The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-05 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
There was a limited market for the EngliSh PO"
curitics, and the quotations wore rather a heavy appeal"
ance. Money, nevertheless, was not complained Of a. 4
being tight, and in the Stock Exchange especially
are still to be had on easy terms,- where Stock or El'
chequer Bills is the security pledged for them. Consols
for immediate transfer were to-day quoted 89:1- to 89i
and for the account 89i to Exchequer Bills were 14
to 16 premium, and East India Bonds 6s. to Bs. pretnlut
Bank Stock was heavy again at 169 to 1698. The '7'e"
Three-and-a-Half per Cents. obtained 983 to and tho
Three per Cents. 90 to loans
The Foreign Securities were not brisk, but in the'
Northern and more bona fide ones a steady business vvel
done. Active Spanish Bonds were not higher than 194
to 1 In Portuguese Stuck there were no bargains. Co-
lombian brought 198 to 201, and Mexican 25:,. Belgiarit
Bonds got up from 101-a to 102 ; Danish were firm a
791 ; Austrian at 109 ; Russian at 1141 ; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52. The Five per Cents•
fluctuated from 1018 to 102;
Railway shares met a fair Saki, Great Western Icell
at 19, the New at B+, the Fifths ttt 51, the London an.,
Birmingham at 71 to 72, the Thirds at 214, the Nes;
at 211, the York and North Midland at 26, the
11} to 12 and the South Western at 14* pretuiti
Brightonwere 78 to 61, Cheltenham and Great I;reste,i
4q, Midland Counties 15i, North and Eastern
North Midland 36, and South Eastern 20 discount.
British North American Bank Shares were 5 discount,
and Colonial Bank 7 premium.
The City of Dublin Steam Packet Compaq It_.%!,
claims upon public respect and gratitude by their flitlnL
ficient recognition of the public debt due to Jam"
Hartley, Esq., of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company, for his successful prosecution 01
those connected with the gold dust robbery. The 0'
tent of the plunder, the permanent good example shown
by Mr. Hartley to all commercial Companies, in bring'
ing to justice culprits engaged in such a. nefarious rob-
bery, and doing this public good at his sole expense, ev.ll-
titled him eminently to such a mark of respect. /e
only wish him a long and prosperous life to enjoy st
he has deserved it.
The testimonial has been prepared by Mr. Law, °(
Sackville-street, and the work does honour to the manu-
factures of Ireland. It consists of a silver salver, with
richly chased scroll edge, representing the seasons, and
the following inscription :—" Presented to James Hart-
, Esq., by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Compani„
pursuant to a resolution passed at a General meeting °I
the Proprietors, held on the 6th May, 1841, in testiraoli
of the services so honourably and energetically rendered
by him to the mercantile community at large, by bringl,_og
to condign punishment, at his own personal expense, t•;r
principal offenders concerned in the gold dust robberPf
The arms are engraved in the centre of the scroll. Jll
addition a beautiful centre-piece, to correspond, has leers
presented, as a suitable accompaniment, by the British
and Irish Steam Navigation Company.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 3.—We We
had a very moderate business doing in the Cotton gar
ket to-day, the sales not realizing more than 1,500 West
at prices of a downward tendancy. Exporters and sPeca.
lators have been wholly inactive.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, AUG. 3.—Tbe follow'
ing are the transactions :—London and Birmingham, (321'
Shares, 53i ; London and South Western,3llll,l-
chester, Bolton, and Bury, 56i ; York and North 11.i,1"
land Half Shares, 21 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 59•
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 3.—we have
had a flat market. The only sales are—Hull and Seib'',
36 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 211.

By the arrival of the merchant-ship Edward, at Cowes,
from Rio de Janeiro, papers as late as the 10th Juin:
have been received,- they are fifteen days later than tof
previous accounts, but they do not contain any ne;".sper
importance. The exchange on England and the S-3-03.,
Cent. Local Stock comes lower ; the former is
at
and the latter 74.
Both the English and Foreign Stock Markets opened
without any variation from the closing prices Of yester-
day. Consols are 89i for Money, and 89'1, for
count ; Exchequer Bills 14 16, and India Bonds 6_9
premium. Spanish Active Stock 191- Passive, 4-13-
Portuguese Five per Cents. 29441 301, Ditto Threes, 1/ .1
to 181-.
The Foreign Exchanges were firmer yesterday, parti-
cularly upon Hamburgh. which advanced to 13 9-4 13 9i.
There has been but little business doing in the Stock
Exchange up to the present time. Consols are now
quoted at 891 for Money, and 894 for the Account ;_
Three per Cent. Reduced, 90 ; Ditto Three-and-a-Half
per Cent., 981 ; Bank Stock, 1691. Exchequer Bills,
15, and Indißonds 6 8 premium ' • Spanish Active Stock,
19i ; Columbian Bonds, 20+ ; Mexican, 254 6 ; Rus-
sian, 114 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52.
There has been rather more business doing in t:
Share Market, but prices have not improved. Or-
2i ;
Western, New, are at 58+ ; London an/ Brighton, 4„„th
London and Birmingham Quarter Slivres, 53i ; °","rk
Western, 53 ; North Midland, 64 ; ditto New, 32 ; -
and North Midland, 76 ; ditto New Shares. 22. fit le
This being the fourth of the month, there is
else doing in the City but paying and receiving ".°
amount of the different drafts. We believe there ha"
been no particular embarrassments resulting therefrom,
the money market being easy, under all n
circomstanceos.
Foreign Corn in Bond is 3s. to ss. higher than
Monday, with a ready sale, and the arrivals continue
large.
Consols, Account, 89 a ; Colombian, 20+ ; 31exi;
can 254 26 ; Spanish 191- 20. No business ivhatev"
doing.

