The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-20 00:00:00

'EVENING. EDITION.

and Co , also their letter of the latter date to Messrs.
Zalueta and Perrin, and their deputation to his
Excellency General Alava, sufficiently attest this
anxious wish, and that the Committee were actuated by
much nobler motives than those which some writers in
the public papers hate been pleased to impute to them.
The Committee would have felt much pleasure had Mr.
Henderson's statement and their other investigations
tended more materially to affect the credibility of Mr.
'W-yllie's figures, but this does not appear to be the
case. What more immediately interests the British
bondholders is that portion of the debt of Spain recog-
nised as bearing interest. Now this, according to Mr.
Wyllie's figures, reduded to British money, is as fol-
lows, viz. :

Interest per cent.
Foreign Act. Debt £39,208,206 5 £1,960,410
Internal ditto 11,873,752 5 593,67
Ditto ditto 6,502,864

Making a total of £57,554,822 with £2,814,211
to be provided annually for interest at 4 and 5 per cent.
" It will be seen that Mr. Henderson makes the
same items of debt to be as follows, viz. :
Foreign Active Debt £36,636,808 Allowing 5
Add TreasuryDeben. 300,000 per cent.
nnon this

_ _ we get... £1,846,840
On this Mr.
Inf ernal 4 pr cents. £15,014,828 Henallowsder-son.

Z 36,936,4,08.

600,000

Making a total of £51,951,636 with £2,446,840
interest to be provided for yearly.
" The author of the statement furnished to Mr. Thornton,
the Chairman, at the exchange of 4s. 3d. the dollar, gives the
following items :
Foreign Active Debt £33,322,890 at 5 per cent. £1,666,144
Internal ditto

Total
yearly interest to be paid thereon.
" An acute and well informed Spaniard, writing from
Madrid, under date of 15th June, gives in round nuai-
bers the same items of debt as follows, viz. :
A. Foreign 5t0ck....£40,C00,000 5 per cent. £2,000,000
B. Home ditto 10,000,000 5 ditto 500,000
C. Ditto ditto 6,000,000 4 ditto 240,000

with £2,626,144

Total £56,000,000 with £2,7-10,000
yearly interest and he adds the following for arrears of
interest already due, viz.:—
On A. to Ist November, 1840 ......... £8,000,000
B. to Ist October, 1340 2,000,000
C. Ditto

X 11,200,000."
In his letter of the 14th instant to the Committee,
Mr. Wyllie remarks—
" Exagerated accounts are from time to time put forth
r cpecting the immense population and resources of
Spain, but that it is incumbent on the Committee to
protect the interests of their suffering clients, and warn
against delusive or interested statements."

OXFORD'S ATTEMPT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER.

SlR—The trial of Edward Oxford being now con-
cluded, I have at last an opportunity, through the me-
dium of the press, of publicly refuting the various—l
will not say studied—misrepresentations, that have been
extensively circulated by the said press, and reflecting
great discredit on me with regard to my conduct at
Constitution-hill, the memorable Wednesday, when Ox-
ford fired at her Majesty. It has bten stated in all " the
papers," that I was so overcome, &c., after the discharge
of the pistols, that " I absolutely ran away, and did not
know what became of myself till I arrived in Covent
Garden market ! where I was found by a policeman I"
Now, Sir, so far from that being true,/ never was in Covent
Garden Market in my life ! As soon as my horror and
astonishment had somewhat subsided, which, considering
the dangerous situation I was then placed in, cannot be
wondered at, by my being in an exact line with Ox-
ford's first aim, and the bullet from which actually passed
between my face and the back of the royal carriage, a
space of barely twelve inches, I instantly rushed to-
wards the villain, with intent to seize him, but when
within one yard from him, he discharged the second
pistol, the report of which completely stunned me,
being so near ; however I instantly seized him, with the
assistance of Mr. Joshua Lowe, while Mr. Albert Lowe
took the pistols from him, and I never quitted hold of
hinz until we gave him into the hands of the police. I
accompanied them to Gardiner's-lane station, where I
gave my name and address, which was all that was re-
quired. I afterwards walked quietly towards home,
and while pursuing my way thither, I was accidentally
asked by a policeman in St. Martin's-lane whether the
rumour that had just reached his ears, relative to the at-
tack on the Queen, was correct ? I told him, to his great
surprise, what I knew of the tffair, and he thought my
statement so valuable, that he requested I would go with
him to Bow-street, and communicate with the inspector on
duty ; this, Sir, I did, and the inspector (Mullins) after
having heard what I atated,begged that I would go again
to Gardiner's-lane, as he was sure, that if the inspec-
tors on duty there had been aware of the great impor-
tance of my evidence, they would not have dismissed me
so summarily. Well, Sir, acting on this advice, back
again I posted to Gardiner's-lane, accompanied by the
policeman, and there I gave the principal points of the
affair. I attended the next morning at the Home-office,
and gave my deposition, which has already appeared. '
Even my name has not escaped misrepresentation; it
has been transposed into Peck, Pecks, Parkes, &c.,
though I signed my evidence very distinctly, " Samuel
Perkes." I may also add, that various mis-statements
have been made respecting the Qneen and Prince
Albert on that trying occasion ; the most general of
which is, that his Royal Highness " made a move-
ment, as if to quit the carriage ;" allow me, Sir, to say,
that this is decidedly erroneous. Upon the first dis-
charge her Majesty leaned towards the Prince,
and whispered to him, who lowered his head to
hear, and then instantly endeavoured to shield
her Majesty, and while in that position the
second was fired, the contents of which passed immedi-
ately over the edge of her Majesty's bonnet, showing
evidently, that had it not been for the gallant and heroic
conduct of the Prince, her Majesty must, in all proba-
bility, have lost that sacred life so dear to all her sub-
jects. The Prince immediately waved his hand, and
ordered the [postilions, who had previously stopped of
their own accord, to " drive on ;" in fact, the conduct
of her Majesty and Prince Albert manifested through-
out the utmost coolness and self-possession.

