The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-23 00:00:00

Mr. GIBSON's reception at Cambridge was en-
thusiastic and his speech brilliant. A Correspon-
dent assures us that he made a most favourable
impression on the electors, and that his return is
certain. His speech, which we give at consider-
able length from the third edition of the Cambridge
Advertiser, which deserves credit for the celerity
and neatness with which it is reported, was well
received by the audience, and the resolution to
support him was unanimously carried. We trust
that he will be returned, which would be equally
an honour to Cambridge and to him. As his
speech will be generally read we shall content our-
selves with indicating its presence in our Journal.

The French Journals of Wednesday, the whole of
which we have received, contain very little news of
interest. The KING and the Royal Family were to
set out on that day for the Chateau of Eu in Nor-
mandy, where his MAJESTY generally spends some
weeks during the summer months. Our Ambassador,
Lord GRANVILLE, and his family, were about to pro-
ceed to London for a short time ; Mr. HENRY
LYTTON BULWER being appointed Charge d'Affaires
during his Excellency's absence. Besides these
movements, most of the leading men of all parties
in France have gone to different watering-places,
or retired to their seats in the country, so that
notwithstanding the excitement which prevails about the
settlement of the Spanish and Turkish questions, Paris
is exceedingly dull at present. The Siecle and the
Temps severely censure the passiveness of the Cabinet
in permitting the KING to appoint General BAUDRAND
as special Envoy to the Sultan ABD-UL-MEDJID.
Without, however, questioning either the ability or the
patriotism of that gallant officer, we cannot discover
anything unconstitutional in the conduct of his MA-
JESTY.

The news from the Spanish capital is of the 14th inst.
General O'DONNELL was carrying on the Siege of
Tales with the greatest activity. General ASPIRoZ was
pushing on the siege of Segura, and it was supposed
that CABRERA was marching to the relief of that for-
tress. On the 13th, M. METAXA, the Greek Ambas-
sador, left Madrid, his Government having thought pro-
per to suppress all Legations but those to the Courts
of London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh,
in order to save the expense of such missions to the
country. _ .

From. the Spanish frontier the accountsreeewiveedcoapry
from e
of the 18th inst. The whole of the news they bring is
included
Gafinaes Messenger ludedginthne following
paragraph, which
Wednesday
" Our correspondent in the Basque provinces informs
us, on the 17th inst., that Don Carlos left San Esteban
on the 15th for Estella. Just as he was getting on horse-
back he addressed the troops and I have no confi-
dence in any General; I am going to put myself at the
head of the army with my son ; will you follow me?' The
soldiers all replied, • We will follow you to the death
with the greatest enthusiasm. Elio remains with the 9th
and part of the 7th battalions of Navarre, watching the
revolters. All the peasants and troops are said to be
ready to rise in favour of Don Carlos against Maroto; but
every thing will depend on what is done at Estella. A
letter from Bayonne says that all the town was in commo-
tion on the 17th, a false report having arrived of Elio
having actually began the attack on Vera. According to
a letter from St. Jean de Luz, the Infante Don Sebastian
is strongly inclined to side with Maroto."
The Piedniontese Gazette of the 16th instant con-
tains the following paragraph :
" A Neapolitan squadron arrived on the evening of the
12th, in the Gulf of Spezzia. It is composed of the
Vesuve, of the line, of four frigates, a corvette, a brig, and
a schooner. It is said that after stopping some days in
the Gulf of Spezzia it will make a cruise in the Mediter-
ranean, and afterwards, in the Baltic."
The news from the East is not later than the ac-
counts published yesterday. In one letter from Con-
stantinople we find it stated that the SULTAN is seriously
ill, and that the belief that the late SULTAN was poisoned
is becoming very general. The friends of the Capitan
Pacha predict that a similar fate awaits the reigning
monarch unless KHOSHREW PACHA be speedily re-
moved from the office of Grand Vizier.
BOURSE.—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, Ago. 21,
First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
French 5 per Cents l:2 65 ... 112 70 ... 112 60 ... 1.2 65
4 per Cents lO2 75 ... 102 75 ... 102 75 ... 102 15
3 per Cents BO 60 ... 80 70 ... 80 60 ... 8) 70
Bank of France 2765 ...2770 ...2765 ...2770
Latfitte Bank I.ooof. Sh lO6O ...lOW ...1060 ...1060
5,000 f. Sh•—• 5225 ...52211 5225
Belgian Bank 770A ... 770 767 50 767 50
Coupons
Spanish Active
... 20
Passive ... .
Portug 101uese 3 per Cents l9
."
Yea, °titan
... 101410 101141
101110•
Roman lo*3i 102% 102% ... 102%
RAILWAY SHARES.
'349407 50 ... 437 50 ... 437 50 ... 437 5°
St. Germain ~.
Versailles, 1t..8.
Havre
LB.
357
50•
37
50
086 25 ••• 981 5 988 25 986 25
Strasburg to Bale ......... •
3v
50
... 327 50
Bordeaux to La 1 este
Orleans
400
34000
349000
34,100
Montpellier..

however, we find nothing in the shape
the following paragraph
:
We have received Valparaiso Papers of the 30th of
of April,new news
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joyed by the remembrance of this glory, and are prepared
to join in the festivity of the great day, the 20th of Ja-
nuary, 1839, which with the 18th of September, is destined
in future to be one of the national festivities of Chili. All
public offices are to be closed, and the Mercurio gives no.
tice that their paper will not appear until the 2d.

