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The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-02

PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE.

The present Part, which is the twenty-third of
this popular publication, contains the entire play
"King Richard the Third ;" is recommended, as
.usual, by numerous terse, explanatory notes, and
embellished with handsome engravings. The
frontispiece, which is a full•length portrait of King
Richard, is a remarkably well executed plate.

THE QUEEN AND THE BISHOP OF SALIS-
BURY.—During the progress of the royal infant and her
parents to Devonshire, they paid a visit to the episco-
pal palace of Salisbury for two days, to Bishop Fisher,
the venerable preceptor of the Princess Charlotte. The
benevolent prelate's fondness for children gave rise to
an incident which occasioned a hearty laugh to the Duke
of Kent. Bishop Fisher was dandling the Royal babe
in his arms, and playing with her during this visit,
when she took the same fancy to the episcopal wig that
One of Napoleon's god daughters did to a cardinal's
mitre, and, seizing it with her little fat hands, shook it
so heartily that she enveloped herself with a cloud of
powder, and carried off two handsful of grizzled hair be-
fore she would relinquish her amusement.—Queen Vic-
toria from her Birth to her Bridal.

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DREADFUL :MURDER.--A gentleman who
came passenger in the Brian Boroihme, informs me that a
dreadful affray had occurred at Shreveport (Louisiana)
between the Sheriff of that parish (Caddo), Mr. Sterrett,
and Mr. John 0. Sewell, a merchant of Shreveport, which
resulted in the death of the former. The cause of the
quarrel grew out of an account due to Sewell by the
Sheriff. It seems that a lot of paper was to be sold by
the Sheriff. Sewell was present and made the highest
bid. When the bill was brought in for it, he presented
the private bill against Sterrett. This Sterrett would not
settle in that way, nor in any other, till he saw proper. As
Sewell then refused to pay, and Sterrett went to Sewell's
store and began to throw out the paper, the latter went to
his desk, took out a bowie knife and ran up to Sterrett
with it. Before he could we it, it was taken from him.
Mr. Robeorn, a partner of Mr. Sewell, then brought a
pair of pistnls and laid them on the counter before Sewell,.
who immediately took one of them up and fired, and bit
the Sheriff on the chin, the ball passing through his head.
Mr. Sterrett staggered out and around into the stpect, and
Sewell took the other pistol and shot him through the
stomach. He fell immediately, and died in about twenty
minutes. There is no gaol at that place, and Sewell was
taken into custody by the citizens, and guarded with an
armed force. If he attempts to run away,, they will shoot
him ; if not, after a summary trial, be is, it is said, to be
hung ! lam personally acquainted with Mr. Sewell, and
know him to be a man of hot blood, who could not for a
moment put up with any wrongs. He certainly is to bliane
for what he has done, but cool reflection would have checked
him had there been time for it.—Baltimore Patriot.
London, England, 1840-09-02

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APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILI-
TIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Va-
rieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure

By a 'MEURER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS,
London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary.
" I am impotent, and no fit to live,"—Last's Records of s
Suicide.

Sold by Onvchyn. Catherine-street, Strand; Ross and
Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Book-
sellers in Town and Country.
N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded
by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers,
and inclosing a remittance of 3s.
London, England, 1840-09-02

ASIATIC JOURNAL.

The Asiatic Journal for this month contains a
singular specimen of an Arabian story, which will
remind the reader of those 44 Thousand and One"
immortal tales which were told from night to night
by the renowned Princess Scheherezade. " Me-
moirs of a Griffin" arc the reminiscences of a " new-
comer" to the East, and describe his adventures on
the road out to India.

ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE'

The class of readers—that is to say, theAnglo-In-
dians—to whose tastes this periodical chiefly ap
peals, will here find much amusement in the de-
scriptive paper, entitled the " Falls of the Cau-
vary," wherein a spirited account is given of an
encounter with that ugly customer, a Bengal tiger ;
and in the " Life and Times of. Peregrine Pulte-
ney," which show a very fair acquaintance with the
world. We have no room for extracts, or we would
give one from this racy series of adventures.
London, England, 1840-09-02

CERTIFICATES-SEPT. 22.

H. Thomas, scrivener, Shrewsbury—J. Malcolm, licensed
victualler, Green Man Tavern, Berwick-street, Soho—R.
Johnson, innkeeper, Bridlington, Yorkshire—B. Smith, board-
ing-hotisekeeper, Southport, Lancashire—R. Benbon•, timber
merchant, Liverpool.
London, England, 1840-09-02

I EMIGRATION.
IIENJAMIN EDGINGTON, Marquee,
Tent, Flag, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer, 2, DUKE-
STREET, SOUTHWARK, opposite the Greenwich Rail-
way Entrance, London.
MARQUEES and TENTS of various dimensions, with
every necessary appendage for speedy erection ; and all kinds
of waterproof cloths suitable for Emigrants, sacks, ropes, lines,
twines, nets, &c.
A Warehouse at 203, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1840-09-02

