The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-05 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL

Tnst HAGUR, JULY I.—The Swabian Mercury has an
account from Stuttgard of the 27th of June, which says
that "their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Prince and
Princess of Orange, after affectionately taking leave of
the Royal Family, and accompanied with the blessings o
the inhabitants of Stuttgard, who were assembled in great
numbers about the Palace, had left that city to proceed to
the Hague. The King accompanied them to Ludwigs-
burg. Their Royal Highnesses arc to arrive this evening
at Manits, whence the persons belonging to the Court of
Wurtemburg, who have so far accompanied them, will take
leave, and those belonging to the Court of the Hague be
presented to them. The Prince and Princess will stop a
few days at the Court of Nassau, make a short stay in the
principal towns on their way, and reach the Hague on the
17th of July. The Prince of Orange also left this city
yesterday.

AMSTERDAM, JULY I.—The first herring smack arrived
at Gove yesterday evening, with 35 barrels of new herrings,
and favourable accounts of the fishery.
AMSTERDAM, JUNE 29.—We learn that several persons,
holding high offices in the East Indies, are now at the
Hague ; and in consequence of the representations which
these officers have made to the King a great change may
be shortly expected in the composition of Government in
India. We bear it reported that a great Officer of State,
on whom the King's choice is supposed to have fallen,
will soon proceed to that country ; he possesses, in fact,
all the qualifications required for so high a trust.
Tliß 11AGLE, JUNE 28.--His Royal Highness the
Prince of Orange is expected here in a few days from
Stuttgard. We hear that his Majesty the King of Wur-
temburg will accompany the new married couple to this
city.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEEDAM, JINE 25.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, `24 per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amen Syndic, 4!.a per cent ..... ............
Ditto, ditto, 3!•4 per cent. sO% 814
Commercial Company 4‘., per cen.
Ditto (1832 and 1833) . per cent.
Ditto 1837, 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month... .......
Two months
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JUNE 22
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three eer Cents.
Bank Shares 1512
—AllgemeineZeitwig, June 28
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JUNE 28.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. 1034 10314
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 10*1 102 S
Vachange on London, three months 621
—Prussian State Gazette, June 2).

A report is current that the Rev. Thomas Mor-
timer, of Gray's Inn-lane Chapel, London, is likely to be
appointed Vicar of Bradford.

ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL

—The anniversary dinner of this most valuable instituti;
took place on Wednesday at the West India Dock Tavern,
Blackwall, when about one hundred and fifty persons, of
the highest respectability, assembled. The Right Hon.
the Earl Fitzwilliam took the Chair. Among the company
at the cross-table were Mr. Byng, M. P., Sir William
Heygate, Bart., Alderman, the Rev. John Russell, D. D.,
Dr. Farre, Physician to the Institution, &c. The cloth
having been withdrawn, the Secretary read the report of
the evening's subscriptions. They amounted in the whole
to 2601. Several toasts were given, and speeches made,
and the company separated at a late hour.
LA NCA STE R.-The weather continues beauti-
fully fine—alternate rain and sunshine; so that vegetation
cannot fail to do well. The wheat in some parts is thin,
but everywhere healthy, and oats and barley fine in all re-
spects ; whilst the pleasant odour of new-mown hay that
awaits the rambler in our lanes and highways, reminds
him that the hay harvest is in progress. Every thing is
delightfully promising.—Lancaster Gazette.
THE CHURCH PROMOTING " POPERT."-
With all its " No Popery" professions, the Established
Church is very instrumental in promoting the spread of
Catholicism. We give an instance from the Leicester Mer-
cury of last SaturdaY, :—About three miles from Lough-
borough, and eight from Leicester, stands the pleasant vil-
lage of Barrow-upon- Soar, which rejoices in the clerical
services of the Rev. Mr. Gwatkin. The Midland Counties
Railway, which will pass through Barrow, has brought
many Catholics into the district; and amongst them, Messrs.
Worswick and Smith, contractors. A marriage was cele-
brated in the village, after the forms of the Catholic
Church, and the poor Vicar became alarmed,
seeing, in imagination, the Pope and all his emis-
saries storming the parish. He raised the cry of
" No Popery ;" and (strange to say I) was joined by
Baptists, Methodists, and Unitarians I Tracts were issued,
breathing the fiercest spirit of bigotry and uncharitableness ;
and the " pulpit, drum-ecclesiastic," resounded, Sunday
after Sunday, with gross misrepresentations and abuse of
Catholicism. The Rev. N. Woolfrey, of Loughborough,
(brother-in-law of John Breeks's friend, Widow Woolfrey,)
waited upon Mr. Gwatkin, and expostulated with him upon
his attack, as being injurious to religion and Christian con-
cord. Mr. Gwatkin spurned the Catholic priest, declaring
that he would rid his parish of the Papists by whom it was
infested I Mr. Woolfrey retired, and commenced a course
of street preaching in the parish, in refutation of the tracts.
A publican offered the use of a room to the priest, and the
offer was accepted. The Vicar, on hearing of this arrange-
ment, visited the " publican and sinner," and by the
use of most unapostolic arguments, induced him to
withdraw his proposal ; and then, elated with the pro-
gress of his persecution, the Reverend Churchman took
coach for London, to inquire if he could not bring the
priest into the power of thr Ecclesiastical Court. The
Court, however, had already one too many of the family
under its care, and declined meddling with Mr. Gwatkin's
tormentor. The parson, therefore, gained nothing by his
mission—and was the coach-fare, &c. out of pocket. In
the meantime, the news of his interview with the publican
had reached the ears of Messrs. Worswick and Smith, and
they indignantly exclaimed—" We'll have a chapel of our
own I" Ground was bought— the foundation-stone laid—
and within a month the chapel was opened ; and the Rev.
Mr. Gwatkin had the pleasure of witnessing a grand Ca-
tholic procession in the streets of the village, on the occa-
sion of the first service in this new place of worship, erected
mainly through his instrumentality.

