The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-30 00:00:00

YAGUTS AT AND ABOUT THE 61AlION.

Schooners—Hussar, Jack-o'-Lantern, Hawk, Ariel, Illtrlin,
Camilla, Circassian, Flirt, Harriet, Brilliant.
Cutters—Nautilus, Sparrawhawa, Hebe, Phobe, Corsair,
Nymph, Cynthia, Talisman, Flower of Yarrow, Midge, Sap-
phire, Intrepid, Medina.
Yawls—Alarm, Breen.
FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS THIS WEEK.

Lord Fitzhardinge has taken gothic Hall ; Mrs. Noel, the
Large Pavilion ; Lady Louisa de Horsey, the King's House ;
Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere, Noe folk House ; the Earl of Errol,
a douse in Castle-terrace; Mrs. Arkwright has taken Egypt
House; Mr. Robert Meiklam has taken the Parsonage; Cap-
tain C. H. Williams has left Prospect House for. 36 ,Uprer
Grosvenor•street ; Lord Robert Grosvenor and several other
fashionables have applied for houses. The town is still tar
from full.

310 NE Y MA 11,KET and CI 'l' I NE
POST.—As an extraordinary circumstance, it may be noted
that not a bargain in Mexican Bonus- is quoted in the official
lists to-day. I lie intelligence from Mexico by the Tweed i of
a most undecided character, but leading to the conclusion diet
neither part of the belligerent parties will come into serious
collision. Both will write and bluster, but beyond a paper war
n.• mischief will ensue. It must be allots ed, and the admission
is made with satisfaction, that the Government under Santa
Anna have most scrupulously endea‘oured to fulfil the engage-
ments it had entered into with its foreign crethti:rs. Alretwy
not only has the October dividend been provided for, but an
amount has been remitted almost sufficient to provide for that
due in April, 1843. If peace be maintained, and the same
course of good faith be persevered in as has hitherto been shown,
each subsequent dividend will be in hand tar befote the previous
one shall have become due.

The attention of heads of schools and private
teachers is especially directed to " Mons. Le Page's Complete
Course of Instruction in the French Language," extremely well
calcu!ated to entirely obviate all necessity of leaving Erigand to
learn French. Notwithstanding the numerous attempts to ac.
complish this desideratum, none can be compared with the very
elevei. little progressive books of Mons. Le Page, which consist
of " L'Echo de Paris," " Gift of Conversation," the " Last
Step to French," and the " French Master fnr the Nursery,"
• which for judicious arrangement stand unrivalled fur the easy
acquirement of iris accomplished language.
THE PROROGATION.—Her .Majesty and Prince
Albert are expected at Buckingham Palace about Wednesday
se'nnight, the leth of August, for the purpose of enabling the
Queen to prcrogue the Houses of Parliament ; and her Ma-
jetty will return to the Castle on the following day, if not the
same evening, by the Great Western Railway, as the ceremony
will be over by half-past three o'clock.
LONDON AND GREENWICH RAlLWAY.—Thursday
the half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was
held at the London Tavern, ifshopsgate-street, and was nume-
rously attended. The Chair was taken by W. Shadbolt, Esq.,
• when the Report was read, from which it appeared that the new
works necessary for widening the rathoray, and farming the area
of the station to he exchanged for the Croydon station, have
been completed within the estimates, and on the 10th of May
the addit oual line* op to the Croydon junction were opened to
the public. A centrect had been entered into with the rectors
and churchwardens of the I arisha of 61, (have and St. John
for the purchase of their burial ground for the approach to the
railway, acd an Act has been obtained Tne station at
Deptford has been cumpi ted and opened to the pubite, and
the Spa-road station is to course of erection. The re. laying
of the permanent way on wooden sleepers, in lieu of stone blocks
is tiow accomplished, and has effected a great saving in the ex-
penditure, but the receipts had been diminished through the
altered fares, which induced the Directors to t ink of a return
to the former prices. There was a balance of 3,2011. 17a. 3d.
applicable to the payment of a dividend, which was at the rate
of Is bd. per share on all the Unprivileged hares.' The re-
sult of the traffic from the Brighton, Cro)deinf ettei Dover lines
for the last stiX months has produced only 3,402/.; mating an
average of 5671. per month, but during the last Vito Months,
since the increased tell has been received, the average has been
9311. per month, which 14t a hope of greater prosperity a§
the traffic of the other lines came into operations In conclu-
sion, the Directors stated, that the Bill of the Croydon Com-
pany for making an approach to their railtvety front the Grange•
road was thrown out of Parliament by a large majority{ The
total cash, to the :Ath of June, was 1,012,3361. Is. bd., end
the balance in hand 15,7051. 3s. 10d. The receipts for the
half year were 27,5701, 2s. 4d., and the number of passengers
was 824,291. After a long and warm discusaiis of several
hours the report was adopted, and three new Directors were
elected, when a vote of thanks was passed to the directors,
and the meeting adjourned.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—At a late hour on
Wednesday evening, att inquest was held at the Railway Ta-
vern, Brentwood, by Mr. Lewis, the Coroner, on the body of
William Fitch, aged 33, who was killed on the Eastern Cowl.
ties Railway, on Monday last. From the evidence adduced by
the wit. eases, it appeared the deceased was an excavator, in the
service of Messrs. Hills and Co., contractors, and was engaged
at the works now in progress at the extensive cutting near the
mansion of Lord Petre, about a mile and a half from Brent-
wood. On Monday afternoon last, between two and three
o'clock, he got upon the earth train to proceed up the line,
awhole
attached
ofea verdict
tet
e,
when, just as it had attained its full speed, he fell oil' on the
blameb y treturnedh e
being
rails, and met with insstaysneerrtav his nane bads. Noj ry
instantaneous
death,
to
oand
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etd vi4t4.hgeonjoymiapssainn;,_, o
of " Accidental death."

