The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-04 00:00:00

LONDON: TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1840. A number of Bills were carried up to the Lords from the Commons last night, and a considerable number of petitions were presenteil, one of which, from Presby terians of the North of Ireland, was against the Earl of ABERDEEN'S Church Bill, which has been withdrawn. Lord BROUGHAM'S Bill for the Administration of Justice was passed through all its stages, the Standing Orders having been suspended. The Law Lords pre sent supported it, and stated that the other Bill had been withdrawn from the House of Commons to their regret, under a rnisapprehensimi that it would he opposed. Lord MELBOURNE stated that it would have been in convenient and imprudent to press that Bill if opposed a,: was expected. The Bills of Exchange Bill and the Sale of Beer Bill were both passed. In answer to Viscount STRANGFORD, Lord NIEr..• siut:aNh stated that he apprehended the Convention er)neluded in relation to the affairs of the East, could nr.t be procured in sufficient time to lay it on the table Lefora the Parliament was prorogued. On the motion of the Earl of WARWICK, a number 'f returns were ordered relative to granting a charter B rn iagharn. The E.trl of CHARLEVILLE entered into a long state ment relative to an Irish Magistrate, a Mr. LANGFORD, who thought himself exceedingly ill-treated because the Government tiid not think so highly of his zeal as he thought, and when he had expected a baronetcy, we pr,:!surne, he received a reprimand. The Noble Earl moved for a return of the papers connected with the erase. The Marquis of NORMANBY did not oppose the mo tiou, except as to the opinions of the Law Officers. but iv aa,cutiog to it observed that the peace of the country bean preserved rather in spite of Mr. LANGFORD to by his instrumentality—that be had acted illegally, 1 that Ireland,notwithstanding the continued efforts of .:tain persona to goad her into outrage, was remarkably wit behaved. The Earl Of GLEN:IALL thought Mr. LANGFORD been very severcly treated. We shall be better ttbic.: to form an opinion when we see the documents ; statements made on the authority of Irish .Magi - t, ..tea, though nude in Parliament, have always ap r,e-red to- us amongst the least reliable of all the pro ductions of passion. The Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill was, on t h e mo tion of the Archbishop of CANT ERBURY, referred' to a Sel.ct Committee, and the Standing Orders were ordered to be suspended, to enable their Lordships to reeve the Report and read the Bill a third time on Tiihrsday. The weather—the delightful weather —is obv,:lusly snaking their Lordships as tired of Parliament tine public are tired of their Lordships, who sat till irr. TROTTER, the new Member for West Surrey, ton his slat in the Commons. A notice given on behalf of Mr. KELLY, that he would, on the 27th, move an address to terminate the disp:ite with China, caused a good deal of merriment. A new writ was issued for NS aterford in the room of 11r. Poway, who has accepted the Chiltern Hun dreds. O n the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL the House was erd,fred to meet to day at Twelve o'Clock. The Church Discipline Bill, in opposition to the with of M r . W ARBUR TON, that it might not be pressed this Session, was passed through a Com mittee, and the Report was ordered to be received tu-clay. The Honourable Member, however, carried amendments directing that a copy of the depositions made against any person accused before the Bishops' Commissioner should be given to the accused. Mr. J. IcHou. opposed it, but was defeated by 43 to 20. • Lord BROUGHAM'S Administration of Justice Bill, was sent down from the Lords was read a first tine on the motion of Mr. Fox MAuLE, and ordered t e , read a second time te•morrow. An Adminstra t7e.n of Justice Bill will be passed, then, after a!!. - fie Administration of Justice (Birmingham) Bill EV E SING CH ft - W ARTISM! ANE ORGANIZA TION of the PEOPLE. In the press, and shortly will be published, a Pamphlet en titled as above, embracing a plan for the Education and Im provement of the people, politically and socially. Written in Warwick Gaol, By WILLIAM LOVETT and JOHN COLLINS. London : Published by J. Watson, 13, City-road, Finsbury ; H. Hetherington, 126, Strand ; and J. Cleave, 1, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street. ii_VIEDICAL NOTES and REFLECTIONS By HENRY HOLLAND, M.D. &c., :`hvsician Extraordinary to the Queen. London: Longman, Orme, and Co, NEW EDITION OF DR. HOLLAND'S NOTES. Next week will be published, the Second Edition, in 1 vol. Aro. 188. cloth lettered. Now ready, iu 2 vols., post Svo., wits Portraits of her Majesty, Prince Albert, &c. price 21s. bound, QUEEN VICTORIA, FROM HER BIRTH TO HER BRIDAL. " 'Mere attractive volumes furnish not merely an adequate and authentic record of the pure and haptiy life of our young sovereign. taut the only available one that has hitherto been given to he world. The charming letters of Miss Jane Por ter, coutained in the work, offer some of the most delightful reminiscences of the infancy and childhood of Queen Victoria that have ever been made public."—Naval and Military Gaz. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WEST INDIA IMMIGRATION SOCIETY. No Applications for Shares will be received aftcr SATUR DAY Nr.vr, the Bth instant ; in the meantime they may be made to the Committee, at Messrs. Bond, Pearce, and Co., 5, Finsbury-place South ; Messrs. Henry H. Cohen and Co., 4, London- street, Fenchurch-street ; Messrs. Master man and Co., Nicholas-lane ; Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, and Co., d, Basinghall-street ; or Edmund F. Green, Esq., 147, Lea denhall-street. August 3, 1840. LEIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) ipTer many possilsilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES. HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRIBUTIONS. ?enens desirous to purchase for one of the next Distributions, agav receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS- DgCTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. VIE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains SEVEN HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to £72,170, The Dividends being 7: 2 5 , 0 0 £BOO £l5O £lOO 1:70 5,000 600 120 90 60 1,5045 400 110 80 50 1,000 200 And the following Distribution contains 25,200 Dividends, Amounting to £954,888, the Dividends being £15,000 £6OO £7O 0 £37 10 7,500 300 50 0 37 0 3,800 200 42 0 36 0 1,800 150 40 10 35 0 1,200 100 39 0 HEINE, BROTHERS, having remitted, during a short •rime, 1i,A001., 9,0001.. 5,000/., 3,6001., &c. &c. &c., to Lon don; 3,600/., 8001., 7001., to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,600/. to Beverley; 3,600/. to Halifax ( Yorkshire); 1,2001. to Portleaven:Harbour ; 900/., 6001., to Liverpool; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. to Hull ; 9001., 6001., to Man chester ; 600/. to Bideford; 600/. to Cork ; 6001. to Bradford ; they shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the said Dis tribution: to England, Ireland, and Scotland. T 1 41 Bonds (which are no Lottery Tickets) can be cashed at every Flanker'• connected with Germany in every mercantile ?lace in the world. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Continual overflows. Immense success of Maine's Spectacle, " Jane of the Hatchet." The grand Tableaux d'action, and imposing military evolutions of 100 Female Warriors, have been witnessed by upwards of 35,000 persons with astonish ment and delight. The awful sublimity of the last scene, depicting the Siege of Beauvois, exceeds every thing hitherto attempted. THIS EVENING, AUG. 4. Will be acted a Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled splen dour, entitled JANE OF THE HATCHET. Supported by the entire strength of the Company, and One Hundred Female Warriors. After which, a Drama of peculiar interest, called FIFTEEN YEARS OF A DRUNKARD'S LIFE. To conclude a Comic Piece, called DON PEDRO THE COBLECRUEL AND MANUEL THE R. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. AEEVENTH WEEK, and CONTINUED BRILLIANT SUCCESS of BEETHOVEN'S BATTLE SINFONIA, With its novel and effective Introductions ! ! GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAMPETRES, By Godfrey's unrivalled Band. Programs of the Concert for August 3d, 4th, and 6th. FIRST PART. Overtures--Egmont (first time), and the Dragon Fight. Quadrille—St. Petersburgh (first time.) Fantasia from Obe ron. Waltz—Die Berggeister (first public performance), Me lange Des Danses, Pas des Nations (from Le Corsair) intro ducing the Tyrolienne, Bolero, Quadrille, and Tarantella. Pas Redouble (MS.) SECOND PART. GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA, Beethoven, with new effects and an augmented Band. Cavatina e Coro, Carta Diva, trent Norma (first time this sea son), Musard's New Quadrille—La Chasse (first time in Eng kind). Overture—Guillauma Tell. Gallop—Benyowsky. The vast Panorama 4 Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, by Dansen—Breaking up of the Ice—Melting of the Snows— Release and Departure of the Discovery Ship. Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostic," or "Lime Light. Eruption of Mount Hecla, &c. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday next. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Feeding Heur of the Carnivora, Five o'Clock. Concert commences at Six. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 3.4 3 minutes alter it 1 Evening 19 minutes alter 7 ir I, Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Sun' com menced at 10 minutes after Three. went through Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER stated that there would be no difficulty here after in extending the provisions of the Bill to Man chester and Bolton, should the question of the charters remain much longer unsettled, and that the Government had advanced about 5,000/. to Birmingham. On moving that the Lords' amendments t- the Mu nicipal ( Ireland) Bill be taken into cunsidera ion, Lord MoapErFt said there were some of them, ai the per manent 101. qualification and the mode of electing the Sheriffs, of which he disapproved ; but as the Bill would do some good and prevent much evil, Government had come to a determination to pass it, and hoped the House would agree to that proposition. The Noble Lord moved some trifling amendments to the Lords' amendments, but none which would interfere with the machinery of the Bill. Mr. GRATTAN rejoiced that the Bill was to be passed, but moved that the House disagree to the amendments made by the Lords touching the monstrous SHAW•LYNDHURST job. Lord MORPETH hoped, in the spirit of peace, that the amendment would be withdrawn. Both he and Lord JOHN RUSSELL assured the House that this sub ject would most likely be again brought before the House. Lord .T. RUSSELL said it must be. Mr. GRATTAN withdrew his amendment, and a Com mittee was appointed to draw up roasons for disagree ing with some of the Lords' amendments. Mr. AGLIONBY postponed his motion concerning Mr. O'CONNOR till Wednesday. Lord SANDON brought the case of the Poles under the notice of the House, and asked that fifty-two more of those unfortunate men should be placed on the pen sion list, being a proportion of one to three who had dropped of. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having taken a vote only for a certain sum to be distributed amongst a certain number of persons, could neither ask for more nor place more pensioners on the :ist without a breach of faith. He hoped some other means, such as an ap peal to the benevolence of the public, would relieve these distressed men. After a few words from Mr. T. DUNCODIBE complain ing of the Literary Association of Poland, and from Sir F. BURDETT, who, though labouring under illness, spoke i❑ behalf of the Poles, the subject was dropped. The Committee of Ways and Means was postponed till Wednesday. The House sat till Half-past Nine. In order that there should be no mistake, the Duke of WELLINGTON repeated and extended, on Thursday evening, the remarks he made on its being the duty of the Church to provide for the spiritual destitution of the people, when he pre sented the Oxford petition. He said on Thursday—. He had never entertained but one opinion on this sub. ject, and that opinion was that it was especially necessary that additional means should be adopted in this country for the preaching of the word of God to the people.—( [fear, hear.) And considering in what degree the Church of this country was endowed, it was expedient that the first steps in order to procure funds for that purpose should be taken by the clergy themselves.—( Hear, hear.) He had always entertained these opinions, and whenever any of the Right Rev. Prelates had done him the honour to converse with him on this subject, be had stated these opinions to them. He could not recollect on what particular occasion or in what words he bad delivered it, but he had delivered the same opinion a few nights ago, in that House, on pre senting a petition from the University of Oxford, and he had also, in his correspondence with that University, stated the same opinion. He would go a little farther, and say these persons must have derived little advantage from the contemplation of what was passing around them, if they did not see fresh cause every day for thinking that it was absolutely necessary that the first step should be taken by the clergy themselves. But his Grace wound up what he said by ob serving—'• He trusted they should not have done with this subject until they had found sufficient means for teaching all the people of this country their duty towards their MAKER, and towards one another," which is quoted by the Tory prints, in conjunction with the first passage of the above quo tation, as a proof that the Duke will aid them in extracting something from the public purse, after the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill has been carried into effect. He certainly expresses a sentiment which is very general amongst Statesmen, but against entertaining which the public require to be warned. That society is in a diseased state all parties admit. The demand for more churches and more priests is made to remedy a great disease. The Chartists assert the same fact as the bigots, but they require a totally different treatment to ef fect a cure. One party wants a stronger Govern ment, another the abolition of restrictions ; one set howl against Mr. O'CONNELL and the Act of 1829, another set agitate for a repeal of the Union. All parties and sects, however much they may dif fer as to the remedies, agree that extensive disease prevails. It is to cure this that Church Extension is de manded, and Church Extension is relied on. Will those who rely on it not be deceived ? For fifteen or sixteen centuries Church establishments have pre ; vailed over Europe, and whatever good they can effect must have been made manifest long ago. Where can we find any proofs of their utility ? In France before the Revolution ? The Revolu- tioii thunders, No. In Italy at this time ? Its poverty and desolation pain the heart by their answer ; the people are impoverished; industry, from losing its reward, has lost its energy, but the priesthood, black and white, grey and scarlet, are numerous, ar.d comparatively wealthy. In Spain, or Portugal, or Germany ? Why, then, have the Church establishments been curtailed in all these countries, and how comes true religion to be almost unknown in the two former ? Does England supply the proof ? With sin gular obtuseness the priesthood complains bitterly of the secularization of a large portion of their re venues at, and subsequent to, the Reformation, and, at the same time, boast of the progress of true reli , !on, proving, if they prove any thing, that in proportion as an establishment is cut down, not ex tended, religion grows and flourishes. But com bined with the boast of the success of their teach ing since the Reformation come these two other facts, that they still possess enormous wealth, and the people are miserably taught the truths of reli gion. The present disease of society is a complete proof that the Church establishment is a failure. If we cannot find any proof of the utility of an establishment in England, can we in Scotland ? Why, it is admitted that there the land is overrun with heathenism ; and in Glasgow, and some other towns of Scotland, crime has, within the last few years, made a more rapid progress than in any part of the empire. Nor does Ireland teach a different lesson. That country, against which so much is said by the Protestants, has long had two sets of priests ; and no rational inquirer into its condition can or does expect any improvement from augmenting their numbers. lie relies rather on some alteration in the economical condition of the people, an increase of wealth, an influx of capital, a different appropriation of the land, and not on enlarging the Church establishment, to cure the ills of Ireland. We then can find in history no proof of the uti lity of Church establishments, and can have no hope that the present diseased condition of society can be cured by extending them. If they increased the rood of man—if they promoted his prosperity— if they explained to him the laws of that material world which is everywhere around him, and from which he cannot escape —if they explained its action on him and his means of mortifying it—if they un folded or enlarged his moral powers, either giving him the means to conquer nature by an acquaintance with her laws, or brought him to submit humbly to an unconquerable destiny, we might thereby hope something for man from ex tending Church establishments ; but as they do not pretend to effect anything o; all these, we are forced to conclude that whoever relies on them to cure the evils of society, be he high or be he low, the Duke of WELLINGTON or Dr. CROLY, he will be doomed—if he live to see the result of the scheme, to most woful disappoint ment. This is no unim portant matter. The disease of society is admitted. the question is, what is the cure ? Because we are not able to say what is, we are not thereby ex c luded from saying what is not. Church Extension is not, and we are inclined to agree with Viscount MELBOURNE that this is a case where prodigious mischief would be effected by set ting about doing something before we are fully as sured that what we do will be beneficial. The present tendency is to freedom of thought and in dependence of