The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-12 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. SECONDEDITION- THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock . . 3 per Cent. Red 924 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 91i Ditto Old Annuities ... 3} per Cent Red........ 1001 Ditto New Annuities... 89* New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 24 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 ... ...... India Stock for Acct...253i Jan. 1860... l3 Consols for Acct......... 91d FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditt0...... 13razilian Bonf's... .. BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. ... 115 i Chilian, 6 per clnt 4.li Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 26* Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred .. 121 Danish, 3 per cent.... French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange . Mexican, • 5 per cent.... French,3 per cent —f. _ c , Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. 29 i Dutch, 2 * p er cent...... 524 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 102 i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 74 Bristol and Exeter Railway Eastern Counties Railway Great North of England Railway Great We.tern Railway Ditto New Shares 54 Hull and Selby •London and Brighton Railway ..... ... 26i London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Ditto Quarter Shares London and South Western Railway ... 57 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) lll North Midland Railway South Eastern and Dover 7i SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PXPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) The termination of the Session naturally suggests to us, whose business it has been to discuss its measures and record its acts, another duty, no less imperative. The results of the Session, and the prospects of the Government and of the country, as indicated by the position of parties at its close, are no less interesting to the public than they are to the politician. On the Ist of January last we wrote as follows, in an article in which were largely discussed the position and prospects of the Government and its opponents at that time : "The retrogression of the Tories from the false position they took up for the purpose of imposing on the unthink jag part of the people, and the bold and undisguised avowal of the principles which constitute their system, has placed between them and office a distance far greater than that which seemed to exist at the commencement of 1839. The intermediate space between two points may be in creased by the retrogression of the one as well as by the advance of the other. The Tories have furnished proof of what we have invariably asserted, that Toryism is un changed and unchangeable. We need not insist upon the utter impossibility of a Government formed on Tory principles, even if permitted to assume office, being able to retain it. In the unmistakable exhibitions of unmiti gated Toryism we see an accession of strength to the ex isting Administration, seeing it fjrms the only barrier be tween the Tories and office." _ . . The well-feigned ridicule and indignant scorn with which our predictions and anticipations were received by the Tory journals will be remembered by many, and may be seen by all who feel sufficient interest in the twitter to induce them to refer to the files of those Jour nals. Whether the event has not justified the predic tion is, happily. now no doubtful question ; it is seen in the distracted, disjointed condition of the Tory party — it is read in the reproaches and upbraidings of the or gans of that party, which vie with each other in heap ing contumelies on the Tory leaders, whom they were m oo t to hold up as infallible by their wisdom, unim peachable in their patriotism, and immaculate for their purity T. (From the courier.) If the American Presidents be too diffuse in their seasonal speeches, they do certainly communicate some inforttation to their temporary subjects. But who can peruse the Speech of a Sovereign of France or Ea;land and say that he has learned anything which he has not previously known ? We leave our neighbours to the care of their own mock displays of wisdom, and confine ourselves to the ridi culous Whig compositions which are annually deli vered from the throne, and which, notoriously the com position of some self-conceited politician or dabbler in literature, disgrace the country if they are to be consi dered in any other respect than matters of courtly form. The Royal Speeches under the present ad ministrations rtflect no credit—no great c!cdit— upon the authors, unless, as we have intimated an opinion, they may have intended to conceal what they formally profess to explain or de clare. Inasmuch as nothing of public value re sults from these things—to give them the best name they deserve—and inasmucn as both French and English appreciate them, why should such Tom-foolery be practised ? The Herald, whose natural and ac quired talents are well worthy of better objects, has been at the pains to dissect the last piece of trash of the class that we notice. If Ministers cannot write better things than for a great number of years we have received from the Throne, let Parliaments meet and dissolve without the trumpery. There might be same occasion for official speeches when the iron-clad warrior, whose whole attention was directed to the smithy and the stable, was a legislator ; but now that the cons mon people are competent to judge for them selves they need no instructions from Lords Russell, Melbourne, and Normanby. (From the Standard.) We have heat d of a plan calculated to promote ex pedition in the art of printing, by which it is proposed to cast whole sentences in single types ; so that, on this principle, all the hackneyed portions of a minis terial address in Parliament may come before the public, if necessary, at a few minutes' notice. There is certainly no clas of composition whatever, which would afford a more favourable opportunity for testing the prac ticability of such a device than a Royal Speech ; or cer tainly that would occasion, under such circumstances, so little trouble to the printer, as the parliamentary pro logues and epilogues which are usually put into her Majesty's mouth by her present Ministers. A " case" with some four or five partitions would suffice to hold materials for a dozen such speeches ; their " common places" differing only in the order of their arrangement as occasion might require. Be the condition of the country what it may, whether we have rebellion at home, the immediate prospect of war with the nearest and most powerful of our neighbours, or are over whelmed with pacific assurances from all parts of the world—a superabundant revenue or an impe rative demand for new taxes—a closely-balanced House of Commons, which leaves Ministers in a bare ni , nority on several of the most vital questions of the Session, and affords their opponents a moral triumph up)n all ; or a large majority in their favour, whenever they condescend to require it—whether our foreign po. liey is the admiration or contempt of Europe—what ever be the circumstances under which Whig proroga tion speeches are concocted, they differ in no material respect from each other. The same stolid indifference to danger from without or reproaches from within, in ariably characterises them , the amount and warmih of the congratulatory period: with which they abound being carefully proportioned to the number of difficul ties oy which the country may happen to be surrounded at the moment. PRINCE ALBERT.—The r ported accident to hii Royal ftehness Prin Aitwit, which atippeared in a part of our impression, happily proves without the slightest Curviation. DEPARTURE OF TILE COURT FOR WINDSOR. —This afternoon her Majesty the Queen, his Royal I-Bgh ess V ince Albert, with a numerous suite, left Bucking ham Palace for Wit,dsor C•i,itle, where they would arrive Wore dinner. The Queen and Prince were accompac.ied hr - their illustrious visitors, the King and Queen of the B LIFE AT TILE LAEKEN. complained to his Secretary of his having brought to the • Laeken a clerk whose habits were troublesom e . At eight o'clock a courier from Brussels brings to the King books, newspapers, and Ministerial decisions, which he is to countersign. At ten he meets his family for the first time at breakfast. He chats with the Queen, plays with the children, and, above all, puts questions to the Prince Royal, who, though very young, already displays the utmost intelligence. The youthful Prince whom the Queen rather adores than loves, receives thus early the best education. He can converse in French, Flemish, English, and German. He answers all ques tions upon geography, and is well informed in ancient history. This child, upon whom the br'.ghtest hopes are founded, is educated with a simplicity which re minds one of the education given to all the sons of Louis Philippe, At noon his Majesty enters upon all the real cares annexed to the throne. He gives audiences. This is a fatiguing task to a Sovereign, for to accomplish it he must ever listen, ever smile, and ever promise. It is