It appears that the Commissioners of the Metropo-
litan Police have directed Inspectors of the various
divisions of police, accompanied by a Sergeant, to visit
the various spirit and public houses, and inform the
landlords that, on Saturday night next, they are to close
their houses at Twelve o'clock, and, in accordance
with the new Act of Parliament, not to open their
houses until One o'Clock on Sunday afternoon, under
a penalty of 5!. This will be a heavy blow and
discouragement to the licensed victuallers, and also :o
the many thousands of tradesmen who, after the labours
of the Saturday night meet in these places for refresh-
ment an conversation. Are the club-houses also to
be shut up at twelve ? We have not observed any
such regulation in the new Act, and knowing that many
of our legislators frequent these clubs, arid that they
strive as much as possible to exempt themselves from
their own enactments, we have no doubt that while
the honest tradesman, the weary compositor, the thirsty
play-actor, and fifty other classes are to be denied by
this Act of Parliament refreshment after twelve at
night—gamblers and black-legs, and Members of Par-
liament of both Houses, will be suffered, as heretofore,
to drink and play and gamble till the crowing of the
cock. To say the least of it, this enactment is a most
outrageous interference with the liberty of the subject.
Was not the former state of the law sufficient to pre-
vent any improper conduct, or any annoyance to the
neighbourhood, without this foolish, vexatious, and, we
believe, impracticable attempt to make people go to bed
according to Act of Parliament ?

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.

DEAL, Auo. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Thomas
Young, Rainford, from Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 22 —Wind variable.—Arrived the
Dryope, Hamilton from Montreal. Sailed the Fatima,
Feathers, for Bombay ; Thomas Lee, Wolff, Mauritius ;
Triton, Scrope, Laay:r te
John Saulpe, Williams, Genoa; and Margaret, Lister,
Sierra Leone.gu
Trieste;.
England, Wait, Now York;
.
Off port—Lanark, Quebec ; Acadia,
ditto ; Lancashire Lass, Alexandria ; Fanny, Palmer, Me-
diterranean ; EmiIia,PORTSMOUTH, Auo. 22. Wind S.—Arrived the Ter-
rible, Castellano, from St. Petersburgh ; and Ellen, Barker,
Ditto. Off port--Maria Theresa, Havannah; Medora,
Webster, Odessa.
MARGATE, Ara. 22.—Off port—Alfred, Devon, Fer-
nando Po.
SHOREHAM, Auo. 22.—Arrived the Kingston, Potter,
from Rostock.
WEYMOUTH, Ave.. 22.—Arrived the Aurora, Hicks,
from Quebec; and Commodore, Cousins, St. Petersburg.
Sailed—Geo. Welsford, Fowler, Quebec.
STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 29.—Arrived the Darcey,
Phillips, from Kertch ; Superior, Martin, from Odessa.
DOVER, Auo. 22.—Off port, the Acorn, Robertson,
from Cadiz.

LintsToL, Aco. 22.—Arrived the Euphrosyne, Sumer_
son, from Quebec. Sailed the John Cabol, Wood, for
Africa; Kingston,
Pitusin, Richebucto.
NEWPORT, AUO. 21.—Arrived the Emma, Burgess, from
Quebec. Robson, Miramichi; St. Andrew,

likely to be weak and perishable. Consistently,
therefore, with the plan of governing by the club
now adopted, it seems necessary that the whole
people should be closely watched and carefully
occupied on the Sunday. The clergy, no doubt,
think so too, which is the chief reason they are so
anxious to have new churches built. But the
work will only be half done by building churches
—the churches must be filled. It is no greater
infringement of liberty to make men congregate to
hear the clergy than to hinder them from congre-
gating to read a newspaper. We beg leave, there-
fore, to suggest to all in authority that the laws to
enforce church-going on the Sunday be revived and
sharpened. It is not yet too late for the Parliament
to pass a good stringent measure this Session. It is
one on which both parties would be agreed, and the
few obstreperous Radicals may be wholly disre-
garded. The Standing Orders might be suspended,
and a law manufactured in a few hours. Whether
our suggestion be attended to or not, it is clear that
in the present discontented state of our population
it is dangerous to allow them one day in the week
to brood over their injuries and sorrows. The sys-
tem now pursued requires either that the Sabbath
be taken from the people, or that they be driven on
the Sabbath into the churches.