Ch urc h government , Dissent is growing, and Dissent carries virtue in its train. This tendency alarms and confounds the admirers of Church establishments, whose present efforts are directed against it. They see society escaping from them, happily ; and, un d er th e p re t ext of pro' moting religion and• morality, they ask to it I replaced, by laws, under their control. We have several extiacts from the provincial Papers on the claims of the children of the Duke of SUssEx, to lay before our readers when we can find room. Among these, some articles from the Sheffield Iris—a Contempora r y w h ose A ccession to this cause gives us sincere plea sure—and the Hull Advertiser, deserve part:- • cular notice, not more for the justness of the view which they take of this interesting subject, than for the moderation of the tone in which they dis cuss it. It is matter of deep regret to them, as it must be to every Journalist advocating Liberal opinions, that a Personage who has in many res pects deserved so well of the supporters of Liberal principles in politics, as the Duke of SUSSEX has done, should have adopted, and so long persisted in, a course of conduct towards his children which every good and right-thinking man must greatly condemn. There are, however, other interests besides those of party which it is the duty of the Press to consult. From this duty the honest Journalist will not shrink, even although its per formance may clash with his party attachments. It is worthy of consideration, both on the part of the public and on that of his Royal Highness, that in almost all the comments made by the Press on the late ill-advised speech against the Regency Bill, the conduct of the Illustrious Duke towards his children is advanced as an unanswerable objection against his being entrusted with the guardianship of an infant heir to the Throne. A neglect of the parental obligations, it is argued—and we must confess not without reason—if it is not a disqualifi cation for the office of guardian, holds out any thing but a fair prospect that the important duties of that office would be faithfully discharged. If his Royal Highness wishes to stand well with the public, above all, if he has any ambition to be respected by the moral and religious part of the community, he must no longer delay the fulfilment of those duties to his children which, as their pa rent, he owes them, and to the performance of which he has, besides, bound himself in the most solemn maner that a human being can be bound. We do not say that even in that case—even were the Duke of SUSSEX to retrace the course which he has so long pursued in relation to his children, and come back to that dictated by the juster and more generous feelings of his early years, there would not be much to forgive ; but the public are not unforgiving, and would bury all remembrance of the past in their joy at the present. We are, at the same time, called upon by our 'regard for his Royal Highness to warn him that there is a point beyond which the forbearance of the public will not go, and a tine after which it will be in vain for him to hope to efface the im pression made by his behaviour to his offspring. Much has already come before the public, but the Illustrious Duke must be aware that the history of these unhappy transactions has not yet been brought down to the present moment. Whether what yet remains to be told may be creditable or otherwise to his Royal Highness, it is of some im portance to him well to consider. Our readers will perceive that more than one of our Contemporaries have adopted our view of the construction to be put upon Sir AuGusTus D'EsTE's appearance at her MAJESTY'S late ball, after so long an exclusion from the precincts of the Palace, and the countenance of Royalty. It is, indeed, scarcely possible to believe that a pro ceeding, having a necessary tendency to awaken, in the breasts of Sir AUGUSTUS and his sister, hopes of being placed in the position to which they have so just a claim, would have been adopted by our gracious and amiable Sovereign, had there been no intention on the part of her MAJESTY that those hopes should be realised. \Vas it the QUEEN'S object, in the first instance, to give the Duke of SUSSEX a significant hint of what her MAJESTY thought it was his duty to do, and what she expected of him ? We think it would have been wise in his Royal Highness to have viewed the matter in this light, and to have acted accord ingly. Whether his Royal Highness was offended at the encouragement given to the expectations of his children—and we may add to those of the public— we cannot take upon ourselves to assert. There can, however, be no doubt of the fact, that it was on the night after the Royal ball that he delivered the celebrated speech on the Regency Bill, which has surprised the nation fully as much by its dis trustful and unfriendly tone towards Prince BERT, as by the superfluity of its allusions to .fie illustrious speaker himself. We will not, we repeat, undertake to determine whether these two facts stand to each other in the relation of cause and effect, but we cannot divest ourselves of some misgiving on this point. We cannot forg©t that Sir AuGusTus D'EsTE was un ceremoniously dismissed from an office which he held in the Court of King WILLIAM IV., anti de prived of an income of a thousand a year, for no other reason—as far as the public know—than that, in the discharge of his duties as a son and a brother, lie made an attempt to get recorded in the Court of Chancel) , the testimony of the clergyman who of ficiated at the marriage of his father and mother in a foreign country. The necessity was urgent—the Rev. Gentleman had passed his eightieth year, and could not be expected to live long. His testimony was important, and, by being recorded, would have been available after his death in the establishment of the legitimacy of the son and daughter of the Duke of SUSSEX. With this stern severity of punishment, for what all persons of right feeling must consider a highly meritorious act, before our eyes, and influenced, perhaps, in some degree, by rumours which we have heard about " family com pacts," and by uncalled-for disclaimers of " am bition," we think it possible that the illustrious Duke may not have been pleased at the kindness shown by her MAJESTY to Sir A. D'EsTE, and may have forgot himself so far as to resent it. We direct the reader's attention to our report o the proceedings yesterday, in honour of Messrs LOVETT and CoLLINs. Besides the Paris Morning Papers of Sunday, we have received by express the illoniteur Puri. sien of Sunday night, with the following important news from Syria : TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " Government has received the subjoined despatch, which we hasten to publish. We must, however, add, that a despatch from Alexandria, dated the 23d ult., and brought from Marseilles by telegraph, says nothing on the sub. ject of it. " MARSEILLES, AUGUST 1, 6 O'CLOCK P.M, THE PREFECT OF THE MOUTIIi OF THE RHONE 7'o THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. _ . " ' Lieutenant Spark, of the British navy, commanding the Prometheus British steamer, which left Malta on the 28th of July, and has arrived this instant, states that on the day of his departure the English packet from Beyrout and Alexandria announced that the insurrection of Syria had been terminated without firing a shot, and that the Egyptian fleet had returned to Alexandria with part of the troops it had conveyed to Syria." Should this news be confirmed, the settlement of the Oriental Question appears to us surround& with fresh difficulties. 'We affect not to con ceal from the public the hopes we entertained of the success of the Druses and Maronites of the mountains ; satisfied that were they to restore the authority of the Porte in Syria, hostile interference on the part of the Great Powers would be effec tually prevented, and thus any pretence for a colli sion between England and France completely removed. The intelligence, however, was well received in Paris. At TORTONI'S the Three per Cents. rose from 801. to 801. 70c. The Constitutionnel of Sunday—M. TIIIERS'S organ—publishes a summary of the opinions of the French Provincial Press on the question of a war with England, from which we learn that, eager as the Parisians are for war, the Provincialists exceed in the ratio of at least five to one. If the truth, however, must be told, we have very little regard for the so-called opinions of the French Provincial Press ; because we happen to know that, per se, the Provincial Press of France has no opinion. The noise it makes is but the echo of the sound from Paris. So far as regards the expression of public opinion Paris is France, and France independently of Paris is nothing. In this respect there is no comparison whatever between the Newspaper Press of Great Britain and the Press of France. Our Provincial Press is, in the aggregate, the independent organ of a power second only in influence to the Govern ment itself, and at all times sensibly modifying the spirit of the Metropolitan Journals. How this takes place is a subject of curious inquiry, into which we cannot enter at this moment. In the National, the Republican organ, we find orne articles quoted from The Sun on the Oriental question: which are not at all to the taste of our -II: , Contemporary. We likewise find that we which appear to have startled ' ' certainsome e persons eiatin tl -1 Paris who na , Qn it for granted that in depr ecatin g a war,without an ob ject, with France, we wer e influenced solel y b y our fears, and by a knowledg e of the inabilit y of England to maintain such a contest. Surely our national character ought to be a little better known • 4. 