but justice to say that the King acquits himself of it as it he had never done anything else in his whole life, and in that respect he proves that he has forgotten none of the good traditions. At three o'clock in the afternoon the audiences are, thank God, at an end. The letters from France and other countries then come in. A courier leaves trip Laeken at four o'clock, to carry the Royal correspond ence to the post-office ; at half-past five dinner takes place. The dinner is always en fantille ; and what cooking there is at the Laeken is exclusively allotted to the Royal Family. The scanty personnel of the cha teau receive their culinary supplies from without. There exists, however, a kitchen service upon quite a Royal scale ; but it is at Brussels. There is, there fore, a table at Brussels just as if the King were there ; but one dines where he actually is as if he were not present. The reason is, that the King abhors whatever savours of Royal splen dour. He lives, and will live, as an English gen tleman, and would soon abdicate if the constitution obliged him to exhibit himself in public more fre quently. Such was his life at Claremont, such it is in the domain of Laeken, and plainer still it is in that of the Ardennes. As for Brussels, he hntes it ;we mean the Palace, of course, and not the capital. It may be easily conceived that a Prince whose plainness is so gloomy cannot kindle about him any very enthusiastic affections. Leopold, besides, would not like to be loved in that way. It is, indeed, already a great deal too much for his Majesty to be con demned to endure the civilities of the Palace Grand Marshal. The King's ever anxious, sombre, and mys terious countenance casts, as it were, a gloomy veil over the whole chateau. Under its roof you never tread but most lightly, you talk in whispers, and unlearn to laugh. The valets, in short, are like their master ; and, me thinks, even the horses paw much less noisily at the Laeken than elsewhere. Nevertheless, the King is not triste, but he labours under a melancholy, over the in tenseness of which the gracefulness and charming ami ableness of the Queen have never been able to prevail. One would think that royalty is too great a weight to Leopold, and that, however light the protocol makers have rendered it, it is still too heavy for him ; and yet Leopold cannot be said to be wholly free from ambition. Look raund you, and see how the house of Coburg is spreading its branches over all the thrones of Europe. It is he who contrived, pre pared, and accomplished all this. I can also affirm, for I have no reason to conceal the truth, that if the oppro• brious De Theux Cabinet had not submitted to the fatal influence of Palmerston and Mole, the King would never have come to a promise on the question of the twenty-four articles. It was by repressing all his anger within himself that he signed the cession of Limburg and Lux emburg ; and if it had been possible for him not to feel the contre-coup of the national humiliat;on, it would have been only in groaning, and by sub mitting to superior force, that he would have given such satisfaction to his cousin William. That satis faction be gave, after all, at the expense of his personal vanity and honour, and he has not yet forgiven his father-in-law the hard necessity in which diplomacy placed him. A well-struck coup de theatre might have saved the whole affair—rather than give way, King Leopold should have abdicated. Well, of such abdi cation he did think. At one moment even, notwithstanding the pro found discretion of our Sovereign, his design became so visible that all the people of the chateau no longer met one another without whispering—" The King abdicates !" He was near doing so ; and if Leopold did not persist longer in his heroic resolution, which would have saved all, it was not owing so much to the solicitations of Louis Philippe and Queen Victoria, as to the scrupulous care with which his Belgian Majesty avoids being talked of. Leopold was afraid of affording a theme to the babbling of the newspapers and public. —Belgian Periodical. THE QUEEN OP PORTUGAL. It may be interesting to devote a few words to the de scription of the young Queen of this country as she now appears ; and curiosity must be wore active regarding her as she was for some time in England. By her first husband, the Prince of Leuchtenburg, the Queen had no children ; by the second, Prince Ferdinand of Coburg, she has two Princes born, and this gives the husband the right of being styled King of Portugal. He is extremely youthful, being not more than 21, the Queen is 20. This Coburg Prince is stated to be a well meaning young man, without vices, and disposed to meddle very little in public affdirs of any kind. He is much influenced by a clever German, a M. Deily, who came to Portugal with him ; and another important personage of his suite is a Monsieur St. Leger, a French man, who married a Portuguese. It is quite natural that this young and inexperienced King and Queen should be in the hands of, and directed by, able and competent advisers ; and it is only to be lamented, from all one sees and hears, that mischievous foreign influence should surround their persons; and that the revolutionary Septembrists of the Ministry are framing all their measures, not for a liberal, but a revo lutionary form of Government, instead of the absolutism by which Portugal was so long governed. " But to return to Donna The small, inter esting little person, who was so much caressed by George IV, and William IV., is now grown into a very large woman. I believe it is rare to see a person of her age of such an extraordinary size. Her features are of a heavy cast ; her hair is light, and dressed in ringlets, but without ornament, and is tied in a knot behind : she was dressed in black. She is reported to be of a harmless, inoffensive character ; and, when hanging on the arm of the King, who is a slender youth, the con trast is singular. _ _ _ The misery to which the Royal household is re duced can best be appreciated by stating the fact, that the Government find it more convenient to take charge of and keep the Royal establishment than to pay a stated sum for the purpose to their Sovereigns. The salaries of all aro greatly in arrear ; and the Royal personages are in such distress for money, that thoy are obliged to procure it, on their own promissory notes, from Jews and private persons, at an immense discount. The Palace expenses are arranged and regulated under a Board of Direction. Toe Queen and King dine almost always together, though the former takes her breakfasts and dejcuners a la jburehette separate. There are no tables for others—no hangers-on , no Court people kept. What remains from the Royal board is immedi ately given to the poor. The servants and all the attendants are on board wages. Few receptions are given at the Palace, and even when there is an audience of the Queen she hardly opens her lips or has commu nication with .ny one. The priests have consideral2le ibfluence with her Majesty. But, no longer to diverge from the Church of San Vincente ; high mass being ended, the Court in pro cession, headed by the Royal pair, went into the re ceptacle of kings and queens, a great vault, in which all the sovereigns of Portugal are interred, in order to pay their homage to the coffin and corpse of Don Pedro, on whose bier were placed two superb crowns, those of Portugal and the Brazils. The last might now have been dispensed with. When all had paid their duties the church ceremony ended ; the cortege returned to the Palace of the Necessidades, and the meeting dispersed. " The great convent of the Necessidades has been recently fitted up, and added as accommodation to this modern residence of the Kings of Portugal. The Pa lace of Ajudas is now only used upon state occasions."— New Alontbly. Nothing is more placid th an th e life which Family of Belgium l ea d. Kin'," Leopold the Royal na invariably rise , , both in winter an d summer, take h i : . o'c lock in the morning. The fir s t t hi ng h e does Is to cup of tea, which his valet d e chambre brines His Majesty, when weath er perm i ts, then goes , down insb the garden, and walks in it a quarter of an fl half an hour, and sometimes a w h o l e hour, and afterwards returns to his bedroom. The f ew pe op i e and LICENSING A SOCIALIST LECTURF:,-,._Mr. duty at the Lacken, which is considered quite a-counnn- Buchan an , the socialist lecturer, appeare:! at the Borough try-house, being aware of the King's habit, ma nage not Court, on Tuesday, and said he "applied under the 52d to require a walk and fresh air at the same tim e as his Geo. 111. c. 155, for a licer:,e to preach. He made the nijesty. The only indicidual who dares share with application, be said, ovit.l l the view of putting a stop to the vexatious proceeru.ngs which had been lately taken against the Monarch the pleasure of seeing the roses salute him and th the rising sun is Francois, the chateau gardener, with all he, t - Jse holding a similar opinions. Mr. Maude said, that, and that the could do would be to grant a certificate that the party whom Leopold I:lThiliarly converses about his horticul- had taken the oaths. Mr. Buchanan said be was