The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, AUG. 4.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Hank Share=
A 11,10-Miss:an Loan 111)
Ru,:.sian a per Cent. !st series, Csrtificate
Inscription, Ist Se.,es lO4
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop! and Co. 3d and 4th
Series 9S
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2 per Cent to% 50
Ditto 5 per Cent 9B
Polish Bondi
New Ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cen.
Norweg i a n Loan, 1834, 4 per Crnt. ..
Spanish, New 3 per Cents. .....
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, AUG. 4.-13. 6—Two months, 13 314.
STOCKHOLM, JULY 2S.—Seventy-five days, 14 P.
IlEiti.m, AUG. 1. —Three months, 6. 1854.
LEiesrc, Juts 31.—Two mo .ths, P. 13.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN,:AUG. 1.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 41., per cent. 104% 103%
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 103%
b: xcl,a I) g e on London, three months 6 18%
—Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 2.
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MARLBOROUGH-STREET. .....
THIS„ _DAY.
POLICEMEN IN Prtr--"as"--4—v ti ' —,—"lii'it liam Peck, a
coachman in the sere'
cf No. 3, Ilill-street _ '-..gl_t_ll_,,, Ai-Non, M. P.,
leiji::s ar ai-hrotight up on
a warrant, before M ---.- ilt9"iiitiabligtst rate. on
the fullowino• charg 10-4zPoliee_kconiyihib4N..:-,87 C di-
vision, stateSthlt, o V./#4ay.l.fisllliicin/414t in pri-
vate cktbes in Johns eet .-..8p416:-.,Tvapie,,," e took a
weil-known character itgo.,,ms , , ntitiad watched
for some time and seen?o-761vtlishic*aw ip ostensibly to
solicit charity, but in fact to purloin proidefty. The pi i-
saner made a great resistance, and a crowd having gathered
round, amongst whom was the defendant, he ullimately
effected his escape.

Lf34

_HE .ELSON MONUMENT.—The Committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the proposed plans for improv-
ing Trafalgar-square have made their report, one of
the most striking features of which is that they disap-
prove of that part of the plan according to which it
was resolved to erect the Nelson Monument on that
site. So that after the Board of Woods and
Forests had assigned to the Nelson Fund Com-
mittee the ground, after a contract for pre-
paring the foundati;m to the amount of 2,000/. had
been agreed to and almost completed, end after the
public had subscribed a considerable portion of the
funds on the disticlet understanding that the pillar was
to be erected in the square dedicated to our immortal
hero, a Committee of the House of Commons, by
and with the advice of professional men, rivals of Mr.
Railton, have upset the whole scheme. When we
heard that professional men were to be examined, we
expected no other result. The Committee ap-
pear to have imbibed their partiality. Mr. Wil-
kins's great work, the National Gallery, was
condemned while he lived, and now that he is dead the
pillar cannot be erected lest it should disfigure a na-
tional structure about which there is and can only be
one opinion. The Committee go out of their province
too by reporting that there are not sufficient funds to
complete the column, and that there does not appear
any well-grounded hope of any considerable addition.
We come to no such conclusion. The public, who owe
so much to Nelson's name, would not be so mean-
spirited as to leave the Pillar, in the words of the
Committee, " a denuded mass ;" but if that could be
possible, we are confident the House of Commons
would not. Let the Committee go on, notwithstand-
ing this partial report, and they will be supported by
the British nation. Is London the only large city in
the empire that cannot raise a monument to the
greatest of British admirals ?

The defendant said he did not know the complainant was
a constable; he thought it was merely a turn-up between
the two men, and he wished to see fair play. He strongly
denied laying hands on the constable.

Several Witnesses who were present said they were not
aware that the complainant was a constable, or they should
have assisted him. He did not produce his staff.