The Earl and Countess of Brow•nlow and the Ladies
Cost have arrived at Belton House, near Grantham, from a visit
to the %larquis of Northampton, at Castle Ashby, whet e Vis-
count and Lady Marianne Alford are at present staying. The
Noble Viscount and Lady leave for Scotland shortly.
Viscount and Viscountess Bad& have taken the
late Lord Harcourt's delightfully-situated villa at St Leon rds,
near Windsor, where they have been residing some weeks.
The ibllowing lashionables took their departure
on Thursday, from the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, by
the General Steam Navigation Company's splendid steamer,
Rainbow, Captain J. Fite, for Antwerp, on their route to the
Rhine Hodgson, M.P., Colonel Grove, General S,r
Moore Disney, the Countess of Newburgh, the Hon Sir John
Kennedy, the Hon. Admiral Mackay, Admiral Hawker, Mr.
Backhouse, Mr. Hibbert, of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, and Major Pugh.
HER MAJESTY TilE QUEEN DOWAGER.—At the
close of the ensuing week the Queen Don ager goes on a tour
of visits in the Midland counties. Her Majesty honours the
Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter with a visit at Burghley,
near Stamford, where the illustrious guest is expected to arrive
on Monday, the Bth of the ensuing month, and will sojourn
there until the Thursday following. The Earl and Countess
of Brownlow and Earl Howe will also he honoured by. visits at
Belton House, near Grantham, and at Gopsall Hail, Leicester-
shire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter. on their re-
turn to town from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Richmond,
go immediately to Burghley, in order to make preparations far
the reception of the august visitor, which will be, from the
arrangements in progress, of a princely character.
THE STABAT is one proOf of the
merit of this work, that in the musical circles it has been
relished the more the oftener it has been heard. Its succe.s
with the public has been unequivocal. Last night it was
performed for the last time this season at her Majosty'3 Theatre,
and drew a crowded_ audience. Cl

