign u ftce from the Ambassador at Vienna, and also from i '4 o rd Ponsonby, Ambassador at Constantinople. PASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Lady Richardson, at Marshall Thompson's ° tel, Cavendish-square, from Ireland ;:the Rev. Edward -1 : 1 Mrs. Lillingston, at ditto, from Hampton, in Arden, 01 'entry ; William Leigh, Esq., at ditto, from his seat etle Aston Hall ; Mr. and Mrs. Wards, at ditto, from 1 4 querries Lodge, Westerham ; Mr. and Mrs. Carberry, M iter Carberry, Miss Spencer, E. B. Haly, Esq., NV, E• tidy, Esq., George Taylor, Esq., Charles Lopp, s q., W. Mure, Esq., J. Lockhart, Esq., P. M. Watson, E aq and John Currell, Esq., at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's -rest, by the British Queen, from America ; -M‘Gre -44, at ditto, by the Britannia. DEPARTURES. „Mr. an d M rs . M an l e y an d family, from Marshall 4 h°fripson's Hotel, for their seat, Manley Hall, Lichfield; and Mrs. Puget and family, from ditto ; the eV• William Gregory and family, from ditto ; Lord and LaLadY Delawarr, and Lady Elizabeth West, for Buckhurst rk ; the Right Hon. Henry and Miss Pierrepont, for di eltenham ; Sir Thomas Hare, Bart., for Leamington /I,oa ; the Dowager Lady 'Clarendon, for ditto ; Lieut. G eneral Sir Frederick Mulcaster, for the Continent ; Lady A nne Montazu Scott, for Drumlanrig Castle; Lord and LadY Grantley, for Banoch Lodge, Perthshire; Lord h enry B ent i nc k, f or t h e M oors • Earl Cadogan, for ditto ; ”. Colborne, for ditto ; 'Lord William Beresford, f°l ' ditto ; the Dowager Lady Saltoun, for Ness Castle, N. C ountess ; Sir William Murray, for the North ; the Earl and 'ountess of Oxford, for Dorsetshire ; the Earl efi Fal ttl!th, for the moors ; the Countess of Falmouth and au, le Despencer, for Woolhampton House, Berks ; Lord Mexborough and Lord Pollington, for Perthshire. RARA Avis.—A young swallow ( Hirundo Rustics) of snowy whiteness, with blood-red beak, and "jell changing to the same colour, was lately shot by Mr. ' 4 • Knapp, of Oldbury-upon-Severn, Gloucestershire. A FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT.—A draper, of York, Ras on Tuesday last, the 11th instant, committed t o York Castle by the Bankruptcy Commissioners, for not making a full disclosure of his affairs. REPRESENTATION OF TIIIRSK.—Sir Samuel ‘" * ,, r arnPtoll, Bart., M.P., of Wood-end, near Thirsk, in Yorkshi r e, does not mean to come forward for the repre sentation of this borough, in the event of an election. Sir Samuel has represented Thirsk since 1835, and has been a consistent supporter of the Liberal Government. We understand that the Reformers of Thirsk haveinvited W. C. Harland, Esq., M.P. (who some time a g o made p ublic his intention of retiring from the City of Durham), and that the invitation has been accepted by that gentleman. On Monday last there was a meeting of the Liberal electors at Thirsk, when it was resolved that their undivided sup port should be given to Mr. Harland. The Tories, it is probable, will offer no opposition, for fortunately the Liberal Party in this spirited town form an overwhelming majority. , On Thursday morning Mr. Harris, livery-stable peeper, of Chertsey, Surrey, while leaving his chamber, 1 : 1 a seized with a fit of apoplexy, which, although every s i Ztsnee was promptly afforded, terminated fatally in the th e I ) `' about two hours. An inquest has been held on God ~( 3dY , and a verdict of " Died by the Visitation of You n r eturned. The deceased has left a wife and two "mull g i eilildren to deplore his loss. He was the parish det t P l e, and had actually, the morning preceding his de,th, summoned a Coroner's Jury to determine on the Cer„ era pauper in the union - house. That the same of h . : n er and Jury should then become the investigators 4031 Is own death, is a singular coincidence , and a valu eand refl ec ti ve l esson on the uncertainty of human life. E XTRAORDINARY DISTEMPER AMONG CAT- Pre v YORKSHInE.—So extensive and alarmin g is the .1 ailing epidemic amongst cattle, that on Monday last follo vv i Pri nt „, ng notice from the Lord Mayor of York was dvu and distributed amongst the agriculturists :—" It o in g l represented by the farmers, graziers, .and cattle ers, who attend the cattle fairs in this city, that an e etious distemper is now prevalent amongst cattle, and I le r ,, l l ( P injury may be occasioned by intermixing the th .t uY cattle with the infected, if any such be brought to laid fairs, n o tice is hereby given that no infected cattle 4 4 ' dom be permitt e d t o be exposed for sale in the said fairs ; any person nwho shall bring to the said fairs, or ex esa for sale therein any such infected cattle, will be pro euted as the law directs." POSTAGE STAMPS.—A paragraph has ap- - geared in the papers to the effect that wherever there is an It il l a ce for the receipt of letters, there is aloo a depot for Ps. This is not a fact. The stamps cannot be sold f; t ri "°Ut license, which the Post.office has undertaken to h a 'sh to all post-offices and sub-offices, but hitherto it Only been partially done; and, so far from being sup `"d with stamps for sale, those receivers who have not yet obtained,, their licenses cannot legally sell a single stamp. 11 EALTH.—Out of one hundred and forty, the average number of parish children attending the academy at D o ll ar, there has occurred, strango to say , on l y one death during the last thirteen years.—Stirling Journal. BANK FAILURE.-011 Friday last the firm of Atkinson, Craig, and Co., bankers, of Penrith, stopped P4 Y r nent. The amount of their liabilities is not at present asce rtained.— Times. • SOLDIERS AND THE PENNY POSTAGE.—The Introduction of the penny postage conferred a boon on the 130blie but it placed soldiers in a position that they had to I)S Y 50 per cent. more on the receipt of their letters than owing to a charge of one halfpenny being made Y the fife-major, or person who delivered them according t o th e i r respective addresses. This charge has now been a bolished , a genera l or d er h av ing been issued from the ar-office, and which will shortly be made pubne at the theaad-quarters of the various regiments, prohibiting the rge of one halfpenny upon the delivery of soldier.' let ters in future. When two eagles are in pursuit of a hare, they a r .""v great tact. It is exactly as if two well-matched greyhounds were turning a hare—as one rises the nf other de scends, until poor puss is tired out. e When one t . tl eceeds in catching her, it fixes aw l. h back them and holds by ti l e pound with the other, striking all the time ""th its beak.— The Moot and Loch. THE LOVERS OF BRITISH QUEENS.—Per "Ps no Royal lady, in so short a time, has ever been troubled with so many of these unwelcome suitors as Victoria;Q u een but historical biography furnishes similar 'nstances, even in times when the imaginative faculties were not so lively, or presumption so active, as the present age. r , St nwe very gravely declares that " there died a tailor in 'dewo whined himself to death for love of Queen Elizabeth ." but he does not record that the tailor ever strove to declare his love to the Royal Lioness of England. one youth and beauty of Mary, Queen of Scots, just be re she married the Da-phin Francis, occasioned the death of several of these victims of their imagination in Pr ince; and, during her sway in Scotland, the axe was reddened with the blood of two of her lovers, who, though noble, were not considered mates for a Sovereign lady. unfortunate Chatclar and the gallant Gordon are We l e l-knovvn instances of how fatal it is for subjects to love a young and beautiful Queen too well.—Queen Victoria from her Birth to her Bridal. A Chartist mee ti ng was h e ld in the Jo i ners' !jail on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Thomas Gray, tobac oist, was i n the chair, The object was the re-organiz gof th e Ch art i st forces. A Committee was appo i nte d t o make arrangements for giving a public enterta i nment Mr. John Bell, on his liberation from Newcastle Gaol, where he is con fi ne d f or h av i ng pu b l i shed a l ib e l . M r . Bell's term of six months' imprisonment expires on Sa turday week._ Tyne Mercury. A YOUNG PRISONER.—At the Lutton Petty 6essions, on Wednesday, the clerk, calling to the officers, asked if the prisoner Joseph Hyde was there ? The Bsaid " Y es ," w h en the clerk, with all due solemnity, read the warrant against the defendant for wilfully and Maliciously breaking the windows of John Fox. After this ceremonial the clerk asked, " Where is the prisoner ?" " Here," said the officer, pointing to a pretty little boy between three and four years of age, who was quite delighted at being placed befor e the Magistrates standing on a form. On beholding this terrible offender the Court burst out laughing, in !vhieh the child joined. The Magistrates asked who could nave granted a warrant against an infant like that? The clerk said that the wife of the complainant had applied for It without stating the boy's age ; if shl had done so he Would not have granted it. Mrs. Fox here came forward, and amidst roars of laughter demanded justice against the Ch ilds whom she saw " with her own eyes " break the windows. The Magistrate immediately dismissed the BOULOGNE, AUG. 17. ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH. (From the Times.) Not a little sensation was created here last night by a rumour that it was the intention of the King of the French this day to honour Boulogne with a visit, and to personally thank and reward the population of this place for the loyalty and attachment to the existing constitution of France manifested by them on the me morable day of the 6th of August. As the notice of this visit was so very short and sudden, the report gained very little credence, though it ultimately turned out to be perfectly correct. At half-past five o'clock this morning the steam-frigate Veloce, having on hoard Louis Philippe and his suite, appeared off Boulogne. The Veloce was accompanied by the Royal yacht the Rein(' Amelie, and another small steamer, the C'ourrier. As soon as the vessels were perceived, the rappel was beat, and immediately the whole town was on the move. Flags were hoisted at all the principal houses and stations, and the beating of drums was heard in every street. The National Guards, roused prematurely from their slum bers, quickly turned out in full uniform, and the whole population thronged towards the pier, in order to see his Majesty disembark. The pier was, as may natu rally be supposed, the place .hick all anxiously strove to gain, but only a few persons were admitted on it, because it was apprehended that the assemblage of too great a crowd in such a place, where in some parts there is no bar to protect people against falling over, might be attended with danger. At the pier-, head the different authorities of the town had collected for the purpose of welcoming the King, and receiving him on his disembarkation. His Majesty left Eu at eleven o'clock last night. When the vessels reached Boulogne the tide was extremely low, and they conse quently lay at anchor about a mile and a half from the shore. It was, however, expected that his Majesty would immediately quit the Veloce, and enter the harbour in a small boat, though it was evident, from the bois terous state of the wind, and the violence of the breakers caused by the bar in front of the pier, that the attempt to effect a landing in a small boat must be both difficult and dangerous. Indeed, I regret to say, that the insecurity of a small boat in such a tremendous sea as was rolling in this morning was proved by a me lancholy accident, which occurred in sight of the people on shore, as well as those on board his Majesty's ship and the accompanying vessels. When the Veloce anchored a pilot-boat was sent off to offer assistance, and about the same time a boat was lowered from the King's yacht, and another from the steamer. When this manoeuvre was seen, the conclusion was that the King had got into one of the boats, and was about to land. Fortunately his Majesty was in neither of the boats ; one of them was upset by the roughness of the weather, but we believe that none of the sea men lost their lives ; but I am sorry to add, that the cockswain of the pilot-boat was lost, having been car ried away, it is supposed, by the rapid current that sweeps over the bar. After this occurrence all idea of his Majesty's landing in a small boat was given up, and it was understood that no attempt would be made to land until noon. An intimation to this effect was given to the assembled people, and, though it caused no sur prise, it occasioned some little vexation to the Na tional Guards and the rest of the population, who had been rather suddenly drummed out of their beds at an early hour of the morning, and who were exceedingly anxious to have a morning's amusement and holiday. The citizens then returned to their homes, not alto gether well pleased, especially as the lowering appearance of the sky most indubitably betokened a heavy and continuous fall of rain ere long. Indeed, eight o'clock had scarcely sounded before the rain poured down in torrents, the wind at the same time blowing a perfect hurricane, and the streets, which had been crowded only three minutes ago, were deserted in a moment. The Queen of the French arrived here about eight o'clock in the morning, and proceeded to the Hotel du Nord, where apartments were prepared for her. Shortly after her arrival her Majesty, attended by her suite, went in carriages to the " Etablissement des Bains," situate on the sands, there to await the landing of the King. In consequence, however, of the heavy swell and tem pestuous wind, it was found necessary to weigh the anchors of the Veloce and the other vessels, and they were quickly beaten by the wind out of sight. At twelve o'clock the Courrier came again in view, and en tered the harbour, quickly followed by the I?eine Anzelir, which came in in gallant style, but the Veloce did not make its appearance, and after a long delay the people were given to understand that it had made its way to Calais, where his Majesty consequently would disembark, and proceed to Bou logne by land. At six o'clock in the evening, the hour at which his Majesty was expected to arrive, several gentlemen, English and French, went out in the direction of Calais to meet him, and escort him to Boulogne. The King reached Wernide, a village three miles distance from Boulogne, at half-past seven o'clock, and was cheered by the assembled crowd. His carriage was accompanied by only one or two mounted Gendarmes, who, when they attempted to keep the escort of gentlemen at some distance from the side of the carriage, received an intimation from the in side, we believe from the King himself, to retire. Upon entering Boulogne his Majesty experienced a most hearty reception from the people and National Guard, whom he addressed from the window of his carriage. He alighted at the Hotel du Nord at half-past eight o'clock, and, being loudly called on by the people, he addressed them from the window, which he opened him self. He then handed the Queen to the window who was greeted with loud applause. In the course of the evening the King went to the theatre. The steam-boat the Courrier, a very neatly built ves sel, has suffered little from the storm, but the yacht, carrying eight brass guns, came into port with its jib boom snapped in two. It is also reported that the ves sel on board of which the King was has suffered con siderable damage. Her Majesty, on learning that the Veloce had made for Calais, immediately started for that place, and returned in the same carriage with the King. In consequence of the dense crowd, the posti lions were unable to drive the carriage completely to the gates of the Hotel du Nord. After a short delay, His Majesty, who was dressed in the uniform of the National Guard, alighted in the middle of the street, and, handing the Queen out, they both walked together to the hotel, amidst the acclamations of the people. The greatest harmony and loyalty appear to prevail, and any disturbance is the last thing expected. AUGUST 18.—The King's vessel, the Veloce, came in sight of Calais between two and three o'clock yesterday afternoon, under the direction of the Boulogne harbour master, Captain Pollet, and, in endeavouring to enter, the vessel struck against the extreme point of the jetty, carrying away some of the works of the pier, and was cast upon the sands, where she struck. As:the storm was still raging, the situation of the vessel was one of great danger, and we may conceive, but it would be dif ficult to describe, the feelings which must at this mo ment have agitated the breast of the Queen, who had arrived at Calais to receive his Majesty on landing. Fortunately the King was able to step on the jetty and walk ashore. He reviewed the troops and the Na tional Guard in the afternoon ; but I am told that his reception was rather cold, compared with his enthusiastic welcome at Boulogne. It happened that an English painter of marine subjects, Mr. Robins, was on the spot at the time of the King's landing, and made a spirited sketch of the whole scene, in which the representation of the Veloce, fixed on the sands, was the principal feature. The picture was presented to the King at the levee at Boulogne this morning, and the artist was highly complimented by his Majesty and the whole of the Roy al family present, on the manner in which he had treated a subject so interesting to them all. This morning the King held a levee at the Hotel du Nord, and receive the city authorities, the Consuls, and several of the foreign residents. His Majesty addressed each party in peculiarly neat and felicitous terms, and produced a visible effect on their feelings. The captain of the troops who performed so conspicuous a part in maintaining the peace of the town on the 6th instant, on being spoken to by the King, and commended for his loyalty, was af fected even to tears. His Majesty addressed the deputation of English residents, of whom about twenty were present, in a very cordial manner, using the English language. He said that he felt great pleasure in assuring them that affairs between France and Eng land were taking a favourable turn, and he trusted that nothing would occur to disturb the amicable position of the two countries. The deputation were highly pleased with their reception. At the conclusion of the levee, the Royal party, consisting of the King and Queen, the Princess Cle mentine, Madame Adelaide, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, the Duke d'Aumale, and all the Ministers, excepting M. Thiers, who did not come to Boulogne, attended divine worship in the church of St. Nicholas, in the market-place ; after which his Majesty re viewed the troops of the line and the National Guards in front of the church, and manifested the greatest interest in their appearance and movements. He ad dressed them in brief but energetic terms to the