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1840.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP BANKRUPTCY, SErr. 1.
Tilt MATTER OF ROBERT BRINE.
This was the day fixed for the final examination of
the bankrupt, who carried on the business of a wine-
meft'hant in Crutched-friats; but who had absconded a
few mouths since: With prOPerty tb the amount of
40,000/., and for whose apprgliontion a teWard of 1,0001.
had been offered. His debts and liabilities are variously
stated to be from 29 to 40.0001., and he has left assets
in stock and property which are supposed likely to r,-7.-
lize rather more than an average dividend. Not sur-
rendering, however, to pass his final examination, the
usual proclamation was made at the rising of the Court,
and he is now, of course, subject to the penalties of
outlawry.

ASSIZE IN TELCIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LfrimPoot, Ago: :11.

13LUNDELI, V. LORD CAMOVS ANti ANOTIIEIt.
This case, which has excited great interest in the
neighbourhood, came on for trial this morning. It was
an issue out of Charcet y to try the validity of the will of
the late Charles Blundell, of lace, in this county. The
estate of Ince, which is the one in question, is of the
va!ue of about 9,000/. per annum. There is also, it
would appear, personal property which is bequeathed
by the will now in litigationr to the amount, it is said,
of nearly 200,000/. Ile point in dispute is the va-
lidity of the will of the testator, in respect of the real
property of which he died seised. The will, it was ad-
mitted, was signed by the testator and duly attested,
but it was alleged on the other side that he was insane
when be so executed it, and had been so during his life.
The address of the A. ttorney-General for the plaintiff
occupied the Court till half-past six o'clock, when an
adjournment took place till tomorrow.
London, England, 1840-09-02

INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRICT.
TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR-
RHCEA, GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA..
TIVE and URINARY ORGANS.
Notwithstanding the above Institution is closed, Patients may
continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur-
geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap-
plying at his own hc.ise instead of the Charity.
Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings
and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the
Morning, but not in the Evenirc
London, England, 1840-09-02

Now raedy, in 2 vol.. post Bvo., price 21s. hound,
NARRATIVE OF THE LATE
WAR IN AFFGHANISTAN.
By Captain HENRY HAVELOCK,
Aide-de-Camp to Major-Gen. Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.C.B.

&e. commanding the Bengal Forces.
" This work furnishes by far the most comprehensive, as
well as the most entertaning account the public has yet re-
treived of the late brilliant war in Affghanistan. Capt. Have-
lock's position was peculiarly favourable for the production of a
narrative of the events of the campaign; andehis work is
highly creditable to bis spirit of observation, impartiality.
and his desire and determination to tell the exact truth on all
points."—New Monthly Magazine.
Henry Colburn. Publ:her, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now complete, in 4 vols. Bvo., bound, and embellished with
Engravings,
EMOIRS of the COURT of ENGLAND
UNDER THE STUARTS.

By J. HENEAGE JESSE, Esq.
" We sincerely congratulate Mr. Jesse on this able termi-
nation of his labours, and the reading public on an addition to
their stock of amusement and information, which no l'brary in
the kingdom can be called complete without."—The Times.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.
London, England, 1840-09-02

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Between Germany (not via France), Denmark,
Sweden, or other parts of the north of Europe, or any
country through Belgium, or Holland, or Germany, and
the countries and places hereinafter mentioned, that is
to say—

s. d.
Spain (not via France)
British North America and U. S. of America 2 8

—•—• - -
Gibraltar
Malta, lonian Is., Greece, Syria, Egypt, E. Indies 4 2
Portugal
Madeira
Brazil
Buenos Ayres. Chili, Peru
Mexico, Columbia, and Cuba
St. Domingo
Jamaica and the West Indies
FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Between Switzerland (via France) and the countries
and places hereinafter mentioned, that is to say—

