The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-26 00:00:00

LITERARY INSTITUTIONS,

i,OOO London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 16
1,509 London University 1001. sh. all pd 23
709
King' College 100/. pd 19
MISCELLANEOUS.
►O,OOO 15s. Australian Agricultural.lool. sh. 2Cf,/. pd - 43
6,000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 9
10,000 Si per cant. Canada Company 1001. sh. 301. pd 30
200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan nii
City Bonds, 4 per cent lO6
20,000 1/, Os. General Steam Navigation 151. sh. 14/. pd 25
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 254
2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19'
8,000 ... ...... Caoutchouc Company. 124/. pd 12
New Brunswick Land Compatiyi...so/ pd
2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c....100/. sh. 100/. pd 135
2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 65/. pd 114
4,000
10,000 Gs. Van Dic.nen's Land lOOl. oh. 171/, pd 9

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES,
JULY 27, 1839.
BANKS,
4500,0091. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland...B3/. 6s. Bd. 41), all pd 178/.
2,000,0001. 54 p. ct. Rl3ral of Scotland 100/ sh. all pd 1184
500.002/. Sp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. pd 2314
3,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Commerclal 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 173/.
5.000,0004 5 is. cc. National .1004 sh. 101. pd 16/,
2,00,x,0001. 61. p. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd 0/,
4,000,0004 4p. ct. Western of Scotland - 2001. sh 40/. pd 60/,
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
250,0005 h. 64p. ct. Scottish Union 204 sh. 1/. pd 28s.
pp. ct. Hercules 100/. sh.
106,000 65
. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh.lo/ p all pd 10/. 9.5,
50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 191.4
1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 19/.los
5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh 141;e 1004 sh. 104 pd 14/10s
100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 7i Os
MISCELLANEOUS
4,810 Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 10/.
Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 471.
5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stack Water 251. sh. all pd 351
Carron Iron Company ...2501. sh. all pd 441.
2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founnerv 504 sh 48/, pd 54/.
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o4 sh. 161, pd et
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 254 sh. all pd 50/.
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas ...........»,,,.,251, sh. all pd 50/.
750
Ed
74 per cent. Leith Coal Gas /. sh. all d 50/.
I,2ooEdinburgh and Dalkeith R2oal'erayso4 sph
37/.
:pllO 5 ner cant. P.toil table Loan enn, nn n v sh. pd 9.

SUPPOSED DEATH FROM BATHING.—On
Thursday morning the body of a lad, attired in a work-
house dress, and apparently about fifteen years of age,• was
picked up by a Waterman named Willos off the Wapping
Dock. It did not appear to have been long in the water,
and there is every reason to suppose the unfortunate youth
met with his death through bathing—a fate which several
persons have met with lately in this dangerous part of the
river. The hddy was conveyed to Wapping bone-house to
await a Coroner's inquest, which will be held this day at
the Town of Ramsgate public-house, near the London
Docks.

.._•UPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON

GAZETTE OF FRIDAY.

Lord Great Chamberlain's Office,
House of Lords, Aug. 24.
All Peeresses, on announcing their intention of being
present on the ocoasion of her Majesty proroguing
Parliament, on Tuesday the 27th of August instant,
will have places reserved for them in the House of
Peers, if the announcement be made at this office before
five o'clock on Monday, the 26th of August.
No Lady can be admitted into the body of the House,
except in full dress. No strangers will be admitted,
except by a ticket from the Lord Great Chamberlain.
The doors will be opened at twelve o'clock.
(Signed) WILLOUGHBY D'ERESBY, G. C.

