The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-23 00:00:00

0,v7 INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH: CHASJMETTE P. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. The AT -° "EY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Gun hy) 9 to the Jury that this was an action by Mr. De la ..nttte, a banker at Paris (who was, in fact, 'ttly the ! , al plaintiff), to recover 5007., being the glue of a England note, which had been pur ‘sed by s. • iier, moneychangers of Paris, and by them trans:. to Messrs. De la Chaumette, who trans bitted it to ' Bank of England. It was there recognised °t anote Lad been stopped at the Bank, and alleged to have been st , with other notes, from a Mr. Heselden. The Bank impounded the note, which was an act of great hardship on the ulaintiffs, as it prevented them from re- Lirning it to the persons from whom they took it. Such k mode of proceedi..l by the Bank would effectually pre tent the circulation of Bank-notes on the Continent. 'This action had been tried once before, and the plaintiff had then obtained a verdict; but it having been represented to the court above that full value had not been given for the tote, that verdict was set aside, and a new trial granted. lie (the Attornev-General) should now, however, be able to show. that full value, if not more than the value, had been given fur it. He then called Thury (examined by means of an interpreter), clerk to Messrs. Odier, of Paris, who stated that the note ties purchased by them in the course of trade, and French 11160 eYr at the ra t e o f 25 francs 40 centimes per pound .„ 11 iug, was given for it to Mr. Emerique. Large notes 5 W ere very frequently in th e h an d s o f money - c h angers i n f ails, for the purpose of being cashed ; sent it to the Plaintiffs, who are bankers, of Paris. William Crucher, clerk to AL De la Chaurnette's bank, • :the note, with others, to the Bank of England, when Ivas . stopp e d . B ank-notes of very large amount were equently cashed in Paris. Slr. Serjeant BosANQUET (with whom was Mr. Por.- I, ,ecrc), said ; th a t a f ter t h e evidence which had been adduced de could not deny that Messrs. Odier had given value for the note, but that did not alter the case. The note had been Itolen from Mr. Heselden, and the thief had, of course, no htitle to it. The thief, or some one else having also no title ut , had a l so passed it to Messrs. Odier, but the thief d not give to Messrs. Oilier a title to the note which t herefor e , had not himself He (Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet) had, tvtliierefo re , no objection to a special verdict being returned, h would bring it before the Court in Banco, as it was c learly a question of law. Lord TENTERDEN arranged the terms of the verdict, an d the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da- A t lg Bank"' " 0 1 to the opinion of the Court in Banco, of England agreeing to pay the interest per them.uf the n o t e , if t h e ver di ct was ult i mately against COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. MOSES AND OTHERS U. NEWMAN. Mr. Serjeant TADDY stated this was an action brought the plaintiffs, as assignees of a bankrupt named Mar io4ll, to recover of the defendant, who lately filled the ce of Hi g h Sh er i ff of Wiltshire, the sum of 5121. 18s. the Ivalue of goo d s b e l onging to th e bankrupt that he 'kci seized and sold under an execution, after Marshall had or n r.... mi . tteu an act of bankruptcy. The facts of the case w ere admitted by the defendant's Counsel, and the only Vlestion in the cause was, whether or not, as the act of ~ L a tikruptc y had n o t b een comm i tte d unt il t h e morning of "Y that the sale took place, it came within the con ,ruction of the 108th section of the late Bankrupt Act. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 512/. ISs. 6d., sub t° a Special ca se . Several other Sp ec i a l Jury cases, which inv o l ve d no t th e Oast featur e of public interest, were disposed of during the korning. T HE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. L. 1 1 11 ,e supplies of G ra i n t hi s wee k are no t cons id er able, 'ere is plenty of Flour. The trade for Wheat c0n ...4" very slack, and M on d ay ' s terms are with difficulty blantained. Earley is again lower, and almost unsale °hie. B eans and Pease meet a dull trade at last quota tic:kitt,r 's• Th e O at tra d e is much the same as last reported, b .4ack •d e moderate demand. Fl our con ti nues t o mee t a demand ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Flour. fi s h gn - 3,400 3,120 1,950 -- brig. SMITHFIELD MARKET. , In thi s d ay ' s mar k et, w hi c h ex hibi ted throughout a „` °s 4 Prid ay ' s supp l y , b ot h as to qua li ty and numbers, s 4 eit kind of meat met with an unusually dull sale, Beef t‘!l depression o f 2d., P or k 4d . per stone; M utton and 41 at about Monday's quotations. thiels pill STONE OF SIAS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. Ltiferior Beasts, s. . d. to 00 0 0 s rlo '2 0 Large Lambs d, 9ruality ditto 2' 0 2 2 Prime small dtt_c , , , 9 9 9 9 tri,Tgife Oxen... 0 0 3 0 Large kliferior ' tt, &c..... 3 2 "" a7Clitt i o. e . s . .. 4 2 0 3 4 Prime small INtteon Sheep ....... '2 0 24' Large Hogs ..... rs d qu litY ditto 263 01 Small Porkers 4 2. , 4 Id .01 4 wooned ditto 3 0 3 9 i Suckling Calves 12s. to3ob. each thdow nWethers 3 8 4 01 Quarter oldrigs 12s. to 16s. each. b. SIII.PLY, AS Exit CLERK'S STATEMENr. 4.'e tiY a t '• I Sheep. Calves. Pigs. 1 5 , 840 I 21 ' I 170 W it i i l l ii ii eh Cows were numerous, vet an useful short horns, ...............11 calf was worth from 20/. to 22/. , - NE.WGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. ... s. d. to s. s. d. to s, d. Zeel ... titto ****** 2 0 3 2 Veal ...... 34 4 0 0.. ............. 