The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-23 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

Iwitted in a fit of passion. But it was his
duty to tell them that these circumstances were
- not to be considered by them. They would
have to consider whether the act was committed
With an intent to commit murder, or some injury short of
destruction. There was one charge of murder .itself—
whether it would be presented to them in that shape he
did not know. It appeared to him to be a case of two
,drunken persons, a man and his, wife, where the female
f.vvas.of violent temper and given to intoxication; resorting
to personal violence when under the influence of intoxi-
cation. These circumstances would naturally lead
them to the inference that this was the state
of the parties when the blow was struck. However that
might influence their judgment, he would leave it to them
to say whether they thought it only a case of man-
. slaughter, or the higher crime. It did not appear to be
necessary to occupy their time with many general obser-
vations on the nature of the duties they were called

• Upou to perform. 'They were conversant with the scenes
of life ; probably some of them were already acquainted
with their duties. He was happy to say that there was
Itut matter to involve difficulty in point of law or fact,
but such as their judgments would readily get over. It
was fitting that he should intimate to them that
in corning to a conclusion they must be careful that the
majority should not fall below the number of twelve, as
• the law considered that a presentment could not he made,
. unless the majority exceeded that number. The pro-
ceedings in the inquiry laid before them were necessarily
ex parte, as they heard but one side, and they had only to
consider whether the case should be considered by the
common jury. With these general observations he would
remit them to the discharge of their important duties.
They would be detained some days, but they would have
the satisfaction of ~rendering their valuable services to
the public.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) •
PAISLEY RACES.—FRIDAY.—(CONCLUDED.)
The Silver Bells, with 50 added. Two miles and a dis.
Lord Eglinton's Potentate, aged, 9st 31b (Lye) 1
Mr. Cook's Suliman, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b 2
stol on Potentate. Won by half a neck.
Match-120 sovs. One mile and a half. Mr. John-
stone's The Returned, aged, 12st (Owner), beat Mr.
Rodfern's Slashing Harry, aged, 12st. easily.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for foals of 1838.
Mile and three quarters. (Six Subs.)
Mr. C. Alexander's Archer, Bst Glb (Cartwright) 1
Mr. W. M. Alexander's bf by Jerry—Littlego, Bst 31b 2
Mr. Ramsay's Martyrdom, Bst 31b 3
A good race.
Plate of 50 Guineas. Heats, once round, and a dis.
Mr. Ramsay's Nubian, 6 yrs, Bst 13Ib (Noble) 1
Lord Egiinton's'lW. Caius, 4 yrs, Bst 61b
Mr. J. Knox's The Lily, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb •3 dr
Won by a neck.
The Blythswood Stakes of 10 Sovs. each, with 25 added.
Two miles and a dis. 3 Subs.
Mr. Ramsay's Sunbeam, aged. Walked over.
The Aftershots Free Handicap Stakes of 5 Sovs. each,
and 20 added,
Lord Eglinton's Zoroaster (Lye) 1
MtAinox's The Lily
Mr. Ramsay s Suleiman fell
• Won cleverly.

