The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-29 00:00:00

LITERATURE. DUBLIN REVIEW. No. V. Lonon, 1837. There are articles in the d present Number of this l eview whi c h m i g h t do credit to the best wr i ter of the,.a,ze- W e a ll u d e more espec i ally to those on the High Church Theory of Dogmatical Authority," ? i n the " Early Italian Scientific Academies," and on te " Danub e and the Black Sea," in each of which— the f ormer i n particular—the subjects are discussed in t most lucid, temperate, and argumentative manner. e essay, brief though it be, and slightly as it glances at the question, On (( Ireland Past and Present," is °He that cannot he read without pain. It sketches the condition of a country abounding in the finest com mercial and agricultural capabilities ; in fine pasture ; water-courses of the most available nature ; harbours safe, extensive, numerous, and in which whole fleets may ride secure ; vet distracted, irnpo erished, and reduced by long misgovernment to the l ? w est scale of moral and intellectual degrada troil. The Reviewer, however, who is of a san ;4tline turn o f m i n d, states hi s conv i ct i on th a t th e h our of Iraland's redemption is close at hand. He ', ee s the Bow o f P rom i se h ung ou t in her sky, though e hint s an apprehens i on that h e w ill .b e never nfairly prosperous, till her old domestic Legislature is rest ored. Now we entreat him to lay aside this crotchet, for what is it but a "sick man's dream ?" " The desire of a separate Legislature," he observes, " is silently and every day more and more gathering strength d eep w i t hi n I r i s h b osoms. Th e d ay o f open declaration seems hurrying on, and when it comes, those who dream that a Repeal of the Union is a by gone wish will be rudely awoke indeed, and astonished at the force that will then be developed." These are words--mere words—nothing more. The efforts of a Li beral Government, which must ere long be crowned wi th success, to ameliorate the condition of the sister country, will effectually do away with the necessity of Repeal, which, under any circumstances, could never be carried without convulsing the empire to Its foundation, and which, therefore, all parties in the St ate would combine against with equal energy. To make her happy, prosperous, and enlightened, Ireland I keds not Repeal, but fair play. - And this she will m ost assuredly ge t, f or w ith the single exception of the ,1, t ,"ries--a faction more noisy than influential—all :s in favour of her demand for equal justice. " : he " Hi g h (.:hurch Theory of Dogmatical Authority " Is the production of an acute, inquisitive, Catholic Di , lini tY scholar. It :s remarkable for its temperate and ch aritable tone, so difrerent from the theological dis quisitions of some Protes:.‘nt divines that we could Inention. The close of this article is characte tised by the best spirit of Christianity. " The course which we shall pursue," says the writer, ! In kling to the intentions of the Catholic Church , shall b e consistent and persevering. We seek not t he wealth o f our A ng li can ne i g hb o urs, nor their esta blishment, nor their political power, nor their usurped Influence. All these things we esteem as dross. But we covet th e i r b ro th er h oo d in the faith, and their par ticipation in ou r security of belief, and their being b ound to us i n cor d s o f love, through religious unity. F or th ese t hi ngs we w ill conten d unceas i ng ly, an d to the utmo s t o f our power , an d G o d defend the right I" T he elaborate article on the Canadas, takes a Rend -7 Radical view of the question, and states that unless Ministers entirely abandom their system of ,„ `'oioni a l policy, they will one day be surprised by th e r apparition of Le Jeurre Canada. " Montemont's "odou" is an amusing notice of a volume of travels, e ither t rans l ated, or about to be translated, from the F rench. The cursory remarks on the inferiority of c tir metropolitan architecture are just, however caustic. : T he " Danube and the Black Sea," is replete with he best sort of practical information. The extracts are well selected, and not more than justice is done to I ‘ l r. Quin's late clever volume of travels—one of the !'everest_if we except Inglis's " Ireland"—that has ' s p ed fr om t h e press f or many years . Th e " Theory probabilities" is a subtle metaphysical treatise , on hi W c " t, not un d ers t an di ng th e s u bject, we will not venture on expatiate. The Number, as a whole, is an excellent ho e ' and if it be rather heavy, it is so, not from ver i, sen ess, but from the weight of sterling thought that contains. THE OLD COMMODORE. 3 Vas. Bentley, London, 1837. a Th ere • Is much vigor in this sea novel, some de •enPticuis in which remind us of the masterly sketches Tom Crin t , ale's Log." The character of the Old Commodore"—the tale seems in some sort to e found e d on the once popular song of that name—is Portrait, we suspect, from the life ; for forty years } g° t he navy abounded in such tyrannical officers, who, T w ever bra ve an d skilful in their profession, were u in tra- Martinets in point of discipline, and flogged their t i" without merc y f or the slightest fault, and some -4'l" at the mere sug,estion of caprice. The Commo krre' who is one of this school—now, thank Heaven, to nl Qat defunct :—after nearly causing a young relative his ecu runit suicid e by his arbitrary bearing towards 1 0% 11 ' ultimately becomes reformed in his temper, mel -3 down int o a very m ild, equ it a bl e o ffi cer , and is in he co° 'Nuance the idol of his crew, by whose exertions r es r h is a glorious victory against great odds. The thi f the characters are fairly enough sustained, but 1114 : the author's master-piece. In point of rough, 4 6 t i culi ne vigor, it may almost rank with Smollett's w i t , l aw eer Trun n i on ." The incidents are worked up 4(. . 1 tact ; hut oc cas i ona lly th ere i s t oo much exag -46 00, and straining after effect. tb,l)4ring the .whole of yesterday the inhabitants in e , er ei ghbourliocd , of the Old Church, on Deptford, were in vt0441 co nversation, arising out child, w h irner is s t s u p that no s a e young dto h o ill„ . 44 had given bieth to a . f ele it T.i'late, and which, if not born dead, died shortly after Rap t ' rt. "- About five months ago . a appearance, came to young woman, o k• reanners and very prepossessing liatLicrd,' and eng aged lodgings of a person .. of the name of hick-"4d.who lives in a small and retired cottage at the o f l ''a Flagon-row, and where she was f occasionally visited tec Pel'son having all.the appearance o a . gentleman. Living it, t i .., . ni edint , aee did not excite much observation beyond the im ta,t4.-, e,neighbourhood till Wednesday last, when a rumour cliiith circulation that the female was delivered of a male 41 4. "d that it was since dead. The information was cern kr, leat ed to several gentlemen who were assembled at the holdingl I it 6 -L- 1 ow and who ha been 1 lam the Fourth, a. aggon-r , he b an in quiry before Mr. Carttar, the coroner, upon th e 4 ;:y of a man who had . died suddenly. A person . _ of lio n I t 0 of Smith, a hairdresser, brought the informn -4 fin! P t , the child was born, and which was stated to be laa,i1;11-1,ro. wit male infant. The same person, however, municated that the child Za rs t c e a ( r . I ,li ,i i l t: h i 017 a s f t t n e n r e , e co c m aused much astonishmen h t. Yo ur , t IllYstery is attached to the case, since, thou gl . l the Leettliwernan has resided there that period, her name has "eloped to the neighbours. A dist ress i ng, 4,,,e0, accident occurred between , . six and l r the 8441.°elock onipSunday evening last. Mr. 1a) o flplit,s_, who had acted in that capacity since the railway on,or. tl itutt v 4 i . as the train was returning to Newcastle, .11 sidet of eIY took his stand on the step projecting from the ( '`'n*:r: f. .. th e e-,!'