Spain
British North America and United States of

America

Gibraltar
Malta, lonian Is., Greece, Syria, Egypt, E. Indies 3 8

Portugal

Madeira

4
Brazil

Buenos Ayres, Chili, and Peru 4 7
Mexico, Columbia, arid Cuba

• St. Domingo
Jamaica and the West Indies 3 4
London, England, 1840-09-02

A/ 0 0

0
New Dollars 0 4
Silver in Bars 0 5 oa

HALF-PAST ONE.
Up to the present time, no transactions of import-
ance have taken place in the British Funds.
The accounts received this morning, by express, from
Paris, state that the Austrian and English squadrons
have sailed fir the coast of Syria. It was also reported
in the above capital, that they expected to be joined by
4 Russian fleet of twelve sail of the line.
Much fear was entertained that the settlement of the
French account would be of a very unfavourable nature.
Consols are rather better than in the early part of
the morning, and may be quoted 904 for the Account ;
Money, 894 ; Exchequer Bills rather lower, 20 17 19
prem. ; Bank Stock, 1691 i.
In the Foreign Market very little doing ; Spanish
Active not quite so heavy as in the morning, 24i ;
Portuguese, nothing done ; Colombian, 241 ; Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51k.
The Share Market is also inactive. Great Western,
481 ; South Western, 54 53/- ; London and West-
minster, 24}.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. - BRISTOL,
MONDAY, Auo. 31.—This day having been appointed for
the opening to the public of the line between this city and
Bath, the morning was ushered in with the ringing of bells,
firing of cannon, &c., and at an early hour thousands of per-
sons had assembled in the neighbourhood of the terminus
and on the elevated point in its neighbourhood, for the
purpose of witnes,ing the departure of the first train.
At about a quarter after eight o'clock the Fireball steamer
proceeded with the first train, consisting of three first-class
and three second-class carriages, with about 306 pas-
sengers. The distance between the two termini occupied
35i minutes, tho engineers having been instructed to pro-
ceed in the first instance with caution, numerous workmen
being still employed in finishing off the work at several
portions of the lute. In tile course of the day twenty
trips were made, and upon nearly every occasion the
carriages were completely filled ; indeed the rush for
tickets at the Bath station for the twehe and one o'clock
trains was tremendous, and hats, bonnets, &C., were da-
iraged in the confusion. One of the engines performed
the distance i❑ 23 minuses.

The first mail- from the south brought by the
railway, arrived here a fee minutes before nine o'clock on
Monday morning. [lull may now be fairly considered as
only twelve hours from the metropolis, and by ten o'clock
in the morning we can rent an account of what was doing
there up to six the preceding evening.—Rull Rockingham.
THE HARVEST AND THE HOPS.—Tile ac-
counts of the harvest from all parts of the country are as
favourable as those of the hop gardens arc unfavourable.
Toe hop grounds of the Weald, we are informed, look
leplorable. In Cranbro ,k parish alone it is calculated
that 4,0001. to 5 0001 is expended annually on hiip_pick-
log. Tne amount this year will, it is said, not be likely
ro exceed 200!. lit short, with very few exceptions in-
deed, hops may be considered a failure thie year
London, England, 1840-09-02

WAX CANDLES, ls. 2d. per lb. ; Fine
Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Lights, with the im-
proved plaited Wicks, Is. 9d. ; Genuine Wax, 25. Id. ; Ge-
,•uine Sperm, Is 9d. ; Store Candles, 6d. ; Extra-fine Waxed
Wick Moulds, id. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per
1121bs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per pac-
ket; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25.;
Superior Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.
per lb. ; Genuine Sperm Oil, 9s. Od. per Gallon ; Comvnen,
for the new Solar Lamp, 3s.
For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63,
St. Martin's-lane, Trafalgar-square, opposite New Slaughter's
Coffee- House.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
MESSRS. SLOAN and CO., Members of
the Royal College of Surgeons, 4, ARGYLL-PLACE,
REGENT-STREET, and 28, IRONMONGER-LANE,
CHEAPSIDE, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the
Morning until Ten at Night, on every variety and stage of
Syphilis, with that delicacy and secresy they have hitherto ob-
served. The treatment they pursue will not subject any patient
to confinement or hindrance from business. Cases of an ex-
treme nature they eradicate in eight or ten days, or if slight or
recent in two or three, without the indiscriminate use of mer-
cury, and at a moderate expense. Generative 4ebility,
Gonorrhoea, and Strictures of the Urethra, unhappily so preva-
ent, are reated upon those unerring principles which have in-
sured to Messrs. Sloan and Co. so large a share of mate pa-
tronage for nearly thirty years in London, and which it will be
their future exertion to maintain.

Letters, containing an enclosure, will be answered by return
and patients, however distant, will be cerresponded with until
recovered.
London, England, 1840-09-02

FOREIGN POSTAGE.

A Treasury warrant has just been issued, fixing the
rates of postage on letters transmitted to and from
foreign countries through the United Kingdom. They
are not intended to be perm inent, as the whole subject
of foregn postage is under the consideration of Govern-
ment, and a great reduction will take place as soon as
corresponding reductions can be obtained from Foreign
Powers. The following are the only extracts of inte-
rest to the public :
And whereas by the said Act it is provided, that no
letter exceeding sixteen ounces in weight shall be for-
warded by the post between places within the 11
wed
Kingdom, except petitions and addresses
..--o.ner Majesty,
:Ind petitions to either House
:al-hat-tient, and except
in such other eas
and subject to such regulations and
restrictiorn. as the Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
-5”:4, by warrant under their bands, shall, from time to
time, direct.
Now we hereby direct that the following letters and
parcels may be forwarded by the post between places
within the United Kingdom, although exceeding sixteen
ounces in weight, that is to say-
-Ist. Bankers' parcels delivered at the General Post
Office in London, contaidig re-issuable cash notes
issued by country bankers under annual license, and
payable at the houses of the respective agents in Lon-
don (and which notes shall have been paid by such
agents) ; but no packet shall be conveyed under this
provision unless it shall be superscribed " re-issuable
country bank-notes," and shall he certified by the signi-
ture of the agent or agents of such country bank, or
one of them, in his or their own handwriting ; and such
packets shall be delivered at the General Post Office
in London at such hours in the day, and under all such
regulations, as the Postmaster-General shall appoint.
2d. Deeds, law proceedings, and law papers, posted
at such places, within such hours, and under all such
regulations, as the Postmaster-General shall appoint.
3d. Letters to and from places beyond the seas.
And, lastly, letters to and from any of the Government
offices or departments, or any public officer who, on the
Ist day of January, 1840, had the privilege of franking
by virtue of his office.