2 2 3 6 Pork CITY MARKETS--(TWO O'CLOCK.) k: a l t iovr aTtow SUGARS have been in very limited (le t t v this week, and the sales upon the whole have been el 7 inconsiderable, notwithstanding lower prices have ~?laccepted f or t h e i nferior and brown descriptions, with mch the market is very plentifully supplied, but for ach at present there are scarcely any enquiries ; for the , 11 0t1 and fine qualiti es, although no alteration in prices l it s be noticed, there is not so much eagerness to purchase; tarbadoes, a public sale, consisting of 122 hhds. was ,klght forward on Tuesday, but it went very heavily, the prices realized were from Is. to Is. 6d. lower 1, 1 those obtained at the public sale of last week ; the • sttritius Sugar offered by public sale on Friday last, ittssisted of the low to good brown, and low to good yel tt qs grocery descriptions, b ut the prices given for a ll a • h tles under 525. were again ls. lower. P °ltztari SucAns.—The only sales that have taken 1 4 0 : t his week have been about 400 c h ests of Y e ll ow - I , an nahs, an d a b ou t 150 c h ests Whi te Brazils. SUGARS.-There has been a great deal of l '''ess done this week in small Lumps and single Loaves '.a `' hi ngi for the Mediterranean at about 74 5 . 6d. t o tt%,,; t he buyers of c r a s hed having purch ase d very f ree l y tic'ne middling qua li t i es a 36 5 . t o 37 5 ., an d st il l conti ttitt to m a k e offers, but nearly all the parcels on show 14: s ' hsen taken off, and the Refiners consequently are tli k kfter noon much firmer in their demands, and pur kt'''s could not now be made on such favourable terms k Ne th r e a bu Yers as at the beginning of the week ; in the it oer e „ -rlPtions of lumps at the beginning of the week Auto ,4 0 . 7,"t quite so much doing but the demand ap- J e again rather revived, and but very few pfiar "%Veal v# brought under the quotations. For h. ne ° d a vell th ere have been several inquiries for h s tW ° 0 T three parcels (altogether about 40 11p -555 sold a 545. to 565. 'for the Mediterranean; in : t il e r --4Thb urg loaves (for the double refined bounty) also . riteizieoues to be business doing. Grocery qualities Cc:4l,le scares, but prices remain without alteration. Itinte,..ll"—The public sales this week have been less Atv . , l -° , 4 than for along time past, only about 450 casks 41,1;1 u t e ri brought . forward altogether, but the demand 1 5r ,"" is so very limited, both for the home trade and litye,Yinlation, that it was with difficulty the above quan- IkroZsdispOsed of, and prices of the ordinary qualities of Is t d 6.. 4 wets barely maintained : a parcel of ordinary to 14 . dinary pale I3rozil was partly sold at 31s. 6d. to ?It'd., which was about 6d. to Is. lower. 1 'eyed u`T-The demand for new Fruit continues very t klt" 44 ' 1 only very small parcels at present have been Zffi the price 9 . ,f new hunch Museateils has been re ; a large public sate advQrtiied for to-morfpw ; t4,3'rrivala this week have been very numerous, both of 4 " fine Spanish Fruit; new French Fruit are to and off very slowly at the quoted prices ; of new there are two or three arrivals reported, and they la r ;,;:k e e It mai ket in a day or two; of new It u Y n gS, cargo has arrive (4; PF.9t9l: 14•4121.-The market firm, as 'the landings are t tlkt!."er for the season, the stocks are reducing ; the . 1 1413 1 5 now about the same as at last year. ud ,2:".--The Company's sale is proceeding on quietly, riees are heavy, }'lttli°l%.-The market for Hops has become very dull, vv, r t 'elv and old Hope may be quoted .10s. per cwt. s, h * The duty is called 38,0001. and expected to >OOOl. 1 , 4 eA , .f'4 -, - ^..:—Boheas are in d e mand at -id. profit i.; 1(1.- to le4 cost'ls. 41; ,i,ongas which realised f , rom t 4 , 21. 3 1 1. at the last sale, are in demand at irom 'l,'"• Per lb. profit. All other sorts remain dull. surplui of the new crop are most sampled and in the market. The stemmed are not so good in quality as last year ; the leaf is of a heavy rich description, but not very dry, and calculated for Dutch and German market. About 300 Idols. of leaf have been taken at for middling, at 41d. a 4-ad. for good qualities, fine qualities are held at 5d., and the prices are considered high as compared with those of last year ; for good and fine stemmed bid. per lb. is asked, and of this quality only about 600 hhds. have arrived, which is a small stock for home consumption. BALTIC PRODUCE. —The dates from St. Petersburg!' are of the Sth instant. Tallow was heavy here ; it is as low as 365. 6d. per cwt. WooL.—The commercial letters from Van Dieman's Land, received two d lys since, state that in consequence of information received from this country, that large ship ments of coarse Wools had been made to France. Means were to be adopted to open a direct trade between Van Dieman's Land and the French ports. By such a regula tion the charges for re-shipping Wools in England would be saved, as well as other charges.—Great attention was paid in the colony to cleansing the wools, intended for ex port to England, and some excellent qualities were on the ere of being sent off for the London Market. BIRMINGHAM MARKETS.—OcT. 22. CORN MALI ET.—We have had a good supply of all descriptions of Grain at to-day's market. The Wheat trade remains in the same dull state as on this day se'n night, and is rather lower; the same may be said of every article in the trade, and very little business doing. s. d. to s. d. Wheat, per 621 b. Barley, per Imperial quarter 33 0 41 0 I‘l,lt 56 0 66 0 Pease 3B 0 41 0 Beans, per bag of 10 score gross Oats, per 291 b. Fine }lour, per sack of 2801 b. Seconds 45 0 46 0 SMITHFIELD.—This day's market exhibited the largest supply of every description of live stock that was ever seen here, consequently a general depression in price took place ; inferior Pigs scarcely saleable. Beef (per lb.) 4d. to 41d. Veal (per lb ' 4d. to sd. Mutton Porkers is. Od to Bs. Od. per score. ARCHERY. -- that fellow handles His bow like a crow-keeper, draw me a clothier's yard. LEA R. We have learned with great pleasure that the noble and national pastime of Archery has been re vived in the South and Western parts of England, with a splendour and propriety of costume propor tioned to the chivalrous character of the amusement. To our own countrymen, the descendants of the Archers of Agincourt, Cressy, and Poictiers, the use of the bow is well known : indeed so generally is it prized, that even the ladies warmed, no doubt, with some portion of the same generous ardour which once inspired the archers of " the olden time" are using every endeavour to bring it into - general repute, more especially in the county of Berks. In this noble province where so much wealth and beauty abound, elegant females, in tasteful dresses appro priate to the sport, are in the frequent habit of form ing themselves into graceful grouper, and contending for the prize. Here are to be seen the Lincoln Green of which Scott makes such picturesque use in his sketch of the Knight of Snowdon ; the hat archly turned up in a style which Maid Marian would have been proud to recognize, and adorned with elegant devices of the bow, the flower and leaf or bugle. Most ardently do we hope that this delightful pastime will speedily become general not only in Berks, but throughout every county in England.