*riages instead of goingiato „, it in .... a H ny e ,s w a . a g s on in t at ti ,non with Mr' Surtees Irwin, the Company's p . le rtedl • also standing on the ttep„ teugh station, who was . worlt when i n a moment he came in contact with the frame -41t... 191 .berwent-bridge, by which he was crushed to death. frame- And I rwin, strange to say, escaped with very slight injury, than th, it .. Y conscious now. The probability lle ; scarcely OK'ing to - his b e iig lessmtich corpulen tse l .l .to with t he brig and on that account not exposed to collision 61 , ne..--2"yue life, cur/. NVii„ 4 l S aturd ay evening last a young man, named j 3 4 . 3 ... , 1 4 ,, t ,, w h a t 5 . li.l.led_ at the evening on Sunde7land-moor. He 1„ 1.1 lian.i' p !vitn the running ropes of the Sunderland and -4_4chiner""ilway, which dragged him on to that part of the '`iltitl,, - Y "Poe whi ii theyre warped, where Le was in , - ' trashed to death --Tye Mercury. WINDSOR-THURSDAY. This afternoon the Queen reviewed the eight troops of Life Guards, under the command of the Hon. Colonel Ca vendish, eight companies of the 2d Battalion of the Gre nadier Guards, under the command of Colonel Joddrel, and two troops of the Lancers, in the Lower Park. Her Majesty was dressed in a habit of the Windsor uni form, and wore a star and the ribbon of the Order of the Garter, and a military cap. The Queen was mounted on a beautiful grey charger, and arrived on the ground under a guard of honour composed of' the Lancers, accompanied by Prince Lichtenstein, who wore the uniform of an Aus trian General ; the Duchess of Kent ; laord Hill, in the uniform of a General Officer ; the Marquis Conyngham and Lord Torrington, in the Windsor uniform ; Master Caven dish, as Page. This handsome youth were a military uni form, and rode a black pony richly caparisoned ; the Hon. Misses Murray and Cavendish, S:r George Quintin, Baron Rusdaeb, and Lord A. Paget, all on horseback. Others of the Royal suite followed in open carriages. The Queen was received with the Royal salute ; after which the regiments passed by in parade movement, and passing through their evolutions, the whole advanced with the Royal salute. The Royal party then left the ground in the Fame state they arrived. It is impossible to do justice to the extraordinary precision and brilliancy with which every movement was performed by the regiments, and the commanders were each deservedly complimented by the Queen and Lord Hill, on the unrivalled discipline of their regiments. Immediately on her Majesty's arrival at the Castle the guard of honour was dismissed, and the Royal party was for some time in the Park. The terrace vas crowded with spectators. The Field Officers of the regiments will have the honour of dining with her Majesty this evening. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Mr. John \Veippert to bo harpist in ordinary to her Majesty. Lord Aylmer had an interview with Lord Glenelg yes terday at the Colonial-office. • Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday from Tun bridge Wells. • . . -- - Despatches from Sir Edward Disbrowe, Minister Pleni potentiary at the Hague, were received yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sir John Rae Reid transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Hon. William Grey for Duffryn Castle, Glame,rgan shire ; Sir Charles Douglas, Bart., on a tour; Mr. James and Lady Eleanor Balfour, from Edinburgh, fur Whitting ham House, Dunbar; Captain Arthur Manners for Yorkshire ; Colonel and Mrs. Monkhouse, for Bath ; Colonel and Lady Fra►►cis Elliot, from Ramsgate, for Brighton ; Mr. Henry Compton for the New Forest, Hampshire ; Mr.'Henry Pierre point, on a tour; the Hon. the Misses Monson, from Patter son's Hotel, fur Brighton ; John Lyon, Esq , from ditto, for Paris ; the Duke Sforza Cerarini and Henry Calyer, Esq., from ditto, for Italy ; Mrs. Raine, from ditto, for Yorkshire ; Rowland Errington, Esq., from the Clarendon Hotel, for Eaton Houie, Lancashire. ANit)ON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMI3ER 29, isn THE SUN, Lt.- UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO ,f . LIE TWO HOUSES OF CONG RESS, AT THE COMJIENCE EOf THE FIRST SES SION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH • Fellow Citizens or the Senat e an d H ouse o f Representatives,— The Act of the 23d of June, 1836, regu l at i ng t h e depo sits of the public money, and directi ng th e emp l oym3 l.t o f state, district, and territorial banks ; for that purpose, m a de it r CONGRESS. the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to discontinue the use of such of them as should at any time refuse to redeem their notes in specie, and to substitute other banks, provided a sufficient number could be obtained, to receive the public deposits upon the terms and conditions therein prescribed. The General and almost simultaneous suspension of specie payments by the banks in May last rendered the performance of this duty imperative, in respect to those which had been selected under the Act ; and made it at the same time, impracticable to employ the requisite num ber - of others upon the prescribed conditions. The specific regulations established by Congress for the deposit and safe keeping of the public monies having thus unexpectedly be come inoperative, I felt it to be my duty to afford you art early opportunity for the exercise of your supervisory powers over the subject. I was also led to apprehend that the suspension of specie payments, increasing the embarrassments before existing in rho pecuniary affairs of the country, would so far diminish the public revenue, that. the . accruing receipts into the Treasury would not, with the reserved 5,000,000, be suffi cient to defray the unavoidable expenses of the Government until the usual period for the meeting of Congress ; whilst the authority to call upon the states for a portion of the sums deposited with them was too restricted to enable the department to realize a sufficient amount from that source. These apprehensions have been justified by subsequent re sults, which render it certain that this deficiency will occur, if additional means be not provided by Congress. The difficulties experienced by the mercantile interest in meeting their engagements induced them to apply to me previously to the actual suspension of specie payments for indulgence upon their bonds for duties; and all the relief authorized by law was promptly and cheerfully granted. The dependence of the Treasury upon the avails of these bonds, to enable it to make the deposits with the states re quired by law, led me in the outset to limit this indulgence to the Ist of September, but it has since been extended to the Ist of o:tober, that the matter might be submitted to your further direction. A provision of another Act, passed about the same time, and intended to secure a faithful compliance with the obligations of the United States, to satisfy all demands upon them in specie or its equivalent, prohibited the offer of any banknote not convertible on the spot into gold or silver at the will of the holder, and the ability of the Government, with millions on deposit, to meet its engagements in the manner thus required by law was rendered very doubtful by the event to which I have referred. Sensible that adequate proiisions for these unexpected exigencies could only he made by Congress; convinced that some of them would be indispensably necessary to the pub lie service before the regular period of your meeting ; and desirous also to enable you to exercise at the earliest mo ment your full constitutional powers for the relief of the country, I could not, with propriety, avoid subjecting you