The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-02 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY. THEATRE.
FIRST NIGHT OF A NEW NAUTICAL DRAMA.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2.
Will be presented an entirely new and original Nautical Drama,
in Three Acts, entitled
ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT.
Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Abel Armstrong,
Mr. E. F. Saville; Annis Mildred, Mrs. H. Vining.
After which ((13th time) the successful Nautical Drama of
BEN BOATSWAIN; Or, SAILOR'S SWEETHEARTS.
Ben Bowling, Mr. T. P. Cooke.
To conclude with,
DIANE DE CHIVRI, THE BLIND GIRL !
Leouard Ashton, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Diane de Chivri, Mrs.
H. Vining.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE.
THIS EVENING, TO-MORROW, and THURSDAY,
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Sin., 2d, 3d, and sth

GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM-
PETRES,
By the unrivalled Band of this Establishment,
Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
Exhibition of the Wonderfully-intense and beautiful new Light
KONIAPHOSTIC,
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Under the superintendence of Dlr. H. Carter.
And the ERUPTION of MOUNT HECLA.
Admission One Shilling.
Feeding Hour Five o'Clock—Concert at Six.
In compliance with the incessant requests to secure places
for viewing the Eruption a number of reserved seats have
been erected, which may be engaged by previous application at
the Walworth entrance.

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bf policemen, in imitation of Bens d'armes of
France. We cannot for a moment believe that
the Liberal Member for Lambeth, or any other that
assisted in framing the Bill, could contemplate such
an act of tyranny towards those inhabitant%
of London who have no club-houses to
go to
and Tories, and Ra-
dicals,; wltii e
are re Whirs,uffiiencly rich, are allowed
, t
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to keep up their conviviality to any hour they think
s
proper. Not only the publicans, but their customers,
will find this Act as construed by Mr. MINA-Jul.',
a grievous oppression, and a violent infringement of
liberty without cause. It is certainly pecwiarly
unfortunate at the present moment, that this ob-
noxious clause should have afforded many enemies,
and many friends too, of the Whig's, ground
for saying that what with the Con-
stabulary Force—the Manchester, Bolton, and Bir-
mingham Police Acts, and others of a similar kind,
they seem more inclined to imitate the despotic
conduct of the Continental Governments than to
follow out the Liberal spirit of the British Consti-
tution.

It will be seen from a Report in another part of
the paper that there are three candidates for Man-
chester, Mr. GREG, a Whig, absent on the Con-
tinent, but put up by his friends; Sir GEORGE
MURRAY, the rejected of Perth, and the out-and-
out supporter of the Tories; and last of all, Colonel
TllsomPsoN, in the Radical interest. Sir GEORGE
has published an address to the electors, and stated
the principles on which he has ventured to solicit
their support. This document abounds in words
signifying next to nothing. It is more vague than
any Royal Speech that ever was penned, and well
entitles its author when he returns again to the Ca-
binet, to have assigned him the task of drawing
up the QUEEN'S Speech. About one part of
it, however, there is and can be no mistake—
he is decidedly opposed to the system of na-
tional education, advocated by the Government,
and supported by a majority of the House
of Commons. Colonel THOMPSON'S address,
which will be found in another part of the
Paper, is more explicit, and leaves no doubt what
his political opinions are. We cordially hope,
however, that the friends of the Colonel and Mr.
GREG will advise together, and not ruin the
Liberal cause by fighting against each other. Ac-
cording to the following calculation in the Man-
chester Times, the triumph of Toryistn would be
the result :

" If wo assume the Reform strength to be 4,000 and the
Tory 2,500, which is about the truth relatively, it may
easily be seen how the Tories may triumph, for an equal
division of votes between the Reform candidates would
give to the Obstructives a majority of 500. Or, suppose
that Mr. Greg polled 500 mure votes than Col. Toomp.
son, the result would be—