LLOYD'S SH IPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Auc. 23.—Wind this day at noon N.W.
DEAL, Auc. 21.—Wind S.W. 22d. S.W.—Arrived the
Anna Siebedina, and Arrow, from Rotterdam ; Jacobus,
Rotterdam for Batavia ; Paramaribo, Amsterdam for
-.Surinam ; Zenobia, Owen, Calcutta ; Deltue, Oporto ;
'Xiirt, Bordeaux ; Emerald, Hamburgh ; Walter, from
'Westward. Arrived from the River the Emerald Isle,
for Sydney; Springfield, Weisford, and Gilmore, Quebec;
Medora, Cape Coast Castle ; Zante , Trieste ; Paramatta,
Valparaiso ; Pauline Houghton, Mauritius; Ceylon and
Ralph Bernal, Jamaica ; Caledonia, Norfolk ; and Julia,
River Gambia.
STANGATE CREEK, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Marmora,
Tram Constantinople.
RAMSGATE, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Surinam, from
Amsterdam, for Surinam, with cutwater dam aged, hav-
ing been in contact with a vessel off Beachy Head ; Plea-
. sant, Sunderland, leaky.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 22.—Wind S.—Arrived the Reis
Effendi, Williams ; John Ormerod, and Rosa, from Monte
Video ; Sandback, Demerara ; Susannah, Cumming,
'Savannah ; Fenella, St. Andrews ; Clara and Anna,
Montreal ; Elizabeth and Herald, Quebec ; Sea-bird,
ditto ; Branches, White, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick ; Haidce, Newfoundland ; Wilberforce, Mon-
. 'zeal ; Bombay Packet, Bonny, sailed June 5,
and. Fernando Po, 7th ; Amelia, Menzies, St. Mi-
thaet's ; Isabel, Leghorn ; John Lilley, Barkey, Africa ;
Clifton, New Orleans ; Europe, Mitchell, New York ;
North' Star, Charleston ; Mazeppa, Malta. Sailed the
Adelaide, for Newfoundland; Iris, Fisher, Calcutta; Mexi-
'can, Vera Cruz; Victoria, Berbice ; Chatham, Havannah ;
Vermont, Philadelphia; Alexander, Baltimore; Senator,
.11attakesset; Medford and Oceanus, Boston; Emma,
Leghorn; Centaur and Black Dog, Gibraltar; Bride of
Abydos, Mediterranean; Thomas Lee, Barbadoes. The
Levant was aground on the S.W. Bar of the Mississippi
on the 29th ult. The Malcolm, hence to Glasgow,
. foundered yesterday off Lytham—crew saved. Put back
the Rapid, for Galveston.
OFF THE WIGHT, AUG. 19.—Arrived the Warsaw,
from New York, for Amsterdam ; Diana, New Orleans,
'for Bremen ; Dolphin, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh.
OFF DARTMOUTH, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Martin Lu-
:Mei, from Singapore, sailed 24th March.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Wind W.S.W. to S.—Ar-
-6d the Sultana, from London for Sydney ; Sylvia and
.I)gettefract, Quebec. Sailed the Mary Ann, for Madras.
eowEs, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Sales, from London
forl. Port Phillip.; Catharina. Anderson, Buenos Ayres ;
'lope, Collins, New Orleans ; Granger, Quebec.
YAIRMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, AUG. 21.—Arrived the
Mazeppa, from London for Algoa Bay.
• Son THAMP'FON AUG. 22.—Arrived the Royal Tar
ateame,-, from Gibraltar, left the 12th, Cadiz 13th, Lis-
bon 16tii, Oporto 17th, and Vigo 18th instant. Sailed
the Tagus steamer, for Gibraltar ; Pilot, Quebec.
PLymouTH, AUG. 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the
William Jardine, from London, for Sydney ; Alexander,
.ditto fur Port Philip. Arrived off, Sally Bayes, Ancona.
CARLISLE, AUG. 2.—The Samuel, from Quebec, which
capsized on the Red Sands on the 18th, was towed into
Port Carlisle the following day leaky and with loss of
topmasts, bulwarks, &c.
CLYDE, AUG. 20.—Arrived the James Dean, from
Montreal. Sailed Cleostrato. Pictou.

THE MARKETS-THIS DAY.
CORN EXCHANGE.

tast week's arrivals were good of most grain ; and the fresh
31PPly was moderate of wheat, and small of other corn. The
recent rain caused the factors to hold wheat firmly at last
Week's prices, at which superfine samples found sale, but other
'qualities were 2s. per quarter lower. Several samples of
lets %heat, chiefly of middling quality were offered, which
sold at 60s. to 725. per quarter. Barley, Beaus, and Peas as
last reported. Oats firm at previous prices. The millers ad.
tiered to:6Bs. as the top vice of Flour. New Boiling Peas
sold at 40s per quarter.
RIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURINO LAST WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Oat.. Flat,
Lr is
ntlishh r;,458 it% 1,561 qrs.
25,24 qrs. 9,6 3 sat Kr
'creig;;", ''''''
" 22 440 ~09J
6,830 I,IEI