to the inconvenience of assembling at as early a day as the state of the popular representation would permit. lam sure that I have done but justice to your feelings in be lieving that this inconvenience will be cheerfully encoun tered', in the hope of rendering your meeting conducive to the flood of t h e country . During the earlier stages of the revulsion through which we have just passed much acrimonious discussion arose, and great diversity of opinion existed as to its real causes. This was not surprising. The operations of credit are so diversified, and the influences which affect them so nume rous, and often so subtle, that even impartial and well-in inrrned persons are seldom found to agree in respect to then'. To inherent difficulties were also added other ten dencies, $i bleb were by no means favourable to the disco very of truth. It was hardly to be expected that those who disapproved the policy of the Government in relation to the currency would, in the excited state of public feel ing produced by the occasion, fail to attribute to that po licy any extensive embarrassment in the monetary affairs of the country. The matter thus became connected with the passions and conflicts of party—opinions were more or less affected by political considerations, and differences were prolonged which might otherwise have been deter mined by an appeal to facts, by the exercise of reason, or by mutual concession. It is, however, a cheering reflec tion, that circumstances of this nature cannot prevent a community so intelligent as ours from ultimately arriving at correct conclusions. Encouraged by the firm belief of this truth, I proceed to state my - iiews, so far as may be .pecessary to a clear understanding of the remedies I feel . it my duty to propose, and of the reasons by which I have been led to recommend them. The history of trade in the United States for the last three or four years affords the most convincing evidence that our present condition is chiefly to be attributed to over action in all the departments of business—an over-action deriving, perhaps, its first impulses from antecedent causes, but stimulated to its destructive consequences by excessive issues of bank paper, and by other facilities for the acqui sition and enlargement of credit. At the commencement of the year 1834 the banking capital cf the United States, including that of the national bank then existing, amounted to .about P 00,000,000 dollars, the bank-notes then in cir culation to about 95,000,000 dollars, and the loans arid discounts of the banks to 3 . 24,000,000 dollars. Between that time and the Ist of January 1836, being the latest period to which accurate accounts have been received, our hauldng capital was increased to more than 251,000,000 Jollars, our pA[er circulation to more than 140,000,000 duller:, and the loans and discounts to more than 457,000,000. do!s. To this vast increase are to he added the many millions of credit, acquired by means of foreign loans, contracted by the States and state institutions, and abot e all by the latish accommodations extended by foreign dealers to our merchants._ The consequences of this redundancy of credit, and of the spirit of reckless speculation engendered by it, were a fo reign debt contracted by our citizens, estimated in March last at more than 30,000,000 dollars ; the extension to traders in the interior of our country of credit for supplies, greatly beyond the wants of the people ; the investment of 39,500,000 dollars in unproductive public lands, in the years 1835 and 1836, whilst in the preceding year the sales amounted to only 4,500,000 ; the creation of debts to an almost countless amount, for real estate in existing or anti cipated cities and villages equally unproductive, and at prices now seen to have been greatly disproportionate to their real value ; the expenditure of immense sums in im provements which in many cases have been found to be ruinously improvident, the diversion to other pursuits of much of the labour that should have been applied to agri culture, thereby contributing to the expenditure of large sum s i n the importation of grain from Europe—an expen diture which, amounting in 1834 •.o about 250,000 dollars, was in the first two quarters of the present year increased to more than 2,000,000 ; and finally, without enumerating other injurious results, the rapid growth among all classes, and especially in our great commercial towns, of luxurious habits, founded too often on merely fancied wealth, and detrimental alike to the industry, the resources, and the mo rals of our people. It was so impossible that such a state of things could fora continue, that the prospect of revulsion was present to the minds of considerate men before it actually came. None, however, had correctly anticipated its severity. A concurrence of circumstances, inadequate of themselves to produce such wide-spread and calamitous embarrassments, tended so greatly to aggravate them, that they cannot be overlooked in considering their history. Among these may he mentioned, as most prominent, the great loss of capital sustained by our commercial emporium in the fire of De cember, 1 835---a loss, the effects of which were under rated at the time, because postponed for a season by the great facilitie s of credit then existing, the disturbing effects in our commercial cities, of the transfer of the public monies required by the deposit law of June, 1836, and the measures adopted by the foreign creditors of our merchants to reduce their debts, and to withdraw from the United States large portions of our specie. However unwilling. any of our citizens may heretofore have been to assign to these causes the chief instrumentality in producing the present state of things, the developements subsequently made, and the actual condition of other com mercial countries, mu s t, as it seems to me, dispel all remain ng doubts upon the subject. It has since appeared that evils, similar to those suffered by ourselves, have been experienced in Great Britain, on the Continent, and indeed throughout the commercial world ; and that, in other countries as well as in our own, they have been uniformly preceded by an undue enlargement of the boundaries of trade, prompted as with U 3, by unprecedented expansions of the systems of credit. A re ference to the amount of banking capital, and the issues of prnaepteirlecrrwedaiyts: d p u u r t in in g c t i i r l e e ti l, l e a a t r io s n lB 4 3 lG l, r i c s a s t : titain, by banks and will show n augmentation of the paper currency theread lB a 3 s Ci m , dis proportioned t o t h e real wants of trade as in the United States. With this redundancy of the paper currency there arose in that country also a spirit of adventurous specula was profusely g,ivcn t o pro j ecte d i mprovements.; large don, embracing th e whole range of human enterprise. Aid in vestments were made in foreign stocks and loans ; credits for goods were granted with unbounded liberality to mer chants in foreign countries ; and all the means of acquiring and employing credit were put in active operation, tended in their effems to every di - ipartmeo gf bc;smet.s, and to ev!ir. f 91 -lager the g'loe,* The re-letiort was propor tioned tg its ~°eTIPc to the extraordinary character 03 cveufS precOcil it, Tilq 5."4, , vt s . Great Britain were subjected to the greatest difficulties, ale! niterest, and trade has seffered in t e confl se of' par their debtors in this country werenot only eudaenly deprived ties. A speedy termination cd t is sn i t s o' 1. g-, l ow- of accustomed and expected credits, but called upon for. ever desirable, is scarcely to be e' peeled. We ia e seen payments, which, in the actual posture of things here, - could.' for nearly half a century that those n! o adv ( r at. a na only be made through a general