Sir George Murray
Mr. Greg 2,250
1,750 Colonel Thompson

" Altogether, then, the stet ting of two candidates andthe
consequent division of the Reform interest, while that of
the Tory remains united and concentrated, is a most dan-
gerous experiment, and may lead—we had almost said must
lead—to the disgrace of this town being represented lay an
individual totally unacquainted with its interests, and a
I itter enemy to civil. r, ligious and commercial liberty."
On Saturday Sir GEORGE MURRAY addressed
a meeting at Bywater's Hotel, where about 600
persons attended, and his speech, long as :t was, did
little to enlighten the darkness of the address. He
was opposed to the New Poor-law, but was not
prepared to vote for its repeal. He would vote for
the repeal of the Corn-laws, but not till there is a
free trade in every article. He denounced the New
Police and seemed inspired with terror, though a
military man, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL was about
to raise " a new army—an army of police officers."
The speech altogether displays vast caution and
prudence. The Gallant Officer evidently remem
hers what happened at Perth, and is anxious to
avoid a second rejection for a broken pledge.
We learn from a private source, that Colonel
THOMPSON yesterday morning was introduced to
Sir Gao. HURRAY and the top Tories, in the
church-yard after church ; "which," our Corre-
spondent adds, " you know amounts to entering
the Radicals as a regular force." We trust the like a prudent general, will not give battle
unless he knows his force is able to meet the
enemy.

The dispute about the precept, or whether the
Mayor or the Boroughreeve is the returning officer,
remains unsettled, and, according to some, will
lead to two elections.

The Paris journals of Saturday have not yet
arrived. Those of Friday devote a large share of
their columns to comments upon the QUEEN'S
Speech on closing the late Session of Parliament.
The paragraph in which her MAJESTY expresses
her satisfaction that the alliance between France
and England continues unimpaired, is very natu-
rally most dwelt upon ; but we regret to add not in
that generous confiding spirit which such a
national expression of good-will might be expected
to call forth. The Journal des Debats and
the Temps are the only papers in which
France is cordially congratulated on the continu-
ance of the English alliance. As this is at present
a subject of much interest, we shall take the earliest
opportunity of stating our opinion upon it. In
the meantime we quote from Galignani s Messen-
ger a summary of the comments upon the Speech
in the Paris journals :—" The Commerce," states
our Contemporary, " admits that the words of the
QUEEN'S
to France are cour-
teous, to heal the wounds
which have been recently inflicted, but enters into
a review, which is anything but laudatory, of the
as
if Speechthey were which
intended
consequences of the friendship of England, particu-
larly as respects her mediation in the affairs of
Mexico, which has been settled, says the Com-
merce, to the injury of France; and her intervention
in the question regarding the affairs of the East, by
which she has drawn the French Government into
a combination fatal to the interests of the country."
The France, which differs as widely from the
Commerce in politics as The Sun does from
the Standard, takes nearly the same view
of the Speech, and the alliance to which
it refers. The Quotidienne, a Carlist, or
rather Legitimist organ, agrees with both, and
adds that it is absurd to make a boast of the settle-
ment of a question of so little importance as that of
the fishery, whilst the two powers are disagreed
upon the question of the East, which keeps the
peace of Europe in jeopardy. The Presse acknow-
ledges the courtesy of the Speech, but with pro-
voking absurdity attributes it to the conviction of
the English Ministry that if they had not taken this
opportunity of making the amende honorable, they
would have been called to account for their late ex-
pressions against France. The Temps regards
the marked way in which the alliance with
France is alluded to as the cordial expres-
sion of a desire to put an end to all un-
pleasant feelings, and trusts that the English
Government will act up to their professions in all
European questions in which the interests of its
ally are involved. The Courrier Francais ques-
tions the good resulting to France from the media-
tion of England in the affair of Mexico, but ap-
proves of the treaty respecting the fishery, and ex-
presses a wish that the English Government, instead
of indulging in rhodomontades against France,
would have the good feeling to reply graciously to
the propositions which have been made by the
French Ministry for the resumption of the commer-
cial conferences. The Debats briefly expresses its
satisfaction in the following words :—" We have
remarked, with great pleasure, in the speech
of this year, the friendly expressions with which
the QUEEN confirms the alliance of France
and England, and felicitates herself on a union
alike advantageous to the two nations, and, profit-
able to the general interests of Europe.' The
Journal de Paris observes, that the English have
adroitly speculated on the good-nature of the
French, who forgive as readily as they take offence;
but the writer advises the English not to play at
the game of offence too frequently.
The Constitutionnel has:a long, and, upon the
whole, a favourable article upon the subject of the
relations with England ; but it falls into the error
of assuming the English Government cognizant of
a necessity to offer some reparation to the
wounded self-love of France. The National,
whose hostility to England is never concealed,
turns the affair into ridicule, assuring its readers,
with grave irony, that as the two nations have
agreed not to quarrel about oysters and herrings
there remains nothing to disturb the peace of the
world.

