The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1838

LONDON :
THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 9, 1838.

The Commons will certainly not, we are ;informed,
adopt the Lords' amendments to the Irish Municipal
Bill, so that there is an end to this 'measure for the Ses-
sion. Whether the Parliament will terminate on Wednes-
day or not depends in some measure on Lord BROUGHAM'S
Bill concerning Canada ; which, should it be taken up by
the Lords, may postpone the end of the Session for a day
or two.

In our double sheet, published on Sunday, we remarked
" that it is a great mistake to suppose that human ekil!
does riot contribute as much to adorn the face of the earth,
as to provide for the animal wants of man. Had we time,"
we added, " we might fill our whole double sheet with
illustrations of this important fact." A writer in the
Spectator of last Sunday, has worked out a somewhat
similar idea in a masterly manner, and we have to-day
transferred most of his illustrations to our columns. His
remark—" Why, time was when a ship itself was a novelty,
and a grave disturber of association. The acme of profane
imperenence was reached, and the ne plus ultra of vulgar
Utilitarianism already achieved in the eyes of Conserva-
tives, some four or five thousand years ago, when some one
—furnished, we are assured, with triple brass about hisbeart'
—lunched the first boat"—has induced us to think that the
principle we mettioned is worth some illustration as bear-
ing on politics, and as an antagonist of those theological
doctrines which establish or perpetuate- the dominion of
the 'PrieAhood on an unjust view of human nature. The
puny sentimentalist, who whines over the loss of some arid
beauty which the progress of man has covered by the use-
ful works of his bind, or the fierce declaimer who denounce'
every thing man creates as partaking of his fallen nature,
are the staunch and powerful defenders of those Tory and
priestly doctrines which recommend and upheld despotism
on account of the i:uoraucc and wickedness of our race.
They will lec combatted to some extent by observing that
the ban I of man ado. ni the race or the earth, while he
renders it subservient t ) purposes:
One source of the opposite cri or is well po:nted out by
our Coaternporary

It is to be remembered that all true reLtiment is a thing of growth
and association; hat to say that a perfect novelty is destitute or
sentiment, is no -inure reasonable a complaint than to say that the seed
of the rose-tree is wlthotitsC,lll, or th.tt the ac rn wants tic proportions
of the oak. Nothing is poetic:.l,.nothing sentimental, in itself, tut only
in its clreurnstahces. If certain sentiments are connected with ships
and sailors, thee sentiments are tutirety due to the memories of the
past, to the association ••pith s ictories and tales of other times, and to
cir.mmstances of chart- ter and incident which will arise again and
rga:n, under al varicles ,f change, as long as men arc men. If a
e...untry ro..d and a mail coach are objects of sentiment, any other road
and any other coach may become so. Philos.Thers they certainly are
not, and we can hardly admit theta to be poets, who do not perceive
that the springs r;: sentiment are all in the human heart, and none in
the locos of things.