- -
wheat Red (old) PRICZB 011 BOARD OF SPIP
—a. —s. Beans, Small (new) 40;.415.
...__....".".....- White (01d)......—s. --s- (old) - a.
..._------- ReclZlB46) 565. 60>. Tick (new) 35 375,
,_----- Fine 625. 665. • (old) —e •—a
--"---- Superfine ...... Harrow (new) 3Vs.
___'"'"---- White (184 f) ....f6t. 645.
t..._- --""•--- Fine 665.705. Brank
-"---, Super fine '4s. b2s. Oats, Feed
-Foreitrn free 561. Bfls. New 15...235.
....34. 355. 40s. Poland --s --a
kali, y . 265. 52 i New 22.25•.
""---- G.-inding "Ss. 323 Potatoe B. S.
~-----... Halting 325. 35g.
Alit
p.*-----,, • Fine N..w 625. 635. Irish His. ... 1i15.235.
, j-ase, Grey, New If;s. 3Ss. Flour Town (per hack)... 655. Übs.
--"--- Mal le New 40s. 425, Seconds 10-i. !Ss.
_ . - - -

••••••-•-• 34s. 3,;5. I North Country.- 50i 551.
Boilers...-.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.

The supply of Cattle, Sheep, Lambs' and Pigs, was good ;
of Calves moderate ; the demand for Beef was by no means
b_
°risk, and the quotations were with difficulty realised. Mutton
411 d Lamb met a brsk trade, with prices rasher higher. The
'trade for Veal and Pork was brisk. Beasts, 2,903; Sheep
:and Lambs, 28,290 ; Pigs, 615; Calves, 155. Beef, 3s. 4d. to
'45 ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Pork, 45.
%0 ss. ; Lamb, 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d.
TEA MARKET.
There was little business done, and holders were disposed
to realise. Company's Congau moved off slowly at 2s. sid. cash.
'FALLOW MARKET.
Prices were supported. but the market was quiet, and
lts. 3d. was the value of P. Y. Candle on the spot, and 49s
fit' delivery' in last three months.
pfIOVISION MARKET.
The prices of both Irish and Foreign Butter were tolerably
steady, but not much business doing in either descriptions;
fine qualities go off the most readily, at 90s. to 955., and
the Bacon Market
Ih,:be'`,/n at 983 to 1005.
-"j"Sirevails; the present value of prime s' zeableWaterford
Ito 64s Der eat. landed. Lard in slow request but
firm '
at 70s. to 745. landed.
HOP MARKET.
The Market was quiet, and prices on the decline; the ac
-
earints are favourable from the plantations. The duty is
estimated at 160,000/.

THE WEArHER.--.N 00X, AUGUST 2J.
ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer... 65 f Highest 67 1 Lowest .... ..... 49
Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

ADULTERATION OF BEER.—TheCOMMiSSIOII-
- of Excise have lately turned their attention to the
frequency u f this offence, and have resolved that the
name of evory publican who has been convicted of
adulterating hi'r beer shall be forwarded to the justices to
*hem he will hav:e to apply for a renewal of his license,
411 d they have come to a determination of depriving such
convicted party of his license altogether. This, certainly,
is a very severe measure, . but still it is considered abso:
lutely necessary for the pr ate cti.
on of the fair trader and
the community. It is notot 40113 that a number of pub-
cans make four butts of thr.`e,
and even three out of
two L
:'agar, the mixture of water, gar, salt, and delete-
rious drugs, and then retail it to the honest artizan and
others at 24d. and 3d. per pot. ilespectable' licensed
victuallers living in the neighbourhood of these rot•
gut rascals are too frequently compellei to close their
houses, being unable to hold out against ;:zuch vile corn..
Petition, and too honest to adopt similar ;newts of re-
taliation ; hence their certain ruin. The public ought
to know that every pot of beer drawn by a publican
its him 3d., and is it likely that we are to have it from
'urn at the seine price ? It is the duty of the publicans
then, .
seeing the jeopardy in which they stand, to unite
more firmly, and come to a resolution to sell a genuine
article at a fair living profit, and those that under-sell
f.tlid Play tricks with their beer will speedily be driven
from the neighbourhood in which they reside.—Sunday

The General Steam Navigation Company s
packet the Ocean, J. Fife, from Rotterdam, arrived off
Custom-house yesterday with the Dutch mail.

