The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-05 00:00:00

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The Scotch Tories are beginning to peep out of their holes, after the disgraceful scenes in which they have been engaged during the late struggle. They .have no great successes to plume themselves upon— thank Heaven and the steadiness of the Scottish cha ra":!ter—but upon second thoughts they have come to the conclusion that it is better to assume the virtue which they have not, to raise their crests and crow as loudly as if they had gained a victory instead of sus tainiug a defeat, and by way of proving that their impu dence is in full proportion to their other qualities, to rail against bribery', intimidation, subornation of per jury, and other peccadillos of which they themselves have been guilty to so fearful an extent. Thus the pickpocket is ever the first to call out " Stop Thief," and by that artifice sometimes escapes the punishment due to his crimes. The Haddingtonshire gentry, and the life-renters of Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR, have been jollifying simul taneously in their respective districts. In one respect -.there is a strong resemblance—and that, no doubt, has produced a lively sympathy—between the North and it he South. Bribery, coercion, clerical denunciation, and a ll the other et ceteras of Tory tactics, have been the m can3 by which Lord RA NISAY and Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR have wormed themselves into their present seats. Lord R A MSAY and the Northern Baronet are, however, not to be confounded in other respects. The Noble Lord is a Tory, and it is very evident from his speech at the late meeting, a most virulent one ; but we believe him to be an honest one. At all events, he has never been anything else. He has never hoisted false colours—never given himself out for what he was not—never, in short, become a renegade from the opinions which he pretended to espouse with ar dour and even vehemence, and then hypocritically pleaded that this apostasy was in reality a conversion, accomplished by a supernatural interposition—the immediate effect of an outpouring of the spirit of Agnewism I He has never done any of these vile things ; and therefore, we say, he is not to be degraded to the level of Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR. This latter personage, who inherits all the vanity and none of the honesty of his father, was invited to meet some of his thick-and-thin supporters at a village near Thurso, where, among other persons equally en titled to respect, we find there was the noted champion of the Church, PHIN, the clerical Magog of the North, the knight-errant of Presbyterianism, who gives practical lessons of Gospel morality by compelling his elders to break their solemn pledges and violate their consciences for the glory of GOD. This personage played first fiddle, Sir GEORGE being only an accom panying instrument, whose " ventages he governed," and whose " stops" he knew right well. PHIN, we are told, said grace " in his usual impressive manner," that is, in the manner of a raving fanatic ; after which the Chairman gave a toast or two before he came to the " Cock of the North," as Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR'S wise friends have dubbed him—no other person being thought worthy of that title since the death of the late Duke of GORDON. The person on whom it devolved to discharge the solemnities of the evening was Sir Somebody Alkt ST RUTHER, of Balcaskin (why has the Baronet dropt a letter out of this odd-sounding name ?) the person to whom his brother Baronet has engaged to transfer the representation of the county when the fitting occasion arrives. The selection was, therefore, highly judicious. It was to be expected also that a Chairman standing in so interesting a relation to Sir GEORGE, would not be very mealy-mouthed in sound ing the praises of the pro tempore Member. The will does not, indeed, seem to have been wanting ; and that, we suppose, would be taken in this case, as in others, for the deed ; for the Chairman's mouth was certainly not fashioned to be the external organ of elo quence, whatever else might issue from it. We think, if he would try his hand at poetry, he might succeed somewhat better. He has fancy, but little judgment withal. For example. It is well-known that Sir GEORGE SINCL AIR has entirely neglected the business of the county of Caithness in Parliament for the last two years, mixing himself up with party manoeuvres, and aiming at being a" Statesman"—bless the mark— when he ought to have been looking to the interests of his constituents. The Chairman confessed this—how could he do otherwise ? but made an attempt— a clumsy enough one, certainly, to gloss Sir GEORG E'S time, it would appear, was so taken up with his religious duties, that over. he had none to spare for secular affairs. " You know," quoth ANSTRUTHER, " the devoted attention he pays to the duties of religion, whether in the public wor ship of the sanctuary, or in the retirement of his own domestic circle." The worthy gentleman then, by a very natural transition, passes on to the mention of " cant and humbug," with as complete an uncon sciousness of the application as if he had been wrapt in the " skin" of his own estate. The next item of excuse for the Honourable Ba ronet's delinquency is the immense magnitude of the open spaces in the network of his mind ! " The meshes (what an elegant and happy figure !), the meshes of his mind are too large to retain such small fry as parish meetings," &c. We are irresistibly led by this beautiful illustration to the herring-boat with all the interesting processes of gutting, salt ing, &c. But our space, we find, will not allow us to dwell at such length as we could wish upon-this speech. There is only one other passage to which we can refer, at present at least, and that is the following : —" I may compare him (SINCLAIR) to the great painters of old—or to our own immortal Lawrence who employed their own genius solely on the head of their portraits, while they left the outline to be filled up by inferior artists." Now we would put it candidly to the Chairman, whether it may not be a doubt with some people whether the person intended to be compli mented in the words we have quoted may not rather sit for the picture than be the painter himself ? Has e ever met with the following lines ? " Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest ; A heavenly