in our younger 'tlJys our minds have associated a number
of pleasures vita green fields awl well-wooded parlis ; and
we look with . distaste on the red brick houses, or
great factories, width have hid them for ever from
our view. Porn some such single exampleS we draw a
gr-neral inference, and with the poet we revile the town
made by man," as a usurpation of the country ". made by
God." But toe adorned country ; the fertile fields, yellow
with golden corn ; the hedge-rows, teeming with honey-
suckles, roses, and wild cherries ; the well-timbered parks,
with their grassy lawns, close cropped or elose.shern ; the
shady lanes and pleasant footpaths, the loss of which we
regret—the Whole landscape and surface are not the im-
medi.Lte creation of God, but are his works, adorned by
the art of man. It is cultivated nature, the loss of which
we regret. Magnificent al arc his works, particularly in
their Vastness, to our senses, the surface of the earth is
beautified in - det 61 by fertilizing' labour. We own
that when Nature is in its rude state, we do not
much differ from that good citizen, who preferred the streets
of London, even when they were less brilliant by night, and
less clean and a'ry by day than at present, to the barren
glories of Sheballion.
Botany Bay, which was so named from the splendour of
a very ',eautiful spot when first beheld
by the eye of the Europeans, tired with the dull monotony
of a long sea-voyage, and excited to drunkenness
by delight at the very aspect and smell of the earth ;
but we cannot believe that the, monotony of
that beautiful carpet is nat nos much relieved and
the aspect of the place much improved by the scattered
buil.lings, the tree-erribosorned cottages, the smart villas,
the fields of many colours as they bear different crops ; by
the sheep on the brows of the hills and the cattle lowing
in the vilifies ; by the tall masts of the ships in its ports,
and by the temples which have been erected for the wor-
ship of HIM who gives both the earth and the me i
of
means
fertilizing and adorning it. Nor shall we find it less
agreeable, if we put our foot on shore, than improved in
appearance. The uninviting swamp, the tangled grass,
almost defying man to pass through it, the impenetrable
jungle and the ,pathless forest, full of unknown terrors,
have given place to drained meadows., a velvet and close-
ropped sward, roads pleasant to walk on, and giving easy
access to wherever they reach ; while scattered villas and
congregated houses and churches, all full of some conve-
niences, or tending to some utility, have also much improved

landscape. W::at ratecting being who has ever
seen either in reality or in representation, the dark pine
forests, or outspread pithlesS prairies of America,
and contrasted them in thought with the cultivated
banks of the Hudson, or the inclosed plantations- of
Virginia, canlor one moment doubt that the places where
man has fixed his abode, and which abound with material
wealth, the means of joy, and the tendrils of his strongest
affections, are eminently beautiful, compared to the un-
traversed forest, or the pathless prairie ? Thus tak-
ing the extremes, the truth which it has required
ahnoit ages practically to work out, becomes at once ap-
parent, and we say without any irreverence, but with a feel-
ing of deep gratitude for the power of accomplishing this,
that the labour of man hi rendcring'the surface of the earth
mere serviceabk. to hiMself, has adorned and improved the
creation of God.

Such being the general truth, the gradual steps by which
the land is cleared, though painful to the Indian who loves
his forest and his prairie, and has all his feelings
connected with their wildness ; by which as popula-
'on increases and improvement goes on, the first squat-
ters with their log huts, once endearel to them
by their remoteness from other human beings and their
proximity to game, are made to give place to well-peopled
villages and well-stored farm-houses ; and by which these,
in their turn, to the momentary discomfort of the tenants
and the destruction of their associations, are intersected or
displaced by the canal or the rail-road. Such being the genera'
truth, all the steps which lead to it, though amongst them we
find that which turns a beautiful park into the site of a multi-
tude of cotton manufactories, must partake of the same cha-
racter ; and however much they may disturb the associations
of each generation, must in the end contribute to toe gene-
ral beauty. Let us take as an illustration the very rail-
roads, against which many persons now rail continually as
cutting up the country and disturbing all rural beauty.
Our Contemporary has well observed that these roads have
beauties of their own which .the present roads do not offer.
Setting out from that point, let us notice that among the
objects of rural beauty nothing has been more frequently
praised than smoke curling up from among the leafy groves,
marking the abodes of man. And why should not