Th, complanant admitted that he had not got it with him.
Mr. HENRY said he should dismiss the charge, and de-
precated the system of police constables being sent on duty
in private clothes, MS highly inconvenient to the proper
discharge of their duties to the public generally.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
The re has been a good st,pply of English Whea, this week,
but little of any other grain. Of Foreign Wheat and Oats, the
cpiantities have been consi,erable. The weather having conti.
nixed uninterruptedly fine, has stagnated the sale of all sorts of
corn. The factors tried to obtain Monday's prices for Wheat,
but acre wiliing to take Is. per quarter less for Oats. The
Flour trade was very dull. All the new samples of Wheat were
vory fine and heavy, they sold at 88s. to 925. per quarter
Loudon averages for noct week—Wheat 19,500, at 80s. 4d. ;
Oats /4,620, at 30s. 2d. ; Reins 1,4'7, at 445. 4d,
_ _

SPlRlTS.—According to a return laid before the
House cf Cot-rim:J:ls, the entire quantity of home. made
spirits in stock, on the 16th day of Mly, 1840, charge-
able with tho additional duty of 4d. per gallon, was
6,362,912 gallon 3. The following are the proportions
for the respective countries :—England, 55,432 ; Scot-
land, 783,483 ; and Ireland, 5,523,997 gall4ns. The
addition thus made to the revenue will be about
106,048/,

We received yesterday an account of a meeting at
Birmingham, which we were inclined to regard as a
hoax, or, at all events, as showing a species of mad-
ness which it would be better to pa3s over without
notice. As another meeting of the same kind, how-
ever, is to be held on Monday, we may as well state
that the object of the parties is to prove Lord Palmer-
ston a traitor, and to have him tried for high treason, in-
asmuch as he has sold himself to Russia, and is
wickedly engaged in exciting a war with France for the
benefit of the Northern Autocrat. Mr. Charles
Attwood, brother of the late Member for Birming-
ham, whose family appears to have an innate horror
of Nicholas, is the great accuser, and on Wednes-
day, at a public meeting, moved the following ;re-
solution " Resolved, that this country is in dan-
ger, and intentionally betrayed to a foreign country ;
and that the people of Birmingham do, in public meet-
ing assembled on Monday next, assert the danger and
denounce the criminal." This, no doubt, made Lord
Palmerston tremble, and accounts for the very concilia-
tory and peaceful speech his Lordship made last even-
ing. He cannot, however, expect to escape so easily.
Mr. C. Attwood has proof strong as Holy Writ against
the unfortunate Foreign Secretary, and, in all proba-
bility, his trial and that of Louis Napoleon will take
place about the same time.

ffIFIELD.
Little demand for Beef, but holders of Cattle were unwilling
to take lower rates. Sheep, for keeping, sell pretty well; but
fat Mutton was a dull trade, without any alteration in price.
The Lamb trade was brisk, but without any great advance in
price from Alonday last. Vetil and Pork a fair trade. Beef,
2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 4s. 10d.
to ss. 6d. ; Lamb, 55. to Ss. Bd. ; Pork, 45. 4d. to ss. 4d.
Hay, 3/. 105. to 41. 15s. ; Clover, 41. ss. to 5/. ; Straw,
365. to 425.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TIIURSDAY.—The sales
today in Cotton reached 7,000 bales, and very full prices
have been obtained ; 800 have been taken on speculation,
and 500 for export.

LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, AUG 6.—Chester and Birkea-
head, 49. t ; New Shares, 26; ; Eastern Counties, 14a 1;
Llndon and Birmingham, 183; South Western, 581 60
591; North Midland Counties 871; South Eastern, 81.
Prices continue to advance, and at the close more buyers
than sellers.

By the liamburgh mail arrived we have received the
price of the Exchange on London, which was 13 5. Gold,
427 ; Mettalliques, 103 ; Bank Actions, 1,755.
We have received the Antwerp Papers of yesterday's date.
BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, AUG. 4.—The Bourse was in
general weak to-day ; the fall at Paris, with the prepara.
tions for war, caused some sales. Some Integrals were
offered for sale, and receded # per cent. ; Society of Com-
merce 2 per cent. Ardoin's were much offered for sale,
and fell per cent. ; after 'Change they were 211.