SCHOOL of DESIGN —(THIS DAY.)

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided this day
at the third annual distribution of prizes to the pupils
of the Government School of Design, which took place
at Somerset House, in the presence of a numerous au-
dience, amongst whom were many of the most distin-
guished artists and patrons of art in this country.
Before the arrival of his Royal Highness we observed
amongst the company Mr. Haydon, Sir Augustus Cal-
cott, Mr. Coekerill, Mr. Papworth, and Mr. Etty, the
eminent artists ; the Hon. Fox Maule, the Bishop of
Norwich, Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Labouchere, President of
the Board of Trade ; Mr. Williams, M.P., Mr. Glad-
stone, Mr. Hodgson, Lord Colborne, Mr. Gillon, Mr.
Wyse, Mr. B. Wall, Mr. Golly Knight, Sir R. H. Inglis.
Mr. Basil Montague, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Bc.c.
Soon after twelve o'clock his Royal Highness was con-
ducted to the Chair by Mr. Labouchere and Lord Dun-
cannon. He was greeted in the most enthusiastic man-
ner, and acknowledged the warmth of the reception by
repeated bows. When the clapping of hands and cheer-
ing subsided,
The Secretary, Mr. DYSE, then read the following
Report :
"I have been requested by the Council to commence
the businesS of this day, by stating the result of their
deliberations on the comparative merits of the drawings
and models submitted by the students competitors for the
prizes.
"But before doing so, it may be necessary to offer some
few words explanatory of the principle on which the
selection of subjects for competition has been . made ;
not only to remove any impression that the designs
generally give an adequate notion of the extent and ver-
.sitality of talent passessed by all the competitors ; but
to account for a deficiency of skill that may be observed
in some of the drawings to which prizes have been
awarded. Ateach of the three competitions which have
hitherto taken place, the selection of subjects, with one
or two exceptions has been varied.
" On the first occasion, about a year after the founda-
tion of the school, prizes were offered for designs
for certain important branches of industry depen-
dent on taste, without much reference to the capa-
bilities of the students, and not so much in
the hope that, considering the very short period
during which they have been engaged in preparatory
study a great amount of skill would be displayed, as to
obtain a reasonable ground for anticipating the future
success and efficiency of the School.
" Two years were then suffered to elapse before the
Council thought it again advisable to offer rewards for
design ; and, during this period, the condition of the
school had considerably changed.
" On: the first opening of the establishment, a certai

amount of skill iii drawing Was required to qualify
a student for admission to the advantages of tuition, be-
cause it was thought that a restriction of this kind
would tend to maintain the superior character which it
was proposed the central establishment should possess.
" Experience, however, soon showed, that the almost
absolute want of elementary education in art among
the classes likely to avail themselves of instruction in the
School of Design, would be an insuperable obstacle to its
efficiency, unless this restriction was removed, and it
proceeded to deal with its pupils as mere beginners.
" The removal of the restriction, it is hardly necessary
to state, had the effect of converting the institution for a
time into a mere elementary drawing school.
" When the distribution of prizes took place last year
the great majority of students were engaged in
learning the very first rudiments of art, and
very few indeed were really capable of producing
designs for manufacture ; and those had either attended
the school since its commencement or had been previ-
ously engaged in branches of industrial design, by
which they were enabled without difficulty to turn their
study in the school to account. The subjects of compe-
tition last year, accordingly, were selected with immediate
reference to the talents and capabilities of a few more ad-
vanced students ; while, on the other hand, numerous
rewards were bestowed without competition on the
pupils in the elementary classes.
" This year a new selection of subjects for competition
has naturally arisen out of the progress that has been
Made since the last distribution. A considerable num-
ber of those who on the last occasion were mere be-
ginners have now advanced to the higher elementary
exercises, and are capable to a certain extent of com-
mencing the practice of design. It was desirable, there-
fore to endeavour to stimulate their talents by offering
rewards either for specimens of original design of the
simpler sorts, or for the kind of work which, though not
ranking as original design, constitutes the step imme-
diately preparatory to it.
" Of the nineprizes now to be awarded, four are of this
description : one being for the best painting of flowers
or fruit from Nature ; one for the best model in plaster
from flowers or leaves ; and the other two for original
designs in outline merely.
" Of the remaining five prizes, two are intended to en-
courage the right preparation of patterns for branches of
industry which it must always be the business of the
school more or less to attend to ; namely, calico printing
and paper-staining. Two for decorative design, have been
selected with reference to the growing public taste for a '
revival of the ancient arts of glass-staining, and the
painting of arabesques ; and one for specimens of litho-
graphy, to reward the zeal, assiduity, and talent of the
pupils who are preparing themselves-to assist in the exe-
cution of the elementary drawing-book for schools,
which is now about to be published under the sanction
of the Council. •