the smoke of the locomotive engine, as it passes

through woods and parks, be considered equally beau-
tiful ? To us it seems as if the long train, as th?
engine flies past, writes, as it were with a running hand, a
short history of man's achievements on the sky, as the
furrow of the steamer's keel, or the long:trail of her paddle-
wheels engrave it, though, if it be for only a short time,
on the surface of the ocean. The wheeling, or the rapid
flight of birds through the air, is a great natural beauty,
but not a greater beauty than the smoke rolling from the
steam-chimney, changing as it comes forth into many sober
colours, curling, expanding, and gradually vanishing, till its
trace ceases to obscure or even mingle with the blue light of
Heaven. And,if wedescend to the machine,and seeit snort-
ing and fiery withpower, darting forward withthe velocity of
the wind, but set in motion, stopped, guided, and regulated to
a few inches by the hand of a boy, we mustle convinced that
the railway has great and commanding beauties of its own,
beauties, both of mere vision, and beauties which grow upon
us by reflection, and which amply compensate, even for the
loss of the cultivated beauty of the park or the garden it
may displace.
When the Parliamentary vacation comes, we may, per-
haps, pursue this subject, at present we are warned by the
length of our remarks to leave it ; and we must in parting
thank our Contemporary for attracting public attention to a
topic which promises to be quite as amusing as the party
squabbles of pettyfogging politicians.

As yet we have seen but one opinion expressed by the
Press on the Second Report of the Irish Railway Commis-
sioner, and that is most favourable. "It reflects," says the
Chronicle to-day, " equal honour upon the ability of the
Commissioners, and upon the spirit of the Government
under which so important a Commission issued." One of
its great merits seems to be a disregard of all private and
local interests, except as subordinate to the great general
plan it was appointed to investigate, and on this account,
we understand, that it is not considered satisfactory by those
who were exclusively studying private and local interests.
No less than fourteen railways were previously planned, ard
for seven of these Acts of Parliunenthave been obtained. The
Report naturally crosses the interests of the parties con-
cerned herein, and some of them have expresssed objec-
tions to it.

One which see have heard stated is, that the Commis-
sioners have Lot adopted the Parliamentety rule for estima-
ting the probable profit on railways, and have, therefore,
come to a conclusion unfavourable to their construction, which
will postpone their advantages for years. The Parliamentary
rule is, we believe, this. The Standing Order ,requires
that the parties applying for a railway should show the
• number of public conveyances actually plying along the
proposed line, and the number of persons for whose accom-
modation seats are provided by these conveyances ; and the
Parliament allows the parties to take credit for an extent of
travelling equal to the accommodation provided; it allows the
double of that to be considered as the travelling which may
.he expected on the railway ; and on that the profits are
estimated. Nuw, although it by no means became tl.e
Commissioners to dispute the validity of this Parliamentary
rule, we are clearly of of inion that they would have com-
mitted a great error had they adopted it. Oa many roads, on
most roads in fact, the accommodation provided Las been
more than has paid well ; and so great has been tl:e corn
petition on them for years - past that there are many
mere it•rs • tarec. of stage-coach propzietors being ruined than
of making their fortunes. The Commissioners followed,
wz! think, a better plan. They endeavoured to collect
accurate informut:on of the actual number of passenger!:
ho travel cal the different rods; and if their low estimate
of four per ern,. as the amount of profit likely to be
realised by tailway speculations, the result of actual obeer-
vation, be a sad blow to the hopes of many pr,jectors,
it is likely to prevent much bitter distppointinent and
much waste of capital, while it will ultimately ensure a
profitable system of railways.
The attention of the Commirsteners to this point is in
accordance with that part of the Treasury minute, which
professes to !wk to the Report fa- information to he laid
before Parlament, to enable it to decide between dial
and conflicting interests, and to prevent ruinous cum-
petitions. It may be, and the Ciimmissioners and the public
,it large will no doubt be glad to hare it proved, that their
careful estimate of the probable amount of traffic is under
the mark—that p mens to nLcm they arp'ied frr ia-
formation, not wishing to provoke competition, made re-
turns lower than the truth. Those who take that vies will
probably be able to establish the fact ; but even they
must agree with us that the certain data taken by the
Commissioners is far better than the vague rule
of the Standing Orders. That many railroads have been
projected in England, which have not answered, causing
great loss and great disappointment, and impeding the suc-
cess of railroads in general, we are not surprised, after
learning the principle on which the Houses of Parliamt nt
have been guided, in giving their assent to private Bills
for making railways. If the Commissioners have stopped
schemes for railroads in Ireland, founded on such calcula-
tions, they will have spared many a heart from aching, and
will have conferred a benefit on the country more than it
was aware of.