face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you—parts that none will trust— Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust." At the Sunderland Reform Dinner, to which we have before alluded, Mr. PONSONBY, who was pre sent, made several pertinent and sensible allusions to the character of the returns during the last elections. " I feel the truth," said he, " which I will not attempt to disguise, that the number of Liberal Members has fallen short of that returned to the last Parliament. But, at the same time, if the number has been dimi nished, what we have lost in quantity, I think we have gained in quality. In looking at the returns, we shall see that scarcely one doubtful man has been elected, and in the new House of Commons we shall see arranged on each side men whose opinions and objects cannot be mistaken." This is a fair statement of the case. Ministers will be in pos session of a steady working majority, quite suffi cient to enable them to transact the business of the now fast-approaching Session, and carry all those measures of Reform which they may deem necessary for the welfare of the country. They need no longer be apprehensive of failings-off in their numbers ; they have a firm, pledged majority, which will not—and dare not—desert them. Besides, they have the coun try on their side ; for it is ridiculous to suppose that the " re-action" of which the Tories have been boast ing so loudly, of late, is anything more than the result of bribery and intimidation, carried to a degree beyond precedent throughout the recent elections. Sir ROBERT PEEL well knows that such is the case ; hence the cautious way in which he spoke the other av at the Tamworth dinner about the prospects o. his party. Sir ROBERT is a discreet man, who has no notion of committing himself, or shouting before he is out of the wood ; but had he'really thought that the Tory prospects were as bright as their jour nals represented them to be, when he made his speech, he would have denounced Ministers as energetically as he did towards the close of the last Session, when he fancied that they were in extremis, and that he himself was about to receive orders to turn his horses' heads towards Windsor. Government then, we repeat, is quite strong enough to give the requisite impetus to Reform, for it is not the mere size of the majority that ensures the success of an important measure, but the convic tion that it is backed by the voice of the people. " We have," observed Mr. PONSONBY, " a course of liberal and enlightened policy to force through the House of Lords, and the House dare not refuse that policy, if the majority in the Commons, be it small or be it great, is sanctioned by the voice of the majo rity of the people." We may add besides, that the Court being now avowedly on the side of Reform, instead of against it, as during the late reign, Ministers have thereby gained an increase of strength far greater than any they could have derived, had the returns of the past election furnished them with a majority of two hundred and upwards. The House of Lords may resist a small majority in the Commons : and even venture for a time to act in direct opposition to the people's best interests ; but it will be slow—very slow to resist the Court and the People united. The po pular agitation during the Reform Bill has read it a lesson which it dare not, even if it would, forget. The inadequacy of the Reform Act, in its present state, to secure any thing like a fair representation of the political sentiments of those on whom it conferred the very equivocal boon of the elective franchise, has been clearly enough demonstrated by the events of the late election, had any such demonstration been re quired. To say nothing of the exclusion from the exercise of a political right that seems inherent in the members of a free community, to which it dooms the great mass of the people, by the arbitrary and irrational assumption of a property qualification as the test of a man's understanding, one of its greatest defects is the want of any protection for that class of voters who are dependent upon the owners of the soil, and who have, in practice, not only been degraded into slaves them selves, but have also been made the instruments of enslaving their fellow-citizens. So deplorable a result as this of a measure from which so much national be nefit was anticipated, and, if it had had fair play, would have followed, notwithstanding its unjust limi tation, has led the friends of Reform to consider how this great evil may be remedied. The Newspaper Press has, as a matter of course, not been inattentive to so important a subject; and none of our Contempo raries has paid more attention to it than the Aberdeen Herald—a paper not more distinguished for its ardent support of liberal principles than for the ability with which its various departments are conducted. Mr. ADAM, the Editor of that Journal, has published a little pamphlet, the object of which is to offer some suggestions for a progressive amelioration of our elec toral system. The pamphlet is entitled " The Knowledge Quali fication," which title will convey an idea of the main instrument by which the author proposes to effect the purpose in view ; but we shall let Mr. ADAM speak for himself : I propose to make the spread of education and the con cession of civil rights not merely concomitant and com mensurate but mutually assistant ; the love of knowledge aiding the extension of the suffrage, and the desire of po litical power conducing to the enlightenment of the people. This I would acccomplish by substituting for the 101. qualification the possession► of a certain degree of intelli gence, to be ascertained in the manner afterwards described. The right, of course, would also require to be restricted by juvenility, non-residence, mental incapacity, and such other disqualifications as might be deemed just and expedient. Females should, I think be allowed to vote ; but the discus sion of this point may be waived at present. Instead of the present machinery for registering voters, there should be established in each town and county a board, or where that is insufficient a number of boards, consisting of three or five Members, chosen in such a man ner as to guarantee, as near as may be, absolute impar tiality in the exercise of their functions. It would be the duty of these boards, during a certain period of each year, to receive the application of every person wishing to be placed on the roll—to take evidence of his age, residence, and legal capacity—and to examine whether he possessed the requisite omount of knowledge to entitle him, to the elective franchise. For the purposes of this examination, a fixed and invari able standard of intellectual attainment would obviously be required, as it would lead to great irregularity, and give room for gross partiality, were the boards allowed to deter mine arbitrarily, in every given case, the amount of informa tion necessary to constitute a valid claim. I admit freely that the choice of a standard is attended with some dif ficulty ; but I do not by any means think either that it is impracticable, or that the obstacles are such as may not be easily overcome. The following has occurred to me, and I give it not as the best that could be devised, but as one to which there could be no very serious objections urged :- 1. The claimant should be made to writ• out, in pre sence of the Board, a legible and intelligible application for his right of suffrage. 