" It only remainss to be added, as one of the most
favourable symptoms of the progress of the school, that
the number of competitors is much greater this year
than on the former occasion ; and that if the instances
of remarkable excellence are less numerous, it is due to
the fact that the prizes have been intended for the most
part rather to elicit the rising talent of the younger stu-
dents than to afford scope for the skill of those who are
more advanced ; and consequently that the majority of
the specimens are really the productions of beginners"
Mr. COCKERELL, architect, then addressed his Roy. 1
Highness. He begged, as an artist and a member of
the Council, to bear testimony to the care with which
the designs had been selectected as deserving of reward.
Every care had been taken to do justice, .and he could
say that many of the designs which had been unsuccess-
ful this year, would last year have been deemed
worthy of the prize. In making the selection, every thing
that was essential to the art was taken into considera-
tion : first, the design ; secondly, the execution ; and,
thirdly, that quality, without which there could be no
real success—that is, deligence.—(Applause.) At
the same time, he bad to offer his congratulations
to the President upon the great success of the
Institution within the four years since it had been estab-
lished.—(Applause.) It had been long the disgrace of
this commercial and manufacturing country that the art
of design was neglected, and that no such Institution as
this was in existence. Thus it was that privacy pre-
vailed so much in our manufactures. In fact our artists
had been ;living on the genius of past times,
and lately upon that in the reign of Louis the Fourteenth.
If we went back to the age of Pericles, and descended to
the Medici, to Louis XIV. and the present King of Bava-
ria, we should see what could be done by the education of
our manufacturers incorrect principles;of art. It might be
hoped that by means of the present school and its branches
they would be no longer behind the age or country
of any of these great patrons of the arts. The artists who
were members of the Council had devoted the best efforts
with the most ardent zeal to promote the interests of
this noble Institution ; but they must look to the
great authorities of the country, to the manufecturers,
aid to the public for co-operation and patronage.
They had received considerable support from the
Government and from Parliament, which last session
granted the liberal sum of ten thousand pounds to
and the school and its branches. It was hoped that a
female branch would be established, as there were at least
three departments of the arts which females could exer-
cise. He concluded by assuring his Royal Highness and
the company, that whatever powers the members of the
Council possessed, should be earnestly, ardently, and
constantly devoted to promote the success of the Institu-
tion.—(Applause.)
His Royal Highness then distributed the following
prizes in the most gracious manner. The successful
students were warmly applauded by the company as
they came forward to receive their several rewards.
1. To Mr. George Frederick Lambart, 5/. ss.—for the