— It is linked in memory with the proudest historic associations; and so far as romance and sentiment are acceptable to the ladies, brings full before their minds the good old days of Robin and Maid Marian, the secluded haunts of Sherwood Forest, the spirit, health, animation, and enterprize of the " Lordly Squires," and " proud dames" of " merrie England." GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY.-SALA RIES TO DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC COMPANIES. Yesterday a Meeting of the holders of the Globe Stock was held at the Company's House, Corn bill. The attendance of Proprietors was more than usually numerous, on account of a letter which has been circulated in the city, relative to the enormous salaries paid to Directors of Public Companies, in the prosperity of which so many large capitalists and others have an interest. The Chair was taken by J. L. GOLDSMID, Esq., and the routine business of the day having been dis posed of, Mr. HUNTER rose to move a resolution, having for its object the reduction of the salaries of the Di- rectors. He entered .at some length into the sub ject, and stated in the course of his remarks that the Chairman and Directors had received for their services upwards of 100,000/., independently of their dividends,being equal to half the profits of the con cern since its commencement. He argued that the Directors of Public Companies were too highly paid, and contended that some reduction should be made. He concluded by moving the following Resolution, viz.—" That the allowance to the Chairman be re duced from 500/. to 2001. per annum, together with the use of the house in Pall-mall; and that the allowance to each of the twenty-four Directors be reduced from 150/. to 100/. per annum, by which means a saving will be effected to the proprietary of 1,500/. per annum." Sir SAMUEL SHEPHERD (the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland) proceeded at great length to deprecate the motion of Mr. Hunter. He had been one of the proprietors of this Company from the first day of its institution in 1803 ; and when he vested his money in it, he vested it under the idea that, whether the investment was beneficial or not, he was to have no trouble whatever in the management of it. The investment had turned out, as they all knew, very beneficially. Their capital had accumulated from 1,000,0001. to 1,500,0001.; their shares had increased in value from 100/. to 150/. During all the time they had received five per cent., and during several years seven per cent. on their money. Was there, then, any reason for making this reduction in the salaries of Directors who had performed their duty excellently to the Company, and who had never been accused, and were not even yet accused, of the slightest misma nagement ? Would it not be said, if they went on reducing the salaries of their Directors, first from 150/. to 100/. and then again from 100/. to perhaps 75/. or 50/. a-year,—would it not be said, he asked, " Oh, the Globe Insurance Company cannot be do. ing well ; there must be something not quite right, for what do you think ? They are obliged to reduce their salaries!" Would the circulation of such speeches do them no harm ? lie agreed with the Directors in thinking, that the passing of this re solution would be the infliction of a stigma upon them ; and for this reason—ghat it would be telling them that for years past they had been consenting to receive a remuneration far be yond that which, as honest and conscientious men, they ought to have demanded. He was then proceeding to notice points which had been casually introduced into the debate, when a very old gentleman, with a very sharp-beaked nose, and a very brown bob wig, who had been twisting himself about on his chair for some minutes in great apparent uneasiness, and muttering to himself " Words, words, mere chaff and no corn !" could no longer controul his impatience, but desked the speaker to sit d own , as h e had already talked longer than any body in the room, and had said nothing to the purpose. Mr. FRESIIFIELD, the Bank solicitor, Mr. CHAP MAN, and others, spoke against the Resolution, which was ultimately npgatiyed, A Gentleman then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Directors for their conduct during the last year; but he was reminded that the meet ing was dissolved, and could entertain no furth?r m~tioa. It thus singularly happens that the Direc tors of the Globe Insu'rance Company have not ob tained the thanks of their constituency for their ser vices in the last year. We are sorry to perceive that a boarding has been erected on tile East si4e Of St. James's-street, urbio is likely to block up the footpath (mos't unnecessarily) pro= bably for the next six months. LITERATURE. FAMILY LIBRARY, No. 7, LoNno , :, 1829. The " History of Insects," the first volume of which forms the seventh number of this varied and instructive Miscellany, puts forth many cu rious particulars on the subject of many of these extraordinary little animals, which serve to show the very singular character and extent of their sagacity, or, as we believe we should rather call it, their instinct. On the nature and habits of the different orders of spiders, which swarm in our fields and houses, the author is interestingly diffuse, and partially overturns the popular no tio❑ of their possessing venomous properties. On this point, Goldsmith, if we remem4er rightly, in his entertaining romance, the " History of ' Animated Nature," was very decided and pe remptory. He asserted, in unqualified terms, that the spider was a venomous animal, a dogma which the author of the present