fol lowing effect " Frenchmen and Comrades,—The whole of France thanks you—l thank you—for your recent exertions in favour of liberty, peace, and order. I also am grateful to you forth e attachment you manifested to my Throne and my dynasty. The glory of the ancient army, the t memory of which is consecrated by the pillar which overlooks this city, has fallen upon you, and you have shown that, should occasion arise to require your ser vices in defence of the liberties and rights of France, you know how to gain a military reputation." This short speech was hailed with loud plaudits, and cries of " Vire /c The King then distri buted a number of croix d'honnezir to the persons who had distinguished themselves for their loyal con duct on the morning of the Gth instant, and re turned to his hotel. On ascending the staircase he mas met by the celebrated Romeo Coates, who on see ing his Majesty exclaimed " Vice le Rai ! No war with England." His Majesty graciously bowed and smiled, and repeated the words, " No war with Eng- land." His Majesty and the Royal party left Bou logne for the Chateau of Eu about two o'clock in the day. It has been reported that some Englishmen hissed the king when he addressed the crowd from the window of the Hotel du Nord. This is a perfect calumny, as there was not the slightest hissing on the occasion. Se veral English gentlemen, anxious to obtain silence, cried out " Hush" several times, and this sound may pro bably have struck upon the ears of some persons as a hiss, and given rise to this absurd story. The seaman drowned off Boulogne was, I understand, one of the men of the Veloec, and not the coxswain of the pilot-boat. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BOULOGNE, AUG. 17. Our quiet slumbers were again disturbed this morning by the harsh, dull beating of the national air generale. Presently appeared all the authorities of the town — the National Guards in full uniform, with their guns —all to welcome Louis Philippe, who was on board the Veloce, having embarked at Treport about midnight. About a quarter past six o'clock the harbour-master, Pollet, went out to the King's ship to pilot her in, or to give such advice as circumstances required. He had not reached their vessel before they were noticed making for the harbour, the second of which, from its gay appearance, was evidently the state galley, and, to our eyes, was the bearer of Louis Philippe. All these approached the port, the wind blowing hard, and a strong surf running over the bar. The first boat gallantly made for the breakers, and had ap parently cleared them, when, from being thrown broad.. side to the surf by a sea which struck her, the next wave turned her bottom upmost. All her crew of five men were thrown out ; the rapid arrival of the two boats which followed were the means of saving the lives of four. With the rising of the tide the wind had augmented exceedingly, and the most terrible rain fell for six suc cessive hours. The several vessels, of course, put to sea ; but about twelve there was a cry of " He comes, he comes," and a steamer hove in sight, which with all loyalty was saluted with eight guns from the battery of the National Guards before they had discovered their error. It proved to be the Courrier. About half an hour after, the rain still pouring heavily and incessantly, the brig was discovered, and she gaily entered the har bour, having struck her topgallant-masts, and lost her bowsprit. She was gallantly saluted by some pop-guns in the City of Boulogne steamer. Now we found that we had got wet throne, in vain, for the King was gone to Calais. The Queen remained till two, still expect ing her husband; at last, with the other members of the Royal family, she set off to meet him. Much surprise has been excited at Boulogne by the strange proceedings of Captain Pollet, who took the vessel into Calais when he might have entered Bou logne as easily as did the other two ships. The Veloce suffered considerable injury in her keel at the entrance of Calais harbour, and got so safely fixed on a bank, as to compel the King to land from a boat. Another report states that the pregnancy of the Duchess of Nemours (who was on board) rendered it inexpedient to remain at anchor, tho motion of the ves sel being less sensible as she went before the wind. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18.--Early in the morning all was life and activity. Many anxious looks were cast at the clouds ; and heavy rain at one time threatened to make this day as gloomy as the preceding. The wind, however, still continued to blow hard, which, although it prevented all boats from leaving or entering the harbour, contributed to drive away the showers. At eight o'clock her Majesty, accompanied by Madame Adelaide, the Duchess of Nemours, and Princess Clementine, with their suite, repaired to the church of St. Nicholas in the lower town ; on their road thither, and on their return they were respectfully saluted by the lookers on. The church was crowded with well dressed females, among the least remarkable of whom, in their external appearance, was the Royal party. The Queen left a munificent testimonial of her presence, and the Clergy will have no reason to be dis satisfied with the liberality of their distinguished visitants. The King received a numerous party at breakfast this morning. At the table we observed, in addition to his family and suite, the Prefect, Sous-Prefect, the Mayor and his two assistants, the heads of the various public offices, the chief officers of the 42d Regiment, and of the National Guard and Douane. Upwards of 60 per sons sat down, and the whole were perfectly at their ease, from the cordiality of their reception and the un affected manner of their Sovereign and his family. After breakfast, the reception of visitors which that meal had interrupted was continued, and the long list was scarcely concluded before 12 o'clock struck. Meantime the Grand Rue had become the centre of attraction ; the whole of the National Guard, with their excellent band, the 42d Regiment, with a strong body of Douanires, were drawn up under arms along the whole length of the street. On the top of the hill were sta tioned the artillery of the National Guard. All the windows were thronged with the beauty and fashion of Boulogne, while the street below was entirely blocked up by the expectant crowd. Al a quarter past twelve the King left his hotel, the drums beat a salute, and all the soldiers presented arms. He rode up the street surrounded with a numerous com pany of officers, and graciously bowed in return for the loyal cries and waving of hands of the spectators. He was accompanied, among others, by the Dukes of Ne mours, Aumale, and Montpens:er. His Majesty looked well and hearty ; his manly open countenance beamed the satisfaction he evidently felt at being allowed to go about without any risk of assassination. He first proceeded to the Church and saluted the clergy, who were drawn up on the steps at the great door. He next proceeded along the line of soldiers ; every where the loudest shouts greeted him, with cries of " Vice le Roi !" Presently after the Queen rode along in a carriage ; she was accompanied by Madame Adelaide, the Princess Clementine, and the Duchess of Nemours. She was received with not less cordiality than her husband, and as gracefully returned the salutations. As she passed us going out of church this morning, she appeared sunken and careworn ; but now, in full toilette, she looked cheerful and contented She wore a white chip bonnet with a wreath of flowers. After all the party had passed up and down the line, they returned to the church porch, which they entered. A quarter of an hour elapsed before they came out ; when all the cavaliers mounted their horses, the troops were drawn up in double file endways across the place, and a most interesting ceremony began. Of the speech the King made we did not hear a word. He was very animated and earnest, and constantly interrupted by Vice le Roi, which the Duke of Nemours, who rode at the right of his father, endeavoured to suppress. The distribution of crosses followed (fourteen in num ber.) The colours of the National Guard were brought forward, and a cross of the Legion of Honour attached to them. Two privates of the 42d, the two deputy Mayors (Martinet and Dutertre) with several others, received crosses. The Mayor (Al. Adam) and Colonel Se nsot, of the National Guards, were advanced to the rank of Commanders in the Legion. All the officers of the detachment of the 42d were advanced one step, and rewards ordered to be distributed to the private soldiers. After a few more words and the usual greetings, his Majesty, with the Queen, &c., returned to the hotel, which they quitted very shortly after ow their return to Eu ; a salute of 21 guns was fired from the ramparts as ,he King left the town. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1840. The inhabitants of the place, who thronged the s hore, received the august travellers with an enthu siasm of devotion proportional to the imminence of the danger, and the intense anxiety which they had expe rienced on beholding it. The King declined entering his carriage, and tra versed on foot, and without escort, the assembled crowd amidst the most cordial acclamations. _ . At half-past three his Majesty, the Princes, and the Ministers passed the review of the National Guard and the troops. He testified the pleasure he experienced at the loyal manifestations of the National Guard. At five the Queen was seen coming by land from Boulogne, in the anxious hope of beholding her family, which was known to be exposed to the dangers of the stormy element. Her interview with her family, amidst thousands of spectators, was affecting in the extreme. Au hour later the tow❑ parted with its august guests, who left for Boulogne. COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NOTES. The King's visit to the theatre last evening was a profitable affair, the treasurer receiving not less than 2,500 francs. As his Majesty entered the box, all in the house rose and cheered ; in acknowledgment he waved his hand, which was heartily grasped (and as heartily pressed in return) by an English gentleman named Brosher, who cried " God bless you, Louis Philippe." When the King was leaving the theatre the Royal carriages drove up, but he refused to enter them, and went homeward on foot. As the crowd pressed closely round to obtain a nearer view, one of the soldiers drew his sword to drive them back, which the King observed, and begged him to sheathe it, for that it was unneces sary among his faithful people in Boulogne. Scarcely had he arrived at the Hotel d'Orleans, situate at the corner of the street in which the theatre stands, when it came on to rain, and he set off at a gentle trot, accompanied by guards and attendants run ❑ing at the same pace. As the Royal party were returning from the review, a poor fisherman, who bore a paper in his hand, made his way among the horses, and placed himself between the King and his son Nemours. At first he was un observed, all eyes being directed to the crowded win dows and their lair occupants. The poor man,:who looked only less pale than alabaster, placed his hand on the King's horse to attract attention, when Louis Philippe looked down, and observing what it was, kindly nodded to the man, and motioned him to place the petition in the hands of his son. This was scarcely done before he was driven away by the gendarmes. SHIPWRECK OF THE KING AND ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE. CALAIS, AUG. 18, The King, Madame Adelaide, their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, the Prin cess Clementine, the Dukes of Aumale and of Mont pensicr, accompanied by the Ministers of War, of the Marine, and of the Interior, embarked at Eu on the 16th inst., at twelve o'clock at night, their intention being to touch at Boulogne,. which her Majesty the Queen was to reach by land. The weather having become very stormy, the Veloce, after having tried to enter the harbour of their destina tion, was obliged to make for Calais. At two o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th the Royal . steamer was in s i g h t of the latter port, and g uns were fired to announce the arrival and to signal a pilot. At half-past two the 'ves sel was threading the Channel, when the violence of waves and wind bore her away on the works of th e new jetty, where she grounded in a situation of immin en t peril, after experiencing som e damage in her hull. As soon as it was possible to effect a debarkation the King ordered all aboard to be landed, and determined to remain the last on deck. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. MONDAY, AUG. 1 7..—During the night and early part of the day the rain fell in torrents, the wind blowing a gale from the S.W. ; the yachts started at 11 A.m., the Rein deer, of 107 tons, John Moore, Esq., taking the lead, followed by the Dream, 104 tons, George Bcntinck, Esq., and Antelope, 94 tons, Viscount Powcrscourt. There was a heavy sea, particularly at the Nab, on rounding which an unfortunate accident occurred on board the Rein deer. They had hauled the mainsheet aft to go about, but in easing it off the racking slipped, the sheets dragging two of the men over the bulwarks; the boat nom the light vessel was immediately put off, and succeeded in saving one of the men, but in the heavy sea could not reach or did not see the other; the Reindeer and the Dream con tinued on their course; but Lord Powerscourt seeing a whip hoisted on board the light vessel, in which but one man remained, and their boat with three men from it drift ing, let his feelings of humanity overcome his anxiety to obtain the Queen's Cup, gave up the race, and stood for the boat, before reaching which a man was observed in the water, and the Captaas succeeded in catching hi xi with a ; but the poor fellow had been boathook by b o y ve t r h b e oa t r r d ow ( lers o minutes), though he was quite warm, held up one arm, and even opened one of his eyes ; all the exertions made by his Lordship and the crew were unavailing. Short has left a wife and eight children to lament his untimely fate. His Lordship having taken the boat in tow proceeded for Portsmouth for medical assist ance for the two men. The race was won by the Reindeer, but Mr. Moore would not accept the Cup, presenting it very handsomely to Lord Powcrscourt. Mr. Moore gave poor Short's widow 51., settled 201. per annum on her for her life, and also gave 1001. for the children. A handsome subscription is making by the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron. In the evening we bad one of the grandest displays of fireworks ever seen in this part of the country—Jones has this year very far exceeded all his former efforts. 18th.--About 150 fashionables attended the Royal Yacht Squadron ball. The weather being very wet it was anything but a pleasant evening. 19th.—At eleven this morning the Ariel schooner, 118 tons, Almon Hill, Esq., Harriet schooner, 102 tons, John Beardmore, Esq., and the Flower of Yarrow schooner, 141 tons, Viscount Exmouth, started for the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup, of 100 guineas value. The course was the same as for her Majesty's Cup, from a vessel off Cowes Castle, round the Nab light vessel, back past Cowes, round a vessel moored off Yarmouth, and back to Cowes. The morning was wet, but the vessels had a fine breeze from W. S.W., and on their return to Cowes, from the Nab, the Ariel had the advantage, but the Flower of Yarrow was much too near to be pleasant—the Ariel people seemed tired of her company, but unable to leave her behind. The Harriet kept at a more respectful dis tance. The match excited great interest, and the New Parade was crowded as the vessels were returning. Seven P.M.—The Ariel is victorious. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) Our Tory contemporaries are fiercely at odds about the duty of the Protestants of Ireland under the new Muni cipal law passed at the close of the late session. The Standard emphatically exhorts them to have nothing to do with the new corporations, but to . " . organise themselves as er policy has made them for ever. It re com mends them o k that st distinctte keep up t arty which oldcorporations this fin i shing toryas volu n t a ry as sociations, faithfully preserving the i r exclusive spirit, and making them monuments of " the little faith to be placed in office-seeking statesmen and politicians;" me aning thereby the parliamentary leaders an d p u bl c guides of their own party. .This admo n iti on o f th e Protestant and Tory Standard is severely rebuked by the Tory and Protestant Post, and met by a counter-exhorta tion to the Irish Protestants to get into the new corpora tions as fast as they can, and as numerously as they can, and, if possible, to acquire an " ascendancy" in them. " The duty," . says our morning Contemporary, "of every subject of the realm, be he Protestant or Papist, is not merely to obey the laws, but to co-operate to the utmost of his power in promoting the objects which the law has in view. The Irishman, of whatever religion, who refuses to acknowledge this duty" (as every Irish Protestant must who takes counsel of the Standard) " or neglects to act up to it, is in heart and disposition an 0' Connellite, a Repealer, a rebel, and a traitor." Truly, these ortho dox authorities give very amiable descriptions of each other. Downright treason, with the morning oracle, is the whole duty of an Irishman, according to the ethics of evening inspiration. The puzzled Orangeman who hap pens to have honesty enough left to desire to do his duty by his party, whatever becomes of his country, will seek in vain for safety in his path, and must advance unknowing whether it leads him t o g lor y or to th e gallows. Tory union and Tory principle ha v e been l oudly vaunted. Look at them in the exhibition just presented. Th e p r i nc i p l e i open to the utmost extremes of oppo s it e constructon. ofis sphuobwlincbdyuttyheirown conflicting organs, to leave the path (From the Times.) Nothing can be more natural, or in fact more expedient, than that the two great parties which divide the Legisla ture and the country shouldoccasionally employ themselves, during the customary annual cessations from actual strife, in reviewing the chief points in their recent struggles, and in observing with care and attention their advancing or retrogressive circumstances. The Ministerial journals have recently more than once professed to take such a re• trospect, and have assumed, at least, the appearance of great exultation at i ts results. According to their view, the Ministry had successfully maintained its ground, and had derived, it was alleged, increased strength from wastheof,istr sedulously y }'ear w had, during held e ld for somelast Session, five years beendriven from obliged the ground to t it h a ke a d past,andliad been up a new, a lower, and afar