The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-09 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.

DRESDEN, JUNE 27.--In consequence of the long.,
continued drought, the Elbe is so low that our steamers
cannot move ; but the Bohemia steamer, drawing much
less water, still continues to ply between this and Jeahen.
It is high time to make every exertion to remove the
obstruction of the navigation of this great German river,
which is above 700 miles in length.
ST. PETERSBURG'', Joit: 25.—His Royal Highness
the Princ:! of Prussia arrived on the 21st, in good health,
at the Palace of Peterhoff. . . .

DAN-rzlc:JuNr. 2; .—Yesterday evening, at ten o'clock,
the two Russian steam-boats, the Kamschatka and
Bogota, the latter of which had
just before taken his
Majesty our King on board, left this port for Cronstadt.
HANOVER, JULY 2.—His Majesty the King left. Ro-
tenkirchen yesterday afternoon to go to Ems.
A LTONA JULY .—The King of Denmark has tic-
ceded to the ')
le petition of a Company, to make an iron
railway from Altona to Kid.
HAMBURG/1, JULY -I.—The Committee appointed by
the Senate has published to-day, the 4th. a list of the
contributions fur the aid of Itlatuburgh, including• the
money received by the Relief Committee.
The amount received- up to the 2241 of June, in the
evening, is at;out :;,230,000 marks banco.
HiNovEn, JULY 2.—yes terda y afternoon, about live
otelock, we had a thunder storm. with torrents of rain,
and such a hurricane that not only were the roofs 01'
many houses in the city much damaged, but the largest
trees were broken, and a whole row of smaller trees were
torn up by the roots. All the booths and tents erected
for a fete of the citizens, to-morrow, were levelled i‘ith
the ground, and the boards carried ton great distance.—
Ifamburgh Papers, July 5.
BELGIAN t UNDS-13kUMEle, JULY 6
_ .

Actual Debt. iSi per Cent. _
5: he
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent RV
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93
• Spec Cent. —
--.-- 71%
(1840) lO2l
Loan of City, IV3. 4 per Cent.
__. -. le, i,
.....

Tbirty.seven.

Society of Coinmeice:4 hi per
sank of Belgium. 5 per Cent... ...... 75%
National Society
Exchange on London (short) .......
—Brussels Papers, July 6.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNISG PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
POST.—An absurd rumour, to the elect that Sir Robert
Peel had been shot a'., caused the funds to decline I,i per cent.
Although it never was generally believed, and, after inquiries
promptly made, almost immediately contradicted, still the mar-
ket had not recovered from the effect at the close of business.
TIMES.—The collection of the income-tax at the present
moment being an all-absorbing subject, every information to be
gleaned respecting the mode in which it is to be carried on is
of course of general interest . To-mot row the dividends are
payable to the public, and hence the following novice has been
issued by the Bank of England to those whose income is such
as to exclude them from the operation of the tax :
" Bank of England, July 6, 1842,
TO RECEIVERS OF DIVIDENDS WHOSE TOTAL. INCOI4I is
IJ\DER I 50i.
" If your total income is less than FA. annum, your
claim for a return of the tax must be made to the Commissioner*
of the district in which you reside.
" The assessor of your parish will supply you with the ne-
cessary forms."
As a great many questions have arisen as to whether a sove-
reign placed on the balance ought to turn it, it is important to
know that the Bank of England to-day decided that all sove-
reigns presented at their counters which shall be ma the balance
shall be taken as legal weight. The new silver coinage will be
issued to the public to-morrow, and it is understood that the
Bank vaults, both yesterday and the day before, received large
supplies from the Mint.

The dealings in the English Stocks to-day were to a certain
extent unfavourable to the maintenance of that firmness which
has within the last day or two been exhjbited in this market,
and the cause of the decline visible in the quoted prices at the
close of the business is alleged to be the re-action which gene-
rally follows a rise in values brought about more by speculation&
than real and bona. fide bargains. There was also some little tight-
ness experienced in respect to money, but. the borrowers, only
in a few instances, paid increased rates, the supply of te-rnor-
row bring expected considerably to increase by the payment of
the dividends.