best Lithograph from Nature. Given by the Right
Hon. the President of the Board of Trade.
2. To Mr. John Patterson, 5/. ss.—for the best Painting
of a Group of Flowers from Nature. Given by the
Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade.
3. To Master Charles King, 3/. 3s.—for the best Design
for a Salver. Given by J. G. Bridge, Esq.
4. To Master George Dyer, 2/. 2s.—for the best Design
for a Silver Tankard. Given by J. G. Bridge, Esq.
5. To Mr. Octavius Hudson, Si. ss.—for a largo Design
for Painted Glass. Offered by Mr. Alderman Cope-
land, M.P.
6. To Mr. George Thompson, 5/. ss.—for a specimen of
Arabesque Painting. Given by Henry Thomas
Hope, Esq.
7. To Mr. John Evans, 5/. ss.—for the best design for
3s.—for
o Thomson,
LcEs
bestq.
Mousseline de Laine. Given by J.
8. To Mr. William Cheseling Wild, 3.
design of a Drawing-room Paper. Given by J.
Thomson, Esq.
9. To Mr. Henry Durant. 3/. 3s.—for the best plaster
model of Leaves and Flowers from Nature. Given
by the Council.
King and Dyer are boys not more than 12 or 13 years
of age, and Mr. Wyld, who has gained a prize each
year since the commencement of the school, has great
natural difficulties to contend with, having been born
destitute of the hand and leg of the left side ! Four-
teen young students received prizes of books from the
hands of the Prince as rewards of good conduct, regu-
larity, and attention to students.
Mr. LABOUCHERE then said, he was sure it would re-
quire few words, on his part, to insure a ready concur-
rence in the proposal which he was about to make,—
namely, that the meeting should return thanks to his
Royal Highness for having condescended to preside on
that occasion.—(Applause and cheering.) He need
not dwell upon the importance of encouraging a
taste for the Fine Arts in that part of the community
which was engaged in manufactures. It had king been
the reproach of this country, that we had allowed our
rivals in manufactures to outstrip us in matters of taste.
It was, however, gratifying to perceive that we did
not shut our eyes to our own deficiency, but con-
scious of its existence, had set about to remedy it.
Since the time of Louis XIV. France had schools of de-
sign, and it was not to be expected that our manufac-
turers, not having such instruction, could equal them in
taste. In Prussia, also, the artistical education of the
manufacturers was equally attended to. From what
had been said by Mr. Carlisle, and from the patriotic
zeal with which the Council devoted themselve to the good
of the school, there could be no doubt of its producing
the most important and beneficial results. In this school
there were at present 135 pupils, and in the school esta-
blished last year in Spitalfields, there were already
sixty pupils.—(Applause.) Communications" had been

opened with the manufacturing towns of the
United Kingdom, for the purpose of extend-
ing branch schools to them, and with the
most encouraging prospects of success.—(Applause.)
The Right Hon. Gentleman, after a warm eulogy upon
his Royal Highness, concluded by moving the warmest
and most respectful thanks for his honouring the Insti-
tution by his especial patronage.
Sir R. INGLIS in a short, but very eulogetic speech,
seconded the motion.

. .
It was carried amidst enthusiastic and repeated cheer-
ing and applause.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS said, I thank you for your kind-
ness. It gives me great pleasure to see the prosperity of
this institution, and I hope that prosperity will be always
increasing.
Having examined the works to which prizes bad been
awarded, and which all merited the high approbation
with which he seemed to view them, the Prince Ivithdrew
amidst the acclamations of the company and the loud
cheering of the crowd assembled in the street. •

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.
BRUSSELS, AUG. 19.—Eleven large chests, containing
archives of the country, have just arrived at Brussels from
Holland. The Government has had them conveyed to
the repository of the public archives, Palace of Justice,
where they will be opened in the presence of Commis-
sioners appointed for the purpose. The average prices
in the regulating markets in the second week in August
show a decline of 42 centimes per hectolitre in the price
of wheat, and of 52 centimes in that of rye. •
ANTWERP, AUGUST 18.—It is said that the Depart-
ment of Public Works has obtained from that of War
the site of the building composing the arsenal at Mons,
tbr the terminus of the iron railway in the city of Mons.
The immense quantities of military stores in that arsenal
are to be sent to Antwerp. To effect this, plans have
been laid before the Government for the creation of two
magazines 120 yards long and 20 broad, near the old
arsenal.
This morning 147 young pigeons were embarked on
board the Belgian steamer Princess Victoria, for Lon-
don, where they are to be let loose on Sunday next.
RUSSELS, AuG. 20.--Last ycar there were in Bel-
, gium, fifteen persons above 100 years of age, of whom
nine were women. One of these, Maria Theresa Mayer,
of Antwerp, is 104 years old ; two others, Marie-Amn
Stafsin and Catherine Abranth, of Luxemburg, who are
above 105 years old.
ANTWERP, AUG. 21.--We have a letter from Row-
lers of the 15th August, which says :—" The fine wea-
ther which we have had for some days has enabled the
farmer to get in the whole of the crops of rye and two-
thirds of those of _wheat in the neighbourhood ; lliey
promise to yield abundantly, !Ind it may be hoped that
corn will be at a reasonable price this winter."—Journal
du Commerce d'Anvers, Aug. 21.
BERLIN, AUGUST 11.—The unpleasant wet' autumn-
like weather that we too have had for some time past
has changed for the better during the:last two days, and
we hope that it will remain so, that our farmers may
not entirely lose the fruits of their labour. It is worthy
of notice, that this year appears an exact counterpart of
1816, at which time, while in the whole of central Eu-
rope the weather was cold and wet, and the harvest in-
different, in Southern Russia the heat was uncommonly
great, and the crops of corn so abundant, that from that
year we may date the origin of the corn trade, and, in
general, of the prosperity of Odessa. We have received
from that town precisely similar accounts of the summer