133,1
3 per Cent Red 9O Ditto Bonds ...............
3 per Cent Cons B9/1 Ditto Old Annuities •.•
3i per Cent Red 994 ,Ditto New A 14
nnuities... —* m
New 3i per Cent !
New 5 per Cent Exp.
..........
Long Annuities to expire I Ditto 5ma11.... .• 14 Pt°
..4
i
Jan. 1860 .. 1211 Bank Stock for Acct... —'
Oct 1859 124 'lndia Stock for fDpg• •••
Jan. 1860.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... 109 Portuguese, 5 per cent. ---
Belgt.in, 5 per cent lO2 Ditto, New Ditt0.........
Brazilian Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent.
• 114 z

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

nk Stock,

India Stock,

r 3 F"

Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent......
Chilian, 6 per cent.-- Ditto, Meta11ic.............
Colombian, 6 per cent... 20 Spanish, 5 per cent...... 19r
Ditto, 1824. Ditto, Deferred •• • '—
Danish, 3 per cent 79i French, 5 per cent. —f.
Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 234 French, 3 per cent. —f•
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625. Dutch, 2i per cent. •••
Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent.... ...... ltGa
SHARES

Cheltenham and Great Western (62k paid) 21i
Great Western Railway (65 paid) B4
Ditto New Shares (50 paid 5B-
l Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 431.
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 161
Ditto Thirds (32 paid)
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid)
London and South Western
Midland Counties Railway ( 100 paid) .. ...... 84i
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid)
Northern and Eastern (30 paid) ...... •••• 191
North Midland Railway (100 paid)
Ditto New Shares (40 paid)
'South Eastern and Dover (38 paid)... 18
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 76
Ditto New Shares (10 paid)

STOCK OF GRAIN ON HAND, &c.—The favi
mers, from the very fine weather we formerly had, ely
the agitation of the corn question, thrashed out larg.
and I consider they will have none in six weeks
shall, therefore, be dependent on the granaried stock*
which is small. We have no free wheats, either foreign,
Scotch, or English ; our stock consists only of 40,000
quarters of wheat in bond ; last year, at 2d Septemer,
we had 150,000. We may possibly get other 20,00,
which will make our stock 60,000—under half of what'
we had last rear. Our millers and bakers have now?'
and are daily buyers from the farmers.— Caledonio
Mercury.
On Saturday last a very interesting and edi:
fying scene presented itself in the Episcopal Churci.
here, when there were present an American bisher;
two clergymen of English ordination, and two °'
Scotch ordination, all of whom took part in the ser-
vices of the day. This coincidence is worthy of being
recorded, not only from its being quite accident"'
but also from the well-known fact, that the }-7,13!'5,_
pal Church of the American States derived her el's%
pacy partly through English, and partly through Se°-
tish ordination. The perfect harmony in which all these
met together on common ground, in unity of spirit,
and in the bond of peace," was pleasing and impressive
in no ordinary degree. The American Prelate, we nil-
derstand, Nras the Bishop of Virginia, and one of the
English clergymen the Rev. Mr. Stowell, of Manchester.
—lnverness Journal.
A TRUE TEETOTALLER.—A man of the OLIO
of Alexander Bremner, a tailor, resident in Scarlet, neat;
this place, has, we understand, not tasted solid food 0'
any kind for the last thirty days. During
period the man, it is said, has only made use of two
small jugs of milk, but drinks one of water every
day. The person from whom we have our informs:
tion is in every way worthy of credit, and we Bath'
therefore, no hesitation in giving publicity to
above facts. The poor man has become, and no wonder, 7
ghastly-looking subject, and as lean as his own g°°saeil
this long
What his object may be in his total abstinence from
that sustains we know not ; but suppose he must be in
training for the part of the apothecary in Borneo air.
Juliet. Bremner converses a good deal on religious se_
jects, on which, however, there is evidently an apPe
cahneceer
foufl,hriseabdesinag
gcrraeaztedd.ealH. He nhoast
40coutfilnveodrkteod at 1.0:
trade for the last three months. Perhaps it tuwsg
his intention not to taste bread until the Coru-lauiv
altered.—John o' Groat's Journal.

MORNING SUN._

LITERATURE

This N SPORTING itEVIEIC
13,
,umber contains two Platt—
t One, a por-
the ~,` Ghazttee, the winner of the Oaks; and
khower) view of Cowes Harbour—the well-
durinn Place of rendezvous of the Yacht Club,
Kithtilt autumnal season. This last forms a
"tterful, animated picture, and is engraved
ofl34sable ability. The literary department
%kir course, almost exclusively restricted to
tibg Matters.

monthe SPORTSMAIV.
th Sportsman is cleverly embellished this
the mwith an engraving entitled " Starting for
Eck°°rB)'' which exhibits a very picturesque
literairir°llnd of moor and mountain. Among the
'`,4lle '7n:int:ides we may single out for praise
^riterl--tuigent observations on the Turf, by a
ae-Ivtlo signs himself " A Looker-On ;" and
glies-'4llt Of sporting " anderings by the
and Rivers of Ireland."W

This MALLWOOD'S MAGAZINE.
tPeriodical improves in interefit, the. arti
No n the numbers before being as
N, tolls' and well chosen as could be desired...
qtv ()st eAtertaining is an account of Russia in
J
1 04.1.8 1835, 1830, which seems to be drawn up
IN., '4.'7116 has been a resident in that country,..
"lth :arniliar with the manners and institutions
e Inhabitants.

