The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1837.

distance from the capital inscribed thereon. Thin is
an improvement that has been long called for in France.
The Garde National of Marseilles contains the
following account of the execution of the galley slave
GAVIOLI, condemned to be guillotined for the assas-
sination of a number of his keepers. The revolu-
tionary scaffold was not trodden by a ruffian more
blood-thirsty and impenitent :—•-•
ROCHEFORT, JULI 4.—At five o'clock yesterday morning
the troops were heard quitting the barracks; a few instants
later the cannon from the Admiral's ship resounded in the court-
yard of the bagnio, in the midst of 900 prisoners, on their
knees, and bare-headed ; and in the presence of a strong de-
tachment of troops of every description, with two pieces of
artillery, ready at the first signal to oppose the slightest re-
sistance. In the presence of this formidable array the head
of the galley slave Gavioli was severed from his body in ex-
piation of the six or eight assassinations he had committed.
The usual precautions were taken on this occasion. At the
different military and civil establishments of the port each
person was at his post, and a single mast could summon in a
second an imposing force.
Up to the very last moment the ferocious Gavioli maintained
his usual daring character. The chaplain of the bagnio had
passed the entire of the previous evening with the unfortunate
convict, with the hopes that his exhortations would awaken in
him feelings of salutary repentance but it was not without a
special !motive that the convict affected signs of contrition.
By this means he ihad obtained leave to address his com-
rades from the scaffold, and say a few words of exhortation and
of adieu—in fact, the commencement of his discourse was of
that character ; but suddenly changing from a mild tone, and
assuming his usual ferocity, he concluded his dying speech in
the wildest accents and vociferations, caning on his comps•
nions to revenge his fate and their own. " Let each of you,"
he exclaimed, " be armed with a poniard, and your rights will
not be despised ; stick them, stick them, without fear; the
chopper of the guillotine can do you no injury."
The following extracts, the first from a letter from
Pampeluna, dated the 12th inst., and the others from
the French Papers, contain the only news we find in
these Journals :

" PALIFILUNA, JULY 12.-1 hasten to communicate to you
the letter we have this instant received from Saragossa from
one of our officers. The Pretender has arrived at Almenavia
on the 9th. All his troops have been concentrated on that
point, and he has decided to attack Valencia ; but it is the
opinion he will not succeed, as the population of that town are
very hostile to the Carlists.
" Espartero, already known as Generalissimo to the whole
of the Army, sent from Vittoria an order to General Buerens
to march in all haste, and at all risk, towards Valencia. This
General, at the head of 7,000 men, left on the morning of the
9th inst. Daroca, marching on Puzal. You may be assured
that he will arrive in time to prevent the Carlists getting pos-
session of that important town.
" Oraa left Teruel, and is advancing on Valencia, as well
as Nogueras. Espartero is advancing on Calatayud with
his guards, and according to military calculations the junc-
tion of these three corps will be effected on the 14th inst.
at Navigas, when the Pretender will be attacked on his
right flank.
" Accounts from Madrid to the 12th inst. state, that since
48 hours things have taken a more favourable appearance.
The attempt of Olosaga and his party to obtain the power
has entirely failed, now the Ministry have beeome more solid
and firmer than ever they were, and the Government are
continuing taking active measures to meet the Pretender in
case he enters New Castille. There is already 700 cavalry
at Leganerz ; to-morrow 10 more squadrons will arrive from
Orana and Aranjuez ; other troops are coming from various
quarters, and there is organizing an imposing force of the
National Guards. The town and its environs will be able to
make a strong resistance should the Pretender approach it.
The report of the intervention of a French army of 50,000
men was again spread at Bayonne on the 13th, in the evening.
—Pharc.

General Rendon, who was wounded in the military insur-
rection at Hernani, is doing well.
Colonel Wylde, the Commissioner of the English Govern-
ment, is going to the head-quarters of General Espartero.
The letters from Saragossa of the 1 ith do not mention the
mutiny of the division of General Buerens. That division
was to quit Daroca on the 9th, to go to Molina d'Arragon,
whence it would march in such direction as should be judged
the mos', advisable.

Gomez does not accompany Don Carlos in his expedition,
as was reported ; he remains strictly guarded at Segura,
where he is treated with extreme rigour.
As for Casa Eguia, who fell into disgrace after the raising
of the scige of Bilboa, he has been arrested, and imprisoned
in a small fort at Sorlada, in Navarre. As for Otamendi,
formerly Governor of Fontarabia, who has been exchanged,
it is intended to bring him to trial for having capitulated
without defending himself ; and meantime lie has been
thrown into prison .at Estella. Saaz and some other chiefs
are also in disgrace, and deprived of their commands.—Phare
de Bayonne.