METROPOLI TAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Couriet of Satmrday thus alludes to Lord Lynd.
burst's speech in the Lords on Friday Lord Lynd.
hurst delivered himself last night of that annual overflow
of spite, and vexation at being kept out of office, with which
it his custom to afflict the House of Lords at the close of
every Session. A farce, however, will seldom bear fre-
quent repetition without wearying even the most indulgent
audience, and it was, therefore, not matter of surprise to us
to find that the paltry burlesque, of which such pompous
notice had been given, had excited little interest, even
among those to whom the vituperation of Ministers, and
indecent sneers at the Queen and the Ladies who compose
her domestic circle, are the most welcome music with
which their ears can be gratified. The benches on both
sides were nearly deserted; few, except those whose official
duty it was to be present, swelled the auditory, and we
doubt whether, at any period of the evening there were
thirty Peers in the House. The whole performance was
flat and unprofitable. A number of strangers, including
several ladies, had congregated round the Throne, but the
dulness of their entertainment drove them home in disap-
pointment, and the first half hour of Lord Lyndhurst's
tirade, completely emptied that part of the House. The
only thing that relieved the monotony of the affair was the
unwonted animation with which Lord Melbourne com-
menced. This, perhaps, was scarcely judicious. There
was nothing in Lord Lyndhurst's flimsy tirade of abuse,
that deserved the honour of angry notice from the Minister."
The Globe, alluding to Lord Lyndhurst's anti-Ministe-
rial tirade in the House of Lords on Friday, observes :
" The laboured efforts of Lord Lyndhurst were not re-
quired to furnish a memorial to the industry of the Lords
in the work of destruction. The present Session' has only
more fully exhibited the determination of the Peers to
pursue the course on which, unfortunately for the digrtity
and permanency of their Order, they entered when the
people extorted the Reform Bill from their fears. When
deprived of the power of placing their nominees in the
House of Commons, and thus by a mockery of representa-
tion monopolising the entire prerogatives of Parliament, the
House of Lords determined to obstruct the course of le-
gislation, and by defeating the efforts of the House of
Commons in the work of beneficial legislation,
weary the expectations of the people, and induce a
belief that the Reform Bill had failed to accomplish
the benefits they expected from its enactment. The dis-
satisfaction of the people with a Reformed Parliament, and
with the successive Cabinets which have been formed on
Reform principles—to whatever extent that dissatisfaction
has existed—has been attributed to erroneous causes.
The Ministers have not wanted the disposition—they have
only lacked the power—to effect the good they would
gladly have accomplished. The difficult problem which
the Cabinets of Lords Grey and Melbourne, in devising
measures for the public benefit, have had to solve, was—
Will the Lords pass the measures? That the Upper House
will allow the Government to effect as little good as pos-
sible, is an axiom which a review of its conduct from the
passing of the Reform Bill has confirmed ; and Lord
Lyndhurst, by enumerating the proofs of its destructive
prowess during the present Session, has only shown that
its factious disposition remains unchanged, and that by
glorying in its shame it has lost even the dregs of virtue."
The Standard alludes as follows to Lord Lyndhurst's
speech in the Lords on Friday :—" Never had the caustic
eloquence of the Noble and Learned Lord so fertile a
theme for i:s display. In reviewing the entire proceedings
of the Session, and the ignorances, negligences, and
offences' of Ministers, he described the task as one by no
means congenial to his taste, yet performed it with all the
vigour and address of a labour undertaken con amore. The
position of Lord Melbourne was absolutely pitiable • and
the fretful irritation he exhibited under Lord Lyndhurst's
lash, had much of the character which belongs to conscious
and hopeless imbecility. In describing the incapacity of her
Majesty's Government, his Lordship called attention to the
fact, that during the first five months of the Session, not a
single Bill of any importance had passed either House of
Parliament; and that it was not until the benches became
empty; that 550 Members had quitted the metropolis ; and
that the House consisted of little more than a Government
Board ; that they had attempted to make any progress in
the legislation of the country. Of the intentions con-
veyed through the medium of her Majesty's Speech
on the opening of the Session, none had been carried into
effect. Of all the important measures enumerated in that
document as essential to the interests of the country, not
one had been matured. The four great questions to which
it ;pedal!), referred—namely, the Irish Municipal Bill, the
Affairs of Canada, the recommendation of the Ecclesiasti-
cal Commissioners, and the Administration of Justice, all
remain in statu quo."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LLOYD'S.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 23.—Wind variable.—Arrived the
Oberon, Bonyman, Flavio, Sehath, Jame Ross. M'lntosh,
and Eiiza Warwick, Davis, from St. John's, New Bruns-
wick; Elizabeth, Swan, Charleston. Sailed the Liver.
pool, Davenport, for New York ; Octavia, Deecon,
Philadelphia; Promise, Hunter, Quebec ; Kent, Elder,
and Ellen, Cobb, for Miramichi Off port, the George,
from Pictou; Leo, Montreal ; Forth, and George Guil-
ford, Quebec ; Pomona, Smyrna ; Maier, Oporto ;
Royal William, Vesta, and Sophia, T, ieste.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Wind S.=—Arrived the Ter-
rible, Castellano, from St. Petersburgh ; and Ellen, Barker,
Ditto. Off port--Miria Theresa, "Havannah; Medora,
Webster, Odessa.
PORTSMOUTH, At:G. 23.—Wind S. S. W. to W. S. W.
PLYMOUTH, Auct. 22.—Variable.—Arrived—the Vrow
Alfred, Ordoimcarc, from Nantes.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 22. —Wind N. N. W. to W. N. W.
Arrived the Martha, Pearson, from Kertch. Sailed the
Christian, Petuxen, from Rio Janiero.
MARGATE, Ara. 22.—Off port—Alfred, Devon, Fer-
nando Po.

SHOREHAM, AUG, 22,—Arrived the Kingston, Potter,
from Rostock.

WEYMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Aurora, Hicks,
from Quebec; and Commodore, Cousins, St. Petersburg.
Sailed—Geo. Welsford, Fowler, Quebec.
STANOATE CREEK, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Darcey,
Phillips, from Kertch ; Superior, Martin, from Odessa.
DOVER, AUG. 22.—Off port, the Acorn, Robertson,
from Cadiz.
DOVER, Ave, 23.—Off Port the George Heinrich,
Hooks, from Batavia.
CREEK, Auo. 23.—Arrived the Maria Isabella, Davison,
from Odessa.
BRISTOL, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Euphrosyne, Sumer-
son, from Quebec. Sailed the John Cabol, Wood, for
Africa; Kingston, Robson, Miramichi; St. Andrew,
Pitusin, Richebucto. .