FIRST SCHEDULE.*
Between France and the countries and places herein-
after mentioned, that is to say—

s. d.
Spain ..
British North America and United States of America 1 0
Gibraltar
Malta, lonian Islands, Greece, Syria, Egypt, and
East Indies
Portugal
Madeira 2 8
Brazil
Buenos Ayres, Chili, and Peru
Mexico, Columbia, and Cuba 3 2
St. Domingo . 2 4
Jamaica and the West Indies

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Between Germany (via France), or Holland, or Bel-
gium, and the countries and places hereinafter men-
tioned, that is to say—

Spain (not via France)
British North America and United States of

America
Gibraltar
Malta, lonian Islands, tilreece, Syria, Egypt, and
East Indies
Portugal
Madeira
Brazil
Buenos Ayres, Chili, and Peru
Mexico, Columbia, and Cuba

St. Domingo
Jamaica and the West Indies
London, England, 1840-09-02

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

A New Histericalfr;gic Drama, and Seventh Week of Haines'
"Jane of the Hatchet.a' Nightly averflows to witness the
grand Tableaux d'action and military evolutions of the hun-
dred Female Warriors.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2.
Will be acted a New Tragic Drama, entitled
SPARTACUS, THE ROMAN GLADIATOR.
Illustrating the exercises, superstitions, and wars of the Gla-

diators.
After which the Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled
splendour, entitled
JANE OF THE HATCHET.
Supported by the entire s'rength of the Company,
and One Hundred Female Warriors.
To conclude with the Nautical Drama of
THE LARBOARD FIN.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY.
GRAND PROMENADE MUSICALE ET
CHAMPETRE,
By Godfrey's unrivalled Band.
Programme of ;he Concert for Aug. 31, and Sept.! and 3.
London, England, 1840-01-01

CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY

REVLETV. Painter, Strand.
This Review, we are informed in a note ap-
pended to the first article, has changed its Editor
since the publication of the last Number. The
new Editor, accordingly, sets out with an exposition
of his principles, in which we recognise those of
the thorough-going High Churchman, as exempli-
fied in a belief in the divine institution of episco-
pacy, in the apostolical succession of the Bishops
of the Anglican Church, in a cordial hatred of the
so-styled " evangelical" party in the Church, and
a still more cordial hatred of all parties out of it.
Although, therefore, we cannot approve of the
principles on which this periodical is conducted,
we are hound to say that it displays a considerable
degree of learning and talent. After what we have
said of its views, wir readers- will not be surprised
that a long article is devoted to the defence of the
"Charge" lately delivered by Old Toby, who seems
to realize, in tb'3 writer's opinion, the luau ideql of
a Christian Bishop, An article entitled " Angli-
can Liturgies" gives i 6 history of the various
chang,es which have been made hi the Church ser-
vice 130c4, p. 44 o those who are euriato id such
matters, will affoi4 gygification. There are careful
other articles which axe WPA written, but their lite-
rary merit is greatly detetiorakea by the bigotry
with which they are tainted.

THE MONTILLY LAW MAGAZINE,
This Magazine, R.s 4; title indicates, is chiefly,
though not exclusively, 4qigpp4 fpr the legal pro-
f,:sion. It is rich in aftieie44 irrteF,c4iog 4like to
the 41. Learned in the law," anti
,to time Vbp,s'#
legal studiea are yet in progress ; and, thoggb Pis-
,;enting from its paities, we are bound in coitanoo
just;ce to admit that its 14w iq pot only good, but,
unlike ti:e commodity of our C9HyLio• i;; far from
expensive. ti
4'e suggest the Law of rfrP4s6)9 qr,9
Editor, as a .titiPel; of general and deep inteigs,tt
for some remarks "lost 44,'911th.