The city in general is much amused this morning by
learning the result of the Don Quixote expedition under-
taken by Louis Napoleon at Boulogne, the particulars of
which will be found in another part of our Paper. It it
reported that certain parties in London were in the secret.

THE FUNDS.
Consols, which left off yesterday after closing hour at
89k for the Account, have considerably improved this
morning, owing to the speech of Lord Palmerston last
night in the House of Commons on the subject of the
eastern affairs. Consols may be quoted at present 90}
for the Account; Money 90# ; Exchequer Bills 22 24
prem. ; India Bands 4 1 dis. ; India Stock 2521 2531 ;
Bank Stock 173 174.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 251 4 ; Deferred
12 ; Portuvese 32 33 ; Three per Cents. 22 23 ;
Brazilian 78 79 ; Co!ombian 25} 26 ; Mexican 29 30 ;
Dutch Two-and•a•Half per Cents. 511- 52i ; Five per
Cents. 101 102.

Consols 90i i.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
£. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties
Great Western
Ditto New
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham 9O lßl
London and South Western 3B&
London and Croydon (Trunk)... 134 l2 ... .. to
North Midland
South Eastern and Dover
York and North Midland
HALF-PAST ONE.

Consols continue firm, at 901, and have beet► during
the morning 908 for the Account; Money, 904; Exche-
quer Bills, 22 24 prem. ; Bink Stock, 1738; India
Bonds, tar ; Indian Stock, 253.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 258 ; Portu-
guese, 32k; Three per Cents., 218 tot; Colombian, 25k ;
Mexican 31k; Brazilian, 79k; Dutch Two-and-a-Hall
peryents., 52 ; Five per Cents., 102.

. ,
Shares are all firmer. Great Western, 57i i; Lon-
don and Brighton, 271; London and Birmingham, 181
180; South Western, 59 58f ; North Midland, 89 90;
York and North Midland, 70 to 70f.

COLONIAL MARKET.
Little business doing, and the tendercy of prices was down-
ward. Raw Sugar scarcely inquired after, and rather easier
prices were accepted. In Coffee nothing whatever was done
and prices merely nominal. The Tea market was firm ; Com-
pany's Co?:gou 2s. 2d. per lb. cash, but the transaction was
$ unimportant. Rice in demand at rather low prices Cotton
sold in public sale at somewhat lower rates when compared
with the last transaction.

TALLOW MARKET.
Few F ales made, and prices almost stationary, at 525. on the
spot, and .52s 3d. for arrival.
SPIRIT MARKET.
Rum still much inquired after, and prices firmer. Proof
Lrewards sold at 3s 9d. per gallon. Brandy a flat sale, but
not lower.

PROVISION MARKET.
Prices of almost all articles remain steady, ‘rith but little
business done. Irish Butter, of good quality, 953. to 9Ss.,
and fine Dutch 98s per cwt. Bacon, of prime quality, brought
5,‘25. to 605., and Lard 60s. to 655. per cwt.

Majeaty the Queen has been graciously
pleased to signify her intention of standing sponsor to the infant
daagliter of Viscount and Viscountess Fitzalan.
The nuptials of thc:., Earl of Shelburne and Lady
Georgn,na Ilerbert are to be solemnised in the course of the
ceuning