WEST IN DIES.
FALMOUTH, JULY 26.—The Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company's vessel the Tweed, Captain Franklin, arrived here
this morning from the West Indies, with the mails. Dates by
her arc to the 29th of May from Panama, 18th of June from
the city
nah, 4th offro3mlezNicaos;a2lsl,thlofrtohmfrJomamßaiecram,
ulsdta,inisott.r
19th from
rornilFaavya l
On freight 210,000 dollars sod e 9 serons of cochineal.
Passengers.—From Lima : Mr. Arvelina Amur. Jamaica:
Messrs. Browse, E. Bryan, R. C. Thompson, Burton Taylor,
W. M'Aulay, and Mr. F. H. Smyth, of the Customs; Cot.
S. W. Short, late of the Guards ; Colonel Giffard, 60th Rifles.
Hayti : J W. Thompson, British Consul. Trinidad : Messrs-
J. Cahoren, Louis Pauten, and A. Elizonda, Mr. and 111 r-
s Mr. and Mrs. W. Cadett and child. St. Thomas:
Mr. S. Babusen. St. Croiz : Mr. George Burrows. Deese"
rara: Archdeacon Austin, Mrs. Austin, four children, and
servants ; Mr J. Gibson. Antigua : J. Martin. Barbadoes:
Messrs. J. Whitle and J. Bishop. Turk's Island: Mr. VI- E.
Darrell. Havannah : Messrs. J. J. Hardwen, J. Hughes, a"
servant Bermuda : Mr. J. Harvey. Fayal : Messrs. D.
Twining, G. Large, and R Dart.
'I he British ship of war, Thunder, was at. Nassau. The
British ship of war, Rinedove, was at Bermuda, and was to
sail for Jamaica. The Sylla was also there, and was to sail
for Barbadoes. The Fair Rosamond arrived at St. Lucia on
the :sth of May, from a cruise. The Tweeei received her
Havannah and Mexican mails at Nassau from the Trent. The
Forth had arrived at Havarurah. The Teviot was gone to the
Gulf. The fay had left 'fuck's Island to replace the Tweed
on the Jamaica line. The Clyde had also sailed to take the
Windward Island station.
We have received papers to the 22d and 23d ult., from which
we extract the follow ing bulletin :
" We have much pleasure in announcing that the Countess
of Elgin was on Sunday last safely delivered of a daughter, end
that both mother and child are happily doing well."
By the arrival of the Mary, from Baltimore, we learn thet
a severe shock of earthquake was felt at Ponce, Port Royals
on the 7th ult. It lasted for three minutes. The inhabitants
ran out of their houses, and knelt down in the streets, pray-
ing. Several hogsheads of sugar and molasses on the beach
were destroyed.
HA Y7l.—This unfortunate Republic is now completely ar
set, both by the late destruction from earthquake, . and the
tyranny of the despotic Boyer, who is new, however, approach-
ing his last moments. It will be observed that, during the 114
twenty-four years, Boyer has amassed a considerable fortune
from that Republic by theft and arbitrary measure's, taking
every step to conceal his fraudulent acts, as it is evident the
banks of France hold a deposit of about twenty millions of dol-
lars on his private account, which now stands as a security for
the national debt.
The Senate, that intelligent corps of the Haytian adrninistra-
trn have hitherto accorded supreme power to the President,
whose niode of dministering justice has been by expellising
telligent men froam the House of Assembly, and other milar
acts of barbarism, to maintain himself in office. The blacks
are now, however, likely, ere lung, to give the fatal blow—tbe
result of Bayer's flattering proclamation.
ASSASSINATION Os' GENEit.'.L HERES.—On the night of
the 9th May, between the hours of nine and ten, General
Thomas de Heres was treacherously murdered in his own house,
by a shot from a blunderbuss, fired at him from between the
jalousies of one of the windows of his cabinet, where be Was '
sitting with the Bishop of the diocese.
By the paper from which we extract this, it appears drat
the inhabitants of Carraeas are grieved and enraged at the
event, and that the assassins are suspected. Proceeding to de'
plore the melancholy event, the paper in question says—
" Yes, in the presence of a pastor, whom all Venezuelan
love and venerate ; per haps, whilst discoursing
.on religion and
virtue, or of the pleasure of friendship, a sudden blow de'
prived him of life—surprised and horror-stricken, the pat°
springs to succour his friend—both are prostrate!—the eee
gasping, and the ether staining his sacred hands in the blot,*
of his friend, whose wife, revived from her swoon, lives but t°
eternally mourn her husband's fate!"
This is a stroke of Republican politics with• a vengeance-
Our friends, the Haytians, may rejoice with their comp el°.
in semi-barbarism.
JUNE 11.—A vessel arrived from Port au Plat this morittalo
reports that few lives were lost, and little damage done there,
•by the earthquake ; but that many people were killed at Cape
Hay tien.
The merchants of Demerara are upend doing. On the /Rh
of last month two hundred and twenty-two of their body prr,
sented a petition to the Combined Court, which concluded
praying (inter aliaj—
" Firstly—Fur a careful revision of the expenditure of the
colony.
" Secondly— For a reduction in every department of the '
establishments of the colony which can be effected with pr
pricty and justice to the claims of individuals, and uith a aog
regard to the efficiency of the public service.
That especially to the attainment of this object a respect(
representation be made, with the least possible delay, to ber ,
Majesty's Government, setting forth the inability of the crk,;
lo y, under existing circumstances, to support the present Cilia
List.
" Thirdly—For the encouragement of immigration on 110
extensive scale, such immigration to be under the special regv '
lation arid control of her Al jesty's Government."
Upan this a series of resolutions were agreed to, promisinff
to attend to the foregoing important points. The publishe.!
returns of exports show a lamentable decrease in the staple
productions.
JUNE 21.—The Volage, Captain Dickson, Bart., arrived s',t
Port ttoyal from Santa Martha and Carthagena, with plieeie! .
Occasionally shocks of earthquake were felt throughout the
islands, though we are happy to say without any serious results.
From Panama we learn that the misunderstanding he'll!.
Peru aad Bolivia was being adjusted • the contending Per!: ,
were about t , enter into a treaty. Chili, Venezuela, and Nr.
Granada, were quiet. Sir
CENTRAL AMERICA.—Nothing further from thence.
Charles Adam was daily expected in the Illustrious from Du-
muds from Belize.
the •
e for ,
FscoM Alaxico.—The Congress was to meet on
d as
tine of a new constitution. All parties were agreed id eon- •
invasion of Texas. Santa Anna was in the city; be care to
centrated eight thousand troops at Jalapa, and th
Deelted from
embark at Vera Cruz on board of two steamereezi ce,,, way
England, when they would make a descent on Texas "J •
Galveston.
oUhilease
The Government has announced that a ssosscliscta w
the city of Mexico on the 28th of June.
The various markets in Mexico were well itheited with Epp
lish manufactures, and we regret to find that business was dull-