GIRONA, JULY 11.-A bulletin of the military governor of
Antler, says that that town was attacked on the 6th by the fac-
tions of Zarilla and Mallorca, composed of 700 men, and 30
horses. The garrison, though small in number, bravely de-
fended itself the whole day. In the evening the insurgents
retired, having had some killed and wounded.
PARIS, JULY 18.-General Devereux, a diplomatic agent
from the United States, has arrived here, and has had several
conferences with the President of the Council. It is said that
these interviews relate to the commercial affairs of the two
countries.--Le Commerce.
FRENCH FUNDS.-Pssis, JULY 18.
Fee per Cents., 110 f. 109 f. 95c
Four and a Half ner Cents. 10,If. 50c.
Feur per Cents., 101 f.
!Three per Cnnts. 79f. 79f. sc.
Bank Actions, 2,399 f. 75c. 2,397 f. sl`c. 2,393 f.
ltente de Naples, 97f. 25c. 20c. tsc.
Roman Five per Cents., 101% %.
Spanish Actives, 21%%%.
Spanish Passives, 5.
Belgian Loan. Five per Cents . 103.
Brussels Society, 1,5501. 1.585 f. •
Belgian Bank, 1,420 f. 1,40-.1 75e.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 26 25%N.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 251. 45c.; money, 25f. 42%c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 25e. ; money, 25f. 22%e.
-Corers Aullietiliaue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 1101. Sc.l
Three per Cents. 79f. 15c.
Bank Actions. 2,395 f.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%.
Belgian Loan, 103.
Belgian Bank, 1,419 f 75c.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 253.
Spanish Actives, 21%.
Spanish Passives 5.
Spanish Differes, 6.

Mr. Macready, it is finally arranged, is to be the
lessee of Covent-garden Theatre for the ensuing season, which
will commence at the close of September.
A letter from Lucca states that the Duchess San
Theodora, who left Naples in order t• escape the cholera, was
stopped at Leghorn and forced to perform quarantine at the
lazaretto, where she died on the Ist inst.
Yesterday morning, between nine and ten o'clock,
Mr. J. Alderson, a gentleman between 60 and 70 years old,
residing in Sussex-street, Tottenham-court-road, cut his
throat in a shocking manner with a razor in his breakfast par-
, lour. When the servant girl entered the room for the pur-
pose of taking the breakfast things away, she discovered her
master lying weltering in his blood on the carpet. A surgeon
immediately attended, and sewed the wound up, but not any
hopes are entertained of Mr. Alderson's recovery. The cause
of his committing the rash act is assigned to some Stock-
exchange speculations.
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present moment which give a peculiar interest to the countries
delineated in the above-named volumes, and especially to Cir-
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that country—the romantic historical associations connected
with it—the proverbial charms of its females—and, above all,
the patriotic war now raging there against her tyrannical op-
pressors, and the great results depending on the ultimate inde-
pendence of the Circassian tribes, to which the war may lead,
tend to make Mr. Spencer's amusing and instructive volumes
peculiarly acceptable at the present moment.

The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady
Caroline Lennox are expected to leave Portland-place to-day,
for Goodwood Park, where his Grace will entertain a large
party of fashionable visitors during the races, which commence
on the 2d of August. The mansion is furnished in the most
princely style, in imitation of the age of Louis the Fourteenth.
The Park has been laid out with infinite taste, the rides and
walks pleasingly diversified, and the race ground is considered
one of the best in the kingdom.
On the night of Monday last, between 10 and 11
o'clock, as the gardener of J. Francis, Esq., of Camden-ter-
race, was returning from Harrow-on-the-Hill, he was stopped
on the road, between three and four miles from town, by two
men, having the appearance of haymakers, who demanded his
money. The gardener had not more than five or six shillings
in his pocket at the time ; but unwilling to give it up, and
moreover being a stout sturdy fellow, he knocked the foremost
man down, but was instantly felled to the ground himself by a
blow from a bludgeon. He, however, succeeded in recovering
his legs before the blow was repeated, and closing with the
man who struck him, he threw him to the ground, and calling
out " murder ! " two gentleman who were passing in a horse
and gig game to his assistance, but the robbers succeeded in
making their escape, leaving behind them a large bludgeon,
nearly as thick as a man's wrist.
FAIRLOP OAK.—At the church just erected in St.
Pancras, the pulpit is formed from the celebrated oak of Fair-
lop, and is most beautifully grained. This tree was the con-
temporary of the Druids, and from its noble size probably was
itself once the object of worship, having the parasite mistletoe
removed from its branches by the golden sickle. That it
should now be in the centre of Christian worship must excite
reflection in all who are acquainted with its " strange history,"
nor can the church be regarded as unworthy a visit by the most
superficial.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.--.
The sales of Cotton to-day amount to about 2,000 bags. The
market has been quiet, but without any material change in

prices.
THE HOP TRADE, JULY 19.—Since our last
week's report nothing of a decided character has taken place
in the market, excepting that the betting on the duty is rather
higher, say 175,0001. to 180,000/. In our report of next
Tuesday we may probably be able to afford some guide of im-
portance to the market. At present, however, nothing is doing
on account of the suspense and uncertainty in which the trade
is, and no alteration in prices can be quoted.