LONDON AND EDINBURG!, AryLoso-
PILICAL MA GA ZINE.
R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court.
The present Number:of Ails scientific periodical
commences with an article frow Ott Fri of Berze-
hus, in which the veteran chemist eu•tee:7 ri lists
with M. Dumas, who had broached a timp,,,y
substitutions which thica6tPllptl to overturn ail ilia
is now considered as ests.i44.lp4 in chemistry.
To avert this calamity, the Aalwr of the
science has rome to the rescue, and gifklY
brief examination
4)- M. " substitutions;!•:
that Mtl we have to do is " to
apsaucercsthteliesyrnwobrye
ilnu4 4 Alm acetic acid
no
in an order rather (hi:fere-tit from:that .0 . ;
thisg is
pliia2dyin
a class
slightassof
change the acw ,cornhinattioo
elO
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Potter, of 'Cambridgpr
e, has a l
p yak wn
per on 6, Photomatry
in connection with Physical Optics," in which
he vindicates his claim t0.141c.1i.e ,scovery of the law
London, England, 1840-01-01

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

PROM TILE EVENING PAVERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)

For a party which, according to its recognised organs,
is on the eve of office, the Tories seem sadly divided
as to the period when the event, so big with the pecu-
liar advantages which Tory officials are known to
prize, should commence. Even the same journal
does not preserve the same tone for two days i❑
succession.. One day, the Whigs are to be driven
from Downing-street by an immediate coup de main ;
the next, caution is recommended to the eager
aspirants to office ; and Sir Robert Peel is represented
as disposed to sacrifice his convictions of duty to a de-
licate regard for her Majesty's known partiality to her
present Ministers, and to permit them to remain in
place to please the Sovereign—although his doing so
endangers the Protestant institutions of the country !
Sir Robert Peel's hold on the affections and confidence of
his party is manifestly less firm than it was twelve months
since ; and the efforts of the Tory journals to conceal
this diminished confidence only serve to render it the
more apparent. The disappointment inflicted on the
hungry gobe mooches, who imagined themselves se-
cure of present pay and good quarters in Downing-
street, through the Right Honourable Baronet's at-
tempt at negotiation for office, which failed by his
demands to become Major Demo of the Palace as well as
First Minister of State, will not be easily forgiven, as
it must greatly tend to weaken confidence in his sue-
coss, should he ever be again " sent for," an event of no
likely occurrence. Then his " timidity,"—as the
more furious of the faction delicately term his
unwillingness to go the " whole hog" of hostility to
the Catholic Relief Bill, the repeal of which they
demand as essential to Protestant ascendancy—is
assigned as a reason why some more bold and uncom
promising chieftain should be nominated as their leader to
conduct them to the Canaan of their hopes ; and Lord
Roden is not obscurely hinted at as more suited to
the enterprise than the expediency-loving Peel. Pity
it is that the Tories-should be at sea respecting their Pre-
mier ; who certainly should possess the confidence of his
friends, as a necessary preliminary to his acquiring that
of the country ! In the midst of these dissensions in the
Tory camp, the Standard looks to the farmers for
help, and labours lustily to enlist them, as a body, on
the side of bigotry, under the pretext that the Corn-
law monopoly cannot be preserved if the Whigs re-
main in office. True'. Lord Melbourne has expressed
himself against the abolition of protection—(the Standard,
by the way, avoids citing Lord Melbourne's words,
which we shall do, on occasion)—but the agriculturists
arc cautioned against trusting to his declaration ; and
therefore, with admirable consistency, our Contempo-
rary recommends that his Lordship's post should be
filled by Sir It. Peel—who is not trusted oven by his
own party !. _
London, England, 1840-01-01

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ST. ALBAN'S STEEPLE CHASE.

A steeple chase took place yesterday in this neigh-
bourhood for a sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for horses
carrying 12st each. Three miles and a half across the
country. The following started :
Mr. Goodman's b h Vandyke (Mr. M'Donogh)
Mr. Barker's b m The Queen (Owner) 2
Mr. Charlton's b g Phosphorus
Mr. H. Morley's Ringleader
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London, England, 1840-01-01

THE SCHOLASTIC JOURNAL.

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THE METROPOLITAN.

There is not an article in this number calculated
to afford amusement to a casual reader. The
" Corallines" with which it opens, is a continuation
of a story not yet told. "On the Early History of
Turks," the second article, may, with mercantile
brevity and lucidity, be described ditto, ditto.
" Italy, by an Exile," the same. " Literary Notes
and Jottings" has No. 11. prefixed. Mr. Add►-
son's "Journey to Gaza" is but a chapter of a
whole volume of travels already published in this
piecemeal form ; and " Lord Killi-Kelly," and a
" Pilgrimage from Fontainbleau to Scotland" have
occupied, respectively, the pages of the Metropo-
litan for the greater part of the last year. These
articles may be all very clever, but as we have for-
gotten the portions of them already published, we
cannot from a single brick farm an opinion of the
merits of the whole building. Of the literary
notices, we can, however, speak more favourably.
They are numerous, and very just, without a tinc-
ture of ill-nature. •
London, England, 1840-01-01

THE ORIENTAL HERALD.