Our letters from Amsterdam contain some particulars rela-
tive to the capitalization-contract between the Dutch &rem-
ment and the t• Handelmaatschappy," which was lately ratified
by the Second Chamber of the States-General. By •the ori-
ginal contract made in the reign of William 1., which is elated
• July, 1840, it was provided that the Government should pay
yearly to the " Handelmaatschappy" the sum of h,b00,000
guilders, so that the 39,000,000 due by the (vovernment, to-
gether with 5 per cent. interest, would be paid off in 1849.
When report had made some of the members of the Second
Chamber acquainted with this contract, which was very oner-
ous to the Treasury, they insisted so much on the necessity of
changing its conditions, that the Government resolved to pre-
vail on the '° Handelmaatschappy" to alter them. The conse-
quence was that a new contract was made in Alarch .1841, ac-
cording to which the interest alter that year was to be only 4
per cent., while the reimbursements of the principal
would be so diminish, d, that in 1850 there would still remain
a sum of about 10,500,000 guilder.. The object of the altera-
tion seems to have been that the state should not be deprived
1,000,000 guilders of its income in the first years. It ap-
pears by the same letters that the holders of " United States
Bank" bonds, issued by Messrs. Hope and Co., are displeased
that that firm exchanged the Louisiana bonds, which were giveu
as &special pledge by the bank, for those of Pennsylvania.
Even at the time the exchange was made the Penusylvank
were quoted in London at a less price than the Louisiana And
they continue to be of less value now.

As many persons may be uneasy at not reeeivinsv answers to
their letters sent to India rite Falmouth on thP. of March,
it may be a rebel for them to know, that by a Post-office notice
published at Bombay, it appears that a box of the letters tent
on that date received so much damage that many • were' cow-
pletely destroyed, some were 'partially injured, and others were
left without any address. 11.10. t of the last-mentioned class
appear to have been family letters.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
110.11 E C 7 liCl7 T-11(r(fi,rd, Fricluy, JO/
CI VII. slot:.
(Before Lord AHISOCH and a Special Jury.)
COOK C. THE AYLESIH. RAILWAY. coNr,A:vr.
This was an action to recover the anumut of damage
sustained by the plaintiff in consequenco of some of his
cows having been run over by a train upon the railway.
Sergeant Shee mid Mr. Wordsworth were for ,tlw
plaintiff; Mr. Morffagn Chambers, Mr. Peacock, and
Mi. Rose, for the defendants.

The defence set up was, that-the Directors bad done
all the law required them, and that the gate in question
was properly erected, and in good condition at the time
of the accident; and witnesses were called, who swore
positively that they examined the gate before and after
the accident, and that it was perfectl>., secure, and it was
alleged that the- accident must have occurred through
some person opening, the gate.
Lord ABINGEIS said there was no donbt that the Railway-
Company were bound in law not only to erect proper gates
and fences in such situations, but also to take care
afterwards that they were kept in proper repair.
Irthe Jury believed that, from any circumstance, even
from the ordinary wear and tear of such an article, the
fastenings were defective, and that the gate might have
blown open, and so allowed the cattle to get upon the
line, the defendants were liable, because they were bound
by their Act of Parliament to keep the gates and fences
in proper repair. If, on the contrary, they believed the
witnesses fur the defence, when they declared the gate
to be in a proper and secure state, then they would re-
turn a verdict in their favour.
The Jury returned a verdict for the defendants. -
EDWARDS V. LORD LISTOWEL. • The aLove cause has excited a good deal of tnterest in
the county, and it was expected that some curious dis-
closures would be made in reference to the proceedings
connected with the recent elections at St. Alban's, be-
tween the plaintiff who was the agent for the Noble Lord
on both these occasions, and the defendant.
The declaration set forth, that the plaintiff claimed
from the defendant a certain large suns of money for work
and labour done, and services performed by him for the
defendant.