pressure, and at the most . tional bank, by whatever motive they may be iefluenced, ruinous sacrifices. ' constitute a portion of cur community too inmercus to In view of these facts, it. would seem iinpossil le for sin- : allow us to hope ter an early abandonment of their fa cere inquirers after truth to resist the conviction that the , vourite plans. On the other hand, they must indeed form causes of the revulsion in b o th countries have been substan- I an erroneous estimate of the intelligence and temper of tially the sene. Two nations, the most commercial in the ' the American poople who suppose that they have continued world, enjoying but recently the highest degree of apparent on slight or insufficient grounds, their persevering oppnlie prosperity, and maintaining with each other the cloeat re- , tion to such an institution ; cr that they can be induced by lations, are sudden!y, in a time of profound peace, and with- ' pecuniary pressure, or he any other coinhite.tien of cireurn out any great rational disaster, arrested in their career, and 1 stances, to surrender principles they have so long and so plunged into a state or embarrassment and distress. In 1 inflexibly maintained. both counties we have witnessed the same redundancy of I My own views of the suhket are Miebanged. They paper money, and other facilities of ci edit ; the same spi:it , have been repeatedly and unreservedly announced. to my of speculation ; the kaliv2 partial successes ; the same die I fellow-citizens, who, %sills full knowledge of thee . ., coeferred eulties and rev, rss ; and, at length, nearly the same over- I upon me the two highest offices of the Pim ernment. On witch-nine , catastrophe. The most material difference he- ! the last of them occasions I felt it. due to the people te twecn the results in the two countries has only been that ! apprise them distinctly, that, in' the event of my election, with us there has also occurred an extensive derangement in I 1 should not be able to co-operate in the re-establishment the fiscal affairs of the Federal and State Governments, i of a national bank, To these sentiments I have now l necastened by the suspension of specie payments by t h e ' to add the expression of an increased conviction th at on the y Banks. re-establishment dwell a hank in ant form, whilet it worv!(1 The history of Clue causes and effects in Great Britain not accomplish the beneficial purpose pronrieed by its ad and the United States, is substantially the history of the 1 voentes, wouid impair the rightful supremecv of the popular revulsion in all other commercial countries. I will, injure the character and diminish the influence of our The present and visible effects of these circumstances on political system, and bring once more into existence a con the operations of the G overnmen t, an d on th e indust r y of centrated moneyed power, hostile to the spirit, and threaten -1 the people, point out the objects which call for your lime- ing the permanency of our republican institutions. diate attention. Local b an k s h ave been employed ployed f or the deposit and dis- They are to regulate by law the s a f e -keeping, transfer, tribution of the revenue, at all times partially, and on three and disbursement of the public moni es ;t o designate the different occasions exclusively-Ist, anterior to the estn funds to be received and paid by the Gov e rnm en t ;to enable blieiement of the first hank of the United States ; 9 d, in the the Treasury to meet promptly every 'demand upon it ; to interval between the termination of that institutio n amid Uri preset ibe the terms of indulgence, and the mode of s, tile- charter of its successor ; and, 3d, during the limited period went to be adopted, as well in collecting from individuals which has now so abruptly closed. The connection thus the revenue that has accrued, as in withdrawing it from repeatedly attempted proved unsatisfactory on each succeS former depositories, and to devise and adopt such further sive occasion, notwithstanding the various measuees which measures within the constitutional competency of Congress were adopted to facilitate or insure its success. On the as will be best calculated to revive the enterprise and to last occasion, in the year 1833, the emeleyrnent . of the State promote the prosperity of the country. .- - banks was guarded especially in every way which experlence For the deposit, transfer, and disbursement of the revenue, and caution could suggest. Personal security was required national and state hanks have always with temporary and for safe-keeping and prompt payment of the monies to be limited exceptions, been heretofore employed ; but, al- received, and full returns of their condition were from time though advocates of' each system are still to be found, it is to time to be made by the depositories. apparent that the events of the last few Mouths have greatly In the first stages the measure wns eminently successful, augmented the desire, long existing among the people of notwithstanding the violent (*position of the Bank of the th e United States, to separate the fiscal operations of the United States, and the onceasin g efforts made to overthrow Government from those of individuals or corporations. it. The selected benales performed with fidelity, and without Again to create a national bank, as a fiscal agent, would any ernbarrzaaament to themselves or to the community, be to disregard the popular will, twice solemnly and une- their erresagenients to the Government, anti the system pro quivocally expressed. On no question of domestic policy .raised to be permanently useful. But when it became neces is there stronger evidence that the sentiments of a large sary, under the Act of June, 1836, to withdraw from thorn majority are deliberately fixed, and I canuot renncur with the public money, for the purpose of placing it in additional those who think they see in recent events a proof that institutions, or of transferring it to the States, they found those sentiments area or a reason that they should be, it in many cases invonvenieet to comply with the demands changed. of the Treasury, and numerous end pressing applications Events similar in their origin and character have here- were made for indtilgence nr relief. As the instalments tofore frequently occurred withotit producing any such under the deposit law became payable, their own ernbarraas change ; and the lessons of experience must be forgotten, ments, and the necessity under which they lay of curtailing if we suppose that the present overthrow of credit would their discounts and calling in their debts increased the gene have been prevented by the existence of a national bank. ral distress, and contributed, with other causes, to hasten Proneness to excessive issues has ever been the vice of the the revulsion in which at length they, in common with the banking system —a vice as prominent in national as in state other banks, were fatally involved. institutions. This propensity is as subservient to the ad- Under these circumstances it becomes our solemn duty vancement of private interests in the one as in the other ;to inquire whether there are not, in any connection between and who direct them both being principally guided by the the Government reed banks of issue, evils of great magni same views, and influenced by the same motives, will be tude, inheeent - in its very nature, and against which no , equally ready to stimulate extravagance of enterprise by precautions can effectually guard. improvidence of credit. How strikingly is this conclusion Unforeseen in the organization of the Government, and sustained by experience ! forced on the Treasury by early necessities, the practice of The Bank of the United States, with the vast powers employing banks was, in truth, front the beginning, more