I.Thet,PRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUS.
tlikeirnrd Number of this smart and humorous
)7td VY has just made its appearance, illus-
4ith Y several capital plates, one or two of
14 are as •
artis Ingenious and fantastic as any tha..t
Truikshank) ever executed, even in
k'tls' La rit"s. The " Discovery of Van De-
,•
V
`Pelt of 18 of this description, and represents
rs, I.l4ling imps, malting
.every effort to
'tar!s `4,le progress of the Flying Dutchman,
, 4tivanciaB--, under a heavy preSs of sail,
1'44'44 the shores. The figures and faces of
14,„ tt;ese imps are replete with the most
kpaysity with
"e Rumour. Of the literary contents we
Perfect truth, that they will richly
11:ti8)" ertlB4l. " A Few Notes on Unpaid Let-
touilititar ti.r'ular, are singularly terse and ft-
elr ,

ST' GEORGE'S CHAPEL,
eri,„ WINDSOR.
kh'twitiillt !Lieber or more charming sight is not to be
Oa , the three kingdoms tam that which, for
ria.ts.si Century, St. George's has presented on those
tat•: '7hen it h been attended by the
3 services have . • _ which
.4-ftking back any of the reigns, in
su),ilas attended ioini this Chapel, historic recollec-
Peelil'essril"s- IT a host of scenes which, from the rich
"f their reality look almost fair as the
Aet:` ~
The Ttudor-gneens and the Plan-
-1;:, t
...11r4411 „
;`„e s also these of Stuart and Brunswick, have
3." its altars worshipped in its sanctuary,
tit d 1 . in its courts.
is; it is out pure devotions
'rite`tsoo .not alone the title or beauty f its
li a 4101 invest it with charm and romance .there
ebtiiher of Other concomitant circumstances,.
4te".nntl all, to the eof the artist, intertwine
tt.-114tlYethqvisi'iender the tableaumost attractive to notice.
all °I: attend St. George's, as have we ; that is,
-opt the following recipe, and we will warrant.d
qr4.4.-relnae.Y of enjoyment, both in eye and min
0,t11,14 requisite must be a superb Sunday surnmer
b the air is a-blaze with sunbeams, and youd
i74erie:°re.You enter the chapel, that every nook an
7.sPringh,g. with IWO-. Requisite, too, that the
Yor,ll,ll,_her suite, which,. of course, comprehends.
i...%l‘l,;_e's of beaut, be destined also to take part in
- and. that,, also, of course the
insinging-men
044..6", women and choristers be allarray and
the 4,fay nu attention, meanwhile, when in chap],
alt date wood-carvings of. Grmli
Ss kt,,7 Verrio, or the thick-clustered' rose:mul-
nG'bbons the
411,a t other ornaments of the ceilings ; but examine,_.
tne • • s bibus the Uruci-
-151, . bun for a w seconds in - '
ofiltilhest4.lnedglasse,,on the great West window, or
choir_ windows on the North and South side of
the f r 1..4'h-coloured with sacred historie.s. 1. \Tait
k. the einleilteas moment when the sun emerging lights
lovf.--iheews
kinto emeralds and jacinths ; when thee
Choir harmoniously cadence ; when th
ttraeness of
the Court appears fully brought out,
12se anti mess
of the sun-light streaming through
Windows shed so ethereal a softness o
111 t neirersons and features as make them seem
111, auitartt of
s some brighter clime. Watch. for that
and we warrant no theorizer on optics or vision
l'tt.„tllreis to one that would be lovelier.
I.`l‘;'?, 'll -e
rbegun)(rass-stained windows are magnificent.
Were in Richard Beauchamp's time, when
the purple pall of Bishop of Salisbury, and the
1
dyed
monkssi every pane with that blood-red ruby
111-‘` Ive have now entirely lost, and the place of which
ave
no colour splendid enough to supply. The chiei.
,N4s.w.,which now has the greatest quantity of this old
is the Great West Window, which is entirely filled
'iteelent stained glass, gathered together from different
'14,4.1ws of the chapel, so that now all the piously ar-
l'h`t,,labour of Bishopßeauchamp has been made havoc
caused, like the pretty pink and crimson pieces
`rial,reelvlng kaleidoscope, to assume with the same ma-
li sib altogether different shape. This great variety
%iig'res of saints, coats of arms, saintly and
;,1ae:•-t oevices, &c., which were before time figuring
'lt 1- were thus put together under the direction
''ecknaa
k n, Dein of Windsor, in 1774.
LtY bi., "is time, however, it is sad to find that
• 17," be'lll"hie neglect lay among. those who.
,oughtect.o_
f,tl the beautifiers and repairers of. this fine
vteir
In the year 1797, an antiquarian in going
int-
t!xllctel, and observine. the faded beauty .
of
the paint-
by be-
Othi:ltted by the haiid of Verrio, left this record_ter
ex-
.l4 a book which he published shortlya!
t4)t,1111 train k
la a forcible light the scandalous neglect which
tqklicitet„tjme.to this has been allowed to exist. The
41.1%, i°llringS of the ceilings, the traceries
.on
its
l'eba,ltlie°Z,'‘!he frescos on its tombs, the devices on
its
ttllred 'fil.tnents, were suffered shamefully. to go un-
"t b. Pity it i• " vs he " that this chapel, which.