I will now conclude by observing that this statement
should have appeared before, but acting upon the advice
of her Majesty's Ministers, enjoining complete silence till
the conclusion of the trial, 1 have preferred submitting
quietly under the unjust aspersions which have been so
lepeatedly cast upon me by a great portion of the Lon-
don and provincial press, to either doing or saying any-
thing that might have a tendency to prejudice sal mare
the pubic mind against the prisoner Oxford. How-
ever, I trust, Sir, your insertion of this " plain, unvar-
nished tale," may have the effect of vindicating the con-
duct of your obedient servant,

SAMUEL PERKES.
Leopard Coffee-house, 190, Tottenham-court-road,
July 15, 184).

THE EGLINTON TOURNAMENT.

Saturday was the second day's sale, which was more
spirited than the first.
KNIGHT OF THE GAEL—The emblazoned banner
and shield, with the cap-a-pie suit of polished steel, ar-
mour. The tilting apparel, the horse armour and ca-
parison, the carved and modelled horse, of life size, and
painted after nature, 471.
KNIGHT OF THE BLACK LION.--A fine suit of cap-
a-pie knight's armour of polished steel, worn at the
tournament; the helmet surmounted by the crest and
plume, horse-armour, tilting apparel, &c., 1011.
KNIGHT OF THE DRAGON--The splendid costly suit
of knight's armour, cap-a-pie, worn by the Knight of the
Dragon (the Marquis of Waterford) ; the helmet re-
markable for its fine form, surmounted by the knight's
crest and a plume of his colours, comprising the manteau
donne, bridle, the cliausson, &c., and tilting-saddle en
suite, and horse caparison, emblazoned with the heralilic
bearings of the knight, and carved and modelled horse,
of life s zp, and painted after nature, 2401.--201, was
offered for the horse after the lot was knocked down.
KNIGHT OF THE ROSE OF LANCASTER.—The five
suits of fluted knight's armour, &c., as above, 103/.
LORD OF THE TOURNAMENT (Lord Eglintoa).—The
cap-a-pie suit of knight's armour, wholly gilt and en-
graved, worn by his Lordship during the practice ; the
knight's crest and plume surmounting the he:met, the
tilting apparel en suite, the gilt horse armour, the steel
plated tilting saddle, the horse caparison in colours, &c.,
731. 13s.
The other lots fetched but trifling sums. The room
was exceedingly crowded.

If it were but considered what dangerous conse-
quences to vision must inevitably result from the continued use
of faulty or improper spectacles, the dreadful effects would be
cautiously 'prevented by the removal of the cause; hence
visual diseases would b 3 considerably diminished and good sight
preserved to the community to extreme old age. These ob-
servations are called forth in consequence of the distinguished
recommendation from some of the most eminent practitioners
in Europe, that is bestowed on the "Patent Preservation
Spectacles," manufactured by Mr. E. Solomons, optician, No.
1, Old Jewry, City, and 36, Old Bond-street, and their disposal
exclusively secured to these establishments by " Royal autho-
rity," which, while they are contradistinguished in their pre-
serving and strengthening powers from the irremediable injury
that is to be apprehended from the pernicious attributes of the
ordinary common glasses, convey a sense of coolness and plea-
sure tp the eyes during their protracted use, thus affording the
most delightful present enjoyment and prospective benefit. It
will no doubt be gratifying to that portion of our readers
afflicted with deafness, to know that the distressing effects of
which they have to complain may also be as wonderfully re-
lieved by the application of Invisible Hearing Instruments,
recently produced by Mr. E. Solomons, which not only restore
hearing to the deaf, enabling them to distinguish the faintest
i nflections of a distant speaker, and to participate in all the
vs rions enjoyments which its privation has hitherto excluded,
but; hat the torpid spirits which ly prevail on such sub-
eats , give place to the most lively and pleasurable sensations.
In cl nsequence of the various attempts to counterfeit the above
i oval nable inventions, particular attention should be paid to
t h e proprietor's address, namely, No. 1, Old Jewry,
City, and
se, Old Bnd-street, Piccadilly.