of this year, and thus we have a confirmation of our
statement made by several observers of natural pheno-
mena, especially by our Professor Dove, in an interest-
ing Essay on Meteorological Phenomena, communicated
to the Academy, that in every year an equal amount of
warmth is diffused over the earth, that if in some parts
it is colder than usual, there is, at the same time, in other
parts, a degree of temperature above the average ; and,
iastl3, if there were a free trade over the whole world, a
scarcity of corn could not happen, because a bad harvest
in one country would certainly be fully compensated by
a good one in another.

THE HAGUE, AUGUST 21.—The Staats Courant pub •
lisbes a resolution of his Majesty, dated 31st July, this
year, containing regulations respecting steam-boats. No-
body is to establish steam-boats in the sea-ports, or in
the rivers and canals, for the regular conveyance of pas-
sengers or goods between two places in the kingdom, or
between a port of the Netherlands and a foreign port, or
for the purpose of towing vesselS between certain placer.,
without obtaining a license, which is to be given -in the
King's name by the Minister of Finance, after consult-
ing the Estates of the provinces interested in the matter.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, AUG. 2.1.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt. f,'34 per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Aincrt Syndic, 454 per cent 9l 913 i
Ditto, ditto, 3y4 per cent 75 . 75
Commercial Company, 4S. per cent 155 15433(
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. ....., 97 971%
Exchange on London, One month l2 C7;4
Two months
Hamburgh, One month :35 ill%
Two months 35 56k
Dutch _Papers, Aug. 21.
13ELGIAN P UNDs—Zsausexce, Ave. :O. V
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C.nt 101;1
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93
3 per Cent.

----.Thirty.seven . --- .. 714
-------(1340) INN
Loan of City, 1:112, 4 per Cent. 9l
Society of Commerce, 4Niper Cent 93%
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 74
National Society, —
Exchange on London (shoat)
Brussels Papers, Aug. 20.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtarisk, Ave. 13
five per Cents. Metalliques
Foss per Cents.
Three par Cents.
Bank shares ;572
...Aufemeine Zettung, Aug. 17.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, AUG. 20,
-- Bilis: Money
.
5 Austrian per Cents.
Bane Shares elf 95
AnKlo-Bussian Loan _. _
10.14 10s%
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, C.rtiticate
Inscription, Ist Se:ir,s 10:2 101%
Russian 5 per Cent. Hap:, and Co. 3d and 4th
Series ... 93 97&
Ditto in Certificates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 864 Hi
Dutch Actual Debt, 2 ~i pe, Cent LO%. LO%
Ditto S per Cent — -
Polish Bonds
New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent...." ......... ...., 75% 75%
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, Aug. 10 —l3 54.—Two months, 13 3%
RIGA. Am. 12. -Three Months, 3936.
Pkvausouiton, AUG. 13.—Two months, 39 pence.

STATE OF THE WEATHER AND'

CROPS.
(FROM THE LATEST PAPERS.)
The weather during the present week has been most
propitious ; and the harvest is consequently proceeding
rapidly. A fortnight or three weeks of such operations
would go a long way towards the completion of the
labours of the husbandmAL Should we be blessed with
a continuance of the warm and sunny weather, it will
yet have a wonderful effect in improving the crops ; but
we regret to learn that under the most favourable cir
cumstances both the quantity and quality of the grain
will be to a considerable extent deficient.—Dover
Chronicle.

The weather on Saturday and Sunday last was very
rainy, and Monday was also showery, but since then it
has been remarkably fine, and has been productive of the
most beneficial effect upon the crops. If this favourable
weather continue, of which there is at present every
prospect, harvest will soon be general in this district,
and we are happy to hear more faVourable reports of the
crops than were lately anticipatel.—Neweastle Chronicle.
The fine weather of the last few days has produced a
great improvement in the appearance of the crops. In
several districts in this neighbourhood the harvest has
commenced, and both the quality and quantity of the
grain are excellent. The same, we learn, is the case in
the counties of Derby, Nottingham, and Lincoln; in the
latter one, the crops of oats are finer than for many
years.—Coventry Herald. _ _ _

- Since Sunday last the weather has been uninterrupt-
edly fine; and should it only continue so for a few days
longer, the sickle will be in active and general service
(with trifling exceptions) throughout this district. From
all we have learned, the wheat is in better condition than,
from the heavy falls of rain, was generally anticipated ;
the ears are well filled, and the quality of an average
description.—Hull Advertiser.

LEIZESTERSHIRE.—The crops, from all we can learn,
are looking extremely well ; the wheats, promising a
fair average crop, and barley being heavier than for
some years past. A considerable quantity of barley has
been cut and carried, and the corn is now progressing
with. One or two lots of the Old Lammas wheat are
remarkably fine.—Leicestershire Mercury.
Last week some wheat was stacked in this neighbour-
hood, but we fear not in very good condition. How-
ever, by remaining in the stack till next summer, the
kernel may harden and come round. The harvest here
is now in full progress, and we hope for a favourable
change of the weather after so long a continuance of
wet.—Norfolk Chronicle.
MAIDSTONE.—The weather of the past week has still
continued very unfavourable to the bines, most of which
are still reluctant to shoot out of their burrs into hop.
There appears to be much inequality, not only in differ-
ent grounds, but even among the bines in the same grounds.
We have seen a branch of hops, some of which were two
inches long, from the ground of Mr. Matthews, of Far-
leigh, and other grounds may be seen where in several
acres it is difficult to find a hop. The mould is on the
increase.

During the last fortnight, though we had rain at inter-
vals, there has, on the whole, on the Yorkshire Wolds,
been a number of splendid days of sun and bristling
breezes—weather highly favourable for forwarding the
crops.--Hull Advertiser.

On "Wednesday last the weather was very fine, but
should it continue so, it is not expected that barley this
season can recover so as to produce more than two-
thirds of an average crop. The oat crop looks exceed-
ingly fine, ard promises abundantly. Potatoes look
luxuriant, and a good supply may be expected. Tur-
nips have been altogether checked, and if we have not
mild weather ere long, the consequence must be serious,
There will be a scarcity of cider in some places, as there
is but a partial crop of apples. The harvest has com-
menced in many places. There were two bags of new
barley shown at Kingsbridge market last Saturday.—
Exeter Times.

A very gratifying change in the weather has been ex-
perienced during the last five days in this county, and
the harvesting of barley and wheat is proceeding in the
early districts, but in those only.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
Since last Monday we have had delightful weather,
sunny, airy, and warm. The hay is nearly all housed,
and the grain-crops are much improved.—Kendal Mer-
cury.

N4\re had this week several days of fine weather, which
must have considerably ripened the grain in this neigh-
bourhood. There is much grain within a short distance
of Carlisle which wants merely a week or so of dry
sunny weather to render it fit for the sickle.— Carlisle
Journal.

Fine dry weather has continued during the last week,
and the crops in the neighbourhood of Lancaster have
been ripening very fast,—Lancaster Guardian.