411111sta:dart ornamesn't, says he, "that this chapel, which
Ornament, should be suffered to run to ruin,
It•l„tsin atzra ark of public resentment;. for certain it is
th "`"ng James's reign, it has been. entirely neg-
-4:411, gins
the care and repair of it is peculiar.to..!he
org iilg no appendage to the Collegiate chtuch
-1.17 the Third certainly did much towards reno
p,„.°4 the internal decas of the chapel ; but Wyatt,
o,4.eraisttils,g'tgel to overlook the progress of the iir.-
411) unaccountably)
,did not effect their comple-
" great Western IN indow, which we have before
!t4,_ ,itittred, is piecemagnificence in the way of
14
glass, a
surpassing, nfprhaps, any other to be found
altitieitakshi,re• Itis fitted Ue, as observed, wi a
thetoe
te l3s,P;a`ated glass of Beauchamp's time, while.
sub•-'alnin West was directed to draw up a design on
t 1,,
rieet of the crucifixion, with which it was destine
''or,,4eeerated. West was handsomely patronized by
the Ti •
and when compared. with the tus-
k whi-"Ping of his Scripture-painting, those designs
1:)41,1, eh he has embellished the chapel are no
'Poe: 13'14e''. of his skilfulness and power. If not qui..
-atyptic
" Death on the White Horse "
the gild iihd as his
Ystic vision of John of Patmos—they h_ave.
Significant arrangement of his " Raising La
,''4teriin molting the same synrnetry of parts, and
ess of dissal This window has for many
Past., been considered to. be in an unsafe con-
\ and a bulging prominence of some inches
1114 ded the truth of the fact. Surveys were_
,;111Z,' made of it some years since, and
k44llljtenrstilf
hreapsabireeNnvent forth, but nothing from that
done. Now, however, the Dean
~itsaaons have summoned courage to restitute it out.
crazy state ; the stone work is to be temporariy
SIZtII, the framework rebuilt, and the glass newly
the d• dnw Mr. Blore superintends the Work.
Saviour,
_
Other great painted window, called the Ras:, Wi.
Ati'll,PePresents the resurrection of our Saviour. Beira-
eat equally designed this with the foregoing,
and
tde t,Xecuted in painted glass by Jarvis and Forest, in
iDa Year 1788. A window by the sameieer artist,
represent-
east `ie angel; appearing to ourav
splendid embellish-
, is paced at the
kenteild of the south aisle. These
ovid are all modern, and owe their existence to the
ip era care of his Majesty George the Third, who was
'4„:'if a liberal contributor to tham,%h ,
of this beautiful
and who expended
le sttir sums in procuring the l
Ntttare to be thoroughly repaired, and its ornaments
I°red
•
44t 4
~tlic windows on the north and south sides of the
are the arms of the Knights. Companions of the
the 'tt.• The arms of each King
-ar and Garter and surmounted with
his crest and
Knight are encompassed with
/ktcatltlheit• yhe Garter
is underneath, with a blue riband...
hint it thereto, on which the name and title is in-
!hi! -eq• The Knights Companions of this Order, toge-
-Ikt: with the Dean and Chapter of Windsor and the Pre-
Na,alld Chancellor of the Order contributed to
h
i,04, of the east window, which is said to havetex-
coste
six, 1' These last-mentionedwindows, to the number ouf
Ttisre to have the dark panes of colored glass taken
t
4tail)%„n',:'lld transparent painted glass substituted
-inc-'h Mons. Villemont executes.
15411 Conclusion, we would add, that a pretty general,
ti4erY erroneous idea exists with regard to the.supe-
over of the colours employed in ancient glass-pam_ting,
414n,,,tf105e in use at the present day. It is believed b)r
the ••') and taken for granted by others, that not only is
1•441 'llle brilliancy. unattainable by modern skill, but
Illtirile art of producing. the colours themselves is itself
4411,e'Y lost. This is a very mistaken notion ; for not
Ne":re those employed as durable. and brilliant as the
'vies bof the ancients, but others have been added,
`)r aethi t"ey most probaby did not know how to. produce,
eoleast did not use. Amongst these arepink,.strtiav-
I.;-„ur, and other compound tints. That indiscriminating.
I,esi„-rat,ion for the antique, which has so often and
the
410-„IIS'y interfered with the claims of modern art o
.. tte
akteragement to which it is entitled, has. operated
kior„litt glass-painting and staining, with
111. p t el ‘l3'-
. ta.pt: mree than any other art. . )Pith the
114 "11,11, perhaps, o'f' the ancient ruby, to
which appears
s_
t4h,e "'eon lost for the two past centuries, we not only
IvenTaud all the resources of the old artists, but are
I‘l,erfully reinforced with many new.
the%) s'rvice has of course been procociled with, d,u,ritigi.
I.)i'ee alterations for many past Sundays, in the
window was completed on Saturday last, and
Ivi4ng from this, as to the general appearance when t
less ,e are finished, the interior of the chapel will
doubt-
tune" a more splendid appearance than before.