There is no news either from Spain or Turkey in
;hese Journals,
;cresting domestic intellig' enee.
and they are equally barren of in-

Since Liles above
was written the rr‘nieii Jou:
pals of Saturday have been received. We have

only space for the following extracts froth thlirn
13AvotiNE, Auo. 27.—The insurgents do not seem to
yield, disobeying even their eq.n uflicers they commit
frightful excesses wherever they appear; their chief lettde?
is ti.e priest gechevarria, who dreams only of blood, ven-
geance, and the inquisition. In many places the troops
revolt; everything is in confusion, and the Christino ae-
nu r,,ls have taken some advantage of tlli3 elate of things.
It is not Evartero, but Castaneda, who has entered
Durango, after having made himself master of the whole
line of Amt to and Sodupe' which Simon Torre defended
With great bravery. The Christinos obtained possession
of a large quantity of ammunition. It is said that the
Carliats have abandoned the fort of Guevara, and that the
post of B, rmeo has surrendered to the Christinos.

PAEIS, AUG 31 —The Moniteur of tbis morning has
no official pert.
Tl,e Bordeaux Journals of the 29th say, that on the 23d
General Lcon attack,el the fort of Santa BArb Ira, near
E,tella. The firing continued on the following day, but
the result was not known.

Lord John Hay set out on the 26th from St. Sebastian,
to go to Tolosa, where he was to have an interview with
the Carlist Generals.

A letter written from the Frontier of Navarre, dated the
26th, and published in the Emancipateur of the 28th, con-
firms the news that Colonel Zturmendi, commander of the
second battalion of N4varre, and who possesses great in-
fluerice in that kingdom, has joined Don Juan Ecchevarria
The Ministers now at Paris held a Council yesterday at
noon. Count Appony had a very long conference with
M4rshia Soult.—Le C:ommerce.

The King and Queen set out for Eu yesterday morning,
and will be absent twelve d,iys. The young Prince re.
mains at Ostend.

We hear that the members of the Mixed Commi.sion
appointed to draw up regulations for the navigation, have
resolved to go to Holland, to visit the several lines of
navigation frequented by the vessels of both countries.
Brussels Papers.

A Russian corps is approaching the Pruth and the
Lower Danube. The object of this movement is not
known.—A//gemeine Zeitung, Aug. 28.
The Allgemeine Zeitung of the above date has no letters
of a later date then the ith of this month, and no further
accounts of the health of Prince Metternich.
BOURSE.--PARIS, FRIDAY, Ace. 30.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price. Price
french 5 per Cents ll2 80 ... 112 65 ... 112 60 ... 1 2 83
3 per Cents BO 5 ... SO 5 ... RO ... 8
Bank of rrance 2780 ...2780 ...9.780 ...2780
Lattitte Bank I.ooof. Sh lO6O —1069 ...IWO ...1060
5,000 f. 5220 ...52'20 —5221 ...5220
Belgian Bank 777 50 ... 777 50 ... 777 50 ... 777 50
Ciupons ...... 45 ... 45 ... 45 ... 45
Spanish Ac ive
Passive
... 5 ... 5
Portuguese 3 per Cents l9 l9 19
"ca °titan
Roman 10:1% ... 102% ... 102 X, ... 192%

