The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-04 00:00:00

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IRS. TROLLOPE'S -NEW- WORK,
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES

of
.011A,.?1,ES CHESTERFIELD,
THE YOUTH OF GENIUS.
ILLUSTRATED BY "PIIIZ."
Is commenced in the July Number of
COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
Edited by THEODORE HOOK, Esq.,
Which contains a variety of other interesting papers by distin-
guished writers. - •
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henry Coburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols..
ERNESTINE; or, THE CHILD OF
MYSTERY.

By A LADY of FASHION.
" If we conjecture rightly, this interesting work is from the
Jeri of a Lady nearly connected with many of the first families
this country, whose education and natural genius pecu-
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saying; that we are not disappointed in the result. Ernestine
Is a tale said to be founded on fact, and is replete with inte-
rest and pathos, abounding with a good taste and fe-ling'which
do honour to the head and heart of the writer.--Cheltenham
Looker_ nn,
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This Day is published, with Map of the Brilish Possessions in
North America. Price, 55., Part 5 of
A. DICTIONARY, GEOGRAPHICAL,
STATISTICAL, and HISTORICAL, of the various
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This Part contains elaborate Artich•s on China, Canada,
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ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
The daring feats of the celebrated Van Amburgh in the New
Historical Drama of Mungo Parke," with his incomparable
Colle'ction of Lions, Leopards, and Tigers, has already created
the utmost astonishment—thousands have witnessed the won-
derful.effects, and he will appear every evening till further
notice. ' .. .

THIS EVENING, JULY 4.
Will be acted a New Drain atic Spectacle, entitled
MUNGO PARKE ; Ott, THF ARAB OF THE NIGER.
Kaita., the Arab, by Van Amburgh, in which character he
will be attacked by a leopard and a tiger, and finally encounter
the whole herd in their dens. .

After which, a Comic Piece, called
EVERYBODY'S RELATION.
To conclude with Elaine? New Drama, entitled
THE FACTORY BOY; 011, THE LOVE SACRIFICE,
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gtOpported by the entire strength of the Company.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
inutp WEEK, and INCREASING ATTRACTION of
BEETHOVEN'S
LEXTIIAORDINARY BATTLE SINFONIA!!
GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET

CHAMPETRES,
By Godfrcy's unrivalled Band.
the vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, by
Ranson—Breaking up of the Ice—Melting of the Snows—
Release and Departure of the Discovery Ship.
Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostic," or "Lime Light.
Eruption of Mount Hecla, &c.
' - Every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
Peograrne of the Concert for July 6th, ith, and 9th.
Overtures--Semiramide, Zampa Waltzes—Die Kosenden,
Tower of Lendon (composed expressly). Quadrilles—Krako-
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wuartetto—" Ah to o cars.". Vas des Amazone'. 'The much-
-I),druired Selection of popular Airs from " Robert le Diable,"
'rand March—Die Templar and die Juden. And
THE GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA,
The chef d'ceuvre of Beethoven,
Revived with more than its original effect and grandeur.
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LONDON:
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1840.