The " Cazi of Juanpore" is a pleasant satire,
as applicable" to a large number of the priests and
people uf.Great Britain, as the Moollahs and Da-
bees of• India. "Jeremy Bathos" *nay include us
among the number of dime desirous of becoming
better acquainted with him through so popular a
medium as the Oriental Herald. " Calcutta as
it is" is a continuation of Mr. Stockqueter's clever
sketches of the state of society in that oriental
capital of the Merchant Princes of the India House.
The present article is little more than an enume-
tion of the names and offices of the subordinate
inmates of a Calcutta establishment on a large
scale ; and truly it is enough to frighten a retired
tea-dealer, with a son and heir in the service of the
Company, out of his wits. What would five thou-
sand pounds in the Three per Cents. be to a young
fellow, living at the rate of two thousand rupees a
a month, and this, it appears, is being economics:
in India. The other articles are neither so clever,
nor are the subjects of which they treat of any ge-
neral interest. The extracts from the Anglo-Indian
and Native Press are copious and well arranged.

ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE.

This Number abounds in pleasant, gossiping
articles, of just the right length for the patience of
a retired nabob, who only remembers what he
reads at a single sitting. With the exception of
steam communication with India, and a rather
copious exposition of the Report on the Manufac-
tura of Tea in Assam, the Number is made up of
extracts from the diaries of instructive travellers,
anecdotes, prophecies, and a digest of the contents
of the Indian Press. What more suitable for a
ses.,ion pf universal festivity ?.
London, England, 1840-01-01

MONTE VIDEO.

We have been favoured by a respectable mercantile
firm with the following extracts from .a letter from
Monte Video :

OCTOBER 31.—The news from the country are good.
It is reported to-day upon good authority that the pro-
vince of Santa Fe had joined Lavalle, and that he had
about 4,000 men. There is also a report that the
troops under Oribe had revolted and joined Lavalle,
but this wants confirmation. The province of Corri-
entis has declared itself in favour of Lavalle, so that
there is every probability of the ports of Entrerios,
Santa Fe, and Corrientis being shortly opened.
Nov. 2.—We have good news from Corrientis, which
had placed about 4,000 men at Lavalle's command.
The Government had been changed, and a partisan of
Lavalle's put in. A vessel arrived from Buenos Ayres
last night (which had licence to go up). The Captain
states that there was no alteration in matters there, and
that Rosas refused to allow any passengers to leave. A
French boat's crew of ten persons had put into Rosario,
of which seven had been massacred by Echagne's par-
ties in a most horrible manner. The officer had been
decapitated and quartered, and the pieces carried about
as trophies.

Although the armies are only twelve or fifteen leagues
distant from this, we have no news of any action ; bat
it is currently reported that a cessation of hostilities has
been agreed to by Don Frutos and Echagne, which
may settle matters here.

Exchange at Buenos Ayres 3 1-16 d. per dollar.
ambloons 270. Here some German and American
bills have been passed at 48d. Produce most extrava-
gantly dear ; in fact, little or nothing is coming in. The
quantities going forward are on a very small scale, in-
deed, as compared with late exports. In sales very
little doing. Salt 9 rls. and cry abundant, as also is
flour. Should matters not shortly be settled, your sup-
plies of hides and tallow will be very small indeed, (lur-
ing the next year.—Liverpool .3fail.
London, England, 1840-01-01

THE SPAN IS!! DEBT.

(From the Cowrie'. Francais.)
•` The Spanish Government has advanced another
step in the way of disorder and bankruptcy. After
decreeing the levy of taxes by a Royal ordinance, sold
a mass of national property, expended by anticipation
the proceeds of the'mines, and farmed out the taxes for
the consideration of a miserable advance, behold it now
laying its hands on the reserve fund of the public debt
—a sacred deposit hitherto left in the possession of
foreign bankers, to be applied to redeem the stock re-
duced by M. Torreno.

" On the 21st of December the Madrid Cabinet for-
warded orders to its agents in London and Paris to
withdraw the securities deposited in several banking-
houses as a guarantee of its good faith. Messrs.
Ardoin, Laffitte, &c., will in consequence be obliged to
give up the following sums to Don. A. G. Moreno, the
representative of the army contractors, viz. :-21,000,000
reals in certificates or titles of the Active Debt ;
29,600,000 of the Deferred Debt ; 56,800,000 of the
Passive Debt ; 5,800,000 in specie (in all 113,200,000
reals, or 1,132.0001. sterling).
" The firm of Zulueta, in Londoa, will have to remit
the following sums, deposited in the bank of Glyn and
Halifax :-12,000,000 reals of the Active Debt ;
24,700,000 of the Deferred Debt ; 146,000,000 of the
Passive Debt ; making 202,700,000 teals (2,027,0001.)
Messrs. Ardoin and Ricardo will besides surrender the
stock which they may hold as deposits in their possession.
" Such a mass of Spanish stock will afford temporary
relief to the Spanish Government only when negotiated
on the London and Paris markets. Their sale will
necessarily produce a considerable depreciation, and
have for its effect not only to squander the paper which
the Cabinet of Madrid appropriates to itself, but also to
occasion great losses to the holders of Spanish stock.
If the corporation of stockbrokers have any regard for
the obligations imposed upon them in this circumstance,
they will not allow Spanish funds to be quoted on the
Bourse until the Queen's Government shall have re-
turned the deposit which it has violated."
London, England, 1840-01-01

TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

Tait is very clever, and very anti-Whiggish this
month.. Instead. of a New-Year's Ode, or an Epi-
thalium on the Queen's Marriage, our stern Radi-
cal Contemporary •f the North opens with a broad-
side levelled at the Melbourne Cabinet. But Tait
labours in vain. No eloquence can make the
people confound the Whigs with the Tories—the
authors and supporters of the Reform Bill, with
the champions of rotten boroughs. Turn we,
therefore, to the more amusing sketches in which
this Number abounds. Innkeepers have from time
immemorial been good story-tellers, and Samuel
Pogson is worthy of being classed among the most
entertaining of that jovial fraternity. His " Hunt-
ing► a Fummard" is excellent ; though the dialect
will be in more request in the North of England,
than within the sound of Bow-bells. Not so the
" Picture-Dealer," which is quite a Cockney sketch,
and exceedingly clever withal. The " Memoirs of
Jeremy Bentham," by Dr. Bowring, promise well,
but the portion before us does not extend beyond
a general description of Bentham's father and
grandfather, and the political and religious opinions
in vogue in the family of the infant Law Reformer.
It is not a little strange, however, to find Dr. Bow-
ring gravely quoting a statement made to him by
Prince Talleyrand as the deliberate conviction of
that celebrated .diplomatist, namely, that he had
known many great warriors, statesmen, and au-
thors, but only one great genius, and that genius
Jeremy Bentham ! Assuredly if Talleyrand was
in earnest, which we much doubt, he estimated ge-
nius on a lower scale than either war, statesman-
ship, or authorship. " Society of the Lakes" is
from the Autobiography of the English Opium
Eater, and is agreeably enlivened with anecdotes of
Coleridge, Wordsworth, Southey, Wilson, and their
friends. " Violet Hamilton ; or the Talented
Family," is a smart, lively, well-written tale ; but
as it is not concluded in this Number, we are de-.
vied the satisfaction of speaking of it as a whole.
The Literary Notices are numerous, and as care-
fully written as usual.
London, England, 1840-01-01

i.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY„TANUARY 1. IMO,

which Professor Forbes of Edinburgh, he alleges,
would pare down to the size of a remark, that " me-
tallic reflection is less intense at the higher angles
of incidence." Dr. C. Schafhaeutl, of Munich,
continues his important remarks on the com-
position of the different species of cast iron, steel,
and malleable iron. The geologist will find an in-
teresting morceau in an article by the Rev. Mr.
Williams or the Geology of Cornwall. The sup-
plement contains the continuation of Mr. Ivory's
Bakerian Lecture on Astronomical Refractions,
and the conclusion of Colonel R. Wright's Me-
teorological observations in Colombia, together with
the proceedings of the Royal Geological and Zoo-
logical Societies.

receive the la: ,o bonus which is to be divided by the
Company this very evening.
No failures were announced in the Foreign Market
up to the trinination of business. Spanish Consols
improved to 24-1 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. to
Co:ouit);kl to 244 ; Dutch Too-and-a-Half per
C,?nts. to 58,1 ; and Mexican to 284.
The shares were in brisk demand ; the Brighton at
131 discount ; the Birmingham at 52 premium ; the
Southampton at 2i premium ; and the North Midland
at 14} discount. In the Banking Shares there was no
business.

PARIS MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL

NEWS.
MONDAY, DEC, 30.
HERALD.—The decided intention of the Minister
of Finance to bring forward his bill for the reduction of
the Five per Cents., has caused a slight decline in the
Money Market.

The little attention that the Paris capitalists pay to
the American loan, contracted under the auspices of
Rothschild and Co., will doubtless be of as much im-
portance in England as in the United States. The quo-
tation obtained by Rothschild is a mark of respect and
deference to that gentleman, but it has'availed him little,
for no important buyer has come forward. He has been
blamed for having had it quoted at l 4 above the price
at which it was contracted, which was 93i, Besides,
French capitalists by no means approve of the adventur-
ous manner in which operations are carried on in the
United States, nor do they like to see the Americans
more employed in regulating their affairs at home than
in settling those abroad. These are the reasons why
this new loan has met with such a cold reception.
Such a decided negative to take a part in a loan
opened by a tirst-rate banking-house is unparalleled in
our Bourse, and must be very prejudicial to the United
States, represented by Mr. Jaudon, for, after all, it is
said that Rothschild and Co. have contracted the loan
but on commission. Consequently a decided failure of
the negotiation might ensue by notifying this result to
Mr. Jaudon, should London not be more eager on the
subject than Paris. The guarantees offered are accept-
able, but the antecedents and the spirit of commercial
gambling show❑ by the Americans excite dissatisfaction
London, England, 1840-01-01

MONTHLY CHRONICLE.