Mr. Chambers, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. G. Taylor, were
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Shoe, and 3[r. Peacock,
were instructed for the defendant.
Before Mr. CHAMBERS could well enter on his state-
ment he was stopped, and afterwards addressing the jury
said that the present proceedings had led to an under-
standing between the parties, and he had the pleasure to
inform them that they would not be troubled any further,
as it had been agreed that one of the jury ;Itottld hK
withdrawn, and that no verdict should be taken.
A juror was accordingly withdrawn.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MA 111,11011011 G S T 1? E E
DARING ROBBERY. —7'homax Biggs, an nrchin between
nine and ten years of age, was committed to Newgate for trial,
charged with the following impudent and daring robbery :
About half-past eight o'clock yesterday the prisoner entered
the shop of Mr. Robert Allen, of No. 420, Dean-street, Gros-
venor-square, tobacconist, and asked for a quarter of an mulee
of tobacco, and while being served he suddenly made a dash at
a pile of cigars lying on the counter, and grabbing up his two
hands full, run out of the shop. He was, however, punted
and overtaken. On searching him le. sd. were found in his
pockets. He was identified as having been previously in cus-
tody on a similar charge.
NUISANCES AT THI ITALIAN OFERA.--FiTe powerful. and
stalwart young men, ragged and shoeless, were charged as fol-
lows :

Police-sergeant, No. 24 of the A division, stated that the
prisoners were part of a gang of between 30 and 40, who in.
fested the Opera on the nights of performance, and under pre-
tence of being " linkmen" or " eosch•callers," took the op-
portunity that offered either of stealing anything that might
be left in the carriages, or of soliciting charity, without which"
when they got two or three ladies by themselves, they refined to
quit the carriage-door. A few evenings since one of the prFsniters,
in rushing along the Colonnade, ran against Lady Coventry, ant
knocked her Ladyship down with very considerable violence ;
however, fortunately, but slight injury was sustained. On the
prisoner being spoken to about it, he made answer, " flow the
h-11 could I help it ? Her Ladyship should stand nut of the was'
and let a poor man get his They bait all been repel/Wry
cautioned to keep away. A set of persons with badges were ap-
pointed by the proprietors of the Opera to act as " linkmen."
Mr. liAnnwtot said that be knew the nuisance was a very
intolerable one and must be put down, and he should therefor;
commit each of the. prisoners for one month to hard labour.

y, with the mot tri.
ttrceoounldTnhoutt otherwise from the
rl2.l;;;;;RE.—The opera of Fier Diavolo
tat:::cu3Yecilifferent characters, great -
care having been taken
success
gi
by the management that every character should be sustained in
the most perfect manner. The reception which the opera te-
,•thini3deethPi
ceived from a crowded house fully proves that the public ere
alive to, and capable of appreciating worth, both as regards
'Llpthaertsscweneerresustained by
actors and management. The opera was in every respect west
was. perfect ; and when we say that the
pgroitnucipp
Miss Romer, Mrs. Stade, the
:tJessrs. tlarrhon, Stansbury, and Leffler (of whose excellence
the public are perfectly aware), we need scarcely say that the
opera was everything that could be wished far. The parts of
Lord Alleash and Lorenzo were played by the Messrs. John
Webster and Walton very respectably.
ALARMING FIR E.---ThllrStiftV night, between ten and.
eleven o'clock, a fire broke out on die premises of Mr. Corde-
roy, a large wool-stapler, in the Bermondsey New-road. The
fire originated in a portion of the building used as a drying-
room. By the speedy arrival of the eagines the fire was fortu-
nately confined to the room, which was almost entirely con-
gamed. The tire is supposed to have originated by the heating
of a stove. The damage atone is considerable.
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LOAN of the GRAND DUKE of BADEN, hi
the Year 1841. Capital Five Millions of Florins, to be
redeemed with Nine Millions, Thirty-four Thousand, and Fifty-
five Florins. The Third Distribution will take place on the
Ist of August .1842, when the following considerable sums may
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SCHULZE, Foreign Agent, 32, Villiers-street, Strand,
Loudon.

HAMBURGH, JULY, 1842.
HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of
AUSTRIA,
AND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA,
having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS-
TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, by which
LARGE FORTUNES may be obtained, HEINE BRO-
THERS, at HAMBURG H, are now Selling Genuine and
W 4RRANTED SELECTED

BONDS for the said DISTRIBUTIONS.

Persons desirous to purchase may re?eive. PREVIOUS
to giving any order, the PROiPECTUS with full PARTI-
CULARS, uron addressing-, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH.