A considerable number of Bills yesterday received the
Royal Assent ; their names are stated in our report.
Amongst the petitions presented was one by Lord
BROUGHAM from Mr. CRABTREE, complaining of his
treatment in Wakefield Gaol. We have laid the
substance of that petition before our readers ; and
Lord BROUGHAM bore his testimony to the impropriety
of the. treatment, by saying he could scarcely believe
the statements.
The Marquis of NORMANBY promised to make in-
quiries into the allegations, whence it may be inferred
that our Legislators and our Ministers do not know
what cruelties are practised under their authority. The
county Magistrates, or their jacks in office, perpetrate,
in the name of the law, those odious cruelties of which
the lain-makers are ashamed.
The Earl of HADDINGTON referred to the Commis-
sientra of the Poor-laws, who have made certain in-
quiries into the health of the English towns, having
been employed to make similar inquiries in Scotland,
and expressed an opinion that they were not proper
Dersons to make the icquiry.
-The Marquis of NORMANBY informed the Noble
Earl that the C is 'on bad Teen extended to Scot-
ia Commission e.
ted. consequence of revests from both Glasgow and
'nuurgh, and that it had nothing to do with the
Scotch Poor-laws.
4, The Earl of HADDINGTON was satisfied, and said
that the known cleanliness of the Scotch, made an in-
cl,„u4y. less necessary amongst them than amongst the
.ealeltsh.
.The survey of the coast, to form harbours of refuge,
"ems to have excited the hopes of many persons,
arid, last night Lord PORTMAN for Portland, and the
21.1 of FeestouTts for Falmouth, assured their Lord-
Ins that breakwaters would be useful at those places.
The Admiralty Court Bill went through a Corn-
tnittee, the most objectionable clauses, as Lord
nunnaat said, having been removed by the House
Commons.
Again the indomitable Marquis of WESTMEATH
talked about the administration of the Poor-law in Ire-
-1
'"d, and moved for a Select Committee to inquire into
Its operation.
The Marquis of NORMANBY opposed tie motion.
Vaerthow,ed that there were r.o grounds for the othi-r
_ guts s complaints and he begged their Lordships
uould not, add to the 'difficulties of the Poor-law Com-
missioners
The Duke of WELLINGTON took a similar view, and
said that the motion of the Tory Marquis would only
cause confusion. He recommended that it should be
withdrawn, though he expressed a Lope that the Minis-
t
duty
would make the Poor-law Cominissioners do; their
utY more effectually. The Nlarquis of WESTMEATH,
after some contersatioe, obediently withdrew tie mo-
`lee. and their Lordships adjourned.
The House of Commons had a discussion on the
raTt' barn Rectory Bill, which Captain PLCHELL wished
G‘ have postponed, on account of the absence of Mr.
AGLIONBY. On a di.ision, however, the Bill was read
second time, by 187 to 61.
In reply to Dr. NICHOL, Lord J. RUSSELL stated
that e
n meant to exclude Wales from the operation of
'e Ecclesiastical Duties' and Revenues' Bill, and bring
as B separate Bill for Wales.
4.P, answer to Mr. WALLACE, Mr. LABOUCHERE
stated that.: he bad heard that the Spanish Commh-
sioners- had recommended a tariff to the Spanish Go-
verorneni, which would prove injurious both to the
trade of Spain and England, but be hoped the Cortes
would not sanction the recommendation.
The House went into a Committee on the Ecclesias-
tical „Duties and Revenues Bill, and discussed the
i
i4uses at considerable length, dividing two or three
'lll°B. but not materially altering the Bill. With this
Thensure the House was occupied the greater part of
evening. It sat till One o'clock.

If we notice the dissensions amongst the obstrue-
Irs, mis-named Conservatives, it is, we can assure
PO3l, from no regard to them; but merely to
,h'e
(),t_v the public that this faction, though eager
to
t'reak up the present Government, are not agreed
tn°ogst themselves as to the principles on which
ttnY other Government could be carried on. One
set
of them would be for uniting the Canadas and
estnring constitutional Government in that colony.
'pothers set would he for keeping the provinces
jilletate, and governing them by martial law. A
urtiSet
tell us to shake hands' with the ',N)lonv,
4pititi part friends. Some of them supposed the-
11;y Reserves Bill as indispensable to the wel-
"re of the colony ; others opposed it as ruinous.
0
ne set told us not to think of maintaining
tate Church in all its supremacy in Canada ;
enptl
,er, that so to maintain it is the only
g°lln of union. They are equally at variance
to Ireland, where a large portion o
ten would maintain the supremacy of the
Antigliean priesthood at all hazards, while anodic?
.portion
of them, regardless of that, join with the
~tihiP in preferring municipal reform. The Tories
1 the Commons were vehement in condemning the
attempt to
brio,' the Chinese to reason ; the Tories
'ln, the Lords, headed by the Duke of WELLING-
:4(IT' gave it their cordial approbation. On the
'''lnportant questions of peace or war, constitu-
°nal government or martial lau, the supremacy