BRISTOL, Auo. 23.—Arrived the Vesta, Thoresen, from
Dram ; Isabella, Lawrie, Quebec. Sailed the Nelson,
Witherson, from ditto; Dochfour, Thompson, ditto ;
Morning Star, Alderson, Miramichi.
GLOUCESTER, AUCL 22.—Arrived the Lady Adelaide
Thwaites, from Pillau. Sailed the Zenith, Hodgson,
for Miramichi; Argo, Ablett, Quebec.
NEWPORT, AUG, 21.—Arrived the Emma, Burgess, from
Quebec.

MILFORD, Atm. 21.—Arrived the Buram, Woolner,
from Smyrna.
DUBLIN, Auo. 21.—Arrived the Lively, Godfrey, from
Cape of Gooi Hope.
CORK, Atm. 20.—Arrived the Venus, Richards, from
Quebec. Off port George, Brown, Odessa.
SHIELDS, Auo. 21.—Arrived the Louisa, Sager, from
Rbstock ; and Croley, Mayor, Archangel.
HULL, AUG. 22 —Wind S.W.—Arrived, the Mentor,
Grize, from Dantzic ; Argo, Clark, Hamburg; Rival,
Doughty, Pillau ; Speculation, Lund, Stockholm ; Gipsey,
Brodrick, Archangel ; Sarepta, Buck, ditto ; Mercurius,
Dreyer, ,Kiel; Fritz, Peterson, Gottenburg ; Jonge Si-
mon, Fock, Harnburgh.
YARMOUTH, Auo. 21.—Arrived, the Emma, Dapling,
from Gottenburg.
YARMOUTH ROADS, Atm, 22.—Arrived, the Eton, Wil-
son, from Hamburg.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-The Margaret, Hunter; Ham-
burg to the Cape of Go,)cl Hope 7th ult., lat. 10 N.,
long. 26 W. ; Ruby, of St. John's, New Brunswick,
bound westward, Bth inst., lat. 48, long. 11, by the Eliza.
beth ; Padcliffe, arrived at Liverpool. Eagle (American
barque), 14th inst., lat. 47, long. 13 ; Cosmo, of Bristol,
lat. 57, long. 9; Pasmore, lat. 51, long. 7, by the Fal-
mouth packet, arrived at Liverpool. Stakesby (trans-
port), London to Quebec, 30th ult., lot. 46, long. 53 ;
Hampden, Quebec to Sunderland, 4th inst., lat. 51, long.
39, by the Venus, Richards, arrived at Cork. Mary
Sumner, to Falmouth, 13th ult. ; Sultana, Odessa to
Liverpool, 21st ult. ; Earl Grey, Alexandria to Liverpool,
sth inst., by the Beiram, Woolner, arrived at Milford.
Two Sisters, Finlay, Liverpool to the Cape of Good
Hope, 6th ult., let. 10 N., lon. 25; Heywood, Jones,
Liverpool to Bombay, 7, lat. 10, lon. 24, by the Cathe-
rine, Evans, arrived in the River; Phcenix, Smith, Am-
sterdam to Surinam, 2, off Bramspoint, by the Heppens,
Snout, arrived in the Texel ; Lord Nelson, Cole, Ham-
burg to Labrador, 5, lat. 54, ton. 18, by the Esther,
Trotter, arrived at Stockton ; Thomas, Scolley, of.
Whitby, bound to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 28, lat.
lon, 48; Belfast, Irving, Quebec to Belfast, out 39 day;;
Margaret, Hunter, Hamburg to the Cape of Good Hope,, let.
Brunswick,
e2s6 W. ; Ruby, of St. John's, New
7 westward, Bth inst., let. 48, lon. 11,
Nb.o, lunod n
w.
by the Elizabeth, Radcliffe, arrived at Liverpool ; Eagle
(American bark), 14, lat. 47, lon. 13; Cosmo, of Bristol,
Passmore, lat. 51, lon. 7, by the Falmouth
at Liverpool ; George Henricks, Hoogs,
loarnr.iv9ed;
lPeat.ck6elt,
Batavia to Hamburg, 6, lat. 38, lon. 35, by the Harrison,
Surflen, arrived off Romney; Columbia, Fleming, from
London, 20th ult., lat. 47, lon. 60; Jane Walker, f St.
John's, New Brunswick, from Liverpool, with loss of all
her topmasts, Bth inst., lat. 50, lon. 33, by the Old Maid,
arrived in the Downs ; Lady Lilford, 12th ult., lat. 10 N.,
lon. 22, by the Stadt Amsterdam, arrived off
o Plymouth •
Irlam, Liverpool to Barbadoes, Bth inst., lat.
~ at. 41, lon. 17 ;
Congress, Havre to New York, 17, lat, 49, lon 10, by
the Crown, Wilson, arrived at Milford.

'NORWICH RACES.—A handsome plate has
been subscribed among the Officers and Members of the
Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry Corps, commanded by Major
Loftus, to be run for by horses belonging to members of
the corps only.

EVNING