As we receive frequently applicaticns for CERTIFICATES,
we must bet' to observe, that a CERTIFICATE is QUITE
DIFFERENT from a BOND, and Cut there is a great dif-
ference aga'n between BONDS and SELECTED BONDS
—the SELECTED BONDS ONLY TAKING PART IN
THE DISTRIBUTION WHICH FOLLOWS THE SE-
LOCTION, and which should never be overlooked, being of
ttie greatest importance.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
THIS EVENING, JULY 9.
The Performances will commence with the New Drama, called
THE LONE HUT. Principal Characters by Messes. O. Smith,
Diddear, W. H. Bland, and 'Earley, Miss Murray, Miss Crisp, and
Miss Faucit.
To he followed by thl New Burletta, entitled THE WATER
ircilE,. in which Messes J, Vining, Oxherry, Barke-, Misses
Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, will appear.
After which, THE ILLUSTRIOUS S rRANGER.—BowbeII,
Mr. Harley; Azar, Mr. Barter; Niza, M s. Hughes
To conclude with the Farce of A DAY WELL SPENT.—BoIt,
Mr. J. Vining; Mizzle, Mi. Oxberry.
13,,xes, 4s. Pit, 2s.— Gallery, Is. Doors oven at Half-past Six ;
cenimence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine.
Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogaa, at the Private Box-office ;
of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, JULY 9.
Wi:l bn, acted /Ulcer's celebrate.] 0: era of FRA Dr. 4 VOLO.—
Yea iavoic; slr. W. Harrison ; Lord Alleash, Mr. J. Webster ;
Lorenzo, Mr. Walton ; Reppo, Mr. O. Stansbury; Giacomo; Mr.
Leiner; Zeilina, Miss Rom ,r; Lady Allcash, l‘tra. Serle.
Atter which, TH.F. ARTFUL DO L)LiE.—Artful Dodge, Mr. G.
Wild.
To condo 'e with a Drama call d TILE CROWN PRINCE; or
tl.e BUCKLE OF DIAMONDS, in which Mr. J. Webster will 31.-
year.
Places and Private :Joie.; maybe ! ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the
Lex Ottice, from Eleven till Four daily.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
The Nubility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully
intbrineA that
ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS,
GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em.
bedicd ull timse popular Entertainments that have given to this f.ivoi-
rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in-
rrodactions, which render them more generally attractive.
The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im..
poi-out acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds.
Feeding Time Five o'clock.
The Colo3sal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some
instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'actios, repre-
senting the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and 'Roman
Nobles. to the Castle of St. Angelo.
'l'h2 BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con-
hided by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES
•Jri ICA LES selectedirom the noblest works of the great Masters.
The 11.1.IJMINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE,
ant; the GIRANOOLA of ST. ANGELO. with all the gorgeous
sp.et..;les and magnitieent introductions that have called forth ac.
elan:mat, :h. of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex.
ier,.2inating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour,
the CASC Atm :f BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height.
The Gardens are ol;." Dailyy from Ten till Dusk. The Evening
Fete3' with the Pi omena,.:es ilits:eales, Illumination of M. Peter's,
iiirandola of St. Angelo, • will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays,
aLd Thursdays. Admission On.: Shilling.

TB E W EA THER.-1-Noog, J QLY .8.

Has' AI. CA LI.ERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE.-STRFET.
Gt Highest 69 I Lowest 48
Barometer 29.83.—Wind S.W.

HIGH IVATEII AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Vorning. 2O minutes after 2 Evening 4.3 minutes after 2

All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character,
or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from
the Columns of "The Sun."

mour for a change in the Constitution, though they aro
not silent ; but the bulk of the middle classes complain
that the measures of the Legislature are destroying their
prosperity, and they point to an immense, increasing, and
dangerous mass of pauperism to justify their complaints
The Parliament, in truth, is in much the same condi-
tion as the Premier. At the moment when it is about to
wind up its successful labours, it finds out that it is in a
worse position than when the session began. It has
weakened all the holdfasts of monopoly, and failed to
satisfy the people. All its work must be done over
again, and done in a more workmanlike manner. The
iinal result, so far, is, that both the strong Government
and the Parliament have been shattered and half de-
stroyed by a deliberate attempt to modify and perpetuate
a great system of legislative injustice. They have pe-
rilled their authority in a struggle against the course of
society, and they have already lost the battle.