It will be incumbent on those who impugn the accuracy
of this part of the Report to prove their own ease. The
Commissioners have told all the steps they adopted to
arrive at their conclusions. It is competent for those who
have an interest in the matter, to take similar steps, and
show exactly where the Commissioners have committed an
error. For our part, being borne out in our conviction that
the very greatest care has been taken in drawing up the
Report, by the concurrent testimony of scientific and lite-
rary Journals ; and being well aware of the great ability as
well as sterling integrity of Mr. DaummoND and the rest
of the Commissioners, we cannot do otherwise than be-
lieve, great a blow as their estimate of four per cent•
profit gives to the hopes of Ireland, that it is far more
likely toles correct than the sanguine calculations of more
interested persons.

The subscription for the WELLINGTON monument has
been increased since the 18th of June by nearly 4,0001.,
making the amount altogether at present about 14,0001.,
and it is not unreasonable to calculate that when sub-
scriptions are received from India, and, indeed, from every
part of the British colonies, as proud as the mother
country of the name of WELLINGTON, a sum will be rea-
lized greater than any yet collected to do honour to a

Uritish su'oject. A better reason could not be given for
reversing the decision of the RUTLAND committee. The
memory of WELLINGTON deserves something more than
on equestrian statute, engrafted on a folly of GEORGE IV.,
remarkable chiefly for its heavy solidity, and the want of
those ornaments with which we have been accustomed to
associate triumphal arches. We do not blame Mr. BUR-
TON for the faults of the structure. He worked, no doubt,
according to instructions, arid made it a fit entrance to
the Palace of a Monarch who shunned the presence
of his people. With the exception of the are" of TITUS at
Rome, and the defect there is much relieved by the beauty
of the ornamental architecture, we remember no tri-
umphal arch of any note without side archways for foot
passengers. Those of SEPTIMIUS, SEVERUS, and CoN-
STANTINE at Rome, and that of NAPOLEON at Paris, have
them ; and all who have seen these Inyldings can bear tes-
timony
to the contrast b2tween their light, graceful appear-
ance, and the heavy dead wall on each side of this gate-
way, adapted only for those who could approach the Palace
in carriages or on horseback. On one side the humbler
classes are stopped altogether, and on the other they must
make an awkward turn round the building, or run the risk
of being driven over by those who have the right of entree.
Putting these defects, however, out of the question, we
object to any national monument to WELLINGTON
which is not of a piece—which is not raised from
the foundation to the summit at the expense of
the subscribers, and which can possibly go by any
other name than that of the illustrious individual whom
it is intended to honour. Posterity may scoff at the
much boasted liberality and gratitude of the present
generation, if, in place of a memorial worthy of the
first man of the age, we leave to them this patch-work--
this mongrel, incongruous structure—this thing with " a
head of fine gold," but with " legs of iron, and feet part of
iron and part of clay." We are confident that the people
of this country are liable to no such imputations. The
rapidity with which large subscriptinns have already come
in, even under the present " untoward" circumstances,
proves their anxiety to erect a monument worthy of them
and of WELLINGTON; and all that is wanting to complete
their object is common management on the part of those
numerous subscribers who are opposed to the. usurped
authority of Sir FREDERICK TRENCII and the Duke of
RUTLAND. We have good reason to believe that the
Government will not sanction it ; and, without their sanc-
tion, the project falls to the ground. Let a meeting, there-
fore, be called without delay, and plans proposed for erect-
ing on another site a monument commensurate to the sub-
scriptions, and deserving the name of the " Wellington
Testimonial ;" and the Duke of IticHmoND, and those who
support him, will find that nine out of ten of the sub-
scribers will go along with them.