1 % . ?.. N„.• , 47 ... f , un. TRE SUN, ..CONDON, TUESDAY, A.ITO UST 4, 1840-. to France by this time. The seizure of the Turkish fleet on the coast of Syria, and its return to Con stantinople in the presence of all the sail of the line France has in the Mediterranean, would be an act of fearless courage on the part of the British Ad miral, perfectly compatible with the absence of any boasting of our naval prowess in the newspapers of Great Britain. If our modesty will not allow us to insult or irritate our neighbours, we have a right to expect that those for whose feelings we manifest such tenderness should not assume cowardice as the motive of our forbearance. But though in general the tone of the Paris Papers of Sunday was more moderate, the Govern. ment was carrying out its scheme of military prepa rations on a very large scale. On Saturday the Minister of War informed the Committee of Ar tillery that a sum equal to 240,000/. sterling was employed in the purchase of horses, saddles, har ness, &c., for that department. On the same day saddlery to the amount of 68,0001. sterling was ac tually purchased. Everything here will go well till the settling day comes. Every franc thus expended will form an item in a new tax, - which when it comes to ,be levied, will put France in a very diffe rent humour. We find it whispered in the German Papers that M. THIERs, notwithstandi ng the French horror of secret treaties, has entered into a secret treaty with MEHEMET A Li, the particulars of which have not yet transpired. This may account for the obsti nacy with which France opposes the policy of the Four Powers. The Madrid Papers received are of the 2fith tilt., but their contents are unimportant : If it were really intended to reply to the Convention of the Four Powers which isolates France, it was to the Rhine that 200,000 men ought to be sent. In the prospect of a partition of Turkey, France ou g h t to h old herself in readi ness to conquer Belgium and the provinces on the Rhine ; but evolutions of squadrons in the Mediterranean will not frighten the English, and will leave the field still open for diplomatic negotiations. For the rest of the noise which is now made is designed to divert attention from the importance of an act which is even less serious on ac count of its immediate object than of its future conse- quences. We have the following letter from Perpignan, of the 28th July : " We have news from Barcelona of the 26th, at which date the city was calm, but considerable fermentation prevailed, which is a natural consequence of the san guinary scenes that have taken place. " On the 22d eleven persons were killed in the streets; this was still civil war, and party vengeance. The mode rate party were seized with such terror, that all the vessels in the port, and several men-of-war on this station, were crowded with fugitives. " The day before yesterday, a column of 3,500 Car lists arrived at the camp of Perpignan. Yesterday a re served column of 2,500 men came from the encampments in Upper Roussillon, all belonging to the Catalonian faction. " An estafette arrived very early this morning with news that between midnight and one o'clock the Government vessel Rainier had arrived at Port Vendres, with 18 pas sengers on board, coming from Barcelona. We arc igno rant of the reason of this voyage, and of the names of the passengers."— Gazette de France. ST. PETEMBURGII, JULY 25 —The Grand Duke Alexander arrived yesterday at:yeterhoff, from his visit to Germany. An Imperial manifesto, dated the 18th of this month, orders a general body of recruits in the whole empire, by which, in some parts of the empire, five men, and in some six men, f rom every t h ousan d sou l s are t o b e furnished. The levy begins on the 13th of November and on the 13th of January, 1841. The introduction to the manifesto is as follows :—" We having, in our constant solicitude for the welfare of our beloved subjects, introduced partial levies of recruits instead of a general body in the empire, we likewise, (or the greater relief of our subjects, limited the levy to what was required by absolute necessity; but the consequence of this is that our army becomes every year more incomplete, and calls now for an increased levy from the Governments whose turn it is. But in considera tion that those Governments would be thereby too heavily burdened, we have thoughti fit this time, as an excep tion, to order a general levy of recruits in the empire, in order to fill up the deficiency in the army, and in future to continue the system of partial levies." Since we received the important information relative to Syria, which appears in another part of The Sun, we have been itiformed on good authority that it is mo s t pro b a bl y muc h exaggerated. Some partial success may have been obtained in the neighbourhood of Beyrout, but it is scarcely possible that the whole mountain population, who were in insurrection, have either been subdued or have surrendered. The beneficial effect which this news had on the French Funds, and from them on our own, may give rise to a suspicion that it was exaggerated for that purpose. This effect would be heightened, too, by the supposition that if the insurrection were at an end, the possibility of an immediate conflict, by any accident, between France and England, would be done away. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.) James Jones, alias Doneldson, an errand boy, was charged with fraudulently obtaining nine yards of cloth for and on account of Mr. Robinson, linendraper, High Hol born, his late master. Mr. Lewis, of West Smithfield, stated that last evening cloth,th e which carne t a l eme said to his h e i s would shop, and hadshow h twos employer, and nd about eight o'clock in the evening be returned, bringing the order produced for the property in question, which was and The order suspicions h were theore nanie of Mr. from Robin son'sthecxcited prisoner's manner the watchm an o f t h e esta bli s h ment was sent after him, who observi ng t h at h e passe d hi s l ate ma ster's shop, traced him into the yard o f th e Bl ue given foreman, to him. a Posts coach-office in Holborn, and on his perceiving that he was about to be detected, he laid down the parcel, under thee pretence that it was to b e forwarded to the country. He was then stopped by the prosecutor's servant, and after considerable hesitation he admitted that he had obtained the parcel by fraudulent means. Mr. Robinson said that the prisoner had been discharged by him about nine months back for breaking open a desk, and he would, on a future day, be able to bring forward several charges against him. The shopman of Messrs. 'Willis, Holborn-hill, proved that on the I3th July the prisoner came to him in the name of the prosecutor, and obtained several patterns, which he said were wanted for suits of livery. Mr. HALL directed that he should be convened to the Justice Room at Guildhall, as the offences had been com mitted in the city. The prisoner was then removed. , LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THis DAY. DEAL, Ace. 3.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Somerset, Ciift, from Teneriffc ; Liebe, Kirk, Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, Ace. 3.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Wil liam, Mackwood, from Quebec; British Queen, New foundland; DevoncK - rt, Quebec. Sailed the Australian, Ireland, to North Wales; Supitly, Leslie, Cuba ; Mattaface, Trinidad ; Dcyope, Murray, Alaratiham ; Benjamin Morgan, Johnson, Charlestou ; Thomas Bennett, Halsey, do. ; C. E. Platt, Rice, New York ; Blanchard, do. ; Excharu2,-‘. : Atkins, Boston ; Souter Johnny, Little, Montreal ; Erin, Clark, Quebec ; Coronet, Bute, Sc. Andrew's, New Brunswick , ; Apollo, J ac k son, Newfoundland : Ricer, Curtis, F igueras. VESSELS SPOKEN Wrrit.—The Iloward (packet), from Africa to Liverpool, 18th June, lat. 21, lon. 40, by the . Relianc e , 16 : h u lt., a rrived at Liverpool ; Ninor, Liver pool to St. Andrews, 12th ult., lat. 42, lon. 54 ; Industry, Waterford to Prince Edward's Island, with loss of bul warks, 16th, lat. 45, lon. 43 ; Thos. Baker, St. John's, New Brunswick, to Glo'ster, 21st, lat. 47, lon. 34, by the Romulus, arrived at Liverpool ; Iberia, 29th ult., six leagues North of Cape Finisterre ; Lord Hungerford, Saunders, L on d on to C a l cutta, 31st, b y t h e Tagus, ar. rived at Falmouth ; Minerva, from Alexandria, 13th ult. off the G u t o f Gib ra l tar : Sir Robert Peel, f rom Quebec , 28th, 100. 8, by the City of Wilton, arrived at Cork ; Gen. , Wolfe, Li verpoo l to R io Gran d e, 24t h J une , l at. 1, N., lon. 16, by t h e C apt. Ross, arrive d at Li verpoo l ; P rowler, Jones, from:Sm rna 24th June, off Cape Mattapan; \Vil_ ' Hasa Fost er , 21st ult., l a t. 41, lon. 10; Redcliffe, 27 t 1, , lat. 48, lon. 8 ; M a b el 28th lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Leve. vet, Diteha ne , arrived at Cork ; Romudo, of Newcastle, on the Grand B an k , b y the Argus C o ttier, arrived at C ar . lisle ; Madonna, of Hamburgb, lat. 45, 1 00. 