less secure position. Yet this was the main result, the leading characteristic of the year's proceedings. We lately showed, by actual computation, that in the ten great party divisions of the late Session, the Ministry could only bring forward 2,472 votes, or 947 in each on an average; while the; Opposition obtained 2,517, or above 251 on an average. Thus it was made clear, that, for all practical purposes, the Ministerial majority was gone, and had vanished away. The leading Ministerial Journal coolly copies our s t a tement, and, without denying a particle of its truth, quietly asks, " What of that ; what are the Tories the better, if the fact be so ?" This, we say, is assuming a much lower posi tion than the Whigs have ever before been contented with. In 1835, having taken three divisions on the ap propriation clause, and finding the House decide against him, Sir Robert Peel at once resigned the helm. Lord John Russell, in noticing the Right Hon. Baronet's com munication to the House of Commons, said—"l shall on l y give my opinion, that " he has act ed entirely In the spirit of the Constitution." About a twelvemonth or more after this, Lord Melbourne, in reply to som e assailant in the •d " We shall continue to hold our Upper House, said offices so long as we have the support of a ma jority of the House of Commons, and no longe r ." In 1839 this majority becam e onl y a nomin al one, the Jamaica Bill was carried by only 280 votes a ga i nst 275. The Globe newspaper of that eve n in g remarked— ,, That Ministers will immediately tender their resigna tion to her Majesty, we cannot doubt." Lords M e lb ourne and John Russell did so tender the ir resignations ; and assigned in Parliament this as a chief reason that so bare a majority showed that they had so far lost the confid ence of the House, as to be no longer capable of a on the Government to with advantage carry ing the country. The Ministerial scribe instantly applauded their resolve ; exulting t h at t , Government w ou ld not submit" for an instant to stand in a false position." Such was the language uniformly held by the Whigs, in Parlia ment and out of it, up to the present Session. Now how ever, all this is at once abandoned. . They Can now so far forget their pride and their ,, professions as to " submit to stand in a false position; they can attempt to carry on the Government without thesupport of a m a j or i ty of the House of Commons ; and, having praised Sir R. Peel for having " acted entirely in the spirit of the Constitution," they can now deliberately prefer, for themselves, the exactly oppo site course I All this, we say, amounts to a great change in the Whig policy an d the Whig practice. (From the Morning Ad ver ti ser.) To the speech of Mr. Sharman Crawf or d at the first meeting of the Ulster Association, as a! practical straight forward exposition o f the mod e in wh ic h t h e Reformers of England, Irelan d, and.. Scotland, may be unit e d i n a mighty and irresistible combination for their common good, we address our reade rs' most especial att ent i on. In th i s exposition there is a perfect ceincidene e o f sentiment with the opinions we have long and earnestly endea voure d t o impress upon the mi nds of the Liberal party in Ireland. In i n telligence here . at least, if not in the present state of Ireland, common sense . r?ct integrity of purpose are far mere desirable in political . leaders than extraordi nary genius, if marred by equivocal. eccentricities or an in genuity so acute that the public mind, incapable of appre ciating its intention, becomes doubtful of its purpose, and loses that confiding sy mpathy of action so conducive to the success of great popular movements, It i s to a cause of this kind that all the agitaiion in Ireland f or the last seven years has produced nothing better than the perpetuation of tithes, in the shape of rent . charge-_a Corporation Act, which Mr. O'Connell. designates as the grossest injury and insult that could be inflicte.d on hi country, and a 13111 in petto for the next Session, which, under th e fraudu lent pretence of amending the registrations, ai ms at the disfranchisemen t of the whole country. These are the results of experiments, called experiments to obtain ,t j ust i ce for Ireland," but which were i . n . reality made for the avowed purpose of pro!ing loan ustice could not be obtained fur Ireland. It is uttey . worthy o f a people to waste their energies in such objectless exertion. The very word experiment implies the possibility of a failure_ and in national efforts, as in others, to anti c ip ate f a il ure i s the most certain way of insuring its occurrence. A good general will never say to his troop, " Come and try if you can take that town," but he will say, " Come and take it ;" and the very confidence of the command, is one of the best guarantees of victory. (From the Morning Post ) It is impossible to resist the evidence which the Minis terial Journals supply, with unceasing assiduity and in rich profusion, that the official patrons of those Journals are among the most inveterate and rancorous enemies of the laws and the religion of their country. The Morning Chronicle of yesterday, after a repetition of the mawkish nonsense about the well-paid martyr, Mr. Thorogood, in the utterance of which the Ministerialist party, in its highest, its lowest, and its middle ranks—from Lord Nor manby to Mr. Baines, and from Mr. Baines to the Morn ing Chronicle—have taken so much delight, proceeds in sultingly to ask why the dignitaries and clergy of the Church of England, and especially why the Archdeacon of St. Alban's, and the Very Reverend Sir Herbert Oakeley, Dean of the district, and Rector of the parish of Bockiug, do not submit to the law ? The tone in which this ques tion is urged is no less characteristic of the temper and prin. ciples of the present Administration and its followers than the nature of the question itself. The Archdeacon is accused of having promulgated an inflammatory visitation charge ; and the Ministerial sense of propriety and devo tion to the Church are farther illustrated by applying to the Reverend Rector of Bocking the courteous and respectful appellation of an " ecclesiastical cats paw." And what has afforded the occasion for these Mi nisterial urbanities, these official marks of respect to the religion and laws of the country? The Archdeacon of St. Alban's has published a charge in which he insists that the inhabitants of a parish are legally bound to keep the parish church in repair, and that this duty may be enforced by the Ecclesiastical Courts at the in. stance of the proper ecclesiastical guardians of the dis trict. Blackstone, in his Commentaries on the Laws of England, says precisely the same thing. What is the sense, then, of denouncing the charge of an archdeacon as inflammatory for merely repeating an opinion of a writer on the law—one of the chastest, the most correct, and certainly one of the least inflammatory of all English au thors ? SECOND EDITION• THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9od Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 90 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red........ 99h Ditto New Annuities... New 3} per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Ditto 5001 23 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 23 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 l3i India Stock for Acct... Jan. 1860... Consols for Acct 9O FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO2 Ditto, New Ditto 35 Brazilian Bonds... .. .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 percent Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent 44 Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 2.5i Ditto, 1824 Ditto, Deferred ... 12i Danish, 3 per cent.... , French,s per cent...ll2f. —c Greek, 1825, 5 percent. Exchange —f. —c Mexican, 5 per cent.... French,3 per cent 791. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. 29 Dutch, 2} per cent 5lB Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 1021 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 73i Eastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares 49 Hull and Selby London and Brighton Railway 25 London and Blackwall Railway London and South Western Railway ...... 