In a letter from Amsterdam of the 28th ult.,
we find the rise of the Spanish Funds at Antwerp
on the previous day, attributed to a report, which
we believe to be well founded, that Don CARLOS
has himself admitted that his cause is now hopeless.
The writer states further, that the Pretender has
offered to come to an arrangement with the
QUEEN'S Government, on the basis of restoring
to him the territory which belonged to him before
the rebellion, guaranteeing the succession to the
crown to his eldest son, after the death of the
young Queen ISABELLA. According to the same
authority, a person of high rank is now in London,
commissioned by Don CARLos to make these pro-
positions to Lord PALMERSTON, with whom he
has had repeated conferences.

LATEST NEWS FROM PORTUGAL

By the arrival of the Braganza steamer at Falmouth on
Saturday from the Tagus, the subjoined intelligence hat,
been received from Lisbon. The Braganza left Gibral
tar on the 23d, Cadiz on the 24th, Lisbon 27th, and Vigo
the 29th ult.

LISBON, Ace, 26, 4 P m. —The all-engrossing subject
here is the fate of the second Bill presented to Parliament
by Lord Palmerston, upon 'the Portuguese Slave Trade
question.

" The captain of the Maria, Virginia slaver, was con-
ducted on Monday last from the gaol to the vessel, to make
out a manifest of the cargo, and to witness the opening of
the hatches. Previous to commencing the discharge, he
threw his hat into the river to attract the attention of the
bystanders, when he instantly leaped overboard and disap
peered. The corpse was found on the beach of Traffaria
on the subsequent morning. The reason adduced for
this rash act is the considerable amount in property
he had lost, as also fearing the issue of the trial
for the attempt at rescue after the capture. The Portu-
guese brig Oriente, laden with a cargo of sundry met-
chandiz, bound hence for San Paulo de Soanda, from her
appearance a very suspicious-looking vessel, and suspected
of going on a slave voyage, has been detained by the Cus-
tom House authority, the bail offered not being considered
a sufficient guarantee to allow her to depart.
" The eighteen Portuguese subjects, late belonging to
the slavers Especulador and Carolina taken by her Ma-
jesty's sloop Electra, were landed from the Hastings,
ship-of-the-line, at the naval arsenal on Friday last, whence
they were sent on board a hulk, to be draughted, it is sup-
posed, into the first ship-of-war that may be commissioned.
From the voluntary confession of some of these men, it
would appear that this nefarious traffic has been protected
and fostered by the ox-Portuguese Consul. General at Rio
de Janeiro, and the late Governor of Mozambique, who
paid the debt of nature in this city a short time since; the
tbrmer by granting fictitious passports to vessels, at the
rate of 100 milreis; and the latter, by demanding and re-
ceiving the sum of 24 milreis for each slave put on board,
i. e., 8 milreis for himself, and 16 milreis for Government
exigencies.

"The Government have at length come to the determi-
nation of forthwith sending an extraordinary Envoy to the
Court of Brazil to negotiate a treaty of commerce. The
loan for 1,400 contos de reis, it will hardly be believed, is
not yet completed (the Lisbon bank, as was understood,
not having come forward to take the remainder). The
tenders are so numerous, and on such a trifling scale, as to
puzzle and perplex the Minister of Fiaance, whose whole
time seems to be absorbed with this scanty affair.
It is reported that a steamer, name and nationality un-
known, landed on the coast of Algarve, a few days since,
150 men to join the bandits in that quarter, with a quantity
of arms and ammunition. The Terceira war steamer left
this for Oporto on the 22d inst., there to receive on board
and convey to Lagos 300 infantry from the several regi-
ments stationed in the north.