REPEAL.—According to the Pilot and the
Regis& r the desire for a repeal of the Union becomes stronger
every thy. " Matters ( say they) cannot remain as they are.
No nation like Ireland can or shall submit to such injris,:ice.
To the Repeal we come, and from it we cannot depart, until
domestic legislation comes to correct evils which do not meet
sympathy, much less correction, from the dominant state."
EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF CROPS.—.fit the
sale by auction, on Thursday last, of growing crops, the pro-
perty of Richard Adams, Esq., at East Ham, Essex, the wheats
fetched from IW. to 251. 15s. per acre ; Oats from 1(11. ss. to
IS/. 10s. ; Potatoes from 26/. 10s. to 331. 10s. ; and Onions
from 22/. •to 24/. 10s. per acre, making an average upon the
Whole produce upon a considerable quantity of land, of upwards
of 231. per acre—a circumstance rarely or never before known
to take place in the neighbourhood, and from which it may be
rea,unably interred that a confidence is felt amongst agricultu-
rists that the produce of the soil is likely to retain its present
high prices.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
SCOTCH SHEEP ANn WOOL.—The price of
wool has lately been declining, without any prospect of an im-
mediate advance or improvement. The pi ices of our Inverness
market have scarcely been maintained in a single instance. At
Langholm sheep and wool fair, on the 27th ult., Cheviots
brought from tr. to I Is., and half-breds from 16s. to 20s. per
head. Wool upon the whole was dull of sale, notwithstanding
the respectable muster of staplers; still some business was done
at the following rates: —Laid washed Cheviot wool, 12s. per
stone of 24-Rs. ; washed, 20s. per ditto ; blackfaced, unwashed,
63. 61 ; washed, Bs. 61—Inverness Courier.
IMPORT ANT TO FARMERS.—The ravages of
the what-worm are well known to agriculturists, as nothing is
more destructive to the turnip crop. A simple and efficacious
remedy for this evil is said to be the application of salt, mi,:ed up
with the bone. dust applied to the field in the proportion of a
shovelful of self to two bushels of bone manure. In York-
shire this has long been done with eminent success; and on
light and sandy soils salt is also applied in that county towerds
consolitlating and improving the ground.—lnverness Courier.
Earl and Countess Grey left Berkeley-square
Yesterday for Lambton Castle, Durham. The Countess of
Durham, accompanied by the Ladies Mary and Emily Lamb-
ton, left.town on Wednesday for the above seat, mai on that
night ‘l.l-e to sleep at. Hartford Bridge, and la:t night at Don-
caster. The young Fail of Durham and Lady Alice Lambton
leave tc-morrow for the castle. We understand the funeral is
to take place on Tuesday.
lIORSELYDOWN REGATTA.—The free water-
men at Ilorselydown, yesterday, had a long day's rowing fora
new skiff, and other prizes, very liberally subscribed for by the
inhabitants. The contest was in live heats, with six pairs of
scuds, the men engaged in the contest being those hailing from
Horselydown Old Stairs, George's Stairs, and Horselydown
New Stairs. At half-past six purple and blue started for the
grand heat, the others possessing little or no interest, and,
after a few strokes, purple took the lead and kept it, winning
by half a dozen lengths. The wager was well contested, and
a large concourse of persons witnessed it.
-The average price of wheat last week was 24f.
92c., anti that of rye 16f. 9c. It is, therefore, • free from
duty on importation, and exportation remains prohibited. The
price of bread, at Brussels, has experienced a small rise, Gating
from Monday, August 3. The nice had not varied for four
months previously.
PROJECTED ALLI A NC ES.--MiSS Wombwell,
daughter of Sir George and Lady Wombwell, will be married,
at the close of the present month, to Beauclerk, Esq. Sir
Frederick George Johnstone, Bart., is on the eve of forming a
matrimonial alliance with a young lady, whose sister is about to
give her hand to a Noble Lord who has been a widower several
years. The contemplated marriage between Lord Carrington
and the Hon. Miss Willoughby, daughter of the Lord Great
Chamberlain, is fixed to take place in about a fortnight. The
noble bride elect is in her 25th year.
A paragraph has appeared in the York Herala
relative to the representation of Bradford, stating the proba-
bility of a compromise between parties there, so as to enable
one of each to come in. This is not the case, however; as it
the event of a vacancy Mr. R. Wynne Williams veil certainly
ome forward on the Liberal interest, with a view to represm
he borough.