a conferred on it by Congress, did not or could not prevent measure of emergency than of sound policy. When we former and similar embarrassments ; nor has the still greater started into existence as a nation, in addition to the burdens strength it has been said to possess by its present charter of the new Government, we assumed all the large but enabled it, in the existing emergency, to check other in- honourable load of debt which was the price of our liberty ; stitutions, or even to save itself. In Great Britain, where it but we hesitated to weigh down the infant industry of the has been seen the same causes have been attended with the country by resorting to adequate taxation for the necessary same effects, a national bank, possessing powers fur greater revenue. The. f ac ili t i es o f b an k s, in return for the privi than ar e as k e d f or by t h e warmes t a d vocate of such an in- leges they acquired, were prometly offered, and, perhaps, stitution here, has also proved unable to prevent an undue too readily received, by an embarrassed Treasury. expansion of credit, and the evils that flow from it. Nor During the long continuance of a national debt, and the can I find any tenable ground for the re-establishment of a intervening difficulties of a foreign war, the connection was national bank in the derangement alleged at present to continued from motives of convenience ; but these causes exist in the domestic exchanges of the country, or in the have long since passed away. We have no emergencies facilities it may be capable of affordine. them. Although that make banks necessary to aid the wants of the Tree advantages of this sort were anticipated when the first bank sury : we have no load of national debt to provide for, and of the United States was created, they were regarded as an we have on actual deposit a large surplus. No public mute incidental accommodation—not one which the Federal PO.. rest, therefore, now requires the renewal of a connection vernment was hound, or could be called upon to furnish. that circumstances have dissolved. The complete organize , This accommodation is now, indeed, after the lapse of not tion of our Government, the abundance of our resources, many years, demanded from it as among its first duties ; the general harmony which prevails between the different and an omission to aid and regulate . commercial exchan ge s t a t es an d w i t h foreign powers-7411 enable us now to se l ect is treated as a ground of loud an d serious. complaint.. Such the system most consistent with the Constitution, and most results only serve to exemplify the constant desire among conducive to the public welfare. Should we, then, connect some of our citizens to enlarge the powers of the Govern- the Treasury for a fourth time with the local banks, it can went, and extend its control to subjects with which it only be under a conviction that past failures have arisen should not interfere. They can never justify the creation from accidental, not inherent defects. of an institution to promote such objects ;on the con- A danger, difficult, if not impossible to be avoided in such Crary, they justly excite among the community a more dili- an arrangement, is made strikingly evident in the very event gent inquiry into the character of those operations of trade by which it has now been defeated. A sudden act of the towards which it is desired to extend such peculiar favours. hanks intrusted with the funds of the people deprives the The various transactions which bear the name of domestic Treasury, without fault or agen c y of the Government, of the exchanges differ essentially in their nature, operation . , and ability to pay its creditors in the currency they have by utility. One class of them consists Of bills of exchange law a right to demand. This circumstance no fluctuation drawn for the purpose of transferring actual capital from ono of commerce could have produced, if the public revenue had part of the country to another, or t o anti c ip a t e th e p ro . b een collect e d in the legal currency, and kept in that form . ceeds of property actually transmitted. Bills of this by the officers of the Treasury. The citizen whose money description are highly useful in the movements of trade, was in hank receives it back, since the suspension, at a sa and well deserve all the encouragement nhich can right- •crifice in its amount ; whilst he who kept it in the legal fully be given to them. Another class is made up of bills currency of the country, and in his own possession, pursues of exchange, not drawn to transf e r actual capital, nor on without losa the current of his business. The Government, the credit of ptoperty transmitted, but to cre a te fictiti ous placed in the'situation of the former, is involved :n em capital, partaking at once of th e c h arac t er o f notes di s- b arrasstnents i t could not have suffered had it pursued the counted in bank, and of bank-notes in circulation, and course of the latter. These embarrassments are, more- ' swelling the magOof paper credits to a vast extent in the over, augmented by those salutary and just laws which most objectionable manner. These bills have formed for forbid it to use a depreciated currency, and, by so doing, the last few years a large proportion of what arc termed take from the Government the ability which individuals the domestic exchanges o f th e count r y, serving as the means have of accommodating their transactions to such a ca of Usurious profit, and constituting the most unsafe and tastrophe. precarious paper in circulation. This species of traffic, in- A system which can, in a time of profound peace, when stead of being upheld, ought to be discountenanced by the there is a large revenue laid by, thus suddenly prevent the Government and the people. application and the use of the money of the people in the In transferrig its funds from place to place, the Govern- manner for the objects they have directed, cannot be wise, ment is on the same footing with the private citizen, arid but who can think, without painful reflectien, that, under may resort to the same legal means. It may do so through it, the same unforeseen events might have befallen us in the medium of bills drawn by itself or purchased from the midst of a war, and taken from us, at the moment others, and in these operations it may, in a manner un- when most wanted, the use of those very means which were doubtedly constitutional and legitimate, facilitate and assist treasured up to promote the national welfare and guard exchanges of individuals found e d on real transactions of our national rights? To such embarrassments and to trade. The extent to which this may be done, and the such dangers will this Government be always exposed best means of effecting it, are entitled to the fullest con- whilst it takes the monies raised for and necessary to the sideration. This has been bestowed by the secretary of I public service out of the hands of its own officers, and con the Treasury, and his views will be submitted to you in ' verts them into a mere right of action against corporations . his report. intrusted with the possession of them. Nor can such re- But it was not designed by the Constitution that the Go- sults be i ffectually guarded against in such a system with vernment should assume the management of domestic or out investing the Executive with a control over the banks foreign exchanges. It is indeed authorized to regulate by themselves, whether state or national, that might with rea law the commerce between the States, and to provide a ge- son be objected to. Ours is, probably, the only Govern neral standard of value, or medium of exchange, in gold and went in the world that is liable in the managenient of its silver ; but it is not its province to aid individuals in the fiscal concerns