LORD FITZGERALD.—The noble President of the
Board of Control, who is considerably improved in health,
has left town forCheltenhain, to take the waters.
ARISTOCRATIC 110 DE OF AVOIDING THE INCOME',
TA x.— A wealthy landowner, living near Weybridge, in Surreys
said to be worth 18,0001. a year, derived from land, has pot
given all his servants notice that he must reduce their wages'
on the plea that the income-tax compels him to become eceno•
rnical ! This Income-tax, then, of three per cent, is thus con
versed into a tax of probably ten or twelve per cent. upon the
poor It was a pretended merit of the tax—a good to be set
against its many evils—that it did not touch the incomes of the
labouring class, yet here we have a wealthy landowner, will,
ought to be the first to step forward to relieve the exigencies ot
the State, meanly taxing his butler and his coachman, to the
extent of an eighth or a tenth of their miserable incomes, oh
the ground that he, forsooth, cannot now afford to give stleit
high wagei as heretotore.—Liverpool Mercury.
A survey has been made of the injury done to St.
Martin's Church, from which it appears that the lightning
entered the clock house, and forced open the door of the clock►
and also that of a box standing near it ; it then entered en
aperture of the floor, and tore up the massive boards two or
three inches above the level ; after which it passed out of the ch.-
csdar window above, with such tremendous force that the two side
stones of the niche were dislodged from their places and tell ontbe
roof of the church.. The electric fluid was distinctly seen to
pass over the Golden Cross yard, when it struck against the -
ground and expended itself in a momentary blaze. On its
passage a policeman of the A division was forced with such ,
violence against the rail., as to be completely stunned,.and vies
removed to the station• house, happily without further injerY•
We understand it has been found necessary to take down tbe. ,
tower as far as the flag staff.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DARTMOOR RAILWAY'
—Some waggons, laden with granite, on being brought down
towards Plymouth by the railway en Saturday, suddenly pro-
ceeded down the tunnel with unchecked velocity, and a man of
the name of Warren, one of the drivers, with two of the horses
were crushed to death. A coroner's inquest has been since
held on the body, and the verdict brought in " Accidental
death," with a deodand of s. on the train.
Thursday afternoon, about two o'clock, a fire
broke out in the house of Mr. Holdsvvorth, 18, Hatfield-
street, Stamford-street, which burnt with much fury for some
time; bet through the active -exertions of several firemen at- .
tat:tied to the West of England and Waterloo-road brigade
stations, it was eventually got under, though not until the uppr
part of the house, together with a large quantity of furta-
sure, had been consumed. The fire originated through the
'dangerous practice of fumigating the rooms with sulphur to
destroy bugs. _ _ .