T~iiSitT
`STOL AND. GLOUCESTER IiAILWAY--
Ilei:.11‘, in the
.°II,S on this line are
GOO roceedin,,
b(),"14011rhood of Wieltwar, where additional la.
ek.
3 have ire
tr9.44CIC, been put on this week.

BMN OF A FIXED DUTY
ON CORN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
First,—lt will prevent the Revenue being defrauded
by fictitious sales, evading the law, and smuggling
(surely no trifle in the e.ye of a Prime Mini ,ter).
Seeolt&-4t iiil destroy the ile6eSsity dfkeeOng,o4,l
in bond fOr ttidntlis *kid Ailt6 the lowest
scale a Wheitoby theltisands of quarters have been
seteilt ithd thrown away.
Third,—lt will open the corn market to at least file
thousand merchants of the moderate capital of 20,0001.
each, forming an active capital of 100 millions of
pounds, instead of keeping the trade in the hands of
two hundred capitalists, of 100,000/. each, forming only
a capital of 20 millions of pounds,
Fourth,—lt will give Oiled basis for the merchant-
manufacturer tti eiticulate upon, and enable him to barter
his manufactures in all markets for corn, whereas a
sliding duty (apart from its being a perfect gambling
transaction) is quite a prohibition to the merchants, who
otherwise could bring home corn instead of a cash re-
mittance, when he is certain of being able to sell on
arrival, at a fixed duty, and encash his funds promptly.
Fifth,—This would prevent the constant drain of gold
from the bank, in the same proportion as manufactures
are bartered.
Sixth,—This would prevent the continual restrictions
of the bank that now so often occur, and the distresses
of the country would be lessened.
Seventh,—lt would destroy the jealousy existing be-
tween the landed and manufacturing interests, because
the daily and monthly operations of the merchant
throughout the year, upon his manufacturing profit,
would amply repay him, and enable him not to be-
grudge the landholders even a 10s. protecting duty; his
operations being very different to the great capitalist
(moving only once a year) with enormous profit, when
the people are at the extreme point of need and starva-
tion, for the manufacturing merchant's frequent repeti-
tion of a small profit would more than equalise the one
yearly great profit of the capitalist ; he would not be
watching the seasons, but the consumption, of his
manufactures.
Eighth,—lt would put the twenty thousand pound
man and the one hundred thousand pound man on an
(quality in the corn trade, as there would be no neces-
sity for holding.
Ninth,—lt would give a vast impetus to our manufac-
tures, increasing the price of labour, and lowering
the price of bread.
Tenth,—lt would prevent the capitalist taking two
profits—the manufacturer's and his own.
Eleventh,—lt would lower the price of bread three-
pence per quartern, which, to the population of Eng-
land, 24 millions (giving eight persons to a family),
making three millions of families, consuming two
quarterns a day, at least say sixpence per day per
family, or eighteen millions of pence per day, for 365
days, gives upwards of twenty-seven millions of pounds
into the pockets of the people per annum.
Twelfth,—lt would create a boundless market, and a
regular supply, owing to the vast capital open to the
trade, and the immediate sale of the merchant-manufac-
turer's stacks of corn, who would not hold his corn to
watch the distress of his country, but convert it directly
into cash to pay his workmen, and make more goods.
Thirteenth.—lt would not prevent the capitalist join •
ing also in the trade ; there would be ample latitude left
for him, because an article bartered fir half cash and
half goods would not be imported so low as for all cash;
thus there would be 120 millions instead of 20, if need
required to play with.
I have sold abroad the manufactures of my country for
twenty-five years, from 1805. I have bartered many a
lot of Manchester goods fur produce, part goods part
cash ; but I would refer to my book of customs. I
found a fixed duty to make my calculations upon, but a
sliding duty I consider unjust, because, exclusive of the
mass of merchants, and a curse to the country.
I ridicule those who say barter is not to be effected
with our manufactures ; I have effected it often ; but
the duty mitst be fixed to accomplish it for the merchant,
who has the two trades to follow, of manufacturing and
importing.
Query—Why is corn to be the only article on which
a sliding duty is affixed ?
I am, Sir, your's, respectfully,
July 27, 1841. E. T.
This is no question of Whig or Tory, Radical or
Chartist ; the salvation of the country depends upon a
prompt alteration of the present evasive smuggling law.
No lowering of the sliding scale will prevent the smug-
gling—nothing but a fixed duty will do it. Oh, ye legis-
lators! the capitalist outwits you, and laughs at you, and
deprives the revenue of hundreds of thousands, so that
you are bound to alter a law that permits a coach. and
four to be driven through it by the rich, owing to its
defects, and not tax the people over again for the losses
occasioned by such a lache act.