47 ; of Limerick, l at. 51, lon, 13, by t h e Ann Blair, arrived at Carlisle. THE MARKETS--(THIS DAY.) was very dull----..---; by COLONIAL MARKET. The market private contract scarcely any thing was done ; and the public sales were unimportant. A good demand exi'srtEedAforMaAllßsoKrtEs T. of tea, and prices were rather higher for free trade. Company's Congou 2s. 20. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Russian was in fair demand, both on the spot and to arrive ; prices were fair at 525. 3d. to 523. 6d• per cwt. SPIRIT AIARKET. Rum in good request, and prices on the advance, but Brandy still flat. WIIITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was larger, b u t the deman d was g ood, a nd p rices well sustai ne d. Old Clover, ' 4/ to 51. 1 5 5.; New d itto, 3/ . to 51. ; Old Meadow , 3/. to 4 1 jos.; New d i tto , 3/. to 41. ; Straw, 325. to 36 5. per load. * Prussian Mi n i s t ry, as first p or ted. is corr oborated. Rochon PRUSSIA N C ABINET.- -The remodelling of the e -h succeeds Witt genstein in threaus Ministry. Count Slotberg succeeds th e l atter as Home Minister, a nd Eichbon becomes Minister of Public Instruction. TH E LATE STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE RivEa.—Thi s morning the body of a tine young man was dis covered i n th e R iver, between W es t m i n ster and Waterl oo Bridges. It i s supposed to be that o f t h e un f o rtunate indivi_ dual who was d rowned on Sunday even i ng la s t, near Westmin ster Bridg e , b y t h e boat he was LONGEVIT nions, who wer e saved, being ru n down No the Violet steamer. i J o , with two of his comps_ The body a wa it s a Coroner's inquest. vock, county Ant r i m, A ndrew Loug hli n , Esq., at the very ad yanced age of 110 y ears. U ntil w i t hi n the last few month s h o Y.—Died, o n the 25th inst., at Der- I retained all his faculties unimpaired, and saw five sovereigns successively ascend the British throne , IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The 'PEAKER took the Chair at a few Minutes past Twelve „'Clock. Mr. T DUNCOMBE presented a petition from an individual named East, at Yeovil, complaining of the con duct of the Magistrates of that district, and praying ir quiry. CANADA. Mr. PA K INGTOKT presented a petition from be tween 2,000 and 3,000 inhabitants of Montreal on the sub ject of the Ordinance for Incorporating the Seminary of San Sulpice. The petitioners thought the ordinance highly objectionable in principle and detail, inasmuch as it perpetuated and aggravated the system of feudal tenure, and violated the provisions of the2d and 3d Victoria, chap. 53. The petitioners prayed that the House would ad dress the Crown for an abolition of that obnoxious ordi nance.—Laid on the table. The HON. MEMBER then begged to ask what would be the immediate effect of that ordinance, and whether it would be acted upon in Canada before it was submitted to Parliament in the course of the next Session? Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not state whether the Governor-General would act upon the ordinance before it had received the sanction of her Majesty's Government or not, but it would be in his power to do so if he thought proper. Col. PERCEVAL presented a petition from Ennis killen, against the system of National Education in Ire land. Mr. HA WE S presented a petition from the Surrey Political Union, complaining of the treatment of political prisoners. Mr. PAKINGTON moved the Order of the Day for the consideration of the Lords' Amendments to the Sale of Beer Bill, for the purpose of postponing it. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a parish in Man chester, against the connection between Church and State. The Hon Member also presented a petition from a person named Robert Caddy, now a prisoner in Bever ley, and complaining of the conduct pursued towards him by the Visiting Justices. The petition detailed a system of espionage and severity unparalleled in this or any other country. He moved that the petition be printed, in order to bring the matter before the House to-morrow. Mr. FOX MAW, E begged to call the attention of the House to the danger likely to arise from printing petitions containing gross charges against the Magistrates, which the Hon. Members presenting them would not ven ture to vouch for. If true, inquiry into the facts was ab solutely necessary ; if false, the result was that unfounded charges were, by the printing of these petitions, cir culated throughout the country, and were calculated to rouse the indignation of the lower classes against the Ma gistrates, and thereby do irreparable mischief.—( Hear.) Mr. HUME said, if the Hon. Gentleman assured him that inquiry would take place into these matters, he should not press the motion. He had two other petitions of the same description to present. He had written to the ma gistrate whose conduct was impugned, but he should postpone them for the present. Mr. FOX MAULE would pledge himself to institute an inquiry, not only into the allegations of that petition, but into those of every petition of a like nature. Mr. L ANGD AL E, as a magistrate of the East Riding of Yorkshire, expressed himself as most anxious for full inquiry to be made. PRIVILEGE. Colonel PERCEVAL rose to draw the attention of the House to a breach of privilege which regarded him self. In a Morning Paper of considerable circulation, par ticularly in Ireland, he had been represented as expressing an opinion last night in the debate on the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill directly contrary to the one he bad ex pressed. He had been made to express his approval of the course - pursued by the Government, more particularly by the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland, with regard to the amendments sent down from the other House. He certainly had expressed his approbation of the announce ment of the Noble Lord of his intention to grapple with the whole question of judicial officers having seats in that House; but he did not express his approbation of their con duct with regard to all the amendment. On the contrary, he stated his disapproval of the interference of the House with those salutary amendments. H eapproved of those amendments as far as they went, and so far only, and he only regretted that they did not go further. He had also stated, that if it depended upon his vote that Bill would never pass into a law. In justice to the consistency of his political character he felt himself called upon to correct this misstatement, which was calculated to do injury to him among his friends in Ireland. YEOVIL MAGISTRATES. Mr. SANFORD wished to ask the Hon. Member for Finsbury if he intended to follow up the petition he had presented by any motion, as he was sure the Magistrates were most anxious for inquiry. Mr. 'l'. DUNCO MBE said it would be impossible to institute an inqui-y into the allegations of the petition dur ing the present Session. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. On the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill, _ _ Mr. HUME said he would take that opportunity of drawing the attention of the House to the conduct of that House, and to the state and feelings of the people. lie exceedingly regretted the manner in which the most nu merously signed petition ever presented to Parliament— that for the Charter—had been treated. Had it not been treated in that manner, he thought the present discontents would not have existed. Tbe'Reform Bill had disappointed the people. The democratic principle was not properly represented; he was of opinion that every man who paid taxes, or who was liable to be drawn;in the militia, had a right to vote in the election of Members of Parliament. The prisons were now filled by persons who only sought for change, in the same manner as the changes of 1832 were produced. He admitted that those who had had re course to physical force and to the destruction of pro perty ought to be punished; but the greater part of those now in prison were placed there for making use of seditious language, and for attending public meetings. The Ministry ought to recollect their own conduct in 1832, and not press so hardly upon those who were seeking further reforms, and who were only pursuing the same course that they themselves had pursued to carry the Reform Bill. He complained that they had nothing whatever to show at the end of the Session. No thing had been done but enormously increasing their war establishment, and the consequence was that new taxes were obliged to be laid on the already overburdened people of this country. As the present was the last occasion on which be should have an opportunity of pronouncing his opinion upon the finances of the country, he begged to enter his protest against the policy of the Government. Ho feaerd as the House was at present constituted it would be impossible to expect any thing satisfactory from it. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Exchequer Bills Bill was read a third time and passed. _ POSTAGE BILL. On the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Postage Bill being moved, Lord G. SOMERSET begged to ask whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer could hold out any hope that the early closing of the post-offices would be shortly done away with, and the old system again recurred to, and whether any alteration would take place in the deli. very of the letters. He need not say that the early closing of, the post-offices at half-past five was productive of very great public inconvenience, and he trusted it would be speedily put an end to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could hold out no immediate hope that the hour for postage letters would be enlarged. He would remind the Noble Lord and the House that a very great change had been ef fected, and a very great increase of business had taken pia( e in the Post-office department. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Bills of Exchange Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Dublin Police Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion for the third reading of the Ecclesias tical Courts Bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE begged to take that opportu. nity of presenting a petition from Mr. John Thorogood, thanking her Majesty's Ministers for bringing on the Bill to effect hisirelease, but stating his firm conviction it:would be of no avail in consequence of the resolution that had been passed yesterday at Chelmsford at a meeting called by the Church wardens, by which the conduct they had pursued was approved of, and a recommendation given to them to persevere in the course they had adopted, and not to allow Mr. Thorogood to be released without the payment of the costs that had been incurred. In consequence of thin re solution the petition prayed that the House would take some step by which the release would be certain to be ac complished. The Hon. Member had an amendment to propose to one part of the Bill, but he believed he must propose it after the third reading. The effect of his amendment was to strike out of one of the clauses the pro viso which required that the order should be made with the consent of the party at whose instigation the party was imprisoned. Dr. LUSHINGTON thought it necessary, in vindica. tion of himself and the proceedings that had taken place in the Court over which he presided, that the House should be apprised of the course that had been taken there. Mr. Thorogood, having been summoned in the Ecclesias tical Court, thought fit not to appear. Now, under such circumstances, what was he (Dr. Lushington) bound to do in virtue of his oath ? He was bound to administer the law as it stood, without the slightest reference to any other consideration ; and whether the law was popular or not, he was reckless, for as long as he properly adminis tered the law, he cared not what was thought of his judgments. Ho was bound to pronounce the indi vidual in contempt. He had no choice, and if he had refused to do so he would have subjected himself to pro ceedings in other Courts, for the purpose of making him do his duty, and also the censure of the public. A doubt had arisen whether, with the consent of the patties, he could release the individual. He asked those who said he had the power to look to the statute in which they would see that when a party was in custody for contempt, he had no power to discharge that individual unless he had purged his contempt. But it was said another course might have been adopted, similar to that which had been pursued in the case of Mr. Baines of Leicester, which wes much more merciful. Now, with respect to the mercy of that course, he would only say that Mr. Baines had been sued for £2 12s. 6d., and after various proceed ings, the Lord -Chancellor had directed a new writ de contumace capiendo to issue fot the £2 12s. 6d. and .4;125 costs, those costs being only fur one side.—( Hear, bear.) With regard to the 11111, he considered that there was 0, doubt of the power of the Court, and he had suggested to the Noble Lard the Secretary for the Colonies that it ought to be removed, and he had himself drawn up the Bill which he thought would meet the case, and ho trusted it would pass. Mr. HAW E S considered that the case mentioned by the Right Honourable Gentleman, that of Mr. Baines of Leicester showed that the law ought to h e altered. It was a dis grace to t h e l aw that j 254. Costs could 'be puxred in proceedings for the 'recovery of 21. 12s. 6d. He considered that the Bill required alteration in consequence of the proceedings at Chelmsford yesterday. 'I he Judge ought to have the power to discharge Mr. Thorogood without the consent of the Churchwardens, and without costs. He begged to ask whether under the Bill as it now stood, the individual could be disharged without the pay ment of costs. Dr. LUSUINGTON said undoubtedly if the proviso were struck out the Couit over which he had the honour to preside would have the power to discharge any person without payment of costs; such a power would do very well in small cases, but the power would extend to all tes tamentary, matrimonial, and other cases, and he thought that was a pow,r too extensive—being more extensive than any enjoyed by even the highest Courts—to be given to the Ecclesiastical Courts. (To be continued from our First Edition.) MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIC. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—The slles in Cotton to-day are 4,000 bags, .500 of which arc on spe culation ; prices steady. LIVERPOOL SHARE Lis r, AUG. 3.—Chcmer and fir kenhead New Shares, l 9; Great Western, 1001; Lon don andßirmingham, 175; Hull and Selby, 4il ; Bank of Liverpool, 21-k. Market much better, more dmand for Stock, and prices firm, with a decided tendency to advance. THB FUNDS. There being no arrivals this morning, with the excep tion of the express from Paris, with the intelligence that the insurrection in Syria had been terminated, which caused at the opening of the British Market an impr.)ve ment in Conrols for the leaving off prices of 90 for the Account to 901, which price they did not maintain long, and they receded to 894, soon after to 89i, and at present to 90k, they have been continually fluctuating ; Money 90 ; Exchequer Bills 21 23 prem. ; Bank Stock 1721 173 f ; India Stock 252 k to 253 k. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is the chief speculation at present, closed at 244 i, opened at 244 k--; Deferred, ilk 12 k ; Passive, 5i 6i ; Portuguese 31f ; Three per Cents., 211/ ;Colombian, 241 25/ ; Mexican, 281 I ; Brazilian, 77i 78k; Dutch Too-and-a- Half per Cents. 50 if; Five per Cents., 101 f ; Russian 113 115. SHAmts.--Great Western 33 35 prep. ; London and Brighton Si 8 dis. ; Blackwell 11 i prem. ; Birmingham 83 85 prem. ; Southampton 56i 57 per share ; Croydon 114 i per share; Greenwich 8i 9f per share; Manches ter and Birmingham 10 9 dig. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT. ONE. £. s. d. X. s. d. £. s. d. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester BO ...... 74 Great Western London and Brighton London and Birmingham 9O Ditto i Shares South Eastern and Dover 23 - to - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia.. . .. 221- .. . 30 Ditto New Shares HALF-PAST ONE. A good deal of business has been done in the course of the morning in the British Funds at various quotations, from 891 to 90i 4 extreme fluctuation. It is reported that the prices come better from Paris. Consols at present 904; Money, 90 ; Exchequer Bills, lower 21 23, 20, 21, prem. ; India Bonds lower, 1 4 2, dis. ; India Stock, 2524; Bank Stock, 173,1 173. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 24i; Portu• gacse, 30i ; Brazilian, 78 ; Columbian, 251 ; Dutch Two and-a. Half per Cents, 511; Five per Cents, 101,1. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9o- Ditto Bonds ...... ...... 3 dis. 3 per Cent Cons ...... 4 per Cent Red 991 Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 22 pm Jan. 1860. l3 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 1859 — India Stock for Acet...2531 Jan. 1860 l3 5-16 Consols for Acct 9 0 14 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 314 1 3razilian Bonds... .. .. 78 Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. ... 113 i Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, S per cent 241 Ditto, 1824 2SA Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per c en t. .... 78 French, 5 per cent...ll2f. —c. Greek, 1825, spercent Exchange --f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i- per cent bli Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 1011 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 75 Bristol and Exeter Railway • Eastern Counties Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 29 Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares. . Liverpool and Manchester London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway ... Ditto Quarter Shares London and South Western Railway ... 57 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) lli South Eastern axd Dever 7* THE PENNY POSTAGE.