Some doubts, we see, are expressed whether Bermuda is
considered to belong to our North American colonies or
not, and if it belong to them, whether it be included in
Lord DURHAM'S Government or not. The inference from
Lord MELBOURNE'S and Lord GLENELG'S admission, that
the part of Lord DURHAM'S ordinance relative to
Bermuda was illegal, leads to the inference that
they regarded the island as not included in Lord
DURHAM'S commission. It appears, however, that
by Sir CHARLES PAGET sending his vessels thither,
that he regards Bermuda as within his command. Ac-
cording as 13;.rmuda: has been generally held at
the public offices to be included or not in our North
American colonies, so will be the decision as to
Lord DURHAM'S ordinance. What, then, says the
Admiralty ? Has Bermuda generally bean included within
the command of the Admiral on. the Halifax station, or of
the Admiral in the West Indies ? Surely, there cannot
be the least difficulty in at once settling such a question,
which is not a geographical, but a political one, of which
the solution is to be found in the public offices.

The whole of the Paris journals of Tuesday have been
received, but their contents are of very little importance.
It was privately rumoured in well-informed circles that the
French Government bad received an official communica-
tion from Saragossa, dated the 2d inst., which stated that
on the 27th ult. General SAN MIGUEL was briskly at-
tacked by CABRERA at Orcajo. No great advantage was
gained on either side ; but the next day SAN MIGUEL was
joined by ORAA at the head of his division, when the latter
completely routed the Carlists, pursuing them as far as
Morella. The rebels having entered the town, the
QUEEN'S troops at once invested it. No intimation was
received of the number of killed and wounded, but it was
supposed the Carlists had suffered very severely.
The French Liberal journals condemn the conduct of the
Government in demanding the expulsion of -Prince Lours
NAPOLEON horn the Swiss territory as savouring of the
jealousy of an unmixed despotism. Were LOUIS PHILIPPE
now the Sovereign he professed to be in August, 1830, the
proximity of Lours NAPOLEON'S abode to France would
not cost him a moment's consideration. It is the incipient
Absolutist, not the occupant of a popular throne surrounded
by republican institutions, that dreads the magic influence
of a name borne by a hair-brained enthusiast.
Immediately after the accouchernent of the Duchess of
ORLEANS, the Royal family will proceed fora few months
to Eu, in Normandy.

The advices from ISladrid aro of the 31st ult. Nothing
was then determined respecting the fate of the Cabinet, nor
was it supposed that anything would be done before the
arrival of despatches from ESPARTERO. The following are
extracts from the French Journals :

The Semaphore of Mars;:ires quotes a letter of the 17th ultimo, from
Alexandria announcing that, after a sanguinary engagement, Ibrahim
Pacha had fiurlly stdijogated the rebel Druses, who bad been driven
from Haouran with site loss of 1,000 men killed and 2,000 taken priso-
ners. The successful result of this action, to which Soliman Pacha
(Colonel Selves) had mainly contributed, was considered as equivalent to
the pacification of Syria. An envoy from the Porte was daily ex-
pected in Alexandria, with full powers to negotiate with the Pacha the
dip!onnvie and financi_l cot ditiens of his entire independence.
A letter from Toulon of the 3cl inst. states that Admiral Stvford,
who was at Malta on the 2.(ith tilt., with six ships of the line, two fri-
gates, and a brig, was prep:, ing to leave far the Levant, where he Wai
!O be reinforced by the ship Bellerophon stationed at Athena, at.d a fri-
gate which was lying ell' Smyrna. -
The Augsburg Gazette has advicea from Rome, mentioning
that, on
the 9.241Ju1y, Princess Maria Louisa of ::axony, the widow of Prince
Maximilian, was married in that capital to M. de Rossi, Chamberlain to
h:r brother, the Duke of Lucca. M. de liossi is a native of Bonne,
and of the family of the bankers of the same name.
La Jusiii•lEttE, Joov 31.—The taking of Solsona has filled us with
joy. In order to take the episc: pal pahice, and the fortifitd convent,
our troops und..rmined and blew up the fouodatiens of those two buildings.
A gre. number of Cat lists perished under the ruins. The Carlist Chiefs
Ca,cras, Joachim Casal, Meral'es, and Mundedeon, the Governor of
Solsona, were among tee dead, and it is affirmed they were killed by
their own soldiers.