Th-e mail for India will be made up in London to-
day, in consequence of the last day of the month falling ors
Sunday
SUDDEN DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.--YeSterdayan
inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Chequers Taverns
Isieworth, on the body of T. Miller, Esq., aged 60, a gentle..
man of large fortune. From the evidence it appeared that the •
deceased resided in Isleworth-vale, and was of very retired
and steady habits, enjoying the best of health. On Tuesday
night he ate heartily of pickled salmon, and shortly after re- •
tired to rest. Having been in bed about two , hours he was
seized with g swimming in the head and sickness. A medical
man was irnmefliately sent for, who bled him. He died the'
following morning. Mr. Manning, the surgeon who -eras
called in, attributed death to an attack of apoplexy. Verdict...* -
Died by the visitation of God."
ALTERATION OP, THE BANKRUPT LAW.—A HU'
merous deputation waited yesterday, by appointment, on Sir '
James Graham at the Home-oti4:e, on the subject of the Bank-
rupt Amendment Bill. There were present Mr. Lyall,
Sir M. Wood, M.P., Mr. Masterman, Mr. Beckett,
M. P., Mr. Mark Philips, M. P. , Mr, C,OZ)den, M.P., Mr-
' Parker, M. P., and several other Members, of Parliament.
Messrs. Dillon, Caklecott, James, Smith, Spence, and Cast/4
Attended as the Chairman and Committee of the London Associa- '
tion and Mr. Taylor and other gentlemen from the Late Society
of Manchester. 'I he deputations were received by Sir Jai: Gra*
hem, accompanied by the Attorney and the Solieitor-Getieral,
Mr. Commissioner Holroyd being also preoent. Mr. Dillon'
wated at some length the views entertained by the members of
the London Association, who solicited a postponement of the'
measure till the ensuing session, with a view to its being more
fully considered and amended. The postponement was sup-
ported by Mr. Mark Philips, Mr. Parker, of Sheffield, Die
Matthew Wood, and other !Weathers, on the ground that din'
had not expected that the Bill would be pressed through thia
session, and that their constituents had not had time to consi-
der its provisions. Sir James Graham received the represen-
tation: made to him with marked attention, and undertook to
communicate them to the Lord Chancellor ( who had brought
in the Bill), to consult with his colleagues as to the course
be adopted.

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