of the Church or of the civil power, the Tories are
divided amongst themselves, and agree in nothing
but opposin and thwarting the present Miniaters.
The Post even theorizes this conduct and
justifies it. When the Whitrs were in
opposition, on the great principles of retrench
ment and reform they differed essentially from
the Tories, and these principles they labotned in-.
cessantly to make valid in the Councils of the
State. They did not criticise and thwart the
measures of Government because they were in
opposition, but they professed different principles
from the Tories, for which they sought to gain the
,mastery. - The Tories, except on the single point
of curtailing the Church property, arid appropriating,
the surplus to the education of the people—a prin-
ciple which the Whigs, we regret to say, have
given up—do not much differ from the Whigs.
They have been compelled to turn Whigs, and,
whik they have adoted Whig principles, they
spate no Exertions to seize the Whig places.

They hare a horror, indeed, of Mr. O'CONNELL,
but he is not a principle ; they abuse him, they
abuse the Ministers for securing his support,
because they need the Places in which his influ-
ence and the attachment of Ireland to the Whigs
contribute to keep the Ministers. But, not differ-
ing from the Whigs on any principle which they
dare to profess, they endeavour to thwart and ob-
struct them, and endeavour to break up the Go-
varnment. The Post avows this, and defends it as
patriotism. It spoke yesterday of the Opposition
as engaged in carping at and criticising the mea-
sures of the Ministry ; it describes that as its busi-
ness ; and, looking only at the conduct of the Tories,
it couftl form no hili,ber idea of an Opposition than
that of thwarting and obstructing the Government.
What will the public think of a party the con-
duct of which is so described by its own journals ?
The Standard says the Conservatives vote for
measures they describe as odious and execrable ;
that they stain their souls by giving their solemn
legislative sanction to measures they hate ; and the
Post informs us that they are guilty of these scan-
dalous vices, as on Opposition, for the purpose of
thwarting her Majesty's Ministers. We can un-
derstand Radicals or Republicans acting on that
principle, because they look for far greater changes
than merely in the holders of office ; but a mere
mischievous or suicidal policy in the so-called Con-
servatives it is impossible to conceive. If the pub-
lic can place any confidence in the faction after such
an exposure of their principles and conduct by their
own scribes, the public, we must conclude, to be
as unprincipled as the Tories themselves.

The Tory Lords, according to report, are re-
solved to throw out the Canada Bill. After the
opinions expressed by the Duke of WELLINGTON
and Lord ELLENBOROUGH, we do not see how
they can do otherwise ; but those Noble Lords will
not take the lead in rejecting it. The Bishop of
EXETER and Lord LYNDHURST are the persons
who said to have put the Earl of HARDWICKE
in motion. The influence of the Church, therefore,
is to involre Canada, as it has int olved Ireland,
in confusion, and may occasion the separation of
both.

The above report confirms our statement, that
there are incurable divisions amongst the Tories.
On no one question do they show themselves
urited, except in inflicting injury and insult on Ire-
land. Excellent Patriots and excellent Church

To-morrow, the sth, being Sunday, the Revenue
accounts will probably be made up this evening,
and we believe they will show, notwithstanding the
stifling influence of the Corn-laws, that the Re-
venue has not fallen off.

It is to be hoped that the unanimous testimony
yesterday borne to the virtues and beneficence of
the Jews, by men of all parties, creeds, and from
all quarters of the empire, and the unanimous and
indignant denial which was given to the calumnies
against them, will have an appropriate and
beneficial effect in disabusing the minds of
their enemies in the East of the vile preju-