--We are informed that on Tuesday last, a druggist in Retford received, through the post-office from London, one hundred leeches inclosed in a tin case, for which Is. 4d. only was charged. The Temperance system has lately commenced in the town of Cavan, and is making rapid progress under the auspices of the Roman Catholic clergymen. The method of eating strawberries, by putting them in layers, and mixing them with lemon juice and sugar, is said to be highly dangerous, although common enough in Italy. It is alleged that strawberries so mixed undergo a che. mical process, which renders them almost as injurious as the juice of hemlock in a state of fermentation. As we copied the original paragraph, justice demands that we should also make public this statement, as a caution to our . readers. MILTON PARK.—EarI Fitz william and part of his family are expected at this splendid seat on Thursday next, to remain a month, and then proceed to Wentworth for three months. The report which has been going the round of the papers, stating that Wentworth House is being prepared for the reception of the Queen and Prince Albert this month, is not true. Some additions have been made to one of the wings of the mansion, but not for the accommodation of the Queen and her consort. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A LADY.—Satur day the passengers of one of the Dundee and Perth steamers were thrown into great excitement by a lady on board having twice attempted to throw herself into the water. First she sat on one of the paddle-boxes, and leant against the quay when the boat was preparing to start at Dundee, with no doubt the inten tion, as was subsequently discovered, of allowing herself to drop into the water as the boat sheered off. Fortunately as the boat was moving and the lady slipping between the quay and paddle box, a cry arose respecting her situation, when a passenger sprung up and caught her by a portion of h er d ress i n the act of falling. Suspicions were entertained that she had intended to let herself fall into the water, and she was narrowly watched on the passage up. When at Newburgh she again attempted to drown herself by leaping over, but from the precautions taken she was prevented, and conveyed to the cabin, where she was prevailed upon to remain until the boat landed at Perth. Vari ous Caledon i an Mercury. urs are current as to the cause w hi ch prompted her._ On Saturday morning a suicide was committed by a young woman named Mary Ann Kimpton, living with a man named Harris, at No. 2, Lucas -place, Cromer-street, Brunswiek-square. It appears, for some time past the man Harris had been unwell, and continued getting worse. On Friday afternoon the deceased called Gila neighbour for the pur pose of borrowing some money, and appeared very dejected, and spoke of the illness of Harris. She said " that if he should die she would not live long, after hi m , as s h e i ntended to de stroy herself." Whilst talking, a message was delivered to her that Harris was worse, and wished to speak with her. She left the place for the purpose of going home, but was not seen till seven o'clock in the evening, when she w as found in a wa ter-closet, with her throat cut to such an extent as nearly to separate her head from her body. A razor, with which she had committed the act, was found lying by her side. A sur geon was prompt in his attendance, but too late to render as sistance. CALAIS, AUGUST I.—On Monday, at one o'clock, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, tra velling under the name of Baroness Culloden disembarked here, accompanied, by her amiable daughter the Princesses Augusta and Mary. Their arrival excited a great deal of curiosity among the inhabitants of Calais, particularly the English, and which was gratified by their walking b. the hotel, the Duchess leaning on the arm of the veteran Captain Hamilton, who brought them over. They amused themselves in the evening by looking at the various shops, at several of which they made purchases, and left Calais this morning early for Belgium. The Duke of Cambridge will take his departure for Germany at the close of the present month. Prince George has been on a short visit to Lord and Lady Talbot de Malahide, at Malahide Castle, and is expected to do duty with his regi ment, the 12th Lancers, for two years from the date of his appointment, when he will be advanced to the tank of Major- General. Sir Robert Peel left town on Friday last, for Drayton Manor, for the season. The Right Hon. Gentleman has been invited by the Duke of Rutland to join the grouse shooting party, which is about to assemble at Longshawe Lodge, on the borders of Derbyshire. RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AUGUST 2.—Among the latest arrivals a re t h e Marchioness of Ormondo and the Ladies Butler, Lady and Miss Ramsden and suite, the Rev. Archdeacon Wilberforce, Lord and Lady Downes and the Hon. Miss Burgh, Sir John and Lady Eleanor Cathcart, Sir Geo. and Lady Dashwood, Lady Grey of Groby, Baynes and family, M r. Mansell, M.P. and fa Sir William mil Hon. A. Willoughby, &c. The fi rs t meet i ng of the Carisbrooke archers took place on Wednesday, at Carisbrooke Castle ; the day was delightful, and a numerous assemblage of the nobility and gentry of its environs attended. A JUDGE PRESENTED WITH WHITE GLOVES. —The Irish Summer Assizes are drawing to a close, and the results, every where, more than justify the congratulations of the Judges to the Grand Juries upon the tranquil state of the country, and the rapid diminntinn of crime, as exhibited by the calendars. In the populous city of Kilkenny, more remarkable than other places for the great distress of a large proportion of its inhabitants, there was not a single prisoner for trial. The Kilkenny Journal states that "Louts Anderson, Esq., one of the Sheriffs, presented to the Judge in the City Court, Mr. Sergeant Moore, a pair of white gloves, and accompanied the present with some congratulatory observations on th,e ileace of the city." The Assizes for the county of Kilkenny commenced on Monday about mid-day, and t , olnit4ated early next day ! THE CORN bagging-hook are in ttgeneralapplication throughout vt heal being thin pre y RATiVEsT.—The sickle and the West Kent, and, although there is mat ass average crop, the on tee grOund, it is astonishing how the re cent rains have i nlProved the crops, the ear being filled with a 11 0 14 sample that Will tell well in the bushel. We are informed, and upon good authority, that nearly an eighth less was sown than was intended, in consequence of the extreme wet ness of the land in the latter end of last year, and that, in the un dermentioned counties, the crops nay be now fairly quoted : Berkshire and Hampshire are far from producing an average, Kent nearly an average, Sussex, Essex, and Hertford, consi derably ever 'an average crop. It is also gratifying tn learn that the second crops of potatoes in the house con n ties are look ing remarkably well and prorgising. 'the recent rains have greatly and benefited th e pas strengthened t he turnip, hire land which hattheeorne extremely ba re f or want o f moisture. • EVENING EDITION HAMBURG /I MAIL. HANOVER, JULY 26.--The riifference of opinion e re specting the sh ares w hi c h the E.tat , s should have in the Legislature is now s e ttl e d. Th e G cvernment h as yieldet, _.,„, " tee First Chamber, an d conce d e d to t h e E states t he ur. stricted right of asse n t, b ut un d er anot h er name , t hat of absolute veto. Tile requisite change in the draft of ° Constitution having o bt a i ne d hi s M l I jesty's approbation beis already accepted. ( A l e tt er o f t h e same d a t e , in Hamburgh Corresp on d en t, says t h e appro b at i on ef i tv ~, Gcvernment was expect e d, an d it was t h oug h t i t ;souk' - given conditionally.) The new Constitution may there' fore be considered as completed, for the remaining the ferences will be easily settl e d. Th e d e lib erat i on s of t Assembly will hardly be continued another week. It i d probable that the publication of the new Constitution, a° of the laws passed in thi s S ess i on , w ill pro b a bly not long delayed. HAMBULGII, JULY 30.—The Russian Invalid at We b breaks silence . respecting the event in the Circassian va r i and confirms, at least in part, the acc oun t s g i ven by Eng% and German papers, of the success of the Circassians. relates that the enemy is collecting their whole force, at time when the communications between the forts are el; tremely difficult. Three of those fort: really fell in, t h their hands, but they fell w ith a d egree o f glory vibt° excited the admiration and respect of their embittered on e ; mica. All the rest heroically defended themselves till WI received succour The g arr i son o f t h e f ort ifi ca tions ° Welgaminew, Michael, and Forts Newvagen and Ade, e h ; ticularly distinguished th e m se l ves . Th e fi rst was stormed the mountaineers on the 12th of March. Favoured by ti n . mist they approached at day-b rea k to t h e num b er o f 7 1 ° 0 1 0 men and attacked the fortres s . Aft er a l ong com bat . t garrison all fell, except about t en p r i vates in the bort j. The mountaineers, out of respect for tke courage of tliel enemies, took some of the wounded of whom there we still hopes, to their own dwelling. The garrison e° °. sisted of 400 men, including the officers; the loss of tb ri l er.emy was 900 men in kill e d a l one . On the 3d of AP k 11,000 mountaineers attacked the fortress Michael, wh' ° had only 480 men in garrison. The attack was deen rate ; the enemy mounted