to occurrences Eke these. But this itnnai transfer of their funds, otherwise than through the facilities 'tient I isk is not the only danger attendant on the surreinier afforded by the Post-office Department. As 'justly might of the public money to the custody and control of local :, it be called on to provide for the transport a ti on o f t h e i r rner- corporations. Though the object is ,aid t o the Treasury, " chandisea These are operations of trade. They ought to be its effect may be - to introduce into the operations of the conductell by those who are interested in them, in• the same Government influences the must subtle, founded on in manner that the incidental difficulties of other pursuits rare terests the moSt selfish. encountered by other classes of citizens. Such aid • has The use by the banks for their own benefit of the money - not been deemed necessary in other countries. Throughout deposited with them has received the sanction of the Go- Europe, the domestic a s we ll as th e foreign exchanges are vernment from the coin reneetnent of' this connection. The carried on by private houses, often, if not generally, with- money received from the people, instead of being kept, till out the assistance of banks. Yet they extend throughout it is needed for their use, is, in consequence of this autho distinct sovereignties, and far exceed in amount the real rity, a fund on which discounts are made for the profit of exchange's of the United States. There is no reason those who 'happen to be owners of stock in the banks se why our own may not be conducted in the same manner, lected as depositories. The supposed and often exaggerated with equal cheapness and safety. Certainly this might advantages of such a boon, will always cause it to be he accomplished, if it were favoured by those most sought for with avidity. I will not stop to consider on whom deeply interested ; and few can doubt that their own in- the patronage incident to it is to be conferred ; whether the terest, as well as the general welfare of the country, would selection and control be trusted to Congress or the Execu be promoted by leaving such a subject in the hands of tive, either will be subjected to appeals made in every form those to whom it properly belongs. which ,the sagacity of interest can suggest. The banks, A system founded on private interest, enterprise, and corn- under such a system, are stimulated to make the most o petition,without the aid of time legislative grants or regulations their fortunate acquisition. The deposits are treated as anf by law, would rapidly prosper; it would be free from the in- increase of capital. Loans and circulation are rashly aug- . fluence of political agitation and extend the same exemption mented ; a nd wh en th e public exigencies require a return, to• trade itself ; and it would put an end to those coin- it is attended with embarrassments not provided for for fore ',Lints of neglect, partiality, injustice, and oppression, seen. Th u s, banks that thought themselves mos . , fortunate which are the unavoidable results of interference by the when the pubic funds were received find themselves most Government in the proper concerns of individuals. All embarrassed when the season of payment suddenly arrives. former attempts on the part of the Government to carry Unfortunately, too, the evils of the system are not limited its legislation in this respect further than was 'designed by to the batiks. It stimulates a general rashness of enter tlie Constitution have in the end proved injurious and have prise, and aggravates the fluctuations of commerce and the served only to convince the groat body of the people, more currency. This result was strikingly exhibited during the and more, of the certain dangers of blending private interests operations of the late deposit system, and especially in the with the operations of public business ; and there is no rca- purchase of public lands. The order which ultimately son to suepose th a t a re p e tition of them now would be directed the payment of gold and silver in such rruichases more successful. greatly checked, but could not altogether prev en t the evil. It cannot be concealed that there exists in our corn- Specie was i n d ee d more difficult to be procured than the inanity opinions and feelin gs on this subject in direct , notes whi c h t h e b an k s could themselves create at pleasure; opposition to each other, A large portion of them, cow- but still, being obtained from them es a loan, and returned bining great intelligence, activity, and influence, are no as a d epos i t, w hi ch they were again at liberty to use, it doubt sincere in their belief that the operations of trade only p asse d round the circle vs ith diminished speed. This ought to be assisted by such a connexion ; they regard a operations could not have been performed had the fur.ds of national ly hank as necessary for this purpose, and they are ea se G overnment g i one into e Treasury to be lars dsinclned to every measure that does not tend, sesoner bursed, a n d not into banks,th to be loaned out for rege their o di wn or later, to the establishment of s‘l4 an institution. profit, while they were permitted to sulistiteto for it a credit any salutary of )heir liberties ;. and many of tbsep yeiosd it s . - . is cre l d d it es t i o re The. credit bestowed on probity and• industry ..pressing these sentimen Imp a the Ooestitetien ; This colt;.: - dof merit, and an honourable incentive to s a viola- enterprise. donistleas, caused touch nf , i ....on of opinion has, further acquisition. None oppose it who love their country . ..oe embarrassments to which the . d its welfare. But when it is unduly encou raged--when it ie made to idame the public mi n d w i t h th, . ~ansaetions of the country have lately been ex posed, Bankiug has Income a political topic of the highest - ^t ARRIVALS. The Hon. and Rev. Robert Grosvenor, in Mount-street, from Sussex ; Richard Twineham, Esq., in Davies-street, Berkeley-square, from Winchester ; Mr. J. Harrison Curtis, in Soho-square, from Cheltenham ; J. Ruggles Brice, Esq., Mrs. Brice, and son, at the Berners Hotel, from their seat, Spains Hall, Essex ; the Rev. Mr. Nelson, Mrs. Nelson, and family, at ditto, from Portsmouth ; J. Stephens, Esq., and Mrs. Stephens, from ditto; Mrs. Wilson and the Misses Wil son, at ditto, from Tunbridge Wells; J. Hiller, Esq., at ditto, from Liverpool. His Excellency Lord Howard do Walden is expected about the middle of next week from Lisbon. _ _ Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday from Tunbridge Wells. Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones has taken the ribbands, as the regular driver of the Taglioni coach, to and from Windsor. At the west end of the town a noble establishment, lately formed, has within these few days been broken up ; even the domestics nave been paid off, and the supposed opulent owner has left the country.. It is with sincere regret that we announce the death of Arthur, Lord Templemore, on the 26th inst., at his seat, Combe Bank, Kent, after an illness of ten days, de servedly lamented by a large circle of relations and friends. His Lordship was born January 8, 1797, and married in 1820 Lady Augusta Paget, wham he has left in the deep est affliction, with eight children, to deplore his irreparable loss. Mr. George Lane Fox arrived in tOtvit on- Wednes day last from Bramhatn Park, and leaves town for Yorkshire to-morrow to• join in the sports of the field at the com mencement of the hunting season. DOVER, SEPT. 20.