2. He should be made to read, ad aperturant, any por tion or portions of certain books in the English language, commonly used in the examinations of the board, and to show, by stating afterwards, in his own words, the substance of what he has read, either at once, or in reply to ques tions, that he understands the meaning the author. * The books used by the Boards might be those that were read in the highest English classes of such national schools as it might be found expedient to establish or re model. One of them, at least, ought to consist of a plain but comprehensive treatise on the form of the British Govern ment ; an abstract, in common phraseology, of some of the more important laws affecting the subject ; a brief history of recent public events ; an elucidation of the leading principles of political economy ; a summary of the duties of Electors ; and a clear view of the position which the Voter holds in relation to the Government, to other Electors, and to his Unenfranchised fellow-countrymen whom he virtually re presents. A second volume should be devoted to his du ties as a private citizen, and to other topics that fall within the province of the divine, the moralist, and the philosopher. After stating the beneficial effects of - this plan in improving the electoral character, in extending the suffrage in the right direction, and in giving a powerful stimulus to the cause of general education, Mr. ADAM proceeds to defend it from the charge of impracticability, which he anticipates may be brought against it. It may be proper, before going further, to adduce an example or two to show that the proposal of a Knowledge Qualification is neither so visionary nor impracticable as some may be disposed to think. The granting of Literary and Scientific Degrees at the Universities, the admission of Members to Medical and Legal Faculties, and the licens ing of Preachers of the Gospel, are all instances of the ap plication of an intellectual test ; but I can produce an illus tration of the practicability of my scheme, much more ap propriate and forcible than any of these. In Scotland (I know not how the case stands in England) the members of all religious bodies, Established and Dissenting, have to undergo an examination before they are admitted to church privileges ; and, in six cases out of eight, this examination must be preceded by attendance on a class conducted by the clergyman, where, of course, ample opportunity is afforded of ascertaining their knowledge of the truths of religion. Here, then, is a case exactly in point. Three fourths of the population of Scotland, male and female, once, at least, in their lives, are, by means of at most two men in each parish, subjected to an examination which ought to be as strict as that which I propose for the clai mants to the suffrage, and which, I believe, is generally much more so. All this, be it recollected, too, is accom plished with so little noise and trouble, that, in general, no one knows that it is going on except the parties interested. It would, no doubt, lead to a great deal of confusion, were the law enacting such a plan as I propose made retrospec tive, and were the whole constituencies, both old voters and new, to be examined at one time. But this is not neces sary. In conformity with established practice, the present Electors would continue on the roll, and only the new ap plicants would be required to prove themselves qualified. At the first registration term, additional examinators might be appointed ; afterwards the business would go on smoothly and with as much ease as the clerical examinations of in tending communicants. The Board of examination might be composed of members partly appointed by the Crown and partly by popular choice. It is presumed that they would be too respectable in character to be capable of acting unfairly in the discharge of their duties ; or that any tendency to partizanship would be effectually cor rected by the publicity of the proceedings. In the following observations, in which the author states his belief that the spread of knowledge would produce among other happy effects a deeper interest among the people in political matters, we perfectly agree. To those who are aware of the gross ignorance and ri diculous prejudices of many even of the 101. burgh elec tors, but more especially of the county constituencies in the south of England and in the Highlands of Scotland, it must be ho mean recommendation of this plan that it se cures at least a certain degree of intelligence in the voter. Few men who can read and write, and who have seen obliged to acquire as much political information as I con template, will fail ever afterwards to take an interest in na tional affairs, or to make themselves acquainted with the progress of public events. The reading necessary for this, besides adding value to their votes, will beget in them an appetite for knowledge, which, thanks to Lord Brougham and cheap publications like the Penny Magazine and Chambers's Journal, they are now enabled to gratify most usefully to themselves, their families, and their neighbours, at a mere trifle of expense. Instead of having a set of stupid boors urged on to the pen at the bidding of an agent, ignorant of everything except that, by voting for the Hon. Baronet, they send a gentleman to Parliament and " please the Laird," we would have reading and thinking men, fully qualified to judge of the merits of the respec tive candidates, deeply alive to the importance of the duty they were called on to perform, and giving their suffrage in the full knowledge of the influence