dices still nourished against them. Thati the
record of what has passed in Parliament, and
and of what passed yesterday at the Mansion-
house, of which a full report appears in The Sun,
Sir MOSES MONTEFIORE can early no prouder
certificate to the PACIIA of EGYPT of the esteem
in which the members of his ancient race are held
in England. He is about to proceed, it is said, on
the beneficent errand of rescuing his brethren at
Damascus from oppression, and he could not be
better armed than with the testimony of the
wealthy citizens of London, who have cu
intimate and every-day intercourse with the
Jews. Nor will their praiseworthy efforts
to strengthen the cause of humanity abtoad
be lost for themselves. It is impossible that men
of all parties should meet to promote in common so
noble an object without thinking better of each
other, and without materially abating those sectarian
and local prejudices which sometimes embitter the
otherwise worthy and emulous contentions, who
shall have the highest place in the esteem of his
countrymen. So it is that blessings come back to
the bosoms from whence they flow.

The hostility of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
cri EQUER to Mr. CRESSWELL'S intended motion
may well be styled wrong-headed, for even his pos-
sible success could only be temporary, or it would
be a disgrace. A pretty specimen, indeed, would
it afford to foreign nations of cur mode of justice.
'['he case is this ;—Parliament and the Ministers
agree, in 1834, to compensate losses occasioned in
1807 by our own acts out of the Danish prize-
money received. Two classes are paid ; the claims
of the third are objected to by Ministers, on the
plea of an abstract opinion of their law officers.
Parliament, however, in 1838, decides in favour of
this third class, and her MAJESTY gives directions
that the claims, as was done with the other two
classes, I.)e examined by the Commissioners. This
in itself was a decision that ought to have con-
tented Ministers. But, in 1839, on the Report of
the Commissioners, the House, a second time, and
by a larger majority, decides that these claims be
adjudimed, and her MAJESTY gives her consent.
Now, we put it to the common sense of English-
men, whether, by those proceedings, a solemn
judgment was not passed in favour of the diminished
claims so adjudicated, which ought to be as bind-
ing as any judgment in a court of law, or of any
return of a Master in Chancery, under the direc-
tion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, on the claims
submitted to him.
We appeal to the Representatives of Foreign
(so called) despotic Powers of Russia, Prussia,
and Austria, whether, if their Governments direct
a Commission to examine claims on their Fiscus
or Treasury, the claimants, on an adjudication in
their favour, are not perfectly sure of their money ?
But, to come home, have we an instance, in any
civilized period of our history, where Parliament
has been permanently forced to stultify its own
judgments in such a way by the dictation of any
CHANCELLOR?

The French Journals of Thursday have all duly
reached us. In the C'onstilutionnel, the organ of the
President of the Council and Niinistcr for Foreign
Affairs,we find the following highly important pa:agragh,
to which we have great satisfaction in inviting public
attention :
" Government has received news of great importance.
Mehemet Ali, on learning the dismissal of the Grand
Khosraw Pasha, expressed the greatest joy ; as he
felt that this event would have the result of removing one
of the great obstacles to an amicable arrangement between
the Porte and him. Therefore', on the reception of the
news, he charged his First Sccretary, Samy Bay, to go to
Constantinople to offer the Sultan his homage and devo-
tion, and to ask frcm him his orders as to the immediate
restoration of the Ottoman fleet. Thi; concession, so im-
portant, is altogether spontaneous on the part of the Pacha
of Egypt, and it will facilitate, without doubt, a trans ic-
tion found, d on reciprocal sacrificer. This fact should,
therefore, be considered to have a fortunate it.fluence
on
the solution of the question of the Ea t.
We do not doubt that Lott). PALMERSTON will
readily co-operate with M. TIIIERS in facilitating a
pacific arrangement between the SULTAN and his
Vassal. The mere humiliation of the VICEROY is no
part of the true policy of Great Britain, whose interest
it is to cultivate his friendship by every compliance,
short of an abandonment of the great principle of the
indissolubility of the Ottoman Empire.
At half-past six. o'clock on Thursday evening the
authorities at Boulogne seized Mr. WAGIIORN'S India
Express as it was about to be conveyed on board a
steamer for Dover. No cause was assigned for this un-
precedented proceeding, by which the delivery of highly-
important advice; to many mercantile houses in London
and the principal towns of linglanii and Scotland, must
be delayed perhaps for a couple of days, The fPlititvr
jog letter on the subject has been addressed by Mr.
4GiIORN to ail the London Journals
SEIZURE OF DESPATCHES.
TO 7BE EDITOI? OF 71113 SUN.
34, Cornhill, July +, I A. Si.
"I SIR,— I beg of yin jo Publish ;Ws letter in jpur