—Arrived, her Majesty's packet Beaver. Lieut. Mudge, from Calais, with the Princess of Saxe Weimar. Her Highness was received on landing by the Duke of Cambridge, and conducted to the Ship Hotel. After remaining there about four hours the Princess and suite departed for London. Royal salutes were fired both on her arrival and departure. The Countess of Chesterfield entertained a small party at dinner last evening at Chesterfield House. Her Ladyship is on the eve of leaving on a visiting tour, the con templated departure for Germany being abandoned. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, an:l Lord Casino Russell, will leave the Doune of Rothiemurehus, in Inverness-shire, on the 12th Oct., for Woburn Abbey. The Duke of St. Alban's will resume the occu pancy of the family mansion at Redbourne, near Falking ham, in Lincolnshire, which seat the late Duchess never liked, and withdrew from it shortly after her marriage. Sir John Cam Hohliouse has taken the magnifi cent mansion, Erlstoke Park, Wiltshire, formerly the abode of Mr. Watson Taylor, ex-Member for Devizes. THE THAMES TUNNEL.—The damage done to the Tunnel by the late irruption of the river has been re paired, and the public are admitted as before to inspect the portion of the work that is completed. Three sets of men are employed, who relieve each other every eight hours, so that the works proceed without interruption by night as well as by day, each set comprising between 100 and 120 workmen. We believe the only interval allowed for rest or refreshment is about half an hour, and the sets are varied so as to give each the night work in rotation. The wages of the workmen average ahout 21. per week. The progress is necessarily very slow, the shield being advanced only a few inches in the course of twenty four hours, and sometimes it remains stationary for days at a time. Mr. Brunel is of opinion that no further interrup Lion is to be dreaded. In a short time the excavation will have proceeded as far as low water-mark. ELECTION OF A COMNION COUNCILMAN FOR ALDELSGATE WARD.—Yesterday the election, which was conducted throughout in the most social and gentlemanlike spirit, terminated in favour of the Conservative candidate. Sir Peter Laurie, at three o'clock, stated that there were for Mr. Wood, 95 votes, and for Mr. Alcock 64 (majority in favour of the former at), and that Mr. Wood was, of course, the new Common Councilman of the Ward. Mr. Wood in returning thanks said he was' well assured if he had appeared in the field before, many more electors would have voted for him. Mr. Alcock said it was gratifying to him to return thanks to those who had supported him, but he certainly had to complain of the contrast between the promises made and the votes given to him at the election. Thirty at least had revolted. Others were not to be found, and he had a letter from one who declared that business prevented him from attending on either of the first two days, but that if he was alive lie would appear ut the scratch on the last ; and yet the ,books closed without the mark of that worthy friend's name. Mr. Baines gave notice of the following resolution fbr the neat wardmote :—" Th a t thi s wardmote cannot separate without expressing their mos t decided disapprobation of that portion of the Regi s t ra ti on Act which exposes the voter s t o vexatious objections and inconvenience in the Revising Barristers' Court. and they confidently expect that a Liberal Government will not ailow so obnoxious a clause to remain a part of the Reform Bill." The wardmole then broke up. Yesterday afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, as a small wherry, with three persons in it, was proceeding down the river, the tide, which was then running very hard, forced the boat against the piles of Battersea -bridge, and upset it, and they were all immersed in the water, and after a short struggle they each sunk to rise no more. Assistance put off from the shore, but it was too late, for the unfortu nate men did not iise again : they all appeared to be very much intoxicated, and did not know how to manage the . boat, which was said to belong to a person of the name of Jones,. of Rich mon d, w h ere it wou ld appear that they came from. From their exterior appearance they looked like respectable young men . Th e d ra gs were used for above an hour without success, as th e i r b o dies must have been earned a considerable distance by the eddy which runs from the arches of the bridge. This is another fatal instance of the impropriety of inexperienced persons venturing on the water in boats, without taking experienced . watermen with them, A new statue, by 1Y , D avid, has just been placed in the garden of the Tuileries, nisq.r the pavilion Musa:). The subject is Philopcemon wounded in the thigh by a ja velin, which 119 is tearing out with one hand, while, with the other, be is defending hinglif against Spartans. The sculpture is masterly and fgorous, SPORTING IN TEL LI GEIZ TATTERSALL' S—YEYTERD4 r. A th'n at' endance, and no betting. .HEATON PARK RACES.-IVEDNESDA r. The Stanley Stakes of 10 sove. each ; three years old, 9st rib four, lOst. Mb; five, 10st. 12ib ; six, and aged, I Ist. 21b. A. Tr' 6 Subs. Mr. Heseltine's hr. c. Slashing Harry, 3 yrs... Mr. Tongue 0 1 Lord Stanley's b. f. Miss Bowe, 3 yrs Lord Suflield'sch. h. Turban. 5 yrs 3 First, a dead heat. Slashing Harry walked over for second, Lord Stanley receiving back his stake. : ------- =:=CRIEAMWV""" - ' The Champagne Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50 sovs. added by the town and neigl.bourhood of Bolton, for two years old; colts, Est. 61b; fillies, Sst. 31b; second horse to save his stake. Winners once, 31b ; twice, 51b. extra. A.F. 9 Subs. Mr. Osbaldeston's b. f. The Fairy Queen S Rogers I Lord Wilton's b. f. by Tramp Mr. E. Peel's ch. c. Gadfly Mr. Buckley's ch. h. Tom Won cleverly, after a fine race. The Heaton Park Stakes, with 100 sovs. added by the town of Manchester to a Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft., and 5 only if declared, etc. One mile and a half. 39 Subs., 21 of whom declared, &c. Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Scroggins, 4 yrs, Bst. Glb. Nat 1 Mr. Lynn na. ch. h. Jupiter, 5 yrs, Bst. Sib Mr. H. Wagstaff na. b. c. Cowboy, 3 yrs, 6st. 4lb 3 Mr. Allen's b. f. Promise, 4 yrs, 7st. '2lb Lord Eglinton's Black Diamond, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b Mr. Robinson's ch. c. Whaley, 4 yrs, Bst Lord Stanley's ch. c. Arnurath, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b Lord 11 - liil - t . . , ;;vn's ch. c..Cushneiche, 4:yrs, 7st Won by Lalf a length. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft., for three years old ; colts ' Bst. 71b; fillies, Bst. 41b. The winn er o f the Manchester or Newton St. Leger, or Warwick Guy Stakes, 31bs. extra; the Liverpool Spring or July St. Leger, the York Derby or St. Leger, or the York Thirty Sovs. Stakes or Produce Stakes, 51b. extra ; the Doncaster St. Leger, 101 b. extra, and the second horse Sib extra. No hcrse to carry more than one extra weight. Maiden horses allowed 41b. St. Leger Course. 14 Subs. Marquis of Westminster's be. c. Cardinal Puff .. walked over A Gold Cup, value 100 sovs., given by Mr. King, of the Bush Inn. added to a Sweepstakes of 30 toys, each, 10 ft. ; three years old, 9st. 21b ; four, ICst. 71b , five, I Ist ; six and aged, 1 Ist. Sib. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Winners of a Cup, Cup Stakes, or a King or Queen's Plate, in 1837, previous to the day of starting, 31bs ; of two or more, 51bs. extra ; of the Stand Cup at the Liverpool July Meeting, 61bs ; of the Doncaster Cup, 101 b. extra ; of the St. Leger, 71bs, and the second horse 31bs. extra. No horse to caary more than one extra weight. Maiden horses allowed 71bs., and horses not having won in 1837 allowed slbs. only one allowance. St. Leger, course. 10 Subs. Lord iglintoit's blk. c. The Black Diamond, 4 yrs... walked over. UPTON- UPON-SE VERN RACES-TUESILIT. The Ham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for horses of all ages that never won more than 501. in Cup, Match, or Sweep stakes: Heats, once round. 