aware of turd pursuits. a young man, M. —, one of M. Van oaths we . re those of allegiance and su. Neverthelrtss, pr(macy, which he was now quite willin to take. There 1 f,u,rrthniemr considers Praet's attaches, being - obliged to sleep at the eha- rwas.some misuederitanding on a former g occasion; and, on teau with his patron for a fortnizht, and not knowing maude said the sideration, he found that it was not necessary into any explanations of the oaths. Mr. Leopold's unwillingness to be disturbed in his habits, 1 s. before was thecareaso n he could not administer the oaths contrived to meet him in his garden. M. -- feigned astonishment and confusion to admiration. questien. He should Nit.. Buchanan gave to a particular repeat that question, which was, His Majesty comforted him. Our youth. took courage, whether he (Mr. Buchatitnan) considered these oaths - excha nge d soma wor d s w ith th e King, and f o u n d i ng on hi s conscience, smu as be believed in a future bind means to g i ve hi m to un d erstan d th a t he also had ea rly state, after d eat h, of reward s ach and punishments. M r . habit s w hi ch he could not overcome. The King con- B uchanan said he should answerthat question in gratulated M. --_-.mative. He then took the them, and hinted that he could upon . .oaths, and made thedeclare indulge them the tion under the 19th Geo. 111 more e , tsily as the surrounding court- . c. 44, and received his cer try was veryextensi tifi:ate of having done sO. Our blunderer did not take the , hint, but treated hims el f . 1 :\londav last, an unfortunate of meeting tha Kin whoagain next day to the amusement I , to Mrs Crush Augur, of Burnham, accident occurred was not less affable. Already g, winc4d, but 1 whose language , ~ , Mr. Sweeting, ben., was travellingam.. who, iu company with an did M. on the high road to fancy himself drawn by a pony, when near Ratabionroauftur wheel h chaise already did he behold hi o to v s e e wbviming favouritism— I 1 bounds belonging to T. J. Tatham, Esci g , wh t in e h y met the Struensee, minus the dcitouc»-zc- i fnact l irig th 3 part of I 1 Isi'h his servant for an airing; the pony beganwkeic were out short duration, On the eve n i ng of His dream was of 1 vc . c i c h so alarmed Mrs. Augur, that she jumped out, and he was requested by M. 7,74 n pr g d of th e very same dny in her fad broke her arm above the elbow. We are happy Y.:11 at I.SruiSls. His M.:i -- et to go and wait for . f , learn she r-ceived no other injury, and is :king- Tell._ -- --Y 11 .3. d rather h . ' ' itteriy Eeaz Ilcrali, . THE SUN, LONDON, WVDNESDA V, AUGUST 12, 1840. CENSUS OF IRELAND IN 1841. TO THE VISCOUNT MORPETH. 62, George's-street, Limerick, .Aug. 6th, 1840. MY LORD,—As the census of 1841 will form the" basis of many calculations of great importance to the community, I beg to offer your Lordship a suggestion regarding it which, as there is no registration of births, deaths, and marriages Act for Ireland, appears to me of the utmost consequence. This is, that the enumerators besides the other questions, should be empowered to ask what deaths occurred in each family within the past twelve months. This additional inquiry would be scarcely attended with any additional trouble and with no additional ex pense, and, as I shall show presently, would be productive of results of far greater utility, in many practical points of view, than one would at all anticipate. I have been for some time engaged in an inquiry into the mortality occurring among the poor of this city, particularly that class of persons that seek medi cal relief at the dispensary, and find it so frightful and enormous, that I am disposed to believe that in the absence of pestilence no such mortality occurs in any part of the world. It is unnecessary to trouble your Lordship with the details of this inquiry, as I intend to lay them before the public when 1 have all the facts arranged. It con tains many particulars so extraordinary as to the dura tion of human life among the poor, that it is of the greatest consequence they should be tested. For my present purpose, however, it will be sufficient to direct your Lordship's attention to the following short table taken from my book, which exhibits the deaths that have occurred at particular ages in 1,022 families, taken quite at random, and without the slightest selection, except their being of the class specified, and their re siding in town. These deaths occurred within a mean period of about 18 years :- 1 Deaths which have occurred at various ages in 1,022 Families of the poorer class in Limerick. . Ages. Under I Year. 1 and 2 , Males. . 583 ... 403 3 ... 4 ... 172 5 to 9 ... 145 10 ... 14 ... 33 15 ... 19 ... 28 20 ... 24 ... 21 25 ... 29 ... 24 30 ... 34 ... 40 35 ... 39 ... 27 40 ... 44 ... 43 45 ... 49 ... 13 50 ... 54 ... 23 55 ... 59 ... 12 60 ... 64 ... 25 65 ... 69 ... 2 70 ... 74 ... 3 75 ... 79 ... 3 80 ... 84 ... 1 85..89 ... Ages Unknown ... 32 90 an upwards .. Total ... 1633 Still Born ... 132 Do. sex unas certained ... Females. 514 347 193 133 38 29 1381 Total. 1097 750 365 278 3041 I have obtained the number of the living in these fa mil:es out of which the above deaths occurred ; but, without any reference to this at all, your Lordship will see that the table contains all the characteristic marks of an extremely high mortality. It is one of the cha racters of any influence which tends greatly to depress the powers of human life, that, when thrown into tables, it exhibits itself most upon the very young, and the old : upon the former, because the powers of life are not yet confirmed in them ; and upon the latter, because they are declining. Every physician is familiar with the danger of any illness at those ages, and could, therefore, predict this effect from his experience. In the above table, subtracting 71 deaths which occurred at ages unrecor3ed, from 3,014, the total deaths, we see that out of 2,943 deaths at all ages, there oc curred— Under 1 Year... 1,097, or more than 1-3rd. Under 3 ditto ... 1,847, or nearly s.Bths. Under 5 ditto ... 2,218, or nearly 3-4ths.: We sec also that there occurred Between 60 and 70, only 34 Between 70 and 80, only 6 And above 80 According to the Registrar-General's first Report for England and Wales, the number of deaths that take place before five years, is less than half the total number of deaths. These conclusions are so extraordinary, that if we consider them to represent, with any approach to fair ness, the state of the poorer classes, they raise a ques tion of extreme importance, namely, whether the in fluence of class or rank in life is not more powerful in increasing or lessening mortality, than any other cir cumstance whatever, except, perhaps, age. The con clusions are, indeed, so startling, that they have excited extreme surprise in the minds of many persons engaged in the science of vital statistics with whom I have had a correspondence on the subject—but I have always pressed upon them the following consideration :—" The mortality of England and Wales varies from 2 to 4 per cent, annually in different districts, according to the R?- gistrar General's first report ; if in those districts where it is 4 per cent., you take away the mortality occurring among the comfortable, the independent, and the wealthy, and consider that alone which takes place among the poorer classes—the mere strugglers for existence— the question is, would the mortality be found to be less among them than that which is exhibited in my tables ?" I am convinced that but little difference would be found between them, and I have no hesitation in expressing my conviction that if your Lordship allows the addi tional inquiry I suggest, and for which I beg to submit the accompanying form—to be made by the enumera tors, the facts it would bring will, not only bear out the opinion I have arrived at, but will be the means of re moving many existing and impending evils, of which the following are the principal : Ist. The great mortality among the poor.—lt would point distinctly to the causes of this, at least as far as they are capable of being remedied by measures of public health.—lt would give us the deaths occurring in every street, lane, and alley, and that out of a number living which would be absolute, and not as in the interval be tween one census and another, depending upon conjec ture, estimate, or calculation. The great advantages of this are obvious and need no comment. 2.d. The state of Irish Friendly Societies,—All the temperance societies throughout Ireland have, I believe, without exception, formed themselves into friendly so cieties with many benevolent objects. They are under the management of many kind-hearted persons, clergy and others, who show a very praiseworthy zeel in carry ing out the views with which they were instituted, but who know nothing whatever of the principles on which they should be based. From the interest I have for some time taken in calculations relative to the duration of human life, and the information I have myself ob tained on the condition of the poor, and from what I know also of the contributions, expenditure, and pro. posed objects of those societies, I have no hesitation in saying that they are all devoted to unavoidable destruc tion and ruin unless some steps are speedily taken to obtain some data for their re-construction. This evil, which every body mat lament, may be corn pletely avoided by allowing the trifling inquiry I have above suggested to be included among the questions of the enumerators. 