columns at once. At 6, 40, r.m., of the 2d instant, my
express arrived et Boulogne, brought by Frenchmen, on
horseback, at stages from M;rseilles, in a most extraordi-
nary short space of time.
" At Boulogne a Dover steamer was waiting, as well as
an express messenger from this Ake, which express
would have arrived in London at two o'clock on the morn-
ing of yester ay, the 31, except tortnigh its seizure by the
French authorities at Boulogne, wl,o not only took away
the express, but broke the seals of it, although my mes-
senger positively told the authorities it was an .express.
That messenger very properly came to London, and de-
tailed the matter to me. I immediately went to the Fo-
reign.effice aged stated the facts there, and forthwith pro-
cured a letter, by order of Lord Palmerston, to Monsieur
Guizot (French Ambassador), who immediately wrote to
the Prefect of Boulogne, to deliver the said express to my
order. This was followed up by my sending off a horse
express to Dover and steamer to -Boulogne, fur its recovery
and despatch to London.
" I beg to take this medium of thanking the gentlemen
of the Foreign-office for their immediate good offices in
procuring me an interview with Lord Leveson ; also to
that Nobleman for taking instant measuree of acres to
Lord Palmerston, who kindly forthwith wrote M. Gu.zot,
who immediately did all in his power.
The disappointment and loss this seizure has caused
to me is most severe. Never throughout my whole course
of life have I toiled more than on this particular occasion
for success, and success would have crowned my endeavours
if this ill-timed seizure had not occurred, particularly now
that my resources are crippled by serious losses occasioned
by the plague in Egypt, by which my establishments there
are working at a great sacrifice. Why, or through what
moti%e, this seizure was made is yet to tell. The express
contained advice's to the principal tryrchants, &c. of Lon-
den, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, &c.
" I remain, Sir, your very faithful servant,
"THOMAS WAGHORN."

On Wednesday last, at a public dinner in Paris, at-
tended by 1,200 Liberals, including several Deputies,
" the total abolition of the punishment of death " was
given as a toast, and received with loud cheers. This
is a good omen. Legal murders in the eye of pure rea-
son are as frightful spectacles. and as great crimes as
ndividual assassination. Nay, they are infinitely worse.
The Prince de Joinville is to set out for Toulon this