The third and last of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S great mea-
sures passed through the House of Lords last night, and
it now only needs what is called the Royal assent to be-
come law. No time will be lost i❑ going through that
form, and traders may at once commence their opera-
tions to make the most and the best of it. We shall re.
juice to hear that it restores health to our trade, that
those who have looked to it with much hope may not be
disappointed; but we cannot cherish the belief that
lowering somewhat the price of meat will diminish the
distress of those who cannot get bread, or that abating
the duties on oils, drugs, and dye-stuffs, will give em-
ployment to our cotton and woollen manufactures. Any
measures which relieve the present alarming and dan
gerous distress must command our approbation ; and so
earnestly do we desire to see the people relieved that we
shall rejoice much to see the effects of the tariff surpass
the most extravagant expectations.

Some interest has been excited by Lord PALMERSTON
having asserted on Wednesday night, that "one of the
first acts of the Tory President of the Board of Control
was to write to ask Lord AUCKLAND to retain the Go-
vernor-Generalship of India !" Last night, Mr. B. Es-
corr gave this statement a contradiction, almost, as he
said, on authority ; and to refute the contradiction Lord
PALMERSTON said, that—
The ground he had for making the assertion was an extract
from a private letteri addressed by a member of Lord Auck-
land's family in India to another member of his Lordship's fa-
mily residing in England, which letter was in his possession,
arid an extract from which he would read to the House.—
(Hear. ) The letter was dated Calcutta, November 20, 1841,
and after expressing regret that the last mail had not brought
out the appointment of Lord Auckland's successor, the writer
proceeded to say, " In fact, it is lucky that Lord Auckland has
sent home his resignation, for Lord Ellenborough writes a most
friendly letter, wishing him very much to remain, and stating
that he has no doubt but that they shall get on very well toge-
ther."—( Cheers.)
We place the authority prominently before our readers,
and leave them to judge whether it bears out the asser-
tion we have quoted.

The Herald of yesterday in aniarticle denunciatory
of Mr. Sergeant MURPHY'S motion for repealing so much
of the old municipal law of Ireland as regulates the tem-
poralities of the Established Church of that country,
observes with more than Grandame prudence and saga-
city :

The Church o f Ireland has already suffered too much in its
emporalities ; and any further appropriation or deprivation of
its revenues, whether proposed by Goverment or the Opposi-
ti,n, must be resolutely opposed by all who desire to ensure the
continuance of the Establishment either in England or Ireland.
The tbundation then of the Established Church of

England and Ireland is money—is the Mammon of Ini-
quity. Only destroy the temporalities of the Church,
admits the pious and venerable Herald, and the spill-
tualities all disappear. The ten persecutions of the
Christians ender the Roman Emperors assisted so.much
towards the propagation of the faith, that it passed into
a proverb among the early Fathers that the " blood of
the martyrs was the seed of the Church." Had these
wicked Emperors, according to the reasoning of the
Herald, instead of cutting off the heads of Chris-
tian ecclesiastics or casting them alive into amphi-

beatres to be devoured by wild beasts, only eon-

trived to take away their stipends, the Christian
religion would have long since disappeared from the
world. Cease to tax the Roman Catholics of Ireland
for the maintenance of the Protestant Church, and from
that moment, quoth the Herald, it ceases to exist. The
entire staff of the Establishment, consisting of arch-
bishops, bishops, deans, rectors, curates, chaunters,
clerks, pew-openers, and grave-diggers, dies of inanition
%he instant it is left to subsist on the charities of pure
-rotestants. No penny, no paternoster. But the worst
of the business is the paternoster must be paid for by the
person for whom it is not offered as a prayer but as a
malediction.

