The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-06 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL

AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 3.—We hear that the War
Department has just sent the necessary instructions to
the military authorities whom it concerns for enlisting
foreigners to serve in his Majesty's troops now in the
East and West Indies.
FRANKFORT, JULY 31.—Letters from Vienna say
that the book debts of the house of Geymuller amount
to 3,425,850 florins. There is not a country in Europe
that does not lose by this bankruptcy. Some of the
principal nobility suffer severely by it.
According to the Austrian laws the book debts are in
the fourth class, so that their creditors can have little to
expect. Persons from all parts of Germany, who seem
to be more or less interested in this bankruptcy, have
already arrived at Vienna. No exact estimate has yet
been made known of the deposit debts and of the bills of
exchange, which aro very considerable.
Count Kolowrath has left Vienna for his estate in
Bohemia.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AWITEXDAW, Aug. 3
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent ••••••••••••«••••••• bl /‹. 52
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
AmottSyndic,4t per cent IC IX,
Ditto, ditto, 3)4 per cent ............ "......„ 74)4 75
Commercial Company, 4,4 per cent ...... " 155 1b5%
Ditto (1it.35 and 1837) 5 per cent. MIX 102
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. ...• 01)4
Exchange on London, One month l2 0234
Two months 95
Hamburgh, One month 37 L(1)4
Two months ..... SO 50
Dutch Papers, Aug. 4.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS—VnufNA, Juty 2'.
five per Cowls. Metalliques ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 104%
Font per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 97)4
Three rr Cents. .." .......... ••••••• ........ "•••••••• 17
Bank Shares ••••••..••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

—Afteemeine Zane'''. Aug. 1
HA BIBU ttG BOIRSENHALLE, JULY 31.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents• ...................M 107
Bank 5har05............ .................... ........ IL9S
Analo-Rtiasian Lean 10:% 108
Russian 5 per Cent. lit series, Curtiticate
Inscription, Ist Se:ics lOl% 'lOl%
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Serirs fr % 97'
Ditto in Certificates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1540) B9 1.5%
Dutch ,actual Debt, 2 pei Cent 50;4 50%

Ditto -5
per Cent -
Polish Bonds
Ncw 1 Icket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cept................., 75:1S 751,,,
N. i wcgian Loan, 18:34, 4 per Cent..... .....
lognislia I4ew 5 per ccnts. lti

PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—!featly, Jtnx 31.
I►luncy
St. Schuld. Sch., V, per cent. 19414 l 01•
Prussian English Loan, IF3O, 4 per ccnt 102 101%
Uzi:Lenge on Landon, three months 6 17%
—rt uscian Slate Gazette. Aug. 1

TUE FRENCH NAVY•
The National of Tuesday publishes a most desponding
article, on the state of the French nivy, in which it,
asserts that " want of discipline, disorder, and anarchy,
are the characteristics of that service ;" that " the fleet
is intrusted to incapable Commanders ;" that " there are
only sufficient ships for a first engagement e, that " the
dockyards and arsenals are destitute of supplies ;" that
" the sea-ports are the 'theatre of incredible dilapida-
tions ;" and that, " in fact, enormous sums are squan-
dered for no other purpose but to prevent the suscepti-
bility of the nation from being alarmed." The National
adds, that " the Into cruise made by Admiral Hugon
was directed without intelligence, anti produced no other
result than that of fatiguing the crews, and of furnishing
new proofs of the incapacity of many Commanders who
had been already reported to the Minister. Admiral
easy was obliged to announce to a Captain under his
command, that whenever any difficult eireumstinces
should occur, he (the-Admiral) would feel himself com-
pelled to take the 'command of his ship." " Admiral
Hugon himself," continues the National, " knows no
more about tactics than his Captains. On one occasion
when the fleet was formed in columns, the Admiral,
whose position required 'that he should be the last to
tack, was nevertheless the first to do so. Such an error
could not be committed with impunity in face of an
enemy. Admiral Hugon might sit with advantage at
the Board of Admiralty, or might be safely interred in
the Chamber of Peers, but his position at the head of a
fleet is a question of life and death for that service."
" Another fact which merits the serious attention of the
country is, that since the reign of Louis XVI. the supply
of naval s!or:s in the dockyard was never so deficient,
' whilst the navy budget proves that Great Britain, whose
ships, according to Abd-el-Kader's assertion, are soon
to intercept the passage to Algiers, does much more than
France with less money."

ESPAJ-ITERO AND LORD PAL.
MERSTON.

(From (,alignanis Messenger.) •
The Guicnnc, a Legitimist paper of Bordeaux, pub-
lishes the following strange communication, which, it
asserts has been addressed by Espartero to Lord Pal-
merston. We have no doubt that the document is apo-
cryphal :
" My Lord—The despatches remitted to me by Com-
modore Lord .John Hay, on the part of your Excellency,
remind me of my promises and engagements towards
the Ge;vernment of her Britannic Majesty. It is (hill-
cut for me to satisfy at once all the claims of Eng-
land. If it depended on the Regent alone, you could
meet with no obstacles. But the Regent and the Mi-
nistry, although devoted with all their hearts to the
English Government, and disposed to promote its inte-
rests, have to contend with the Chambers, whos ma-
jorities are not always faithful to us, and with the
_Press, which, in its principal organs, is very hostile.
Ilirketr, the first step has been got over. The
Ministry has ventured to presf.)t lb the Chambers the
project of making a cession id— the -islands on the
coast of Africa, which are the object of pretensions on
the part of your Government. The Ministry is employing
every means to obtain the approbation of the Chambers.
No one can inform your Excellency better than Lord J.
Hay of all the difficulties which opposed an examination
of the question of the Philippine Islands during the pre-
sent session. I em of opinion that in order to quell
the spirit of the turbulent and the Opposition, England
should demand, in the name of the creditors of the
Spanish Government, payment of the arrears due on
the Cortes Bonds, and all the succeeding loans,
and this, too, by notes conceived in threatening lan-
guage. The Government will hasten to lay before the
Chambers those diplomatic communications, presenting
at the same time e alternative of war, or a cession of
the islands. It will be impossible for theta to meet the
first extremity, particularly since the 'Ministry has ex-
posed the state of the kingdom, which is without a navy,
and has no resources to /liable it to contend with the
sovereign of the seas. I avail myself of this occasion to
renew to your Excellency the expression of the attach-
ment and consideration (tryout. devoted friend,
" The DUKE DE LA VITORIA, Regent.
"Madrid, 24th July."