57 South Eastern and Dover SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) The dissensions on vital questions among the Tories in Parliament, and the abuse and contumely poured on the Tory leaders by the principal journals of the party, had long shown but too plainly that there was " some thing rotten in the state of Denmark." It had be come a mere supererogatory undertaking for the Liberal journals to expose the fallacies and inconsistences of the Opposition in Parliament. The task was taken out of their hands. The schisms were too nume rous and too wide to be concealed from the public eye. The smouldering enmity which the ultra-Tories had long cherished against Sir Robert Peel and the more reasonable and moderate of those who recognised him as their chief, could no longer be restrained. Their organs ceased, in a great degree, from their attacks on the Members and measures of the Government, to wreak their malignity on their own chiefs. They col lected and concentrated the venom of their nature, to give energy and effect to their attacks on the conduct and motives of the very men whom they formerly lauded as the only statesmen whose counsels could pre serve the Constitution, and save the country from ruin ! That the Liberals should derive fresh confidence from this state of things in the enemy's camp was only natural : that these proofs of weakness—the reproaches, upbraidings, and objurations, the doleful predictions of approaching ruin to the party, through the " apos tacy and treachery" of those to whom its interests had been committed—should be held up as de monstrative of the utter absence of that union, with out which an Opposition may be powerful to annoy and obstruct a Government, but must be utterly in competent to conduct the affairs of the country—was a duty at once imperative and pleasing. We confess we have applied ourselves, con amore, to the subject. It is, therefore, with no small satisfaction that we find the Times at length entering the field. In an article of enormous length, but loose in reasoning, and far from exhilarating in its conclusions, the " Leading JourmJournal" attempts to prove that th oug h t hi ngs are not so satisfactory as they might be, yet they might be worse. (From the Standard.) We rejoice exceedingly at the recent reception which his Majesty Louis! Philippe appears to have met with, both at Calais and Boulogne. Had France but allowed herself the benefit of his sound sense and estimable qua- lities of heart, there would have been no ground for the ill-will which has been so designedly, and we may say, wickedly created between her and England ; nor would his Majesty's friendly disposition to this country have ever become matter of the slightest question. It will be seen by the letter of our Boulogne cor respondent, in another column, that the remark made in English by his Majesty Louis Philippe to Mr. Coates, of theatrical celebrity, in reply to the demonstration of that gentleman's respect for his Majesty, that whilst he lived peace should be maintained, verifies our impression that we are indebted for the whole of the present ex citement to the manoeuvres of M. Thiers. It is said that his Majesty, with the good taste and good feeling which have hitherto distinguished him, exclaimed in a very loud voice, " Eternal prosperity to England and to Prance ; eternal peace between them ; and I promise you that WHILE I LIVE YOU SHALL HAVE PEACE !" What will M. Thiers and his Parisian Badauds say to this ? (From the Courier.) The Chronicle, in a repetition of the silly stuff about Thorogood and Church-rates, with which it occa sionally shows its contempt for the understanding of its readers, displays as profound a knowledge of ecclesiastical history as of ecclesiastical power. The following is this sage's last exhibition of his profundity :—" The churchwardens (he says) cannot make a valid rate in defiance of the votes of a ma jority of the rate-payers in vestry assembled. That is the law. The parish is said to be legally chargeable with the repairs of the church. The responsibility, it may be replied, is merely one of the impositions of priestcraft, the history of which can be distinctly traced. tip to a period within what lawyers call ' the memory of man,' the sustentation of the fabric of the church was a burden upon the tithes. The priests shuffled it upon the parish, by the sordid perversion of their spi ritual influence." Sir William Blackstone says that these officers can make the rate, and that the Spiritual Courts can enforce the payment. Older writers, con densing cases in point, lay down in substance that the Spiritual Court may compel the parishioners to repair their church, and excommunicate them until it be re paired. If it can thus deprive the whole body of the parishioners of the powers which they, or any of them, might otherwise exercise as subjects of the realm, it can compel refractory individuals to obedience to the law ; but, as the censure of excommunication carries with it such a tremendous penalty as outlawry, it is not resorted to, but the milder process of distraint is adopted. As to the Chronicle's history of Church-rates, there pro bably was never so great a want of acquaintance with a subject contained in so small a space. IRELAI D. DUBLIN, Auo. 18—It has been blowing a gale all yester day, last night, and to-day ; so much so that the London Papers, due at half-past six, A.m., have not as yet arrived, three, P.m. The Liverpool mail-boat, due at six, P.M., yesterday, did not arrive until five, A. M., this morning; and the mail for London and passengers were not for. warded until this morning. Appearances are, however, somewhat better to-day. We regret to learn that a considerable portion of the heavy Oat crop has been prostrated; but, if fine weather should set in, the grain would ripen even in this position. The Wheat crop has been more fortunate, having suffered very little injury since the unfavourable change in the weather on Sunday week. Reaping has commenced pretty generally in the early districts around Dublin. Our re ports of the Potato crop continue favourable. We have heard that two line-of-battle ships, the Van guard and the Rodney, are shortly expected at Cork, to convey the 19th and 38th regiments to Gibraltar. We learn that the Clonmel election is fixed for Friday next, and that the Attorney-General has left town today for the purpose of presenting himself to the constituency. There will be no contest, nor show of opposition. It is almost to be wished that there were, so complete would be the triumph. This is a state of things exceedingly gratifying to the friends of the Government. Here is one of the most in dependent popular constituencies of I reland voluntarily se lecting the First Law Officer of the Crown as their re presentative, without dictation, without solicitation of any man, wholly uninfluenced by any consideration or cont ro l , L • save their own good sense of the hone st claims of the Go. vernment to their support, aad their unbiassed approbation of the individual who comes before them as the represen tative of that Government. We put the fact before the public, with our emphatic commendation, as a proof of the title the honest men of Clonmel possess to our hearty ap plause.—Dublin Evening Post. There is a paragraph in the Evening Mail of yester day, relating to the new Chief Baron, which contains nearly as many lies as lines, invented for the purpose of sustaining the audacious assertions of the Editor, that the Lord Lieutenant favours and encourages political agitation. — lt is affirmed that the new Chief Baron is an out and out Repealer. That he " owes his advancement first, and then his promotion to, Mr. O'Connell ;" and conse quent/y, that his elevation to the Bench is, on the part of the Lord Lieutenant, a direct act of encouragement to the Repealers. It is scarcely necessary to do more than mention these absurdities, in order to expose their utter falsehood. —lbid. The Ulster Association has commenced operations in the very stronghold of Orangeism. The Reformers of the Northern Province have been, at length, aroused to combined and effective exertion, and the success which has already attended the movement, as demonstrated at the preliminary meeting on Friday, has induced the Mail to treat it with such lofty contempt. The Association is, therefore, a humbug, a farce, and, moreover, it is stupid and absurd! We promise Jeremiah that he will soon have to alter his tone. The Orange Magnates of Ulster regard the Association with far different feelings. —lbid. NAV AL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19.—The Vanguard, 84, Cap tain Sir D. Dunn, is prevented proceeding to sea, owing to the want of seamen to complete her complement ; as is likewise the Rodney, 92, Captain Maunsell. These ships will proceed to the Mediterranean, when manned. The Inconstant, 36, Captain Pring, C. 8., was still at Cork on the 14th inst., raising volunteer seamen for the navy, but having been very unsuccessful both there and at Dublin, was shortly to return to Plymouth. The Earl of Minto, with Sir William Parker, and Sir Thomas Troubridge, Lords of the Admiralty, are expected this evening on an official visit to this port. The flag ships, Britannia, 120, Howe, 120, and Royal Adelaide, 120, are forthwith to be taken into dock, and prepared for sea service. The Pembroke, 72, and Imaun, 72, are also preparing for the pendant. Sir Charles Adam, one of the Lords of the Admi ralty, is to succeed Sir Robert Stopford in The com mand of the Mediterranean fleet, and is to proceed thither in the Britannia, 120, now flag-ship at this port. The Medea and Shearwater steamers, recently com missioned in the river, are, it is said, both to proceed to the West Indies. The Apollo troop-ship is to proceed to Cork about Thursday, to embark troops for Corfu and Malta. The Pestonjee Bomanjee transport, Lieutenant Crawford, agent, destined for China with provisions, &c., remains at Spithead, wind bound. The new three decker, Queen, 110, is now intended to bear the flag of Sir Edward Codrington, Comman der-in-Chief at Portsmouth, instead of the Britannia, 120, which goes to the Mediterranean. Lieutenant G. B. Stewart is to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Bouveric, in this dock-yard, vice Richards, promoted. The Stromboli steamer, Commander W. Williams, is the only vessel fitting out here, and although only a few days commissioned, is nearly complete in her crew. The North Star, 26, Savage, 10, and Cornet and Salamander steamers, are ordered home from the north coast of Spain to be paid off. At Spithead.—Vanguard, 94. In Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Apollo, Stromboli, Echo, and flag tenders. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The apprehensions for the state of the harvest, ex cited by the extremely unfavourable weather that has prevailed during the last few days, and probably also the unsettled appearance of foreign affairs, have checked that tendency to improvement which was manifested last week ; and the demand yesterday, both for goods and yarn, though moderate and steady, was on a smaller scale than on the preceding Tuesday. There is no decline in prices ; indeed, some descriptions of printing cloths, which are comparatively scarce, have been held for rather higher rates. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AUG. 17. —Considering it has been the wakes to-day, there has been a tolerable quantity of business done, but at low prices. There has also been a good attendance of buyers. Another failure among the small manufac turers has become known to-day, which is the fourth or fifth that has taken place within the month. Eng lish wool is rather stiffer, but foreign wool may be quoted a shade lower. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, AUG. 18.—As might have been expected, the truly terrific weather on the eve of this market had a somewhat depressing effect, but, we are glad to state, not to any extent. On the whole, a fair business was done in most descriptions of woollens and light fancy goods ; but former prices were difficult to maintain. in wools there was not much done, either in English or foreign, the struggle for even a small profit being very severe. Great anxiety is felt for tho result of the harvest Parties hold back for the present ; and, should the harvest prove a failure, low as prices are, they must still recede. There is little or no change to note in respect to business done in the warehouses during the week. THE IRON TRADE.—We are glad to hear that the iron trade in Staffordshire and South Wales, which was much depressed a month ago, is now partaking of the general improvement of the business of the country. A girl was forced by her parents into a dis agreeable match with an old man whom she detested , When the clergyman came to that part of the service where the bride is asked if she consents to take the bride- groom for her husband, she said, with great simplicity, Oh, door no, Sir, but you are the first person who has asked my opinion about the matter." A City correspondent informs us that insurances :o a considerable amount were effected on Wednesday at Lloyd's on French vessels now on the passage home from India. The policies included the risk of capture, and the premium of insurance was higher than has been given on the same voyage for several years.—Post. On Wednesday evening, about seven or eight o'clock, the following fatal accident occurred to a young man, named George Wighton, aged twenty years, who was drowned while bathing off Battersea. It appears that Wighton, accompanied by a friend, named Chapman, agreed to go and have a bathe, and after being in the wa. ter some time Wighton got out of his depth, and not being a swimmer he sunk before any assistance could come. Mr. Chapman, in endeavouring to save his friend from a watery grave, had a very narrow escape from drowning himself. TREASURE TROVE.—On Saturday last, an in quest was held at the house of Mrs. Scott, at the Bull Inn, in Preston, before John Hargreaves, Esq., one of her Majesty's Coroners for the county of Lancaster, for the purpose of deciding the ownership of the coins and other valuables found at Cucrdale, in May last. We have before mentioned that the claimants were her Majesty, in right of her Duchy of Lancaster, and Mr. Assheton, as Lord of the Manor. Mr. Ellis, Attorney- General for the Duchy, appeared for her Majesty; and Mr. John Addison defended the manorial rights of Mr. Assheton. The Jury being sworn, went to view the place were the treasure was found ; and, during their absence, its contents were looked over, and found, upon a hasty examination, to be nearly as follow : About 6,800 coins, weighing about 304 ounces troy; six teen ingots of silver, about 81 ounces each, 132 do. ; small bars of silver, 7251 do. ; manufactured articles. of rude workmanship, consisting of rings, armlets, chains, &c. 1032 do. Total 1,265 ounces. Upon the roturn of the Jury, Mr. Elliot opened the proceedings, by stating the law on the subject of treasure trove, and quoted some Acts of Parliament to show that it belonged to the Crown, and further proceeded to show how the rights of the Crown had, in this particular instance, been ceded to the Duchy. It was, therefore, not his inten tion to make any claim for the Crown, but for the Duchy only. Mr. Addison contended that the treasure might have been abandoned or wrecked, and, after an able summing up by the Learned Assessor (Mr. Starkie), the Jury, after retiring for about half an hour, gave their verdict in favour of the duchy. The coins are in the most perfect state of preservation, and consist principally of those of St. Eadmund, Alfred, and Edward the Elder : very few of Athelstan occur, which, as his coins are by no means scarce, lead us to a belief that they must have been deposited in their place of concealment in the early part of his reign ; and the conjecture is not improbable that the owner lost his life in some of the conflicts of that disturbed period. The collection also contains a consi derable quantity of French coins, of contemporary reigns with the English; and a large proportion, bearing on the L is not at p: esent well o u b n v d e e r r s s e to c o sz .2.2l v a t E n r •. ch . es . ter T I ' G . C AP E OF Goon H OPE.—One of the Ca p e *u which place in the • • Papers, received by yesterday's arrival, draws . attention to a controversy which had taken Legislative Council between the Governor ( Sir George Napier) and Mr. Ebden "on mistaken views of policy an misgovern ment," which ended in the Governor calling the member to order, and further stating, that if he did not desist he would adjourn the Council. This stretch of power the Cape Papers treat as a g ross infrin g em ent of the freedom b eca use Mr. Ebden, in exp ress i ng hi s op i n i on o o i f i d th ebeapteolicy of the present administration of affairs in the colony as compared with that of Sir B. D'Urban ' was not ou t of older. T he Pa p ers bl ame Mr. Ebden for quietly succumbing to the dictation of Sir G. Napi er was cum rules It maintained, too, that it was against all l'srli amentary debate, and it was much regretted that Mr. Ebden had not brought matters to such a crisis as to require the interference of the Colonial Min b is d t e e n r. The objectionable words used in debate by Mr. E in substance, that Sir 113. D'U been unfortunately neglected and rban s prophetic vsice had lonists were left to deplore theevils and the old co' which he foretold — namely, _ namely, a land denuded of its population, its flocks, and its herds, together with a host of evils consequent on mis taken views of policy,.—? tines. nhapdeaer: have been 'We understand the late Earl of Durham has be queathed the whole s," Ids extensive property, both real and persotial, to his amiable Countess, without limitation, and also appointed her Ladyship his sole executrix. — Newcastle CArvnick, EVENING EDITION. LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZ LIVERPOOL, Auo. 19. COTTERELL V. STOCKS. - ~ Mr. CRESSWELL, with whom was Mr. ATHERTON, states that this was an action brought by the plaintiff, by her next friend, Lord Ashley, for damages as compensation for in jury sustained by the improper construction of the ma chinery in the factory of the defendant. Accidents at factories, of a frightful description, sometimes occurred, in consequence of the improper construction of the * ma chinery. The present case was o ne o f that descr y ion. An upright shaft revolving at a s p eed of sixt y revo s , in a minute, was left without any easing around it, - d the poor girl, the plaintiff, was caught by the clothes, and before the engine could be stopped she must have made between two or three hundred revolutions, attached to this revolving shaft. It was unnecessary to state the nature of the injuries, as the defendant had consented to pay a pecuniary compensation to the plaintiff for the loss she had sustained. The plaintiff being a poor factory girl was unable by her father her natural guardian to bring an action into court ; the noble Lord, therefore, thought it became him as a Nobleman who profes sed to entertain a deep feeling on behalf of these poor creatures to step for ward and place his name as the guardian, so that if it were found that he was wrong in point of law, he might himself pay the expenses of the action ; and if it was found the law would not interfere in such a case, he thought it would be high time that the Legislature should interfere by enactment to provide for such a case. The defendant was now satisfied that the law does impose upon him such an obli gation, and he (Mr. C.) trusted that others also would feel convinced that the defendants ha I not yielded without good advice, and that if there were others who now have their machinery in such a state as to expose their servants to this extraordinary degree of risk, they will forth Kith cause them to be altered. Ho was happy to say that the defendant agreed that a verdict for 1001. should be entered for the plaintiff, who, from health and strength, had been reduced to a cripple for lire. It was not a wilful act, and therefore must be considered differently to what it would have been had it been wilful. Mr. ALEXANDER, on the part of the defendant, said— ' The machinery in question wns made in the year 1835, by one of the ablest firms in this country, and it had been in operation from that time down to the period when this misfortune occurred, without the least accident having taken place. The defendant lived at a considerable dis tance fr;.m the factory, and therefore it had not his own personal inspection ; but in coming to the arrangement al luded to, he had been influenced by the best feelings of hu man nature—a helpless child, of the age of sixteen, would now be provided for during, perhaps, the lengthened con tinuance of her sufferings. A verdict was then entered for 100/. and costs'as be tween attorney and client. NEW MACHINE FOR EXCA- VATING, &c. A machine has been constructed by Mr. A. Living stone, for the purpose of facilitating,- the excavation of trenches, canals, &c., which is peculiarly adapted for use in our West Indian Colonies, where this kind of work is much required ; and owing to the great labour usually necessary, it becombs very difficult to get it properly done. We have seen a model of the machine, the principle of which is an adaptation of a very simple kind of the dredging machine to a kind of locomotive steam-engine. It is a self-acting apparatus, worked by an engine of six-horse power ; which requires on:y the attention of one man ; and it is so constructed as to move along the ground, or on water, as the excavations are made. One of the peculiar advantages of this machine is, that it may be applied to numerous useful purposes, as a substitute for manual labour, in many of the most arduous and fatiguing operations. For instance, it may be applied, in the first place, in making new drains and trenches, in which case it moves itself along the ground as the earth is cut away. It may, in the next place, be used for deepening and cleansing the trenches already formed, for which purpose it may, with little trouble, be placed on a punt and floated on the water. It is also capable of being adapted to dig holes for planting sugar canes ; and lastly, the steam-engine is made so portable, that it may in a few hours be placed on a small iron-boat, and made to act in propell ing it along the canals and rivers, and thus convey the produce from one part of an estate or island to another. The machine is so constructed, that the power of the steam-engine may be increased or diminished in propor tion to the nature of the soil through which it has to work ; whilst the simplicity of the arrangement will enable any intelligent native to manage it. The weight of the whole, including the boiler and engine, is not more than 30 cwt., which does not much exceed the weight of a common stage-coach. The importance of an appa ratus of this kind in the West Indian Colonies, may be imagined, when it is known that so much depends on the cleaning out of the trenches, that, if not properly attended to, the whole produce of an estate is sometimes completely destroyed by sudden inundations.—lnventor's Advocate. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —Yesterday a dread ful and determined attempt at suicide was made by Mr. Samuel Brett, a gentleman residing in Henrietta- street, Manchester-square. The unfortunate individual had been missirg for some time, and his brother, having searched for him in vain, at length proceeded to a cellar in the rear of the house, where he saw him Iving on his back, in a pool of blcod. A razor, with which the dreadful act had been perpetrated, was found lying on the threshold of the door. Prompt surgical attendance was procured, but it was feared unavailingly, as not the slightest hives were entertained of the wretched man's recovery. ROMAN COINS FOUND.—On Saturday last, a man, who was digging the foundation of a house on a piece of land belonging to Mr. Thomas Owen, at the corner of Trafford-street and Crown-street, Deansgate (near Knot Mill), found an earthen vessel the form of which we have not been able to learn, containing a con siderable number of coins of diffe, Roman emperors,. They were, we believe, in all mo an apo in number,. and mostly silver; but amongst them wft• from half a dozen to half a score of gold. When the man first saw the contents of the vessel, he hid it from his fellow-work men, and has since been selling the coins, and bartering them for drink at different public-houses in the neighbour hood, where they are at present rather numerous. The only one we have had an opportunity of seeing appeared to be a coin of Domitian, about the diameter of a four penny piece, and weighing rather more than a sixpence ; but we understand there is a considerable variety of them. As Crown-street is a very short distance from the site of the Roman Camp, in Castle Field (being just on the op posite side of the Deansgate), it is probable that the coins were deposited in the ground for security by some inmate of that camp, who was prevented, perhaps by a sudden death, from resuming them. —Manchester Guardian. THE DOUNE OF ROTHIEMURCHIES.—The Dowager Duchess of Bedford and the Ladies Georgians and Rachel Russell have arrived from town, also Lords Edward Cosmo and Alexander Russell. Lord John Rus sell was expected on Saturday, and before the end of the month the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and Mr. and Lady Georgiana Balfour will join the circle. The sports of the field have commenced with great success. SUDDEN DEATH IN A MAIL COACH. — On Sunday last, a gentleman, apparently about 65 years of age, calling himself Seymour, took at Yor outside place for Manchester, in the Manchester maeftd, on arriving at Leeds, told the coachman that he felt cold, having been travelling during the night from Newcastle to Leeds. The coachman told him, that there was an inside place vacant, which he might occupy if he chose ; and he consequently got inside. After passing through Bradford, he complained of :indisposition, and the other inside passengers thought he appeared very drowsy ; but no suspicions were entertained as to his indispo sition being of a serious nature. When the coach arrived at Ripponden, however, one of the passengers, who was leaving the coach there, told the coachman that the gentleman inside seemed to sleep very heavily, and re quested that he would look at him. As soon as the coach man opened the door, he suspected that the man was dead ; and, on a closer examination, that turned out to'be the case. The body was immediately removed into the inn, and a surgeon sent for, but to no purpose, for Itfe was entirely extinct. On searching the pockets of the deceased, about 201. in cash, and a gold watch were found, together with some papers, from which it seemed probable that the name was really Seymour, that he resided at Newcastle on-Tyne, and that he was on his way to Swansea. We have been informed, indeed, that be was recognized by Mr. George Stephenson, the engineer, who happened to be in the neighbourhood, and who wrote to his friends with an account of the melancholy occurrence. —Manchester Guar dian. MR. CHARLES GREEN, THE AERONAUT.- Mr. Green has just received permission of the mayor and corporation of the city of Norwich to exhibit his great Nassau balloon in Saint Mary's Hall of that city, to which place Mr. Green will proceed in a few days. It is in tended to inflate the balloon in the first instance with at. mospheric air, and afterwards to make some private ascents. Mr. Crawshaw and other scientific gentlemen will accom pany the aeronaut. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS IN TIIE NORTH. —The whole fashi o nabl e world s eems to be on the move at present, and the lapse of every day brings grande,s to our own and many other doors. The Duke #nd Duchess of Richmond passed through Langholm on Fliday, on their way to the north ; and their quality being known, at least to some, a crowd gathered round while they changed horses. The party travelled in two carriages, the first of which was drawn by four horses. In addition to upper servarvF, there were lots of young Richmonds on board, one of them a child in its mother's arms. Two or three of the little boys were dressed in semi-celtic fashion, a frock coat above, with a kilt below, and those that presented much of the ap pearance of bare legs. The Hon. Mr. Elliot, Member for Roxburghshirc, followed shortly after. Again there were onlookers, and much pleasure was expressed at the sprightly looks of Mr. Elliot's children, who, tired of the smoke of London, seemed buoyant beyond measure at the thought of returning to their native hills and dales. The opening of two lines of railway bas given a fillip to the post ing trade on the Langholm line cf road, as far, as Edin burgh ; and Mr. Gowanlock, Mosspaul, in the course of Friday, had a dozen pair of horses out. For tong the steamers and rails were blamed for half ruining the inn keepers' trade ; but it was only for a season ; and:already as e io a n fte o r f i c t a is pit i a m l p t o h s , :14may !pine of them are brin g in g business ra p idl y back a g ain. spared , for every improvement assigns k t \ h V e h a n t c m , a s s y a happen be Aiibe greatest e p ru n ali b s e a r t undertakings, fortunes will be made bri4s \ tAbrses before the whole of Britain is sheathed wltY 4 -Dn.—Dunifries courier. Mr. William Gladstone and Lord - qank n are to be the Tory candidates for Li erposT s agaiest se.. Laboe ell ere (ti he stands), and Q'r J v ttio r James ey, roma mayor. PTO