Now we protest entirely against this doctrine. We
contend that the burdens imposed upon the Irish Catho-
lics for the maintenance of the Protestant Church have
destroyed the influence of that Church in Ireland. No•
thing can prosper long which has dishonesty for its basis.
Now the Protestant Church in Ireland was founded
in fraud, in violence, in oppression, and in open and
avowed robbery. It has not prospered, and it never can
prosper while this system continues. Bishops, indeed,
may fatten, and rectors grow rosy in the gills, but there
will be no increase of the flock. The State shepherds
may pipe it merrily, but their starveling herds will dis-
perse in search of other pastures and pen-folds. If it
be of more importance that there should be a
rich priesthood than a believing people, then
the Irish Established Church, as it now exists,
ought by all means to be supported, but not
otherwise. Were it left wholly to us to adopt measures
for extending the reformed faith in Ireland, we would
begin with abolishing all compulsory payments by Ro-
man Catholics, Presbyterians, Quakers, and other Dis-
senters, towards the support of any religion in whose
tenets they did not believe. We would arm the minis-
ters of the Christian religion with the Gospel instead of
with a dragooning, robbery-enforcing Act of Parlia-
ment, and send them forth as missionaries of peace, and
love, and charity towards all, instead of, as vampires, to
feed upon the corpse of the Church of Rome.
Bt* the evil complained of by Mr. Sergeant MURPHY
last night, is one so recently created that even
precedent cannot be pleaded for its continuance.
Before the passing of the Irish Municipal Reform
Bill, the Irish corporations were composed entirely
of Protestants, and they imposed what charges-
they pleased upon the inhabitants of corporate towns
to maintain the Church. This was perfectly
justifiable, when the Act of 1675, which gave them that
power, was passed. The Catholics were then excluded
from residence in corporate towns, so that the impost
was levied upon Protestants. Gradually the penal
statutes fell more or less into desuetude. The
Catholics clustered round the outskirts of the towns,
gradually gained a footing within them, and now
form the majority of the inhabitants. They,
therefore, naturally ask the House of Commons
to protect them against the injurious operation of a law
which the framers never contemplated would affect them,
and immediately a shout is raised of the " Church in
danger." What surprisingly thick skulls those men
must have who scribble Church articles for Tory journals.

In the course of Thursday's important debate on Mr.

BANNERMAN'S motion, Mr. WALLACE, after telling the
Nftnistry flatly that want of confidence in their caring
for a famishing people was an additional reason for his

supporting the motion, read some useful papers to the
House. One of these showed that it was by no means
uncommon to apply public money to execute great national
works, which, in fact, was employing those out of work
in a legitimate manner from the public purse. lie
showed that with road-making, forming harbours, canals
docks, bridges, and a great many other things, and,

among other less worthy purposes, the building of
churches, where probably none were required, that up-
wards of nine millions of money had been expended,
and that six or seven millions more had been lent on
Exchequer Bills for similar purposes. And the Hon.
Member contended that there never was a time when
grants of public money would be so thankfully received
and so well applied as now, for the execution of useful
national improvements in any part of the empire. He
then quoted the following from a speech of" the Heaven-
born Minister," Mr. PITT. It was on his seeing
a Deputation from Bolton respecting a law about wages,
that Mr. PITT said, " But this law won't protect you
from being again visited by distress; whenever that shall
happen, apply to Parliament. If Parliament is not
sitting, it must be convened ; if it cannot give you relief, 1
its functions are at an end. Tell not me that Parliament is I
unable. Parliament is omnipotent to protect." "So I say,'
said .Mr. WALLACE. Parliament is able to protect, and
must be made willing. The Iron. Member concluded
his very animated, though short, speech, by declaring
his willingness to bring OR the repeal of the present
Corn-law in the present session, and to join in any
measure, even in that of stopping the supplies, unless
Ministers should make an explicit declaration in the
House that they would resort to the measure under con-,
sidWation, br others, rather than allow the farnishyng mil.
lions to die, as they must do, if no other relief were
derived than charitable contributions.

Nothing can be more insulting to the Christian
Powers than the pertinacity with which the Porte con-
roues to keep a force of from three to five thousand

Arnauts in Syria. This horde of ruffians is guilty of
the most brutal excesses, especially towards the Chris-
tians, for whom they 'entertain the most violent
hatred. A circumstance recently took place which
brought even the commander of this brigand force
to his senses. An officer belonging to the French
corvette La Surprise was beaten in the streets
of Beyrout by an Arnaut soldier. The Commandant
demanded the public punishment of the ruffian, but
MUSTAPHA PACHA equivocated, and endeavoured to
screen the offender. The gallant Frenchman at once
cleared his vessel for action, and threatened unless
the punishment was publicly inflicted within one
hour, to burn the Arnaut camp. This had
the desired effect. The fellow was publicly bas-
tinadoed in the -presence of the French officers,
and all the civil and military authorities of
Beyrout, and an humble apology tendered in person by
the Commander of the Arnauts to the Captain of the
corvette. Were such a course always taken by the
Christian Powers, there'would be less to fear from the
fanaticism of the Turks.