THE H A RVEST.--The accounts from the
country continue favourable. The improvement in the weather
has had a most beneficial effect ; and it must afford gratification
to all but the speculators for a rise in corn, to see that there is
every appearance of a continuation of the finest possible weather
for ripening and carrying in the crops. In London the wind
for these two days has been from the east, with a bright and
powerful sun.
BREEDING FROM FASHIONABLE 8L00D...—.
The mania which exists for what is termed fashionable blood
is almost unwarrantable; but when a man breeds for profit—
and there arc few who do not—it is a subject which demands
the highest attention ; if the absurd spell could once be broken,
it would be evident how fallacious such impressions are. Much
more consideration might to be paid to such crosses as have
been found to suit ; and when anything superior makes its ap-
pearance, to follow as nearly as possible the same strain ; that
is, provided there are not other circumstances which combine

. ,
- to render such a systemincompatible. if the symmetry of
THE LATE NOBLE OUTRAGE AT HAMPTON horses were more minutely attended to, the results would bear
UPON A POLICEMAN.—EarI Waldegrave and Captain Duff, out this recommendation : very fashionably bred horses are fre..
who were committed to take their trial at the next Middlesex quently exceedingly defective in symmetrical proportions, and
Sessions, fora violent assault upon a policeman, at Hampton, certainly ought to be rejected from that very cause : but no;
have moved the proceedings into the Court of Queen's Bench. if a horse is fortunate enough to win a great stake, or if he be
The writ of certiorari is returnable on the last day of October, the sire of a winner of a valuable prize, let him be ever so ill-
and the defendants will, in all probability, be put upon their shaped, cross-bred, bad-goer, or bad-constitutioned, with all
trial in the forthcoming Michaelmas term. The police have the hereditary defects that can be combined in one animal, he
hitherto failed in procuring any direct testimony that will lead at once becomes the fashionable stallion of the day ! In order,
in some degree, to dimitash the prejudice which exists to the
to the identification and exposure of the other two persons who
were engaged in the outrage. exclusion of all props iety in defiance of those principles which
ought to be held paramount—and which prejudice exists is
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort gave a many instances far beyond reason—it should be remembered
sumptuous entertainment at Beaufort House on Wednesday bow many horses that are what is termerdafasvgehreistanotenarbsol,y bred, the
moment theyxhave finished their racing career, are
fcarniin(eifidwuuehnpiccis:
evening, when his Excellency the French Ambassador, Vis-
pmpeanr,.st
,o b
tille
thein ther
result
salt pr a possessionves °a .
count Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, the most likely horses to become good
serious. disappointment
Duke of Bedford, Viscount and Viscountess Leveson, Earl of
to the owners of them. Neither is it at all times the merit of
the horse alone ,:vhich brings him into notice : on the contrary,
Erroll, Count and Countess Creptowiteh, Count D'Orsayg,
Lady Fanny Cowper, Lady Augusta Somerset, Mr. Culling
Smith, &c., were among the guests. haveirthe they
besth a
• •
The Marquis of Breadalbane has invited a party it not unfrequently happens that a horse with sr
to Taymsuth Castle,_ Perthshire, to enjoy the sport of grouse- pretensions, falling into the hands of a man who hashasinterest,modera moderate
shooting. The Duke of Buckingham, after having the honour brought into notice and becomes fashionable without
of receiving her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Stowe, will any merit to recommend him.— Old Sporting Magazine for
sty merit
OF A GOOD HANDWRITING.
join the Noble Marquis's circle.
neversending to
abafdolrygl-wverni
chop A bad handwriting ought be '
THE CHINESE INVINCIBLES.—On last Sunday
—amcful indolence ; indeed,
inner harbour, con- shameful boats lying off the Leefung. Temple, in the .
morning three English gentlemen went on board the,
bl s her