volume as un hesitatingly contradicts. The following parti culars respecting the common gnat, that pest both of town and country, are curious : " There are few insects with whose form we are better acquainted than that of the gnat. It is to be found in all latitudes and climates ; as prolific in the Polar as in the Equatorial regions. In 1736 they were so numerous, and were seen to rise in such clouds from Salisbury Cathedral, that they looked hire columns of smoke, and frightened the people, who thought the building was on fire. In 1766, they appeared at Oxford, in the form of a thick black cloud. Six columns were observed to ascend the height of fifty or sixty feet. Their bite was attended with alarm ing inflammation. In Lapland their numbers have been compared to a flight of snow when the flakes fall thickest, and the minor evil of being nearly suffocated by smoke is endured to get rid of these little pests. Captain Stedman says, that he and his soldiers were: so tormented by gnats in America that they were obliged to dig holes in the ground with their bayonets, and thrust their heads into them for pro tection and sleep. Humboldt states, that ' betwee❑ the little harbour of Higuerote and the mouth of the Rio- Unare, the wretched inhabitants are accustomed to stretch themselves on the ground, and pass the night buried in the sand three or four inches deep, exposing only the head, which they cover with a handkerchief.' " To the curious in matters of natural history we recommend this volume : it displays consi derable research, and brings together, into one well-arranged mass, a greater quantity of novel and instructive information than any work of the same size that we have met with for some time. COLONEL EVANS, ON THE PRACTICA I3ILITY OF AN INVASION OF INDIA. (From the Morning Advertiser.) We alluded four days ago to a new work from the pen of Colonel Evans, on the " Practicabi lity of an Invasion of India" by Russia ; but the crowded state of our columns has hitherto pre vented us from paying that attention to it which the importance of the subject, and the able man. tier in which it is discussed, in the treatise in question, so amply merit. We shall now enter somewhat farther into particulars. The various topics brought under considera tion by Colonel Evans, though not marked by any very distinct division, or regular classifica tion, may be summed up under the following heads : 1. The commercial and financial prospects of England, and her ability to go to war. 2. Proofs of the design of Russia to wrest from us our Indian territories, when a fitting op portunity presents itself. 3. The practicability of a successful accom plishment of the design. Upon the opinions put forth by Col. Evans under the first head, we shall have some observ ations to make in a day or two, and shall, there fore, for the present merely remark that the Go vernment of England never yet went to war without meeting with adequate support from the people of England, both in men and money, and that if need be, there is as little question of such being the case now as at any period since the Re volution. The truth is, that generally speaking, war is always more popular in this country than peace, and that if a Ministry had no other means left of ingratiating itself with the public, the making of war alone, upon any plausible ground, or for the accomplishment of any plausible ob ject, would be sufficient to relieve it from the stigma of general condemnation. With regard to the second point mooted by Colonel Evans, proofs of a long settled design by Russia upon our Indian territories, are pro ' duced ad nauseam. So far back as 1790, " the Empress had firmly resolved," says the Survey of Eton, in the event of a war, " to attempt to send an army through Bokhara to Cashmere, to place the Mogul on the throne of India, and drive the British out of their possessions : and there were then in Russia," adds the same work, " Frenchmen who had been sent into those parts by M. de Vergennes, and who offered to conduct the army." " When the British fleet was about to sail for the Baltic, to force the Empress to make peace, Prince Nassau, who was them in favour with her Imperial Majesty, presented a plan for sending an army through Bukhara to Cashmere, and thence to Ben. gal, to drive the English out of India. " Little difficulty was foreseen in passing through Bokhara ; it was even hoped, seeing the object was to re-establish on the throne of India a prince of their religion, that they would be friendly to the enterprise; however, were they not, little appre hension was entertained of a people so disunited among themselves, and who tremble at the name of Russia. " St. Genie pretended that there were passes through the mountains, and that he had people who had been in the country, sent by M. de Vergennes. He presented with his project a map, and a march route for the army. " They counted on being joined in the north of India by the discontented from all parts." Again, in 1819 and 1820, as soon as the affairs of France had been settled, missions, not for purely scientific purposes, as occasional slips in the published accounts of those who accom panied them, were almost simultaneonsly dis patched to Bokhara, to Pekin, to Khiva, to the Toorkomans, and previously to Khokand. One of those functionaries observes, that " it is to Russia that the office belongs of imparting to the Khanats of central Asia a salutary impul sion, and of diffusing throughout those coun tries all the benefits of European civilization ;" and another .adds, in emphatic terms, that for the benefit of Russian commerce " Khiva ought to be taken possession of." Again, Colonel Mouravief, who was employed in a mission to Khiva, in 1820, has the following, among other passages, equally pointed and satisfactory as to the design ; " If we possessed Khiva," says he, " of which the conquest would not be difficult, the Nomades of Central Asia would dread our power, and a com• mercial route would be established from the Indus and Oita (or Amou) even into Russia; then would all the treasures of Asia enrich our country, and we s hould see realized the brilliant project of Peter the Great. Masters of Khiva, many other States would be brought under our dependence. In a word, Khiva,is, at