DEATHS FRCAI ARDENT SPIRITS.-011 Sa-
turday morning last, a most melancholy und painful sen-
sation was produced in this city, in consequence of its
t d
being reported that two men lit:d lost their lives from im-
moderate drinkine of ardent spirits. On inquiry, we
found that this that an
i port was but too true, an
elderly man, named Thomas Beadle, a bricklayer's la-
bourer, residing in the Barleycorn-van],. Wally:trate, and
John Bailey, a sweep, residing in Ifungate, hod married
men, were the unfortunate victims.-- York courant.
Au engraver, Alto bad produced several prints of
acknowledged merit, ceinnu tted suicide a few days ago
from a cause which shows that his strength of mind was
by no means equal to his talent. Having prepared two
new plates in aquatint, he Was so sensibly affected by thvir
not coming out with the force and beauty he had anti-
cipated, do, he shot himself, and thus, at the early age
ot .forty years, terminates a career which gave every
promise of being brilliant,

CHAMPIONSHIP of the THAMES.
TILE GREAT MATCH _BETWEEN TIIE GEN-
TLEMEN OF TILF UNIVERSITY OF CAM-

BRIDGE, AND LEANDER CLUB.

This great anti interesting trial of strength and skill,
which will take place on. Saturday (to-morrow), at the
present moment engrosses the attention of the sporting
world more than any event in aquatics which has ever
preceded it The interest. is not confined to men who
are alone engaged in river sports, bat to the whole of
the members of the respective Universities, to thow
who patronise the turf, and to all, indeed, who deserve
the appellation of sportsmen. The rival crews, on whom
rests the honorary struggle to.decido the championship
of the Thames (we might without much impropriety say
the world), are well known, and,. as might be expected,
first-rate. We subjoin their names :
CAMBRIDGE.
Messrs. Brett, Cai us Col.—stroke
7. Abercrombie, ditto
6. Yatman, ditto
5. Cobbold, Magdalen Col.
4. Anson, Jesus College
a. Selwyn, Trinity College
2. Hon. L. Denman, ditto
1. Shodrill, St. John's Col.
Egan, Coxswain.

LEANDER.
Messrs. Dalgeislt—stroke
7. C. Pollock
6. °mummy
5. Jenkins
4. Romayne
3. Julius
2. Wallace
I. Layton
Sheppard, Coxswain.

This match may be fairly said to have emanated from
the regatta at Henley-on-Thames, on the 23th of June.
The Leander and Cambridge gentlemen met there op-
posed to each other, for the 2001. grand challenge cup,
and we regret to say, that within three minutes of /he
time of starting, very much to the annoyance of thou-
sands of anxious 'spectators, the boats fouled by accident,
and the Cambridge claimed the victory, under the Hen-
ley regulations that whether a boat fouled another by
accidept or design, they should lose all claim to the
stake. The Leander were most desirous:to have another
match with the Cantabs, and after several meetings in
London, the present contest was agreed upon, and the
time appointed, as we have stated, for Saturday next,
the distance being as usual from Westininster to Putney:
with tide. Day after day, during the last fortnight,
both parties have been hard in training ; and although
their rowing has been closely watched by first-rate
judges, it has been found impossible to form a de-
cided opinion as to which are the better men, and
they are left to select their favourite from a knowledge
of the previous performances of each crew. The Can-
tabs have three times, within the last four years, de-
feated the Oxonians; but it must be borne in mind, that
the ceew of the fiirmer is not' composed of the same
individuals as it was on .either of those occasions, nor
is it indeed the same crew who rowed at llenley, when
the fouling we have alluded to so unfortunately occurred.
Since that period, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Colbtild, Mr.
Selwyn, and the Hon. L. Denman, have been selected in
the room of Mr. Vials (once the stroke of the Cambridge
crew), Mr. Jones, Mr. Cross, and the Hon. G. Denman,
but the gentleman who has charge of the yoke lines is
the same. The Leander has been considered for many
years the first of the many great London clubs. They
are experienced and scientific oarsmen, hut, like their op-
ponents, have, since the regatta at 'bailey, shifted some
of their members, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Ommaney, and Mr.
C. Pollock having been substituted for Mr. Wood, Mr.
Sherrard, and Mr. Gibson, the latter of whom steered at
Henley.
The start will take place at a quarter to five in the
afternoon, and, for the information of the thousands of
spectators who are expected to be present, we beg to state
that the boats may be distinguished in the following
manner :--The Leander boat is pink within, with a
streak, and the oar-blades are vermillion ; the Cambridge
boat is lilac within, and the oars lilac or light blue.
There arc about half-a-dozen steamers advertised to ac-
company the match ; the principal of these are the
Anthracite, chartered by Searle for a select party of the
gentlemen frequenters; and the Era, by Parish, the cele-
brated coxswain of the Leander Club, and Jack Williams,
the veteran who rowed the match to Gravesend against
time. May the best men win.