There is here an article on they" Coming Ses-
sion," in which the writer speaks out boldly and
significantly on the subject of those two important
questions, the Ballot and the Corn-laws, observ-
ing :—" We are far from entertaining the visionary
hope that the concession of the Ballot is at all
likely to allay the dissatisfaction that prevails among
a large portion of the population ; nevertheless, we
would be well pleased to learn that this measure had
been chosen by all Liberals as the rallying point of
the ensiling Session. Public justice demands that
the elector should be secured against intimidation,
and till some equally efficient plan is proposed for
the attainment of that end, we shall continue to
demand the Ballot, not as a concession to be re-
ceived in lieu of other measures of Reform, but
as the undoubted and inalienable right of the people,
without which the Reform Act must remain a mu-
tilated and imperfect enactment. Next to the Ballot,
we would place the repeal of our existing Corn-laws
among the measures which the people of England
confidently anticipated as the natural consequences of•
the Reform Act. These laws, however, cannot be
repealed until .their opponents have agreed on the
system which they would substitute. To clamour
for the introduction of foreign corn, without even
the imposition of a moderate fixed duty, can only
lead to disappointment." The remarks on "
Ar-
tesian Springs" are of a sound, practical character,
and furnish us with some circumstances relative to
the gross impurity of the Thames water, with which
the metropolis is now for the most part supplied. In
the sketches of " Spanish Generals" occurs a short
biographical sketch of Cabrera, who, if what 'the
writer says be true—and he appears to write from a
knowledge of facts—must be a monster of cruelty.
Jf the remaining articles, the best is that on Car
lyle's late History of the " French Revolution."
London, England, 1840-10-27

WOOLWICH, OCT. 26.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Captain Palmer's company, 9th
battalion, marched into the garrison on Saturday afternoon
from Dublin. They were minutely inspected at the hos-
pital on Sunday morning preparatory to being completed
for foreign service at Barbadoes.
The Colonel Commandant of the Garrison, Sir EL D.
Ross, K. C. 8., made an inspection of this company in
heavy marching order to-day on the guard mounting
parade.
LicutenaMts Park and Longden have been withdrawn
Irons the field batteries to do duty with their respective
battalions.
London, England, 1840-10-27

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT QUEBEC

(From the Quebec Mercury of the Gth instant.)
FOURTEEN HOUSES AND STORES BURNT.—ESTI
MATED Loss 30,0001.—1 t is our painful duty to re-
cord the occurrence of a fire which, in destruction of
property, is the heaviest calamity which Quebec has
been visited with during the last four years. Between
three and four o'clock this morning, the whole of the
upper story of the extensive premises of Messrs. J. H.
Joseph and Co,, wholesale tobacco merchants, and Mr.
D. Fraser, West India fish and oil-merchant, on the
south side of the Napoleon wharf, were enveloped in
flames. The wind was blowing stiffly from the north-east,
and the fire being fanned by it, rendered unavailing any
attempt to stop its progress to the adjoining store oc-
cupied by Messrs. Masson, Strang, Langevin, and Co.,
wholesale dry-goods merchants. In the meantime some
of the flakes of fire, carried by the wind, had set
fire to the hay, with which a batteau, I;ing in the Col
de San, was loaded, and the tide being out, four other
small craft lying close to this batteau were soon also in 1
flames; several of the flakes of fire, which were carried
by the wind to a great distance, also alighted on the
shingled roof of a large house connected in the rear with
the Victoria House, and setting fire to the shingles, all
attempts to arrest the progress of the fire in that direc-
tion were found to be unavailing. The Victoria House
was a handsome three story cut-stone building, and was
erected by the proprietor, Mr. G. Arnold, four years
ago, at great expense.
Northward of Messrs. Masson, Straw*'and
Co's.
store (i. e., along St. Peter-street) the firewas com-
municated to Miller's (the old) St. Lawrence Hotel,
and again from that to the opposite o I •
Mr. Julien Chouinard, and occupied
bytlse,s, owned by
tavern-keeper, and Charles Williams, rigger 1 irmin Bois,
sail-
maker. The most serious apprehensions
tertained for the safety of
the are now en-
whole. of the lower town.
The fire has passed over precisely the same track as
was marked by that which
the 10th of September, .
,occurred four years ago, on
same number of 163 , has
.de.stroyed. nearly the
buildings, and
_originated in the same
I spot, and from a similar cause, viz., the sparks from the
funnel of a steam-boat.

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HIGH STEWARDSHIP OF C
4~IBRIDGE.
We understand that Lord Lyndhurst is expected in town
in the course of this day or to-morrow. His Lordship's
election to the office of High Steward of Cambridge
University is considered certain. We believe that the
members of the legal profession have'determined to give his
Lordship their united and active support.—Morning Post•