this moment, an adv ance d post, w hi c h opOses itself to the commerce of Russia with Dok- Kara and N d rn India; under our dependence, I Khiva would become a safe-guard, which would de -1 fend this commerce atminst the attacks of the dis persed people in the Steppes of Central Asia. This oasis, sit sated in the midst of an o ce . m of sand, I would become the point of reunion for all the com merce of Asia, and would shake to the centre of India the enormous commercial superiority of the dominators of the sea." These are tolerable proofs, that the idea of invading India, is not quite so foreign to Rus• Sian policy as has been generally imagined ; and that the practicability of carrying it into effect has been greatly augmented of late years by the success of the Russians against the Persians, — the political relations which they have been so anxious to establish, and so successful in many instances in settling on a permanent basis—but especially by their possession of European Turkey, and the consequent inuring of their army to a warmer climate cannot be doubted. Nor, as has been amply shown by Col. Evans, is there any actual impossibility of accomplish ing the invasion. " The project of the Russians," says Col. Evans, " appears to be, to move three or four thousand men over, for the most part, a sterile steppe, deficient in water, but of inconsiderable breadth. There (at Kliiva) to be reinforced by further detachments, to facilitate the bringing up of which arrangements could then be easily made, and also to be recruited, both at that place and at Bokhara, from the unfor tunate Russians and Persians at present held in captivity. It is at Balk that, in fact, a consider able train of baggage animals would have to be pre pared. The distance to Attock is nearly five hun dred miles. But excepting the Hindoo Coosh hills, of ten or fifteen days in the passage, it is generally a peopled and well-cultivated country. The mer chant caravans, which constantly cross the Ilindoo Coosh, consist chiefly of horses and ponies, being more adapted than the camel for the defile passes. But camels abound on both sides of the mountain." " The time likely to be occupied by the Russians in these supposed movements might be about as follows : " Mr. Fraser was informed by several persons, whose reports coincided, and whose statements he considered worthy to be received, that the distance from the Bay of Balkan to Khiva is twelve days' journey for a caravan; in another place he gives it at ten days. M. Mouravief states the distance from thence to the neighbourhood of Bokhara, for heavily laden boats, at seven days' voyage. From this point to within two days' march of Balk may be another voyage of four or five days. Here then are twenty five, or suppose we admit it to be thirty-five days' journey for merchants, which we will allow a Rus sian force a whole campaign to accomplish ; in order that there may be full time for establishing them selves in Khiva, Bokhara, Samarcand, &c. " Let us then suppose, that early in the following year there are ten or fifteen thousand Russihns, with twenty or thirty thousand of newly organised troops assembled between Balk and the ancient Anderab at the foot of the mountains ; smaller columns being directed towards the passes leading to Peshawar and Cashmere. " From Anderab, through the defiles of the Ilin• doo Koosh to Caubul is one hundred miles. From Caubul to Attock is about two hundred and thirty miles. It is strange if they cannot accomplish this within the second campaign, aided, as there is too much reason to apprehend they may be, by many of the discontented and unprincipled Afghaun chief tains ;—some of whom are even perhaps, at this very time, urging their invitations to this invasion." On the most obvious mode of opposing such an invasion, Colonel Evans says : " Caubul, as before obset ved, has been invariably regarded as the key of India; whether the invader advance from the west or the north, from Candahar or from Balk. The Hindoo Kush mountains, which interpose between the fertile plains of Balk and the rich valley of Caubul, are the most impor tant feature in all this tract. They form a ramifica tion of the Himalehs, extending from thence in a continuous line to the westward. On the line be tween Balk and Caubul there are several passes running chiefly along the beds or sides of the moun tain rivers. These, in winter, are subject to ava lanches, and are at no season good roads, although constantly in use, both by armies and caravans, from the most ancient to the present times. There is also a pass from Koondooz to Attock, by the way of Peshawer, and from Koondooz to Cashmere. E mour, we find, from his own statement, entered India in three colums. There were 30,000 cavalry previously stationed in Afghannistan. These were directed upon Moultan. The centre, consisting of 32,000, also of cavalry, passed by the way of Balk, Caubul, and Peshawer, to Attock. The left wing, of 30,000 of the same arm, from Samarcand, in the direction of Cashmere. " It would evidently be desirable that we should have a complete knowledge of the Ilindoo hooch, and of the passes through it ; as a question would most probably arise as to whether it should not be occu pied by a detached corps in support of the native bands, in the event of menaced invasion, and of the Afghauns or chief part of them being in alliance with us. It, no doubt, offers strong po&tionQ, as an advanced line—if held by a force which knew how to defend them. There is a river (the Pau meh) which falls into the Caubul river, westward of Peshawer, along which runs for some distance the road to K.fiondC;oz. This would also, perhaps, be occupied. But these are no more than details and conjectures. The fact of the operation not be ing locally impracticable, is, I think, demonstrated. " One word will only be added. It was an esta blished and well-known maxim of the Romans to carry their wars, whenever they could do so, into the territory of their enemies. Thus it was that, in order to put a. signal termination to the invasion of Italy, they resolved on assailing the source of Han nibal's power in Africa. The source of the Czar's encroachments in Asia—is in Europ e ." We snake no apology for the length of this extract, the importance