5 Subs. Mr. M'Quithen's Barnacle, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b Mr. Phelps's Baronet, 4 yrs, ist. lllb Mr. Williams's Ranger, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b 2 3 Mr. Newman's Suisse, 4 yrs, BA. 21b Won easy. The Upton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, for horses of all denominations. Heats, two miles. Mr. M'Quithen's Barnacle, 4 yrs, Bst: 41b 0 1 1 Mr. Farmer's Datona, 6 yrs, 9st. 101 b Mr. King's Victoria, 4 yrs, Bst. I Ilb First heat won easy, second by a head. The Scurry Stakes. Winner to be sold for 20 soya. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Mr. New's Victoria, 5 yrs, 1 Ist. 216 Mr. Vokiss's Jessy, 6 yrs, Ilst. 101 b 2 1 1 dr Mr. Cale's Gipsy, 5 yrs, Ilst. 216 ... 1 2 2 dr Three good heats. The rider of Jessy came to scale short of weight the last heat, and the rider of Gipsey never weighed after the race ; it was, there lore awaried to Victoria. OS WES TRY RA CE S.— TulanA r. A Cup, value 50 sovs. (in specie), the gift of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., added to a Handicap of 15 soya. each. Mile and a half. 5 Subs. Mr. Nanney's Ratcatcher, aged, Bst. 91b Darling 1 Mr. Matthews's b. f. by Camel, 3 yr 6, 6st. 91b Mr. Allen's Vesper, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b Won easy. The Shropshire Stakes of 20 soya. each, h. ft., with 50 says. added by the Innkeepers of Osvvestry. Best of heats, starting at the winning chair. 9 Subs., three of whom declared, &c. Mr. Price's Ludford, 5 yrs, Bst .M. Jones 1 1 Mr. Giffard's Traveller, aged, Bst. 61b Won cleverly. The North Shropshire Stakes of 10 soya. each, h. ft., with 50 added by Sir Rowland Hill, Bart., and M. Ormsby Gore, Esq., for horses of all ages. One mile and a half heats. 2 Subs. Mr. Speed's Isaac, 6 yrs, Bst. 131 b Darling I I Mr. Rylance's Sir Bamfylde, 3 yrs, 75t... Won easy. WALLSAL RACES.- WEDNlfillir. The Barr Beacon ( Handicap) Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 30 added. Twice round, from the Distance Chair. 14 Subs., nine of whom declared, &c. Mr. Critehley's Wolverhampton, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b..... Whitehouse 1 Mr. Fowler's Mersey, 4 yrs, ist Won cleverly. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 20 added, for horses not tho roughbred. Heats, twice round from the distance chair. 5 Subs. Mr. W. Foster's br. m. Nike, aged, list. lib Hardy 1 1 Mr. T. Ong ley's b. h. Donnington,eas easy. Ilst, 31b 2 2 Won Sweepstakes of 5 sons. each, with 91) added. Heats, once round from the distance chair. Five subs. Mr. T. Walter's King Cole, 4 yrs, Ist. 91b, Nlarlon , 1 4 1 Mr. Phillips's b. 1. by Cadland, 3 yrs, tist 71b 3 2 2 Mr. Flintoff's Independence, aged, Bst. 91b 4 1 3 Mr. E. Peel's Morison, 4 y - s, 7st. 13.13 2 3 dr Three good heats. BEDFORD RACES- WEDNESD! r. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. . . . . Mr. Sowerby's &t. 'Luke, 4 yrs, 95t .. . - 11b. J. Alarm Mr. Boast's br. h. by Scipio, 5 yrs, 9st. 91b Won easy. _ _ _ _ _ The Duke of Bedford's Purse of 50 sots., for three years old colts and fillies. Two miles. Mr. S. Smith's Lama Pressa,Bst. 4lb Mr. Atkinson's Antelope, Bst. 41b Lord Tavistock's Storm, Bst. 7th ......... 3 Mr. Ellis's Miss Sophia, Bst. 4113 Mr. Messer's Armenia, Bst. 41b ............ 5 Won by half a neck. The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 10 sore. each, with 30 rocs. added by the Ladies; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. 41b. Three quarters of a mile. 7 Subs. Lord Albemarle's Hurricane Mr. Larnbden's Dromedary Mr. Stevens's Gimcrack Mr. Sowerby's Tittle Tattle Mr. Stirling's ch. c. by Aaron $ Won in a canter. The Woburn Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Best of three two mile beats. 7 Subs. Mr. Coleman's Calmuck, 4 yrs, Bst. 2lb 0 1 1 Mr. 'l'. Carter's Miss Camarinc, 5 yrs, Bst. I Ilb ... Mr. 11. Stuart na. b. g. by Lottery, 5 yrs, Bst. Illb 4 4 3 Mr. W. Edwards's Crichton, 3 yrs, 6st. 1 Ilb.. ... First, a dead heat ; second and third, well contested. ENGLISH OPERA- HO US E.—Ye,tmlay evening be ing the concludirim b night of the season, and for tho benefit of its w or thy an d highly-respected treasurer, Mr. Peake, was performed, for the first time at this theatre, Rophi no Lacy's version of Auber's opera of Fin Diavolo. Miss Romer on this occasion resumed her performance of Zer lino, aad in her several songs acquitted herself with her accustomed excellence. Miss P. Horton performed Lady Allcash, and, with Duruset, who played his Lordship ex celleatly, very gracefully , executed the sprightly and agree able air, " I do object." Mr. Frazer's Fra Diavolo, though not the best that we have seen, was very passable, and, with Seguin's Giacomo and Stansbury's Beppo, came in for its due maed of approbation. The delightful concerted pieces of this opera were effectively aided by the choristers of Drury-lane Theatre, and the whole was received with great applause. The opera was followed by the farce of The Irish Tutor, in Vi Ilia Mr. Power played Doctor O'Toole, and introduced " The Grovos of Blarney." Need we add that both were received with the greatest favour ? A " musical olio ". succeeded the farce; and the nautical txtravnanza of 'Lire Spitfire concluded the evening's en tertainments,- which afforded general satisfaction to a gen teel and crowded house. EAST INDIA DocKs.—A Half-yearly Gentral Meeting of the Proprietors of the above Ducks was held on Wednesday, the 27th instant, at their house in Leaden -11.31 -street, when a dividend of three per cent was declared on the capital stock of the Company, for the half year ending on the 29th instant. There being no other business 'o t ansact, the meeting broke up. ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY BY A POLICEMAN.-- A considerable sensation has taken place at Battersea in consequence of a daring attempt to burglariously enter the residence of William Constable, E.q., a gentleman of fortune residing at Battersea, by Edward Winks, a po liceman of the V division, No. 123. On Wednesday the accused underwent an examination before the Magistrates Wandsworth, when Mr. Constable was present. The accused has been in the force some time, and up to the pre sent serious charge has maintained a tolerably good character. On Sunday last six of the servants of Mr. Noreliffes, of the Spread Eagle, Hanging-ditch, were taken ill about an hour after partaking of dinner composed of fresh hashed meat and potatoes, which had been stewed in a pitcher in the oven that morning. They all complained of pain in the stomach, attended with vomiting, giddiness, and wild tress of the countenance, which gave them every reason to believe that poison had been administered to them. Mr. Harrison, surgeon, of Piccadilly, was immediately sent for, and remained with them several hours, and after prescribing the usual remedies, he declared them out of immediate longer. The chamber-maid and under ostler are still very ‘ll, and are considered to be in a precarious state, Strong suspicions are attached to an individual, but no positive clue has yet been discovered.—Manchest e r Guardian. On IVonday last, at Kirk Michael, in a fie!d belong- Ong to Thomas Cain, weaver, a stack of peas, thatched and oofed , and of an uncommon situ, was 413E11411y lifted off t h e ground by a hurricane, and carried into the air for up wards of 160 yards. The inhabitants were much alarmed, many supposing. it to be a flying mountain. Neither the ropes nor the thatch were distte.bed, but the geese, ducks, end poultry (of every desciiption)fle w in all directions, and nany have net returned to their former places. The stack can be seen from the Nitre hotel, as it fell qpq'n'the po! tatp-field.—Nap t c rql! _