'We have received A'rddrid Journals of the 29th ult.
The Madrid Gazette states. that 30,000,000 reals only of
the loan of 1,600,000 having been adjudicated at twelve
per cent. discount on the 27th, other offers should be re-
ceived at the Treasury for the. 10,000,000 remaining
on the 30th. A Cadiz Journal announces that the
plague, or what is more properly called the bubo dis-
temper, had manifested itself in Portugal.

The proceedings of the Election Committees engross
all the. attention of the French press. We begin to fear.
from the fury displayed by the majority of the candidates,
that the Ministry has but a poor chance of commanding
a majority in the new Chambers. The more violently
M. GIIIZOT is attacked by the different candidates, the
more popular they appear to be.

The French Government very foolishly meddles
with many things, which it were wise to let alone.
Thus, on Tuesday, as a number of citizens and National
Guards of Paris, belonging to the 12th Legion, assembled
to render the last honours to one of their comrades, M.
BONY, a physician, a speech delivered over his tomb was
interrupted by a Commissary of Police. On leaving the
cemetery some National Guards were insulted by sub-
altern agents of that functionary, and an officer and
several persons who had interfered were arrested.

The Moneteur announces io its official part the receipt of
answers from the Kings of Naples and Greece, to the notitica••
two of the birth of the Count d'Eu.

Yesterday at half-past twelve o'clock there was a Council
of Ministers at the. Tuileries, at which the King presided.
The. Council sat till half-put two o'clock. After the Council the
King visited the wbrks which are in progress for repairing the
chapel and the theatre of the Tuilieries. The King set out on
his return to Neuilly, at half-past five.
We have received the Moniteur Algerien of the 25th of
June. By a decree of the Governor-General, dated the 24th,
M. Rozey, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Militia of Algiers is
discharged from his functions.
BOURSE—PAttss, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6.

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TUE SENTIMENT OF BUSINESS.—At Union-hall On
Thursday, a Mrs. Stanley was brought before Mr. Trail,
charged with attempting to commit suicide. It seems
that on Thursday she hired a wherry on the Surrey
side of the Thames, and while the waterman was rowing
her across the river, she suddenly threw her legs over
the gunwale, exclaiming, " I'll jump overboard,"
whereupon the man replied, " Pray don't do such
a thing as that, ma am, or you'll get me into
trouble ; besides losing my time at the inquest !"
The prompt attention to the interests of Num..
ber One evinced in this reply, is admirably characteristic
of the man of buSiness. True, the waterman intreats
the lady not to drown herself ' • but why ? Because he
himself may be put to personal inconvenience, and pro-
bably be out of pocket by her suicide ! These are the
considerations that weigh most with the aquatic philan-
thropist. Here the shoe pinches. Self takes the alarm—
the interests of the pocket are in peril. Hence the wa-
terman's supplications ! If the lady would but throw her-
-se2f out of any other boat ; or if she would only
assure him that he should not be summoned to
attend the inquest, and thereby run the chance_ of
losing a fare, then be would be the last person
on earth to thwart her wishes ; but a plunge head-
foremost into the water from his own wherry, without
any.such assurance, is not to be thought of. 'Under such
circumstances suicide becomes quite unjustifiable, and
accordingly the tender-hearted creature enters his most
strenuous protest against it. A parallel case to the
above may be found in the following advertisement,
which was inserted in the daily papers some two years
since :—" If the young gentleman who left his home
last Friday, will not return to his distracted parents, he
is at least requested to send back the key of the tea-
,
' caddy !"
TRADE AND WAR.—We regret to see that one of our
Contemporaries defends :the : war beyond the Indus on
the ground that it was necessary to have Affghanistan in
order to secure our trade in that river. No method will .
more surely bring odium on trade than thus to make it
the handmaid of war. The trade which cannot flourish
without conquest approaches very nearly to rapine, and
when politicians give that sort of protection to trade they
degrade it into plunder.

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