of which would justify even a more lengthy quotation. There is evi dently, from the proofs adduced by Col. Evans, a design on the part of Russia to seize the first favourable opportunity of threatening us, if not of meditating a serious invasion, on the side of India—there is also a practicability of accosts plishino. this object ; and the evident conclusion from the whole, is, that it behoves us to adopt every possible precaution both against the further aggrandizement of Russia, either in Europe or Asia, and also to secure our Indian frontier, by conciliating the various tribes and governments, between it and the Russiar, boundary. On all these points we cordially recommend the work of Colonel Evans as pregnant with much valuable information, and replete with sound views on the various topics to which it refers. In the neighbourhood of Leominster apples are selling at 1 s. 3d. the bag (measuring ten heaped peeks.) . . , An abundant fruit year, like the present, is calculated to make a difference of from 10 to 20,000 hogsheads of sugar i❑ the home consumption of thatarticle. There is now in Mr. litiTToN's shop, in Carlisle, a gourd which was grown in the neighbourhood of Carl;,sle, and is of most extraordinary dimension. It weighs not less than 531bs, and is four feet two inches in circumference.—.Edinbu r ph A dvertiztr. Woodcocks have already made their appear ance in this country. O. t;aturday a fine b;rd of this species was killed at Elderfield, Worcestershire, and on the same day another was shot near Abergavenny.—ad tenhanz Chronicle. We understand that the practice of repairing British ships in foreign ports has become very common, and that a scientific gentleman has recently left Sunsler land for Hamburg, for the purpose of superintending the that city.... Tyn e M ercury. a patent ship- w ay f or repairing ships at construction of FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Lady Olivia SpArrow, at the Hyde -park Hotel, Hyde park-place, from Margate; Mr. sal Mrs. Pollock, and Miss Moray, at ditto, from / ; Mrs. Denis, at ditto, from Southampton; Sirs. Smith Owcit, at (iitto, from Sevenoaks ; It. W. Be.moiont, Esq. at ditto, from the Continent ; Osgood Gee, Esq. and Mrs. Gee, at Marshal Thom:ssmi's Hotel, Cavendish_ square, from Essex ; Charles Winn, Esq. Mrs. Winn, and fa mily, at ditto, from Nostell Priory, Yorkshire; Nathaniel Strickland, Esq. at ditto; Thomas G. Corbet, Esq. at ditto ; P. Fairlie, Esq. at ditto ; Captain Robert Lindsay, at ditto ; Earl and Countess of Harrowby, at Sandon Hall, Staffirdsbire, horn a tour; Lord Stowell, in Gratton-str et, from Berkshire; Earl Fitzwilliam, at Milton, Northamptonshire, from Wentworth House, Yorkshire; Viscount and 'Viscountess Doneraile and fa ' Indy, at the London hotel, Albemarle-street, frutn Chelten ham ; Mr. and Mrs. D'Arcos and family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart and family, at ditto, from Engletield-green; Sir Jellison Gordon, Bart. at the Burlington Hotel, from Haverhohm Priory ; Mr. and Mrs. Ball, at ditto, from the Continent; Mr. ant Mrs. Hanson, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Worcester ; Colonel H. Sumner, at ditto, from Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. Cal vert, at ditto, from a tour ; Captain Colville, at ditto, from Windsor; Thomas Smith, Esq. at ditto, from Wales; F. H. Fawkes, Esq. at ditto, from a tour ; S. S. Prime, Esq. at ditto, from ditto; Countess Onslow, at the St. George's Hotel, Albe marle-street, from her seat, Clandon, Surrey ; Miss Rollinson, at Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, in Harley-street, from Ireland. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Buckingleamshire, from the Hyde-park Hotel, for Hampden House ; the Hon. E. King, M.P. from ditto, for Ire land; John Fitzgerald, Esq. M.P. Mrs. Fitzgerald, Peter Fitz gerald, Esq. and the Misses Fitzgerald, from Marshal Thomp son's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Mrs. Purcel and Miss Purcel, from ditto; Lord Foley, from Brooke-street, on a tour ; Earl of Essex, for Cashiobury Park ; Madame de Bosset, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Bath; Colonel and Mrs. Cooper, from ditta, for Salisbury ; Sir William and Lady Maria Oglander and family, from ditto, for their seat in Dorsetshire; Mrs. and Miss Barton, from the Burlington Hotel, for Southampton ; - Bramston, Esq. and Miss Grove, from ditto, for Hants; H. Fitzgerald, Esq. from ditto, for Bath; Col. Thompson, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, on a tour; Wm. Lascelles, Esq. from the British Hotel, Jermyn.street, for Cambridge ; J. Mackenzie, Esq. from ditto, fur Scotland. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND gave a grand dinner yesterday at their residence at Kew to some of the memo is of the Royal Family, and a select party. The Prussian and Spanish Ministers visited the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Office of the Se- cretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Prince LIEVEN, the Russian Ambassador, and Count MASTUCEWITZ, had a conference yesterday morning with the French Ambassador, at his residence i❑ Portlind-place. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD and Air. HUSKIS• sort have arrived at the residence of the Marquis of HERTFORD, Sudborn Hall, Suffolk, on a visit to his Lord ship. The Noble Marquis is at present entertaining the Duke of WELLINGTON and a select party of Noblemen and gentlemen. Despatches from Lord STUART de RoTH SAY, at Pat is, were brought to the Foreign Office on Wed nesday night by a messenger, who passed through that capital on his way from Ancona (which place he left on the 13th inst), with despatches from Sir FREDERICK ADAM, at Curfu, fur the Colonial Office. The mes senger also brought despatches to the Foreign Office from Mr. DAWKINS, our resident in Greece. Despatches were sent off' yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the Earl of BELmollE, the Governor of Jamaica, and others of the Governors of the West India Islands. The Duke of WELLINGTON has paid into the Treasury the sum of 1,025/., received by him as Lord Warden of the Cinque Pot ts. Among the items carried to the credit ac count of the last quarterly return of the revenue, was a sum of 120,1211. received of the West India Dock Com pany for the purchase of the City Canal. DRURY-LANE TIIEATR E.