evening.
The Journal of the Eastern Pyrenees says, that a re-
port is current at Perpignan that one of the King's sons
and M. Thiers are to go to Barcelona, as soon as it is
kuown that the Queen of Spain has arrived there.
Desertions from the Carlist ranks are more and more
numerous. Bergs will not stand a siege ; as soon as the
Queen's troops shall begin to rneve towards that town,
Cabrera and his troops will enter Prance and lay down
their arms. Several Carlist families from Berga arrived
at Perpignan cn the 25th of June. ()tilers have claimed
the assistance of the troops of the Qieen.
Lieutenant-General de Castellano arrived on the 26th
of June at Perpignan, where he is going to resume the
command of his division.
The Jouinat du Havre of the 29th ult. says :—.. This
morning the detachment of sappers and miners, which ar-
rived yesterday from- Dieppe on its way to Cherbourg,
were reviewed en the Great Quay by the commandant or
the town. Before giving the signal for embarkation, M.
Lemonnier de la Fosse addressed the little troop as fol-
lows:—' Comrades ! I have orders, after reviewing you.
to place you at the disposal of the Marine. This order
indicates;a new destination. Depart, then, and by your
discipline and good conduct second the brave officers who
command you. Prove to the world that in America, as in
Africa, French soldiers have lust none of the valour which
distinguished them, and that there, as everywhere else,
they will make the national colours respected. ' Vive le
Roi I —Vise la France I' "—Le Constitutionnel.
P BOURSE. —_ Akls, THURSDAY, JULY 2.
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4 per Cents lOO :5 ... .16 75 ... 106 75 ... 106 75
3 per Cents 55 ;(; .. 65 03 ... 55 :10 ... 55 05
Sank of vrance 3.1/0 ...:,8 0 ...3710 ...3740
Latfitte Bank 5,0001. Sh 5235 -.5235 -.52 t 5 ..s*'s
Belgian Stank
5 ?er Cents
3 per Cents 77 45 ... 7i 73 ... '7745 ... 77 75
Spanish Aciive.
Neapolitan
Homan lo4‘i ... 1044 ... 16414 ... 1C41,4
ItAILWAN SHARE:,
Versailles, It. B :27 50 ... 527 50 ... 527 2.0 ... 527 50
L.B.
Orleans ..
Strasburg to Bale 422 fll ... 422 50 ... 421 23 ... 422 50
HAMBURG BORiENHALLE, JUNE 30
Bills.. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cent S.- - .. lO4 -
Bank Shares
An. lo.ltussian Loan l. 1,6 109%
Ilussirm 5 per Cent. tut series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Se: WS - 10354
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Ditto in Certificates -
Dutch Actual Debt, 21,4 pe Cent 52,4 52
Ditto .5 per Cent 99 -
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STOCKHOLM, JUNE 21.-Seventy-fiye days, 11. 4.
BERLIN, JUNE 27. -Three months, 6.1914

TRADE WITH FRANCE.—On the motion of Sir Ro-
bert Peel, a return has been laid before the House of
Commons of the exports from Great Britain and
Ireland to France from 1781 to 1839—a period
of fifty-eight years, with a similar return for the
same period of the imports from France into the
United K ngdom. The official value of imports
from France for the last year was 4,022,5261.,
having gradually risen to that amount since 1814, when
it was 740,2271. In that year the imports of British
and Irish produce and manufactures into France did
not exceed 377,799/., and, including colonial and fo-
reign merchandize, they amounted altogether to
2,248,136/. Last year the total exports were
3,632,653/., about one-seventh of which consisted of
foreign and colonial merchandise—so that the balance
of trade in favour of France is about one-eighth.
Since France recovered her colonial possessions, and
established commercial relations with other countries,
the exports of foreign and colonial merchandise from
this country have fallen from 1,870,3371. to 514.243;
the amount respectively in the years 1814 and 1839.
Parliamentary Electors in Cities and Boroughs, enti-
tled under the Reform Act, will lose their votes for the
next year, unless they pay on or before the 20th day of
July all the poor's rates (and window tax, it any) paya-
ble from them in respect of their premises previously
to the 6th day of April. Country voters must send in
their claims on or before the 20th day of July.