it was likely to exert on the aspect of public affairs. But it is not merely as a means of extending the suffrage and improving the intellectual character of our constituen cies, that the Knowledge Qualification is advanced. Its in fluence is promoting the spread of Education among all ranks of the people is its most powerful recommendation. At present, there is no degradation in being excluded from the right of suffrage. Poverty is not morally regarded as a crime, although it is often punished as such ; and as it is impossible that the masses can occupy houses rated at 101., or farms at 501. per annum, the non-elector re presses his desire of political power, and consoles him self with the thought that he is but one of many, and that some fortunate turn in the public or in his own private affairs may happen, placing him, either as an in dividual, or along with his whole class, on the list of the Enfranchised. But it would not be so if Education and Intelligence were the qualification ; for, besides the ordinary spur of ambition, every man would be urged on to educate himself and his children to avoid singularity. It would become a just reproach to be disqualified by ignorance for exercising civil rights ; and a non-elector arrived at years of manhood, and not otherwise incapacitated, would feel ashamed of his position. Who, under such circuwstancs, if he could pay for a teacher, reach a charity school, or educate him self, would remain ignorant ? The loud and general call for instruction would compel the Government to establish an efficient system of National Education ; and the wealthy classes instead of busying themselves in making fictitious paper votes, would find sufficient occupation for their in genuity, in devising the best means of affording their te nantry such a species of instruction as would render them quiet and useful members of society. Mr. ADAM does not, however, confine the Know ledge Qualification to the Parliamentary elector, but contemplates its application, in due time, to Jury men, Magistrates, and other persons who are entrusted with public offices of responsibility. Nor do I contemplate merely the general diffusion of a certain amount of knowledge among the lower classes. I would have the principle of the intellectual test adopted, with additional examinations of a stricter kind, in the no mination to all situations •f honour, duty, or trust ; and thus not only carry on, in a large portion of the community the good work of instruction begun as a necessary preli minary to Enfranchisement, but increase the efficiency and improve the character of all who have any share in the making or administration of our laws. If the elective body be strongly tainted with ignorance and prejudice, our Deputy Lieutenants, Justices of the Peace, Magistrates, Jurymen, and Members of Civic Boards, are not in ge neral distinguished for knowledge, wisdom, or judgment. In all these classes there are many good and able men ; but how often do we see or hear of disgraceful exhibitions of incompetency on the Justice Bench, muddle-headed stupi dity in the Jury-room, and factious folly at Civic Boards. Without giving any opinion as to the practicability of the plan which Mr. ADAM has sketched—for he pretends not to have done anything more—we think he has done good service to the cause of improvement, by directing the public mind to several points of very great importance, the discussion of which cannot fail to be beneficial. By the arrival of the Transit steamer, at Falmouth, from the Tagus, whence she sailed on the 28th ult., we have been favoured with advices from Lisbon to the moment of her departure. The relative positions of the constitutional and rebel forces were—to all tni litary'intents and purposes,--the same as they were at the date of the last arrivals from Portugal. Of war like preparations and demonstrations there were enough to fill Europe with apprehensions on the score of the general safety ; but happily the heroism of the belli gerents was tempered by a careful abstinence from everything like fair fighting. The rebel force is stated to be about 4,000 strong, including nearly 1,000 ca valry and 2,000 regular infantry. Notwithstanding the activity of the Ministers, who continue to hold the seals of their respective offices ad interim, the Baron BOMFIM'S force is not half so numerous as SAL DANHA'S division. Why this is so we are not in formed. Nevertheless SALDANHA, on the 26th—to the no small surprise of the inhabitants of Lisbon — retreated from Loires to Villa Franca, thus relieving the capital from the fears inspired by his dangerous proximity to it. Brigadier-General Baron DR AL MOROIM has returned to Oporto, having failed in an attempt to drive Baron DE LEIRIA. and the re bels out of the fortress of Valenqa. Various mo tires are assigned for the inactivity of the re bels. Some suppose that SALDANHA only waits the arrival of the Viscount Da SA DA BAN DRIRA at the head-quarters of BOMEIM'S division, which was to take place in a few days. This is highly improbable. BOMFIM'S military talents are not greater than BANDEIRA'S, and SALDANHA is not the man to delay an attack of the utmost confi dence for the chance of disgracing a personal enemy. In our opinion the rebels will confine themselves to acting on the defensive until after her MAJESTY'S accouchement has taken place. They know the QUEEN is for them ; and they are therefore deterred from adopting any measures that might cause her alarm at a period so critical. They are not idle, how ever. SALDANHA having declared her MAJESTY and her Royal Consort prisoners in Lisbon, has al ready named a Regency, composed of the Duke of TERCEIRA, Colonel LAUREIRO, and himself, to conduct the executive functions of the Government. The incompetence of the Cortes, as a Representative National Assembly, has been long apparent. Save the emendation of a Constitution which they have not the courage and the energy to defend against the parti sans of a corrupt Court, they have virtually done no thing to entitle them to the respect and confidence of the nation. Had the Cortes manifested a proper de gree of dignity and self-confidence, the QUEEN would not have dared to make her palace the focus of trea sonable and rebellious conspiracies the PRINCE ROYAL would not have presumed to sneer at the deli berations of the Chamber—and a diplomatic perso nage, who has covertly directed the plans of the rebels, would have shrunk from the responsibility of councilling acts of which the character of the Cortes would gua rantee the result. But instead of entering upon their high and ennobling functions in the spirit of guar dians of the national liberty and honour, the Portuguese Corti s employed themselves in thwarting the projects of a Minister, and flattering the vanity of a woman, of the moral qualities of whose head or heart the world has yet to form everything like a high opinion. That the Portuguese nation did not place the utmost reliance upon the sanctity of a Royal pledge to extend its liberties is manifest from its subsequent demand of the Constitution of 1822, and hence the Cortes can not plead the impossibility of all that has since taken place. But, in truth, the Cortes have no excuse to offer, save their incompetence for the arduous and honourable duty of saving their country General BACON has been arrested by the Govern ment on a charge of corresponding with the Duke of TERCEIRA. This will increase the prejudice, already so strong and so unfounded, against England. The Paris Papers of Sunday confirm the accounts received yesterday of the defeat of General BUERENS. The loss of the Christinos amounted to 1,500 men in killed and wounded. BUERENS himself was sl►ghtly wounded in the chest. The Carlists, though victorious, suffered severely, for the QUEEN'S troops fought well. QUILEZ, the Carlist Chief, was borne insensible from the field, and there is a rumour afloat that he has since died of his wounds. On entering Carinena, after the battle, BUERENS found a dispatch from General ORAA, recommending to him the defence of that town, and stating that he intended himself on the morrow to attack the Carlists in the vicinity of Daroca. Accordingly on the 25th ORAA attempted to dislodge the rebels, but after a stout resistance on their part he was compelled to retreat with loss. Penacerrada yielded to the Carlists on the first summons, though fortified to stand a siege for which every provision had been made. The rebels made 360 prisoners, took four pieces of mountain artillery, some money, and a considerable quantity of provisions. On the 22d ult. General ESPARTERO was at Tor relaguna, preparing as usual to annihilate the Car lists, and by no means satisfied with the result of hilt march upon Madrid. The sun of ESPAILTERO P S ambition has set in clouds, charged with a cowing hurricane. He is now playing his last stake, and he must himself be sensible that the chances are as an hundred to one againet him. ESPARTERO is not a chicken to be caught with chaff ; and we are therefore surprised that he left the capital after so strange a fashion, knowing the responsibility he incurred by as senting with a vow to the first closeted speech of the REGENT :—" You are a hero—behold an il lustrious prisoner !" What hypocrisy ! The Phare de Bayonne of the 21st has the follow ing account of the doings at Pampeluna " Colonel La Pena is now chief commander, and the tiradores have laid a contribution of 20,000 piastres upon the inhabitants of the town suspected of Carlist principles. " Brigadier Iriarte, who had performed the funct►ons of viceroy, and who was reported to have been mur dered by his troops, on his return from Puente la Reyna, entered the place with a few troops, in order to make the rebels submit. He entered into a parley with Colonel La Pena, who at first took a lofty tone, saying that Navarre had declared herself independent, and that it no longer recognised the Queen's Government. Having seen, however, the hesitation of those around him, Colonel La Pena gradually lowered his tone, and there are now hopes of order being restored in Pampeluna. The souvenir, however, of the atrocities committed by the revolted troops will long remain most painfully impressed upon the inha bitants." The disturbances at Irun and Fontarabia have been (Luella' without difficulty. The following extracts include the only additional news to be found in the French Papers of Sunday : We are positively informed that the English Charge d'af faires has demanded of M. Mole a categorical explanation respecting the accusation which appeared in the Journal des Debals against Mr. Southern, the first of the English embassy at Madrid, and which seemed to hint at participa tion even in the Minister himself. M. Mole declined all responsibility upon the sulkiest, although it was reported as a certain fact at ths embassy, that the article published by the Debats was an extract from the correspon dence of the French Foreign-office.—Siecle. The Temps, which Journal agrees with the Ministry, ,ays :—" The last letters from Madrid give reason to hope that the new Spanish Ministry is in a fair way of consoli dating itself. May it find sufficient strength in its union with the Legislature to remedy the troubles by which the finest provinces of Spain are agitated. " It is positively affirmed that the Ministry has decided on the expedition to Constantine, in order to make success in arms coincide with the ordinances for the dissolution. But the question is not to take Constantine, but to know what we shall do with it ? We took Tlemecen, and the Cabinet has given it to Ikhd-el-Kader. The merits of the victory will belong entirely to the army. It is only the use made of the victory that the electors can place to the account of the Ministry.. Did not brilliant successes pre cede the treaty of La Tafna ?" A letter front Rome of one of our own Correspondents, dated the 211 August, has the following news :—" The ravages of the cholera are very great, already there are about 600 deaths, of which 300 are in the suburbs of THE SUN, _LONDON, TUESDAY, SVPTEMBUR 5, 1837 Trastevore only. Amon g the persons of distinction who have fallen victims the Princess Massino is mentioned. The surrounding districts have entirely isolated themselves, and will have no communication with the capital. Troops are collecting here. " The Austrians have not been formally applied to ; but a conference of the Ministers has been held on the subject, in which Austria intimated that it would, according to cir cumstances, cause troops to advance towards the south of Italy."—Commerce. As the Bordeaux Journals do not contain any news from that city, we may infer that order, which had been for a moment interrupted, is now happily restored in that great town, which had enjoyed uninterrupted tranquillity since 1830.—Constitutionnel. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY , TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received Gibraltar Chronicles to Aug. 22. The following has been handed to us as the substance of the intelligence brought by her Majesty's steamer Medea, which left Barcelona on the evening of the 18th inst. : " The Admiral had accounts from Malta to the 7th. The cholera was subsiding—only 40 deaths a day. The Asia is hourly expected from the coast. " The situation of Catalonia is very unsatisfactory. The people were in the dark about the events in the provinces. Carlists bands were within a league of Barcelona, so that it was unsafe to venture out to any distance from the walls. " The Catalonians had heard of the contemplated treaty with England, and considered its stipulations highly in jurious to their interests, and announced their determina tion to resist them. " Apprehensions were entertained for the safety of Sa ragosa, but nothing was known of the particular band by which that capital was threatened. " The Admiral and his fleet were expected to be off Malta about the middle of September. Prince de Join ville arrived in the Bay on board the Hercule, and was re ceived with military honours." The Transit steamer has brought the Lisbon papers of the 25th ult., which contain a manifesto to the nation by the Cortes, which passed on the 22d. These papers state that 15,000 patriots, well armed and disciplined, were fully determined to defend Lisbon against the Charterists. We hare this moment read a private letter from Lisbon of the 28th ult., stating that on the 25th the army com manded by the Marshal Saldanlma and the Duke of Ter ceira, to the number of 1,500 men, appeared before Lisbon on the 25th ; but in consequence of the lines being de fended by 17,000 men, they were afraid to make as attack, and retreated towards Villa Franca, where they found themselves between two divisions, one commanded by General Bomfim, and the other just arrived from the Alemtejo. If the latter division remains firm to the Go vernment, the Charterists will be annihilated. THU FUNDS. Consols closed yesterday at 91;1 for the Account, and for Money 91f. There was not a feature of any conse quence worth notice in the British Market during the whole of yesterday. Consols opened this morning at 91i ; Money 91 ; Exchequer Bills 44 45 ; India Bonds 45 46 ; Bank Stock 211 ; India Stock 259 260. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at In, with Coupons, opened at 20 ; Portuguese closed at 394, opened at the same ; Three per Cents. 25i ; Dutch Two and-a•Half per Cents. 52i i. HALF-PAST- ONE. The general topic of conversation relates to the news from Lisbon,and fears are entertained that the present state of things in Portugal may last for sonic time. Consols, which were in the morning 9114 for the Ac count, may be quoted at present 914 buyers ; for Money, 91i 1. There is not a feature in the British Market worth noticing. Exchequer Bills, 45 46 ; India Bonds, 45 47 : Bank Stock, 211 ; India Stock, 2591. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is a shade better, 194 20, with Coupons ; Portuguese ato per cent, lower, owing to the affairs in Lisbon, 391 ; Three per Cents.2sl ; Dutch Two and Half per Cents. 52i ; Colombian, 248 THRME O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 914. Lord Holland had a select party at dinner on Sun day, at Holland House, Kensington. It is said that the Marquises of Westminster and Anglesea are speedily to receive Dukedoms. The Bishop of Llandaff is at present labouring , under severe indisposition ; and to this cause is to be attri buted the postponement of the confirmations to the next year. The late rains have done much injnry to the stand ing barley in this neighbourhood, which, on account of the ripened state of the grain, when the rain came on, has caused it to be much discoloured.—Oxford Gazette. The Reformers of Andover and its neighbourhood intend presenting Henry Marsh, Esq., of Hatherden House, with a piece of plate, for his unflinching zeal in advocating the cause for so many years. At Lloyd's a notice is up that a steamer from Yar mouth has been run down by one from Scotland, and three people drowned. NEW ORLEANS.—The Editor of the New Or leans Herald says—" The theatres are closed ; it is too hot to hunt ; too tedious to fish ; and most of us are almost too indolent to read. The only amusement in which our citizens can now indulge in is to ride out in the dusk of the even'ng, cer vvak the streots and inhale the cool air after dark. In these times of dullness, the man who would in vent any pleasant means of banishing ennui should be looked upon as a public benefactor." For many years past there has not been so universal and plentiful a supply of birds as the present season has produced ; the weather, yesterday, was remarkably favour able for sport, and a great quantity of game was bagged in our immediate neighbourhood ; we anticipate a reduction in the market prices from last year, if the supply be allowed to have any influence on consumption.—Oxford Gazette. WOMAN.—A woman's head is usually over ears in her heart. Man seems to have been designed for the supe rior being of the two ; but as things are, I think women are generally better creatures than men. They have, taken universally, weaker appetites and intellects, but they have much stronger affections. A man with a bad heart has been sometimes saved by a strong head ; but a corrupt woman is lost for ever. There was a Conservative " feed" at Cowbridge on Monday, to commemorate the return of young Lord Aber dare. We hear that it was a very dull and spiritless affair. The speeches and dishes bashed up were of the usual kind, and neither gave satisfaction. The result, we believe, may be summed up in the usual quantum of bad wine, ditto speeches, two or three dozen broken pates, and the prevalence of sick head-aches the next morning.— Cardiff Chronicle. LIFE IN A TENT.—The convenience of a tent I would recommend to all travellers in Greece. It is so healthy ; you can stop where you like, and you can breathe the pure air ; you are also perfectly sheltered from the dew. All over the interior of the tent a thin carpet was laid, and on this placed our bedding. Our tent was fully large enough for four persons. I would also recommend another thing to travellers in Greece—always to go, if pos sible, in a company of two, three, or four persons ; (the latter number is quite enough—first, because you have society ; secondly, the travelling is only one-half the ex pense ; thirdly, you can protect one another, should it be requisite, although I never heard, in Greece, of any traveller being molested.—Cochrane's Wanderings in Greece. An old man, about 60 years of age, of the name of Lauder, a notorious character, having been once outlawed for forgery, twice convicted of fraud, and twice of theft, was brought before the Police Court on Thursday, charged with breaking into his neighbour's house in the Cowgate, on Monday, the 21st ult., and taking away a number of articles of wearing apparel. The stolen property, it ap pears, was not missed till some days after, and on search being made by the police, part was found in the possession of a pawnbroker, and from this the thief being traced out, the rest was discovered upon his person. On being brought up to Court, he said the articles were sold to him, and the case was continued. He has since been requested to tell from whom he got them, but not being able to do this, it is likely he will be remitted to a higher Court. —Edinburgh Courant. The swallows seem to be preparing for a flight to Africa. We understand that the scientific 'mode of making instantaneous telegraphic communications by galvanic power, which has so long been considered attainable, has already been put to the test on the Lon don and Birmingham Rail way,stephuonndsoero,the the directionengioeer to e f ProfessortimcompoWnyin.stoin;o, oarncdopApierr. wires, acted upon at each end of the line at pleasure, by the agency of very simple galvanic communicators , have been laid down on the line of the London and Birmingham Railroad to the extent of twenty-five miles. They are en closed in a strong covering of hemp, and each terminus is attached to a diagram on which the twenty-four letters of the alphabet are engraved, in relative positions, with which the wires communicate, by the aid of moveable keys, and indicate the terms of the communication. The gentlemen to whom we have referred, we believe, are fully satisfied that co mmunications to almost any extent may thus be made instantaneously by the agency of galvanism ; but we un derstand that Professor Winston only takes credit to him for the adaptation of the principle. How far this mode of communication will be useful to the commercial or any other portion of the community it will be difficult to de termine : unless its benefits be extended to the information of all classes, it will, doubtless, pave the way to many abuses; LLOYD'S SIIIPPT.NG-(THIS DAY DEAL, SEPT. 4.—Wind N., squally.— Arrived the Louisa, Hodsoe, from Valparaiso ; Majestic, Leith, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Branken, Moore, and Tweed, from Quebec. DOVER, SEPT. 4. Arrived the Courier, Henrekon, from Rio Janeiro ; Hero, from Belfast. CHATHAM, SEPT. 4.—Arrived the Sceptre, St. Petersburgh• MARGATE, SEPT. 4.—Arrived the Fame, from Exeter, to London, with rudder damaged, having been on Foreness Rock. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Wind N. N. E.—No arrivals. PLYNIOUTII, SEPT. 4. —Wind N. W.—No arrivals. _ FAL!kIOUTH, SEPT. 3.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the Liver pool steamer, from Malaga—sailed 13th oh., Gibraltar 15th, Cadiz 16th, and Lisbon 28th ; Transit steamer, from Malaga —sailed 20th ult., Gibraltar 22d, Cadiz 23d, Lisbon 28th, Oporto 29th, and Vigo 30th. MILFORD, SEPT. 2.—Arrived the Swift, from Smtrna. HOLYHEAD, SEPT. 3.—Arrived the Independence, from New York ; Mary Brade, from Laguira. YARMOUTH, SEPT. 3.—Arrived the Matilda, Moore, from Gallipoli. In the Roads, the Joseph Hume, from Archangel ; Success, from St. Petersburgh. CORK, SEPT. 2.—Arrived the Perseverance, Adams, from Gibraltar. BELFAST, SIFT. 3. —Arrived the Aurora, Liberal, from St. Übe's ; Tinker, from Archangel. HULL, SEPT. 4. —Arrived the Douglas, Turner, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Nancy, and Ditchburn, from Arch• angel ; Tranby, Smith, from Riga ; Thetis, Donaldson, from Narva ; Westoe, Potts ; Liberty, Brown, and Antelope, Bell, from \Vyburg ; Thomas Barker, Sharp, from Archangel ; Aurora, VVestman, from Gefle ; Seahorse steamer, Rotterdam. The Perlen, from Bergen to Messina, was fallen in with, Ist inst., in lat. 56, lon. 3 E., dismasted and abandoned. The Agnes, of Dumbarton, was on the rocks near Dona ghadee, 2d inst. The Thomas, Wybourg, has arrived at Hull, leaky, da., having struck on Falsterbo Reef. The Tallaha:ee, bound to New Orleans, got on shore at Liverpool on the morning of the 4th, but floated off to sea in tow of a steamer. The Retrench has been discharged and repaired at Sierra Leone pre►ious to the sth July, having been on shore. The Apollo steamer, from London to Yarmouth, was run down this morning off Grays, by the Monarch steamer. LIVERPOOL SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Monday, Sept. 4, Siz, p.m. - - . The New York packet ship Independence, Captain Uye, which would sail from thence on the Bth instant, has been te legraphed off this port, but the letters and papers brought by her cannot be received until near midnight. Wind N. W.—high-water, lh. 17m. p.m.—Arrived the Thomas, Rawlinson. from Lancaster; Agnes, Cargill, New castle ; Susannah, Reid, Bedley ; Nancy, Stornaway ; Denor wick, Tralson, Tobermorey ; Queensbury, Clark, Dumfries ; Isabella, James, Alilnthorpe ; Shearwater (steamer), Dublin, with the mail. ENTERED FOR LOADING. Buzzard, Pickering, for Africa : Tweer Gebroeders, Reeke, Antwerp; Vrow Anna, Langhetee, Antwerp ; Mannar, Tizark, Calcutta ; Cordelia, Crighton, Canton ; HarkawaY, Newcombe, City Point ; Braunsberg, Kuhr, Elsineur. &c.; John Lauchay, Hunter, Genoa, &c.; Henry, Bishop, Hasro; Tacitus, Russell, New Orleans ; Charles, Minne, Ostend ; Dauntless, Haughton, Richibucto; Gezina, Postema, Rot terdam; Falcon, Huie, St. John's, Newfounland ; Rob Roy, Ingles, Toulon. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Government Troup, Nuller, for Savannah ; Dauntless, Houghton, Richibucto ; Arethusa, Turner, Marseilles ; Ranger, Donaldson, Venice; William Parker, Luzon, Rio Janeiro; Chieftain, Rigby, Brazils; Vrow Thalka, --- Rotterdam. SHIPS LOADING AT LIVERPOOL. For Africa, 2 ; Amsterdam, 1 ' • Ancona and Venice, I ; Antwerp, 2 ; Aricay, Islay, and Lima, 1 ; Bahia, 2 ; Barba.- does, 3 ; Batavia and Singapore, 1 ; Bayonne, 1 ; Berbices 1 ; Bombay, 2; Bordeaux, l ; Bremen, 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 1; Calcutta, 3; Cape of Good hope and Ceylon, 2; Constan tinople, Odessa, and Syria, 3; Demerara, 4 ; Genoa, 1; Gibraltar and Montevideo, 1 ; Halifax, 2 ; Hamburgh, 3 ; Havannah, 2 ; Hobart Town and Sydney, 1 ; Jamaica, 2 ; Laguayra. and Carthagena, 1 ; Leghorn, 4 ; Lima, 1 ; Lintots and Manilla, 1 ; Madeira, 1 ; Madras, 1 ; Malta and Smyrna,. 1 ; Maranham, 2 ; Marseilles, I ; Mauritius and Calcutta, 1 ; Messina, 1; Mexico, 1 ; Montevideo and Buenos Ayres, 2; Naples, 2; New Orleans, 5; New York, 4; Oporto, 1 ; Ostend, I; Palermo, 1 ; Pernambuco, 1 ; Philadelphia. ; Quebec, 1 ; Rio Janeiro, 3 ' • Rotterdam, 6 ; St. J o hn's, New Brunswick, 1 ; St. Petersbuagh, 1; St. Thomas's and city of St. Domingo, 4; Savannah, 1 ; Sierra Leone, I ; Singa pore and Manilla, 2 ; Stettin, 2 ; Sydney, 1; Trieste, 2 ; Trinidad, 3 ; Venice, I ; Vera Cruz, 2. SHIPS SAILED, SEPT. 4. The Chrystal, Gladson, for Rotterdam; Victoria, Rueland, Quebec ; Jean Wilson, Hood, Cronstadt; Tallahassee, He aney, New Orleans; Duchess of Clarence, James, Genoa; Ann Paley, Rolstone, Lisbon ; Annolla, Wickander, Read ; Iligginson, Gillespie, Barbadoes ; Nicolas Ist, Wedstroni , Christiansand ; Argo, Frehours, Rostock ; Britannia, Clark, Savannah ; Kalivia, Lelzebeck, Ulenborg ; Mercurius, War neke, Wismal ; Anna Dorothea, Brands, Quebec ; NornlanP Wood, Boston; Theodore Henrich, Paulson, Harnburgh. TELEGRAPHED. Wind at Holyhead, Morning.----.N., light breeze. N00k,_,.. , W., light breeze. Off Holyhead, inward bound, 11 A.m.—The Independence, New York packet of the Bth ult., and Mary Brade, from Laguayra. At 9, 30 A. 11. —A ship aground in the New Channel, vrith a steam-boat alongside. At 10, 30 min. A. if., was got on , and proceeded outwards. His Excellency Reschid Bey and suite are shortly expected to visit the Duchess Countess of Sutherland, at Dunrobin Castle. Yesterday's Hue and Cry and Police Gazette con tains the offer of a reward of 1001. for the discovery o f the villians who, on the night of the 29th ult., or early of the following morning, maliciously set fire to a barn, sheds, a nd other buildings (which were wholly destroyed) situate ill the tithing of Cove, in the county of Hants, belonging, to and in the occupation of Mr. James Calloway , ° I. Farnborough. One half of the reward is offered by he r Majesty's Government and the other half by Mr. CallowaY• Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, the inmates, &c. of the British Museum and its vicinity were involv ed in the utmost alarm, in consequence of the following dread ful calamity :—For some time past numerous workmen have been employed in the erection of a spacious building nea r the north entrance of the Museum, in Montagu-place, COll - a library and reading rooms, and several painters were engaged for the purpose of decorating them. Yes terday, at the above hour, after they had erected a scaffold ing about twenty feet high for the purpose of facilitatia the embellishments of the roof of the reading room, seven men mounted it and proceeded to their work, when, in c °l3- sequence of one of the quarterings having a fault in it, it broke in half, and the whole of them were precipitated te the floor. The groans were heard through the establish: ment, and in a short ti me ass i stance arr i ve d an d medical at procured, but it was deemed advisable to have them taken to the North London Hospital, shockingly mutilated. Oil poor fellow, named Wi c k s , on hi s arr i va l a t the hnsPi ta. was found to be dead, and from the dreadful injuries on his head and body there is no doubt that he was killed upon the spot. The others were also sh oc kingly injured an a dangerous condition. The deceased (Wicks) was a. Tar ried industrious man, with three children, and the oth ers have families. The unfortunate calamity, it appeared, wag mainly attributable to the men themselves in not being mor e cautious and attentive in the erection of the scaffold. In formation was given to the parish officers, who commun; cated with Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, and an inquest vii" be held upon the body of Wicks this day or to-morrow. A meeting of the working classes was held yester day measures evening for atththe restorationing's Arms, o Pimlico, the D orac.ihndeosttr,7,dre r to b o_ a u d r e e p rs return. to their families ; and with a view to already raised for their r elief in the event d b • of 588/. 14s. 10 ~ as eing d of theirtli a e funds The report set forth a balance vceredoift theof tdheetefrutiondi.... in Severalthe hands resolutionso f th e t r r e ea p s a u s r s e e continue to raise funds in order to nation of the meeting to ' ned in the room that there was all return. It was mentioned r d e t x o pr t e h s e si intention of meeting them with a public procession. render the condition of the labourers comfortable upon their Yesterday morning, shortly after two o'clock, a fire of the most destructive description broke out in the extenz sive warehbous e belonging to Messrs. James Rich and and needle manufactory, No. 43, Basinghall sCtroemept,anc3i';yl)ln , • w hich terminated in the destruction 0f t he greater porttion of the warehouse, and also property to great extent. At the back of the warehouses were severar old habitations, which were principally occupied by pe e persons, and the terror that prevailed of the fire extending amongs t them was truly painful. About three o'clock the warehouses adjoining, occupied by Mr. William Jones, 42, cloth and woollen factory; t oo k fire, and on several oil, the firemen entering th e p rem i ses t h e b ac k part of the roo together with all th e b on d t i m b ers , wa s found in f lames By the directions of Mr. Braidwood several lengths of b:2 l ,`: were conveyed thr oug h th e b u ildi n g to the roof , but f th L e withstandi ng th e utmost efforts to stop the prog ress 0 ex devouring e l ement , i t ga i ne d an asc endancy, and beforehoio tinguished gr ea t d es t ruc ti on had taken place. The m es sr of the upp er p ar t o f th e warehouses belonging to e Rich and Co. were completely consumed , and the contteeattilt; destroyed. The warehouse of Mr. Jone s, No. 42, . i damaged, and what is greatly to be regr etted, he : °_ters Pa klr• sured. The building, which is the property of the Company, is fully insured in the Phoenix Fire-office. Rich is insured in the Sun Fire-office. id e advances which the crops are mak in g towards: o,,,a t ne, uar t he `"'c are truly happy in having to record thnrPity. The weather for the last fortnight has been so thethat the genial heat of the sun has been so invigorating, . e since crops have ripened with an acceleration un p arallel the year 1801, the fruitful year after the deaolatingw; old during the scars 1799 and 1800. On conver sing to inhabitants, they tell us that this s eas on is exactly. .32N,n`. ci.cary, the autumn of 1 801 above alluded to,—Kendal