the wall, but they were drive, back by the 'garrison into the trenches, and fled; but thee • cavalry, which was stationed at some distance, fell on lye fugitives with their sabres, and compelled them to reti e* the attack. The garrison set fire to all the stores in t t a fortress • the discharge of musketry continued hall 1 "" hour, then it ceased, and the mountaineers fancied the° selves victorious, when the powder-magazine was Woe° up by the garrison, who perished to a man, hail performed an act unparalleled in the annals war. All the mountaineers who had penetrated r ate the fortress perished with them. The particulars relettr e t these two fortresses an d t h e pro di g i ous losses Of tl'a enemy, are known from the mountaineers themselves ao from 'some prisoners who have escaped. The EteP e " - provides for the famili e s o f t h e f a ll en warr i ors. T he t"a fortresses are again in our hands. Fort Nardagin orris several times a tt ac k e d i n vein, bet the mountaineers taking advantage of a stormy night 5 1 . rounded it on all sides unperceived by the s entine e % scr.led the walls, and penetrated into the f or t. After thr ft hours fighting the fort w as c l eare d o f t h e enemy, whowhole behind a considerable number killed and wounded. The fort of Ada, on the way from the Kuban to ti t° coast of the Black Sea, was surrounded on the 7th at two in the morning, by 12,000 mountaineers. l '"1 loud cries and dischar ges o f mus k etry they eudde°ol attacked it. The shower of cannon balls, shells, ti grape shot with which they were received could not stop them. With open contempt of death, and with extraordi it o rapidity, they found their way into the trenches, ti cs ble the breastwork, arid rushed up on man if est l y i ne litt l , t o death. Their men in ar mour penetrate d several times At the fortress, but were either killed or repulsed. 0 1 length a numerous b o dy p enetrate d i nto a bastion, aO, rushed, with colours flying, into the interior of the fortrer Colonel Westelowsky, th e C omman d er, collecte d bis t , serve of 40 men, charg e d th e enemy w i th the bar n .% ja and drove them out of the fortress, capturing 200. bold action checked th e assa il ants, and i nflamed the il rage ito of the garrison. Th e enemy fl e d , tak i ng t h e beu .. ., of their fallen comrades with them. Ten prisoners er g mained in the hands of the garrison, and 685 dead W 7 O l found in the fort and the trenches, and the number carr i fi , off by the enemy is p ro b a bl y greater. We had nine J P o f Yates killed and 18 w oun d e d. Th e garrison consistra r . one staff and 15 supe r i or o ffi cers, an d 676 privates. (Pmeto follows a long li s t o f names o f o ffi cers and others W 11,7d the Emperor has grante d rewards. )—Hamburg "- July 31. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JuLT 31. f Bills, ) 161/ Austrian 5 per Cents. 108 Bank Shares -- Anglo-Russian Loan ................................. Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate - "' Inscription, Ist Series . . ....................... .. ....... Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co.3d and 4th Series % --.. Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% p er C ent 5l "-- Ditto 5 per Cent 9B Polish Bonds ' New 1 icket Angle-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75 159 % 154 Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per C e nt... lO2 . .... Spanish, New 3 per Cents —. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. }Wilma°, JULY 31.-13, 6 1 4—Two months, 13 33. PETERSBURGII, JULY 24.—Two months, 39% pence. STOCKHOLM, JULY 24 .—Seventy-fire days, 12, P. BREMEN, , JULY 28 —Two months, 611. BERLIN, JULY 21.—Three months, 6.38%, LEIPSIC, JULY '2 7. —Two mo..ths, 6. 13. VIENNA, JULY 23.—Three months, 9. 48%. HAMBURG MARKET& GRAIN, Wheat, Marks 462 to 531, Barley, Mecklenbr leo 0 . gli ---' Magdeburg 444 it; Eiril Anhalt, white 456 to 5281 ------ red 444 to 510, —:--- Brunswick 462 to 531 -- Mecklenburg 420 to 519 Polish 435 to 531 - Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg 234 to 2581 -- Dantzic ...... 223 to 258 Elbing and Ko nigsburg :23 to 256 -- Upland -- Riga 2lO to 25(, COT Carolina and Tennessee 7 tito 9% 1 Georgia, Ist sort 7 1 34 2d t 3d and 4th , 5 6 COE 1 Mocha 13 to 13% Batavia 5% _5% Sumatra Rio 4% 5% Bahia SUGAR.— (Witt Havannah, White Brown , 5 6% Rio, White 5W 6% Brown 4% 5% Manilla. Brow _ _ 4otargh .., to nii -- Magdeburgh IY 4 0 P l ' 1--.-••••••••• Holstein SO t o le° Summer ito to 0 Oats, Eider ..., . . g . ---.. Mecklenbur" ---- Holstein - ja to 1 ,Pease M Frieslants 30 0 to . . 4 3 i Pease, Mecklenburg ••• soo to 1 i Beans_ ... ~. .......... Buck Wheat." ..... ...••• 80 to 0 0 Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Tares • lON. il l toi M 4 e aranham ...... .. 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SAVORY and SONS, Watemakers, No. 9, C .. §e• hill, London (opp os it e the L'ank of E ng l an d), submit f°, o ` de lection ar:very large STOCK of Highly-finished Lond oo- der WATCHES, the whole o f which manufactured;lrcit. their own i ns p ec ti on , on t h e i r own premises, they can su e .„ ste sell at least 25/. p er cent . below the usual trade price for en title of the s ame qua li ty. A printed warranty is given each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double- 4 0 backed engine -turned cases, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, maintaining power, with secon d s h an ds, 6 and üble-backed cases, trarr•nted... t x •••• r* Either of the abo ve i,n silver hunting cases , 10s. 6(1.. bog A large va r i e ty o f second-hand Silver Watches, 'Ale 9 01 0 been carefully exam i ne d , and can be warranted at 1:2, 25. GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned s gold cases, an d go ld di als, warranted 8 Fine Vertical Wat c h es , j ewe ll ed, with double -backed 0 engine -turned gold eases a n d 0 - old dials, warranted 12 12 Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, 1 4 • warranted GOLD CASES, SIZL FOR GENTLEMEN' Patent detached Lever Watches- j ewelled in four holes, second s , an d double-back:d gold cases, war- 1 4 ° ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in s'x holes, seconds, douh'e-backed gold cases and 17 enamel dials, w a r r a n t e d l7 Patent. detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double -backed gold cases and tj ° gold dials, warrante d 2l Either of the G ent l emen ' s M atches may be had in gold ca B. Second-hand .... s e , a ;ir ch eh e a x s t e r d a in exchange' BIRTS. 5 ' On the 29th ult., at Manor p ar k, m k, Streatham, —l's' 13. Phillips, of a son. • 44 On the 30th u l t., at Tyfield H ouse , B er k s hi re , th. lady James Sivewright, of a daughter. f J. S. On the Ist ir.st., at B r i x t on Vill e, Surrey, the l a dy ° Miles, Esq., of a daughter. , re atfeil d ' c On the 2d i nst., at Brighton, the lady of Captain '-'" kit Royal Engineers, of a daughter. A " On the 2d inst., at Claphamcommon, Mrs. W. •Fr of a son. On the 2d i ns t., at H erne -hill, Mrs. James Lane, 0 1 .. SOO' 12:,/ RIED. Lr At Edinbur g h, George, MAß second son of JGhn Barrett a t. nard, Esq., and grandson of Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, of Belhus, Essex, to Jessie Drummond, daughter and a° l ll ,tiet of J. M. D rummon d N a i rne, Esq., of Dunsinane -- Perthshire. vir" On the 28th ult., a t H unstanton, Norfolk, Captain.. ,hO,l It° s C. J. Campb e ll, 3d D ragoon Guard., youngest son of ipe Lieutenant -C o l one l C amp b e ll , 78th. Highlanders, to itf ol — i p, Le Strange, y oungest d aug h ter of the late Henry Sty le of Snettisham, Esq. On the 30th ult, at St. Peter's Church, Tiverton, of L. Lavers, of Ki ngs b r id ge, to Elizabeth, second daughter Mr. S. Cornish, of Tiverton. b ig On the 29th u lt., a t Trevallyn Cheshire, the swa t aorY brother-in-law, J o h n T own3hen ' of d, Esq., Captain ',: ior th Meredith Mostyn, R.N., o f Segvoy and Denbig h, Wales. On the 30th ult., the Rev. M. Marsh, Canon of 5 111'513611 Cath thed 31s, and Chancellor of the Diocese, a i ged 70. relict On t ult., at Southend, Essex, Elizabeth, r the late Robert Stratton, Esq., aged 88. AP° On the 3lit ult., near Abb ey l e i x, Queen ' s C oun ty, Templeton, Esq., attorney-at-lavv, aged 70. On the 31st ult., at Clteltenham, Isabella, relict of 13 Lambirth, Esq., of Writtl e , E ssex, aged 76. g5ll. On the 2d Inst., at Ch es t er • square, Th omas Bar r y, late o f Demerara, aged 57. NOtti On the I s t inst., Matthew Ne e dh am , E sq ., of Lonton, 0195er" ---- G. 01 Londo n : P r i nted and Published by AI lIRDO ~ d' No. 112, S tran d , at The Sun Office, No. 1121 S trand the county of Aliddloses.—Tuesd.gy, August 4, 1840. ~Y; The Town Particu Comps --__ cc The at Ileac wsp os i sena La 'l • eq e g A pi to threpl t he L Cit Pr u o ra logy be Mankb B Th era , Sir Joh 1.. Still M.p dish n James ' °t ePher. ,r, auornas 4 .11D1 SOU c 17 tAR KE. I• Ca etch. 11. 7 the seco .., B ank re Iles to h 111. distribni *r in La Iv. a Deed iproaisio - V. T is the I Val be i for whit afford s a ducted a answer I agency VI. St. at inte per n to excee II Rive n VII. be subn Appii at th e oi Pi jhe sal a nd ` iip th, v ; l t his pr as 1 One appl doi:,l 25, N. sitivel CHIEI ir .. 1 IC rat, Col Lei el. MI Mltio i *tic "N Prot 1