On Tuesday was married, at St. George's,
Hanover-square, by the Right lion. and Rev. Lord Wm. So-
merset, Charles Brooke Hunt, Esq., of Highgate, to Louisa;
and, at the same time, the Rev. Henry Hutchinson Syvinny,
Fellow of Alagclalet e College, and vicar of St. Giles's, Cam-
bridge, to Edith Anne, daughters of Joseph Newcombe, Esq.,
of Upton, Bucks.
ST. JAMES'S PA LACE.—A number of work-
men commenced on Friday some alterations in the Chapel
Royal. They chiefly consist of fixing gas tubes in the interior,
which is to be lighted with gas, and also heated on a new prin-
ciple.
It is delightful to pass from mummeries like
these to the freshness of human nature, unalloyed by worldly'
consideration, and unchecked by worldly advancement. Cap-
tain Lord Frederick Fitzelarerice, who was on this occasion in
attendance upon his Royal father, called me out of the green-
room, and with a considerable degree of excitement, said,
" Bunn, 1 have not been behind the scenes of this theatre since
the last evening my dear mother performed here, and (here
nis Lordship took me by the arm, walked down the long pas-
sage on that side of tl.e house, and kicked open the dressing-
room door at the end of it) " that is the room . in which she
used to d; ess. I came with her almost every night, long, long
before 1 wore any of the -e gea-gaws" (pointing to his uniform
and its decorations). " Excuse my emotion" (passing his
hand over his eyes), "I could not help, and, to tell you the truth,
1 could not resist being here this evening, but I never mean to
come again. I was happier then than, with all the enjoyments
of life, I have ever been since."— The Stage, by A. Bunn.
FATALACCIDENT.—AS Mr. Samuel
Shep-
ard, of Swindon, was returning home from Broad Hinton,
Wilts, in a gig, on Thursday night, the vehicle was overturned
on the side of the road where there is a slight descent. Mr.
Sheppard was thrown out ; and a labouring man, who reached
the spot soon after, found the edge of the gig pressing on the
bark of his neck. A surgeon was immediately sent for, and
promptly attended, but life was extinct before he arrived.
NEW PRISON BOARD, EDINBURGIi.-We
understand that this body has given notice to Mr. Rose, Mr.
Young, and Mr. Kirkwood, the respective Governors of the
Edinburgh and Canongate Gaols and City Bris!ewell, that after
October next their services in those capacities shad cease. This
announcement created a great sensation among the citizens
yesterday. We believe, however, that the Act passed last Ses-
sion, under the auspices of Mr. Fox Alaule, provides compen-
sation ; but, as we do not happen to have a copy of that Act
beside us at the present moment, and as our information is
otherwise imperfect, we forbear to s..y more.—Caledonian
Mercury.
A correspondent of the Times complains of the
Order in Council for reprisals against China as being completely
a dead letter, except in the hands of the Government. The
Order, while it directs and permits seizures of all ships, eargoes,
arid goods belonging to any subject of the Chinese Emperor,
or any resident in the Chinese dominions, and provides for the,
detention of such seizures, says nothing about prizes money, nor
about any compensation to individuals for making cap-
tures, and hence it will merely be executed by the offi-
cers belonging to Government, who will not act without
orders. It is stated as a fact, that Howqua has been
in the habit of consigning teas for sale in the London
market since the commencement of the free trade, and that he
has done so largely singe the beginning of the present difficul-
ties, his shipments being regularly noticed in the mercantile
letters. Some of these consignments are said to have arrived
recently, while others are on their way to London. These ship-
ments being made through a resident in China, it is presumed
by our correspondent that they are liable to detention. How-
qua being the grand commercial mediator between the English
and Chinese authorities, it would be profitable to him to pre-
vent competition in both tea markets; and hence it is contended
Government should investigate the consignments, and not allow
Howqua to profit by the war, and hold out a bonus to his encou.
raging a state of discord. There is a strong commercial feeling
on this subject in the city, but perhaps it is too much to say
that it ought to be yielded to,
COACH ACCIDENT.—The Bristol and Here-
ford coach broke down on Monday, between Tinterne and
f_Theostow. The fore kart of the coach became detached from
the body, with which the horses started, but were soon stop-
ped. The coachman had his sbonider FliblOcatad, and three
passengers were injured, though not severely, except a voting
lady returning to Bath, who is so severely cat about the face
as likely to di-figure her for life, and otherwise so injured as to
be unable to proceed. She is now lying at the Beaufort Hotel
at Chepstow, where every possible attention is shown her.
Alr. Wells, of Piereefield, was passing at the time the accident
occurred, and kindly sent the sufferers on in his carriage.—
I{ OrOster journal.'
A lar,,e 610*(1 of marble from the Carern Quar-
weighing seventeen tom, was brought up froth Freeman's
wharf, `Wcstrniuster, on Wadneaday afterpoop, to Mr.
Park's studio, for the statue of ibe fate C. Tennant, Esq., of St.
Hollox, to be erected in Glasgow. It required fourteen horses
to pull the mart)lo?