" General Macdonald is still a prisoner in the Castle of
San Joao de Fox, in Oporto.
" The Portuguese Vice-Consul in Maranham acquaints
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in his despatch of
the 26th of June, that the rebels had three days pre-
viously proceeded to the island of Santa Anna on that
eoist, and destroyed the lighthouse on that island, in the
hope that vessels conveying aid or relief to that place
might be wrecked.
" The Ibelia steam-packet, from London and Fal-
mouth, with the mail of the 17th instant, arrived on the
23 I instant, and started on the same day for Cadiz and
Gibraltar.

."I'he Braganza by which this goes, came in from
Gibraltar and Cadiz on Saturday evening last, and departs
this ftei noon at 5 o'clock.

" Foreign Ships-of-war in the Tagus.—Donegal, Her-
cules, and Hastings of the line, British; Le Junon frigate
and L'Aigle corvette, French.

" Exchange upon London, at 30 days' sight, 56i pence
per milrei; discount on ex-paper money 56 per cent."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

(SATURDAY.)
TIMES. —The scarcity of money at the Stock Ex-
change has increased, and an uneasy feeling prevails all
over the city. Such a shock as the funds have now had to
sustain has not been experienced for a very long time, and
it is to be traced in great measure, as was generally anti-
cipated, to the clumsy manner in which the late conversion
of Exchequer bills has been carried through, and public
credit, instead of being sustained, has been injured by it.
The market is loaded with stock under a scarcity of money,
one of the worst features which can present itself. All the
share of the m nversion taken by the jobbers and specula-
tors has been written up, and the greater portion of it pro-
bably delivered. That subscribed for by the Bank has not
been written up, it is understood, till within this day or two,
nut the market is now threatened with that additional
weight upon it, the broker who usually acts for the Bank
having to-day sold very largely.
It would be wrong to infer from the great pressure at
the Stock Exchange that matters are materially worse in
the commercial discount market. They were nearly as
bad there before as they well could be, especially with re-
gard to second and third-rate bills, which are absolutely
at the mercy of the money-dealers. The transactions in
the funds are now merely brought to a uniformity with them.

C IZ ON IC L E.— We have long foreseen that monetary
and commercial matters could not maintain their ground
for any length of time, and we have done everything in our
power to caution the public on this head. To a'l thinking
persons a crisis is inevitable, and every day tends more and
more to strengthen this conviction. A most material and
marked depression has taken place in Consols to-day, and
Exchequer bills have nearly receded to par. The former
have fallen to 901 for money, and 91i for the account, and
the latter hhve been marked as low as 4s. premium. The
temporary support which was given to the English Stock
Market, to enable Lord Monteagle to carry through his
funding scheme, now has, it would seem, been entirely
withdrawn, and matters arc falling back to their natural
course. fleece, no doubt, arises much of the depression
which Consols have sustained, but they have chiefly been
affected by the increasing scarcity of money, and the total
stagnation of confidence and credit. A short time must
now bring things to a fatal point, and there, indeed, seems
little probability of anything occurring to give them a fa
vourable turn.

PELISSES AND PRI NCEDOMS.—ROStOptchinC
being asked by Paul the First, when in company with
several Russian Princes, why he was not a Prince, he re-
plied, " because his Tartar ancestors settled in Russia in
the winter season." Upon being pressed to explain, he
continued, " it was the custom of the Emperors of Russia,
on such occasions, to give the settler the choice of a prin-
cipality or a pelisse. Now, my ancestor, arriving in a very
cold winter, had the wit to choose the pelisse." Paul
laaghed heartily, and congratulated the Princes on their
ancestors having settled in the summer season.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Saturday
morning the Rev. Thomas Sheppard, Rector of St James's,
Clerkenwell, died suddenly at his re idence in Pentonville.
The deceased was 76 years old. He came from Brighton
on Friday t;vettine, with ail hztention to prca,..:l; . .
nis:er the sacrament at the abovo parish Church yesterday.
He was beloved by all who knew him.