THE LATE ELECTIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,--A glance at the returns will show the deplorable
state of our representative system. It is evident that the
intelligence of the United Kingdom is swamped by the
ignorant farmers and the corrupt freemen. The new
boroughs in the metropolitan district, with Manchester,
Salford, Stockport, 'Oldham, Rochdale, Bolton, Sunder-
land, Greenwich, Tynemouth, and South Shields, elect
Reformers, and the old boroughs, which contain free-
men, viz., Liverpool, Hull, Whitehaven, 'Worcester,
Lynn, Harwich, Rochester, Canterbury, Lincoln, Exeter,
Knaresborough, Scarborough, and Cambridge, return
Tories. Leeds is about the only large town not cursed
with freemen which has selected a Tory to represent it.
In Newcastle-on-Tyne, where they are afflicted with
freemen, the parties avoid a contest and return a
Whig and a Tory, whilst in the adjoining new
' borough of Gateshead, which is only separated
by the river, a Tory dare not show his face.
I think we should not wish a revolution in Ireland and
disturbances in England and Scotland because the Tories
have contrived to delude and intimidate a set of stupid
farmers, and to bribe the notoriously corrupt freemen in
the English boroughs, but the sense of the nation should
be taken by some means or other. Perhaps a convention
of delegates from all the large towns of the United King-
dom would be the most effective method.—l am,
Sir,
your most obedient servant, A REFORME.
When our Sheriff's Poll-book is published I expect it
will show a majority of between 300 and 400 101. house-
holders in favour of the Reform candidates, although we
were defeated by the freemen ; and I believe the same
will be the case with every large town which has the mor-
tification and disgrace of having returned Tories.
Hull, Aug. 2, 1841.

ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT ISLINGTON.
—A preliminary meeting was held on Tuesday at the i
Thatched House Tavern, in Islington, for the purpose of ,
taking the necessary steps for the formation of a branch ,
Anti-Corn-law Association. A deputation from the
Society attended. Mr. Richmond took the chair, and
shortly stated the object of the meeting, and his hopes
that the great measure they were struggling for would
soon be carried triumphantly. The parent Society at-
tributed some importance to the formation of a branch
society in Islington, as the character of that district
was in general Tory, and they hoped that the formation
of such an association would act as a beginning to a
more liberal state of feeling and opinion. Mr. Wickham,
of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association, then
addressed the meeting, and stated the desire of the Asso-
ciation which he represented to organize the metropolis
into regularly-constituted associations, having for their
great object a repeal of the Corn-laws. Already three-
fourths of the Metropolitan districts were regularly
organized, and the system was being carried out in the
neighbouring counties of Kent and Essex. The ques-
tion that an auxiliary association be formed, was, after
some discussion, triumphantly carried. The necessary
arrangements having been made, the meeting separated.
AINSWORTHS DICTIONARY.—At the Ses-
sions, on Tuesday, John Thompson Woode and Charles
Tibbs, two respectable-looking men, were charged with
having feloniously broken into the shop of Mr. EdWard
Davies, ontician, Bold- street, and stolen 120 pair of
spectacles, 120 gold and silver eye-glasses, ten tele-
scopes, and two compasses, th? proprty of the said Ed-
ward Davies. Mr. Henderson conducted the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Murphy and Mr. Venables were for the de-
fence. The robbery, it appeared, took place between
the closing of the shop on Saturday evening, the 29th of
May, and its opening on the morning of the following
Monday. Goods to the extent of 3001. were stolen. On
the last-mentioned day, two men met Mr. David Davies,
who is also a jeweller, but no connection of the prose-
cutor, and asked him to purchase some gold and silver
spectacles, eye-glasses, &c., offering to introduce him to
a person who had a quantity of such articles to dis-
pose of. Mr. Davies knew one of the men
slightly, but having some misgivings, declined
to make the purchase. In the evening of the
same day, he heard el the robbery in Bold-street,
arid informed Mr. E. Davies of what had occurred. The

police also were put in possession of the circumstances
and Mr. D. Davies having on Tuesday morning again
met the two men, acted under the direction of the police,
and offered to purchase the goods. Ultimately he was
introduced to the two prisoners as the persons who had
the goods to sell. They showed him samples of gold and
silver spectacles, eye-glasses, a telescope, es:c-, and gave
him a paper containing a list of the goods, bill wri:teu in
flash language. They, howaver, took alarm before the
completion of the bargain ; the two negotiators, first
spoken of, decamped, and the prisoners W ere about to
follow, when constable James Ainsworth and his son
went up and apprehended them. None of tha property
was recovered, so that there was no identification of it.
Another paper, containing a list of the goods, was found
on one of the prisoners. The two papers were produced.
They wenr in different dialects, or descripfions of slang
language, and were interpreted yAins" norahworth. In one of
them the gold eye-glasses Were called owlers,"
in the other " ridge quiz." " Ridge" was stated to mean
gold, and " norah" also signified gold. " Wedge," in
one paper, and " plato" in the other, were stated to sig-
nify silver. The telescopes were called " spicy minge."
Mr. Murphy—" This is a new edition of Ainsworth's
Dictionary."—(Laughter.) Mr. Venables—" Pray, Mr.
Ainsworth, in what college have you studied this slang?"
Ainswnrth—" I picked it up amongst- thieves." Mr.
Venables—" You have fallen amongst thieves pretty
often. I have heard that you are first cousin to Mr.
Ainsworth, the author of Jack Sheppard.'" Ains-
worth—" I don't know it, but perhaps I am, Sir."—
(Laughter.) Mr. Venables--" Well, to test your know-
ledge of this slang, can you tell us the meaning of Nix
my Dolly Pals, fake away?' " Ainsworth—" if you,
Sir, were to bolt out of Court, that would be it." Mr.
Venables—" You have not any of the property in your
possession, have you ?" Ainsworth—" No, Sir ; I wish
I had."—(Laughter.) Mr. Venables—" Don't you wish
you may get it?"—(Laughter.) Mr. Venables and Mr.
Murphy submitted that there was no evidence against
the prisoners. The Recorder thought it would be dan-
gerous to convict on such evidence, and the Jury ex-
pressed their concurrence in the opinion. The prisoners
were acquitted.—Liverpool Times. •

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
POTTERY RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Champagne Sullies of 20
Csovs. each, hit., 50 added
T.Y.C.