In the affair or the 9.5 th a! I.ladurs, the Carlists, c,mmantle.l by the
C, not WE:pape, suffered great losses. 1 heir total loss at Lladurs and
So;soria zat,unts to 3,000 among whom are six gener"l4 and
twe;:ty-nine superior officers. The loss of the Christinos is about five
hundred men.-1 e Conslitationnel.
The Baron de BeAeval, who was attached to the Frtnc.) Legation 1t
Berne at the time of the affair of Conseil, has, as we hear, just received
a special mission for Switzerland.

We have received the following letter from Tripoli, date) July 16
" The Fi'ench squadron, under Rear Admiral Gallois, consisting of
the Jupitec, Santi litre, and Trident, of the line, arrived in the road
this mornink. As soon as the French ships came in sight there was
an universal bustle in the city, and the beach wan crowded with Arabs.
The Turkish authorities are not pleased at the zppearance of the French
squadron, but the native population would wish it to prolong its stay
here. The officers of the squadron go into the country, where they
are not a... 11 molested the Mechiotes give them a good reception."
Perhaps this squadron will wait fur that of the Capitan Pacha, which, a
few slays ago, was stilt near Mytelene.—Consiiturionna
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Bank Actions, 2610 f.
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Roman Five per Cents.. 10lN.
Spanish Actives, ...-11%%%•
Wigton Five per Cents.,
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Belgian Three per I eats., 711'. Ife.
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Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have
reached us to-day. The former has several long articles
respecting the final settlement of the Hollande.Beigic
question ; but as they consist of repetitions of thread-bare
arguments, it is enough to notice their appearance. Their
prevailing tone is, however, exceedingly moderate. Inde-
pendently of this question, the following extracts from the
Brussels and German Journals include the only news they
contain of any interest :
BalissEr.s, A VG. 6.—A letter from Venloo of the 2d say,. The
workmen are proceeding without intermission in strengthening the fc,
tificatio:.3 and the forts of Venl,o. General Ilurel, Colonel de Nieuport,
military governor of the province, Colonels Foly and Dc Puydt, have
come successively to inspect the works, or fix some other reason,
Colonel De Puydt left us on Tues2ay for Weirth." ;phi, inernin g
a trial was made on the iron railroad of a perpetual motion, Which is in-
tended to supersede steam in drawing the trains. This unknown,
mysterious, spyrimidal power, which has excited the solicitude of ou;
greAte.st capitalists, was such, that it forced the wsggons off' the rails,

f!or ;,n,i run almt three yards. Happily the secret did not tran.
spire.

TIT HAGUE, Atm. 3.—A Council from St. Petersburgh arrived here
last eight, with despatches for Isis Royal Highness the Prince of Orange.
As tire Prince is at Filburg, the courier proceeded to that place.
On Friday last there was a Cabinet Council at the P.:lace in the wood,
where his Majesty now resides.
The ;Minister for Foreign Affairs had yesterday a long conference
With the Minister Of France at our Court. We hear that eespatehes
were sent this rneritirg to Lotteon. _