—Mr. BA RRY moRE's new melodrame, which he calls the Greek Family, was lest night most deservedly damned at this Theatre. It is sad trash, and after an attentive heating was pro nounced intolerable. Mr. COOPER strove to gain a hear ing in its favour, but was scarcely successful. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.--A newpiece, in two acts, entitled The Robber's Wife, was last night brought out at this Theatre. The plot is taken from the Tales of the Munster Festivals," and has already been dramatized at one of the minor theatres. It is simple in its construction, and replete with interest and incident. The piece was throughout ably acted, particularly the character of Larry 0' Gig, which, in the hands of Mr. POWER, occasioned abundant entertainment. The house, we were delighted to perceive, was crowded. PRESENT TO MISS FANNY KEJIBLE.— Another• interesting incident occurred the night before last, at Covent-garden Theatre, besides the presence of Mrs. SIDDONS to witness the performance of Juliet by her niece. The actors and actresses took the opportunity of presenting her with a beautiful chased gold bracelet, studded with jewels; and with an inscription stating, that it was given as a slight token of the obligation she had conferred upon them, by corning forward at a time when, bar; for her, probably, the Theatre could not have opened ; or, if opened, could not long have continued so. Miss F. KEMBLE received the gift very gracefully and thankfully, as a proof of the kind feeling she had inspired, rather than as a merited testimony of her excellence in the only part in which she has appeared. It is to be regretted that Mrs. SIUDONS did not show herself on the night when she attended ; for she thus totally prevented the enthusiastic expression of admiration which must have followed the knowledge that she was present. There has been considerable talk within the last two or three days respecting the probability of Mr. HUSKISSON rejoining the Cairinet, from which he seceded during the first months of its existence. lle is now on a visit to the Marquis of HEnzroan, at Sndbourn where, also, Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD, the Duke of WEL LINGTON, and a select party, are staying on a shooting excursion.. It is alleged that the present CHANCELLOrt of the EXCHEQUER is to give way to Mr. HusrussoN, and that the Leadership of the House of Commons is the bait held out. Mr. PEEL, it is added, will be elevated to the peerage.-211orning Advertiser. We understand that G. H. GINGELL, Esq., of Naish House, has, with a degree of liberality worthy of imitation, lowered the rents of his tenants in the parish of Bremhill, Wilts, 4,0 per cent. in consequence of the pre sent state of agricultural dep.ession.—Bath Chronicle. A separation is about to take place in high life between a Noble Lord and his lady who have recently entered into the matrimonial state. The unhappy diN rence is said to have arisen from the discovery of a letter received by one of the parties from an enomoruta, who likewise is of titled distinction, and united by Hymen's bands to a Supposed favourite lover. The discovery alluded to has produced a chain of evidence which, it is said, can not 1 e controverted. A gentleman travelling by a stage, was regret ting that be had not a seat in front. " Pray," said an ther passenger, "did you ever travel this road before ?" "0 ! yes, often," was the answer. " Then now, Sir, you have the pleasure of travelling behind." Early on Monday morning was caught oppo site Newnham Passage, an immensely large eel ; its length was seven feet two inches, weight 591bs. and girth 2S inches. In the course of the day it was brought to Glou cester, for the inspection of the public, and was allowed by judges, to be the largest fish of the kind ever taken in that neighbourhood.— Cheltenham Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY FACT.-A few days since no less than 25 earwigs, alive, came from the head of a young female, residing at lleullis, near Newport. She had eoniplainA of severe pains in the head, and was at tended by Mr. JAMES llAwk - tris, surgeon, of Newport. It is supposed that the insects must have been generated in the head. —3.formouflishire It is singular (says LEDYARD) that the Arab language has no word for liberty, though it has for staves So strong is the propensity of the Russians to jealousy, that they are guilty of the lowest offences on that account. The observation may appear trivial, but au or dinary P.ussian will he displeased if one even endeavours to gain the good-will of his dog. I affroo,ted the com mandant of this town (Yakutsk) very highly, by permit. ting his dog to walk with me one afternoon. - He.expostu lated with me very seriously about it. This is aot e only instance. I live with a young Russian officer, with whom I came from Irkutsk ; no circumstance has ever in terrupted the harinor.y between us, but his dogs. They have done it twice. A pretty little puppy he has, came to me ene day, and jumped on my knee; I patted h's head, and g a v e hi m some b rea d. Th e so= few at the dog in th e u t mos t rage , an d gave him a hIQW which broke his leg. Th e l esson I gave hi m on the occasionhas al-, most cured hip,--,kife ofZedyazW. SPIRIT OF THE PU/3LIC JOURNALS. We did not speak without book two or three days ago, in hinting at the results whinii would be likely to follow from an enforcement of the official orders for stripping the military officers of the East India Company of half their customary allowances. The " penny wise, pound foolish nature of this attempt to exasperate the only friends of whom the Company might havc reckoned for the protection of an empire—VVe will not say how acquired or how governed, or surrounded by what variety of dangers—is al ready discoverable, Ist, from the alarming I( t rs addressed to the Governor-General of India by four great departments of the Bengal army,--viz. the Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and Medical Staff; and, 2d, from the official circular of the Adjutant-General at head-quarters, in reply to the remonstrances from the several corps, an nouncing that Lord William Bentinck (a per fectly honest and well-meaning man, but) the most inflexible of all descendants from a Dutch fbrefather, would transmit to Leaden hall-street the complaints of the army, and recommend to the Court of Directors a re consideration of their obnoxious project. The petition and remonstrance of the Bengal Ar tillery proceeds from one of the most respect able and celebrated corps in the world. It is signed by Brigadier-General Macleod, and fort - - four other officers, of whom nine are of the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Major. The me morial of the 3d Light Cavalry has the signa tures of Colonel Hawtrey commanding, and of fifteen brother officers. 