3d. The sate of the Insurance Companies.—Many Insurar, - ; e Companies have suffered heavy losses in Ire law!. It would be, in the first place, an object to as certain whether this arises from mismanagement on the part of the agents, or from an actual difference in the mortality o n f theEri class England. Again, person w s t h that a effect ard to i :n n r r a a n n e w e s s here and i general, your Lordship is aware that the premiums are founded upon a mortality taken without any selection either as to ran k or s t ate o f h ea l t h , w hil e the lives in sured are of th e more i n d epen d ent c l ass , an d cautiously selected ; now, if the difference of mortality is immense, as I believe it is, between the poor and rich, it is evi dent that p rem i ums f oun d e d on any general mortality without distinction of class, must be much too high. It would not only be a commercial bat a great public advantage to ascertain the fact accurately. It is tru e a reg i strat i on of birkhs, deaths, and mar riages act would ie some sort accomplish this, but independent of the time that must pass before such an flee is got into efficient operation in Ire land, it 7iould between one census and another be always subject to the uncertainty as to the exact number of the living, to which I have above referred, and could never until the census next following, afford the required information with such precision as the measure I have ventured to suggest. As a further circumstance which may induce your Lordship not to withhold from the public the informa tion this inquiry would bring, I may mention, that though the enumerators would have to ask the question as to deaths, of the heady of all families, they would not have to make an entry on au average in more than one family in every twenty, and this is on the supposition, that there are five persons to a family, and that the mor tality of Ireland, in general, is three per cent. annually, which I think is much higher than it will be found to be. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's obedient servant, DANIEL GRIFFIN, M. D. NEWFOUNDLAND FISH ERI ES.—Some journals having asserted that the authorities of St. Pierre et Mi quelon, off the St. Lawrence, had, by virtue of Ministerial instruction, submitted to various encroachments by English subjects on the right of fishery, the Moniteur contradicts the statement, and sass that although the treaties deter mining the respective rights of France and England in the Newfoundland fisheries have given rise to several difficul ties, no concession has been made by the French authori ties contrary to the legitimate pretensions of the country. The line of limitation for the fishers of St. Pierre et Mique lon and those of England, on the south coast of Newfound land, established in the maid channel, has nev'er, as for 10 1 120 authorities aro totare, ban broken, THE LATE ATTEMPT AT BOU LOGNE. The following is the report of Captain Puygollier, of the 42d Regiment, who was in command of the barracks at Boulogne : " TO M. DEMARLE, COMMANDANT OF THE CITADEL OF BOTILOGNE. " I have the honour to send you a hasty account that, at about a quarter before six this morning, Lieutenant Aladenese, of the 42d, came in a great hurry to the barracks, and cried out to Sergeant-Mojor Clement, Quick, quick, to arms I Let the grenadiers and volti geurs come down with alacrity.' While the whole de tachment was coming down Prince Louis entered with a numerous staff, and about f orty men , arme d an d equipped, and bearing the number 40 on their shakos. He then drew up . the two companies in line, called out the non-commissioned officers to Prince Louis, who, embracing them right and left, told them that they were all officers, and promised that all the soldiers should be decorated, adding, that he bad returne d to P rance to avenge the humiliation to which he had been sub jected for the last ten years ; that he relied upon the aid of all brave men--and said ot h er t hi ngs o f the same nature. During this a grenadier slipped away and came to inform me of what was going on. I ran imme diately, but the gate of the barracks was crowded by these persons, and a tall Colonel among them, who told me I was a prisoner. Upon this I drew my sabre, determined way to my men , w h o were i n the Prince Louis u p on t hi s came t o me, and said, Captain, be one of us , an d you s h a ll h ave barrack. t y to make d. my what you wish.' I replied, Be you Prince Louis or not, I know nothing of you. Napoleon, your predecessor, put an end to legitimacy, and you have no right to pre tend to restore it.' Thus speaking and struggling, reached my men, who, as soon as they saw me, rushed towards me, and we drove the assailants out of the gate. All the officers of the detachment were by this time with me. ^ While I was giving my orders, the group at the gate endeavoured to enter into a parley ; but I threatened that if they did not withdraw I would use force. As I was addressing myself particularly to Prince Louis he drew a pistol and fired it at me. The ball struck a grenadier in the mouth. As soon as the group were driven out and the gate shut, I distributed cartridges to all my men, informing them distinctly of what had passed, and then, of my own authority, took the following measures :—I sent two drummers, escorted by four armed men, to beat to arms through the town. I sent a sub-lieutenant with a detachment of 20 men to take the orders of the commandant of the citadel, and to secure the castle. I doubled the guard of the arse nal, and sent a sub-lieutenant and 20 men to secure the port. Very soon after I had made these arrangements I received your orders to come to the square in the Upper Town, where I found you. I can assure you, Sir, that, under these critical circumstances, every man, from the private soldier up to the captain, has done his duty, notwithstanding the offers of money, promises of promotion, and other means of seduction tendered to them. I reserve for when I shall have more time par ticular mention of those who more prominently distin guished themselves. I shall have a very favourable report to make as to Sub-Lieutenant Rugon, of the Grena diers, who pursued the fugitives to the port, where many of them were taken." The following letter, dated Boulogne, Aug. 7, appears in the Commerce : " From all that has transpired on the subject of the attempt of Louis Bonaparte, it would appear that his intention was to arrive at Boulogne before daylight, carry off without noise the infantry in garrison here, to proceed to the Upper Town and take possession of the Chateau, where there are 5,000 muskets, to call the population to arms, and then to advance to the strong towns of the north, where, it is said, influential aid was promised to him. Unforeseen difficulties on the landing thwarted this plan. He could not arrive until full day light, and at too late an hour for the accomplishment of his projects. However this may be, and if nothing could equal the rashness of the plan, nothing either could equal the courage displayed by this unfortunate young man. Atone moment he imagined he should succeed—the soldiers received him with cries of Vive l'EmpereurP and when, upon the prohibition of a Cap tain of Grenadiers, they refused to follow him, he could easily have regained, with all his companions, the steamer which was waiting in the roac'.s. All his friends entreated him to adopt this resolution, but he replied that he would meet death at Boulogne. Having in vain attempted to break open the gates of the Upper Town, he proceeded to the foot of the column erected to the glory of the Grand Army. 'lt is here that I will die,' said he ; it is here that I will wait for death.' But his friends removed him by force from this spot, and dragged him to the share for the purpose of taking him on board the steamer. When he had strived on the shire, he was surrounded by National Guards and Custom-house officers, who fired upon him and the per sons by whom he was accompanied. They succeeded in finding a boat, but it upset at a few yards from the shore, and M. Louis Bonaparte fell into the sea. For a quarter of an hour he and those who were with him were exposed to a sharp fire, until another boat came up and secured him, and thus put an end to this horrible drama.' The Capilole gives an account from a Correspondent in nearly the same terms, but interlards it with nu merous observations of its own, declaring that the per sons who fired on the Prince and suite were unworthy the name of Frenchmen, that they were cowards for attacking unarmed men, who were flying, &c. A letter in the National says—" The person who was drowned proves to be the Count d'Huningue ; the Pole who was badly wounded in the shoulder is dead ; so also is the soldier who was shot in the barracks. General Nlontholon and Colonel Parquin were arrested by the Commissary of police without the aid of any agent. They were walking by themselves, and appeared indif ferent to what was going on, One of the Prince's fol lowers surre ndered himself vo lunt ar ily, go i ng i nto a guard-house, with his sack in his hand, and constituting himself a prisoner." The Echo du .Nord gives the following :—" The persons arrested at Boulogne, amounting to fifty-three, h : va a eas v i e ls b oto e noi e fi. anni confined di e av n mea t t, from the cit a d e l o f t h a t town to t h e t s aitwelveno,v hasen ngbsn cellulararteumvr (Saturday, a n v ye s t Cabrera, oor ie to-morrow w where•ho morning." The source from whence Prince Louis has derived his pecuniary means is stated by the Revue de Paris to be as follows :—His father, Louis Bonaparte, when King of Holland, had saved o u t o f hi s c i v il li st t h ree millions of francs, which he had laid out in diatn,nds ; but on quitting Holland he had felt a scruple in taking out of the country this property which he had bought with the public money, and, notwithstanding the re presentations of Queen Hortense, ne ver a p p li e d f or the diamonds, which remained therefore at the Hague. It was on the claiming of compensation by the Queen Hortense and Prince Louis that the King of Holland some time ago remitted to the latt er near l y a m i l li on o f francs as an indemnification, which money no doubt served in part to the preparations f or th e recent attempt. (From the Correspondence of the Morning Advertiser.) The chief topic of conversation in societies exclusively French, and among the National Guard, is the murderer. of the unfortunate surgeon, who was so near the muzzle of the gun that the assassin was compelled to step back two or three paces so as to be able to fire. His name is Pringer ; he is a bricklayer by trade, said to be an old soldier, and bears the character of a mauvais sujet. His house was at one time beset by a furious mob, and such fears wera entertained for his safety that it was deemed necessary to place a sentinel at his door. The National Guard ate generally blamed for their rash firing upon men who had surrendered, and who, if ever so hostilely disposed, could do nothing without their arms, and up to their necks in the water. Fortunately they ate very b a d s h o t, an d t h ey were not unw illi ng to show their valour at no personal risk. A sous-lieute dtleiaretdoideor%evnthtioohtthehebenaochn,ribnegg.gedNo frequently, tasinale bu c t a i r n tr v i a d i g n e , sous-lieute nant, comm an di ng a sma ll d etac h men t o f th e li ne or distributed to the 42 was expended. The conduct of Pringer, I have just heard, is to be made the subject of inquiry before a military tribunal of his fellow-soldiers. The National Guard are anxious to wipe away so foil a stain upon their flag. It was not until liriday th a t t h e P r i nc e became acquainted with the melancholy d ea th o f hi s follower, when he was ex ceedingly affected. Th e exc itement of the first day of his imprisonment k ept up the spirit of all p artie s ; but when the prison ers were se parated a mar k e d depression came over Napoleon, and I have been informed by a friend, an eye witness, that he shed copious tears. The English residents, on the first outbreak of the tumult, very readily offered their services to the Mayor, if required, and Colonel Spicer, of Capteure, has been mentioned by name, as volulteering to lead a company of English, if arms could b© procured for them. A great deal of curiosity was e xcited last night by the arrest of W. Tune, the Master of the City of Boulogne, a steamboat belonging to the C ommercial Com p an y . Scarcely had the vessel got alongside the quay, when he was taken off in the custody of two soldiers. His exa mination the same evening lasted two hours and a half; he was also examined this morning, but is at preset liberty. His last entrance into this harbour ( August 2) was an anno y ance to man y of the French officials, as he came in with all hi s co l o urs flying, and firing a salute from six swivels which had been recently mounted on his vessel. This was magnified into a very warlike de monstration, a n d t h ere i s a rumour a float now that his vessel had b een se l ecte d, b u t as she was in dock at th e period of engagement, L ou i s Napoleon was obliged to content himself with the smaller boat. (From the Botdogne Grtzelle.) The Prin ce an d hi s party, on their way to the upper town, stopped a t t h e guardhouse, and ordered the guard to surrender. The serffeant r eplied that they could only receive orders from their captain, and that he had better pas s on . T h i s answer was like a thunderbolt to the Pri nce . an d turn i ng s harply round, he gave orders to March. ' As they march ed on, the Prin c e waved his sw or d, exc l a i m i n g, , 6 To the Chateau." An Englishman, Mr, Kent, hearing this order, and aWaro of the powder it contained, and of th© import. ahce of its not falling. into the hands of the revo lutionists; harried on before them ; when he had gained tbinc distance of thetn,be ran fotwatd as fast as he could to the { torts des Done's; Where ; With the aid of a man whom he occasionally employs, he with some diffi culty closed and barred the gates. Tths was scarcely done when the Prince and his parry arrived. Finding the gates closed, they filed off round the fair, and hast ened Us the Porte de Calais ; this was also closed against them. ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND THE EASTERN QUESTION. (FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS OF MONDAY•) The following article of the Presse, the Court organ, and the reply of the Ministerial ivloniteur Parisicn, are worthy of a most careful perusal : From the Presse.) We call the attention of our readers to the following communication Slit,—The Presse is the only journal which is not influenced by M. Thiers, the only one which examines impartially the conduct of that Minister, and makes those criticisms which that conduct deserves ; and yet, Sir, you are ignorant of all the errors which M. Thiers has committed since he has retaken office. You are ignorant as to the manner in which the negotiations re specting that great Oriental question, which at the pre sent time engrosses everybody's attention, have been carried on, and by what competition France finds her self on the eve of a war with Europe. Know then, Sir, that M. Thiers, had he chosen to do so, might have prevented the treaty of the 15th of July from being concluded, by accepting an arrangement which satisfied at once the interests of French policy, as well as those of the Pacha of Egypt. " Austria and Prussia . have no interest in the Ori ental question, or at least those interests are of such small importance, and so remote, that the intervention of those two powers in the negotiations that were carried on in London were more with the view of conciliating France, E gland, and Russia, than to de rive any advantage whatever from the resolutions which might be agreed upon. M. de Metternich, in persisting particularly on the necessity of Europe being of one accord, wished to withdraw the Ottoman empire from the exclusive protection of Russia, and render Europe wholly guarantee for the peace of the East. If Austria and Prussia sided with England and Russia, it is that they hoped that the union of those two Powers would be a guarantee for the re-establish. ment of order in the East, and for an unlimited ad. journment of the projects of annihilation and division. " But what took place during the course of these ne gotiations? " Prance and England were divided upon the im portant question of Syria. Russia hastened to avail herself of that dissent ; and, giving up all at once her pretensions to the protectorate of the Ottoman empire, proposed an arrangement to which she was well aware France would not adhere. Austria and Prussia did not approve, at bottom, of the violent measures which were to be adopted against the Pacha, but what interest had they to oppose themselves thereto? That which was important to them, as I told you, was to bring aboi. a speedy solution. The treaty proposed by Russia, and agreed to by England, appeared to them to put an end to the affair, and that is the reason why they have affixed their signatures thereto. " But did they not try during the course of the nego tiation to put France and England of one accord ? Did they not offer to M. Thiers an arrangement which Lord Palmerston's colleagues would have compelled him to accept ? Those arc the questions that it is important to put to M. Thiers ; for it, through indifference or a rush act of vanity, he has dragged us into the conflict which threatens us, he is unquestionably very culpable. " Well, Sir, I know from a positive source that the Courts of Vienna and Berlin proposed to France to effect an arrang ement between the Cabinets of London and St. Petersburgh, the basis of which is as follows : —Egypt, the Pachalick of St. Jean d'Acre, the Island of Candia, and Syria, would have been conceded to the Viceroy. Egypt and St. Jean d'Acre with the heir ship ; Syria and Candia for life ! What interest had France, therefore, to reject that arrangement ? None. The Pacha would have been satisfied, and, if he had been otherwise, the treaty which was proposed did not stipulate any measures of coercion. " M. Thiers was deaf to those peaceful propositions. He thought up to the last moment that his influence over the English Government, our magnanimous ally, would prevent the separate arrangement with which we were threatened. He had hopes also (and here he has com mitted immense blunders) that his tact would induce the Divan to conclude a direct arrangement with the Pacha, and with that view he entered into negotiations both at Constantinople and Alexandria. What folly! what illusion ! How could be reasonably expect that the Port, supported by the four great Powers, would have consented to strip herself ? How could M. Thiers think for one minute that the negotiations at Constantinople and Alexandria would escape the vigi lance of Lord Ponsonby and M. de Boutenieff? It was anticipating impossibilities, and hastening the con clusion of the treaty between England and Russia. " That is precisely what has taken place. The re volt in Syria has certainly accelerated the conclusion of this treaty, but that which hastened it the more was the deposing of Khosrew Pacha, which was owing to the influence of M. de Pontois. It was the proposition made to the Porte by Mehemet Ali to restore the fleet it was, in a word, the fear of England that a direct ar rangement should intervene under the exclusive influence of France. " I do not know, Sir, how you will appreciate M. Thiers's conduct. For my part, it appears to me an act of madness. What does it matter, in short, to France whether Syria belongs to the Pacha by inheritance or for life ? In the present day, is not the word inheri tance more often idle fancy ? "If Mehemet Ali's sovereignty was consolidated—if his power was concentrated in the provisions which had been left to him during his lifetime, who can doubt but that Ibrahim would have inherited it? Who would have dared to have deprived him of it? His power, his means, and a long and peaceable possession would be worth more than the dead letter of a treaty. " I send you these reflections, not to be inserted in your journal, but in order that you may weigh well certain facts which are not known. This letter, which is written in a hurry, is not written to be published. I only wished to give you an insight into M. Thiers ' s policy, and put you in the way of asking him some questions, which certainly will embarrass him. M. 'Tiers will probably disavow them ; hut persist, and he will not be able to do so for long. Bring about polemics, and I will supply you with weapons to defend yourself." (From the Ma - niteur Parisien) The Presse, in an anonymous letter, advances state ments which are, in the main, false. This journal pretends that, during the course of the negotiations which led to the treaty of July 15, Prussia and Austria offered to the French Cabinet a compro mise, which M. Thiers refused. This compro mise, according to the Presse, was to leave to Me hemet Ali the hereditary possession of Egypt, and the Pachalick d'Acre, and Syria and Candia, for lite. We are authorised to give the most formal contra diction to this assertion ; neither England, Austria, nor Prussia ever made such a proposal to France. The French Ambassador in London, supposing that it might be made, had applied to the Cabinet for in structions. M. Thiers enjoined him not to give any answer which might be construed into a refusal, and, in the event of the proposal being made, to send it to Paris for the decision of the Cabinet. M. Guizot has never since forwarded or received this proposal. The treaty of the 15th of July was signed without this ar rangement, or any other, being proposed to him. The anonymous correspondent of the Presse says further that France had undertaken to negotiate at Constantinople a direct arrangement between the Sultan and the Pacha, and that to arrive at this end M. de Pontois had procured the dismissal of Khosrew, and that our Consul at Alexandria bad suggested to the Pacha the idea of sending Sami Bey to Constantinople with an offer to restore the fleet. We give to these assertions also a positive contradiction. M. Thiers had carefully recommended to M. de Pontois and M. Cochelet not to make any attempt to bring about a direct arrangement, from motives which it is unneces sary to state here, but which will be communicated to the Chambers, the only authority to which the Go vernment owes the secret of its negotiations. We defy the Presse or its anonymous Correspondent to furnish any proof of what they have advanced. All that we advance on the contrary will he hereafter laid before the Chambers in the explanations of the Pre sident of the Council, and those of the Ambassador of France in London. SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH PRESS OF MON DAY ON LORD PALMERSTON'S SPEECH. (From Galignani's Messmer,) It is quite evident from the general tone of the Paris journals that the unfortunate d;fference between the two Cabinets is rapidly giving way before the import , ant conviction of the necessity of peace for the icterest s of the nations, the Government of which has been con fided to them. The speech of Lord Palmerston is, indeed, attacked with much severity by some of the opposition journals, but even these, whilst they taunt the French Ministry with their readiness to accept the con ciliatory language of Lord Palmerston, although he has not yielded an inch of ground, seem to despair of being able to goad the Cabinet to further demonstrations of a hostile character.—The Constitutionnel, which may be supposed to speak the sentiments of the French Cabinet, has a very short com ment on the speech of Lord Palmerston, but it is highly satisfactory. It says, " Lord Palmerston endeavoured to show that no offence to France had been intended ; if a few clouds still remain, we must acknowledge that the present intentions of the English Ministry are excellent, and that Lprd Palmerston re grets the mistmderstanding which has taken place be tween the two countries." The Desats, which is con sidered to be the organ of the Court party, is equall y pacific, and ag rees with Lord Palmerston in his con. victim) that the alliance between the two countries will not be broken. Th,' Courrier Francais, although much less warlike than it was a few days ago, does not CO:i eider the reparation of Lord Palmerston to b sufficient, and still persists in declaiieg that concealment and thi eve:ion have been practised towards France ; but there is now reason to believe that the Courrier Franraii has ceixied to be the organ of the French Cabinet, if, indeed, it ever has been so. The Temps,' w hi ch also been considered Ministerial, but which, for some days past. ::as shown it was not realty in the nee of Ministers, t,:,:es nearly the same view as the Morrier. This joui - 9al, how'• ever, does justice to the Fanglish, by stating that there is an almost general desire for peace amongst them, and concludes that the alliance which exists between the two countries will not he seriously interrupted. The National and the Capitale are some shades more violent than the Courrier. and the Commerce is more violent than the National and the C'apitole ; but the conclusion of all seems to be the same—viz., that there will be no war. The Commerce, indeed, appeals to the commercial classes to use their influence, asserting that they have an interest in doing so, to prevent the Cabinet from accepting the continu ation of peace on the conditions proposed by Lord Palmerston. It would be difficult, however, to con vince this important body that they would be gainers by war, and the appeal must, therefore, prove ineffec tual. The Quatidit line is not sparing of its sarcasms on M. Thiers, but appears to regard war as improbable. Of the other legitimist paper, the France, it will be sufficient to state that its article on the explanation of Lord Palmerston is headed in capital letters, " War is not possible." In a paragraph, this journal in fers from the speech of the Marquis of Londonderry that, if this impossible war were possible, the English Government could rely upon the support of the Tory majority. The Presse declares that the speech of Lord Palmerston proves that there has been no deception or concealment on the part of the English Cabinet, as regards the quadruple treaty, and that there has been no insult offered to France by the other Powers. It concludes by a severe castigation of what it calls the falsehood of the Ministerial Press, which for the last fortnieht has placed the peace of the world in danger. The Siecle says, " We will not certainly advise the country to assume the brutal initiative of war ; we will not, even after hearing the noble and sincere language of Mr. Hume and Mr. Leader, despair of the English alliance, but we will preserve our wound at the bottom of our heart, and cry out to France to hold herself in readiness, confiding rather to her sword than to the doubtful faith of friends, whose uncertainty she has experienced." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It is impossible to read your account of the terrible accident upon the Bud and Selby Railway without feelings of the most acute and painful character. The loss of five lives, with so many circumstances to aggravate the terrors of sudden death, the serious inju ries which many others are now suff,:ring from, and the alarm and shock which the rest of the passengers must have then sustained (an effect, by the way, which many will carry in their constitutions to the grave), ought to render it a very serious question with the Directors of every railway how such calamitous accidents can in future be prevented. Is it not obvious that if the truck containing the iron which occasioned the accident had been placed in the rear rf the whole train, the accident could not have occurred, with such an arrangement ? If the iron had .fallen upon the rail it might have impeded the luggage train, but the carriages containing passengers would have sustained no icjury beyond a sudden check. Let it then be imperative that all luggage shall be placed upon trucks in the rear, and thus the public obtain another security in a mode of travelling that, with all its swiftness, has less of danger than any other kind whatever. There is now a Bill,* I believe, before Parliament, affecting railways. Would it not be as well to intro duce a clause requiring that all luggage and heavy goods shall be placed in the rear, excepting such as may be stowed in the boots of carriages. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, * The Bill has received the Royal Assent ; but we have no doubt the Directors of railways will themselves see the propriety of taking all due precautions in future.— ED. Sun, EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS FROM PARIS. ( From a Second Edition of the Morning Post of yesterday.) PARIS, MONDAY.—The Moniteur of Monday con tains the annexed Royal Ordonnance : " Louis Philippe, &c. &c. " On the report of our Keeper of the Seals, and by virtue of article 28 of the Charter, and articles 87, 88. 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, and 99 of the Penal Code, and see ing that on August 6th an attempt against the safet of the State was made in the City of Boulogne, we have ordered and ordained as follows : Art, 1. The Court of Peers is invoked. The Peers absent from Paris will be expected to return im mediately, unless good cause can be shown for their absence. " Art. 2. This Court will proceed without delay o the trial of the individuals who have been or shall be ar• rested as principalsor accomplius ofthe above attempt. " Art. 3,4, 5, and 6 provide the usual forms to be observed, the nomination of M M. Franck Carre, Bomby, Nonguier, and Glandez to conduct the prosecution, and the Keeper of the Seals is charged with the execution of the Ordonnance. v. " Signed at the Tuileries, Sunday, August 9, by Louis Philippe, and countersigned by M. Vivien, Minis ter of Justice." The Moniteur states that Louis Philippe arrived at half-past nine A.M. at the Tuileries. He presided at a Cabinet Council, and returned the same evening to Eu. Louis Bonaparte arrived at Ham at half-past twelve on Saturday night. The Paris Papers of Monday are more pacific. M. Latrome of the Institute, succeeds the late M. Dawnon as Keeper of the Archives. NEWS FR3M SPAIN. Madrid advices of the 3d announce the resignation of O'Doncll as Commander•in-Chief of the army of the Centre. Barcelona Papers of the 4th announce the arrival of the Prince of Saxe Coburg on the Ist, and Espartgto reviewed the troops before him. The new Minister was hourly expected from Madrid. No mention is made of the return of the two Queens. Barcelona is tranquil. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. The Porte, says the Augsburgh Gazette, having re fused the Pacha's propositions, we learn that the ports of Egypt and Syria are to be blockaded, and that a Itit , sian army will land at Sinope, and march by the defiles of Adana to attack Ibrahim Pacha. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 12.—Wind this day at noon, W. S. W., fresh breezes. DEAL, AUG. 1 L —Wind, S. W. by W., moderate. HASTINGS, AUG. 11.—Arrived off port the Energy, Flemming, from Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 11.—Wind N. W., moderate.—Ar rived the Tomlinson, Wallace, from Laguna ; Margaret, Roach, New York ; Lady,Harvey,:Apalachicola ; Mary Kingsland, M‘Cerran, New Orleans; Ambassador, Kevry, do. ; Hurry, Miramichi; Albion, Dunking, Que bec ; Hartlepool, Hubbard, do. ; Countess of Wilton, Hauxwell, Smyrna ; Glory, Parry, Licata. Sailed the Salsette, Harrison, New South Wales; M'Ackers, Newell, La Guayra. " The British trade alone, at Canton, from Ist of July, 1837, to 30th June, 1838, amounted to 11,700,000/. " The exports from China were, Tea 10,561,576 Silk Other articles At ss. per dollar, 12.589,924=X3,147,481 Paid for by British manufactures, Metals - £ 620,114 Cottons 1,640 781 Opium . . --.£5,637,052 " Thus throwing tho balance of trade against China £2,469,571 which was chiefly paid by remittances to British India in silver, drawn from China for opium, say in two years. Imports of treasure into Calcutta and Bombay from China, 29,772,652 rupees, or three millions sterling; and the Chamber of Commerce, at Canton, stated the export of silver from that port, in the years 1837-8 at 8.974,776 dollars. Hence, indeed, one of the chief grounds for the determined resistance of the Chinese to the trade in opium, which, however it might bent-fit the officers of the govern ment, yields no revenue to the State, and involves the ex port of so large an amount of its treasure. "—Memorial of the East India and China Association. THE FATE OF A MISER —On Saturday last an inquest was held before Mr. W,kley, M. P , at the Globe, near Compton -street, Soho, on the body of John Cooper. aged 66. It appeared in evideree that deceased was one of those rare individuals who deny thems"•lves all the pleasures and comforts of this life in order the mere surely to gain and hoard up money. lie lived at the corner of Monmouth-street and White Lion•street, and kept a huxter's shop, selling everything the poor require most ; and during the last twenty years, by strong and constant self-denial, he by degrees amassed a very large fortune, part of which he laid out in the purchase of several houses in the neigh b iurhood, and part he left behind in bard cash and notes, to the amount of many thousands. A parlour behind the shop, whose shutters were ever up, served him for sleep ing-room, kitchen, office, and sitting-room. In it be kept his money, and he never allowed a soul to enter it but himself. It was always disgustingly filthy, and he was so slovenly in person and dress, that he was known in the environs by the name of " Dirty Jack." It further ap. pe,Ted that, on WedneAday evening last, deceased had a violent altercation with his nephew respecting a pair of trousers, during which the latter threatened to leave the house. As he was in the act of doing so be beard a fall, and on turning round he saw his uncle stretched struggling in a fit on a wide bench in the shop. He ran for a doc tor, but before be arrived death had made an eternal sepa ration between deceased and his gold. Verdict, " pi e d by dig visitation of GA.' EVENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in See e ~s tertlay to the 1-1,,u,e, of Peers to close the Session of Parliament with a Speech from the Throne. The State Procession was formed at• half-past one o'clock, in the fullocing order :—A car riage, drawn by six bays, conveying Sir Frederick Smith, Colonel Harris, and Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentle men Ushers, and Captain Seymour Sadler, Exon le Waiting ; a carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying Cap tain Se)mour, Groom of the Robes, Messrs. Cowell,. Chichester, and Wemyss, Pages of Honour and th? Silver Stick ; a carriage, drawn by a set of bays, coa tMt:•ing the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng , c ompt ,--pller of the Household, General the Han• Sir W. LuCaleY, G.C.8., Groom in Waiting., Colonel Wemyss, &pen: in Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to Prince 1->.'hert ; a carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying Lord Bill, G.C.8., Gold Stick in Waiting, the Earl of Ilelles,:,er, Captain of the YO" men Guard, the Earl of Suwy, Treasurer of the Household, and Sir George Anson, G.C.B , Groom in Waiting on Prince Albert ; a carriage, drawn by 51 % black horses, conveying the Countess of Me'unt Edge cumbe, Lady in Waiting, the Earl of Error, K .G. " Lord Steward, Viscount Torrington, Lord in V‘ r at lng ; and Lord George Lennox, Gentleman in Waitii l °- Prince Albert. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the State ROO" twenty minutes before two o'clock, preceded by sh e ; Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain, and the Earl ' Belfast, G.C.H., Vice-Chamberlain, her Majestys train being borne by the Pages of Honour in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was habited in a Field Marshal's uniform, and wore the Collars of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and of the Mos t Honourable Military Order of the Bath, with the s tars of both Orders. Her Majesty and his Royal Highnes s were conducted to the State coach, in which were also the Duchess of Bedford, Lady in Waiting, and th e E a ,;-1 of Albemarle, G.C.H., Master of the Horse. Th . Queen's 1 1 2arshalmen, two and two, the Queen's font men, in State I:veries, and a party of the Yeomen Guard, preceded the State coach. The Royal Corteg e was escorted by a party of the Royal Regimentl P, Horse Guards. Their Majesties the King and Queer' of the Weal left the Palace at the same time for ,!,.!Re Howe 0 Lords. His Majesty wore the unform of 1;11 Eeg sll , Field M aslial, with the rinand and jewel, and,: llo4 " - star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. ta ) The Crown was conveyed to the House of Dodo vi Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher. H , n- M ijesty and Prince Albert were received , °,`" their return to the Palace by the Lord Chamberlain ante the Viec.Chamberlain, and were conducted up the Grand Staircase. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty i n the Marble Hall. Mr. Eilerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque to the Corps, was in attendance. Tile Queen's Guard of the Grenadier Guards ores on duty, with the band of the Regiment on the Palac e Lawn. The Foreign Ministers came yesterday afternoon t° , Buckingham Palace to have audience of his Mole st ' the King of the Belgians. At half-past three o'clock, their Excellencies began to arrive. Th ere were present Shekib Effendi, the Turkish Arabes' sador, Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, C oanC Mandelsloh, the Wurtembcrg Minister ; Count niu r f stjerna, the Swedish Minister ; Baron de Cett o, ti ,,- Bavarian Minister ; M. Dedel, the Netherlanes Minis -1 ter ; Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister ; Bar e° ' de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister ; Baron M ar ' . chausen, the Hanoverian Minister; Prince Mav rocor' ' date, the Grecian Minister; M. Fortique, the Vea ea ' zuelan Minister ; Baron de Brusow, the Russia° Minister ; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister; ' General Alava, the Spanish Minister ; Baron e Nie man, the Austrian Minister on a Special Miss, i°° : Baron de Bourqucney, the French Charge d'Aff uire li! ' Count Bilk Brahe, Danish Charge d'Affaires ; ' ' de Hummelauer, Austrian Charge d'Affaires ; G ° te : : ' mandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Charge d'Affair es- G. Capece Galeota Dei Duche di Regina, NeapolitP" Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Ch arge d'Affaires ; Mr. Salame, her Majesty's Oriental in ter , ' preter, accompanying the Turkish Ambassador, 14: ' Odelga, Conseiller and Baron Lebzeltern, S e cretarY, t ; the Austrian Embassy ; M. Macedo, Secretary 10 tP- Brazilian Legation. Their Excellencies having assembled in the Libr ari : their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgial).; attended by Madame d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot ,o° : M. Van Praei: entered the apartment. The C0rp5.,.91- plomatique were then severally presented to their Ivia° jesties by M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian M inister l M. Drouet, Secretary to the Belgian Legation. tine of the Attaches to the Legation, were in at tendanq: Sir Edward Disbrowe, G.C.H, had an audienceof yes Majesty King Leopold yesterday afternoon at Buckipr ham Palace. Her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians, a 0„ Prince Albert, took an airing yesterday afternoon s'" open carriage and.four. The Royal Dinner Party last evening included -th eir " Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians , h et Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the 13eIgh' is t Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Earl to Erroll, Viscount Melbourne, the Right Hon. F. Baring , the Right Hon. H. and Mrs. Labouchere, the Itig 4 Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Right Hon: George S• Lady Charlotte Dundas, Lord George Lennox, Nadal° d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot, and M. Van Praet. The Band of the Second Regiment of Life Guard was in attendance during dinner at the Palace. . at Toe Queen gave a Concert on Monday evening e Bucking,liam Palace. Among the company ' y r; Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister ; Baron de jiTo corvo, the Portuguese Minister ; the Russian Mjo ist % and Baronness Brunow ; Baron Gersdorff, the Sil l o l ; Minister ; the Austrian Special Minister the X 11 54 Chancellor and Lady Cottenham, and Hon. u ka Pepys, the Duchess of Northumberland, the and Duchess of Leinster, Lady C. Stanhope, " 6 ,1 0 A. Somerset, Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarrl Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Normanby , and Countess of Albemarle, Earl and Countess of P e :i fast, Earl of Clarendon, Earl of Minto, Ea rl a g i ° o Countess of Surrey, Lady Mary Howard, the Lit' 0, Eleanora and Constance Paget, the Countess of Egg Lady Isabella Wemyss, Countess of Mount Bt . cunabe, Viscount Duncaonon, Lord and Lady 13 , d c,i hersh, Lord John Russell, Hon. Miss Lister, . 14°- ,1 Hill, Lord and Lady Leveson Sir Henry Lady Wheatley and Miss Wheatley, Sir Pdi, ward and Lady Cust, Sr Robert and Lady G,„ 4 : r a ht ner, Miss Gardiner, Right Hon. F. T. Baring. 11 ','",., e 1 Hon, T. B. Macaulay, Hon. General Upton , C°l° E. and Mrs. Couper, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G e orge e , Anson, Hon. W. Cowper, Mr. and Mrs. Labouebe fr ow r .„, The Princess Augusta received visits yesterd a y , r , the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucest's, The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High ° on Monday evening. The following was issued yesterday : eat " The Princess Augusta has passed an indiffe r night, but her Royal Highness is not worse tha n Y e terday." " Clarence House, August 11." Rag' Mr. Alston had an interview with Lord Joba sell yesterday at the Colonial-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENC ARRIVALS. , a irr The Viscountess Ashbrook and the Hon. Miss F'°,,„rt from Warfield Park, Berkshire ; Lord and Lady Conyngham, Captain Sergeaunt, and Lieutenants Cao; bell and Dean, 13th Light Dragoons, from Madras; ""0, Percy Moreton, at the Burlington Hotel ; Geor ge c o, Grote, Esq.," at Thomas's Hotel ; Lord Francis 1 0155 ,0. at Thomas's Hotel ; Captain Tyrell, Royal Horse G a r DEPARTURES. WO' A. S. O'Brien, Esq., for Lowther Castle ; the "—for Henry Powys, for Sussex ; Sir William Keath Worthing ; Colonel Norcliffe, for Brighton ; Sir vv il oy Riddell, Bart.„ for Sussex ; Lord Henry Loftus, for 1 Lodge ; the Earl of Portarlington and ;he Hon:0)10131i Dawson Darner, for Elm Park ; Mr. and Lady .1 1 s Paget, for Dublin ; Prince Labanoff, from the 14 r t -° ; Hotel, for the Continent ; Lady Hodson, for "' J O' Licutcnaat-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, for Ant Colonel Doyle, for ditto ; the Ladies Paget, for Cunt, land Lodge ; Lord and Lady De Grey, for Wrest Pa to rit Lord and Lady Kinnaird and family, from the Burli" t be Hotel, for Rossie Priory, N.B. ; Major Markham, fc r 0 Continent ; Lord Adarc, for Lissadel H o use, Colonel Brunton, 13th Light Dragoons, for Canterb Slige V Vice- Admiral Sir Henry Digby, K. C 8., for o °, Ye k .b , ment House, Sheerness ; the Dowager Duchess of I * A — by mond, accompanied by the Duchess of Richmond e;',,bt her grandchildren, for Gordon Castle, N.B. ; the 1`,17/3- Hon. Richard Shell, and family, for Long Orchercl• perary ; Mr. and the Hon. Mn.s Ives, for the New ~ y; Mr. and Lady Juliana B yly , for Ballyduff, near Mr. Henry Greville, for Paris ; Lord and Lady loughby de Broke, for Compton Verney. MR. ALDERMAN HA RAI ER.—Yesterdl t D o e ( Mayor;and Corporation of Gravcsend voted an addrl9 of c o ng ratulation to Mr. Alderman Harmer. The l l ' a d t be proposed it in a neat 'speech, in which he alluded t ° /0 4 opposition the Corporation had long maintained ate' i C !t the Alderman on the pier dues and other matters, "" a n d opposition, in many respects, still existed, and be , i lc several of the Corporation aro un d hi m , were quite real:3,F continue it should the occa s i on aga i n ar rive ; never t this was a subject wholly irrespec t i ve , an d the add re ,„%ble felt to be a duty to an exc e ll en t ne i g hb ou r and a l'a f ":o 3 public man. The following is the address :—" Harmer of Ingress Abbey, Greenbithe, in the coo° fro Kent, Es., and Alderman of the City of London. s ee d Mayor and Corporation of th e B orou gh of Grav e l he ll t fi having learn e d th a t y ou are next i n rotation to tra llf office of Lord Mayor of the City of London, resPec.snom present you with a n a dd ress o f congra tulation thcreurrtain and at the same time testify the high sense they enteduct of your kindness, benevolence, and excellence of cl oc so and character as a neig n hbour end friend. Th e y el `f the also their earnest desire that, during your occupancy bit clvie chair of the City of London, the harmony thattnati long subsi s t e d b e i wee n the metropolis and the ktilits connected with it, may be continued, and, if poPlvl creased." Signed and sealed with the com Mon Corporaticau E' ••• The ( and Scic made th, dates, 1 , they wil' o'clock r Waterloo List of Noble are rev] H. E. 1 apectiog I. 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