taining a division of the Imperial Invinci. e . e are to a fellow-creature is ttenitleitstear
as impudent en act as I know
fifteen chop boats, containing about 500 soldiers, ae chop of. Can there b
hourl ex be anything more unpleasant than to open
boat men said that four hundred more were _ y pected. a letter which at once shows that
it will require long de-
There ate also two or three government row boats. The men Ciphering? Betides, the effect of the letter is gone if we
.land employed in the peaceful occupation of cooking must $ -ell it. '
were tivi , , l' . Strange, we carefully avoid troubling other
• breakfasts. In the court-yard of the Tempi-,
or eating their people with trifles or , to appear before them in dress which
brass and three long iron guns. They are not.
there are threestows cegligence or carelessness and yet nothing is thought of
• but on four-footed iron stands about
mounted on carriages, two ivi o g ii,,,, the disagreeable trouble of reading a badly-written
fulcrum of which they traverse; the
feet high, on the breech letter. In England, good breeding requires writing well and
It must be impossible to
rests on the ground. take a
It
• good legibly ; with us (Germans) it seems as if the contrary prin-
aim with guns thus mount Repster, April 7.
?—A t a
ARE EELS FISH Court of Conservancymade brilliant '
ciplc were acknowledged. Although many people may not have
a career by their fine hand-writing, vet I know
held on Saturday on the river, .
near Kew ' Bridge, before the Lord that more than a few have spoiled their's by a bad one. The
Mayor, an appeal from the decision of the Brentford al g' most important petitions are frequently read with no favourable
heard, and the conviction confirmed, Mai,-
idisposition, aside, because they are
traces was rmed. One of the or entirely thrown
merely
principal points urged by the counsel in support of the written so badly.—iViebukr.
was that eels are not fish. He quoted the a 11 • appeal
TH E DONKEY I"—The
ut ori,ty of Mr, 1 "SEND ME BACK TO
Jesse, who, in his " Gleanings in Natural Pis anxious than able to acquire
log of eels, says—" The eel is evidently a link thrY:
in speak- late Shah of Persia was more a .
had just completed a new per-
between the fish the fame of a poet.
and the serpent, but, unlike the former it He
• r metre," and summoned the
lives out of t`tc formance in very "peculiar
water." He also believed the French nation, presence to hear the poem
ate snakes as well Court Poet into the royal
as eels, but they called one theserpent h an unusually COla..
of the hedge and the ad The laureate was eit er
other the serpent of the water. Sir H D re.
• or he was afraid of losing his
umphre av and scie:-,tious courtier,
other naturalists had ascertained thattook on his
• his master to rhyming own account; and
eels arr. •theriver, atberth, if
tve In , .
..
a certain period of the year, at the on was asked, he (in theatrical language)
and . rate of 18,000 r min I ate, when liis opint
enraged `
and go on fur three days composition. The Shah,
nights together. It was, there- I "dammed" thea. the un-
fore, futile to contend that there courtly criticism, gave criers that the Court Poet should be
could ever be a dearth of eels cam
in the river Thames. In further not fish taken to the stable, and tied up in the same stall with a donkey.
proof that eels were not
he would produce evidence that tlimonth, Here the poor sinner remained until his royalrival had
ey would live on land a
and that they go on •
shore at night to feed. Eels did not spawn, a
. petra s ' t l
another poem, when he was agai •
n commanded to sp-
as fish did. Eels brought f I b • Eels ought to , hear before the throne, and submit to a second init. • ort i their young. pi . tenon of
be considered in the
same light as gulls, worms, frogs, &c., all sovereign dulness. He listened in •
silence whilst the poem
of which were found at the bottom of the water, but none of , was read; and at the conclusion, his opinion being requested,
which were fish any more than eels, and not one of Which it had lie fel, upon his knees, and significantly exclaimed to the royal
ever been contended were fish. lauthor, 4‘ Send me back to the donkey 1" , ,