rROSTIERS OF MO:TENP.GRO, Jury 12.—The stale of things among
us is becoming more and more serious. The Montenegrins continue
their hostile expeditions. On the 29th ult. there was another action
near Grabowo, in which the Turks were again defeated. The Montene-
grins erect firtifications in all portions of the territory which they occupy,
thus announcing their intention to keep possession. It is hardly possible to
credit the extravagant presumption that has seized the Montenegrins, and
it appears more and more deafly that the visit of the King of Saxony has,
in some degree, contributed to it. Not only the common people have
Since Conceived a high opinion of themselves, but the Vladika has es-
Pecially risen extremely in their estimation: " What a great man our
Vladika must he," so we hear the Montenegrins say, " that even
Kings come to visit him." The Turks, on the other hand, are
quite discouraged, in the Hugogowine the whole population seems
to be in a state of lethargy; in Bosnia, however, the Turks are
at length moving, and, some troops are.collected to act against the
Montenegrins, and to encourage the people of the Hugogowine
to Let, but these preliminary proceedings are so feeble that no
great hopes are entertained. The people hi Austrian Dalmatia
are in favour of the Turks, because if the Montenegrins should extend
their operations thetrade with Turkey would be in great danger. This
has induced the Austrian Government to increase its vigilance, and
if the Turks do not soon assert their rights it is possible that Austria
may take some more serious steps with respect to Montenegro.
Room, AUG. 3.—A great misfortune has befallen our town to-day,
At One o'clock in the afternoon the alarm bells were sounded, and the
inhabitants learned that the grest Church was on fire. The wind
king high all endeavours tot interrup the flames were in vain; at
two o'clock the steeple fell on the burning Church, and the whole
edifice, with some adjoining buildings, were soon reduced to a
heap of ruins. How the fire could break out in such a building,
in the middle of the day, is an enigma; some papers of value
and the communion plate were saved, but of the many masterpieces of
art, the steeple, with the bells, the organ, &c., nothing remains,
land this magnificent work of our ancestors presents only a scene of
desolation.

BRED&, Auo. 4.—The troops which formed the first camp at Ryeu
have now broken up, to return to their garrisons and cantonments. The
troops that are to form the second camp, will arrive there on Monday
next.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, At-u. G.
Money. WI .
Actual Debt, 2% per rent
Ditto,,,3 dityto
;eticsrper e 44 cent.)rcent . lOl% 102
A ~t s
95 95
Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent. —

Commercial i: omillany, 4,4 per cent 166% 16S
Ditto (11332 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Loan 1536, 4 ver cent.. '.---
Ditto 1637, 6 per cent.
Exchange en London, One month l2 12;4
Two mon.lia
BELGIAN } UNDS—Batiasus, Aix'. 6.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOll
Loan of Thirty Millions i;.,
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent .........
Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent. l4B
Batik of Belgium, 5 per Cent...............
National Society .
—Brussels Papers, Aug. 6.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VI ENNA , JULY 30.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares 1446
—AilgemeineZeitung, Aug. 4.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY (TIM'S DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK.
A Halifax mail has arrived, by which we have received the
papers to the 20th of July, brought by the Lord Melville,
sailed on the 22d of July.
(From the above Papers.)
" The harvest has commenced in this vicinity, 'and is nearly
over in the more southern portions of the State; the weather
has been most favourable, and from all quarters we receive the
most cheering accounts of the crops of wheat."
( Prince Edward Island papers to the 11th of July.)
The question of the disputed boundary has been pretty
warmly taken up by the American Congress. The language
of several of the Members of the Senate is decidedly warlike ;
the influence of the moderate party, however, seems to have
predominated.
By accounts from Newfoundland we learn that great dis-
tress had been experienced there during the last winter and
spring from a scarcity of provisions. It had been ascertained
that in some of the small harbours in Conception Bay seve-
ral persons had died of actual starvation. The local govern-
ment have been called upon from all parts of the island, to
furnish the poor with seed potatoes. Several cargoes from
Prince Edward Island has .been bought up for that purpose.
We have received Rio Janeiro Papers to the 3d June.
Exchange, 291 ; Stock, 88-. They do not contsin any po-
litical news of importance, but pub!ish the Revenue of the
Customs ; from which it appears that trade in the Brazils has
considerably improved.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS D A V.)

Their Lordships sat to-day in a C.Annlittce of Privi!rg s.
The P.‘ers in attendance were—the Lord Chancellor. the
Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Fingal,
Lord Diuorben, Lord Vaux, and Lord Rayleigh.