C Anson's Attila (Holmes) 1
Osbdrtth's (Tipsy (queen
. . 2
iticdfdd .INl4titin •!' • " •• • !, • ... y::
The folldwing also started, but si':re ?=
Mr. Prince's Valentina ; Lord Dorchester's c. by Rock-
ingham, out of Purity; and Mr. Copeland's Combermere.
The Borough Cup of 1001., added to a Handicap of 20
sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared, &c.; the se-
cond saves his stake. Mile and a half.
Mr, Bower's Lady' Grove, 4 yrs (Francis) 1
Mr, Price's Tidy, 4 yrs: a a • a a: 2
The rolluiting were riot planed 6 yrs ; Po-
tentate, aged ; and sir Mark, b yrs.
The Borough Members' Plate of 50/, HeatS/ ;Thee round
and a distance.
Mr. Morris's Fat Jack, aged (Marlow) 0 1 1
Mr. H. Manus's, 4 yrs 1 3 2
Mr. Clarke's b. g. by the Earl . 0 2 dr
Mr. Thompson's b. f. by the Mole, 3 yrs

BRIGHTON RACES.—YESTEIIDAY.
The Brighton Stakes of 25 ' sovs. each, 15 ft, with 100
added; the second saves his stake. New Course. (22
subs, 10 of whom declared.)
Captain Gardnor's 10, 5 yrs, Bst 71b
sir. Gratwick's Carlotta, 4 yrs, 7st 21b
Mr. Booth's Benjamin, 4 yrs, Bst 51b, Lord Albemarle's
Exit, 4 yrs, Bst 41b, Mr. Goodman's Mungo Park, 4 yrs,
7st 121 b, General Wyndham's Aspatria, 3 yrs, 7st 41b,
Colonel Wyndham's Monsieur Le Sage, 3 yrs, 7st, Mr.
Shelley's Huon, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b, and Mr. Rush's c by
Plenipo, out of Obelisk's dam, 3 yrs, Est 41b, also started,
but were not placed.
Betting-5 to 2 against Carlotta, 7to 2 against Benja-
min, 3to 1 against Exit, and 4to 1 against 10. A fine
race between the first two, and was won at the post by a
head ; Huon was third.
I'he ltailway Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstake of
5 sovs. each. Heats; the New Course. (3 subs.)
Mr. Goodman's Orelia, 5 yrs, Bst Illb (Nat) 1 1
Sir G. Heathcote's fby Defence, 3 yrs, Est I Ilb 2 dr
Mr. Booth's Benjamin,- 4
.yrs, Bst 41b
Won in a canter,
The Town Plate of 50/., added to a Subscription of
5 sovs. each, mile heats. (5 subs.)
Mr. Wright's Folly, 4 yrs
Mr. Balchin's Dromedary, 4 yrs
Lord Eglinton's Amulet, 4 yrs .
Sir G. Heathcote's fby Emelius—Jane 4 yrs 3 3
First beat won by a head ; the second was a dead heat
between Dromedary and Amulet. The third heat was
not run when the coach left.
Entry for the Queen's Plate (Thursday).
Orelia, Ben Brace, Benjamin, Aspatria, Argos, Hyllus,
and Huon. Ben Brace is reported to be lame.

WESLEYAN CONFERENCE •AT
MANCHESTER.
The ninety-eighth annual meeting of the Wesleyan
Conference commenced sitting in Oldham-street Chapel,
at Manchester, on Wednesday week last. About four
hundred ministers were present. The Education Com-
mittee, on reading its Report, stated that a large in-
crease had taken place in the number of day-schools,
and that it was their intention, for the present, to de-
vote the interest of the grant from the Centenary Fund
towards the maintenance of teachers at the Glasgow
Normal School.
At the meeting of the Missionary Committee, it ap-
peared that from the great debt of the Society, amount-
ing to no less a sum than 39,0001., but few additional
missionaries had been sent out, chiefly to Ashlintee and
the Gold Coast. The aspect of this debt was gloomy,
and would prove a serious cheek.
Two new Theological Institutions were spoken of as
now proceeding, one at Didsbury, near Manchester, and
another at Richmond, near London.
After a President, Rev. J. Dixon, and a Secretary,
Rev. Dr. Hannah, had been chosen for the Conference,
inquiry was made as to how many ministers had died
during the past year ; to which it appeared that fifteen
had died in England, two in Ireland, and ten mission-
aries at foreign stations.
On Thursday evening the Centenary Appropriation
Committee met, and the Treasurer announced that he
had received to that time 190,0001. The following sums
were then voted :
Former appropriations
Additional to the guarantee for the New Auxi-
liary Fund
Additional to the Centenary Chapel Relief Fund 3,000
As a Special Fund, the interest to be applied for
keeping the Centenary Hall in repair • 2,000
To be divided equally between the 'Theological
Institutions and Missions

... .£lBO,OOO

£200,000

The Conference was occupied, during the whole of
Thursday and Friday, in investigating the characters of
the ministers, and considering any charges that were
made. The " gown question," as it has been termed,
has, we understand, been mooted, but no decision has
yet been made. As far as could be ascertained, the feel-
ing of the majority is decidedly in favour of the Wes-
leyan ministers assuming the ministerial costume.