'fhis appeal to the Go vernment appears the more serious, because it comes from parties who confess that they are not in their own persons likely to be injured by the proposed reduction of batta ; but that their re gard for the " welfare of the army" -compels them to make common cause with those branches of it which the measure threatens to affect. When a military body present themselves as complainants on the strength °fie/low : feeling, where they have no personal stake, matters begin • to exhibit a somewhat gloomy aspect. The Ar tillery memorial declares the authors of it to be " wholly unable to bear quietly a permanent re duction from that which was before hardly adequate to a decent maintenance." The Cavalry " cannot submit sliding" to the operation of the order, &c. The Infantry announce, that the cheerful ness and promptitude heretofore evinced them in the discharge of their duty, will give ' " dissatisfaction and de s i'l)aLe o feelings de t iicg,eih'ts of with %thi c h it is not in human nature to combat. The • body of Medical Officers exclaim against the curtailment of their allowances for medicines, &c. and plead many peculiar grounds and reasons which make • their situation under the intended blow one of intolerable hardship. The whole correspondence manifests on the part of the army a rooted con viction of the injustice practised on them in this instance, charging the Company, in measured though unambiguous language, with the most unfeeling cruelty towards faithful servants, whose lives have been devOted to its service, and with a gross violation of those compacts, expressed or implied, in reliance on which the officers of .the native army had abandoned their distant home, and embraced the chances and contingencies of a protracteda nio laistt to eiid possessing their competence m i p n e t t l e i ce le' w ope herewith re a :' ti days in easy and decent repose. We do not s a y that the advisers of this disastrous p ars i mony have meditated a general embroiling o f th e affairs ier ate exile, c of India, as a warning, in the nature of " Noll me tangere," to the Government and people of England, should there be any where an inclina tion to relieve the Company from the toils of empire, and to take their dominions int o t h e keeping of the State ; but if the wish in Leaden hall-street were to throw India into confusion, to • disgust the Parliament and the nation with its concerns, so that thus on the eve of an expira tion of their charter the whole property might be blown upon, as it were, and the Company enabled to buy it in on easy terms, why, we submit, that if (a supposition which we allow is absurd) so laudable a scheme were meditated, no more promising way to execute it could be found than to plunge the native force into a general mutiny, and invite an army of foreign invaders to the Indus. The statesmen of Leaden halbstreet (able managers though they are) m a y be deceived in their expectzn,ions of subduing, by late wisdom, the storm which their impru dence, if nut their injustice, has generated.— Times. The proceedings at the meeting yesterday of the Globe Insurance Company, though incon clusive, xvill he read with interest by persons connected with that and similar establishments. Our own opinion on the subject has been already intimated. It is no reflection on the moral qua lities or conduct of any stipendiary functionaries to reduce their salaries in these times : it is only a proof of the prevalent and well-founded opi nion, that economical reforms must be adopted, in order to allow the burdened public to pay the interest, and ultimately reduce the principal, of its Own debt. It was a singular argume, nt of Sir Samuel Shepherd's, that economy, in the management of any concern must, or might, cast a suspicion upon its stability. Our_ inference would be the direct reverse. Hol;ever, the worthy proprietor in the bob-wig demolished the fine-spun arguments of the legal sophist in the best way—" Words, words !—mere chaff and no corn ! Sit down, you hie talked longer than any one else ; and said nothing to the pur pose." There is one vim infecti ng the direction - of establishments of this nature in general, and the Glob we believe not less tainted with it -. than others ; and that vice is, that the sarr.e per son is director in several companies. Director ships have really become a trade. Now, if a corporation is to derive importance and attract customers from the influence of its directors, ought that influence to be dividtgl ? I, r one portion of it in one society to be wort; against another poi tion cf it in anotlie society ? The practice is dishonourable, and ought to be abolished.—/bid.. A subject of very g reat _ importance mas yes- - terday agitated in th e Court of Common Coun cil—the combination of the great Coal-owned . : i of the North, and tho mode of defeating tbeiar.: The owners of the collieries in the neighbour hood of the Tyne and Wear regulate among themselves the vend of coals in such a way, that in supplying London they can fix their own price. A little while ago the coal-owners fall out among thcmselves, when each sold at his own pric e , and as much as he thought proper, the price of continuanceco f e ll eight o f thi9 shillings a c state of l a t 1110 things, s: heDuringMarquis q t u b i e s of Londonderry, Lord Durham, &c., warmly sympathised with the poor of the metropolis, who suffer so much from the high price of coals. The sympathy did not, however, endure long.—. The coal-owners soon found that high prices, without sympathy fo: the suiferinas of the poor, ~: