The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-02 00:00:00

50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
by the United States. On that very day, two men ,
most distinguished in the annals of American Inde-
pendence, and the only surviving Members of the
Committee that drew up the famous Declaration of
the year 1776, namely, THOMAS JEFFERSON and
JOHN ADAMS, both ex-Presidents, departed this life.
The death of Mr. JEFFERSON is stated in private
letters, but that of Mr. ADAMS is announced in a •
New York Paper, in the following terms
NEW 'YORK JULY B.—We yesterday received news of
the decease of John Adams, which occurred at his resi-
dence in Quincy, Massachusetts, on the afternoon of
Tuesday last. The death of a man who performed so
conspicuous a part in the trying scenes preceding, attend-
ing, and following the revolutionary war, could not fail in
any circumstances to awaken many solemn and interesting
reflections. Ile was one of the earliest and most active
promoters of that spirit of opposition in the colonies,
which terminated in their final separation from Great
Britain ; he was one of the committee of three who drew
the Declaration of Independence; and he subsequently
occupied various important offices, particularly that of
President of the United States, after the resignation of
Washington.
The interest which the decease of such a man must na-
turally produce, is greatly increased by the remarkablelact
that it occurred in the year, on the day, and nearly at the
hour, in which, precisely half a century before, he had per-
formed the most important action of his life, and one of
incalculable value to his country. The mind irresistibly
recurs to the period when the power of England was de-
fied by the colonies, whose weakness and poverty were so
great as to make the contest appear desperate, if not hope-
less. We recall the trials and sufferings of ie war, the
new embarrassments and perils which succeeded with
peace; and the contrast presented by the present aspect
of things is so groat, that language seems inadequate to '
describe it.
JULY 6.—The Jersey Bank has stopped payment this
morning. We understand that about 50,000 dollars of its
bills are in circulation.

We received this morning the Nuremburg Corre-
sponeknt to the 25th of July, by which it appears thlit
the affairs of the money market at Berlin are returning
to a regular course. In the Baltic Provinces corn is
rising in price, on the supposition that there will be a
scanty harvest in the North of Europe, and even in
England, on account of the unusual dry weather.
seams', Jur.: 19.
A report has been lately received, and is now very
generally credited, of the approaching marriage of a Prince
of our Royal Family with a Princess who is nearly related
to it. The principal difficulty which stood in the way of
this union, which has long been wished for by both par-
ties, and which it is said was raised by a member of our
Royal Family, is now entirely removed. The affairs of
the money market in this capital begin to return to a re-
gular course. We often hear the question discusted
among our merchants, what would• have been the
effeets of the late crisis, had the plan of a nutiqnsi
bank been carried into execution ? Many of the ,not •
=lent opponents of it now express themselves with much
moderation on the subject ; and we should not be cur•
prised if the question is again brought forward at finding
them professing opinions the reverse of those they for-
merly entertained. According to the reports from the
Baltic provinces, the prices of corn are gradually rising-.
The principal cause of this rise, which may afford our land.
holders some indemnity for the low price of wool, is the
prospect of a scanty harvest in the North of Europe, and
even in England, where the continued drought gives
reason to expect that the crops will be much reduced in
quantity. . ,

It is stated in the Quebec mere that the attention of that Oa:
vernment bad some time been turned to the means of erecting 5.
light-house on St. Paul's island, or the neighbouring coast of Cape
Briton ; and it has been made a subject of correspondence with
the Governments of Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. In both
these provinces the legislature have pledged themselves to support
such an undertaking in dne proportion to their means and to
the benefit derived to them from it. The Trinity Wow
here, after obtaining the necessary information u to the bed
side for such a. light-house, made a representation to this Go
vermnent on the subject ; but, u the revenues of which that Cor-
poration has the expenditure, are quite inadequate to such an nil:
dertaking, and besides which, are not strictly applicable to it, It
will be necessary te apply to the Legislation for further aid. In
the mean time it is understood that the matter has been
laid before his Majesty's Government; and el it concern+.
the safety of 1,800 sail of British shipping which frequent w
coasts of North America, it may be hoped that the undertaking
may be considered u of national importance, and deserving 9a
aid of the Mother Country,

We are sorry to say that the accounts from the
Manufacturing Districts do not, upon the whole, show
any considerable diminution of distress, the severity °
which, in some places, has been even increased within
these few days. We have not room for comment wi
day, but must refer our Readers to the provincia
intelligence respecting the state of the Country, which
will be found in another column.

An intelligent Merchant, who arrived this morning
from Glasgow, 'via Liverpool, Manchester, &c., ssr'
the people are quiet, but that the general distre sss
still apparently as great as ever.
According to letters received this morning from the
the
neighbourhood of' Wolverhampton, it appears that
colliers had been very riotous, and had struck
advance of wages.

A private letter from Constantinople announces thlt
Mr. Stratford Canning is the only member of the ~,
plomatic body who refused the new troops offerea,re
the Reis Effendi, to replace the Janissaries in
service of the British Legation. His Excellency's then
tive is said to have been humanity, for if once these
men had been given up to to the Waiwode of Galata'
they would have been strangled. his
lie English Consul at Tan his wife, au
daughter, aged nine years, were all poisoned with ie.,
last Wednesday. The Physician who was died le
proceeded instantly to the Cafe where the ices *erit
made, and took several, which he sealed up, and,,s:is
to the Ecole de Medecin. The result will to
be the same as that of last year : but it' is difficult
the
explain how three persons could be attacked at t:
'
vio
lent vomiting, without any other cause than a tia"tht
same moment with dreadful pain, Accompanied by ;cu.
tar disposition of the body at the time, of taktug
ices. Thanks to the skill of several
eminent to
dans,. the Consul and his famil have been stile
continue their journey, although in a state of gr at
°
debility.

Mr. Albert Gelatin, M ;potential rf,
the United States to this country, his lady and ditlg
ter arrived passengers in the Florida.
kapott
Died at Mandavie, in Cutch, on the 7th
of a bilious fever, P. Xtactlonnell, Esq. BLD. Assistant" ,A(
attached to the Political Agent in Kalliwer• In the_t isoderl
this individual the service has sustained a great lost, eo".,
has been deprived of one its most accomplished member'. .1 3,
only possessed considerable professional attainments, but 11,10,
quired a very extensive knowledge of general literature'
qualifications, added to a most placid and conciliatory &petit*,
made his society generally courted,
teem and regard of a very large circle of frienthowatembur
tier; Nov. 2t35 160. and procured for Ititn