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THE COAL TRADE.
On Friday noon, a public meeting was held in the
Exchange-buildings, Sunderland, to receive tho report
of a-deputation appointed to meet the coal-owners of the
river Wear, on the depressed state of the coal trade.
The meeting was numerously attended by the ship-
owners and merchants of the port. Messrs. Wilson,
Moon, Tanner, and Scarfield, the deputation appointed,
c3mmunicated to the meeting the particulars of their in-
terview with the coal-owners. The substance of the
munication was as follows :—The coal-owners refused to
lower the price of coals, and when the inadequate re-
muneration received by the ship-owner was mentioned,
it was found that the price of Sunderland coals had risen
to 21s. 6d., 2s. higher than when the meeting was held.
The coal-owners objected to freighting vessels, and sug-
gested that so many vessels going up to London at the
end of each month, and obtaining their clearances at the
beginning, tended to depress the market, and that suffi-
cient pains was not taken by the factors in the sale of
the coals. In answer to a question by a Mr. 'Wil-
son, whether they would watch the price of coals
in the London market, and when they fell below the
price at which the ship-owners could afford to
sell them restrict the vends ? the coal. owners re-
plied that they had a strong wish to do so, and
begged that the ship-owners would keep up a communi-
cation with them on the subject. A long discussion then
arose as to the propriety of further urging on the coal-
owners the adoption of the freightage system, the lower-
ing of the price of coals, or the restriction of the vends
when the price of coals was below a certain amount.
Objections were urged to each of these plans. With
respect to the former, it was said that a large number of
vessels, with best coals, going into the market, and hav-
ing only a limited time to discharge, would overstock
the market, and either lower the price of the coals, or
compel the coal owners to pay a demurrage, which
would, of course, reduce the freights. With respect to
the second proposal, it was urged that every decrease of
price in the North had been followed by a proportionate
diminution in London ; and, with respect to the cost, it
was said that 'the coal-owners and ship-owners of the
North combined could not control the price of coal in
London, as coals were now sent from Wales and the inte-
rior of the country, and the restriction of vend in the
North, and the keeping back of sales in London, only had
the effect of throwing an additional quantity of inferior
coals into the market, and thereby diminishing the sale
of the Wear coals. Great complaint was made at the
conduct of the factors, who, it was alleged, bad forced
sales to the injury of the ship-owners, under
the mistaken impression of the purport of a resolution
passed on the 17th of July ; and, after some observations
to this effect, Mr. R. Scarfield moved " That in the pass-
ing of the resolution of that day, disapproving of the
withholding of best coals, to the disadvantage of the
port of Sunderland, it was not intended that the resolu
tion should interfere with the coal-factors in exercising a
sound discretion for the benefit of their employers : and
the meeting regrets that, by interpreting the resolution
literally, the factors should have fallen into the opposite
extreme, and pressed sales unnecessarily, particularly on
the preceding Monday." Mr. H. Tanner seconded the
motion, which was opposed by Mr. Wm. 'Nicholson, who
contended that by keeping hack Sunderland coal for a
high price, not only were the ship-owners injured, but also
the seamen and their wives and families. After some
further discussion, the motion was negatived by a majo-
rity of one, ti great number of gentlemen in the room not
voting at all on the question. A conversation followed
as to whether a return to the rotation system would be
advisable, but no resolution was come to on the subject.
The shipping interest is in a very depressed state in
Sunderland, many vessels are laid up, and a greater num-
ber of seamen out of employment than has been the case
many years.

THE WEATHER.--NooN, AUGUST 4.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer— 67 I Highest 7l 1 Lowest ...... b 5
Wind N.B.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—On Monday an
extraordinary sensation was occasioned in Guildhall, at
half-past three o'clock, by the appearance of a fine
large black cow. The numerous visitors of the Hall
were astonished by a cry of drovers from without, and
immediately afterwards in ran the cow, amidst the
alarming cries of "A mad bull, a mad bull." The
cow, instead of turning to the right or the left upon en-
tering the Hall, walked up the flight of steps leading to
the Court of Common Council and the Committee-rooms,
and proceeded to the door, the very room in which the
Markets' Committee had last held their meeting uvon
the subject of the alterations in Smithfield Market.
Here the cow stopped for a few moments, but finding
that there was no admission she turned round and made
for the Hall again. Just as she was passing the Cham-
berlain's office Mr. Henry Sewell, one of the Lord
Mayor's household, mho had just left Sir James Shaw's
apartments, turned round upon her, and apprdiending,
from the foaming of her mouth, and the hanging of hen
tongue, that she was a dangerous character, gave her a
slap behind, and off she scampered dom II the steps and
right through the folding doors to the Guildhall-yard.
The crowd outside considered. that the cow formed part
of a deputation to the Markets' Committee, to apply fur
a small allowance of water upon the arrival of cattle in
Smithfield.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following calcula-
tion of the last weekly returns of 33 railways, 1,205 miles
in length, will, we believe, be of interest :—Number of
passengers on 22 railways, 307,862, consequently the
total for the week must be above 400,000. The receipts
for passengers on 33 railways, 76,5571.25.; ditto forgoods
on 25 railways, 15,7581. Bs. 6d.—total, 92,3151. 10s. 6d.
This is an average of 761. 15s. per mile per week. The
traffic, therefore, is certainly at the rate of more than 4i
millions a year, and carrying 21 millions of passengers.