One of the most stupendous works of modern
times is a projected rail-road from Venice to Milan, con-
necting the seven richest and most populous cities of Italy
with each other, Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Mantua,
Brescia, and Milan ; the most gigantic portion will be the
bridge over the Lagoons, connecting Venice with the main
land. The length of the railroad will be 166 Italian
(about the same in English) miles, passing through a
population of three and a half millions, the seven cities
having alone a population of half a million, viz., Venice,
120,000, Padua, 44,000, Vicenza 50,000, Verona,
46.000, Mantua, 34,000, Brescia, 2,000, and Milan,
180,000 inhabitants ; to which may be added, 20,000 fo-
reigners in Venice and Milan. It is calculated the trans-
port, when completed, will average 1,800 persons, 1,500
tons of goods, and 1,000 tons of coals daily.—Foreign
Quarterly Review.

SINGULAR INSECTS.—A considerable deal of
gossip has taken place in the neighbourhood of Dunkeld, in
consequence of the arrival last week, at Clunie, of a swarm
of gigantic insects, which those who have been in warmer
climes pronounce to be locusts. The animals are from an
inch to an inch and a half long, double winged, with a
number of antennae about the head, and resemble much
the large moth. Whether locusts or not, they are most
voracious devourers, and seem to possess the powers of
multiplication to an astonishing degree. The tree on
which they alighted has been cut down, and every precau-
tion taken to destroy them and their eggs. A few are
preserved by the curious, and are submitted to an entomo-
logist, so that next week we may be able to give them their
proper appellation.—Perth Paper.
THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.—Yesterday'
morning a reward of 600/. was offered for the apprehension
of Davis, one of the accomplices in the late gold dust
robbery, but who for the present has avoided apprehension.
THE BUSINESS OF LIFE.—We recollect walk-
ing with Mr. Thomas Carlyle down Regent-street, when
he remarked, that we poets had all of us mistaken the
argument that we should treat. " The past," he said,
is all too old for this age of progress. Look at this
throng of carriages, this multitude of men and horses, of
women and children. Every one of these has a reason for
going this way rather than that. If we could penetrate
their minds, and ascertain their motives, an epic poem
would present itself, exhibiting the business of life as it
actually is, with all its passions and interests, hopes and
fears. A poem, whether in verse or prose, conceived in
this spirit, and impartially written, would be the epic of
the age." And in this spirit it was that he conceived the
plan of his own " French Revolution, a History."—
Monthly Magazine.